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World Class Yachts... Sail Magazine Winner
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2712"'^J This new full sized cruiser set new standards for comfort and * elegance in a sturdy offshore cruiser designed specifically for '*1^ J the needs of the cruising couple. Sales of this new model have been so strong that we were only able to get one boat for our vjfej 2000 inventory. You can reserve this boat for the summer sailing season by calling us now. Arriving soon. The unique interior of the 420 gives you the room and ammenities usually not found until you reach 50 feet. The cutter rig and optional furling mainsail make extended shorthanded sailing stress-free. A winner all around. LOA.44' 7"^ LWL.37' 4" Beam.14' 3”
Displacement approx. 28,400 lbs Ballast. 12,700 lbs Water Capacity.250 sq ft
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This Ed Duboise design is beautifully executed by one of the most quality driven shipyards in the world. Everything about this exceptional yacht speaks of tasteful elegance and craftmanship. This design combines the aft cabin accommoda¬ tions of a center cockpit yacht with a raised pilot saloon and a pleasing profile. The interior is abso¬ lutely gorgeous with an abundance of natural light and world class joinery. The sparkling sailing characteristics and carefully designed sail handling systems make this one of the most pleasant yachts you could use for bluewater passages.
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This pair of classy cruisers exemplify the quality, performance and value that has made Beneteau the world's leading sailboat manufacturer. These total modem yachts feature classic styling and beautifully finished furniture grade interiors. Superb constmction throughout and advanced engineering insure years of trouble-free enjoyment and high resale value. Built to take you anywhere in total comfort and security, these full-sized cruisers will delight you with swift, responsive sailing manners, extensive standard equipment lists and affordable prices.
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"Your Looooong Wait is OverT' The luxurious Lagoon 380: Seattle debut February 5, SF Bay debut April 8 This is the fastest selling bluewater cruising cat in U.S. history. It's only 14 weeks since its U.S. debut - and already 51 models have been ordered! This Seattle-bound L-380 (on the ship from France as you read this) is the only unsold model available anywhere is the U.S. until nearly fall!! What's more, if you choose simply to keep it moored at our Seattle location for the next 10 months (NO chartering involved), the cat is yours to use
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How big is a 38-foot cruising cat? BIG! Because of its broad beam and two fully habitable hulls, a 38-foot cat gives you the square-footage and cubic-footage of a 47-foot cruising monohull. (This cat has 3 or 4 double cabins & 2 spacious heads, with a separate shower stall.) Yet this lavishly equipped catamaran costs only $193,880 (ex-factory),
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her a breeze to singlehand. Under power, her
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Home Page: http://bayislandyachts.com A classic boat in top condition. You must take a look. $42,500.
Monohull Brokerage 28' DUFOUR, Mezzo.$26,500
38’ REINKESlOalum,'95.... $95,000
$13,950
38' CSK Polynesian. $70,000
30' ISLANDER.2 from $15,000
41' NEWPORT, 79.$44,500
30' CARTER, 78.$23,900
42' CROSS TRI.$104,500
30' CORONADO.$12,900
43' GULFSTAR, 76.$84,950
32' CHALLENGER, 75.2 frm $31,000
44' HYLAS, '84.$179,500
32' DOWNEAST.$29,900
45' KRONOS CAT.$298,500
34' VAN DER STADT , '87.... $45,000
45' CUSTOM TRI.$125,000
Ketch rig which is great for a couple to cruise with. Our dock. $129,500.
35' ALBERG.$25,900
46' MORGAN 462,'81 .$109,900
35' SANTANA.$32,900
48' LIGHTWAVE, '90.$279,500
36' CHEOY LEE LUDERS.$42,500
50' GULFSTAR,'77.$129,500
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Very dean, race ready and at our dock to view. $33,600.
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Steel construction and all the amenities to cruise in style. $647,000.
Please contact Neil for a personalized list.
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VAN DE STADT steel.$189,000 OCEANIS,'95.$132,500 APHRODITE,'88.$199,000 BALTIC MAGNUM, '88.$174,000 OYSTER, '82.$195,000 JEANNEAU, '90.$117,000 DUDLEY DIX, '93 .$279,000 BRUCE ROBERTS STEEL.$160,000 JEANNEAU SUN KISS .$126,000 CELESTIAL,'85.$170,000 BOWMAN, '80.$195,000 FORMOSA.New Listing
51' BENETEAU OCEANIS.$229,000 52' GRAND SOLEIL,'91 .$420,000 54' SOVEREIGN, '93.$289,000 55' SWAN, 70.$379,000 59' JONGERT, 72.$495,000 62' NAUTICAL,'85.$375T000 78' SCHOONER.$298,000 80' FEADSHIPMS.$197,000 82' VATON25M,'90.$1,200,000 87' RON HOLLAND aluminum $ 1,250,000 178' CUSTOM SCHOONER .... $ 1,500,000
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"Everyone Needs a Bigger Boat
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KENSINGTON YACHT & SHIP BROKERS Fortman Marina 1535 Buena Vista, Alameda, CA 94501 (510) 865-1777 Fax (510) 865-8789
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_ 53' OYSTER, 1987 (sistership) Never chartered, professionally maintained, cruise-ready. Agent: Jill. Asking $520,000.
49' BOWMAN KETCH, 1980 T op of the line British construction. Cruise ready. Listing agent: Jill. Asking $195,000.
WAUQUIEZ 47,1987 Best priced, best equipped, best condition on market. $229,000. Listing Agent Jill, (sistership)
_ 42' STEEL PILOTHOUSE CUTTER, 1987 Great passagemaker in solid condition. Listing agent: Jill. Asking $90,000.
48’ AMEL, 1982 One of France's finest. This ketch is cruiseready. Asking $185,000. (sistership)
46' MORGAN, 1989 Solidly built cruiser at a bargain price. Asking $115,000. (sistership)
27' WATKINS, 1983 Beautiful shape, lots of equipment including diesel, wheel. Asking $24,000.
35' RAFIKI, 1977 Sturdy cruiser and liveaboard. Asking $48,000.
47' McINTOSH MARINE CUTTER, 1986 Comfortable cruiser loaded with electronics & stuff. Shows owner's pride. Asking $199,000.
37'CASCADE, 1982 Custom-built cutter, for passagemaking. Listing Agent: Rick. Asking $50,000.
49' CENTURION, 1991 Superb cruiser. Excellent condition. Asking $250,000.
51' BENETEAU OCEANIS 510,1993 4 double staterooms w/heads. A true performance cruiser. Asking $259,000.
32’ TRAVELLER CUTTER, ’76.$28,000 obo
36’ COLUMBIA, 71.$25,000
34' TOPSAIL KETCH, 73.$55,000
40' TWO-TONNER, '77.$59, 500 February. 2000 • U&loJt ??
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New Stability, The Highest Quality, The Best Value FUJINON Offers You All Three. New 14X40 TECHNO-STABI — The Only Waterproof True Image Stabilizing Binocular It doesn’t just steady your hands, it sta¬ bilizes your boat! Unique DIS (Digital Image Stabilizing) system gives you clear rock-steady 14X images regard¬ less of boatspeed, sea and wind con¬ ditions. Image stabilizing prisms in a dual gimbaled frame, controlled by piezo vibration sensors and direct drive motors give you instant, constant stabilization. And it comes with a Pelican waterproof case.
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SPIRIT OF THE RACE: Angel Island is a resource worthy of out care and concern. It is an important landmark that both our sailing community and the wider public enjoy. It is also a significant part of out cultural heritage and has been called the Ellis Island of the Pacific, where many Asian-Americans first landed in the USA. Now, as part of the Save America's Treasures projects being restored throughoutthe United States, we are asking you to join us in this regatta to support the preservation of out own treasure, Angel Island!
SPECIAL THANKS TO: YENI WONG • DALE CHIHULY ’ US SAILING • SAN FRANCISCO YACHT CLUB ’ ANGEL ISLAND ASSOCIATION ’ ANGEL ISLAND IMMIGRATION STATION FOUNDATION * CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS SERVICE
TO ENTER; For a registration form and further information, check our website at www.cyc.org. or call Jeff McQueen at C415) 456-3771, fax C415) 456-1308, email: pjmcgu@ibm.net
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CALENDAR Mar. 25-26 — RYCs Woman’s Dinghy Clinic, a beginner clinic in Toros and DeWitt Dinghies with the emphasis on racing and fun. Gail Yando, (510) 232-6310. Apr. 2 — Daylight Savings Time begins — hooray! Apr. 26-30 — Pacific Sail Expo returns to Jack London Square for the fourth time. This is easily the best sailboat show in the West and Will feature more new boats than ever. For info or tickets, call (800) 817-7245 or www.sailexpo.com. Apr. 30 — Opening Day on the Bay. PICYA, 823-6633. Racing Feb. 3, 1990 —Ten Years After, from a Latitude article called
"Cerveza Circuit Doubleheader — Manzanillo Race and MEX¬ ORC”: February was a tough month up here in the ’real’ world. First Mike Tyson went belly down, then Drexel Burnham went belly-up. Perrier got yanked off the market, Del Shannon offed himself, The Donald pink-slipped Ivana, and assorted other vani¬ ties were bonfired. Even the weather was weird (snow on Mt. Tarq?). Sure, some good stuff happened, too — Mandela was freed, Ortega was voted down — but, on the whole, it was a good month to be in Mexico. More specifically, Manzanillo, Mexico — where the cream of the West Coast racing crop spent most of February. The occa¬ sion was the one-two punch of the 1,100-mile San Diego to Manzanillo Race, followed immediately by MEXORC, a weeklong series of buoy races in the waters off the Mexican Riviera. Many of the same boats and people sailed in both events; both were administered by the efficient San Diego YC; and the social activities of each revolved around the chic Las Hadas resort. But that’s where the similarities ended. The race down was a hardcore long distance sprint, featuring the full range of var¬ sity offshore conditions. It was windy enough (over 30 knots a few times) that the sleds knocked off some exhilarating 300+ mile days — and the smaller and/or heavier boats got a healthy dose of religion. In the end, Hal Ward’s N/M 68 Cheval finished in 5 days and almost 18 hours, shattering Sorcery's 1986 mark of six days even. MEXORC, on the other hand, remains more of a party re¬ gatta, an excuse to hang out in Mexico for another week and decompress after the ride down. Consisting of five 20-mile buoy races and one ’distance’ race of only 36 miles, the not-so-grueling schedule left plenty of time for shoreside activities (which, in the absence of Pat Farrah and Blondie, unfortunately didn't include the now-legendary Intergalactic Ping-Pong Party). With the exception of what proved to be a windy, rainy distance race, MEXORC lived up to its reputation as a sunny, light air, 'user friendly' series. This year, however, there was one more similarity between the two events: Jano, a seven-year-old Frers 43 sailed by Bob Kahn of Pacific Palisades, picked up the overall hardware in both contests. Kahn and his six-man crew (Santa Cruzans Ian Klitza and Andre LaCour, hot helmsman Steve Grillon, John Frisch, Jim Hammitt and navigator Dusty Way) cleaned up in the Manzanillo Race: first in IOR B, first overall in IMS and a special trophy for best performance in fleet. Then, Kahn and company iced the cake by winning MEXORC overall for the sec¬ ond time (Jano also won in 1988). Kahn, who couldn't wipe the smile off his face all week, claimed happily, "I love Mexico!" Feb. 5-14 — 2000 Youth World Match Racing Champion¬ ship in New Zealand, held in Elliott 6.0s. A trio of hot StFYC juniors (skipper Chad Freitas, Dan Malpas, Joey Pasquali) will represent the Bay Area. Feb. 12 — Kurt Zane Regatta, a non-spinnaker event for Catalina 30s. Two races on this date, followed by one on March 11. Island YC; (510) 521-2980.
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Ken and Shay Fehmstrom are looking forward to getting out on the Bay in their new J/42.
Ken Fehmstrom, a Silicon Valley executive, grew up with boats. He started sailing as a child on Cape Cod and was sailing Sunfish on his own by age ten. Since then sailboats have played a central part of Ken's life. Moving from Sunfish to racing Flying Scots and crewing on bigger boats on the New England coastline inspired Ken to bigger dreams and adventures. After getting out of college and going to work he bought his first boat, a 25-footer for local cruising, before he got his first car. Then further horizons beckoned and he bought a Cape Dory 30 and headed off to the Caribbean for two-and-a-half years with his wife Siay. The high tech world brought the Fehrnstroms and their Cape Dory 30 to the Bay. The Bay Area's sailing conditions and their evolving life-style started them on a search for a new boat that would fit their current sailing habits. Ken and Shay looked at every possible boat over a two-and-a-half-year period, includ¬ ing Sabres, Tartans, and Pacific Seacraft, from 38 to 48 feet. With thousands of sailing miles and countless days on the water, they knew what was important and just as importantly, what was not. The J/42 became the clear choice. A combination of high quality, aesthetics, performance and low maintenance offered the right balance for their current sailing life-style. Frequent day sails, occasional weekends aboard, some longer trips up the Delta and to Monterey Bay, and the occasional casual racing will fill the Fehrnstrom's and their new J/42's sailing days. 'I've owned a lot of boats and 'the J/42 provides the best combination of all that I've learned. In addition, it was terrific working with the Sail California sales team of Art Ball and Chris Corlett. A better boat and better group to work with cannot be found’, stated Ken. \
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Feb. 14 — America’s Cup begins, finally. See the A-Cup ar¬ ticle elsewhere in this issue for how to follow all the action. Feb. 15-19 — San Diego to Puerto Vallarta International Yacht Race, with starts for cruisers (Feb. 15), small PHRF (Feb. 16), large PHRF (Feb. 18), and ULDB 70s and turbos (Feb. 19). See Race Notes. SDYC, (619) 221-8400. Feb. 19-20—SCYA Midwinter Regatta, actually a series of regattas occuring simultaneously at various yacht clubs be¬ tween San Diego and Santa Barbara. SCYA, (562) 433-7426. Feb. 26 — Sadie Hawkins Race. Island YC, (510) 521-2980. Feb. 26-27 — Cardinal Regatta, one of four big high school regattas (along with the Anteater Regatta in Newport Beach, the recent Rose Bowl in Long Beach, and the upcoming Gaucho Regatta in Santa Barbara). Hosted by Stanford University; Eric Knopf, (650) 218-8864. « Feb. 27 — BYC/MYCO Champion of Champions. Bobbi Tosse, (925) 939-9885. Feb. 27-Mar. 3 — MEXORC, expanded to eight races/one layday. Relaxed racing on Banderas Bay. San Diego YC; Frank:-, Whitton, (619) 226-8033. s Feb. 29-Mar. 5 —Acura SORC, the 59th edition of this clas¬ sic Miami, Florida, midwinter series. Info, (305) 673-6000. Mar. 3 — Snowfest 2000, a 'qualifier' for the Ski/Sail Cham¬ pionship on April 21-23. Ten Vanguard 15s will sail out of Homewood (on Lake Tahoe), with the winner getting a free en¬ try to the Ski/Sail. Ralph Silverman, (530) 525-7245. Mar. 4 — Mercury Regatta at T.I.; StFYC, 563-6363. Mar. 4-5 — Spring Keel Regatta for 1 l:Metres, Etchells, Ex¬ press 27s, Moore 24s, Melgi, and J/24s. StFYC, 563-6363. Mar. 4-5 — Mclntrye Team Race Intersectional at StanfordCheck out www.stanford.edu/group/sailing, or call Steves Bourdow, (650) 364-1292. Mar. 5 — 74th Annual Bacardi Cup begins in Miami, with a record-breaking 100 Star teams entered. This prestigious re¬ gatta originated in Havana, Cuba, in 1927, where it flourished! until the Communist revolution in 1957. Bacardi (the rum com¬ pany) fled Cuba about that time, taking the regatta with them to Florida and turning it over to the Coral Reef YC. Info, (30511 358-9500. Mar. 11-12 — Big Daddy Regatta. Depending on the weather,; this is either the first 'real' regatta of the year or the last of the midwinters. Richmond YC, (510) 237-2821. Mar. 11-12 — Spring Dinghy Regatta for 49ers, International! 14s, 505s, Vanguard 15s, Snipes, Laser IIs, Finns, Euros, and Lasers. StFYC, 563-6363. Mar. 18 — Rites of Spring, a shorthanded race in the Soutbl Bay. Oakland YC, (510) 522-6868. Mar. 18 —Ano Nuevo Race. We're cold just thinking about it! Monterey Peninsula YC, (831) 372-9686. Mar. 18-19 — Spring One Design Regatta for Express 37s, J/35s, Santana 35s, J/l05s, Olson 30s, Newport 30s, and Ja 29s. StFYC, 563-6363. Mar. 23-26 — Banderas Bay Regatta, a cruisers regatta oft Puerto Vallarta. Dick Markie, 011-52-322-6-6728. Mar. 25-26 — Wheeler Regatta: two buoy races, a party, anc a pursuit race. Berkeley YC; Bobbi Tosse, (925) 939-9885. Mar. 29-Apr. 2 — Star Class Spring Championship of the i Western Hemisphere. All the hot Star sailors will be on hand tc preview the courses in the following week’s U.S. Olympic Star Trials. StFYC, 563-6363. Apr. 1 — Angel Island Cup Regatta 2000, the first annua l race to benefit the Save Angel Island League (SAIL). Pattemec after Corinthian YC's successful midwinters, though only om day. Jeff McQueen, 456-3771. June 25 — SSS TransPac. See Race Notes for some of the early entries. Terry McKelvey, (510) 527-9433.
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fUlNINE MONTHS AND NO MONEY I just got the December issue down here in the City of Sails; (Auckland) with my monthly mail pack from 'home'. I had ai good laugh when I read about the excellent experience Rick, and Christie Gorsline of Nanook had getting their boat insur¬ ance claim paid. Having dealt with some of the very same people, I thought it was about time to write about my somewhat oppo¬ site experiences. I must first say that I'm a firm believer in cruising insur¬ ance, and will carry it in hopes of never using it again. I always; get a chuckle from the old salts who say "good ground tackle isr the best form of insurance." I think they have their heads in; their butts with respect to issues such as theft, fire, extreme weather, gear failure, uninsured boaters — not to mention good of operator error. If you can’t afford to lose it and replace it, then I think you should insure it. As some readers may recall, my Deerfoot 62 Moonshadow struck a reef while sailing through the Tuamotus in April of: 1998.1 served a one-year sentence in boat repair hell for a navi¬ gational error, but am pleased to report that Moonshadow is aa good, if not better, than new. In fact, we had a wonderful 4,000mile circumnavigation of the South Pacific last season. What I'm laughing about is the experience I have had with my California broker and La Reunion Insurance. To cut a long and ugly story short, repairs to Moonshadow were completed on May 28, 1999, at which time I submitted the final billing tc the insurance company. As of this writing— nearly eight months later — I still have not received payment nor any commitment to a date of payment. Since that time, I have made countless phone calls and emails to the claims adjuster pressing for pay¬ ment, but to no avail. And boy, would I have loved to have hac that money —- we're talking well in excess of $100,000 — in¬ vested in the NASDAQ during the last year! I’m sure the un¬ derwriter has done quite well with it, thank you. When I contacted my (now former) broker in California tc
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LETTERS enlist his support, I was told, "There is nothing I can do." Fur¬ thermore, after the accident, the underwriter attempted to in¬ crease my annual premium by more than 300%! The best alter¬ native my broker could come up with was a policy with only a 50% increase in the premium. Needless to say, I have taken my business elsewhere. The good news is that I am now insured with a very highly-rated Australian underwriter through a New Zealand broker. The coverage is better than what I had before, less restrictive, and the cost is lower than my pre-accident cov¬ erage! I have run to the end of my usually endless patience with regard to the claim, and have referred the matter to an attor¬ ney. I’ll keep Latitude readers posted on the results. George Backhus Moonshadow, Deerfoot 62 Sausalito / Auckland George — Our only question would be about the new policy and whether you're comparing 'apples to apples'. Specifically, does it include coverage for the United States, wher ejuries award millions of dollars in damages when people spill hot coffee on themselves or have M&Ms dropped down their blouses? Mstranger for crew
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When I cruised back in the 80s, I met a Canadian sailor with a story. I've intended to share this story with Latitude read¬ ers for many years, so here it is — along with a bit of philosophy for the millennium. It seems the Canadian had been singlehanding down the: coast headed for Mexico, and put in at Eureka. While there he picked up a stranger for a crew. Further down the coast, the crew had been standing his watch in a fresh breeze and rolling; sea, and was now being relieved by the owner, who had just turned on the light in the main cabin. "What is this broken jar of strawberry jam doing on the cabin: sole?" asked the owner. "The cabinet door came open as the boat rolled, and the jam! jar fell out and broke," answered the crew. "But why is the jam still on the floor?" exclaimed the owner. "Why haven't you cleaned it up!?" "It’s not my boat," the crew answered. Ever since the Canadian related this tale to my wife and me, whenever someone comes aboard and is careless with our boat or acts similarly, we look knowingly at one another and say, "Strawberry jam!" Ronn Hill Northern California: -
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No doubt you could easily devote an issue to stories about former Marina Vallarta harbormaster Karl Raggio and all that he's done for cruisers. Here's one of ours. Bonnie and I first sailed south aboard our Island Packet 35 Piece of Cake in the second Baja Ha-Ha, and en¬ joyed five months in Mexico before having to work our way back to San Diego in April of '96. We enjoyed that adven¬ ture so much that we did the Ha-Ha IV, after which we found ourselves in Marina Vallarta with a sick engine. We left our boat there over the summer and returned in De¬ cember of '98. A month after our return, we bid adios to Karl and took the boat out to the Bay for a shakedown — and then to La Cruz for a night on the hook before heading further south. While on the hook, we discovered a dead house battery bank, and there¬ fore decided to return to Marina Vallarta for replacement bat¬ teries. When we called Marina Vallarta the next morning to ex-
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LETTERS plain our circumstances and to plead for a berth in the over¬ crowded marina, the conversation went as follows: Me: "Marina Vallarta, this is Piece of Cake." Karl: "C-24". Click. In other words, Karl was able to anticipate and understand problems cruisers have, and was quick to help. During our four years in Mexico) Karl never let us down. No matter how crowded the marina was or how busy he was, he somehow always found room for us — and others — to squeeze in somewhere. Further¬ more, he always managed to be at the dock to help us tie up, and to cheerfully and pleasantly answer all our questions — no matter how much of a pain in the butt we'd been that day. Another of Karl's fine qualities is that he treated the owner of a 25-footer the same as he treated the owner or captain of 100-footers. When Marina Vallarta decided to let Karl go on his 61st birthday, a huge part of the marina's personality went with him. Bonnie and I are both saddened to hear that Karl is no longer working as the Harbormaster, but we hope to see him around and share a cold Pacifico or two. N P.S. We’ve heard that the Marina Vallarta bathrooms have been redone. If you've ever spent any time in one, you know how much it was needed. Nonetheless, Bonnie says she'd much rather have Karl and the dismal old bathrooms than remodeled bathrooms and no Karl. And that's quite a concession from her. Brian and Bonnie Hogan Piece of Cake, Island Packet 35 Brian & Bonnie — Your sentiments are shared by many. As reported in the last issue, Karl and Linda have no plans to leave the Puerto Vallarta area. Furthermore, we continue to believe it won't be long before some other sharp marine business hires Karl, because he both took care of business and cared about his ’children' in the marina. MTHE CANAL IS OPEN
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with boats, and is currently on his third sailboat. He desper¬ ately wanted me to be involved, starting with his first sailboat. I did sail with him some on the Bay, but I found that I got very stressed out by winds over 15 knots — and developed a genu¬ ine fear of waves bigger than me. Nonetheless, I have always and forever supported his desire to pursue his racing and cruis¬ ing interests. This support extends to shopping with him for rigging and hardware, helping him clean up or paint, buying books, checking out sailing programs of all kinds, and encour¬ aging his friendships with others who more actively participate in racing and cruising. I’ve also attended sailing and racing events — to be there for him and to cheer him on if need be. And from time to time, I will do a daysail with him within the j Bay. In other words, I’ve tuned in to whatever I can do to keep his loVe of sailing alive and well and to make a personal contribu¬ tion as a loving ’mate’. After all, we didn’t marry one another to change each other. I know he is disappointed that I haven t shared more of an interest in the cruising aspect with him, but I l^now he appreciates my support and encouragement. He con¬ tinues to enjoy and be an active participant in racing and we enjoy the whole ambiance of sailing events throughout the Bay Area together. Currently, I am finally realizing a dream of my own: com¬ pleting my undergraduate degree that I interrupted years ago so that I could go to work and we could marry while he finished his degree. It’s been an inspirational journey for me, which he has supported. And that's what it’s all about — loving and sup¬ porting your mate, not necessarily the doing of something with them. Married and ’coupled’ life is a series of trade-offs and com¬ promises. It seems to me that if you truly love and respect the person you're with, you'll absolutely encourage whatever healthy interests they have and find ways to be a supportive and loving 'participant'. . Peggie Davis The Captain’s 'land-loving' wife Peggie — We think that pretty much explains why you've been married for 29 years and we've been divorced twice. Good on you. •
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LETTERS the residents of Port Townsend, we're going to assume that Janet is probably a wonderful person who, for whatever reason, is a little more modest than most of our readers. We're not going to criticize her for feeling the way she does — as long as she doesn't criticize us for having a more lighthearted, fun-loving, breezebetween-the-legs outlook on life. If ^SCANTILY CLAD WOMEN AS CREW OR FUTURE MATES I’m sure that it was coincidence and not providence that your reply to two letters in the January issue seems to suggest that scantily-clad women "who are part of sailing and sailing events" may manage to escape, later in life, being left at the hearth "to play with their grandkids during the more arduous passages." Given, by then, their unmatched sailing skills and ocean expe¬ rience, one can only hope that they will participate fully in sail¬ ing life with their mate — or find a new one who does — and live the dream. The only real problem I see with all this is the way that the scantily-clad female sailors are treated by male sailors at these sailing events — which I have participated in for over 40 years. Men don’t seem to treat scantily-clad women as crew or future mates — let alone grandmothers and mothers of their children. This may account for Ms. Welch's observation about cleav¬ age over character — and my own skepticism that you may have inadvertently hit upon a reason to feature scantily-clad women in a sailing magazine as a way to promote the active and full involvement of girls and women in the sport through¬ out their life. And, yes. I'm quite sure you are an exception, and that is why you keep publishing scantily-clad women in your sailing magazine. Ruth Ann Barrett San Francisco Ruth Ann — Our first response was that later in life many — not all — wives prefer to spend their time at home with kids and grandkids rather than making arduous ocean passages. Our second response was that you can't judge a women's character by her cleavage anymore than you can judge a person by the color of their skin. To try to draw a conclusion from these two independent premises — both of which are correct — is absurd because they have nothing to do with each other. As for 'scantily-clad' women at regattas being dismissed as future crew or mates, that might have been true 40 years ago, but as a product of the '60s and as the owner of several boats that have been crewed by scores of scantily-clad — to say the least — women, we can assure you those attitudes have pretty much gone the way of full keel boats. Certainly, there's a time and a place for everything, and a woman who wears nothing but a flimsy bikini top and a G-string into the St. Francis YC bar after a race is going to be dismissed by most men as a person who doesn't have very good judgment. But it's entirely different in the tropics where the weather, the ambiance, and the atti¬ tudes give women a chance — if they so desire — to wear little bikinis or even go topless. As for your last paragraph, we apologize, for we have no idea what point you're trying to make. If you're still trying to figure out why we occasionally run photos of women in brief outfits, we'll repeat: Because it's a part of the sailing scene, and because we — like men since the beginning of time — have a soft spot for the female form. It's a good thing, too, for if we didn't, the human race would have ceased to exist a long time ago.
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LETTERS race one can imagine, none compares to the Panama Canal. That's not just our opinion, as the American Society of Civil Engineers selected it as the most important and impressive project ever constructed by man. All day and all night the spectacular show of great ships of the world entering and being lifted in the Pedro Lock can be viewed from the'humble little club. The giant grain ships, cargo carriers, oil tankers, military ships — everything you can imag¬ ine — barely squeeze through the 110-foot wide locks. Tiny human figures in white hard hats peer down at us from the mighty ships. What are they thinking about us? Fifty-thousand horsepower tugs race back and forth to posi¬ tion these mighty ships as they prepare to transit the Pedro Lock — the third — on their way to the Caribbean/Atlantic side. They sometimes stir up great waves that send the boats at the boat club marina rocking back and forth on their many docklines. And the big ships will sometimes send up breakers into the lake, as they thunder to move forward into the lock. But here’s the magic of the Pedro Miguel: look the other way frqm the ships and locks, and you'll see green jungle, birds and crocs — all coexisting with this marvel of human construction. Despite the 40 or so ships that pass each way each day, much of the time there is nothing but peace and quiet. We urge all cruisers to take advantage of the unique Pedro Miguel Boat Club. But do it soon, for nobody knows what will happen to this funky but completely comfortable little marina with its congenial community kitchen and family room where cruisers gather for meals, conversation and things like Christ¬ mas dinner. Klaus, the marina manager, recently told me that the many rumors and stories about the supposed closing of the Pedro Miguel have hurt business. With just a few boats in the marina, they are barely able to pay their bills. Contrary to the many rumors, the club presently has no plans to close. Prior to turn¬ ing over the Canal to Panama, the Panama Canal Commission had come up with four different 'closing dates'. But each came and went without the club having to shut down. Now it's up to the new Panamanian administration of the Canal to decide the fate of the Pedro Miguel Boat Club. But as yet there have been no scheduled hearings nor any other notices from the Panama¬ nian government. As such, it could be a long time before the government even gets around to considering the club’s status. So the Pedro Miguel management is eager to have boats and cruisers come and enjoy their wonderful facilities — which in¬ clude something we have never seen in any marina: free Internet access with unlimited use! There is so much to the place — including being a witness to the nearby locks and all the activ¬ ity that takes place there. And the price is right. We're being charged about $10 a day for our 38-footer, and that includes unlimited power, water, and an actual dock you can walk down to step onto your boat. The marina needs to get the word out so it can survive financially, so please let everybody know. Bill and Soon Gloege Gaia, Morgan 38 Pedro Miguel, Panama Canal Bill & Soon — The Pedro Miguel Boat Club is a terrific and unique place for cruisers. Furthermore, it's the best and safest place to store a boat between Acapulco and Cartagena, Colom¬ bia. The one thing you forgot to mention is that it has great work¬ shops and plenty of space to carry out just about any size or type of boat project. Panama is a great place to undertake such projects, because unlike the rest of Central America and South America, they have just about everything one could need in Panama City, and what they don't have can be brought in duty
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get back to me. But nobody ever did. Since I needed to stay in San Diego until the start of the Ha-Ha, and since several people expressed concern that the Harbor Police would make my life miserable if I continued to push the issue, I stopped. But for us, we can't help but be suspicious of the Harbor Police's atti¬ tude. Frankly, we'are still pissed off that the San Diego Harbor Police showed so little concern over the event. If they had seen me throw an empty can of beans overboard in their Bay, I’m sure I would have paid dearly, but it was perfectly all right for Vessel Assist to drop several hundred pounds of galvanized steel to the bottom. What do you think? Please withhold my name since 1 will probably go through San Diego when we come back into the country. Anonymous Northern California Anonymous — What do we think? If what you say is true, we think it stinks — and is therefore worthy of a little Latitude in¬ vestigation. As such, does anybody know whose boat was towed from A-8 on October 16? And would any San Diego divers like to join Latitude in a hunt for 150 feet of anchor chain that was dumped on the bottom of A-8? We'll be coming through in early April, so you can email us at richard@latitude38.com. As for mariner relations with the San Diego Harbor Police, it seems to us that they are better than they were before 1994, but have nonetheless been backsliding a bit. Chief Dave Hall, who recently replaced Chief Hight, was great about making sure there was plenty of space for the Ha-Ha boats, and we thank him for that. But we're going to have a little chat with him about the attitudes of some officers. Most of the men and women we've had contact with have been nice and courteous, but a few of them responded to a pleasant 'hello' with surliness and a big stink eye. We don't see any reason for it. ITllNEW ZEALAND STORM ARTICLE This is a quick note of thanks for your brilliant web site. I was drawn to it by last year's article on the storms faced by cruisers sailing from the South Pacific to New Zealand. It's dif¬ ficult for me to find words to convey how impressed I was with that article. It was an impossibly difficult subject to write on, and the courage which was shown in describing such a fasci¬ nating and devastating tragedy was outstanding. Thank you. By the way, 1 purchased a 23-ft trailer sailer at the begin¬ ning of this year, which we keep moored. It has brought a new dimension to the lives of my family and me. Next diy season I plan to venture out of Darwin Harbour.' Clive Whitworth Australia Clive Thanks for the kind words. We hope to be sailing in and writing about Australia within a few years. fUJ-KNOW nothing about the boats they sell 1 used to think that used car salesmen and real estate bro¬ kers were the lowest form of life, but after spending six months looking for a cruising sailboat in the 40 to 50 foot range, I can now say that yacht brokers are even less professional — and have little or no business sense. After dealing with about 10 different brokers who don’t send you information they promise, are late for appointments to view boats, and generally luiow nothing about the yachts they sell, I found the worst of the worse right here in San Francisco Bay. Even though I live in Napa, I'm often in Europe for one to two weeks each month. A very nice broker who has an advertisement in Latitude located a Camper Nicholson that was for sale
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LETTERS some of the annual events, am strongly considering a serious offshore cruise for the summer of 2001. The idea of a round trip to Hawaii keeps popping into my mind. I had a difficult passage from San Diego to San Francisco during the summer of '98, but learned a lot from it and subsequent sailing, and want to make at least one seriQus cruise. Finally, have you had any feedback on what owners of Freeport 41s think of them as an offshore cruising boat? I should be able to get my boat ready for an offshore trip within the time line I've set, but any feedback on the boat would be great. Mike Belt Taita Falco South San Francisco Mike — The first African-American we know who completed a circumnavigation is Bill Pinkney, who did it with his Valiant 47 about eight years ago. But he started and ended his historic voyage on the East Coast. The accompanying photo is of Neal Petersen, a black South African who completed the recent Around AloYie singlehanded round-the-world race with his homebuilt No Barriers. The most ambitious Northern California based African-Ameri¬ can sailing adventure we can recall is when Berkeley school administrator Bill Collins competed in Singlehanded Sailing So¬ ciety founder George Siegler's Frey a 39 in the inaugural Singlehanded TransPac. It was a controversial move, because until just two days before the start of the race, Siegler had promised the boat to then 18-year-old Amy Boyer. Because of a celestial navigation miscalculation, Collins sailed past Kauai, and was missing long enough for most competitors to fear he'd been lost at sea. But he finally showed up. Collins, who'd done quite a bit of cruising before in his own boat, eventually ended up in the U.S. VirginTslands where he became a talented sail-boarder and built a Texas Deep-Pit BBQ empire. As good as Collins' sail-boarding skills were, the stuff that came out of his waterfront BBQ carts was even better! Other African-Americans have started cruises or done local offshore races, but it's been so long that the names no longer come to mind. The simple truth, however, is that there haven't been and aren't now a lot of AfricanAmerican owned sailboats in the Bay Area — or any¬ where else in the States. Economics is one of the main reasons, as boats aren't cheap and it's no se¬ cret that the average Afri¬ can-Americans typically have far less disposable in¬ come than other racial groups. Its somewhat ironic, then, that about the first 20 times we sailed San Francisco Bay on a big boat — this was back in about 1970 — it was aboard. Wendell Henry's Islander 36 Smithie Too. Henry, who kept his boat in back of his home at Paradise Cay, was an African-Ameri¬ can — and a real character. A couple of years later, we bumped into another African-Ameri¬ can sailor. This poor fellow had a trimaran end-tied at the Berkeley Marina on an afternoon that we were too lazy to raise the
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Andrew McDonough I’Lean II Alameda Andrew —According to a recent survey, 67% of the residents of San Francisco favor new runways that extend into the Bay. The other 33% will be filing lawsuits to prevent it. Meanwhile, the Airport Commission is offering a $250,000 bounty for some¬ one who can come up with a creative solution that would allow for a maximum amount of airline safety with a minimum of Bay fill. Before it's over, lots of lawyers will have gotten rich. While we've got you on the line, what is it with Northwest Ah-lines anyway? As the flying public recalls, the airline virtu¬ ally held hundreds of passengers hostage for nine hours just 150 yards short of the terminal at the near conclusion of a 24hour flight from St. Martin to Detroit that seemed to feature every possible type of human incompetence and lack of concern. Then there was the Northwest pilot who decided that his crew bunk wasn't comfortable enough, so he terminated what was to have been a non-stop flight from Atlanta to Tokyo — with something like five pilots — in Portland. We're sure the 450 passengers — as well as all their families and business associates — were thrilled about what was widely perceived as having been a union hissyfit. Then, last summer, when our American Airlines flight back from Parts to Chicago was diverted by bad weather to Minne¬ apolis — where American has a tiny presence and Northwest a huge one — we were left stranded on a distant tarmac for four hours because Northwest kept changing their mind about whether they'd let American borrow a gate so the passengers could dis¬ embark. It not only inconvenienced the hell out of everyone on our plane — who'd already flown for 10 hours — but the pas¬ sengers on the Tokyo plane, the London plane, the Zurich plane, and several others. As a result, we all got to enjoy an extra day in transit. If we didn't know better, we'd swear that Northwest employees take pleasure in making consumers' lives miserable. As such, you can imagine what airline is at the bottom of our list when we have to fly.
1UILANDING AT SFO I must comment on Mr. Van Wye’s Januaiy letter regarding, new runways at San Francisco Airport. As an airline pilot who, flies out of SFO weekly, I feel I have the expertise to address his* statements. First of all, his suggestion that a waiver of the regulations; can be obtained to operate simultaneously at closer than stan¬ dard runway separation is exactly the problem with the currentl thinking at the Federal Aviation Administration. Granting arbi¬ trary waivers of rules that have kept us safe for years without doing in-depth studies of the potential decreases in safety marj gins is a pathetic way to increase airport capacity at the ex¬ pense of the flying public. Van Wye then suggests that because planes can land simultaneously under visual conditions, they can do so under instrument conditions with the same level ol safety. Allow me to use specific numbers and a sailing analogy to illustrate the lunacy of this statement. Aircraft on the final approach segment are flying anywhere from 130-180 knots. At a 155 knot average, the plane is mov¬ ing at 261 feet per second. During simultaneous visual ap
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safety margin, but it works. In instrument conditions, the FAA minimum required run¬ way separation for simultaneous operations is 4,300 feet. If one plane converges on another in this instance, an air traffic con¬ troller must first notice the convergence on radar — the planes can't see each other — and then direct the errant plane to re¬ turn to course. If no corrective action is taken, the controller then instructs the other plane to break off its approach. Using the speeds above, there are 16 seconds to correct a course de¬ viation in this instance (assuming one plane is off-course). Van Wye is suggesting that these 16 seconds can safely be reduced to three. Assuming people are perfect and nothing ever goes wrong, he would be correct. As pilots, however, we plan our day on things going wrong and always have multiple con¬ tingencies in mind. The computer can land the plane perfectly almost every time, except for when you hit the wake turbulence of the 747 in front of you and the autopilots kick off line, or when the errant construction worker drives a big truck in front of the signeil transmitter — happens all the time — or when the computer freezes for no apparent reason. I’m sure that someone who feels perfectly comfortable sail¬ ing in a race less than 10 feet from another boat on a nice day would not feel as comfortable doing so in zero visibility — no matter how many redundant differential GPS units were on board. Safety is about planning for and protecting against the unexpected. In any system where there are multiple variables, the unexpected is bound to occur. Finally, Van Wye’s statement that "the only reason to build new runways is to provide employment to Airport Commission staffers and to allow some big construction firms to grow fatter at the public trough" is certainly accurate — but it's not the only reason. Besides, he forgot to mention all the credit Willie Brown will claim for doing what amounts to too little too late. It’s not like San Francisco didn’t know 20 years ago that the airport capacity problem was coming — they just chose to ig¬ nore it. Everyone in Denver bitches about how much their new airport costs, but you don’t find anyone bitching about delays anymore. Geoff Evans San Rafael Geoff— In Van Wye's defense, we suspect that he may have read several news stories — as did we — that seemed to sug¬ gest that the use of differential GPS would provide a perfectly viable solution to the lack of separation between runways at SFO. Your well-written letter — as well as those from many other pilots — seems to be a powerful argument to the contrary. Our gut impression is that new runways will have to be built, and they will have to be built on or over parts of the Bay. This might not be the ideal solution, but we suspect it will be much better than any of the alternatives. Furthermore, while we'd pre¬ fer it if a very small portion of the Bay didn't have to be filled, we don't think it's going to be the end of the world — not in a Bay Area where people drive well over 100 million miles every day. 11 U-BOAT CARDS AND 'CHOPS’ We’Ve been cruising in Borneo the past few months, so just got around to reading the November Letters from your web site. In reply to the question from M. Giarratano and J. Engel re¬ garding boat cards and/or stamps, we are ever so grateful for fellow cruisers who have cards with their full names, addresses, radio call signs, and email addresses. It’s far easier to be given a card with all the information than to have to carry around
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pen and paper to write down all that information. We also find that boat cards are very useful when dealing with locals, as one card gives them all the information they need to remember us by. Granted, with a boat named Water¬ melon, everybody remembers our boat, but not everybody re¬ members our names. As far as boat stamps go, we have found ours to have been very useful. In the more bureaucratic places — such as the French islands in the Caribbean — an official-looking stamp has, on occasion, helped intimidate an official sufficiently that he did what he was supposed to do on the first go-around. In Singapore, the stamp — or 'chop' — means that expensive pur¬ chases are sold to us without the local Goods & Services Tax. Nothing else works. Our boat papers mean nothing to them, but our 'chop' is understood and accepted by all. Peter and Jeanne Pockel Watermelon. Sun Fizz 39 Borneo
fUlWHAT MODIFICATIONS WERE MADE The July issue featured an interview with circumnavigator Ed Hart. He made reference to Don Cutty, a cruiser who several years ago sailed a Columbia Sabre — basically a Columbia 5.5 with a small cabin — from Southern California to Massachu¬ setts and who sent some reports in to Latitude. I would be in.-; terested to know what modifications, if any, he made to the vessel, and any other information you might have about his trip. I would also be interested in contacting him if you know his whereabouts. Jim Fox Sunnyvale \ Jim — If we remember correctly. Cutty's whole point was tc not make any modifications. But we wouldn't make too much oj his choice of boat. Chances are you could make the exact same voyage in any number of small popular, and inexpensive pro duction boats from the '60s. All you'd need are big cojones and c little luck.
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race them all year long. Because we're basically sensualists, we suggest you search for a boat as follows: 1) Keep your eye out for boats whose looks excite you. 2) Find out more about their sailing qualities and construction by seeking out owners — walking the docks and jl cruising boatyards is the best way to do it — and interrogating\ surveyors. 3) As long as you don't hear anything disastrouslyi Wrong about 'your girl', act on your emotions! A word to the wise: Don't wait until spring to shop, as both new and used boats have been selling unlike ever before. Ifyow see a qood used boat, don't hesitate — buy it! \ fill LETTERS TO LATITUDE
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What I observed, before being chased away after about five minutes, was a perfectly round hole about 1.25 inches in diam¬ eter drilled through the aft end of the bulb where the wings had been. And, a machined flat airfoil shape on the bulb side, around the hole, with the hole in the 1/3 chord position. It was clear that this could only be for an axle to carry an airfoil section wing, so that it could be moved to change its angle of attack by rotating the through-bulb axle. The flats were to suppress tur¬ bulence at the foil root, where it joined the bulb. The only way to increase boat speed —- for given sail drive — is to reduce total drag, which can only be achieved by reduced wetted surface of the hull (friction drag) and effective displace¬ ment. But reduced true displacement means less structure mass for load-carrying, and reduced true wetted area means a smaller boat. Neither of these is a good idea, given the need for maxi¬ mum sail area, less heeling moment, and the limits of the Froude equation for wave drag. The talented Kiwi design team, headed by Laurie Davidson and Doug Peterson, with engineer/physicist Tom SchnackenbeVg, had to know all of this. And to conclude that, uoila, a solution was clear; provide some lift from the keel foils and thus reduce the effective displacement of the entire boat. This would lift it slightly above its static waterline when underway, and thus reduce wetted area and friction drag, as well as wave drag. The net result would be a faster boat — and the whole thing could be controlled above deck by use of a moment arm through the keel to rotate the foil axle. Years later, a chance inspection of design details of the foils used confirmed this layout. Based on these deductions, I wrote the equations for perfor mance as determined by foil lift, and boat and wind speed, and applied them to the dimensions of the AC boat. A foil area of about 10 square feet was found able to give approximately 1,600 pounds of lift — in typical race conditions — and reduce total drag sufficiently to achieve a speed increase of about 1% over its unlifted condition. This would have resulted in a margin of victory of about two minutes per race over the San Diego course used in the ’95 Cup It turns out that was the typical margin Conner's boat was beaten by in the series. In other words, he'd lost to a better designed boat —just as he had in the '83 Cup against Australia. Now America is about to lose the Cup again, and again to a better designed boat. How and Why? Because Tom Schnackenberg and Laurie Davidson are still there for New Zealand, and they’ve had 4+ years to improve and refine their lifting foil con¬ cept. On the other hand, none of our boats seem to have incor¬ porated it. The only other contender that has a chance at the: Cup is Prada, and this is because Doug Peterson — who wasi part of the Kiwi design team for '95, heads the Prada design team together with German Frers. It is certain that he remem¬ bers the advantage of foil lift, and has incorporated it into the) Prada boats. The New Zealand design team has very bright and clever: people who are not afraid of innovation, who have used it to win the Cup once, and who do not think that they already know\ everything there is to know about yacht design. As Peter BlakeL recently told the press, "There may be a better way. As soon asj we think we have got it right, we are lost." But the Kiwis are no: lost, and they are most likely to keep the Cup —just because they are better designers with more open minds. It’s not be¬ cause they are better America's Cup sailors. Our design inferi¬ ority is unfortunate for U.S. hopes. Update; It’s late January and they've had the keel unveilings for the remaining contenders —AmericaOne, Prada and NZ-6C — for the America's Cup. Based on the photographs I've seen, I'm delighted! Schnackenberg and the Kiwis did exactly what 1 thought they would do, which is to move the foils forward to
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LETTERS reduce the forward pitching moment when sailing downwind and thus preserve the angle of attack that won them the up¬ wind legs. Now they will beat us both upwind and downwind! A look at Prada’s foils shows that they have stayed aft — Peterson does not have Schnackenberg this time although they are probably still articulated. This, even though at a nega¬ tive dihedral angle it serves no useful purpose for lift and, in fact, is aerodynamically the wrong thing to do from the point of view of reducing leeway. Thus, I would expect Prada to be not as good downwind as upwind — unless the entire keel/foil sys¬ tem is too far forward for optimum lift upwind. AmericaOne showed little aft-mounted foils, as in prior America's Cup boats. Based on poor television photos, these do not appear to articulate, but seem to be fixed. However, they exhibit an odd twist from root to tip, appearing to be fixed at zero angle of attack at the root with some slight positive angle of attack at the tip. This could give them some fixed — nonadjustable — lift at the tips, but this will not help tip vortex shedding. But, as Laurie Davidson was quoted, 'The design looks
very sweet!" Of course, we all know that it's not just boat design that wins races, but the whole package, including organization, fi¬ nancing and crew work. However, the team with the best de¬ signed boat has an advantage and the smart Kiwis have come up with a better design again this year. Will we learn from this for next time? It's hard to say, for prima donna designers are veiy slow to change their ways when they already think they | know all there is to know! P.S. I’m an engineer and physicist engaged in development ,t of new energy sources as Technical Director of Energy/Matter Conversion Corp (EMC2). In addition to guiding EMC2’s AeroSea a Division in the study of high-speed sailing craft, I race my Olson 40 Uproarious out of San Diego. Robert W. Bussard San Diego j tUlNEW YEARS DAY ON THE BAY We loved the idea of watching the fireworks over the Golden \ Gate Bridge from our boat — unfortunately the program was; cancelled. As New Year's drew closer, my wife and son encour¬ aged me to think about taking Harmony, our Freeport 41, out to watch the fireworks off the San Francisco waterfront. In thes beginning, we were only going to have a small crew: My wife: Virginia, my son and his girlfriend, and myself. Then my two daughters cancelled their camping trip and joined us with some: other friends. We gathered at the boat in Alameda at about 9:00 p.m. and sailed all the way out the Estuary, under the Bay Bridge, and tci the San Francisco Embarcadero. With everything so congested, at 11:45 p.m., we dropped sail and turned on the diesel. Once under power, we circled a huge cruise ship that was anchored; off Treasure Island and saw another moored off Alcatraz. Ev¬ erywhere you looked, from all the party barges to the city build¬ ings, things were outlined in Christmas lights. The Bay Bridge looked like a string of lighted necklaces. Lights near the Ferry Building Tower indicated the count¬ down, and at midnight fireworks were launched from three barges as we popped the corks on the champagne. The spec tacular fireworks went on for half an hour. When it was fin ished, all the boats sounded their horns, creating a terrific noise Then we motored back to the dock. All the skippers out thai night seemed sober and wanting to bring the New Year in safely! We had a great time. • v Robert Gleser (Cap’n Rob: Harmony, Freeport 41 Alamedi
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SIGHTINGS where were you on the big, new ‘2’? A lot of people made special plans for the turn of the millennium, even those who had never been big New Year’s revelers before. Here’s a sampling of where some of the Latitude staff and our more adventur¬ ous readers were at the stroke of midnight. It's a pretty safe bet that Pacific Cup stalwart Jim Quanci and his family were the first Bay Area residents to usher in the New Millen-
Ziss, boom, bam — ‘Latitude’s managing editor loaded up the family station wagon (our photoboat) with friends and relations and headed out to watch the fireworks off the Embarcadero. We shared grandstand seats with about 100 other yachts and two cruise ships for the show, which everyone aboard agreed was the best pyrotechnic display they'd ever seen. nium, as they'd chartered a Moorings 383 in the Kingdom of Tonga, which lies just across the International Dateline: "We spent New Years Eve night having a Tongan feast at the Mahina Lodge on the island of Ofu with about 20 other yachties,” said Quanci. “Ofu is supposedly the inhabited island closest to the dateline, so it was the first to see the first sunrise of the new millennium. Tonga is in the same time zone as Hawaii, so the time of day is just two hours behind California — but a full day ahead. If nothing else it was a great excuse to get together and have a party. Mahina Lodge — a large shack by western standards — is run by Joanna (an Austrian) and her partner Moses (a Tongan). Our boys Andrew and Stephen had a field day watching Moses chop up and roast the pig. "At midnight on the 31st we were anchored 50 yards from the beach right in front of a Wesleyan church. Tongans are 99.9% Christian and dedicated churchgoers and they absolutely love to sing. A hundred Tongans singing at church put out more sound then a thousand people at church in the States. From about 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. New Years Eve we sat on our boat sipping wine and listening to their beautiful sing¬ ing. At midnight, there was singing, bells ringing, and Tongan drums. Our friends the Robbins — anchored just 50 feet away — went skinny dipping at midnight with champagne glasses in hand." "We ran into Geraldo Rivera who sailed over to Vava’u from Fiji with his family aboard their beautiful mid-’60s CCA-style 71-ft steel ketch Voyager. They were supposed to go to Tongatapu to meet with the King and do a network TV broadcast, but had engine problems and ended up limping in to Vava’u late one night." Meanwhile, down in the Caribbean. . . "Hundreds of boats and thou¬ sands of folks gathered at Jost Van Dyke in the British Virgin Islands to welcome the year 2000," report former Bay Area residents Skip and Caroline Richheimer, who now run the charter yacht Manawa Nui. "Great Harbour was packed: dinghies lined the beach, bareboaters and continued on outside column of next sightings page Page 100 • LWmU
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tenacatita the big one that The afternoon of January 15, a Satur¬ day, was very warm and pleasant in Ba¬ hia Tenacatita. Dad and I had just fin¬ ished filling our water jugs and were on our way back from the beach to the boat. We were just passing a boat in the middle of the anchorage called Neener3 when we noticed something unusual. The anchor rode was moving back and forth very quickly. A large fin then appeared near Neenef s anchor rode and the boat gave a
SIGHTINGS sleighride — or — couldn’t get away sudden lurch to starboard. We called for the owners but no one was home. Dad motored over to the out-stretched anchor chain and we found ourselves over a very large sea animal. We didn’t know what it was, but we realized that it was a lot larger than we originally thought. By this time the boat was careening around the mitjdle of the anchorage with the safety of 20 boats at stake. When
new year’s — cont'd cruisers held the middle ground, a score of megayachts anchored in 80 ft. of water, and the USCG stood by 1/2 mile off shore." Before joining the "seething" crowd ashore, they partied aboard on "Beluga caviar, a brace of roast pheasant and plenty of Dom Perignon." Elsewhere, among the multitudes were three boatloads of mostlyBay Area folks including Sue Stromslana and Juan the 'Juanderer' who report: "NYE at Foxy’s with The Mighty Sparrow and Christmas winds of 20 to 30 knots (and gusts to 40) led to many, many 'painkill¬ ers’ — the libation made with rum, that is." "Foxy and Tess built a large stage, set on about two acres of sand
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new year’s — cont’d right behind the bar and kitchen area. There was a new open-air 'ban¬ quet' area atop the brand new state-of-the-art kitchen and old bar that we all know and love, that had both views of the stage and the harbor. Probably 200 to 300 people were served an exclusive NYE dinner with unlimited drinks and Veuve Cliquot champagne for $1,000 a plate, while thousands of others lined the beach." "The Mighty Sparrow is one of the Caribbean's greatest Calypsonians — his music was unbelievable. You couldn’t help but dance and cel¬ ebrate! Foxy started the countdown and as he shouted '3, 2, 1, Happy New Year!' a drenching rain instantly bathed us for the first 90 sec¬ onds of the Millenium with Foxy and the Mighty Sparrow serenading us with the best rendition of Auld Lang Syne I have ever heard. Before continued on outside column of next sightings page
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Neener took off at a fast rate towards the nearest boat, I managed to jump off our dinghy onto the transom of Neener. 1 got to the wheel just in time to make a turn, avoiding a T-bone collision with Halcyon. It was a close call and I was sweating hard. Don from Windward Lav saw what was happening and put a call out for help on the radio. Suddenly, dinghies arrived from everywhere. Darrel from Black Sioan boarded Neener along with my Dad. They started the engine and manned the wind¬ lass. Neener started bearing down on
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SIGHTINGS cont’d Halcyon for the second time but I was able to steer the boat out of the way. The new arrivals in their dinghies were ready to act as fenders at a moment’s notice. Tim from Treopia soon arrived and started madly putting on his mask and fins. He was soon in the water wrestling to get to the anchor rode which was tangled around the sea animal. Don from Tauri Wind arrived and assisted Tim with the anchor rode from his dinghy. The sea animal suddenly surfaced uncontinued middle of next sightings page
new year’s — cont’d the song was over, the rain had stopped and we all felt cleansed of the last century and prepared for the new! It was a moment 1 will never forget. Fireworks and flares were going off everywhere! We danced and celebrated until we could do so no more." The highlight of the faux millennium-end festivities at St. Barthelemy (St. Barts) in the French West Indies was — as it is each year — the Around The Island Race. Well, that and seeing Claudia Schiffer strut around wearing a pink top with the inscription, 'I’m Ticklish'. Considering that the three-by-five mile island has a population of only 3,000, the big boat fleet was impressive: Volador, a Frers 80 ketch; Lola, a Little Harbor 79; Vivant, a Frers 77; White Wings, a 76-ft W-60; Sunday Morning, a 76-ft sloop; the Farr 72s Morgana and Far Out, Ticonderoga of Greenwich, the original Herreshoff 72 ketch; Campai, a 72-foot sloop; and a sprinkling of smaller boats. Then there were the really big boats: Rebecca, a new Frers 140-ft ketch; Endeavour, the 130-ft J-Class sloop; Sariyah, an S&S 130-ft ketch; Knickerbocker, an S&S 118-footer; Extra Beat, a Frers 117-foot sloop; Snow Goose, a custom 115-footer; Wally, a 106-ft Wally; and the comparatively small Nirvana, a Pedrick 82. Tom Perkins' 116-ft Herreshoff ketch Mariette was in the anchorage, but didn't show at the starting line. Last year's winner, the 154-foot Mari-Cha III, couldn't make it, as she was Down Under having just knocked an astounding 30% off the Sydney/Hobart course record. With the Christmas Trades blowing, the concensus was that it blew a little over 25 knots on the windward side of the island with sloppy seas of 8 to 12 feet. The Wanderer, who somehow found himself man¬ ning one of the massive yankee sheet winches on Endeavour, only knew that with walls of water charging 100 feet down the deck it would have been comforting if J-Class boats had been equipped with lifelines. All concern, however, was lost in the majesty of a 360,000-pound dis¬ placement yacht plunging into a 12-foot sea at close to hull speed. The rabbit start made for an interesting event, as there was plenty of passing. On Endeavour, we managed to catch all but a few boats by Ille Forchure, the leeward mark. Just then the 118-foot Extra Beat — belonging to sometime Belvedere resident Craig McCaw — cut between Endeavour and the island to snatch the lead. On the flatwater beat to the finish, the world's largest daysailer — which had hit 18.9 knots downwind under main and small jib —,passed the remaining boats to take honors in a record time of just under two hours. The unheralded Knickerbocker was second, and Endeavour— driven mostly by her new owner — was a very credible third. It was a grand finish to the millennium, and most owners plan to bring their boats back for the real thing next year.
