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Details, Details! The Oostman family is going cruising. Cliff and Gerda left their jobs, sold their house, and have spent the past three months preparing their C&C Landfall 38. So this month they'll head out the Gate and turn right, sailing north along the coast of California and Canada and on to Alaska. They plan to stop along the way so 5-year-old Jenneke and her 4-year-old brother, Zander, can explore and enjoy new places. In preparing their boat, also named Jenneke, the Oostmans have concen¬ trated their efforts on safety and comfort. They have paid attention to every detail.

photo: Kame Richards

Pineapple Sails is just one of those details, and not a minor detail, providing an inventory that matches the Oostman s sailing needs. The sturdy main, furling jibs and cruising spinnaker, as well as storm sails, will carry them through the whole range of coastal conditions. Consider us a detail. A very important detail. Give us a call today and let’s talk about just where you're headed next.

* Jenneke

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 vendsen's in Alameda & Seabird Sailing Center in Berkeley Bav Riaaers in Sausalito

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Premium New Listings

'95 ISLAND PACKET 37 Transferable warranty. $164,000

'93 PACKET CAT A steal. $194,500

84 PASSPORT 40 Hard to find. $139,000

'96 BENETEAU OCEANIS 351 Transferable warranty. $112,000

BEST BROKERAGE BUYS BENETEAU LISTINGS •21'BENETEAU 210, 1993.$17,500 • 35' BENETEAU OCEANIS 351 .112,000 • 43' MOORINGS 432,1988 . 91,000

SAIL •27’ CASCADE, 1981.$19,500 •27’ SEA RAY, 1982, engine overhaul 21,900 • 28’ SOUTHERN CROSS, 1979.27,500 • 30' FARALLON, great cruiser, 1976.. 32,500

MOORINGS 432.$91,000 Motivated seller!

30' ANGELMAN, 1957, refit.19,500 •31’ CAL, 1979, outstanding. 29,900 •31' CAL, 1983, charter income incl... 31,995 • 32' COLUMBIA, 1976 . 19,500 •34' ERICSON, 1987. 64,900 35’ PACKET CAT. 194,500 ’ 36' HUNTER VISION, charter income 89,995 • 37’ ISLAND PACKET, 1995.164,000 40' PASSPORT. 139,000 •46' CAL 2-46 . 110,000 • 52' ALDEN SCHOONER, 1932.75,000

CAL 2-46.$110,000 Sistership

SELECT NATIONAL LISTINGS 35' 38'

ISLAND PACKET, 1990.$ 127,900 ISLAND PACKET, 1988.138,000

39’ 40'

BENETEAU OCEANIS 390, '92.114,000 PASSPORT, 1984 . 178,000

40'

BENETEAU FIRST 405, 1987. 89,000

41'

BENETEAU FIRST 41s5, 1983 ... 138,000

42' 50' 62'

BENETEAU FIRST 42, 1982.79,500 MOORINGS 500,1990 . 195,000 BENETEAU, 1993.595,000

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SELLERS: We Attract Buyers!

Dealer For: Beneteau • Island Packet • Saga 1230 Brickyard Cove Rd. Point Richmond, CA 94801

(510) 236-2633 Fax (510) 234-0118 Page4 • UMUcZi •

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Many of our clients visit us to view our new boats. This traffic also generates used boat sales. We Need Your Listing to Sell Your Boat!

CONTENTS subscriptions calendar

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letters

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sightings 88 baja ha-ha preview, pt. II 110 brian caldwell comes home 122 mumm 36 worlds scavengers of the bay cuba, pt. II medical preparation

128 134 138 146

winners, pt. I max ebb: on island time world of chartering the racing sheet

150 156 160 168

changes in latitudes classy classifieds

178 192

advertisers' index brokerage

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COVER PHOTO by French Kiss 'London Calling' and a packed crew head south for the blue skies and warm waters of the tropics.

Copyright 1996 Latitude 38 Publishing Co.. Inc. 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 requestthem; copies will work justfine. 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 editorial department, 15 Locust Ave., Mill Valley, CA 94941. For more specific information, request writers' guidelines from the above address.

WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE? Stylish Performance This new Bruce Farr designed performance cruiser will take you anywhere you want to go quickly with comfort, safety, and ease of handling. The 461 gives you a powerful hull, a choice of rigs and a choice of layouts. You also get the superb quality, finish and value which has made Beneteau the world's largest sailboat builder. Beneteau has a yacht for you in every price and size. At Beneteau excellence has become a habit after 108 years. Beneteau; be¬ cause the sea demands the best, shouldn't you?

Traditional Values

ISLAND PACKET 40

At Island Packet, no detail is too small for perfection. When you have a company where the owner, Bob Johnson, personally inspects every boat he ships, you know that consistent quality and your satisfac¬ tion is his top priority. Lastyearthe new Island Packet 45 won the Cruising World boat of the year and the best value. There is as much innovation, quality, and attention to detail in the 1997 Island Packet 350 as in 1996's IP45, 1995's (P37 and 1994's IP40. The cutter rigged Island Packets are ideal liveaboard offshore cruisers. At Island Packet the traditional values of quality, performance, resale value, and pride of workmanship are very much alive.

Elegant Speedster The BOC around the world racers learned that a Variable Geometry Rig provided the best performance and ease of handling for a short handed crew. Exten¬ sive offshore experience has also shown that a slip¬ pery, moderate beam, stiff hull shape, a fine entry and strong moderately light displacement provides the fastest and most comfortable offshore performance. The new Bob Perry designed Saga 43 has all of the above attributes along with a highly functional el¬ egant interior. The Saga 43 has the speed of a 50 footer and,the handling ease of a modern 38 footer. Top quality hardware, electric main winch, tandem furling headsail a 41 foot dynamic waterline length, and an elegant cherry interior contribute to the Saga's looks, abilities, and performance.«

BOAT FOR'EVERY BUDGET < 35'

Dealer For:

Beneteau • Island Packet • Saga 1230 Brickyard Cove Rd., Pt. Richmond, CA 94801

(510) 236-2633 __Jax (510) 234-0 ljft

< 45'

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Beneteau 25* Beneteau 281*

Beneteau 36s7

Beneteau 42s7

Beneteau 381*

Beneteau 44CC*

Beneteau 321 Beneteau 351 Island Packet 29

Beneteau 400

Island Packet 45 Saga 43

Island Packet 350* Boats in bold at our docks

Beneteau 40CC* Island Packet 37 Island Packet 40

Boats in italics in Bay Area

Beneteau 461 Beneteau 50* Beneteau 53f5 Beneteau 61* Bordeaux 76

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MULTIHULLS BROKERAGE New Production

YACHTS

(510)814-0400 Brokerage

New Cats Now on Display

35' LAGOON. This will probably be the most popular small cat on the Bay. Spacious main salon w/galley up gives you a panoramic view and the feeling of a much larger yacht. On display at our dock, so stop by, take a look and find out what catamaran sailing is all about.

48' PRIVILEGE, 14.7... $295,000 Only one available and she is completely refit w/ new electronics, and much, much more. Great charter or cruising cot.

34' GEMINI 105M. The newest in a line o catamarans designed by Tony Smith offers you more than any other cat at a very affordable price. 3 staterooms, hard dodger, spacious inte¬ rior and great performance. If you've been think¬ ing Catalina or Hunter in the 40' range, look at this before you decide.

Multihulls Worldwide 35' 35' 37' 38' 39' 39' 39' 39' 39' 43' 42' 42' 42’

Available for Delivery

34' TOBAGO by Fountaine Pajot. Flashy European styling coupled with a galley up make this a very attractive colamoran. We have one available for early '97 delivery. Call for the special discount on this sleek cat.

64' SHUTTLE.$990,000 Custom built to the highest standards, this luxury cruising cat will olso work as a discerning charier boat. Video and brochure available in our office.

AQUILON 800. A trailerable 26' cot that's rugged enough to handle the Bay conditions. Set up is a breeze and the performance is outstand¬ ing. Special incentive for first one delivered to our dock. Call now for info.

PACKET CAT, '95 . TOBAGO, '93. LAGOON, '93 . KENNEX, '92. PRIVILEGE, '89. PRIVILEGE, '93. FIDJI, '91. POLYNESIA, ’90. CATANA, ’88 . EDEL, '95. LAGOON, '93 . SOLARIS, '75. PRIVILEGE, '92.

..$208,000 ..$149,900 ..$214,900 ..$157,000 ..$139,500 .. $270,000 ..$148,000 ..$199,000 ..$125,000 .. $209,000 .. $340,000 ....$95,000 ..$440,000

42' 42' 43' 46' 46' 47' 47' 48' 48' 50' 55' 65'

GRAAL, '90. CATANA, '90. ST. FRANCIS, '91 .. CASAMANCE, '90 ST. FRANCIS, '93 .. LAGOON, '91 . HARMONY, '91 .... PRIVILEGE 14.7. PRIVILEGE 482 . GRAAL, '93. LAGOON, '89 . WINDMAR, '92.

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$229,000 $278,000 $220,000 $305,000 $368,000 $355,000 $299,000 $295,000 $549,000 $450,000 $498,000 $695,000

In association with Cruising Cats, USA, we represent: Lagoon 35' to 82'; Fountaine Pajot 35' to 56'; Gemini 105 & Aquilon 800.

-Simpson

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Your Gateway toKGreat Deals in the Caribbean

Sales

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44' CSY.$99,000 Solid cruiser; 2 available.

44' JEANNEAU.$105,000 Roomy performance cruiser.

55' SWAN.$439,000 Absolutely impeccable!

55'TAYANA.$289,000 Complete refit, cruise ready.

37’ 37' 38' 38' 38' 39’ 40' 41' 42' 42' 43' 44' 44' 44' 45' 48’ 48’ 50' 51' 52' 54’ 55' 55'

C&C, '89.$95,000 BENETEAU, '90 .$77,500 BENETEAU,’91 .$67,000 ROBERTS STEEL.$120,000 S&S,'68.$35,000 CAMPER-NICHOLSON.$77,000 PILOTHOUSE .$120,000 MORGAN Ol, '83.$40,000 CHEOY LEE, '77.$24,000 ABEKING & RASMUSN ... $108,000 C&C.$119,000 JEANNEAU, ’90 .$105,500 CSY,'77. from $89,000 GULFSTAR,'82.$129,900 BENETEAU 45f5, '91.$109,000 C&C LANDFALL., $199,000 ROBERTS STEEL.$229,000 GULFSTAR, '79.$89,000 ENDEAVOUR,'89 .$99,000 DYNAMIQUE,'90.$160,000 IRWIN, '90.$295,000 SWAN, '70.$439,000 TAYANA, '87.$289,000

58’ COLIN ARCHER.$323,000 65’ IRWIN.$219,000 75' CUSTOM SCHOONER .... $329,000

Multihulls 36' 36' 37' 38' 39' 40' 42' 46' 47’ 48' 53' 60' 64' 75'

SOLARIS,'92.$169,000 SOLARIS,'91.$150,000 PROUT,'88 .$142,000 TROPIC, '88.$89,000 FAIR CAT,'94.$179,000 NORSEMAN,'91.$169,000 SIMPSON,'94.$147,000 C.N. UNTXIN, ’92.$440,000 HARMONY, '91 .$299,000 PRIVILEGE, '90.$295,000 CUSTOM CHARTER, '85 .. $169,000 OLLIER,'84.$175,000 SHUTTLEWORTH, '90.$990,000 E.T.E.L. CHARTER.$375,000

Power MANY AVAILABLE FROM 20’ TO 100' PLEASE CALL FOR A COMPLETE LIST

Now serving buyers & sellers with a fully staffed sales & charter office at Simpson Bay Yacht Club on the Dutch side of St. Maarten. We have numerous boats listed in the marina and throughout the islands. If you re looking for a great deal on a monohull, mullihull, power yacht or fixer-upper, call us and we'll send you a complete list. And if we don't have it listed we probably know where it is.

2099 GRAND STREET A ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA 94501 A (510) 814-0400 FAX (510) 814-8765

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Clossic yacht in very good condition, at our dock. $225,000.

Cruise the world in safety & comfort. Many recent upgrades. $175,000.

50' COLUMBIA, 70 member]

YACHTS

QUO

InJ Performance and beauty in one / package. Asking $104,900.

(510) 814-0400 Mike Clausen • Neil Riley Chuck Sorensen • Dave Wolfe

3 staterooms and new aluminum spars. Great cruising boat. $149,900.

Small Yacht Division 25' YAMAHA.$11,000 25' C&C .$9,500 26' CHEOYLEE.$15,000 27' O'DAY.$16,900 27' ERICSON, '78.$11,900 28' PEARSON, ’79.$19,000

Just listed and at our dock. Great condition and asking $69,950.

28' ISLANDER.$18,900

Never out of the Gate, like new. At our dock. Asking $179,000.

29' ERICSON.$14,900 30' LANCER.$21,500 30’ NEWPORT Mklll.$22,950 30' C&C MEGA.$10,000 30’ CATALINA.$28,500 30' SANTANA 30/30 .$27,500 30' HUNTER.$15,900 34' ERICSON X.$29,950

2 cabin layout w/lots of toys. Anxious owner, make offer. $69,500.

OVER 100 BOATS USTED • CALL FOR A COMPLETE LIST

3 stateroom model loaded w/sails and electronics. $99,500.

Performance cruiser, great for a trip to Mexico. $69,950.

Makes a great 2 cabin liveaboard or cruiser. $69,500.

Our most affordable center cockpit, solid cruiser. $39,500.

Big Yacht Division 30' 33' 39' 40’ 40' 41' 411 411 42’ 43’ 44' 45' 45' 47' 47' 48' 48' 50' 50' 50' 50' 57' 57'

S-2 9.2A.$36,500 HUNTER 33.5, '89.$49,500 PEARSON 390.$39,500 PEARSON.$69,950 CHEOY LEE MIDSHIPMAN. . $64,900 FREEPORT.$92,500 NEWPORT.$69,900 ULTRALIGHT.$69,900 PASSPORT.$179,000 GULFSTAR.$89,900 HARDIN...$115,000 COLUMBIA.$69,500 JEANNEAU, '85.$119,000 VAGABOND.$149,900 CELERE .NEW $399,500 PRIVILEGE CAT.$298,000 CELESTIAL.$205,000 MARINER.$198,500 COLUMBIA .$104,900 BOC RACER.$129,500 CHEOY LEE, '66.$98,000 ALDEN, '31.$225,000 STEEL MOTORSAILER$ 175,000

New to the market and in great shape. Live in or cruise anywhere. $92,500.

Small Yacht Division 34' ERICSON X, 78

New epoxy bottom and LPU topsides, fast & fun. $29,500.

30' S-2, '85

30' CATALINA, *82

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Great little center cockpit, just listed at low price. $29,500.

(leanest one around with lots of toys. At our dock. $28,500.

30’ NEWPORT, '82 Jj

Just detailed and in great shape. Fun Bay & Delta boat. $22,950.

Home Page: http://yachtworld.com/bayisland e-mail: bayisle@ccnet.com 2099 GRAND STREET A ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA 94501 A (510)814-0400 FAX (510) 814-8765 November, 1996

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North Sails dominate on the Bay. Sailors using North Sails dominated the Race Course during the Big Boat Series and the Mumm 36 World Championship. North clients took home nearly 75% of the trophies handed out at these two regattas. Now that's what we call value! Here's a closer look at the results from these two premier events:

St. Francis Yacht Club Big Boat Series IMS - Maxi

J/35 Class

1) Sayonara - Larry Ellison 2) Boomerang - George Coumantaros 3) Falcon 2000 - Donald Smith

1) Rapture - Paul/Lindsay Lessig 2) Major Damage - Chris Perkins J/105 Class

IMS - Grand Prix 1) Beau Geste - Karl Kwok 2) Infinity - John Thompson

1) Thrasher - Steve Podell 2) Limelight - Harry Blake PHRF A

IJLDB 70 1) Evolution - Brack Duker

' ‘ 2) Elixir - Paul Ely 3) Ingrid - Robert Mano

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3) Leading Edge - Eugene Mondry

l)'It's OK - Lew Beery

MUMM 36 1) Jameson - Tom Roche 2) Aobo Express - Yoshiki Jinno 3) Seahawk - Naohiko Sera

Corel Mumm 36 Worlds 1) Thomas I. Punkt - Gavin Brady 2) Jameson - Stu Banntyne & Dee Smith 3) Seahawk - Bouwe Bekking

4) Georgia Express - David Barnes 5) Bravo Brazil - Torben Grael Top Owner Driver - Doug Taylor, Zamboni

We can make you a winner too! There is a difference

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19' O'Day, '80.Reduced to $4,500 25' Olson.Inquire 34' Olson, '89.$49,500

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San Francisco's Yacht Broker Since 1969 City Yachts is pleased to announce our appointment as Northern California dealer for Sabre & Sabreline Yachts.

65' Swan 651

$1,050,000

Nordlund 65 $1,595,000

Sabreline 36

Hot new Express: combines traditional Maine styling ond quality with over 20-knot cruise.

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Nonrace Nov. 1-19 — The last of the Downwind Marine Cruising Semi¬ nars will be held in San Diego. See their ad elsewhere in this issue, or contact them at (619) 224-2733. 1 Nov. 2 — "Cruising the Canals of the Highlands of Scotland," a slideshow by Jim and Marilyn Marco about their recent cruise in this area. Oakland YC, Ap.m., free. Details, (510) 534-4317. Nov. 5 — Election Day. Vote early, vote often. Then go sailing. Nov. 9_OYRA Awards Banquet at Richmond YC. Details, Betty Lessley, 892-6534 (home). Nov. 9 — Islander 36 Annual Fall Meeting at the Golden Gate YC. Rich Princeau, 365-3694 (home). Nov. 9-10 — Marina Village Open Boat Weekend. New and used boats on display, weather permitting. Info, (510) 521-0905. Nov. 12 — "Anchoring Fundamentals," a free presentation by John PeMeter of West Marine about types of anchors and windlass selection. 7:30 p.m. at Berkeley YC; Christine Jackson, (510) 5280172. Nov. 14 — Tenth Annual San Francisco Bay Decisionmakers Conference at the Fleet Admiral Nimitz Conference Center on Treasure Island, 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Help save the Bay! Info, Bay Planning Coalition, 397-2293. Nov. 15 — "Cruising San Francisco Bay," a free slideshow and talk by Bob and Carol Mehaffy, authors of the soon-to-be-released Cruising Guide to San Francisco. 7 p.m. at Waypoint (Alameda). RSVP, (510) 769-1547. s Nov. 16 — Tinker Rally and BBQ at Alameda Beach, beginning at 10 a.m. Details, Tinker Marine, (510) 814-0471. Nov. 17 — Neal Petersen, the 29-year-old black South African yachtsman, will give an audiovisual presentation on the ’94-’95 BOC Round the World Alone yacht race, as well as highlights from his three solo trans-Atlantic races and his career as a commercial diamond diver. Starts at 1800; limited to the first 80 to sign up; $10 at the door. Club Nautique (Alameda), (510) 865-4700. Nov. 23 — 'Awesome Rawson' Sail-In and BBQ at Alameda YC, an all day get-together of any and all Rawson owners. For the scoop, call Larry Brown, (408) 395-1447. Nov. 23-24 — Sailing Coach Seminar at San Francisco YC, an intensive two-day course taught by Gary Bodie for training college and high school sailing coaches. Limited to the first 18 sign-ups; not free, but worth the price to get this seminar on your resume. Maureen Ford, 435-9525. ' Nov. 24 — Full moon. . . and just 30 shopping days ’til Xmas! Nov. 28 — Thanksgiving. Count your blessings. Then go sailing. Nov. 28-Dec. 1 — Hans Christian Owners Association (HCOA) Thanksgiving cruise to Tomales Bay. Rick Boyce, (408) 997-1361. Dec. 1, 1986 — Ten Years After: The following historically significant (well, in limited circles) item appeared a decade ago in a Sightings piece called "All Right, Already": In response to a number of requests over the years, we will henceforth reserve a small section in Calendar for what the tides are doing. Our mini-current tables will cover weekends on/y, since that’s when most of us go sailing, and go for about six weeks — all the current issue weekends plus two more. Let’s see, that makes about reason #58 on the list we’re compiling of "101 Reasons for Always Having a Latitude 38 Aboard Your Boat." Among the others: fly swatter, kid swatter, pirate swatter (when wrapped around a large wrench), emergency TP that you can read first, glass cleaner, sandwich wrapper, bird cage liner, portable sunshade, high fiber cereal (only in emergencies) and spitball ammunition. Incidentally, don’t think that just because we’re doing something new and exciting will mean that the page numbers get moved. You’ve only been asking for that for five or six years. It will take at least that again for our incredibly proficient research and development team to fully explore the intricate parameters and environmental impact of so

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drastic a move. Ed. note — The page numbers were finally changed from the inside of the page to the outside in mid-’92. Bowing to popular demand, our R&D team is currently studying the ramifications of modifying the much-maligned and admittedly mysterious Sightings layouts. Look for improvements to this section sometime after the turn of the century. Dec. 7 — Lighted Boat Parade in the Petaluma Turning Basin, approximately 6 p.m. A fun way to kick off the holiday season. Info, (707) 778-1833. Dec. 7 — Spectacular 1996 Lighted Yacht Parade on the Estuary off Jack London Square, sponsored by MYCO, the Classic Yacht Association and the Port of Oakland. Info, (510) 834-4591. Dec. 7 — Lighted Boat Parade and Canned Food Drive, 5:30 in Santa Cruz. For info, contact SCYC at (408) 425-0690. Dec. 7 — Free demonstration of various man overboard recovery techniques at Modern Sailing Academy in Sausalito, 9-11 a.m. Info, John Connolly, 331-8250. Dec. 8 — Sail a Small Boat Day, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free rides in centerboard boats, courtesy of the Small Boat Racing Association (SBRA) and Richmond YC. A wonderful opportunity to 'kick the tires' of various dinghies, as well as chat with enthusiastic and knowled¬ geable class reps. Info, (510) 234-SAIL. Dec. 11 — "Designing User-Friendly Sailboats," a talk by Tom Wylie at the SNAME (Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engin¬ eers) meeting. 8 p.m. at Encinal YC; optional dinner beforehand. RSVP, Leonard Stanton, (510) 522-5354. Jan. 11-19 — Sail Expo Atlantic City ’97, the biggest sail-only extravaganza in the country. Fabulous show if you can handle New Jersey in the dead of winter. Better yet, you can wait for the debut of Pacific Sail Expo, scheduled for April 24-28 at Oakland’s Jack London Square. Info, (800) 408-6318. Racing Nov. 2 — Champion of Champions for Santa Cruz sailors. Who’s the best down there? SCYC, (408) 423-0690. Nov. 2-3 — North/South Match Race Challenge at Long Beach YC in Catalina 37s. The PICYA board will select a Bay Area represen¬ tative (by resume) to sail against Dave Ullman. The winner of the series will be invited to the ’97 Congressional Cup. PICYA, 388-8361. Nov. 8 — San Diego to Cabo Race, hosted by Southwestern YC. Just seven sleds are entered (see Race Notes) in this 'do-it-yourself' Cabo sprint. Amy Meyer, (619) 425-6560 (days). Nov. 9 — Island YC’s Jack & Jill +1 Race, a kinky-sounding Estuary affair. Info, (510) 534-7317. Nov. 23 — Lake Washington SC’s Annual Turkey Shoot. Dinghy racing at the Port of Sacramento. Fred, (916) 737-8966. Jan. 19-24 — Yachting Key West Race Week: "hot sun, strong winds and elite competition." The tenth anniversary of America’s premiere midwinter regatta. Keith Taylor, (617) 837-1448. Jan. 17, 23, 24, 25 — Starts of the Marina del Rey to Puerto Vallarta Race, an event that’s poised for a comeback. "We think we’ll get 30 boats this time," said spokeswoman Peggy Redler. "Some of the Northern California boats who have expressed interest in going include Swiftsurell, Oaxaca, Zamazaan, InfraRed and Recidivist." Del Rey YC; Rudy Schaefer, (310) 472-8713. Feb. 1-8 — MEXORC, a series of eight laid-back buoy races off Puerto Vallarta. Hosted by the Mexican Sailing Federation; Frank Whitten, (619) 226-8033. Midwinter Series ALAMEDA YC — Estuary Midwinters: 11/10, 12/8, 1/12, 2/9, 3/9. M.L. Higgins, (510) 748-0289. BERKELEY YC — Chowder Races: 11/3, 11/30, 12/1, 12/28, etc. Paul Kamen, (510) 540-7968. BERKELEY/METROPOLITAN YC — Midwinters: 11/9-10,

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CALENDAR 12/14-15, 1/11-12, 2/8-9. BobbiTosse, (510) 939-9885. CORINTHIAN YC — Midwinters ’97: 1/18/19, 2/15-16. Rob Moore, 383-8200, ext. 109. ENCINAL YC — Jack Frost Series: 11/16, 12/21, 1/18, 2/15, 3/15. EYC, (510) 522-3272. GOLDEN GATE YC — Seaweed Soup Perpetual: 11/2, 12/7, 1/4, 2/1. GGYC, 34^-BOAT. LAKE MERRITT SC — Edna Robinson Memorial Midwinters (dinghies): 12/14, 1/12, 2/8, 3/5. Duncan Carter, (510) 945-6223. OAKLAND YC — Brunch Series: 1/5,1/19,2/2,2/16,3/2,3/16. OYC, (510) 522-6868. RICHMOND YC — Small Boat Midwinters: 12/7, 1/4, 2/1, 3/1. RYC, (510) 237-2821 or Mac Lingo, (510) 525-1881. SANTA CRUZ YC — Midwinters: 11/16, 12/21, etc. SCYC, (408) 425-0690. SAUSALITO CC — Midwinters: 11/16, 1/18, 2/15, 3/15. Dorothy Stouter, 479-4678. SAUSALITO YC — Midwinters: 11/3, 12/8, 1/5, 2/2, 3/2. Pat Broderick, (707) 528-2109. SA^ FRANCISCO YC — Fall Series: 11/16-17, 12/14-15. Tim Russell, 898-4439. SEQUOIA YC — Midwinter Sunday Pursuit Races, October through mid-April. Randy Hough, 365-6383. SOUTH BAY YRA — Winter Series: 11/16, 12/14, 1/18, 2/8, 3/15. Mike Dixon, (510) 635-5878. SOUTH BEACH YC — ’IAOTIO' Series, every Saturday until 3/29. Free! Ray Hall, 591-6513. Please send your calendar items by the 10th of the month to Latitude 38 (Attn: Calendar), 15 Locust Avenue, Mill Valley, CA, 94941. Better yet, fax them to us at (415) 383-5816. But please, no phone-ins! Calendar listings are for marine-related events that are either free or don't cost much to attend. The Calendar is not meant to support commercial enterprises. Unless otherwise noted, all phone numbers listed in the Calendar are in the 415 area code.

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We are also pleased to announce the release of a new paperback by another of the century's greatest sailors, Tristan Jones. A Steady Trade (paperback, $16.50), the latest addition to our growing collection of Tristan's books, covers his memories of childhood in Wales and the beginning of his life at sea on the arduous "sail-in-trade" of northern Europe before WWII. It is filled with the sights, sounds and smells of the sea, an unbelievably real evocation of a remarkable coming of age. It is a must-read for all Tristan Jones fans. What sailor has not dreamed of slipping land's shackles and cruising the wine-dark seas of the world? Author Reese Palley has written There Be No Dragons (hardcover, $24.95) in the hope that he can convince even the most timid amateur that there is nothing to fear from deep-water cruising. This book discusses easily acquired skills and inexpensively obtained equipment that will ensure safe passage to distant and exotic ports. After reading this book you will realize that the leap from dream to reality is not so difficult after all.

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Folks with classic wooden boats, however, know that a renaming ceremony would be inadequate if there was not at least a little involvement of money, dark spirits, music, sex, fire and blood. The best renaming ceremony we ever attended occurred one blustery night in the Caribbean — where they know a thing or two about renaming wooden boats. A large and festive crowd initially gathered around a huge bonfire, with music provided by a rasta band that was louder than it was good. After the accommodating owner of the boatyard lifted the schooner’s main mast a few inches, the new owner and his wife jointly placed a rare gold coin on the mast step. After the main mast was lowered back into position, the husband and wife handed out old mayonnaise jars containing a dollop of rum to as many people as could squeeze into the main salon. The locally-made rum was so dark and strong it was nearly undrinkable. As the assembled throng jammed in the salon sipped and watched, the skipper and first mate took turns pricking each other’s thumb, allowing a few drops of each other’s blood to mix with the bilge water. The idea, we were later told, uias that the blood would eventually seep into the wood hull, making the owners one with the boat. For the duration of the ceremony, and long into the night, three gothically outfitted women — complete with dark hoods and magnificent heaving cleavages — roamed the boat, caressing the finer examples of her woodwork. Although the women later danced with a fervor, none would speak. The culminating moment came when the first mate, after making incantations to Neptune, pronounced the boat’s new name and whacked a bottle of good champagne across the bow. Most of the bubbly went into the water or onto the crowd. With the boat renamed, the party began in earnest. If you’ve ever been to a good party in the Caribbean, we don’t have to tell you that it didn’t end until long after dawn. If you’ve got a fiberglass boat and want to use Vigor as your guide to renaming her, be our guest. But we sure wouldn’t try it if we were renaming a classic wooden yacht. People are always approaching us about a Best of Latitude book or something along those lines. We’ve always resisted because we hate the idea of living in the past. As charter captain Ken Fairchild so correctly pointed out to us lately, "You only go around once in life — but if you do it right, once is enough!" So the heck with the past — let’s get the most out of life right now.

II-1)PAR FOR THE COURSE I feel compelled to comment on the letter (Sept, page 82) from Bob Proux and family aboard the Tayana 42 Even Star. My comments have nothing to do with the Coast Guard, but are actually directed at those readers who at some time in the future will be making a similar Pacific Northwest to San Francisco passage. The wind and sea conditions Even Star encountered were par for the course, so to speak, especially in summer when there’s a well established Pacific High. This fact is quite clearly shown on the pilot charts. I have made the passage from Cape Flattery to San Francisco non-stop twice, and once non-stop from Cape Flattery to Ventura. The first time I did it was in late September and was the mildest. All we had were three days of full gale force winds from the north and northwest, with seas from 15 to 20 feet. These are pretty much the same conditions that Even Star experienced. The second time was right after Labor Day, when it blew a full storm — 55 knots sustained with higher gusts — for a couple of days, with 35 to 50 knots the rest of the time. We averaged seven knots from Port Townsend to a slip in the City Marina! The third time was between July 31 and August 8, and we had gale force winds or better about 75% of the time, with 25 to 30 knots as far south as a few hours shy of Ventura. The seas were matching. One night during this trip, when we had reduced maneuverability because we were running under staysail alone, we spoke to a Navy vessel that got pretty close. He apologized for not being able to get out of our way because he was hove to!

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If anyone needs more convincing that prevailing conditions are rough in this area, I’ve got it. When I sailed north from Cabo San Lucas to Cape Flattery in June/July of '93 along 140 °W longitude, my only source of weather information was the Coast Guard High Seas forecast on SSB. Almost every day there was a 'Securite' advisory for winds 25 to 30 knots from north or northwest east of 132 °W from roughly 36°N to 45 °N. The point is, anyone wanting to come south from points north of Oregon had better be prepared to sail — and fast — before the wind and seas. I suppose one could stay real close to shore — two to five miles maximum — and harbor-hop down. This can be fun if you have most of the summer to do it and if you always remember that there isn’t a single harbor along this stretch of coast that doesn’t have a bar entrance, that the whole coast is mostly cliffs, that the wind blows onshore, and that there’s lots of fishing boats and fog. Speaking of distances offshore, I should mention that our first trip was along 125° W, which I thought at the time would be a nice line to follow on the chart. Now I don’t recommend it, as it’s full of commercial traffic which also thinks that 125 °W is a nice line to follow. I later found out that professional rpariners refer to it as 'Interstate 5'! the second time, I made sure to be well outside 125°W and came down 127°30'W. The last time, since we were headed straight for Ventura and I wanted to be well clear of all the traffic around the San Francisco Entrance, we headed south from Cape Flattery until we were 200 miles from the coast just north of Cape Mendocino, at which point we jibed and headed for the entrance to the Channel Islands. So anyone about to sail down the Oregon and especially Northern California coasts had better be prepared for some extended fast running and broad reaching before big winds and big seas. Not that one would want to do this all the time, but it can be exhilarating. And it sure beats motoring in a calm. Leonard D. Ablietei New Dawn, Valiant 40 Leonard — You won’t get any argument from us. We remember the time that Gene and Dottie Haynes were coming down the Northern California coast aboard their Alameda-based Nor’West 33. A northwesterly — what else? — blew up, creating seas that pitchpoled their boat. There are countless similar stories from that difficult stretch of the West Coast.

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I had a dream while sleeping aboard my O’Day 25 Lunatie: a long¬ haired, hippie-looking guy climbed up my boarding ladder and woke me up. "Hey dude," I asked, "are you Coast Guard?" He said nothing, but handed me a piece of paper. He then turned, stepped off the transom, and disappeared into the night. After he left, I realized that the 'long hair' was Thomas Jefferson, the paper was made of hemp, and the document written on it was the U.S. Constitution. Now fully awake, I heard a voice that kept repeating the words, "the Fourth Amendment, the Fourth Amend¬ ment, the Fourth Amendment." When I told my shrink this story, he told me to send a dollar and a SASE to Latitude for a 'Fight For The Fourth!" bumper sticker, to keep taking my Prozac, and to not to drink cheap tequila anymore. He said it would help me sleep better. Now I drink expensive tequila and, as you can see, I’ve enclosed $10 .for 10 'Fight For The Fourth!" Send the bumper stickers fast because I need my sleep! P.S. If you people ever quit publishing Latitude, neither Prozac or Tequila will save my sanity!

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Why Hunter? At Cruising Specialists, we are sometimes asked why we chose to represent Hunter. It’s a fair question. Having been active in this industry for over thirty years now, we’re certainly aware that not every sailor on the water¬ front is convinced Hunter is a great boat. The fact is, we backed into it. “What?” you say. You were probably expecting some sort of ra-ra answer. Cruising Specialists is a division of Club Nautique, the largest sailing club and bareboat charter fleet on San Francisco Bay. A cornerstone of Club Nautique’s operating philosophy is to always have the newest, nicest, cleanest and best sailing boats available for charter anywhere. In the early 80s, the club’s fleet was composed primarily of C&Cs, Ericsons and Pearsons — all boats acknowledged for their quality and performance. In 1991, Club Nautique accepted a Hunter

The most comfortable cockpits afloat 35.5 into the fleet as a test. The boat was used for bareboat charters and training classes in the bay and the ocean and very quickly became one of the most popular mid-size boats in the fleet. The following year, Club Nautique ' began to accept Hunter 30s in the fleet. This would truly be an “acid test,” for 30 footers are used extensively for train¬ ing beginning skippers. They often are underway as much as 150 days per year — ten times what a typical privately owned boat logs. The Hunter 30s

quickly became the most popular boat with charter customers to ever grace the Club Nautique fleet. By 1994, the club was working closely with Hunter to create boat models specifically outfitted for charter service. The Hunter 29.5 was the first product of this collaboration and in spring of 1994, Club Nautique added six identical 29.5s to the fleet. To say these boats were well received would be a gross understatement. They are in constant demand. The boats were specially rigged to serve as many different market segments as possible and came equipped with everything from dishes to spinnaker gear. The pre¬ planning paid off and 29.5s are rarely seen at the dock, logging as many as 25 days of charter per month during the high season. They are used for skipper training, race/spinnaker training, corpo¬ rate team building, and charters ranging in length from an afternoon to a whole summer. The 29.5 churns so much charter income, one owner considered naming his boat Cash Cow. In 1996, a mere 5 years, after the first boat was tested, Hunters account for over 60% of the Club Nautique fleet! Which brings us back to the original question, “Why Hunter?” Chartering is a business and to be successful in the business, the operator must have boats that: 1. Charter often, 2. Don’t break, 3. Are easy to repair if damaged, 4. Offer outstanding value. Club Nautique has tested and compared the major brands and Hunter wins hands down in all the categories. It’s simple, Hunters deliver more dollars to the bottom line than any other boat available. That’s strong praise when one considers the club operates on San Francisco Bay, where the wind blows 25 knots every summer afternoon and the chop is legendary. The club’s experience is not the only reason we sell Hunters. Our mission is to offer the best product

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Mthe harbormaster turned on the lights On a Saturday in late September, my son Michael and I brought my 45-ft ketch Bounty up from Capitola — which had closed for the season — to Half Moon Bay. This was the first leg of our trip to Grand Marina in Alameda. We bucked 5-foot seas and 15 to 22 knot winds for 12 hours, arriving off Pillar Point at 2200. Obviously, it was already dark, and the entrance to that harbor can be tricky. That’s why it was so nice of the harbormaster to turn on his truck lights to guide us to H Dock. He then came down to the dock, guided us into the berth with his flashlight, and took our lines. There’s more. He told us not to bother coming up to the harbor office until the next morning. When we did, he told us there was "no charge" for the service. Talk about courtesy and kindness! Robert Schemmel, M.D. Los Gatos

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^CHALLENGE THE LEGALITY If I wanted to challenge the legality — on Fourth Amendment grounds — of the Coast Guard boarding my boat for a 'safety inspection', what would a maritime attorney suggest? Tom Keegan Killin’ Time Redwood City Tom—If you were going to challenge the Coast Guard’s authority to board, you’d want to consult a specialist in constitutional law, not admiralty law. We’re pretty certain that he’d advise you to engage in good old civil disobedience — in other words, refuse to allow the Coast Guard to board and let yourself be arrested. You know, like Gandhi and Martin Luther King. He’d also advise you to have hundreds of thousands of dollars to fight the charges, and to later appeal your conviction all the way to the Supreme Court — which in all probability wouldn’t bother to hear your case anyway. So much for a mariner’s constitutional rights. As a practical matter, defying federal authorities on your own is likely to consume much of the rest of your life and most of your finances. Just ask Jim Blaes — to whom you might owe more than you realize. So what are the alternatives? If we were the trial lawyers, the teacher’s unions, the medical profession, or Archer Daniels Midland, we could change the law the fraditional way — by buying the votes of Congresspersons. But that’s even more expensive than

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of things she suggested: "If hailed by a Cqast Guard to stand by to be boarded, pretend not to hear. When you finally ’hear’, don’t understand. For example, when they proclaim, ’’Prepare to be boarded”, your response should be, ’’Yes, it is a beautiful day” — then take off in the other direction. After a few minutes of cat and mouse games, you can finally 'understand' that they want to board — but tell them you have a copy of the Bill of Rights right in front of you, and it specifically prohibits warrantless searches. Argue about that for awhile. Then say you can’t allow the boarding because in your judgement the conditions are too dangerous for the safety of the crew. Argue about that. Then insist that the local Coast Guard Commander give you assurances over the radio that the Coast Guard will be liable for any damage to your boat. In other words, be as obnoxious as you were in high school. Two things to remember: 1) It’s a game, so let the Coasties be the ones to get all worked up. 2) Don’t ever take a swing at anybody or do anything that wouldn’t immediately be laughed out of court.” As for sustained negative publicity about the boardings, can you imagine an Opening Day theme of 'The Coast Guard and the Bill of Rights'? Everyone could dress up like Coasties, board other boats, and order skippers and crews around at gunpoint. Theatrical s opportunities such as this would probably attract more decorated boat participants than there have been in years. (Not that the PICYA would allow such a theme, of course.) The most effective way to get the Coast Guard’s attention, of course, is to hit them in the pocketbook. If the odious boardings continue, a 'Mariner’s Against the Coast Guard Waste1 letter writing campaign to legislators would certainly stoke the fires of the cause. Having said all this, we want everyone to remember that except for their ineffective and intrusive boarding policy, we have the greatest respect and admiration for the members of the Coast Guard. If we didn’t, we wouldn’t be wasting all this time trying to prevent them from converting all their friends into enemies.

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If If IT’S DOWNRIGHT HARASSMENT! I’m in the Coast Guard, and it’s really hard seeing all the bad press we’re getting on account of all the boardings, and because our boarding patrols are all packing 9mm pistols. 1 must agree with you, it’s out of control! The Coast Guard seems to board my boat every time I go out, and I’m sick of it. And I’m in the aviation branch of the Coast Guard. All I can say is that I know where you recreational mariners are coming from, because the same stuff is happening to me. If we all work together on this problem, it will help. Just please be patient. I like your bumper stickers, but for obvious reasons you won’t be seeing one on my car! P.S. The Armed Services are all obviously downsizing, and each and every bust the Coast Guard makes equals dollars for the next year. It’s kind of a backwards logic — and it’s downright harassment! Name Withheld By Request Northern California Readers — The gentleman writing is one of several active members of the Coast Guard who’ve told us they believe the reason for the current emphasis on 'safety inspections' is not safety, but to insure that the Coast Guard gets the maximum possible budget in upcoming years. Politicians seem perplexed that so few people care about elections or respect the government anymore. One of these days they’ll catch on that 'we the people' are fed up with the government existing for itself and its employees rather than us, their employers.

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Coast Guard, and to the 'Big Boss' in Washington, D.C.? Our friend Blaes is really the only way to stop Big Brother. S. Lee Santa Clarita S. — Latitude is read by Coast Guard officials both locality and in Washington, D.C. We don’t know exactly how 'high up' the magazine is read, but we know the Coast Guard is very concerned about the negative publicity the boardings have generated. If the Coast Guard is smart, they’ll use the Blaes incident to work with Congress to see that Fourth Amendment rights are restored to mariners. As much as we love the Coast Guard, we fear they’re not smart or aware enough to do this. Mariners will eventually have their Fourth Amendment rights restored; it’s just a matter of how much of the Coast Guard’s reputation goes down the toilet before it happens. But hey, it’s more than a little stretch to compare the Coast Guard to the Gestapo. The Coast Guard may be displaying a Gestapo-like disregard for individual rights, but they’re nothing like the real thing.

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Scouts, Sea Cadets, other youth groups, Auxiliary boating safety classes, and many individuals about sailing, seamanship and boating safety. They mostly do very fine work but, when a mistake is made, we need to know about it so we can improve our efforts and learn from our mistakes. As our customers, you have a voice with me. I am committed to insuring our boardings are conducted professionally and courteously. If you have a complaint about a boarding by someone under my command, please write me a letter with your specific complaint and include a photocopy of the Report of Boarding form. I will insure each complaint is examined, and respond with my findings and corrective action taken if warranted. I would also be interested in hearing directly from any readers who have found a boarding to be a good experience, either in terms of education or in the comportment of the men and women of the Coast Guard with whom you come in contact. Having been out with my people when they are conducting boardings, 1 personally know of several instances where boaters were appreciative of our efforts, although they might have been initially concerned about being boarded. Both positive and negative feedback are important to insure we'are doing the right thing the right way. If you wish to write, my address is: Commander, Coast Guard Group San Francisco, Yerba Buena Island, San Francisco, CA 941305013. Captain T.P. Hart Group Commander Coast Guard Group San Francisco

Capt. Hart— With all due respect, if you’re truly concerned about boating safety, you’re going to have to take a closer look at the boating accident and fatality statistics. Here’s the straight stuff from the California Department of Boating & Waterways: 1) In 1995, there were 57 boating fatalities in California. Only four of these — or just 7% — were associated with sailboats or auxiliary sailboats. There were more deaths associated with 'houseboats', 'rafts', and 'canoes'. 2) During the same year, 90% of boating fatalities in California occurred on boats under 25 feet. 3) As many people died while "at anchor" or "tied to the dock" as while sailing. Four times as many people died "rowing" or "paddling" as they did "sailing". Heck, nine times more people died while "drifting" than "sailing". 4) Sixty percent of California’s boating accidents took place on lakes, and another 15% on the Colorado and other rivers. Only 25% of all boating accidents occurred on the Delta (11%) or all the state’s oceans and bays (14%). So, if 93% of boating fatalities occurred on something other than a sailboat, and if 90% of boat fatalities occurred on boats under 25 feet, and if 86% of boating accidents occurred somewhere other than the bays and oceans of the state, what in the hell are you guys doing stopping moderate to large sailboats on San Francisco Bay? It sure can’t be for safety! Based on these statistics, we hope you can understand why so many of us — including active members of the Coast Guard — think these so-called 'safety inspections' are actually nothing more than training exercises for rookies, harassment, and a way to insure full budgeting in future years. And would you really consider these to be good excuses for walking over mariners’ Fourth Amendment rights? From our perspective, such boardings are nothing but an example of extremely poor judgement. Now to other points from your letter: 1) You say you normally don’t stop boats unless there is an "obvious" violation. That doesn’t jibe with what we’re hearing and seeing. We direct you to the following letter and Sightings for examples of this not being the case. 2) You cite the 1980 U.S. vs. Williams Supreme Court case. Three

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LETTERS years later, in U.S. vs. Villamonte-Marquez, the conservative Nixon Court again ruled in favor of such boardings — but on a split decision. Dissenters Brennan and Marshall wrote, "For the first time in the nearly 200 year history of the Fourth Amendment, the Court approves a completely random seizure and detention of persons and an entry into private, noncommercial premises by police officers, without any limitations whatever on the officers’ discretion or any safeguards against abuse." If you read the last issue of Latitude, you know that a New York appeals court recently ruled that a high school student’s right to be free of a warrantless search was more important than his classmates' right to attend a school free of classmates carrying loaded weapons. Someday the courts will realize it’s far more important that children be safe from gunfire at school than it is for a 60-ft yacht to have a damn bell aboard while motoring up and down the Oakland Estuary. In a press release from your office, Fourth Amendment abridgements by the Coast Guard are justified with the argument that "the oceans are much more difficult to police than the land". With hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants simply walking over the border from Mexico each year, and with imported illegal drugs readily available in virtually every high school and urban street corner, you realize how insulting it is for recreational mariners to have armed Coasties search their boat under the pretense trying to prevent the importation of illegals and drugs? That the U.S. has completely porous boarders may not be the fault of the Coast Guard, but the nonsensical harassment of recreational mariners is. The Coast Guard flyer also says, "The continued effectiveness of the entire maritime law enforcement program largely depends on public support for the importance of the laws enforced and a public recognition for the professional manner in which the Coast Guard carries out its enforcement responsibilities." That statement is absolutely correct — and which is why you should be so concerned about the Coast Guard's plummeting public support. If you maintain the current policies, you’ll end up with all the guns — but none of the authority. In our opinion, there’s a less intrusive and more effective way to get better results. Check it out in next month’s Sightings.

Mwe did miss the sunset My wife and I have had our vessel boarded twice; December 1, 1990, and May 13, 1994. In both cases the Coast Guard personnel s asked me if I minded if they boarded us for a safety inspection. Both times I responded that yes, 1 did mind. They came aboard anyway. The first boarding took place off Yerba Buena Island while we were enroute from Sausalito to the Oakland Estuary for the Christmas Lighted Boat Parade. I was going to meet up with some friends and didn’t want to be late for the parade. I asked the Coasties if we couldn’t do the boarding some other time, but they were adamant it had to be done then and there. My wife stayed at the helm while 1 accompanied the inspector as he went through our boat. We got a 'no violation’ gold certificate. They were real polite and all, but 1 didn’t like the fact that they came aboard against my wishes. On May^l.3, 1994, my wife and I were cruising out of Richardson Bay at 1845 on a beautiful evening, hoping to get out the Gate and catch the sunset. A Coast Guard inflatable came alongside and asked if they could come aboard for a safety inspection. I said, "C’mon guys . . . it’s a beautiful night for a sunset. Couldn’t we do this some other time?” They insisted on boarding us, and they did. We went through the same type of inspection as before, and we got a certificate of no violation. We did, however, miss the sunset. I hope Latitude is successful in getting some of the Coast Guard brass in Washington to rethink their policy. If the admirals petitioned Congress to stop this violation of our privacy rights, I bet they would respond and then we’d all be happier boaters. Kevin LaGraff ____Sausalito

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LETTERS quarter of a million cash for a 45-ft sailboat that was lying in the Ala Wai Yacht Harbor. We met because he was looking for a captain to deliver his new boat to Maui. 1 agreed to make the delivery for $200 and a return ticket to Honolulu. The boat also needed a little work before we started the trip. Installation of a fresh water shower in the cockpit, new sheets and halyards, and so forth. The owner and I agreed on $20/hour, and I went to work. After three days, the boat was ready to go. We left Honolulu at 0400 in order to be well out into the Kaiwi (Molokai) Channel by daybreak. We dropped the hook at Kaanapali at about 2200 that night, at which time the owner and his wife immediately headed for shore in their brand new inflatable. I was left to put the boat away. With the spreader lights ablaze, I ran around getting the boat squared away. About 10 minutes into it, the dinghy came blasting back to the boat. I was a little surprised at the speed at which the snazzy new dinghy was being driven, because the owner wasn’t very good at operating any boat. Since the dinghy made an tight turn before expertly pulling alongside, I wasn’t surprised to find that it wasn’t the owner who was driving. (soon found out that the owner and his wife had simply stepped out of the dinghy when they reached the beach, and walked to a nearby restaurant. The gentle one-foot waves lapping on the beach were enough to pull the dinghy back into the water, at which point it began to drift out to sea. It was then that it was rescued by the skipper of a sportfishing boat. Seeing the sailboat’s spreader lights on, he quickly deduced that the dinghy must belong to the idiot owners of the sailboat. > I replaced the pack of smokes the guy lost during the salvage and returned him to the beach. I can’t remember his name, but he was a nice gyy and we both enjoyed a laugh over the incident. Awhile later my employers appeared on the beach. I let them run around bewildered and confused for a time before I went in to fetch them. 1 spent the following day trying to find a place for the boat to live. This was a minor detail that the owner hadn’t given much thought to. The folks at the Lahaina YC were gracious enough to lend us a mooring. After driving me to the West Maui airport in a shiny BMW convertible, the owner handed me a plane ticket and a roll of currency — before speeding away. About halfway back to Honolulu, I decided to count the money. There was a total of $37. That’s what I got for five days of working for a crook! A few months later I saw the guy having a meal with a group of people in a Honolulu restaurant. It gave me the opportunity of walking up and placing two $20 bills on his table — replacing, with interest, the 'donation' he’d given me. Eighteen months later, there was a knock on the hull of my boat in Keehi Lagoon. Coming up the companionway, I was shocked to see the owner of that 45-footer. He fumbled with a long string of words trying to explain how the $37 was actually just a "misunderstanding." As if I were interested in his explanation. In any event, he went on to tell me that he was sailing back to Northern California and had hired a female captain to do the job. He then said that for some reason he didn’t have confidence in the woman. I told him that I knew plenty of women who were competent sailors, and that in my younger years in Lahaina I’d worked as a deckhand on charter boats that were expertly skippered by women. Then I nearly fell overboard, because he asked me if I would take the boat to California. I was genuinely amused . . . and then somewhat perplexed. "What the hell'," I finally decided, as 1 was just getting ready to haul my wooden boat to do some major projects. I agreed to take the job — for considerably more than what he told me he was paying the female captain. I didn’t think I was worth more money than a woman, just that the guyjowed me'. "Your delivery fee and return plane ticket will be in your hand before the first dock line is released," he reassured me. Cool, a delivery that will pay for my

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lifTTHE HANDHELD SATNAV' Thanks for publishing my letter about the O’Brien books. I’m sure that many additional sailors, having read about his work in Latitude, will give them a try and enjoy them. By the way, with O’Brien’s most recent work, The Commodore, it makes a total of 17 novels. You asked about the "handheld SatNav" I mentioned. It is, of course, a sextant — which was invented some time ago for navigating by the moon, which is a satellite, and other celestial bodies. It’s a great instrument, although the 'user manuals', H.O. 249 and so forth, are a little bulky. I usually prefer 'lower limb' sights of terrestrial rather than celestial bodies. Why carry a 'relic' like a sextant? Good question, although perhaps you already know the answers: 1) It might be useful when all electricity fails. 2) It can be fun. 3) It impresses the other crew. And, 4) It’s more fun to demonstrate to the ladies than is entering waypoints on the GPS touchpad. Although I forgot to mention it, I did bring a GPS along. Mike Chambreau Impetuous

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LETTERS where the actual pump is discarded after being used just once. These supplies are not readily available in Mexico and they are expensive. I’ve seen stacks of fairly new equipment sitting in a heap outside the hospitals here. Some of this donated equipment is faulty, and replacement parts and repairs would be prohibitively expensive. Here’s another experience to keep in mind: A few years back I was working on a CAT scanner in Hermosillo, Sonora. While talking to an optometrist, he mehtioned that a group of American doctors went into a relatively isolated rural area and gave out glasses to one and all. It was great — everyone could see! The only problem was that the optometrist who had been struggling for years to survive in a nearby village was suddenly out of business. Now those people have no local eye specialist. The Americans have never returned. Well-intentioned people who give away health services or products have to realize that they can create problems by upsetting existing situations. While strolling down a local dock a while back, I noticed a little boy fishing with a tin can and nylon line. I had an old fishing pole that I never used, so I thought about giving it to him for a quarter. He quickly bought it. A few days later he was still fishing with his tin can. When I asked him why he didn’t use his new pole, he explained that he’d sold it to a friend for five dollars. Boone Camp Maracay bcamp@balandra.uabcs.mx La Paz, B.C.S., Mexico Boone — Most of us realize there can be some unpleasant repercussions when donated stuff is passed out in poor countries. But are you saying we shouldn’t donate anything? That all the people in the village should remain without sight so a local doctor can stay in business? You’ve identified a problem but haven’t given us any solutions.

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satellites at South Beach Harbor or the central part of San Francisco Bay. I took it back to a local store to exchange it for another unit. Since no Magellan 2000 units were in stock, I upgraded to a Magellan 3000. I’m quite sure that the receiver portions of the two units are identical — because the results were. The Magellan 3000 also worked okay back at Pedro Point, but couldn’t acquire satellites in the Central Bay. So I took the Magellan back to the local store and walked out with a Garmin 45 GPS. The Garmin unit has worked fine, and I think I might know why. GPS signals are very weak, and the one thing the Garmin GPS 45 has going for it is a flip-up vertical antenna. The antenna gives it a much better 'view' of the whole sky. It happens that I get involved with GPSs in my work, which is in the area of commercial aviation. Similar problems — which are caused by electromagnetic interference (EMI) — occur there. I have encountered the same problems — inability to acquire satellites — with commercial grade equipment from other manufacturers. The San Francisco area — and it’s not the only one — is saturated with strong radio frequency signals: TV, FM, cellular phone, aviation radio, radar, and what have you. There isn’t enough hard data to condemn one manufacturer’s GPS over another, but it’s clear that users must be aware of the likelihood of GPS interference from other radio frequency sources. Peter Nielsen Pedro Point Peter — We own a Garmin 45 GPS that worked beautifully all the way from California to Turkey and back to the Caribbean. When sailing aboard Adventure Cat last week, we asked Capt. Hans how he liked his Garmin 45 — which he had mounted near the helm. Hans told us that it was great — except that it had failed during portions of a recent whale-watching trip to the Farallones. It turns out that the area in which it failed was outside the Gate and pretty much coincided with the area where Catherine McAteer (see October’s Sightings) told us her Magellan 3000 had failed. We don’t think the problem lies with the GPS units but, as you point out, with the heavy electromagnetic interference in this area. We’re told that there’s a huge Air Force radar on Mt. Tam that really puts out. As most people know, EMI has been implicated as a cause of many otherwise unexplained oddities, such as 'cancer clusters', Talk Radio, and the antics of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.

UftWE’D BE TERRIFIED I’ve been reading the articles and letters about the Coast Guard’s boardings of pleasure craft. We’ve never been boarded ourselves, but I’m sure we’d be terrified if a group of armed men came aboard our boat. For those who don’t know, there is a civilian arm of the Coast Guard called the Coast Guard Auxiliary. This is a great group of very knowledgeable and dedicated people who donate their time and energy to teaching Boating Safety classes, inspecting vessels, manning communication networks, providing on-the-water safety patrols, and generally trying to educate and support the boating public. There are many active flotillas around the Bay, and I’d recommend that your readers contact the one most convenient to them to either join or set up a safety inspection of their boat. The more mariners who participate in public education, the safer we’ll all be on the water. Malene Mortenson and Alan Cornelia Itchyft@scruznet.com; (408) 439-0969 Malene & Alan — Believing that the Coast Guard’s mid-Bay and offshore boardings for 'safety inspections' are both ill-advised and intrusive, we called the Coast Guard Auxiliary to give our 30-ft sloop a safety inspection. While there is always the danger of an Auxilarist going on a power-trip bender, the individual who inspected our boat

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•lit!SELINA KING SEEMS TO HAVE VANISHED The Arthur Ransome Society needs your help. Ransome, an Englishman and mariner, wrote more than a dozen books, most of which include sailing adventures. Some of his books, which begin with Swallows and Amazons, are marvelous in their accounts of boating. As for We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea, it’s a flat out hold-yourbreath, don’t-put-the-book-down, page-turner of a sea story. Getting back to the 'help' part, one of Ransome’s boats, the Selina King, seems to have vanished. Apparently, she went to Bermuda in 1963, where she changed hands several times until an American bought her and took her away from the island. A rough likeness and general dimensions of the boat were included in the last Arthur Ransome Society newsletter. If anyone has any information about this vessel, please contact Dave Thewlis at 2301 C Street, Eureka, CA 95501-4108, or (707) 442-0547, or <dthewlis@dcta.com>. Pete O’Neill Redding

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Calling all calendars... GM may be closing down its production plants willy nilly, but the assembly line is in full swing for Latitude’s 1997 YRA Racing Calendar. Now in its fifth year as a one-stop shop for all the information racersxpeed for a successful season, we’re out to do an updated, improved, electronically fuel-injected version for ’97. That’s why we need to hear from you if your yacht club or organization is planning anything to do with sailing that the YRA might not know about. And we need to get it fast: our deadline is November 15. All submissions for inclusion in the Master Calendar must include the date, time and location of the event, and a phone number we can Call to verify information. Our annual Calendar, like Latitude 38 itself, is supported completely by advertising from companies and organizations that support Bay Area sailors. If you’re one of them (a company or organization) and haven’t yet considered this valuable venue, we’d like to hear from you, too. We even have special rates for non-profit organizations. Address all submissions or inquiries to Master Calendar, Latitude 38, 15 Locust St., Mill Valley, CA 94941, or call (415) 383-8200 and talk to Mitch (ext. 107) or John (ext. 108). Are you sure you’re okay? While visiting the Pacific Northwest recently, Latitude 'roving .reporter' John Skoriak ran into Hardy Schmidt, a sailing buddy from the old days. Between reminiscing about their 1979-1980 trip on Hardy’s 25-ft Frisco Flyer to Central America and back, Hardy caught John up on his sailing in more recent times. He and wife Jody currently have a traditional 40-ft Winslow ketch parked right off their 'backyard' in the San Juan Islands. Like the Cheoy Lee, it sports almost no modern conveniences, electronics or gadgets. Not because Hardy can’t afford them. He’s just one of an increasingly rare breed of sailors who don’t need them to enjoy cruising. As further sign of changing times in the cruising world, Hardy recounted an incident that occurred on his most recent Mexican cruise. The boat was ghosting up the coast in light breeze when another cruising boat motorsailed up alongside. "Is everything all right?" shouted the skipper. "Yes," said Hardy. "Why do you ask?" "I thought something was wrong," said the Samaritan skipper. "I noticed you were forced to sail..." \ Fossett set to break another record. Sailor/adventurer Steve Fossett, who in the last several years has set upwards of a dozen new sailing records with his 60-ft trimaran Lakota, is going aloft this month. On November 15, he’ll launch his high-tech hot air balloon Solo Spirit from St. Louis in an attempt to become the first person to 'singlehand' a balloon around the world. Such an attempt is even more dependent on favorable wind than any sailing venue (you can’t beat upwind in a balloon). If all goes as planned, Solo Spirit should return to earth on or about February 15. Surprise save. When an American couple sailing the 80-ft Talita off the island of Capri spotted smoke coming from a French 45-footer, they sped to the rescue. Taken aboard Talita uninjured were five members of a Swiss family and two French crewmembers of the yacht, which burned to the waterline and sank. Unreported in the incident is whether the victims were happier to get off the boat, or to meet their saviors — Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman. The last of the firsts. Guinness lists round the world walker^, sailors and fliers. But there is no listing for traveling around the world by muscle power alone. At least not yet. The two Englishmen who will likely put such a record on

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the map, 29-year-old Jason Lewis and 30-year-old Steve Smith, are currently in the Bay Area preparing for the next leg of their journey. Their odyssey began in England in July, 1994, when they pedaled a 26-ft boat across the English Channel to France, then Portugal — and then 4,500 miles in 111 days to Miami. Upon arrival, they could barely walk. The little boat, Moksha, was put aboard a truck and arrived in San Francisco earlier this summer. Smith rode a bicycle here. Lewis took off on roller blades. He was hit by a car in Colorado, broke both legs an ended up in a wheelchair for nine months. Once recovered, he put the rollerblades back on and arrived at the Golden Gate on September 10. It is the adventure of the trip that keeps the two longtime friends going. Educated and articulate, Smith and Lewis "were burnt out by the rat race and totally bored with our Jason Lewis. lives." Once they came up with the idea of a human-powered trip around the world — and actually obtained back¬ ing for it — there was no holding them back. They quit well-paying jobs and took off. Now they sleep where they can, eat what they have to and work to ready Moksha for the next leg of the journey. (The boat was also damaged in a collision coming across country.) When it’s ready, they’ll pedal it down to Long Beach. If that shakedown goes well, the duo will ship the boat to Ecuador. They’ll cycle down to meet it, and then take off for the planned nine-month pedaling journey to Australia. From there it’s on to Malaysia by kayak, bicycles to France and maybe even a pedal-powered zeppelin back to England. Look for them to arrive back in England by 1998 and in Guinness by ’99. We wish them following winds and lots of carbohydrates. If you want to meet a couple of real adventurers, Jason and Steve are happy to talk about the expedition. Feel free to drop by the boat at Pier 66 on Illinois Street, or contact them via phone — (800) 9340114 — or their email address: http://www.tach.net/public/orgs/pedal/ pedalplanet.html. \

More naming karma. If you’re reading this issue sequentially, you’ll have already noted this month’s crop of 'renaming the boat' letters. Interestingly, some¬ one at Sheridan House Publishers has also been keeping up with the subject. They forwarded us an excerpt from a book they will release next spring called The Devil and the Deep — A Guide to Nautical Myths and Superstitions. In the excerpt, author Chris Hiller says that it was not only considered bad luck to change a boat’s name, but also to end a boat name with the letter 'a1. He cites the example of a ship that had its name changed to HMS Victoria, a double whammy that ended with the loss of the ship and many lives in 1893. This was the first time we had heard of this superstition, which has to count for something. Come on, the superstition gods aren’t stupid. They surely go easy on first-time or ignorant offenders. Otherwise, every fourth boat in the Bay and all Spanish and Polynesian vessels would have terrible luck. Well, now, wait a minute. If racing performance counts, every losing America’s Cup boat dating back to 1977 — except one — had a name ending in 'a'. And Australia ITs victory in 1983 could be construed as bad luck for us. So, okay then, maybe it works occasion¬ ally for racing. And with Victoria, Lusitania and — gasp — Andrea Doria, you can certainly make a case for ships. As for the rest of us, if your boat’s name ends with 'a' and it hasn’t sunk or killed anyone within, say, the last week, don’t worry. Besides, it’s bad luck to change it to anything else.

