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x\t P^assiage Yachts, we don't believe in compromises. We believe you should have the boat of your dreams. And that's why we represent some of the world's most respected builders. We carefully select yacht builders we think are the most innovative and quality oriented. As a client of Passage Yachts, you have more than 30 models from which to choose. We can individualize just about any boat model to meet your specific needs. We don't sell cookie cutter boats. We can also provide you with a totally custom yacht to 150'. There's a world of boating possibilities at Passage Yachts. <

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The perfect liveaboard world cruiser. Seven sold to Bay Area clients in 1997.

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Island Packet 40 Interior Layout Dehler Yachts feature Ger¬ main precision and old world craftsmanship. The 4IDS is the most innovative design you’ve seen in years. The cen¬ tral electric winch station al¬ lows aU saUlng functions with¬ out leaving the helm. A per¬ fect yacht for shorthanded sailing in ultimate comfort. Optional inside steering avail¬ able.

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A new Saga 43, hull # 16, is: being commissioned at our docks for an experienced sailor who is going to take her to Australia. Come see why this Bob Perry design is an ideal passagemaker. Order huU #18 for summer deliveiy or sail away in our demo yacht today.

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50' MOORINGS 500, '90. 199,000 62' STEEL 3-Mast Schooner, '96 ..... 385,000

ISLAND PACKET 37 This is a super medium sized cruiser that will take you anyplace in comfort and safety. Sailaway this demo yachtfor only $169,000. Get this new yacht for the price of a used boat.

SELECT NATIONAL LISTINGS 35' ISLAND PACKET, '90 . 127,000 35' BENETEAU FIRST 35s5, '90. 74,500 35' BENETEAU OCEANIS 351, '95

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41' BENETEAU FIRST 41 s5, '83 . 138,000 42' BENETEAU FIRST 42, '82 . 79,500 50' MOORINGS 500, '90. 195,000 i.

62' BENETEAU, '93. 595,000

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BENETEAU FIRST 36s7 Steal this beautiful speedster for only $109 000 Featuring a deep elliptical keel, performance deck layout, refrigerator wind¬ lass, furling and an elegant pear wood interior.

NEW BENETEAUS ARRIVING THIS MONTH 40CC • 36CC • 461

This exquisite Bruce Farr per¬ formance cruiser is without a doubt one of the best buys in the yachting world. You have a choice of interior layouts, wood finishes, and rig preference. This yacht is a perfect 10!

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10 Beneteau Oceanis 36 Cen¬ ter Cockpit yachts were sold at its introduction at the re¬ cent Annapolis boat show. When you see this new model you will understand why.

A great liveaboard and fast comfortable offshore cruiser from the manufacturer with more bluewater miles under their keels than any other builder. You simply have to see this exceptional yacht to understand why Beneteau is the world’s leading yacht builder. ONLY $209,900 COMPLETE SAILAWAY

16 BENETEAU MODELS TO CHOOSE FROM: Oceanis • Cruising 64 • 50 • 461 • 411 • 381 • 352 • 321 • 281 Oceanis • Center Cockpit 44CC • 40CC • 36CC First • Competition 42s7 • 40.7 • 36s7 • 33s7 • 25

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The Pacific Coast's Largest Catamaran Dealer "The Lagoon 410 is the best new cruising cat in the past 5 years!" -Annapolis sailboat show, 1997 Compare the all-new LAGOON 410 with ANY50' cruising monohull

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Unsinkable, thanks to foam-core construction and zero ballast!

MORE COMFORTABLE No more sailing 'on your ear'. Only 5° of heel in 20-knot winds. BIGGER

The Lagoon 410 gives you 805 sq. ft. of living area. That’s 20% MORE than a 50' cruising moqohulll

SUPERIOR IAI|T!|)RtNG The Lagoon 410's twin diesels her H!eEwler*yacht speeds. And LOA. .41' Beam. videly-^sepanolec^^^^ake Draft. her more maneuverable dian ANY DispI. .15,600 Sail Area 960 sq. ft. $280,000 (fob) cruise ready

A. Large double cabins (3 or 4) B. Head C. Head w/shower (1 to 3) D. Separate shower E. Desk/computer nook F. Full-height bookcase G. Double settees, seats 8 H. Galley (front-load fridge, top-load freezer, stove/oven, double sinks, lots of cabinets) I.

Full navigation station

J. 'Your Choice' (walk-in closet or tool room, 4th double berth, or 40 sq. ft. office space, etc.) K. This portion: his & hers closets, or twin bunks, or L-shaped desk, or 6' workbench L. Bow locker: 7' long x 7' deep M. Optional washer/dryer/linens compartment

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COVER PHOTO BY KELLY O'NEIL . Happy New Year! Its all downwind from here to a new sailing season.

34'x14'x1.5'. Fully equipped, includes: roller furling, 27hp diesel engine, fridge, hot water, stove/oven, anchor, dock lines, fenders. Centerboards give extra perfor¬ mance and 18" beachability. Ready to cruise. $115,000 (fob).

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33'x20'x3'. Australian. Rugged, ocean-proven, performance/cruiser. Extremely stable and fast (12-14 knots). Twin retract¬ able engines, great galley. 3 or 4 cabins. Completely cruise equipped. One only at $169,000. Grand Marina 2099 Grand Street Alameda, CA 94501 (510) 814-0251 Fax: (510) 814-8765 www.cruisingcatsusa.com

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One of the nicest sailing 40' center cockpit boots around. $124,500.

(510) 814-0400 Another great center cockpit cruiser. Coll for info. $84,900.

Well founded bluewater cruiser. Loaded and at our dock. Now $92,500.

'93 model just reduced to $53,000. '85 model loaded for cruising. $49,500.

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FLICKA, '87. SOLARIS, '91. SOLARIS, '92. PROUT, '88. LAGCX)N, '93.... TROPIC, '88 . ANTIGUA, '92.... FAIR CAT, '87. PRIVILEGE, '91 .... NORSEMAN, '91 LAGOON, '91 .... PRIVILEGE, '92... FAST CAT. '87... GRAAL, '90. CATANA, '90.

Monohull Brokerage 25' 27' 27' 27' 27' 28' 28' 28' 28' 29' 30' 30' 30' 33' 33'

C&C.$9,500 CATALINA.$9,500 NOR'SEA, '86.$49,500 NOR'SEA, '93.$53,000 O'DAY. $9,900 CAT FISHER.$65,000 PEARSON, '79.$13,950 ISLANDER.$26,000 PEARSON TRITON.... $11,500 CAL. $12,500 BAHAMA, '79.$27,500 TARTAN, '77. $19,500 SANTANA 30/30, '82 $21,500 SWIFT, '7.9.$44,900 US YACHTS.$19,500

A greet Bay boat for the family w/a brand new diesel. $9,900!!!

.$124,500 .$147,000 .$169,000 .$142,000 from $189,000 .$79,000 .$154,900 .$169,000 .$159,000 .$119,000 .$229,000 .$349,000 .$140,000 .$165,000 .$236,000

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48' CELESTIAL, 1985 A very comfortable, performance cruising boot. $175,000.

34' 35' 35' 40' 4l' 41' 42' 44' 46' 47' 47' 57'

ERICSON X.$27,500 FLICKA CAT, '87. $124,500 CORONADO.$31,000 STEVENS, '82.$124,900 CT, center cockpit. $69,900 FORMOSA. $71,000 PEARSON 424, '79 $109,500 HARDIN, '78.$92,500 STEEL KETCH. $60,000 GULFSTAR.$169,000 CELERE.NEW $399,500 ALDEN, '31 . $180,000

A bluewater veteran w/all the gear you need for cruising. At our dock. $109,500.

The perfect liveoboard or Mexico cruiser. Many upgrades, see her here. $169,000.

Our choice for the best, most affordable Mexico cruiser. Asking $19,500.

Multihulls

Price has just been reduced and the owner wants her sold. At our dock. $19,500. 42' VENEZIA,'97.$312,000 44' ST. FRANCIS, '94.$289,000 44'CASAMANCE,'91 ...from $199,000 44' KENEX445, '95.$350,000 46' SIMPSON 13.7, '94.$240,000 47' MAYOHE, '96 .$590,000 47' LAGOON, '91.$355,000 48' CROWTHER. $140,000 48' PRIVILEGE 14.7, '90.$295,000 53' CATANA, '93.$599,000 55' LAGCX5N.from $445,000 56' MARQUISES.$599,000 60' SPRONK, '78 .$229,000 75' ETEL day charter/race. $375,000 75' ALUMARINE.$800,000

Sales • Charters • ASA Sailing School 39' 40’ 40' 43' 44' 44' 44' 44’ 44' 44' 45' 45'

CAMPER-NICHOISON .$84,900 GULFSTAR. .$79,000 CXEANIS, '95. .... $139,000 OYSTER, '82. .... $240,000 MC5RGAN, 91 . .... $139,000 JEANNEAU, '90. .... $169,000

46’ VENUS. . $229,000 48' CELESTIAL, '85. . $175,000 48' C&C LANDFAa. . $189,000

IRWIN, '92. FEEUNG 446, '92. CSY, '77. from $89,000 GULFSTAR, '82. .... $119,000 HCOUT BAY STEEL, '93 .... $279,000 BENETEAU 456 . .... $159,000

55’ SWAN, '70. .. $439,000 57' AMAZON STEEL. .. $359,000

48' ROBERTS STEEL. . $229,000 49' BOWMAN, '80. . $195,000 51' JEANNEAU, '91 . .. $179,000

62' NAUTICAL, '85. .. $412,000 73' ROBERTS STEEL. .. $175,000 75' CUSTOM SCHCXJNER . .. $329,000

51'BENETEAU 510 4 staterooms, duo! wheels, high performance auising boot. Asking only $185,000.

Stop by and see us in Grand Marina, Alameda

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

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

49’ WAUQUIEZ CENTURION, 1992 Excellent condition. A steel at this price. $250,000.

46’ CAMPER-NICHOLSON, 1988 Superb Bucklers Hard finish. One of Britain’s finest custom ketches. Asking $295,000.

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

42' WAUQUIEZ CENTURIAN 2 offered, both in fine shape. Asking $125-$140,000.

47' WAUQUIEZ CENTURION, 1985 One owner, never chartered; loaded. Asking $225,000. (sistership)

36' SEA RAY, 1985 Clean. Tri-cabin, twin Mercury's. Asking $80,000.

57' ALDEN YAWL, 1931 Major refit on this famous classic. Asking $225,000.

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Trintella 53 Sumatra U $345,000 The Trintella 53 is a terrific 'around the world' cruising boat. Cutter rigged on lots of very comfortable deck space. Five star interior witn a gorgeous owners' stateroom and plenty of sea berths for those serious passages. An engine room you could entertain in. Please make an appointment to see this boat at our docks.

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Nonrace Jan. 1 — "International Year in Sailing" on ESPN, 2:30 p.m. Jan. 3 — Re-alr of above show. Jan. 9 — Bay Area winter gathering for West Marine Pacific Cup past and present skippers, crews, family and friends. Ber¬ keley YC, 7:30 p.m.; Jeannie Marlscal, (510) 524-4759. Jan. 10-11 — Open Boat Weekend at Ballena Isle Marina, featuring new and used sailboats. Info, (510) 523-5528. Jan. 11 — Whitbread Race Show #10 on ESPN. 2:30 p.m. Jan. 12 — Contemplate the full moon. Jan. 14 — SSS TransPac Seminar #5: "Provisioning and the Return Trip." a panel discussion with veteran support people Sarita May, Jean Novotny, Heli Roiha and others; 7:30 p.m. at Oakland YC. Teny McKelvey, (510) 527-9433. Jan. 14, 1988 — Ten Yeeirs After: The beautiful 103-lfoot Baltic trader Lene Marie crossed under the Golden Gate Bridge after an eight-year absence from her homeport of Sausalito. During that time, the 78-year-old yacht sailed "backwards" around the world — through the Panama and Suez Canals, thrqugh twelve seas, three oceans and 100,000 miles. The trip fulfilled the dream of a lifetime for her three owners — the late Peter Stocker, Bill Harlan and John Montgomery — and was commemorated in a feature story in our February '88 issue. The boat was sold to new owners in 1992, and subsequently abandoned at sea under mysterious circumstances in Novem¬ ber, 1996. The recently refurbished Lene Marie had been four days out of New York en route to Bermuda when she encoun¬ tered southerly winds and 20-25 foot seas, and began taking on water. With her sails ripped and the engine apparently ready to expire, the shell-shocked crew put out a PAN call and waited for rescue. Several hours later, Lene Marie's seven-man deliv¬ ery crew, plus a cat. was picked up by the M/V Arttc, who de¬ posited them in Vlesingen, Holland, several days laten In a strange epilogue to this sad story. Lene Marie was spot¬ ted by a southbound boat 30 hours after her crew abandoned her. They stopped, boarded the supposedly sinking boat, and found the main engine and generator still running. . . Our sources aren't sure what happened after that (other than the predictable lawsuits and insurance claims). If anyone knows the rest of the story — or the ultimate fate of the beautiful Lene Marie — please drop us a note! Jan. 16-25 — San Francisco Sports and Boat Show at the Cow Palace. Info, 931-2500. Jan. 17 — Dance party following the Corinthian Midwin¬ ters, 7-10 p.m. Free and open to all sailors. CYC. 435-4771. Jan. 17 "Choosing the Right Scdlboat," first in a series of free seminars at Stockdale Marine & Navigation Center (Sacra¬ mento), 10 a.m. Seminar leaders are Eric Hadley and Gale Stockdale. Info, (916) 332-0775. Jan. 19 — Martin Luther King Day. Jan. 21 — Turkey flotilla charter planning meeting at Club Nautique, 7 p.m. Call (510) 865-4700 for more information. Jan. 21 — "Sail Repair at Sea," by Kame and Sally Richards of Pineapple Sails; 7:30 p.m. at the Oakland West Marine storefree. Info, (510) 532-5230, Jan. 24 — Ham Radio class at Oakland YC. followed two weeks later by a review course/practice test for the FCC exam. $75; class limited to 30 people. Rich Beckett. (510) 521-1559. Jan. 27 — US Coast Guard Auxiliary Basic Coastal Naviga¬ tion classes begin, 7:30-9:30 p.m. on Yerba Buena Island. ConTuesdays. $35 fee includes textbooks. Jan. 30 - Loft Party at Pineapple Sails, celebrating 25 years m the sailmaking industiy. "I can't believe it either!" marvels Kame Richards. 7-10 p.m. RSVP, (510) 444-4321. Jan. 31 — The Perfect Trallerable Sailboat," a free seminar

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J/120 Owner Profile

Eos rounds the mark at the Big Boat Series

Owners Jim and Debora Cascino Background: "Prior to the J/120,1 owned a J/105 for a few years. I bought that boat because 1 wanted the speed, simplicity and quality provided by J/Sprit boats. It was irnportant to me to be able to find a boat that was easy to sail shorthanded, could be raced with a minimal crew and was built well enough to withstand lots of sailing on San Francisco Bay."

Why a J/120? "When I started looking for a bigger boat, 1 was essentially looking for a boat with the same attributes but with added room, comfort and amenities. The J/120 is the only boat on the market with all the benefits and performance of the J/105 and with a very comfortable interior. "Down below she sleeps six in comfort, has a complete galley, a full head and shower plus an open, comfortable main salon. Currently I take it cruising to the Delta and down the Coast, but it is a boat I'd be very comfortable aboard sailing to Hawaii or anywhere over the horizon. We can cmise easily with two people and can race competitively with just seven. Last summer, not long after we got the boat, we won the Windjammers Race to Santa Cruz and probably set a record for J/120 speed. We hit a top speed of 24.5 knots and had a five minute sustained speed of 20 knots! That's a thrill. "There are now 27 J/120s on the West Coast, so I'm excited by the possibility of a one-design start in next year's Big Boat Series. The J/120 is the one 40-foot boat available with both the potential for great one-design racing and comfortable family cruising."

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with Eric Hadley and Gale Stockdale at Stockdale Marine, 10 a.m. Call (916) 332-0775 for details. Jan. 31-Feb.l — Ocean Cruising Seminar at San Francisco YC, sponsored by the Ocean Cruising Club. Panelists include David Kennedy, Hans Bernwall and Bill Edinger. Info, 332-8110. Feb. 7 — "Choosing a Daysailer or Compact Cruiser," an¬ other free seminar at Stockdale Marine, (916) 332-0775. Feb. 13 — Blue Water Foundation Fundraiser at Fort Ma¬ son Center. Check back next month for details or call 392-2018. Feb. 22 — Swap meet at Berkeley YC, beginning at the ungodly hour of 0600. Jonathan Killip, (510) 337-9152. Feb. 28 — West Marine Pacific Cup Seminar #1, an all-d^y session at Berkeley YC covering boat inspections, emergency rudders, safety at sea, various boat systems and lots more. $10 entry fee includes lunch; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Chuck Cunningham, (408) 425-8804. Mar. 21-22 — Northern California Women's Sailing Seminar at Island YC. Save the dates! Dawn Chesney, (510) 881-5422. Apr. 23-27 — Pacific Sail Expo at Jack London Square, back by pppular demand. Info, (800) 817-SAIL. Racing Jan. 1 — Master Mariner's New Year's Day Race and ChiU

Rendezvous at Corinthian YC. Peter English. 456-8355. Jan. 4 — Whitbread Leg IV starts: just 1,270 miles from Sydney to Auckland. . . practically a day sail! Jan. 15 — San Francisco Bay PHRF Committee monthly meeting (third Thursday of each month). Start the new year off right — get a valid rating! YRA, 771-9500. Jan. 18 — Start of the Gold Race, a New York to San Fran¬ cisco record attempt for crewed BOC 60-footers. Four or five sponsored European entries are expected, supposedly includ¬ ing current record holder Isabelle Autissier, Giovanni Soldini and Christophe Augin. Details are still sketchy on this all-pro, all-Euro endeavor — check back next month to see who actu¬ ally started. Jan. 18-23— Hth Annual GMC Yukon Yachting Key West Race Week, five days of fun and sun in Florida for offshore one designs (Farr 40s, Corel 45s. Mumms, etc.), IMS and PHRF boats. Premiere Racing, (781) 639-9545. Jan. 24 — SSS Three Bridge Fiasco, an event worthy of the name. Over 200 boats will once again try to figure out the best way to visit the three bridges of the Central Bay. Don't forget your '98 PHRF certificate! Paul Miller. 924-0767. Jan. 27-31 — Miami Ol3TTipic Classes Regatta for the eight Olympic classes plus the Star, which suddenly appears to be back on the dance card for the Sydney 2000 Games. See Race Notes. US Sailing, (401) 683-0800. Feb. 1 — Whitbread Race Leg V starts in Auckland and ends 6,670 long miles later in San Sebastiao, Brazil. Feb. 4 — First of several starts in the San Diego to Puerto Vallarta Race. See Race Notes. San Diego YC. (619) 221-8400. Feb. 14-15 — SCYA Midwinters. Call any yacht club or sallmaker in SoCal for details. Feb. 25-Mar. 1 — 57th Annual Southern Ocean Racing Con¬ ference (SORC) in Miami. Bob Meagher, (954) 763-1974. Feb. 28-MaT. 7 MEXORC, a week of buoy racing and par¬ tying in sunny Puerto Vallarta. San Diego YC, (619) 221-8400. Mar. 7-8 Spring One Design Regatta, signalling the be¬ ginning of the '98 racing season. StFYC, 563-6363. Apr. 4 — Lightship Race. YRA, 771-9500. May 2-3 — Vallejo Race. YRA. 771-9500. Midwinter Regattas ALAMEDA YC — Estuary Midwinters: 1/11 2/8 3/8 ML

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I'm catching up on back issues, so some of my letter may be a bit dated. With regard to 'ralphmg' stories. Bob, my navigator and friend of 30 years, has always gotten seasick the minute we pass be¬ neath the Gate. His mal de mer normally lasts four to six hours, at which point he gets his sea legs and everything is fine. But once there was an exception. We beat out the Gate aboard an ultralight headed toward L.A. in moderate winds and lumpy seas. The next morning we were still tight reaching in very lumpy seas — and Bob hadn't bounced back. He was sitting on the lee rail occasionally hang¬ ing his head over the side. Then a particularly large wave rolled through, causing Bob to get sick again. In order to keep his vomit from spilling all over. Bob removed his hat and threw up into It. Too sick to fully comprehend what he'd done. Bob pro¬ ceeded to put his barf-fiUed hat back on his head! We simply couldn't stop laughing as the remains of his breakfast came dribbling down his face. All Bob could do was give a weary grin Whenever we've sailed out the Gate since, one of the crew asks Bob if they can hold his hat until he feels better. My next subject is h3mocrisy. On our way from Panama to Florida, we stopped at Isla Mujeres, Mexico, for a few days. One day it rained heavily while we were having lunch in a Mexican cafe, so we decided so sit out the squall over a few beers. While we were sitting there, the young couple at the next table caught my attention because they were so busy with cigars. The man

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was peeling the identifying cigar 'rings' off one group of cigars and throwing the cigars away. He then put the rings' on the other cigars and repackaged them in the box. Thinking this was a little strange, I leaned over and asked what he was doing. Holding up one of the newly 're-ringed' ci¬ gars, he replied, 'These are some of Havema's finest, but we all know it's illegal tb bring Cuban goods into the U.S." In other words, he'd removed the labels from cheap Mexican cigars and put them on expensive Cuban cigars so they could be brought into the United States. What makes this stoiy even more unbelievable is that we later learned that this fellow was a U.S. Navy officer who 'in¬ spected' boats in the Western Caribbean. He couldn't wait to sit around the 'O' Club smoking his Havana cigars. Tedk about double standards! \ In a letter to Latitude a couple of months ago, Nancy wrote that the U.S. has an embargo on Colombia — and you said that wasn't correct. This naval officer told us there isn't a formal embargo against Colombia, but we're pressuring other nations not to trade with them — much as we did with Nicaragua many years ago. Kind of a reverse of China's 'most favored nation' status. 1 guess our plan is to destroy the Colombian economy. Since our boat Destiny is a foreign flagged vessel, we've been stopped three times — twice by ships and once by a helicopter. But after identifying ourselves, we were allowed to proceed. One of the times we were stopped off Morro Bay while sailing from Mexico back to San Francisco Bay. On that occasion six Coasties sat in our cockpit for 90 minutes while talking to their mother ship on the radio. They were tiying to decide if they could per¬ form a 'safety inspection' on a foreign flagged pleasure vessel. On a humorous note, one Coastie said he remembered being asked the question on his final exam — but couldn't remember the correct answer! Finally the word came back from the,mother ship that they could not inspect us, and they left. P.S. Many thanks for Latitude's 20 years of doing a great job — we still have issue # 1. Your magazine has been a major rea¬ son for us taking off. Peter and Nancy Bennett, Destiny Peter & Nancy — Thanks for the kind words. By the way, we still have your Changes from the East Coast and the waterway and will finally be getting it in print in the February issue. HHno longer on the bay

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Dick and I are no longer boating, but we still read and enjoy Latitude 38. And now our kids are at latitude 39! Dick and Meg Wilson Triton #374 Answer Northern California litlTHE RISK OF KABIES

First, can you provide an assessment of the risk of contract¬ ing rabies in Mexico? We're planning a July '98 departure from Puget Sound for points south, and we've started the process of acquiring the recommended inoculations for ourselves amd our two sons. Whether or not to go ahead with the rabies inoculations pre'sents a dilemma. On one hand, the series of shots for the four of us will cost somewhere around $800. On the other hand, the disease is apparently not treatable after exposure and, of course, is often fatal. My tendency is to skip the shots and make sure the cruising kitty is the only one we pet, but perhaps that's the wrong tack. Any advice? Secondly, we plan to lay over a month or so on the Bay and wonder if you could recommend some anchorages for the times we want to be away from marinas. Your recent articles con¬ cerning Bay and Delta destinations and restaurants have been terrific, but we don't recall mention of public amchorages that can be legally inhabited for a week or so at a time. Do such sites exist anymore in the modern world? Anchorages close to transportation to and from The City would be great, but not a primary requirement. Matt Herinckx Lucky Dragon, Bowman 49 Olympia, WA Matt — Based on our 30 or so sailing trips to Mexicp in the last 20 years, its our opinion that rabies shots aren't necessary. Having said that, we realize that the health of dogs in Mexico — particularly in places such as La Paz — is far worse than in the United States, so we're careful to steer clear of them. By the way. Just because you're bitten by a rabid dog doesn't mean you're going to die. The old method of treating people who had been bitten by rabid animals consisted of a 14 to 30 day course of daily tryections to be followed up by booster shots. It was almost always successful. And now there's a safer and more effective vaccine that requires even less injections. Most visiting cruising boats visiting the Bay Area anchor off the Sausalito waterfront: its usually relatively calm, its scenic, its close to marine stores and services, and its easy to get to The City. If you check in with the Harbormaster, you're usuaRy good for three months at no charge. There are other good places to anchor, such as the backside of Angel Island, on the lee of the Tiburon Peninsula, up at China Camp, and over at Treasure Island's Clipper Cove. However, facilities, services, and trans¬ portation are poor or non-existent. Make sure you don't forget the Delta, which is a unique place to take a boat. It's very warm in the summer and there are plenty of places to kick back and either relax or work on boat projects. IHIDRY OUT YOUR MUKLUKS

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Singer obviously has no idea of who he's attempting to put down. Ms. Dale, who has been a close personal friend of mine for over 30 years, has been a licensed delivery skipper for well over 20 years, is the possessor of more than one international racing trophy, and does have over 470,000 long-distance miles. And this doesn't even include coastal hops the world over. She has sailed in ev^y ocean on the planet. How many times have you, Mr. Singer, been through the Panama Canal? Perhaps your literary exposure stops with Latitude, and you read each amd every issue. But obviously you're lacking in aware¬ ness of journalistic style — a style of summarily educating a new audience with each issue. This is why Dede gave a brief synopsis of her credibility before expounding upon the topic'of safety. I might add that Dale is not lacking for work. 1 don't quite understand where you're coming from, ^r. Silver, but it seems to me that you totally missed the point of Dale's letter. So get your rubber ducky out of Lake Union, dry out your mukluks, and get a map of the world — it's not flat. Bonnie MacGregor ' ex-Patriot Puget Sound Bonnie — Since we're getting way off course, lets settle on a few facts: l)Lu Dale is not only a respected licensed captain, but she has an unimaginable number of ocean miles to her credit; 2) That Dale sleeps shouldn't be held against her, because its im¬ portant to know how to wake up to a crisis and respond intelli¬ gently; 3) Dale is further entitled to be heard on the matter of safety at sea because, like Judith Sleavtn, she lost a loved one from a boat while on the ocean. Having settled that, perhaps someone can cure our Caltfornta ignorance about 'mukluks'. What exactly are they, and is it safe to live in a region where people wear clothes with names like that? ''

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Some of the recent correspondence on COLREGS and small boat/big boat crossing situations indicates a surplus of shoddy sea-lawyering — and a dearth of common sense. COLREGS Rule 9 states, "A vessel of less than 20 meters in length or a sailing vessel shall not impede the passage of a vessel which can safely navigate only within a narrow channel or fairway." Rule 10 regarding Traffic Separation Schemes states, "A ves¬ sel of less than 20 meters in length or a sailing vessel shall not impede the safe passage of a power-driven vessel following a traffic lane." Rule 10 is very important in Southern California because most merchant ships that a recreational sailboat wlU encoun¬ ter "out on the ocean" are actually in a traffic separation scheme. The traffic separation scheme starts up at Point Conception and extends down below Dana Point. The large six-by-nine mile trapezoidal area off the San Pedro and Long Beach breakwa¬ ters called the Precautionauy Zone is part of the Traffic Separa¬ tion Scheme. Most large vessels encountered in Southern Cali¬ fornia will be in this traffic scheme. The approaches to most port complexes such as Seattle and San Francisco are also covered by traffic separation schemes. Much of the other commercial traffic such as tugs towing barges will have right-of-way rights due to restricted-ability-to-maneuver or constrained-by-draft rules. Rule 7 lists four and Rule 8 lists five practical principles of applied good sense to be applied to potential close quarter situ¬ ations. ' ' The idea that COLREGS needs to be 'overhauled' because small boat sailors cannot read COLREGS and apply the rules

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LETTERS in a practical context is totally inaine. The right-of-way violation I encounter the most is a recre¬ ational fishing boat with trolling lines out crossing my bow and forcing me to gybe or tack. Some willfully change course to force me to maneuver. These hapless individuals confuse "trolling" with "trawling" and as a practical matter probably don't even know that writteh rules exist. But hey, for one moment out there they were "in charge". There is only one real response to this t)^e of boorish behav¬ ior: sailors should set an example to the overall marine com¬ munity by following Rule 8(a), "Any action to avoid collision shall, if the circumstances of the case admit, be positive, made in ample time and with due regard to the observance of good seamanship." Paul A. My^rs * Rancho Cucamonga Paul — Amen. UDnot in my best form

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I've some comments regarding Joe Lewis’ November letter about nearly running into Rocas de la Soledad — a hazard which didn't appear on his U.S. chart. To start with, there is no such thing as the DMA or Defense Mapping Agency. These U.S. charts are now published by NIMA or National Imagery and Mapping Agency. The name has been changed to protect the innocent. The latest NIMA chart #21140, scale 1:300,000, was re¬ printed in March of '94. It also omits Punta Santo Tomas. This could be a deliberate degrading of the chart by the military in the saune way they degrade GPS accuracy. But if Lewis had read NIMA publication #153, 1997 edition, page 11, he would have known about Rocas de la Soledad. The volume devotes four lines to Rocas de la Soledad, which it notes is 1.3 miles west of Punto Santo Tomas, and up to 6m (meters? yes, 19.7 feet) high. Then there's the old reliable British Admiralty chart #3056, scale 1:363,750, August 1984 edition, printed August 1997, which shows plamly the island El Isolate, 1.3 miles west of Purito Santo Tomas, height 2p feet above high water. The charted po¬ sition is 0.9 miles 057° True from Joe's precise GPS reading. This is not bad for a chart not yet adjusted to WGS 84 datum. "The British Admiralty Publication 8, Pacific Coast Pilot, 1995 edition, page 230 devotes 15 lines to description of El Isolate, 1 1/4 miles west of Punta Santo Tomas, and its surrounding dangers. The British Admiralty wins again! Leonard Shrock Capteiin’s Nautical Supplies Seattle UDthe danger is the big kelp beds

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British Admiralty Chart #3056 and Charts Nautica F.H. #600. These groups of rocks are steep-to, 20 feet high, whitened by birdlime, and surrounded by kelp. These rocks lie about 11/4 miles westward of Punta Santo Tomas. The channel between Punta San Tomas and these rocks is deep and clq^. The danger here lies with the big kelp beds in the area. I've stopped several times at Punta Santo Tomas for the night and found it to be a good anchorage sheltered from the prevail¬ ing winds. There are no services, however. Even if Rocas Soledad are missing from DMA #21140, pru¬ dent skippers lay a course well clear of the coast an3nyay. Latitude's advice to use all means available — and then allow for error — is excellent. ^ P.S. Thanks for the years of fun amd enjoyment. ^ Jim Samuels Santa Cruz llfhrou CAN'T DO BETTER THAN THAT V We ran the ad in Latitude. . . and on the Jirst day . . . numerous calls began to come our way. The results were outstanding . . . we think you’ll agree — our boat was sold . . . on the Jirst 'come-look-and-see'. Our hearts are broken, but we know tried & true. True Colors (Catalina 34 - #987) a National Champ, Will have a great home with Dawn & Eric too ...

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I won't call you environmentally irresponsible, which you are, just culturally lame for running Allen Bcirry's piece on lob¬ sters in the November issue. Here's my gripe: Bany suggests that lobster is "catchable" in Mexico, which it is but only to the people of Mexico. If you desire fresh lobster south of the border, you can buy or barter for it. I'm surprised you didn't amend the article stating so — although I did catch the little snippet in Changes regarding Mexican lob¬ ster law. Second, the equipment list. To wit: "Get booties with good walking soles, as you'll be walking on the reefs sometimes " Great! Just what we need: a gaggle of cruisers tromping over Indo-Pacific coral m search of crustaceans. I thought that with the proliferation of eco-conscious information permeating our society that at least you would remember that coral polyps are too fragile to withstand being walked on by humans. But that s not nearly as bad as Bany's suggested weapon(s) of destniction: a speargun or Hawaiian sling. Ouch! This invi¬ tation to slaughter is really in poor form. For if one spears a gravid female lobster, he has just reduced the potential lobster population in loc^ and distant waters by some factor — greater or smaller depending on planktonic survival — which can last for many months in the water column. ParS!? 1) Bany states, "On isolated South acifiG reefs like the Minerva, Sumarez and Chesterfield that ?mmm 2?^h" h" well-estabhshed " ^LTi21 s the photo on page 121 IS about 15 years old. It was most likely plying the ocean bottom before Allen and Kate even dreamed of cmisinT As a cruising sailor and a biologist, may I suggest that vol

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2) It takes a long time to learn to become a good sailor, but an even longer time to learn to be a good captain. 3) While a captain should certainly familiarize the crew with the boat long before the first Jibe, a good crew doesn't wait to look around and see how a boat is rigged. ■ lillFIRST THERE WERE 'HEAD CHARTERS', NOW THIS 1 thought I'd send you this photograph from our recent bare¬ boat vacation through the British Virgin Islands. As you can

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In such a tight-knit community — where the overwhelming majority of its members are good, honest and helpful fodks — there is simply no place for thieves. We don't know all the facts but, as a topic of conversation, many issues are raised. It's a tough call trying to figure out just what to do with an unscrupulous cruiser — or even one that is merely disruptive. When we were in Escondido, we observed the Amish practice of silencing to be an effective deterrent. This is not to say that the community would actually organize their efforts to actively alienate one of its members, but individuals who made up the group would often independently decide to ignore and avoid the character in question. By our recollection, even this was extremely rare — and har^dly ever necessary. Unfortunately, Latitude 38 hit the nail right on the head. Good people, who are kind and considerate, don't engage in frontier justice and the maggots of society know that. So what's the solution? Using the cruiser nets to identify trouble¬ makers is one way, but then there would be the risk of false accusation or worse a platform for some to grlnct their own axes. Maybe the only positive aspect of this situation is to remem¬ ber that such problems are a veiy rare occurrence. Indeed, it's a small dark cloud which nobody should allow to hang over their paradise. Amy and Kevin FYee Fall Ocean Beach lillWHAT WOULD YOU EXPECT FROM PARADISE? If anyone is still looking for an explanation of where all the water goes, there is a pretty good explanation of tides in Dutton's Navigation and Piloting (Chapter 9 of the Fourteenth Edition). As for why it is always high tide at noon in Tahiti, what else would you expect from paradise? Nameless Cyberspace DDneither a hackneyed concept Please advise the Sightings editor that the term 'tallship' isn't a "hackneyed" concept or unheard of to the "iron men of old" — as he suggested in November's ". . . three days of the condor". Read poet John Masefield: "... and all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by." ^ ^ humble lake sailor from Kansas such as myself had to point this out to you. Mark Loyacano Rose Hill, Kansas Mark - Sightings editor John Riise is delighted that this sub¬ ject has come up again. Here's what he has to say about if '^^ft^out every wooden boat guy I've talked to abhors the rZm includes OttmarFriz. the 100-year-old sailor I did a Sightings piece on awhile back. He said the term ’tallship'

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JiffNOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT IN RENEWING The letter in the November Latitude about the difficulty in getting insurance for the Caribbean reminded me of rriy recent ordeal in tryirig to get our boat policy renewed. We’d been insured for the past several years by Blue Water Insurance, a company sponsored by Seven Seas Cruising As¬ sociation. In October 1996, while moored at Staten Island, NeW York,iwe were hit by an unseasonable and unpredicted nor'easter packing hurricane force winds. The newspapers said it was the worst storm in over 20 years, and several boats were lost. Al¬ though still attached to her mooring, our boat was dragged across the harbor to crash repeatedly against the docks of a newly built manna. Luckily our boat sustained only cosmetic damage to the hull, pulpits, davits, solar panels, cap rail and so forth. The insurance company, LaReunion Franâlse, based out of London, was fair and covered almost all damage. We were satisfied with the results and were generally pleased with the insurance company. Our cruising plans were to winter in the Caribbean so, while in Virginia readying our boat for the upcoming passage, I called Blue Water Insurance about six weeks before our insurance expired to renew. We were assured that there would be nothing to worry about in getting our policy renewed and that we wouldn't have to pay anything more because of our claim. Several weeks later, however, we learned that LaReunion Franâise refused to renew our policy — because of the claim! Blue Water could not even get Lloyds of London to accept us. So, with less than two weeks before our policy was to lapse, we had no coverage lined up. For almost two weeks I frantically called as many marine insurance agents as were recommended to me. Eveiy one of them turned me down cold. The reasons for refusal were begin¬ ning to take on a bizarre twist. They were: 1. We had a recent claim. 2. They wouldn’t cover the Caribbean. 3. Our boat, built in ’79, was too old. 4. We were liveaboards, thus apparently increasing our risk of getting into trouble. o. iiicy uiun i iiKe me surveyor who had currently surveyed our boat. ^ 6. One company would only cover us in the Caribbean if they could first insure us for one year in the States, giving us a track record with them. ^ ® 7. One agent said he thought that Lloyds would accept us but at a premium price of almost $5,000. In the long run he didn t even call back to confirm this. ^ 8. My favorite was - that we didn’t have enough previous experience. We had only sailed trailerable boats before we bought our present boat, and we had never chartered. Our seven years owninôur Perry 47-foot ketch, sailing her from San Francisco, down the west coast, through the Panama Canal, to Florida up ^ through New England — over 10.000 miles — didn’t count! This one fried me! agents felt that having recently had a claim turned U companies, and that they w.ere reedly tightening their 1

turned down because of a claim. One long time agent said he’d ^rked closely with LaReunion Frangaise and had never heard

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SWAN 51 HARLOT{1985): Featuring new royal blue hull, almost unused '94 racing sails, low engine hours, furling jib, radar, new Robertson autopilot, and an exceptionally clean interior, includ¬ ing 4 staterooms and 3 heads. Kept under full cover, it shows excellent care. Marina del Rey, $369,000.

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of them doing such a thing. At this point I was becoming exasperated, as I personally don't feel that 1 can justify cruising without insurance. There's enough stress to the cruising life without woriying about losing everything we own without the possibility of at least partially recovering our,^loss. 1 was beginning to think that we might have to rethink our cruising plans. Finally, one agent stood out among all the others in his ex¬ pertise and knowledge of marine insurance. That was A1 Golden, president of International Marine Insurance Services (IMIS) out of Chester, Maryland. He seemed to be able to perform miracles. For not only was he able to find a company that would insure our boat, he found four! The first company that accepted us — none other than LaReunion Frangaise! 1 was dumbfounded. Gperal Star also accepted us. but required that we have a third crew onboard for all overnights. (In my opinion, this is ridiculous except for long passages.) Reliance would have ac¬ cepted us if we were willing to have our boat surveyed again as they'd had some bad experiences with our current surveyor. All the companies were willing to insure us for the Caribbean at reasonable rates. Mr. Golden also felt that once we left the borders of the United States for our eventual passage to Europe, that he would then be able to switch us to Pantaenius, an excellent and reasonable German-based company that refuses to insure any boats — American or foreign — cruising in American waters. They ex¬ clude America because we're too sue-happy. I wonder where they got that idea? What I learned from my recent and exhaustive ordeal is that It really seems to be the agents themselves who can make or break you in the insurance game, and getting a good one is worth his weight in gold. P.S. Now we're getting Latitude sent to us whereVer we go We've been missing it greatly over the years and have finally got smart and got a subscription. It's great being back with old friends. Phyllis Neumann

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I was down in New Orleans the morning of November 16 for the unfortunate launching of the CG Cutter Healy — as re¬ ported in last month's Latitude. The speeches went well at Avondale, but then things kinda 'went South', as we say in the Coast Guard, for the polar icebreaker that is now the largest vessel in the Coast Guard fleet. Mind you, the following are unofficial observations I made, and further investigation and an analysis of video tapes will reveal more. I sensed a problem as soon as I arrived, for the audience of 1,000 was seated surprisingly close to the ship — which was hanging up in the air on its launch ramps. At 420 feet and built like the ultimate brick shit-house, the Healy is massive and heavy. Once she was set in motion for launch, there would be no controlling her.

. system was eight guys with eight hand-oper¬ ated hydraulic rams — not much different from car jacks — who understandably cranked away like men with fire ants in their bntches They cranked and they cranked, but for quite a long time still nothing happened. Then suddenly the ship be¬ gan to move. Once the friction was broken, she moved fast — damned fast.

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LETTERS only take lobster when necessary — that is, driven by hunger rather than decadence, and that you at least attempt to do so with selective precision. Barry's article should only apply to is¬ land-locked desperados who haven't eaten for weeks. P.A. Dunn \ Avila Beach P.A. — We're not as alert to diving related issues as we should be because we have a hole in our ear drum and can’t dive. But you're right, its completely irresponsible to use a spear gun or Hawaiian sling to kiU lobster because there is no way of telling if you'll be killing a female with thousands of eggs. \ But before you get too 'holier than thou' on us, remember that its every bit as illegal to buy or barter for lobster in Mexico — u^hich is what you specifically suggest doing. Whats your ex¬ cuse? We'll close with a sincere question: Whats the difference — ethically and otherwise — between killing a 15 year old wahoo and killing a 15 year old lobster? \

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Carl Having been 'talked into' Marina Mazatlan by Markie about a month after you, having had Markie take our docklines, and having watched him at work, we admit we've never seen as active a harbormaster as he. Big problem, small problem, ad¬ vice, directions — he was totally involved. At the same time, we must come to the defense of Enrique, Tim, Randy, and Mickey and all the others at Cabo Isle Marina’. We don't think most people realize what a greatJob they did given the constraints, caused by a lack of slips, local government inde¬ cision and frustrated cruisers simply pulling into any unoccu¬ pied slip. Things are simply different in Mexico — as Dick Markie will be the first to tell you. "Look at this group of empty berths," Markie told us. They were all bought by a Mexican fellow who wants them kept empty. It s the same thing down atixtapa, where there are 120 unoccupied berths that the owners don’t want rented out. Some cruisers get mad because they think they should be able to rent any empty berth — but there's Just a whole different culture down here that cruisers have to learn to accept."

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miPESTO AND PLAYA POUNDING During the past 12 years, we've trailered our boats to the upper Sea of Cortez. The first seven years were with our Cape Dory Typhoon Eurydice\ the last five aboard our Flicka Sarafina. We've explored the coastal waters north from San Carlos, crossed to Baja via the Midriffs from PUno Bay, and enjoyed many long weekends around Puerto Penasco (Rocky Point), the port closest to Tucson. The harbor at Puerto Penasco provides protection for the shrimp fleet, the Mexican Coast Guard, a few sightseeing charter boats, some pleasure craft, and a flotilla of pangas. Puerto Penasco is known for its dramatic 24 foot tides and gradually sloping sandy shoals. The bottom dries outfor miles! We've spent more than a few sleepless nights pondering the obvious what if we find ourselves aground?' question. It's un¬ intentional encounters with the sandy bottom that 1 wish to address here. We finally did managed to stick Sarafina in the sand on an ebbing tide. At the time the water level was dropping at a rate of one foot every 10 minutes. All attempts to free her from the bottom having failed, we deployed our secret weapon. The Danforth was set 50 feet to starboard at a 90“ angle while the CQR was set 50 feet to port at a 90“ angle. Each rode led straight back to the corresponding genoa winch. We ground the winches until the lines were at approximately E flat, below low C. and the mast was vertical and steady. We'd created a sort of gigan¬ tic 'isometric slingshot'. It was dark by the time all the water was gone beneath our boat. So I prepared shrimp and pesto for linguinl — while my wife and 1 toasted everyone in sight. In time Sarafina floated free and we resumed our passage to the harbor basin and our intended anchorage. The whole pachanga would have been unnecessary, how¬ ever, had we not been run out of the channel and into the shal¬ lows by a shrimper. 1 always make a point of keeping well clear of workboats and their equipment as they're bigger and are tiylng to make a living. But the guy driving this shrimper had another agenda. We had Sarajina’s sail furled and were under power at two knots on the right hand side of the channel as we progressed toward the harbor basin. We were at the halfway point when an outbound shrimper entered the channel at flank speed. He could have passed portside with plenty of margin, but instead low¬ ered his outriggers and steered toward us as if to make a clean sweep. Indeed, he did. We must, however, also confess to one other bit of 'playa

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LETTERS ploughing'. This was with the Cape Doiy back in '88. While searching for a suitable anchorage out of the roadstead at the mouth of Penasco's harbor, a miscue between the forward ob¬ server, armed with a lead line, and the helmsman resulted in a zig where a zag would have been the much better choice. This was . when our above method for keeping our grounded boat upright was first employed. It's was pesto that night, too. Say, maybe it hasn't been us but the damn pesto! i So if those of you who at some time in the future find your¬ selves high and dry — and don't want to soak your cushions or hear your topsides making crunching sounds — make sure you have the anchors and line to keep your boat upright. And as the tide continues to ebb, repeatedly inspect the anchors to make sure that they're really dug in . . . and that your t^oat is* ljuilt like a little brick. Then sit back and enjoy that pernicious pesto! P.S. We both devour Latitude too. Bill and Liz Ronstadt Tucson Bill & Liz — We’ve always loved the name Eurydtce. She was the beautiful nymph who married Orpheus, the master musician. Shortly after their marriage, she was bitten in the foot by a snake and died. The grief-stricken Orpheus descended into the under¬ world to find her. Accompanying his song with the strains of his lyre, Orpheus begged Hades, god of the dead, to relinquish Eurydice. Orpheus' music so touched Hades that Orpheus was permitted to take his wife back with him — on the condition that he not turn around and look at her until they'd reached the upper air. They'd almost completed their ascent when Orpheus, over~ whelmed by love, looked back to make sure Eurydice was fol^ lowing him. His promise broken, Eurydice vanished forever to the regions of the dead. ' : This fabulous story of too powerful a love was most movingly presented in the film Orpheo Negro, which is set during Carnival at Rio. Fabulous! Thus ends this month's cultural moment. ; Back in the real world, cruising boats have occasionally been deliberately run down by Mexican shrimpers. It happened to an Oakland-based Peterson 44 about 20 years ago on the Pacific Coast and to a Tayana 55 in the Sea of Cortez about 10 years ago. If you've ever had such an experience, we'd like to hear' from you so we can get an idea how common a problem it is.. t: miPREVENTING HELMSMAN'S BUTT

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We've seen a lot of teak decks during our three year cruise from California to Florida, and most leaked. It is kind of like motorcycles and accidents: it is not a matter of if, only when. There are plenty of problems to fix while cruising, so why buy a boat that has a potentially big one? Sandy has a great solution for the problem of possibly being hit by a ship at sea. She always has the radar on at sea, and when a ship appears at 12 miles, she begins evasive action. She puts the vector on them and if they stay on the line she starts evasive maneuvers — such as a 90° turn. This may be an exaggeration on her part, but there is'plenty of ocean, so why argue over a small part of it. More advice for potential cruisers: make sure that your mate (Mate) really knows how to sail. That's why I sleep well off watch. We recently did a 1.5,000-mile motorhome 'cruise' of the grandkids. I think that bragging about grandchildren is boring, but it s acceptable for great grandchildren — so you should see ours! We looked for a home in California and found that we couldn't afford one. We decided to emigrate to Florida — where we found a place with a dock and pool about 40 miles north of Tampa for $65k! Utopia is on the hard with a case of blisters — that appeared in the last three months of the five years that we had her in the water. After a refit, we'll bring her to our dock and do the cos¬ metic work. Then we'll start cruising again with a home base at last. Since we are going to cruise for the rest of our active life, we decided that we should have a .pjace to land whenever that is necessary. We will be here for a couple years while Sandy hunts a few heads — she's a recruiter for the electronics indusP^y Lor it all. Then we'll be off again, probably 'down

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lltfDI-URINAL AND SEMI-DIURINIAL 1 just read Stefan Svilich's December letter and was amazed that you so easily accepted the explanation that desalinators in Southern California were a major cause of tides. For these gi¬ ant devices are backflushed to coincide with tidal action so as to conceal their existence and effect. In any event, they don't contribute more than a few inches to the tidal range. In the years of sailing ships, a significant tidal effect resulted from sea water clinging to the hulls of barnacled bottoms It was vndely known, for example, that the tides ebbed when ships departed harbors and flooded when they entered. Savvy skip¬ pers of smaller ships used to time their arrivals and departures to get free odes on the 'tides' caused by bigger ships. With the declining number of large sailing ships, scientists were forced to look elsewhere to explain tides - and came upon the whale The re^ cause of modern tides are whales. These giant mam¬ mals sw^low large amounts of seawater to strain the krill out of It and when they do the level of the ocean falls Because whales eat at different times in different areas, tides don't oc¬ cur evei^here at the same time. By the way, you don't want to

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LETTERS The next step is to make a formal written offer with 'earnest money to be held in a trust account. Virtually all offers are made with several contingencies, such as the boat passing survey, your being able to get financing and insurance, and so forth. Once you and the seller agree on a price, the boat is hauled for survey. The surveyor works for you alone to examine the boat for defects and to assign her a monetary value. Don't hire a sur¬ veyor until you're certain hisiher work will be accepted by who¬ ever will finance and insure your boat. They'll give you a list. Frequently a survey turns up at least some deficiencies in gear and or other areas. If this is the case, you may want to renegotiate your original offer. If you and the seller can't reach a new agreement, you're stiU on the hook for the cost of the hdulout and the survey. If you can reach an agreement, you take the sales agreement and survey to shop for financing. You could start at your corner bank, but they don't know diddly about boats or boat loans. As a result, it s almost always easiest — and cheapest — to deal with a company that specializes in boat financing. There are usually several that advertise in this magazine each month. You'll probabty be pleasantly surprised at how low the rates are compared with car-loans. We haven't checked lately, but last summer some outfits were offering up to 20 years at 8.25%. All boat finance companies will require that the boat be in¬ sured. Again, there are a number of boat insurance brokers who advertise in this magazine each month. With a good survey, get¬ ting insurance shouldn t be a problem. Usually insurance runs less than 3% of the boat's value. When all your contingencies are ticked off, you merely sign on all the dotted lines. Either the broker or thefinance company will arrange all the paperwork, right down to the registration of the boat. If you have any questions about the process, simply call a broker or one of the boat finance companies. Most will be glad to take a few minutes to explain it to you. In addition to living aboard being about the cheapest way to live in the Bay Area, it's also about the most fun and relaxing. When the kids graduate from high school in 3.5 years, we're back on board full time. Happy boat hunting! liltWEATHER FORECASTS ON THE INTERNET I need your advice. Is there any way I can get global weather forecasts and weather maps from the internet? Just like the forecasts we can get today with weatherfax and short wave ra¬ dio. Zoltan Zansky Cyberspace

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LETTERS don't know where to begin, but the University of Hawaii. Ohio State University, and the Purdue Weather Processor are all great sites with lots of terrific links. Just make sure your modem hauls. JifTBROADCASTING THE WRONG EPIRB CODE I had a problem with my EPIRB that may be of interest to your readers, tt was broadcasting the wrong code number. Whoops! Can you say satellite in 'Mexican?'. The cause? A paperwork problem from the factory. The solu¬ tion is simple — make sure that the NOAA sticker number and the manufacturer's serial number are exactly the same. I would be happy to elaborate if the subject is of interest. By the way, why don't you just scan the magazine as is o'nto the web using Adobe Acrobat format? Then charge your adver¬ tisers more for world-wide coverage. The IRS uses this tech¬ nique with their publications and forms. P.S. How can I get the telephone number for Marina de La Paz in Baja? I'd like to check in — eveiy 20 years or so. Lee Riley ^

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Lee — We’d love it if you'd elaborate on your EPIRB story. As for Acrobat, we're not fluent yet. Besides, our experience is that new technology usually promises more than it delivers. Also, we're too busy putting the magazine together. The number fdr Marina de La Paz is 011-52-5-2112. But if you have a Temporary Import Permit for your boat, you never have to check in. HHBASED on 30,000 MILES After losing contact with your excellent publication while we were up in Alaska, we decided to subscribe last spring. We're now slowly catching up on where our friends are and what’s going on in the warmer climates such as Mexico and the South Pacific. we are rerer. bci, and Antoinette. 56, Vogelsang from Brisbane, Australia, and we’ve been cruising for 12 years now. We started by sailing up and down the east coast of Australia aboard our 65-ft trimaran, then crossed the Pacific to Los An¬ geles aboard our Roberts 45 ketch. Most recently we’ve been sailing our Flying Cloud, a Force 50 designed by William Gar¬ den, between Mexico and Alaska. Prior to all this, Peter had some experience sailing in the North Sea, the Baltic and the Med.

