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Fine Feathering Friends Over the years, scores of sailors have flocked to Cal Sailing Club in Berkeley where, for minimal dues and a few hours of volunteered time, members have access to the club’s fleet of dinghies, keel boats and sailboards.

Huey, Duey and Louie, their three Pearson Ensigns, and Donald and Daisy, their Pearson Commanders, take more than their share of use and abuse. Club members practice docking under sail and crew-overboard drills and just go sailing - seven days a week! This past summer, senior skipper Dan Acland entered Dewey in Berkeley Yacht Club’s Friday night series. Billed as “Team Mallard,” Dan and his crew locked up the 25-race series weeks before it was over. Pineapple Sails has been making sails for Cal Sailing Club for over 20 years. We pay close attention to their special needs and build them sails that last — and perform! You deserve nothing less.

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Power, Beauty and Comfort... What more could anyone ask for? This Bruce Farr de¬ signed cruiser delivers impressive speed and secure stability. Her rigging and deck layout are efficient and functional, making her easy for the cruising couple to sail. Her warm wood interior beckons and delivers you into a world of beauty and comfort. The 461 is the benchmark for modern cruising comfort and perfor¬ mance.

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SELECT NATIONAL LISTINGS 35' ISLAND PACKET, 1990 . 127,000 35' BENETEAU FIRST 35s5, 1990. 74,500 35' BENETEAU OCEANIS 351/95

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We Offer Choices Not Compromises oin us for our Fall Open House October 25, 1997. RSVP for our annual Fall Open House. We'll have a large display of both new and used boats as well as the latest info on the new models coming out for 1998. Food and refreshments will be served. RSVP at (510) 236-2633. What’s the BIG DEAL with the new Beneteau Oceanis 411? The boat for one! Beneteau has just created a new 41’ boat that is a cruiser's dream. The new 411 has many features including raised bulwarks with a teak caprail for safety and elegance, numerous opening ports and hatches which the cruising life de¬ mands, and an elliptical wing bulb keel to provide good upwind bite and stable tracking. Her elegant interior is very comfortable and liveable, featur¬ ing a Pullman berth owner's cabin and huge main saloon. Here's the real deal... The sailaway price on the 411 is $187,000. And if you reserve a hull before October 15, you'll get a free autopilot and cockpit cushions! Call today for details.

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This boat is equipped with oil the toys one would wont; good os new or better. Asking $139,000.

Simpson Bay Sail 37' BENETEAU, '90. . $67,000 38' 38' 39' 40' 43' 43' 44' 44' 44’ 44’

MOORINGS. .$59,000 ROBERTS STEEL. .... $120,000 CAMPER-NICHOLSON .$84,900 OCEANIS. '95. .... $139,000 OYSTER, '82 . .... $240,000 SWAN 431 . .... $110,000 JEANNEAU, '90. .... $169,000 IRWIN, '92. .... $110,000 FEELING 446, '92. .... $124,000 CSY, '77 . From $65,000

One of the most affordable liveaboards on the morket. Well kept. Asking $31,000.

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C&C. . $9,500 CAL. . $11,500 CATALINA. . $9,500 ERICSON, '78 . . $11,900 NOR'SEA, '86. . $55,000 NOR'SEA, '93. . $73,000 SAN JUAN, '78 ... . $12,500 CAT FISHER. . $65,000 PEARSON, 79 .... . $19,000 CAL. . $12,500 SANTANA 30/30, ’82 $24,500 GULF, '89. . $51,000 PDQ, '95. ... $139,000 US YACHTS. . $23,500

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Very roomy and a fun boat to sail. At our dock. Asking $23,500. 42' 42' 42’ 43’ 46' 46’ 48' 50' 55’ 57' 60' 60' 64' 75'

CATANA, '90.$236,000 KENNEX, '92.$249,900 VENEZIA, '93.$295,000 ST. FRANCIS, '94.$265,000 CASAMANCE, '91 .$250,000 CN UNTXIN, '92 .$440,000 PRIVILEGE 14.7, '90.$295,000 GRAAL, '93.$249,000 LAGOON, '89.from $429,000 LAGOON, '93.$730,000 OLLIER, '84.$175,000 SPRONK, '78 .$229,000 SHUTTLEWORTH.. $950,000 ETEL day charter/race. $375,000

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35' PRETORIAN, 1982 by Wauquiez. France's highest quality offshore cruiser. Asking $80,000. (sistership)

35’ NIAGARA, 1981 A tough cruiser by Hinterhoeller (Nonsuch) in great shape. Asking $67,500.

26' ERICSON, 1987 Shows like new; I/B diesel. Asking $21,000. (sistership)

39' WESTSAIL SLOOP, 1980 Heavily built performance cruiser. Asking $115,000. (sistership)

35' CORONADO, 1973 Roomy liveaboard, room for bowling alley & pool table. Clean! Asking $31,000.

45’ FREEDOM, 1993 Almost new, equipped for trip to Mars. Owner must sell. Reduced to $275,000.

31' HERRESHOFF KETCH, 1964 Solid woody for comfortable cruise. Rebuilt engine. Asking $21,900.

42' WAUQUIEZ, 1989 Sailed in fresh water. Cruise loaded. Asking $150,000.

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55' MOTORSAILER, 1982 Commercially built ferrocement. Live aboard or cruise. Reduced to $95,000.

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Oct. 5 — Berkeley YC's 22nd Annual Women Skipper's In¬ vitational for PHRF monohulls. 'This is the finest time of year to race your boat," notes Bobbi Tosse, (510) 939-9885. Oct. 5 — Fall SCORE #3. Santa Cruz YC, (408) 425-0690. Oct. 6 — Fall One Design #3. SCYC, (408) 425-0690. Oct. 10, 1987 — Ten Years After: Thousands of spectators eagerly lined the Cityfront at noon on Saturday, jockeying for ■the best seats on the breakwalls and docks. Oblivious to the growing crowd, 14 veteran skippers, all over 55 years of age, and their 45-plus-year-old crews, hung out on the StFYC docks, calmly preparing their borrowed J/24s for the busy four-race, two-day invitational. We'd like to report that the audience was assembled to pay their respects to these competitors — some of yacht racing's grand old men — but the screeching engines of five F-18 Hornets quickly brought us back to reality. It was the Blue Angels, not the Ninth Annual Masters Championship, that people had come to see." Alan Clarke, a 69-year-old retired bar pilot and all-around nice guy, won the regatta for the fourth time. Sadly, Clarke passed away last month. See Loose Lips. Oct. 11 — RYC's Junior Waterhouse, the last crewed OYRA race of the year. YRA, 771-9500. Oct. 11 — South Bay YRA's final race, hosted by Sequoia YC. Mike Dixon, (510) 635-5878. Oct. 11-12 — El Toro Stampede. RYC, (510) 237-2821. Oct. 11-12 — Ong Regatta for Cal 20s and Cal 2-27s, hosted by Tiburon YC. The Cal 20 fleet is back, with 15 boats expected at this event! Steve Wonner, (510) 521-3364. Oct. 17-19 — St. Francis International Masters Regatta, a US Sailing championship for skippers over 50 and crew over 45, sailed in J/24s. St. Francis YC, 563-6363. Oct. 18 — Teak Deck Regatta, co-sponsored by Leech & Rudiger Sails and KKMI. All Swans, Baltics and similarly teak¬ decked boats are invited to sail. Info, (510) 235-KKMI. Oct. 18 — Fall One Design #3. SCYC, (408) 425-0690. Oct. 18-19 — SSS Vallejo 1-2. Paul Miller, 924-0767. Oct. 18-19— Champion of Champions/Yankee Cup/OYRA King Neptune Championship at Golden Gate YC. All season winners are invited. YRA, 771-9500. Oct. 18-19 — WBRA (woodies) season finale, hosted by San Francisco YC on the Knox course. YRA. 771-9500. Oct. 18-19 — 6th Annual Women's One Design Challenge, hosted by the Long Beach/Los Angeles Women's Sailing Asso¬ ciation and sailed in Catalina 37s. Defending champion Linda Elias will take on 10 other teams, including one led by Liz Baylis of Richmond YC. Carol Armitage, (310) 547-3929. Oct. 25 — Jessica Cup, a fleet race for Master Mariner boats hosted by StFYC. Teriy Klaus, (510) 523-4230. Oct. 25-26 — Great Pumpkin Regatta: "Closing Day on the Bay." Invited classes are Cal 20s & 2-27s, Express 27s & 37s, J/24s, J/35s, J/105s, Hawkfarms, Melges 24s, Merit 25s, Ol¬ son 25s & 30s, 99-raters, Tuna 22s and Wabbits. Richmond YC, (510) 237-2821. Oct. 25-26 — Joe Logan/Calvin Paige Regatta for Stars and Mercuries. StFYC, 563-6363. Nov. 1 — Champion of Champions. SCYC, (408) 425-0690. Nov. 1-2 — Perry Cup series begins for Mercuries. Monterey Peninsula YC, (408) 372-9686. Nov. 1 — Tiburon YC's 17th Annual Red Rock Regatta and Halloween Bash. All PHRF boats are invited, and at least one crewmember must race in costume. Richard Selmeier, 4350143. Midwinter Regattas ALAMEDA YC — Estuary Midwinters: 11/9, 1.2/14, 1/11, 2/8, 3/8. ML Higgins, (510) 748-0289.

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J/32 Designed for the Crew You Already Have

Todd & Cindy Wyrick aboard their new J-32. Missing - daughter Nicole (off sailing in the West Marine Youth Series) and dog Heidi.

J-32 NEW OWNER PROFILE Owners: Todd & Cindy Wyrick Background: Both Todd and Cindy started sailing as kids in the Bay Area with Todd learning in El Toros at Lafayette Reservoir. They lived for many years in the Puget sound area owning a series of Catalinas while there. Their most recent boat was a Catalina 42 which they moved with them back to the Bay Area five years ago.

Why a J/32? "We feel the J/32 is simply the best boat for our current lifestyle. Our daughter Nicole is 16 and doing a lot of sailing on her own so can't join us as easily on the boat. I'm a teacher and often get away by myself in the late afternoon for a quick sail. The combination means we were looking for a boat that was quick and easy to rig and easy to sail shorthanded. However we still wanted the ability to enjoy overnights or cruises to the Delta. "The J/Boat reputation for quality was also important. We wanted a boat that would stand up well to the Bay's powerful winds. The J/32 is clearly a boat with that ability. Looking through the well thought out interior, you can see how well constructed she is. "We have not done much racing ourselves but also saw the J/32 as a good performer that would be lots of fun to take club PHRF racing. The overall feel is one of great sailing characteristics and ease of use. For casual racing, weekend cruising or a quick shorthanded afternoon sail, she's simply the ideal boat. "I also want to pass on compliments to Chris Corlett and Sail California. We have bought and sold a number of boats, and this was the most pleasant boat buying experience we've had." -ToddWyrick

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town below — but the red ball didn't budge! The children started another countdown. And another. And I kept resetting my watch. By 1:10, I began to think that my fellow tourists and I had all miscalculated due to Daylight Sav¬ ings Time or something. At 1:12,1 gave up and asked Ernie, my colleague, to wait a moment while I went to the loo. And wouldn't you know it, I missed all the action! According to Ernie, at 1:13 a man in a security guard's uni¬ form crawled out a window onto the roof, and prodded the red ball with a brodmstick. The red ball, thus prompted, fell at pre¬ cisely’ 1:13:23. So much for the accuracy of Greenwich Mean Time. I arrived back on the scene as the uniformed guard was re¬ turning to his post. He cheerfully explained that the mecha¬ nism had been problematic for some time, and that he periodi¬ cally has to give the ball a "nudge". I wish you’d been there to see it. I wish I'd been there, too! Jane Lovell Midnight Watch YC S.F. Bay Chapter Jane — How the mighty fall! It was less than 100 years ago ttf.at the 30 million or so Brits controlled half of the world's popu¬ lation. Now the monarchy is in shambles and they can't even put on a reliable dog and pony show at Greenwich ground zero of time keeping. Any mariner who visits London should make the short trip — best by boat — along the Thames to Greenwich and the observa¬ tory. There you can not only see the balky red ball, but you can straddle a medal plate that marks the Prime Meridian. The Wan¬ derer reports he got the shivers when he straddled the Prime Meridian — although it may have had something to do with the hussy he happened to be kissing at the time. Incidentally, the recently released Longitude, The True Story of A Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time, by Dava Sobel, is about measuring time for navigation and "Mr. Harrison's chronometers". It might sound like a boring topic, but folks who've read it — and this includes two 'little old ladies' — report that it's fascinating. fllflT WOULD LOOK LIKE THE GOALPOSTS MOVED

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In your September 1997 issue, you had a feature on week¬ end boating trips to Petaluma. The paragraph regarding eti¬ quette while awaiting a bridge opening states that, "according to Petaluma bridge tenders, barge owners Mitch and Barbara Lind don't mind these temporary tie-ups” — meaning to our tugs and barges while awaiting the bridge opening. This is not true. We do not want anyone tying off to any of our vessels or docking facilities. And we do not want any pedestrian traffic through our property. In kinder, more gentle, and less litigious days, it may have been an automatic courtesy easily extended. But in speaking with our marine insurance broker, we have verified that we can’t allow tie-ups to any of our docks or vessels. Furthermore, there are no phones near the D Street Bridge, and if somebody at¬ tempts to disembark at our work docks, there is nowhere for them to go, as our property is gated and fenced all around. Since Petaluma is now getting its lion share of boaters, and bridge tie-ups are a problem, I would greatly appreciate your dropping a small note to correct this information. I don't know who gave you the erroneous information, but I've notified the Petaluma Department of Public Works as well. Thank you for your help with this. We really enjoy your pub¬ lication. Barbara Lind Petaluma Barbara — Thanks for that correction. We're certain that our readers will take notice, understand, and therefore refrain from tying up to your docks, vessels, or walking through your prop¬ erty. On the subject of our litigious times, we further hope that our readers will do everything within their power to help decimate the corrupt American system of litigation, which is an insult to anyone who has even the slightest regard for truth and justice. Having never lost a lawsuit, we're speaking from disgust rather than bitterness. MEL NINO AND CRUISING

Like many others, I have been reading your awesome maga¬ zine for longer than I can remember. Six years ago I bought Scalawag, a Transpac 49 that you displayed in the 'Looking Good’ section several years later. Thanks. Two years ago. I started replacing eveiything on the boat. Two months ago I quit my job. After a mid-October wedding, my bride and I will set off on a 5-to-10-year honeymoon exploring the great dive sites of the Pacific. We originally planned to spend the winter in Mexico and Central America, then jump over to the South Pacific in April or May and follow the Milk Run’. However, given the recent, news about the strong El Nino this year, and remembering the last one s brutal impact on the eastern South Pacific, we are recon¬ sidering our route. What is your experience with the El Nino for Pacific cruising, and what possible alternatives might you sug¬ gest for us? Rick O'Rourke San Francisco Rick — Our report on what happened during the last big El Nino starts on page 130.

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LETTERS Speaking as the Grand Poobah of Baja Ha-Ha IV, which is j slated to leave San Diego for Cabo on October 28, we have been following recent weather events with interest. They include a fur¬ ther warming of the Pacific since you wrote, as well as the ap¬ pearance of Linda, the mighty Eastern Pacific hurricane. That there are Eastern Pacific hurricanes in September — and if there are more in October — does not concern us at all, as this is the middle of the always-busy Eastern Pacific hurricane sea¬ son. That Linda utas the most powerful hurricane in Eastern Pacific history is something we're noting, however. At this point, we're operating with the assumption that we ll start the Ha-Ha as scheduled on October 28 but we re leaving our options open. Our suggestion is that other south and west bound cruisers do the same. If there are more Category IV and Category V hurricanes; if the water temperature stays abnor¬ mally high; if other weather conditions are conducive to late sea¬ son hurricanes and/or an abnormal number of ’pineapple ex¬ presses'; then we'll review our options before taking the fleet south of the border. We don’t expect to have to postpone or cancel the Ha-Ha, but if we think it’s necessary we will. And we suggest others be ready to postpone or cancel their plans, too. We’ll also remind folks not planning to go anywhere that the last time there was a big El Nino, California and French Polynesia suffered almost all the damage, while everything was pretty much all sweetness and light in Mexico. So no matter if you're sailing from San Diego to Nuku Hiva or simply leaving your boat in a California berth, it behooves you to monitor the weather and pre¬ pare your boat for what may — or may not — be unusually strong winter weather. M#1 IS PART OF THE LAW. TOO

I was not surprised to read that Greg Nickols used vinegar to successfully unplug the hose from his toilet to his holding tank. I use it regularly in the head and as a replacement for acetone. What I was surprised to hear was someone putting them¬ selves on report for violating the law by intentionally discharg¬ ing overboard into protected waters. # 1 is part of that law, too. I'm concerned about people peeing into the water because hepatitis can be transmitted to many people by the discharge from infected people. My wife is well aware of that down here in San Diego, as she contracted hepatitis — or so her doctors are firmly convinced — from San Diego Bay. More specifically, from the waters around Fiddler's Cove, where people still pump over¬ board. Handling contaminated docklines can also do it if it en¬ ters your blood stream. I hope that people who pollute become the exception, and wish that the Coasties — as you refer to them — could control these idiots. My wife does, too. Liver damage is no fun. Butler Smythe Caerulean San Diego Butler — There were parts of your letter that were unclear, so we hope we edited them correctly. In any event, we'd certainly like to know whether the consensus of medical opinion is that you can contract hepatitis from pee — as opposed to poop — in bay or sea water. If so, mariners who think otherwise need to be educated, as do the zillions of folks and dogs who regularly uri¬ nate along the shore. JllfTHE ABALONE PROJECT

I'm a regular reader who appreciates Latitude's objectivity in reporting on a wide range of sensitive political and social is¬ sues. I was distressed, however, to-read the Short Sightings ar¬ ticle on the proposed abalone project at Pillar Point Harbor in the May 1997 issue. The article was not accurate in describing

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responsible. Of course, deciding what is significant can be subjective, and for a few commercial fishing interests, a single buoy iden¬ tified with aquaculture may be considered a significant loss. A look at the facts> however, may help you and your readers de¬ cide what effect the proposed abalone operations might have on anchoring space. To give you an opportunity to make your own evaluations, I have provided the attached information. The rest of the Short Sightings piece on Pillar Point was as off base as the discussion of the safe harbors issue. Implications that the Department of Fish & Game is acting irresponsibly on this project are without merit. The California Legislature has declared that the development of private aquaculture is good for the State, and has directed the DF&G to encourage that development. DF&G reviews every application for an aquacul¬ ture project, and approves only those that will not harm fish and wildlife resources. Further, the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires that any project that may impact the‘environment must be reviewed so that all concerned State agencies and the general public have an opportunity to com¬ ment on the proposed project. The Pillar Point abalone project passed both hurdles, and consistent with its Legislative man¬ date, the DF&G supports the project — as long as it is done in the environmentally sound manner described in the CEQA docu¬ ments. Initial applications from the hopeful abalone farmers go back several years, and after prolonged consideration the CEQA docu¬ ments for the project were finally completed over a year ago — yet the abalone growers remain stalled by the permitting pro¬ cess. It is unfortunate when proposals cease to be judged on the merits of the project and instead are controlled by political pressure. I am afraid that Latitude encouraged more of that type of opposition without giving its readers the necessary facts to make informed decisions. Bob Hulbrock Aquaculture Coordinator, Department of Fish & Game Sacramento

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Bob — These are our concerns: 1) According to the documents you provided, "the total of the estimated license space needed for the Jive operations is 105.660 square feet or 2.40 acres." That doesn't seem all that small to us. 2) We're not sure that aquaculture and boats, be they commercial or recreational, belong close together. And, 3) In a world where they're not building any more oceanfront, and where environ¬ mentalists won't let any more coastal marinas be built, the natu¬ ral reaction of mariners is to protect what tiny bit of coastline we already have. Having said that, we admit we're not familiar enough with all the issues to decide whether or not to support the project. lift SEA LION FIN FACTS In your August issue there was a photograph of several sea lions in the water with their fins stuck up in the air. "Why do the sea lions stick their fins up in the air?" a reader asked. The reason is this: Sea lions bodies are encompassed in sev¬ eral inches of thick fat. It's a great insulating material — as all of us over 40 know. To reduce their body temperature — in other words to cool themselves — sea lions stick their fins up in the air and the air cools the blood flowing through their fins. That’s a fact. Another interesting feature about those fins is that they have five fingernails — hopefully just like you and me.

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just wanted to give a warning based on the facts. Our advice came from an American veterinarian who faxed us the article from the New England Journal of Medicine, 329:1632-1638; Nov. 25, 1993, on which we based our deci¬ sion to seek inoculation for rabies. Our decision was further based on the following: One, the fact that within the past two years, a child died of untreated rabies in the La Paz area. This according to a doctor at the Secretaria de Salud (Public Health) in La Paz. Two, the fact that virtually no one survives rabies, and the death within seven days of the onset of symptoms is horrible. Three, the tissue analysis we asked for had to be conducted in Mexico City and therefore relied on the Mexican postal ser¬ vice. Brain and spinal cord tissue is especially susceptible to fast deterioration, even with low temperature storage. No offi¬ cial, written result of the analysis could be obtained — despite repeated attempts by Spanish-speaking persons. Our confidence level in the tests was nil. And, four, we observed the local veterinarian health profes¬ sional — who had already diagnosed distemper in Timo, a highly communicable disease — move from Timo's examination table to assist another vet working alongside on open abdominal sur¬ gery on a large cat without so much as washing his hands — never mind donning latex gloves. Rabies symptoms are sometimes masked by distemper. Timo's fear of water and light near the end caused us concern. Rabies does exist in Mexico. The story about street inocula¬ tions may be true, but the large number of feral dogs that at times run about in packs induces skepticism. We saw dead dogs lie on the malecon until advanced decomposition set in. And on the streets of La Paz we saw three-legged dogs with no hair and ribs like corrugated iron. Mexico is poor and it is probably doing what it can. But the persistent denial we encountered in La Paz — and then in the rebuttal letter to our article — brings to mind the town fathers in Jaws whose reaction to the news that a large Carcharodon carcharias was doing lunch along their beaches was: "Shark? What shark?” Bob Connelly Amazing Grace San Diego

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thority. When local yachting organizations engage in rating modifications, they invite dissatisfaction and possibly disaster. It's a challenge for US Sailing, with their access to sophisti¬ cated and knowledgeable data sources, to get the ratings right. A lone entity — or person — is not likely to do a better job. The Transpacific YC has the means to create a yacht race that pleases the West Coast yachting community. It's up to its current leadership to inspire the board members to dedicate themselves to solving the present problems. Both Tom Leweck and Rob Moore of Latitude have thoughtfully pointed the way, and let's hope that your suggestions will be heeded. Peggy L. Redler Los Angeles Peggy — The way the Wanderer sees it. the TransPac's prob¬ lems aren't a lack of access to the yachting public, a lack of a professional staff, or a lack of pre-race seminars. The TransPac's problem is that it's perceived — rightly or wrongly — by the sail¬ ing public as a Grand Prix event, and the pool of Grand Prix racers has dramatically shrunk over the last 14 years. The West Marine Pacific Cup, on the other hand, is perceived as living up to its motto of being "The Fun Race To Hawaii", where competition is of little or no importance and everybody becomes part of the group. The Pacific Cup hasn't had any trouble attract- . ing entries because the pool of folks just wanting to have Jim sailing to Hawaii has increased dramatically. Given the TransPaifs long and illustrious history as a Grand Prix event, it would be very difficult to transform itself into some¬ thing else — in the remote chance that the TransPac YC board even wanted to do that. But ih order to keep even today's low numbers up, the TransPac is either going to hcLve to do a much better job of attracting members of the Grand Prix fleet or more convincingly change its focus. lit CELESTIAL BASICS My wife, the one who must be obeyed, has given me a dino¬ saur — a too wonderful and too expensive sextant. As I'm a small boat racer from Lake Winnebago, the only sightings’ I needed in the Wisconsin backwoods were female and nubile. Nevertheless, the pledge taken, the vow made, the instru¬ ment in hand, please advise me on simple, clearly written or videoed instruction on the veiy basics of celestial navigation. I'm keen on learning, but will revolt at the first sign of obfusca¬ tion or dithering — whatever comes first. Tony Roberts Landlocked in Arizona •

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Jiff AVERAGE OUT GPS READINGS I've got an idea. Mariners should send Latitude GPS read¬ ings from all over the world. These could then be averaged out to give people a better idea of the accuracy of the charts they were using. It certainly would not replace the chart or relieve the skipper of the responsibility for a safe passage, but a lot of charts haven't been updated in many years. Anyway, it was just an idea, and I was wondering what you thought of it. If you liked it, would you be willing to collate the information and publish it? Craig Caldwell Cyberspace Craig — You can't just "average out" GPS readings because, among other reasons, different charts are based on different da¬ tum. In an attempt to solve the problem of inaccurate charts, how¬ ever, many cruisers and cruising guides are noting the GPS coor¬ dinates off important points, anchorages, reef entrances, and such. They then add them to their cruising guides or make lists of them to pass along to fellow cruisers. If any cruisers want to alert us to discrepancies between GPS readings and what charts say, we'd be delighted to publish that information.

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Mleave a clean wake As you are probably aware, the Seven Seas Cruising Asso¬ ciation (SSCA) is a non-profit — by intent — organization dedi¬ cated to the fraternity of cruising sailors. Our tradition has al¬ ways been to leave a 'clean wake’ — environmentally, finan¬ cially and socially, so that cruisers arriving behind us are warmly welcomed. All new members sign a pledge to abide by this tra¬ dition. We've been actively promoting the 'clean wake' philosophy and the camaraderie of the cruising community since 1952. Every year the SSCA has a get-together at which we share in¬ formation and celebrate our lifestyle and friendships. In 1997, our Annual Weekend will be November 14-16 in Melbourne, Florida. If anyone would like further information on this event or on the SSCA, they should contact me at either (954) 4632431 or (fax) (954) 463-7183. Lynne Balthazor, Editor Seven Seas Cruising Association Readers — The SSCA has long been known for their excellent 'Commodore's Bulletin' which publishs Changes-like reports from folks cruising all over the world. We'd love to make this year's Annual Weekend if only to meet speakers Dave and Jqja Martin. A few years ago, the couple, along with their two young children, did a 7-year, 45,000-mile circumnavigation aboard their Cal 25 (!) Direction.

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Uft'JOSH SLOCUM HAD IT EASY You selected an excellent photo with which to illustrate the caption on page 181 of the September issue. The caption read: “ . . . these water-borne travelers are carrying enough fligh¬ ted! gadgetiy to fill a Third World electronics store and nearly all the creature comforts of home.” The boat you pictured is ours at the start of Baja Ha-Ha III. She’s equipped with a diesel engine, diesel generator, electronic autopilot, four solar panels, 800 amp-hours of batteries, aTiller Master, wind vane, davits, dinghy with outboard motor, electric windlass, power winch, radar, 406 EPIRB, handheld GPS, GPS with charts, SatNav, VHF radio, handheld VHF radio. Ham/ Short Wave Radio with an Adaptive Digital Signal Processor, electronic wind instruments, depth sounder, forward looking sonar, inverter, watermaker, pressurized water, refrigerator, freezer, three-burner propane stove, microwave oven, six fans, a vacuum sealer, automatic anchor light, television, VCR, CD ,player, audio tape player, lots of reading lights — and an elec¬ trical control panel with 49 switches. Unlike the early pioneers, however, today’s sailors need to be mechanics, electricians, carpenters, and plumbers — and must register with the FCC and Department of Transportation. You may smile at our many ’comforts’, but in our opinion Joshua Slocum had it easy. James Pennington and Susan Fantle Chrysalis, Freedom 42 Currently exploring the Sea of Cortez It ff SOME OF MY PREPARATIONS Here are some of the preparations I’m made for cruising my catamaran from Sausalito to San Diego and then in the Baja Ha-Ha: • Dental and medical check up, including the suggested shots. • Signed up with the Traveller’s Mail Box in Sausalito for mail pick-up and forwarding. Friends and family generally can¬ not provide the same reliability. • Obtained Mexican boat insurance to protect my invest¬ ment. There were a number of options, but I went with ’Hambone’ Lieberman of San Carlos, Mexico. • Arranged it so my credit card now automatically deducts any charges from my back account, which will avoid the stress and complications of unnecessary mail-forwarding. • Obtained an AT&T global calling card. This works domesti¬ cally and internationally. All charges get billed to my credit card, which then deducts it from my bank account. As a result, there is no paper chase on phone calls and credit card charges. • Visited AAA, which provides its members with free landoriented maps and books which may be of some use. • Got my passport. For $5 I was able to color xerox my photo

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In the August issue, you run what appears to be a verbatim press release about the upcoming Big Boat Series as your lead in Sightings. Then there's a shot of AmericaOne on the cover, with a head shot inset of her skipper Paul Cayard. Then there's an interview — admittedly newsworthy — with Cayard. It seems blatantly obvious that Latitude's objectivity has been bought by the St. Francis YC. Shame on you. Colin Case Belvedere Colin Thanks to 20 year1 s worth of tremendous reader and advertiser support, our objectivity and opinions aren't for sale. And as you might recall, we were often critical of the last St. Francis YC-based America's Cup effort; it was too arrogant and exclusive to earn our support and that of the general sailing com¬ munity. A verbatim press release"? We've eschewed press releases let alone verbatim ones — 99.99% of the time since we started Latitude. The reason has been simple; we didn't want to seem too much like other sailing magazines. As such, all of last issue's Big Boat Series preview and AmericaOne coverage was the origi¬ nal work of Managing Editor John Riise and Racing Editor Rob Moore. While Latitude isn't going to endorse any America's Cup cam¬ paign at this time, it may disappoint you to learn that we think Paul Cayard s AmericaOne campaign is eminently worthy of sup¬ port. We re not going to rehash Cayard's many sailing and America s Cup achievements; suffice it to say they are surpassed by only one other American. Further, the 38-year-old Cayard is at the height of his sailing and campaign management skills. American sailors and the kids in particular — need a topflight America s Cup competitor they can look up to the way Kiwi kids can admire the achievements and character of their countryman Peter Blake. Lord knows that the talented Dennis Conner hasn't fit the bill But in AmericaOne's Cayard, our sailing community and country has a guy with the sailing and man-

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defeat. This will probably drive you crazy, but we think there's even more reason to support him. Cayard also embodies the best of the America's ’anybody can be president notion. He didn't come from a sailing family and was in fact something of a trouble¬ maker in high sdhool. But thanks to a combination of learning to sail on Oakland's Lake Merritt and the St. Francis YC's junior sailor community outreach program, he got a chance. In a world where too many people get ahead through rich or connected par¬ ents, bullshit lawsuits or other jive, Cayard has reached the pin¬ nacle of his field through skill, sacrifice and hard work. Call us old-fashioned, but we're in favor of a meritocracy. And for a guy with a million demands on his time and energy, Cayard remains as much 'one of the guys’ as can humanly be expected. And he's dedicated to the proposition that the AmericaOne campaign will be one that all Northern Californian can feel a part of. Don't get us wrong, we're certain Cayard has his faults and we're not nominating him for sainthood. We’re just saying that it$ our belief that folks who support him and the AmericaOne campaign — financially and/or emotionally — won't later want to kick themselves. Unfortunately, thats how it's been with some past America's Cup campaigns. We're fully aware that the rival San Francisco YC — of which you're a very active member — is home of Dawn Riley's America True campaign. Based on current publicly released information, America True has to be seen as much more of a long shot to win the cup. But having started Latitude from nothing with nothing, we have a real soft spot for longshots. In addition, we have tre¬ mendous confidence in the skills of helmsman JeffMadrigali who, of course, just took top honors in the Biq Boat Series aboard Dawn's ID48. As we see it, the only thing better than having AmericaOne sailing the Bay right now would be for America True to get a boat and be out there with them, giving both campaigns a better op¬ portunity to test gear and hone their skills. So rather than fight amongst ourselves, why not work together for the common goal — namely, to bring the Cup to the most interesting place it could be sailed — San Francisco Bay.

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I'm doing this cruise without any profit motive. Hopefully I'll be able to give away two Hobies in a drawing on October 26 after the Turkey Race in Monterey Bay. Much is still being worked on. I need your support and will gladly write articles about my trip as I go. I'm hoping to sell 350 tickets at $100 each to fund the project. In addition to giving away a Hobie 21 and my Hobie 18, I'll also be giving out 35Q.first editions of Sailing My Hobie On A Dream. I would hope to have some interest from you as this is strictly a promotional giveaway to fund a 55-year-old going on 18 who wants to show that it can be done — no matter what! David Murphy Monterey David — We'd be delighted to support your adventure! All we ask is that you, accompanied by a proper mothership, prove your mettle by making a short shakedown sail from Monterey to the Farallones and back while small craft warnings are frying. Its not that we don't have faith in you, but you can't believe how many guys with Hobie dreams wimp out after the first dozen times they capsize or lose a testicle or two to hypothermia. To demonstrate that we're on your side, we're going to warn you to watch out for the Coast Guard. The last time a guy with a Hobie wanted to start a long ocean trip from Monterey, the Coasties stopped him on the grounds that it was going to be a 'manifestly unsafe voyage’. What a bunch of killjoys! The guy snuck out to sea with his Hobie anyway. Nobody knows exactly how far he got, because he was never seen again. However his Hobie — well, one of the two hulls — did make it a couple of thousand miles into the North Pacific. Every great adventure needs a motto. We suggest, "Be carefrd what you ask for, you might just get it." If If GETTING BACK INTO IT AS FAST AS I CAN

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Thanks to the wind gods, this year's Coastal Cup Race from San Francisco to Santa Barbara was obviously something spe¬ cial. As Latitude pointed out, those lucky enough to have par¬ ticipated will be talking about 'the '97 race' for years to come. Your Racing Editor, who sailed as a participant, did an excel¬ lent job of capturing the race’s dramatic impact — as well as summarizing all the ingredients that made the '97 race special. Part of your article dealt with participation issues: that en¬ tries were down substantially from the '93 high of 89, and that it was hoped that more Southern California boats would enter. As a Southern California participant, I must say Latitude's ar¬ ticle gets very low marks for trying to attract more boats from down south. The Coastal Cup deserves more Southern Califor¬ nia participation — but it won't happen unless articles do a better job of giving reasons to race, encouragement, and most importantly, recognition. You were only partially correct in attributing significant lack of SoCal participation to the popularity of the Trimble/North Sails Regatta held at Long Beach the same weekend as the

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The remainder of Alameda Point may soon be turned over to the City of Alameda, but right now it is more or less governed by the Base Reuse Advisory Group (BRAG). BRAG consists largely of the Alameda City Council, with representatives of Congressman Dellums, the mayors of Oakland and San Leandro, and a state legislator. But BRAG has a paid staff, which has become an arrogant bureaucracy in search of a country. Un¬ less the people who approached the YC were Fish and Wildlife agents — which does not seem to be the case — it is likely that they were BRAG bureaucrats or agents. And BRAG has shown a total lack of understanding the importance of the yachting industry to Alameda. I became interested in BRAG when it pretended to take an objective position, but in fact was deeply involved in promoting the scheme of a Southern California corporation to operate a private airport at Alameda Point. For a lot of reasons that aren't pertinent here, that airfield will be disastrous for many in Alameda — worse than the Navy ever was, which was bad enough! Even though I know that the only committee I ever should be on is the committee to end all committees, I agreed to serve on a BRAG subcommittee, the Land Use Committee, in the hope that another voice could be heard besides the canned BRAG newspeak. I am still vocal, but I am not heard. Alameda derives a lot of its jobs and income from the marine industry. It should welcome use of the former Navy junkyard for marine-related recreational activities. Alameda Point has a great location, with a fine climate and beautiful views of the Bay and San Francisco — but BRAG lacks any vision for its future. So I suggest that if you find BRAG bureaucrats interfering with your legitimate rights of transit or anchorage in appropri¬ ate areas off Alameda Point, you obtain their names and then send them packing. By the way, I'm surprised at your low ratings for scenic Half Moon Bay and the great summer anchorage at Port San Luis — particularly in view of the 10+ rating for Santa Cruz. You congratulate the crew of the USNS Narragansett as mem¬ bers of the US Navy. I would expect that the ship, as a naval as opposed to Navy vessel, has a merchant marine crew. Louk Wijsen Alameda Louk — Mike Elesy of Trident Management, the outfit that’s responsible for the security of ’Alameda Point’ called Latitude to advise that the area is "still restricted federal property not open to the public, and that in addition it has hazards to navigation and a ’challenged environment’." As such, the only boats allowed to transit the area are those headed to or from Nelson's Marine. Elesy noted that it was he who first confronted the members of the Sea of Anarchy YC. "Three times I went out in a small boat and patiently explained that it was still restricted federal prop¬ erty and not open to the public. When they refused to move, I called the police, who called the Coast Guard — which at the time didn't know what was going on." Since that time, mention was made in Notices to Mariners that Alameda Point is closed to the public. Elesy, who "owns a Westsail 39 and enjoys anchoring out", was surprised that the Sea of Anarchy members decided to drop their hooks at Alameda Point. "It's choppy in there, the dust blows right off the land, and there isn't a good view."

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Mono Lake, about 15 miles by eight miles, is located about 30 minutes north of Mammoth Lakes and the eastern entrance to Yosemite National Park. The entire region is a mecca for those who enjoy mountain biking, snow skiing, rock climbing and other outdoor activities. And there are plenty of campgrounds and motels. Although it's not well known, people have used Mono Lake for recreational boating for the past century. The high desert setting surrounded by the Sierras and Mono craters is just lovely. The lake has t\Vo islands and evokes such a 'prehistoric' feeling that you can almost imagine pterodactyls flying above you. If you love the water, Mono Lake has much to offer. Before we bought our 26-ft motorsailer, we windsurfed, rafted, and canoed on her waters. The lake is also great for snorkeling, diving, and swimming. Because the lake is much saltier than the ocean, it’s easy for anyone to float. In addition, the lake and its shores are popular for birding and even hunting. Sailing is a challenge on Mono Lake because the winds are unpredictable. While some spots on the lake are 60 feet deep, anchoring is generally excellent. In addition, there are many good areas for beaching. During the full moon, you can experi¬ ence tidal changes. We chose the MacGregor 26 as our boat because she has a 46 hp outboard that gets us back to our mooring quickly when the conditions become rough. And make no mistake, it can get rough. Mono Lake is like an inland ocean, and when the wind gusts to 45 knots and above, the waves can reach six feet. An ocean-going vessel wouldn't be a bad choice for these kinds of conditions. If you coastal sailors think you have problems with the Coasties, try dealing with the California State Park system at Mono Lake. Several government agencies have deliberately mis¬ lead the public into thinking you can't use Mono Lake for rec¬ reational boating. One ranger was even quoted as saying, “But, we just don't want boats on Mono Lake.” In addition, there are a number of people who feel that Mono Lake should be treated as a 'stay-off-the-grass' wilderness area. What they don't want to accept is that no legislative body had designated Mono Lake as a wilderness area. One of the rangers actually put a notice inside our residence ordering our boat off the lake! When we challenged it, they said our mooring buoy was not legal. Then the State Parks sneakily applied with the State Lands Commission to gain control of the land beneath the lake. The public was not informed of this switch in control, not even the local sheriff. The result was that we had to pay for a permit to install a new mooring buoy on the other side of the bay. Several public meetings — with representatives of the For¬ est Service, State Parks, and the county in attendance — have been held on the status of the lake. It was at these meetings that the state and federal officials agreed to tell the public the truth: that Mono Lake has a public dock and public launch ramp. The truth hasn't always been easy to come by. Friends who worked for the Forest Service for 18 months tell us they were instructed to tell the public that Mono Lake has no launch ac¬ cess and that our boat was on the lake by special permit. Non¬ sense! It was the Public Trust doctrine and the fact that Mono Lake is a navigable waterway that helped to save Mono Lake from water diversions by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. Now, some of these same people who used the navi¬ gable waterway as a reason to save Mono Lake want to deny mariners and their boats access. Many locals weren’t aware that the public has a right to use Mono Lake. They have been misinformed, and we want the mis¬ information to stop right now! We have been patient in our ef-

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Dan & Colleen — We'd be lying if we didn't tell you that we are of two minds about recreational boating activities on Mono Lake. On the one hand, we think it's important that the public have access to recreational facilities such as lakes — even though just thinking about the finite nature of lakes gives us the willies. On the other hand, there’s something very appealing about being able to enjoy magnificent examples of nature without having them besmirched by man’s synthetic creations — not the least of which would be jet-skis. What would you — and our less lake-adverse readers — think about limiting recreational boat access to certain parts of the lake? Maybe the most scenic and dramatic 25% could be off limits to all watercraft. The remaining 75% would be open to canoes, kay¬ aks and sail-powered vessels only, with 50% of this open to moderate speed powerboats. Ten percent could be set aside for water-skiing, and jet-skiers could have an area 100 feet by 100 feet. Naturally, everybody would be held to reasonable standards to protect the environment. Does this seem like a reasonable pro¬ posal? While we're on the topic of public access to public lands and waters, we can’t help but raise the issues of the islands off the coast of Southern California. There's San Miguel, Santa Rosa, Santa Cruz, Anacapa, Santa Barbara, San Nicholas, Catalina, and San Clemente. Of these, only Catalina has any development or facilities, and only in two rather small areas. Why, we’d like to know, shouldn't the larger islands such as Santa Rosa, Santa Cruz, and San Clemente also be allowed to have light develop¬ ment to provide greater public access and enjoyment? We're citi¬ zens, it's our land, so why shouldn't we be able to enjoy it as long as it was in a way that didn't destroy it?

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SIGHTINGS two wild and crazy guys — on lasers The idea of a Laser ‘fun marathon’ came up three years ago. A bunch of guys including Dana Smith and Jeff Breen were sitting around the Stockton Sailing Club when someone remarked that it would sure be a kick to sail a Laser from the Bay all the way to Stockton. As the idea took form, all agreed that it would be fast, crazy, somewhat dangerous — in short, a complete hoot. It would be a first, too, since none of them had ever heard of one of the lively 14-footers making the 60-some-mile trip that the big boats do every year on the Delta Ditch Run and the second half of the Stockton/South Tower Race. “At the time, everybody got all hyped up about it,” says co-conspirator Smith. “We figured we could easily get together 10 or 15 boats." But as time went on, enthusiasm waned. The idea was re-pitched every year, but for some potential participants, the timing was never right, a few people wanted escort boats — there was always someone ready with a reason not to go. Same with this year. Until Friday, Sep¬ tember 5. That’s when Jeff came up to Dana in the late evening and said, “We’ve been talking about this for three years. Let’s do it. Let’s go tomorrow.” “Okay,” said Smith. “Let’s check the tide book.” The currents looked ideal. So Smith and Breen loaded their 20year-old boats, arranged for an extra driver to return the van and trailer continued outside column of next sightings page

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come one, Elsewhere in this issue, you’re going to read separate articles about the Baja Ha-Ha IV Cruisers’ Rally and the Latitude 38 Mexico Crew List. Just in case you don’t get to one or the other of them, we’ll tell you right up front here that they cross tacks on October 6. That is to say, Crew Listers and Baja entrants are both spe¬ cifically invited to our Crew Party at the Encinal YC. It will be a great place to rub shoulders, swap lies and make final crewing arrangements before the big push

birds fly into Boats come and boats go. In the case of racing boats, they mostly go. Some to second lives as cruisers, daysailors or casual beer-can competitors. Others seemingly disappear from the face of the Earth — when's the last time you saw a

SIGHTINGS come all south. Plus the Grand Poobah and his courtiers will be in attendance to answer questions and give encouragement. For more specifics on the Ha-Ha and just what the heck the Crew Party is (in¬ cluding directions to EYC), check out the appropriate articles later in this issue. For now. mark your calendars for Monday, October 6, have your kid show you how to record Monday Night Football, and plan to be where the action is — the Crew Party!

lasers — cont’d to Stockton and, after sleeping for all of about an hour, the two in¬ trepid dinghy sailors drove off into the night. They arrived at Rich¬ mond YC at about 6 a.m., and soon after the sun peeked over the

75th year 110 out sailing, for example? Or a Pacific Clipper, or an Electra? And of course some boats stand the test of time. Knarrs, IODs, Stars and Mer¬ curies are a few that come to mind. But continued middle of next sightings page

Above, Dana Smith (left) and Jeff Breen. Insets (I to r), taking off from Richmond, pre¬ dawn preparation, pulling into SSC. Spread, yeah, we know it's not a Laser, but this Hobie 16 gives you some idea of what they looked like going through San Pablo Bay.

Eastern horizon, they were underway in 10 to 12 knots of breeze. Fif¬ teen minutes later. Smith’s boat was upside down. “I was on the low side when this wave hit and over I went,” says Dana. “I quickly realized that the Bay at 7:30 in the morning wasn’t the time to be trying any fancy stuff.” From then on, both boats stayed upright — but definitely not stationary! “We were surfing the whole way across San Pablo Bay,” says Smith. ‘The wind was blowing 20 to 25, the waves were behind us — you know that ‘hum’ that boats make when they’re really booking? We had that for almost 5 straight hours. It was absolutely the best Laser sail¬ ing I’d ever done!” The breeze moderated some as the dynamic duo entered Carquinez Strait, but the weather warmed and layers of clothing started coming off. Breen was wearing a wetsuit for the ride, while Smith layered on poly undergarments with foulies over the top. Those didn’t go back on until about an hour before they arrived back at the club in just about zero wind. Total transit time: about 16 hours. They got back to SSC at 11 p.m., about three hours after everyone who waited up had gone home. Only Dana’s girlfriend Debra Knutsen, and Elizabeth Wong, the van driver who brought their trailer home from Richmond, were there to greet the two. Dana and Jeff were both so knotted-up from the trip that they had to roll onto the dock from their boats. It took several minutes to work the circulation back into their legs before they could stand. (Do we have to mention that both are in their 40s?) Once ambulatory, they hobbled up to the club for a waiting steak-and-cabemet dinner. Those rolling their eyes at about this point should note that there was at least a modicum of method to this madness. Breen and Smith brought along a cellphone and at certain points in the trip transmitted codes to Debra’s pager — a series of ‘Is’ indicated they were passing under the Carquinez Bridge, for example. ‘2s’ meant Pittsburg, ‘3s’ Mandeville, and so on. (“We kind of had our hands too full to actually talk to anybody,” notes Smith.) The two also wore ‘really loud’ whistles and never got any farther apart than whistling distance. Lifejackets, of course, were mandatory. While the adventure was happily devoid of any huge disasters, a few glitches were met and handled along the way. Bjreen’s sail began ripping at about the Richmond Bridge, so Smith sailed over and handed him the sail tape for a quickie repair. Later, Dana noticed Jeffs boat seemed to be lower in the water than it should be. They pulled into Pittsburg and yanked the boat onto a dock to drain more than 2 inches of water out of it before going on. But mostly, the two wild and crazy guys from SSC just enjoyed the continued outside column of next sightings page

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SIGHTINGS lasers — cont’d trip. "We were going along in San Pablo and I looked over and I could barely see Jeff through the spray,” says Smith. “I sailed over and said, ‘Man, do you look great!' He shouted back, ‘I was just thinking the same thing about you!" As one SSC member observed, “Well, now we know it can be done.” So. . . is this fhe start of, dare we say it, an annual event? “I don’t know," says Smith. “I’d do it again and so would Jeff. There’s also a rumor going around that there may be a Laser contingent at the next Ditch Run. Right now, neither one of us are doing anything to quash that one.”

what's new at a-true At an early September fundraiser held at San Francisco YC, Dawn Riley's America True Syndicate announced some exciting new develop¬ ments in their quest to challenge for the America's Cup in 2000. Con¬ firming rumors that have been circulating, Chris Coffin — the Chi¬ cago-based COO of America True — informed the audience that Bill Koch has indeed given them all of Americans research from his |ast two continued outside column of next sightings page

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bird 75th of all the classes that race regularly on San Francisco Bay, none has had the staying power of a hardly little 30-footer called the Bird. 1997 marks the 75th year the Birds have been out slogging around the Bay race courses. And folks, that’s 75 years of continuous participation. They’ve never missed a season since 1923! The Birds are also the oldest locally designed and built class boat. Although input for the design came from all over the area, a naval architect named Fred Brewer actually put down the original lines. Famed designed John Alden then reviewed the plans and recommended putting slightly more weight in the keel. The first four boats — Osprey, Curlew, Betty and Skylark — were built at the Madden and Lewis yard in Sausalito (Brewer was an in-house designer for the yard). Once the design caught on, they

SIGHTINGS — cont’d began to take shape all over the Bay Area, with Stone Boat Yard in Alameda becom¬ ing another main builder. The Bird Boat Association was formed in 1927 and the rest, as they say, is history. In all, 24 Birds were built. (In a slight bit of confusion, sail numbers go to 26; this is due to # 14 and #15 being assigned to builders in Southern California, al¬ though the boats were never built.) In¬ credibly, only two have been lost. And therein lies one of the most famous of all Bird stories. In 1925, Osprey, Bird #1, was stolen one night while lying at anchor off San Quentin. Whoever did it — an es¬ caped prisoner? The crazy owner who’d escaped from an insane asylum? — drove her onto Dillon Beach and was never heard from again. The other loss, Falcon, opened up and sank off Angel Island in

a-true — cont’d Cup campaigns. "This is a huge leg up on the competition," said Coffin. "It repre¬ sents $60 million of research, and will jump start our technology pro-

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Blazers and bare feet: Dawn Riley and Buddy Melges.

gram." The announcement drew enthusiastic applause from the parti¬ san crowd, as did the revelation that an anonymous individual has pledged the nonrefundable $250,000 performance bond that all Cup challengers were to put up on October 1 (but which subsequently was postponed to January 1). "We now have $6 million pledged out of our $28 million dollar budget," Coffin claimed. "We’re rolling along, but still have a ways to go." In other news, America True is currently building a retail store at Pier 17 in San Francisco (at the foot of Green Street), where they hope to sell merchandise to the estimated 13.5 million tourists a year who stroll by that location. The syndicate also recently enrolled two local yachts clubs — Sausalito and Golden Gate — as "America True allies," possibly borrowing a move from the PACT 2000 playbook. On the sail¬ ing front, America True participated in the Youth Sailing Cup in 1D48s in mid-September, as well as in the Knickerbocker Cup in J/ 105s in New York Harbor. After that, Dawn and a coed squad competed in continued outside column of next sightings page

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SIGHTINGS a-true — cont’d the Big Boat Series on their chartered ID-48, eventually winning that veiy competitive class. "We've been quite busy on all fronts," noted Chuck Riley, father of Dawn and chairman of America True. Buddy Melges, who Dawn introduced as "America's best-loved sailor", then regaled the audience with wit and wisdom about past America's Cups, Star racing and life in general. Looking none-the-worse for his quadruple bypass earlier this year, Melges fired off a number of "Buddyisms" that had the crowd in stitches (e.g., "Zenda isn't the end of the world, but you can see it from there. . . The town is so small that the local hooker’s still a virgin!"). In a rare serious moment, Melges noted, 'This will certainly be the. most exciting America's Cup series since Perth, and maybe even the most exciting one ever. Wouldn't it be great to take the Cup from the Kiwis in their backyard?" As for bring¬ ing the Cup to the Bay: "As Blackaller always said, this is the best sailing arena in the world. . . But, personally, I think we'll need to get rid of Alcatraz!" Finally, in perhaps the biggest news of the month, at a news confer¬ ence on the St. Francis YC docks after the third day of BBS racing, Novato's Phil Kaiko was announced as America True's lead designer. Kaiko brings three America's Cup’s worth of experience to the task, having worked with the Bay-based Golden Gate Challenge in 1987, America3 in 1992 and OneAustralia in 1995. In introducing Kaiko, Riley noted that "Phil is one of the most under-appreciated designers out there." "I'm really happy to be with a team that values its people and the society of sailing," said Kaiko. 'The advantage that will be gained through the America3 data. . . will allow us to leapfrog into the design process." Kaiko also noted that he's already moving "full speed" to finalize the rest of the design team. Phil, who was briefly courted by Metre Pajot's Swiss America's Cup syndicate, was pleased with his new employment for another, more personal reason. "Needless to say, my family and I are happy that we don't have to move again!"

rescue at sea “Let me go, just let me go," moaned the exhausted victim as he slid back into the water. But his two buddies treaded water and tried to keep him up. They were clinging to the few inches of slippery fiberglass that remained above water after their 12 ft runabout capsized. They had been in the chilly Pacific for two hours when we spotted them.

‘Staggers and Jags. ’

Ripk, the man being supported, was the worst off. He was an ashen blue color and shaking badly. As we approached, he raised his head and looked at us. His eyes were cloudy and unfocused. His arm, dislocontinued outside column of next sightings page

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bird 75th the midst of racing in the ‘89 Master Mari¬ ners Regatta. 1997 has seen up to eight Birds active in their WBRA one-design class. Their season ends October 18, with the class perpetual being decided the next day. The 75th annivesary festivities also culminate in October. On the 14th, the St. Francis YC will host the Yachtsman’s Luncheon under the aegis of Bob Keefe, owner of Swallow, Bird #25. A panel will discuss the origins of the design of the Bird class (Alden input still sticks in some people’s craws), its alterations (not many), perfor¬ mance (high ballast to displacement makes the Birds plow on through wind and waves that would keep other boats in their slips) and related issues. On October 25, an all-day ‘Bird watch¬ ing’ celebration will take place at the Corinthian YC in Tiburon. On the docket is a boat show at 10 a.m., lunch at 12, the first race (10 boats are expected) at 1 p.m. and a resurrection of the Old Timer’s

mtbe— most Back in 1992, automobile engines had pretty much plateaued as far as burning fuel efficiently. So Congress decided it was time to start at the other end: clean up the gasoline itself. They mandated states to ‘oxygenate’ their fuel. The two most usual ways to do this were to add etha¬ nol, which is derived from corn, or MTBE (Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether), which used to be a waste product of the gasoline re¬ finement process. Which do you think; most states picked? So anyway, without really testing or debating the long-term effects of MTBE, 85% of the refineries in the country started adding it to gas. Today, in Cali¬ fornia alone, 43 tons of MTBE — which causes cancer of just about everything in mice — gets spewed out car exhausts ev¬ ery day, along with 2 tons of formalde¬ hyde, a cancer-causing by-product of MTBE combustion. And now it’s starting to show up in our drinking water sup¬ plies: springs, lakes, reservoirs and riv¬ ers. Oh, did we mention that MTBE dis¬ solves readily in water and is not biode¬ grade? Already, 50% of the deep wells in Santa Monica have been shut down because of MTBE contamination. (The citizens there are paying more than $3 million to pipe water up from L.A.) Many researchers feel this is only the tip of the iceberg.

SIGHTINGS Race from the 1930s at 3:30. Films at 4 p.m. and dinner at 6 round out the day. In the Old Timer’s event, older ex-owners and crew sign up for a Bird. When the gun blasts, they rise from the deck chairs at the yacht club, board the boats and sail two laps in Raccoon Straits. The first crew to make it back to the bar and order drinks wins. (In the ‘30s, they started and finished in rocking chairs on the club veranda. Well, times change.) Finally, on November 1, a number of Birds will moor on a special float at Hyde Street Pier, where the San Francisco Mari¬ time Museum’s fleet of historic ships is tied up. Once again, this event will be open to the public to come down and see this small slice of ‘working’ Bay history. But do it while you can: With the Bird fleet healthy and flying high, it’s likely to be many more years before you see any of these flush-deck warriors go on ‘static’ display like the rest of the Hyde Street fleet.

toxic brew ever? Why are we telling you all this in a sail¬ ing magazine? According to an article in the September issue of Boater Brief, the newsletter of the legislative watchdog or¬ ganization Recreational Boaters of Cali¬ fornia (RBOC), ‘The blame for the pres¬ ence of MTBE in our lakes has been laid squarely on boats and personal water¬ craft.” Obviously, sailboats aren’t big con¬ tributors — until you drop the sails and start the motor. But we may still be af¬ fected down the road. How? The Contra Costa Water District is currently building the $450 million Los Vaqueros Reservoir. The MTBE issue has already ruled out the use of any gasolinepowered boat engines on this new recre¬ ational area. Some feel this is the start of a trend that may eventually see the loss of some of our waterways to recreational boating entirely. The huge potential health hazard, the high expense and difficulty of removing MTBE from contaminated groundwater, the possible loss of some waterways to boating — all these seem like pretty com¬ pelling arguments to ban MTBE alto¬ gether. And here’s another one: When California’s pwn blend of cleaner burn¬ ing fuel (required since March, 1996) un¬ derwent testing, it was shown that there were “no significant differences” in ex¬ haust emissions when MTBE was re¬ continued middle of next sightings page

rescue — cont’d cated in the capsize, protruded at a grotesquely improbable angle. Some¬ where in his 20s, Rick was about half the age of his two companions. His friend Jerry was also shuddering with cold. The third victim,

BOTH PHOTOS COURTESY PETER TARBOX

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Left to right, Barbara, Peter, Julie and Mike.