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SIGHTINGS a visit with robin and serge Serge and Robin Testa left the Bay Area on April Fool’s Day, 1993. They sailed out the Golden Gate aboard their 60-ft steel cutter Encanto, which Serge designed and built himself in 18 months in Alviso. They made stops in San Diego, Cabo and La Paz befdre hopping off for the Marquesas and Aus¬ tralia. The couple spent a year and a half traveling, working and visiting Serge’s family in Oz. Then they took off for points west, stopping at Cocos Keeling, Rodrigues, Mauritius, Reunion, Durban, and finally around the Cape of Good Hope to Cape Town. (This part of the trip was detailed in last month's Changes.) Then it was on to Brazil as part of the Cape Town to Rio Race. Now it was Robin’s turn to visit family' — she was an exchange student there in 1968 and has gone back every few years since to visit her Brazilian family. They’ve reciprocated: there have been letters from her Brazilian father waiting at every stop Encanto has made so far. Though every bit as friendly and outgoing as the 'cruiser next door’, Serge and Robin are unique in couple of ways. One is the range of languages they speak. Between them, besides English, the couple speak Portuguese, Spanish, French, Italian and Swedish. Also, Serge had gained an enviable worldliness continued outside column of next sightings page

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diesel Those of you whose boats are powered by Rudolf Diesel’s wonderful creation should be grinning so much it hurts by now. In August, President Clinton signed a bill that included the repeal of the 24.4-cent-pergallon tax on diesel fuel for recreational boaters. By Labor Day, you could buy the 'old' red-dyed diesel at any fuel dock in the Bay Area and presumably the country. We called a half-dozen fuel docks locally and learned that the price without the tax averaged about $1.40 a gallon. That’s quite a savings over the $1.75-$1.90 that fuel docks have had to charge for the last two or three years. As we understand it, the 'red' diesel is also higher in sulphur than the clear — at least in California. And that’s better for seals and

SIGHTINGS delight gaskets. (In addition to being taxed differ¬ ently, the 'clear' fuel in California was also reformulated to supposedly be less polluting. The trade-off was that it was harder on engine seals.) Don’t think you’re getting off as easy if your car or truck runs on diesel. The repeal applies on/y to recreational uses, such as boating. One fuel dock said they are even prohibited from selling to people who walk in with jerry jugs. Boats only, please! Being as concerned about the quality of the air flowing through our sails as anyone, we end this notice by reminding readers that there is^'— and has been all through the diesel 'crisis' — an ecologically sound alternative fuel available. It is BioDiesel. continued middle of next sightings page

Above, Serge and Robin Testa. Spread, with 28 foot tides, there's plenty of time for a bottom job in Darwin. Inset, Brazilian capybaras — the world's largest rodents — come down to the beach for their daily swim.

before he even left home. Born to Italian parents and spending his childhood in France and Brazil, he now holds an Australian citizenship. He also holds a record. From 1984-1987, Serge circumnavigated the world in another boat he built himself— a boat on/y 12 feet long! The couple still sells copies of the book he wrote about that trip, 500 Days, to supplement the cruising kitty. In fact, that’s how Robin actually met Serge. After reading about his trip in Latitude, she called him to get a book. And just to see if this guy was who he said he was, she asked about it in both French and Portuguese. He passed, they met, they hit if off and in 1991, they were married. That little old matchmaker, us! We caught up with Robin and Serge in Berkeley for a short chat before they headed back down to Encanto, which is currently in Trinidad. How much of your itinerary is planned and how much is spur of the moment? Serge: Everything is planned, but everything changes. The only things we were stuck with were going to Australia and Brazil, mostly because we had family and friends to see there. Somebody said the worst enemy of cruisers is a schedule and I think that’s right. Without a schedule it’s much more pleasant and less risky. With a schedule, you end up taking risks to arrive somewhere. Robin: That’s what we did in the Pacific. Instead of being able to wait for the weather, we had to go because we had to get there. So you hit weather you otherwise might not have? Robin: I’ll say. The worst weather of the whole trip was a storm that hit us on the way to Fiji. We were approaching the Lau group of islands, it was night and the rain was coming down so hard you couldn’t see 10 feet in front of the boat. This was before we had the radar, by the way. So frere we were, it was blowing about 60, we couldn’t go south, the wind kept clocking ... we finally went right through the reef because there was no other choice. We went through Bounty Passage, the passage that Captain Bligh charted when he was in the open boat. Serge: We were sailing with just a storm sail, doing 11 knots. We couldn’t go against it, the waves were too big. It was the worst weather I’ve ever been in including a typhoon I went through in the little boat. Robin: Finally, at daybreak, we were able to see well enough to anchor in the lee of an island. I don’t remember which one. That’s when Serge measured 60 knots with his little handheld meter. Behind the island. We don’t know continued outside column of next sightings page

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SIGHTINGS robin and serge — cont’d what it was doing the night before because we don’t have an anemometer. Serge, you designed and built Encanto yourself. Are you happy with how it’s performed? Serge: Yes, although it was too flat up forward. It pounded too much. So in Australia we made the bow 'pointier'. Robin: And the boom broke in Rodrigues. Serge: Yes. But we found we could sail just fine by having one sheet on either side of the boat. We sailed like that for two years and found we were quite happy with it — there was no boom to hit you. Performance suffered a bit, of course. So when we decided to do the Cape Town to Rio Race, we found a used boom and put it on. Don’t ask how we did in the race, though. We had to drop out and motor in to make it in time for the parties. We don’t get too many letters from cruisers going to Brazil. Can you generalize? What’s it like? t Serge: H’s worth the detour. Lots of people sailing around the world don’t go to Rio because it’s 'out of the way'. They go to Northern Brazil, which is completely different. Just about no one goes south, so from Rio down, it’s unspoiled.Tn the Bahia da Ilha Grande, for example, there are 365 islands — one for each day. The area is very calm, very relaxed. There is no thdft and everyone is very friendly. You can anchor every night and sleep well. Robin: I think everyone who’s made it around South Africa deserves to go there. What about Rio itself? Robin: The water part is magnificent. You really have to see it to believe it. As for the city, the infrastructure is in a bad state. But they have cleaned up a lot of the crime that people were worried about in the tourist areas. People are friepdly everywhere though, even if you don’t speak the language. And with the present government, the poor people have benefited a lot. People in really menial jobs spontaneously told us that they are much better off. That they can finally save money. It used to be that they could never, ever get ahead. Even since I was there 3Vz years ago, things have improved. Of course, there’s still a wide disparity between the haves and the have nots. And many things like cars are very expensive. But staples are reasonable. Chicken is 80 cents a kilo, for example. Rum is $.1.50 a bottle. continued outside column of next sightings page

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diesel Made from soybeans, BioDiesel is nonpollut¬ ing (the exhaust smells somewhat like french fries cooking), nonharmful to seals or other engine parts, and can either be blended with 'regular' diesel or run by itself in an engine without requiring any modifications to the engine. Some 200 boats on the Bay current¬ ly run BioDiesel in some percentage or other, and we have yet to hear any com-

endeavor visits Many people in the yachting world con¬ sider Elizabeth Meyer’s Endeavor the most beautiful sailing yacht in existence. They won’t get an argument from us. For the second time in six months, the magnificently restored J-Class yacht, one of only three in existence, visited the Bay. In the month or so she was here, she sailed often, either testing sails or taking a few lucky admirers out for a taste of what the epitome of yachting was like in the 1930s. It is one of sailing’s many ironies that Endeavor came the closest of any British yacht to wresting the America’s Cup away from our shores, long before the winged-keel Australian — indeed, long before 12 Meters. She was the first of two challengers built by T.O.M Sopwith, creator of such famous war¬ planes as the Sopwith Camel. In fact, the design of the 130-ft Endeavor was a collab¬ oration between Charles Nicholson and Sopwith’s chief aviation designer. Right from the start, Endeavor was con¬ sidered a faster boat than the ’34 defender,

SIGHTINGS — cont’d

robin and serge — cont’d How long did you stay in Brazil? Robin: Six months. We would like to have stayed longer.

plaints about it. Well, besides price. It’s currently about $4 a gallon. In the Bay Area, BioDiese! is distributed by CytoCulture, located in Point Richmond. They can give you more information about it or tell you where to get some if you want to try it out. The number is (510) 233-6660; Fax (510) 233-3777.

Why didn’t you? Serge: It wasn’t the fault of the Brazilians. When we did the Cape Town to Rio Race, the organizers arranged an agent for all the boats. Since most of the boats either go right back to South Africa or cruise to other places, the agent secured only six month visas. To renew ours, we had to go out of the country, get one and then come back in. We just decided to keep going. What gear worked well? Serge: 1 like simplicity as much as possible. GPS you can’t do without. We got radar mainly for shorthanding and it’s wonderful. We don’t have an autopilot. We have a windvane. And we have radios and roller furling. But not much else, at least compared to some boats. The thing is, everything breaks. It’s just amazing. There’s nothing that escapes it. Robin: Well, not everything. . . Serge: Name one thing that didn’t break. One thing. Robin: The radio still works. Serge: Which one? Robin: The big one, the SSB. . . Serge: We had that fixed in Darwin. . . Robin: Oh, that’s right, (both laugh) Serge: The point is, the less you have, the less you have to rely on. We know a lot of people who are waiting for parts. Wherever you go, there are always people stuck there waiting for parts.

the bay Rainbow-. But just before the former left for America, her professional crew struck for higher wages. Sopwith fired them all and took on an amateur crew, which turned out to be no match for the well-oiled machine led by Harold Vanderbilt on Rainbow. Nev¬ ertheless, the Brits won the first two races. Some still think they should have won the fourth, too, but were disallowed a protest. Despite Endeavor’s superior speed, better crew work on Rainbow eventually prevailed as the Americans took the ’34 America’s Cup series four races to two. A dozen years ago, Meyer rescued Endea¬ vor from oblivion and over several years, had her brought her back to better than new condition. Since then, Endeavor has become the world’s most traveled J-Class boat. Her most recent stop in the Bay is part of a West Coast journey — the first ever for any J. She was due to depart the Bay in early Novem¬ ber, on her way back south and east to her homeport of Newport, Rhode Island.

Talk a bit about earning money along the way. It was all legal! (laughs) We’re still selling copies of my book. We also write ,articles for magazines/ We’ve written for French, South African and two Australian sailing magazines. We’ll also have an article in an upcoming SAIL and of course Latitude. But we don’t make very much that way. In Darwin, we saw an opportunity to make some money. It was getting late in the season, so we decided tp stay and build up the cruising kitty. What did you do there? Serge: We set up a tree cutting business. In Darwin, there are a lot of

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SIGHTINGS robin and serge — cont’d coconut trees. When the cyclones come, coconuts fall and break things. Even without the cyclones, everybody wants to get the trees cleaned up because they’re messy and dangerous. So we charged $45 to clean a tree. I got some heavy shoes and made some climbing spikes for them. We bought a little pickup, a lot of rope and a chainsaw — and went to work. How many trees can you do in a day? Serge: It takes about half an hour to trim. Then another 15 minutes to clean up and haul the stuff away. The most trees I did in one day is 10. But most of the time, it was two here, one there, that sort of thing. . . Robin: There are hundreds of these trees all over. They’re too tall for cherry pickers, so Serge had to climb the equivalent of two or three stories to do each one. You also have to remember this was in the summer and it was very hot. Plus there are these big green ants that live in the trees and Serge was getting bitten the whole time he was trimming. , Serge: It was worth doing for one season. Serge, you’ve been cruising the world (or, let’s see, about 8 of the last 12 years. What changes have you seen in that time? ^ More boats. Many more boats. Pretty much the same breakdown, though. Mostly American, followed by French and German. There are lots of Italians in the Caribbean, but not too many anywhere else. There are also more unusual boats. Such as? Robin: Eugeny. He’s a 65-year-old Russian singlehander who’s sailing around the world in an 18-ft daysailer. Talk about 'where there’s a will, there’s a way.' Serge: And in Trinidad, we were next to a Frenchman who was sailing a 40-ft boat made totally of stainless steel. Everything, even the mast. What??? That must have cost a million dollars! Serge: No, no. He worked for a company that made stainless. He was planning to buy it cheaply, but then somebody told him the company allocated money for special projects. So the company ended up giving him $20,000 to build his boat. Then there was a trade show coming up and someone else thought that instead of pots and pans, it would be much better to display this boat. Only the boat wasn’t done. So the company hired a professional and paid more money for him to complete the boat. Wow, what a deal! Serge: There’s more. As he was finishing the boat off, the company came to him and said, "We have too many employees. We’ll pay you to take an early retirement." He’s been cruising for two years, and now the company has contacted him and wants to pay him to do more promotions with the boat as he travels! You couldn’t do better than that if you won the lottery. Wow, you got that right. And on that note, we know you have to go. Thanks for the visit. We look forward to hearing more about your travels! Thank you — you will!

angry at the coast guard Two more local boaters had less-than-amiable encounters with the Coast Guard in late September and early October. On September 30, Dwight Shaneyfelt was salmon fishing near Duxbury continued outside column of next sightings page

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having a Along with being one of the most suc¬ cessful production multihulls in history (and topped in numbers for overall honors only by the Sunfish) and one of the all-out funnest sailboats ever built, the venerable Hobie 16 is king of the spectacular wipeouts. Like this one, which occured during the Hobie 16 Continental Regatta, held in Mon¬ terey Bay in mid-September. "Bury the bows and you’re going to pitchpole," says Mary Lindsay, one of the regatta organizers. "It wasn’t hard to do with winds of 20 knots with gusts to 30 and 8 to

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10-foot swells." A further beauty of the design: Hobies can be righted and sailed away within minutes after even such shinbangers as this. Sixty-five boats from Canada, South America, Europe and the U.S. participated in the week-long sailfest. Jeff Alter (son of Hobie 16 designer Hobie Alter) and Kathy Ward won the fleet portion of the racing, with Annie Nelson and Marci Forgrave top¬ ping 20 boats in the combined Women’s and Junior’s portion of the event.

Reef aboard his 15-ft inflatable. He’d just gotten a fish on the line when a Coast Guard inflatable pulled alongside and the boat commander said, "Prepare to be boarded." Shaneyfelt, a doctor of chiropractic in Sausalito, refused. He’d already been boarded twice this year on the same boat, he didn’t appreciate what he called "the selective disregard" of his rights — and besides, he had this fish on the line. "1 told them as commander of my vessel, I felt it was unsafe for them to come aboard," he said. For a while, the five Coasties in their twin-engine craft shadowed Shaneyfelt. When the hooked fish got away, they announced once again they were going to board. "I said, 'No, you’re not'. And then the games began," says Dwight. "Every time they’d move toward me, I’d move forward or drop away. I stayed about continued outside column of next sightings page

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angry — cont’d 20 feet from them." This went on for 20 minutes to half an hour. Shaneyfelt says the Coasties — who would not identify themselves except as having come from Station San

Dwight Shaneyfelt: whistle, lifejacket — everything that's required and more.

Francisco — kept threatening him with warnings that they’d inform the Attor¬ ney General and/or seize his boat. "They told me they had every right to come aboard," he says. "1 told them I didn’t think it was safe to have seasick teenagers with automatic weapons on my boat." Shaneyfelt even pointed to his lifejacket and held his whistle up, indicating compliance with the law. "Then they asked if 1 had flares," he says. "I told them they’re not required on a 15-ft vessel. But I have full safety equipment anyway, and I showed them all of it." Unlike the showdown with commercial fisherman Jim Blaes in May, which played out live over radio and TV for several hours, Shaneyfelt’s encounter ended after 30 minutes c^r so. Without boarding his boat, the Coast Guard issued him a piece of paper acknowledging that he had all the required safety equipment. They also told him he’d be hearing from the Attorney General for refusing to allow them to board. Shaneyfelt’s take on the encounter is one we’ve been hearing more and more. "I was accosted on the high seas by an agency of the federal government that harassed me, requested to see equipment I was not required to carry and generally impuned the quality of my day." Shaneyfelt isn’t the only Northern California mariner who got angry at the Coast Guard last month. Bill Borgen of Pinole believes the Coast Guard did a safety inspection of his LaFitte 44 Perfect Choice to intimidate him. "I believe they boarded my boat in retaliation for me having complained about being hit by another Coast Guard vessel about 20 minutes before." According to Borgen, it all started about 10:45 on October 12. At the time, he and his wife Jenne were motoring between Blossom Rock and Alcatraz, getting ready to view the Fleet Week festivities from their boat. This is something the couple has done many times in the past. Borgen, incidentally, has been sailing for more than 50 years, and is also an active sailboardefr and waterskier. "We were approached by a dark green Whaler-style boat about 20 feet in length," he says. "It had some military-looking people onboard. They were apparently trying to establish and maintain boundaries for the Fleet Week

the hawk Graham Hawkes has long been a sailor, but it is his work under the waves for which he is best known. An internationally re¬ nowned ocean engineer and explorer, Hawkes has long been at the leading edge of research, design and hands-on testing of deep sea submersible vehicles. Since 1970, he has designed 70% of all manned submersibles and more than 300 unmanned remotecontrol ones. He also holds the record for the deepest solo ocean dive — 3,000 feet — achieved on a test run of his Deep Rover design. . „■ On October 24, the first vehicle in his

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Among faces in the crowd heading south to warmer cruising climes this winter will be one that would stand out in any crowd — but especially a crowd of mountaineers. The first American to climb Mount Everest, Jim Whittaker will be departing his home waters of Port Townsend, Washington, for an open ended voyage around the world. Ac¬ companying Whittaker, a fit and trim 67 years old, will be his wife and fellow climber Diane Roberts, 48, and their two sons, Joss, 13 and Leis, 11. The Whittakers found a solidly-built 55-ft steel pilothouse ketch for the voyage. The Bruce Roberts designed hull was welded together in Anchorage and brought to Port Townsend where the interior was finished by Admiralty Marine and rerigged by local guru Brian Toss. They christened her Impossible after a boat in the fictitious climbing saga Mount Analogue. After selling their Port Townsend house, 'home base' for the past 12 years, the family moved aboard to pre-pare for the trip. Whittaker has been sailing for years, in between numerous climbing exploits and a career with Recreational Equipment Go-op in Seattle. Former boats include a Fuji 35 and Swan 441. For the Whittakers, Impos¬ sible represents the possible — the best allaround sturdy and safe family cruising boat that the world famous adventurers could find. (Whittaker is an avid scuba diver, too. In fact, the same year he climbed the world’s highest peak, 1963, he also made the deep¬ est dive — a descent to 200 feet.) The family plans to bypass the Bay on their way south. After a brief stop in Mon¬ terey, they’ll push off for Mexico, the South Pacific and eventually around the world. There will be no time for cruising rallies, 'pot luck' dinners or wet T-shirt contests for this family, however. Whittaker plans to stop in

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India and climb to Everest Base Camp with his sons, followed by a stop in Africa for a family ascent on Mount Kilamanjaro. If time and politics permit, they will also do some climbing in Odessa in the former Soviet Union. Joss and Leis will stay busy corres¬ ponding with classmates and other children around the world on the Internet — on one of four laptops aboard. Thanks to Microsoft Corporation, Impossible will fly a new cruis¬ ing spinnaker displaying the company’s 'Win¬ dows' logo. If the schedule leaves any 'free' time, Whittaker plans to use it to write a book about his climbing memoirs. The Whittakers plan to have additional family and friends aboard during the voyage, and, while they reflect on a life dedicated to challenge, they know that just over the hori¬ zon lies another adventure. And whatever that might be, they know that Impossible will take them to it. — john skoriak

that swims latest venture, Project Deep Flight, was launched off the Monterey Bay Aquarium. A revolutionary concept in submersibles, Deep Flight /’s maiden voyage ushered in a new era of undersea exploration Hawkes terms 'underwater aviation'. Smaller, faster and more economical than conventional under¬ water vehicles, Deep Flight I looks and performs more like an underwater airplane than submarine. The whole concept is so new that DF-I is considered the flagship for an entirely new class of underwater vehicles Hawkes has dubbed hydro-acrobatic winged continued middle of next sightings page

activities that were starting a little later. This was fine with us, as we were familiar with the procedures and the boundaries. "In any event, in the process of circling our boat, they crossed in front of us, and managed to hit our bow. 'What’s the matter with you?' I demanded. Knowing that significant collisions have to be reported, I requested that the other vessel identify itself and its commanding officer. They refused. I asked again, and again, and again, and on my fourth request they responded with 'U.S. Coast Guard Group' — but nothing more. It was outrageous! "About this time, a Cigarette-style powerboat operated by the Richmond Police roared up, giving me the impression they were going to arrest us or something. I told them I’d been hit by the other vessel — which by now had slipped away — and that the operator had refused to identify himself. I asked the Richmond Police to please find out who had been in charge. They weren’t having any of it, however. They quickly dropped out of earshot and disappeared. "Then a sistership to the vessel that hit mine — I learned these were military vessels on loan to the Coast Guard — came along and told me to continue on my bearing and course. We were headed toward Blossom at the time, and this was fine with us. I motioned for them to come closer, and told them about the * collision with the other Coast Guard vessel. You should have seen them take off! "Since we weren’t getting any help from authorities on the water, I instructed Jenne to go below to report the collision to the Coast Guard over the radio. Just then, a third, larger Coast Guard vessel pulled up astern and announced, 'Skipper, prepare to be boarded.' When I told them I wanted to get the identification of the Coast Guard vessel, that hit me, the skipper responded by saying he’d give me some form. But he made it clear they were there for a safety inspection and he wasn’t concerned about the collision! "But can you believe it? Here we were in the middle of the Bay, there was a strong current, the Fleet Week festivities were getting underway, one Coast Guard vessel has already hit our boat, and the troops on the second one wanted to board us for a 'safety inspection'! I told them that it wasn’t safe where we were, so they reluctantly permitted us to motor over to near Fisherman’s Wharf where we were out of the current. "When the boarding officer finally got on our boat, he reprimanded me about having been in a restricted area. I corrected him, telling him I’d been coming to these things for years, that I knew where that restricted area was, and that I definitely had not been in it. Then this officer — who hadn’t even been around when the other vessel hit ours — accused me of having been fishing at the time of the collision! We’d been doing nothing of the sort. Then he tried to suggest that my vision had been obstructed, or that I’d been drinking, or there were some other problems. All along, he was clearly angling to find some reason for the collision having been my fault. "It was clear they were boarding me as retaliation for my complaining about the collision, and they were trying to intimidate me with their authority. There is no other explanation for the Coast Guard taking two vessels — there was a second boat that stood by during the whole boarding — out of commission during the height of the Fleet Week activities. And it was not a quick boarding. I estimate the collision took place at 10:45, that we weren’t boarded until 11:15, and that they didn’t leave until 1:30. And what did they find wrong with our boat? Only that my documentation sticker wasn’t aboard. "Although we later found that the collision had resulted in little more than scuffs to our bow, the conduct of the Coast Guard hacl already ruined our weekend. It’s outrageous that the skipper of the boat that hit ours refused to identify himself — and even worse that subsequent law enforcement vessels would do nothing to find out the skipper’s identity. "As for the boarding itself, it was a ridiculous waste of everyone’s time. This was, after all, our third boarding in about four years. A few years ago, while anchored at Bodega Bay with my son, a small Coast Guard patrol boat came by, circled us a couple of times, then took off. About half an hour later —just as we sat down to enjoy our breakfast in the cockpit — a Coast Guard 41footer came alongside and said they were going to board us. I pointed out we’d just made breakfast and were sitting down to eat; could it be postponed continued outside column of next sightings page

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angry — cont’d a few minutes? No, it couldn’t. They didn’t find anything wrong — other than our notice of illegal dumpings had been hand written — but they did manage to ruin our breakfast." "It was nothing but harassment," says Jenne. "I’m convinced that they just use these boardings as a way to train their rookies in boat-handling.” "A couple of months prior to that boarding," Borgen continues, "we’d been boarded off the coast of Santa Cruz. Their boarding crew ended up getting temporarily stranded on our boat because they couldn’t get their inflatable’s outboard to start. 1 had to sail over to their disabled inflatable and drop them off. Two days later they contacted me to find out if they’d left their VHF radio on our boat. Apparently they’d dropped it overboard." That’s your tax dollars at work, folks. We’re all for marine safety, and we’re all for intelligent accident prevention. But consider this: According to the most recent statistics from the Department of Boating and Waterways, only 14% of the state’s boating accidents took place on the ocean or the state’s bays. Of those, only a small fraction of the fatalities took place on auxiliary sailboats. And of all the boating fatalities, an even smaller fraction happened on boats over 25 feet in length. Given that, and the fact that Bill Borgen was complaining about having just been hit by a Coast Guard vessel, do you think it was a random boarding? Or was it done in retaliation for Borgen’s complaint about being hit? And also given those statistics, do you think such a boarding was an intelligent use of taxpayer dollars? While there are occasions when most of us would agree that our cherished constitutional rights need to be suspended —yelling 'Fire!' in a crowded theater, for example — do you think instances like this should be one of them? s

craft — 'HAWC' for short. That is, it’s new to us terrestrial sorts. "Whales and dolphins wouldn’t be so im¬ pressed," Hawkes notes. "They’d simply say we had finally built something that can swim." As an experimental vehicle, the epoxy/ fiberglass composite Deep Flight I is capable of reaching depths of 3,300 feet. If all goes well, a heavy-duty carbon fiber-hulled Deep

dog day afternoon On October 12, Neil Hays and a bunch of friends were heading back to the Estuary after watching the Blue Angels at Fleet Week. About 300 yards off Pier 39, they got another thrill when they spotted a baby seal swimming along. Well, wait a minute. That looks more like a ... sea otter? Ohmygod, everyone seemed to realize at the same time — it’s a little dog! The fearless crew of O’Honey, a Macintosh 47, sprang into action. Owner Bob Overland maneuvered closer to the little dog and slowed down, and Neil jumped into the dinghy they’d been trailing behind. At this point, current swept the dog, a tiny Yorkshire Terrier, behind the boat. Cory Overland, Bob’s son, climbed down onto the swim platform, reached out and grabbed the dog — whereupon he lost his footing and the two of them took a header into the chilly water. For a moment, both dog and would-be rescuer disappeared from sight. A moment later, they reappeared, Cory sputtering and grabbing for the swimstep, the dog once again swimming in slow circles. Fortunately, Neil was able to maneuver the dinghy alongside soon after and scoop her aboard. "She was so cold and tired, she couldn’t even stand," he said. Neil is familiar with the dangers of warming a hypothermia victim too fast. So once back on the big boat, the dog was immersed in cool water that was warmed slowly. Once she reached 70°, they dried her and wrapped her in a blanket. One of the women aboard then placed the shivering bundle inside her sweater. A few minutes later, a sailboat came by and the distraught people aboard asked, "Have you seen a dog?" "We have her aboard!" Hays shouted, to their obvious delight. As it was too rough to do a transfer on the Bay, O’Honey followed the other boat back to its berth at South Beach Harbor, where Emily — who by now was warmed up to normal — was returned to her owners. "It was hard to tell who was happier, her or (Viem," says Neil. In all the excitement, no one aboard O’Honey got the phone number or even the boat name of Emily’s family. "The 10 people involved in the rescue would like to know how Emily is doing," says Neil. "Please call (510) 720-6220 and let us know!" Page 98 • towfcj? • November, 1996

Graham Hawkes boards 'Deep Flight /' at the craft's christening ceremony in Monterey. ’

SIGHTINGS swims — cont’d Flight II will be capable of flying 37,000 feet down to the very bottom of the ocean — the Mariana Trench. As soon as Hawkes and his Pt. Richmond-based Hawkes Ocean Tech¬ nology team get the $7 million in funding needed, construction will take about 18 months. In what little time off he has, Graham and wife Karen still enjoy sailing the Bay aboard their Olson 40 Aquila.

smoke on the water Yes I am a pirate. I’m 200 years too late. The cannon don’t thunder, there’s nothing to plunder I’m an over-40 victim of fate. . . — Jimmy Buffett We doubt there’s a sailor alive who can’t identify with that line. During attacks of such flaming romanticism, it’s easy to forget the rancid food, bucko mates, rampant disease, dangerous working conditions and short lifespans of the sailors of old. Thanks anyway, we’ll take Pirates of the Caribbean any continued outside column of next sightings page

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time. Or, better yet, the 'Pirates of the North Coast', the Hawaiian Chieftain and Lady Washington. If you were lucky enough to catch the latter’s arrival here in the Bay on October 19, you would have seen the savage encounter pictured here. Savagely entertaining, that is. Seems the hometown scoundrels of the 103-ft Chieftain and the black¬ guards of the 110-ft brig Lady IV (official tallship of Washington State) have had a grudge match going for some time. And this fall and winter seemed a good time to settle it once and for all. From now through February, the ships will travel up and down the coast, engaging each other in mock sea battles just about every weekend. And, as Long John used to say, "Thems that dies will be the lucky ones." God, we love talk like that. It’s all part of a moveable feast called Voyages of Rediscovery what will slowly wend its way down the coast over the next few months. The main focus is to afford schoolkids a real peek into the Age of Discovery from the deck of a ship like these two 18th-century replicas. Both a one-hour dockside presen¬ tation and a three-hour mini-cruise are offered. Each will deal with navigation, shipboard activities and the history of the Pacific Coast and its people of 200 years ago. These programs run $5 per child for the dockside and $25 for the mini cruise, and need to be arranged through schools. Unfortunately for the kids, it’s adults only during the weekend sea battles. Those run $35 for morning battles and $25 apiece for afternoon sails. You probably won’t get to fire any 20-pounders yourself, but we’re sure they’ll let you wash the blood and bone chips off the decks when it’s all over. In addition, the ships will be open for public tours from 3 to 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday at each stop. Bay Area residents only have until mid-November to catch the Chieftain and Lady W in action. The ships will sail out of Jack London Square on a daily basis through November 5. Then it’s off to Redwood City through the 17th. From there, the schedule looks like this: Santa Cruz (11/19-24), Monterey (11/25-12/1), Morro Bay (12/3-8), San Pedro (12/11-17), Marina del Rey (12/18-29), Ventura (12/30-1/9), San Diego (Maritime Museum: 1/13-19; Kona Kai: 1/20-26), back to San Pedro (1/27-31) and Long Beach (2/1-2). For more information on the sea battle nearest you, call Lynn McFarlane at (415) 331-3214. Page 100 •

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Some 40,000 volunteers turned out to remove nearly a half million pounds of trash from California’s beaches, wetlands and wat¬ erways on September 21. This makes the 12th annual Coastal Cleanup Day second only to the 1993 event, when more than 50,000 volunteers landed the 'Adopt a Beach' project in the Guinness Book of World Records. (Participants in the cleanup 'adopt' one of 600 sites stretching from Mexico to the Oregon border and as far inland as Lake Tahoe.) s As in past years, the most common items removed were cigarette butts. More unusual items included the following: a laptop computer, several cellphones, some TVs, 50 tennis balls, a football helmet, a bottle of dead cockroaches, a dead dog still wearing a leash, lots of underwear and bras, two cremation urns, a 1955 National Geograph¬ ic, several bullets, one rubber snake, a Santa Claus mask, a car fender, two whole cars, a tractor, a harmonica, a $20 bill, a firehose, a Sinbad action figure, eight mattresses and a 250-pound World War II aircraft fuel tank. Of the 491,803 pounds of stuff recovered, more than 68,000 pounds is recyclable. That Sinbad action figure may come back as your next sail tie. The beneficial effect of Coastal Cleanup Day is undeniable. Unfortunately, its future is uncertain. Funding cutbacks in the co¬ sponsoring California Coastal Commission have put the program in jeopardy. In an effort to raise money for the continuation of

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of a concept the project, the CCC has proposed the intro¬ duction of a new license plate. The plate features a painting of a whale’s tail by the renowned environmental artist Wyland. Here’s the deal the CCC worked out with the DMV: get 5,000 people to pilt in applica¬ tions for the licenses before December 31 and they’ll go into production. If the number falls short of that, they won’t and the Coastal Commission is back to square one. Commer¬ cial and personalized plates are available, and existing personalized license ditties can be tranferred. The plates can also be given as gifts. The plates normally cost $50 over the normal registration fee and $40 for renewals (commercial and personalized plates are slightly more). If you call 800-COAST4U (262-7848), say you "saw it in Latitude 38”

and commit before November 30, you’ll get a $5 discount on each plate ordered. You can also make the transaction with VISA

how ironic If you remember nothing else from your high school biology class, you will probably recall that animals breathe in oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide, and that plants take in C02 and give off oxygen. As far as life goes, it’s probably the most important 'balance of nature' on the planet. You’ll probably also know that there seems to be a lot more carbon dioxide in the air these days, the result of many factors including car exhaust and the decimation of rain forests. From there, then you got your hole in the ozone, global warming, etc. etc. etc. Well, reasoned oceanographer John Martin a few years ago, what if you could crank up the world’s quickest growing and most efficient 'filtering' system — plankton? His research led to the tongue-in-cheek declaration, "Give me a tankerful of iron and I’ll give you an ice age." Turns out that iron is the perfect 'fertilizer' for phytoplankton. In nature, it comes from continental dust storms and volcanic eruptions. In its absence, despite abundant sunlight and upwellings of nutrients, marine plants fail to flourish in many parts of the ocean. But add iron and they go crazy. So, Martin theorized, if you added lots of iron, you’d get lots of cleansing, all that carbon dioxide (and lots of other crap) would get filtered out of the air, global warming would reverse — and everything might go back to the way it was in the kinder and gentler days of old. Martin died in 1993, but his theories were proved in a dramatic experiment you can read about in detail in the October issue of the journal Nature. The shorthand version is that researchers from the Moss Landing and Monterey Bay Research Institutes 'fertilized' a broad patch of lifeless ocean near the Galapagos with a half ton of iron particles — and the plankton went crazy. The resulting bloom covered 30 square miles and drifted nearly 700 miles in the next 23 days, attracting many forms of sealife that feed on plankton as it went. According to the scientists’ calculations, the plankton mat absorbed more than 4 million pounds of carbon from the C02 in the atmosphere. Despite its promise, there is much research to be done before regular seeding of the oceans takes place. As one researcher put it, it would be "morally deplorable, environmentally irresponsible and logistically unfeasable" to do so before the impact of such an action is better understood.

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SIGHTINGS times of the ancient mariner There aren’t many of them left — men who sailed before the mast in the last heyday of commercial sail. Men who remember having to run a deep¬ laden merchantman below the Arctic Circle just to make it around Cape Horn. Or what it felt like to be 100 feet above a reeling deck, trying to rescue a t’gallant from a-howling pampero off the coast of Argentina. Like the great ships themselves, most of the iron men are gone. Their ghosts speak to us from faded tintypes and yellowed journals of a life we can barely imagine. But they’re not all gone. Not yet. Ottmar Friz is one who remembers. He accepted the invitation to recall some of those halcyon days at the October 22 St. Francis YC’s Yachtsman’s Luncheon. Especially interesting was an observation regarding factors we had never before associated with the demise of commercial sail. It began in August 1914, when Ottmar arrived in Canaral, Chile, aboard the German full rigger Blakenese, 68 days out of Australia. No sooner had the Blakenese anchored than a launch from another German ship came alongside with the news: "Germany is at war with the world." "It was the undivided opinion aboard that this war would end in about six weeks and we could all go home," recalls Ottmar. Little did the 18-year-old know that the weeks would turn to months and the months into, well.... New Year’s Day 1915 came and went and the German ships wbre still anchored. "And we were still there in 1916," recalls Friz. "And 1917! By the time I’d spent four years in the forecastle with the same men, well, one day I just wandered off and never came back." His meandering led him to an Ameri¬ can schooner headed for Hawaii, followed by two years working in a sugar plantation, and a passage to Seattle on another ship. The Blakenese didn’t leave Chile until 1921. Then, like all German ships over a certain tonnage, she was turned over to the Allies as war reparations. With the breakup of the great German fleets, the handwriting was on the wall. "That was pretty much the end for sailing ships," says Ottmar. Friz became an American citizen in 1925, and 'came up the hawse pipe' by obtaining his mate’s and, later, master’s tickets. By the time he retired from active sea duty in 1953, his career spanned 55 years and 35 vessels ranging from windjammers to lumber schooners to tankers to military transports. He even captained ferries on San Francisco Bay during the 1939 World’s Fair. Are you trying to do the math yet? Okay, we’ll give. On April 9 of this year, Ottmar Friz turned 100 years old. He doesn’t look it. A comber of thick white hair, a solid handshake and twinkling eyes the color of Masefield’s 'gray dawn breaking' tempt an estimate 20 years younger. Make that 30. He gets around fine under his own power, the gait steady if not spry. The cane, he says, has only been necessary for the past couple of years. Bift his longevity was not the reason he appeared before the lunch crowd at the St. Francis. That would have to do with his latest project. A few years ago, at age 97, he decided to write a book. "Actually, my grandchildren decided I should write about the outstanding events of my life," he corrects. However, as the project contained so much material of historical significance, word began to get around. That’s why, when the manuscript was complete, Ottmar decided to 'go public' with it. The public did not disappoint. At $20 per copy, Liverpool Buttons & Homeward Bound Stitches has sold out almost all 1,000 copies of its first printing. There is talk of another press run, possibly of a paperback version. At the end of his presentation, when the ghosts were gone and Ottmar had finally finished signing a stack of books for their new owners, we asked if he’d ever done any recreational boating. He shook his head. "When I retired, most of my friends thought that I would immediately go out and buy a boat," he says. "But the ones who had boats spent so much time washing and painting and scrubbing that some days they never left the dock! I’d already done more than I ever wanted to do of that kind of work." There may still be a short passage or two left for one of sailing’s last iron men, though. If all goes as planned, he’ll join the topsail schooner Californian for one or more sails during her next visit to the Bay. And as long as we were there, did Ottmar have any insights into living to the century mark? Did it have anything to do with a life at sea? He shook his head again and smiled. "Practice all your vices and all your virtues in moderation." Page 102 • UtUutb 3? • November, 1996

whale over the phone. By the way, all charges for the plates above and beyond the basic DMV fees are tax deductible. An innovative idea, a handsome plate, a worthy cause (and hey, a great Christmas idea) — sounds to us like a win-win situation

a fitting In fitting tribute, the long, curving pier encircling Aquatic Park will henceforth carry the name of Karl Kortum, late founder and longtime curator of the Maritime Museum who passed away in September. It is espe-

SIGHTINGS — cont’d for everyone. We hope you’ll think seriously about helping keep Coastal Cleanup Day and other CCC environmental cleanup pro¬ jects going by committing to a whale-tail plate. If you decide to, don’t delay — call today!

tribute dally appropriate for the excellent view of the historic fleet berthed at Hyde Street Pier, almost all of which Kortum was instrumental in saving.

island of beautiful women We’re not big fans of magazines where you have to wade through 10 pages of clothing ads just to find the table of contents. But when we saw the cover blurb on the November Men’s Journal, we made an exception. "Found: The Island of the World’s Most Beautiful Women," it said. So, purely for research purposes — hey, if it’s an island, you can sail there, right? — we picked one up. Writer Greg Donaldson was the one who took on the tough assign¬ ment of finding the highest concen¬ tration of beautiful women in one place. (That thunking sound is our heads pounding against the desk for not thinking of this ourselves.) By all appearances, he succeeded admirably. We haven’t seen so many heartbreakers since scoring continued outside column of next sightings page

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SIGHTINGS island of beauties — cont’d that 20-year collection of Playboys at the swap meet last month. If you want to add this picturesque stop to your cruising itinerary, get out the dividers and find 65°30'N and about 18 "W. From the photos in MJ, the anchorage looks well protected, but watch out for icebergs and bring your longjohns. Akureyri, Iceland, is only about 40 miles below the Arctic Circle.

president returns to the bay It was an odd sight for boaters going in and out of Sausalito, and a rare treat for diners: a vintage schooner tied up to the Horizons Restaurant, right on the waterfront. But for unusual characters, 'out of the ordinary' becomes commonplace. And there are few characters left in sailing like Merl Petersen and his lovely 75-ft staysail schooner Viveka. Yes, that Captain Merl Petersen, know to many as the 'President of the Pacific Ocean'. After a 31-year absence, he finally returned to Sausalito. Merl and Viveka have been together since 1957. In 1965, he sailed her out the Golden Gate bound for Hawaii. He spent years there restoring the boat and readying her for what became a seven-year circumnavigation. The outbound track of that voyage was officially crossed when Viveka sailed back under the Gate in September. Where’s he been? Name a stop along world cruising routes and Merl’s probably been there. During a seven-year circumnavigation, he stopped in all the 'norma! ports o’ call, as well as places of mystery and wonder like Borneo, Sri Lanka and the Andaman Islands, which yachtsmen rarely visit. The reason Merl chose Horizons is his friendship with owner Ron MacAnnan, who bunked aboard Viveka for a year during the '60s at the old Madden & Lewis yard. To hear Merl tell it, Sausalito was a pretty lively place back then. Although already shamelessly touristy, it wasn’t nearly as wellscrubbed and commercial as it is today, and many of the town’s residents had a carefree, 'bohemian' attitude. Seeing Viveka back in town probably brought back warm memories for anyone left of that crowd. Particularly notable was the day Merl and restaurateur Enrico Banducci (owner of Enrico’s and The Hungry Eye) staged a mock sea battle off the waterfront between Viveka and Enrico’s Shearwater. Cannons roared and a plane staged a mock aerial assault, but a waterskiing elephant stole the show. No kidding. We’re told this craziness drew so many spectators and caused such a ruckus that the main drag, Bridgeway, was virtually gridlocked. For their fun, Merl and Enrico were heavily fined by the city fathers, who are said to have enacted legislation shortly thereafter banning waterskiing elephants! Although Merl seems to have barely aged a day since we saw him last, Viveka is show¬ ing her years. Which is one of the reasons Merl’s going to be here awhile. Launched in 1930 at the prestigious Lawley Yard in Quincy, Massachusetts, Vive¬ ka was designed by Frank Paine, who also drew the lines of such classics as the J-Boat Yankee. Double-planked with Honduras mahogany outside and cedar inside, she’s held up incredibly well considering her 66 years and many miles. Her bronze-fastened planks are butted, not caulked, and not a single one has ever needed replacing. The only significant modification Merl ever made to the boat was shortening the main boom to allow for a fixed backstay in place of running backs. The elimination of several yards of canvas along the foot of the Merl Petersen. main actually made her faster than ever to weather. During her travels, Viveka beat a modern 65-foot racing machine in a race from Russia to Japan and took line honors at several exotic inter¬ national competitions such as the Malaysia’s Raja Muda and Thailand’s King’s continued outside column of next sightings page

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what about bob? No, we weren’t having some kind of acid flashback to include coverage of a race here in Sightings instead of The Racing Sheet. (We’d like to think those 'episodes' are quite a bit more obvious in other parts of the magazine.) We’ve included coverage of Ber¬ keley YC’s first ever West Coast Safety Regatta here because of its unique nature, because we think it’s a great idea, and because we’d like to see other organizations flatter BYC sincerely by instituting similar events. Eleven boats in two divisions participated in this specialized October 13 race, in which crews had to perform two crew overboard recovery exercises on each leg of the wind¬ ward/leeward course. The 'victim' was BOB, the basic overboard target buoy designed and made by BYC member John Danielson. In addition to the recoveries, each boat simulated an emergency radio contact with the race committee on VHF channel 68. No spinnakers or engines were allowed, no certificates were required, and boats could apply for redress due only to unusual circumstances. Wingit, for example, was awarded redress not because a multihull has more difficulty executing the Quick Stop maneuver, but because both the skipper and crew remained harnessed and tethered to the boat throughout the race. "We take both safety and fun seriously," said regatta organizer Christine Jackson, noting that the weather cooperated beauti-

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Viveka1 recently returned to Sausalito after a 30 year absence. The boat is currently in Redwood City. fully. There was plenty of wind, and a fog patch that descended stayed just long enough for the chase boat to deploy a cou¬ ple of extra 'stealth' BOBs out on the course. In fact, one BOB was so stealthy it’s still out there. If you come across it (see photo), there’s a reward for its return. Watching the West Coast Safety Regatta was also a unique experience. Most of the time, it looked like total chaos as boats whirled and circled to complete the required number of returns and recovery techniques. Adding an exclamation point to the fun was the 90-minute skipper/crew meeting before the race. This was devoted to discussions and videos on safety techniques, and included a demonstration by a live 'victim' and (docked) rescue boat that graphically illustrated just how difficult it is to get even a willing, conscious person that last 6 feet into the boat. Winners of the Doublehanded division (a tie) were Lucie Van Breen and Bruce Wilcox of Wide Load and Ray Wells and Carolyn Ross of Wingit. Christine and Alan Jackson on Photon were second. In the Crewed divi¬ sion, Ed Shirk’s Kelly took first and Jim and Diana Freeland’s Blue Max came in second. But in this case, that old cliche has never been truer — this ,-is one event where everyone went away a winner. — diane freeland

Cup. On the-Way up the California Coast, Viveka placed second in the recent Long Beach schooner race with a pick-up crevy, three of whom had allegedly never sailed before. But then, Merl’s entire circumnavigation was done with an ever-changing, multinational assortment of adventurers. During his voyages Merl’s garnered a tj-unkload of sailing tales. One of the best describes the time a wealthy Italian approached Viveka in his gleaming motoryacht and told Merl in no uncertain terms, "I want to buy your boat! I must have it!" Merl tried to convince the guy he wasn’t interested in selling, but eventually the obsessed European offered Merl a million dollars — in cash! Despite the man’s pleading, Merl wouldn’t give in, telling him something to the effect of, "Hey, this boat is my life. What would I do with a million bucks?" While one might question his logic, you have to admire Merl’s loyalty and commitment. If we could only say the same about those other recent presiden¬ tial aspirants. — latitude/aet Viveka is currently berthed at the Redwood City Sailing Center. Anyone interested in helping Merl put her back in Bristol condition can drop by the center at 455 Seaport Court, or call him at (415) 306-7862.

short sightings CAPE FLATTERY, WASHINGTON — The dreams of an adventurous Russian couple came to an end off the Washington coast on October 17. Igor and Valentina Bolotin had departed Neah Bay earlier that morning, with plans to sail south to San Francisco and beyond. They were able to receive weather reports aboard their 32-foot sailboat (type and name unknown), but weren’t yet familiar enough with English to understand when gale warnings were continued outside column of next sightings page

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SIGHTINGS shorties — cont’d issued. Fifteen miles southwest of Cape Flattery, they were clobbered by 60knot winds and seas to 20 feet. The couple, who had sold everything to buy the boat and make the trip of a lifetime, got off a mayday, but were unable to tell the Coast Guard their position. Luckily, someone aboard the nearby container ship APL Singapore understood Russian and was able to translate. As a Coast Guard helicopter and three 40-footers departed for the scene, the Singapore also diverted. They were first on the scene. In a scenario which should be no surprise to small boat sailors in similar circumstances, when the 600-ft ship tried to put the yacht in their lee, the yacht was swept or sucked into the ship’s side. Coast Guard video shows the sailboat grinding along the side of the ship as the Bolotins scale a rope ladder to the deck. Airlifted off the Singapore with no possessions but the clothes on their backs, the couple were brought to Port Angeles. As evidence of how karma works, they were taken in by a Russian who had made Port Angeles his home after another maritime misfortune landed him there last year. 1 A beacon left aboard the boat stopped transmitting later the same night. A Coast Guard search the next day revealed no trace of the yacht. ANGEL ISLAND — Due to a finger pier replacement project, all piers at Angel Island will be closed to boaters for the month of November. Boaters may still moor out and dinghy in, and it’s possible that an arrangement with the contractor will allow intermittent use of the piers. If you’re headed over there and want the latest update, call the Angel Island State Park at (415) 4351915. ESCOBILLA, MEXICO — They are called arribadas — "arrivals" — and they’ve been going on on Mexican beaches for millions of years. In each of 10 arribadas every summer, thousands of sea turtles heft themselves ashore to lay eggs. As in many other areas and with many other animals species, poachers threatened to decimated the turtles. Before a 1990 ban on turtle 'fishing', upwards of 20,000 adult turtles were slaughtered every year and their eggs dug up and eaten. (It doesn’t help that the eggs are said to have aphrodisiac qualities.) Since 1990, Federales have stood watch over the beaches until the eggs hatch. However, on September 3, the troops were called away from the beach at Escobilla to deal with guerrilla action two hours away down the coast, leaving the beach unattended. The body count: nine people dead in the guerrilla action and virtually all the endangered Ridley turtle eggs gone, dug up by more than 100 poachers within hours of the military’s departure. VALLEJO — It was goodbye Mare Island and hello Station Carquinez in August as the Coast Guard moved to its new digs at the gatewaylo the Delta. Actually, new digs is almost literal. The main reason for the move is that Station Mare Island tends to get as much as 15 feet of silt under the docks each year, necessitating routine dredging. And now that the Navy’s gone, it would cost the Coasties twice the $70,000 per year they were paying to get the job done. The new station, located at the California Maritime Academy, is better in every way, including quicker road access to the station. It will doubtless be handy for recruitment, too. With a ship scrapping facility being the only sign of life on Mare Island anymore, this once-hub of shipbuilding activity seems destined to slowly fade into history. In total, more than 400 Navy vessels were built there after the turn of the century, the largest being the battleship California in 1919. Perhaps the most notable voyage begun there, however, was that of the cruiser USS Indianapolis, which departed Mare Island in 1945 carrying parts of the atomic bomb that was later dropped on Hiroshima. After delivering her deadly cargo, the Indianapolis was sunk by a torpedo in the South Pacific. Many of her crew survived the sinking, but more than half were killed by sharks while awaiting rescue. JACK LONDON SQUARE — With one boat show recently winding up at Oakland’s Jack London Square, it might seem strange that we’re reminding you of the next one already. But the 1997 Pacific Sail Expo show scheduled continued outside column of next sightings page

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looking good and Picaroon was looking good on this late summer day. What enhanced this photo look even more was when we found out it was the very first sail together for new partners Fred Hodgson (waving) and Mike Melin. Both pilots for United Airlines, they were out for a weekday sail on the Santana 35 on an all but deserted Bay while the rest of you proles were at work. They had just finished the 'buy' side of the transaction and their previous steed — the tail-rigged Ranger 33 Lone Ranger is currently for sale. In fact, Fred and Mike were having such

SIGHTINGS calling all partners a good time, we got to thinking it was time to tee up another article on boat partnerships. So if you’re in one, we’d like to know about it. We’ll also be looking for the longestrunning partnership, the partnership with the most members — even about the ones that didn’t work. We’d also like to know the ways people have found partners — do those Classy Classifieds really work? If you’d like to take part, drop us a line by mail ('Partnerships', c/o Latitude 38, 15 Locust St., Mill Valley, CA 94941) or fax (415) 383-5816. Please, no phone calls.

shorties — cont’d for April 24-28 is going to be one of (if not the) most spectacular sailboat only shows the left coast has ever seen. Put on by Sail America, organizers of the fantastic 'Sail Expos' in Atlantic City and St. Petersburg, this show will feature many more boats, a huge array of equipment and an extensive seminar schedule unlike anything seen in the Bay Area before. The show is expected to draw an audience from all over the Western U.S. So as soon as you get your new Sports Illustrated swimsuit calendar at the office Christmas party, be sure to mark those dates. And if you’re involved in a sailing-oriented organization wanting to take part in this show, you should be making plans now. Even big shows can run out of space. You can reach Sail America at (800) 817-SA1L(7245), or email them on the world wide web at http://www.sailexpo.com.

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NO FORWARDING ADDRESS The folks we've profiled in the fol¬ lowing pages are the lucky ones. As you sit at home reading this, they’re cresting wavetops along the Pacific Coast en route to Cabo San Lucas, the fjrst major port o’ call on the nautical ’Gringo Trail’. But don’t be too jealous. The southbound cruising season has just begun, so there’s still plenty of time to quit your job, sell the ranch and cast off the docklines. If you do so, these are some of the sailors you’ll meet in the coming months. The participants featured in last month’s issue (Part I) were ’early birds’ who got their entry forms back to us quickly. The people you’ll meet here are the slow¬ pokes; or perhaps more accurately those who were too frantic with preparations to get their paperwork to us until the 11th hour. You’ll note this latter group is the larger one — no doubt because life in the mainstream is just too darned hectic. It’s no wonder more people every year are chanting that old ’60s mantra — re-writ¬ ten to suit a new purpose — "tune in (your SSB), turn on (your GPS) and drop out!" We apologize in advance, by the way, for any inaccuracies. While we do take pleasure in poking fun at just about every¬ body in the sailing world — including our¬ selves — any misrepresentations here are not intentional. Honest. 7th Heaven — Columbia 26 Joesph Morrison, Sausalito Captain Joe has been sailing since he was in high school and he’s owned 7th Heaven since the late ’80s. Her name com¬ memorates the fact that she was the sev¬ enth Columbia produced at the company’s Costa Mesa facilities in 1962. “Hopefully

Team Abacus

Team Annapurna

that makes her lucky,” says Joe. Joe is a long-time Bay and coastal sailor, but the jaunt to Cabo will be his long¬ est to date. Sailing with him will be navi¬ gator Jay Fountain, an experienced sailor who’s made the passage to Hawaii and Page 110 • UtiU7c39 • November, 1996

cruised the South Pacific. After the Ha-Ha 7th Heaven will do a bit of exploring, eventually heading for San Carlos. Abacus — Stevens 40 Barry & Ann Graf, Alameda Abacus crewman Jamie Rosman plans to skipper his own boat in the ’97 or ’98 Ha-Ha, but this year he rea//y wanted to come along as crew. He was so intent, in fact, that he paid Abacus’ entry fee, leav¬ ing her owners little choice but to ’go for it’. Barry and Ann Graf hav,e been sailing for some 20 years. In that time they’ve owned five boats including Abacus, which they’ve sailed since ’91. Other than that, all we know about their future plans is that they’ll be up for further southbound ad¬ ventures after the Ha-Ha. Albonito — C&C Landfall 48 Ron Johnson, La Conner, WA No further information at press time. Alegria — Camper & Nich. 35.3 Phil Ahlstrand, Visalia “I started sailing with OCSC one week after the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake fig¬ uring land is no more stable than water,” says Phil. After bareboating in the Aegean and Caribbean Seas, he decided that long¬ term cruising in warm climates was a dream worth pursuing. An early retirement pro¬ gram helped make his goal a reality. Camper & Nicholson sloops are a rar¬ ity on the West Coast, but this one will soon make appearances in many far flung ports, as Captain Phil’s cruising plans are open-ended — Alegria is loaded with cruis¬

Team Argonaut ing gear and ready for action. John Greg will be along as First Mate. Anina — Nordic 44 The Gallo family, Alameda No further information at press time.

Annapurna — Hans Christian 48 Howard & Ruth Ellison, Encino Captain Howard (’Buddy’) and ’Admi¬ ral’ Ruth made the mistake of telling us that their aft cabin is big enough to dance in! Hope they like to play the role of party hosts! An early retiree, Buddy has been sail¬ ing for more than a decade. Among his notable ’accomplishments’, he lists being ejected from his Cub Scout troop, and earning the title of ’E Dock Delelict’. His goal is to avoid taking anything too seri¬ ously. Admiral Ruth has also been sailing for many years, evidenced by the fact that her favorite color is reported to be “bruise purple”. Crewman Bill Wisely — affection¬ ately referred to by his shipmates as "The Whiner" — has crewed to Baja in the past; he plans to head south in his own boat next year. The team’s attitude toward rac¬ ing: if we ain’t in front, we ain’t racin’. After the Ha-Ha Howard and Ruth plan to explore Central America until they reach the canal, then. . . either hang a left or a right. (Ham: KQ6IZ) Argonaut — 47-ft Brewer ketch James & Marie Tipton, Novato Remember that bumper sticker from a few years ago: “He who dies with the most toys wins”? Well, if they have a cruising division, then the Tiptons are in the run¬ ning for top honors. Among Argonaut’s amenities: 700 gallons of fuel and water, back porch, enclosed center cockpit, four watermakers.'two dinghies with motors and six months worth of stores!