‘new world’ yacht due in bay soon The New World Challenge is coming to town. As crew training begins in England this month for the BT Global Challenge, the millennium’s first ‘pay-your-own-way’ race around the world, preparations for the next such event are gathering momentum closer to home. That would be the Ne\tf World Challenge, which starts right here in San Francisco Bay in the spring of 2002. It also ends here, after 14 crew on 10 identical boats sail 24,500 miles upwind (east to west) around the world. Included in the 10-month race are several-week stopovers in Yokohama, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore, Cape Town and Rio de Janeiro. Both the BT Global Challenge and New World Challenge are cre¬ ations of The Challenge Business, International, which is itself the brainchild of Sir Chay Blyth. Blyth’s exploits are pretty well known to sailors with a little gray in their hair. In the ‘60s and ‘70s, he rowed across the Atlantic from the U.S. to Ireland, skippered a Whitbread continued on outside column of next sightings page
February, 2000 • UtUtJiS? • Page 103
SIGHTINGS crash course — cont. yacht crewed by British paratroopers (some of whom had never sailed before) and became the first man to singlehand upwind around the world. A dozen years ago, Blyth created the concept of a round-theworld race where ‘ordinary’ people could pay to participate. Despite detractors to the idea, the British Steel Challenge sailed to overwhelm¬ ing success in its first running in 1992. The BT Challenge is the third edition of this popular event. The first two British Steel events employed identical 67-ft steel yachts designed by David Thomas. One of those yachts, cloaked in the New World Challenge garb shown above, will arrive in the Bay on February 29. Sir Chay himself is scheduled to guide the boat under the Gate and to her new berth at South Beach Harbor. The boat will be used for promotional purposes and. eventually, to begin training crew for the long race ahead. However, in a bit of an update since we firsti men¬ tioned this race in Sightings last year, the 67s will not be used for the New World Challenge. That race will now be sailed in CBI’s newer 72-ft steel sloops, the same boats due to start the BT Challenge this fall. After that event finishes •in'the summer of 2001, the yachts will basi¬ cally get hosed off and immediately put on a barge for San Francisco. Like the BT Challenge, the New World Challenge is open to people from all walks of life, and no sailing experience is required. Anyone who is in good health, will be 21 by the start of the race — and who can pony up the funds — may apply. Participation in the entire event runs $45,000, but $7,500-and-up berths are also available on a limited basis (priority is given to those wanting to do the full race) for single legs of the event. The New World Challenge is open to both men and women — about 30% of participants in the upcoming BT Challenge are women — and acceptance into the program includes several months of pre-race preparation and training. At this writing, crew spots for the New World Challenge are about 80% filled. A total of 110 people have signed up. That total includes 32 Californians, 21 of whom are from the Bay Area. To find out more about the New World Challenge, the best place to start is the event’s website, www.newworld.com. If you’re not ‘on line’ yet, call CBI’s Boston headquarters at (617) 723-SAIL (7245) or fax (617) 723-1202. You can also find out more at the New World Chal¬ lenge dockside exhibit at Pacific Sail Expo, which takes place at the end of April at Oakland’s Jack London Square. The 67-footer will be available for boarding, and you can meet representatives of the Chal¬ lenge Business International, as well as some of the folks that have signed up for this once-in-a-lifetime event.
sailing signage John Sweeney, a 29-year-old Sausalito-based sailor and budding outdoor advertising tycoon, just spent the last six months in Auckland with the America True team. As a back-up trimmer, he put in more time on their practice boat, Tag Heuer, than the varsity boat. "But in the end, I got to be the port trimmer in five of the ten races in the Semis, replacing Steve Gruver, who broke his hand," said John. "It was amazing, the best racing I’ve ever been involved in!" In fact, Sweeney enjoyed the America’s Cup so much he decided to bring home a few souvenirs — really, really big souvenirs. With the help of True coach David Barnes, he approached Sir Michael Fay about a pair of IACC boats that were languishing in a shed 15 minutes out¬ side of Auckland. A few hundred thousand dollars later, Sweeney was the proud new owner of two pieces of Kiwi yachting history, the candyapple red 1992 IACC sisterships # 14 and #20. (The latter, you’ll recall, attained notoriety when Paul Cayard [then sailing for Italy’s II Moro di Venezia syndicate] protested her bowsprit. The resulting arbitration penalized the Kiwi boat and Cayard went on to win the Louis Vuitton series.) Along with the boats, Sweeney also got two extra keels, two extra booms and about 120 sails in three containers. continued on outside column of next sightings page
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derneath Don’s dinghy. We all realized then that it was a huge manta ray. Don’s 10 1/2 foot dinghy was on top of the ray. The ray’s fins were sticking up above the water, a few feet from either end of the dinghy showing that the ray was at least 16 feet wide, if not more. Tim dove con¬ tinually for the next 10 minutes, wres¬ tling his way to the tangled anchor rode, while Neener was towed around between the anchored boats. The manta ray took a dive under Neener taking Tim with him. I felt the ray hit the rudder. Neener suddenly turned and started moving toward another boat, Shiriri. Then, just as suddenly, we stopped. Tim surfaced and said that the ray was lying on the bottom with the an¬ chor rode wrapped around one of its 'horns’. Those of us on board took the opportunity to attach a large fender to the anchor rode and made ready to cast it off. Then Tim dove 27 feet to the bottom to once again tiy to get the anchor rode off the exhausted ray. To get a grip, Tim put his hand in the ray’s mouth and was able to unwrap the chain from the ’horn’. The now happy manta ray swam away. We found out later that Neener had been anchored with 50 feet of chain and 100 feet of rope in 27 feet of water. The ray had tangled the chain where it was shack-
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led to the rope. Just as we were pulling up the anchor, the owners of Neener returned from the beach in a state of shock. They had seen their boat moving away with people on board and a crowd of dinghies milling around it. We were happy to turn over command of their boat all safe and sound. All's well that end's well! —joshua peters Readers — Josh Peters is 14 years old and the first mate on Morning. He’s cruis¬ ing with his parents, Cathy and Allen Pe¬ ters, and sisters Joanna, 11 and Lydia, 9. Morning is homeported in British Colum¬ bia. After the incident, Josh did some re¬ search and found out that manta rays can grow to a width of 23 feet and weigh more than 1,500 pounds. They are filter feed¬ ers, and the ‘horns’ (properly called cepha¬ lic fins) help sweep small fish and plank¬ ton into their wide mouths. “I also heard that several years ago Cruising World car¬ ried an article about a boat in Costa Rica that had disappeared out of an anchor¬ age, ” Josh wrote in an addendum to the story above. ‘The owner chartered an air¬ plane to search for his stolen boat. He found it underway some miles off the coast being towed at full speed by a very large manta ray. ”
Sweeney loves to sail as much as the next guy, but there's an ulte¬ rior motive behind his purchase: the 80-foot boats will be used as sailing billboards, a concept he has already championed on the Bay with the ll:Metre fleet and the infamous billboard on a barge (now restricted to south of Candlestick Point). Through Sailing Billboards, the company he owns with partner Tina Kleinjan, Sweeney plans to 'brand' the IACC boats for a year at a! time, basically plastering every square inch of the hull and sails with a advertiser’s colors and logo. "The fun part will be sailing twice a week up and down the Cityfront, under the Bridge, or wherever," grinned Sweeney. "And we already have a one-year contract from an internet company to do just that." Number 14 is currently being assembled by Sweeney's True pals, and will be sailing on the Hauraki Gulf during the Cup finals. "We have just two weeks to find an advertiser,-' said Sweeney. "Or we'll just put 'sailingbillboards.com' all over it and go cruise around in front of the ESPN cameras." Number 14 was in relatively turnkey shape, thanks to the failed Hong Kong syndicate, who leased the boat for the current America’s Cup and did a lot of work on it before going belly-up. That boat will be shipped to the Bay by early April, and wiU be quickly pressed into service as a sailing billboard.. However, the other boat in the package, #20, is in pretty rough shape. "It’s delaminating and needs a lot of work, and lots of its vital parts are missing," said Sweeney, who tried unsuccessfully to donate it to Auckland's Maritime Museum. "I'm still not sure what to do with it — it depends where the Cup goes, and if the sailing billboard con¬ cept takes off." And what if the concept doesn't take off? "I'm sure it will fly," said Sweeney. "Every dot.com company in the City is clamoring for bill¬ board space and new ways and places to advertise. I also think it will be fun to enter a few beer can races with the boat. . . Better yet, with R Morn already here on the Bay, let's have the next San Francisco Cup (StFYC vs. SFYC) in IACC boats!" February, 2000 •
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SIGHTINGS first boat of the new millenium As far as we know, that title belongs to Jeff Rutherford, who launched the lovely 17-ft daysailer Buenos Aires at 2 p.m. on New Year’s Day. But when we pressed for the real story, he admitted he set that date as the deadline for the boat, which was actually started 13 years ago. “I had other work coming in and I needed the room!” he laughs. Jeff acquired the Buzzard’s Bay 14 (for its waterline length), a 1945 L. Francis Herreshoff design, back in 1995 from a guy up in Petaluma who had started in nine years earlier. With help from Arques’ boat building teacher Bob Darr, the original owner had framed most of the boat in locally cut blue gum, attached the ballast keel and started the planking. Jeff liked the workmanship, but he especially liked the price: $1,000, which included all the Port Orford Cedar to finish the boat! “If I’d started from scratch, it would have cost me twice that just for the wood,” he says. Jeff, a boatbuilder and wooden boat repair specialist (he’s run Ruth¬ erford’s Boat Shop in Richmond for the last 18 years), hoped to com¬ plete the project quickly in his off-season. But as these things often go, work started coming in and the little daysailer assumed back-burner status. Since the recession turned around, Jeff and his crew have been up to their armpits in work. Back in November, he decided it was now or never for Buenos Aires. “I told everybody I was busy until the 1st, and we just started working on the boat," he says. It took about six weeks to complete the job, including building the hollow round spruce mast and boom. Among the pleasant discoveries Jeff made while out¬ fitting the boat was a company named J.M. Reinek in Massachusetts that makes blocks “that look like Herreshoff and work like Harken.” Completing the vintage look was a new suit of Sutter sails. Although made of Dacron, they’re dyed to look like Egyptian cotton. Buenos Aires is Jeffs personal boat and her main missions are fun and family. He says he may enter her in the Master Mariner’s Regatta this coming May, but for now the boat’s main use will be to teach his growing family — wife Gladys, 11-year-old Lucas and 4-year-old Magda¬ lena — the pleasures of sailing. That part of the plan got off to an encouraging start on the 1st. Before a crowd of well-wishers, Buenos Aires (named for both its literal translation — ‘fair wind’ — and to honor Gladys’s Brazilian heritage) ghosted into Richmond’s inner harbor on her maiden voyage with Lucas Rutherford as part of the crew. It was a lovely, clear day with gentle breeze, and when Jeff pulled back to the dock, Lucas didn’t want to get off. It took quite a bit of diplomacy on Dad’s part — “I promise you’ll get to go again” — for the youngster to relinquish his seat to another wait¬ ing passenger!
changes in ham radio licensing requirements The FCC promised changes in the requirements for Ham licensing in 1999. They just made it. On December 30, the announcement Ham radio operators had been waiting for was made. Effective April 15, 2000 (an interesting choice of dates), the entire Ham radio licensing struc¬ ture will change in the following ways: • There will only be three classes of license — Technician, General and Extra class. At present there are five classes — Novice, Technician or Technician Plus, General, Advanced, and Extra. The FCC found that few Hams were choosing to enter amateur radio at the Novice class level (which is essentially a Morse Code-only communications license), and that the Advanced class privileges could be easily rolled into the Extra Class. • Historically, the General (and Advanced) class licenses required that an applicant be able to copy Morse Code at 13 words per minute; Extra class candidates were required to copy at 20 wpm. After April 15, General and Extra class applicants will be required to copy code at continued on outside column of next sightings page
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‘boatball’ debuts When the Giants arrived for their first practice at the new Pac Bell Park on Janu¬ ary 21, construction worker Marty Jensen was ready. He took up position on the pier outside right field, and when Barry Bonds swatted the first ball over the fence and into the Bay, Jensen went in right after it, boots and all. He nabbed the historic ball, but soon realized the plan had a sig¬ nificant flaw: he hadn't thought about how he was going to get out of the water. A rope lowered down to him didn't work, nor a ladder. For awhile, he just hung onto
SIGHTINGS at pac bell park .
up from the depths only 5 wpm. The Technician class license will continue to have no Morse code requirement. This is the change everyone's been waiting for! With minimal study and practice, most folks can learn to copy code at 5 wpm. However, 13 wpm really requires some practice (and to pass my 20,1 almost had to have some kind of Zen out-of-body experience). As the General Class license is really the minimum license required to communicate on Ham with either voice or e-mail over any distance, people have gone through all sorts of gyrations to try to either deal with or work around the code requirement. This is why so many cruisers got Mexican reciprocal Ham licenses (the XE2) — the Mexicans would issue a full-privilege license for anyone bearing any kind of license (even the no-code kind) that at
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the railing, teeth chattering. Then along came Bob Waterman and Pat Barnes in a 14-foot runabout, little aware that they were about to start what could well be the baseball craze of the 00s. As they were maneuvering into po¬ sition to pick up Jensen, Bonds whacked another haymaker. The ball sailed over the right field fence — and landed in the boat! Boatbair was born. Once the park officially opens in April, we wouldn't be at all surprised to see a
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SIGHTINGS ham licenses — cont’d least would be good in Mexican waters. The FCC justifies Item 2 several ways. First, there was a strong opinion among current Hams that Morse code proficiency did not nec¬ essarily make a better Ham. Secondly, coastal and military stations were no longer using Morse code for communication. And finally, the ITU (sort of the United Nations for international radio/broadcast policy) treaty required that amateur/Ham operators be proficient to only 5 wpm for international traffic. Individuals who currently hold Technician licenses can get a jump on things by passing a 5 wpm Morse code test and the current General class theory exam before April 15. They'll receive a certificate (a CSCE) that they can then file after April 15 to be upgraded to the new General Class. We're encouraging folks to do this because we understand that the exams will be tougher after the 15th. We offer the Ham tests on the second Saturday of every month (call 510-814-8888 for reservations); N
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• February.2000
boatball small fleet of mitt-wearing boaters gath¬ ered off right field. Hey, we might even be among them. If the idea really catches on, joining such baseball Americana as Harry Cary, the Green Wall at Fenway or the House that Ruth built, we feel that credit should
boat-selling software Leave it to the Kiwis to come up with a new twist on the old boat-for-sale theme. The lovely young ‘sales associates’ below were spotted by our America’s Cup pho-
SIGHTINGS — cont’d
ham licenses — cont’d the standard fee is $6.50. We also have the books and tapes in stock for practice. To obtain a General license after April 15, candidates will need to pass two written exams (Technician and General) and a 5 wpm Morse code test. We don't have the new question pools yet or the rules for code test content. We do know that the number of questions on each test is increasing, so candidates may have to study a little harder. Stay timed. For sailors who want to get the whole process over with quickly, we’re offering two Gordon West radio schools that will get people through the General (code and all) in three days. The first is April 25-27, 2000 (in conjunction with Pacific Sail Expo) —just in time for all the people who will be sailing on the Pacific Cup. The second will be July 21-23, 2000, which is our regular cruiser's class. Courses cost $250 and typi¬ cally include snacks and lunch; the April session will include Sail Expo passes, too. There are no changes to the licensing for a marine SSB. Marine radios require a Ship's Station License that is a "fill out the form and pay your money” license. Any vessel sailing in international waters must have one. Users of marine SSB should also have a Restricted Radio Telephone Operator's license, which is another paperwork and money license. Because so many people are using marine SSB and SailMail (which don't require a Ham license), you might wonder why anyone should have a Ham license. We still encourage folks to get one for a number of reasons. First, you learn some things about basic radio operation, elec¬ tricity and electronics when you study for a Ham license. This really will help radio users get up and running a lot faster (and you and I both know how many people went on the HaHa without a clue about how to use their sidebands!). Second, most of the major cruiser and weather nets are on Ham radio, not SSB (the Southbound net is just about the only exception). If a cruiser wants to be part of the family and join the "party line", they really need to get a Ham license. Finally, there are dozens of Ham e-mail gateways worldwide. While SailMail is the greatest, it can get busy and can be difficult to access from some parts of the world. As the Ham gateways use the same software and hardware, a Ham license will give an email-capable cruiser many more
go equally to Waterman, Barnes and Jensen. It's the least we could do, con¬ sidering that when he finally did get out of the water and over hypothermia, Jensen admitted he'd lost the ball he went in after.
debuts in auckland tographer Bob Greiser on the way out to the course one day. Bob snapped this photo, noting, ‘There seemed to be a lot of interest in the deal!”
choices for connection. — marilee schaffer (N6MS)/don melcher (W6ZO) Waypoint/HF Radio On Board
splashdown for freda With all the anxiety of a space shuttle launch, the 115-year-old sloop Freda was hoisted out of her boatyard cradle on January 7, and lowered gently into her home waters once again. There were many deep sighs of relief as she floated on her lines without any noticeable leaks. As many readers know, this historic sloop — the oldest activelysailed recreational yacht in the country — has spent the past year undergoing extensive renovations to her decks and house at the Arquez School for Traditional Boatbuilding "In Sausalito. (See New Bones for Freda in the August ‘99 issue of Latitude.) Although the Arquez talent pool was uniquely suited to complete the challenging refit, the school’s staff and apprentices normally spend their time building new replicas of notable ‘period’ boats. But due to Freda's unique status as a local nautical treasure, the Arquez Board of Directors agreed to participate in a cooperative effort with Freda’s cur¬ rent owner, the Sea Training Institute. The result of the shipwrights’ efforts is a museum-quality restoration — although much more re¬ mains to be done. It will take two or three more long haulouts before she is completely refurbished, stem to stem. continued on outside column of next sightings page /
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SIGHTINGS freda — cont’d During the coming months, however. Institute director Gretta Lutz plans to get the ol’ girl out sailing — often. As soon as the cabinetry and other furnishings are reinstalled, her engine will be replaced and her standing rigging tweaked and tuned. By early spring she should be making regular appearances out on the Bay again. On an ongoing basis, members of the local sailing community are invited to lend a hand with Freda's maintenance chores in exchange for the privilege of sailing aboard her — she goes out most Sundays during the spring and summer. A number of youth sailing programs are also being planned to augment the Institute’s year-round sail train¬ ing trips, run this year aboard Tony Clark’s Ocean 71 Second Life. There was a sad footnote to the joy of the launch when a young apprentice named Elle was injured at Arquez — his leg was broken when the empty cradle slipped. We’re happy to report, however,' that he is recovering and is in good spirits. In fact, he’s back working on Freda, in her slip at Madden’s in downtown Sausalito.
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globe We heard good news from a couple of friends of ours right before presstime. You’ll be hearing more about these projects in the coming months. Bruce Schwab called to announce that his Made In America project is now almost fully funded. This means he and partner Tom Wylie will have an Open 60 on the line at the start of the Vendee Globe Race (singlehanded, nonstop around the world) this fall. The boat, which was progress¬ ing as funds allowed up at Schooner Creek Boatworks in Oregon, will be launched this summer. In the meantime, the syn¬ dicate hopes to acquire Balance Bar, the Open 50, which Southern California’s
SIGHTINGS trotters Brad Van Liew sailed to a third in divi¬ sion in the last Around Alone Race. Van Liew will likely be part of the package deal, and will help Bruce train for the Vendee. It looks as though Hawaii-based Brian BJ’ Caldwell is getting back on the wa¬ ter soon, too. You may recall that BJ sailed his way into history a few years ago as the youngest solo circumnavigator. He’s been sailing a lot since, mostly deliveries but some races, including a division win in the recent Sydney/Hobart. Now he in¬ forms us he’s secured use of an S&S 34 for a pet project he’s had on the burner for awhile — youngest solo nonstop un¬ assisted. We’ll keep you updated.
coast watch Here are Coast Guard Group San Francisco's significant search and rescue cases occurring between mid-December, 1999, and mid-Janu¬ ary, 2000: December 23 — During the evening the 75-ft longliner Paradise South reported it was disabled, adrift and running out of food and water about 300 miles southwest of San Francisco. A merchant ship diverted to assist. They were unable to take the vessel in tow, but did re-supply Paradise South with food and water. In subsequent commu¬ nications, the F/V relayed it did not have a liferaft, but did have a 406 Mhz EPIRB. We instructed the skipper to activate the EPIRB if his situation deteriorated. Early the next morning, the 82-ft Coast Guard Cutter Point Brower departed from Yerba Buena Island enroute to Para¬ dise Souths position. An Air Station Sacramento C-130 Hercules launched to confirm the fishing vessel's location and dropped them a liferaft. Point Brower arrived on scene about 7 a.m. oh Christmas Day and took the vessel in tow toward Morro Bay. On the morning of De¬ cember 26, a Station Morro Bay 47-ft Motor Lifeboat (MLB) relieved Point Brower of the tow 30 miles offshore and towed Paradise South to safe haven. Its "Christmas cruise" complete, Point Brower returned to San Francisco on the 27th. A broken water pump had caused Paradise Souths breakdown. We made numerous unsuccessful attempts to contact the owner in Ha¬ waii to get a part number and possibly obtain a replacement prior to Point Brower getting underway. The distance involved in this case was nearly at Point Brower's operational fuel endurance. As a result, the Long Beach-based 180-ft buoy tender CGC Conifer was placed in high readiness standby to assist in case fuel became critical. December 26 — At 2 p.m., we received a report of a seaplane crash at Frank’s Tract in the Delta. Station Rio Vista and the Contra Costa Sheriffs Department responded. Rio Vista’s 21-ft utility boat arrived on scene within seven minutes of notification, recovered the two vic¬ tims, and transported them to waiting paramedics onshore. Though only suffering minor injuries, one of the victims was trapped underwa¬ ter for a time, requiring the other to resuscitate her using CPR. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating cause of the crash January 6 — At 2:35 a.m., the fishing vessel Twenty Grand re¬ ported it had recovered two persons from the water near Pfeiffer Point (30 miles south of Monterey). The survivors were from the 40-ft fishing vessel Isabella that sank while at anchor around 1:30 a.m. One person was still missing. We launched an H-65 Dolphin helicopter from Air Station San Francisco and a Station Monterey 47-foot MLB. Monterey County Sheriffs also responded, since the incident occurred close to the beach. The MLB and helicopter searched through the early morn¬ ing hours. Meanwhile, the survivors later were transferred to the MLB, which took them to Monterey. After dropping off the survivors at Sta¬ tion Monterey, the MLB transported the Monterey Sheriffs dive team back to the scene. The divers found the third person, deceased, in Isabella!s cabin. They recovered the body, which the MLB turned over to the coroner in Monterey. Isabella!s survivors reported they checked the bilge before turning in around 11 p.m. Two hours later, they awoke to find 4 feet of water in the boat, and had only seconds to escape. January 8 — At 6 p.m,, we received a report of three divers overdue in Carmel Bay, and dispatched Station Monterey's 41-ft utility boat, a 21-ft rigid-hulled inflatable and an H-65 helicopter. The units, later joined by Monterey's 47-ft MLB, searched Carmel Bay until after 11 p.m. About 11:30, the Monterey County dispatcher reported that three divers had came ashore at Point Sur — over 12 miles south of the search area. The helo and MLB diverted to the Point, where the helo found two of the divers safe ashore and the third stranded on a rock at the base of Point Sur. Deploying its rescue swimmer, the H-65 hoisted the stranded diver and transported him to a waiting ambulance. As it turned out, the divers’ boat had swamped and sunk in 6 to 8-foot seas off Point Sur. continued on outside column of next sightings page
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SIGHTINGS coast watch — cont’d January 12 — At 5:12 p.m., a passenger aboard the 85-ft Vallejo Baylink feny Jet Cat Express called us via cellular phone to report the ship had collided with a 16-ft recreational boat near markers 13 and 14 in San Pablo Bay, and that the smaller vessel had taken on some water. The Jet Cat Express had stopped and tied up alongside the small boat. We launched a 41 ft UTB from Station Carquinez to investigate. Arriving on scene 30 minutes later, the UTB crew found that though the people aboard the small boat were shaken up, nobody was injured. The boat was damaged above the waterline and was not taking on water. As a precaution, the UTB towed the small boat to Rodeo Marina. The Jet Cat Express finished its run to Vallejo, and was met there by an investigating team from Coast Guard Marine Safety Office San Fran¬ cisco Bay. Though the small boat was cited -for not showing proper navigational lights while at anchor (the mishap occurred 10 minutes after sunset), the cause of the collision remains under investigation. Weather was clear with unlimited visibility and calm seas. During the month just detailed, we also received 14 uncorrelated mayday calls, resulting in 6 needless helicopter launches, a wasted boat sortie, and over 50 man-hours of wasted effort by our operations center staff. — captain larry hall
the 101st way to go sailing There are a hundred ways to go sailing today, even if you don’t own a boat. Even if you’ve never set foot on one before. One of the least known, least expensive and most fun — call it the 101st way — is via the San Francisco Bay Oceanic Crew Group (SFBOCG). For $40 (indi¬ vidual) or $50 (family) a year, members have the opportunity to partici¬ pate in about 20 events a year, sailing on many different types of boats including an aluminum monohull and a cruising catamaran, and on such varied waters as the Bay, Delta and even out the Gate. If you’ve never heard of SFBOCG, don’t feel too bad. It’s one of the ‘best-kept secrets’ on the Bay. The organization has been around for 12 years, quietly carrying out their mission to make the Bay accessible to nonprofit groups who have an interest in the Bay and create a com¬ munity of like-minded sailors who enjoy group sailing adventures. Due to the generosity of the group’s 15 or more skippers, SFBOCG conducts three types of sailing events. . . • First, every year SFBOCG takes members of nonprofit groups such as the Audubon Society and Save The Bay on complimentary daysails to give those folks the experience of interacting with the Bay and its wildlife. Comments from past guests confirm this is a unique opportu¬ nity they would otherwise not be able to afford. • Second, the SFBOCG conducts various ‘skill sails’ throughout the year. You may recall a couple of articles in last year’s Latitude 38 about the Chip Log Navigation Contest organized by SFBOCG member Dale Parshall. The intent of the contest was to sharpen participants’ dead reckoning skills without the aid of electronics (including knot and depth meters). Other past skills have included man overboard recovery and night navigation. • Finally, the organization conducts ‘member’ and overnight sails just for the fun of it. Destinations include Clipper Cove, China Beach, The Ramp, Petaluma, Benicia, Half Moon Bay and many others. Crew members — novice and experienced — are assigned to participating boats on a first-come, first-served basis. In addition to a couple of sails a month year-round, the Crew Group meets the third Tuesday of every month at Fort Mason (watch Latitude’s non-racing Calendar for details). Featured speakers include represen¬ tatives of local sailing schools, charter companies, the Bar Pilot’s Asso¬ ciation, the Coast Guard and others maritime interests. Subject mat¬ ter ranges from sailing tactics and water safety, to boat maintenance and repair, charter destinations, and so on. continued on outside column of next sightings page
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Patrick o’brian It isn’t often that we note the passing of a nonsailor, especially a nonlocal nonsailor. But when Patrick O’Brian died in early January in Dublin, Ireland, at age 85, it seemed appropriate to note in these pages. At a time when most people live on memories and Milk of Magnesia, O’Brian produced what we feel will one day be con¬ sider the greatest seafaring saga in all of literature. Beginning in the 1970s, O’Bri¬ an created the characters that are now known to thousands of readers: Jack Aubrey, the tall, handsome British Navy Post Captain, and Steven Maturin, the slight, intense surgeon, philosopher, naturalist and spy. In the 20-volume se-
SIGHTINGS — top of his game ries — which ended with the release of the 20th book of the series. Blue at the Mizzen, last year — the two sail the length and breadth of the world for England at the turn of the 18th century. The books are not for everyone, but to those who get hooked, they are an addictive drug. O'Brian’s life had some of the intrigue of his novels. Born Richard Patrick Russ in England, the author early on claimed to be Irish, eventually adopting the O'Brian. When he died, the Irish Times editorialized, “If he wants to be Irish that badly, well, then, let’s call him an Irishman.” Let’s also note that O’Brian went out at the top of his game. He’ll be missed.
101st way — cont’d The SFBOCG also puts together four parties a year, including a memorial sail/party in honor of departed members, a fleet rendezvous sail/party, an annual dinner meeting, and a ‘deck the hulls’ sail/party to celebrate the holiday season. Skippers who would sail their own boats more often if only they had a ready source of crew can also benefit from SFBOCG membership. One skipper commented, “I have never had a sail that I didn’t enjoy. It’s a pleasure to help others learn about the various aspects of being on the water. By helping others to learn, I also learn. The variety of people we sail with also makes sails more interesting.” So, if you’re looking for an inexpensive, fun, friendly way to get on the water with like-minded people, check out the San Francisco Bay Oceanic Crew Group at their next meeting on February 15. Kame Richards will be giving his near-legendary talk on Bay tides. For more information, call the SFBOCG hotline at (415) 979-4866 or log onto their internet site, http://internet.ggu.edu/~sad/sJbocg.html — peter lange
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crew It’s not hard, with rain drumming out¬ side the window, to dream about next summer. Yeah, we know we need the rain and everything, but we’re beginning to long for those bright, windy days of sumX.
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I / WE WANT CREW: . Who will consistently put out 100% for the chance to 1)get experience, and won’t complain when wet, bruised or scared silly 2) _With at least one full season of racing experience 3) _With more than three years experience 4) _Willing to do occasional maintenance/repairs 5) _Willing to do occasional lunches/galley duty
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mer and, well, getting some salt water in the face for a change. If you’re thinking the same thing, then maybe it’s time you took part in the Crew List. Whether you’re a boat owner who might need crew come spring, or someone looking for a boat to crew on, the Crew List can help out. Whether you’re a racer, cruiser, daysailor or charterer, the Crew List can help out, too. In fact, whether you're an experience bluewater sailor with thousands of miles on your resume or a rank beginner who gets lost driving to the marina, you still have a good chance of getting on a boat. Here s how it works. Find the form that most closely matches your wishes and desires. For example, if you’ve recently started sailing and want to get as much quality experience as you can in the short¬ est possible time, you’ll do well to send in a “Want to Crew on a Racing Boat” form. With both Bay, ocean and even Hawaii races checked off as preferences.
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list If you’re a boat owner taking off for far horizons but need crew to do it, send us a “Looking for Cruising Crew." You get the picture. Once we receive the Crew List forms (and the small advertising fees; don’t for¬ get those), we’ll compile them into two Crew List articles. The first one, in March, will deal exclusively with those interested in racing, as boats will need to firm up crew by then for the upcoming season. In April, we’ll run the Cruising, Co-Charter ing. Daysailing and Boat-Swapping Crew Lists. By ‘running’, we mean we’ll publish each of the names sent to us, along with a contact number and a little bit about the desires and skills of each Crew List participant. Both the March and April lists will contain hundreds of names of people of both sexes, all ages and all experience levels. All you do to use the Crew Lists is look over the people in the category that
I / WE WANT TO CREW ON A RACING BOAT NAME(S):_ AGE(S):_
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MY/OUR EXPERIENCE IS: (Check/underline where appropriate) None - A Little: a) Little of no racing, little other sailing experience; b) Little or no racing, one or more years of general sailing; c) Little or no racing, lots of cruising and/or daysailing. 3) _Moderate: a) Less than one full season; b) Out of area racing experience, but I’m unfamiliar with local conditions. 4) _Mucho: a) One or two full local seasons; b) One or two long-distance ocean races; c) Years of Bay and ocean sailing.
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I AM / WE ARE LOOKING FOR CRUISING CREW
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between a variety of offers. Also in April, we’ll have a big Crew List Party where you can come and meet your new crew or skip¬ per, keep looking for a boat or crew if you haven t found one — or just hang out and enjoy the company of some like-minded people. (We’ll have dates and details on
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list the Crew List Party next month.) Anyway you look at it, the Crew List experience is pretty much of a win-win deal. But you can’t ‘win’ if you don’t play. And you can’t play unless 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 guar¬ antee, warranty or recommendation as to the character of individuals who partici¬ pate in the Crew List, or the conditions of their boats and equipment. You must judge those things for yourself. Now for some final tips and sugges¬ tions to get you going in the right direc¬ tion: • Be honest—This is probably the most important ‘rule’ of all. Don’t artificially 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,
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SIGHTINGS sailing in the 70s By ‘70s’, we're not talking about cruising aboard 70-foot boats or cruising back in the 1970s — but rather cruising when you're 70 years ofage. The notion crossed our minds when Pete Passano, now a resi¬ dent of Maine, stopped by our of¬ fice. Starting in 1990, Passano of San Rafael and Bob van Blaricom of Tiburon built Sea Bear, a 39-foot steel Whitholz sloop, in the creek behind the Marin County Civic Cen¬ ter. The two sailed the boat to New Zealand in '93, and Australia in '94. As they had different sailing aspi¬ rations, Pete bought out Bob's _ share, and Bob and his wife iJane § bought an Aries 32 they christened Misty. Now singlehanding, Pete sailed down to Tasmania, up to New Pete Passano. Guinea, and then over to Auckland. In December of '95, at the age of 65, he set out on a more than 4,000-mile passage from New Zealand to the Falkland Islands via Cape Horn. It was a sometimes brutal trip, with up to Force 12 winds and tremendous seas. After that, the passages to Rio, Barbados, Bermuda — and finally with Nancy Reaper to his new home in Maine — were a piece of cake. Although each leg was a signifi¬ cant voyage, Pete talks about them as though they were trips across the Bay. After spending a year refitting Sea Bear, in June of '98, Pete and Nancy spent July sailing to and around Nova Scotia, August to and around Newfoundland, September to and around the Azores, and Oc¬ tober to and around Madeira and the Canaries. When Nancy flew home, Pete sailed all the way back across the Atlantic to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean. "The highlight of it all when my two daughters spent a month with me in the Windwards," he says, "and my son spent three months with me." After sailing up island, Pete put Sea Bear on a reef in the British Virgins. The steel boat eventually got free without suffering any seri¬ ous damage. After sailing to Puerto Rico and Florida, he was rejoined by Reaper for the sail outside' back up to Maine. Last summer, Pete and Sea Bear cruised Maine. "It's always nice up there," he say’s. He had hoped to sail to Cuba this winter, but couldn't find crew, so he put the boat on the hard in Bath, Maine, and drove to the West Coast to visit family and friends. During his visit to our office, Passano told us, "Ocean sailing is too tough for guys like me who have turned 70. Besides, I'm bored with it, so I'm swallowing the anchor." Just kidding. What he actually said was, "Sailing is what keeps me young, so this summer I'll be sailing to the Azores and Ireland, and perhaps Scotland." Passano further informed us that while he prefers ocean sailing with a lady, it’s not any particular problem to singlehand. "Once you're 100 miles offshore, you can pretty much sleep whenever you want because you rarely see any other vessel I've never had a close call yet — not even when crossing the busy shipping lanes south of the Grand Banks on the way to Newfoundland and the Azores. It's when you’re along the coast that singlehanding is tough, because there are so many hazards you can't get as much rest as you might want.” Rough weather isn't something Passano gives too much thought to. "When you sail across the Atlantic, the worst weather you're likely to see is a gale 45 to 50 knots. Sea Bear is a conservative design with a full keel, and she's built of super strong welded steel. So if I get 45 knots, there s no problem to run off before it. Gales are no problem; Force 12 off Cape Horn is another story." As for the Van Blaricoms, they cruised their Aries 32 Misty locally continued on outside column of next sightings page
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crew list boat than someone with lots of experience. That’s because novice hands are happy to do things the way the skipper likes them done, rather than arguing with an owner about the ‘best’ way to do some¬ thing as a more experienced hand might do. • Be realistic about the committment — 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’ principle in action. Cruising and chartering are obviously 24-hour-a-day pursuits, but perhaps the most time-intensive type 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 on the race course. It’s done at the dock, on the trailer or in the yard. As part of the crew, you will likely be expected to put in your share of layday work. This is not to men¬ tion the racing itself, which goes on for some fleets nearly every summer week¬ end (every other weekend is the norm for others). 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 advance to let your mates know about your change in plans. In a related tenet, even if you discover halfway through the season that racing’s not really your bag of tea, our suggestion is to put on your biggest smile and tough it out to the end of the season. The sail¬ ing community is small, and once you establish yourself as dependable player, other opportunities will develop. • Be realistic about deadlines — To put March’s Crew List together, we must re¬ ceive forms from racers no later than Feb¬ ruary 15. Everyone else has until March
tiburon yc’s new Back in September, we reported on the early stages of Tiburon Yacht Club’s move to newer quarters. With lovely weather holding until recently, work on the new clubhouse has progressed rapidly since then. At this writing, the basic building is complete. By the time this issue hits the streets, the paint should be on and the bar re-installed. The major construc¬ tion work was handled by professional contractors. From here on out, weekend work parties will take on much of the completion of the project, which includes installing the electrical and plumbing sys¬ tems and finishing off the interior. Credit for holding the show together goes to the TYC building committee, which is headed by Ronn Hill, A retired contrac-
SIGHTINGS — cont’d 15. These dates are not arbitrary. If we don’t have the forms in our worked-tothe-bone 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 in¬ cluded with the form. You’ll note that prices vary from $1 for boat owners, to $5 for everybody else. Favoritism? You bet. We’re letting owners off easier because we know from personal experience that they’re spending enough on the boat al¬ ready. • Women Crew Listettes — Women tak¬ ing part in the Crew List are encouraged to use first names only, and to use some¬ thing other than a home phone number as a primary contact. We make this sug¬ gestion because if you are a woman, you will get calls, and not all of them might be directed toward sailing, if you know what we mean. Effective ‘screening’ in¬ cludes the use of email, answering ser¬ vices or fax contact numbers. • One person perform, please — un¬ less you are offering your skills or ser¬ vices as a team or couple only, and don’t wish to be considered individually. It’s probably going to hurt your chances of scoring a ride somewhat, but we know how great it can be to share an adven¬ ture like cruising to some far off land to¬ gether with your significant other. If you need more forms for friends or in case your significant other dumps you, just make copies of these. That’s about it, except to say that if the Crew List works out for you in a big way, a small way — or not at all -— we’d like to hear about it. By analysing the situ¬ ations that come together smoothly and the ones that don’t, we hope to keep im¬ proving the Crew List for others down the line.
clubhouse takes shape tor himself, Ronn has been on scene to oversee progress since day one. An unexpected surprise has been the amount of interest from prospective new members. Before now, it was easy to miss the TYC’s folksy little clubhouse at the foot of the peninsula. But the attractive new facility is hard to miss. As a result, Vice Commodore Harry Blake reports the club took in 50 new members last year. “We were getting so many calls that now we just leave an envelope full of applica¬ tions by the front door,” he says. All the better for the work parties, which meet every other weekend. Winter rains have slowed work a bit, but every¬ one’s hopeful the club will have their allimportant ’permit for occupancy’ by July.
70s — cont’d and then up in Canada for two years, the highlight of which was cir¬ cumnavigating Vancouver Island. Although Bob will be 70 in October, he and Jane have no plans for slowing down. "Now that I've reached that age milestone," says Bob, "it doesn't seem so old. And I have no intention of quitting sailing because for one thing, I don't know how to play golf." So he and Jane are shipping Misty to Florida in the spring and will be heading north up the ICW to the Chesapeake for the sum¬ mer. The following year they'll be doing the Hudson River, the Erie and other canals, the Great Lakes, and finishing up in Duluth, Minnesota, where Jane's folks live. However, Pete and Bob are a couple of young 'uns compared with Larry Hirsch and Dorothy Taylor, who left San Diego a number of years ago aboard Shayna. Two summers ago they sailed their Hylas 45.5 to the Azores and Europe; last summer they sailed from Italy to Croatia — which they called the "pearls of the Med/Adriatic"; and this summer will be cruising to Greece and Turkey. While Larry has given up trying to learn to snowboard, he and Dorothy — both 72 — have every inten¬ tion to continue cruising. We'll have more on this active and adventur¬ ous couple's travels next month. We'd also like to hear from other ’70s cruisers' who are out there bombing around on boats.
short sightings OFF MAZATLAN — During their Mexico cruise, Chris and Barbara Webber had shooed several boobie birds off their Celestial 50 Fairwind. Of course, this was after the birds’ usual amusing crash landings. That’s why, when motoring at night in dead calm from La Paz to Mazatlan late last year, they were surprised to see a large bird land accurately on the flaked main. Chris got the flashlight out to begin harassment, but instead of the small, beady eyes of a booby, it illumi¬ nated two huge yellow ones. “We were still 75 miles from Mazatlan,” wrote Chris in the Sequoia Scope, newsletter of the Sequoia YC. “Surely this was not the normal hunting ground for an owl!” Nevertheless, there she was. Chris pointed her out to Barbara, and when he came back on deck an hour later, she pointed out another visitor: baby owl. Both birds and people studied each other with rapt curiosity. After a few reconnaisance missions, mama flew off and did not return. However, baby owl came back each time. At sunrise, he flew through a hatch and took up residence on the saloon dashboard. Then, while the Webbers’ attention was turned to other things, he van¬ ished. Shortly after starting to look for him, the couples’ amusement turned to horror. They found a complete bird wing under the steering station. They reasoned that the baby owl had caught itself on the edge of the hatch when trying to fly out and had self destructed. The severed wing was all that was left, with the rest surely at the bottom of the ocean. “Of course, by now we were quite attached to our little hitchhiker,” wrote Chris. “He had even landed briefly on my arm once. We were both pretty upset.” Upon arrival in Mazatlan, the Webbers had no more than told their story to buddy boaters when Barbara motioned for-Chris to look in the cabin. There, sitting on a swing arm lampshade, sat baby owl, per¬ fectly content and in one piece. What about the bird wing? In daylight, it turns out that both mother and baby owls were brown and the wing was black. Apparently a third, unknown bird had run into the rigging and the detached wing had fallen through the hatch. At least, that was the only plausible theory the Webbers could come up with. Despite the proximity of dry land, little owl didn’t seem in a big hurry to leave. Captain Mario, the harbormaster, called the aquarium zoo and their veterinarian came and assured the Webbers that the little bird was quite old enough to fend for himself. It would be a mis¬ take to take him to the zoo. Sure enough, after darkness fell, he flew off to begin a new life. February, 2000 • IMUmU 3? • Page 123
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DOWN TO THE WIRE Stars & Stripes and Peter Gilmour's tough Nippon team set the tone for the on-thewater part of the action. While leading by less than a minute at the second leeward mark, Stars & Stripes blew out the bot¬ tom of their spinnaker pole track. As th'e blue boat started up the final windward leg, bowman Geordie Shaver informed the afterguard that they might not have a spinnaker pole for the last run. Say what? Next thing you know, the ESPN2 heli¬ copter zoomed in and there was Shaver flailing away at the track with a hacksaw! The end result of the quick and dirty fix was to lash the mast end of the pole to the bottom of the mangled track, and jibe by taking it off, horsing it around the headstay and reconnecting everything on the other side — not the safest maneuver on an 80-ft flush-deck boat with no life¬ lines and 15 knots of breeze blowing. Add¬ ing to the Waterworld aspect was helms¬ man Ken Read leaving the wheel a halfdozen times to help jibe the new highroach main past the runners. Neverthe¬ less, Stripes hung on to beat Nippon by 55 seconds.
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Above, 'AmericaOne' wins a tight race against 'Nippon.' Left, 'Prada' went back to its first boat for the Semi and Final rounds. when you get who, in what wind, on what day, is very scary for the strongest pro¬ grams because they stand the most to lose. I think the strongest programs would rather race anybody five out of nine times because the odds are they're going to get through. My biggest fear actually hap¬ pened — to Prada." More on that in a bit. '
^)f the two-boat syndicates, only AmericaOne chose to use their newest boat, USA 61, to race in the Semis. In something of a surprise, both Prada and
Nippon chose to go back to their 'first' boats, Luna Rossa (ITA 45) and Idaten (JPN 44), respectively. Both teams claimed work done to these older boats had made them more competitive. The same was hoped for the remaining one-boat cam¬ paigns, America True, Team DC, and Le Deji, as well. From start to finish, the Semis were a very hard-fought series. And though the outcome followed conventional wisdom — AmericaOne and Italy's Prada came out on top — their ascension was far from a sure thing. In fact, this chapter of the Louis Vuitton Cup had as many twists, turns and political intrigue as a Tom Clancy novel. Race One between Dennis Conner's
her mast track repaired. Stars & Stripes came back in Race Two to beat the mighty Prada for the second time in the series. But the most dramatic show¬ down on this day occurred between AmericaOne and crosstown rival America True, which sailed under the San Fran¬ cisco YC burgee. Cayard led around the first four marks of the race, one of the series' windiest bouts with gusts to 30 knots. AmericaOne seemed well on its way to a win, espe¬ cially after America True's spinnaker split in half just before the second leeward mark. Part of the sail went under the boat and the spinnaker pole got dragged into the shrouds, snapping it in two. Then, AmericaOne dropped their kite, rounded the mark — and sagged off to leeward with a broken headfoil. A halyard had broken, destroying the single-groove foil. Unable to raise a jib, AmericaOne sailed the leg bareheaded, while the True crew hurriedly bgndaged their spinny pole in time to carry it to the finish and an unexpected win. "We'll take them any way we can get them," quipped True's Dawn Riley at the post-race conference. At the end of two races, four of the six boats were 1 -1. Stars & Stripes had won both theirs and only Le Deji had yet to post a win.
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scrappy team. The one-boat, modestlybudgeted team that had amazed Cupophiles by posting a 21-9 record in the first three rounds — and scared the bejesus out of the big syndicates — just didn't find the winning combination that had characterized their earlier perfor¬ mances. Many in the press pointed to changes True had made prior to the Semis as the culprit. They had shifted some bal¬ last around to optiiilize the boat for the anticipated lighter conditions. When it blew, wrote the pundits, the boat was not as fast. Riley disagrees. The changes were ob¬ viously a gamble that didn’t pay off, she says, but the boat was not substantially slower. "It just reacted differently and the crew did not cope as well with the changes," she said. When we asked what other factors contributed to True's even¬ tual 2-8 showing, she observed, "It’s strange to say, but we didn't lose enough in the round robins, so we weren't very good at it."
By contrast, France's Le Defi syndi¬ cate were experts at losing. They came into the Semis with an 18-12 record. But for a lucky streak in Round III and a con¬ troversial 'giveaway' by another team, France would never have made it to the Semifinals at all. Unlike America True, not a lot was ex¬ pected of Le Defi, and that's pretty much what they delivered, also ending the round with a 2-8 record. As if things didn’t go badly enough for France — they didn't post their first win until halfway through the Semis — the team incurred negative points for perhaps the first time in Cup history. The penalty came after their bow bonked Stars & Stripes' stern during a gybing duel in Race 3. Not only did FRA 46 have to complete a 270-degree pen¬ alty turn on the water, but the Interna¬ tional Jury ashore also ruled the collision — which put Stars & Stripes out of com¬ mission for two days — was an infringe¬ ment of Rule 14 (avoiding contact), and awarded France a negative half-point. With writing like that on the wall, it wasn't much of a surprise when Le Defi became the first syndicate to be math¬ ematically eliminated after Race 7 on January 10. They were followed down the off-ramp the next day by America True. Despite their early eliminations, both boats completed the series, and one of them played a key role in its outcome.
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was small potatoes compared to Prada's problems in Race 3. In a much-antici¬ pated matchup against AmericaOne, only 17 minutes into the race, in flat water and only 12-14 knots of breeze, a cap shroud let go and the top third of Pradal s mast came down. The damage was repaired remarkably quickly — the team fitted a spare mast into the boat and Luna Rossa was sailing again that same afternoon — but the 'spell' cast by the well-oiled Ital¬ ian machine seemed finally to have been broken. It was the first time the series¬ leading Prada (26-4 at the end of Round III) had lost a race through gear failure. Heck, it was the first time Prada had even had significant gear failure. Maybe they were mortal after all. So to summarize, we have both AmericaOne and Prada suffering signifi¬ cant breakdowns that cost them races.
’Prada’ delivers — It was hard to tell who was happier after ’America True's victory over 'Team DC' — 'America True' or 'Prada'. They're tied for second with Nippon with two wins and one loss apiece. The French are in the red column, while Conner's dark blue Stars & Stripes — perhaps the most cash-poor syndicate in the Semis — is atop the leaderboard with straight bul¬ lets. But they're out for two days repair¬ ing the boat. And this was after only three races!
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V^Jomething of an unknown quantity in the Semifinal round was Peter Gilmour and the hard-charging team of Nippon Challenge.,This was the fourth America's Cup for the Japanese, and each time they’ve done a little better. This series was no exception. At the end of Round III, they
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— even Peter Gilmour, the number one ranked match racer in the world — to handle. Nippon ended the Semis 4-6. Noting Japan's 20-year commitment to win the Cup, syndicate head Tatsumitsu Yama¬ saki said, "This Louis Vuitton Cup is one of the best sports events in the world. Yes, we are coming back!"
By January 11, Race Day 8, only Prada, AmericaOne and Stars & Stripes
were solidly in second place with 20 wins and 10 losses, and no less an authority than ESPN's Gary Jobson had predicted they could go all the way. But breakdowns and protests plagued the Japanese team from the start of the Louis Vuitton Challenger series back in October. Their mast had broken in Round II, for example, and by Round III, Gilmour's aggressiveness had made them the most penalized boat in the series, if not the whole history of the Cup. In the end, Nippon's greatest weakness may have been Gilmour's strength, if that makes any sense. Without the aftergdard depth of the other top boats, Gilmour could often be seen rubbernecking around and (apparently) calling many of his own tactics. Producing, directing and starring may work for Clint Eastwood, but at the America's Cup it's too much for one guy
were still alive. Once again, all eyes were focused on the second matchup between Cayard and the Italians. And once again, they did not disappoint. No gear disas¬ ters this time — only the best race of the entire Louis Vuitton series. As has been proven time and again on the Hauraki Gulf, the boat that wins the start most often wins the race. The only thing more important than winning the start is picking the right side of the course. With the Hauraki's shifty winds, varia¬ tions of 30 or 40 degrees are common, 70 degrees is not unusual — and 180 de¬ grees is possible. So it was that Prada won the start, but AmericaOne picked the correct side, on this day the left. At the top mark, Cayard led by 1:02. He maintained about a minute's lead until the last run, when Luna Rossa made up half a minute, rounding the bottom mark only 25 sec¬ onds behind. On the last beat, anticipating less breeze, AmericaOne opted for a #2 jib rather than the #3 they had been carry¬ ing.. By the time they realized the mistake and changed back to the smaller sail, Luna Rossa was in striking distance and helmsman Francesco de Angelis didn't waste the opportunity. A tacking duel ensued and Luna Rossa snuck inside AmericaOne to round the last mark ahead by a nose. The run to the slightly skewed finish line was a starboard gybe fetch. AmericaOne caught up with Luna Rossa about halfway down it and established an overlap on Italy's leeward quarter. In this situation, the windward boat, Luna Rossa, had to keep clear and neither boat could sail above or below its course in such a way that it forced the other boat to do the same. This exact issue was challenged no fewer than 11 times as both afterguards threw up flag after flag and bellowed ac¬ cusations at the on-the-water umpires — AmericaOne charging that the Italians
'America True's farewell kite. were sailing below their course and Luna Rossa insisting that the Americans were steering above theirs. Time and again, the protests were green-flagged, indicating no penalty. Then, finally, a yellow ball went up — penaltyltaly. A boat awarded a penalty has two choices: it can complete a 270-degree turn, which would have killed Luna Rossa in a race this close, or it can cause the other boat to foul and thus negate both penalties. De Angelis threw Luna Rossa into a crash jibe, then another and then another. Cayard, struggling to keep up and keep clear, brushed his spinnaker against the Italian's backstay: penalty AmericaOne. When the spray had cleared, both boats were penalty-free, but AmericaOne was once again — barely — in the lead. Now the situation was reversed and Luna Rossa charged up for the overlap. But a collapsed spinnaker — a millisec¬ ond of inattention on the Italian boat — brought them up short. AmericaOne crossed the finish line, officially eight sec¬ onds ahead but it looked like about one. "That's a preview of what's coming, guys," Cayard could be heard telling the crew. "Just a preview."