Mel, seemed in better shape. None wore lifejackets. We knew we had to get these guys out of the water fast. Just a few minutes before, we were enjoying glorious sailing in the 12-knot breeze, carving nicely to windward in our 26-ft Excalibur sloop Staggers and Jags. We had originally scheduled a whitewater rafting trip for the weekend, but at the last minute changed our minds and went sailing. We were out of Channel Islands Harbor bound for Santa Cruz Island. The four of us were in the cockpit eating lunch, sharing a bottle of bubbly and making the periodic visual sweep as we crossed the shipping lanes 8 miles offshore. That’s when I thought I heard something odd — which in itself is odd because I have a partial hear¬ ing loss. I stepped into the cabin to see if the stereo was on. It wasn’t. Then I heard it again, ever so faintly. I interrupted the lunch chitchat to ask if anyone else heard anything. We scanned the seas and . . . Goddamn! There they were, three heads bobbing among the whitecaps 75 yards off our starboard quarter. Electrified, I yelled, “Ready about!" Like most sailors, I’ve always been interested in articles and letters in Latitude 38 about crew overboard emergencies. We all hope to have it together if we face this dreaded situation. As we headed back to the stricken men, I felt the terrible pressure of knowing their lives were in our hands. It was showtime. I appointed Julie, a novice sailor, to maintain visual contact. My wife, Barbara, instinctively grabbed the VHF. We had drilled on radio and Loran procedures. It paid off. She got out a mayday with an accu¬ rate position and handled all further communications without a hitch. We approached the men in the water under sail and hove-to about 10 feet from them. We tossed a rescue bag. Though it was a good shot and landed dead on them, their strength had been sapped by the cold and the rope slipped slowly through their fingers as we drifted away. We scrambled to get the sails down — something I clearly should have done first. Thank God nothing jammed. Then we checked for lines and started the outboard. * We came alongside them again. Our fourth crewmember, Mike, an experienced sailor and former Coast Guard rescue crewman, was con¬ sidering getting into the water to help the desperate men. I barked, “No!”, an immediate reflex from reading about COB situations. Recon¬ sidering, he decided instead to get into a dinghy we were towing. He grabbed an oar, reached over the stern and draw-stroked the few feet to the victims. We kept the end of the painter secured to Staggers. Mel, the owner of the powerboat and the one in the best shape, was continued outside column of next sightings page

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rescue — cont’d able to help himself somewhat, and Mike got him into the dinghy fairly quickly. Getting the other two hypothermic individuals aboard was another story. All we could do was watch while Mike fought to get them aboard, inch by inch by hauling them over the stern. (There was no motor or motor mount, fortunately.) The last guy was both overweight and utterly spent. Due to multiple sclerosis, he also wore metal braces on his legs which were tangled in monofilament fishing line! This struggle became epic, with Mike alternately gaining, then los¬ ing ground as the guy slipped back. Mike finally got a good grip under his crotch and gave a mighty heave that brought the balance of weight into the dinghy. We all cheered with relief. It had taken 15 minutes just to get them out of the water. We pulled the dinghy alongside. It was dangerously overloaded in the building chop. The Excalibur has quite low freeboard, but it took the combined efforts of myself, Barbara and Julie to drag Mel, the strongest victim, over the side deck. Finally, he skidded face-first into the cockpit sole. But at least he was safe — or so we thought. The condition of the other two made it impossible to get them oijto the larger boat, though they begged to be brought aboard. We covered them with sleeping bags and blankets. Mike, who is an M.D., held Rick and vigorously rubbed his legs. He took pulses. They were slow and faint. At his suggestion, I went below to warm up water. 1 lit the stove with shaking hands. ' Rick still looked really blue and kept moaning, “I’m sooooo cold.” He was delirious at times, believing his friends had drowned. Each time he became quiet we feared he was taking a turn for the worse. I filled two drinking bottles with warm water. Mike placed them on Rick’s chest and positioned Rick’s hands around them as we waited. . . and waited. Finally we spotted a C-130 making a wide circle around us. We got out an orange smoke flare, but before I could figure out how to use it (where were my damn glasses. . . ?), the plane moved closer. We waved in acknowledgment when it was overhead and it circled back closer, banking tightly about 100 feet above the surface. It was incredibly reassuring to know we had been spotted and accounted for. Each time the plane flew by, it came lower and lower, flashing its lights at us like a good friend giving us a reassuring wink that everything would now be okay. Because we were 8 miles offshore, it took a little longer for surface help to arrive. It was more than half an hour after our mayday call before we spotted the white spray of a boat leaping off the wavetops toward us. The first on the scene was a Harbor Patrol boat. We were disappointed to see only one person on board. Fortunately, a Coast Guard 44-footer showed up three minutes later. The Coasties heaved a line to the dinghy and pulled it alongside. Just when everything seemed under control, the Harbor Patrol boat came alongside in the 3-foot chop. Without a word to us about the plan, the officer beckoned to Mel to come aboard. The exhausted Mel stepped from the safety of our boat, tripped over the lifelines (no peli¬ can hooks) and pitched head-first (still with no lifejacket on) back into the water between the two boats. Barbara, Julie and the officer caught his legs. I was off to one side and couldn’t get an effective hold. I watched in horror as the two boats came together and almost squashed Mel's head into guacamole. I moved into a better position and we hoisted Mel back aboard. Once again, he slid into the cockpit, belly down. A few minutes later, the patrol boat came alongside again. I asked the officer what the plan was. No response. It was inconceivable to me that this person was going to make another attempt on Mel’s life. This time, the officer wrapped a line around one of the cleats beside our cockpit and snubbed the boats up tightly together, hulls bashing alarm¬ ingly. Then, sure enough, the Harbor Patrolman beckoned Mel once again. This time, Mel lurched into the officer’s arms and crumpled continued outside column of next sightings page

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moved. In other words, the gas burns just as cleanly without it. MTBE — it could well end up being an acronym for “Most Terrible Bungle Ever." Several states have already banned it. Richard Mountjoy (R-Arcadia) is leading the charge in California. Under his SB

fleet On April 18, 1906, the ‘big one’ rocked San Francisco like it had never rocked before. It flattened much of the City and left thousands homeless. The event that many in the City marked as its ‘rebirth’ occurred two years later when Teddy

SIGHTINGS 521, passed mid-September, the state will engage in a 15-month study of MTBE’s safety and environmental effects. Got a minute? Use it to write a letter to your own local representative support¬ ing the ban of MTBE. You’d be doing a good thing.

week ‘97 Roosevelt's Great White Fleet steamed in. Although the first official’ Fleet Week wouldn’t occur for 11 more years, the United States Navy and the City of San Francisco have been friends ever since. continued middle of next sightings page

rescue — cont’d safely onto the deck of the patrol boat. Staggers and Jags escaped with only a bent stanchion and some scrapes. While all this was going on, the Coasties physically lifted the other two men from our dinghy. Mike was surprised that they didn’t seem to have a mechanical device for the task. Rick, with that dislocated shoul¬ der, appeared to be in great pain as he was pulled aboard by the arms. In their radio transmission, the Coast Guard described the trio as "severely hypothermic.” A few minutes later, as we were making sail once again, a helicopter arrived and airlifted the victims. We later learned they were treated for hypothermia and released. We were requested to stay in the area until a commercial salvor arrived to retrieve the mo¬ torboat, which we did. We then continued on to Santa Cruz Island, bashing through 'Windy Lane’ with a double-reefed main. When I went forward to change headsails, I wore my PFD and clipped onto the jacklines. The sight of those guys in the water was a powerful reminder of what an unforgiv¬ ing environment the sea can be. continued outside column of next sightings page

AP PHOTO/JOE GIBBONS

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rescue — cont’d The rescue was an intense experience. Days later, it w as still all Barbara and I could think about. It seemed like we should have felt exhilarated, but we mostly felt shaken, perhaps because things could so easily have gone badly. We did hold together and get the job done. We also made mistakes that could have cost lives. Not dropping the sails first,cost precious minutes. Approaching under sail might work for a "fresh' victim who was able to aid in his own rescue, but I now believe that the safest bet is to drop the sails under all circumstances. Other 'mistakes': We didn’t throw flotation on the first failed pass, and we didn't put a PFD on Mike when he first got into the dinghy. We didn't panic, but we were flooded with adrenalin, which doesn’t seem to foster analytical thinking. I guess one lesson is that you have to think about and practice these routines ahead of time to have them kick in under the stress of a real situation. One last thought: question authority. — peter tarbox Editor's (Vote: Since this piece was written, the rescued met} have gotten in contact with their saviours aboard Staggers and Jags. As a token of their gratitude, they treated Tarbox and his crew to dinner out at a fancy restaurant.

1997 fun regatta Seventy-six junior sailors participated in the Northern California Youth Sailing Association’s Fun Regatta on September 20-21. Held the same weekend as a well-know keelboat extravaganza on San Fran¬ cisco Bay, one organizer likened the seven-year-old NCYSA event to ‘The Big Boat Series of Youth Sailing" for sailors aged 9 through 19. The event began Saturday with a sailing clinic headed by Patrick Andreasen, who returned from his hew home in Santa Fe, New Mexico, just for this event. The kids also enjoyed an environmental talk by a representative of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. On Sunday! after a breakfast at the hosting Santa Cruz YC, racing got underway in two venues for the various fleets: Inside and protected by the pier were El Toro A and B fleets, and Optimist dinghies. Farther out were courses for the Laser A and B, Laser II and club FJ classes. Committee boat and drivers were provided by West Marine, the UC Santa Cruz sailing program, and SCYC. A new trophy was established this year in honor of Andreasen, who founded NCYSA. The Patrick Andreasen Founder’s Trophy was con¬ tended in the Laser A class, with 16-year-old Matt Niccolls becoming the first winner. One of the purposes of NCYSA is to bring together junior sailors from all over Northern California. This year's event was one of the most successful in that department. With the emphasis on ‘fun’, these events give juniors a way to develop new friendships as well as to expe¬ rience competitive racing in different venues and to learn from many different coaches and instructors. Donations and volunteer help make this event the huge success it has become. In the case of the former, 36 local companies and indi¬ viduals contributed food, prizes and gifts for the participants. Standouts among the volunteer corps included West Marine's Scott Lechner and the SCYC volunteers headed by Jan and Mike Horne. — anne and hal mccormack

ha-ha blah-blah If you’re not entered in the Baja Ha-Ha and don't know anyone who is, you probably regard the ntany inches of copy we've devoted to this burgeoning event over the past six months as a load of Ha-Ha 'blahblah'. But with a phenomenal 170 boats entered in this year’s southcontinued outside column of next sightings page

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This month's festivities mark the 78th celebration of that friendly relationship. From October 10 through 14, there will be no mistaking the Navy is back in town, whether you’re looking on land, sea or in the air. Here’s a brief rundown of the most pertinent events:

October 11 Y.

. Parade of Ships (11 a.m. - 12:30 ' p.m.) — This year's parade features 12 Navy, Coast Guard and foreign Navy ships sailing under the Golden Gate and along the Cityfront. The flagship of the parade (which had not been decided at presstime) will render a traditional gun salute to the

SIGHTINGS — cont’d City, the Mayor and the senior Navy of¬ ficer aboard the USS Harpers Ferry docked at Pier 45. Blue Angels Air Show (12-3:30 p.m.) —Whether you're for or agin’ the military overtones of Fleet Week, there’s no deny¬ ing the thrill of watching the Blue Angels precision flying team perform. Note that you’ll need to secure a ‘spot’ along the waterfront well in advance of the parade of ships, as the Coasties are very strict about keeping a safe zone for them and the flight corridor of the ‘Angels. continued middle of next sightings page

ha-ha — cont’d ern migration — which translates as 500-700 participants — we re obligated to keep participants posted with updates. Although the Ha-Ha is now run by Baja Ha-Ha, Inc., not Latitude 38, we still get a lot of calls at our office about different aspects of the event — the weather has been of particular concern to many. As far as the Grand Poobah is concerned, "It's entirely the responsibility of each skipper whether or not to participate in the Ha-Ha. If anyone feels that El Nino — or anything else — makes the Ha-Ha an unreasonable risk, it is their responsibility not to participate. If a skipper and crew isn't ready and willing to sail to Cabo on their own, they absolutely should not sail as part of the Baja Ha-Ha.” With that clarification, we have several announcements regarding the event: Baja Ha-Ha, Inc. now has a 'Ha-Ha Hotline' where messages for the committee can be left: (415) 435-7699. continued outside column of next sightings page

Under the Boardwalk, down by the sea: NCYSA Fun Regatta action in Santa Cruz. Inset left, Laser sailor Matt Niccolls.

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SIGHTINGS ha-ha — cont’d We remind Ha-Ha entrants they are invited to Latitude 38's 'Crew List' Party at the Encinal Yacht Club in Alameda, October 6 from 6 to 9 p.m. (Only Ha-Ha skippers get in free. Everyone else pays $5.) As mentioned previously, Downwind Marine will be throwing a BBQ for Ha-Ha entrants — no crashers, please — at their San Diego loca¬ tion, October 19. Please RSVP if possible to (619) 224-2733. The Ha-Ha Kick-Off Costume Party will be held at the Cabrillo Isle Marina on the afternoon of October 26, generously sponsored this year by West Marine Products. Earlier the same day, the skipper's meeting will be held at Cabrillo Isle around midday (exact time and location will be posted at the marina). Dick Markie, manager of Marina Mazatlan, will be in attendance at the Kick-Off Party to encourage Ha-Ha'ers to enjoy Cruisers' Thanks¬ giving in his domain — the 'Mazatlan Ha-Ha'. Ed Vergara, manager of Marina Palmira (in La Paz), is also expected to attend. He'll have dates and details on the 'La Paz Ha-Ha' which has also become an annual event. Finally, if for any reason you decide to drop out, please notify the committee via the Hotline and remember that entry fees are non-refundable. However, if you show up at the Cabrillo Isle Kick-Off Party on October 28 you'll at least be able to enjoy a great dinner, schmooze with other like-minded cruiser and pick up your official T-shirts and other incredible goodies. That's the only way you can get this'stuff,, though, so please don't even ask the committee to mail it to you. See you in San Diego!

SPREAD: LATITUDE/RICHARD. INSET: JAN CALDWELL

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fleet week October 12 Ship Tours (10 a.m. - 5 p.m.) —Visit¬ ing military ships will be open for public visits at different points along the San Francisco waterfront. There is much, much more to Fleet

go sailing. If you’ve ever wanted to sail aboard the tallship Hawaiian Chieftain, you can ac¬ complish two worthy goals by scheduling your cruise for Monday, October 20. The first: a ‘three-hour tour' on one of the salti¬ est square riggers this side of Nelson’s Victory. And two: a chance to help some underpriveleged kids in Managua, Nica¬ ragua. The $40 tickets include the cruise, hors d’oeuvres, beer, wine and cham¬ pagne. The youth project is being coordinated by Dan Liebert, who has been a working volunteer with the Chieftain for the last

SIGHTINGS — cont’d Week that doesn’t have anything to do with the water. For that, we’ll refer you to area newspapers, which should feature a more detailed breakdown of the four-day week.’ You can also call 1-888-FLTWEEK for more information.

help some kids three years. He has worked even longer with ‘at risk’ youth, including five years as the Sea Explorer skipper with the Alameda County Probation Boys Ranch, a 100-bed residential facility. As you’ve probably read, Nicaragua has been devastated over the past 30 years by earthquakes and revolutions. This combination of factors has resulted in approximately 25,000 homeless, orphan and street children in Managua alone. Nicaraguan kids desperately need job skills and resources to earn a living. continued middle of next sightings page

bj prepares for next blast off Regular readers will recognize the name Brian ‘BJ’ Caldwell Son of cruisers Jan and Brian, Sr., young Brian returned with his family from six years of cruising the South Seas as a veritable sailing addict. Jan was barely able to get him through high school before he took off — at age 19 — around the world, intent on becoming the youngest solo cir¬ cumnavigator in history. As dvonicled on these pages, after 16 months of gales, near-ship misses, rollovers and bouts with tenacious intestinal bugs, he achieved that goal. Ironically, the record lasted only two months. It was usurped by 18-year-old David Dicks of Australia, who crossed his outbound track off Fremantle on November 17, 1996. The incident only fired BJ’s resolve. When he visited the Bay Area in January, BJ capped off a slide show of his solo round-the-world voyage with the announcement that late this year he would be taking off again, this time in an attempt on the youngest unassisted nonstop solo record. True to his convictions, BJ has been busy pounding the pavement around his home state of Hawaii in search of support. And of course readying his boat. We'll let him tell you the rest. . . I’ve been keeping busy lately, embattled in securing backing for my upcoming nonstop circumnavigation. But in July, 1 took a break. I ventured out to the Diamond Head buoy aboard the TransPac press boat. Only five short days after the start, everyone was eagerly antici¬ pating the arrival of one of the world’s fastest sailing vessels, Bruno Peyron’s 86-foot catamaran Explorer. In 1993, she became the first boat to win the Trophee Jules Verne for a nonstop circumnavigation in less than 80 days. (The current record, 71 days, 14 hours, is held by Olivier de Kersauson’s 90-ft trimaran Sport Elec.) Ex¬ plorer currently holds the out¬ right Trans-Atlantic record (six days) and the unofficial 24-hour mileage record (545 nautical miles). And within minutes, she hissed past us into the record books, bettering the all-time TransPac record by more than a day! Peyron's job description is an enviable one. Or more accu¬ rately, an enviable two. The first is to smash every speed record he can before returning to ’France sometime in 1998. The second, to drum up support for The Race. This simply titled event has simple rules: you start off France on December 31, 1999, race nonstop around the world and whoever gets back first wins. The vessel can be any size, have any number of hulls and carry any number of crew. There are rumors in several countries of huge multihulls be¬ ing built for* this event, boats capable of top speeds exceeding * 40 knots, 600-mile days and 60day circumnavigations. It was a thrill to shake hands with Peyron on Explorer s tenniscourt-size net. Though only 40 years old, he has crossed the continued outside column of next sightings page

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SIGHTINGS bj — cont’d Atlantic 31 times — 11 of them solo! I explained my determination to find a crewing position aboard a boat in The Race and asked what advice he could offer. He promptly invited me to join the boat for its delivery to Tahiti! Bruno then introduced me to the crew as the first to hold the ‘young¬ est’ solo circumnavigation record, and that I was preparing to go again. He said 1 was as crazy as his generation, then he laughed. “Welcome to the team,” he said. Real life always outdoes fiction, but after sailing around the world on my little Contessa 26 Mai (Miti) Vavau. the passage to Tahiti on Explorer bordered on the unreal. Every part of the boat seems to move according to its own rhythms and high-pitched ‘warp factor’ wails as¬ sail the senses from above and below. Spray erupts everywhere and the acceleration rocks you backward. Then suddenly, the apparent wind doubles and before you can say “ease the main", you've gone from 17 knots to 28! But that story is for another time. Back to the present — my aim to become the youngest nonstop unassistedssolo circumnavigator. The current holder of that record is 26-year-old Kojiro Shiraishi of Japan. As mentioned previously in Latitude, I had arranged the loan of a Columbia 50 for the trip. However, since then I’ve found a better solu¬ tion. I now have the use of a North Atlantic 29, which was designed by Col. Blondie Hasler, master of the famous Folkboat Jester andinvem tor of windvane self-steering. Of course, I would have much preferred a Finot 50 like CCP/Cray Valley, but the advantages of CapeSeeker outweigh the larger Colum¬ bia. Besides, I don't have time to raise the kind of money I’d need for a Finot. Perhaps next time, when I’m not racing against age. CapeSeeker is the biggest small boat I've ever set foot on. It was designed specifically for heavy weather and solo sailing. I’ve sea-trialed her in the Hawaiian channels with 35 to 40 knots and I very well might have the ’ace’. She has tremendous hull form stability due to her deep full keel with cutaway forefoot. I don't have to reef the single lug sail until the breeze exceeds 40 knots — upwind! Her design also took into account the possibilities of 360° rolls and pitchpoles. A sistership rolled 360° by Hurricane Hugo survived unscathed. I will depart Honolulu sometime in November. If I'm successful in beating Shiraishi’s age record, I would qualify not only for youngest unassisted nonstop solo circumnavigation, but also for youngest double solo circumnavigator and smallest boat nonstop. Sponsors of the trip so far include Para-Tech Engineering, Siemens, Monitor, Kenwood, Signs by Dey, Detroit Diesel, Electro-Marine Ser¬ vices, Kinko’s, Fromax, JSI Sailing Source, Malia Forbes, Ron Dubois, Mike Wagner, Bainbridge/Aquabatten, Marine Education and Train¬ ing Center (METC), Robert Asakura, Hawaii YC and www.therace.org. Barring disaster, I expect a passage time of between 8 to 10 months, which will get me back home well before my 22nd birthday. Anyone interested in helping support my attempt (and get your name on the hull of CapeSeeker ) please fax us at (808) 528-6444. To follow my progress, check out my web page at http://holoholo.org/caldwell/.

she’s got the whole world in her hands We were brainstorming the other afternoon, trying to figure out an effective way of letting everyone know that the Classy Classifieds are now available for worldwide perusal via our website at latitude38.com. ‘The globe!” somebody shouted, recalling a huge globe the Wan¬ derer had bought for $50 from the back of a pickup truck at a 7-11 store. It was a perfect prop — except for the two holes the Wanderer had inflicted. One was because of some nasty business with his exwife, the other due to his son’s too-cavalier attitude toward homework. At least the thing was still round. So the only other thing we needed was something or someone to continued outside column of next sightings page

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help kids Leibert's goal is to train young people to become self-reliant through sailing. By becoming competent sailors, they can then go on to develop businesses such as chartering, fishing and cargo transport. The plan is to obtain donated boats, as well as lifejackets, tools and boatbuilding and maintenance materials — then ship it all to Nicaragua in a 40-ft container. The money raised at the Octo¬ ber 20 event will pay for the shipping costs

SIGHTINGS — cont’d of the container. As far as boats, Leibert is particularly interested in a multihull that can be folded or dismantled to fit in the container, a swing-keel or small fixed-keel boat, a Bos¬ ton Whaler type runabout, outboard en¬ gines and fishing equipment. Tax-deduct¬ ible donations would also be appreciated. For information, to make a reservation, or to arrange a donation, please call Dan Liebert at (415) 289-0438.

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edwardian cruising dreams We're all familiar with the norm. It's the guy's dream to go cruising. He spends all the time looking for the boat and makes the decision on which one to buy. And if the boat he chooses is on the other side of the world, he's the one who gets to help deliver her back to the Bay. But that's not the way it worked with the Edwards family of Portola Valley, which includes Sam the dad, Caren the mom, and children Dana, 8, and Rachael. 6. The parents are both in the software business, and they're both'enthusiastic travellers. But while Sam enjoys travelling anyway he can, Caren, with a New England sailing background, really likes the thought of taking off cruising as a family. Hopefully in a year or two. So when the Edwards decided to buy the Marquesas 53 catamaran from the charter business in Martinique this February, it wasn’t dad, continued outside column of next sightings page

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One of the most challenging and in¬ triguing facets of our sport is singlehanding. You may be surprised to know that, in the Bay Area, it is also one of the most accessible, organized and sup¬ portive genres. And one of the best as¬ pects of this organization is a bienniel series of monthly seminars put on by the Singlehanded Sailing Society. While the seminars Eire geared toward potential participants for SSS’s also bienniel Singlehanded TransPac Race (the next one starts mid-1998), they’re also an excellent source of information and mo-

SIGHTINGS lonely? tivation for those curious about singlehanding — especially over long dis¬ tances. For example, a highlight of the October 8 seminar on “Self Steering and Emergency Rudders” will be a talk by Rob Macfarlane, who's going to bring in the whole emergency rudder system that got him to the finish of the ‘96 race on his Newport 33 Tiger Beetle after the boat’s main rudder failed 500 miles out of Hanalei. Other seminars in the series include “Electrical Systems” (Nov. 12), “Electron-

cruising dreams — cont’d but mom, who was in charge of the delivering the seven-year old boat the 5,000 miles back to California. Sometimes Caren sailed on the boat, sometimes she just supervised the delivery crew from home.

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Above and spread, ‘Marquises’ enjoys Indian Summer on the Bay, Inset, the Edwards family. "I did the sail from Martinique to Panama," Caren says. "I didn't know what to expect, because other than a couple of charters in different parts of the world, our sailing experience is with little Mercurys and Hobie Cats. But I loved it! I remember one evening off Aruba when it was blowing about 40 knots and we had about 10-foot seas. We were doing 18 knots with just the small headsail up and enjoying dinner in the cockpit. There was a free standing vase in the middle of the table, and it never fell over! It was during that leg that I learned we bought one strong boat." A French delivery crew brought the boat up to Acapulco, where one of them became so ill with viral pneumonia that he had to be flown back to France. The whole family joined the boat once it got to La Paz, but unfortunately it was during a 10-day windless period in the Sea of Cortez. "We still enjoyed motoring around with her," says Caren, and she made a wonderful living platform at anchor. We're all very excited about the boat." After sending her husband and the kids home, Caren and the delivery crew motorsailed the boat up to Ensenada and the 90-day Yacht Club . After the tax laws were complied with, Caren helped deliver the boat to San Francisco Bay in August. Right now the Edwards family is getting used to Marquises and working with naval architect Carl Schumacher and North Coast Yachts on modifying the boat for their specific needs. They're also looking to get catamaran sailing tips and knowledge from sailors with lots of bluewater catamaran experience — if you fit the bill, contact them at cekedwards@aol.com—because if everything goes well, Caren s cruising dreams may start coming true in a year or two.

the new man in charge Captain Larry Hall is the new Group Commander for the 11th District/Pacific Area — which means he's the head honcho for the seven Coast Guard stations and three cutters in the area bounded by Vlonterey, Bodega Bay, and Lake Tahoe. He's based at Yerba Buena, rhe only guy above him is the Commander of the Pacific Area, a three star Vice Admiral in charge of everything from California to Japan to "What I'm trying to do," Captain Hall said in a phone call to Latitude, 'is institute a kinder and more gentle Coast Guard —- and not just have that be a cliche. We at the Coast Guard are tiying to adopt smart business practices and focus on our 'customers’. The way we see it, the Congress and taxpayers our are customers. Don't get me wrong, we have a definite law enforcement authority and responsibility, but what we want to emphasize is community interaction. continued outside column of next sightings page

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man in charge — cont’d We asked Captain Hall to be more specific. "I'm de-emphasizing boardings in favor of community interaction. We want to interact more with mariners and get to know our customers better. We want to improve boating safety through education and through meeting mariners by visiting marinas. I am de-emphasizing boardings for boarding's sake. We don't have boarding quotas; my paycheck doesn’t depend on how many we make." Captain Hall surely knew it already, but we explained to him that the overwhelming number of mariners love the Coast Guard — but hate being boarded without cause, in dangerous situations, and by groups of armed Coasties. With respect to armed boarding parties. Captain Hall explained that it’s a 15-year-old servicewide policy that he doesn't have the authority to rescind even if he wanted to. Not even on a test basis. As for boarding without "reasonable cause", Hall correctly noted that the Supreme Court has ruled in favor of it several times. But Captain Hall did vow that when hoardings were conducted in his jurisdiction, skippers and crews of the boarded boats will be treated with respect and courtesy by Coasties acting in a professional manner. If a boarding is conducted in any other way, he wants to hear about it. And he means it. As for boarding in what mariners might consider unsafe conditions or circumstances, Capt. Hall couldn't give any guarantees — bu\ he did say one thing that was very significant; "We will not board boats displaying a current Courtesy Marine Examination sticker — which is obtained by passing an inspection by the Coast Guard Auxiliary — unless we have cause to believe they are breaking some law." This may not be all we mariners are asking from the Coast Guard, but it’s a start, and maybe we can build on it. Why can't the Coasties conduct safety inspections on the dock while wearing shorts and without their guns? Capt. Hall explained that the Coast Guard can't legally board docked boats, only those underway or that they've observed underway. Sometimes the law creates more conflict than it solves, doesn't it? After a long and pleasant discussion — marked by our occasional ranting about how carrying guns and scaring innocent mariners is murdering the Coast Guard's image and public support — Capt. Hall respectfully invited us to become part of his newly-formed Central California and Nevada Boating Safety Council. We thanked him, but said we had to decline in protest of the Coast Guard carrying guns during boardings. And that maybe our respective refusal would be some kind of leverage to get our protest message to the top brass. We concluded our spirited but pleasant conversation on a first name basis, and with the agreement that Capt. Hall and Latitude share a common goal — safe boating and the best Coast Guard possible. We just have some sticking points about exactly what this means and how it's to be achieved. We want to salute Capt. Hall for reaching out to Latitude — which is both the Coast Guard's biggest supporter and biggest critic. We look forward to working with him in the next few years, in the hope that he — and the Coast Guard admirals in Washington — will come to appreciate the wisdom of our views. Welcome to Northern California, Captain Hall.

short sightings HAWAII — About 2:20 a.m. on March 4, 116 miles south of Oahu, the 56-ft longliner Man Seok collided with a 'mysteiy' ship. The crash tore off much of the bow of the fishing boat, but with Coast Guard assistance, she was able to make it back to Honolulu. None of the five fishermen aboard the Man Seok was hurt in the incident. In the ensuing investigation, the Coasties narrowed the field of ships transiting the area at the time down to the few most likely ‘suspects.’ The mystery ship was finally identified by paint scrapings as the 679continued outside column of next sightings page

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lonely? ics” (Dec. 10), “Provisioning, Support Crew and Getting the Boat Back From Hawaii” (Jan. 14), "Spares and Tools" (Feb. 11), “Search and Rescue” (Mar. 11), “Sails and Rigging” (Apr. 8), “Medical Issues” (May 13) and ‘Tactics” (June 10). There will also be a mid-March (date TBA) all-day, bringyour-boat weekend workshop where par¬ ticipants can get hands-on problem solv¬ ing and idea sharing with Solo TransPac veterans. As a matter of fact, virtually all the Seminars feature panels of Solo T-Pac vets

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SIGHTINGS whose varied experiences really make the subject matter come to life. If you’ve ever harbored a desire to sail alone across oceans — or, of course, if you’re ever plan¬ ning on sailing in the Singlehanded TransPac, put these lectures on your 'must do’ list. The seminars are all on Wednesdays at the Oakland YC, all begin at 7:30 and are all free. Keep an eye on our non-race calendar for any updates or changes, or call Teny McKelvey at (510) 527-9433.

shorts — cont’d ft Jubilant, a Panamanian-flagged bulk carrier. As often happens, the master and second mate on the bridge of the Jubilant at the time of the collision said they had no indication they hit anything. In the darkness, heavy rain and rough seas at the time of the crash, the wooden-hulled fishing boat did not show up on radar. And at 44,000 tons, they certainly didn’t feel anything as relatively small as the Man Seok, even though it apparently plowed broadside into their port bow. Ironically, though the investigation found both vessels at fault, the lion’s share of blame fell primarily on the Man Seok. Incredibly, the fishing boat was heading north at 4 knots on autopilot — with the radio off and all five hands below. . . asleep!

COURTESY HANK BAKKER

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'America True', right, was the stand-out boat of the '97 Series. Above, Madro and Leslie Egnot. Held on September 18-21, this year's Series will be remembered as a pleasant though unremarkable regatta, sailed in moderate wind, monster floods and un¬ seasonably warm air and water tempera¬ tures. One boat even spotted a sunfish inside the Bay! There was also one major collision, three trips to the emergency room (a broken collar bone on Raven, a bloodied head on Brassy, and a hip in¬ jury on Persuasion), more than a little pre¬ race bitching about the PHRF ratings, and the usual amount of spirited shoreside partying. Despite all the dis¬ tractions, there was some really good rac¬ ing going on, too. The Series was smaller than last year's 91-boat, 11-division epic, and for the first time it wasn't sailed under a measure¬ ment rule. Rather, all five handicap classes sailed under the PHRF rule as administered by a committee of local handicapping gurus chaired by sailmaker Norman Davant. "It's amazing and ironic that the owners have rejected the most enlightened handicap system ever in¬ vented — namely IMS — in favor of PHRF," stated Taft, who sat on the committee. "But if that's what they want, we'll give it to them. PHRF, however, was never meant to rate grand prix boats — we're putting a ton of pressure on a system that was designed only for club racing. In the long run, it's bad news for the sport — why Page 116 • ItMUtW • October, 1997

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A rare shot of 'Mongoose' crossing ahead of 'Taxi Dancer', which won a war of attrition in the ULDB 70s. Inset, regatta and season winners Dave Ullman, Don Hughes and RP Richards.

would anyone in their right mind build a big racing boat that's not designed to a measurement rule?" One solution to the handicapping di¬ lemma is to race levelly. which four classes did this year— the ULDB 70s, the exciting lD-48s, the Express 37s and the J / 105s. "The rest of the Series has turned into a big beer can regatta." observed one prominent ID-48 sailor. "Whether this year's PHRF 'solution' was an evolution towards the next level, or a huge step backwards, remains to be seen. The St. Francis can only keep faking it so long before people figure it out and stop com¬ ing, especially out-of-towners." But, on the whole, the Series has done a good job of changing with the times. It must be doing something right: the 75boat turnout is the second highest ever (after last year) in the 34-year history of this illustrious event. Without further pontificating, here's a quick rundown on the action in each class:

ULDB 70s Six sleds began an abbreviated fiverace series on Friday. Half an hour later, as the fleet converged on Blackaller Buoy, the fleet was reduced to four boats when Orient Express smashed into the back end of Mirage. It wasn't quite as dramatic or noisy as when Maverick broadsided Blondie several years ago, but it was still a spectacular hit. "They were on port and

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went to duck us," explained Mirage crew boss Jack Halterman. "They whiffed by about three feet, and really messed up both of these beautiful boats. If the rigs had tangled it would have been a lot worse. Still, it looked like someone tossed

"It was a sad thing, but I don't hold it against Peter (Tong). Collisions will hap¬ pen now and then — it's all part of sail¬ boat racing," said Jim. "The worst part is that we felt like we really could have won the Series. We were much better upwind

a carbon fiber grenade inside our boat!" Mirage owner Jim Ryley was cata¬ pulted off the wheel in the collision, hit the lifelines and was hanging upside down and halfway overboard before his crew dragged him back in. Ryley broke his big toe in several places and suffered a heavily bruised arm, but will be fine in a few weeks. The boats fared much worse — they're both over at KKMI. and estimates to repair the gaping holes and delamina¬ tion run well into five figures-on each. OE will get a new bow in time to do the sea¬ son-ending Point Conception Race on Oc¬ tober 3, but Mirage will take a lot longer to repair.

(Boat) murder on the 'Orient Express': Our cam¬ era catches the moment of impact as 'OE' plows into the stern quarter of ‘Mirage1. with our new #3 and main, and every¬ thing finally just felt right. But now we ll never know. . . " Taft, who sailed on OE, summed up the incident succinctly: "We aimed to miss, and we missed our aim." It was the shortest BBS ever for Taft, who immedi¬ ately switched over to sailing on the origi¬ nal Swiftsure, which shadowed the fleet as a spectator boat. "I did tactics for them," he joked. "Might I suggest some red wine with your lunch? How about another beer?." _

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Anyway, with two of the 'A' fleet play¬ ers knocked out of action, Don Hughes and RP Richards' yellow Taxi Dancer had an easier time of winning the Series, and with it the 1997 ULDB 70 season cham¬ pionship. The much-improved Grand Il¬ lusion, with Steve Grillon calling tactics and Mik Beatie providing local knowledge, was tough in the first four races, and the two boats went into the finale tied with six points apiece. GI attempted to match race Taxi, but instead was taken over the line early sandwiched between Alchemy and Mongoose, which is under new own¬ ership and sporting a new dark blue paint job. GI was the last boat to clear them¬ selves, basically spotting Taxi — which had a clean start — a quarter mile lead and the victory. "We seemed to have a tick of speed with the other boats, especially downwind," claimed Taxi tactician Dave Ullman. "Don is one of the best owner/drivers, and we had some good local knowledge aboard in Nick Gibbens, Dave Gruver and Den¬ nis George. . . You know, the numbers may be dropping in the sled class, but it s still the best racing on the coast. Maybe some of the turbos should convert back!" . One Design 48s Last year, the outcome of the lD-48s wasn't decided until the final 25 yards of the last beat, when Doug DeVos's Wind-

quest overtook John Kolius s Abracadabra to win the Series. Everyone expected the two boats to be the stars of the show again, especially because the season championship rode on the BBS results. After the first four regattas on the ID-48 schedule (Key West, SORC, Newport/ Manhattan, Verve Cup), the two boats were tied with 9 points apiece — it was high noon at the StFYC corral. Ouch! 'Mirage', as well as owner Jim Ryley, got pretty messed up. Luckily, both are fixable.

Windquest began impressively with double bullets, while Abracadabra strug¬ gled ("Pitiful,” was owner Jim Andrews terse description of their opening perfor¬ mance). "Things happened to work out great for us that day," noted Windquest tactician John Kostecki, who is relocat¬ ing to the Bay Area this month. "But we were concentrating only on beating Kolius, not on winning the regatta." While Kostecki was keeping an eye on the big picture, Dawn Riley's America True quietly opened up a small lead after three

BIG BOAT SERIES '97 races. Windquest came back to tie it up after five races, but then America True posted two decisive bullets to ice the Series. Their last race was particularly im¬ pressive, as helmsman Jeff Madrigali jumped the starting gun and was there¬ fore last off the line. Madro and company rounded the top mark seventh, and then clawed slowly back to the top of the fleet. Given the talent in the ID-48 class and the intensity of racing, America True would certainly have won MVP for the regatta if St. Francis was still awarding that honor. JJ Isler, helming Roy Pat Disney's chartered Northland Furniture, was a vic¬ tim of Madro's spectacular charge through the fleet. Ten minutes into the race, JJ had the five-boat cushion between her boat and America True necessary to win the regatta. "But Jeff has the best grasp

Doug DeVos, who drove Windquest t6 sec¬ ond overall in the Series, earned top owner/driver honors. Rumors that several of the charter¬ ed lD-48s are about to be sold to perma-x nent owners were circulating, as was the notion that the DeVos family may build more lD-48s in the not-so-distant future. Atlantic Division Sy Kleinman’s Schumacher 54 Swiftsure II thoroughly dominated this sevenboat class for the second year in a row, wrapping the Series up after jpst six races. They went out for the seventh race any¬ way, and took a fifth. "We backed off the pedal a bit, and stayed out of everyone's way," said crewmember Carl Schumacher. "We won the Series because Ve had good starts and good upwind speed, which al¬

lowed us to hang in tough spots. We were completely tuned-up and, being slightly heavier than the other boats, could carry our #2 longer. The real reason we won, however, was because of Norman and Chris — they sailed really well together." "The whole thing really clicked this year," allowed Chris Corlett, Swiftsure's driver and project supervisor. "Everything went really smoothly; the whole series was a pleasure." Norman Davant served as tactician, Hunt Conrad trimmed the main, and a cast of thousands — actually 16 crew in total — rode the rail and pulled the strings. The group had to sail harder than last year, as they gave the SC 52s three seconds more a mile than before — but that still proved to be no problem. Two-time Star World winner and '84 Olympic gold medalist Bill Buchan, whom the late Tom Blackaller and Lowell North both acknowledged as the best sailor of their generation, steered his N/M ILC 46 China Cloud to second in this competi-

'Swiftsure II', right, and her afterguard: Corlett, Schumacher, Kleinman and Davant.

of the Bay," she said. "He knows where he wants to go to take advantage of the conditions, and he goes there with au¬ thority." Dawn and Jeffs coed crew on America True included Bay Area sailors Greg Burrell, Mike Herlihy and Liz Baylis. 'This is our third ID-48 regatta, and we’re just starting to peak," claimed Jeff. "It's fabu¬ lous racing! Just look at who we’re sail¬ ing against — there's really no margin for error." The trophies in this class were lavish and plentiful. In addition to winning over¬ all, America True also won the so-called CAN ("Cure Autism Now") Cup, a special two-race event sailed on Saturday as part of the broader seven-race series. Their 4,1 score that day earned them a new Tiffany trophy, while newcomer Jay Ecklund of Starlight won the owners' raffle ($1,000 a ticket) for a new $8,000 ID-48 spinnaker donated to the cause by Quantum Sails.

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tive class. With a mostly Seattle crew aug¬ mented by local talent Russ Silvestri, Buchan slipped into the bridesmaid po-' sition by virtue of winning the final race. China Clouds strength was upwind (she was also the only boat with a coffee grinder), but being the little boat in class made the beats a perpetual struggle for clear air. Buchan's younger brother John, owner of the Andrews 53 Persuasion, had a disappointing Series, finishing fifth and only showing glimpses of the speed the boat is known to have. But John won't be spending any time worrying over the boat, as he sold it immediately after the regatta to the Philippines. Another boat which was off the pace was Stealth Chicken. Sailing with tired sails, the boat only came alive in the sixth race, which they won with young Quan¬ tum sailmaker Will Paxton taking his turn on the helm. Paxton tacked on Swiftsure repeatedly during that race, eventually causing Davant to lose it. "He flipped me

which felt good, but it was kind of a hol¬ low victory," noted Case. "These are mostly grand prix boats, and we should be using a legitimate rating rule instead of PHRF." For the record, Case wanted to race

Recidivist' owner/driver Colin Case (left) and tactician Tim Parsons.

off, and screamed at me not to bother showing up at work on Monday," said Will. "I guess pounding the boss wasn't such a good idea after all." Ah, the politics of sail¬ ing. The trio of SC 52s finished in inverse order of rating with the short-rigged Ingrid getting the best of the bunch. The tailrigged, aluminum mast Marda Gras, which is for sale, was next. Elyxir, a car¬ bon fiber tail-rigged model, finished last. "We kept the spreads between the 52s right where the owners requested," noted Schumacher. "Lately, I'm wondering if the three extra feet of mast is worth the pen¬ alty on the Bay." But the word on the docks was that Ingrid was the "most to¬ gether" program of the three, and just plain sailed better than her sisterships. Keefe-Kilborn Dubbed "the class that no one wanted to win," this collection of nine fairly mod¬ ern 40-footers enjoyed ferociously tight racing. It was so competitive that five dif¬ ferent boats scored bullets, and five dif¬ ferent boats finished DFL. Three of the boats — Raven, Gai-Jin and Sceptre — im¬ probably sampled each end of the spec¬ trum. Most races saw the first four or five boats all correct out within a minute of each other — closer finishes than in the one design fleets! Almost all the kneejerk whining about ratings in this class evapo¬ rated as the regatta went on. "If anything, the ratings turned out to be amazingly accurate," claimed Sceptre crewman Bruce Schwab. "It’s hard to rate sprit-pole boats with 'normal' boats, but the com¬ mittee did a great job of it." Colin Case's Schumacher 39 Recidivist earned class honors without ever winning a race. Case and crew (tactician Tim Par¬ sons, Greg Felton, Skip McCormack. Dugal Johnson, Fuzz Foster, Carlos Badell, Don Whelan, John Andrew and Tad Lacey) started strongly with a 3,2,2, but then began fading. "We held on to win,

Carl Eichenlaub and daughter Betty Sue Sher¬ man of 'Cadenza' finally won after years of knocking on the door.

IMS, but was forced into PHRF when the N/M 39s defected en masse to that sys¬ tem. Also for the record. Recidivist would have won the class by an even greater margin had the scoring been done under IMS. "We were just a little more consis¬ tent than everyone else," claimed Colin. "We won due to flawless crew work, work¬ ing hard to find lanes of clear air, and just plain boatspeed." Three points behind Recidivist, a threeway tie for second was resolved (based on number of firsts, then number of seconds, etc.) in favor of the J/130 Sceptre, which was visibly improved from last year. "Maybe we got a little lucky, too," said owner Bob Musor, reflecting on their cor¬ ner-banging tactics. Their sistership Breakin' Wind which gets our vote for 'boat most in need of a name change’, took third. Fourth went to the Newport Beach-based It's OK!, a seven-year-old first generation IMS boat back on the Bay for its sixth Series. The new Bashford Howison 41 Cha-Ching finished fifth, just one point back. The three N/M 39s fin¬ ished next, with Gai-Jin, a deep-keel J/ * 130, pulling up the rear. The latter boat was apparently sold to San Diego after' the BBS, and her owner, Robert Shaw, is rumored to be considering a Farr 40. With two N/M 39s, two J/130s, a BH 41, Recidivist and hopefully a handful of Farr 40s before too long, the Bay Area 40footer class is gathering momentum. "Hopefully, we can get organized and start October. 1997

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BIG BOAT SERIES '97 racing under IMS again next summer," said Case. Richard Rheem San Diego boat yard owner Carl Eichenlaub has been a fixture at the BBS since 1976, bringing his green ijiotorhome, the family dog and a series of boats named Cadenza up here almost every Septem¬ ber. He knows his third Cadenza, a 1987 aluminum N/M 45, inside out (he should, because he built it himself) and is always a threat to place well in the BBS. This year, with input from daughter/tactician Betty Sue Sherman and local knowledge source James Barnhill. Cadenza finally lit up the score board after years of sec¬ ond and third place finishes. "Our crew work was excellent," noted Eichenlaub. "We did more changes and peels than anyone else, and never had any prob¬ lems." Runner-up Blue Chip, Walt Logan's Mumm 36, wasn't so lucky. Leading the class by four points after the first five races, Chip's main halyard broke between races on Saturday (it started a trend, as Bodacious broke theirs five minutes into the next race). "It was sooo frustrating! We were beating Cadenza in the afternoon races, too," lamented bow man Steve Marsh. ’They were better in light air, while we had the edge in a breeze, especially downwind." This was the last regatta for Blue Chip, which is now for sale to make way for Logan's new Farr 40 (see Race Notes). "It would have been nice to go out a winner, but I'm already looking forward to the next boat," claimed Logan. Richard Peck's powerful red Davidson 44 InfraRed finished strong to take; third, finally beginning to show hints of her po¬ tential. The inconsistent Scorpio, mean¬ while, slipped to fourth despite a pair of bullets in the middle of the Series. Jubi¬ lee, an IMX 38 from Seattle making her second appearance in the BBS, would have finished higher than fifth if they hadn't DNF'ed the second race after tweaking their rig. StFYC-A This seven-boat 'hodge-podge' class consisted of three Swans of various vintages, three racing machines whose glory days are well behind them, and a light¬ weight marvel of modem technology called the DynaFlyer 40. A more bizarre collec¬ tion of boats has never hit the Big Boat Series starting line together. "This class was the hardest of all to rate," admits Davant, "but considering that second through fifth places were separated by just three points, I don't think we were too far off." Page 122 • UUiUt-Zi * October, 1997

Nice debut! Roel Pieper of Favonuis'.

Roel Pieper's Swan 651 'Favonius — meaning 'favorite' in Latin — lived up to her name and won going away. It was an auspicious debut for Pieper, whose previ¬ ous steed, a Baltic 55, is now for sale af¬ ter buying the beautiful blue '85 Swan a month ago. Pieper, formerly the top guy at Tandem Computers and now the num¬

ber two guy at Compaq, put together a top-notch international program, which included flying in seven pro sailors from Holland, his native country. "Those guys are Roy Heiner's core crew," explained crewmember Brandon Paine. "You heed good guys because the loads on this boat are scary — it weighs something like 80,000 pounds and pushes tons of wa¬ ter!" Other local sailors among Favonius' 20-man crew included Patrick Adams, Greg Jampolsky, Tom Ross and venture capitalist Tom Perkins. "I think we ll go to Antigua Race Week next, and maybe even the Med after that," said Roel, who did his own steering and was clearly en joying himself. Velos (ex-Desperado), an '86 Belgiumbuilt Tanton 73 designed for winning TransAtlantic races, finished a distant second. The 47,000-pound black boat was brought to San Diego a year ago by her new owner, Borg Hestehave, and this was their first major regatta. The 26-man Velos crew (who claimed to be 70%

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Above, 'Red Hornet'. Below, ridin'the rail on the IMX 38 'Jubilee', this year with lifejackets on.

hungover on Sunday) included a lot of Etchells sailors, including Kers Clausen as local knowledge — which explains why an Etchells insignia mysteriously ap¬ peared (and remained) on their mainsail halfway through the Series. At the oppo¬ site end of the spectrum was Peter Isler's 7,000-pound DynaFlyer 40 Red Hornet, which finished third. The 'red dwarf, as the leadmine sailors nicknamed her, ac¬ tually finished tied with the Sausalito-

based Swan 53 Mistress, but won the tiebreaker. "It’s hard to say what the series proved," noted Isler. "But we're just happy that the yacht club gave us a rating on fairly short notice, and let us have the chance to show off our cool new boat." With a hydraulically canting keel (which can swing to windward 60 degrees, and is faster and more efficient than water ballast), a second 'canard' rudder up front, and a huge asymmetrical kite set on a retractable sprit, this boat was the wild¬ est thing ever seen in the BBS. Billed as "tomorrow's boat, available today," the Hornet routinely planed back up to head of this fleet downwind, often in a blur of spray as the speedo hit 20 knots. "Even the crews on the other boats were whoop¬ ing and hollering and running for their cameras!" grinned Peter. "The Hornet's an absolute blast, especially in a breeze. And though it may seem really high tech, it’s actually pretty easy to sail." Look for more on this innovative new design in a future issue. Opening strongly with a 1,2, but fad¬ ing as the series progressed was Cha¬ risma, a beautifully restored S&S 57 from Seattle. The famous 1970 design, which competed in the 1973 Admiral's Cup, was passing through en route to cruising Mexico for the winter. "We had two or three visitors a day drop by to pay their re¬ spects, " said boat captain Jim Rosher. "Lots of people have sailed on or against Charisma, or built sails or parts for it. You get a real sense of sailing history from being around her." StFYC-B Norman Olson's squeaky new shortrig, deep-keel Beneteau 42s7 Just in Time massacred this class, but not without some inadvertent help from the handicap committee. "All the other boats in this class sailed straight PHRF, and were known quantities," explained Davant. "This boat is so new it didn't have a PHRF certificate yet, and we didn't quite realize what it was. We missed the mark by maybe 12 seconds a mile — by far our worst screw-up this year." Still, the Just in Time gang sailed beau¬ tifully in their debut, taking the gun (and the bullet) in five of the seven races de¬ spite getting six seconds a mile from the four scratch boats. Considering they didn't take delivery of their Farr-designed racer/cruiser until a week prior to the Series, it was an impressive performance.

Owner Norman Olson (left) and Frank McNear of the aptly-named new 'Just in Time'.

Olson, who had to stay ashore with two ruptured neck disks, turned the boat over to his sailing partner Frank McNear, who steered the boat and oversaw the 14-man crew. Roy Haslup, a J/World instructor from Annapolis, served as tactician and also whipped the crew — all of whom have 'real jobs’ — into shape. "It was a monu¬ mental accomplishment," claimed Olson, whose previous boat, a Beneteau 38s5 also named Just in Time, is for sale. "I'm really proud of the guys, and am looking forward to sailing the boat myself in the midwinters." With first a foregone conclusion, the real battle in this HDA-style class was for second. A pair of 20-year-old Farr 36s, Petard and Sweet Okole, fought tooth and nail down, with Keith Buck's Petard get¬ ting the nod this year. Kim Desenberg, who steered Petard throughout the Series, noted, "It really came down to the first beat of the last race. We were one of only three boats to go to the Angel Island side instead of the Cone, and we arrived at the y/eather mark four minutes ahead." The J/35 Major Damage, steered by Phil Perkins in the absence of brother Chris (who sailed on an ID-48), topped two other sisterships in the first year that J/35s have sailed in PHRF. No doubt the Major Damage crew lamented the demise of their one design status, as they finished a distant fifth to the J/40 China Cloud. The real hard luck story in this class, however, belongs to Cal Maritime's aging aluminum Peterson 40 Leading Lady. The boat showed up unannounced the morn¬ ing of the first race, but some fast talking ^and a $400 entry fee got them into the Series, but just barely. A bit over 24 hours later, they retired with damage to their bow after spearing Harding Rock headon instead of jibing around it. Express 37s Glenn Isaacson and his Re-Quest regu¬ lars opened the Series — which doubled October. 1997

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Race. Other guests included professional sail¬ ors, marine surveyors, sail makers, insurers, rig¬ gers, yacht brokers, boat yard employees and their families. The party is a great venue for those in the industry to meet and 'let their hair down'; it’s also a time for everyone to relax and appre¬ ciate why they are in the business in the first place. Since the people in the industry love to work hard and play hard, it doesn’t take much to get things heated up and let the good times roll. Looking around you could see companies such as Quantum, Pineapple, Svendsen’s and San Francisco Boat Works all sharing in the good time.

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to publicly thank the crew. Paul said, “We wouldn’t be having this party, heck, we would not have a company or our great customers if it were not for our incredible crew. Our company consists of people who have dedicated their lives to the marine industry. I feel the folks at KKMI represent the very best in the industry. I am very proud of every member of our crew and I per¬ sonally thank you from the bottom of w-, my heart.” Kaplan went on to say, “The W b people who are in this business are here for more than just money ■ - they are here be¬ cause they love what they do. Many of our customers envy what we do and how much i fj* * fun we have doing it. We are truly the most fortunate people in the world. Let’s not Kids, don't try this at forget to count our home!

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A WORTHY CAUSE Since last year’s “Rockin’ The Bay Since May” T-shirt has become such a collector's item, KKMI decided to commission renown artist Jim DeWitt to design a special T-shirt which could then be used to raise money for a worthy non¬ profit organization. This year the proceeds are going to The Blue Water Foundation, an orga¬ nization that introduces underprivileged children to Bay sailing. KKMI actually has a few shirts left over from the party, so if you’d like to own a real collector’s item plus make a contribution to a very worthy cause, drop by KKMI’s yard office and get a shirt of your own.

In addition to thanking those in the industry for supporting KKMI’s success, the main reason for the party was to thank the crew at KKMI for do¬ ing such a great job. During the evening The comedy team of Ken Keefe and Paul Kaplan took the stage Kaplan & Keefe - NOT!

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A BIT TOO MUCH FUN In addition to enjoying some of the best Jambalaya and tunes this side of the Bayou, party goers were treated to a fantastic variety of other entertainment and treats. From Letitia the Stiltwalker to the incredible magic of Grinn and Barrett. Not to mention the Flame Jugglers and the Crayfish Races plus the inflatable dinosaur that devoured both children and adults - or was it that adults that were behaving like children — in any case, everyone had an outrageous time. Never content to leave well enough alone, KKMI pulled out all the stops and held a very special raffle. Starting with autographed DeWitt T-shirts and ending up with an incredible trip to Cabo San Lucas! All and all it was a night to remem¬ ber but it was best said, as one of the guests was leaving, “This can’t be a boat yard, there are too many people smiling and having too much fun.”

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Quest and Mick Schlens' SoCal-based Blade Runner, with the latter boat com¬ ing out on top more often than not lately. This time, however, Blade Runner was DSQ'ed in the first race for fouling Sleep¬ er. and never really recovered — though Schlens could take some consolation in posting two slim bullets (by three and two seconds, respectively, over Re-Quest) at the end of the regatta. Mike Grisham's Bliss opened with the most decisive bul¬ let of the series — a 1:09 margin over the next boat — but faded after that, setting the stage for the Sleeper /Re-Quest show¬ down. Though the 8-boat turnout of Express 37s was off from their high of 13 back in 1991, the 13-year-old class just keeps

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BBS '97 — THE BEAT GOES ON

are under new management this year." After sitting out Thursday s racing, the J/105s joined the fray on Friday. Sam Hock's Jose Cuervo posted a 1,2 and ap¬ peared to be on the laynching pad. An¬ other bullet in the third race was followed by disaster in the fourth — Jose was DSQ'ed for a port/starboard infraction against Phil Gardner's 20/20. 'The me¬ diator offered us a three-point penalty to settle, but we honestly didn't think we'd lose if we went to the protest room." said Sam. "Oh well, live and learn! We looked at the Series as a moral victory for us anyway." With Jose doomed to a fourth place fin¬ ish , the Series was up for grabs between 20/20 and Tambellini's Bella Rosa. While Gardner sailed his worst race, a sixth, Tambellini and crew (tactician Michael Tosse, Abel Meda, Jack Matievich and Steve Washington) put together one of their best, a second to Dean Dietrich's late-surging Blackhawk. At the end of the five-race series, 20/20 and Bella Rosa were tied with 16 points apiece, with the

tionals in Chicago next week and none of us going, this was our de facto West Coast Championship. Plus, this isn't just any regatta — this is the big time, the Big Boat Series!"

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cruise south to Mexico and/or southwest to French Polynesia this fall/winter or not, that is the question. Normally it would be a no-brainer. The Mexican hurricane season is from June to the end of October, so mariners have always had confidence that they could sail south at the'end of October and not run into a hurricane. Indeed, the normal concerns are that there might be too little wind or perhaps the northwesterlies might be a tad cool. Some cruisers worry that this year might be an exception because of the unusually strong El Nino conditions. Will the unusual warming of the waters of the coastal Pacific provide the fuel' for an out-of-season hurricane? There’s plenty of speculation, but no certainty. As is the case with both weather and stocks, "past history is no indicator of future performance." Nonetheless, a look back at the last really big El Nino year — '92-'93 — is revealing. We re not suggesting what happened back then will be duplicated, but it at least gives an idea of the realm of possibilities. We have reports from the Bay Area, Southern California, Mexico, French Polynesia, and Micronesia. But before we get to those reports, we’ll leave you with a few things to ponder: First, the weather can change dramatically from one day to the next — El Nino year or not. In last year's Baja Ha-Ha III, for example, the fleet enjoyed ideal weather conditions; 10 to 24 knots of increasingly warm northwesterlies. Yet Promotion, the West Marine Santa Cruz 40 which had to delay her start by two

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days, sailed smack into 35 knot headwinds and heavy rain and had to return to San Diego. The sled fleet, which started its race to Cabo 10 days after the start of the Ha-Ha, saw so little wind that the ultra lights dropped out in record numbers. So even in non-El Nino Page 130 • tout 1? • October, 1997

years there are major vagaries in the weather. Second, if you plan to sail to Mexico in late October and have seen news footage of hurricane-generated waves^ slamming Cabo San Lucas, don't necessarily freak out. Mexico has about the most reliable hurricane season in the world, and it’s supposed to get hit in September — and well into October, too. We’d really worry about the weather if Mexico wasn't getting any hurricanes. And remember, for as long as records have been kept, the Pacific coast of Mexico has never been hit by a hurricane in November. It might this year, but it never has before. Third, lots of powerboats head to Cabo in early October for that month’s big sportfishing tournament at Cabo. If anyone's really pushing the weather envelope, it’s the guys with rods and reels. If you're still freaked about visions of those waves, remember Waimea Bay on the North Shore of Oahu. During the winter it’s home to some of the biggest surf on the planet. In the summer, however, it’s placid as a lake and therefore a popular anchorage. Different seasons, entirely different weather. What would likely happen if a hurricane developed as you sailed south? First off, you'd get plenty of warning. Unlike the last big El Nino year, we now have terrific satellite coverage of the Eastern Pacific. And because of El Nino, experts are carefully watching for any sign of a trough, which might lead to a tropical depression (winds under 35 knots), which might lead to a tropical storm (winds under 65 knots), which might lead to a hurricane (winds over 65 knots). This process usually takes the better part of a week. Secondly, almost all Eastern Pacific hurricanes germinate at least 350 — and often more than 500 — miles south of Cabo. Given plenty of warning and the fact that hurricanes usually develop well south, most mariners would have adequate time to either really dig in or else head north to the cooler waters that are the kiyptonite of all hurricanes. Had you been on the hook at Cabo wheri the first signs of super hurricane Linda or hurricane Nora were reported, you still would have had adequate time to get north to nearly San Diego before you were overtaken. This is assuming

you had sufficient fuel. The common weather condition before hurricanes is a calm, so you don’t want to have to be in a position to have to sail away from an approaching hurricane.

The last big El Nino C82-’83) was directly blamed for hundreds of deaths and hundreds of millions of dollars worth of property damage. Through flood and drought induced famines, El Nino was indirectly blamed for thousands of deaths and many billions of dollars in property and other damage. As best we’ve been able to determine, this is a timeline for El Nino damage that affected cruisers:

November 23, ’82, Hawaii. Hurricane Iwa, with gusts to 121 knots, scored a direct hit on the island of Kauai. Although there was only one death, there was $234 million in property damage — including the devastation to the small boat harbors and boats at Nawiliwili and Port Allen. Iwa is only one of three hurricanes to

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This was Cook's Bay, Moorea, as cyclone Veena raged through in 1983. have directly affected Hawaii in the last 50 years. The others were the relatively mild Dot in August of '59, and the terribly destructive Iniki — 145 knot winds, eight deaths, $2 billion in damages — in September of '92. By the way, 1992 was not an El Nino year. November 9, '82, Mid-Pacific. The 41-foot ketch SKUA, on her way from California to the Marquesas, ran into what skipper Ray Jardine calls by far the worst storm of their circumnavigation. Details later. November and December '82, MidPacific. In mid-November, Alan Olson and the crew of his 70-ft schooner Stone Witch left San Francisco for Hawaii and Micronesia. On the way to Hawaii they ran into a series of storms with winds between 2b to 45 knots, the worst putting up peak winds of 70 knots for five hours. These were the same storms that punished the Southern California coastline, as piers got knocked down and

surf crashed through the windows of waterfront homes and restaurants. Once Stone Witch got within 300 miles of Hawaii, the stormy weather was replaced by clear skies and abnormally light winds. These general conditions lasted until late January, when the schooner set sail for Micronesia. Stone Witch had fair weather but unusually light winds for the first few days, but then good tradewinds filled in for the rest of the voyage. The schooner started her six-week, 5,000-mile return trip to San Francisco in May. "We had excellent weather in typical conditions," reports Olson. Late November '82, San Diego. The Wanderer, Willie Smothers, Rachael Days, and Katrini LeFluer, completed provisioning the Wanderer’s Freya 39 Contrary to Ordinary for a trip to Cabo. That night 60-knot winds whipped through the San Diego waterfront. With the morning wind down to 30 knots and the seas reported at "16 to 22 feet but

decreasing", the four decided to double reef the main and motorsail outside Point Loma to evaluate the situation. The sight of a large navy warship rolling heavily in the swells was not encouraging to the novice women sailors in particular. While the weather reports called for dramatically improving conditions, it was decided to postpone what was intended io be an enjoyable time. Because of time constraints and red tape, Willie Smothers eventually delivered the boat to Cabo with an entirely new crew. "It blew 25 knots all the way down, all of it on the nose," Smothers reported. Normally the winds along the Baja coast are from the northwest. December 8, '82 — 'The Great Cabo Storm'. When Smothers and the Contrary crew dropped anchor in Bahia Cabo San Lucas on the afternoon of December 10, they were surprised to see that the beach was apparently being used as a boatyard. Too exhausted to give the matter much thought, they crashed out until the next day. In actuality, the 22 medium to large cruising sailboats and six powerboats had been driven up on the beach by the wind and surf from a storm 36 hours before. All but five of the boats were total losses. Most had piled on top of one another, with the result that some of even the stoutest vessels had been reduced to little more than shockingly small chunks of fiberglass. Without today's sophisticated weather satellite coverage, the storm arrived unannounced — and after nightfall. Nobody knows the exact nature Cabo’s ‘great storm’ wasn’t that powerful, but it hit from the wrong direction and thus created disproportionate damage.

