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ENJOY FATHER’S DAY ABOARD AT GRAND MARINA We all know how guys like their boats... dock at a world-class marina nestled in the tranquility of the Alameda Estuary and enjoy Father’s Day aboard. Over 400 concrete berths 30 to 60 feet Secured Gatehouses (key access only) Dockside Electrical (up to 50A - 220V)

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This Old Boat Dana Smith’s Columbia Challenger Libertine is a classic - a “plastic classic.” At thirty-five years old, she won prettiest boat at the Plastic Classic competition. And you’d think she was built yesterday. But Dana didn’t restore Libertine to win beauty pageants. Dana is bent on win¬ ning sailboat races in his Stockton Sailing Club series. Last year he finished in fifth place. This year, with a full set of new Pineapple Sails, he’s in first place. He describes the main and jib as “fabulous” and the new spinnaker as “awesome.” In the first race of the season he beat the second place boat by 29 minutes. And Libertine can now skip the last two races of the spring series and still finish first. According to Dana, the boat belongs to his daughter, twelve-year-old Tara, an upand-coming racer in her own right. But the power behind Libertine is Pineapple Power - power that has put “that old boat” in front. Give us a call. Whether your boat is old or brand spanking new, we’ll build you fabulous sails, provide awesome service and make sure you are just as happy as Dana Smith.

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Island Packet has earned the reputation as America’s cruising yacht leader for one very simple reason; they consistently build to the highest industry standards with one goal in mind - to give their owners the best possible boating experience. With the highest resale lvalue in the industry, an Island Packet yacht is a secure financial investment. 480 • 420* • 380* • 350* • 320* *Call to see

X-Yachts, of Denmark, builds extravagantly beauti¬ ful and wickedly fast offshore cruiser/racers. Their steel load distribution grid and advanced composite structure provides maximum strength without ex¬ cess speed-robbing weight. The elegantly crafted interiors are spacious and work perfectly at sea. The factory will individualize your X-Yacht to fit your exact needs. 73 • 612 • 562 • 482* • 412 • 382* • 362 • 332 *Call to see

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If you saw our 17 boat display, valued at more than $5,000,000, at Sail Expo, you know that we offer sailing yachts for just about every sailing dream. We offer Aft Cockpits, Center Cockpits, Deck Saloons, Pilot Saloons, Cruisers, Racers, Racer/Cruisers, Cruiser/Racers and Custom Projects. We also have a full service brokerage to sell your existing boat or find you the perfect pre-owned yacht.

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N Wauquiez does not beU§ve in following anyone's wake. Their innovative Pilot Saloon designs provide superior craftsmanship with panoramic visibility from the raised salons and private aft suites found on center cockpit yachts. Wauquiez perfectly blends comfort, performance and elegance. 48, 43 & 40 Pilot Saloons • 48 & 44 Centurion

As the world's largest sailboat builder, Beneteau has used their vast experience and advanced manu¬ facturing technology to give you the maximum value for you money with their world class yachts. The sea demands the best; do you? 64 • 50 • 473 • 411 • 393 • 361 • 331 40CC • 36CC • First 47.7, 40.7, 36.7, 33.7

The new Wauquiez 40 Pilot Saloon has impeccable sailing manners and ease of handling, and she pampers her owners with comfort and elegance. The outstanding quality is readily apparent in this new Berret/Racoupeau design, as is the careful atten¬ tion to detail. The most surprising feature of the new Wauquiez 40 is the very affordable price. You cannot mistake a Wauquiez for anything else.

The new Beneteau 473 is above all, a bluewater sailing yacht. She is a Finot design with strong influences from the Open 60 solo around-the-world racers. The spacious and beautifully finished inte¬ rior perfectly complement the uncluttered decks and top quality hardware. The standard equipment list is exceptional, including electric windlass, elec¬ tric maneuvering winch, GPS, chart plotter, furling main and genoa, refrigeration and much more. Elegance with a purpose perfectly defines the 473.

Dehler builds Germany's finest production yachts. They exude German ingenuity, engineering and brick-like construction. Everythingworks flawlessly on these fast racer/cruisers. Features like bin board garages, unique non-skid decks and monolithic construction with n6 hull to deck joint set Dehler apart from the crowd. 41DS • 41C • 39 • 29

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The Bruce Farr designed 40.7 is one of the most successful 40' offshcfre racer/cruisers ever built. More than 400 boats are sailing worldwide with the most impressive winning record of any current multipurpose yacht. An elegantly appointed pearwood interior and blazing speed are a rare combina¬ tion. Recent wins: Kenwood Cup, Hawaii Smile, 1st Place; Chicago IMS Series, La Tempete, 1st Place; SORC, Wired, 1st Place. With a PHRF of 42, a 10boat local fleet and value off the scale, you can't beat the First 40.7.

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1. Radar arch w/ elevated mainsheet traveler 2. Permanent safety-glass windshield with electric wiper and washers 3. Full privacy door/top of steps, owner’s suite 4. Electric anchor windlass 5. Electric head in the owner’s suite 6. Built-in microwave/convection oven 7. Built-in dishwasher 8. AM/FM/CD stereo w/int. & ext. speakers 9. Built-in clothes washer/dryer 10. Full-height, 2-door refrigerator/freezer 11.2 built-in TV/VCRs (salon & owners suite) 12. Built-in gas BBQ & sink in the cockpit 13. Elec, winch at helm for halyards & sheets 14. Upgrade from 2x18 HP Yanmar dsls. to 2x27 HP Yanmar dsls. 15. Dagger board (opt) for added performance 16. PowerSailer model (opt) w/twin 75 HP dsls. (14 knots max. - 12 knots cruising) 17. Rigid FG “targa-type” T-shaped bimini (opt), connects w/arch for walk-on strength & easy solar panel access

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Just Some of the Great Features

Today’s cruising catamaran designs don’t serve US sailors as well as they could. The leading 38' to 42' cruising cats (fully equipped and delivered) cost $275K to $450K. Yet, they fall short in 2 ways: (1) They power only half as fast as they sail. (2) They lack the same “home-like” amenities (major appliances, larger kitchens, all-weather protection) considered standard in other same-cost “habitables” - (like motor homes, power yachts, even shore-side cpndos). THE SOLUTION - Seeing this inequity, noted New Zealand catamaran designer, Roger Hill, started with a clean slate and “imagineered” the all-new Pacific 40 (debuting summer, 2001). The Pacific 40’s designed to: (1) power up to 13 knots, and (2) to offer a broader selection of “home-like” features than any other cat up to 45' Result? Hulls #1, 2 & 5 already pre-sold.

The Pacific 40 sail-away version is $299,000 (at WA state factory). But the first 5 buyers receive BIG discounts off the list price. (See table, right.)

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LOA.40'9" Draft.3’10" LWL..„...38,1" Main.640 ft2 Beam 22'3" Genoa.. 390 ft2 Displ.(unloaded). 13,900 lbs (All .specs, subject to change by manuf.)

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(510) 814-0400 Home Page: www.yachtworld.com/bayisland Oceanis 390.3 stateroom version. Two boat owner wants offers. $89,500.

Brokerage 27' CATALINA, '84.$18,000

40' HUNTER LEGEND, '89.... $84,900

30' LANCER, 77.$14,000

41' FORMOSA, 72. $69,900

30' I3LANDER BAHAMA,'81 $23,900 30' NON3UCH, '85.$84,000

Great sailing and great layout with centerline queen in aft cabin. This one has low hours on a Yanmar diesel. $84,500.

Absolutely the best equipped and cleanest Freedom 36. Pacific Cup veteran and ready to go again. $95,000. 44'NAUTICAT M/S,'80 f

44' NAUTICAT, '80.... Now $149,500 45' BREWER ketch, 79.$119,000

33' PROUT QUEST C$, '85 ... $89,500 35' MAINSHIP, '99.$234,500

46' MORGAN CC, '94.$189,500

36' MARINER, 79.$59,900

47' GULFSTAR Sailmstr '81 . $174,900

36' FREEDOM, '86.$95,000

51 i PASSPORT '85

39' BENETEAU OCEANIS 390, '93 .... .$89,500

55' TAYANACC,'89.$365,000

$275,000

Ruggedly built pilothouse motorsailer wil take you anywhere in safety and comfort. $149,500.

J 55' TAYANA CC CUTTER, '89 Ls

Classic, rock solid, full keel ketch with tons of storage for cruising and living aboard. Loaded and ready. $119,000. 51' PASSPORT, '85

These popular center cockpits are very spacious and light below with centerline queen aft. This one is well equipped with less than 20 hours on a new Yanmar. $189,500.

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This 3 stateroom version has been lovingly maintained and constantly upgraded by a knowledgeable owner. Start your cruise in Paradise. $200,000.

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Spring Service Special: 10% off parts and labor for any service we perform/ ★ 800 feet of dock at the foot of the Park Street Bridge ★ Certified technicians on staff ★ Largest parts house in Northern California ★ All work fully guaranteed ★ Coming soon... Dockside oil change We Service and Install the Following: Outboards V-drives <*■ Diesels <•* Transmissions « Gensets

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"Everyone Needs a Bigger Boat"

KENSINGTON YACHT & SHIP BROKERS Fortman Marina 1535 Buena Vista, Alameda, CA 94501

(510) 865-1777 Fax (510) 865-8789

38' HOOD By Wauquiez, 1983. Strong offshore cruiser, keel centerboard design, excellent con¬ dition. Listing agent Jill. Asking $99,500.

website: http: / / y achtworld .com / kensington e-mail: kensingtonyachts@aol.com

50' NUNES BROS. KETCH, 1956 Martin Eden. Recently refitted, professionally maintained clas-

34' DUFOUR, 1984. Well equipped, clean cruiser. Asking $45,000.

sic. Bristol throughout. AgentRick. Asking$175,000.

53' AMEL, 1987 A rare find on this coast. Fully equipped for immediate cruising.

Top quality French built for easy handling: All touch-button furling. Agent Jill.

48' AMEL, 1985

Asking $279,500

(sister ship)

Ketch rigged luxurious cruiser with all the bells & whistles. Asking $189,000. Listing agent Jill.

46' SEA STAR Pilothouse Cutter, 1982 Good condition, well equipped. Cruising in comfort. $145,500.

32' SABRE, 1985 Very clean racer/cruiser, new main. Listing agent Rick. Asking $48,000.

40' WAUQUIEZ CENTURION, 1987 Two available at $125,000. (sister ship)

61' WAUQUIEZ, 1994 This Centurion 61S is

49' CENTURION, 1995 Superb cruiser. Excellent condition. Asking $250,000. Listing agent Jill.

30' BENETEAU, 1988 Fast, comfortable racer/cruiser, good condition. Asking $39,000.

truly a fast luxury yacht to enjoy cruising & racing in comfort. Asking $525,000. Listing agent Jill.

34' ANGELMAN KETCH, 70 35' RAFIKI, 1977.

$34,000

36' CENTURION, 1994.$125,000

$41,000

48’ C&C, 1973.$240,000 June, 2001 • UmUiW • Page 13

OFFSHORE SAILING YACHTS Pacific Yacht Imports knows each customer has specific needs so we offer custom interior and deck designs to meet your requirements. Aftermarket gear at Dealer's cost.

48' TAYANA DECK SALOON This custom built Tayana 48. Deck Saloon is the newest model in the 48 family. With a light, airy interior and the option of an inside helm station, this new design is a real winner among cruising yachts. Sailaway $355,000

48’ TAYANA CENTER COCKPIT Designed by Robert Perry, this bluewater cutter offers over 1,300 sq. ft. of sail and a waterline of over 40 ft. Two or three staterooms and easily handled by two people. Sailaway $330,000

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58’ TAYANA DECK SALOON Powerful and fast, this large cutter will accomodate up to four staterooms. Contemporary styling and panoramic views from the main saloon. Available in center cockpit. Sailaway $475,000

SPECIAL! 2001 TAYANA 48 CENTER COCKPIT CUTTER 52' TAYANA AFT COCKPIT Robert Perry's favorite design. Sleek looking, high performance sailing yacht. Available in aft or center cockpit. Sailaway $365,000

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Nonrace May 26-28 — Islander 36 Cruise to Petaluma Marina. Don Henderson, 457-0771 (home). May 28 — Memorial Day. June 2-3 — Free sailboat rides at Cal SC (Berkeley Ma¬ rina), 1-4 p.m. For details, see www.cal-sailing.org. June 3 — Open House at Oakland YC, 2-4 p.m. Despite the name, this club is located in Alameda. Info, (510) 522-

6868. June 5 — Full moon on a Tuesday night. June 9 — Marine Swap Meet at the Sacramento West Ma¬ rine store. Info, (916) 366-3300. June 9 — Marine Flea Market and Boat Safety Day at Pen¬ insula YC (Redwood City), 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. The "Intro to Boat Safety" occurs at 10 a.m. Richard or Nancy, (650) 369-4410. June 9-10 — Alameda Open Boat Weekend. Check out ali the new and used boats at Marina Village, (510) 521-0905 and Ballena Isle Marina, (510) 523-5528. June 9-10 Optimist Dinghy Clinic at St. Francis YC. Dave Kirkpatrick and Stan Schreyer, both from the Vanguard Sailboats One Design Services Department, will be the in¬ structors. Heather Richard. 820-8713. ,

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May 26-28 — 58th Annual Swiftsure Race, the biggest ocean race of the year up north. Royal Victoria YC; Robert Barrand, (250) 812-9124. June 2 — Delta Ditch Run, the 'Inland TransPac'. This mellow 67.5-mile run from the Brothers to Stockton Sailing Club is about as much fun as you can have on a sailboat in one day. Co-hosted by RYC and StkSC; Lance Purdy (510) 523-3966. June 2 Colin Archer Race, honoring the naval archi¬ tect of the same name. Eligible boats must be double-ended, full-keeled and heavy displacement. Encinal YC; Teri Moore (510) 530-0460. June 2-3 Cal Race Week for PHRF and select one de¬ signs. Cal YC, (310) 823-4567. June 2-3 — San Francisco Classic/UltraNectar Challenge on Saturday (long distance boardsailing races to Berkeley and back); course racing on Sunday. StFYC, 563-6363. June 9 Coastal Cup; 298 mostly downwind miles from San Francisco to Ventura (for the second time). All the big boats will be hoping to beat the course record of 32 hours, 59 minutes, 35 seconds, set in 1999 by Shep Kett's SC 50 Octavia. Encinal YC, (510) 522-3272. June 9 — Alameda Interclub Series #3. OYC, (510) 522-

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June 15-16 — Stockton-South Tower Race: 140 miles of 'pure joy'. StkSC, (209) 473-9851. June 15-17 — Long Beach Race Week. Optional race Fri¬ day night, followed by two races on Saturday and Sunday. L^YC, (562) 598-9401. June 16 — SSS In the Bay Race, a 17-mile shorthanded race held, as the unimaginative name implies, in the Bay. Synthia Petroka, (408) 929-7217. June 16 — Jack & Jill Race around Treasure Island. Ballena Bay YC, (510) 523-2292. June 16-17 — Clear Lake Regatta, still the centerpiece of the SBRA summer season. RYC; Gail Yando, (510) 232-6310. June 22-24 — Woodies Invitational, the 'Big Boat Series' for WBRA racers. StFYC, 563-6363. June 22-24 — North Sails Race Week in Long Beach. Last year, a record 170 boats sailed in this five-race, three-day event. Bruce Golison, (714) 379-4884.

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July 1 — Mayor's Cup on Lake Merritt. Will Jeny Brown actually show up? LMSC; Vickie Gilmour, (510) 236-8098. July 3, 1981 — It was Twenty Years Ago Today, from a Race Sheet item titled "MORA Long Distance Race": The Midget Ocean Racing Association (MORA) Long Dis¬ tance Race to San Diego promised to be a ULDB runaway, but instead turned out to be a heavy boat race. "In fact," said one disappointed Olson 30 skipper afterwards, "if you took a list of the entries ranked by their PHRF ratings with the lower number on top and turned it upside down, that was pretty much the finishing order!' The 26-boat fleet, including six Olson 30s, four SC 27s and five Moore 24s, poked its way out past the Cliff House on the morning of July 3. By nightfall, most everyone had their spinnakers up in the brisk westerlies. The faster boats moved to the front as expected, but a hurricane north of Mexico began to mess with the normal flow of air. That resulted in mild, warm and sunny conditions, hardly conducive to plan¬ ing and surfing. v There were other distractions to keep the crews' interest up, however. Several boats reported seeing whales, sharks, flying fish, intense phosphorescence and schools of up to 300 dolphins. Part of the fleet encountered a U.S. Navy battleship practicing gunnery off San Clemente Island. One boat was even threatened with a shot across her bow if the sailors didn't clear the area! Aboard the Ericson 27 Good Times, Barry Bevan and his

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CALENDAR crew of daughter Cyndi, A1 Hunter, Mike Hillman and Jeff Cecarelli, knew they had a good chance. Barxy grew up in Southern California and played the winds perfectly. Even though Good Times finished last, 12 hours after the first boat, Levity, they still managed to correct out first. Second overall was the Hawkfarm Eclipse, followed by Dave Mancebo's Criti¬ cal Mass and Alex Malaccorto's Rocinante, a Yankee 30. All the winners were in the heavy end of the fleet.

July 6-8 — Byte Nationals. Richmond YC, (510) 237-2821. July 7 — Midnight Moonlight Marathon. Tides aren't par¬ ticularly favorable, but at least they aren't very strong. SFYC, 789-5647.

July 7 — TransTahoe Race. Tahoe YC, (530) 581-4700. July 7-8 — Ronstan Bay Challenge (Saturday) and Course Racing (Sunday) for boardheads. StFYC, 563-6363.

July 7-8 — Monterey Bay PHRF Championship. G.W. Grigg, (831) 421-9463.

July 12-15 — Laser North Americans. StFYC, 563-6363. July 13 — Area G Sears/Bemis/Smythe Eliminations. Winning Sears team will go on to the finals in New Jersey: top two Bemis and Smythe entries will advance to the finals at San Francisco YC in August. SFYC, 789-5647.

July 14 — OYRA/GGYC Lightship Race II. YRA, 771-9500. July 14 — 27th Silver Eagle Race, which unfortunately conflicts with the OYRA Lightship Race. Island YC; David Hand, (510) 521-2980.

July 14-15 — PICYA Championships. The annual 'All Star Games' for the Lipton Cup, Lariy Knight, Little Lipton, and the Admirals Cup. YRA, 771-9500.

July 14-15 — Columbia 5.5 Nationals, the first one in 20 years! Co-hosted by the Andreas Cove YC and Stockton SC, the five-race series will be sailed off Bruno's Island on the San Joaquin Ftiver. Tom Anderson, (916) 429-1176.

July 14-15 — High Sierra Regatta #1, the dinghy week¬ end on Huntington Lake. Best camping/sailing on the Lake Circuit. Fresno YC; Marvin Crum, (559) 638-4021.

July 21 — Plastic Classic. BVBC; John Super, 243-0426. July 21-22 — High Sierra Regatta #2, for keel boats. FYC; Marvin Crum, (559) 638-4021.

July 21-22 — West Marine Fun Regatta at Encinal YC. Troy Keipper, (510) 769-0221. July 22-27 — Whidbey Island Race Week. Hotline, (206) 286-1004, or www.whidbey.net/raceweek.

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Feb. 20, 2002 — San Diego to Puerto Vallarta Race. Plan ahead! See www.sdyc.org. Summer Beer Can Races BALLENA BAY YC — Friday Nights: 6/8, 6/22, 8/10, 8/ 24, 9/14, 9/28, etc. Nancy Lasky, (510) 523-7401.

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40' of sailing fun for cruisers who want performance and racers who want comfort! With the next few deliveries there will be almost 50 J/120s sailing the California Coast. It's a number that's a testament to the J/l 20's success with both cruisers and racers. Racers like the competitive one design fleets in both Northern and Southern Califor¬ nia, while cruisers like a comfortable boat that's also a pleasure to sail! The J/120 struck an ideal bal¬ ance for sailors of all stripes - racers who have friends and family that want to enjoy a day or more of sailing, and cruisers who want performance in addition to comfort. Numerous cruising sailors have chosen the J/120 for local and weekend sailing, while others have headed off on extended offshore adventures. The J/120 has ample accommodations below for any cruising itinerary that inspires you. A large, com¬ fortable cockpit, simple, easy to handle rig, and many other features make quick passagemaking a breeze. The Northern California racing fleet continues to grow and will feature a competitive one design fleet at this year's Big Boat Series. The J/l 20’s one design status saves you endless hours of rating headaches and allows you to focus on the main attraction - winning on the water. Cruiser or racer, you'll have a winning day on the J/120. Call to test sail a J/Boat - you'll feel the difference.

6/15. Mark Brunelle, (510) 814-8620. FOLKBOAT WEDNESDAY NIGHTS — Every Wednesday at GGYC through 6/27, and8/l-9/26. Ed Welch, 851-3800. GOLDEN GATE YC — Friday Nights: 6/1,6/15, 6/29, 7/ 13, 7/27, 8/10, 8/24, etc. Jeff Zarwell, (408) 252-7671. ISLAND YC — Friday Nights on the Estuary: 6/8, 7/27, 8/10, etc. Dan Laramie, (510) 583-9323. OAKLAND YC — Sweet 16 Series. Every Wednesday night through 6/20, and 7/25-9/12. George, (510) 843-9417. PITTSBURG YC — Thursday Nights on the Delta through 9/27. Vern Huffer, (925) 432-0390. RICHMOND YC — Wednesday Night Series: 6/6, 6/20, 7/4, 7/18, 8/1, 8/15, etc. Mike Moore, (510) 232-9105. ST. FRANCIS YC — Friday Night Windsurfing: 6/8, 6/ 22, 7/6, 7/20, 8/3, 8/17, 8/31, etc. John Craig, 563-6363. SAN FRANCISCO YC — Family Dinghy Series. Every Wed. night, June 20-Aug. 8. Quentin Pollock, (415) 435-9525. SANTA CRUZ YC — Wednesday Nights: Every Wednesday during Daylight Savings Time. Larry Weaver, (831) 423-8111. SAUSALITO YC —Tuesday Night Sunset Series, first half: 6/12, 6/26. Andy Eggler, 332-1267. SEQUOIA YC — Every Wednesday night through 8/29. Dan Lockwood, (650) 361-9472. SO. BEACH YC — Friday Night Races: 6/1,6/15, 6/29, 7/6, 7/20, 8/3, 8/17, 8/24, etc. Randy, (650) 991-2995. TAHOE YC — Wednesday Night Beer Cans, first half: 5/ 30 through 7/11. Gary Redelberger, (530) 583-9132. TIBURON YC — Friday Nights: 6/1, 6/15, 6/29, 7/13, 7/27, 8/10, 8/24, 9/7. The Woodrums, 332-5970. VALLEJO YC — Every Wednesday night through 9/26. Jack Vetter, (707) 643-1254. Please send your calendar items by the 1 Oth of the month to Latitude 38 (Attn: Calendar), 15 Locust Avenue, Mill Valley, CA, 94941. Better yet, fax them to us at (415) 383-5816 or email them to us at editorial@latitude38.com. But please, no phone-ins! Calendar listings are for marine-related events that are either free or don’t cost much to attend. The Calendar is not meant to support commercial enterprises. Unless otherwise noted, all phone numbers listed in the Calendar are in the'415 area code.

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41' Ericson, '67, Lobo de Mar*.46,000

30' J/92, '93, Blue Moon*.69,000

24' Melges, '94, Yee Ha, w/trailer.23,900

41' Frers, '88, Pageant*.SOLD

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40' J/120, '99, Guero*.New Listing 264,000

30' CM1200, '95, Menace XXII*. 120,000

40' J/120, ‘00, Grace Dances*.New Listing 296,000

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J/46 Owner Profile OWNERS: Bob & Kathy Patterson Bob Patterson's first taste of sailing came with a few experiences as a kid, but it wasn't until his years in the Navy that he developed the sailing skills that would last a lifetime. While based in San Diego, Bob and his wife Kathy took advantage of the Naval Sailing Club which offered instruction and ac¬ cess to boats from 14' to 44'. The Navy days set a solid foundation for years of sailing to come. From San Diego, Bob and Kathy moved to the Bay Area and started as boat owners in 1974 with a trailerable swing keel Balboa 26. The Balboa provided many early adventures on the Bay and, when they eventually moved back to Southern California, many more sail¬ ing miles. After the Balboa, they moved up to Newport 41 which they raced PHRF and cruised from California Yacht Club in Marina del Rey. The fun of racing eventually led to a J/35 which was "just a wonderful boat to sail." It was a terrific racer/cruiser with a competi¬ tive one-design fleet. The J/35 had been the best boat Bob and Kathy had owned, with the perfect balance of speed, safety and comfort. While ac¬ tively racing, the J/35 was still "fully amenatized" with icemaker, 120V and many more cruising conveniences.

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Bob and Kathy taking delivery of their newly commissioned J/46.

After racing the J/35 they started look¬ ing for a new boat with a few more cruising amenities. They have dreams of some distance cruising, and while they trusted the J/35, it didn't have the accommodations they desired. The Pattersons also knew they wanted more comfort but weren't going to happy with a boat that wasn't fast. After looking over the sailboat market, Bob and Kathy were drawn back to their experiences with the J/35. Very little had gone wrong with it after 13 years of hard use, and as Bob said, "They just do what you expect them to do." That brought them to Sail California'and the J/46, which had "just the

right combination of speed, comfort and safety for us." The new boat has just been delivered and should hit the water in early May. Sailing plans include Southern Califor¬ nia cruising, daysailing and perhaps some point-to-point racing. Eventu¬ ally the Pattersons would like to take the boat to Mexico and, when the time is right, more distant shores. But best of all, you can tell Bob and Kathy are happy to have a dream boat that offers great liveaboard accommo¬ dations, unbeatable construction and expected performance.

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LETTERS supply of space for multihulls? I assume our ability to find moorage will be a function of the general supply/demand con¬ ditions coupled with the seasonal impact of boats moving southward. Should we consider looking in the Bay Area? Is it prudent to be sailing out of the Golden Gate in mid-October? Bill and Kariyn Dean Seattle Bill & Karryn — We empathize with your situation. You'll be headed to a new area to get ready to start a grand new adven¬ ture, and it seems as though everybody is telling you there is no room at the inn and slamming the door in your face. Since you have a multihull, it's even worse, because there so few berths that will work for you. It kind of sours you on the pros¬ pect of cruising, doesn't it? It's extremely unlikely you'll be able to get reservations for a month's stay at a marina in San Diego — although there’s no harm in trying. But no worries, for if you're at all flexible — as good cruisers must be — there are many solutions to your prob¬ lem Since you're just one of many Ha-Ha crews that will be finding themselves in a similar situation, we've published a Southern California Anchoring and Mooring Guide in this is¬ sue. By the time you're done reading it, you’ll realize that you have many pleasant options south of Conception — most of them more interesting and less expensive than spending an entire month in the same marina in San Diego. As for north of Conception, September and early October are two of the most glorious and mellow sailing months of the year. In fact, we don't usually head south from San Francisco for the Ha-Ha until about the 15th of October, because we don't want to miss out on the great fall weather in Northern Califor¬ nia. Want some more good news? After you're in Mexico for a little while, you'll be wondering why you ever wanted to be in a marina. Life on the hook is wonderful, particularly on a spa¬ cious and level trimaran. Finally, if all you're going to have left to do is buy and install some solar panels, why do you need

Alamitos Bay in Long Beach has the most end-ties available for multihulls, such as the new catamaran 'Tsunami1. an expensive slip? Start enjoying the cruising life — on the hook — in California. In any event, have a wonderful trip down the coast of Wash¬ ington and Oregon—please be careful —for you've got a lot of great places in Northern and Southern California to look for¬ ward to during the best weather of the year.. . and then you'r e off to the cruising pleasures of Mexico.

IUberth reservations It was nice seeing the Wanderer and Dona de Mallorca at the Banderas Bay Regatta Party in Mexico. Thanks for the great coverage of the event in Latitude. We're looking forward to participating in the Baja Ha-Ha this year, and would like to make berth reservations in San Page 50 •

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Mai — For strategy on getting berths in Southern California this summer and prior to the Ha-Ha, see our Southern Califor¬ nia Anchorages and Mooring Guide later in this issue. As for berths in Cabo San Lucas after the Ha-Ha, the marina has traditionally set aside all empty slips — there aren't many — for Ha-Ha boats. These slips are usually assigned — with con¬ sideration taken for boat size — based on the order in which boats signed up for the Ha-Ha. If you sign up early, you've got a much better chance of getting a Cabo slip than f you sign up near the end. But we can't guarantee anything. By the way, the phone numbers and email addresses of all marinas in Mexico will be included in the Latitude First-Timer's Guide To Cruising Mexico. These booklets will be sent out with the official entry packs shortly after June 1. To get an entry pack, send $15 to Baja Ha-Ha, Inc, 21 Apollo Road, T iburon, CA 94962, along with a self-addressed, stamped 9x12 enve¬ lope. The address is just a mail drop and there is no phone, so don't bother stopping by or trying to call. This year's no-host Catnip Cup for cruising multihulls from the Golden Gate to the Vallejo Marina — with a big pot luck on Saturday night — will be on June 9 & 10. Consult 'Lectronic Latitude for complete details. The date wasn't decided upon until very late, so please advise all your friends with cruising multihulls.

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My thought is, yes, there should be priority on slips to users — not mere occupiers — of boats. Priorities must be rational and enforceable. Here’s how: SL) The BCDC should require all permitted liveaboards to leave their slips for 10 days each calendar year, for eight hours or more each day. Verification by harbormasters. 2) All marina tenants would radio their first 10 departures each calendar year, and harbormasters would check them off. 3) No month-to-month leases. All leases terminate each December 31 — but are renewable if the tenant is not in default of rent or in violation of the '10-day rule'. (Note that month-to-month tenancies require termination 'for cause', which would invariably lead to charges of dis¬ crimination upon some basis or the other. Thus annual leases would do the job because they automatically expire for every¬ one at the* end of each calendar year.) 4) Upon renewal of leases during January of each year — a slow time of year and hence a good time to do the paper¬ work — each berther must pass a special Coast Guard Aux¬ iliary inspection that includes an operable engine, current flares, and all the other stuff. Berthers cannot receive a new lease until that inspection is passed. Berthers — except for legal liveaboards — also must show two evidences of resi¬ dence on land, as an owner or renter, such as property tax bills, utility bills and/or DMV records. My rationale? Automated gate cards won’t work — as Ber¬ keley Marina already knows and as Santa Barbara Harbor will find out. Besides, they only show when tenants are in¬ side the gates, not when they take their boats somewhere. The key is to kick out — or transfer to liveaboard marinas in the Delta — boats that never — meaning less than 10 days per year — go anywhere under their own power. It's irrel¬ evant who visits a boat, how many times, and what times of day. For example, I know there is a woman who owns a 50foot sloop she keeps in the new part of the Santa Barbara Harbor, and the boat is presently not seaworthy or sailable. The woman owner complies with the no-liveaboard rule, but she's never taken the boat out of the slip, thereby displacing somebody who would use their boat — and the slip — for the purposes for which they were intended. A good example of what is happening in response to inex¬ pensive housing on small boats is the Port of Oakland opera¬ tion at Embarcadero Cove Marina. Boats there never leave the slips and everybody in Oakland seems to have keys to the facilities. Cars — and even vans — full of people pull up to use the facilities. In addition, there are tarpaulins over small boats, with who knows how many people living underneath? To say the least, the facilities are not maintained to the standards required by such heavy public traffic. The marina has

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become nothing more than a residential community. Do I like this much Big Brother? Absolutely not. But people will not give back what they can take for their own benefit. My suggestion is far less Big Brother than the chip-in-a-card that records evqiy entrance, exit and bathroom use of the marina occupants. I personally checked out the Berkeley Ma¬ rina, and they showed me a slip on their computer screen and said, "See, Joe arrived at 7:15 a.m. today, and is still on¬ board." Christ — that is a whole lot worse than checking out by VHF the first 10 sails of the year! Is the problem of slips not being used for what they are intended acute? Pretty much so. The harbormaster you quoted is right, there are big old Chris Crafts with homey touches in my marina that never, never, never leave. Why shouldn’t they be displaced by someone who will use their boat at least 10 days a year? Sailing out of Vallejo or the Delta is ridiculous — but for living on a Chris Craft that never goes anywhere, it would be as good as anywhere else. 1$ there a precedent to displace boats that do not move? Sort of. Think about overnight parking regulations in neigh¬ borhoods where cars of non-residents are towed away. It's the same idea. The neighborhood needs the parking slips and residents receive parking permits. What would it be like if strangers simply parked their cars there, pushing residents to some distant parking place? Pretty much the same as park¬ ing a boat in a marina, thereby displacing someone who would use the slip for sailing. 1 I've been featured in your magazine for owning boats for a long time, but please don't use my name — there are people in my marina who would take great offense at my opinions. At this stage of the game, I like peace. \

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W.B.R.— In very general terms, we favor the idea of people who actively use their boats having priority on slips — but the devil would indeed be in the details. For as harbormaster Alan Weaver pointed out to us, there are a lot of retired folks in his marina who come down to their boats all the time and really enjoy puttering around on them. He'd sure object to their get¬ ting the boot because they don't take their boats out of their slips often. We don't think there is a black and white answer to this question, and in any event, we think your plan would be very difficult to implement in real life. But we appreciate your comments. By the way, almost every slip lease in North ern California is month to month, and the marinas can termi¬ nate at the end of every month without having to give a rea¬ son. It's all legal, too. The gate key systems that track a slipholders' every entry, exit and restroom use really sound Orwellian in the worst way. Nonetheless, one of the most popular harbormasters in the Bay Area has such a system, and he insists it helps him run a better marina, even from the tenants point of view. Nonethe¬ less, he admits that the information the system provides can. if used in the wrong way, significantly violate the personal privacy of the tenants. It's a brave new world — and we all have more than a little reason to be frightened.

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LETTERS haps each slipholder must vacate their slip for at least two hours at least six times a year. This, of course, would only apply to marinas with a waiting list. This would also apply to liveaboards. I do not believe in people using marinas as low cost hous¬ ing. In fact, the unseaworthy boats in my marina make me sick. When the Peninsula Marina announced it was shutting down, non-liveaboards were given a financial incentive to leave by March 31, while liveaboards got until May 31. As it turned out, about half of the boats that left in March were liveaboards! They just weren’t paying the extra liveaboard fee. It’s not much. I pay $469/month total for my Cal 35. In other words, these people were sneakaboards. I wonder what would have hap¬ pened if these people would have paid the modest liveaboard fee. Perhaps the marina would have been more profitable and the marina closure could have been avoided or handled in a better way for tenants. The marina, perhaps, could have been redeveloped one section at a time. P.S. Four weeks after writing this, I'll be moving up to Coy¬ ote Point. Dave Biggs Runnin' Late, Cal 35 Peninsula Marina, Redwood City • Dave — To each their own, of course, but we wouldn't con¬ sider a total of 12 hours of use a year to be much of a mini¬ mum. How about an average of 12 hours a month from April through October? For what it's worth, many public and private marinas already have minimum useage requirements, but they're usually just one day a year, and often they aren't en¬ forced. In most cases, this has done little to eliminate boats that are rarely, if ever, used.

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est is making the most money for the least effort — which means from the non-sailor who owns a vessel but never uses it or comes down to the marina. Sailing is for traveling, not status. If you want status, I know where you can buy a real nice 1964 Ford^Falcon, with a three-speed on the column. F. Joe Yeager California F. Joe — We need to clarify a few things. First, we don't believe there are a lot of derelict boats in marinas preventing active mariners from getting access to slips and the water, but rather a lot of unused boats in marinas that take up space. Secondly, we never stated that 'pure liveaboards' — those who never take their boats out — cause excess pollution. To the contrary, we believe all conscientious liveaboards — no mat¬ ter if they take their boats out frequently or not — live more simple and less polluting lives than those who live on land. Unfortunately, it seems that not all liveaboards care about water quality as much as they should. Finally, we don't object to 'pure liveaboards' per se, but rather only when they deny berth space for those who need a slip for access to the Bay and ocean. Pollution and derelict boat conditions are two reasons some California anchorages have been closed, but the primary rea¬ son is land use issues. In general government feels that public lands — and waters — shouldn't be used for residential.pur¬ poses. As for pollution from recreational boats, we’re all for reducing it as much as possible. For many years now, we've felt their ought to be a $25/gallon surcharge on toxic bottom paints in order to create a giant pot of money for the guy or company who invents the first effective non-toxic way to keep boat bottoms clean. There's nothing we'd love to see more than the elimination of toxic bottom paints, and we're surprised there hasn't been more of a push for this by mariners. Your idea that each owner of a boat should contribute to a fund for its disposal at the end of its useful life is an interest¬ ing one. But given the durability of fiberglass boats — the Bounty Us from as early as '56 are still going strong — we don't think it makes much sense. The very small percentage of fiberglass boats that need disposal aren't the victims of old age, but abuse and neglect. In any event, we believe there would be much better ways to handle the problem. One of the main drawbacks of a 'use it or lose it' system would indeed be the monitoring of how often a boat is used. We're not saying we have all the answers, but that given the current situation, it's time for the questions to be raised and the possible solutions pondered.

Mfoldable TRIS On the topic of John Bunnell's request for information on the pros and cons of multihulls, you concentrated your an¬ swer on larger catamarans versus monohulls. Since John didn't indicate what size of boat he was looking for, nor did he mention his intended use — cruising, racing or daysailing — might I suggest that he consider foldable trimarans, such as the Corsair/Farrier designs? These can be easily trailered — cheaper than trucking — fold up to fit into monohull slips, and depending on the model, sell for well under $ 150,000. Of course, there's also the added benefit of sailing fast and flat. We love ours! Bess Piechocki Essence, F-24 Mkll Brush Prairie, WA

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Ml PROTEST EMPHATICALLY In the May issue of Latitude, Paul Glunt complained of being denied employment at West Marine because he is a smoker. As a result, I wrote a letter to West Marine and told them that although I'm a non-smoker and don’t allow smok¬ ing in my car, my house, or my boat’s cabin, I had to em¬ phatically protest their policy and urge them to change it. I believe a company has the right to require that an employee not smoke during working hours, but should have no say whether they smoke in their off hours. Helen Morotti, the Employment and Development Man¬ ager at West Marine, wrote back to say, "West Marine has chosen to be a non-smoking company. This means we do not hire individuals who smoke in the states in which we operate and are legally able to do so. West Marine complies with all state, laws with regard to hiring smokers." Alejandro Bustamante Walnut Creek Alejandro — We can understand why West Marine would want to be a 'no smoking' company, both on a corporate level and for the well-being of their employees as individuals. On at least some level they have a history of caring about their em¬ ployees' health. When their Watsonville warehouse was first opening, we can remember Randy Repass, the company's founder and chairman, and his wife Sally Christine excitedly telling us about the health food oriented company cafeteria that was soon to open. Providing their employees with better than average cafeteria food is something that both of them really cared about. We haven't smoked in more than 20 years, nobody on the entire Latitude staff smokes, and we assume that all of us agree that it’s a very, very unhealthy habit. Nonetheless, what we can’t understand is that most state and all federal courts permit companies to intrude into the personal lives of their employees. Would the courts allow Latitude to prohibit our employees from ever eating meat or drinking a glass of wine — two other legal but potentially health-impacting activities? Given their position on smoking, we can't see why not. Where is the America Civil Liberties Union hiding? They are the first to stand up for every last right of the most despicable criminals as they should. But shouldn't smokers have their rights defended as vigorously as those of child murderers? We'd like to remind the judges on our state and federal courts, that one of the first things that Hitler did when he gained power in Germany was — and we’re not making this up —

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LETTERS institute campaigns against smoking, drinking alcohol and eating meat. Individually, these might have been good sug¬ gestions, but collectively they had disturbing implications for anyone interested in personal liberty. One problem is that these well-meaning q^forts can lead to strange consequences — such as revising history. For example, when Germany released pho¬ tos of Hitler's summit with Joseph Stalin, they air-brushed the cigarette out of Stalin's mouth. If you think that couldn't hap¬ pen in the United States, consider this: when the U.S. Post Office issued a commemorative stamp of the great blues gui¬ tarist Robert Johnson, the cigarette that had been so promi¬ nent in the only existing photograph of him was removed. Similiar cigarette removals were made to representations of FDR, a noted puffer, and artist Jackson Pollock. The argument can be made that the removal of the cigarettes made them look better. We find such revisions of history to be really creepy. After all, 10 years from now. what's to stop these same people from deciding that Johnson's stamp would look better if his skin were a little whiter and his nose a little less round? It seems to us that once you let a personal liberty go, there's a danger of it becoming a long and very slippery slope. So quit smoking — but do it for yourself and your loved ones — not because it’s a job requirement. ft ft THE 10% SOLUTION

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First, let me squeeze in a thanks for another great Crew List Party at the Corinthian YC in Tiburon. As a result of meeting some new sailors, I may be spending some time cruis¬ ing in Alaska this summer. Secondly, here is my BCDC (Bay Conservation and Devel¬ opment Commission) concern. Why should only 10% of a marina's slips be set aside for liveaboards? With pump-out stations for sanitation and generally high housing costs, why not allow more people to live on boats? Shift the control of the liveaboard population to the marina owners and manag¬ ers, and away from the government. From what I know, Alan Weaver does an excellent job at ' Marina Village in Alameda, keeping it a friendly place to live. They welcome ’official' liveaboards, albeit it with a lot of re¬ strictions Catalina-style holding tank locks, for example. I just can't think of why the BCDC should control the number of liveaboards in a marina, or at least why the percentage should be kept so low. P S. I just checked the Calendar again, and it looks to me as if the only week for the Beer Can Challenge this summer is the same week as the Coastal Cup. Queen Lucie Northern California

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Queen — We’ll pose your question to Will Travis. Executive Director of the BCDC, when we meet next month. At least one California marina outside of the BCDCs jurisdiction —- Ventura West was built and is maintained for 509b liveaboar ds. It seems to work well — although we’re not necessarily advocat¬ ing such a high percentage of liveaboards — particularly liveaboards who use their boats exclusively for housing. By the way, while 10% may be the maximum number of legal liveaboards within the BCDC’sjurisdiction, the real liveaboard population in some marinas easily exceeds it. ftftHOW COME THE BCDC . . .

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LETTERS one pump-out station — located at the Port of Redwood City — serving the entire environs. This pump breaks down on a fairly regular basis, and there is a $5 charge for its use by non-tenants. Why is the BCDC allowing new marinas — such as Bair Island — to be built without pump-out facilities? What happens when 'M.T. Head' no longer has a place to empty its tanks? Speaking of 'use your boat or lose your slip', it was inter¬ esting to note the number of 'marina barges' that had to be towed out of Peninsula Marina — or were abandoned once the eviction deadline passed. I looked into picking up one of the abandoned boats — a fairly decent Santana 22 that could easily have been restored to become a match-racing partner for the 22 belonging to the Sequoia YC Youth Program — but had to pass because there are no 'tuna'-sized slips in Red¬ wood City. Sorry, was I screaming? It must be because of what the BCDC's Steve McAdam calls the "glut of slips." John Farnsworth v Pete’s Harbor, Redood City John — We'll also raise your question with Will Travis when we meet with him — although we think that Redwood City — for reasons that don't make sense to us — is not under the jurisdiction of the BCDC. ftllSLIPS, LIVBABOARDS, AND THE BCDC

With regard to your editorial question about whether folks who use their boats should have priority on slips over people who don’t use their boats, I really don’t think we need an¬ other layer of rules and the accompanying monitors that would be required. Surely there are already enough laws, rules and traditions necessary to handle the problem of derelicts and liveaboards taking up slips needed by recreational mariners. In over 30 years of boating and boat ownership, I cannot recall one marina that didn't have rules about all manner of things — with junkers and liveaboards receiving very special attention. Perhaps enforcement of the existing rules, starting • with payment of slip fees — I cannot believe the boat in the accompanying Sightings photograph was worth one month’s rent — would free up slips, clean up the docks and the water, and generally get everyone a little less tense about the-whole scene. Developing some marinas on the old military bases or elsewhere should reduce tension even more. But aside from air, water and noise pollution — for which every marina has enforceable rules — I have no problem with liveaboards. As a matter of fact, more than once a marina security person was alerted to potential problems by a liveaboarder simply because the liveaboarder was aware of what was normal activity in their area of the marina. As such, in my estimation, marina owners and management should: 1) Decide to allow/disallow liveaboards. 2) Set liveaboard numbers by the marina’s available facili¬ ties. 3) Set up something similar to a damage deposit for tow¬ ing and storing boats moored at unpaid slips. And the Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC) should: 1) Become a center for how to do it right’ information on updating, upgrading or developing marinas. 2) Maintain a list of where waterfront and marina develop¬ ment should not happen. ^ Name Withheld By Request Northern California

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M sausalito cruising club and the bcdc v The Sausalito Cruising Club has been having a lot of trouble obtaining a permit from the BCDC in order to repair the ex¬ isting pilings that hold the clubhouse/barge in place. —The Mayor of Sausalito has stated verbally that she sup¬ ports the Club and its efforts to repair the pilings. — The Club offers an affordable alternative to the exclu¬ sivity of the high end yacht clubs, thus opening use of the Bay to many families with children who might otherwise be shut out. The Club has boats that the members can use. — The Club's barge is a historical building. It lends char¬ acter to the Sausalito waterfront. — The Club is an all-volunteer effort. Thus it brings to¬ gether members of the community. — The Club provides a meeting place for older and retired people who might otherwise be out of touch with the commu¬ nity. .1 am personally working with the Richardson Bay Mari¬ time Organization, the Marine Heritage Association, the Ha¬ waiian Chieftain, and the Arques Wooden Boat Building ■ School, on a program for at-risk youth. We have already be¬ gun work on a process that uses two historic wooden boats, and the milieu of the historic Sausalito waterfront. We pro¬ vide an opportunity whereby these children can build their self-esteem, learn problem-solving techniques, build their knowledge base, and develop contacts within the community so that they might become responsible adults instead of drug addicts or worse. The Sausalito Cruising Club has a nice dock and facility that would be well suited for the two historic wooden boats that we now have. We would urge the BCDC to make every effort to support us in our work and grant the piling repair permit. It is, quite simply, the right thing to do. Lee Riley Sausalito Lee — We're not familiar enough with the situation to com¬ ment, but at some point doesn't the current Sausalito Cruising Club structure — which has been home to some of the great times of our lives, including the early Crew List Parties — need replacing with something that would better benefit the club and all the other groups that were mentioned?