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We've sailed about 30,000 miles now. We don’t consider our¬ selves experts and probably never will — since there's always something new to learn, situations which haven’t come up, or something we haven’t dared to try. And there is still so much to see and so many nice people to meet — which is why we haven't covered more miles in 12 years. It's so easy to get sidetracked and stay in places for extended periods of time. Alaska, for ex¬ ample. where we just spent 18 months and where, after we warm up here in the Delta, we'll return for more. Following the debates in Letters over various issues, we would like to comment on a few things we think we know something about. First, the trip from Seattle down to San Francisco. We ve made the trip in both directions and think it can be done with a reasonable amount of safety and comfort. An inexpenenced sm or. however, should probably practice first by sailVancouver Island once, starting on the east coast of Vancouver Island gets all safe havens. The rough weather wll give the inexperienced sailor the opportunity to practice increments. All he or she has to do is head out into 25-30 knots of wind with cold rain and fog and

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LETTERS the debate right there and we'd walk out with the two-stroke. We’re not about to sit in wheelchairs with wrecked backs hold¬ ing up signs reading "We saved the world". Finally, there are the readers who seem to be upset about the accuracy of GPS and whether they'll take 10 minutes to work from a cojd start in the year 2005. If we worried about trivial stuff like that we'd teike up golf. The good news is that people stop having these silly worries once they actually get out and start cruising. But who knows, maybe we did the same when we were still armchair sailors. We’re currently spending the winter in a marina in the Mokelumne River. After a sail down to Ensenada for a haul-qut and TLC for our boat, we'll head back to Alaska. Our goals this time are Prince William Sound, Kodiak, and the Aleutians. Af¬ ter that, we'll probably be ready again for a warm-up in Me^co or fhe South Pacific. Hopefully, we'll be around to tell you how it all goes.

Peter and /^toinette Vogelsang Flying Cloud Willow Berm Marina

JIUteak or fiberglass 1 don't want to argue the merits of teak versus other deck materials an5nnore than I’d like anyone to try to convince me of how much satisfaction they derive from polishing and waxing fiberglass or even manicuring their lawn. People have their pref¬ erences and 1 let it go at that. 1 do, however, have some light to shed on the matter. When it comes to how a particular kind of deck material affects how hot a cabin gets, wood does not have a very high insulating or R factor — but it's much higher than fiberglass. 1 think the prob¬ lem many boatowners have is probably due to lack of insula¬ tion, and here's why. I've lived aboard my Cheoy Lee Offshore 50, which has teak decks, for many years in Southern Califor¬ nia, made several trips to Mexico, twice to Hawaii, and crossed the equator going and coming back from New Zealand. And I've never felt the need for a windscoop or air conditioning beyond small electric fans. 1 can't tell you. however, if the decks get too hot to walk on because for safety reasons 1 always wear shoes. It seems to me, however, that the leaking problems the Neumanns have had with their Perry 47 might have been due more to the quality of workmanship and other materials than the actual teak decking itself. My Offshore 50, which was built 1969 and owned by me since 1972, has teak over fiberglass and has had only minimal leaking around the mast and one of the chainplates. The bedding material that was available back then was not very good, however, so apparently the screws kept the water from coming through the holes. Since I nevM- expected the boat or myself to last nearly this long, I was rather careless with the teak. I allowed it to weather and then would sand it smooth. Doing this repeatedly through the years reduced the thickness of the teak to the point where the screw heads became exposed. Since I would never consider replacing the teak decks with fiberglass, I explored the feasibil¬ ity of replacing the teak. Unable to locate either the teak or the cr^tsmen of the necessaiy quality, I decided to restore it my¬ self. The job came out beautifully, and I'm sure either the boat or I will surely founder before the decks wear down again. I realize there are thousands of boatowners with the same problem that I had with my decks, so I'll give a brief rundown how I did the job. Anyone with further questions can contact ^ machine shop make me two tools, and theri locate another tool in a specialty woodworking catalog I based the project on using a Formica trimmer, which IS similar to a small router. I designed a footplate for it that

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LETTERS would guide the trimmer and keep it in the seam. I then routed out the old caulking, the wood, and the gel coat down to the fiberglass. Next, I poured West System epoxy — without filler — into the seams and allowed it to soak into any voids that were under the planks as well as saturate the wood and fiberglass. 1 then added filler to more epoxy and poured the seams about half full. 1 also rfeplaced any planks that were too weathered or cracked for further use. Because of other matters, 1 was only able to work on the project as the weather allowed in December and January. After that 1 had to stop for the year. Having to stop at that point turned out to be very fortunate as sealing the seams stopped water from getting between the deck and the teak, and there¬ fore allowed it to dry out completely. The drying caused the wood to shrink a little, which in turn caused a few more of: the planks to crack. Replacing the planks was very easy because 1 had the adjoining planks to keep everything in place. During the second phase of the project, I used the other tool that 1 designed as well as the specialty tool I bought. 1 pur¬ chased some screw extractors that are built like small hole saws witn an outside diameter of 3/8-inch, but with left hand cut¬ ting teeth. After removing the few plugs that remained, 1 used a reversible drill to work around the screw with the screw extrac¬ tor. Some screws would come out or break off, but most often just the wood and fiberglass would come off leaving the screw. 1 then used a drill guide that 1 had the machinist make; it had an outside diameter of 3/8-inch and a guide hole of 3/16inch. I would drive the guide into the plug hole and then drill the screw down part way. 1 then cast a new head for the screw using West epoxy and replaced the teak plugs. Then I recaulked the seams, sanded it, and rather belatedly started using teak preservative on the decks. They look almost as good as new and there hasn't been any shrinkage or movement iij the last year. I'll be on my boat — phone/fax (562) 596-6404 — until Februaiy. I then will return to Idaho for the last time, and after June '88 will be aboard full time again. Ernie Copp

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Our crew includes a rock climber, photographer, soccer fa¬ natic, triathlete, college student and me. Offshore sailors? Sorry, we don't have any. In fact, some of our crew is just learning not to call it a bathroom. We've got a lot to learn, but we could win. It could happen! Do I really have to make an emergency rudder? Henry Gonzalez Pisces San Mateo Henry — You are the West Marine Pacific Cup. The Board of Directors of the race has one overriding fear: that the high profile sleds might take over like they have in the TransPac. So keep it coming. j On the other hand, remember that racing to Hawaii with an untried crew and yet-to-ve raced boat is much more challenging that a sail up to the Central Bay. It would be foolish to underes¬ timate the undertaking. Your time is going to be better spent in the Gulf of the Farallones in the middle of the night learning how to untangle a chute than it is creating a website. Just a word to the wise. As for that emergency rudder, we doubt that you’d really need one. But then Bill and Rebecca Huseby probably didn't think they d really need an emergency rudder when they entered with the Soverel 33 Sting last time. As you may recall, their primary rudder failed about 1,000 miles out and their emergency rudder couldn't cut the mustard. So they drifted and drifted and drifted. As long as their health wasn’t in danger, the Coast Guard was content to left them drift. Finally, fellow Portland sailor Steve Rander, to his eternal credit, blasted 500 miles into the trades to deliver them parts and food. So no, you probably won't need the emergency rudder — or your lifejackets, or your EPIRB, or your liferaft. But if^ou do. . . In any event, we wish you good luck in the Pacific Cup. With any luck, we'll be participating, too. WTHE'S still alive and writing Imagine my surprise while perusing your book review sec¬ tion in the December Latitude to encounter the announcement that dear Patrick O'Brian of the beloved Aubrey/Maturin series was dead and that we could expect no more of the epic! I searched for further documentation and could not find anything to substantiate this. I then gave W.W. Norton, the publisher of O Brian, a ring. They informed me that pronounce¬ ments of his death, one from "some newspaper in Maine", were greatly exaggerated. That is, he's still.alive and writing. His next work should be published in late '98 — which is about six months later than previously announced. I enjoyed the book review and was also pleased to see your website Despite all your self-deprecation about it in your magazine it's a beautiful piece of work. Dave Sheehan San Anselmo Dave-- We re sorry to have passed along bad information, but wed heard O'Brian had died from so many word-of-mouth sources that we didn't bother to double check. Our ertor. JIHWOULD SAILING SENSE HAVE SAVED LIVES? After watching last week's Himalayan/Everest thriller Into Thin Air on ABC and taking notes on the book, I have the fol¬ lowing question: Certain persons were unable t6 find their way back to base camp from the peak due to the whiteout conditions of the fero¬ cious storm. While I understand that altitude causes judgement lapses, couldn't the addition of a $100 handheld GPS

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LETTERS theoretically be used to guide one's self back to any given waypoint location on earth? Would the altitude of Everest or any other mountain cause discrepancies in GPS location? Would some sailing s^nse have saved nine lives on Everest? Just a wintertime musing from this Eirmchair sailor.

Ken Miller Pirate’s Lair Ken — If a GPS can 'see' two satellites, it can calculate lati¬ tude and longitude at any elevation. If it can 'see' three satellites, it can also calculate altitude. There is no reason we're aware of that a GPS shouldn't work on Everest. ' According to several staff members who saw the program, a GPS probably could have saved the lives of some of the climbers, specifically those that were lost on a 'mesa' below the summit and who didn't find their way back to their base camp. But ap¬ parently there were a number of other problems. Would saUing sense have saved nine lives on Everest? Cer¬ tainly. After all, they could have been tanning their buns on a toasty broad reach in the Caribbean rather than literally freezing to death at one of the most inhospitable places on earth. But to each their own, and may those who lost their lives rest in peace. IlffA SCALED DOWN TWO-MASTED SQUARE-RIGGED SHIP I'm interested in trying to build a scaled down version, 26 to 30 feet, of a two-masted square-rigged ship. Do you think it's possible? If so, do you know where I could get plans? Dick Furrer 400 Dorchester, San Mateo, CA 94402

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Eight bells. David Cahn, long-time 505 sailor, died of an apparent heart attack while racing in the Richmond YC Small Boat Midwinters on Saturday, December 6. He was leading the 505 fleet com¬ ing into the windward mark in moderate conditions when he suddenly complained of chest pain and fell overboard. The crash boat was on the scene al¬ most immediately and a trained EMT attempted to revive him, but Dave never recovered consiousness. He was only 50 years old. Dave had degrees from M.I.T. and U.C. Berkeley, and with his wife Eileen founded a small software company in Fos¬ ter City. Although he never achieved a major sailing naDave Cahn. tional title, Dave Cahn was well known around the Berkeley waterfront and in the 505 fleet as a dedicated racer and an aggressive competitor. Since being introduced to sailing at the Cal Sailing Club in 1970, he was continually at the top of the roster in the Sunday morning Lido 14 races. He began campaigning the Sailing Club’s 505 in the early 70s, and then moved on to his own boat. He crewed on a variety of successful larger boats over the years, and lately had been skippering an Antrim 27 in some of the midwinter races. “Dave’s aggressive style made him a great sparring partner,” said Paul Kamen, one of his many long-time adversaries in the Lido 14 races. “He loved to win and he hated to lose, whether on the water or in the protest room. But it was all done with the highest level of sportsmanship. Most of all he loved a good scrap, regardless of the outcome.” “1 have this image of Dave at the Pearly Gates,” said another friend, “with protest form in hand. He was in a clear first place position when he died, and Dave would want to make damn certain that he got scored for the win!” Moving on. Last month, after 19 years in business, Kim Desenberg shut down North Coast Yachts, his Alameda boat repair and build¬ ing company. In addition to building Hawkfarms, 'Wylie 34s and Wabbits, Kim had a reputation for doing excellent repair work, on time and at a fair price — we know this firsthand, because he worked on several of our boats. 'Naturally I have mixed emotions about closing the shop,” said Kim. It was a wonderful run, and I enjoyed all the people I worked for and with. But things change, and it was time to move on." Desenberg now co-manages the KKMI yard in Richmond with Jock MacLean.while longtime office manager Caroline Groen has landed at Sail California. Other employees are scat¬ tered around at different boatyards throughout the Bay Area.' Some of the stuff in the dusty back corners of North Coast Yachts still needs new homes, however. If you want to buy a Banshee (or various parts for one), Kim has two new ones and a used one. He also would like to unload three trailers, suitable for boats between 25-40 feet. Call Kim at (510) 524-7056 if you’re interested. Tool time. From the December/Januaiy '98 Professional Boatbuilder magazine. You can t be in the boatbuilding business without

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SIGHTINGS dave^ alien — a pioneer passes Belvedere’s David Allen, one of the most successful and influential sailors in the history of West Coast sailing, died unexpectedly of pneumonia'hn November 25 in Madang, New Guinea. The 78-year-old Allen had been on his latest sailing adventure, exploring the coast of Papua New Guinea with family and friends aboard the 75-ft sloop Golden Opus. Born in San Francisco, Allen grew up sailing. He joined the San Francisco YC as a teenager and later served as Commodore. During World War II, he joined the Army Air Corps and flew P-38 amd P-40 fighters over New Guinea. He was a decorated ace — meaning he shot down five or more enemy planes — and was credited with sinking a Japanese destroyer in the very waters Golden OpusMi^s cruising half a century later at the time of his death. Allen is best known, however, for embracing a new breed of light racing boats in the mid-'70s, and cleaning up at the highest Idvels of intematiouEil competition. While his Gary Mull designed 42-ft Improb¬ able had blistering speed for a boat her size, it was the Ron Holland designed 40-footer Imp that turned the international sailing world up¬ side down. ^ In 1977, when virtually all west coast sailing was local, Allen took Imp — and a group of young Northern California sailors — on the road to compete against the best sailors in the world. The first stop was the SORC, then the ‘world series’ of American sailing. Imp won huge. The second stop was representing the U.S. at the Admircil’s Cup in En¬ gland, the pinnacle of international yachting which includes the Fastnet Race. Imp won big again, keeping pace with much larger boats. To top It off, Allen rushed the boat back to the West Coast in time to win her division at the Big Boat Series. The impact of Imp's success can’t be overstated. It inspired a series of enthusiastic Northern California boatowners to compete in top flight international events such as the SORC, the Admiral’s Cup, Clipper Cup and more. Perhaps even more important, Allen and those who followed in his International path gave the young sailors of Northern California a chance to compete — and m^e names for themselves — at the highest levels of yacht racing. The trickle down to the local rac¬ ing scene was tremendous. To a large extent, it also ‘made’ the career of the then relatively unknown Ron Holland, who in recent years has concentrated mostly on boats in excess of 100 feet. Allen took Imp on the road to the SORC and Admiral’s Cup again in 1979 with neairly as much success. The ‘79 Admiral’s Cup included the ‘infamous’ Fastnet storm that ravaged the 325-boat fleet. Fifteen people died and 77 boats reported being capsized. Based on inaccu¬ rate Information, The New York Times published premature obituaries for Allen and his Northern California crew. But Imp never stopped rac¬ ing. Battling 30-foot seas and 80-knot winds, the little green boat from San Francisco hung in for 7th place. Allen was also a class act who encouraged others to do the best they could. At the time of Allen’s greatest successes, the then fledgling Lati¬ tude 38 was still pretty rough ai-ound the edges. While some parts of the magazine were certain to offend Allen’s gentlemanly sensibilities, he nonetheless reached out and encouraged the publisher to become an honorary member of the traditional San Francsico YC, saying that all endeavors and institutions benefit from enthusiasm and new spirit. Allen was the first of the sailing establishment to give Latitude his stamp of approval, and it meant a lot to us. At the time of his death, Allen was on the board of directors of America True, the San Francisco YC-based syndicate that hopes to wrest the America’s Cup from New Zealand in the year 2000. Allen was also a member of the St. Francis YC. Allen is survived by his wife, Bettye, their seven children and 16 grandchildren, his brother Howard of Belvedere, and sister Beth Straus of Mt. Desert, Maine. Contributions in Dave Allen’s memory may be sent to the Belvedere-Tiburon Landmarks Society, P.O. Box 134, Belve¬ dere, CA 94920. continued on outside colunnn of next sightings page

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dope? We don’t know how closely Colombian boater Mario Martinez follows American politics, but when he found himself in a compromising position recently, he em¬ ployed the favorite tactic of many of Washington’s 'power elite.' When the Coast Gueird fished him out of the ocean 10 miles off Port Everglades, Florida, he claimed he had no connection with the 27 bales of cocaine that were floating nearby. Nor did he have any con¬ nection with the 31 additional bales they found farther up the coast. The total haul weighed 3,488 pounds. ^

SIGHTINGS Martinez, who had been treading wa¬ ter for two days and two nights, claimed he was thrown overboard when he found out a drug exchange was about to go down and he objected. Hmmm. . . In an unrelated story a few weeks later. Guardsmen chanced upon the 60-foot Australian-flag sailboat OK Tedi drifting five miles off Cape Flattery with no run¬ ning lights. As the Coasties approached the vessel — which they later learned had come from Thailand — she suddenly burst into flames and was completely destroyed. /'continued middle of next sightings page

dave alien — cont’d On December 6, a flotilla of San Francisco YC boats motored from the harbor to the Belvedere Point buoy to cast flowers in the water in Allen’s memory. This is the first time emy member has been so hon¬ ored. At the time of the memorial, copies of ‘Dave’s Commandments’ were handed out: — God is love. — Every day is a beautiful day. — Always give more than your share. — Borrow only when rates are low. — Spit downwind. — Use wisdom, think it through. — You have nothing to be afraid of. — We have so much to be grateful for. — Hush up or I’ll give you something to really ciy about.

BOTH PHOTOS COURTESY JIM ALLEN

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SIGHTINGS t:he rebirth of old 108 “Here was the deal,” says Bill Kreysler, one of the newest members of the San Francisco Bay Knarr fleet. “1 told the former owner of this boat that if he could get it to my shop, I’d buy it from him.” This may not seem like a tall order, until you consider that Kreysler’s shop is up on Mahogany Basin off the Petaluma River, and Thumper, Knarr #108, was in a slip in the San Francisco Marina. You also need to know that the 36-year-old boat was so deteriorated that it had large holes in the deck and had sunk at its slip — twice. But the former owner wasn’t getting many other offers, so he hired a boat for the long tow and, from what Bill understands, “pretty much balled the whole way. If I’d have been 100 yards farther upriver. I’m not sure he would have made it.” But make it he did — this was about two years ago — and the deal was struck. Old #108 was hauled out of the water and into an area of Kreysler’s fiberglass fabricating plant to dry out. As she did, bll the seams in the wooden hull yawned open, the bow and stern sagged in opposite directions and the transom fell off. Kreysler’s enthusiasm never dimmed. Enthused to finally own one of the boats he’d admired since coming to the Bay Area from Sar\ Diego in the late ‘60s, Bill ripped into the project with gusto, spending many spare-time hours dismantling the old woodie to find horror after hor¬ ror; fully two-thirds of the boat’s 30-some frames were cracked, for example, and the keelbolts were rusted almost in half. The entire deck, cabin amd Interior went into the dumpster. About a third of the way into the restoration. Bill realized he wasn’t going to be able to do it hirhself: at least not before retirement age. So he hired mi old friend and mentor, “the notorious, infamous” Carl Peterson. “Carl taught me everything 1 know about fiberglass,” says Kreysler, who worked with Peterson in the ’70s building Lasers, Stars and J/ 24s for Don Trask. ‘“What most people don’t know about him is that he apprenticed as a traditional boatbuilder at Abeking and Rasmussen in Europe. Carl was as surprised as 1 was that he remembered so much about doing fine yacht joinery.” The boat, which Kreysler eventually rechristened Murano (for the little Island off Italy where he was married and where glass was ’in¬ vented’) was essentially a bare hull when Peterson started. The begin¬ nings of the project included sandblasting the hollowed-out hull and keel, aligning the hull so the bow and stern were in line again, lami¬ nating in all new frames — using one of the more novel splining tech¬ niques we’ve heard about. In traditional splining, the gaps between the planks are routed out and long wooden battens inserted and glued. Borrowing a technique from a Southern California boatyard who uses it to restore old PCs. Peterson and Kreysler essentially ‘caulked’ the boat with epoxy-im¬ pregnated fiberglass three-strand rope. (“1 don’t know what else they use it for, but yes, you can buy fiberglass rope from a company in Texas, says Bill.) The rope was gently tapped into the spaces between the planks and when the resin cured, it was faired into the hull. Once the new frames and fasteners were in place, the whole hull was also given a coat of epoiqr. Interestingly, none of the original larch planks from 1961 (or thereabouts; no one’s quite sure of the build date) needed replacement. Not so the topsides, where the boat was essentially rebuilt with all new wood. The only significant departures from the original design here were deck planks and aesthetic ‘caulking’ over a strong, water¬ proof alrcraft-pl}rwood subdeck. The whole package was completed with a new set of Macken/Sutter sails (designed by Howard Macken and made at the Sutter loft in Sausalito) and the boat was relaunched, amid suitable fanfare, in September. “We rented the Petaluma Yacht Club — absolutely one of the nicest clubhouses on the Bay and had the ceremony there,” says Kreysler. About 200 friends and family showed up to share the moment. Murano splashed down in time to take part in the last race of the 1997 WBRA season, in which she took a respectable fourth. But Bill

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dope? The Coast Guard rescued two Ameri¬ cans and an Indonesian from the icy wa¬ ters and later recovered 20 bales of mari¬ juana weighing 1,850 pounds. Why the dope appeared in the vicinity of their rav¬ aged vessel was undoubtedly a mystery to the three crewmen.

SIGHTINGS I

— cont’d Dope smugglers weren’t much smarter a decade ago. That’s when the fishing boat loaded to her lines with Thai stick came into the Bay. When the Coasties pulled alongside and asked “What do you have aboard?” a quick thinker might have said, “Albacore.” That captain said, “Nothing.”

old 108 — cont’d isn’t deluding himself into believing he’s going to go out next season and blitz the class. The local Knarr fleet has been one of the largest, healthiest and most competitive fleets on the Bay for decades. Kreysler knows he’ll have to earn his stripes. Helping him in the endeavor in ’98 will be crew Howard Macken, Doug Holm and Steve Gould. “What really attracted me to this fleet — becontinued on next sightings page

Rebirth of a classic (clockwise from left): ‘Thumper’ as she arrived in Petaluma; Doug Holm excavating what’s left of a keelbolt; ‘Murano’ at the relaunching; Bill | Kreysler and wife Jacque Giuffre; John Barber attends to the final detail. Check out that paint job! _^___

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sides than the boats, which I think are beautiful — is the spirit. In a lot of the fleets I’ve raced over the years, such as Stars, after a certain point,\it’s not fun an3Tnore. But I’ve sailed a bit in the Knarr fleet as crew, and the main thing I’ve noticed is that they’ve kept the Corinthian feeling alive. Sailing in that fleet is really fun sailing, the way I remem¬ ber it being as a kid.” One other thing Kreysler doesn’t delude himself about is the amount of work that went into restoring the 36-year-old boat. ‘‘I’m pretty sure I could have built a new boat in the same time frame,” he notes — “and for less money.”

cruiser Christmas spirit Every year, we receive many wonderjul holiday cards from our extended Latitude family. But few touched our hearts like the following. We felt its universal message was worth shar¬ ing.

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Christmas, a time of remembering- old friends, traditions and Christmases past. As I ponder the year, I am reminded of Dicken’s Christmas Carol and the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future. ... Christmas Past .1949 — I’m 6 years old and my innocent heart is filled with the magic of the holiday. I pray to Santa for the most perfect of doll houses, complete with a happy family of plastic dolls. I press my nose to the display window of the lo¬ cal ‘Five and Dime’ store wishing and waiting for Christmas morning. When it arrives I de¬ scend the stairs to see my coveted toy encircled by a shiny red wind-up train. There are good smells coming from the kitchen. A sense of peace and security. Peace and love. A perfect Christmas. 1987 — My daughter and I tuck her chil¬ dren into bed after the traditional reading of holiday stories. Another generation experienc¬ ing the magie of Rudojph prancing on the roof¬ tops. Margaret and I snuggle up by the spar¬ kling tree and the blazing fire and talk until daybreak, not as mother and daughter, but as friends. Another perfect Christmas. 1996 — “Christmas in Kanton” from the journal of Panacea: “It all started on the morn¬ ing of December 24. We were decorating cook¬ ies for the Christmas potluck when the news ceime across the radio that the village was re¬ questing 25 pounds of rice from the yachts. Ap¬ parently the Island’s supply ship was late and there wasn’t enough food to go around. Not only that — there were no presents for the children from Father Christmas. We had just arrived at the sparsely popu¬ lated island and all the yachties had been grum¬ bling about whether we had enough supplies for the long cyclone season ahead. But as soon as we heard about the village’s plight, we im¬ mediately stopped thinking like greedy palangis {Euro/Americans) and started looking for ways to help. Before the gathering that evening, the rice continued on outside column of next sightings page

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Certain agencies of the federal govern¬ ment have gone to great effort and ex¬ pense to try to suppress the following in¬ formation. If only they'd just read the in¬ structions. . . "This is the first year we've allowed powerboats in the Baja Ha-Ha Cruiser’s Rally," reports the Grand Poobah. "But leave it to the Navy to break all the rules. "First off, they never paid the $129 entry fee for the nuclear submarine — seen here leaving San Diego with the r^st of the Ha-Ha fleet on October 28. As soon

SIGHTINGS — and you’re out! as they do pay, we'll forward the T-shirts, stuff bag, croakies, navigator's mug and other stuff to the Commander in Chief in Washington," "Secondly, the Navy broke the cardi¬ nal rule of the Ha-Ha by failing to get word to the Poobah that they had dropped out — or even that they'd submerged. "We don't care if you carry nuclear weapons or not," the Poobaih concludes. "Either shape up and sail straight or you won’t be allowed back next yeair!"

cruiser Christmas — cont’d was donated, plates of food prepeired and gifts wrapped for every vil¬ lager. The 25 pounds of rice? They prepared it for us, their guests, on Christmas Day, along with a whole roast pig, a scrawny old chicken and gallons of sweet tea. They shared everything they had ivith us. We were taught a lesson in giving by people who had nothing. We were gifted with shell necklaces and flower garlands. They danced and we laughed. Bill and I were filled with the true spirit of Christmas for the first time in years — far away from shopping malls and department stores. A group of poor natives gave us the feeling of family and love so many miles from home. Another perfect Christmas. Christmas Present 1997 — Ah, if we could only live two lives — one near our grandcontinued on outside column of next sightings page

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SIGHTINGS cruiser Christmas — cont’d children and one sailing the seven seas. This holiday we are doing the former, and intend to smother the kids with love and fill our souls with their hugs and kisses to take back with us to our tropical paradise. People ask what it is about cruising that could keep us so far away from our prectious little ones. It isn’t the passages, or snorkeling, or even the sunsets. It’s the people we meet in the places we go. It’s gath¬ ering shells with Yo-Mary in Kanton. Sitting on Fanu’s porch in Wallis as he waves his American flag and, in broken English and with tears in his eyes, says, “Me love Americans. Me cry Americans say good-bye." It’s baby Harry, dressed in his Masi and celebrating his first birthday in Fiji. It is the haunting farewell chant of the Kiribati, the sacred Hindu firewalking — the yoga with yachties from Sweden! It’s smiles of greet¬ ings and welcome, and tears of goodbye. It’s warmth and love in the continued on outside column of next sightings page

ocean cruising The Ocean Cruising Club, an interna¬ tional club founded in 1954 for individu¬ als who’ve made open ocean passages of 1,000 miles or more, will be sponsoring an Ocean Cruising Seminar on January 31 and February 1. According to Clive King, Rear Commo¬ dore of the OCC and one of the panelists, 'The emphasis of our seminar is to give potential cruisers an insight into the cruising life and the wherewithal to make the right decisions to become good ahd safe ocean travelers.” King has extensive cruising experience in the Atlantic -.^nd

Like all good cruiser holidays, this Thanksgiving get-together included the traditional olives on the fingers. ’ Yachts represented in this photo are ‘Mika’, ‘Toucan’ Panacea, ‘Omoo’ and ‘Holy Grail’ — all en route to Kanton.

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SIGHTINGS cruiser Christmas — cont’d

club seminars

global village we call home.

Pacific, including a cruise across the Pa¬ cific aboard Sonoma of the Isles, a 53-ft steel ketch he built in his garden. Other panelists will be David Kennedy, Hans Bernwall and Bill Edinger. Kennedy, owner of the Armchair Sailor Bookstore in Sausalito, has over 100,000 ocean miles and 12 Atlantic crossings to his credit. Bernwall, owner of Scanmar Ma¬ rine, the largest windvane manufacturer in the world, did a sbt-year circumnavi¬ gation with a 40-ft Alden cutter. Edinger, owner of Edinger Marine in Sausalito, is

Christmas Future 199S — We no longer feel the need to set an itinerary. That’s the beauty of cruising. Life becomes a day-by-day adventure. Next Christ¬ mas, we may be in Australia via Vanuatu or the Solomons. Or we may remain in Fiji. Or we may sail to Indonesia or maybe back to Kanton. The possibilities are limitless. Wherever we are, we take you with us in our hearts and on Panaceas Great Adventure. Christmas wishes to you all. — nan and bill hilsinger, Cal 40 Panacea home for the holidays in San Mateo

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Sisyphus’s last ride

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Sisyphus lived a good life. Basking dockside in the warm Alameda Marina sun, she was spared the indignities of boats kept in the water — toxic paint and slimy critters never defiled her private parts. She sat there like an obedient dog awaiting its walk. All you had to do was remove her cover, don her sails, drop her in the water and, she was ready to romp. And what a Bay boat she was! Unless you re a windsurfer or a dinghy sailor, most of whom are too intimidated to challenge the unbridled fury of the mid-summer slot, you can't appreciate what it was like to sail her. She was a Rhodes 19. a boat not unfamiliar to Bay regulars. Completely open save a small cutty running from amidships forward, she was flat of bilge and lightly ballasted by a fin keel that lent stability and a sensation of security. A sensation that finally proved illusory. ' Chri6 had done a masterful job restoring the boat. She had been in ' his family since 1968, and his Dad had taught him to sail in her. And she was not without pedigree. In the late '70s. while chartered to a local rock star, she ran away with her class nationals under an as¬ sumed name — Excelsior. As the years slipped past, she only got bet¬ ter. A complete refit five years ago did her proud. Her decks were stripped of all hardware and three decades of mounting holes for endless gad¬ gets were painstakingly filled, puttied, and painted. Her keel was re¬ moved and faired until a sideways glance revealed not the slightest indentation or depression. She then received countless coats of epoxy paint; each wet-sanded until it glistened more dry than wet. Finally, the rusted keel bolts were replaced with custom-fabricated stainless steel fasteners and the keel was reattached. Inside. Chris had pur¬ chased thick slabs of Honduran mahogany and had them resawn to " just the right .thickness. He hand sanded each one until the grain \ sparkled, then lovingly applied 12 coats of varnish. They were attached \\ to an intricate network of custom made ribs and supports designed to T stiffen and protect her fragile hull. ^ But this was nothing compared to the affection showered on her rudder. This piece alone enjoyed nearly twelve months of uninterrupted attention. The blade was hand carved from the same Honduran ma¬ hogany and shaped with knife-like precision. The cheek-plates, which began life as two sheets of humble aluminum, were transformed into a shape that would have looked right at home on the Space Shuttle. Unable to bear the thought that they might someday lose their mirror finish, Chris coated them with an esoteric powder paint that was guar¬ anteed to outlast all terrestrial life forms. But Sisyphus was not a show piece. She was meant to sail, and sail her we did. I lost count at well over one 100 romps on the Bay. And I didn’t even start sailing aboard until she was 20 years old! Chris and 1. emd various other masochists, sailed her in all conditions, the wilder the better. I don’t remember seeing other boats on the Bay that Januaiy day some 15 years ago when they closed the Golden Gate Bridge due to dangerously strong winds. But we were out there, slashing across continued on outside column of next sightings page

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SIGHTINGS ^ last ride — cont’d the Bay having the time of our lives. 1 remember another incident when we were streaking toward Angel Island through a thick ground fog. We emerged from the fog bank with the bow wave spraying over our heads at 10 knots to discover the rocks of the island only a few yards away. Yanking the tiller to windward, we narrowly averted disaster. This was the way it was aboard Sisyphus. We were young, single, and incredibly

seminar also a veteran cruiser with many thou¬ sands of miles under his keel. Edinger’s company sells and services products such as watermakers, inverters and refrigera¬ tion systems. Then there is Frank Catchpool, M.D., a sailor and a specialist in tropical medi¬ cine, and Barbara King, a cardiopulmo¬ nary nurse in San Francisco. King first sailed to Hawaii in a 28-footer with her

superstition

After the fall — there was barely enough left of ‘Sisyphus’ to put on the trailer. stupid. The nearest lifejackets were moldy old Mae Wests with straps so tattered that even if we could have retrieved them from the tiny looker in the bow peak, they would have been useless. Such thoughts never even occurred to us. Miraculously, in all those years, she had never capsized. Never even came close. That is, until last July. The day started like any other. We hoisted her into the water and hanked on sails while motoring to Jack London Square to pick up lunch and our two crew, Dave and Jeffrey, Chris’ cousin. Though long¬ time east coast sailors, neither one had ever sailed a small boat on the Bay. Their enthusiasm was obvious when they greeted us fully clad in foul-weather gear and ready to go. Jeffrey’s 3-horse outboard struggled to push us out of the Estuary against the early flood. But soon we were picking up speed in the lee of Yerba Buena Island and making plans for the slot. We were hoping for strong winds (be careful what you wish for) and a good thrashing. Sisyphus is a wet boat when the wind pipes up, and if it’s a soaking you re after she s willing to oblige. I took my customary spot forward on the rail. I love this'vspot. Not only is it the wettest spot aboard, but you get to handle the jib. Chris, ever the gracious host, relinquished the helm to Dave for the ceremonial first pass through the slot. With the four of us on the rail, she sat down and flew. The flood kept the chop down, but Dave had his hands full trying to keep her flat. Having no way to reef put a premium on correct use of the traveler, and with a little help from Chris, he was doing fine. Sailing Sisyphus under those conditions reminded me of my ancient "Volkswagen beetle. To the unwary passenger, driving her didn’t appear to call for more than ordinary skill. But keeping her moving required a constant flut¬ tering of the gas pedal, coupled with a rapid heel and toe dance be¬ tween clutch and brake. Oblivious to these subtleties, and unmindful of my warnings, my wife once insisted on driving that car. She released the clutch, lurched out in front of a speeding line of on-coming traffic, and stalled dead in her tracks. The only thing harder than driving that beast was starting it, and after several embarrassing minutes crank¬ ing the engine to no avail. I slid over and relieved her of her misery. Sisyphus was like that. And Dave, having just guided her through the slot, knew it. That must have been why, as he relinquished the helm to Jeffrey for the return trip, he said, “Careful, this is harder than it looks.” I don’t know if Jeffry fully comprehended his meaning but he was about to. Jeffrey took over and led us on a screaming reach back toward the Cityfront. Sisyphus rewarded his efforts by planing in spite of the uncontinued outside column of next sightings page

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We’ve had a number of interesting re¬ sponses to our query about active super¬ stitions in the December issue. Basically, we asked if any of the many superstitions surrounding sailing and ocean voyaging were still ‘active’ — that is, if any of our readers had actually experienced any of them. This would include bad luck after starting a voyage on Friday, good luck upon seeing St. Elmo's fire: that sort of thing. Here’s the first installment of what we hope will be a whole bunch more re¬ sponses. Yes, we have no bananas The superstition regarding bananas on boats is true. They don’t mix! When my friend Joe returned from the Pacific Cup a few years back, his story started with the fish they almost didn’t catch. “So I finally threw the bananas overboard and a few hours later the line went taut and this big tuna. . .” ‘Threw the bananas overboard?!’’ I in¬ terrupted. “'Why did you do that? “Everyone knows the God of the Sea wreaks havoc on any boat that has ba¬ nanas on board.” he replied straightfaced. Well, at that time, I didn’t know about the God of the Sea. I was busy with all those other sailing gods of how to tie bow¬ lines, wind direction, and steering a straight course. "What kind of time did I have to worry about a god who didn’t like bananas? ’Tell me about the God. Joe,” I said. Well, a long time ago in an ocean not so far away, the God of Bananas and the God of the Sea both desired the same woman — the most beautiful maiden that had ever delighted the eyes of any man. After many years and oceans competing for this woman, the God of Bamanas finally won her. He promised the fair maiden anything she could ever wish for, including as many bananas as she wanted for the rest of her life. That was the clincher, and the God of Bananas soon had a new wife.” So why is it bad luck to bring bananas

SIGHTINGS — cont’d two-year old son. and subsequently sailed all across the Pacific aboard Sonoma of the Isles. The seminar lasts from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on both Saturday and Sunday, and will be held at the San Francisco YC in Belve¬ dere. The cost is $179 per person or $315 per couple. Call 332-8110 for further in¬ formation.

last ride — cont’d gainly ballast we four represented. By the time we neared the center tower of the Bay Bridge, Chris announced we should return to the Estuaiy before the time allotted us by our wives expired. The wind was

and^sailing on a boat?” I prodded. “Let me finish,” Joe said. “When the God of the Sea heard about the wedding, he swore revenge. But instead of direct revenge on the Banana God and the woman, he vowed to bring bad luck to any sea traveler of the human kind who had bananas on board.” “Well,” 1 said to Joe. “At least you caught some fish." I’ve done quite a bit of sailing since then and have been at the mercy of the gods of mamy different elements. But true to Joe’s story, strange things always seemed to happen when bananas were aboard. Like the time a bunch of us cruised out to Santa Cruz Island for a week on Joe’s new-to-him 30 footer. The trip was great — good weather, calm anchorages, great food and drink, and lots of diving. The second day out, 1 was a bit tired and decided to rest on deck while eveiyone else went diving. All of a sudden I felt some¬ thing was wrong. 1 looked up and saw the cliffs receding from my view. 1 was drift¬ ing out of the anchorage! 1 jumped up to check the anchor and saw the bremd new anchor line making a small wake as 1 drifted farther and far¬ ther out. 1 quickly fired up the engine and motored back to the anchorage to pick up the others who were wondering what had happened. Upon examination, we discovered that the line had simply snapped a couple of feet up from the shackle. The rode had no signs of chafe where it was severed. While we motored in circles looking for another spot to anchor, Joe went below to get the spare anchor and rode. Our musing over the broken line was inter¬ rupted a few minutes later with an angry bellow from the cabin: “Who brought,these goddamn banemas on my boat!” Oops. I was in charge of the breakfast and had decided on bananas since they’re easy to hemg. “Umm, 1 brought them, Joe, “ 1 sheepishly mumbled. “Want one?” Joe ceime up and handed me the bacontinued middle of next sightings page

Better days — ‘Sisyphus’ with owner Chris Wornum (left) and friends.

dying anyway so we relented. “Okay, let’s pop the spinnaiker,” Chris announced as we emerged on the Estuaiy side of the bridge. The wind had abated to 18 knots, and we were heading dead downwind — perfect conditions for a sleigh ride. In no time, the chute filled with a satisfying crack. Almost immedi¬ ately, Jeffrey noticed diminished responsiveness on the helm. The small wetted surface on the rudder offered little force to counteract the power of all that sail. “Watch for the jibe,” he called on several occasions as the spinnaker filled ^d the stern swung to windward. ' Then came the fateful rqoment. “I’m going to get the jib down,” Chris announced, “It’s interfering with the flow to the spinnaker.” With that, all 200-plus pounds of him leapt to the bow. At that instant, a power¬ ful gust struck. The force, coupled with Chris’s weight forward, caused the bow to dig in like a snow ski and carve a turn to windward. The helm was useless to couiiteract it, and without time to release the spinnaker sheet, we broached. 'When the rail reached the water, the sea filled the cockpit and the mast hit the water. Knockdown! Dave, the smallest and nimblest aboard, went up over the high side, never even getting wet. Jeffrey’s expensive lifejacket auto-inflated giv¬ ing him enough buoyancy to swim clear of the lines and sails. Chris and I were scrambling around trying to Release sheets and get ready to bring her up. Fortunately, we had all earlier donned lifejackets. (With age comes a certain precaution, if not wisdom.) ■When we boosted ourselves onto her keel. Sisyphus nosed to wind¬ ward and slowly returned to her feet. Righted now but swamped to the gunnels, she was highly unstable. Desperately we searched for some¬ thing with which to beiil before she capsized again, but the gear was floating several yards away. Before we could agree on our next move, over she went a second time. This time Chris swam out to the tip of the mast, determined to douse the waterlogged spinnaker that kept catch¬ ing wind and contributing to our instability. Again she righted herself, and agadn she capsized. But this time she turtled and we knew we were in trouble. There was no righting her now, and we had been in the water for 20 minutes and were getting cold. It was then that I first looked around. Until then, we were fixated on our predicament and unaware of our surroundings. 'What a comfort it was to see four or five boats standing by to provide assistance! One of them, a large power yacht named Shanti, offered to throw us a line. Towing a capsized sailboat in strong winds with a 30-foot mast point¬ ing straight down seemed like an iffy proposition, but what choice did we have? The line was secured to the keel that pointed skyward, and the four of us belayed ourselves over to Shanti emd scrambled aboard. Once secured, the arduous towing process began. Due to the steep chop and messy seas, it was impossible to tow Sisyphus at more than 1 knot without the line parting, so we settled in for a long evening of continued on outside column of next sightings page

SIGHTINGS last ride — cont’d praying, barfing, and profusely thanking our unwitting hosts. Gene and Sali Thompson. Chfis got on the radio and made calls to every agency he could think of that might lend assistance. But in the end, it was just us and the gracious husband and wife on Shantl to deal with whatever came. our way. Mercifully, after two hours of going almost nowhere, the tow line parted, leaving us little choice but to return to the Estuary for help. With both Chrysler in-boards roaring at full-throttle, we left Sisyphus belly-up and barely visible in the whitecaps, hoping nobody would inadvertently ram her and injure themselves. continued outside column of next sightings page

superstition nanas. As he walked me to the bow, 1 thought I he was going to make me walk the plank. Instead he just motioned for me to throw the banans overboard. “Re¬ member the Banana God,” Joe warned as 1 tossed the fruit into the sea. A few years after that trip (1996, to be exact) I had furthered my sailing career and was on a boat headed down the coast to Santa Barbara for the Coastal Cup. Yet again, I had volunteered to help provision

SIGHTINGS — cont’d for breakfasts and bought a great hang¬ ing net bag for fruit and (when will 1 ever learn?) bananas to go in it. The first night out we enjoyed an in¬ credible spinnaker run. Two a.m., full moon, 20 knots of breeze, and bananas. Many of you already know the rest of this story, but no one except the rest of the crew and 1 know the real reason why it happened. continued middle of next sightings page

last ride — cont’d In minutes, we were back at the dock at Jack Lxindon Square, thank¬ ing our friends one last time for diverting to our aid. Chris finally man¬ aged to contact a salvor who offered (for a hefty price — after all, it was Saturday) to take him back out to see what could be done. Together with the ship’s mate and a contract diver, the four of them boarded the salvage vessel White Lightning and hurried back to the scene. On their way out, the Coast Guard reported that a vessel had been spotted on the rocks off the Naval Air station not far from where Sisyphus had capsized. Uh oh! It wasn’t looking good for the old girl. Sure enough, when they arrived they found her on the rocks and pounding. Apparently the reason the towline had parted is that the mast hit the bottom. For a while the mast in the mud acted like a brake, but when it finally snapped, she drifted inexorably toward the rocks. The diver went down and soon returned with the news that she was holed, on the bottom, and filled with sand! Back on the radio, the Coast Guard declared Sisyphus a hazard to navigation and ordered her removed. There was nothing more that could be done that night. The next morning, a caravan of cars led by a mobile crane snaked its way through the deserted Naval Base toward the jetty at the west end of the runway. One look over the bank revealed the awful sight. Sisyphus was resting high and dry on a sand spit. She was a total loss. Her half-buried hull was staved in like an eggshell on both sides, and completely ensnared by a tangle of lines and sails. Her crumpled mast protruded from the deck like a dagger to the heart. Her lifting jig surprisingly intact, she went pp on the crane with sickening creaiks and groans, huge hunks of hull falling like rain. Set¬ ting her on the trailer was more like balancing a pile of junk than securing a boat. It wa^, to say the least, a sad moment. Chris, ever the optimist, provided momentaiy relief when he dug bare-handed in the sand in search of something salvageable. He emerged joyously with - two bags containing his and my lost belongings — including a plastic bag holding a cell phone that still worked! With wallets and valuables in hand, the procession slowly retraced its steps with the wracked corpse of Sisyphus in tow. But the wallets and phone were the runner-up prizes. The real trophy was recovered the previous evening. While Sisyphus was under tow, much to Chris’ chagrin, the magnificent rudder parted 9ompany with the mother ship and drifted slowly toward the horizon. There was nothing emyone could do but watch it disappear from view. As luck would have it, a fishing boat speeding home from a long day at ^ea diverted toward us in re¬ sponse to our gestures and shouts. We managed to convey our desire through the crackling wind that they retrieve the rudder which by now was a good half mile downwind. Without hesitation, they nodded, waved, and reversed course to begin the search. Eventually the call came over the radio that they had been successful. It was a minor victory,but it provided everyone, particularly Chris, with a modicum of relief. Today, what’s left of the good ship Sisyphus sits in a heap atop her trailer in the Alameda Marina. I went over once to have a look emd bid her farewell. Surprisingly, I didn’t see her as she was. a shattered hulk of metal and glass rotting in the sun. To me, she looked as good as the day I first saw her, just a bit more tired. Maybe if she rests a while, her wounds will heal and she’ll sail again one day, I thought. As far as lessons learned, it’s tough to say what Would have saved Sisyphus in the end. Once she turtled, towing her into shore was prob¬ ably futile. We probably should have had one boat hold her in deep water with instructions to warn off approaching traffic, while another carried the crew to shore for help. White Lightning was equipped with a hoist and could have lifted her directly on deck. But that’s all water under the bridge now. As for Chris, he has mostly recovered from the loss. Sailing is in his blood. The thought of him not owning a boat is incomprehensible. He will sail again, hopefully soon. This time around he’ll be looking for something a little different — specifically buoyancy tanks and a self beiiling cockpit!