If the on-the-water action was hot and heavy, the politics ashore were no less so. After the crazy 'hacksaw' win in Race 1 against Japan, Nippon protested Stars & Stripes for using a rudder made in Aus¬ tralia. Under the rules, anything a team can’t buy off the shelf (such as blocks and winches) must be designed in the February, 2000 •
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worded in the Deed of Gift (the AC rules) leaves it open to a little wider interpre¬ tation. Yes, said Con¬ ner's team, they had the rudder made in Australia, but the way they read the rule, it's permissable. The International Jury pointed out the error of their ways and took away the point they'd won in the first race. It was a brutal blow to the team that was, by mid-round, tied with Prada for the second berth in the Finals. The day after the ruling came down, Stars & Stripes raced Nippon for the sec¬ ond time. Emotions were running high as the two boats whirled through their pre¬ start maneuvers and then, incredibly, Gilmour misjudged a turn and almost hit the committee boat. By the time he re¬ covered, Stars & Stripes was hull down and sailing fast. They caught a left shift and never looked back, winning by 10 sec¬ onds and ending Nippon! s third try for the America's Cup. Revenge couldn't have been sweeter.
\*Jtars & Stripes' penultimate race also caused a firestorm of accusations and ill will. This time it was against Cayard and AmericaOne. By Race 9, AmericaOne's place in the Finals was assured. At the post-race con-
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Both the Louis Vuitton finalists and Team New Zealand dropped their skirts on January 20. Un¬ like the wild variations seen in 1995, the keels of 'AmericaOne' (upper left), and Prada' (upper right) were similar — flattened bulbs with small¬ ish wings aft. ‘TNZ's conservative-looking keels were thought by many to be dummies with non¬ functional wings. Otherwise, the only substan¬ tive design variation between the three boats was 'TNZ's funny cutaway bows (circled in photo im¬ mediately above.) Terence, the press wasn't nearly as inter¬ ested in hearing about how AmericaOne had dispatched Nippon as they were in probing whether Cayard would sail his final race against Stars & Stripes. As had been so painfully shown' by America True in Round III, Cayard could elect — per¬ fectly legally — not to race and therefore 'give' 'Stripes the victory they needed to stay alive. The thinking was that if 'Stripes could be 'engineered' into the next round like France had been, they would be a lot
The incredible irony of the situation was not lost on anyone present. The ex¬ act same situation had pre¬ sented itself at the end of Round III. To advance to the Semifinals, the French needed to win two races, and New York YC's Young America needed to lose two. If France lost one or Young ■ America won one, the boats would face off in a postRound tie-breaker. The French prospects for win¬ ning outright looked bleak, as their final two showdowns were against AmericaOne and America True, both of which had already earned spots in the Semis. But Le Deji beat AmericaOne, to the surprise of few. And when America True announced that they would not race and thereby risk breaking their only boat at a crucial time in the Series — well, Le Deji 'won' that one, too. Of course, the com¬ bined one-two punch also K-O'd Young America. And no one tried very hard to hide the fact that they'd rather face France in the Semis than the fasl -but-inconsistent New York team. Though their 'forfei¬ ture' had been perfectly legal under the rules, America True took quite a bit of flak over their decision. Now, at the end of the Semifinal round, here was Stars & Stripes, needing to win her two last races against AmericaOne and America True — the same two boats! If she did, she would go on to race a tie¬ breaker with Prada for the right to ad¬ vance to the Finals. So what the press wanted to know from Cayard was, was he going to race Stars & Stripes, or just sit it out and give them the win? Cayard deflected the questions and spent the rest of the evening talking to key team members and considering the best course of action. In the end, he an¬ nounced, "We came here to race." AmericaOne did come out for Race 10. They did race Stars & Stripes. And they lost.
that press conference, we finally realized what Cayard had meant when he described the Semis as "the riskiest pan
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of the regatta." Heated accusations flew that AmeiicaOne had sandbagged, that Cayard had ’thrown' the race, that he'd "done it on purpose." Insatiable after the Round III incident, the press was brutal.
& Stripes' (above) and America Ttue' dial up in the | prestart for their last race. 'True' i went out on a high note by beat| ing the blue boat; 'Stripes' went out as the top one-boat campaign, leaving no fewer than four two| boat campaigns in their wake.
One reporter actually asked, "How would you have thrown the race if Stars & Stripes had suffered a breakdown?" To his credit, Cayard can take the tough questions. He remained cool, steadfastly maintaining
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that Stars & Stripes had earned the win legitimately. The debate — did he or didn't he? — might still be raging if it hadn't been ren¬ dered moot the next day. America True — once again finding itself in the position of spoiler — this time went out and happily annihilated Stars & Stripes in the final race of the series. Riley and her co-ed crew were operat¬ ing under a completely different set of pa¬ rameters for that last race. No longer would a forfeit benefit them in any way. After all, they were going home. But they had come far in the Louis Vuitton series, much farther than anyone predicted they would. Now they wanted to go out on a high note, and they wanted to avoid the wooden spoon' — the figurative prize awarded the last place boat. With a sec¬ ond win, they’d top the French, whose early penalty put their total score at 1.5. And then there was the grudge that needed settling. Back in 1995, at the Defender trials off San Diego, Conner's team had come back from a four-minute deficit to beat Mighty Mary in the last race of the final round. Riley and most of the female con¬ tingent of America True had been on Mary that day. Now they wanted their revenge. They got it, too, choosing the right side of the course, both literally and figura¬ tively. The magic was back on the bright yellow 'banana boat’ one last time as 'True's tacks and tactics were crisp and precise. They handed 'Stripes one of the most convincing defeats of the entire round, beating the blue boat by a minute and a half. The only thing that would have made it better was if Conner himself had been aboard. But as was his wont for al¬ most the entire Challenger series, he chose to stay ashore during Stars & Stripes' last race.
After crossing the finish line, a new spinnaker popped open aboard America True. It read, "Thank You True Believers." Reportedly the best party of the Chal¬ lenger series so far was waiting for the 'True crew as they pulled back into their compound. Even Conner s crew, bivouajp’ed next door, came over to shake hands. Right as festivities got underway, a forklift arrived at the front gate: it was the Prada team with a congratulatory pallet full of beer. Great job, True — you made the Bay Area proud! We can't leave any discussion of the Semifinals without a nod of respect for Stars & Stripes, too. Conceded by most insiders to be the slowest boat of the Semi
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LOUIS VUITTON CHALLENGER SERIES are off to you. Team Dennis Conner.
FOLLOWING THE CUP RACES Here is ESPN2's planned schedule for live America's Cup 2000 coverage. sA couple of things to note: the best-five-ofnine format was created for TV (it was the best of seven until the Cup got to San Diego), and the reason those nine races drag on interminably is so that the orga¬ nizers and TV people can make more mon... uh, we meam so they can rear¬ range races in case of breakdowns or weather delays. All listings are in local California (Pacific Standard) time.
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final six, Stars & Stripes stayed alive on the sheer talent and skill of her crew, many of whom are longtime friends and/ or returning A-Cup crew from Conner’s past campaigns. The afterguard of Tom Whidden, Peter Isler, Peter Holmberg and helmsman Ken Read were nothing short
Race 5 — Friday, 2/25, 4 p.m. Race 6 — Saturday, 2/26, 4 p.m. Race 7 — Monday, 2/28, 4 p.m. s Race 8 — Wednesday, 3/1,4 p.m. Race 9 — Friday, 3/3, 4 p.m. AC 2000 Review — Sunday, 3/12, 10:30 a.m. Can't take the commercials? For play by play and in-depth analysis of the day's racing, log on to Quokka Sports' official America's Cup 2000 website at www.americoscup.org. Note that the excellent Vir¬ tual Spectator interactive CD program used for the Louis Vuitton Cup will not be used in the America’s Cup.
of spectacular. Conner, in his first role as shoreside guru, deserves a share of the credit, too. He reportedly did a lot to keep the team focused and motivated, and his insights gleaned from winning four America's Cups — and losing two — proved invaluable to the team. Our hats
s mentioned earlier, by the time you read this, it's all going to be old news The Finals will be over, or nearly so, anc the 'chosen one' will be preparing to meei Team New Zealand at mid-month for the best five of nine. At the risk of appearing completely biased, we're going to guess that syndicate is AmericaOne. Prada has a great program, fast boats and some ter¬ rific sailors. And they've been sailing the longest of anyone. But to our eye, thej don't have the leadership of a Paul Cayard, the talent of his tactician John Kostecki or the depth of the AmericaOne team Conventional wisdom was pretty much even money on the Finals matchup al presstime. Beyond that, one insider told us that if Prada challenged, they would win the Cup. If AmericaOne challenged, it would stay in New Zealand. Our opinion? We don't think it would be premature for the St. Francis YC tc start ordering bulletproof glass for the nev trophy case. ... — latitude /ji
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RECURRING TALES The Italian Coast Guard cutter Zara was skimming through calm seas off Salerno one afternoon in November, 1992, when it came across a surprising sight: a brand-new, 76-foot luxury yacht slowly slipping beneath the waves, stern first. Bobbing in two inflatable rafts nearby were three American men. Hauled aboard the cutter, they recounted a harrowing tale. They said their Italian-built yacht, the Principe di Pictor ("prince of pictures") was on its maiden voyage out of Viareggio when it was seized by pirates intent on using the craft to smuggle drugs. The pirates eventually became con¬ cerned that the boat was too slow to avoid capture, so they opted to saw three large holes in its hull and flee in their speed¬ boat toward the Libyan coast. * The Italians were skeptical. First, the Americans didn’t appear noticeably happy to be rescued, nor were they particularly disheveled. Then, after the Coast Guards¬ men boarded the sinking yacht, they found that its radio was still operational. The Americans had not bothered to use it to summon help. Pumps were put aboard to keep the yacht afloat and it was towed to Salerno. Suspecting that the Americans might be smugglers in a deal gone sour, the Ital¬ ians placed them under house arrest at the Jolly Hotel, a seaside resort. The next day, with the Coast Guard pumps removed, the Principe sank at the dock. Down to the bottom went one of the best examples of luxury outfitting! Mercedes-Benz engines, a state-of-the-art satellite navigation system, Italian marble in the “his” and “hers” bathrooms of the owner’s cabin. Even when it was raised, the yacht was a total loss. At the Jolly Hotel, the Americans were impatient. Their leader was Rex DeGeorge, a prominent attorney and self-described movie executive from Beverly Hills. DeGeorge said he had planned to use the boat to ferry movie stars and moguls to such film festivals as Cannes. Now, he said, he needed to pursue a $3.6 million insurance claim on his ruined boat. The Italians eventually released De¬ George and his companions for lack of evidence. But what DeGeorge did next resulted in one of the most wide-ranging claim probes ever mounted in the U.S., one that investigators say led to the ar¬ rest of the king of insurance fraud.
In a Jam Los Angeles attorney Neil S. Lemer was in his West Los Angeles office when the phone call came from Gaiy Boyer, a se¬ nior claims manager at Cigna Property & Casualty Insurance Co. in Woodland Hills. Page 132 •
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Cigna was in a jam. Boyer told Lerner that one of Cigna’s insureds, Polaris Pictures Corp., a corrh pany tied to DeGeorge, had sent an un¬ usual fax from a hotel in Italy demanding to know why the insurer hadn’t responded to a claim letter sent a month earlier. That letter, which Cigna said it never received, supposedly informed the insurer that pi¬ rates overtook DeGeorge’s $3.6-million yacht and eventually scuttled the vessel “to avoid interception by the [Italian] mili¬ tary.” Cigna officials were no less suspicious than the Italians. But they knew that the 'second' letter put the coynpany on the defensive. California law requires insur¬ ers to respond to customers’ claims within 30 days, and failure to do so can ulti¬ mately result in hefty punitive damages. Cigna needed Lerner to investigate. Lerner, then 32, was a self-described “cocky young lawyer.” He grew up on Long Island, New York, and dreamed of becom¬ ing a marine biologist. He settled on a career in maritime law. Seven years out of George Washington Law School, he was already a full partner with Sands, Narwitz, Leonard & Lerner, a boutique firm that defends insurance companies. Going to court on behalf of insurance companies used to be a pretty good busi¬ ness. Next to tax evasion, insurance fraud is the most pervasive white-collar crime. An often-cited study suggests that insur¬ ance fraud costs the U.S. economy $120 billion a year. In recent years, insurance companies have cut back on the phalanx of outside attorneys that used to represent them, opting for cheaper in-house counsel and tactics that minimize court time, includ¬ ing mediation and arbitration. The less time in court, the smaller the legal bill, of course, and that approach also minimizes the risk that a jury will hit an insurer with a big judgment. Cigna wasn’t looking for a court fight with DeGeorge, at least not yet. But the company needed to know quickly what to make of his claim, and Lerner and his partner, Donald Sands, had a reputation for getting to the bottom of things. Lemer set out to find out as much as possible about Rex DeGeorge.
Learning How the Business Works DeGeorge was bom Angelos Michael Karageorge, named for Michael the Arch¬ angel. He grew up on Rhodes, the Greek Aegean island on which maritime law was born in 900 BC. He moved to the United
States at 17 to attend school. Later, he anglicized Karageorge to DeGeorge. He said in court papers that Angelos had to go because it “was attack¬ ing my masculinity. People would call me Ange, and Angie, Angelo. Nobody could get the name straight so I made it Rex,” as in king. After earning a degree from San Francisco’s Hastings School of Law in 1964, DeGeorge was hired as an adjuster by Allstate Insurance, where he learned how to handle claims. He would later say that the insurance company taught him “how to avoid paying, as much as pos¬ sible, moneys to the insureds.” DeGeorge left Allstate after about a year and built a law practice represent¬ ing foreign corporations, injured people suing insurance companies, and Holly¬ wood executives in trouble with the In¬ ternal Revenue Service. DeGeorge’s bank accounts swelled from his practice and from investments in real estate in Iran, Greece and Beverly Hills. He owned a $2 million Italianate villa
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in Beverly Hills and a fleet of luxury au¬ tos. During one period in the ’70s, he owned 14 Ferraris. By poring over court records, includ¬ ing DeGeorge’s two contested divorces, and corresponding with other insurers, Lerner discovered that Principe was not the only yacht on which DeGeorge had filed a claim. It was the fourth. DeGeorge reported in 1970 that his first yacht, the 43-foot Tutania, named after “a very beautiful, blond, blue-eyed German stewardess from Pan Am,” was stolen off the Los Angeles coast by “Peru¬ vian coffee merchant bandits.” Hartford Insurance paid him $43,000 for that loss. Records showed that just before the Tutania vanished, DeGeorge had rented a wider slip in Marina del Rey to accom¬ modate a larger vessel. DeGeorge used the proceeds from the Tutania claim to buy a 57-foot racer. That yacht, named Epinicia for a Homeric poem, sank six years later off the coast of Italy after striking what DeGeorge
called a “low profile, dark object.” Lloyd’s of London paid $194,000. Irj 1983, -DeGeorge told investigators for Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. that he and his wife, Franziska, were sailing off the Los Angeles coast when explosions rocked Sea Crest II, their 47-foot Gulfstar. (DeGeorge said the boat was blown up by either hit men or an Iranian repairman.) The DeGeorges ran out of their stateroom and jumped into a dinghy. He and his wife came ashore at Ma¬ rina del Rey, got into their car and drove home. DeGeorge never contacted the po¬ lice. He waited four days to report the loss to Fireman’s Fund. Investigators combed ports in California, Mexico, Panama and Hawaii for the yacht, but came up empty. Fireman’s nevertheless classified his claim as suspicious and declined to pay. When DeGeorge threatened to sue, Fire¬ man’s capitulated and wrote a check for $250,000. ‘The crux of the matter is we never came close to developing any hard evi¬ dence to show that the explosions were
deliberate or that the Gulfstar did not sink,” wrote an attorney who investigated the claim for Fireman’s. “Without any specific evidence of wrongdoing, we would not have stood a chance in court.” DeGeorge, now 63, has insisted that all his claims were bona fide, and that he has done nothing wrong. He said sophis¬ ticated insurers thoroughly investigated his claims before paying him. “None of the accidents ... I have ever suffered were wrongful or untruthful,” he said in court records. In every case, DeGeorge’s account of a sinking was corroborated by at least one witness associated with him. With the exception of the Principe, which authori¬ ties found before it sank, the boats dis¬ appeared, leaving no debris or physical evidence to disprove DeGeorge’s story. Lerner suspected that DeGeorge, the former claims handler, knew well how insurers play the odds. They seldom run the risk of being exposed to uncertain amounts of damages. Even on a suspi¬ cious claim, they will generally weigh whether the cost to fight it will exceed the cost of the claim. Further, insurance companies rarely share information with each other about their customers. People in a claims de¬ partment seldom discuss their suspicions with their company’s own underwriters. So one insurer would not necessarily know of another insurer’s loss. More im¬ portant, marine insurance is a highly competitive business requiring almost instant quotes from an underwriter. If an insurer asks too many questions, it is likely to lose business to less intrusive firms. In Lerner’s eyes, a familiar pattern emerged: DeGeorge would buy a yacht, then lose the vessel at sea when it lost value. He would then use the insurance proceeds to buy a more expensive yacht, only to repeat the cycle. As Lerner continued his probe through other lawyers, public records and Cigna’s own database, he found a mountain of additional DeGeorge losses. Between 1976 and 1990, DeGeorge filed 29 insur¬ ance disability claims. In a 1990 claim, DeGeorge sought $ 11,000 per month from Monarch Insurance, saying he suffered from bipolar personality disorder. Mon¬ arch sued to cancel the policy, alleging that DeGeorge had misrepresented and concealed important information in his application. When DeGeorge countersued, Monarch paid $550,000 to settle. A separate disability policy with Provi¬ dent Life & Accident Insurance Co. has paid DeGeorge more than $400,000 over the past 12 years for a similar claim of February, 2000 •
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RECURRING TALES personality disorder. DeGeorge claimed that burglars in¬ vaded his home in May 1992 and took four dozen paintings by '60s pop artist Peter Max, among other possessions. When Home Insurance rejected his claim as fraudulent, DeGeorge sued for $ 1 mil¬ lion. A judge agreed with Home, but an appeals court in Los Angeles reinstated DeGeorge’s suit. Fearing a huge jury award. Home paid $700,000 to settle. In 1995, DeGeorge received an undis¬ closed amount from a second insurer, Transamerica Insurance Co., which he had sued for other losses arising from the same burglary claim. Lerner also discovered that DeGeorge had received settlements — on at least six occasions — from insurance firms for items lost on trips abroad. In 1992, American Express paid DeGeorge nearly $10,000 for two suit¬ cases he lost on a trip to Rhodes. Ameri¬ can Express had paid DeGeorge nearly $8,000 for an identical claim only a year earlier. The credit card company, suspect¬ ing fraud, initially denied both claims. But DeGeorge threatened again to sue and the company capitulated. Lerner had seen enough, and so had Cigna. DeGeorge’s total take on insurance claims topped $2 million, leading Cigna to conclude that DeGeorge was the nation’s No. 1 perpetrator of insurance fraud. He has “an insurance loss history second to none,” Lerner said. Cigna officials met with Lerner in Feb¬ ruary 1993 and instructed him to do “whatever it takes” to fight DeGeorge’s claim. That April, Lerner sued DeGeorge in federal court in Los Angeles on behalf of Cigna to void the policy on the Principe. In the suit, Lerner took a different strategy than lawyers for the other ma¬ rine insurers had done. He was not going to try to disprove DeGeorge’s story. In¬ stead, his lawsuit accused DeGeorge of violating a centuries-old marine law prin¬ ciple known as “utmost good faith” by not disclosing his prior losses when he ap¬ plied for insurance. Had Cigna known about DeGeorge’s losses, the suit stated, it would not have insured the yacht. DeGeorge countersued for bad faith, and the legal battle intensified. He wrote to Lerner, demanding that Cigna pay up. “My father risked his life to help his Jewish friends escape from the German lines,” DeGeorge wrote. “While we were fighting such evils, you and your family were profiting comfortably on Long Island and [enjoying] lunches at the Bull and Bear at the Waldorf Astoria.” That letter in 1995 “awoke a sleeping giant inside of me,” Lerner said, “because Page 134 •
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DeGeorge had brought my family and my religion into this case.” The personal at¬ tack caused him to redouble his efforts, he said. Piecing together the evidence he col¬ lected, Lerner determined that DeGeorge had crafted a scheme that virtually guar¬ anteed an inflated Cigna payout for Principe. DeGeorge had paid the manu¬ facturer $1.9 million for the yacht, then transferred the contract to his Continen¬ tal Pictures Corp., a Panamanian-regis¬ tered firm located in Switzerland. To, pump up the price of the yacht. Conti¬ nental “sold” it for $3.6 million to Polaris Pictures Corp. At the tiijie of the sale, DeGeorge was president, CEO, secretary, chairman of the board, sole director, and sole shareholder of, Polaris.
Judge Discerns an ‘Unlikely’ Story DeGeorge’s countersuit against Cigna was dismissed before trial. Cigna’s suit was assigned to U.S. District Judge J. Spencer Letts, who presided without a jury. (By suing DeGeorge in federal court under maritime law, Lerner had seized a tactical advantage. Under maritime law, parties don’t always have a right to a jury:) From the beginning in April 19$6, Letts was skeptical of DeGeorge’s story about how Principe sank. When DeGeorge’s law¬ yers called a former federal drug agent to testify that the sinking of Principe was consistent with Sicilian Mafia smuggling deals, Letts exclaimed in disbelief: “You must be kidding!” Noting Principe’s tangled ownership, Letts told DeGeorge’s lawyers: “You’re asking me to put together unlikely plus unlikely plus unlikely plus unlikely plus unlikely plus unlikely plus unlikely, and then say the net result of all those unlikelys is likely.” DeGeorge took the stand and repeated his story about the pirates boarding Principe. He vigorously denied scuttling the boat for insurance money. At the end of the month-long trial, Letts ruled for Cigna. The judge referred to DeGeorge as the “lawyer-conspirator,” saying he was “without any credibility as a witness.” ‘This was a very sophisticated fraud,” Letts said. ‘The people who set up the fraud set it up with a deliberate view of making it almost impossible to prove with¬ out spending at least as much money as was involved in the loss. “Only a very determined, large organi¬ zation could have fought this lawsuit,” the judge said.
Letts ordered DeGeorge to pay Cigna’s $2.7 million legal bill. But the judge did not stop there. He also referred the case to prosecutors in the U.S. attorney’s of¬ fice, who called in the FBI.
Acting to Avoid Any Collection In 1997, DeGeorge moved to his sea¬ side home in Rhodes. Last March he filed for bankruptcy in the U.S., effectively blocking Cigna from collecting its $2.7 million judgment. In bankruptcy papers, DeGeorge claimed only $15,000 in assets. Meanwhile, one of his former ship¬ mates on Principe, New York cameraman Gabriel Falco, began cooperating with fed¬ eral authorities. Prosecutors say that in telephone conversations with Falco, DeGeorge said he was aware that FBI agents had traveled to Italy to investigate Principe’s sinking, but DeGeorge gloated that the statute of limitations on any crimes had expired. He had nothing to worry about. And DeGeorge went further. He said he would mail a gun that Falco should use to kill Lerner and Judge Letts, according to court records. In April, DeGeorge left Greece for the United States to attend a hearing in his bankruptcy case, unaware that prosecu¬ tors had gone to court to get a statute extension on the criminal counts being assembled against him. Moments after he disembarked at John F. Kennedy Inter- v national Airport, a federal agent arrested him, charging him with conspiracy to de¬ stroy a vessel, mail fraud, wire fraud and perjury. A similar indictment was brought against the other Principe shipmate, Paul Ebeling, who is a high-tech toupee devel¬ oper in Beverly Hills, and chief executive of Polaris Pictures. Both DeGeorge and Ebeling face up to life in prison. Executive Assistant U.S. Atty. David C. Marcus, the lead prosecutor in the case, outlined in court papers how Falco told the FBI that he, Ebeling and De¬ George destroyed Principe. DeGeorge and Ebeling, both being held at the downtown federal detention center in Los Angeles, have pleaded not guilty. DeGeorge’s attorneys denied that he threatened to kill Letts and Lerner, and they asked that DeGeorge be released on bail. A judge denied the request, saying DeGeorge was a flight risk. Three months ago, DeGeorge asked to withdraw his bankruptcy petition, a move that would free him to hire his own pri¬ vate counsel rather than rely on courtappointed attorneys.
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He claimed that he was being treated with “various experimental psychotropic medications” and couldn’t “fully under¬ stand and appreciate the meaning of the bankruptcy filing.” In support, DeGeorge released medical records revealing that during the last decade, a half-dozen psy¬ chiatrists and psychologists have diag¬ nosed him with “irreversible brain damage," for which he has collected hundreds of thousands of dollars in disability pay¬ ments. After a judge dismissed DeGeorge’s bankruptcy petition, DeGeorge hired well-known Los Angeles lawyer Richard Marmaro to defend him on the criminal charges. Marmaro, a former federal prosecutor who specializes in complex white-collar criminal cases, said DeGeorge denies all the allegations against him. “The government’s allegations are just that,” Marmaro said. ’They are yet to prove anything in court. My client looks forward to his day in court.”
Meanwhile, Falco signed an agreement with prosecutors several weeks ago, agreeing to plead guilty for his role in the scheme and to cooperate in the cases against DeGeorge and Ebeling. Their trial is scheduled to begin April 10. At a recent hearing, DeGeorge shuffled into court, chains locked tightly around his ankles and manacles gripping the cuffs of his navy blue sport coat. As he entered the courtroom, DeGeorge nodded to his fourth wife, Kathryn Palmer, who is seven months pregnant. Sitting in a corner of the courtroom was Lerner, who wondered if DeGeorge had finally outsmarted himself. DeGeorge had declared bankruptcy to avoid paying Cigna, but that brought him back to the United States where criminal charges awaited him. But he also wondered if Cigna would ever collect its judgment. Although the bankruptcy has been lifted, DeGeorge’s assets are nowhere to be found. The $2 million mansion, for example, has been
transferred to a Panamanian corporation, out of reach of U.S. courts. Cigna, which has hired a separate law firm to try to collect its debt, has so far spent more than $3.6 million in legal fees battling DeGeorge. Lerner is often invited to speak about the case to insurance groups in cities across the countiy. He laments that little has changed since the DeGeorge case unfolded. Insur¬ ance companies still don’t have a central clearinghouse, or any effective way to check records of insurance applicants against claims made against other insur¬ ers. ‘The truth is that nothing much has changed since DeGeorge’s machinations have been made public," Lerner said. ‘There are others out there, right now, planning to do the same thing, and plenty of other insurers willing to gamble that it won’t happen to them.” — dauan maharaj Copyright, 1999, Los Angeles Times. Reprinted by permission from The Satur¬ day Journal, December 4. Librarian Maloy Moore helped research this article.
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CARIBBEAN 1500 t3y the middle of last October, our hopes of sailing in the Baja Ha-Ha with friend Clark Hamm were fading fast. A blister job on his Beneteau 42 Champagne — our old boat — had been prolonged by a relatively cold summer in Los Angeles,
East Coast. I had become increasingly frustrated with the difficulty of gettirig anything worthwhile accomplished on her in Annapolis, where every vendor seemed to have too much business to be inter -
of boats between 30 and 40 feet. I also noticed that much of our gear looked light compared to that on other boats. My visit to Hampton was also interest¬ ing in that it was the first time I've seen an entire city so committed to sponsor-
We had less than a week to get the boat to Hampton and prepare her for 1,500 miles of open-ocean sailing. ested in our trade. And two weeks of cruising Relativ¬ ity on the Chesapeake af¬ ter the Annapolis Boat Show with our friend Jerry Crowley had proven colder and wetter than Wendy and I prefer. So when I learned that a fleet of 50 or so boats was forming up in Hamp¬ ton, Virginia, to sail to the British Vir¬ gins in 'rally mode', I phoned Clark and suggested that this time around we sub¬ stitute the 10th Annual West Marine Car¬ ibbean 1500 for the Ha-Ha. Clark was game, but finding additional crew on a week's notice proved more dif¬ ficult. So I rented a car and drove the 200 miles, from Annapolis to Hampton to check out the fleet and meet with Steve Black, the rally organizer. From Black's list of prospective crew, we found the sail¬ ors we needed: Bill O’Malley from Chicago, Deena Gilbert from Massachusetts, Tom Wulff from Miami, and Roger Cisl from Lake Tahoe. So within three days we were firmly committed to the venture — even though it left us less than a week to get the boat to Hampton and prepare her for 1,500 miles of open-ocean sailing.
After their arrival at Virgin Gorda, Wendy and Hall decided to throwaway their well-used genoa nicknamed "Big Ugly." and it was clear that she wouldn't be ready in time. My Hunter 54 Pegasus was wait¬ ing for us in La Paz, but it seemed a little early for the Sea of Cortez. And without the Ha-Ha as a catalyst, we felt no imme¬ diate desire to head for Mexico right away. For reasons I won't go into, we also own a Beneteau First 53, Relativity, on the Bound for new homes in the tropics, rally boats await the start of the Caribbean 1500 at Hamp¬ ton, Virginia.
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ing and supporting a sailing event. For example, every evening a different restau¬ rant hosted a happy hour with food for all the participants, and all the local ven¬ dors were organized to give priority ser¬ vice to the boats in the fleet. While in An¬ napolis, I spent two weeks trying to get somebody to check out problems with our radio and refrigeration, but had no luck. Yet both repairs were completed within hours of our arrival in Hampton! The organization of the Caribbean 1500 is more formal than most events. For instance, all boats had to undergo very detailed safety inspections and meet strict equipment requirements. A working 3SB
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radio was mandatory, for example. (We also purchased an Iridium phone — which served us well throughout the trip.) Inas¬ much as the course from Virginia to the British Virgins can be mostly upwind and well offshore, such precautions were welladvised. And I must admit that they caused me, to complete several long-over¬ due projects on Relativity — such as swinging the compasses and securing the floorboards.
As we worked through our 'to do' list and talked to others, I became aware that for many participants the Caribbean 1500 is not so much an event to be enjoyed in its own right, but rather an ordeal to be endured as the price for getting a boat to the Caribbean for the winter cruising sea¬ son.
We were technically qualified to go on the scheduled starting date of October 31 — but just barely. So we were not terribly disappointed when the start was postponed for J&iptcn, VA three days because a storm that had origi¬ nated in Texas had come far enough east to bring 55 knots of wind Bahamas and torrential rain to tdzginatzda the part of the Gulfstream we would soon be crossing. Last year’s 68-boat Carib¬ bean 1500 fleet hit some very heavy RjertoRkc weather associated with the aftermath of hurri¬ cane Mitch, and as a re¬ sult one boat was rolled and two were aban¬ doned. Therefore, the
With Hall at the wheel, his crew re-checks their final approach to Virgin Gorda. Missing reefstrewn Anegada is the biggest concern. decision to postpone was fairly well re¬ ceived. We used the extra time to continue prepping our boat, and were in much bet-
CARIBBEAN 1500 ter shape for the actual start on Novem¬ ber 3. The delay was no doubt an economic bonanza for West Marine and the city of Hampton, as every boat involved seemed to discover thousands of dollars of addi¬ tional 'must haves' during the three-day delay. By the start, many boats had added
rent along the Virginia coastline. Our first night at sea was nearly opr last, as some confusion in the cockpit re¬ sulted in a near head-on collision with a fast moving container ship. We couldn't
Our first night at sea was nearly our last, as some confusion in the cockpit resulted in a near head-on collision with a fast moving container ship. additional fuel jugs and tanks. We elected to go with our basic tankage of 120 gal¬ lons — which proved to be more than ad¬ equate. The Caribbean 1500 is structured as a ’rally' with rules — much like the cruis¬ ing class in the Del Rey YC's Puerto Vallarta Race — although it’s a nonstop event. Engine use is encouraged in light air to keep the fleet together, but limita¬ tions on fuel capacity precluded most par¬ ticipants from motoring for more than one-third of the 1,500-mile course. Most of the boats raced using a modified PHRF format, although 11 were strictly along for the ride and went unrated. We were rated 21, while the Santa Cruz 52 Aquila — which had set the course record of seven days back in '98 — rated 0. The start was downwind off of Thimble Shoal Light inside Chesapeake Bay, and the fleet sailed past Norfolk and Virginia Beach, then out into the Atlantic at Cape Henry. We started well, set a chute, and led the fleet along with the catamaran Change Order — until we turned south to use what was left of the Labrador curRelaxing at the Bitter End Yacht Club, in Gorda Sound, was a welcomed change of pace after the long crossing.
have missed each other by more than 100 feet. We were showing a bright masthead tricolor light and also had a large radar reflector up. But not only did the ship not seem to see us, it appeared to alter course at a distance of a half mile and come right at us! I will never again be comfortable with ship traffic at night. In hindsight, we should have had our engine running and been prepared to put it in gear and take dramatic evasive action.
The key navigation decision in the Caribbean 1500 is how and when to cross the Gulfstream. Consultants’ opinions varied on this issue, but we opted to cross it relatively early — well north of Cape Hatteras — and go for easting. It was a strategy that served us well. Once under¬ way, there were two daily roll calls dur¬ ing which time each competitor gave a position report and weather data to the rest of the fleet. We found ourselves in the first five or six boats most of the way down the course, working east as fast as we could on a tight reach. As is so often the case, the faster boats held the favored weather much longer than those behind, and the fleet of 52
boats was soon spread out over a lot of ocean. Within three days, Aquila was lead¬ ing the pack as they'd done the year be¬ fore, with some boats as much as 300 miles behind. It wasn’t just a case of boatspeed, as the trailing boats first had such light air they had to motor, and then encountered headwinds. As for us on Relativity, we lost ground to Aquila steadily — until they sailed out of the wind for a day and elected to motor through the light air. We continued to sail on the front just 30 miles behind them, letting them rack up the engine hours. As the rally continued, the boats at the back got even worse weather. First they were headed when the wind shifted to the southeast, then they found themselves in 20 to 35-knot headwinds. All this while the leaders continued to power reach more or less down the rhumbline in a pleasant 15 to 20 knots. A couple of boats toward the back of the fleet diverted to
THE FASTEST EVER Privilege 48 catamaran Change Order, which ultimately corrected out first in Class One. Tara, an Able Apogee 58 from Maine, Bravada, a Tayana 65 from Mary¬ land, and our Relativity all finished within the old record, making it the fastest Car¬ ibbean 1500 in history for those at the front of the fleet.
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8 As it turned out, Aquila took line hon¬ ors for the second year- in a row, finishing in just 6 days and 10 hours to knock 20 hours off of her 1998 course record. She was followed just 4 hours later by the
Glenn Newcomer's Pennsylvania-based Tayana 52 Endless Summer managed to hold 18-22 knots of wind down most of the course, however, and corrected out first in the fleet. They only motored 16 hours. Crewman David Engel, who has finished first and second with his own boat in previous Caribbean 1500s, re¬ ported that they did 9+ knots and occa¬ sional 10s for hours on end. "But what was different this year," he said, "was that it was essentially a rhumbline passage." Other boats were as much as 650 miles up the course when Aquila finished, how¬ ever, and therefore continued to arrive at the Virgin Gorda finish for several more days. When a boat did arrive, it was greeted by a delegation of those already in port, and given a bottle of champagne and congratulations for completing the event. Virgin Gorda Yacht Harbor not only had a slip waiting for all participants, but also offered dry storage in their large boatyard for anyone electing to take a break before doing more sailing in the Caribbean. Each night there was a happy hour at the marina, as the number of The Pusser's Rum store and restaurant is the centerpiece of development at Leverick Bay, in Gorda Sound.
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CARIBBEAN 1500 boats still at sea wound down. However, many of the crews of the early finishers were long gone before all of the boats were in, so the parties were a bit smaller than those preceding the start. When it appeared that everyone would be in by Monday, the award's ceremony was slated for that night. Among the awards was the Tempest Trophy given to Tyler Thompson of the Crealock 34 An¬ other Day, which diverted to rendezvous with the dismasted Union 36 Interlude to provide her with enough fuel to make it to port. Unfortunately, the festivities were overshadowed by the development of hur¬ ricane Lenny, which at the time was head¬ ing directly for Virgin Gorda with 150-knot winds! Virgin Gorda Yacht Harbor is fairly well protected from weather, but no, place is safe under Category 5 hurricane condi¬ tions. After much vacillation, we elected to secure Relativity as best we could and took advantage of one of the last flights out. After all, the last thing we wanted was to be stranded for a week in the an¬ ticipated aftermath of the storm. As it turned out, only the edge of Lenny passed through the marina with 90-knot winds, and damage was minimized due to the di-
Ha/ Sutphen of 'Another Day' receives his Tem¬ pest Trophy and heart-felt thanks from crew of the dismasted 'Interlude'. rection of the wind. By all reports, Rela¬ tivity awaits our return in sound condi¬
So how did the Caribbean 1500 com¬ pare with the Ha-Ha's I've done? With its $149 entry fee, the two-week Ha-Ha is much less expensive. However, the $800 Caribbean 1500 is a month-long event with parties every night, and the entry fee includes professional inspection of all boats, rigs and engines. The Ha-Ha has less wind, smaller seas, and never takes the fleet too far from shore, so it's less demanding on the boats and crews. The Ha-Ha also has several stops and is half the length, so is generally more fun. On the other hand, if you have to sail to the Caribbean from the East Coast, it’s great to do it as part of a group, and it’s nice to get your boat to the Islands early in the season before they become too crowded. After heading down to Mexico to enjoy some sailing on Our long-neglected Pe¬ gasus, we plan to return to the Caribbean and Relativity. If all goes well, we'll be entering the Storm Trysail Club's Havana to Baltimore Race in April — particularly if I can get a more reasonable rating for my Beneteau. Having recently retired, we're finding that the transition from go¬ ing full bore to more leisurely takes some getting used to.
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PAPAGAYO W/hen we reached Playa Hermosa, Costa Rica, in May of last year aboard our Unfortunately, it's much harder to pre¬ Sausalito-based Offshore 40 Calypso, we dict Papagayos. The same lows that af¬ had just completed the dreaded south¬ fect Tehuantepeckers also interrupt the bound crossing of the Gulf of Papagayo. Papagayos — but the effect of the lows After discussing the passage with some of the other boats that had made the cross¬ ing, we came to the conclusion that none of us had seen much — if anything — write ten about it. Although we have limited expe¬ rience in the region and none writing about weather, we've studied Papagayos se¬ riously and offer the Geographic following information and suggestions to Regions: those who are follow¬ 1) Pacific Coast of ba]a ing in our path. We 2) Sea of Cortez hope it encourages ex¬ 3) Cabo, P.V., Manzanillo EL 5AT perts to discuss the
What And Where
Papagayos are easterly tradewinds from the Caribbean that are strong enough to blow across the lowlands of Nicaragua. They reach as far northwest as Quetzal, Guatemala — especially in the winter months — and as far southeast as northern Costa Rica. The further southeast they blow, the stronger they tend to be. The easterly and northeasterly tradewinds in the Caribbean are strongest from midDecember to midMarch — the so-called 'Christmas winds’. This is because high pres¬ sure systems in the Eastern Caribbean are 4) Manzanillo to Puerto Angel subject further. further south in the There are two fa¬ 5) Gulf of Tehuantepec COSTA RICA ■ winter and 'reinforce' mous 'winds' that 6) Gulf of Papagayo PANAMA the normal trades. If blow offshore between there is nothing to in¬ southern Mexico and Note: The three illustrations that accompany this article are courtesy of Capt. John Rains' 'MexWX, Mexican Weather for terrupt the reinforced Costa Rica which can Boaters' ,and were done by Patricia Miller. That they appear here in no way means that Rains or Miller endorse the opinions trades, they will blow make life hell for mari¬ across the low and narrow gaps in Cen¬ isn't as great. Papagayos don't go on and ners transiting these areas. One of these tral America and out to the Pacific Ocean off like Tehuantepeckers, but rather blow is the famous 'Tehuantepecker', the galeas Papagayos — much the same way more frequently with varying degrees of force wind that blows offshore from south¬ Northern California westerlies blow intensity. ern Mexico's Gulf of Tehuantepec. The through the low and narrow gaps in the John Rains' MexWX, Mexico Weather other is the Papagayo', which is almost coastal hills at Tennessee Valley, the For Boaters, does a good job discussing as strong and blows offshore out of the Golden Gate, and San Bruno. weather for Mexico and the cause of Gulf of Papagayo, an area that stretches Fortunately, every four to five days Tehuantepeckers. But the book doesn't from Guatemala to northern Costa Rica. during the winter a frontal system usu¬ really address the causes of Papagayos Although Papagayos aren't as strong ally moves across the United States and and methods for predicting them. The or as well-known as Tehuanepeckers, in into the Caribbean. These fronts interfere map on the right hand page gives a gen¬ two respects they present even greater with the tradewinds. If not for them, there eral idea of what happens when a problems for small boat mariners. First, would be few windows in which to cross Papagayo blows. they are harder to predict. Second, their the gulfs of Tehuantepec and Papagayo offshore winds hit where the coast curves Follow The Fazes between early December and April. to the southeast, so boats can be blown We crossed the two dangeous gulfs in As winter turns to spring and early hundreds of miles offshore. Once that March and April of '99, a time of year when summer, the high pressure systems pass happens, it can be very difficult to make the Tehuantepeckers and Papagayos are further to the north. Without the rein¬ landfall at Costa Rica — and some boats still active, but less frequent than in the forcement of these highs, the Christmas have even found themselves hundreds of middle of winter. Our biggest problem was winds stop and the trades lighten. By miles west of Panama! not having followed the weatherfaxes prior Thanks to weatherfaxes out of New Or¬ summer, the trades have shifted from to making the crossings. We'd stopped us¬ leans and other sources, it’s relatively northeasterly and easterly to southeast¬ ing the weatherfax when we got to Mexico erly, effectively putting an end to Papa¬ easy to find good weather windows for because the weather folks on the safely crossing the 200-mile-wide Gulf of gayos until the following December. Chubasco Net did such a good job. Un¬ Tehuantepec. In fact, the fronts of lows fortunately, we didn’t start monitoring that come down the Gulf of Mexico and Predicting Papagayos faxes again until we started to get close across Mexico to the Gulf of Tehuantepec While easterly-moving fronts in the to the Gulf of Tehuantapec. As a result, it are like on-off switches for Tehuantewinter affect the entire Gulf of Mexico and peckers, so it’s easy to see them coming. wasn't until we'd crossed both Tehuan¬ Caribbean region, the area of tradewinds tapec and Papagayo that we began to have In fact, just about every boat we've talked that affect Papagayos is actually very to not only managed to avoid Tehuantean understanding of how to predict them. small: the area in the Western Caribbean We weren't the only cruisers to have made peckers — but had to motor all the way ' f • jfigjglllM this mistake. across the gulf! Page 142 • LiFWe?? • February, 2000
PROBLEMS
just north of South America. The more you follow the weatherfaxes preceding Papagayos, the better you'll be able to identify it. When looking at a weatherfax of the entire Mexico/Central America/Carib¬ bean region, notice that when a front moves east and crosses to the Caribbean side of Tehuantapec, the wind arrows in¬ dicate the winds blowing from the south¬ east to south up the face of the front, and northwest to north on the back side of the front. Southerly winds ahead of the front means there won't be a Tehuantepecker; northerly winds behind the front mean there will be Tehuantepecker. That's pretty clear cut.
Because Papagayos are harder to pre¬ dict, the forecasts often tend to be inac¬ curate. Many times we saw 15-knot wind arrows on weatherfaxes for the Gulf of Papagayo, but in reality experienced con¬ sistent 25-knot winds. And onsite observ¬ ers in the Playa Cocos/Playa Hermosa areas of Costa Rica, where Papagayos blow hardest, reported gusts to 40 knots. As such, when the wind arrows indi¬ cated as little as 15 knots in the Gulf of Papagayo, we assumed that a Papagayo was blowing. But if we saw wind arrows indicating variable winds of five knots in the Gulf of Fonseca area — the northern extreme of the Gulf of Papagayo — and 510 knot wind arrows in the Costa Rica/ Nicaragua border area, we knew it was a window.
Now for the Papagayos. As the same front moves east to cross Cancun, you should start to see the wind arrows in the By the way, we paid as much atten¬ western side of the Caribbean just north tion to the predicted sea heights in the of South America — which again is the Papagayo region as we did to wind key area — start to shift from northeast strength — and found that these forecasts to east, and even to the southeast. The were more accurate. A predicted three to more southerly the tradewinds, the less four feet was good to go, four to five feet the flags will shift — if at all. When the was marginal, and bigger than that meant more northerly tradewind flags start to we waited. Remember, if you're headed shift, it means the front is sucking the south, you'll be going right into these seas. energy out of the tradewinds — and there¬ We would like to emphasize that the fore the conditions that cause Papagayos above information is based on our lim¬ will die down. Be aware that ’down' is a ited experience from one passage at one relative term, and that unlike time of year. While the systems that con¬ Tehuantepeckers, Papagayos almost al¬ trol the Papagayos should remain mostly ways blow to a certain degree. the same, we hope that this article will If, on the other hand, the wind arrows inspire some more experienced sailors to indicate east to northeast winds ei¬ ther before or after a front passes, the high pressure on the east Tehuantepec side of the front will reinforce the trade¬ winds with its clock¬ wise rotation, and the Papagayos will in¬ Papagayos: crease. Easterly trades blow So, it's a distinct across Nicaragua along pattern of frontal
bean than along the west coast of Cen¬ tral America — we got weather forecasts from the HF nets. Willie does weather from Panama on the Central American Break¬ fast Net on 7083.0 at 1300 Zulu. The Pa¬ cific Maritime Net is on 21402.0 at 2200 Zulu. Herb's Southbound II Net for Car¬ ibbean vessels is hard to get into from the Pacific side, and there are problems. If he doesn t hear you during the check-in pe¬ riod, he won't give you weather. And he won t verify check-ins, so sometimes you have to wait two hours to discover he didn t hear you. Lastly, he generally starts in the Eastern Caribbean and works west, so those on the west coast of Central America will be last in line. Nonetheless, Herb's Southbound II Net is on 12359.0 at 2000 Zulu. Check-in is at 1940 Zulu. The Port Captain at Huatulco, Mexico, has good weather forecasts for the Tehuantapecs, and the Port Captain in Puerto Madero has Internet forecasts for the Tehuantepec in English.
Enough Forecasting, Now for Reality
Say you found what seemed like a great Papagayo weather window, but once you got going, discovered that it was blowing 15 to 30 knots. If you're wondering how you could have missed the window, chances are you didn't. Sure, you might have gotten a better weather window later, but you might, have had to wait until April. Besides, how would you have recognized a really good window if it were coming? So if you're only facing 15 to 30 knots, be thankful that it's not a real Papagayo. Accord¬ ing to everyone in the bar at Playa Cocos, plowing into 15 to 30 knots of wind may not be fun, but it is an ad¬ venture. During a Papagayo, the wind often fluctuates in intensity. We saw mostly 20 to 25 knots, with periods of 25 to 35 lows that herald the the Rio San Juan Valley, knots, but also periods Gulf of onset of a Tehuante¬ then fan out Into the of 15 to 20 knots. In Papagayo pecker, while it’s only relatively short periods Pacific as Papagayos, a subtle change of the of time — 10 minutes or The strong headwinds wind arrows in a rela¬ so — it would shift back COSTA RICA surprise many cruisers. tively small area of and forth between wind the southwestern PANAMA ranges. Our solution Caribbean that indiwas to keep the sails cates the strengthening or weakening of discuss the cause and prediction of reefed for the stronger winds and to mo¬ Papagayos. As such, mariners can quickly Papagayos. tor through the lighter stuff. learn to predict Tehuantepeckers, but predicting Papagayos takes much more Other Weather Sources practice. In addition to weatherfaxes out of New here are several offshore obstacles
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PAPAGAYO the obstacles are inside the 10-fathom line, so that became our default. We sailed offshore when we needed to get around obstacles, because it was easy. We mo¬ tored back toward shore after getting around the obstacles, because getting back to shore is potentially veiy difficult, and because we always wanted to 'keep one foot on the beach'. Other than for obstructions, we stayed about a mile offshore at _ night. During the day, we stayed as close as a quar¬ ter mile from the beach — as long as we had 22 feet of water. The closer to shore you are, the bet¬ ter off you'll be for two reasons: First, the seas will be flatter. Second, you'll be able to point higher when sailing. Some boats in our group crossed the whole Gulf of Papagayo — from Quetzal, Guatemala, to Costa Rica — in one non¬ stop passage. It's not im¬ possible, but it's difficult to find a big enough win¬ dow in the winter to make it without getting ham¬ mered. A few in our group had to turn back, and others turned back be¬ cause of damage. Ulti¬ mately, everybody made it. Tired of traveling, not going as fast as you expected, not going to reach your next anchorage before nightfall? We suggest that you take a load off by anchoring at any number of unnamed anchorages along the way. They are unnamed because you’ll be the first to try them out. The situ¬ ation is this: there are many long stretches of beach where you can get close to shore and where the wind is blowing away from the coast at a 45-degree angle. This may not be perfect, but it's often good enough to allow you to drop the hook and catch a couple of hours — or more — of sleep. Most of these long stretches of beach have gentle sloping sand bottoms, great for setting a hook. There are even a couple of small head¬ lands with beaches that provide even more protection. We stopped at one at 1P47' N, 86Q32' W. It was blowing 15 to 20 knots on the northwest side and 30 to 35 knots on the southeast side. Nonethe¬ less, we would have felt comfortable an¬ choring on either side of the point in 25 feet of water. Indeed, it wouldn't have been any worse than anchoring in a Sea of Cortez anchorage waiting out a Norther. Page 144 •
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We almost anchored here for a nap, but the boat we were traveling with wanted to push on because they weren’t sure how long the weather window was going to last. Interestingly enough, we noticed many shrimp trawlers anchored in unnamed spots. But they always anchored nearly a mile offshore. So maybe they know some
reason not to anchor closer in. We finally arrived at San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua, in the wee hours of the morn¬ ing after 36 hours of nonstop travelling. We wished we’d stopped for a four-hour nap at one of the unnamed places. Another option we might have used was to stop at Puerto Sandino, Nicara¬ gua. Based on the harbor chart, it looks as though there is a good anchorage in the southeast corner — without having to go inside the poorly-marked, heavily shoaled channel. We have no idea how this anchorage would fare in a Papagayo, but the official unnamed anchorage listed in Roy and Carol Robert's The Forgotten Middle is said to be good in up to 50 knots when anchored a quarter to a half mile offshore. The same is true for San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua. The holding is sup¬ posed to be great in both these spots, and the wind chop is minimal when anchored close to shore.
We enjoyed the little Gulf of Fonseca where all the Central American countries come together, but probably wouldn’t stop there again if we could press on to Corinto,
Nicaragua. By the way, Nicaragua is not to be missed. Corinto was a nice, clean working port with all the things you need in the town or a short bus ride away to Chinendega. San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua, is a lovely beach resort town that most cruisers miss because it's just a few miles from Costa Rica. If you don't stop in Corinto, you will have to take a very nice one-hour bus ride _ from San Juan del Sur to the border so Immigration can stamp you in and out and give you a 30-day visa. We exited Nicaragua from Corinto — neglected to mention it to the Port Cap¬ tain in San Juan del Sur — and didn't have a prob¬ lem. In retrospect, we should have asked for an exit stamp in our passports for a month past our de¬ parture date. San Juan del Sur has a couple of email cafes so you can catch up, small mar¬ kets with decent groceries, and veiy friendly folks. By the way, the Nicaraguans make great inexpensive rum. Try the five-year-old Flor de Cana. You can even take some day trips from San Juan del Sur to Masaya or the old colonial capital of Grenada on Lake Nicaragua. Talk to Marie at Ricardo’s Bar on the' beach for someone to watch your boat while you're traveling inland. From San Juan del Sur, it's a pleasant 20-mile daysail to Bahia Santa Elena in Costa Rica.
-After a month, we're still in Playa Hermosa where the people and beaches are nice, and where you can get good gro¬ ceries and water. The Port Captain at Playa Cocos is very nice and check-in was free — a nice change from the rest of Cen¬ tral America. He never asked about the delay in our date of departure to our ar¬ rival date, and we didn’t bring it up. We do have a small request for cruis¬ ers who are collecting information: Please photocopy articles in Latitude rather than tearing them out. It gets increasingly harder to find precious Latitudes the fur¬ ther south you get, so please keep them intact and pass them on! Finally, we miss Marin County — but not enough to fight the traffic or the prices. We're still having fun down here.