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All of which will stand them in good stead for the 10-year plan. After cruising to Mexico with crew Nancy Tipton, Hy Gordon and ’Eric’, James and Marie are headed for the South Pacific for five years, then back through the Canal and on to the Caribbean and Europe for the next five. Along about 2006, says James, “We’ll make plans on what’s next.” Ariadne — Union Polaris 36 James/JoAnn Mathews, San Diego When we sent out our entry question¬ naires, we expected to get back plenty of detailed info. But there’s such a thing as telling us too much — like revealing that Ariadne will be carrying two cases of 20year-old French wine on board plus six cases of California wine. I mean, really! If they discover the entire Latitude staff trail¬ ing them all the way to Mexico like a pack of hungry sharks, it’ll be Jim and JoAnn’s own fault. We’re only human. The Mathewses have been sailing for some 30 years. Ariadne is their fifth boat. After 40 years of marriage, sailing in the Ha-Ha marks the beginning of a new life of cruising for this newly-retired couple. Afterwards, they’ll get acquainted with Mexico for a year before voyaging on through the Caribbean and across the pond to the Med. They then plan to spend sev¬ eral years on Turkey’s Turquoise Cojist. Cabaret — C&C 48 Vierra family, Turlock Cruising is a family affair aboard Caba¬ ret, one of several Ha-Ha boats going south with young children aboard. In addition to

dad Pat and mom Sandy, the crew comple¬ ment includes 10-year-old Alex, 9-year-old Brian and adult-sized Thomas Spencer. . The boat is certainly up 'to the task, sporting such amenities as a 14-ft beam, roller furling headsails, a pilothouse with inside steering and a 75-horse diesel. Pat, who started sailing in 1980 BC (before chil¬ dren), has done previous trips to Mexico, Seattle and the East Coast. Ever the diplomat, Pat says after the Ha-Ha, Cabaret will sail south and west “until the majority say ’quit’ or we’re back home.” Cadence — Fast Passage 39 Doctor John Murphy, Sausalito This trip to Cabo will be Doctor Johii’s first international cruise, although it’s been a dream of his for years. He’s been sailing for more than 20 years, and is one of two docs on the Ha-Ha who’s taught courses on administering offshore emergency medical care. John recently whetted his appetite for passage-making with a trip to Hawaii aboard the Sausalito-based schooner Manutea. Cadence will lay over in La Paz for a spell after the Ha-Ha, while John re¬ turns home to meet work obligations. Af¬ ter January, though, he’ll fly back and sail her through the Canal and out into the Caribbean — hopefully with his “gorgeous” yet reluctant girlfriend on board. Close to press time, it sounded like the San Diego to Cabo leg aboard Cadence was pretty much a guy thing, with Andy Stock, Bob Ivory, Britt Svendsen, Robin Philips and Frank D’Amado slated as crew.

Cadre — Islander 36 Bob & Jean Crismon, Modesto According to their son-in-law, last sum¬ mer the Crismons sold or gave away all of their “landlubber chattel, headed out the ’Gate of Good’ and turned south.” Like many in the fleet, they’re finally living out a lifelong dream. Bob has had a successful career racing Hobies out of Stockton, but as far as we know, he and Jean are just now cutting their teeth on offshore cruising. Their 20year-old ketch was "built for comfort, not for speed", but that’s okay. Where they’re going, speed isn’t high on anyone’s prior¬ ity list. And with a long list of ’go slow’ gear, they’re obviously not worried too much about it! Besides huge amounts of fuel and water, they list: 150 lbs of cook¬ books, 30 lbs of grandchildren’s photo¬ graphs, 2 kayaks, 2 bicycles and all of Jean’s clothes! Caretta — Tartan 42 Anne Strode/Mark Sullivan, Seattle No further information at press time. Champagne — Beneteau 42 Hall & Wendy Palmer, Palo Alto From what we know, Hall may have more experience racing to Mexico than any other Ha-Ha skipper. Last March he raced to Mazatlan on a chartered Perry 56 and in ’95 he raced his current boat (Cham¬ pagne) to Cabo. In the ’70s he raced from San Francisco to Cabo twice and another time to Manzanillo. But he’s using this event to “exit racing into a more cruiseoriented boating life.” Sounds like he’s found the right event. Hall’s other goal on the Ha-Ha is to

The Vierras: (Top) Pat, Brian, (B) Alex & Sandy. get his wife, Wendy, back into ocean rac¬ ing as a prelude to cruising after retire¬ ment. “In any event,” says Hall, “we love Mexico and are just ready for a vacation!” The Palmers plan to leave Champagne in a marina in La Paz or Mazatlan for three November, 1996 • L*XUJiZ)l • Page 111

NO FORWARDING ADDRESS months or so, flying down occasionally when they can break the chains of work! Chrysalis — Freedom 42 Jim Pennington, Corpus Christi, TX Jim says his motivation for joining the Ha-Ha is a “typical midlife story”. He “got

tired of the rat race, sold the business, sold the house and bought a dream boat.” Af¬ ter spending two years outfitting Chrysa¬ lis, he’s finally ready to begin his new ad¬ venture. Although this is Jim’s first boat, he’s been sailing for many years, both locally and in cruising destinations like the BV1 and the Florida Keys. He and navigator A1 Sorkin have both sailed to Mexico in the past. They’ll be joined on the Ha-Ha by crewmembers Sam Johnson and Lee Crockett. Now that he has no schedule to keep, Jim plans to take his time. He sees him¬ self spending a couple of years just relax¬ ing in the Sea of Cortez and along the Mexican mainland. (Ham: KE6YXT) Cricket — Cal 43 Pat & Lynn Appley, Santa Cruz As we read through the Ha-Ha entry forms it’s remarkable how many 50-yearolds list themselves as ’retirees’, having jumped off the treadmill early and set sail for a life of leisure. Pat and Lynn are among them. Both have been sailing since they were in their twenties. Over the years they’ve done a good deal of coastal cruising as well as extensive sailing in the Bahamas. In 1987 Pat did the TransPac. “Going cruising is the only way we can afford to retire,” they say. And they plan to make the most of it. They expect to lounge around Mexico until the spring of ’98, then pick their way through the South Pacific. Perhaps they’ll even catch the America’s Cup in New Zealand. (No doubt there’ll be sizeable Ha-Ha contingent in attendance.) Page 112 • U&itUilS • November, 1996

Cristal Blue — Dyer 59 motorsailer Joe & Bobbi Kurka, Beaverton, OR Both retired realtors, Joe and Bobbi are long-time boaters, yet are relatively new to sailing. They owned five stink-potters prior to buying this comfy motorsailer, which was custom built in Amsterdam.

They admit they’ve never done any racing (or rallying), but with one of the big¬ gest boats in the fleet, at least they’ll be traveling in style. And they’ll have Doctor Dick Burst on board to soothe any head¬ aches. Seeking leniency regarding his boat’s rating, Joe lists “novice sailors — one is blonde.” O-o-o-o-o-oh, the PC. police are going to be after this guy! Like many others in the Ha-Ha fleet, this rally marks the beginning of a new life of world cruising. Joe and Bobbi plan to cruise Mexican waters until spring, then head west to the South Pacific with the ’Pacifica ’97’ cruisers. Day by Day — Spindrift 43 Bart & Deby Day “From our point of view, we gave up two very high-paying jobs to start living,” says Bart. “We sold everything, because we don’t ever want to say, ’Gee, I wish I had done that.’” Amen to that. Bart (a retired cop) and Deby (an RN) fell in love in ’83, but before Bart proposed marriage, Deby tells us, he asked her if she would like to sail around the world. Although she “knew nothing about the sport” and had never sailed, she said yes! Launching that dream has been a long time coming, but this month they’re finally on their way. Their Gardner-designed cruiser is fully fitted out for cruising in comfort with such amenities as a watermaker, washer/dryer, air conditioner and generator. We know who to visit if the weather gets stifling. Jim Wilson, Don Alford, Karen Engeln and Christy Wright will be along for the ride south. Two are expected to jump ship

at Cabo and two more will leave at Puerto Vallarta. At that point Bart and Deby will be faced with the ’tough’ decision of whether to hang out in Mexico for a while or cruise further south to Costa Rica and Panama.

Eagle’s Pride — 41-foot ketch The Lambert family, Torrance No further information at press time. Echo II — Leuders 47 Lynn Henrietta Bob Van Papering will navigate, John Cadwell will skipper and Jack Kirby will be along as deck hand. No further info provided. ‘Er Nibs — Hunter 42 Merle & Norah Zarow Merle, a dentist and Norah, a theatri¬ cal agent, retired last summer and are ea¬ ger to begin their first major sailing cruise. They plan to share the captaining respon¬ sibilities of their late-model sloop; Norah will also do much of the navigating. Having sailed since the ’60s, they’ve owned two previous boats. They bought ‘Er Nibs fresh out of the box in ’92. Al¬ though they’ve done a good deal of sailing along the Californian coast, this will be the first Mexican cruise for both of them. Furture plans yet to be determined. Espire — Hamlin 40 Rick Drain, Redwood City Rick, an electrical engineer in his late 30s, is “taking a year off from the ’silicon mines’” to pursue an ambitious itinerary: Mexico, Costa Rica, Galapagos, Marquesas, Hawaii, Seattle and home. He’s had a taste of offshore voyaging be¬ fore — including a Hawaii trip — and is eager for more. Rich met his crew, Marc and Anna Syvertsen, after answering their ad in Latitude’s Classy Classifieds. After initial contact, they flew out from Madison, WI

BAJA HA-HA III PREVIEW (where they are both graduate students), got to know Rick, did a sea trial and signed on. They both race dinghies and keelboats actively on Wisconsin lakes. In Mexican waters you may see them or Rick paddling around in Espire’s kayak, though. (Ham: AC6XD)

sailed her the 16,000 miles to her present Redwood City home port. During the trip up the South Atlantic, he stopped at the mid-ocean island of St. Helena (where Napoleon was exiled) and at Rio de Janeiro before entering the Caribbean. Terry Kloeckl joined Featherbed in Key West,

Justin (at helm) is the youngest Ha-Ha skipper. Euphoria — Voyager 26 Justin Leonardo, Monterey After reading a few of these cruiser pro¬ files, you might get the idea that only lucky retirees can enter the Ha-Ha. Not so. In fact, we encourage readers to get out and sample the cruising lifestyle as soon as they get the urge. As one entrant put it, “Work will always be there, but youth will not.” Besides, like having a baby, there’ll never be a ’perfect time’ when you have abso¬ lutely everything together in preparation. With those thoughts in mind, we intro¬ duce the Ha-Ha’s youngest owner/skipper, 22-year-old Justin Leonardo. Trained as an EMT, Justin lives aboard his wellkept sloop while attending California State University at Monterey. As evidence that joining the Ha-Ha wasn’t simply a spurof-the-moment whim, Justin went to the trouble to convince the powers-that-be that the ’real world’ education he’ll glean on the trip is worth college credit! (Gee, does that mean he can use all his expenses as a tax write-off too? Whatever.) While Justin and his 18-year-old cruis¬ ing mate Lindsey Brandon will be return¬ ing to Monterey in January for school, they seem like the types who’ll set off on a long¬ term cruise eventually. Jason has already sailed to Hawaii, while Euphoria has been all the way to New Zealand and through the Canal — twice. Featherbed — Caribea 30 ' Peter Eady, Redwood City Although Featherbed is one of the smaller boats in the ’96 Ha-Ha fleet, she’s also one of the most experienced offshore voyagers. Owner Peter Eady built her in Durban, South Africa (launched in ’91) and

cruising bug had bitten. They bought Glory Days last year, fitted her out and finally, this year. . . they’re gone. Plans are opehended and only loosely defined, but Glory Days will be somewhere in the Sea of Cortez and along the Mexican mainland during the next year. Then? Who knows?

Robert & Barbara Unanski of 'Freya'. and crewed as far as Acapulco, after which Peter soloed on the uphill slog to the Bay. Terry’s brother Tony will be along on the Ha-Ha, and his wife Debra may also join them. After the race/rally^ they’ll zip over'to La Paz, then turn right around and head homeward again. No problemo. Freya — Taswell 43 Robt. & Barbara Unanski, Saratoga Like many of his peers, Robert made his upcoming cruise happen the old fash¬ ioned way: he earned it. “Freya is the re¬ sult of 15 years of saving, planning, dream¬ ing and lots and lots of looking for our cruis¬ ing dream boat,” says the software devel¬ opment manager. “She is beautiful.” Also like many, Robert and Barbara are using the Ha-Ha as a tune-up for a planned two-year cruise to Mexico and beyond. Crew for at least the initial part of this adventure include Anita Tucker and Mark and Ruth Washeleski. Glory Days — Gulfstar 50 Rod & Brenda Bulcher, Los Altos According to Rod, about 10 years ago Brenda encouraged him to renew his in¬ terest in sailing. (She sounds like our kind of gal!) He began taking lessons and was soon a regular in YRA races. This .year Rod completed his third Pacific Cup! Brenda’s also spent a lot of time on the water during the past decade — pri¬ marily cruising In recent years virtually every vacation they’ve taken has been on a bareboat in the tropics. After a good deal of soul searching (and financial planning), the Bulchers decided in '94 that their days of working in highstress Silicon Valley were numbered — the

Gumboot — Choate 37 The Crum family. New Zealand While many Ha-Ha participants seem to have similar histories and aspirations, the Crum family’s story is truly unique. They’ll be heading off to New Zealand af¬ ter the Ha-Ha, but not just to be there in time for the America’s Cup — they’re ki¬ wis. Jeannie & Bob came to the U.S. last winter to work as ski instructors at Mam¬ moth Mountain. When their thoughts turned to heading back home to their kiwi fruit farm — we’re not making this up! — ih Marlborough, they purchased a CF 37 and spent last summer prepping her for offshore cruising. 1 A native New Zealander, Jeannie met Bob (who was born in the U.S.) in south¬ ern Mexico in '81 when he and his brother were buddy-boating their two Alacritys (18foot bilge keelers). As Jeannie tells it, they “fell in love while gunkholing down through Costa Rica.” Now, 15 years later, they’re anxious to see how things have changed and to see if they can “remember all the surf spots!” Their kiddie crew are Malcolm (age 10) and Naomi (age 8). The plan is to make a lazy crossing through the South Pacific en route back home, but if the ’crew’ likes the lifestyle, they may “carry on further.” Illusions — Freedom 45 Dick/Sole Switzer, Friday Hrbr, WA "Illusions of what?" one might ask. From their travel plans, we’d guess the Switzers were probably thinking of warm, clear waters and sun-baked beaches. After the Ha-Ha they’ll cruise Mexico for up to a year, then head south to Panama and transit to the Caribbean. Since Sole is of November, 1996 •

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NO FORWARDING ADDRESS Colombian heritage, they’ll then head for the historic port of Cartegena. Eventually, they’ll make the long slog back to the Pa¬ cific Northwest. “This is a pretty high-tech boat,” notes Dick, although he’s obviously familiar with the intricacies of machinery and electron-

‘Irish Melody1 makers Dave & Linda. ics, since he works as a computer consult¬ ant. “It will be interesting,” he says, “to see if things like our freezer/refer, GPS, radar, autopilot, watermaker, SSB, etc. keep working!” Friends Pete and Jan Bingham will help crew Illusions on the Cabo run. Irish Melody — C&C Landfall 38 Dave & Linda Allen The Allens can be counted among those Ha-Ha’ers who’ve cruised Mexican waters before and are coming back for more. Last year they spent six months exploring, as guests aboard a family member’s boat. They liked the life so well, that when their ride ended because the inlaws went home to work, Dave and Linda bought a boat of their own that was already fitted out for extensive cruising. Dave, a retired engineer, and Linda, a retired teacher, can both claim plenty of offshore sea miles including Caribbean transits. When we heard from them re¬ cently, Dave had just been backpacking on the John Muir Trail and Linda had been kayaking on the American River. Their boat’s name, by the way, comes from their love of traditional Irish music. So if you’re out on the ocean and you hear a lively jig floating on the wind, don’t assume you’re being followed by the miniature mountain men from Darby O’Gill and the Little People. It’s probably only Dave sawing away on his fiddle. Irish Melody will cruise Mexico throughout the winter, with breaks to par¬ ticipate in two ’home-building blitzes’ in Chacala. They plan to keep her on the hard in Costa Rica next summer while Page 114 •

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they’re home working. In the summer of ’98 they’ll probably sail back to California via Hawaii and the Pacific Northwest. Joyous — Corsair 36 catamaran Jim & Carole Bradfield This sleek 1994 catamaran is one of

Jim & Carole of'Joyous. the newer — and probably faster — boats in the fleet. Looking very ’French’ with her rounded, aerodynamic lines, she has a spa¬ cious foredeck which will undoubtedly serve as a prime spot for lounging while at an¬ chor in the tropics. Jim and Carole have both done a good deal of coast cruising and racing, but they admit one of the benefits they anticipate from entering the Ha-Ha is “anxiety re¬ duction” . That’s precisely the sentiment of most other voyagers in the fleet. Both young retirees (from their own small business), the Bradfields’ plans are only loosely defined as yet: cruise Mexico for one or two seasons, then “see what we want to do next.” Jerry Leth will be along as navigator oti the Cabo run, as will his wife Betty, who’s listed on the crew manifest as “overseer”! Kiva — Challenger 50 Jim & Barb Nerison, Laveen, AZ One of the bigger boats in the Ha-Ha fleet, Kiva’s hailing port is, ironically, Laveen, AZ. What the heck, we’re open minded. Owners Jim and Barb are semi-retired from “developing a residential air park” in Laveen. Now if they were from L.A. we’d have to assume this project was either some sort of greenbelt oasis where folks come to have a whiff of oxygen or a mo¬ bile home development for air-heads. But in Arizona. . . hmmm. Mu$t have some¬ thing to do with aviation, especially since we understand Jim is a crackerjack pilot and an ace mechanic. The Nerisons’ post-Ha-Ha plans are to tour the Sea of Cortez and stay a while in Guaymas, a convenient spot for friends and

family from Arizona to come and visit. Later, they plan to head off to the South Pacific with the Class of ’97. Along the way, however, they don’t plan to rough it too much. “This boat is set up for max comfort!” boasts Jim. Sailing with them on the Ha-Ha run

Capt. Jim and 1st mate Renee of

& Lady'.

will be long-time friends Paul and Joyce Martin, newly retired school teachers who “don’t miss all the kids!” Lord & Lady — Island Packet 35 Jim/Renee McGovern, Mar. del Rey We asked everyone what ’go slow’ gear they’ll have on board. Some told us about heavy machinery, others listed cases of wine, but Lord & Lady will be weighted down by six gallons of bottom paint. Not a bad idea, considering the price of the stuff (and lack of availability) in developing coun¬ tries. Captain Jim has been sailing for over 30 years and in that time he's owned seven boats. He and Renee have owned this strongly-built cutter since ’89. Since the McGoverns are now retired, Lord & Lady will be seen cruising the Sea of Cortez and along the Mexican mainland after the Ha-Ha. After that, her plans fall into the ’who knows’ category. Jerry Can¬ non will also be Ha-Ha’ing to Cabo. Ma Lu — Endeavour 43 Dick Jewell & Roger Ball, San Diego When it gets too hot and steamy in Cabo, we’ll find an excuse to visit Ma Lu, so we can cool off in her air conditioned cabin! She also has a washer/dryer, watermaker. . . you name it. But then Dick and Roger are heading off on an openended itinerary after the Ha-Ha. “We don’t know if we’re going around the world or just ’all over the world’.” In any case, they plan to start by coasting along Central America, then doing the Caribbean and the Med. • Despite their ambitious plans, Ma Lu is Dick and Roger’s first boat — and the

BAJA HA-HA III PREVIEW Ha-Ha is their first race (although they are both experienced seamen). On the Cabo run, they’re bringing along an extremely experienced hand, however: Diane Murray, who holds a 100 ton master’s li¬ cense and has done several races to Ha¬ waii and Mexico. Ma Lu’s manifest lists

Bob

& Charles of'Moonraker' have the spirit.

Diane as “navigator and mentor”. Monopoly — 42-foot custom Katy/Jan Bruusgaard, Mar. del Rey No further information at press time. Moonrake--Catalina 30 Bob Bailes, Oakland Although skipper Bob Bailes is a de¬ vout singlehander, for the trip down to Cabo he’ll be joined by veteran coastal sailor Charles Choffe as navigator. (We ap¬ preciate his concession — we get nervous enough about this event!) After the Ha-Ha, however, Bob plans to singldhand all over the Sea of Cortez, then either hop up the coast from port to port or head out to Hawaii and return to the Bay via the northern route. “There’s a challenge handling the boat against the elements,” says Bob. “The feeling 1 get out alone in the vastness of the Pacific is like no other I’ve ever felt.” A service technician by trade, Bob has personally customized his Cal 30 with an extensive array of electronic components and sophisticated long-distance cruising gear. Native Dancer — Peterson 44 Doug & Gayle Holmes, Truckee Although the Baja Ha-Ha is the per¬ fect venue for getting fledgling cruisers safely 'out of the nest’, a number of veter¬ ans also take part. Among a handful of very experienced cruisers in this year’s fleet are Doug and Gayle Holmes. They began the hard way. In 1978, with no open ocean experience and only a few navigation classes, they both quit their jobs and headed out the Golden Gate

for Mexico. The 35,000-mile trip eventu¬ ally took them to Hawaii and through the Canal to Texas before they returned home. In 1986, they took off for points south again. High points (or low, depending on how you look at it) on this seven-year voy¬ age included being anchored in Panama

Pete & Jean of 'Neener3‘ celebrate. during the U.S. invasion, and finding their present boat in Guatemala. Native Dancer can tell a few stories herself, including be¬ ing impounded by the Panamanian Navy for a year. ,, , As you might have guessed by now, Doug and Gayle have sold their Tahoe City flooring business and plan to use the HaHa as the start of an open ended cruise which this time will include a circumnavi4 / gation. Neener3 — Catalina 42 Pete & Jean Ryan, Corralitos Pete and Jean are relative newcomers to the world of sailing, having learned the sport only seven years ago. Not so crew/ navigator Bob White. A sailmaker by trade, Bob has done three TransPacs, three Pa¬ cific Cups, nine Mexico races, one TransAtlantic, two Bermuda Races, one Jamaica Race and about a zillion coastal events. If we didn’t know any better, we’d say the Ryans are trying to slip in a ringer. To even things out, the go-slow gear list includes a “fixed three-blade prop, beer, wine and a rumbleseat.” We’re not sure exactly what’s meant by that last. But we guess we’ll find out. The Ryans, who run a motorcycle deal¬ ership back in the real world, will continue to cruise Baja until mid-December. They’ll leave Neener in Mazatlan while they come back to work and to enjoy the holidays. Then it’s back in January for a couple more months. “It would be great to just stay there, but this work and play plan is better than not going at all!” notes Jean. What about White? “Bob doesn’t bring boats back upwind any more,” says Jean.

Nordic Lady — Nordic 27 Steven Child, Dana Point No further information at press time. Obsession — Swan 46 Roger Chrisman, Tiburon Some folks will be roughing it on the

Sailors with 'Passion': Gerry & Audrey. way to Cabo, ’camping out’ in tiny cabins with spartan accommodations. Others, like the crew of the Swan 46 Obsession, will be travelin’ in style! Owner Roger Chrisman, a “retired Sili¬ con Valley entrepreneur”, has been sail¬ ing for 20 years during which time he’s owned five boats. In early ’95 he upgraded from his Nordic 40 Wild Goose to this sleek Swan. Ha-Ha navigator Brooks Magruder helped Roger bring her down the coast from Anacortes. Also sharing watches aboard Obsession will be Peter Culley, Jim Coggan, Sue Doke and Alexander Culley. After the Ha-Ha, Roger’s wife Sarah and eight-year-old daughter Carolyn will join him for a month or more of cruising along the mainland coast. They’ll shoot for Christmas in Z-Town. (Ham: WA7EUR) Passion — Tayana 37 Gerald & Audrey Foster, Salinas Gerry and Audrey, along with crew Hal and Char Penney, are using the Ha-Ha as the jump-off event of a planned two-year Mexico cruising itinerary. Then they’ll con¬ tinue south on an open-ended adventure. (Ham: KF6DTX, Gerry, KF6DTY, Audrey) * Plan B — Island Packet 38 C. Figge, D. Lewis, P. DeLuco, S.F. No further information at press time. Pressure Drop — C&C 38 The Rothaus Family, Sacramento We don’t know if the Rothauses are big Bob Marley fans, but we assume by the name they chose for their stiff Cana¬ dian cruiser that they see the cruising life as a way to alleviate the ’pressure’ of life November, 1996 • UtiUMlS • Page 115

NO FORWARDING ADDRESS in the mainstream. (Pressure Drop is the title of a reggae classic.) Paul and Theresa intend to spend at least a year cruising Central America and the Caribbean with their 13-year-old daughter Audrey. Theirs is a classic situa¬ tion that we love to see: parents unplug¬

Captain Darrel of 'Probacion'.

Father Joe and son Mark of 'R Triumph'.

ging from the rat race early enough in their child’s life that they can all share great adventures together. Pressure Drop is Paul and Theresa’s third boat; they’ve owned her for the past four years, during which time they’ve un¬ doubtedly been cultivating their dream of an extended family cruise like this one. (Ham: KE6HKT, KE6JJI) Probacion — Nauticat 38 Darrel Hill & Bill Jordon, Cardiff With his entry forms, Darrel sent in a photo of himself and his crew posing with a 270-lb. thresher shark they caught re¬ cently. So if you notice any ominous black fins trailing you on the way to Gabo, give these guys a shout on the VHF. The name, in case you’re wondering, is a play on Darrel’s profession as a pro¬ bation officer. His sailing career began three years ago when he bought this sturdy ketch. Before that he’d spent plenty of time on the water aboard the four powerboats he’s owned. Good friend Bill Jordon will be along as crew. With ’orders’ to be home before Christmas, they’ll either cross to Puerto Vallarta after the Ha-Ha or do a bit of cruis¬ ing through the Sea of Cortez. Prophecy III — Puviex 47 Dr. R. Spademan, W. Sacramento The fact that Richard’s entry forms were the only ones with typed responses could mean one of several things: either he is one of the most efficient members of the fleet or he’s the only one who lets his secretary in on his travel plans, or perhaps he just has the illegible handwriting that is typical of docs everywhere! Page 116 •

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in any case, we’re happy to have the good doctor along. An orthopedic surgeon, to be exact, he is one of a half-dozen medi¬ cal professionals who’ll be sailing in this year’s Ha-Ha (although Richard and sev¬ eral others are apparently newly retired). Richard has been sailing since he was

eight years old. He’s owned Prophecy III for six years; she’s his fifth boat. Naviga¬ tor Vern Hoffer and engineer Alan Katz will round out her crew. Richard plans to cross the pond to Tahiti in the months fol¬ lowing the Ha-Ha. ’R’ Triumph — 31-ft F-9A trimaran Joe Oliver, San Marcos Joe began building the trailerable 7?’ Triumph (similar in concept and design to the Corsair F-31) in October, 1992, and launched it in August of ’95. Since then, he’s been sailing and cruising regularly to shake the boat down — a process which unfortunately included a dismasting 100 miles out of the Dominican Republic. Joe will be doing the Ha-Ha with only one crew, Mark Oliver. That may be a son or brother or, hey, someone completely unrelated. Joe didn’t specify. His wife Diana will sit out the trip at home, though she may join the boat later. After Ha-Ha is over, ’R’ Triumph will head up into the Sea of Cortez — as far as Puertacitos (below San Felipe) for two to three months. From there, Joe will put her on a trailer and make the northward pas¬ sage home the easy way. Rajada — Island Packet 35 Andre Homen de Mello, BVI No further information at press time. Red Sky — Fuji 35 ketch David & Harrington, LaConner, WA No further information at press time. Renegade — Golden Wave 42 L. Bawden & G. Griel, Fair Oaks At 38, Lawrence is one of the young-

est owner/skippers in this year’s Rally, and one of the most ambitious. For the Ren¬ egades — Lawrence, Glenda and crew Monte Short — the Ha-Ha will serve as the first leg of an around-the-world voy¬ age. As Lawrence puts it, “We’ll keep go¬ ing west until we hit Mexico again.”

Captain Ron of 'Relax'. Bawden says he decided to enter the Rally after hearing from a number of people how much fun Ha-Has I and II were. He plans to add to the tradition, noting "this crew is wild and fun.” Relax — Crealock 57 Ron Jordan, San Diego Ron is another ambitious voyager who built Relax from a bare hull himself in his backyard. It took five years from the time he started to the time Relax went into the water. But of course there’s still lots of work to be done. “I don’t think any boat is ever really finished,” notes the retired crane op¬ erator. “That would take all the fun out of owning one.” Although Ron has sailed since 1972 (his first boat was a Thunderbird), he has never done any racing or cruising. Along to help break him in right will be veteran cruiser and delivery skipper Chris Barnett. Ron hopes the Ha-Ha will mark the start of a slow 8 to 10-year circumnavigation. Relax will relax in Z-Town for Christ¬ mas, then continue on to Costa Rica this winter. Ron’s wife Bev will fly in to meet the boat whenever she can. “At least that’s what I’m hoping,” says hubby. “She loves her job and home.” Rumba — Hunter 40.5 Gary Land, San Jose Gary, who’s now retired, is heading south with friends Dave Wilhite, a profes¬ sional sailing instructor, and Nicole Gouruet, who makes her living doing boat maintenance. Gary tells us he’s equipped his four-year-old sloop with lots of high tech gear “including a satellite telephone for getting on the Web to update our Rumba

BAJA HA-HA III PREVIEW homepage.” While Gary’s not a lifelong sailor, in the 13 years that he’s ’had the habit’ he’s developed a great enough love for the sail¬ ing life that he’s now setting off for long¬ term adventures: Central America, through the Canal, around the Caribbean and up

The Stuarts have been honing that cruisers’ mentality to a razor-sharp edge since Ted started sailing in 1950. Aboard September Song, which he and Pat have owned for only two years, they have sailed from San Francisco to Hawaii and back via British Columbia, and from Tortola to

Stow Dancin — Hylas 42 K. King & D. Hughes, Anacortes They list their occupations as “tired”. We take this to mean they’ve bailed out from the workaday world. “Our ages are secret,” say Kathryn and Doug, but their combined sailing career

the U.S. East Coast. Rumba, by the way, takes the prize for the best boat logo!

Galveston. A retired engineer and micro¬ biologist respectively, Ted and Pat intend the Ha-Ha as a kick-off to more of the same. With crew Bob Miller and Max Hightower, they plan a two-year cruise which will include Costa Rica and hope¬ fully the South Pacific before returning home. In fact, they seem so accomplished at this cruising thing that we’re thinking we should maybe penalize them a case or two of that beer. . . Well, we’ll see.

spans 35 years. Since they bought Slow Dancin two years ago — their fourth boat — they’ve covered a lot of sea miles: from Oxnard to Anacortes, all over the Gulf and San Juan Islands, along the West Coast of Vancouver Island and back south again. Their custom Frers 42 seems to be loaded with all the necessities for years of suc¬ cessful cruising and more — although items like their 900 amp-hour batteries, watermaker and four sets of ground tackle are bound to slow them down a bit. After the Ha-Ha they plan to spend a few years getting to know Mexico waters, then they’ll travel south through Central America, continue on to Chile, then across the South Pacific to New Zealand in time for the A-Cup.

Second Wind — C&C Landfall 43 Rick & Marcia Muething, Pleasanton Bekins’ loss is Latitude’s gain where the Muethings are concerned. After 21 years in the Bay Area, they are using the Baja Ha-Ha as the first ’leg’ of a planned move to Florida. Mexico, Hawaii and South Pacific cruis¬ ing veterans, Rick, a consulting engineer, and Marcia, an accountant, will most en¬ joy visiting old haunts and meeting new people this time around. (In fact, they learned about the Ha-Ha from other cruis¬ ers when they were down in Mexico in 1994.) Typical of experienced cruisers, their gear might seem like overkill to the first-timer, especially that 20-inch threebladed prop and 400 feet of 3/8-inch chain. We say we’ve always wanted a fleet tugboat and now it appears we have one. As mentioned, the Muethings will con¬ tinue south after the Rally, passing through the Panama Canal enroute to their new digs in Florida. Not that we have anything against the Sunshine State, but we give them a couple of years of enduring deathly humidity and cat-size cockroaches before they pack up Second Wind and head back for the Golden Gate. (Ham: KN6KB) September Song — Irwin 38 Pat & Ted Stuart, Point Richmond We always give certain allowances for go-slow gear aboard, and with such items as 12 cases of beer and a “cruisers’ men¬ tality toward racing,” /it sounds as though Pat and Ted are going to qualify for the big breaks.

Shadowfax — Morgan 38 Thomas & Diane Thee, Areata Talking about go-slow allowances, we don’t quite know what to make of Tom Thee’s “wife with large rosary'beads” com¬ ment. Does that mean the beads are made of bowling balls, or that Diane is so scared of her husband’s navigation that she’ll of¬ ten be praying for divine assistance? And if they get it, isn’t that advantage enough? We’d no idea that being ’race committee’ involved so many complicated decisions. One thing we are sure of is that Tom’s occupation as a diesel mechanic is going to make him a popular guy among the HaHa crowd. Hopefully, this trip will be all pleasure and no work and we’ll try to limit his ’house calls’ to 10 or 12 a day. Doug Nordby and Larry Keasley round out the Shadowfax crew. After the HaHa, they’ll cruise the Sea of Cortez until spring, then leave the boat there until next fall when they’ll continue down the main¬ land side. (Ham: KE6PAM) Sirena — Morgan 41 ketch Doug/Rosa Reynolds, Pt. Richmond No further information at press time.

Sobak Krov — Cheoy Lee 36 Richard Soja, Sun City Center, FL Lawyers are generally very busy people. And by the brevity of his responses to our entry questionnaire, we assume that attorney Soja was just too busy to give us a long-winded profile of his sailing history and future plans. That’ll soon change. By the time he completes the Ha-Ha, Rich¬ ard will undoybtedly be operating on ’manana time’ and we hope he’ll send us lengthy reports on the places he visits dur¬ ing his around-the-world cruise. Until now, his 30-year sailing career has taken place primarily in California waters. (Ham: KE6201) Someday — Gulfstar 41 Bill & Tony Nokes, Brookings, OR One of several Oregoneon entries, Someday’s homeport is Chetco Cove near Brookings. Captain Bill and his 27-yearNovember, 1996 • L&UJc 39 • Page 117

NO FORWARDING ADDRESS my navigator (Georgina) is still speaking to me in moderate terms, we’ll head on to the Marquesas, Micronesia, etc. Who knows?”

old son Tony will be sailing mates on the trip south. Together they’ve already sailed extensively thoughout the Pacific North¬ west. Bill, now 55, has been sailing nearly 40 years. Someday is another one of those boat names that belies a dream of long-term cruising. After an extensive refit recently, she’s ready for just that. Bill will steer her first through the Sea of Cortez, then along the Central American coast, around the Caribbean, up the East Coast and across to Europe. He’s a bit short on crew, though: Someday could use somebody! Anyone interested? Sonrisa — Valiant 40 John & Sylvia Parr, Arlington TX The Parrs’ boating career began nearly 30 years ago, although their first few years on the water were spent on powerboats. It was during a charter trip through the Pacific Northwest in 1980 that they de¬ cided "they’d rather be sailing". A few years later they swapped their house and their stink-potter for a 43-foot ketch and started taking sailing lessons, intent on thoroughly learning the ropes. Over the years they’ve done a fair bit of coastal cruising and served for 10 years in the Bay Area’s Coast Guard Auxiliary. Perhaps due to the inspiration of a sailing trip through the Bahamas, they bought Sonrisa in 1994. Now retired, the Parrs will use her to tour Mexican waters until spring, when they’ll head north or. . . Crewman Randy Hasness is a long-time sailor who keeps his own 33-foot sloop on Vancouver Island. (Ham: KG5UNV) Spirit — Pearson 424 Steve/Marsha Sears, Knightsen, CA When people mark their occupation as “cruisers” on the Baja Ha-Ha entry form, you know they’re serious about hav¬ ing fun. Need we add that the Searses are serious? We have no idea what they do in the real world, but we’re sure happy to have that kind of a spirit aboard in the ’un¬ real’ world of the Ha-Ha. Although they’ve both been sailing for more than 25 years and have many local and coastal passages under their belts, it’s interesting to note that Spirit has more offshore experience under her keel than her present owners. Under her previous owners, she’s been to the South Pacific and back. Steven and Marsha are about to rem¬ edy that. After spending the winter in the Sea of Cortez, we understand that their plans are: “Don’t know —- ????” Sounds indicative of long-term cruiser mentality to us!

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Stone Soup — Islander 41 John & Patty Bartley, Galveston TX After hearing the tales of two marina neighbors who ’competed’ 4n last year’s Ha-Ha, the Bartleys could hardly wait for their turn. Newly retired, John and Patty have owned Stone Soup — remember that well-loved children’s book — for 21 years and have been sailing more than twice that long! Having covered many sea miles to¬ gether, John notes, “It’s interesting that we’re entering a race. The Stone Soup is a big, fat, liveaboard — not exactly built for racing.” Further encumbering her for¬ ward progress, according to John, will be “Patty’s clothes” and lots of “food for cruis¬ ing cats”. Fear not, she'll be in good com¬ pany in this fleet of heavily-laden cruisers. Having never before sailed in Mexico, the Bartleys are anxious to explore the coast, then plan to visit friends in Costa Rica, and cruise the Las Perlas Islands of Panama before heading into the Caribbean basin, where they’ve sailed before. Navigator Cor deLange, as well as Theresa and Terry Ellis will round out the Ha-Ha crew. Stuff — Peterson 33 Elaine & John Zolkos, Alameda No further information at press time. Sunpiper — Hughes 40 Ed Heaps, Abbotsford, B.C. Sunpiper has traveled the entire West Coast from San Diego to Vancouver, but sailing south to enter the Ha-Ha is the first offshore experience for her Canadian crew, Ed Heaps and Georgina Cardall. They’ve sailed Pacific Northwest waters, however, for nearly a decade. Newly retired, Ed and Georgina had been living aboard their S&S designed ketch prior to setting sail, and from what we heard when they passed through the Bay Area, the cruising lifestyle suits them fine. After the Ha-Ha? “Well,” says Ed, “if

Sunshine Rose — Beneteau 38s5 Prah family, Visalia Inspired by Lisa Copeland and others who have sailed with families, 38-year-old Marty Prah holds the dream of circumnavi¬ gating with his family: wife Mary, 34, son William, 5 and daughter Emily Rose, 4. “This trip begins our journey toward that goal,” says the Visalia physician. The family has already done a bunch of sailing together, including many trips to explore the Channel Islands, San Francisco Bay and the Delta, and one previous trip to Mexico. After the Rally, Sunshine Rose heads on to La Paz. The boat will spend the win¬ ter there, while Marty and Mary, a school¬ teacher, will work for a while, then fly down for some local cruising in the Sea of Cortez, then fly home, then back. . . . They hope to get in six to eight weeks of ’the life’ before the Mexico cruising season ends in May. “If we still like it, we’ll continue on,” says Marty. What do you think he means by ’if’? Tafia — Cal 34 Jim Meeker, La Paz, Mexico No further information at press time. Talisman — Ericson 30 Bertram/Hyde/ Jeffrey/McCracken, Cameron Park Walt Bertam, Dick Hyde, Carl Jeffrey and Rich McCracken are taking this male bonding thing to its ultimate conclusion. Forget football, who needs duck hunting: put four guys on a 30-foot boat sailing to Mexico and if they don’t kill each other they’ll be friends for life. If they merely injure each other, they’re all set, too. All except Hyde are emergency medical tech¬ nicians, and Hyde is an attorney. All seriousness aside, you know the Tal¬ isman crew is going about this the right way when they’ve already noted such du¬ ties as ’head cleaner’ (Bertram) and ’wine steward’ (Jeffrey) on their Ha-Ha entry form. And that their ’to do’ list includes figuring out what type of refrigeration to install, rigging lazyjacks, and buying a spin¬ naker. But so far, they haven’t had much luck getting them done before heading for the start of Ha-Ha III. “Oh well,” notes McCracken, “maybe San Diego will be more productive.” Take It Easy — Dufour 27 Gimble/Thacker, Westbrook, ME In Hollywood, sequels are often disas-

BAJA HA-HA III PREVIEW trous things. In cruising, they are usually, happily, the opposite. We’re delighted that Ted and Ginger have chosen to begin their ’sequel’ by joining the Ha-Ha. Gimble learned to sail in 1988 and didn’t waste any time taking off on a 12,000-mile trip through the Panama Canal and on up to his home-waters of Maine. With a few added stops in the Car¬ ibbean, he returned to the Bay Area in 1992. Like many rally participants this year, Ted learned about the Ha-Ha through Latitude's coverage of the two previous events. The idea of joining in catalyzed when he learned a number of friends from Club Nautique were “going to start their cruises by joining up with this year’s cruiser’s monument to dissipation.” “At the very least," says Gimble, "it ought to start us off with the right attitude for further serious fine tuning when w6 get to Antigua Race Week." Tally Ho — Nauticat 43 Carl Mischica, Corona del Mar When asked why he decided to join the Ha-Ha, Carl borrowed the famous words of Sir Edmund Hillary: “Because it’s there.” Hopefully the run down to Cabo will be a bit less daunting than an ascent of Everest, but you never know. Carl learned to sail about 25 years ago. Over the years he’s owned three boats and “chartered dozens”. Like many, othei; HaHa entrants, he’s a bit undecided whether a left or right turn will be in the cards once he gets to Panama, but in any case he’s determined to head off for long-term ad¬ venturing. His S&S-designed ketch is well equipped, including an “extensive wine cellar” — hmmmmm. . . Tamara — Fast Passage 40 cutter Leo & Penny Fix, Seattle It’s a small world after all, and we’re not talking about that insufferable ride at Disneyland. Leo and Penny were reminded just how small on their trip south. “Only about 40 Fast Passages (a Bill Garden de¬ sign) were ever built and we met up with two of them on our trip down the coast, ” says Leo. Another thing they learned on their mostly solitary 1,100-mile passage from Anacortes to San Diego is that it’s probably going to be a lot more fun sailing in company with other boats in the HaHa. Especially with fellow Ha-Ha’er Julia Max, which hails from the same marina back home. And talk about fun sailing with other boats — after the Baja Ha-Ha, the Fixes will continue cruising'Mexico until April, when they’ll hop off from Z-Town for the Marquesas to join up with the Pacifica ’97

yond, eventually to the Caribbean and East Coast of the U.S.” (Ham: KF6GMC)

Ted & Ginger plan to 'Take it Easy'. Round-the-World Cruisers’ Rally. Color us green with envy. Telemark — 35-ft Bruce King sloop Walter Neef, El Sobrante When it comes to cruising Mexico, we’re a little like Elle McPherson — we’ve heard all the lines. In fact, we couldn’t imagine there were any more reasons to cruise Mexico-than the wonderful people, the great stops, the skill-building and the adventure/relaxation of it all. But Walter Neef opened our eyes a bit.' One of the things he looks forward to is sharpening up his Spanish! A tip of the hat to you, Walter. “All my life I’ve Wanted to sail to for¬ eign countries on my own boat,”/ notes Neef, a retired engineer. “After two tries last season to break loose of the rat race, I’m looking forward to success.” So too are his crew, wife Judy, and the boat’s skip¬ per, Gary Jimmink. Telemark will join many Ha-ha boats that will head down to Mazatlan after the rally. After that, the Neefs’ itinerary is pretty loose. Tomcat — Island Trader 40 Tom & Cathleen Morley, Santa Cruz Demonstrating a keen sense of propri¬ ety when it comes to the Baja Ha-Ha Cruiser’s Rally, Tom Morley notes that he’s entering Tomcat “for the intense compe¬ tition involved (ha ha!)” and that he and Cathleen “will be striving for a last place finish.” That’s the spirit, Tom! Tomcat is the third boat the retired couple have owned, and they’ve been en¬ joying her since 1993. The iron jenny for the big motorsailer is a 120-horse diesel spinning a fixed three-blade prop. Tom¬ cat has tankage for 300 gallons each of fuel and water, and features such on-board ’necessities’ as a TV, stereo, washer/dryer, freezer and Sail Rite sewing machine. Further demonstrating a keen sense of what the cruising life is all about, Tom notes extended plans include “Mexico and be¬

Trick — Cross 40 trimaran Gumbrecht & Rheaume, San Diego We never tire of hearing stories like Mark and Chris’s. Mark, a carpenter, built Trick himself, launched her in 1990 and has been living aboard ever since. In addi¬ tion to local cruising of the Southern Cali¬ fornia coast and offshore islands, he has sailed the boat to Hawaii and singlehanded back home via the San Juans and Oregon. Chris, an RN, came into the picture about three years ago when, as she puts it, “I became hooked on Trick and Mark, not necessarily in that order. ” It wasn’t long before she made it a threesome, joining Mark and Mimi, the ship’s cat. A little over a year ago, Mark and Chris were married. The Trick-sters plan to spend the win¬ ter cruising mainland Mexico as far as Ztown, then head up into the Sea of Cortez. They’ll join the homeward-bounders in May. Chris notes that their insurance car¬ rier requires a third crew member aboard for that return leg — “they won’t let us count Mimi” — so their buddy Gil Ballatore will be joining them for that part of the trip. Trilogy — Endeavor 38 W. Forsythe, P. Thomson, Piedmont When we asked entries on this year’s Ha-Ha to list any licensed medical person¬ nel aboard, we were frankly flabbergasted that there were so many. But Trilogy was a special surprise. Utter that old Hollywood saw, “Is there a doctor in the house?” around this boat and every man aboard would raise his hand. Forsythe is a gyne¬ cologist, Thomson is a cardiologist and crew Richard Kerbavaz is an ENT. Round¬ ing out the crew are wives Katherine Forsythe and Judy Thomson. The Forsythes and Thomsons have been boat partners for 10 years and sail¬ ing partners for a lot longer than that. While they’ve both done previous Mexico and Hawaii trips on other boats, this will be the first ’international event’ aboard Trilogy. After Cabo, the boat will head over to Mazatlan. The rest of their cruise is open ended. (Ham: KF6FRC) Ultima — Catalina 36 Betty Russ, Irwindale Betty Russ and her/hearty crew plan to “kick ass” on the ’race’ to Cabo. Con¬ sidering that at least half the fleet have probably never raced offshore before, they may not have too much problem doing so. Betty is one of the few lady boatowners in this year’s fleet — a status we’d like to see more of. She’s relatively new to sailNovember. 1996 •

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First mate Monica of 'Vagari'.

for about six years. In fact, Winds Aloft is their first boat and this will be their first trip to Mexico. So, of the many cruising pleasures that await in mananaland, we figure the one they’ll appreciate most is the direction. You see, Larry and Peggy cut their sailing teeth with trips from New¬ port Beach to San Francisco to Portland and Astoria, Oregon. They’ve been going the wrong way! Once they realize how nice it is to go south, we doubt Winds Aloft will be dark¬ ening our “Gateway” for a while. After HaHa, the Hoods plan to continue south to Panama — “and then who knows?”

Winds Aloft — Morgan OI 41 Larry & Peggy Hood, Sausalito If honesty is the best policy, then the Hoods could well have established the party platform for this year’s Ha-Vla. On the entry list, under “Go Slow Gear”, they sim¬ ply wrote, “Loaded down with junk.” We figure about the only thing that could beat that is if someone brought along their an¬ vil collection. Larry and Peggy are both semi-retired, he as a hospital CEO and she as a regis¬ tered nurse. And they’ve only been sailing

As we go to press, 108 boats are scheduled to participate in the Baja HaHa III. There are about a dozen boats we haven’t received full info on, so it’s anybody's guess if they’ve decided to drop out or are just operating on manana time. In any case this may be the biggest race to Mexico in history! Naturally, we’ll have a complete re¬ port of all the antics and anecdotes in our December issue. And in the months to come we also hope to carry reports on the fleet’s travels in Changes in Latitudes.

ing, but obviously loves it and is anxious to sample the cruising lifestyle. Ron McCoy, a veteran of the ’92 Some Like It Hot Rally, will be along in the role of skipper/navigator. He cruised Mexico and Central America previously; last year he made a passage to Hawaii. Other “vagabundos” on board will be Randy McCoy and Brian and Windy Pfaffl. Ultima will compete in the Mazatlan Ha-Ha, stop in at Z-town, then cruise the ’Gold Coast’ before heading north again. (Ham: KFGCGL) Vagari — Morgan 41 John/Monica McMahon, Long Beach We don’t know a heck of a lot about the McMahons, except that Captain John started sailing when fie was eight years old, and that the Ha-Ha will serve as the initial leg of an open-ended stint of cruising. Af¬ ter the Ha-Ha they’ll explore Mexico ‘til they get their fill, then visit Costa Rica before transiting the Canal and heading into the Caribbean. (Ham: KFGFYL) Venturous — Valiant 40 Rich & Kathy Morten, Portland No further information at press time.

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A QUICK RECAP. . . "This year marks the 100th anniversary of the first-ever singlehanded circumnavigation by Captain Joshua Slocum," wrote Brian Caldwell, Jr., in his first dispatch from sea, which appeared in our September, 1995, issue. "It also marks 10 years from the time my family first sailed to the South Pacific in 1985 on our Ericson 32 Foxy Lady." Brian essentially grew up sailing, spending the formative years of 8 through 15 cruising with his family aboard Foxy Lady. At some point in that process, says mother Jan, "We created a monster." Young Brian vowed to make a living as a sailor. His recently circumnavigation is only the first step in a willful plan that will one day see him at the helm of a BOC-class sloop. Highlights from his recent trip: June 1, Honolulu — Sporting the logos of 20-some sponsors on her hull, Mai (Miti) Vavau departs Hawaii for Vanuatu. Gear in¬ cludes two GPSs, a 406 EPIRB, SSB, Moni¬ tor windvane, and roller furling main and jib. "Barring disaster," notes BJ, "the voyage will take one year with a 4-knot average." August 16, Indian Ocean — At mid¬ night, halfway between Vanuatu and Cocos Keeling, a rogue wave blasts out of the dark¬ ness and rolls Mai (Miti) upside down. "I throw my hands over my head as equipment cascades onto the cabin top, which for the moment is the cabin sole," writes BJ. Once upright, the young skipper opens the com¬ panionway, relieved to find the mast is still there. The boat is chaos, but the only real

damage is a blown-out Staysail. It takes until dawn to straighten up and get underway again. "I never thought I’d be licking peanut butter off the ceiling," he notes. September 30, Mauritius — As BJ is meandering around a market reprovisioning, his eyes meet those of Mauritian beauty Geraldine. "There really is such a thing as love at first sight," he enthuses. Somehow, Brian’s will to carry on wins out over his raging teenage hormones and Mai (Miti) once again sets out to sea, bound for Dur¬ ban. "Saying goodbye to Geraldine could be the most difficult obstacle of my endeavor," he says. "Here’s to hoping it is." Late November — Barely skating through before an episode of huge waves along the 100-fathom line of the Alguhas Current, BJ looks forward to a dean shot into Durban — only to have a too-close encounter with a Supertanker. "I had the 406 EPIRB in the cockpit with me. It was that close." he says. "The sickening chance that something besides Mother Nature could stop me was impossible to comprehend." December, Durban — On December 17, BJ turns 20. On the 23rd, he departs Durban for a short series of harbor hops (not noted on map) to East London (12/25/951/12/96), Port Elizabeth (1/13-1/18), Mossel Bay (1/20-2/13), and Gansbaii (2/15-2/23) before reaching his official halfway point, Cape Town. His tallies there: 11,700 miles in 114 days at sea, an average of slightly more than 100 miles a day. Though they are im¬

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who had made the dream possible — and my desire to one day win the Vendee Globe Challenge. For weeks, Mai (Miti) tore down the predominately southwesterly headwinds be¬ tween Balboa and the Galapagos Islands.

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pressive statistics, BJ is frustrated at having spent two months and three attempts before he finally rounded Cape Alguhas, the south¬ ernmost point of Africa. After taking on a new set of sails, donated by Doyle Sails and Bainbridge Sailcloth, BJ departs Cape Town for St. Helena on March 8. April, enroute to Grenada —■ "I don’t know if it’s just me, but I feel the whole solitude thing is overdone," says BJ in an interview with a South African magazine. "I’m never aware of it. I’ve always got too much to do — watching the weather, sailing the boat, navigating, cooking, reading and Writing. In fact, the longer the passage, the better I feel. I can adjust. It’s the coast hopping and short passages that are disrup¬ tive." June, Panama — "West Marine doesn’t offer Uzis in their ’96 catalog, so I compensated by sightseeing Colon through the non-bulletproof windows of a taxi," writes Brian. His transit through the Canal is uneventful and on June 30, Mai (Miti) is once again in the Pacific. Even better: antibiotics have finally overcome a nagging intestinal parasite picked up somewhere in the South Atlantic. Late July, off Panama — In contrast to the windy 'top end' of the circumnavigation, Mai (Miti) makes only 200 miles in 13 days. The next 800 aren’t much better. Finally, at 2° 25'N and 102° 18'W, he picks up the Southeast Trades, which stay at 15 knots for almost the entire sleighride back to Hawaii. The poor gal was submerged so much of the time that bottom growth appeared over the decks and cabin top. With the headwind, unfavorable current and short chop, progress was little more than a snail crawl. I took advantage of the time by reading, writing my

BRIAN COMES HOME Convergence Zone until 1 got to 135° west longitude. After making a hard right turn, we cut through the ITCZ without stopping and picked up the northeast trades. Keeping a lookout for hurricanes astern, we saw the Big Island’s volcano, Mauna Loa, about two weeks after entering 'hurricane alley'.

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book and enjoying the solitude in general. Gradually, the wind bore around to a slightly better angle and we began making westing. As I passed nearly 200 miles north of the Galapagos, the mist and fog from the cold Humboldt Current began to dissipate. For one three-day period, I had a booby bird living on the bow pulpit. The scruffylooking beast would spend the better part of his day preening, and only fish in the last few hours before sunset. Because we were pounding to weather, he had a hard time staying secure on his bucking perch. Once every few waves, he’d be thrown into the water. He’d gather himself up and fly back, squawking up a storm at the pulpit. Once back aboard, he’d tuck his head in his feathers and try to sleep, only to be dunked by spray every few seconds/ or tossed overboard again. Eventually, he finally said the hell with it and flew off to find his wife.

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home to Hawaii. The parking lot in the Gulf of Panama galvanized my will to go straight through. So we ignored those other pit stops on the chart and sailed onwards. Because it was hurricane season north of the equator, I sailed below the Inter-Tropical

1 li, Ala Wai. Ready or not, here we come," I radio. Coasting along north of Maui with light Kona winds, a twin-prop airplane buzzes overhead. 1 can’t believe it, my parents are aboard! With the reluctance of a trip almost over, I manage "Hi, Mom!" over the VHF. She is pretty emotional, her answer all but incomprehensible. I did manage to understand something about "our hero . . ." The next day, all hell broke loose off Diamond Head. Upwards of 20 boats came out to watch Mai (Miti) tie the knot. As we crossed the entrance of the Ala Wai, a cannon exploded on a friend’s boat and my dream was reality. I’d crossed my outbound track. Euphoria that we’d circled the earth was mixed with sadness. The adventure was over. We weren’t going sailing tomorrow. — brian 'bj' caldwell

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Ell vis Presley, the original rockstar, wore a diamond ring with the initials TCB1 etched into it, "Taking care of business," is what it stood for — which is exactly what the latest gathering of rockstars were doing at St. Francis YC on September 30 through Oc¬ tober 5. The occasion was the Mumm 36 Worlds, sponsored by Canadian-based sbftware giant Corel Corporation. There was a whole lotta shakin’ going on out on the Bay that week, as 15 boats from 11 countries went at it tooth and nail. But make no mistake about it — this wasn’t just a regatta, it was a business convention for professional sailors. "You didn’t come away from this one with a warm and fuzzy feeling like the Big Boat Series," noted regatta developer Doug Holm. Just about everyone connected with the

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Worlds — the sailors and their support teams, the race managers, the Farr employ¬ ees, even the press — was being paid, so the pressure to perform was palpable. Cell phones and laptops were everywhere, and more business cards were exchanged than at a Chamber of Commerce mixer. Deals were cut, future projects planned, we imagine some new boats even got sold. . . Welcome to the big time, the Pro Bowl of sailing — where many of the participants sported egos as large as their bank accounts or sailing abilities. The on-the-water action was obviously unscripted, featuring ten races in mostly flat water and heavy #1 conditions. But the shoreside part of the regatta seemed rather staged, at least partially becayse of the ubiquitous ESPN cameras and the overriding

need to promote sponsors ("Wait, turn the bottle around. This time hold the label] towards us. Okay, now smile!") The most spontaneous and human mo- j ment of the regatta occurred at the awards ceremony, where the assembled multitudes j finally loosened up with the aid of a ] bottomless supply of the sponsor’s bubbly. I As the victorious I-Punkt crew stood by the j podium, holding their trophies and beaming j for the cameras, Stu Bannetyne, skipper of runner-up Jameson, burst out of the crowd j with a loaded champagne bottle. The tall Kiwi gleefully hosed down the j winners, who quickly retaliated on the Jame- j son crew with a bottle of their own. All hell ] broke loose for about a minute, leaving the j wooden floor of the Golden Gate Room sticky with champagne — and a few race

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MUMM 36 WORLDS officials and sponsors, including one woman whose expensive green suede dress got trashed, a little bent out of shape. Everyone else was busted up, and you could almost feel the tension recede after the grueling work week. "Hee, hee, was that great or what?" chuckled Dee Smith. "I guarantee you’ll never see that at the New York YC!"

f the 15 boats that showed up for the Worlds, 11 of them arrived early to tune up (most using their old sails) in the Big Boat Series. The Worlds turnout was disap¬ pointing, especially considering that 23 boats sailed in last year’s inaugural Worlds in England, which was won by Corum Watches. With 93 Mumm 36s now sailing in the world, and orders for two more currently being fulfilled in Argentina, everyone expected more boats at this regatta. Demand for, and interest in, these lively 8,000-pound rocketships appears to have peaked — but there’s sure to be a revival if (probably 'when') the design is renominated as the 'little boat' for the '99 Admiral’s Cup. "We’d hoped for 25 or 30 boats," ex¬ plained Geoff Stagg of the Farr office. "We expected more Japanese boats, and the East Coast turnout was frankly terrible. 1 guess it all boils down to time and money, and most of the amateur efforts have limited resources of both." Though the ranks were thin, there were certainly no hound dogs in the fleet. Most of the top international players made the regatta, including the best fully-sponsored European pro teams. "It was a real chore not

to come in last," noted Jeff Madrigali, tac¬ tician on Zamboni. "Every place was hardearned.” Of the 15 teams, just four represented the United States — Doug Taylor’s Honolulubased Zamboni, which recently won the ’96 Page 130 • LxUhJc 3? • November, 1996

U.S. Mumm 36 circuit; a pair of boats from New England, Radical Departure and Chun¬ ky Monkey; and Walt Logan’s familiar Blue Chip. All were owner/driven, though Blue Chip was technically not eligible to win the 'pink slip' division because Walt turned the

Babes in Toyland (sorry, we couldn't resist): Aimee Hess of 'Blue Chip', Trish Wolcott of 'Chunky Monkey1, and Chiharu Sawada of'Aoba'. helm over to Kimo Worthington on the downwind legs. "On the second day, we actually took a

sixth and a third," said Blue Chip pit crew Aimee Hess, one of three women competing in the regatta. "Against that fleet, we felt as good as if we’d won! Things went downhill for us after that, however." Ultimately, the American boats fought a private battle to determine the pecking order in the cellar. Meanwhile, at the front of the pack, all eyes were on Jameson. The 'whiskey boat' had previously been the top Mumm at the Kenwood Cup and the Big Boat Series, and with tactician Dee Smith now sailing in his home waters, Jameson was sure to figure in the final standings. But a fleet full of hired guns like John Kostecki, John Cutler, Morgan Larson, Torben Grael, Seadon Wijsen, Pete Heck and Rod Davis, to name just a few — well, who had a clue what would happen when the starting gun went off?

ay #1 — Two windward/leeward Cityfront races were sailed in uncharacter¬ istically cold and gray conditions, with winds gusting to 15 knots. The fleet was more than ready to get the regatta underway — in fact, they jumped the starting gun en masse in the first start, resulting in a general recall. Rod Davis and Mean Machine took the day with a 1,4 — though' they were never factors in the regatta again. Aoba Express, Georgia

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. Logan's Run: 'Blue Chip' (on port) and 'Zambonf (starboard) were part of the too small U.S. Mumm contingent. j , Express and Thomas I-Punkt were close behind. Jameson had a horrible day, opening with a 7,10. Day #2 — A change of weather and venue set the stage for a trio of windier races on the less current-influenced Berkeley Circle. All heats were again windward/lee¬ wards with upwind finishes — traffic jams, lead changes and lots of 720s were the order of the day. I-Punkt, with young Kiwi Gavin Brady driving, scored a 8,1,2 and moved into the series lead, which they never relinquished. "Conservative starts, really good boatspeed and consistent sailing were the keys here, especially in a no-throwout series," noted tactician Kostecki. Few other boats were as consistent that day: Bouwe Bekking and Seahawk High 5 had a 3,10,11; the Chieffi brothers on By bios Perfumes scored a 1,11,7; David Barnes drove Georgia Express to 15,6,1; and so on. Jameson, however, began to fine},the groove with finishes of 2,8,3. Day #3 — The short distance race, a 25+ mile ocean/Bay romp, was held in mostly light air and fog. I-Punkt took the lead early and stretched out to claim her only other bullet of the series. Jameson was second,

and the Worlds suddenly began to look like a two-boat race. Luckily for the rest of the fleet, the distance races counted the same as buoy races in this series. And luckily for the crews, the owners voted against overnight races in the Worlds. "These boats are obviously

Day #4 — Summer weather returned to the Bay, and for the first time #3 jibs came out of their bags. After two races on the Circle, Jameson’s 3,1 record claimed the daily winner’s yellow flag. With less than stellar starts, I-Punkt stumbled to a 5,6 day, putting the lead very much back up for grabs. Kateie, with a boatload of paid talent including helmsman Tom Dodson, won the first race of the day, but slipped back to 11th in the second one. Day #5 — After a delay due to morning fog, the fleet was sent off on a 35-mile ’long distance’ race. In shifty conditions, Georgia Express led throughout to notch their second bullet. Surprisingly, I-Punkt and Jameson finished in the cheap seats, ninth and tenth respectively. Both boats lost time on the way to Bonita by sailing too close to the Marin Headlands in an effort to dodge the flood. So much for local knowledge! Day #6 — Going into the finale, a triangle course around Alcatraz, any of three

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structurally capable of going offshore — after all, we do the Fastnet Race," said Stagg. "But given the intensity of racing at this level, there would be lots of fatigue involved, which often leads to mistakes. It’s probably best to stick with day racing."