HAMLET CONSIDERS of the storm for sure, but the consensus was that it was a chubasco-like blow for which Mexico is famous. (See this month’s Changes for a report on a recent chubasco that hit Loreto.) The storm did not affect La Paz 100 miles to the north, or Mazatlan some 200 miles to the east. The 'Great Storm’s' winds — estimated at peaking between 45 and 70 I knots — weren’t the major cause of destruction at Cabo. The real causes were: 1) The wind direction, as it came from the east and created large waves. East winds are rare at Cabo and the bay offers no protection. 2) Lulled into complacency by the generally benign weather of Mexico, many of the skippers were anchored veiy close to the beach in shallow water and notoriously poor holding ground afforded by the steep sand bottom. The first boat driven ashore by the breaking waves was Bernard Moitessier’s legendary Joshua. The great French sailor was so distraught that his boat went ashore that he gave, her away — to some energetic young guys who subsequently cruised her all along the West Coast and to Hawaii. 3) Many boats went ashore because another boat dragged into them and pulled their anchor loose. In some cases, one dragging boat took two or three others in with her. At the time, the 'Cabo Disaster’ was the worst to have ever hit the cruising community. It has since been eclipsed many times over by hurricane damage in Culebra and St. Martin. After December 8, '82 — Mexico. Once the Great Storm' had passed, the weather in Mexico became very pleasant — and stayed that way for the duration of the season. Contrary to Ordinary continued north to La Paz, where late season conditions were so idyllic that the Wanderer was inspired to conceive of Sea of Cortez Sailing Week, the first of which was held the following spring. Kay Rudiger and her then husband Mark cruised from Northern California to Mexico in December aboard their Carlson 29 Shadowfax. ’We had a good trip down, and the weather in Mexico that season was excellent," remembers Kay, who has sailed to New Zealand and back. "But when I sailed down in '91 with Jeff Ames aboard his Pearson 30, we and several other cruising boats were hammered by a cold storm with winds up to 60 knots off Turtle Bay. And '91 was most definately not an El Nino year!" December '82 — French Polynesia. Hurricane Lisa hits the Marquesas. More later. December 22, '82 — San Francisco Page 132 • U&UJU12 • October, 1997

Bay. Vivian Stone of Hayward drove to Alameda Yacht Harbor to discover that a raging storm had caused the entire inner harbor to break loose and float out into the Oakland Estuary! "It was as though a black hole had swallowed up 100N boats," she told Latitude. It was just one example of the storm damage that would bedevil California all winter. January '93 — French Polynesia. Hurricane Nano hits theTuamotus. More later. February '93 — French Polynesia. Orama hits the Marquesas. More later. February 13, '93, San Francisco Bay. The 50-foot cabin cruiser Stella is flipped and broken up a large wave just inside Point Bonita. The skipper had wanted to get an early start on the salmon season. Three are killed. February, '93 — Oceanside. Howard Shultz is killed when a prop fails on his 51 -ft powerboat and huge waves pound the boat onto the Oceanside Breakwater. Later that same day, Daniel Rowland is knocked off his 36-foot cat by the same big seas, but is rescued.

hile the El Nino did cause plenty of trouble and deaths along the Pacific Coast of California, and may have had something to do with the Great Cabo Storm', the most serious — and almost totally unexpected damage—was inflicted on the islands of French Polynesia. Ray Jardine tells the long and disturbing tale — starting with an El Nino stoiy we hadn’t heard before. "An El Nino is first indicated by a slight warming of the sub-equatorial Eastern Pacific. It’s an effect, not a

Cyclone Nano swept through the Tuamotus with 140-knot winds. cause. Arguably, the warming stems from underlying magma undergoing some sort of unusual moiling. Water is a good conductor of heat, and warmed water rises to the surface. Land is a good insulator, which is why the temperature increase is not noticed on shore. "Recorded history’s most devastating El Nino occurred in the winter of '82 and

spring of ’83. Yes, this is when my wife Jenny and I departed San Diego aboard our CT-41 Ketch SUKA — Seeking UnKnown Adventure — on our around-the-world voyage. ’The northeastern Pacific’s hurricane season usually plays itself out by November 1, and this is when cruising yachts begin venturing south of San Diego, headed for tropical climes. As is usual, most boats that year followed the coast down into Mexico and beyond. We, on the other hand, sailed directly for the Marquesas. "Seven days out, on November 9, we encountered the most violent storm we’ve ever had the misfortune to tangle with. For three days and nights SUKA lay ahull, her mast pinned hard over by wind shrieking savagely through the rigging. When all was said and done, the tempest had driven our full-keeled, heavy displacement vessel 30 miles sideways. The remaining three weeks to the Marquesas proceeded without incident. In fact, it was downright idyllic. When we arrived, we received the dreaded news about the December 8th disaster at Cabo San Lucas. "Weather forecasting and communications were nothing like they are today, so one day the rain unexpectedly started coming down in buckets while we were gunkholing around in the Marquesas. Once we got anchored at Melville’s Taipi Bay, we had to stand on the bow with dinghy paddles in order to fend off the onslaught of sticks, tree branches, and logs washing out to sea. Then came whole trees and parts of houses! Shortly after, we received a radio report that cyclone Lisa — hurricanes are called ’cyclones’ in French Polynesia — was ravaging the nearby Tuamotus with 100 mph winds. (In French Polynesia, hurricanes are known as ’cyclones’.) "Cyclone Lisa left us eager to press on. The only problem was that it had killed the tradewinds. Totally dead! And they stayed dead for weeks. We were anchored at Taiohaie Bay in the Marquesas in mid-January when torrential rain began falling once again. This time it came down so copiously that it half filled our dinghy in the first six hours. We watched from our boat as the soaked soil, with its profuse vegetation, lost its grip and created landslides. These slides slashed long swaths down the steep mountainsides. Floods washed out the village roads — and took the bridges with’ them. They destroyed the

EL NINO Despite a threetown’s reservoir and drowned much of the livestock. The locals later told us they’d never seen such rain. "Frank and Rose Courser, former cruisers who operated an inn in these isolated islands, told us they "smelled a hurricane". Although technically within the cyclone zone, the Marquesas hadn’t been hit in many, many year. Nonetheless, after 10 days of heavy rain we listened to a radio report announcing an approaching cyclone! The next morning tremendous gusts began thrashing Taiohaie Bay into angry columns of spume. This combination of wind and water lashed the half-dozen sailboats at anchor and heeled them far over. The crew of one boat equipped with a masthead anemometer reported gusts of 80 knots. Fortunately, the wind was offshore. Had it been blowing into the bay, the combination of huge seas and a lee shore would have given us cruisers veiy serious trouble. "This cyclone was given the name Nano — a Tahitian word meaning 'explosive force'. True to its name, it intensified after leaving the Marquesas and swept through the southern Tuamotus with 140 mph winds and 30-foot seas. "Week after week we waited for the, tradewinds to resume. Finally, on February 2, a breeze encouraged us to set sail for Tahiti. The breeze died after only two hours, and for the next five days we motored eight hours a day in blistering heat. The rest of the time we drifted like the Kon Tiki, needing to preserve what little fuel we had. We waited and waited and waited for the 'reliable' tradewinds that simply refused to blow, our sails hanging limp like rags. "Finally the sails filled — and sent us rushing through the Tuamotus. It had been our original intention to stop in this group of islands to take advantage of the spectacular diving. Unfortunately, I'd ruptured an eardrum while snorkeling in the Marquesas. The doctor treated me with antibiotics but warned me not to swim again for a month. So Jenny and I continued on to Tahiti, terribly disappointed to miss the snorkeling in the Tuamotus. In retrospect, my ear infection and our decision to continue on to Tahiti may have saved our lives. # 'The austral summer and autumn — November through March — is cyclone season across the Southern Pacific. However, the cyclone belt — the area of greatest cyclonic activity — is normally

week search, no trace of the Thompsons was ever found. considered to be safely west of the Society Islands that includes the Marquesas, Tuamotus and Tahiti. Severe storms have rarely ravaged French Polynesia. In fact, in the whole of recorded histoiy prior to the El Nino year of '93, the Tuamotus had experienced only three cyclones — and the Marquesas not a single one. Clearly we had chosen a difficult year to venture forth. "Not long after we reached Tahiti, cyclone Reva — 'the thrasher' — sprang to life and passed within 75 miles of us. It tore through the anchorages with 80knot winds laced with 100-knot gusts. It churned Papeete's harbor into a seething ground-blizzard of white spume. Scores of boats crowded the anchorage, and with each powerful gust another anchor lost its grip. Five massive tugs scurried about saving the hapless, towing them to windward and securing them to shoreside bollards. SUKA’s anchor held fast, leaving us free to watch the tempest reducing trees to stubble and stripping buildings of their siding and roofs. Chunks of sheet metal, glass, and debris were blown far out into the harbor. "After seven hours of unparalleled excitement, the tempest lessened and soon died, leaving the battered flotilla bobbing like toys in a bathtub. Meanwhile, Reva headed back for another strafing run at the Tuamotus. It was there that this monstrosity of nature overtook two of our cruising buddyboats. "Ike and Debbie Thompson of the Long Beach-based Islander 36 Summer Seas were four days out of Nuku Hiva when they got caught in Reva. They called the Maritime Mobile net one night to report that they hadn’t been able to take a sight in three days and were not equipped with a SatNav. In the process of battling tremendous winds, 35-foot seas, and a broken packing gland, they believed they were somewhere among the dangerously low-lying and current-swept Tuamotus. Despite a three week search by the Coast Guard and French Navy, no

trace of the Thompsons or their boat was ever found. "The other couple was Larry Chrispell and Mollie Allen of the 37-foot cutter Secret Sharer. Just behind the Thompsons, they ending up running with the wind through the 'Dangerous Archipelago'. Then Reva reverted course so they unknowingly sailed right into the teeth of her. After a series of hair-raising events, they miraculously survived. [Editor’s note: Jardine’s account of these events were published in Latitude back in 1983, but it is now easily accessible at his website: http: //members, aol. com/ray316.] "Cyclone Veena, the next in this unprecedented string of cyclones to slam French Polynesia, caught SUKA and 19 other yachts at Cook’s Bay on Moorea. Fearful winds intensified during the night of April 29, dragging the anchor of the unattended sloop Solano. She slewed past us and jerked to a halt. Then the wind shifted, placing us directly upwind of her. "In stygian darkness, a powerful gust suddenly knocked SUKA onto her beam ends, dislodging her salon cushions and emptying her starboard lockers. The boat righted, and was quickly knocked down the other way, disgorging her port lockers. I crawled outside to bring in the dinghy, and found it flaying behind at the stern like a flag. Unfortunately,, I also found that we had drug back nearly onto the bucking and reeling Solano. Thirty feet was all that separated us from disaster. "Diane and Kellogg Fleming of San Francisco, aboard the magnificent but urtinsured 46-ft Garden Porpoise Sioan that Kellogg had spent 11 years building, was secured to someone’s private mooring so she didn't drag. But all the other boats did, including the professionally-crewed mega-yacht Jagare, which bounced onto a reef. She was later pulled free without significant damage. "The yachts anchored across the Sea of the Moon at Tahiti were not so lucky. Twenty-six were driven high onto beaches or reefs. Most of these lacked all-chain rode, and their anchor ropes chafed through at the bow rollers. Thirty-nine other yachts and pleasure boats, as well as six bonito skiffs, flat-out sank. According to the local newspaper, Veena destroyed 4,000 homes and most of the island’s agrarian interests. The torrential rains severed all roads and carried away most bridges. "A week later the radio warned of yet another cyclone! At times like this the October, 1997 • UtitoAZS • Page 133

HAMLET CONSIDERS EL NINO VHF would come alive with worried chatter. Someone was heard to say, "We're not going to do this one." This reflected our sentiments exactly, and to everyone’s relief the cyclone dissipated. Best of all, the weather returned to normal and the cruising fleet — what remained of it anyway — continued on its way. "The 1982-1983 El Nino season will long be remembered by all who were in Cabo — but even more so by those sailing through French Polynesia. But of course the catastrophes were not confined to the eastern South Pacific. The devastation was global, and in fact National Geographic characterized that El Nino as "one of the most destructive climactic events in modern history." "Many times Jenny and I have asked ourselves: Had we known about the terrible storms to come, would we have set sail that season? It would have been better to have waited a year, no doubt about it. Still, SUKA survived and went on to enjoy an immensely interesting and rewarding voyage. Many boats did likewise, but some others were not so

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fortunate. "Climatologists are describing the current El Nino as by far the most intense. But who knows, maybe it will dissipate and nothing will come of it. Oi^ maybe it will wreak even greater damage than the one of 1983. The question in the prospective cruiser’s mind, then, might be this: Whether to head off into the sunset, and probably experience various aspects of the coming El Nino firsthand, or whether to wait a year and simply read about the outcome, for better or worse, in Latitude."

TThat’s our report on what happened during the last great El Nino year. If you’re thinking about heading south this season, we’ll leave you with two important things to remember: 1) It is always the complete and total responsibility of the skipper to made the

decision whether to start and/or continue a voyage, be it alone or as part of an event such as the Ha-Ha or the Long Beach YC’s race/rally to Mazatlan. Skippers cannot legally or ethically slough the decision off on anyone else, be they weather forecasters or event managers. If you don’t want to accept the responsibility for going to sea, you have no business leaving the berth. 2) Nobody has any idea what effects this year’s El Nino will have on possible late season hurricanes, 'pineapple expresses', or other weather phenomena. The combination of factors is just too complicated, and weather experts don't have sufficient historical data to work with. Besides, local weather forecasters — dealing with tons of historical data and a relatively simple weather pattern — can’t even accurately predict which days the fog will come through the Gate. May all your winds be warm, moderate, and from aft. Meanwhile, pray for a couple of icy Alaskan storms to blow down the coast and cool everything down by the end of October. — latitude 38

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PAT HENRY ^\.bout a decade ago, Pat Henry lived in Santa Cruz and had her own import company. Life for the brown-haired, blue¬ eyed, Midwestern transplant wasn't bad. She had both taught and practiced archi¬ tecture after coming west from Illinois in 1970, and had spent three years cruising to the Maldives in the Indian Ocean aboard a 50-foot trimaran. Her two daughters were grown and leading lives of their own. Yet, when she fell into the grip of what she terms a severe mid-life crisis, something had to give. She took perhaps the most sensible route: she sold her house and bought a Southern Cross 31, a Ted Gilmoredesigned cutter, to live on. After a short while, she figured it was kind of stupid just to sit in Santa Cruz harbor. So she set a goal: sail down the coast. Then, sail to Mexico. Then. . . well, one thing led to another and eight years later she became, unbeknownst to her, the first American woman to circumnavigate alone under sail. "There was a time during my trip when I thought I might be the oldest and the slowest woman to make the trip," she says, "but I never thought I'd be the first." Many may recall teenager Tania Aebi as the first American woman to circle the globe alone, but the fact is that Aebi gave a friend a lift between a couple of South Sea islands on her voyage back in the mid1980s — which disqualified her from the solo record. So when Henry reentered Acapulco, her official port of departure in 1989, on May 5th of this year, the title was hers. Setting a record was the farthest thing from Henry's mind for most of the voyage, and it still doesn't interest her all that much. Her trip was more a testament to the idea that sailing was a dream that she wanted to pursue and she went out and did it, despite not having the experience and resources that you might think were needed for such an expedition.

enry was back in the Bay Area recently to visit with her daughter and

the family adventuress ever since she left her hometown of Bloomington, Illinois, in 1970 — on a motorcycle. During that three-year sail to the Maldives and back on the trimaran, she learned to navigate, and even skippered the boat from time to time. In fact, some of her more suburban friends have more trouble understanding Pat than her family. For example, one childhood friend asked Pat's mother "why does Pat have this death wish?" The comment bothered the older woman for a while, says Pat. "But Mom has relaxed about it and she's always glad when I'm near a phone and can give her a call," she says.

Pat Henry.

in Alameda. As with the sailing record, painting wasn't something she had thought out beforehand. It was just one plan she'd come Up with to raise money down the road. Ironically, she arrived 'down the road' much sooner than she expected. After five months in Puerto Vallarta, she realized she was almost out of money. And the miniature watercolors started coming. Her only training: a painting class she had taken the spring before. Rowing from boat to boat in anchorages, she peddled her pictures and made enough to keep her going. Of course, most of her money had gone into buying Southern Cross and readying it for the cruise. Before departure, she hauled out in Alameda and put in two months of work, including replacing the standing rigging, adding more chain, running new halyards and lifelines, building an isolated gas locker, replacing the cushions, getting a new dodger and

“/ may not have gotten what I wanted, but I did get what I needed.” grandchildren in Santa Cruz and to take in the Jack London Square boat show. She also put on an exhibition of her watercolors — which is the way that she has financed her sailing adventures for the past eight years — at Bogart & Gorings Page 136 • UuU• October. 1997

having her sails cleaned and serviced.

lthough concerned, .her family wasn't shocked by Henry's plans to go to sea. She'd been known as something of

enry’s first test came on her sail down the Baja coast, during which her stern rail broke, rendering the windvane useless. Without self-steering, she had to tend the helm for a week. With only eight hours of sleep during that period, she found herself doing some serious halluci¬ nating. After making it to Cabo San Lucas, though, she looked herself in the mirror and experienced "the most incredible feeling of accomplishment. Just getting there was one of the biggest successes of my life," she says. There were more trials to overcome, but with each landfall, they would be eclipsed. Like the 36-day passage from Acapulco to the Marquesas, the longest of her trip, where she arrived to the throbbing drumbeats of the islanders preparing for an interisland festival. Even novelist James Michener was on hand for the celebration. Keeping money in the cruising kitty was an ongoing challenge. More than once she found herself down to her last few dollars, only to have fate and the kindness of strangers intervene. Perhaps the most dramatic of these episodes took place in New Zealand, where Henry got to the point where she couldn't afford another night's slip fee at the marina. When the dockmaster arrived to collect, she offered what she had, but the official said not to worry about it. Henry isn't one to easily dismiss her obligations, however, so she left the dock and anchored out. Her mood plunged as deep as her anchor, and she admits to thinking seriously about just walking off the stern of the boat. But that night brought one of the most bequtiful sunsets she'd ever seen, and the next day she enjoyed a

AROUND ALONE

also checked her mail to find that a cousin had sent her $200 to help out and suddenly life looked pretty rosy again. "It happened many times on the trip," she says. "I may not have got what I wanted, but I did get what I needed." As the painting progressed through months into years, her ability as an artist grew. Her early watercolors were very delicate, but they became more bold and colorful as she moved west. She also learned how to make prints from the originals, as well as how to exhibit her works and raise funds for her shows. Her resume lists exhibitions in New Zealand, Vanuatu, Indonesia, Singapore, Greece, Turkey, Spain and Venezuela, and her work is now on display in Singapore, St. Maarten and Puerto Vallarta. The painting itself opened doors to culture that Hemy knows she would have missed as a simple tourist. Her favorite subjects are architecture, as well as local

lending their expertise. "I now correspond with over 300 people around the world," she says.

‘Southern Cross’ off Venezuela, 1996.

Her roughest passage was from Bali to Singapore, where she slept for no more than 15 minutes at a time while dodging ship traffic for a solid week. Once she reached Singapore, she approached the anchorage in the dark and looked up to see a huge barge bearing down on her from astern. Fortunately, she was able to take evasive action. "That was my closest brush with death the whole trip," she says with a shudder. Being a woman put her at only a slight advantage, she says, in that people she met were perhaps a little more friendly to her because of her gender. Some, however, were too friendly, like the male guide assigned to her as she transited the Suez Canal. "He kept eyeing me all day," she says. Others simply reacted with surprise. Such as the four members of the Vene¬ zuelan coast guard who initally kept looking down below for another crewmem¬ ber. They got over it, however, and re¬ turned a few hours later with a huge lobster as a token of their admiration. The Sudanese were shocked that she was allowed to make such a trip on her own. "They told me they would have been ashamed if one of their sisters had had to sail all by herself!" she laughs. There were other, less amusing encounters. In Nicaragua, a fishing boat approached and asked if she would take one of their crewmembers back to shore. They explained that he was sick and they didn't want to leave their nets untended. Henry wasn't totally convinced, and

customs and clothing, and she has learned much about those facets of local culture through painting. The contacts with local piedia, gallery owners and corporations which sometimes funded her shows, also enriched her travel experi¬ ence. She heartily recommends that

below when a loud bang brought her back on deck. The boat had jibed and the boom preventer had snapped the aluminum spar in two. She spent two days taking the boom apart, fashioning a splint out of a broom handle, tapping screw holes and putting it back together.

started a conversation with a phantom crewmate down below. Her 'companion' didn't think they could accommodate the fisherman, and Pat simply relayed the message with a smile and went on her way. Henry says that fear never played a big

picture-perfect sail to the Bay of Islands, where she met some friends and found some free cabbage in a marketplace. She

cruisers get involved in local life in some way, either as she did through a profes¬ sional context, or by volunteering or

Her folks bought her a Ham radio, but only after assurances that she’d use it to call home more often.

JLx.t sea, she was always alone,

ALL PHOTOS COURTESY PAT HENRY EXCEPT AS NOTED

however. Somewhere in the Pacific she began to think about the small number of women who had solo circumnavigated. "I thought it might be a nice club to join," she recalls. There were more hurdles to overcome, though. On her way to New Caledonia, one of her split backstays broke, which required a fix in sloppy seas while hanging over the stern. Then, several weeks later, about a third of the way into the 2,200mile passage from New Caledonia to Darwin, Australia, she had just gone

October. 1997 • IM&JU.W • Page 137

PAT HENRY — AROUND ALONE

on deck. She also sails without a watermaker, relying on what she can hold in her tank^ and collect from passing rain squalls. "I economize well," she says, "and most of what I eat is fresh, dried or canned."

Pat surrounded by some of her art at a recent Bay Area appearance.

role in her day-to-day experience. For the most part she was simply trying to think a few steps ahead of the weather and the conditions at the time. The worst weather she saw was 60 knots of wind and 25 foot seas, during which she flew a storm staysail and dragged 300 feet of warp. "I never felt out of control during that period," she says. Although she started with a SatNav, Henry switched to a GPS in New Cale¬ donia. Her sextant was her backup navi¬ gation system, a combination she feels is much more responsible than simply another GPS. She also picked up some sponsors along the way, including ProFurl, which installed roller furling in Singapore, North Sails, which came through with a staysail, and Compaq, which gave her a computer for word processing and pulling in weather maps Page 138 • UVUJUW • October, 1997

on occasion. Her folks bought her a ham radio when she was in New Zealand, but only on assurances that she'd 'call home' more often.

]\^any of the lessons she's learned about cruising are old truisms. If something needs fixing, do it now. If something's not broken, don't mess with it. If you're thinking about reefing, it's probably already too late. Get a good night's sleep before you leave port. Pay attention to the weather before you depart. That latter, she points out, is one of the main differences between cruisers and racers. "A predetermined date is the least important criterion for leaving on a long ocean crossing," she says of racing. "Wait until the weather's good, then go." Landing in Acapulco last May after traveling almost 40,000 miles, Henry wasn't expecting anyone or anything special. But when she checked in with her editor at Sail magazine, she discovered that the title of First American Woman To Sail Around the World Alone was hers. Endless phone calls and faxes requesting interviews soon followed. She wasn't quite ready for the transition into the media world. She also realized that nothing was over. "Sailing around the world and selling my paintings is my lifestyle now," she says. After her stopover in the Bay Area, Henry headed south again, eventually to catch up with Southern Cross in Puerto Vallarta and to organize an exhibition at the Westin Regina Hotel there from December 17 to 23. After the first of the year, she plans to write a book.

The Venezuelan Coast Guardsmen kept looking down below for another crewmember. Other miscellaneous gear notes: Al¬ though she started out with a windvane, Henry found it too unreliable and switched over to an autopilot in Darwin. At sea, she runs her engine about three hours a day to provide power. In port, she draws less and relies on a solar panel for charging. She's been able to get by without refrigeration and radar, and she showers

"I'm going to concentrate on my inner voyage," she says, "about the things that I encountered and how they changed me along the way. There were some intense moments I faced and I emerged from them a different person. I'm not sure how I'll write about them. I just need some time alone to think about it for a while." — shimon van collie

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I iven the fine conditions, it was no | surprise that Steve Fossett's 60-foot tri¬ maran Lakota added yet another course j record to her ever-growing resume.} Lakota. which was doing the Windjam-

mers as the first leg of her trip to her win¬ ter home in San Diego, sailed the course in just 4:41:02, smashing Merlin's 1983 record of 5 hours, 59 minutes. Merlin's benchmark still stands for monohulls, however— Jim Ryley's SC 70 Mirage gave it a decent shot, but fell short by half an hour. The little boats had a fast ride, too, with almost everyone finished by midnight for a change. This year's overall winner was Lee Garami's yellow Hobie 33 My Rubber Ducky. Lee and crew Brendan Couvreaux, Candice Shrader, Jared Sherwood and Randy Griffin finished the race in a blis¬ tering 8:51:36, correcting out about two minutes ahead of perennial winner Roller Coaster.

early by staying a half mile outside their fleet in the early going. 'We 'went to school' on the J/105s in front of us. Our new flatter reaching kite allowed us to set early and not sag in to shore." Garami stayed five miles offshore and was rewarded with breeze over 30 knots on the bottom end of the course. 'The wind filled in from behind, and we were able to do steady 15s for several hours," explained Lee. "That, and only spending-about a minute in the transition zone at the finish, was why we did so well." There were some great races within the race, as the 50s and the 40s competed essentially levelly, while the J/ 105s and Santana 35s sailed as one design fleets. The J/ 105s counted the Windjammers in

"We had the right boat for the day — it’s long and light and loves to go down¬ wind!" said Lee, who felt they won the race

Spread, the nifty 50s class started — and fin¬ ished — close together.

their season standings (it's even doubleweighted), and the Tuna 35s were using the race as a feeder to their Nationals in Monterey the following weekend. It was particularly exciting to see the 50s (six SC 50s and two SC 52s) doing battle as a group again, and the outcome in that match-up hung in the balance until the final minutes of the race. Roller Coaster, sailed by partners John Fraser and Ken Burnap with help from imported hired gun Pete Heck, slipped past Octavia at the kelp beds and went on to win by 58 seconds. Nineteen boats elected to compete in the motor allowance division, but ironi¬ cally most of them never came close to using their allotment of stinkpotting time (20 miles, give or take some depending on waterline length). Because there was plenty of wind to get out the Gate and

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^\bout the only trophy they overlooked was for ’fast¬ est roundtrip’, which would have gone to Harry Blake's J/105 Limelight. Blake and his kamikaze crew won the seven-boat J/105 class, then button-hooked around the finish line and sailed home, arriving back in Tiburon around 9 a.m. Saturday morning. Most folks hung out longer, enjoying the laidback am¬ bience of Santa Cruz for a day or so before heading 'back to reality'. Part of that reality will inevitably be the flip side of the El Nino phenomenon this winter — but if a meteorological Armageddon really is right around the cor¬ ner, it's hard to imagine a better 'last' race than the '97 Windjammers. — latitude /rkm Page 142 •

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Clockwise from here: The J/105s double-weighted the Wind¬ jammers in their season standings; Jim Ryley, at the wheel, narrowly missed ‘Merlin’s record with his SC 70 ‘Mirage’; Tom Petty’s (not that one) Wylie 60 ‘Roxanne’ on her way to the first bullet of her career; bowman Brent Ruhne tends a ripped panel in ‘Mirage’s main; ‘My Rubber Ducky’ found the right route for ‘97.

'97 WINDJAMMERS RESULTS MULTIHULL — 1) Lakota, Jeanneau 60 tri, Steve Fossett. (1 boat) DIV. I — 1) Roxanne, Wylie 60, Tom Petty; 2) Mirage, SC 70, Jim Ryley; 3) Pegasus XIV, Newland 368, Dan & Linda Newland; 4) Eclipse, Express 37, Mark Dowdy; 5) Spindrift V, Express 37, Larry & Lynn Wright; 6) Absolute 88, Wylie 37, Keith MacBeth; 7) Jarlen, J/35, Robert Bloom; 8) Scorpio, Wylie 42, John Siegel. (16 boats) ULBD 50 — 1) Roller Coaster, SC 50, Ken Bumap/John Fraser; 2) Octavia, SC 50, Shep Kett; 3) Allure, SC 50, Chuck Jacobson; 4) Dolphin Dance, SC 50, Dave Sallows. (8 boats) ULDB 40 — 1) Camelot, SC 40, Gerald Stratton; 2) Outrageous, Olson 40, Rick Linkemeyer; 3) Red Hawk, SC 40, Lou & Paula Pambianco. (5 boats) DIV. II — 1) My Rubber Ducky, Hobie 33, Lee Garami; 2) Special Edition, Wilderness 30, Eric Sultan; 3) Rascal, Wilderness 30, Pat Brown; 4) Ariel, Diva 39, Tryg Thorensen. (8 boats) J/105 — 1) Limelight, Harry Blake; 2) Bella Rosa, David Tambellini; 3) Jose Cuervo, Sam Hock. (7 boats) SANTANA 35 — 1) Dance Away, Doug Storko-

vich/Les Raos; 2) Wide Load, Bruce Wilcox/Lucie Van Breen; 3) Gandalf, Carl Quitzau; 4) AWB, John Rizzi. (8 boats) ' DIV. Ill — 1) Minnow, Moore 24, Dan Nitake; 2) California Zephyr, SC 27, Peter Dalton; 3) Free Fall, Moore 24, Fred Cox. (6 boats) DIV. IV — 1) Freewlnd, Cal 9.2, Don & Betty Lessley. (1 boat) DOUBLEHANDED —1) Lipstick, Express 27, David Bennett; 2)Tutto Benne, Ranger 23-T, Mike Warren. (4 boats) MOTOR DIVISION — 1) Chorus, K-38, Peter English; 2) Horizon, Aries 32, Jim Enzensperger; 3) Mariner, Newport 30, Bruce Darby; 4) Tiger Beetle, Newport 33, Rob Macfarlane; 5) Mango, Morgan 32-2, Greg Davids; 6) Avocet, CS 30, Don Scheer; 7) Williwaw, Cal 30-3, Vic Martin. (14 boats) •* DOUBLEHANDED MOTOR DIV. — 1) Chelonia, Yankee 30, Ed Ruszel; 2) Dreamtime, Olson 911-SE, Dave Littlejohn. (5 boats) OVERALL — 1) My Rubber Ducky; 2) Roller Coaster; 3) Octavia, 4) Allure; 5) Dolphin Dance; 6) Oaxaca; 7) Roxanne; 8) Ingrid; 9) Limelight; 10) Chasch Mer. (64 boats)

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knot wind out of the north with small wind waves and no swell. There’s a 100% cloud cover with some rain showers to the East. We had been on our way to Yandua in the Fiji islands and now, at 11 a.m., we have made contact with a reef about 4 mile^ west of the island of Vanua Levu. Low tide will be at 3:30 in the afternoon and the tide range is close to five feet. We can ex¬ pect to lose at least four feet of water over the next four hours. Our first plan of action is to use the engine to try to power off the reef before

we lose any more depth to the tide. But try as we might — with the engine in for¬ ward and reverse and the rudder hard over both ways — the boat doesn't move an inch. Jan goes below to start making radio •calls for help. I put on snorkel gear and go over the side. Although the keel is grinding into the coral and stirring up a cloud of silt, our situation is clear: Coral heads astern and on the port side have the keel trapped from both of those di¬ rections. Ahead the reef gets even shal-

LAST DAY

lower. Turning the boat to starboard and exiting on a reciprocal course appears to be the only way out. I also note that if we

had been 50 yards to the left we would have missed the reef entirely.

l_Tan makes VHF contact with Silver Cloud, an American boat about eight miles south. Silver Cloud alters course to come to our assistance and relays Camelots dis¬ tress call to the yachts Sunrise and Kemo Sabay, at anchor about 10 miles to the Spread, ‘Camelot’ on the reef before the wind came up. Left inset, Bill Sams and Jan Barnard. Other insets, ‘Camelot’ in cruising mode.

West. These boats in turn contact the Fijian authorities to organize a tugboat rescue effort. 1 come back aboard and we lower the inflatable from the aft davits. Into it we load our stern fortress anchor, 60 feet of chain and 250 feet of line — and I row it out and drop it in safe water off our aft starboard quarter. We then run the rode forward to the anchor windlass. The thought is that if we can use the anchor to pull the bow around to starboard, then the engine might still be able to get us off the reef. The anchor line tightens but the winch stalls out. The line is tight enough to walk on. Camelot does not move. We ■A ,5 s

arc indeed hard aground. The next opportunity to get off fhe reel is going to he the next high tide at 9 p.m. In the meantime we have to get through a low tide at 3:90 in the afternoon. Cumrlot is no longer rocking back and forth from side to side, but has settled onto a port list. The wind and sea condi¬ tions remain light. '

I yell that time is running out. ‘Silver Cloud’ is getting harder to see in the rain. Jan return's to the radio. She’s now working several radio contacts with vari¬ ous boats and the Fijian authorities. Sil¬ ver Cloud now has us in sight. The Fijian authorities are checking the harbors for tugs. I go back into the water with a pick and crowbar to work on three coral heads that will surely hole the boat before low tide. I'm able to break off two of them.

ISeiner Cloud arrives on scene. Don deploys his dinghy and comes over to Cnmrlnt to lend a hand. Mirn.i stays at the

controls of Silver ('loud to make sure they don't wind up on the reel, as’well. Don and I tie a boat cushion onto the top of the coral head that can't be broken off. Then we run lines under the boat and tie them to two of the large fenders, posi¬ tioning them where the aft section is gch ing to make contact with the reef The strategy is to gel enough padding under the boat to allow it to come to rest on the reef during low tide with hopefully only superficial damage, and then to refloat at high tide when it will be possible to pull her off. We think this plan will work if only the weather doesn't change. Unfortunately, the wind shifts to the south and starts building. Up until this point, the waves had been hitting the upturned bottom of the boat. Now they are starting to slop against the low side deck, causing the boat to rise and fall. By 2 p.m., the wind is in the 20-knot range with wind waves growing to several feet. As the water level on the reef continues to fall, the waves start breaking. It also starts raining and the visibility drops. Don s hands are bleeding from coral cuts and,he’s starting to shiver. We agree that he needs to return to Silver Cloud. As he prepares to go, he offers to take off some ofour personal items in case things get worse. We thank him but de¬ cline. We st ill believe we 11 be able to save Cnmelot. In fact, the possibility of aban-

ALL PHOTOS COURTESY BILL SAMS AND JAN BARNARD

CAMELOT S

Jan and Bill miss the cruising lifestyle, but are looking forward to other adventures.

doning her has never even entered our minds.

I3y now Jan and the other boats working the radios have located two tugs. One, about 40 miles away, is reluctant to come out in the deteriorating weather con¬ ditions unless they receive $5,000 up front. This results in heated conversation over the airwaves. I authorize a tug at any cost but payment in advance is a physi¬ cal impossibility. The second tug. a gov-

RALLYING TO THE CAUSE In addition to the heroic efforts of Don anti Mitni on Silver Cloud, several other boats played major roles in our rescue and recovery — starting right away. Since Silver Cloud had diverted from their planned course to rescue ns. they had only a general chart of the area. The weather continued to worsen after we approaching darkness prevented any dead reckoning navigation based on the surrounding islands. In other words, we .were still at risk of running into another reef with Silver Cloud. A VHF call to other boats quickly brought a wealth of assistance. Ron and Carol on Sunrise and George and Sara on Kemo Sabay confirmed that they had detailed charts of our area and agreed to 'talk us into’ a safe anchorage. During the five hours that it took to cover the 10 miles to Yandua, we reported our Page 146 • UtZtwUZ8 • October, 1997

latitude and longitude eveiy 15 minutes. They would then come back with any course corrections and encouragement. As we rounded ihc island, we realized that we had to make an entranee through an opening in the reef that was maybe 100 yards wide — at 10 o'clock at night in pitch darkness with only a light on top of the island as a guide It seemed a cer¬ tain recipe for disaster, but the only al¬ ternative was spending tin night at sea in an area listed a^ un-nirvoyed, numermis hazards. So it was a tremendous re¬ lief when Sunrise radioed, "Oh by the way. before dark we put a strobe light on the edge of the South reef. Keep it to starhoard and vein'll he fine " And fine we were. As soon as the anchor, was down, a dinghy came alongside with a big bowl of hot chili. The next morning we were asked on the VHF what we needed. Half jokingly.

I said, "Well, Jan lost her estrogen pills and her glasses, without which she cant see threefeet." Ten minutes later, one boat brought the pills ami an Aussie smglehander came alongside with a hag of about 30 pairs of glasses that he uses as gifts to the natives. Two were pretty close to Jan's prescription, even if the irame styles were a little on the 50s side. Thanks to other yachties in the anchorage. we quickly had additional clothes, and Don and Mitni hosted us in grand Texas style for the four days that weather conditions kept us pinned in the anchorage. (Silver Cloud is homeported In Houston.) George on Kemo Sabay coordi¬ nated a written statement by several of the boats documenting the radio efforts during the day. This, plus photos taken by Silver Cloud, were deeply appreciated when it came time to deal with the insur¬

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LAST DAY

ernment vessel, is only 15 miles away, but the authorities are having trouble sort¬ ing out who needs to approve its use for the rescue effort. As the time of low tide approaches — when hopefully the worst will be behind us — the weather continues to deterio¬ rate. Winds are now over 25 knots. Three to four foot seas are breaking across the reef and pounding on Camelots low side. The port deck is entirely awash with the boat heeling at about 60 degrees. The port side is now the floor and the floor is a wall. Each wave lifts Camelot and drops her hard on the reef. The fenders and padding are working, but it is still ajarring feeling. One especially hard hit causes a latch on a galley cabinet to come open and our entire set of Correlle dishes shoots across the cabin and shatters on the opposite cabin side. I stay in the water as long as I can to monitor and adjust the fenders, but when a wave throws me against the boat and a stanchion whacks me on the head, I de¬ cide it's time to get out. Returning below, Jan informs me that Fijian authorities have still not figured out how to get the government tug underway. It has been over three hours since they were con¬ tacted. If conditions continue to worsen, we know that Silver Cloud will be forced to head for a safe harbor. The reefs are sim¬ ply too dangerous to stay in the area af-

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ter dark. If Camelot can hold together for only another hour or two, the tide will start going back up and things will get

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easier.

Then it happens! With one wave hit, I see the workbench on the port side move about six inches. With the next, the floor on the port side in the aft cabin splinters and water starts to pour in. The decision we dreaded is now at hand. I turn to Jan and say, “Abandon ship." Then I go to the radio and declare a Mayday . Silver Cloud responds — they are coming back for us. The Fijian authorities also respond. Now they want to confirm our exact posi¬ tion. Once again, this results in some heated exchanges over the radio, the over¬ all impression being that salvage has a higher priority than rescue efforts. On Camelot, we have other things to think about. The words of all the Coast Guard rescues that we have monitored on the radio back in the States flash through my mind: “Is the crew wearing lifejackets?" I retrieve two Class I lifejack¬ ets that are in the emergency bin and we put them on. Jan pulls out the canvas boat bags and starts gathering a few boat papers and files. At the same time, I get together the emergency money, credit cards and passports. We don't have much time; the boat is flooding rapidly, so photo albums, Jan’s wedding ring and virtually everything else has to be left on board.

etting off Camelot proves to be a major challenge. Jan and I climb to the high side of the deck and work our way to the bow where I'd tied the dinghy in the lee of the boat. We found the Avon inflatable totally flooded by the breaking

surf. The good news is that it couldn't hold any more water. I go down to the low side in order to swim around to the dinghy. After getting washed across the deck twice by break¬ ing waves I finally succeed in getting into the water and clear of the boat. Once I’m in the dinghy, Jan lowers the bags down

l/lfe had to make the entrance at 10 o’clock at night in pitch darkness. over the high side, which is now about 10 feet in the air. We also arrange the dinghy painter so that it can be cast off from the water. With all the coral around, it's too dan¬ gerous for Jan to jump from the high side, so she makes her way down to the water thasame way I did. She tries twice to get off, but each time the security of the boat seems better than the raging cauldron of water below, and each time she climbs back to the high side to look over and let me know she's still there. I yell that time is running out. Silver Cloud is getting harder to see in the rain, October. 1997 • UXOUili • Page 147

CAMELOT'S LAST DAY to determine whether or not our EPIRB signal is a false alarm. Jan uses the VHF to tell Silver Cloud the wind and waves are building and more of the sharp jagged coral reef is being un¬ covered. Finally Jan summons her cour¬ age, slides slowly down to the low side, carefully works her way through the life¬ lines and plunges into the surf. In an in¬ stant, a wave washes her around the front of the boat where 1 grab her quickly and pull her into the flooded dinghy. Silver Cloud is moving back into posi¬ tion with great difficulty. The distance between her and Camelot's inflatable is dotted with sharp coral heads jutting out of the water. The winds by now are gusting to 30 knots. Waves are breaking di¬ rectly on Camelot's 'cabin top and surf is rushing around both the bow and stern. I give a tug on the starter rope of the dinghy engine and — amazingly — it starts right up. With only a moment's hesitation we say our last goodbye to our home and way of life. I cast off the dinghy and head for Silver Cloud. Breaking surf rolls through the flooded dinghy. It is a surreal moment, sitting in water to our waists, the 3-hp engine trying its best to move a dinghy loaded with a ton of water, razor sharp pieces of coral jutting up all around us, any one of which could easily rip the bottom out of the fabric dinghy. . . We give each other a hug and say, "I love you".

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only pieces of equipment we had taken into the dinghy are a portable VHF radio apd the boat's EPIRB (Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon). Un¬ known to us at the time is that being sub¬ merged in water while we are in the din¬ ghy activates the EPIRB. Consequently, even before we are rescued by Silver Cloud. Jan's sister in Newport Beach is receiving a call from the U.S. Coast Guard

Crossing the dateline (Tonga to New Zealand), November, 1996.

we're on our way to them. SJde'asks if they can see us. There is a long pause and the answer comes back — “No.” The dinghy strikes several coral heads in the next few minutes. Each time breaking waves wash us clear. Progress is slow. Finally, 1 no¬ tice that the engine is no longer pushing water out behind it. The propeller shear pin has broken on the coral. We are now drifting. Fortunately, we are drifting into deeper water where there are fewer break¬ ing waves. Even with the wind blowing at 30 knots, with so much water in the din¬ ghy, everything seems amazingly calm. Jan begins to bail with one of the can¬ vas bags. Silver Cloud calls to confirm that they can now see us. Our concern mounts that Silver Cloud is getting dangerously close to the reef in their effort to pick us up. We wave them back but neither of us have much ability to maneuver. With great skill Mimi holds Silver Cloud in position while we drift down to them. I'm concerned about approaching them from the windward side since there is a

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danger of the waves crashing us against them. But the advantage of a flooded din¬ ghy proves itself again as it rises and falls in time with Silver Cloud. Quickly, Don takes our bags aboard, then us. At this point the EPIRB apparently shut off since it was no longer in the water, with the result that the Coast Guard got only one hit off the satellite — not enough for them to get a location fix. It's okay. For the mo¬ ment, we are safe. We can never adequately thank Don and Mimi on Silver Cloud for the heroism they both displayed. They put both their boat and themselves at considerable risk in an area of dangerous reefs and under storm conditions in order to rescue us. Without them there could have easily been a different ending to our day. They proved the cold reality that once you leave the United States, cruisers have only them¬ selves and each other on which to depend. Fortunately, a better group of people just doesn’t exist. — bill sams and jan barnard

Editor's Note: Jan and Bill are currently staying with various friends and relatives in both Northern and Southern California. Of the loss o/Camelot, which departed the Bay Area in 1995 (and took part in Baja Ha-Ha II) they still admit to "moments of grieffor a wonderful boat full of treasures and memories and a lifestyle and group of people we truly loved." At the same time, they have begun to move on with their lives, reading up on the canals and rivers of Europe and the U.S. "While we still love the water and boats, Bill has lost his enthusiasmfor long ocean passages, the rigors of the open ocean and the worry of difficult anchorages." notes Jan. She, on the other hand, "is ready to do it all again."

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MEDICAL POT LUCK -Aifter an hour and a half of climbing through dense thickets of maqui, black¬ berry, ferns and higueras — while dodg¬ ing dive-bomb attacks from robin-sized hummingbirds — I finally neared my goal: the saddle of the 1,800-foot volcanic ridge named Selkirk's looko"ut. The place was Robinson Crusoe Island, 670 km west of Valparaiso, Chile, where Alexander Selkirk was marooned in 1704 and sur¬ vived for four years in isolation before fi¬ nally being rescued. As every student of literature knows, Selkirk's survivor's spirit' inspired Daniel Defoe to pen his enduring classic, Robinson Crusoe. Today, 278 years after first being published, readers — especially sailors — still marvel at this old-time seaman's ability to improvise. I celebrated Selkirk's inventiveness by reading from Crusoe on his’ mountaintop: "I have given up making boats of wood, which cost me too much time and effort. I have simply stretched goatskins over the solid framework of osier (willow). . . In¬ stead of an anchor, I have caged a large stone in a net I have woven. My hooks are curved nails shaped with a hammer. . . There is nothing that I have not done with my own hands. . ." Creativity is the soul of improvisation, and in situations where illness or injury threaten, it can save your life. There's no substitute for a well prepared medical kit and the skills to use it, but there will be times when even the best laid plans won't

cover all circumstances. So let's take a look at how common items found aboard a typical ocean-going vessel can be uti¬ lized in a medical emergency. Many of these innovative uses have Page 150 • UtZUMlg • October, 1997

been borrowed' from gurus of wilderness medicine — but as we all know, stealing from one source is plagiarism, while steal¬ ing from many is research. x. General stuff around the boat Duct Tape: "In the long run, all solutions are tem¬ porary, so go ahead and use duct tape." — Garrison Keillor To make eyeglasses: If you're myopic (nearsighted) and your only pair of glasses goes overboard — you didn't bring a spare? — you can improve your vision by simply taking a strip of duct tape, folding the sticky sides against themselves and making a number of pinholes that line up with your pupils. (Since poking yourself in the eye with a needle would only add to your misery, we suggest you measure your pupil-to-pupil distance ahead of time and make the pinholes before placing your new 'glasses' over your eyes. (A piece of cardboard can also be used.) You'll need to make quite a few holes, since pinhole glasses decrease illumination and periph¬ eral vision — so experiment. For strapping sprains and fractures, and for making splints: Your imagination is the only limitation to the ways you can

A strip of duct tape with holes punched in it may not correct bad eyesight to 20/20, but it will re¬ fract light enough to get you to your landfall.

While there's no substitude for a well-thoughtout medical kit, knowing how to improvise with common materials gives you added security.

build splints, straps, and supports out of duct tape and stiff materials such as leeboards, oars or paddles. To make wound closure strips: Duct tape cut into thin strips (1/8" or 1 /4") can

be used to close large wounds (in lieu of butterfly bandages). To assure good ad¬ hesion to the skin you can use cyanoacry¬ late glue (Super Glue) along the wound edges. Be aware that some people are skin sensitive to duct tape. Super Glue® For wound closure: In addition to the above, Super Glue is especially useful in small lacerations where there isn't a lot of tension on the wound (i.e. facial lac¬ erations, cuts on the back of a hand, etc.). Technique: hold the edges of the wound together, apply a thin layer of glue over the entire wound (but not inside the wound); continue holding the wound closed for 60 seconds. Be careful not to get glue on your own fingers. Re-apply on a daily basis until the wound heals. Glue residue on the skin will disappear after a few days. For tooth repair: Your dentist may hate you for it, but if worse comes to worst and you absolutely need to replace that lost filling or cap, this stuff will do it. See be¬ low (candle wax) for a very temporary al¬ ternative. \ For abrasions on fingers: Ever been bothered by cracks and splits on finger-

SEAFARING IMPROV materials tends to keep the skin beneath drier than if cotton is used. Stuff from the head Safety Pins Many uses: Safety pins have a variety of uses. However, as Dougal Robertson points out in his book Survive the Savage Sea, they can get loose in a liferaft and raise all sorts of havoc with the inflatable tubes. Nevertheless, they can be indis-

My father said it best: "Impro¬ vising is doing what has to be done to get yourself out of the mess you never should have gotten into in the first place."

tips from handling salt-water soaked lines? Daily application of a thin coat of glue to the cracks will prevent further pain and chafing. For removal of 'foreign bodies' from the ears or nose: So maybe there's a threeyear old on board who loves to put little 'things' up her nose or in her ear — things like beads or beans. Drop a dab of glue on the end of a toothpick and hold it against the foreign body. Wait a minute then pull. It's an ER trick I've used many times, and it works. Lee Boards, oars, paddles For splints: When used with duct tape, they can make excellent splints. When you add spare blocks and line, a traction splint can be made. Candle wax (paraffin) To make a dental cap: Melt the wax and immediately mix with a few strands of cotton. Then, while still soft, apply to the tooth to make a temporary dental cap. Bite down gently until hard. Usually Fasts about 24 hours, after which the process must be repeated. Old Shirts, Sweats For dressings, slings and bandages: Where sterility is not essential, tear up

clean shirts for bandages. If sterility is im¬ portant, such as in burn dressings, the cloth can be boiled and then dried in the sun or oven. For use with poultices: A poultice is something we don't see much anymore but in certain circumstances can be ex¬ tremely useful. For example, how many of you have ever had a mustard plaster applied to you? Now that medicinal plants are making a comeback (see below), it is useful to know how one would make a poultice. Crush the medicinal parts of the plant to a pulpy mass, apply to the af¬ fected skin area, and cover with a wet, warm cloth (shirt strips). You may mix this with flour or corn meal to make a sticky paste. If the plant has the potential to ir¬ ritate the skin, smear the paste between layers of the cloth to prevent direct con¬ tact with skin. Wetsuits Use as padding for splints. 'Fleece' clothing Clothing made of Polartec®, Gortex® and similar fabrics make excellent pad¬ ding for splints and dressings where there is a real possibility of the material getting wet. The natural ‘wicking’ effect of these

pensable for improvisations such as: pop¬ ping blisters, making fishhooks (but real fishhooks work a hell of a lot better), re¬ moving splinters, when heated they can relieve a subungal hematoma (that pain¬ ful black and blue area under your fin¬ gernail you get when you smash it with a winch handle), replacing lost screws in glasses, holding a sling logether, poking holes in duct tape or cardboard to make eyeglasses (see above discussion of duct tape), holding dressings in place when you run out of tape, punching holes in a Zip Lock® bag to make an irrigation device (use to irrigate wounds). Tampons Nose-bleeds: The use of tampons for packing (with petroleum jelly or zinc ox¬ ide ointment) for nose-bleeds should be considered. OB® brand 'slenders' are just the right size. > Petroleum Jelly For lubricating dressings: Some dressings need to be "non-stick". The previous ex¬ ample of nasal packings is just one. Safety Razor To shave areas of skin irritated by jel¬ lyfish stings, sea cucumbers, sponges, fire coral or sea anemones. Household ammonia Use diluted (1/4 strength) as a soak to jellyfish stings, sea cucumber skin ir¬ ritations, sponge skin irritations, fire coral, or sea anemones stings. ,

Stuff from the galley Garlic Fungal infections (i.e. athlete's foot, crotch rot’, ringworm, etc.): Can be used to make a poultice (see above) for fungal infections. It has also been recommended as a poultice suppository for fungal (yeast) vaginitis. Bacterial infections: Of histori¬ cal note, Louis Pasteur first described garlic's antibiotic properties back in 1858 October, 1997 • ItMUtVi • Page 151

MEDICAL POT LUCK

No, we're not joking. You really can glue a cap back on your tooth with SuperGlue. No medical kit should be without it. N.

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§o and Albert Schweitzer used it for treat¬ ment of amebic dysenteiy in his African clinics. It was used extensively as an an¬ tiseptic poultice to prevent gangrene in both world wars prior to the development of modem antibiotics. In an emergency it has been recommended for treatment of ulcerated wounds and other skin infec¬ tions. Medical literature documents its ef¬ fectiveness against staph, strep, E. coli, proteus, salmonella and K. pneumoniae. Other uses: Good studies have shown that taking garlic orally on a regular ba¬ sis lowers cholesterol levels in some indi¬ viduals. In a cardiac emergency it can even be used as a thrombolytic (like aspi¬ rin). Ginger Seasickness: One of the most docu¬ mented uses of ginger has been in the prevention and treatment of motion sick¬ ness. Recent studies have confirmed its usefulness in the treatment of the nau¬ sea of pregnancy as well. The general dose for treatment of nausea is 1 teaspoon of the grated raw root steeped in 4 ounces of hot water for 10 minutes. This can be taken every 30 minutes until the symp¬ toms of motion sickness abate. Gastrointestinal gas: While not really an emergency, there are times it would definitely be better for the whole boat if a particularly flatulent crew were to be en¬ couraged to rid himself of his excess gas before going below in close quarters. GinPage 152 • Ut&MlS • October. 1997

ger has historically been used as a car¬ minative (promotes elimination of GI gas.) I cannot personally attest to its effective¬ ness, but I plan to recommend it for at least one crew I've had the (dis)pleasure of sailing with. Cooking Oil Bugs in ears: Ever awakened in the tropics with something buzzing and crawl¬ ing around inside your ear? Here's a neat trick. Try pouring a few drops of nonheated cooking oil into the ear. A great study in the Annals of Emergency Medi¬ cine demonstrated it killed North Ameri¬ can cockroaches in less than two min¬ utes. Now you only have the problem of removing the corpse. . . Whole Milk To preserve a lost tooth: A tooth that It you happen to have a yardarm and a beefy block and tackle set-up, you can rig a version of MacDonald's stretcher'; otherwise improvise.

has been knocked out of the socket can be preserved for up to 24 hours in a small amount of cool, pasteurized whole milk. Vinegar (5% acetic acid) Marine animal stings: Apply to jelly¬ fish stings, sea cucumber skin irritations, sponge skin irritations, fire coral, sea anemone stings. (Also consider meat tenderizer, isopropyl alcohol or urine.) Eardrops for prevention and treatment of ‘swimmer's ear': Mix the vinegar 1:1 with fresh water or isopropyl alcohol to prevent or treat otitis externa. Use after every dive. Oil of Cloves To numb a tooth: Soak a cotton pad and apply it directly to painful tooth, avoiding gums, lips or inside of cheeks. To make temporary dental filling: Mix with zinc oxide powder Vanilla Extract To numb tooth: Good local anesthetic for tooth pain. Apply directly to tooth. Tea bags To stop bleeding from gums or mouth wounds: Take a wet tea bag(not herbal teas) and place it directly against the bleeding site. Hold in place 10-15 min¬ utes. Also used widely in Great Britain to soothe minor burns and abrasions. Soak area with wet tea bag for ten minutes three times a day. Chamomile As a mild sedative or to soothe a tummy ache or to reduce gastric motility and secretions: Put 1 teabag in boiling water, steep for 5 minutes, may repeat 2 times in 30 minutes. Also a great treat¬ ment for infants suffering from restless¬ ness and discomfort of teething (infant dosage 1/3 of adult). Honey As a bum dressing: It was in the moun¬ tains of Mexico that I first discovered this beneficial use of honey. A young girl had sustained a large second-degree burn to her back from falling into a cooking fire. Unfortunately we had run out of antibi¬ otic ointments. Then a local healer sug¬ gested applying fresh honey. Within days the burns were healing, no infections de¬ veloped and ultimately she had minimal scarring. Since then, medical studies have confirmed this therapeutic use of honey. (Also, see Oral Rehydration Solution be¬ low.) Meat Tenderizer (unseasoned) Marine animal stings: As an alterna¬ tive to vinegar, use on jellyfish stings, sea cucumber skin irritations, sponge skin ir¬ ritations, fire coral or sea anemone stings.

SEAFARING IMPROV

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ol' Robinson Crusoe. It occurred to me that what he did to survive was well within the time-honored traditions of seafaring — the best sailors have never lacked the ability to solve problems in unique ways. Consider this quote from Horace Beck's Folklore and the Sea: "Aboard old-time sailing ships, a barrel full of urine was kept lashed to the foc's le. Sailors used it to wash their clothes and hair. The one it bleached, and from the other it drove lice. Below decks the aroma was overpowered by more noxious smells, while topside it was blown off to leeward." Thank God life at sea has now em¬ braced the refinements of modern times. — Kent Benedict, MD, FACEP

To shave skin areas of marine animal stings: After application of vinegar has been washed off, then make a paste of baking soda, apply it, and shave with a safety razor. (Also see Oral Rehydration Solution above.) Ultimately, improvisation is limited only by imagination. My list is merely a sample of what creative minds have come up with in the past. No doubt there are dozens of other common items which can be employed, and probably dozens of

Ed. note — As mentioned last month, Doc Benedict has a list of credentials a mile long. Despite all his notable achievements in the field of medicine, though, there's al¬ most nothing he'd rather do than go sail¬ ing offshore. Kent will lecture on Emergency Medi¬ cine at Sea on October 18 in Santa Cruz — call (800) 374-2626for info — and in San Diego, October 24, at Downwind Marine: (619) 224-2733.

Make a paste with water. Do not exceed 15 minutes application time. Salt & Sugar

To make a rehydration drink: For treat¬ ment of dehydration where fluids have been lost because of heat illness, diar¬ rhea or prolonged vomiting. Based on World Health Organization’s ORS (Oral Rehydration Solution). 1 quart fresh wa¬ ter, 1 teaspoon salt, 1/2 teaspoon baking soda, 2 tablespoons sugar (or 1-2 table¬ spoons of honey). Alternate drinking with 1 /2 to 1 quart of plain fresh water.

It says a lot for Doc Benedict's sense of humor that he'd pose with a tampon up his nose to il¬ lustrate a first aid technique for nose bleeds.

other innovative use for the items above.

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'n the following pages you'll meet more ’lucky ones’: Baja Ha-Ha IV partici¬ pants who are heading south to enjoy the tropical sunshine, while the rest of us are left behind to face a long, wet winter. With the countdown continuing toward the October 28 start fronTSan Diego, most skippers and crews are rushing to com¬ plete 1 lth-hour fix-it projects and stock¬ ing up of spares and goodies that will be tough to find in southern ports of call. Gitana — Abeking-Rasmussen 65 Dennis Choate — Long Beach When most sailors hear there’s a hur¬ ricane heading their way, they batten down the hatches and run for cover. Not Dennis. He waxes up his surfboard and heads for the beach. As we went to press, he’d just returned from a two-week trip down the Baja peninsula to ride the hur¬ ricane-inflated surf. An authentic Southern Californian spirit, Dennis is also a long-time sailor and boatbuilder. He loaned us his beau¬ tiful sloop Gitana last year to use as our committee boat, but this year he and his lovely wife Dore decided to sail this exIOR racer down themselves and check out the scene for themselves. Other crew are yet to be announced. Go West — Island Packet 38 Jim & Hellen Boswell, Mill Valley Jim, 39, an information systems man¬ ager, and Hellen, 34, a cook, see the HaHa as a good way to start a three-year cruise that will take them to the South Pacific. Jim started sailing 35 years ago aboard

Looking good here on a San Francisco Bay day sail, 'Great Kate' is ready for the run south.

a heavily overweight Sea Snark. "It was good preparation for racing an Island Packet with all our cruising gear aboard." Jim’s main roles aboard are as navigator, mechanic, ballast, and ’other captain’. Hellen didn't start sailing until last Page 154 • UtUtJc3S • October, 1997

July when she took lessons at Tradewinds Sailing School. She describes her roles as deck monkey, masthead mechanic, gour¬ met chef, and 'captain'. They have owned Go West for one year A Check out their website at gowestsf.com. Grace — Kelly/Peterson 44 Lee & Cindy Hodge, Los Altos Lee, 47, a physicist, and Cindy, 37, a management consultant, met on New Year's Eve in '95. A year later they de¬ cided to go cruising. In April of this year they got married and bought Grace. "Ready or not, we're starting a two-year cruise with the Ha-Ha," they say. 'We plan to spend six months in Mexico, then the South Pacific, New Zealand, Hawaii, Alaska, Canada, and return home-in Oc¬ tober of ’99. On the other hand, we may turn around with our tails between our legs and resume work." Don’t make any rash decisions, folks. It takes most new¬ comers a good six months to really get adjusted to the cruising life. Great Kate — CT-41 Larry Gibbs, Benicia Larry, a 53-year old wholesale furni¬ ture salesman, reports he’s spent the last 2 ‘/2 years rebuilding and preparing his ketch for the trip to Mexico. He had her surveyed in early September and she came through with flying colors. To date, Gibbs' longest sail has been to Santa Barbara, but navigator Bob Hull has sailed as far south as Costa Rica and over to Hawaii. Other crew members are Jim Aton, Ed Hefferenan, Joe Campbell and Nobel Brown. The boat will be left in Mexico until the beginning of next year, at which time Gibbs will sail her home. -Great Kate gets an extra six seconds a mile for en¬ closing a photo that might be used as a Latitude 38 cover. Guilty — Ericson 30 George Johnstone, San Rafael A veteran of 30 years of sailing, George, a sheetmetal worker, has singlehanded for

many years on the Bay and has already made one sailing trip from San Rafael to Puerto Vallarta and back. This time he plans to leave the boat in Mazatlan for a while and do some hiking in the Copper Canyon before "probably" sailing over to Hawaii. The Guilty's Ha-Ha crew will include Ian Watson and Joe Kane. George's Ericson 30, built in 1969, is one of the older boats in the fleet. Hai-Fin — Ericson 38 Ludwig & Irene Harlander, Moraga Ludwig, a 65-year-old retired contrac¬ tor, and Irene, a just-retired high school teacher, started sailing 40 years ago and are now looking forward to "the life of the retired." They've owned Hai-Fin, their sixth boat, since 1989, and consider her to be very reliable and safe. Irene was born in Mexico, so the couple decided that sailing there was an excel-

BAJA HA-HA IV The rest of the crew will be Craig and Chris Page, John and Jennifer Andrews, and Mark Dowdy. The ever-popular Hank Easom had to bow out. The Crokers will cruise as far south as Ztown before bringing Hana Ho back to the San Francisco YC.

lent way to visit. In addition, they hope to continue on to Belize, where they own property, as well as to Florida and the British Virgins. Arnie and Joanne Leonard will be join¬ ing the Harlanders for the Ha-Ha. Hana Ho — Santa Cruz 50 Rolfe & Julie Croker, Tiburon Rolfe, 73, and Julie own a title com¬ pany. A veteran of several TransPacs and Mexico races, Rolfe started sailing in 1939. He has owned "10 boats that I have fond memories of." Julie, the navigator, has sailed for 40 years, including several trips to Mexico, but never to Hawaii. "Hana Ho is such a fun boat that we decided to convert her to a cruising boat and, as such, "have added a bedroom, hanging locker, vanity sink and drawers, plus a swimming platform." "We've started to realize that cruising can be fun, so we're looking forward to

Julie and Rolfe Croker discovered the pleasures of cruising years ago. They now sail 'Hana Ho'.

the start of the Ha-Ha with bated breath, and plan to mix our cruising with a little non-serious compeition." There's also another Santa Cruz 50 in the Ha-Ha this year named Allure.