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->ike every other magazine in the world, we at Latitude felt a twinge of nos¬ talgia when the Cosmic Odometer turned over last month. Inevitably, like everyone else, we decided to compile a 'best of list — the usual highlights and honor roll, mainly from the last decade (we can't re¬ member much farther back than that). If nothing else, we figured it would be fun to look back at our efforts a decade or two from now — a nautical time capsule, if you will. With three editors contributing to this ambitious collection, it was quickly obvi¬ ous that we would never agree on just one winner in each category. In fact, the whole project was starting to take more than the half hour we allocated to it between our real jobs daytrading IPOs and Internet stocks. Thinking fast, we recycled an old format — 'High Fives' — and began scrib¬ bling away. But the more categories and winners’ we dreamed up, the more we realized how infinite the project really was, and how many people we might piss off either by mention or omission. But, hey, that's never stopped us before. If you readers want to take exception to any of our 'high fives' — or better yet, create a few lists of your own — we'd be happy to run your thoughts in a future issue. Anyway, without further excuse or apology, we shamelessly offer the follow¬ ing pile of lists. Meanwhile, it's back to work — "Hello, New York? Buy!. . . . Chi¬ cago? Sell!"
FIVE hot boats. Samba PaTU Farr 40 Wasabi, Farr ILC 46 Pyewacket, R/P 75 Revs, Ross 35 (totalled in fire) PlayStation (nav station burned)
FIVE living legends. Paul 'The Great Dane' Elvstrom Myron Spaulding Olin Stephens Lowell 'The Pope' North Ted Hood
FIVE famous boats of the '90s. Pyewacket Lakota Sayonara PlayStation EF Language
FIVE memorable events on the Bay. Humphrey the Whale Thursday's Childs arrival The Gold Rush Open 60s Hyperion sailing The parade of Tall Ships Page 146 • IsfcUVili • February,2000
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FIVE hot local one design classes. J/105s Vanguard 15s Moore 24s (summer) Express 27s (winter) Etchells
FIVE records broken in the last year. TransPac (Pyewacket) 24-hour (PlayStation) Sydney-Hobart (Nokia) Cape Town-Rio (Zephyrus IV) Coastal Cup (Octavia) v
FIVE other sailing magazines we like. Yachting World (the best) Seahorse Kazi (great pics, difficult articles) Sailing World SpinSheet (our favorite 'clone')
FIVE hot dinghy sailors. Howie Hamlin (505) Zach Berkowitz (1-14) Charles Meade (Laser) Morgan Larson (49er) Russ Silvestri (Finn)
FIVE boats that sank abruptly, fortu¬ nately without loss of life. Pandemonium Aotea Falcon (Bird) Boogieman (F-31) 38 Special (our old photoboat)
FIVE people who left too soon. Tom Blackaller Gary Mull Bob Klein Doug Vann Elvis
Ken-ichi Horie's 'beer can boat' International Canoes Jabba's Sail Barge (Return of the Jedi)
FIVE of our favorite local regattas.
FIVE memorable disasters.
Delta Ditch Run Corinthian Midwinters High Sierra Regatta NOOD Regatta Vallejo Race
NYYC/Young America's Cup bid Isabelle's Southern Ocean trips This year's SF 49ers The Blondie/Maverick collision OneAustralia sinking
FIVE great spots on latitude 38.
FIVE cool boats currently for sale.
Annapolis Athens Azores Point Reyes Melbourne (38" South)
Merlin Bushwacker (J/160) Lakota Little O (the ad guys' Olson 30) The Geek (12 Meter)
FIVE enduring designs.
FIVE great West Coast sailing events. Big Boat Series Bruce Golison's regatta StFYC International Masters Regatta West Marine Pacific Cup Baja Ha-Ha
FIVE odd sailboats. Pete Goss's 120-ft 'wave piercing' cat Spirit of Peace
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FIVE hot juniors. JV Gilmour John Kilroy, Jr.
HIGH FIVES
Weird scenes inside the gold mine: 'Chevai's stunt finish at the ‘95 TransPac.
Chad Freitas Pebbles Starr (Rock's daughter) Katie Clausen
FIVE hot amateur sailors.
Borborygmus Steatopygia Confederacy of Dances (great book!) Thanks Larry! Never Again II
Craig Healy Chris Perkins John Oldham Nick Gibbens Scott Sellers
FIVE things that changed sailing. GPS Watermakers 406 EPIRBs Cell phones The stock market in the '90s
FIVE tireless volunteers. Dave Few (PHRF chairman) Tom Allen Joyce Andersen (StFYC) Bobbi Tosse (BYC) Rosemary Seal (STS Society)
FIVE hot women sailors.
FIVE people who are overworked and underpaid. All of the above Tom Leweck (Scuttlebutt) 'Waterborne activity facilitators' Employees of sail lofts Editors at sailing magazines
FIVE boat names we like. Fujimo
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Dawn Riley Vicki Sodaro Stephanie Wondolleck Karina Vogen Liz Baylis
FIVE nautical dynasties. The The The The
Trask Family U.S. Navy Nash Family Spanish Armada
The 'Kiwi Mafia'
FIVE prominent racing couples. Kame & Sally Richards Stan Honey & Sally Lindsay Max Ebb & Lee Helm Peter & JJ Isler Billy & Melinda Erkelens
FIVE handy things to have on a boat. A corkscrew Extra gas A cell phone Back issues of Latitude A trust fund
FjyE things that look impressive on your sailing resume. An ocean crossing Having your picture in Latitude's an¬ nual winners wrap-up Zero insurance claims Actually used a storm trysail Knowing any of the below personally
FIVE hot pro sailors. Paul Cayard John Kostecki February, 2000 • L&twLl? • Page 147
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FIVE unsolved mysteries. How does PHRF really work? Who is Max Ebb? Why doesn't the Chron cover sailing? What happened with the 3DL law suit? How can Latitude still be free?
FIVE veteran bluewater couples. Jim & Sue Corenman John Neal & Amanda Swan Lyn & Larry Pardey Jim & Diana Jessie us, hopefully soon
FIVE local yachts we admire. Yucca Balclutha Jaguar (Chris Corlett's 5.5) Santana Freda
FIVE great nautical quotes. "I think we need a bigger boat" (Jaws) "Are we going to sink, big guy?" (Rod Davis to Iain Murray on oneAustralia) "Sometimes you're the windshield. . ." "Ail I need is a tall ship. . ." (Masefield) "We can make it!" (Secret Love in ’83J
FIVE of our favorite places. St. Barths Barra Navidad Sausalito The Bitter End YC any place warm with sailboats
FIVE greatest places in the Delta. Tinsley Island Stockton Sailing Club Locke Benicia (’The Gateway') The Meadows
FIVE excellent bow men. Greg Prussia (AmericaOne) Steve Marsh (Farr 40s) Curtis Blewett (EEL) Brent Ruhne (Orion/Pegasus) Steve Dodd (Magnitude)
FIVE dumbest sailing movies ever. Message in a Bottle (unrealistic) Waterworld Dead Calm (stupid and fake) Wind (but worth it for Jennifer Gray) Cabin Boy
FIVE cool movies sort of involving sail¬ ing. Das Boot (about ocean racing) Captain Ron (about cruising) Lifeboat (classic Hitchcock) Moby Dick (Gregory Peck version) The Caine Mutiny (Bogey)
FIVE songs to sing while sailing. Yo Ho Ho and a Bottle of Rum A Pirate Looks at Forty Sloop John B Ballad of the Edmund Fitzgerald Theme to Gilligan's Island Page 148 •
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FIVE things we would have liked for Christmas. A new Farr 40 with PBO sails A trip to Auckland in February A ride on PlayStation A date with Heidi Klum An editorial assistant
FIVE nautical causes to get behind. Ban jet skis everywhere Bring back the Wanderbird Free Willy! A measurement rule that works A date with Heidi Klum
FIVE cruising destinations we'll skip. The Farallones Any place during a hurricane. Ala Wai Yacht Harbor The Roaring 40s SF’s Bermuda Triangle
FIVE guys we'd cross any ocean with. Skip Allan
Stan Honey Mark Rudiger John Jourdane Commodore Tompkins
FIVE worthwhile organizations. US Sailing YRA of SF Bay St. Francis YC IRS —just kidding! Bay Area Racing Federation
FIVE places we'd like to sail to some¬ day. Seychelle Islands Galapagos Islands Cape Horn (on a cruise ship) Easter Island off into the sunset
FIVE great books about stuff we're glad we missed. % Fatal Storm Godforsaken Sea
HIGH FIVES
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FIVE influential local yacht design¬ ers. Bill 'Fast is Fun' Lee Carl Schumacher Phil Kaiko (America True) Tom Wylie Jim Antrim
FIVE veteran sailmakers. Jim Leech Donald Goring Jocelyn Nash Kame Richards Robin Sodaro
FIVE great bars with guest berthing. Sam's (Tiburon) Morro Bay YC The Ramp (South SF) Quinn's Lighthouse (Estuary) Most normal yacht clubs
FIVE great Caribbean bars.
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Foxy's, Jost Van Dyke, BVI The Admiral's Inn, Antigua Madame Rochette’s, Guadeloupe Basel's Bar, Mustique, Grenadines Palm Island Resort, Grenadines
FIVE sailing entities that are no more.
Swim party! — the new trend at the America's Cup. Spread,'Young America' abandons ship in '99. Inset, 'one Australia' bites the dust in '95.
FIVE great spots in Mexico.
FIVE idyllic charter destinations.
Perfect Storm Endurance The Bounty Trilogy
FIVE excellent ’funny boat’ sailors. Steve Fossett The entire PlayStation crew Laurent Bourgnon Cam Lewis Any French guy on a 60-footer
Phuket, Thailand Desolation Sound, Canada Tahiti's Leeward Isles The Grenadines, West Indies The Whitsundays, Australia
Z-Town Caleta Partida San Juanico Careyes La Paz
FIVE races wfe only vaguely miss.
FIVE expensive mistakes.
FIVE reasons to go sailing. The wind is free It's cheaper than skiing San Francisco Bay It's politically correct It impresses babes FIVE reasons not to go sailing. Storm warnings Relationship maintenance
Hellfire and brimstone Deadlines Sorry, can't think of any others
Women's Racing Association Longitude 122 SF Sailing Foundation Small Boat YRA SLN (Symbionese Liberation Navy)
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The Swiss IACC boat Be Happy Double Bullet flipping in the TransPac Zamazaan dismasting on a bridge Big O hitting the Carquinez Bridge Buying a powerboat
FIVE funny typos we've made. Big Boast Series Fully battered mainsail The boat varnished into the night Slammed by a rouge wave Several thousand more
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FIVE keys to racing success on the Bay. Understand the currents Avoid big ships Crispy new sails, preferably kevlar Attract and keep rockstars Never run out of beer February, 2000 • UuhJtl? • Page 149
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FIVE fun boating-related things to do around the Bay. Hike to the top of Angel Island Watch the sea lions at Pier 39 Anchor off Pac Bell Park (bring your baseball glove) Bar hopping on the Estuaiy Actually go sailing — what a concept!
Still our favorite shot of all time: 'Margaret Rintoul' blasts off at the ‘82 Clipper Cup. FIVE essential CDs to take cruising. Songs You Know By Heart, Jimmy Buffet Led Zeppelin, Zep's debut album anything by Pink Floyd
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Dependable. That's the word that best describes Corinthian YC's four-race, two-weekend midwinter series. While other midwinters wax and wane, Corin¬ thian routinely draws over 100 boats to its tried-and-true format of casual racing and serious partying. This year, 113 boats took the bait, filling Racoon Strait and the CYC clubhouse to capacity on January 15-16. When other series are washed out — such as the concurrent Encinal YC and Santa Cruz YC midwinters on January 15 — the geography of the CYC starting line and its multiple course options almost always allows for a race, 'We just flush 'em out of Racoon Strait on the ebb, Wait a few hours, and they eventually come back on the flood," commented race chair¬ man Ron Kell. "No one will claim it's great racing, but it's a fun Bay tour with wild cards' at the beginning and end." Light air, big ebbs and gray skies — but no rain! — prevailed on the Saturday, making the race (a spinnaker run to Blackaller and a shifty beat back, with bigger boats turning a few extra marks) an overly long one. The fleet was thirsty when it finally hit the dock, powering quickly through two kegs of Full Sail Ale courtesy of Pineapple Sails. They were hungiy, too — the $10 racer's dinner sold out all 200 plates, forcing latecomers to forage in downtown Tiburon for suste¬ nance. General carousing, including dancing in the elegant upstairs ballroom, lasted well into the evening. The CYC Midwinters has always been lucky, too — like clockwork, a storm front blew through Saturday night to clear the air for Sunday's race. Under a pale sun and a westerly that faded as the day wore on, the fleet dutifully sailed the same courses on Sunday as the day before. "No one complained," noted Kell. "The condi¬ tions were totally different between the two days anyway." The Corinthian Midwinters continues (and concludes) on February 19-20. The club is accepting entries for the second weekend at the reduced entry fee of $25 — a bargain for anyone wishing to tune up their boat and crew for the upcoming season. Top finishers of the first week¬ end appear on page 156. Full results can be found at www.cyc.org. — latitude/ rkm Clockwise from upper left — Traffic jam at El¬ ephant Rock; the J/105s fielded a healthy 11 -boat fleet; 'Elan'slips beneath Ixxis'; a mixed bag of boats at the leeward mark; 'Raven' looked cool with her new grey sails. All photos 'latitude'/jr. Page 152 • UMmU 3? • February, 2000
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Still life at the Corinthian Midwinters (clockwise from upper left) — The J/105 'Orion' had a great weekend; a happy 'Starkite' crew; 'Nighthawk' chases non-spinny winner 'Bacarat'; a rowboat might have moved faster than Roeboat'; the raft-up at the clubhouse; and three views of the unintentional raft-up at the Elephant Rock turning mark. All photos 'latitude'/jr.
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CORINTHIAN MIDWINTERS PHRF I (up to 72) — 1) Bodacious, Farr One Ton, John Clauser, 5 points; 2) Cha Ching, BH 41, Scooter Simmons, 6; 3) Expeditious, Express 37, Bartz Schneider, 11; 4) (tie) Elan, Express 37, Bill Riess, and Espresso, Steve Saperstein, 14; 6) Kokapelli 2, SC 52, Tom Brown, 16; 7) (tie) Wasabi, Farr ILC 46, Dale Williams, and Adrenaline Rush, 18. (17 boats) J/105 — 1) (tie) Joyride, Bill Hoehler, and Orion, Gary Kneeland, 3 points; 3) (tie) Irrational Again, Jaren Leet, and Diamante, Danny Shea, 10; 5) (tie) Sails Call, Ian Charles, and Joust, Alan Kelly, 11. (11 boats) PHRF II (73-109) — 1) Navigator, Soverel 33, The Melbostads, 2 points; 2) (tie) Yucca, 8-Meter, Hank Easom, and Run Wild, Olson 30, Dale Irving, 5; 4) China Cloud, J/40, Leigh Brite/Cliff Wilson, 10. (10 boats) SF 30 FOOTERS — 1) Ixxis, Olson 911-S, Ed Durbin, 2 points; 2) Jeannette, Tartan Ten, Henry King, 6. (6 boats) , > PHRF III (109-150) — 1) (tie) Sarissa, SC 27, Mike Warren, and Desperado, Express 27, Mike Bruzzone, 8 points; 3) Flexible Flyer, Soverel 33, Tim Merrill; 4) True Grits, Express 27, Montgom¬ ery/Hester, 14; 5) (tie) Zilla, B-25, Brent Draney, and Kelika, Hunter 33.5, Michael Weaver, 15; 7) White Jacket, Etchells, John Sutak, 16. (16 boats) MOORE 24 — 1) Czardas, Judy Bentsen, 4 points; 2) (tie) Jimmy Riddle, Rich Korman, and Umpqua, Jim Plumley, 5. (5 boats)
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The WylieCat48 'Avaha' cut a distinctive profile, but failed to win, place or show in the light air. OLSON 25 — 1) Baleineau, Charlie Brochard, 3 points; 2) Barking Dog, Jeffrey Kroeber, 5. (6 boats) PHRF IV (151-182) — 1) Sockeye, J/24, Holscher/Etheridge, 5 points; 2) (tie) Fast Freight, New¬ port 30, Bob Harford, and El Gavilan, Hawkfarm,
Nick Nash, 7; 4) Ruckus, Newport 30, Paul Von Wiedenfield, 12; 5) (tie) Irresponsible, Merit 25, John Coye, and Starkite, Catalina 30, Cecil Pearson, 14. (14 boats) NON-SPINNAKER I (up to 150) — 1) Bacarat, Peterson 34, Dave Reed, 2 points; 2) Picaroon, Santana 35, Mike Melin/Fred Hodgson, 6; 3) Athena, Catalina 36, Bill Canada, 8. (7 boats) PHRF V (183-up) — 1) Amante, Rhodes 19, Kirk Smith, 3 points; 2) (tie) After Five, Catalina 27, David Opheim, and Argonaut, Cal 2-29, Jim Garvine, 5. (6 boats) NON-SPINNAKER II (over 151) — 1) Tension II, Cal 20, John Nooteboom, 2 points; 2) Santa Maria, Santana 22, Chris Giovacchini, 4; 3) Roeboat, Catalina 30, Rod Decker, 13; 4) Morgan, Cal 20, Jytte Birnbaum, 14. (9 boats) KNARR — 1) Emma Hamilton II, John Colver, 4 points; 2) Whistler, Bill Lauhorn, 5. (4 boats) SHORTHANDED — 1) Emerald, Yankee 30, Pe¬ ter Jones, 2 points. (2 boats) TEAM — 1) Spur of the Moment (San Francisco YC) — Expeditious, Navigator, Amante, 5.289 points; 2) Team Barf (Bay Area Racing Federation) — Sails Cali, Emerald, Bacarat, 5.164; 3) CYC #3 (Corinthian YC) — Baleineau, Emma Hamilton II, Jimmy Riddle, 4.733; 4) CYC #1 (Corinthian YC) — Tension II, Sockeye, Smogen II, 4.613; 5) Homeless (Tiburon YC) — After Five, Frenzy, Joyride, 4.609; 6) Silver Bul¬ let (Berkeley YC) — Bodacious, Zilla, Jeannette, 4.274. (11 teams)
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SHATTERED DREAMS l\/[any cruisers have to interrupt their travels to fly home and replenish their cruising kitty. My husband and I had to interrupt our Mexican cruise for an en¬ tirely different reason: his relapse after nearly 11 years of sobriety. Although it may seem like the following is all about him, don't be fooled; I was just as much a part of the insanity that ensued. We both wanted to write this article as a caution¬ ary tale of some of the obstacles that can occur when you go cruising. We married 5 1/ 2 years ago after meet¬ ing through an ad in the Personals. From the first, we talked about going cruising. My husband worked as a maritime elec¬ trician on the docks in L.A. Harbor while I was an advertising executive. We were both in recovery: he in AA, and I in AlAnon. I moved aboard his 45-foot ketch a week after we married, and we concen¬ trated on paying off our bills to save money for a two to three year cruise. We were both much more interested in our cruising plans than in attending our sup¬ port groups. Unfortunately, two years after we mar¬ ried, my husband was seriously injured on the job and retired on permanent dis¬ ability. After his initial surgery, one of the first things I asked the surgeon was if my husband could still sail. The doctor as¬ sured me that he could, so we continued with our plans. After several surgeries, my husband had recovered to the point that we signed up for the '98 Baja Ha-Ha. My husband’s best friend had always planned to come cruising with us. Twenty years before, he and my husband had sailed in the Sea of Cortez for a few months. They remembered having a grand old time, drinking and carousing their way through their cruise. My husband had many happy memories of this time, and though both he and his friend had stopped drinking at the same time a few years later, they were both viewing this trip as a return to those carefree times.
oped a daily marijuana habit that he had to give up in order to be on the boat with us. This enforced abstinence made him tense and moody. My husband and I quarreled frequently, and I wasn't able to
control my own temper. Our friend was often caught in the middle. We made it through the cruise, but once back in our slip our friend announced he would not be going cruising with us. He then moved off the boat. My husband and I decided to sail with the Ha-Ha anyway, and another friend volunteered to join us for the sail from San Diego to Cabo. We left with the fleet and had a good sail to Turtle Bay. How¬ ever, the beach party in Turtle Bay awoke powerful feelings of nostalgia in my hus¬ band for those fun times of old in Mexico. So a week before his 11th anniversary in AA, he started drinking from a bottle of
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booze was to him Before the start of the Ha-Ha, we took a shakedown cruise to the Channel Is¬ lands. The trip was strained for several reasons. For one thing, my husband had been prescribed Vicodin for his consider¬ able back pain, but the painkiller made him irritable — and at times uncontrolla¬ bly angry. And his best friend had develPage 158 • LiVUdtH • February, 2000
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Damiana liqueur we had on the boat. Ironically, this liqueur comes in a bottle shaped like a naked woman, because that’s what booze was to him — his mis¬ tress. My husband and I were on different watches, with my husband purposely avoiding being alone with me. I had no
idea that he had started drinking again. I was so absorbed in living our dream that I didn't allow myself to see what was hap¬ pening. Looking back, I see now that the only way I could continue the cruise was by pretending that everything was fine. I knew there was something wrong, but I dreaded facing reality. So I didn't. We arrived in Cabo on a beautiful morning, and were thrilled to have made the cruise down so smoothly. Our crew was a veiy easy-going quiet guy, and he was able to put up with the squabbling and continual disagreements between my husband and I. Both my husband and I were deeply unhappy, but neither one of us could face that our dream cruise was not going as planned. Here we were, in paradise at last, but it wasn't solving our personal problems. When my husband and I had had fights in the past, each of us thought that "It will all be better when we get to Mexico. The pain will be less, we won't be as. uptight, controlling and an¬ gry, and we'll relax, ease up on each other, and start enjoying our great life."
both read Latitude 38 avidly. My husband started reading in 1978, and had dreamed of going cruising since he was 22. I had come to the joys of sailing later in my life, but when I stepped aboard his boat for the first time, I knew I was home. The cruising dream grew in me as a natu¬ ral progression of our relationship, and I took Coast Guard classes, women's sail¬ ing seminars, and medicine-at-sea classes to try to make up for my lack of experi¬ ence. My husband had been sailing for 35 years, so I felt tremendous confidence in his skills as a sailor and navigator. And to tell the truth, he's still a great sailor — even when stoned out of his mind on pain¬ killers! When we arrived in Cabo we took a mooring off the Hacienda Hotel, and my husband seemed particularly anxious for me to get off the boat that morning. So our crew and I left to check the boat in and arrange for a slip in the marina. When I returned to the boat, I soon understood why my husband had been anxious for me to leave. He was, as the expression goes, drunk as a sailor. It took me about 15 minutes to figure it out, however, as I had never seen him drinking and he was trying his best to act normal. Later on, I learned that as soon as I'd left the boat he'd called a panga to take
THE LURE OF BOOZE AND DRUGS
him to town. Once in town, he headed straight for a liquor store, where the bottles of booze, he later told me, looked "like jewels." He immediately bought a bottle of his favorite, a liter of Bacardi anejo rum, and headed back for the boat. By the time I got back to the boat, he'd polished off two-thirds of the bottle and was well on his way to a blackout. As he said, "If you're going to drink, you might as well go all the way!" I had always promised myself and my husband that I would leave him if he ever started drinking again or if he ever hit me. Sadly, I packed my bags doing my best not to antagonize him. Our crew opted to leave with me, and we departed the boat laden with luggage. At that point my hus¬ band threatened to just take off and sail the boat to Puerto Vallarta by himself — and for some reason I believed him. I was terrified that he would hurt himself and/ or damage the boat. I went to the Grand Poobah of the HaHa and the Cabo Isle Harbormaster and explained the situation. Both men were extremely kind, and understanding — and their advice that night literally saved me and my husband much pain and untold grief. I wanted to call the Mexican Navy to stop my husband — as I mentioned, my own behavior was as crazy as my husband's, and I was sober. But I shud¬ der to think what would have happened if I had involved any Mexican officials in our mess. As it was, the Poobah and the Harbormaster calmed me down and con¬ vinced me that the worst that would hap¬ pen that night was that my husband would pass out — and that's exactly what happened. Except he threw up all over the boat before he did so. Meanwhile, our crew and I went in search of a hotel. Sometimes God smiles kindly on drunks and fools, for that was surely the case that night. The first hotel we went to was too expensive, and the sec¬ ond was all booked — but they recom¬ mended a third hotel which had two rooms for us. Nonetheless, I was feeling miserable, numb and desperate, for I still loved my husband very much. But here I was in Mexico, without a home or a hus¬ band, no job, and only a few of my be¬ longings. I knew I could fly to my mother's house and stay with her, but at 44 years old it was bitter to even think about hav¬ ing to run home to Mommy. I entertained the thought of staying in Mexico. I'd also have periods of strength, too,
and tell myself, "I'm not going to lose the whole dream, dammit!" One of the own¬ ers of the hotel I was staying at was an American woman, and we started talking. Soon I was pouring out all my troubles. It turned out that she had two years of so¬
wanted in life, and moved the boat into the marina so he could look for me. After a wary greeting, we started talking. He told me he didn't want to drink again and that he wanted to go to an AA meeting that night. I told him that I would stay with him if he stopped drinking. Although al¬ coholics make many promises they can't keep, he kept this one. He went to the
I soon understood why my husband had been anxious for me to leave. He was, as the expression goes, drunk as a sailor: briety in AA, and was able to offer me com¬ fort and hope. I went to bed that night feeling the presence of a higher power in our lives, and with a renewed faith that things would work out. The next morning our crew got up early and took a panga to check on the boat and my husband. He told me my husband wasn't aboard but the boat was fine — yet a bit smelly. He also told me that the boat had been moved into the slip I had arranged for in the marina. We were ex¬ pecting more friends, who were coming down to help us sail to Puerto Vallarta, to
arrive in Cabo the next day. I had almost called them several times to tell them not to come, but a little voice inside kept tell¬ ing me to wait. Eventually, I went down to the boat in the marina and this time my husband was there. He had woken up with a killer hang¬ over, realized that this was not what he
English-speaking AA meeting in Cabo with my new friend, and 1 moved back onboard the boat. We put our poor crew on a plane, greeted our newly-arrived friends and prepared to depart for Puerto Vallarta.
All's well that ends well, right? If only. While drunk, my husband had hid¬ den his Vicodin (from me) in the bilge. During the sail over to Puerto Vallarta, he forgot to retrieve it, and it ended up as so much white powder floating in the bot¬ tom of the boat. My husband wanted to vacuum up the powder and make a big brick out of it! At this point, his drug ad¬ diction kicked in with a new ferocity. In the previous few years he had developed a 6-8 Vicodin ES habit a day, supposedly to control his pain — but more for the pleasurable high it gave him. In Puerto Vallarta, my husband started phasing drugs. Mexico is a very frustrat¬ ing place to be a drug addict. The doc¬ tors can't or won't prescribe Vicodin and the Mexican government tightly controls all Class II drugs. But any alcoholic/drug addict worth his salt can find his way around these obstacles. My husband found a doctor who helped him simulate his Vicodin high with a 'cocktail' of differ¬ ent drugs. By the time we sailed down to Barra de Navidad, he was taking Tylenol with codeine, Valium, a muscle relaxant — and injecting some drug we still haven't identified. I knew about the codeine, but the * tricky thing about an alcoholic with a se¬ vere injury is pain control. When does enough become too much? Since my hus¬ band was still hiding from me whenever he could, and since I was still in major denial about the problem and stubbornly holding on to the idea of a dream that no longer existed, we struggled along. I didn't know my husband was inject February, 2000
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SHATTERED DREAMS ing drugs, and he hid it from me by plead¬ ing pain and spending lots of time flat on his back in the air-conditioned aft cabin. However, his shambling gait, bloodshot eyes and slurred speech, and my fixed smile and painful excuses told everyone else that there was something seriously wrong with both of us. My husband felt desperate and mis¬ understood, and I felt lonely and betrayed. Things came to a head on Christmas Day. When my husband wasn't hiding in the aft cabin, he was working obsessively on the boat. 1 asked him not to work on the boat for Christmas, as I wanted to have a special holiday, one of my first away from my family. But when I returned to the boat after going to the pool alone, I found him cleaning the side of the boat. In an angry way, I asked him to stop. In an equally angry way, he told me to get off his back. I went below to change and leave again. I was so angry that I was shaking, and thought the best thing to do was to get away and calm down. As I walked by him on the dock, I told him I was going to "cool off. "Here," he replied, "cool off!" And he pushed me into the water of the empty
slip next to us. Talk about a wake-up call!
So there I was again, moving off the boat. I felt weary, numb — and finally
"Here," he replied, "cool off!" And he pushed me into the water. ready to give up the damn dream. After a short, futile conversation the next morn¬ ing — when I asked him to consider go¬ ing to detox back in the States — I took a five-hour bus ride to Guadalajara and a plane back to the U.S. the next morning. No angel intervened this time, and I re¬ signed myself to another divorce — this was my second marriage — and starting my life over.
I told myself there would be new dreams, further happiness, another job, a new home — but it was small consola¬ tion for all the loss I felt. Despite our prob¬ lems, I liked and loved my husband, and wanted to be with him. I knew, however, that his addiction would destroy him and I wasn't willing to go down the drain with him. I felt terrible abandoning him, but I reminded myself that the few simple lim¬ its that I'd set had all been violated in just the last month. I had to trust that my hus¬ band would hit bottom at some point — I hoped before he hurt himself or anyone else. Within an hour of arriving at my mother's house — yes, my worst fears realized, but how comforting to have somewhere to go! — my husband called and told me he wanted to come back to the States and go into detox. I agreed to help him. When I picked him up at the airport, he looked like someone who had hit bottom. Having thrown away all the syringes the day I'd left, he went immedi¬ ately to his doctor. He then checked him-
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self into a wonderful rehab center where they medically detoxed him over a week¬ end. He ended up at the center for three weeks, and spent the next nine months in their outpatient program. During that time, I also participated in the program and learned some hard truths about my own behavior. We both had to learn an¬ ger management, the art of stepping back during heated confrontations, and we had to start learning to trust and respect each other again.
we had created during the holidays, but they took it in stride and never made us feel uncomfortable. They were so glad to see my husband clean and sober, and me so much more relaxed and happy, that
So what happened to our cruising dream, you ask? Well, we kept the boat in Barra de Navidad and spent the next 9 months in the States, intermittently fly¬ ing down to the boat. The staff of the marina: Frederico, the Harbormaster, Secundino, the Dockmaster, and Vanessa, the Office Manager, were wonderful. They looked after our boat, maintained her carefully, sent us regular reports on how our boat was doing, and generally took care of us. We felt badly about the chaos
they made us feel good about solving our problems! The many months of professional help we received in the States paid off in our being able to return to the boat last No¬ vember, still married, now dedicated to our own recovery and to our marriage. We plan to cruise up into the Sea of Cortez for the next seven months, then leave the boat again and return to the States to
When I picked him up at the airport, he looked like someone who had hit bottom.
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remodel our house. Summer in Barra taught us that hurricane season is God’s way of telling older cruisers that it’s time to go north. We’re grateful for AA and Al-Anon in Barra, Puerto Vallarta, Mazatlan, and La Paz — our cruising destinations. And "Thank God for the kindness of strang¬ ers," to quote Tennessee Williams, him¬ self no stranger to these kinds of prob¬ lems. We have written this with our names withheld, not so much because we are ashamed of our problems — although there is a little bit of that — but because our programs suggest it’s better to remain anonymous to the general public. Thanks in part to the wisdom of the Grand Poobah and to the encouragement we get from Latitude, we are on the higji seas once more. We’re glad to share our experiences if they will help others. To those reading this that know exactly who we are, thanks for your support. We are now experiencing the real dream of cruis¬ ing and we are looking forward to meet¬ ing up with our friends again and mak¬ ing new friends in the dawn of the millen¬ nium! — anonymous
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Leanwhile, I was still trying to fig¬ ure out where to sit. For a yacht club pro¬ gram starting at 10 p.m., this was a huge turnout, explainable only by the fact that for the first time our local America’s Cup challenger was being given at least equal odds of bringing the Cup to San Fran¬ cisco Bay. Almost every racer in the club was there, and one large block of seats up front — mostly easy chairs and couches moved into the TV area for the occasion — seemed to be occupied by a gang of college kids. “Max! Over here!” It was Lee Helm, from the middle of the biggest and plushest couch. They made space for me while Lee explained that she had invited a few friends from the university sailing team, and that they had all signed in as my guests. “Well at least I get a good seat out of the deal,” I sighed. When the commercials were over we
with that strange force that drives sports fans to unnatural acts, and it was affect¬ ing everyone. Even people who never in their, lives considered yelling at a TV screen because their hero made a bad call; even people who go skiing during the Superbowl; and even people who prob¬ ably don’t even own their own televisions were getting into it. We were all on the edges of our seats ready to tell Cayard and crew exactly how to win this race, even if it meant staying up eating pop¬ corn well past midnight. The two boats converged. “Jibe inside him!” yelled one of the col¬ lege sailors. “Hunt him down!” screamed another. But just when we really wanted to see how the moves developed from above, the view cut to the onboard camera. “They always do that,” complained one of the college sailors. “For some reason
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they think it’s more interesting for us to watch someone grind a winch than to see the tactics played out.”
They’re just going by the TV sports style book,” said Lee. “No long scenes, and follow the ball.” Too bad they don’t know where the ball is,” said another viewer. The on-deck camera did, however, show us the 'Y' flag waved by our boat. “Flag 'em!” chimed the chorus of col¬ lege racers. Unfortunately the judge’s boat re¬ sponded with a green flag, indicating no foul. The ref needs glasses!” a voice cried out from the back of the room. But with¬ out the chopper view, no one really had any idea whether the green flag was proper or not. “Maybe what we really need,” I sug¬ gested, “is one of those real-time virtual graphics engines going alongside the TV.” “For sure, Max. But it would take some work to synchronize with our tapes and our fast-forwards. Even if we were watch¬ ing live it wouldn’t work exactly right, because they delay by like 30 seconds.” Then it struck me that this was hap¬ pening live, but we were still able to fastforward. “We’re doing a tape shuttle with one of the liveaboards who gets ESPN2 on his
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boat,” someone explained. “The race ac¬ tually started 30 minutes ago.” Meanwhile the boats circled each other for another minute, then broke off toward the line with two minutes to go, way early and moving slow. At first it looked as if one boat might get forced out at the com¬ mittee boat, but that end of the line was too far above the layline. So both boats did a perfectly controlled slow approach, with a dive down the line for speed in the last few seconds. “Another even start,” I said. “And like, that’ll probably be the most exciting part of the race,” quipped Lee. ‘The defensive moves seem to work better than the attacks,” said another racer, “so clean, even starts have been pretty common. And no fun to watch.”
for a commercial. This time we were quick on the fastforward, and re-joined the race to see the San Francisco boat with a slight lead. “Missed it!” I complained as the crowd cheered. But we wound the tape back just a few seconds to see the sailtrack depiction of the maneuvers that produced the small advantage. "It would be interesting to see what sort of side agreements we have going with the Italians,” said one of the college racers. “I’ll bet that whoever wins the Cup, the other gets to be the Challenger of Record for 2004.” “I thought they just had to go with the first challenge that came in after the last race,” I said. “Yes, but they do it all in advance. The challenge is already in their pocket when they step off the boat. It’s a handy way of subverting the Deed of Gift, because the new A-Cup holder knows they have a challenger who will agree to do things their way. “Subverting the Deed of Gift might not be so bad,” I said, “If it prevents disasters like that surprise challenge in ’88.” ‘That was no disaster,” Lee protested. That was America’s Cup racing at its very best. I mean, there have never been such interesting boats racing for the Cup at any time before or since.” “You don’t think the lopsided competi¬ tion made it boring to watch?” “When is this stuff not boring to watch? Take right now for example. It’s a fairly close race, but the picture on the screen hasn’t changed for five minutes. It’s just two sailboats. Okay, the on-board cam¬ era is fun.for us because we recognize some of the faces — but yikes, if they tried to televise this every week like any real spectator sport, we’d all be begging to watch golf instead.” “Well, maybe it’s the legal battles that turned me off in ’88.1 recall the results of
ably the only thing that’s given the event such a high profile over the last century and a half.” Our attention was diverted back to the screen where we watched the two boats tack again, but with no change in rela¬ tive position. Then it was time for another barrage of commercials. “Take the original America,” Lee’s friend continued where he had left off. “Even before it was out of the builder’s yard there was a dispute over money. The contracted price was $30,000 in sail-away condition, but the buyer had the option to back out if it wasn’t the fastest thing sailing New York waters after 20 days of sea trials. According to some accounts, the contract was ghostwritten by the Stevens family, the buyers. The yard, be¬ ing very short on work, had almost no option but to accept those terms. When the project lagged several weeks behind Stevens’ tight schedule — and when a lo¬ cal sloop proved superior in light air (no doubt a set-up to get the price down) — Stevens offered to buy the boat for only $20,000 as a done deal.” That Stevens guy was good!" said Lee. “He certainly got the better of the boat¬ yard, probably for the first and last time in recorded yachting history.” “And yard managers,” I noted, “have been getting back at racing yacht owners for the last 149 years.”
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the windward mark our lead was near two boatlengths, and we watched two very nice roundings and spinnaker sets. Reel one ended during the commercials, and there was a brief intermission while reel two was loaded. But Lee’s friend, who she introduced as a grad student from the history department, wasn’t done with the America: “There was the outrageous 10,000 guinea wager offer, the short-cut inside the Nab lighthouse that was ruled legal, the exception to the rule against preventer tackle, and the strangely low selling price — a steal at 5,000 pounds — for the
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ow it was time to settle in for the long first beat. The popcorn bowl came around, and Gary Jobson made his usual explanations about the first boat to tack being the one that lost the start. Three minutes later he had said the same thing three more times, and corrected Jim Kelly’s version of it twice. Finally both boats tacked almost simultaneously. Time
the match being flip-flopped a couple of times in a New York courtroom, a long time after the fact.” “Ah,” said one of Lee’s friends, leaning forward from the chair right behind me. “That’s where you show that you don’t un¬ derstand the essence of the America’s Cup. You see, legal controversy is an in¬ separable part of Cup history, and argu¬
fynerica after the race. Without all that
fodder for the sailing rags of the era, I don’t think anyone would have even remem¬ bered the event a couple of years down the road.” “It does begin to sound like typical America’s Cup nonsense,” I allowed. “And it’s exactly that nonsense,” the college sailor insisted, “that made the Cup February, 2000 • LMOmU 2? • Page 163
MAX EBB what it is. Even though most people say that controversy will ruin it eveiy time something comes up. The main thing is that anything that kept the Cup on the front page of the New York Times tended to make it seem more important to every¬ one.” “Okay,” I said. “It was off to a conten¬ tious start, but were there any really big scandals other than the Dunraven Inci¬ dent in the late 19th Century?” “Were there ever! The Cup's first court¬ room appearance was in 1857, with Schuyler’s Deed of Gift that established terms for the international challenges. This document was the basis for reject¬ ing Ashbury’s first challenge in 1869, and for setting the one-against-the-fleet terms of the accepted 1870 contest. Heck, why not? Our boat beat their whole fleet (well, sort of) so shouldn’t they have to beat our whole, fleet to win it back?” “Sounds fair to me," I said. “The 1871 re-match was characterized by bitter disputes over conditions of the race and other protests. After losing four out of five races in a best-of-seven, the challenger sailed the last two of the seven possible races unopposed and claimed victory. Ashbury was quoted in the con¬ temporary press as promising to bring more lawyers next time." “And that was just challenge number two,” I said. “I had no idea.” ‘They did pull off two more clean but lopsided defenses against under-funded Canadian challengers, and that ended the multiple-boat defenses. The mismatches inspired the New York YC to send the Cup back through the courts to get a new Deed of Gift."
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eanwhile, on screen, the two boats had exchanged a couple of jibes, and the lead was staying about the same. The popcorn bowl came around again, and someone was passing out little choco¬ lates in the shape of the America's Cup. The historian continued, “Two more challengers from England were dis¬ patched more or less without a hitch in 1885 and 1886, but in 1887, the heat was
ing defender’s camps. 1887 was also the first year in which a diver was used to report on a secret hull shape. Truly a de¬
fining point in Cup histoiy. After the first race the challenger charged that their bottom had been molested, and the diver had to go into hiding. There were also complaints about conditions on the race course made unsuitable for racing due to the crowd of spectator boats, and the NYYC had a problem with the challenger’s waterline length being greater than what was stipulated in the challenge. It was resolved by arbitration, but also resulted in the Cup once again going back to court for yet another revision to the Deed of Gift." “Is that when they were able to clean those issues up?” I asked. “Depends on whose side you’re on. Once again, some ghostwriting was in¬ volved, and the document was more the work of the NYYC’s special committee than of the aging Schuyler, who had the only legal authority to change the Deed. This fact wasn’t lost on the press — the trustee was writing its own instrument of trust! Anyway, the result of that process is the Deed of Gift that’s still in effect to¬ day.”
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“And we’re not even up to Dunraven,” noted Lee.
‘A xlh yes, Dunraven,” the historian’s eyes gleamed. “His first challenge was actually in 1889, but challenger and de¬
fender couldn’t agree on terms. Even that was big news back then. But his chal¬ lenge for 1893 was accepted, and he was defeated after some close racing. Pundits on both sides of the Atlantic were critical of the Deed of Gift, especially the provi¬ sion requiring exact pre-specification of the challenger’s LWL, which Dunraven claimed was a significant factor in his defeat. But he was back for more in 1895, and the result this time was a protest over measurement and ballast that led to a formal inquest hearing a year after the fact. "This was the most acrimonious dis¬ pute yet, the infamous Dunraven Incident that, according to some, nearly did in the America’s Cup as a sporting event. Actu¬ ally, the incident did as much as anything else to keep the event going for another 100 years, when you think of how much newspaper ink was spilled over it. Even the messy right-of-way protest at the start of the first race that led to the partial dismasting of the defender is forgotten by comparison. Dunraven never got the re¬ dress he sought with his allegations of il¬ legal re-ballasting, but it did result in an act of Congress passed in 1896 that gave the Coast Guard and other jurisdictions the authority to keep the spectator fleet clear of the course.”
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eanwhile, at the leeward mark, things had tightened up a bit. "Maybe there’s going to be an overlap!" someone said. We clutched our drinks and popcorn bowls and watched two more clean roundings, leaving the relative positions essentially unchanged. Another onslaught of commercials began, and reel two — considerably shorter than reel one — was over. “What happens when we catch up with real time?” I asked the club member who was changing tapes. “We always have to stay at least five minutes behind,” she explained, "just to allow time to do the tape swaps during commercials. But if we get closer than about 15 minutes I think we’ll just have intermissions while the taping catches up. Better than commercials, anyway.”
I agreed, and we were back on the CQurse a few seconds later. Our histoiy lesson resumed as well. “1899 was the first of the Lipton chal¬ lenges,” he explained. “Notable for lack of serious controyersy, but of course it was also the subtle introduction of commercial sponsorship, so the agenda was a bit
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different. Then 1901 saw a big flap about who could defend, with a boat from Bos¬ ton that wasn’t owned by a NYYC mem¬ ber making a lot of noise about unfair treatment.” “After that things were pretty civilized right up to ’83, when the Australians fi¬ nally lifted it, right?” “Not really,” the historian corrected me. “1934 was a nasty one, with some con¬ troversial right-of-way and procedure calls that let us hold onto the Cup despite having the slower boat that year. And then as soon as we went to challenger elimi¬ nations in the '70s, recurring issues in¬ volving country of origin and nationality started to come up on a regular basis. Not with the same intensity as the 19th Century scandals, though, and the result is that a much smaller percentage of the population followed the Cup races in, say, 1980 than in 1900.” “Are you sure about that cause-andeffect?” I asked. “I’m a historian, I can prove anything,”
he grinned. “But no one who knows the history would argue that the ’88 challenge was anything unusual or destructive. In fact it was a fine example of what really fuels the event.”
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n the next reel, the San Francisco boat found the right side of a lucky shift, and from then on the race was a parade, with over a minute of separation. With this kind of lead, people were starting to talk openly about what it would be like if the Cup came to San Francisco. “One thing that’s very noticeable about this series compared to the last three,” I said to Lee, “is how much better Auckland comes off than San Diego as a sailing venue. San Diego just had smoggy air, light wind, and some ocean swell. Auckland looks like a really great place to sail.” “For sure. Max. And just think how the various backdrops to San Francisco Bay would look on that screen. It’ll make the
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The watchful eye that Susan painted on 'Mudshark's bow served its purpose — the Ex¬ press 37 made it home with 'no problemas'. The Baja Ha-Ha and the time Beki and I spent in Mexico exceeded all expecta¬ tions. Not only were the boat, weather and cruising great, but the people we met were without a doubt the best part of the trip. Now fast forward to June 1999. The party is over, my leave of absence is only a memory, and hurricane season is ap¬ proaching. Sooner or later, all who go cruising must eventually face the end of their dream trip. For us, taking a month to sail the boat home was not a pleasant alternative. So, even though our Express 37, Mudshark, is a fast boat, a truck that goes 55 mph to weather made it an easy decision to transport the boat from San Carlos, Mexico to the SF Boat Works. We hadn’t come across much informa¬ tion on either the planning or execution of such a trip, so hopefully the following will be of some help to future cruisers. We started by talking to other cruisers who had recently returned from Mexico. A common theme was that those who chose the "Baja Bash" (sailing home) talked a lot about how it "wasn’t all that
the boat, the next step was getting de¬ tails about how to handle the Mexico haulout, de-commissioning and transporta¬ tion to SF. Looking at the Lati¬ tude 38 First Timer’s Guide tQ Mexico at bqja-haha.com, I got the phone and fax number for Marina San Carlos. A call to the marina brought the first piece of local knowledge —you need to speak to the diy storage yard (called Marina Seca), not the adjacent Marina San Carlos. (Marina Seca: 011-52-622-61062; fax 011 -52-622-6-1046). All of the folks there are veiy helpful, but eventually you will need to speak with Kiki or Jesus. They wiN take all the useful information (see checklist step #1) and fax a quote g to you. Verify all the (E information and fax rj back to them confir- £ mation of your ac- >! ceptance. I used the ° services of Marina o Seca to arrange for § all aspects of trans- j porting Mudshark < home. The people there are very knowl¬ edgeable, helpful and experienced. At the time we hauled Mudshark home, they were shipping three boats a week back to the U.S. Before departing La Paz, Beki and I called and faxed the dry storage yard to confirm our arrival and haul-out date. For us, the best part of the process was
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the time we spent in the Sea of Cortez. This was our first trip to Baja and we found it quite different from
the mainland part of our trip from Mazatlan to Barra de Navidad. The water was warm, the diving was excellent, the scenery was spectacular, the fishing was superb and, as always, we met great people. Two high points for us were the morning a jyhale swam through the an¬ chorage and our final sail, under a full moon, from San Juanico to San Carlos.
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1 pon arrival at San Carlos, we checked in and got directions to the dry storage yard. It’s an easy walk of about 15 minutes and the office is air-condi¬ tioned. We checked in and went over the details of our haul-out and transport. It turned out the truck used for transpor¬ tation had problems which altered our
TRUCKIN' HER HOME
shipping schedule. This is a great opera¬ tion, but things happen, and Jesus worked with us to set up a new haul-out date and ship date. During the wait, Beki returned home and our good, friend Rodney Morgan flew down to lead the decommisioning efforts. The next step was to confirm our travel plans home. Originally, we were going to do the eight-hour ride in the truck (two people max) from San Carlos to Tucson. From Tucson we were going to fly back to SFO, as you cannot ride with the U.S. shipper. (The boat is transfered from one truck to another at Tucson.) As it turned out, though, our schedules didn't allow us to ride with the boat, so we flew from Guaymas to San Francisco via Phoenix. It took Rodney and me three full days
to complete our checklist (see below). Whenever cleaning or stowing seemed like a pain, we would listen to one of the cruis¬
uled time. We motored over to the ramp and watched the professionals maneuver and haul the boat. The rig they use is quite different from the Travelifts used in the Bay Area. Your sailboat is "towed" out of the water much
Whenever cleaning or stowing seemed like a pain, we would listen to one of the cruisers' nets and hear about folks beating into 8-foot seas and 20-knot winds. like a speedboat. A trailer is backed into the water and your bqat is maneuvered over the trailer. Then the "lift-master" uses mmmxm a remote control to posi¬ tion six hydraulic arms that hold your boat. When the lift master is T satisfied your boat is exactly right, the trailer and boat are pulled up the ramp, down the road and into the dry storage yard! The advantage of this system is that your mast is totally supported, with no need to pop the backstay. To 'Bash' or not to Bash', that was the ques¬ Once the boat ar¬ tion. And Mudshark's owners said, "No way, rived in the dry stor¬ Jose. "Above, Dave and Rodney toast the end of their sweaty preparations. age yard, we got the mast ready for pull¬ ing. The boat was maneuvered to a fixed tower and the mast was pulled. It’s a painless system and the yard work¬ ers are very experi¬ enced at getting the stick out and ready for shipping. Once the mast was out, we covered the mast slot in the deck, removed the wheel and stowed the boom and spin¬ naker pole below decks. After a final inspection by Jesus, the boat was ready. Then it was time to go to the office to pay bills and sign the "Truckin', got my chips cashed in..." Well braced and papers for Mexican ready to roll, 'Mudshark' was headed for Tuscon, where and U.S. Customs. she would be transferred by crane to an S.F. -bound rig. The next morning we stopped by the
ers’ nets and hear about folks beating into 8-foot seas and 20-knot winds. Suddenly, we didn’t mind sweating in San Carlos. On haul-out day, the Marina called us on Ch. 16 at the sched¬
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boat one last time before heading to the airport. It was there that we met Susan Lindsay from Peach. She was painting some eyes on a boat, the notion being that eyes will protect your boat from running aground. This seemed like a good idea to us, so Susan volunteered to paint on some eyes to help the boat find its way home. They obviously worked, as the boat had no problem finding it’s way to S.F. Boat Works. The boat was moved from Guaymas to the Bay Area without us. Mexican and U.S. Customs were both no problema. Af¬ ter the eight-hour drive from Guaymas to Tucson, stands were placed around the boat and then the Marina San Carlos truck drove away. (We take it that the Mexican haulers typically have hydraulic lifts.) When the American shipper arrived, a crane lifted the boat off the stands and onto the American truck. From there it went to the S.F. Boat Works. At the boat yard we replaced the mast and did our
Nothin'to it. The ingenious hydraulic-iift trailers used by Marina Seca make Travelifts unneces¬ sary.
South Beach Marina — it was cold and gray, which proved we were really back home.
bottom job. The only bad experience was moving the boat from the Boat Works to
— dave fullerton san mateo
A VETERAN'S CHECKLIST 1) Advance Planning a) Call or Fax Marina Seca {not Marina San have the boat's weight, length, width and draft (011 52-622-6-1062; fax 011-52-622-6-1046). b) Settle on a date. c) Get quotes. d) 1 -2 weeks before your scheduled date, call to confirm and check for delays. * : e) Arrange for your own ■ U S. hauler if you are worried about stuff like proof of insurance, written •
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customs will want to search your boat Hint: Don’t put goods in the head and then block the door to the head. We went so far as to remove anything that may look like it should be searched (like Rttte bottles and cans of spices). b) Tape down latches (use the blue 3M tape that can be removed after several days). c) Use sails, etc. to cushion radar domes, booms, etc. d) Lay things on the floor, (They will end up there anyway if you don’t store them properly!) e) Tie down heavy articles, tike anchors, etc. f) Close all hatches and vent®.
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so you will have to arrange that with a U.S. insur¬ ance company. We had to buy a separate policy for the drive to the border, which was muy cam. Arty-
7) Have Jesus inspect the boat to see if you missed anything. 8) Sign papers for getting the boat through Mexico and U.S. customs.
put this on their policy wish list; apparently if your carrier offers the coverage as a rider on your policy,
2) Haul the boat a) Arrange for cleaning the bottom. b) Pump out the holding tank and bilge. ; c) Empty auxiliary fuel tanks, (it’s good karma to give away leftover gasoline and diesel to your fel¬ low cruisers.) d) Get the boat to the ramp at the agreed time. (Tide does make a difference!)
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9) Celebrate:
| secured aboard the truck, Dave and Rodney sim| ply flew home.
a) Go to the Mai-Tai bar at the Marina and order a drink. b> Listen to the Chubasco and Southbound nets to hear about all the people doing the Baja Bash.
b) Label and remove standing rigging. c) Remove spreaders. '
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5) Get the outside of the boat ready b) Remove lee cloths, bags, lifeslings, etc from the stanchions. . c) Remove dodger (this will ride on the trailer). d) fie up titter, or lock wheel brake. e) Remove wheel and stow on deck or beiow. f) Make sure deck is clear or that anything on deck is well padded and securely tied down.
10) Go Home: a) You can ride in the truck to Tucson. b) You can fiy out of Gua ymas. c) Some people take a bus toTijuana and go on to San Diego from there. Options & tips: Vie only 'blue' masking tape or simi¬ lar tape that will come off after days of being on the boat — duct tape adhesive is almost impassible to remove. If you're nervous about the interior heating up, cover windows and ports with foil. Have the hull cleaned and waxed. Have the bottom paint re-done.
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CRUISING QUIZ
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. he following situations were en¬ countered on our five-year circumnaviga¬ tion. We invite you to ask yourself how you would have handled each situation. Take note, however, that there is some¬ times more than one correct answer to the following. For instance, the answer
Midway through their circumnavigation, the Shermans' yacht was the first ever to navigate Borneo's Crocodile River. might be 'B' and 'D'. Also, there are un¬ doubtedly alternative solutions that we did not think of — and we're sure you'll let us know via Letters to the editors. Some of the questions are designed to test your cruising knowledge; while oth¬ ers are presented just to make you aware of some of the weird stuff that happens when you're out cruising, and to give you a chance to think about what you would have done.