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boats could have still won mathematically: IPunkt (with 39.5 points), Jameson (45.75) or the rapidly-improving Seahawk (46). In post¬ card-perfect conditions, Jameson moved into the lead, while I-Punkt got mired in the middle of the pack. It was a nail-biter for a November, 1996 •

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won the tie-breaker based on their fifth place finish in the last race. Taylor, who received almost as many trophies and as much atten¬ tion as Friese, commented, "The only thing missing were the other owner/drivers. Where was everybody?" One place the Mumm 36s won’t be in the near future is San Francisco. Next summer, the class will reconvene in Europe, taking care of business at the Admiral’s Cup in England and their third World Cham¬ pionship in Punta Ala, Italy. Corel has already taken care of business and signed on as the title sponsor for the ’97 and ’98 events.

few legs, but then I-Punkt slipped into overdrive. By the end of the race, they had climbed into second place, good enough to secure the World title by five points. "What an ending!" remarked Kostecki. "It was a week-long dogfight. Really intense, and really fun!" Eric Arndt of Aoba Express claimed, "These boats are amazingly close in speed no matter who drives. Assuming everyone has a good crew, the most important guy on the boat, by far, is the tactician." We couldn’t have stated it any better — John Kpstecki, already a world champion many times over, gets our vote for the MVP of the ’96 Mumm 36 Worlds.

For Thomas I-Punkt owner Thomas Friese, a German who owns the clothing line that his Mumm is named after, the victory must have been particularly sweet. It capped a long road back from an ugly incident in the ’87 Admiral’s Cup, when one of his earlier IPunkts, a Judel/Vrolijk one tonner, was caught with an elaborate illegal water ballast system. Friese was thrown out of the sport for a year for the blatant violation, but obviously never lost his enthusiasm for

'Zamboni' owner/driver Doug Taylor. He owns the ice skating rink in Honolulu — the “coolest place in town!" sailing. I-Punkt’s international team, which included Whitbread navigator Andrew Cape and offshore veteran Marco Constant, won this regatta fair and square. Doug Taylor and the Zamboni crew emerged on top of the owner/driver division, but it literally couldn’t have been clbser. Zamboni ended up tied with Richard Marki’s Rhode Island-based Radical Departure, but

As the sound and the fury of the Mumm 36 Worlds fades away, the busiest summer of West Coast racing that we can ever recall comes to a close. The pro sailing circus has packed its tent and moved on — as we go to press, many of the same rockstars are performing in the 30+ boat inaugural Lewmar Mumm 30 Cup back in Annapolis. The Bay belongs to us amateurs again — let’s go sailing! — Iatitude/r/cm

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IIt was a lot worse back in the good old days before the EPA and BCDC, before Nimitz’ landing, back when you could throw stuff in the Bay and it was out of sight, out of mind. And there was a lot of junk floating around, according to historians who make it sound as if you could almost walk across the Bay on flotsam and jetsam, especially after a storm. It was also common back then to find huge oil slicks thick enough to burn. 'The oil was a fire hazard itself, but when it accumulated with a quantity of floating debris, which often became lodged next to craft and waterfront structures, a more serious hazard existed," wrote historian Joseph Jeremiah Hagwood, Jr. Lovely thought. In the first half of this century there were a lot of sources for flotsam. Wooden sailing ships made obsolete by motorships were left to rot in mudflats all over the place. After several years, they tended to shed large Page 134 •

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fell off barges during those times of great growth. Lots of logs tended to wash off beaches, too. Boats hit big timbers all the time — and the admiral’s was not the first seaplane dumped by debris. Reports of seaplanes hitting stuff on take-offs and landings were common, Hagwood wrote in his book Engineers at the Golden Gate, a history of the U.S. Army Corps’ San Francisco District.

Today there’s still plenty of debris floating away to keep Raccoon busy. Scores of wooden piers built before and during the war (there are reportedly some 250 piers on San Francisco and adjacent bays) are 'calving' chunks as they disintegrate. Old whaling stations and San Francisco shipping Poised to pounce: her nets brimming, 'Raccoon' sneaks up on a few last tidbits before unloading.

docks contribute. Trees and limbs continue to wash off hundreds of miles of shoreline, especially when winter storms coincide with big tides. Worm-eaten fender piles are always coming adrift. "We picked up a hot tub, but nobody was in it," said Engineer Bob Diehl, "and a body or two without a hot tub." s In the beginning, right after the admiral’s seaplane encounter, the Army Corps picked up debris with small tugs assigned to flotsam patrols. It was labor-intensive. The crews snagged stuff with pike poles and man¬ handled it aboard. Large rafts of bigger timbers and the occasional steel tank were towed to a boomed-off impound area off the Alameda Naval Air Station. When enough stuff accumulated, it was dragged ashore and burned in huge bonfires (Spare the Air Day? Whazzat?). Collection got a lot easier in 1959 when the Army Corps converted two Navy surplus vessels for floating hazard collection. Fittingly, they were a pair of WW II aircraft recovery vessels built in 1942, the same year Nimitz went swimming — Raccoon and Coyote. Both are especially familiar to Sausalito sailors, since they tie up there at the Corps of Engineers docks (next to the Wapama). Both have catamaran bows but about a quarter of the way aft they turn into

OF THE BAY

flat-bottomed scows with wide, Army-tan wheelhouses mounted three stories up^atop spiderwebs of steel.

L I sunny day spent aboard Raccoon {Coyote is mainly a backup boat) is an interesting experience. For one thing, it’s an odd sensation to aim for logs instead of dodging them. Raccoon’s six-man crew seems to have one of the best jobs around — getting paid to cruise the Bay — but mention that to them and they’ll quickly remind you they’re out there in gnarly winter weather, too. Of course, when the work is cold, wet, down¬ right hard and often dangerous is when most of the debris accumulates. In the wheelhouse on an easy summer day, though, it’s easy to imagine you’re Stuart Little halfway up the handle of a vacuum cleaner and the Bay is a vast carpet. Powered by twin 500-hp 353 Caterpillar diesels and making seven knots, the 98-ft Raccoon rumbles along turning this way and that, collecting the usual assortments of tires, logs and tree limbs. Scattered like pick-up sticks, the stuff is scooped into a heavy 20by-20-foot steel net between the two stems. Bigger stuff demands slower speeds. And for really big stuff, the boat pauses and a large

Above, 'Raccoon' snags a wrecked boat. Inset, Joe McCormick. Below, the launch drags junk out from under pilings so the crane can grab it. triple-knuckle boom crane with a mean¬ looking hydraulic grapnel reaches out and lifts the junk aboard. Really big stuff still gets towed.

Skipper Joe P. McCormick often runs the tide lines he calls 'riffs' where, as sailors know, lots of nasty stuff collects. When the steel net is full — maybe 12 tons worth — it is pursed and hauled onto the deck by the

crane, deftly operated by Chief Engineer Bob Diehl. The crane can heft 15 tons aboard at a time — a big chunk of flotsam. Or jetsam (look ’em up yourself; it’ll be good for you). It’s a slick operation, a result of decades of,refinement. Ours is the first of only five

bays and harbors in the U.S. to get Army Corps debris boats, and none of the others are quite like Raccoon, McCormick said. "Corps engineers who have seen them all say ours is the most efficient," said his boss, Jay November, 1996 •

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people around the Bay," McCormick said. On the radio he already called the skippers of several tugs, tourboats and a barfboat by name. "It makes me feel good to be of service," he said. The previous day, the skipper of the party

between the bows and more towed astern by the end of a day. It all goes to the Army Corps’ Sausalito debris yard adjacent to the Bay Model. In a year, Raccoon and Coyote skim some 400 tons of debris off the Bay. The year of the Loma Prieta Earthquake,

It’s an odd sensation to aim for logs instead of dodging them.

Furniture is a familiar 'catch'year round. In January, it's discarded Christmas trees. Hawkins. The other harbors with "Drift Collection Vessels" are Seattle, Portland, New York and Norfolk, which are all harbors fed by rivers that wash down a lot of debris. "By Congressional order, we are only allowed to pick up floating debris," says Hawkins. "We can’t pick up things on shore and we don’t normally pick stuff off the bottom unless they’re a clear and immediate danger to navigation." That’s why Raccoon is not available to pluck the derelicts out of its own backyard, Richardson Bay, or off the rocks. It has, however, hauled up a few sunken boats if they are nav hazards for commercial or government traffic. One such sank at the dock at Alcatraz in the late ’60s: The Indians who took over the rock overloaded an old fishboat with brass and copper to sell. They’d ripped it out of the island prison and from the ashes of the warden’s house, which burned during the Indian occupation.

^^cCormick, 31, became Raccoon’s captain this summer, taking over from his mentor, Oscar McGregor, the skipper for 18 years. McCormick is public relations savvy and out to better acquaint Bay users with what the boat does. In August, for instance, he went around meeting South Bay marina operators to explain his job and how he can help them get debris out of their harbors — but only if it’s likely to float out into Bay traffic lanes. In September he planned to visit harbormasters around the rest of the Bay. Raccoon’s territory extends from Alviso to the Golden Gate to Petaluma and up the Delta just past Antioch. "I’m really enjoying getting to know the Page 136 •

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boat Happy Hooker had called to report a deadhead off the Berkeley Flats, which the Raccoon promptly fetched. "It was easy for us and the deadhead could have caused real problems. And if we hadn’t gotten it then, who knows where it would have been the next day. I like being able to do things like that." He’s also a courteous skipper, even though his previous job was aboard a Blue and Gold tour boat: "When I see a sailboat, I try to give it a wide berth," and he does, but if you are crossing tacks with Raccoon, you Unloading the nets. In a typical year, 'Raccoon' and her sistership 'Coyote' remove some 400 tons of junk from the Bay.

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1 here can be 40 tons on Raccoon’s deck, another 12 tons of junk in the net

1989, it was more like 800 tons. Presently, there has been worry from some quarters that the Bay will fill with floating eucalyptus trees from the clearcutting of Angel Island. But Hawkins doesn’t expect a problem. "Eucalyptus doesn’t float," he notes. But plenty of other stuff does and sailors on San Francisco Bay can be thankful we have this government program that really helps. "Everybody thinks government workers don’t work," said Joe McCormick. I’m out to dispel that notion." If you see a floating hazard on the Bay, you can help, too. You can call the scaven¬ gers weekdays on Channel 16 or cell-phone

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CRUISING It’s been a busy summer: Singlehanded TransPac, Pacific Cup, huge Big Boat Series, and the usual tremendous Bay sailing. No wonder we haven’t had space for Part II of Cruising With The Enemy. To recap, in late May the Northern

Cubans don't have many material things, but they still have their sense of humor. Ken and John beg a case with Tourism. California-based sailboats Big O and Orient Express, on their way to Florida from Antigua, cruised the north shore of Cuba for about two weeks. About 50 miles from Cuba, both boats were boarded and searched by the U.S. Coast Guard. After giving both boats perfect scores on safety inspections, and after being unable to find any of the drugs or illegal immigrants — heh, heh, just First impressions are important. Donna de Majorca greets the Bahia Nipe Port Captain as he arrives aboard his high speed launclj.

kidding — the Coasties confirmed that it was perfectly legal to sail to and around Cuba. Indeed, the only things you can’t do are: 1) Spend money for transportation to Cuba,''' and 2) Spend money while in Cuba. Our first stop, the charming but dilapidated jungle city of Baracoa, was covered in Part I. We’d hoped to leave Baracoa the morning of May 28, but local officials — who have little to do except guard against the Yanqui imperialist’s next invasion — made it impossible. "The customer is always wrong" reads the sign that should hang above their door. If we wanted to leave early the next morning, we were told that we’d have to go through the clearing out process then. But we still wouldn’t be able to leave then, because by the time the officials got to our boats and finished pawing through our things, it would be past noon. So we had to leave that evening. In and of itself, this problem didn’t perturb us because it Was part of Cuba’s charm we’d come to experience. The real pisser was that it meant we’d have to disappoint the group of young boys who had befriended us. While giving gifts to Cubans is illegal, we’d left the kids the impression that we’d do just that. And they indicated they’d be more than willing to be co-conspirators in such a 'crime' against the state. So as the various officials, who were as amicable as they were unbending, rummaged through our stuff, the kids lined the dark cliffs and hollered out our names at the top of their little lungs. About 10,000 times they hollered. While Cuban adults have seemingly resigned, themselves to a waiting-to-die sort of existence, the desires and ambitions of these young teens still hadn’t been snuffed out. Thinking about the life our own kids have back home while listening to the plaintive cries of the Cuban kids sure gave us a better appreciation of the concepts of 'freedom' and 'liberty'. The Wanderer wasn’t the only one in our group who felt a brief inclination to mount a counterrevolution to free the kids from their oppressors. When it became clear to the boys that we weren’t going to be able to return to shore with gifts for them, the more brazen ones swam through the dark waters to our boat. This was ballsy. About 10% of the 11 million Cubans have escaped in the last 30 years, so harbor waters and foreign boats are taboo for all except fishermen and military personnel. We were able to slyly pass a few gifts to the kids as they dog-paddled next to our hull, but not as many as either of us had hoped. The gift the kids really wanted most,

of course, was emancipation. It’s the same story the world over, isn’t it? Great people, not such great government.

1 ransiting the northeast coast of Cuba at night was like traveling back in time, as there were few lights either at sea or ashore. And during the day , the land appeared to be virtually undeveloped and the population sparse. We’re not fans of how Castro’s revolution has played out, but there have been positive — albeit inadvertent — consequences. The destruction of Cuba’s economy, if nothing else, has preserved most of the countryside. Having motorsailed 40 calm miles under bright moonlight, morning found us off a little tuck in the coast where there are five bays, each with its own separate entrance. These bays range in size from about 3 square

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miles to nearly 50 square mileS. As we approached Bahia Nipe, the largest of the bays, two Guardia Frontera gunboats sped toward us from the horizon. We weren’t sure what to expect, but we certainly didn’t anticipate that they’d zoom past your transoms toward the small naval facility at Bahia de Levisa. The Guardia Frontera

How screwy can things get? The U.S. has an embargo on impoverished Cuba, but here's de Majorca in a spanking new Humvee. couldn’t have cared less that two rather large yachts — bofh flying big American flags — were motoring just a few hundred yards off their shore. It could have been Cuba’s Pearl Harbor.

The entrance to Nipe is a winding channel a couple of miles long. There are low beaches and brush on the starboard side, and sandstone cliffs and wide beaches on the port side. An odd sight along the port side was what appeared to be a large and relatively luxurious residence hanging off the cliffs. As out of place as a skyscraper would be at Bolinas, we later learned it was — like most of the good things in Cuba — for tourists only. Bahia Nipe isn’t one of Cuba’s garden spots, nonetheless, it’s inherently more attractive than anything we’ve seen in south Florida. Surrounding the huge bay were rolling hills covered with trees and other vegetation, and further in the distance were fields, bigger rolling hills, and modest peaks. The only signs of humanity were a couple of medium-sized industrial facilities off in the distance and a few forlorn fishermen. This is what much of Southern California must have looked like 150 years ago. Soon another sign of civilization — a

CRUISING guard tower — came into view to remind us that we were in Cuba. Motoring past without being shot once, we dropped our hook at the spot indicated by Simon Charles’ reasonably accurate Cruising Guide to Cuba. While waiting for the local officials to be rowed out, our adventure glands went into overdrive at the prospect exploring this nearly virgin bay. Things have been going so badly for Cuba in recent years that there’s a bit of internal friction. On the one side is the rigid and entrenched military, which by all indications is ready to hunker down for another 30 years of deprivation in the name of a failed revolution. On the other side are the Tourism folks, more open and forwardlooking by nature, and of the opinion that increased tourism will result in a higher

standard of living for all Cubans. Even Castro has had to swallow his enormous Socialist pride to admit that it’s become necessary to "harvest the tourist gold". We Ken and John get down and diriy in the muck, dramatizing the state of relations between the United States and Cuba.

Luxury transportation in Cuba. People think nothing of riding in carriages that have only three wheels and a stick to support them. learned quickly, however, that while things may eventually change, the military is still the top dog in Cuba. The polite Nipe Port Captain was firm; it

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didn’t matter that Simon Charles' cruising guide reported it was possible to "wander as you see fit" in Bahia Nipe. We had to anchor in spot A and not the much nicer places just short distances away. Further, we were prohibited from taking our dinghy anywhere but directly ashore. Exploring any other parts of the bay — and especially just outside the bay — was prohibited. We enlisted the help of the Tourism folks in trying to play the journalism card, but try as they may, the Mr. Military was unmoved. There were only two things we could do at Bahia Nipe, a woman from Tourism concluded. We could enjoy the mediocre

beach right next to where we were anchored, and/or we could take advantage of a wild animal safari and pig roast at the nearby Cayo Saetia tourist resort. Our group wasn’t enthusiastic about being herded around by a bunch of government-issue Cubans, whose idea of a good time had been stunted by 30 years of subjugation. Most of us, however, were eventually willing to fork over the $17. Then one of our lawyers remembered the U.S. Treasury prohibition against spending money in Cuba. Damn! The Wanderer left the cockpit in disgust, and walked to the bow to soothe his anger in the haze of a Monte Cristo #5. Lo and behold, when he returned to the cockpit the problem had vanished like smoke from the fine cigar. "You’re all American journalists," said the woman from Tourism, stretching the truth pretty thin, "so we’d like you to be our guests in what will be an educational program." Both free and legal? It would have been immoral for us to decline. The Tourism folks picked us up that afternoon in two vehicles; a Russian-built Lada, and — what the hell —, ^ spanking new Mumvee, complete with a dynamite Panasonic sound system! One of the drivers told us they’d gotten the Humvee from Panama. We didn’t see much modern mechanical equipment while in Cuba, but most of what we did see had been made in the U.S. Some embargo! Our group of 14 hopped into the two vehicles, and the drivers roared off past a former Communist Youth Camp, around a few hard corners, and through several huge mud puddles before arriving at a First World quality hunting / fishing lodge on a hillside. Clearly this wasn’t a place the average Cuban worker frequented, as it had nice landscaping, painted buildings, doors on hinges, and furniture in the rooms. Indeed, foreign tourists pay about $95/night to stay at Cayo Saetia to scuba dive, sport-fish, sail — where were the boats? — and hunt. Surely it was low season, because we were the only ones there. One glance at some of the trophy heads mounted on the walls was enough to make the Wanderer want to form a Cuban animal rights group. Apparently some 'sportsmen' aren’t above hunting domestic cats. While the lodge staff placed a little pig over a spit, we were taken on a safari. When the whimsy struck them, our drivers went off¬ road, running down 10-foot high bushes and charging through deep puddles. They enthusiastically elected to follow the paths that only the latest in military vehicles could take them. Knowing the poor conditions under which

Feeding time. The game reserve wasn't anywhere near the pits we assumed it would be.

the Cuban people live, we feared for the alligators, antelopes, zebras, boars, nandus, and other wildlife. Surprise! The 30 square mile cayo has six kinds of trees in various forests, several big ponds, and a wide variety This baseball made a big hit with one of the mdunted riflemen at the Cayo Saetia wild game park.

CRUISING of terrain and vegetation. Not only did the place look more like parts of Africa than Africa, the animals looked healthy and had plenty of room to roam. It might be better to be a zebra than a human in Cuba. There seemed to be a common summer weather pattern on the north coast of Cuba. Mornings featured brilliant blue skies, but by noon big clouds would form over land. By late afternoon, the clouds would turn black and head toward the sea. These angry black clouds soon brought heavy rain as well as prodigious lightning and thunder. Toward the end of our safari, the sky indeed turned black, the wind gusted, and the rain poured. The nearby lightning bolts frequently sent the animals into mini stampedes. The atmosphere had suddenly become quite excitjng, and we cackled like maniacs while trying to stay with the bouncing vehicles. "Can’t believe we’re riding a Humvee on safari in Cuba!" we’d exclaim to each other.

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During a pause in the rain, we stopped to chat with three rifle-toting horsemen. As Donna de Majorca, outfitted in her safari mini-skirt, posed for a few pictures with one, another member of our group slipped the guy a couple of baseballs. It would be an experience for him to tell his Cuban family over what passed for their dinner. As we headed back to ^the lodge, a Cuba's version of a shopping center with a full parking lot. The quality and selection of products are very poor.

The Aquamarine Center at Bahia Naranjo. You can swim with the dolphins here for nearly as long as you like. giggling Ken and Madeline 'dropped trou' from the back of the Lada. Our driver — who doesn’t get to see all that many buffed bottoms belonging to young Swedish beauties — thought this was pretty terrific. When we came across a giant puddle a few minutes later, Ken and John, caught up in the madness of the moment, decided to wrestle. It was sort of a metaphor for Cuban -

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American relations: both got very dirty in the process of accomplishing absolutely nothing. When the safari was all over, the giddy-looking driver said, "I would like come to America!11 We told him he probably should, because this was just a typical afternoon for we Yanks. After re-anchoring our boats — which the afternoon squall had nearly blown onto the beach — we were driven back to the lodge for our pig feast. We’d like to say it was a delicious feast, but it wasn’t. We couldn’t blame the sociable cooks, however, as they have so few ingredients and virtually no spices or sauces to work with. If you want good Cuban food, try Miami.

e left Nipe the following morning, disappointed at our inability to explore the

Madeline Fairchild waterskis behind 'Orient Express's' dink at Bahia Naranjo, one of Cuba's smallest but best marina facilities.

large bay. We headed toward Bahia Naranjo, which was described as being a relatively significant resort area. We began the 40-mile trip by motoring through a dark blue sea beneath a bright blue sky and under a warm sun. It was wonderful. It eventually became so hot that we had to stop the boats for an offshore swim. If everyone had access to such rejuvenating breaks, there would hardly be a need for Valium. Once back aboard, the wind filled in for a delightfully relaxing sail to Naranjo. On the way, we sailed along mile after mile of untouched beaches, with not ^person or structure — other than the occasional lighthouse — in sight. Such potential. To starboard we saw the top portion of ship superstructures as theV marched, one after another, toward the Panama Canal. Given the warm and benign sea conditions, and the close proximity of ships that might offer a passage to freedom, no wonder Cuban officials are paranoid about their folks lingering around boats and harbors.

I^ahia Naranjo — another place we’re sure to return to after the next Cuban revolution — is typical of the kind of place Castro and the Tourism folks are trying to mine "tourist gold". The area boasts of many uncrowded beaches, a large reef, several big hotels, an 'Aquamarine' center, a 'marina' of sorts, and the bay itself. There were two or three decent boats in the marina. One belonged to the Aquamarine Center and was used for ferrying people out to the facility where you can swim with dolphins. Swimming with dolphins is a hoot, but we’d rather see them — like the Cubans — free to roam. The vessel was a somewhat rundown 50-ft German ketch that took what few tourists there were on short afternoon cruises. There’s lots of potential in Naranjo. After the typical long wait for the officials, we visited one of the big hotels. It looked like a big cement block in the style so beloved by the Eastern Bloc during the Cold War. The clerk was rude, the rooms were tiny, the electricity kept going out, and the staff put on

the worst excuse for entertainment we’ve ever seen. The following day we visited another large beachfront hotel that had the same rates. This one looked snazzy, appeared to be well built, and had a with-it staff. It had everything necessary to be a big success ... except for customers. This tourist gold isn’t going to come all that easy. While at the hotel, we met a group of schoolchildren who’d been brought to the hotel to receive little 'math kits' donated by an East German charity. The kit consisted of a rule, compass, protractor, a couple of pencils, and came in a box with basic mathematics principles printed on the back. The enthusiastic and charming kids clearly cherished these simple gifts. Despite having so few materials, we suspect that these multiracial rascals could have held their own in a test with similar aged American kids. Education is revered in Cuba. Unfortunately, higher education is available only to those who pledge allegiance to Fidel.

eeling like a drive in the country, we

The weather on the north coast of Cuba can chapge rapidly. Sylvia grills some goodies not long after a nasty squall stormed through.

CRUISING IN ENEMY TERRITORY, PART II were fortunate that a mysterious Spanish tourist named Rico Illusioso offered to rent a Suzuki Samurai for us — so we wouldn’t have to break the law by spending money. Just one problem; six of us wanted to make the drive to Gibara, but Fidel’s U-Drive-It only allows four per vehicle. Since we couldn’t impose on Illusioso for a second car, two of our group got bumped. But when we saw these same two hitchhiking just a few hundred yards down the road, we couldn’t resist picking them up. Now all we had to do was watch for the police, who also like just four tourists to a Samurai. Ultimately, we did quite a bit of vehicle traveling in Cuba, and found the roads to be in excellent condition. They should be, since they’re mostly used by pedestrians and bicyclists. You can say one thing for Castro, he’s completely eliminated all of Cuba’s traffic problems. The countryside on the way from Naranjo to Gibara is beautiful. It reminded us of a tropical Sonoma County, with lots of rolling hills, fields, and vegetation. All that were missing were other cars, road signs, 7Elevens, and billboards. After driving for an hour, we stopped at a government owned roadside place called —

we’re serious — Rumbo’s. Itwas inexplicably stylish for Cuba, was open 24 hours a day, and offered little more than coffee and rum\ The two guys who ran the place were pretty funny, and we soon sat sipping anejo — aged rum — and watched the passing parade. And what a parade! We saw 700 pedestrians, 300 cyclists, 27 people on horses, 13 horsedrawn carriages, 9 people riding donkeys, 7 trucks and 4 1954 Chevy sedans held together by rust. Mind you, this place was 10 miles from anywhere. No wonder it’s easier to find a Libertarian than an overweight person in Cuba. While sipping anejo at Rumbos, the Wanderer had his quintessential Cuban moment. A guy with a horsedrawn carriage full of passengers passed by. The carriage had two axles; one for the two small wheels in front, and one for the two large wheels in back. But this carriage only had one back wheel. To keep the Carriage from falling over, somebody had lashed about a three

inch diameter tree branch to the frame, and the bottom of the branch scrapped on the road as the carriage rolled along. It was kind of like going along with a brake on. It wasn’t pretty, efficient, or quiet, but it worked. Forms of transportation in Cuba are so primitive that this three wheel carriage didn’t even rate a second glance for other Cubans on the move. Despite their plight, just about all of them had a smile and a wave for we obviously stinking rich gringos. How does it feel to be infinity more wealthy than all those around you? It didn’t do anything for us.

Out of room again. So little space, so much to tell about. There’s plenty wrong with Cuba, starting with the repression, the economy — and oddly enough — pollution. Yet there’s good stuff, too. There’s no hostility from the people, who remain cheerful despite their plight. And there’s no McDonalds-KFC-Chevron-Sizzler franchisemania. But above all, there are thousands of miles of unspoiled, uncrowded tropical cruising grounds unwittingly preserved by Fidel. Go now or go after Cuba opens up — it’s easily worth the effort.

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MEDICAL The best laid schemes o’ mice and men gang aft a-gley. — To a Mouse, Robert Burns, 1785

^^ompared to many life endeavors, cruising is safe. I’d much rather take my chances sailing to Central America than driving most highways. Some could even

aboard, preparation and prevention go hand in hand. Just like everything else about a boat, it’s far better to avoid a problem thanV deal with it under less than ideal circumstan-

Most people cruise successfully for years without a single mishap or illness aboard. ±

argue it’s safer than staying home. The 20year Framingham heart study recently found that women who seldom took vacations or never traveled at all were twice as likely to suffer a heart attack or die from heart disease as women who took vacations at least twice each year. As Paul Theroux puts it, "It is not possible to travel without coming down with something, but no one should stay home for that reason. Apart from terminal boredom, there are plenty of serious ailments available at home." Most people cruise successfully for years without a single mishap or illness aboard. Said another way, the probability of any serious medical emergency occurring aboard your boat is, realistically, remote. Neverthe¬ less, someone has to be in charge of getting the medical act of the boat together. Usually it’s the most medically qualified onboard,

ces. Here are seven tips toward achieving that goal: 1) Anticipate potential problems by knowing the medical history of everyone on board. Obvious concerns such as heart con¬ ditions, diabetes, ulcers, seizures must be discussed openly and honestly. I personally know of a boat where the skipper had not informed his crew of his peptic ulcer condi¬ tion and ended up being airlifted — too late — back to land where he died of a perfor¬ ated ulcer. In another case, a boat was forced to quit a Pacific Cup race early because of the skipper’s chest pain. The crew had been made aware of his coronary artery disease, and so didn’t delay having him medevac’ed to shore. Because he had taken this simple precaution, this skipper happily lived to sail another day. 2) Medications should be the respons¬ ibility of the person taking them. That said, consider splitting the supply in two; half to be under the control of the person taking the medication and the other half in the vessel’s medical kit. That way there will less chance of the medication gettipg lost. Also, talk to your doctor before you leave. Let him or her know if you’ll be cruising in a third-world environment. This could have It's an E-ticket ride, all right, but being medevac'ed is probably not a side trip you’ll enjoy. Thinking preventively helps.

Ideally, first aid kits should be the best prepared and least-used pieces of gear on a sailboat. but ultimately it’s the skipper who’s respon¬ sible for the overall well-being of the vessel and crew. Let me suggest that your personal success with medical problems will depend on the right combination of luck and good prepara¬ tion. Luck we can’t do much about. You got it or you don’t. Preparation is another matter entirely.

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important consequences. For example, if you are taking one of the popular stomach-acid drugs like Pepcid, Zantac, Tagamet, etc., you should know that your reduced stomach acid makes you more susceptible to GI infections. Like good old Montezuma’s Revenge in Mex¬ ico. That decreased acid level allows certain micro-organisms easier access to your stomach and intestines. 3) Physical conditioning should be considered important, especially for any crew who are clearly out of shape. Although sailing/cruising is not in the same league as running marathons, there is no question that being in good physical condition gives that extra energy, strength, and mental edge to handle emergencies. Try to incorporate some program of daily aerobic exercise as well as some way to keep your joints flexible. A big problem on long cruises/races are the hours of doing not much more than sitting or sleeping — then expecting your stiff joints and muscles to propel you into and out of foulies, respond to sudden sail changes, or compensate for unexpected motions of the boat. It’s those stiff joints and muscles that most often get injured — or lead to other injuries. 4) Having at least one person on board with CPR/First'Aid training should be a priority. If you as a skipper can’t find

PREPAREDNESS need the medications. If you don’t have a personal doctor, the next best thing is to go to one of the local traveler’s clinics where they’ll likely have more experience and understanding of your needs. If all else fails, be aware that in many

Jellyfish stings can be ugly and painful. Hint: try vinegar to kill the sting.

A Mexican herbal medicine booth. Awareness of what works and what doesn't is a big part of a healthy cruise.

someone who knows it, learn it yourself. (Courses are widely available through any Red Cross center.) Not only is this good for immediate, 'hands-on' action, it also imparts valuable knowledge if you or someone aboard has to be talked through some proce¬ dure over the radio. Even though you’re seldom entirely alone out there as long as you have a radio, it’s good to know some¬ thing about the medical advice being given. In any case, remember there’s no 911 at sea. You are it! 5) Immunizations should begin at least six weeks prior to sailing for foreign countries. At this time, the only immunizations abso¬ lutely required in certain countries are yellow fever and cholera. This primarily affects trav¬ elers to Africa and South America. Between the years of 1991 and 1993, 750,000 cases of cholera were reported in Latin America. The speed and extent of its spread continues to reflect the absence of sanitation and safe water supplies in most parts of the develop¬ ing world. Unfortunately, the current cholera vaccine is only 50% effective in protecting against the disease. Other suggested immunizations include tetanus and polio boosters, as well as ty¬

phoid and hepatitis vaccines. If you’ll be traveling to a malaria infested area, there are recommended precautions — and consider¬ able controversy. A recent survey found that visitors from different countries to the same part of East Africa followed no fewer than 80 different antimalarial regimes. To get the latest info, contact the CDC (see sidebar) or your local health department. For the San , Francisco Bay area consider contacting Kai¬ ser, UCSF or Stanford, which all have , traveler’s clinics. 6) Prescription medications can sometimes be difficult to obtain for your medical kit. Especially narcotics. Many physicians are reluctant to write prescriptions for medica¬

foreign countries prescription regulation (and enforcement) is significantly different than in the U.S., and you can often obtain antibiot¬ ics and sometimes even narcotics over the counter. I was on a surfing trip in Baja three years ago with a friend. Somewhere near Guerrero Negro he severely strained his back. The strongest medications I had with me were some non-steroidals (ibuprofen, naproxen, that sort of thing). They didn’t todch his pain. So we went to a small local farmacia to see what we could find. We asked for Tylenol with codeine or vicodin, but' the man behind the counter politely informed us he had none. When I mentioned that I was an American MD, he simply rolled his eyes and said "Como no, sehor" — essen¬ tially, "Oh sure, bud." 1 was about ready to give up when he turned and unlocked a cabinet, pulled out some packets of pills and set them on the counter. "But maybe instead of codeine,

Try to incorporate some program of daily exercise as well as some way to keep your joints flexible. tions that could end up being abused or taken by persons who could be allergic to them. The best advice I can give is to meet with a physician you know personally (and, better yet, who is a sailor) and explain exactly what your plans are and why you

these will help?" he said. I picked up the packet and quickly agreed that these pills would do. Five minutes later my friend and I walked out of the store with 20 pills of morphine sulfate. No prescription. No ID. Just to set the record straight, this is not November, 1996 •

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MEDICAL REFERENCE DESK The following are some of the better health-related references Jor cruisers plan¬ ning to visit foreign waters. BOOKS

Traveler’s Health by Richard Dawood, MD Random House (1995), 620 pages This book’s subtitle, How to Stay Healthy All Over the World, says it all. The For¬ ward by Paul Theroux is worth the price of the book alone. Sixty-six contributors give excellent advice, They emphasize preventive medicine, but also provide practical steps to take if you find yo&rself sick or injured in a strange and foreign environment.

Medicine for the Outdoors: A Guide to Emergency Medical Procedures and First Aid by Paul S. Auerbach, MD Little, Brown and Company (1991) Dr. Auerbach, former Professor and Chairman of Emergency Medicine at Stan¬ ford, wrote this book for the non-medical professional. It is written in easy to under¬ stand language, but with no skimping in the quality of advice. Recent information indi¬ cates this book may be out of print. If so, it is well worth an afternoon or two of rummag¬ ing through used book stores. Equally infor¬ mative is a 50-minute companion video, Medicine for the Outdoors.

Advanced First Aid Afloat by Peter F. Eastman, MD Cornell Maritime Press (1987)

The Waterlover’s Guide to Marine Medicine by Paul G Gill, MD Simon & Schuster (1993)

Management of Wilderness and Environmental Emergencies Edited by Paul S. Auerbach, MD C.V. Mosby Company

This relatively new addition to the ship¬ board medical library is easy to read and full of sound, up-to-date advice that is aimed specifically at water environment emergen¬ cies. Dr. Gill is an experienced emergency physician who writes a regular column for Outdoor Life and is an occasional contrib¬ utor to Cruising World as (well as other magazines.

A new edition of foe text is now available. This is the text for medical professionals, and is highly recommended. It details the diagno¬ sis, treatment and pathophysiology of virtu¬ ally all emergencies encountered in remote/ wilderness environments. The list of foe 61 contributing authors reads like a Who’s Who of Emergency and Environmental Medicine.

The Ship’s Medicine Chest and Medical Aid at Sea U.S Government Publication This is foe standard text used by the U.S. Merchant Marine. Written for the non-profes¬ sional, it includes detailed instructions on diagnosis and treatment for most illnesses and injuries experienced at sea. The current edition is now somewhat outdated, especial¬ ly foe section on pharmaceuticals. ,

Where There Is no Doctor by David Werner Hesperian Foundation, (1992) Originally written as a health guide for villagers in remote areas of the world, this text has now become a classic that has been translated info more than 100 languages. Useful for travelers who wish to be as selfreliant as possible.

A Comprehensive Guide to Wilderness & Travel Medicine by Eric A: Weiss, MD Adventure Medical Kits (1992)

Since its first edition in 1972, this has been the standard First Aid text carried aboard most sailing vessels. Dr. Eastman, a retired surgeon, writes in a folksy anecdotal manner and tells good sea stories. He des¬ cribes procedures such as how to suture or give an injection in a easy to follow, step-bystep manner. A very readable book, although much of the antibiotic advice is out of date.

Dr. Weiss is well known in the wilderness medical community and writes from exten¬ sive experience. He has packed more infor¬ mation into this deceptively small volume than many authors accomplish in books twice its size. It’s well indexed and its convenient size makes it perfect for carrying in your pocket or the ship’s medical kit.

likely to happen very often because Mexico has some very strict narcotics laws. But

Traveler’s Health (Random House), states that two-fifths of all Americans who travel

if you want to get rid of that iodine taste, add a 500-mg tablet of Vitamin C to each quart of water. sometimes. . . 7) Water and food precautions. Dr. Rich¬ ard M. Dawood, editor of the excellent book,

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abroad suffer from travelers’ diarrhea. Often, this is just a minor inconvenience, but sometimes it can escalate into a major

NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Wilderness Medical Society P.O. Box 2463 Indianapolis, Indiana 46206 Phone: (317) 631-1745 Fax:(317)269-8150 Excellent source for general information about wilderness medicine and referral to experts or consultants in the field

Centers for Disease Control U.S Public Health Service Atlanta, Georgia Disease Hotline: (404) 332-4555 Drug Service: (404) 639-3670 Web Page: http://www.cdc.gov This 24-hour infectious disease informa¬ tion is for travelers and physicians and includes a very comprehensive web site. Good info on immunizations, food and water precautions/and even a section on traveling with children.

National Divers Alert Network Duke University Durham,. North Carolina Phone: (919) 684-6111 Web Page; http://www.dan.ycg.org/ 24-hour diving medicine/diving accident information and consultation service. illness, disrupting sailing plans, costing money, and sometimes resulting in pro¬ longed disability and hospitalization. Since travelers’ diarrhea reduces the absorption of such things as birth control pills, it can even be responsible for unwanted pregnancy! If you use a reverse osmosis water system on your vessel there is little chance of con¬ tracting a water-borne infectious organism. The PUR and other systems can theoretically filter down to the viral level. But to be extra safe it’s a very (food idea to have a UV light attached to the outlet of the system. (There’s

PREPAREDNESS

?S3Smore on filtration systems in the Letters section of the October Latitude.) If your boat doesn’t have a filtration system and you take on water in foreign ports, then use either chlorine or iodine. Liquid chlorine laundry bleach contains 46% available chlorine. Use 1-2 drops per quart of water. Iodine, which is probably more effective than chlorine (especially against amoebic cysts, the cause of amoebic dysentery), is available as tablets or a tincture. When using the tincture (2% io¬ dine), add four drops to each quart of water. If you want to get rid of that 'iodine taste', consider the trick of adding a 500-mg tablet of Vitamin C to each quart of water. Drinking water ashore is a different matter. It’s almost a cliche now to say don’t drink the water and beware of eating jaw fruit and vegetables. My usual procedure has been to drink only beer ashore and bring the fruits and vegetables back to the vessel for a good washing. In any case, the best docu¬ mented treatment of travelers’ diarrhea is the combination of sulfamethoxazole-trimetho-

adults residing in Guadalajara. The bottom line: water from the public water supplies in the developing world is likely to be just a very dilute solution of sewage, and should be regarded as such.

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prim plus loperamide (Septra DS or Bactrim plus Imodium). This conclusion was reached in 1990 after a-double-blind study on U.S.

O bviously, these suggestions are only the tip of the iceberg. Because boats, desti¬ nations and crew vary so widely, it’s up to the skippers and 'medical officers' out there to determine the needs of a particular boat going a particular place. For more detailed information, please refer to the list of refer¬ ences accompanying this article. Finally, never discount the luck factor. With so many pissed-off managed-care phys¬ icians quitting medicine these days, you probably have a better chance of encoun¬ tering a doctor in Turtle Bay than in Marin.

— kent benedict, md

Kent Benedict, MD, has been teaching 'Emergency Medicine at Sea' courses for over 16 years. He holds Coast Guard licenses for both Ship’s Surgeon and 100 tons. He has been Chief Medical Officer for Cal Maritime Academy’s Golden Bear for since 1981. As a sailor, he lived aboard and cruised his own 5 0-ft ketch in the San Juan Islands for seven years. In all, he has traveled over 80,000 ocean miles and collaborated on two books. Dr. Benedict currently works as an emergency physician in Santa Cruz. ' /

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ners of the woodies, dinghies, youth sailing and any other categories we stumble across. As usual, we called around to see what’s new with HDA and ODCA — but frankly couldn’t find anything earthshaking to report about either. Both organizations are doing about the same as last year, which is to say they’re relatively fine. "But there’s stuff we need to work on, like the big boat division, which really fell apart this year,” admits Joseph Melino, head of the Handicap Divisions Association (HDA). "We’re basically holding steady — down a bit on regular entries and qualifiers (from

"Fear of losing is what makes competitors so great. Show me a gracious loser and I’ll show you a permanent loser.” — O.J. Simpson elcome back to Latitude’s annual three-part tribute to the Bay Area season sailing champions. Aside from the author of the above quote, you'll find no 'permanent losers' in this article. We’re talking nothing but winners here — specifically of handicap racing on the Bay and ocean this summer. In next month’s issue, we’ll profile the one design champs; in January, we’ll meet win¬ :*&!

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106 boats with 60 qualifiers to 90 boats with 48 qualifiers), but way up on one-timers. On the whole, things are good — we got in all 12 races this summer and the troops seem satisfied with the new courses." Melino, who just returned from the US Sailing general meeting in Newport Beach, noted, "Bay Area sailors are luckier than they realize. We have a working YRA and a good PHRF system, which is more than a lot of places around-the country."

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Champions. We held that one just last week¬ end — Baffett was the big winner." If you want to learn more about HDA or OYRA, Glenda or Lynn at the YRA office, (415) 771-9500, can point you in the right direction. On with the show. Congratulations to all winners, particularly those listed below who didn’t get profiled this year. And about that opening quote — sorry, O.J., we don’t buy it. Winning is nice, but true champions know that losing graciously is also an important part of the game.

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PHRO-I — 1) Dolphin Dance, SC 50, Dave Sal¬ lows, EYC; 2) Zamazaan, Farr 52, Chuck Weghorn, StFYC; 3) Pegasus XIV, Dan & Linda Newland, IYC. (28 entered; 11 qualified) MORA-I — 1) Roadhouse Blues, Hawkfarm, Brian Boschma/Torben Bentsen, RYC; 2) Latin Lass, Catalina 27, Bill Chapman, BYC; 3) Freewind, Cal 9.2, The Lessleys, RYC. (14 entered; 7 qualified) SHS — 1) Erin, Antrim 30+, Dan Buhler, EYC; 2) Happy Trails, Valiant 40, David Bennett, SSS; 3) Annalise, Wylie 34 mod., Paul Altman, EYC. (15 entered; 7 qualified) CRUZ— 1) Jasmine, Union 36, Bob Hungerford, SLYC. (2 entered; 2 qualified)

SEASON CHAMPIONS, PART I HDA — G Wylie 38

HDA — H Frcrs 36

High Strung

Bar-Or (left) & Dorsey St. Francis YC

Martha & Gary Burbidge Singlehanded SS

Matt (left) & Jon Carter St. Francis YC

Gal Bar-Or hit the fast forward button last February, trading in his Olson 25 Siva for a new tricked-out F-31 trimaran. "1 had the need for speed," joked Gal, an entrepreneur who keeps Babylon Rocker behind his house on the San Rafael Canal. "After doing the Pac Cup in the Olson in ’94, I’d accomplish¬ ed everything I could with that boat. I want¬ ed to expand my horizons, to go faster and farther — a multihull was the logical choice." Bar-Or, along with sailing partner Paul Dorsey ("my main man") and new sailor Wayne Dahler ("rookie of the year"), strug¬ gled at first with the exotic new boat. "It’s a real demon," grinned Paul. "Th^ loads are insane — it’s a really physical boat. We also had a lot of trouble figuring out our VMGs at first." By the end of the season, however, things were coming into focus: the Rocker scored four bullets in the second half which, combined with Pegasus’s sudden absence from the race course, earned Bar-Or the HDA-F title in his first attempt. "We stayed mostly in the Bay last summer as we learned how to tame the beast," ex¬ plained Gal. "Next year, 1 hope to do a lot more ocean racing, including the 50th Ensenada Race in April. Hopefully, we can get some other local multihulls to join us." Bar-Or, who grew up on a kibbutz in Israel, has come an incredibly long way since taking up sailing back in 1992. "A lot of people have helped me out," said Gal. "I’d especially like to thank my girlfriend Cheryl Hoppe, Gary Helms and Vic Thiry."

Confusion and apathy reigned in HDA-G this summer, a division which saw a lot of one-time entries. Only Jobe and High Strung (ex-Vera Cruz) did enough races to qualify, with the nod going to the latter on the strength of three straight bullets on the homestretch. "We started off poorly with an 8,5 in the Vallejo Race, but we managed to improve steadily," said Gary, who’s in commercial construction. "A lot of boats used this division as tuneup for bigger races such as the Kenwood Cup and Big Boat Series," continued Martha, who works for the 'earthquake people1 (U.S. Geological Survey). "Part of winning was just showing up for most of the races." High Strung did her share of extracurricular races too, including a second overall in the Lightship Race ("More fun than last year when we broke the rudder off!"), first in the Jack Frost, and third in the Big Daddy. This is the sixth boat for the Fremontbased couple, who met through sailing back on Utah’s Great Salt Lake. Previously, they owned a Hobie Cat, Mull 22, J/29, J/24 and a Beneteau 42. Though still enamored with High Strung, they’re planning to move up a notch or two next year. "Something like a J/44 or bigger," they said. Martha is High Strung’s primary driver, while Gary trims the main. Joining them this summer were crew boss Mike-Carlson, Den¬ ise Lugton, Joan Burleigh, Eric Kuehne, Jeff Overfield, Betty Kolbeck, Steph Bradshaw, Alan Ross and, on occasion, Kim Desenberg.

"We gave up on our kinder, gentler pro¬ gram," joked Jon Carter of Los Gatos, an electrical engineer and Surefire’s upwind helmsman. "This year, we came out to kick ass!" The brothers did just that, running away with HDA-H for the second year in a row. They rattled off 8 bullets enroute to massacring their peers by 18.75 points, the widest margin in HDA this summer. "It actually wasn’t as easy as it sounds," continued older brother Matt, an Oakland carpenter and the boat’s downwind driver. "Our PHRF rating went down by 6 seconds a mile from last year, and we were training an entirely new crew. It was a bumpy transition, but we able to beat them into shape!" Except for veteran Bernard Saggese, all the rest of the gang were Surefire freshmen: Kevin Dug¬ an, Scott Gordon, Phil Thomson, Mark Vis, Ryan Fenchel and bowman Scott Ward, who chronicles Surefire's misadventures on his website: http://www.netline.com/partgas/. Though the Carters claim the level of racing in HDA-H is "somewhat better" than last year, they still look elsewhere to find better competition. Competing in the Big Boat Series was a highlight, though their mid-class finish was a bit of a bummer. "We had a bunch of meltdowns," confessed Jon. The brothers’ ’secrets’ haven’t changed much: they still dry sail Surefire out of Nelson’s in Alameda, and still hold semi¬ regular crew practices. "I doubt anyone in HDA works as hard at it as we do," claimed Matt. "Who else actually practices 720s?"

2) Pegasus. F-27, Andrew Pitcairn, EYC; 3) Rakusu, F-24, Russell Long, BAMA. (9 ent.; 6 qual.)

2) Jobe, Jim Archer, Tahoe YC; 3) Recidivist, Schumacher 39, Colin Case. SFYC. (11 ent.; 2 qual.)

2) Giggleswick, B’teau 38, B. Hall, OYC; 3) Two Scoops, Exp. 34, Goodwin/Longaker, RYC. (10/6)

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HDA & OYRA HDA — J B-25 Bloodvessel

HDA —L Merit 25 Twilight Zone

Gerry Brown Palo Alto YC

Paul Kamen Cal Sailing Club

Margaret Gokey crewed on Bloodvessel — named by its previous owner, an ortho¬ pedic surgeon — before buying the boat in the fall of ’94. It was her first racing boat, and she admits the learning curve was ini¬ tially pretty steep. This year, however, things fell into place nicely, beginning with a third in class at Key West Race Week in January. "We might have done even better, except for catching major kelp in one race," recalls Margaret, a hand therapist in Napa. The Florida trip obviously fine-tuned the Bloodvessel gang, who went on to steamroll HDA-J by 15.25 points. Gokey is quick to acknowledge her crew, particularly driver Bernard 'The Professor' Slabeck, a photo¬ grapher in 'real' life. Also sailing were newlyweds Peter and Julie Winter, David 'The Science Guy' Byron, Henry 'Andre' Reeves and 'Bradley-Mon' Melmon. Gokey, -aka 'Red Sonja' when she’s on the boat, works the pit and has no immediate desire to steer. "It’s a team effort," she claimed. Bloodvessel’s season ended on a high note with a trio of bullets to win the Yankee Cup. The 'Blood brothers (and sisters) are returning to Key West in January, and they’ll be armed with a new Halsey Lidgard 150% genoa and spinnaker. Next summer, Margar¬ et would like to do more races against sim¬ ilar-sized surfing boats. "It wasn’t that meaningful to race agajnst huge leadmines, but we had fun anyway!" said Gokey. "Thanks to my crew, to all race committees, the YRA and Joseph Melino."

The lead in HDA-K teetered back and forth between Mintaka c>nd Qerf all season, setting the stage for a winner-take-all finale. In a bizarre twist, that race was tossed out due to race committee errors (two different course flags during the prep time), leaving Mintaka the season champion by one point. "It couldn’t have been much closer," allowed Gerry, a retired computer programmer. Though he’s skippered boats on the Bay for 34 years now, this was Brown’s first foray into HDA, as well as his first year racing his latest boat. "I enjoyed the variety of races we sailed this summer," said Gerry, who pre¬ viously 'owned' the Triton and Newport 30 classes. "The sailing conditions generally favored us, but as always the key to winning was the consistency provided by my veteran crew: Tom Ranweiler (14 yr.),1 Bruno Carnovale (14 yr.), Rocky Rockmore (8 yr.), Jon Hunter (8 yr.) and Fitz Fitzharris (6 yr.)." A lot of work went into getting Mintaka in winning shape: three new sails, an improved deck layout, a new boom, and a bottom job by Kim Desenberg. "We cleaned the bottom before each race, and were always well prepared," claimed Gerry. "The only thing that broke all summer was the aluminum gooseneck. . . The new one is stainless!" In addition to winning HDA-K, Mintaka won her division in EYC’s Santa Barbara Race, the CYC Midwinters and the Big Daddy Race — not a bad inaugural year! "Winning is nice," figured Brown, "but the main thing is to have fun out there."

Though he’s won the Merit 25 one design season a number of times before, this was Paul Kamen’s first season victory in HDA. More significantly, this was his first year of racing with his son Rocky on the scene, proving that you can still win races with a newborn in the family. "It does cut into the post-race schmoozing a little," admits Paul, a Berkeley naval architect and freelance writer. Most of his serious competition came from Jim Fair and Chesapeake, continuing a long tradition of close dueling between the two sisterships. "After 12 seasons of YRA and midwinters," claims Paul, "TwilightZone and Chesapeake have probably sailed 1,000 miles within two boatlengths of each other!" Official crew policy on TZ is to have no regulars, based on the theory that any de¬ cent Merit 25 crew will have frequent offers on larger and more glamorous boats. A loyal crew, says Paul, is one that can do about one out of three races. "Still, we manage to attract a following." The ’96 crew included Lauri Jacobs, Renee Wilmeth, Heli Roiha, John Danielson, Brigitte Rauman, Sylvaine Guille, Dan Acland, Veronique Anxolabehere, Ed Corbetf, Frances 'Frog' Ross, Ben Keeler and Wiley Saunders. Paul also wanted to acknowledge the support of 'Diver Saul' Schumsky for great bottom maintenance, Steve Taft of Bay Ship and Yacht Co. for an on-time and on-budget mid-season bottom job, the local North loft for some perfect 3DL sails, and Amanda Russell for the crew’s custom 3DL sea bags.

2) Harp, Catalina 38, Mike Mannix, IYC; 3) Ono, B-25, Fred Voss, EYC. (18 entered; 11 qualified)

2) Derf, Soling, Pete Rowland, RYC; 3) Ouessant, F. Clipper, Frank Buck, CYC. (13 ent.; 7 qual.)

2) Lelo Too, Tartan 30, E. Carles, OYC; 3) It’s Jazz, Ranger 33, Ben Mewes, IYC (17 ent.; 7 qual.)

Gokey (left) & Slabeck Sausalito YC

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SEASON CHAMPIONS, PART I MORA —I Express 27

HDA — M Cal 20

Colin Gilboy Corinthian YC

Storkovich (1) & Bowman Monterey Peninsula YC

Baskett & Baffico (right) Sausalito YC

Colin Gilboy, a Foster City-based engin¬ eer and manufacturer’s rep, fired off two timely bullets in the homestretch to nip Latin Lass by 3.75 points. "It was a nice way to end my Cal 20 career," said Gilboy, who recently sold Samsara after owning her for 18 years. "It was fun to fly a spinnaker and race on longer courses, but I really miss one design. I’m planning to buy a Santana 22 and race ODCA next summer." With the local Cal 20 fleet waning, Gilboy decided to branch out into HDA this sum¬ mer. Sporting a whopping 270 handicap, Samsara was the slowest and smallest boat in the entire fleet! Gilboy helped His cause by declaring a #2 genoa as the largest headsail on board, good for a generous 6 second a mile PHRF rating credit on the Bay. "It made the difference in some of the races," claimed Colin. "We can’t really sail with a #1 in over 8 knots anyway!" Crewing on Samsara (a Sanskrit word referring to "cycles of reincarnation") this summer were Colin’s wife Kim Ford, George Bunting, sisters Andrea and Amie Tuyn, and several other 'fill-ins' acquired through various internet crew lists. "We were basically racing against the clock, which wasn’t nearly as much fun as one design," allowed Colin. "But most of the usual stuff still applied — getting a good start, playing the currents and windshifts, and watching your competition. Oh, and never set the spinnaker up until after you’re around the weather mark!"

"Our season started out on a shaky note," confessed Doug Storkovich, a retired Safe¬ way analyst/programmer who now does boat repair and maintenance as Santana Marine Services. "We were flushed out the Gate backwards in the Lightship Race, going on the wrong side of the South Tower for a DSQ. We sailed the course anyway — and got featured in a Latitude photo spread!" Things improved from there, as Dance Away took five bullets to win PHRO-II without having to sail the last race (they took third in the Santana 35 Nationals that week¬ end instead). Highlights of the mellow OYRA season included the Drake’s Bay Race ("a really pretty sail; everyone should do this at least once") and the aptly-named Hard Day’s Night. "We had the chicken chute up in 35 knots and big swells — and hit our highest speed ever, 14.8 knots!" recalled Doug. Storkovich has owned Dance Away for six years now, during which time he’s consis¬ tently placed in the top three in ODCA. "After doing 40+ races in 1995, we decided to concentrate mainly on ocean sailing this summer," said Doug. "We especially enjoyed the Santa Barbara Race, which we do every year with our masthead kite (25% more nylon). The race was beautiful! We ended up third in class and seventh overall — plus we finally beat Chris Corlett!" In addition to girlfriend Sydney Bowman, who sailed every race, Doug wanted to thank his crew, including guest drivers Bernard Slabeck, Ron Kell, Paul Sinz and Brad Melmon.

Cohorts Forest Baskett and Tom Baffico, both busy Silicon Valley executives, met socially through their wives seven years ago. Tom, a former collegiate sailor, crewed a bit for Forest on the latter’s previous boat, the Baltic 42 Zaca. In 1995, the duo formed their "very happy" partnership when their wives found out that each was independently look¬ ing to buy an Express 27. In their inaugural year, they campaigned Baffett (ex-Gizmo) on the Bay and ocean. "We decided to concentrate on the ocean this summer," explained Tom, the primary helmsman. "It’s easier paced and more strat¬ egic — and when the waves are up, nothing beats sailing an Express downwind! The Hard Day’s Night and coming home from Drake’s Bay were real adrenalin rushes!" Baffico also enjoyed the surfing con¬ ditions in the Santa Barbara Race, taking third overall with Baffett's core crew of Dan Mills (foredeck) and Nick Burke (trimmer). Forest, the tactician, missed that race due to a business trip to Italy. Other 'guest stars' this summer included Diane Greene, Peter Wag¬ ner and Pepe Sanches. Sistership Friday won the first half, but Baffett poured it on at the end to easily take MORA-I overall. "It was really fun racing against John (Liebenberg), but we’d love to see more boats out there," said Forest. "People may not understand that the ocean’s generally easier than the Bay — well, except maybe for the last jibe under the Gate! If you haven’t tried OYRA, come on out!"

2) Latin Lass, Cat-27, B. Chapman, BYC; 3) Dulcinea, KillerWhale, Mathiasen/Pritchard, IYC. (12/9)

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2) Friday, Ex. 27, J. Liebenberg, RYC; 3) Dragon Lady, Ex. 27, Jim Coyne, RYC. (14 ent.; 7 qual.)

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MAX EBB 11 felt great to get away from the boat. Even though I was sharing it with some of my best friends, it was beginning to feel awfully small.

perfect, exactly as advertised — warm water, steady trade winds, lots of sun, spectacular islands. The breeze had been a little heavier than the brochures promised for this time of year, but not so slrong that the sailing was stressful. And the boat was nearly new and perfectly set up for chartering. We were also careful to make sure our charter party was a bit short of the maximum number of bodies that the boat was supposed to be able to accommodate. But still, the rigors of life on a small sailboat were catching up with us. It’s funny how your best buddy at the yacht club bar can become almost intolerable after 48 con¬ tinuous hours in each other’s presence. Add some sunburn, some trivial disagreements over provisioning and meal planning, and then mix in a couple of novice sailors along with Too Many Captains. It wasn’t quite a recipe for disaster — we would all claim that were having a "fantastic" time if asked — but the tension on board was becoming palpable. So I jumped at the chance to escape with the dinghy, ostensibly to see if I could make reservations at the nearby hotef for dinner. "Now this is what I came here for," I thought to myself as I rowed slowly across the warm tropical lagoon, our boat’s sil¬ houette shrinking in front of a technicQlor sunset.

he dinghy was a bit clumsy under oars, and progress was slow against the northeast Tradewind that hadn’t yet turned off for the evening. But I was in no rush. No rush at all. Maybe I’d slip into 'island time' before the week was over. I lifted the oar blades above the water (the dinghy had idiot-proof oarlocks that would not let the oars feather) and let myself coast to a stop, the better to drink in the sounds and smells carried by the breeze off the island. I must have heard the calls of a dozen species of birds, and the air was thick with the smells of tropical flowers mixed with the cooking of spicy food from the hotel res¬ taurant. In the distance, a steel band was Page 156 •

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warming up. . .