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Probably the most famous circumnavigator from Newport Beach is Tom Steele. Many, many years ago he bought an unfinished Tahiti ketch from my father, finished her out, chris¬ tened her Adios, and sailed her around the world twice! Adios was rolled numerous times in the Indian Ocean during a tropi¬ cal cyclone, arid all Tom could do was lash himself to his bunk belowdecks. Knowing the storm was pushing the dis¬ abled yacht towards shoal water and treacherous reefs, he just hung on and prayed. Tom lucked out, as Adios somehow threaded her way through the reefs and emerged in deep water on the lee side! I'm happy to report that Adios is still sailing, and Tom can still be seen riding his bike around town. Mike Kane, the multihull nut, left Newport Beach on his 40-ft trimaran Corousan right out of college. He was gone a couple of years, then one day sailed back into Newport hav¬ ing circled the globe. Mike even had the nerve to tiy to sell me back a spinnaker after putting 20,000 miles on it. I declined the sail, but did give him $5 for the turtle bag. Lin and Lany Pardey built their first boat in Costa Mesa, and I'm pretty sure they launched her in Newport Harbor. We saw. a lot of them in those days. Lin was a regular at the store. In the course of three years I think she spent $11 on boat parts. Robin Lee Graham, whose circumnavigation with Dove starting when he was in his mid-teens, was the subject of National Geographic articles and a big budget movie, was also a Newport Beach boy. Some people think his parents just turned him loose on the high seas in a little boat as a stunt. But before Robin's mostly-singlehanded circumnavigation in the Lapworth 24 and later Allied 33, he crewed with his par¬ ents on a trip through the South Pacific aboard an Angleman ketch. Nonetheless, I never would have let my kids attempt what Robiri did at his age. From about 77 to 80, the Beasley family did a circum¬ navigation with a lovely 55-foot ketch — or maybe it was a yawl. The whole family still plays with boats. Mom and dad built a copy of the plumb bow English pilot cutter Lark that I used to see tearing up the waters in the Bay of Islands in New Zealand. It blew my mind a few years back when I hit the starting line in a classic yacht race off Newport Beach to cross tacks with a Lark look-a-like. I later learned she was the Beasley's brand new cold-molded classic that they had built in New Zealand using the original lines of Lark. Newport was also the homeport of a cool dude named Hixson who did a circumnavigation. He had the metal plating company in Costa Mesa, and his brother owned the Ware¬ house Restaurant here in town. As for my circumnavigation, it was so long ago that it’s hardly worth talking about. I was pretty optimistic thinking I could sail Shearwater, an 82-ft LOA schooner, around the world for $1,000 a month. Early on, I discovered that the real challenge wasn’t the sailing or the navigation — it was pay¬ ing the bills! Having been in the yacht charter business for 15 years before we departed with Shearwater on an open-ended family cruise, I took on a ’make-'em-pay' attitude toward my crew. No one could sail for less than $10 a day, and if someone just wanted to stand watch and ride along without doing any of the hard work, it was closer to $20 day. A retired schoolteacher from Santa Cruz joined Shearwater in the Marquesas, and paid $500 a month for the next 18 months. When we left New Zealand, I had she Kiwis who were each paying $500 a month. If you ever want to do an article about making your boat pay her own way, I'm you’re man. Incidentally, there’s an advantage to big boats: they ride better and have more potential for income. Before it was over

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Nevertheless, prior to going out for a sail, each skipper and crew should have a pretty good idea of what to do in basic emergency situations — such as if the skipper fell overboard or was knocked out by the boom, f the mast fell, or if the rud¬ der dropped off. At least two people need to know the basics of operating the boat, radio and emergency gear. And in no event should the last person aboard jump into the water to save an¬ other. Pre-thinking potential tragedies can eliminate many prob¬ lems. tUlDAD’S boat I was wondering if you could help me track down a boat. From the mid-'80s through the mid ’90s, my father, Richard Derickson, and Jill Neidrauer, his life partner and later wife, used to write to Latitude as they cruised the South Pacific aboard his Passport 40. He passed away a few years ago of cancer, and Jill sold the boat. I just bought a Newport 41, and it stirred some fond memo¬ ries of sailing the high seas and feeling the tropical breeze. In any event, I would love to track the boat down and see how she is doing. The boat was sold around mid-’94 in Saipan. If anyone knows of the boat, I wish they'd let me know. Rick Derickson sailorvarnish@cs. com tUl MULTIHULLS Any recommendations on books that provide an authori¬ tative background on catamarans in terms of sailing charac¬ teristics, construction qualities, and relative merits as com¬ pared to a monohull? George Lula California George — Chris White’s The Cruising Multihull is begin¬ ning to seem a little dated, but it has all the basic stuff. We still think it's the best introduction to cruising trimarans and catamarans. INI MARINE FLEA MARKETS Thanks for letting Max and Lee do the May story on ma¬ rine flea markets in Northern California. Upon reading. Max and his dynamic sidekick’s article, I wasn’t at all surprised when they drifted off into more technical areas. Excusable. About the only thing in their article I could take issue with was one of their flea market tips’. "Don’t buy anything inflat¬ able" is their advice. "It probably should have read, Don’t buy anything inflatable if you don’t know a damn thing about inflatables'." The rest of the tips were excellent. In the article, they asked for readers to write about their best 'scores’. I wish I could. Would it be the 34-inch Edson elk hide covered wheel for $40 bucks? Or that $5 dollar Harken block that now provides service at the foot of my mast, or the almost new tri-radial spinnaker for $ 100? My ’best’ list would go on and on. One thing is certain: if it had not been for marine swaps, I wouldn’t have been able to afford to equip my boat anywhere near as well as I wanted. Because of the growing popularity of marine swaps in the last few years I don't think I'm alone. Sure, there are a few folks out there who wouldn’t be caught dead at a marine swap meet. They’re also the ones — per¬ haps unbeknownst to them — that provide the fuel for the swaps and create a reason for their existence. It’s all trickledown. Those year-old hi-tech racing sails that have lost that racers edge’ and are no longer competitive, are now powering a happy weekender about the Bay at one third the price

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HUlfLARE UP I read with great interest Jim and Kyoko Bandy’s report in the May Changes on their boarding by the U.S. Coast Guard between southern Mexico and French Polynesia. With no com¬ ment regarding the boarding itself, I noted that the Coasties warned them about their out-of-date flares. Jim Bandy com¬ mented: "The ones I’d bought before leaving California in No¬ vember of '99 were out of date already. I cariy all the flares I've purchased since 1985, so I’m sure one or more of them would have worked. In fact, one of the guys remarked that he thought 90% of them would still work." My suggestion is that Jim and Kyoko forget about the Coasties’ manners and think about when they might need to use a flar^. Usually it’s when it's dark, wet, you can’t see, you're in deep trouble pushing up a rock-lined coast, and you're sinking or somebody is badly injured. When you need a flare, you need a flare that works, period. The Coasties were right, and their warning — if heeded — may save your life. The crew of Pegasus of Pegasus Project recently conducted a live-fire flare exercise at the Coast Guard facility at Yerba Buena Island. Two Coasties demonstrated the safe and proper use of various flares that we had carried or scrounged from Olympic Circle Sailing Center and Berkeley Marine Center. Like the Bandy’s, most but not all of the flares we tested had expired — some of them dating back to the late '80s. We fired off about 30 flares in all — including handhelds such as the ones used on highways, Veiy Pistol flares, and Paine-Wessex high flying parachute flares — which were the best. We were shocked at the results. We didn’t count, but at least half of the out-of-date flares were duds. They didn't fire at all, or fired and lobbed into the air but didn’t flare, or flared for only seconds. The Veiy Pistol backfired after firing a few duds in the air, so we junked it after the exercise. What we discovered is that out-of-date flares — even ones kept in dry places on the vessel, and even flares stored in a diy-box with a moisture-sealing gasket — didn't work more often than not. Like all safety equipment, flares shouldn’t be aboard if: 1) You don't know how to use them and have not exercised with them, and 2) They aren't reliable. Do not keep and do not give away your expired flares. Fire them or dis¬ pose of them. Replace them when they are out-of-date. When you purchase replacement flares, check the dates. A well-known marine supplier sent us new Paine Wessex para¬ chute flares that ostensibly last for three years — but their expiration date was less than 12 months from the purchase date! And these flares cost more than $50 each. The supplier kindly replaced them at no cost and let us keep the nearly -

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Well, we did it! After coastal cruising for decades in South¬ ern California, my wife Carolyn and I — we’re both in our sixties — doublehanded our 43-foot cutter from Dana Point to San Francisco. And we never had to sail to windward! Sharp Latitude readers will quickly understand that this can only mean one thing: that we took the long way around to San Francisco — around the Pacific High, that is. We first sailed to Baja and the Mexican mainland, then from P.V. to Hawaii, then north around the Pacific High to British Colum¬ bia, and finally tamed the graveyard of the Pacific’ down to San Francisco Bay. We spent two weeks in the Bay — includ¬ ing Fleet Week, which we loved — then continued hop-scotch¬ ing back down the coast to our homeport of Dana Point. It was a fantastic 9,000-mile, one year — November to Novem¬ ber — cruise that included two long passages of 19 days each. We made 88 stops during the fun and challenging year. For us, it was the trip of a lifetime.

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swan song with her. We were packed and ready to go, but when we tried to start Melissa, we realized that we had bat¬ tery problems. At that point we decided that we couldn't af¬ ford to jeopardize the sale, and started clearing her of all our possessions. As a result, we had to send a bunch of stuff out to the island on Monday, stuff we were originally going to bring out ourselves. Nonetheless, there had been a great open¬ ing ceremony at the Navy Club, and we're sure we gave the Sailing Week folks enough tools to cariy on without us. We’re disappointed not being out there, but we plan to be part of the greeting committee when the fleet returns to La Paz. And we hope to see the rest of them at Loreto Fest. We hope that future organizers care as much about the event as we do, and that it will continue to be a successful event. But we have our doubts. Thanks for letting us talk about it. Pepe and Sue Maxwell Camano Island, Washington / La Paz Pepe & Sue — We're not familiar with the nature of your differences with the commodore and/or the Club Cruceros de La Paz. so we can't comment on them. But we suspect that the underlying cause is that nobody is quite sure what the Sea of Cortez Sailing Week is anymore. When the Wanderer created the event in the early '80s. it was to be a Baja version of Antigua Sailing Week. Fun racing was the main focus, with lots of supporting social activities. Fora couple of years, there was active racing, with a bunch of good boats and even sailors such as Lowell North and Dick Denver taking part. But after about five years, a combination of fluky wirtcls. disorganization, and shrinkiitg fleets, eliminated racing as a core activity. There’s nothing wrong with that, of course, except that nothing seemed to fill the void. So as it stands now. Sea of Cortez Sailing Week seems . . . well, a little bit like a fish taco without the fish. Or maybe it'sjust the cruiser social gathering of all cruiser social gatherings in Mexico. In any event, it will be hard for it to be the best event of its kind • until it can figure out what it is. Anyway, we hope everyone

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It PUERTO VALLARTA RACE My Ericson 38 Astraea, along with Hall Palmer’s Hunter 54 Pegasus, were the only Northern California boats in the cruising classes of the Marina del Rey to Puerto Vallarta Race — which you covered so well in your April issue. I'm writing to encourage other cruisers from the Bay Area to enter the next running of the race, in Februaiy of 2003. It’s a great way to avoid the winter rains, join an international regatta, and get the boat to mainland Mexico for a half season of cruising. The Del Rey YC's race to P.V. is the club's premiere event, and is supported wonderfully by a group of energetic folks from the club. They go all-out to make the biennial race a delight for all entrants, with several informational seminars, assistance with the legalities and logistics of sailing to Mexico, support along the way, and super parties in Puerto Vallarta. The only complaint that my crew and I had was that the clufci initially miscalculated and misreported the results of the cruising classes — which were then published in the April Latitude. Astraea placed second in Cruising Class A, not third. The Del Rey YC's website has the full corrected results and more info on the race at www.dryc.org. George Clyde Astraea Berkeley George — The Del Rey YC always does a great job with that race. For others who want to do a mid-winter event to Mexico but not wait until 2003, next February the San Diego YC will be sponsoring a race from San Diego to the Paradise Resort and Marina near P.V. For details, visit www.sdyc.org.

ftU-YET EVEN MORE CIRCUMNAVIGATORS Seeing the May issue report from Bill and Diana Chapman on their circumnavigation reminded me that I should give you the names of other circumnavigators — and fill in the details of Jerry Knecht’s voyage around the world on Night Watch. Knecht, who lives in San Anselmo, circumnavigated from April '95 to March '97 via the South Pacific, Torres Strait, Indian Ocean, Red Sea, Suez Canal, Atlantic Ocean, Panama Canal and home. He did it aboard his Moody 425 named Night Watch. His main crew was his wife, Sue, and John McVea — although several other friends joined for different legs of the voyage. Jerry was the first member of the San Francisco YC to circumnavigate, and was awarded the Yachtsman of the Year Award in 1997. A Cruising Trophy was created in his honor at the yacht club, using a scale model of Night Watch. Jerry is a retired attorney and a member of both the San Francisco YC and the Cruising Club of America. Ray and Shirley Triplett of San Jose completed a circum¬ navigation in 1981 aboard Morning Star. I have no details on the boat, but they sailed east to west and passed through the Red Sea, the Med, and the Panama Canal. I believe Ray may now be deceased. He was a member of the CCA, but his name does not appear after 1996. Hal and Margaret Roth, now living in St. Michaels, Maiyland, but formerly of San Francisco, completed a circumnavi¬ gation in 1985 on Whisper. I believe that Whisper was a Spen¬ cer 35. Their route was east to west via the Panama Canal, the Med, and the Red Sea. Hal Roth completed a solo circum¬ navigation in 1987 on the modified Santa Cruz 50 American Flag as a participant in the 1986 BOC Challenge Race. He passed Australia, the Cape of Good Hope, and Cape Horn on

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ITIISEVEN YEARS. FOUR MONTHS. TWO DAYS We were just given an April Latitude, and I see someone else beat us to the punch by reporting our circumnavigation. Anyway, to help fill in the gaps, here’s the rest of the informa¬ tion: At 10:35:35 local time on April 19, 2001, Another Hori¬ zon crossed its track outside Zihuatanejo, thus completing our circumnavigation. In seven years, four months and two days, we sailed 40,308 miles, visited 459 ports and anchor¬ ages in 61 countries, crossed three oceans and countless seas, five canals, and even some lakes and rivers. It's a big world! Some corrections and clarifications for your table: Tina’s last name is Olton; our boat is a Valiant 40, her homeport is Alameda, and we were out from '93 to '01. We're are now in Puerto Vallarta, heading north, hoping to be back in the Bay Area sometime in June. With regard to the cost of checking in and out of ports in Mexico, our experience has been very different from what oth¬ ers have reported. We have stopped in five ports now, and here in Puerto Vallarta are only paying fees for the first time. By the way, we always check in wherever and whenever the country — all 61 of them — required it. In addition, Mexico isn’t the only one that requires checking in at every port you stop at. We first checked into Mexico at Puerto Madero, where we found the port captain to be a prince. His staff took one copy each of our crew list and boat documentation, and our zarpe from El Salvador. That was the end of our check-in process. When we were ready to leave, they sent us to the airport at Tapachula to check in with Immigration and Customs, then gave us our exit zarpe for "Puerto Vallarta y puertos intermedios." We didn’t pay a single peso checking in or check¬ ing out. Between Pto. Madero and Pto. Vallarta, we stopped only at marinas, and we asked each marina to please take care of any paperwork required. In each case, after they looked at our zarpe, they said it wasn't necessary, because of the way our zarpe read. No further paperwork was necessary, and no fees were paid. Note, however, that we are not 'cruis¬ ing' Mexico at this time, but just passing through on our way home, and therefore not staying longer than three days. Steve Salmon and Tina Olton Another Horizon Alameda M REALLY, REALLY FAST We’ve now seen the 147-ft Mari Cha III sail in person — and you're right, she's really fast. In fact, she’s the most im-

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This is just a note of appreciation for Latitude being my inspiration and guide for my cruise and personal adventure. For years I have been reading your magazine on my way from my home on the beach in Manhattan Beach to Venice Beach along the bike path. The bike path goes right through Marina del Rey, and I used to stop in at the boat dealers and fanta¬ size. Last October I finally found the boat — a Hunter 34 — that could put me onto the open ocean of my dreams. So I joined the Ha-Ha 2000, and invited my lawyer and doctor — both of whom have boats in Germany — to come along. The combination of their expertise and the Poobah’s guidance made it a completely enjoyable experience. After the Ha-Ha, I left my boat in the capable hands of Ed Vergara at his 'vir¬ tual' Marina Santa Cruz Bay in La Paz so I could return to work for the German television network ZDF. Since returning to WanderLust in La Paz in February, I have singlehanded over to Mazatlan, down the coast to Puerto Vallarta, and back to Cabo San Lucas for Spring Break. My good buddy Tom flew down with his two daughters for the two-week vacation. We left the girls in Cabo and sailed back to Puerto Vallarta. He later flew back to his daughters and then home, while I continued on alone back to La Paz. My experiences with the Mexican people and everyone in the cruising community have been nothing but pleasant and enjoyable. The only problems I have are the tremendous dis-

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SIGHTINGS new boat in town In one of the most anticipated San Francisco debuts since the Pope came to town, Bruce Schwab’s Ocean Planet arrived in the Bay in April, just in time to become the highlight of the Pacific Sail Expo boat show. A great show of interest and support from the local sailing community was highlighted by a christening by British sailing phenomenon Ellen MacArthur. Since the show, Bruce has been actively sailing and sorting out the boat. Its first official race was the crewed Farallones event on May 12. We were honored to be invited aboard for what is most of the time an E-ticket ride. Not this year. Light air predomi¬ nated and we rarely even cracked double digits on the speedo, much less approached the spirited performance of which the boat is capable. It was still a great ride with a bunch of nice people to a second-to-finish, sixth-in-division placing. There’s always next time for the white-knuckle stuff. ^ Regular readers will know this boat § was designed by Tom Wylie for h Schwab’s Made In America syndicate, § and built by Steve Rander’s Schooner _ Creek Boat Works in Oregon of coldAbove, Bruce Schwab at command cen- molded wood composite. (Both the hull fra/. Right, ‘Ocean Planet’ returns from and deck are cored.) You’ll also know her first race. this has been — and continues to be — a completely grassroots effort made possible by individual and cor¬ porate donations. Schwab, a longtime local racer and singlehander, plans to campaign the boat at the highest levels of singlehanded racing. With time con¬ straints too tight to make the EDS Challenge (across the Atlantic both ways starting from France in July), Bruce has now set his sights on the Transat Jacques Vabre, a doublehanded event from La Havre (France) to Brazil this fall. That could work out to be a good ‘feeder’ to the 2002 Gold Race, a crewed event from New York to San Francisco via Cape Horn that starts in January. ‘The finish of the Gold Race would a fan¬ tastic homecoming,” notes Bruce. From there, the boat’s likely first singlehanded goal would be the 2002 Singlehanded TransPac from San Francisco to Kauai next July. At this point, the full race schedule hinges on fundraising. “We’re more than halfway there,” says Schwab, who spends almost as much time knocking on sponsor doors as he does sailing. “We have a great boat and a great team ready to go.” We will be doing an in-depth feature on this boat — the first Open 60 to be built on the West Coast and the first one ever with a rotating, freestanding mast — in the next issue. (It was actually scheduled for this issue until space constraints intervened.) In the meantime, look for Bruce out shaking down and dialing in Ocean Planet out on the Bay. And check out the syndicate website (www.oceanplanet.com) for more information on the boat, the skipper, and what you can do to help.

waiting for a miracle Options were running out for slip renters at Peninsula Marina in Redwood City as we went to press. You may recall that all 324 of them received eviction papers back in Januaiy — in most cases several days after they read about the planned evictions in local newspapers. The reason for the eviction is the 1,300-unit Marina Shores Village condo project, which will be constructed on 53 acres around Peninsula Macontinued on outside column of next sightings page

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return to After an absence of almost four years, the Treasure Island YC is due to re-es¬ tablish a presence on its namesake this summer. The announcement was made on May 9 that the Treasure Island Devel¬ opment Authority (TIDA), the developer of a new marina slated for Clipper Cove, had approved a five-year lease of Building 298 by the club. Formed in 1966, the club occupied its old quarters (next door to Bldg. 298, in what is now a restaurant) until 1997. That’s when the Navy turned Treasure Island over to the City of San Francisco as part of the base-closure pro¬ gram of the ‘90s. Although the hammers will be ringing in Building 298 — the former Navy motorpool — in the next few months, that, too, is temporary. Eventually, the club will

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move to permanent new quarters in the new 403-slip marina that will stretch from the old marina all the way up to the new Sailing Center. Of the 100 or so boats at TIYC’s docks when the Navy left, most dispersed to other marinas and TIYC became a ‘paper club’ for the next 45 months. However, not everyone left. Despite the deteriora¬ tion of the docks and intermittent power and water, 18 diehard members contin¬ ued to berth their boats at the old docks. All the while, TIYC members everywhere bided their time while the political jug¬ gernaut slowly chugged to some sort of resolution that would accommodate their return. “We’re not really in a position to say,

rina, and part of neighboring Pete’s Harbor marina. In an article in the April Sightings, a representative of developer Glenborough-Paul said the new complex “was conceptualized as a fi¬ nancially viable way to help address the continuing housing shortage in San Mateo County.” The thunderclap of irony following that state¬ ment is that the evictions displace about 100 liveaboards at the ma¬ rina — berthers who claim their contracts grant them ‘permanent sta¬ tus’ in the harbor. (Being located beyond the jurisdiction of the BCDC, Peninsula Marina and neighboring Pete’s Harbor have long had a higher percentage of liveaboards than most marinas in Northern California.) Most have had to scramble in the last few months to find new liveaboard berths, which are all but nonexistent locally. Several have ended up in the Delta, miles from their work. One went as far as Half Moon Bay. Many others are faced with giving up their chosen lifestyle by moving ashore. Some remain at Peninsula, biding their time and hoping to find anyplace to move to before the May 31 deadline. About 40 liveaboard boats were left at the Marina as this was writ¬ ten in mid-May. According to berther Paul Pfluger, most had arranged

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‘Bar’s open!’ to visitors just yet,” says Vice Commodore Kent Brewer. “But for the first time in a long time, we’re actively solicit¬ ing new members.” For those of you who didn’t get the word. Treasure Island YC used to open only to active military per¬ sonnel. That ended in 1993 when the Navy announced its intentions to close various bases. Since then, TIYC has been a ‘civil¬ ian’ yacht club open to the general pub¬ lic. Brewer estimates about 60% of the current members (himself included) have no military background. For more on membership, contact Brewer at Jorkent@pacbell.net, or the TIYC at tiyc@pacbell. net. Brewer also reminds visitors that while

places to go but were hanging in until the last minute in a show of solidarity. That included a ‘protest raft-up’ in Redwood Channel on the evening of May 16, photos of which appear below and at right. There appeared to be few other options in the offing. Requests for help from the City Council of Redwood City fell on deaf ears earlier in the week, and another meeting with developer Glenborough-Paul seemed unlikely after the way the last one turned out. That meeting, which was held in mid-March between representa¬ tives of the developer, representatives of the marina tenants, and me¬ diators from the Peninsula Conflict Resolution Center, ended amicably when both sides agreed to a settlement — all liveaboard berthers would receive the equivalent of 12 months slip rent to help with their transi¬ tion, and the deadline to depart was extended from March 31 to April 30 for non-liveaboards, and May 31 for liveaboards. But when the writ¬ ten version appeared a few days later, berthers claim it contained addi¬ tional conditions not agreed to in the meeting: all berthers must agree to the settlement in writing and all must be out by May 31 or face the loss of their boats. No ofie signed, and the developer has not .been receptive to requests for a new meeting. Pfluger says a lawyer is cur¬ rently exploring any final options available to marina tenants. As if the remaining berthers didn’t feel enough like the 7th Cavalry watching the Sioux Nation surround them at the Little Big Horn, on May 15, 74-year-old Jim Weber came ‘home’ to the marina to find his Ranger 33 Sundrifter gone. It had been towed out earlier in the day, allegedly on orders of the marina manager. The next day, Weber re¬ ceived the notice warning him about the tow-away in the mail. Weber says he doesnt’ know why his boat was towed prior to the May 31 deadline. He says he did not owe the marina money. He did, however, speak out less than kindly at the City Council meeting a couple

circumnavigators Our piece on West Coast circumnavi¬ gators last month accomplished its task — and then some. What we thought would spur a few more notes from West Coast¬ ers who had sailed around the world was instead an opening of the floodgates. Mes¬ sages and notes have been coming in over

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speak up the phone, fax, mail and email by the score. As expected, a few were glaring omis¬ sions that we blame on the indiscretions of youth finally catching up with our ag¬ ing brains. Andrew Urbancyk, for ex¬ ample. Not only did this amazing sailor escape from communist tyranny and sail around the world in the 1980s, the entire voyage was chronicled by Urbancyk him¬ self in the pages of Latitude] Yeesh. Sorry, Andrew. Another glaring omission: Merle Peterson. The ‘President of the Pacific Ocean’ departed Sausalito in 1965 aboard the schooner Viveka, and didn’t make it back until the mid-’90s. Several alert readers noted that we also left out perhaps the most significant West Coast singlehander and circumnavigator of them all, Harry Pidgeon. You can read more about Harry’s amazing adventures in this month’s Letters section (and per¬ haps in a feature article in an upcoming issue). But basically, he completed a cir¬ cumnavigation in a self-built 34-ft yawl named Islander, starting and ending in Los Angeles, during 1921-1925. Harry was the second man to complete a solo circumriavigation after Joshua Slocum, and the first man to complete a second circumnavigation, which took place in 1932-1937. His book about the first voy¬ age, Around the World Singlehandecj, the Cruise of the Islander, is still in print and can be found on the shelf at most major bookstores. Other circumnavigators brought to our attention lately: Mark Schrader, who be¬ came the first American to round the five great capes west-to-east (aboard his Valcontinued middle of next sightings page

days earlier, which he thinks may have had something to do with his boat being singled out. Weber’s immediate concern, however, was that his boat was out of the water at an Alameda boatyard and he owed $1,166 in towing and haulout fees. At press¬ time, the former Marine, war veteran and substi¬ tute teacher wasn’t sure where he was going to come up with the money to spring the boat — or where he would go when he did. There are, of course, two sides to every story. We contacted the marina office, who referred us to Glenborough-Paul. In response to our inquir¬ ies, Director of Develop¬ ment Mark Peppercorn and spokesperson Duane Sandul forwarded us this written response: What gets overshad¬

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Clipper Cove is a great destination for anchoring, rafting up and even coming ashore to the beach, because of liability issues, the docks are currently ‘off limits’ to visitors. TIYC’s ‘hibernation’ has been an excercise in good will from sibling clubs. “All clubs have been extremely cordial and supportive during this transition,” says TIYC Commodore Harlan Van Wye. “In particular, Berkeley and Oakland YCs, who have permitted us to race and join in social activities, Almar Marinas (which will operate the new marina), and Ward Cleaveland of the PICYA, who has been a great help the whole way through. We want to thank them for their support.”

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owed in the one-sided media attention to this is¬ sue is that the over¬ whelming majority of boaters have accepted what is widely viewed as a generous offer and have vacated the Marina. As of Thursday, May 17, 156 of the 169 non-liveaboard boaters had vacated by their April 30 deadline. Of the remaining 13, we have been unable to track down about half the owners, and the other half have ignored repeated communications from us. Thus, we contracted with a towing service, and in cooperation with legal authorities, have begun to tow the remaining non-liveaboards, as we had stated we would do all along. One non-liveaboard who ignored our repeated communications attended the Redwood City Council meeting Monday night. He claimed he was a liveaboard, but he clearly does not have a liveaboard lease. -

With the May 31 deadline approaching for liveaboards, 80 of the 155

have accepted our offer and have vacated or intend to this week. From our experience with the non-liveaboards, we believe that all but 15 to 30 of the liveaboards will accept our offer during the final week and vacate by the deadlineAnother factor that gets overshadowed by the biased media cover¬ age is the fact that we have gone out of our way to help many of the liveaboards find new facilities, and in some instances have helped them move their vessels. (As an example of this bias, the

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ported 12 boats in the so-called demonstration on Wednesday; there were five boats tied together at the Port Marina area). The tenants in Peninsula Marina have received from us to date in excess of $600,000 in free rent, free'iitilities and cash. The purpose of this update is not to diminish the frustration that some of the boaters feel, but to make sure you know all of the facts, which we believe get skewed. It is interesting to us, as well, that some of the most vocal boaters at the weekly meetings have leased alter nate berths at other marinas since January, but continue to rile the few boat¬ ers remaining who have not accepted the relocation offer.

The ‘relocation offer’ referred to here is the original one: Everyone who leaves by the May 31 deadline has already received free rent from February through May, and will get an additional five months worth of berth fees. We’ll tell you how it all turns out next month. June, 2001 •

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SIGHTINGS war of the worrell Sailboat racing can be brutal. But imagine three quarters of a fleet being wrecked within minutes of a start. Imagine sailors dragging them¬ selves ashore with multiple broken bones. . . surflines so littered with wreckage they look more like Omaha Beach than the pristine coast¬ line of Florida. It was all part of this year's Worrell 1000, a 12-leg, 1,000-mile race up the East Coast from Miami to Virginia Beach for small production catamarans. Now in its 18th year, the Worrell (which predictably started as a bar bet in the Worrell Brothers Resort in Virginia Beach back in the late '70s) not only endures at what is certainly the 'extreme sport' end of sailing — it's actually growing in popularity. Every year it atcontinued on outside column of next sightings page

Worrell war footage (clockwise from above) — Fleet blasts through the surf at the start of Leg 2; ‘Team Dallas’ bites the dust moments after her skipper fell off; (upper inset) ‘Team Alexander’ led the fleet at presstime; (lower inset) ‘Team Dinghy Shop’ augers in 200 yards from the finish of Leg 3; ‘Pyacht’ men ride their broken steed to shore (note snapped rudder).

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circumnavigators iant 40 Resourceful) in ‘83-84. Mark also raced the same boat around the world in the ‘84-85 BOC singlehanded race. Sorry about those — and the growing number of others we missed. They're now on the master list. For those of you who haven’t had a chance to embarass, . . . er, update us, please do so at your earliest convenience. We are looking for anyone who circumnavigated from a West Coast homeport. We need the dates of the circumnavigation(s), the type and name

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of the boat, the homeport, a phone or email contact number (we plan to con¬ tact each of you at some point for more information), and an information sheet with a few details if you feel so inclined. We'd also love a photo of you and/or the boat. Send all ‘entries’ to ‘Circumnaviga¬ tors’, John Riise, Latitude 38, 15 Locust Ave., Mill Valley, CA 94941. You can also email to johnr@latitude38.com. Please, though, no phone calls. It’s hard enough to keep track of the written stuff.

tracts some of the best and brightest multihull sailors in the world. Past participants include Cam Lewis, Jay Glaser, Hobie Alter, Jr., and Randy Smythe. Apparently, it even has a small fan base (cat-heads?) who follow the festivities up the coast by land, party down, and move on to the next stop. The event itself is an odd blend of boat race, pagan ritual and demo¬ lition derby. Each day's race starts and ends on the beach, and that’s continued on outside column of next sightings page ■

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you can run, but you can’t hide “Yeah, I was there,” admitted Jeff Madrigali. We had called to follow up on rumors that he was aboard the ill-fated Rhodes 19 in the famous 1964 photograph at right. We ran the picture in last month’s Diane Beeston retrospective, asking anyone who was aboard — if any of them were still alive — how they could possibly have gotten themselves into such a hilarious situation. Turns out they're all still alive and kicking. But little did we imagine one of the Bayv Area’s top sailors would be implicated... The boat was part of the San Francisco YC Junior Program,” says Madro. “Doug Best was skipper. I was crewing along with Linda Hall and Chris Rainey. I think I was 10 or 11 at the time.” “We were sailing from Crissy Field to Harding Rock during an SYRA race. We had to jibe at Harding, but the wind was blowing so hard that we decided to take the spinnaker down and reset it. My job was to pull it down, but when it got about halfway, the boat rolled to leeward. I got scared and let go. The chute blew way out there and snagged on the buoy. That photo was just one of a series Diane took of the whole thing.” continued on outside column of next sightings page

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catnip cup — back The Catnip Cup — the no-host multihull cruisers' weekend rally from the Golden Gate Bridge to Vallejo and back — will be held again this year on the week¬ end of June 9-10. Like cruising multihulls, the rules of the Catnip Cup are fast and loose. Start from somewhere around the Golden Gate Bridge between 11 and noon — although it's polite if the faster boats give the smaller boats a big head start. The course is whatever you want that will take you to Vallejo Marina, although faster boats

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can't hide — cont. “We basically undid all the knots in the sheets and let the sail go. We’d ‘hit’ the mark, so were disqualified, so we sailed in. Diane came in a little later and gave us back our spinnaker, which she’d recovered.” Madro says he’s constantly amazed at the longevity of the photo. “I was in a restaurant in Savannah, Georgia (where he earned a Bronze Medal on Solings in the ‘96 Olympics) and there it was, fully blown up on a wall. I went over, pointed at one of the people in the photo and said. That’s me!”’ Incidentally, being ‘busted’ is in no way related to Jeffs impending move to Whidbey Island, Washington. We at Latitude wish him and his family, wife Jana and kids Amy and Matt, all the best in their new life at 48° North.

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SIGHTINGS a kinder, gentler j/24 Sometimes it's possible to improve on a classic design, making it better than ever. Take the time-honored J/24, for example. Univer¬ sally praised as a "great little boat," its crews are often quick to add, "but s-o-o-o-o uncomfortable." Like shade-tree mechanics converting a '39 Ford into a sexy, choptop roadster, a team of innovative Caribbean sailors have come up with a slick new variation on the stock 24 that features a Melges-inspired cockpit which is both larger and more comfortable than the original. Dubbed the InterClub 24, the reconfigured J design was con¬ ceived with the hope of breathing new life into the racing programs of Northern Caribbean yacht clubs by establishing resident fleets of IC24s at facilities on many neighboring islands. We don t want to wait for four big events a year," explained the project s mastermind, Chris Rosenberg. "We d like to see a regatta ev¬ ery month on one island or another. The goal is to build a unified onedesign class that is fast, economical, reliable and, most importantly, comfortable." Sailed without spinnakers, and with all crewmen in the cockpit rather than on the rail, the IC-24s are accessible and safe for sailors of all ages. In fact, St. Thomas sailing legend Rudy Thompson, now 70, and a crew of jolly old cronies placed secpnd in a mixed class at the recent BVI Spring Regatta — beaten only by his son Chris in another IC-24. Even in the Caribbean, where few commodi¬ ties other than rum are inexpensive, the cost of refitting a war-weary J/24 with a cozy new cock¬ pit as well as new sails, standing and running rigging- and fresh paint inside and out is roughly a quarter the price of a ready-to-sail Melges 24 — the boat Rosenberg himself currently cam¬ paigns on the Caribbean circuit. (See The Rac¬ ing Sheet.)

According to St. Thomas fiberglass wizard Morgan Avery, son of Caribbean yacht chartering pioneer Dick Avery, the conversion pro¬ cess is pretty straightforward: "We chop out part of the existing cabin, move the original hatch and sliders forward, cut out the galley and the hanging locker, and glass in the new cockpit ’plug’." Sounds like a lot of work to us. But Aveiy, Rosenberg and several other craftsmen got six IC-24s ready just in time for April’s Rolex Cup Regatta — their inaugural one-design appearance — and several more are scheduled for the operating table soon. STYC has produced some great sailors over the years — most nota¬ bly Peter Holmberg, who currently sails for the Oracle Racing syndi¬ cate but most of its racing fleet was decimated by a hurricane in the early 90s and many were never replaced. With the seemingly bright future of the IC-24s, however, a new era may be dawning. With J/24s lying idle all over the continent, other YCs may want to follow suit. At this writing, Rosenberg and Aveiy have no plans to mar¬ ket their cockpit plugs to the U.S. market, but if the momentum con¬ tinues in the Caribbean, who knows? Seems to us it’s an idea who's time has come.

grabbing a cold one The Single Sailors Association enjoyed a 17-boat raft-up in Clipper Cove on Saturday, April 28. Some boats stayed the night to get a head start on Opening Day, which was the next day. Others headed home to marinas all over the Bay, including Jim Barber’s Tartan 34 Esmeralda. By that simple twist of fate, a life was saved. There were steep wind waves on the beam on our way back to Emeryville, so we altered course slightly to smooth out the ride,” says Barber, whose crew that day consisted of Carol McSweeney, John Spitzer continued on outside column of next sightings page

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summer A new event was announced just be¬ fore presstime that sounds like it could be a kick... ‘Summer Sailstice 2001’. The idea is simply to have as many people as possible go out and sail on June 21 to commemorate the longest day of the year. The event will be held anywhere anyone sails in the Northern Hemisphere. There are no rules, no fees, no regula¬ tions and no start time. But as the 21st is a Thursday, you may have to come up with a creative excuse to slip away from work — or hey, just take the boss and a

SIGHTINGS sailstice 2001 few co-workers with you! Tell 'em it’s good for morale. The event is very loosely organized. The only ‘clearing house’ seems to be the event website at www.summersailstice.com. There you’ll find info on ideas (club groups, raft-ups, etc.) as well as a Sailstice crew list, event log, links and prize infor¬ mation. Every 100th person to sign up gets a free ‘First Annual Summer Sailstice’ pennant. Other prizes are expected as event sponsors come on board.

cold one — cont’d and Sandy Moore. About 7:30 p.m., a half mile or so from the entrance to Emeryville Marina, Carol thought she heard someone yell. “I put the engine into neutral and then we all heard it,” recalls Barber. “We finally spotted a small ‘bump’ in the waves about 100 meters off to port. I turned the boat toward it and gave it full throttle as John went forward to keep a good lookout. About halfway there, we realized it was a per¬ son.” Backtrack about five hours to the parking lot at Berkeley Marina where we find a kayaker — who wishes to remain anonymous — slip¬ ping his 17.5-ft touring kayak into the water for an afternoon of pad¬ dling. He departs the marina about 2:30 p.m. and heads out to the end of the old Berkeley Pier, waving to inbound kayakers as he goes. Alcontinued on outside column of next sightings page

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Spread: Caribbean sailing legend Rudy Thompson (at the helm) has been racing com¬ petitively since his arrival in the U.S. Virgins — under sail — in the early ‘60s. Now 70, he and his mates, including Dick A very (trimming), are taking the 'kinder, gentler' approach to racing aboard a newly-reconfigured InterClub 24. Inset: An all-female crew sails the stock J/24 'Orion' at the recent Rolex Cup Regatta in St. Thomas — fun, yet punishing!

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SIGHTINGS cold one — cont’d though he had taken a kayaking safety course two years ago, on this day he has ventured out alone, with no wetsuit, radio or signalling devices. He does have axlifejacket on.

sailstice At least one Summer Sailstice raft-up is already being planned for Ayala Cove on Angel Island, after an afternoon sail past the financial district. (We were unable to

seayanika It's been a couple of months since we checked in with Katriana and Erik Vader, who are in the process of transforming a Cal 46 from a bare hull and deck into a cruising boat upon. Here's Katriana's re¬ port on the latest project.

Right place at the right time — Carol McSweeney, Jim Barber and Sandy Moore of ‘Esmeralda. ’

Almost as soon as he turns around to come in, the current turns against him and the chop that would cause Esmeralda to change course later starts to build. The kayak capsizes. He manages to get it upright and bailed out, but soon it gets swamped and capsizes again. This time it s too rough to get the boat upright, so the kayaker gets aboard the upside-down craft and waits for assistance. One boat passes with¬ out seeing him. Then another. Then another. After about an hour, he gets separated from the kayak, which floats away. Dressed only in shorts, a T-shirt, a windbreaker and wetsuit-type slippers (along with the lifejacket), the cold water is beginning to take a toll. That’s when Esmeralda appeared. “As we came up to him, Sandy and Carol began to deploy the Lifesling,” says Barber. “But ‘Murphy’ was aboard. The tether was snarled two years is too long to go between inspections and packings.” After they got it mostly untangled and deployed, it took three passes to finally get the tether to the man in the water. “As soon as he grabbed hold of it, I stopped the boat and John began pulling him toward us. I readied the boarding ladder in case he was able to climb up it. Fortunately, he was able to negotiate the lad¬ der with John's and my help.” Once they got the soaked and shivering kayaker below, John and Carol headed the boat back to Emeryville at flank speed while Jim and Sandy got the wet lifejacket and windbreaker off the man, covered him with wool blankets and had him lay on the part of the settee over the engine. “Having the engine in the main cabin like that was a great advantage, as it puts out a good amount of heat,” notes Jim. At that point, Barber called the Coast Guard, who arranged for an ambulance to meet them at the pier. The lucky kayaker was taken to Alameda Hospital where he was treated and released. He spoke with Barber a week or so after the accident to once again thank Jim and his crew for saving him. “He also mentioned that he got bawled out by the doctor who treated him — who was a kayaker — as well as another doctor who also came in and read him the riot act!” says Jim. “Among other things, they told him not to go out alone, and to always bring a radio or flares.” Jim had thanks and praise himself, for the crew of Esmeralda. ‘They contributed a lot to the rescue effort and getting him to medical atten¬ tion in time,” he says. And for all you other sailors out there who think it only happens to the other guy: “I’ve been sailing for 16 years and have listened to many rescue efforts on Channel 16, says Jim. “But this is the first time I’ve ever participated in one.” Page 116 •

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After much deliberation, Erik and I de¬ cided that we wanted to install a hydrau¬ lically powered bow thruster. We knew it wasn't an "absolute necessity", but a bow thruster would make both docking and maneuvering in tight areas a much more pleasant experience. And, by the way, I'm ALL for pleasant experiences! Well, opin¬ ions abound (and we've heard enough of them), but aside from being scoffed at, and just short of being labeled dockingwimps, the majority of those "concerned opinionators" seemed to focus on the cost and complexity of installing one. Based on quality and price we decided to purchase a Side-Power Bow Thruster, distributed by Imtra Corporation. The first step of installation would be the place¬ ment of the thruster tube in the bow of the hull, below the waterline. Toward this end, Erik designed a nifty little tool for marking the hole's circumference using a shaped block of wood and a floating pencil, something in the manner of a com¬ pass. But who would have guessed that a perfectly round hole in a "V" shaped bow would more closely resemble a banana on steroids than say, an orange? It looked all wrong to me, but Erik was adamant and picked up his reciprocating saw and began cutting. Admittedly, watching as Erik began drilling holes in our beautiful, seamless, watertight hull, was unnerving. As I filmed the process for posterity, I squeezed my eyes shut, did an impromptu accounting of my karma reserve, and appealed to all the obscure gods and idols, in hopes that he was putting the holes in the right place. After the noise of the saw and the dust settled, we had two gaping, elliptical¬ shaped holes, into which he calmly in¬ serted an 8-inch round tube which — gasp — fit perfectly! The next step was to glass in the tube, which took about six hours, discounting setting time. All we have left to accom¬ plish is to pop in the motor and blades unit which Erik estimates will take just a

SIGHTINGS get a local contact number even through the website at presstime. That hopefully will have appeared by now.

gets a thruster couple of hours. Obviously, it's easier to install a bow thruster if you can see the inner struc¬ ture of the bow area, but the ordeal was not even close to the "major" undertaking of which we were forewarned. Jeez, all the discussions and opinion-gathering took five times longer than the installation — "a piece of cake," in Erik's estimation. Readers — to follow the Vader's progress on Seayanika in between these occasional updates, log onto their website at

www.geocities.com/seayanika.

coast watch — cont’d Here are Coast Guard Group San Francisco s significant search and rescue cases occurring between mid-April and mid-May 2001: During the previous month, the Coast Guard responded to 167 search and rescue cases in Central California. Sixteen of those cases were uncorrelated mayday calls — distress calls in which the caller would not or could not identify themselves or their location, resulting in ap¬ proximately $15,000 worth of searches involving helicopters, boats, and dispatch center personnel. A summary of some of the more unique cases follows: April 16 — At approximately 12:48 a.m., Group San Francisco re¬ ceived a report from the San Francisco Park Police that a sailboat was on fire at Gas House Cove. A 47-ft motor lifeboat from Station Golden Gate arrived within 20 minutes to find the boat totally engulfed in flames. When the fire pump experienced a casualty, a second boat from Station San Francisco was called to assist in containing the fire and prevent it from spreading to nearby boats and the pier. After ap¬ proximately one hour, the fire was extinguished. The cause of this fire is still under investigation. With multiple spaces for flammable or even explosive vapors to collect, a boat can quickly become completely engulfed in flames with little of no chance of sal¬ vage. Please take the time to ensure your vessel complies with federal ventilation requirements. You can contact your local Coast Guard Auxcontinued on outside column of next sightings page

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SIGHTINGS coast watch — cont’d iliary or U.S. Power Squadron member to request a courtesy Vessel Safety Check, or you can contact your local Coast Guard Station and we’ll be happen to ensure your boat meets federal requirements. April 16 — At approximately 1:05 p.m., Group San Francisco re¬ ceived a VHF Channel 16 call from a boater outside the Golden Gate who came across a 35-ft fishing vessel just after it had collided, in a designated traffic lane, with a 526-ft freighter bound for Los Angeles. The good Samaritan reported that the fishing vessel was taking on water and sinking fast. We dispatched a helicopter, a 47-ft motor lifeboat from Station Golden Gate and diverted the San Francisco Bar Pilots boat to respond, while at the same time giving the good Samaritan instructions on how to safely approach the sinking vessel and recover the two fishermen. The Samaritan successfully recovered the fisher¬ men, who hady donned their survival suits before entering the water. The San Francisco Bar Pilot boat and the 47-ft motor lifeboat arrived on-scene within an hour of the initial report to find the fishing vessel almost totally submerged. The fishermen were transferred to the mo¬ tor lifeboat for minor medical treatment and transport back to shore. The Coast Guard boarded the freighter in Los Angeles and the results of the investigation are pending. \

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baja ha-ha “If you're interested in doing this fall's Baja Ha-Ha — the 750-mile Cruisers’ Rally from San Diego to Cabo San Lucas with stops at Turtle Bay and Bahia Santa Maria — now’s the time to send in for an entiy pack,” say organizers. A check for $15 and a stamped, self-addressed 9x12 envelope sent to Baja Ha-Ha, Inc., 21 Apollo Road, Tiburon, CA 94920, will get things rolling. Complete entiy packs will be sent out before June 10. The cost of the event is $200 for boats under 35 feet and owners under 35 years of age; $250

crazy docklines One of the great ‘unwritten’ attractions of boating is the humor. Take it from us, this is one hysterical pursuit. Most of the time, we don't have to try to be funny. We

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for boats over 35 feet and owners over age 35. “Everyone can look forward all kinds of free goodies," we're told. The folks at the Ha-Ha report they've been getting two to six requests for pack¬ ets in each days’ mail, so it looks like it will be another big rally this year. If you want to go, you should enter promptly, as the marina in Cabo assigns what few berths they have based on entry dates in the Ha-Ha. For more information, check out www.bqja-haha. com.

revisited just write down what people tell us. Even mundane subjects can glitter with humor if you quote the right people. Which brings us to the photos below. About 10 years ago, we ran a collage of photos like these, showing the numerous ways people tie up their boats in berths. Since then, we've been meaning to reprise the piece, because we've come to the con¬ clusion there are innumerable ways to perform this simple function. As with the first time, all these photos were taken on one finger of one dock on one day. It goes to show two things: 1) How truly creative the human mind can be when it comes to attaching one boat bow to two measly dock rings. And 2) We don't even have to talk to people to show some of them have a great sense of humor. And don't even get us started on the dock rings again. When we did this last time we asked boaters what the proper name for the rings was, and the first 15 or 20 letters all gave a different answer. Stop, please. You guys are killing us...

We do not know who was at fault in this situation. While all vessels are required to follow the rules of the road, the practical matter is that perceptions of when a meeting/crossing/overtaking situation exists differs from vessel to vessel. My personal perceptions as a deck watch officer aboard a 210-ft Coast Guard cutter are much different than when I'm aboard one of our 41-ft utility boats. Large ships are not maneuverable, often requiring hundreds of yards to make a simple course change. Please boat defensively. . . the other boater's percep¬ tions, or knowledge of the rules of the road, may not be the same as your own. April 22 — At approximately 8:25 p.m., Station San Francisco re¬ ceived a Channel 16 call from a 32-ft powerboat that they were taking on water off San Leandro marina. The station dispatched a 41-ft utility boat to assist and notified the Alameda County Fire Department who helped the operator ashore without incident. After conducting a post¬ incident interview with the vessel's operator in the marina parking lot, the Coast Guard boarding team returned to the boat to ensure every¬ thing was secure. While approaching the vessel, the boarding team observed a strange person onboard. The boarding team detained the trespasser and turned him over to the San Leandro Police who arcontinued on outside column of next sightings page

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rested him for burglary. April 29 — At approximately 2 p.m., Group San Francisco received a cellphone call from a.woman reporting her husband was missing. The woman reported that she had fallen off their 23-ft sailboat near Naval Air Station Alameda while fishing, and that her husband had jumped into the water to save her. She was able to make it safely ashore but was unable to locate her husband, who was wearing a brown shirt and tan pants. We immediately launched a helicopter out of Air station San Francisco and a 41-ft utility boat from Station San Francisco and diverted a Coast Guard Auxiliary vessel from patrol nearby. The Auxil¬ iary vessel vectored the helicopter to the location of the survivor where it landed and treated the woman for mild hypothermia. An hour into the search, a good Samaritan reported a possible per-

If any of what we hear through the grapevine is true, look for Coast Guard boardings to be on the increase. We're referring to recent 'loose lips’ talk to the effect that drug smuggling aboard private yachts may be on the upswing. In a method popularized in the ‘70s and ‘80s, the yachts meet mother ships offshore to transfer the goods. A surprising number of people have mentioned this to us, sometimes within easy earshot of others. And if it's becom¬ ing general enough knowledge that we're hearing it, the authorities can't be too far

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NEWS FLASH: Sailboat run down in horrible accident! Oh, the humanity!. . . Okay, calm down, we’re kidding. Just a cool shot of shar¬ ing the Bay with a Princess.