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SIGHTINGS catching up with ramon Following the lead of Sir Francis Chichester’s singlehanded circum¬ navigation, and the first singlehanded round-the-world race in 1968, the British brewery company Whitbread agreed to sponsor a crewed around the world race in 1973. Seventeen yachts from six countries started the race from Portsmouth, En¬ gland. They included Great Britain II, skippered by Chay Blythe and crewed by elite British paratroopers, and Pen Duick VI, a black aluminum ketch fea¬ turing titanium rigging and a keel made of spent uranium, and skippered by the great Eric Taberly. Few people expected much from the lone Mexican entry, Sayula II, a 65-footer built by ^ new outfit called Nautor Sw^. That first Whitbread race took a ter¬ rible toll on boats and men — four lives were lost in crew overboard situations. But when it was all over, the big ihoney boats and internationally famous skipper's took a back seat to Ramon Carlin’s Sayula II. Carlin never did any serious racing after the Whitbread, but he’s never stopped sailing his boat, either. And this year, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of his historic Whitbread victory, Carlin will cruise Sayula II to Hawaii, Alaska, Ramon Carlin. and down the West Coast back to Mexico. In true mafiana fashion, no dates have been set, but we’ll be sure to let you know about it when he visits San Francisco. As the years have passed, Carlin has developed a seemingly greater affinity for the original boat. After a quarter of a century, he’s still using many of the original sails, and hasn’t added much gear. And when it cornes to electronics, well, let’s just say he’s not as big of a

‘Sayula II’ fuels up San Diego for the trip south.

‘gadget’ fan as he used to me. For example, as the various B&G instru¬ ments have stopped working over the years, he’s simply not replaced them. According to San Franciso’s Ray Conrady, the navigator in the Whitbread and still part of the crew, the only working piece of electron¬ ics left aboard is the 'V'HF radio. “Ramon uses string as a wind guage and a lead line as a fathometer,” he writes. The accompanying photographs were taken last November, when Sayula II was hauled in San Diego for paint, and repairs to damage sustained in a lightning storm. She has since headed back to Puerta Vallarta. Page 106 •

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superstition — cont’d All I remember is thinking it was al¬ most time to go off watch when the driver screamed, “Look out! Duck!” I ducked, too late apparently, as something that felt like a baseball bat whacked me in the head. This was followed by me seeing many more stars than the ones in the night sky, and people yelling “Are you okay?” Dazed, I asked what happened. “You just got hit by a whale!” My head was pounding so hard and I was so dizzy that at that moment, being clobbered by a whale (actually, his tale as he dived be¬ side the boat) didn’t strike me as all tliat strange. "Can I go off watch now?” 1 politely asked and headed down below. When 1 awoke a few hours later, dawn was be¬ ginning to light the cabin. Weaiy, and with a pounding head, I looked around and tried to make sense of what I thought had happened. And there, on the nav station right next to me, was a bunch of ripe, yellow bananas. — Stephanie wilson Exotic Superstitions I have a couple of exotic (as in ‘other parts of the world’) sailors’ superstitions for your list. These two come from Argen¬ tina, where I learned to sail and grew up, in that order. When you want wind, you gently scratch the mast, as yofi would scratch a cat behind the ear. Don’t overdo it; the more you scratch, the more wind. Scratching the mast was practiced by some very reputable old time sailors. It has worked for me on occasion. But I’m not sure I know all the rules. Maybe it should only be practised by true believ¬ ers. Recently, during the Lady’s Day Shields Race in Monterey, we were ahead but beccdmed. I asked one of my crew to scratch the mast. She did and the wind came up. Unfortunately, the other boats got it first. The other superstition surrounds Vito Dumas. Or more accurately, the mention of his name. Starting and ending in Buenos Aires in 1942-’43, Dumas became the first solo circumnavigator to go eastabout in the Southern latitudes. The feat made him quite famous at the time, as did a book he wrote about it called Los Cuarenta Bramadores (“The Roaring For¬ ties”). But somehow, in Argentina, the mention of his name aboard a boat about to put to sea became bad luck — some would say catastrophic. Even if they’re not going out. I’ve seen many Argentine sail¬ ors cross themselves repeatedly when the name Vito Dumas is mentioned. — mabelle lernoud

SIGHTINGS

Whistling and Fridays When I was sailing the hundred-ship convoys across to England in 1944-45, you weren't allowed to whistle on board. 1 was 16 and a whistler, but the first time 1 whistled aboard was also the last. The sailors who had survived the ‘Murmansk Run' put me in my place and I never whistled aboard again. In 1988,1 sailed from Djibouti into the Red Sea on a Friday, and three days later my 50-ft yacht Heather Maria was ship¬ wrecked on a barren island. The French Navy rescued us. In 1994, 1 was cleared to leave Auckland on Heather Maria II on a Wednesday. But on Thursday, officials came down to the boat to warn me that a big storm was raging in the Tasman Sea and that I should wait it out and leave on Friday. “Not a chance!” I told them. They said they understood. —

a few good photos It's not going to rival cnn.com any time soon, but we're sure having fun with the ongoing construction of www.latitude38.com. our web page. If you haven't seen it in awhile, take a look. There's all kinds of new stuff there, including photos, articles, letters and more. One of the ‘more's we want to get going is a gallery of reader photos. But not just any photos. We specifically want pictures like the one above, photos that convey the fun of sailing. They can be racing, cruis¬ ing, chartering, daysailing, anchored, boatyards, whatever — as long as they feature smiling people having a good time. Note that this will be our first website-only feature. The photos will not appear in the magazine — well, except for maybe the really good ones. All photos should be color prints. We're not far enough along yet to deal with slides. All submissions must include the names of the people in the photo, the location, and the name and type of boat or boats involved. Please also include your name, address and phone number. If you include a self-addressed, stamped envelope, we'll even return your picture when we're done with it. One more thing — please put all the written info on a separate sheet continued on outside column of next sightings page

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SIGHTINGS a few good photos — cont’d of paper — not on the backs of the photos! We can’t tell you how many otherwise great photos arrive at our offices ruined because the writing on the back of one has transferred indelibly to the face of the one below it. Address submissions to Web Gallery, Latitude 38, 15 Lncust Ave., Mill Valley, CA 94941.

two new multis from antrim Checking in with local designer Jim Antrim is like flinging open the door to Professor Emmett Brown’s garage in Back to the Future. You never know what you’re going to find. Over the years, Antrim has been responsible for some of the most creative boats we’ve seen anywhere. Who can forget the Water Walker, for example — an early '80s design continued on outside column of next sightings page

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bottoms Wine lovers the world over mourned in December. Not for an early frost in the Champagne region of France, a too-wet summer in Napa, or the lamentably ‘oakey’ nature of the latest chablis. In late ^ November, they were distressed over the loss of possibly several million bottles of European wine that may have sunk to the bottom of the sea when the cargo ship Carla broke up off the Azores on Novem¬ ber 25. The wine was bound for theU.S. holiday market, when roughly 40 percent' of annual American wine purchases are made. \

SIGHTINGS multis — cont’d

featuring an inflatable catamaran that converted into a tent for over¬ night camping at the water’s edge. More recently, Jim has lent his talents to rowing shells, the refur¬ bishment of the historic ferryboat Eureka, and a number of sailing craft, including the Antrim 30+ trimarEm and quick new Antrim 27 sportboat. The focus of this update is two of his latest projects, both multihulls, but — as with so many Antrim craft — both having unique ‘twists’ to them.

Among the cargo thought to be lost are some rare vintages — ‘dozens’ of bottles of Armagnac from the ‘SOs and ‘40s, worth $700 a bottle, for example. There were also cases of rare Cognac aboard, as well as 1,000 cases of coveted $200-a-bottle 1995 Burgundys and Bordeauxs. In all, the wine loss alone could total more than $100 million. While wine lovers, collectors and ex¬ perts debated the effects of the loss, it was importers who took the biggest financial hit. Said one columnist of the holiday wine

The Duffy Voyager Since 1970, the Duffy Electric Boat Company of Costa Mesa has been making the cutest little electric boats you ever saw. Meant for placid cruising in protected water, the signature models appear to be the nautical equivalent of the ‘surrey with the fringe on top.’ A few years ago, company founder Marshall “Duffy” Duffield began wondering about the possibilities of ocean-going electric boats. Most people dismissed the idea with remeirks like, “No way, the cord only reaches to the harbor entrance.” But Duffy, ever enthusiastic, threw out a challenge to other electric boat companies to see who could make the fastest run from Newport to Catalina and back, a distance of about 60 miles. A couple of years ago, he established the current record him¬ self with a stock Duffy 21, fringe and all. Bui Duffy is not a guy who sits still for long. With no other comers, he decided to really see what an electric boat could do. He sought out the combined design and engineering tal¬ ents of Antrim Associates, Naval Architects, and Alex Kozloff of Southern California’s Kozloff Enterprises. Kozloff is well known in multihull circles as ,one of the few American skippers to have won a 'Little America’s Cup, which is raced in 25-ft C-class catamarans. Jim and Alex ran performance analyses on various configurations of length and displacement, settling on the 62-ft needle you see here. Fully loaded, the Dujfy Voyagerweighs 4,100 pounds, but only about a fifth of that is boat. The rest is made up of 48 batteries, which total a ton and a half and produce 72 volts. With power from the 13.5-horse electric motor routed through a Yamaha salldrive, the ‘Voyager can go 100 miles at its cruising speed of 13 knots. For short bursts, it can attain a top speed of 25 knots — all in complete silence. The 34-inch wide hull has room for both a pilot and co-pilot under the clear canopy, “Not so much because you need two people as to make the game of checkers more enjoyable on the way to,Catalina,” says Jim. After two years of design and building, Duffy Voyager was launched on December 9. It is currently undergoing trials in Newport Harbor, with a the Catalina record run attempt scheduled for sometime in the spring. Tristan Jones Tristan is gone now, but his legend lives on. Having lost a leg in later life, and sailed his last long voyages on his trimaran Outbound Leg, Jones would have been particularly pleased with the newest 46-ft Antrim catamaran that will bear his name. That’s because it’s being designed for BAADS — the Bay Area Association of Disabled Sailors. This very active organization plems a variety of uses for the boat: daysailing with large groups, overnighting/weekend'trips with smaller groups, local racing and maybe even q TransPac. The boat will be the largest member of the BAADS fleet, which already includes two Free¬ dom 20s, another handicap-specific design by the late Gary Mull. Outwardly, Tristan Jones -will look like most other modestly-rigged, easily handled boats of her size. Special design features focus mainly on wheelchair access, both to the boat itself and to sail controls. This means a lEirge, relatively empty cockpit, flat decks and a big archway forward for mast base access. It also means a nifty telescoping gang¬ way that stows on the back of the boat. The other significant player in the creation of Tristan Jones is BAMA,

Top, at 62 feet long and 19 feet wide, the ‘Duffy Voyager’looks more like a futuristic fighter plane than a boat. Above, Jim Antrim is an active sailor as well as designer. Left, 3-D computer render¬ ing of ‘Tristan Jones’shows her wide ‘archway” forward to allow wheelchair access. BAADS hopes the boat will be sailing by the year 2000.

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SIGHTINGS multis — cont’d the Bay Area Multihull Association. Longtime sponsor of the popular Doublehanded Farallones Race, BAMA has a long history of promoting multihull racing and cruising in Northern California. To that end, they have donated $5,000 toward the design and construction of Tristan Jones — as a ‘challenge grant’. In other words, BAMA hopes that other yacht clubs and organizations will step up to the challenge of like do¬ nations to this noble cause. At this writing, Tristan Jones is at the beginning of a proposed twoyear completion schedule. The conceptual plans for the boat have been approved, and Jim is now in the process of creating detailed drawings so the building of the cat can be put out for bid. It’s hoped that the boat will be built locally. For more information on this project, or if you or your organization is interested in donating to it, contact BAADS at (415) 281-0212, or Jim Antrim at (510) 223-9680. ,

bottoms up rush, “If it’s not on the shelf by the 24th (of December), you might as well forget about it.” Unfortunately, although a lot of scrambling went on to fill tbe gap, if wine shelves seemed unusually barren to you last month, now you know why. Not all the wine was lost. Caught in a fierce storm about 200 miles northeast of the Azores, the Car/a broke in half. Half

uno nino Don’t put your raincoats away yet. December 21 marked the start of wintpr and those in the know insist that El Nino

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SIGHTINGS — cont’d the ship and a good amount of her cargo sank, but the other half was saved and towed to the Canary islands. So it’s not certain yet just how much was lost or saved. Scdvage of the lost bottles seems unlikely, as the water in the area is a mile deep in places. Oh, by the way, all 34 crewmen were saved.

reminder is far from over. So check your docklines regularly — and make sure those ‘auto¬ matic’ bilge pumps are working properly.

short sightings FORT LAUDERDALE — A millionaire developer was charged with drunken-driving manslaughter in early December. On November 24. Stanley Cameron was driving a speedboat that plowed into a smaller cabin cruiser, killing all six people aboard the smaller boat. Cameron, who suffered head injuries in the crash, was placed under guard at a rehabilitation center when the criminal charges — 22 in all — were filed against him. Prosecuters said he could get 70 years behind bairs if convicted. ANGEL ISLAND — On December 9, Secretary of State Bruce Bab¬ bitt announced that the Immigration Station in Angel Island’s Ayala Cove had been designated a National Historic Landmark. In operation from 1910 until 1940, the Immigration Station was often ceilled the ’Ellis Island of the West.’ While the Station processed nearly a million immigrants from different countries, Chinese immigrants faced unique obstacles and hardships. Due to exclusionary legislation based on race, Chinese immigrants were detained in locked barracks — differing from prisons in name only — sometimes for years. During the time they were-held, a number of Chinese carved poems on the walls that ex¬ pressed their frustration and bitterness over being denied entry into Gum Saan (“Gold Mounteun”), their nickname for the United States. Park visitors can still see these poignant and powerful poems. There will be a ceremony in Ayala Cove in the spring or summer of 1998 to celebrate the prestigious National Historic Landmark designa¬ tion. (The park closes down to docent-guided tours in the winter.) For more information about the the Immigration Center or any aspect of visiting Angel Island, call (415) 435-3522. SAN FRANCISCO r- We’re not going to name names, but recently when the time came for a large charter boat on the Bay to be inspected by the Coast Guard, in addition to making sure everjdhing was ship¬ shape, the crew set out coffee and donuts for the inspection team. When the Coasties arrived, the team leader took one look at the re¬ freshments and said, “Whq do you think we are, the Highway Patrol?” PORT CANAVERAL, FLORIDA — One night in late November, after a hard day of filming the new movie Armageddon at the Kennedy Space Center, actor Bruce Willis wanted to do/a little gambling. Eeirlier in the evening, his agent called Sun Cruise Lines, which runs a gambling ship (they anchor out three miles, making it ‘legal’) to see if they’d delay their departure for a half hour so Bruce could make it. No can do, said Sun Cruise. But the agent then made some inquiries and the next thing you know, Willis and his entourage were being ferried out to the anchored liner — by the Coast Guard! A representative for the USCG claimed the decision was made “because it was presented to us as a security problem.” He also noted the Coast Guaird boat “was al¬ ready underway for harbor patrol, so we gave Mr. Willis what we call a ride of opportunity at no cost to the government.” No one would go on record to say how Bruce (currently on the big screen as The Jackal) did at the craps and blackjack tables, but the rumor is that he lost about 30 grand. THE FALKLANDS — Not being one of the more exciting outposts on the planet. Royal Air Force pilots stationed on the Falkland Islands off Argentina have taken to amusing themselves by teasing the large pen¬ guin population. They do this by taking advantage of the fact that the little seabirds are keenly interested in aircraft. Here’s how it works. First, the RAF guys find a good-size colony. Then they fly slowly down the beach, first one way, then the other. According to an article in Audubon Society Magazine, all the little pen¬ guin heads follow the plames in unison, both ways — “like spectators at a slow-motion tennis match.” Then the pilots fly out to sea, turn around, and fly directly at the beach. As they approach, “heads go up, up, up — and 10,000 pen¬ guins fall gently over onto their backs." January, 1998 •

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THREE DOT YACHT: No matter how much time you spend around boats there is always something new to learn. For example, did you know that AmencaOne has a trim tab on her keel? If you’ve never seen a modem A.C. boat out of the water then you owe it to yourself to visit KKMI... the boat is very impressive. With her lOO’-i- mast and the boat sit¬ ting two stories high in her cradle it’s simply an awesome sight. Certainly no other yard in the Bay Area has such an incredibly diverse collection of boats. In one building there’s a Santa Cruz 50 being 'turbo’ed'... there’s a 60’ motor yacht that’s having its cockpit extended. In another building a beautiful Hinkley 41’ is'being taken down to wood and me¬ ticulously refastened. Out in the yard a 56’ classic Stephens motor yacht is getting a completely new galley installed ... and then a 60’ commercial ex¬ cursion vessel Superfish is being pampered with a beautiful topside paint job. There are so many boats and so much activity . . . it’s just an exciting envi¬ ronment. ★ ★ ★ CAREER MOVE: It doesn’t matter what your pro¬ fession is .. .all of us want to be associated with the best. The craftsmen at KKMI are people who at one timq or another served their apprenticeship in some of the oldest yards in the Bay Area. They have worked their way up the ladder and now have reached the pinnacle of their careers. KKMI has brought aboard Dave Butts, master shipwright, who had spent many years at Stone and Svendsen’s Boat Works. Another recent addition is 'Mac' Almanzo, who was the lead man at North Coast Yachts. To be considered part of the staff is quite an achievement ... congratulations Dave and Mac. KKMI hires only excellent people but it’s the very best that remain. ★ ★ ★ NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS: It’s that time of year when we make those pledges we intend to keep . . . until at least Febmary 1! Here’s mine . . . I’m going to exercise more often... lose a few pounds and eat more carrots. I need to spend more time ... with my family . . . "With my friends, and with the people I don’t know. I’m going to work harder ... both at work, and at smelling the roses. Above all. I’m going to spend more time on the water this year ... it won’t matter what kind of boat... as long I’m out there. I’ll go sailing more often and I’m going fishing again . .. maybe I’ll catch one this time! I hope the New Year brings you all that you hope for ... and that one of your resolutions is to spend more time on the water as well. If so, I look forward to seeing you out there because I know ... this is one resolution I’m not going to break. Don’t forget your sunscreen. January, 1998 •

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Relationships can be difficult enough on dry land and with weekly counseling sessions. In MARCH, two veteran cruising couples discussed building the cruising dream together - and what it takes to stay together after the lines are cast off. (Hint, compromise helps ) Also in March. Mad Max (Ebb) tortured readers with the latest rules quiz — and ended up getting a few wrong himseh. I guess Lee doesn’t know all the answers after aU." he reports. Yeah. Max. blame it on Lee. . . Rounding out the issue was a bul ish report on the new boat market. Used boats were in the news too: some character nicknamed Tarzan tried to buy a surplus nuc ear submarine from the Russians — to run drugs. The APRIL issue represented two milestones: it marked our 20th year of publishing, and at 288 pages, it was our largest issue ever. In fact, it was so big it had to be ‘perfect’ bound instead of stapled^ The venerable Merlin — launched like Latitude, in 1977 — graced the cover. Inside we had a little bit of everything. There were the people who bought a cruising boat for $10 — and are out cruising in it now. There was the beautiful Centurion 47 purposely sunk by >ts owner in 1^000 feet of water off Washington — and recovered by the insurance company. We bid fare winds to our first group of Pacific Puddle Jumpers — cruisers who were hopping off to the South Pacific. Tiy as we might, we couldn’t keep a straight lace at the cnme of the century’ in New Zealand — the crazy Maori guy who beat the crap out of the America s Cup with a sledgehammer Aird we col”t kee7ou”j™ torn dropping every^me w= rlread Colum TInley s stcy of his close encounter with 17-foot great wh.te shark. January, 1998 •

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w pretty much been set for the year - anything could happen, and was! We visited with an ^1-women crew who had recently completed a circumnavigation, had a heart-to-heart talk with Southern California’s Tom Leweck who had iii«5t completed his 50* Me^co Race, and laughed our way toough Dr. Kent Benedict s some of those remedies fOTmaldemer really do work! Also, we got our first look {an artist’s conception) of the new ballpark in South Beach ^d our first earful from the boaters not happy about it. And we introduced readers to the long-dead l/SS Thonvjson whose last mortal remains lie rusting on a mudflat near the airport. We stiU haven’t figured out why that any sailing stoiy of the whole year. It seemed like everyone was sailing in JvIlE. We ran reports onXS^rsmlinrw.TL^^ Ensenada I^ce (every sailboat in Southern California), the Vallejo Race (every boat m Northern California? the Master Mariners classic old wood boats) and Atlantic Challenge (classic old huge wood boats - arid a few modern onesl Sds at rrudyear included toe French trimaran Sport Elec setting a new Jules Verne mark - around the world nonstop in 711 /2 f rt ® Expo at Jack London Square, which put Northern California boat shows back on the man And who can

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Local multlhuU sailor Michael Reppy kicked off the JULY issue with the gut-wrenching story of the capsize and loss of his -imaran Nai'a lust a few hundred mOes short of a San Francisco-to-Japan sailing record. It’s good to have him back in one-piece, ew ‘weekend correspondent’ Mike Fitzgerald took readers up-countiy to the Delta for some kicking back, while the wild ^d cr^ 9er saUors took us to the edge of our seats for some kicklng-butt sailing - at least on the rare occasions when they stayed upnght. nd in certainly the most heartbreaking story we’ve ever run. details surrounding the Melinda Lee tragedy — wherein three of four lembers of a Luthern California cruising family perished after being run down by freighter off New ^^^d - were released ■ransPac TransPac TransPac — we siispect there might have been one or two other news items in our AUGUST issue but damn if re can remember any of them. Why? Because the 1997 TransPac was possibly the most momentous one ever — lots of wmd. ibulous boats and records falling faster than the eucalyptus on Angel Island. Check it out: New day’s run record - 60-ft tnmar^ akota 481 miles (a 20-knot average!); new monohull record — SC70+ Pyewacket. 7 days, 15 hours. 24 minutes [^ally beating lerlin’s 1977 record by almost a whole day); new overall record — the 80-ft catamaran Explorer sailed the 2.225-mile course in 5 ays. 9 hours. Heck. tLt’s barely time enough to finish a good magazine article. “It’U probably be another 20 years before we get nother race as good as this one!" enthused Pyewacket navigator Stan Honey. January, 1998 • UiU<Jt.39 • Page 117

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Babe Lamerdin — good-bye to the gentle man from Bolinas.

Whew. Around about SEPTEMBER, we began feeling like we’d been rode hard and put away wet. Fortunately, things started mellowing out long enough for us to ‘smell the roses’ on a cruise up the Petaluma River, jotn a ‘slow boat‘ procession headed to Sulsun Bay, and meet the first batch of 425 Baja Ha-Ha Cruiser Rally participants. Farther afield, we joined regular contributor John Skoriak as he took readers cruising through Israel and the Holy Land. Another highlight of the issue was our interview with AmericaOae skipper Paul Cayard, who at age 38 is at the top of his game with a strong America’s Cup effort, and a surprisingly strong Whitbread team. Women got ‘equal time‘ in OCTOBER, as we checked in with Dawn Riley, head of America True, the other Bay Area America’s Cup syndicate. We also visited with Pat Hemy of Santa Cruz, who had recently become the first American woman to circumnavigate singlehanded. Of course, the big news in the racing department was our report on September’s venerable Big Boat Series, which may not have had quite the flash of the epoch ‘96 event, but certainly didn’t lack in the wind, boats or excitement departments. Dawn Riley, with Jeff Madrigali aboard, won the competitive lD-48 class. Other winners included Sy Kleinman with his lovely Swiftsure n and BBS regular Carl Eichenlaub with Cadenza. The biggest upset was a collision in the ULDB 70 class that took both Orient Express and Mirage out of action and put one owner — briefly — in the hospital. As ever, the color and flash of the Big Boat Series was a great capper to a great season of racing. Page 118 •

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NOVEMBER saw us taking a cruise up to China Camp, discovering the ms and outs of WF radios, and jeammg (the hard -vray - see Letters) how not to catch lobsters. We also, celebrated the st^ of the ‘QT-’gS Whitbread round toe world race, and toe reb^h af the beautiful classic schooner Fair Sarae. which was sidelined lialf a decade ago by an owner with financial troubles. We also had Bay, had a great tour of a vlaltlng Chllearr square rtgg^. and took a wild gu^s. , ^ uh. i™ mean educated look at how El Nino might affect toe hurricane season. The big joke on us m November was runmng a photo of Dennis ?orer aid Chris Dickson having! blg laugh together - Dickson qrdt as skipper of DECEMBER seems like, well, just last month. The big story was our hugely successful Baja Ja-Ha IV C^isers storv behind the story was that the Grand Poobah’s new 63-ft catamaran finally got launched at toe 1hour — actually it w^, more like toe 13th hour — to take part; Also in December, we bid a sad farewell to Babe Lamerdin, one of the great craftsmen and ^'Anrthe™|usUto'^at'Liother year was over. Is it our Imagination, or do the years just seem to whiz by? As we be0n a new one - Si^dly Tartij to taaine It could be as momentous as the last (but we thought that In^M, too), we once again extend speaal thanks to our faithful advertisers and our terrific readers. You re what makes it all worthwhUe. Have a great 98.. January, 1998 • {jVXUtli • Pogell9 y

PETER AND JJ ISLER T

Xt would be hard to argue that Peter and JJ Isler are not the first couple of sailing — the BilKand Hillaiy of the high released Sailing For Dummies, which he and JJ co-authored. With their 4-year-old daughter Mairly, Peter and JJ now live in San Diego. Thanks to some very supportive in‘-laws, the couple are able to pursue their frenetic sailing lifestyle and still work and parent their child. “We’re too old to live out of duffel bags and go from regatta to regatta* anymore,” says JJ. “One of my goals is to find a balance of sailing enough regatt^ so I don’t make the same mistakes all the

Above, JJ and Peter Isler. Spread, JJ (foreground boat) In the heat of battle in the ‘97 Big Boat Se¬ ries ID-48 fleet.

seas, so to speak. But unlike that couple living in Washington, the Islers each compete in their own right and at the highest level. In fact, if you match raced the two of them head-to-head, you could probably get pretty good odds either way. It’s hard to know which one to start with when it comes to credehtials. A collegiate All American and captain of the Yale sailing team, Jennifer Anne — JJ’ — 34, won the Women’s 470 World Cham¬ pionships in 1991 on her way to a bronze medal at the Barcelona Olympics the following yeeir. Three years later she was starting helmsperson and tactician for most of the historic edl-women’s America? America’s Cup campaign. A year ago at Key West Race Week she steered the One Design 48 Windquest to class and overall honors. Peter, 42, is no less bespangled. As a Yalie, he also captained his collegiate team and was Intercollegiate Sailor of the Year in 1976. In 1984, he helped coach the highly successful American Ol3rmplc seiiling team. As a navigator, he twice helped Dennis Conner win the America’s Cup, in 1987 and 1988. Off the water, he per¬ formed over 175 hours of live television analysis for ESPN’s America’s Cup cover¬ age in 1992 and 1995. He has written two boolgabout sailing, including the recently Page 120 •

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time, but not too many so that when I get home no one knows who I am.”

‘oth Peter and JJ certainly have lived the vagabond sailing life. Born in Haweui and raised partly in Ohio, Peter hit puberty before he really leeirned how to sail. The latter took place in Norwalk, Connecticut, on Long Island Sound. From there he moved on to Yale, where he was a' star among stars. What Paris was to

Above, the future of sailing? With her canting keel and fore and aft rudders, ‘Red Hornet' showed amazing bursts of speed at the '97 BBS.

writers in the 1920s, Yale was to sailors in the 1970s, and Pedro’s Eli teammates included other future 'impact players' such as Steve Benjamin, Robert Hopkins, Dave Perry, Steve Taylor, Stan Honey and Jonathan McKee. “At the age of 18, Peter had already done several Southern Ocean Racing Circuits (SORCs)," recalls Dave Perry. “In college big boat racing, he was in a league of his own. 1 remember one MacMillam Cup (held at the U.S. Naval Academy in their Luders 44-foot yawls) where we had such a lead on the second reach that when a crewman went overboard during our takedown, we were able to go back and pick him up — and still win the race!” Like many hot sailors of the late 1970s, Peter set his sights on the Olympics. He won the pre-Olympic Soling regatta in 1979, but lost interest after the infamous boycott was announced. (The U.S. boy¬ cotted the 1980 Moscow Olympics in protest of the Soviets invasion of Afghan¬ istan in December, 1979.) With a degree in meteorology and oceanography, he was somewhat rudderless in terms of career goals, but he did continue teaching sailing, a skill he had developed early in his Yale days. “1 taught celestial navigation and Peter taught coastal piloting at Yale,” remem¬ bers Stan Honey, who navigated the Santa Cruz 70 Pyewacket to a new TransPac elapsed time record last summer. “Peter has incredible patience when he teaches.” Isler taught sailing all across the country, eventually landing a position in 1983 as director of the American Sailing Associa¬ tion. a Los Angeles-based group which had developed standardized teaching systems for sailing schools. Glory soon beckoned, however. In 1984, Peter dove into the America's Cup Januory, 1998 •

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PETER AND JJ ISLER wars. First came the helmsman position of the Courageous campaign. When that collapsed, Peter'signed on as navigator for Stars & Stripes, Dennis Conner’s 12Meter comeback vehicle fl-om his historic 1983 defeat. Their victory in Fremantle over the Australians in 1987 brought the Cup and Peter back to San Diego. The following year, Peter helped Dennis rebuff Michael Fay’s rogue New Zealand chal¬ lenge which pitted the 60-ft American catamaran Stars & Stripes against New Zealand, the Kiwi’s huge 120-foot monohull. During the course of this high visibility activity, Peter’s personal life had changed considerably. After graduation, he contin¬ ued his association with the Yale Corin-

thian Yacht Club. Often he would train and race with the undergraduates at the Branford, Connecticut, facility, and lend his teaching and coaching talents as well. One of those undergrads was a Southern California girl everyone called JJ. Although they met in 1982, they didn’t start dating until two years later. Three

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7 remember being particularly impressed with the boat handling and aggressiveness of this one sailor .. .with the blonde ponytail." months after JJ’s graduation, they married.

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whoever won the Thursday or Friday practice races got to choose where the team went that weekend. So when I won. I’d pick the best varsity regatta I could find and sailed mostly against guys.” Her All-American status proved that gender was no real barrier. Marriage to Peter didn’t curtail her or his sailing agenda. “It seemed more

Isler outtakes (from left): Peter on the set with Jim Kelly; 'Evolution' on the way to a win In the '96 BBS; JJ and Pam on the 470, circa 1991; JJ at the helm of 'America^'. Below, say what you will about the catamaran and the big boat — at least it got America's Cup racing off 12 Meters.

normal for us to be traveling than to settle down,” says JJ. “It took five years before we moved into a normal house.” In 1986, JJ won the fYRU Women’s

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Doublehanded World Championships, fol¬ lowed by the Rolex International Keelboat Championships in 1987, as well as being named Rolex Yachtswoman of the Year for the first time. (She also earned the Rolex in 1991.) She, too, pursued the Olympics, but fell short at the 1988 Trials. “1 realized at that point that 1 was taking my sailing too casually,” she says. “1 knew 1 could be in the top three in most regattas, but 1 reirely won unless I did well the first cou¬ ple of days. I remember Hugo Schreiner, one of the top Star boat crews, telling me that to get to the Olympics you really have to win all the regattas and you can’t let the competition get a mental image of being ahead of you.” In 1990, JJ decided to put together a no-excuses Olympic effort and teamed up with an old high school friend, Pam Poletti (later Healy) from Ross. With help from

Peter and old Yale team members like Steve Benjamin (see sidebar), they made it all the way to the bronze medal. Like Peter, JJ says she’s never really charted her sailing career beforehand. Both are leaders in that Peter’s combina¬ tion of teacher/competitor/media analyst is unique for the sport — Gary Jobson is

JJ also became the first lactating sailor ever to campaign for the America’s Cup. Shorty after she gave birth to Maaly in October, 1993, rumors began to circulate about Bill Koch mounting an all-women’s defense team for the Cup, which he had wpn in 1992. “I didn’t even know if 1 was going to sail again,” JJ says, “but luckily the Cup was in San Diego and my mom and Peter took on the job of jcaring for Marly.” During the year of intensive training, JJ says there were times when, for five days straight, she never saw Marly awake. “It gave Marly and Peter a chance to really bond, and she’s very close to my parents as well,” she notes^“And it made it much easier on me knowing that she was getting such a high level of care.”

^Xoo much has been written, perhaps, about JJ’s 1 Ith-hour replacement on the helm of Americas by Dave Dellenbaugh, a last ditch effort by Koch and some of the women in the crew to bolster their chances against Dennis Conner’s fast moving syndicate. The move failed, both on the water and off. Even today, Amer¬

What Paris was'to writers in the '20s, Yaie was to sailors in the '70s. the closest role model — and JJ is often the first woman to do anything, like cap¬ taining the sailing team at Yale or compet¬ ing as a skipper in the Congressional Cup, the Liberty Cup, the French Open and the Columbus Cup. /

ica’s Cup commentator Gary Jobson des¬ cribes the gender blunder as a “setback for the sport of sailing.” For JJ, the wounds haven’t totally healed from that episode, but she also realizes the Americas adventure opened January, 1998

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many doors. “When Kimo Worthington (the A3 coach) first asked me if I’d ever sailed big boats, I said sure, thinking that a J/24 was ‘big.’ Now a One Design 48 feels small to me. I have no qualms about stepping onto a boat of any size. And even being a part of all that political maneu¬ vering during the last month of the cam¬ paign was good. I’d never been part of a corporate structure like that. It was a totally new experience for me.”

J--/ ike Peter, JJ hit the match racing circuit after her Ameriea’s Cup campaign. She didn’t enjoy Peter’s success (he was the top-ranked American from 1988 to

STEVE BENJAMIN 'Pedro' coached us at the 1981 470 Worlds in Qulberon, France. After winning the 1^‘e-duck American Ol5rmpic Trials the year before, we were fired up, to say I the least. In comparison to t^ie flaring t tempera and big egos displayed by some , of the sailors at that regatta,' Peter was , always cool and analytical. Just before the warning signal of one race, for example. ' lie radioed in that he had found some tricky currents up the race course and that knowledge really helped. We almost ' won the championship, finishing a close , second to New Zealander David Barnes. TTiree years later at the Long Beach O^mpics, we again called on our ace in ^the hole to help us ‘Go for the Gold.* Pedro andj^obert Hopkins spent many long days ild|ng behind our 470 In their rubber infiatkble, helping us tweak every aspect. 1993), but she continued to hone her talents. In 1997, she expanded from corporate-sponsored events to sailing for specific owners. Kimo Worthington brought her in to steer Windquest at Key West Race Week last year. The overall victory there led her to the helm of a Farr 40 called High Five, on which she won the San Diego Yachting Page 124 •

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ette to a world championship. He also continues his television career as a host for Speedvision and Outdoor Life, two national cable channels. In addition to marinerelated stories, he focuses on automo¬ tive and aviation subjects in the downtime between America’s Cups. He hopes to rejoin Jobson for the 2000 Cup event in New Zealand, but says that the television Above, 'Red Hornet's "stinger". The boat races rights for that event next at Key West Race Week in iate January. Left, are still up in the Peter and Marly. -_ air. Recently, as a consultant, or ‘test pilot’ Cup and placed third as he calls it, Peter has also been involved at Long Beach Race in the development and marketing of the _ Week and North Sails Race Week. In the fall she took second in canting keel, fore-and-aft-ruddered Dyna the One Design 48 fleet at the Big Boat Yacht. Peter saw the potential for the two Series and repeated that score at the Crudders back in Perth in 1987 when Tom Blackaller showed, at times, amazing bursts of speed with the revolutionary ON PETER AND jj USA 12-meter dubbed 'R-l.' “I always felt of crew. boat, rig and sails into perfection. they were about two weeks away from per¬ Again, a near miss as Doreste of Spain fecting that boat," recalls Peter. took the gold, and we landed the silver. Dyna Yacht has updated that concept When JJ went to Barcelona in 1992, it and added a keel that tilts to weather to was payback time. The c^l from Pedro create a light, fast 40-ft sloop named Red started out something ltke'“BenJi, do you Hornet. Peter raced the boat in the Mid¬ think you could go over to Spain in July west and West Coast last summer, includ¬ and help my wife. . . ?” How could I say ing the Big Boat Series where he took third no? We worked hard on boatspeed and in division. “The technology has a big deciphering the complex local conditions future,” he says, .“although in talking to off Barcelona. It was all worth it when JJ builders and designers, I realize how con¬ pulled out the bronze medal in the last servative this sport is. It’s kind of frus¬ race. trating because a boat like this uses half These are onfy a few of my warmest the lead that you’d find in a normal keel.”

memories of Pedro and JJ. From junior sailing to the America’s Cup, they are just plain wonderful friends who I respect and admire. I'm lucky to know them both so well.

Scow Blue Chip Regatta as the fleet’s 'mystery guest.' It was the best score ever for a non-scow sailor in that prestigious Midwest regatta. Peter has also revved up his com¬ petitive sailing pro-gram in the last couple of years. In 1996, he helped Evoluttonwin the ULDB 70 class championship, and in 1997 he co-helmed the Ericsson 80 Nicor-

Xeter and JJ admit they’re trying to travel less these days. "We’re trying to balance our financial responsibilities and our ego desires to race with our parental priorities," says Peter, echoing the sen¬ timents of just about every other working couple with young children. “We've been lucky and done some great things in sailing, and there’s a lot of satisfaction in that. But being there for Marly and being a family — there's a lot of satisfaction there, too." — Shimon van collie

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SAILING IN A WINTER WONDERLAND

San Francisco Bay, the phrase “classic midwinter conditions" doesn’t exactly have positive connotations. It’s certainly nothing like “classic summer conditions" with all the attendant stimuli — stiff breeze, bright sun, flying spray and splendid sailing. In fact, about the last thing most racers hope for at this time of year are ‘classic midwinter conditions’, such as those experienced by the Metropolitan/Berkeley midwinter fleet on December 13 and 14. To be sure, the 130 boats that showed up on the Berkeley Circle on Saturday the 13th arrived with the most hopeful of holiday spirits—steady winds of almost any strength below full gie would have done. Out on the main Bay, a chilly nor’wester riffled the waters. But on the Circle, pot g Windex was stirring for more than two hours after the scheduled 11 a.m. start. The forecast southeasterly never materialized, but that northwester^ finally moseyed over at about 1:15. As it turned out, it only stuck around long enough to get everybody started on a shoirt triangle course. Then it retreated, leaving the fleet to ghost around the course and the race committee to finish everyone at ’C’, the bottom mark. Similar if more peaky conditions prevailed for the 45 participants on Sunday, including a super rain squall that bulldozed the fleet before the start and dismasted the Wabbit Jombo. The start was only postponed 40 minutes, though, apd behind the squall was enough southeast breeze to get everyone really flying for about 30 minutes. Then — surprise, surprise — the wind died. Fortunately, it returned in milder form, allowing this particular classic midwinter race to end with a light westerly, some. marvelous rainbows and eveyone across the finish ’ line by 3 p.ra.—early enough to get the boat home. ^ do some Christmas shopping and dream of a clas-

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Midwinters, the agony and the ecstacy (clockwise from here): Cristo’s ‘Still Life in Gray’ — oops, we mean the start of the Cal 29/Newport 30 divisions; intermittent wind did add an occasional splash of color to the weekend; winter — the time of thick sheets on beds and light sheets on spinnakers; with 16 boats in attendance, the Olson 30s were one of sev¬ eral fleets that showed up in force; keeping trim on ‘Punk Dolphin’; been there, done that. Can we go home now?

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SATURDAY. DECEMBER 13: DIV. A (0-117) — 1) Absolute 88. Wylie 37, Keith MacBeth; 2) Rascal, Wilderness 30 mod., Pat Brown; 3) Advantage II, J/29, Pat Benedict. (10 boats) 30-FOOTERS— 1) Jane Doe, Olson 911-SE, Bob Izmirian; 2) Ixxis, Olson 911-S, Ed Durbin; 3) Break Away, J/30, Dale Mead. (8 boats) DIV. B (120-180) — 1) El Gavllan, Hawkfarm, Nick Nash; 2) IVvIlight Zone, Merit 25, Paul Kamen; 3) Bloodvessel, B-25, Margaret Gokey; 4) Mighty Mouse, Martin 242, Mike Grimm. (13 boats) DIV. C (183-204) — 1) Too Cool, Capri 22, Bill Dalton; 2) Latin Lass, Catalina 27, Bill Chapman; 3) Freyja, Catalina 27, Frank Van Kirk. (7 boats) DIV. D (207-up) — 1) London Calling, Santana 22, Megan Dwyer. (3 boats) MELGES 24 — 1) Sabotage, Jeff Thorpe; 2) TVi/lst & Shout, Jessica Lord; 3) Smokin', Dave Oliver; 4) Sea Monster, John Oldham. (10 boats) OLSON 30 — 1) Zephyros, Cal Maritime; 2) Hoot, Andy Macfie; 3) Lurker, Paul Martson; 4) Family Hour, Bilafer Family; 5) Jack's Back, Jack Easterday; 6) Cisco, Gary Redelberger; 7) Speedy Gonzales, Dave Carrel. (18 boats) EXPRESS 27—1) CursesI, Tim Descamps/Scott Easom; 2) Motorcycle Irene, Will Paxton/Jay Lambiotte; 3) New Wave, Buzz Blackett; 4) Baffett, For¬ est Baskett/Tom Baffico; 5) Diane, Steven Hodges/ Dave Hodges; 6) Mirage, Terry Cobb; 7) Frog In French, Kame Richards; 8) Surfari, Bill Hoffman; 9)

2) Synchronicity, James Johnson. (4 boats) J/24 — 1) Casual Contact. Don Oliver; 2) Froglips, Richard Stockdale; 3) Escalation, Sellers/ Weintraut; 4) Phantom, John Gulliford. (11 boats) NEWPORT 30 — 1) Hot Chocolate, Don Oliver; 2) Topgallant, Frank Hinman; 3) Harry, Dick Aronoff. (9 boats) CAL 29— 1) Dona Mia, Dennis Andrews; 2) BoogA-Loo, Julia Yost/Nancy Rogers; 3) Argonaut, Jim Garvine. (7 boats)

Looking for wind — and not finding much. Geronimo, Peter Habeeb; 10) Strega, Timothy DePolo. (23 boats) MOORE 24—1) GrunUed, Simon Winer; 2) TWo Irrational, T. Chargin/B. Buries; 3) Freeflight, Pat Mitchell. (7 boats) OLSON 25 — 1) Barking Dog, Jeffrey Kroeber;

SUNDAY. DECEMBER 14: DIV. I (0-129) — 1) Arch Angel, Antrim 27, Bryce Griffith; 2) Abradadabra II, Antrim 27, Dennis Surtees. (5 boats) DIV. II (132-168) — 1) El Gavllan, Hawkfarm, Nick Nash; 2) Freeflight, Moore 24, Pat Mitchell; 3) Zilla, B-25, Brent Draney; 4) Barking Dog, Olson 25, Jef¬ frey Kroeber. (11 boats) DIV. Ill (171-up) — 1) Temptation, Cal 2-27, Rollye Wiskerson; 2) Antares, Islander 30 Mk. II. (6 boats) OLSON 30— 1) Zephyros, Cal Maritime; 2) Run Wild, Dale Scroggin; 3) ex-Express, Dean Daniels. (9 boats) EXPRESS 27 — 1) Bobs, Mike Hearn; 2) Dianne, Steven Hodges; 3) Surfari, Bill Hoffman. (8 boats) SOLING — 1) Derf, Pete Rowland. (2 boats) MELGES 24— 1) Smokin', Dave Oliver. (2 boats) WYLIE WABBIT — 1) Tulewemia, Mark Harpalnter. (2 boats)

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THE GOLD X he pact between carpenter James Marshall and his boss, Captain John Sutter, was supposed to be a secret. On the morning of January 24, 1848, during the construction of a sawmill for Sutter on the American River, Marshall had dis¬ covered several nuggets of gold. In order to prevent mass hysteria, the two agreed to keep the discovery 'under wraps' until the mill race was completed. It was not to be. Word got out, other people started finding glittering nuggets in the American River and the news

ritory are of such extraordinary charac¬ ter as would scarcely command belief." And the rush was on. In the following months, gold fever swept through the nation and across the seas. Laborers of every trade left their workbenches, tradesmen left their shops open with signs in the windows Inviting passersby to "take what you need and leave the money." Newpapers closed as

Before the Gold Rush, San Francisco harbored a population of about 850 'Californios'. Within a year of the gold discovery, an estimated 90, OOQ dreamers poured through the town. spread like a prairie fire. By May, a Mor¬ mon store owner near Sutter's Fort ran through the streets with a bag of gold exhanged for goods. "Gold!" he yelled, 'There's gold in the American River!" By December, President James Polk even in¬ cluded a mention in his address to Con¬ gress: 'The abundemce of gold in that ter¬

both subscribers and employees took off for the hills. Soldiers deserted their posts and sailors jumped off ships as soon as they arrived in the formerly sleepy little port of San Francisco. Before the Gold Rush, San Francisco harbored a population of about 850 'Californios'. Within a year of the gold dis¬

covery, an estimated 90,000 dreamers poured through the town on the way to seek their fortunes.