Question One: You are heading into Papeete after a nasty ovemighter from the Tuamotus with high winds and big seas. You’re exhausted, but the mouth of the harbor is just ahead and you are ap¬ proaching a red buoy. You should; A. Steer to the right of it and pass right next to it.
and see if someone will help you.
Question Two: You are leaving from Panama to the Marquesas on what yob hope will be less than a three-week passage, but could be as long as five weeks. You have lim¬ ited diesel capacity and are concerned that you will not have Enough energy to run your autopi¬ lot, radar and run¬ ning lights. To con¬ serve .juel, you plan to motor at low RPMs at 5 knots to cross the ITCZ (Dol¬ drums). You plan to run the diesel when there is no wind and once a day to charge the batteries. You stop by a cruisers' flea mar¬ ket at the Balboa Yacht Club and see a solar panel and a wind gen¬ erator, but can only afford one or the other. You have had your 150amp alternator off to clean it and are trying to decide whether to put it back on or install a 75-amp al¬ ternator that is standard for the en¬ gine. You should: A. Buy the windgen and put on the large alternator. B. Buy the windgen and put on the small alternator. C. Buy the solar panel and put on the big alternator. D. Buy the solar panel and put on the small alternator. E. Sail to the San Bias Islands off the East Coast of Panama in¬ stead, as three plus weeks at sea is too bloody long.
All of a sudden you see a strange faint light ahead.
B. Steer to the left of it and pass right next to it. C. Steer to the right of it and pass about 10 meters away. D. Steer to the left of it and pass about 10 meters away. E. Put out a pan pan on the VHF radio Page 170 •
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Question Three: On the way south to the Marquesas, your com¬ pass rose starts tilting at a weird angle. Fortunately, one of your mates back home gave you a bit of compass oil in a jar. You should:
A. Ignore the problem and hope that it eventually goes away. B. Carefully, turn over the compass and make sure there isn’t an air bubble under the compass rose by topping off the compass oil. C. Take it into a qualified compass ad¬ juster when you reach Tahiti. D. Turn around and sail North. E. Buy a new compass.
Question Four: You are sailing from Bali to Singapore on night watch and are encountering lots of fishing boat traffic, but you are keeping a sharp lookout and tracking vessels on the radar. All of a sud¬ den you see a strange faint light ahead that seems to be a long way off. You watch it spinning in circles up into the sky for a moment and then it suddenly disappears. You glance at your radar. It shows noth¬ ing for at least five miles. You should: A. Watch closely and see if the light re-
Although they have now come back to reality', the Shermans still savor their cruising memo¬ ries and have plenty of practical advice to share with others. Pictured in Indonesia are Dave, Amy, Jessica, Cody and a visiting friend.
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appears. B. Turn immediately to port. C. Turn immediately to starboard. D. Get a cup of coffee in your belly and swear off drinking so much rum. E. Flash your spotlight in the direction of the weird light.
9uestion Five: You Eire anchored at Isla de Margarita, Venezuela, with the wind coming off the land. You pick up an old friend on shore that has flown in to join you for an ovemighter. Your plan is to leave for the mainland at dusk. As you get back to the boat for a late lunch, the swell starts to come around the point and hit you broadside while the wind is on your nose. Your boat starts to roll horrendously, and your friend looks like he is about to blow his lunch. You should: A. Leave now and sail at a slower speed toward the mainland.
B. Row out a stem hook. C. Put a bridle on the boat. D. Wink at your friend and tell him to get used to it — it will be worse at sea. E. Put out a riding sail.
Question Six: You are sailing to¬ wards the Kumai River in Borneo at 4.5 knots in the midst of lots of ship traffic. There is a boat overtaking you off your starboard stern, running just a bit faster than you are sailing. You can see her red running light and three vertical white lights above. If you stay on your course and continue to sail or try to cut
Western-style running lights are unheard of on Indonesian sloops like this one. Instead, they send a guy up the rig with a kerosene lamp. in front of her at your present speed, you will come dangerously close to a collision. If you fall off to port, it will take a long time for the boat to pass and put you out of position. You should: A. Shine a light on your sails, radio her skipper and tell him that you are under sail and request that he change course. B. Turn on your engine, which will give you the speed to move safely in front of her and towards your destination. C. Let her pass parallel to you and then cut behind her stem, leaving at least a couple of hundred feet. D. Let her pass parallel to you and then cut when she is at least 100 meters ahead ofyou. ’ E. Turn around and sail back to Bali.
9uestion Seven: You are sailing to¬ ward the dangerous Tuamotu Atolls from the Marquesas Islands when you hit 40knot winds and lightning off the forward quarter. The waves are coming over the bow and decks as you beat towards Makemo Island. You are hoping that
The waves are coming
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sometime the next day, you will be able to enter the pass and find shelter. At around 2 a.m., you go down below and check the bilge. Your deep bilge is 3/4 full of water. You taste the water. It's salt and it is rising fairly quickly — it could be over the
CRUISING QUIZ
he is four miles off and on a collision course. Since you are sailing with a poledout jib with various guys and preventers, it will be difficult to change course. You should: A. Radio the ship on VHF channel 16, notify him of your position and ask his intentions. B. Go down below and wake up your mate so that you can change course. C. Shine a spotlight on the ship. D. Turn on your engine. E. Sound your air horn.
When visiting foreign cultures — such as the San Bias Islands, seen here — it is essential to be sensitive to cultural traditions and values.
top in 20 minutes or so. You flip on your two electric bilge pumps. One makes no sound at all. The motor is working in the other but the water still seems to be ris¬ ing just as fast. You should: A. Say four Hail Maiys even though you are not Catholic, then bow down to¬ ward Mecca and say a second prayer to cover your bets. B. Search for the influx of water. C. Get on the radio and give someone your position. D. Grab a bucket and start bailing un¬ til the water recedes and you can figure
out where the leak is. E. Start bailing with your manual bilge pump.
Question Eight: You are on a passage in the Indian Ocean in light winds. Dur¬ ing the 2 a.m.-to-6 a.m. watch, you spot a ship coming up behind you on the star¬ board side. You can see his white lights but not his red and green running lights. You check the radar and determine that
Question Nine: You pull into a remote island in Thailand after a nasty squall. Just after you get the anchor down and you are pouring yourself a sundowner, a small wooden boat pulls up that looks like it was made during World War II. A man in ratty shorts and a T-shirt claiming to be a local Customs agent shows you iden¬ tification and asks to see your papers. After reviewing them, he tells you that you are missing a stamp that is required. He informs you that there is a government fee for anchoring where you are and tells you to come with him to sort out the miss¬ ing stamp problem in town, twenty min¬ utes away by car. You know that your papers are all in order. You should: A. Invite him up for a juice drink.
CRUISING QUIZ ANSWERS Answer One: 'C — "Steer to the right of it and pass about 10 meters away."
likely to be motoring at low RPMs. Ironically, a small alternator will give
as you enter. Under the international system used by the French and many
high output alternator. This is because
excepted) you should keep red buoys on your port, or left, as you enter a harbor.
amps. ’E' would also be a good answer, as
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waters have the opposite meaning from our U.S. system, in the U.S. waters we memorize the rhyme "red right return¬ ing,” but. in many countries you should think "red right leaving."
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shallow water so you should not pass too closely to them.
when they are in the Southern Hemi¬ sphere.
Answer Two: ’D' —- "Buy the solar panel and put on the small alternator." Since the passage from Panama is mostly dead downwind, your solar panel will give you more power than the windgen. As far as the alternators, if you are trying to conserve fuel, you are
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Hemisphere for the first time, took his ! compass into a compass shop to have the tilt repaired. Thus, you were wrong if you chose ’B' or 'C'. {'B' —• "Carefully, turn over the:
compass and make sure there isn’t an topping off the compass oil. ‘C’ — Take it into a qualified compass adjuster when you reach Tahiti.") You were at least partially right if you chose one of the following: 'A' — "Ignore the problem. It will go away when you sail back north." ’D’ — "Turn around and sail north.” 'E' — "Buy a new compass.” If you are going to stay in the Southern Hemisphere, you probably should buy a new compass that is made for the Southern Hemisphere.
ate Iv to starboard." This situation occurred in a hightraffic fishing area in around' 20+ knots of wind and lots of weather-related noise. I took our boat off the autopilot and immediately turned to starboard — just in time to miss a direct collision with a
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B. Tell him to get lost. C. Call the Customs office in Phuket on your SSB radio. D. Call the U.S. Consulate on your ra¬ dio. E. Offer him a bribe.
Question Ten: The last question con¬ cerns a man overboard situation. It never happened to us, but the following inci¬ dent was related to us by a close friend. It occurred while he was sailing off the coast of Japan in very bad weather. You Eire cruising along in a nasty gale when your mate comes up the hatch to bring you a cup of tea. A freak wave breaks on the boat and washes you and your mate overboard. You pop up and pull yourself onto the boat. If you can still see your friend, you should: A. Jump in after your mate just in case he or she cannot swim. B. Back up with your engine running to try and get to him/her quickly. C. Jibe or tack and follow your wake. D. Throw a life ring or other floating device immediately. E. Appoint one person to continually watch the person in the water. F. Approach the person in the water on your port side. G. Hit the MOB button on your GPS.
50-ft-plus wooden fishing schooner. The light that I had seen was an Indonesian sailor up in the rigging waving a dim kerosene lamp in circles. We could not have missed colliding by more than 10 feet. turn to port. If I had taken any of the other actions below, we would have had a terrible collision: Incorrect answers: A' — "Watch
Consider each question carefully be¬ fore answering, and remember, there may be more than one correct choice. Our answers appear in the boxes below. We hope all you future cruisers score 100%.
article entitled Tips We Picked Up Sailing Around the World appeared in the May '99 issue of Latitude 38. Also, check out their website: www.cruisingsailor.com.
— dave sherman (formerly of rubaiyat, a Stevens 47) corte madera
Piloting the Suez Canal is a fascinating experi¬ ence. But does their buoy system indicate "red right returning" or "red right leaving?"
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a stern anchor. But that is a lot of work.
winch. When the bow falls off towards the swell as you swing.on the anchor, let out on the anchor chain until ihe bow is directly into the swell. You can play with the line on the winch to make adjustments. The boat will stay bridled with the bow into the wind and the rolling will stop.
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Answer Six: Three vertical lights mean that the vessel is a tug with a very long few line {200 meters +) and a barge. If you try to cut behind the tug,
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could be deadly. Thus you should T3' —"Turn on your engine which will give you the speed to move safely in front of lift1 and towards your destination." Or, if you cannot or do not want to use your engine, you should. . . 'D' — ’’Let her pass parallel to you and then cut when she is at least 100 meters ahead of you."
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CRUISING QUIZ influx of water." Once the water is over the point where it is coming into the boat, the leak is really hard to find. Since we were in remote waters, a radio call — even if we could have reached someone in the middle of the night — would not have helped, as most likely the nearest boat was over 100 miles away. Better to try to find the water influx and flip on the 406 EPIRB later if necessary. (In our opinion, if you are long distance cruising and do not have a 406 EPIRB, you are foolish.) In this case, we were able to trace the water flowing into the bilge from a scupper that ran from up forward. We followed the stream of water past a second bilge to the chain locker. We found that the hawse pipe cap had beep blown off and a steady firehose stream of water was flowing into the forward cabin. We were then able to stem the flow with an old T-shirt and some other items. It is amazing how much water can come in through a small hole on deck. We then worked the manual bilge pump until we could fix a belt on one of
You've got to be open to new experiences when cruising. In Borneo, Dave j6ined some locals in their hunt for wild boar — using biowguns. the electric bilge pumps. When we reached port, we made a new cap for the hawse |>ipe with a canvas cover. The new cap could be lashed down in addition to the standard closing hook that the cover came with so that the problem would not reoccur. Since then, I have heard of a number of boats that have had trouble with hawse pipe covers. Some cruisers duct tape them closed during passages.
Answer Eight: From our experience the correct answer is 'C'. Flash your spotlight back and forth across his bow and if he does not change course, turn on your engine and get ready to take ; evasive action. No doubt, different cruisers will have different opinions about how to handle an impending collision with a ship. Thir answer is based on our experience of trying different methods of avoiding close encounters with ships. In the beginning of our circumnavi¬ gation, we would first attempt to radio the ships on VHF channel 16. We found that only about one in ten would answer. We tried installing a strobe light on the spreaders, lighting up the sails with spreader lights, and other methods to get the ship's attention. We found the most effective method was to flash a strong spotlight directly at the ship and; then move it back and forth until he turned. That worked in all cases except, one. When it was apparent that the one; ship was not going to turn, we turned on the engine and were ready to power out of the way.
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;hip actually chased us. Every time that ire made a turn, the ship turned rwards us. The ship would not answer re radio. There is , o scarier feeling ran seeing a large iow wake coming up ; ehind you as you frantically steer at ill power from port ; > starboard trying ot to be run over. At ! ie last minute she let us go. We saw le crew on deck smoking cigarettes as i j: passed. Then, the ship let us steer ehind her and go on our way. Was she playing a dangerous game iith us? We will never know.
improper to tip after a meal in a restau¬ rant. It is looked at much like offering a
amount of a bribe that a government offi¬ cial can accept. While in the cities bribes are generally not asked for, in remote ar¬ eas of Asia and South America, we en¬ countered many lower officials who were looking for a hand¬ out. It is expected that you will negotiate the amount of the bribe and the gratuity or bribe does not always have to be money. For instance, in Indonesia we were anchored in a remote area near a few grass huts. A policeman who lived in a village 20 miles away by dirt road rode his motorcycle down to see if he could pick up a little extra income from us. At first, he demanded money. We told him that we had paid all of our money when we checked in and were instructed by the officials there not to pay any more. (If he had insisted, we would have given him $2 worth of rupiahs and sent him on his way.) Looking around the boat, he started asking for certain things as gifts. We
Giving gratuities or bribes to government officials is a part of many cultures. In fact, bribes are 'expected' by some local government officials.
II Answer Nine: Take a look at his j ustoms ID, then invite him up for a ice and try to talk him out of paying ry money. Then, if he won’t leave, offer m a small bribe. < It is important to be aware of the cuse ms and the culture of other countries. Thailand, for instance, it's insulting and
small bribe to a government official in a Western country. On the other hand, giving gratuities or bribes to government officials is a part of many cultures. In fact, bribes are expected by some local government officials. Their salaries are often very small—sometimes only a couple of dollars a day. To subsi¬ dize an income that they cannot possibly live on, it is expected that they will supple¬ ment their government salary with gra¬ tuities or bribes. When we cruised through Thailand, we were surprised to read that Thailand ac¬ tually has a law that sets the maximum
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CRUISING QUIZ served him some tea and eventually gave him a lemonade package and a few cheap plastic toys for his kids. He went away happy. Often, part of what they are there for is just a chance to see your boat. A supply of old baseball caps, fishing lures, or a couple of dollars of the local currency will often be suffi¬ cient to send them on their way. Sometimes you can just tell them to get lost. But they will lose face and that might cause big problems for you. V Answer Ten: First, make sure that
you always stay harnessed to the boat in rough weather and at night so that you minimize the chance of going overboard. If someone does go over, the proper action depends on the conditions at the time and the number of crew at handHowever, you never jump into the water. This increases the potential risk of another crew member drowning. First, if you are on a passage and happen to be sitting by a GPS in the cockpit, we would suggest hitting the MOB button. If there is more than one person on deck, you should appoint
Getting an education in the school of life. Young Cody makes a friend at the remote Orangutan Preserve in the wilds of Borneo. someone to watch the person in the water. Otherwise, if there is anyone below decks, you should be yelling "man overboard" while at the same time launching your man overboard pole or life rings. Then come about or jibe (sea and wind conditions will dictate which is the best way to go at the time). The object, of course, is to get back to the
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THE RACING
It was another bad month for midwinter racing, with three of the biggies (GGYC, EYC and SCYC) canceled due to lack of wind. However, slow races did occur at six different midwinter venues. Filling up the rest of the column are brief reports on a local sailor who will participate in the upcoming BT Challenge; the first of hopefully two reports about Zephyrus IV demolishing the Cape Town to Rio Race record; and re¬ sults of the best big-boat regatta in the country, Key West Race Week. The usual sound bites known as race notes appear at the end.
BT Global Challenge The self-described "world's toughest yacht race", the BT Global ChaHehge, is gearing up to depart on September 10, 2000, from Southampton, England. A dozen brand-new identical 72-foot6rs, each manned by amateur crews who po¬ nied up around $40,000 for the experi¬ ence, will race the "wrong way" around the world, i.e. against the prevailing wind and the currents. The 30,000-mile 'payto-play' event will stop in Boston, Buenos Aires, Wellington (NZ), Sydney, Cape Town, and La Rochelle before sailing back
range in age from 21 to 60, and represent 18 different countries. Eleven Americans are entered for the full circumnavigation, including one from the Bay Area — 45year old Jeff Over field of San Ramon. "It seems like a great opportunity, and it comes at a good time in my life," ex¬ plained Overfield, who was recently di¬ vorced. "I got interested in racing around the world after following the last Vendee Globe. When I read about the BT Chal¬ lenge in Yachting World, I was immediately hooked." Overfield owns a 1976 Pearson 365 ketch (which he used to live on) and a "car with 250,000 miles on it." He works for his family's carpet and upholster^ clean¬ ing business, so can get the time off. "Rais¬ ing the money for the entry fee is the hard¬ est part," he claimed. "I'm not a rich per¬ son, so I'm hoping to defray some of the
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into Southampton. A total of 324 people — roughly 3 males for every female — have signed up for the third running of Chay Blyth's diabolical Challenge (the first was sponsored by British Steel, this is the second one hosted by BT). None of the participants have sailed around the world before. The crews Pag© 178 •
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costs with private fund-raisers." The first such event, which also benefited the Mul¬ tiple Sclerosis Society, was held on Janu¬ ary 29 at the Sausalito Cruising Club. Unlike some of the other Challenge participants. Overfield is not a novice
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four times to train on the Challenge's 'old' 67-footers. "Each session lasted 10 days, and we sailed with lots of different crew and skippers," said Jeff. "Everyone has learned a lot already." Last month, the participants received their yacht assignments — each of the boats take 15 crew, two 'leggers' (one-leg crew, including Philippe Bellevin of San Bruno), and a professional captain. Overfield landed on TeamSpirit, which will be commanded by a captain with the suit¬ ably swashbuckling name of Andy Dare. "We have a great team; I like our chances,"
said Overfield, who will begin commuting to England next month to practice with his new team. "This is going to be the ad¬ venture of a lifetime!" (See Sightings for related news about the New World Challenge, not to be con¬ fused with the BT Challenge. The New World Challenge, also a Chay Blyth pro¬ duction, will sail out of San Francisco in 2002 on the same fleet of 72-footers. It is being billed, naturally, as "America’s toughest yacht race.") Zephyrus IV Smashes Cape Town to Rio Record They came, they saw, they conquered. Bob McNeil, a Mill Valley-based biotech
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investor, and a mostly Californian crew aboard his Zephyrus IV recently took line honors and overall corrected honors in the 3,460-mile MTN Cape Town to Rio Race. In the process, Zephyrus IV also set a new course record — 12 days, 16 hours and 49 minutes, good enough to slash almost two days off the R/P 80 Morning Glory's 14 day, 15 hour benchmark. They fin¬ ished in flat water under a full moon. "It looked as if the statue was spreading its arms to welcome us," said McNeil. It was a successful mission for Zeph¬ yrus, finally. McNeil has owned his sleek R/P 75 for three years now, but due to mechanical failures — most notably, dismasting in the '97 TransPac and the '98 Pac Cup — and bad luck, he's never won a major race until now. Perhaps not coincidentally, his Cape Town-Rio crew was probably the best he's assembled yet; co-navigators Mark Rudiger (strategist) and Bill Biewenga (weather routing), boat captain Dave Culver, John Bertrand, Keith Kilpatrick, Scott Dickson, Bill Erkelens, Mark Sims, and Michael 'Moose' Sanderson of Auckland. A trio of maxis — Zephyrus IV, Jim Dolan's Langan-designed ILC maxi Sagamore (now lighter and sporting mast¬ head kites), and the new Simonis-designed IRM 80 Portugal-Brasil 500 — were the obvious choices for line honors in the 90-boat fleet. The latter boat, sailed by Ludde Invall and Ola Astradson, the duo who formerly campaigned Rx Sight, was built locally and was the hometown fa¬ vorite. P-B 500 proved fast out of the blocks, moving to an early lead in the first few hours of the race before their carbon boom snapped. They limped back to Cape Town, fixed it and restarted a few days later — but were never a factor again. Nei¬ ther was Sagamore, which was trailing Zephyrus by about nine hours last we heard. The race was still going on as we went to press, and unfortunately their website (www.capetorio.org) seems to have gone haywire. We're led, to believe that Zepyhnis IV swept the race — first to finish and first overall on corrected time. Check back next month — hopefully we'll have pictures and a firsthand report from one of her crew. Zephyrus IV will tour the East Coast before returning home, going up against Pyewacket again this April in the inau¬ gural Havana-Baltimore Race (see Race Notes). Then, it’s on to the Bermuda-Newport Race in June and the ChicagoMackinac Race in July. If the Cape TownFebruary, 2000 • U&UJc I? • Page 179
Rio Race is any indication, McNeil and Zephyrus will be rewriting the record books a few more times before the sum¬ mer is over. Sausalito YC Midwinters Sunday, January 9, was clear and sunny, perfect for kayaking on the Bay, hiking on Mt. Tam, biking in the Head¬ lands — just about anything but sailing, Page 180 • U&XtUclS • February, 2000
as the accompanying pictures will unfor¬ tunately bear out. Still, two dozen boats optimisticially showed up for the third Sausalito YC midwinter race — "a short race made longer by the lack of wind," ac¬ cording to race official Frank Drouillard. A healthy flood and fickle southeast winds ranging from 0-8 knots soon con¬ spired to send over half the fleet home early. Needless to say, the boats that stuck
out the 3.8-mile course (Little Harding, Big Harding, Yellow Bluff, Belvedere, fin¬ ish) made appreciable gains in the series standings. The big boats were actually scheduled to go around that course twice, but the race committee — rumored to be running low on beer — mercifully opted to finish them after just one lap. BIG SPINNAKER — 1) Power Play, J/29, Gor-
don Smith; 2) Gammon, Tartan Ten, Jeff Hutter; 3) Jose Cuervo, J/105, Sam Hock. (7 boats) LITTLE SPINNAKER — 1) Challenge, Islander 28, Peter Schoen. (4 boats; all others DNF) BIG NON-SPINNAKER — 1) Bacarat, Peterson 34, Dave Reed; 2) Basic Instinct, Elliott 1050, Jan Borgeson; 3) Amanda, Newport 30 Mk. II, Pat Broderick. (7 boats) LITTLE NON-SPINNAKER —1) Suncatcher, Nonsuch 22, Sandra Bushmaker; 2) Nordlys, Knarr, Joel Kudler. (6 boats)
Are we having fun yet? Scenes from last month's SYC Midwinters. All photos 'latitude'/rob.
RYC Small Boat Midwinters About 120 boats competed in Rich¬ mond YC's second Small Boat Midwinter Regatta on the sunny day of January 2. Though the numbers were down from December's 170-boat turnout, the faith¬ ful dinghy dudes (and occasional dud-
ettes) were rewarded with fme sailing con¬ ditions. After a short postponement, a relatively steady northwesterly filled in, allowing the full complement of three races on the outer course and five on the more protected inner courses. "We actually had more boats out than I would have thought, given the proxim¬ ity to New Years," mentioned race official Caroline Groen. The just-for-fun series February, 2000 •
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THE RACING continues on February 6 and March 5. Any group that fields at least five sisterships — be they Jesters, Banshees, Vanguard 15s, Cal 20s, Santana 20s, kayaks with sails, or floating refrigerators — is welcome to a one design start. Road trip anyone? EL TORO, JR. — 1) Brendan Daly, 7 points; 2) Travis Kool, 9; 3) Daryle Kool, 15; 4) Alex Lowry, 27; 5) Anne-Flore Perroud, 28; 6) Matt Spevak, 30. (16 boats) EL TORO, SR. — 1) Will Paxton, 18 points; 2) Gordy Nash, 18; 3) Vaughn Seifers, 19; 4) Nick Nash, 24; 5) Bob Hrubes, 30; 6) Fred Paxton, 31; 7) Chris Nash, 34. (19 boats) DeWITT DINGHY — 1) Dave Vickland, 6 points; 2) Irwin Layn, 9. (3 boats) INTERNATIONAL CANOE —.1) Anders Petersson; 2) Del Olsen. (4 boats) INTERNATIONAL 14 — 1) Mitchell/Burks; 2) Klipfel/Basso; 3) Berntsen/Arens. (7 boats) 49er — 1) Dalton Bergan/unknown; 2) Willis/ Edwards; 3) Saville/Cross. (5 boats) SUNFISH — 1) Byron Jonk. (2 boats) LASER — 1) Kimbal Hall; 2) Tim Russell; 3) Gerry Swinton; 4) Matthew Solda; 5) Evan Lyons. (23 boats) 505 — 1) Aaron Ross. (1 boat) LIGHTNING — 1) Mike Molina; 2) Elissa Hall. (3 boats) THISTLE — 1) Dale Hinman; 2) Brian Bauman; 3) Tim Armstrong. (5 boats) WABBIT — 1) Andy Hamilton; 2) Colin Moore; 3) Rich Jarratt. (5 boats) EUROPE — 1) Lynn Olinger; 2) Leslie Osmera; 3) Melina Hoyer. (6 boats) BYTE — 1) Michele Logan; 2) Gail Yando; 3) Dee Hardiman. (5 boats) FJ — 1) Patrick Lewis; 2) Alex Honysgaard; 3) Mallory McCollum. (7 boats) PORTSMOUTH — Unavailable.
Key West Race Week The thirteenth annual GMC Yukon/ Yachting Key West Race Week was another runaway success, attracting 261 boats from 12 countries to the southern tip of Florida on January 17-21. Some 2,500 racers enjoyed a full gamut of conditions — strong winds at each end of the sevenrace series, with three painfully light races in the middle. The huge regatta featured 16 classes spread out over three different race circles, with seven of these classes (162 boats) racing one design. Only nine boats sailed under the IMS rule, indica¬ tive of a non-Admiral's Cup year as well as a mass exodus to Farr 40s and other one designs. When it was all over but the crying, the Yachting Magazine Trophy for Boat of the Week went to Robert Hughes and his Holland, Michigan, gang on the ID-35 Heartbreaker. Overall honors in the 88boat PHRF fleet went to L'Outrage, Bruce Gardner’s Beneteau First 10 from An¬ napolis. Boat of the day honors, based on a formula which somehow computes the Page 182 • L&LJt J9 • February, 2000
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most competitive class, were bestowed on Mascalzone Latino (an Italian Farr 40) on Monday, followed in order by Ville de St. Raphael (a French Mumm 30), Tomahawk (J/29), Heartbreaker (ID-35) and Plum Crazy (J/105). Meanwhile, Italy took top international team honors for the second year in a row with Mascalzone Latino, Kis¬ met and Zenda Express. "Every victory is only as satisfying as the level of the competition," claimed Hughes after collecting a mountain of hard-earned trophies. "And the level was very high here in Key West." Raising the level of competition were ten boats from the Bay Area, the most we've ever sent to this prestigious com¬ petition. Two of these programs took home trophies: Peter Stoneberg, with Jeff Madrigali and Scott Easom aboard, earned fourth place in the brutally com¬ petitive Farr 40 class with Shadow, while Joseph Melino and Kame Richards were third in PHRF-5 with the Antrim 27 Owslarah. Other NorCal boats in atten¬ dance were four Farr 40s (Orion, Endur¬
ance, Peregrine, and Diana, under char¬ ter to Bob Garvie and the Bullseye gang), two J/105s (Masquerade, Juxtapose), Greg Dorland's Mumm 30 Strange Ritual, and Jessica Lord's Melges 24 Twist and Shout. Following are top finishers in each class. Check out www.premiere-racing, com for full results, pictures and more. FARR 40 — 1) Atalanti XI, George Andreadis, Greece, 25 points; 2) Mascalzone Latino, Vincenzo Ornorato, Italy, 44; 3) Raging Bull, Richard Marki, Bristol, Rl, 44; 4) Shadow, Peter Stoneberg, San Francisco, 51; 5) Barking Mad, Jim Richardson, Newport, Rl, 53; 6) Al-Cap-One, Einer Sissener, Nor¬ way, 72; 7) Samba Pa Ti, John Kilroy, Zuma Beach, CA, 80; 8) Orion, Philippe Kahn, Santa Cruz, 84; 9) Temptress, Alan Field, Marina del Rey, 85; 10) Flyer, Doug Mongeon, Dana Point, 88... also, 12) Endur¬ ance, Michael Condon, Oakland; 13) Diana/Bullseye, Bob Garvie, Vail, CO; 18) Orient Express, Pe¬ ter Tong, Long Beach; 26) Peregrine, David Thomson, San Francisco. (27 boats) 1D-35 —4) Heartbreaker, Robert Hughes, Hol¬ land, Ml, 35 points; 2) Tabasco, John Wylie, San Diego, 38; 3) Smiling Bulldog, Garth Dennis, Ithaca, NY, 39; 4) Avalanche, W.S. Shelhorse, Lake Wesley,
SHEET Uarshek, Farr 40 custom, Ennio Staffini, Annapolis, MD, 24; 4) Equation, SC 70, Bill Alcott, Detroit, 34.. .. also, 6) Snoopy, J/125, Dick Roberts, San Diego; and 10) Cincos, Schock 40, Mike Campbell, Long Beach. (10 boats) PHRF-2 — 1) Speed Racer, Henderson 30, The Liebels, Sarasota, FL, 21; 2) Ceres Group, Melges 32, Peter Nauert, Lake Geneva, Wl, 25; 3) New Wave, Henderson 30, Michael Carroll, Clearwater, FL, 32; 4) Wairere, Thompson 30, Chris & Trice Bouzaid, Jamestown, Rl, 40. (14 boats) PHRF-3 — 1) White Trash, Olson 40, Greg Smith, Mobile, AL, 19 points; 2) Brainstorm, IMX 38, Rojek/Gutin/Zaleski, Stamford, CT, 20; 3) The Wall, Mumm 36, Gordon Schiff, St. Petersburg, FL, 23. (11 boats) PHRF-4 — 1) Snake Eyes, SR-33, Tom Ballard, Annapolis, 11 points; 2) Frigate, Evelyn 32, Albert/ Reedy, Mandeville, LA, 19; 3) Ragamuffin, SR-33, Richard Harris, New Orleans, 28. (12 boats) PHRF-5 — 1) Ultra Violet, Antrim 27, Dave & Donna Prucnal, Pasadena, MD, 19 points; 2) Nem¬ esis, Antrim 27, Geoff Longenecker, San Diego, 25; 3) Owslarah, Antrim 27, Joseph Melino, Alameda, 33. (9 boats) PHRF-6 — 1) Hustler, J/29, J. & A. Esposito, City Island, NY, 8 points; 2) Savage, C&C 34, Al Townsley, Palisades, NY, 20; 3) Scrambled, Kirby 30, Geff Fisher, San Diego, 32. (11 boats) PHRF-7 — 1) L'Outrage, First 10, Bruce Gard¬ ner, Annapolis, 22.9 points; 2) Liquor Box, Tartan Ten, Simon/Buckles, Key West, FL, 25; 3) Think Blue, Tartan Ten, Gary Disbrow, Sandusky, OH, 27. (13 boats) PHRF-8 — 1) Rugger, S2-7.9, Jeff Sampson, Detroit, 16 points; 2) Challenge, S2-7.9, Johnson/ Nielson, Racine, Wl, 20; 3) Fresh Kill, Wavelength 24, Karl deHam, Seabrook, TX, 26. (8 boats)
Notable boats at Key West Race Week (clockwise from upper left) — The ID-35 Heartbreaker' was Boat of the Week; Geoff and Mary Stagg's brand new black Farr 52 OD Scream' sports some interesting graphics; ‘Chessie Racing' (ex-'Pyewacket') breathed fire on PHRF-1; the Greek boat 'Atalanti XI', with Robbie Haines as tactician, smoked th&Farr 40 fleet. VA, 40; 5) Northern Bear, Stephan Pfeifer, Milwau¬ kee, 59; 6) Joss, Owen Krantz, Houston, 63... also, 11) KT's Choice, Bud Stratton, San Diego; 13) China Cloud, Fred Howe, San Diego; 18) Sundog, Bill Wright, Larkspur, CA. (21 boats) MUMM 30 — 1) Ville de St. Raphael, J.P. Dick, France, 38 points; 2) Trouble, Phil Garland, Barrington, Rl, 40; 3) Turbo Duck, Bobo von der Wense, Annapolis, 55; 4) Kismet, S. & M. Leporati, Italy, 63; 5) Instigator, Bill Lockwood, Sayreville, NJ, 68 ... also, 15) Strange Ritual, Greg Dorland, Lake Tahoe. (26 boats) J/105 — 1) Plum Crazy, Andrew Skibo, Ocean City, NJ, 19 points; 2) Phantom, Geoffrey Pierini, Perth Amboy, NJ, 33; 3) Wonder Wagon, Rick Wright, Marblehead, MA, 35; 4) Eclipse, Damian Emery, Mt. Sinai, NY, 45; 5) Flame, Doane Ltd. Part¬ nership, Naples, FL, 46; 6) Masquerade, Tom Coates, San Francisco, 54... also, 12) Juxtapose, Dick Watts/Tom Thayer, San Francisco. (18 boats) J/29 — 1) Tomahawk, Bruce Lockwood, Ludlow, VT, 17 points; 2) Titillation, Paul Andersen, Deltaville, VA, 19; 3) Fast Lane, Jay McArdle, Milwaukee, 41. (13 boats) MELGES 24—1) Full Throttle, Brian Porter,
Lake Geneva, Wl, 25 points; 2) Zenda Express, Harry Melges, Lake Geneva, Wl, 32; 3) Rock n1 Roll, Argyle Campbell, Newport Beach, CA, 44; 4) Snick¬ ers Workwear, David Clark, England, 51; 5) Buz¬ zard, Chris Rosenberg, Ft. Lauderdale, 63; 6) White Loaf, Scott Elliott, Charlotte, NC, 73; 7) Zig Zag 16, Henri Samuel, France, 76; 8) Monsoon, BruceAyres, Newport Beach, 80; 9) Typhoon, Tony Wattson, Newport Beach, 87; 10) Planet Loaf, John Platou, Norway, 92... also, 14) Foxtrot, Cathy Wood, Long Beach; 20) USA 1, Levi/Colgan, Los Angeles; 40) Twist & Shout, Jessica Lord, San Francisco. (46 boats) J/80 — 1) Syzygy, Jay Lutz, Houston, TX, 14 points; 2) Monster Lady, Martin Kald, Pt. Washing¬ ton, NY, 19; 3) Kicks, David Balfour, Austin, TX, 25. (11 boats) IMS — 1) Highland Fling, CM 60, Irvine Laidlaw, UK, 16 points; 2) Rima, CM 60, Isam Kabbani, New¬ port, Rl, 28; 3) Virago, NM 49, Bache McE. Renshaw, Portsmouth, Rl, 31; 4) Scream, Farr 52, Geoff & Mary Stagg, 33. (9 boats) PHRF-1 — 1) Chessie Racing, SC 70, George Collins, Gibson Island, MN, 15 points; 2) Fatal At¬ traction, Farr 39, Gray Kiger, Norfolk, VA, 18; 3)
OYC Brunch Series Oakland YC's genteel Sunday Brunch Series notched races one and two (of a five-race series) last month. A record to¬ tal of 46 boats has sailed in this low-key Estuary series so far, all attracted by the civilized 1 p.m. starting time and short race courses (3 to 5 miles). Gentle winds and flat water — the standard Estuary fare — complete the mellow experience. "It's like lake sailing, except for the cur¬ rents,'' claimed race chairman Bob Don¬ ovan. "It's easy and fun, and I think we put on a pretty good show. The food's not bad either!" The Brunch bunch — which includes multihulls for the first time — reconvenes on^February 6 and 20, and then again on March 5. "We allow and encourage one¬ time entries," said Donovan. "Come join us!" Cumulative scores (completely unoffi¬ cial) after the first two races follow: FLEET A (<150) — 1) Vitesse, SC 27, Grant Hayes, 5 points; 2) Gruntled, Moore 24, Bart Hackworth, 6. (5 boats) MULTIHULL — 1) Three Sigma, F-27, Chris Harvey, 4 points; 2) Wingit, F-27, Ray Wells, 5; 3) Already There, F-27, James Brown, 8. (9 boats) February, 2000 •
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THE RACING . FLEET C (168-raters) — 1) Ditch Witch, Merit 25, Linda Purdy, 4 points; 2) Double Agent, Merit 25, Robin Ollivier, 5. (5 boats) COLUMBIA 5.5 — 1) (tie) Drummer, Weaver/ Sankey/Sadeg, and Bandit, Chris Shepard, 3 points; 3) Chaos, Jim Warfield, 6. (7 boats) FLEET E (151-189) — 1) Snow Goose, Santana 30, Ted Mattson, 3 points; 2) (tie) Lelo Too, Tartan 30, Emile Carles, and Irish Lady, Catalina 30, Mike Mahoney, 6. (9 boats) FLEET F (190-up) — 1) Lickety Split, Ariel, Joe Antos, 3 points; 2) Dominatrix, Santana 22, Heidi Schmidt, 7; 3) Peddler, Catalina 27, Garry Wride, 9. (11 boats)
LMSC Robinson Midwinters The second (of four) Lake Merritt SC Robinson Memorial Midwinters occurred on Sunday, January 9. The Richrpond YC intermediate and advanced junior pro¬ grams arrived en masse, contributing 25 El Toros to the 46-boat mix on Oakland's saltwater pond that day. "The kids all seemed to enjoy the change of scenery," commented LMSC Commodore Vicki Gilmour. "Sailing on a lake was a new experience for some of them. " The three-race series was held in southerly winds that were shifty even by Lake Merritt standards. "It can be pretty frustrating," admitted Gilmour. "Every time someone opens a window in a highrise or a bus pulls into an intersection, the wind changes direction!" EL TORO, Sr. — 1) John Amen, 40.25 points; 2) Tom Burden, 39.25; 3) Dave Vickland, 39; 4) George Morris, 33; 5) Walt Andrews, 32.25; 6) Gordy Nash, 27; 7) Art Lewis, 25. (14 boats) EL TORO, Jr. — 1) Brooks Reed, 74 points; 2) Kate Hodges, 72.5; 3) Cory Lutchansky, 64; 4) Ben Bradley, 61; 5) George Granelli, 60.25; 6) Sara Lester, 58; 7) Alex Broodrookas, 47; 8) (tie) Ben Amen & Natalie Denning, 46; 10) (tie) Mark Anders & JM Spragg, 45; 12) Alex Lowry, 44. (25 boats) SLOOPS — 1) Joe Doering, Lido 14; 2) Max Paulus, JY-15. (2 boats) CATBOATS — 1) Dan Ouellet, Laser; 2) Doyle Buddington, Laser. (4 boats)
BYC/MYCO Midwinters The third weekend of the Berkeley/ Metropolitan Midwinters went off without too many hitches on January 8-9. On Saturday, 120 boats got in a great day of racing, with everyone finishing the 8.8mile course before the wind shut down completely. The upwind mark was 'F', and the light to moderate westerly shifted around enough to keep everyone inter¬ ested and on their toes. "No rain, nice breeze, a bit of sun and a super sunset," said race official Bobbi Tosse. For the 42 boats on Sunday, it was a different story. "I think the race commit¬ tee might have had more fun than the rac¬ ers," sighed Tosse, as she described their difficulties. "We postponed the start, Poael84« UZUmU 3? • February. 2000
moved the committee boat, and changed to course 'E'. Naturally, right after the start, the wind direction went back to 'D'. Then, the wind shut down. Eventually, we shortened the course and most boats managed to finish. Some were even nice enough to say they had fun." The series concludes on February 1213. A few competitors can start chilling the champagne, such asTosse's husband, John Clauser, who has sailed his vintage Farr One Ton Bodacious to three bullets in Div. A. Four other skippers in the Sat¬ urday series are also sporting perfect records: Gary Albright's J/22 Talisman Banana (Div. D), Gordoh Smith's J/29 Power Play, Frank Hinman's Newport 30 Topgallant, and, perhaps most impres¬ sively, Dale Irving's Run Wild in the 12boat Olson 30 fleet.
SATURDAY. JANUARY8: DIV. A (0-123) — 1) Bodacious, Farr One Ton, John Clauser; 2) Rascal, Wilderness 30, Pat Brown; 3) El Pellin, J/92, Michael Redman. (6 boats) DIV. B (126-153) — 1) Ixxis, Olson 911 -S, Ed Durbin; 2) Jeannette, Tartan Ten, Henry King; 3) Zilla, B-25, Brent Draney; 4) Mintaka, C&C 36, Gerry Brown; 5) Jane Doe, Olson 911-SE, Bob Izmirian. (11 boats) DIV. C (156-168) — 1) Twilight Zone, Merit 25, Paul Kamen; 2) Bewitched, Merit 25, Laraine Salmon; 3) Chesapeake, Merit 25, Jim Fair; 4) Synchronicity, Olson 25, James Johnson. (9 boats) DIV. D (171-207) — 1) Talisman Banana, J/22, Gary Albright; 2) Latin Lass, Catalina 27, Bill Chapman; 3) Ypso, Cal 2-27, Tim Stapleton. (6 boats) DIV. E (210-up) — 1) Jubilee, Ariel, Don Morrison; 2) Albacore, Santana 22, Mark Playsted. (4 boats) ANTRIM 27—1) Arch Angel, Bryce Griffith; 2) Abracadabra II, Dennis Surtees; 3) Cascade, Steve Rienhart. (7 boats) EXPRESS 27 — 1) Flying Circus, Ryley/ Hodges; 2) Shenanigans, NickGibbens; 3) Baffett, Tom Baffico; 4) Mad House, Mike DeVries; 5) Swamp Donkey, Scott Sellers; 6) Mirage, Terry Cobb; 7) Wile E. Coyote, Dan Pruzan; 8) E-Type, Ben Landon; 9) Jaded Lover, Richard Bryant; 10) Archimedes, Dick Swanson. (21 boats)
MELGES24 —1) Alien, P. Wagner/ J. Pernick; 2) Sabotage, R. Becker/E. Thorpe; 3) Mary Don't Surf, Mark Eastham. (7 boats) J/29 — 1) Power Play, Gordon Smith; 2) Wave Dancer, Richard Leevey. (4 boats) OLSON 30 — 1) Run Wild, Dale Irving; 2) Hoot, Andy Macfie; 3) Family Hour, The Bilafers; 4) Speedy Gonzales, David Carrell. (10 boats) MOORE 24 — 1) Moorigami, John Siegel; 2) Gruntled, Simon Winer; 3) Wet Spot, O'Callaghan/ Verdola; 4) Kangaroo Court, Joan Byrne; 5) Czardas, Bentsen/Driscoll. (11 boats) J/24 — 1) Sockeye, Dave Holscher; 2) Pobody's Nerfect, Chris Moeller; 3) Air, Susie Gregory; 4) Cool Breeze, Doug Nugent; 5) Nixon Was Cool, N. Franczyk/J. Wiard; 6) J Without a Match, Curtis Press; 7) Downtown Uproar, Wayne Clough. (16 boats) NEWPORT 30 — 1 j Topgallant, Frank Hinman; 2) Ruckus, Paul Von Wiedenfield; 3) Harry, Dick Aronoff. (8 boats) SUNDAY JANUARY 9: DIV. I (0-90) — 1) Arch Angel, Antrim 27, Bryce Griffith; 2) Always Friday, Ellen Liebenberg; 3) Cas¬ cade, Antrim 27, Loraine McKinnon. (5 boats) DIV. II (93-147) — 1) Rascal, Wilderness 30, Pat Brown; 2) El Pellin, J/92, Michael Redman; 3) Fam¬ ily Hour, Olson 30, The Bilafers. (8 boats) DIV. Ill (150-168) — 1) Froglips, J/24, Richard Stockdale; 2f Mighty Mouse, Martin 242, Mike Grimm; 3) Blew, Moore 24, David Wike; 4) Chesa¬ peake, Merit 25, Jim Fair. (9 boats) DIV. IV (171-up) — 1) Latin Lass, Catalina 27,
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Race Notes Hold the phone! The Volvo 60 Nokia (ex-Swedish Match) demolished the Sydney-Hobart Race record last month, knocking an amazing 18 hours and 19 minutes off Morning Glory's 1996 record (bad month for Hasso Plattner!). The new record, which could stand virtually for¬ ever, is 1 day, 19 hours, and 48 minutes. Conditions for the 630-mile race were so good that 15 other boats — including two 40-footers — also broke the record. Brindabella, the Sydney-based maxi, was second over the line, and filed a protest (subsequently denied) against Nokia for too many crew. The mega-yacht Mari-Cha m, racing unofficially, finished one hour, 20 minutes ahead of Nokia, while the new Farr 49 Yendys was the overall IMS cor¬ rected time winner. Two dozen smaller boats (out of 80 starters) DNFed the rug¬ ged race, facing 40-knot headwinds and rough seas at the back of the fleet. Sale boats of the month; Torben Bentsen and new bride Judy Driscoll have picked up Moore 24 hull # 111 in Little Rock, AK, to replace Bentsen's aging (and
for sale) Hawkfarm, Roadhouse Blues. "The new boat did real well coming back, topping out at 87 mph," reports Torben. The newly christened Csardas ("the mu¬ sic of a fast Hungarian dance") is already winning races. . . David Janes, owner of the SoCal J/120 J-Bird, recently moved up to the Tripp IMS 50 Falcon. The boat is at Dennis Choate's Long Beach shop being remodeled, and Pete Heck has been hired to run the program. Falcon will de¬ but in the upcoming PV Race, and will no doubt participate in what promises to be a lively 50 scene at the Big Boat Series. . . . Next month, we ll tell you about a new Farr 40, two new J/105s and a used Tripp 40 that are coming to the Bay Area. More kudos: St. Francis YC recently named Southern California media mogul Roy E. Disney (Pyewacket) their 1999 Sailor of the Year. It's the first time we know of that a non-resident member has been so honored. Top sailorette of the year was Jessica Lord (Melges 24 Twist & Shout), and Chad Freitas was named Top Junior.. . Brad Van Liew, the only Ameri¬ can to finish the Around Alone 1998-99 race, recently received the Southern Cali¬ fornia Yachting Association's (SCYA) sportsmanship award. Van Liew, who took third place in the 50-foot class with Bal¬ ance Bar despite dismasting, is currently working on a 60-footer (check out www.oceanracing.org for more). .. . Santa Cruz YC honored the following sailors last month: Gary Evans (Antrim 27 Dos Bust¬ ers) was Sailor of the Year; Susie Barber
(Moore 24 Immoorality) was Female Sailor of the Year; and Fred Cox (Moore 24 Free Fall) was Most Improved. Downhill racers: San Diego YC's 996mile race to Puerto Vallarta is set to take off on February 15-19. About 30 boats are expected to compete (see last month for the entry list), including current record holder Pyewacket. Four NorCal boats, all Santa Cruz 52s (Allure, Ariel, Ingrid and Rosebud) are among the lucky fleet. Sailing on Allure with owner Chuck Jacobson will be Dave Morris, Tim Cordrey, Bruce Graham, Pat Bradley, Dave Sparkuhl, Norman Davant and one more TBD. Allure will cruise down to Manzanillo after the race, fulfilling a 12-day charity cruise that Jacobson donated to a char¬ ity auction. . . Roger Sturgeon will have many of his winning Big Boat Series crew with him on Rosebud: Rob Schuyler, George Wheeler, Gary Evans, Dave Hodges, Robin Jeffers, Paul Allen and one more TBD. Rosebud has already been cruising in Mexico this winter, and is being delivered to San Diego specifically for the PV Race. "We’re discussing doing MEXORC afterwards," said Sturgeon. Ingrid's crew is much the same as last year's winning Del Rey-PV line-up: owner Bill Turpin, Jay Crum, John Ribera, Jack Otis, Ian Klitza, Andre Lacour, Mario Golsch, and Dennis Bassano. Ingrid will be heading north after the race, with no race plans until the Pac Cup. Jim and Diana Freeland's Ariel — the only 52 without a boat captain — are taking their son Neal, their brother-in-law Michael Ganahl, Steve Crawford and Lucy 'The Iron Queen' Van Breen. On the lighter is-faster theory, Ariel is only sailing with six crew (the other three will all sail with eight)."We're looking forward to a little cruising time after the race," said Diana. Havana is happening: The buzz among the Right Coast distance racing crowd is all about the inaugural Havana-Baltimore Race, a 1,150-mile sprint north from Cuba scheduled for April 23. Hosted by the City of Baltimore and the Storm Trysail Club, the new event is billing it¬ self as the longest distance race on the East Coast. It's not an easy race course (think Gulf Stream, Cape Hatteras), so entries are limited to boats over 40 feet. According to race chairman Butch Ulmer, "about 25 boats" are expected, including
Pyewacket, Zephyrus IV, Chessie Racing [ex-Pyewacket), Trader, Rima (Farr 60), Volador (Frers 82) and Javelin (PJ 77). Many of these boats will use the trek north as a feeder to June's Newport-Bermuda Race, another Storm Trysail production. Americans (with the exception of jour¬ nalists, government employees and close February, 2000 • l• Page 185
THE RACING SHEET family members) cannot legally travel to Cuba due to the 40-year-old U.S. embargo against that country, and the political cli¬ mate is currently strained due to the on¬ going Elian Gonzalez saga. Accordingly, there's still a ton of red tape and licenses to work out concerning the logistics of the looming race. Preparing for any eventu¬ ality, the STC has two contingency courses in mind: Key West to Baltimore (worst case), and Key West-Havana-Baltimore (going around a buoy off Havana, but not stopping). Should be an interest¬ ing event to follow — check out www.stormtrysail.org for more. Pacific passion: The 12th biennial SSS Singlehanded TransPac will take off from San Francisco on June 25. So far, seven boats (out of sm expected 17-18) have paid up: Ken 'The General’ Roper (Harrier, Finn Flyer 31) will be back for an unprec¬ edented seventh time; along with other returning vets Terry McKelvey (Sensei, Cal 2-27), Barry Ruff (Rage, Wylie 39) and Dwight Odom (NaNa, Saga 43). A trio of 'rookies' are also eagerly awaiting the starting gun: 27-year-old GW Grigg (Velocious, SC 27), Anna Stockel (Sundowner, modified SC 50) and Bill Stettiner
(Tainted Love, a very yellow Olson 25). A
bunch of other sailors are apparently waiting in the wings, but solo sailors sel¬ dom sign up until the last second. Surf to www.sjbaysss.org for more about this race, including lots of archival stuff* Meanwhile, the West Marine Pacific Cup is still totally sold out. Despite eight recent drop-outs, the list still stands at 94 entries with 22 boats on the waiting list. It will be interesting to see if the Pac Cup YC and Kaneohe YC stand firm on their 70-boat race cap — will this be the first year that some boats are actually turned away from the Pacific Cup? If only the TransPac had such problems! Surf to www.paccup.org for the entry list and other news_The 'Northwest TransPac1, aka the 2,308-mile Vic-Maui Race, is shaping up well, too. They now have 44 boats on their 'provisioned list', way more than usual. To learn more about this race, which starts on June 26 and 28, check out www.vicmaui.org. Heads up: The upcoming Delta Ditch Run has been rescheduled to June 3 from June 10 in order to take advantage of the
4.7-knot flood on the earlier date. Hosts Richmond YC and Stockton SC will also implement the time-on-time scoring method for the first time, a long over¬ due switch that will only enhance this already great race. Look for the starting line to be about a mile nearer the RYC clubhouse this year, as the Brothers area was getting too crowded with 120+ boats milling around. The envelopes please: The 'short list' of Rolex nominees — which isn't very short this year — was just announced by US Sailing. In the running for '99 Yachtsman of the Year are Vince Bran i (Melges 24), Ed Collins (Mumm 30), Eric ■ Doyle (Star), Paul Foerster (470), Howie Hamlin/Mike Martin (505), Andy Horton (Lightning), Ron Sherry (DN Ice¬ boat), Randy Smyth (multihuller) and George Szabo (Snipe). In contention for Yachtswoman honors are Lanee Butler i (boardsailor), Amanda Clark (youth), Pat:i Connerney (Rolex Keelboat), Carol New¬ man Cronin (Snipe), Joan Hurban: (Adam’s Cup), Dawn Riley (Santa Maria: Cup) and Dru Slattery (Santa Maria: Cup). Winners will be announced on: March 15.
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We depart from our regular format this month to bring you a special report on Sunsail's New Club Colonna in Antigua, followed by a report on Lessons Learned from Hurricane Lenny', and miscellaneous Charter Notes.
Sunsail's High-Wind Hideaway Hundreds of European sailors have discovered a secret dhat few Americans know about — Sunsail's new Caribbean sailing resort on the north shore of Antigua.
A grown man sailing a Laser?. Oh yeah. With Antigua's strong breeze and warm water, din¬ ghy sailing is fast and fun.