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SIGHTINGS call it ‘dope’ behind. "The Coast Guard is aware that crimi¬ nals use a wide array of techniques to smuggle drugs into the U.S., including the use of offshore offloads from mother ships," notes USCG Lieutenant Com¬ mander Frank Parker. "We aggressively pursue all leads in that vein." At this time, the Coasties are not plan¬ ning any more random boardings than usual, but if we do start seeing more, this could be why. So to all you dopes out there — You've been warned!

coast watch — cont’d son in the water. The 41-ft utility boat arrived onscene three minutes later, recovered the husband, and began CPR while transporting himto ambulances waiting onshore. The man was later pronounced dead at Oakland General Hospital. This is a tragic case. Neither person was wearing a lifejacket. It’s reported that the woman may have spent up to 45 minutes trying to locate her husband before calling for assistance. Search efforts were hampered by the lack of contrast between the man’s clothing and the water. You never know what may cause you to enter the water — please be prepared by wearing a lifejacket and alerting authorities as soon as possible when someone is in danger. May 2 — At approximately 9 p.m., Group San Francisco received a Channel 16 call from a 65-ft sailing vessel requesting assistance 32 miles south of Pt Sur. The vessel was experiencing difficulty making its way north against the 30+ knot winds and building seas associated with a late-spring storm. We immediately dispatched a 47-ft motor lifeboat from Monterey which encountered 20-foot seas off Pt. Sur during its transit south. With weather conditions deteriorating, the sailing vessel came about and headed south to Santa Barbara to effect re¬ pairs. With the sailing vessel making good speed south, we returned the 47-ft motor lifeboat to Monterey and transferred the case to Group Los Angeles who monitored the vessel’s safe transit to Santa Barbara. This case occurred in that long stretch of coastline between Morro Bay and Monterey devoid of practical safe havens. The experience of the vessel’s crew and their decision to come about was instrumental in ensuring their safe return to port. May 10 — At approximately 12:45 p.m., Group San Francisco re¬ ceived a frantic distress call on Channel 16 from a 38-ft fishing vessel that was taking on water 8 miles southwest of Pillar Point. We immedi¬ ately dispatched a helicopter from Air station San Francisco and the Pillar Point Harbormaster's boat. Both units arrived onscene within 40 minutes of the call. The Pillar Point Harbormaster boat transferred a pump to the sinking vessel and escorted it back to port without inci¬ dent. The Coast Guard's VHF-FM direction-finding system aided in locat¬ ing this vessel during its initial call, enabling an accurate urgent ma¬ rine information broadcast to be made in short order. Numerous good Samaritans in the area responded, greatly reducing the risk to the fish¬ ermen if the leak could not be contained. Finally, in the "better late than never" category (I forgot to include this exemplary case in last month's Coast Watch): April 1 — At approximately 9:10 p.m., Group San Francisco re¬ ceived a telephone call from a woman reporting that her husband had failed to pick her up at the San Jose Airport. Her husband had planned to pick her up after spending the day sailing a catamaran in Monterey Bay with a friend. After confirming that the husband's vehicle was still parked in the Santa Cruz Harbor parking lot, we launched a 47-ft motor lifeboat from Monterey, the Santa Cruz Harbormasters boat, and a helicopter from Air Station San Francisco. After four hours of search¬ ing in 15-20 knot winds and 6-foot seas, the helicopter crew located the two men with night-vision goggles. They were clinging to the over¬ turned catamaran. The helicopter vectored the 47-ft motor lifeboat to the catamaran's location, and it picked the two men up. The survivors reported that they capsized at about 4 p.m. Despite spending almost 10 hours in the-frigid Pacific waters, both men sur¬ vived with only minor hypothermia.^Both were wearing wetsuits and lifejackets. All-in-all, this is a great case that highlights the impor¬ tance of lifejackets and preparing yourself to survive should something happen. I'm sure the survivors will continue to wear their personal protective gear — they may even buy a handheld radio and emergency signaling gear to help speed recovery in case there’s ever a ‘next time.’ The above seven cases are excellent examples of working together to help others. Please continue to look out for each other while on the water and off. Remember. "Partner to Protect!" — Icdr frank packer June, 2001 • UfcWe?? • Page 121

SIGHTINGS hawaiian berths You know things are really bad when the Democratic governor of a Democratic state with powerful public employee unions announces that he intends to privatize a government service. He’s not crazy, he's Governor Ben Cayetano' of Hawaii, who plans to turn the state's two largest marinas — The Ala Wai in Honolulu, and Keehi Lagoon, closer to the airport — over to private contractors. Cayetano didn't get hit over the head with a Libertarian lightning bolt, he just read a recent legislature audit that said, "The boating program's mismanagement and neglect have deteriorated harbor fa¬ cilities to the point where their continued use threatens public safety." That's no exaggeration, as the Ala Wai's docks have been in deplorable condition for years. We've written about it and published photographs a number of times. The state audit also criticized the state for only charging $4/foot at the Ala Wai Yacht Harbor, where slips are always in great demand. The report noted that the Ko Olina Marina, with a less desirable location, is getting $9/foot, and a few marinas in California are getting almost twice as much. It's a legitimate criticism. Nobody wants to inflict over¬ inflated prices on sailors, but $ 160/month for a 40-foot slip in Hawaii is ridiculous -— as most folks in the Ala Wai will admit. One result is that people rarely give up their slips — even if they gave up boating years ago. If you walk the Ala Wai, you see the same tired, unused boats year after year after year. Another result is that active young sailors are denied a chance to sail and access to the ocean, as there is never room. The Ala Wai is not only terribly rundown, it's one of the most inactive harbors of it's size. If anywhere needs a 'use it or lose it' program, it's the Ala Wai. Cayetano is not going completely Libertarian, as he's got a bit of the 'soak the rich to help pay for the poor' scheme in mind. "If we privatize the Ala Wai and Keehi, we believe we can generate enough revenue to upgrade the facilities in the other small boat harbors throughout the state. We are not talking about privatizing the entire system." Given the state's pathetic record of running boating facilities, we think they should start with privatizing the Ala Wai and Keehi — and then priva¬ tize all the rest. As expected, some boatowners are in an uproar over what would surely be higher slip fees, and are threatening to go to court. Once the facts are examined, we think they're going to have a very difficult time making a case.

short sightings BARENTS SEA — The sunken Russian submarine Kursk will be raised. At least, that was the latest word out of Moscow at this writing. The proclamation has momentarily put to rest speculation about whether the Russians would try to raise the nuclear powered ship, which sank north of Murmansk during training excercises August 12 under mysterious circumstances. At the same time, the decision has fueled more controversy in Russia, where some of the crews’ families would prefer to follow the naval tradition of burying their dead at sea. You may recall that the whole incident has swirled in controversy since the sub went down. For several days, the Russians denied there was anything wrong. Then they admitted it, but still didn’t ask for help in a possible rescue effort. When they finally did allow a Norwegian deep sea rescue team in, the sub was flooded and all 118 crew were dead. Moscow’s nightmare worsened when a note found on one of 12 bodies pulled from the wreck explained that there had been an exposion forward, that 23 crew had survived and assembled in the aftermost section (where there was an escape hatch), and a personal notation to the wife of the 27-year-old officer who penned the message. Whether the survivors lived for hours or days is not known. The main two theories as to the cause of the sinking are collision continued on outside column of next sightings page

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beer can Arise, couch potatoes! Summer's here, which means beer can races, which can only mean — drum roll, trumpets —the return of the Latitude 38 Beer Can Chal¬ lenge! Because no one was intrepid (or in¬ sane) enough to meet the Challenge of five consecutive Bay Area weeknight beer can races last year, we're diluting it this year to a just four races in one week. This seems only fair as, according to reigning Beer Can Queen Lucie Van Breen, there is only one week this summer (in early June) when it is physically possible to race five nights in a row. Van Breen is in training to defend her '99 title, apparently going for the full 'var¬ sity' quintet this month. Knowing Lucie,

SIGHTINGS she'll probably tack some weekend regat¬ tas on each side of the Challenge, and go for some previously unheard of Bay Area record for consecutive days of sailboat racing. (Don't tell Steve Fossett, or he may try to outdo her!) Anyone who actually completes the Challenge will get their mugshot in the magazine, plus receive a spiffy Latitude t-shirt. We’ll even let you pick your own title — King of the Kans, Sultan of Suds, Baron of Brewskis, or whatever pleases you. The gauntlet is thrown. Who will be the next weekenight warrior to be immortal¬ ized in these pages?

shorts — cont’d with another vessel (for which there is no evidence) or, more likely, a malfunction that caused a torpedo to explode in the bow of the Kursk. For that reason, the forward torpedo section will be cut off the ship before it’s raised. The $70 million recoveiy project is slated to raise the ship by September 20. SAN DIEGO — In the war on drugs, it was tantamount to Gettysburg. On May 3, the Coast Guard busted a Belize-flagged fishing boat in the largest cocaine seizure in U.S. Maritime History. More than 26,000 pounds — 13 tons — of the drug was found aboard the Svesda Maru. It had a street value of around half a billion dollars. Talk about ‘blow’ the man down! The 152-ft vessel first came under suspicion on April 28 when a U.S. Navy ship noticed it lacked operable fishing equipment, had few fish aboard and was operating outside normal fishing grounds. The ship was then boarded by the Coast Guard who found the coke under the hold. The 10 crew, 8 Ukranians and 2 Russians, were taken into continued on outside column of next sightings page

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SIGHTINGS shorts — cont’d custody. They face life in prison if convicted. Investigators believe that the cocaine came from Colombia and that the crew intended to deliver it to Central America or Mexico for land smuggling into the U.S. OAKLAND — There 'was quite a bit of pomp and circumnstance at the dedication of the Jack London Aquatic Center in Oakland last Oc¬ tober. The promise of the place was to make sailing and other boatingrelated activities available to inner city kids. Now, seven months later, the $2.5 million building sits locked and empty. According to an article in the May 14 Chronicle, it seems unlikely that any youth programs will kick off before July. The worst-case scenario is that there will be no programs this summer at all.

new format for A format change has been announced for the New World Challenge. Originally, it was billed as an upwind, around-theworld race from and to San Francisco starting in the spring of 2002. Paying crews would sail aboard identical 72-ft steel yachts. Many local sailors were interested, but few could ante up $40,000 apiece for the full dance ticket. So sponsors The Chal-

SIGHTINGS new world challenge lenge Business announced last month that the race would now start in Southampton in 2002, race across the Atlantic, make four stops along the U.S. East Coast and South America, round Cape Horn, and end in San Francisco. Full participation runs $29,500. As with the former version, you can buy in for single legs. For more information, log onto www.newworldchallenge.com

shorts — cont’d The main speed bump seems to be a stalemate over who will run the place. In one corner of the dispute is the City of Oakland, which owns the Center. In the other, the nonprofit organization Jack London Aquatic Center, Inc., which was created to build it. The contenders were sched¬ uled to meet on May 25, which is the day this issue comes out. Ulti¬ mately, the decision will be made by the Oakland City Council. We’ll let you know where it all stands in the next issue. THE FARALLONES — You’ve heard of ‘the shark guy of the Farallones,’ now you can come hear him talk about the great white sharks that visit the islands. Scott Anderson will do a talk and slide show at the Bay Model in Sausalito on June 21 from 7-8:30 p.m. and some of his adventures with his 16-ft, 4,500-pound ‘research subjects’ will keep you on the edge of your seat. No charge, but a $5 donation is suggested.Call (415) 561-6622 for more information on this and other upcoming Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary events. SANTA BARBARA — We intended to have a report on the dispute in Santa Barbara between boaters and various agencies who seem to be trying to screw them. Unfortunately, we were not able to assemble that report this month. We’ll try harder for the July issue. MID-PACIFIC — Solo skipper Michael Reppy should be well into the last half of a singlehanded record attempt as this issue hits the streets. He departed the Golden Gate on April 29 aboard the veteran Open 60 Thursday’s Child, bound for Japan. Milestones at this writing included celebrating his 56th birthday on May 13, and reaching the halfway mark of the 5,200-mile course two days later. The mark he hopes to beat is 34 days, 6 hours. This is Reppy’s third attempt at this record. His first two came to misfortune in 1997 when his 36-ft trimaran Nai’a pitchpoled and was lost just 300 miles short of his destination, and again in 1999, when Thursday’s Child struck a whale and dam¬ aged her rudders. The latter accident is particularly ironic, as Michael’s main motivation for all of these attempts has been to draw attention to the plight of captive dolphins and whales, and to stop cruel hunting practices. To follow Thursday's Child’s progress through daily updates from Reppy, a Mill Valley physical therapist, log onto www.tchild.org.

newsflash! — container sinks cruiser Literally as this issue was headed out the door, we received word that Monk Hemy of Sausalito had lost his boat after it collided with a container. Monk, who did the '98 Ha-Ha aboard the Sausalito-based Cheoy Lee 36 Passage West and has been spending most of his time in Puerto Vallarta since, reports that his boat stuck the submerged con¬ tainer halfway between Abreojos and Cape San Lazaro on the Pacific side of Baja on the night of May 16. Monk, who was singlehanding at the time, quickly realized that the boat was taking on water rapidly from a hole somewhere beneath the head. His may day, w as received by the sailing vessel Misty, which coordi¬ nated rescue operations. (Monk doesn't know the skipper’s name, but would like to thank him from the bottom of his heart.) A good number of diverse boats including cruisers, Japanese ships, Mexican fisher¬ man, and such responded. It was determined that the modem Mexi¬ can LPG carrier Burgos could be on the scene in 2.5 hours, faster than anyone else. Shortly before 11 p.m., Monk, who had lost his glasses and knife in the battle to save his boat, was in the cockpit. Water was all around and he was about to inflate his liferaft. "Don’t do it," came a voice over the radio. "We re here!" It was the crew of the Burgos. When they came alongside in a 14-foot boat, Monk had to step up to get in. It was blow¬ ing about 20 knots at the time, with 3 to 10 foot seas. Monk was "treated like a prince" by the crew and taken to the LPG terminal just north of Ensenada. He can’t say the same for the Ameri¬ can Consulate in Tijuana, which "treated me like shit". Monk says he could have gotten "more help in any bar". We'll have more on this incident in the next issue. June. 2001 •

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en syndicates have officially en¬ tered challenges for the next America's Cup, which is to be held in Auckland xin 2003. The syndicates are in various stages of advancement. A couple are still poorly

Meet the press. Bill Erkelens, COO of Oracle Racing', answers questions for the CNN news team in front of the ex-'AmericaOne' boats. organized, seeking funding, or perhaps even on the verge of collapse. Others — including Prada and Ernesto Bertarelli's Swiss Challenge — have money and tal¬ ented teams, and are sure to be formi¬ dable. There is only one syndicate, howTommaso Chieffi, just one of ‘Oracle Racing's five talented and experienced America's Cup helmsmen, at the wheel of US #49.

ever, that has its funding on track, had its talent-laden 85-person team do twqboat training and testing for six months last winter in Auckland, and is currently doing two-boat training and testing this summer. That syndicate is Larry Ellison's Oracle Racing, Northern California's lone challenger for the Cup. There were two Northern' California challengers for the last Cup in 2000: Dawn Riley’s America True campaign for the San Francsico YC, which despite hav¬ ing just one boat, mounted a surprisingly successful campaign until near the veiy end: and Paul Cayard's AmericaOne ef¬ fort for the St. Francis YC. Although AmericaOne raised enough money for a two-boat campaign and made it to within one race of the Cup itself, it was an underfunded two-boat campaign that was hobbled by Cayard having to dedicate too much time and energy to fund-raising. America True and the San Francisco YC will not be a part of the upcoming Cup, nor will AmericaOne or — surprisingly enough — the St. Francis YC. Nonethe¬ less, thanks to Oracle Racing, there is a greater chance than ever that the Cup will be brought to San Francisco Bay in 2003. If it does, it will go on display at the Golden Gate YC — which is located just a couple of hundred feet down the quay from the St. Francis YC. Ellison, a St. Francis member, wanted Oracle Racing to sail for the St. Francis, and the St. Francis members wanted Oracle to sail under their burgee. But they were both victims of circumstance. Oracle Racing's primary goal, of course, is to win the America's Cup. But beyond that, they also want to help the America's Cup be¬ come an even more popular and presti¬ gious international sporting event than it currently is. This was a goal frequently expressed by Cayard when he was the head of AmericaOne. The problem is that under the current Deed of Gift, control of the Cup doesn't belong to the winning syndicate, but rather to the club they sailed for. It’s an outdated concept of the tail wagging the dog, but that's the way it will be until the deed is changed. Representatives of Oracle and the St. Francis held discussions to see if there was a way in which Oracle Racing — should they win the Cup sail¬ ing for the club — might be able to guide the future of the event. Much to the dis¬ appointment of both sides, they were un¬ able to reach an agreement. On April 27, after discussion with several other clubs, Oracle announced they would be sailing for the Golden Gate YC. Members of the

Golden Gate YC were thrilled, while mem¬ bers of the more prestigious St. Francis were less enthusiastic.

It's our understanding that Oracle Racing's challenge is not the result of a couple of persuasive rock stars hound¬ ing Ellison to fund a campaign — but al¬ most the opposite. Ellison apparently first became interested in a Cup campaign a little more than a year ago while his Farr 82 Sayonara was once again cleaning up at Antigua Sailing Week. As might be ex¬ pected with a maxi full of Cup vets, the subject of the America's Cup came up, and Ellison apparently expressed some interest. Several sailors cautioned him that a Cup campaign is a monumental undertaking, but it's not as though Ellison — who created the world's second largest software company from virtually scratch while keeping the venture capitalists at

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When Oracle Racing was formed, Bill Erkelens of Piedmont — who for many years has run Ellison's Sayonara cam¬ paign — was named the COO. Before long, the two boats from the Aloha syndicate were purchased, and more importantly, AmericaOne's two boats and many other assets. Oracle Racing further contracted for the design services of Annapolis-based Kiwi Bruce Farr, and a formidable afterguard that is headlined by Chris Dickson, Paul Cayard, John Cutler, Pe¬ ter Holmberg and Tomaso Chieffi. The first three have all been helmsmen for one or more challenges, while Holmberg and bay — is no stranger to big projects and Chieffi also have tremendous experience enormous challenges. A couple of months in America's Cup boats and match rac¬ later, Ellison decided to go forward with a ing. While Dickson was initially the des¬ challenge, and is said to "love" being part ignated helmsman, the five are now be¬ of the event. ing described as a "collaborative Spread below; The two Oracle boats spread their wings off of Ventura. Insets; The Golden Gate YC burgee, and the syndicate's docks in Ventura Harbor. Above left; When it comes to staches, Oracle leads with Holmberg and Cayard. Above right; The winches and loads are incredible.

afterguard", and each is given plenty of opportunity to drive. Last winter, Oracle Racing established a compound for an 85-person team in Auckland, and was one of only three syn¬ dicates to do extensive testing down there.

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The testing ended abruptly, however, when #61’s keel dropped off while the two former AmericaOne boats were sailing side by side.

When we visited Oracle Racing's compound in Ventura late last month, the keel-dropping incident was ancient his¬ tory. Oracle's compound — a grouping of portable offices, a plastic covered shed big The spinnakers and gennikers on America 's Cup boats are enormous — something that doesn't comSacross well on television.

Big photo: US #61 in a groove.'inset; Tommaso Chieffi and John Cutler — the latter was the helmsman for America True. enough to contain one of the boats with the mast up, two Travel-Lifts, and an off¬ site sail loft — was fully operational, and they had been two-boat testing for three weeks. One of the first people we bumped into was Paul Cayard. He looked fit and much more relaxed than during the last cam¬ paign, when he was wearing too many hats and perpetually having to scrape for money. Bill Erkelens, as befits a guy head¬ ing an $80 million enterprise and about to do an interview with a CNN film crew, didn't look quite as carefree. During an earlier phone conversation from New Zealand, Erkelens told us he was really enjoying the project, particularly being able "to work with such an incredibly tal¬ ented group of people." And in Ventura, he reported that he and the syndicate were really enjoying the location they'd selected. "My wife Melinda and I can get from our house to the compound in 20 minutes by bike, there's no traffic, and the weather is nice. When we lived in Pied¬ mont, it took us an hour in traffic just to get to our little office in San Francisco." Ventura — where agriculture is still one of the city's main economic engines — is delighted that Oracle decided to establish their summer base in their city. In fact, when the syndicate first arrived, the mayor and other members of the local gov¬ ernment went out of their way to welcome them. Oracle Racing reciprocated by in¬ viting the general public to an America's Cup presentation one evening at a local elementary school. A film was shown, and Cayard spoke and signed autographs. The crowd was delighted. So the syndicate — which will train in Ventura again next summer — and the city are off to the start of what looks like a great relationship. There is normally extreme security at America's Cup compounds, but right now

pretty exciting. It's hard to say how long the compound will be so open. In late May, Oracle an¬ nounced that one of the former Aloha boats would soon be sailing off Ventura also. This may mean they'll be testing modifications to the hulls and/or append¬ ages, in which case they may not want others to know what they're up to. And next year, when the design process will be much further along, it's even less likely spectators will get to see so much. So while they will be training in Ventura un¬ til September, the sooner you drop by, the more you're likely to be able to see. By the way, the second Aloha boat is for sale. If you're interested in an America’s Cup boat with a Wyland mural painted on the hull, dial Oracle Racing in Ventura.

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X here's no such thing as a com¬ pletely typical day for the Oracle team, but on Monday, Wednesday and Fridays, they gather at 6:45 a.m. for 90 minutes in the gym. At 9:00, they're in the compound for breakfast, which is prepared by the two full-time chefs and an assistant. By 10:30, the boats are in the water, and shortly afterwards are towed out to the test area. The testing goes on during the rest of the morning, there is a break for lunch, then the boats test sailed in the afternoon. The boats are usually back at the dock by 4:00, at which time the booms, wheels and lots of other gear is removed. Then the boats are lifted out of the water. It's a whole lot of work. Everybody eats at the compound at 6:00. Some team members — such as the boatbuilders and sailmakers — may have different sched¬ ules if the boats or sails need immediate attention. In a normal day of two-boat testing, #49 and #61 are towed out of the harbor by two 40-ft RIBS powered by twin 250 hp engines. They are trailed by a 65-foot "mothership/caddy”, which has six state¬ rooms, a meeting room, a machine shop, tons of sails, a qualified diver/EMT tech¬ nician, designer Jim Smicker from the Farr office, and a number of computers that receive the data being sent out from

the boats that are being tested. When we went out on- this boat two days after the association with the Golden Gate YC was announced, she was already flying the club's burgee. In two-boat testing, the idea is to get the two boats as identical as possible, then make slight modifications to one boat or the way she’s sailed, then measure to see if there's a difference. The day we went out, they’d test something or the other for a few minutes, then try something else for about five minutes. It went on like that all day. It's not glamorous, and it's not pleasure sailing — but it provides the raw data that designers and sailors need to develop a faster boat and better sailing techniques. We’ve never been the biggest fans of the America's Cup, but watching the nar¬ row boats with the gigantic rigs silently and gracefully move through the water at astonishing speeds was truly a thing of beauty. It didn't hurt that both boats are painted an elegant white, with Oracle Racing' in small black letters near the back. When we say astonishing speeds, we re talking about doing eight knots in seven knots of true wind — while point¬ ing extremely high.

Peter Holmberg driving US #61 passes in front of US #49. It's not like having a J/24 pass in front of you.

JL/ate in the afternoon, the camera¬ man from CNN was put on #61, and we were put aboard #49. Then the two boats

After a long day of sailing, some of the crew put the boats away, while some stay onboard and deal with the data. put on a mini racing demo for the benefit of our cameras. On this particular day, Peter Holmberg — who the weekend be¬ fore had won his second straight Congres¬ sional Cup Match Racing Championship — was driving #61 with Paul Cayard at his side. Our boat was being driven by Tommaso Chieffi, with John Cutler — helmsman on America True last time, and Holmberg s tactician for the Congo Cup — calling tactics. The initial impression onboard #49 was how very skinny — and very danger¬ ous — she is. Even though the winds were light, as soon as the boats was powered up, there was creaking and groaning from carbon fiber being tortured. It turns out these boats are only silent from a dis¬ tance. Everywhere you might naturally rest a limb or hand, there’s a line under incredible tension, ready to garrot a few fingers. We can only imagine what a scary proposition it is to be aboard such a boat when it’s blowing 20 knots. The crews on both Oracle boats have a wealth of America's Cup, and we were told that Oracle has crewmembers from almost eveiy syndicate in the last Cup. A few minutes into our little race, the boats were crossing tacks, and each crewmember was intent on their job. As the'boats begin to merge with #61 slightly ahead, Cutler continually called out the difference in boatlengths to helmsman Chieffi. As we were about to pass just to leeward of Cayard and the others on #61, we were struck that this the same sight that skipper Francesco de Angelis often saw from aboard Prada during the Chal¬ lenger Finals in Auckland. Even in light winds, it was thrilling. After a couple of more tacks, #61 set their chute, and we followed suit. It wasn't June 2001 •

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ORACLE RACING particularly exciting because the wind was so light — but man, are the chutes big! It takes a lot of work to get one set, but not as much as it does to drop one just be¬ fore rounding a leeward mark. When that happened, crewmembers rushed this way and that, tending to a wide variety of jobs, while above all trying to gather the chute. It's the responsibility of the helmsman to ignore this controlled mayhem and con¬ centrate on driving. It can't be easy. Shortly thereafter, whoever was in charge called it a day. The boats dropped their sails and were taken in tow. These boats sail to weather so efficiently that we were now many miles offshore, so it was a long tow home. The honchos in the afterguard were later met by a RLB,which delivered them back to the base ahead of everyone else. Once ashore, the boats were stripped down. It's indeed a lot of work — and this was just one day out of what will be hundreds before the real com¬ petition starts.

It’s a very long way from the start of an America's Cup campaign to the Cup Finals, and there are pitfalls every step of

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rounding hills to watch fleets of 40 or more local scow schooners and coastal square riggers duke it out on the Fourth of July. Prizes included practical items such as opera glasses, a cord of wood or a ton of potatoes. The coveted top awards were long banners with a strutting game¬ cock and the word ‘Champion’ embla¬ zoned on them. All money raised was continued on page 136

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used by the original Master Mariners Be¬ nevolent Association to care for disabled and retired sailors, and the families of sailors lost at sea.

The last ‘old’ Master Mariners was held in 1891. The ‘new’ version of the regatta was revived in 1965 by the ‘new’ Master Mariners — now a non-profit or¬ ganization dedicated to the preservation of classic and traditional sailing craft. The regatta is now held the Saturday pre¬ ceding Memorial Day. A couple of significant traditions have been carried down from the old days. One is the practice of local businesses spon¬ soring individual yachts in the regatta. For $150, businesses not only get to fly a 'house flag' aboard their sponsored yacht, they get to have a representative aboard, too. Sponsors include many lo¬ cal marine businesses — as well as ship¬ ping-oriented organizations like APL, Foss Maritime, the Council of American Masters Mariners and the San Francisco Bar Pilots. The other carry-over: Division winners are still awarded gamecock Champion' banners.

To qualify as a Master Mariner, a yacht must have been built before World War II, or built to pre-war plans using pre-war methods. (A recent new classifi¬ cation also allows more ‘modern’ clas¬ sics to join.) A few yachts go the extra mile of having been built before the Jirst world war, and a handful of ‘elder states¬ men’ were sailing before the battleship Maine blew up in Havana, beginning the Page 136 • LiCUjiZ? • June, 2001

Spanish-American War! The latter in¬ clude the San Francisco Maritime Museum’s 59-ft scow schooner Alma, which first hit the water in 1891 (last

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There are probably those who feel that bashing irreplaceable, historic craft around the Bay is the equivalent of us¬ ing Ming vases as kegs for a fraternity beer-chugging contest. Participants, of course, look forward to the yearly out¬ ing with enthusiasm. There are occa¬ sional mishaps, but only one sinking we remember and hardly ever any signifi¬ cant injuries. And speaking of beer, the Bay's most colorful spectacle afloat is traditionally followed by one of its most colorful de¬ bacles .’. . uh, spectacles ashore. The post-race raft-up and party at the spon¬ soring Encinal YC has been known to wind on in the cockpits of some boats all the way into dawn of Sunday morning. (One of the main reasons the Regatta was moved from Sunday to Saturday about 10 years ago was to allow participants an extra day to recover.) The 'bad' news this year is that the 2001 Master Mariners Regatta did not Gone but not forgotten — 'Groote Beer' ("great occur until Saturday, May 26, the day bear") at the '88 regatta. She now lives in Wash¬ after this issue hit the streets. So not only ington. will you not see any coverage of it until next month, it's also too late to tell most year of the original regatta), the 50-ft gaf¬ fer Felicity, built in 1896, and the event’s of you to get out there and watch it. two oldest boats, The good the 33-ft gaff sloop news is, it gave us Freda, and 24-ft a great excuse to gaff sloop Adelaide, take a flaming Whether you made it out to see the both built in 1885. torch back into the Master Mariners Regatta or not, you Another tradi¬ catacombs — dang might be interested in checking out their tion' the old and bats! — and dig annual Wooden Boat Show, which is new Master Mari¬ out some of the scheduled for June 24 from 10 a.m. to 4 ners Regattas have great Master Mari¬ p.m. at the Corinthian YC. Unlike the Re¬ shared is good ners photos of the gatta, the Boat Show is a relatively new breeze. On rare oc¬ last dozen years for event on the MMBA calendar — one that casions, the regatta this preview. To has grown by leaps and bounds. At the has been sailed in make it even more first one five years ago, there were maybe moderate air. Most of a kick, none of 10 or 12 boats. This year, the number is of the time, a rol¬ the photos on the up around 60. Almost all are available licking westerly preceding pages for inspection by anyone interested. makes its ap¬ have ever been Both the Master Mariners Regatta and pointed rounds, published before! Wooden Boat Show are key fund-raisers sending the spray Look for pics for MMBA. All profits go to support such flying and the rows of the 'real thing' activities as the Semester At Sea program of flags crackling in the following week at Mercy High School, and apprentice¬ the wind. On noton Lectronic Lati¬ ships at the Arques School of Boatbuild¬ so-rare occasions, tude, which is part ing. the 'Mariners com¬ of our website, pete in breeze that keeps most weekend www.latitude38.com. And of course there warriors hunkered down in their slips. will be a full report on the '01 Regatta in Like the windy race in 1988 when other our July issue. races all up and down the coast were For more on the Master Mariners or¬ cancelled by ferocious winds — and the ganization, including how to join, asso¬ Master Mariners Regatta went off with ciation cruises and other events, log onto nary a hitch in breeze gusting to 40 www.mastermariners.org.

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Lere in the West, the arrival of springtime conjures UP images of wide-eyed kids playing baseball, golden popPies blooming on coastal hillsides, and young lovers strolling barefoot along sandy beaches. But in the realm of Bay Area sailing, no rite of spring is more familiar or more fondly anticipated than the annual Vallejo Race. Celebrating its 101st anniversary last month (May 5-6), this two-day promenade from the Central Bay to Vallejo and back drew 262 entries in 14 one-design classes and seven I HDA classes. For diehard racers, the 36-mile roundtrip may have been merely a pleasant contrast to frequent roundthe-buoy racing. But for many mom-and-pop crews with older, less competitive boats, the legendary Vallejo run is one of the most ambitious — and fun-filled — outings of the season. | j | I \ I |

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VALLEJO RACE 101 Sunday morning saw even lighter air, causing a starting line traffic jam that forced the race committee to postpone their sequence until a clear lane was established. With the prospect of a somnambulant saunter back to the Cen¬ tral Bay, many boats opted to bag the race — including the entire 34-boat J/105 fleet. But those who hung in past the Mare Island break¬ water were rewarded by a low-stress homeward beat. Halfway across San Pablo Bay, the slack tide changed to an ebb and the wind piped 9= up into the teens for a glori- m ous blue-sky finish at the ^ Richmond-San Rafael Bridge. | Of 56 ODCA (one-design) starters 39 finished, while in the HDA (PHRF) classes, 89 of 118 starters com¬ pleted leg two. Well administered and trouble-free, Vallejo 101 was a laidback intro to an upcoming summer of fun.

— latitude/aet DIV. F (multihull) — No starters. DIV. G (< 89) — 1) Sticky Fingers, Rogers 31, Lee Pryor, 11 points; 2) Jarlen, J/35, Bob Bloom, 13; 3) (tie) Secret Squirrel, Schock 40, John Cladianos, and Bodacious, Farr One Ton, John Clauser, 15; 5) Kokopelli, SC 40, Kevin Rooney, 17; 6) Jammin', J/35, Steve Kelin/Eric Brown, 20; 7) Bullseye, N/M 49, Bob Garvie, 23; 8) Tigger, J/ 33, Frances Fridell, 25; 9) Wired, Beneteau 40.7, Rob Weed, 26; 10) Argonaut, J/40, Chris Ditzen, 28. (35 boats) DIV. H (90-115) — 1) Two Scoops, Express 34, Chris Longaker/Tom Goodwin, 2 points; 2) Illusion, Cal 40, Stan Honey/Sally Lindsay, 5; 3) Mischief, Soverel 33-2, Jeff McCord/Leslie Norris, 11; 4) Rocinante, Express 34, Rob Magoon, 12; 5) FlexiFlyer, Soverel 33-2, Paul Shinoff, 15. (22 boats) DIV. J (116-160) — 1) Windwalker, Islander 36,

Enjoying the mellow conditions, a crewmember lounges aboard the Olson 25 'Blood Money' on the low-stress run to Vallejo. Richard Shoenhair/Greg Gilliam, 4 points; 2) Fast Forward, C&C 34, Mike Dungan, 7; 3) Goldilocks, Morgan 36, Noble Griswold, 10; 4) Peg O' My Heart, Ericson 35-3, Steve Wert, 15. (19 boats) DIV. K (161-169) — 1) (tie) Loose Lips, Merit 25, Phill Mai, and Chesapeake, Merit 25, Jim Fair, 5 points; 3) (tie) Chorus, Kettenburg 38, Peter En¬ glish, and Hydropathy, Merit 25, Kit Wiegman, 9. (16 boats) DIV. L (170 and up) — 1) Tinseltown Rebel¬ lion, J/22,Cam Lewis, 2 points; 2) Talisman Ba¬ nana, J/22, Gary Albright, 5; 3) Allegro, Herreshoff 33, David Bertsen, 10; 4) Latin Lass, Catalina 27, Bill Chapman, 11; 5) La Bruja, Nightengale 24, Dan Coleman/Roman Waupotits, 17; 6) 76 Trombones, Luna 24, Peter Cook, 21. (26 boats) SF 30s — 1) Jane Doe, Olson 911-SE, Bob Izmirian, 4 points; 2) Ixxis, Olson 911 -S, Ed Durbin, 5; 3) Preparation J, J/30, Ron Tostenson, 7; 4) (tie) Jeannette, Tartan 10, Henry King, and Takeoff, La¬ ser 28, The Byrnes, 9. (16 boats) SPORTBOAT — 1) Chimo, Express 27, Brad Pennington, 8 points; 2) El Raton, Express 27, Ray Lotto, 10; 3) (tie) True Grits, Express 27, Jay Mont-

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new sailor who hasn't seen it before, we rest our case. Welcome to the parade. The purpose of running a Bay Primer in the first place is to maximize the en¬ joyment people get out of sailing the Bay. The few concepts you'll read in the fol¬ lowing pages are simple ones, but key to that enjoyment. But beyond the fun, they can help you stay out of trouble, or help you help someone who gets into trouble. For example, most sailors are aware of the strong currents hereabouts, and of the

fact that you can try to fight them (sailing but going nowhere) — or simply head toward shore where you'll find relief and sometimes even countercurrent going the other way. They apparently don't tell kayakers this. We hear about them regularly being rescued near exhaustion from trying to fight the current when all they had to do was head toward shore.

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‘Copernicus' romps on a windy Bay. Wasn't he the guy who discovered that fun revolves around sailing — or was it the other way around? here than just putting up some sails and flopping around like they do in Southern California. In addition to current and wind, you have big ships, fog, marauding buoys and other stuff with which you should be at least tacitly familiar to safely enjoy yourself. In fact, there are enough dynamics going on out there that it may take newcomers the better part of a whole

summer sailing season to really figure out the basic game plan. Jou'll never know it all, of course — if you don't learn something new eveiy time you go out, you're just not paying atten¬ tion. But once you get the basics in the next few pages, your forays into the wild green yonder will seem more like you've m read sailing should be: fun. Uli Oh. and if you're still 'unclear on the i concept' by next spring, don't worry. You can catch up in next year's Bay Primer. 5

Counterclockwise for Comfort If your plan of the day calls for a grand tour of the Bay, always do it in a counterclockwise direction. It makes no difference if you start from the Estuary, Pier 39, Berkeley or Sausalito — and it's doubly applicable if you start in the afternoon rather than morning.

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Chill Pill One thing sailing on San Francisco Bay is not in the sum¬ mer is warm. We don't care if it's 100 degrees in San Rafael, it will always be cold on the Bay. So you need to dress for the occa¬ sion, but leave the Levis at home. The correct method is 'layering' with modern synthet¬ ics, which not only insulate bet¬ ter, they wick moisture away from the skin. So go for under¬ garments of polypropylene, then polyester (like Synchilla), and a top layer of quality foul weather gear (those made with Gore-Tex are best if you can afford them). Too warm? Remove a layer. Not warm enough? Add a layer — this isn't rocket science. As with most things, the more you spend on quality gear, the more com¬ fortable and dry you will remain. We also strongly urge all boat¬ ers to wear flotation. If you fall in our cold local waters without a lifejacket, all the layering in the world won't keep you from go¬ ing hypothermic quickly. And it's all downhill from there.

Fogbound One of the weather phenomenons most associ¬ ated with San Francisco is our famous fog. We once brought an out-of-towner to the Marin Headlands who was actually disappointed because he could see the Golden Gate.

sails is in the early evening off sunny Sausalito as a thick carpet of fog streams over the Marin hills and through the Gate. A t (at

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Treasure Island out front. Short of being kidnapped by the Swedish Bikini Team, there is simply no better way to rejuvenate your soul after a tough day at the office — even if it was the unemployment office.

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hint of seasickness, crack off and head downwind to a iess windy area. One more thing: for any newcomers to the Bay, make it a point to sail under the Golden Gate. They’ll remem¬ ber it for a lifetime.

SAILING PRIMER Time and Tide Wait for No Man The many buoys stationed around San Francisco Bay are very animated objects. They whistle, they blink, they clang, they offer refuge for barking sea lions. But most of all, they move. Or rather, the water around them moves. /4s the tide rises and falls in the ocean, a lot of water — a hell of a lot of water — flows in (flood) and out (ebb) of the Bay through the Golden Gate. So while currents in the ocean are negligable, inside the Bay they can reach 5 to 6 knots during certain times of the year. Many a boater has paid the price for inattention to currents. Some have even lost boats that were swept into buoys and rocks by currents. Have a tidebook handy (they're free at most marine outlets) and always look up what the currents are doing before you leave your slip.

Associated with this, if there's a big ebb (brown water) flow¬ ing out the Gate and a big wind coming in, the resultant bumpy water is called "ebb chop." It's no fun. Another thing you'll notice about currents — if you're sailing toward the Gate and your speedometer reads 6 knots, and the current is flooding in the Golden Gate at 5 knots, you will only be making 1 knot over the bottom. Conversely, if you are headed down the Cityfront on a 5-knot flood with the same reading on your speedo, you will actually be flying over the bottom at 11 knots. Got that? Good. Now, if Train A leaves Philadelphia headed east at 4 p.m., and Train B leaves New York westbound at noon. . ..

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the Petaluma or Napa Rivers, or even across the That’s Easy for You to Say “If you can sail in San Francisco," the saying goes. “you can sail anywhere in the world." While that may be stretching the truth a bit. the reverse is certainly true: “Youcan sail anywhere in the world on San Fran¬ cisco Bay." We're speaking figuratively, of course Check it out: Tiburon Peninsula on a hot September afternoon feels an awful lot like the Caribbean. Mediterranean — A few passes from Richardson just like the Med: There's either way to much wind or practically none, and it comes from all directions back on one of those 40-knot days. Cape Horn will $§em jike a piece of cake. South Pacific— Sail up to the Delta around July a. iyou't get a taste of what sailing the tradewinds is like When the wind shuts off. you'B also get a good like.

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Little/Big Boats We hate to burst anyone's bubble, but in our opin¬ ion, boats under 20 feet are too small for sailing the open Bay. There are exceptions, of course, notably organized races sailed by properly-attired small boat sailors where 'crash boats' hover nearby to help any¬ one who gets in trouble. On the other end of the scale, San Francisco is a vibrant maritime port, and all manner of commercial shipping comes in and out at all hours. The main thing to remember is that big ships always have the right of way. If one of them gives you more than four blasts on its horn, it means, "I don't understand what you're do¬ ing and it's worrying me." It's probably time to tack and go the other way.

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BAY AREA SAILING PRIMER

THE PERFECT DAYSAIL •A

If you've studied and understood the tips and suggestions on the previous pages, you're ready for the Perfect Daysail, Start anywhere east of Alcatraz at about 11 a.m. — at which time the fog is be¬ ginning to burn off and a light breeze is filling in. From Alcatraz you’re going to be sailing. . . what way? . . . That's right, counterclockwise around the Bay. Begin your Grand Tour along the back¬ side of Angel Island and up Raccoon Strait. {If there's a strong flood in the Strait, you may need to motor through this part.) Once around Belvedere Point — you do have a chart aboard, right? — you can . reach off toward Richardson Bay and the Sausalito waterfront. If you bear way off to hug the west shore of Belvedere, be careful not to stray past Cone Rock or you'll run aground. The Sausalito side of Richardson Bay is dotted with everything from floating trash to megayachts and Is worth a pass. Stay in the channel, though, as the northeast side is shallow and the bottom is riddled with debris. Sailing back out the Sausalito Chan¬ nel, hug the shoreline and enjoy the Medi¬ terranean look of southern Sausalito. Generally, the closer you stay to this shore, the flukier the wind — until you get to Hurricane Gulch. It's not marked on the charts, but you'll know when you're there. Once you round the corner at Yellow Bluff, you'll have little Horseshoe Cove on your right and the magnificent Golden Gate in full view ahead. If the conditions are right (slack water or a moderate flood), you might want to slip under the most famous bridge in the world and enjoy the unspoiled scenery of the Marin headlands. If you're on a small or slow boat, how¬ ever, make sure you’re not rocketing out on the start of an ebb or it will take you forever to get back in. Now comes the best part: turn around. If everything has gone as planned, you’ve gone as far to weather as you're going to. With the breeze approaching its maximum strength about 2-3 p.m., there's no bet¬ ter time to start reaching and running. So go ahead and cross over to the San Francisco side of the Bay, If you seized the day and sailed seaward as far as Point Bonita, aim for Mile Rock, then cruise for Page 148 •

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Tower buoy. Don't, take your eye off that buoy, because for a stationary object, it

'Dakota' sails up Raccoon Strait on the first leg of a perfect daysail. sure seems to get involved in a lot of 'col¬ lisions' with boats. It’s possible to sail between the South Tower and shore — if you know where the rocks are. If you don't, we suggest you sail through the main span of the bridge. ,And remember to give the South Tower Demon his due: a wide berth as you pass the South Tower. If you don't, he'll steal your wind, redouble it and throw it back at you, in which case you may find your¬ self momentarily heading straight for the tower's cement cofferdam. Whee- ha, we're having some fun now! Once back inside the Gate, the Wind Machine will probably be in high gear and whitecaps will ruffle the Bay. But you won't care because you're sailing down¬ wind at what should be close to hull speed. The proper etiquette is to wave and smile beatifically at the cold, wet sailors pounding upwind past you. And at the sailboarders who, on weekends, will be whizzing by you like a swarm of angry killer bees. Don’t worry, they won’t hit you. At least not too often. This part of the Perfect Daysa il will af¬ ford you one of the great views of San Francisco, the place locals call "The City” {never "Friseo'j. if any greenhorns aboard felt queasy earlier, roust them out from their bunks below now and tell them to enjoy the view. No one pukes downwind. Want an interesting detour? Jibe out toward Alcatraz. The likes of Ai Capone and Richard The Birdmari Stroud once gazed out those forbidding Walls. The

prison closed in 1963. Now Hollywood goes there to make movies. The 1996 flick ; The Rock even opened there in the old

prison yard! Once you’ve checked out Alcatraz no landings allowed for recreational boats — jibe back and jog over to Pier 39. Fol¬ low the curve of the shoreline around to-; ward the Bay Bridge. The wind will usu¬ ally drop quickly, giving you an easy and relatively warm sail while enjoying the Manhattan-like skyline along Embarcadero. From here on, you have a number of options. You can power reach up the Bay to either the lee of Angel Island or the Tiburon Peninsula to drop your hook for the afternoon or the whole evening. Or you could slip around the backside of Yerba Buena and into Clipper Cove, you're looking for a warm and gentle downwind run, keep right on going down the Oakland Estuary — an especially g< destination if you happen to keep yo boat (here. As you might have surmised by now, the secret to the Perfect Daysail is to get as far to weather as you’re going to go before the wind really starts honking. (Most days, that's about 2 p.m., with max breeze around 4.) Remember t.o reef early and make sure your guests are dressed warmly — terrifying chilly friends by sail¬ ing rail clown for extended periods is the fastest way to become a singlehander. If you (or they) didn't bring warm enough clothes, definitely head for the warmest place on the Bay: the northeast (lee side) of Angel Island. If you're not quite up to the Perfect Daysail yel, practice up on the lighter-air, flatter-water Richmond Riviera or behind Treasure island/Yerba Buena.

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RUNNING WITH THE BIG DOGS i inn X hat was the most fun I've had with my boat yet!" claimed Sausalito entrepreneur John Sweeney, who made a clean sweep of the Golden Gate YC-hosted Farallones Race on May 12 with his ten-year-old IACC boat NZL 14. Sailing with a 19-person crew — in¬ cluding tactician Dee Smith, boat captain

Roland Brun, and A-Cup veteran Ricky Brent — Sweeney piloted NZL 14, aka New Zea-land Challenge '92 and Sailing Billboards, around the 55-mile course in 7 hours, 26 minutes, finishing over an hour ahead of the next boat, Bruce Schwab's new Open 60 Ocean Planet Conditions were ideal for Sweeney’s big red machine: a shifty beat to the islands in a 5-7 knot southwesterly, followed by a mellow spinnaker run home. The day started off on a scary note, howLeft, Captain Sweeney. Spread, the smelliest and most desolate windward mark in the sailing world.

FARALLONES RACE LITE ever. With about three minutes to the start, main trimmer Jeremy Walker's right thumb got sucked into the huge

Thumbs up! Jeremy Walker played injured, ig¬ noring the pain of his broken thumb. winch drum. It took several minutes to get it out (it took tools to piy open the self-tailer), and Walker s mangled thumb

was bloody and broken when finally ex¬ tricated. A super-tough Englishman, Walker — a veteran of numerous maxi boat and Admiral's Cup campaigns — went below, bandaged himself up and returned on deck a few minutes later. "What's a big boat race without a little blood on the decks?" he laughed. Meanwhile, NZL 14 was romping past the 22 other boats in PHRO-I, in front to stay by Point Diablo. The 4.5-hour beat to the Farallones was pleasant and un¬ eventful, with not a drop of water hitting the deck. At any given time about half a dozen different conversations were go¬ ing on, and the crew mingled freely about the boat (with the huge pfterdeck and 17th man' hole being preferred places to lounge). Lunch was served aboard the "75-foot moving picnic table", after which some of the crew began dozing off ("The middle of the boat looks like Jonestown!" joked resident wit Steve Baumhoff. "The Kool-Aid is starting to work!") NZL 14 rounded the Farallones close to port at 2 p.m. and her crew set the

first of three kites for the easy, threehour trip home. The breeze picked up to about 18 knots in the Gate, enough to rip a big red asymmetrical kite during a jibe. "The sail was probably a little tired," said Sweeney, who was unfazed by the blow-out. "Besides, we've got zillions

Clockwise from above — Leaving the Rockpile; Brent Ruhne in his element; Andy McCormick took this shot from the masthead; boat captain Roland Brun; relaxing on the spinnakers in the '17th man' hole.