^X'he '49ers' had three routes by which they could reach their field of dreams. The overland trail to California was the shortest and cheapest — orga¬ nized overland firms charged about $200 a head. It was certainly not the easiest, though: hostile Indians, the Rocky Moun¬ tains, winter and other hardships made it the longest six months of most people's lives. Nevertheless, in 1849, some 3,000 souls made their ways west on this route, most by wagon trains. Gold fever even had some imaginations dreaming of manned flight a half-century before the fact. Rufus Porter, founder of Scientific Magazine, en¬ visioned a steam-powered balloon with propellers and a rudder — a forerunner to the passenger-carrying zeppelins of a later era — which could bring gold seek¬ ers west in comfort for a mere $50. For¬ tunately, his plans fizzled before any such airship ever got off the ground. The traditional Yankee merchant ship-

MINERS' NAVY

In the 1850s the 603-ton barkentine ‘Tidal Wave' was one of the oldest coastal square riggers calling on The City with goods and lumber.

ping route from Boston or New York around Cape Horn was considered a safer but longer journey. These six to eightmonth treks ran $200 to $300 per head. Despite the fact that ships had to, travel 15,000 miles, including 2,000 miles east after leaving Boston to clear the eastern

tip of Brazil, up to 40,000 people braved the sea route in 1849 Eilone. What made it particularly appealing at the time was that, in pre-CNN days, the news of the gold strike didn’t reach the east until De¬ cember, 1848, when the overland route was snowbound in the middle of winter and the southern hemisphere was bathed in the wep'm glow of summer. / Also influencing the decision for a sea

In ironic contrast to the crowded gold fields Inland, San Francisco Bay became a virtual ghost town of ships abandoned by both passengers and crews. As the Bay gradually filled in around them^ many of these ships housed local businesses.

route were the recently published weather charts of U.S. Navy Lieutenant Matthew Mauiy, who provided detailed studies of winds, currents and tides of the Atlantic and Pacific routes. The charts were dis¬ tilled from the information in thousands of ship's logs. By folloAving Maury's ad¬ vised routes, captains could cut the du¬ ration of Cape Horn passages by weeks and sometimes months. The third route to the gold fields was by land and sea. Travelers shipped out of East Coast ports to land at Chagres, a very primitive port on the east coast of Panama. They then had to make their ways across the isthmus by mule, canoe, and Jungle trek over 26 miles in 8 to 12 days of the worst possible conditions imaginable to the port of Panama. If they lived to tell about it, they'd hop aboard a sailing ship — or later, a Pacific Mail Steamship — to complete the 7,000 mile journey to San Fremcisco.

rior to 1848, shipping in and out of San Francisco could be called insig¬ nificant at best. From April, 1847, to April, 1848, a total of only 13 ships from Atlantic ports had called here. In 1849, no fewer than 775 vessels from the east

THE GOLD coast had made port in the Bay, many of them to be deserted within minutes of arrival as both passengers and crew took off for the gold fields. Some who couldn't wait to be ferried ashore in ship's boats would jump in the water and swim in! It wasn't all miners. As the City tried to deal with the onslaught, the needs for lumber, food and all types of merchan¬ dise were acute. Many types of ships came

passengers eager to seek their fortunes. The first mail delivery by the Pacific Mail Steamship Company occurred a shorty time later. At the height of gold fever, virtually anything that floated — whaling ship, ferry boat or coastsd trader — was con-

Though not a direct player in the 'Gold Miner's Navy', the frigate 'USS Portsmouth' (shown here refurbished) played an impor¬ tant part in early California history. She ar¬ rived on this coast in 1846 to help maintain law and order.

During the golden years of the run to California, a single voyage could net morp than $70,000 enough to cover the entire cost of building a new ship. —

to the rescue. For example, the 80-ft John W. Carter ran between Victoria, Portland and San Francisco to help bring in the vast amounts of lumber needed to build houses, stores, docks, and so on. The brig Pilgrim transported Yankee notions from Boston to San Francisco. (This ship was later made famous by Richard Henry Dana in Two Years Before the Mast) The brigantine Zenobia, owned by a Russian/ American company, had the job of haul¬ ing ice from Sitka to San Francisco. Smaller coastal schooners operating between Shoalwater Bay and San Fran¬ cisco hauled oysters. The brig Merchant¬ man, with improvised passenger quarters, carried as many as 200 passengers on each trip from Panama to San Francisco. The first East Coast steamship to ar¬ rive in San Francisco was the sidewheeler California, which docked in San Francisco on February 28, 1849, to disgorge 365 The sternwheeler 'Antelope' seen here In 1850 loading supplies and miners for the long run up the Sacramento River toward Sutter's Fort.

verted into transportation for gold seek¬ ers.

Th,. phenomenon did not go unno¬ ticed in the shipyards of New England. The age of the clippers had dawned and shipbuilders now turned their attention from the Orient to California. The first and perhaps most memorable of these great thoroughbreds built expressly for the California trade was Flying Cloud. Famed designer/builder Donald McKay of Bos¬ ton made the 235-ft Cloud longer than any other ship of the day. She also sported the narrow beam — 40 feet, 8 inches — and huge canvas inventory that defined the clippers. On her maiden voyage in 1851, Flying Cloud made the run that cemented her legend, rounding the Horn and racing into San Francisco in the record time of 89 days. 21 hours — bettering the old mark by nearly a week. The only ship ever to beat that record was the Cloud herself.

which shaved off half a day on an 1854 run. Although many more clippers would slide down the ways bound for Califor¬ nia, that 89-day, 8-hour mark was not bettered by another sailing vessel for 135 years. What Flying Cloud did share with her peers was profitability. In fact, during the 'golden years' of the Cape Horn run to California when ship owners charged a cargo rate of $60 per ton and passenger fares of $200, a single voyage could net more than $70,000 — enough to cover the entire cost of building a new ship. Fly¬ ing Cloud, which had been sold to a New York shipping firm for a then-astronomi¬ cal $90,000, went on to complete a cir¬ cumnavigation after her San Francisco run. which paid for the ship.

such a huge influx of people and materiel into the Bay Area in such a short time, something had to give. Unfor¬ tunately, the ships bore the brunt of this burden, too. The now-famous photograph that opens this article becirs mute testi-

MINERS' NAVY tion took the hopeful inland. Once things settled down a bit, the job of bringing products, produce and miners to the gold fields was dominated by the California Steam Navigation Company and its great fleet of sternwheelers and side-wheelers. The most popular riverboat of the day was the Chysopolus, a 245-footer of about 1,050 tons. The riverboats became the life¬ line for the miners, which in turn encour¬ aged the development of the great Cen¬ tral Valley.

O^^alifornia became a state in 1850. By 1852, the state's annual gold produc¬ tion totalled $81 million. A few years later, however, gold fever began to wane and the gold seekers — the successful few and un¬ successful many — began to disperse. Some went home, some returned to San Francisco, others stayed on to work the new mines or build lives in the new state. Still others demonstrated that once you have gold fever, it's tough to shake it. When the cry of "Gold!" was heard anew in 1857, the rush was on for the Fraser River in British Columbia.

— jevne haugan In 1851 the barkentine 'St. Francis'played an im¬ portant role in bringing lumber to San Franciso to meet the demands of a growing city.

mony to the fever that gripped the nation. Instead of approaching the anchorages off North Beach or China Basin in the normal fashion — under reduced sail with crew aloft doing housekeeping on the other yards — ships full of gold seekers often came flying in under full sail, dropped anchor, let go braces and imme¬ diately began debahking people. It wasn't unusual for ships to be completely de¬ serted in just a few minutes, save for the captain and a lone pilot trying to console him.

l^^mnants of the 'Gold Miner's Navy' still show up from time to time. One of the last to see the light of day was the former whaler Niantic. In late 1849, she burned to the waterline and sank. A de¬ cade ago, in a scenario now familial' in San Francisco, an old eight-story build¬ ing at the corner of Semsome and Clay streets was demolished. In the excavation for its replacement, the dirt was scraped away — and there were the remains of the Niantic. A team from the San Fran¬

cisco Maritime Museum was called in and dug further. They found the lower decks were full of well-preserved stores, includ¬ ing 160 crates of corked champagne, brass printing presses and other artifacts of the period. Then, just last month, when contrac¬ tors steirted pounding in the pilings for the new Giants ballpark in China Basin, they called in an archeologist. "He told them they were driving their pilings right through the hulls of buried wooden ships," noted columnist C.W. Nevius in the December 12 San FYancisco Chronicle. "During the gold rush, piers were built out to the (abandoned) boats, planks in¬ stalled between them and restaurants, card houses and brothels moved in. It was, the contractors were told, the begin¬ ning of the Barbary Coast." "In two years it will be center field." Ships were also the preferred mode of transportation from San Francisco to the gold fields around Sacramento, with the great inlamd waterways of California prob¬ ably ushering in the new state's first traf¬ fic jams as boats of all sizes and descrip¬

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MIDWAY ISLAND There has been mufeh written re¬ cently about Midway Atoll, now that it has been opened to civilian visitors for the first time since DeceVnber 8, 1941, when the last Pan Am Clipper departed with 70 ci¬ vilians and some Japanese bullet holes. (A piece of that airplane; with bullet hole, is in the Treasure Island Museum.) While visiting Midway recently (by plane, as a volunteer assisting in the en¬ dangered Hawaiian monk seal research program) it occurred to me that informa¬ tion from a sailor’s or cruiser's point of view might be of value. So far, the only sailboat that has visited Midway in the last 50 years is Carricle, which arrived from Hawaii last July. 1 would like to be the first to make the voyage there from .^an Francisco, but my family thinks I'm too damned old (they may be right), so 1 would like to help some other Bay sailor by providing the follow¬ ing information. The Lay of the Land Midway Atoll consists of a coral reef

surrounding three islands: Sand, Spit and Eastern. Sand Island is the only one oc¬ cupied by people. All three are inhabited by birds, whose population ranges from several thousand to about one million depending on the season. Midway is the second oldest remnant of the Hawcdian Archipelago. Only Kure Atoll, 70 miles westward, is older. As with all of the Archipelago. Midway is moving northeastward at about four inches per Page 138 •

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year toward the Darwin line. Eventually, the coral reef will die and land will be washed away, rendering Midway a sea''-' mount no longer visible from the surface. This ■will happen in only about 20 million years, so make your travel plans early. The most important fact one needs to know about Midway is that it is part of the Hawaiian National Wildlife Refuge. As such, entry is strictly controlled, lii fact. Sand Island is the only place you can en¬ ter. Entry is prohibited in the rest of the refuge, which extends northeastward from Kauai and includes Nihoa, Necker (on the Tropic of Cancer), French Frigate Shoals, Gardner Pinnacles, Laysap, Lisianski, Pearl and Herrnes Reef, Midway and Kure. There are three entities on Midway, the largest of which is the Midway Phoenix Corporation with 200 people. Seven per¬ sons represent the U.S. Fish and Wildlife service (USFW), and the Oceanic Society

Midway was closed to the public the day after Pearl Harbor was attacked. Now it's open to visitors once again.

fields three to seven at at time. USFW, headed by Rob Shallenberger.is in charge. They provide the guided tours and the educational programs. They work in a cooperative way with MPC. MPC, managed by Mike Gautreaux. provides and maintains the infrastruc¬ ture, most of which they inherited from

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the U.S. Navy. They provide twice-a-week airplane service to Lihue, on Kauai, us¬ ing a 19-passenger Gulfstream turbo prop. The labor force for MPC is comprised of Foreign Nationals, as they are called, from the Philippines, Sri Lanka, and Thai¬ land. Tiy to get acquainted with them. They are nice folks and very friendly. Many speak English. OS conducts the various research pro¬ grams. They are studying the birds, seals

OPEN FOR BUSINESS anchorage. You are not permitted to ex¬ plore the lagoon on your way in. The anchorage runs $25/day (no moorings yet). For $50/day, you can tie up at the dock, whose facilities include electrical hookup and pump out. The fees cover showers, access to the islemd and all tours, lectures and movies, including a guided trip to Eastern Island on a 1945 landing craft. Other amenities include bicycle rent¬ als ($5/day) and cellphone ($5/day. Lo¬ cal calls are free; mainland calls run $1.50/mlnute). Gasoline is available, but no propane, LPG or CNG. Diesel runs $2.55 per geillon. As far as provisions, some dry goods are available through MFC. Fresh lettuce, tomatoes and beans should be available — if the hydroponics garden set up in October re^ly does produce the expected surplus by next summer.

and spinner dolphins. Get acquainted with them, too. You will learn a lot. Garv Hoeffler represents OS on the island. Heidi Auman is the seal researcher and unofficial queen of the island. Sailing There If you decide to sail to Midway directly from San Francisco, I expect it would be similar to the sail the singlehanded sail¬ ors make in their biennial race to Hanalei Bay, Kauai. In fact, I think a race to Mid¬ way would be a great idea: 2,800 miles minimum. All records are waiting to be established and with proper planning, all initial records would be held by San Fran¬ cisco Bay boats. I discussed the possibil¬ ity of a race with Mike Gautreaux, ^ho was very receptive to the idea. For a more leisurely trip I envision a journey from San Framcisco to Hilo, Ha¬ waii. Spend a week or two touring the is¬ lands, with provisioning stops at the Ala Wal or Nawlliwlli, and end up at Hanalei

Bay. Rest up in this beautiful spot for the 1,000-mile beam-reach (one hopes) to Midway. As you leave Hanalei Bay, turn left and sail down the Napali Coast be¬ fore heading Northwest for Midway. You will never forget those cliffs. Stay to windward of the Wild Life Ref¬ uge until you reach Midway. Stay some distance off the islands, and be sure to flush your toilet or empty your holding tanks as far as possible from any reef, and before entering Midway's Lagoon. The entrance is very well marked, but not lighted, so you must enter in daylight. In the center of Sand Island is a 250-foot water tower with a rotating green and white aero beacon, which is lighted at night. As the atoll is so low, I wouldn't expect the stationary cloud that you might see over the main islands. The channel has been dredged to ac¬ commodate oil tankers so there is plenty of depth. You must stay in the channel and proceed directly to the dock or to your

Once You Arrive If you are indeed the first to visit, I would expect you to be met by a boat and a large welcoming committee. (There's not much excitement on Sand Island.) Har¬ bor traffic is handled on 156.800 MHz. If you ask MFC ahead of time, they will monitor the SSB during your voyage. I don't think there's a Ham on the island. When you go ashore, you must attend an orientation session, during which the rules will be explained (see sidebar). You will be told that you aire in a refuge, not a resort. The birds, dolphins and seals come first. In addition to the orientation, ex¬ pect to meet the friendliest group of people you will find an5rwhere. By next summer, the Clipper House Restaurant will be open. This is a French establishment modeled aifter the one op¬ erating in Midway during the Fan Am Clipper days. Figure $30 per dinner with a 15% gratuity. You can also eat in the Galley, where for $25 a day you can eat all you want. (I gained 5 pounds.) Bars include The Favilion, situated overlookiiig the northern beach, and the All Hands Club, located in the Midway Mall. Both are open every night. The Mall also contains a .very small store, a gift shop, a bowling alley and a pool hall. The Navy, before they left, removed most of the barracks, buildings and trash from the days when 3,500 people lived on Sand Island. They left officers hous¬ ing, the mess hall and four barracks, which have now been remodeled for the expected tourist trade of up to 100 visi¬ tors per day. Going Boatless If you want to go to Midway, but not January, 1998 •

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THE RULES Here's a suttimary of the rules and regulations for landing on Midway: • You must cedi ahead. Contact Rob Schallenberger, Fish and Wildlife Service, or Mike Gautreaux, Midway Phoenix Cor¬ poration, and inform them of your inten¬ tion to sail to Midway. They will send you a package of information, which is now in preparation. • If you sail from the main Hawaiian Islands to Midway you will be required to carry a GPS and report your position at regular intervals. This way, they will know where you are at all times, and can ad-

vise you if you approach too close to the reefs and islands of the refuge. • Do not bring any Insects, seeds or pets. The introduction of alien species i^ a major concern. (Visitors arriving by plane are asked to wash their shoes and shoelaces before their trip.) • You will not be permitted to tour the lagoon in your own boat or dinghy. • After you land, and before touring the island, you must attend an orientation meeting, where the rules will be explained in more detail. *

by boat, there are five ways, all of which you end up in exactly the same place, eating the same food and staying in the same barracks. Try any of the following; • Elderhostel Service Program, P.O. Box 1959, Dept SV, Wakefield, MA 018805959. In my opinion, this is definitely the best way, but you must be 55 or older (sony, you young pups). • Oceanic Society Expeditions, Ft. Ma¬ son Center, Building E, San Francisco,

CA. 94123. Phone (415) 441-1106, (800) 326-7491, or fax (415) 474r3395. • Midway Dive & Snorkel — Call or write Mike Gautreaux, General Island Manager, Midway Island Station #40, P.O. Box 660099, Lihue, HI, 96766. Phone (808) 599-5400. • Midway Sport Fishing, 3 East Broad Street, Newman, GA, 30264. (770) 2544718 or (888) BIG-ULUA. • Phoenix Air, P.O. Box 3028, Lihue,

Other Important Sources • Rob Schallenberger, Refuge Manager Midway Island, P.O. Box 660099, Lihue, HI, 96766. • John Hill (that's me). I will try to an¬ swer any questions you might have. (650) 594-1213. • San FYancisco Chronicle, Travel sec¬ tion, July 20, 1997, International Travel News, October 1997. Islands Magazir^e June, 1997. Midway beckons on many levels — its 'unspoilt' nature, its tropical location, the abundant wildlife and a rich — if rela¬ tively recent — histoiy. History buffs of World War II will know that the Battle of Midway was one of the most decisive na¬ val engagements in histoiy, and marked the turning point in the War in the Pa¬ cific. Much of that history is still evident on the island, including a hangar that still bears scars of the Japanese attacks. But perhaps the greatest appeal of Midway is also its most fleeting — the at¬ traction of sailing to a place that has been 'off-limits' for more than half a century. — John hiU

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1998 CREW LIST Yeears ago, we watched an interview with Rod Steiger, who at the time was at the top of his form with Heat of the Night. He made a comment that we didn’t put much credence in at the time, something to the effect of, “Life is composed of moments.” In other words, he explained, he measured the ‘success’ of his

I AM / WE ARE LOOKING FOR CREW TO RACE ON MY/OUR BOAT NAME{^:_ AGE(S):_

SEX;.

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CONTACT IF DIFFERENT THAN PHONE:.

BOATTYPE/SIZE.

// WE PLAN TO RACE: (check as many as apply) 1)_ 2)-

3) 4) _

. San Francisco Bay . Monterey/Santa Cruz . Ocean Series . 1998 Pacific Cup

_ Coastal Race(s) _ Mexico Race(s) . Baja Ha-Ha Cruiser’s 7). Rally (Nov.) 8) Other.

a) _ b) _

c) _ d) .

5) _ 6) _

e) _ f) -

_ Handicap _ One Design _ YRA Season _ Specialty Events apd/or occasional YRA

older, Steiger’s commentary somehow seeped back into our con¬ sciousness. And the more we thought about it, the more we realized what he ipeant. At this point we even agree with him, kind of. The great memories of our lives are leirgely composed of moments in time, freeze frames in memory of the things that defined us and/or changed the direction of our lives. The reason we’re telling you all this is because we’ve started a new religion and we want you to join. No, just kidding. The reason we’re telling you is because, if you accept the notion fqr just the duration of reading this article, the Crew List itself could be such a moment. Or certainly lead to one or two. , I^you think it’s all hogwash, well, fine. Be that way. ■S^atever way you look at it, you’re knee-deep in the biggest Crew List we run every year. If you’ve never taken part, why not dive in this year and enjoy a change of pace in your life and your saiiling? Here’s how it works. Check out the forms on these pages and find the one that most closely matches your wishes or de¬ sires. For example, if you’ve recently started sailing and really want to get into it, you’ll likely want to send in a “Want to Crew on a Racing Boat” form. If you’re a boat owner taking off for far horizons but need crew to do it, send us a “Looking for Cruising N Crew.” You get the picture. One particular category we’d like to single out for special mention is “Boat Swapping.” We’ve run this Crew List form for about five or six years now and it’s never gotten much response. We’ve long wondered why, since it’s a great idea, and economi¬ cal, too. Then somewhat brought to our attention that that not eveiyone knows what boat-swapping is.

_ Beer Cans _ Anything & everything

HAVE SAILBOAT, WILLING TO TAKE OTHERS OUT FOR CASUAL DAYSAILING

I/WE WANT CREW: 1)_Who will consistently ^ut out 100% for the chance to get experience, and won’t complain when wet, bruised or scared silly _ With at least one full season of racing experience 2)_ _ With more than three years experience 3) _ _ Willing to do occasional maintenance/repairs 4) _ _ Willing to do occasional lunches/galley duty 5) .

I/WE RACE:

NAME(S):___^AGE(S)_SEX;_PHONE;(_)_:_ CONTACT IF DIFFERENT THAN PHONE;__

I AM/WE ARE:

Casually. Winning is nice, but let’s keep it fun. Pretty seriously. Why else make the effort? Very seriously. I/we don't like to lose.

1) 2)

Mail completed form to and $1 to: Racing Crew List, 15 Locust Ave., Mill Valley, CA 94941 by FEBRUARY 15,1998.

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life by how many significant moments occurred in it and what he’d done with them. The time in between such turning points was simply that: time spent waiting for the next moment. We didn’t think about it a lot then because, frankly, we didn’t know what the hell he was tedklng about. But as we’ve gotten Page 142 • UtUtJclS • January, 1998

Single to take singles out Couple to take couples out Singles, couples or small groups okay, but leave any kids home Kids okay as long as you can control them Mail completed forms and $1 to: Daysailing Crew List, 15 Locust Ave., Mill Valley, CA 94941 by MARCH 15,1998

For those of you who don’t know,'boat swapping is the prac¬ tice of two owners of Uke-size boats who simply swap the use of their craft for short vacation cruises. In other words, if Owner A

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has a Newport 30 in San Francisco and Owner B has an Is¬ lander 30 in Puget Sound, the two of them might arrange to ‘swap’ boats for, say a two-week period sometime during the

I / WE WANT TO CREW ON A RACING BOAT NAME(S):. AGE(S):_

WANT TO JOIN OTHERS FOR CASUAL DAYSAILS

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CONTACT IF DIFFERENT THAN PHONE:.

(check as many as apply) D2).

. San Francisco Bay

4)_ 1998 Pacific Cup

. Monterey/Santa Cruz

5)_Coastal Race(s)

3)_

. Ocean Races

6)_to Mexico (Nov)

I AM/ WE ARE: I/WE PREFER:

(check as many as apply) D-

.Single

2).

. Couple

4) _Would like to bring kids

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3).

Mail completed forms and $'1 to: Daysailing Crew List, 15 Locust Ave., Mill Valley, CA 94941 by MARCH 15,1998.

, Dinghies . Multihulls

MY/OUR EXPERIENCE IS: (Check at least one from each column) 1)-

year. It doesn’t have to be the sanje time. Owner B might fly down wdth his family and enjoy Owner A’s boat on the Delta in July, while Owner A and his wife might take Owner B’s boat up to Desolation Sound sometime in September. It’s kind of like chartering except you don’t have to pay for the boats. The only expenses are plane tickets and provisioning. The caveats aire that the boats might not be as well set up as charter boats, and details such as insurance amd who’s-responsible-for-what need to be hashed out beforehand. But the people we’ve talked to who have boat swapped swear by it. Many en¬ joyed sailing vacations they could not have taken otherwise.

. Boats under 30 feet 4). . Boats over 30 feet 5). . Specific class or design_

2). 3) . 4) .

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_ Less than one full season _ Little or no racing, but lots of cruising and/or daysailing _ I have out-of-area racing ex¬ perience, but am unfamiliar with local conditions _ One or two full local seasons _ One or two long-distance ocean races . Years of Bay and ocean racing _ Other pertinent experience:

I/WE WILL:

_ J ow back to our regularly scheduled programming. Once we receive the Crew List forms (and the small advertis¬ ing fees; don’t forget those), we’ll compile them into two Crew List articles in the March and April issues. The March one will be for racers only, as boats will need to firm up crew for the racing season early. In April, we’ll run the Cruising, Co-Chartering, Daysalling and Boat Swapping Crew Lists. By “running”, we mean we ll publish each of the names sent to us, along with a contact number emd a little bit about the desires and skills of each Crew List participant. Both the March and April lists contain hundreds of names of people of both sexes, all ages and all experience leVels. If you’re a boat owner and can’t find crew here, your last name has to be BUgh. When the March and April issues come out, look over the lists of people whose needs best match your desires, and start making calls. You’ll also be getting calls, of course. Many Crew Listees end up facing the pleasant dilemma of having to choose from a variety of offers. Also in April, we’ll have a big Crew List

(check as many as apply) 1). 2). 3) . 4) . 5) . 6) . 7).

. Help with the bottom, do maintenance — anythingl . Play boat administrator, go-fer . Go to the masthead to retrieve the halyard at sea . Navigate, I’ve got lots of experience . Do foredeck, I’ve got lots of experience . Do grinding. I’ve got muscle . Do lunches/prowisioning

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Pariy, where you can come and meet your new crew or skipper, keep looking for a boat or crew if you haven’t found one — or just hang out enjoy the company of some like-minded people. Any way you look at it, the Crew List experience is pretty much January, 1998 • UtiUJUZS • Page 143

1998 CREW LIST 1 / WE WANT TO CREW ON A CRUISING BOAT I AM / WE ARE LOOKING FOR CRUISING CREW

AGE(S)_

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, PHONE; (_

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CONTACT IF DIFFERENT THAN PHONE;.

SAILING EXPERIENCE: None, but I’ll do anything within reason for the chance. I understand that from time to time I’ll probably get cold, seasick, mad at the owner and wish like hell I was anywhere but on the boat. I’m still game Some. At least a) 5, b) 10, c) 20 sails on the Bay or equivalent while being active and suffering the normal cuts, bruises and hollering Moderate. Several years active crewing on the Bay or equivalent, or at least one long coastal or trans¬ ocean trip Lots. Several long ocean passages

1).

WHERE AND WHEN: MY/OUR BOAT IS A:_______

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I/WE PLAN TO‘SAILTO;_ a).

ON OR ABOUT (DATE):_

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(Check as many as apply) Be willing to share basic expenses such as food and fuel Be willing to bust butt preparing the boat 2)_ _ Have more desire than experience 3) _ _ Have lots of ocean experience 4) _ _ Know more about offshore navigation than just 5) _ pushing buttons on the GPS 6) _ _ Have mechanical skills for the engine, refrigeration, etc. 7) _ _ Have language skills; a) Spanish, b) Other;--— 8) _ _ Other skills (woodworking, scuba, etc.)9). _ Be unattached and unopposed to the possibility of a friendship blossoming 10). _ Look good in a bikini/speedo/birthday suit 11). _ Understand and appreciate Confucious.

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Mail completed form and $1 to; Cruising Crew List, 15 Locust Ave., Mill Valley, CA 94941 by MARCH 15,1998.

iiSi of a win-win deal. But you can’t ‘win’ if you don’t play. And you can’t play un¬ less you read and acknowledge the following; The Latitude 38 Crew List advertising supplement is for informational purposes only. Latitude 38 neither makes nor implies any guarantee, warrantee or recommendation as to the character of individu¬ als who participate in the Crew List, or the conditions of their boats and equipment. You must judge those things for your¬ self. Now how about some final tips and suggestions to get you going: • Be Honest. This is probably the most important ‘rule’ of all. Don’t artiflclally inflate your experience or skill levels. It’s bad karma, for one, and — on a racing boat especially — it will come back to bite you. We don’t mind sailing with BS’ers, as long as they’re honest ones. • Along the same vein, little or no experience is not a disad¬ vantage. Well, unless you want to crew for Paul Cayard in the next America’s Cup. But for the Crew List, inexperienced people actually have nearly the same chance of getting aboard some boats as anyone else — maybe better. Why? Experienced people Page 144 •

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(check as many as apply) 1)2)_

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_ SF Bay and/or Delta 7)_Caribbean _ Monterey Bay 8)_Mediterranean _ Southern California 9)_. Anywhere warm _ Mexico this fall/winter 10) Other destination(s): _ Hawaii and/or South Pacific ___ Pacific Northwest or Alaska

I/WE CAN OFFER: (check as many as apply) 1)2)_

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At least a month of shared expenses Mechanical skills; engine, electronics, refrigeration, etc. Elbow grease for bottom work, varnishing and upkeep . Cooking and cleaning skills Language skills — I’m reasonably conversant in a) Spanish; b) Other(s):__ Ornamental skills — I look good in a bikini/speedo Personality skills — I don’t get pissed when awoken at 3 in the morning and can maintain a sense of humor in most situations _ Other skill(s):___

Mail completed form and $5 to; Cruising Crew List, 15 Locust Ave.,Mill Valley, CA 94941 by MARCH 15,1998.

are more likely to take issue with an owner about the best way of doing things. Novice hands, however, are happy to do things just the way the skipper teaches them. Hey, itis his boat. • Be realistic about the commitment. Sailing takes time. Even a simple daysail can end well after dark by the time the boat gets put away — the ‘time flies when you’re having fun’ prin¬ ciple in action. Cruising and chartering are obviously 24-houra-day pursuits, but perhaps the most time-intensive t3rpe of sailing out there is racing. Tons of behind-the-scenes work goes on in any successful racing campaign, and most of it ain’t out

THE BIG ONE IS BACK I / WE WANT TO CO-CHARTER I / WE WANT TO BOAT SWAP

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WHERE AND WHEN: My/Our boat is a____ I/we would like to swap boats with the owner of a similar vessel

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in the (Pacific Northwest, Caribbean, SoCal, Mediterranean, etc.)

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. Little or none

2)_ . Moderate. I sail regularly and have chartered before 3)_Lots. I’ve sailed and/or chartered many types of boats and am a competent skipper

a) _I’d like co-charterer to skipper and give me direction b) _Prefer co-charterer of at least equal proficiency c) _Would be willing to co¬ charter with less experienced party

-----area. I/we would like to cruise this area for about_weeks in the month of_^_1998. Mail completed form and $1 to: Boat-Swapping Crew List, j5 Locust Ave., Mill Valley, CA 94941 by MARCH 15,1998. —-——-J|;-

I/WE PREFER TO CO-CHARTER (check as many as apply) 1)- _Bareboats (we sail) 2). — Crewed (professional skipper and/or crew) 3) . _With other couples 4) _ _With other singles , 5) _ _With my/our weli-behaved kids, age(s)__ 6) _ — A smaller (30 to 40 ft) boat with one or two other people 7) _ — A medium (40 to 50 ft) boat with four to six other people 8) _ — A large (60 ft or more) boat, the more co-charterers the merrier

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. San Francisco Bay . Monterey/Santa Cruz , Southern California . Mexico Hawaii

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Mail completed form and $1 to Co-Charierer Crew List, 15 Locust Ave., Mill Valley, CA 94941 by MARCH 15,1998

on the race course. It’s done at the dock, on the trailer or in the yard. And as part of the crew, you’ll Ijkely be expected to put in your share of layday work. This is not to mention the racing itself, which goes on for various fleets literally every single week¬ end of the summer. Whatever the schedule of your boat’s fleet, you as crew will be expected to show up on time and in working order for each race unless you call ahead well in advsmce to let your mates know about changes in plans. In a related tenet, even if you discover halfway through the

season that racing’s not really your bag of tea, tough it out with a good attitude until the end. The sailing community is a small one, and once you establish yourself as a dependable player, other opportunities will develop. • Be realistic about deadlines. To put March’s Crew List to¬ gether, we must receive/orms from racers no later than Febru¬ ary 15. Everyone else has until March 15. These dates are not arbitrary. If we don’t have the forms in our hot little hands by then, your name won’t go in. Also note that your name won’t go in if the advertising fee isn’t included with the form. Prices vary from $ 1 to $5 depending on if you're a crew or boat owner (the latter get off easier since they’re spending enough on the boat already). All the pertinent information is at the bottom of each Crew List form. • Women Crew Listettes. Women taking part in the Crew List are encouraged to use first names only — and some form of screening ^•esponses such as email addresses, answering ser¬ vices or fax numbers. If you are a woman, you will get calls (some women have reported getting calls years after their names appeared), and it will just be more convenient if you don’t use a home phone number. ^ • One person perform please — unless you are offering your skills or services as a cquple only and don’t wish to be consid¬ ered individually. Hey, we’ve been in love; we know how great it can be to share an adventure like cruising to a faraway land together. If you need more forms, just make copies of these.

"NA/”ell. talking about moments, the time has come to sign off on our end. From here on out, it’s up to you. (We will rerun the forms next month, but we strongly encourage you to get them in as early as possible.) Whether you take what Rod Steiger said with a grain of salt or not, taking part in the Crew List could certainly lead to a momentous summer. January, 1998 • l*KUJt.Z9 • Page 145

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but not least, in our annual three-part salute to the Bay Area sailing *1 champions are the winners of WBRA (woodies), SBRA (dinghies), NCYSA (youth), SSS (shorthanded) and OYRA (ocean) sailors of the year, and Latitude's subjective (but never wrong) pick for over¬ all supreme sailor of the year. As always, we've tried to select a representative sam¬ pler of winners, and regret that we don't have the resources to profile everyone whose name appears to the right of this introduction, t^addya expect from a free

magazine, anyway? This being the holiday season, we're brimming with good cheer and tidings of joy — and have mercifully decided to spare you readers our usual deathless 'state of the union' analyses of each of the sailing associations represented here. Brevity, after all, is the soul of wit — es¬ pecially at this busy time of year. Suffice it to say, not much changes from year to year in WBRA (four of the five class win¬ ners are even the same); SBRA picked up a few new fleets (Finns, Euros, 49ers)

and has misplaced others (505, Fireball): NCYSA has been rather dormant, but is^^ showing signs of life; and SSS and OYRA^ just keep plugging along. If you want tol contact any of these outfits, call the YRA, office at (415) 771 -9500 for a phone num-; ber or an address.

hew, it's a wrap — another 'win¬ ner's trilogy' is history! It's an epic chal¬ lenge each year to crank out all these profiles, but we enjoy meeting the faces be-

WBRA, SBRA AND MORE

hind the names we print all year, and hope I you do, too. Congratulations to everyone — see you on the starting line in the New Year! — latitude/rkm WBRA: BEAR — 1) Chance, Glenn Treser, AolYC; 2) Xrig’ ger, Scott Cauchois, SFYC; 3) Sugarfoot, Marty « Zwick, CalSC. (8 entered; 5 qualified) FOLKBOAT — 1) Thea, Tom Reed, GGYC; 2) Galante, Otto Schreier, TibYC; 3) Polperro, Peter deal, j BVBC. (10 entered; 6 qualified) KNARR — 1) Benino, Terry Anderlini, StFYC; 2)

Huldra, Jim Skaar, CYC; 3) Peerless, Larry Drew, SFYC. (24 entered; 19 qualified) SBRA: BYTE — 1) Gail Yando, RYC; 2) Dee Hardiman, RYC; 3) Karin Knowles, RYC. (12 boats) CAL 20 — 1) Mike Schaumburg, RYC; 2) Dave Green/Steve Wonner, RYC; 3) Bren Meyer, RYC. (13 boats) DAYSAILER — 1) Len Fiock, SCYC; 2) Dave Misunas, SCYC; 3) Steve Lowry, SRYC. (8 boats) INTERNATIONAL CANOE — 1) Paul Miller, RYC; 2) Eric Chase, RYC. (5 boats) JY-15 — 1) Laural McDermitt/Ken Wilson, NoYC; 2) Bill Wall/Pat Lindsey, CalSC; 3) Dan & Andrew

Oullet, LMSC. (10 boats) LASER — 1) Sharon Denning, MPYC; 2) RobHome, SCYC; 3) Roiy Griffin, NoYC, (27 boats) ^ ^LASERII — 1) Joey Pasquall/Patrick DIola, SCYC, 2) Abigail Baxley/Judy Yamaguchi, RYC. (7 boats) | SNIPE — 1) David & Susan Odell, LMSC; 2) Joe Harvard/various, NoYC; 3) Juan & Michelle Tellez,j EYC. (10 boats) SUNFISH —1) George Wilson, UASC; 2) Bob! Cronin, UASC; 3) Byron Jonk, UASC. (9 boats) THISTLE — 1) Ron Smith, lYC; 2) Kris Vogelsong,| FSC. (10 boats) WYLIE WABBIT— 1) Colin Moore, RYC; 2) Marki Harpainter, WhiskSC; 3) Rich Jarratt, WhiskSC. (8 boats)

SEASON CHAMPIONS, PART III WBRA

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WBRA lOD

SBRA El Toro, Sr.

Grey Goose

Jock MacLean San Francisco YC

Lacey (left) & Dailey San Francisco YC

Dave Vickland Encinal YC

The Birds celebrated their 75th anni¬ versary this summer, beginning with a party in April at SFYC that packed in 300 Bird enthusiasts and ending with another shindig at CYC in October. In between the festivities, there was the usual WBRA rac¬ ing, which Jock MacLean totally domi¬ nated for the second year in a row. MacLean, at least the 15th owner of Grey Goose, rescued the boat from ob¬ livion six years ago. "She was a total der¬ elict, almost sunk," said Jock of the 1929 boat, hull #10 of the 26 Birds built. No stranger to restoring boats (othef" projects have included Hermana, the 1929 clas¬ sic powerboat he lives on, and the quar¬ ter tonner Fun), Jock brought Goose back to life — and back to the head of the pack. "It's been a fun project, kind of a bonding exercise with my 79-year-old Dad," claim¬ ed Jock. "He raised me on Bird boats." Regular crew this summer included dad Scotty, daughters Lachlan and Katie (13 and 11, respectively), girlfriend Kim Morrison and Sharpie, his trusty Schipperke. Boat partner John Jansheski crew¬ ed when he wasn't campaigning his Etchells, as did Stu Reilly. Unfortunately, John is planning to leave the partnership, and Goose could be on the market soon. Next summer, Jock is teaming up with Paul Kaplan, his boss at the busy KKMI boatyard, to sail a to-be-determined ULDB doublehanded in the Pacific Cup. "Lately, I'm also really enjoying watching my kids learn to sail," he claimed.

"If we never won a race, our partner¬ ship would still be a success," claimed tactician Tad Lacey of their closeknit sixman syndicate. We basically all grew up together, and this is our excuse to get to¬ gether a few times a month." The other partners are primary driver Evan Dailey. Jim Davies, Mairk Maymar, David Walker and John Merrill, III. "We're each 51% owners," Joked Dailey. 'The only thing we c^'t agree on is a name for the boat!" The partners, who previously won the Express 37 season title on their chartered. Secret of NIMH in 1988, bought their fi¬ berglass #100 (ex-Mitre) in January, 1995. They didn't put together a full caimpalgn that year, but have dominated the class for the last two yeais. "It's been a ball," claimed Evan. "It’s not super seri¬ ous racing like the Etchells, for instance. This is a perfect class for aging amateurs like us, people with careers and families." Part of the appeal of the lOD class is its strict one design rules (even the three sails are purchased in lotteries) and strong international circuit. 'We went to Bermuda in '96, which really Jumpstarted our program," explained Tad, "and we ll probably go to Scotland this year. The Worlds are coming to the Bay in 1999, and we hope to be a factor ip that." More immediate goals include going for a WBRA 'three-peat' next summer, as well as cycling all the partners through the back end of the boat more often. "Ev¬ eryone steers next year!" claimed Evan.

Alameda yacht broker Dave Vickland first sailed El Toros in 1958 at the now defunct Palo Alto YC. After years of 505 and keelboat racing, he returned to the Toro fold in '94 and began working up the ladder. He attributed his relatively rapid ascent to heeding the advice of another Toro champ, Jim Warfield. "He clued me in on the 'four rules' of Toro sailing," claimed Dave. "To win, 1) show up at as many regattas as possible: 2) don't cap¬ size: 3) get ahead; and 4) cover the fleet." Vickland started the season in an older Caballero boat, which he replaced in July with a speedy new Moore. "Ron’s a re^ artist," says Dave. "His boats are light, strong, comfortable and Just plain faster than the others — it's the winning edge!" All the serious Toro racers are switching to Moores, putting a lot of good used boats on the market and contributing to a mini¬ revival of interest in the class. This was Dave's first full season in the Toro, and he enjoyed going to the regat¬ tas with wife Lois amd faithful canine com¬ panion Willie (above), who has become a fixture on the SBRA circuit. "It’s such a civilized way to spend the day!" claims Dave, who won the Stampede for the sec¬ ond year, among other victories. "How can you beat car-topping to a regatta, doing five or six races, and sharing lunch on the lawn with your friends? And it's hon¬ estly the nicest group of old sailing preda¬ tors I've ever sailed with — now if only we could figure out how to beat Will Paxton!"

2) Skylark, Jane Hook/Peter Brosig, SYC; 3) Wid¬ geon, Don Cameron, GGYC. (8 entered; 7 qualified)

2) Prophet, James Hennefer, StFYC; 3) Hecate, Dennis Jermaine, GGYC. (8 entered; 7 qualified)

2) Fred Paxton, RYC; 3) Jim Warfield, StkSC; 4) Tom Burden, FSC; 5) John Amen, RYC. (23 boats)

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SBRA International 14

Duncan Gilliam Richmond YC

Gremaux & Hanke RYC/StFYC

Matt Nicholls Richmond YC

Fifteen-year-old Duncan Gilliam, a sophomore at a San Francisco' prep school, won most of the SBRA races he entered, as well as coming in first in the NCYSA El Toro 'A' division and third in the Junior Nationals in Hawaii. But it was sailing in the Balboa National Pram Chaimpionship in June that he feels really brought his game up. "It was in Naples Sabots, and 1 didn’t do very well," admits Duncan. "But it was a great learning experience sailing against kids from all over the country. The level of competition was a notch higher than what I’m used to." This was the first year Duncan has raced his boat, an older Caballero model with a carbon mast and a Jotz sail, in a full SBRA season. "1 went to almost all of the races, and tried to win, ” he said. "My dad has a Toro, too, so we went to some of the regattas together. His father Ely also campaigns a Triton named Bolero, but Duncan isn’t smitten with big boat sailing. "Our racing schedules conflict too much anyway," he claimed. Duncan just joined StFYC, a logical progression for hot junior sailors. He plans to stay in the RYC program awhile longer, too, and is looking forward to sailing in that club’s Sears Cup effort this summer. "I’ve had some great instructors at Richmond,/especially Mike Schaumburg and John Amen, ” said Duncan, who anticipates getting into higher perfor¬ mance dinghies in the near future. "Maybe Laser Radials, maybe Laser IIs,” he said.

Geiry Gremaux and Chris Hanke, who both toil in the computer business, first raced an 1-14 together in August, 1995. Ip early ’96, they decided to team up as 50/50 partners to campaign for the 1997 International 14 Worlds, which werp held last August on the Berkeley Circle. “We bought the first new Bieker II hull out of the mold — a bit of a risk on a new, unproven design," explained Chris, who generally crews and does tactics while Gaiy steers. “We went with a proven Tim Willets carbon mast and Lindsay Irwin (Australia) sails.” The new machine hit the water for two 45-minute sails before the 1996 US Nationals, which the duo won at Lake Cachuma (neeir Santa Barbara). The victories kept coming in 1997, highlighted by a win at the NAs at the Columbia River Gorge, and second at the US Nationeils on the Bay (to archrivals Zach Berkowitz and Karl Baldauf, also in a Bieker II). Gary and Chris sailed about four days a week in the month leading up to the Worlds, culminating in a respect¬ able 12th place showing out of 82 boats — not bad for their first 1-14 regatta with over 25 boats on the line! The partners are now taking a wellearned sabbatical from sailing until early ’98. Gary is spending time on his liveaboard 44-foot ketch in Pt. Richmond, while Chris is settling into his new condo near Telegraph Hill. But the ’99 Worlds in Melbourne, Australia, are beckoning, and the campaign will resume this spring.

We invited Hal and Anne McCormack, co-heads of NCYSA, to pick a youth ’sailor of the year’ to profile in these pages. With¬ out hesitation, they chose Matt Nicholls, a gregarious 16-year-old high school jun¬ ior from Danville whose ’97 resume in¬ cludes Laser wins at the Rovanpera Re¬ gatta at Encinal YC, the NCYSA Regatta at Sequoia YC and the West Marine Fun Regatta at Santa Cruz. In addition to that impressive junior sailing hat-trick. Matt also won sportsmanship awards at his home club, Richmond YC, and at the Fun Regatta. "He’s not only a really good sailor, he’s a super kid," claims Hal. Matt begem racing on the family Snipe at the tender age of six. Soon, he was working his way through the RYC junior program, graduating from El Toros to Lasers several years ago. Influential in¬ structors included Larry McCollum, Chris Nash, Mike Schaumburg and Fred Pax¬ ton. "Thanks to all of them, as well as my current Laser gurus, Simon Bell and Charles Heimler," stated Matt. Recently, the Nicholls family Snipe was traded in for a second Laser. "The roles are reversed now," explained father Ned. "Matt’s giving me the go-fast tips, rather than vice versa. And now that he has his license, he can drive us to the regattas while I sleep!" The Nicholls also have a Rawson 30, though Matt isn’t particularly interested in sailing big boats. "I’d like to do some doublehanded stuff next, prob¬ ably on a Laser II,’’ he said.

2) Derek Meyer, SFYC; 3) Molly Carapiet, SFYC; 4) Andy Goodman, RYC. (21 boats)

2) Dave Berntsen/Warren Seward, NoYC; 3) Greg Mitcheil/various, RYC. (11 boats)

2) Pat Brown, StkSC; 3) RJ Ward, MPYC; 4) Robbie Horne, SCYC. (15 boats)

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SEASON CHAMPIONS, PART III

Ranger 23 ImvossWle

OYRA Cal 9.2 Freewind

'Sailor of the Year' Whitbread 60

Gary Kneeland Sausalito YC

Betty Lessley Richmond YC

Paul Cayard St. Francis YC

"The sailing conditions in SSS this summer favored 'little' boats, and 1 also think that smaller boats can sail closer to their ratings," figured Gaiy Kneeland, a Sonoma architect and two-time SSS singlehanded champion. "The season lit¬ erally couldn't have been much closer — I just barely nosed out Ed Ruszel by vir¬ tue of a one second win in one of the races! And 1 wouldn't have won at all if John SUvka hadn't towed rpe to one of the starts after my outboard quit — an act of kind¬ ness typical of the camaraderie in SSS." Kneeland, who also won the Ranger 23 OYRA season for the fourth time this sum¬ mer, has been racing in SSS since 1985. He loves the challenge of racing alone, and claims that the Ranger 23 is relatively simple to sail shorthanded. Gary has owned Impossible for 15 years now, the first five in partnership with Jodie Newberry, a childhood friend who was tragically killed in a car accident in 1987. "His memory is still with us," said Gary. A big fan of the sturdy Ranger 23 de¬ sign, Gary claims, "It's the perfect starter boat, so perfect 1 still have mine!" He notes that these boats are cheap (about $4,000), really good for SSS, and that they mill have an OYRA start again next summer. Gary gave special thanks to Jill Tho¬ mas, his wife. "She used to sail, but now is in charge of trying to keep our one-yearold son Sean from destro3dng our cottage. All our friends say Sean will make a per¬ fect foredeck crew in a few years . . . but if genetics have anything to do with it, he'll be a helm hog like his dad!"

"This honor was beyond my wildest dreams," said Betty Lessley, the second recipient of OYRA's annual Sailor of the Year' award. "I was really only doing what 1 love most — sharing my love of ocean racing with a truly wonderful and eclec¬ tic group of SEiilors." Lessley, who is en¬ tering her third straight year as commo¬ dore of the Ocean Yacht Racing Associa¬ tion ("No one else will take it!" she jokes), was recognized for her half dozen years of service to the organization. Betty was a late bloomer when it came to sailing, only taking the sport up 16 years ago with her husband Don (who received this same award last year). To¬ gether, they have campaigned two differ¬ ent Cal 9.2s named Freewind seemingly forever. "We've jammed as much sailing as possible into those years, including a bunch of trips down the coast and the '94 Pacific Cup," said Betty, a Marin County school administrator in real life'. "OTOA lets the sailors call the shots, and we listen to their requests," claimed Betty. "Bowing to popular demand, we're pulling the plug on the Hard Day's Night Race, bringing back the Ocean Vallejo Race in it's place. We've also rearranged the schedule a bit, moving the Farallones Race back to the first half and the Drake's Bay Race to the 'balmy' second half." OYRA is also adding a 'new' race to Monterey on May 23. Last held in the early '80s, the run to Cannery Row promises to be a perfect overnight shakedown for Pacific Cup and Santa Barbara racers. "Come join us," encourages Betty.

With an honorable mention to occa¬ sional Bay Area resident John Kostecki, our pick for 'Sailor of the Year' is none other than Paul Cayard. The 38-year-old Kentfield resident is currently leading the pack again in his Whitbread Race debut, an event that EF Language suddenly seems quite capable of winning overall. Beating the Whitbread vets at their own game — and on relatively short notice to boot — would be a shining achievement on a distinguished resume that already includes the '88 Star Worlds, the '88 Maxi Worlds, the '89 One Ton Worlds, the ,'91 50-Footer Worlds, the '95 Admiral's Cup, the '96 ILC 40 Worlds, emd much more. About the only jewel that has eluded this consummate professional sailor's grasp is the America's Cup, a situation he hopes to remedy with his AmericaOne campciign in Auckland in 2000. A veteran of four previous Cup efforts ('83 and '87 with mentor Tom Blackaller, '92 with Raul Gardini, and '95 with Dennis Conner), Cayard has certainly paid his dues. "We have the technology, the sailing talent and the money in the Bay Area to bring the Cup here," claims Paul, Between commitments to AmericaOne and EFL, Cayard didn't compete quite as much as usual last year. He did, however, manage to win two Grade One match rac¬ ing events, the Steinlager Cup and the Golden Gate Invitational. But his stun¬ ning 20-ho.ur victory on Leg I of the Whit¬ bread, was, in our opinion, the finest sail¬ ing accomplishment of the year by a Bay Area sailor — or maybe by any US sailor.