Although the Club Colonna resort could certainly be called a hideaway from the rigors of the 'real world', its operators actually have no intention of keeping it a secret. In fact, in an effort to spread the word to American sailors, they invited us down recently to have a look at their sail¬ ing-oriented operation. Built in the early '90s by an Italian firm as a five-star resort, this waterside hotel and villa complex was designed with a Mediterranean flavor, as evidenced by the masonry walls, red tile roofs and the im¬ ported Italian pavers which cover the floors of eveiy room and hallway, as well as the decks surrounding the massive swimming pool — the largest on the is¬ land. When Sunsail execs leased the prop¬ erty in November of '98, their intent was to capitalize on Colonna's prime north shore location, where the easterly trade winds blow straight in from Africa yearround, unimpeded by any land mass. With a successful 12-year track record operating nine sailing 'Clubs' in Greece and Turkey, the British bareboat com¬ pany set out to shift the resort’s focus from being just another' luxurious hotel Page 188 •
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in an idyllic tropical setting, to a topnotch, sailing-oriented facility catering to active sailors — and would-be sailors — with all levels of experience, or lack thereof. As manager Roger Smith explained, "While the rooms are all very nice, we did away with frills like room service and bell hops so we could shift more staff to our beach facility." Indeed, with 14 young British in¬ structors trained by the Royal Yachting Association and 16 native Antiguan trainees, there is al¬ ways a staffer avail¬ able to set you up with a ’sailing toy' or give you some im¬ promptu instruc¬ tion. "With our current fleet of small boats and windsurfers," added Roger, "we like to say that we have enough boats avail¬ able to get every hotel guest out on the water at the same time." Since there are 120 rooms on the property, that's a big statement, but we don’t doubt it. In fact, in addition to Colonna's beach and docks being chock full of boats and gear, we saw dozens of brand-new hulls in their ser¬ vice yard that hadn't even been un¬ wrapped yet. By a stroke of good luck, we arrived the night of the weekly free rum punch party, which, naturally, put everyone in a jolly mood. Sidling up to the open-air bar, we couldn't help but hear snippets of many animated conversations in which the topic of sailing was the key compo¬ nent. Like the countless post-race par¬ ties we've attended back home in the Bay Area, each sailor was recounting the an¬ tics of the day, blow by blow. The differ¬ ence was, many of these folks seemed to be reveling in their blunders in equal pro¬ portion to their successes. They were, af¬ ter all, here simply to have a good time and to experiment with a broad range of sailing craft, rather than to take home any . ’•Mir-, '
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medals. "That was me who capsized the Laser right outside the breakwater," said the Scotsman Phil with a laugh. Typical of many of the folks we met at Colonna, he and his wife, Heather, had done a bit of sailing back home, but considered them¬ selves beginners and were eager to im¬ prove their skills while escaping the
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dreary winter weather of Edinburgh. Cooled by the steady rush of the trade winds, we circulated through the crowd and were soon struck by the realization that practically everyone seemed genu¬ inely upbeat and friendly — as though they were all old friends. Yet we knew that most of them had only just flown out from London two days earlier. (Sunsail offers low-priced charter flights from England, but unfortunately not from the U.S.) As we found out the next day. Club Colonna's formula makes it hard to be anything but upbeat and relaxed: You get up in the morning, have a big buffet breakfast, cruise down to the beach and go jailing on whatever boat you want — or not — have lunch, then more sailing, take a swim and have dinner. Afterwards, you might join a scheduled evening ac¬ tivity or simply soak in the beauty of the starry Caribbean night and enjoy some, quiet conversation with your new best friends. As one instructor put it, "Nothing is forced on anyone." Although they sched¬ ule instructional seminars and/or races practically eveiy day, the choice of how February, 2000 • U&XiM
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each day is spent is strictly up to the in¬ dividual. For instance, a few sun-starved Brits seemed to spend most of the day¬ light hours simply basking in the sun by the pool — where topless sunbathing, by the way, is a natural occurrence within the European majority. Most waterside Caribbean resorts have a token watersports program with per¬ haps a few well-worn Sunfish and wind¬ surfers. But Sunsail's management is apparently savvy enough to know that funky equipment can lead to dissatisfied customers —- we were truly impressed with their fleet of small boats and sailboards. They have small-rigged Topaz sloops for rank beginners (as well as Optimists for kids), some of whom graduate to La¬ sers before week's end, Pairs of more ex¬ perienced sailors can choose from three high-performance dinghy designs: either the Buzz, a fast daggerboard sloop; the Spice, which carries twin trapezes and an asymmetrical spinnaker; or the Sport 16. A bit larger and beamier, she also carries twin trapezes and an asymmetrical chute. The latter is Colonna's "teaching boat," as she is stable enough to carry up to four adults. All of these boats are made in En¬ gland by Topper, as is the Dart, a fast, fun catamaran much like a Hobie 16 or a Prindle. In addition to dinghies, they also stock an arsenal of windsurfing gear, as well as a half-dozen Sunfast 20 daysailers and eight outboard-powered runabouts which are often used for snorkeling trips. DeBy the end of the week, even beginners are of¬ ten eager to try "trapezing." Sport 16s, such as this one, are also used for teaching.
pending on availability, larger sloops are also brought up occasionally from Sunsail's bareboat base at Falmouth Har¬ bour. The week we visited, the trades blew 20+ knots every day, which prompted us to keep asking the locals, "Is this wind normal?" They assured us that it was. Although we San Francisco Bay sailors were accustomed to such healthy breezes, it was nevertheless hard to get used to the idea of bashing around in 20-knot winds and choppy seas wearing only swim trunks and a lifejacket. But that was the beauty of the Colonna experience. With two or three fast RIB chase boats on the water at all times, neophyte sailors who barely knew the clew from the Cun¬ ningham could blast around in pursuit of maximum adrenal thrills with the as¬ surance that if they capsized a half mile offshore, not only would the 75° water be delightfully refreshing, but there would be a safety boat en route to them before they
Clockwise from upper left: Novices compete at week's end aboard Topaz sloops; Floody gives a trapeze demo; close competition in the Dart fleet; safety boats are always nearby.
even came up for air. As you might imagine, most of the resort's clientele were active folks in their 30s and 40s — the prime child-rearing years. One of the obvious reasons that some had chosen a Club Colonna vaca¬ tion was the extensive Kids’ Club program offered. Kids from four to teenage are wel¬ come year round, and a whole section of rooms has been converted for a variety of age-appropriate activities. While adoles¬ cents naturally gravitate toward watersports, staffers keep little tykes occupied with arts and crafts, stories and naps, so mom and dad can experience some worryfree fun on the water. Baby-sitting ser¬ vices are also offered. Couples with kids were definitely in the minority during our visit, but Club Colonna is actively promoted as a "fam-
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ily-oriented resort," in contrast to some Caribbean properties which specifically prohibit kids except, perhaps, at certain times of year. The family-friendly attitude ties in with the resort's generally laid-back atmosphere, which seems to instill a natu¬ ral camaraderie among guests — as you sample new sailing challenges alongside like-minded vacationers, you can t help but make new acquaintances. And while communal dining is certainly not man¬ dated, couples and/or groups of individu¬ als invariably end up sharing tables and swapping tales at mealtimes. Packaged pricing, we should mention, is structured around a "Modified Ameri¬ can Plan" (MAP), which includes all break¬ fasts and either lunch or dinner each day. In addition to the main restaurant, where buffet meals and bar snacks are served, there is also a more intimate — and up¬ scale — restaurant on the property. One night we shared a table with a trio of young English lasses, Carol, Vanda and
Catherine, and Carol's brother, Richard. Although they were all newcomers to the sport, they seemed to be having a grand time. They had completed a three-day basic sailing course since their arrival and were now just experimenting on their own. "It's a great place to make mistakes," ob¬ served Carol, "because there’s so much supervision." They proudly showed us their collec¬ tion of bruises, each one accompanied by a hilarious anecdote about their slapstick sailing methods. Catherine had the best "war wound" which she'd earned when she was launched off the trapeze of a cata¬ maran earlier in the day. Nevertheless, she also had the biggest smile. Like a lot of Bay Area sailors, we’ve done a lot more big boat sailing than din¬ ghy sailing, so we were happy to accept some pointers from Colonna's able staff during their frequent clinics. "The most important thing about using a trapeze," said instructor Floody, "is cinching down the shoulder straps of your harness re¬ ally tight so that you don’t strain your back." As soon as his clinic was over, each of four Darts roared off the beach with crews eager to test their newly-learned techniques. Not all guests needed instruction, how¬ ever. Quite a few were excellent sailors who could hold down a Laser, for example, even when the wind piped up near 25 knots and the seas got extremely lumpy. From what we saw, Antigua's north shore would not be the best place to learn the 'basics of boardsailing, but for good recreational sailors it is heaven. We watched one young couple reach back and forth across Antigua's turquoise waters for hours before learning that their secondary agenda was to get the gal some practice in solo skipper¬ ing small boats. With dogged determination, she practiced Laser sailing, despite re¬ peated capsizes. Each time the safety boat approached after she'd dumped her rig, she'd simply flash a big smile, wave the driver off and right the hull herself. After a halfdozen crashes, though, she sim¬ ply remained in the water, and that time when the driver — a friendly Brit called Winky — approached, she looked decidedly glum. As he soon learned, when she flopped into the water that time, she'd lost the bottom of her string bikini in
Royal Yachting Association instructors share their knowledge with West Indian trainees, like Jenner, who show proper techniques to guests.
the process. Needless to say, the chival¬ rous driver offered assistance. Another funny episode that bears re¬ telling concerns a tall, lanky Dutchman named Klaus, who'd been playing with all the toys Colonna had to offer for nearly two weeks. All but one, that is. We were standing on the beach chat¬ ting with an affable instructor named Tim whp'd recently transferred to Antigua from one of Sunsail's Aegean Clubs. "I’d like to try an Optimist, please," said Klaus. 'You've got to be joking," said Tim with All of Club Colonna's boats were built for per¬ formance sailing, but the Dart catamarans top the list for adrenal thrills.
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a laugh, as Klaus stood at least 6'4". It turned out that his father had promised him one as a kid, but before he got around to buying one, Klaus had outgrown its tiny proportions. And over the years he had always harbored regrets about the fun he’d missed. So away he went, scrunched down like a giant in a baby's bassinet, his long legs hanging over the side. Tack¬ ing was a bit of a contortion act, but amaz¬ ingly, he managed it remarkably well. Although guests are tempted to sail and lounge around the resort’s> property throughout their stay, the rest of the is¬ land has much to offer also, as any Antigua Sailing Week veteran can attest. A wide variety of day excursions are of¬ fered at additional cost including Jeep tours, island circumnavigations on big daysail catamarans, introductory scuba courses, even helicopter flights over the smoldering volcano of nearby Monserrat. One of the most popular day trips is to have a look at historic Nelson’s Dockyard in English Harbor, which has long been one of the most important yachting cen¬ ters in the world. A sizeable contingent made this trek by bus. Then, as the sun began to sink toward the horizon, they drove up to the lofty promontory called Shirley Heights which has a spectacular panoramic view of English and Falmouth Harbours as well as the silhouettes of neighboring islands. We and our new friends celebrated the beauty of the mo¬ ment by dancing to the infectious cadence of a steel drum band — as is the Sundaynight tradition there. After a few days at Club Colonna our skin was a few shades darker, our minds were substantially more relaxed and we'd sampled just about every sailing craft on the property — as had many of the guests. Built as a five-star resort, the Club's Mediterra¬ nean styling fits in with its waterside location. Each room is close to both the beach and pool.
At the end of the week they were of¬ fered a chance to test their skills against one another during a series of casual buoy races. When the mini regatta was an¬ nounced, we thought many of the new¬ comers would be intimidated. But we were wrong. Accomplished sailors and novices alike flocked to the beach to 'choose their weapons' for the ensuing battle — despite the fact that many of the beginners didn't have a clue how to follow a starting se¬ quence. With the trades blowing 18-20 knots, Darts, Lasers, Sport 16s and little Topazes all zigzagged behind the starting line like a frenetic cluster of honey bees >that couldn't decide Q | which leader to follow. 8 To call it chaotic a would be generous, b but eventually each 5 class got out on the
this middle-aged sailor demonstrates by his proper technique, not all Club guests are begin¬ ners. Lasers are an ever-popular boat choice. As
course, despite frequent capsizes. The fleet of Dart catamarans, however, was the exception. Their crews had their tech¬ niques down pat, with each skipper steer¬ ing for max speed while his mate hiked out on his/her trapeze, with legs fully ex¬ tended off the windward hull. It was a thrill just to chase them in our photo boat. Meanwhile, way up to windward, a mishap was in the making. Before the races got underway, instructor Tim had been teaching man-overboard techniques on one of the larger day boats. Since the races hadn't begun yet, he decided to use a moored dinghy which had been set out as a windward mark for his MOB target. Each student completed the drill success¬ fully except the last, who, as luck would have it, snagged the dinghy's mooring line on the yacht's keel.
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>i » “ 5 l A short while later, poor Tim was still inside the dink frantically trying to free it when he looked up and saw a ferocious pack of catamarans screaming directly at him. 'Tack! Tack! You don't have to round the mark!" he cried in exasperation. Luck¬ ily they all realized his predicament and bore off. Later, they all had a good laugh about it at the bar. When it came time to fly home, we felt like idiots for not scheduling a longer stay. Most of the Europeans had the right idea: some were staying for two weeks, while others were flying to the BVI for a week of bareboating with a Sunsail flotilla. That 'surf and turf combination sounded like an ideal sailing getaway to us. Ah well. There’s always next time. , — latitude/aet For more info on Sunsail's Beach Clubs, call 800-327-2276 or visit their website at www.sunsail.com.
Lessons Learned from Lenny We had just taken off from the DallasFort Worth airport when we read in Lati¬ tude 38 that the Atlantic/Caribbean hur¬ ricane season isn't as well defined as that of the Eastern Pacific, and often lasts into late November. It was early November and we were on our way to Tortola for a cata¬ maran flotilla charter sponsored by Cruis¬ ing World magazine, but we didn't think much about the hurricane season at the time. From the time the boats left the dock the weather was unusual, mostly cloudy with scattered showers. We soon learned that there was no reliable way to get good weather information on our chartered Privilege 42; it had a French model VHF radio that had no weather channels. The best we could learn from local commer¬ cial radio was that the weather was un¬ settled. By the end of the third day, the weather was visibly deteriorating, and the folks on the lead boat (who were in con¬ tact with the home base via cell phone) told us that there were several tropical disturbances in the Caribbean. Our leaders decided to cancel the planned trip to Anegada and divert instead to the protection of Trellis Bay. The next day we learned that a tropical depression had formed in the Western Caribbean and was moving east, so our plans were again changed in an effort to find a secure anchorage for the night. By the sixth day of the charter the topical de¬ pression had become Hurricane Lenny, the first hurricane ever to track west-toeast across the Caribbean. All charter boats were ordered back to home base —
in our case a day and a half early. Our boats returned to Nanny Cay, on Tortola's southern shore, which is a great hurri¬ cane hole. Hurricane Lenny continued to track east and intensify as efforts to secure the boats shifted into high gear. All of the
preparations one would expect were be¬ ing made: sails were removed, canvas and all loose deck gear were stored, anchors were set, and extra lines were run every¬ where. Because we expect to have our own boat in 'hurricane country' soon when we go cruising, we paid close attention. We saw things done to prepare the boats that we had never heard of before. These in¬ cluded removing the drain plug from hard bottom inflatables and leaving them in the water and lowering the aft end of booms down and securing them to the cabin tops. The most interesting thing we saw was that each boat was put into its slip stemfirst. Its bow anchor was then led forward and interlocked with the anchor from the boat facing it across the isle. The airport closed, so we got to ride out Lenny in a second floor hotel room with a balcony that overlooked the har¬ bor. It was an ideal location from which to watch the preparations, and later, the motion of the boats during the storm. Lenny continued to gain strength, and by the time he passed within about fifty miles of Tortola, he was a Category 4 storm. As the storm stalled and moved slowly by, people kept checking the boats around the clock. The hulls swayed and surged, but stayed put. It was amazing to see how the interlocked anchors caused the boats to work together to keep each other off the dock. After the storm had passed, we saw many docklines that were nearly chafed through, and had been re¬ placed sometime during the storm. Be¬ fore the storm, we saw a large monohull using a dacron line from a primary winch
If you look closely, you can observe the timetested technique of interlocking anchors to hold boats steady in opposing slips.
to a hefty cleat on the concrete quay, and I pointed out to my wife that this was a bad idea. After the storm had passed, we saw that the cleat had been yanked out February, 2000 • O&UUiVi • Page 193
WORLD of the concrete. Nanny Cay has a large boatyard, with many boats on the hard. From what we saw during this storm, we would rather have our own boat on the hard during a Hurricane than in the water. The possible exception to this might be if it were in a location where the boatyard was not on high ground (or the ground was soft) and a high storm surge was expected. We were lucky! Lenny was a danger¬ ous late-season hurricane that came from an unconventional direction and caused serious damage and loss of life elsewhere in the Caribbean. Where a hurricane is concerned, the difference between a di¬ rect hit and fifty miles is huge, so Tortola was spared serious damage Even so, Lenny disrupted and cut short our char¬ ter, and caused a lot of anxiety. We learned a few things about how to deal with hurricanes, and next time we'll pay more attention to when the Atlantic and Eastern Caribbean hurricane sea¬ sons really end. In closing, we should mention also that we have received vouchers from Cruising World for $200 each for our next Cruising
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and racing both yachts and sailboards en route. Naturally, passage-makers are wel¬ come to sign up for both events. Having spent lots of time sailing the Caribbean ourselves, we think the con¬ cept of the HIHO Caribbean Passage is a winner and will undoubtedly expand into a bigger event next year. As the Wanderer himself put it, "I couldn't have thought up a better itinerary myself — it's bril¬ liant."
If you're interested in making the in¬ augural run this year, however, don't hesi¬ tate to make your booking, as spaces are limited (40 individuals max). For more info call Ocean Promotions at (284) 494-0337; email: info@hihobvi.com-, or check the website at www. hiho-bvi. com/hihopassage/. We plan to go along for the ride ourselves, as it sounds like just too much fun to miss. — latitude/aet
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CHANGES
With reports this month from Annapurna on the wonders of Vanuatu; from Moonshadow on loving life in New Zealand; from Wildflower on a potentially dangerous landfall on Dobo Island; from Moonduster on the New Year on the Gold Coast of Mexico; from Miki G. on the cruising life in Panama; from Adia on New Year's in La Paz; and Cruise Notes.
Annapurna — Hans Christian 48 Buddy & Ruth Ellison Vanuatu Circumcision Ceremony (Sausalito)
After spending three months in Fiji last summer, we sailed 513 miles to the very friendly and cosmopolitan city of Port Vila, Vanuatu. After doing all the city stuff — boat chores, laundry, visiting the Internet cafe, seeing some movies, and provision¬ ing for the outer islands — we rented a car with the crew of Blue J and toured the island of Efate. Once you leave Port Vila, you leave all the modern conve¬ niences behind. Our most interesting time was at the outer island of Malekula, where we heard there was going to be a big grading' cer¬ emony called a nimangki It's all part of the village's social order. To raise a 'grade', a man must hqld a feast with pigs, which not only increases his status in the here and now but also in the afterlife. In some cases, men have to rise as many as 35 grades to become a 'big man' or chief. We were fortunate to be there when they were having a special week-long cel¬ ebration to revive the ancient customs of Malekula. Those in attendance included an anthropologist and film crew that had spent two years coordinating the event, and yachties from about 20 boats. Many of the dances had never been witnessed These little boys from Malekula Island are smil¬ ing now, but chances are they won't be after their — ouch! — circumcision ceremony.
by any of the villagers other than the el¬ ders — let alone 'red people', which is what the ni-Vanuatans call us white people. After hiking up a hill to a sacred ground, we watched dances depicting food offerings, pig killings, celebrations of cir¬ cumcision, and aspirations to the next grade. A boy is circumcised sometime between 10 and 12 years of ^ge in a cer¬ emony that's sort of like a Bar Mitzvah with a knife. The boys are taken into se¬ clusion in the bush for several weeks, where the procedure takes place. Once it's over, the former boy is considered to have the duties and responsibilities of a man — which means, among other things, that he can no longer be chastised by his mother. He also moves into the father's house to learn adult responsibilities. There are many tabus in Vanuatu that involve women. For example, during a few of the ceremonies the men were allowed into an inner circle — while the women had to stand behind a fence or an imagi¬ nary line. This was true for both female villagers and visitors — and you can imag¬ ine how well that went over with us yachtie women! The finale was the clearing of reeds and bamboo to uncover a nakamal, which is a building set aside for men only. The one we saw had been built for elders and cir¬ cumcised boys, and it contained ances¬ tral skulls and other sacred objects — including the spirits of the dead. On the fence near the entrance was a painted skull of one of the ancestors. The men could go up to the fence and take pictures of it, but the women weren't allowed to get close. The adult men and circumcised boys wear a namba, which is a penis sheath made of a leaf wrapped around their pe¬ nis. It's secured in place by having it tucked into a belt. All the men in the cer¬ emonies wore them — and not much more. Some of them had delusions of grandeur, as evidenced by the heavily wrapped nambas. We later spent a few nights on a moor¬ ing at Aore Resort off Luganville on the island of Espirtu Santo. From May to July of '42, back when Vanuatu was known as the New Hebrides, the U.S. secured the island and had as many as 100 ships
moored off the city. At the conclusion of the war, endless heaps of new equipment was offered to the New Hebrides govern¬ ment for pennies on the dollar. They de¬ clined the offer, figuring that the U.S. gov¬ ernment would leave the stuff anyway, not wanting to ship it all the way home. Well, they figured wrong, as some U.S. general, in his infinite wisdom, must have said to himself, "We'll get the last laugh on you." So he had countless millions of dollars worth of brand new equipment dumped into the water at what became known as 'Million Dollar Point'. The ni-Vanuatans are having the last laugh, however, as they are raking in big dough as a result of it having become one of the most popular dive sites in the world. Here you can dive on trucks, planes, trac¬ tors — everything that was part of the war. The other attraction is the S.S. President Coolidge, a '30s era luxury cruise ship that became a troopship. On the way into Luganville with 5,000 marines destined for Guadacanal, she hit two U.S. mines and sank. Fortunately, only two lives were lost. The 650-foot wreck remains intact
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Moonshadow — Deerfoot 62 George Backhus Kiwi Millennium (Sausalito) Happy Holidays from down under! At the moment, we're anchored in Karaka Bay, Port Abercrombie, off the ruggedly beautiful Great Barrier Island — which is about 55 nautical miles from Auckland. Adam and Eric, my visiting Yank crew, are off diving for crayfish (lobster), so I have a bit of time to catch up on my writ¬ ing. Frankly, I’ve been 'caught in the drift'
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— as we say down here — since return¬ ing to New Zealand in November after our little 4,000 mile circumnavigation of the South Pacific last summer. The main things that have occupied me are catch¬ ing up on boat work, doing a bit of yacht 'racing, watching the Louis Vuitton Cup, getting back into the gym — and then there are all the things you do when you return to a big city after nearly five months of cruising in the boonies. The Coastal Classic, New Zealand's biggest offshore race, started a week af¬ ter we got back, so we had to do that. With a mostly Kiwi moo-crew', Moonshadow completed the 120-mile race from Auckland to Russell — which is in the gor¬ geous Bay of Islands. After a beautiful beam reach under spinnaker to Cape Brett, we got becalmed in the wee hours of the morning. Soon we resorted to a few Irish coffees, professionally made by David and Mary O'Connor — Irish, of course — before breaking out the disco ball for some on deck dancing to keep our spirits and body temperatures up. We eventually covered the course in about 20 hours, good enough for 5th in our class of 12. We placed substantially higher in
the 'fun' department, however. Approxi¬ mately 200 boats participated in the race, and the party at the Duke of Marlborough pub in Russell the next evening was in typical Kiwi style — out of control! Fol¬ lowing the Coastal Classic, we cruised the lovely Bay of Islands for a week and en¬ joyed lots of hiking and sightseeing with cruising friends from Sunstone, Total De¬ votion and Touche M'dears. Since approximately one in three households in New Zealand has some sort of boat, sailing is the national sport. As a result, cruising to one of the many close but unspoiled islands in the Hauraki Gulf, the Bay of Islands or the Coramandel Pen¬ insula is simply what Aucklanders do for the holiday season. Remember that it's summer here, the weather is warm, the fishing is awesome, and the islands offer all sorts of recreational opportunities. I can’t think of a better way to spend a week or two in this part of the world than cruis¬ ing. And it's not as though we were alone. At least two dozen friends came out on boats as well, so it seems that nearly ev¬ ery night a party breaks out. Yesterday, friends Adam, Cate, Eric and I started out on what was to be a twohour round-trip hike to one of the Kauri dams. These dams were built to tempo¬ rarily hold back water that was later re¬ leased to wash felled Kauri trees down to the ocean for transport elsewhere. We made it through the thick native bush (rain forest) to the first Kauri dam — and then became a bit more ambitious. Since it was a lovely, temperate, partly cloudy , day, we decided to go for glory and climb all the way to the top of Mount Hobson, the highest point on the island. Ninety minutes — and thousands of stair steps later — we had reached the 2000+ foot summit, from which we were rewarded with a view of nearly 100 miles in every George Backhus, with a friend, is as high on New Zealand as he is on Mt. Hobson. As such, he's applied for citizenship.
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direction! From the white sand beaches on the east side of Great Barrier Island, to the beautiful bays to the west, to the Coromandel Peninsula, Auckland, Kaiarara Bay where Moonshadow lay at anchor, and Little Barrier Island, it was a real treat for the eyes. Five hours from our start, we were back on the boat and having beers to celebrate our physical accomplishment. Later I jumped off the stern of the boat, and in about 15 min¬ utes had scooped up about 30 nice 'scallies' (scallops), which will be our evening meal tonight. Did I mention that I love this place? In fact. I've started my application for citizenship! Part of the reason we're in back in New Zealand is to avoid the South Pacific- cy¬ clone season. But it just so happens that there are also two little sailing gigs going on in Auckland: the Louis Vuitton Cup to select a challenger for the America's Cup, and soon the America's Cup itself. Ever since I started sailing, one of my dreams was to check out an America's Cup. So when this one crossed my intended course, I locked in on it to get up close and personal with the ultimate of sailing events. These 'little regattas' are the biggest sporting events to ever be held in New Zealand. Being the sporting and sailing minded city that it is, Auckland has risen to the occasion like no other city in the 150-year history of the Auld Mug. The city took what had been a fishing boat basin similar to San Francisco’s Fisherman’s Wharf and turned it into the New Zealand America’s Cup Village. So what was once a rundown and unsightly part of town has been transformed into a purpose-built venue for the event. Naturally, the 'village' has become a hub of activity. In addition to the com¬ pounds of the 12 syndicates, there are at least 20 new restaurants and night spots, as well as shops, condominiums, a yacht club, media center, concert stage, and berthing for the largest fleet of superyachts in the hemisphere. On any given day of the week, thousands of tour¬ ists and locals alike come down to the 'vil¬ lage' to check out the action. There is nonstop entertainment for all, with moni¬ tors showing all the racing action, live music, opportunities to gawk at the megayachts, street performers, and face painters for kids. And all of this is just a few blocks from the central business dis¬ trict of Auckland — and the marina where Moonshadow is berthed for the season. Anyone who thinks that the America’s Cup is just a yacht race is missing the boat. Yes, there is the racing part, but the Page 202 • UtZUdt 3? • February 2000
A-Cup is big business, too. It's estimated that the direct impact of each of the 11 foreign syndicates on the New Zealand economy will be $25 to $50 million U.S. — not to mention the impact of tens of thousands of visiting spectators. In addi¬ tion to the money, there is also the poli¬ tics, personalities, power and glamour of the event — and the city buzzes with all the stories. If you take enough time to hang around the megayachts, you'll see that many of the world's movers and shak¬ ers have also been making appearances. Auckland is always a festive city, but Christmas time turns the fun meter up a few additional notches. For the Kiwis, Christmas isn't anywhere near as com¬ mercial as it is in the States, so people seem to get much less stressed out. Trees, lights, decorations and presents aren't such a big thing, while get-togethers with family, friends and co-workers are. We caught the annual 'Christmas in the Park' show at the Auckland Domain, which is a free live concert of all sorts of Christ¬ mas music. Everyone brought a blanket and some bevvies', and enjoyed an evening of music and socializing under the stars. At the end of the evening there
Spread; The gorgeous view from atop Mt. Hobson. Top left; The only Y2K 'bugs' aboard ‘Moonshadow’. Top right; 'Village' people. was a spectacular laser light show and fireworks display — much like we Yanks might put on for the Fourth of July. I spent Christmas Eve and day attend¬ ing a nearly endless string of parties, breakfasts, lunches and dinners, catch¬ ing up with both cruising friends and Kiwi friends. The weather was a bit cool, how¬ ever, so we missed out on any sort of beach party. Bugger! Boxing Day, the day after Christmas, features Auckland's biggest social event of the year, the Auckland Cup horse race. The racetrack at Ellerslie is transformed into one huge fashion show/party. The spectacle is occasionally interrupted while a bunch of little guys with brightly-col¬ ored outfits ride horses around a track, but it didn't bother anyone much, as we spent a lovely summer afternoon sipping fine Kiwi wines, eating beautifully pre¬ pared foods, and rubbing shoulders with lots of friends and other beautiful people. We had no plans for New Year's Eve — and stuck to them. As it turned out, it rained a lot — but we still had a great time. Did I mention that I love this place? — george and maitai the cat 1/15/00
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Wildflower — Peterson 44 The Merills Danger in Dobo, Indonesia (Makawao, Hawaii) Cruising Indonesia presented many challenges during the last diy season. For the Wildflower crew — Andy, Chelsea, Kevin and Lashana Merill — it was mostly smooth sailing. The exception was the Aru Islands, where we unknowingly anchored amidst a smoldering religious war. We were attracted to the Arus by the island’s rich wildlife, which includes dugongs, parrots, deer, turtles, crocodiles, and scores of rare birds and insects. Of particular interest to us was the resplen¬ dent bird of paradise — the bird, not the plant. Our timing was perfect for witness¬ ing the provocative mating ritual of this splendid creature. The bird of paradise is a small to medium sized forest bird and is rivalled only by a few pheasants and hummingbirds in color and in the bizarre shape of the males' plummage. Courting males perform for hours on a chosen perch or in a cleared space on the forest floor to attract a mate. Nearly as important to our stopping was our beer supply — or lack of it. Our last bottle of Australian bitter had been swilled in the muggy swamps of Irian Jaya
many miles before. The Arus are a family of 21 closely grouped islands south of Irian Jaya — or 250 miles from our last port of Agats, In¬ donesia. The Lonely Planet’s Indonesia Guide unfavorably describes the Arus as nothing more than a collection of swampy islands which are hard to get to and diffi¬ cult to explore. A more engaging source of information came from the Ring of Fire documentary written and filmed by Lome and Lawrence Blair — a production origi¬ nally financed by drummer Ringo Starr. These flamboyant young English brothers retraced the journey of British zoologist Alfred Russel Wallace, who had spent seven years collecting the various species of the Malay Archipelago in the mid-19th century. By 1857, Russel reached the Arus, where the flourishing ecosystem profoundly affected him. It was at Dobo that Wallace penned the Theory of Natural Selection — which posits that any characteristic of an individual that allows it to survive to produce more off¬ spring will eventually appear in every in¬ dividual of the species — in a letter to his mentor, Charles Darwin, the great natu¬ ralist. Darwin was taken by surprise, as he had arrived at the same conclusion only months earlier. In any event, inspired by Wallace’s work, the Blair brothers jour¬ neyed to the Arus in a Bugis pirate ship to film the Bird of Paradise. The coast of the Arus is a never-end¬ ing series of white sandy beaches high¬ lighted with backdrops of thick green brush and palm tree forests. The familiar smell of mangrove sweetens the air. It was a hot and balmy day as we motored south along the western shore, and the clear, clean water beckoned us to take a swim. Dobo is the main port in the Arus. Dropping our hook among the fishing fleet, we could hear the Muslim call to prayer echoing across the water. These sounds made us feel far from home as we lowered our tender, Honey Bee. into the water. We noticed something was happen¬ ing in the village, as a mob of people sprinted through the waterfront town. We never found out why, but we started to get suspicious. Wayan, our agent in Bali, had warned us to stay away from East Timor, Aceh, and Ambon, but had assured us that the other islands of Indonesia were free of the battles between Christians and Muslims. Prior to our arrival in Dobo, we had naively given little thought to our personal safety in the area. When we arrived at the wharf, we were
hailed by the enthusiastic young voice of Teddy, a fisherman eager to practice En¬ glish. Securing Honey Bee to Teddy’s fish¬ ing bark, we climbed aboard. The bark was crowded with bewildered faces curi¬ ously observing the four Western yachties in our brightly-colored rain gear. As Teddy showed us the way to the Harbormaster’s office, he excitedly informed us in his best broken English that Dobo might be a dan¬ gerous place for us because of the recent fighting between Muslim and Christian groups. After checking in with the Harbormaster, we decided to take a walk around town. If we were lucky, we could secure a few fresh vegetables. If we were unlucky, who knew what might happen? Teddy stayed with us the entire time and repeatedly warned us that we were not safe in Dobo. He might have been right. Prior to our arrival, we had been moni¬ toring Radio Australia’s reports from Ambon. The statistics were staggering, with over 400 deaths attributed to simi¬ lar clashes between Muslims and Chris¬ tians. We'd never heard about any prob¬ lems in the Arus, however. Throughout Dobo there were obvious indications of recent violence. There was scattered rubble, burnt buildings, and soldiers with automatic weapons patrol¬ ling the streets. Furthermore, the town lacked the normal hustle and bustle of a small waterfront community. Soon we became the only show in town. The mar¬ ket was pitiful and bare. Feeling sorry for the Aruese, we did not want to hoard any produce that might have been better left for their families, so we purchased just enough to be courteous: a sickly looking eggplant, chives, limes, and a few liters Chelsea Merill admires a parrot during a brief visit at Dobo Island. Everyone on the troubled island was hoping to sell something.
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of bottled water. One man offered to sell us his parrot, but we had to decline. None of them spoke English, but they were po¬ lite — and very curious — as they pushed in around us. When the time seemed right, we migrated back to the harbor to check out. Teddy agreed it was the smart¬ est thing to do. Anticipating our return, the Harbor¬ master had enlisted the linguistic services of Franky. Born in the south, Franky had been educated at the Ambon Language Academy. He was an odd-looking fellow with a bushy beard wrapping under his jaw, exposing a hairless chin and lip. The effect seemed to abnormally extend his jowls, giving his mouth the appearance of a halved coconut. Between dragstof his constantly burning clove cigarettes, Franky had a sinister laugh. He creeped us out. Franky spoke English competently, but it was soon clear that he had a hidden agenda — to secure the Harbormaster’s 'tea money’. Tea money is an illegal prac¬ tice of bribery in which small gifts or cur¬ rency are given. These bribes are paid to officials for services rendered, and are the most convenient way for cruisers to get what they want in Indonesia. We main¬ tained a small supply of goods for this purpose. After thanking our helpful friend Teddy, we sped out to the Wikiflower with Franky and the Harbormaster. Once aboard our boat, the Christian-born Franky gave us his version of the fighting in Dobo. He explained that the violence had begun in Dobo last January during the Ramadan celebration when a group of Muslim youths, inspired by drink and name-calling, attacked a group of ChrisNot too many Westerners visit the Aru Islands, so even the few people with jobs stopped to gape at the Merills.
tians. Violence ensued, as the combat¬ ants were armed with bows and arrows, knives and fire. Franky claimed he per¬ sonally knew of more than 14 deaths caused by the aggression. Based on the strain in his voice, the violence was obviously a sensitive sub¬ ject for Franky, so we were careful not to antagonize him. Many homes, churches, and mosques had been destroyed already, and Franky, like others, were desperate for work. Wanting to be our tour guide, he claimed the fighting had ended on the 17th of February when a Catholic priest, wearing traditional dress, wrapped a knife in the skin of the coconut and buried it in the sand. To the Aruesejthis was a sacred symbol of peace, and the same blade would kill anyone who violated the proclamation of peace. Unfortunately, we didn’t believe Franky's claim that peace had come to Dobo. To be fair to the Aruese, we never witnessed any fighting during our short stay, but the mob running through the street remained a mystery. Our reason for leaving was based on speculation that violence might have erupted at any time. So, after exchanging crew shirts and chocolates in return for our clearance papers, we were ready to push on shortly after we'd arrived. Using the ebb tide as an excuse for our departure, 1 hurried the two officials to shore. When I returned, we had an intruder climbing aboard the Wildflower. He had paddled out on a small dugout, obviously having waited for the authorities to de¬ part. Clean and nimble, the stranger had a quick, friendly smile. Much later, we were to identify him in many of our Dobo photos, as he had obviously been follow¬ ing us though the town. Standing fast on the stern, this little man kept chanting "Amereeka! Amereeka!" It was a reminder of just how fortunate our lives have been. Life is difficult for most Indonesians much of the time, but when we were there it was even worse in Dobo. We nicknamed the fellow 'America' as he helped us load the dinghy and ready the decks for sea. For his services we gave him a tour of the boat and a small flashlight. He was hon¬ ored to the point of tears as he climbed back into his canoe. As we heaved the anchor and sailed away, America could be heard from the fading distance chanting his new song. "Amereeka! Amereeka! Amereeka!" By the way, I've been a professional mariner in the merchant marine for the last 11 years. Four years ago, my wife and
I left San Francisco on the start of a slow circumnavigation. When not cruising or working, we live on Maui. — andy, chelsea, kevin & lashana merill Readers — As of mid-January, more parts of Indonesia were erupting in vio¬ lence. Lombok, a popular tourist destina¬ tion near Bali, was the scene of much vio¬ lence, and the embassies of many West¬ ern nations were urging their citizens to stay away.
Moonduster — S&S 47 Wayne Meretsky New Millennium In Mexico (Alameda) After doing the Ha-Ha, I returned home for three weeks of work — which meant I'd earned another well-deserved three weeks on my boat in Mexico. Upon my return, I had a killer time at Chamela, Barra de Navidad, Tenacatita and Careyes — Mexico's Gold Coast. Christmas in Barra was a natural, and New Years in Careyes with the jet set was a source of stories that might last a lifetime. I did experience some weird weather.
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made an effort to tell them I was tempo¬ rarily taking things back to the States to get repaired. In addition, I faxed and emailed 'Paperman' in PV, who arranged my check-in/check-out and set up my Im¬ port Permit. Paperman met me at the air¬ port and everything went very smoothly. To me, the moral of the story is this: Pre¬ pare properly; meet the officials before you try to bring stuff in; have good local sup¬ port; and show Customs that you're tak¬ ing stuff out before you bring stuff back in. In other words, just follow the rules. Some of my new acquisitions were new masthead tri-color light bulbs from a com¬ pany called Deep Creek Designs. These things are ultra low-power LED-based bulbs on standard bayonet mounts that replace the regular incandescent bulbs in Perko and Aqua-Signal masthead fixtures. The good news is that the anchor light draws only 50 milliamps and the tricolor only about 150 milliamps. The bulbs are warranted for five years. The not-so-good news is that the bulbs are pricey — $125 for the anchor light alone! However, I think the power savings is worth the money at least based on my boat’s overall power consumption. For example, I saved about
75 amp-hours just on the anchor light. And for sailing at night, the 150 milliamps drawn by the Deep Creek bulb uses less juice for the night than an old bulb used in an hour. Check out their web site at www. deepcreekdesign. com. My trip south from Puerto Vallarta was a terrific broad reach with the pole about three feet off the headstay. There was loud music, cold drinks, sunshine and warm water. Life is hell! I stayed at the marina at Barra de Navidad. At $l/foot, it was expensive — but it was also clean and well-managed. I enjoyed the first-class resort that the ma¬ rina is a part of, as well as the scene in the typical beach town just across the channel. While there, I hooked up with Some friends from the Ha-Ha and others from my trip south three years ago. My only problem was leaving the marina on Christmas Day. I’d checked out with the Port Captain the day before, but waited to settle up with the marina. The man¬ ager was supposed to show up at 9 a.m., but I was told he’d be there at 10 a.m. When that rolled around, I was told he’d be there at 11 a.m. Finally getting the pic¬ ture, I laughed, dropped my dock keys on the desk, and left. They already had credit card vouchers, so 1 figured the right thing would happen. Besides, friends on the dock said they'd follow up the next day. Tenacatita was the same wonderful an¬ chorage that I remembered from two years back. Blair Grinoles of Vallejo had Capri¬ corn Cat anchored right off the river en¬ trance, and invited everyone from the 14 boats in the anchorage to come over for a > nice Christmas Day potluck dinner. It ended up being a gathering of about 30 fine people, and everyone had a terrific time. Thanks to Blair's 46-foot catamaWayne 'standing watch' from the comfortable overstuffed pillows of the Bel Aire Hotel at Careyes. La dolce vita, baby! mm.
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ran, it wasn't even crowded. I motored up to Careyes in glassy con¬ ditions on the morning of the 27th, an¬ chored bow and stem, and settled in for six days and seven nights. Thanks to a bad ear infection, I discovered that there's a wonderful new medical clinic in the vil¬ lage at Careyes. The on-site surgeon is fluent in English and was very helpful. He confirmed that the dmgs I had were as good as anything he could prescribe, and said that I should came back and see him in a few days if I didn't feel better. Fortunately, my ear recovered nicely, so I spent the rest of the time enjoying Playa Rosa, some great live music, the company of an American couple who have made Careyes their home, and a whole bunch of sunshine. ,, > The trip back up the coast to Puerto Vallarta took about 24 hours, as I •motorsailed the entire way in 12 knots of wind about two miles off the beach. Cabo Corrientes, the Point Conception of main¬ land Mexico, was a bit choppy and there was some confused swell, but it wasn't bad and only lasted about two hours. 1 had a great time in Mexico and can’t wait to get back. — wayne 1/15/00
Miki G — Gemini 34 cat Michael Beattie & Layne Goldman Panama (Santa Cruz) [Continued from last month.] There are two ports of entiy in North¬ ern Panama. One is Puerto Armuelles, an open roadstead that is simply too exposed for anti-roll advocates such as ourselves — and remember, we have a catamaran! There's also Puerto Pedregal, which is actually a suburb of David, Panama's sec¬ ond largest city. Although just six miles inland, you can't get to Pedregal by boat without making a 30-mile journey up a winding river. The Zydler's Cruising Guide To Panama gives accurate directions for travelling upriver, but many monohull sailors prefer to hire the caretaker at the defunct Isla Parida Resort to be their guide. He charges about $80 for the sixhour trip via Boca Brava — which trans¬ lates as 'Fierce Pass’. Although our boat only draws 18 inches, we opted to visit Pedregal via the safer Boca Chica, 'Little Pass'. Our trip took nine hours. There is no requirement to check into Panama before reaching Panama City, but the advantage of visiting Pedregal is that you get to visit a part of Panama that isn't overwhelmed by the presence of the Ca¬ nal. Stopping at Pedregal also means you can take a two-hour bus ride to Cerro Page 206 •
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Spread; One of the lovely Perlas Islands. Inset left; A three-inch 'cucaracha' from Mexico's Gold Coast. Inset right; Michael and Layne. spirit of the law. On the advice of the Cus¬ toms officer himself, we simply walked our dogs around the marina in the evenings and mornings — when Customs and Ag¬ riculture offices are traditionally closed. Nobody else made mention of our pets during our stay in Panama. By the way, pet owners shouldn't have any major concerns about cruising from California to Panama. Our experience has been that pets were free to land just about everywhere. As for pet food, the big sur¬ prise was that it’s sold everywhere. We loved the islands along Panama's Pacific coast —just as everybody assured us we would. While there, we enjoyed our best snorkeling since the Sea of Cortez. Unfortunately, our pending Canal tran¬ sit was always in the back of our minds. Upon arrival at the Mile Buoy of the Ca¬ nal, cruisers need to call Flamenco Sta¬ tion on VHF Channel 12 and advise them of their presence. For some reason, no cruising guide mentions this procedure. In theory, you can also ask Flamenco to call the Admeasurer's Office to arrange for admeasurement. In reality, this didn’t work for any of the cruisers who tried it
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is no pay phone ashore. Since there is no bus stop near the club, the taxis have a monopoly on rides to Balboa and Panama City — and charge accordingly. On the positive side, the dog walks around the demolished Fort Amador are excellent. A superior alternative to hanging at the Balboa YC is the Pedro Miguel Boat Club — which is located two locks into the Panama Canal on Miraflores Lake. The Pedro Miguel has just about everything that a cruiser could possibly want: a great workshop to carry out boat and gear re¬ pairs, a fully-equipped kitchen with fridge and freezer space for everyone, inexpen¬ sive washing machines and dryers, a great porch from which to watch the ships of the world pass by, plus a free Internet site. All this in a terrific setting, and it only costs $1 to join the club. Berthing space — with free electricity — is only 23 cents/ foot! No wonder we stayed for several
this year. So, you'll probably have to call the Admeasurement Office at 272-4571. Many cruisers preparing — or having just completed — a Canal transit, anchor at the Flamenco anchorage, which is on the eastern side of the causeway. It's a bit roily, but once ashore there is a res¬ taurant, a pay phone, and a bus stop. The admeasurers hate to come all the way out to Flamenco, but they will if you ask them. The other option is the Balboa YC, which is very expensive. Even though the clubhouse burned down not long ago, you still have to pay a $25 joining fee' to be able to buy fuel at their dock, and they charge an additional 50 cents/foot for their very roily moorings. It gets worse. If you use the Balboa YC's moorings, you’re not permitted to use your own dinghy to go to and from shore. Unfortunately, the water taxis will only give prompt service if you tip them. Our policy was to give the driver a balboa — which is equal to one U.S. dollar — every time we got a ride. As a result, we got excellent service. Cruis¬ ers who didn’t tip were mostly ignored. If you need a four-wheel type taxi to pick you up at the Balboa YC, you'll have to call Muelle de Balboa on Channel 16. You can't call them by land line from the club because there is no club and there
weeks. The future of the Pedro Miguel Boat Club has long been in doubt, but it’s ex¬ pected to remain open for at least one more year. For the latest information, phone the club at 232-4509 or fax them at 272-8105. You can also email them at <pmbcadmn@phoenix.panama.net>. There's a little hitch if you want to stay at the Pedro Miguel for more than two weeks: the Admeasurer will insist on pay¬ ing your boat a second visit before allow¬ ing you to complete your Canal transit — another little detail that the cruising guides neglect to mention. The second in¬ spection is to make sure you have all the required lines and fenders, and that your boat is still seaworthy. Set aside a day for 'this ’inspection’. There are a few points about checking into Panama that cruisers need to know. If you enter Panama in Pedregal, make sure you get a national zarpe from there to Balboa. The Permiso de Navigar you
get from the Ministerio de Hacienda is not a zarpe but rather a Custom's document that indicates that you've paid to bring your boat into the country. We didn't re¬ alize the distinction, and thus had to make several calls from the Port Captain's office in Balboa to make amends for our mistake. Speaking Spanish and staying calm really helped out. If your stay in Panama is under 30 days, leaving the country is less compli¬ cated. If you get a 60-day extension, how¬ ever, you need to get a $1 Paz y Salvo from the Ministerio de Hacienda — taxis know where it's at. Then you get a Permiso de Salida, or exit permit, from the Immi¬ gration office in Diablo. Once again, taxis know the way. But remember, this is not an exit stamp. Next you go to the Panama Ports Building in Balboa — taxis know — to see the Port Captain. Take four $ 1 tim¬ bres Jiscales — which you bought across the street at Banco Nacional de Panama — and tell the Port Captain that you are transiting the next day — because thendocuments are only valid for two days. Then you go to the Immigration officer in the hut at the Balboa YC — use a taxi — and get stamped out of the country. He will likely ask you for a bribe — the only openly corrupt official we met — so give him $1, which is apparently the going rate. It's such a small amount that it's more a tip than corruption. Besides, the guy makes nice boat models as he wiles away the hours in his lonely office. If you want to keep your boat in Panama for a long time, the permit is just $ 11 /month for boats under 32 feet and $22/month for boats over 32 feet. U.S. citizens get a 90-day visa after which they must leave Panama for 72 hours before starting the cycle over again. The easiest and least expensive way to do this is to take a bus to the Costa Rican border. Miki G., as snug as an ocean-going vessel can get, up the river at Pedregal, Panama. It was a good place for 'quarantined' dogs to walk.
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You can also check out of Panama in Colon on the Caribbean side of the Ca¬ nal, but it's such a rundown and seedy city that most people elect to do their busi¬ ness on the Pacific side, clearing out for Colombia "via the San Bias Islands". For a longer stay in the San Bias Islands — which are really terrific — consider check¬ ing out of Panama in Colon on one of your return trips to provision. Unlike all the countries between the U.S. and the Canal, Panama really does have everything. And there are many small things about the country that make it easy for cruisers to love. There are no import duties, so importing parts from the States is easy. On the other hand, you usually don't have to import anything because you can find most everything in Panama City — which, by the way, has a population of over a million. Just ask your cab driver to take you to Centro Marino on Calle Nacional, or Abernathy's Marine Store on Transistmica, or the Hyundai dealership also on Transistmica, which has a NAPA parts store. All cab drivers know DIMAR, which sells seals, bearings, and pumps and related parts. Panama uses the U.S. dollar for its currency, al¬ though they call it the balboa. Whatever, it's a great place to stock up on small bills. Panama mints its own coins, with Alvar Nunez de Balboa's head stamped on them. They are identical in size to U.S. coins. It's quite a trip stepping off your boat into the former Canal Zone, as the old street signs are still there, in English, and look just like back home. And when in the old Canal Zone, you'll find sidewalks with curbs, nice lawns, streetlights, and fire stations. Central America never looked like this! One of the classic structures in international cruising: the Pedro Miguel Boat Club, which is actually located inside the Panama Canal.
Panama's phone system is excellent. You can use phone cards or a Panama¬ nian dime. If you miss dim sum, the Lung Fung restaurant in the Los Angeles dis¬ trict serves delicious, but inexpensive, dim sum before noon every day of the week. Just ask a taxi. In fact, Panama is a very cosmopolitan city, so you can find cui¬ sine representative of just about any part of the world. If you’re headed to Panama and ner¬ vous about the Canal transit, rest assured that everyone is ready to help'— and ev¬ eryone speaks perfect English. Within minutes of coming ashore in Balboa, you'll have people offering to rent you lines — around $20 each; tires — $2 each in Balboa, $3 in Colon; and ’line handle' for $50/day. Admeasurement sounds com¬ plicated but is easy, and you can now pay using a Visa — but not MasterCard. Pay¬ ing by Visa also means you don’t have to pay a $125 safety deposit, as the charge is only made against your card after a suc¬ cessful transit. You schedule your transit by calling 272-4202 any time of day or night — as long as you've paid for your transit and received your Ship Identification Number (S.I.N.). While the Canal operates 24 hours a day, the Treasury Office closes at 3 p.m. on Fridays, so if you plan on transiting on a weekend, you must be at that office — after being admeasured — by 2:30 p.m. on Friday. By the way, you don't pick the time or day you make your transit, the Canal scheduler does. One problem I've noticed in myself and most other skippers approaching the Ca¬ nal is that 'Canal fever' seems take over. It reminded me of the last day of the Baja Ha-Ha, when eveiyone was so eager to depart Bahia Santa Maria in a lemming¬ like rush to get to Cabo. Similarly, people get so focused on the Canal that they skip the Perlas Islands, a chain of beautiful and varied anchorages just 40 miles from Balboa. We really enjoyed the ones we saw and hope that others will take the oppor¬ tunity to spend more time in this 'string of beautiful pearls' in the Pacific. — michael beattie 12/6/99
Adia — Lagoon 37 Peter Lange, Christine and Baylis Weaver New Year's In La Paz (Mill Valley) We flew to La Paz on Christmas Day for a two-week vacation aboard Peter's catamaran Adia, and after opening some presents had a couple of boat problems
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to address. Jeffrey Walker of Dawn Rig¬ ging built and installed the new forestay — with the help of his Mexican wife/part¬ ner/apprentice Alba — at a reasonable price. They can be reached at rigging@bajavillas.com or on VHF chan¬ nel 22A. The second major boat problem was the refrigeration, which worked fine off shorepower but not at sea. Hector of Hector Refrigeration — who speaks excel¬ lent English — replaced the engine-driven compressor which had cracked as a re¬ sult of the mounting bolts having come loose. Hector can be reached on VHF 81 or by phone at (112) 2-38-13. On December 30, we — along with Peter's friends Carli Schultz and her fiancee Don Kruse of Mill Valley — sailed out to Isla Partida for a quick last cruise before New Year's Eve. On our way, we stopped for lunch at a sprawling beach restaurant at beautiful Playa Pichilingue. You've gotta love a place with a thatched roof, a sand floor, and no need for walls — particularly when it's 78° at the end of December. The seafood was delicious and plentiful — but a bit pricey for Mexico. Our next stop'was a cruiser-recom¬ mended anchorage referred to in charts and guidebooks as 'Unnamed Cove'. Lo-
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Clockwise from upper left: Los Islotes, aka 'Seal Rocks'; Bay I is and Peter go visitin'; Chris and Peter host Jerry Pope of the 36' Corsair cat 'Crazy Kid' and Pat and Dan Gibb of the 50' Cross tri ‘This Side Up'; Carli at Adia's helm._ cated just south of El Cardonal on the west side of Isla Partida, the small cove has high canyon walls that protect it from all but wind and swells out of the west. That night Peter and Baylis got a kick out of visiting the two other boats in the an¬ chorage by dinghy. On New Year’s Eve, we weighed anchor and motored to Los Islotes, a couple of small rocky islands north of Isla Partida that are famous for their sea lion colony. Anchoring there is tricky, as the bottom is deep and rocky. After a couple of dive boats left, we were able to get a secure grip 20 feet from the island. Because it's a sea lion colony, nobody is allowed within 60 feet of the animals. Unfortunately, by the time anyone gets close enough to read the sign that explains the rules, they've already broken them. Nonetheless, the kayakers, snorkelers and divers that we saw were very quiet and respectful. Nobody went ashore and the sea lions didn't seem disturbed. The area is particularly sensitive from May to
August when the pups are young. Not wanting to miss New Year's Eve in La Paz, we departed Los Islotes around 2:00 p.m. The wind was too light for sail¬ ing on the east side of the island, but once we cleared the islands we had enough wind to carry the chute. We made 5 to 6 /knots under chute alone, close to what we could have made motoring. The entrance to La Paz is a narrow, three-legged channel marked by lighted buoys and bordered by sandy shoals. A couple of weeks before we arrived, the shoals had temporarily snagged a schoo¬ ner. After you've negotiated the channel once by daylight, it's not that difficult at night if your vision's good. It was dark when we arrived back at Marina de La Paz, and we were ready to party. We'd paid a little more than $20 U.S. in advance for a party at Paradise Found, a new restaurant/night club on the malecon owned by an American exyachtie and his Mexican wife. The small crowd was mostly gringo cruisers, and it was more mild than wild. At midnight everyone went outside to watch the fire¬ works on the beach. After the fireworks, we wandered downtown and discovered that part of the
main drag had been closed to traffic and a bandstand erected so the city could host a big block party. Revelers danced and formed conga lines to the music of an excellent Mexican band, while vendors sold tacos, beer and sodas. The whole town had turned out — young and old, mostly Mexicans with some Norteamericanos. The atmosphere was festive, but not out of control. I was wearing a sleeveless short dress, and when a cool breeze came up during the mile-long walk home I got a little chilly. Nonetheless, it wasn't bad for the dead of winter! For most of our two weeks, we enjoyed either mild temperatures with the wind in the teens, or 80° temperatures when the wind was light. Sometimes a light overcast would develop only to quickly disperse. There was only one day and evening when we needed to wear warm jackets. For the sensitive, the water was too cool for swimming without a wetsuit. We started the new year right — by cruising out to Puerto Balandra s north anchorage, which we reached after 3.5 hours of tacking. The anchorage is 15 feet deep pretty far out, but we had an easy dinghy ride to the beautiful white sand beach. Ashore we found hills to hike on, lava rocks to climb on, and tide pools to poke around in. However, a west swell made the anchorage too roily for pleas¬ ant overnighting. After Carli and Don flew home, we had a couple of days of cleanup, exploring the town, and reprovisioning before return¬ ing to the 'Unnamed Cove' for relaxation. Just before we reached the anchorage, , however, we lost power in both engines. After a few fruitless attempts to restart them, we hailed the half-dozen or so yachts in Caleta Partida for assistance. Solstice, Jim Hancock’s Freya 39, a HaHa colleague, was on her way out and kindly diverted to tow us in. The job wasn't made any easier by the 20 knots of wind on the nose. Bill Hoskins, from the Nor¬ wegian trawler Viking, came out in his dinghy to help us set our anchor. He later gave us fresh diesel, and his wife Bea in¬ vited us over to their beautiful classic ’62 woodie for'dinner. Adia extends our thanks to Solstice and Viking for coming to our rescue. The problem with the engines turned out to be air in the fuel lines as a result of having run too low on fuel. Peter got the starboard engine working, and we awoke at dawn to sail back to La Paz. Thanks to a good breeze out of the north, we had an awesome spinnaker run back to town, ar¬ riving before lunch. Peter arranged for Waterworks, located •
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"We took a quick trip to Macao, before it reverted back to the Peoples Republic of China," report Jim and Diana Jessie of the Alameda-based Lapworth 48 Nalu IV. Having completed a leisurely circumnavi¬ gation with their wood boat a number of years ago, the Jessies subsequently raced from Mexico to Japan — you read that right — and began a couple of years cruis¬ ing in the Far East. "This Christmas was
Jim and Diana Jessie, they just keeping sailing around and around and around'lhe best parts of the world._ very special," they report, "as we shared it with our children and many friends back here in the Bay Area. Nalu is in Hong Kong, and from there we ll be sailing to Japan, Russia, and then back across the
North Pacific to Alaska and Canada." "A large number of cruisers in Mazatlan, along with Mario, the Mazatlan Marina Harbormaster, have just com¬ pleted a very rewarding day distributing presents to the most needy people of this city," reports Cy Lamb of the Beneteau En El Cordero. "Last year on Three King's Day we had 500 bags of clothes and toys to distribute, but thanks to cruiser con¬ tributions, this year we had 1,500 bags. Everyone caravaned to the poor districts, where the kids and mothers came out running when we honked the horn. Some of them actually live at the city dump where they survive by scavenging for food, so you can imagine the looks on their faces. Others live in areas where there is no water or electricity. We would encour¬ age all cruisers sailing south to bring as much unused clothing as possible for people of all ages. In the tourist areas, you see lots of middle class and reason¬ ably affluent Mexicans, but just a few miles from the bright lights there is often tremendous poverty. You have no idea how much your old clothing in good con¬ dition can mean to these people."