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RUNNING WITH THE BIG DOGS 45-boat fleet DNFed in the light going, enough to completely fill up the YRA message machine with their mandatory 'checkout' calls. "We need to fix that prob¬ lem," said YRA executive director Lynda Myers. "In the meantime, everyone should leave shorter messages!" — latitude/rkm

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The big red machine on the home stretch. In¬ set, this feathered hitchhiker found sailing in from the Farallones a lot easier than flying. more kites back in the container. Frankly, I was a lot more concerned about Jeremy's thumb." After her negative 102 PHRF rating

was applied, NZL 14 ended up correct¬ ing out on the next boat, Bill LeRoy's SC 50 Gone With the Wind, by nine minutes. Finishers dribbled in for ten more hours behind NZL 14, with Jon Nicholas's New¬ port 30-2 Hot Chocolate the last boat home at 3:31 a.m. About a third of the

PHRO-I — 1) NZL 14, IACC 75, John Sweeney; 2) Gone With the Wind, SC 50, Bill LeRoy; 3) White Caps, SC 50, Bob Nance; 4) Emily Carr, SC 50, Ray Minehan; 5) Mr. Magoo, J/120, Steve Madeira; 6) Ocean Planet, Open 60, Bruce Schwab; 7) Eclipse, Express 37, Mark Dowdy; 8) Melange, Express 37, Jim & Petra Reed; 9) Secret Squirrel, Schock 40, John Cladianos; 10) Spindrift V, Express 37, Larry Wright. (23 boats; 6 DNF) PHRO-II — 1) Sundog, Bianca 414, Bill Wright; 2) Enchante, Beneteau 42, Jacoby/Barton; 3) Dance Away, Santana 35, Doug Storkovich; 4) Il¬ lusion, Cal 40, Sally Lindsay/Stan Honey; 5) Chris¬ tina, Swan 47, Bruce Thee. (14 boats; 9 DNF) MORA-I — 1) Salty Hotel, Express 27, David Rasmussen. (1 boat) MORA-II — 1) Hot Chocolate, Newport 30-2, Jon Nicholas. (2 boats; 1 DNF) SHS — 1) Kookaburra, J/105, Craig Mudge; 2) Cookie Jar, Moore 24, George McKay. (5 boats; 2 DNF)

Clockwise from upper left — Retrieving the blown-out kite; one of several natural arches at the Farallones; Dee Smith (right) and auxiliary tacticians; Ricky Brent and friend.

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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA M

aybe you're headed down to Southern California for a .summer of cruising, or to enjoy a few months in the Southland before starting the Ha-Ha in October. Maybe you're up from Mexico and want to spend the summer cruising Southern California before returning home further north or even back to Mexico

in Southern California, it's only about 200 easy miles from there to the start in San Diego. Big deal. Our report primarily covers transient space in yacht harbors and at anchor¬ ages. If you're a member of a recognized

If you're at all flexible, there are plenty of great berthing and anchoring opportunities in Southern California. for another season. Or maybe you're a Southern Californian who likes to wan¬ der around. It doesn't really matterwhich, because you've all got the same problem — where to berth your boat? First, what might seem to be bad news. If you've got a boat over 30 feet, you can pretty much write off the idea of calling up a marina in Southern California and expecting to get a summer or fall reserva¬ tion. The problem is that almost all mari¬ nas — other than a couple in Ventura and Oxnard — are filled and have waiting lists. The larger the boat, the longer the wait¬ ing list. In addition, harbormasters are reluctant to make reservations long in advance for boats coming from a long ways away. It's better for them to have permanent tenants, and not everyone who plans to cruise actually goes ahead and does it. Enough of the apparent bad news, and now for the good news. If you're at all flex¬ ible, there are actually plenty of great berthing and anchoring opportunities in Southern California — and many of them are more interesting and less expensive than staying in the same old marina berth all summer. And if you enjoy the cruising life on the hook, you've got it made in the shade of your bimini. Most folks cruise in a straight line. If they're headed south from the Pacific Northwest or Northern California, they work their way down the coast of South¬ ern California from Santa Barbara to San Diego. That's fine, but if you’re a little more energetic, we suggest you do a circle instead of a straight line. Immediately proceed to San Diego, then slowly make your way back up to Santa Barbara. Weather and water temperature are the reasons. If you spend June and July at Santa Barbara and the Channel Islands, it tends to be much cooler and windier than in August and September, when they are at their most glorious. Furthermore, the water is warmer. And if you will be doing the Ha-Ha at the end of your time Page 154*

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yacht club, reciprocal privileges can cer¬ tainly make life easier. Bruce and Lisa Nesbit of the Olson 34 Raspberrries, for example, have made five trips to South¬ ern California in recent years. On one occasion they spent an entire summer down south, berthing for free at yacht clubs for all but five days. "Most yacht clubs will give two to three days of free berthing to members of other legitimate yacht clubs," says Bruce. "Some yacht clubs want to know what kind of reciprocity your yacht club offers. The Southern California Yachting Association maintains a list with criteria, and a list of Northern California yacht clubs that they think meets them. But if you just show your yacht club card, 90% of the clubs will grant reciprocity. The Newport Har¬ bor YC was the only really restrictive club we've run into, as they only trade privi¬ leges with the St. Francis YC." Bruce and Lisa's favorite yacht clubs down the coast are Monterey Peninsula, Ventura, Channel Islands, California (Ma¬ rina del Rey), Santa Monica (Marina del Rey), Cabrillo (San Pedro), Los Angeles (Terminal Island), Long Beach, Oceanside, Southwestern (San Diego) and Navy (San Diego — and no, you don't have to be exNavy). The best guide to Southland yacht clubs is the Southern California Yacht¬ ing Association Yachting Directory, which is published in February by Santana magazine. It lists all the clubs and what they offer.

T he following is a hypothetical cir¬ cuit of possibilities in Southern Califor¬ nia. For the reason mentioned above, we're going to start near the border. San Diego — With many thousands of boats in numerous marinas and yacht clubs spread over an area nearly 10 miles by one mile, San Diego Bay is one of the biggest and most active recreational boat¬ ing centers in Southern California. If you can't find the part or service here, it

doesn't exist. San Diego's marinas have been packed in recent years, so it's gping to be tough to find space in a marina. Your best hope is early in October, at which time some of the sportfishing boats have gone south for the Bisbee Marlin Tour¬ nament in Cabo San Lucas. Don’t fret, however, as San Diego actually has some pretty good options for visiting mariners, all of which are described in the Harbor Police's informative website at www.sdhp.com. The most popular accommodation for transients is the San Diego Harbor Police's Visitors Dock, at the tip of Shel¬ ter Island. There are 22 slips for boats up to 40 feet, and about 150 feet of end-ties for bigger boats and multihulls. Slips have water and electricity, and there are toi¬ lets up the ramp. Inexplicably, there are no showers. The fees are a ridiculously low $5/ day for the first five days, and $10/day for the second five days. Vessels 55 feet and have the privilege of paying double. Nobody is allowed to stay for more than 10 days in a 30-day period. The only negative about the Police Dock is that it's a long walk from anywhere, so bring a bike if you can. There is, however, great jog¬ ging and picnic areas nearby. The Police Dock is first-come, first-serve, and as you

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might expect, it’s packed in the summer and before the Ha-Ha. La Playa Cove — Located in the calm waters between the San Diego and Southwest¬ ern YCs, this anchorage is limited to 25 boats -— 40 with raft-ups — to weekends only, and by permit only. You can get permits up to 90 days in advance by calling (619) 6866272. Glorietta Bay — You can anchor for 72 hours each week in this anchorage just south of the Coronado Golf Course. It can get crowded and it’s somewhat isolated, but people love it. No permit is needed. South Bay Anchorage — This anchor¬ age is way down in the South Bay off Na¬ tional City, and many consider it the boat¬ ing slum of San Diego. No permits are required and there is no maximum stay. It's in the middle of nowhere, and there are no convenient services or facilities. Like that campfire atmosphere with your sum¬ mer cruising? It's yours for the enjoying at Two Harbors. In fact, so is drinking alcohol on the

Cruiser Anchorage — Located right next to the Coast Guard station, this an¬ chorage is exclusively for non-residents of San Diego! Permits are needed, but you can get them for 30 days at a time, and for a total of 90 days in any given year. This becomes the Ha-Ha anchorage in the middle of October. Thanks to the almost always mellow conditions in San Diego Bay, it's an easy place to spend a month or two on the hook. It’s not the most cen¬

trally located spot, so it’s good to have a planing dinghy. In addition, it's possible to get permits to anchor outside of the designated an¬ chorages at Carrier Basin. Crown Cove and the North Island side of Shelter Is¬ land. In our estimation, San Diego does a reasonably good job of putting out the wel¬ come mat for transients. You may not get a berth in a marina, but there are several veiy acceptable options — particularly if you're getting yourself in shape for living on the hook in Mexico. As you might ex¬ pect, there are a million things to do in San Diego. The weather is salubrious, the sailing warm, dry and mellow. Chula Vista — Situated at the far southern end of San Diego Bay, there is no anchorage here. However, Chula Vista Marina reports that they can "generally accommodate a few 40-footers for five days to a week, although we have noth¬ ing permanent." Ensenada — Not technically located in San Diego Bay, Ensenada is about 60 miles further south. It's home to several marinas, and you can anchor out. For¬ eign cruising doesn't get much closer. Mariner's Cove, Mission Bay — Part of San Diego, but not part of San Diego Bay, is Mariner's Cove up north by Mis¬ sion Bay. It's a small anchorage — Profli¬ gate felt too big when we were there a month ago — but the water is flat. There's a 72-hour limit and permits are not needed. It's close to Ocean Beach, and located in the middle of a big park that's great for jogging, biking and picnicking.

Oceanside — About 30 miles north of Mission Bay, Oceanside Yacht Harbor is home to about 900 boats — and about June 2001 •

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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 25 guest slips for boats up to 51 feet. The restrooms and showers have been renovated recently, which is always a good thing. From May to September 30, guest slip rates are .60/ft/day. In the winter they drop to .45/ft/day. They'll actually take reservations if they're^ not full. The Oceanside YC has always been good about reciprocity, and may be able to accom¬ modate larger boats. Caution: The entrance to Oceanside Harbor can be very confusing, particularly at night, in a fog, or for first-timers. It also develops sandbars, and is therefore sub¬ ject to breaking waves during big swells. It has killed in the past, so we strongly suggest that you check with the Harbor Patrol — on duty 24 hours and monitor¬ ing 12 and 16 — before entering .for the first time. It also helps to carefully orient yourself with the layout of the inside of the harbor before committing, as there isn't much room to maneuver. Although it's a relatively small harbor and small town, Oceanside has a Chart House and other restaurants, a pier, and a nice beach. And if you’re suddenly over¬ come with the urge to join the Marines, Camp Pendleton is conveniently located just to the north.

Dana Point — Several marinas — all of which are full — provide home to about 3,000 boats in Dana Point. Luckily, the County of Orange has provided for a lim¬ ited amount of berthing and side ties for vessels up to 60 feet, with water and elec¬ tricity. The fee is ,40/ft/day, and is lim¬ ited to 15 days — except in the winter when longer stays are sometimes permit¬ ted. There are restroom facilities and showers, but they're nothing anybody should be proud of. The first-come, first served transient space is often filled in the summer, but you can anchor inside the breakwater in flat water for 72 hours at no charge. There's not a lot of room in this designated anchorage, and the cur¬ rent changes, so the Harbor Patrol isn't

it's only about 30 miles to Catalina. If you want to stretch your legs or ride your bike, make your way up the hill to Dana Point. From the summit' — and/or the Cha^t House — there's a great view of the har¬ bor and your boat.

Newport Harbor — Home to many thousands of boats large and small, the Newport Beach Harbor Patrol — which has always been very friendly to us — shows their hospitality by offering low cost moorings and a free anchorage. For just $5 a night, they'll get you a mooring for up to 10 days. If it looks as though you’re not a derelict, they'll probably give you another 10 days. But you're limited to 20 days per month. Newport "also leases out seven single-point moorings in The Cove, some of which can handle boats up to 105 feet. The friendly spokeswoman for the Harbor Patrol told us they can always find space for transients, even in the middle of summer. On the downside, there are no shower or toilet facilities associated with the moorings, which are located throughout much of the 2.5 mile long bay. You can drop your hook in the C-l anchorage for five days at no cost. Again, no facilities are associated with the an¬ chorage. Furthermore, someone is always supposed to remain aboard except when provisioning — to keep boats from bang¬ ing together during windshifts. There is great holding, as the bottom consists of Elmer's Glue dyed black. There are also a number of marinas, some of which might have space for a few days. But stand by for slip sticker shock — some Newport slips go for nearly $30/ ft on a monthly basis. No wonder nobody wants to give up their moorings, which only cost about $ 100/month. Newport is fun in the summer when it's crowded with people, and fun in the fall when most of the tourists have left. There's great walking and biking along the

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keen about folks leaving their boats for long. We've anchored outside the yacht harbor to the east on occasions. It can be roily, but it works for multihulls. Although Dana Point has everything you'll need, it attracts hordes of water¬ front visitors and tourists and doesn't have much charm. So keep in mind that Page 156 •

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beach, and watching guys bodysurf the Wedge when the hurricane generated swells pour in is something you don't want to miss. If you have a sailing dinghy, you can have all sorts of fun adventures in¬ side the bay, which normally has more wind than out in the ocean. Or you can explore in your inflatable. There are lots

of good restaurants, but watch out, as even some cutesy little breakfast places can be shockingly expensive. Newport is home to lots of beautiful boats, cars and people, and some visitors get intimidated. No need. If you're a woman, remember that there's more silicon in some of those babes than an old wooden boat. And if you're a guy, make your way up Newport Blvd to Minney's Marine Surplus in Costa Mesa. Ernie's the real deal when it comes to Newport Beach sailors.

Long Beach / Cabrillo Beach — Lurk¬ ing behind the world's second longest breakwater is an area with lots of tran¬ sient berths, a good number of end-ties, a place to anchor, and the best wind in Southern California. Anchoring — The Long Beach Life¬ guard Department reports that they only permit anchoring behind Oil Island White on weekends. Why it's prohibited on week¬ days is a mystery to us. Nonetheless, we've heard that if you're real nice to them — or tell them you're getting your starter motor repaired — they might let you stay another day or two. The Lifeguards also advise that it’s illegal to anchor just in¬ side the L.A. Breakwater. Several cruis¬ ers, however, have told us they've done

BERTHS AND ANCHORAGES

To each their own, of course, but some would prefer a summer at Catalina to a summer in a mainland berth. We would. this without getting hassled. Maybe they pretended they were fishing for a couple of days. But other than being out of the swell, anchoring near the breakwater doesn't have much to recommend it. Alamitos Bay, located at the south¬ ern end of the breakwater, is home to just under 2,000 boats. In their infinite wis¬ dom — we're being serious now — the harbor officials keep 26 end-ties — 25 to 100 feet — open for transients. Unless there's a big racing event or it's a threeday weekend, they can usually accommo¬ date visitors. It's .60/ft. for noon to noon. You can stay 15 days a month, but then have to leave until the next month. Once we had an engine problem and they let us stay for an additional 10 days. For folks with multihulls, Alamitos Bay is a good place to remember. Although some of the wood docks are getting old and a little funky, the restrooms are in surprisingly good con¬ dition. Depending on where you get a berth, it can be a relatively short or long distance to West Marine, markets and res¬ taurants. This is another great place to jog and/or ride a bike. If you have a small

sailing dinghy, there are lot of places to explore. Want to get away from the water for a while? The Long Beach Airport, which still has a 'streamlined' air termi¬ nal from the '40s, gives tours. Downtown Marina — Bless this ma¬ rina's soul, for they set aside an incred¬ ible 152 slips for transient boats up to 45 fe©t in length. Unfortunately, they only have two end-ties. It’s .60/ft, plus a $50 deposit on a gate key. You can stay 15 days out of each month. Other than the 4th of July and during the Long Beach Grand Prix, you can almost always get a slip. It’s not exactly close to restaurants and stores, but it's a good climate in which to walk or bike down to Belmont Shore.

San Pedro-Cabrillo-Wilmington — There are 16 marinas — many of them ancient — in this area, as well as boatyards, chandleries, stores and restau¬ rants. There are no official transient spaces, but you can try the various mari¬ nas. Cabrillo Marina has a great number of 30-foot slips available, but not many in larger sizes. This is a mostly industrial area, and is fun to visit — once.

Catalina — The 18-mile by 5-mile is¬ land just off the coast of Southern Cali¬ fornia is the ace up the sleeve for anyone

unable to find marina space on the main¬ land, or someone who wants to alternate between weeks on the island and weeks at various places on the mainland. There are moorings all over Catalina, and if you get one by midweek, you should be able to keep it for the weekend. There is a fee, of course. From April to October at Two Harbors, for example, 31 to 40 footers are $18 a night or $108 a week. And with shoreboat service AT $3.50/per¬ son each way, you'll want to have your dinghy in the water. In the immediate area of Two Harbors, there are about 350 moorings, and even more nearby. Avalon has 350 in the cove, and hundreds nearby. We've made a number of stops at Catalina in the last several years, and no matter if it was day or night, the folks on the harbor staff were unfailingly friendly and helpful. You guys and gals are the best! There's nothing stopping you from an¬ choring off Catalina all summer for free. We spoke to several people who do it, and they love it. According to the Coast Guard, there are two "year round safe harbors" in Southern California, and one of them is Cat Harbor on the back side of the Isth¬ mus. There are 97 moorings there, and officials report there is also room for over 200 boats on the hook. In other words, you can always find space. Offshore of the moorings of Two Harbors on the front of the island, there's easily room for another 100 boats to anchor. Sometimes it can be roily, however. If you want to be on the front side of Catalina and free of almost all wind and swell, White's Landing, a couple of miles north of Avalon, is the one place all the locals recommended. If you pick up a mooring at Catalina in the middle of the week, you can usually keep it through the weekend.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA There are too many great and healthy things to do on Catalina — by yourself or with others — to mention here. Rest as¬ sured, you could spend from now until November there and have a great time. When it comes to supplies, you can only' get the basics — what else do you need? — at Two Harbors. Avalon, on the other hand, has everything. In any event, it’s less than two hours from either Two Har¬ bors or Avalon back to the mainland by ferry. For what it’s worth, Avalon and Two Harbors couldn't be more different. Avalon is a clean little city with lots of restaurants and tourists shops, while Two Harbors is scruffier, and has just one res¬ taurant and one grocery store. Two Har¬ bors gets the outdoors, adventurous types, and has a great community spirit, where everyone shares BBQ pits. >• True, Catalina tends to be like a zoo when school is out, and it may be impos¬ sible to get a mooring during the summer weekends. Those who have been going to Catalina the longest, however, assure us that September and early October are the best times of the year at the island. The crowds have gone, the weather is wonderful, and the water temperature reason¬

ably warm. Don't miss it!

Redondo Beach — Backed by the stacks of a Southern California Edison power plant, nobody is going to mistake Redondo Beach's King Harbor for Moorea. And none of the four marinas have much available in larger slips for transients. Nonetheless, if you get a permit from the harbormaster, you can anchor bow and stern in the lee of a big breakwater for up to 72 hours. There's stores and restaurants, a pier, and good walking and riding along the beach. But if you're really looking to have fun in Redondo, sign up for early August’s 86-mile Santa Barbara to King Harbor Race. It's one of the most fun in South¬ ern California, they have good parties, and when it’s all over a bunch of the fleet re¬ treats to Catalina. Marina del Rey — With over 6,000 slips, Marina del Rey is the largest man¬ made smallboat harbor in the world.

When the Southern California economy went sour a few years ago, there were plenty of empty slips — but no more. You might find something under 32 feet, oth¬ erwise it’s just like everywhere else. There is a transient dock with 32-slips of about 45 feet in length, and one endtie about 100 feet long. It's first-come, first-serve — and always packed during the summer and special events. You won't have any trouble in September or Octo¬ ber. The maximum stay is seven days out of each month — which is about all most cruisers can take of this urban marine park. It's .50/ft, and they have showers and a bathroom. Sign up at the office in Burton Chace Park. Marina del Rey is the gateway to L.A. and all that entrails — including Venice Beach, the Getty Museum, Hollywood, and so forth. The marina is right next to LAX, which is convenient if you have to fly home for a week. There are stores and boatyards, but they are all a bit of a walk from the transient slips. There are also severed yacht clubs that offer reciprocal privileges.

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Malibu and Paradise Park — If you surf, nothing could be cooler than dropping the hook right off the Mailbu Pier and paddling over for a few waves at one of the world's classic spots. It can be roily, however, and you have to take your dinghy through the surf if you want to go to shore. Nonetheless, it can be fun on warm August nights. A few miles up the coast from Malibu is Paradise Park, which normally isn't as roily as in a northwest swell. Get¬ ting ashore usually involves getting wet, however, and sometimes the rocky bottom doesn't want to let go of your anchor. It's a fair place to stop if you're tired, but shouldn't be at the top of your list.

Oxnard — Located just 11 miles from Anacapa Island and 18 miles from Santa Cruz Island, Channel Islands Harbor is

There's lot of fun things to do when cruising Southern California. One of them is riding the Lido Ferry. home to 2,600 boats in nine marinas. They also have 800 linear feet of transient space that goes for .50/foot from May 15 to September 15 — and for .40/ft the rest

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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Make sure you're entering the right place. There's not a lot to do in and around Channel Islands Harbor, although there are some stores and a couple :of restau¬ rants nearby. Speaking of restaurants, last year the Wanderer and Dona de Mallorca took a transient slip for the night, then walked to an Italian restau¬ rant in a nearby mini mall for dinner. The place had faux columns and other overthe-top decor; the attractive hostess was decked out like a dominatrix; the some¬ what clumsy waiter was a moonlighting fishing boat skipper; and the piano player — oh, the piano player! — worked for tips and meals, and hassled us to request a song. We finally relented and gave the overly gregarious soul a few bucks to play Moonlight Sonata — but mostly just go away. He returned to his pianq and pounded out an uptempo version of that delicate work. Our dinner wasn’t any bet¬ ter 't any better than the music, but all in all it turned out to be a hilarious night. If we could only remember the name of the place, we’d recommend it to everyone.

get to Ventura before August, you'll be able to see if your cruising boat can keep pace with America's Cup boats. But if you can't sail faster than the windspeed while pointing extremely high, you’ll be out of it. In the old days, they used to load and unload cargo at the Ventura Pier, but you'd be better off taking a berth in Ventura Harbor. Like Oxnard, Ventura — which we think is a great place — has marinas with available slips in all sizes up to 60 feet. This includes Ventura Isle, Ventura West, and maybe even Harbor Village. Toward the end of summer and in early fall, these slips usually fill up with Ha-Ha boats. You may want to call to make arrangements, although some won't accept reservations more than 30 days in advance. Even if you just show up at Ventura and call the Harbor Patrol, they can al¬ most always accommodate you, either in one of the marinas or a some port district berth. Ventura is great for bodysurfing

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and surfing — although you have to be careful. There are strong rip tides near the breakwaters and groins. In fact, there's a memorial in the harbor to Pa¬ trolman Paul Korber, who died in March of '98 trying to rescue a family of three that had been swept out to sea. There are a couple of restaurants in the harbor, but if you want groceries, you have to drive past lots of farmland — which is nice for a change. Last year storm surf knocked off the north end of the detached breakwater(l), and the light off the southern end. Swells hit Ventura very hard, and the channel entrance can be very confusing at night or in a fog. In addition, one side of the detached breakwater is a sand trap and not for entering. So don’t attempt to en¬ ter the harbor until you're confident that you know exactly what you're doing, as mistakes can be catastrophic. If you have any doubt, radio the Harbor Patrol.

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of which are San Miguel, Santa Rosa, Santa Cruz and Anacapa. There are no sup¬ plies and services available at any of them. But other than a couple of trips back to the mainland for supplies, you could spend the whole sum¬ mer at the islands and really enjoy yourself. In fact, for those of you getting ready to do the Ha-Ha and/or cruise beyond, the islands are an ideal place to refine your cruis¬ ing skills. As Brad Avery, the head honcho at Orange Coast College’s Sailing Pro¬ gram, says, "If you can cruise the Chan¬ nel Islands, you can pretty much cruise anywhere in the world." That's because the islands are sometimes subject to strong winds and big seas — particularly San Miguel — and because it's much harder to anchor at the islands than it is almost anywhere in Mexico. The islands are quite different. San Miguel, relatively small in size, isn't far from Point Conception, and the weather

land is almost like an un¬ touched wilderness. Many years ago, we travelled around much of the island by car and on horseback, and marvelled at how big and unspoiled it is. The lo¬ cal pot wasn't bad either. If you have a choice between a berth in a marina all sum¬ mer and half the time at Santa Cruz Island, go for the latter. Anacapa is the small¬ est of these four islands, and mainly has day anchorages. There's lot of fun things to do when cruising Southern California. One of them is riding the Lido Ferry. is often very rough, it really only has one anchorage. Despite being almost as big as Catalina, San Jose only really has two anchorages. Perhaps the greatest of the Channel Islands is Santa Cruz, which is a little bigger than Catalina and has lots of anchorages — although some of them are small and quite challenging. The is¬

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Santa Barbara — Located in the most beautiful of all Southern California mari¬ nas settings, Santa Barbara has 1,008 berths. When we called Patrolman Pat Heniy on May 14, he said he had about eight slips available for transients. Dur¬ ing the summer and fall, there’s about a 60% chance he'll have a slip for a 40footer. When it comes to holidays and the Fourth of July, you might as well forget it. It's first-come, first-serve. You can stay a total of a month — which is great, be¬ cause Santa Barbara is the kind of place

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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA where you could easily enjoy a month. You pay .50/foot the first two weeks, then $1 / foot for the second two weeks. After a month, you have to leave for a minimum of five days, then hope another slip will open up. There's also unlimited anchoring to the east of Steam's Wharf, and you can tie your dinghy up in front of the Harbormaster's office. The harbor guys would appreciate it if you came by and introduced yourself. This way they know your dinghy isn’t stolen, and who to alert in case your boat catches on fire or drags anchor. It can be roily off Steam’s Wharf, so it's particularly well suited to multihulls. We know there's currently a stink between some tenants in the ma¬ rina and the new Harbormaster, but when we've been visited and needed assistance, Harbor Patrol was quick and happy to help. Early summer is 'June gloom' time along the Santa Barbara waterfront, while August and September are superb. The view from Brophy's Raw Bar above the harbor is as good as the oysters, as you watch the sunlight fade on the mountains

in the distance and all the college girls jogging around. There's lots to do in Santa Barbara, as it's a great place for jogging, biking and hiking. Volleyball enthusiasts will enjoy the extensive facilities and pickup games on East Beach. The beaches themselves aren't the greatest in the world, as they're often flecked with sea¬ weed and clumps of tar that have seeped up — not from the oil rigs — but from the bottom of the ocean just as it's been do¬ ing for thousands of years. Santa Barbara is known as a surfing town, but the Chan¬ nel Islands cut off most of the better sum¬ mer swells.

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GETTING 'RADIO READY' I

did it! A veiy official piece of paper now confirms that I am a General Class Ham radio operator. For me, this is the final piece in the great Maritime Mobile Radio puzzle. The journey to radio Nirvana started back in 1998 when Beki and I were com-

With limited space in ‘Mudshark's nav station, only the radio's control panel was mounted there, while the actual Ham/SSB combo unit and its antenna tuner were mounted out of sight, inside the transom. pleting the outfitting of our Express 37, Mudshark, for the Baja Ha-Ha. At the time we had a VHF, but thought that an SSB or Ham radio would be good for emergencies and weather faxes. With the simple idea of adding a radio for safety, we started a journey that took us many places. I have owned boats for 20 years, but all my sailing experience was in the Bay Area, so I really didn't know a lot about SSB. Simply put, Marine SSB is really a way of transmitting called Single Side Band and usage of the word marine' doesn’t just mean that a radio is mounted in your boat. Marine SSB means that you can transmit on a set of frequencies that have been set aside for marine use. The license you need is ob¬ tained by simply completing an applica¬ tion and sending it to the FCC. In fact, the same application is used when you Marine SSB

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license your EPIRB. All I knew about Ham radio was that Ham = Morse Code and Morse Code = Pain. In reality, there are a range of Ham —““T”~~~ radio licenses and while they require passing tests, they are straightforward to earn. Both Beki and I got our entiy-level licenses by simply reading a study guide put out by the Amateur Radio Relay League. As we made up our list of what we wanted vs. what we could get, we decided that having both Marine SSB and Ham radio was .right for us. We then broke the task into multiple phases: • Equipment: What's available and what do we want to purchase. • Boat infrastructure: What modifications and ad¬ ditions were we going to have to make to the boat. • Regulatory: What did the US and other governments need from us. • Operation: What agreements did we need from email providers? Could we make it all work? There are a lot of good radios and ac¬ cessories available. Your basic decision is if you want a Marine SSB or a Ham/ SSB combo radio. Since we wanted a combo Ham/SSB we worked with a lo¬ cal dealer and chose an ICOM M-710RT. (The key feature being the control panel can be remotely located from the rather large main radio). This let us mount the controls at the nav station while the main unit was located in the stem. Once we selected the radio, we thought we were pretty much done. But as it turned out our decisions had just started. Once we had the radio, we needed to look at accessories and sup¬ porting infrastructure. For example, with the radio we also purchased an auto¬ matic antenna tuner. This unit is impor-

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tenna to the trans¬ mitter for different frequencies. Then came the antenna itself. We could have mount¬ ed an external an¬ tenna to the tran¬ som, but didn't like the idea of having a 3- to 4-foot 'stick'

antenna located where it would radiate RF energy on us. We decided to use the backstay for our antenna, which meant that we had to remove the backstay and have a new one made with insulators top and bottom. We had the lower insulator mounted high enough so that it could not be touched while transmitting. To fin¬ ish off the radio-to-antenna link, you need to drill a hole in the hull to run the antenna lead from the transmitter to the antenna. One last item is very important for good operation of your SSB or Ham ra¬ dio and that is the ground—radios need a ground to transmit a strong, clean sig¬ nal. The ground is more than running some wire from the engine to your rig. You need to know exactly what to use

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and how to connect it to your radio. On my boat we connected the engine and keel together. To connect the grounded items you do not use wire. Instead, use copper foil for the best conductivity. Run¬ ning copper foil so that it doesn't get damaged is not easy, so we left that task to our dealer who also installed the ra¬ dio in the boat. There are also other op¬ tions for grounding: some boats have a copper mesh ground plane already glassed into the hull by the manufacturer and some people add a Dynaplate that is equivalent to 100 square feet of ground plane. Talk to your installer about other possibilities.

to receive and listen in to the world be¬ yond your VHF radio's range. When you purchase an SSB radio, you should start the paperwork to get your 'station li¬

also receive a call sign, such as WAB1234. This is how you identify your¬ self when talking on the Marine SSB bands and it will also be used in your boat's email address if you choose to use the SailMail (or similar foreign) service. If you select a combination Ham/SSB

AH I knew about Ham radio was that Ham = Morse Code and Morse Code = Pain. cense'. The procedure is very easy, so if your dealer doesn't give you an FCC form, go to the website listed below, fill in the blanks and send it in. Within a few weeks you will receive a license that you need to keep on your boat. You will

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rig then you'll also need to get a Ham radio license as well. There is lots of in¬ formation out there on how to get an amateur radio (Ham) license. The web¬ sites listed below were the most useful to me. The key points I needed to learn about were which license to get and what study aids were available for getting a license. If you want to operate your rig on the Ham frequencies in the US of A, you will need, at a minimum, a General Class li¬ cense. If you want to operate in Mexico, you will need only a Technician Class license to obtain a 'Visiting Ham Opera¬ tor License’ for Mexico. While getting a Mexican license with a US Tech code worked just fine for me, some cruisers report that the US Ham nets sometimes get snooty and won’t let you on if you’re more than 12 miles off¬ shore. Typically, they might catch you while making the crossing from La Paz to Mazatlan or when you let your loca¬ tion slip while visiting an offshore island. Once you are outside of Mexico you will need, a General Class license if you want to operate on the Ham frequencies. Let me clarify that the FCC has three classes of licenses you can obtain. The entry level is the Technician level and requires you to answer 35 multiple-

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The availability of detailed weather information is one of the luxuries afforded to modern cruis¬ ers by HF radio.

choice questions. Trust me, you can do it. Both Beki and I got our Tech licenses by purchasing a study guide from the ARRL (American Ttadio Relay League), then we took practice exams on the Internet (all the questions are published for you to read). Then we looked up the exam schedule and took the test for $10. Easy. We both passed the first time. This was as far as we got before we took off with the '98 Ha-Ha. When we were in San Di¬ ego, we went to Tijuana, with copies of ou£ US licenses in hand, and got our Mexico vis¬ iting radio operator's license. A URL with a detailed de¬ scription of the process is given on page 165. The Mexi¬ can license let us use the Ham part of our radio to work the Chubaso and Sonrisa nets. The Chubaso net was worth the whole effort as it was

the best (and one of the only) sources of weather information for cruisers in Mexico. We used the Marine SSB to par¬ take in the Southbound Net which is a great way to keep in touch with fellow cruisers. Once you've purchased and installed your radio(s), and obtained your licenses, you are still not done. For 'extra credit', you will want to add weather fax and email capability. Weather fax is a great safety and com¬ fort feature. We have no great 'small boat against the sea' stories, as we were cau¬ tious and read weather faxes to pick the best times to travel down the coast. There are many gear options, and we picked the Cortex Weather Fax package to link our portable PC to the Icom. The Cortex package comes with software and with a hardware device that you plug into your radio. To get a weather fax, you tune your radio to a weather fax frequency, the Cor¬ tex decoder turns the radio signal into digital codes that the software displays as weather maps on your PC. You can save the faxes or print them out. We

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The final part of this saga for me were the recent changes the FCC made for obtaining a General Class Ham li¬ cense. You still need to know Morse Code, but only at a rate of five words per minute. While this still sounds intimi¬ dating, it is doable. The way I studied was by purchasing a set of Morse Code CD's from the ARRL. The CD's take you through the alphabet and numbers at five words per minute. I listened to them on the way to work ev¬ ery day for about two weeks. While this got me the basics, the key for me was the discovery of a website that converts text into Morse Code. I would spend about 10 minutes a day, five days per week practicing my code by going to the 'Lectronic Latitude site, cutting out a paragraph of text and then pasting it into the Morse Code text converter. I would copy the text going from 5 to 7 words per minute. After a month of practice I took the exam and passed. After that, I took the 35 question multiple-choice exam and got my General Class license. Now I can use my radio in the US cn

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1 o paraphrase Will Rogers, we've never met a regatta we didn’t like. But some, like Antigua Sailing Week, we like more than others — which is why we gladly endured the 3,700-mile, all-day trek from California to participate in the 34th edition of this Caribbean classic last month. The opportunity to sail again with Doug Baker on his busy Andrews 70+ turbosled Magnitude was also a strong part of the appeal. (Hmmm, let's see, another set of Ensenada/Vallejo races or turbosledding in Antigua? The choice was obvious!) Antigua Sailing Week didn't let us down — once again, for a few glorious days in early May, Antigua was seenjingly the center of the yachting universe. Like swallows returning to Capistrano, scores of mega-yachts, East Coast race boats, big Swans, cruisers, charter boats and seemingly everything that floats in the Caribbean flocked to the tiny island for this tried-and-true combination of casual racing and serious partying. You can find better racing at many venues — Key West, Block Island Race Week, the Big Boat Series — but Antigua Sailing Week is more than a regatta, it's an experience. It's huge and vibrant, a nautical Mardi Gras/boat show/reunion/end-of-theseason celebration which is virtually impossible to cover coherently. An estimated 4,000 sailors — roughly 60% European, 30% American, and 10% islanders — showed up to sail 231 boats (slightly off the 2000 record of 261 entries) in 16 classes. They were divided into four distinct levels of intensity: hardcore racers and racer/cruisers were on the varsity track, while cruisers and bareboats were on the other. The regatta, headquartered at Nelson’s Dockyard in historic English Harbor, consisted of three buoy races and two destination' races (to Dickenson Bay and Jolly Harbor). Most participants approached the regatta pretty casually, with the races serving as diversions between the nightly parties.

The Big Boats "Given our rating, we don't real¬ istically have a chance (to win)," Baker told our 20+ person crew as Magnitude motored out to the first race. "But we re here in Antigua, and it's beautiful and sunny. . . Let’s just keep it safe and have as much fun as possible!" The Caribbean Sailing Association's measurement rule punishes over¬ canvassed ULDBs like Magnitude, and we struggled to a 3,7,7,8,8 record for an Page 168. UteUM.19 • June, 2001

ultimate mid-fleet finish. But other than some rain showers the first day, it was glorious sailing — and per Baker's instructions, we kept the 'fun-meter' redlined all week. With a 9 or 10 a.m. start every morning, and just 20 to 25mile courses, we were generally back at the dock by 1 p.m. That left plenty of time to explore Antigua's 365 beaches,

hang out at our favorite local bar. The Mad Mongoose, or just kick back at the posh St. James's Club, our headquarters for the week. If nothing else, we had front row seats to watch the battle for class (and overall racing division) honors between the two IMS-oriented maxis, the 1995 R/P 79 Morning Glory, owned and driven by

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Mind if we play through? The 147-ft 'Mari-Cha III' (left) steams past 'Magnitude' (foreground) and 'Rima'. Inset, sunset at Shirley Heights. occasional Bay Area resident Hasso Plattner, and Jim Dolan's Langan 78 Sagamore. Both Morning Glory and Sagamore, which have never faced off before, were impeccably maintained and

sailed by fully-pro crews — and no one knew ahead of time which boat would be 'right' for the conditions. A third maxi, Larry Ellison's three-time ASW champion ('97, '98, ’00) Farr 80 Sayonara, elected not to come — but they definitely would have been in the hunt. Sagamore, which won ASW overall in '99 in her racing debut, came armed with

a new stiffer mast (which allowed her to carry huge masthead kites) and was sailing at the upper limit of the maxi class rating. As expected, she was the faster of the two downwind. Plattner's boat also was recently remodeled — in fact, she's been out of commission for a year while her delaminated outer skin was completely removed and replaced. The June, 2001 • UtUwUl? • Page 169

ANTIGUA SAILING WEEK boat — now white instead of dark blue — was outfitted with a nejv regattaspecific 16-foot deep keel and big A-sails. Morning Glory was a rocketship upwind — and because the CSA rule doesn't measure stability and doesn't adequately assess draft, they also were owed time by Sagamore. Ultimately, Morning Glory — which has had its ups (Sydney/Hobart record in '96, Fastnet and Rolex Maxi Worlds wins in '97) and downs (three dismastings in five months in 1996) — proved the faster boat, dominating Sagamore upwind and holding them off downwind. With the wind generally skewed to the right of the courses, much of the racing involved near-fetches upwind, followed by downwindv,reaches instead of runs — drag racing stuff which didn't favor Sagamore. Plattner and his mostly Team New Zealand crew (in¬ cluding Dean Barker, Hamish Pepper, Tony Rae, Tom Schnackenberg, boat captain Alec Rhys, Bariy McKay, and Jens Christensen) made it look easy, posting a 1,2,1,1,1 record. Their only loss to Sagamore came in the Olympic Triangle race, when they blew out a jib and lost the use of their hydraulic vang. Sagamore also blew out a jib that day (Dolan sent his private jet to New York for another one), but recovered to win their only race. At the end of the week, the MG crew took home a Rolex watch and a bundle of other trophies — first in the Big Racing Class, the prestigious Lord Nelson Trophy for first overall in the Racing Classes, best performing German yacht, and fastest elapsed time in fleet in three races. "Hasso had a big grin on his face all week," claimed Robert Flowerman, the 'token American' on Morning Glory. "He's one owner who really loves to sail and, of course, he enjoyed winning — heck.

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Hasso Planner's gorgeous R/P 79 ‘Morning Glory' was this year's big winner. The breathtaking Briand-designed 147-ft ketch Mori-Challl, still the largest ’real' racing yacht in the world, routinely finished the races in the top three boatfor-boat. Kiwi helmsman Mike 'Moose’ Sanderson, on leave from Oracle Racing, did a nice job of safely weaving the monster — 29 feet wide! 287,000 pounds! 159 and 122-foot masts!— through traffic at the starts and one particularly petrifying weather mark rounding during race four. The elegant R/P 90 Leopard of London, under charter to San Diego racer Fred Howe and his

ASW founding father Jol Barley and wife Jill; the nightly raft-up at 'Dolan's Island' (three sailboats; four tenders); Magnitude' owner Doug Baker

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Kaizen/Warpath gang (including Bay Area sailor Jon Stewart), was generally the next boat to finish, followed by Magnitude.

All three big boats sank down the standings when the ratings were applied, while a pair of well-sailed Swans — Defiance and the newer Sotto Voce — generally corrected out behind the two maxis. Defiance, a Dutch Swan 68, ended up third overall, with Dee Smith driving. Other Californians among her crew included two more Oracle Racing team members, John Sweeney and 'Big Mike’ Howard, and David Anthes, who broke a finger midweek. ("Some people will do anything to get to the back of the

boat!" claimed Dee.) The Farr 60 Rima, under charter to Atlanta developer (and owner of the 159-ft Georgia) John Williams, ended up fifth. They might have finished higher, but took a costly DNF in the second race when they split their mainsail on the masthead of a smaller boat at a windward mark rounding. The regatta ended just in time for Magnitude, which was suffering from a tired 3DL mainsail, a suspect saildrive, and other problems associated with a long hard campaign. "Foam the runway, we're coming in!" joked tactician Keith Kilpatrick, an allusion that suddenly took on new meaning when we had to sail into our berth after losing a propeller blade the last day. For Doug Baker and the Magnitude crew, it was a bittersweet moment — not just the end of the regatta, but the end of their almost oneyear 'endless summer' tour of the Mid¬ west, Florida and the Bahamas, and the Caribbean. It also may well have been the last race for the Magnitude program, as Baker has put the boat on the market. Look for a 'debriefing' with Doug in the next issue.

Charterboats At the other end of the spectrum — notice how we conveniently skipped everything in between? — were the 'rentals'. At least three charterboats had Bay Area connections, and there could well have been others. Mary Coleman, owner of the Farr 40 Astra, chartered one of three Trinidad-based Henderson 30s from Merriweather Racing and sailed in the Sportboat class, which was dominated as usual by local Melges 24s. Unfortunately, Coleman was still recovering from being knocked overboard

during an early April Bay race and was unable to sail most of the week, instead relaxing on their catamaran mothership. Her crew finished sixth in class, with the other Hendersons in fifth and seventh. "You can't jump on one of these boats for the first time one day before the racing starts and expect to win the next day," figured David Smith (Zio). "But we had a wonderful time!" Team Expeditious, funded and led by Express 37 owner Bartz Schneider, was back for a fifth time and finally won their class at ASW. Sailing Marauder III, a French-built Centurion 48 chartered from Sun Yachts, Bartz and his band of merry men (tactician Chris Hackett, Doug Lee, John Arisman, Jay Early, Paul Craig, Steve Carroll and John Prato) put together a flawless 1,1,1,1,1 performance in dominating the 13-boat Bareboat I class, which included five other sisterships. In the bigger picture. Marauder ended up third overall out of the 140 boats in the six Bareboat classes. "We've finished 13,5,2,2 in our previous four Sailing Weeks," said Bartz. "We were leading going into the last day the last two times, but made some mistakes. This time, I thought I'd died and gone to heaven! We sailed like a team possessed, nailing every start at the favored port end and leading at every single mark! That way we avoided all the carnage, and only had to deal with the misguided aggressions of the smaller bareboats as we played through." As usual, there was plenty of carnage (and at least one dismasting) in the bareboat classes, including an incident involving David James, a longtime Bay Area sailor (Leda) and ASW Team Expeditous veteran. This year, James chartered his own boat, a Beneteau 510 in Bareboat III, for ASW and a week of cruising beforehand. He then sold berths

Wednesday's iayday party at Antigua YC was actually fairly subdued this year; the Great Lakes-based SC 70 'Equation' (ex-'Orient Express').

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ANTIGUA SAILING WEEK to a coed group of friends from the London School of Economics, only half of whom knew how to sail. Showing true entre¬ preneurial spirit, James overbooked 12 crew on a boat that only had half as' many berths, apparently causing quite a few "close friendships" to form during the two-week adventure. Of course, some other friend¬ ships suffered — and at least one (former) girlfriend unceremoniously departed Antigua before the racing even began. James was enjoying the chaos he created until the second race, when a French boat ploughed into hisboat's starboard stern quarter after a leeward mark rounding. The French boat lost its headstay (though not its mast), and was knocked out of commission for the week. Because there was damage to each boat, both parties protested, and naturally their versions of the incident (and their diagrams) were quite different. In the absence of witnesses, the jury

Ooops! The Dutch Swan 68 'Defiance'shreds a half ounce kite shortly after hoisting it.

.s quickly as the Sailing Week scene came together, it vanished as the racers — most with brains fermented by too much sun and partying — headed for the airport and home. By midweek, the fleet had scattered toward various comers of the world, leaving English and Falmouth Harbors relative ghost towns again. The illusive center of the sailing

early '60s, when Jol Byerley, Desmond Nich¬ olson and a few other local yachties dreamed up the series over rum drinks on the Officers' Quarters balcony in the then-sleepy Nelsons Dockyard. These days, it's become one of the biggest sailing events in the world, now supported by a full-time ASW office with a year-round paid manager. Plans are already under¬ way for next year's 35th Antigua Sailing Week, scheduled for April 28 through May 4. For full results of this year’s ASW, check out www.sailingweek.com. For —-— — ^ some really cool sailing photos — 2,478 of them, to be exact — go to Tim Wright's website, www.photoaction.com. But words and even pictures seem woefully inadequate in capturing the spirit and intensity of Antigua Sailing Week — more than most sailing events, this one really needs to be experienced firsthand.

— latitude/ rkm RACING CLASSES RFRtll TRRACING I — 1) Morning Glory, R/P 79, GER, 6 points; 2) Sagamore, Langan IMS Maxi 78, USA^ 10; 3) Defiance, Swan 68, Cayman Islands, 18; 4) Sotto Voce, Swan 60, NED, 24; 5) Rima, Farr 60, USA, 31; 6) (tie) Magnitude, Andrews 70+, USA, and Equation, SC 70, USA, 33; 8) Leopard of London, R/P 90, GBR, 35; 9) Mari-Cha III, Briand Custom 147, GBR, 42; 10) Red Max, Simonis 63, unknown, 48; 11) Kokomo, Dubois 136, unknown, 53. (11 boats) RACING II — 1) Lolita, Swan 56, USA, 9 points; 2) Noonmark VI, Swan 56, GBR, 12; 3) (tie) Caccia Alla Volpe, Valicelli 44, ITA, and Vellamo 2, Swan 56, USA, 22; 5) Hasta Siempre, Farr 49, CHI, 26. (12 boats)

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RACER/CRUISER I — 1) Encore, S&S 72, USA, 5 points; 2) Chippewa, Swan 68, USA, 10; 3) Blue Tornado, Swan 68, GBR, 15. (10 boats)

Fifth time's a charm — Bartz Schneider (lower right) and the 'Marauder's crushed Bareboat I and were third overall in the 140-boat division. inspected the damage and James's side of the story — that he had completed his tack — fortunately prevailed. The French skipper mysteriously dredged up a witness two days later who was willing to testify that James hadn’t finished his tack, but it was a moot point as the 24hour statute on reopening a hearing had already passed.