"Hey!" said a startled voice as the body of a female windsurfer, wearing one of those bikinis that you can only see in magazines if you live in the Bay Area, hurtled through the air close in front of me. "What’d you do that fo. . ." she managed to utter before she face-planted into the water of the lagoon, narrowly missing major dental work on the transom of the dink. Her board had hit me at full smoke in the starboard quarter. She had probably expected to pass very close astern, but my sudden stop had thrown off her aim. But that voice rang a bell. . .

"Q \ V^Jorry!" apologized the windsurfer as her head broke the surface, shaking some of the warm clear seawater out of her long hair. "It just doesn’t fall off as fast as my short board back. . . Max! Like totally wow! What are you doing here?" "And might I ask the same of you, young lady?" was all 1 could manage to say in my complete astonishment at running into Lee Helm so many thousands of miles from home. "And, um, are you sure you didn’t lose part of your bathing suit in that last spill?" Lee quickly checked her rigging. "No, it’s all here!" she announced. She pulled herself back up to sit on her board while holding on to my dinghy. "Lee," I said, "it’s great to see so much of you. . . I mean, it’s much better to see you instead of those yacht club people I’m chartering with." I told her about our bareboat charter, where we had gone, what we planned to do with the rest of our time. "Kfewel!" she said. "I’m with a bunch of windsurfers for a week. We sail from island to island and camp on the beach. Some of the spots are, like, chi-chi resort destinations, like this one. But some of -them are com¬ pletely out in the boonies — like they lead us to the middle of nowhere and then we have to sail for another three hours to find the spot. It’s totally awesome to camp in those places where even the local boats have trouble finding a good place to anchor."

"Do you bring all the camping gear with you on the sailboard?" I asked. "No way! There’s a small fleet of support boats. They bring all the food and camping gear, extra boards and lots of extra sails of all sizes — and pick up the stragglers on the more difficult legs. It’s really pretty safe, the way they organize it. I mean, like, not every¬ one here is used to sailing on San Francisco Bay.” "Fascinating concept," I said enviously, wondering if I was too old to entertain any realistic thoughts of ever becoming a com¬ petent windsurfer. "I’ll bet it’s real cheap, too, compared to a good hotel or a charter boat.” "For sure," said Lee. "That’s how 1 can afford it on a grad student’s income. And like, the best part is that people come here from all over Europe. There’s a big contin¬ gent of French and Germans, some Italians, even some Brits. Only a few from the Left Coast, though." "Has the sailing been as good as you expected?" "The wind’s been a little lighter than the brochure promised for this time of year, but they have some really huge sails for us, so we’re still having fun." "Lighter?" I asked. "Yeah, but like, we’re having a blast on shore. Why don’t you come with us to the 'jump-up' at the bar down the road tonight? It’s the local place, where they go to party when they get off work at the hotel." "I haven’t been ashore yet," I said. "But maybe I’ll check it out after dinner at the hotel." "Kewel!" she said. "See you there!" She slid back into the water, maneuvered the sail into a position to catch the wind, and executed a very clean-looking water start — at least to my untrained eye. Lee went planing off into the sunset, while I continued my slow row up to the hotel dock. The route took me through the anchor¬ age, filled with other charter boats whose crews knew the lagoon a little better and weren’t afraid to anchor in close.

l Ihoy, Max!" shouted a voice in my direction. It was one of my dock neighbors from the marina back home. Not a yacht club mem¬ ber, but a good acquaintance. He signalled me to come alongside. "Looks like our whole marina is in the Caribbean this week," I said as I coasted up alongside, conscious that my oar-handling was being carefully observed and silently

ON ISLAND TIME critiqued. "I’m on a bareboat charter with a bunch of friends from the yacht club — we’re anchored way out there. And you’ll never guess who just ran into me. . "We’re running into friends everywhere we go, too," he answered. "Come aboard for cocktails!" I twisted around on the thwart and was barely able to reach the end of the dinghy’s bow painter without letting go of the rail of the charter boat. I passed the painter around a stanchion while my friend walked over to help with a stern line. Meanwhile a fender suddenly appeared between the dinghy and the big boat, lowered by a slim young woman with very dark skin, but unusual features for an African-American. When she spoke, it was in an accent that was totally unfamiliar to me. It was clear that English was not her first language. English was not even her second or third language, as it turned out. My hosts intro¬ duced her as the Brazilian deckhand/cook, the "better half' of the couple that ran the boat. The French "capitaine and bottlewasher" was down below working on one of the less critical operations necessary to serve dinner. "What made you go for a crewed char¬ ter?" I asked after the cook had gone back down to the galley. "Since your own boat is almost this big, I’m sure you could have handled a bareboat just fine."

We had that option," he replied. "In fad, I’ve been on some bareboat charters in previous years. But this is supposed to be a vacation, not a sailing lesson. We want to see'the islands, meet interesting people, and do some world-class snorkeling. We can do all of those things better with a crewed charter than with a bareboat. If we want to get more experience handling a larger boat, we can do that back home." "I can’t imagine anything worse," added his wife, "than being on a charter where half of the crew wanted to use the experience to enhance their sailing resumes, while the other half just wanted to lie in the sun." I nodded, seeing her point. Then I looked a little more closely at the spread on the cockpit table — spiny lobster tails, crackers and pat4, fresh sliced pineapple and coconut. "Looks like a great dinner in progress," I noted. "This is just the appetizer," boasted one of the charter party. "We’ve been eating like royalty." "And Le Capitaine does all the dishes!" said my friend’s wife. "We’ll probably never do another bareboat charter again." "There are some other big advantages to November, 1996 •

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MAX EBB — ON ISLAND TIME taking on the paid hands," continued my friend. "For one thing, they know the cruising area inside out — I would never have anchored in this close to the reef if I were in charge, for example. But-our skipper found a great spot in here with just enough

things for me seemed strange, somehow. "I don’t know," I said. "Having paid crew waiting on me hand and foot seems too.

"Lee, it’s great to see so much of you... " swinging room, and tomorrow morning we can snorkel on the reef without a long swim or a dinghy ride, not to mention that it’s a shorter row to the beach. They’re showing us all kinds of secret anchorages that the bareboat guides tell you not to go near."

^^eanwhile the cook had passed up a drink for me, one of the powerful local rum concoctions. "And when the anchor drags at three irt the morning," noted another member of the charter party, "we just roll over and go back to sleep while the crew deals with it. What a nice change from the fire drills on my own boat!" "And if we do hit a coral head," grinned my friend, "it’s not my fault!" "We can even sail at night if we get behind schedule. Or at least we could if we were silly enough to try to stick to a schedule." "And most important of all," added my j

friend’s wife, "they know all sorts of inter¬ esting people on every island. Why, last night, on the last island we were bt, we did a stern-to mooring up to the pier right down¬ town, and the governor of the island stopped by for drinks! It was just like in those old National Geographic articles. . ." "And the sea stories! Our skipper’s English isn’t the greatest, but he still manages to gossip about every other charter boat that we cross tacks with." "We also came down here to relax," said another charterer, "and not to push the envelope of our sailing ability. We really just want to get ourselves on island time. We shouldn’t have to worry about low oil pres¬ sure in the engine or who’s going to clean up after dinner or how we’ll make pancakes when we run out of batter. That’s all taken care of for us." They insisted that I sample the lobster tail, and as I savored the succulent morsel I thought of all the bickering on my boat. The crew of this boat, on the other hand, really did look like they were on vacation. Still, the idea of a paid crew taking care of all those Page 158 •

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much like having domestic servants. I think it might make me a little uncomfortable." "In any other context I might agree with that," said the charterer. "But these folks are sailors first, and the service part is secondary. The skipper owns the boat actually, and he’s in the middle of a long slow cruise from France to Polynesia. He’s gone professional for a couple of years to build up his cruising kitty before he moves on. In fact I’ve already invited them to stay at our house if they ever make it to San Francisco." "You know, that’s what everyone who does a crewed charter says," added my friend’s wife. "The skippers and cooks might be what we’d call 'sailing bums', but they’re always fascinating people, and getting to know these characters well can be just as memorable as seeing the islands. There are charters that go sour, I guess, but in most cases the crew adds a lot of value in every way imaginable." "What about privacy?" I asked. "It’s usually a safe bet that if you want them off the boat for an evening, they’re delighted to escape on shore. Or the other way around — if you want to explore an island, they’ll stay aboard for anchor watch so you don’t have to worry about if the boat’s safe. It gives us so much more freedom to see the sights."

usk comes quickly in the tropics, and it was almost dark when I finally got the dinghy to the beach near the hotel. 1 found the restaurant and made the reservations. But before heading back to the boat I thought I’d take a walk down the road and see what the town looked like, and take a peek at that club Lee had mentioned. It was really just a thatched roof over a bar and a dance floor, no walls and no cover charge. But the band was starting up, and judging by the young hard-bodies and the different languages being tossed about, Lee’s tribe of windsurfers was already there in force. I ordered a daiquiri and stayed to listen to the band for a while. It looked like

the whole town was converging on the spot, with the locals outnumbering the touristas by at least three-to-one. Lee was dancing with a tall, statuesque black man who looked just like the guy they use in the airline commercials. Even my friends from the crewed charter boat wandered in to mix it up with the locals. "How did you find out about this place?" I asked one of them. "Our capitaine knows about everything that happens on this island," she said. "Amazing," I allowed, but before I could ask any more questions I was grabbed by one of Lee’s new girlfriends — a nubile young windsurfer from France — and pulled onto the dance floor. 1 danced with Lee’s new girlfriend. I had another daiquiri. I danced with Lee’s new boyfriend. I had another daiquiri. I danced with Lee’s other new girlfriend. I had another drink, switching to a higher octane rum concoction. And that’s the last thing I remember ’til I woke up on the beach, face down, in broad daylight.

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there he is!" shouted one of Lee’s friends, one of the French women, by the sound of her accent. "Awesome! He lasted all night on the beach!" said another woman. "Usually if da mosquitos don’ eat ’dem alive," said a deep male voice with a local accent, "da land crabs carry dem away... ha ha ha!" I was duly returned to my charter yacht, where I faced nothing short of the Spanish Inquisition for deserting my shipmates with the only dinghy. They had eventually flagged down another ride to shore with the help of the VHF, and made it to the restaurant, but didn’t know what name the reservations were under and had to wait an hour for a table. "Relax, mon!" I pleaded. "An hour is but a blink of da eye in island time!" But they were still pissed. As penance it was agreed that I should do the dinner dishes for the next three nights. Still, there was a faction that thought walking the plank would be too good for me. Anyway, the KP gave me more time to contemplate what my friends on the boat with the captain and cook would be doing after dinner. Or what Lee and her crowd were doing, windsurfing from island to island, and party to party. But it was okay — I was on island time.

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St. Barts: The Most Precious Jewel in the Necklace It’s often said that every island of the Eastern Caribbean has its own distinctive character. The differences between them are a result of each island’s inherent geo¬ graphical features, its political history and the ethnic heritage of its people. Within this patchwork of often dissimilar neighbors, though, the most unique is probably tiny St. Barts — regarded by many veteran Carib¬ bean sailors as the brightest gem in an exceptional string of emerald islands. In the unruly days of Caribbean colon¬ ization, enterprising European nations staked their claims on every isle of the Antilles chain. During the 17th and 18th centuries, the warring nations of Holland, England and France shuffled and reshuffled their colonial holdings, but until 1784 the French flag always flew over St. Barts. In that year, Louis XVI ceded the island to Sweden in exchange for trading rights on Swedish soil. Ninety years later, though, the unsuccessful Swedish colony broke up — it had been the only Scandinavian colony ever attempted in the Caribbean. St. Barts then reverted to French ownership, and has remained so ever since. Because of its small size relative to its neighbors, St. Barts was never chosen for large plantations, and therefore never had a slave population. As a consequence, it is the only 'all-white' island in the Antilles. Equally unique, however, is the legacy of Scandin¬ avian influence which can be seen today in Perched along the back edge of Gustavia's cozy harbor, a gazillion visitors have posed with this rusty old anchor. When will it be your turn ?

cultural and architectural traditions. It was during the Swedish period that St. Barts’ was established as a free port — a status which has had a profound influence on its history. The hub of life here has, always been Gustavia, the island’s principal port and capital city. Even today, the remnants of waterside shops and warehouses betray a generations-old history of trade and 'transshipment'. The addition bf tourism has brightened the island’s economic picture substantially, without upsetting its inherent charm. The island’s reputation for fine French food, easygoing people, combined with its well-scrubbed appearance, has made St. Barts a prime vacation destination for well-heeled Europeans as well as for yacht vacationers. Free port shopping has always been an added bonus. Anchoring at Anse du Corossol or Anse du Publique, on the approach to the city, offers clean water and a degree of privacy. But if you prefer to be right in the heart of the action, try to find a spot in the inner harbor — it’s always crowded. The age-old anchorage here has a magical feel. If you can shoe-horn yourself into a spot, it’s a wonderful place to simply watch the world go by: sleek luxury yachts tie up stern-to the the quay, while grade school youngsters learn to sail in boxy prams — an actual P.E. class extension from local schools. Surrounding the bay, the steep profiles of the island’s topography give ample protec¬ tion to the harbor. In colonial days, the shortage of easily arable land here was a great impetus to St. Barts’ development as a trading society. The islanders’ diet has always included generous amounts of seafood and today the trade of fishing is still handed down from generation to generation. To visiting sailors this means fresh fish and lobster can be had along the quay most any morning. Ageless island freighters also come and go, occasionally stocked with fruit and vegetables from neigh¬ boring islands. In the days of the buc¬ caneers, both legal and illicit bargains were made along these wharves. St. Barts was a haven for pirates with 'booty for

barter'. From their secure nest at Gustavia harbor, they inflicted such heavy losses on British merchant ships during the American War of Independence that pressure was exerted on the British crown to end the war. During the 19th century the island’s entrepreneurs brought in rum and cattle duty free then shipped ('transshipped') them to Guadeloupe and Martinique at a profit. Today, the wares of chic boutiques and other shops are far more sophisticated. Since the town itself is quite small it doesn’t take long to peruse its narrow streets on foot. Often a 'must' for boaters is Lou Lou’s Marine, a famous chandlery owned by an affable sailor named Lou Lou Magras. In addition to a good stock of both common and hard-to-find marine items, you can often find friendly conversation and useful cruising info here. Lou' Lou is a colorful local

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Grand Saline is a Caribbean classic for solitude, natural beauty and soft blue water. With few signs of civilization, you’ll probably spend your time relaxing on the half-mile beach or snorkeling over abundant reefs. In the principal tourist areas, the island’s wealth is reflected by the slow yet steady encroachment of development. But if you venture inland, you’ll drive on uncrowded roads that wind through hilly, pastoral countryside which is reminiscent of Normandy and Brittany — the homelands of the island’s French forefathers. In our book, St. Barts is a very special place. But don’t just take our word for it. Check out St. Barts’ unique joie de vivre for yourself. — latitude/aet L’ 'Loop'd’ Guadeloupe For most vacationers, one of the main purposes of traveling far from home is to mix with foreign cultures. Even with this in mind, though, most people tend to gravitate to the places they’ve heard the most about, like Antigua and the British Virgins. That’s natural enough, but by limiting yourself to commonly visited destinations, you can inadvertently miss out on some very cool places. Take Guadeloupe, for example. This large, butterfly-shaped island lies just forty miles from Antigua. But few who come to sail Antiguan waters consider also visiting its fascinating French neighbor, Guadeloupe.

character who’s long been a friend of the boating community. No doubt the most famous business on St. Barts, though, lies just a block away on Rue du General de Gaulle: the corner bar named Le Select. It’s an unpretentious place, yet it’s long been a magnet for a wide range of patrons. On any given day, you might be sitting at the bar downing an ice-cold Heineken with a pair of rough-tongued Frenchie fishermen on one side of you and a bevy of flashy Parisian sophisticates on the other side. Within Le Select and elsewhere, lines of social distinction tend to be severely blurred. It’s typical of the St. Barts mindset that even when rock stars and royalty occasionally drop by, no one seems to care. When you observe this phenomenon first hand, you begin to understand why it’s often said that St. Barts has its own unique 'style'.

It's rare to find Custavia's inner harbor this uncrowed. If you can find a spot to anchor, by all means take it. You'll have a front row seat for local action like grade-school sailing classes. Right: Sailors' favorite watering hole, Le Select. Elsewhere in town you’ll find no 6nd of gourmet restaurants and open-air cafes in which to satisfy your palate while draining your wallet. Star-struck sailors often threaten to stay in Gustavia forever, but the rest of the island is certainly worth a look — if not by boat, then by rental car or taxi. The long, sweeping beach of Baie St. Jean lies just beyond the island’s tiny airstrip. This is St. Barts’ principal playground, where baking yourself to a dark chocolate hue is the order of the day, and going topless is never out of fashion. Plenty of cozy cafes line the beach, and both sailboards and sailing dinghies are available for hire. On the south shore, the broad bay of

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We think cruising these two islands in combination makes an ideal 10-day charter destination that not only opens a window on two distinctly different cultures, but offers a good balance of activities ashore and plenty of idyllic trade wind sailing. The following is a sample itinerary we threw together with the help of ex-Antigua charter skipper Bill Price. We like to call it 'L' Loop d’ Guadeloupe'. We’ll begin our cruise at Guadeloupe although starting at Antigua works fine too. (Bareboats and crewed yachts are available at either island.) Due to its status as a fully privileged department (state) of Mother France, you’ll find that most people here think of themselves as loyal Frenchmen, rather than autonomous West Indians. They’re proud of their ties to France, yet the lifestyle of most islanders — especially outside of the principal cities — revolves around a creole culture that is unique to Martinique and Guadeloupe. The capital city, Point-a-Pitre, is a bustling semi-cosmopolitan city with enough European flair to make it worth a short stay, but also enough industry and waterfront commerce to make you want to get away quickly to more remote anchorages. The primary yacht charter base is at Marina Bas du Fort, a full-service, modern facility just a short taxi ride from town. After settling in, you can easily make it to one of several cozy anchorages on the south coast of Grande Terre on your first afternoon, such as St. Anne, Petit Havre or St. Francois. It will be a windward beat, but these splendid south coast anchorages are all peaceful and picturesque, with ample facilities ashore. After a night or two on the coast, though, we suggest you get an early start (preferably from St. Francois, as it is the furthest east) and batten down the hatches for a booming 40-mile reach to Antigua. Although hanging out in palm-fringed anchorages can be a dream-come-true, Bay sailors who are accustomed to bashing around in choppy seas and strong winds will find that the openwater crossings you’ll make on the way to and from Antigua will add immeasurably to the overall experience of your trip. It you’re a regular Latitude reader you probably don’t need too much convincing that Antigua is well worth a visit. Now an independent island nation, this 10-mile-long island boasts a proud British heritage, having once played a dominant role in Great Britain’s colonial history. In the 1700s the English Navy chose the natural protection of English Harbor to shelter the warships of their powerful West Indies Squadron. Today, Page 162 • U&hJtZi • November, 1996

the restored wharfs of Nelson’s Dockyard — named after the famous admiral who once billeted here — are home to many of the world’s most luxurious crewed charter yachts. And virtually fevery multi-milliondollar, private 'mega yacht1 that travels the world eventually finds its way here. The cumulative effect is awe-inspiring. Hanging out in the midst of the international yachting crowd can certainly become infectious, as can spending reflective moments at charming refurbished relics like the Admiral’s Inn or the Copper & Lumber Hotel. But there’s more to Antigua than the English Harbour area. On the way there f^rom Guadeloupe, you might stop offv at uninhabited Green Island, which lies just offshore. It’s a great place to do a bit of snorkeling and contemplate the evening stars. Overnighting at the posh St. James Club marina is also worth considering, especially if you like fine dining and fancy people. (It’s also a port of entry.) Beyond English Harbor lies Morris and Carlisle Bays, with their broad anchorages and exquisite white sand beaches. Ashore (at Morris) the

Clockwise from left: Guadeloupe's famous waterfall; a proud French creole woman; openair shopping; Martinique anchorage scene. Curtain Bluff Resort welcomes boaters for drinks and dining. ) After a few days of leisurely cruising and seeing the sights, it’ll be time to shake the cob webs out with another booming sail back to French waters —r this time, though, you’ll set a course for Deshaies (a port of entry), on the northeast corner of Basse Terre. You can see the 'sugarloaf' peak of Deshaies within an hour of leaving Antigua. If you’re an observer of yachtie tradition, you’ve got to visit Madame Rossin’s Bar and restaurant, renowned for superb creole cuisine. The town is small and easy to like. Next it’s on to Pigeon Island, an unin¬ habited nature preserve that lies just off¬ shore. You might guess by the fact that the island lies within the Cousteau National Park, that the diving here is superb. (Pick up a white buoy; no anchoring.) Tanks are available on the mainland at Les Heures Saines. A long reach along the west coast of Basse Terre brings you past the town of the same name to the Riviere Sens Marina. It’s

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small, so try to reserve a spot in advance, but it gives you access to the 'big city' without having to anchor in the commercial center. The daily open market is a wonderful scene. You might also rent a car and drive to volcanic mount Soufriere or to the island’s spectacular waterfall. You’ll be happy to know we’ve saved the best for last: Les lies des Saintes. Lying in a tight cluster a few miles off the southern tip of Basse Terre, these little gems are a delightful final stopover. The main attractions are clear, clean water for snorkeling, and a laid-back atmosphere in the friendly; ornate 'French colonial-style' villages ashore. Some sailors liken them to "St. Barts without any development." On the main island, Terre d’en Haut, a hike up to Fort Napoleon will earn you a commanding, 100-mile view of area. Plan to spend a couple days here before facing the final 17-mile beat back, to Point-a-Pitre. The biggest mistake many Caribbean vacationers make is trying to pack too much into a short vacation. In }-0 days, though, we think you’ll find that ’L’ Loop d’ Guadeloupe' is both doable and fun! — latitude/aet

"Trip of a Lifetime": French West Indies and Beyond Pick a Charter company, get the brochure, put down a credit card deposit and don’t look back — Martinique ho! We consider our trip to Martinique and points south to be the 'trip of a lifetime.' During our cruise we saw Le Marin, St. Anne, Fort de France and Anse Mitan on Martinique; Rodney Bay, Marigot Bay and Soufiere on St. Lucia; and Wallilabou on St. Vincent. To us, exploring these islands by charter yacht was the ultifnate in 'quality of life.' We have fond memories of sitting on deck and looking out at the most breath-taking scenery in the world; gazing up at the most beautiful skies and stars; drinking rum punches; swimming 3-4 times a day; eating great food; taking long walks on shore; viewing gor¬ geous waterfalls, rain forests and botanical gardens; and meeting the local people. It was all a wonderful adventure. / ,.. ■ / As $oon as we arrived, we knew this was going to be a remarkable trip. We were met by private car at the airport, then were whisked off to our hotel where we took a steam bath followed by a dip in the pool to cool off. "Whoops! That lady’s not wearing a ... Whoops, there’s another one. My glasses are all steamy. Oh, that’s right, this is a French island!" To my male friend, the French dress code for women’s bathing attire even outshines French cuisine! The Moorings dock at Le Marin, Martin¬ ique was one of the most magnificent sights we had ever seen. It seemed like there were a thousand gleaming white hulls lined up on either side of a 4 ft-wide dock: cats, sloops and ketches of various sizes and brands, all flying French flags. After completing a check-out on our Beneteau 40, provisioning and clearing customs, we were on our way. Our boat was fabulous. It performed beautifully and was well equipped with a jib furler, instruments and a wonderful sound system on which we played our favorite 'traveling music.' Being Santa Monica Bay sailors, it took a while to get used to the typical winds, which averaged 16-20 knots. At home we trim to power up the sails, but down in the islands we reefed to depower the sails. Jiffy reefing was no secret to us, but sometimes it wasn’t so jiffy! The flexible shower on the swim step was an absolute necessity. We even showered while at the helm! The boat was safe, well-balanced and

stable in the heavy winds and seas. One day we had a real challenge with 48-knot winds and 10-12 ft seas. The boat met the challenge beautifully. We kept the sails down, turned on the motor and autohelmed our way to paradise. We provisioned in town before setting sail. Food was expensive. Oh well, we were on vacation, so why worry about blowing some bucks on food? We brought a few special goodies from home, but some things, like fruits, are available in abundance every day from the 'boat boys.' "Hey, Skipper. Want some mangos, bananas, avocados?" "Sure, talk to her!" I supported a whole fleet of those guys! It was great. Some boat boys were a pain at first, but when they got to know us, it was fun. My travel friend bought a GPS for the trip and learned how to program it while on the plane. It was a great help because harbor entrances were sometimes difficult to distin¬ guish. With the GPS keeping us on track, we were able to find beautiful 'secret' harbors hidden in tropical foliage with no sign of an entrance. When we first took off we were very cautious and a bit nervous to be in charge of this unfamiliar charter yacht. But after a week our confidence built and tasks like anchoring became a breeze. We can hardly wait ’til our next 'trip of a lifetime.' — Shelly Smolensky Marina del Rey A beach scene at Soufriere, St. Lucia gives evidence of a coastal society still very much attached to the sea.

Charter Notes With all the Caribbean coverage that’s run in World of Chartering lately, you might think we’ve forgotten about the rest of the world. We haven’t. It’s just that fall is the time of year when most North Americans November. 1996 • UXCUUt Vi • Page 163

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start planning Caribbean getaways. Our winter time, after all, is traditionally the peak sailing season in the Caribbean. While we’re on the subject, though, we thought we’d better follow up on a report that we ran last month. A group of Bay Area charterers wrote in about a great catamaran

Shot from the rigging of a visiting yacht, tiny Palm Island is a favorite stop in the Grenadines. Caribbean Islands aren't paradise, but what is? trip through the Windwards, but al?o re¬ ported on a frightening robbery on board a bareboat at St. Lucia, and a few unpleasant incidents with 'bad attitude' boat boys.

Being concerned, we asked for reactions from several Caribbean charter skippers. St. Lucia, it seems, does have periodic thievery — probably a bit more, in fact, than most other islands in the Windwards and Lee¬ wards. Violent crime in the entire region, however, is apparently still quite rare. Our sampling of skippers were quick to remind us to keep any potential fears about the area in perspective: a typical California city probably has a much higher incidence of crime than any tourist island in the Carib¬ bean (with the possible exeption of Jamaica). As for the boat boys, we agree they can sometimes be a pain. But as we’ve said before, at least most of them are sincerely trying to earn a buck. And no matter how misdirected their sense of private enterprise may be sometimes, you have to admit that hustling for menial boat jobs is far more noble than what we see so often in our own country: people hussling for change on street corners. We’ll get off our soapbox now. Enough said. By the way, though, those charterers who gave us the crime report called recently to say they’re just about to book their next charter in the Windwards.

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With reports this month on the Fall Citibank Cup at Pier 39; the DuPont Sallmaker Challenge back in Annapolis; the all-women Regatta In Paradise; the Yankee Cup and Champion of Champions; a trio of nat¬ ional championships; the windy Paige/Logan Regatta; results of the summer beer can series; too many box scores; and the usual ration of leftovers known as race notes.

Fall Citibank Cup Capitola pro sailor Morgan Larson led the sixth Citibank Cup from wire to wire, claim¬ ing 40% of the $10(000 purse. Sailed out of host Pier 39 on the moderately windy weekend of September 28-29, the no-throwout series once again consisted of 10 six-mile 'bumper car' races for 11 Metres. Notably absent from the smallish ten-boat fleet was two-time defending champion Jeff Madrigali who, we suspect, was — like some other skippers — a little burned out at this point in the summer. "It was another really grueling regatta," noted Rosebud bowman Steve Marsh. "We

were right, you couldn’t afford to get tangled up with other boats. But it’s a cool regatta, one of the best on the Bay, with or without the prize money." Larson, who sailed Ronstan 2 (aka Blue Dog) with boat owner Ben Wells, Eric Arndt, Mike Vare and Shawn Bennett, had a pair of bullets on the first day, and then coasted through the series with consistent top-five finishes. Indicative of the quality of the fleet, the eight other bullets were spread out between six other boats. , Morgan, who is spending the next few months Down Under on the Aussie 18 cir¬ cuit with Kevin Hall and Adam Beashel, claimed, "This was another well-run event, one that was really fun for competitors and sponsors alike. With only ten boats, it was

ness Times and Thrifty Car Rentals. A onehour show on the Fall Citibank Cup will be aired on SportsChannel at 7 p.m. on No¬ vember 13 and 15. 1) Ronstan 2, Morgan Larson, 28.5 points, $4,000; 2) Dilithium, Chris Perkins, 39.5, $3,000; 3)

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did 34 spinnaker sets each day, often with a soaking wet kite. The mark roundings were insane, really down and dirty. And if you blew the start, you were hosed — it was almost impossible to work your way back through this fleet." Runner-up, and top amateur, Chris Perkins, said, "It really comes down to good boathandling and sailing consistency. You had to stay out of trouble — even if you Page 168 • U&uUt ?? • November, 1996

Seadon Wijsen helped put Quantum Sails on the map at the recent DuPont Sailmaker Challenge.

regatta — not a free-for-all like some of the past ones." Aside from Citibank and Pier 39, other event sponsors included Lexus, Crystal Geyser, Swatch, KSAN, Headsail, Revo, KP1X, SportsChannel, San Francisco Busi¬

DuPont Sailmaker Challenge Quantum Sail Design Group won the third annual DuPont Sailmaker Challenge, an invitational Melges 24 competition held in conjunction with the Annapolis Boat Show on October 11-13. Seven different sail¬ making empires were represented in a contest divided between ten 'inshore' exhibition matches and seven more mean¬ ingful 'offshore' races in open water. Each

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loft designed and made three sails (main, jib, asymmetrical kite) using DuPont’s fibers and films. With annual bragging rights for 'fastest sails' at stake, there were some beautifully crafted examples of the sailmaker’s art on the starting line. The caliber of sailors was also extremely high. "It was a pretty intense scene," said Seadon Wijsen, who served as tactician for Quantum skipper Terry Hutchinson. "Every¬ one was completely wound up, probably be¬ cause each loft puts so much pressure on its employees to win this thing. It was worse than an East Coast collegiate dinghy reg¬ atta!" The Quantum team, which was rounded out by Hutchinson’s regular crew Dave Crocker and Paul Stroup (who now lives in San Francisco and owns the Melges 24 Cal¬ culated Risk), excelled iri the offshore races, winning four of the last five bouts to ace the regatta by a comfortable 35-point margin.

"We worked hard to design the right sails for this regatta, and we seemed to have a bit of boatspeed on everyone," claimed Seadon. "But we also sailed pretty well, which is still the biggest part of it!" Finishing behind Quantum, in order, was North (Chris Lar¬ son), Shore (Geoff Moore), Ullman (Dave Ullman), Banks (Steve Benjamin), Doyle (JB Braun) and Flbrida-based Nuclear Sails. Quantum Sails is headquartered in An¬ napolis and managed by partners Larry Leonard, Norman Davant and Farley Fonte¬ not. The new company was launched earlier this year and already lists three main lofts (Annapolis, Pt. Richmond, Houston) as well as 15 sales and service centers around the country. "As a new sailmaker trying to es¬ tablish a good reputation, we’re obviously pretty excited about winning the DuPont Challenge," said Seadon. Lord Wins RIP Regatta On October 12-13 off Tiburon’s Paradise Cay, 55 women on 11 boats duked it out in the third annual Women’s Melges 24 Cham¬

pionship Regatta in Paradise. And though the Bay Area turned out its best female sailors, no one could beat the talented team brought together to sail Jessica Lord’s Twist & Shout. America’s Cup veterans Dawn Riley and Suzette Smith were joined by SoCal sailmaker Pease Glaser and Alex Peoples aboard the Melges 24 that Lord co-owns with Bill Twist ("He’s Twist, I’m Shout," laughed Jessica, a Sausalito-based freelance artist). With Dawn driving, the team posted a 3,2,2,1,1 record. "I always seem to be the bridesmaid," said Lord. "It was really sweet to finally win one!" The series consisted of five races over three days, sailed in mostly light winds that topped out at 15 knots. Liz Baylis drove Terre Layton’s Nantucket Sleighride to a 1,3,1 record the first day, amassing a 3-point lead over Twist & Shout. "Sunday was really weird," saidOz of the fluky weather and big wind transitions. Baylis took a 3,2 on Sunday, while Lord and Riley fired off a pair of bullets to win the regatta by a point. In third was Buff Wendt’s Tahoe team, sponsored once again by Ralph’s Sailboat Services. They sailed consistently, putting together a 2,5,6,7,4 record. Showing good potential, especially on Saturday, was Collette McKeever’s Southern California entry, which ended up fourth overall. Riley, who heads up the America True America’s Cup Challenge 2000, claimed the regatta was "fun." Given the high level of competition, she remarked," I didn’t think of it as'an all-women regatta. These are people I sail with anyway." Race organizer Alison Dimick, who also raced on her Surfeit, and host Tiburon YC put on a well-organized regatta and treated the participants like royalty. Competitors began their weekend with a complimentary Friday night Mt. Gay Rum party and started collecting a bundle of loot donated by supporters. Food, drink, T-shirts and door prizes were all generously provided. Title sponsors of the popular event were Essex Credit Corporation-, McGinnis Insurance and West Marine. A

1) Twist & Shout, Jessica Lord/Dawn Riley; 2) Nantucket Sleighride, Terre Layton/Liz Baylis; 3) Snowman, Buff Wendt; 4) #302, Collette McKeever; 5) Spike's Hoedown, Sharon Alexander, 6) Double Pucker, Julie Wiard/Nadine Franzyck; 7) Surfeit, Alison Dimick/Sydnie Moore; 8) Holy Sheet, Judy Driscoll; 9) (tie) Don’t Be No Dread, Jennifer Dun¬ bar, and Not the Family Buick, Carol Stone/Nancy Bell; 11) Sabotage, Renee Wilmeth/Jodi Lee. (11 boats) November, 1996 • U* Page 169

Yankee Cup and C-of-C Attendance continued to dwindle at the Yankee Cup (HDA winners and runner-ups) and the Champion of Champions (ODCA winners) despite switching the venue back to the Citifront, a move calculated to shore up the sagging ranks. Just six of 12 invitees showed up for the Yankee Cup, while 12 of the 19 qualifiers for the Champions ac¬ cepted the invitation to the Golden Gate YCPage 170 • UlUt-M-^9 • November, 1996

hosted three-race weekend on October 1920. A full gamut of conditions (#2 jib for the first race, #3 for the second, and #1 for Sunday’s finale) insured a meaningful PHRF 'reality check'. Margaret Gokey’s B-25 Bloodvessel, with Bernard Slabeck driving, pounded the dep¬ leted Yankee Cup fleet, which got even smaller when High Strung withdrew with rig problems. Bloodvessel exhibited good tactics

and blazing downwind speed to take three straight bullets. In winds up to 25-30 knots in the second race, Bloodvessel simply planed away from her heavier competitors, many of whom didn’t even attempt to set chutes. With Peter (tactician) and Julie Winter, David Byron and Larry Fogelquist pulling the strings, Blapdvessel won each race by an average of five minutes. Meanwhile, Gal Bar-Or sailed his F-31 Babylon Rocker to an

Everyone's a winner! Scenes from the second race of the Yankee Cup and Champion of Cham¬ pions Regatta. All photos ‘latitude'/rob.

uncontested win in the multihull division. The Champion of Champions was also a rout, as Les Raos’ Santana 35 Breakout beat the fleet up with a 2,1,1-performance. Their only loss — by a mere 3 seconds — was to Windwalker, which blew their kite up in the

second race on Saturday, effectively taking them out of the running. "It was a nice way to end our best season ever," noted Les. "It took us four years to get to this point." Raos’s winning Breakout crew was tacti¬ cian Cliff Wilson, Rich Bennalak, Paul Akagi, Sue Routhe, Tony Shaffer, David LeGrand, David Halladay and Bobby Villareal.

Margaret Gokey, 2.25 points; 2) Mintaka, C&C 36, Gerry Brown, 6; 3) Harp, Catalina 38, 9; 4) Lelo

Too, Tartan 30, Emile Carles, 12; 5) Dulcinea, Killer Whale, Mathiasen/Pritchard, 16; 6) High Strung, Wylie 38, The Burbidges, 19. (6 boats) MULTIHULL CUP — 1) Babylon Rocker, F-31, Gal Bar-Or. (1 boat) CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS — 1) Breakout, Santana 35, Les Raos, 3.5 points; 2) Windwalker,

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THE RAGING 3) Jack’s Back, Olson 30, Jack Easterday, 10; 4) Three Ring Circus, Olson 35, Dave McMurtry, 13; 5) Impossible, Ranger 23, Gary Kneeland, 14; 6) MyToy, Ranger 26, Dave Adams, 20; 7) Challenge, Islander 28, Peter Shoen, 21; §) Advantage II, J/29, Pat Benedict, 24; 9) (tie) Trey Shay, Catalina 30, John Jacobs, and Pathfinder, Ariel, Ed Ekers, 30; 11) Gunga Din, Challenger, Jan Grygier, 31; 12) Goose, IB-24, Bud Cohen. (12 boats)

Three National Championships Corinthian YC hosted the 27th Triton Nationals, a five-race, no-throwout affair, on September 27-29. Eight teams competed in the round-robin regatta, including three from Chesapeake Bay and one from New Eng¬ land. No crew raced the same boat twice, nor did anyone sajl their own boat a true equalizer. Racing occurred on the HardingKnox course, with wind in the 15-20 knot range. "Some of the East Coast guys won¬ dered why the race committee didn’t fly a 'no-spinnaker' flag," said a local competitor, who added, "What’s that?" Arch-rivals and good buddies Ely Gilliam (Bolero) and ’96 ODCA champ Tom Newton (Captain Hooke) battled back and forth throughout the regatta, with Ely holding the lead when the music stopped. "In the last race, we were able to cross in front of a huge freighter, while Tom had to do a crash tack and wait in the flood for the monster to pass," said Ely. "That was pretty much the last we saw of him." Gilliam’s victorious crew, who returned the national trophy to the Bay Area after eight years on the East Coast, was Jason Scott, Joe Spronz, Sherri Kellman and Adolfo Martinez. The next weekend, Art Mowry and helmsman Chris Corlett pulled JVi/d Flower out of semi-retirement to punish the Santana 35 fleet in their Nationals on October 5-6. The event was hosted by San Francisco YC. Despite not sailing in ODCA this summer, Mowry’s juggernaut hasn’t lost its edge — Wild Flower posted five big bullets enroute to taking an unprecedented fourth national championship. Breakout, the ’96 ODCA winner, finished a distant second. Chris and Art, who are good friends outside of sailing, were quick to credit their talented crew: Josh Alexander, Peter Cam¬ eron, Glenn Hansen, Steve Marsh, Will Paxton, Bob Rynd, MarkSpitaleri, and a pair of alternating juniors, Rusty Canada and Whitney Gilmour. "We hauled out and redid the bottom the week before the regatta, and then put the best crew together we could find," said Mowry. "We didn’t have time to practice, which concerned us — but things worked out well anyway!" Concurrently with the Tuna 35s, the Santa Cruz 99 Raters held their inaugural 'nationals'. "Okay, so it was more of a Page 172 • IsKuM. 3? • November, 1996

regionals," confessed regatta promoter and winner Bartz Schneider. "But it was still fun to get the group together." The regatta quickly boiled down to a match race between a pair of Express 34s, Schneider’s Expeditious and Mike Condon’s Endurance. Bartz and his merrymen (Steve Baumhoff, Dave Grandin, Fred and Fritz Glasser, Doug Lee, Kevin Kienast and Sean Solway) took the regatta with a 1,1,1,2,2 record. TRITON — 1) Ely Gilliam, San Francisco, 12.75 points; 2) Tom Newton,t Vallejo, 16.75; 3) Hugh Kabler, Chesapeake Bay, 18.75; 4) Chris Gordon, Chesapeake Bay, 19.75; 5) Dave Hoyt, Chesapeake Bay, 20. (8 boats) SANTANA 35 — 1) Wild Flower, Art Mowry/Chris Corlett, 3.75 points; 2) Breakout, Les Raos, 15; 3)

Dance Away, Doug Storkovich/Bernard Slabeck, 16; 4) Wide Load, Bruce Wilcox, 20; 5) Swell Dancer, Jim & Elin Graham, 24. (9 boats) 99 RATERS — 1) Expeditious, Express 34, Bartz

Schneider,

6.25

points;

Endurance,

Express 34, Mike Condon, 12.75; 3) Ozone, Olson 34, Carl & Jini Bauer, 13.75; 4) Two Scoops, Express 34, Chris Longaker & Tom Goodwin, 17; 5)

Tortfeasor, Olson 34, Jeff Rude, 27. (7 boats) Paige/Logan Regatta The West Coast of the United States has by far the best Star fleet in the world, and most of the clan was on hand for St. Francis YC’s Calvin Paige Regatta on 19-20. Eigh¬ teen Stars competed in the five-race, no throwout Cityfront event, which was half a dozen more than usual thanks to a strong

Cityfront Star gazing: Don Campbell (7607), Doug Smith (7631), Eric Doyle (7) and Bill Buchan (7738). Inset, how to reef a Star. Seattle contingent. San Diego sailmaker Vince Brun, a former Star world champ as well as a three-time Soling world champion, took the regatta with a 2,1,1,8,1 record. Brun had his mojo working overtime that weekend. Moments before the windy third race on Saturday, Vince’s mainsail blew up and he headed for the dock — ostensibly out of contention for the series. However, halfway through the double windward/lee¬ ward course, the race committee abandoned the race, sending the fleet to the showers. "In retrospect, it was probably a mistake," admitted race manager Matt Jones. "But the wind was touching 30 knots, and we’d just watched Charlie Beek dismast. A few other people were pretty out of control, too. . . I know it affected the results, and that some people were plenty pissed — but I can live with erring on the side of caution." The abandoned race was resailed on Sunday, with Brun emerging on top. In the concurrent Joe Logan Regatta, 11 Mercuries squared off for a five-race, one throwout series. Tracy Usher of Palo Alto nipped sailmaker-turned-business tycoon Tim Par¬ sons in the last race, winning the weekend overall by a quarter point. STAR — 1) Giselle 73, Vince Brun/Rodrigo Meireles,

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points;

#7844,

Forrest

Miller/Garth Olsen, 18.75; 3) Frolic, Bill Buchan/Bill Bennett, 19; 4) #7829, Mark Reynolds/Paul Cayard,

SHEET Burch; 4) Makani Kai, Angelman 40, Ken Inouye.

Felicity and Freda both DNFed. (6 boats; 8.7 miles) DIV. C (Farallon Clipper) — 1) Ouessant, Frank Buck; 2) Pampero, Chris Newell/Bill Owen; 3) Echo,

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Jack Coulter. (3 boats; 7.2 miles) US SAILING CHAMP-OF-CHAMPS (Balboa YC; Lido 14s; October 10-12): 1) George Szabo (Lido 14, San Diego), 19.75 NIMITZ REGATTA (Berkeley YC; October 6):

points; 2) Chris Raab (LaserMaster, Gardena, CA),

1) Richmond YC, 10 points. (Temptation, Cal 227,

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Albright; Redux, Olson 911 -S, Nick Barnhill)

33.83; 3) Peter Commette (Snipe, Ft. Lauderdale), 39; 4) Nick Adamson (Laser, Newport Beach), 47.25; 5) Mark Gaudio (Cal 25, Newport Beach), 48; 6) Matt

2) Treasure Island YC, 14 points. (My Toy,

Fisher (Lightning, Westerville, OH), 52.53; 7) Kevin

Ranger 26, Dave Adams; Mistral, Concubine 38,

Dumain (Naples Sabot, Santa Barbara), 52.75; 8)

Bob Becker; Hussar, Catalina 30, Jim Wiltshire). 3) Berkeley YC, 21 points. (Best Revenge, Newport 33, Kathy Pickup; Twilight Zone, Merit 25,

Paul Bogataj (Coronado 15, Seattle), 82; 9) Ken Van Wagnen (DN Iceboat, Lorain, OH), 90; 10) Mike Murin (Blue Jay, Niantic, CT), 96. (20 boats)

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1) Keith Ives, Alamitos Bay YC, 12.75 poin s; 2)

Michele Logan; 2) Bodacious, Farr 40, Bobbi

George Petkovic, Des Plains YC, 15.75; 3) Dave

Tosse; 3) Dolphin Dance, SC 50, Anna Stockel; 4) Takeoff, Laser 28, Joan Byrne; 5) Scoop, Wylie 34,

Jim Sampson,/Sandysky SC, 25.5; 6) Joseph Con¬

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26.75; 5) Jakate, Larry Whipple/Rick Pietiers, 28; 6) #7732, Eric Doyle/Brian Terhar, 37; 7) Trigger Happy X, Trig Lilvestrand/Henry Sprague, 40; 8) Rats, Jeremy Davidson/Myles Connolly, 40; 9) #7607, Don Campbell/Dag Nyler, 48; 10) Shorebreak, Kim Fletcher/Bill Kreysler, 54. (18 boats) MERCURY — 1) Vandal, Tracy Usher/Erica Mattson, 7.5 points; 2) AWB, Tim Parsons/John Donovan, 7.75; 3) Pacer, Pax Davis/Richard Hubbert, 11.75; 4) Underdog, Jim Taylor/Keith Denebeim, 12.75; 5) Stars, Jim Bradley/Peter Baldwin, 13. (11 boats)

Box Scores Following are quick and dirty results of various regattas that occurred or concluded last month. We wish we had the time, space and energy to cover each of them in more detail. Just kidding. JR. WATERHOUSE (RYC; October 5; 20 miles): PHRO I — 1) Dolphin Dance, SC 50, Dave Sallows; 2) Revs, Ross 10.66, Jeff 'Gething; 3)

Pegasus XIV, Newiand 368, Dan Newland. (10

DIV. II (133-up) — 1) London Calling, Santana

PHRO II — 1) Tinsley Light, Santana 35, Hank MORA 1 — 1) Baffett, Express 27, Baffico/ Baskett; 2) Run Wild, Olson 30, Al Holt; 3) Friday, Express 27, John Liebenberg. (7 boats) MORA II — 1) Freewind, Cal 9.2, Don, & Betty Lessley; 2) Redux, Olson 911-S, Nick Barnhill. (6 boats) SHS — 1) Erin, Antrim 304, Dan Buhler. (2 boats) CRUZ— 1) Jasmine, Union 36, Bob Hungerford. (1 boat)

Millett, LBYC, 18.75; 4) Peter Tong, LBYC, 22; 5) nolly, Essex YC, 29; 7) Peter Wenzler, Bay View YC, 30;

Mark

Franko,

Naval

Academy Sailing

22, Caroline Ross; 2) Lelo Too) Tartpn 30, April

Squadron, 39; 9) Malcolm Bremer, Lakewood YC,

Storrs. (4 boats)

42; 10) David James, San Francisco YC, 44. (10

OVERALL — 1) London Calling; 2) Summer

teams; 5 races; 0 throwouts)

Palace; 3) Bodacious. SOUTH BAY YRA SUMMER SERIES (FINAL): JESSICA CUP (StFYC; October 12):

DIV. I — 1) Sundancer, Hunter 34, Bob Carjen,

DIV. A — 1) Athene, S&S 63, Chris Schroll; 2)

7.5 points; 2) Coyote, Wylie 34 mod., Nick Kluznick,

Cock Robin, Alden 62, Bruce Fowler; 3) Barbara,

8.5; 3) Spectra, Columbia 45, Hal Wright, 12.5. (7

Alden 52, Robert Klemmedson; 4) Kay Too, Ketten-

boats)

burg 40, Austin & Joan Dito. (4 boats; 7.2 miles)

DIV. II — 1) Dancer, Cal 9.2, Mike Dixon, 6

DIV. B — 1) Nightwatcher, Chappelle 42, Ken &

points; 2) Far Better Thing, Ericson 30+, Charles

Betty Godshalk; 2) Brigadoon, Herreshoff 65, Terry

McArthur, 10; 3) Wind Dragon, Catalina 34, Dave

Klaus; 3) La Serena, Chappelle 50, Glenn & Margie

Davis, 22.5. (6 boats)

BEER CAN SERIES FINAL RESULTS Bay View Boat Club Monday Night Madness DIV. A — 1) May Van, Pacific Clipper, Bruno Heidrich, 4.25 points. (3 boats) DIV. B — 1) Quasar, Columbia Challenger, For¬ rest Martin, 3 points; 2) Bad Dog, Ericson 27, Arjan Bok, 6.75. (5 boats) (second half only — best 4 out of 5 races)

boats) Grandin; 2) Cavu II, C&C 37, Brian Deans. (5 boats)

PHOENIX TROPHY (LBYC; Cat. 37s, Oct. 10-13):

Benicia YC Thursday Nights DIV. A — 1) Mischief, Soverel 33, Bill Moore, 19.5 points; 2) Freestyle, C&C 33, Dave Jones, 32.75; 3) Three Ring Circus, Olson 25, Dave McMurtry, 46. (7 boats) DIV. B — 1) Perpetual Motion, Cal 31, Noble Brown, 31 boats; 2) Noble Prize, Newport 30, Noble Griswold, 37.75; 3) Bravada, Cal 29, Steve Bails, 41.63. (8 boats) DIV. C — 1) Scat, Santana 22, Steve Gilliland, 19.75 points; 2) Spielzueg, Catalina 30, Bob Du-

Bois, 36.75. (6 boats) (24 races, 6 throwouts) Berkeley YC Friday Nights LITTLE BOATS ( < 8,000 lbs.) — 1) Rail to Rail, J/24, Thom Henneberger, 8 wins; 2) London Calling, Santana 22, Caroline Ross, 4 wins; 3) Knuckles, Santana 22' Lou Broc, 3 wins. (25 boats) BIG BOATS (> 8,000 lbs.) — 1) Boogie Woogle, Ranger 33, Michael Yovino-Young, 7 wins; 2) Kelly, Olson 40, Ed Shirk, 6 wins; 3) Blue Max, Oehler 34, Diana & Jim Freeland, 5 wins. (15 boats) (26 races — season standings based on number of first-place finishes in each division) Corinthian YC Friday Nights DIV. 1 (spin. < 120) — 1) Jarlen, J/35, Bob Bloom, 34.5 points; 2) Re-Quest, Express 37, Glenn Isaacson, 25.5; 3) Blue Dog, 11 :Metre, EdSporl/Tim Wells, 15.25. (12 boats) November, 1996 •

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THE RACING DIV. Ill — 1) Hardtack, J/24, Charles Allen, 3.75 points; 2) Tight Squeeze, C&C 29, Wayne Yacoots, 10; 3) Bolder Holder, Holder 20, Andy Poggio, 14.75. (7 boats) DIV. IV — 1) Leeward, Catalina 30, Jim Balestra, 5 points; 2) Folie A Deux, Islander 28, 7.5 points; 3)

Isla, Islander 27, Kevin Bailey, Y2.75. (5 boats) (best 5 out ot 7 races) FALL SCORE FINALS (SCYC; 4 ocean races): DIV. I — 1) Absolute 88, Wylie 37, Keith M'acBeth, 8.5 points; 2) Red Hawk, SC 40, Lou Pambianco, 8.75; 3) Tacos Pescados, Olson 30, Boston/McTighe, 18. (6 boats) DIV. II — 1) Wild Thing, Express 27, Phil Myers, 4.25 points; 2) Speedster, Moore 24, Fred Cox, 17; 3) Wildfire, Moore 24, Howard Ruderman, 17; 4)

Gandalf, Santana 35, Carl Quitzau, 18; 5) AWB, Santana 35, Darrel Loliis, 22. (12 boats) DIV. Ill — 1) Gail’s Warning, Cal 22, Paul Nichols, 3 points; 2) Pau Hana, J/24, Cliff McNam¬ ara, 8. (4 boats) FALL ONE DESIGN FINALS (SCYC; 6 races): SC 27 — 1) Dynaflow, Mark Dini, 12.25 points; 2) Hanalei Express, Sturgeon/Schuyler, 13.5; 3) Ciao, Andy Carson, 18.75; 4) Variety Show, Barry Whittall, 32; 5) Duet, Bob DeWitt, 35. (10 boats) MOORE 24 — 1) Moorgasm, Niles/Watts, 7 points; 2) Nobody's Girl, Syd Moore, 30; 3) Fatuity, Dave Hodges, 31.5; 4) Adios, Scott Walecka, 39; 5) Fools @ Large, Eric Malberg, 45. (12 boats) SANTANA 22 — 1) US, Jim Samuels, 6.75 points; 2) Gypsy, Bridget Binko, 13.75. (4 boats) EL TORO STAMPEDE (RYC; 2 races; Oct. 12-14): 1) Dave Vickland; 2) Hank Jotz; 3) Rufus Sjoberg (Jr.); 4) Vaughn Siefers; 5) Gordy Nash; 6) Fred

Dan Siefers; 16) Sarah Blad (Jr.); 17) Andrew Minkwitz; 18) Frank Healy; 19) Chris Nash; 20) John Amen. (57 boats) ULDB 70 INSHORE CHAMPIONSHIP (FINAL):

33 tri; 2) Gerri, F-27, David Martin. (4 boats) DIV. II (0-126) — 1) Rumbleseat, 30 Square Meter, Bruce Schwab; 2) Limelight, J/105, Harry Blake; 3) Spectra, Columbia 45, Harold Wright; 4) Ram, J/35, Robert Milligan; 5) Ozone, Olson 34,

1) Evolution, SC 70, Brack Duker, 54 points; 2) Orient Express, SC 70, Peter Tong, 48; 3) Taxi Dancer, Don Hughes/Bob Richardson, 43; 4) (tie) Grand Illusion, SC 70, Ed McDowell, and Holua,

Carl Bauer. (17 boats)

SC 70, Richard Blatt, 33. (9 boats)

McRea; 5) Chesapeake, M-25, Jim Fair. (18 boats)

(best 3 out of 5 races)

DIV. Ill (127-168) — 1) Uno, WC-30, Bren Meyer; 2) Mirage, Black Soo, Ben Mewes; 3) Doctor Who, M-25, John Drewery; 4) Stormrider, Aph. 101, Don DIV. IV (169-up) — 1) Honalee, Rozinante, Paul Miller; 2) Shazam!, Santana 22, Bud Sandkulla; 3)

Paxton; 7) Jim Warfield; 8) Al Anderson; 9) Jim DeWitt; 10) Tom Burden; 11) Abby Swann (Jr.); 12)

SSS VALLEJO 1-2; SINGLEHANDED (October 19):

Kit Stycket; 13) Ron Locke; 14) John GHmour, III; 15)

DIV. I (multihulls) —’1) Sundowner, Buccaneer

Dulcenea, Coronado 27, John Slivka; 4) Hawk, Alberg 30, Steve Collins; 5) Chelonia, Yankee 30,

BEER CAN SERIES FINAL RESULTS DIV. II (spin. 121-179) — 1) Moonshadow, Wylie 32, Wayne Behrens, 47.5 points; 2) Another White Boat, J/24, George Peck, 45.5; 3) Bird Dog, Etchelis, Jeff Wayne, 40.75; 4) Sockeye, J/24, Etheridge/Holsher, 33.25. (17 boats) DIV. Ill (non-spin. < 179) — 1) Smogen II, Custom 36, Julie Le Vicki, 78.75 points; 2) QE3, Tartan Ten, Greg Melanson, 76; 3) Bacarat, Peterson 34, Dave Reed, 54; 4) Freya, Unknown, Bjorn Ervell, 53.25. (19 boats) DIV. IV (spin. > 179) — 1) Navigator, Quarter Ton, Bill & Rich Melbostad, 31 points; 2) Big Wow, Rhodes 19, Tom Royall, 29; 3) Puff, Cal 20, Jerry Leth, 22.25. (7 boats) DIV. V (non-spin. > 179) — 1) Kinship, Ranger 23, Ken Frost, 62.25 points; 2) Wet Hen, Santana 22, Frank Brooks, 53.25; 3) Boog-A-Loo, Cal 29, Julia Yost, 51.25; 4) Tension H, Cal 20, John Nooteboom, 46.75. (16 boats) (second half only — 12 races, 3 throwouts) Page 174 • UttWc-3? • November, 1996

Encinal YC Twilight Series DIV. A — 1) Hot Foot, Choate 30, Tom Forstreuter, 7.75 points; 2) Breakout, Santana 35, Les Raos, 10; 3) Annalise, Wylie 34, Paul Altman, 15.75. (11 boats) DIV. A-1 (sprit-boats) — 1) 20/20, J/105, Phil Gardner. (4 boats) DIV. B (ULDB) — 1) Top Gun, Express 27, Bill Mohr, 11.75 points; 2) Tailchaser, Moore 24, Emily Hogan, 14; 3) Ricochet, Wylie Wabbit, Greg Byrne, 15.5. (11 boats) DIV. C — 1) Uno, WylieCat 30, Steve Wonner, 6.25 points; 2) Tazi, J/24, George Lythcott, 6.75; 3) Showtime, Olson 25, Shirley Temming & Ed Milano, 12. (9 boats) DIV. D — 1) Snow Goose, Santana 30, Ted Mattson, 4.25 points; 2) Lyric, Thunderbird, Jim Newport, 11; 3) Lelo Too, Tartan 30, Emile Carles, 13.75. (13 boats) DIV. E — 1) Serenity, C&C 29, Steve & CJ

Rankin, 4.25 points; 2) Mirage, Black Soo, Ben Mewes & Joanne McFee, 7.75; 3) Spridle, Catalina 22, Mike Fober, 15. (9 boats) (second half only — 5 races; 1 throwout) Folkboat Wednesday Night Series (at Golden Gate YC) FOLKBOATS — 1) Little Svendle, Svend Svendsen; 2) Thea, Tom Reed; 3) Galante, Otto Schreier. (11 boats; average starters = 8) IOD — 1) Hecate, Dennis Jermaine; 2) Xarifa, Paul Manning; 3) Icfigin, Jeffrey Lawson. (7 boats; average starters = 3) KNARR — 1) Snaps II, Knud Wibroe; 2) Sugar, Bill Heer; 3) Benino, Terry Anderiini. (16 boats; average starters = 10) (12 races, 3 throwouts) Island YC Friday Nights DIV. A — 1) St. Anne, Olson 30, Bruce Heckman,

SHEET (17.5 miles) WOMEN’S ONE DESIGN CHALLENGE (LB/LA Women's Sailinp Ass'nOctober 18-20; 5 races): 1) Linda Elias, Long Beach YC, 8.75 points; 2) Liz Hjorth, Cal YC, 10.5; 3) Carol Buchan, Seattle YC, 17.75; 4) Melinda Erkelens, Richmond YC, 22.75; 5) Valerie Navarro, Seal Beach YC, 27; 6) Susanne Worthington, Seal Beach YC, 30; 7) Charlie Arms, Southwestern YC, 33; 8) Kathy Hewitt, Voyagers YC, 35; 9) Erika Clark, Cabrillo Beach YC, 40. (9 boats)

The Melges 30 'Iceman' carved up the Bay in mid-October. Dealer Brian Hutchinson took friends and potential buyers out for joy rides, often hitting 20 knots. "We've built 16 now and have orders for two more," he reports. "There aren't any Wesf Coast owners yet, but that situation is about to change!" Lauren Anderson. (15 boats) DIV. V (non-spin) — 1) Bacarat, Pet. 34, Dave Reed; 2) Regardless, Tartan 41, Herman Trutner; 3) Macushla III, Bristol 35.5, Brian Leary. (8 boats) (19.5 miles) y / SSS VALLEJO 1-2; DOUBLEHANDED (October20): DIV. I — 1) Question Mark, F-27, Gary Helms; 2) Sundowner. (4 boats) DIV. II — 1) Defiance, SC 40, Steve Pringle; 2) Ram; 3) White Knuckles, Olson 30, Dan Benjamin;

4) Dianne, Express 27, Stephen Hodges; 5) Jaded Lover, Express 27, Richard Bryant. (17 boats) DIV. Ill — 1) Doctor Who; 2) Tailchaser, Moore 24, Bob Hogin; 3) Nighthawk, Hawkfarm, 'John Siegel; 4) Chesapeake; 5) Mirage. (19 boats) DIV. IV — 1) Dulcinea; 2) White Lightning, Santana 22, Bob McKay; 3) Emerald, Yankee 30, Peter Jones; 4) Blitzen, Ranger 23, Michael Polkabla; 5) Chelonia. (15 boats) DIV. V — 1) Bacarat; 2) Berserker, Ericson 38, Mark Deppe; 3) Macushla III. (7 boats)