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, he guttural Polynesian commands rippled across the smooth harbor surface. A few hundred yards away, two sleek rac¬ ing outrigger canoes rocketed straight at us, each propelled by six muscular young men paddling in synchronized rhythm. Every four or live strokes the lead paddler barked a command and the paddles

terspersed with the occasional older wooden structure or colonial-style govern¬ ment edifice with the characteristic 'gin¬ gerbread' trim.

For the sailor grown accustomed to the solitude of passagemaking, Papeete is an all-out assault on the senses. switched sides. As 1 watched, it dawned on me that First Light was the turning mark in Papeete’s version of Wednesday night beer can racing. We had a ringside seat as the two combatants made a tacti¬ cal rounding just feet from our stern, ac¬ companied by the requisite amount of pushing, shoving and canOe-to-canoe contact. We had sailed into Papeete the night before eifter a painfully slow passage from Rangiroa in the Tuamotu Islands — the first time since we left the Galapagos is¬ lands nearly 4,000 miles astern that the trade winds had deserted us. For the last three months — since slipping our moor¬ ing at the Balboa 'Y'acht Club in Panama — First Light had either been at sea or meaindering through the remote, sparsely populated islands of eastern French Polynesia.

ur Norwegian friends on Maria Two talked us into Papeete's anchorage in the middle of an inky black night. So it was something of a surprise to be awak¬ ened early the next morning by the sounds of rush hour traffic just six or seven boat lengths away! The honking horns, revving engines and whistle of the gendarme at the -intersection — noises that set nerves on edge at home in the Bay Area — seemed positively musical after our sojourn far from the bustle of a major city. We reset the hook, strung stem lines to bollards ashore and got ready to experience the magic of what has been one of the most storied ports of call for generations of sailors. Magic? Well, maybe just a little. And maybe only for those who have been too long at sea. Because if you land in Papeete after a flight from San Francisco it prob¬ ably doesn’t look so magical. The com¬ pact downtown isn’t very pretty — a dis¬ orderly collection of cement or cinderblock two and three-story buildings inPage 152 •

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The traffic, of course, is legendary. Not up to the standards of msfi hour on the Bay Bridge but hey, this is a South Pa¬ cific island! From 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., long lines of Renaults, Peugeots, Nissans, Isuzus and the occasional Land Rover, Jeep, BMW or Mercedes snake down the Boulevard Pomare and back up into less grand thoroughfares. Scooters buzz ciround and between the stalled ceirs and tmcks, making it particularly exciting to cross streets on foot.

cruising sailors don’t get to Papeete after a few hours and a meal at 35,000 feet. For most, it’s an oasis that they stumble into after too many roily anchorages and months of wandering far from such luxuries as supermarkets, laundromats, fuel docks and marine chandleries. Not too long ago, when Andy and Jill Rothman lived and worked in the'Bay Area, they used to dream about cruising to places like Papeete.

For many sailors. Papeete symbolizes the promised land that called them to their seagoing pilgrimage in the first place. They look at each other and, with more than a touch of wonder in their voices, say. “Hey, we’re in Tahiti.” So what if the cost of groceries decimates the budget, if the water in the harbor smells bad and the traffic is terminally snarled, “We’re in Tahiti!” For the sailor grown accustomed to the solitude of passagemaking and the peace¬ ful pace of isolated islands, Papeete is an all-out assault on the senses. The riot¬ ous blizzard of color and sound that you despised at home you will love here. The city promises all the things you haven’t had for a while. And it delivers. The markets overflow with fresh goods; bakeries produce crunchy baguettes and flaky chocolate croissants: fresh water flows in abundance from a nearby tap; marine chandleries sell filters, fastenings, alternator belts — some of which even look to be the right size! All these things are within walking dis¬ tance of where you are moored. If you don't feel like walking (or splurging), you can always wait for les roulettes. These are upscale Tahitian lunch wagons. Ev-

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ON THE OCEAN with cases of corned beef, barrels of die¬ sel fuel, plastic cisterns to catch water, out-islanders returning home and the oc¬ casional adventurous tourist. Upon ar¬ rival back in Papeete, they unload mostly bags of copra — the dried coconut meat ultimately used in cosmetics and other products. This natural resource is the economic mainstay of those islands with¬ out tourists or black pearl farms.

eiy night, dozens of them set up shop ne^ the quay, hawking everything from roast goat on a spit to chow mein, to the ubiquitous steak and fries — all in a carnivallike atmosphere. You can even get waffles topped with ice cream!

hundreds of miles of open sea and the far-flung islands of the rest of French Polynesia. Still called schooners even though it’s been years since any had sails, they come and go, depaiting the harbor

shirts carrying briefcases: French women in mini-skirts and platform shoes just a few time zones behind Paris. But mostly you see the Tahitians — men in flowered shirts and either stylish trousers or

muters to nearby Moorea. And then there are the small trading vessels, the umbilical cords connecting

T X he harbor is Papeete’s heart, and

probably the only thing that saves it from aesthetic purgatory. It is large, deep and magnificently protected from wind and wave. The Boulevard Pomare curls half¬ way around it, providing the stage for the ! fanciest clothing boutiques, trendiest galI leries and priciest cafes. On one end is j the Fare Ute district where the chandler¬ ies and industrial services are located, < while on the seaward side a small motu i has been turned into the shipping port 1 and site for several boatyards. I The harbor is in motion 24 hours a I day with container ships offloading the I staples of modern Tahitian life: cars, TVs, ii computers, French designer clothes and wine. French Navy ships in assorted sizes also come and go at all hours. High-speed ferries — a huge, car-carrying catamaj ran and a hovercraft among them — race i each other to deliver tourists and corn-

Not only is the open market the place to go for provisions, it's a wonderful place to mingle with the local folk.

(bruisers have the best seat in the house to watch all this hustle and bustle. Sailboats moor stern-to the quay (a Medmoor in Europe, but a Taffiti-moor' here) alongside Boulevard Pomare right in the heart of downtown. Those wanting a little more insulation from sightseers and traf¬ fic can go a few hundred yards west and string stern lines to bollards ashore with a bow anchor in the harbor. You use your dinghy and a stern line to pull yourself to the bank, or motor a few minutes to the main quay. You are there' as soon as you step ashore, so don't forget to watch for traf¬ fic. When it's safe, dash across the bou¬ levard to your favorite tabac, supermarche or sidewalk cafe. Visit the post office two blocks down and make a phone call home or buy some of the colorful French Polynesian stamps for your album. Home¬ sick for fast food? Walk three blocks to McDonald’s and have an Egg McMuffin. Like we said, it's all there. ^People watching is a favorite pastime. On weekdays the sidewalks are filled with all manner of people going purposefully on their way as city people tend to do. There are French men in short-sleeved

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shorts, dependt,ng on their mission. Women in flowered print dresses or parens of every color and pattern. (Ex¬ cept for some of the younger ones who are drawn to the Paris styles.) The teen¬ agers in their favorite surfing logo T-shirts and shorts. And for most women and many men, a flower tucked behind one ear. They staff the offices, boutiques, Chi¬ nese-owned hardware stores and boulangeries. At lunchtime they crowd into the sidewalk cafes or queue up at the carry-out counters selling croque monsieurs — cold sandwiches on ba¬ guettes — and plates of poisson cru.

The French influence is pronounced in Papeete, much more so than in the more remote islands. It’s a good place for French ex-pats. It is more expensive to live here than in France but for some jobs — government employees, diesel mechan¬ ics, diving instructors — the salaries are higher also. And the weather wins hands down. One such immigrant I met was Patrick, manager of a marine engine dis¬ tribution firm.

ever. There, table after table overflows with the bounty of the South Pacific: piles of juicy papayas and mangoes, stalks of bananas and plantains, tomatoes, lettuce, cabbage and green beans by the boxful, sacks of onions, breadfruit, taro root and V sweet potatoes. Four ladies in stands fac¬ ing one another sell homemade cakes and pastries — but you have to get there early for those. At one end of the pavilion, fish mongers display the day’s catch fresh off

For the most part Tahitians seem benignly indiffere They take what appeals to them from French culture and ignore the rest “I came here with a friend pn holiday 12 years ago,” he explained. “After one day we called our wives in France and told them to pack the kids and get on am air¬ plane, that this was a great place to live.”

There is at least one place in Papeete that is strictly the domain of the Polyne¬ sians: the Central Market. This massive nerve center overflows a two-story, warehouse-like building that fills a square block smack in the middle of the city. The second-floor balcony that encircles the building houses dozens of craft stalls selling everything from Marquesan carv¬ ings to pareus, straw hats and shell neck¬ laces. In one corner, several snack bars — a kind of Polynesian food court — pro¬ vide a spot for shoppers to take a break, or office workers to meet for lunch. A Ta¬ hitian combo (guitar, 8-string ukulele, washtub bass and percussionist) holds forth most of the afternoon. The real business of the market takes place on the sprawling ground floor, howPoge 154 • IfKUJWi? • January, 1998

the boats — swordfish, tuna, snapper, dorado, jacks amd all-manner of reef fish. In an adjoining corner butchers offer tasty cuts of beef, pork and goat. Under long overhangs on the sidewalk Papeete Harbor, as seen in the indispensable ‘South Pacific Handbook,' 1993 edition.

A varied array of international yachts parked along the Quay. Welcome to paradise.

outside pareu vendors turn the street into a kaleidoscope of colors and patterns. Along ohe wall a dozen or so Tahitian la¬ dies sit in the shade making spectacular flower leis and crowns of leaves and ex¬ otic flowers.

On weekday mornings the market is filled with housewives doing their shop¬ ping for the day, along with occasional yachties — conspicuous by their tans and backpacks — provisioning. The tourists come later, followed by workers stopping by on the way home to pick up something for dinner. And very early on Sunday mornings the locals flock in from outly¬ ing villages. There isn’t much haggling at the mar¬ ket. Generally, the price is the price. And if the papayas are stacked in groups of four, then you buy four. A good customer might get an extra cucumber, bunch of bananas or piece of swordfish thrown in for free.

There are some cruis¬ ers who consider people in Papeete to be un¬ friendly. We found just the opposite. But we also realized that, unlike some of the more remote islands, these are mostly busy city folk with things to do. They may not beam at you like people in the less populous islands, but generally a smile and a bonjour will earn you the same in return. They aren’t overtly enthusias-

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London Missionary Society got here first.) Men in white shirts and ties and women in flower-bedecked hats fill the main floor while upstairs children play in the aisles and young girls catch up on gossip. The service is in Tahitian, so most Westerners won’t get much out of the ser¬ mon. But the singing is really extraordi¬ nary. The women’s choir, seated in pews to the left, will sing first, followed by the men seated across the aisle. Then they join forces and the whole congregation takes up the tune in a sweet, Polynesian chorus.

tic about tourists, but then neither eire San Franciscans. Towards the French, Tahitians for the most part seem benignly indifferent. They take what appeals to them from French culture and ignore the rest. Some would like to have political independence, but the last time the question was put to a vote it was soundly defeated. France pours a lot of money into the islands for' social

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few shops and restaurants will open in the afternoon, and of course the following morning the whole cycle starts all over again. And that magic? By the time most yachties have been through two weekly cycles, it's starting to wear a little thin. When you've no longer enthusiastic enough to go for croissants in the morn¬ ing, you know it’s probably time to chart your next course and put to sea. — andy rothman

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MAX EBB T.e large plate glass window bulged inward under the pressure of a blast of wind and rain. Instinctively, 1 took a step back. “Look at that gust!” said one of my crew. ‘Think they’ll cancel?” asked another skipper as we watched the squall turn the water surface inside the harbor into foam. We were observing the weather from the security of the yacht club bar, wonder¬ ing if it was worth rigging for today’s race. Surely they wouldn’t send us out in such miserable weather. But we couldn’t seem to reach anyone at the sponsoring club by phone. “Wind meter is showing a steady 3^,” reported the race^ monitoring the ane¬ mometer read-out mounted on the wall. “Not much different from a good sum¬ mer day,” 1 noted. “I think it’s the low clouds and rain that make it look a lot worse.” “Walt, here’s another gust,” he said; "42! And I’ll bet it’s even stronger out in the middle of the Bay.” ’’They’re nuts if they start the race today,” said my foredeck crew, a state¬ ment which seemed to represent the gen¬ eral consensus. Still, the Race Committee’s policy is to cancel only if gale warnings are posted. And as of our last weather update, only small craft warnings were up. But in order to be the first to catch the possible up¬ grade, a group of racers were huddled around a handheld VHP listening to driving conditions in the Sierra.

vJT ood weather for a deep reef,” said another yacht club member, a eruiser who was just there to help hold down the bar, “And I’d use my short-hoist number four. I can keep full control when everyone else is on their ear, and I go just as fast.” As he spoke I noticed a slim figure in a wetsuit coming up the stairs. I didn’t

“Totally awesome!” she exclaimed, while I motioned her to keep off the carpet^ with her dripping neoprene. ’This is like, the first good day since September!” “You’re late for dock time,” I reminded her. “But that’s okay, I see you’re already all suited up.” “For sure. Max. I’m up for it.” Meanwhile the cruiser was continuing to explain how well his boat performed when it was reefed way down. He couldn’t have picked a worse time. “So I can sail right across the slot on a summer afternoon and keep her on her feet,” he bragged. “But those racers just never learn. They don’t realize it would be faster if they reduced sail.” ’’’Cept for one thing,” interrupted one of them. “It’s not true. I find that if I can control the boat, even if it’s overpowered, it will still be faster than a boat that’s reefed. Much better flatten sail, not shorten it, if your boat has the adjust¬ ments to do that.” “Right,” confirmed another racing skipper. ’The boat that reefs first is almost always the boat that’s last to the wind¬ ward mark.” “Not according to my knotmeter,” insis¬ ted the cruiser. “Well, maybe the knotmeter isn’t telling you how high you’re pointing,” I sug¬ gested. “I’m sure it’s easier to sail with a reef in, but you’ll never sail as close to the wind.” ’That just doesn’t make sense,” said the cruiser, “With the sailplan low, I can get more total power for the same heeling effect. It’s only logical to expect more speed and better pointing, because too much sail induces too much drag.” “That’s not how it works,” said the racing skipper. “Induced drag comes from not having the right amount of twist in the rig.”

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recognize her at first with her wet hair matted down and her face dripping with salt water. But as soon as she walked through the door, accompanied by blast of cold breeze, I saw it was Lee Helm, navad architecture grad student and big boat crew. That is, when she can be dragged away from her windsurfing. Page 156 • UUUJcJS • January, 1998

I looked over at Lee in time to see her roll her eyes.

”TX-/ ike, why is this such a hard concept to grasp?” she moaned. “Induced drag is the drag created by the downwash field of the vortex sheet.”

“What does that mean?” I asked. “Okay," she sighed, and found a bar napkin and a pen. “All a sail does is generate some force by changing the momentum of the air flowing around it." She drew a sketch of a section of a sail, explaining that we’d use the aeronautical convention and call the leeward side “up,” as if it were an airplane wing. “Lee,” I said. “I’ve seen you draw this same sketch before, and every time you draw it with the air turning up into the sail before it even gets there. Intuitively that seems wrong.” ’That’s because everyone’s intuitive understanding of wings is based on what they feel when they hold their hands out the window of a moving car, and that’s a really poor example of an airfoil. You gotta look at the theory. The air doesn’t know anything except to flow towards low pressure. And once the airfoil is working, the low pressure on top of the wing tends to bend the approaching air upwards towards the low pressure side. The wing

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bends it down, and then it bends up again behind the wing, to end up back at exactly the same angle. In fact, as long as the leading and trailing edges are positioned right, the math says that the flow is perfectly symmetrical front to back. Neglecting viscosity, that is.” “So where does lift come from if the air isn’t moved?” asked one of the crew. ‘The air makes a big angle change on the wing,” said Lee. So there’s lots of momentum transfer. Then momentum change over the wing is straight down, so the lift is straight up. And like, in our ideal, no-friction, two-dimensional case, there’s no drag, because no energy^is taken from the moving air.” ‘That’s the part that’s counter-intuitive,” 1 said. “For sure. But you have no way of really experiencing this first-hand, because of those assumptions. Unless you fly a highperformance glider.”

he drew another sketch, this one showing slightly different angles for the incoming and outgoing aiir. “Like, in the real world, lots of air spills around the ends, so the pressure difference is reduced. So the change in angle in the upwash zone in front of the wing is less, and the same for the downwash zone. Result: the momentum

energy to the vorticity left in the wake of the wing.” “How come you had to draw the wing section at a different angle in the second sketch?” asked my foredeck crew. “Isn’t that cheating?” “No, I’m just keeping the leading and trailing edges aligned with what the flow will do. This sail would luff if I didn’t change the sheeting angle, because of the reduced upwash.” “Reminds me of overtrimming the main to keep the spinnaker full on a tight reach,” said one of the racing skippers. “Well, I think I can believe all that,” said the cruiser, “but all it proves is that the ends of a wing cause drag, and that high aspect ratio is faster. We all knew that.” “Where it gets interesting,” said Lee, “is what happens to induced drag when you change the amount of lift by increasing the camber, or in the case of a sail, the angle of attack. For example, twice the lift means twice as much force at an angle that tips back twice as far — at four times the drag. In other words, induced drag is proportional to angle of attack squared.” “So?” “So if you use a reefed sail of only half the span to get the same lift, you increase induced drag by a factor of four.” ‘That’s what we were trying to expleiin,” said one of the racers. “A full size flat sail is better than a small full one.” ‘The main thing is to keep the span loacjmg — that is, the force per foot of mast length — as low as possible,” confirmed Lee. “As long as you can still control the boat,” added my crew. “Another way of thinking of this,” continued Lee, “is the relation between momentum and energy. Any device that produces force or thrust is going to move some air in the opposite direction of the thrust. But thrust comes from momen¬ tum change, not from energy. Momentum is mass times velocity. Energy is mass times velocity squared. You can get the

"If you use a reefed sail of only half the span to get the same lift, you increase induced drag by a factor of four. " change across the wing suddenly has a forward component, so the wing feels drag. Or you can think of it as tipping the direction of flow, so the lift vector is tipped back, and part of this is a backwards force. Or you can think of it as losing

same amount of momentum change by moving a lot of air just a little bit, or a small amount of air at high speed. "So which is more efficient? Do you want a big M and a small V, or the other way around?” She didn’t wait for an January. 1998 •

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MAX EBB answer, which was probably a good thing. ‘The largest amount of air moved at the slowest velocity, for sure. That’s why big, slow-turning propellers are much more efficient than small fast ones — at least ‘til friction makes the big propeller too draggy. And that’s why water jets are so inefficient. And why helicopters use more fuel hovering than in forward flight — the blades don’t reach as much air.”

ore wind rattled the window and rain streamed off the clubhouse ^-oof in torrents. Now the visibility was 'reduced so much that - r- ' we could barely see across the harbor. “Betcha an3dhlng the race is can¬ celled,” said my fore¬ deck crew.' “Good day for a , ketch with jib and .^ jigger,” said the —-cruiser. “What about divided rigs?” asked one of the racers. ”lf what you’re sa3dng is correct, and the idea is to act on as much air as possible, wouldn’t a ketch be a fast rig?” “It would be,” she answered, "except that the two sails are so close together that the mizzen is in the downwash field of the main. So it’s always sailing in bad air. That’s why ketches usually have a lot of trouble getting any benefit from the mizzen when they try to go upwind.” “But there’s a paradox there,” he pressed. ’The latest thinking, from what I’ve read, seems to be that rudders should be used along with the keel to resist side force. Wouldn’t the rudder have the same problem as the mizzen on a ketch? Isn’t it’s efficiency kiUed by the downwash from the keel?” “No, because the angles of attack are way smaller on the underwater foils. It does help a little to separate the keel from the rudder as much as possible — that was part of the thinking behind that 12Meter with a rudder in front and back, and essentially no keel — at least as far as the hydrodynamics were concerned. But the effect is very small, and none of the modern America’s Cup boats have gone that route. And like, it’s not as if they haven’t looked at it.” “Okay, so it works out that divided underwater foils work, but a divided rig doesn’t?” “But like, there are other ways of Page 158 •

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dividing a rig. The Trifoiler is a biplane rig. It’s fast enough so that the apparent wind is always forward, amd the side-byside sails don’t interfere with each other. Some good structural features too, doing it that way.” Lee had to explain to some of the sail¬ ors present what a trifoiler looked like.

much downwash. What the ground does is suppress induced drag, not increase lift. The effect is to let the plane float along because drag is reduced close to the ground.” “You mean hydrofoils are all wrong?” asked my crew. ‘There’s no natural biological analog,” Lee noted, “to either a hydrofoil or a 1) The ideal 2-dimensional sail or airfoil. Upwash equals planing hull. When downwash, and momentum transfer is at right angles to the flow. Lift is straight up, there is no drag and no energy lost. birds and fish need to go fast near the water surface, if they can’t do it in displacement mode they get their lift from the air, not the water.”

2) The real case, near the tip. The flow around the tip reduces the pressure difference, so upwash decreases and downwash increases. Part of the momentum transfer is parallel to the flow direction, so energy is lost to the air and there is drag.

and the discussion turned to speed records. “I don’t think they’ll ever break 100 kilometers per hour,” predicted one of the crew who had been reading up on speed sailing. The cavitation limit is like a brick wall.” “As long as they’re still getting their lift from the water, I agree,” said Lee. “But look at where we’re operating, at the boundary between water — the dense medium — and air, the light one. If you have a wing close to the water surface, it gets more efficient. If you have a hydrofoil close to the air surface, it gets less effi¬ cient. It’s as if the water becomes 'soft’ near the surface, and allows deeper vorti¬ ces to form. Similarly, the air becomes 'hard’ near the water, and some of the vorticity is suppressed. So like, if you want to go really fast right near the interface, it only makes sense to use the air for lift, not the water.” “You’re suggesting a sailing 'wing in ground effect’ machine?" I asked. “You heard it here first,” said Lee. “But I thought a wing in ground effect,” said one of the skippers, “was a high lift, high drag situation. Sort of like compress¬ ing a wedge of air between the wing and the runway. That’s why planes tend to float just above the runway during land¬ ings.” “What’s really going on,” explained Lee, “is that the presence of the ground en¬ forces a plane of S3mimetiy. So like, even a short, inefficient wing can’t generate

eanwhile, one of the crew fin¬ ally had success on the land line. “Just talked to the race committee,” he shouted over from the pay phone. “Race cancelled!” But instead of the collective sigh of relief I expected from this crowd, there, was awkward silence. Finally my foredeck crew spoke: ‘Those wimps!” he said with disgust. “Yeah,” complained the other skipper. ‘They never would have cancelled for a measly little shower like this back where I learned to sail.” “I was certainly up for it,” said his trimmer. “So now what am I going to do for the rest of the day?” added one of my crew. “No guts. No risk. No personal respons¬ ibility. I tell ya, the world’s becoming deci¬ sion-free and booooring."

Th,s gave me an idea. “Well, I’m still going out today,” I announced. ‘The race is off, but we can experiment with various sail combina¬ tions, and see what sort of numbers we get in the really heavy stuff..,” “No thanks, gotta go,” said my crew. “I’m expected back home if there’s no race,” said the trimmer. “Have some work to do on the boat," explained the other skipper. “I’m going to go rig up my board again,” said Lee. • ^ In less than a minute, they were all gone. — max ebb

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— 'ince we here at Latitude have always subseribed to the ^ Those who haven't foUowed the Hot Rally's 11-year history K.I.S.S. principle (keep it simple, stupid), it’s no wonder we de often confuse it with the just-completed Baja Ha-Ha And rightly signed the Some Like it Hot Rally to be the most simplistic sailso, as there is a definite overlap. The Ha-Ha — where the fleet ing event on the planet. You don’t have to fill out any forms, pay travels the coast en masse — grew out of the Hot Rally when it an entiy fee or begin on a specific date. All you have to do is ^ .] became evident that the annual southbound cruiser migration throw off the docklines and point your boat south. Then, when had gathered enough momentum to support a major race/rally you arrive at Cabo San Lucas, you simply navigate through the ‘ . Nevertheless, the Hot Rally concept is so perfect in its simplichordes of tourists to Latitude's long-time Baja base camp, the ^ ‘ ity, it isn't bound to fizzle any time soon In fact if you were to Broken Surfboard Taqueria, and sign your name on the wall. ^ follow the trade winds around the world we're sure you'd occa Voild! You've won. You see, everyone is a winner - or more sionally run across cruisers in far-flung ports proudly wearing appropriately, an official inductee into the Cruising Class ol the garish dayglo-orange T-shirts that have always been iden ___ ,. tified with the Hot Rally.

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Sometimes, when you least expect it, Mother Nature gives you a treat like Great Kate's early morning rendezvous with a school of dolphins.

s Enough about history, though, let's look at the present. Long¬ -time Broken Surfboard owners Phil and Lucina recently passed ithe gauntlet to a new proprietor, Oklahoma Lee, a self-described 1 "recovering lawyer" with a big heart and big dreams of expandg ing the restaurant. Meanwhile, Jim Lefers of the The Coast Chan^dlery will continue to co-host the dmly cruiser net throughout Ithe season. g The big news around the harbor is that a new fuel dock and I marina has been completed just inside the mouth of the inner harbor - beneath the giant Pemex sign. After years of having Nto carry jugs from tovm or lie stern-to the rickety old fuel pier, Jiithe new digs are a welcome addition.

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Some noteable entries in the Broken Surfboard guest book *i ae: "The blue, warm water of Cabo is like silk, the stars shine ' brightly and the winds hre fair.” — Zia from Santa Barbara 'We're bound for a world where everybody loves more and fears less." — Uhum from Alaska. ' 'We have no plans, and we're sticking to them." — Bliss from '■ Petaluma. * A few days after the Ha-Ha ended November 8, most of the» newly-arrived cruisers pulled out and headed for either La I’.i?', where the folks at Marina Palmira threw a grand fiesta — the La Paz Ha-ha — in their honor, or Mazatlan, where dozens ol cruisers enjoyed a Thanksgiving feast at Marina Mazatlan.

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And now, without further ado, we present the first install¬ ment of the Class of '97-'98 fleet roster. — latitude/aet 1) Mintaka / Orion 27 / Joe & Jer Dunham / Ventura. 2) Carina / C&C Landfall 38 / Lwell & Mary Larsen / Anacortes. 3) Kalliste / Hall-Rass 38 / Bill Winters & Ted Dimble, S.F. 4) Linda Marie / 50 ketch / Cass, Linda & Perro / Cayucos 5) Carlota / Cal 33 / Dave, Vicki & Frank / Boston. 6) Meshach / Formosa 51 / Doug, Myrna, John & Liz / Vane, BC. 7) Nepenthe / Rival 36 / Martin Webber / San Pedro, CA.

8) *Phantasm / Hunter / Ken & Gayle, Dee & Walt / Portland. 9) *Menagerie / Stephens 47 / The Roop Family / S.F. 10) "Illusion / Mac 65 / Doug. Bette, Bev, Jim, John, Scott / S.F. 11) "Ginny’s Too / Koala / Bill, Doug, Glenn, Ginny, Dan / S.F. 12) "SunSinger /.^heoy Lee 43 / David, Pat & Jim / S.F., CA. 13) "Snowbird / Catalina 38 / Glen, JoAnn, Bill, Sandy / S.F. 14) "Iguana / Is. Pkt 45 / Tim, Steve, Chris, Jack, et al / Alameda. 15) *West Wind / Islander / Richard, Marcia & Don / SB. 16) "Blue J / Stev 47 / Jeff, Christy, Floyd, et al / Mercer Is. 17) "The Dorcus Hardy / MMC 41 / the Heins / Sausalito. 18) "Reverie / Dufour 45 / Gaiy, Judy, John, Mike / Sausalito., 19) "Valkyrie / Morgan 28 / Patric, Chris & Kim / So. S.F. 20) "Ragtime Band / Cal 34 / Jim, Mike & Ric / San Diego. 21) ‘Rooster Cogbum / Eric 36 / Tim, Linda & Mike / Sausalit^. 22) "^cond Kiss / Norseman 447 / John & Diana / San Pedro. 23) ‘After I'ou / Spindrift 43 / Dave & Bobbi / Moss Landing. 24) "Temptress / Creal’k 37 / Wayne & Cheny Knapp / Seattle. 25) "Experience Mitchell / Morg 43 / Bob & Carol / Los Gatos. 26) "Albion / Kelly Peterson 46 / Steve & Eileen, et al / S.D. 27) ‘Go West / Island Packet 38 / Jim & Hellen BosweU / S.F. 28) "Synergy / Westsail 43 / Ftichard, Ed, David & Amy / S.D 29) Paci/ic Star / Cascade 36 / Vern & Ed Koepsel / N/A 30) ‘Reba / Celestial 48 / Steve, James, Bob & Eric / S.F. 31) "Hana Ho / SC 50 / Rolfe, Julie, Chris, Mark, Craig, Gaiy / S.F. .32) "Surge / Jonmeri 40 / Pat & Brownell / Wilmington, DE. 33) "Fairweather / Durbeck 46 / Frank & Jody / Nwpt OR 34) "Transition / Maple Lf 48 / Mike, Roni, Jon, Emily, Bob ’/ L.B. 35) Sunset Run / Caliber 38 / Bill & Jean / Manhattan Beach. 36) "Merinda / Cal 34 / Don, Kym, Scott. Tony / Olympia, WA.

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We departjrom our regularformat this month with a special report on Charter Possibilities for Every Season (Part I), followed by miscellaneous Charter Notes.

A New Year's Calendar Full of International Charter Options New Year's resolutions: I will live for the present, not for the future; 1 will strive to have more fun; 1 will treat myself to an exotic charter vacation. Yes! If you’ve worked hard all year and are looking forward to'a change of pace, why not reward yourself with a sailing vaca¬ tion that's truly out of the ordinary. Any¬ one who's spent a week cruising on a bareboat or being pampered aboard a luxury crewed yacht can tell you what a wonderful experience 'yacht vacationing' can be. But most sailors aren't fully aware of the range of possibilities. With that in mind, we offer a mixed bag of smling op¬ portunities this month and next from all over the world. Be it cruising the Marquesas aboard a luxury catamaran, competing in Antigua Sailing Week aboard an immaculate Swan, or sailing a square rigger on an open-water passage, there are charter possibilities to fulfill every charter pipedream. To illustrate that international char¬ ter opportunities exist year-round, this two-part article will give you a different suggestion for each month of the calen¬ dar. Needless to say, that's nqt the only time these places can be visited, but in each case, our suggested time frame will A welcome sight for cruisers, the distinctive white lighthouse at Cape Brett marks the en¬ trance to New Zealand's Bay of Islands.

put you there within a prime sailing sea¬ son. • January in New Zealand: In case you just won the lottery and feel the need to spend some of your winnings immediately — or you're Just feeling impulsive and sim¬ ply must get away on an exotic sailing adventure on short notice — consider hopping down to New Zealand this month for a bareboat cruise through the majes¬ tic Bay of Islands. Located in the upper reaches of North Island, this lush cmising destination has been a favorite stopover for voyaging sail¬ ors since Captain Coqk named it during his 1769 visit. Now designated as a pro¬ tected Maritime Park, its temperate cli¬ mate, secluded anchorages and 144 is¬ lands attract an international mix of cruising sailors as well as savvy vacation¬ ers. Although outside the tropical belt, these waters are warm enough to com¬ fortably swim in and are teeming with sealife, including whales, dolphins and penguins. As you might imagine, distances are short between amchorages and you'll have your choice between exploring uninhab¬ ited isles or visiting historic towns like Opua and Russell, New Zealand's first capital. Another highlight is Whangaroa Harbour which is formed by the crater of an extinct volcano — you enter through a fiord-like canyon. Nearby are the Cavilla Islands which are popular among divers. In addition to the sealife there, you can survey the hulk of Greenpeace's Rainbow Warrior (which was sunk by French frog¬ men several years ago in retaliation for Greenpeace's anti-nuclear stance). A broad range of bareboats are avail¬ able, including multihulls. And although it's a long flight down under, stop-offs at Tonga, Tahiti or Sidney can be arranged at little or no additional charge. Bareboats: Island Rover Yacht Char¬ ters (800) 831-6889; Sunsail (800) 3272276; The Moorings (800) 227-3262. • February in Belize: Although tropical Belize can be visited year-round, late Feb¬ ruary though May is the ideal sailing sea¬ son. Long regarded as one of the prime scuba diving destinations in the world due to its massive barrier reef, yacht charter¬ ing here has historically been difficult to arrange and of questionable quality. This

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year, however, the long-established Brit¬ ish Virgin Islands firm TMM (Tortola Ma¬ rine Management) solidified a licensing agreement with the government and im¬ ported its first.charter catamarans. Five are now available. A string of small islands run in a northsouth line inside the barrier reef, forming an area ideal for short-hop cruising. Sea conditions are mild, winds are rarely strong and the snorkeling and scuba div¬ ing are superb. Highlights along the way include Stingray Alley near San Pedro Is¬ land, where locals hand feed stingrays and nurse sharks, and Victoria Channel, where manatees are sometimes sighted. Exploring the towns and villages of these tiny islands is also part of the fun. A num¬ ber of small resorts welcome boaters ashore for dinner and drinks.

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Although visiting sailors tend to head straight for the islands, the Belize main¬ land holds fascinating attractions for side trips. Having been a center of Mayan civillzation centuries before shipwrecked Brit¬ ish sailors established a settlement here in 1683, many Mayan temples and other ancient structures still remain accessible inland, some dating back a thousand years. And if you really crave the exotic, check out the Jaguar preserve! Contact TMM for more info at (800) 633-0155. • March in the Seychelles: Granted* it's about as far away from home as you can get without a space shuttle, but if bright white sand and spectacular underwater gardens turn you on, the long haul might be worth it. Lying 1,200 miles off the East African coast in the middle of the Indian

Ocean, this vast archipelago of 115 is¬ lands and atolls has developed a relatively sophisticated infrastructure without los¬ ing its natural charm, and has selectively encouraged tourism without sacrificing the treasures of its environment. Made famous in recent years as a fa¬ vorite site for cover girl photo shoots, these remote islands have a fascinating history. Uninhabited until the 1600s, they were visited by Dutch and British traders, then some islands were temporarily inhabited by former Caribbean pirates and priva¬ teers looking for a safe haven. The Seychelles were first settled, however, by the FYench in the late 1700s, and al¬ though they became a British dependency less them 50 years later, French language and customs have always remained domi¬ nant. The islands became independent in 1975, but a tumultuous decade of politi¬ cal maneuvering followed during which /

wealthy tourists flocked to the islands for their isolation, as did clandestine Cold War operatives from both sides of the Iron Curtain. Today, thankfully, the islamds are politically calm and stable. Despite its checkered history, most of the Seychelles' natural flora and fauna remains in a pristine natural state — to¬ day 46% of the land has been set aside as National Parks or Nature Reserves. The Inner Island group is the prime charter¬ ing area, which is characterized by idyllic anchorages and spectacular snorkeling and diving. Although contrary monsoon seasons alternate the direction of the vnnds from SE in winter (May to mid-Oc¬ tober) to NW in summer (December to mid-March), major storms rarely reach these islands, which are therefore con¬ sidered a year-round vacation destina¬ tion. March is a fine month here, since rains have usually subsided, winds blow 10-15 knots and seas are calm for diving. While a stop in the Seychelles has al¬ ways been regarded as a must for circum¬ navigators, the establishment of Sunsail's base here several years ago has created a sailing opportunity for those of us who are still confined to several weeks of an¬ nual vacation time. Most flights originate in Europe — Sunsail has special deals out of London. Truly creative travelers might combine an African safari with a sailing chairter. Now that ought to make your workmates jealous! Call Sunsail for more info at (800) 327-2276. • April in Antigua: If there's a side of you that craves a wild and crazy experi¬ ence, consider Antigua Sailing Week, which celebrates its 31st anniversary April 26 through May 2. As many readers know from our annual testimonials, 'Race Week' is the Caribbean's largest regatta, drawing contestants amd spectators from throughout the Eastern Caribbean, as well as from South America, Europe and the U.S. Although courses change from year to year, the basic idea is that the fleet ends up at a different resort or harbor after each of five race days. TTie post-race, bare¬ boat beach parties ashore are notorious for producing lasting friendships, ro¬ mances and hangovers. Historic English Harbor is the event's home base, where the refurbished colonial buildings of Nelson's Docltyeird stand as a memorial to the tumultuous days of Caribbean colo¬ nization, when the English, French and others battled for possession of the East¬ ern Caribbean islands. Every bareboat in Antigua tj^jically January, 1998 • LOUtjUZS • Page 167

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gets chartered for Race Week months in advance, as do many more from nearby Guadeloupe and St. Maarten. Neverthe¬ less, it's still not too late. Another alternative, however, is to charter a fully crewed yacht and race with a skipper who knows exactly where the reefs are and when to expect a wind shift. Besides the fact that the boats you'll com¬ pete against will generally be better sailed than bareboats, and you'll have a full in¬ ventory of sails and hardware, you won't have to lift a finger when the racing is over — just sit back and enjoy the hors d'oeuvres and cocktails. Trust us, not having to cook or provision during such a week is a real plus. At this writing there are still plenty of fine high-performance yachts to choose from such as the Swan yachts Selini, a 651 and Dark Swan, a 59-footer. The Bow¬ man 57 Dione would be an excellent choice in the non-spinnaker division. She's got an amiable crew who've twice circumnavigated — and an excellent rat¬ ing. On a big boat you'll probably need more crew to race competitively than the boat can accommodate for sleeping, which brings up the subject of chartering a 'mother ship'. There are still plenty of ex¬ cellent luxury yachts available that would fit the bill in grand style such as the 82foot catamarans Highest Honor I & II, or the lOO-ftmotorsailer Gemini Star. Natu¬ rally, there are also plenty of smaller, less expensive yachts available, som^ of which would also be ideal as motherships for a team of bareboat racers — those who don't care to participate directly in the racing can simply observe and party from the sidelines. For crewed yachts contact your char¬ ter broker or Nicholson's Yacht Charters which maintains an office at English Har¬ bor: (800) 662-6066. Bareboats are avail¬ able from Sun Yacht Charters (800) 7723500 (Antigua, St. Martin, Guadeloupe), The Moorings (800) 535-7289 (St. Mar¬ tin, Guadeloupe), Sunsall (800) 327-2276 (Antigua, St. Martin, Guadeloupe) and others. Also, check out the ASY website at: www.antol.ag/comunity/asw/. • May in Palau: For some reason many watersports enthusiasts align themselves with one waterborne activity to the ex¬ clusion of all others. We've never under¬ stood this, since — in our book — activi¬ ties like windsurfing, scuba diving and surfing fit in perfectly with the sailing lifestyle — especially for cruisers or po¬ tential cruisers. With that in mind, we'll let you in bn one of the true gems among Pag© 168 •

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dive and sail destinations: Palau. Isolated in the Western Pacific roughly 550 miles east of the Philippines and the same distance north of Papua New Guinea, the Palau Island group is com¬ posed of the tall mountainous island of Babelthuap and many low-lying coral atolls. Practically the entire 350 square mile area is encircled by burgeoning coral reefs which, needless to say, has created

an ideal environment for snorkeling, div¬ ing and flat-water sailing. If you've ever marveled at the incred¬ ible sealife pictured in one of those 'cof¬ fee table' books of underwater photogra¬ phy, you've probably been looking at Palau's underwater world. It's a favorite of renowned National Geographic photog¬ rapher David Doubilet and his contem¬ poraries. And Palau is always on the top ten lists of globetrotting scuba addicts. While there are plenty of resort-based

Clockwise from far left: Sailing among the lush volcanic islands of the Marquesas; Spinnaker fleet action at Antigua Sailing Week; Combining i scuba diving with a sailing vacation adds a tjew t dimension; The incredible Palau archipelago.

I dive operations in Palau, the best way to I access this underwater paradise is by il sailboat. If you're seriously interested in diving (i.e. two-to-three dives a day) the t best option is to charter the ***-ft i motorsailer Ocean Hunter, a comfortable, i well-kept and well-run vessel which can

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accommodate six guests in comfortable cabins. (Whole boat or by-the-berth book¬ ing options.) Another option is to charter with former Californians John and Jill McCready aboard their Cal 48 Eclipse. Although they are equipped for scuba div¬ ing, their trips are best suited to those who like to sail and snorkel a lot and dive on a limited basis — they also carry sea kayaks. The McCreadys figure in a place as spectacular as Palau, it's a shame to spend too much time listening to the drone of a dive compressor filling tanks. After cruising extensively throughout the South Pacific, John and Jill fell in love with the beauty of Palau and put down their roots. Eclipse is ideal for four adult guests or families of up to six. Find out more about either boat through the scuba specialists at Adven¬ ture Express: (415) 442-0799 or (800) 443-0799 outside the Bay Area. Website: aduentureexpress.com. John/ and Jill McCready can be contacted directly at (680) 488-1505 or fax (680) 488-1725. ,, • June in the Marquesas: As the world's population grows and living standards rise, the number of unspoiled vacation destinations left on the planet has been shrinking rapidly. The remote Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia, however, are still among the few truly idyllic areas not yet overdeveloped by mainstream tour¬ ism. Other than the relatively few travelLong unknown to most western travelers, the Seychelles today is a haven for wealthy travel¬ ers, cruising sailors and European bareboaters.

on the area's only real charter yacht, a luxurious Fountaine-Pajot 57 catamaran owned by the French firm, Archipels Croisieres. Fully crewed charter trips take you on a one-way circuit through these lush vol¬ canic islands where 4,000-ft mountains rise out of an emerald sea. Due to the Marquesas' remote location, far from French Polynesia's primary tourism cen¬ ters on Tahiti and her sister isles, ves¬ tiges of ancient Polynesian culture still remain intact in the Marquesas. The sleek, French-built cat accommo¬ dates eight guests in four private cabins, each with private head; scheduled 8-day departures can be by 'whole-boat' groups or by the cabin. Despite the remote loca¬ tion, guests can expect first class service from the bilingual international crews. Scuba is offered on selected dates. (Archipels' three sisterships operate in the Tuamotus and the Leeward Islands of Tahiti.) Contact Archipels Croisieres directly in Tahiti by calling 011-689-563-639; fax: 011-689-563-587 or locally through Ad¬ venture Express, (415) 442-0799. Tune in again next month and learn about our charter suggestions for July through December. — latitude/aet /

Charter Notes In recent years, virtually every segment of the travel industry has become increas¬ ing more competitive ^ including the realm of yacht chartering. As a result.

o z ers who fly in, the only visitors are cruis¬ ing sailors who pass through en route to Tsihiti — plus the lucky charter guests

savvy vacationers can cash in on real bar¬ gains or special benefits, especially if they book early or are willing to sail in non-peak seasons. Many firms offer 10 days for the price of seven at certain times

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of the year (or when booking far in ad¬ vance). And some bareboat firms offer last-minutes discounts on unbooked boats. Naturally, though, you've got to be extremely flexible — such time-specific deals are not for everyone. If you have access to the internet, a periodic check of charter company websites will often reveal specials that you otherwise wouldn't know about as well as

Talk about an enticing offer. In a recent mailing The Moorings offered past charter clients a handheld GPS if they'll book a charter now.

complete destination info, boat pricing and answers to frequently-asked ques¬ tions. Any descent search mechanism — such as Yahoo or Infoseek — will point you in the right direction simply by typ¬ ing in the name of the company you're interested in.

One of the most notable special offer¬ ings that's crossed the charter desk here at Latitude 38 lately comes from The Moorings. In a recent mailmg they offered a handheld Garmin GPS Plus 11 free to past charter clients who confirm a new charter reservation before February 15. Such a deal! Having used the same unit recently to navigate from San Diego to Cabo, we're Impressed. In addition to all our prodding in the previous article to make your charter plans well in advance for the coming months, we'll touch on a few specific rea¬ sons to do so. If you are interested ih a catamaran anywhere in the Caribbean for the winter or spring you've no time to waste — you need to book it yesterday. Even summer reservations are filling up. It's also hard to find availability on smaller, 'one-couple' boats in most fleets worldwide since they aren't big money makers and most companies tend to keep only a few at each base. With the frantic — and often changeable schedules that most working folks keep these days, it's tough to commit to a trip months in ad¬ vance, but if you don't bite the bullet and do so, you're apt to be disappointed with the 'pot luck' that's available at the last minute.

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With reports this month on two Grade 1 match races, one in Malay¬ sia and the other in the Virgin Islands; a brief Whitbread Race report as the fleet closes in on Sydney: a bunch of midwinter race results: a pictorial salute to last September's Big Boat Series; and the usualJumble of race notes at the end.

Malaysia Challenge John Kostecki, who's been on fire this year, dominated l^st month's inaugural Malaysia Match Race Challenge. He de¬ feated PACT2000's Ed Baird, who entered the series as the #2 match racer in the world, with ease, going 8-3 against Baird (including a 3-1 win in the finals). Kostecki showed blazing speed in the Farr 25s (which #1 ranked Peter Gilmour sug¬ gested were too small for meaningful match racing), and just seemed to get bet¬ ter and better as the week went on. "It was a sweet victory," claimed John, who flew from Langkawi, Malaysia, to Fremantle to sail on Chessie Racing in Leg 111 of the Whitbread. "My crew — Morgan

racing map. Prior to this big money. Grade 1 event, Kostecki wasn't even ranked —' and yet he clobbered the three top-ranked match racers in the world: C^ilmour, Baird and Bertrand Pace. It was, by all ac¬ counts, a virtuoso performance. "It was great to jump back into the game and be successful," said John in his understated fashion. "Lots of America's Cup syndicates were represented, so it was a good win for AmericaOne when our tactician can go out there and beat all their skippers!" Although Kostecki hasn't steered much lately, he's had a phenomenal year as a tactician, including winning the Mumm 36 Worlds for the second year in a row on Thomas I Punkt, second in the ILC 40 Worlds, second overall in the Admiral's Cup, first in the Steinlager Cup with Cayard, second in the Corel 45 Worlds,

John Kostecki (above) upset Ed Baird (right) in Maiaysia, then zipped off for the Whitbread Race.

Larson, Don Cowie and Alan Smith — really did a great job." So did Kostecki, who hasn't helmed a match racing regatta since 1993. The victory not only netted John $28,000 of the $100,000 purse, but it put him firmly back on the world match Page 176 •

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and several lD-48 and Melges 24 wins. In 1998, he'll be focusing on lD-48s, first with Windquest at Key West and the SORC, then with WiUi Illbruck's chartered Pinta for the Newport (RI) Regatta, Kenwood Cup and the Big Boat Series.

John is also giving serious thought to another Olympic Soling bid. "I'm keeping my options open." he claimed. Kostecki will begin campaigning with Steve Calder (Fort Lauderdale) and Carter Perrin (Houston) at the Miami Olympic Classes Regatta next month, as well as at the Sol¬ ing Worlds in Milwaukee this summer. Juggling an Olympic effort with his AmericaOne duties and his various pro sailing gigs would be hard, John admits — but the lure of 'going for the gold' again obviously has a strong hold on him. One goal Kostecki didn't accomplished last year was moving back to the Bay Area. "I keep an apartment in San Diego, but I'm hardly ever there," lamented John. "I'd like to move north as soon as possible, but I just haven't found the time to look for a place!" ' 1) John Kostecki, USA; 2) Ed Baird, USA; 3) Gavin Brady, NZ; 4) Peter Gilmour, JPN; 5) Thierry Peponnet,

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was during daylight hours and he was back on the 'Lime Dragon' within seven minutes. After the holidays. Leg fV takes off for Auckland on January 4. That leg is only 1,270 miles — a day race by Whitbread standards — and will end. for once, well before our editorial deadline. The New Zealand stop is also the halfway point of the race, another reason to take a more in-depth look at the Whitbread in our next issue. In the meantime, keep checking the race's phenomenal website (www.whitbread.org) for updates.