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A Latitude salute to everyone who par¬ ticipated —- not only in the effort in Mazatlan, but also the ones in La Paz, ZI town, and elsewhere. Cy Lamb's recom, mendation that cruisers bring down as ; many extra clothes as possible for the poor i is excellent advice. It’s hard to believe, but we made a mistake in the last issue — when we reported i that Sea of Cortez Sailing Week was to } be from April 30 through March 6. The I event is, unfortunately, not 11 months but only a week, so we should have reported ( that it runs from April 30 through May 6. j In any event it starts in La Paz and you :: should be there. But first, don’t forget that even before i that there will be the Banderas Bay Re5 gatta, which features three cruisers' races ■] and is also the cruiser dress up event of f the season. It's to be held March 23-26 at 3 Paradise Marina just north of Puerto 3 Vallarta. In addition to the great racing in s perfect fun conditions, you get four nights 1 of terrific entertainment and festivities at a bargain basement price. A heck of an !j event and a helluva deal! But if you’re headed across the Pacific
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The problem with catching a marlin — which you don't want to do — is that they're often dead before you can unhook and release them. parts you will need." As many readers will remember from
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load and clean the boat, sort out all the spares, and in general try to cope with the tragedy. Linda has also received vari¬ ous kinds of assistance from cruisers and locals. She and John expect to remain in the Opua area until April, and they re¬ quest that friends continue to include them and Jack in their prayers. Teresa J, the family's well-proven Crealock 37, is for sale. Interested parties should contact them via witchell@olypen.com. Ralph and Kathleen Neeley, long ago of Santa Cruz and Tahoe, report that their main project last year was a refit of their 45-foot Neeleen near their current land home in Fiji. "Ralph and a 'grunt' worker removed the teak decks and replaced them with a soft white rubber matting which has made it cooler to walk dn and cooler down below," they report. "A new auxiliary engine was also installed, which now runs all the new electrical toys that were added to make sailing easier. The new roller furling boom has an electric winch so Ralph doesn't need to leave the cockpit to reef. Finally, we added an Autohelm 666+ autopilot with a remote
Cruisers enjoy a ‘surf massage' at Lover's Beach near Cabo San Lucas. The surf massage is the highest form of meditation, as it's God's way of saying, "I love you!" control. All these new toys were put to good use when we sailed from Fiji to Vanuatu on July 9th. It was a rough fourday passage, but eveiything — including Ralph and Kathleen — performed as ex¬ pected. Since we were only leaving to re¬ new our duty free status in Fiji, we picked the closest country which also had the best food and harbor. That was 600-mile distant Vanuatu. The weather was quite unsettled for the 3.5 months we were
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there, with lots of wind and rain, so we spent most of the time in Port Vila. We did spend a week in Harvannah Harbor, so Ralph was able to visit seven spectacu¬ lar dive sites and do many fantastic cave dives. He also did three wreck dives in Port Vila Harbor. Otherwise we just re¬ laxed. On our return sail from Vanuatu to Fiji — which was a beat — the roller furling jib broke at the top of the mast and crashed down on the deck. Ralph was able to retrieve the gear and the sail. Thanks to a secondary headstay, the mast didn't come down. We’re now back in our berth at the marina thinking of ways to spend more of the kids' inheritance. Sweet sailing until next month!
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1996 RU-260 WEST MARINE roll-up & 1996
MOORE 24, HULL # 122. Excellent condition,
CORONADO 23,1969. Dry stored 8 years. Sun
Johnson 3 hp outboard. Used as tender for 34 ft
good sails, 3.5 hp Nissan, good trailer. Please call
Hunter. Fits easily in lazarette & inflates in min¬
Bill at (707) 839-8196 or (907) 229-2704 or email: wickman @ northcoast.com
beaten. Structurally sound, many structural up¬ grades (deck, mast step, keel). Storm, working,
utes. Purchased newfor$1,500; for sale for $700. Call (925) 828-6283.
lapper. 2 reefs in main. Needs bottom paint, topsides clean up & paint. $500. Evinrude 6 avail¬ able. (510) 569-1301.
NICE LASER 2 SAILBOAT. Ready to daysail or
HOLDER 20, 1982, #4. Excellent lake circuit contender, active class association. New Pine¬
pictures and bidding go to ebay and search item
to win races. Fast and fun. Fully rigged with
apple main & 145%, 2 spinnakers, bow pulpit, all
CAL 20,1965. Active one-design fleet. Great for
number 228429822.
spinnaker and many extras. Good boat for all
controls led to cockpit. Many extras including
ages. $1,600 obo. Also have set of laser blades
literature & original manual. HD Shoreline trailer. $4,000 obo, $4,600 w/new 2 hp Yamaha. Call
Friday night races, comfortable for daysailing & even overnighters. Exc. racing sails + extras. 4hp
SAN FRANCISCO BAY PELICAN, 12' 2" pram, sail# 612. Good overall shape but could use a little paint work. Sailed almost weekly over the sum¬ mer. Trailer and nearly new Nissan 3.5. $1,300 obo. (831) 761-4436 wkdys (831) 633-5925. ONE OLD TOWN DOUBLE KAYAK ($650). One Old Town single kayak ($525). Both with quality paddles. West Marine inflatable dinghy w/3hp Evinrude, $600. Call (650) 462-1553. 15-FT GYPSEY SAIL OR ROW SKIFF. Oars included, no rigging. This Bolger design is home built, fiberglass over marine plywood. CF num¬
$110 each. Call Chad: (510) 527-8039.
Tom eves at (925) 676-3638. 12-FT SF PELICAN #433. Great starter boat with active local racing fleet. Excellent condition with new canvas, spars, rudder, tiller & rigging. Comes with outboard & trailer. $2,000 obo. Please call Kevin, (831) 475-9627 days. SEA PEARL 21. Light weight, 2 masted sailboat,
Essex, one of the kind, cedar/oak. Custom made
excellent condition, tresh water only. Please call (530) 221-7278 or (530) 945-5546.
with bronze hardwares. A once in a lifetime expe¬ rience for only $7,250. Call & leave message at (510) 206-0505.
Foundation. (831)426-7797.
new sails, installed compass, VC-17 bottom paint,
FIREBALL BOAT & TRAILER. $700 or best offer. Zoey, (510) 653-8528.
racing accessories, custom trailer w/mounted
OK DINGHY, 14-FT WITH TRAILER. Excellent
liferaft. Complete repackand restock 1998. $1,000. Thursday's Child, Michael Reppy, (415) 924-7188.
21-FT KETCH, 1975, NOMAN’S LAND. Made in
ladder, 5hp Merc, Porta-Potti, full storage cover,
24-FT WYLIE WABBIT DAYSAILER, hull 62, excellent shape, very smart-looking, very fast. All
24 FEET & UNDER
GIVENS 6-PERSON CANISTER OFFSHORE
383-8200 x103 (wk/vm) or (415) 389-9378 (hm).
trailer, 2 jibs (110% & 150%), whisker pole, cock¬ pit cushions, 2 anchors, stereo cassette, stern
extras. Great for trailing, camping, Baja, San Juans, Alaska. $3,500 obo. Santa Cruz Sailing
request. Call Milt at (415) 454-8118.
WANTED: EL TORO, FIBERGLASS. Please call Allen at (408) 285-0477 wk or (408) 395-4243 hm.
trailer. $1,900. Will consider partnership. (415) CATALINA CAPRI 18, 1991. Fin keel, custom
550 lbs, oars/outboard. Sleeps 2, only 6" draft,
bers for year 2000. Boat weighs 165 lbs. Photo on
condition & ready to sail. $450. Please call Roy at (650) 952-0383 or (650) 255-7169.
Johnson o/b. Electrics need work & needs some very minor repairs. In the water in Tiburon, no
1986 HUNTER 23. Wing keel, 3 sails and covers, single-hand setup, galley, VHF, carpet and teak
spare, car-towable, fresh-wateronly. $7,000 obo. (303) 837-8252; WPEigles@aol.com
20-FT O’DAY. Swing keel with trailer, sink, Porta-
FALMOUTH CUTTER, factory finished, new en¬ gine, new sails, tons of gear, ready to go any¬
O’DAY YNGLING 20-FT CLASSIC FG racer/
where. $57,000. Web page at http://tom.yznet.com/ mariko.html or (206) 784-7807.
keelboat w/trailer. $500. (510) 965-0642.
interior, am/fm, DS, Honda 7.5, dual axle trailer. Excellent boat tor overnight camping and week¬ end sailing. Asking $7,500 obo. Please contact (916) 983-0426.
GUPPY 13. Mini-pocket cruiser, working sails, cabin & cockpit cushions, OBM, trailer. Fixed keel, self-righting, stiff sailer, easy rigging. Ready to
gaff rigged sloop, 16' 1500 lb, glass hull, spruce
trail anywhere with smallest of vehicle. Fun boat in excellent condition, ready to go. $1,500. Call (925) 516-2877.
spars, teak trim, trailer, outboard, spinnaker. Exc condition, new brightwork. Perfect daysailor, Nat
MOORE 24, HULL #28,1977. Trailer, sails, spin
Herreshoff design. $12,000. (408) 536-4148 or
gear. $8,000. (415) 641-4818 eves.
DOUGHDISH 1983, A.K.A. HERRESHOFF 12,
Potti, sleeps 4. Nomotor. $1,800. (707) 253-2179.
daysailer. Baby Soling, ever so sweet sailing
COLUMBIA 24,1964. Solid Mexico veteran. Com¬ pletely new epoxy bottom. Head, galley, icebox, 5’8" headroom, new standing rigging, 8 hp Evinrude recently serviced. Third owner of a well loved boat. Having baby, best offer. Please call Annie (650) 321-7949.
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25 TO 28 FEET
CATALINA 27, 1971. Race equipped, inboard
COLUMBIA 26. Race ready & turn-key! Easy to
Atomic 4, lots of equipment, fresh bottom, dinette version, roller furling, new sails. $6,500. Please
handle. Clean in & out. Inboard with Saildrive, all
call (510) 232-7999.
ISLANDER 28. Fully equipped racer/cruiser with
29 TO 31 FEET
lines led aft, 3 jibs, 2 mains, spinnaker, whisker pole, foil headsails. New cushions, holding.tank, VHF, depth, knot, windspeed & direction. First
NEWPORT 30, 1984 MKIII. Roller furling, full
$4,500 sails away. (408) 210-9417.
batten main, custom teak cabinetry, Universal
all the equipment. New main & 125% genoa. 5
CAL 2-27,1975. What a beauty! Includes 7 sails
other jibs in good condition. 1 delivery main.
and spinnaker. New standing and running rigging
Furuno 1621 radar with custom stainless mast.
(8/98), new bottom paint and no blisters (10/99). Newly upholstered interior and interior cushions
25-FT NORDIC FOLKBOAT. Great Bay boat, active fleet. Wood hull, 2 Mainsails, jib, 2 booms,
with sun shade, custom curtains, 100 amp alter¬ nator, Smart regulator, lines led aft, bristol. In San
(4/99). Over 6' headroom with well-maintained
5 h/p Nissan outboard, full cover. Very good
Carlos, Mexico. $23,950. (520) 378-2048.
teak. $10,500. (415) 504-9161.
condition. $2,800 obo.Call Kevin (415) 901-4521 or e-mail kgreen@resource.com for a picture or
rigging. 10 hours on dealer rebuilt Universal die¬
CORONADO 27,1971. 6 sails, 7.5hp O/B, AP,
more information.
furling, Autohelm, GPS, Yanmar 18HP Diesel,
sel. North main, 3 jibs, spinnaker pole and spinna¬ ker. VHF, depth, speed, compass. New electrical
VHF, depth, 300 watt inverter, 2 batt banks, head w/tank, 3 anchors w/chain & rode, many extras &
27-FT MULL 1/4 TON, 1977. Flush deck IOR
surveyed and hauled out w/new bottom 5/99, VHF, 12v refrig, propane stove/oven, H/C pres¬
panels and wiring. 3 stage battery charger with AC Inside and shore power. Power cord. Teak and
custom features. Live aboard or crtiise the Bay
Volvo, GPS+. $25,000 or trade up, 32/35' + cash. Amie, (415) 239-1844. .
1980 CATALINA 27. Tabernacled mast. New
and beyond. $8,000. (510) 508-4667.
holly sole. Outside cushions. $13,500 obo. Moti¬ vated seller. (831)335-1887.
SANTA CRUZ 27, HULL #105, Chief. Rigged for
BRAND NEW 1969 COLUMBIA MK II. Bottom
singlehanding. New 125% genoa, Pineapple as most sails. Yellow topsides. Faired epoxy bottom
sure water, marine stereo, dodger. $59,000. Call
In Redwood City. $3,500. (510) 401-2204 days, (650) 851-5063 home.
BEAUTIFUL 1992 CUSTOM GLASS Herreshoff
CAL 27,1985. Yanmar diesel, tillerpilot, h/c pres¬
'95. Delta, Tiburon, Pier 39 vet. Best looking Columbia on the Bay. $5,999.99 or make offer. (925) 455-5055 or christalbot@home.com
28-FT HAWKFARM. Excellent condition, fresh
BALBOA 27, 1978. Lyle Hess designed keel/
cruiser. Spacious cabin sleeps five, stove, heater,
centerboard sloop. Trailer, BMW diesel, Martec,
water kept. Lots of goodies. Race, cruise or what¬ ever. Write for list: Dennis, PO Box 243, Gladston, OR. 97027
Autohelm, usual electronics, dodger, propane galley, enclosed head, much more. Good condi¬
O’DAY 227,1988. Wing keel, trailer, remote con¬
major work. $4,500. (415) 338-7709.
tion, appearance and performance. Salton Sea location. Ask for description and photos. $12,500.
trolled Suzuki 8 hp outboard. Roller furling, gennaker, winches, sunshade, solar panel, VHF,
ERICSON 27, 1976. Classic. Five sails, Volvo
marjak2@netzero.net
radio/tape, depth. Alcohol stove, icebox, standing
Penta diesel, Autohelm, depthsounder, knotmeter,
CATALINA 27,1976. New 15 hp Mercury, di¬
headroom, Porta-Potti. Excellent condition. $18,000. Call (707) 447-4469.
galley with microwave, ice box & refrig. Enclosed head, new upholstery, canvas covers for brightwork, beautiful interior & exterior. Many ex¬
nette, reinforced standing rigging, internal hal¬ yards, all North full-batten main/3DL 150/3DL No.
head, shorepower, 2 jibs. Very clean. Hull, sails & running gear in good condition. Atomic 4 needs
motor. Very fun Bay boat.$1,400. Contact Mark at (415) 664-5033.
CATALINA 25,1985. Arizona fresh water boat, excellent condition, 9.9 Honda 4-stroke, swing keel, trailer, 3 sails, VHF, CNG stove, depth, knotmeter, compass, new batteries, bimini, solar panel, shore charger, Porta-Potti. $12,200. Call (480) 893-2523.
with diesel inboard or similar type boat with full keel, 25 to 26 ft with diesel inboard. Seaworthy, not interested in racing. Call anytime, Sausalito area. Ready to buy. Phone: (415) 388-5251.
31-FT MARINER KETCH. Perkins 4-107, great liveaboard, well laid-out, mahogany interior, VHF, DS, KM, KL, solar panel, LP range w/oven, exten¬ sive ground tackle. In La Paz. $14,500. Call Don at: (011)52-112-73229.
HALBERG-RASSY 31, 1974. Offshore ready, new Yanmar engine, Avon liferaft, major refit In '95. $39,000. (503) 772-3102 for complete spec sheet.
ERICSON 29,1973. Atomic 4, runs great. Custom
LANCER 28 WITH NEW NISSAN 8 HP, sleeps 6.
CATALINA 25. Excellent condition, great Bay
paint. VHF, cockpit cushions. Very clean. Stock-
boat with roomy interior in top shape. Fixed keel, Porta-Potti, alcohol stove, two jibs, spinnaker, 9.9
ion Sailing Club C8. $7,500. Please call Howard, (209) 521-0548.
2 sinks, ice box, 6 ft headroom, heater, VHF radio,
Evinrude long shaft electric start, hauled last fall,
more. Appraisal $12,500, sell for $7,500 obo. Call Barry, (831) 633-8907 home or (831) 755-8460
waxed & ready. $4,900. Call (707) 446-1484 or (510)912-1996 (C).
FREEDOM 30,1984. Freshwater with light use. White hull, navy trim. Lovely interior with much
WESTSAIL 28,1976. Factory built 27 hp Isuzu.
teak. Stored last three seasons & needs a new active owner. Delivery possible. (406) 849-5423 or daytonyh@montanasailing.com
work.
PACIFIC SEACRAFT DANA 24, LOA27' 3‘ cruise
Recent upgrades,. Very good condition. Need to sell, best offer over $27,000. Paradise Cay Ma¬
ready, cutter rigged, dual Pro-Furl, Questus self leveling Furuno radar, GPS, autopilot, Glacier Bay refrigeration, Freedom inverter, 100A alter¬
rina. (707) 986-7794.
C&C 30,1979. Epoxy bottom, Yanmar diesel,
O’DAY 25 1976. Great condition. Harken RF,
roller furler, Autohelm Seatalk instruments (auto¬ pilot, depth, speed, wind, tridata computer, loran).
nator, 2000R control, windlass & more. $65,000 firm. Santa Cruz, (831) 423-0187. See
Yamaha 9.9 electric start o/b, VHF, AM/FM CD, roomy teak interior sleeps 5, enclosed head, gal¬
Exceptional Bay/coastal sailer. Great weekender. $18,000. (510) 521-6376 or kenyon@slip.net
pacificseacraft.com
ley w/ice box, sink, propane stove, trailer, many extras. Looks good, sails even better. $8,800/ offer. (209) 383-1294 or (209) 723-1832.
29-FT RANGER SAILBOAT, 1972. Racer/cruiser.
26-FT LUDERS-16, fiberglass hull, mahogany - 26', L.W.L -16’4", Beam - 5'9", Draft - 4', fixed
CATALINA 27 SLOOP, 1978. Dinette model.
of bottom paint done in 1999, extras. Asking
lead keel - 1,600 lbs. $2,000. Please call Mark,
Mercury 8 hp outboard, Harken furling jib, new
$14,500.(408) 732-4347 or (408) 472-1127.
(415)383-7154.
keel bolts, VHF, canvas dodger, cockpit weather
cockpit, Hood main (good shape). Spec’s: L.O.A
cloths. All lines led aft. A very clean Bay or Delta
WANTED: WESTERY CENTAUR, 26 ft twin keel
batteries, tiller. Holding tank. See at Gashouse Cove. Berth not included. Asking $9,750. Please
interior, stove, head, club jib, lapper, fresh bottom
Autohelm, shorepower, stereo, stove, Porta-Potti,
Harken traveler, North mainsail, 8 hp Evinrude
sound Atomic 4, just hauled. Lines led aft, new
call (707) 887-1496.
(415) 440-3549.
lines led aft, rigid vang, adjustable backstay.
CAL 25 FOR SALE. 1965 in average condition.
Best materials and craftsmanship. Full boat cover.
NEWPORT 30, 1971. Set up as comfortable liveaboard. Dodger, Harken furler, Autohelm,
North, rarely used. 6 hp Evinrude outboard, gel battery & charger, VHF, stereo, LifeSling. $17,000.
w/cockpit speakers, Navico autopilot, marine head,
Re-done by pros. Lots of sails, covers by Jotz. You won’t find better. $6,500. (415) 332-1296.
H-28, original design. 20 HP Yanmar diesel. Exte¬ rior and interior woodwork Honduras mahogany.
IRWIN 28.5,1974. Excellent, stable Bay & Delta
spinnaker staysail, two mains. One main 2 yr old
tronic compass, B&G wind direction/speed, B&G knotmeter, depthmeter, VHF, Jensen AM/FM/CD
ions, head, custom Santa Cruz style interior in Birch ply. 12v fridge, BBQ. Brickyard Cove berth.
>
$45,000. (415) 456-8468 or (415) 456-5628. By appointment only.
J/27,1986. Three headsails, two spinnakers, one
genny, all Spectra running gear, SailComp elec¬
remote shift/throttle. White: interior/counter/table, (not that ugly brown Formica). New stove, cush¬
8
tras. $10,500. This is it! (925) 935-5551.
spinnaker w/topping lift/downhaul/twings/pole, original dacron main and lapper, storm jib, 150
CATALINA 27,1976. T raditional, outboard 10hp,
(408) 830-0628.
sure, alcohol stove, VHF, KM, DS. Moving up. $12,000 obo. Call Brad, (510) 236-5527 or email baysailor® geocities.com
3 genny/asymmetrical spinnaker/symmetrical
$4,826.15. Call (408) 734-2043 eves.
HUNTER 29.5,1996. Excellent condition. Roller
racer w/Saildrive, new electrical, knotmeter, depthsounder, solar panel, main, 110%, 150%, spinnaker, and all gear. Fast, stable, simple, fun.
'96. Loran, VHF, new Navico autopilot, knotmeter, outboard, good tandem axle trailer, 10 sails. $9,500. (530) 885-8557.
'99 LPU, standing and running rigging, cushions. Sails: jib, main, spinnaker, depth, knot, radio all
diesel wiih spares, refrig, Autohelm 3000, dodger
Nice, must see! Folding prop, dodger, lines led aft, roller furling jib. Epoxy bottom job plus two coats
IN FIJI, PEARSON COASTER. 30 ft bulletproof
COLUMBIA 8.3 (27-FT), 1977. Excellent condi¬
cruiser/weekender. Sausalito berth. $6,900. Call
bluewater cruiser. Much new gear, Monitor, ST
tion. Fresh haulout 7/99. Full keel, great Bay boat.
(415) 332-6501.
winches, good/new sails including cruising chute, Profurl, much more. Ready to cruise. $19,500.
Stiff & balanced. Harken roller furling, autopilot, Atomic 4, two batteries w/charger, gorgeous liveaboard interior, VHF, loran, shorepower &
Call Will at (415) 225-1016 or email: coyotetails@yahoo.com
more! $9,500. Call (415) 543-7333.
Mam+C
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SANTANA 35. Race ready, 1979. This Tuna has
PEARSON 10M. BLUE LOU\s for sale, we areoff
been completely gone through. Only thing miss¬
to Florida. 33 ft racer/cruiser, safe & fast for the
ing is new main if you’re going to race. Three
family; the perfect Bay boat. New bottom in '99,
spinnakers, two 150%, two 100%, one 125% &
roller furling, 3 mains. 2 jibs, 3 spinnakers. Newly
mainsail. New bottom, excellent interior, comfort¬
rebuilt Atomic 4 - very clean. Standing headroom
able. Great one-design, see at: Santana35.com.
in cabin (6' 4"). Pressure & hot water. All lines led
This Santana is the best kept in the fleet. Ex¬ tremely competitive. Must see to appreciate. Sac¬
aft. Navico gauges, GPS, CD & VHF. Competitive racer (7 knots to windward, 144 PHRF). Berthed South Beach Marina, D16. $22,000 below BUCnet.
rifice at $27,500. Please call (800) 843-7270 or
NEWPORT 30II, 1980. Universal diesel with high
A2ZURA 310. The ultimate sporlboat. First over¬
output alternator, propane stove/oven. Partial
all in 1999 Coastal Cup, first in class in the 1998 Doublehanded Hawaii race. Best offer over
equipment list: DS, VHF, GPS, KM, Autohelm, tiller steering, large sail inventory with 2 spinna¬
$50,000. (510) 769-0602 or (510) 522-5838.
kers. Teak interior, LPU hull, bottom paint & sur¬ vey 5/99. $18,900. DBOPI@aol.com
(925)
837-8803
Great boat, great price. Jerry, (408) 739-3224 or
(831)901-1609.
jerry@ipin.com
CATALINA 320,1995. Fresh water wing keel on custom trailer, 104 hours on engine with nine months of use on short season mountain lake. Covered most winters, pristine. Could deliver.
or
ETCHELLS 22, DRISCOLL with road trailer, nice condition. $3,300. (510) 965-0642
$79,995. Please contact (406) 849-5423 or daytonyh@montanasailing.com.
RANGER 33,1976. Fresh H20 cooled Atomic 4. Would make great liveaboard. Full batten main, kite & two headsails. Many recent upgrades. Would consider trade down to Ranger 23, Santana 23, or Olson 25 in partial payment. $22,500 obo. Call (510) 769-3424.
CATALINA 30, 1981. Very dean, interior like new, microwave, VHF, stereo, tiller, 110 & 150 jibs, well-maintained Atomic 4. Excellent family
YAMAH A33,1979. Quality cruiser/racer. Yanmar
32 TO 35 FEET
boat. Asking $17,500. Call Bob at (650) 594-1690 (eve) or (650) 329-5267 (day).
diesel, recent thru hulls and bottom paint. No
CONTESSA 32, RUNNING FREE. Roller furling
blisters ever. $27,500. (510) 965-0642.
headsail, Monitor windvane. In dry storage in La Paz Baja, CA. $14,000. Call (650) 359-1779.
33-FT MORGAN SLOOP, 1969. Heavily-built 34-FT PEARSON, 1985. Strong, fast, well main¬
(5,500 lb. keel). Oversized rigging, roller furling.
ALLIED LUDERS 33. Similar lines to Cheoy Lee
hp Honda o/b, compass, tandem axle trailer. New
tained cruiser. Yanmar 30 with cruising Autohelm, new Ullman sails & spinnaker, wind instruments,
Recent upgrades too numerous to list. Rebuilt Atomic 4. All lines led aft. Great liveaboard, cruise
or Cape Dory. Solid, sound, excellent cruising boat. Monitor windvane, freshly rebuilt Volvo die¬
in ’99: North 3DL main & 155% jib, headfoil, knotmeter, lifelines, battery, tiller cover, spin launch
autopilot, Loran, natural gas stove, water heater, refrig, dodger, customized interior & much more!
ready! She’s a truly lovely boat. $34,000. Call
sel, custom mast, new rigging, new bottom. Lots
(619) 227-7364 or email svtimpas@hotmail.com.
bag, Twings, Spectra spin halyard. $27,000. John, (916)791-0820.
Liveaboard or cruise. $45,000. (858) 551-1069.
OLSON 29,1985. Lake Tahoe boat since new. 5
of other gear & upgrades. Needs some comple¬ tion. $24,000. (650) 873-3617.
SUNSHINE, 35-FT CHRIS CRAFT SLOOP, 1963. IRWIN 32 SLOOP, SEA DEN, 1971 -72. Atomic 4,
33-FT COLUMBIA 5.5 METER. Race with excit¬
DUFOUR 31,1970. Fin keel sloop, Volvo MD2B,
dub-fgoted jib, dodger, extra sails, sleeps 5. Owner
Fiberglass with mahogany/teak interior & trim, canvas enclosed center cockpit, inflatable dinghy,
VHF, alcohol stove, tiller, registered 2001, dark
took up golf. An inexpensive liveaboard priced for
solar panel, GPS, VHF, radar, depthfinder, 2
blue fiberglass hull. Bottom recently cleaned. Needs haulout, paint & cushions. Located in South
quick sale at $12,500. (650) 877-7429.
autopilots, 12 volt refer, roller furling, 6 sails, 35 lb CQR & 20 lb Danforth, 300 ft of chain & 600 ft
(209) 745-5820.
San Francisco. Asking $4,900 obo. Contact Joe at
ERICSON 32-200,1988. Original owner, superb. $72,500. Please call to discuss, (858) 259-9549. All calls returned. Or email: Gardem@Aol.com.
nylon, 4-108 diesel, 110 gal fuel. $40,000. In Guaymas/San Carlos, Mexico. WII return by truck
MARINER 32 KETCH, 1972. Comfortable, full
(650) 575-0319 days or (209) 234-1642 eves.
SUNBEAM 30,1987. Solid Lloyds-certified, fin keel voyager, skeg rudder, Yanmar, folding prop. Rollerfurling (150%), spinnaker. Dual batteries, 3
Will respond to all emails. John H. Vernon, Del Mar, CA.
after 3/1/00, Please contact (707) 961-0559 or
keel fiberglass cruiser. Mexico vet. Perkins 4-107 diesel, 7 bags sails incl. storm jib & tri-radial
(707) 964-5439 or davemartin38@hotmail.com
cruising spinnaker. 35 # CQR, 20# Danforth, two
COLUMBIA SABRE, LOA 32.5
sets 30 ft chain & 300 ft rode, beefy manual windlass. 40 gal water & fuel. Radar, windvane,
LWL 22.5’,
Lewmar hatches. Upgraded AC/DC, freshwater,
ARIES 32 BUILT ’89, Upright Boat Works, red
beam 6’3", draft 4'6‘, disp #4,850. Leaving area.
wheel steering systems 1999. Propane stove/ oven, electric head, solid mahogany interior.
cedar on oak. Bronze fastenings, Saab 10 HP
Your last chance to buy a fun boat at a great price. No sale this month? It gets donated. Make offer.
$35,000. sven@boatusmail.net (415) 260-7927.
or please call
variable pitch. Wood mast, traditional rig, new sails, all bronze hardware. 6' 3' headroom/bunks, basic electrical, no head, new paint. $42,000. Call for details, (206) 329-0143.
OLSON 29. Lake sailed, new spinnaker and
(408) 735-1110or email: Jfox@AMERCSTM.com
New canvas in & out^ New bottom paint. Many
three year cruise. New rigging, new chain plates. $55,000. (808) 889-9847,
extras. A brilliant vessel of this classic & desirable make. Must sell. $49,500. (310) 577-2212.
30-FT NONSUCH, 1981. KM, DS, WS/WP, GPS,
CAL 34,1978. All new. Sails, boom, mast, Harken
PACIFIC SEACRAFT CREALOCK 34, 1985.
repeat, radar, autopilot, inverter, VHF, 23 hp Volvo.
furler, rubrail, & running rigging. Stripped bottom
World cruiser, dodger, radar, Autohelm 3000,12
Veiy clean. Available 3/2000. $53,500. Email: dudestoyou@aol.com
to gelcoat. Applied Interlux 3000 & Petit Trinidad.
volt refrig, Ample power 105 amp alternator &
Some work left to do. $30,000 obo. Please call (707) 833-2898.
HUNTER 29.5,1996. Excellent condition. Roller furling, Autohelm, GPS, Yanmar 18 hp diesel, surveyed & hauled out w/new bottom 5/99. VHF,
32-FT ATKINS ERIC. 1962 double-end wood
12v refrig, propane stove/oven, h/c pressure wa¬ ter, Marine stereo, dodger. $59,000. Please call (408) 830-0628.
reseamed fir hull, Sabb 20 diesel, propane stove. Call for fax of extras & details, (408) 528-0177 w or (831) 333-1377 hm. $21,000. Slip in Monterey included.
ketch, copper fastened, cedardecks, sprucespars,
NEWPORT 30 MKII, 1979. Atomic 4. Excellent condition. Many sails (racing inventory), excep¬
RANGER 33. Best boat on the Bay. Lots of
tionally well equipped. $16,500. (707) 442-4281.
equipment. No blisters. New rig, new interior. Spinnaker gear. $22,500. (510) 534-7317.
ISLANDER 33,1966. Sloop, bluewater cruiser. Alberg 35 fiberglass hull. Beam 10', diesel, 5sails, 3 anchors, flush deck, stove/oven. $18,500. Please call (209) 369-6261, Rio Vista CA, or email
vemrath@email.com.
■KJ
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need of a new captain. Must sell, bought a bigger boat. $25,000 obo. (510) 206-3875.
cruiser. Completely refitin ’99 by shipwright owner.
HANS CHRISTIAN 34, 1977. Just back from
jgB&k
autopilot, speed/depth. Recent survey 11/98. Capella is a well maintained, salty looking ship in
32-FT WESTSAIL, 1976. Proven bluewater
main, 14 bags, trailer, ob. $25,000 obo.Please call (559) 226-7611, fax: (559) 226-7191, emailTEAMSKA1 @ AOL.COM
A.
ing one-design fleet. Good condition, good bot¬ tom, fast boat. Berthed in Alameda. $6,000/offer.
electrical monitoring system. Roller furling, Lazy
THEY SAID IT COULDN’T BE DONE - A truly fast
Jacks & cruising spinnaker. Owned for last 11 years by knowledgeable sailor. $99,500. Please call (408) 723-9451.
& comfortable 35 ft racer/cruiser, with the speed heritage of Revs & a fully functional cabin with standing headroom. To own this truly refined 1998 Kiwi yacht for $115,000 call (415) 309-6609 or (011)649-521-1562.
CATALINA 34,1986. Roller furling, dodger, AP, radar, VHF, stereo cassette, color tv, windspeed & direction, depth/knot, h/c pressure water w/ shower, new water heater, Adler Barbour, CNG stove/oven, self-tailing winches, all lines led aft, like-new cruising chute, teak cockpit grating, Uni¬ versal diesel & much more! Hauled & painted bottom4/99. Beautiful boat! Serious inquires only! $56,500. Contact Pete at (559) 281-0228 or e-mail: zuteman99@hotmail.com.
OFFSHORE CRUISING SYMPOSIUMS #99-#l 01 Join John Neal & team of professionals for course covering: boat selection & outfitting, storm tactics, weather plotting/avoidance, sail/rig repair, provisioning, medicine & much more! San Fran: Feb 12-13, Seattle: Feb 1 9-20, Annapolis: Feb 26-27. www.mahina.com or Armchair Sailor, 800-875-0852, 2110 Westlake N, Seattle. WA 98109
EAST bay sail cleaning VJ(510) 523-9011
11 :METRE ONE DESIGN, most fun for the $$ on
CATALINA 36,1983. Bottom paint 11/99. New
42-FTTAYANA, 1985. Center cockpit cutter. 30+
the Bay, 10+ boats in fleet, let the sponsor pay the bills! Play at over 20 knots! Active fleet, top notch
interior. Many upgrades and mods to rigging, plumbing, electrical, engine. Autohelm, radar,
gph watermaker, 4 kw generator, wind generator,
talent, crew available, used boats available
depth, log, fishfinder, Loran, VHF, CD. Universal
$18,000-24,000. Tom Dinkel (415) 693-9227, tadink@yahoo.com
diesel, dripless shaft seal, dodger, roller furler, dinghy. Well maintained. $53,000. Please call (415) 492-1177 or gwevans@compuserve.com.
Flemmingwindvane,autopilot,weatherfax,Espar diesel heater, radar, refrig/freezer, liferaft, 150 gal fuel, 180 gal water, two heads. Located in NE Florida. $169,950. (609) runningfreel ©juno.com
841-8021
or
UNION 36 CUTTER, MUSIC. Ready to cruise.
36 TO 39 FEET
New sails, new engine, new everything. Solar
McGUIRE 44,
panels to custom mattress, Music has everything you need for a safe, comfortable trip to Baja or
cruiser, hard dodger, excellent condition, easily
HANS CHRISTIAN 38T. Cutter, Isuzu 60, autopi¬
beyond. $85,000. Mike, (510) 965-0339. See more:
lot, SSB, VHF, radar, GPS, inverter, Monitor windvane, watermaker, electric windlass, CQR
http://199.88.105.194/music
stery, classic layout, well equipped for coastal getaways, capable of offshore use. Sloop/cutter
and Bruce. New Zodiac with 15 hp outboard and
CATALINA 36MKII, 1998. Dodger, autopilot, AM/
hydraulic vang & backstay. Routinely hits 8-3/4
more. $110,000. Please call (408) 353-5712 or
FMCDchanger,TV/VCRs, cockpittable, U-shaped dinette, dockside water, phone/cable hook-ups,
JohnBabot@emaii.msn.com
cruised 7 years from SF Bay Area. Located in Trinidad, West Indies.
singlehanded. Beautiful interior, leather uphol¬
rigged, jib furling, 6 bags, 7 selftailing winches,
dinghy 5 hp engine. All sailing gear onboard: GPS,
C&C LANDFALL 38,1981. One owner, loaded,
CUSTOM PERFORMANCE
VHF, safety, lifevests, etc. Sail away at $115,000. Alameda. Call Mike at (510) 769-6231.
Phone (868) 634-4387
knots to weather & has seen 12 knot reachs. Aft
48' HANS CHRISTIAN CC CUTTER, 1987. Exc
double, vee, 2 settee & 2 pilot berths. Large galley,
cosmetic/mechanical condition; luxuriousteakand brass interior w/2 staterooms, 2 heads + 2 tiled stall showers; AC/engine drive refrig /freezer; Avon Offshore liferaft; Maxprop; SSB; WFAX;
chart table & bulk storage area. For more informa¬ tion call: weekdays (562) 630-2700, other times call (714) 840-4223.
x623. For more details ans photos, see: http://
ENDEAVOUR 37,1980. Sloop, Perkins4-108,16
pws.prsenr.net/timepassages/timepassages.htm
color video fishfinder, VHF, GPS, epoxy bottom,
36-FT LAPWORTH, 1963. Transpac Hawaii twice.
300 ft chain, 2 speed manual windlass, 2 anchors, roller jib, refrig, stove, shower, head, holding tank.
Many medals, sail/liveaboard. New Force 10 oven, new refrig, replaced rigging, mast completely re-
Roomy cabin with large cockpit. $45,000 obo. Please call Mark 6-9pm, (925) 820-0725.
fastened. Reliable Westerbeke engine, good ground tackle, more. Comes with slip at Pillar
CATALINA 36,1987. Universal diesel, rollerfurl-
Point Harbor. $29,000 obo. (650) 728-1604.
ing jib, selftending. Propane stove/oven, freezer/ refrig, hot/cold pressure water, VHF, stereo Al¬ pine cassette, speakers inside & out. Autohelm,
PACIFIC SEACRAFT 40 1996. Like new condi¬
PASSPORT 42,1981. A great world cruiser. One
CAL 39,1978. Clean, solid, cruiser. New wiring,
tion, extensively equipped for bluewater cruising.
owner. Impressive inventory of modern electronic equipment including GPS, radar, AP, VHF, SSB/ Ham, Loran, DS, WS/WD, inverter, etc. Non-
radar; VHF(3); storm sails. Major refit ’98/’99. New: watermaker; sails; Westerbeke 90hp/trans
40-FT SPARKMAN STEVENS NAUTIC AT sloop. 90hp Ford-Lehman, dual steering, 5kw Northern Lights generator, 500 gpd watermaker. New sails,
(700hrs); Genset (0 hrs); blister job; Caribe RIB; 2 o/b; rigging; 406 EPIRB; vane; Autopilot; thruhulls; wiring; solar (2). $312,000 obo. Please call
bimini, dodger. Galley with Corian-type counter, Force 10stove. Located Trinidad thru Feb. Headed to Florida. $185,000. Call Trinidad phone number
(949) 733-9008. Or see details & photos at: www.geocities.com/koonawarra.geo
(868) 634-1632 or email pat1083@aol.com.
plumbing, head. Rebuilt Perkins 4-108. Dodger,
radar, depth, knotmeter, GPS, windspeed & direc¬
A rare find. Top choice of yacht expert Nigel
furling, electric windlass, 3 anchors, 2 battery banks, E-meter, inverter, Force 10, refrig/freezer,
tion. Electric head, custom mattress. 2 mains, 2 jibs. Cockpit cushions, microwave, boomvang.
Calder. See her at: http://sola-fide.home.att.net or email: WCY8189@marinenet.net.
teak interior, more. In great shape. Will fax details.
$69,000. (415) 563-6580.
smoker. Excellently maintained. In Vallejo. $134,500. (619) 995-5066.
1985 42.6-FT DOUG PETERSON, Victory. Built
$69,500. (805) 963-5905.
HUNTER VISION 36,1991. Liveaboard, cruise or race this sexy, spacious, easy to sail Bay &
1982 CREALOCK 37. Solid Bay/worid cruiser,
by Choate Factory. All new equipment: washing
46 HOLLAND ALUMINUM CUSTOM, 1979
Aries windvane, Autohelm autopilot, solar, dodger, diesel heater, 6 sails, rigged for singlehandling. $74,500. (530) 389-9421.
machine, watermaker, radar, Autohelm-7000, sonar, GPS, FG/Kevlar hull, rod rigging, 55hp Pathfinder diesel engine, folding propeller. New
Palmer Johnson built. This is ‘ARIES’ of Fastnet racing fame. Major refit with emphasis on cruis¬
38-FT CUSTOM SLOOP BY CHRISTENSEN. Documented, aft cockpit, cruiser, 4 sails, 36 hp
sails including 3 new spinnakers. Sleeps 8. Beau¬ tifully appointed. Very comfortable interior. Sleek design, very fast. Now in Costa Rica in-route to...?
Volvo-Penta diesel, VHF, h/c press water, pro¬
$40,000 under market. Priced to sell quickly,
pane 3 burner stove/oven.New depth/speed inst, holding tank, thru-hulls. Readyamp charger, over¬ size V-berth. Great liveaboard. Extras. $32,500.
$99,500. Offshore delivery. Possible trades con¬ sidered. Email:victoryatsea@yahoo.com. Website & photo: http://www.boatersport.com/data/
(650) 365-9376 Iv message.
761999124716.html
40 TO 50 FEET
finished, new sails, new roller furling, vane, Ham, TNC, SSB, radar, GPS, sailing dinghy, 5 solar
DEAL FELL THROUGH! SATORI. a beautiful 47
panels, spares galore. 100% ready to circumnavi¬ gate. Lying Mooloolaba, Australia. $112,000 (firm). See www.customdirect.com/westsail or contact
bed with highest quality foam. Modem design head & galley with Corian counters. 6' 6" head-
hr batteries, Maxwell 800RC windlass, Bruce 44 anchor. Freestanding mast, spinnaker, autopilot, Adler-Barbour refrig, two 30 amp 110 volt sys¬ tems, complete Autohelm/Garmin instruments, superbly maintained. $89,000. (650) 359-4780.
BENETEAU FIRST 42,1985. One of the best. Caribbean, Central America, Mexico vet. Dodger, bimini, all electronics. 1 lOv & compressor driven refer, Trace 2500 inverter, superior charging sys¬ $98,000. Please call (949) 548-9633 or Jolivalentrprise@aol.com
WESTS AIL 43,1978. Excellent condition, factory
ity in main salon. Breakfast is great in the huge aft
with batt-slides, 150% & 110% jibs. New 450 amp
(310)831-1376.
tem. A beautiful design from German Frers.
coastal performance cruiser with all-round visibil¬
room. Yanmar diesel (rebuilt ’98) with new ex¬ haust system, Spectra sails (’97), full batten main
ing. Seakindly. Easily shorthanded. Excellent blue water boat. Extensive updated equipment list. Fast. Powerful. $78,000 obo. Call Jimmy,
40-FT STEEL SLOOP, John Hutton design & built (he built Bernard Montessia's Tamata). Strong, fast, safe & easy to sail. Perkins 4-108, Aries, Autohelm 5000, wheel steering, Loran, large 2speed winches, 35 CQR, dinghy, Furuno. $22,000.
ft pilothouse cutter is back on the market at only $124,900. Greatforcruisingorliveaboard. Com¬
elybob@hotmail.com.
plete specifications, equipment &
picture:
COLUMBIA 43,1974. Masthead sloop, in mast
Mike@northcoast.com or (707) 444-9536.
www.wenet.net/users/mikepatg or please call (541)947-3330.
main furling, new main sail, roller furling headsail, hydraulic boom vang & backstay adjuster, brand new Yanmar & prop shaft, new LPU paint, six two
shore cruiser. Documented, admeasured. Major
ROBERTS 434 STEEL 45-FT OVERALL. Cutter,
speed winches, 8 ft Zodiac, 8 ft folding dinghy,
refit 1991, upgrades '94, '00. Radar, autopilot,
13’6" beam, 105hp Mitsubishi, dinghy, inverter, breathing air, 18hp auxiliary, freezer, stereo, TV,
very nice interior, new state of the art battery charger, new plumbing, dodger. Asking $77,000.
Profurl, Lewmar hatches, windvane, liferaft, din¬ ghy, Windbugger, solar, awnings, rebuilt engine.
fireplace, 2 heads w/showers, winged keel, solar
Ph: (650) 369-6988 or Email: shavadtoy @ aol.com
$149,000. Ft. Lauderdale. (970) 247-1632. View at: www.frontier.net/-tgalbraith.
J
panels, BBQ grill. $115,000. (916) 201-5587.
CARPENTRY
W/oodrum Marine Specializing in custom interior cabinetry, tables, cabinets, countertops, cabinsoles. For power or sail.
Mobile cabinet shop Call Lon Woodrum at: ^
115-332-5970
LOWEST PRICED ISLAND PACKET 44 OFFSHORE CUTTER IN U.S.! Twin roller furling, mast pulpits, dodger/bimini top, elec windlass, inflatable & outboard on davits, SSB, GPS, inverter, radar, central heat, AP, refrig, Balmar diesel alternator. Beautiful vessel, like neyv throughout! Ask $239,000. Roy Pinney, Cruising Yachts, FL. (954) 463-5900
YACHT DELIVERY ~ Power & SailExperienced • Licensed • References Bill Garber* (415)
332-7609 •
Email: wcarber@earthlink.net
MASON 43 CUTTER, HULL #5. Turn-key off¬
- MARITIME AGENTS Cartagena, Columbia S.A. FOR ALL CUSTOMS IMMIGRATION, ENTRANCE & EXIT CLEARANCE & ZARPES (Oil) 575-660-8553 or (Oil) 575-652-8524 Cellular Email: asdequia@cartagenacetcol.net.co VHF: 16
ANA BELEN PEREZ
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CANVAS REPAIR, CUSTOM CUSHIONS
^'j^^^^^Canvas repair and restitching (Goretex thread) of sail, boat, bimini covers; tents, tontos, replacing of zippers. Make them last another season. Interior & exterior cushions. Dependable, quality work. Ref.
(415) 456-7312
CHARTER BOATS WANTED The Demand for Chartering Sailboats on San Francisco Bay is Booming. Call the Modern Sailing Academy for details on how your boat can earn thousands of dollars per year while berthed at our beautiful Sausalito location. (415) 331-8250 February, 2000 •
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43-FT CHEOY LEE PILOTHOUSE CUTTER,
41-FT COLUMBIA, 1973. Excellent liveaboard,
ISLAND TRADER 41 KETCH. Documented. Lo¬
COLUMBIA 57,1973. Excellent overall condition.
1983. Perry designed long range motorsailer, tum-keyequipped.2queen, 1 single stateroom, 2
center cockpit, 50 hp Perkins diesel engine, huge aft cabin, new interior, washer & dryer, new head,
cated in Baja. Designed by Garden. Great
Sloop rig with removable inner forestay. Easily
liveaboard, teak interior/decks, rollerfurling, elec¬
handled by a couple. Many upgrades in the last 6
heads with shower. 600 fuel, 300 water, 2,600
40 gallon holding tank, shower, new diesel heater,
tric windlass, liferaft, windvane, VHF, loran, ste¬
mile range. 5 ft draft. 6 cyl Lehman, roller furling main & jib, drifter, hard dinghy on davits, Avon
new floor & carpet, new custom mini blinds, new 3/8' Lexan windows, new microwave, propane
years. Re-powered 1990. $159,000. Cal! or email for complete specs. (619) 226-1257 or
liferaft, sea anchor, windlass, 300 ft chain, 3 anchors, EPIRB, GPS, Cap’n software, ICOM 710 SSB/HAM, radar, microwave, heat & air & much
oven, 4 burner stove, new 9‘ & 13" AC/DC TV/ VCR, new plumbing & electrical, new thru-hulls & valves, many improvements. Ready to live on &
more. Just back from Mexico. $135,000. Call
sail! $58,000 obo. Call Justin at (650) 208-1147 or
(925) 934-1580. dwheeler@netvista.net
947-0903.
WESTSAIL 43,1978. A true bluewater cruising
45-FTCRUISING KETCH. Berthed in San Carlos,
boat. Excellent condition, factory finished, new sails, new roller furling, Ham, TNC, SSB, radar,
Sonora, Mexico. Sails easily with 135% roller furled genoa & full battened main w/Dutchman
GPS, sailing dinghy, spares galore. 100% ready
system. Has inverter, solar panels, and great
to circumnavigate. Lying Mooloolaba, Australia. $110,000 or $125,000 delivered US West Coast. Please contact elybob@hotmail.com or see
electronic electrical system. 200 gals water, 200 gals diesel. All the expected comforts including library & seven foot headroom. Flush decks w/
www.customerdirect.com/westsail
skylights. Strong ferro-cement hull professionally built 1980. Overbuilt rig. Isuzu 60 hp diesel. Phone
enclosed wheelhouse motorsailer. Comes with custom cradle. Ideal for owner builder. $6,500
1500 watt inverter, 6 cylinder Isuzu engine & Hurth
TARTAN 40,1989. Beautiful, strong, performance
obo. (503) 283-5200.
cruiser. Kevlar hull, scheel keel, cutter rigged,
(520) 623-0195 or e-mail: greydawn2@yahoo.com See photos at, www3.cybercrties.com/g/greydawn/
transmission, new sails, square yard & standing rigging, Robertson autopilot, Kobelt hydraulicsteer-
hard dodger. Complete systems refit, 1995-98. Refer/frz, radar, HAM/SSB, two GPS, autopilot,
BLUEWATER SAILORS DREAM, 49 ft cutter
MORGAN 41 OUTISLANDER KETCH. Beautiful
200 gallons water & fuel. Furuno radar, 6-man
rigged yawl, proven bluewater sailer with 2-3/4
1977center cockpit. Great liveaboard/cruiser. Tons
liferaft, 406 EPIRB. Vessel iying South Pacific &
circumnavigations and ready to head out for an¬ other. USCG documented, well equipped. Built in
of room, 2 full heads w/showers, large open gal¬ ley, huge sail inventory, Furuno radar, SEA SSB,
ready to sail. Phone: (360) 385-7878 or email:
Italy by Cantieri Sangermani of real woods, oak, teak, ash spruce, hull of black African mahogany.