Race Notes Simply peerless; Kiwi superstar Russell Coutts strenghtened his claim on being the best match racer of all time with a pair of big victories last month. First, he won the ’96 World Championship of Match Race Sailing (and $43,000) in Dubrovnik, Croatia, defeating the cream of the inter¬ national match racing crop. Russell previously won the title in ’93 and ’92. Second this time went to Ed Baird; third to Peter Gilmour. Two weeks later, Coutts and crew (Brad Butterworth, Simon Daubney, Warwick Fleury) won the Brut Gold Cup of Bermuda, completing a perfect sweep of the five-legged ’96 Brut Cup circuit. Arch¬ rival Gilmour was the bridesmaid; Chris Law was third. The Gold Cup victory earned Coutts another $30,000 — what a year he’s having! Mad dogs and Englishmen: 196 mostly British sailors aboard 14 matching 67-foot, 33-ton industrial-strength steel sailboats started from Southampton, England, on September 28 in the BT Global Chal¬ lenge, a six-leg, 30,000-mile race around the world. Fittingly, the race started in a Force 8 gale, dead on the nose. What makes this event particularly unique — or crazy, in

BEER CAN SERIES FINAL RESULTS 6 points; 2) Waverunner, Tartan Ten, Glen & Pam Krawiec, 11. (4 boats) DIV. B (Wylie Wabbit) — 1) Ricochet, Greg Byrne, 16.5 points; 2) Tulawemia, Mark Harpainter, 17.75. (4 boats) DIV. B-1 — 1) Mirage, Black Soo, Ben Mewes, 6 points. (3 boats) DIV. D — 1) Lelo Too. Tartan 30, Emile Carles, 6.25 points; 2) Williwaw, Cal 9.2-DK, R. Luis, 17; 3) Joanna, Irwin 30, Martin Jemo, 22. (10 boats) DIV. E-1 — 1) Nobody Famous, Unknown, 14.5 points; 2) Star, Unknown , 17.5. (7 boats) DIV. E-2 —1) Tempest, Santana 22, Hal Wondolleck, 5 points; 2) Maddness, Sprinta Sport, John Diegoli, 20 points; 3) California Girt, Ranger 23, Debra Lage, 24. (11 boats) (second half only — 5 races; no throwouts) Oakland YC Sweet Sixteen Series DIV. A (spinnaker, < 168) — 1) Hurricane, Moore

24, Adam Sadeg, 13.75 points; 2) Saltshaker, Contessa 39, Steve Hanson, 31.5; 2) Warhawk, Hawkfarm, Dave Hankel, 32.88. (12 boats) DIV. B (spinnaker, 169-up) — 1) Snow Goose, Santana 30, Ted Mattson, 15 points; 2) Lelo Too, Tartan 30, Emile Carles, 25.5; 3) Nice Turn, Cal 229, Richard Johnson, 56.25. (6 boats) DIV. C (non-spinnaker) — 1) Lickety Split, Ariel, Joe Antos, 18.75 points; 2) Williwaw, Cal 9.2, R. Luis, 26.5; 3) MeMe, Newport 30, Norm Guest, 58.75. (16 races, 4 throwouts) Sausalito CC Fall Series (Friday Nights) DIV. A — 1) Lysistrata, Excalibur 26, Jeff Hutter, 8.5 points; 2) Hot Flash, J/30, George Kokalis, 10.75. (4 boats) DIV. B — 1) Trinity, C&C 30, Greg Cleln, 11.75 points. (3 boats)

DIV. C — 1) Homus, Ericson 27, Josh Vvorson, 14.75 points; 2) Bliss, Morgan 33, Jim Cochran, 17; 3) Calypso, Excalibur 26, Philip Keppeter, 20.5. (second half only — 5 races, 0 throwouts) Sausalito YC Sunset Series (Tuesday Nights) DIV. A (spinnaker, 0-140) — 1) Bloodvessel, B25, Margaret Gokey, 6.5 points; 2) Revs, Ross 10.6$, Jeff Gething, 7.75; 3) Jose Cuervo, J/105, Sam Hock, 7.75. (10 boats) DIV. B (spinnaker, 141-up) — 1) Dulcinea, Coronado 27, John Slivka, 7.75 points; 2) Umpqua, Moore 24, Jim Plumley, 8.25; 3) Albacore, Tuna 22, David Demarest, 11.(8 boats) DIV. C (non-spinnaker, 0-175) — 1) Free Bird, Ericson 35, John Woodhull, 8.75 points; 2) Maybe, J/29, George Brewster, 8.75; 3) Sally Ann, Express 37, Mike Franchetti, 9.75. (14 boats) DIV. D (non-spinnaker, 176-up) — 1) FooteNovember, 1996 • UMt-A.12 • Page 175

some people’s opinion — is that the race is east-to-west against the prevailing winds and currents, and virtually everyone sailing is paying about $30,000 U_S. for the 'char¬ acter-building' experience! It’s another Chay Blyth production, basically a rerun of the British Steel Challenge of four years ago, but with a different route. The first leg took the fleet 5,000 miles to Rio de Janeiro. On November 20, the armada takes off for Wel¬ lington, NZ, with future stops scheduled for Sydney, Cape Town, Boston and finally the finish. The main show, the Whitbread Race, is now T-minus-one-year and counting — it starts September 21, 1997. Only about a dozen of the 41 registered syndicates appear to be moving forward on actually building boats — but the good news is that three American boats are now under construction back in Rhode Island. Neil Barth’s Andrewsdesigned America’s Challenge and George Collins’ Chessie Racing, a Farr effort, are currently underway at Goetz Custom Sail¬ boats. Dennis Conner’s Toshiba entry is coming together at New England Boatworks. The latter Farr design, which will be sailed by Chris Dickson and veteran navigator Andrew Cape, has got to be the pre-race favorite. South of the border fun: Mike Campbell’s Andrews 70 turbo-sled Victoria won the 62mile Little Ensenada Race in the gruesomely slow elapsed time of 19 hours, 17 minutes. Second on both elapsed and cor¬ rected time was Peter Isler’s innovative DynaFlyer 38 Green Hornet, which features 'canting ballast twin foil' technology. More than half of the fleet DNFed the torpid race. . . Southwestern YC’s Cabo Race on Nov¬ ember 8 promises to be an intimate one:

Heroes of the month: Bartz Schneider, who com¬ mutes down from his home in Nevada for races, won the inaugural 99 Rater Nationals. only three turbos (Victoria, Cheval and Pyeuiacket) and four regular sleds (Mon¬ goose, Taxi Dancer, O.E. and Kathmandu) took the bait. Any of the sleds except Kathmandu could mathematically win the ULDB 70 Offshore Championship, so1 the pressure is still on. Meanwhile, the California 50s decided not to sail this race, but apparently they will show up in force for February’s jaunt to PV. Dinghy updates: Ian Klitza smoked the fleet at the Jester Intergalactics at Stillwater Cove... Del Olsen finally won the International Canoe Nationals, earning the title in September at a very windy Tiburon YC-hosted regatta. "These were some of the most challenging conditions I’ve ever sailed in," Olsen told the Richmond YC Storm Jib. "Gusts were like bowling balls and I was the 8 pin!" Del, Erich Chase and a half

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loose, Vanguard, Scott Foote, 5.25 points; 2) PTrap, Cal 20, Gerry Gorski, 12.75; 3) Roeboat, Catalina 30, Rod Decker, 15. (14 boats) (second half only — 5 races, 1 throwout) ,

South Beach YC Friday Nights DIV. A (spinnaker, 0-175) — 1) Highlighter. Islander 36, Bill Hackel, 5 points; 2) Northern Light, Santana 35, Rod Neathery, 10.75; 3) Deadline, J/35, Richard Wixted, 11.75. (8 boats) DIV. B (spinnaker, 176-up) — 1) Friday's Eagle, Catalina 30, Mark Hecht, 6.25 points; 2) Grenadier, Contessa 32, Paul Osborn, 7.25; 3) Dancing Bear, Catalina 30, Ray Hall, 10.5. (9 boats) DIV. C (non-spinnaker) — 1) Fat Bob, Catalina 38, Bob Lugliani, 7.25 points; 2) Skol, International Folkboat, Michael Connor, 16.75; 3) Spirit of Elvis, Santana 35, Mr. Cunningham, 20; 4) Sabra, WylieCat 39, Michael Katz, 22.75; 5) Acabar, Jeanneau 45, Mr. Luscutoff, 23. (17 boats) Page 176 • UMiUe. 1? • November. 1996

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St. Francis Friday Night Windurfing Series 1) Bill Weir, 20 points; 2) Chip Wasson, 23; 3) Gregory Fowlkes, 39; 4) Jean Rathle, 48; 5) John Callahan, 52; 6) Al Mirel, 56; 7) Darwin Ayres, 56; 8) Andrei Larzul, 60; 9) Bill Martinson, 60; 10) Kevin Gorman, 69. (25 boardheads) (11 races; 1 throwout) Vallejo YC Wednesday Nights CLASS A — 1) Fred, J/24, John Todd, 156 points; 2) Summer Wind, O’Day 27, Jim Nuss, 155; 3) Sleeper, O’Day 27, Gary Cicerello, 132. (12 boats) CLASS B — 1) (tie) Degage, Ranger 23, Jeff Ruszler, and Rascal, Ranger 23, John Arlsman & Jim Cameron, 139 points; 3) Latent Image, Dufour Quarter Ton, Slack/Coleman, 101. (11 boats) (21 races; 5 throwouts)

De/a vu all over again: Art Mowry (left) and Chris

Corlett dominated the Tuna 35 Nationals.

dozen other Bay Area canoe junkies are heading to Port Stevens, Australia, for the IC Worlds on November 11-21. . . . Jonathan Howell of Oakland was the top Laser skipper at the 25th Annual Sir Francis Chichester Circumnavigation of Alameda, a fivebridge, four-hour enduro this year. Howell went clockwise around the island followed by about half the fleet. Jim Christopher of Eureka was the first 'wrong-way' Laser skipper. Arianna Rettinger and Dan Malpas were the top Laser II team, while Michele Logan won the Bytes. Offshore notes: There are 22 requests for entries to date in next July’s 39th TransPac, including two from all-women efforts (Linda Elias and Linda Newland). In other TransPac news, the anachronistic require¬ ment for three celestial sightings per race has been eliminated, reconciling sextants to a fate as wall decorations at Chart Houses. . . Sydney-Hobart Race sponsor Telstra recently upped the'ante to $237,000 U.S. as this December’s purse for the boat that finally beats Kialoa Ill’s legendary 1975 record of 2 days, 14 hours on the brutal 630mile race course. Sayonara finished 9 hours off that pace last year. In 1994, Tasmania (ex-NZ Endeavour) missed by just over two hours. Two Australian maxis, Brindabella and Foxtel Amazon, have the ability to break the record this year, as does the formerly Santa Barbara-based mini-maxi Exile. Challenging events: Santa Cruz YC defeated Monterey Peninsula YC 3-0 to take home the 42-year-old Grace T, Veeder Perpetual Challenge Cup last month. The regatta was sailed in SC 27s in light air. Dave Hodges skippered the winning boat, Hanalei Express, with crew Rob Schuyler, Roger Sturgeon, Jay Crum and Mark Golsh. MPYC

SHEET defended, unsuccessfully, with Mark Chand¬ ler sailing Saltshaker. . . The Wallace Cup, a faltering East Bay sailing tradition, was won by challenger Richmond YC on Septem¬ ber 28. Rollye Wiskerson, one of the 'gray foxes' of the Bay, sailed his Cal 2-27 Temptation to victory over Steve Reinhart’s Catalina 27 Latin Lass in a match race between 198-raters. Sale boats of the month: Hobie Trifoilers are catching on everywhere — there are now four on the Bay! Down south, one of the newest owners is Balboa YC’s Tom Pollack, who just sold his Melges 24 White Ford Bronco to a guy in Cleveland. "More speed, less sandwiches," he figured. . . The N/M 68 Stafftsure has been sold to Seattle, while the Andrews 56 Aldora finally found a new home in Texas. . . Vince and Joyce DeLorenzo of San Carlos are the proud own¬ ers of a new J/105 to be named Ultimatum. . . Tracy Edwards of Maiden fame has re¬ named ENZA — it’s now Lady Endeavour — and is readying it for an all-women assault on the 74 day, 22 hour Trophee Jules Verne record set by Peter Blake with that very boat in 1994. Proof that some editors actually know

Funny guys: Tom Newton (left) congratulates new Triton national champion Ely Gilliam.

how to sail: John Burnham, head honcho of Sailing World, won the IOD Worlds in late September in his home waters of Fisher’s Island, NY. . . . West Coast SW editor Tom Leweck, chief judge at the recent USSA Champion of Champions, has shamelessly spent the summer powerboating over to Catalina — but he’s resuming his assault on the all-time Mexican race rebord in January.

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Leweck will navigate Harry Smith’s brand new J/160 Bushivacker when it debuts in the Puerto Vallarta Race — which will also be Tom’s 49th Mexican race! On a sad note, we regret to report that Alan V. Andrews, MD, the '96 commo¬ dore of the 85-club Southern California Yachting Association, died peacefully in his sleep in early October at the age of 68. The well-liked and respected Newport Beach doctor won many races in his Ranger 33 Antares. He’ll be missed by all who knew him. Our condolences to his family, in¬ cluding son Alan, the Long Beach yacht designer. Late breaking news: Netscape zillionaire Jim Clark just resigned as chairman of Paul Cayard’s AmericaOne Syndicate, citing an unexpected increase in business commit¬ ments. Local yachtsman and civic leader Fritz Jewett, vice chairman of Potlatch in 'real' life, was named as Clark’s replacement. . . Congratulations to California YC of Marina del Rey for winning US Sailing’s St. Petersburg Trophy, emblematic of excellence in race management. Specifically, Cal YC was honored for an outstanding job running the Schock 35 Nationals last July.

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With reports this month from Gigolo on the Musket Cove Regatta in Fiji; from Night Watch in Gibraltar; from Daydream on cruising Central America; from Maude I. Jones at Bocas del Toro, Panama; from Blown Away on John Rusk’s boat being blown ashore in Thailand; from Horizons on sailing south from Puerto Vallarta; from the folks on Moonshadow after a year in Mexico; from Wlldflower at Palmyra Atoll; and Cruise Notes.

'Sophie’s Choice' among: 1) a punishing trip against the trades suitable for masochists, boats with large crews, or die-hards; 2) a multi-year circumnavigatioh; or 3) spending a huge amount of money shipping the boat home. We were wrestling with this dilemma over sunset cocktails — the bestenvironment for creative thinking — when an Aussie yachtie planted the seed by mentioning something called the Musket Cove Regatta to be held at Malololailai, Fiji. The moment we heard about it, we knew we had to attend. Musket Cove — the very name evoked images of swashbuckling pirates, smoking cannons, salty blackguards wearing three-pointed hats, and sloshing barrels of grog. There no longer was a 'choice'; we’d sail to Musket Cove — damn the torpedoes — and deal with the issue of returning home later. After all, we’d had all too much of careful planning and rational thinking. So onward we sailed, to Suwarrow, the Samoas, Wallis and Futuna. Neither a broken boom nor an disabled windlass could stop us. Even though our quest was no more tangible than a name — Musket Cove — and a date — September 1 — it hung like a mirage on the setting sun, beckoning us westward. When we entered Fijian waters in midAugust, all the feel-good signs were there: 15 knot tradewinds blowing over flat seas, and Fijians, with brilliant smiles, welcoming us with the traditional 'Bula!' greeting. We hoisted a few with fellow cruisers at the Royal Suva YC, chowed down at several of the famous $3 lunch buffets, and felt the excitement build. We were only a day or two away from Musket Cove. Then the rain began to fall and the wind began to howl. Boats were bucking in Suva harbor as we raised anchor and — in flagrant disregard of our own rule to never

Gigolo — Horizon 48 Gary & Dorothy Wood Musket Cove Regatta (Saratoga) It all started while we were anchored at Papeete, Tahiti — which was to have been the final destination in our one-seasbn cruise of the South Pacific. As such, we were mentally preparing ourselves for what we had every reason to expect would be a tedious, 20-plus day return passage to the States. It didn’t add to our dispositions that most of our fellow cruisers were excitedly charting courses toward Rarotonga, Tonga, or the Samoas. We were sorely tempted to continue sailing west with them, but the flip side of that 'coin' — getting the boat back from halfway around the world — presented a If you're going to have a figurehead, why not go with the real thing? Dorothy Wood — looking anything but wooden — dangles from ‘Gigolo’.

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leave a harbor in foul weather — headed north on our final leg with a downpour in our faces. Fortunately, 'God looks after children and fools'. We shrugged off the gray low-pressure overcoat soon after we left Suva, and burst into warm sunshine. We arrived at Musket Cove just two hours before the official kickoff and welcome feast for regatta week. And

even though the English Man o’ Wars of my imagination dissolved into modern-day ketches and sloops, and primitive villages were supplanted by developed resorts, our excitement was in no way diminished. Barbeque fires licked the grill, amber bottles of Bounty Rum gleamed in the twilight, and buckets of iced Coca Cola were being shoved into the sands of Ratu Nemani Island. Musket Cove lies on the island of Malololailai, one of the few privately-owned islands of Fiji. Local lore has it that the native owners on Malolo sold it to an American sailor named Louis Armstrong in the 1890’s. The price? One musket. In 1966, the island was purchased by a New Zealander, Dick Smith, for.. . you guessed it .. . 'many muskets'. Four S.F. Bay Area boats participated in this year’s event: Fellowship, Magic Carpet, Peregrine, and Gigolo. For vicarious Bay Area sailors and those cruisers who may be considering this event next year, here is the Musket Cove Regatta Week agenda: Friday: Free welcome BBQ. All the Rum

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The Musket Cove Regatta. Clockwise from above: cat and buxom competitions; Chris & Nedra Wagner of 'Magic Carpet'; Gina & Ken Coleman of 'Fog City"; Gary & Dorothy Wood of 'Gigolo'; Foster Goodfellow & Sally Andrews of'Fellowship'; Funny Hat winner; Jean Nice a of'Peregrine'.

& Coke you can drink. Saturday: Pirates’ Day Beachcomber Race. This is a 10-mile sail to neighboring Beachcomber Island, for grub & grog swilling, and optional wench-chasing. Sunday: A Day of Rest — livened up with Hobie Cat races, a coconut log throwing contest, and a BBQ at the famous TwoDollar Bar. Monday: The 7-mile race to Castaway Island. The race is followed by a buffet lunch, and Wet T-shirt and Hairy Chest competitions. Tuesday: Continued absurdities, plus windsurfing, rowing, volleyball, golf chipping, and rubber duck paddling competitions. Wednesday: The 12-mile race around Malolo Island. Evening cocktails & Port VHa Race pre-briefing at Dick Smith’s own home. Thursday: The best dressed yacht and live figurehead contests, a pig-on-the-spit feast, and a yachties’ and locals’ talent night.

Friday: Finals of the Hobie Cat challenge, and the final briefing for entrants in the race to Port Vila. Saturday: Start of the 500-mile Musket Gary Wood hosting part of an old cannon. Not that long ago, it would have been enough to buy all of Malololailai.

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Cove to Port Vila, Vanuatu, race. Perhaps the most enjoyable aspect of Musket Cove Regatta Week was the international mix of yachties. It was one third each of Aussies, Kiwis and Yanks — with a few other nationalities sprinkled in. This made for lively rib-poking competitions. Winning a Wet T-Shirt contest, for example, brought out as much national pride as winning the America’s Cup. The organization of the social and race activities by Dick Smith and his staff was smooth and efficient—without being overlystructured. And the prizes! Twenty sponsors kicked in so many consolation prizes and goodies that one needed only to participate to win something. As for family cruisers, they had<a ball. It’s possible to enjoy Regatta Week and the jovial camaraderie without direct participation in the festivities. But why? A little participation pays back huge dividends in fun and new friends. So it’s best to get right in there. Even the 500-mile race from Musket Cove to Port Vila upholds the motto of 'Don’t take yourself too seriously'. Witness some of the rules: Rule #10 — Fishing en route is November. 1996 • UtUwk Js? • Page 179

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compulsory. Rule #12 — Each yacht must carry fuel and/or spirituous liquor to the Race Committee’s satisfaction. The Committee reserves the right to remove samples of either for analysis. Rule #14 — The line honors yacht will be automatically disqualified unless it can be proven that blatant cheating occurred. Rule #16 — Penalties will be incurred on yachts with any of the following: rod rigging, bloopers, matching foul weather gear, rating certificate, sails less than four years old, trouble-free refrigeration, Sperry Topsiders or similar footwear, bow thrusters. Rule #17 — Handicap allowance will be given to yachts carrying two or more of the following: iron or ironing board, washing machine, potted plants, goose barnacles, children, homemade sextants, logs or outboards. Finally, some forewarnings to cruisers who are considering next year’s Regatta Week — which begins on August 29, 1997. Many fellow cruisers will attempt to dissuade you from attending, scoffing at a week of sophomoric antics and games. Others will try to spook you by saying it will be too crowded to sail with 50 other boats. And a few will whine at the $100 regatta fee. In response to these nay-sayers, we say 'loosen up' — and you’ll make some great new friends. We’ll also point out that the $100 entry fee includes $65 worth of check¬ in fees for Port Vila. In other words, for $35 you get a free BBQ dinner for the skipper, first mate, and one crew; fout free happy hours; free use of Hobie Cats, windsurfers, and other water toys from the resort; plus entertainment and lots of laughs and prizes. You can’t find a better deal — especially in the South Pacific. As for the waters being dangerously crowded, baloney! Right after the start everybody spreads out. P.S. Thanks for remaining the #1 sailing rag in the U.S. — and easily the 'numbawan' in trading fodder here in the South Pacific. We found our very first sailboat, a Catalina 25, through your Classy Classifieds, and wouldn’t be out here today without the little ad about Horizon Steel Yachts, who built our 48-ft Gigolo that has carried us halfway around the world. — dorothy 10/15/96 Night Watch — Moody 425 Jerry & Sue Knecht With John McVea (Marin County)

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Folks like Jerry and Sue Knecht — with crewman John McVea of Georgia — are the exception. The Knechts hope to complete their circling of the globe on April 9,1997 — two years to the day after they sailed beneath the Gate and turned left. Starting as part of the loosely-Organized Pacifica 97, the Knechts soon left the*others behind. While spending a few days in Gibraltar this September, crewman McVea scribbled down some suggestions for folks who might follow in Night Watch’s path: Charts: Plan ahead and buy/copy as many charts as possible in the United States, as they are not as easy to find elsewhere. We discovered, for example, that both of Suva, Fiji’s, full-size copiers were government owned. Good places for copying charts are Darwin, Australia, and Bali, Indonesia. The charts are cheap at these places, too, about $2 each. The Red Sea Pilot, a must, can be photocopied in Darwin. For those arriving in the Med, Larnaca, Cyprus, is an excellent place to find copies of most Med charts and cruising guides. Money: A supply of U.S. bills came in very handy in the Middle East in particular. The last place to replenish your supply of bills before then is probably Darwin. There

There's all kinds of currency is the world, but everybody's favorite seems to be the 'old Hondo' — the U.S. $100 bill._

was a 'run' on banks in Sri Lanka, making dollars very difficult to come by. Merchants can also be picky about what bills they accept. Clean, crisp, $100s in perfect condition are the most sought after. We had bills rejected for imperfections such as a 1 mm tear off a corner, and one 'Series 1974' bill in perfect condition was rejected because it was "too old"., Mail: We’ve had very good luck having mail sent to American Express — they even forwarded some of it. We highly recommend having all mail funneled through one address in the States before having it forwarded to an American Express office. This way when — not if — plans and dates change, it’s only necessary to make one call home and mail doesn’t get scattered all over the globe. American Express hands out a free book with the addresses of their offices around the world; the offices that accept mail are indicated by the symbol of a letter. Spares: Nobody can predict what will break on a boat, so try to be as self-sufficient as space and weight permit. But also have someone in the U.S. who can order and forward parts for you. The shipper of choice — DHL, UPS, FedEX — will vary from

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country to country. General Information: Listen to the radio s nets and get several opinions on any topic or ii area. But remember that change is the only constant. Propane: We didn’t have any problem 9 getting propane or finding matching fittings i until Greece and Italy. We finally had to | resort to a gravity feed in Gibraltar — our i first of the trip. Personal well-being: At no time during i the trip have we felt threatened or in danger I because of crime. The radio nets, however, I are a good source for learning which places : to avoid. That’s it from McVea, who missed five ' weeks of the trip as a result of breaking a shoulder during a motor scooter mishap at j Raiatea. He is looking to fill in the 'missing' . 1,200 miles from French Polynesia to , American Samoa aboard another boat. He may be reached c/o his parents at 816 Tipton i Drive, Mt. Home, Arkansas 72653-4933. — latitude 1015196 Daydream — N/A Wayne Wilson & Susan Leader Cruising Central America (Calgary, Alberta, Canada)

Panama Canal from Mexico. The first squalls that we encountered in early May were just north of Huatulco. You couldn’t mistake them, as they were always black, compact and wet. We never experienced more than 35 knots, and it was usually more like 20 knots, but you have to watch them closely because it seems you always have lots of sail up just before they hit. We crossed the dreaded Gulf of Tehuantepec in early May, staying within four miles of the beach until we were 80 miles past Salina Cruz. This worked well and we never experienced more than 25 knots of wind. Interestingly, it was calm until we were straight off of Salina Cruz, at which point the windspeed instantly jumped to 25 knots. We stopped for a few days in Amapala, Honduras, which we found to be depressing and frightening. Depressing, because the people are so poor that they actually look malnourished. Frightening, because everywhere we went, people deemed to be looking us and our boat over for possible loot. In the end, our man-overboard light wasstolert off the rail. A local fisherman later told us that anything on the rail or deck was at risk — even lines. Keep in mind that this was just our experience, as other boats have enjoyed this area immensely. On the bright side, the Bay of Fonseca is very beautiful and it is difficult to go over budget because there is literally nothing to buy. The one expensive thing was the Port Captain’s fee of $70. When we tried to negotiate a more reasonable charge, we were given the option of paying or leaving immediately. If you do sail to Honduras, take plenty of fresh veggies and fruit, as there are almost none to buy. Extra veggies and fruit can easily be traded to the shrimp fishermen. Other good trading items were vitamins, peanut butter and canned r^eat. Antonio, our favorite fisherman, taught us which of the islands in the Gulf of Fonseca were controlled by which country. We couldn’t find this information anywhere else. And it’s not obvious, because the gulf is fronted by El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua, and because it’s changed in the last 10 years. El Salvador owns Isla Catillo, Martin Perez, Conchaguita and Meanguera. Honduras owns Isla Del Tigre, Gaffobo, Coyote, Violin, Inglesa and Exposicion. The Islas Farallones are shared by El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua.

The following information might be useful | to those adventurers who are heading to the

Once you get to Costa Rica, there’s a terrific anchorage called Santa Elena — or Port Parker, depending on your chart — up near the Nicaraguan border. It’s in the middle of a national park and affords 360° protection from wind and seas. The anchorage at Islas Murcielagos is also excellent, much better than the inaccurate DMA would make it seem. It’s open to the north, but the fetch is less than two miles. The waters of Costa Rica are known to be relatively murky, but Islas Murcielagos have clear water and lots of fish. It may be the best diving in Costa Rica. The anchorage at Playa del Coco can be really uncomfortable, which is why it’s so great there’s a terrific anchorage just three miles away. Bahia Culebra is on the northwest side of Culebra, and is also called Mata de Cana. It also offers 360° protection and rarely has any swell at all. A realtor would describe Marina Flamingo as 'quaint and rustic’ — and we all know what that means. It does, however, have a fuel dock and a limited number of Med ties. It’s not set up for cruisers, but if you need to leave your boat for a while this is about the Wayne Wilson and Susan Leader — like many others — found the islands of Panama (spread) much to their liking.

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only place north of the Gulf of Nicoya. The marina will accept mail for you; we had ours sent by regular mail and it took eight weeks from Canada. If you have important mail, have it sent UPS, as the marina is a depot for that outfit. While it’s possible to check out of Costa Rica from Puntarenas, we failed. You have to first check out with Immigration in Puntarenas, then pay your impuesta at city hall in Puntarenas, then get your international zarpe from the Port Captain in Caldera — which is eight miles away. This confused us to ^ the point that we had to accept a national zarpe or waste a weekend. The only advantage in checking out of Golfito was that we weren’t charged a fee. Golfito has a comfortable anchorage, and we dropped the hook within walking distance of both the town and the banana pier off the Samoa del Sur restaurant. You can get a great pizza at the restaurant, and they allow free use of their dinghy dock, water taps, and shower. If you don’t need to be near town, the anchorage off of the Jungle Club is even better. Although the Jungle Club is no longer open, Barbara and Whitey are still there. We enjoyed a short visit with them. By the way, there is a superbly equipped machine shop called the Coop something-or-other about one block from the entrance to the banana pier. Alex, the welder/mechanic, speaks patient 'Spanglish' and goes out of his way to be helpful. Checking out of Golfito is simple — once you find the Port Captain. T,he drill is 1) Immigration, 2) Port Captain, 3) Customs, then 4), the Port Captain again. None of the boats that checked out when we were there were charged any fees, which is nice. What’s The warm waters of northwestern Panama are so clear that you can see all sorts of interesting stuff.

not so nice is that the Port Captain only spends a few seconds per day in his office, so some guile may be necessary to track him down. If there are any ships leaving or arriving, you might look for him out on the banana pier. Make sure you ask around for him, however, as he doesn’t wear a uniform and there are dozens of loungers on the pier. When we were checking in, however, we cornered him in a tiny unmarked office just minutes before a Dole ship completed its berthing. When it came time to check out, we were fortunate enough to recognize him in the bar downstairs from his office >This was not the bar directly below, but rather the next one to the east. He wasn’t very thrilled about having to go all the way back upstairs to his office just because it was his job, but eventually he acquiesced. It could have been worse, as other cruisers told us they had to find out where he lives and camp out at his doorstep. If it helps, he’s about 5'8", a little pudgy, and has dark curly hair and dark olive skin. We’ve just described half the men in Golfito! Actually he does have one distinguishing characteristic; one eye is terribly bloodshot, as though someone might have once poked it with a sharp stick. If the eye hasn’t been poked recently, you’re on your own. In Panama, we stopped at Isla Parida, which has several good anchorages. There are nice beaches, very clear water, and a great cruiser hangout where you can buy fuel, some food, watch a movie and have a meal out. This place isn’t that well known yet, however we can recommend it as a very pleasant introduction to Panama. All the islands in northern Panama have super clear water, lots of fish, and lots of shellfish. The anchorages were uncrowded, and there were great beaches and waterfalls. It would be easy to spend a couple of months there. We especially enjoyed the Islas Secas. It doesn’t have the most protected anchorage, but it’s remote, beautiful, and has spectacular diving. Don’t expect any supplies anywhere in this region except at Parida. Currently, we’re in Panama City catching up on all of the things that we haven’t had for a while — like food. We’ve heard honor stories about this city, but we think it’s great. The people are friendly, the restaurants are terrific, they show what we think are the current movies, and they can fix anything you’ve got that’s broken. People accustomed to cruising in Mexico need to know that there are a few things that are totally different about cruising in Central

America. Electrical production from solar panels and wind generators, for example, drops dramatically. And because of the extensive rain, every leak in your topsides is going to gush. Bring plenty of Sikafiex on the assumption you’ll be able to sell what you don’t use at a profit. But trust us, you’ll use it all on your own boat. Unlike Mexico, it’s also common for boats to be hit by lightning down here. We’d estimate a boat’s chances of being struck here over a four month period are between 5% and 10%. There are violent lightning storms every single day, and many boats — including ours -r- have been hit. One boat lost every single electronic item on board — including a video camera and windlass. We don’t know if there’s any magic bullet, but the boats with the little 'brushes' at the top of the mast seem to be faring pretty well. In the case of our boat, most of our fuses had to be replaced, but they clearly had protected a lot of our equipment. In addition, our anemometer was broken off and chaffed. There’s nothing fuses could have done about that. One thing that we’ve done as prevention is to fuse every single wire, both positive and negative, that goes up the mast. So far, we haven’t been hit a second time, so we don’t know if this will actually help. We’re just'about ready to start the long

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believe that yet another class has left for Cabo. We managed to meet some of the graduates of Ha-Ha II, and they’ve given the experience the thumbs up. — rob & mary 11/1/96 Blown Away — 42-ft Sloop Dick & Beth Balsamo Blown Away Gets Blown Ashore (Krabi, Thailand)

The tropics are resilient. This tree on Antigua

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s trek back to Baja, and can hardly wait to see old friends and make new ones. Look for us in Mazatlan in January and in Baja shortly after. — wayne & susan 10/15/96 Maude I. Jones — Custom 46 Rob & Mary Messenger Bocas del Toro, Panama (Northern California)

We spent September of '95 until March of '96 on the Caribbean side of Panama. There’s no doubt about the San Bias Islands — they’re magic! We also spent two months in the Bocas del Toro archipelago of Panama, which is also on the Caribbean side of Panama, but only about 15 miles south of the Costa Rican border. The best part is that we were only the 6th yacht to check in there during '95 — and we arrived in mid-November! The local population is primarily blacks — it’s politically correct there to call them 'Negroes' — and Guaymi Indians. Compared to the Cuna Indians, the Guaymi are very shy and quite poor. They aren’t used to yachties and seemed to marvel at us, almost as though we were aboard a UFO. From Bocas del Toro island, it’s possible

to take a 'faki mar' to Almirante and then bus via Changanola to Costa Rica to renew your Panama visa. There’s also an airport there with flights to Panama City. We guess that most folks don’t stop at Bocas del Toro because it isn’t on the way to anywhere. Keep in mind, however, that it’s only 130 miles from Colon. We’re definitely glad we visited this area and recommend it to other cruisers looking for solitude. More recently we’ve been in the Pacific, and we just had parents spend the past month with us. They joined us in Apia, Western Samoa, where we had actually planned to be in order to attend the 7th Annual Pacific Arts Festival. The festival, which won’t be held again until 2000 in New Caledonia, is a wonderful way to get a sneak preview of art, song, and dance of the rest of the Pacific cultures. As is the case with several — at least 150 — other boats here in Vava’u, Tonga — we’re getting ready to make our dash to New Zealand in the next couple of weeks. Fifteen years ago there may have only been about 30 boats here at this time of year. About 17 of them opted to spend cyclone season here in Tonga — and it turned out to be the first time in 20 years Tonga was hit by a cyclone. In case you don’t recognize the guy holding the dorado in the accompanying photograph, it’s ex-ZZ Top lookalike Rob from the '94 Ha-Ha. He looks 20 years younger without the beard. It’s hard for us to

There’s no substitute for constant vigilance. Just ask Aussie John Rusk, one of our local yachties. He had his boat anchored off Railay Beach on the night of May 1, when a vicious storm blew through. Most of the eight or so other yachts anchored off the beach were able to move to the Nammao side of the peninsula for protection. Not so with Blown Aiuay. The wind and waves were so bad that they ripped the anchor post right off the deck of Rusk’s boat. Blown Away then started to drift toward shore. By the time Rusk, who had been at Ya-Ya’s Bar, realized that his boat was at risk and got to Railay Beach, it was too late. He arrived just in time to see his boat crash onto the beach. Each successive wave made things worse. Realizing that he couldn’t save his own boat, Rusk went to help other boatowners move their boats, retrieve dinghies, secure gear — Rob Messenger and dinner. Rob used to have a beard and hair as long as the mahi's dorsal fin.

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all the while looking back to see his boat being pounded on the sand. After a night of hard work, it was a pretty depressing dawn. Blown Away was resting on her side buried beneath three feet of beach sand. As the week progressed, the news got worse: as the sand was dug away, it revealed a six-foot long crack from the deck to the keel on the port side. And although the boat had worked high onto the beach, she was still taking in more sand and water each day. As the boat represented Rusk’s home, charter business, and life’s savings, things yjere pretty grim. When all seemed lost, however, the local yachting community came to the rescue. Mick, Rob, Kevin and Robin, Paul and Britta, Steward, Guy and Stafford all came over from Phuket to lend a hand, give advice, and drink beer. Rusk then hired a front-loader to dig a trench and a wall around the boat to keep the water out. Then a pit was dug beneath the hull so they could work on the crack. The mast and keel were both removed to facilitate repairs. After Working 48 straight 'Blown Awa/ forlornly lays on her side at beautiful Railay Beach, Thailand. A sudden storm caught her owner offguard.

hours repairing the crack, the tide was rjcjht, and the boat was refloated and taken to a yard in Phuket. Then the fun started. The word of Rusk’s problems spread from Hong Kong to Langkawi, and a party was organized by Peter & Helene at Jimmy’s Lighthouse (formerly Latitude 8) to raise funds. It was a great party, with raffles and prizes and lots of stories and laughs. The entire boating community came out in full force to help another sailor in his time of need. — dick & beth 9/96 New Horizons — Pearson 43 Les Galbreath Club Nautico, Cartagena, Colombia (Alameda) I last wrote a Changes to report on how

much 1 liked Puerto Vallarta. But after being there for 11 months, I had to move on or else risk having my boat become a permanent part of the dock. Using Latitude to put out the word that I was looking for crew, I was contacted by Jason, a great young guy from L.A. with a terrific sense of humor. Since my Classy Classified ended with the warning "captain smokes", I became "Captain Smokes" for as long as Jason was with me. 1 had no idea Jason was a vegetarian until he stepped aboard. Having spent 45 years in meat packing and wholesaling, I was stunned. But after a few days we got used to eating different kinds of food at the same meal. Jason, for example, would have peanut butter and banana sandwiches while I ate bacon & eggs. The two of us visited some nice anchorages on our way south to Ixtapa: La Cruz, Ipala, Chamela, and Tenacatita. We spent a week at Ixtapa Marina, which was new and nice. The town of Ixtapa, however, is a Mexican mini version of Miami Beach. Just 15 kilometers and a 30-cent bus ride over the hill, however, is Zihuatanejo. We — like everybody else — loved Z-town. After Ixtapa, we sailed around the corner and dropped the hook at Z-town Bay for about a week. One of the lessons I learned in Mexico was not to wait until my diesel tank was almost empty to refill — because if you do that, the fuel dock will always be out of fuel. So I stopped by the Z-town muelle a few days before we wanted to leave in order to arrange for fuel. The fuel crew told me they didn’t have any, but another truck would be arriving at 1500. What they didn’t tell me is that the one boat ahead of me in line was

o 1 < * 5 “ £ ° x o Marjorie Morningstar, a mega yacht that

gulped down (he entire truck load — and was waiting for more the next morning! Oh well, what was one more jerry jug trip to the nearest Pemex station. On November 12, Jason and I walked over to the La Perla beachside restaurant to watch the 49ers play the Cowboys. While I got involved in the game, Jason strolled out on the beach and made the acquaintance of a comely young miss from Lodi who was backpacking alone through Mexico. Apparently a lack of meat in one’s diet doesn’t affect the libido, because Jason’s next question was whether we could take Erin to Acapulco with us. "Sure, kid," I replied, "she’ll brighten the boat." We couldn’t get space at the Acapulco YC for a couple bf days, so we checked in at the

i nearby Marina Acapulco. It was a bit pricey for my budget, but the two ladies who run the marina are nice and helpful. I guess I should have seen it coming, but Jason became enamored with the 'Lodi lovely' and decided her join her exploring 'new horizons' on land. All was not lost, however, as my son Scott flew in from Portland to join me. He’s a real carnivore, which meant the end of veggie menus. Also joining the boat at Atown were 'Boulder Bob' from Colorado and Ballena Bay’s Ed Laenen, who has been on most of the legs of my odyssey. Our plan was to sail directly from Acapulco to either Cayo Coco or Cayo Flamingo in northern Costa Rica. Conscientiously listening to the weather reports from the Gulf side of Mexico, 1 didn’t hear anything that sounded too bad, so we

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It often takes a disaster to bring out the best in people. When John Rusk's boat was severely damaged, the cruising community rallied.

decided to make a straight shot across the dreaded Gulf of Tehuantepec rather than follow the traditional advice — which is to 'keep one foot on the beach'. It was a bad decision, as we had 12 hours of high winds and heavy seas. After the wind died, we tried to start the engine, but the starter burned up, causing a minor electrical fire. Great; no starter, no engine, no wind. We headed for the closest port, Puerto Madera, making a sizzling 34 miles in one 24-hour period. We arrived at Puerto Madera late on a pitch black night. For some reason the Mexican government turns off the range lights at night (!), so when dawn broke we found we’d anchored in the middle of the harbor entrance! » A fisherman towed us in with a panga,

and we anchored near the beach. Too near the beach. When the tide went out, my Pearson 43 was on the bottom and heeling over at 45°. Fortunately, the bottom was sand. There are no tourists at Puerto Madera, but the Mexican families still enjoy the beach on weekends. Naturally, my boat was the main attraction that afternoon. Andy runs the- lighthouse at Puerto Madera and has a small house on the beach. Evefi before you drop the hook at Puerto Madera, at least two of his many sons will greet you and ask what you might need. I gave Andy the nickname 'the Great Facilitator', because he knows how to make things happen. He had no trouble, for example, finding someone to rewind the starter motor on a Sunday afternoon, and when we said we needed haircuts, one of his daughters soon appeared with scissors. Andy, as you might expect, takes a cut of November, 1996 •

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every transaction. Andy also introduced us to Jesus the diesel mechanic. Jesus said my diesel cylinders had filled with saltwater because of a blown head gasket. He was wrong, as we later learned the water had come in through the exhaust. But at least Jesus got the engine going long enough to get us to Costa Rica. We arrived at Marina Flamingo a few days before Christmas, at which time Ed and Bob took off for Colorado. When going into northern Costa Rica, it’s best to anchor at Cayo Coco while you do your business with the Port Captain, Immigration, and Customs — all of whom are located there. If you go directly to Marina Flamingo, you have to make a $75 cab trip to Cayo Coco to see the Port Captain. Since the Port Captain is not always there, you may have to make more than one trip to get the job done. We learned this lesson the hard way. Jim, the owner of Marina Flamingo, was quite helpful. He allowed us to send faxes and make phone calls from his office. Marina Flamingo has floating docks with 110-volt power and water on the docks. Nearly all the boats at Flamingo are sportfishing charter boats, but it’s still difficult to find anyone with mechanical or electrical expertise. And in any event, most parts would have had to be flown in from the States. Nearby Marie’s Restaurant, however, is a great place to eat. I particularly recommend the fantastic seafood special. Scott and 1 took the six-hour bus ride to San Jose and spent Christinas and New Year’s in the capital city. The weather was cool and cloudy — reminding me of San Francisco. While the coast of Costa Rica is Les Galbreath and his cruising compatriots from the Ha-Ha in '94. After being seduced by Puerto Vallarta, Galbreath finally got moving again.

warm and tropical, most of the population lives in the central valley where the high elevation means the climate is entirely different than at sea level. Before leaving Marina Flamingo for the Gulf of Nicoya and Puntarenas, we were told not to expect much wind. Well, we left at midnight and by dawn we had 30 knots of wind and 45-knot gusts the rest of the day. The strong wind, the strong current flowing out of the gulf, and a sick diesel made it a slow and frustrating trip. The only place to anchor at Puntarenas is up the estuary, which is so shallow you have to do it during the high phrase of the 10-foot tides. We moored fore and aft to Costa Rica YC buoys because the tide flows at six to seven knots. At low tide we were on the mud bottom and heeled over as much as 45°. I’ve been trying to think of something nice to say about the Costa Rica YC, but about the only thing I can come up with is that there’s good bus service from the front of the club to downtown Puntarenas. While in Puntarenas, be sure to visit Mike at Papi’s Bar and Bryan at the Polar Bar — they’re next to each other at the Hotel Cuyuga. Both bars receive NFL football. If you need a great diesel mechanic in Costa Rica, 1 recommend William Medina in Puntarenas. Just ask around, everyone knows Willy. He did a good job completely overhauling my Perkins 4-108. But stay clear of the Jesus who claims to be an electrician. After leaving Puntarenas be sure to stop at the Isla Gitanai (Fantasy Island) Resort. There you’ll find Carl and his crew, including Finn the bartender and Minke the monkey. You can also visit the grave of Barfly, the celebrity chicken, and get a tour of Carl’s 75foot steel ketch, Galaxy. Ed rejoined us for the trip down to Golfito, and later to Panama. Unlike many others, I found Golfito to be a nice place to stop. It’s on a bay within a bay, and not as spoiled by tourism as the rest of Costa Rica. There’s a duty-free area of about 100 stores, but it’s no big deal when it comes to prices. [To be continued next month.] — les 6/96 Moonshadow — Valiant 40 Ned & Jean Pugh After a Year in Mexico (Seattle)

After coming down with the Baja Ha-Ha in '95 and having the time of our lives in Mexico, we spent this summer in a minimotorhome we picked up in Phoenix. We traveled the States to see family and friends,

and picked up boat supplies to bring down to Mexico. Money permitting, having a small motorhome is a great balance to being on the boat 100% of the time. In fact, there was even a motorhome rendezvous in Seattle with Darrel & Sandy of Black Swan, Jeannette & Ray of Soul Coaxing, Bob, Linda and Thor of Even Star, and others who are heading back south in November to continue cruising! We’re now getting ready to make the land trip back to San Carlos, park the motorhome there, and prepare Moonshadow for the trip south along the coasts of Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica and then through the Panama Canal. After approximately one year in Mexico, we thought we would share some of our cruising observations: 1) 'Real' Mexico is not to be found at the border cities or even very often along .the coast. Authentic Mexican history is much more evident at inland towns and villages. After a fun bus trip inland to Guadalajara, Talaquepaque; and to the bullfights with Dave and Vickie of Adonde; and an interesting bus trip to the Tarascan Indian mountain villages of Patzcauro, Tsintsuntsan, Juanizio and other villages with Larry & Dorlis on Chap; we developed a more profound appreciation of the

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fascinating culture and friendly people of Mexico. Mexico is a great value for travelers right now. The bus system and taxis are inexpensive, comfortable and convenient. So don’t spend all your time — and all your cruising kitty — dining out and downing 'cool ones'. Save some for inland travel. 2) Everyone visiting Mexico — and other countries — should at least try and speak the local language. It’s their country, not ours, and any attempt to communicate in their language is much appreciated. Many language schools, both short and long term, are available to cruisers. Several of us in Mazatlan took a Spanish class for two hours a day, five days a week — for the meager sum of $20. What’s not to like about that? 3) Don’t over-provision before heading to Mexico. Our cupboards were bulging when we left San Diego, and we later wondered why we’d gone to all the time and effort, Almost everything is available in Mexico. The exceptions are unusual items such as wasabi and pickled ginger for sushi and nori rolls, and certain favorite candies. There is a store, however, in downtown Puerto Vallarta that specializes in some of these unusual

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Bay and covered with wildlife: birds, turtles, crabs, wild chickens, manta rays — and Roger the caretaker who plays his roguish Robinson Crusoe role to the hilt. Currently the only boats at the atoll are my Wildflower, Roger’s Cous Cous, and the 300-ft USCG frigate Rush. Roger is busy giving the 176 Coasties tours of the place. Being French, Roger puts on a show with a real Gallic flair, never speaking in anything but a shout. Each Coastie was obviously given instructions to bring Roger a present or gift. He now has a two-foot high stack of Playboys, two Mormon bibles, 20 pounds of frozen chicken, grapes, 15 cans of Campbell’s soup, last night’s spare ribs, and who knows what else. With half the crew yet to come ashore, Roger will be well supplied indeed. Last night, which was my first time ashore at Palmyra, Roger and I dined on BBQ chicken, ribs, onions, potatoes, and cold chocolate mousse. I would never have imagined anything like that here at Palmyra, which is a long way from any civilization, Palmyra is like your dream of the perfect South Seas island, and I feel very lucky to be here. Few people ever get the chance to visit, and the atoll — a U.S. base during World War II — has a rich history. I look forward to exploring.

items. In addition, La Cetta Mexican wine is actually a very fine alternative to California wines. The major stores in Mexico include Leyes Supermercados, Commercial Mexicanos, Sam’s Club in Mazatlan, and the Price Club in Acapulco. 4) The cruisers we have met have been friendly, courteous, helpful, and very interesting. We’ve learned to be nonjudgmental toward everyone we meet. We’re all out there to sail safely and have fun and interesting experiences, and everyone has something positive to offer. Besides, you never know when you might need their help tomorrow! Cruising is all it’s cracked up to be — and more! We’re looking forward to the trip south and to the Panama Canal. — jean & ned 10/10/96

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I arrived at Palmyra Atoll in midSeptember after a brisk 7 days, 22 hours of covering the 1,026 miles from Hanalei Bay, Kauai. It was mostly reaching, during which time the windvane drove 90% of the time and the autopilot the other 10%. As a result, I arrived well rested and fit as a fiddle. Palmyra Atoll is about the size of Newport

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Based on a report in The Panama News, here’s the latest on the status of the Panama Canal YC, which is located at Cristobal on the Atlantic side of that tumultuous republic. On February 22, the Panama Canal YC — whose facilities are used by abQut 400 cruising boats a ydar — received an eviction notice from the National Port Authority. Several weeks later, 41 members of the club met with APN Director Hugo Torrijos, who gave them oral assurances the club — which has been at the same location since 1928 — could stay where it is until December 31 of this year. More recent news, however, suggests that the eviction is on hold. According to NPA spokesman Rolando Gittens, the club was to be evicted because the coastal trading ships which support the Colon Free Zone had lost their port facilities, and the Panama Canal YC site is the ideal location for new facilities. But 77-year-old Panama Canal YC Commodore Alberto Jove says members aren’t buying this explanation. Jove indicated that someone — he refused to identify who — wants to take over the non-profit club’s facilities. Jove says all club officials know for sure is that they can stay until December 31. Beyond that, nothing is certain. v Although funky, the Panama Canal YC is a great place to hang prior to or just after a Canal transit. It has much to offer cruising sailors: 1) A place to dock or stern tie; 2) A place to bring the dink if anchored out in the roads; 3) Great fish dinners and friendly folks at the bar; 4) A marine ways for hauling out; and 5) A haven from adjacent Colon, which many consider one of the most violent cities cruisers have to frequent. As such, all cruisers hope the Panama YC is able to remain in its present location. Meanwhile, the U.S. is continuing to close or hand over military and other facilities to the Panamanians in anticipation of the big event in 2000 — turning over complete control of the Canal to the Panamanians. This, you’ll recall, was the brainstorm of Jimmy Carter when he was president. Giving the Canal to Panama would certainly be the correct thing to do in an ideal world, where men! are honorable, politicians honest, and governments stable. We don’t live in such a world, which is why many people — Page 188 • U&UUc 18 • November, 1996

Panamanians included — dread what will happen when Panama’s next strongman gets his hands on the spectacularly valuable asset. "A hose for one of the heads aboard our Gulfstar 45 Negotiator gave way in Costa Rica," e-mails Louie and Margie Kaufman of Seattle and last year’s Ha-Ha. "Not being able to locate any good quality 1 Vi-inch discharge hose in Puntarenas, we placed an order for 18 feet of it with our supplier in Seattle. We requested they have DHL deliver it to the Balboa YC in Panama. When we got to the Balboa YC, there was a notice from Airborne Express that our package had arrived. Noting that there was a $115 shipping charge, 1 knew it wasn’t going to be a good day. It didn’t help that Airborne’s only office was at Tocumen Airport, a long cab ride outside of town. "How the cost of that hose kept going up! It was only about $25 for the hose, but $115 to ship the 12-lb package to Panama, and another $35 for the cab ride to and from the airport," the Kaufmans continue. "The cab ride, because the airport officials gave us wrong directions, took four hours. And even though the hose was identified as being for a 'Yacht in Transit', we were still asked to pay $12.50 for duty. This included duty on the shipping charges! "When I asked for a copy of the invoice at

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the Aduana’s office," continues Louie, "one of their officials asked how I was getting back to the Balboa YC. So I introduced him to our taxi driver, wondering why he wanted to know. The official then walked with me to the taxi, climbed in, and later rode the same taxi all the way back to the airport — about a 90-minute drive. So this official spent half of her day making sure that the 18 feet of hose ended up at the Balboa YC. Figure that one out! To make a long story short, we ended up paying close to $200 for 18 feet of hose. We’ll get plenty of use from it, I’ll guarantee you that!" You got hosed in more ways than one, Louie and Margie. The Wanderer has flown in and out of Omar Torrijos Airport at Tocumen a couple of times, and it’s only 45 minutes from the Balboa YC during rush hour. Nonetheless, your experience illustrates how expensive and timeconsuming it can be to have a boat part sent to and picked up in a Third World country. Had you known how much trouble and expense would have been involved, we’re sure you would have waited until you got to Panama City, where you can find just about everything — or at least a reasonable substitute. "I really liked the article on Cuba that appeared in the August issue," writes Ray

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Jason of the Farallone 29 Adventura. "I was planning to sail my boat there last May, but our authorities scared me off. Their bullshit threats about confiscating boats really got my attention — especially when I realized that I didn’t own a single item worth more than $100 that wasn’t somehow related to the boat. Perhaps I’m taking this involuntary simplicity business a bit too far! But I’ve since bought a Packard Bell laptop for

$1,000." Lucky you weren’t in Cuba in October, : Ray, as hurricane Lill walloped the already ; battered island with 100-knot winds, a Fortunately, the damage was mostly limited to sugar cane and citrus. "We can hardly wait to get back on our ; boat," report Bob and Maren Wrigley of Sausalito. "We purchased Passage West II, i our center-cockpit Morgan 38, in the Northeast in the spring of '95 and that fall i headed south for warmer climes. We made ; stops along the way on the East Coast, Bahamas (where the February weather was awful), Turks & Caicos, and all down the Antilles to Trinidad where we hauled the boat for summer’s hurricane season." » "One of our best times," recalls Maren, i "was our July 3rd Jimmy Buffet Party on our 3 boat in Bequia. We had 24 guests and some j! 'male dancers'. While we didn’t see a lot of ' cruisers from the West Coast, we shared some good times with Jeff and Dawn Stone • and their Sausalito-based Nicolson 39

are now running a charterboat here." How much does it cost to buy and outfit a modest cruising boat? Perhaps less than you think. Earlier in Changes you read about Skip Allan sailing his Wylie 28 from Hanalei Bay to Palmyra and later Tonga. This was after he took third in the 60-boat Pacific Cup race from San Francisco to Hawaii. Allan has more than 50,000 miles on Wildflower, including three previous trips to the Pacific Northwest, several to Mexico, and one each to Hawaii and the South Pacific. Wildflower, nearly 30 years old, is the prototype to the Hawkfarm one-design class. When on the market, you can pick up a Hawkfarm from about $10,000 — and two months ago there was one without an engine in the Classy Classifieds for $7,000. Check the sails (all but one of Allan’s are 10 or more years old) and rig, add an engine (maybe an outboard), a dinghy, a SSB radio, an EPIRB and food, and you)c| have a capable boat that should pretty much be ready to go. All that would be left is learning to sail half as well as Allan. Stretching the season. Thirty years ago, the folks in Antigua wanted to extend high seasdn past April. They came up with early May’s Antigua Sailing Week, certainly the most fun large scale regatta in the world. Since then Trinidad and Tobago have attempted to extend the season even further with the low key and cruiser-oriented T&T Sailing Week in late May. Now the French have weighed in with Regatas de Juin, which takes place the first week in June at Martinique. The organizers describe it as "a week of attractive races around Martinique, with big parties every night in the villages or on the beaches, with post race activities consisting of rum punch, Creole food, music and dancing." Oooo la la! Caribbean weather is ideal in June, first time events are often the best, and Martinique is Martinique is sweet, so you might think about faxing 0596 74 62 02 for more information. Speaking of fun regattas — but in the other part of the world — next year’s Fiji Regatta Week at Musket Cove will be from August 29 until September 6. The 500-mile Musket Cove to Port Vila Race will start on Saturday, September 6. Want to become a member of the Musket Cove YC? It isn’t easy: "Musket Cove YC is perhaps the largest yet most exclusive yacht club in the Pacific — maybe the world,"

Sue and Pepe Maxwell — with “Molly's Replacement". Done motorhoming for the summer, they're headed back to Mexico.

claims the brochure. "To be a 'bluewater member', you need to have sailed here from a foreign port. Membership is $1 for the skipper (who has already spent a fortune getting here), and $5 for crew who have worked so hard to get here." Dick Smith, the force behind Fiji Regatta Week and a true friend of yachties, can be reached at 679662-215 or faxed at 679-662-633. Pepe and Sue Maxwell of the Seattlebased Spindrift 43 Melissa stopped by with their motorhome on their way back to their boat in Mexico. "There’s actually quite a few cruisers who live on their boats in Mexico for nine months of the year, then take their motorhomes to the Pacific Northwest for the other three months," reports Pepe. "In fact, there’s now a Baja Reunion each September 22 at La Conner, where all us cruisers in motorhomes and ex-cruisers get together for a picnic on the beach. It’s our alternative to the Baja Crab Drags. There were about 30 people at this year’s potluck." "As for our 18-year-old daughter Molly," says Sue, "she sailed from England to South Africa aboard a Whitbread 60. Despite having to go to half rations, and despite losing 30 pounds, she had a wonderful time. She’s one of three women still in the running for the last position aboard supermodel Elle McPherson’s Whitbread 60. As for us, we and our cat Cali — also known as 'Molly’s Replacement' — are eager to get back to our boat and friends in Mexico. Please remind everyone that Sea of Cortez Sailing Week — which we’ll be running again this year — will start in La Paz on April 19." "I’ve heard rumors of a hostile management change at Opequemar Boat Yard in Puerto Vallarta," writes Jim of the Port San Luis-based Ericson 38 Menagerie. "I was planning to haul out there, but now

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CHANGES IN LATITUDES I’m not sure. Do you have any information?" Antonio Carbonell, the new. manager, tells us he took over operations at Opequimar on September 1. He didn’t mention any hostilities. A former resident of the San Fernando Valley, Carbonell more recently worked at Marina de La Paz and Marina Palmira in La Paz. "Our rates are the same as they’ve been since 1994," he says, "and 1 don’t plan on raising them in the near future." Dry storage for a 40-footer, for example, is $325/month, and includes — if desired — launching and hauling the boat once a month, washing the exterior of the boat once a month, and starting the engine once a month. Carbbnell was careful to say that this rate is only for storage and means you can’t liveaboard or do work oh your boat. Apparently this distinction was the source of a recent squabble. It’s about time. The French recently announced that their Mururoa Atoll nuclear testing facility will be dismantled by next April. Although they’ve exploded nuclear devices beneath and above the South Pacific atoll for more than three decades, they claim it will be all cleaned up by next — and isn’t this prophetic? — April

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Fools’ Day. Even if the French say the atoll will be perfectly safe, visitors will be discouraged from eating the local seafood^ such as five-headed lobsters and the glowing mackerel. How come hurricanes in the Atlantic seem to cause so much more damage than those in Mexico? Almar Marina’s Mickey Short has a theory: "Hurricanes in Mexico are tighter, so there isn’t as much destructive storm surge. In the last few years, our marina at Cabo has taken direct hits from three hurricanes packing winds in'excess of 100 mph — and there’s been virtually no damage to the boats or docks. We had Bellingham build the docks to withstand hurricanes, of course, but it’s been nice tp have actual proof they can take it." Well built marinas mean that many insurance companies will now cover boats in Mexico during hurricane season. Insurance companies have approved the marinas at Cabo, Mazatlan, Puerto Vallarta — and we’re sure there are others.

Last month we mentioned that Cabo now has a Hard Rock Cafe and a Planet Hollywood, but as far as Mickey Short is concerned, the finest new culinary addition is the Dairy Queen by M Dock. "It’s the reeil thing," she says, "because it looks and smells just like one you’d find in Modesto!" On the upscale extreme, visitors to Cabo shouldn’t miss a sunset cocktail at da Gorgios, which is located a couple of miles east of town at Los Misiones. The drinks are expensive, but the setting is wonderfully tranquil and the view is the cape’s best. We’U close this month with a dinghy and outboard anti-theft strategy — that may not appeal to you. On the theory that too many outboards look exactly the same, some veteran cruisers advocate giving their outboard cover a bright and attentiongrabbing color scheme. The more unique an outboard looks, goes the theory, the less likely a thief will risk stealing it. When it comes to inflatables, painting the boat name in large letters on the sole or floorboards accomplishes the same purpose. No matter whether you ’mark’ your dink and outboard or not, it’s always good practice to hoist them both out of the water each night.