Golden Gate YC Midwinters

Life on 'EFL' is wet and hard, but it has its re¬ wards — inciuding a good shot at the overail lead after three legs. Inset, Paul Cayard. FRA; 6) Bertrand Pace, FRA; 7) Jesper Bank, DEN; 8) Andy Beadsworth, GBR; 9) Jochen Schumann, GER; 10) Magnus Holmberg, SWE. (12 teams)

Whitbread Update As we go to press, the nine Whitbread 60s are 255 miles from the finish of Leg III in Sydney Heirbor. All the boats are within 25 miles of each other, and the middle of the pack is clumped within 16 miles — an incredibly close race, finally! "Looks like it'll be one hell of a race from here to the barn," wrote Paul Cayard, whose EF Language was running second to Swedish Match. The 2,250-mile race started in Fre¬ mantle on December fS, with Cayard and company taking the start and leading away from the West Australian coast. During the next week, the boats spread

out over 200 miles on a north/south axis, but were never much more than 40 miles apart along the rhumbline. As the fleet compressed near the end of the tricky and sometimes tedious leg, EFL has watched their lead dwindle. Leg II winner Swedish Match, which dove farthest south and benefitted the most from the last windshift, was 5.8 miles ahead of EFL on our last check —but the deck will doubt¬ less get shuffled a few more times on the approach to Sydney. Match and overall race leader Innova¬ tion Kuaerner, currently in a tenuous fourth, are both nursing sick rigs. Each mast has dents and buckles at its base, and each required emergency surgery. Kvaerner, which actually had a mast re¬ pair kit dropped to them by helicopter two days out. has had a particularly tough leg, including a man-overboard scare. Bowman Alby Pratt was flipped over dur¬ ing a tough sail change — fortunately, it

Eighty-seven boats competed in the second Golden Gate Midwinters on the grayish day of December 6. Given the 10knot easterly, the fleet was treated to a different variation on the Cityfront theme: the 7.84-mile course began with a beat to Blosson) Rock, then a reach to Hard¬ ing, followed by another reach to Blackaller, and then a beat back to the finish. "If anything, it was too short a course for most boats," said race chairman Jeff Zarwell. "We'll be devising some longer courses next year." Hank Easom's lovely 8-Meter Yucca scored another bullet in Division II, as did Bob Jones's Circus in the small Bear clan. Those are the only boats with perfect scores after two races. Also in the hunt fop the Seaweed Soup Bowl (the trophy for best performance overall) are John Collins' Moore 24 Conococheague and Joe Schmidt's Santana 22 Yachtsea, both with 2.1 records. "It was an uneventful day," claimed Zarwell. "I guess the big story so far is the stellar J/105 turnout. It was really close racing — five boats finished within 30 seconds of each other!" New J/105 owner Alan Kelly, with wife Kim, Don Trask, Peter Cameron and Brad Kerst, sailed his Joust to a hard-earned victory in that 12-boat class in his debut. 'The day before was my 40th birthday, and winning this race was literally what I wished for as I blew out the cemdles!" saiid Kejly. "It was a genuine thrill — no doubt the class showed good psychology in let¬ ting the new guy win!" The series continues on January 4. If you can't wait until the February Latitude comes out to find out who won, the re¬ sults should be posted on GGYC's website —

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DIV. 1—1) Raven, N/M 39, Mark Thomas; 2) High Risk, Smith 43, Jim Mizell; 3) Cha-Ching, BH 41, Scooter Simmons; 4) JackRabbit, N/M 39, The Liggetts; 5) Major Damage, J/35, Wilson/Perkins; 6) January, 1998

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Azzura, Azzura 310, Svendsen/Jonsson; 7) Kiri, J/ 35, Bob George; 8) Eian, Express 37, Cunningham/ Riess. (20 boats) J/105— 1) Joust, Alan Kelly; 2) Biackhawk, Dean Dietrich; 3) 20/20, Phil Gardner; 4) Limelight, Harry Blake; 5) Aquavit, Roy Steiner. (12 boats) PHRF II — 1) Yucca, 8-Meter, Hank Easom; 2) Savoir Faire, Beneteau 42, Dale Williams; 3) Sundog, EIvstrom 41, Bill Wright; 4) Run Wild, Olson 30, Dale Sloggin. (12 boats) PHRF III — 1) Conococheague, Moore 24, Collins/Gruver; 2) Intrepid. Baltic 37, Karsten Mau; 3) Power Play, J/29, Gordon Smith. (10 boats) Page 178 • ItMUtVi • January. 1998

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Virgin Island Match Racing Peter Holmberg’s early December

'party' for America’s Cup hopefuls was one of the highlights of the Caribbean yacht¬ ing season, and as close as the loc^s gmd some of the participants may ever get to sailing’s greatest prize. Eight teams from seven countries (or territories, if you con¬ sider the US Virgins as separate from the USA) showed up for the inaugural $20,000 Marriott Frenchman's Reef Match Race event. English match racing specialist Chris Law was the eventual

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winner, walloping good host Holmberg 30 in the finals. Dawn Riley’s America True from San Francisco YC struggled to sixth with guest skipper Terry Hutchinson and something of a patchwork crew. Law, who entered the event as the world’s No. 6-ranked match racer, repre¬

sented Britain’s Royal Dorset YC but could also sail the America's Cup for Hong Kong, whose entiy technically is British (it was submitted before the Chinese take¬ over). It’s a wise sailor who keeps his op¬ tions open, the way A-Cup wannabes fig¬ ure to start running onto financial rocks soon. Also present were Luc Pillot from Yaka Challenge, one of France’s three teams (talk about a stretch!): Francesco de

Angelis from Italy’s Prada; Jeem-Marc Monnard from one of Switzerland’s two teams (another stretch) and Takeshi (Ken) Hara from Nippon Challenge. Peter Gilmour had the Nippon A' team in Ma¬ laysia for a $100,000 event, which was won by John Kostecki. The eighth St. Thomas competitor was Dave Dellenbaugh, who was the starting helmsman/tactician for the victorious Americc^ at San Diego in 1992, but whose January, 1998 • UMtJtSS • Page 179

THE RACING greatest fame was aehieved as the only testosterone-positive member of Bill Koch’s otherwise all-woman team in ’95. Dellenbaugh hopes to pick his spot for Auckland, no doubt waiting to see which of the six US syndicates — including Holmberg’s VI Challenge — will survive past the posting of $250,000 performance bonds on January 31. The quarter-mil will be refunded to those who start the challenger trials off Auckland in October of ’99 and forfeited by those who don’t. For some — say, France, Switzerland and Dorset — St. Thomas may have been the end of the line. Prada and Nippon figure to go the dis¬ tance, while America True and the VI Challenge scratch to survive. Riley and Holmberg said they at least had the $250,000 to ante up. Holmberg organized the new event in only two months to promote his A-Cup challenge and a new concept built around a Team Caribbean’ theme designed to attract broad West Indies support, espe¬ cially from prosperous neighbor Puerto Rico, a U.S. commonwealth. The sailors rotated on four new 40-foot J/ 120s rented from The Moorings for five grand apiece. They’re the largest craft to be found in match racing outside the A-Cup. The races were sailed inside the two-mile-

their massive masthead asymmetric spin¬ nakers, were undermanned — or, in Hutchinson’s case, underwomanned. Fortunately, the Caribbean’s famed 25knot ’Christmas Winds’ failed to materi^ alize so the crews had to deal only with 5 to 12 knot southerlies. Hutchinson, who earlier this year won the Cigna Cup in New York Harbor, was 2-1 in his round-robin group the first day, but faded fast thereafter. In his first race the second day, he tacked at the gun, got a jump on Dellenbaugh but had to tack right back when a Jib shefet tangled. He never recovered. His 0-3 day left him 2-4 and out of the semifinals, settling for sixth place after sweeping Monnard in a con¬ solation sailoff, 2-0, but thqn losing again to Dellenbaugh, 2-1. "I made some mental mistakes," Hutchinson said, valiantly accepting the blame himself. “I wasn’t at the top of my game." Holmberg had a solid 8-0 run going until de Angelis, skippering his first ma¬ jor match event, stunned him in the semi¬ finals before bowing out, 3-1. Law, who arrived with his regular core crew of James Stagg, Andy Hemmings and Julian Slater late the night before the first races, struggled past the 12th-ranked’Pillot in the semis, 3-2, but then got his natural aggression harnessed against Holmberg to win by 10, 9 and 54 seconds — the latter despite performing a 270-degree

B: Chris Law, Great Britain, 5-1; Francesco de Angelis, Italy, 3-3; Terry Hutchinson, 'San Francisco', 2-4; Dave Dellenbaugh, Easton, Conn., 2-4. Consolation; Dellenbaugh d. Monnard, 2-0; Hutchinson d. Hara, 2-0; Dellenbaugh d. Hutchinson, 2-1 (fifth place); Monnard d, Hara, 2-1 (seventh place). Semifinals: Holmberg d. de Angelis, 3-1; Law d. Pillot, 3-2. Third place: Pillot ($4,000) d. de Angelis ($3,000), 2-0. ' Championship: Law ($8,000) d. Holmberg ($5,000), 3-0. ^

CURRENT OMEGA RANKINOR1) Peter Gilmour, AUS, 12081 points; 2) Russell Coutts, NZL, 11435; 3) Chris Law, GBR, 11233; 4) Ed Baird, USA, 11182; 5) Bertrand Pace, FRA, 10774; 6) Peter Holmberg, ISV, 10635; 7) Thierry Peponnet, FRA, 10289; 8) Sten Mohr, DEN, 10043; 9) Jochen Schumann, GBR, 9914; 10) Morten Henriksen, DEN, 9351. (next ranking on Feb. 11) Other US players: Paul Cayard (ranked 45th); Betsy Allison (61); Morgan Larson (63); Terry Hutchinson (96); Jeff Madrigali (100).

Sausalito YC Midwinters The second of five Sausalito YC mid¬ winter races was held on the stormy day of December 7. Conditions were ominous enough to scare away all but 28 diehards, who were treated to a ’ challenging" day of racing. Between downpours, the wind gusted from 0-40 knots, shifting wildly all afternoon. Obviously in a capricious mood. Mother Nature also tossed in some beautiful storm clouds and several spec¬ tacular double rainbows. The fleet sailed a quick 7-mile lap around the Course of Hard Knox, using Sausalito Entrance Marker #2 as the weather mark. The race committee kept a keen eye on the fleet as the squalls rolled through, observing numerous knock¬ downs and a few blown out sails. All but one boat managed to finish the adventure, after which the fleet beat a hasty retreat to the warmth of the SYC clubhouse. DIV. I (spinnaker < 174) — 1) Island Girl, Islander. 36, Frank Burkhart; 2) Jose Cuervo, J/105, Sam Hock; 3) Arlane, Tartan Ten, Joe Speer. (6 boats) DIV. II (spinnaker > 175) — 1) Lysistrata, Excalibur 26, Jeff Hutter; 2) Dulcinea, Coronado 27, John Slivka; 3) Challenge, Islander 28, Peter Schoen. (7 boats) DIV, III (non-spinnaker < 198) — 1) Bacarat. Peterson 34, Dave Reed; 2) Roeboat, Catalina 30, Rod Decker; 3) Picaroon, Santana 35, Mike Melin/ Fred Hodgson. (9 boats)

Local hero Peter Holmberg (above) hosted the St. Thomas event and finished second. Ubiqui¬ tous match racer Chris Law (right) won.

wide, emerald-green bay fronting Char¬ lotte Amalie, the main town on St. Tho¬ mas. The crews were limited to six. and two of those had to be a local sailor and an owner’s rep. This meant the boats, with Page 180 •

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penalty turn to clear a pre-start foul. — rich roberts MARRIOTT FRENCHMAN'S REPF Round Robin: Group A—Peter Holmberg, USVI, 6-0; Luc Pillot, France, 4-2; Jean-Marc Monnard, Swltzerland, 1-5; Takeshi (Ken) Hara, Japan, 1-5. Group

DIV. IV (non-spinnaker > 199) — 1) P-Trap, Cal 20, Gerry Gorski; 2) Tackful, Santana 22, Cathy Stierhoff; 3) Watta Lark, Santana 22, John Paul Watts. (6 boats)

RYC Sii)iall Boat Midwinters Sunday, December 8, was a strange and sad day at Richmond YC as word got around that 505 skipper David Cahn, 50,

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even more maddening than usual!" said Santana 22 class president David Demarest, who sailed his Albacore to a fourth place finish. "At least half of the class led at one point during the day."

had died of an apparent heart attack dur¬ ing the first race of the dinghy midwin¬ ters. Cahn was stricken while leading the small four-boat 505 fleet up the first beat, amd was rushed unconscious to the dock in a crash boat manned by RYC mem¬ bers Rollye Wiskerson and Frank Van Kirk, a trained paramedic. Despite cou¬ rageous efforts by Byte sailor Gall Yando, a registered nurse who performed mouthto-mouth resuscitation until 911 arrived, Cahn slipped away. "It was a tragedy, but 1 guess Dave's number was just up," said Rollye. "We should all be so lucky to go out doing something we love. . . This should remind us to live for today, because tomorrow may not come." The racing continued uninterrupted, with the majority of the fleet unaware of the shocking development until the end of the day. Needless to say, the news put a damper on SBRA's awards dinner that evening, and lingered over to the next day's lightly-attended Sail A Small Boat Day. Results of the day's racing follows. See page 84 for more on the life of David Cahn. EL TORO, SR. — 1) Will Paxton, 15 points; 2) Dave Vickland, 16; 3) Jim Warfield, 22; 4) Gordy Nash, 23; 5) Fred Paxton, 32; 6) Dave Albright, 39; 7) John Amen, 39; 8) Vaughn Seifers, 48. (21 boats) EL TORO, JR. — 1) Derek Meyer, 7 points; 2f JV Gilmour, 9; 3) Travis Kool, 20; 4) Jim Oiler, 25; 5) Daryle Kool, 26. (13 boats) INTERNATIONAL 14 — 1) Bernsten/Berkowitz; 2) Stahnke/Price; 3) Mitchell/Bowden; 4) Clausen/ Schmidt. (10 boats) WYLIE WABBIT— 1) Jon Stewart; 2) Colin Moore; 3) (tie) Mark Harpainterand Pete Rowland. (10 boats) LASER II — 1) Stahnke/Murison. (3 boats)

First the good news; Jon Stewart's 'Jombo'beat the other Wabbits at the first RYC Midwinters. The boat was dismasted the foliowipp weekend. THISTLE — 1) Kris Vogelsong; 2) S. Hale; 3) Dan Clark. (8 boats) -TiNN — 1) Brian Pace; 2) Mike Moore. (6 boats) INTERNATIONAL CANOE — 1) Del Olsen; 2) Erich Chase. (5 boats) 505 — 1) Nick Adamson; 2) Ashley Tobin. (4 boats) EUROPE — 1) Lynn Olinger; 2) Krysia Pohl. (5 boats) SUNFISH — 1) George Wilson; 2) Bob Cronin. (6 boats) LASER — 1) Chuck Asper; 2) Andrew Holdsworth; 3) John Walsh; 4) Simon Bell; 5) Peter Phelan; 6) Al Mirel; 7) Russ Klein. (24 boats) SNIPE — 1) (tie) Nugent/Adams and Tagliamonte/ James. (3 boats) BYTE — 1) Michele Logan; 2) Tony Johnson; 3) Gail Yando. (7 boats) JY-15 — 1) Dan Ouellet; 2) Wall Lindsay. (5 boats) LIDO 14 — 1) Howard Hirano. (3 boats) PORTSMOUTH — Unavailable.

Jack Frost Series 'The old saying 'if you don't like the weather, wait ten minutes' seemed par¬ ticularly appropriate today," said race chairman Bill Stephens of Encinal YC's second Jack Frost Series race on Decem¬ ber 20. Seventy boats participated in the challenging 4.7-mile course, which saw winds from 0-12 knots from the south, then the east, and finally the west. An anchor drill in the middle of the race pro¬ vided further entertainment. The largest fleet was the Santana 22s, which fielded 11 boats. After 2 hours, 38 minutes on the course, RB Ward's clev¬ erly named Carlos took the bullet with 14 seconds to spare over US 99. "It was a fun. but frustrating, midwinter race —

PHRF I (under 93) — 1) Oaxaca, SC 50, Dick & Patti Cranor; 2) Saltshaker, Contessa 39, Steve Hanson. (6 boats) PHRF II (93-116) — 1) Stop Making Sense, Soverel 33, Dean Briggs; 2) Bloom County, Mancebo 31, The Ondrys; 3) 50/50, Santana 35, Mark Sloan. (10 boats) PHRF III (117-155) — 1) To Infinity gnd Beyond, Express 27, Fred Voss. (3 boats) PHRF IV (156-179) — 1) Bewitched, Merit 25, Laraine Salmon; 2) Warhawk, Hawkfarm, Dave Hankel; 3) Chesapeake, Merit 25, Jim Fair. (10 boats) PHRF V (over 180) — 1) Murphy's Law, Chal¬ lenger, Bill Murphy; 2) Gunga Din, Challenger, Jan Grygier; 3) Island Time, Islander 28, Chris Bell. (8 boats) SPORT BOATS— 1) Sparky, Mumm 30, Bill Hoff¬ man; 2) Abracadabra, Antrim 27, Dennis Surtees. (6 boats) CATALINA 34 — 1) Wind Dragon, Dave Davis; 2) Mottley, Chris Owen, (6 boats) WYLIECAT 30—1) Silkye, Steve Seal; 2) Carlene, Fred Soltero. (4 boats) LEVEL 180s — 1) Snow Goose, Santana 30, Ted Mattson; 2) Trey Shay, Catalina 30, John Jacobs; 3) Mona Too, Catalina 30, David Halaby. (6 boats) SANTANA 22—1) Carlos, RB Ward; 2) US 99, Bob Barksdale; 3) Sea Dog, Mr. Kutz; 4) Albacore, David Demarest. (11 boats)

Santa Cruz YC Midwinters Thirty-three boats drifted around a 2.18-mile windward/leeward course in Sarita Cruz YC's midwinter series on De¬ cember 20 in "light and shifty" conditions. Race manager Dave Wahle originally sent the large fleet off on a double sausage, but mercifully sent everyone home after it took over an hour to complete just one lap. "It was pretty grim. About the nicest thing you can say about it was that we had one of the best turnouts ever for a midwinters," said race chairman Larry Weaver. "After last month's racing was canceled due to stormy weather, every¬ one was getting all nervous and twitchy to go sailing again!" Though the series has been a little jinxed so far. Weaver was confident things wilhimprove. 'We have three more days of racing scheduled, and ordinarily can get in two races a day," he explained. 'We need to sail just four more races to com¬ plete our five-race series. Failing that, we'll add a make-up day." CREWED — 1) Special Ed, Wilderness 30, Eric Sultan; 2) Animal House, Olson 30, Lezin/Akrop; 3) Rylng Squirrel, SC 33, Jack Gordon; 4) Bullet, Olson 30, Mike Gross; 5) Bruzer, Moore 24, Gary Tracey; 6) Hanalei Express, SC 27, Rob Schuyler; 7) Duet, SC 27, Robert DeWitt; 8) Techno Trousers, Moore 24, January, 1998 •

• Page 181

THE RACING

Roger Ivie; 9) Snafti-U, Moore 24, Mark Berryman; 10) Capital Affair, Olson 30, Bill Host. (22 boats) DOUBLEHANDED— 1) Supimertime, Moore 24 prototype, Bassano/Golsch; 2) Geli Fetch, Moore 24, Shana Rosenfeld; 3) Scorpio, Wylie 42, John Siegel; 4) Stray Cat, Olson 30, Rebecca Dymond; 5) Gail's Warning, Cal 22, Paul Nichols, (11 boats)

^ Race Notes ■Sale boats of the month: Dave Crowe, who works for SDL up in Minden, just bought the venerable Wylie 28 Animal Farm from Hans and Susie Bigall, who have moved up to a J/29, the former Black Lace. "We're looking forward to one design racing," said Hans. . . Veteran off¬ shore campaigner Mike Campbell has grown weary of the turbo wars, and has donated his blue Andrews 70+ Victoria to Orange Coast College. Campbell, who put together an enviable string of Mexi¬ can race victories over the years, is look¬ ing forward to seeing the ocean from a new perspective — he’s having an 80-foot powerboat built by Dennis Choate for a summer launching. .. Meanwhile, Cheval is for sale for $675,000, and Pyewacket will probably come on the market later this year, as Roy Disney is going ahead with a new R/P design along the lines of Zephyrus. Is the turbo-sled class unrav¬ elling, or is it ramping up? Busy, busy: Sail California, the Ala¬ meda yacht brokers, was just named the "J/Boat Dealer of the Year," an honor based on volume of sales. Among the boat transactions they reported this month: Singapore businessman Jaren Leet (of Irrational fame) just bought a one year old J/105 from Southern California. Leet, who is moving back here next summer, will keep the boat — the 17th 105 on the Bay — in Ballena Bay. . . Saburo Oniki, who splits his time between residences in Mamaroneck, NY, and the Oakland Hills, just took delivery of his new J/120. Puffin Alameda. Saburo plans to race in the Pacific Cup, and then keep his boat on the Bay for a year before doing the '99 TransPac. . . Former Santa Cruz Santana 22 sailor Charlie Roskosz is also looking forward to the Pac Cup (doublehanded no less!) on his new boat — he just bought the Express 37 One Eyed Jack, and promptly renamed it Surge III. Someone should pounce on the 1987 Schumacher 35 National Biscuit, a wellmaintained and still lethal PHRF boat that the Cove Foundation is offering for sale or long-term charter. Call Tad Lacey at (510) 874-7808, ext. 112, for the sales pitch. .. The latest Schumacher creation, a custom 46-ft racer/cruiser for Steve and Sue Chamberlin, was finished by Kiwi Page 182 • LayJUli • January, 1998

builder Ian Franklin in mid-December. After a few weeks of cruising in New Zealand and at least one local regatta, the new boat — named Surprise after Jack Aubrey's boat in the popular Patrick O'Brian series — will be shipped to the Bay Area in March. . . The Chamberlins sold their old boat, the Express 37 Me¬ lange, to Jim and Petra Reed, who keep the boat at Marina Village and intend to race it actively this summer. . . Westerly Marine just finished a new cruising An¬ drew 56 for Alameda sailors Brian and Pat Hall, who have been campaigning their Beneteau 38 Giggleswick for the past seven years. The new boat, Giggleswick II, will spend the winter in the Caribbean before heading for the Med. Cup runneth over: The West Marine Pacific Cup currently is 'sold out' at 90 boats (one drop out ^eady has brought the fleet down to the 90-boat limit). Nine boats are on the waiting list, including Peter White's Sausalito-based C«&C 48 Landfall Aldebarab, Rick Linkemyer's Olson 40 Outrageous from Santa Cruz, a Centurion 42 from SoCal, and three boats from up north. The big news, literally, is that Christine, Fred Preiss's 100-foot backyard special, is also on the waiting list. The $650 entry fee jumps up to $800 on Februaiy 1, which is traditionally when the entries peak and the dropouts begin. Organizers expect a record fleet this year.

The Mumm 36 'Blue Chip' took second in Div. I of San Francisco YC's recently completed mid¬ winters. We'il pubiish the results next month.

and given the size and caliber of the en¬ tries (e.g., Pyewacket, Cheval, Magnitude, Rage, and the new Wylie 77), it's quite possible that Rage's 1996 record of 7 days,.22 hours will be lowered. Check out the Pacific Cup's website at http:// www.pacificcup.org for more information. NOOD shows: Sailing World and GMC Yukon will hold their first-ever winter NOOD regatta on February 20-22 out of St. Petersburg YC in Florida. Twelve classes have been invited and three (J/ 22s, Sonars, Viper 640s) will use the three-day event as their midwinter cham¬ pionship. Meanwhile, the Los Angeles NOOD regatta has been dropped — "good riddance" seemed to be the general con¬ sensus — and will be replaced by a NOOD Regatta in San Diego on March 20-22. Likely classes at the San Diego NOOD include Melgi, Etchells and Stars — but two of the most prominent SoCal fleets, the J/24s and Schock 35s, have declined invitations. Grand prix notes: Jay Ecklund's Star¬ light. with Buddy Melges and Dee Smith aboard, clobbered a six-boat fleet to win the lD-48 Palm Beach Invitational on December 5-7. The 'fun' regatta wasn't part of any championship circuit, how-

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ever — the '98 lD-48.season starts with next month's 11th Yachting Key West Race Week and the SORC. . . The Bay Area will be represented by at least four boats at Key West Race Week: Bill Riley will be racing his Olsgn 25 Pearl with crew Kevin Burrell, Mark English, Chuck Mellor and Warren Sankey. Mike Grisham, owner of the Express 37 Bliss, has chartered a Mumm 30 to sail in what promises to be a 35-40 boat class. Grisham's crew will include Rob Ander¬ son, Steve Marsh and Seamus Wilmot. Last we heard, two Melges 24s were go¬ ing (Don Jesberg's Casey Jones and Jes¬ sica Lord's Twist & Shout), and lots of other Bay sailors — John Sweeney, Chris Perkins, Seadon Wijsen and Madro come to mind — will be scattered around the fleet. Classes to watch include the new Farr 40s (12 boats entered). Viper 830s (8 boats), Corel 45s (12 boats), IMS, ID48s, Mumm 30s, Melges 24s and what's left of IMS. Coming into focus; Bruno Peyron has announced the first official challengers in The Race, his no-holds-barred, non-^top round the world race scheduled for De¬ cember 31, 2000. They are Ross Field (NZ), Pete Goss (UK), Oscar Konoukhov (Russia), Loick Pe3Ton (FRA) and Henk De Velde (NED). Steve Fossett (USA) is "al¬ most surely" entering, and is the only pro¬ gram that actually has any money behind

it at the moment. Fossett's new jumbo catamaran, which we're told looks like a blown up version of his Stars & Stripes, is taking shape at Mick Cookson's New Zealand shop. The new behemoth should be sailing by summer. Meanwhile, The Race is shopping for a city to start and finish from, with four sites currently bid¬ ding for the honor: Lisbon, Barcelona, Monaco and Marseille. More midwinters: Lake Merritt SC's Edna Robinson Memorial Midwinters got off to a shaky start on the chilly and cloudy day of December 13. Just 21 din¬ ghies competed in two light-air races, with Vicki Gilmour and Jim Warfield tying for first in the El Toro fleet, and Lido 14 sailor Joe Doering double-bulleting the 1.0-boat Portsmouth class. . . Twelve of the 16 boats entered in the South Bay YRA mid¬ winter series sailed a San Leandro YChosted drifter on December 13. None of the five spinnaker boats finished, while the seven-boat non-nylon fleet was topped by the Ericson 30-h Far Better Thing. . . The Alameda YC called off its December 'Jurassic Park Midwinter Series' due to lousy weather. "When the 5.5s decided en mtiss^ to go to the bar instead of the race course, that was our cue to cancel," noted race chairwoman ML Higgins. . . Tbe San Francisco YC Midwinters ended on the weekend we went to press, December 2021. Check these pages next month to find out who won the pickle dishes, Cerveza circuit: Puerto Vallarta Race — the lone Mexican distance race on the '98 circuit — has only attracted 15 boats so far, including four boats in the cruis¬ ing class. Among the familiar names on the list are Lakota, four turbos [Pyewacket, Cheval, Magnitude and the boat everyone will be watching, Zephyrus IV} , a trio of 50-footers [Climax, Cantata, Marda Gras) and just one ULDB 70, Mon¬ goose. Presumably, more sleds will enter (it's the first race on their '98 season championship schedule) and, hopefully, the race will realize its modest goal of a 25-boat fleet. Mexican races, like the old grey mare, ain't what they used to be. . . Star gazing: After getting rudely booted out of the upcoming Olympics to make room for the 49er, it appears the Star could yet participate in the Sydney Games as sailing's 11th medal event. The idea of another medal class for women's match racing was considered (and rejected), but then the discussion turned to an 11th medal for any class. When that door was left open, the powerful Star class flexed some international muscle. Apparently, the Ol3Tnpic powers-that-be now plan to /

officially reinstate the Stcir in late Janu¬ ary — which is great news! This will add 30 more sailors (15 countries) to a disci¬ pline which is limited to 400 sailors, and it's not clear which of the 10 other classes will be making sacrifices to accommodate the Stars. Kudos: Will Paxton (Richmond YC), Jim Skaar (Corinthian YC) and Margaret Gokey (Sausalito YC) were named Sailor of the Year at their respective yacht clubs. . . Paul and Dawn Miller, who race the Rozinante 28 Honalee, won SSS Doublehanders of the Year honors. . . There's lots of idle speculation going on as to who should win the Rolex Yachts¬ man and Yachtswoman honors for '97, and the choices certainly won't be easy this year. We'll let you know who the nomi¬ nees are in next month's issue (see box

Rolex Winners Year 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 . 1966: 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974^ 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 : 1981 1982 1983 1984. 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 : 1995 1996

Yachtsman Buddy Melges BusMosbacher Joe Duplin Bob Bavier Dicit Tillman Bill Cox BusMosbacher Lowell North ; Robert F. Johnson Ted Turner Ding Schoonmaker Buddy Melges .led Turner^ ■ Ted Hood DenniiCdnner Lowell North Ted Turner : Buddy Melges Ted Turner Dennis Ciotiner Dave Curtis RandySmyfh Dave Curtis; ‘BillBuchan i Ken Read Dennisdonnef EdAdaths John Kostecki Larry Klein Jim Brady Ed Adams Kevin Mahaney Cam Lewis Ken Read Ed Baird. . Dave Ullman

Yachtswoman Timmy Schneider Sue Sinclair Leggie Mertz Jane Pegel Timmy (Schneider) Larr JerieClark Betty Foulk June Methot Jan O'Malley Jan O’Malley Janefegel Jane Pegel : Sally Lindsay Sally Lindsay Joan Ellis Allison Jolly Jan O’Malley Bonnie Shore Nell Taylor Lynne Jewell Betsy Gelenitis Betsy Gelenitis Wendy Thomson Betsy Gelenitis K. Steete/H. Backus (tie) J.J. Islet Susan Dierdorff Taylor A. Jolly/L. Shore (tie) Jody Swanson Courtenay Becker J.J. Isler Julia Tiotiiian.:; Betsy (Gelenitis) Alison Danielle Brennan CorySertI Courtenay (Bedcer) Oey

for list of past recipients): winners will be announced in early February. It's not easy being green: Exile, Warwick Miller's avocado-colored R/P 66, dismasted (again) in Sydney Harbor while practicing for the Southern Cross Cup. January, 1998 • IxtiUJt.'ii • Page 183

THE RACING SHEET Sparcraft airm^led a new tube from North Carolina, which was sleeved to the stump of the old rig in time for the beginning of the nine-race inshore/offshore champi¬ onship. Apparently, it was worth the ef¬ fort — after four races. Exile was the top individual boat and her three-boat team representing China (aka, Hong Kong) was leading the nine-team pack. Hawaiian eye: Flash Gordon 3. Helmut Jahn’s flashy Farr 49, is the first boat to sign up for the Kenwood Cup, scheduled for August 1-14 off Honolulu. Flash will anchor the USA Red Team, which whl con¬ sist of John Thomson's new Farr 40 Solu¬ tion and another boat to be determined. Classes expected to compete at the bien¬ nial gathering include the 50-footers, the One Design 48s, the new Farr 40s and possibly the ILC 40s. . . Entries aren't exactly pouring in for the SSS TransPac, which departs San FVancisco for Hanalei Bay on June 27. However, SSS officials assure us this is completely normal — singlehanders traditionally don't sign up until the entry fee escalates on February 1. Boats that are "committed" to doing the adventure include Razzberries (Olson 34,

Bill Riley's Olson 25 'Pearl' gets air in a local ocean race. Next stop; Key West Race Week.

Bruce Nesbit), Leilani Too (Catalina 36, Jay Cappell), Solitaire (Barnett 42, Steve Faustina), Giggles (Baltic 38, Dade Parshall), Mollie Milar 142' steel sloop, David Clark), Compass Rose (Ericson 30-i-, Mike

Dranginis) and Braoo (Pretorian 35, Bob Gay). Race organizers are projecting 1416 entries. Surfing safari: If you've got some spare time on your hands, check out the fol¬ lowing sailing-related websites. In no particular order, here are ten of our cur¬ rent favorites: www.whttbread.org (amaz¬ ing coverage of the Whitbread Race, a new standard for sailing websites): www.seahorse.co.uk and www.sailingworld.com (the best two glossy magazines for rac¬ ers); www.sailing.org and wwU>.ussailtng.org (the ISF and US Sailing, two organizations which racers need to be fa¬ miliar with): www.americascup2000. org.nz (the official A-Cup site, with links to the sjmdicates): www.yachtingnet.com (Key West Race Week and more); www. sfsailing.com (Jaime Muniz’s site for Bay Area sailors], www.YRA.org (the San Francisco YRA site, including a list of PHRF ratings): and, of course, www. Iatitude38.com (getting better, we re told). There are literally hundreds of other rac¬ ing-oriented websites now — drop us a note if you've discovered some worth shar¬ ing.

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With reports f his month from Melissa on the apparent loss of the crew of Solar Wind; from China Girl on how little provisioning is necessari; for Mexico, from Polly Brooks on the pleasures and dangers of Papua New Guinea; from Fllcka on the fact that things are just different in Mexico; from Salacia on the many adventures involved in getting from Panama to the Eastern Caribbean; from Keoke on the cost of keeping a boat at Marina Ixtapa; and, Cruise Notes. Melissa — Spindrift 43 Pepe, Sue, And Molly Maxwell In Memory Of Chuck & Leonard (Seattle / Sea Of Cortez) Since apparently nobody has heard from the trimaran Solar Wind since the crew reported rough weather on the way from Mexico to the Marquesas in the summer of '96, we’re assuming that brothers Chuck and Leonard have gone on to cruising heaven. We’d like to remember them through this letter. We first met Chuck and Leonard in the Sea of Cortez in '94 somewhere near Puerto Escondido. They were just plain 'good people' — out-going and friendly guys. An avid ham operator, Chuck was very helpful in patching through some calls for us — including some to our daughter Molly. Chuck and Leonard also used the ham radio to contact their 90year old mother. Chuck’s only complaint was that as chief hamster, he’d get mom on the line — only for her to immediately ask how Leonard was! Although Chuck Brothers Chuck end Leonard haven't been heard from since reporting they were in rpugh weather on their way to the Marquesas iast spring.

was the 'kid brother', his mom was always worried about Leonard’s health. Why? Probably because Chuck was in his early 60s and because a mom has to worry about something. Chuck laughingly groused, that, "Mom always liked Leonard best." Chuck and Leonard both had great senses of humor. Molly remembers a movie night' when Chuck and Leonard were present. Although Molly can no longer remember any specific jokes or comments, she says that Chuck and Leonard had eveiydne in stitches. Our daughter remembers it as one of her best nights of the summer in the Sea. We also had a good time with the brothers at the 'squid feast'. A bunch of us were at the Marquer anchorage on Carmen Island for Dave Beatty’s birthday when we found some squid jigs. Being quite the fisherman, Davy, Dave’s grandson, began jigging for squid. Soon the whole party — there were about 20 of us Including Chuck and Leonard — were catching squid. Molly showed us how to clean them, so we decided we’d have a squid cook-off the next night. We gathered aboard Rose Ellen the next evening, and even though everybody’s dishes were delicious, Leonard’s squid dish was to die for. He was a fantastic cook. Anybody who has ever spent a summer in the Sea of Cortez knows how carefully the weather is monitored for any sign of a hurricane development. While we were in Puerto Escondido. Chuck kept all of us up to date by relaying the pertinent weather information. We were ail most appreciative. What sparked this letter was Molly finding a shot of Chuck and Leonard while going through a pile of cruising photographs. She asked if any trace of them or their trimaran had been found. To our knowledge, nothing has been seen or heard since their last radio report. In any event, this is as close as we can get to having a wake for them. We’d love to hear other stories people might have of Chuck. Leonard, and Solar

Wind. They were a great cruising team and we’re sad we’ll apparently not cross tacks with them again. — pepe. sue & molly — 11/15/97

Readers — Fbr whatever reason, the apparent loss of Solar Wind didn’t get much publicity. We only heard about it in passing many months after the fact, and still don t know Chuck and Leonard's last name, where they were from, the type of trimaran they had. and what her homeport was. If anyone can ftU. in the blanks, we’d be most appreciative.

China Girl — Cheoy Lee 26 Norm Sundholm Provisioning For Mexico (Ventura) It was December of '93 at Ventura’s G Dock, China Girl’s refit was complete, and she was nearly ready to leave for

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i^exico. There was just one fun job left lifting Costco to buy all the yum-yums md other provisions. You can never lave enough food, paper goods, ;oiletries, cleaning products or any of ;hat other stuff, 1 figured, so 1 stacked :he carts high. AYhat fun it was to buy such massive quantities of stuff at largain prices! The back seats of the Suburban had to be folded down in irder to cram everything in — and I still tiad to stop at Smart and Final. Once back at 'G' dock, I got busy sorting things out in preparation for stowing them. 'G' dock is a fittle different than most Southern California docks because it has more veterans than wannabes when it comes to cruisipg. And they were giving me strange looks. "What’s the problem?" I demanded, "you all know I’m heading to Mexico!" Bruce picked up a car) from the case of anned peas I’d bought. He looked at me

When seeking 'peak' cruising experiences in Mexico, provisions are the iast thing you need to worry about. Fresh fish is aiways good._

and asked when the last time was I’d eaten canned peas. I couldn’t really remember. "If you don’t eat something on a normal basis," he said while setting the can back doivn, ’you don’t want to take any." And he walked away. All right, I figured. I’ll start eating canned peas. I finally got down below and started filling compartment after compartment with provisions. After repackaging the fiour, I tried to fit it in several places without success. Then I heard Bob yelling for me, "Norm, you better get out here and take a look at your boat." That got me scrambling up on dock where we both looked at China Girl’s waterline. All the bottom paint and the boot stripe had disappeared below the surface. To make matters worse, there were still stacks of provisions on the. dock that would sink the boat even further. Granted, a Cheoy Lee 26 is not a big boat, but it had to

hold'my provisions. Bob’s words of wisdom shouldn’t be forgotten. "Take only enough food to reach your next port," he advised. "When you make port, the first thing you’ll want to do is get off the boat. That’s when you buy food for your next leg." While not always completely feasible, he’d driven his point home. I spent the next day imloaduig my much-prized provisions from the boat and putting them into my storage van in the parking lot. "I’ll be back some day ta take the old van down to Mexico," I told myself. Maybe. Despite having removed many provisions, my boat was still overloaded when I headed south. Yet what did I do when I got to San Diego? Went shopping. Same thing in Ensenada. After sailing from Ensenada direct to Cabo, I drank one margarita — and then went shopping. Shopping in Mexico is fun even for a guy. They’ve got all these funny-looking produce items and just about anything you need at bargain January, 1998

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prices. 1 mean real bargains. Yes, there are a few things you just can’t find in Mexico. Bud and Pat, for example, spent three weeks looking before they found a bottle of horseradish for cocktail sauce in Puerto Vallarta. The real recipe for provisioning success is to conform your diet to what’s available at the local markets. This may mean you’ll have to get used to broiled lobster, scallops sauteed in garlic butter, fresh BBQ’d dorado with a lemon dill sauce, and smoked sierra in a curry/cream sauce over rice. But eventually you’ll get used to it. Coming from a restaurant background, 1 love to cook and have many specialty spices and recipes. But after close to four years in Mexico. I’ve Just about weaned myself of statesideonly products. Other than a few spices and maybe a this and a that, all my food products are bought locally. Besides. I’ve found my trips back to the States to be extremely expensive. What few items 1 need can be brought down by a friend making a stateside trip — a friend for whom I’ll reciprocate, of course. So what kind of provisioning should you do before leaving California? Just buy a reasonably small amount of the foods you normally eat plus a few specialty items and spices you can’t live without. Bring too many canned goods arid they’ll just rust. Brin^ too much rice, beans, flour, and pasta — you think they don’t have this stuff in Mexico? — and the bugs will probably get to it before you do. Mexican bugs- think nothing of eating right through plastic to get at food. Lecirn to cook local items, including lots of seafood. There’s morfe free fish in Mexico than you could possibly eat and many great ways to serve it. If you pay attention to the way locals prepare things you’ll discover that Mexico can be a culinary paradise. Furthermore, preparing delicious foods is lots of fun. Potlucks may sound dopey before you’ve gotten south of the border, but they’re really a pleasure — and great places to pick up recipes and share food ideas. Before 1 got to Mexico 1 had absorbed the m)d;h that toilet paper and peanut butter would be hard to find down here. Nonsense. You can’t find peanut butter at every little tienda, but you can find it in all the big supermarkets. — norm 11/15/97 Page 188 •

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Polly Brooks — 37-Ft Pilothouse Kirk McGeorge Papua New Guinea To Rota (Honolulu, Hawaii) I’ve just singlehanded Polly from Madang, Papua New Guinea, to the Marianas — and eirrived just in time for the annual Rota fiesta. This fiesta is perhaps the greatest party in all Micronesia. Visualize innumerable tables set end-to-end, all covered with fresh lobsters, coconut crabs, fruit bats, sashimi, octopus adobo, red rice, yams, reef fish, a spectrum of fruits, and endless coolers full of ice cold coconuts and Buds. And it’s all free! The island’s 2,000 residents throw this huge feast on the second weekend of each October to celebrate their patron saint. Saint de Borjas. Located between Guam and Tinian, Rota is about 12 miles long, three miles wide, 1,600 tall at the highest elevation — and situated at the edge of the

Where's Waldo - er, Kirk McGeorge? He's here at Goroka, Papua New Guinea, hanging out with some of the iocais of that exotic island.

Mariana Trench. The Trench, of course, has the deepest water in the world. The west harbor at Rota has recently been dredged, which has made a huge improvement over when I managed a small tour silbmarine operation here a decade ago. Thanks to the dredging, the harbor can now easily accommodate at least a dozen boats. My 1,200-mile passage up from Papua New Guinea to this most distant outpost of America was nothing less than delightful — even though it involved a crossing of the equator. It was my first long singlehanded passage, cmd it turned out to be a gas! 1 prefer company when sailing, of course, but it was nice to know that I don’t have to have crew. In fact. I think every sailor should* be able to handle his/her boat alone. I enjoyed my six months in Papua New Guinea, most of which was spent

living aboard Polly Brooks at the Melanesian Resort Hotel’s dock in Madang. It’s claimed that Madaing is one of the most beautiful ports in the entire Pacific, and I’d have to concur. It’s the most significant city and harbor on the north coast, the only place to provision, and probably the easiest port of entry into PNG. Madang currently has two slipways capable of hauling yachts and ships. Epoxy and bottom paints are available, but very expensive, and nearly everything is imported from the Land of Oz. So bring your own supplies. Diesel fuel is about 45per litre. Skilled labor and timber are the only bargains in PNG. I hauled out for a week for an overdue bottom job, and the bill — complete wfth labor — was only $350. And I hardly even got my hands dirty. Provisions are available in modern 1 grocery stores, plus there are several local markets on the outskirts of town. : Betel nuts are the rage! There’s a great game fishing club and stuffy country

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club right on the water for golfers. Madang Harbor is well-protected from the sea — however it’s not protected at all from the bloody rascals who plague the entire nation. Visiting yachties should always remain cautious and avoid anchoring too far out in the harbor. The two best spots to tie-up are at the Madang Resorts Dock and the Fishing Club. The former is immediately to port after entering the harbor. They have fuel, water, power, cable TV, phone lines and resort facilities. The Fishing Club — second cove on the port side — has a small dock that can be used by boats with moderate draft. The best ajid safest places to drop the hook are directly in front of the Fishing Club or at Jas Haben Resort a few miles to the north. AVhy not anchor far out in the harbor? All of PNG can be extremely violent at times, and during ,rpy short stay in-Madang there were sever^ nasty incidents which took place on the water. People were killed, raped, and robbed at gun-point simply because they chose the wrong anchorage. Fortunately, the only people killed were pirates who chose to board armed boats. Slocum’s thumb¬ tack ’alarm’ would probably do the trick quite well. As harsh as it sounds for a person in the peaceful cruising frame of mind, the best defense in PNG is an offensive attitude. Do not allow locals to talk their way aboard unless you absolutely trust them. You cannot use the help of anyone in a canoe on your first day in any port in PNG. And whatever you do — never drop anchor in a bay where outhouses are visible along the shoreline. The island

groups of PNG are somewhat nicer, but shit happens throughout the nation. And don’t even consider stopping at Bougainville. The hardest thing about anchoring in most of PNG is finding a place shallow enough so that your anchor rode will reach bottom. It’s very deep! If you stay for any length of time, you’ll likely see the Melanesian Discover. Leonard, the Mate, has been around since Christ was a cabin boy and is perhaps the most knowledgeable pilot in all of the unsurveyed waters of PNG. Give him an ’ahoy' and he’ll gladly mark your charts. Should you find yourself in bad

weather or circumstances, stay edert and with your boat. If you must leave the boat for any length of time, the best thing to do is strike up a good friendship with the highest chief on the island, and then offer to hire his children as security. It’ll cost you, but PNG is home to Cargo cultists, and I’ve heard many stories of cruisers having to buy back eveiy piece of their boat from the savages who felt they’d been blessed with the good fortune of discovering your boat in front of their village. You wouldn’t believe how fast the mongrels can strip a boat! At worst, you could find yourself putting on Fiddler’s Green through eternity. I’m not trying to paint a bad picture of cruising in PNG — honest. I had very few problen^s during my six month stay, and I did lots of stuff. I went walkabout up the black water of the mighty Sepik River, I climbfed active volcanoes, I dove on untouched wrecks. I smoked with The Goroka Festival is a formal affair and the locals dress accordingly. But you won't be find¬ ing fine duds like these at the Men's Warehouse.

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cannibals, feasted with the Crocodile Men, and danced with the lovely maidens in the Islands of Love. 1 went everywhere from the pristine islands to the frosty mountain highlands. I got it aU on video, too. The time was most enjoyable and good for the boat, too. You just need to remain alert at all times — as you also would in a place like New York City. I'm living in Guam with the sole purpose of building up the cruising kitty. Working for U.S. dollars in this American territory is about the best way to take care of that. I plan to stay a year or two — unless something compelling develops — and then continue on to Southeast Asia. You’d have to be brain dead not to be able to get a job in Guam. At the moment. I'm working taking Asian tourists out for a day on the water on a boat docked just five minutes away from the Marianas YC. The yacht club, by the way, has the coldest and cheapest beer in the Pacific — and some of the nicest people in the entire universe. There’s a great hurricane hole nearby, and rumor has it there will soon be a 70-ton travel lift installed in the old Navy base here. 'What more could an old swabbie ask for? The most important gear on my boat? My captain’s licenses, sewing machines, and homebrew kit. Those three items have continually kept me in ^ood supply of money, friends, and favors.

December, didn’t wipe you and all tfte oth^r cruisers out. According to officials, Paka’s maximum winds of236 knots are the greatest ever over land.

— kirk 11/15197 Kirk — We’re keeping our fingers crossed that super typhoon Paka, which passed between Rota and Guam in mid In mid December the Marianas YC was hit by su¬ per typhoon 'Paka". We've yet to learn how ev¬ eryone fared.