RACING III — 1) Lost Horizon II, Ols. 30, ANT 9 points; 2) RFO-Santa Fe, JOD 35, unknown, 16; 3) Dracius Bateaux, Sprint 28, FRA, 19. (12 boats) SPORT BOAT — 1)2 Contact Carib, Melges 24, USA, 6 points; 2) Slam, Melges 24, USA, 11; 3) Credit Moderne, B-28, FRA, 16. (9 boats)

Best regatta T-shirt. Another favorite was, "Our drinking team has a sailing problem." universe' now gravitates north to New¬ port and Block Island for a few weeks in June, with the America’s Cup Jubilee in England this August looming as the most epic gathering ever of big boats and beautiful people. Antigua Sailing Week has come a long way since its humble beginnings in the

RACER/CRUISER II — 1) Timbalero 2, Beneteau 53, PUR, 5 points; 2) Near Miss 3, X-452, GBR, 11; 3) Silverstream, Mustique 43, RSA, 24. (14 boats) RACER/CRUISER III— 1) Tango Mike, Dehler 34, unknown, 9 points; 2) Polyphagus, Sigma 38, GBR, 10 points; 3) Domre, Beneteau First 42s7 unknown, 17. (17 boats) RACER/CRUISER (non-spinnaker) — 1)

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JL \ o sandwich order for anyone named Max,” said the cashier, shaking her head, after checking for a second time. “Are you sure you ordered them from here?” Of course I had ordered from there. And I informed the cashier that I had been ordering sandwiches from there almost every weekend for years. “I’ll check again with the deli section,” she assured me. One of the rituals of owning a racing yacht is preparing lunch for your crew. This used to involve a late-night sandwich production-line before every race. But no more: Ever since this wonderful deli ap¬ peared right at the marina entrance, I’ve been able to leave it to the professionals. Each person in my crew gets their favor¬ ite sandwich built to their custom specs. And, if I phone in the order when I leave the house, then it’s ready when I stop in to pick it up on the way to the boat. The crew loves it and it saves an enormous amount of time. Except when they get it wrong, that is. They couldn’t find my order anywhere. “Uh, what’s that other bag back there?” I asked, peering over the counter to the shelf where my order is usually waiting for me. “It looks about the right size for eight sandwiches.” “Oh no, that’s got someone else’s name on it,” said the cashier. “A woman came in about five minutes ago and picked up an order for eight sand¬ wiches,” said the person behind the deli counter. “She didn’t give her name, though. I didn't think there’d be two or¬ ders for eight sandwiches being picked up at the same time." “Not again!” 1 moaned. “You gave my crew lunches to the wrong boat! This is the second time in five years you've swapped our orders!” “Well, you can buy hers if you want. And only twice in five years isn’t that bad, is it?” “Okay," I sighed. “Let’s see what’s in there...” The two cafe workers looked at the sales slip: “Seafood salad on Kaiser roll, chicken breast on soft baguette, pastrami on rye no mayo, bacon lettuce and avo¬ cado with extra sprouts, sauteed scallops on toasted wheat..." “No, no, no, that’s not anything like what my crew usually wants for lunch. I’ll have to order again. But try to hurry please.” So I rattled off the lunch orders for my crew as best as I could remember them without my rolodex. Mostly turkey or roast beef on French roll, with a few “no mayo” versions, and a couple of tuna salads.

Before I was done, another racing skip¬ per came in to pick up provisions for his crew. “Morning, Max,” he said cheerfully ah he started stacking the cellophanewrapped plastic take-out trays into his canvas ice bag. ‘This place is quite the crossroads on race days, isn’t it?” I couldn’t help noticing what was go¬ ing into that bag: smoked sturgeon, duck liver pate, Dungeness crab salad— even a box of chocolate-dipped macaroons. “Expecting a visit from European roy¬ alty?” I joked. “I’m ready for it if they show up,” he admitted. “But you'll notice I haven’t had much trouble finding crew lately. Word gets around fast which boats feed well...” “You racers,” laughed another sailor who had been sipping his morning latte at the deli counter. “I only need lunch for two for my day of sailing.” “Hey, this is nothing compared to my sail budget,” said the gourmet racer. “But you know, I've learned that for getting the boat around the course fast, a dollar spent on crew lunch is about three times as ef¬ fective as a dollar spent on new sails.” “Only, don’t skimp on those sails” said another sailor waiting in the check-out line behind me. I recognized him as the tactician for one of my competitors. He was standing with one of my crew for the day, and they were both holding poppy seed muffins along with their caffeinated breakfast drinks of choice. “There are three things that keep a crew coming back: really good food, new sails to trim, and a skipper who can get good starts.” “Anyone can buy two out of three,” I remarked. “Is that enough? “Almost,” said the racing skipper.

“Actually," said the cruiser, “I confess I’ve been doing some of the beer can races lately, and I have my pick of good race crew without the fancy sails or the expen¬ sive eats. And I get lousy starts, too.” “How do you do that?” asked the tacti¬ cian. “Especially with that big bleachbottle of a cruiser of yours?” “I just dropped a few hints about en¬ tering the race to Hawaii next summer. They swarm to my boat like flies to a dead snake on a hot country road.” “You know, downwind, your boat wouldn’t be such a bad ride,” said the tactician. “And the rating gives that kind of boat a fare shake. All it would take would be a few new spinnakers. Still got any spots open?” “See?” he smiled. “You can hop on next Friday night. Bring your own snacks.” “Aloha!” came a woman’s voice from even further back in the store. It was Lee Helm, waiting for her morning carrot juice, as I found out later. “Did I hear someone say Hawaii?” “I asked first,” said the tactician. “Big Boat Series is on our program for this year,” said the racing skipper. “Maybe not as big a deal as a TransPac, but still a good crew incentive.” “Kewel,” said Lee. “And like, we finally get to race under a real rating rule this year.” “You mean they’re not using their inhouse version of PHRF again?” I asked. “No, not this year.” “I always wondered,” said the tactician, “what it really means to win a PHRF race when every boat in the class is a custom design.” _ “Like kissing your sister?" suggested The Big Boat Series will be raced under a 'real' rating rule this year. Will it stick?

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the owner of the cruising boat. “Urn, have you seen his sister?” said my crew. “Okay, more like kissing your great auntie.” “But don’t you think,” asked my crew, “that the normal racing time differences are much bigger than the rating errors? For example, look at the spread in onedesign class finishes.” “For beer can races, the rating inaccu¬ racies definitely get lost in the noise," ex¬ plained the tactician. “Even for typical YRA-type racing. But at the top level, the boats are being sailed well enough so that they end up very close. And the boats are mostly one-offs, so the rating inaccura¬ cies are likely to be bigger. Sure, when you get down to the cheap seats in any class the spread will be big. But look at

combined them. Now everyone will be equally confused all the time. But still not as badly as with the old system. And ac¬ tually it really is a relatively simple way j of expressing light air or heavy air bias without making the racers work too many I numbers. Here’s the basic formula: Corm rected time equals ’A’ times elapsed time minus ’B’ times distance.” “So to figure your corrected time at any mark during a race,” said my crew, “it’s not enough to know the distance sailed or the time since the start; now you have to know both, and whip out your palm pilot to see if the boat right behind you is actually winning.” “Yes, but like, at least the formula is simple. Here are some examples that the US Sailing Offshore Office has up on their Americap website:” See took a folded piece of paper from her backpack and handed it to me. 66

the time margins between first, second, and third, convert to seconds per mile, and in too many cases the corrected time order is an artifact of the Rating Committee’s best guess.” “But like, that’s all history now, with Americap,” said Lee. Boats are still going to win because they sail above their ratings,” the tacti¬ cian pointed out. “For sure. But at least it will be a re¬ sult of the designer’s skill, and the owner's ability to put together a fast program — not the dartboard in the YRA office.”

ell me more about this Americap 1 e thing,” I asked. “Isn’t it just warmed-over IMJ>?'And isn’t IMS dead and buried?" “IMS was always a good performance predictor,” explained Lee. “But the admin¬ istration of it was totally brain dead. Americap fixes some of,the worst prob¬ lems. Although, like, when I first heard about it I wasn’t expecting much because of the dorky name. I mean, like, ‘Americap’ sounds like a beverage bottling company, or maybe a temp service for airport baggage-handlers. They should have just called it ’IMS-2000’ or something equally simple and descriptive. But like, US Sail¬ ing hasn’t exactly been writing the book about good public relations these days.” “So what did they change to fix IMS?” I asked. ‘They recognized that the rating ma¬ trix system was way too complicated. But they also see that the time-on-distance people and the time-on-tlme people will never be on the same reality plane, so they

'olumn B is the time-on-distance term,” she explained. “As long as A is equal to one, then B is essentially a PHRF number, except that the zero reference point is different. Column A is the timeon-time factor, but it’s really a measure of a boat’s light air or heavy air bias. When A is less than one it means the boat is slow in light air. More than one means slow in heavy air. But if you plot A and B for boats one, three and five — the three boats that have the same elapsed times and the same corrected times in the hy¬ pothetical race scored in the table — you find that it's like, a straight line.” “What’s the significance of that?” ,“It makes it easy to compare boats on a single-number basis for average wind speed. Even though, like, they say not to. All you have to do is take the difference between the A coefficient and one, multi¬ ply by 665.5, and add to column B. In practice I have a feeling this single-num¬ ber seconds-per-mile conversion is the number that a lot of crew will be using to estimate their position while on the race course, even though the people in the back of the bus will get a better number from their calculators by using both fac¬ tors.” 66

'kay, that doesn’t sound too dif¬ ficult to work with,” said my crew. “Is it the same as IMS under the hood?” “Yup,” said the tactician. “Still has some of the same problems, too. It en¬ courages ridiculously deep draft, which is really nutso for the sport when you think of how many harbors in the U.S. can’t have modem race boats because of June, 2001 ®

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the draft problem. But that will probably be fixed in a year or two. It also doesn't handle fractional rigs with masthead chutes correctly. That's also on the list of things to fife.” ‘There’s a real possibility,” predicted the racing skipper, “that Americap could evolve into a really useful measurement rule. It’s got all the infrastructure in place to be a lot like the European IRC-2000 that replaced the Channel Handicap Sys¬ tem, or even to be like the very success¬ ful Caribbean Sailing Association mea¬ surement rule they use for the big regat¬ tas down there. The key, I think, is to make the sistership or stock boat ratings veiy easy to get. If it were up to fne, USS would even sponsor some new hull rat¬ ings for popular racer-cruiser classes, to expand the number of boats that can opt into the inexpensive stock rating. They’d probably come out ahead financially, and it would broaden the user base a lot. “You sound as if you think this might actually catch on,” I remarked. “1 think it might,” he said. “Depends,” said Lee. "Sure, they’ve succeeded in throwing out the worst ele¬ ments of IMS. I mean, like, there’s none of that idiotic hindcasting of actual wind conditions experienced during the race. That was never feasible, and was just ask¬ ing for prejudicial treatment at eveiy turn. And made it impossible to figure out who won ‘til long after the fact. Also, they’re finally allowing designer’s lines to be used as inputs. This is a huge positive change. Right from the beginning of IMS, the designer’s lines were always more accu¬ rate than what the measuring machine could measure. So now you can use designer's lines, and just spot-check. Still a little glitch with defining reference points on the hull for freeboard measurements, which are used to calculate actual dis¬ placement, but that bug will probably be worked out soon. And of course they’re still doing some things that are, like, to¬ tally brain dead.” “Like?” “Like keeping the formula a secret. I mean, get real. All the designers have a really good idea what the rule says. It’s not hard to reverse engineer this stuff. Only the owners are kept in the dark, so it’s impossible to run ’what-ifs’ to figure out what the effects of a change would be, pr if it’s even worth getting rated in the first place.” “You don’t think keeping the rule a secret prevents a certain amount of gam¬ ing the rule?” I asked. Page 176 •

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“No way,” said Lee. “There’s a much better strategy to prevent designers from designing to a rule, but the designers and builders would never stand for it.” “What’s that?” “It’s like, simplicity itself. You just don’t rate any new boats. For example, only boats that were launched three years be¬ fore the latest revision of the rule would be rated. If the rule is revised every year, then some boats might have to wait four years before they could race.” That would kill off the top end of the sport instantly,” said the racing skipper. “No wait, think this through,” said the tactician. The high rollers would have to have a good development class to play in, something that was clearly type-forming, but hopefully forming a reasonable type. Maybe something like IRM-2000, or some version of one of the various ’box’ rules in the appropriate size range. Or they could always get a big one-design. By the time a boat became eligible for this generalpurpose measurement rule, it would, if the scheme worked, have enough of a track record so that the rule designers could throw in the correction factors to deal with whatever new shapes were be¬ ing sailed.” “It’s great for the existing 99% of the fleet,” said the racing skipper, “but no good at all for designers.” “Well, ya gotta think of who the rule is really trying to serve,” said the cruiser. “One thing that irks me about Americap," said the tactician, “is that the website lists the 700 boats that already have ratings on file, but they don’t list the friggin’ ratings along with them. What are they so afraid of?” “All your ratings belong to us,” said my crew. “That’s always a problem when you have national control,” Lee added. “All the really successful handicap methods evolved from local fleets that had local administrative control. And like, that’s what scares me the most about Americap. As soon as it starts to build momentum they’re going to screw it up in the national office. If they would put the algorithms and the database in the public domain, and let the regional YRAs have at it, then we’d see an instant revolution. But noooo...” “Yeah, they've done some real bonehead things in the higher echelons of the yachting bureaucracy this last year,” said the cruiser. “Been reading Scuttlebutt?” “For sure,” agreed Lee. “It’s the best forum around for the continuing debate.

Or at least it was. I mean, now that it’s gone to the ‘happy news’ format with no ‘negativity’ allowed, I’m afraid us nattering nabobs won’t be able to get a word in, like, edgewise.”

last, my sandwiches were ready. So was Lee’s carrot juice. I added some muffins and trail mix to the bag, and, in view of our earlier discussion, an extra couple of bags of the high-priced cookies. “This place has simplified the logistics of race prep enormously,” I noted to Lee. “And to think that I used to be up late making sandwiches.” “Well, you might have to do that again,” said the cashier as she rang up the order. “When this waterfront turns into a state park, we could be history.” “No!” I protested. “This is the best wa¬ terfront business on this side of the Bay!” “Trouble is,” said Lee, “It never ap¬ peared on anyone’s plan. This whole busi¬ ness evolved from like, not much more than a push-cart, driven by local market forces and the entrepreneurial skill of the owners. So planners can’t stand it be¬ cause it wasn’t drawn on the site plan by some high-priced planning consultant. But like, fact is, most of the great water¬ fronts of the world evolved according to market forces, and very few were speci¬ fied top-down by some government entity or planning authority.” “I couldn’t have said it better,” said the cashier. Sign this petition if you want us to stay right where we are, without hav¬ ing to rebuild to conform to some state standards about commercial concessions in parks.” Lee and I both signed, and we passed the clipboard to all the other sailors wait¬ ing in line. Lee paid for her carrot juice. “I’ll meet you at the boat in a few minutes,” she said to the other racing skipper, the one who had the pate and truffles. “But Lee, when I called, you said you weren't available to crew this weekend. Something about having to work on your dissertation.” “For sure, Max. I did say that when you called. But like, that was before I found out about the Dungeness crab..."

— max ebb For more information on Americap, log onto the US Sailing Offshore Office at http: / / www.ussailing.org / offshore/ Americap/. Find Tom Leweck’s Scuttlebutt at http://www.byc.com/scuttlebutt/.

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THE RACING

With reports this month on a pleasant Ensenada Race; Peter Holmberg makes it a hat-trick at the Congressional Cup; San Diego YC's Leukemia/Yachting Cups; a small Wells Fargo Spring Cup at Pier 39; the Rolex Cup Regatta in sunny St Thomas, USVI; and the usual abundance of box scores and race notes at the end.

Ensenada Race The 54th annual Newport to Ensenada Race began at noon on Friday, April 27. By all accounts, it was one of the better ’Enchilada Races' in recent memory. Though no records were broken,‘steady winds propelled the 436-boat fleet off the starting line and through the night, al¬ lowing most of the fleet — 390 boats — to finish the 125-mile downwind sprint be¬ fore the Sunday noon cutoff. Roy Disney's globetrotting R/P 73 Pyewacket was first to finish, completing the course at about 4 a.m. on Saturday, well off their own course record of 11 hours, 51 minutes, set in 1998 with the previous boat. Bob McNulty's gorgeous new R/P 75 Chance, sailing in her debut. came in about an hour later. "Don't read too much into that," cautioned Pyewacket tactician Robbie Haines. 'We were fully turbo'ed, while Chance was in her TransPac configuration." Finishing third was John McLaurin's streaking Davidson

'Stark Raving Mad' men — Crew boss Jeff Brown (left) and owner Jim Madden won the Ensenada Race overall with their J/160. 52 Pendragon IV, which corrected out first in the highly competitive ULDB-A class. Jim Madden's J/160 Stark Raving Mad won PHRF-A line and corrected honors, as well as overall honors in fleet. With Pagel78» LxfcWe?? • June, 2001

input from Keith Lorence, Jeff Brown and Sam Heck, Madden steered SRM 13-14 miles outside the Coronados and found winds in the 15-18 knot range all night. "Out was definitely favored this year," claimed Brown. "We stayed outside our fleet the whole time, and even did an endaround' on some bigger boats at the fin¬ ish by staying to the right." Other notable winners included Day Tripper, Andy Homing's Cal 29, which won the inaugural doublehanded class. Seal Beach YC won a trophy for most en¬ tries, while Dana Point YC was honored as the club taking home the most tro¬ phies. For complete results, check out www.nosa.org. ULDB 70 — 1) Mongoose, SC 70, Bob Saielli. (3 boats) ULDB-A— 1) Pendragon IV, Davidson 52, John MacLaurin; 2) Locomotion, Andrews 45, The Lincolns; 3) Falcon, Tripp 50, David Janes; 4) It's OKI, ID-48, Lew Beery/Andy Rose; 5) America's Challenge, Whitbread 60, Neil Barth. (16 boats) ULBD-B — 1) Cita, Schock 40, Cita Litt; 2) M-Project, Sprint 50, Manouch Moshayedi; 3) Lina, SC 50, Walter Pressel; 4) Quantum, And. 56, Udo Gietl; 5) Roller Coaster, SC 50, Jack Gordon. (18 boats) ULDB-C — 1) XS, Mull 30, Chuck Thawley; 2) Hobie Gillis, Hobie 33, Jim Johansen; 3) Prime Time, Olson 40, Sherlock/Bortr kowski. (13 boats) C/5 ULDB-D— 1 ) > cn UJ Cheap Sunglasses, Soverel I— 33, John Eldredge; 2) Flyer, / cc ID O unknown, Larry Duket; 3) O Hot Soup, Moore 24, Paul Martson. (9 boats) J/120 — 1) Doctor No, Jed Olenick; 2) Hot Ta¬ male, The Jorgensens; 3) Jim, Dave Nolan. (12 boats) PHRF-A — 1) Stark Raving Mad, J/160, Jim Madden; 2) Plan B, Choate 48, David Johnson; 3) Checkmate, Custom 50, John Garrison; 4) Funatic, Choate 48, Rod Abbott; 5) Bravura, Farr 44, Ernie Pennell. (15 boats)

PHRF-B — 1) Windswept, Swan 57, Max Phelps; 2) Scavenger, R/P 42, Bill Taylore; 3) Apollo V, Sip 42, Ned Knight; 4) Starfire, Peterson 49, Chris Guild; 5) Roller, Andrews 42, Mike Hatcher. (24 boats) PHRF-C — 1) Doubletime, Andrews 38, Alan Andrews; 2) Reflex, Schock 35, Richard O'Brien; 3) Whiplash, Schock 35, Turpin/Godwin; 4) Mischief, Schock 35, Carolyn Hardy; 5) Water Mocassin, Schock 35, Nick Scandone. (21 boats) PHRF-D — 1) Freebird, NY 40, Mike Mellin; 2) Cha-Cha-Cha, C&C 40, Larry Walter; 3) Passage, C&C 36, Mr. Becker. (10 boats) PHRF-E — 1) Cool Man Cool!, C&C 38, Harrell Jones; 2) Sirena, Card. 46, Ed Quesada; 3) We Killed Kenny, CF 37, Craig Peck; 4) Blue Moon, NY 36, Ian Goltz. (17 boats) PHRF-F — 1) La Diana, Contessa 35, Fred Huffman; 2) Ploneiro, Pearson 530, William Byrne; 3) Gauntlet, Ericson 39, George Doran. (11 boats) PHRF-G — 1) Llckity Split, Catalina 38, Joe Degenhardt; 2) Hassle, Catalina 38, Taylor/Shoe-

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GCRUZ-C — 1) Galatea, Catalina 32, Robert Rice; 2) White Cat il, Catalina 30, Peter Lawson; 3) Fly Girl, Ericson 35, Tom Leighton. (17 boats) NCRUZ-A (non¬ spinnaker) — 1) Fanfare, Cheoy Lee 40, Edward Grimes; 2) Odie, Peterson 30, Robert Lewis; 3) LucyKate, Hunter 376, Gail Moorehead. (26 boats) NCRUZ-B — 1) Sloop Du Jour, Catalina 30, Marcia Ellis; 2) Fair Havens, Newport 28, Dave Griffin. (6 boats)

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Congressional Cup pre-start action often in¬ volved sailing into the spectator fleet. Inset, win¬ ner Peter Holmberg (bottom right) and crew. maker; 3) Foggy Notion, Catalina 38, Tom Kennedy; 4) Showdown, Capo 30, Meade/Luna. (18 boats) PfcHRF-H — 1) Fat Chance, Chance 33, Brown/ Washburn; 2) Hot Rum, CF33, Pacheco/Castillon; 3) Pussycat, Peterson 34, John Szalay; 4) Persnick¬ ety, Schock 34, Paul Ayer. (20 boats) PHRF-I — 1) Windfall, Cal 33, Richard Mainland; 2) Whisper, S2 9.1, Al Berg; 3) Cross Fire, Cal 36, Fritz Dawson. (13 boats) PHRF-J — 1) Bolero, Ranger 33, Roy Mumma; 2) Endless Summer, Ranger 33, David McMillin; 3) Everfit, Catalina 36, Steve Jackson. (10 boats) PHRF-K — 1) Day Tripper, Cal 29, Andy Homing; 2) Vignette II, 39-ft. cutter, Walter Russakoff; 3) Seadragon, Cal 34, Steve Falberg; 4) Phantom, CF27, Larry Schmitz; 5) Mariah, O'Day 34, The Brinkers. (21 boats) PHRF-L — 1) Encore, Catalina 27, Richard Holmes; 2) Valkyrie, Cal 25, Don Albrecht; 3) Satori,

Catalina 27, John Dean. (11 boats) ORCA (multihull) — 1) Third Wish, F-31, Michael Maurer; 2) Mental Floss, F-31, Jeffrey Cohen; 3) Tigershark, 'Home 30', Steve Turansky; 4) Trick, unknown, Patricia Hodgson; 5) Grey Mare, F-31, Joseph LaPlant. (21 boats) ANCIENT MARINERS — 1) Samarang, 53-ft schooner, Ernie Minney; 2) South Pacific, 37-ftyawl, Michael Warns. (6 boats) SCRUZ-A (spinnaker) — 1) Adriana, Swan 44, Myron Lyon; 2) Green Dragon, Catalina 380, Gary Green; 3) Willow Wind, Cal 40, Wendy Siegal. (24 boats) SCRUZ-B— 1) Liberty, Hunter 35, Paul Kuslits; 2) Gulliver, Cal 46, Robert Gustke; 3) Cherokee Woman, Catalina 36, Lloyd Clauss. (20 boats) GCRUZ-A (gennaker) — 1) Intuition, O'Day 40, Jim Ziemantz; 2) Firelight, Catalina 470, Patrick Mickle; 3) Enchanted Lady, Rob-55k, Andy Sibert. (23 boats) GCRUZ-B — 1) Wind Ketcher, unknown, Walter Gay; 2) Pisces, Catalina 470, Chad Ellard; 3) Tro¬ jan Conquest, Ericson 38, Alan Cheeks. (15 boats)

"The first one's sweet, but this was harder," claimed U.S. Virgin Islander Pe¬ ter Holmberg, who won the 37th Congres¬ sional Cup 2-1 over French sailor Bertrand Pace in the finals. It was Holmberg's third Crimson Blazer in four years — no easy accomplishment against another outstanding held of internallyranked match racers. Holmberg, age 40, was representing Oracle Racing, while Pace, 38, and his crew of Kiwis were sail¬ ing for Team New Zealand. Hopefully, the match-up — and the outcome — is a pre¬ view of things to come! The Congo Cup was contested on April 25-29 in Long Beach Harbor in host LBYC's fleet of Catalina 37s, the "SUVs of the match racing world," according to yachting scribe Rich Roberts. The final match-up was as exciting as it gets, with Holmberg losing the first match to Pace hy two seconds, then rallying back to win the second heat by eight seconds. The winner-take-all finale saw the two competitors throw everything but the kitchen sink at each other, with Pace eventually penalized for tapping Holmberg's stem in the pre-start circling frenzy. Holmberg took the start, leaving Pace no opportunity to do his 270° pen¬ alty turn and stay in the race. Pace then drew another penalty in the last 100 yards of the race as he desperately tried to force Holmberg into committing an offsetting foul. ,, Holmberg credited his crew, especially tactician John Cutler, with the victory. "If you have confidence in your tactician, you cam concentrate fully on driving," he com¬ mented. Also sailing with Holmberg — who lately appears to be the leading can¬ didate to steer Oracle Racing — were Oracle teammates John Ziskind, Cameron Dunn, Matt Smith and Brad Webb. The group took home $6,000 of the $25,000 purse — not bad for a quick busman's June.2001 • ltfcUM.38 • Page 179

holiday away from their Ventura boot camp. Kenny Read and his Team Dennis Conner crew (tactician Terry Hutchinson, Jerry Kirby, Chuck Brown, Morgan Trubovich and Moose McClintock) took third after beating four-time Congo Cup winner Rod Davis 2-1. For full coverage, including mark rounding deltas, photos and crew lists, see www.lbyc.org. Page 180 •

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FINALS — 1) Peter Holmberg, St. Thomas YC/ Oracle Racing, 2) Bertrand Pace, Royal New Zealand YS /Team New Zealand', 3) Ken Read, New York YC/ Team DC, 4) Rod Davis, Long Beach YC/Prada; 5) Morgan Larson, Seattle YC/OneWorld; 6) James Spithill, Seattle YC/OneWorld, 7) Luc Pillot, APCC Loire Atlantique/Le Deft, 8) Andy Green, RORC/GBR Challenge; 9) Jesper Radich, Royal Danish YC; 10) Sebastien Destremau, Fremantle SC. (10 teams) ROUND ROBIN — 1) Holmberg, 13-5; 2) tie be¬ tween Pace and Read, 12-6; 4) Davis, 11-7; 5) Larson, 10-8; 6) tie between Green and Pillot, 8-10;

8) Spithill, 7-11; 9) Radich, 5-13; 10) Destremau, 315.

Leukemia/Yachting Cup Bay Area boats acquitted themselves well at San Diego YC’s Yachting Cup, held in standard San Diego conditions (light to moderate wind, sunny and kelpy) on May 5-6. This regatta, which began life in 1971 as the Ton Cup (with five IOR classes ranging from quarter to two-tonners), tra-

Antigua Sailing Week memories, clockwise from upper left — The mighty 'Mari Cha III'; 'Leopard' charterer Fred Howe (center) with friend Bonnie and N/M designer Greg Stewart; the 159-foot Geor¬ gia', which boasts the tallest mast in the world; on board 'Magnitude'; inset, the Antiguan Stonehenge; the Farr 49 'Hasta Siempre' on the wind; the island was overrun with herds of scrawny goats; ‘Team Expeditious' buddies John, Doug and Chris; the Farr 60 'Rima'. All photos ‘latitude'/rob. ditionally occurs the weekend after the Ensenada Race and attracts some of the best boats in Southern California on their way home. The most competitive of the twelve classes at Yachting Cup was undoubtedly

the Farr 40s, sailing in the first of eight regattas on their 2001 West Coast sea¬ son schedule. The Farrs will duke it out three more times in SoCal — the Cal Cup on May 18-20, Cal Race Week on June 2-3, and North Sails Race Week on June

22-24 — before heading to San Francisco Bay in August for the second half of their championship series. Two of the eight Bay Area Farr 40s in attendance fared particulary well — Peter Stoneberg's Shadow put together a fine 4,2,1,7,3 record to win the event, followed six points back by David Thomson's tillerdriven Peregrine. "This was the best finish we've had yet in Farr 40 racing,” said Pe¬ ter. "We have a terrific crew and it all came June,2001 •

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together for us this weekend. We're off to a good start, but it's a long schedule!" Sha¬ dow 's crew at Yacht¬ ing Cup consisted of tactician Jeff Mad| rigali, Rick Brent, Don Teakel, Chris Perkins, Ernie Rodriguez, Gary Sadamori, Damon _ Harvey and Hogan Beatie. Dennis Conner also put in a notewor¬ thy performance, easily winning PHRF-1 with his new-to-him R/P 50 Stars & Stripes [ex-Morning Glory). DC pounded the fleet, which included Dale Williams' ILC 46 Wasabi and all four SoCal lD-48s, with 1,2,1,2,1 finishes. Only two boats had better records at Yachting Cup, both in slightly less competitive classes — Tom Carruthers' Incorrigible ’ripped' the J/105 class with straight bullets, while Rick Johnson's Melges 30 Muddy Waters put together four aces and a deuce to crush PHRF-3. The weekend began on a high note with the Leukemia Cup, an optional Friday af¬ ternoon feel-good race that is part of a nationwide series of regattas sponsored by Volvo Cars. Thirty-eight boats partici¬ pated, many of them raising their PHRF Page 182 •

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rating by one second a mile for each $ 100 raised for the local Leukemia Society. Port Huenme sailor Dale Frye and the crew of his DenCho 33 James Earl raised a whopping $9,600 (of the ap¬ proximate $49,000 total) for the charity, ensuring their overall victory. At the Leu¬ kemia Cup, unlike other sailing events, 'buying the regatta' is a good thing! See www.sdyc.org for full results.

VOLVO LEUKEMIA CUP (May 4: 1 race): CLASS 1 — 1) Pyewacket, R/P 75, Roy Disney; 2) Crocodile Rock, Farr 40, Scott Harris/Alex Geremia; 3) Tribe, 1D-48, Bob Sullivan; 4) Pegasus, Farr 40, Philippe Kahn; 5) Groovederci, Farr 40, Deneen Demourkas. (16 boats) CLASS II — 1) Impact, Andrews 43, Ron Melville; 2) KT's Choice, 1D-35, Bud Stratton; 3) Eclipse, CM 1200, Bill Bannasch. (12 boats) CLASS III — 1) James Earl, DenCho 33, Dale Fyre; 2) XS, Mull 30, John Thawley/Chuck Queen; 3) Javelin, J/105, Doug & Pam Werner. (10 boats) OVERALL — 1) James Earl; 2) Pyewacket; 3) Impact; 4) KT's Choice; 5) XS. (38 boats) TOP FUNDRAISERS (approximate) — 1) James Earl, $9,600; 2) Pyewacket, $9,100; 3) Crocodile Rock, $8,400; 4) High Five, $4,300; 5) Prisoner of Nemesis, $4,300; 6) Pegasus, $2,100; 7) SuperNat, $2,100; 8) Grooverderci, $1,600; 9) Javelin, $1,300; 10) Tripz, $1,100.

'Shadow' won her class at Yachting Cup, first of eight races on the West Coast Farr 40 schedule. Left, owner/driver Peter Stoneberg. YACHTING CUP (May 5-6: 5 races): FARR 40 — 1) Shadow, Peter Stoneberg/Jeff Madrigali, 17 points; 2) Peregrine, David Thomson/John Cutler, 23; 3) Crocodile Rock, Alex Geremia & Scott Harris/Robbie Haines, 24; 4) Endurance, Mike Condon/Kimo Worthington, 27; 5) Quintes¬ sence, Don Hughes/Dave Ullman, 27; 6) Samba Pa Ti, John Kilroy/Vince Brun, 29; 7) Gone too Farr, David Carrel/Jeff Thorpe, 29; 8) Pegasus, Philippe. Kahn/Jeff Reynolds/Mark Reynolds, 39; 9) Revolu¬ tion, Brack Duker/Peter Isler, 39; 10) Groovederci, Deneen & John Demourkas/Dee Smith, 47. (15 boats) ID-35— 1) Koinonia, Doug Ament/Steve Reed, 12 points; 2) Kill-A-Watt (ex-Tabasco), Dave Rillie/ Chris Busch, 13; 3) Tabasco, John & Stephanie Wylie/Rick Merriman, 14. (6 boats) J/120 — 1) CC Rider, Pyle/Nichols, 9 points; 2) Indigo, Scott Birnberg, 12;. 3) Jim, David Nolan, 22; 4) Doctor No, Jed Olenick, 26; 5) Junkyard Dog, Bixby/Orloff, 29. (14 boats) SCHOCK 35 — 1) Kathmandu, Kirschner/Harris, 14 points; 2) Hotspur, Brian Carnet, 20; 3) Pira¬ nha, David Voss, 23; 4) Whistler, Johnstone/Wainer, 25; 5) Super Gnat, Cliff Thompson, 31; 6) Wings, Dennis & Sharon Case, 33; 7) Mischief, Hardy/ Blackman, 40. (19 boats) J/105 — 1) Incorrigible, Rip Carruthers, 5 points; 2) No Compromise, Byrne/Merrell, 14; 3) Javelin, Doug & Pam Werner, 17. (10 boats) MELGES 24 — 1) #248, Maseda/Rajewski, 7 points; 2) Crossfire, Bruce Harris, 12. (5 boats) PHRF-1 — 1) Stars & Stripes, R/P 50, Dennis

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Conner, 7 points; 2) Tribe, ID-48, Bob Sullivan, 17; 3) Wasabi, Farr ILC 46, Dale Williams, 23; 4) De¬ bauchery, 1D-48, Doug Mongeon, 23; 5) Chayah, ID-48, Oscar Krinsky, 26. (12 boats) PHRF-2 — 1) Snoopy, J/125, Roberts/Bennett, 11 points; 2) Impact, Andrews 43, Melville/Kieding, 16; 3) Bravura, Farr 44, Ernie Pennell, 17. (8 boats) PHRF-3 — 1) Muddy Waters, Melges 30, Rick Johnson, 6 points; 2) Max Q, Melges 30, Dennis Grose, 16; 3) Tripz, Tripp 40, Brian & Suzanne Hull, 20; 4) B Nasty, B-32, Wilson/Sturm, 26. (13 boats) PHRF-4 — 1) Chimera, Baltic 38, O'Conor/ Hoenemeyer, 10 points; 2) French Bred, Beneteau First 42, Ron & Bev Coalson, 12; 3) Sorcerer, NY 36, Rosene/McKeever, 13. (8 boats) PHRF-5a — T) XS, Mull 30, John Thawley, 10 points; 2) Nitro, J/33, Colgan/Messenger, 12; 3) James Earl, DenCho 33, Dale Frye; 4) Joann, Santana 30, Steve Murphy, 18. (12 boats) PHRF-5b — 1) Blur, B-25, Aaron & Dixon Hall, 14 points;*2) Bligh's Spirit, Cal 36, Ludlow Butler, 18; 3) Blackadder, J/27, David Cattle, 21; 4) Whis¬ per, S2-9.1, Al Berg. (12 boats)

Wells Fargo Spring Cup Longtime Pier 39 Regatta participant Ben Wells put together his third straight (and fourth overall) winning effort on the weekend of May 5-6, dominating the Wells Fargo Spring Cup over a depleted sevenboat 11 :Metre field. With many class stal¬ warts away at Yachting Cup, Antigua Sail¬ ing Week, the Annapolis NOOD and so on, the turnout was less than the usual 1014 boats. An eighth boat — Howie

Schiebler's pro¬ gram, using Mike Ratiani's boat — literally fell apart before the regatta, breaking its mast and tweaking its keel when it fell off the hoist at Trea¬ sure Island. In the past. Wells, a Mill Valley environmental consultant, has won this regatta three times with sailmaker Seadon Wijsen. This time, he returned with a new sponsor (Headhunter: net) and a new driver (OneWorld crew¬ member Morgan Larson), along with trimmer Will Baylis (also of OneWorld), pitman Nick Adamson and bowman Andy Feathers. The talented quintet amassed nine straight bullets before stumbling to third in the last race ("Morgan let me steer that one," laughed Ben). For their efforts, they took home $5,000 of the $10,000 purse, which Wells split among the pro sailors on the boat.

Team Headhunter.net, from left — Skipper Mor¬ gan Larson, owner Ben Wells, Will Baylis, Nick Adamson and Andy Feathers. The 15-20 knot winds for the regatta were just enough to cause some crowd¬ pleasing broaches, minor collisions and assorted other mayhem that the specta¬ tors on Pier 39 have come to know and love. "It was a fun regatta — the only thing missing were the other boats," claimed

Ben. "The numbers should climb back up for the Fall Cup. I think a team from Oracle Racing even plans to come up." Finishing a distant second in the Spring Cup was Tim Wells, Ben's five-year younger brother, who sailed USA 198 with just three other jumbo-sized crew: Bill Barton, Mike Vare and Tim Duffy. Third went to Hans Strueli and his Swiss team on Ruf. 1) Headhunter.net, Morgan Larson/Ben Wells, 12 points ($5,000); 2) USA 198, Tim Wells, 26 ($2,500); 3) Ruf, Hans Steuli, 38 ($1,250); 4) Wells Fargo, John Torgerson, 44 ($750); 5) Jamba Juice, Tom Dinkel, 46 ($500); 6) Igor, Mark Varnes, 52; 7) Habanera, David Gauci, 66. (7 boats)

St. Thomas' Rolex Cup Regatta After covering the BVI Spring Regatta in early April, we couldn't resist sticking around for the 28th International Rolex Cup Regatta at St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands — the third and final leg of the Caribbean Ocean Racing Triangle (CORT). Held annually on Easter weekend (April 13-15 this year), the three-day event drew entries from all over the Eastern Caribbean, as well as from the U.S. and Europe. The Left Coast was represented by the Long Beach-based Andrews 70+ Magnitude and by the Express 37 Blade Runner, out of Cabrillo Beach — not to mention a substantial contingent of West Coasters who have happily expatriated to the islands. The field of 91 entries included a full spectrum of boat types from turbosleds to beach cats and just about everything in between. Within the spinnaker division, the 11 -boat Melges 24 class promised to

provide the hottest boat-for-boat compe¬ tition, while a new non-spinnaker onedesign class made it’s debut: six InterClub 24s — modified J/24s — were completed just in time for the regatta. (See Sightings.) Unlike the preceding BVI event, where all spinnaker courses were windward-leeward buoy races, the Rolex offers a vari¬ ety of courses: Day One's Olympic triangle was set up several miles offshore where June, 2001 • tout)? • Page 183

THE RACING 20-knot winds combined with 4 to 6-foot swells to give the fleet a raucous ride dur¬ ing two consecutive races. \ While big boat crews were in their ele¬ ment, the rest of the fleet had a long day of bashing and crashing. In Racing A (the big boat' class). Magnitude took line hon¬ ors in both races, but on corrected time she was well out of the money, with the Michigan-based SC 70 Equation taking two bullets in the seven-boat class. Among the Melgi, winning was a contest of will and stamina. 'We simply ground down our competition and out-lasted them," said an obviously weary Chris Rosenberg of Seaborne Airlines, who'd been the Rolex' overall winner three times previously — twice in a Melges. Unfortunately the breeze shut down on Day Two, leaving the fleet struggling to complete the otherwise spectacular course which wound through a maze of verdant islands, islets and cays. But the day's biggest problem was caused by mortal men, not Mother Nature. An up¬ wind mark was laid more than two miles from its stated position in the racing in¬ structions Causing much confusion among navigators, especially those lead¬ ing the fleet. Afterwards, when Rosenberg — a St. Thomas YC member — protested his own race committee, judges had no choice but to throw out the race. As visit¬ ing head judge Arthur 'Tuna' Wullschleger of the New York YC put it, "Hav¬ ing no race is better than a bad race." Our favorite comment, however, came from former Bay Area sailor Boyd Sprehn who raced aboard the Bay-built custom 40 Mirage: "Hey, two miles, three islands and a country away. . . what's all the ex¬ citement about?" The errant mark had ac¬ tually been set within the waters of the neighboring British Virgin Islands. Another scenic, round-the-islands course was held on Day Three, but again the trade winds lacked their usual uumph, blowing no more than 12 knots all day. Playing the shifts and riding the currents were key to winning. All four turbosleds corrected out behind the three smaller boats in their division, with Equation tak¬ ing fourth to win the class. Among the Melgi, an overanxious Rosenberg was over early and had to re-round — just as he did the day before. But he eventually clawed his way past his closest rival, Orion of Puerto Rico, skippered by Quantum sailmaker Efraim Lugo, and into the Rolex winner's circle. Needless to say, there was plenty of apres-race revelry at the club each after¬ noon, with dancing at the water's edge to live Calypso and Reggae. The regatta's grand finale was a semiformal awards cerPagel84»

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emony at the swank Sugar Bay Resort where winning skippers in each of 11 classes gleaned a bona fide Rolex Chro¬ nometer. And for the fourth time in 15 years, Chris Rosenberg took home the overall Rolex trophy. RACING CLASSES RESULTS 13 races): CLASS-A (Big Boats) — 1) Equation, SC 70, USA, 6 points; 2) Titan X, Farr 40, PUR, 8; 3) Strabo, J/145, USA, 9. (7 boats) CLASS-B — 1) Caccia Alla Volpe, Vallicelli 44, ANT, 11; 2) Lost Horizon, Olson 30, ANT 12; 3) Mermaid II, Custom 40, BVI, 12. (9 boats) CLASS- C — 1) Ex Mero Motu, J/80, PUR, 5; 2) Magnificent Seven, J/27, USVI, 7; 3) Sorcer¬ ess, Tartan Ten, USVI, 8. (8 boats) CLASS-D (Melges 24) — 1) Seaborne Airlines, Melges 24, USVI, 5; 2) Orion, folelges 24, PUR, 8; 3) 2 Contact Carib, Melges 24, StM, 9. (11 boats) CLASS-E (Racer/Cruiser) — 1) Cold Beer, Tar¬ tan 10, BVI, 4; 2) My Fair Lady, J/35, VEN, 9; 3) Pipe Dream, Sirena 38, BVI, 10. (11 boats) CLASS-G — 1) Bravissimo, J/24, PUR, 7; 2) Don Q Cristal, J/24, PUR, 9; 3) Jersey Devil, J/ 24, USVI, 10. (8 boats)

Box Scores Summer is upon us, bringing more regattas than we can possibly cover each month. Here are the bare-bones reports on a bunch of other events which oc¬ curred in late April and May: CLEAR LAKE MONSTER tKBSC: Apr. 21): FULL MONSTER — 1) Quicksilver, Raven 24, Wade Hough; 2) Barking Dog, Olson 25, Jeffrey Kroeber; 3) Williwa, C&C 27, Wayne Hallenbeck. (7 boats; 22.6 miles) MINI-MONSTER — 1) Wumps, Ranger 23-T, Magnus King; 2) Pic, Catalina 25-SK, Bill Pickering; 3) Wind Dancer, Catalina 22, Robert Walmsley; 4) Wastin' Time, SJ 26, Ken Young; 5) Afternoon De¬ light, MacGregor 25, Gene Lambert. (13 boats; 13 miles) 17th ANNUAL KONOCTI CUP (KBSC: April 28): DIV. I — 1) Quicksilver, Raven 24, Wade Hough; 2) Barking Dog, Olson 25, Jeffrey Kroeber; 3) Williwa, C&C 27, Wayne Hallenbeck; 4) Reso¬ lution, Venture 21 custom, Jim Christopher; 5) Ut¬ ter Chaos, Olson 30, Rod Wright. (14 boats; 22.6 miles) DIV. II (Half Cup) — 1) Sante, Capri 26 WK, Jim Westman; 2) #69, SJ 21, Hans Carmiggelt; 3) Dawn Treader, MacGregor 26, Dick Bull; 4) Beats Workin' il, O-Day 27-2, Mark Weber; 5) Lusty, Balboa 26, Ray Proffitt. (12 boats; 13.4 miles) WBRA SEASON OPENER (GGYC: 4/28:2 races): BEAR— 1) Smokey, Steve Robertson, 2 points. (3 boats) BIRD — 1) Skylark, Brosig/Hook, 2 points; 2) Grey Goose, James Nichols, 5; 3) (tie) Robin, Jens Hansen, and Curlew, James Josephs, 7. (6 boats) FOLKBOAT— 1) Freja, Tom Reed, 3 points; 2) Frihed, Bill Madison, 4; 3) Windansea, Don Wil¬ son, 5; 4) Little Svendle, Mark Slichter, 11. (11

boats) IOD — No starters. KNARR — 1) Huttetu, George Rygg, 5 points; 2) (tie) Peerless, Larry Drew, and Peer Gynt V, Jim Skaar, 9; 4) Snaps II, Knud Wibroe, 11; 5) (tie) Lykken, Bob Fisher, and Svenkist, Sean Svendsen, 13; 7) Penelope, Bob Devlin, 15. (21 boats) ELVSTROMZELLERBACH tStFYC: 5/5-6:5 races): 29er — 1) Jones/Biehl, 6 points; 2) Roberts/Rob¬ erts, 11; 3) Pedrick/Harris, 16; 4) Scott/Scott, 28. (11 boats) EUROPE — 1) Sam Barnes, 9 points; 2) Melina Hoyer, 22; 3) Mallory McCollum, 25. (9 boats) IMCO — 1) Steve Bodner, 9 points; 2) Fernando Martinez, 14; 3) Al Mirel, 14. (8 boards) LASER — 1) Jon Benskin, 6 points; 2) Kevin Taugher, 13; 3) Peter Phelan, 20; 4) Russ Silvestri, 23; 5) Tracy Usher, 24; 6) Peter Vessella, 31; 7) Mark Salih, 34. (20 boats) LASER RADIAL — 1) Tim Russell, 6 points. (3 boats) ANDY BYRD/CERVEZA CUP (CPYC: May A)SPINNAKER — 1) Thunderbolt, J/29, Dan &

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Rolex Cup sampler, clockwise from upper left The Express 37 'Blade Runner'; the power of 'Magnitude'; overall winner Chris Rosen¬ berg; the 11-boat Melges 24 class. —

Marilyn Wilshin; 2) Zodiac, K-40, Frank Ballantine. (4 boats) NON-SPINNAKER (big) —1) Sundancer, Hunter 34, Bob & Pam Carlen; 2) Jet Lag, Catalina 34, Rogqr Roe. (5 boats) NON-SPINNAKER (little) — 1) Chablis IV, Cal 25, Dave & Kathleen Few; 2) Crystal Maru, Catalina 28, Dan Borders. (4 boats) WEST MARINE FUN REGATTA (SFYC: May 5-6): CFJ — 1) Morgan Gutenkunst, 8 points; 2) Crys¬ tal Bronte, 23; 3) Tylor Dibble, 26. (6 boats) LASER-A — 1) Pat Stahnke, 8 points. (2 boats) SPLASH — 1) Jesse Corlett, 18 points; 2) Myles Gutenkunst, 29; 3) Matt Spevak, 41; 4) Gray Claxton, 42; 5) Steve Pennington, 53. (13 boats) EL TORO-A — 1) Brooks Reed, 14 points; 2) Brendan Daly, 16; 3) David Liebenberg, 31; 4) Rogan Kriedt, 49. (12 boats) EL TORO-B — 1) Michael Ravizza, 21; 2) Joe Strieker, 35. (6 boats)

OPTl-A — t) Jason Capen, 18 points; 2) Josh Leighton, 19. (6 boats) OPTI-B — 1) Lindsay Grove, 12; 2) Alex Butti, 26. (4 boats) DUXSHIP (GGYC: April 28: 31.8/niles): PHRO-1 — 1) Petard, Farr 36, Keith Buck; 2) Sticky Fingers, Rogers 31, Lee Pryor; 3) Spindrift V, Express 37, The Wrights; 4) Punk Dolphin, Wylie 39, Jonathan Livingston; 5) Kokopelli, SC 40, Kevin Rooney. (16 boats) PHRO-2 — 1) Sundog, Bianca 414, Bill Wright; 2) Shenanigans, C&C 36, Michael Maloney; 3) Enchante, Beneteau 42, Jacoby/Barton; 4) Dance Away, Santana 35, Doug Storkovich; 5) Grey Chost, Zaal 38, Doug Grant. (17 boats) MORA-1 — 1) Cascade, Antrim 27, Steve Reinhart. (3 boats) MORA-2 — 1) Latin Lass, Catalina 27, Bill Chapman. (3 boats) SHS — 1) Andiamo, SC 27, Mike Warren; 2) Cookie Jar, Moore 24, George McKay. (4 boats) LASER NQRCALS/505 OPEN (SCYC: May 12-13): LASER — 1) Peter Vessella, 15 points; 2) Tracy