Hiatus — Chris Craft 35 Frank Stewart, Camarillo Most folks think Chris Craft only made powerboats, but they made at least two different models of sail¬ boats. Indeed, in 1995 Dave Martin did Ha-Ha II with the Chris Craft 35 Sunshine. Frank is a 52-year old technical man¬ ager who says the Ha-Ha "sounded like a fun beginning of my new retired life". Hia¬ tus is his second boat and he's owned her

MEET THE FLEET, PART II

Iguana — Island Packet 45 Steve Domenik, Palo Alto Steve, a 46-year old venture capital¬ ist, will have one of the newer boats iq^ the fleet, as Iguana was launched on July 1. He’ll be accompanied on the Ha-Ha by swabbies John and Lee, his 11- and 9year-old sons, respectively. Tim Murison, the navigator, is the one with the ocean experience, as he’s a delivery skipper who’s done a number of Hawaii to Cali¬ fornia trips. Other crew will be announced before the start. Their reason for doing the race? "I just stopped putting it off." We agree. Why postone bliss?

Have these folks got the spirit or what? Les and Chilton of 'Insatiable' model their cruising garb.

for two years. This will be Frank's longest passage — he also has done 10 days of sailing in the clear waters of Fiji — and plans to continue on to Panama. Dennis Cowan will be his crew for the Ha-Ha. Hokulani — Caliber 40 Richard & Carmen Burkhart, Alameda Richard, a 63-year old retired chem¬ ist, and Carmen, a retired high school teacher, have owned Hokulani, their first boat, for four years. "We’ve been scuba diving in the Indian Ocean, Japan and Hawaii; we’ve hiked the French Alps and skied the Rockies and Sierras. We like this kind of stuff. And despite being a grandma and grandpa, we prefer an active life. Our boat, with its swim platform assuring easy access to water sports, suits our personailities." They were going to Mexico anyway, but decided to join the Ha-Ha for the cama¬ raderie of like-minded people. Both have done a Moorings charter in the EscondidoLoreto area. After cruising the Sea until December and then mainland Mexico until March, they plan to put the boat on the hard in San Carlos for hurricane season. Their son Jim, 34, will be crew on the Ha-Ha. Page 156 • UtiUjcM • October, 1997

Illusion — MacGregor 65 Doug Hawkins, Sausalito A 31-year-old engineering consultant, Doug is perhaps the only Ha-Ha entry who can boast that his boat is more than twice his age. In any event, he’s been sailing for 19 years, has owned four boats — in¬ cluding this MacGregor for the last three years. Although Illusion has only been as far south as Carmel and as far north as Tomales Bay, Hawkins has sailed 900 miles offshore and around Baja. Naviga¬ tor John Scott is a veteran of the Ha-Ha II aboard Northern Dancer, his own MacGregor 65. The rest of the crew in¬ cludes Jim Weil, the fishing engineer, and Bette Flaglor, the XO. "Bette and I are in the process of get¬ ting ready to cruise outside the U.S. for several years and have been a little over¬ whelmed by all the loose ends." Insatiable — Roberts 45 Les and Chilton Fickel, San Pedro We haven't met Les and his wife Chilton yet, but we can tell by the picture at left they're a spirited couple who will fit right in on the Ha-Ha. Les, 58, is a nuclear engineer at South¬ ern California Edison, while Chilton works in the legal profession. They've done plenty of offshore sailing in the past and will be joined on the Cabo run by Oley and Irene Olsen, who are flying in from Maui for the voyage. After the Ha-Ha they plan to cruise for a couple months, then return home for a final stint in the rat race before taking off again indefinitely. Inti — Cal 39 Peter & Jackie Whiting, Aptos Peter, 46, is a retired sales rep for a food distributor, while Jackie is a retired

VP of service for Apple Computer. The couple view the Ha-Ha as a "wagon train on water." "Jackie was scheduled to sail in the Ha-Ha III aboard the Ranger 33 Westwind with two young hunks," reports Peter, "but a medical problem forced her to drop out. Nonetheless, she set our date of depar¬ ture from Santa Cruz, determined to make this year's Ha-Ha, and here we are." In addition to their big dog, the Whitings will be accompanied by Craig Federspeil. After the Ha-Ha, Inti will cruise the Sea of Cortez and mainland Mexico for six or seven months. Iwa — Cape Dory 28 Pin Fong Ng, Scotts Valley Another Santa Cruz-based boat, this one was named after the hurricane it sailed through on the way to Hawaii!

On 'sabbatical' from the corporate world, Jackie and Peter of 'Inti' are eager for R&R.

A 50-year-old software engineer, Ng has owned Iwa, his second boat, for two years. He’s been sailing for 37 years. Why the Ha-Ha? "We were going to Mexico anyway." Ng's longest sail has been from New York City to Maine and back, while navigator Paul Cutt has sailed from Fort Lauderdale to Key West and back. Jai-Yen — Cabo Rico 38 Mike & Sally Morgan, Anacortes A 51-year-old retired Navy pilot, Mike reports they'll be sailing a little heavy be¬ cause of 800 pounds of books, 600 pounds of cosmetics and a full holding tank. They owned the boat only four months before their departure. Their attitude toward the Ha-Ha:

BAJA HA-HA IV Beyond spending the winter in Mexico, John has no long term plans — although "the South Pacific beckons." As of press time, he hadn't finalized his crew for the Ha-Ha.

'"Slack! Alack!' they cried, . . . but there was no slack." This may be some kind of aviator slang. "Once we decided to go cruising, joining the Ha-Ha was a nobrainer." Jai-Yen translates as 'cool heart’ in Thai, meaning calm, even-tempered, re¬ laxed and cool. The Morgans will be accompanied by Russ and Marylee York. After the Ha-Ha, the boat will sail to Panama, the Carib¬ bean, and be in the Chesapeake by next summer. Jessie Adams — Spencer 53 Steve & Lynne Nielson, Woodenville, WA Steve, a 49-year-old real estate devel¬ oper, and his wife Lynn have been sailing for 38 and 40 years, respectively. They've owned Jessie Adams, their second boat, for four years. It's the Nielson's intention to "keep the pointy end headed downhill, relax, and enjoy the ride!" That's excellent advice — provided we don't get a southerly. "Jessie Adams is the product of hun¬ dreds of hours of work by a dedicated crew and countless very special friends who worked for no reward other than to see our plans and dreams realized. God Bless all of you!" The Nielsens plan to cruise Mexico, Central America, Panama, the East Coast of Central America, then on to Houston. From there, they plan to truck the Jessie home. Tim and Marni Mason will be along on the Ha-Ha as crew. Josephine — Hans Christian 43 Kevin McPhee, Palo Alto Kevin, the 38-year-old owner of an addesign firm, has been sailing for 23 years, and goes by the old surfer's motto, "If it swells, ride it". He's owned Josephine, his first boat, for one year. She's named after his late grandmother who lived to be over 100 years old. Kevin has done several charters in the British Virgins and has sailed from New York to Martha's Vineyard. After the HaHa and sailing in the Sea of Cortez, he plans a circumnavigation. Paul Tonkin will be his navigator on the Ha-Ha, and there will be several other crew. The Poobah is giving Josephine an ex¬ tra six seconds a mile for including a su¬ perb photo of the boat. Justice — Young Sun 43 Sid Neal & Pam Denney, S.B. Sid, a 39-year-old CPA, and Pam, an attorney, are using the Ha-Ha as a "kick

Pam and Cid are rarin' to get started on their fiveyear Med and Caribbean cruise aboard 'Justice'.

off party for a five-year cruise to the Car¬ ibbean and Med — plus we happened to be going that way anyhow." Finnegan, their cat, will be along as crew. His specific assignment is as the cook's assistant. They've previously owned 10 boats, the largest being a Rawson 30 and a Tayana 37. Their Young Sun 43 is completely fit¬ ted out, right down to the washer and dryer. Kismet — Piver 36 Trimaran Larry Langston, Hacienda Heights After spending 25 years as a computer technician, Larry has been a charter cap¬ tain for the last year on the San Pedrobased Kismet. He's owned three powerboats and three trimarans. Kismet, his current boat, was featured on a Piver sales brochure 30 years ago, and he's tiying to keep her 'stock' as a classic. Larry has singlehanded to Mexico four times, so he knows the way. Rick Guetter will be along as navigator. Both are HaHa III vets. After staying in Cabo for three to six months, Larry will return home to South¬ ern California to resume his charter busi¬ ness. Knot Yet— Gulf 32 John Keen, Campbell John, 58, is the retired CFO of a truck¬ ing company. He's owned Knot Yet for eight of the 11 years he's been sailing. "I've been dreaming and planning this trip for eight years," he says, "so I’m glad the time to start has almost arrived. When I bought my boat, my marine neighbors all asked me when I was going to cruise to Mexico. Because of my response, I named the boat Knot Yet. Perhaps I should change the name to 'Finally'."

Lear Jet — N/M 56 Jon Courter & Laurie Bakka, Kirkland, WA If we re not mistaken, Lear Jet is the only bona fide charter boat in the Ha-Ha this year. Owners Jon and Laurie are tak¬ ing advantage of the slow winter months to have a little R&R in the land of sun and Margaritas. Although they missed the entry dead¬ line, the Poobah let them in anyway 'cause they had the best excuse we'd heard all year: they we busy bringing their boat back from Hawaii after it was chartered for the race by a team of HIV+ sailors. Other than that, we don't yet know much about this couple, but we do know that chartering is a lot more work than most folks would imagine, so they're prob¬ ably looking forward to some low-stress relaxation. Lief Ling — Catalina 36 Peter & Sherry Heyden, Stateline, NV Peter, 43, is a contractor who also does all kinds of tractor work, while Sherry is a pilot for American Airlines. October, November — "and sometimes December" — are great times for Peter to be gone because there is no snow to move around at that time of year. The Heydens speak German, and promise they'll have lots of "um-pa-pa music" and good food aboard their boat. Peter's sailing experience includes do¬ ing the Baja Bash' from Cabo to San Francsico aboard a Santa Cruz 50. Gary and Becky Bell will be their crew for the Ha-Ha. Lief Ling will return to Northern California in December. Loonitude — Bristol Chi Ctr 28 guintin & Debbie Hoard, Grass Valley Quintin, a 47-year-old electrical engi¬ neer and Debbie, a customer service rep, started to plan a cruise to Mexico three years ago. After setting up a cruising kitty and boning up<on lore and techniques, they bought their 28-foot cutter in Wash¬ ington a little more than a year ago. They sailed her down from Washington to Vallejo in September of last year. This May the couple got married at Cline Cellars in Sonoma, quit their jobs in the video production equipment busi¬ ness, and took off down the coast. After spending most of the summer cruising the Channel Islands and Southern California, they expect to have most of the bugs October. 1997 • UVUJUli • Pago 157

MEET THE FLEET, PART II worked out. Loonitude may be the only boat in the fleet with oil lanterns for navigation lights. After cruising Mexico for the winter, the Hoards will cruise Puget Sound and the San Juans during the summer—if there's any money left.

Loup de Mer — Tayana 37 Harry Burkholder, Sacramento When a guy says he worked at a place for 37 years and 10 months, you know he’d been looking forward to retirement. And that's the case with Harry, who put in his time as an instrument electrical co¬ ordinator for Protor & Gamble Manufac¬ turing. "I finally get to just do it'," he says. "My attiude is to enjoy this new good life, to meet people, and to see new places." For Harry, 1997 has been a year of firsts: "First year of retirement: first year of being single again (bummer): and first year living aboard." He's joining the Ha-Ha to meet folks and have fun — as opposed to racing com¬ petitively. He claims he's got 100 gallons of water, 100 gallons of fuel, and 200 gal¬ lons of beer. That's retirement for you. After the Ha-Ha, Harry will either cruise Mexico until summer when he'll haul the boat at San Carlos, or else con¬ tinue south to Panama and tour the Car¬ ibbean. K.T. Blankswade will be one of his crew for the Ha-Ha. Two others have yet to be determined. - Maluhia — Catana 42 Catamaran David & Kim Wegesend, Long Beach After five previous boats, David, a 42year-old airline pilot and "out of work musician," and Kim, a flight attendant, "made the switch" to a catamaran. The boat had been in the Caribbean but was sailed to Panama, through the Canal, and up to Long Beach. The boat is new for us and so is the adventure — and we've been waiting for this for so long!" they write. 'We can’t be¬ lieve that it may actually happen. See what happens when you don't give up!" David has done three ocean crossings between Hawaii and California while his wife has only made shorter passages. Af¬ ter the Ha-Ha and sailing to Puerto Vallarta, the couple plans to 'commute' home to work and they may sail to Ha¬ waii in May. 'We've got to go where it's warm," they report, reflecting a wide¬ spread sentiment. Along for all passages will be 'swab' Konoa, their 9-year-old son, and Kiki their Corgi 'security coordinator'. As such, the weight sensitive catamaran will be loaded Page 158 • UxztoM.%8 • October, 1997

both in their early 40s — seem to have the right idea. Their attitude towards long¬ term cruising: "Beats working." They plan to head south to Panama after the HaHa, then make a bee-line for the South Pacific. And if they need to work along the way, they've certainly got desirable professions: he's a computer programer and she's a registered nurse. They don't yet have much offshore experience, but you've got to admire their positive out¬ look: "Mare Alta won’t take us anywhere we won't like."

Dave and Ellie's plans for 'Mare Alta'are simple: head south, then hang a left to the S. Pacific.

down with "enough Legos to build the Empire State Building" and dog food. Manna — Santana 27 Andy Johnson, Alameda Andy, a 41-year old construction elec¬ trician, owned five boats before buying this little Santana last spring. She'll be one of the smallest boats in the fleet. "I'm looking for fun while doing the HaHa. If I do all right, I may quit my job and return for good." "One morning I woke up wanting to do the Ha-Ha more than anything else in life. About the same time the Santana became available. How perfect — especially since the Santana meets all the Ha-Ha's mini¬ mum size requirements." As it stands now, Andy will have the boat shipped back from Cabo — "but this may change!" His crew will be Diane Foster, a Regis¬ tered Nurse. They'll bring medical sup¬ plies to Mexico for the clinics — and we hope many of the rest of you will do the same. Mare Alta — Downeaster 38 David Hudson & Ellie Goolkasian, Oceanside What we don't understand is how so many folks in their 40s can just take off cruising while their peers are left behind to grind away in the rat race. You'd think they'd feel guilty. Hmmm. . . Then again, why should they? Those left behind just haven't figured out how to pull it off for themselves, or they'd probably be saying sayonara too. Anyway, David and Ellie — who are

Marilyn — J/44 Monroe Wingate, San Francisco Monroe, 66, is one of several long-time offshore racers who's joined the Ha-Ha because — in terms of seriousness — it's at the opposite end of the racing spec¬ trum from the contests he's used to com¬ peting in. "We're in this for the fun of it!" says the skipper. And he undoubtedly means it. He's already made his mark at serious venues, not the least of which were his victories in the SORC and the Big Boat Series aboard his Serendipity 43 Scarlet O'Hara.

Peggy Patrick will be along as naviga¬ tor. She too is an experienced ocean racer, with passages such as Norfolk to the Azores and California to Hawaii to her credit. Hans Treuenfels and Terri Stebbins will complete the crew list. Mary Ann — Tayana 42 Fred & Mary Ann Haines, Sausalito Thinking ahead to the Ha-Ha Fred says simply, "Life is good." And so it must be when you're retired, you've got a beauti¬ ful boat and your wife loves to sail almost as much as you do. Fred, 62, and Mary Ann both have plenty of offshore experi¬ ence, including racing to Hawaii. So while he fills the role of captain, she'll serve as navigator. During the 28 years he's been sailing, Fred's owned nine boats — he bought this Tayana two years ago. Future plans? "We’ll decide. . . manana.” Sharing watches on the trip south will be Bill Bonnheim, Peter Ross and Pat Howson. Mary Read — Fisher 37 J. Dysland & M. Frost, Seattle How do John and Marianne feel about setting sail for Mexico? "Andalel Andale! Vamanosf' In other words, "Let’s goooo!" John, 46 and Marianne, 40, are revved up and eager to join the Ha-Ha fleet, but by doing so they had to abandon 'Plan A'. "We've spent two years preparing the boat

BAJA HA-HA IV wrote: "We've got four or more fat men, two grandpas and a super model." Inter¬ esting combination, Bill, We'll get back to you. We knew Bill, 53, was an enthusiastic member of the Benicia Yacht Club, but looking at his entry forms it appears he plans to bring half trie club's member¬ ship along on his 36-footer. If all nine crew show up, they'll not only be hot-bunking, but there'll be standing room only in the cockpit. Ken Van Story, Gary Friel, Jack Rogers, Steve Bails, Stan Stanfield, John Barron, JohnThwaites will all participate in the experiment, as well as ’super model' Misty Sue Gerlach — we can't wait to hear her story when they arrive at the Cape.

for Alaska. She's ready for that, but not for Mexico. Our sun bonnets and ham¬ mock are falling apart and we only have one pitiful 12 volt fan!" They both have extensive offshore sail¬ ing experience, with several Central American trips under their belts. Since John and Marianne still have to work for a living — he’s a plumber and she's a paralegal — they'll have to head back home after a relatively short stint in Baja. No problemo, though. On the ride north they plan to be "kicked back in the pilothouse" with the autopilot doing all the work. Their 80 hp diesel should move this 37-footer along pretty swiftly. This may be the only boat in the fleet, by the way, with a bow thruster! Menagerie — Stevens 47 John Roop & Lindy Kurle, S.F. If you hear the tapping of little knuck¬ les on your hull on Halloween night it may be the Roop brothers, Keenan, nine, and Erickson, five. After a successful family trip down the Mexican coast two years ago, the boys apparently invited their folks to do it again. Only this time, they made Dad quit his Silicon Valley job, instead of just taking a sabbatical! They learned last time not to 'over-plan' their itinerary, so this time they intend to just take it slow and see where they end up. Mom and dad — 'Admiral' Lindy (Kurle) and Captain John — first introduced the boys to sailing by strapping their car seats into the cockpit of the family's former boat, a Merit 25 named De/d Vu. The Roop troop hopes to meet other Ha-Ha families with young kids so they can share activities, and perhaps even home schooling sessions. And if any young eyes are reading this, we can tell you Menagerie supposedly carries a small mountain of toys — as well as a cuddly cat named Floris. John's brother Chris will crew to the cape. Merinda — Cal 34 Don Marcy, Olympia, WA If things just don't seem to be adding up on your trip south, Don Marcy's the guy to call. He's a math and physics teacher — and he’s done a heck of a lot of offshore sailing. Some of his more no¬ table passages have been from Kauai to Friday Harbor; from Lizard Island, Aus¬ tralia to Phuket, Thailand; and from Ibiza, Spain, to Union Island in the Grenadines. The latter was one of Jimmy Cornell's TransArc Rallies, which was so much fun he couldn't resist the Ha-Ha. "Why do a

Meet the 'Roop Troop': John and Lindy, with sons Erickson, age 5, and Keenan, 9.

passage as an individual," asks Don, who's 66, "when it’s so easy to get involved in the Baja Ha-Ha fun machine?" Rounding out Merinda’s crew are chef Tony Wheeler, 44, radioman Scott Schoch, 36 and Kym Ryan, who lists him¬ self as "first idiot". After the rally skipper Don will continue southbound, sun wor¬ shiping along the coast. Milonga — Horstman 44 Trimaran Torsten Debus & Elke Bauer, Napa "My boat has a huge flush deck/tram¬ poline area. I bet we could put all the HaHa participants on deck, take a picture and get into the Guiness Book of World Records," wrote Torsten. Of course that was before he found out there’d be 500 or 600 participants! Milonga is big, but not that big. Both in their early 30s, Cap'n Torsten and First Mate Elke are heading south with the idea of exploring the Sea of Cortez, then continuing south to Costa Rica and Panama. Both have substantial offshore experience, including a trip from Germany to the Canaries. When they're not galavanting around the globe, he works as a boatbuilder and contractor, while she makes her living as a nurse. Misty Sue — C&C 36 Bill Hardesty, Benicia In his plea to the race committee for a favorable handicap adjustment, Cap'n Bill

Moe-Z-N — Cooper 416 P.H. Eric & Moe Lilleland, Eureka Eric and Moe (as in Maureen, we as¬ sume) plan to take it easy on the trip south — mosey, that is. They've been sail¬ ing for eight years and have had three boats during that time. Moe-Z-N is one of two boats from Eureka this year, the Mor¬ gan 38 Shadowfax being the other. Eric earns his greenbacks as a build¬ ing contractor, while Moe keeps busy with bookkeeping. After the Ha-Ha they plan to cruise Mexico until June, then lay their boat up at San Carlos for the summer. By the way, our apologies if Eric and Moe are actually brothers or something. It wouldn't be the first time we've made such a humiliating faux pas. Moonketch — Mariner 40 John DePasquale, Olympia, WA We're not surprised John, 46, is head¬ ing for the sun-soaked beaches of Mexico, Olympia can be one r-a-i-n-y place — al¬ though it's incredibly beautiful when the sun does shine. His long-range plans include cruising the Central American coast, through the Canal, and across the Caribbean to Florida, with a stopover in Cuba en route. Young Renee Goetsch, 28, will be along on the Cabo run as first mate, as well as one or two others yet to be announced. Morning Star — Cal 46 Mark & Wendy Francis, San Diego * "After three years of planning," say Mark and Wendy, "we look forward to ex¬ ploring Mexico and showing our children a different view of the world." Sounds like son Rory, 14, and Chelsea, 10. are two lucky kids! Mark, a metal fabricator, and Wendy, a photographer, plan to spend about six months cruising man an aland and the Sea of Cortez before heading home to face re¬ ality again. October. 1997 • UKtwUJg • Page 159

MEET THE FLEET, PART II Rounding out the crew will be Dennis Woodard, 48, and Justin Malan, 40. Oh, and Mayday, the ship's cat, who's name may be changed before the trip, we're told, so the crew doesn't jump into hys¬ terics every time the feline gets called to dinner. Nai'a — Wauquiez 47 Gerri & Jim Wood, Sausalito "Bring on the sunshine and the adventure!" say Gerri and Jim. Since both are still in their 30s, they're not quite ready for completely openended cruising, buf they do plan to do a bit of exploring in Mexican waters after the Ha-Ha. Jim makes his living as a medical de¬ vice engineer. He's a lifelong sailor who has thousands of offshore miles under his belt including Acapulco to the Strait of Magellan via the Galapagos and Rio de Janeiro to Barbados. Gerri, who makes her living as a "mar¬ keting guru", only started sailing a year ago when they bought Nai’a. Nevertheless, she's ratin' to go. Her dad, Lew Wood, will be along to join in the fun.

Hawaii. After the Ha-Ha, they plan to "head south and hang a right in April." Diane Costales will help with crew duties as will 'Homer', Namaste's trusty windvane. "He just kinda hangs out doing his thing and we never have to worry about him sneaking beers out of our stash!"

Tie-dyed and ready for... a cosmic adventure? Meet Chelsea, Mark, Wendy and Rory.

Namaste — Stevens 47 Tom & Linda Kimbrell, Winthrop, WA Tom, 44, and Linda, $3, have been sailing since the 70s, and from the looks of their application they're well suited to the cruising life. Tom is a mountain guide (with EMT training) and Linda is a teacher. Although this is their first boat, they've both covered lots of sea miles: Cap’n Jim's been as far as Cape Horn, and first mate/ navigator Linda has sailed from Tahiti to

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Noor on a rock at Mag Bay. After trucking her north to San Diego for repairs, she's ready to tiy it again, but this time Mrs. Stark has appar¬ ently said, "Call me when you get to Cabo!" * On the leg to the Cape, _ son Brad, 35, and navigator Steve Wann, 44, will round out Noor's crew. Steve's done several ocean crossings on other boats.

Odysseus — Apache 45 Catamaran Monte Berget, Chandler, AZ Monte has had a very tough year. It's truly sobering to learn that at only 45 years old, he underwent two cancer sur¬ geries and radiation treatments during the past seven months. During his recov¬ ery, he tells us, he's "really been looking forward to the Ha-Ha." No doubt. And we can't think of a better way to recuperate than adventuring under sail. Once Monte and a boatload of buddies arrive at the Cape, he and his family plan to spend 6

The ‘Our Pleasure' crew: Richard, Patricia, Leslie and Robert.

to 8 months cruising the Sea of Cortez on their big cat. Additional crew on the coastal run will be navigator Bob Dixon, who's made several ocean cross¬ ings including one from the Caribbean to Chile; Tony Juomon, Jim Rang, Ron and Rebecca McCabe. Ohana — Islander MK 30 Scott Johnson, Monterey At 31 Scott's not quite ready to head 'out there’ permanently yet, but he’s definitely cultivating the fantasy — thoughts

of a crossing to Hawaii often fill his day¬ dreams. A software guru at Lucent Technolo¬ gies, Scott also has EMT training and has worked as a hyperbaric chamber operator. The most interesting thing about Ohana says Scott, is that he "stole it from Bank of America." Hmmm. . . The rest of Ohana!s crew is still TBA. Our Pleasure — Venice 52 Richard & Patricia Bennett, Seattle The Ha-Ha cruise aboard Our Pleasure will be a family affair. Mom and Pop (Richard and Patricia) will have their daughter Leslie - and son-in-law Robert along as crew. Richard, 62, a retired Boeing engineer, has been having sailing adventures for 35 years, including a trip to Hawaii and back. Patricia also has plenty of experience; it’s been their pleasure' to sail together on this big cruiser — their third boat — for the past nine years. Their post-Ha-Ha

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MEET THE FLEET, PART II plans are typical: cruise Mexico for the winter and head west in the spring. Pacific Adventure — Canyon 48 Bill & Chris Carli, Friday Harbor Bill and Chris have been lucky enough to live at Friday Harbor in the San Juan Islands for the past 13 years, where they run a B&B called Argyle House. Tough life! As if to make friends and family even more envious, they plan to spend the win¬ ter in Mexico after the Ha-Ha before head¬ ing home to cash in on the summer tour¬ ist trade. Although they bought their Ted Brewer-designed steel cutter less than a year ago, they tell us they'd had their eyes on her for several years prior. None of her crew has made the bun to Mexico before, but Pacific Adventure already knows the way — she’s proved herself on a previous trip from Seattle to Mexico and back, via Hawaii. Brandon Carli, 20, (their son, we assume) will be along to help crew and navigate. Pandora — Richardson 38 Mark Cenac, Sausalito It’s a bit puzzling why anyone would

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Marquesas to Tahiti to Hawaii. A third crew member has yet to be announced. Mark, 46, will store Pandora in San Carlos for the winter while he goes home to replenish his cruising purse. He plans to return to the Sea in the fall and start cruising Central America. With any luck he’ll 'jump the puddle’ to the South Pa¬ cific with the Class of '99'. Party Animal — Freeport 36 Ray & Jan Johnson, San Francisco Ray’s had a lifelong dream to sail through the South Pacific, and after a planned two-year stay in Mexico, it looks like he'll finally achieve his goal. In look¬ ing ahead to the Ha-Ha, we're told both Ray, 58, and his long-time cruising buddy Dan Olsen, 48, relish the excitement of offshore sailing and the "competition." Competition? As the title of this event im¬ plies, the concept of seriously competing in the Ha-Ha is pretty much a joke, but who are we to spoil their fun? Jan, on the other hand, has a com¬ pletely different attitude. According to the

Will they behave themselves? Dan, Jan and Ray are animals of the partying kind.

entry forms, she's "the real party animal." And she's most looking forward to "meet¬ ing all the people." While the trip south may not be the "750-mile party" she an¬ ticipates it to be, there's little doubt it will be a good time. Both Ray and Jan are scuba divers, and with a compressor and tanks aboard, they plan to do plenty of exploring beneath the surface of Mexican waters as well as above. Pegasus — Hunter 54 Hall & Wendy Palmer, Palo Alto Co-skippers Hall and Wendy Palmer

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MEET THE FLEET, PART II most serious, high stress event we've ever undertaken." 'Stress' and sailing in Mexico' are two concepts not often paired together, but. . . whatever. Russell's been harnessing the wind for his pleasure for some 37 years now. He spent a year and a half in the early 90 s living the good life along the Mexican Coast. Now he's heading back for more, with plans to take life "one day at a time for a year or so." Phantasm — Hunter Legend 40 Ken & Gayle Gregory, Portland Both in their 40s, Ken and Gayle caught the sailing fever only five years ago, and took the serious step of buying this 40-footer last year.N Their inaugural off¬ shore cruise took them up the west side of Vancouver Island to Barkley Sound, and at this writing they're sharpening their skills on the challenging run down the Pacific Coast. Since they are both scuba enthusiasts, their store of cruising gear includes a com¬ pressor and a full compliment of dive gear. After the Ha-Ha, their plans are sensible and succinct: "Cruise Mexico and beyond until it’s no longer fun." Words to live by.

Piece Of Cake — Island Packet 35 Bonnie & Brian Hogan, San Diego Now that they're retired, Bonnie, a former librarian, and Brian, a career Na¬ val officer, think life is apparently a ’piece of cake’. Having endured' Ha-Ha II — the one where everyone on the committee boat came down with the flu — they're back for another dose of fun, in their "quest of the perfect Margarita." (Could be a dan¬ gerous assignment, but then Brian has EMT training.) After they have their fill of Cabo, Bonnie and Brian plan to journey on to La Paz and Puerto Vallarta before head¬ ing home to San Diego in the spring. 'Then, again," they say, "who knows?" Russell's cruised Mexico before; he'll show Julie the ropes aboard his Ericson 36 'Pegasus'

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BAJA HA-HA IV west Mexico, through the Sea of Cortez, then beyond, into the vast unknown!" the 1990 World Vintage Air Rally from England to Australia in pre-’50s aircraft. 'We hope not to finish the Ha-Ha worst than last," they say. Henry is an archi¬ tect by trade and Gary is a retired Delta Airlines pilot — if you get lost, follow him! Suzanne will round out this crew's tal¬ ent pool. She's a psychologist, EMT, chef and will serve as first mate. But perhaps the most impressive thing about Suzanne is the fact that at fourtysomething, she still fits nicely into her string bikini! Pretty Crafty — Slocum 43 Johanna Wallace, San Carlos Talk about a sailor who's 'got the spirit', Johanna Wallace isn't letting the fact that she’s legally blind stopping her from HaHa'ing down to ol' Mexico. Although her skipper and navigator were yet to be determined at press time, we're pretty sure Pretty Crafty will be on the starting line in San Diego. "I’m very excited, happy and appreciative," says Johanna, " because this my first cruise." She's been learning as much as she can

Quarter Splash — Endeavour 43 Gary Swenson/Amy Mercer, Tacoma Speaking of interesting characters, Gary writes: "This will be the first race I’ve entered where I’ll drive less than 300 mph!" You guessed it. He’s a professional race car driver. "I’m a 44-year-old lucky dog," he says, who's had "fun for a living" for the past 25 years, building and racing jet-powered 'funny cars'. Having recently bailed out of the American Eagle project, which sought to break the land speed record — over 700 mph — you have to wonder if Quarter Splash's trusty 62-hp Perkins will have enough umph to meet Gary’s needs. After all, the Pratt and Whitney jet en¬ gines that normally power his racing craft have 11,000 hp and can push his race car to 300 mph in a quarter mile from a standing start! Nevertheless Gary now says he's prepared to be branded with an entirely new moniker: 'the world's slow¬ est cruiser'. His fiancee Amy Mercer, 29, will be along to soften Gary’s transition from fast

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MEET THE FLEET, PART II to be announced, Bill plans to cruise Mexico for several years.

-to slow. She started sailing on her family’s Westsail 32 at age five and always dreamed of "going sailing and not having to come back." After meeting Gary last year that long-held fantasy is becoming a reality. They plan to do an open-ended circumnavigation. Ragtime — Westsail 28 Bill Schmidt, Seattle "After eight years of getting ready," Bill,

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MAX EBB "O Uh, shit." Those were the only words that seemed appropriate as I felt the keel firmly embed itself in the mud of the creek bottom. My guests for the weekend, new yacht club members who were in the market for a large cruising boat, looked at me quizzically. They had never been in a boat that touched bottom before, and didn’t quite comprehend the implications of our predicament. I knew it was a bad idea to bring a boat with a keel as deep as mine up this tiny creek just to participate in another yacht club cruise. With only an hour left before high water, it wasn’t clear we’d get off in time to join the club fleet for the raft-up in the lagoon. The thought of a night lying sideways in the mud of the creek bottom flashed through my mind. “Is this normal?" asked the woman. “Not for right in the middle of the channel,” I fumed to myself. The channel was very narrow but wellmarked, and according to my tide calculations — and assurances from the cruise leader that the “controlling” depth of the creek was at least two feet at mean lower-low — I should have had at least a foot to spare. But there I was, hard aground, and the light flood current was already starting to rotate the boat around beam to the current, where it would be pushed into the mud even harder. I could already feel the boat start to settle to one side as it drifted further into the muck. “Nothing to worry about; happens all the time," 1 said to my guests as I started to work the gear shift to see if I could jog the boat free, carefully at first so as not to suck too much mud into my cooling system. Naturally, the line of boats following me up the creek avoided the low spot I had found, swinging wide to the outside of the bend in the creek. As they passed I was becoming increasingly more assertive with the engine controls, finally ordering my guests up to the bow in an attempt to rock the keel loose.

Idealizing that there was no point in getting upset, we declared it lunchtime and served sandwiches while we waited for more water. The last of the club fleej disappeared upstream, and we shut down the engine to enjoy the scenery, looking out at the below-sea-level farmlands beyond the levees that contained the creek. As the current moderated and the boat straightened out a bit while we ate, we continued our discussion about what sort of long-range cruising boqit this couple should buy. I had been recommending something about 42 feet long with a simple sloop rig and moderate fin keel and skeg rudder. But suddenly they were asking about swing keels. I patiently explained that while they might be good in theory, in practice they were only used

a sliding seat, and it seemed to glide down the creek with amazingly little effort on the part of the rower. But as it drew nearer something looked familiar about the rower. When she glanced back over her shoulder to check her steering bearings for the bend in the creek she must have recognized my boat.

"V X o Maxi” hailed Lee Helm as she

on lightly-built “trailer-sailors,” and that only a fixed keel had any business offshore.

“A 40-ft ultralight cruiser would be able to float in less than three feet of water with the keels and rudders up. ” “Better wait for the rest of the tide,” advised the last cruiser as he motored past my stern. “High water is later up here than at the mouth of the river. It’ll come up smother six inches at least.” Pag© 168 • UtZUA J? • October, 1997

As we spoke I noticed a small rowboat approach. It was a recreational version of a single racing shell, with outriggers and ------

coasted up alongside. “Like, you picked a nice place to stop for lunch!” “Tell me about it,” I said. Lee was the last person I wanted to see just now. “And like, what were you doing on the inside of the bend?” she taunted as one of my guests helped pull her boat alongside by grabbing part of the oar she extended. “Everyone knows the deep water is on the outside." I sighed. “For some reason I imagined the mud on the bottom would be carried to the outside of the turn by centrifugal force." But it was lame reasoning and I knew it. “Actually, Max, centrifugal force, combined with frictional boundary layer effects, is what causes the mud to drift to the inside of the turn. Same reason that tea grounds end up in a pile in the middle of the bottom of the teacup after you stir the tea. But we’ve been over this before."

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“I'd take an anchor out for you If I had a place to put it on this rig," she offered. “But like, all I can do is mooch a cold drink off you." “Sure, come aboard." The outriggers prevented pulling the boats beam-to-beam, but by moving her forward 'til the outriggers were behind my boat’s transom she was able to make the transfer. “We were just about to try it again,” I said once she had a cold bottle of spring water and a sandwich in her hand. ‘Tide seems to be just about slack.” “Better wait a little longer,” she advised. ‘The current starts to run downstream before high water. I mean, like, this is a river, and the water keeps going up as long as the flow in is greater than the flow out.” All she really wanted was time to finish her sandwich, but she was probably right about the tide height. And the ebb current would help push us off. So we decided to wait a little longer.

.eanwhile my guests had engaged Me Lee in the same conversation that was now dominating their lives: what kind"of cruising boat should they buy.

“In my humble opinion,” she began, “the most important thing in a cruising boat is shallow draft capability.” “Even for blue-water cruising?” they asked. “Absotively,” she asserted. “When you get to wherever it is you’re going, you’ll find creeks just like this one that you’ll want to go up. And poorly-charted channels. And hurricane holes that deep boats can’t get to. And most important, there are anchorages where the quality of life is more a function of how close you can anchor to the beach or dinghy dock or town. With so many deep-keeled cruisers sailing all over the world, I think that, like, any really shallow boat could

reality. 'What Lee’s talking about doesn’t exist! I said. There are no cruisers on the market with retractable keels that I know of— certainly none that I’d want to take offshore.” “For sure,” Lee responded. “So, what are the options if we’re only talking about real boats that we could actually buy?" ‘There’s always the traditional keel/ centerboard combination,” I noted. “Those are the boats with the long shallow keel, with a big centerboard, usually a massive bronze casting, that houses completely inside the keel. They were popular back in the ’50s and ’60s, when the CCA rating rule seemed to encourage centerboards.” ‘That’s one solution," agreed Lee. And like, a long shallow keel actually gets the ballast just as low as a lead fin, unless we’re talking bulb. Trouble is the rudder ends up too small, and those boats also tend to be older and heavier types with. . . let’s be kind and say uninspiring’ performance. Still, shallow draft is like, so important that it might be worth having a boat that’s a slug in light air." There are also ’shoal draff boats with no centerboard,” I added.

fryXeah, and they’re even slower them the CB models, on average. Except sometimes you find a slightly newer design. One version that seems to work not-too-badly is the Scheel Keel, really just a combined end plate and bulb on a long shallow keel. It keeps the ballast very low and isn’t too much of a disaster going upwind. Probably the best of the fixed geometry solutions, and there are some modern boats that incorporate it." “What about wing keels?” asked the prospective skipper. “Okay ‘til you do run aground,” said

Realizing there was no point in getting upset; we declared it lunchtime. have its choice of primo anchoring spots anywhere it sails.” “How shallow is really shallow?” asked the prospective cruisers. “Retractable foils," said Lee. “A fortyfoot ultralight cruiser should be able to float in less than three feet of water with the keels and rudders up.” The concept was very appealing to my friends, but I had to interject a dose of

Lee. ‘Then you can’t get off by heeling, and if you dry out, then I’d hate to think what happens if the boat falls over suddenly. And like, that’s another important part of this whole shallow draft requirement — the boat has to take the bottom easily and safely when it does get left high and dry. None of the long shallow single keels really do that very well." “So we’re talking twin keels?” I October, 1997 • UUiUt 3? • Page 169

MAX EBB surmised. “All the twin-keel boats I've ever seen were slow as pigs in molasses. Lee, Eire you feeling all right?" "Twin keels are still big in places where the tidal range is so huge that drying-out is SOP. But each keel is too shallow to work very well individually. It’s given the biplane keel a bad n.ame, much worse than it deserves." “So tell us, Lee.” said my guest, “What would be your ideal cruiser, if you were able to design it yourself?"

j ee took another sandwich. “About 40 feet long, 10,000 pounds, fractional sloop rig, retractable biplane bulb keels, biplane outboard kick-up rudders, foam flotation, and an empty forepeak big enough for a nice assortment of wind¬ surfers." “You mean retractable twin keels?” I asked. “For sure. Like I said, biplane keels have a bad reputation that they don't deserve. If you go deep and high-aspect, and keep the chord length short and the span loading low, they hardly interfere with each other at all. Remember that induced drag is proportional to angle of attack squared. Double the span, halve the alpha, and induced drag is cut to 25 percent." Of course I really didn’t remember that induced drag was proportional to angle of attack squared — nor did I have the slightest idea what she was talking about. “Right," I said. “So my boat,” she continued as she attacked another sandwich, “would have two retractable, side-by-side, high-aspectratio fins with bulbs on the bottoms. Maybe they’d draw 8 feet all the way down and locked, and pulled up, the boat could sit nicely on the bottom resting on the two ballast bulbs, keeping the hull well clear of rocks and gravel." “Sounds like it could work," I allowed. "Would you pull one up depending on which tack you were on, like that old 50ft IOR racer? What was it — Hawkeye,

But like, my boat will be a cruiser. Don’t want to mess with them on each tack, and the ballast will be a pain to crank up anyway. This would be a true biplane keel, both foils’ chords almost exactly parallel. Probably spread out just a little at the tips, though, so that side force doesn’t fall off so fast with heel and to improve separation away from the hull. They’d be constant cross-section to make the retraction gear simple. And have a little bit of forward rake.” “Forward rake? Sounds like a kelpcatcher to me.” “Anything with a bulb is a kelp-catcher, Max. That's just something you have to live with in return for getting thousands of pounds of ballast out of the boat. But like, the forward rake makes it easier, because the kelp or whatever else you catch rides up to the keel root, where a simple kelp-cutter blade can get rid of it." “And I guess you’d install a little view port to see what you had picked up," I said. Lee nodded. “Actually the forward rake does some good things hydrodynamically, too. Rake, or sweep in airplane jargon, tends to load up the aft end of the sweep.

"So tell us. Lee, what would be your

One of the reasons merry old England sailors are merry is that dinghies are superfluous. At the end of the weekend, you just walk home from the boat. For boats to sit upright, you need twin keels (directly above)— or twin hulls.

“And the rudders, I suppose, look like giant 505 rudders?” “You got it. That way when they’re partly kicked up they have lots of sculling power, for tight docking situations. None of these vertical rudder cassettes for me — they’re useless in really thin water." "So if a boat like that would be so great,” asked the woman about to go cruising, “why can’t we go out and buy one like it?” “She’s got you there,” I teased Lee. ‘The market will eventually get around to figuring out that configurations like that make sense,” predicted Lee. “Meanwhile, even the latest crop of larger sportboats, that come so close to being great retractable-foil racer/cruisers, still miss the mark. They have outlandishly deep bulb keels, which in itself is a good thing, and they’re retractable, which is terrific, but the really brain-dead part is that the keels only retract at the hoist, when it’s time to go on the trailer. I mean, they’re so close to having the world’s coolest thin-water gunkholers. . .

ideal cruiser if you were able to design it yourself?” the Bruce King design?" “Very good. Max, you remember. No, those were toed-in keels, sort of a snowplow effect if they were both left down. The idea there was to let a very wide boat sail a little sideways when it heeled. Pag© 170 • L&uJcli • October. 1997

Since the keel is constant section, anything that shifts more lift to the root and unloads the tip is going to increase the keel’s efficiency a little. Sort of like fooling the water into thinking the keel is a tapered planform.”

L/ee was interrupted by a sudden bump. The current had changed, and we were starting to move. Then we bumped again and stopped. “Let’s get everyone up on the bow!” I said as I jumped up to start the engine. “You mean the stem,” she corrected. ‘This boat’s keel is totally forward of its longitudinal center of buoyancy. So weight

INTO THIN WATER row over to our raft for hors d'oeuvres (which she graciously accepted) and were on our way.

on the stern. . she finished the last bite from the second sandwich. “Weight on the stern reduces draft, weight on the bow increases it." “Are you sure. . .?" I started to say. But it was pointless to argue. I dimly

recalled that we had been through this one before, as well. “All hands aft!” I called. In another few seconds we were free, back in the channel. We deposited Lee back in her rowing shell, invited her to

Following the instructions to the raftup, we encountered, of all things, a navigation lock that let us into the freshwater lagoon. Since it was high water we had to lock down — a new experience for me, as well as for just about everyone else on this cruise. I never would have guessed that there was a functioning navigation lock just a half day’s sail from my berth. Of course when my guests asked the assembled crowd for more advice about selecting their new offshore cruiser, hardly anyone mentioned shallow draft at all. They argued all night about cutters and ketches, full keels and fins, windvanes and solar panels and watermakers. Had they forgotten that the world is full of interesting shallow creeks and lagoons? Or maybe it was because they hadn’t spent the afternoon sitting in the mud. — max ebb

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the rate we received Crew List forms over the last two months, the West Coast may be a virtual sailing wasteland come November. Numbers of listers in most categories were up, some considerably. The others remained just as high as last year, while only one went down slightly. All of which bodes well for a lot of good times aboard boats and beaches south of the border this year. The continued ex¬ plosion of cruising as an alternative lifestyle continues to boggle our minds. It’s similar to the computer revolution in many ways, except for the fact that its invisible to those who do not sail. Most people outside our sport don’t even know such a life ex¬ ists. Which, now that we think about, it may be a good thing. Cabo is crowded enough as it is.

The waves are huge off Mexico, but you don’t have to batten down the hatches for them. >>

Another ‘new’ thing about this year’s Crew List now before you is its integration into the Latitude 38-sponsored Baja HaHa IV Cruiser’s Rally. If you’re not at least tacitly familiar with this event by now, you must have been stuck in a snow cave on Everest for the last six months. You can catch up on the Ha-Ha in a our latest preview article elsewhere in this issue. Even if you’re not sailing on an entered boat (we’re full to capacity, sorry), you’ll likely run into one or more of the 160some participants somewhere along the way. For their part, we’re inviting all Ha-Ha!ers to attend the Crew List Party on October 6 at the Encinal YC (more on that later). We figure it will not only increase the fun quotient for all, but it just might be the biggest pre-season cruising party ever in the Bay Area. Plus, it will certainly give everyone who has not yet arranged crew one great last chance to do it there. But first things first. Here’s a quick run-through of how this Crew List thing works. All the names on the following pages are arranged under subheadings that should be pretty self-explanatory. “Men to Page 172 • UVAJUIS • October. 1997

IMPORTANT NOTE: Latitude 38 offers the Crew List as an advertising supplement only. We neither make nor imply any guarantee, warranty or recommendation as to the charCrew”, for example, means humans of the male persuasion who want to work 6n boats headed for Mexico. Next to their names is a contact number and a whole bunch of gobbledegook. By referencing the gray boxes, you can ‘decode’ that stuff into a mini-bio of the person — skill level, desires, special talents and so on. If you’re a boat owner who needs crew, you then simply look for the most promising prospects and start calling. If you took the time to fill out a form yourself, of course, people will also be calling you. It effectively doubles your chances of finding just the right crew — or boat — with which to head south. Even if your name doesn’t appear here, you’re still welcome to use the Crew List. (We’ve never nailed down any firm num¬ bers, but our best estimate is that a third to a half the people who use the Crew List are not on it.) All you have to do is read arid acknowledge the disclaimer at the top of the page, as those listed here have already done. Once you accept responsibility for yourself, go for it — and the best of luck! One more thing before we get into our world-renowned tips and suggestions: We’d like to hear more Crew List stories. You know, how it worked out for you, good or bad. We’re always trying to fine-tune the list with the suggestions you send in, but for all the hundreds of people who take part in the Lists every year (our Cruising/Racing/Daysailing Crew List happens in the spring), we get relatively little input on how things worked out. If we get enough interesting tales, we’ll compile them into an article of Crew List vignettes. Wouldn’t that be a kick? So drop us a line when you have the time. Speaking about fine tuning, now here are the details you should know before diving in headfirst. • Be honest. This might seem obvious, but some people tend to exaggerate their skill levels or tell potential skippers or crew what they think they want to hear. Not a good idea. Those who

HOW TO GET THERE To get to Encinal YC, from the north or south, exit Highway 880 at 23rd Avenue and proceed west, toward the Bay. (If you’re coming from the south, you’ll have to make a U-turn and cross back over the freeway.) Go over the Park Street bridge. At the second light past the bridge — Buena Vista — make a right. Go one mile and turn right on Sherman. Go over the railroad tracks and make another right on Triumph. Go to the end of the block. The Oakland YC will be right in front of you, with the Tied House Brewery on your left. Turn right and continue to the end of the parking lot. EYC will be on your left. know sailing can usually tell instantly if you don’t know what you’re talking about, and if they perceive you’re feeding them a line right off the bat, well, would you want someone like that on your boat? So honesty is the best policy, even if you don’t have much experience. The truth is, a lot of skippers prefer at least one or two crew of little experience. Not only can they be easily ‘molded’ into the skipper’s way of doing things, if they’re newcomers

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they’re usually much more enthusiastic about the lifestyle. For example, even after all these years, there are few things more fun for us than watching someone seeing dolphins jumping at the bow for the first time. • Be an equal-opportunity Crew Lister. Yes, young hardbodied men or women parading around in skimpy clothing is certainly the picture that charter companies like to paint of the cruising life. And there are healthy specimens out there. The reality is that you might do just as well or better to balance youth and exuberance with the steady hand of experience. In other words, don’t let a person’s age put you off. More mature cruisers may not want to lead the charge onto a pitching foredeck (or who knows, maybe they might), but their wisdom, experience and often keener senses of humor can turn an otherwise so-so cruise into a memorable experience. • Don’t be a jerk. This one might seem pretty self-explana¬ tory, too. What we’re mainly talking about here is the way horny men tend to act around appealing women. One of the happiest aspects of the Crew List is that upwards of a half-dozen marriages have resulted from it, and probably many more nonmarital relationships. We can’t say that none of these people went into the Crew List thinking or perhaps hop¬ ing that such unions might result. That’s just human nature. But what they all did share was that the initial contact was about sailing, not sex. There were no bumbling come-ons such as “sex is required to crew on our boat" (an actual quote). So when you’re making your contacts over the phone or at the Crew List Party, cool your engines and keep the conversation on boats. The other aspect of this tip has to do with the life itself. If things like privacy, bathing regularly and using a clean knife for the peanut butter are really important to you, you’re going to have to rethink your priorities. This is cruising, people. Re¬ lax, go with the flow, enjoy life and leave the egos and trivial BS back home. If, as crew, you’re going to be a jerk about that damn peanut butter knife, you may just find yourself on the next dock with a ticket home. If you’re a boat owner who thinks bellowing orders a la Captain Bligh is the way to run a ship, you may also find your crew on the next dock with a ticket home. • Make your calls during normal hours. Again, this one should be self-explanatoiy. You will not get on people’s good side if you call them before 8 a.m. or after 10 p.m. • Stay organized. If you make more than about five calls, the information on the people you’ve talked to is all going to start blending together. So before you start, write down a list of ques¬ tions you want to ask each prospect and run off a dozen copies or so down at Kinko’s. Then, as soon as you call someone (or they call you), write their name at the top of a fresh sheet and jot down the high points of the conversation. Take it from us: it will save a lot of frustration later. *

Now on to the best part of this whole exercise: well, at least the best part on this end of your cruise — our annual Crew List party. As mentioned already, this takes place on Mon¬ day, October 6 at the Encinal YC in Alameda’s Pacific Marina.

Eveiyone is welcome — with Latitude extending a special invi¬ tation to Baja Ha-Hders. Skippers of Ha-Ha boats and Crew Listers whose names appear on these pages get in free (For the former, we’ll match your ID to our entry list. For the latter, simply point out your name here.) Everyone else pays $5. What you get at the party — in addition to a fun evening with like-minded cruisers and a great ‘last chance’ opportunity to link up with crew or boats — is a bunch. There’ll be free appetizers, color-coded name tags identifying you as ‘Boat Own¬ ers Looking for Crew’ or 'Crew Looking for Boats’, door prizes such as Latitude T-shirts, a no-host bar at the club — and a chance to meet the Grand Poobah of Ha-Ha TV himself, well before the Rally kick-off party in San Diego later in the month. Along with Rally organizers Donna de Mallorca and Andy Turpin, he’ll be there to answer questions, dispense wisdom and start matching faces to all the great folks we’ve been communicating with by phone, fax and mail. Whether you’re cruising in the HaHa, sailing down independently, crewing on a southbound boat or just interested in sailing south yourself someday, plan on making it to Encinal YC for the party. You won’t get more bang for your buck this side of duty-free Kahlua. Well, that’s about it on our end. We hope to see each and every one of you come out for the Party, and we hope to see each and every one of you out cruising the lovely coast of Mexico. Until then, good luck — and hasta luegol

WANT TO CREW MEN TO CREW IN MEXICO Andrew Fraser, 44, (818) 505-0695 or (818) 505-1788. ..wants 1,4,6 (onwards south)/exp 2,3,4/offers 2,4,6. Andrew Robinson, 47, (408) 438-1121 .wants 1,2,3,4,5/exp 2/offers 2,3,4. Art Urbin, 45, (408) 985-2107 or email ART@Urbin.com. .wants 1,2,3,4,5/exp 2,3,4/offers 3,4,5. Arthur C. Foad, Sr., 61, (916) 983-4201 or email arturo@jpsnet.com. .wants 2,4,5/exp 2,3/offers 2,3. Benjamin Schultz, 20, email benjamin_schultz@hotmail.com. .wants 1,2,4,5,6 (interesting trips)/exp 2, dinghy racing/offers 2,4,6. Bert L. Barnes, 56, (707) 224-0538 Iv msg. .wants 1,2,4,5/exp 1,2,3,4 (Mex/Canada)/offers 1,2,5a. Bill Colvin, 55, (408) 728-1464 or (800) 538-5902 wants 1,2,4/exp 2/offers 2,4,5a. Bill Graves, 53, (503) 621-3455 or email 3488@boisesth.com. .wants 1,2,4,6 (south from Cabo)/exp 2/offers 2,5ab, scuba/Ham/electrical. Bob Knickerbocker, 54, (510) 424-2880 days or (510) 531 -7755 eves. .wants 4/exp 2,4/offers 2,3. Bob Mitts, 40, (916) 348-7675.wants 1,4/exp 1/offers 1,4,5a. Bob Ragone, 47, (206) 870-9279 . .wants 1,2,6 (beyond Mex)/exp 3,4/offers 2,3,4,5a. Charles Robert, 59, (650) 365-9357 or email drsoar@aol.com. .wants 1,2,3,4,5,6/exp 2,3,4 (Bahamas)/offers 2,3,4. Chester Drenning, 60, (707) 939-6716 ... .wants 1,4/exp 4 (Mex), Lake Pontrachain/offers 2,4,5a. Chuck Farrell, 63, (916) 498-1346 .wants 4/exp 2,3,4/offers 3, 6-pak license. Chuck Schutz, 63, phone/fax (562) 434-0338 or email cschutz@ix.netcom.com .... .wants 1,6 (SF to Long Beach)/exp 3/offers 2,3,5a,6. Clark Dodson, 44 (503) 514-1248 msg.wants 1,2,3,4,5/exp 2,3/offers 2,5. Craig Shell, 38, (415) 621-6492 or (415) 864-9816. .wants 1,2,3,4,5/exp 2,4/offers 2,4,5. Dan Carter, 34, (619) 692-1491 or email milagros@adnc.com. .wants 3,4/exp 2,3/offers 3. Dave Mcinnis, 58, (360) 739-2232 or (360) 738-8955. .wants 1,2,3,4/exp 2,3/offers 2,3,5ab. Don Roberts, 27, (510) 664-3019 or email roberts@nuc.berkeley.edu. .wants 1,2,4,5/exp 2,3/offers 3,5ab. Donald M. Rosenthal, 55, (415) 921-1203 or email calldmr@juno.com. .wants 1,3,4,6/exp 2,3,4/offers 2,3,5a.

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1997 MEXICO-ONLY Doug Bowman, 65, (970) 882-1484 or email dbowman@fone.net. ..wants 2,4,5,6 (Baja trips)/exp 2,3/offers 2,4,5a. Doug Brown, 43, (916) 662-8815 or brown5@packbell.com. .wants 1,2,4/exp 2,3/offers 2,4. Duane 'Sharky' Cornell, 49, (801) 635-2424 . wants 4,6 (intermittant cruising)/exp 2,4 (coast of Mex & Central America)/offers 2,5ab. Ed Homer, 55, (916) 272-3622..wants 1,2,3,4,5/exp 3,4/offers 3,4.

CODE FOR PEOPLE

WANTING TO CREW WANT CREW: 1) For the trip down 2) While in i) VVIIIIC til Mexico /

5) Return trip up Baja 6) Other___

3) Sea of Cortez Sail Week (April) 4) For Baja Ha-Ha IV, the cruisers rally to Cabo starting October 28. MY EXPERIENCE IS:

1) Little or none

2) Bay

3) Ocean 4) Foreign Cruising

8M8I i

CAN OFFER:

1> Few skills, I am a novice sailor 2) Skills of a normal hand: watch standing,

.. g

3) SWHed and experienced sailor. I can navigate, set a spinnaker, steer and handle basic mechamca 4) Cookkig,provisioning or other food-related skills 5 ‘Local knowledge’: a) I have cruised Mexico before, b) I speak passable Spanish 6) Companionship -

...If.,..!

Edward 'Ed' Kangeter, 51, (415) 457-4456. .wants 1,2,3,4,6 (10 day-2 wk period)/exp 2,3,4/offers 2,3,5a. Everett Jones, 70, pager (415) 915-0238. .wants 1,2,6 (points south)/exp 3,4/offers 2,3,4,5a. Frank Nitte, 39, (619) 606-1126.wants 1,4/exp 2,4 (BVI charters)/offers 2,4. Gary Kuhn, (714) 891-8962 .wants 1,4/exp 3/offers 2,3. Gary Ryan, 44, (707) 576-1755 or email gryan@foundations.com. .wants 1/exp 3/offers 3. Gene Finnegan, 65, (408) 395-9211 . wants 1,2,3,4,5/exp 2,3,4/offers 2,4. George Sewell, 65, (303) 777-7232.wants 1,2,4/exp 3,4, racing/offers 3,5ab,6. Gerald Schippers, 45, (209) 931-6232.wants 2,3/exp 2/offers 2,3. Glenn McKeig, 51, (707) 554-6525 or 213 Alvarado Ave., Vallejo, CA 94590. .wants 1,2,4,6 (LaPaz or Mazatlan Ha-Ha)/exp 2,3,4/offers 3,5a. Gregg Jorgensen, 43, (970) 264-4202 or (970) 264-4207. .wants 1,2,4,5/exp 2,3,4/offers 2,5b. Hank Delevati, 48, (408) 446-4105 or Box 1002, Campbell, CA 95009 . .wants 1,2,3,4/exp2,3,4/offers2,3,4,5a. Herb Lundin, 56, (408) 464-2960 or email hlundin899@aol.com. .wants 1,2,3,4,6 (Canal)/exp 2,3,4/offers 3,5a. Ian Leyda, 27, (916) 590-6852.wants 1,2,3,4,5/exp 2/offers 2,4,6. J. Hoffer, 60, (510) 697-4876.wants 5/exp 2,3/offers 2. J. Meeker, 50, Tafia fax 011 -52-329-80767 (Mex). .wants 4,6 (Cabo-mainland)/exp 2,3,4/offers 3,5ab. Jacek Latko, 34, (510) 522-6229.wants 1,2,3,4,5/exp 2/offers 2,5,6. Jack Ellis, 38, (510) 428-9051 orjacke@hghed.com. .wants 1,2,4/exp 2,3,4/offers 2,3,5ab. Jack Morrison, MD, 60+, (415) 457-4600 days, (415) 453-1139 eves, fax (415) 4574644 or email exsearch@pacbell.net.wants 1,2,6 (SoPac)/exp 3,4/offers 3. Jay B. Amado, 34, (510) 843-8195.wants 1,2,6 (to Canal)/exp 2,3/offers 3,5ab. Page 174 •

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Jeff Coult, 43, (510) 223-1357 or email wcpr47a@prodigy.com. .wants 1,2,3,4,6 (open)/exp 2,3,4/offers 3,5. Jeffrey Lusareta, 47, (510) 522-5585 or (510) 837-9840 fire dept. .wants 1,2,3/exp 2,3/offers 2,3,4, easy-going friendship. Jeromy Shanoian, 21, (408) 460-9140 (Santa Cruz). ..wants 1,2,3,4,5/exp 1,2/offers 1,2,6. Jerry Clifford, 50, (916) 489-8570 msg only. .wants 1,2,4,6 (continue south)/exp 2,3/offers 2,3,4,5,6. Jim Butterworth, 50+, (510) 865-6151 .wants 1,3/exp 3,4/offers 3,4,6. Jim Karch, 41, (253J..627-4186.wants 1,2,4/exp 2,3,4 (Canada)/offers 3. Jim Ritchie, 47, (602) 831-6859 . wants 1,2,3,4/exp 2,3,4/offers 2,3,4,5a. Jim Turner, 48, (408) 226-7927 .wants 1,2,3,4,5/exp 2,3,4/offers 3,5. Joe Greno, 48, (916) 777-5452.wants 1,2,3,4,6 (cruising)/exp 3,4/offers 3,4,6. Joe Wolf, 52, (760) 771-0071 .. wants 1,2,3,4,5,6 (whatever)/exp 3,4/offers 3,5a,6. Joel Waldman, 68, (650) 858-1144 or emailjwaldman@hotmail.com. .. wants 1,2,6 (continue south or west)/exp 2,3,4/offers 2,5a. John Bell, 52, (619) 226-0964 .. wants 1,2,3,4,5,6 (world)/exp 3,4/offers 3,4,5ab,6. John Burgess, 44, (310) 546-5300 . .wants 1,2,3,4,5/exp 3,4 (Mex, Canada)/offers 2,3,5a. John Harrington, 56, (707) 584-0311 . wants 1/exp 3/offers 3. Johp L. Kidd, 50, (916) 885-5440 or fax (916) 885-7456 . .wants 1,4,5/exp 1,2/offers 1,4. John Labadie, 50, (650) 756-8768 hm or (415) 991-6773 wk. .wants 1,3/exp 2/offers 3. John Nikitopoulos, 28, (415) 861-4972 . .,.wants 6 (all considered)/exp 1,2/offers 1,4,5b,6, mech/elect engineer. John Richards, 60, (415) 567-9112.wants 4/exp 3,4/offers 3,5a. Joon M. Ji, 41, (206) 527-8815.wants 1,2,4,5,6 (beyond)/exp 2,3/offers 2,4. Keith Dennison, 58, (209) 478-1571 .wants 1,3,4,5/exp 2,3,4/offers 2,3. Keith M., 36, (415) 824-9040 .:.. wants 1,3,4/exp 2,4/offers 2,3,5. Kevin Cleary, 47, (707) 449-9461 .wants 1/exp 3/offers 3,5a,6. Larry Slaboda, 59, (510) 523-1573 .wants 1,2,3,4,5/exp 2/offers 2,3,4,5a,6. M.T. Shanda, 47, (707) 887-2969.wants 1,2,3,4,5/offers 1,2,4, diesel mech. Mark Carlisle, 34, (415) 339-8876 or email markcarlisle@worldnet.att.net. .wants 6 (any part)/exp 2/offers 2. Mark Joiner, 44, (510) 376-9035 . .wants 1,2,4,6 (to LaPaz by 11/23)/exp 2,3,4/offers 3,5a,6. Mark Michini, 34, (415) 325-4668 or zuke@hotmail.com. .wants 4/exp 2,3/offers 2,3. Marvin Hamon, 34, (510) 261-3510.wants 4/exp 2/offers 2. Michael Jones, 40, (408) 848-6481 hm or (408) 842-1896 wk. .wants 1,2,3,4,5,6/exp 1/offers 2,5. Michael Ryan, 50, (503) 325-8654 or 3738 Lief Erikson Dr. #7, Astoria, OR 97103 .wants 1,2,3,5,6 (beyond)/exp 3,4/offers 3,6. Michael Smith, 21, (415) 593-4239 .wants 1,2,4,5,6/exp 3/offers 3,4,5ab. Mike Hibbetts, 33, (415) 856-4758 . wants 1,2,3,4,5/exp 2,3/offers 3. Mike Pavel, 44, (916) 583-8835. ... wants 1,4,6 (LaPaz Ha-Ha)/exp 2,3,4/offers 3,5ab, licensed captain, boat owner. Neil Lowin, 35, (415) 550-8523 .wants 1,2,3,4,6/exp 2,3/offers 2,3,4. Paul Penders, 51, (707) 763-7950 or (707) 763-5828 wk. .wants 1,4/exp 2/offers 2,6. Peter Lipa, 53, (510) 820-5521 .wants 2,3,5/exp 2/offers 2,6. Peter Nevada, 59, (510) 749-9946 or 909 Marina Village Pkwy. #493, Alameda, CA 94501 .wants 1,4,6 (La Paz Ha-Ha)/exp 2/offers 2,4. Randy Getty, 46, (505) 983-1729 or (415) 331-1240. .wants 1,2,4,6 (Costa Rica or SoPac)/exp 2,3/offers 2,5b,6. Richard Clack, 31, (510) 521-1090 . wants 4/exp 2/offers 3. Richard G. Smith, 27, (209) 576-7311 or voice mail (916) 321-3534. .wants 1,2,4,5/exp 1/offers 2. Robert Ole Berg, Jr., 42, (916) 542-0861 or email robjr@compuserve.com. .wants 1,4/exp 3,4/offers 2,3,4,5a. Robert (Bob) Blain, 52, (510) 654-7659. wants 4/exp 2,3,4/offers 3. Robert Cleveland, 41, (510) 735-0172.wants 1,2,3,4,5,6/exp 3,4/offers 3,5a. Robert Drews, 39, (707) 524-7937 .wants 1,4/exp 2,3/offers 2,4,6. Robert Murphy, 49, (408) 728-1585 or Box 674, Aptos, CA 95001 . .wants 1,2/exp 3,4/offers 3,5a. Roy Kochendorfer, 53, (805) 682-5143 or email royk@silcom.com. .wants 1,6 (2-5 possible)/exp 3/offers 2,4, share expenses. Salvatore P. Bertoli (Sal), 37, (509) 856-2268 or Box 57, Vantage, WA 98950 . .wants 1,2,3,4,5,6/exp 1/offers 1,4,5ab,6 (heterosexual). Samuel N.K. Levitz, 28, (408) 356-6244 or email sailorsaml@aol.com. .wants 1,2,3,4,5,6/exp 3,4/offers 3,4,5. Scott Fisher, 45, (602) 769-7660 or (707) 531-4984. .wants 1,2,4,5/exp 2,3/offers 2,3,5ab.