Flicka — Allied Seawind 32 Bob & Georgi Samuelson Differences In Mexico (Grass Valley) Thanks for publishing an excerpt from our newsletter in the November Latitude. We had difficulty recognizing it, however, since the yacht club had drastically edited it before it got to you. Our boat is not named Seawind 11, she’s a Seawind 11 type ketch designed by Thomas Gilmer and built by Allied. She’s not a Flicka model, but named Flicka — which means little girl' in Swedish. The gist of the excerpt — that it is different down Here in Mexico — remained accurate. As Latitude reminded cruisers — and as we’ve clearly learned after two years — the best way to cope with the Mexican bureaucracy is patience, smiles — and perhaps a little persistence. As a Mexican friend of ours says, "In Mexico, a law is but a point of reference." By the way, Andres Oppenheimer’s Bordering on Chaos is an excellent book on Mexican government and politics, and it’s provided us with a better understanding of why things Eire different down here. Having returned to Northern California in June, we decided — in order to reduce hassles — that we’d return to our boat in the fall by air rather than by car. Since we needed to replace our boat’s four batteries, we began — in July — to make arrangements to have the batteries shipped to Puerto 'Vallarta. (By the way. West Marine gave us a full refund for defective batteries — despite the fact they’d had two seasons of use!) Anyway, we had four new no¬ maintenance batteries shipped from Downwind Marine in San Diego across town to a freight forwarding company recommended by the American owners of a canvas shop in Puerto Vallarta. That took just one phone call and one day — and was the easy part. For the next three months, however, the shipping agent attempted to import the batteries duty-free under our boat’s 20 year Import Permit — as supposedly permitted by Mexican law. We provided copies of our documentation, our Import

Permit, and a signed statement — in Spanish — declaring that the old batteries would be destroyed. Finally, we were told that all we needed was a notarized Power of Attorney authorizing the shipping agent to act on our behalf. We immediately complied — but were then informed that Aduana would not accept the U.S. Power of Attorney. It would be necessEuy for a Mexican Power of Attorney to be drawn up. As our return to our boat in Puerto Vallarta was drawing near, we told the agent we’d just pay the duty — so please put the batteries on the truck and get them south ASAP. The fined accounting? Eight hundred dollars for the batteries. $325 in duty, $285 agent’s fees, and $70 for shipping! In other words, nearly $1,500 — and lots of headaches — for just four boat batteries. It was hard to smile through all that. On the other hand, we do know some cruisers who’ve successfully imported boat parts duty-free by having them shipped air-freight directly to Puerto

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and persistence paying off. When we arrived in Puerto Valleirta, we were asked for Lena’s papers. The Customs agent glanced at the front of the paper for a microsecond, turned it over and wrote ingresso, then dated and signed the document. We — and Lena — were back in Mexico and smiling! The current El Nino — which NOAA has called one of the strongest ever on record — has inspired us to change our cruising plans slightly. Since we’ve already had one post-season hurricane in Mexico, and since water temperatures remain abnormally high for this time of year, we've decided to postpone our trip to Z-town until after Christmas. By then the water temperatures will hopefully have dropped to normal. We’ll be spending the spring in the Sea, put Flicka on the hard in San Carlos, then ship her East in the fall of '98 for destinations unknown. Anybody have any suggestions? P.S. Thanks for creating the best sailing magazine ever! — bob & georgi 11/16197

If, like the Saniuelsons, you're thinking about leaving your boat on the hard in Mexico, check the blocking. Too many boats have been falling.

Vallarta. They’d then meet the shipment at the airport with their papers and a letter from Marina Vallarta stating that the parts to be replaced would be destroyed. Karl Raggio, the P.V. Harbormaster who used to live in Salinas, is extremely helpful to cruisers in this regard. All in all, however, we’re pretty lucky because in June we were able to escape the heat of Mexico — this summer was said to be the hottest in the last 10 years — by retreating to the cool and beauty of Northern California. Then in the fall, when we’ve had enough of the fast pace of American life, we were once again able to escape to mananaland. So it was, with our duffles full of miscellaneous boat gear and with our fat cruising cat Lena — whose photo appeared in the October '96 Latitude — stuffed into a regulation carry-on case, we arrived at the San Francisco Airport. As we were checking Lena in, the

ticket agent referred to a single sheet handout provided to airlines by the Mexican government. It stated that all domestic pets visiting Mexico must have had a rabies shot within the past 12 months. We’d taken Lena to the vet to obtain the proper health certificate and she was current on all of her shots. Her rabies shot — the 36-month variety — had been administered two years before, however. Thus began an hour-long discussion as to whether we and our cat should be allowed on the plane. The airline was worried that they might be fined by the government if they let us aboard. At one point the agent suggested we postpone our trip one year, at which time Lena could be inoculated with the 12-month shot! After repeatedly assuring the airline that in all likelihood there would be no repercussions at the other end — a valid statement considering the sad state of millions of Mexican dogs and cats — and pointing out that most importantly Lena was adequately protected against rabies, we were finally allowed to board. It was just another instance of smiles, patience.

Salacia — Hans Christian 48 Jim & Britt Gastreich Hard Easting In The Caribbean (Las Vegas) We began cruising from San Diego in December of '93. Our more recent adventures started in March of '96, however, after four fabulous months in the San Bias Islands off Panama, when After having a rough time getting to the Eastern Caribbean, Jim and Britt enjoyed rum punches at mellow places such as Mayreau.

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Everybody can takh their boat to Cuba these days, but 'Salacia' is one of the few ever aiiowed in at the U.S. base at Guantanamo.

we weighed anchor for the Cayman Islands 825 miles to the north. We were blessed with five wonderful days of Caribbean sailing. Our fourth night out was the very best, as we savored the last of our San Bias lobster during a spectacular sunset — while broad reaching, no less. Once at Grand Ca)mian, we obtained a slip at the Ca3mian Island YC. We planned to stay for a month or two — but ended up spending nearly a year. Being in the marina gave us a chance to return to the States for the summer and Christmas. The scuba diving was great in the Caymans, of course, but we also made some wonderful friends. It wasn’t until late February of this year that we left and started our real advepture. Our plan was to sail to the fabled Having the peacetime U.S. Navy repair broken cruising boats at no charge. It's an excellent concept worth further study.

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waters of the Eastern Caribbean, ai^ we’d begin by sailing 180 miles east to Jamaica. This was directly into the trades, unfortunately, and therefore veiy bouncy. Our friends Eric and Judy Steele came along as crew, but after 12 hours Judy had become so seasick that we had to turn back amd drop them off. After finally making it to Jamaica, we spent two weeks at Monte'go Bay waiting for a weather window in the 25 to 40 knot easterlies. It blows in the Caribbean! We’d already loaded up with all the fuel we could carry, expecting to have to motorsail most of the way against these trades. When the weather gods finally smiled on us in mid-March, we slipped the dock lines and took off. Motoring along the sheltered and windless north coas.t of Jamaica at night was wonderful. About sunrise, the HaleBopp comet came clearly into view — and would come at us every night for the next several months. What a sight! Knowing we didn’t have the fuel range to motor the 525 miles to Puerto Rico, we tacked up into the Windward Passage between Cuba and Hispaniola and found a nice breeze. Being buzzed by a Coast Guard helicopter that afternoon was a sure sign we’d be boarded later. Sure enough, about sunset a party from the cutter Thetis came aboard. The Coasties were extremely courteous and we were soon on our way again. After our 'Coastie' encounter, we caught some great squall lines and were actuadly able to seiil in the right direction for several hours. Later that night, while off the coast of Haiti, the wind died completely. We figured this was great, as no wind is better than lots of wind on the nose. But when we tried to shift the transmission into gear, there was a loud clunk — and no propulsion. Boy, we were surprised! It turned out that the shaft ke)way had sheared off at the transmission coupling. With no way to turn the prop, we were dead in the water! At least Salacia is a sailboat and does quite well in light air. Of course, right then there wasn’t a breath of air, so there was nothing we could do but drift, between the little Island of Navassa and the coast of Haiti. It wasn’t exactly where we wanted to be. We drifted all night — fortunately to the north and away from Haiti. That day we made 25 miles to the good by tacking, but after drifting

backwards that night we’d made a net of just nine miles! This was discouraging to say the very least. The wind freshened to 20 knots from the right direction the next morning, and off we went, happy to be sailing once again. Jimmy put a stilson pipe wrench on the shaft to keep it from free-wheeling — and possibly sliding backwairds hnd jamming into the rudder. The quick-fix worked fine until we hit a large wave and the wrench flew off. With Britt busy trimming the sails and navigating, Jimmy went below to put the wrench back in place. He was back on deck in a minute saying he needed a bandage — and did he ever! Jimmy had tried to put the wrench on the shaft while it was turning. Unfortunately, the wrench grabbed tight — with his hand trapped between the bulkhead and the wrench. His middle finger was cut down to the bone even though he was wearing leather gloves. Nurse Britt, after nearly passing out, managed to apply a pressure bandage to stop the bleeding. But our spirits were really low. When we’d been back at Montego Bay, friends Dave and Peggy of Alden had told us they’d stopped at Guantanamo Bay — the U.S. Navy base on the southeast coast of Cuba — on their way to Jamaica after suffering from several days of horrendous weather and engine trouble in the Windward Passage. Remembering this, we called the Coast Guard to see if they could get us permission to enter Guantanamo Bay seeking medical attention for Jimmy’s hand — and perhaps some help fixing the prop shaft. The Coast Guard was extremely helpful — and had everything arranged in just 15 minutes! All we had to do was get to the base — which was about 80 miles to the northwest. After two days of sailing in the afternoon and drifting aimlessly at night, we’d made it within five miles of Guantanamo. We wanted to get in so bad that we hoisted the spinnaker and blew on it . . . anything to get it to fill. After talking with Guantanamo Port Control once again, the Navy finally sent a tugboat out to get us. The tug turned out to be one they sometimes use to pull aircraft carriers. So she pretty much Having finally made it to the Eastern Caribbean, Jim and Britt enjoy the soothing waters at Con¬ cord Fallls on Grenada. ---i-

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dwarfed Salacia. The tug captain was terrific, bringing us in safely and softly kissing our boat up to the dock. Waiting at the dock were line-handlers for the boat and a car to take Jimmy to the hospital. The Navy was absolutely terrific, taking care of everything we needed. And by that time we needed to be taken care of. We were allowed free access to the base at Guantanamo and its facilities, and everyone was wonderful. Since it’s a small base, lots of visitors came by just wanting to talk to someone new. We rented a car at the Navy Exchange so we could get around to see the local sights — which included beautiful beaches, huge iguanas, the infamous 'banana rats', and the guard towers surrounding the base. On Monday morning — we’d arrived Saturday night — a crew of workers climbed aboard to see what they could do to solve our boat problems. If we had to have a breakdown, we couldn’t have found a better place — as Salacia was tied up right outside the machine shop. Between the Navy divers, the Jamaican machinists — the youngest of whom had been there for 20 years — and a Navy seaman named Mac, we had no worries. They pulled the shaft while the boat was still in the water, repaired the shaft, k^3rway, and coupler, and put it all together again. Wow. After they aligned the engine, we were up and running ageiln in less than a week. When we testsailed the boat in the bay, everything was just fine. Cruisers obviously can’t put Guantanamo Bay on their itinerary, but in an emergency it’s nice to know that the Navy is willing to lend a hand. After speaking with a guy who covers the Caribbean aboard a powerboat — and does some drug interdiction work — we decided t6 sail up through the Windward Passage to the northern coast ot the Dominican Republic, and then on to Puerto Rico. We also purchased extra diesel jugs so we could motor, if necessary, all the way to Puerto Rico. All the delays meemt we’d missed our weather window, and we really got beaten up In the Windward Passage. The combination of having to dodge huge ships and battling strong headwinds and big seas made for an extremely uncomfortable passage. Finally we couldn’t take it anymore and cracked off January, 1998 • UHUJt-'iS • Page 193

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to the north for Great Iguana in the Bahamas — which was only about 60 miles out of our way. We dropped the hook in a beautiful isolated bay for two days of R&R, using the opportunity to dry the boat out and catch up on our sleep. The following evening, we depeirted for an overnighter to the Turks & Caicos. We got in some beautiful full moon sailing in before dropping the hook at Provo’s Sapodilla Bay for Easter weekend. Aftef reprovisioning and refueling, we sailed to a cove on the East Caicos Bank where we were thrilled to discover an eagle’s nest with some babies in it. Crossing the Caicos Bank was a little hairy, as sometimes there was only two feet of crystal clear water beneath our keel. Thsink goodness for good cheirts and GPS. We decided to continue on the right way, which meant no hard passages or beating our brains out to weather. So we followed the advice given in Bruce Van Sant’s The Gentleman’s Guide to Passages South — the Thornless Path to Windward. As a result, we made the relatively easy passage cdong the north coast of the Dominican Republic — including a week’s stay at Luperon waiting for weather — then across the Mona Passage to Boqueron, Puerto Rico. It was still a tough go along the south coast of Puerto Rico, buT we finally arrived at Palmas del Mar on April 15. We had the boat hauled, painted, waxed and surveyed — among other things — at the boatyard in Puerto Del Rey marina. We loved Puerto Rico and wished we had more time to spend there, but hurricane season was fast approaching. Once again we had to travel east and into the trades. At least this time it was just a short haul through the Spanish Virgins in order to get to the U.S. and British Virgins. The sailing was great and the islands were beautiful — especially The Baths area of Virgin Gorda. We’re looking forward to returning and spending more time there. From Gorda Sound, we made the long run down to Bequia in the Grenadines. Dick and Pat Simonis, our friends from San Diego, had spent the month of May in Bequia and were to meet up with us to sail on to Grenada. We had an interesting run down the islands and actually got to sail most of the way. The Page 194 • UtlUM.'iS • January, 1998

last 20 miles to Bequia, however, were straight into the wind and seas once again. Bequia had ch8mged a lot since our previous visit eight yeairs ago, but we had a wonderful time. The annoying 'boat boys' are gone, however, and Bequia has become very cruiser friendly. One barge will come out to fill your water and diesel, for example, and another will pick up and deliver your laundry. Water taxis are ever3rwhere, and there are plenty of dinghy docks near all the wonderful restaurants, bars and markets. No wonder Bequia has become such a popular cruiser hang-out. The only problem with Bequia was that we could have easily been killed when a water taxi and our dinghy nearly collided at night. It was not entirely the water taxi’s fault, however, as we didn’t have a light. But the water taxis do drive at reckless speeds. Our two week harbor-hopping sail to Grenada was fabulous. It was mostly beam reaches for 30 minutes to two hours before we reached our next destination. It was Caribbean sailing at

ft’s usually a long and hard slog from Panama to places like Rodney Bay Marina, St. Lucia, in the Eastern Caribbean. But it’s usuaily worth it.

its best, and exactly what we’d been anticipating for four years. During stops at Canouan, Tobago Cays, Mayreau, Union Island, and Petit St. Vincent, the four of us leisure-sailed, snorkeled, scuba dived, and rum punched our way 'down island’. . Grenada has hardly changed in eight years — with the exception of The Moorings marina in Secret Harbor, where Salacia is currently berthed for hurricane season. The people are still the friendliest in all the islands, and we’re certainly fortunate to be holed up in such a beautiful location. We’ve made a lot of new friends in this part of the world — most of them from the East Coast. We heard lots of Boston accents and South Carolina drawls — but they’re still the same funloving cruising folks that we were used to from the West Coast. The Ham nets and SSB cruiser nets keep us in touch vrith old friends, of course, and are still an important part of our day. Before we left Grenada for our summer back in the States, we took a

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quick flight down to Trinidad to visit Jeff and Dawn Stone of Dawn, our cruising buds from Baja. Dawn arranged for us — along with John & Sharon of Dionysus— to go to the northeast coast of Trinidad and watch the leatherback turtles lay their eggs, see the young ones hatch, and tiy to make their way back to the sea. It’s something we’d only seen before on the Discoveiy Channel — and it was terrific. ’What’s next? After four years of cruising and 7V^ years of owning Salacia, we’ve decided to make another change in lifestyle. We’ll return to our boat soon, and after sailing 'up island’ to see all the places we missed, we’ll put her up for sale in the British Virgin Islamds. The last cruise will be a fitting swan song to the adventures we’ve had. Once the boat sells, we’ll pick up our new truck in Florida and look for a new home. If we had to summarize the last four years in one sentence, it would be, 'We’ve been enthralled, humbled, elated, scared, mystified amd enraptured — but never once have we been bored." —Jim & britt 10/15/97

Jim & Britt — People think sailing upwind from Cabo to San Diego can be difficult, and it can. But it’s normally even worse trying to get from Panama to the Eastern Caribbean. February is often the worst month for the trip, and last February in particular was extremely windy in the Caribbean. Having beaten your brains out for the better part of a year to put yourself in perfect position for the sweet and easy reaches through the fantastic Lesser Antilles, you’re going to rush and sell your boat? Since you don’t seem to be strapped for money, we strongly suggest that you take your time to enjoy some of the best saUing conditions and clearest water in the world. Martinique is worth at least a month, Dominica a week, the Satntes a couple of more weeks, Antigua & Barbuda a month, Nevis, Statia and St. Kitts, three weeks, St, Barts at least a lifetime, St. Martin'a couple of weeks, Anguilla, a couple of weeks, and the British, Americcm., and Spanish Virgins another couple of months. Lordty, don’t quit now when all the good stuff is at your doorstep. It’s sort of like having hiked all the way to the top of a mountain only to sell your skis. We suspect you might change your mind once aU that sailing to weather becomes a distant memory.

Keoke — N/A A1 & Beverly Nizon Z'Town & Iztapa (Northern California) Almost a year ago you asked us the price of leaving our boat in storage at the 600-berth Marina Ixtapa near Z-town. Sony to take so long to respond. We left our boat at Marina Ixtapa again thi^ past summer, and paid 28 cents/foot — or about $425 U.S. a month. The new rates for this cruising season are 49 cents/foot/day for between one and six days, while seven to 29 days will be 44 cents/foot/day. From May to October 31 the rate drops to 33 cents/foot/day. Many cruisers wonder about the depth of the water at the breakwater entrance. We’re told that any boat drawing less than 6.5 feet can enter at any time. If your boat draws more than that, you should wait for higher water. Radio Elsa, the attractive Mexican woman who runs the marina, to find out when it will be high water. Erika is Elsa’s helper; she speaks some English.

Paul Simonis, our friend from aboard Inshallah, tells us the marina is supposed to start dredging the entrance again soon. We’ll see. Poncho the Alligator still patrols the waters around the marina, so we’re not aware of there having been any security problems. We think he might even own a slip here. In any event, don’t leave any limbs laying around in the water. Marina Ixtapa does not have washing machines or dryers. There is a laundry in Ixtapa, but they charge three times as much as Superclean does in Z-town. On the down side, Z-town’s great Pemex station and dock have been closed for two months. The pumps are eill wrapped in tarp and nobody is working on them — or seems to know when the station might reopen. At present, it’s a 20 peso round-trip taxi ride to the Pemex station in town by the bus station for dinghy gas — and those willing to jerry jug diesel. The hurricanes that hit the Acapulco area as late as early November have had some nasty side effects. Ten bodies recently washed up at Trocones Beach, eight more at Playa Lagro near the airport, and one right inside Zihuantanejo Bay. Government officials claim the hurricanes killed a total of 250 people, but the locals eire convinced it was more like 2,500. In any event, bodies on the beach aren’t good for tourism. Besides, who invited Rick to Mexico in November an3nvay? P.S. Is there any place in Mexico to get liferafts certified? Anything beats dragging the raft 2,200 miles back to the If you have to leave your boat for a long time, Marina Ixtapa is the call. Otherwise, anchoring out in 7-town Bay is the greatest.

CHANGES V States by bus. We also hear rumors that there’s going vto be a West Marine outlet opening up in Mazatlan. True or false? — al& beverly 12/1197 Al & Beverly — Sorry, but we don’t have firm answers for either of your questions.

Cruise Notes: The early December death of Frances Harland, 62, of Vancouver, British Columbia, reminds us all that cruising is not without dangers. At 0600 on December 3, Harland and his wife Patricia, 61, were securing lines on the mast of their ,36-foot Sanur in heavy seas off Cape Brett, New Zealand. Frances was somehow pitched off the mast and into the rough water. The couple, who were alone, struggled in vain for about 10 minutes to wrestle him back aboard, Harland then instructed his wife to release the dinghy, but in the process she heard him calling. When she returned, Frances was dead, snared in his safety harness and wedged beneath the boat. The Harlands were

apparently experienced sailors, as this was said to be their fourth trip to New Zealand. Phil at the Broken Surfboards Cabo San Lucas remembers them passing through last year. The best memorial for Frances Harland? If all cruisers take this opportunity to review their manoverboard procedures. For many cruisers, the spookiest part of the current El Nino was whether or not it would bring a sigAificant number of hurricanes back to French Polynesia. During the last big El Nino in '83, French Polynesia — including the Marquesas and Tuamoti^s—were nailed as they’ve never been before. Well, the tropical cyclone season had barely opened before the evidence came roaring in. First Martin howled southeast through French Polynesia — just missing Tahiti — with winds in excess of 100 knots. Then in late November Osea, following a strikingly

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been one of the highlights of our cruise. Right now we’ve taken a break from o,ur cruising in order to feed the cruising kitty, wait for El Nino to quit screwing up the weather — particularly, the North Atlantic! — and spend some time with our families. To help accomplish our goals, Peggy has taken a position as the Deputy Chief Mediced Examiner for the State of Maine. That should help buy some better meals in It^y later on, as our next stop shall be the Med." ’The year 1997 began with Kathleen’s 60th birthday, cyclone Gavin at Fiji, Ralph’s 62nd birthday, and the completion of our land-based cottage in Fiji," write Ralph and Kathleen Neeley of the Incline Village-based Whiting 45 Neeleen. "We also noted the passing of our two 19-year-old cats and flew back to the U.S. for the first time in two years. What a culture shock to walk through malls and have more than one television station to watch!

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INTERNATIONAL FIREBALL. 16 ft high tech sailing dinghy, fast & challenging sailing for a crew o( 2. Trapeze, 2 mains, jib, spinnaker. Harken equipped, Sailnetics hull, 175 lbs, galvanized trailer. All in good condition. $1,000. Please call (510) 521-3939. 7-FT LIGHTWEIGHT DINGHY. Stitch & glue. Beautiful green hull with yellow stripe, natural mahogany transom, rub rail & seats. $350. Call Ron at (415) 459-1829, WANTED LIDO 14 SAILBOAT. Please contact Tom at (360) 293-8636 or email; TCONROY@ANACORTES.NET J Y-15.2 year old, almost new, also great Caulkins trailer. A great boat for racing and family. $4,500. Jim (510) 848-2815 or (510) 843-4902 (w).

J/24, 1993. Worlds ready, road ready. Doubly laired bottom, faired keel. Gucci everything; Spec¬ tra where allowed. Sailcomp, lightweight battery, Allis tiller straps, Gucci shrouds & forestay, spin¬ naker launch bag. Certificate; 1,276 kg. Nissan o/ b. Galv dual-axle Triad trailer. 2 sets of North Sail inventory. Sailed for less than 2 seasons.. Hull #5008. Turnkey answer lor the SF J/24 Worlds. $18,500 firm. Cash in and drive away. Also 1997 North Sail with 2 regattas on it. $2,000, Contact Neil, (415) 512-1221 wk.

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VIPER 640,1997. Sailing Wor/dboat of the year. Red hull. North sails. Triad trailer, cover, o/b & PHRFrequired equipment. PHRFNWrating 104T. Lying West coast, delivery negotiable. Must sell, no time to use, $20,500. (425) 235-6465.

19-FT CAPE DORY TYPHOON, 1977. Full keel weekender sloop. New rigging & bottom paint, tanbark main & 2 jibs, standard main & jib, 3.5 hp Suzuki, anchor. $1,500 obo. Wanted; Sunfish, Minifish or similar car-topper. Frank, (510) 9233128 dys or (510) 522-1154 eves or matfam @ concentric.net.

MELGES 24. First sailed in 1995. Excellent con¬ dition. While hull with two tone deck. Quadro, KVH, 1995 4 hp engine, trailer, lilting post. Call (310) 821-9090. CATALINA 22. Great condition. New 8 hp extra tong shaft outboard. 4 sails; main & 150% in excellent condition, 2 fair. Lots of blue canvas. Bottom cleaned every three months. Everything included! Just bought house & must sell. $3,000 obo. (510) 505-0695. BEAR BOAT23, HULL#34, SILVER BEAR. Built 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. RANGER 23,1973. Arrival of twins forces sale. Main, two 125%, 2 spinnakers. 5 hp 1992 Mariner olb. All lines led aft, VHF, KM, 2 sp primaries. Ready to race or cruise. $4,375. Please contact Nick, (510) 643-8623 w or (510) 376-9637 eves. nsitar@ce.berkeley.edu. SAN JUAN 24,1977. $4,500. Great condition, lots of gear. 90%, 130%, 170%, spinnaker, low hrs mainsail, modified for SF Bay. Epoxy bottom, beige, sleeps 5. S'B" headroom, 5 hp Tohatsu longshaft is one bad mother (shut your mouth). (415) 291-1536.

CATALINA 22,1986. Very good condition main, jib, 150%. New Lewmar winches^ rigid boomvang, adj backstay, 5 hp Honda, solar panel, pop-top with dodger, VHF & safety gear, trailer. $6,000. (530) 342-1055. FLICKA, 1987. Beautifully maintained. Diesel (850 hrs), enclosed head, dodger, new standing/run¬ ning rigging, preventer, lines lead aft, LP'd mast, tri-color, IIOv, battery charger, solar, CD, white with varnished trim interior. Much more. $38,500. Dana Point. Jill, (714) 495-5990. No brokers.

23-FT FIBERGLASS SAILBOAT. Bulb keel, tall ‘ aluminum mast, set up for small diesel (no en¬ gine). New bottom and topside paint, tandem axle trailer.$1,500/tradeforinflatablewithmotor.Please' ' call (650) 593-1218 or (415) 255-0957. ; CATALINA 22,1978. Swing keel model with poptop. Great starter boat with Harken roller furl, North sails & new cockpit cushions. $3,000 obo. Contact Mike Karp at (510) 465-8000 for info or mkarp@btcommmercial.com

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CATALINA 22,1980. Very good condition. Used only in fresh water. New LPU paint. Swing keel with trailer. Pop-top with new enclosure. Stove, potti, 4 sails, 7.5 Mariner outboard. Great pocket cruiser for only $3,950. (510) 665-0262.

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MOORE 24. New Awlgrip 505 bottom. New work¬ ing & standing rigging. New never used Santa Cruz Sails main, #1, #2, #3. Hood 3/4 oz spinna¬ ker. 2 Dacron mains #1, #2, #3, #4 & Mylar #1. EZ roller trailer. Mariner o/b. New Harken windward traveler. Clean, dry sailed, race ready boat. $17,000 firm. (650) 355-4083.

RARE FIND! 25-FT FISHER PILOTHOUSE cut¬ ter. Rerigged & upgraded in ‘93. Recently hauled. Sails include main, jib, staysail & spinnaker. Din¬ ghy davits. Forced air heat throughout cabin & pilothouse. Sail warm & dry, Perfect Bay boat. $34,500. (415)331-0910.

TANZER 22. Fun pocket cruiser built to sail. Nice interior w/sink, stove. Sleeps 4. 6 hp Johnson, new battery, fresh bottom, main, jib & genoa. Anchor & rode. 1st $2,000 takes it. Call Dave, (415) 543-7333.

EXPRESS27,1986, #109 with trailer. Freshwater sailed in Cleveland, Ohio. Will deliver. Excellent . condition. New sails, optimized for PHRF & One Design. Lots of Spectra, Harken. New cabin floor. New barrier coated bottom. $18,000. Contact Dave, (216) 261-9922 or (440) 943-0546 work.

HUNTER23,1992. Easyhandling water ballasted swing keel boat. Great condition, ready to sail. Pop-top with enclosure for standing headroom. Sleeps 4. Main, 2 jibs, depth, VHF, 2 anchors, Porta-Potti, 5 hp Tohatsu outboard. Trailer in¬ cluded. $10,000 obo. (707) 829-0163. COLUMBIA CHALLENGER 24, $1,500. 1970 Parcamar 22 il..81«edish sloop, $1,500. Cal 20. $1,500. 1982 Hobie Cat 18 ft w/catbox, trailer, $1,800. 1967 Hobie Cat 16 ft w/trailer, $1,200. McGregor.14 ft catamaran w/trailer, $1,000. Please call (415) 956-5700 dys or (415) 739-6477 eves. 23-FT BEAR, #38. Good condition. Recent keel bolls. Full cover, outboard, etc. Moving up. $3,000 - payments ok. Upwind Berkeley berth. Please call (510) 834-6637.

26-FT LUDERS 16. Fiberglass, Hood main, 7.5 hp o/b. Performs well in SF Bay. Specs: LOA 26', LWL16'4”, beam 5'9”, draft 4', kell 1,600 lbs lead, total displacement 2,950 lbs. $4,200. Please call Mark, (415) 383-7154. CONTEST 27. Classic fiberglass half-tonner. Solid & fast. Mahogany, teak & holly below, 5 good sails, newly serviced outboard, documented ves¬ sel. Loran, Porta-Potti, stove. Everything you need to sail the Bay in style & speed. $8,500. Fred, (707) 965-9165. CATALINA 27,1982. Clean & comfotlable. 11 hp Atomic Universal diesel, 3 sails, head, compass, knotmeter, depthsounder, wind/speed indicator, roller slay furl, alcohol stove, microwave. New rigging 1993. Berkeley Marina. $12,000. Please call (530) 626-0238.

FREE SAILBOAT. 20-FT CENTERBOARD. Fi¬ berglass over plywood. Needs a lot of work. Good project for amateur craftsman. Aluminum mast included. First person takes all. As is where is. (415) 332-7544.

CATALINA 27-R, 1978. Perfect condition new sails, mast, club fooled boom, woodwork, bottom job & detailed complete. Atomic 4 cold inboard. $12,000. Must sell. (415) 331-5105.

O’DAY 19,1979. Shoal keel w/centerboard. EZLoader galvanized trailer. New rig and sails. 4 hp Evinaide. Sails great. Minimum accommodations, porta-potti and basin, large cockpit with new cush¬ ions. Kick-up rudder with new tiller. $4,000 or b/o. (510) 741-7032.

RARE OPPORTUNITY: MONTEREY MOORING worth $3,000, attached to a 1969 Ericson 26 sloop. Johnson 9.9 in well, 3 hsadsails, DS, VHF, dinette, 5 berths, enclosed head, more. Boat & mooring reduced to $8,50p. Cal((408) 659-8124 or (408) 633-8270.

25 TO 28 FEET

28-FTHERRESHOFF ROZINANTE, BUILT 1967. Mahogany on oak with bronze fastenings & fit¬ tings. Nice condition with recent sails. A beautiful boat. $12,000. (626)441-2779.

: NOR’SEA 27,1990. Beautiful aft cockpit cruising : sloop. Many extras. Please call for detail sheet. ’ $51,000. Pat, (408)744-0498. 26-FT EXCALIBUR & 26-FT US YACHT. Repos! sessions in need of cosmetic work. $1,400 & ! $800. Call Harbormaster at (415) 495-4911. I

i MacGREGOR 26X, 1997, with trailer, water bal. last with positive flotation, enclosed head, standI ing headroom, sleeps 6. Extras like 150% roller I furling genoa, 25 hp Nissan outboard, VHF, aico( hoi stove, cockpit cushions. Many enchancements ; like custom galley storage below, beside & above '. sink, 12v water system w/26 gal tank, Apelco ( fishfinder/knotmeter, compass, Danforth anchor I with rode. $19,995. Please call (541) 479-6421.

CATALINA 27,1990. Beautiful condition. Recent move from Chicago to Sausalito in Oct '97. Fresh water boat & hauled out every winter. Loaded: wheel, furling. Autohelm, VHF, Loran, knotmeter, depthsounder. Universal diesel, dodger, 25 lb anchor. Mooring harness, new cockpit cushions & interior upholstery, head. Potable water system, 2 burner stove, fresh bottom paint & more. Sleeps 6 & is ready to sail today. Buying a new boat, ready to sell. $27,000, (415)487-1882. CORONADO 27, 1973. Like new Yamaha 8, refrig. Autohelm, new tiller, enclosed head, roomy cabin, fresh bottom 7/97, standing headroom. Main, working jib, huge closet, VHF, depthsounder, sleeps 5 people, galley. This boat is sharp & very clean. $4,500 obo. (510) 758-3265.

NEWPORT 27. Dodger, roller furling, Loran, VHF, holding tank, jib (3 yrs), main with Lazymate (2 yrs), rebuilt Atomic 4, autopilot, anchor, chain & rode, oversize rigging 8/90, non-pressure alcohol stove, all lines lead aft. $8,000. (510) 865-6648. PEARSON TRITON 28.5, #518. Legal head, wired in battery charger, depth, wind, knot. Autohelm, Atomic 4,6 sails, Sausalito berth. Good condition, needs varnish work, must sell. $6,800 obo. Please call (800). 480-2964. CATALINA 27, 1974. Great condition, 15 hp Evinrude o/b electric start w/remote controls, au¬ topilot, 90%. 110%, 180% jibs, depth, speed, compass, VHF, stereo, new carpet & curtains, stove w/oven. Haulout & bottom paint Oct '97. $6,800. (415) 883-5365. 26-FT CUSSIC FOLKBOAT, 1957. A real beauty! Renovated hull (1997), new running rig &4iardware. 2 sets of sails, Honda outboard 8 hp. Asking $8,000 obo. Call (415) 945-0583. 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 headsails, swim ladder, USCG flotation and flare kit. 2 Danforth anchors, VHF radio, compass. Immaculate and ready to sail. $9,500. (510) 658-5519.

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MacGREGOR 25,1984. Swing keel, 8 sails (3 newer), mid-boom traveler, 4 winches, lines aft, VHF, stereo, compass, depthsounder, knotmeter, AP, Porta-Potti, sink, Loran, 7,5 Honda w/generator, extending trailer, new rigging and cushions, sleeps 5, pop-top. Dry sailed. $4,995. Please call (916) 272-9380, ERICSON 27,1976 SLOOP. Excellent condition, 5 sails, Volvo inboard. Call to have extensive list of upgrades & spec sheet mailed to you. Clean, just hauled, brightwork & paint done, upholstery being done. Priced to sell at $14,000, Call Rich, (510)635-1616.

TARTAN 27, SPARKMAN & STEPH ENS design. Universal diesel, roller furling spray dodger & curtains. $9,500/offer. (650) 588-8306. EXPRESS 27, FRIDAY. Race ready. Includes: 2 sets of racing sails, trailer, motor, VHF radio, speedo, radio, MOB gear, Sailcomp, Loran, 2 speed sheet winches, plus extras. $18,000. Also #4 jib tor $400 extra. Call John (510) 443-4659 evenings.

MORGAN 27,1972. Half ton MORC 27'-6'’x25'0”x9'-10'’x4'6', displacement: 7,000 x 3,400 lead keel. Fast, stiff, a joy to sail! Loaded, bristol condition throughout. Fresh Atomic 4. $12,700 or part trade for coastal cruiser? Contact Peter, (510) 749-9946.

26-FT PEARSON WEEKENDER, 1978. Great Bay boat, professionally maintained. Main, jib, Honda 5 hp o/b, battery charger, VHF, cockpit compass & all USCG required equip. $5,850 obo. Call John at (415) 332-8001.

CORONADO 27, 1972. Very well maintained, sleeps 5, sland up cabin, sunrey, stove, radio. Excellent condition. $2,500. (510) 215-9718.

RANGER 26,1969. Great shape, well equipped. Large sail inventory, KM, DS, anemometer, com¬ pass, 6 winches, portable stove, sink, head, hang¬ ing closet, LPU topsides, new deck paint, 6 hp outboard, lifejackets, sleeps4. Eyesight lost, must sell. $3,500/offer. (408) 377-6192. 28.5-FT PEARSON TRITON, Full keel, thick fi¬ berglass construction. Atomic 4, depthsounder, color TV, anchors, vests. Complete bottom job July ‘97, new complete legal head system Oct '97. $6,900 obo/trade, (510) 691-6059. YAMAHA 25. Excellent liveaboard & shorthanded cruiser w/spacious interior, Mexico, Hawaii vet. Inboard Yanmar diesel, 3 jibs, spinnaker, 2 mains, VHF, CB, AM/FM, Loran, dual batteries, charger, shore power & phone, kerosene stove, 3 anchors. $8,000. (408) 427-2626,

CATALINA 27,1974. Looking lor a good home. Tall rig, traditional layout. Newly refurbished in '95 includes: shorepower. West Marine Smart battery charger, battery switch, AC outlets, all thru hulls/ seacocks replaced. Updated settee cushions, new tiller & hatchboards. Also has 9.9 Evinrude out¬ board, dual batteries, AM/FM cassette stereo, VHF, knotmeter, depthfinder, alcohol stove, ice¬ box & Porta-Potti. $4,500 obo. Please call Ned. (510)786-7819.

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ISLANDER 28,1978. Fresh water boat. Atomic inboard, full batten main, full batten jib, spinnaker, VHF, depthfinder, knotmeter, wind speed/direc¬ tion, stereo radio. Autohelm, feathering prop, 2 batteries & charger, many other extras. $17,000. (209) 948-8081.

ISLANDER 28, 1977. Teak interior. Atomic 4, spinnaker, 110%, 130% & main. Epoxy hull, no bubbles, boomvang, backstays preventers. Tiller steering. 120v shorepower with batteries & microwave. Current berth Benicia Marina. Make offer. (916) 363-0244 or (707) 748-0973.

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27-FT ERICSON, 1975, with SF Marina berth. Fiberglass sloop, gasoline inboard, mainsail, jib, radio, manual bilge pump. Cabin sleeps 5, vberth, separate head, folding center table, sink, 2 burner alcohol stove. $15,900 obo. Please call (415) 386-1093.

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26-FT LUGER, 1978 TRADEWIN DS SLOOP with sails. 1990 Mariner 15 hp o/b engine, all electric, VHP, Audiovox AM/FM/CD stereo, with trailer. $8,000.27 ft Cal, 1972, with sails. $5,000.1961 Okamoto flare blue 25 ft wooden sloop, w/sails, including spinnaker. $1,500. (415) 956-5700 dys or (415) 739-6477 eves.

30- FT CATALINA, 1980. Caiise equipped. Atomic 4 gas. Wheel, 100/12v refrig, roller furling, dodger, press, water, radar (optional), propane oven, batt charger, ladder, U-shaped dinette. Sleeps 8 eas¬ ily. Some small blisters, new sail covers, many 'Custom extras. Best offer over $18,600. Please call (510) 444-0666.

PEARSON 26. Great B^y boat. Lifelines, sleeps 4, 2 jibs, Honda o/b, plus. First $5,900 or best offer. (408) 534-1361.

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.

EXPRESS 27. Two new sails plus cruising main, 2 jibs and spinnaker, new Evinrude 6 hp, solar panel and 3 year old mast and rigging. Includes trailer. Excellent shape and cared for. Call for inventory list. $17,850. (209) 299-1630.

29 TO 31 FEET CATALINA 30, 1982. Excellent condition, new engine. Tall rig with many extras. Moving to desert, must sell. $22,800. (415) 331-7164. ISLANDER 30 MKII, 1974, Wheel, dodger/bimini, new Harken furling Ig jib S club jib, 5 winches. Excellent cockpit cushions, rails/nets, microwave, stereo, fridge, wood interior, extras. Must sell. $16,750 obo. (510) 486-8340, serious only. 30-FT LYLE HESS CUTTER. Exact sistership of Lynn & Larry Pardey’s famous Taleisin. Big sister to Bristol Channel cutter. Modern new wooden boat finished '97, custom, professionally & maticulously built. Baeutiful teak & bird’s eye maple interior. Outfitted for cmising with Yanmar, alum LPU spar, monitor, 7 sails. Wooden boat festival winner. Perfect in every way. Ready to cruise. Own this custom beauty without the 7 years of tedious building. $170,000. Please call (619) 683-3199. NEWPORT 30,1976. Well maintained, great sail inventory, fully equipped for race or cnjise. Berke¬ ley betih. $14,500. (510) 525-2598. CASCADE 29,1969. Yanmar diesel SB12, wheel, 6 sails, windvane, mast steps, VHF, sail covers, awning, sailing El Toro, 2 hp Johnson and much more. Hauled July '97. Fast cruiser, caught a lot of big fish in Hawaii. Reluctantly must sell. $15,000. (808) 737-7647.

OLSON 30,1981. Hull #119, Spmfin Santa Cruz, white with red & blue stripes, double spreader BallengermasI, Ron Moore elliptical rudder, origi¬ nal rudder included. Nissan 5 hp 1993, Trailrite trailer 1993, limited Santa Cruz berth possible. $16,000. (408) 722-6909. ISLANDER 30 MKII, 1973. Solid boat, never had blisters. Stiff sailer with Harken roller furling, tiller. Palmer engine, DS, Loran, VHF. Clean interior. Needs cosmetics on topsides. $10,000 obo (trade for trailer boat?). (707)573-1119. CAL 29,1971. Good condition, 90% & 150% jib. $7,500 obo. (510) 933-2533. OLSON 911SE, 1989. Fast, beautiful & comfort¬ able 30 ft racer/cruiser, very well cared for. Yanmar 18 hp twin diesel, tiller, new bottom & keel faired 3/97, full galley, enclosed head, all safety equip¬ ment, 4 jibs, 1 main, 1 spinnaker, check stays, Navico instruments. Sail Comp, autopilot, Martec folding prop, CD/stereo, VHF, Micrologic Loran, dodger, 5/96 survey available. $46,500. Contact (510) 525-5881 work or (510) 526-3565 home or mshoemaker® didaxis.com 31- FT MARINER KETCH. Instant paradise with mooring in Puerto Escondido Baja. Only 20 min¬ utes from Loreto airport. Extensive work com¬ pleted. Great liveaboard. Fully equipped. Too much to list. Everything goes. $19,500 or trade for motorhome. Phone/fax: (802) 223-6501 for more details. BENETEAU 310,1991.135%, 95%, coiisingspinnaker, selftailing winches, wheel, knotlog, depthsounder, GPS, Volvo diesel, new bottom paint, 2 anchors, h/c watei pressure, 3 burner stove, oven, refrig. Good condition. $57,500. Please call (650) 494-2352.

30-FT LANCER CC, 1984. Racing model, beau¬ tiful inside & out, diesel, wheel w/instniments. Harken roller furling, LPG oven/stove, shower, radar, all new pumps, windows, batteries. A must see! Long Beach. $18,500. (562) 499-5030.

Sail in magical Costa Rica on a modem, fully outfitted, 53 ft sailing yacht. Visit tropical islands & remote National Parks. Lots of warm weather sailing, snorkeling, exotic birds & animals, rainforests, palm trees & beaches. Singles, couples, groups. (206) 328-7758 YVx ^ AUSTRALIA'S WHITSUNDAY SAILING CHARTERS 1 ] \ Specialists in Great Barrier Reel Boating Holidays with the widest variety of vessels available // - \ Call Australia direct (01161)79 469600 Fax; (01161)79 469 964 Eniail:yacht0whitsunday.neLau Address: P.O.Box 599, Airiia Beach. Queensland 4802 www.heaith-n-en9rgy.con1/boaichar.him

ISLANDER 38 MKII, 1974. Quick boat, 7 sails (main, 110%, 150%, 170%, spinnaker, blooper, tallboy staysail). Repowered with Yanmar 18 hp (less than 150 hrsl). VHF, AM/FM, alcohol stove, newly covered cushions, depthsounder, wheel steering, cheap dinghy. $17,500. (707) 429-9844.

35-FT CHALLENGER SLOOP, with diesel. Hail equity partnership. Santa Cruz or Bay. Area slip (your choice). Equipped for offshore sailing, too much equipment to list! Excellent condition. Fast, safe & forgiving. So little money torso much boat! $15,000. (408) 848-3470.

ISLANDER 30. Diesel, roller furling, hot water, wheel, many extras, recent survey, good charier boat. $17,500. Call (415) 331-8250.

DEHLER 34,1985. German racer/cruiser. Blue Max,‘97 Season Champion. Ready for racing or comfortable cruising. Stereo, propane stove, GPS, Autohelm, KVH instruments. Max Prop. Excellent sails. New bottom paint. $44,000. Berkeley. For more information. (510) 658-6687 or max40153@aol.com

PEARSON 30,1980. Universal diesel (780 hrs). Harken rollerfurling.wheel.'Uewstanding rigging, automatic battery charger, group 27 batteries. Recent bottom paint. VHF, depth, shorepower. Large cockpit, great interior layout, standing headroom. $15,900 obo. (650) 873-3932. ISLANDER 30 MKII. Tiller steering w/all parts for Edson wheel. Palmer gas engine w/spare engine & parts. Lots of upgrades. No blisters! Great Bay boat. $11,500. (510)653-8820. COLOMBIA 29, 1968. Atomic 4 engine, 180% genoa sail. $5,300. Must sell. Please contact (415) 337-5559. RAWSON 30. Ocean cruiser. Recommissioned 1995; new 29 hp diesel, new rig, new sails, new wiring, new interior. Propane stove, refrig, GPS, FF, compass. Hell, everything is new. Serious only, possibleowner finance. $24,500. Please call (510) 330-2692. RAWSON 30. Overbuilt F/G sloop. Solid design will offer years of dependable service. Recent survey indicates good condition except for inop¬ erative engine. VHF, DS, KM, Minitor windvane. Priced for quick sale. $7,850. (415) 332-1831 days, ask for Gary.

32 TO 35 FEET IDEAL POCKET CRUISER. 1977 Downeast 32 cutter. Excellent ground tackle, power windlass, dinghy on davits, solar panels, vvheel, radar, AP, Loran. Asking $32,000. Phone: (209) 225-1923. CATALINA 320,1996. Immaculate condition. AM/ FM/CD, knot, depth, wind point&speed, Autoheim 4000, GPS, dodger, bimini. Roller furling, refrig, new caiising spinnaker, 3 batteries, 35 lb COR. $77,000 obo. (714) 563-8642. TURNKEYCRUISER. CORONADO 35. Equipped to sail Mexico & beyond in comfort & safety. Priced to fit the most discriminating cruising budget. For complete details & equipment list fax Jade, Ma¬ rina de La Paz, 011 -52-112-5-59-00.

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1995/96 NONSUCH 354. Absolutely like^1ew in eveiy respect. State of the art Carbon fiber mast & wishbone w/Norih's new Spectra sail. Highly customized, equip & amenities, by 2x Nonsuch owner. Amazingly spacious, fast & easily singlehanded. $159,950. (209) 941-0331. SANTANA 35,1979, HULL #6. Excellent condi¬ 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. $29,500. Motivated seller. (415) 440-6553. SANTANA 35,1979. Fully equipped for racing & cruising. Good condition. So Cal boat. $29,500. Ray, (714)894-1172. ERICSON 35,1976. Classic lines, great perfor¬ mance, excellent condition. Lots of upgrades: wiring, standing rigging, head, upholstery, pres¬ sure water. Loaded w/equipment: Harken furling. Autohelm 4000, WS/WP, KS, dqpth, VHF, plotter, spinnaker w/gear. Jibs; 110%, Mylar 135%. Large selftailing winches. Atomic 4. Motivated $27,900 obo. Robert, (415) 307-3416. SAN JUAN 34, 1982, NEVER, NEVER LAND. Quick cruiser, stays'l sloop, monitor, windlass, anchor platform, 45 lb COR, 200 ft of 5/16”, roller furling jib, sym/asym kites, radar, GPS, solar. Modem galley. Force 10 w/oven, h/c pressure water, deep sinks, refer, diesel heat. Varnished teak interior. All opening Bowmar ports/hatches. Pullman berth w/fwd head, sink/shower. Custom cockpit; dodger, bimini, weather cloths, cushions, Lines led alt. Barient ST, wheel steering. Yanmar 3GM20 FWC. $47,500. Chris, (415) 289-7089 or (415)332-5757.

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C&C 37,1985. Fast, Strong, quality! Yanmar, Max Prop, B&G instruments. Alpha autopilot. Custom electrical, gel cells, inverter, microwave, DC & mechanical refer/freezer, 24 mile Furuno radar w/ GPS Interface, VHF, rod rigging, fully battened main, roller headsail. 5 Barients with all lines led aft, custom cockpit cushions, custom made bed¬ ding for both staterooms, dodger & navy top, full covers and more. Broker says $78,000, buy direct from owner & save, (714) 722-1170. DOWN EAST 38,1978 CUHER in La Paz, Mexico. 1993 Yanmar 3GM30, new dodger, bottom & LPU paint. Wind generator, solar panels, inverter, refrig, microwave. Autohelm, radar, windlass, roller furl¬ ing. Well maintained. $69,000/trade for home. Fax rOR/f, 01152-112-16142. 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 trisail. New dodger, cushions. $96,000. Ready to go. (510) 271-8031. SWAN 38,1974. Well maintained with upgrades. New upholstery. North sail inventory. $95,000. Please telephone for fact sheet. (650) 948-5979 or (916)489-3044.

38-FT VAGABOND-WESTWIND, 1987. Cutter rig, two staterooms, large aft cockpit, beautiful leak interior. Very roomy and light. Great liveaboard/cruiser.Yanmardiesel,AP,radararch, davits, Avon roll-up, 9.9 Merc., Iiferaft, EPIRB, watermaker and much more. (619) 807-8000. VAGABOND-WESTWIND 38, 1985. Outstand¬ ing equipment: cockpit canvas, awning, winch covers & weather cloths, electric windlass with remote, 300 ft 5/16” high test chain, 2 anchors, anchorwashdown, 6 batteries, solarpanels. Heart Freedom charger/inverter. Mariner Nav-5 sys¬ tem, wind dir/speed, knotmeter, knotlog, depthsounder. Master at chart table w/remote. Furuno 172024 mile radar, GPS w/spare, 2 Furuno Lorans, Autohelm 3000 wArane, Standard Hori¬ zon VHF, backstay antenna for SSB/HAM with cable & groundplate. Power Survivor 35 watermaker w/spares, Adler-Barbour cold ma¬ chine, microwave, 3 burner propane stove, rail mounted BBQ. Mainsail w/2 reefs. Jiffy-reef syslem, lazy jacks. Yankee, tri-radial gennaker, selftending cutter staysail. Spares for all engine parts, spare lights. $104,900 obo. (415) 332-7102 or (888) 553-2237. LANCER 36, 1979. Excellent condition, fast. Great liveaboard cruiser. Cozy interior, private cabin. Lrage galley midship, double sink, oven, refrig, shorepower, pressure water shower. Lots of storage. Roller furling, custom dodger. 100%, 150%, spinnaker, wheel, windlass, diesel. $31,000. (510) 245-9506.