Usher, 19; 3) Patrick Whitmarsh, 20; 4) Peter Phelan, 22; 5) Simon Bell, 39; 6) Bradley Nieuwstad, 48; 7) John Bonds, 53. (13 boats) 505 — 1) Howie Hamlin/Mike Martin, 19 points; 2) Andy Beeckman/Ben Benjamin, 25; 3) Danny Th¬ ompson/Andy Zinn, 27; 4) (tie) Bruce Edwards/Dave Shelton, and Nick Adamson/Paul Allen, and Ryan Cox/Carl Smit, 35; 7) Dave Chatham/Matt McQueen, 51; 8) Doug Hagan/Stuart Park, 53. (19 boats) (7 races; 0 throwouts) ALAMEDA INTERCLUB ft2 (EYC: May 12): FLEET A (< 169) — 1) Wind Dragon, Catalina '34*Dave Davis; 2) Mistral, Conquibin 38, Robert Becker; 3) Wave Runner, Tartan 10, Glen Kraiviec. (7 boats) FLEET B (169-197) — 1) Lelo Too, Tartan 30, Emile Carles; 2) Spindrifter, Tartan 30, Paul Skabo. (4 boats) FLEET C (>197) — 1) Lone Ranger, Ranger 26, Ken Viaggi. (2 boats) CATALINA 34 — 1) Bear Territory, Dave Smith; 2) Casino, Billy Eddy. (5 boats) NON-SPINNAKER — 1) Knotty Sweetie, C&C 32, G. Johnson; 2) Maggie B, Catalina 27, Matt June, 2001 •

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Callahan. (5 boats) F-27 — 1) Three Sigma, Chris Harvey; 2) Pe¬ gasus, Andrew Pitcairn. (4 boats) MULTIHULL— 1) Puppeteer, F-24 Mk. II, Thom Davis. (3 boats) ELITE KEEL (SFYC: May 19-20: 5 races): ETCHELLS — 1) White Jacket, John Sutak, 20 points; 2) Pipe Dream, Jeff Nehms, 22; 3) Mahalaga, Peter Vessella, 23; 4) Air Tuna, Jim Gregory, 26; 5) Rage, V. Neff/M. Erickson, 26; 6) Hop, Skip & Go Naked, Jeff Holder, 43. (11 boats) IOD — 1) Undine, A. Wheeler/C. Hawley, 15 points; 2) Quickstep II, Richard Pearce, 16. (5 boats) KNARR — 1) Peerless, Larry Drew, 31 points; 2) Penelope, Charles Griffith, 36; 3) Lykken, Rick Fisher, 43; 4) Benino, Terry Anderlini, 45; 5) Snapss III, Knud Wibroe, 45; 6) Eos, J. Cascino/C. Ander¬ son, 50; 7) Hustler, Steve Wegner, 51; 8) Svenkist, Sean Svendsen, 54; 9) Sophia, Michael Waldear, 59. (20 boats) MELGES 24 — 1) Tropical Storm, Doug Forster, 9 points; 2) Glock 9, Tim Duffy, 15; 3) Where's Bob?, Bob Tennant, 18; 4) SUV, David Wadbrook, 24. (8 boats) J/24— 1)Cool Breeze, Doug Nugent, 13 points; 2) Nixon Was Cool, David Wiard, 17; 3) Snow Job, Brian Goepfrich, 19; 4) #318, Carl Smit, 22. (10 boats) SPRING ONE DESIGN #2 (SCYC: May 19 ): SC 27 — 1) Dynaflow, Mark Dini, 3 points; 2) Sumo, Henry Cassady/Jim Livingston, 12; 3) (tie) Jersey Girl, Todd Bredehoft/Greg Miller, and Hanalei Express, Rob Schuyler, 13; 5) Marley, D. Emberson, 14. (11 boats; 3 races) MOORE 24 — No starters due to PCCs. TUNA 22 — 1) Tara, O. Pritdnard, 2 points; 2) Insanity Cruz, Mark Langer, 4; 3) Gypsy, B. Binko, 6. (6 boats; 2 races) SPRING SCORE/DDH #2 (SCYC: May 20): PHRF-A — 1) Absolute 88, Wylie 37, Keith MacBeth. (2 boats) PHRF-B — 1) Animal House, Olson 30, Lezin/ Akrop; 2) Tsunami, Bob Haase; 3) Go Dogs Go, Melges 24, Peter Dalton; 4) Spirit, Olson 30, Larry Rota. (8 boats) PHRF-C — 1) Semiramis, SC 27, Jim & Jeff Kearney. (3 boats) DOUBLEHANDED — 1) Nobody's Girl, Moore 24, Syd Moore/Tim Kelbert; 2) Velocious, SC 27, G.W. Grigg. (4 boats) MOORE 24 PCCs (EYC: May 19-20: 5 races): 1) Topper II, Bren Meyer, 12 points; 2) Ruby, McCarthy/Manzi, 23; 3) Moorgasm, Niles/Josselyn, 23; 4) Mercedes, Joel Verutti, 25; 5) Eclipse, Brad Butler, 25; 6) One Moore, Tom Wondolleck, 31; 7) Moorigami, John Siegel, 40; 8) Ngellew Fejj, Shana Rosenfeld, 49; 9) Snafu-U, Mark Berryman, 53; 10) Wet Spot, Mike O'Callaghan, 53; 11) Free Fall, Fred Cox, 54; 12) Gorgeous, Mr. Bosinger, 54; 13) Sparrowhawk, Vaughn Seifers, 55. (21 boats) COLLEGIATE RANKINGS (as of 5/1): COED — 1) Old Dominion; 2) Dartmouth; 3) Harvard; 4) Tufts; 5) St. Mary's; 6) Boston College; 7) Georgetown; 8) Charleston; 9) Hawaii; 10) Kings Point; 11) Hobart/Wm. Smith; 12) UC Santa Barbara; 13) USC; 14) Navy; 15) Stanford; 16) Queen's; 17) Texas; 18) Yale; 19) MIT; 20) Connecticut College. Page 186 • UXUwU 3? • June, 2001

Road warriors: 'Cavallino' co-owners Zarko Draganic (left) and Hank Larritnens (right) are making a bid for the Canada's Cup. WOMEN — 1) Tufts; 2) St. Mary's; 3) Dartmouth; 4) Boston University; 5) Hawaii; 6) Connecticut Col¬ lege; 7) Old Dominion; 8) Navy; 9) Boston College; 10) Hobart/Wm. Smith; 11) Stanford; 12) Harvard; 13) Georgetown; 14) Brown; 15) UC Berkeley. CAL CUP (Cat YC: May 18-20): 1) Crocodile Rock, Alexandra Geremis & Scott Harris/Robbie Haines, 34 points; 2) Grooverderci, Deneen & John Demourkas/Dee Smith, 37; 3) Quin¬ tessence, Don Hughes/Dave Ullman, 37; 4) Revo¬ lution, Brack Duker/Terry Hutchinson, 54; 5) Samba Pa Ti, John Kilroy/Brian Ledbetter, 57; 6) Shadow, Peter Stoneberg/Jeff Madrigaii, 61; 7) Peregrine, David Thomson/Charlie McKee, 67; 8) Persephone, Jack Woodhull/Ben Mitchell, 67; 9) Temptress, Alan Field/Scott Dickson, 67; 10) Pegasus, Philippe Kahn/ Mark Reynolds, 68; 11) Endurance, Mike Condon/ Craig Healy, 77; 12) Wahoo, Robert Shaw & Alex Hearn/Gary Weisman, 86; 13) Blue Chip, Walt Lo¬ gan/Tim Parsons, 89; 14) Ol FarrTz, Paul Cote/Bob Wolfe, 97; 15) Flyer, Shep Kett/Jack Halterman, 98; 16) Gone Too Farr, Dave Carrel/Jeff Thorpe, 102. (16 Farr 40s; 8 races, no throwouts)

Race Notes Full circle: At the end of April, the fal¬ tering Around Alone Race was sold for a "substantial sum" to Clipper Ventures PLC of England. Not coincidentally, Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, chairman of Clipper Ventures, was the original race director of the event in 1982 and 1986, back when it was sailed out of Newport, RI, and called the BOC Challenge. Knox-Johnston, still a celebrity in England, was the first per¬ son to sail around the world alone and non-stop, a feat which took him 312 days back in 1968-'69. . . The change in race ownership should help breathe new life into the Around Alone Race, which is scheduled to start in September 2002. According to Clipper Ventures, 79 sailors from 20 countries have already expressed interest, though how many actually make

Busy guy — Bill Wright is campaigning his ID35 'Zsa Zsa' back East, as well as winning local ocean races with his Bianca 414 Sundog'. the starting line remains to be seen. Where the starting line will be located is also up in the air, though odds are it will move from its present home in Charles¬ ton, SC, to England. In that case, a fifth leg will be added to the 27,000-mile solo marathon, so as to keep the United States involved in the race. Farr wars: A trio of Santa Barbara boats dominated the 16-boat Farr 40 fleet at California YC's revived Cal Cup on May 18-20. Crocodile Rock— a collaboration between owner Alexandra Geremia, . helmsman Scott Harris, and tactician Robbie Haines — fired off two huge bul¬ lets on the last day to beat Deneen and John Demourkas's Grooverderci and Don Hughes's Quintessence by three points each. Grooverderci, with tactics by Dee " Smith, went into the final day with a 12point lead, only to see it evaporate with a costly over-early in the first race and a penalty in the second. After two of eight races in the Farr 40 West Coast champi¬ onship season. Croc Rock has a four-point lead over Shadow. The fleet will go at it in Marina del Rey again on June 2-3 at Cal Race Week (formed last year as part of the now-defunct Volvo Inshore Circuit). See Box Scores for full results. Wild things: Kara Zylstra's new ID-35 Wild Thing (hull #48) will be arriving in San Diego in late May, the first of these boats to sport a wheel — ironic, consid¬ ering how many of the more competitive Farr 40s are now switching over to tillers! Kara's ’old' Wild Thing, ID-35 hull #28, was purchased by Mike Thomas of De¬ troit. Thomas, who formerly owned two boats called Sensation (a Mumm 36 and

SHEET a N/M 40), plans to enter the TransPac with Chris Busch and some of the crew that sailed this boat to a class victory in the 2000 P.V. Race. "It will be a fast trip," |’ figured Busch. 'These boats love to go downwind!" Road trips: Bay Area sailors made their presence felt on the §gj.~ • East Coast last month. Zarko Draganic and Hank Lammens' <A Farr 40 Cavallino topped a 14boat one design fleet in winning the two-weekend American YC Spring Series. Second place went to Barking Mad, with Gavin Brady calling tactics. Cavallino is training for the Canada's Cup, a prestigious match race in September be¬ tween Canada and the U.S. The event will be sailed in Farr 40s this year, and Zarko and Hank, both Canadian citizens living in the U.S., hope to win the July selec¬ tion trials to represent Canada. The rules require at least 50% of the crew to be Ca¬ nadians —no problem since only three Americans are left on the crew, bowman Steve Marsh, trimmer Chris Perkins,

Coates sailed his East Coast J / 105 Masquerade to a close vic¬ tory at Charleston (SC) Race Week, topping ten other sisterships, including local fa¬ '■ ^ 1. vorite Bob Johnstone's Tern V. Crewing for Coates were ubiq¬ uitous tactician Seadon Wijsen (unlike most J/105 events, this regatta allows one pro), Mark Chandler, Danny Shea and | Tracy Usher. ^ Both Wright and > Coates will be sailing in Newk port, RI, on June 1-3 in the sevg enth Newport Gold Regatta, o Over 100 highly competitive boats are expected for this an¬ nual season-opening, charity-oriented event (since its inception in 1995, the re¬ gatta has raised over $300,000 for vari¬ ous children's programs). In addition to the usual one design classes (Mumm 30s, lD-35s, Farr 40s, and various J/boats), the new Farr 395 will make its class de¬ but. Countdown to TransPac: With just over a month to go, the 41st TransPac now

Mill Valley's up-and-coming Gutenkunst broth¬ ers — Morgan (left), age 14, and Myles, 13, — both trophied at the West Marine Fun Regatta. and mastman/boat captain Scott Easom Moving down the East Coast, Bill Wright and his Zsa Zsa crew (including Bay Area sailors Seadon Wijsen, John Collins, Peter King, Dennis George and Panda') came in fifth in a 13-boat ID-35 fleet at the Annapolis NOOD. . . Tom

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THE RACING lists 32 paid entries: 19 fully-crewed rac¬ ers, 2 doublehanders, and 11 cruisers. Currently only one boat from the Bay Area, Howard Raphael's Beneteau 41 Tango, is entered. A few more boats are expected to sign up (e.g., Chance, Pe¬ gasus), but simultaneously a few of the current entries are beginning to look a little shaky for making the June 1 sailing requirement. Race officials are still pro¬ jecting 35-40 boats on the starting line. Check www.transpacifLcyc.org for the lat¬ est list. A pair of legends, Ragtime and Mer¬ lin, are the most recent sign-ups, each entered in their twelfth TransPac. No other boats have sailed the race a dozen times, so at least one record will be broken this summer! ... In other TransPac nqws, the powers-that-be have decided Co require two position reports (0800 and 1800) a day instead of just one. Boats failing to call in will be penalized 10 minutes for each infraction, perhaps an insignificant penalty when 'running silent' (such as after a jibe south) can be a desirable move. Look for a full TransPac preview in next month's Latitude.

Final exams: The hottest college sail¬ ors in the country are about to square off in three disciplines: The ICSA Women's NA Dinghy Championship will occur May 29-31, followed by the ICSA/Ronstan Team Race NAs on June 3-5. Both these events will take place in Cambridge, Mass., in Larks and Johnson FJs provided by Harvard and MIT. The grand finale, the ICSA Dinghy NA Championship, will be held on June 6-8 in Vanguard FJs at URI (off Point Judith). At the conclusion of the coed dinghy competition on June 8, the ICSA/Ronstan All-American Sailing Team will be announced. For more info, see www.college-sailing.org. Downhill racers: Encinal YC's June 9 Coasted Cup — 298 downwind miles from San Francisco to Ventura — has still only attracted about 20 paid« entries as we go to press. The earlybirds include Secret Squirrel(Schock40, John Cladianos), Sky High)J/35, John West), Elan (Express 37, Bill Riess), Melange (Express 37, Jim Reed), Sleeping Dragon (Hobie 33, Mark Halman), Ballistic (Hobie 33, Plant/

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at the College of Charleston (SC) in midMay. Division A skipper Brian Haines (son of Robbie) and crew Blaire Herdon teamed up with Division B sailors Mikee Ander¬ son-Mitterling and Lauren Usery to win the 420 competition by 19 points. As usual, Southern California high schools dominated the 20-team field — a feat all

the more impressive considering that West Coast schools compete almost exclusively in FJs rather than 420s. The 'high five': Coronado HS, 109 points: 2) The Bish¬ ops School, 128; 3) Univ. of San Diego HS, 152; 4) Point Loma HS, 170; 5) St. Georges HS (Newport, RI), 180. Random race notes: The annual Team Racing PCCs were held in Vanguard 15s at Treasure Island SC on May 12-13, at¬ tracting 11 talented teams. The Habitual Offenders (Shane Wells/Melissa Purdy, John Alden Meade/Rosalind Meade Jacobsen, and Colin Merrick/John Cline) emerged victorious, topping Peter Stoneberg and friends on Team Shadow Eyes in a one-race final series, abbreviated due to 30-knot survival conditions.. .. Patrick Whitmarsh will represent Area G at the O'Day Trophy, the national singlehanded championship, based on taking third in last month's SCYC-hosted Laser NorCals. The top two finishers, Peter Vessella and Tracy Usher, elected not to go, opening the door for Whitmarsh. . . Sale boats of the month; Pat Brown has sold his modified Wilderness 30 Rascal to Alameda sailmaker Rui Luis (Rooster Sails), who intends to sail it in SSS, the

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THE RACING SHEET Ditch Run and beer can races. Brown is racing and cruising his Schock 34 Cowabunga, with immediate plans in¬ cluding the Ditch Run and the South Tower Race. . . San Diego YC member John Reiter, who won the SC 27 Nation¬ als in ’98, '99 and 2000 with his Mach 5, recently sold the boat to Tony McGee, a Marin County sailor moving up from a Ranger 23. "The Classys work!" claimed Reiter, who is now searching for a fast family cruiser. Volvo round-up: Three of the seven syndicates entered in the Volvo Ocean Race, which starts on September 23 in Southampton, have been 'spring training' on the East Coast. John Kostecki and his German illbruck Challenge squad have been based in Charleston, SC; Kiwi Kevin Shoebridge and his Bermuda-flagged Tyco team have been sailing out of Palm Beach; and Knut Frostad and his Norwegian crew on djuice dragons have been stationed in Miami. The other four syndicates — Swed¬ ish entries AssaAbloy (Roy Heiner/Mark Rudiger) and Team SEB (Gurra Krantz), the Australian News Corp (Jez Fanstone) and the Finnish Nautor Group (Grant Dalton/Bouwe Bekking) — are all in vari-

Outta here — SoCal sailmaker/rigger Keith Kilpatrick has signed on with Grant Dalton's two-boat Volvo Race campaign. ous stages of boat launching and/or train¬ ing closer to their home waters. See www.uolvooceanrace.org for more news on the impending 32,250-mile adventure. The Nautor Group is finishing construc¬ tion of two Volvo 60s, a Frers design and a Farr design, in France. That syndicate, which Paul Cayard is helping oversee,

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Back in the spring of '95, when we took our first hard look at the impact of catamarans in the bareboating industry, purpose-built multihulls had already made inroads into the largest charter fleets and a growing number of clients were being converted. During the six years since, the mar¬ ket niche enjoyed by cats has grown dra¬ matically — there's an ever-increasing demand for them by charterers World¬ wide and they are now available in a greater number of prime sailing venues. Some bareboat firms, in fact, now offer only multihulls. If you're among the un¬ initiated, we should stress that most firms do not require you to have previ¬ ous multihull experience before charter¬ ing one. Needless to say, the old ’line in the sand’ drawn between monohullers and multihullers has become blurred beyond recognition. These days, even most diedin-the-wool monohullers are willing to admit that multihulled designs have some remarkable attributes, be they for ocean racing, cruising or chartering. Radical monster cats like Club Med, Commodore Explorer and Playstation have proved that multihulls are unbeat¬ able for offshore racing but, ironically, speed has very little to do with their popularity in the world of chartering. The truth is, once you load down a potentially-fast cat with interior amenities for six or eight passengers, twin engines and oversize tankage, it will at about the same

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You're bound to be on the hook more than you're under sail, and at anchor nothing beats the expansive deck space of a catamaran. said, trimming, tacking and gybing the main is primarily done with the traveler — which typically runs the full length of the cockpit. Headsails are usually small, fractionally-rigged and most are con¬ trolled by a single sheet which runs through blocks on a jib ^ traveler

(mounted on the bridgedeck, just aft of the trampoline), then through fairleads along a side deck to a cockpit winch. Tacking and gybing them is an absolute no-brainer, except that it helps to manu¬ ally backwind the jib in steep seas or when racing. That lesson was hammered home when we went into irons seconds after the start of a Caribbean 'fun' race. • Handling under power: Ever watch

a bulldozer spin on its axis by rolling one track forward and the other one back¬ ward? Well, a charter cat's twin engines give it similar abilities. In close quarters, such as docking or homing in on a moor¬ ing ball, their maneuverability is noth¬ ing short of phenomenal. I can remem¬ ber painlessly shoehorning a 42-footer into the side-tie berth between two larger cats with literally six inches to spare fore and aft — a maneuver that could have gotten ugly in a similar-sized monohull. Be aware, however, that although most cats of 42-ft or larger have twin steering stations, few, if any, have en¬ gine controls at both, so there is always a favored side for docking. • Galley chores — In tropical sailing destinations, where the vast majority of charter cats are based, they have another distinct advantage: deck level galleys. On most modern designs, the two hulls are allocated for three or four cabins and heads while the bridge deck is split be¬ tween a spacious salon table, a nav sta¬ tion and a galley. If you've ever cooked below decks in the tropics, the advan¬ tages of doing galley chores at 'breeze level’ should be obvious — not to men¬ tion the view. • Privacy — We don't think of our¬ selves as fussy about our ’private space’, but there are times when maximum cabin separation is a plus. Yes, getting away from obnoxious kids is one, and another is, well. . . picture a boat full of newlywed couples eager for intimacy. Most cats are quite well ventilated, by the way, with lots of big hatches designed with the tropics in mind. The down side? To be fair, there are several 'minuses' that come to mind. As much as we love catamarans for all of

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WORLD the above-mentioned reasons, we have to admit they aren't nearly as exhilarat¬ ing to sail as big monohullsv Mind you, we like bashing to windward with the lee rail buried, but some of the neophytes we've taken on cat trips would have hated such a scenario, and we certainly wouldn't let little kids loosebn a foredeck heeled over 30°. Speaking of sailing to weather, cats, needless to say, do not point well — especially fully-laden char¬ ter cats. But hey, that’s where the two big engines come in. Also, we'd be re¬ miss if we didn't mention that they can set up a slightly uncomfortable pitching and yawing motion at certain angles to inshore swells, which you wouldn't ex¬ perience on a deep-keeled monohull. From a chartering standpoint, the only other drawback we can think of is that they tend to be more expensive to charter — and to buy, for that matter — than monohulls. Naturally, the sting is lessened if you fill the boat and split the costs. (In fact, if you're aim is to maxi¬ mize your crew size, some of the largest boats have smaller ’crew’ cabins for¬ ward.) All in all, the pros far outnumber the cons, so it's no wonder that charter cat fever has become epidemic. These days 38 to 47-ft cats are available through¬ out the Caribbean — including Belize — as well as in Florida, the Bahamas, Mexico, Tahiti, Tonga, New Caledonia, Australia, New Zealand, the Seychelles, Madagascar, Turkey, and the Pacific Northwest. We should mention also that in the realm of crewed yacht chartering, a wide variety of elegantly-appointed luxury catamarans are available in the Carib¬ bean, the Med and elsewhere. (And if we Multihull or monohull, that is the question. Each has its advantages, but for space and stability the new charter cats can't be beat.

weren't a sailing-only publication, we might mention also that power cat' bareboats have recently made their de¬ but.) If all the recent catamaran hype has made you curious to give one a whirl. Page 194 •

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The Inside Scoop on St. Martin and Her Neighbors I enjoyed your March 2001 issue, and have some comments on the Lesser Antilles based on 1999 and 2000 charters down there, and on the issue of cruis-'* e ing with many female to crewmembers. g In St. Martin, we are big J fans of the Anse Marcel =1 area. (Both VPM and Stardust have charter bases there.) It is well protected, and has an easy ap¬ proach. Watch the gap between the is¬ land at the harbor entrance and Bell Point — you can’t go through. The chan¬ nel is one-way. Try to radio ahead or at least get a good look before proceeding. The gas dock is modem and well run. Invest in some official France Telecom "Telecarte" calling cards (with the micro¬ chips visible on them). Using them, call¬ ing home is just like being on your home turf. The little shops of the marina/re¬ sort complex at Anse Marcel are pleas¬ ant, and you can get some minor provi¬ sions, wine and a good dockside meal in the restaurants. There are several nice hotels in the marina area, and on the surrounding hills. We chartered from Tropical Yacht Ser¬ vices (which has since moved out) and Stardust. Both were fine to deal with. It was helpful to know a few words of French working with Stardust. Get the name of the boat P and the exact port you are sailing out of in advance as there are three major charter harbors on St. Mar¬ tin. We were frightened by the de¬ scriptions of getting in and out of Oyster Point, so never visited there. But on the other side of the island, at Marigot, we enjoyed the marina area restaurants and the low-end but pleas¬ ant Hotel Royale Louisiana. However, dealing with the Simpson Bay bridge opening schedules is a nuisance. With that in mind, it's probably better to an¬

chor at the main anchorage in front of town, even though it can be a bit roily. You can provision in a big way at the Match store outside of Marigot, which has everything — on par with Safeway. Grand Case is nearby, which is under¬ rated as an anchorage, snorkeling spot and dining venue. Travelers in-the-know rate it highly for its wide variety of fine restaurants. Bring your copy of Don Street's cruis¬ ing guide, and the latest corrected Iolare/ Imray charts. Just to be safe, I brought, and wore constantly, a Steams belt-pack inflatable lifejacket. Unfortunately, you can’t bring the automatic-inflation C02 cartridges on jet planes. Apparently the budget in the Lesser Antilles for navigational aids is lacking, so you have to mind your position and landmarks. Spanish Rock was a worry, as is the frequent tendency for the GPS and the charts to disagree. In 1999 we chartered an Athena 38 cat, and in 2000 a Sun Odyssey 45 monohull. The cat was roomy and pretty

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fast. It had a fairly severe and snappy pitching motion, and was not as com¬ fortable as the monohull overall in the 3 to 6-foot seas we encountered in early April. Pay attention to the checkout brief¬ ings — on the cat we found ourselves needing to know about replacing fan belts and the location of the anchor wind¬ lass reset switch. The monohull had a complicated but effective cold-plate sys¬ tem. Watch your water and ice supplies as many of the bays you might want to visit may not have a marina. (Drinking wine instead of iced beer helps.) We visited St. Martin's neighbor, Anguilla (Road Bay), in 1999 and found the food tasty, especially at The Barrel Stay, but customs was a nuisance. We found good snorkeling along the coast near Crocus Bay. The whole area has ex¬ cellent, if a bit pricey, food. Returning to St. Martin's east side, we found the approach to Orient Elay to be a bit nerve-wracking. Be warned that the little anchorage at lie Pinel has a nasty grassy bottom, which the Danforth

anchors on our cat were unable to pen¬ etrate. There are a fair number of wind shifts in these islands, so it's wise to use plenty of chain and scope, and make a late-night check of the anchor. St. Barts and Gustavia were a high¬ light. The charter companies are veiy un¬ comfortable with you trying to 'Med moor' on the seawall in Gustavia. Several boats are severely damaged each year banging their sterns into the wall in the swell. Many times your anchor will get tangled and pulled out by departing boats. Back¬ ing into the wall from mid-channel in the steady crosswind is not for the faint of heart or the poorly insured. We ate both years at the excellent Francois Plantation res¬ taurant (a short cab ride from Gustavia) and were interested to see that the hurricane damage to the place and subsequent re¬ pairs were noted by the Wall Street Journal. We found you could save a little overall on the French islands by paying in Francs or with a credit card rather than in dollars, as you seem to get a bet¬ ter exchange rate on aver¬ age. We made the six-hour run down to Saba from Gustavia in 2000. It's a real nail-biter, as you need both fair weather and good luck in order to get one of the ten-odd mooring buoys there. There are no har¬ bors or decent anchorages on/Saba and it's virtually impossible to get your an¬ chor to bite into the hard sandy substrate there, (if you find you can't stay at Saba, it's possible to make it back to Philipsburg be¬ fore dark if you make a very early start.) The is¬ land is pleasant and its underwater flora and fauna are internationally renowned. We are still amazed at the fact that for many years every item on this mountainous island was hand-carried up hundreds of steep stone steps from the beach. In terms of air arrangements, we rec¬ ommend nonstop flights from the US to St. Martin/St. Maarten, as changing

planes to the often-late and often-over¬ loaded turboprops in San Juan is a nui¬ sance. We had a fair amount of baggage delayed there in 1999, which added un¬ necessary stress to our trip. I invited several female friends who own their own boat and were experienced sailors on both trips. Here's a short list of things that probably helped in main¬ taining harmony and civility: • Off-color comments are irritating. This seems to be more of a "class” thing than a gender issue. • Yelling by the skipper is never called for, and will be viewed by the crew (es¬ pecially if they have any experience themselves) as a clear sign of incompe¬ tence and insecurity. While we all un¬ derstand the historical origins of yelling by sailing ship captains (a la Patrick O'Brien), and on some racing boats, I can't figure out why so many people still do it on cruising boats. • If you can have a meeting or two before the trip, you can review the cruis¬ ing area, and have a clear assignment of duties beforehand. I had a somewhat unique role as the navigator and techni¬ cal advisor for some quite capable sail¬ ors. I tried to take a nap while they sailed the boat, which seemed to work nicely. • An even sharing of galley duties was a surefire morale builder. — erik westgard minnesota Erik — Thanks for the useful tips. W ith their varied cultures, shoreside amenities and many safe anchorages, the Northern Leewards really are a great sailing venue. Some of our less-enlightened male read-

ers would be wise to note your tips on keeping the ladies happy aboard. Also, your advice about non-stops is well taken, but unfortunately there are nonefrom the West Coast to St. Maarten. The best opJune, 2001 • lOCU-tU 3? • Page 195

WORLD (only $2,400/person for 24 days). Call the Nautical Heritage Society to reserve a bunk at (800) 432-2201 or (949) 369-6773. Built at Spanish Land¬ ing in San Diego and launched in 1984, the Cali¬ fornian is a replica of the C.W. Lawrence, the West Coast's first ’revenue cut¬ ter', which came here dur¬ ing the Gold Rush era with the thankless task of con¬ trolling maritime com¬ merce. The agency which administered the Lawrence eventually became the U.S. Coast Guard. The Californian returned last fall from the Eastern Seaboard via Panama after representing the Golden State at the Tall Ships 2000 festivities. She will, of course, be on hand next summer when San Francisco hosts an international fleet of tall ships, August 28 - September 2 during a series of West Coast port calls collectively called the

tion for Left Coasters is toJly on American Airlines all the way. Although you will have to change planes, at least \ you can check your bags all the way through to your end destination (be it St. Martin/ Maarten, BV1 or Antigua). If bags are delayed, they usu¬ ally show up on the next flight, and American agents will bring them right to your hotel or marina.

Charter Notes We've effectively boxed ourselves into a corner this month, but in the space that remains, let us alert you to some extraordinary offshore sail¬ ing opportunities. The 145-ft square tops! schooner Californian, our fair state's official 'tall ship ambassador', is making her first off¬ shore passage to Hawaii this month and, at this writing, there are still a few spaces left for paying crew. The 16-day cross¬ ing begins June 19 from Long Beach, with an expected landfall at Hilo, Hawaii,

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CHANCES With reports this month from the Virgin Vigilantes on stopping dinghy thefts; from Capricorn Cat on their latest Pacific crossing; from Coyote on the good times and places in Panama; from Irie on four years of cruising with two dogs on a 36ft boat; from Rose Tattoo onflipping while at anchor; from the schooner Latitude on cruising Sicily; from Pelagian on first-class cat food and being 'warm weather wimps'; from Catofun on the tough passage from Tonga to New Zealand; and Cruise Notes.

Virgin Island Vigilantes Ineka Davies Stopping Dinghy Theft (Trellis Bay, British Virgin Islands) Over a period of three weeks, dinghies on Tortola had been stolen from dinghy docks, and boats without dinghies tied to their stem were broken into. Although the dinghies were eventually found, they were invariably damaged. And although the stuff stolen from inside of the boats wasn't great in value, the thefts were becoming more frequent. Although the police were aware of the situation, there was little they could do. When the thefts began to occur eveiy evening, a concerned group of mari¬ ners felt that something had to be done. So one Sunday morning at the bar of the De Loose Mongoose restaurant, a sting operation — formulated after studiously reading CLA/MI6/KGB paperbacks — was formulated. It was decided that two din¬ ghies would be used as bait in Trellis Bay, with their owners seeming to have come ashore and gone off to dinner. In fact, the two of them — code named LI and L2 — would double back to watch the beach. Another part of the group, Bl, would be offshore on a trawler watching the din¬ ghy docks with night vision binoculars. A fast chase boat, dubbed B2, was tied to the back of the trawler to give chase if necessary. Another fast dinghy would be made available to the (boatless) police af¬ ter they were called. Everything would be coordinated over Channel 8 on the VHF. When you get out of your dinghy in the Carib¬ bean, you unfortunately can't always be sure it will be there when you return.

My husband Mike duly left our yacht Conori at 7:15 p.m., giving me instruc¬ tions to leave lights on — something I'm not normally given the luxury to do, as it's a 'battery thing’. He also put our large spotlight and air horn within easy reach. Our dinghy was to be used as bait. Channel 8 came alive just 15 minutes later, as our dinghy had been taken! The chase was on! In the excitement, the vari¬ ous people giving chase forgot their des¬ ignated codes signs, so it was confusing trying to figure out what was going on. But it was desperately thrilling! Unfortu¬ nately for the thieves, Mike had taken the precaution of switching off the fuel to the outboard motor before leaving it at the dock. So the dinghy only had the fuel in its line. Sure enough, it wasn't long be¬ fore he heard the engine falter and stop. Then there was the sound of oars being unshipped. It was pitch black out. The chase boat — now calling itself L2 for some reason — was dispatched. But before they could reach our now disabled dinghy, one of the thieves jumped over¬ board and swam for shore. "LI, LI, watch the shore — one of them is swimming!" rang out over the VHF. "Has someone called the police?" asked another. Mike and Ed — who had a CD player stolen — lay in wait. Soon the suspect — a young, fit male — emerged from the water and made a dash for freedom. As luck would have it, he made the mistake of running into the mangroves, and tripped on the roots. This allowed Mike and Ed to catch up with him and sit on him. Ed’s wife soon arrived with a length of rope, and before long they'd employed a number of nautical knots to bind the suspect. Before long our dinghy was re¬ trieved, missing one newly varnished oar. It was later found in the chase boat, as the other culprit had apparently used it as a weapon to try to avoid being appre¬ hended. After the police took the offenders away, the vigilantes met at De Loose Mon¬ goose for a bit of mutual backslapping. Apparently, the folks who had the most fun were the non-vigilantes who listened in with great interest on Channel 8. The heat of the chase was apparently great to hear live over the radio, made all the bet¬ ter by all the 'over and outs', code name screwups, and general confusion. Every¬

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Capricorn Cat — 45-ft Custom Cat Blair & Joan Grinols Pacific Crossing (Vallejo) What kind of Pacific crossing did Blair and Joan Grinols have this year? "We cov¬ ered the 3,300 miles from Puerto Vallarta to Kiribati — formerly Christmas Island — in 18.5 days, an average of 178 miles a

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When it comes to covering lots of ocean in a year, not many people can keep up with Blair, Joan and Capricorn Cat'. day," the couple report. 'We were a little gun-shy, dropping the chute whenever we saw a black cloud, so we didn't cross as fast as we might have. The day before landfall we were at 03° N and 156.5° W, and could really tell that we were in the tropics as it was 87 degrees in the cabin — and out in the sun it felt like it was 100 degrees. The humidity is now about 80%.‘Maybe it's because it rained on us at least 20 times in the last two days, but everything on the boat feels damp. "Yesterday we made about five sail changes. We put up the spinnaker, so a rain squall with 45-knot winds hit us 30 minutes later. We had to let the sheets fly to get it down. Then the wind blew from the south on the port beam, so we put up the main. Thirty minutes later it clocked around to the northeast right on the stern. So we just gave up and ran with the genoa for the rest of the day and night — but still covered 160 miles.

A couple of days ago, we caught the biggest cotton pickin' fish we've ever had on Capricorn Cat. He was a 40-50 pound wahoo. I tow little lures, thinking little fish will strike/at them, but I guess this guy liked small bites. You can imagine the fun we had trying to get the cat to stand still in eight-foot seas and 20+ knots of wind long enough for us to wrestle that guy onboard. While JoannieWas hanging onto the gaff, I cut off about a quarter of one side and gave the rest to the sharks." For details, visit their website at. — latitude 38

Coyote — Freedom 44 Ketch Fred Evans & Diana Redwing Loving Panama (Mendocino) We sailed south with the '95 Ha-Ha, then enjoyed a year in Mexico and Costa Idea — until a direct lightning strike de¬ stroyed all of our electrics and electron¬ ics. We had the boat repaired at the Pedro Miguel Boat Club on Miraflores Lake in Panama, and then started really enjoying the country. We began by having wonder¬ ful times in the Perlas Islands on the Pa-

cific side, then made three trips totalling almost a year to Kuna Yala— more commonly known as the San Bias Islands on the Caribbean side. While there, Diana created a 1,000-word Kuna dictionary and became fluent in about 600 of those words. Thanks to her language efforts and ability, she became quite good friends with the Kuna women in what is a matriar¬ chal society. Lots of cruisers overlook or rush through Panama, but that's a mistake, as many old Caribbean hands refer to it as "the last best place in the Caribbean". Our original plan was to sail down to the Ca¬ nal and then up the Eastern Caribbean to the East Coast of the United States — basically move right through Panama. But after we visited the Perlas Islands and met various indigenous peoples, we became more interested in the country. After three transits of the Canal as well as three long stays in the San Bias Islands, we came to like Panama even more. Although we’ve tried to move on, we just haven't been able to leave Panama. Most recently, we've been based out of the Boca de Toros region of the country, which is on the Caribbean side up by the Costa Rican border. There are 40 jungle rivers in the region, but so far we've only had time to go up four or five. There's great surfing in the area, too, as my three broth¬ ers can tell you. The Boca del Toros is an area in transition, however. It used to be very cheap and only popular with back¬ packers, surfers and a few cruisers. It's still pretty inexpensive, but some of it's starting to get built up. ’ Even some cruisers bought land. I myself was going to do it until Diana cau¬ tioned me against it. She was smart, be¬ cause we soon discovered that most cruis¬ ers who buy land end up regretting it. Diana and Fred relaxing at home in Mendocino between trips to their Freedom 45 cat ketch in Panama, a country they've come to love.

CHANGES When they're cruising, they live relatively carefree and easy lives, and enjoy going ashore. But once they bought some land, they hated going ashore, for they had fo start dealing with red tape, officials, and having to hire people to v)ork on their farms. Before long, they were up to their necks in hassles and wishing they were just back on their boats and free of the land. We've seen it happen over and over again. We've made a number of trips back and forth between our boat and Mendocino. We used to leave her at the Panama Ca¬ nal YC on the Caribbean side of the Ca¬ nal, but now it's hard to find space there. More recently, we've been leaving her at Marina Carenero, an 18-berth marina in Boca del Toros owned and run by a couple of Americans. It costs about $300 a month for a 44-footer, but they usually have a waiting list. Fortunately, there's also a new marina with about 100 slips, many of them empty the last time we were there. The weather in the Boca del Toros re¬ gion is a little different than the rest of Panama, as the rainy and dry seasons aren't so well defined. Plus, we were de¬ lighted with how cool it is — relatively speaking, of course. During the day it doesn't get much above 90 degrees, and in the evening it can drop all the way down to the upper 70s. As far as we're concerned, the whole Bocas area is pretty amazing. On the way up from the Canal, you pass by Escudo de Varaguas, which we and others think is the most beautiful island we've ever seen. Located 11 miles offshore and away from everything else, the water is clear. About four miles long and wide, the lush island has a beautiful bay with cove after cove. But it also has a barrier reef on the windward side, which protects it from the ocean swells. A couple of local families have moved out to the island and are en¬ couraging others to settle out there. It seems as though they are trying to start an 'indian nation' — sort of like the Kunas did — where they would be mostly anony¬ mous from Panama. We also heard that a rich Italian is hoping to build a huge re¬ sort on the island. The one thing we regret having not done in Panama is going up the river on the Pacific side and into the Darien Jungle. It's an extremely wide and primi¬ tive area. Some cruisers took their boat up the river and wrote a rough cruising guide. The jist of it was they wouldn’t do it again with their boat, but would go half¬ way up and then transfer to a canoe. But if you like real wilderness cruising — such as we do — going up into the Darien Jungle would surely qualify. Page 204* UTMMli • June 2001

Spread, A Guaymi home next to Marina Carenero, Boca del Toros, Panama. The marina is located in the midst of an indian settlement. Insets; Fred and Diana's much-loved 'Coyote'; Mac Robertson and son James, owners of Marina Carenero and the Sunset Grill. Some cruisers have the impression that Panama is dangerous or home to lots of crime. That hasn't been our experience. In fact, we think Panama is far better for cruising than Costa Rica, and that there is much less crime. For example, while having some Kuna Indians do a bottom job on our boat at the Panama Canal YC, I dropped my wallet with $400 cash in it. Four hours later it was returned — with all the money still in it. On another occa¬ sion, our dinghy drifted away in the middle of the night. It was later returned. We did have some stuff taken from a rental car once, but that happens everywhere. Besides, we like wilderness cruising, so if anyone steals anything in the places we go, everybody knows about it. We haven't had any problems. Despite the historical difficulties be¬ tween our countries in the past, Panama¬ nians really like Americans. In fact, we have yet to find a Panamanian who is happy that the U.S. pulled out, because they trust our government more than they trust theirs. Most of the people thought

we were bluffing when we said we were going to pull our troops out. Like the United States, Panama is actually a very diverse country. It’s ruled by Hispanics, but there are lots of Chinese, blacks from Jamaica and the British Virgins, indig¬ enous indians, Indians from India, Rus¬ sians — people from all over the world. A couple of health cautions. No-seeums can be a problem in parts of Panama. So can parasites. I got some and then neglected to treat them. As a result, 1 be¬ came severely anemic for a while. We’re now enjoying a Northern Cali¬ fornia spring before we return to our boat, which we left at Marina Carenero in Boca del Toros. We look forward to more infor¬ mation from Randy and Lourae Kenoffel of Pizazz, since we re considering an east¬ ward passage along the top of South America. We’d also like to put in a good word for our cat-rigged Freedom ketch. She's quite fast, very easy to sail, and so maneuver-

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Irie — Cascade 36 Richard McKay & Karen Peterson Cruising With Two Dogs (Shoreline, Washington) Mexico is a great place to cruise with dogs. We left Washington in '97 aboard our Cascade 36 sloop with Denali and Sedona, our two female German Shepards, and have been down here ever since. We've spent two summers up in the Sea of Cortez, have traveled as far south as Z-town three times, and have visited most places in between. Quite a few cruis¬ ers have dogs on their boats. Most of the dogs are smaller than ours, but a few are larger. Since so many people ask us how it works cruising with two large dogs? we thought we'd explain. We purchased our 1973 Cascade 36 — which wasn't expensive even though she's built like a tank — with our dogs in mind. For one thing, her companionway isn’t too steep, and she's got low enough

freeboard that the dogs can jump on and off by themselves. The cockpit is big enough for all four of us to relax, and has a fully enclosable bimini, which is like having an extra room when the weather is bad. We also reconfigured the interior, making spaces where our dogs could be comfortable. In addition, we insulated the hull to help keep it cool during hot weather, and bought a large 'shadetree' awning to keep sun off the decks. When we're in a marina during the hot summer months, an air conditioner ducted into the forward hatch is essential. When we're up in the Sea during the hot summer, I put wet T-shirts into the refrigerator as they make a cool treat for the dogs to wear when they really start to pant. The dog areas' inside our boat are cov¬ ered in bombproof material that can be wiped off. We also put up with a lot of dog hair, sand and dirt, so the only carpets we have are those that I can shake out. Usually they are remnants made for dogs anyway. We even made a special fin that holds 160 pounds of dog food. We take our dogs out for exercise two to three times a day whenever possible. When at an anchorage, we're always the first ones with our dinghy in the water so we can take "our girls" to play on the beach. Since I, Karen, am a morning per¬ son who gets up at first light, I take the first shift. I lower the dinghy into the wa¬ ter, grab the doggy dinghy bag — which holds leashes, water bowl, ball, bug spray and plastic bags — and the water jug, open the lifelines and let the dogs jump into our Avon inflatable with wood floor¬ boards and a 10 hp Johnson. Our rig will plane With both of us and both the dogs. We then head for the beach, where we spend the next two hours or so — depend¬ ing on where we are and what else we might have to do. El Magdte in La Paz is one of our favorites spots, as it has miles of beaches yet very few people. The last half hour ashore is usually rest time, so the girls can dry some be¬ fore going back on the boat. I towel dry them as much as possible before they get into the dinghy. We have a large supply of doggy towels' purchased from second¬ hand stores. When clean, we keep them in velcro-ed fabric pillowcases that we use for backrests in the cockpit. The dogs get one more towel off in the cockpit before they can go inside the boat for breakfast. We feed them smaller portions twice a day. Then it’s rest time, so they virtually dis¬ appear into their cubby holes — which they love. They have the quarterberth to themselves, which is also where they stay when the weather gets rough. It’s padded

all around, and they can see us in the cockpit. Dick does the late afternoon shift on the beach with the dogs, which is sort of a repeat of the morning. Our dogs learned to pee and poop on the boat, although it took a lot of work. Actually, it was as hard on us as it was on them, and took a long time. What re¬ ally helped was a chunk of sod about 18’’x30" on a plastic mat. The sod worked because the dogs were most comfortable peeing on grass. Once they learned that we wouldn’t punish them for peeing on the boat, the rest was relatively easy. Af¬ ter they did it a couple of times on the sod, we were able to chuck it over the side. They made the final adjustment with little stress. Nonetheless, they still prefer to go on land whenever possible. Our dogs are well trained, and obey vocal commands and hand signals. But dogs and circumstances are unpredict¬ able, so we always keep the leashes and the plastic poop bags handy. When in towns, we keep our dogs leashed — mostly for their own protection. There are many stray Mexican dogs that can be aggres¬ sive, and there's lots of stuff on the ground that we don't want them to eat. Many more Mexicans are uneasy around big dogs than are gringos. Seeing that the dog is leashed helps. However, there are also many Mexicans who appreciate a beauti¬ ful dog, and canine theft is common. We're often asked if we will have puppies or if we want to sell our dogs. Dog food is now easier to find in Mexico than ever before. The good stuff is more expensive than it is in the States, but it’s not as bad as it used to be. There are some Mexican brands that are cheaper, but we weren't happy with them, so we pay for Richard McKay, going to the dogs in a dinghy — and loving it. The German Shepards are Denali and Sedona.

CHANGES better stuff such as sold by Purina, Waltham and others. One of our dogs has an allergy to beef protein and preserva¬ tives, and therefore needs lamb and rice or chicken and rice type food. We keep a large supply onboard, but have been sur¬ prised to find it in even the smaller towns. Cruisers have to be careful when bring¬ ing bags of dog food aboard, as sometimes it's infested with bugs. We transfer the food into strong plastic zipper-close bags that we purchased from the Bradley Bag Company in Cupertino just for this pur¬ pose. The bags are larger and stronger than can be found in most stores. Put¬ ting the food into the plastic bags gives us the chance to inspect it for bugs be¬ fore it's brought on the boat. If we find bugs, we put it in the microwave to kill them. I also make 'doggy stew' in my pres¬ sure cooker to supplement their dry food. I make it out of chicken, rice and veg¬ etables. Our dogs also love fish, so what¬ ever we catch is shared by the four of us. We can leave the dogs on the boat while we go away without worry. They keep each other company, and are a great deterrent to would-be thieves. They aren't barkers, so they don’t annoy folks on nearby boats. Sound travels so well on the water that a noisy dog is a major annoyance — and even more so in a marina. Just like kids, dogs always seem to have some small medical problem, so we know veterinarians up and down the coast of Mexico. Luckily, the cost of care is about one-tenth of that in the States. We also keep a doggy healthcare and first-aid kit for everyday stuff. Heartworm medication and flea drops are also less expensive in Mexico, though still dear. We have found some excellent vets in Mexico, and have found that you normally don't need an appointment — although it's good if you Denali and Sedona, during what dogs like to do almost more than anything, enjoy a good meal, Especially when it's served on the beach.

can make one. El Temporal (Thomas) in La Paz is wonderful, and he even moni¬ tors the cruiser VHF hailing channel. Saloman in San Carlos cares so deeply for his dogs that he has their names writ¬ ten on the golf cart he drives around town. And Rafael in Mazatlan will come to the marina to see an animal — and also keeps a boat there. These are not the only vets in these places, but they stand out as some of the best we have encountered — anywhere! We never planned to cross oceans, as we know that bringing dogs to many coun¬ ties is difficult. So we decided that Mexico and perhaps the Caribbean would be fine for us. We bought an old VW camper a while back, and travel up to the States for a 'vacation', sometimes with the dogs. They are great travel companions. Pets crossing between the U.S. and Mexico supposedly must have a document of health from a veterinarian that is obtained within 30 days of crossing the border, we used to get the documents, but quit after nobody asked for them. When crossing into Mexico at Nogales last October, we were asked for the dogs' papers. We showed the record of shots which we had gotten in Mazatlan the June before, and that was enough. Rabies shots hre re¬ quired yearly in Mexico, not every three years as in the United States. There are advantages to traveling with two big dogs. We are never afraid for our safety, and have never been searched. The only time that our dogs bark is when someone unknown gets near our boat or van. The federates would much rather send us through than open the door and let those two big barking German Shep¬ herds out. Can’t say as I blame them. We have had a great four years in Mexico so far. Because of the dogs, we are instantly recognized and welcomed back to places we’ve been before. The children run to play ball with them on the beach in Zihuatanejo. And at Ipala, Campeon, a male Shepherd belonging to the owner of the restaurant at the landing, waits for his girlfriends to return. Sometimes I think that we are only here to escort our dogs on their cruising adventure. Thank goodness it's so much fun. — richard & karen 3/15/01

Rose Tattoo — Cross 26 Trimaran Dave Coiner Upside Down (Two Harbors, Catalina) The gentleman in the photo is Dave Coiner, who is the Assistant Harbormaster at Two Harbors on Catalina. For about six months, Dave has

owned the blue Cross 26 trimaran you see in the other photograph. When Dave bought the little tri, she was right side up, and he wished that she still was. Unfortunately, on Februaxy 12 of this year, Two Harbors was hit by very strong winds at a time when the tri was anchored in Cat Harbor and Dave was aboard. He explains what happened. "It was in the middle of the night, and despite steady winds of 60 knots with gusts to 80, my tri and I were holding fine using a #25 Bruce and a Danforth. Al¬ though we were holding, the boat was sailing from one side to the other, and at 0130 it made such a violent change in direction that I was thrown out of my bunk. Still, everything seemed to be un¬ der control. But a short time later, the boat started sailing to starboard and started to lift. The next thing I knew, I was standing on the overhead, which meant the boat had flipped and surely been dismasted in the process." According to an eyewitness, the bow of Coiner's tri apparently lifted 20 feet into the air, with the transom about eight feet in the air, before it flipped. "All I know is that it was violent and that it happened in a heartbeat," Coiner told us. "Nonethe-

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Spread; Dave Coiner's 25-ft Cross tri after she'd been flipped at Cat Harbor. Insets; Dave; and a tree that had been uprooted in the same blow. less, I didn't panic. It was pitch black in¬ side the boat as I tried to work my way aft to the companionway hatch, but it was waist deep in water back there. So I went forward, and thanks to a little bit of light in the water, I was able to see the anchor hatch flopping open and shut. Before I made an attempt to escape, I went aft again to retrieve my backpack and im¬ portant stuff. Then I sat on the edge of the hatch with my feet dangling in the water - which, at 59° was very cold. I calmly thought about what I had to do, which was swim out beneath the boat, staying clear of all the anchor lines and rigging from the dismasting. I knew my best chance to was to swim forward and to the side, and that I'd only get one chance. After carefully thinking things over, I slipped into the water and swam in the direction I planned. I was unfler for about 30 seconds, but didn't have any problem getting caught in the rigging. I then swam over to a patrol boat. It was really, really cold." Coiner, who had previously owned a Piver 31 for seven years — "a great boat"

— thinks the small Cross tri would not have flipped if it had been on the ocean and free to move as opposed to being held in place by two anchors. And there's no doubting the terrific force of the wind, as a short distance away, two large trees had been uprooted by the blow. The future of the upturned tri is uncertain, as replac¬ ing the-rigging would cost almost as much as the boat is worth. So for the time be¬ ing, Rose Tattoo remains upside down. — latitude 3/17/01 /

Latitude — 60-ft Schooner Paul & Suzie Zupan Sicily (Sausalito) [Continued from last month.] Having spent the winter sailing from Minorca, Spain, to Sardinia, Italy, to Bizerte, Tunisia, we continued on up to Favignana, a small island in the Straits of Sicily. Favignana is so well known for tuna fishing, that films and documenta¬ ries have been made about it. We were the only tourists in this wonderful place, and found the 1,500 or so residents to be veiy friendly. Naturally, we stood out from everyone else, and it didn't help that we had "the 60-foot yacht" sitting at the foot of the town's main street. It was a won¬ derful — but windy — four days.