Scott Meredith, 49, (707) 996-5830 or email sonomascot@aol.com. .wants 1,2,4/exp 2,4 (BVI)/offers 2,3, looks like hell in a bikini.

Scott Shaffer, 40, (415) 897-2916 or LS shaffer@aol.com. .wants 2,3,4/exp 2,3,4/offers 2,3,4.

Scott Smith, 36, (415) 572-8165 . wants 1,2,4,5/exp 2,3/offers 3,6. Stan Nackdymon, 49, (805) 495-7954 .wants 1,2,3,4,5,6/exp Coastal/offers 2.

CREW LIST

Stephen Brown, 52, (415) 512-7784 ext. 307 or sbrown@well.com. .wants 1,2,3,4,5/exp 2/offers 2,4,5ab.

Stephen Mahaiey, 40, (707) 449-8486 or smahaley@ix.netcom.com. .wants 1,2/exp 2/offers 2.

NEED CREW

Steve Koolpe, 59. (408) 847-5292 or email sadhana@garlic.com. .wants 1,2,3,4,5,6/exp 2/offers 2,4,6.

Steve Shultz/George Greenwell, 29/26, (619) 295-6145 . .want 1,2,3,4,5,6 (San Diego area)/exp 2/offer 2. T. Joe Larive, 55, phone/fax (209) 261-0330 ...wants 2,3,4/exp 2,3,4/offers 2,3,5a. Ted Hawkins, 50, (916) 795-1645.wants 1,2,3,4,5,6/exp 2,3,4/offers 3,4,5,6. Thomas, 60, (805) 772-1400.wants 1,4,5,6 (NZ-Tonga)/exp 4/offers 3,5ab. Tim Mathison, 31, (415) 391-4525 .wants 1,2,3/exp 1/offers 1,2,4,5ab,6. Timothy McKenna, RS, 38, (800) 484-6928 sc 3792. .wants 1,5/exp 2,3/offers 2,4,6. Tom Dunkelman, 36, (415) 744-2294.wants 1,5/exp 2,3,4/offers 3. Tom Durel, 50, (415) 812-3009 or (415) 516-0062 .wants 4,5/exp 2,3/offers 3,4. Tom McCarthy, 50, (408) 688-2467 or asr99@aol.com wants 1,4/exp 2/offers 2,3. Tom Nickelson, 42, (916) 692-2163.wants 1,2,4,5/exp 1/offers 1,2,4,6. Tom Outman, 60, (510) 522-4625 or wk (510) 466-4637 or email twenwu@aol.com .wants 1,2,3,4,5/exp 2/offers 2. Vince DeSimone, 50, (801) 649-6805 .wants 4/exp 3,4/offers 3,5. Wes Stillwell, 40, (707) 279-8037. .wants 1,2,3,4,5/exp 3,4/offers 3,5, share some expenses.

MEN NEEDING CREW IN MEXICO Abe Rivera, 38, (310) 830-4210, Gulfstar 43.for 1,2,5/exp 2/wants 1,5,6. Andy Johnson, 41, (510) 523-0148 orsvmanna@juno.com, Santana 27. ...for 1,2/exp 1,2/wants 2,9 (fun, un-type A). Blaise Guillen, 38, (510) 465-9835, 33' Herald tri.for 1,2/exp 1,3/wants 1,2,4. Bob Dunakey, 56, at crew party or on Tinuviel in cruiser's anchorage in San Diego, 52‘ wooden ketch (slow) .for 4,6 (Mazatlan Ha-Ha)/exp 1,2/wants 1,2. Bob King, 60+, (415) 567-4598 or email kingcol@nccn.net, 291 San Juan. .for 6 (Channel lsl)/exp 1,2/wants 2,4,9. Brian Leary, 55, (510) 524-9976 or email Bigbri3@aol.com, Bristol 35.5. .for 2,6 (to Panama)/exp 1,2,3/wants 2,8. Cal Fitzgerald, 45, Marina La Paz fax 011-52-112-55-9-00, Baba 30 cutter. for 2,6 (Costa Rica, SoPac)/exp 2,3/wants 1,2,3,4,5,8,9 (no drugs, no deadbeats). Capt. Clayton F. Merrifield, 59, (310) 952-0841, Coronado 27...for 1,2,6 (bluewater cruising, So. China Sea '98)/exp 2,3, retired tanker & schooner capt./wants 1,2,4,8,9.

WOMEN TO CREW IN MEXICO Barbara, 49, (510) 521-1667.wants 6 (any 2 wks)/exp 3/offers 2,4,5,6. Beverly Factor, 46, (714) 250-1926 or email bfactor@deltanet.com. .wants 1,2,3,4,6 (circumnav)/exp 3/offers 1,4,6, photog, scuba. Bobbi Coggins, 45, (916) 655-3591 or fax (916) 655-3595 . .wants 6 (world)/exp 2,3,4/offers 3,4,5,6, Ham/scuba. Brenda Westerman, 50, (415) 572-0539 or (415) 432-1772. .wants 1,2,3,4,5/exp 2,3,4/offers 2,4,6. Carol, 54, fax (206) 286-1025 .wants 1,4/exp 2,3/offers 2,4. Cathy, 28, (415) 243-8021 .wants 1,2,4/exp 2,3/offers 2,5a. Charlene, 22, (800) 366-0515 wait for 'telekey' then 00260709 Iv msg. ...wants 1,2,3,5/exp 1/offers 1,4,6. Dorl (Dharmlni) Zelln, 42, (707) 523-9923. .wants 1,2,4,5,6 (Caribbean, Polynesia, Hawaii)/exp 3,4/offers 1,4,5ab,6. Flora Davis, 20, (415) 331-4484 or (916) 682-2936 . .wants 1,2,3,4,5,6 (south)/exp 1/offers 1,4. Fran Taylor, 40ish, (619) 297-9005. .wants 1,4/exp 2,3,4 (BVI, Belize, HI)/offers 2,4,5. Jackie Brown, 40s, (415) 435-4774 .wants 1,2,3,4/exp 2,3,4/offers 2,4,6. Jan, 48, (415) 282-4449 .wants 1,2,3,4,5,6/exp 2,3/offers 2,3,6. JeannleT., (510) 325-6369 msg.wants 1,2,3,4,5,6/exp 2,3,4/offers 2,4,5ab,6. Kelly Daczewitz, 24, (206) 729-0467. .wants 2,3,5,6 (anywhere Jan-April)/exp 2/offers 2,5,6. Kit Frush, 64, (408) 553-6484.wants 1,2,6 (points south)/exp 3,4/offers 2,4,5. Linda D., 50s, (714) 372-2209 ..wants 2,4,6/exp 3,4/offers 2,3,4,5,6. Lynne, Box 33214, Juneau, AK 99803.wants 1,2,3,4,6/exp 2/offers 2,4,5ab. Nancy Jai, 50s, (415) 455-9460 or nancyjai@aol.com. ..wants 1,2,6/exp 2,3,4/offers 2,4,5ab,6. Renee, 40+, (510) 532-1935 .wants 4/exp 2,3,4/offers 2,4.

CODE FOR PEOPLE

LOOKING FOR CREW I NEED CREW FOR: 1) For the trip down 5) Return trip up Baja 2) While in Mexico 6) Other_ 3)■ Sea Cortez Sail Week (Mprin (April) _ „of .) For Baja Ha-Ha IV, the cruisers’ rally to Cabo starting October 28. MY EXPERIENCE IS: 1) Bay

2) Ocean

3) Foreign Cruising

/ AM LOOKING FOR: 2) MnU«I?S.m

experi9nce is not all that important 2) Moderately expenenced sailor to share normal crew responsibilities

3) Em2hfed fai!°; Wh0 can a>share navigation and/or 3 Ski S; b) wh0 can show me the ropes 5 ‘Lor?!?’ pr?v's,onin9 or other food-related skiliSP 5) Local knowledge’; someone who has a) been to Mexico before; b) speaks passable Spanish 6 Someone to help me bring the boat back up the coast 7 Someone to help me trailer a boat back up/down ,he coast ) Someone who might stick around it I decide to keep going beyond Mexico P 9) Other __ 4) rnTh

COUPLES TO CREW IN MEXICO Doug & Shanna Moler, 46/39, (415) 454-7579 or (206) 271-8842 . .want 1,2,3,4,6 (extended cruising)/exp 3,4/offer 3,4,5ab. Eric Schmitz & Ashley L., 25/24, (408) 457-2016 or (408) 477-0743 . .want 1,2,3,4,5/exp 2,3,4/offer 2,4,6. Fiona & Bill Thorpe, 25/26, (415) 759-8426 or pager (415) 313-8687 . .want 1,4,5,6 (leave today)/exp 2/offer 1,2,4,5,6. Jay B. & Lauri Van Horn Amado, 34/29, (510) 843-8195. ...want 1,2,6 (to Canal)/exp 2,3/offer 3,5ab. Jill Anagnos & Gar Duke, 24/26, c/o Robert & Judy Duke (360) 377-0817 . .want 1,2,5,6 (SoPac/Caribbean/Horn?)/exp 1,2,3,4/offer 1,3,4,5. Jim Rutherford & Kim Trotter, 34/33, baysail@slip.net.want 1/exp 2/offer 2. Joria Patten & Harvey Shlasky, 50/45, (916) 353-1299 or at 10/6 crew party. .want 1,3,4/exp 2,4/offer 3. Linda & Ron, 47/52, (415) 728-5487 .want 2,6 (SoPac)/exp 2,3,4/offer 2,3,4,5a. Paul & Lori O'Rorke, 31/32, 81-54-284-3448 or email pororke@ncc1701.apana.org.au or 1688-10 Nakajima, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka 422, Japan.want 3,6 (anywhere from March on)/exp 1/offer 1,4,5. Paula Vigneault & Paul Menconi, 48, (805) 684-4430 or email paradise found@compuserve.com.want 4/exp 3,4/offer 2,3,4,6.

Carl, 59, (714) 759-3450, Nauticat 34...for 1,2,4,6 (to Carib)/exp 1,2/wants 2,3a,4,8. Carl Mischka, 59, (714) 759-3450, Nauticat 43 ketch. .for 4,6 (Canal, etc.)/exp 1,2/wants 2,4,5,8. 'Chris' Christiansen, pager (619) 412-0328, Cal 2-46. .for 1,2,4,6 (world)/exp 2,3/wants 2,4,8,9. Darrell Barrus, 49, (503) 632-3150, 45' Columbia. .for 2,4/exp 1/wants 2,8,9 (female). David Carr, 41, (415) 365-8616, Yorktown 35.for 1/exp 1,2/wants 2. October. 1997 • UKUJUli • Page 175

1997 MEXICO-ONLY CREW LIST Don Sllfert, 62, c/o daughter Hope (209) 532-3911,32' ketch. .for 1,2,6 (open)/exp 3/wants 1,4,8. Eric, 46, (760) 438-1084, 53' ketch.tor 1,2/exp 2/wants 1,2,3,5. Frank Farinos, 67, (707) 642-0510 or Box 1363, Vallejo, CA 94590, Tarlan 34. .for 1/exp 1,2,3/wants 1,2,3,8. Gene Maly, 42, (408) 372-2112 or email gmaly101.msn.com, Capo 30. .for 1,2,5/exp 1,2,3/wants 1,2,4,6. George Sewell, 65, (303) 777-7232, Catalina 27. .for 2/exp 2,3/wants 1,2,3,4,5,9 (companionship, esp. a single lady). George Syrud, 56, c/o Diann Kemp (619) 442-1908, Pan Oceanic 42. .for 6 (Carib)/wants 3a,5b,9 (share expenses). J. Kamuf, 43, (970) 884-9128 or fumak@frontier.net, Yankee 30. .for 2/exp 3/wants 1,2,3,4,5,8. James Hall, 61, Box 80086, Portland, OR 97280-1086, 34' wood ketch. .for 1,5/exp 2,3/wants 1,2,3a,8. Jim Meeker, 50, Tafia fax 011-52-329-80767 (Mex), Cal 34. .for 6 (Mex to your choice)/exp 1,2,3/wants 2,3a,9 (women preferred). Joe Emmi, 54, (415) 875-7412, Tayana 37 cutter.for 1,2,3,5/exp 1,2/wants 2,8. John DePasquale, (360) 705-4557,40' Mariner ketch. .for 1,2,4,6 (beyond Mex)/exp 2/wants 1,2,8. John DePasquale, 40+.X619) 692-1474,40' Mariner ketch. .for 1,2,4/exp 1,2,3/wants 1,2,8. Kip Culver, 45, (510) 330-2692, Alberg 35 sloop. .for 1,2,3,4,5,6 (Pac crossing)/exp 1,2,3/wants 1,2,3,4,5,6,8. Lee La Rosa, 56, (619) 270-4346,41' motorsailer. ..for 2,6 (Baja ports)/exp 2/wants 1,2,9 (partners). Malcolm Wauldron, 57, (510) 234-9566, 44' cutter. .for 2,6 (Central America)/exp 2/wants 1,2,3a,5,8,9 (help w/maintenance). Martin F. Sullivan & 3 crew, (800) 696-1478 or fax (650) 321-4135, Swan 59 Extravaganzza.for 1/exp 1,2,3/wants 4,9 (experienced cook). Michael Morrissey, 41, (619) 222-1898 ext 322 Iv msg or 2907 Shelter 1st. Dr. Suite 105, Point Loma, CA 92106, Ranger 29'...for 1,2,6 (to coast & Sea of Cortez for winter/exp 1,2/wants 1,2,9 (female pref., beer drinker, no deadlines, no hurried people).

Mike Gartland, 61, Marina de La Paz APDO, PO Box 290, La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mex, Catalina 36.for 2,3/exp 3/wants 1,4,9 (only gals any age). Richard LaNave, 56, (619) 427-3913 or Box 124981, San Diego, CA 92112, Islander 32.for 1,2/exp 1,2,3/wants 1,2. Rod Mell, 56, (206) 781-7743, Valiant 40 cutter... ..for 2/exp 1,2,3/wants 1,8,9 (female, happy, healthy). 'Scallywag' Tim Tunks, 52, fax (310) 827-8201 or email jmrlapaz@balandra.uabcs.mx, Islander 37.for 2,3,6 (exotic charters)/exp 1,2,3/wants 2,3a,9 (intelligence & great sense of humor). Scott Smith, 36, (4tfi) 572-8165, Pearson 303, 30' sloop. .,.for 1,5/exp 1,2/wants 1,2,3,4,6. Thomas, 60, (805) 772-1400, 37' f/g crab crushing sloop. .for 2,3,6 (Canal?)/exp 3/wants 1,2,8,9 (adventuress). Tom Mortell, 54, (714) 646-2147, 28' wooden ketch.for 1,2/exp 1/wants 2,8. Willie Evans, 61, (707) 763-5117, Box 634, Petaluma, CA 94953, 46' ketch. .for 1,2/exp 3/wants 1,2,4,9 (leaving mid-Feb. ’98).

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With reports this month on a one-of-a-kind Kids' Sailing Program in Mexico, one woman's Fond Memories of Anegada, BVI, and mis¬ cellaneous Charter Notes.

Achieving success in the crewed char¬ ter biz isn't always easy. Most areas ide¬ ally suited for sailing vacations tend to attract plenty — if not too many — qual¬ ity yachts which compete for the same clientele. So for newcomers, the best recipe for success often includes two key ingredients: an unexploited niche market and a target clientele prepared to fill it.

Although Tom and Bonnie Funkhouser have established a comfortable niche in Marin County, they've again been smitten by 'adventure bug'.

The innovative ExploraMar program cre¬ ated by Marin county sailors Tom and Bonnie Funkhouser follows just that phi¬ losophy. After testing the waters with a success¬ ful pilot program this summer, the Mill Valley couple has just begun marketing for their first full season of kids sailing programs in the Sea of Cortez (next sum¬ mer). Designed to give 11-to-16-year-old kids daily exposure to marine biology and sail training, each of six 12-day sessions will be run aboard a Moorings Beneteau 50 bareboat and will complete a circuit through uninhabited, near-shore islands of the Sea of Cortez, after setting sail from The Moorings' base at La Paz. Although the idea of spending week after week in the confines of a sailboat far from civilization with a boatload of teenagers would horrify some folks, it seems like the perfect calling for Tom and Bonnie. A graduate of Stanford and UCSB, Tom's been teaching science and math for 15 years at the middle school Page 178 • UVMJU.lt • October, 1997

and high school levels. Although he still loves teaching, he is definitely looking for¬ ward to changing the dynamics of his 'classroom'. Far from your stereotypical egghead educator, though, Tom is a very fun and entertaining guy. In fact, he's had a 20-year side career as a singer and gui¬ tarist. (You may have heat'd his band, the Cow Bay Cruz Boys, entertaining the masses at Sail Expo last spring in Oak¬ land.) Bonnie is what you might call a su¬ per-mom; the kind of parent that ends up being best buddies with visiting kids and never wants to stop ’playing'. She's also a super sailor, who earned her Coast Guard captain's license at the tender age of 21 and has been instructing and skip¬ pering charters ever since. (Bonnie cur¬ rently works for Modern Sailing of Sausalito.) We first met Tom and Bonnie on the Caribbean island of St. John, USVI, where they lived from '76 to ’86. Young, spirited There are places in the Sea of Cortez where kids can be guaranteed an opportunity to swim with marine mammals — real life education.

and carefree, Bonnie skippered her Mor¬ gan 38 Bojima on daysails out of thensleepy Cruz Bay. In those days, she and the two or three other St. John charter skippers used to recruit their daysail customers by simply greeting the arriving ferry passengers as they entered the town square. Tom commuted to work on nearby St. Thomas where he taught both native West Indians and the children of expats in resi¬ dence. On most weekend nights you could find him crooning Jimmy Buffet songs at the infamous Backyard Bar. Ah, the good old days. They later bought a restaurant of their own, which became a favorite sail¬ ors' haunt.

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curriculum will include plenty of handson exposure to disciplines such as geol¬ ogy, oceanography and marine biology. When combined with instruction in sea¬ manship, it should be an enriching expe¬ rience for all. Whoa! Education that’s fun? Adventuring aboard a customized Beneteau 50 will undoubtedly make the kids back home envious — not to men¬ tion their parents. Each of four double cabins has it’s own head and shower, plus there’s a fifth cabin forward (also with head and shower) accessed from the foredeck. The big sloop comes equipped with a GPS (which the kids can use to plot their courses), a laptop computer, a cellular phone and a CD player. Since The Moorings' Sea of Cortez base is still not as widely know as many of their other locations, the staff is enthusiastic about ExploraMar, and have offered as¬ surances to potentially nervous parents that their chase boat will always be at the ready should the boat have a problem. Several Mexican graduate students from the local university may also get into the act, sharing their 'local knowledge' of marine species on selected trips. We chose to write about ExploraMar this month because we know summer memories are still fresh on the minds of both parents and kids — and because the 50 available spots are likely to fill quickly. For, detailed info give Tom and Bonnie a call at 381 -8944 — we're told brochures will be rolling off the press early this month. — latitude/aet After learning slick navigation techniques using GPS, kids try a sextant and gain an appreciation of the challenges old-time seamen faced.

Clockwise from upper left: Teacher Tom directs his crew to a school of dolphins; observing a local underwater 'school'; whoops, a puffer — better throw this one back; a neophyte angler takes pride in his first catch.

But after a decade of sun and fun in the 'American Paradise', they decided to return to their roots in the Bay Area and raise a family. Their adorable 10-year-old twins, Scott and Heather, will serve as 'crew' on some of the summer sessions. A typical day during each coed pro¬ gram will begin with the 'skipper of the day' discussing the day's destination with the 'swabs' in his/her crew, then plotting it on a chart. On deck there'll be instruc¬ tion in sailing fundamentals followed by

a morning snorkeling session. During the morning sail each day of about two hours there'll be time for fishing and wildlife observations. As Latitude readers are con¬ stantly reminded, the Sea of Cortez eco¬ system is burgeoning with marine mam¬ mals, game fish and myriad other crea¬ tures of the deep. It can definitely get h-o-t during sum¬ mers in the Sea, so Tom and Bonnie have wisely scheduled siesta time for midday. Around 4 p.m. the sails will be set for the evening's anchorage. Science' is everywhere in this un¬ spoiled nautical wilderness, so the casual

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The Forgotten Virgin: Anegada There is an island in the Caribbean that does not beckon. In fact, it almost says "stay away." Long and narrow, Anegada lies hidden on the horizon like a sleeping alligator, 25 miles from Virgin Gorda, BVI. And like an alligator, this limestone and coral atoll must be approached with caution. Sailors don’t spot it until they're almost on top of it and then it's danger¬ ous. When Columbus gave the Virgin Is¬ lands their name, he missed Anegada completely, while many other captains found it, but didn't live to tell about it. Surrounded by reefs that have claimed hundreds of ships it's a good idea to bring an experienced local sailor along to guide you through. When you finally step safely ashore you'll find it's not a lush island. In fact, it’s rather harsh, sandy and barren, and the hotels you see upon landing are simple one-story structures. One is simple in the extreme and one is what you might call spartan' — something like a gentrified barracks. These lodgings have unpreten¬ tious restaurants to match — no theme dinners or galas —just traditional native dishes like boiled fish and 'fungi' (corn dumplings) and barbecued lobster. For those in search of a bargain in these ex¬ pensive islands, there are two camp-

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grounds, one equipped with tents and the other with bare sites where you pitch your own. The occasional visitors who visit spend time just hanging out, relaxing, reading, snorkeling or going 'bone fishing' with is¬ land experts like Garfield. You might also choose to walk along the shore looking for shells or perhaps catch a ride in Tony's taxi to the 'Settlement' where most of the 200 residents live in pastel-colored wooden houses. There are a couple of gen¬ eral stores in 'town' and several restau¬ rants. Only 11 miles long by 3 miles wide it's easy to walk anywhere or rent a bike from Romie. Beyond the salt ponds where you may spot the shimmering pink flash of a fla-

Although thousands of Americans and Europe¬ ans visit the BVI each year, very few make the trek to Anegada. Unlike her tall, volcanic sister isles, she's a low-lying coral atoll. Spread: Miles of beaches lie unspoiled; Inset: conch and other sealife exist in abundance beneath the surface.

mingo, or the graceful flight of an osprey or heron, lies Loblolly Bay with its beau¬ tiful crescent-shaped beach. If you're lucky you might spot a rare rock iguana whose ancestors have been roaming around Anegada for thousands of years. You're sure to see goats, donkeys and cattle as almost the entire interior of the island has been declared a nature reserve. If you pass a local, be prepared to stop

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On Anegada the days roll by as gently as the billowy clouds that fill the skies above. Some say there's not much to do. But with few distractions you can wan¬ der for hours along mile after mile of un¬ spoiled beach of sugar-fine sand. The water is deliciously blue, sparkling in the sun like gems in a treasure trove. Although few BV1 vacationers spend time on this quiet, forgotten island, the time I spend there left me with special memories that I often savor. Everyone needs their own special island. — dorothy aksamit Ed. note — While most crewed charter yachts in the Virgins will be happy to take you to Anegada, not all bareboat compa¬ nies will let their boats sail there due to the 25-mile 'passage' and the many miles of fringing reefs. Some companies will, however, providing you're an experienced sailor with a relatively unscathed track record. We think it's well worth the effort — and a refreshing contrast to the other

and spend a few minutes chatting — or 'limin',-as they call it. This unhurried so¬ cial custom is an important part of the daily routine. It doesn't take long to discover all ten restaurants on the island. Then the most pressing decision of the day will be what to order for lunch: swordfish, spearfish, trigger fish, grouper, tuna, shark, lobster, dolphin, conch or perhaps a West Indian specialty like Stewed mutton. Or, for a change of pace, go to the ’conch grave¬ yard’ — a small mountain of discarded conch shells — when the fishermen come in off the Water and choose your own lunch.

major Virgin Islands which have extensive development. The reefs of Anegada have no problems with ciguatera, by the way, so virtually any fish from the reef ecosystem can be eaten with confidence. Anegada is the big¬ gest local supplier of lobster to BVI restau¬ rants.

Dive boats and ferries also run out to Anegada from Tortola and Virgin Gorda’s The Bitter End Yacht Club. Charter Notes Just because schools are back in ses¬ sion and the days are gradually getting shorter, don't buy into the idea that it's time to hunker down for the winter and forget about sailing. In the Bay Area the fall is better described as 'Indian Sum¬ mer', typically offering some of the best sailing conditions of the year — the lack of fog is especially nice. So we encourage you to get out there as often as possible this month on your own boat, on a rented bareboat or aboard one of the Bay's many crewed charter vessels — perhaps with a group of friends for a special celebra¬ tion. This fall and winter, the 103-ft (LOA) tall ship Hawaiian Chieftain will again be teaming up with Washington state's of¬ ficial square rigger, the 112-ft Lady Wash¬ ington, to offer hands-on nautical edu-

Built of old-growth Douglas fir, the 'Lady Wash¬ ington' is a proud ambassador of Washington State. She'll frequent the Bay until late March.

cation programs for school kids. Both ships were built to replicate merchant vessels of the late 1700s. Under the tutelage of traditionally-cos¬ tumed crewmen, kids will gain insights October, 1997 • UKLMli • Page 181

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into the lifestyles of explorers and trad¬ ers through a series of shipboard activi¬ ties while underway and at the dock. The three-hour programs have been designed to integrate aspects of history, science, math, music, language arts and good old

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For ’grown-up’ sailors, Modern Sail¬ ing Academy is offering some of the most enticing opportunities we’ve heard of this fall. The Sausalito-based outfit will admin¬ ister a nine-month circuit of instructional coastal and offshore cruises aboard Po¬ laris, a custom Islander 53 which has proven herself on three previous South Pacific cruises. Her itinerary will take her from the Bay (leaving October 22) to the Sea of Cortez, south to Acapulco, across the pond to Tahiti and home again via Hawaii next summer. Student-sailors' with various levels of expertise — or lack thereof— may apply. Call (800) 995-1668 for the details. Finally, let us remind you there are less than 90 shopping days left until Christ¬ mas. We refer, of course, to booking char¬ ter vacations for the Christmas vacation period. In prime winter sailing venues like Antigua and the Virgin Islands, it's by far the most popular two-week period of the year. So book now, or be disappointed.

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With reports this month on the recently announced '97 U.S. Sailing Team; the deliciously mellow Jazz Cup; the mysterious new Interna¬ tional Rule 2000; another excellent NOOD Regatta; the newest Ironman; the start of the Whitbread Race; the Day on Monterey Bay Regatta; a pair of light air ocean races; and the standard allotment of box scores and rambling race notes at the end.

U.S. Sailing Team Named Three Bay Area sailors — Lynn Olinger, Erica Mattson and Morgan Larson — have made the 1997 U.S. Sailing Team. Former local and now Connecticut-based Finn sailor John Callahan also made the squad. All four are members of the St. Francis YC. This prestigious honor, which is awarded to the top five sailors in each of the ten Olympic classes, is based on at¬ tendance and performance in the past year. In addition to national recognition and a bunch of cool new sailing togs, team membership identifies sailors as contend¬ ers for the next Olympics (September 16October 1, 2000, in Sydney, Australia) and provides them with coaching, train-

astute readers will notice that globetrotter Morgan Larson has qualified for the team twice — as a 49er skipper and a Soling crew. This isn't the first time someone has qualified for two spots on the team in the same year, but it’s relatively rare. EUROPE — Meg Gaillard (Pelham, NY); Laura Dunn (Eric, PA); Lynn Olinger (San Francisco); Kim Smith (Portland, OR); Erica Mattson (Monterey, CA). FINN — Darrell Peck (Gresham, OR); John Callahan (San Francisco); Scott Griffiths (Mission, KS); Will Martin (Charleston, SC); Brian Huntsman (Drexel Hill, PA). MEN'S 470— Morgan Reeser/Bob Merrick (Wilton Manors, FL/Portsmouth, Rl); Larry Suter/PJ Buhler (Lau¬ rel, NY/Miami, FL); Peter Katcha/Jim Elvart (Dallas, TX/ Chicago, IL); Paul Foerster/Bill Draheim (Garland/ Rockwell, TX); Harcourt Schutz/Andrew Gaynor (Guilford, CT/Westerly, Rl). WOMEN'S 470—Whitney Conner/Elizabeth Kratzig (Noank, CT/Corpus Christi, TX); Tracy Hayley/Louise Van Voorhis (Coral Cables, FL/Webster, NY). 49'ER — Jonathan X Charlie McKee (Seattle/

Team players: Lynn Olinger (left) and Erica Mattson. Right, the ubiquitous Morgan Larson.

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Shoreline, WA); Morgan Larson/Chris Lanzinger (Capitola, CA/Medina, WA); Carl Buchan/Fritz Lanzinger (Medina/Seattle, WA); Andy Mack/Mark Newbrook (Mer¬ cer Island/Vancouver, WA); Derek Campbell/Scott Smith (Seattle/Edmonds, WA). LASER — John Torgerson (Annapolis, MD); John Myrdal (Kailua, HA); Jack Dreyfuss (Miami, FL); Brett

Davis (Largo, FL); Kurt Taulbee (Lewiston, NY). MEN'S MISTRAL —Mike Gebhardt(Ft. Pierce, FL); Randy Somnitz (Panama City, FL); Jean Raas (Semi¬ nole, FL); Kent Marinkovic (Miami, FL); Doug Stryker (Edison, NJ). WOMEN'S MISTRAL — Lanee Butler (Aliso Viejo, CA); Cara Reid (Edison, NJ); Beth Powell (Cocoa Beach, FL); Kimberly Birkenfeld (Myrtle Creek, OR); Jayne Benedict (Salt Lake City, UT). SOLING — Dave Curtis/George Iverson/Frank Hart (all front Marblehead, MA); Don Cohan/Tom Olsen/Mor¬ gan Larson (Wyndmoore, PA/East Dennis, MA/ Capitola, CA); Stu Walker/son Stuart Walker/Doug Loup (Annapolis, MD/Bristol, Rl/Pasadena, MD); Charles Kamps/Michael Butz/Exzra Culver (Milwaukee, Wl/Forest Hill, MD/Chicago, IL). TORNADO — John Lovell/Charlie Ogletree (New Orleans, LA/Newport Beach, CA); Robbie Daniel/ Enrique Rodrigues (Clearwater/Key Largo, FL); Zack Leonard/Brian Doyle (Barrington, Rl/Darien, CT); Lars Guck/PJ Schaffer (both Bristol, Rl); Pease & Jay Glaser (both Long Beach, CA).

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Draft, missed this year's race due to a major electrical fire the morning of the race. "Naturally, we’ve renamed the boat Backdraft," laughed crewmember Scott Easom. DIV. A (ULDB) — 1) Kwazy, Wabbit, Colin Moore; 2) Hot Rod, Pyramid 660, Arne Jonsson; 3) Wasta, Wabbit, Richard Jarratt; 4) Hare Ball, Wabbit, Jim Malloy; 5) Tulawemia, Wabbit, Mark Harpainter. (21 boats) DIV. B (123 and under) — 1) Yucca, 8-Meter, Hank Easom; 2) Insufferable, N/M 30, Peter Rookard; 3) Rocinante, Express 34, Rob Magoon; 4) Hot Foot, Choate 30, Tom Forstreuter; 5) Lisa Ann, J/92, Martin Ratner. (19 boats) DIV. C (124-138) — 1) Jane Doe, Olson 911-SE, Robert Ismirian; 2) Obsession, Hunter 35.5, Steve Gilliland; 3) Warwhoop, Contessa 33, Chuck Hooper. (8 boats) DIV. D (139-150) — 1) Freestyle, C&C 33, David Jones/Scott Parker; 2) Highlighter, Islander 36, Bill Hackel; 3) Sundancer, Hunter 34, Robert Carlen. (9 boats) DIV. .E (151-179) — 1) Ruckus, Newport 30, Mk. Ill, Paul Von Wiedenfield; 2) Noble Prize, Newport 30 Mk. I, Noble Griswold; 3) Chesapeake, Merit 25, Jim Fair; 4) Esprit Victorieux, Beneteau First 305, Joseph Melino; 5) Perpetual Motion, Cal 31, Noble Brown. (16 boats) DIV. F (180-192) — 1) Talisman Banana, J/22, Gary Albright; 2) Red Fox, Ranger 29, Mary Lindsay; 3) Voy¬ ager, Ranger 29, Dan Pruzan; 4) Grenadier, Contessa 32, Paul Osborn; 5) Luna Sea, Catalina 30, Richard Smith. (15 boats) DlV. G (193-250) — 1) Faraway, O'Day 27, Jim Mueller; 2) Sundance, Catalina 27, Ken VanStory/J. Sandoval; 3) New Direction, Cal 25, Paul Ryfa; 4) Sukey II, Kiwi 24, Tom Gardner; 5) Lone Ranger, Ranger 24, Roger Anderson. (17 boats) DIV. H (multihulls) — 1) Pegasus, F-27, Andrew Pitcairn; 2) Bad Boy, Corsair F-28, Gary Helms; 3) Beowulf V, Custom D-Cat, Susan & Alan O'Driscoll. (8 boats) OVERALL—1) Kwazy; 2) Hot Rod; 3) Wasta. (112 boats) 'Yucca' en route to a class victory in the Jazz Cup (Hank and Charlie are wearing PFDs around their waists). Inset, John Groen and Colin Moore.

to Benicia, attracted 112 starters on the gorgeous day of August 30. Cosponsored by the South Beach YC and Benicia YC, the race continues to thrive as a low-key, end-of-the-summer 'destination' race. 'The hardball players all go off on the Windjammers or the NOOD," explained SBYC Commodore Richard Smith. "Like the Pacific Cup, we're the low-key, fun alternative — and we like it that way!" Conditions were similar to past Jazz Cups — sunny skies, a warm gentle breeze that topped out briefly at 12 or 15 knots, flat water and a flood tide. Why the race committee flew the 'Y' flag es¬ capes us and, truth be told, many com¬ petitors simply removed their lifejackets (and shirts) after the start rather than swelter in them all day.

The first boat to Benicia, not surpris¬ ingly, was Alan O'Driscoll's custom cat Beowulf V, which finished at 1:56 p.m. The overall winner was Colin Moore's Wylie Wabbit Kwazy, which pulled in at 2:08 p.m., after 3 hours and 18 minutes on the race track. Moore sailed the race doublehanded with current Wabbit na¬ tional champ John Groen. "Sailing light is the only way to win this race," claimed Colin, "It's almost sill downwind, so you don't really need the extra crew. We were able to plane sooner and longer than the other Wabbits." The Jazz Cup itself, which can only be won by a yacht racing under the burgee of either host club, was brought back to Benicia YC by Bill Moore's Soverel 33 Mis¬ chief. If anyone is counting, the score in that friendly rivaliy now stands at Benicia 7, South Beach 2. The SBYC boat that won both the Jazz Cup and overall last year, John Fisher's Catalina 27 Second

International Rule 2000 Here we go again: England's Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) and the Off¬ shore Racing Club of France (UNCL) are teaming up to produce a new rating rule to be known as the International Rule 2000. Citing demand for a rule that is both simpler and cheaper than IMS, as well as one which would replace the popu¬ lar Channel Handicap System (which has come under pressure as designers have learned to exploit it), the RORC intends to replace both rules in January 2000 with their new, and still quite mysterious, IR 2000. The new rule will be promoted worldwide, and the RORC will run the Commodore's Cup in 2000 and the Admiral's Cup in 2001 under IR 2000. The International Sailing Federation (ISAF) has endorsed the new rule and will encourage its member nations, which in¬ clude the US, to adopt it. October. 1997 • U&UJtZ9 • Page 191

From what little we can gather from the RORC's press release, the IR 2000 will be a more "user-friendly" measurement rule that will operate on two levels, one for club racers (self measurement will keep the cost down) and one for grand prix boats, which will entail a valid mea¬ surement certificate. The nuts and bolts of the rule won't be known until early 1999, when the RORC rating office in Page 192 •

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Lymington will release the first draft cop¬ ies. "Clearly the composition of the cur¬ rent fleets will be much in consideration in the final phase of the evolution from the current rating systems to the new," they claim ciyptically. San Diego designer Jim Pugh, who attended some of the meet¬ ings in England about the new rule, put it another way: "Basically they don't have a clue what the new rule will look like yet."

Naked aggression at the NOOD Regatta, which was once again the best local one design event of the year. All photos 'latitude'/rob.

The IR 2000 — which was announced in a rather high-handed method with no warning— seems to some observers as a power play'on RORC’s part. "The Brits were basically responsible for the IOR rule, but then lost control of the sport's

primary rating rule when the US intro¬ duced IMS in 1987," noted one of our friends. 'They're still upset about that, and now they're making their move.'. . which, come to think of it, may not be such a bad thing. After IMS, almost any¬ thing would be an improvement!" NOOD Regatta The GMC Yukon/Sailing World Na¬

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tional Offshore One Design Regatta, the fifth in a series of seven NOOD regattas held around the country, was sailed out of St. Francis YC on August 30-31. The four-race cityfront series attracted 122 boats in ten classes, with two of the classes — Olson 30s and Hawkfarms — using the regatta as their Nationals. The Bay was on its best behavior, prompting favorable comments from jaded locals as

well as out-of-towners. "They built an arena for sailing, and called it San Fran¬ cisco," said Ed Collins, who brought his Mumm 30 all the way from Clinton, Con¬ necticut for the two-day series. "You have the best winds, the best waves, the cur¬ rent and built-in stands for the fans!" Two fleets were particularly big and competitive — the 30-boat Melges 24 fleet and the Olson 30s, who fielded 24 boats including a large contingent from Seattle. Local sailor John Oldham and his Sea Monster crew outlasted San Diego sailmaker Vince Brun to win the Melgi class. "Oldham got very good starts, played the currents well, and was very fast," noted Brun, who finished six points back. Ernie Richau of Huntington Beach, with Dave Ullman calling tactics, sailed his dark blue Vendetta to victory in the Olson 30 Na¬ tionals by three points over defending champion Keith Lorence and his Wildfire gang. Unlike the rest of the NOOD fleet, the Olson 30s began their six-race, nothrowout series on Friday. In windy con¬ ditions, one boat — Airtime, from Seattle — dismasted, and too many fouls and col¬ lisions occurred to count. The Olson 30s were easily the most exciting class to watch, especially as they crashed, burned and broke down during the first two days. Winds moderated by Sunday, but by then many of the 30s were sporting duct tape bandaids' over bashed fiberglass. "Ernie sailed really well, and the boat was immaculately prepared," noted Ullman. 'This was the end result of six months of practice and sail development, and we also arrived three days early to practice on the Bay. We went out practic¬ ing in 25 knots, and really got our act together downwind. We were one of the few boats in the Nationals that never crashed!" Other notable NOOD finishes were turned in by Bob Garvie, who won the first Mumm 30 one design regatta ever held on the Bay with his Bullsette. (Garvie sold the boat the following week — see Race Notes). Seven Mumm 30s competed in the fleet's debut> with three boats mak¬ ing the long trek from back east for the event. Invariably, these road warriors all expressed a desire for the NOOD to be a day longer, while the local sailors were quite content to have Monday off for non¬ sailing activities. Meanwhile, young Vaughn Seifers sailed Predator to a 1,1, 1,2 record to win the seven-boat Hawkfarm Nationals for the second year in a row, while the 'usual suspects' took home the pickle dishes in the other classes. The best 'trophies' of the weekend went October, 1997 • UmUc19 • Page 193

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to the raffle winners: Linda Kerslake of Belvedere won a year’s lease of a GMC Yukon, and Ned Vassilev of San Francisco won a week's charter with Sun Yacht Charters. Supporting sponsors of the funfilled weekend included Interlux, Hall Spars, North Sails, High Sierra Sport Company and Samuel Adams.

The New Ironman Two years ago, Justine Faulkenburg was the first person in known history to complete Latitude's Ironmah Challenge, a sailing marathon involving three differ¬ ent regattas (Windjammers, Jazz Cup, NOOD) over Labor Day Weekend. Aaron Lee and Brent Draney successfully met the Challenge in '96 and, just last month. Will Matievich became the fourth sailor to ever pull off the stunt. As far as we know, he was the only person to complete the Challenge this year — what's wrong with the rest of you couch potatoes, any¬ way? Page 194 • UFUJUZg • October, 1997

headed to Benicia in the Jazz Cup aboard Insufferable, an aluminum N/M 30 that Lowell North once raced on. Again I was the foredeck crew, pretty easy duty for this gorgeous downwind sail. We pulled into Benicia early, correcting out second in our class. There was plenty of time to party, enjoy the music and sunshine, and savor the expensive drinks. "By Sunday morning I was tired, but I needed to drive my girlfriend Lisa to work in the city. After sharing some coffee at South Beach, I decided to head over to the St. Francis to see if I could find a ride. Since this was the second day of the NOOD and most classes had crew weight limits, I really didn't expect a big need for extra crew. Happily, I found a spot (foredeck again) on Big Dog, a SC 27. Big Dog, which only decided to race the NOOD because there weren't enough SC 27s, had come to the regatta shorthanded and looking for crew. "Overall, this turned out to be a good year to pull off the Ironman Challenge — good winds, fast boats, and a little seren¬ dipity made it a mostly-painless experi¬ ence." Whitbread Race Begins They’re off! At 1 p.m. on Sunday, Sep¬ tember 21, ten state-of-the-art Whitbread 60s stormed" across the starting line in Southampton, England, to begin the sev¬ enth Whitbread Race, now known as the

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Willpower: The newest Ironman, Will Matievich, was last spotted crewing on 'Raven' in the Big Boat Series.

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Our newly crowned Ironman is a 35year-old opthalmic engineer from Ala¬ meda. He’s been sailing for about 25 years, the last eight on the Bay. A mem¬ ber of Alameda YC and SSS, Will owns and races a Capri 25 called Quickie, pri¬ marily in the Estuary. He also crews on a lot of different boats ("basically, anyone who will take me!"), including WYSIWYG, Insufferable, Fever and Espresso. Among other uses of his spare time, Will helped Arne Jonsson build the Azzura. Here is Will's summary of his busy weekend; "I knew what sailing the Ironman was about, but had never seriously considered doing it until, well, about two thirds of the way through the recent Labor Day Weekend. Both the Windjammers and Jazz Cup are fun races, and 1 had fast rides for both. Lining up a ride in the NOOD on Sunday was a low priority com¬ pared to shuttling cars to Santa Cruz and Benicia. "I sailed on Phoenix, a modified Mac¬ Gregor 65, to Santa Cruz. The race down was fun and uneventful, except for the round-up and the round-down. It seemed impossible to stir Phoenix back to her feet while she was on her side — in both cases, we doused the kite halfway, got her stand¬ ing up, turned down, and then ground the chute back up again. The grinders' arms were wasted pretty quickly! As the foredeck crew, that included my arms too. A particular highlight of the day was watching Lakota sail by us a few miles past Mile Rock — a beautiful sight! "On Saturday, I was back on the Bay

The importance of being Ernie: Alamitos Bay YC sailor Ernie Richau steered 'Vendetta' to vic¬ tory in the Olson 30 Nationals.

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J/35 — 1) Major Damage, Chris Perkins & Dave Wilson, Jr. & Sr., 5.25 points; 2) Kiri, Bob George, 9.75; 3) Deadline, Richard Wixted, 12. (5 boats) 11:METRE— 1) Pier 23 Cafe, Hogan Beatie/Chris Watson, 6.5 points; 2) Blue Dog, Ed Sporl/Tim Wells, 9; 3) Ronstan, Mike Ratiani, 9.75. (6 boats) MUMM 30 — 1) BUIIsette, Bob Garvie, 8.75; 2) Peregrine, David Thomson, 9.75; 3) USA #48, Ed Collins/Barry Allardice, 10.75. (7 boats) OLSON 30 (Nationals) — 1) Vendetta, Ernie Richau, 17.75 points; 2) Wildfire, Keith Lorence/Mike Ellis, 20.75; 3) Zephyros, Cal Maritime Academy, 33; 4) Splash Tango 2, Stacey Wilson/Frank Morris, 34.75; 5) War Canoe, Michael Goldfarb, 39; 6) E-Ticket, Chuck Allen, 45.75; 7) Roadrunner, John Hoag, 48; 8) Run Wild, Dave Scroggin, 52.75; 9) Jack's Back, Jack Easterday, 56; 10) Tacos Pescados, Rick Boston, 56.75. (24 boats) J/29 — 1) Advantage II, Pat Benedict, 3 points; 2) Thunderbolt, Dan Wilshin, 11; 3) Wave Dancer, Rich¬ ard Leevey, 12. (7 boats) HAWKFARM (Nationals) — 1) Predator, Vaughn Seifers, 3 points; 2) El Gavilan, Jocelyn Nash, 13; 3) Roadhouse Blues, Torben Bentsen, 15. (7 boats) EXPRESS 27 — 1) Bessie Jay, Brad Whitaker, 8.5 points; 2) Sonita, Craig Page/Bill Melbostad, 13; 3) New Moon, John Franklin/Carl Schumacher, 14; 4) Summer Palace, Bart Harris, 18.75; 5) Baffett, Forest Baskett/ Tom Baffico, 24.75; 6) Peaches, John Rivlin, 27. (13 boats) SC 27 — 1) Jersey Girl, Greg Miller, 6.25 points; 2) Hanalei Express, Rob Schuyler/Roger Sturgeon, 8.75; 3) Cruzin', Barry Hopkins, 11. (5 boats) MELGES 24 — 1) Sea Monster, John Oldham, 7.75 points; 2) Rush, Vince Brun, 13.75; 3) Casey Jones, Don Jesberg, 15.75; 4) Powerbar, Darin Buchalter/ Seadon Wijsen, 19.75; 5) Twist & Shout, Jessica Lord, 20.75; 6) Big Monday, Joe Londrigan, 21; 7) Not the Family Buick, Michael Stone/Shawn Bennett, 34; 8) #45, Steve Maseda, 34; 9) Trailblazer, Chris Collins, 35; 10) Typhoon, Tony Wattson, 39. (30 boats) J/24 — 1) Air, Tim Duffy/Susie Gregory, 14 points; 2) Cool Breeze, Phil Perkins, 17; 3) Aslan, Paul Bogataj, 17.75; 4) Grinder, Jeff Littfin, 20.75; 5) Casual Con¬ tact, Seamus Wilmot, 22; 6) Cujo, Kimo Winterbottom, 27; 7) Snow Job, Brian Goepfrich, 28.5. (18 boats)

SHEET

Whitbread Race for the Volvo Trophy. Paul Cayard’s EFLanguage led the charge, fol¬ lowed closely by Swedish Match and Toshiba. The fleet powered away on a port reach down the Solent with only one mis¬ hap — Innovation Kvaemerll blew out her gennaker 15 minutes into the race while trying to avoid a collision with one of the estimated 4,000 spectator boats. Several hours later, Chris Dickson had piloted Toshiba into first place — but with over 7,000 miles to go, it's obviously way too early to draw any conclusions from these early reports. Co-skipper Dennis Conner, who got off Toshiba 30 minutes before showtime, declared, "It was an outstand¬ ing start in all respects." The first leg — 7,350 miles to Cape Town — is not only the longest of the nine legs, but also one of the most challenging tactically due to the many weather pat¬ terns that will be encountered. This is the first time since 1985 that Cape Town is back on the dance card, and the leg will include two islands off the coast of Bra¬ zil, Fernando de Noronha and Trindade, that must be left to starboard. Essentially, this is a new race course for everyone involved. The fleet will converge at the two turning marks, which will be fun from a spectator point of view, but unfortu¬ nately limit the tactical options of the trail¬ ing boats. Getting through the Doldrums in good shape has traditionally been the ticket to winning this leg, but under the new scoring system — which gives points for each leg rather than cumulative time — a runaway winner of this opening leg can no longer cany forward their advan¬ tage over the rest of the race. The fleet should pull into Cape Town around October 18 or 19, after nearly a month at sea. Only then will we know if the pre-race odds were on target: accord¬ ing to William Hill, England's version of Jimmy the Greek, Toshiba and Merit Cup are 5-2 favorites to win overall, followed by Silk Cut (3-1), America's Challenge and Swedish Match (8-1), Chessie Racing (101), EFLanguage (12-1), Kvaerner (16-1), BrunelSunergy (20-1) and EF Education (33-1). Tradewinds YC of Costa Rica, the web site that pioneered legal betting on the TransPac this summer, ranked them slightly differently: Silk Cut (5-2), Merit Cup (3-1), Toshiba (4-1), Swedish Match (7-1), America's Challenge (8-1), Chessie Racing and EFLanguage (8-1), Kvaerner (10-1), BrunelSunergy (15-1), and EF Edu¬ cation (32-1). There were a fewpersonnel shake-ups

in the weeks before the race, most nota¬ bly aboard Paul Cayard's EF Language. In an unexpected development, naviga¬ tor Nick White "resigned" and was re¬ placed by Sausalito sailmaker Mark Rudiger, who will sail the first two legs on EFL and possibly the whole race. Some observers felt that White was made the scapegoat for EFL's poor performance in the Fastnet Race, but Cayard put it in a different light: "It's too bad that things didn't work out with Nick, but better now than later." Switching navigators just be¬ fore an event of this magnitude is a dras¬ tic measure, so the situation must have been dire. Another surprise came earlier in the month from Chessie Racing owner George Collins, who removed himself as skipper. Collins, 57, has decided not to sail the first leg, or very much of the race, as he now believes the boat has a better chance to win without him on board. Jim Allsopp and Mark Fischer have been named co¬ skippers, and other talented guest driv¬ ers — such as John Kostecki, who will appear for legs four and eight — will ro¬ tate through. Not that anyone asked us, but minimizing crew changes seems like a better approach to winning the Whitbread Race. Meanwhile, as expected, Ross Field — who won the Whitbread 60 class last time with Yamaha — was announced as co¬ skipper of America's Challenge along with Neil Barth. Halvard Mabire, who sailed the last race on La Poste, will navigate and Yamaha vets Richard Bouzaid and Jeff Scott will act as watch captains.

(beer), Jugos del Valle (juice) and Herdez (foods). With sponsors like these, we imag¬ ine America's Challenge will be throwing some savage parties along the way! Tune in next month to find out who won Leg One, and to get an inkling what the pecking order will look like for the next nine months. If you can't wait that long to be enlightened, check out the Whitbread's excellent website at http:// www.whitbread.org. Lots of sailors have already discovered this cool resource — the site got in excess of five million hits within six hours of the start of the race!

Sharp dressed men: The 'Toshiba' crew at the office. With snappy outfits like this, how could they not be the pre-race favorites?

an organization which provides mentor¬ ing for single-parent children. "It was a fun day for a worthy cause," claimed SCYC spokesman Ron Merrall.