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6 MAN LIFEGUARD LIFERAFT valise, offshore E-pack, double .floor, current certification, has new flares, cylinder just hydrotested, ready to go, $2,200. EPIRB ACR 406 manual, battery good until Feb 2001, $700. More cruising gear. Doug or Dolores, (510) 235-6679.

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Nissan, one set of sails, new light grey gel coat MELGES 24. Clean So. Cal boat. Low mogul jumping hrs, slightly used in '96. Johnson 4 hp

non-skid. On trailer at Schoonmaker Pt. Marina. $5,500 obo. Paul, (510) 848-2453.

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VLF 53 watt solar panel, $275, (541) 459-0101.

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COLUMBIA 22. Main and 3 jibs. 3 and 6 hp

topside paint and decks. Great condition. A give

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TWO 12-FT FIBERGLASS NESTING DINGHIES.

outboards. Approx 5'4" headroom, very strong

away at $3,500. Rich, (415) 363-1390.

tor. Inflatable keel, hard transom, Tohatsu 5 hp,

$450-$900. 14-ft Speed Ball by Laguna, $600. (916) 777-5138.

fiberglass hull and solid rigging. Sink, alcohol

remote tank, easy lift. Used 4 times, excelled? condition, $1,400. (415) 965-7439. FJ, SAILNETICS, 1975. Bench seat interior,

stove and portable head. Berthed at Berkeley Marina. $2,500. (415) 875-1824.

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CLIPPER MARINE 23,1974. Twin keel. On trailer (Docktown, Redwood City). Roomy cabin sleeps

midship traveller, good hull (green topside) and main, usable mast and jib. $550. In Alameda. Paul, (510) 523-6819.

4. Pop-top, Porta-potti. Could stand some TLC. $850 obo. (408) 773-1781.

CATALINA 22,1978. Swing keel, pop-top, self tacking jib, genoa, extended longue trailer, new

9.6 ROLL-UP HYPHALON DINGHY. 1996 9.9

J/24,1979. Main, 100%, almost new 150%, spin¬ naker, o/b motor, hauled and painted 6/96. New

22-FT STAR CLASS SLOOP, siiting on trailer, extra sails, all very good condition. Aluminum mast, dry stored, very sound boat, hull #4531. Must sell. $1,500. (510) 531-2360. 18-FT MERCURY, Nunes Bros, classic w/trailer. In good condition, needs cosmetics. $1,500 obo. (707)763-1211.

VHF. Sliding galley, alcohol stove, ladder, lines led aft, jiffy reef, bottom paint, in fresh water, 6 hp,

J/24. Proven winner, just refurbished and actively racing. All new rigging & bottom. Much "go fast"

O’DAY 20. Sleeps four, 1,600 lbs with trailer, 7.5

solarcharger, whisker pole. $3,500. Contact(510) 684-3470.

gear, Sharpl $7,500. Trailer available. Call (510) 734-6276.

Honda. Lots new. $3,400 obo. (415) 282-0474.

Hypalon w/painted vyood floorboards. Bottom

SANIBEL 17 with trailer and 2 yr old 6.5 hp Evinrude. Roller lurling jib, center board 1-4 ft,

WEST WIGHT POTTER 15,1996. Hull#2248.3.5 Tohatsu motor, trailer, Porta-Potti, marine paint

Santana 22. Perfect boat for the Bay. Stiff enough not to scare the kids, but still a consistent winner.

painted. Oars, 15 hp Johnson recently tuned-up.

cockpit cushions, Porta-Potti, sink, VHF radio,

on bottom, halyards lead into cockpit. Better than

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depthfinder, compass, bimini, sleeps 6. $3,950. (510) 254-5433.

new. Original cost $7,000 plus $1,000 in extras. Asking $7,000. Call or fax Ellen. (415) 435-2453.

ciation. David Demarest, (415) 485-0789.

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SANTANA 22. Excellent condition. Ready to sail for local racing or Bay sailing. 6 sails, 6 hp o/b. (415) 282-0474. CAPE DORY TYPHOON 18’6\ 1977. Full keel, main, jib, genoa. Suzuki 3.5 hp o/b. Some equip¬ ment. $1,500 obo. (209) 478-8807, after 5 pm.

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trade for sloop in Marina del Rey. (310) 392-8496. CAPE DORY 27,1978. Strong, full keel, go any¬ where boat. Yanmar diesel, main, jib, like new 150 genoa. Propane stove, AP, knot/depth meter, fireplace. Great cond. $19,900. (415) 924-3739.

18-FT MERCURY W/TRAILER. Wood construc¬ tion, fiberglass overlay, fixed keel. New mast and boom with mainsail and jib. Active racing class assoc. Fits in garage. Needs some upgrades. Sails good. $2,500 obo. Ted, (209) 833-9786.

26-FT T-BIRD RACE/CRUISE SLOOP SS. Gal¬ ley, VHF radio, reconditioned in ‘95 bottom, mast. Chrysler 9.6 motor in well. Raft included. Illness, must sell. In water, ready to sail. 4 sails. Trade for car'or finance, if you qualify. (510) 684-9002.

YANKEE DOLPHIN 24,1971. Immaculate mini ocean cruiser. Completely upgraded and redone electronics, rigging, paint, cushions, winches, plumbing, varnish, bottom paint. KM, DM, VHF, AP. Near new Tohatsu 8 hp longshaft. Full batten main, reefable jib, genoa, genniker, jacks. All lines to cockpit. Dodger, marine head w/holding tank and y-valve. Non-pressurized alcohol stove. Boat sails easily and is fast for size. Very safe. Every¬ one comments oh beauty. Call for specs and photo. San Diego. $8,500. (619) 489-9495.

28-FT BRISTOL CHANNEL CUTTER. Traditional rig. Beautiful all wood interior, full headroom. Sleeps 4. Roomiest, strongest, classic beauty. Volvo Penta MD7A diesel. Fully equipped and ready. Call or write for photos and survey. $65,000. PO Box 1674, San Pedro, CA 90731. (310) 833-4491. CONTESSA 26,1978. A lovely example of this famous design. Freshly rebuilt diesel, epoxy bot¬ tom, twin forestays, jiffy reefing, 2 batteries,

23-FT PEARSON CAT BOAT, 1982. Simple

unstayed mast. Beamy, roomy and fast. Has bow andstern pulpits, lifelines, VHF, KM, Whalegusher pump, 8 hp o/b, head, galley, sleeps 2. Top shape.

$2,950. Ken Underwood, (415) 924-4497.

NORTH AMERICAN SPIRIT 23. Fixed shoal keel w/swing centerboard, excellent condition, 9.9

Honda o/b, sleeps 4, galley w/stove and sink,

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main, 2 jibs, cruising spinnaker, set up for singlehandling ,VHF, KM, DS, stereo, dual batter¬ ies, tandem trailer. $4,800. (707) 746-1820.

LANCER 25, 1978, with slip in SF. Full keel, sleeps 4, table for 4, galley, new battery, anchor, all sails, 7.5 hp motor. Must sell. $2,900 firm or

Autohelm, windvane, EPIRB,DS,KM, VHF, shore power, 5 bags sails, dodger, new shrouds, hauled 11/95. $11,500. (408) 336-2756. NOR’SEA 27,1993 cruiser. Popular aft cabin. / Green hull w/tanbark sails. Beautiful pine, ash & teak interior. VHF, depthsounderand stereo. Docu¬

YAMAHA 25, 1978. Best on the Bay. yanmar diesel, new sails, main & jib. Svendsen's yard in Alameda installed new safety lines, as well as standing & running rigging. Bottom painted 9/96, no blisters. Like new condition. Asking $11,500 obo. (510) 980-4046, Iv msg.

alcohol stove, pop-top, cockpit cushions, lifejack¬ ets, inflatable, anchor, toilet. $8,750. Contact (408) 366-8555.

CLASSIC FOLKBOAT 25, well maintained. Lap-

struments, 7 sailbags, VHF, GPS chartplotter, cruise equipped and ready. So. Cal location $36,500. (714) 836-5384.

tank, prop shaft, muffler, exhaust hoses. Recently repainted and varnished. $5,900. John, (415) 337-6400.

HUNTER 27, 1990. Beautiful, well maintained. New bottom paint 4/96. Interior.like new. Long double master berth, 6T headroom, many ex¬

CORONADO 25, sloop, new running rigging, 3 sails, brand new Nissan long shaft 8 hpo/b ($1,700 four months ago). Berthed in Berkeley. Really good Bay & Delta boat. Will consider any serious offerbut asking $4,100. Norman, (415) 883-8500.

tras. All lines led aft to cockpit. RF, lazy jacks, dodger. Tohatsu 9.9 w/remote key start. Tiller, micro, DS, VHF. Never chartered. $18,995. Call (916) 791-5669. 28-FTBRISTOLCHANNELCUTTER,1995. Solid beautifully built cutter w/traditional lines and teak trim. Immaculate condition. Comfortable with nu¬

BRISTOL 27. Full keel, proven cruiser—Mex/

merous amenities for safe bluewater cruising. Autohelm, EPIRB, SSB, roller furling, Yanmar diesel, dodger. Canal transit. US documented. $154,900. (970) 351-7987.

J/24,1981. Fast, in excellent condition and lovingly maintained. 3 sets sails. New Awtgrip deck,

'95. Faired keel, epoxy bottom, dry sailed, Harken

YAMAHA 25 III, 1978. High quality 1/4 ton cruiser/ racer. Yanmar diesel, 2 mains;. 3 jibS, 3 spinna¬

EXCALIBUR 26, 1979. Great condition, new Nissan 8 hp, new electrical and battery system.

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windward sheeting traveller. Navico system 200 knot speed/log. Seagel battery. Includes 5 hp

kers, KM, DS, VHF. 2 compasses, 2 anchors, dual batteries, Autohelm, dodger, stereo, alcohol stove,

Main and 3 jibs, head, exceptionally maintained. Must sell, moving. Redwood City berth. $6,000

folding prop, sleeps 4. .Sausalito berth. $7,400 obo. (707) 578-8864/

obo. Russ, (415)244-9675.

CORONADO 23, 1971. Very sturdy fiberglass sailboat. 4 sails, depthfinder, knotmeter, com-

AP, windspeed, knotmeter, dodger, Sat Nav, VHF, EPIRB, lots of other stuff. Clean, well maintained. Located Monterey. $14,000. Serious only please. (602) 788-4245.

NOR’SEA 27,1978. Monitor windvane, Autohelm, Yanmar diesel, Avon dinghy with o/b, Signet in¬

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Caterpillar batteries, stove, head, 2 sinks, new curtains. $6,500. Randy, (209) 608-0055.

strake mahogany hull in exc condition. Canvassed deck, new rigging, refurbished mainsail. Yanmar diesel, new electric wiring, battery, charger, fuel

: Nissan and Trailrite trailer. $9,000 obo. Contact

CATALINA 25,1980. Swing keel, pop-top. Fresh water boat, bottom painted 10/96. Club jib, 70, 110, 150. DM, KM, VHF, 10 hp Honda. 2 new

PACIFIC SEACRAFT 25,1977. Yanmar diesel, MacGREGOR 26, 1990. Deluxe, complete w/ trailer and 8 hp Nissan o/b. Main, jib, 150% genoa, cruising chute, VHF, compass, stereo, 2-burner

mented. Located in Berkeley Marina. Asking $71,000. (707) 448-1147, eves.

TransPac. All lines lead aft, singlehander’s dream. Lots of equipment. $8,500 obo. (510) 528-4216 or (510) 273-8513.

ISLANDER 28,1979. Well maintained, roller furl¬ ing, lots of room, must see-must sell. Located at SF Marina, Gashouse Cove. $18,000 obo. Lv msg for appt. Katho, (415) 771-4666.

SUPER CORONADO 25 POCKET CRUISER. Reinforced cabin w/hard dodger. Beefed up mast step and fittings, running & standing rigging, new galley and dirfette/nav station, 6 hp Johnson Sailmaster w/controls in cockpit, solar panel, new wiring, VHF, AP, etc. $5,900. (415) 331-3487. MacGREGOR CUSTOM M 26,1992. Main, jib, 150genoa, rollerfurling, VHF, knot, windex, bimini, sunshade, custom pop-top cover, topping lift, sail covers, all lines aft, 8 hp Honda 4-stroke w/ generator, deluxe stem rail w/ladder, lifelines & gates, cockpit cushions, USCG equipment, ground tackle, propane BBQ, AM/FM cassette, alcohol stove, Porta-Potti, trailer w/brakes, all in excellent condition. $10,500. Tom, (707) 459-2006.

CAL 2-27,1978. Spacious Bay & coastal cruiser. IRWIN 28.5, 1974. Excellent condition. Rebuilt

Inboard diesel Faryman', standard galley, head

CORONADO 28,1973. (Columbia) Palmer en¬

s pass, clean Evinrude, v-berth, sink, settee, head, i 515" headroom. Super strong hull and rigging, fun

, Atomic /I. Automatic Halon, VHF, depth, loran.

and sink forward, large salon, sleeps 4. Main, 120, 90. Solid boat, well loved, 2nd owner. $9,550

gine. Autopilot. Nice clean boat, located in Alameda. $6,000. (510) 521-2392.

: to sail. Big boat for its size. SF Bay. $2,400 obo. i (520) 638-3371 or (408) 779-7774.

heater, head. AM/FM/CD stereo, 2 batteries, charger, shorepower. Very clean. Consider trade

Main, 2 jibs. Spacious interior sleeps 5, stove,

for family ski boat. $8,500 obo. (415) 884-3265. i MOOR E 24. In fresh water Montana with light use ; and UV exposure. As equipped by factory plus EZ | loadertrailer and Suzuki o/b. Can deliver. $10,000 : obo. (406) 849-5423.

CAL 2-27,1977. Well maintained w/new DS/KM, batteries, sail cover. Full sail inventory & equip¬

consider trade for 40’s cruiser. (415) 389-1473. / BOATS: SANTA CRUZ 27. New boat, never

28-FT TRITON, #248. Yanmar diesel, new teak trimmed interior, improved structural mast sup¬

launched, trailer, needs sails. $12,000. Jet 14, $1,200. (408) 423-6000.

port, 133 cubic feet of underwater volume, gener¬

ment. Faryman diesel. Light usage, especially in recent yrs. A bargain awaits right bidder. Oakland berth. (408) 475-8162.

axle trailer. Ready to win at $16,500. Call Mike, (707)557-0281.

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NEWPORT 27,1977. Very good cond. Steering wheel, Bimini top inboard, new sails, new uphol¬

OLSON 25s. The Bay Area fleet is rebuilding. Contact us for info on the best racer/cruiser ever

j Asking $3,500 obo. Call Adam for details. (415)

stery. Lots of extras. $10,000. (415) 382-7826.

built In this size range. Currently four focal boats forsale. Call for details! Bill Riess, (510) 653-9531

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ERICSON 28,1988. Launched in ‘90. 7 coats of epoxy before her bottom ever got wet. Under full

draft, trailer launchable, many extras. Like new.

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$14,000. (619) 375-8634.

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CAL 25,1967. Great shape, rebuilt 10 hp 4 stroke Honda o/b, new Harken winches, VHF, spinnaker, lots ol gear. $4,000 obo. (510) 208-1916, eves. MacGREGOR 26,1989. Loaded. Trailer, Honda 7.5, VHF, stove, pottie, dual big batteries, anchor, 200 ft chain, stereo, 15 gal electric water. Custom: storage, trim, interior. Depthsounder, cockpit cush¬ ions, custom Harken hardware, AP, wiring, poptop canvas, more. $9,300. (916) 272-6102. 27-FT BRISTOL SLOOP, 1966. Fiberglass w/ outboard well. Main, jib, VHF. Interiof cushions, head. Rig currently down. Seagull 5 hp longshaft - needs shaft seal. Last haul out, 5/95. Call for details. $2,850. (707) 792-1867. PEARSON ARIEL 26,1965. Loaded. New rigging and bottom ('95). Surveyed '93. Main, jib, spinna¬ kers and more sails. Harken roller furling jib, windvane, tillerpilot, 6 hp Seacraft o/b, inflatable dinghy, VHF, depthsounder. $8,000 negotiable. John, (510) 206-0706. MacGREGOR 25,1981. Due to health, not sailed past 2 yrs. Prior years sailed mostly in Clear Lake. 7.5 Honda, attached swim ladder, custom trailer, some electronics. $3,950. (510) 351-1250.

CATALINA 250,1995. Modem water ballasted trailer-sailer. New condition (used 3 months). Wheel steering, large comfortable cockpit, open transom, swim ladder, lifelines. Full batten main, rollerjib, swing keel/rudder. Roomy interiorsleeps 4+, enclosed head Porta-Potti, large settee seats 6, stowable table, sink, LP burner, ice chest. New Honda 8 hp (quiet, non-oil burning). New galv tandem axle trailer, surge brakes. Tow w/minivan, SUV, Ig car. Cruise Sea of Cortez lor Christ¬ mas, Lake Tahoe, Puget Sound, San Juans, etc. $22,500. Robert, (415) 389-8964. PEARSON RENEGADE 27.5, 1967. Classic Alberg sloop. New i/b saildrive, 4 headsails, 2 spinnakers, 2 mains, whisker pole, new VHF, knot, depth. Hauled 6/96. Many extras, very nice, needs nothing. $8,000. (415) 851-8053. HUNTER 25.5,1985. Yanmar diesel. Attractive and comfortable. Cruise the Bay and Delta with miniscule investment. Good condition. Sacrifice at $8,850. (707) 545-4505 or (415) 905-6818 w. NEWPORT 27s, 1972. Faster and roomierthan a Catalina 27. Atomic 4, main and jib, VHF, depthsounder, etc. Clean inside & out. Only $5,000. (510) 523-5988.

BRISTOL 27. Full keel. Proven cruiser. Mex/ TransPac. All lines led aft, single handers dream. Lots of equipment. $8,500 obo. (510) 528-4216 or (510) 273-8513. MacGREGOR 26, 1994. Demo special factory custom deluxe, only one built. Complete w/trailer, sails, curtains, stove, cockpit cushions, traveler, teaktrim. Pop-top cover, depthsounder, speedlog, compass, custom stern rail, black mast & black bottom. $12,990. (415) 457-6777. COLUMBIA 26 MKII. Hand laid hull, 8 sails, 7.5 hp o/b, pulpit and lifelines, radio, sounder, KM, spin¬ naker and whisker poles, very roomy interior sleeps 5, has galley, dinette, enclosed head, full head¬ liner. A give away at $2,950. Ken Underwood, (415) 924-4497. B-25, 1996. Complete upgrade of race equip¬ ment. Sobstad inventory. Float on/ofl trailer. Anx¬ ious to sell, buying bigger boat. (401) 865-2613. email: jjcolby@ Providence.edu. HAIDA 26. NW or Baja! Trailerable or ocean capable! Ray Richards design, 1984 refit. 10 hp diesel, rudder, interior, sails, rigging, spacious teak interior, trailer. $9,900. Hasler windvane, $550. Yanmar 34 hp 3 cylinder diesel, excelled $2,900. (415) 331-7576. CORONADO 25, well equipped, o/b. $2,500. Balboa 26, sails and o/b. $2,000. (415) 892-1369.

29 TO 31 FEET 30-FT BIRD BOAT. Stone built #16, Cuckoo . Excellent condition, fast boat. Sail covers, new North sails, new turnbuckles, much new rigging. Hauled 6/96, bottom, topsides, cockpit, mast. 6 hp Evinrude. Nothing sails like a Bird. $7,000. (415) 332-7556. ALBERG 30, 1973, MAGIC by Whitby. Fully cruise equipped! all equipment less than 2 yrs old. Universal 30 diesel, Raytheon R10X radar, Magellan GPS, Autohelm ST4000 tillerpilot, VHF (base & handheld). Autohelm DS/KM, class B Epirb, Simpson Lawrence windlass, Bruce w/200 tt 5/16 chain, stern anchor 200 ft 5/8 rhode w/ chain leader, CD, propane BBQ (tank fed). New genniker, 2 mains, genoa, new yankee, dodger, Airex cockpit cushions, new interior cushions, new LPU decks & more. Mex vet. $25,900. (415) 332-1760. 29-FT ROYAL CRUISER (same designer as Int'l Folkboal), pocket cruiser. Hsavily rigged, sturdy, 3/4 keel sailboat built to sail in bluewater. Lloyds of London registered. Inboard Volvo diesel. Teak & mahogany interior, teak exterior trim. Recent ■ survey. Sink, stove space, head w/sink. Standing headroom. Great condition. New varnish/paint. $11,500 obo. Days, (415) 978-1261.

J/29,1983, BLACK LACE.. Fast fractional racer/ cruiser. Several times class champion, rigged for racing but great Bay cruiser. Well maintained. 8 hp o/b. In Sausalito. $24,000. (408) 765-1240 days. 30- FTCLIPPER MARINE, 1975. Fiberglass sloop. Beautiful custom interior, new Yanmar diesel, approx 80 hrs. Dahl fuel filter, new water/fuel tanks, all instruments, Loran, Autohelm, propane, extras. See to appreciate. F-17 Emeryville Marina. $9,000. Bill Wright, (510) 790-3729. OLSON 911SE, 1991. New Sobstad mylar sails, Sailtec adjustable backstaysAutohelm Bidata in¬ struments, Universal 20 hp diesel, Excellent con¬ dition, lots of extras, very, very clean. $36,000. Tom, (415) 482-2171 w or (415) 712-8509 h. NEWPORT 30II, 1976. Well equipped and profes¬ sionally maintained Bay, Delta & coastal one de¬ sign class racer/cruiser. 3 headsails and spinna¬ ker. Avon dinghy w/boards and o/b, new cushions, self contained head, VHF, DS, Loran, KM. Berthed in Sausalito. $16,500. Jon, (415) 726-6131. 31- Ff PACIFIC SEACRAFT MARIAH, 1976. Tra¬ ditional cruiser/liveaboard, cutter, diesel, refer, electronics, extras. All lines led aft, beautiful teak trim, bronze hardware, canvas, recent upgrades, a quality boat in good condition. $45,000. Bob, (415)^92-7430. 30-FT GILMORE DESIGNED CUTTER rigged sloop, 1972. Teak and mahogany. Full keel with diesel aux. A beautiful classic in like new condi¬ tion. Berthed in Berkeley. $20,000 or trade on larger boat. (916)823-6356. CATALINA 30,1978. Strong Atomic 4, furling jib, dodger, wheel, VHF,' DS, KM, 150 w stereo, LPG stove, very attractive interior w/lots of brass. Bril¬ liant plumbing & wiring. Prepare to lose your selfcontrol. 8,500. Mike or Louise, (707) 226-2522. HUNTER 30,1991. Fresh water boat moved to Bay in July 1995. New bottoiji paint July '95,18 hp Yanmar, roller furling, VHF, KM, DS, excellent condition, original owner. Richmond berth. $42,850 obo. (510) 225-1423. CATALINA 30, 1982, SUNSTAR. One owner, spacious performance sloop. Very clean. Many extras and new equipment. Atomic 4, autopilot, Loran, full Datamarine instruments, pressure hot water, folding prop, 3 headsails & more. Excep¬ tional value. Asking $28,500 obo. Steve. (415) 854-6530.

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RANGER 29. Excellent Bay boat- loaded. Harken roller furling, dodger, Atomic 4 in excellent condi¬ tion. Sails recently refurbished, barrier coat bot¬ tom, LectraSan head, VHF, loran, DS, wind ap¬ parent, 2 anctiors, cruising spinnaker w/sock. Beautifully maintained, all lines led aft, spinnaker and all gear included. $19,500. (510) 657-8234. CATALINA 30,1981. Very good condition. Rigged for cruise/liveaboard. Slip in beautiful Monterey. Diesel 15 hp, Autohelm, loran, depth, propane stove/BBQ, h/w, Avon, microwave, stereo, refrig, 3 sails, much more. Well maintained. $33,000. (408) 226-3207 or (408) 858-1536, cellular. CATALINA 30, 1980. Rock solid. Brand new Yanmar, starting battery & electrical wiring. New traveller, recent mast & boom improvements, lo¬ ran, 406 EPIRB, VHF, dodger, 2 mains, 3 jibs, 3 spinnakers. $28,000. Call for details and equip¬ ment list. (510) 935-4437. www.nav.org CHEOY LEE BERMUDA 30 KETCH, 1965. Herreshofl designed full keel bluewater classic. Bulletproof fiberglass hull, all else wood. Var¬ nished teak outside, oiled teak and white paint inside. Bristol condition. Diesel, AP, DS, KM, PW. $20,000 obo. Paul, (510) 548-3979.

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IRWIN 30,1979. Sloop, great shape. Hauled 10/ 96, Upgrades. Strong, fast, easy to sail. Yanmar diesel. Shoal keel, wheel, Harkin roller furling, comfortable teak interior, hot water, shower. VHF, KM, WD, DS, loran, stereo. Specs available. $21,500 obo. (415) 458-1665.

ISLANDER 30,1979. Diesel, wheel, h/c pressure water, shower, main, jib, 150%, spinnaker, KM, log, VHF, DS. No blisters, good condition. $15,500 obo. (510) 523-7752.

VIDEO: READY OR NOT... 2 hours highlighting a 3-1/2 year circumnavigation aboard Wind Shadow, a 44-ft Nautical motorsailer. Travel with Brian & Jeanie Calvi across the South Pacific. Indian Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Panama Canal & home. $29.95 plus S&H. Viking Video Productions, (800) 470-3599 or (360) 695-3599, fax (360) 695-2852.

RAWSON 30. Good condition. The following is new since 1992: Volvo 27 hp diesel w/less than 600 hours, all tanks, s/s galley stove w/oven and broiler, alum, propane tank and Xintex sensor, new plumbing and thru-hulls, interior cushions and v-berth, new teak flooring, ash veneer head¬ liner, recent interior paint, 120ampaltematorw/3 step regulator, 350AH batts, all new wiring and shore power battery charging, VHF, 35#CQR, Simpson windlass, dodger. We've done the re¬ build and enjoyed cruising, now it’s your turn! Located in San Diego. $15,500. Call for spec sheet. (408) 335-4086.

Learn how to operate, maintain, andrepair your diesel engine. Get hands-on experience adjusting valves, timing an engine, bleeding the fuel system, diagnosing problems and making repairs. Programs held on Saturdays. For more information, phone Technical Education Institute, (415) 332-7544

SLEEK 30-FT RACER/CRUISER, 1972. By America’s Cup designer, Britton Chance. Up¬ graded, new bottom, Yanmar 20 diesel, 6'2“ headroom, lines aft, tiller, easy sail plan, sleeps 5. $17,500 obo - anxious! (415) 872-0535. ERICSON 30,1968. Rebuilt Albin engine, new

CASCADE 29,1976. Diesel, wheel, hard dodger. Needs cosmetic TLC. Hull, engine, rigging in excel¬ lent condition. Located in Winchester Bay, OR. Moor¬ age paid thru 4/97. $14,500. (415) 945-3600 ext 6278 or (541) 345-1206, Eugene, OR.

fuel tank and filter system. Sails, loran, VHF, depth, dinghy and large list of well maintained

30-FT BENETEAU FIRST 305, 1985. Well main¬ tained, beautiful cruiser/racer, ’94 race winner. All teak interior, 2 private staterooms, sleeps 6. Teak/

inventory. Option to lease slip in SF Yacht

holly sole, folding table/wine rack, color coordinated

Harbor. Must sell, moving to Africa. $15,000. (415) 567-9634.

cushions, 30 gal water tank, LPG stove/oven, twin sinks, lots of storage space. Almost new North 95% and 155% jibs, 125% furling jib. All lines led aft to

30-FT C&C MEGA, 1978. ULDB, fractional rig sloop, 8 ft beam, ahead of its time. Extremely last w/full headroom, galley, head, ’94 Honda

equipped. $45,000. For details, (206) 528-5794.

CAL 35,1980. Mexico vet, ready to go again. GPS, radar, DS, VHF, Autohelm, inverter, gel cells, battery monitoring, watermaker, Webasto furnace, dodger/aft top, roller furling jib (full sail inventory), stereo/cassette, stove, oven, micro., refrig, windlass, CQR/Fortress. Dinghy with o/b. Beautifully maintained. $65,000. (503) 283-3419.

30-FT WOODEN SLOOP. Professionally-built in New Zealand, 1974. Beautiful,

Autohelm 4000 AP, 2 new batteries, Yanmar diesel low hours, roller furling, new GPS 45, propane grill.

w/solar, 4 anchors, 5 sails & spin pole. VHF, TV, VCR, DS & more. Must sell by 11/01. Will deliver

low-maintenance strip-planked hull (1-1/4"

Sausalito berth. $39,000. (360) 263-6574.

on West Coast free. $18,000 obo. Contact (619) 910-4429.

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fiberglass-covered deck and cabin. Racing/ cruising (Planet Class) design with modern rig, aluminum mast, S/S rigging, modified full keel (nimble yet stable), diesel (recently serviced new batteries). Complete set of sails including 2 genoas, spinnaker, storm sails. Self-steering, 3 anchors, liferaft, new bottom paint. $15,000. (707) 629-3349, Johan. CATALINA 30,1985. Best on Bay. Furling jib, 150 & 120, lazy jacks, self tailing winches, ; 1

VHF, DM, KM, WM. Pedestal instruments and wheel, propane stove/oven, h/c water, 25hp

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diesel. New bottom and boot stripe. $31,500. (415) 472-7527.

HUNTER 31,1984. Excellently maintained, Yanmar diesel. Aft cabin, h/c pressure water, GPS, VHF, AP 4000w/remote, stereo, KM, DS, 3batteries w/charger, refer, dodger, club jib, 110,130 Mylar, bottom paint ’95. $32,000. (209) 745-1253.

& 90%, single line reefing, lazy jacks, ST winches, windlass, VHF, DM, KM, refrig, pro-

pane stove/oven, microwave, h/c pressure water, macerator, 25XP diesel, 3'8" draft,

Brisbane. $39,900. (408) 323-9120.

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FAR ALLON 30. Full keel bluewater boat. Volvo diesel, tall rig, wheel steering, lines lead aft. Sailed regularly, needs interior cleaning and

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worx. Will sell at half the price of one in prime condition. $10,500 obo. Mark, (510) 820-0725.

YAMAHA 33,1978. Racer/cruiser. 6 headsails, 2 spinnakers, Loran, Autohelm, SmartPac instru¬ ments, rebuilt Yanmar diesel, rigged for shorthanded sailing. In excellent condition. In Southern California. $30,000. (714) 509-7573.

CATALINA 30,1978. Tiller, Atomic 4 (very clean & reliable). New LPG stove w/all safety features. VHF, DS, KM, Loran, new North main, spare main, RFjib. Beautiful boat. Prime Sausalito slip. Sacrifice $17,000 obo. (415)331-4088.

32 TO 35 FEET

CATALINA 30,1989. Dodger, furling jib-135% i

water, 90 gal fuel. Ready to cruise. At Marina Village Harbor, Alameda, slip H4. $25,000. Msq (415)553-2521.

HUNTER 30,1989. Excellent condition. Immaculate, newer model. New dodger and sail cover, new

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FAST 345,1984.34.5 ft. Great fast cruiser/liveaboard. Ron Holland designed, racing exterior, spacious & beautiful interior w/aft cabin. Fully

YORKTOWN 33. Strong handlaid fiberglass. Sleeps 6 w/6’2‘ headroom. New interior, anti-foul, thru-hulls, packing. ST4000 wheel pilot, GPS, standing & running rigging w/spares, 4 batteries

8 hp. Easy to sail. Excellent build, quality and condition. $7,000. (510) 235-4222.

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cockpit. Yanmar diesel w/low hrs, Racor fuel filter, plus lots more. $30,500. (916) 646-3400 or (916) 421-5132.

YORKTOWN 33,1976. 35 hp Leyland diesel, 6 sails, fiberglass exterior, roomy teak interior, new rigging, complete bottom job 7/96. Dodger, 90 gal

JASON 35,1991. Proven ocean cruiser. Lying Olym¬ pia, WA. Includes Viking liferaft, 406 EPIRB, Monitor vand, ICOM1-800 SSB, Furuno radar, w/fax & much more, this is a turnkey cruiser. Call for complete list and info. $125,000. (541) 459-0101.

ISLANDER 32,1978. One owner, excellent con¬ dition. 24 hp Westerbeke diesel, low hours, dodger, covers. Teak, oak, holly, cane interior. CNG stove & oven, 3 jibs, main, Hood MPS. In fresh water 1978-1992. $33,000 firm. (702) 826-1422, collect. 35-FT LF. HERRESHOFF, DIDDIKAI. Built 1947 in San Rafael by Gotfredson. Rig modified from ketch-sloop/cutter. Aim mast, Volvo diesel, watermaker, GPS, much recent work. 2 time Mex vet. $24,000. Call for details. (619) 224-7192. i I

ERICSON 32-200, 1989. Universal diesel, Autohelm, dodger, North sails, KM, DS, selftailing winches, AP, loran, VHF radio, new batteries.

SAIL EXOTIC ORIENT. Must sacrifice 35-ft Hori¬ zon steel cutter lying Okinawa. Totally equipped world cruiser. Huge inventory sails, electronics, gear including upgrades and major new additions. $60,000 value US. Asking $38,000. Call(206) 888-6046. RANGER 33,1970. “Great boat, best buy,” says Cruising World. Ready to cruise/race. VHF, DS, AP, GPS, speedo, new 150-130-100% headsail, spin, CNG stove/oven, Universal diesel, holding tank, TV/VCR, inflatable. $8,000 new interior and more. $24,500. Call (800) 366-8584 days, (714) 723-0279 eves. WINDWARD 33, SHAMAL . Designed by Philip Rhodes and built by Emerson Doble at the Alameda Boatworks. Cedar planked on oak frames, monel fasteners and keel bolts. Complete refit done by noted Bay area shipwright in '95 and profession¬ ally maintainedsince she was builtin 1959, Shamal has always been fully covered when not winning races. Call for a complete spec sheet detailing refit. A pedigree CCA fractional rig sloop, Shamal is a show stopper. $29,900. (415) 927-7873 or joecurr@slip.net INTERNATIONAL 11-.METRE, 1993.33-ft. onedesign racer. New mast, halyards and bottom paint. Little used boat. KVH electronics w/large mast and repeater displays. Great Bay racing fleet and local fleet association. $26,000. Peter Lassetter. (415) 957-9445 w or (415) 472-2010 h. HALLBERG RASSY 35, 1960. Mahogany on oak, strong blue water cruiser, new Volvo engine, new Schattauer main, much storage, 2 Danforths and rode, AC refrig, Newport cabin heater, 90 gal water, 55 gal diesel, VHF, DS, great liveaboard. Asking $25,000. (415) 794-9519.

Ready to cruise. Only $55,800. (510) 228-0215.

DOWNEAST 32,1979. Clean, well maintained cruis¬ ing cutter. Diesel, wheel steering, VHF, depthsounder, Balmaraltemator&controller,Autohelm4000,Apelco Loran, Heart inverter/charger, propane stove & oven, fefrigeratibn, dodger and covers. Many more up¬ grades and additions. $47,500. (805) 644-4084.

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DUFOUR 31 SLOOP, 1979. Refit 1993: integrated DS, Windpoint, KM, Navdata, #4000

TARTAN 34, 1970. US built. 5 sails, new Volvo

Autohelm& GPS. Maxiprop, lifelines, 4 Sobstad

diesel, 2 anchors, bimini, autopilot, windlass, etc. All

sails, roller furl, Volvo rebuilt. Also 2 poles, EPIRB. Separate aft cabin quarter berth. As

good stuff. $32,000. Jean, (916) 922-9847 or (916) 662-7553.

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WESTSAIL 32. Beautiful interior, cutter rig, 5 sails, jib furling, oversize rigging, Volvo diesel MD 3B, propane stove, microwave. Located at Oyster Point.

3 5-FT WAUQUIEZ PRETORIAN, 1983. Superb, high quality. Recently returned from Hawaii. Shows

GULF 32,1980. Very good condition. Low hrs on diesel. Good liveaboard or cruiser, 6 ft headroom. Teak interior, alcohol stove, HF radio and depth

beautifully. New rigging, new main, loaded. Rec¬ ognized as the Swan of France. Tri-cabin, aft cockpit, rjchly comfortable interior. No brokers.

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BRISTOL 32,1979/80. Ted Hood classic, ketch, diesel, excellent condition, dodger, pressure wa¬

WESTSAIL 32. Custom finished interior in teak, oak and ash. Volvo MD3B, 700 hours. Monitor wind steering, also Tiller Master. 6 man liferaft, Westsail cradle, 3 burner propane stove with oven, refrig. Excellent sails. Slipped in Richmond, CA. $39,950. (916)924-9411.

ter, full keel, 75 gal water, loran, DS, VHF, very clean bluewater cruiser. Asking $32,000. (510) 706-9650.

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WESTSAIL 32. Factory finished, documented.

TRAVELLER 32,1976. Rhodes design fiberglass

Volvo MD3B top end rblt. New (’96): LPU mast & boom, topsides, epoxy bottom, refastened, recaulked teak decks. Very clean. $38,500. (510) 654-5382.

double-ended cutter. Isuzu diesel, new standing rigging, new cushions, Monitor vane. Good sea¬ worthy cruiser. $ 19,500 or partial trade for 261 - 281 sailboat. (408) 454-2803 W, (408) 338-9444 H.

PEARSON 34,1985. Bristol condition, new can¬ vas, new interior, new ports, new cockpit cush¬ ions, Velcro screens for all openings, all new thruhulls, new jib sheets, new main halyard, new Apelco VHF, new AM/FM cassette with CD changer, refrigeration, propane stove, H/C pres¬ sure water, dockside water, Lewco 40 amp bat¬ tery charger, SOLAS offshore flare kit,"self-tailing winches, 90% and 120% jibs, 3 cyl Yanmar diesel with 700 hours, BBQ, Achilles dinghy with 4 hp Suzuki outboard. This is a turnkey yacht. $60,000. (415) 261-0266.

33- FT CUTTER, STORNOWAY , 1926. Tradi¬ tional double end vessel, designed by Albert Strange. Stornoway was extensively cruised by Al & Marjorie Peterson. Al was awarded the Bluewater Cruising Club of America Medal in 1952 for his solo-circumnavigation. Al & Marjorie continued to live and cruise aboard for 28 yrs and chronicled their trips in Stornoway East & West and most recently, Red Sky At Night. Stornoway is reluctantlyforsale. Serious inquiries only, please. Sausalito berth. (415) 331-7954, after 7 pm.

CAL35,1981. Perfect for cruising Catalina, Mexico

or beyond. Great liveaboard! Beautiful light and spacious interior with new upholstery and lots of storage. GPS, knot, wind, VHF, stereo, Autohelm 4000. Upgraded electrical w/alternator and bat¬ teries, Grunert refrigerator/freezer, 3 burner pro¬ pane stove and oven. 30 hp Universal diesel, windlass, rollerfurling w/150 and 110. Dodger and awnihg. Shelter Island, San Diego. $49,500. (619) 222-4917. J/33,1990. Thoroughly maintained, impressively

clean, low engine hrs, Ockam instruments, depthfinder, plotter, CD/stereo, 12 volt outlet, mainsheeting fine tune, 3 new sails in '96. Also has .5 oz, .75 oz and 1 oz reacher spinnakers. $54,000. (310) 494-3201.

to Hal Roth's Whispei) with new rigging, new Mitsubishi diesel, new Hood rollerfurling, dodger, Aries windvane, etc. This boat is quick and easy to sail, but can stand up to the roughest weather. Asking $32,000. (510) 523-5988.

36 TO 39 FEET ATKINS INGRID 38 KETCH, one of three built

San Francisco, launched 1974, professional ferro construction (sisterto China Rose). Center cock¬ pit, aft-cabin, gaff rig, diesel. Tanbark working sails, cruising chute, dodger, wheel, Aries vane, Avon raft, dinghy with o/b, autopilot, h/c pressure waterw/shower, Esparheating, roomy & beautiful custorp wood interior. Mex vet. Only 2 knowledge¬ able shipwright owners since new. Beautiful tradi¬ tional bluewater cruiser. Must see to appreciate. Asking $59,000. (415) 331-7736. CABO RICO 38, 1981. Elegant Crealock de¬ signed bluewater cruiser, totally refitted for world cruising '95. Many custom upgrades. Full elec¬ tronics, windvane, wind generator, solar, AP, Givensliferaft, much more. $115,000. Mazatlan, Mex. Fax Silhouette, 011-52-69-16-36-14 for full de¬ tails.

BEAUTIFUL DOUBLE-ENDED OFFSHORE CRUISER. This 1979 CT 34 is heavy duty, full

keel, Airex core fiberglass construction with a 25 hp Volvo diesel. She is pristine throughout and has a gorgeous interior. Offered at only $37,500. Possible trade for ? (805) 546-1146. CHALLENGER 35 KETCH, 1974. Perkins 107,

ness. 12 of these designs made it through the Fastnet Race disaster in '79 when some of the fleet sank. 9,000 lb overall, 4,500 lb lead ballast in a fin keel. 1981 model, original owner, spent most of its life in Northern Ontario under a tarp. New upholstery, beautiful teak interior, Autohelm 2000, 5 sails, diesel heater, propane oven, extra heavy duty 20 hp Bukh diesel, 35 lb CQR and chain, many extras. Great shape. $34,000. Marc, (510) 796-2739.

ProFurl, new 135%, newish 85%, new FB main, cruising chute, five Lewmar ST winches, epoxy bottom, bronze seacocks, new VHF, new Navico wheelpilot, etc. Interior and exterior renovation includes: deck beams, cabin sole, cabinets and counters, cushions, teak hatches, teak rails, teak cockpit, all by superb woodworker. My goal was to make a bluewater cruiser simple, solid and salty. Asking $36,000. Call (415) 753-0981 or fax (415) 753-0972.

RHODES 33. Classic racing sloop, 1946. Ma¬ hogany on oak, bronze refastened. New oak floors, ribs, deck with fiberglass. New hatches, compan¬ ionway, cockpit, recaulked. Restored to like new condition. Must see. Needs partial running rig¬ ging. All reasonable offers considered. Contact (510) 685-9663.

SWAIN 32, 1991. Steel pilothouse sloop. Dual

station, Yanmar 3GM30, propane heater, water heater, BBQ, stove/oven, Loran, VHF, stereo, Seatalk system w/repeater, roller furling, bottom and mast painted8/96. Much more. Over$110,000 invested. $55,000 obo. (916) 621-4688,

CNG stove, loran, fatho, standing rigging. Custom fit Montgomery dinghy. Dickinson fireplace. Very clean, must see. On the dry at Nelson's. See and make an offer. (602) 922-7488.

engine/electric refer. 9 sails, 9 Barients. Full in¬ struments, Autohelm 4000. Excellent condition. ,, Lying Dana Point, delivery to San Francisco pos¬ sible. $45,000. Call evenings. (714) 496-0871.

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HANS CHRISTIAN 38 MKII CUTTER, 1981. Roller furling, 2 anchors, Maxwell 3000 windlass, 250 ft 3/8" chain, Avon canister liferaft, Alpha Marine AP, DS, radar, GPS, plotter, Sat Nav back-up, ICOM SSB/HAM, 2 200 AH 8D gel cells, 2.5kw Genset, 100 amp alt w/3 step reg, 1.8kw Heart inverter/battery charger, EMSenergymon,VMT7 gal/hr watermaker, microwave, 60 hp Isuzu, 90 gal water, 135 gal diesel, custom refer. All rich teak below decks, Achilles dinghy & Mariners, full tropical canvas, new West System bottom 4/96. Fresh survey. Mex vet, located Puerto Vallarta. Ready for Gold Coast, Cortez, Caribbean or Marquesas. Provision and go. $124,000. (702) 463-4575. CAPE DORY 36,1987/88. Lovely bluewater cut¬ ter. Running rigging, North genniker, Raytheon RL-9 radar, windlass: all 1995. UK sails, Perkins 4-108 (only 320 hours), Datamarine depth, KL, windspeed/direction. Bronze winches. Lovely in¬ terior. A rare find. $110,000. (510) 521-9008. DOWNE AST CUTTER 38,1976. Great condition, spacious liveaboard/cruiser. Total cockpit canvas enclosure, radar, GPS, VHF, AP, refer, propane stove/oven. Diesel rebuilt '96. 3 anchors, wind¬ lass, more. West coast delivery possible. Priced to sell fast. $42,990. (619) 523-4327. HANS CHRISTIAN 38 MKII, 1979. Just back

ISLANDER 36,1980. Excellent condition. 50 hp

Pathfinder diesel, Iqw hrs, upgraded fuel/H20 pumps. Complete refit spring/summer '96. New bottom, furler, dodger/covers, lifelines, ports, bat¬ teries, refinished deluxe teak, oak, holly, cane interior, upgraded upholstery. Heart inverter/ charger, cold plate refer, Autohelm 4000W, KM, DS, wind speed/direction, VHF, loran. CD stereo, TV, VCR, h/c pressure water, shower, CNG stove/ oven. 2 jibs, main, cruising genniker. Achilles 9.5 ft inflatable, Yamaha 8 hp o/b. Much more. $55,000. (415) 655-7510.

Mexico/Hawaii, ready to go again. New rigging '95. Windvane, autopilot, solar, Glacier Bay refer, new main, GPS, radar, HAM radio, CCC hard dodger, hard dinghy, genniker. No brokers. $94,000. (415) 802-4538. FISHER 37, motorsailer ketch, aft cabin, radar,

Loran, wind s/d, depth, speed log, 2 VHF, CB, loudhailer, Avon, 80 hp Ford Sabre diesel, 120 gal. fuel, 120 H20. Monterey slip available. Must sell. (408) 624-7210. 37-FTRAFIKI CUTTER. 1978. Deiphinus. Double-

TAYANA 37 PILOTHOUSE, 1993. Baja vet. All

electronics & cruising necessities in place. List is extensive. Rare opportunity forworld class cruiser. $165,000 firm. No brokers please. Serious inquir¬ ies only. Oakland. (510) 301-8326.

34- FT C&C RACER/CRUISER. Yanmar diesel, ARIES 32. Staysail sloop. New: LaFiell mas^

Bright, airy, easy clean/maintain, oodles stowage, safe, strong, she can sail it alone. Great systems design means more sailing, less work. Cumulant 38F: steel round-bilge staysail sloop. $127,500. (541) 899-9192.

SPENCER 35,1963. Fiberglass sloop (sistership

HANS CHRISTIAN 34,1977. Estate sale, must sell. Structurally sound, very clean project boat. Recent haul and detailed survey. New seacocks and bottom paint. New 42hp Volvo Penta turbo diesel, 69 hrs. Electrical upgrade done 9/96. 8 inspected sails. Non-skid decks, refurbished head & lots of equipment extras. Needs brightwork and mast/boom repair or replacement. In Sausalito, she's a classic cruiser looking for the right owner. A bargain at $61,500 obo. Principals only, please. Jane,(510)835-0221.

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Stephens. Mahogany, oak & bronze. New stand¬ ing rigging, alternator, holding tank. Rewired en¬ gine & 12v panel. Survey 11/95, Asking $17,000. (415)604-4563,(415) 728-9506.

ender, teak interior & deck, Volvo diesel, furling jib, drifter, dodger, sailing blmini, full sun cover, new radar arch, radar, AP, VHF, knotlog, depth, Ham &all-band receiver. Electric windlass, ground tackle, self-tailing winches, diesel heater, wind instr, 12 v water cooled refrig/freezer. 2 dinghies, o/b, liferaft. New counter tops and cushions, not water. New electrical panel, repainted rig. Original owners asking $65,000 for well maintained bluewater cruiser. Call (360) 697-6519 in WA for details.

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37-FT STEEL CUTTER. Roberts Spray design.

Poop stern, center cockpit pilothouse. Roller furl¬ ing, jiffy reefing. All lines tocockpit. Perkins diesel, hydraulic steering windlass w/all chain & 45 lb anchor. Exc condition. $45,000. (510) 685-1793. EXPRESS 37. One Eyed Jack. Ready for racing or cruising. 48" wheel, new bottom, refurbished instruments, recent overhaul, massive sail inven¬ tory and lots more equipment. Possibly the best equipped Express 37 in the Bay Area. Owner moving overseas. $83,000. (415) 967-2244.

UNION 36,1980. Cutter, furling, sleeps 7, com¬ pass, '96 bottom paint no blisters, windspeed/dir, depthsounder, knotmeter, AP, radar, loran, VHf| gel batteries, Volvo diesel, BBQ, dodger, bimini, cover. Spacious salon, galley, heater, TV, stereo! anchors. Asking $76,500 obo. (916) 972-0800. 39-FT FOLKES STEEL CUTTER, 1986. Excel¬

lent condition, loaded for cruising. Includes roller furling, SSB (2), watermakers (2), GPS, loran, radar, solar panels, quadcycle regulator, autopi¬ lots (2), windvane, liferaft, extra sails and more. $70,000 obo. (503) 620-3597.

VALIANT ESPRIT 37,1978. Perry designed per¬

formance cruiser, built by Nordic. Excellent condi¬ tion. Rod rigging, MAX prop, roller jib, newmain w/ Dutchman, epoxy bottom, Force 10 stove, water heater, Autohelm instruments, refrig., ST winches, separate shower, diesel. $89,000. (510) 522-2610 or (510) 865-7847. CORBIN 39, flush-deck pilothouse cruiser with tall rig, ProFurl jib, 3 reef main, Airex cored hull, Volvo sail drive, 10 gal propane, 220 gal water in 5 tanks, 80 gaf diesel, Monitor gear, Autohelm 6000, dual hydraulic steering, freezer/refrig and AC generator belted off engine, 300 feet high tensile chain, 45# CQR, 3 Danforths, electric anchor windlass, Paloma hot water, work bench with grinder, dual Surrette batteries, Achilles din¬ ghy, ICOM 735. Sleeps 4. $50,000. Contact (510) 455-0847.

sal djesel w/250 hrs, equipped with Autohelm Seataik autopilot, radar, wind spd/dir, depth log, Garmin GPS, instrument pod, E-meter, inverter, CD stereo, TVA/CR. Custom dodger, windlass w/ Bruce, stern anchor, full canvas, furling, lazyjacks. Loaded inventory. $85,000. (805) 962-5107. ISLANDER FREEPORT 36, 1978. Popular B-

Plan with Pullman berth, perfect liveaboard. Fold down transom ladder, large comfortable cockpit, bright beautiful teak interior with excellent storage and over 6‘ standing headroom. Equip includes: Perkins 4-108 diesel, Furuno radar, Harken roller furling, easily rigged with 2nd forestay for cutter rig, extra sails, self-tailing winches, autopilot, Loran, VHF, fuil custom refer with large separate freezer with both 110V and engine compressor, gimballed propane stove/oven, H/C pressure water to galley/head/shower, stereo, full dodger with removable sun cover, inflatable with o/b. Many recent upgrades including depthsounder, alterna¬ tor, batteries, electric windlass motor, ioo much to list. Ready for you to move aboard today! $64,000. Day (510) 437-3548, eve (510) 523-5741. CAL39,1972. Well maintained. Berthed in Berke¬

ley. $36,000. (603) 577-8105.

CHALLENGER 40,1974. Fiberglass sloop, beam

Stevens beauty. Stereo, Loran, Lewmar self-tail¬ ing winches, VHF, knotmeter, depthsounder, new bottom paint and bright work 9/96. Pressure wa¬ ter, refrig, fast upwind boat. Dock F4 San Leandro Marina. $44,000. (510) 489-9498.

12'8", displacement 25,000 lbs. Breezin Up is a great cruising boat, extremely strong and comfort¬ able. Our family of four cruised from San Fran¬ cisco to Florida in 1992-1993 then trucked her back. Separate stateroom, 50 hp diesel with 600 hrs, radar, autopilot: Alpha Marine 3000, dodger (1 yrold), DS, new rigging, 8 winches, VHF, sails used only 2 years, 12’ Zodiac with 5 hp o/b, 6-man Avon liferaft, elec, windlass, full awning, mast steps, new exhaust on engine, 100 amp alterna¬ tor, All new thru-hull fittings, sailing dinghy, AC/ DC refer, hot water, all new upholstery, new stem bearing, new propeller, new salt water pump. $55,000. Kate or Grady, (707) 769-7705 H or (415) 892-4991 W.

FRERS 39, excellent cruiser with new Awlgrip,

new rig and sails, new barrier coat, new dodger and covers. Extensive electronics and equipment. Rigged for easy single or short handed sailing. Priced for quick sale at $49,000. (415) 340-1554. DOWNEAST 38 CUTTER. Excellent condition,

CREALOCK37,1983. Excellent condition. GPS,

radar, solar panels, watermaker, refrig, VHF, HAM w/SGC tuner. Kenyon furling main, Harken headsail, cutter rig. $119,000. (707) 443-5754.

Perkins 4-108, GPS, VHF, autopilot. Located Puerto Vallarta and ready to cruise South Pacific or Caribbean. Save $7,000 if you buy before 11/ 15/96. (619) 773-3401.

Pathfinder diesel, low hrs, upgraded fuel/water pumps. Complete refit spring/summer '96, new bottom, furler, dodger/covers, lifelines, ports, bat¬ teries, refinished deluxe teak/oak/holly/cane inte¬ rior, upgraded upholstery. Heart inverter/charger, cold plate refer, Autohelm 4000W, KM, DS, wind speed/dir, VHF, loran. CD stereo, TV, VCR, h/c pressure water, shower, CNG stove/oven. 2 jibs, main, cruising genniker. Achilles 9.5 ft inflatable, Yamaha 8 hp o/b. Much more. $55,000. (415) 655-7510.

by BiltLee. TransPac winner. SS propane Force 10 w/oven. 13 hp Yanmar. 11 winches, 6 bags of sails. Makes excellent cruiser, Bay or ocean. $27,500. For more info, (209) 736-0923. SEA WITCH 36. A modern classic. Romance that

yachting once held in America. Hull#2 of the famous all teak, cruising gaff-rigged ketches de¬ signed by Angleman and built by American Ma¬ rine. Refurbished in '93 and repaint-varnished this year. $30,000 in high end equipment. Recently surveyed. Cruise ready. On the. net, http;// www.hlds.com/-dane/sealure/,(408) 866-9060.

NEREIA , 1984. (See Herreshoffs “Sensible cruising designs"). Strip planked, bronze fastenings. 11 ftbeam, 12,000 lb lead. £3 hp, 120 gal fuel, 90 water, storm sails. HAM, heater, AP, steering vane, storm anchor, 11.5 ft sailing dinghy. $29,000. (619) 435-5482.

40 TO 50 FEET 41-FT FORMOSA KETCH. Classic Garden de¬ sign. Completely cruise equipped. Full electron¬ ics, GPS, SSB, radar, etc. Dinghy on davits, much more. Turnkey boat. Located La Paz, Mex. $65,000. Fax: Cherokee, 011-52-112-55-900. 46-FT STEEL KETCH. Colin Archer center cock¬

pit design by Rajo Sailer. Built in Holland 1982. Documented & admeasured. Beautifully crafted mahogany interior. Large galley and master state¬ room. Equipped for world cruising. Great condi¬ tion. $95,000. (916) 275-0879. WESTSAIL 43. Legendary world cruiser ready to

go. Tall rig cutter. Complete refit and epoxy bot¬ tom in ’93. Certifications on liferaft etc. brought up to date in '96. Surveyed 9/96. 8 sails, Profurl, dodger, bimini, new cushions, 2 GPS systems, radar, 5)SB. HAM, VHF, EPIRB, Monitorwindvane, new Autohetm 6000, liferaft, Avon w/outboard, stove, diesel heater, new hot water heater, refer, freezer, 3 gel batteries, solar panels, Perkins 4236. 250 gal diesel, 300 gal water. $150,000. Located in Seattle. (510) 820-3772.

36-FT HERRESHOFF,

UNION 36,1980. Cutter, furling, sleeps 7, com¬ pass, ’96 bottom paint, no blisters, windspeed/ direction, depthsounder, knotmeter, autopilot, ra¬ dar, Loran, VHF, gel batteries, Volvo diesel, BBQ, dodger, bimini, cover. Spacious salon, galley, heater, TV, stereo, anchors. Asking $76,500 obo. (916) 972-0800.

40-FT MOTORSAILER. Large blue water livea¬

board, custom interior in super condition, only two on West Coast. A/P radar, fish finder, depth, GPS, Loran, SatNav, watermaker, 2 units, central heat/ air, generator, VHF, stereo, TV, micro, safety gear, stand-up shower, heated cabin, 1,000 mile range under power, 200 gal. water, 200 gal. fuel, tile galley, bath, teak interior, new bottom paint, no blisters, newsail, 14'beam, 2 refrigera ors, sleeps 6. Compare at $100,000. Must sell oniy"$72,500. (916) 635-7447. CT 41 KETCH. F/G hull, teak house w/portholes.

Perkins diesel, radar, inverter, soiar refrigeration, autopilot, windvane, fireplace, many extras. Beau¬ tiful, strong world cruiser at a very low price. Lying San Carlos, Mex. $49,000. Fax address to: D.W. Content (916) 283-3928. PETERSON 44. World cruiser for a couple or family. Center cockpit, cutter rig, 60 hp Perkins, GPS, radar, roller furling jib, power windlass, t Custom salon layout and beautiful teak interior. Epoxy bottom job in '93. $95,000. (415) 663-1550.

miles of trouble free, comfortable cruising. Diesel, Genset, electronics, refer, sails, covers and more have been updated over 8 yrs of ownership on this fully equipped, beautiful, stable and sturdily built yacht. $124,900. (604) 629-3886. >

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42-FT COLVIN GAZELLE. Aluminum lug rig

built, full cruise ready. Immaculate interior and exterior, upgraded mast, rigging, sails 199^. Full engine access, extensive storage. Just returned from circumnavigation. $187,000. Info and bro¬ chure (619) 683-9440. N

schooner. Sabb diesel. Variable pitch prop. fessionally built hull. Dinghy with Seagull Hydraulic anchor windlass. Many extras. veyed 9/96. $72,000. Located near Everett, (360) 579-6967.

Fellows & Stewart cruiser/racer. $10,000. (415) 948-5574.

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707-279-4329, FAX 7(17-279-9049 CRAIG WOOSTER

LICENSED "MASTER" DELIVERY CAPTAIN

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS

Sailing & towing endorsements. Over 20 years experience.

Adventures - land & sea. Have fun and improve your sailing skills while cruising the islands. Live aboard a 42-ft world cruising cutter.

East & West Coast & Caribbean. Delivery from Hawaii or wherever. Professional, reliable, with or without my own crew. (310) 822-2226.

^yoooRUM Marine Specializing in custom interior cabinetry. Tables, cabinets, countertops, decks, cabinsoles, for power or sail.

Provisions & instruction included. $750 wk per person. (517) 732-9732.

complete mobile shop call Lon Woodrum at:

415-332-5970

MARINE SURVEYOR

Serving the Bay and Delta Areas JOHN HALLANDER, P.E.

• Sail and Power • Fiberglass, wood, metal • 40 years experience • Free phone consultation • No travel charge • 24-hr service available Pt. Richmond (510) 237-8412

Bethel Island (510) 684-3454

November, 1996 • UtJUJiZS • Page 197

CORSAIR F-27. #164, 4 headsails (incl. 2 new

ISLANDTRADER 43 KETCH. Equippedfor cruis¬

COLUMBIA 45,1971. Pilothouse ketch with in¬

50-FT

ing, documented. Located in Baja. Designed by Garden. Greatliveaboard, teak interior and decks, roller furling, electric windlass, liferaft, windvane, VHF, loran, stereo/CD, h/c pressure, many ex¬ tras. G Cole, call (619) 788-0511 or fax, (619) 738-7105.

side steering station. 5 self-tailing winches, radar, autopilot, Loran, depth, VHF, whisker pole, fiber¬ glass dinghy, full battened main and mizzen with lazy jacks, boom vangs and main traveler. Teak, mahogany interior with tile countertops and sepa¬ rate shower (dual heads). Large hanging lockers aYtd drawers. New tinted plexiglass, fridge and microwave, Force 10 heater. This was Columbia's “Boat Show Boat” in 1971 and the nicest one around. $69,000 obo. (510) 535-2134.

MOTORYACHT, 1926, (see Woodenboat

No. 113, July/Aug '93, p. 66). Twin GM 6-71 diesels, excellent running condition. Needs TLC. Nice family proiect. $28,000 obo. Contact Mike, (310) 834-2237.