After the wind died, we sailed over to the small marina at Capo San Vito, which is 30 miles west of Palermo, Sicily. It was our first sail after the gale, and Suzie was a little jumpy. She looked very concerned every time the swells got over a foot or two, but it wasn't bad at all. San Vito is an unremarkable place that was designed mostly for Italians on summer vacations — and it is best left to them. After a night, we continued on to Aquasanta Marina, which is just outside of Palermo. Aquasanto is a wonderful marina, with an excellent staff, well-stocked chandlery and great restaurants. The marina isn't cheap, however, as the rates are about the same as the most expensive in Sausalito. Right above the marina is the five-star Villa Igiea Grand Hotel. It's a re¬ ally beautiful place with a perfect loca¬ tion — and quite reasonable rates. De¬ spite the fact that we wandered in several times wearing Levi's and tennis shoes, and weren't even staying in the hotel, they treated us like royalty! They allowed us to use their business services for email, and wander around their gardens all we wanted. The Italians have been nothing but kind and generous at every stop. Both Suzie and 1 were pleasantly sur¬ prised with Palermo, which hadn't been high on our list of destinations. In fact, we very nearly went south around Sicily — in which case we would have missed Palermo entirely. Nonetheless, we quickly discovered that Palermo has some beau¬ tiful architecture and wonderful old build¬ ings — not all of which were bombed out in World War II. Ironically, there still are some bombed out buildings from more than 50 years ago! Palmero has some very interesting markets in the old part of the city, great restaurants, good transporta¬ tion, theatres and even an opera. It's the cultural center for southern Italy. The fishermen of Favignana, Sicily, known for their systematic massacre of tuna, land another big one. /

CHANCES Nonetheless, Palermo is not going to appeal to all tastes. The city is generally noisy and dirty, with the dreaded Italian motor scooter operators scaring tourists with their daring maneuvers. Pickpock¬ ets are common as are small time tourist scams. But when viewed as a fairly poor southern Italian city with a very diverse history, it certainly is a nice place to visit. And anyone interested in the history of the Mafia or their current status should take time to talk to the locals — although discreetly! While in Palermo, we were able to re¬ pair some of the damage we incurred in the gale. We were also able to get the au¬ topilot fixed. I know the purists will criti¬ cize my dependence on an autopilot, but I am very fond of being able to set the course and turn my attentions elsewhere. It is our third crewmember, and having to drive the boat for the last month has really only increased the value of the de¬ vice in my mind. I love standing watch when it means I’m able to wander around the boat, watch the wildlife, trim sails, and retrieve my own beer. However, I must admit that Latitude is not as exciting to drive as some race boats or performance cruising boats. As was the case in Tunisia, Suzie and the boat stayed in Palmero while I trav¬ elled for work. When I returned, we then sailed on to Cefalu, which is in every tour¬ ist guide because of the exceptional Norman Cathedral. It's also an incredibly charming town situated on a hill overlook¬ ing the Mediterranean Sea. Although it has its share of tourist shops and restau¬ rants, it was perhaps the most charming city we visited in southern Italy. We cannot, however, recommend the marina at Cefalu, as it's open to the east and waves roll in as if there was no pro¬ tection at all. Our friends on Nordic Saga snapped five docklines and broke a cleat off their deck trying to stay tied to the dock. They finally gave up and left before suffering any serious damage. We tied up in very shallow water right next to shore with our bow facing into the waves, and didn’t fare much better. Our boat rolled around like she was in a storm, but at least we didn't break anything. The fish¬ erman weren’t too happy with us, how¬ ever, as we were taking up the space of three or four of their fishing boats. They got their revenge by tying up around us, and forcing us to make some interesting maneuvers when it came time to leave. We lost a fender over the side — the fish¬ erman did help retrieve it — and I almost left Suzie standing at the dock trying to get out. We're now in Portarosa, just 30 miles Page 208 • UMmUH • June 2001

west of Messina. While the modem ma¬ rina in this vacation area is well-main¬ tained, it has no real charm, and there are no towns or services in the area. The kids aboard Nordic Saga are happy be¬ cause there is a Go Cart track here, but I'm afraid Suzie and I don’t appreciate the Go Carts with the same zeal as do young¬ sters. The Go Cart track is a good mascot for this marina, however, as it properly represents the cultural significance of this location. Suzie is busy with varnish and maintenance, while I'm away again trav¬ elling for work. Our plan is to leave Portarosa within the next few days, sail through the Straits of Messina — we’re looking forward to greeting Scylla and Charybdis — then head for Greece as soon as the weather allows. We are greatly looking forward to the Corinth Channel, grilled octopus, and ouzo. — paul & suzie 4/15/01

Pelagian — Hans Christian 38 Bill & Sharon Jensen A Cat's Life (Seattle) Some cats have all the luck. Take Leif,

Spread; Leif of Pelagian' licks his lips at the thought of a lobster lunch. Inset; Terry of Catofun' heaves to for a rest on Hiva Oa. who sails aboard Bill and Sharon Jensen's Seattle-based Pelagian. As you can see from the photo, it's not chopped ' liver for her meals, not when there's Mexi¬ can lobster around. The Jensens are cur¬ rently in La Paz, where they discovered a leak in their bowsprit, and turnbuckle problems, which prevented them from heading off to the South Pacific. While in La Paz, they also experienced the typical 90+ average heat, and came to the real¬ ization that they are WWWs - warm weather wimps. As a result, they're hav¬ ing their boat shipped back up to the Pacific Northwest for cooler summer cruising in Alaska and Canada. The other two photographs are of Sharon and Leif during the ever-popular 0400 to 0800 watch, and Bill with Gregorio Sanchez, the port captain for Man O War Cove in Mag Bay. We'll have more on the Jensens and their lobster loving cat in the June issue of Latitude 38.

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Catofun — 44-ft St Francis Cat Paul & Terry Wiener Tonga to New Zealand (Ventura) My wife Teriy and I are flying back to our boat in New Zealand tonight to con¬ tinue our cruising. It more or less began in 1993, when we sold our business in Ventura and took our car-racing 'on the road' for awhile. After taking sailing les¬ sons in Ventura, in '96 we flew to South Africa to take delivery of our new St. Francis'catamaran from the factory. Our first offshore sail was from Cape Town to Miami — about 6,000 miles. We’ve just kept going ever since. Last November, we were part of the 'Milk Run' migration from the South Pa¬ cific to New Zealand to avoid the tropical cyclone season. We made the 1,100-mile passage from Tonga to Opua, New Zealand, in about five days. We were lucky, as we arrived behind a trio of boats that had gotten their butts kicked by 48 hours of 50-knot winds and 30 foot seas from the wrong direction. Since the sail

to New Zealand is potentially one of the roughest and most dangerous passages that west coast cruisers commonly make — there is nowhere to hide and the weather changes quickly — we thought we'd describe our trip in some detail: 10/25 — Brian from Loafer— a family of five we met on the radio while crossing to French Polynesia in March, and also from Ventura — and his pal Dick, who flew in for the crossing, came by our boat at noon. Having both sailed and raced since they were born, Brian and Dick rag¬ ged on us about how dirty our bottom was. This is critical, as even a slightly dirty bottom significantly slows a boat down and destroys fuel economy. Fortunately, they helped arrange for two young Dan¬ ish budget cruisers to clean it for $40. It was a bargain price and they did a great job. Thank God, as speed would prove to be a valuable commodity on the upcom¬ ing passage. 10/26 — Our 'passage anxiety' started as soon as we weighed anchor, for we had to pick our way westward out of Nukualofa Harbor through the coral in an uncharted and unmarked channel. A couple of hours later we were in deep water and heading southwest for Opua, some 1,036 miles distant. That afternoon and night we had 22 knots of wind and 10 foot seas, which resulted in tons of water over the deck, lots of leaks, and ev¬ erything inside getting rearranged. We even had some topped off diesel get slopped around. Taking the beating was worth it, however, because we did eight to 11 knots and really covered ground fast. Two,-hundred-and-fifty miles into the passage is Minerva Reef, which despite being awash at high tide, affords the only shelter between Tonga and New Zealand. When you get to Minerva, you have to decide whether to stop dnd wait for a weather window, or press on and take what comes. Since there was a good fore¬ cast when we got to Minerva the next day, we kept going. Onboard life falls into a pattern on a long passage. For this passage, it included a lot of scheduled meetings on HF radio that could be sorted into three categories: 1) Organized nets operated by the yachties with volunteer net controllers. 2) Landbased weather forecasting organizations that require paid subscriptions or dona¬ tions, most of whom work closely with the local maritime officials. 3) Private skeds organized by yachties who are friends and/or are traveling in close proximity. On this particular passage south, there were a bunch of us cruising boats that

could be broken into two groups: Catofun, Loafer and Ingrid (with Chris and Jennie), and a couple of others, then another group of six boats we referred to as Out¬ landish after one of the boats in the group. Our two groups often crossed over into each other's radio meetings. No matter what kind of radio meeting there would be, each boat reported her position, course and speed, wind and sea state, and any other information wanted or needed. Then net control would give everyone up¬ dated weather information. Aboard Catofun, a typical day would go something like this: At 0600 Paul would wake up to take the 0600 to 1200 watch, at which time Terry would try to sleep as much as possible. At 0700, the Outland¬ ish group had their radio sked. At 0730, Des on Russell Radio in New Zealand — a good example of the second type of ra¬ dio net — would start his session. He'd be on different frequencies during the day to accommodate boats at different dis¬ tances out, as he serves from New Zealand west to Oz, as well as north to Fiji and northeast to Tonga. At 0745 our group would meet. At 0800 was the Coconut Milk Run Net, a type one net. At 0830 there was more Russell Radio. At 1100, Terry would wake up and we'd have a breakfast or lunch. At noon she'd take over the watch and the Outlandish group would meet again on the radio. At 1300, Nighthawk from the Outlandish group would host a game of Jeopardy over the radio. At 1330, Paul would start a twohour nap. At 1535, our net group would meet again. At 1600, Russell Radio came back on. At 1700, we had dinner and the Outlandish group met once again. At 1900, it was time for Russell Radio again, followed 15 minutes later by our net. Fifteen minutes later, Terry would go Paul and Terry had a 6,000-mile shakedown sail from Cape Town to Miami with 'Catofun'— and have kept on going ever since.

CHANGES to bed. At 1030, Paul had a radio sked with Walter of Whirlwind, a good friend we cruised with in the Caribbean in '97 and have been with or near since leaving Mexico. He's a good amateur weatherman. At midnight, Terry would wake up for her watch. After the Outlandish group met yet again, Paul would go to bed. Mixed into this schedule was regular and unplanned chores such as cleaning, fixing things, changing the sails — and a million more, which messed heavily with the basic plan. To resume our tale, on the night of the 26th, the wind had still been blowing in the low 20s and gusting to 28 knots. We flew, hitting as high as 12.5 knots. If the wind came up any more, we knew we'd have to reef. 10/27 — We calculated that we’d been averaging an incredible 8.25 knots, so we had just 682 miles to go. We wanted to maintain our excellent speed, but we fi¬ nally decided that we had to reef both the main and jib. Cruisers joke that the best way to kill a good wind is to reef. Sure enough, an hour later the wind settled in at a steady 22 knots. We unreefed the jib and had another very fast day. 10/28 — In the wee hours of the morn¬ ing the wind dropped to below 15 knots. Our strategy for this potentially danger¬ ous passage was to maintain a boat speed of at least seven knots, so we started the engine. Purists be damned, speed, not fuel conservation, is of utmost importance on a potentially dangerous passage. 10/28, 0800 — After doing the math, we found that we'd had another great 24 hour run of nearly 200 miles. That meant we only had 496 left to go. 10/28, 1550—Although the wind was 12 to 15 knots from aft of the beam, we were still motoring to maintain our aver¬ age speed. During a radio sked for our group, Brian reported receiving a SailMail from Bob McDavitt's private weather ser¬ vice forecasting a gale force low — 35 to 50 knots — moving south from New Caledonia towards New Zealand. It wasn't on any charts yet, but McDavitt predicted

that it would wallop New Zealand's North Island in four days. He therefore advised everyone to get to New Zealand before the gale did. This wasn't going to be a prob¬ lem for us or anyone else in our group — except for the 36-foot sloop Ingrid. She was already 150 miles behind us and had limited fuel capacity. We figured she wouldn’t make it to the North Island un¬ til the morning after the gale did, and that wasn't going to be good. Meanwhile, we began cooking every¬ thing we could on Catofun, knowing that the agricultural inspectors in New Zealand would confiscate all our meat, fresh fruits, veggies, beans and such as soon as we reached land. So we ate well. In fact, for lunch we enjoyed the last rib-eye steak we'd bought many months before at Costco. 10/29, 0230 — This was going to be a very busy day, and it started just after midnight when Terry woke Paul because the wind had died. We pulled in the jib, centered the main, and increased the rpms to maintain a minimum speed. With a gale coming, we sure didn't want to slow down. 10/29, 0600 — We calculated that we had just 309 miles to go, but the wind was down to five knots from aft. So we started our second engine to maintain a 7.5 knot average. Chris on Ingridwas 180 miles behind us, but he was also 180 miles past Minerva Reef. He sounded very nervous about the projected storm when we talked on the Outlandish meet, and even more so during our later group meet¬ ing. 10/29, 0800. Chris discussed the fore¬ cast on the Coconut Milk Run net with Steve of Sojourner, who many consider to be the best amateur weatherman in the South Pacific. But it still wasn't on the weather charts — meaning the faxes re¬ ceived on radio from the U.S., New When you get to Minerva Atoll, the only stop between the South Pacific and New Zealand, there is not much more than sea and sky.

Zealand and Australian weather services — so Steve couldn't offer an opinion. 10/29, 0840. Des of Russell Radio re¬ ported that he spoke to Chris of Ingrid a few minutes before, and that Chris had decided to turn back and make a run for the protection at Minerva Reef. Des told, us that we wouldn't get much wind for the next 30 hours, but we would get some rain squalls. 10/29, 0845. We interrupted the Co¬ conut Milk Run Net to try to get Whirl¬ wind, Sojourner, Loafer and Chris and Jennie on Ingrid to meet on the radio to discuss Chris and Jennies’s options, but they aren't on frequency. We finally reach Walter on Whirlwind, who thought Chris would be better off pushing hard for New Zealand. We agreed, as did Loafer when he came on. Even Des said that "McDavitt is sometimes wrong with his forecasts!" Nonetheless, we all remembered that the ultimate decision of what to do belonged to Chris, the skipper of Ingrid. But none of us could find him on the radio. We gave up looking for Chris and kept pushing on, but we were really worried about him. Terry hadn't slept because of all the radio

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eventful, as we motored into a light wind. Sojourner reported on the Coconut Milk Run Net that 'McDavitt’s storm' is now on all the weather faxes! He advised Chris to haul ass to Minerva. He still had 120 miles to go to decent, but not perfect, pro¬ tection. 10/30, 0900. Just as Des predicted during his morning forecast, the wind slowly clocked to the west. So we reduced the engine rpm, let the main and jib out, and did over seven knots. We steered slightly west of the direct line so we could turn down later and go faster. A couple of hours later, the wind had picked up to 12 knots and clocked about 60 degrees off to starboard, so we had 18 knots at about 40 degrees apparent. We shut down one motor and were still do¬ ing over seven knots. It was kind of a bumpy ride, but it was a beau¬

tiful day — although at 72 degrees it seemed very chilly to our tropically con¬ ditioned bodies. 10/30, 1900. We listened to Chris check in to Russell Radio, reporting be¬ ing 120 miles south of Minerva. Des cau¬ tioned him about the big storm due in two days. At least two other boats at 28-29°S were also in peril. Their options were to go like hell to the south to try and beat it, which was unlikely, or go northeast as fast as possible and sit on the edge as it passed. Neither option was attractive. 10/30, 1915. Just 32 miles out, we checked with Russell Radio and got our final entering and moorage instructions. We got all excited. At midnight we'd made it inside the Bay of Islands, and watched a large white beacon ahead as we had just eight miles to our final turn. 10/31, 0200. We finally negotiated the Veronica Channel on a very dark night, with lots of red, green and white marker lights. It was very confusing, but we found and picked up a green and yellow Cus¬ toms mooring buoy at 0300. Wow, what a trip! Over 1,000 miles in 5 days 16 hours — almost an eight knot average for our 43-foot cat. The bay was flat calm, life was good, and we were eager to get to bed. We just hoped that Chris and Jenny were going to be all right! 11 /2. We heard Chris check in on the Coconut Milk Rim. He reported terminal engine failure on Ingrid the night before. He and Jennie were near Minerva, but couldn't go in under sail alone. So they were headed back for Fiji. 11/6. Des heard Chris on the Coco¬ nut Milk Run Net and scolded him for fail¬ ing to advise that he wasn't going to check in on Russell Radio anymore. Des ex¬ plained that if a boat that checks in isn't 'Catofun' has some custom graphics — on the inside of her hulls, where hardly anybody can see them.

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heard from for two days, they send out a plane. 11/7. After a day of silence, Chris checked in to the Coconut Milk Run Net to report that they still had 180 miles, to go to Fiji and were becalmed. But they weren't having any bad weather as the big storm had fizzled before it got to them. We were so happy! The next day we headed south with Loafer on two 60-mile legs to get to Gulf Harbour Marina near Auckland, where we’ll leave the boat for the next few months while we motorhome around New Zealand and then return to the States for a couple of months. We know this is a report without a real climax, but we hope it conveys the anxi¬ ety and kind of problems that cruisers confront on the long and dangerous pas¬ sage between the South Pacific and New Zealand. Update from the middle of March: Loafer is in Tauranga, New Zealand, with the kids in a real school. When school breaks in late May, they'll head to Fiji. Chris and Jenny on Ingrid have spent the summer — California's winter — in Fiji, and say they've loved it! And they've had

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no tropical cyclones. Whirlwind is with us in Gulf Harbour, enjoying New Zealand, and planning to do more of Tonga and Fiji later this year. New Zealand is the greatest, so we'll hate to leave it, but come

Cruise Notes: Captains Pat and John Rains hoped to have their new Mexico Boating Guide ready in time for distribution for the start of last October's Baja Ha-Ha, but in the best tradition of publishing, were only about six months late. Judging from what they produced, however, it was worth the wait. Our quick deadline perusal suggests that their new book is not only the most up-to-date Mexico cruising guide, but the most comprehensive and therefore the best. Coming in at a whopping 354 pages, it covers 5,000 miles of Mexican coast¬ line, both on the Pacific side and Carib¬ bean sides. There are 110 charts, many of them detailed ones of small anchorages, each with a GPS position. In addition, there are 200 photos — many of them aerial shots great for general orientation. In the process of covering 300 ports of call, Pat and John give the lay of the land', tell where to anchor and/or find marina services, how to clear in, list the local ser-

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The Sea of Cortez normally doesn't get many hurricanes, although through the mid-'90s it was get¬ ting hit by about one a year. Lester in '92 did the damage you see here near San Carlos. Then there was Lidia in '93, Rosa in ‘94, Ismael in '95 and Fausto in '96. It's been pretty quiet since then.

lands of the Caribbean. With all due respect, we wouldn't put too much stock in Gray's predictions, as the formula he uses for making predic¬ tions has a very large number of varibles.

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You've got to admire Robert Case, who contin¬ ues to make the best of each situation. He just singlehanded 6,000 miles up the Atlantic. Chaguaramus, Trinidad, for bottom paint, cutlass bearing and zincs, then I’m off for the ABC Islands — Aruba, Bonaire and Curasao — then the Panama Canal. I'll be in stealth mode so as to miss the pi¬

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Cartagena has many delights, not the least of which is the architecture. that, who knows?" For you historical buffs, Isla Providencia was colonized by the same Londoners who had taken the Mayflower to Massachusetts. When these Puritans

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IN LATITUDES iGeorgetown, Exuma, Bahamas. By the vay, our crew is Mabelle Lernoud of donterey. Ken got her name after she i signed up with the Seven Seas Cruising Association in Fort Lauderdale, but we and of knew her already from her letters o the editor in Latitude and from the Lati ude Crew List. By the way, Pocketmail ivorks great!" We also got a postcard from Mabelle ^ernoud. "I'm crewing for Ken and Annie rom Florida to Trinidad. Sea Ya II is an | ill-plastic — "if you like wood, bring some" i — go-fast boat capably sailed by the figels. We hit Georgetown in time for the ramily Island Regatta, which is the 'na¬ tionals' for the Bahamian sloops. It's been pots of fun and excitement, and with lots >f cruisers here there have been lots of parties. What a great atmosphere!" "An explosion rocked Marina Vallarta i n late March after gasoline fumes ignited n the main salon of the motoryacht Mor¬ gan as she sat in her berth," reports R.G. henks of Mai Tardis II in Puerto Vallarta. ) Faime Ramirez, the boat’s owner, was se¬ verely injured by the explosion and

alarm as best he could before picking up a hose and reentering the boat to battle the flames. Neighbors on I Dock and oth¬ ers raced to the scene to help. Within min¬ utes, the injured owner of Morgan was whisked off to San Javier Hospital in a taxi, while Pepe and others continued to battle the blaze. Despite suffering exten¬ sive third-degree burns, Castillo refused to leave the boat until the fire was out. Once the fire was extinguished and the bomberos — firemen — were on the scene, Pepe retired to the dock in agony, his clothing melted to his body by the intense heat of the fire. After getting emergency treatment, he also was rushed to San Javier Hospital. By the end of the week, doctors had begun plastic surgery treat¬ ments to help protect both injured men from bacterial infection. The vessel was saved with damage limited to the interior of the main salon and smoke damage to adjoining spaces. "Only the quick action by Pepe saved the life of Ramirez and prevented the vessel’s hull from catching fire. Had the hull of the gasoline fueled Morgan caught fire, other boats on the dock surely would

The Family Island Regatta down in Georgetown is a great time — and serves as the 'nationals' for these human-ballasted local sloops. trapped inside as the interior burned. 'Pepe' Cipriano Castillo Quintero, a deaf mute marinero who worked on the boat, entered the blazing interior and pulled the owner to safety. Pepe then raised the

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have been damaged or destroyed. Castillo’s family was dependent upon his income, so the projected long and painful convalescence will create a severe finan¬ cial burden for this brave man and his family. Shortly after Castillo was trans¬ ported to the hospital, a number of marineros from the docks began taking up a collection to assist the family with the medical expenses expected for his

This photograph of Barillas Marina and visiting cruisers, taken a year ago by Charles Zigler of 'AliKat, shows what a nice and popular place it has become. treatment. Boatowners and others in the boating community have also begun col¬ lecting funds to assist the family during his convalescence."

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IN LATITUDES ranee • Savona1 :icipants in the relief efforts for the vic;ims of El Salvador's recent terrible earth¬ quake. We plan on being here through \ugust." Most cruisers dream of sailing off to he South Pacific, but if you're like the Wanderer and are enchanted with the Med, Alfredo Giacon and Ramon Jovani Sans have an interesting proposition jailed the Mediterranean Odyssey. As you can see from the accompanying chart, ::he event starts in Italy and takes the fleet : o Spain, Sardinia, back to Italy, Tunisia, Malta, back to Italy again, and over to Greece. It may look like a long way, but : he Med is a compact place compared to Mexico or the South Pacific. As such, the :;vent is expected to consist of just 20 days of sailing and 30 days of socializing and exploring. Alfredo and Ramon — who met doing the Millenium Around the World Odyssey — decided to hold the event in May and June, because it's when the r winds in the Med are the most consistent ;md moderate. About 45 boats have paid :.he up to $3,000 U.S. in entry fees and :ibout $200 for each crew for the event chat started at the beginning of May. The

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Nolan of the Irwin 37 No Land, which is currently at Marina Flamingo in Costa Rica. "It is the work of Jack Dausend, who has been a big help to me in planning our voyage from Panama to Trinidad. Jack is an old San Jose Sailing Club member who followed his cruising dream with his Westsail 32 as far as Trinidad. There he prints the Trinidad boaters' directory, a free cruiser newspaper called The Boca,

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We've been to Trinidad and CamivE in Trinidad, and can strongly recommen Dausend's website. "We're in Fremantle, Western Austra lia," report Rob and Mary Messenger c the custom 45 foot sloop Maude I. Jones vets of the first Ha-Ha who Eire still ou cruising. "For the last three weeks we'v been working on various boat projects ii anticipation of our Indian Ocean cross ing. We just put the boat back in the wa ter two days ago, but now get to haul he out at a different yard tomorrow wher: we can have the bottom sandblasted, re epoxied and painted. We couldn't do tha job here at the sailing club without pull ing the mast. As for our passage acrosi the long South Australian! Bight, it wasni much fun. Poor weather forecastim coupled with traveling at the end of sum: mer — when the easterlies are fewer an« farther between — made it a white: knuckle ride. Next month we ll be tEikin: off for South Africa, although we stil haven't picked the route yet. By the way we just received our January, February and March 2001 issues of Latitude, an<i have been enjoying catching up with th:

IN LATITUDES sailing scene on the West Coast and in Mexico." "It's autumn in Sydney, Australia, which means it's just about time to head north for the winter," reports George Backhus of the Sausalito-based Deerfoot 62 Moon shadow. "We — mean¬ ing my cruising companion Cate and cat Maitai — are savoring our last few days in the 'big city' while attending to all the last-minute details, provisioning and prepara¬ tions necessary for an ocean passage. We have what ap¬ pears to be a favorable weather window this week¬ end, so we plan to sail to Lord Howe Is¬ land — 400 miles to the east-northeast — for a short layover, then continue on to Noumea, New Caledonia, another 700 miles to the northeast." Terrance O'Rourke of the Banderas Bay Regatta reports that next year's Banderas Bay Regatta will be moved up to March 14-17 in order to avoid a con-

Ken and Cathy were delighted with the wind and speed of their Pacific crossing.

flict with Easter. Mark your calendars, be¬ cause this is the biggest cruiser event of the year on mainland Mexico. By the way, we hear a new and really casual cruiser event, to be called Z-Fest

— if the folks from Loreto Fest don't mind — is in the works for Zihauntanejo for the end of January. A race around Isla Grande, beach games, pot lucks, music and a fund-reuser for the locals, that kind of thing. We'll keep you posted. "We were blessed with 10-25 knot winds almost the entire way from Mexico to French Polynesia, includ¬ ing the equator," report Ken Machtley and Cathy Siegismund of the Tashiba 31 Felicity. "We ran the motor for 41 hours, all of it for charging the batteries — except to leave the harbor in Mexico and arrive in French Polynesia. Garth Wilcox and Wendy Hinman of the Port Ludlow-based Wylie 31 Vella made it across in just 22 days, while Terry and Gail Loose of the Westsail 32 Tamarack made it in 25 days." For small and heavy boats, those are fine times. Have a great summer of cruising — but don't forget to write!

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15.5-FT SNIPE. #23760, Phoenix hull. Two suits of sails, pole launcher. Trailer with shield, recent new axle and wheel bearings. Extras. Ready to sail or race. Moving, must sell. $1,600/obo. Call (650) 324-2196. 14-FT FLYING TERN. Fiberglass. Sail #US1251. Dutch-made racing sloop or day sailer. Trailer, main and jib, 120 sq ft. Good shape. Photo/specs at Web site: http:// orienteer.com/flyingtern.jpg. See anytime in Oakland. $1,475/obo. (510) 530-3039 or email: joe@orienteer.com.

MIRROR SAILING DINGHY. Balco trailer. Main, jib, spin. $975 to good home. Call (510)523-1001 after June 11. MX-RAY, 2000. The fastest singlehanded monohull in production. It planes in six knots ot wind. Used twice. Stored indoors. It sells for $5,000 new. See info at Web site: http://www.m-yachts.com. Asking only $3,000. Call (415) 883-0625, 11-FT MIRROR-CLASS SAILING PRAM. Sprit rig main with jib. Daggerboard. Full flotation. Fast and fun. With trailer. Both licensed to 2002. Excellentcondition. $650. Call (650) 323-3551 or (650) 859-3901 or email: bentley@sri.com. LASERS FOR SALE. The San Francisco Yacht Club Youth Program is selling off its fleet of Lasers. These boats are well used and will be sold complete for $500 each. First come first served. Contact Quentin Pollock at (415) 435-9525 or email: sfycyouth@aol.com. 29ER SKIFF. Grey hull, lots of extras in¬ cluding trailer. Ready to go. Fast. Call (831) 479-1950.

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JY 15 DINGHY. Rod Johnstone design. Great boat, sloop rig. Boat and sails very light use, great condition. Calkins trailer with mast crutch, boat cover, blade bag, more. $3,500/obo. Call (415) 472-7000. TWO LIVINGSTONS. 7.5-ft with 4 hp Johnson. Has cool graphics on sides of hull, $725. 8-ft with 6 hp Johnson 2-cyl with separate tank, $825. Call (707) 644-1225. TWO LASERS, BOTH 1982. Good condi¬ tion, freshwater. Triple (3) decker trailer. All for $2,750. Call (530) 268-3531.

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8-FT SAILING DINGHY with oars and locks, fiberglass. $650. Call (408) 266-7399. FATTY KNEES 7'7". Infamous indestruc¬ tible classic fiberglass dinghy includes in¬ complete sail package, oars, rudder, leeboards, sail, davit attachments and four coats of varnish. $495 or best offer. Please call Eric at (510) 865-4700 x20 or email: esouthmayd @ clubnautique.net.

24 FEET & UNDER 24.5-FT PACIFIC SEACRAFT DANA, 1985. Cutter with singlehandler's package, fac¬ tory 3-axle trailer, Yanmardsl.CNG, dodger, roller furling, 2 CQRs, H/C pressure water with shower, shore power. Delivery pos¬ sible. $46,000. Call (480) 460-3430.

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JOHNSON 18,1996. Very fast. Asymmetri¬ cal spinnaker. North sails, one new set, one practice set. Easily planes in light wind. With trailer. $8,500. Call Morgan (503) 3200563 or email: mpriddis@syneticsinc.com. DEWITT DINGHY. Competition model, 2 sails, Seitec dolly. $2,700. Please call (408) 294-0737 or email: cnoe@aol.com. 505 HULL #6809,1986. Proctor mast and boom. Boat is very good condition. Glass deck. Spinnaker launcher. Two trapezes, main, jib with furling, spinnaker and cover. EZ-loader trailer with new tires. Mostly ga¬ rage kept. $1,500/obo. Call (415) 973-2369 or email: cji0@pge.com.

CAPRI 22, 1988. Sportboat by Catalina. Excellentcondition. Performance package. Spinnaker, roller furling 135 jib, wing keel. Ice chest, Porta-Potti, canvas. Suzuki 6 hp outboard. Trail-Rite trailer, brakes, exten¬ sion tongue. Las Vegas. $7,500/obo. Call (702) 564-9695.

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BENETEAU 235,1987. New rigging 2001. New sails 1999. Bottom painted 2001. Head, holding tank, Origo stove. PHRF 174. Ex¬ ceptional condition. Many extras. $10,000. Call before 5 p.m. (415) 821-2976. CAPE DORY TYPHOON. 18.5 ft. 4 hp Johnson. Very good condition North sails, 3 headsails and main. Lots of extras. Located Coyote Point. $2,000/obo. (650) 572-2784 or email: RMC@ddbo.com. SAN JUAN 24, 1978. Tahoe weekend cruiser. Sleeps 4, galley counter, freshwa¬ ter tank, sink, pump. Porta-Potti. 7.5 hp Honda o/b. 2 anchors/rodes, safety equip¬ ment. 2001 USCGA inspection. On high¬ way trailer. Boat $5,500. Trailer $1,500. Please call (530) 525-6745 or email: breezinboat@webtv.net. WAVELENGTH 24. High Frequency. Ex¬ cellent condition. Like-new Kevlar 155 genoa and main, full sets of racing and cruising sails, 3 chutes. KVH Quatro system. Sail Comp. Suunto compass, Porta-Potti, tan¬ dem-axle trailer. Dry-stored at Folsom Lake. $10,000/obo. (916) 985-3704. ILLUSION. The original Mini-Meter 2-person sailboat. Complete with galvanized trailer, spinnaker, sails, roller furling, etc. All the bells and whistles. Excellent condition. $ 1,850/obo or it's donated to Australian Sea Scouts. (858) 270-4609 (Sandy Eggo).

CAPRI 22,1985. Made by Catalina Yachts. Fin keel with trailer. Has spinnaker and extra jib. $4,000. Call Jim (831) 438-3890. ISLANDER 24,1963. Almost the same as a Columbia 24. Hand-laid fiberglass, beau¬ tiful interior, mostly restored. Comes with tandem trailer. This boat is in immaculate condition and must be seen to be appreci¬ ated. $4,500. Call (800) 317-1886. JBAR 20 X 10 X 3.5 CATBOAT. Sloop rigged with bowsprit, 4,500 lbs. Very strong fiberglass hull with plywood foam epoxy cabin and self-bailing cockpit. 6.5 hp diesel, 800 lb. fin keel, 'unbreakable' outboard rud¬ der (groundable), many watertight com¬ partments. Retractable bowsprit allows cheap 20-ft moorage. Twin 46-ft wide quar¬ ter berths. Built 1982, Port Townsend, al¬ most refitted as singlehanded ocean cruiser, not big enough for girlfriend. $9,000 or part trade for 36-ft+ sailboat. Installed inverter and watermaker extra. Moss Landing. Call (831) 594-6148 oremail: bobmagi@att.net. SANTANA 22. Pineapple main and class jib, new 80% jib, two older jibs, 100 and 120, and one older mainsail. Garhauer solid vang, new main sheet, new halyards, faired keel. Many extras. Oakland berth. $2,800/ obo. Call (925) 829-7911.

RANGER 23,1978. Possibly the best kept 23 on the Bay. Stable like a much larger boat. New standing rigging in 1998, all new wiring in 2000, brand new Nissan outboard and bottom job. 1 year on 2 mains, class and blade jib. Good 135% and spinnaker. Performance rigged for singlehanding. VHF, built-in charger. Interior like new with cus¬ tom teak extras. Many extras too, $5,250. Sweet. Possible slip in Tiburon. Tony (707) 364-4496 or email: Carrrissa @ earthlink.net.

BUCCANEER 24,1974.9.9 hp o/b, coastal cruiser, unsinkable. Main, jib, new rigging, roller furling. New gel coat/paint, new inte¬ rior. 12 volt/110, 5 batteries, microwave, stove, BBQ, water tank, sink, 6-ft headroom, teak, trailer. Beautiful boat. Folsom Lake. $35,000. Call (916) 723-4547. J/24, 1979. Hull #TSP410360179. In pro¬ cess of restoration, so this is a chance to get this fine vessel for a song. Outfit her the way you wish, to race or to cruise. Complete with sails. Offered as is, where is. $2,500. Ask for Phil: (510) 843-4200. YANKEE DOLPHIN 24 WANTED. West Coast preferred. Please call (707) 9371519 or email: graphic@mcn.org.

DOUGLAS-McCLEOD 22 SLOOP, 1973. Nissan 9.9. International offshore design. Main, three jibs, Autohelm, radio, depthfinder, solar panel, etc. Sleeps three. Bot¬ tom inspected, repainted January 2000. Moss Landing (I dock). $4,800/obo. (831) 685-9149 or email: beachnit@pacbell.net. CATALINA 22,1976. At Puerto Escondido (Loreto) Baja. Fly to fully equipped mini¬ cruiser and anchor at world-renowned is¬ lands the same day. Pop top, swing keel, 6 hp Evinrude, VHF, trailer. Extensive gear list and numerous upgrades. $5,000. Please call (650) 494-8230 or email: lonspencer® hotmail.com.

20'9" YNGLING, 1984. Fiberglass keelboat, baby Soling, easily singlehanded. New, never used trick roller furling jib by Pineapple sails. Rigging overhauled last year. New boat cover ($1,200). Good cus¬ tom trailer. Selling due to back problems. $4,200/obo. Owner will carry note. Call (925) 837-3632.

O'DAY 240,1988. Excellent conditon with new galvanized trailer. Wing keel, roller furler, ISOMAT spars, 8.8 hp outboard. Autohelm tiller pilot. AM/FM cassette ste¬ reo. $11,500. Please call (530) 677-6229. NORTHWEST POCKET CRUISER21,1979. 11 hp Yanmar diesel (OK for Lake Tahoe area). 900 lb. 5-ft swing keel that draws only 2-ft with keel up. This sailing package great for trailering to lake, Bay or coast. All fiber¬ glass royal blue hull with interior teak cabin, sleeps 4 with 6-ft standing room, enclosed head with holding tank, water, sink, pro¬ pane stove and heater, cushions, carpet. Working lines all led to cockpit, helm wheel steering, depth, GPS, VHF, AM/FM cas¬ sette, solar/AC charger. Sails include #1 cruising main with roller furling jib (130/ 155). EZ-Loader trailer with spare tire, hy¬ draulic surge brakes and extend hitch launching option. $10,500.obo. Call (650) 465-1559 oremail: ljhdrvey@safe-trak.com. MELGES 24 USA 352. Excellent shape, only raced a few times. All lines, halyards are new. New tapered spin sheets, tack line. All blocks updated to Harken carbo blocks. Nissan 3.5 outboard is like new. Tactic compass. $35,000. (415) 682-8804. CAL 20. Set up as family boat. Good main, new jib, new keel bolts, new interior cush¬ ions, 12v system with running lights, interior lights, stereo. 6 hp Evinrude. $2,700. Bill (415) 339-0100 (days) or (415) 435-3640 (eves before 9).

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KELL 23,1979. Fiberglass sloop with extra sail, 3-ft draft, reliable outboard gas engine, great boat for beginners and experienced, V-berth, couch below deck, berthed in Alameda. Moved, must sell. $1,200. Jim (209) 786-4864. MARTIN 242,1983. Mighty Mouse. A Ca¬ nadian built 24-ft racer/daysailer. Frac¬ tional rig, fin keel, furling, pulpits, com¬ passes, knot, VHF, Mariner 4, 3 mains, 3 jibs, 2 kites. Rates 156. Sleeps 4. Trailrite trailer. At Lake Tahoe. $9995/obo.>Please call Mike at (530) 544-4014 or email: mgrimm6@hotmail.com. 23-FT SLOOP. Weekender. Sleeps 4, large cockpit, full keel, 4.5 hp 2-stroke o/b, inside lights, tiller steering, lifelines, good main and jib, great starter boat. $2,800/obo. Come look. Call Bill (707) 451-4369. /

CATALINA 22,1976. Equipped for cruising San Francisco Bay. Includes 8 hp out¬ board, trailer, and many extras. Low main¬ tenance and easy to sail. See Web site: http://www.rage.net/-c22/ for all the de¬ tails. $3,200. Call (408) 505-3913 or email: greg@rage.net.

CAL 20. Downtown Sausalito berth. 9 hp Evinrude, like new. This boat is in great shape. Self tending jib. Hard to find a Cal 20 that looks this good. $1,500. Contact (415) 509-1436 or email: jjordan 165® yahoo.com. EDEL 22. Great Bay cruiser/racer. Cruise equipped, cruised Bahamas for 4 months. Fixed keel, Nissan 5 hp, all lines aft, Auto¬ helm, solar panel, 5 sails including spinna¬ ker. Can be seen at Web site: http:// members.home.net/hpopper2/ edelphoto.jpg. $5,000. Trailer and inflat¬ able dinghy available. Call (650) 968-1597. COLUMBIA CONTENDER 24. Evinrude 6 hp, main, jib, genoa, potti, sink, stove, ice box, anchor, boomvang, and more. Sturdy boat that sleeps four. Good condition. Ber¬ thed at Vallejo YC. $3,500. Please call (707) 644-9031. CORONADO 23,1971. A real gem. Huge cockpit for 6 adults. 3 sails. 4 large berths, separate forward quarters. Porta-Potti, up¬ graded rigging, new bottom paint. Johnson 6 hp o/b, fixed keel, trailer. Berthed in Rich¬ mond. $3,300/obo. Call (510) 339-6363. MERIT 22. On trailer. Nice interior, sleeps 4, VHF, centerboard, Harken race gear on deck, 3 jibs, 1 spinnaker, good main. Fun boat. Seagull outboard. $2,000. Call (831) 458-0269. VAGABOND 17, 1981. Excellent condi¬ tion, light, 950 lbs., can be trailered by small car. 345 lb. swing keel. Includes genoa, 4.5 hp Johnson, trailer, plus more. Must sell. A steal at $1,500/firm. Call (415) 479-1068. BENETEAU 235,1987. Trailerable. Wing keel. Fast PHRF 174. Tuff Luff. New rig¬ ging, Honda o/b, autopilot, enclosed ma¬ rine head, numerous upgrades. See pics and equip at Web site: www.apt8.com/ greatboat. $14,000. Call (510) 865-4154. CAL T/4 with new standing rigging, main and 90% jib. New cushions and compass. Great Bay and Delta boat. 3 hp Johnson and 6 gal tank. Genoa and spin included. $4,000/obo. Call (415) 453-9130. CATALINA 22, "A CLASSIC" w/Ser #77. Good condition, upgraded standing rigging, new cabin door, low-use Honda 10 hp longshaft, extra jib and other gear, com¬ pass, trailer, commode, stove. Solid, fun boat. Oroville. $3,600. Call (530) 589-4974 oremail: cjbishop@cncnet.com. SANTANA 20, 1977. #123. Jib, genoa, main, spinnaker. Lifting cable, new cush¬ ions, 4 hp Evinrude and trailer. Race ready lake boat. Drysail or apply your own barrier and bottom paint. Well maintained and in excellent condition. $5,000. (559) 294-9621. MOORE 24, HULL 26. Great boat in top shape. Ready to race. All gear recently upgraded. Sails and trailer in great condi¬ tion. $12,000/firm. Call (831) 479-3229 or email: timmctile@yahoo.com.

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TARTAN 27. S&S by Douglas and McLeod. Everything new. Built for Baja-HaHa. Volvo diesel, 5 hp. I20v AC. Propane, microwave, refrig/freezer. All works at sea, not just dock. Full keel with centerboard. Ideal for 2 people. Owner buying 41 -footer. Best buy at $18,500. Call Buck (760) 253-1924. CATALINA 27,1973. Sundance. Includes spinnakers, 3 headsails, West Marine din¬ ghy with 3 hp outboard. Upgrades include: late model 9.9 hp outboard, rigid boom vang, beautifully repainted hull & topside, cabin upholstery, new head. Greatfor week¬ end sails to Angel Island, SBYC beer can races, or Giants tailgate parties. Located at South Beach Harbor (G-15), SF. Selling for $7,500. Call Joe (408) 921-9597. CATALINA 27,1985. Self-furling Jib, main, spinnaker; mainsail and deck covers. Auto¬ helm, dinette, stove, knotlog, depth, head, cushions, CD changer, Universal 18 hp Inboard, tiller. In Sausallto. $15,000, Please call Alex (415) 381-8893 or email: adunne@sirlus.com for pictures. CHEOY LEE FRISCO FLYER 26, 1968. Fiberglass with teak decks, diesel, tan bark sails, full cover, depthflnder. Spinnaker and three Jibs. Located In Delta. $6500/obo. (707) 678-8860 (eves). 26-FT CLIPPER MARINE. Fully rigged, electrified, full cover, trailer, 9.5 hp motor. Excellent shape. $4,500. Please call (530) 221 -4966 or email: glm2Jlm @ hotmall.com.

BRISTOL 27, ALBERG DESIGN. Excel¬ lent condition, galley, standing head room, spinnaker, 3 jibs, VHF, depth and knotmeters. Honda 4 stroke, 8hp. Berth at Hidden Harbor Marina in Delta. $6,500. Call Judy (510) 527-4830 or Mary Lee (916) 777-7858. VENTURE 25. Great small family boat, rebuilt with lots of new gear in 1996. LP paint, new main and 100. On rebuilt trailer. Will haul up to 100 miles. $4,500/obo. Call Jim (916) 730-4639. CATALINA 27,1976. Dinette. Bottom paint 1/00. All lines led aft, 6 sails, including 2 spins. DF, VHF, KM, 15 hp Merc o/b with electric start. Sink, stove, pressure water, shorepower, dual battery. $9,000/obo. Please call Dave (415) 269-3140 or email: Daveo@pcumail.com. RANGER 26 ON CUSTOM TRAILER. Lake sailed. Stored indoors. Gin pole for self¬ rigging. Lines aft. Large inventory: storm jib to spinnaker. New North main and 150 jib. Gary Mull design. $5,900. Please call (415) 332-8507 or email: locknow@best.com. BALBOA 27, 1979. Lyle Hess designed keel/centerboard. Trailer, diesel, Autohelm, usual electronics, dodger, 4 sails, propane galley, enclosed head, 6'3“ headroom. Very good condition. Good looking, good sailer. Located San Diego Bay. $12,500. Please call (909) 652-3738 or (760) 394-1132 or email: marjak2@netzero.net. CATALINA 25, 1986. New 8 hp Mercury outboard, VHF, bottom paint 8/99, fin keel, pop top, standing rig/mast new in 1997, new battery, running rig 8/99, lots of extras. Survey report available. $8,900. Call (916) 728-2014 or email: Spay@ dhs.ca.gov. CATALINA 27. Recent standing and run¬ ning rigging. New Pineapple main and 120 jib. Five more sails. New head and thru hull fittings, depthfinder, VHF and bilge pump. Atomic4 runs well. Recent haulout. $8,500. Call (925) 631-6610. CAL 28,1967. Fin keel, tiller steering. Full batten main, 3 headsails, 1 wlndflnder. Di¬ rect drive BMW D12 Inboard diesel, flush teak deck, head, sink, shorepower, anchor. $8,000/obo. Call Josh (415) 420-8306 or email: Jjrothe@yahoo.com. CAL 225,1979 FOR SALE OR TRADE for 32-34 foot cruising boat. Knot, depth, VHF, autopilot, compass, radar, 3 sails, 2 props, 2 anchors, full boat cover, lazyjacks. Ali lines to cockpit. Bottom 2000. $9,895 or trade. Call (831)475-1789. IRWIN 28,1973. Atomic 4 gas, wheel steer¬ ing, sleeps 4-5.1994 complete motor over¬ haul, roller furling Installed, much more. 1996 new mainsail. 2001 new batteries. Illness forces sale. Price $2,500 below BUC at $8,000/obo. Call (510) 237-9661.