America's Challenge also announced their four financial backers, all Mexican com¬ panies: Jose Cuervo (tequila), Corona

Day on the Bay Regatta Forty-three boats sailed in the sixth annual Day on Monterey Bay Regatta, hosted by Santa Cruz YC on September 7 as a fundraiser for Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Santa Cruz County. The event, which formerly benefited the United Way, featured a reverse handicap start, sunny weather, a barbeque dinner, music and over 50 raffle prizes. Major regatta sponsors included SCYC, West Marine, TV station KSBW, and ra¬ dio station KWAV. In a great display of community spirit, more than 60 local businesses contributed all the raffle prizes as well as huge quantities of food for the post-race party. Two local charter boats, Chardonnay II and Team O'Neill, were donated as spectator boats. In another encouraging trend, 21 boats entered with corporate sponsorship, more than in any past year. Altogether, the 'feel-good' day raised about $20,000 for Big Brothers/Sisters,

PHRFI (under 140) — 1) Mirage, SC 70, Jim Ryley; 2) Ingrid, SC 52, Bill Turpin; 3) Scorpio, Wylie 42, John October. 1997 • UtCUJLli • Page 195

THE RACING Siegel. (16 boats) PHRFII (141 -170) — 1) Mercedes, Moore 24, Joel Verutti; 2) Moorgasm, Moore 24, Hank Niles; 3) Wild* fire, Moore 24, Tom Conerly. (12 boats) PHRF III (171-300) — 1) Sea Dolphin, Catalina 22, Bill Boaz; 2) Surge II, Santana 22, Charlie Roskosz. (4 boats) ' NON-SPINNAKER — 1) Baythoven, Ranger 26, Barbara Booth; 2) Transition, Islander 30 Mk. II, Ron Merrall; 3) Perfect Thirty Six, Catalina 36, Bud Hill. (6 boats) MULTIHULL — 1) No Name, Hobie 20, Roger Neathery; 2) Beowulf V, Custom Cat, Alan Driscoll; 3) Three Sigma, F-27, Marc Hersch. (5 boats) CORPORATE — 1) Mirage, Cupertino Electric; 2) Ingrid, Netscape; 3) Mercedes, Granite Rock. (21 boats)

1-14 World Championships Near-perfect Berkeley Circle conditions and excellent race management by Rich¬ mond Yacht Club combined to make the 1997 International 14 Worlds the "best ever" in the words of one longtime British 14 sailor. Seven races were sailed between August 22-29 in mostly 15-20 knot con¬ ditions on the Berkeley Olympic Circle, on the same 15-mile course each day. Charles Stanley and Mo Gray from the UK dominated the regatta, winning the practice race and the first three races. They sailed in a new Paul Bieker US-built and designed (Bieker II) hull, with a New Zealand Tim Willets mast, and UK Hyde sails. And we’re not kiddding about new — the practice race was only their sec¬ ond time in the boat! The Bieker II hull's performance was one of the revelations of this Worlds, as the US team of Zach Berkowitz and Karl Baldauf, also in a Bieker II hull, took fifth overall, winning race 6, and leading race 7 before their main halyard failed. Eighty-two boats — including 31 from the UK, 8 from Australia, and 6 from New Zealand — participated in the first World Championship since the 1996 amalgam¬ ation of the 1-14 and Aussie/NZ 14 skiff classes. Amazingly, five significantly dif¬ ferent hull designs from the UK, Austra¬ lia, and the US, with a large variety ofrig and sail designs, competed very closely. I-14s must measure within the following primary rules: overall length (14 ft.), wa¬ terline width (44 in.), gunwale width (6 ft.), mast height (25 ft.), and main/jib area (200 sq. ft.). A 300-340 sq. ft. asymmetri¬ cal spinnaker flies off a 9-ft. retractable pole. These rules allow significant flexibil¬ ity in hull shape, rig, and sail plan. 14s plane upwind in about 13 knots of breeze,' and downwind in about 10 knots. Races 1-4 were sailed in mostly flood tides, although the 15+ knot conditions, usually building to around 20 knots at the finish around 3 pm (1 pm start each day), kicked up the feared short Berkeley Page 196 • UtUJUW • October, 1997

SHEET Circle chop, causing many world class' pitchpoles at the front of the fleet. Race 2 was the series' windiest, with consistent 20-22 knot winds throughout. With Stan¬ ley and Gray establishing early domi¬ nance, others such as Lindsay Irwin and Rob Oshlack from Australia, gave chase with seconds in the first two races. 1995 World Champions Roddy Bridge and Adam Goodchild from the UK had con¬ sistent top five and top ten finishes, while Grant Geddes and Craig Watkin from Australia took thirds in races 3 and 4. Contrary to conventional belief that the 14 is strictly a boatspeed endeavor, the races were extremely tactical, with differ¬ ent sides of the course paying off on dif¬ ferent beats in each race. Gains could also be made downwind by gybing away from the laylines at the appropriate times. The long W-L-W-J-L-W-L-W-J-L-W courses allowed for opportunities to make up lost ground later in the races. The leaders completed most races in less than 2 hours. After a much-needed lay day, the final three races were sailed in mostly ebb tide conditions, with race 5 providing "light" winds of 10-15 knots. This race was won by Kiwi Grant Bourke, with Stanley and Gray having their worst race, a fifth. Races 6 and 7 went back to the normal 15-20 knot conditions. Going into the last race, only 6 points separated places 2-6, with hometown favorites Berkowitz and Baldauf holding 2nd overall on the water for a time before the broken halyard moved them back to twelfth in race 7 and fifth overall. Bridge and Goodchild con¬ tinued their consistent sailing with a fifth in race 7 and second overall. Geddes and Watkin held on for third overall in their first World Championship ever! 1991 sec¬ ond place Worlds crew Zeb Elliot of the UK, sailing with Chris Turner, won one race and sailed an excellent series to fin¬ ish fourth overall. While each race had its share of break¬ downs and broken masts, at least 60 boats finished each race, including most of the six Japanese boats (each sailed with under 300 lbs combined crew weight, making it very difficult to handle the windy conditions). Most 14 masts are now carbon, so many of the broken masts were repaired and ready to sail the next day. On shore, all enjoyed newfound in¬ ternational cooperation and camaraderie. Richmond YC members graciously hosted most competitors in their homes or on their boats, and also provided breakfast, lunch and dinner to the competitors. Around 150 volunteers helped make this event run very smoothly. Hopefully, this high level of international competition will

continue at the 1999 Worlds in Mel¬ bourne, Australia, with up to 140 boats expected. — chris hanke TOP 20—1) Mighty White, Charles Stanley/Mo Gray, GBR, 10 points; 2) Granny Takes a Trip, Roddy Bridge/Adam Goodchild, GBR, 34; 3) Ghost, Grant Geddes/ Craig Watkin, AUS, 36; 4) Hott, Zeb Elliott/ Chris Turner, GBR, 37; 5) USA 1117, Zach Berkowitz/ Karl Baldauf, 42; 6) Irwin Sails, Lindsay Inwin/Rob Oshlack, AUS, 49; 7) Swizzlestick, Grant Bourke/ Mathew Mitchell, NZL, 59; 8) The Idiots, Stewart & Robert Vickery, AUS, 59; 9) Victoria, Andrew Fitz¬ gerald/Martin Borrett, GBR, 60; 10) Screamin' Sheila, James Fawcett/James Storey, GBR, 65; 11) Spurs Rides Again, Andy Partington/Bunny Warren, GBR, 67; 12) USA 1106, Gary Gremaux/Chris Hanke, 69; 13) Alexander Saits, Dave Alexander/ Don Hart, AUS, 76; 14) GBR 1397, Paul Vine/Adam May, 88; 15) Hyde, Colin Goodman/Jim Turner, GBR, 94; 16) Livewire, Jono Rogers/Luke Ratcliff, AUS, 96; 17) Splosh, Howard Steavenson/Philip Wade, GBR, 101; 18) GeGe, Matthew Berridge/George Wright, GBR, 114; 19) Brown Eye, Jamie Hanseler, Kris Bundy, USA, 116; 20) Dig¬ nity, Ian Teasdale, Nick Keast, GBR, 125. (82 boats)

Maxi Worlds The Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup and con¬ current ILC Maxi World Championship were sailed last month in Porto Cervo, Sardinia. Conditions ranged from less than five knots to over thirty knots. With all the boats having completed at least some optimization since the last meeting of the entire fleet at the '96 Big Boat Se¬ ries. the racing among the ILC maxis was much closer. In fact, both Morning Glory and Sayonara were winners — Sayonara’s Larry Ellison took home the giant oyster shell ILC class trophy, while Morn¬ ing Glory's Hasso Plattner won the 18karat gold Rolex for the Maxi Rolex Cup. Thie first day’s racing, held in 3-4 knots of breeze and shifty conditions, saw the light air favored boats really move. Alexia (the totally rebuilt Windquest) won the first race, with Sagamore taking second. Morning Glory’s notorious string of bad luck continued when seven crewmembers went over the side up forward during a roll-tack in that first race. Evidently, the design specs didn't take into account the weight of seven guys roll-tacking a maxi, and several stanchions and the bow pul¬ pit failed. Fortunately, we managed to re¬ cover all seven while completing the tack, nev^r having to alter course. The second day of racing saw great im¬ provement for MG. Hasso, with Russell Coutts’ tactical coaching, banged the start, and we stretched out to win the mid¬ distance race. Boomerang excelled in the moderate conditions, taking second, and Sayonara finished third. Chris Dickson was the tactician and back-up helmsman for Sayonara, which was ably staffed with her usual contingent of Bay Area sailors October. 1997 • UtZUMlS • Page 197

THE RACING including Jeff Madrigali, Mark Rudiger and Stuart Felker. And so Morning Glory went into Wed¬ nesday’s double-weighted 100-miler lead¬ ing the regatta. Again Hasso won the start and we hit the top mark first. We lost a little on the reach, but then stretched on the run, all in beautiful 15-18 knot con¬ ditions. We rounded the first bottom mark with a one minute lead on second-place Sayonara, and began a tacking duel with them up the coast. But then bad luck struck again — our main halyard broke. By the time we re¬ covered, we were in fifth, just behind Fal¬ con. Our situation wasn't helped by hav¬ ing Sayonara tack on us as we were limp¬ ing along under headsail alone. Our bow¬ men, Alexi de Cenival and Dean Phipps, did a great job of getting a snatch block on the top of the mast, while MG’s cap¬ tain, Barry McKay, removed the vang so that we could sheet on the main. We had passed Falcon again upwind and then Alexia on a reach. Just ahead, Boomerang had pulled alongside and to weather of Sayonara, loolung to roll her. But then Boomer’s kite blew, and Say¬ onara pulled ahead for keeps. Going up the next beat between the islands, Boo¬ merang went in too far, and with a hor¬ rendous crunch, hit a rock while going about 9 knots. The grounding injured several people fairly seriously (including owner George Coumantaros, who broke his cheek and jaw), and knocked Boo¬ merang out for the series with severe structural damage. Sayonara went on to win comfortably by about 3.5 minutes. Following their win in the long race, Sayonara went on to dominate the rest of the ILC Maxi class championships, while Morning Glory continued her week-long

Carnage was significant — following a long motor up to the starting area, Sagamore broke their carbon boom while hoisting the main. Next, Alexia’s boom started to collapse under the load of some too-narrow strops for the outboard reeflines. This was one place where MG’s experience in big breeze — namely the Hobart Race and the Fastnet — really paid off for us. We hoisted the main with a reef and sailed the course, hitting 21.6 knots planing in flat water under our full-size ounce and a half. Alexia, in position to take second from us, opted to follow un¬ der #4 jib alone, hoping we would break something. We didn't, and ended up se¬ curing second in class and first in IMS overall. Next stop on the maxi circuit is Florida, where there will be a few tune-up races in January before the '98 Worlds, to be held in March in the Dominican Repub¬ lic. The schedule hasn't been set after that, but Block Island Race Week and the Bermuda Race are likely venues. — ronn 'rondo' loewenthal (morning glory) Bill Moore's Soverel 33 'Mischief' won the Jazz Cup for Benicia YC this year.

lead in the broader IMS-based Rolex Maxi Cup fleet. Going into Sunday's finale, Sayonara had a lock on the class cham¬ pionship — we couldn't beat her, while she couldn't beat us in the overall IMS standings (go figure!). So, faced with 30 knots of breeze, Sayonara opted to sit out the last race, and was joined by almost all the other competitors. The only ones who raced were those with meaningful postions to gain or lose.

Two Ocean Races Fifty-five boats sailed in San Francisco YC's 56-mile Farallones Race on August 23. Winds peaked at 5-7 knots, making the race excruciatingly long — more than one sailor labelled it "the worst one ever, a complete hate mission." Only 9 boats finished the light air marathon before mid¬ night, led by Robert Shaw's J/130 GaiJin at 9:30 p.m., fully 50 minutes ahead of Dolphin Dance. "We went south while almost everyone went too far north," ex¬ plained crewmember Alan Prussia. "We hit the shifts right, and just laughed our way around the course." The last boat to fin-

BOX SCORES TOUR DU LAC (Butte SC: Aua. 31:20 miles): OPEN KEEL— 1) Charles Copeland, Victory 21; 2) George Evans, McGregor 25. (5 boats) OPEN CENTERBOARD — 1) Mark Stahl, Thistle; 2) Wade Hough, Raven; 3) Paul Melcon, Banshee; 4) Brad Seaberg, Thistle. (8 boats) OPEN MULTIHULL — 1) Robert Helper, Nacra 6.0; 2) Mark Forwalter, Nacra 5.5; 3) Larry Wells, Nacra 5.8; 4) Dave Hagen, Nacra 5.8. (8 boats)

Away, Doug Storkovich, San Rafael, 10; 3) Wide Load, Lucie Van Breen/Bruce Wilcox, 16; 4) AWB, Darrel Louis, Santa Cruz, 18; 5) Gandalf, Carl Qultzau, Soquel, 27; 6) Ice Nine, Brendan Busch, La Honda, 27; 7) Backdraft, John Rizzi, San Jose, 35. (7 boats) Winning crew — Bill Keller, Sr. (owner), Bill Keller, Jr. (driver), Dave Hodges (tactician), Mike Martin, Patrick Bouard, Alan Patterson, Ann Miller, Don Chaney, Cam Lewis.

EASOM FOUNDERS REGATTA (SFYC. Seat. 6-7): 1) Meat, Craig Healy, 4 points; 2) Mr. Natural, Bill Barton, 10; 3) Celebration, Henry Fisher, 14; 4) Ice 3, John Jansheski, 31; 5) Diane and the Kids, Bob Park, 41; 6) White Jacket, John Sutak, 41; 7) Jumper, John Ravizza, 44; 8) Bird Dog, Jeff Wayne, 44; 9) Air Tuna, Jim Gregory, 49; 10) Hyper, Tom Oiler, 54. (17 Etchells, 4 races)

FALL.SCQRE. tZiSsuM Qjvz. Y&SepL W; DIV. 1 — 1) Octavia, SC 50, Shep Kett; 2) Ingrid, SC 52, Bill Turpin; 3) Redhawk, SC 40, Lou Pamblanco. (7 boats; 20.4 miles) DIV. II— 1) TechnoTrousers, Moore 24, Roger Ivie/ Mark Gibbs; 2) Prince Charming, Spruit 30, Terry Drew; 3) Details, Andrews 30, John Pancello. (8 boats; 18.5 miles) DIV. Ill — 1) Pau Hana, J/24, Cliff McNamara; 2) Moonchild, Olson 25, Tim Kelbert; 3) Guava, J/24, un¬ known. (5 boats; 15 J2 miles)

SMJMA35.NATIQNALS (MPY.C: Seal 6-7; 5 races): 1) Camavat, Bill Keller, Salinas, 7 points; 2) Dance

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JESTER 7QLA SLIDE (Sept 7: a 7-rnilQ ‘Q£BM.,ra.S$‘l: j OVERALL — 1) Joe Francis; 2) Andre Lacoun 3) Dennis Bassano. (13 boats) LIGHT — 1) Joe Francis; 2) Andre Lacour, 3) Ian i Klitza. HEAVY—1) Dennis Bassano; 2) Wan Wirtanen; 3) Gary Tracey. JUNIOR — 1) Joseph Crum.

tiARP CHINE REGATTA (RYC: Seat. 13-14: S races): \ LIGHTNINGS — 1) M. Brewer, 9 points; 2) S. Firrkboner, 16; 3) J. DeBenedetti, 16. (9 boats) SNIPE — 1) Doug & Laura Nugent, 8 points; 2) Joe Harvard/John Taggliamonte, 25; 3) Mike Mack/Tony Su, 27. (9 boats) MERCURY — No starters. STAR - No starters.

THUNDERBIRD — No starters. *

WEST MARINE FUN REGATTA fSCYC: Seat 20-211 LASER-A—1) Matt Ntacolis, 7 points; 2) Pat Brown, XLifi.

SHEET ish, Greg Nelson's Thunderbird Ouzel, crossed the line at 9:56 a.m. after a tena¬ cious 23 hours and 21 minutes on the race course. Given the slow going, it was remarkable that only 13 boats opted for DNFs. Two weeks later, on the sunny week¬ end of September 7-8, a smaller fleet of 39 boats reconvened for the jaunt to Half Moon Bay and back. Co-hosted by Island YC and Half Moon Bay YC, the race was another tame one. Straight line sailing with white sails was the fashion each way, with kites only going up for the last few miles. "We sailed the whole weekend in shorts and, like the Farallones Race, never got the decks wet," marvelled Nick Barnhill, owner of the Olson 911-S Redux. Barnhill’s boat is equipped with a water temperature gauge, which showed 66-67° at the Farallones, and then 63° off Half Moon Bay. "It's the warmest I've ever seen the water, fully 10° more than normal. Probably as a result of this, we saw lots of sunfish and other wildlife out there." The OYRA season concludes on Octo¬ ber 11 with Richmond YC's Junior Wa¬ terhouse Race. Courses for that race range between 24 and 50 miles, with the finish line (and post-race chili and chow¬ der feed) at Richmond YC. FARALLONES RACE (SFYC: August 23): PHRO IA — 1) Gai-Jin, J/130, Robert Shaw; 2) SunDog, Bianca 414, Bill Wright: 3) Dolphin Dance, SC 50, Dave Sallows. (8 boats) PHRO IB — 1) Friday Harbor, J/35, Ryle Radke; 2) Major Damage, J/35, Chris Wilson/Dave Wilson, Sr. & Jr.; 3) Jabiru, J/35, Brian Dunn/Bill West. (10 boats) PHRO IIA — 1) Mistress, Swan 53, Tom Mitchell; 2) Enchante, Beneteau 42, David Jacoby/Rob Barton; 3) Intrepid, Baltic 37, Karsten Mau. (7 boats) PHRO MB — 1) Island Girl, Islander 36, Frank Burkhart; 2) Juggernaut, Islander 36, Bill Parks; 3) Scotch Mist, Cal 39, Raymond Minehan. (7 boats)

16; 3) RJ Ward, 18; 4) Robbie Home, 19; 5) Chris Ward, 23; 6) Evan Lyons, 46; 7) Daegon Keller, 53: 8) Ben Martin, 62. (15 boats) LASER-B — 1) Christian Miller, 8 boats; 2) Brad Niewstad, 9; 3) Mercedes Hunt, 22; 4) Loren Byme, 30. (6 boats) CFJ — 1) Sharon Denning/Katie Drueding, 5 points; 2) Evan Dlola/John Schofield, 16. (4 boats) LASER II — 1) Rufus Sjobeng/lan Rogers, 6 points; 2) Abby Swann/Katie Clausen, 14; 3) Joey Pasquali/ PatDiola, 16. (7 boats) OPTIMIST — 1) Nick Ward, 5 points; 2) Terra Anne Plumley, 12.6. (4 boats) * EL TORO-A —1) Duncan Gilliam, 15 points; 2) Tim Armstrong, 16; 3) Andy Goodman, 19; 4) JV Gilmour, 20; 5) Jaciin Prior, 27; 6)Travis Kool, 29; 7) Derek Meyer, 29. (11 boats) EL TORO-B — 1) Nolan Goodman, 5 points; 2) Mallory McCollum, 16; 3) Rachel Cherry, 20; 4) Garrett Boyden, 24; 5) BJ Clausen, 27. (11 boats) (5 races) _

Double take: Bill Keller, Sr. and Bill Keller, Jr. won the Tuna 35 Nationals. See 'box scores'.

MORA I — 1) Low Profile, Moore 24, Doug Frolich; 2) Baffett, Express 27, Forest Baskett/Tom Baffico; 3) Friday, Express 27, John Liebenberg. (6 boats) MORA II — 1) Latin Lass, Catalina 27, Bill Chapman; 2) Redux, Olson 911-S, Nick Barnhill; 3) Freewind, Cal 9.2, Don & Betty Lessley; 4) Go Dog Go, Santana 22, Bill Vanderslice. (12 boats) SHS — 1) Tiger Beetle, Newport 33, Rob Macfartane; 2) Lipstick, Express 27, David Bennett.(4 boats) MULTIHULL— 1) Erin, Antrim 30+, Dan Buhler. (1 boat) HALF MOON BAY RACE (IYC/HMBYC. Sept. 6-7): PHRO IA — 1) (tie) Oaxaca, SC 50, Dick & Patti Cranor, and X-Dream, X-119, Steen Moller, 3.75 points. (3 boats) PHRO IB — 1) Petard, Farr 36, Keith Buck, 1.5 points; 2) Paladin, SC 33, Dean Daniels, 5 points. (5 boats) PHRO IIA — 1) Intrepid, Baltic 37, Karsten Mau, 1.5 points. (4 boats) PHRO IIB — 1) island Girl, Islander 36, Frank Burkhart, 3.75 points. (4 boats) MORA 1—1) Baffett, Express 27, Forest Baskett/ Tom Baffico. (4 boats) MORA II — 1) Ouzel, Thunderbird, Greg Nelson, 5 points; 2) Latin Lass, Catalina 27, Bill Chapman, 6.75; 3) Redux, Olson 911-S, Nick Barnhill, 7. (9 boats) SHS — 1) Tiger Beetle, Newport 33, Rob Macfarlane, 2.75 points; 2) Tinsley Light V, WylieCat 30, Hank Grandin, 3.75; 3) Salty Hotel, Express 27, Mark Halman, 6. (8 boats) MULTIHULL — 1) Erin, Antrim 30+, Dan Buhler. (2 boats)

Race Notes Farr out! San Francisco YC member Walt Logan is moving up from his Mumm 36 Blue Chip to a new Farr 40. The new Carroll Marine-built boat will be ready next spring, and will participate in both the Pacific Cup and Kenwood Cup next summer. Seadon Wijsen and Carlos Badell will be among the crew of the new Blue Chip. Mike Condon, owner of the Express 34 Endurance, followed Logan’s lead and has also ordered a Farr 40. Honolulu sailor Doug Taylor is also getting one, and he may keep his new boat on the Bay

during part of the year. Rumor has it that Sayonara owner Larry Ellison is contem¬ plating adding one to his boat collection, too. At least one other former big boat owner in the Bay Area is also a "strong candidate." A Farr 40 one design class on the West Coast suddenly seems like a dis¬ tinct possibility — wouldn't that be great? Another SFYC member, Alice Ghirardelli of Mill Valley, just purchased the Mumm 30 Bullsette from Bob Garvie. Alice, a regular crew on hot boats like Blue Chip and Recidivist, will campaign her new boat out of Sausalito. . . MORA sailor and former Ironman Brent Draney just bought the B-25 Zilla from Mark Tho¬ mas, who moved up to the N/M 39 Raven. . . Colin Case has donated his Schum¬ acher 35 National Biscuit to the Belve¬ dere Cove Foundation. The still highly competitive boat is available for charter. Lost and found, and lost again: Gerry Roufs' BOC 60 Groupe LG 2, which dis¬ appeared on January 7 during the Vendee Globe, was sighted 300 miles off the coast of Chile in mid-July. However, details were not made public until recently at the re¬ quest of Roufs’ widow, who was attempt¬ ing to raise funds to salvage the boat. The 60-footer was first sighted by a merchant ship, and then again two days later by Chilean authorities in an aircraft. Subse¬ quent efforts to locate Groupe LG 2 proved futile. The boat was floating upside down with both rudders and bulb keel intact — ironically, positive ID was easy due to the boat's name painted on the keel. Original speculation that Roufs had hit an iceberg, lost his keel or suffered some other struc¬ tural damage have now been eliminated. Schocking news: "The Santana 20 class is making a big comeback!" claims builder and '97 national champion Tom Schock. "It's cheap thrills — and it's one design, so you really can't outspend any¬ one." There are about 920 Tuna 20s loose on the world, including 11 of the new open transom models and "about 40" in the October, 1997 • UtUJU J? • Page 199

THE RACING vicinity of Folsom Lake. Tom expects 30+ boat fleets at the '98 Western Regionals on Huntington Lake in mid-July and also at the '98 Nationals at Rush Creek YC (Dallas) next October. New boats go for around $ 15k, while -used ones can still be found under $5k — but maybe not for much longer! Call Schock at (909) 2773377 for .the full story. Out and about: The British duo of Mark Upton-Brown and Ian Mitchell won the 41st annual 505 Worlds in Denmark. Americans Howie Hamlin and Mike Mar¬ tin entered the last race only 2.3 points out of first, but stumbled to a ninth place finish, and third pverall. . . Aussie skiff champs Chris Nicholson and crew Daniel Phillips took the Team McLube 49er North American Championship in New¬ port, RI. Second in the 24-boat fleet went to the McKee brothers: third to Morgan Larson and Kevin Hall. . . Sixteen teams competed in the Cigna Knickerbocker Cup, a grade one match racing event sailed in J/105s in New York Harbor last month. Terry Hhtchinson of Annapolis, who dominated the J/24 NAs here in August, was the surprise winner, taking home $15,000 of the $50,000 purse and

a Citizen watch for each crewmember. Hutchinson, who was ranked a lowly 192nd prior to the event, beat Peter Holmberg 2-0 in the finals. Pre-regatta favorite Peter Gilmour (AUS) ended up third, followed by Bertrand Pace (FRA), Tomislav Basic (Croatia), Murray Jobes (NZL), Dave Dellenbaugh (USA) and Sebastian Destramau (FRA). Meanwhile, closer to home: Monterey Peninsula YC defeated the Naval Post¬ graduate School Sailing Association in the Orrick Cup on August 24. The event is an annual 3-on-3 team racing series sailed in Shields, which this year came down to the wire with MPYC winning 2-1. Winning skippers were Dick Clark (a twotime Shields national champ), Mark Chaffey and Donna Wombie. . . Len and Bill Fiock won the Day Sailer PCCs over a small fleet at Sequoia YC in late Au¬ gust. . . Twenty-three boats sailed in Santa Rosa SC's 47th Annual Labor Day Regatta on Bodega Bay. Winners in the five-race series were Tom Dost (Lido 14) in the centerboard board class: John Schulthess (Catalina 250) in the keel class: and Peter Minkwitz In the ten-boat Pelican class.

Fast women: 36 teams from eight countries were sailing in the '97 Rolex International Women's Keelboat Cham¬ pionship in Newport, RI, as we went to press. Dethroning the formidable Betsy Alison — a four-time winner of both this event and the Rolex Yachtswoman of the Year — is the name of the game. Coiy Sertl, Jody Swanson, Courtenay Becker Dey and Heidi Backus Riddle are among the top competitors. There are also three solid California efforts, headed by Vicki Sodaro (Tiburon), Liz Hjorth (Marina del Rey) and Charlie Arms (San Diego), com¬ peting in the prestigious J/24 regatta. Thoughts on the Auld Mug: "It has got¬ ten so out of hand. I think that spending $60 million on a (Cup) campaign — with one out of four people in the world not getting enough to eat — is a travesty, and I'm completely turned off by it. . . It's not the same as it was." So said billionaire philanthropist Ted Turner, who defended the America's Cup with Courageous in 1977, in an interview in the Providence Journal-Bulletin. Turner was in Newport, RI, for a 20-year reunion with his Coura¬ geous crew, which included sailing his old steed in a local fundraising race. With

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other turbosleds, Cheval and Magnitude, are going also), the newish SC 52 City Lights and the SC 50 Incantation, which will be sailing doublehanded. Space is lim¬ ited to 70 boats, and the race will prob: ably be 'sold out' again by Thanksgiving. Call Mary Lovely at (415) 441-4461 for more info. Pebble stars: Twenty-four kids repre¬ senting eight yacht clubs from around the country got the "opportunity of a lifetime" on Sept. 15-16 when San Francisco YC hosted the second annual ID-48 Youth Cup. After six races aboard Brassy, Sniper, America True, Northland Furniture and Abracadabra, the juniors from St. Francis YC — skipper Whitney Gilmour, Dan Malpas, and Todd Anderson — were de¬ clared the winners, barely edging out the team from Mission Bay YC. Other clubs that competed were Encinal, Seattle, Waukegan, King Harbor, San Francisco and Hampton-Stockton. "It's great that the owners and the pro sailors of these expensive boats make this event possible," said Jim Robinson, head of youth sailing at SFYC. "To place these boats in the hands of high school aged folks takes a tremendous leap of faith!"

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With reports this month from Tafia on the ups and downs of taking a dinghy through the surf; from Mr. Klu>l on the Musket Cove Regatta in Fiji; from La Brlsa on the waterspout and chubasco that hit Puerto Escondido; from Another Horizon on Indonesia; from Spellbound on the joys of retirement, a long marriage, and cruising in Hawaii; from Moonshadow on the pleasures of a summer in the sizzling Sea of Cortez; from Mare Alta on different ways of looking at life; and Cruise Notes.

Tafia — Cal 34 Jim Meeker The Dinghy landing (Northern California) After hundreds of beach landings without mishap — pause for the roar of laughter — may 1 suggest that all new cruisers contemplate the following: — All dinghy landings should be observed and scored from shore. — Broaching in surf can result in broken and/or lost equipment. It could also result in severe injuries or even death — if the outboard propeller is still turning. — Weight and weight distribution are critical during a dinghy landing. The lighter the dinghy, the better. — Even small waves will fool you. A 30-inch waves hitting a dinghy with nine inches of freeboard means everybody and everything gets wet. Waterproof and secure everything. — Dry out the ignition system, drain the carburetor, and get the motor running again ASAP after 'it' happens. And yes, everyone who takes their dinghy to shore in Mexico will dump it at least once. s Aboard Tafia, I carry a tricked out Avon Roll-Up — which I never take to the beach — and my favorite, an Avon Redcrest. The latter has 7-inch fixed Two men with the proper dinghy, outboard, and associated gear. If you're going cruising, you need to be similarly equipped.

wheels on the motor mount and is 90 pounds lighter that the Roll-Up. When there’s more than a foot of surf, I row the Redcrest with the bow just out of the water and the weight a bit aft. Avoiding a broach while facing the waves isn’t too difficult, especially after some practice. A block of wood placed between the mounting clamp and engine drive shaft housing provides much more prop clearance that the stock lift lock. This extra clearance prevents both the 'polevault' landing — always a sure crowdpleaser — and a broken propeller. Props are expensive and hard to find in Mexico. With the wheels up, clear the runway because I’m making a straight in landing. You need luck and timing to do this without your outboard suffering any propeller damage. With the wheels down, I power in on the back edge of a breaking wave. It’s an impressive sight — unless one wheel briefly snags. In that case, the immediate broach and catapult effect from the next wave always scores well. The beach referees may even add points if the boat is guilty of 'clipping', 'illegal blow to the head', and/or 'piling on its former occupants’. Hopefully, the prop isn’t turning. When leaving the beach, 'poling out' with an extended — lengthened — oar sometimes works. Longer oars are better anyway. Wading out into chest deep water with the dink inevitably ends up in a near broach as the last person jumps, kicks, and crawls aboard — often knocking the dinghy into the dangerous 'beam to the wave’ position in the process. Fear not, 'it' will go unnoticed by the judges as they don't work nights. Here's a dinghy landing story I heard second-hand — but from a reliable source: This cruiser broached during a beach landing at Melaque. Naturally, Philomena rang the bell and cheered lustily. The crowd roared — not knowing how serious the trouble was. The dinghy operator had head between the lifting rope and the inflatable tube, and as the dinghy spun in the surf, a tight knot formed around his neck. Luckily the

dinghy spun the other way, allowing him to escape. But it was a close call for sure! —jim 9/15/97 Readers — The most frightening cruising sights we saw last year were of first-time cruisers making beaching landings in the small surf at Turtle Bay and later dinghying around at Bahia Santa Maria. If you’re a first-time cruiser, please, please, please, heed the following warnings: 1) Invest in reliable equipment. This means a quality dinghy and a reliable outboard. No, they aren't cheap. Nonetheless, these are two of the most important cruising investments you make. Like all good investments, if properly cared for, they’ll reward you with many years of excellent service. 2) You must also have a good set of oars — no, not those flimsy things that bend backward on the first good pull — and a good dinghy rode and anchor. You'll quickly learn that the oars and anchor don’t do any good if you forget to

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There's only one way to punch through a break¬ ing wave — straight on and with some speed. Otherwise you're screwed.

get and how careful you are, you’re still going to get dumped — so be prepared!

put them in the dinghy. 3) Don’t forget the flashlight and — unless you’re in the most protected of enclosed waters — a handheld VHF radio. 4) Dinghy landings in all but the calmest of conditions should be left to those who are fit, nimble — and who know the kind of injuries that an out of control outboard prop can do to human flesh. 5) If you’re not fit, if you're not nimble, and you’re not experienced with waves, have a knowledgeable vet give you some lessons. First in their dinghy, then in yours. Then practice in calmest conditions you can find. 6) There are two immutable, truths of dinghy landings. First, you’re going to have to go back out through the surf to get back to your boat; and second, if you get turned broadside to the surf you're screwed. 7) No matter how much experience you

Mr. Kiwi — 47-ft sloop Bobbi Coggins Musket Cove, Fiji (Bay Area) Greetings from Musket Cove Resort, Fiji! I’ve been in Fiji crewing aboard Mr. Kiwi, a 47-ft sloop registered in New Zealand. Besides spending the first four out of five weeks here thinking that I must still be sailing on San Francisco Bay — the weather was that cold, rainy, and windy — cruising here in Fiji has been great. The Fijians must be the friendliest people in the South Pacific! We are currently participating in the annual Musket Cove Regatta, which has attracted 67 boats. It seems as though every boat in Fiji has been heading in this direction for the last few weeks. The week began when cruisers dressed as pirates raced off to 'attack and pillage’ the Beachcomber Resort. We thought we were well armed with water balloons. Unfortunately, we ran out of ammunition before reaching our destination. So we /

had to defend ourselves from other raiding pirates. Okay, so we attacked a few yachts and took a couple of captives). As for the racing, the maxi Condor of Bermuda won line honors — by motoring from start to finish! We would have protested, but protests aren’t allowed! So we ate, limboed, danced, and prevailed over the Beachcomber Resort guests in the tug of war competition. After a day of rest, we raced to Castaway Island in perfect sailing conditions. Emotional Rescue — also known as Emotional Mess — skippered by Graeme Woodruff, set an all-time course record of 24 minutes and 05 seconds! Emotional Rescue also won the Around Malolo Race, which featured winds of between 0 and 20 knots, depending on where on the course you happened to be. The race included a sad reminder to be watchful around the reefs, as we sailed around Black Rock and got an up close and personal view of Rock Steady, a Kiwi yacht that had gone up on the reef just the day before! She was a very sad sight, high and dry on her side atop the reef, with helpers removing as much gear from her as possible. Jhe famous wet T-shirt and hairy chest contests were held and yours truly Dorothy Wood of 'Gigolo' shows her 'live figure¬ head 'style at last year's Musket Cove Regatta.

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won the prize for the most . . . no, not that, but rather the most outrageous hat. Wide-brimmed and covered with a mosquito net from head to toe, topped by a giant mosquito and a can of Off and a fly swatter, I called it ’Fighting Back'. A warning to those under the illusion that cruising is stress-free. It takes a lot out of a person to create a mosquito out of tinfoil, kabob sticks, and string — particularly after all those $2 rums. The international crew of Mr. Kiwi — owner David Stone, Kiwi; Tato, Filipino; Leslie, Kiwi; Maria, Filipino; Anne, Brit; and myself, a Yank, also won prizes for the Most Artistic Sand Sculpture, Ugliest Skipper, Funniest Hat, Dance Contest, Wife Carrying Contest, Bowline Tying, Live Figurehead, and Best-Dressed Yacht. Mimi of Silver Cloud won the women’s Coconut Putting contest. West Coast yachts participating in the Musket Cove Regatta were Bill & Gail of Bright Wing; Doug & Tracy of Carlotta; Gary of First Tracks; Ernie & Emily of Quiet Times; Earle and Anne of Sirius; Art of L’AnimaU and Dan & Elizabeth of Daq Attack. Another sad bit of news was the loss of the yacht Camelot, on the reef west of Vanua Levu. Bill and Jan were rescued by Silver Cloud and flew back to the USA shortly after the disaster. I’ll be jumping ship to Paul and Gisi's Tiki for the Musket Cove to Port Vila, Vanuatu Race. I’ll be back in California at the end of September for the crush — wine-making is in the blood. Then I’ll be looking for another boat on which to continue cruising. — bobbi 8/20/97 Bobbi — Is there anything more fun than doing a crazy regatta with a truly international crew? We've been to Musket Cove to see the great things Dick Smith has done for yachties and to marvel at the spectacular clear waters of Fiji. But never during Regatta Week. We intend to change that in '99 when the Wanderer's Ha-Ha Across the Pacific call on Fiji during Regatta Week. La Brisa — Mason 44 M.J. Bakken & Wayne Andrew Waterspout At Puerto Escondido (Ramona, California) August 4 started just like any other day down here at Puerto Escondido, Baja. 1 listened to the local net 0800, Page 204 • UuuUtZS • October, 1997

followed by the Chubasco Net at 0900. The Chubasco usually provides extensive weather information from a Southern California meteorologist. We were particularly interested in updates on hurricane Guermo, but he was 225 miles south of Cabo and so we appeared to be out of danger. The VHF radio had a lot of chatter, so we turned it off after the weather report. Next I switched over to WWV to listen for any storm conditions in the Eastern Pacific. Other than possible thunderstorms for Mazatlan north, there didn’t seem to be any concerns. So Wayne and I went about our chores for the day. I had some sewing to do down below while Wayne worked on the engine. A couple of hours later he looked out the companionway to notice thunderheads. Then we heard their accompanying rumble. Immediately we went topsides to strike: our canvas sunshade. It was raining heavily before we got even half the sunshade down. It was while Wayne went below to shut the ports that I suffered my first shock. We live in the mountains and I’ve

This photograph of Puerto Escondido and the Sierra Gigantica may be 20 years old, but the chubascos still keep coming.

seen several small cyclones, but I was dumbfounded to hear wind that sounded like jet engines. Then I saw what appeared to be a large white mystical form, revolving like a Tilt-A-Whirl at a carnival! A couple of hundred yards behind it was a similar dusty brown form. "What’s that?" I yelled to Wayne. They’re waterspouts!" he replied after coming up the companionway. "Hang on!” We watched as the two waterspouts blew through the anchorage without any reason to their path. The force of the wind was tremendous. Despite having no sail up, our boat was knocked so fair over that the port rail touched the water! The wind was so strong that it blew our boarding ladder and fenders over the starboard lifelines and onto the deck. Our dinghy flipped three times, dumping the fuel tank and oars. With the rain stinging our faces and visibility reduced to less than 100 feet, we were glad not to be on the open water. The wind — recorded at 73 knots in the Outer Harbor and 59 knots in the Inner Harbor — drove three boats

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ashore. Fortunately, none of them were seriously damaged and later the crews of China Girl and Sparta helped pull them back out to deep water to be reanchored. Even more indicative of the force of the wind was that two of the three radar supports on a neighboring boat got mangled! There were a couple of ironic and comical aspects to the wild weather. After our dinghy flipped, we saw our wooden oars floating out the channel to the 'Waiting Room'. We were certain we'd never see them again, but the next day we found them on the opposite shore — inside the bay! On the other hand, we never did find our unsecured jerry jugs that blew away. Then there was the boat that has a mechanical lift to hoist the dinghy onto the boat. When the owner went home to the States, he neglected to disconnect the dinghy from the lift. The force of the wind blew the dinghy from the lift and off the back of the boat. During the height of the blow, the dinghy 'yo-yo-ed' from the end of the metal cable. After the waterspouts, the wind continued to blow at hurricane force for a short period. When the wind died down

to 30 knots, I went below to continue shutting windows. The rain had made the five steep companionway stairs slippery. I fell — seemingly in slow motion — hitting the steps hard with my elbow and then landing spread-eagled on the cabin sole. In all the excitement of the wild weather, I didn’t notice much pain. By the following day, however, my elbow had swollen to the size of a football and really hurt. 1 visited a doctor in Loreto who had me check into a hospital for a couple of days. I guess I was the, only one injured in the anchorage. Most people in the Puerto Escondido anchorage had gotten about 30 minutes warning that bad weather was coming. The storm had first hit 25 miles south at Agua Verde, and one of the yachties had called other yachties in Puerto Escondido on the VHF to warn them. But during the chubasco, I’d inadvertently turned the marine radio off, so we didn’t get the warning. When the weather forecast called for thunderstorms and 35 knots of wind for the next couple of days, most of the cruisers laughed and said, "If it’s not at least 60 knots, it’s not a big deal." Wayne has always preached be prepared for emergencies, but Baja — which usually seems innocuous — can lull you into complacency. This is my first year of cruising and it was a wake up call for me to pay attention and stay alert to local conditions. -m.j. 9/1/97 Readers — Chubascos are violent exceptions to the normal summer and fall weather in the Sea of Cortez. Puerto Escondido is a good place to be when one hits, as the mostly soft shore cushions boats that drag. Another Horizon — Valiant 40 Steve Salmon and Tina Olton Indonesia And Asia (Berkeley) Last year was unusual. Instead of cruising for six months and then settling down somewhere for six months — as we did in Mexico the first year, New Zealand the second, Australia the third — we were on the go the whole time, mostly passage-making instead of cruising. The timing, as always, was dictated by the

weather. In order to take advantage of favorable winds, weather and currents, most cruisers sailing westward around the world find they need to leave Darwin by August, cross the Indian Ocean in January or February, and go up the Red Sea by March or April. And that’s what we did. We left Australia on July 28, en route to Indonesia, and stopped at a place called Ashmore Reef. Thirteen miles long, this huge reef is one of Australia's National Parks. Giant turtles’ heads pop up everywhere in the lagoon, and in the morning their tracks across the beach look like the tire tracks of bulldozers. There are more species of fish — 747 — than in all of the Coral Sea. The reef is also habitat to the world's greatest abundance and variety of sea-snakes. The warden in charge of the park told us the snakes are very friendly and can’t harm you. "They just wrap themselves around your neck and look at you through your snorkel mask!" he laughed. Despite the snakes, Tina did go swimming and snorkeling. She says she only saw small snakes and wasn’t frightened — it was the large shark swimming beneath her that gave her concern! From Ashmore, we continued on to Indonesia. The contrast with the very In American, we get our bulk foods at Costco. In Inddnesia, they get them from the local rice house.

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sparsely-populated northern parts of Australia was startling. Indonesia has a population density of 270 people per square mile, compared with just six per square mile for Australia. We chose the 'independent' route from Darwin — rather than participating in the Darwin/Ambon race — and checked in at Kupang. This city was a good introduction to Indonesia, as we visited an ikat weaving center, a boat-building village, a weaving compound, and an antik store where they sold animist carvings. On the island of Savu, we found a local guide to take us to the village of Namata, a center of animisi beliefs and sacred ceremonial sites. Apparently other tourists had been there before us, because the villagers charged us a fee for visiting, a fee for shaking the old chief s hand, and a fee for taking pictures. When we started taking pictures of the ceremonial stones where they perform animal sacrifices, however, the chief got very upset and started waving his stick at us. We apologized and left quickly. Rinca and its neighboring island of Komodo are the home of the famous komodo dragons' — more accurately known as giant monitor lizards. Steve went ashore at Rinca to arrange a guided tour and found a sign welcoming people to Komodo National Park. Underneath the sign was a six-foot long replica of a dragon. Rather a nice touch, Steve Nearing the end of their wedding procession, the bride and groom appear to be nearly overcome by the prospect of a life together.

thought — then it hissed-at him! The real live dragon was no, more than a foot from his ankle, so Steve made a hasty retreat. That afternoon we took the tour along with friends from several other boats, and saw five or six more komodo dragons. Two of them were 10 to 12 feet long and had claws that were as much as 18 inches across, We also saw monkeys in the trees, water buffalo in the streams, and wild horses roaming the fields. At Senggigi, on the west side of Lombok, seven of us ffom three boats went on another tour. We stopped at the local market, where the locals came and went in-donkey carts — some of which were elaborately painted, with bronze coach lamps and bells on the donkey harnesses. We also visited a weaving center and villages that specialize in pottery and basket-weaving. Then we visited the Sasak village in the hills, where the natives live in square huts — usually on stilts. The huts have wood frames and are daubed with lime and covered with grass. On the way back, we came across an incredibly colorful Hindu wedding procession. When we started to take photos, the members of the procession beat the drums and clanged the cymbals louder and faster. We crossed Lombok Strait against a 'tide' of hundreds of sailing outriggers — a beautiful sight — and were soon in fabled Bali. A Hindu island in a mostly Islamic nation, fascinating Bali has very different customs and traditions. The main harbor of Benoa is colorful — but noisy. You're right under the flight path of the jets leaving the airport, the loudspeakers on a nearby mosque call the faithful to prayer five times a day starting at 0430, and the harbor is busy with the coming and going of big freighters, cruise liners, local cruise boats, and — most colorful of all — local fishing boats. One type is very sway-backed and looks like it’s about to capsize when it turns. Another type has diesel engines bolted to each side, with a very long propeller shaft running down at an angle into the water. A third type is a tiny outrigger canoe that fishermen paddle around in before casting their nets. We rented a car with another couple and spent three days driving through the real' Bali. The highlights were

Batubulan, about 20 miles north of Benoa, where there’s a famous dance performance called the Barong Dance; Ubud, the cultural and art center of Bali; Gunung Kawi Temple, where we saw 20 foot tall figures carved out of solid stone cliffs on either side; and the 'mother' temple at Besakih, which is actually 30 separate temples on seven terraces. After Bali we only stopped at a few more islands: Bawean, where the Customs officer invited us to his home and served us various Indonesian dishes (we tried to imagine an American customs official inviting a group of foreigners into his home for a meal — and failed); the Riau group; and the island of Batam. The passages were a real challenge because of numerous obstacles: hundreds of small fishing boats, many of them unlit; small, floating buoys marking fish nets: clusters of branches and tree limbs tied together with more stuff hanging down below to make 'fish aggregation devices'; and larger boats, fishing trawlers, freighters, and oil tankers — all going in different directions.

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of a live-firing exercise. Singapore and more, next month. — steve & tina 9/15/97

Spread: bang the drum loudly — an Indonesian wedding procession. Inset: Steve and Tina seem to be enjoying their circumnavigation.

Indonesian fishermen have a disconcerting habit of charging at your boat either head on or broadside, only to veer off at the last second. Some locals later explained the seemingly odd behavior: If the fishermen think they have a bad spirit on board — perhaps they haven't caught any fish — they want to get rid of the spirit. Because bad spirits can’t make sharp turns easily, the best way to 'toss off a bad spirit is by making a high speed charge at another boat and making a last second right angle turn. Yachts owned by "white monkeys" are said to be ideal targets on which to ditch bad spirits. While that was a good explanation, sometimes we think the boat charges were merely the marine version of what we found on land: infinite Indonesian curiosity. They like to look at us — up close and personal — to see how we live. In the markets, they peered into our bags to see what we'd purchased; in the streets they bumped into us to feel our

clothing; and they asked incessant questions, such as our names, where we were from, why we were in Indonesia, and so forth. Our short trip across the Singapore Strait from Indonesia was the most hair-raising passage to date. Singapore is now the busiest port in the world, and even if ships don’t stop there, they pass through the strait to save going through the multitude of islands to the south. It’s one thing to have an 80-ft Indonesian fishing boat swoop down on you for a look-see, but quite another to have an 800-ft super tanker bearing down on you. These huge vessels neither stop nor slow down for a little Valiant 40. In the three hours it took us to cross the Strait, we encountered more than 100 freighters, container ships and super tankers. In the midst of our efforts to dodge them all, there was a violent rain squall which reduced visibility to near zero — so we had to locate all the ships on radar and judge their course and speed with it. And there was more. After we were across the Strait, a flotilla of Singapore Coast Guard boats charged at us yelling for us to change our course, It seems we'd wandered into the middle

Spellbound — Seawolf 40 Dave & Marina Thomas Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii (Oregon) Aloha from Kauai, where we can’t believe that another year has zipped along. We must be having too much fun. Spellbound is the 40-ft Seawolf ketch that we bought when I became an Oregon-based defense industry casualty in '92. At the time we said we were delighted to lose our 'golden handcuffs’ due to the world not wanting to play war anymore. We were probably kidding ourselves, but that's all water beneath the keel. Having had a 30-year break, we decided to finally go cruising again. So we headed for Hawaii with our son Nils along as crew. Since then our plan has been to go with the flow. To smell the flowers. To put our lives in the hands of our higher power. To let go. But I’ve got to tell you that it took some doing. It was very easy and very hard at the same time. We make our own reality, and life — like the ocean — isn’t always gentle or fair. But so what? We still get to choose and it’s a wonderful life. Our only regret is that we didn’t start cruising earlier. One of the best parts of cruising is the many gentle people we’ve met. Like Greg and Cyndie Rose on Blue Ribbon. and Steve and Pam on Celtic. Of course. No matter how old you are, there's something about Hawaii that permits you to be a kid for¬ ever.

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there are a few not-so-gentle cruisers, too. But what goes around comes around. I had my blood pressure measured the other day, and it was 120/70. I guess those full moon nights sailing to Honolulu and back keep me from getting stressed out. Or maybe it’s catching those fish in the channels between the islands. Or the scuba diving. Or the sailboarding. Then again; maybe it’s watching Marina do the hula — because she’s really good at it! So the years have been slipping by, and we’ve sailed many seas, and grown in ways we wouldn’t have imagined. As for my son Nils, he's grown into just the man I would have hoped to be when I was 21. They sure seem to become independent and self-assured when they get taken off the street and put on the water. Nils recently left to crew for Dr. Mimi George — who was married to Dr. David Lewis of Icebound and We the Navigators. Nils and Dr. George are now about 1,500 miles out aboard the 32-ft gaff rig Colin Archer Griphon, headed for Taumako at the southeast end of the Duff Island chain. They plan to finish a anthropology research project in September, then head for New Zealand’s South Island for the hurricane season. It sure beats watching TV. Our daughter Cathy is in Portland Page 208 •

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working on her degree. Ellen is in Southern Oregon raising a family and watching the bears get into the garbage cans. My sweet wife and 1 just got back from the Big Island, where we celebrated 36 years together! She got to swim with the dolphins. It made my heart warm just to watch, because with her constant smile and playful nature, she’s just like the dolphins. That’s good, because it gives some balance to my more quiet nature. Over the years we've found that we don’t always have to agree to stay together; we just have to want to be together. It takes two people working on it. For anyone thinking about taking off cruising, I would say 'just do it'. It won’t be what you think it will, but it might be much more. The flowers do smell great. As for us, we’ll stay here in the Islands as long as we’re supposed to. Right now I’m going to get an ice cream. I’ll think of all of you while I enjoy it. P.S. The mizzen staysail works like a champ. Thanks for the tip. — dave 9/15/97 Moonshadow — Deerfoot 62 George Backhus & Mai Tai Summer In The Sea (Sausalito)

While still recovering from the repeated 'rum fronts' that hit us during the Sea of Cortez Sailing Week activities, Ingrid and I frantically secured Moonshadow in preparation for our trip back to the States. We left the boat in the able hands of Carlos Solis at the Marina de La Paz. Alas, Ingrid was returning to San Francisco to resume her career; she’ll be missed aboard Moonshadow and by the cruisers who came to know her. I spent four weeks in the States, frantically trying to catch up with all my family and friends, track down a multitude of boat parts and other things not available in Mexico, attend to affairs such as income taxes (ugh!), and of course enjoy some of the best sailing in the world on San Francisco Bay. When I returned to La Paz — my favorite Mexican city so far — Moonshadow was hauled to get a fresh coat of bottom paint and reprovisioned for a summer in the Sea. I rejoined my 'buddy boating’ friends, Ruth and Buddy of Annapurna, in Santa Rosalia for a few days before they headed off for the U.S.A. Since then, I’ve been hanging out in the vicinity of Santa Rosalia, Mulege and Loreto/Puerto Escondido, which is about a third of the way up the Sea. For those who haven't been lucky enough to cruise down here, the Sea of Cortez is bordered on the west by the

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Baja peninsula and on the east by the Mexican mainland. I like to describe it as the Grand Canyon — but three-quarters filled with seawater! It is beautifully austere, with many spectacular rock formations. In many places countless cacti grow right down at the water’s edge. The unusually heavy rainfall during this El Nino year has made the desert come to life, with abnormal amounts of greenery and blossoms giving it an almost surrealistic appearance. With its many remote islands, plentiful fish and sea life, numerous protected anchorages, generally placid waters, cheap living, and close proximity to the States, the Sea of Cortez offers some of the best cruising grounds in the world. The many cruisers who left home with intentions of circumnavigating but never made it past the Sea have dubbed it, 'the Sea of Broken Dreams'. Every day down here we cruisers have our own live version of the Nature Channel. As we watch from the cockpit of Moonshadow, the show begins vpth manta rays jumping three feet out of the water and doing bellyflops and double back-flips. Even in the anchorage we’re often visited by groups of dolphins, who sometimes put on a Marine World-type acrobatic show. And sometimes they scratch' themselves on the anchor chain.

A typical Sea of Cortez panorama from the peak on Isla San Francisco. As is often the case, it's calm.

If there are bait fish about, dorado — more commonly known in the States as mahi mahi — are usually flying along, half the time in the water, half the time out, in hungry pursuit. Round about sunset, the pelicans dive bomb upon their prey, scooping up dinner with their flexible beaks. At night we have to sometimes turn off the lights; if we don’t, the light attracts so many splashing fish that they drown out the sound of the stereo! Despite reported overfishing, the Sea still has an abundance of delicious fish and other delectable treats. With a minimum amount of skill, one can pretty much put a seafood entree on the table seven days a week. Dragging a line while the boat is moving will sometimes bring a dorado or yellowfin tuna — both of which make for excellent eating. My cat Mai Tai has developed a Pavlovian response to the boat slowing down and the fishing line being reeled in. She stands on point on the cushion of the aft cockpit, waiting for her dinner to be hauled aboard! Snorkeling in any good habitat will usually result in a either spiny or slippery lobster. The slippery lobster is a

prehistoric-looking creature with a very high percentage of tail-to-body — which means yum, yum, yum. After donning scuba gear and brandishing a spear gun or pole spear, we have taken all sorts of delicious reef fish such as grouper, cabrilla, pargo, triggerfish, hawkfish and grunt. Some of the beaches have clam beds full of pismos, steamers — and chocolates, the most delicious and most plentiful. The name comes from the beautiful brown variegated brown stripes on the shell. Twenty minutes of work in the water will usually net enough for a bucket of steamed clams or a batch of clam chowder. We’ve even eaten the fruit of some of the cactus after a good rain! There’s Only one word to describe the climate in the Sea of Cortez during the summer: Hot!!! It can be clear, rainy, dry, humid, windy, still or whatever, but it’s also always going to be hot!!! The daytime temperatures range from 95° to 110°. You don’t have to think about drinking those recommended eight glasses of water a day, as it comes naturally. One also learns to slow down — as even typing too fast can cause you to break out in a heavy sweat. In order to cool off, you have to get into the water — which is warm. too. It’s about 90° on the surface, so you need to get 20 to 30 feet down to find really cool off, which means SCUBA diving is the October. 1997 •

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call. MaiTai, cursed with her permanent black fur coat and lack of interest in swimming, is generally comatose during daylight hours. By the time you get a sack of ice cubes back to the boat, it’s half-melted, so after you put it in the freezer, it turns back into crummy old block ice. The Sea is plagued with 'ghosterlies', which are winds of little force and direction. Occasionally, there will be a Santa Ana-type of windstorm that comes up very suddenly at night, and the wind can blow 50 knots for a couple of hours. Then there are the dreaded chubascos-, these little buggers are intense thunderstorms that pack up to 80 knots of wind and often torrential rain. Both blows play havoc with awnings and other loose items, to say nothing of dinghies. Most of all, however, you have to worry if your boat is going to drag or if someone else’s boat is going to drag into you. As for the lightning, it can toast your electronics, knock you on your ass, and scare the shit out of you. Then, too, the Sea of Cortez is at the top of the Eastern Pacific 'hurricane belt'. Most hurricanes start in southern Mexico and head west out into the Pacific, dissipating before reaching land. Every once in a while, however, one makes a big U-turn and heads back west and over the Baja peninsula. We cruisers listen to the ham radioS, weather broadcasts regularly and watch the paths of tropical disturbances like Russians watch their Mir space station. Big fish, little fish, round fish, square fish, moray eel — it's easy to live off the sea when you're cruising in the Sea of Cortez.

Although it is generally veiy relaxing to cruise here, you must always be prepared for the worst. The scuba diving has been good to excellent all summer. Most of the islands have numerous dive sites to explore. With lots of caves, pinnacles, and sheer rock walls, the underwater terrain is always interesting, Although the Sea of Cortez doesn’t have a coral reef, there is an abundance of beautiful tropical fish, eels, turtles, manta rays, nudibranchs and sea fans. Some locations also have sea lions. \ While cruising the Sea, I’ve done most of my provisioning in Loreto. A quiet little fishing village that was home to the ’ first of the California missions, it was founded 300 years ago. Provisioning in Loreto is a little like trying to do your grocery shopping at the 7/11 in East Jesus. The selection is poor and when they run out of something — like butter — it could literally take weeks before they get restocked. A huge thanks to all my visiting friends who schlepped much needed parts and provisions down with them from the U.S. to Loreto. The Sea of Cortez versus the mainland coast? Here one swaps storm covers for wind scoops, foul weather gear for scuba gear, and at night wool blankets for cabin fans. The mainland has nice marinas while the Sea has gorgeous anchorages. The mainland has fuel docks, while in the Sea you haul jerry jugs to your boat after siphoning diesel from 55-gallon drums in the back of a pick-up truck. The Sea has fewer tourists and more travellers. On the mainland you track the stock market, in the Sea you track hurricanes. In the Sea we listen to Chris Issack’s BajaSessions. on the mainland they do the macarena. In the Sea we eat out once a week, on the mainland we eat onboard once a week. In the Sea the most you normally wear is a swimming suit — and usually less. Some things we want to remember about the Sea: Hanging out in La Paz with my cruising pal Eric of Chicadee and running into a spontaneous 0200 jam session on the malecon. The Mexicans and gringo Lee played guitar with half a dozen others singing. Also the many lunches and dinners at Tacos Mario, the best taco stand in La Paz — and the only one with an outside sales force! Getting the coldest Pacifico

ballenas — quarts of cerveza — wrapped in insulating newspaper, at the deposito (liquor store) a block from Tacos Mario. Enjoying the best hamburgers in Mexico at a little stand only a block from the Marina de La Paz. They’re only about $1 each! The summer solstice and full moon occurring on the same day while anchored at Bahia Ballandra near Loreto. By the way, this resulted in a simultaneous sunrise/moonset and sunset/moonrise on the same day. Living in two swimsuits and a t-shirt for a week — and by the end of the week the T-shirt was still clean. Exploring the 'commodious caves' on Isla San Marcos with Diana and Tom on Sweet Dreams and Ruth and Buddy on Annapurna. The verrry fruitful lobster hunt with Mike and Nell from Tortue. Dorado and yellowfin tuna jerkey made according to Ted Gimble’s yummy recipe. Standing on the bow and seeing my anchor well set in 30+ feet of water. Getting boat parts in Mexico — freight and duty free — via Downwind Marine in San Diego. They arrange to have your stuff brought down by private car to Santa Rosalia, Loreto and La Paz'. ' There’s more! Spearing a lobster

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Panama and the Galapagos Islands. If the El Nino weather pattern doesn’t interfere too much, we should be making the passage to the Marquesas Islands in the South Pacific in early April. Happy cruising to everyone! —jorge & mai tai 9/9/97

When you get to the end of the road in Loreto, you find that things haven't changed all that much in 300 years.

under a rock at Isla Carmen — and then having to fight a huge moray eel for it! Watching a meteor shower across the brilliantly clear Baja sky. All of the friendly, helpful and fun locals in La Paz. The incredible support and camaraderie as the cruisers pulled together in Puerto Escondido after the fleet was hammered by a waterspout and chubasco. Some of the incredible food shared at pot lucks while anchored out at the islands'. Having the time to read all of those books I’ve been wanting to read for years. Being able to nod off and catch a few z’s in the afternoon. Things We Want to Forget. Being pinched for mordida — bribes — by the immigration officer at Loreto. Being constantly badgered and splashed by the young boys playing around the dinghy dock in Loreto. The four-foot swell that came up in the rtiiddle of the night while anchored off of Mulege, which rolled Moonshadow 15° side to side all night, causing everything in the boat to clank and bang. Being awakened at 0200 luring a sudden gale by a squid

fisherman in a panga wanting to tie up to us. Not thinking clearly, I let them — and ended up with black squid ink all over the boat the next day. Taking a direct hit by a waterspout that preceded the big chubasco that hit Puerto Escondido. The winds, estimated at 80 knots, spun Moonshadow around and knocked her down 45° — despite having no sail up. It then flipped the dinghy which was tied to the stern. Learning how to repair an outboard motor that has been flooded by saltwater. Spending hour after sweaty hour with Mike of Tortue trying to repair one of the airconditioners — and to no avail. Having the transmission coupling fall off Caleta Partida, requiring us to make our way back to the marina in La Paz without an engine. The ’Cruiser’s Motto’ is, "We have no plans and we’re sticking to them!" Nonetheless, my intentions at this point are to be in the Sea of Cortez until late October, then head to Mazatlan after a farewell stop in La Paz. November through January will be spent cruising Mexico’s Gold Coast’ from Puerto Vallarta to Puerto Escondido on the mainland of Mexico. February and March will be split between Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica,

Mare Alta — DovmEast 38 Ellie Goolkasian & D. Hudson Beyond Avalon (Carlsbad) Invigorated by a few hours walk on Catalina, we returned to the Isthmus. There’s a half-mile long road that connects the Isthmus with Catalina Harbor. It took us another 10 minutes. We felt a small urge to celebrate, and without speaking migrated toward the bar. A television hung from behind the counter, and showed a World War Two ocean battle in full force. "I like watching this," said a fellow at the bar. "You already know the good guys win!" The bartender laughed at the customer's remark, then served us the two cold beers we’d ordered. As I let the first sip linger in my mouth, I glanced over at the mildly drunk, 50-ish looking old man wearing a ’Bacardi Classic' T-shirt stretched over his ample belly. He was far from slurring, but he definitely wanted to talk. 'This here’s the Battle of the Midway. We pretty much destroyed the rest of the Jap fleet in that one." "Is this a PBS show?" I asked him. Ellie and Dave at the end of a short and straight road on Catalina. They're headed south to Mexico this winter.

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laughed as he spoke. "Did you two just sail around this big hunk of rock?" When we nodded ’yes’, he laughed, even harder. "You probably spent what — five, six hours sailing around this wasteland? — and you just walked back to where vou started in 10 minutes. Now you see why I don’t waste my time!" I thought about the dolphins we’d seen, the rugged beauty of the backside, and our elation as the strong wind made our Mare Alta fly. I looked at Joe working on his sixth — or was it his tenth — beer of the day, and thought that maybe he could write a book abojat wasting time. But I didn’t mention it. — elite 8/96 Elite — Different strokes for different folks — and let's be glad about it. Can you imagine how crowded Catalina would be if most people did stuff besides watching television?

Cruise Notes: We’ve unfortunate news from Brian and Joann Soland of the Eatonville, Washington-based Columbia 36 Renu. After two years of "honeymoon cruising" in the Sea of Cortez, they continued on to Panama where their boat was crushed between a Canal tug and a Caned pilot boat. Despite the extensive damage to the hull, the couple attempted to sail to Florida. The boat couldn’t make it and they had to abandon her and climb on a freighter. We’ll have the complete story next month. If you’re like Jim and Bliss Cochran of the Petaluma-based Morgan OutIsland 33 Bliss, you’d like to find a buddyboat to sail south to San Diego with on about October 12. They can be reached at cochran@sonic.net. We suggest that others looking to buddyboat south — as well as Ha-Ha skippers looking for crew and hopeful Ha-Ha crew looking for boats — attend Latitude’s Cruising Kick-Off Party at the Encinal YC in Alameda on Monday October 6 from 1800 to 2100. Based on recent feedback, this could be the largest and

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CHANGES One hundred-and-fifty — that’s the number of folks on the waiting list for one of the 338 slips in Cabo San Lucas. Amazing — especially when you consider that the prices at Cabo Isle Marina are higher than just about anywhere in California. Despite the number of boats in Cabo, it’s always been a pain to fuel up with diesel — you have to anchor and tie stern to the old cannery — or get propane — you have to get someone go all the way to San Jose del Cabo. To the best of our knowledge, politics has still prevented the installation of a proper fuel dock, but at least you now only have to go 10 miles up the road to Todos Santos to fill propane tanks at Cabo Gas. All this, of course, assumes that Cabo is still there. The old girl made out well during super hurricane Linda, and as we keyboard these words, has only suffered moderate flood damage from hurricane Nora. It’s not hurricane winds and waves that are the biggest threat to Cabo and other Baja cities, but tremendous flash floods that result when torrential rains rushing down from the mountains over

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IN LATITUDES when we started it," write Royce and Penny Rienks of the Seattle-based Cascade 36 Mai Tardis II. "We’re heading south for San Francisco, and after laying over in Oyster Point for a day or two, will move on to San Diego and Mexico." Warm winds and following seas. A couple of years ago we did an interview with cruisers Lowell and Bea North of the Tayana 52 Wanna Go. They were halfway through the circum¬ navigation they've since completed. At one point in the interview they mentioned experiencing smoke so thick between Malaysia and Indonesia, that they’d sometimes have to stop because of a lack of visibility. Thanks to fires deliberately set to clear tropical rain forests for farming and raising cattle, the thick smoke on the water is not only back but worse them ever. It’s so bad that the Malaysian government is thinking of evacuating Kuala Lampur, the big city that’s home to the two tallest skyscrapers in the world! Hmmmm, does radar see’ through smoke? Philomena Garcia, the cruiser’s long time friend at Los Pelicanos Restaurant

Philomena Garcia, long the cruisers' best friend on mainland Mexico, has had to sell her Los Pelicanos restaurant because of health reasons.

in Melaque, phoned on September 9 with bad news. She’s just had a complicated operation, her fifth. While she sounds strong, she also admits to having "lots of problems" and is headed to Houston for

further medical help. Because of her medical condition, Phil had to sell her famed restaurant for just $20,000. The new owners aren’t interested in continuing as a cruiser center, but Juana Kosonoy, an old friend and owner of the Terrazza Kosonoy two palapas down, says she is. In addition to the restaurant, Juana and her son Gerrado will be help mariners with ice, fuel, water, cases of beer, and broken hearts. The Terrazza Kosonoy has four heads and four showers, so you won’t have any reason to feel constipated or filthy. They’ll soon have a VHF up and working and can already be reached by phone at 011-52-335-56281. Phil also reports that there are lots of boats over at Bahia de Navi dad, but that work on the development has stopped. Apparently the project has been sold. Thanks for the report and thanks for all your help over the years, Phil. Get well quick! There was at least one Baja Ha-Ha I Reunion last month in the wine country. Attending were Robert & Holly Dietrich of the S&S 65 Cascade; Jack and Susan

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CHANCES IN LATITUDES Dally of the Freeport 41 Dalliance; Ken & Cheryle Stuber of the Bristol 35.5 True Blue; Rob and Mary Messenger of the Custom 46 Maude I. Jones; as well as the crews of Northwind, Cortica, and Santorini, which tailedjust behind the Ha-Ha fleet. Most folks have returned to the 'real world' — some just months ago — but Rob and Maiy of Maude I. Jones are in New Zealand with no end in sight to their cruising. As for other Ha-Ha I boats, Mark and Deborah Menagh of the Passport 51 Eagle’s Quest are working in New Zealand, as are John and Kim Cole of the S2 36 Skywalk^r. Kanui and Mieko Suehiro of the Fuji 36 Blue Fantasy are in Puerto Rico, a little behind schedule in getting to Japan. Richard and Marcia Rowland of the Santa Barbara-based Islander 34 West Wind returned to California in '96 and have been cruising locally. But they’re signed up and are rarin' to go for Ha-Ha IV this year. Minney’s Marine Swap Meet and Class of ’97 Cruiser’s Party will be held on October 19th at Minney’s in Costa Mesa. The Swap Meet starts at 0700 and

Pacific Coast Highway. You’ll then be chauffeured by the Minney’s van. For further information, call Ernie — who circumnavigated aboard the big schooner Shearwater — at 714-5481075. Other things to remember: Anacapa Isle Marina will be hosting a free Local Knowledge to the Channel Islands seminar by Mike Pyzel on October 17. Pyzel, who did the first Singlehanded TransPac back in ’78 with his Cal 28, has been to the Channel Islands about as often as the fog. Call (800) 307-ISLE' for details. Also remember that Downwind Marine in San Diego offers a great number of seminars between October 22 and November 21 on about every aspect of cruising. Call them at (619) 224-2733 for details. Last month we promised Lucky Lady's tips on preparing other things than fish while in the Sea of Cortez. We hope to squeeze it — and all the other good stuff we’ve backlogged — in next month. Peace and love to all of you.