Sobstad racing sails), Larson spinnaker, full elec¬ tronics and stereo. Equipped for racing and cruis¬ ing. Never berthed, always stored on trailer in garage. Excellent condition. $55,000. Call (408) 671-2385 days, (408) 449-7432, eves.

30-FT KETCH, 1954. Double ender, cedar/oak, diesel, Aries, electric windlass, sailing dinghy, radar, pilot, lots of sails. Circumnavigator. In San Diego. Will help with finance. $15,000. Call (619) 220-7166.

FREE, JOHN MARPLES DESIGNED 3 meter class Trimaran, including plywood and.epoxy to finish. Aluminum tubing for mast, boom and crossbeams ($100). Mainsail andspinnaker cut to class rules ($400). I started the project to see if I had the interest to build a cruising cat; I don’t. All three hulls assembled, center hull must be decked and all three faired and painted, Then rig and have fun. Contact Dave. Days (510) 814-0471, eves (510) 769-7847.

ISLANDER FREEPORT 41,1979-1980. Center

cockpit ketch, 2 cabins, 2 heads with showers, roomy cruiser/liveaboard, 6 cyl Chrysler Nissan, Genset, 24 mile radar, Autohelm, GPS, etc. TV/ VCR, 6-passenger Avon, davits, 10 hp Honda, enclosure, furling jib, new carpet & upholstery, fresh bottom. $84,500. (415) 332-2566. LAPWORTH 50,1962. Elegant, powerful, very well maintained fin/spade wood sloop. TransPac vet. New: spar, sails, rigging, Harken turler, gas systems, stove. Liferaft, Alpha pilot, Adler-Barbour, electronics. Fresh paint, varnish. Extensive gear. Cruise ready. Estate sale. $89,500. Call (510) 521-1667 or (510) 521-2458.

FRP ROBERTS 44 OFFSHORE,1989. Prof, built tri-cabin, large master stateroom aft. Comfort¬ able, spacious liveaboard/NW cruiser. Main sa¬ lon, c/w diesel heater. Warm teak interior, light use liveaboard by bachelor pilot. 62 hp Perkins w/ low hours. Trevor. (604) 683-6711, days.

EDSON

SCHOCK

DESIGN

OWENS 38, 1964. New set of ribs, two 318's,

needs exhaust manifolds. Go'iJd liveaboard. Oak ribs, mahogany planking, good hull. $2,500. Mike, (510) 684-3458.

37.5-FT CATAMARAN, 1980. Polynesian con¬

51 FEET & OVER

MULTIHULLS 42-FT WHARRAM CATAMARAN. Built 1990,

50-FT HULL KIT, 1976 Frers original Bravura all

55-FT PROFESSIONALLY BUILT FERRO ketch

aluminum, skeg rudder, fin keel, interior gutted, deck and hull below waterline stripped, includes stand, Perkins 4-154, hydraulic propulsion less prop, plus a few other parts. $12,000 obo. (707) 422-4776.

motorsailer. One owner. Documented. Large, comfortable liveaboard. $30,000. (415) 456-6643.

HUNTER 430/MOORINGS 433,1991. Aft cock¬

pit, 2 1/2 cabin, hot showers, mechanical frig/ freezer, 50 hp Yanmar diesel, power windlass, 150 ft chain, 2 anchors, roller furling jib, stereo, bimini. $135,000 will consider trade-in. Contact (415) 854-6687. HARDIN 44 KETCH, 1978. Center cockpit, full

keel, liveaboard/cruise ready. Cruised Mex exten¬ sively. Couples/family boat. Spacious open salon, galley, dining area. Aft cabin, queen bed. stern windows, private head w/tub and shower. 6'6" headroom, large windshield, side windows - light airy feeling vs submarine sensation. Extensive storage. Teak decks/interior. LaFiell aluminum masts. Salon wood stove. Recently installed: PUR watermaker, Furuno radar, Trimble GPS (inter¬ faced), Robertson AP, SSB/tuner, loudhailer/fog horn, Pioneer stereo, CD/deck, speakers above and below, 406 Mhz EPIRB, Simpson-Lawrence windlass. Controls: bow, helm, chainlocker. 400' chain, 200' rope. Danforth & CQR anchors, Ample elec system. Newmar panel, Brooks-Gatehouse instruments, Alden weather fax. 4-8D gel batter¬ ies, Heart inverter, Profurl self-furling, 8 man liferaft, twin Raycor filters. $115,000. (408) 395-3054,810 pm.

55-FTCUTTER RIGGED PILOTHOUSE KETCH.

Perfect offshore, liveaboard: Professionally built ferro. A world cruiser with beautiful lines, safety and comfort. Already in Sea of Cortez - Beautiful San Carlos. $62,000 obo. (206) 743-0348.

refitted ’94. 3 solar panels, 60 watts each, h/c water, 2 burner stove, heater, all propane. GPS, VHF, Signet autopilot, o/b. In Alaska. $49,000. Maurice Yudin, W1390 63rd St, Lyndon Station, Wl 53944. 42-FT PIVER TRIMARAN. 26-ft beam, ketch rig,

located^in the Sea of Cortez. Warm waters and beautiful cruising. San Carlos, Sonora, Mexico. $42,000. (520) 886-6832.

cept. All fiberglass, Airex core. Factory modified for cruising including round bottom hulls and spa¬ cious 6’3“ headroom interior. 2 doubles, 4 singles, 2 heads. Twin 9.9 Yamahas or Volvo diesel and outdrive. 7 sails, new electronics, white tramps, canvas and interior. Fast and comfortable. $49,000. (714) 567-7835. 37-FT PROUT SNOWGOOSE. One owner, all

original, low miles. Best singlehanded bluewater liveaboard catamaran cruiser. Full size fitted mattress, cat dinghy, B&G instruments, 9,600 lbs., 2’8” draft, fixed keels, low maintenance. Reduced to $114,000.Call (415) 389-6649, (415) 435-1066, to Oct. 30.

CT 54. This classic is ready for ocean cruising or

liveaboard. Well cared for with all electronics needed to sail anywhere. Beautifully appointed and well equipped to cruise. Berthed at Schoonmaker Marina, Sausalito. $169,000. No brokers. (503) 784-2314. 54-FT C-BARON SAMSON design ferro. 0 hours

on rebuilt 85 hp Perkins. Has everything needed to cruise or liveaboard. Plus many extras. Located in the Bay Area. $29,000 obo. Phone/fax, (702) 875-1913 or (417) 725-2606. FORCE 50 (58-FT LOA). Roomy liveaboard/

cruiser. 2 stations, 3 staterooms, 2 room salon plus workshop area. Heavy glass hull. All furling sails, watdrmaker, inverter, spares, etc. Some trades orfinancing possible. $129,000 obo. Roger Perry (415) 331-8000.

CLASSICS

GEMINI 3200 (SPECIAL) 1991. World class cruis¬

ing catamaran. Generously equipped and im¬ proved for serious long distance sailing, 3 naviga¬ tional systems, 3 communication systems, new radar, watermaker, powerful solarsystem & much more. Over $160,000 invested. Will sacrifice at $88,000. (619) 966-0465. 28-FT CATFISHER, S/V Bullfrog. Great cruising

catamaran. 2 full sized berths, head w/shower, full galley, refer, 42 hp Mercedes diesel, twin props, inside & outside steering, AP, GPS, radar, VHF, inverter/charger, 4 anchors, electric windlass. $65,000.(707) 456-0715. HOBIE16 & 17 SPORT. Both brand new, never sailed, with warranty. Both boats were dealers showroom boats, sails never raised. $5,250 & $6,800 obo ($6,395 & $7,895 list). Galvanized trailer (new) $700. Looking for small boats for summer youth sailing program. Eureka, (707) 444-3048. 31-FT TRIMARAN. 221 beam, high performance

40-FT FIBERGLASS KETCH. Center cockpit,

41-FT S & S YAWL. Double planked, mahogany

main cabin aft. All new sails, 57 hp Ford Lyman diesel, LPstove, 65 gal water, 235 gal fuel. Radar, VHF, Wilcox head, DS, Sat Nav. 35,45, 65 lb CQR anchors. 300 LF 3/8“ galv chain, 300 LF1" nylon braid. Hard dinghy on davits and inflatable. Strong cruiser, good liveaboard. Needs work. Sacrifice, $59,500. No trades. Fred Davis, (707) 923-3188.

and keake. $32,000. Illness forces sale. (510) 522-0147 after 6pm. RHODES WINDWARD 33 SIMOON . Museum condition, completely rebuilt, everything newfrom top to bottom, sails to electronics. Must sell, 2 boat owner. $30,000. Days, (800) 322-5666 or, after 6pm, (415) 781-5415.

ultralight. Foam sandwich construction. Faster and lighter .than the F-31 Corsair or Antrim 31. 85% finished. $20,000 obo. (408) 423-6000. 31-FT BROWN SEARUNNER A-ARM trimaran.

Excellent condition, all new paint, electrical, up¬ holstery. Ready to go. Delta? Mex? $4 5,000 obo. (510) 458-1049 or (408) 442-2038.

POWER & HOUSEBOATS 29-FT FISHERCRAFT HOUSEBOAT, 1979.

Chevy 305 on the freshwater Delta. Thompson speed boat w/80 hp Mercury. 2 boats for $6,000. (415) 826-6160. TOLLYCRAFT 32,1964. Fiberglass over wood.

Very sound, great liveaboard. Roomy v-berth, nice cooking area, oak floor. Flybridge and back enclosed in canvas. 2400w gas powered Briggs generator. Engines are non-operational. $3,500. Leslie, (415) 332-SHIP, FLOATING HOME. 40 ft x 13 ft, kitchen, bath,

livingroom, upstairs bedroom, wood burning stove, 2 decks. Asking $20,000. (510) 763-7644. BISON, 26-FT OPEN NAVY CREWBOAT, Fully restored w/ newtowing bit. Detroit 671 diesel. 24” prop, heavy duty. $10,000 obo. (510) 522-2705. 37-FT EGG HARBOR, twin 160 hp diesel, Zo¬

diac, radar, loran, 2 VHFs, fishfinder, Blaupunkt stereo, aft stateroom w/head and large shower. Forward head, 2 berths, flybridge, dual controls. Excellent liveaboard and fishing. $37,000. (415) 366-8844 or (415) 326-2976, evenings.

"TURBO" SANTA CRUZ 70 ,DONNYBROOK

CHARTER A CATAMARAN IN TORTOLA, BVI

For sale. As is, where is. With all equipment including 11 bags of sails & all electronics. Donnybrook sustained damage aft during Antigua Race Week. Call for details: Marine Accident Reconstruction Co., Attn: Bob Wendling Phone (904) 328-6300 Fax (954) 942-5672

Charter direct from owner and SAVE!! New, spacious, well equipped, 43’ Norsman. 4 cabins, each with private head, large salon with galley up, or monohull of your choice, from one of the world's best and largest Charter Companies. Call (800) 926-5600 for owner direct savings.

EAST BAY SAIL CLEANING

NARAIN'S OUTDOOR GARMENT SPECIALIST

(510) 523-9011

Custom sewing ~ Modifications ~ Repairs - Cleaning of Jackets, Tents, Packs, Ski Wear, Foul Weather Gear, Comforters. Sales: Notions & Recreational Fabrics, Acryllic, Riptop, Cordura, Zippers, Buckles, Etc. 1320 San Pablo'Ave, Berkeley, CA. 94702. Phone (510) 527-2509

Spinnaker Boat Cleaning & Brightwork

Repair, Restoration & New Construction

Wash from 690/ft. • Engine Maint. • Haulouts Located at South Beach Harbor, S.F. Page 198 • LtTfWtl? • November, 1996

(415) 543-7333

Fred Andersen Boat & Woodworks

(510)522-2705

52-FT

STERNWHEELER

RIVERBOAT

motoryacht 1983 commissioned. Sausalito view, iiveaboard. Low hours, 100 hp diesel. Spacious and warm VG fir and oak interior, full galley and bath, two staterooms. Hwy transportable, recent survey and insurance at $80,000 value. Selling for $69,500. Charter, Iiveaboard. (415) 331-7576.

PARTNERSHIPS

CHRIS CRAFT 36 CONNIE, 1965. In covered

berth. Nice classic lines. New bottom every yr. New props & trans. Big plans to restore com¬ pletely but new hobbies (golf & racing sailboat) take up too much time. Trade for sailboat. (415) 578-3110. WILL TRADE HOBBY SHOP in Vancouver, WA.

YACHT PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY. For C

& C 40,1981. Yacht owner seeks 2 people to form 3 partner ownership & maintenance of C & C in SF Bay. Approximate buy-in cost per partner is $25,000. Approx monthly expenses per partner are $230. Great condition. Generously equipped. (415)252-0911. TIMESH ARE A1989 BENETEAU 34 SLOOP, to

be berthed at lovely Ballena Bay in Alameda. Roller furling, windlass, refrig, pressurized hot water system w/shower, more. One full week per month for $275. Tom, (510) 373-9608, evenings. I

FRERS 51 BLUEWATER CUTTER, seeking se-

■ :

rious partners to share 1/4 equity, expenses and adventure formulti-yearextended offshore explo¬ ration in Caribbean & South Pacific. Call (813) 367-8180. SEEKING PARTNERSHIP, sail or power, 40 ft

plus, Sausalito main harbor or SF Marina. Fax boat info and financial terms to (415) 956-9030.

Weil established business in trade for cruising sapboat valued at approx $100,000. Prefer fiber¬ glass, heavy displacement type such as Hans Christian. Days, (360) 699-5066.

Redwood City has room for several boats from 2438 ft to be placed in our charter fleet. A great way to pay the cost of owning your own boat and make money. Call Rich for more info. (415) 363-1390. TRAILER for 27 ft, 4,000 lb boat. Two or three

axles. Galvanized. Boat supports unimportant. (415)941-4114, DECK/CABINTOP FOR 41 -FT BOUNTY II, fiber¬ glass. Also any other gear, fittings (IE: tracks, cars, etc). Also, Edson pedestal steering assem¬ bly w/compass binnacle and emergency tiller. Lv msg. Larrick, (707) 938-9476.

USED GEAR BACK FROM SOLO TRANSPAC & selling stuff.

Navik windvane w/spares, $500. Tamaya sex¬ tant, pristine, $300. Tuff Luff (fits Ranger29 mast¬ head, almost no use), $450. Coleman “lightning" generator, great for charging batteries, (only 3 hrs usage), $400.406 MHz EPIRB, $450. Alan, (415) 299-1850. LARSEN MYLAR HANKED JIB, like new. 135% for Newport 27’s. Luff 35', leach 29'10", foot 18'. Used about 6 times. $500. (707) 746-8021 or pager, (510)977-0251.

ATTENTION OWNER OF 35 TO 40-FT solid GEMINI 3200 (SPECIAL) 1991 world class cruis¬

ing catamaran. Generously equipped and im¬ proved for serious long distance sailing, 3 naviga¬ tional systems, 3 communications systems, new radar, watermaker, powerful solar system & much more. Over $160,000 invested. Will trade for in¬ come property. (619) 966-0465.

WANTED

glass bluewater cutter. Can’t sell at market? Cash buyer seeks Freya, Cal 40 or similarly capable vessel at realistic price. Principles only. Call to¬ night! (415) 332-9218.

4 CNG CYLINDERS at $175 each. 2 regulators at

$150 each. Changing to propane. Contact (510) 436-5166. NORDIC 40 MAST, BOOM, ROD RIGGING.

LIVE ABOARD A LUXURIOUS 43-FT CUTTER.

Location negotiable. (SF Bay). Separate shower, 2 private cabins, all amenities. Beautiful teak interior/exterior. Clean and in fine condition. $550/ mo including utilities. Must be able to maintain and make minor repairs. $900/mo if sailing. Call (415) 654-9008.

NavTec hydraulics and turnbuckles. 52 ft mast, 15 ft boom. Exc condition. $4,500. (805) 984-2121. MARINIZED MWM 40.5 HP DIESEL 3 cyl, under 500 hrs. Runs great - no tranny. $1,500. (415) 674-9385. WATERMAKER, PowerSurvivor35; $1,000. Avon

SAILING BOOTS. Men’s original early 1970’S.

CHARTS. Need recent vintage charts for Venezu¬

US made, lightweight rubber SperryTopsiders, as used in SF Bay races. All black tops, white squee¬ gee soles and heels. Very flexible, size 10 or larger. $50. 5221 Seward Park Ave S., Seattle, WA 98118. Or phone, (206) 722-3385..

ela, ABC Islands, San Bias, Las Perlas, Panama, Galapagos, South Pacific. Also, Sailrite or similar sewing machine. Call Andy or Jill. (415) 331-7624 or e-mail, andyr@hooked.net

6 person offshore canister liferaft; $3,000.15 ft Paratech sea anchor; $500. Watermaker, Survi¬ vor 06;$400. 35 lb CQR; $300. Autohelm 3000; $300. Norcold marine refrigerator; $250. Lavac head;$400. Other cruising stuff. Call Jim, (415) 573-1332.

SAYE’S RIG, diesel bulkhead heater, Bruce or SEEKING PARTNER FOR BEAUTIFUL Slocum

43 Cutter, 1985. Bristol condition. Superb bluewater cruiser, ocean equipped. All electron¬ ics including autopilot, radar, GPS windvane, mi¬ crowave. Hot water pressure, full shower/tub, hot/ cold shower on deck. Two private cabins, Perkins 50 hp diesel, liferaft and Avon dinghy. Gorgeous 6 teak interior/exterior. Full dodger and Bimini. 1/2 l| equity for $87,000 (can co-sign existing loan), it Non-equity for$950/mo. plus deposit. Call Johanna : at (415) 654-9008 for details. SAILSFBAY, the world's nicest sailing grounds,

1 in fast and safe 34-ft boat. Serious sailing enthu¬ siasts only. Musi have some experience and share expenses (electronics work trade off for It sailing also). Daytime only. Alameda berth. (408) S 726-2829.

BOATS FOR CHARTER. Spinnaker Sailing in

TRADE

SEEKING TWO PARTNERS. Celestial 32,1991.

Performance racer/cruiser. Equity, non-equity, negotiable. $1,000 deposit plus $200 a month for 1/3 use. Could provide sailing instruction. Bob, (415)383-9557. TARTAN 30. 25% equity partnership in a great

Bay and coastal cruising boat. SF west marina, upwind. Radar, GPS, loran, AP, dinghy, extra sails, and much more. Over $23,000 in upgrades have been added. $6,500. (707) 255-3368, eves

8-FT FATTY KNEES sailing dinghy in good con¬ dition. Also, teak planked cruising cutter or ketch 34-38 ft. Any condition, beamy, center cockpit, cruise equipped preferred. Teak decks & cabins as well. Call Gordon, (707) 255-7494 or fax (707) 996-1309.

need not be working. Phil, (408),457-1353. MARRIED COUPLE LOOKING FOR PRIVATE SELLER of 34-39 ft Iiveaboard sloop. With good

survey, would pay $20,000 - $35,000. PHRF rating under 200 preferred. If you're a motivated seller whose sailboat needs a good home, call. (707) 746-8536 or bhughes@wesco.com

Reeycle

windlass, Maxwell VW 2200 or Simpson Lawrence Pacific V2200. Navico model PLH-8000 sailboat autopilot with linear drive. (209) 338-9146. PRIVATE CASH PURCHASER seeks CT 47/49 CC 2 stateroom ketch, 'Celestial 48 or Hylas 44/ 47. Realistically priced and in good condition. Serious sellers only. Fax boat description, includ¬ ing equipment, its age and condition, location and asking price to (510)447-3115. /

TRAILER FOR CAL 25 for mostly yard use.

Trailer for similar keelboat is acceptable if easily modified. Prefer used and in good condition. Bob, (818) 303-5841 or (818) 792-2147. FORCE 10 PROPANE STOVE WANTED. Either 2 or 3 burner with broiler and oven. Needs to have been working prior to removal. Call Jim, (408) 475-8020. 32-FT (OR LARGER) CRUISING SAILBOAT.

Seaworthy, bluewater offshore cruising sailboat. Bargain price rewarded by quick cash sale. Larry, (415) 864-1194, anytime after noon.

SLIP FOR CAL 20 in Southern or Central Marin,

private or public dock, on a month-to month basis, possibly short term. 20-ft sailboat with a 4-ft diaft. Can pay $60-$80 per month depending on loca¬ tion. (415) 389-9378.

Reminder:

Our Classified Deadline is A-L-W-A-Y-S the 18th

CRUISING GEAR. Folding bike; $25.35 lb Delta

anchor, new; $190. 45 lb Talon anchor, new; $175.175 ft PC 5/16" chain,new;$1 perft. Nissan Hypalon NX-82 inflatable, new; $500. Switlik LRU 6 man liferaft; $750. Interphase Pilot GPS, new in box; $300. Anchorman windlass with bow roller for Delta anchor, new; $400 for both. 113 charts, SF to Caribbean w/2 Charlie’s Charts & Carib¬ bean sailing directions; $500. Mainsail from Ericson 35 in good shape with 2 reef points; $150. Davis Mark 15 sextant; $50. Will deliver gear to Bay Area. George, (702) 322-7357. REFRIGERATION SYSTEM with large zero plate, your choice of drive; $1,500 installed. Several other systems available. 2 come alongs, one chain one wire; $50 for both. Waxmaster random orbital; $35. Skill sander;$15. Mortise and tenon jig; $20. (510) 532-7584. VOLVO MD17C. In excellent condition with less than 450 hrs. Complete with transmission, from Westsaii 32, the motor is still in the boat, hear it run. $2,500. (415) 750-1555.

SEACLEAR INLINE BILGE FILTER _ Finally a Break through in oily bilge water filteration at an affordable cost. \ XWU; ^ No more worry about USCG fines when your aolo. bilge pump activates. y One filter will last for the entire boating season. Davis Marine Services (415) 485-6633, fax (415) 457-4039

2 tape set - VHS - 3 hrs packed with info: Live Video & Schematics Plus free computer printouts. All only $59.95 W.A. Young, P.O. Box 7614, Ventura, CA 93006 35 years experience - (805) 485-5077

,7Jr0r

KEEL & SAILS. 2,200 lb lead keel, Olson 30 style. 9'/3/4" SS bolts; $1,000 or trade for Laser. 2 spinnakers (1/2 & 3/4) and assorted head sails I36 ft, fit Olson 30 or Cal 29 etc. All sails under $200 each. Keel and sails at Stockton Sailing Club. (209) 838-3285.

60 LB ANCHOR, Sowester or CQR. Vertical ZENITH TRANS-OCEANIC RADIO. All models,

TAKE THE MYSTERY OUT OF MARINE REFRIGERATION

Fluke anchors for 50 ft boat, charts for Canada & Alaska, Randome radar, fishing downrigger, weather monitor, outboards—working or projects, lifesling, barometer, ship clock with bells, misc. W, (5.10) 432-6291 or Pager, (510) 473-6634.

OCEANIC ENGINE SERVICES

MARITIME ATTORNEY

Perkins, Yanmar and Atomic 4 specialists

Specializing in boat related matters including Purchase Contracts, Taxes, Liens, Importation, Accidents and other areas. Experienced sailor. Shawn M. Throwe 2236 Mariner Square Dr., Alameda, CA. (510) 522-0426 Fax, (510) 522-2062

247 Gate 5 Rd.,Sausalito, CA. 94965 (415) 332-5233*' Southern Marins only Evinrude / Johnson OMC authorized service

JT Service

HAWAII - SAMOA - TONGA - FIJI Ocean Wilderness Expeditions Now booking crew berths on South Pacific Voyage aboard new 50-foot steel Giles designed cutter. Adventure sailing to remote South Sea Islands. Increase your offshore sailing skills and confidence. 1 -800-790-1122

STEVE'S MARINE T Custom Woodwork Interiof/Design

Small Craft Repair El Toros and Parts G3t6 3 Rosd • $3us3lito • (415) 332*2500

Teak Decks Repair

November, 1996 • UfcWcJ? • Page 199

MARINE RADIO FOR SALE. SSB/HAM SCG radio, 150 watts, 5 yr factory warranty, new (fac¬ tory fresh). Radio has 644 preprogrammed fre¬ quencies, 100 user programmable, Telex, Wefax. Outstanding/best buy from Practical Sailor, $1,299. Matching tuner also available. Call (510) 814-8888. WHISKER POLE, 31/2", button adjustable from 13 to 24 ft, TR end fittings, includes heavy duty track ring and deck mounting chocks. $400. (408) 646-0229. NEW ZIEMAN TANDEM AXLE TRAILER for 22 ft shoal draft sailboat. Used one time, fresh water only. BuiltforO’Day 222. Tongue extension, surge brakes, spare tire & extra heavy duty winch. $2,650 new, asking $2,250. Contact Keith, (707) 263-4818. HONDA 10 HP LONGSHAFT OUTBOARD, $1,100. Mercury 10 hp longshaft o/b, $450. Atomic 4, needs work, $350. Danforth 125 lb anchor, $400. Pearson Triton mainsail and genoa, $300. 1974 Catalina 22, trailer, $2,900. Seagull o/b parts, b/o. (510) 532-1332. MAX PROP, 11/2 inch shaft, 19 inch dia. Variable . pitch—the ultimate sailboat prop. Paid $3,000, sell for $1,550. (510) 61^-8331. WATERMAKER, Power Survivor 35 with biocide chemicals, rebuild kit, filters etc, ready for Mex. $750. Sewing machine, Pfaff 130, heavy duty for sails including sewing table, $500. Misc cruising sails for 37 ft boat, $100 each. (408) 263-2272. 406 MHZ LITTON EPIRB+ bracket, 2yrold. $500. 4 man Avon canister liferaft, stern pulpit mount, $1,200. Autohelm ST 2000,1 yr old, $400. Baja fuel filter, 30A powercord, radar reflector. Marc, (510) 796-2739. AVON REDSTART 8-FT DINGHY used for only 3 months, pump and oars, $750. Adler/Barbour Frostmate 690, new in box, $390. US charts for West Florida, Keys, Yucatan, Belize, Bay Islands, East Coast of Guatemala and Honduras, $240. (541)488-0919. YAMAHA 9.9 FOUR STROKE. High thrust, extra long shaft. Electric start. ,$1,300 obo. Call (707) 887-7708. YANMAR 3 GM DIESEL, 0-hour, '95,27 hp, like new w/out the new price. Asking $6,000. Also '93 20 hp Evinrude long shaft, electric start, remote throttle/choke, only lOhrs. Asking $2,500. Reqny, (415) 873-2842 9 am-5 pm, (415) 369-9050, eves. ESPAR D7 FORCED AIR DIESEL HEATER. 25,000 BTU's operating now on the S/V Natural High . Unit is 3 yrs old. Only $2,650 including spare parts. (360) 647-2071 or (360) 961-3729. Or call Anders, Swedish Marine, (510) 234-9566.

NORTHERN LIGHTS GENSET. 16kw, new in box. $10,400. (415) 332-3780.

CLUBS/MEMBERSHIPS

CREW

REFER. Engine driven and 110 volt AC system. 2 holding plates, both split to run off of each com¬ pressor. System comes from the S/V Natural High. $1,200. (360) 647-2071 or (360) 961-3729. Or call Anders, Swedish Marine, (510) 234-9566.

PACIFIC CRUISING ASSOCIATION. Some dream about it, we live it. Want to know more? PCA, PO Box 280, Port Hueneme, CA 930440280. (805) 525-0064. Fax, (805) 933-2108.

AGROUND IN SO. CAL. Need cruising lady for 6month South Pacific cruise leaving Spring '97. Pretty and trim are important; easygoing with happy heart, spirit and love of nature are essen¬ tial. Age open, 50 is fine. Experienced, mature, athletic skipper with same qualities and solid boat. Letter and photos to: Jake, 543 E Sycamore, Orange, CA 92866. It’s an incredible adventure that requires lots of personal and technical prepa¬ ration, so let's meet soon.

ATOMIC 4 BLOCK AND PARTS. Machined block with new guides. All other parts including reduc¬ tion gear. $1,200 best offer or trade. Pete, (415) 563-4421. HONDA OUTBOARDS, 7.5 longshaft, good con¬ dition w/tank, $600.2 hp longshaft very low hrs, $275.2 burner alcohol stove, $50. Dickson solid fuel cabin heater. New, paid $270. Sell for $150. 12 ft oars brand new (2), $40/pair. Must sell everything, best offer. (916) 756-3404. CRUISING SPINNAKER, 3/4 oz 33x44x48, $390. Storm sail, $90. B&W laptop with weatherfax software, $490. ICOM HAM SSB w/SG tuner, $890. Pur 35 watermaker, $990.10 ft inflatable, $425. Danforth Davits, $350. Folding bike, $60. (408) 366-2448. DANFORTH COMPASS. 5 inch, 2 degree card. Binnacle mount. New, still in box, have receipt. List $446. $225. (415) 898-0530. RADAR, STOVE, HATCH, winches, wood blocks, old style hardware and fittings, dinghy, pulpit rail, rope & hawser, hose, chafing gear, lamps, galley gear, barnacle torch and other tools, collectibles and oddments. Nautical macrame and ropework. (415)927-0370. FORD LEHMAN 120, w/o gear. Zero hours on rebuild. $4,800. (415) 332-3780. SEWING MACHINE. Adler #1217,3 step zig-zag with puller. $3,250. EnerPac, 6-ton ring and grom¬ met dies. $550. (800) 748-1148.

S AIL-SERVICE-SOCIALIZE. San Francisco Bay Oceanic Crew Group invites skippers, crew & apprentices to join one of SF Bay’s most active sailing groups. Participate in sen/ice, skill-improve¬ ment sails & fun sails. Fpr more info contact (415) 979-4866. * '

NON-PROFIT BAADS, the Bay Area Association of Disabled Sailors, offers safe, exciting recreational opportu¬ nities on San Francisco Bay for physically dis¬ abled sailors and able-bodied volunteers. No sail¬ ing experience necessary; adaptive equipment available. Cash and other tax deductible dona¬ tions welcome. (415) 281-0212. BARBARY COAST BOATING CLUB, Northern California's gay boating club, now in its 14th year, with monthly meetings and water events. Sail and power boaters welcome. Call our voice mail at (415) 905-6267 for more details. SAILBOATS AND POWERBOATS FOR SALE. All makes and models. Priced to sell. Call now. (510) 464-4617. IRS TAX DEDUCTION. WE NEED YOUR HELP. By donating your boat in any condition, you help homeless children and their families. Get full book value. Running or not. Call now for more info. (800) 414-HAUL (4285).

COMPLETE SET OF MOLDS for MB 30, a 30' x 8-1/2' x 1-1/2" fast lobsterboat fully trailerabte. Molds waxed and ready to put in production. $35,000 obo. (510) 522-2705. PACE ARROW MOTORHOME, 1979. The per¬ fect regatta-mobile! 28-ft long, 440 Dodge engine, 5 bunks, 2 air conditioners, generator, awning, 65k miles. Trade or $8,000. Cash talks, must sell. Bill, (510) 769-9999.

I LOVE TO SAIL MORE THAN ANYTHING. The destination isn't important, the captain and crew ; are. I've sailed 12,000 miles, am bareboat certi¬ fied, healthy, fit, cheerful, obedient, capable. Need crew? Nancy, (415) 455-9460.186 The Alameda, San Anselmo, CA 94960. CATAMARAN INTERVIEWING PAYING CREW. Surf, sail, explore Costa Rica and Panama. Jan Marcn, all or part. Fax, Smiling Sailor, 011-505458-2348 after 5:00 MST. ,

FEMALE DECKHAND FROM ALASKA SEEKS sun for winter. 25 yrs old, fun and fit. Seeking crew position on Southbound yacht. Deck or stew. Power or sail. Mexico, Panama, Caribbean. Will be in Seattle, can be in CA. Contact Leslie at, (206) 547-5133. 49 YR OLD, RESPONSIBLE, dependable, non¬ alcoholic with good mechanical skills, HAM radio background, Caribbean & Pacific coastal sailing experience. Seeking share type crew position for Pacific crossing or circumnavigation. Call Larry, (415) 864-1194, afternoon.

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MISCELLANEOUS NEW SEXTANT. Weems,& Plath Navistar, 4x40, 6x30 scopes, $1,500 (cert avail). New auto HF antenna tuner, Yaesu FC-800, $350. Both on Guam at Marianas YC. Fax, (671) 563-1091 lor further inquiry. Will ship insured to you.

LIKE TO MEET FEMALE, 40’s, attractive, for sailing and companionship. Enjoy local & foreign j sailboat chartering, scuba diving, hiking etc. Di¬ vorced male, professional, attr, 6T, fit, 53. Call or write Joe, (408) 741-4950, P.O. Box894, Saratoga, CA 95071.

30-FT BERTH AVAILABLE at San Francisco City East Marina (Gas House Cove) near Fort Mason. $157 per month. Available from Nov 1. (415) 948-5623. PRIME BERTH, ST. FRANCIS YACHT CLUB, #63, Near lighthouse.1 Comes with old 35 ft Chris Craft, needs restoration. Best offer. Rick, (415) 282-7019, (916) 582-8472. PRIME 35-FT BERTH AT GASHOUSE COVE. Convenient to everything, with quick access to the Bay. Includes water, electricity, etc. Good security and privacy. $210/mo or $600/3 months. Lv msg, (415) 789-8521.

LOOKING TO CROSS. Speed-thirsty individual looking for ride of a lifetime to start a trip around the world. Destinations can be negotiable, but hoping to get on a boat to Fiji or Australia. Long time experience in delivering and racing sailboats locally & offshore. Anytime in '97. (214) 529-5512. DECEMBER INTHE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS. What could be finer than a new 45-ft Beneteau in these warm clear waters,and tradewinds? Expe¬ rienced skipper & one couple looking for one more or a couple. You must enjoy good food & music whining allowed only in private. $600 gets you your own double cabin and private loo. Dec. 1-7. Tim, (415) 329-8929. FEMALE SAILOR WANTED, fit to 45. BareDoat weekends, travel if you can. Lets be friends, have fun, cruise here and there. Expenses, be my guest. (415) 265-9292.

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CREW NEEDED. Couple looking to cruise the i world in a 55-ft stabilized long range power yacht. ! Must have very goodskills; mechanical, electrical, navigation, etc. Fit and intelligent between 40 and 55. Smokers okay. Partner to cook and clean. All expenses paid, plus good salary. To sail February ’97. Please mail or fax resume to: Mr & Mrs P, 481 Perry Court, Santa Clara, CA 95054. Fax: (408) 492-1236. Resumes to be accepted up to Nov 30 1996.

ADVENTURE OF A LIFETIME. We are sailing slowly around the world in ourTayana 47. She is comfortable, capable, well equipped and perfectly maintained. We are a relaxed, mid-50's couple from SF who have been cruising for 5 years. We need crew from the Caroline Islands, Micronesia to Japan in 4/97. We provide bed and board, but you must get yourself to and from Gallivant. Call ourson in the Bay Area, (510) 339-2436, or e-mail him at swiner@sirius.com

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wavy hair (warm brown), lively, fun-loving, 48 yrs young. Well-educated, loving, independent, and left of center on most subjects. Seeking a tall, fit gent, 46-52, with intelligence and a warm, outgoing ambiance to share adventures in sailing, moun¬ tains, and possibly a long term relationship. Experiencedsailor/cruiserhighly desirable. I love cruis¬ ing and all water activities. Let’s meet for coffee. No substance abusers, bi-sexuals, rednecks, pot¬ bellies, Libertarians, TV watchers or egomaniacs please! (415) 299-8607.

with own boat. Retired, financially, emotionally stable. Am attractive SWF, 54, exp bluewater (prefer coastal). Want to go South (Mex or be¬ yond?), mid/latter ’97. Correspond with pics. Box 594, El Dorado, CA 95623.

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the world sailor desires crew for Turkey to Israel next spring and Greece, Turkey summer with goal of Red Sea, India, Thailand in winter. Red Sea has great diving, beauty, but strong winds, difficult conditions. Looking for non-smoking men and women to total crew of 3 to 4. Will be sailing 6 months of the year for the next few years, looking for back-up crew as well. No couples. Prefer experienced hardy crew, with ocean cruising experience a must. Minimum commitment of one month (to Israel) with winter plans of a further 2-3 months through Red Sea & onward. Lovely wellequipped 45-ft ocean friendly yacht w/all nav equip (2 GPS’s for example) and watermaker. i Share expenses. Contact Richard Steinke (Isoi bar), PO Box 2103, Sausalito, CA 94966. (415) 331 -2930, days and (415) 332-0960, evenings. In j Sausalito until mid-Dec. for interviews.

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t: sailor/skier 36 to 55 for long term relationship. My v type of guy is affectionate, sociable, likes messing n: around with boats. Let’s sail my 30 footer. Bareboat is Greece in '97 and ski Tahoe & Colorado. N/S . 1 You're very close to southern Marin/SF or willing $ and able to relocate for the right woman. Contact (1(415) 332-1657.

acres overlooking Tambor and Bahia Ballena. Watch your boat at anchor in one of Costa Rica’s most beautiful and well-protected bays. Several large, flat building sites w/spectacular 360° ocean, gulf, bay and valley views. 1 1/2 kilometers from the beach. We're looking for a good neighbor. We'll reimburse your airfare if you buy. Clear title. $37,500 includes an all-weather mooring in the bay. (707) 571-0137.

RARE OVER THE WATER PROPERTY on Mare Island Strait. Balmy North Bay area. Fee simple lot accessed from private road in the charming Sandy Beach community. Architecturally drawn and en¬ gineered plans for construction of 2,400-sq-ft home, detached garage and dock. Last parcel allowed to build 2-story structure in area. Permits are in place including difficult-to-obtain Bay Con¬ servation & Development Commission, Solano Co. Building and State Lands Commission. Exist¬ ing bungalow. $195,000. (415) 673-1513.

Mountain lodge-style home needs completion but very comfortable. 42 acres plus private access to government land. Sandy beach on river. Mendocino County, 2 hrs from SF Bay. Owner can finance and will consider some trades. Sell inter¬ est including the home and 22 acres M/L (TIC) for $157,000 or make offer for 42 + acres. Roger Perry (415) 331-8000 or (800) 728-7254. ANCHORAGE WITH BEACH, TOMALES BAY.

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Blake's Landing (on chart). Private sandy beach extending substantially into Tomales Bay. Beau¬ tiful Marshall area on Marin Coast. Not presently buildable for home/septic. $57,500 obo. Owner will finance. Roger Perry (415) 331-8000.

water? Have you successfully managed an office before? Does the idea of contributing to the growth of a neat company in the marine business arouse you? If you answered yes, please read on. We are looking for someone who is not only computer literate and has great communication skills but can basically handle most anything that gets thrown at them! In exchange for your incredible talents you’ll receive top wages and benefits including a 401K and a profit-sharing plan. Best of all, we will do our best to make sure this is the most enjoyable job you'll ever have. If this sounds like what you want, please call (510) 235-KKMI for an applica¬ tion.

JOB OPPORTUNITIES SVENDSEN’S BOAT WORKS. Sales person/

stock clerk. This is a part time position and in¬ cludes weekends. Applicants should enjoy work¬ ing with the public and have good knowledge of boats and marine equipment. Contact Lorraine at (510)521-8454.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES PACIFIC COAST CANVAS. Riggers and seam¬

stresses beedeq. Excellent pay, benefits and schedule. Call John Monroe, (510) 521-1829.

ity oriented business seeks individual w/wood & fibprglass background, who can work unsuper¬ vised. Own tools, trans or boat a plus. PT to FT, $10-$12/hr to start. Lv rrtsg on voice mail, (800) 335-6262 ext 805.

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School in Redwood City is looking for a full-time person to work in the office. Fri-Tues. Includes scheduling classes, charters, instructors, phones, customer relations, etc. Rich, (415) 363-1390.

professionals at OCSC SF Bay. Best teaching and sailing location on the Olympic Circle, J/24 to Moorings 432, well-organizedsyllabusesandcurriculum, great clubhouse and classroom. There are only 3 students per class and certification standards that make you proud to be an instructor. Exciting work, motivated students, a great team atmosphere with top pay and liberal boat use privileges. Our fleet consists of 40 boats from 2443 ft and we teach a full range of courses from basic to offshore. If you love teaching, have wellrounded sailing and seamanship skills, and have a Coast Guard License orwantto acquire one with our help, call Rich at (510) 843-4200.

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Kappas Marina. .51 Kensington Yachts . .15 Kevin's Quality Marine .... 206 Kilian Props. .72 Kissinqer Canvas. .75 KKMI.108,109 KOPCOAT. .28 Ladd's Marina. .203 Lager Yacht Brokerage .209 Larsen Sail'. .84 Latitude 38 Adventure Charters... . 166 Leading Edge '. .50 Lee Sails . .206 Leech & Rudiger. .41 List Marine. .202 Mac Donald Yacht..210 Marin Yacht Sales ..20 Marina de le Paz..205

Marina Plaza Yacht Harbor 22 Marina Village Yacht Harbor 18 Marine Accident. 207 Mariner Boat Yard. .. 23 Mariners Ink. .63 Maritime Electronics. ..63 McGinnis Insurance. .. 14 Melqes Performance Sailboats ...75 Meridian. 145 Mission Bay Marina. 149 Modern Sailing Academy .. 62 Monterey Bay Fiberglass .. .. 96 Monterey City Marina. .. 82 Moorings, The.44,159,167 Napa Valley Marina. 209 Nautical Technologies. .. 75 Nautor Swan - PacificSouthwest .35

(415) 459-2666 Nautor Swan - San Francisco 108,109 Nelson's Marine. .216 Nor Pac Yachts. .215 North Beach Canvas.. .202 North Coast Yachts .... .57 North Sails. .9 O'Neill Yacht Ceftter.. .10 Oakland Yacht Club .. .77 OCSC. .61 Offshore Cruising Consultants .56 Orange Coast College . 167 Outboard Motor Shop . 145 Owl Harbor Marina... .191 Oyster Cove Marina .. .76 Oyster Point Marina .. .12 Oyster Point Refrigeration 202 Pacific Coast Canvas . .39

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Pacific Marine Engineering202 Passage Yachts. .4,5 Peli Wash. ..49 Penninsula Marine Services 12 PetroClean. ..63 Pettit Paints. .28 Pettit-Morry Co. Insurance .. 39 Pineapple Sails. ...3 Pioneer Marketing . .. 79 Premier Yacht Sales. 207 Pryde, Neil, Sails. .. 41 Quantum Sails . ..47 Raiatea Carenage . 191 Railmakers S.b. Bay. 206 Realty Executives. 205 Richmond Boat Works . .. 36 Richmond Marina Bay. .. 10 Richmond Yacht Service ... 127 RIP, Inc. 202 (Index cont. next page)

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Seabreeze Ltd.73 Seapower.68 Seashine.85 Seaward Pacific .55 Second Life Charters. 166 Sheridan House.38 Sierra Childrens Home ...... 155 Silver Dolphin Yachts.208 Small Boat Racing Assn .24 Sobstad Sails - San Diego .. 57 Society of Accredited Marine Surveyors. 14 Solargizer.202 South Beach Harbor .27 Sparky Marine Electrics.... 202

Spinnaker Sailing of Redwood City .24 Spinnaker Saifing of San Francisco .78 Spinnaker Shop, The.80 Spurs Line, Net & Weed Cutter .137 Stanford University.39 Starbuck Canvas .59 Stem To Stern..56 Steinemann & Co.35 Stockdale Marine . & Navigation Center.25 Sunsail.167 Sutter Sails.83

Svendsen's Boat Works.37 Swedish Marine .81 Swordsmith.204 TAP Plastics. 127 Tedrick-Higbee.34 The Sailing Life.28 Tinker Marine.97 Tradewind Instruments .58 Tradewinds Sailing Center . .64,66 UK Sailmakers.33 Ultimate Sailboats.51 Uni-Solar.120 Valiant Yachts.145 Vallejo Marina.: 28

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Voyager Marine.40 Watermaker Store, The.58 Waypoint .71 West Marine. 32,34,86,87 Western Clean Aire Systems 137 Westwind Precision Details 177 Whale Point Marine.48 Whitbread Boats .24 White, Chris, Designs . 155 Wizard Yachts.212 Yacht 'Tugboat1.209 Yachtfinders/Windseekers 210 Yachtsaver.137 Z Bag Company.73

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37'FISHER 1980 aft cabin motorsailer. Dual stations, radar, well equipped for cruising Asking $110,000.

39' WESTSAIL Perry design, beau¬ tiful custom interior, long list of quality gear. Cruise/live aboard. Asking $115,000.

36' COLUMBIA Cruise/liveaboard, dodger, wheel, Harken roller furling, AP, refer. At our docks. Asking $21,500.

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BRISTOL 35.5 Ted Hood, Bay & offshore, diesel aux., wheel, auto¬ pilot, roller furling. Asking $39,500.

30' CHEOY LEE BERMUDA KETCH. Herreshoff design, rebuilt diesel, full keel, fiberglass hull, varnished teak cabin. Bristol. Asking $20,000.

31' SLOOP Built by Lester Stone. Frers design, mahogany on oak, diesel aux., true ocean vet. At our docks. Asking $16,500.

27’ TARTAN YAWL Sparkman & Stephens, inboard aux., furling jib, AP. Real clean. Our docks. Asking $12,000.

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38' VIND0 Center Cockpit Sloop

Bluewater cruiser designed by Robert Perry. Diesel auxiliary, new mast, leak decks, custom teak interiors. $72,000.

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50' BOC.2 available

38' HOOD, '83.

51' SKYE,'81.$220,000

38' MORGAN 383, 79 .$70,000

51’ BALTIC.2 available

39' CM1200, '95. .$239,000

55' BALTIC, '88 .. Unique opportunity

40' C&C, '80. .$80,000 4V FRERS, '88. .$149,000

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44' NAUTIC SAINTONGE. Swan look-a-like. Major refit '90 to '96. Superb performance and condition. $145,000.

39' C&C LANDFALL. Fast, stable and sea kindly. Amazingly spacious. New epoxy bot¬ tom job. Low hrs, great condition. $119,500.

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39’ Essex "Saior", Reduced $49,900 36' Islander, Perkins dsi, nice, 532,500 32' ISLANDER, PERRY DESIGN, A '10' 23' COMPAC, 1993, TRAILER, ONLY SI 8,000

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46' DEVRIES STEEL CUTTER

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In Bristol yacht condition. New radar, GPS, furling, double in master. Offered at $139,500.

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Diesel, inverter, refer. Gorgeous interior. Ready for your cruise! Bargain at $35,500.'

Fresh LP hull, fresh varnish. Shows bristol. Spacious interior, ketch. $51,000. sistership

30' BURNS Quark Diesel, autopilot, vane, radar, loaded for cruising. Extras too long to list. $42,000.

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SANTA CRUZ 33. Yanmar diesel, 14 sails, Sparcraft mast, Barient winches, hydraulics. Fast is fun. $30,000.

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SANTA CRUZ40. Delightful yacht w/extensive cruising equipment and racing sails too. Nice inter. SC 40s are rarely on the market. $99,500.

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The UC Department of Athletics and Recreational Sports is seeking motor and sailing vessels for our instructional and recreational programs. Your tax deductible donation will be handled quickly and efficiently. You will be able to quickly eliminate insurance, berthing and advertising fees. Donating your boat to Coi. will greatly assist us in advancing our many low-cost, high quality programs on the Bay

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510-642-8556

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35' ROBB BY CHEOY LEE Arthur Robb design, slick lines, moves through the water with a light breeze.

30' CATALINA Fun boat. Must see this one!

32' ERICSON Great Bay boat with a great layout.

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42' GOLDEN WAVE One of Perry's best designs, performance cruiser.

34' CAL HUNTER 28 Dodger, refrigeration, H&C pressure Roller furling, dodger, ready to go! and ready to go.

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ISLANDER 36 Very clean, lead keel, ready to sail.

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FREE SLIP:

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strong sales and marketing. Positive, motivated professionals.

TO SELL YOUR BOAT

HUNTER 34 1985. Popular Bay boat. Well maintained. At our docks.

SELECTED SAIL LISTINGS 42' Golden Wave, 82 .. $119,000

34' Hunter, '85.$42,000

32' Beneteau 32 Ft/C,'84 .. $39,900

30' Catalina, 75.$19,500

40' Swift,'80.$129,000

34' Cal, 71 .$12,500

31' Southern Cross, 78.... $59,000

27' Catalina.$8,500

39' Westsail, '81 .$115,000

34' Catalina, '89.

$54,900

30' Newport, '81 ..$29,000

27' Cal, 74.$8,400

36' Allied, 78.$45,900

33' Hans Christian.$109,500

30' Ericson 30+, '84.$39,900

27' Coronado, 72.$7,995

36' Islander, 73.$36,500

33' Hankinsen (custom) $49,950

30' Ericson, '69.$12,200

25.5 Hunter, '85..$8,500

35' Ericson, 78.$34,900

32’ Dreadnought, '80.$79,000

30' Allied Seawind Ctr, 78 ... Call

25' Yankee Dolphin, '68 .. $9,500

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Consultants CUSTOM SPARKMAN &„ STEPHENS 47, '82. Completely rebuilt & refurbished in 1992. Too many upgrades to mention. Cap¬ tain maintained vessel. Far superior to all others on the market.

Clay

$275,000.

Prescott

Peter

Powell

Greg

Robert

Gardella

Mulcahy

Grant

Cox

33' NANTUCKET, '84. Extremely spacious interior. 40' CHEOY LEE MIDSHIPMAN. Roomy center

44' ISLANDER. Lapworth design, recent engine & rig

47' H YLAS, '86. Vessel capable of going anywhere.

Beautiful teak finish. Easy to singlehand. Pro-Furl

cockpit ketch. Beautiful teak decks and spars. Pferkins diesel. Reduced to $65,000.

survey, sailing dinghy, Perkins diesel, dean. 36' & 28' Islanders also. Call the experts! $49,900.

Well maintained, recent hauiout. Many custom wood¬

roller furling jib. Center cockpit/aft cabin. Fully equipped

work features.

ind. radar, dinghy plus...

$195,000.

Asking $60,000.

SELECTED CRUISING YACHTS LOD BUILDER

GULFSTAR37,1979. Beautiful leak interior. Great boat for cruising and/or liveaboard. Asking $62,500.

48' HUGHES by SPARKMAN & STEPHENS, 72. True world class cruiser, (enter cockpit. Mercedes diesel.

Inquire.

CT 54, 78. Robert Perry ketch. Superb vessel built for serious offshore cruising. Completely restrength¬ ened & refurbished. Beautiful rosewood interior. $189,900.

PRICE

. $319,000 '95 $385,000 73 $129,000 48' MAPLE LEAF.72 $133,000 42' PORPOISE KETCH.'67 $74,000 41' MORGAN. $61,500 39' CAVALIER.'80 $82,500 38' CHEOY LEE.'80 $46,950 38' DOWN EAST (Mex.) 75 $52,000 38' MORGANS.4 from $64,000 37 FISHER.'80 $110,000 37 HUNTER (2) ...79 4'88 CALL 36.5'PEARSON ..79 $59,500 36' S211 METER.'85 $75,000 36' C4L.'77 $29,000 36' ISLANDER.'80 $58,000 36' WATKINS.'81 $49,500 35' CHALLENGER...74 $33,900 35' AUX SLOOP.'38 $22,500 35' NIAGARA.'81 $67,000 35' BRISTOL.79 $40,000 35' ERICSON.....'80 $37,000

LOD BUILDER..VR 35' ERICSON.'80 34' HUNTER.'85 34' CATALJNA.'90 33' HUNTER....'79 33' BRISTOL.'69 33’ GURNEY HUISMAN '68 33' MORGAN.75 32' MARINER KETCH ...70

PRICE $39,900 $36,500 $69,500 $29,000 $26,500 $35,000 . $28,900 $24,900

LOD BUILDER. 28' ISLANDER. 27' BALBOA. 26' HAIDA SLOOP 25' CATALINA.

30’ ISLANDERS.2 from 30’ ISLANDERS.2 from 30' ALBERG.73 30' NEWPORT III.'82 30' CAPE DORY M/S ....'87 30' CATALINA.2 tram 30' ISLANDER.'85 30',IRWIN.'85 29' CAL.70 29' ISLANDER.'67 28' ISLANDER.79

$25,900 $25,900 $26,900 $32,900 $89,000 $16,900 $25,900 $21,500 $16,000 $11,900 $18,500

^ CHRIS CRAFT president FE 40‘ CHRIS CRAFT 40' BLUEWATER FISHING VESS 37 TOLLYCRAFTI 36' CROWN OUST 36' UNIFLITE. 30' T0LLYCRAFT 24' FOUR WINNS. 270 OA SUNDANCi

38' CATALINA, '80. Fast, comfortable racer/truiser Great sail inventory including 3 spinnakers. Low en gine hours. Great electronics.

.YR

PRICE

2 tram $18,500 .79 $9,000 .'69 CALL . Inquire

POWER ' ~, 7, M1MUBL-. ?!,

46' STEEL SLOOP/CUTTER. Built in Holland. Excel¬ lent condition. One owner boat. CRUISE READY! 6-cyl Perkins. Pullman master stateroom.

BABA 30, '83. One of Robert Perry's favorite pocket designs. Many upgrades. Asking $62,500.

39' IRWIN. New dodger/sail covers/cushions, Yanmof diesel, full batten main, roller furling headsoil.

$46,000.

$49,500.

35' ERICSON, '80. Westerbeke diesel, very dean.

41' ISLANDER FREEPORT/80. Excellent cruiser/

All new

rigging,

liveaboard. Recenl complete interior and exterior re¬

$39,900.

ALSO:

spar

Harken

furling

ERICSON 30+, '80. 2 state¬

$ 139,500.

45' VAN DER STAAT, 76. Center cockpit. Pullman berth. Perkins. Exceptional f/g bluewoter cruiser. Pos¬ sible liveaboard in Sausalito.

$79,500.

furbishment. Robert Perry designed.

rooms. Exceptional boat. $26,900.

54’ ROBERTS STEEL KETCH, '83. No compro¬ mise 3 staterm cruiser. Bright light oak inte¬ rior. Gleaming blue LPU hulk Teak decks. New engine, more.

$195,000.

1 Gate 5 Road USAUTO, CA 94965

YACHT SALES NETWORK-

71' OCEAN operation,

BIG O.

Complete charter

extremely well equipped.

$319,000. Also Ocean 60 $375,000.

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J.® FANTAIL MY by Collis. Twin 67) diesels 4.4kw genset, flybridge, full cover & much more. A magnificent Yoch). Asking $149,500.

i/o's, A/C, stereo, H/C press water, full canvas, trim labs, swim platform 8. more, 1990, Asking $41,000.

34' JEFFRIES EXPRESS CRUISER. Twin 455 V8s over $75,000 refit just completed. Asking $45,900.

50’ CAMPER NICHOLSON. Cruiser/racer. New Volvo dsL major refit just completing, very extensive mv. Fost/ powerful-rigged forshorthonding.$61,000.

74’ MORGAN custom PH yawl, awesome world bealer. 675,000 50 C0LUM8IA, So. Par. vet ... 79,000 47'30 SQUARE METER Sloop17,500 47'GARDEN PORPOISE Reich,. 75,000 46'STAYSAILSCHOONER, nice 69 000 40' SEABIRD YWL, steel, dsl Try 24,500 34'HANS CHRISTIAN HANSA... 84 500 33'TRADWINDS M/S, leak, dsl. .Try 19,500 30'KIWI 1/2 ton sloop.11,500 30' WALSHBO M/S, dsl.9,900 30 L0D SEAWITCH Ketch, nice 19,500 30' C&C MEGA 30 . 12,900 30' KNARR, o/b, good inventory 9,900 30'CUSTOM Ketch, dsl cruiser 14,500 29' BLUE WESTWIND DOLPHIN, o/b,. f/g, full keel.6,900 28' P-28, Danish sip, Full kl Try 2,900 —

41’tiARDEN KETCH. Outstanding conEn equipped, roller furl., new dsl, heavy glass to tion, wheel, much more. Reduced $69,000.

26'CONTESSA, dsl.13,500 26'COLUMBIA, 0/8, Hawaii vet, full keel, nice. 5,500 obo 25'CORONADO Sip, 0/8.4,000 24' COLUMBIA, new 0/8.4,000 22'COLUMBIA 22, new O/B.44)00 22'TANZER Sip. 4,250/offer 20' K/C4R GT’BRAY unique sip 25,000 20’BALBOA . 1800 POWER

65CHARTER YACHT. 275,000/ofr 65'WHEELER M/V, '31.... 95,000/ofr 56'FELLOWS8STEWART. Ask 75,000 52'STERNWHEELER, Ivbrd. 76,000 50' CLASSIC STEPHENS, perfect.il 5,000 46'CHRIS CONNIE, dsl, loaded 69 000 44'UHIFLITEF/BSedan, dsl... 39,000 43'MATTHEWS F/B, '65, V8s. 57,500 42'TROJAN, loaded.44,500

THESE AND MORE AT OUR DOCKS

39 MEDITTEARANEAN SF,'92, twin dsl, «new.Asking $185,000 39'STfPHENS Sdn, '39.28,500 38' CHRIS SdnDIx, perfect. 45,000 36 STEPHEIlfcassic, easy restoration, twins, canvas, more. 10 000 36'CHRIS CONNIE, Iwins.21,500 35 OWENS Flagship, new twins 16,950 32'LUHRS, twin dsl.14,900 30'WEUCRAFT MONACO, nice 54 800 30' CHRIS CAVAIIER, ell cond. 22,500 28 HUNTER, 41, classic, l/B, very, very nice...10,000 27' OWENS SEASKIFF. 5,000/ofr 25'CHRIS CRAFT CATALINA Try 12,500 24'BELl BUOY, I/O, nice.9,750 23' GLASS PLY, ht-cuddy, I/O. 10,500 19'MAHOG CHRIS, l/B.13,000 18’GIASTRON, w/lrlr, I/O. 4 200 17'GALAXIE BOW RIDER, w/trlr 3^950 17' GLASTRON, ski boal w/lrlr, I/O...

40' LOD TED GEARY MOTORSAILER. By Ferris Diesel, cutler rig, 6'3" headroom world cruiser/ liveaboord & more. Asking $47,500.

INGRID 38'. Heavy fiberglass hull, strong world cruising ketch by Blue Water Yachts. Dsl, lots of teak comfort 8. safety ot sea. 44' LOA. Asking $63,000!

38' FARALLON CUPPER BY STEPHENS^ Great SF Boy-built classic cruising sloop, 1940, Volvo dsl great rig & inventory. Bargain! Try $18,500.

The Old Kermit Parker Brokerage Serving the Boating Community at This Location since

46' KITA TRAWLER YACHT. Twin diesel, radar, RDF, 2 VHFs, AP, dinghy, 2 depthsounders, gen., and more. Cruise to Alaska! Asking $110,000.

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Glenn

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38' SORENSEN & SONS. Gossic sloop diesel counter stern, Danish built, full keel, VHF and more.' Asking only $15,000/offer.

OUR CREW HISTORIC MONTEREY TRAWLER 28'. Fisherman1! Whorf classic w/modern dsl & full electronics. Asking $12,000 w/electronics, $7,500 w/o.

26' FORMULA THUNDERBIRD. W/trlr. Just re built 280hp V8, full canvas & cover & tow cover. Very clean & sharp. Reduced to $ 12,500.

C&C 24. Sloop. Johnson Sailmaster 8 hp 0/8, new soils, stove, head, just hauled, stereo, very dean. Great sailer from o great builder. Asking $8,000.

We're selling boats and need yours! Call now for a spot at our sales dock.

BENTLEY 38 CUTTER. Very solid oil glass Atkins/ Ingrid design. Oceon cruiser, dsl, in woter only 1 veer, minor commissioning required. $49,500/otfer

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(415) 485-6044

loop, good inventory, i/b, properl lDYTO GO SAILING! Reduced!

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36' CAPE GEORGE CUTTER. Full keel, extra strong F/G hull, low hours on Volvo diesel, proven worlc cruiser, 42' LOA Asking $78,000.

SPPSGAnER.KERMITPARKER'S PERSONAL YACHT. Nirnne 28’ dbl end, dsl, champion Master Asking $18,000.

RHODES WINDWARD 33. A beautiful example of this legendary design. Full keel, new 12V system, good soil inventory, etc. A thoroughbred. Asking $29,900.

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