MASON 33. This beautifully maintained Mexico vet looks like a new boat. Cutter rig, vane, AP, solar, dinghy, o/b, gallows, dodger, new uphol¬ stery, cruising spares. Want roller furling or GPS? Select and install your preference. $94,000. Please call (760) 942-8009 San Diego.

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CATALINA 36,1984. Immaculate. Epoxy bottom, dodger, canvas, f/b main w/lazy jacks, 110% & 155% jibs, 6:1 Garhauer traveler, roller furling, electric frig, microwave. CNG, h/c pressure water, BBQ, depth & depth warning, KM, VHF, radar, Loran, autopilot. GPS, portable Powerplant, Zo¬ diac with o/b. Vallejo Marina. $55,000. Please call (707)448-6716. ,

C&C LANDFALL 38, 1980. Great sailing, all conditions. Refitted rig, refinished-spar, Sobstad main/headsails in '93. Spinnaker. New fuel lank, lifelines, CQR/rode. Lines led aft. Cosmetic up¬ grades needed. Spacious & seaworthy. $52,000. (415) 863-6817.

C&C 38. One owner, purchased new in 1979. This is a highly customized boat that has been modified for the serious cruiser. It is in beautiful shape. In the last several years we have added over $100,000inequipment. $90,000. (510) 865-8026.

ISLAND PACKET 38,1988. Excellent condition. Major relit since 1995, over $40,000 value. Wind¬ lass, Autohelm 6000, watermaker Watersurvivor 8011, dinghy davits, radar, power inverter, iiferaft, EPIRB 406 Mtlz, new cruising sails, aux stainless steel diesel tank (50 gal), stainless steel arch w/4 solar panels, 4 solar vents, new fiberglass dodger, new bimini, etc. Located in San Carlos, Sonora, Mexico, $159,950. No sales tax. Please call eves (530) 257-3948.

DOWNEASTER 38. Beautiful fiberglass offshore cutter. Equipped w/diesel engine (exc condition), 5 sails (like new), spinnaker & gear, windvafie, autopilot, boom gallows, mast steps, generator, refrig, freezer, windlass, lots of ground tackle, etc. Boat has just been rewired, replumbed, interipr painted & varnished, etc. Needs exterior LP, cush¬ ions reupholstered, new stove & misc minor up¬ grades to make this boat like new. A steal at $29,950 or trade lor? Located Ventura. Please call (805) 546-1108.

36-FT CAPE GEORGE CUHER BLUEWATER cmiser. Custom built by Cecil Lange & Son. Val¬ iant performance & Bristol Channel cutter beauty. ! (See's Mate's Best Boats). Extensive recent upi grades, complete inventory on request. Price re! duced to $65,000. Call Jim at (916) 988-6501. r ;; p ;; !

AMAZON 37 STEEL CUTTER. Strong, dry, fast & spacious. Fully equipped & immaculately kept, Awigrip paint, Dyform & Norseman rigging, 6 gpr watermaker, RIB w/IOhp Tohatsu, lull canvas, radar, HAM/SSB, Perkins 4-108, 6 sails. 4 anchors, 2 GPS, 2 Alpha 3000 AP's, davits, refrig, t windlass, B&G instruments, wind/water genera; tor. solar panels. CD/cassette stereo. Tons of ) spares. New 700 amp batteries. New 300 ft 3/8” •; chain. Now showing in Los Angeles. Call for 8 ri page equipment list. $135,000. (310) 399-7650.

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40 TO 50 FEET 49-FT FERRO (SAMPSON DESIGN) sailboat hull & deck. Professionally built with rebuildable 85 hp turbo diesel. Dry stored in Morro Bay. $5,000 or trade for smaller boat or ? Call Ron at (805) 481-0825. VALIANT 42,1993. Cutter rigged world cruising veteran. Original owner configured this boat for ease in handling & comfort. Located in South Florida. $270,000. Please call (561) 626-4436 or (714) 661-9536. LIEN SALE! KEHENBURG 40. Minimum bid $2,500. Needs work. Wednesday, Jan. 7th, 1998 at 2pm at Richmond Boat Works. 616 W. Cutting Blvd. Call lor information, (510) 232-5800. 41-FT CT KETCH, 1974. Fiberglass, teak deck, deluxe teak interior. Chrysler Nissan diesel 132 Cl, less than 400 hrs. Autopilot, VHF, radar, GPS, depthfinders. Too much to list. $68,500. Please call (805) 772-5217. CUSTOM CASCADE 44, 1991. Excellent bluewater cruising boat. Professionally built using top of the line equipment. Mexico vet. Provision and sail away. Must see to apreciate. Quality & value. $138,000. Will consider offers or trades. Won't last. (503) 640-9053. 43-FT IRWIN, 1988 SLOOP. Located in Honolulu. Equipped for cruising or liveaboard. 47' overall, 13' beam. Spacious interior with 18,000 BTU central AC/heat. Entire length awning, dodger & bimini. Immaculate condition. $135,900/olf er. Call (808) 941-2056 or EBNERMIKE@AOL.COM. COLUMBIA 43,1970. Perklns4-107 engine: Roller lurling, extra sails, GPS, VHF, autopilot, 3 burner stove/oven, refrigerator, etc. Greatliveboard, been around the world. In dry storage at Cabo San Lucas. $45,000 obo. Call Dale, (562) 925-3361. CHEOY LEE CLIPPER 42, 1971. Fiberglass staysail schooner. South Pacific, Alaska veteran. Extensive upgrades, 6/97 survey, hard dodger, hot pressure water, 100 gal diesel, hydraulic steer¬ ing & anchor windlass. Excellent liveaboard, sub¬ let Washington slip for 1 year. $75,000. Please call (360) 647-2107.

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50-FT COLUMBIA SLOOP. Has just completed a $60,000total refit! Duetoowners change in health this magnificent yacht is offered at well below market value. $89,000, Honolulu, http:// holoholo.com/aquasition/ or (808) 94^209. 42-FT C&C LANDFALL AFT COCKPIT CUT¬ TER/SLOOP, 1978. Freshwater Canadian boat. Lake Onterio, beautifully maintained, never char¬ tered, fulit equipped for cruising inci inverter, mi¬ crowave, elec windlass, autopilot, 6,&G electron¬ ics, recent surveys available. $98,500 US. Con¬ tact owner at (613) 786-0118 or email: cowanh @ gowlings. com 44-FT LOA CUSTOM CENTER COCKPIT. Fiberl|lass cutter, MasGusto. Launched 1982, one proud owner, continuous upgrades, extensively equipped. Ready for long range cruising. Lying San Francisco Bay, ready for Mexico & beyond. $66,000. Contact Gus, (909) 984-5248. 40- FT WYLIE COLD-MOLDED LOIS LANE, just relaunched after 10 years inside North Coast Yachts. New paint bottom to top, cozy cruise interior, full deck cover, new Harken deck layout, diesel, complete sail inventory, beautiful, like new. $55,000. Bill, (707) 557-M01. ALDEN 46 COLD MOLDED KETCH. Fiberglass deck, cabin & cockpit. Aluminum masts & booms. Bags of new sails. 75 lb COR, two 50 lb Danforths, 300 ft chain, IIOv refrig, electric windlass, GPS. Lots of new stuff. Boat needs painting & some interior work. $40,000 obo. (510) 535-2134. 50-FT STEEL CANOE STERN, soft chine, cut¬ ter. Aluminum deckhouse & cockpit. Launched in ‘96. GM471 power w/27" feathering prop, Westerbeke, Heart inverfer/charger, 9 ft whaler & much more. She needs someone who's dream is long range cruising to complete the interior & fit her out. Replacement value of the hull is well over $100,000, last survey $60,000, asking $55,000. I'll consider any offer. (510) 522-4009 or ATALITWO@aol 41- FT VAN DE STADT, 1980. Fiberglass hull & deck, cutter rigged sloop. 30 hp Farymann die¬ sel, less than 500 hrs. Well equipped, strong, last, clean & well maintained. 5 sails, spinnaker & fully battened main. $39,000. (408) 266-0486 or sfkamen@aol.com or http://members.aol.com/ sfkamen DOWNEASTER 41, 1981, PILOTHOUSI^. 2 staterooms, 65 hp diesel, 300 gal fuel, radar, roller furling, B&G equipment, power windlass, VHF, Loran, frig, propane stove, head w/shower, pres¬ sure water. $62,000. Possible trade? RV, recre¬ ational land or multihull (trailerable). Please call (530) 477-8677.

PEARSON 424 KETCH, 1978. Complete refit in '91 including engine, fully offshore equipped. Windvane s/s, solar panels, wind gen, radar, watermaker, 3 cabins, separate shower, windlass, inverter, microwave. Self sufficient systems for liveaboard cruising. Most spacious, best equipped 42 ft. $105,000. (510) 666-9729. 44-FT CUSTOM PILOTHOUSE F/G Sloop. Inside and outside steering. Fast. Great sailing boat but needs some work. Many extras. $42,500. Please call (408) 247-1047. SAMSON DESIGN 40-FT CUHER. 80% com¬ pleted in 1987. Ferro cement hull, plywood on oak cabin and interior. Professionally built in Alameda, CA., presently located in Oakland, CA yard. New Isuzu 4 cyl. diesel, Edson steering, birch ply trunk cabin, 80 gal fuel tank, 120 gal water and more. Neglected and incomplete, must sell. $4,000 or b/o. Call for details. (907) 780-8637.

51 FEET & OVER SKOOKUM KETCH 53,1977/’97 UPDATED. Draft 6'8’, beam 15'6', full keel, Volvo MD42A, cmising 7.5 knots, fuel 500 gal, water 400 gal, range 2,000 miles at 1.7 gal per hr. Northern Lights generator 6.5 kw ('84), sails 1,260 sq ft (exc condition). Constnjction: thick handlaid fiberglass hull. Bal¬ last 16,000 lbs. Accommodations: 4 staterooms, sleeps 8,2 heads (1 w/separate shower). Midship salon w/raised settee, Dickinson parlor stove, bar/ freezer (18 cu ft), love seat, stain glass cabinetry. Equipment: (general) Wagner hydraulic steering'station 2 Wagner Mark IV autopilot (dual station) & remote. Thompson hydraulic anchor winch, 380 ft 1/2 in chain, Morse controls system 6 man liferaft, built by Skookum Marine. Designed by Ed Monk Sr for heavy weather sailing. Mint cond, 1 owner. US documented, hull survey '96. $198,500. (360) 466-4292 or (360) 866-6901. 62-FT LOA, 16-FT BEAM, STEEL COLIN archer type, P/H ketch. 80,000 lb dispi, D/TRT 671N, dsl 3.5 kw gen, lull electronics, hyd-windlass 1/2" chain, inside steering. Antique bronze fireplace, bath tub, cruise ready. $72,000 or trade for prop¬ erty? Call John, (619) 306-6416. WITH THIS 55-FT PROFESSIONALLY BUILT lerro cutter rigged ketch, a woman's needs are met: safety, security, comfort, rugged stability, easy maintenance & room! A serious world cruising liveaboard sailing vessel with classic fines. Lo¬ cated in San Carlos, Mexico. $62,000 obo. Please call (425) 7434308.

60-FT HUNTER'S CHILD. Singlehand offshore racer. Finished 2nd in last BOC Challenge. Ex¬ cellent condition & stored in St. Augustine, Rorida. Contact Stephen Cutsforth for details. Phone: (904) 462-3077 or Fax: (904) 462-4077 or email: huptermarine @woridnet.att.net WATERLINE 60 PILOTHOUSE CUHER, 1996. Steel world cnriser. The strength & safety of steel, loaded with gear & ready to cruise now! $1,300,000. US. Paul Shield, (604)266-1646. 60-FT FERRO SAMSON4CETCH, 1980.50 ft on deck. Very fair, strong hull, SS rod, 8 years cniising Mexico & South Pacific. Completely equipped. Now in Hawaii. $80,000. Trade for land in North¬ ern California. (408) 557-9255. ALDEN 55,1970 YAWL Restored 1997, rebuilt Ford/Lehman 120 hp engine. Beveled glass, teak and mahogany and mors. $125,000. Please call (510) 633-0798. RC(BERTS 57 YAWL. Cold mold. Loaded with gear. Needs work. Will be sold to highest bidder as of 1/15/97 or $40,000. (206) 378-0038. 55-FT PALMER JOHNSON by Gary Mull. Qual¬ ity aluminum performance offshore cnriser for the serious sailor. Great liveaboard, 2 staterooms, huge salon, bow thruster, hydraulic winches, lots of great cnrising gear. Well priced by absentee owner, located San Diego. $168,000. Please call (205) 985-1784. HARDIN GUSS KETCH (51’ LOD, 60’ LOA). Outstanding liveaboard cruiser, singlehandaWe, 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) 331-5251. Motivated.

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SOLARIS 42. Ketch rigged, documented. Partly remodeled. 2 new Yanmar 50 hp diesels, new j Autohelm AP, speed/log, wind bugger, wind gen- j erator. Comfortable shoal draft sailing. Great | liveaboard. $142,000. (209) 748-2138. MULTIHULL BOATYARD SALE. Many “project" multihulls including 58-ft tri. 2 ea. Tradewinds 28 , FG tri’s (also their molds), 2 Tornado cats, sev- I eral flatbed trailers. Phone (408) 934-3894 or lax j (408) 934-3994. !

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MARINE DIESEL ENGINE SEMINAR Learn how to operate, maintain, and repair your diesel engne Gel hands-on experience adjusting valves, tirriing an engine, bleeding the’fuel system, diagnosing problems and making repairs. Programs held on Saturdays. For more information, phone Technical Education Institute. (415) 332-7.544

12-FT CALIFORNIAN TRAWLER. Turn key tor un cruising. Twin 3208 cats, radar, GPS, 2 VHF adios, watermaker, 7.5 kw Onan genset. Imjorted into Mexico. Slipped in la Paz. U.S. fax 760) 942-4951 or Mexico fax/telephone 011-52114-10308. HAWKINS, 16 X 33,1978. Custom floating home, lew shake roof, 2 decks fore & aft, pot belly stove, all built ins. Galley, head w/shower, great R & R on Dutch Slough in Delta. $27,500. Photos & info. [415) 456-7312.

30-FT KNARR. Classic one design for racing or social sailing. Sole owner seeks 2 or 3 equity part¬ ners. SF Marina Green berth. Boat just over¬ hauled. $2,000 for a 1/4 share, or negotiable. Please call (415) 383-856'1.

TRADE

GRAND BANKS 36,1968. New diesels, paint, varnish & bottom. Completely serviced & ready for cruising or liveaboard. $69,000 obo. Please call (510) 522-2705.

UNDERPOWERED? I’m overpowered. Will trade low hour Volvo 28 hp 2003 diesel for 18 hp Yanmar 2GM20F diesel or similar. Must have low hours and be in excellent running condition. Contact John (805) 489-1973 eves or e-mail Jschmidt@slo.newport.com

PARTNERSHIPS

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CATAMARAN C/(PTAIN-PARTNER SOUGHT, [possibly couple). To operate 40 ft offshore cruisng/racingcat. Lifestyle/parttime charterbusiness 3ali, Indonesia. Minimum 1 yr commitment. You i/vill need approx $24,000 US (this includes your Contribution boat program). I have all permits pperation Indonesia. Must have extensive cata•Tiaran exp. 100% reliable, responsible, constant Ijpkeep/upgrade vessel. Independent, enjoy injeracting socially as well as isolation, remote anchorages, t want to know who you are. Com¬ plete background information & goals, aspiraions. Most important, you want & can afford a life ull of surfing, sailing, snorkeling & ethnic island adventures Write/fax; Nelson Swartley, Pt. Indo Pacific Net, PO Box 1076, Kantor Pos Tuban, •Jadung 8036, Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia. Tel/lax: lij2-361 -703119 or fax: 62-361-751824. HUNTER 30, 1990. LOADED, TIME SHARE. I Hluewater ready (watermaker, water/wind generapr, dodger & 500 item, multiple redundant, Ha¬ waii ready, inventory). Long cruises possible. 6200/mo (may be negotiable) and some maintelance/labor for licensed skipper. Good family )oat. Bodega Bay slip. (707) 869-1038. T-INSENADA 21. Like to tinker? Fun boat, sails ilvell but needs occasional TLC. $65 per month ncludes all with unlimited use. Brisbane Marina, turt, (415) 467-8801.

WANTED: 34 TO 75-FT UNFINISHED HULL or neglected cat, tri or sailboat regardless of condi¬ tion or location. Ferro, wood, steel, alum or glass. Cash, will pay finder fees. Please call Gary Jennings, (415) 474-6593. SERIOUS BUYER WANTS an Islander Freeport 41 or comparable roomy, center cockpit sailboat in good to bristol condition. I will pay $50,000 to $100,000 bash. As a private party you will supply a genuine bargain. Jeff, (415) 331-1574. WANT TRAILER FOR MY FLICKA Pacific Seacraft 20. Heavy duty trailer capable of hauling at least 8,000 lbs. Patrick, (503) 244-5253 or poc@hevanet.com OLSON 25 SPINNAKER. Have boat, need kite(s). All dffers considered. Please telephone Rob at, .(415) 383-8200 ext 109. BLUEWATER CRUISING^OAT WANTED. I have $40,000 cash (and possible finance) to spend on a well built, non-wood, 30 ft+ sailboat. Price & readiness most important. (415) 332-4783 eves or (707) 765-3269 work. ONE RESPONSIBLE PERSON LOOKING to rent or lease a 35 ft+ liveaboard boat for one year. Non-smoker, pet-less, financially resporrsible & willing to do light maintenance to keep your boat in tip-top condition. Call Rich at (510) 777-0444.

* SEEKING AN EXPERIENCED SAILOR TO share Hxpenses/enjoy use of 42 ft S&S designed alumiiium sloop. Classic lines, fully equipped (monitor, radar, GPS, etc), berthed in Alameda. Tremenaous San Francisco Bay boat, loves the wind. 1510) 521-3332.

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DtESEL GENSET. 3kw Onan model MDJA. Needs cosmetic clean up & minor tune up. In¬ cludes new spare parts. $1,000 or best offer. Please call (650) 728-3220. MONITOR WINDVANE, $1,700. Plastimo AT50 tiller autopilot for boats 50 ft, $200. Please call Paul, (510) 464-3055 voicemail, PERKINS 4-154 58 HP DIESEL ENGINE w/2.5 to 1 velvet drive transmission. Good running con¬ dition. $3,000 obo. Onan 7.5kw diesel genset,' running, take out, many new parts. $1,800 obo. (415) 332-5233. SINGLE SIDEBAND RADIO. Intech Mariner 1500 125 watt. Low 16A current draw. 12 channels fre¬ quency range 2-13 Mhz. Complete with automatic antenna tuner & fiberglass antenna. Excellent condition. $700. (714) 632-1477. MONITOR WIND STEERING VANE off 42 ft boat. Tube attachment brackets slightly damaged & can be replaced to fit your boat. Vane is recently new & in excellent condition otherwise. Comes with extra vanes. $850. (916) 639-1422. DOUBLE AXLE SAILBOAT TRAILER. Excellent condition. New tires, new brakes, current regis¬ tration, lights work, 8 adjustable pads. $2,300. Days (510) 236-1933 or (707) 864-6339 eves. LIFERAFT, 8 MAN VIKING VALISE, $2,100. Notebook computer, IBM Thinkpad 701C with Cap'n software, spare batteries, Microsoft Office &.more, $1,500. Sextant, Astra, never used, $400. Inflatable dinghy, 8 ft Bombard by Zodiac with Mercury 2.5 hp outboard, $1,200. Call Martin, (650) 941-4933. DUAL STEERING SYSTEM FOR pilothouse & cockpit, as new. Includes Edson pedestal with 30" wheel, brake, controls, Ritchie compass, teak table & cover. Teak wheel, sprockets, chain, cables, pulleys & double quadrant. Wanted: 35 & 45 lb CQR. At Richmond. Leave message. Con¬ tact (907) 696-6009. ICOM M600, marine SSB, factory rebuild, shielded tuner cable, manuals, $805 obo. Furuno 1621 MKII radar, new, 16 mile, 67 ft cable, demo, manuals, $1520 obo. ICOM 735, HAM transceiver with AH2 tuner, complete, manuals, $1,295 obo. Call (510) 523-2203.

Masts, booms, sails, winches, cleats, blocks, anchors, chain, line, outboard motors, heat exchangers, thm-hulls, exhaust manifolds/mulflers, electronics, pulpits, swim platforms, stoves, sinks, portholes, dsl heaters, much morel 60 Libertyshlp Way #C,SausalitoCA. 949^0^ (415)332-3774.

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 4 & WILDLIFE of the Inside Passage or Southeast Alaska in comfort & safety aboard the 1 \\ 45 ft trimaran Chinook.with experienced Capt. Bill Christianson. April thru August. /\\ Call Capt. Bill (253) 939-8'351 email: <s/vchinook@ usa.net> ' References available ii i

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BILL VAUGHAN, MARITIME AHORNEY i Servinq Mariners since 1960. Purchase Contracts, Sales/Use Tax & Insurance problems resolved, 1 /. Coverage, Mortgage, Lien, Warranty, Construction, Repair & Accident Litigation Practical Experience 1 Counts' Sailor since 1945. Wm. E. Vaughan, 17 Embarcadero Cove, Oakland, CA 94606, * ' EvStarMr@ixnetcom.com (510) 532-1786; Fax (510) 532-3461 1

MONITOR WINDVANE, 2 wind paddles, rebuild kit, wheel steering option. $1,600. Stainless amidship boarding ladder, 3 sections fold to 24" high at lifelines, 69" total length. At least 2 steps in water when extended. New $580, sell $350. (510) 865-8026. CRUISING SPINNAKER, 49'x47’x28’, 1200 sq ft, 3/4 oz, with strangler sock. Red, white & blue, lightly used, $900. Tamaya Jupiter sextant, 2 scopes, like new, $900. Charts of Southeast Asia, 36 DMA & BA originals plus 35 copies, $250. Please call (408) 226-5208. EXPRESS 27 PHRF (OCEAN RACING) SAILS. Shy kite $500.1 -1/2 oz full chute $500. #2 (135%) jib $350. Storm jib $250. Dazy staysail $100. In¬ dividual sails as listed or $1,350 for complete set. Call John (510) 443-4659 eves. 35 LB CQR, $300.16 lb Bruce, $125. Autohelm ST2000, $425. Whisker pole 12/20 ft, $350. Mini pole $35. Club boom 9 ft, $20. Mastmate ladder 36 ft, $95. VHF $35. Scuba gear TUSA BCDS medium, small, $100 each. Gauges $75. Mask $10. (510) 337-1914. 2 DIESEL ENGINES. Mercedes (model 636) with Bohman coolers. Includes instrument panel. Also spare parts. $1,000 or b/o. (209) 748-2138. NEW ENGINES, a pair, R & L Ford 302CID V8 with Warner velvet drive 1:1 gears. Never run. $1,550 each, deal for the pair. Also, 8 ft tri hull dinghy in glass, like small Whaler. Good shape. $450. (510) 653-1724. HANDHELD GPS’S: Magellan 5000DX with ex¬ ternal antenna kit & video, $500. Magellan Merid¬ ian with mounting kit, $200. Windbugger wind generator, $800. Medical Sea Pak coastal cruis¬ ing pack, $250. Two 45 ft offshore jack lines, $75. All new condition. (408) 445-1199.

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1979 VOLVO MD-11 ENGINE with llOsail drive. $1,200. Terry (408) 475-4143.

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SAILBOATS AND POWERBOATS FOR SALE. All makes and models. Priced to sell. Call now. (510)464-4617.

MISCELLANEOUS

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RESPONSIBLE, EXPERIENCED ADU4T volun¬ teers needed to train youth in traditional, year round program of sailing & seamanship. USSA certilication possible at our expense depending on interest & commilmfenl. We supply boats, base, kids & additional training. (415) 956-5700 dys or (415) 739-6477 eves.

UKE TAHOE JUNIOR SAILING/RACING pro¬ gram. A 501 (c) (3) non-profit dub needs your rac¬ ing boat (any size, J24 etc). You get IRS tax de¬ duction, we teach kids to sail & race. For more info please call Glenn, (916) 577-4028.

COMPLETE SET OF PUNS FOR a 44-ft tin keel ketch. Balsa or foam core constructed. Never used. $200. Eves (916) 965-4712. LITTLE KID’S STUFF. Bike with training wheels. Red w/white & black speckles. Huffy, in excellent condition, 16” wheels (fora 3-5yrold). $35. Also, small life vest. For 1 -4 yr old. Snoopy design, float collar w/handle, very cute. $8. In Tiburon. (415) 389-9378 hm or (415) 383-8200 ext 103 wk & voicemail.

CREW SEEKING FIRST MATE WITH SAILBOAT for LTR of cruising to exotic ports, exploring life. Sailboat: pleasing lines, light displacement, easy¬ going. Captain: USCG Master, retired USAF Of¬ ficer, late 40's, NS, DDF, athletic, intelligent. Photo of sailboat, PO Box 3754, Galveston, TX 77552.

CLUBS/MEMBERSHIPS

WANT TO CREW ON YOUR BOAT on the West coast of Mexico one week. Some experience. Will share my knowledge of HAM radio, Spanish, elec¬ trical for your sailing knowledge & pay all ex¬ penses. Healthy 53. Bill, N7TDK (503) 621-3455 or email: Bill_Graves@bc.com

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 senrice, skill-improve¬ ment sails & fun sails. For more infomiation call (415) 979-4866.

WANTED; FEMALE CREW, 40ish lo join male skipper (55) aboard 50 It traditional gafi schoo¬ ner for a life of elegant simplicity. Seeking unen-. cumbered woman whocanfindjoyinliving largely free of the entanglements of modern living. Sail¬ ing experience not required but good health & a sense of adventure are. Please send a recent photo with inquiry to: Captain Len Hornick, Hillsborough Post Office, Carriacou Island, Grenada, West Indies or email: matyharrigan @ grenadines.net

CLUB NAUTIQUE UNLIMITED INDIVIDUAL membership. Includes unlimited multilevel ASA certified training, review & checkouts, well quali¬ fied Instructors, top of the line boats, yaCht club privileges, social, etc. For sale at 25% discount. (415) 331-5934.

NON-PROFIT

NEWLY ARRIVED CALIFORNIA FROM over¬ seas, single Aussie lady desires friendship & sail¬ ing with genuine guy/group, 40’s age group. Weekends & holidays, SF or Monterey Bays. Ex¬ perienced keelboat sailor, British Admiralty Mas¬ ters Qualifications, will send sailing resume. Call Glen, (650) 961-8880.

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 lor more info. (8CX)) 414-HAUL (4285). BAADS, the Bay Area Association of Disabled Sailors, offers safe, exciting recreational opperlunities 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.

LtKE TO MEET FEMALE, 40’S, attractive, for sailing & companionship. Enjoy sailboat charter¬ ing & cruising, scuba, snorkeling, hiking, etc. Considering extended cruising. Divorced male, professional, attractive, 6’r, 175 lbs, lit, 55. Let's exchange letter & photo. Joe, P.O. Box 894, Saratoga, CA 95071. RACE CREW; for Davidson 44 InfraRed, 2nd YRA1997,3rd Big Boat Series, race experience needed. Call Richard (650) 348-8527.

MAGIC CARPET, A SLOQUM 43, is seeking 1 -2 crew from Fiji lo San Francisco, wilh stops in Western Samoa, Fanning Island & Hawaii. De¬ parture date from Fiji is approx May 1,1998. The passage duration will be 60-120 days. We will be in the Bay Area Jan 1 to Feb 25,1998 to conduct interviews with prospective crew. Please send resume including sailing experience, personal references, phone & fax numbers to Chris Wagner, Magic Carpel, do 148 Blackstone Dr, Danville, CA 94506, pager: (415) 245-9246. CHRISTIAN BOATERS wishing lo have a Sun¬ day morning worship on the Bay and enjoy fel¬ lowship before sailing please contact Bruce at (510) 521-8191. Or meet at Clipper Cove on the second and third Sundays in January at 1030. Wa^monitor channel 68.

Nomadic Nature GOING SOUTH. Male, 30, like jo find sailing mate and companionship for his vessel. Leave ASAP. Like outdoors, scuba, mu¬ sic, much more. I live aboard and seek sunshine and warm water. Female preferred. Let's leave. (415) 339-1386.

BERTHS & SLIPS BEAUTIFUL EMERY COVE YACHT HARBOR. 50 X 17.5 slip lor rent by private owner. Upwind, very nice access to Bay. Great facilities, clean & super location. Available now. (510) 522-2928. SAN FRANCISCO, PIER 39,50-FT SLIP, for sale $30,000 or lease $350 per month plus utilities. For information please phone (415) 956-7422 or (510) 769-0337. 50’ X18’ SUP FOR SALE, PIER 39, San Fran¬ cisco. Please call for details: (415) 474-3425.

SVELTE, AHRACTtVE BLONDE woman, 33, enjoys boating, fishing, the outdoors, travel, SF Bay cruises, seeking nautical, tall (6+) white male, blondeybrown hair, (preferably 37-45ish, fit, NS). SF Bay Area. Send photo & letter. P.O. Box 842, Millbrae,CA 94030.

YACHT HAULOUT SERVICE SEEKING sales & marketing person with good communication & people skills. Responsible for scheduling, sales, purchasing & customer service. Great opportu¬ nity for full or part time. Fax resume with letter to (415)951-9630. NELSONS MARINE IS ACTIVELY LOOKING for qualified yard personnel lo work at our new facil¬ ity in Alameda Point. Please fax your resume to: (510) 769-0815. CAPTAINS, FIRST OFFICERS & CREW. Ren¬ dezvous Charters is hiring ships crew & licensed masters to sail our fleet of certified vessels. Part time or full time. Excellent wages/benelitf. Join > this rapidly growing company! Please lax resume' to (415) 543-7405 or telephone Pam Power at (415) 543-7333. \ CATERING MANAGER/COOK. Rendezvous Charters is hiring a catering manager to oversee our food and beverage programs. Must be able to cook onboard for up to 30 passengers. Must have own car, a great attitude and a team spirit. Excellent wages & benefits. Please fax resume to (415) 543-7405 or telephone Pam Power at (415) 543-7333. 6-PAK CAPTAINS & SAILING INSTRUCTORS. Spinnaker Sailing, in San Francisco, is hiring sail¬ ing instmctors & captains for part lime or full time work in the City aboard our fleet of 22-44 ft sail¬ ing yachts. Excellent wages & benefits. Fax re¬ sume to (415) 543-7405 or call Dave Peterman at (415) 543-7333. ASST. OFFICE MANAGER. Spinnaker Sailing is hiring 1 full time assistant office manager. We're looking for an outgoing person to interact with our customers. This is a fun job! Excellent wages & benefits. Fax resume to (415) 543-7405 or call Dave Peterman at (415) 543-7333. BOAT MAINTENANCE. Spinnaker Sailing, in San Francisco, is now hiring. Responsibilities include cleaning & maintaining our fleet of sailing yachts & can include crewing aboard our certified fleet. Excellent wages/benefits including boat use & lessons. Fax resume lo (415) 543-7405 or call Charles Barnard at (415) 543-7333. USCG OCEAN LICENSED CAPTAINS, send resumes & sailing experience to Modem Sailing Academy. South Pacific deliveries an asset. ASA Instructor Certifications a plus. Call for details. (415)331-8250. '

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SAILING INSTRUCTORS. We are looking lor qualified sailing instructors who would like to teach in the best all round teaching atmosphere in the Bay. We are the oldest sailing school in California and are located in Pt. Richmond, right next to the Richmond Yacht Club where no foul weather gear is needed for sailing. We offer top pay tor teach¬ ing, very liberal boat usage program and tropical sailing for our instructors. If you love sailing, have good teaching skills and would like to teach sail¬ ing either full or part time in the best sailing area in the Bay, call Kirk at (510) 232-8251. NOVICE SAILMAKER WANTED at ultra hot R. Richmond sail loft. Phone; (510) 234-4334. EXPERIENCED SAILMAKER WANTED at su¬ per cool R. Richmond sail loft. Please contact (510) 234-4334.

WE ARE LOOKING FOR AN EXPERIENCED boat repair person. Must be able to work on your own. Excellent salary & benefits for the right per¬ son. Svendsen’s Boat Works, Inc, Alameda, CA. (510) 522-2886.

PART TIME OFFICE/SALES POSITION. Great place to work & sail. Must give good phone. Dis¬ covery Yacht charters. (415) 331 -1333.

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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES SCANMAR’S MONITOR WINDVANE FACTORY needs person to handle purchasing and inven¬ tory control. You must have organizational skills and be detail/quality oriented. You should be com¬ fortable around parts drawings and have some drawing ability for installation drawings. $2527,000 starting salary plus health benefits, new spacious HQ in Point Richmond with informal at¬ mosphere. Our products are sold to sailors world¬ wide which makes this job the next best thing to going cruising. Fax resume to (510) 215-5005 or mail it to Scanmar International, 432 South 1st St., Richmond, CA 94804.

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BUSINESS PARTNER WANTED. Enjoy the pride & profits of working on boats with the number one marine canvas shop. Resume & investment re¬ quired, Full training provided. Please call John at (510) 521-1829. Principals only please. COSTA RICA. Small hotel, bar, restaurant with large pool situated on 8 beautiful acres on pro¬ tected water (Gulf of Nicoya) Guanacaste. Safe boat anchorage & small pier. Turnkey operation. All permits (ICT & Maritime Zone) in order. Excel¬ lent lot for fishing business or marina. Asking $285,000, well below appraisal. For more info write: Bahia Property, 3257 Bayo Vista Ave, Alameda, CA. 94501.

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30' TARTAN Self-tailing winches, 250 hours qn diesel, Autohelm. Extra clean boat. Sausalito slip. $26,000.

27' CATALINA Diesel, roller furling. Little use. Sausalito slip. Drastic reduction... $18,900.

50' CORTEN STEEL HULL Beautifully constructed. Needs TLC down below. Wonderful possibility for long range cruising. Reduced: $84,000.

40' CARVER CPWY Cummins diesels, AC, GPS, 2 queens. Sacrifice! $229,000.

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32' ERICSON SLOOP, '85 Diesel, roller furling, teak interior. Brokers selection. Best Bay boat. Ericson quality. New listing. ' Asking $49,500.

Cal 20, '73 with outboard motor well, ' extra sails, marine head and lots of extra equipment. $800.

BULL FROG William Garden de¬ signed, classic gaff cutter. Built in Seattle, Washington by Lester and Franck Boat Co., 1947. Perkins diesel 3 cylinder installed in '94. Vessel is new to the market and ready for sale. $29,500/submit offers.

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31' Southern Cross,'82 ... $47,500 30' 30' 30' 29' 28' 28'

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Baiboa, '72.$10,500 Yamaha, '80.$7,995 Cataiina, '81 .$6,700 Yankee Dolphin, ‘68 .. $7,500 Flicka, '79.$22,500

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I PEARSON 303,'83. Superior quality Bey boat,,6'2” 39'WESTSAIL,'81. Close too'10'. Many custom pjl 30'CATALINA,'82. Brand newdiesel engine. Tall rig. j; | 37' HUNTER, '82. Greot boat for cruising and j headroom, exceptionally clean. $34,500. | features. Sistership to Foirweather 39. |iHarken R.F. end traveller. Excellent condition. Main, 2 i; . ' liveabonrd. Exceptionally clean. 3 cylinder Yonmor. $115,000. {• ! headsails, spinnoker. In Sousalito. Asking $22,800.)' Great price.

SELECTED CRUISING YACHTS

! 37' IRWIN, '80. Great liveaboord. Autopilot; radar on leveling mount. Great liveaboacd and cruiser. ; Reduced to $59,000. '

.'1 FORCE 50, '77. Main & mizzen Stowaway system, ■ RE jib, low engine hours, washer/dryer, 2 staterooms. : Asking $169,000. Also 1973 asking $129,000. ^

LOD BUILDER .... .YR 60' SCHOONER., .'95 60' OCEAN. .'81 51' PASSPORT... .'84 50 CAMPER NICOLSON '67 50 FORCE. .'73 48' MAPLE LEAF S. Cal.'72 48' CELESTIAL... .'85 43' YOUNG SUN. .FL'78 41' C&C. .'84 41' MORGAN . 39' WESTSAIL 38' CATALINA. .'79 38' MORGANS.... .2 from 37' ENDEAVOUR .'79 37' IRWIN CC. .'80 '8? 37' HUNTFR . 37 HUNTER LEGEND,.,. '88 36' SWAIN steel.. .'97 36' CHEOY LEE clipper ketch 36' ISLANDER .... .'80 36' S211 METER '85 '72 35' MORGAN SANTANA 35' '79 35' NIAGARA. .'81 35' ERICSON. .'72 35' WARRIOR. .74

PRICE $385,000 $375,000 $275,000 $62,000 $129,000 $133,000 $139,900 $129,000 $115,000 $61,500 $115,000 $38,000 $56,000 $55,000 $59,000 $45,900 Inquire $89,000 $29,000 $58,000 $62,000 $16,900 $29,500 $67,000 $31,000 $36,000

LOD BUILDER. YR 34' SABRE . '87 34' ERICSON. '89 34' C&C. '80 34' CATALINA.S, Cal,'90 34' HUNTER . ‘86 33' HUNTER . '79 33' TARTAN TEN. '79 33' BRISTOL. '69 33' GURNEY HUISMAN '68 33' PETERSON. 33' CHEOY LEE Clipper '75 32' WESTSAIL. '74 32' CONTESSA. '81 32 ERICSON. '70 30' HUNTER . '93 30’ BABA. '83 30' CAPE DORY M/s.... '87 30' RAWSON. '65 30' PEARSON. '80 29.5'HUNTER, loaded. '96 28' HERESHOFF . .'66 29' CAL. '70 29' RANGER . 28' COLUMBIA. 77 27 CATALINA. 27' NORSEA. ,'90

PRICE $74,500^ $69,000 $41,000 $69,500 $39,800 $23,900 $19,500 $26,500 $35,000 $35,000 $35,000 $45,000 $29,900 $18,999 $60,000 $59,000 $89,000 $26,500 $15,900 $64,000 $13,000 $13,000 $19,800 $10,000 $11,500 $59,900

LOO BUILDER. 26' HAIDA. POWER 52 STERNWHEELER ... 49'' HYUNDAI. 46' CHRIS CRAFT. 42 HATTERAS . 42 MAnHEWS. 42 CHRIS CRAFT. 36' CROWN CUSTOM,. 34' SEA RAY. 33' CARVER . 31' TUNG HWA Trawler. 30' TOLLYCRAFT. 28' FIBREFORM. 28’ BAYLINER. 27 REGAL . 27 SEA RAY. 270/290 SEA RAY. 24’ FOUR WINNS. 24’ SEA RAY. 24' BAYLINER. 22' BAYLINER. 19' FOUR WINNS. 19' BOSTON WHALER.

YR PRICE '69 $11,950

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$69,000 $210,000 $68,000 $155,900 $55,000 $60,000 $48,500 $52,000 $42,000 $45,000 $26,000 $14,000 $26,500 $53,000 $38,000 $42,900 $17,000 $13,500 $19,500 $15,000 $15,000 $17,850

MORGAN 38$. One osking $56K the other $69K. ij Ideal cruisers. The $69K was set to go to the Baja Hai Ha but owner unable to po. Real nice sad invecitoryi^^

SABRE 34, 1986. The classic layout is spacious. Ij North full batten, Harken roller furling, 1S0% & ij 110%, oversized winches. Asking $74,500.

;> ISLANDER 36, '79. Diesel. New Autohelm. New ;j 30'HUNTER, 1993/29'HUNTER, 1996. Both ji|37' ENDEAVOUR, '79. Perkins 4-108, liferaft, i; CATALINA 36, 1983. Complete dodger and enclorefrig. Inverter. 1979 wos one the best yeors for !* Islander. New to the market. Asking $39,900.

I exceptionally nice boats. Both advertised in the low | [l dodger, windvane, solor panels, SSB, Ham, CB, autapi- ;<' j sure. Electric windlass. Roller furling. ST winches. AutoI l^ot, radar,-f-n-. Asking $55,000. ii fijiilot. 2 separate staterooms. Asking $55,000. .ill 5

BIG BOATS OUT OF AREA 52' TAYANA, '83 $185,000

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51’ PASSPORT, '84 $275,000 48' CELESTIAL, '85 $139,000 43' YOUNG$UN, '78 $129,000

GARY MULL 45, 1981 li PEAR50N 365 KETCH, '78. Recent haulout and j. ' Cruiser or PH RE racer with comfort. SF-Howaii 12 ij i' engine survey, Westerbeke diesel, comfortable cruiser [j ! 'j days in 1995. Let's go agoin! Asking $127,000. |j and liveoboard, roller furling. Reduced to $45,000 |

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$115,000

Shows like new

$69,500

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Euro layout

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30' TOM GIILMER CUTTER. Dsl, roller reef, stoys'l spinn, beaulitul varnish, VHP, etc. World tioss designer I and sails like a witch! Asking $20,000.

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SAtL lOB'TRAOITIONAL 3-maslcd schooner Now! In E. Mod.$950,000 62' CAMPOS world cruisg kich.. 55,000 62'MTI!SAIL, Gordener, dsl.... 225,000 SO'CAMPER NICHOLSON perl, cruiser, oulsionding condilion.. Ask 70,000 d7'30 SQUARE METER Sloop.9,900 45'AlUMINUMI0RSIp,dsl.42,000 41'SAMPSON Clr,dsl,whl. 40,000 40'PH CUSTOM OR, dsl,'91.. 100,000 38'CHANNEL CUTTER Sip, dsl... 22,500 36'CHEOY LEE ROBB Sip, dsl ....49,500 35'SiS CANOE STERN Sip, dsl.. 39,500 34'HANS CHRISTIAN HANSA .... 84,500 34'COLUMBIA Sip, dsl, cloon!.... 27,000 33'RHODES WINDWARD, nice ..29,000 33'TRADEWIN0SM/S,leok, dsl AR/Howolivel.Try 19,500 32'ROYAL Cruiser, l/B, classic ...8,500 32'WESTSAIL, dsl, dinghy,*.... 39,500 31'DUFOUR sip, dsl, wTieel. 26,900 31'BROWN Seorunneriri, 0/8 ..7,000 30'CATALINA, dsl, cloon ...Ask 24,500 30' BIRD sip, rebuill classic race. 8,500 30'NEWPORT, l/B, reody logo 11,500 30'CSC MEGA 30 . 12,900 30' KNARR, 0/6, good invenlory.. 9,900 30'SEABIRD Yowl.7,500

38' CHRiS CRAFT CONSTELLATION.

Full Delta I convos, twins, 6.5 lew genset, VHF, etc. Full golley, microwave. Excellent condition.Try below $34,500.

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I 32' WESTSAIL With diesel, 8 bags sails, aluminum

| spars, diesel heat and more. Absolutely perfect condi.tion! Great buy! Must see! Asking $40,000.1

IANGLEMAN SEAWITCH OR KTCH

36' LOD 49' 1 I lOA, dsl, cust. dinghy, staysail rig. Gaff main. Absolutely | show boot condition & ready to cruise. Asking $69,500.

32' TARGA Sloop. Rnland built. Diesel, dodger, new

larae sail inventory, roller Purl., teak decks, center I cocKpit, wheel, vone ond lots more. Asking $39,500.

30'GARDEN clossicdbl-end sip.10,500 30'RNUDSON PH Sip, l/B.12,000 29'CAL 229, very cloon.17,000 28'FELLOWS S STEWART Gofikich 20k 28'HERRESHOFF ROZINANTE... 23,000 27'CATALINA, dsl, looded.10,500 27'CATALINA, 9.9 bp 0/B perfect slorler bool.7,400 27'NEWPORT S, l/B.12,500 27'CHEOY LEE LUDDERS Sip.18,000 26'£XC4LIBURSIp, 0/6, nice ....6,800 26'BRISTOL CHANNEL clr. 9,000/offer 25'CHEOY LEE PAC. CLIPPER.7,250 24'SEAFARER Sip, 0.8.4,500 24'1/BOATS w/O/Bs. 5,000-6,500 23'HERR£SH0FFSIp,dsl.. 5,000/oller 22'TANZERSIp. 4,250/offer 20'CAL Sloop.1,200 POWER 70'FANTAILM/Y.149,500 65'CHARTER YACHT. 275,000/ofr 65'WHEELER MA,'31 . 95,000/ofr 55'CLASSIC/Charoclcr, dsl.7,500 46'CHRIS CONNIE, dsl, looded. 69,000 45'CHRIS CONNIE,CATdsl64,500/olfer 43' STEPHENS, '31, roised deck, Iri-cobin, plumb bow, perfect, twins Ask $65,000 43'MATTHEWS F/B. 35,000/olfecs 43'RICHARDSON MA...35,000/offers

42'TROJAN, loaded. 42,500 4rCHRIS CONNIE, twin V8 27,500/ofr 40' SALMON Trwir w/comm'l license, .0 giveowoy ol 2,400 39'M£0ITERRANEAN SF,'92, twin dsl, os now.Asking $185,000 38' LAGUNA FB SF, twin Cummins dsis, gen, cloon, loaded... Ask $110,000 38'CHRIS Sdn Dix, perfect. 39,000 38'CHRIS CRAFT CORINTHIAN, core 20k 37'CHRIS TRI-CAB Connie, Iwns 25,500 34')EFFRIES EXPRESS, twins.... 32,500 34'SILVERTON, F/G, dsl, F/B... 27,000 33'CRUISERS Inc., twn, Ik new. 48,500 32'STEPHENS,'47,sed.cruise. 15,000 30'TOLLYCRAFT F/B, twins, fg. 24,000 30' COMMERCIAL, excellent goer 8 cond. w/sFHismnmr. try 45,000 30'CHRIS aVALIER,exc cond .17,500 30'ED MONK Sdn, dsl, classic.8,500 28'HUNTER Sdn, nice.6,500 27'REGAL Clossic 233 w/lrlr.„. 45,000 26'REGAL 255 XL.18,000/olfer 24'OWENS Cruise, lrlr,V8 5,500/oller 24'BELL BUOY, I/O, nice.9,750 22'FORMULA 3LS, I/O.15,000 20'SEA RAY AMBERJACXw/lrlr. 8,500

23'CUST. CHINOOK by Main Marine. With tir, radar, VHF, depth, 130 hp Volvo I/O. Like new. Loaded, strong, seawortny. Ideal fishing mochine. $32,000/0f{er$.

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I 47' O.D. GARDEN PORPOISE KrCH. Rare oft stoteraom model. Dsl, oil teak, fireplace. Gaad cruiser with seakindly charm. $69,500/offers.

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I diesel, wheel, roller furl, VHF, pilot, depth & more. I I Beoutiful. Retiuced to $20,500. A

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32' lOb CHANNEL CUHER by Bud McIntosh. This | I beauty has oil new geor from AP and rador to woterI moker & dodger. Reody to cruise now. $19,500.

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42' ED MONK SR. STEEL HULL SPORT FISHERMAN FLYBRIDGE WALKAROUND TRAWLER Built under U.S. Coast Guard supervision for Salmon Party Charter Trade. Twin GM 671 diesels. 14' beam. High capacity hydraulic take-off. Fly & storm bridges. Largely refurbished under U.S. Coast Guard inspection. Deck installation unfinished. New plating. New wiring. Deckhouses refurbished. Deep V hull w/hard chine eSc full keel. Huge deck area and many more very desireable features. A proven,^always successful performer.

Ideal for Trawler Yacht Conversion or commercial use. greaf boat priced right for quick sale: $24,500/offers.

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I 43' STEEL DUTCH-BUILT PH ketch. Duol lieim, rblt dsl, just replated & re-rigged; now finishing int. Strong world cruiser by Volentin-Zonen. Asking $79,000.

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