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paint, seacocks, lazyjacks. '92 o/b just tuned up, low hrs. Full keel, good rigging 8 ready to go. Docked at Kappa's Marina Sausalito. $9,000 obo' (415) 994-0497.

MacGREGOR 19 POWERSAILER, 1993. With trailer, 40 hp o/b. Waterski or sail anywhere. Sleeps 4. Always fresh water sailed. Like new, excellent condition. Water ballast. $9,995. Call, (510) 228-7348 or page (510) 279-8367.

OKAMOTO 24,1962. Cedar planked, sails, an¬

BEAR BOAT23, HULL#34, SILVER BEAR. Built

chor, alcohol stove, VHF, 10 hp Honda. $2,900. Greg, (415) 332-5744 or (805) 474-1439.

1947. A classic woody in great condition. Anchor, lights, compass, VHF, DS, 2 mains, 2 jibs, 2 spinnakers. 6 hp longshaft Seagull. Berthed Moss Landing. $3,800. (805) 348-0129.

CATALINA22,1987. Fixed keel, poptopwith new

enclosure. 6 hp Sailmaster longshaft with alt. 30 hrs. 110%, 90%, VHF, KM, DS, AP, potti, boomvang, adj backstay, 4 Lewmars. Interior like new, exc cond. Prime Coyote Pt. slip. $5,400 obo. (415) 592-6395.

COLUMBIA T23,1973. 10 hp Honda, low hrs. Toilet, sink, sleeps 4, with trailer. $2,500. Call (707) 664-9773 dys or (707) 823-8803 eves. MacGREGOR 23,1983. Swing keel with pop-top.

C&C 24,1975. Excellent Bay boat, in good condi¬

tion. 8 hp outboard. VHF, spinnaker gear. $4,800. (415) 728-1402. 18-FT LAGUNA, 1984. Nice cabin, sleeps 4, main, 2 jibs, galv trailer. A fun, versatile boat with no berth rent. $3,500 obo. Must sell. Catalina 22, 1976. Main, 2 jibs. $1,500. (415) 892-1369 HBS.

V-berth/settee sleeps 4. Sink. Main, jib & staysail. New lines, VHF radio/antenna & cockpit cushions. Mosquito netting, Porta-Potti, etc. Trailer. Good condition. $3,200 obo. Please call before 9pm. (707) 938-1190. 24-FT WYLIE WABBIT PERFORMANCE sloop

custom polyurethane paint. Extra sails including Mylargenoa.4 hp Evinrude o/b, knotmeter. $5,000 obo. (415) 421-1466.

hull #62. Near perfect shape, very fast, all new sails, installed compass, VC-17 bottom paint, many racing accessories. Custom trailer with mounted spare, easily car towable, fresh water only. In Denver. $8,800 obo. Telephone: (303) 837-8252.

MacGREGOR 23 CUTTER. 3 sails, new sailcover,

SANTANA 22. Johnson 6 hp, all lines lead aft.

depthsounder, VHF, battery, AC charger, brass cabin light 8 custom teak handrails. Porta-Potti, full safety gear, Honda 7.5 outboard, trailer. Ex¬ cellent condition. $4,700 offer. (408) 666-4226 or (209) 274-0323.

Main, 100%, 150%. Good rig. 2 anchors with long rode, binoculars, PFD's, safety kit, lights, docklines. $2,200. (510) 641-1861 pgr.

J/24,1979. One owner, new rigging, faired keel,

SHOPPING FOR A SMALL BOAT? Consider a

Santana 22. The perfect boat for the Bay. Stiff enough not to scare the kids, but still a consistent race winner. Call our very friendly 8 helpful OneDesign Association. Contact David Demarest, (415) 485-0789. 23-FT DEHLER SPRINTA SPORT. Solid, racy,

rare beauty. Fiberglass hull, mahogany/teak inte¬ rior. New standing rigging, new instruments, 6 hp o/b, alcohol stove, inflatable, 5 sails. $4,800 obo for elegance 8 comfort. Perfect for Bay 8 beyond. (510) 307-9948.

Pru¬ dence. Only 10 yrs old. 23 ft wooden classic.

HERRESHOFF’S FAVORITE DESIGN,

Diesel engine 8 stove. Needs paint, minor work 8 interior reinstalled. Sails etc. in exc condition. Owner leaving country 8 must sell. A genuine bargain at $5,000 obo. Also, emergency 6 man liferaft. $750 obo. (415)668-8161.

25 TO 28 FEET NOR’SEA 27,1990. Beautiful aft cockpit cruising

sloop. Many extras. Please call for detail sheet. $48,000 firm. Pat, (408) 744-0498.

WHITESATOY, 1982. Fully loaded race 8 cruise, winning record, everything included. New bottom '97 w/warranty, exc condition inside 8 out. Full Pineapple inventory, 15 hp o/b w/ electric start 8 remote controls. $16,000 obo. Steve, (408) 278-8056. CATALINA27,

DANA BY PACIFIC SEACRAFT, 1986. LOA 27 ft, LOD 24 ft. Top quality, exc condition, sloop rigged full keel cruising design, 2 cyl 18 hp fresh watercooledYanmardiesel with lowenginehours, main with jiffy reefing, 150% genoa, jib, VHF, fathometer, knotmeter, AP, CQR 8 Danforth an¬ chors. 2 yr old canvas 8 cockpit cushions, new interior cushions 8 upholstery, sleeps 4, teak 8 holly floor, 8 opening ports, h/c pressure water. $45,000. (510) 689-3879. 25- FT NORDIC FOLKBOAT. Wooden classic.

Sturdy hull 8 rig. 2 suits of sails. See the boat compete in the biennial International Regatta at St. Francis YC 9/28-10/3. $4,000 offer. EAAshcroft@aol.com or (510) 215-0542. CATALINA 25,1984. Exc boat, fresh water, tradi¬

tional cabin. 2 axle trailer, new Hood 120% furling jib with cover, 9.9 Honda, depth, compass, an¬ chors. All factory canvas 8 extras. Asking $10,500. Please contact Dennis, (415) 641-8715 dys or (707) 745-2148 eves.

26-FT MacGREGOR, 1990. With trailer, good

J/24,1982. Exc condition. Faired keel & hull. 3

sets of sails. New standing & running rigging, lots of go fast equipment. Ready to race or cruise. Price reduced to $10,000 obo. J/24 sails for sale, new, used once. $3,500. (510) 236-1977. J/24,1979. Great racing & daysailing. $4,000.

(408) 279-6353 or (408) 249-1622.

lightning rigged. All sails, 5 hp engine (30 hrs), life jackets, flares, other accessories. Reluctant sale. Assessed $2,400, will accept $1,800 +. Contact (415) 353-7371 or email: glaiket® ix.netcom.com

ROLLO, 1938. In very good condition. New Hogin main, full boat cover also by Hogin, 2 jibs, 2 anchors, gel battery, 3 stage charger, bilge pumps & more. Exc Bay boat, very fast. $6,000 obo. (510) 524-5008. 23-FT SPIDSGATTER,

PEARSON 22. Fixed keel, 2nd owner. 12 yrs in dry storage, 1 st yr in salt water. Exc shape. Good sails, sleeps 4,3 yr old paint. 12 hrs on 11.5 hp o/ b. Trailer, extras, stable, fast, sturdy. $2,500 obo. (415) 347-4817. CATAL^UL22,1986. Smujnkell, no trailer, pop-

CAL 20,1967. Nice hardwood rudder & tiller, 6 hp

Chrysler outboard. Berthed Berkeley Marina, B022. Priced for quick sale. $950. Please call Dave, (510) 526-0552. J/24,1977. With or without 15 hp Evinrude '95.

Less than 40 hrs. $6,500 with engine. $5,000 without. Clean, extra sails. (408) 923-3663.

ERICSON 27,1974. New in '92-'94: standing 8

running rigging, FB mainsail, RF ST jib, electrical, propane stove, AP, dodger, 13 lines led aft, all Harken equip, rauch more. Atomic 4, runs great. $10,500. (510)536-9378.

CARINITA 21-FT MAHOGANY, double framed,

WAYFARER 16-FT PROCTOR ONE DESIGN.

Hand built with epoxy saturated bruynzeel marine African mahogany, Sitka spruce & ash. Bristol condition. Spacious cruiser with outstanding rac¬ ing performance. Proctor mast & boom, North mainsail, jib & genoa. Caulkins trailer. $6,800. (510) 443-2642.

sails, VHF, head, roller reefing, good condition, no o/b. $4,500 obo. 22 ft Catalina, 1980. With trailer, roller reefing, stove, cooler, head, 4 hp Mariner o/ b with 10 hrs. $2,500 obo. (408) 384-6238, Bemie after 5 pm.

top m6nBF>it^ei^JV»/b*ongshaft. Main, 110%>WWe3ftt WOffobo.^l 5) 563-3747.

BRISTOL CHANNEL CUTTER 28. Classic beauty! Everything maintained in exc condition, survey. Documented ‘82. Traditional: wooden spars, beautiful wood interior, roomy. 2 cylinder Volvo Penta diesel. 8 sails, Monitor wind steering vane. Fully equipped 8 ready. Photos. $65,000. (310) 833-4491. CATALINA 27,1976. Tall rig, o/b, depth, new

VHF 8 Porta-Potti, BBQ. Recent rigging, new boom, lines led aft to Harken traveler over main hatch. 2 headsails, 3 reefs in main. Includes Santa Cruz berth. $10,000. (408) 464-2549. PEARSON ARIEL 26, BUILT 1963. Alberg de¬ signed. Fiberglass. 3 mains, 3 jibs, 1 set like new. 6.5 hp Johnson longshaft outboard. Hauled Au¬ gust '97. Berthed Richmond. Asking $4,500. Call (510) 254-2671. MUST BE SOLD THIS MONTH! 26 ft Cheoy Lee,

CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES,

hull #58. Relatively new Ullman sails, nice trailer, many go-fast upgrades. Great little boat for the Lake Circuit. Asking $4,700 obo. Contact Jim at (714) 974-7372 or Rob at (415) 383-8200 ext 109.

1964. Exc condition. Teak deck, fiberglass hull. Extra sails. VHF, depthsounder. Atomic 4. Up¬ graded rigging, electrical system, winches. Best offer over $4,000 will take this classic beauty. (650) 969-7678.

CATALINA 22,1997. Swing keel, 6 hp Evinrude,

CATALINA 25,1981. Beautiful 8 clean. Main, jib,

table, cushions, lifejackets, toilet seat, etc. 1 mainsail, jib 8 genoa. No trailer. Great condition. Berth at Clipper Harbor, #216, Sausalito. $1,500. (415) 331-3660 hm or (408) 942-5721 wk.

VHF, AM/FM, depth. 2 batteries, charger, com¬ pass, anchor. Pop-top w/canvas, fixed keel. 7.5 Honda, new AC/DC wiring, new bottom 8/97. $8,300 obo. Call Keith at Pier 39, (415) 705-5456.

MELGES 24 WITH TRAILER. Sailcomp 8 Quadro

SANTANA 525, 1978. Fully equipped, custom

race package. Full boat cover 8 many extras. Two sets of sails. Hardly raced last two years. Tony, (415) 882-7300 days or (510) 865-4026 eves.

trailer, in great shape. $4,500. Coronado 25, 3 sails, o/b. $2,000. (415) 892-1369 HBS.

HOLDER 20,

ODAY 25. Sloop rig w/trailer. 9 hp Mariner. New

interior, new bottom, depth, knot, compass, 5 sails including spinnaker, VHF, stereo cassette, CB, shoal draft. Proud of boat, love to show, buying larger, must sell. $9,990. (510) 234-0944. 26- FT YAMAHA, 1985. With 10 hp Yanmar die¬

sel, marine head, 3 head sails, spinnaker, whisker pole, GPS, VHF, depth 8 speed, new rigging 8 bottom. $16,000 obo. (510) 373-9145. 28-FT TRITON, #248. Yanmar diesel, new teak

trimmed interior, improved structural mast sup¬ port, 133 cubic feet of underwater volume, gener¬ ous freeboard. Liveaboard headroom, 4 berths, 2 speed winches, main 8 jib, dodger, new boom 8 cushions for $1.41/lb. Stainless watertank. Call Myron Spaulding. (415) 332-3721. NEWPORT 28. Greatvalue in a racer/cruiser that sleeps 6. Spinnaker, drifter, 130%, 100%, 8 winches, 30 hp Atomic 4, head 8 holding, woodstove, red hull. Will fax equip list. $7,800/ offer. Consider partnership. Upwind Berk slip Ml44. (707) 462-2012. ERICSON 26,1967. Fast, well equipped for Bay/

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Delta. $1,995 with Evinrude 6.5 hp longshaft. $1,595 without. We’ve owned boat for 19 yrs. Good deal, must sell ASAP, bought bigger boat. (707) 829-2494. MacGREGOR 26,1988. Water ballast, trailers

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MacGREGOR TRAILER Was used to haul 1987 MacGregor 26. Is in good condition, has single axle, no brakes, $990 or best offer. Call Helm's Marine in Alameda, CA (510)865-2511

easy, fun to sail. Loaded with the right stuff. Electric start outboard, new roller furling genoa, new main, canvas. Call for spec sheet 8 list of additions. $9,000 obo. (510) 827-0759.

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SANTANA 27. Great Bay & Delta boat for family (sleeps 6) or singlehand (all lines led to cockpit). Very roomy interior. Completely refinished & cus¬ tomized. 110% jib & main (3yrsold), 130%, 180% genoas, spinnaker, new rigging, holding tank. AP, DS, KM, VHF, compass & stereo. 9.9 Evinrude with electric start, generator overhauled 12/96. Bottom painted 4/96. Well maintained. $7,900. (415) 454-6527 Iv msg. PEARSON ARIEL 26,1965. Tabernacled mast, Loran, depthsounder, knotmeter, Bruce with 30 ft chain & 90 ft 5/8 rode. Balmar seaswing, 7.5 hp Honda, main, 94%, 110%, 150% & moresBerthed in Santa Cruz. $6,500 or offer. (408) 925-6180w or (408) 266-4379. CATALINA 27,1973. Epoxy bottom '95, 3 sails, all CG gear, MOB, swim ladder, new rigging, * depth, VHF, AM/FM, AC, 2 batt, lifeline net. Nice cushions & curtains, 2 anchors, clock & barom¬ eter, berthed in Vallejo. $6,600. (510) 252-3006. CAL 2-27,1976. Super clean & well maintained. Recent equipment upgrades include new UK main &workingjib,Lewmar302-speed primary winches, knot, depth, head w/holding tank,, custom galley table, new never used ground tackle. New double lifelines & much more. Smooth & reliable Atomic 4. Located at Marina Village, Alameda. $8,000. (408) 745-1244, after 4 pm weekdays, anytime weekends. CAL 25,1969. One of the nicest in the Bay. 150% jib, working jib, mule jib, whisker pole, double reef main, one burner stove, large water tank, pop-top with covers, AC power, 2 anchors, 9.5 Evinrude. $5,000. (650)367-7721. CAL 25. Great Bay boat, good condition. Custom enlarged headroom, 6 hp Johnson o/b, lifejackets, compass, anchor, good hardware, lines. $2,550 obo. (415) 491-0116. CATALINA 25,1980. Shiny sky blue hull. Swing keel, 9.9 electric start Evinrude, pop-top w/enclosure, dinette interior. Autohelm, VHF, KM, DF, compass, marine AM/FM cass w/EQ, cockpit cush¬ ions, marine head w/tank & Y-valve. Full batten main, jiffy reefing, lazy jacks. 110%, 150% & club jib, cruising spinnaker w/sock, varnished teak w/ covers, anchors rode, solarfan. EZ Loader trailer with new 8 ply tires, 2 spares, spare brakes, bearings, etc, plus much more. Impeccably main¬ tained! $10,500. (510) 522-8654. 2 5-FT FOLKBOAT. Built 1959 by Brandt-Moeler Yard, Denmark. Lapstrake woodie, fir over oak frames. Dry hull. Interior has 2 bunks, sink & , closet/storage. Needs deck & mast work. As is, $1,200. Call John, (415) 824-1278. MacGREGOR 26, 1994. Very clean, like new. Jiffy reefing, double lifelines, swim ladder, railing, VHF, depthsounder, compass, enclosed PortaPotti, alcohol stove, pop-top cover, 8 hp longshaft T ohatsu w/electricstart, generator, trailer. $9,995. Jon, (510) 283-1404.

PEARSON 26. Fast Bay boat. 2 jibs, main, spin. Older 15 hp Johnson, runs great. 2 burner Origo stove, radio, knotmeter, lifevests, Autohelm 400, loran. $6,500 obo. Call Mike at (415) 961-2125. MERIT 25,1984, PADDY MURPHY. Handles like a small sports car. Fast, lightweight, quick turns, full race gear. $6,500 forserious buyer. $7,250 for tire kickers. (510) 524-4759. See at Berkeley Marina. ALBIN VEGA 27. Classic Swedish cruiser. Re¬ built gas engine & variable pitch prop. Dodger, windlass, 150 ft chain, depthsounder, AP, pro¬ pane stove & heater, stereo. Many spares, many upgrades, recent survey, exc condition. $9,500. (805) 650-3268. ERICSON 25, 1975. Fixed keel. Evinrude 9.9, sleeps 4, 5 sails, spinnaker pole, dual batteries, set-up for shorepower, chemical head. Nice cruis¬ ing boat. Good condition. Benicia Marina. $5,800/ reas. offer. (510) 256-0530. CAL 2-27,1977. Hauled 9/15/97, refinished inte¬ rior, all new ports, legal head. Harken roller furling, VHF, speed & depth, new batteries. $12,500. Scott, (415) 453-5461. B-25, BLOODVESSEL, 1992. Lots of stuff includ¬ ing 3.5 sets of sails, 5 spinnakers, solar panel, sail comp, trailer, o/b, full boat cover & more. Fun, fast, versatile. Perfect for racing or weekend camping! $21,500. Margaret, (707) 939-9951. 26-FT SWEDISH BUILT FOLKBOAT. Sloop, sleeps 4, 7 sails, bristol condition, a true sailors dream. Survey 9/97. Call for spec sheet. $12,900. Fax, (360) 928-3172 or phone (360) 928-9454. COLUMBIA 28, 1972. New Volvo diesel, en¬ closed head, new standing & running rigging, lines led aft, new lights & battery, new sails, epoxy bottom, 2 burnerpropane stove, new instruments, tiller. Clean. Bought larger boat, must sell. $7,900. (415) 331-7301. CATALINA 27,1971. Hauled & bottom painted 6/ 97,1996 I/s 15 hp Tohatsu o/b, new dodger top with zip out windshield, side window covers, Lee cover sail covers, etc. Head, stove/oven, dinette, standing headroom, sleeps 5, knotmeter, good main & jib, new compass, tiller, battery. Very clean, seldom used boat in great shape. In Sausalito. $5,450/trade for cruising cat ortri. Con¬ tact (650) 593-1218 or (415) 255-0957. CATALINA 25,1980. Great shape! New North main sail, VHF, DS, Loran, pop-top w/canvas, fixed keel, roller furling, 2 anchors, 9.9 Yamaha electricstart. Located in Emery Cove D-14. $6,900 obo. Will trade for powerboat. Contact Randy, (702) 677-4760 eves or (800) 262-5252 ext 106 dys. CAL 2-27,1975. BMW 2 cyl diesel, 4 sails, full instruments, stereo, Sept '97 haulout. $11,950. Alameda. (510) 521-8506.

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COLUMBIA 26. New upholstery, AM/FM & CD, VHF, depthsounder, windspeed & direction, legal head, Honda o/b, roller furling, single line reefing, all lines led aft, stove. One of the nicest on the Bay. In Richmond. $6,000 obo. (209) 527-7775. S2, 8.0M, 1981. Exc condition. Great Bay boat. Sharp looking, nice interior, new roller furling, rebuilt inboard, North sails. Upwind Berkeley slip. $12,500,obo. (916) 366-9625. 26-FT INTERNATIONAL FOLKBOAT. Beautiful 1972 Swedish built pocket cruiser. Diesel, f/g hull, VHF, depth, KM, dodger, teak floorboards & pan¬ eling. A most forgiving but responsive Bay & ocean sailing boat. $6,900. (650) 595-7788. LANCER 28, 1979. Trailerable. Tiller, dodger, Autohelm AP, battery charger, shorepower, AM/ FM cass, Porta-Potti, stove, 10 hp o/b, new hal¬ yards, 2 headsaiis, swim ladder, USCG flotation & flare kit. 2 Danforth anchors, VHF radio, compass. Immaculate and ready to sail. $10,500. Please call (510) 658-5519. CAL 28. New rebuilt inboard diesel, full batten main, headroom, 4 headsaiis, teak deck, Autohelm, VHF, knot, depth, 2 props. Twin batteries. 2 an¬ chors, bilge pump, legal head, AC power, galley, holding tank. Reduced to $9,500 obo. Contact (415)346-1194. BEAT THE EL NINO. Safely trailer cruise Baja or San Juans. Ray Richards designed Haida 26. Ocean capable. 1984 major refit, diesel, sails, rudder, teak interior, Harken traveler, etc. Headroom, trailer avail. $9,900. (415) 331-7576. PEARSON TRITON 28,1967. Volvo diesel, up¬ graded hardware, solid mast support, thick epoxy bottom, hauled 3/97. Tough boat. Sleek, seakindly lines. $8,500. (415)873-3617. BRISTOL CHANNEL CUTTER. 26 ft gaff rigged. 1" cedar on 1-1/2” x 2” oak frames at 12" on centers. Very strongly built. 2 cyl diesel engine. Exc sails. Beautiful rare classic. Needs paint & TLC. Owner leaving country & must sell. $12,000 obo. Also: 1-1/2 & 3 hp outboards. $250 & $350. (415) 668-8161.

NEWPORT 30 III, 1982. Cruiser in outstanding condition. Much new in '96-’97. Low diesel hrs. Professionally maintained, custom furl mainsail for singlehandling, too many extras. Call for inven¬ tory list with ideal liveaboard features. Asking $26,500. (510) 655-9469. CATALINA 30, 1984. Turn-key in San Carlos, Mexico. Universal 25 diesel, furling jibs (135%, 110%, storm), wheel, heavy shrouds/winches, new epoxy bottom, reefing aft. Stove/oven, refrig, stereo, h/c pressure water, Macerator, 4 batteries, solar, AP and more. $29,000. Contact Bruce, (505) 254-0658. OLSON 30,1978. Dry sailed, 7th 1996 Nationals, double spreader, 2 motors, dinghy, 15 sails, GPS, Sailcomp, refurbished trailer. $20,000. Please call (805) 581-9220. YANKEE 30, 1972. Now lying Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Easy sailing to the Mexican Riviera to the south & Sea of Cortez to the north. Moored at beautiful Nuevo Vallarta Marina, very reasonable moorage. $18,000. Call (503) 663-2669 for pic¬ tures & equipment inventory. CATALINA 30,1988. Perfect condition, profes¬ sionally maintained. New headsail & roller furling system, full canvas cover for exterior cabin & hatch cover. Located in Marin. $36,000. Contact (415) 455-9799. ISLANDER 30 MKII, 1976. Wheel, dodger/bimini, new Harken furling, large & club jibs, 5 winches, exc cockpit cushions, rails/nets, safety, microwave, stereo, fridge, large dining layout. More extras. Must sell. $17,500 obo. (510) 486-8340. See to appreciate! MUSTANG SALL Y, WY LI EC AT 30 prototype for sale. Ready to race & available for October deliv¬ ery in San Francisco. Carbon fiber wishbone, 2 Hodges sails, dodger, 9 hp Yanmar diesel in¬ board. Autohelm speed & depth instruments. Custom, galv four wheel trailer. Boat is immacu¬ late, lovingly equipped & maintained. Owner mov¬ ing to larger craft. $75,000. Call WarwickTompkins, (415) 383-0949. REBORN OLSON - CUSTOM 30-FT RACER, Vanishing Girl. Bristol condition. High tech rudder & keel. 5 ft taller carbon fiber mast, fractional rig, masthead kites, epoxy vacuum bagged deck, 2 axle refurbished trailer. Costs fraction of Melges/ Mumm 30. $39,000. Bob, (805) 648-6020. CATALINA 30, 1986, CHARDONNAY. 21 hp fresh water cooled, low hrs diesel. Furling, 2 jibs, Autohelm 4000, Gianola dodger, sailing awning, knot/depth, Forespar line whisker pole, shorepower, pressure water & more. Bristol. $29,500. (650) 364-2602.

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CHEOY LEE OFFSHORE 27,1969. Fairwindis a one owner classic, maintained in beautiful condi¬ tion. Her extensive list of upgrades include 2 speed selftailing Lewmars, enclosed head w/hold¬ ing tank, all standing rigging new '95, propane stove, rebuilt Volvo diesel, AP, digital speedo & depthsounder. Hull & topsides have been LPU. Herfull boatcoverprotectsherbrightwork. Maybe seen Alameda. $22,000. Bob>115).494-1543.

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BOMBAY CUPPER 31,1S79. Good pocket cruiser & Bay boat. Yanmar diesel, good sails, dodger, basic electronics, roller furling, sound hull, wheel steering. Sleeps 5, standing headroom. $25,000 obo. Must sell, have 2 boats. (510) 522-1566.

30-FT HURRICANE, 1946. Nunes Bros design.

#2 of 18. Atomic 4,5 sails, new standing rigging, recent haulout, new paint topside, head, refrig, AC/DC. Sink w/electric faucet, bilge pumps, many extras. Located in Monterey. $7,000. Must sell. Call Chet, (408) 643-1032 pm.

OLSON 30, 1979, HULL #48. LPU topsides,

double spreader rod rig. Larsen main, Mylar/ Kevlar headsails, 3 spinnakers, pole, Harken selftailing halyard winches. VHF.Lewmarhatches, solar panel, cushions. $12,000 obo. Please call (510) 237-8339 or page (415) 207-3728. Must sell. Steal this one.

ELITE 29,1984. Roomy family cruiser. Rear state¬ CAPE DORY 30, 1978. Maintained to highest

standards. Harken roller furling jib, modified staysail, drifter, full batten main, dodger, wheel steering, AP, Volvo diesel, log-speed, sounder, VHF, Loran C. Upgraded 110/12v wiring, Newmar charger, standing rigging new '93. $31,000. Must sell. (805) 639-0500.

OLSON 30,1982. Hull #170. Full sail inventory

dual axle trailer. Template faired keel. List of sails & equipment on request. Buyer gets first option on tow vehicle. $17,500. Don, (510) 527-5985 or email: dmarlin@webbnet.com

NEWPORT 30 MKI, 1970. Edson wheel, Harken furling, Martec, custom cabinets, 3 burner CNG stove, spinnaker gear, new upholstery, rigging, smooth Atomic 4. Loran, wind & depth instru¬ ments, VHF. No blisters! In Berkeley. $14,000 obo. (916) 785-5276 dys or (916) 726-5608 eves.

30-FT ISLANDER BAHAMA, 1979. Great condi¬ tion! 13 hp Volvo diesel, wheel steering, VHF, depth & KM. Great sail inventory, h/c pressure water, shower, stove/oven, dodger & cozy teak interior. Great, well balanced Bay & coastal cruiser. $21,500 obo. (707) 444-8380.

PEARSON 30, 1976. Rebuilt diesel, good sail inventory. $14,000. (510) 521-5126.

CLASSIC WOODEN 30-FT KN ARR. Champion's

keel, full batten main, 150%, 110%, spinnaker, standing rigging new '94 (Staylock fittings). Lines to cockpit, speed, depth, VHF, Autohelm, wind¬ lass, bow roller, documented, pressure water, sleeps 6, propane stove, oven, heater. Very sea¬ worthy, easy to handle. Moving up to bigger boat. $13,900 obo. (510) 522-4489 or (510) 447-4126. ISLANDER 29. Totally equipped for local cruis¬

ing; even the dishes are included! Rollerfurling jib, main & spinnaker. Newer gas inboard that runs great. Enclosed head with holding tank. Full gal¬ ley. Family boat, well cared for. $8,250. Greg, (510) 883-9115.

room, double v-bedh, 2 settee berths. Inboard Volvo diesel, water heater, pressure water. Bow roller w/Bruce anchor, Harken fuller. New: speedo, DS, Loran, batteries, solar panel. Professionally maintained, excellent condition. $21,500. Call (510) 923-3269 or (510) 865-0865. CAL 29,1972. Atomic 4, roller furling, lines led aft.

including new North 110% and 90% jibs. Immacu¬ late condition. New berth cushions below and cockpit cushions. New Autohelm ST50 wind and speed instruments. $19,900 offers. Call for de¬ tails. (619) 447-6992.

CAL2-29,1974.12 hp diesel rebuilt '96, wheel, fin

LANCER 30,1979. Clean boat, Yanmar diesel, new bottom paint 6/97, tabernacle mast, Autohelm, electric windlass, pressure water, VHF, KM, DS, wind speed & direction. $14,500. (209) 463-1018 eves.

OLSON 30,

WYSIWYG. Double spreader rig w/

boat. Largest, friendliest & most fun SF racing fleet. New mast & rigging, lots of sails, all racing hardware, fiberglass deck, new keelbolts & rudder post. Needs varnish work. Priced to sell. $4,995. (415) 983-8278. CAL 3-30,1974.8 sails, Atomic 4 rebuilt w/approx

70 hrs. New autopilot w/remote, stereo, VHF, Loran, 2 new batteries, etc. Lots of stuff, good condition. $15,000 obo. (408) 426-8454. INTERNATIONAL 210. No cabin, no motor, just a great 29T0” daysailer. Classic boat built in 1948, fiberglass on wood. Ready to sail but could use TLC. Includes trailer & sails. $750 (shoot, the trailer is worth that). (209) 723-8051.

GPS, Tillerpilot, depth/knotlog. $12,000. 2 Sunfish, 1 trailer. $1,000. (707) 427-1956 leave msg.

32 TO 35 FEET OLSON 34,1988. Racer/cruiser, Harken roller

furler, 2 mains, 150%, 110%, 86% & 90% for furler. Stereo, GPS, Loran, VHF. $55,000. Will consider offers. Contact Joe, (916) 635-9590 wk or (916) 722-9750 eves. ERICSON 35,1975. Well maintained, exc condi¬ tion, fully equipped, racing, cruising, diesel. Corinthian Yacht Club, berth B-3. $28,000. Call (415) 394-6000 dys or (415) 456-6969 eves. 32-FT PEARSON VANGUARD, 1962. Extensively

rebuilt & improved inside & out. Balanced, simple, seakindly & beautiful. New sails, rigging, batter¬ ies, LPU paint, anchor rode, stove, pulpits, life¬ lines, head, holding tank, nav lights, fuel & water tanks. $20,000 or so... (415) 369-0150. NORWEST 33, 1978. Sloop, well equipped & maintained fuil keel, bluewater cruiser. Radar, SSB, VHF, 20 hp Yanmar, self furling, Monitor windvane, Autohelm, solar, inverter, beautiful teak interior, new upholstery & more. Mexico vet. Ready to go. $48,000. (510) 638-0879.

30-FT TAHITI KETCH, 1937. Classic double 30-FTCLIPPER MARINE, 1975. Tabernacle mast,

sails, Yanmar diesel, heat exchanger, electric barnacle remover, 6 ft cabin, pressure water sys¬ tem. Depthfinder, special keel, head, refrig, stove. San Leandro Marina. Great for liveaboards. $19,950 obo. (408) 335-4081. 30-FT ISLANDER BAHAMA. Rollerfurling, Volvo

diesel, depthsounder, lines led aft to cockpit, many extras. $19,500. John, (415) 331-8250.

WARPATH, HULL #198. Very clean & well maintained. Large Larsen sail inventory. Double axle Tandem trailer. 7 hp Evinrude o/b. $17,500. (408) 534-2938 dys or (408) 475-9762 eves.

ender. Gaff rigged cruising ocean boat. Sound condition. Lower hull refastened '92. 4 cylinder diesel engine. Sleeps 5, enclosed head, propane stove. Lying Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico. $5,000. Call (415) 332-4243.

HANS CHRISTIAN 34, 1977. Proven ocean cruiser, Monitor steering vane, Yanmar diesel, 6 sails, much recent work. Call lor details, leave message, will return all calls, currently in San Diego. $52,500. (602) 438-9261.

CAL 2-29, 1975. Binnacle, pilot wheel, 12 hp

DEHLER 34,1985, BLUE MAX. Fast, comfort¬ able German cruiser. New Ballenger mast, boom & Hall quick vang. Rebuilt Yanmar diesel. Exc sails. Stereo, propane stove, GPS, Autohelm. $45,000. Berkeley Marina.Contact for complete list, (510) 658-6687 or max40153@aol.corti

diesel, VHF radio, depthsounder, cockpit cush¬ ions, new upholstered interior, CNG stove, shower, head, 2 Danforths. Very clean. $15,850. George, (510) 820-0460.

OLSON 30,

MERCATOR OFFSHORE 30,1971. Sturdy fiber¬ glass cruiser, lines like Alberg. 8 bronze ports, FWC Perkins 4-108. Stainless propane stove, hot water, shower. 6 sails. 1996: interior, exterior, bottom, standing rigging, batteries, alternator,250 ft chain, Delta bow roller. $14,500. Please call (619) 280-8481 or (619) 620-9004 pgr.

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HUNTER 33, 1980. Exc condition. Loran, fishfinder, beefed up rigging, new headstay, like new main, genoa, fin keel, Yanmar diesel, wheel steering, h/c shower, stove, etc. Very well main¬ tained. Fast, easy to sail. $28,500. Please call (415) 675-5731. 33- FT WILLIAM GARDEN SEA FOAM KETCH, built 1977. By Fellows & Stewart, exc condition, wood, wheel steering, strong diesel, roller furling jib, AP, VHF, depth/speed monitors, dinghy, spare anchor & rode. $20,500. (707) 778-0130. ISLANDER 32,1976. One owner, never raced. Simple sail plan, fully equipped for Bay & Delta cruising. Diesel motor, natural gas stove, electric head with 2 way holding tank. Asking $28,500. (510)522-8602. HUNTER 34,1984. Exc condition. Original owner. Yanmar 22 hp. Rod rigging, offshore Avon liferaft for 6, Alfa 3000 AP, roller furler, equipped for spinnaker, Lewmar low profile windlass, marine radio/cassette player, 6 sails, 2 anchors, 1 Bruce & 1 CQR. Lots of canvas: bimini, awning, etc. Martek folding prop, stainless steel prop shaft. Lots of extras & spares. Sail-away condition. $40,000. Gene Davidson, Nuevo Vallarta, Nay., Mexico. 011-52-329-70356 or email: joliness@pvnet.com.mx WESTSAIL 32. Ready to sail to Mexico this year. The perfect escape vehicle. Volvo diesel, 120 gal water, 80 gal dsl, 7 gal propane, 13 gal kerosene, 15 gal holding, 60#, 45# & 35# CQR’s. Hard dinghy, 3 hp motor, Aries vane, Autohelm, GPS, fath, VHF, Sailor multi-band radio, 9 bags sails, watermaker, rigged oversized '91. Extra lead in keel, extra roving in hull, many spares, masthead tri-color, radar reflector, Shipmate stove, Chummy heater. Price reduced to $52,500. Call 10am-5pm (510) 754-6663 or (510) 754-2628 eves & wkends.

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35-FT HALLBERG, 1960. Strong bluewater cruiser with classic lines, solid mahogany on oak, strong & dependable, new main. New 29 hp Volvo, Aries windvane, anchors, rode, VHF, DS, new bottom paint, AC refrig, 90 gal water, 55 gal diesel. $12,000. (415) 794-9519.

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PEARSON 32,1982. New 23 hp diesel. Roller furling, new main, h/c pressure water, shower, dodger, Loran, VHF, new batteries, new windlass, strong/fast cruiser. Light Bay usage. Brickyard Cove Marina. Very good condition. $32,000. Call (707) 939-7022.

BRISTOL 32, 1967, HULL #5. Complete relit.

Profurl, AP, B&G, radar, GPS, computer, Heart inverter w/Link 200, VHF, stereo, Adler-Barbour, wheel, LPU, Yanmar. Immaculate. $35,000. Call (510)649-9164.

furling jib, Dutchman main, 6'3’’headroom, dodger, rebuilt engine, new rigging, paint & haulout in Feb. 3 burner & oven, VHF, cockpit table, cushions & awning, stereo. $19,000. (415) 383-8730.

EXCITING MEXICAN OPPORTUNITY. Excellent turn key cruiser, lying Mazatlan. 1983 Ericson 35 completely outfitted. Latest equipment including 2 GPS, 1 w/chart plotter, radar, HAM/SSB, 10 Zo¬ diac w/8 hp, AP, more. Easily maintained. Ready to go sailing. Call Kris, (970) 453-2463.

32- FT DOWNEAST, 1977. Quality cutter rig

SANTANA 35,1979, HULL #6. Excellent condi¬

cruiser/liveaboard. Ferryman diesel, wheel steer¬ ing, VHF, DS, radar, AP, Loran. Excground tackle, power windlass, dinghy on davits, solar panels, custom extras. Asking $32,000. (209) 225-1923.

tion. Many extras, fresh Yanmar, rebuilt keel, faired epoxy bottom, new interior, cushions, gal¬ ley, etc. Many sails, full electronics. Hull, bottom, rigging, interior, all in exc condition. Must see. In Sausalito. (415) 440-6553.

34- FT CORONADO. Wheel steering, sleeps 6,

CATALINA 320,1994. Exc condition, fresh water

boat 9 months out of year. Loaded with electron¬ ics, knot, depth, WP/WS, Navdata, GPS, Autohelm, radar, stereo CD changer, VHF, dodger, PSS shaftseal & other features standard on this boat. Asking $74,500. (916) 684-4904.

J/33,1990. Thoroughly maintained, impressively

clean, low hrs, Ockam instruments, depthfinder plotter, CD player, 12v outlet, main sheeting finetune, 3 new sails in '96. Inventory includes: 5 oz, .75 oz, 1 oz, reach spinnaker. $47,000. Call (562) 494-3201.

35- FT OA SLOOP. Mainsail & genoa, galley,

head, sleeps 5. Diesel Bukh. New stainless steel keel bolts. Argonaul'sa strong boat made in South America, needing a wood boat lover. Beautiful lines. At #1 Johnson Pier, Berth D10, Half Moon Bay. (916) 272-5683.

35-FT FANTASIA, 1979. Hull #59. Strong ocean

SANTANA 35,1981. Great combination racer/

32.5 FT OF BEAUTY. Black & gold w/white mi¬

cruiser with rod rigging, Autohelm, rebuilt keel, dual headfoil, many sails, located in South Beach Harbor. $26,500. (408) 738-1100.

cron bottom. You have to see this one. 5.5 meter racer, 1962. Just overhauled '97. New poly paint, rigging, blister job, instruments, interior rebuild, etc. Very fast, top condition. $12,800 very firm. (510) 653-1724.

33- FT TARTAN TEN, with Gas House Cove slip,

#616. Awlgripped topsides, mast & boom, green weather cloths, diesel engine, tiller, not a liveaboard. Asking $14,000. Call (415) 252-5555 dys or (415) 388-6686 eves & wkends. 33-FT DOUBLE ENDED CRUISING KETCH. F.

Herreshofl design, cold molded Pori Orfordcedar. Hull, deck, cabin interior, rudder, bowsprit done. Need engine & ballast keel. 8,000 lbs. lead, 1x19 SS wire, bronze hardware included. $ 13,000. Bob Hogin, (510) 523-4388 days or (510) 523-0173 eves. RUBY 33, 1988. Steel cruising cutler, sailed

Mexico, Hawaii, Marquesas & Alaska. 7 sails, new 30 hp Perkins, Monitor windvane. 11 '2" beam, two chine heavy displacement full keel. Insulated with sprayed foam. USCG documented. $36,000.Call (503) 234-6791. ERICSON 35,1976. Classic lines, great perfor-,

mance, exc condition. Lots of upgrades: wiring, standing rigging, head, upholstery, pressure wa¬ ter, Loaded w/equipment: Harken furling, Autohelm 4000, WSAA/P, KS, depth, VHF, plotter, spinnaker w/gear, jibs (110%, Mylar 135%), large selftailing winches. Atomic 4. Priced to sell. $28,500. Rob¬ ert, (415) 307-3416.

cruiser, center cockpit, aft cabin, 6'6” headroom, workshop, 215 gal water, 135 diesel, radar, GPS, solar, wind generator. $68,000obo. Call forequipment list. (408) 672-5663.

ERICSON 35,1965 SLOOP. Carl Alberg design, 27 hp diesel, new transmission, 4 jibs, spinnaker, AP, wind instrument, windvane, heater, refrig, oven/stove, freezer, press water. 3 anchors, full cover, dodger, wheel. Exc condition. $29,900 obo. (408) 662-4501. CATALINA 32, 1996. Fast racer/cruiser, fully

equipped. B&G instruments, GPS, VHF, electric fridge, h/c shower in cockpit, 300 ft ground tackle bow and stern, full battened main w/single reefing system with Dutchman. 30% more room than a C30 and priced below market at $66,000. Call (805) 962-2826 or email: anchor@sbsailctr.com

RANGER 33, 1976. Classic racer/cruiser/ liveaboard. Teak interior. Thousands in recent upgrades. Harken furler, traveler, windlass/plow, new gennaker, 2 mains, 3 jibs, SS propane stove, wheel steering, new cushions, compass, ST Barient 27's. Lines to cockpit, exc condition. $22,900. (415) 331-7576. VALIANT 32. Hull reconditioned rail down '92.

Reupholstered, new dodger'94. Mast awl gripped, wiring, running rigging replaced ‘94. Universal diesel serviced, engine mounts, exhaust system replaced. Full KVH instruments & sail comp, Furuno 1731 radar '94. Autohelm 4000 pilot. Galley con¬ verted to propane, new Force 10 range & oven '95. Fresh water system overhauled, new pump, filter, S/Sfaucet'97. House ba>rk converted totwin 1105s, Newmar multistage smart charger '95. CQR primary, Danforth secondary. Sails: rolleryankee, staysail, main, cruising chute, spare jib & storm jib. Water capacity 90, diesel 40, all tanks stainless. $62,000. Limited sublet in Santa Cruz. Scott in Santa Cruz, (408) 426-4730 or email: Cork@Windyhill.com

36 TO 39 FEET

HANS CHRISTIAN 38 T MKII, 1980. Autohelm:

AP, wind & tri-data. Radar, GPS, VHF, HAM. New charging system w/monitor, inverter. Monitor windvane, watermaker, Lectrasan, Harken main & staysail travelers. Cruising spinnaker, storm tri¬ sail. New dodger, cushions. $96,000. Ready to go. (510) 271-8031. 38-FT CHEOY LEE, RAY RICHARDS DESIGN,

1979. Fiberglass hull, 40 hp Pisces. Great cruiser/ liveaboard. Radar, GPS, watermaker, I500w in¬ verter, HAM/SSB, 2-75 watt solar panels, new VHF, fishfinder, 8 sails & much more. Full specs available. $59,000. (714) 362-5533.

37-FT GULFSTAR SLOOP, 1977. Class yacht

cruiser with classic lines. New ProFurl & mainsail. Beautiful traditional interior, Adler-Barbour refer, CNG stove/oven, VHF, depth/knot, Autohelm wind, dodger, Alpine stereo/CD & more. Pristine brightwork. $59,900. (510) 672-6849.

with many amenities. Almost ready for cruising, good speed, exc stability. Many systems rebuilt, great condition, must see. AP, refrig, amp hr monitor, hi output alternator, rebuilt engine & transmission, new West System bottom. $55,000. Bill, (714) 898-6363.

Bay/ocean cruising. Fiberglass with wood trim. Good sail inventory. Sparkman & Stevens design, built by Chris Craft. $18,000 obo. (415) 499-5670.

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CATALINA38. S&S design in excellentcondition.

Full galley, sound system, full sails, all lines led aft, selftailing winches, sleeps 6. Fast & stable. See at Sausalito's Schoonmaker Marina, slip A36. $47,500. (408) 366-2448 after 6 pm. LAPWORTH 36,1956, wooden boat, sure it needs work. She has an inboard diesel, new interior cushions, mainsail & a full boat cover. $8,500. If you're the right handyperson, please call Sherry, (415) 802-8292 ext 14. OFFSHORE PEDIGREE. Ideal for the knowl¬

edgeable offshore sailor who wants a wood boat designed by the legendary Aage Nielsen (WB 133) & built by Paul Luke (WB 125). Eventide (exDirection) has recent sails, winches, power & electronics. Built in 1966 with laminated oakframes, double planked mahogany & bronze. 39’6” keel/ centerboard sloop. Asking $59,000. Located Pa¬ cific Northwest. Jim Payne, (207) 236-2383 or fax (207) 236-2711. FARR 39 ML, 1995. Built by Lindsey. Terrific race

record, great shape. Many sails, electronics. Omohundra carbon mast, boom & whisker pole. Bottom long-boarded in '97. On Lake Michigan since built. By owner. Call (708) 345-1717 dys or (708) 771-9105 eves.

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blisters. Perkins 4-108 diesel, 7 Barient (3 self tailing) winches, Navtec hydraulic backstay, full batten main w/Dutchman furl system, Hood roller furling, new cruising headsail, 2 spinnakers, new rigging in '92. Dodger, refrig, h/c water, CNG stove, AP, teak & holly floor, shorepower & charger. New upholstery, propeller & complete engine over¬ haul in '97. Many extras & improvements. $38,000. Contact David, (415) 435-6743.

power, rod rigging, loaded. Great for single or doublehanded racing. Price: $25,000. Financing available. Sven Svendsen, (510) 522-2886.

HANS CHRISTIAN 34,1980. Cutter rig, strong

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rigged sailboat. Built in 1940 by Stevens Boatyard. 5 sails, new Garmin GPS, VHF & loran. 2 cylinder Volvo Penta diesel. Great bluewater cruiser or liveaboard. $20,000. For more details contact, (541) 271 -4454 or (541) 271-4272.

racer/cruiser. #1 in DivA'96 PacCup, cruised Baja ‘93. Cutter rig, sailed doublehanded. SSB, VHF, radar, watermaker, 110 & engine refer, 12v wind¬ lass, stdreo, GPS. Autohelm 7000, Seatalk instru¬ ments above & below deck, serious house bank with battery monitor, high output alternator, pro¬ pane stove & heater, 110 microwave. Radar arch with removable davits. Excellent condition inside & out. Cruise or race ready. $172,000. Call Dave, (408) 996-1461 Iv msg or davejones@hp.com

'95 restoration. Needs only cosmetics. Mahogany on oak. Beautiful 46 ft spruce mast. Boat on 3 axle trailer. Lake Tahoe. $9,500 firm. (702) 831-2273 eves.

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ESPRIT 37,1981. Just in time for Mexico, ready to go! 130 water, 45 diesel, refrig, EPIRB, ICOM, Trimble loran, Profurl jib furling, Barient winches. Sutter main & 120% new in ‘95.150%, 110%, 85% & drifter all in good to exc shape. Monitor vane, Alpha AP, full canvas cover, 3 anchors & chain, windlass, lots of storage. Long range performance cruiser. Exceptional value, $58,000. Proven sea¬ worthiness, Mexico vet. Call Bob, (510) 787-1949 eves or (800) 891 -6385 dys. Trade for airplane.

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(510) 236-1356 eves or (510) 824-3183 dys. CATALINA 36,1987. Exceptional condition, su¬

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perbly equipped, professionally maintained. Sev¬ eral upgrade examples: full batten main new '97,

tained. Teak interior, Yanmar diesel. Fully loaded & ready to go. Might consider trade for smaller boat or R.E. (619) 807-8000 for info.

Harken rollerfurling & new jib by Hood '95, Furuno 1621 radarw/interfacing GPS on a Questus mount new '97, custom teak interior, Alpine stereo sys¬ tem CDE-7827 new '97, cockpit cushions new ‘96

IRWIN 37 CUTTER, 1978. Cruise ready, center cockpit. Proven coastal cruiser, 850 made. In Sea of Cortez, near US surveyor. Everything works: Perkins 4-108, radar, Norcold, Autohelm 4000. Dodger/bimini. Dual staterooms, heads, dinks, outboards.

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HANS CHRISTIAN 43 CUTTER, 1988. Telestar

47-FT. A woman’s needs are met with this profes¬

bottom w/lead keel, epoxy coat & new bottom paint, Yanmar 66 hp diesel, 120 gal fuel, 200 gal

sionally built ferro ketch (safety, security, comfort, rugged stability, easy maintenance & room!). A

water, PUR watermaker, B&G instruments, Heart 2kw inverter, SS propane 3 burner stove/broiler oven. Balmar wall heat/Espar forced air heat,

serious world cruising liveaboard sailing vessel with very nice classic lines. Located in San Carlos, Mexico. $62,500 obo. (425) 743-4308.

GPS, radar, VHF, Alpha AP, windlass, full covers all canvas, dodger. Our plans have changed. Call to see this exc condition boat. $190,000. Call (360) 385-6578 or email: T ownsend @ olypen.com

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out. Cruising vet with 85 hp Perkins, hydraulic steering, heavy duty windvane, 10 bags sails. 300 gal water, 200 fuel. Very nice, very affordable liveaboard/cruiser w/lots of room in need of new

Woodenboat. $239,000. Contact (541) 453-4125 or (541) 715-2822.

cushions, varnish & paint. Doing haul, out for bottom job Sept '97. (Come see us in Bodega

oak, copper clad hull. Teak decks cabin, beautiful teak interior, aluminum masts, 60 hp Isuzu diesel,

Bay!) Well equipped including 6 person Givens DOWNEASTER 45 KETCH, 1978. Sturdy, sea¬ worthy, stable yacht fully equipped for long dis¬ tance cruising or liveaboard. Many upgrades in

offshore raft, Montgomery dinghy, lots of ground tackle, etc. $65,000. (707) 762-1080 or email: <techsan@pacbell.net>

MORGAN 38, 1978. World class sailing sloop

Dutchman. Below market at $79,000. Please call

(805) 962-2826 or email: anchor@sbsailctr.com

Loran, stereo, stove, refrig. Exc condition. Price reduced to $52,000. Act now, to take this opportu¬ nity. (650) 328-2408.

DISCOVERY 37. Sloop rig, fiberglass, designed & built in Vancouver, Canada. 1988 Yanmar 3HM F diesel, furling genoa, hydraulic wheel steering, full wind instruments, last survey mid ‘94. Located in

55-FT VALEO, GENOA KETCH MOTORSAILER by Crealock. Over $100,000 in upgrades, from dinghy on davits to washer/dryer. Perfect for local,

ISLANDER 36, 1976. Hot & cold pressurized water, alarm, Perkins 4-108, dual anchors on bow

Alameda. Priced to sell at $21,000. Please call Eric, (510) 769-7480.

long range or liveaboard. 200 hp turbo charged Volvo. 9 knots at approx 2 gal per hr. 800 gal fuel.

$32,000. (707) 664-9773 or (707) 823-8803 eves.

CABO RICO 38,1979. Custom interior & cockpit.

HUNTER LEGEND 37.5 SLOOP, 1987. Large aft queen cabin, double v-berth. Main, gennaker,

autopilot, windlass, new dodger & bimini, 1600 wt

& main. Singlehandable. Remote controlled cen¬ terboard, stainless rigging, air conditioned, gour¬ met galley, ice maker, wet bar, 3 showers, bath

generator, new 3 burner stove, new cold plate, freeze/frig, much more. $89,000. (707) 696-0829.

tub. Located Marin County. Reduced to$199,000. (415) 453-6127.

teak and chrorqe. Beautiful. $48,000. Contact (707) 826-7448.

ing GPS, VHF, Autohelm 7000 w/depth, speed,

37- FT PHILIP RHODES SLOOP. Documented vessel. Good sail inventory, Yanmar diesel, pro¬ pane stove, CG approved holding tank, wheel

MOORING FOR SALE WITH 47-FT gaff rig top¬ sail schooner attached. Strip planked, heavy con¬ struction, hanging knees, 6ft headroom, spacious

TAYANA VANCOUVER 42,1987. Cutter, aft cock¬ pit, canoe stem, f/g decks, Perkins 4-108, solid teak interior. Long fin keel w/skegged rudder. Ex¬

wind, gyro. New liferaft. Heart 1 kw Inverter/Smart

steering. Winner Master Mariners Race. Cedar on

charger, 120 amp alternator. 70 gal heated pres¬

oak. $20,000. Sausalito berth. (415) 479-3371.

salon for entertaining, chartering or liveaboard. Sell or trade. (805) 773-4251, Iv number & ad¬

tensively outfitted with top quality equipment: Al¬ pha AP, Profurl, SSB/HAM, GPS, radar, depth/

dress for detailed information.

speed/wind, 12 CD changer, solar panels, wind gen, windlass, 9 ST winches, watermaker, cold plate refrig. Comfortable 2 stateroom layout, huge

sprit, VHF, depthfinders, stereo, microwave.

12-1/2 & 4-1/2 kw generators. Roller furled genoa GPS, radar, VHF, APC battery monitor, windvane,

furling 150% genoa & 100% jib. Yanmar 35 hp diesel w/new hoses & cables. 35 gal fuel w/pump & Racor filter. Electric windlass w/washdown, 240 ft chain, dual bow roller, 3 anchors. Radar, chart¬

sured water. Electric head. Microwave, refer, pro¬ pane stove & Force 10 heater. TV, VCR, stereo w/ Bose speakers. Great cruiser & liveaboard.

recent yrs. $99,500. For complete details phone, (250) 629-3886 or fax (250) 629-3673.

FORMOSA 41,1974. Very well equipped Garden design ketch. Radar, GPS, watermaker, refrig, dodger, solar panels, dodger, dinghy on davits. Perkins 4-107 diesel engine. Lots of sails. $53,000. For more information please call (707) 994-2213 or (707) 279-0821. 40-FT CHEOY LEE YAWL, 1970. Perkins 48 hp. Rhodes hull, 11 ft beam, 6 ft draft, tri-cabin, 2 heads. Brass/stainless/Teflon thru-hull valves, radio, depthfinder, anchors, chain. Fiberglass,

STEEL 40. Custom made in New Zealand, very

$68,500 or trade on 50 ft + boat. (415) 331 -7421.

38- FT FARALLONE CLIPPER #2, MISTRESS, 1940. Beautiful sailing boat. New or rebuilt: mast, boom, standing rigging, running rigging, toerails,

fair hull. Experienced cruiser, fin keel, AP, sails

galley, salon & head with separate shower. Tanks:

well all conditions, lots of equipment including 3 spinnakers & scuba compressor. Call for a com¬

diesel 120 gal, water 150 gal. 3 pg list of details.

RANGER 37,1973. Racer/cruiser, Westerbeke

custom handrails, bow & stern pulpits,, topsides refastened, new paint from cabin top to bottom of

diesel, optional extended rudder, Schaeffer roller

keel (Oct'96). WP/WS, depth, etc. Lots more work

furling, large sail inventory, 13 winches, CNG

& equipment. Recent out of water survey. 8 sails, main recut, brand new North jib. Looking for

plete list. $129,000. Lying Mazatlan. Please call (415)948-6424.

Proven offshore cruiser properly maintained & ready to go. $169,000. (408) 684-8263. Santa Cruz.

42-FT PASSPORT PILOTHOUSE, 1984. Cutter. Great bluewater cruiser. Full batten main, roller

BENETEAU 40,1984. Ready to go & half way there. 6 years offshore cruising proves her strong

furling, windlass, teak decks, Perkins 4-108, AP, radar, GPS, Espar heater, B&G instruments, teak

& capable. Fast is fun. Monitor vane, AP, fully battened main, roller reefing, 9 sails, spinnaker,

interior. Excellent condition, great liveaboard. $160,000. (818) 985-2854.

storm sails. Radar, SSB, inverter, 650 AH gel cell batteries. 4 solar panels, wind generator, watermaker, liferaft, Avon, 15 hp o/b. 3 double

46-FT BLUEWATER AFT CABIN MY, 1985. Great liveaboard, low hrs, radar, 12kw gen, 'A/C,

cabins, TV/VCR, CD changer. Foredeck, cockpit awnings, dodger. Cockpit table, cushions, BBQ. Electric windlass, all chain, 3 anchors. Just add food. Featured in popular video Sailing In Heavy

stove, lots of equipment, Avon raft, complete survey 2 yrs ago. A real value at $29,900. Call (209) 536-9282. DQWNEASTER 38. Beautiful fiberglass offshore cutter. Equipped w/diesel engine (exc condition), 5 sails (like new), spinnaker & gear, windvane,

someone who likes old wooden boats in good shape. $22,000. Boat website: http:// home.pacbeil.net/ericm orEricat (415) 355-7883.

40 TO 50 FEET

autopilot, boom gallows, mast steps, generator, refrig, freezer, windlass, lots of ground tackle, etc. Boat has just been rewired, replumbed, interior

SPENCER 44 CENTER COCKPIT CUTTER.

painted & varnished, etc. Needs exterior LP, cush¬

Much loved Karina I just back from Mexico &

ions reuphoistered, new stove & misc minor up¬ grades to make this boat like new. A steal at

Hawaii. Fully refit in '95796. Loaded with features. Cannot be beat for comfort, speed, attractiveness

$39,950 or trade for? Located Ventura. Contact

& quality. The perfect cruiser. Lying Vancouver.

(805)546-1108.

$115,000 US. (604) 925-2790 h, (604) 689-4352

vacuflush heads, twin queen berths, bathtub, washer/dryer, dishwasher, full size fridge, en¬ closed hardtop. $140,000. Walter, (510) 769-6464.

YORKTOWN 39. Great liveaboard, lots of stuff.

VALIANT 42,1993. Cutter rigged world cruising veteran. Original owner configured this boat for ease in handling & comfort. Located South Florida.

$17,500 Obo. Call (415) 435-9986.

$270,000. (561) 626-4436 or (714) 661-9536.