Loran, & 2 EPIRBS. 90 gals F/O and 215 gals F/ W. Many new upgrades: newly rebuilt Perkins 107, carppt, upholstery, Robison Hydraulic auto¬
inverter, 8 gph watermaker, nine sails, liferaft, etc. Best sailboat on the market for $159,900. Call (805) 984-7047 orsvobsession@hotmail.com \
reo/CD, h/c pressure, extras. Will consider rea¬ sonable offers. bncole@msn.com
(760)
788-0511,
or
NEW ROBERTS MAURITIUS 43. Professionally built fiberglass hull only, no deck or ballast. Can be finished as a cruising sailboat, ketch or cutter or
PASSPORT 42,1990 performance cruiser. Con¬
pilot w/2 stations integrated w/new Furuno GPS, Profurl, fully enclosed cockpit, 4 D/C house & 2 D8 starting batteries, Sayes rig-steering vane, 6 man liferaft, and much more. Mike at (707) 642-1718 or mkpeery@ix.netcom.com
tinually upgraded w/many extras. Exc condition.
proven bluewater yacht, Ha-Ha veteran, com¬ plete refit '98/’99, SSB/HAM, VHFs, GPS
Easily singlehanded w/9self-tailing winches. Bright spacious teak interior w/2 double staterooms, Irg head & stall shower. Propane stove/oven, micro-
51 FEET & OVER
Chartplotter, CD/FM/4Bose, 406 EPIRB, solar,
wave, refrig, diesel heat, stereo/CD, high output battery charging/monitoring system. $195,000.
AP, radar, windvane, rigging, sails, complete en¬
(415) 816-3646 or tompatt@hooked.net
74-FT SAILBOAT, beautiful Morgan design. US
gine rebuild, dodger, canvas, cushions/upholstery, golf batts. Partial list, upgrades & inventory go on & on. $124,500. (800) 994-5757. So Cal boat. Pics & info at: www.cta-online.com/boat
CYGNUS, GULFSTAR 50,1975, Mexico and S. Pacific veteran. Two cabins w/large engine room. Complete refit 1998. Following new in 1998: stand¬ ing & running rigging, full batten main & jib, over¬
68-FT LOA, 54-FT LOD GAFF RIGGED Pinky Schooner, Attu. Professionally built 1985 & totally refit 1996 thru 1998. New wiring, ample power electric system, 800 amp hr gel cell batteries,
ing, new windlass & ground tackle, Force 10 oven.
Abeautiful lady. Located in Hawaii and ready to sail. Price $85,000, single owner since 1974. Contact Misha at OLDHAWCOF@ WEBTV, or (808)-328;2277.
PETERSON 44 CUTTER 1976. Exceptional
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55-FT LOA CUTTER-RIGGED PILOTHOUSE ketch. Unique Samson-designed ferro-cementhull, comfortable liveaboard cruiser, GM-371 lOOhp diesel, radar, AP, 2 steering stations, loaded, needs some work, mostly rigging, tuns great! Only $14,500 or trade forland or RV. (925) 825-3391 or (925)519-1174. 64-FT LOA GAFF-RIGGED SCHOONER. Tom Lottin design, professionally built ferro-cement. SoPac vet. 10 hrs on rebuilt 353 Detroit, Onan 3kw genset, 3 cabins, tons of room, needs work, per¬
1929 ALDEN SCHOONER. 43' LOD, 55' LOA, 12'
built in 1965. $400,000 spent on refit in '93; massive beams, spars, rigging & 2 inch minimum
6" beam, 5' 5‘ draft, 8.5 hull speed has done 10.5.
fiberglass hull. Meticulously maintained by
One of a kind, Perkins 4-108, 2,200 hrs, many recent upgrades. Excellent condition. A strong
liveaboard cruising family, sleeps 11,3 cabins plus separate crew quarters. Asking $425,000 or
sailing vessel. $79,500. For photos & info packet, call: (530) 400-3255.
trade for smaller boat plus cash. Email:
fect liveaboard. $30,000. (510) 508-1208.
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FREEDOM 40,1976. Cat ketch, swing keel, cen¬ ter cockpit. Easy singlehander. '92 refit. Cruised Mexico, Hawaii, Alaska. GPS, refrig, radar, AP, inverter, watermaker. Reduced to$72,000, $5,000
TAYANA 55 CUTTER, commissioned 1987. Popu¬
under low BUC. Make an offer. (360) 856-0100.
lar 4 cabin layout. Huge aft salon. Stand-up work¬ shop. 135 hp low time Perkins diesel. 8 kw gen¬ erator. Teak decks, watermaker, full electronics,
Junk, ready to go. Red dacron sails w/bamboo battens. Twin Gardener diesels with 3kw genera¬
rigged for singlehanded sailing. Efficient, spa¬
CATALINA 400,1995. The best equipped & main¬
tor. Spacious glassed in wheelhouse, expansive
Village Marine 160gal/day watermaker, Force 10 stove, microwave, cabin lights, fans and cush¬
cious, well maintained, ready for South Pacific.
tained C400 anywhere. 4 sails, tall rig, dodger, all
deck. Luxurious accommodations. Excellent
$260,000. Fax enquiries: (520) 760-2856.
ions. 85 HP Perkins 4-236 2550 hrs, Max Prop. 6man liferaft, certified 1998, Wood Freeman auto¬
electronics, upgraded electrical system with 150A alternator, new engine, Webasto furnace, custom
56-FT LOA, 1943, WOODY. In warm Mexico, best
pilot. Cygnus currently lying in New Zealand. Buy in NZ, without US sales tax, spend the NZ summer
radar tower & much more. Shows like new. $164,500. (206) 242-1364 orwindmist@msn.com
slip, Marina Mazatlan. Big inside, 9x10 master cabin, queen bed. 6’2" headroom, Volvo 17C.
sized ground tackle, Lewmar Ocean Series deck hatches & portlights. Teak cabin sole, instru¬ ments, Raytheon SL72 radar, Ample Power sys¬ tem, 660AH Gelcell batteries, Glacier Bay refrig,
liveaboard. $150,000. Call (510) 769-7637 or taiwonon@flash.net
cruising, then head up to Tonga/Fiji in April. Price: $120,000 USD. NZ phone: 0064 21 119 3286 or
GPS, Autohelm, 12 solar panels, inverter/charger,
email: Cygnus100@hotmail.com.
(949) 859-9550, Terry, wanderlust@fea.net.
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39-FT FREYA PILOTHOUSE - NEW! Never in water. 6' 2” headroom, two heads, 10,000ft solid lead ballast, 450 fuel, 300 water, auxiliary output shaft/generator. Hydraulic steering, two stations. Famet roller furling for ’ main, jib & staysail. Entire insulated. Large saloon windows, double pane 1/2" outside 1/4" inside. New Perkins 4-108. Priced to sell fast Chetco Chandlery, (541) 469-6681 ’
1986 BENETEAU 51. Cruising yacht & luxurious liveaboard vessel. Cutter rigged with roller furling
IROQUOIS 30 CATAMARAN, 1974. Ruggedly
CAL 20,1965. PARADISE CAY, Tiburon. Unlim¬
built English racer/cruiser. Total refit, excellent condition. New: Awlgrip paint, roller furling genoa,
ited cooperative use with one other person. $800 + half of $109 slip fee & help w/maintenance &
central heating, electronics, autopilots, dodger &
upholstery, windows, etc. 1992 Yamaha 9.9 4-
bimini. Recent haulout. $215,000 or offer with this
stroke outboard. Sleeps 6. Unique find on West Coast. $37,500. (510) 523-8758. rwise@aol.com
repairs. Excellent racing sails plus extras. 4hp Johnson o/b. In the water, no trailer. Will consider moving to CYC or SFYC if you're a member.
sails, Perkins 85 hp, 50 amp electrical system,
ad. Information & appt at (510) 655-7344. Broker open listing available.
or visit http://members.aol.com/iroquois30
Reasonably exp/trained sailor only. (415) 3838200 ext 103 (wk/vm) or (415) 389-9378 (hm).
65-FT MACGREGOR, 1986. Low hrs, dual sta¬
32-FT PIVER TRI, yawl w/ air cooled 1 cyl dsl/
tion radar, GPS, SSB/Ham, VHF, wind/speed,
hydraulic drive;legal head; 15 amp shore power.
depth, electric anchor windlass, inverter, central heating, staysail, custom interior & much more.
Exc workmanship,.one port leaks, one deck leak, rudder needs glassing. $8,750 trade for larger
Fast, comfortable cruiser (Mexico vet), easily
monohull. (925) 679-1947.
53-FT BAGLIETTO, 1971. Mediterranean style motoryacht. V-8 71's, gen, many unique custom features. Interior finished in quality Euro-modern style with Tiger mahogany & other rare woods. Strong & sound. Still needs minor work. Fast,
handled by a couple. $149,000. (415) 331-5180.
stylish, economical custom classic yacht. Rare TAYANA 52,1985. Luxury performance cruiser.
POWER & HOUSEBOATS
Aft cockpit, 3 double staterooms, beautiful & spa¬
opportunity. Ask $95,000, some trades consid¬ ered. Roger Perry, (415) 331-2422.
cious interior. New autopilot & GPS, Kevlar main, Profurl, refer, boiler heat, dodger/bimini. Exten¬ sive upgrades & refits. Datamarine instruments, more. Fully outfitted. $245,000. davis@coinet.com or (541) 388-8223.
40-FT TUGBOAT, 1925. All wood. Woodburning stove, full galley, fold-down bathtub, beautiful inside, excellent liveaboard. Must sell. $6,500. (510) 965-0579.
TRADE PARTNERSHIPS OK, I’M READY FOR A CHANGE IN PACE. I want to trade 7 acres of commercial land near
39-FT F/V PROVIDENCE, 1975. FG, Cat 3160,
CLASSICS
beautiful Flagstaff, Arizona, for a beautiful boat anywhere! Contact me, Terry, for the details. (520) 526-2055 ortsquared@infomagic.com
2,900hrs. 1999 survey. Stabilizers, holding tanks, hydraulics & drum, washdown, 200 water, 400 fuel. Radar, sounder, GPS, loran, ComNav auto¬
1926 45-FT E.B. SCHOCK YAWL. Hollywood history, classic cruising racer with beautiful lines,
pilot, VHF. Dock & search lights. Propane & diesel stoves. Sensors & alarms. $44,000 obo. Call
1985 25-FT SELF-CONTAINED FIFTH WHEEL, 1979 4x4 Chevy ‘Heavy Half' Ton, excellent me¬
fir on oak, lead keel, teak house and trim; new
(510) 206-0505.
chanical condition, value $12,000, trade for ocean¬
deck, beams, ribs; great hull; needs complete interior and restoration; recent haulout. $6,000 fine. (408) 545-1919.
20-FT M AKO, OLDER MODEL, with 1996130 hp Johnson o/b. Together or separate. Makeofferfor quick deal. Located Sausalito. (415) 518-2733.
going mono or multihull sailboat. Some cash boot depending on boat condition, equipment. Call 37-FT O’DAY CENTER COCKPIT with gennaker.
(888) 676-1780 ext. 284-4464, leave phone #,
Large bed & 2nd head in aft cabin. Just hauled, surveyed & engine repaired. Berthed at Emery
message please. ELBOW GREASE AND 1/2 SLIP RENTAL for
Cove east of Bay Bridge. Will train & checkout if needed. Accepting max of 3 equity partners at a fixed monthly fee of only $300 with up front $3,000.
occasional use of your sailboat. 55 yr old sailing couple with bareboat certification. (415) 499-8807.
condition, no motor, one hull partly unfinished inside. Lying at anchor near Sacramento. $11,000.
This price includes fee simple slip ownership. Looking for cruising-relaxed individuals. A 60 day mutual “buy-back” option to be included. Dream Maker Sailing Limited Partnership. Call Joe for a
TRADE UP; ISLANDER 28, full race/cruise, die¬ sel, new sails, 2 spinnakers, radar, GPS, etc. for 32-36 ft F/G sloop w/dsl, RF, dodger and propane.
Dick at (916) 363-8383 days or (530) 753-8864 eves or Dick@davis.com
package. Call toll free: 1-888-554-1000 or call (916) 686-4222.
Owner finance balance. Amie; (415) 239-1844 hm, (415) 817-7999 wk.
fully decorated, beautiful interior/exterior cedar
1978 CAPE DORY 27, PLASTIC CLASSIC. Carl
finish, 115 hp I/O MercCruiser. Ideal San Juans cabin or Delta hideaway/cruiser. $100,000/seri-
Alberg design. 50% partnership available. $9,000.
WANTED
MULTIHULLS 45-FT WHARRAM ARIKI CLASS CAT. Good
1995 EASTSOUND BAY BOAT, custom 36' x 14' F-31 TRI, 1992. Aft cabin, rotating rig, 15 hp outboard, watermaker, GPS/DAP/fish/plotter/temp by Lorance. CA boat. $89,000. (310) 839-8078. CATANA 42.1991 performance cruising catama¬
all aluminum, low maintenance construction, taste¬
bus offers considered. (206) 612-6014.
Unlimited use. Upwind slip, Berkeley Marina. Great Bay boat. Bluewater capable. Autopilot, Yanmar
ran with daggerboards. Easily handled. All lines to
diesel. 6 ft headroom, sleeps 4, galley, Porta-
cockpit. 4 doubles, 3 heads. Excellent storage. Charter or cruise. Numerous upgrades in '99.
Potti. Special feature: fireplace. (510) 704-0488 or email: robnrand@jong.com
Start cruising in paradise - boat in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico! $269,000. (702) 260-0371 or svmaluhia@aol.com
38-FT HUNTER CLASSIC. Twin V-8's, tri-cabin
HAVE CAL/C 36. Need 140% head sail & main! And line ajd. down wind pole 21/2' to 3‘ X12/22. Call (310) 547-1924.
design. H/C pressure water, shower, head with FATTY KNEES, or similar hard dinghy, 7' to 8'. Must be good/excellent condition. Sail rig not vital. (650) 588-9234.
treatment tank. Great liveaboard. New bottom, surveyed 5/99. $6,900 for fast sale. Please call (510) 339-0684.
BIG TOY GARAGE SALE: 35 ft Piver Lodestar tri, $7,000. Picture in January Latitude 38. 25' x 17’
1970 48-FT EGG HARBOR SPORT Fisherman.
Remember...
custom made dismountable aluminum cross tube
Turnkey cruiser! Twin 671's new rigging, new bottom, new canvas, new paint, 2 radars, 4 radios,
Classy deadline
tri 9 ft cockpit, glass over ply, new LP paint, furling main, sink, Porta-Potti, 6 hp I/s o/b with heavy duty
icemaker, trash compactor, extensive spare parts,
tandem axle trailer. $3,500.1971 24 ft Wingabgo
dinghy, complete with household items. $139,000
self-contained motorhome, $2,000.1976 Porsche 912E, new paint, $8,000. Cold plate ref fits in p/u,
or best offer. (415) 828-1229.
CAL 39, not older than 1981. Must be well main¬ tained with good sails and equipment. Bay Area location. Have cash, ready to buy. Contact Ole Henriksen, PO Box 607, Code Madera, CA 94607,
is a-l-w-a-y-s the
18th.
(415) 457-3049, fax (415) 927-4467 or ole @ henriksenimports.com.
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LOOKING TO RENT OR POSSIBLE house trade
7.5 HP XTRA LONG SHAFT JOHNSON, $500.6
PERKINS 4-107 LONGBLOCK. Runs very well,
(So. Lake Tahoe) for mono or multihull to accom¬ modate 3 couples, in La Paz for 2 weeks March -
HP long shaft (older) Johnson, $250. Electric
see operate in boat. Hi Seas & Shipmate heaters.
trolling motor, $50.2 axle keel boat trailerfor 26 to
Two stainless fuel tanks, Wallas flameless 2-
April. Steve, (530) 541-6887.
30’ boat fully adjustable, $2,500. Spreader bar
bumer stove. 2 axle 5 ton sailboat trailer for rent.
and slings, $500.1 cyl. Renault diesel with shaft
54 ft aluminum mast & all rigging. 31 ft Airstream
PROFESSIONAL CHEF, BLUEWATER cruiser,
and prop, $500.8 ft inflatable with bag, oars and
trailer. (415) 331-7576.
former EMT, desires to join your charter team. I
pump, $350. CNG bottle with teak cradle, $100.
bring years of experience working with clients in outdoor adventure travel. BS, MA degrees, NS,
All items “OBO”. Call (510) 523-0148.
FOR SALE: ORCOWEB 24“ S-500 unidirectional
ND, light drinker. Please mhadventuress@hotmail.com
MONITOR WINDVANE. Like new. Lightly used.
Also termanto & Divinicell structural boat building
$3,000. Mike, (415) 332-7779.
foam in R-100 & R-200 densities. Please call
contact:
BERTHS & SLIPS FOUR DOCKS FOR SALE. Docks B-42 through B-45 (36 ft) at Pier 39 for $11,000 each. Please call (714) 895-3155. Also available for rent.
S-glass & 12“ G-450 unidirectional carbon fiber.
CREW
(604)940-1957. DESPERATE? HAVING TROUBLE GETTING
WILCOX-CRITTENTON “JUNIOR” HEAD. Up¬
rid of your sailboat? Are you a serious don’t
graded to "Skipper”. Great condition. New seat.
LIGHTHOUSE 1501 REVERSING WINDLASS,
CREW TO HAWAII THIS MARCH? I would be
wanter? Moorage & upkeep bankrupting you? Brokers won't list much less show it? Costs too
$75 obo. (415) 332-0800.
$900. Suzuki 25 hp OBM, $600. Norcold 704 AC/ DC refrig, $100. Mast 24 ft, glass, boom, rigging,
crew! Share exp. for food & such. I am looking
much to make it sellable. I have a unique way! Call
ALBIN 22 HP DIESEL, good condition, 2:1 reduc¬ tion, connector, 6' x 1 “ prop shaft, 2 filters, instru¬
1-888-676-1780 ext 284-4464.
$400.(415) 531-0511.
interested in contacting you if you would like to forward to a safe and fun passage. I look more for compatibility than experience. Email:
ments, $1,200 obo. Trade for small motorcycle
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like Honda Rebel or British + cash. Free delivery to Bay Area. Parts available. (209) 333-9236.
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CLUBS/MEMBERSHIPS
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CLUB NAUTIQUE UNLIMITED MEMBERSHIP,
other activities year round. Monthly meeting at
$2,250 obo. Three locations in the Bay Area.
Oakland Yacht Club in Alameda. For more infor¬
battery, 160 amp. Retail $310, take $75. Ken at cell# (206) 612-3550, I'm in the Bay Area.
Membership includes free sailing instruction, US Sailing Basic Keelboat through Coastal
mation, please call (510) 273-9763 www.serve.com/oaklandyc/ssa.htm
HONDA 8 HP 4-STROKE, 1988 outboard, excel¬
club membership. Call (510) 339-0514 evenings.
lent condition, long shaft, alternator 12V/5A, 3.3 gal external tank, plus motor lift. $850. Johnson 6
SAILING SOULMATE WANTED, divorced, cap¬ tain, 52, handsome, 40 ft sailboat, looking for
APOLLO 3KW DIESEL (KUBOTA) Genset w/
SKIPPERS & CREW: The SF Bay Oceanic Crew
female, slim, romantic, to start sailing together &
hp 2-stroke, good condition, 5 gal external tank, $295. (916) 781-8113 hm or (916) 368-4404.
Group is one of the Bay Area’s most active sailing groups. Monthly speakers, 20+ Bay & coastal
metal sound enclosure. Serviced & ready to in¬ stall. Lots of extras. Late '70’s Johnson 9.9 OB/
begin cruising Mexico in fall of 2000. Must be easy-going, love life, drinking, light smoking OK,
Short Shaft $650. (707) 746-6308.
sails in 2000, skippers find crew, and crew (new & experienced) go sailing! (415) 979-4866 or http:/ /internet.ggu.edu/~sad/sfbocg.html
ferdysant@aol.com or (619) 574-0358.
PACIFIC CUPPERS: MOM8-A$300, Band-lttool $250, Icom M-600 with Ham frequencies & AT120 tuner $500. Also new Groco deck wash pump $250, new Bose 131 speakers $185, Force 10 4bumer range $600, Nissan 9.9 outboard 100 hrs
or
Passagemaking. Free refresher training & yacht
Brown enamel finish. Good replacement for elec¬ tric “Princess” stove. $265. (415) 902-8439 or pete_pisc @ hotmail.com
enjoy cruising, group sails, daysailing, socials &
deck caulk. Svendsen’s price: $14.85 per tube, I'll take $8.50. Battery isolator 2 charge source, 3
CUSTOM CARBON FIBER SPINNAKER POLE by Forespar - made to your order up to 3.5’ diameter & 14’ length. To be auctioned at www.ebay.com, search by seller czIO, starting
no drugs. Possible long-term relationship. Email:
ODYSSEUS, BLOND, BEARDED, BLUE-EYED,
February 14. Benefits Bruce Schwab’s Vendee
13-4-35, 185 lbs, 5' 7“ seeks Penelope to co¬ captain 37 ft cruising cutter in search of Ithaca.
NON-PROFIT
Globe Challenge.
Now in Sea of Cortez, planning S. Mexico, Panama &
use $750. (775) 831-7560.
Caribbean.
Herman
Boer,
email:
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TRAILERS
VOLVO DIESEL MD17A. 35hp inline drive, excel¬ lent running condition. $1,500 firm. Please call (209)477-9521. SUZUKI OUTBOARD 8HP, oil injection, long shaft, just overhauled. $650 or trade for short shaft. (415)381-9089.
donating your boat in any condition you will help homeless children and their families. Get full book
FOR 20 TO 25-FT KEEL OR SWING-KEEL sail¬
value running or not. Call now for more informa¬ tion. (800) 414-HAUL (4285).
boat. New tires, single axle, 5’ extendible tongue. Heavy-duty steel. $600/best offer. Please call
TEACH SAILING. Join Sailing Education Adven¬
David (408) 836-4674 before 10pm for details or seehome.pacbell.net/dtsails/trailer.htm
TWO USED UNIVERSALS, 24hp, 3 eye. As is. $400. Call JT (415) 331-8250. FINN PARTS: carbon fiber Hallspar mast, $750;
IRS TAX DEDUCTION. We need your help! By
MISCELLANEOUS
rigged boom, $300; Sobstad sail, $150; or $1,050 for all three together. (707) 425-9626. USED PARTS. $200 aluminum portlights 4 ports FOR SALE: 6 HP JOHNSON outboard 1997, long shaft, less than 20 hours, 3 gal tank. Like
9“x18' 6 ports 6“x12“ 1 port 5“x8', $350 16 foot aluminum 4' dia roller boom, $300 2 - chromed
new, freshwater flushed each use, one owner. Perfect sail auxiliary. $750 obo. Wanted: small
bronze Lewmar approx, size 48 winches. $700 takes all. (831)644-8344.
kayak. Frank at (510) 923-3128, leave message.
galvanized, almost new. Used five times. Doesn’t fit my windlass. Located in Oakland. Best offer over $100 takes it. (510) 547-0447.
boat. Approximately 6500 pounds capacity. Dual axle 16' wheels. Surge brakes. Tows like a dream. $2,500 firm. (408) 734-2043 evenings.
club. Teach dinghies through 27 ft keelboats. Love sailing, be an experienced sailor - we’ll train you. Resumes: SEA, Fort Mason Center, Bldg E, San Francisco, 94123. (415) 775-8779.
Impact 18,18 ft racing dinghy with trailer, main, jib,
for both, $250 for one. One 12 hp & one 60 hp diesels. One Atomic 4. Everything works well, all
trapeze & harness, $2,200 firm. Holder 12 sailing
tended cruising. Divorced male, professional, at¬ tractive, 6' 1", fit, 57. Let’s exchange letter& photo. Joe, PO Box 894, Saratoga, CA 95071. 34 YEAR OLD WOMAN, with 20+ years sailing experience, sailing instructor, looking to go cruis¬ ing to warm waters on safe cooperative boat withcompetent skipper & crew, Spring 2000. Skills: French, Spanish, diver, EMT, steer, crew, cook,
SAILBOATS AND POWERBOATS FOR SALE. All makes and models. Priced to sell. Call now. (510)464-4617.
navigate. Please call (510) 524-9631 or email: leisele34@hotmail.com
USCG AUX COASTAL NAVIGATION class be¬
ATTENTION PAC-CUP 2000 DELIVERY skip¬ pers! Seeking to crew on seaworthy sailing vessel
gins March 14, runs 14 weeks. Yerba Buena Island, Building 2. Limited seating. Please call (415)399-3411 for info.
returning from Hawaii after Cup. Will pay all per¬ sonal expenses. Current OCSC student seeking voyaging experience. Excellent health, profes¬ sional technician, willing, able & capable. Email:
USCG AUX BOATING SKILLS & seamanship classes begin Feb 10 & runs 7 weeks. Tues &
Jeff_Pilby@hp.com or call (916) 716-8101.
Thurs at 7:30 pm. Yerba Buena Island, Bldg 2. Call (415)399-3411 for info.
SEATTLE, INSIDE PASSAGE, GLACIER BAY,
VOLVO PENTA MD-2,18 hp diesel, make offer. TWO 71C VELVET DRIVE transmissions. $450
sailing, snorkeiing, hiking, etc. Considering ex¬
tures, a volunteer, community-based school &
1983 EZ LOADER TRAILER for 22 to 27 foot HIGH TEST CHAIN. 300 feet of 3/8 inch, heavily
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Boatscape.com.77 Bosun's Charters.196 Bottom Siders .69 Bower & Kling Yachts.81 Boy Scouts of America ..!.232 Boy Scouts Pacific Harbors ..... 231 Boy Scouts Pacific Skyline.114 Brisbane Marina.95 British Marine.30 Brookes & Gatehouse.157 C Cushions. 161 California Cruising Yachts. 15 Cass' Marina .52 Celestaire.161 Charters Northwest. 196 City Yachts. 16,17
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Ship Harbor. 196
Spinnaker Shop, The.227 Vaughan, William E.224 Starbuck Canvas.69 Ventura Harbor Boatyard . 169
Silver Dolphin Yachts.233
Stellar Yachts. 140
Voyager Charters .196
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Stockdale Marine & Nav. Ctr .... 25
Voyager Marine .96
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Stone Boat Yard.97
Watermaker Store, The . 212
Small Boat Racing/SBRA. 1 86
Stone Merchant Marine Train'g 114
Waypoint.76
Society of Accredited Marine
Stormy Seas Clothing Co.94
West Coast Performance Yachts 1 30
Pineapple Sails..3
Sailrite Kits. .48
Surveyors/SAMS. 160
Point West Yachts.... 72 Quantum Pacific.... 33
Sal's Inflatable Services . .... 114
Solar Electric, Inc.224
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South Beach Harbor.29
West Marine . 1 1 Sunsail Charters . 199 West Marine . 10 Superior Yachts West.91 Westwind Precision Details.23
Raiatea Carenage Services. 213 Raytheon.... 51
San Leandro Marina. .50
South Beach Sailing Center .23
Sutter Sails.91
Whale Point Marine Supply.60
Sausalito Yacht & Ship . .... 228
South Beach Riggers .23
Svendsen's Boat Works.39
Remote Satellite Systems.. 107
White, Chris Designs .226
Scanmar International. .67
Southwest Products . 151
Swedish Marine.79
Richmond Boat Works.... 70 Richmond Marina Bay.. 210
Wizard Yachts, Ltd.233
Schaefer Marine. .... 187 Southwest Wind Power . 135 Schoonmaker Point Marina .... 187 Spectra .93
Tinker Marine.225
Wooden Boat.81
TAAM/Tortola Marine Mgmt .... 1 99
Yacht 'Hans Christian 48' .230
Tradewinds Sailing Center 82, 227 Trident Funding.28
Yachtfinders/Windseekers.233
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Integrity. Ketch w/2 stations. Ful pi¬ lothouse w/electronics. Hurricaneproof, long range, extremely stout GM powers 9+ knots, 2 cabins w/2 doubles, whaler, watermaker, washer/ dryer. Recent haulout and rugged survey clear. Cosmetics needed. Health forces sale. Central Agent. Asking $125,000.
32 Monk Cutter, 1972 Teak decks, Volvo dsl, full batten main, full boat cover. $14,500.
37’ Formosa Ketch, 1975 Volvo diesel, teak decks. South Pacific veteran. $37,000
Catalina 27 sloop, 1971 9.9hp electric start Johnson, fresh bot¬ tom paint, clean, in Clear Lake. $6,000.
Trailer Sailers: Wilderness 21, 1979, $2,350. Spirit 23, 1978, $3,000. Ranger 22, 1978, $3,000
BUDGET LIVEABOARD 46' PEARSON
Very strong. Fiberglass. Cruiser/liveaboard. 2 double berths. New radar/chart system. Carpet, upholstery. Sleeps 7. GPS, SSB, roller furling. * ' All new galley. Sacrifice: $99,000.
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tandem trailer, canvas, VHF, DS. $7,800.
IO, bracket fortrolling motor, full Canvas, tandem axle trailer. $6,000
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BRAVA Q8, World class Farr ILC 40.225,000 SIMPATICA II, Farr-designed offshore cruiser.75,000
39’ 1996 39' 1995
RAMPANT, Winning Farr 39 IMS racer/cruiser.225,000 V-MAX, Beautiful Farr 39 IMS racer. 185,000
38' 1996 36' 1995
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33' 1984
FARROCIOUS, Nice Farr 33 cruiser/club racer. 35,000
33' 1984
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1975 41' Outlsland Ketch
Call Linda Krantz, Exclusive Listing Agent
Owner transferred to East Coast Must Sell - Will Take Best Offer
Offered at $100,000 Located in San Diego, CA
(619) 236-0007 701-28 Kettner Blvd. San Diego, CA 92101
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27 CATALINA, 1983 '
New 11 hp Universal diesel engine just installed and boat freshly detailed. Tiller steering, topsides just buffed out, cockpit cushions, sails in good shape. This will make a nice first boat.
$16,000.
53' ISLANDER, 1979 More than $100,000 invested over past year: new running rigging, new standing rigging, new mast, new roller furler, new mainsail, new headsail, new topside paint, new bottom paint, rebuilt genset, new dodger, new windlass. Isuzu 60 hp diesel runs like a top. Center cockpit, four cabins, 6'4" headroom, full galley. $184,900.
30'CATALINA, 1980
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Dollar for dollar, it's hard to beat these popular boats. Teak and holly sole, cushions show like new, large quarter berth aft. Hot/cold pressure water, Adler-Barbour reefer. Updated sails in good shape. Dodger. 11 hp Universal diesel engine. Tiller steering. Sausalito Yacht Harbor slip can transfer.
$17,500.
27' PEARSON, 1988 This late model Pearson is well equipped, with diesel engine, wheel steering, roller furling headsail, and dodger. Hot/cold pressure water, full sized head. Easy boat to singlehand, ideal starter boat, $29,900.
45' HUNTER, 1986 TransPac veteran is loaded and immaculate. Approximately $150,000 spent on upgrades and improvements over the last ten years. 55 hp Yanmar diesel with 673 hours. Full electronics. Prime Sausalito Yacht Harbor slip can transfer with vessel. $162,000.
28.5'HUNTER, 1985
This is an exceptionally clean and well-
■Hi 52' SPENCER, 1982 Cold-molded sloop, built in New Zealand and sailed over from Hawaii. Twin cabin, one head, large main salon, all amenities for living aboard. Generous headroom, beautiful kauri and teak joinery along with brass accents below look classically elegant. 33hp Yanmar diesel. Just reduced to $74,900. 1
36'NONSUCH, 1987 This stiff, seakindly vessel is at home in everything from SF Bay bluster to Mexico light airs. Numerous opening hatches,*6'5" headroom, stall shower. Top quality fittings and systems through¬ out. New full batten main, new running rigging, new bottom paint, new cockpit cushions and meticulous maintenance. Sausalito Yacht Harbor slip can transfer. $128,000.
maintained sloop: bottom painted 1999, new running rigging, all exterior wood just varnished, etc. She's very beamy for a 29-ft. sailboat, so is very spacious below. She's a breeze to sail shorthanded and accommodates a small group as well. $23,000.
33' TARGA CENTER COCKPIT, 1982 A''baby' center cockpit boat in good shape. Aft cabin sleeps two, two more comfortably in large forward v-berth. Propane oven/stove, pressure water. Modified full keel, teak decks. Volvo Pento diesel. Sausalito Yacht Harbor slip can transfer. $38,000.
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5T S&S. Charisma, designed by Sparkman & Stephens, and built by Palmer Johnson in 70. Totally refit & updated. Outstanding in all respects. Offered at a fraction of original cost.
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58’ ALDEN. Built in 1975 this Boothbay yawl has always been kept in yacht condition. Recent upgrades include sails and electronics. A true bluewater world class yacht.
51' SWAN. Commissioned 1983, this
51' BENETEAU.Builtin 1986, Second Souffle
successful Frers design features owner's aft, 2 guest S/Rs forward. Decks refurbished, ‘as
has 2 S/Rs & plenty of space. Upgraded and well cared for, she is perfect for long range
new'. Owner's leaving country. Priced to sell.
cruising or as a very comfortable liveaboard.
53' SKOOKUM PILOTHOUSE CUTTER 3 staterooms. Furling, main, stay sail and jib. $225,000. Also: 51' Beneteau Oceanis, '93. $259,000.
49' TRANSPACIFIC. 3 strms, 80hp diesel, boat's in great shape & ready for world cruising. New upholstery, mattresses and headliner, new curtain,
46’ MORGAN. Best sailing, most stout construction of Morgan family, modified fin skeg-hung rudder, comfortable aft cabin layout, sloop rigged. $115,000.
40' PASSPORT Sloop, '86 A hard to beat, solid, comfortable cruiser. Outstanding condition. $160,000. Also: 42' PASSPORT, '81 PH Ctr. $185,000.
Also: 45' HARDIN. $150,000. 50’ NELSON/MAREK. Originally commis¬ sioned in '93, total refit in ‘98/99. Bullseye is full
51' SKYE. Offered by her original owner. This Rob Ladd design was commissioned in
race ready, new sails, multiple inventories, incredible race record. In outstanding condition.
1982. Consistently updated, 8 sails, SSB, radar, AP. Great performance ketch cruiser.
2-yrold dodger. $149,900.
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49' WAUQUIEZ CENTURION. Commis¬ sioned in 1991.3 S/Rs, light, spacious salon,
48' JON MERI. Built in 1989 this performance cruising yacht offers an attractive pilothouse
cruise equipped, currently lying Carib. Quality performance cruiser priced far under market.
w/full dual station, 3 staterooms, electric roller furling. Built to highest standards in Finland.
38' DOWNEAST, '80 Well equipped cruiser. $68,500. Also: 33' Yorktown. $23,900 and 30' H.R. Shing. $38,000
-FOR SALE BY OWNER1987 Hans Christian 48 Cutter .
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47’ STEVENS. Built '83, this center cockpit, 3 S/R beauty is ready to cruise. She was extensively prepared for cruising, owner's plans changed. Lots of new gear& updated hardware.
• 2 Staterooms • 2 Heads w/separate stall showers • New 90 hp Diesel and Trans • New Sails • New Genset • New Standing and Running Rigging • New Solar + 1500 amp hrs • New Caribe 9' RIB • New 15 hp Outboard + 3.5 hp Spare • New engine driven Refrigeration • New Fleming Custom Windvane • New Lifelines • 24 mile Furuno Radar • 2 New Garmin GPS •2VHF, SSB • W-H Autopilot • Avon 6-man Offshore Liferaft • Full Boat Awnings • New Watermaker • Much More... •$US 312,000
43' SAGA. Built '97, this fast passagemaker sleeps 6 in 2 stuns, plus convertible settees. Robert Perry designed, she's ready to cruise w/tots of new elect & sails. Also avail: Saga 41.
47' WAUQUIEZ. Commissioned in 1986 and meticulously maintained in excellent cond. 3 private S/Rs, 2 heads, generator, wateunaker, elect, winches & upgraded electronics.
Norseman 447 is one of the nicest yachts on the market. Built by TaShing, she has the
37+. Built in 1990, this 40' C&C is a perfect balance of performance and luxury.
36' CATALINA. Built in 1983, this popular model is perfect for Bay cruising or a
She sleeps 6 in 2 S/Rs & a convertible dinette.
comfortable liveaboard. She is priced right and ready to go.
Large head w/sep. shower. Spacious cockpit.
Koonowarra
NORSEMAN 447. Built in 1982, this
same quality as the Taswell & Mason yachts.
SAUSALITO 400 Harbor Drive, Suite B Tel: (415) 332-9500 • Fax: (415) 332-9503 email: iyc@ibm.net www.yachtworld.com/lageryachts
Koonowarra has been carefully and professionally maintained and is in excellent condition. During the previous 36 months a thorough, total refit has been accomplished, with all major systems being either replaced new, or thoroughly reconditioned and serviced. View color pictures, recent survey and full list of equipment and upgrades at: www.geocities.com/koonawarra.geo Lying San Diego, California. For more details and an appointment to view, call owner at
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32' ALDEN MOTORSA1LER Cheoy LeebuiltF/G. Perkinsdsl. Roomyinter & cockpit. Excellent visibility from wheelhouse. Our docks. $37,500.
32'WESTSAIL Colin Archer design, heavy built, offshore-proven cruiser, many recent upgrades. 2 listed. At our clocks. Asking $37,000
32' ARIES Full keel. Bay/offshore exc. sailing. Dodger, AP, new sails. New engine & other upgrades. 3 listed. Atourdocks. Asking $25,000
4T CHB TRAWIER S&S design, prcyen, comfortable&capable. Roomy inter., dbl strm w/queen aft. Enclosed bridge. Well equipd & maintained. Liveaboard berth. Asking $95,000
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This one has it all. Change of plans forces sale. All electronics and most other gear updated for cruising in 1998/1999.
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65' MACGREGOR, '86 $149,000
50'SANTA CRUZ,'81 $160,000
High performance cruising version of the original MacGregor racing model equipped
Located just minutes from our office, this nimble and quick Bill Lee-designed racer/
for doublehanded sailing.
cruiser is extremely easy to doublehand!
46' GRAND SOLEIL, '98 $359,000 This beautiful boat exudes quality!
44' HARDIN, 78 $98,000 Center cockpit cruising ketch with roomy aft master stateroom, washer/dryer, workshop, new wiring and LOTS OF SPACE!
She's better than new and ready to go!
44' FELLOWS & STEWART, '46 $29,900
43' LANCER, '83 $98,000
42'WESTSAIL, 75 $127,500
41'FORMOSA,'77 $69,500
Carvel-planked fir over oak frames. Mechanical systems, tankage, wiring and rigging have been overhauled or replaced.
Voluminous interior! Excellent liveaboard and dockside condo.
Seaworthy center-cockpit cutter built to sail the world's oceans. Factory-finished interior has been kept in excellent condition.
A cruising veteran recently returned from 2 years in Mexico, she's in great shape and has an impressive equipment inventory.
40' SEARUNNER TRI, 76 $79,000
37' FISHER PILOTHOUSE, 79 $129,000
36' ISLANDER, 74 $43,900
33' CUSTOM COLD-MOLDED
This custom-built Brown design is a comfort¬
Capable world class vessel offers dual helms, full electronics & hard bottom dinghy.
Owners have cruised to Mexico and back
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Formosa 51 - Best buy on one of these serious cruisers. New hull paint, Very good condition and ready to go. Ford Lehman Diesel. $139,000.
Santa Cruz 52 - Bill'Lee Design The best racer/cruiser ever. #26 for December 2000 delivery.
Solid world cruiser, reliable Volvo diesel power with worldwide parts availability. Propane galley. <
She'll handle any ocean any day! Asking $59,900.
Tanton 42 - Best IOR conversion to cruising ever. Nice 2 person layout, extensive cruising equipment. New Yanmar, $65,000. BOC 50: Go short handed sailing or con¬ vert to fast cruising. These boats emphasize very efficient one person operation. Three from $185,000.
Baba 35: Full keel, bowsprit, Perkins diesel, Davits, Great traditional cruiser. Reduced $80,000. 70' Andrews, race, carbon rig 68' Merlin - Cating Keel 50' BOC, by Concordia 50’BOC, Jutson design 42' Baltic DP, teak decks 40' Fiji, Center cockpit cruiser 40’ Tripp, IMS racer/cruiser 35' Baba, teak int, diesel, davits 30' Adhara 30, M0RC winner 30' Mumm 30 30’ Evans 30, helmsman seat
$599,000 $269,000 $199,000 $185,000 $169,000 $105,000 $ 99,000 $ 89,000 $ 34,995 $ 79,000 $ 20,000
47' KAUFMAN, '85 Three S/Rs, 2 heads, full electronics, full sail inventory, new Awlgrip paint, new bottom paint. Immaculate cruiser. Price reduced to $159,000.
45’ BRUCE ROBERTS CSTM STEEL, '95 Center cockpit, 54hp Yanmar diesel low hrs. Full electronics, refrigeration. Custom built for present owner & due to illness has had very little use. Asking $139,000.
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PASSPORT 47, 1984 Perry design, fantastic layout, two staterooms, repowered in '94, new rigging, watermaker, great sail inventory, shows like new. One owner.
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PASSPORT 42, Two stateroom layout, richly f. TWO BENETEAU 51s, '86.. Asking $215,000, - '81. .., '93...Asking $259,000. Both beautifully appointed interior, meticulously maintained by origimaintained & equipped for performance cruising. $134,500. nol owner, many upgrades.
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TAYANA .
'85 279,000
37'
RAFIKI. .'80
74,900
27' ALBIN. 73
51*
BENETEAU .
'86 215,000
365 PEARSON. .'77
50,000
26'
CHEOY LEE. '63
18,900 8,000
51'
BENETEAU*.
'93 279,000
36'
COLUMBIA. .70
30,900
25'
CATALINA. 78
11,600
50'
FORCE WOODIE
'69
72,000
36'
COLUMBIA. .‘69
24,900
25'
CORONADO. '63
5,500
50'
DEFEVER MS.
79 220,000
35'
COLUMBIA*. .79
59,500
24'
YAMAHA. 78
6,500
48'
C&C LANDFALL*.
'80 163,900
35'
ALBERG . .'65
34,900
POWER
48'
MAPLELEAF.
79 139,500
35'
ROBB. .'63
45,000
56'
FELLOW/STEWART '27
47' OLYMPIC, SD.
78 145,000
35'
CHEOY LEE .... .79
49,500
50'
STEPHENS . '65 135,000
50,000
CATALINA 380, 1999. She has been to Mexico
47'
PASSPORT .
'84 260,000
34'
ISLANDER. .'77
25,000
50'
FANTAIL. '07
and back. Roller furling main and headsail, many extras. $162,000. Also: Catalina 34, '86, $59k.
45'
BOMBAY Explorer* .'78
70,000
34'
CATALINA. .'86
59,000
48’
CHRIS CRAFT. '50 129,000
44'
KELLY PETERSON '81 118,000
33'
APHRODITE.... .'85
27,500
43'
STEPHENS . '29
43'
SPINDRIGHT.
'81 127,000
33'
CHEOY LEE .... .75
34,500
42'
KHASHING FB .... '84 149,000
43'
STEEL PH .
'88
85,000
33'
TARTAN . .'80
35,000
41'
CHRIS CRAFT. '84 129,000
42' GOLDEN WAVE ..
'81 110,000
32'
SENATOR*. .78
38,000
38'
MEDITERRANEAN '91 143,000
42'
PASSPORT .
'81 134,500
32'
FUJI. .78
40,000
38\ CHRIS CRAFT. '67
39,500
41'
ISL. FREEPORT..
'80
89,500
32' TRAVELLER.... .74
26,500
38'
MATTHEWS. '25
28,900
41'
RHODES .
'66
98,000
30'
ERICSON 30+ . .'83
27,500
37' AQUA CRAFT. '83
35,000
41' ALUMINUM.
77
59,500
30'
CHEOY LEE .... .'64
29,500
33'
CARVER . 76
42,000 26,000
40,000 74,900
40'
SLOOP WOODIE
'90
75,000
30'
CAL 3-30. .74
18,900
30' TOLLYCRAFT. 72
36' PEARSON 365, 1977 CUTTER RIG.
40'
C&C.
'81
94,000
30'
BRISTOL. .73
17,500
29'
OWENS. '59
12,500
40'
ISLANDER.
73
75,000
30'
HUNTER. .'93
60,000
28’
WELLCRAFT Exp. '85
31,900
New upholstery, new deck hatches. Westerbeke diesel. RF headsail. Large ST primaries.
39’
FREYA. . '86 120,000
30'
WILLARD P/HOUSE74
44,500
23'
BAYLINER. '86
13,900
38'
IRWIN CC. . '84 129,500
30'
CATALINA. .78
17,500
23'
COBALT. '89
18,000
38'
ULMER ALUM. . '95
29.5 HUNTER. 3 from
44,000
20'
CORRECT CRAFT 77
13,500
29'
CAL 9.2.
22,500
19'
RX19 JET BOAT... '96
19,900
19'
BOSTON WHALER '89
13,900
$47,000.
95,000
38' CATALINA . . '99 162,000 38'
MORGAN . . 78
65,000
29'
RANGER, nice .72
15,000
37'
TAYANA . . '86 103,000
28'
ISLANDER. .78
24,500
37'
FISHER. . '77 104,000
28'
TRADEWINDS .'67
24,500
32' FUJI, '78. Beautiful construction. Great condition. Nicely equipped. Must see, in Sausalito. $40,000.
C&C 40, '81. Custom C&C 40 Tall Rig. New hard dodger. New hatches. Oversized winches. New running rigging. Exc. cond. inside/out. In Sausalito. $94,000.
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39' FREYA, '86. Equipped for cruising. Great sail
41’ ISLANDER FREEPORT, '80. Robert Perry de
inventory. Offshore raft. Nord dodger. Radar. Weatherfox. AP, SSB. Super clean. $110,000.
sign. 6 cylinder diesel. Beautiful, loaded w/equipment. Radar, GPS, newer upholstery. Gen., more. $89,500.
29' HUNTER 29.5s, '94 & '97. Great layouts with enclosed fore & aft staterooms. Roller furling, lines led aft. Great Bay boats. From $44,000.
35' CHEOY LEE '79. Aluminum spars. Brand new main. Profurl. ST winches. Electric windlass. Great shape. $49,500.
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maker. Solar panels. SSB/Ham. Autohelm. Radar and : more. S.F. slip at Marina Green. $74,900.
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42' GOLDEN WAVE, '82. Robert Perry perf e cruiser Fin keel, skeg hung rudder. Perkins 4-108 w/only 492 j hrs. Nice sail inventory. Harken roller furl. $ 110,000.
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$159,000.
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49' John G. ALDEN Ketch. Near new dsl, dbl reef main, mizzen, club, 90% & 110% jibs, spinnaker, mizzen spinnaker, mizzen stays! Wheel. Nice! $56,500.
CLASSIC LAKE UNION '29 Cruiser. Just listed (better pics on the woy). 671 Detroit dsl. Full galley, shower, full canvas. Very good buy ot$55,000 asking
35' MARINER ketch. Popular Wm. Garden design. Proven cruiser. Diesel, well built and equipped. Mohog. cabins, new sails, sailing dinghy, more! Asking $29,250.
41' CHRIS CRAFT Flush deck motoryacht. Enclosed bridge, oft cobin, twin 350s, 2 beads, shower, heaters, very comfortable, nicely appointed. Asking $64,500.
40' TRAWLER by TA CHIAO. Diesel, glass hull, two helms, full galley, genset, more. Needs some work, but is a deal! Asking $46,000.
SAIL 60' FIFE cutter, iron, new dsl 195,000 57'HERRESCH0FF ketch, F/G 239,000 57'MTR SAIL ketch, certified for 45 passengers, dsl, FG. 125,000 56'HERESHOFF Marco Polo schooner: exquisite!. 500,000 53'CHAS. MOWER YWL, classical beau¬ ty in exc. cond. 60' L0A ... 42,000 50'LOD SCHOONER, Schock/Boeing.. classic, dsl, some work needed,... orig. & complete.Try 39,500 47' LOD Wm. GARDEN gaff schooner, ferro, dsl, lots of gear35,000/offer 43'WITTHOLZ steel PH sip, strong, excellent cond., dsl. 85,000 40'PH custom cutter, dsl, '91. 75,000 40'TANCOOK schooner, nice!.. 30,000 40' LOD Wm Garden Schooner, New! Dsl, 37'FISHER PH ketch, FG, dsl .. 93,000 36'GARDEN ketch, dsl, nice!.. 42,500 36'CREALOCK/COLUMBIA, dsl, F/G, dean. 26,500 36 CHE0Y LEE ROBB sip, dsl... 49,500 36 CHEOY LEE LION, teak, dsl 25,000 36'STAYSAILSCHOONER, AKIN designed, diesel, FG over cold-mold over strip plank. VERY STRONG!. 45,000 35Alum. SCHOONER, gaff, dsl 36,500 34’COLUMBIA sip, diesel.16,000 34'ISLANDER, dsl, AP, GPS. 25,000 33' NOR'WEST, FG, dsl, fixer .,15,000 32.5 GLASEAM 5.5M racing sip 12,800 32'SCH00NER, Winslow/Blanchocd.. Very nice, rhlt '94. 142,000 31'MARIEH0LM sip, dsl, FG.... 24,500 31 ’ CHEOY LEE, Luders, dsl, sip 48,000 30 J0LLY ROGER sip, diesel ...11,000 30' LOO ATKIN Bristol Channel Cutter, gaff, cedar/ook/bronze, dsl... 27,600 30'BIRD sip, rebuilt classic race 8,500 30'WALSHB0 mtrsail, dsl.7,000 28'VERTUE by Giles, dsl, more 17,000 28'LANCER MkV sloop,'84 ....13,400 28' FELLOWS 8 STEWART ktch. 20,000 27' ERICSON Mkll sip, wheel ...10,000 27'NEWPORT sloop, 1/8.8,000 27 CHE0Y LEE LUDOERS sip ... 18,000 26'CHEOY LEE Cadet, l/B, FG... 5,500 26' FOLKBOAT, F/G, dsl (nige boot, but dsl nds work). Asking 6,900/offer 26'ERICSON sloop, 0/B.7,500 25'CHEOY LEE PAC. CUPPER.7,250 24’DOLPHIN/YANKEE by S8S ..7,700 20' CLASSIC ENGLISH sloop, built'91, dsl. An exquisite jewel of a boat in fine cond. Hos full cover & more. A must see!.. Asking 19,900/offer POWER 100' STEELTUG, YTB, exc. cond 175,000 65'NUNES. Ferry conv.to cruising house¬ boat. You finish job. Lots of cborm 8 potentiol, Dsl.Try 62,500
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50' CALKINS center cockpit cutter. Performance cruiser. Wheel steering, teak decks, aft cabin, shower, 2 heads, vane, more. Just hauled. Asking $45,000.
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[mTsteph ENS flush deck flybridge dsl motoryacht. Outstanding, Port Orford cedar over white ook w/teok $ 135,000. | decks & cobiins, aft stateroom, loaded.
62’xl 9.5' Converted inland ferry, much fine recent work, 671 dsl.. 55,000 60'CUSTOM F/C, liveoboard cruiser in SILICON VALLEY .. Ask 115,000 57'CHRIS CRAFT Constellation, dsls, loaded. 149,950 52'BAGELIETTO, flush deck, FB, MY, twin 871 dsls. 95,000 48'ELCO classic PH MY, dsls... 60,000 46'CHRIS Classic, '46, FB, lots new, really nice w/aft cabin, new galley and more. 49,500 46'UKE UNION CUSSIC, extensive rebuilding just done. Virtually all new hull, 2 new diesels and much more. Super boat!.Asking 100,000 43'GRAND MARINER, twins.... 98,500 42’ MATTHEWS, '52 Classic Cruiser twins, FB, great liveaboard/cruiser.35,000 40'SPORT FISH Charterboat w/certif. (14+2), dsls, ready to go! 82,000 38'HUNTER of Canada, FB sdn, twin V8s, very clean, roomy '59 cruiser, with 38'TOLLYCRAFT sedan trawler w/twin turbo diesels, FB, very nice 59,500
38'CHRIS CRAFT SEA SKIFF SF, fresh engines, just hauled.... Try 16,500 36'STEPHENS, '39, classic, twins, aft enclosure, more. 29,000 34'CHRIS CRAFT Commander,'63, twin gas, great boat. 26,500 34'JEFFRIES sport cruiser, two 454s, sharp and fast!. 79,000 33'D0NZI Z-33, twn 454s,++ 64,500 30'TOLLYCRAFT, f/g, twins, FB 16,900 27'REGAL Ambassador, '93, w/troiler, clean w/very little use. 30,000 27+ MONTEREY trawler, 2-71 dsl, licenses, gear, electronics. Nice.12,000 27'CHRIS Sed Skiff, V8, nice ..12,500 26'CLIPPER CRAFT, '92, i/o, trailer, fish/work. 24,500 26'TOLLYCRAFT, fg, clean.19,000 24’MARIAH CUDDY, 1996, i/o 28,500 24SEARAY, SRV 240, v. clean 10,500 22'FORMULA 3LS, i/o.15,000 21'ENGLISH diesel harbor utility craft w/ trailer.13,500 20' BOSTON WHALER, O/B, tlr 11,450 17'CHRIS CRAFT mahog runabout, V8, trailer.12,500
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32' CONTESSA cruising sloop. Modified full keel, dsl, F/G. Main, jib, 165% & 135% genoas, more inch cabin heater. A great Canadian-built boot. $39,500.
46' CAL 2-46 ketch, diesel, CENTER COCKPIT, dual helm, genset, AP, heater, roller furl. Equipped right to be a great cruiser. Exceptional cond. Asking $119,000.
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64' CUSTOM SPARKMAN & STEPHENS BUILT BY BURGER Aluminum structure & spars • Teak decks over • Hood Stowaway rigging • 14 beam • Tahiti vet • Won: Chicago/Mackinac • One owner for last 20+ years powerful performer • Fully equipped for luxurious cruising
Asking $260,000
43' STEPHENS. Classic cruiser. Very nice. P.0, cedar overoak, bronzefastened.Twins, H&C pressw/shower. Dsl heater, fireplace, full boot rover & More. 74,900.
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SAN RAFAEL YACHT HARBOR 557 Francisco Blvd., San Rafael, CA 94901
15) 485-6044
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Strong world cruiser, African mahogany, bronze fastened, lead ballast, Cat diesel, dual steering stations, 12.5kw genset, AP, VHF, radar, dinghy, more. HIGH ENDURANCE, LONG RANGE CRUISER. Asking $225,000.
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