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48-FT CHEOY LEE CENTER COCKPIT cut¬ ter. 1981 Perry designed performance offshore cruiser with Cheoy Lee traditional quality teak joinery below. Exceptionally beautiful & well built yacht. Just completed major refit including: new epoxy bottom, new LP topsides, rebuilt engine & transmission, new runnma rigging, new uphol¬ stery & more. 6/97 survey available. Berthed in San Diego. $165,000. (619) 226-4013. 41-FT VAN DE STADT, 1980. Fiberglass hull & deck, cutter rigged sloop. 30 hp Farymann diesel, less than 500 hrs. Well equipped, strong, fast, clean & well maintained. 5 sails, spinnaker & fully battened main. $45,000. (408) 266-0486 or sfkamen@aol.com or http://members'aol.com/ sfkamen

CHEOY LEE CLIPPER 42, 1971. Fiberglass staysail schooner. South Pacific, Alaska1 veteran. Extensive upgrades, 6/97 survey, hard dodger, hot pressure water, 100 gal diesel, hydraulic steer¬ ing & anchor windlass. Exc liveaboard, sublet Washington slip for 1 year. $75,000. Please call (360) 647-2107. HARTOG 49.50 ft professionally built ferro ketch, 1978. Good condition, very well maintained, new rigging. Huge stateroom, large galley, 2 bedrooms, 1 bath with separate hot & cold shower, workshop, 350 gal water. 250 gal diesel. Lots of headroom, lots of spare parts. Perkins 85 hp engine. Sails great, built to last, perfect for cruising/liveaboard. Your dream will become reality for a low $62,000 obo. Insured, recent survey available (7/97). Call (415) 664-7774 or dangeard@mailexcite.com

ISLANDTRADER 43 KETCH. Equipped for cruis¬ ing, documented. Located in Baja. Designed by Garden. Great liveaboard, teak interior/decks, roller furling, electric windlass, liferaft, windvane, VHF, loran, stereo/CD, h/c pressure, extras. $49,000. Please call (760) 788-0511 or Gail at fax (760) 788-7105 or email: bturf@cts.com

YORKTOWN 41, 1985. Center cockpit sloop, roomy interior great for liveaboard/cruising. 35 hp Yanmar diesel, dodger, h/c water, shower, refrig, microwave. Easy to sail, great for SF Bay. Berthed in Alameda. $39,000. (510) 523-4503.

OLSON 40.8 bags of sails, racing gear, cover girl of Latitude38, rod rigging, hydraulipvang, backstay & babystay, not a slow poke. Asking $90,000. Call (415) 252-5555 dys or (415) 388-6686 eves & wkends.

40-FT GARY MULL DESIGN. Well equipped, ready to cruise, are you ready? My plans have changed, need proceeds to go forward with differ¬ ent plan. Exc opportunity to make a good buy! Call for specs & equipment, then make offer. Will not list but will co-operate with brokers. Please call (702) 324-4343 dys or (702) 853-2941 eves.

COLUMBIA 45 SLOOP, 1972. Spacious coastal cruiser/liveaboard. Recent survey. Clean/well maintained. 2 staterooms, 2 heads (1 w/separate shower stall), light, roomy salon, stereo, h/c pres¬ sure water, propane stove/oven, AC/DC refer, microwave. AP, depth, Loran, VHF, Heart 10,3kw Onan, 85 hp Perkins, elec windlass, 264 gal diesel, 240 water, 4 sails. New in '94: propane tanks, rigging, LPU mast, mast step, plumbing, hot water heater, dodger. No blisters. $60,000. Pager, (510)425-8138.

CAL 40. Race or cruise. BMW D50 diesel. New epoxy barrier coat & bottom paint. Wind, DS, speed, VHF. Monitor windvane, propane stove, AC/DC refrig, diesel & kerosene heaters, wind¬ lass, new rigging, 13 sails. $50,000. Please con¬ tact (707) 829-9671, eves only. CATALINA 42, 1996. Spacious double state¬ room, new design. B&G instruments, roller furling, full battened main w/single line reefing system w/ Dutchman. Electric windlass with all chain rode, GPS, CD, radar, microwave, electric fridge, h/c shower in cockpit, etc. Below market at $124,000. (805) 962-2826 or email: anchor@sbsailctr.com

SCEPTRE 41 PILOTHOUSE, 1986. 55 hp Yanmar, Maxprop, dual stations, Autohelm ST6000 autopilot, ST-50 depth, wind, speed, Garmin colorGPS map, bimini, diesel fireplace, Force 10 propane stove, full batten main, Dutchman, 105%, 138% jibs, Harken roller furling, raised settee. $195,000. (707) 645-9636.

C & C 41,1984. Exceptionally clean. Upgraded. Lots of sails, Maxi-Robertson autopilot, Harken track. Please call Don, (415) 332-9500.

WESTSAIL 43 YAWL. Start your getaway in the warm water & cool breezes of the Gulf of Mexico. 95% restored with cruising in mind. Please call (512) 881-9214 for spec sheet.

51 FEET & OVER 58-FT EDSON SCHOCK CLASSIC CUTTER. Originally built 1935 Long Beach for actor Dana Andrews. Extensively restored to new in ’91. Worldwide, only one. She's beautiful, fast, strong & rich in history. Her sleek, eye catching lines made her a successful race & boat show winner.

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Full electronics & nav equipped. Her 13 ft beam, 7'6" draft, 20 tons make her a seaworthy world cruiser. Charter/liveaboard ready. Rich mahogany interior & brightwork. Sleeps 7+ in her 3 private double berths. 2 heads w/showers, large galley, all extras. Meticulously maintained. In Alameda, by owner. Illness forces dramatic reduction to $189,000. (510) 522-8231. Must sell, make offer. HARDIN GLASS KETCH (51 ’ LOD, 60’ LOA). Outstanding liveaboard cruiser, singlehandable, 2 stations, all furling, Costa Rica vet. 3 state¬ rooms, work area, double salon. Top construction & design, heavy glass hull. Generator, watermaker & inverter. Many extras, upgrades & spares. Some trades/financing possible (boat/RE). $129,000 obo. Roger Perry, '(415) 331-5251X ,

CLASSICS 33-FT KETCH, 1959. John Alden. Really solid craft. Moored at Pillar Point Harbor, CA. Willys Jeep motor, marine head, GPS, ship to shore radio. $8,500 obo. (408) 272-4237. 42-FT ^TEVENS TRI CABIN, 1951. Twin 318 s, one running, the other missing carb & manifold, galley, salon, fireplace, 2 staterooms, 2 heads & sinks, 1 shower. Needs work. $9,000. Call Mike, (510)210-3031. RASSMUSSEN 28,1938. Wooden classic sail¬ boat, complete sails & rigging. $1,000. Alameda. (510)521-8506. 35-FT CHEOY LEE LION, BUILT 1963. Teak hull, 20 hp Yanmar diesel, propane stove, Loran, DS, AP, VHF. 7 bags sails, Bruce anchors. Hauled 7/ 97. $25,000 obo. (707) 465-1759.

MULTIHULLS F-31R/C, 1995. Enlarged cockpit, aft cabin, tall rig, big roach Kevlar main, jib, screecher on 8 ft bow pole with furling & asym spinnaker. Also Dacron main, jib. Best of equip. VHF, DS, GPS, compass, 2 burner stove, 30 gal water, 9.9 Yamaha. $93,000. (011) 52-1125-0759, Mexico.

32R CROSS TRIMARAN. Beautiful, fun & fast. West system epoxy. 4 stroke 9.9 Yamaha o/b, electrical start remote steering. Twin 12 gal built in fuel tanks. Profurl roller. Full batten main, extra jib & spinnaker. 2 batteries with 1 lOv charger. $24,500.(408) 730-9891. 40-FT BROWN SEARUNNER. New 3/16” s/s standing rigging & Norseman terminals. New Furlex jib & staysail. New tanbark main with easy cradle. Furuno radar, Yanmar3 cyl diesel, new 25 hp Honda o/b back-up for diesel. New complete cockpit covers/dodger. Propane stove, GPS, hot water, 2 fathometers. Hull reglassed, repainted. Frigibar, new CPT autopilot, Honda gas genera¬ tor, new Lewmar s/s 48ST winches. Cruise ready. $59,500 firm. (909) 864-8198. F-27 TRIMARAN, HULL #104. New nets & stand¬ ing rigging, head, solar panel, AP, double water tanks, epoxied hull, trailer, many extras. Set up for cruising, well maintained, documented. Randy, (408) 353-2242 or <randall@alink.net> for de¬ tails. CORSAIR F-31. Launched 1996. Aft cockpit, trailer, Yamaha 9.9electricstart, DS, speed, VHF, SSB, GPS, AP, wind generator, solar, pressure water, Mylar main & genoa, Dacron jib, asym¬ metrical spinnaker, very complete equipment list. $105,000. (541)488-0919. 36-FT CATAMARAN. Spiffy condition. 18 ft beam, Wharram style, goal post rig (mast in each hull), Chinese lug sails. Wheel steering, pilothouse, full stand up galley w/refrig. 30 hp Tohatsu, electric start, less than 100 hrs. Ideal liveaboard. $24,500. Dennis, (707) 647-3806. 25-FT SEARUNNER TRIMARAN, 1982. West System, trailer, wheel steering, 9.9 Johnson, knotmeter, 5 bags sails, extensively refurbished '97 including new paint, brightwork, cushions, stove, VHF, running rigging, compass, bow roller, more. Compare F-24 at $40,000! Asking $12,000. Larry, (805) 546-9156. FARRIER 680 TRI, 1986. (Mini F-27). Wide cabin with aft cabin, aluminum spars, roller furling, 7.5 hp, Honda 4 stroke, full electronics, many extras, custom trailer w/electric winch. Delivery/set-up instructions available. A great family boat. $11,000. (408) 735-1794.

PRINDLE 18 CATAMARAN, 1989. Exc condi¬ tion. Galv trailer. Lots of fun & very fast. $1,900. (510) 757-8931. WILLIAMS 37-FT TRIMARAN. Large roomy cabin, 22hp diesel, 6 sails, VHF, depthfinder, heavy duty rigging, pilothouse,much more. Needs work. Sacrifice sale $12,500.Mike or Skip at Har¬ ris Yacht Harbor, Bay Point,CA (510) 458-1606.

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32-FT SEARUNNER CATAMARAN. Constant Camber cold molded construction, all epoxy. Launched 3/97, rotating mast, full batten main roller jib, 9.9 hp 4 stroke o/b, VHF, dinghy. Open bridgedeck. Spartan but quick, need a 100 sf cockpit? $40,000. (619) 291-0641.

CHRIS CRAFT 33 TRICABIN SEDAN, 1952. Fairly rare model. Beautiful classic lines. Double planked mahogany on oak. Recaulked, refas¬ tened, partially replanked. New keel. Cold-molded foredeck. New windshield, new head, new spa¬ cious galley w/large fridge for great liveaboard. Much of restoration completed. 2 boat owner must sell before moving to San Diego this fall. Make offer. Own a Lake Tahoe dreamboat. Please call (415) 299-0783.

35-FT TRIMARAN. Ketch rig, 5 sails, cruise vet $5,000.(916)292-1733. 48-FT PIVER TRIMARAN. Cruise ready, proven, exc condition. Ketch, cockpit pilothouse, 40 hp diesel. Rehauled/painted. Many extras, electron¬ ics, refer, GPS, radar, 406 EPIRB, windlass, watermaker, generator, 14 ft Achilles w/25 hp, dive compressor, etc. Exc Marina berth. Must see! Steal at $79,000. (707) 253-7231.

35-FT FOWLER. Great liveaboard, very solid, nice layout, forward bedroom, full bathroom in¬ cludes shower, living & dining, areas & kitchen. Standing room throughout. Clean it, paint it & move right on. No motor. Good deal at only $2,475. (415) 331-2522.

31-FT BROWN SEARUNNER A-ARM trimaran. Sailed regularly in Delta. All sails: drifter, genoa, yankee, staysail, storm & main in good condition. 12v lights, VHF, propane stove, Porta-Potti. She's beautiful but bare. $10,000. (510) 458-6560 or (510) 458-1049.

PARTNERSHIPS BALTIC 64. Like new. Operates 6 months Bay Area, 6 months Mexico with capt & cook. Looking for 4-6 partners. Sailors only. One year trial, all funds fully refundable. Contact E. Van Asperen, (707) 963-4726.

35-FT TRIMARAN. Cruiser/Iiveaboard. Ketch, hardtop dodger, Vanmar diesel, wheel steering, AP, hot & cold water, propane stove, microwave, refer, aft cabin, spacious wing berths, GPS, depth, knotmeter, TV, stereo. $15,995. (Under market). Recent survey. 2 boat owner. (707) 451-4445.

2 OR 3 PARTNERS SOUGHT TO FIND & buy $15,000 - $20,000, 30 ft cruising sloop/ketch for Bay, coastal cruising. Share upkeep. Good sail¬ ors, partners for long term deal, Marin base. John, (415)456-5274.

HOBIE20,1995. Ultimate racing catamaran. Great in the Bay, in a lake or off the beach! Beautiful sails. Great condition. Calkins trailer, cat box, beach wheels & harnesses all included. $8,000 negotiable. Call Richard, (650) 481-4544.

RANGER 29. Alameda berth, 1/2 ownership. Well equipped with spinnaker, hydraulic backstay. All lines led aft, new rigging, hauling out Oct 7 for bottom paint. Strong Atomic 4 gasoline engine: Recent survey, beautifully maintained interior, new upholstery. $5,500. (510) 864-9926.

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KNARR 30.1/4 equity partnership in this classy one design for social sailing or racing. SF Marina berth. $2,000. (415) 383-8561.

SUWANEE 47,1971. FG. New Volvo engines, drives & 7.5 kw Kohler in 1989 w/200 hrs. Ideal liveaboard w/dual air, walk-in shower, new interior '91, new appliances, abundant storage, sleeps 6. Delta canvas, 8 ftiivingston w/Seagull o/b & davit. $48,900 obo. (510) 864-2023.

CATALINA 30.1/3 timeshare, flexible, open cal¬ endar on clean boat, new LPU, new sails, new diesei. At South Beach Harbor, SF. Best location, easy parking, 5 minutes to downtown. $300/mo. (415) 731-4956.

34-FT PACEMAKER, 1971. wood hull, ideal liveaboard, new bottom paint, tight hull. Needs motors (gas) & work. Comfodable & roomy. Exc layout. $4,400. Contact (510) 886-7706 or fax (510) 886-4131 or pager (510) 615-3871.

NORDIC 40. Partners left for altar & Carib. .equity shares or timeshares avail. Great Perry design. New cruising spin, CD, GPS, setup for shorthanded sailing. Berkeley berth. (510) 304-7897. BEAUTIFUL TED BREWER 46-FT SAILBOAT. 25% equity partnership. Well equipped, offshore or great overnight Bay boat. Bristol condition, well established partnership. $30,000 or trade for smaller boat. (415) 552-6954.

37-FT PHILIP RHODES SLOOP. Documented vessel. 50% equity partnership. Good sail inven¬ tory, Yanmar diesel, propane stove, CG approved holding tank, wheel steering. Winner Master Mari¬ ners Race. Cedar on oak. $9,500. Sausalito berth (415) 479-3371. ERICSON 32. Well maintained, berthed in Brick¬ yard Cove Marina, Point Richmond. Numerous head sails & new main. Wheel steering. Generous use of boat. Must be experienced sailor. $200 per month. Brian, (916) 446-8052 eves or email: admin@grac.org.

TRADE AIRCRAFT. 1979 Bellanca Decathlon 8 KCAB. Exc condition, current bluebook $54,000. Ad¬ vanced flight instruction available. Will trade for, or toward, seaworthy 36 ft to 42 ft liveaboard cruiser, any location. Pearson 365, Morgan 382, or ??? Let's make a fun deal! Contact Mike at (916) 345-2276. POSITIVE CASH FLOW. Large house near Lake Merritt. I would like to exchange for a 32-50 ff fiberglass sailboat. $100,000 equity, trade up or down. (510) 339-8363. TRADE 30-FT BENICIA MARINA BERTH for SF Bay berth. Will need Nov thru Feb. Please call (707) 745-2748. EEL RIVER RETREAT, MEDITERRANEAN villa in Mendocino County on 200 acres. Top quality throughout, solar powered, end of road privacy, 360s views, large creek. Use your 32-40 ft off¬ shore cruiser as downpayment. 20% below ap¬ praisal, $280,000. Color brochure, www.rereader.com/medvilla.html or please call (707) 459-5490 ext 515. 30-FT CLASS A MOTORHOME. Excellent condi¬ tion. $22,000 value, to be considered as trade or downpayment for power or sailboat. Phone Ron, (408) 399-2748.

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BOOKS & CHARTS NEEDED! Orange Coast College is building a new public nautical library. We need nautical books, charts, guides, instru¬ ments. All subjects & areas needed by our stu¬ dents - 5,000 annually. Your gifts are tax deduct¬ ible through the OCC Foundation. Call us to ar¬ range pick up & receipt. (714) 645-9412. OFFSHORE CRUISING SAILBOAT WANTED. Loaded with gear, up to $125,000. 42 ft to 55 ft fiberglass ketch preferred. Serious buyer wants a bargain. If you're ready to deal, contact Bob or David at (916) 885-5859 or fax (916) 888-0672 or email: Kiwibob@neworld.net AUTOHELM WINDVANE, Sailwright sewing machine, 406 EPIRB. Please call (619) 226-4300 after 6pm. SAILBOAT CHARTER OR YACHT time-share in La Paz or Cabo. Feb 10-25,1998.2 couples need a break from the northwest winter, seeking a 35 to 45 ft sailing yacht. Call Chris, (360) 734-0928 eves or email: fairbank@cascadesinc.com CASH FOR CHALLENGER 32, COLUMBIA 36, Cal 34 or comparable strong, fun liveaboard/ cruiser. Prefer diesel engine. Call (415) 952-1678 ext 2024. TRAILER FOR CATALINA 30 FIN KEEL. Will pay cash. Please call Wes, (303) 841 -2400 dys or (303) 841-8792 eves. SAILBOAT WANTED. Sloop, fiberglass 30-34 ft. Preferbetter quality production boat, eg: Pearson, Hunter, Cal, Ericson, Tartan. Quick cash for the right deal. Call Tom, (408) 429-6836.

FREYA 39. F.G. Gannon model. Complete or needing work. Please call (415) 332-9218.

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Prestigious Private Community with 3 4 Bedrooms from $189,000 to $235,000 Luxurious Dream Living In ‘ The Best Kept Secret In The San Francisco Bay Area' Mt. Diablo & River Views Leonard & Associates (510) 473-9294

24-FT TO 28-FT FIBERGLASS COASTAL cruiser.On trailer, rigged for singlehandling. Pre¬ fer: roller furling, newer sails, strong engine, shoal draft, full headroom (6 ft) or pop-top, autopilot, marine head, solar 12v, good bottom, galley. No swing keels! Gregg, (970) 264-4202 dys or (970) 264-4207 eves.

35-FT CRUISING CATAMARAN. Reasonable, fixer-upper OK. Young couple planning late '98 Pacific expedition - Mexico, Costa Rica, Galapagos, Easter Island, South Pacific & be¬ yond. Inquire about voyage newsletter. Please call (808) 823-9625.

MULTIHULL BUILDER IN LA PAZ LOOKING FOR PROJECT

S.S.B/HAM Marine Radio SGC, 150 watts, 5 year factory warranty, new (factory fresh). Radio has remote head, 644 preprogrammed frequencies, 100 user programable, Telex, WeFax, Outstanding/Best Buy from Practical Sailor. $1,395. Matching tuner also available. (425) 451-7413 phone/fax

WATERFRONT HOMES WITH DEEP WATER DOCKS

VOLVO MD6 OR MD7 PARTS. Injectors, injector tubes, injector clamps, water pump, transmission or complete engine. Any condition considered. (408) 684-0602 or hope@cruzio.com

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Renew your brightwork decks. Build-in seats, bunks cabinets. Experienced woodworker will restore your boat to like-new condition or remodel it to suit your cruising lifestyle. Call John Shinnick at (415) 824-1278

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CHARTER OUR 40-FT ISLANDER KETCH IN COSTA RICA Where sailing is outstanding. 4 souls in separate staterooms with heads. $600/day, 3 day minimum, $3,750 full week, skipper included. Please fax your interest to: (415) 332-3388. We're sailing until October 24th.

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HELP MOVING MY 20-FT WOODEN sailboat from Sausalito to Tomales Bay. Trailer? If you have a truck & trailer for a full keel sailboat, please call. Sailor? If you have experience sailing into Tomales Bay, please call. Tim, (415) 507-6539. 50-FT + POWERBOAT. Fast offer & payoff made if boat fits needs, most important structurally sound & good shape. Cosmetics, engine & navigational equipment of secondary importance. Looking for liveaboard ability. (415) 331-8588. J/24 TRAILER. Please call (415) 421-1466 or (415) 421-5052 fax.

USED GEAR PERKINS 4-108 DIESEL w/instrument panel, 48 hp. $2,800 obo. Please call (209) 748-2377 or (510)581-0276. 41 ’6" TAPERED SITKA SPRUCE MAST and 16’ boom. No rot, wood is in good shape, needs relaminating. Make offer. Gary. (408) 479-7890. GALLEY MAID GIMBALLED 3 BURNER kero¬ sene stove/oven with tank. $2754650) 873-1959. MARTEC FOLDING PROP, 15 x 12 x 1 RH, $250. Roller furling 155% genoa, luff 43’, $250. Mainsail, 7 oz Dacron, luff 39’, foot 11', $200. All in good condition. Contact Fred. (415) 435-1707. ACR 406 EPIRB, category II, battery rated to 3/ 2000, $575. Siemans 4JF solar panel, 75 watt, with storage bag. $375. (541) 488-0919. ARIES WINDVANE. $1,000 obo. (707) 496-0155 message. TRAILER BUILT FOR 30-FT CATALINA. Has gooseneck fifth wheel hitch. Extremely well built. 3 axle with spare tire on wheel. Suitable for other 30-33 ft boats. Asking $3,500. (510) 443-0297, ask for Ken. PUR SURVIVOR 35 HAND OPERATED desali¬ nator. Never used. $1,200 new. Asking $400. Pier 39 Slip D-29. (415) 710-4960 AM. SAILBOAT TRAILER FOR SALE. 1980 Triad dual axle. Surge brakes. 5,200 lb capacity. Adjust¬ able. Currently set up for J/24. $1,400 obo. Con¬ tact (510) 601 -7222 after 7 pm or jtbond @ aol.com

ALBIN 22K 2CYL ENGINE, fresh, clean. $650. Isuzu 60 for parts. $100. Velvet drive, 71c, 2.1 to 1. $350. Direct drive. $150. Mast, 50 ft alum tapered, roller jib. $300. Wood Freeman autopilot. $200. 10” Navy compass w/Polaris. $200. 6 ft alum net reel with beater & all hyd. $1,500.2 each 12v ref motors. $50.32v & 12v single cyl gen. $75. 350 Chev fresh water heat exe with gear. $200. (415) 454-9818. HONDA6500WATT GENERATOR. Electric start, hour meter, 2 wheeled frame, only used 16 hrs. Cost $3,839, sell for $2,500. Suzuki 28 hp out¬ board, remoteconsole electric start/throttle/shifter, shop manual, gas tank. Runs excellent. $900. (510) 672-2867. SEAGULLS. New Silver Century 5.5 hp. $700. Mint 40 plus 2.5 hp. $550.2 hp? $70.3/8 chain, $2 ft. Lead bars, .404 lb. Bosuns chair, $45. Inflatable foot pump. $25. Misc anchor and halyard rope. (415) 474-1782. 60 LB CQR, $400. Anchor rode, unused 50 ft of 3/ 8" chain, 250 fl 3/4” 3 strand nylon, $200. Galerider storm drogue, $300. PUR 35 12v watermaker, $850. Manual windlass, $500. Wooden Sabot sailing dinghy. Includes mast, hardware, cradle, $50. Sailnetics sailing dink, crunched but repair¬ able, $100. Call Mike at, (707) 649-9268, hm or (707) 446-5966 Wk. HI-SEAS DIESEL HEATER & 3 gallon pressur¬ ized tank. Both bulkhead mount. $350. Please call (707) 745-4080.

BARBARY COAST BOATING CLUB, Northern California’s gay & lesbian club. Open to owners & enthusiasts of sail & powerboats, kayaks, canoes & PWC's. Monthly meetings & lots of events. Call our hotline, (415) 905-6267.

SEA ANCHORS, 5’ diameter. All nylon with 12 each - 9' shroud lines. Color orange, formerly Army Stabilizer Parachutes. $15 each. Please call (805) 773-0556. MERCEDES 309 DIESEL BUS, 1978.20 ft fully renovated to RV camper by shipbuilder. Hard¬ wood interior, insulated, sleeps 2, amazing stor¬ age. Mechanically rebuilt, new Michelin tires, auto trans, overdrive unit, 16 mpg. Simple but elegant. $16,50p. (415) 479-5656.

BAADS, the Bay Area Association of Disabled Sailors, offers safe, exciting recreational opportu¬ nities on San Francisco Bay for the physically disabled sailors & able-bodied volunteers. No sailing experience necessary, adaptive equip¬ ment available. Cash & other tax deductible dona¬ tions welcomed. (415) 281-0212.

FOUND: FAIRLY OLD WEST MARINE INFLAT¬ ABLE dinghy drifting in Raccoon Strait in early August. Call to identify and claim. Call Rob at, (415) 383-8200 ext 109.

CLUBS/MEMBERSHIPS

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). GREENPEACE HAWAII NEEDS YOUR BOAT for saving whales, dolphins & turtles & for re¬ searching cetacean/human communication. We need a 45-75 ft multi or monohull bluewater sail¬ boat. Get a tax deduction that's good for your heart. We go everywhere. (800) 294-1899.

SAIL-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 service, skill-improve¬ ment sails & fun sails. For more information call (415) 979-4866.

BASIC/ADVANCED COASTAL NAVIGATION. Course is free, text & workbook $25. Please call (510) 437-3461 or (510) 841-7233 now.

CLUB NAUTIQUE UNLIMITED COUPLE membership.Leam to sail at the leading Bay Area sailing school. 50 boats from 23 ft to 50 ft. Based in Alameda & Sausalito. Includes membership in Ballena Bay Yacht Club. $3,900. Save $525! (707) 829-3792.

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MARINE RECYCLE HAS USED BOAT STUFF!

Masts, booms, sails, winches, cleats, blocks, anchors, chain, line, outboard motors, heat exchangers, thru-huBs, exhausl manifolds/mufflers, electronics, pulpits, swim platforms, stoves, sinks, portholes, dsl heaters, much more! Om saaor’t link 60 Libertyshlp Way *C. Sausalito, CA. 94965. Open: Tues-Sat, 11 anv6pm It anov>e?s Mature! (415) 332-3774.

PACIFIC CRUISING ASSOCIATION, PO Box 280, Port Hueneme, CA 93044. Voice: (805) 5250064, fax: (805) 933-2108. We offer camaraderie, monthly news publication, reciprocal privileges, mail forwarding & much more for the cruiser.

MISCELLANEOUS

BORG-WARNER 72 CR TRANSMISSION. New condition “take off" from engine. Has been bench test run. Model 10-18-006 counter rotation type. Forward reduction ratio 1.91:1. In line (not “drop center”) reduction gear. $1,400 FOB. Alameda, CA. (510) 523-7670.

Hard red vinyl anti-fouling paint. Mfg. Woolsey. 72% copper. Reg. price: $180/gal. Our price $50/gal. Also black vinyl and other mfg. available. Ablading paint, 50% copper, $50/gal. Primer & other epoxies. $10-$15/gal. Polyurethane. $20/gal. (650) 588-4678

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OVER 25,000 OFFSHORE delivery miles with 16 yrs in yacht maintenance. Position sought from boat builder or private owner for land based work, interior preferred due to limitations from ultraviolet concerns, health is excellent. Full time position wanted, west coast USA preferred, willing to relo¬ cate. Complete dedication an expectation. Re¬ sumes upon request. 35 yrs old. (818) 789-7288 or johnchalled @ earthlink.net

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OFFSHORE LIFEJACKETS. 2 Type I vests for use on ocean. Adult, bright orange, with reflective patches. Safegard brand, top-rated by Practical Sa/formagazine. $17 each or $30 for both. Stearns Heads-up Type-II kid's lifevest, size S (20-25" chest), Snoopy design, $7. Chris, (415) 389-9378 hm or (415) 383-8200ext 103 (office & voice mail).

BIG BOAT GEAR. Givens 8 man Soft Pac liferaft. Fujikura 6 man Soft Pac liferaft. Detroit diesel 8V71,230 hp w/twin disc trans. Scandinavian 44” var pitch prop w/4” x 21' shaft. Furuno 2000 24 mile radar. 150 ft 3/4" chain. 350 lb navy stockless anchor. Coleman Powermate 120/240V 5kw/10 hp gas generator portable. Kato Kamag 40kw at 120 or 20kw at 240 3 phase. Perkins 4-108 51 hp gen. (415) 892-1988.

CLUB NAUTIQUE UNLIMITED COUPLE membership.Savehundreds of dollars. Outstand¬ ing sailing instruction, seminars, full certification & social events all included. ASA sailing school of the year. Modern fleet berthed in Alameda & Sausalito. Includes membership in Ballena Bay YC. (408) 257-4325.

MONITOR WINDVANE. New, never mounted. $2,500 firm. Also, US Sabot. Like new, fiberglass, mast, rudder, centerboard. $750 obo. Please call (619) 293-0030.

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LAKE TAHOE JUNIOR SAILING/RACING program. A 501 (c) (3) non-profit club needs your racing boat (any size). You get IRS tax deduction, we teach kids to sail & race. For more info please call Glenn, (916) 577-4028.

TAX RELIEF 1997. Donate your yacht or other valuable property & support the American Society For Environmental Education. Established over 25 yrs. IRS 501-(c)3 tax exempt society. Many benefits. Contact Allen Wedrick for more info, (415) 479-7700 orfax (415) 381-2030.

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35-FT BERTH AVAILABLE AT PIER 39. From Nov 1 stto April 1 st. Great location near gate. $265 a month + utilities. (415) 868-2940. 30-FT BERTH, S.F. GAS HOUSE MARINA. End slip, best berth. Privacy. $190/month. Please call (510) 524-5570.

CREW HEAR YE, HEAR YE, ALL YOU SINGLE sailors, skippers, mates, crew (advanced or novice), come join us at our social & meeting to be held at Oakland Yacht Club in Alameda on the second Thursday of each month. Social starts at 7 PM. For details call Single Sailors Assoc (SSA) at (510) 273-9763. EASY-GOING, RETIRED, GWM professional seeks attractive, straight male (19-26) for all ex¬ pense paid (+ allowance) travel. Includes yacht charter, in Europe & Med area from my villa in Aegean/Greek Islands. Your position complete with private guest house & vehicle. Respond w/ photo & brief intro to: Mr. P. Ferrell, 733 W. 4th Ave., #656, Anchorage, Alaska, 99501. Phone/ fax:(907)694-8691. EXPERIENCEDCREWWANTED. Cruise Belize, Bay Islands, San Bias Islands. Boat in Rio Dulce now. Well found 36 ft sloop & experienced skipper ready for more. Minimum 2 month commitment. Share food, ice, fuel costs. Fax First Light, Mario’s Marina, (01)502-332-4885. MATURE COUPLE with scads of offshore sailing experience (and 350 ton master’s license), look¬ ing for berth on interesting winter cruise. Well traveled, well read & fantastic cook. Fax/phone: (250) 954-0427 or email: yachtdel@island.net. LIKE TO MEET FEMALE, 40’S, attractive, for sailing & companionship. Enjoy sailboat charter¬ ing & cruising, scuba diving, hiking, etc. Consider¬ ing cruising lifestyle. Divorced male, professional, attractive, 6T, fit, 54. Let’s exchange letter & photo Joe, P.O. Box 894, Saratoga, CA 95071. CRUISE THE CARIBBEAN & BEYOND. 31 ft trimaran. Sailing, diving, surfing, adventure. Non¬ smoking, SWM, 38, 5’9", 160 lbs, handsome. Seeking honest, (unloving, trim female, 32 or younger for long term, monogamous relationship. 6224 Holly Lane, Lantana, FL. 33462. Call John, (561)433-4410. EXPERIENCEDSAIUNG COUPLE, retired, seek¬ ing crew position to Mexico & points beyond. Pay own way, non-smokers, no drugs, available midOct. (408) 553-6484, voice mail. WANTED: ADVENTUROUS, SPIRITED, woman sailor for Bay and/or bluewater sailing. Planning cruise to Mexico. Leaving Dec on Columbia 26. Call Leon, (415) 437-5558.

50-FT CAL-WESTERN/HUDSON KETCH Full keel, aluminum spars, pilothouse, 3 S/R’s, washer/dryer, teak interior, marble counter tops. Exquisite workmanship & state of the art equipment make this vessel not only a head turner, but a world class cruiser. Asking $319,000, will consider all offers. 1-800-477-8382

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CRUISING MERMAID, underwater photographer. Attractive, athletic, fun, published, dive master loves travel, adventure, sailboats, diving. 5'4" slim brunette seeks to fulfill dream of cruising warm waters (preferably with soulmate, age 42-50ish, fit, NS). P.O. Box 4136, Laguna Beach, CA. 92652. FEMALE FIRST MATE WANTED. Luxury sailing yacht with nice looking 49 yr old lie captain, in St. Thomas, USVI, in need of NS, fit, female 1st mate (will train if nec) for winter season. Send photo/ phone to: Yacht Jet Lag, 6501 Red Hook Plaza, Suite201, St. Thomas, USVI 00802-1306oremail: PJPILOT@AOL.COM (before Nov 1st, please call (206) 859-2680).

ATTRACTIVE LADY, 48, WOULD like to have help sailing her boat. The boat is a Compac 19 and has a trailer. Please contact Christine. Telephone: (916) 487-9729. I DESIRE AN EXPERIENCED CREW to sail faraway. I’m a tall, happy, trustworthy sailor, over 50, committed to years of bluewater sailing & adventures & dedicated to the well being of ship & crew, dawsail@msn.com or (415) 589-4509. FIRST MATE WANTED FOR EXTENDED cruis¬ ing in Mexico & beyond. Female preferred, sailing experience desired, good attitude & personality a must, age open. Mature, athletic, easygoing, hon¬ est skipper, retired professional, financially se¬ cure. Circumnavigation between the 2 tropics is a real possibility after Mexico shakedown. Letter & photo to: Skipper Tom, 135 Jacquelyn'Court, Ridgecrest, CA. 93555, will get you my itinerary & chance to meet now & share outfitting & sailing before departure.

SEEKING ONE GOOD SKIPPER who believes in romance & courtship for fun & loving LTR. Avail¬ able for Bay sails & short term cruising now while planning a cruising lifestyle beginning no later than 2000. Me: blue eyed, spunky, athletic, attrac¬ tive, blonde. You: NS, 45-55yrs, 5'10”+, affection¬ ate, humorous, spiritual, great health, intelligent & financially solvent w/yrs of experience on boats. Own boat, scuba, windsurfing are pluses. Leave msg for JT, (510) 325-6369. SWF MULTI-SKILLED SAILOR, artist, scientist, divemaster with lots of bluewater experience wishes to co-captain a boat for extended cruising w/male of similar interests. Age, physique & hah its are open. I’m a natural blonde, 49 (with a 35 yr old personality & activity level), 5’8”, non-smoker who likes dry wines & exotic beers, jazz & rock music, kayaking, bicycling, tennis, dancing & ad¬ venture travel. Email: jill@palaunet.com or write PO Box 1716, Koror, PW 96940. WE SAILED OUR 53-FT KETCH to Mexico 4 times & then to French Polynesia. I lost my mate & best friend (for 28 years) 7 yrs ago. 5 yrs ago I sold Harmony & purchased Rhapsody (60 ft trawler) in New York. We cruised down through the Panama Canal & this summer explored south¬ east Alaska. Cruising with friends & family has been great. I miss sharing the passion for each other & the cruising life with the woman I love. If you are curious about what lies over the horizon & have the courage to take the 1 st step, please write to: Lee, 6708 Road 26, Madera, CA 93637 or my web page: www.dovraisin.com NOTHING COMMON: looking for a handsome, fit, adventurous man who has the toys, >time, money & aloha to enhance my life, who is already living a full life, but is looking for a woman to join the adventure. Sail, ski, bike, backpack, travel, live in the country or at the beach on the mainland and/or Hawaii. I'm 57", 43, attractive & intelligent. Don’t smoke or do drugs. I am a light drinker & am enjoying life. (408) 458-2750.

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MEN & WOMEN SAILORS! Join our team of 27 professionals at OCSC, SF Bay. Best teaching & sailing location located on the Olympic Circle, large & extremely well maintained fleet, flexible schedule, well organized syllabuses & curricu¬ lum, great shoreside facility. There are only 3 students per class & certification standards that make you proud to be an instructor. It's exciting work w/motivated students & a great team atmo¬ sphere w/top pay & liberal boat use privileges. If you have great communication skills, an interest in teaching, exc sailing & seamanship skills, we would like to talk to you. We will help with CG licensing & US Sailing Instructor Cert. Call Rich at (510) 843-4200.

SERENE RIVER FRONT HOME FOR SALE. 1,600 sq ft, 2 bd, 2 ba, den, walk-in closet, 2 fireplaces, 1 with insert. Hardwood floors & berber carpet throughout. Open beam ceilings, ceiling to floor windows. 100 ft river frontage. Mature oaks, lush landscaping. Watch hawks fly, otters play & salmon run. Located in beautiful Northern Califor¬ nia, Redding area. Close to Shasta, the mountain & the lake, Whiskeytown lake & Mt. Lassen. Work transfer, must sell. A bargain at $225,000. Lv msg on machine. (916) 241-5234. OK, YOU HAVE YOUR DREAM BOAT, that's great. Now what you need is a break away place where “the skies are not cloudy all day”. How about 40 acres of rolling hills & a thousand oak trees, in the next Napa Valley - Paso Robles. An architect’s home/ranch, with a detached shop/ studio. 15 acres farmabie for grapes. Well produc¬ ing 110 gallons per minute of sweet water in¬ cluded. Double fenced. Very private, and more. Priced at $255,000. Call (805) 239-0739, owner.

SKILLED BOAT REPAIR PERSON WANTED at Berkeley Marine Center boat yard. Experience with repairs/preventive maintenance necessary. Fiberglass & painting skills helpful. Looking for qualified help with people skills. Salary comm with experience. (510) 843-8195 or fax resume to (510) 843-8197.

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55' Palmer Johnson,'70, Mull design, alum. $174,000 60' Steel Cruising Ketch, 1980.$275,000 62' Motorsailer cutter, '87.$595,000 65' Custom steel cutter, cert. '89.$350,000 68' Swan, 1993, designed by German Frers $1,980,000 126'Grand Banks Gloucester schooner, '24 $1,250,000

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47' SWAN, 79. Proven Sparkman &

44’ CUSTOM YORKTOWN. Custom built

Stephens design and quality Nautor con¬ struction, consistently updated including new sails and refurbished decks.

in 1988 by her present owner. Full teak interior, all amenities for extensive cruis¬ ing, center cockpit, custom hard dodger.

63' CHEOY LEE M/S, '83. Twin Cat 3208s,

Just finishing extensive refurbishment (1997). Full staved teak interior with large a master cabin including new head and stall shower. Large galley with LPG stainleg tsteel, 3-burner range and oven. 12 volt and engine driven compressor serving tw separate refrigeration boxes. Large salon with new TV and video recorder. Secor guest head forward and then V-berth. All new upholstery, new pumps, waterheate new Nilsson windlass, new standing and running rigging, Hood Stow-Away mas New ProFurl roller furling both head sails, new main and staysail with near net \genoa. Treadmaster decks refinished. Alpha autopilot rebuilt. New depth and spee instruments. New Garmin GPS at the helm. New Garmin chart plotter at the nav station, VHF and much more. The bottom was just redone in September 'gi Currently the only center cockpit N-447 available in the western United States, turnkey yacht that awaits her new owner. Should be seen to be appreciated. Locate; in Newport Beach, California. Possible owner financing available. $218,000

Call GtiaiCf, feechiuiUi Yacht Sales (800) 922-4873 or (714) 675-9352 101 SHIPY ARD WAY . S I K. (L. M W PORT UK U 11. C \ 026 . 47' WAUQUIEZ, '84. This is an outstand¬

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53' AMERICAN MARINE T/D MS $129,000 46' Kelly Peterson.$225,000 38' Downeast w/68 hp Lehman $65,000

36' CATALINA, '83. Great Bay sailer or

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Islander 28s on the Bay! Great perfor¬ mance boat in excellent condition inside and out.

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O'DAY, '92....Reduced $18,500 ERICSON, 76 .. .$18,000 CATALINA,'82. ..$29,000 CATALINA,'86 ......$49,900 CORONADO, 73. $30,000

36' 39' 44' 50' 50’

MUMM, '95.$150,000 PEARSON, 72.$58,900 HANS CHRISTIAN,'81.$219,000 FORCE 50, 78.....$165,000 CALKINS.$195,000

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50'FORCE.210HP Cat, Northern Lts genset. A work in progress but priced right. $95,000. 50' Gulfstar (2) Two & Three staterooms from $152,000.

New LP. Roller furling main & jib. Lightly used, well maintained, beautifully decorated. $136,000.

36* JEANNEAU, '85. Sunshine model. 3 state¬ rooms, loaded with top electronics, Heart in¬ verter, refrigerator, 6 sails. Fast and comfort¬ able. $60,000.

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36' CATALINA, '85, loaded. $51,500

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38' Downeast. $55,000 34' Catalina, '87. 2 from $52,000 30+ Ericson. $22,500

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Autohelm 5000, Garmin GPS w/plotter. '97 refit incl epoxy bottom. Bristol. $79,500.

Offered by Yachtfinders/Windseakers

NELSON/MAREK 39

HOT UPS This Carroll Marine 1200 has a very successful race record! Hot Lips topped the 16-boat IMS fleet at the Verve Cup in Chicago recently and has all state-of-the-art equipment and sails. The flag blue Awlgrip hull sets this boat apart on the race course and no expense has been spared in keeping her maintained. We have a very MOTIVATED SELLER right now who wants an offer before November 5th so he can move on to next year's racing project. Bring an OFFER!

Asking price is $200,000 Call Cherie Booth at (619) 224-2349 SELECT 55' 45’ 42' 40' 40' : 39' 39' 38'

PETERSON, '82, at our docks.$225,000 NELSON/MAREK, '83, full B&G instruments.$95,000 COMAR COMET, '85 .$135,000 OLSON, '83, notorious race record.$95,000 TRIPP, '91, built by Carroll Marine.$119,000 C&C, '90, 40XL version of the 37-plus.$149,000 SOVEREL, '86, very clean racer/cruiser.$69,000 DYNAFLYER, '84, prototype hi-tech racer.$29,500

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FARR, '83, comfortable but fast and tough!.$69,000 EXPRESS, '86, vacuum-bagged construction .$99,000 MUMM, '95, Bruce Farr design .$135,000 J/35s, 3 available.from $58,000 SCHOCK, 2 available.from $35,000 SOVEREL, '86, Tartan built.$35,000 FRERS, '88, complete Link 5100 system.$49,900 J/29, '84, impressive race record .$22,500

Lager Yacht Brokerage Corp. CALKINS 50 MOTORSAILER Custom built for Claude Ryan of Ryan Aeronautics (builder of Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis) by Driscoll Custom Yachts, Sabrina, now Ginny, has been professional maintained since her launching in 1960. Ginny, under the watchful eye of Bill Garden N.A., was refit in 1995-1996 at the Bent Jesperson Boat Builders in B.C. Canada. , Having a racing heritage (Legend-TransPac winner) with the accommoda¬ tions of a cruiser, this Calkins 50 has modern electronics and sail handling equipment including B&G tactician software to make the most of her 790 Hercules system, GPS and radar. For the racer, her 3DL sails give the best performance on the race course and her roller furling sails, along with 120 hp diesel, give honest 8.5 kt performance while cruising. Her accommodations below will handle 8 in comfort and style living up to her namesake, "The Commodores Yacht". $195,000

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61' C4C, '72. Ctr cockpit, deckhouse ketch, 3 strms. full tronics. Perkins 6-354, immac. inter.

31' Hunter. '84. Yanmar dsl/low hrs. wheel steer¬ ing, 4 sails, roomy/well maint. Reduced $29,900.

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HI-VISIBILITY LOCATION FOR 32 YEARS. BOATS SELL AT OUR DOCKS. 54* CT PILOTHOUSE, 1980 One owner, dual stations, aluminum sticks, 3 staterooms, custom built. Asking only $195,000.

98’ BURGER STAYSAIL SCHOONER 75’ HERRESHOFF SCHOONER Shows like new. Reduced to $199,(XX)!

44* CSY CENTER COCKPIT Classic lines with a modern keel. Tanbark sails, huge aft cabin and salon. Offered at $99,(XX).

48’ HANS CHRISTIAN, 1985 Center cockpit, huge aft cabin. Motivated seller. Also: Hans Christian 38T. New to mkt. Call today.

41' NEWPORT SLOOP, 1979 Stout racer/cruiser, over-rigged, teak doors and cabinets custom made for comfort. Only $49,900.

40’ PEARSON SLOOP Centerboard cruiscr/racer, finely finished inside, built to last outside. New to market, only $69,(XX).

68' 64' 60' 60' 52' 50' 48' 47' 46' 44'

FORMOSA PH, $365,000 SCHOONER, 1938 THAK SCHOONER, ready lo go STEEL 3-MAS1ED SCHOONER CCIVIN. 1986, in Mexico KETTENBURG.prlstine sloop EDS0N SCH0CK, only S42.500 RHODES PH, $59,500 CAL BATTLESHIP, fleer, $79,900 CSY, dr drpl, new loyoul, $99,900

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TAYANA, dr (kpl, ready for cruise CHE0Y LEE OFFSHORE, $49,900 ESSEX •Salon", FBG, $49,900 CATALINA, new to market CHE0Y LEE, rebit engine, Inquire RAFIKIHUNTINGF0RD, $57,000 0’DAY, new to market, $39,900 PEARSON 323, rblldsl, new uphol WESTSAIL, nice rig, S36.S00 COMPAC, 1993, w/lrlr, S18.000

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55' YAWL REVER/E Built/designed Tuttle Shipyard. Heavy constr., GMmain & Onan aux. dsls. Loaded inch AP, radar, SatNav. Pac. vet. Only $27,000.

50' ENGLISH CTR. High performance ocean cruiser. Camper-Nicholson built to Lloyd's A-l standards, new Volvo dsl, reblt inter. $62,000.

44' PETERSON. Center cockpit cruis¬ ing cutter. Spacious inter. Loaded with cruising gear incl. new dodger, roller furling, AP, GPS. $105,000.

38' ATKINS/INGRID KETCH 1976 fiberglass hull, full keel bluewater cruiser, diesel, Monitor vane, new radar & much more. At our docks. Reduced to $45,000.

Serving Northern California

Rich Christopher, AMS

(408) 778-5143 (415) 368-8711

Tom List, AMS

Donru Marine Surveyors

Jack Mackinnon, AMS/SMS

& Adjusters, AMS

(510) 276-4351 (800) 501-8527

(408) 372-8604 Barbara Diamond, SA

(415) 366-1461 Robert Downing, AMS

(707) 642-6346 Richard King, SA

(510)606-5675

38' FARALLON CLIPPER Classic Master Mariner in excellent condi¬ tion. Many upgrades. Diesel, teak decks, furling jib. Asking $24,500.

35' HINCKLEY PILOT Sparkman & Stephens classic in fiberglass, Perkinsdiesel. Loaded w/gear and well maintained. Asking $69,000.

35' SANTANA This racer/cruiser is in beautiful condition. Low hours, new diesel. Loaded w/upgraded gear. Asking $36,500.

28' ISLANDER. Bay/coastal cruiser,, Volvo diesel aux. Real clean and well equipped. At our docks. Asking $14,900.

27' LANCER POWERSAILER. Yamaha 115 hp, aux. power/sail combination, roomy interior. At our docks. Only $12,500.

43' GRAN MARINER High speed cruising/houseboat w/ftybridge, twin engine aux gen, double state¬ room w/queen aft. Sausalito berth. Asking $62,000.

(415) 332-5478

Jerry Montgomery, SA

(916) 672-1551 RJ. Whitfield & Assoc., Inc., AMS

(800) 344-1838

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36‘ CATALINA SLOOP, '88 Universal diesel, twin stateroom, top condition & best gear. F/B main, radar, new canvas, etc. $69,506.

36' ISLANDER SLOOP, 79 Diesel, new dodger, rigging, epoxy bottom, vintage year, teak & holly sole, all the extras. Top condition. $42,500.

34' ERICSON SLOOP, '87 Universal diesel, aft cabin, teak interior, refrig, R/F, recent bottom. Bruce King design, Ericson quality. $59,000/offers.

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23' STONE HORSE Classic Ctr, 76 F/G hull, 8 hp dsl, new sails, rigging, mast, bottom '96. Famous East Coast classic. Must see to appreci¬ ate. 2 owners since new. $13,500.

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55' New waterballast cruiser.. $595,000 65' Lift keel racer/cruiser.$392,000

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68' Merlin, 4X new cant’g keel $239,000 50' Santa Cruz 50.3 from $139,000 40' Olson, 3 stateroom.$79,000 30' Melges, trade for 0-40 or ? $90,000 44' Schumacher, fast.$59,000

42' Ketch, cold mold - epoxy .... $79,000 47' ketch, Garden Porpoise.$75,000 32' Gult pilothouse, well equip'd $51,000 40’'Bill Lee ULDB.$49,000 39' 30 Square Meter, unique .... $27,000 26' Capri, diesel, very clean.$24,500 27' Santa Cruz, trailer... 2 from $10,000

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27' Catalina, 72.$6,250

41' Johnson & Jago,'46 $24,500

34' Fast 345, '85 . $49,500

31' Southern Cross,'82 ... $47,500

26’ Catalina Capri, '92... $26,950

40' Grebe, '38 .$39,900

34' Catalina, '89.$49,950

30' Lancer, '84.$21,565

26' Balboa, 72.$10,500

37' Banjer PH MS, 72... $97,950

33 »IOD, '61 . $16,450

30' Catalina, 75.$19,500

25' Catalina, '81 .$6,700

37' Tartan, '82 ..-. $69,500

32' Islander, 77.$27,500

29' Cal, 74.$12,900

25' Yankee Dolphin,'68 .. $7,500

36’ Ulysses, '85 (launched '95) $48,000

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49' TASWELL, '92 Built by Ta Shina. Cutter rig. Brand new Cobaltblue paint job. New maxi prop. READY TO GO! PRICED TO SELL AT

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Peter

Prescott

36' ISLANDER FREEPORT. Plan B Model with Pull¬ mon Queen Berth. Perkins 4-108. Horken roller fuller furling. Excellent cruiser/liveaboord. $56,500.

43' GRAN MARINER, '78. One of the best slips/ view in town. Excellent liveaboard. $62,000.

ISLANDER 36, '79. Diesel. New Autohelm. New refrig. Inverter. 1979 was one the best years for Islander. New to the market. Asking $39,900.

50' 50' 48' 48' 43' 41' 40' 39' 39' 39' 38' 38' 37' 37'

YR 95 81 84 CAMPER NICOLSON '67 FORCE.73 MAPLE LEAF S. Cal. 72 CELESTIAL.85 YOUNG SUN.FL 78 MORGAN. C1C.81 CAVALIER.80 WESTSAIL . LAPWORTH. 58 CATALINA.79 MORGANS.2 from IRWIN CC. 80 HUNTER.'88

PRICE $385,000 $375,000 $275,000 $62,000 $129,000 $133,000 $139,900 $129,000 $61,500 $69,500 $75,000 $115,000 $23,000 $38,000 $59,000 $59,000 Inquire

LOD BUILDER.YR 34’ SABRE.87 34' ERICSON.89 34' C4C.80 34' CATALINA.S. Cal.'90 34' HUNTER.86 33' BRISTOL.89 33’ GURNEY HUISMAN .'68 33' PETERSON. 33' CHEOY LEE clipper ..75 32' MARINER KETCH.70 32' CONTESSA.81 32' ERICSON...70 30' BABA. 83 30' NEWPORT III.82 30' CAPE DORY M/S.87 30' RAWSON.85 30' PEARSON.80 30 RAWSON.. '61 30 KAUFFMAN.79 30' ISLANDER.79 29.5'HUNTER, loaded.96 28' HERESHOFF.'66 59' CAL.70 29' RANGER. 28' COLUMBIA.77

Cruiser or PHRF racer with comfort. SF-Hawaii 12 days in 199$. Let's go again! Asking $127,000.

28' ISLANDER.79 L0D BUILDER.YR 27' CORONADO.72 27' CHE0Y LEE OFFSHORE 27' NORSEA...90 26' HAIDA .69 25' YAMAHA.79

46' STEEL SL00P/CUTTER. Hollond built. Ext. tond., I ovmer. Cruise ready! 6-tyl Perkins. Pullmon moster strm. DRASTICALLY REDUCED to $109,000.

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45' COLUMBIA, 1972. Excellent liveaboard. Huge oft cobin wiih queen berth and separate heod and tub. Spacious main salon. Onon generator. $65,000.

CATALINA 36, 1983. Complete dodger ond enclo¬ sure. Electric windlass. Roller furling. ST winches. Auto¬ pilot. 2 separote staterooms. Asking $55,000.

42' GARDEN PORPOISE, '67. One of the originol Hong Kong built Gorden Porpoises. Many recent im¬ provements. Clear teok hull. Volvo Pento. Asking $75,000.

PEARSON 365 KETCH, '78. Recent haulout and engine survey, Westerbeke diesel, comfortable cruiser and liveoboord, roller furling. $48,000.

GARY MULL 45, 1981

Gardella

CAMPER NICHOLSON 50. Very successful ocean history. She looks brand newfor o 1967. Proud to show! Asking $62,000.

44' PETERSON, 76. Without teok decks. Perkins 60hp. Center cockpit. World tloss cruiser. sistership photo $105,000.

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37' IRWIN, '80. Great liveaboard. Autopilot; radar on leveling mount. Greot liveoboord and cruiser. Reduced to $59,000.

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Powell

1 Gate 5 Road

SAUSALITO, CA 949

56' FELLOW8STEWART 27 52' STERNWHEELER ....‘83 49' HYUNDAI.‘88 46' CHRIS CRAFT.'63 42' MATTHEWS.'56 42' CHRIS CRAFT.'69 40' FISHING VESSEL. 36' CROWN CUSTOM ....'80 3V TUNG HWA Trawler.. '81 30' TOLLYCRAFT.72 28' BAYLINER.'84 27' SEA RAY.'88 270/290 SEA RAY.'90 24' FOUR WINNS.88 24' SEA RAY.86 24' BAYLINER.88 22' BAYLINER.93 16 BOSTON WHALER 89

SABRE 34, 1986. The classic loyout is spacious. North full batten, Horken roller furling, 150% & 110%, oversized winches. Asking $77,777.

C&C 38+, 1990 The perfect balance between performance and luxury. Offers comfort above and below decks. Located here in Sausalifo. MUST SEE! Asking $150,000. IWI III I III !■■ ■!■!■! ■»■!! IM — | ■ I——If II— I

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<0 ■i ui 30’ GILLMER CUTn^^sf toiler reef, sU^/Upinn beautiful varnish, VHF, etc., nice.

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41 ’ TRADITIONAL BRITISH DOUBLE-ENDED KTCH.

Asking $20,000. 10

Impeccable. Dsl copper riveted pitch pine, new winches, big inventory & full electronia. Ready to cruise. $87,500.

30' CATALINA. Dsl, good sail inventory, VHF, depth, pilot, very well maintained, dean boat.

mi SAJYinuNC.UI 41' SAMPSON CUTTER. IcK.Diesel,wheel,tullgalley, Diesel, wheel, full galley, shower, VHF, radar, pilot, etc., canister liferaft, fire¬ place & more. Asking $40,000.

64'SSS, alum sloop. Asking 380,000 62' MTRSAIL, Gardener, dsl... 225 000 50'CAMPER NICHOLSON perf. cruiser, outstanding condition, Ask 62,000 47'30 SQUARE MEIER Sloop. 9 900 45'ALUM. I0R Sloop. 42,000/offer 38' CHANNEL CUTTER Sip, dsl.. 22 500 34'HANS CHRISTIAN HANSA. .. 84 500 34'COLUMBIA Sip, dsl, clean!... 33,000 34' CORONADO, cruising sip.... 22,500 33'COLUMBIA SABRE, 0/8, Irlr. 9,450 33'RHODES WINDWARD, nice. 29,000 33TRADEWINDS M/S, leak, dsl AK/Howaii vet.Try 19,500 32' ROYAL Cruiser, l/B, classic 12,500 32' WESTSAIL, dsl, dinghy,+ ... 39,500 31' BROWN Searunner Iri, 0/8.7,000 31'PEARSON sloop, l/B.... Ask 30,000 30'RAWSON culler, dsl.13,900 30' KNARR, rare GLASS.18,500 30' NEWPORT, 1/8, ready to go 11500 30' CSC MEGA 30 . 12,900 30' KNARR, O/B, good inventory . 9,900 30'SEABIRD Yawl.7,500 30' GARDEN classic dbl-end sip 10,500 30'ANGELMAN Goff Rich, nice 13,500 29' CAL 229, very clean.17,000 28'PEARSON TRITON sip, l/B.... 7,000

32' TARGA Sloop. Finland built. Diesel, dodger, new large soil inventory, roller fori., teok decks, center cockpit, wheel, vane ond lots more. Asking ' $39,500,

28' FELLOWS i STEWART Gaff ketch, dsl, clean.20,000 28'HERRESHOFF ROZINANTE... 23,000 27' CATALINA, dsl, loaded.10 500 27'CATALINA, 9.9 hp O/B perfect starter boat. 7 400 27'NEWPORT 5, l/B.12,500 27'BALBOA, dsl, loaded/ ready 12,500 26'CHEOY LEE Frisco Flyer, f/g, 8,750 26' COLUMBIA Mbit.6,000 24' CSC Sip, O/B.Reduced 5,500 24'SEAFARER Sip, O.B. 4 500 24’J/BOATS w/O/Bs. 5,000-6,500 22'TANZER Sip. 4,250/offer 20'CAL Sloop...1200

POWER 70' FANTAIL M/Y. 149 500 65'CHARTER YACHT. 275,000/ofr 65'WHEELER M/Y, '31 . 95,000/ofr 55' CLASSIC/Character dsl.7,500 52'STERNWHEELER, IvLrd. 76,000 46'CHRIS CONNIE, dsl, loaded 69,000 45'CHRIS CONNIE, fresh dsls... 64,000 43'MATTHEWS F/B. 35,000/offers 43'GRAN MARINER. 62,000/offer 42'TROJAN, loaded. 42,500 40'SALMON Trwlr w/comm'l license, rebuilt 671 diesel.2,400

os new.Asking $185,000 39'STEPHENS Sdn, '39, classic 28,500 38' CHRI5 Sdn Dlx, perfect. 39,000 38' CHRIS CRAFT 5F, twins. 20,000 34' JEFFRIES EXPRESS, twins.... 32,500 33'CRUISERS Inc., twn, Ik new 48,500 33' CHRIS CRAFT CAVALIER.5,800 32 STEPHENS, '47, sed. cruise 15,000 30 TOLLYCRAFT F/B, twins, fg 24,000 30' COMMERCIAL FISH w/shrimp, halibut, rock cod, trap permit.. 26 S00 30'CHRIS CAVALIER, exc cond. 17,500 28'HUMTER Sdn, nice.6,500 27' REGAL Classic 233 w/trlr... 45,000 26'CHRIS CRAFT Culbss, twin V8.. 7,500 25' CHRIS CABIN CRUISER, V8... 6,600 24'OWENS Cruise, Irlr, V8 5,500/offer 24'SEA RAY w/trailer. 8,000/offer 24'BELL BUOY, I/O, nice.9,750 24'REINELL FB/SF, V8, Irlr.5,250 24'SEA RAY, excl condition.8,000 22'SEARAY overnighter w/trlr.. 8,500 22'FORMULA 3LS, I/O.15,000 20'SEA RAY AMBERJACK w/trlr. 8,500 19’CHRIS CRAFT CAPRI runabl 12,500

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35’ SPARKMAN & STEPHENS. Conoe stern sloop by Hodgdon of Maine. Dsl, 5 bags soils, fast & tlosewinded.Asoilor'ssoilboat. Excellent. Asking $39,500.

36' STEPHENS CLASSIC, 1939. Twins, beautiful cond. New wirim yachting in the tlossic style. Asking $28,1

47' O.D. GARDEN PORPOISE KETCH. Rare aft stateroom model. Dsl, oil teak, fireploce. Good cruiser with charm. Asking $75,000.

35' LOD GARDEN KETCH by Fellows & Stewort, diesel, wheel, roller furl, VHF, pilot, depth & more. _Reduced to $20,500.

32' LOD CHANNEL CUTTER by Bud McIntosh This beauty has all new geor from AP & full elect to watermaker & dodger. Ready to cruise now. $29,500.

47' JOHN G. ALDEN OCEAN CRUISING KETCH (Design 777-E) Cutter kelch rig just overhauled, many recent upgrades. Diesel. This design is the culmination i Malabar series. A unique opportunity to own a world-class cruiser.

Asking $83,00

ERICSON 30 SLOOP. Diesel, VHF, depth, etc. Strong, well-built ond popular Bruce King design in excellent condition w/o good sail inventory. Asking $14,500.

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