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MacGREGOR 26X, 1997. Near new, sailed 15 times. Jib roller furling, 50 hp Tohatsu outboard, electric start, power tilt controls at helm, two 9-gal fuel tanks, enclosed head, 1997 trailer, cockpit bimini sunshade, many other extras. $18,000. Call (925) 228-2852.

HUNTER 26,1994. Fantastic condition, 18 hp, trailer, stern pulpit seats, B&G depth/ knot, jib furling, custom gennaker and snuffer, deck canvas, sail covers, radio, motor control, 26 gal. water, stereo, canopy, other extras. Call John (707) 542-7245.

26-FT CHEOY LEE OFFSHORE. Glass i hull, teak decks, loaded. New standing rig¬ ging. Can include prime Benicia slip. $6,500/ obo. Call (510)864-7758.

COLUMBIA 28, 1968. Classic Crealock designed sloop in good condition. Perfect Bay and starter boat. 6-ft headroom. Re¬ built Atomic 4, good sails. Bought larger Columbia, must sell. Located Berkeley Marina. $6,500/obo. Please call anytime (510) 967-3118.

BALBOA BUCCANEER 27,1980. 9 hp : Nissan. Great interior. Entire boat in good condition. Bottom needs paint. No blisters. Will reduce $400 if buyer does bottom. Can email pics. Can be seen by arrangement in Vallejo. $4,000. Please call Kent at (661) ) 873-7729 or (661) 805-4779 (cell) or email: i kentlittle@yahoo.com.

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FLEUR BLEUE 25,1958. Japanese racing sloop. Beautifullclassicteakandmahogany sailboat. Freshwater galley, head, VHS. Just hauled May 2001. Storm jib, rebuilt Yamaha 5 hp, cushions newly recovered, sleeps 4. Receipts over $10,000. $5,500/ obo. (415) 786-5550.

I. LANCER 27,1978.35 hp o/b. Great family i fun boat. Full size aft berth. H/C pressure water, wheel, spinnaker, roller jib, depth, it autopilot, galley, huge cockpit. One of the biggest27-ft around. Please call Chris (415) 5 412-6032. JEANNEAU FANTASIA 27, 1985. LOA , 27', Beam 9'6, Draft 4'11 “. Yammar 10 hp diesel inboard, tiller steering, fin keel, 4 r berths, private aft cabin, Nav station, autoit pilot, depth and speed gauge, teak and <i holly interior. Located in Alameda. $19,000. > (510) 748-9165. BALBOA 26,1973. 25 hp Merc 1987. Fair condition outside. Original well-maintained clean interior. Solar, sails and stuff. Good Bay sailer, great Delta cruiser. Located at q Kappas 84-B, Sausalito. $5,500. Call n Randall (415) 596-5320. I CATALINA 27,1971. Sloop with outboard. Good sails, cabin fully upholstered and good. Needs some work. Berthed in I Embarcadero Central Basin, Oakland Esi tuary. $2,500/obo. Call (925) 838-0214 or ? (925) 200-2383. il ERICSON 27, 1971. Atomic 4, new ex•4j haust, Martel folding prop. Sink and water if system, 2-burner stove. VHF, depthfinder, 4 sails and whisker poles. 6 Barient winches. Teak cockpit flooring. $8,900. Call (650) i 343-4278 or (678) 457-3507. 25-FT CHEOY LEE, FRISCO FLYER III. With Monterey mooring that will save you thousands $$ in slip fees annually. Full : keel, fiberglass hull, wood deck, sleeps 2, i sink, head, new 6 hp outboard. Great Bay or ; ocean cruiser. $11,000/obo. Please call i (831) 647-0191.

CATALINA 27,1980. Atomic 4, beautiful, varnished mahogany, teak interior, bottom paint 5/01, shorepower, new carpet, head, stove, sink, icebox, cockpit cushions, large dodger, sail covers. Must see. Sierra Point. $10,800. Call (415) 467-9676. 25-FT GAFF CUTTER. Shallow-draft sail¬ ing dory type. Wood with some glass sheath¬ ing. Home-built 1968. Well organized and equipped, sleeps 4, stove, Porta-Potti, lights, depth, autopilot, 9.9 outboard. Good condi¬ tion but needs paint job. $4,000. Call (650) 941 -6815 or email: pmacom @ bayarea.net. CAL 25, 1971. Johnson 9.9 hp outboard with electric start and generator. Main, jib, genoa, and spinnaker with sail cover and bags. Head, sink and ice chest, pop-top cabin. Anchor, windvane and compass. $5,000/obo. Call Herb (650) 364-6661. LANCER 25. 5 sails, 9.9 hp o/b, very nice boat. Medical disability forces sale. Demo ride unlikely, ask anyhow. Huge discount unlikely, ask anyhow. Must sell. Vallejo Marina, K5. $5,000/obo. (707) 337-7767. CATALINA 27, 1971. Great condition, 15 hp Johnson outboard, remote control. New: head, VHF, stereo, wiring, tillerpilot, more. Recent standing/running rig. Berthed Oys¬ ter Cove Marina. $6,000. (303) 885-4452. NEWPORT 27, 1974. Great Bay sailer. White with blue trim, Atomic 4 or 9.9 electric start outboard. Lots of interior room. Fast. Berkeley berth. Price varies from $5,000. Call (510) 337-3220. CHEOY LEE FRISCO FLYER, 1958. Full keel, all teak. Hardware, engine and sails in good order. Sound hull with new deck and cockpit framing. Needs a good home. $3,950/obo. Call Richdrd-(510) 337-3905.

PACIFIC SEACRAFT 25,1977. Excellent condition. Classic, extremely strong doubleended sloop. Yanmar diesel. Tanbark sails. Teak interior. Full boat cover. Must see. $21,500. (707) 751-1945.

ERICSON 30. Faryman inboard diesel. New alternator, new starter, new batteries. Tab¬ ernacle, depthsounder, new head, new watertank, new cushions. $12,500. Call (831)461-9206.

ERICSON 27,1973. Completely refurbished 4/2001. Wheel, roller furl, Autohelm, rebuilt Atomic 4, new interior, epoxy bottom, all thru hulls and plumbing. Beautiful. See photos/detailsat Web site: www.tahoemap.com. In Marina Del Rey. $11,500/obo. Call (888) 541-7232 or email: dangtahoe@aol.com.

COLUMBIA 30,1973. New bottom paint, new standing rig and internal halyards. Rebuilt Palmer engine, all 2001. Harken traveler. Asymmetrical spinnaker. One of the nicest 30s on the west coast. Riggerowned. $18,500. Mike Day (619) 226-1252 or email: mike@pacificoffshorerigging.com.

SABRE 28,1976. Stout, well-built f/g New England sloop. Teak interior, Edson wheel, fin keel/skeg rudder. 4 sails, roller furling, 30 hp gas, low hours, 2 Danforths, VHF, depthfinder. Sleeps 6. Dinghy. Sausalito slip. Excellent Bay/Coastal cruiser. Rare find. $19,500. Call (415) 924-1963. ERICSON 27, 1977. Great shape, rebuilt Atomic 4, new rigging, roller furling, wheel steering, wind generator. Hauled out June for survey and fresh paint. Must sell. $12,000. Please call (805) 772-6128 or email: alexiscj2@hotmail.com. MacGREGOR VENTURE 25,1971. Trailer with extension tongue, swing keel, sleeps 4,3 sails, 4 hp outboard, sink, stove, potti, anchor, 4 lifevests, depthfinder, compass, VHF, radio, needs cleaning. Only $2,200. Call (650) 366-7045.

CATALINA 30, 1975. Atomic 4, wheel, 2 travelers, club foot jib, extra 110% jib, lines led aft, pressure water, refigerator, gas stove with oven, VHF, AM/FM. Located in South San Francisco. $16,000. Please call (954) 969-5632 or email: buycatalina30 @ hotmail.com. CATALINA 30,1988. Excellent boat in sailaway condition. Owner purchased new Catalina 320. Recent survey, many up¬ grades and extra equipment, 23 hp Univer¬ sal engine professionally rehabilitated last year. Located in Alameda. $40,000. Please call (707) 451-1360 or email: westassc@aol.com.

HUTTON 27, 1979. Cutter, steel pocket cruiser. 8-ft 6-in beam. Full keel, 2-25 lb CQRs, sails and a drifter sail. Well main¬ tained. Low freeboard. Well balanced. $14,000/obo. Call (916) 688-8801 or email: joior_@hotmail.com

SANTANA 27. Bristol racer/cruiser. Neil Pryde main, 110% jib, spinnaker, KM, DS, VHF, Autohelm, CD/stereo. Dinette, galley, legal head, teak floor. 8 hp Honda 4-stroke outboard. Must see to appreciate. $9,875. (707) 548-9283.

ISLANDER 28, 1977. Pretty Perry racer/ cruiser, needs TLC. 7 bags sails, sleeps 6, Atomic 4, bottom paint 12/99. Nice teak interior, new cushions, old electronics. Coy¬ ote Pt. berth. Paul (415) 258-8227 or paulha@sonic.net.

PACIFIC SEACRAFT MARIAH 31,1978. Rebuilt transmission, refrigerator, liferaft, radar, solar panels, dodger. Leaving Bay Area, must sell before July. Asking $57,000. Will consider serious cash offers. Cali (510) 527-2413. CATALINA30,1976. Wheel steering. Yan¬ mar diesel, rebuilt 2000. Martec folding prop. New custom cushions, 1999. Pres¬ sure water, professionally maintained. This is a fast boat in great shape. $18,000/obo. Call (415) 543-7333. PEARSON 30, 1977. #1097. Profession¬ ally maintained, excellent condition. New urethane topsides, new North mainsail, new head, new stainless shaft. 6 sails, cruising spinnaker, clean bottom, dodger. GPS, Autohelm 1000, freshwater-cooled Atomic 4. Boat lies Monterey. $18,000. Call (408) 888-4709 or email: dhagan@yahoo.com.

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CAL 2-25,1978. Orig. sold 1985. New in May, 2001: Yanmar diesel, interior, bottom, plumbing, batteries, charger, Autohelm, detailing. Mint condition. Photos/details at Web site: www.tahoemap.com. $19,000 invested. Current survey at $12,500. Ask¬ ing $9,500/obo. Marina Del Rey. Call (888) 541-7232 or email: dangtahoe@aol.com.

CATALINA 27,1973. Sleeps 6. New blue upholstery, newer 9,9 hp o/b with battery charging alternator. Needs new toilet plumbed to holding tank and new battery, otherwise ready to go. Must sell. $6,600. Call (408) 378-3700.

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RANGER 29, 1971. Atomic 4 completely rebuilt. New 155% jib. Many spinnakers. Rigged for singlehanded sailing. Autotiller. Solid boat, needs cosmetics. Laying Dana Point, Orange County. Must sell. Appraised for $12,000. Reduced to $6,000. Please call (949) 366-3344.

CATALINA 27,1975. Dinette layout, gal¬ ley, head, with 7.5 hp Johnson outboard and 1985 Trailrite dual-axle trailer. Roller furling, shorepower, VHF, stereo, dual bat¬ tery. See at Web site: http:// www.geocities.com/raymondmurphy1946/ Catalina27.html. $8,900. (916) 978-4024.

28-FT COMPETIN SLOOP. Built in Oak¬ land, 1975, with berth at Fort Mason, SF. New 20 hp Universal diesel. Good solid boat. Call (415) 664-5432 (days) or (415) 731-2837 (eves).

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DUFOUR 31, 1970. Classic in excellent condition. New in 2001: Sterling paint (hull and top side), bottom paint, Garmin GPS Map 235/sounder, interior cushions, hold¬ ing tank/macerator pump, automatic bridge pump, AGM batteries (2), wind, speed, di¬ rection meters. Additional equipment: Apelco Loran C, VHF radio, Volvo 15 hp diesel, Martec folding prop, all sails excel¬ lent condition, 2 spinnakers, sleeps 6. See Web site: www.geocities.com/paulbiery. $28,500/obo. Call (925) 243-0678 or email: Sailn50@home.com.

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LANCER 30, 1979. Racer/cruiser. Diesel, pedestal steering, TV/VCR, AM/FM stereo, separate head, racing mast, many extras. Comfortable liveaboard. $15,000. Call (650) 219-4357.

30-FT ATLANTIS ENGLISH SLOOP. Heavy hand-laid proven cruiser. All new sails, recent Yanmar, shaft and prop, Harken furler, rigging, windlass, wiring, winches, inflatable dinghy, blocks, head, cruising gear and spares. Needs cosmetics. Berkeley liveabbard berth. $11,000/obo. Call David (510)917-0829. ERICSON 30. New rollerfurling and 110 jib, dodger, cushions, canvas, toilet. Atomic 4, 10 sails, VHF, depth, wood and alcohol stoves, stereo. New varnish. Maintained and sailed regularly. Turnkey condition. Sails wonderful. Looking for cruising boat. $17,500. (707) 935-0304.

ERICSON 30, 1969. Almost new Yanmar 2GMF20 diesel. White with blue trim. Beau¬ tiful varnished wood interior. Many sails. Ready to cruise/liveaboard. $9,750. Call (510) 337-3220. CS 30, 1988. Canadian built with diesel, freshwater cooling, hot/cold water, refrig¬ eration, wheel steering, Harken furler, knotmeter, fishfinder. Great sails. Must see. $29,500. Call Ken (510) 261-0575.

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CAPE DORY 30 MK II, 1987. Excellent condition. Custom teak interior with full nav station, custom cabinetry, ample storage, head with stall shower, ProFurl, CQR, wind¬ lass, autopilot, VHF, depth/knot. $55,000. See Web site: http://216.103.209.237 or call (408) 756-2750. ERICSON 30. With Atomic 4 in excellent condition. Motor recently hauled. All new interior cushions. Sturdy family, beginner and/or liveaboard boat. Just enough wood trim. Radio, depthsounder, Loran, refrig¬ erator. $15,900. Call (408) 719-8598. BODEGA 30,1976. Full keel cruising sloop. Radar, Autohelm, liferaft, 9-ft Zodiac, an¬ chor windlass, 5 sails, solar panels, Force 10 heater, GPS, VHF. Ready for cruising. South Beach slip. See Web site: www.geocities.com/johnmcn. $19,000/obo. Call (650) 694-4796 or email: johnmcn@yahoo.com. PACIFIC SEACRAFT MARIAH 31,1979. Excellent condition. New motor, transmis¬ sion, max prop, rigging, sails, furlers, SSB, Ham, DC generator, solar, wind generator, electric windlass, 36-mile radar, liferaft, monitor windvane, refrigeration and much more. Must see to appreciate. $75,000. Please call (619) 807-1702.

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ERICSON 29,1976. Wheel steering, black anodized mast, recent standing and run¬ ning rigging, VHF, depth, head, batteries, smart charger, stereo/CD, Bose speakers, anchors, Lewmars, shorepower, life sling, spinnaker pole, storm 85%, 110%, 120%, cockpit cushions, no blisters. $21,000. Call (415) 457-6182.

ANGELMAN SCHOONER 31, 1962. Sea Witch. Built in San Diego. Mahogany on sawn mahogany frames. Heavily built. Bronze throughout, teak decks, full boat cover. Extensive rebuild this year. Interior/ exterior gorgeous. Isuzu 4-cyl diesel. Runs perfectly. See photos at Web site: www.morenaboat.com. $40,000. Please call (415) 218-5042._

HANS CHRISTIAN 33,1984. GPS, watermaker, 2 autopilots, electric windlass, 3 anchors, roller furling, VHF, radar, inverter, Balmar alternator three-step regulator, new dodger, refrigeration, microwave. Bluewater cruiser, excellent condition. $105,000. Please call (503) 466-5108 or email: svromance@aol.com.

CAL 30,1965. Clean. Great Bay and Delta boat. Rebuilt Atomic 4,5 bags of sails, Main and 110 jib like new. Many upgrades. All lines led aft. Instruments, autopilot. 3 anchors. Lots of spares. $12,000. Please call (209) 892-4158 or email: jnjmcw@jps.net. OLSON 29. Excellent condition, dry-sailed in winter, freshwater Tahoe boat in summer, numerous North and UK sails, trailer, o/b, can be seen at Brickyard Cove Marina, Pt. Richmond, CA. Gary (530) 583-9132 or Bruce (530) 583-1300.

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35-FT CUTTER, 1976. True North. 14 ton, : fiberglass with teak finish. Engine needs 3, cyl Volvo injectors. New mainsail, good sail i inventory. Slip in liveaboard marina. Needs i TLC. Owner 85 and can't keep it up. Make t offer. Call for appointment (510) 601-8772.

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I- PEARSON 34,1984. Ha-Ha vet. All cruise equipped. Hydraulic pilot, radar, solar pan¬ els, EPIRB, two VHFs, GPS, 3 banks bat¬ teries, 100 amp alternator, smartcharger, cruisin' chute, 4 anchors, dodger, 3-cyl. diesel with low hours, maxprop, stereo, fridge. Much more. Sausalito slip. $56,000. Please call (707) 568-5717 or email: sails@fastyak.com.

HUNTER 33,1980. Very comfortable cruiser with teak interior, fireplace, H/C pressure water, shower, 2-burner propane stove, Yanmar diesel in top condition, VHF. Wood recently refinished. Asking $24,000. Call (415) 794-5319.

LAURIN 32. Swedish double-ender. Just finishing US to South Pacific cruise. Literally ready to continue. 1999 sails, radar, GPS, windvane, EPIRB, solar, Volvo diesel MDIIC, healthy ground tackle. Complete South Pacific charts. Located Hawaii. $25,000. Email: lisabob42@hotmail.com. /

ATKINS ERIC 32,1978. All teak. 50 hours on rebuiltVolvo MD3B diesel. Dodger, Moni¬ tor vane. Webasto forced air central heat. Boat show condition since new. Cruise vet¬ eran. Very comfortable. Beautiful interior. Teak decks. Sails very well. Asking $44,000. (510) 234-9552. YAMAHA 33,1978. Great shape. Dodger, monitor, autopilot, inflatable with outboard, liferaft, 70 amp alternator and regulator plus much more. Returning from Mexico, SoCal in June, NorCal in July. $45,000. More info and appointment email: littleboattrip @ hotmail.com.

PETERSON 34. Hawaii doublehanded cruising veteran. Clean, strong. Add mini¬ mal equipment, go cruising this year. Struc¬ turally stiffened for performance ocean voy¬ ages. Yanmar diesel. Upgraded liveaboard/ cruising interior. Windvane, windlass, 3 an¬ chors, storm sails to spinnaker, dodger, awnings, refrigeration, etc. $42,500. Call (510) 235-6679. ISLANDER 32 SLOOP. Single owner for 37 years, getting old, bought houseboat. Roller furling jib and main, spend your time sailing, not putting sails on and off. Fiber¬ glass hull never a blister. Atomic 4 runs like a Swiss watch. 3-blade prop, automatic tiller, marine radio, depthsounder, propane stove, sleeps 6. All new cockpit, cabin and bunkcushions, newdodgerand head. Small inflatable. Delta sunshade. Berthed at Pt. Richmond. $14,500/obo. (510) 917-5259. IRWIN 34, 1979. Sausalito Yacht Harbor slip. Owner deceased. Recently surveyed. Yanmar diesel, fixer-upper, as is, every¬ thing included. Best offer. (650) 968-8744.

WYLIE 34, 1980. Well built, lots of fun to sail, club racer, a great pocket cruiser. Good interior, headroom, enclosed head, Yanmar diesel, Harken roller furling. $22,000. Call (831) 458-0269.

CHEOY LEE ROBB 35 SLOOP, 1963. Immaculate classic. Leaving California. Must sell my sweet Independence. Teak decks and cabin-house, teak planking/ipol frames. Yanmar deisel, 1992. Fully equipped, must see, finest in her class. $35,000. Matthew (415) 793-8893.

DREADNOUGHT 32, 1982. Heavily built fiberglass bluewater cruiser. Similar to Westsail 32. Cutter rig, 6 sails, Westerbeke diesel, VHF, depth. Beautiful cozy interior with heater, head, dinette, galley, propane stove, refrigeration, etc. Panama Canal vet. Absentee owner seeks quick sale, no con¬ ditions. $30,000. Call (415) 332-6501 or email: marinexch@aol.com.

CLASSIC CRUISER. Designed by Lapworth, built by Easom - an unbeatable combination. 32-ft. sloop. Wood strip planked. Beautifully built. Present owners have lived aboard for many years. Job forced move. An excellent buy at $10,000/ obo. Please call (888) 587-0002 or (703) 391-7913.

CORONADO 34. Excellent liveaboard. Up¬ grades include: propane stove/oven, mi¬ crowave, water heater, head, holding tank, TV, 110v refrigerator. Standing rigging, run¬ ning rigging, sails and auxiliary inboard in good order. Moss Landing, assigned slip. $22,000/obo. Please call (831) 722-9479 or reveriedk@aol.com.

CREALOCK 34, 1987. 13 years TLC by only owner. Completely cruise equipped. New rigging and chainplates. Provision and go. Lying Honolulu. Photos and inventory at Web site: http://home.hawaii.rr.com/ nisku. $125,000. Call (808) 947-1612 or email: nisku@hawaii.rr.com.

MORGAN 33,1973. Perkins 4-108 diesel. New prop, shaft, cutlass, thru hulls, sea¬ cocks, bottom paint. Propane galley, GPS, beamy, standing headroom. East Bay. $22,000. Call Ken (775) 847-7777.

HUNTER 340,1998. Spacious, bright inte¬ rior, furling jib, GPS, 27 hp diesel, microwave, built-in refrigerator, water heater, ste¬ reo, propane stove/oven, pressure water, shower. Berthed Bay Area. Asking $92,000. Calvin (916) 787-539'4 or (916) 521-2343. ERICSON 35,1971. Well maintained sloop with large inventory of eight different sails including spinnaker. Sails great. 10-ft beam, 5-ft draft with 5,000 lbs internal lead ballast keel. Working 1977 Atomic 4 engine with new fuel tank. Newer upholstery in good condition. Refrigeration, hot and cold wa¬ ter, would make good liveaboard. Located in Emeryville. First $19,500 takes her away. Call Patrick (510) 780-1529 or email: pjtreacy @ yahoo.com.

COLUMBIA 34,1970. Great condition. New: bottom paint, keel bolts, standing rigging, mainsail, electrical and plumbing. Raytheon ST4000 autopilot, hot/cold pressurized water. Perfect huge liveaboard, but ready to cruise today. See at Web site: http:// columbia34.tripod.com. Must see. Must sell. $24,500. Call (415) 664-5421.

35-FT FRANS MAAS CLASSIC. Stripplanked iroco over steel frames and straps. This one was built for offshore racing. She has recently been upgraded with new stand¬ ing^rigging, running rigging, and Hogin sails. Everything led aft. Harken furler with 130% tri-radial jib and more. If you like classic woodies you just might want to see this one. $29,000. Call Elton (510) 459-4044 (work at Svendsen's Chandlery).

ISLAND PACKET 35, 1992. LOA 38-ft. Mexico cruising vet. Great cruiser, liveaboard. Electric windlass, autopilot, Autoprop, refrigeration, radar, ICOM SSB/ Ham, cruising spinnaker, Avon roll-up with 9.9 Mariner outboard. Many other extras. Hauled, new bottom paint 08/00. In San Diego, $155,000. Call (619) 670-5870 or email: wcb8911 ©yahoo.com. ISLANDER 34,1975. New sails, excellent deck and hull, just hauled and painted, no blisters. Needs interior work. Have 25 hp diesel to install. A bit of a project, but a cheap way to go. Must sell. $6,300/obo. Call (408) 378-3700. 34-FT CUTTER RIGGED wooden sailboat. Diesel. Needs work. East Coast builder. Roomy. $5,000/obo or trade. Please call (415) 518-3914.

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PEARSON 38.5,1984. Center cockpit. Per¬ kins 4-108, 2 staterooms, 2 heads. Diesel heat, radar, GPS, Autohelm. 16 opening ports, 3 hatches, 3 anchors, 285-ft chain, dodger and enclosed canvas cockpit, die¬ sel generator. San Carlos, Mexico. $89,000. Call (520) 320-0194. 37-FT ISLANDER AUXILARY SLOOP. Veteran Pacific cruiser. New main and Jeneaux, davits and dinghy. Perkins diesel, autopilot and too much gear to list. Wellappointed cabin. Beautiful and seaworthy. Asking $40,000. Call (530) 533-7371 or email: capjames@c-zone.net. CATALINA TALL RIG, 1987. Excellent con¬ dition, roller furling, 135% and 85% jib, radar, GPS, inverter, refrigerator, Autohelm 5000, custom interior, two private berths, stereo with cockpit speakers, 2 anchors, low engine hours. Tomahawk Island, Port¬ land, Oregon. $64,000. Call (503) 289-2799. ISLANDER 36. Cruise ready and waiting for you in Puerto Vallarta. New LP paint, extra water tanks, solar panels, electric windlass, autopilot, GPS, gennaker, spin¬ naker, SSB. $35,000/obo or trade for motor home. Call 1-800-218-7731. CREALA 36, 1984. Unique opportunity. Hull #1 (of 9 by Canadian builder). Crealock designed performance passagemaker. Superb craftsmanship, fully equipped, cruise ready, take delivery offshore, serious about quality. Don't hesitate at $85,000. For com¬ plete details call (250) 474-3453 or email: sv_emmablu @ yahoo.ca.

PANDA 38,1983. Solid cruiser with exten¬ sive offshore equipment. For sale by origi¬ nal owner who kept boat in Bristol shape. Beautiful warm teak and spruce interior. Ushaped dinette. Full separate shower. Wrap¬ around galley. 140 gal. water, 80 gal. fuel. 44 hp Universal diesel with low hours (<4,000). AC 10 hp generator (<3,000 hours). 20 gal/hr watermaker. Dual refrig, systems. 2 autopilots. Headsail furling, cruis¬ ing spinnaker, full batten main, Staylok fit¬ tings. GPS, VHF, radar, all sailing instru¬ ments. 5 anchors, 300 ft 5/16 high test chain plus 800 ft 5/8 line. 406 EPIRB, Giv¬ ens 6 person liferaft, parachute anchor, drogue and much more. Boat is currently in Southern California. See more at Web site: http://panda38.slickness.org/. $147,500. Please call (805) 376-2291 or email: restless6 @ hotmail .com. RIVAL 36, 1986. Built by Rival/Bowman Yachts in England to Lloyd's +A100 speci¬ fications. Atlantic/Caribbean cruiser, wellequipped and ready, teak interior, excellent condition. $79,000. Call (415) 460-5190 or email: HMUE519@aol.com. ISLANDER 36,1972. Great condition. New Volvo diesel, 8-ft dinghy, jib roller furling, spinnaker, working jib, 130 genoa, 150 genoa, storm jib. Customized interior. An¬ chors with ground tackle. Pressure water, shower, propane stove, GPS, SatNav, Loran. Many extras. $36,000. (510) 482-4326. PASSPORT37,1986. Performance cruiser. New rigging, refrigeration, dodger, interior cushions, GPS, radar and chain. Profurl, cruising spinnaker, autopilot, Bruce anchors, solar panels, SSB/Ham, 4-cyl diesel. Much more. Sharp boat. Ventura. $119,500. Call (805) 644-7034 or (805) 641 -3221 or email: jraltatoo@aol.com.

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ISLANDER 36, 1976. Suds. Yanmar 3GM30F, 400 hours. New rigging, new inte¬ rior and cockpit cushions, headliner, exten¬ sive blister job. New Sutter furling genoa, self-tailing winches and more. Berthed Sausalito. $40,000. Mike Whelden (415) 388-8572. LANCER 36,1982. Designed by Bill Lee, a fast racer/cruiser, large cockpit and wheel, dodger, radar, autopilot, water heater, 3-cyl Yanmar diesel. Needs engine and cosmetic work. BUC book over $30,000. Asking $15,000.(510)559-8942.

HUNTER 36, 1992. Vision. Freestanding mast, batt main, jax, furled jib, power winch, Yanmar, Autohelm, GPSmap. Dodger, bimini, teak interior, full galley, 2 cabins, head, EPIRB406, dinghy, steps. Health forces sale. $89,500. Ballena Isle, Alameda. Please call (510) 337-9703 or email: rjansen916@ aol.com. CATALINA 36,1984. Epoxy bottom, 25 hp diesel, roller furling, dodger, refrigeration. Recent upgrades: main, jib, spinnaker, au¬ topilot, interior, more. Professionally captained and maintained. Possible Santa Cruz slip. $56,000. Call (831) 429-1970. ERICSON 37, 1974. Racer/cruiser. New main and jib. New Yanmar diesel. Dark blue. Extra sails. $38,500. (916) 777-6880. ISLANDER 36,1971. Classic cruiser. Beau¬ tiful, spacious, clean, teak interior. 7 sails, recent haulout, spinnaker gear, microwave and more. Lots of boat for the money. In Emery Cove. $30,000/obo. Please call (510) 582-9678 or email: Cherib@jps.net. FREEDOM 36,1986. Excellent condition, freestanding carbon fiber mast. Vectran sails. Forward/aft cabins. VHF, DS, KT, wind, folding prop. Gun mount spin. Very easy to sail, even singlehanded. $89,000. Call (650) 366-3597. ERICSON 38,1989. Original owner, good condition. 4 sails, roller furling, lazy jacks, autopilot, GPS, radar, VHF, refrigeration, cockpit cushions, life sling, Scott anchor. New dodger, pedestal and sail covers, ex¬ tras. $85,000. Call (530) 622-1155or email: vwright® innercite.com, CATALINA 36,1996. Roller furling jib, new ocean-going dodger with cover, diesel en¬ gine, depth and knot meters, complete coast guard safety equipment, propane stove and oven, two anchors and tackle, dock lines, professionally maintained. $90,000. Please call (408) 356-8611 or email: qsana@aol.com. CHRISCRAFT37 SLOOP. Classic, inboard gas engine, ready, willing and easy to sail, furling jib, radio, depthfinder, galley, stove, icebox, private marine head, sleeps 4, po¬ tential liveaboard or cruiser. At San Lean¬ dro. $18,000. Jim (209) 786-4864.

PACIFIC SEACRAFT MARIAH, 1978.36ft LOA, 31-ft LOD. Double-ended, cutterrigged sloop. Bowsprit, outboard rudder. Yanmar diesel, very low hours, beautiful teak cabin, bronze ports. Needs misc. work. Sister boats selling at about $60,000. Ask¬ ing $35,000/obo. (510) 559-8942.

KELLY PETERSON 44,1980. Classic cen¬ ter cockpit cutter. Fully equipped for off¬ shore. Beautiful teak interior. Excellent con¬ dition. Cruising Sea of Cortez now; will be back in US in July. $125,000. Please email: johnluttrell @ hotmail.com. CATALINA 42,1997.2 cabin. Bristol con¬ dition. Wind, speed, depth, SSB/VHF, au¬ topilot, radar, GPS, watermaker, Autoprop, inverter, hard dodger, bimini, dinghy dav¬ its. Asking $179,500. Call for more info. Call (619) 743-9962. COLUMBIA 45,1973. Documented, cen¬ ter cockpit. Autopilot, radar, depthfinder, GPS, solar, ref/freezer, range. Profurl, charts (Astoria-San Diego), VHF, 3 sails. Very roomy, many extras. $68,000 or par¬ tial trade for property/motorhome. Call Darrell (916) 376-9329 (phone/msg/fax).

COLUMBIA 36, 1970. Crealock design. Documented. Good shape. Atomic 4 runs great. Great liveaboard, but better sail. At Pier 39 in SF. $20,000/obo. Call Scott (415) 456-5694. C&C 36, 1979. New Raytheon ST wind, depth, speed, temp. Garmin GPS II, radar, VHF, Hood RF, 1996 Yanmar 3GM, Lewmar 42 ST primaries, new Trucharge 40, Link 20, assymetrical. New running rigging, new cushions, many upgrades. Shows like a much newer boat. Must sell, got next boat. $55,000/obo. Call Jack (415) 331-1926 or email: Jack.Mahoney@gartner.com. 1 GULFSTAR 37. Superb condition. Gorgeous teak interior with new cushions, H/C pres¬ sure water, propane stove/oven, pull-out galley faucet, large Nav station, shower, sleeps 6. Main and jib in good shape, 155 and 110 like new. Perkins diesel 50 hp, low hours. Spacious cockpit, custom Bottom Sider cushions and full dodger/cockpit en¬ closure. This bluewater cruiser will not dis¬ appoint you. It's clean, comfortable and sails very well. $64,900. Please call (510) 682-3978. ISLANDER 36,1974. Project boat. Sound hull and VW diesel. Chain, anchor, rode, manual windlass. Spinnaker. Sausalito berth. Needs refurbishing and priced ac¬ cordingly. As is, $25,000. Please call (415) 441-7477 or email: Slocs5@aol.com. WINDWARD 36,19^3. FG cutter, set up for cruising, documented) furling jib, low hours on Volvo 2003 diesel, 8 sails hardly used, new watermaker, radar, windvane, boom vang, GPS, inflatable, inverter, many ex¬ tras. Call (510) 601-8150.

40 TO 50 FEET HALLBERG-RASSY 46,1999. New condi¬ tion. World cruise-ready. 48.5' x 14.3' x 6.2’. Lying Florida. Asking $495,000. Email: kiawanda@aol.com or toraloha@aol.com.

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40-FT ALL-STEEL CRUISING CUTTER. Aft cabin. New Isuzu diesel 78 hp. New main, new Yankee 90%, new cruising spin¬ naker. #2 main, 140% genoa. 80 gal watermaker. Wagner autopilot, 2 GPSs, solar panels, 16-mile Furuno radar, hydraulic steering. Avon hard-bottom dinghy, 9 hp Nissan outboard. Cold machine. Hull de¬ signed by Cecil E. Boden and profession¬ ally welded. $49,000. Please call Mexico. 011-526-173-6012. MASON 43 CUTTER. Immaculate. Su¬ perbly maintained one-owner classic cut¬ ter. Must see to appreciate. Cruise ready. Full instrumentation. Radar, GPS, autopi¬ lot, etc. For details, see Web site: www. blytmann.com/mason43.htm. $168,500. Call (360) 697-4934 or (360) 697-6253 (fax). PETERSON 46,1981. Aitana. World-class cruiser, center-cockpit cutter. Complete re¬ fit 2000, hauled/surveyed 10/00. Recently rebuilt 80 hp Ford Lehman diesel. New LP on mast. No teak decks. Many upgrades. New diesel/water tanks, plumbing, wiring, rigging, sails, full cockpit enclosure, etc. New electronics too. This is a turnkey cruis¬ ing yacht, a must see. Located P.V, Mexico. $145,000. Please see photos/specs at Web site: www.geocities.com/astolp/ aitanaspecs.html. Please send email to: actnestolp@hotmail.com. 42-FTSTEELCOLVIN GAFF KETCH. Fire damaged main salon. Smoke damage. Stored in San Diego. Proven cruiser. More information at Web site: www.vadnais.org/ saluda. Best offer over $15,000. Call (619) 286-1055.

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HARDIN 45, 1982. Slipaway. Completed circumnavigation March 2001. A real beauty recently refurbished and refit inside and out. Beautiful teak with hand carved doors, lots of light/headroom. Dodger/ bimini can en¬ close to make cockpit another room. Sun¬ shade, new paint inside and out. TV area with sofas, forward stateroom, two heads, spacious aft cabin. Cockpit table, BBQ, new rigging. Harken roller jib, Perkins 4-236, gen set, large watermaker, separate frig and freezer, dual battery chargers, inverter, mi¬ crowave, multi-system TV/VCR. Autohelm 6000, two VHFs, SSB, GPS, radar. Caribe dinghy with 18 hp motor on davits. More storage than you can use. Spare parts go with sale. Too much to list. $168,000. Leave msg with Jerry Foley (520) 579-7437 or email: slipawaysf@aol.com._ LAFITTE 44 CUTTER. Perry design. 1980/ 2000 refit Palmer Johnson. FRG decks, epoxy bottom, Awlgrip hull/rig/decks. 1/01 survey. New: Sails, inverter, electrical, plumbing, rigging, dodger, Simrad GPS/ AP, Profurl, radar, PUR40E, A/C. In Daytona Beach, FL. $190,000. Call (805) 701-1835 or email: rinconmn@aol.com. MONK SR MOTORSAILER 45,1967. Cus¬ tom ketch, cruise ready. 11 bags, 100 hp 350 gal diesel, 15 hp Yanmar. 4 anchors plus storm. 2 windlasses. Full electronics. Refridge/freezer, propane stove, etc. Too much to list. $59,900. Call (619) 384-6655. MONK SR 50, 1966. Center cockpit motorsailer ketch. Large pilothouse, good wood hull, bone dry bilge, nice varnished interior. 2 cabins, 2 heads. Needs a diesel and lots of work. Mostly complete. Paradise Cay berth. $20,000/obo. (415) 302-0455. SERENDIPITY 43. Fast Peterson design. Raised flush deck, cruise version. Light ash/ oak interior, 2 staterooms/heads. Westerbeke 38 hp diesel, roller furling jib, fully battened main. All S.T. winches, well equipped, pics available. $84,000 (408) 3549963 days or email: airpax@gte.net. TAYANA VANCOUVER 42,1981. CC cut¬ ter. Cruise ready, extensive inventory. AP, electric windlass, RIB with 10 hp motor, new rigging, new LPU, roller furling headsails, storm jib, full batten main. $125,000. For details call T. Maxson (415) 328-6343 (cell) or email: KK6WG@winlink.org.

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HANS CHRISTIAN 43 KETCH, 1979. Ex¬ tensive sail inventory, full electronics, Robertson A/P, re-rigged, bottom epoxied, PUR watermaker, genset, custom mattress, Avon canister, bow thruster, heavy-duty ground tackle, Muir Cheetah windlass, new head, and much more. $169,000/obo. Please call (707) 543-3270 or email: crust@ci.santa-rosa.ca.us.

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NEWPORT 41,1984. Barracuda. C&C de¬ signed cruiser/racer/liveaboard. Perfor¬ mance, comfort, and a unique open interior with 17 opening ports. Many upgrades. Photos and details at our Web site: www.sisterships.com/newport.html. $65,000. Call (510) 444-6130. HUNTER 40, 1986. Fast, comfortable cruiser. 2 cabin, 2 head layout. Spacious interior. Clean boat, exterior trim just refin¬ ished. CNG stove/oven and grill. Docked in Emeryville. Owner has moved. $62,500. Serious inquiries only. Call for appointment. (415) 786-7613.

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DISCOVERY 42, 1978. Ksan is for sale. Perfect vessel for offshore or coastal cruis¬ ing. One owner. Four time Swiftsure class winner. 65 hp Chrysler Nissan 4-cylinder diesel. Six sails. Harken genoa furler. Teak decks and cockpit. Dodger, bimini, GPS, radar, sounder, VHF. Autohelm 4000 auto¬ pilot. Fridge. 8 person custom liferaft. Coast Guard inspected 2000. Moored In Sidney, BC. Current survey. US$96,000. Contact Bonar Davis. (250) 655-1791 or fax (250) 655-1055 or email: badavis@telus.net.

40-FT NEW WOODEN SCHOONER. A distinguished show piece and a reliable and comfortable offshore cruiser. Wm. Garden design. Highest yacht standards. Old-growth yellow cedar planking. Oak frames. Teak decks. Interior hand-crafted yellow cedar with mahogany. 70 hp GMC diesel. PTO hydraulics. Modern amenities. Not yet launched. Buyer can specify custom finish¬ ing. Located at Lake Cowichan, BC, Canada. Now reduced to US $185,000 (finished). Visit our Web site: www.islandnet.com/ -gmbarrow. Or call owner (250) 247-7986 or email: gmbarrow@islandnet.com. ATKINS INGRID 47 KETCH. Stout doubleended cruising design. Diesel engine, 5 sails, 3 anchors and rode, lots of extras. Needs TLC and some work. Hull and deck sound, ferro epoxy covered inside and out. Must sell. $14,599. Call (808) 661-8839 or email: mauikc@shaka.com.

42-FT GARDEN PORPOISE KETCH, 1967. Professionally built by R. Fung. Solid teak, strong 75 hp Volvo diesel, radar, GPS, inverter/charger, lapstrake dinghy, desireable interior, fully found. Excellent, strong, offshore cruiser. Asking $109,000. Call for appointment. At our docks. Charlotte Schmidt Yacht Sales (805) 382-2375. FREEDOM 40,1976. Cat ketch, swing keel, center cockpit. Distinctive green awlgrip hull, tan spars. Easy singlehander needs new owner. Cruise equipped: GPS, refrig¬ eration, radar, autopilot, inverter, watermaker. $72,000. Call (360) 856-0100.

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424 KETCH, 1982. Ready for coastal cruis¬ ing and beyond. Great liveaboard, 2 private staterooms, full galley, head with separate shower. Spacious storage. Emery Cove slip available. 8 sails. New mattresses. Ep¬ oxy bottom 5/00. Max prop. Engine refit 1999. Radar, GPS, fridge, autopilot, davits, i pram, dodger, energy monitor, wind gen¬ erator, windlass, forced air heat. $110,000. I Please call (510) 654-1577 or email: kbatchlr@pacbell.net. TARTAN 40,1989. Beautiful, strong, per¬ formance bluewater cruiser. Kevlar hull, scheel keel, cutter rigged, hard dodger, refer/freezer, radar, HAM/SSB, GPS, auto¬ pilot, inverter, watermaker and more. See complete specs and photos at Web site: 1 www.geocities.com/obsessionSV. Excep¬ tional value. $145,000. Call (805) 545-8715 or email: SVobsession@hotmail.com.

S&S 42,1970. Chris Craft built. Fiberglass, bulletproof, fast, classic. Many upgrades. Interior, mast, rigging newly replaced. New Profurl. Sails, anchor gear. New dodger, wiring, plumbing, topside paint. Strong, re¬ liable Perkins 4-107. $64,500/obo or 1/2 interest? Call (415) 331-7576. 40-FT LOA, 14-FT BEAM, 1938. Mahogany cabin with teak decks. Cruising liveaboard in sailing condition with some updates needed. Located in Half Moon Bay. Reloca¬ tion forces sale. A steal at $10,000/cash. Call John (415) 559-8473.

J HUNTER PASSAGE 420, 2001. Virtually 1 new fully loaded 42-ft center cockpit sloop. C Roller furling jib/main. Yanmar 62 hp turbos diesel. AutoProp feathering propeller. Aufi tohelm radar/chart plotter/autopilot/instru3 ment package. VHF, 2000w inverter, c Dodger, full canvas cockpit enclosure, cock; pit cushionsc electric windlass. Delta an¬ chor with chain/rode. Vacu-Flush heads. . TV/VCR, AM/FM/CD stereo with 6 speak¬ ers, microwave, Corian countertops. Quickv silver 10.5-ft inflatable with 6 hp Mercury 4y stroke o/b. Lots of storage space, excellent B liveaboard. More info at Web site: http:// members.aol.com/passage420. Price re: duced. $199,500. Call (510) 523-8758 or email rwise@aol.com._ i

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ISLANDER FREEPORT 41 KETCH. Cut¬ ter rig, center cockpit, aft cabin, roller furl¬ ing, hard dodger with canvas enclosure, large electric windless with 300-ft chain, davits, large sun cover, genset, Hart in¬ verter, radar, diesel heater, below deck autopilot, propane stove/oven, Norcold ref. and freezer, electric head, 200-gal water, 100-gal fuel, 20-gal hot water heater, 2 staterooms, 2 heads, great livaboard. Mexico vet. and fun to sail. $87,000. Call (209) 575-3182. CATALINA 42,1999.3 staterooms. Excel¬ lent condition. Raytheon speed, depth, GPS, 24-mi. radar, microwave, Jensen CD/AM/ FM player. 2-reef main with dutchman. 300ft. chain on bow with electric windlass. Oversized stern ground tackle. BBQ. Great value. Reduced. $175,000 ($15k under market). Call (805) 570-9821 or email: randy@sbguide.com.

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55-FT JOHN ALDEN YAWL, 1970. Re¬ stored 1996, mahogany/white oak, bronze fastened, new 120 hp Ford Lehman engine, custom fittings, gold/chrome plated wheel, bevelled, sleeps 8. In Arthur Beiser's The Proper Yacht. Lying Oakland, CA. Asking $99,500. (510) 633-2125.

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FORMOSA 51 KETCH, 1981. Center cock¬ pit. Teak interior. 2 autopilots, radar, SSB with tuner, VHS, GPS. 8 kw gen set, wind gen, 2500 kw inverter. Hard dodger with enclosed cockpit, dinghy davits, 350 gal water, 300 gal fuel. 120 hp Ford/Lehman. Icemaker, freezer, micro, washer, watermaker, much more. World cruiser. Port¬ land, Oregon. $179,000. Price reduced $20,000 to complete total refit, now only $159,000. Please call (503) 543-5668 or email: dkewart@email.msn.com.

66-FT ON DECK, 1923 ENGLISH KETCH. Shoal draft. Copper riveted mahogany on oak, teak decks. Perkins diesel, Onan genset, radar. Traditional English interior. A lovely classic yacht. Asking $249,000. Call (415) 479-7128.

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SKOOKUM 53, 1971 Ketch rig, center cockpit. NW Pilot House. 135 hp Detroit diesel. 2 roller furled jibs. 800 gallons fuel. 500 gallons water. Professionally finished. Fwd and aft staterooms. Bow thruster, ra¬ dar, fathometer, radio. $190,000. Please call (907) 225-6065._

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52-FT SUPER MARAMU AMEL, 1991. U S. Cruising Vessel, 1999. Center cockpit ketch. All sails are furling. Extensively equipped: Genset, washer, watermaker, bowthruster, freezer, fridge, 2 x A/C, Furuno radar, SSB/ Ham, weatherfax, GPS, B&G, chartplotter, 2 x autopilot, liferaft, Perkins 80 hp, Boston Whaler with 4 + 25 hp, etc. $350,000. Call (619) 298 5751.

66-LOD GAFF RIG SCHOONER, 1984. Molded steel combination sail and com¬ mercial albacore, No. and So. Pacific expe¬ rienced. Cat. J. Deere, large hold, part sail rigged. Very seaworthy and safe for ocean crossing and cruising. $350,000. Please call (805) 438-4653.

SLOCUM 43 CUTTER, 1985. Redesign of Passport 42. Excellent condition. Sturdily built, high quality, modern, fully equipped ocean cruiser. Spacious, elegant interior with 2 staterooms, real tub/shower. Beauti¬ ful woodwork throughout interior. Located Sausalito, CA. $165,000. For complete information call (650) 654-9008 or email: jwsails@mindspring.com.

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PETERSON 44. Great performance cruiser, center cockpit, aft cabin with bath, sleeps 7 adults, great design, modified keel, skegged rudder, protected propeller, 60 hp diesel. All roller furling - main, staysail and foresail. Easy handling cutter rig. $116,000. Call (408) 378-3700.

60-FT SOUTHERN OCEAN SHIPYARD (England) heavily constructed fiberglass passagemaker. Rigged for couple opera¬ tion. Classic but contemporary interior. Light and airy. Extensive offshore systems. Rare owner's layout. Unbelievable storage. Me¬ ticulously maintained. Like new condition. $425,000. Call (954) 540-1137 or email: claudettedelanoeye@worldnet.att.net.

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CLASSIC STAYSAIL SCHOONER. Fredonia model project boat. 64-ft LOA, 50ft LOD, 14-ft beam. Fir on sawn oak, trenailed. Built by Weaver Bros, Long Beach, 1958. 2000 sq ft. Compete sails, 40 hp diesel, no interior. $56,000/obo. Call (415) 359-1961 or email: sumfunsf@aol.com.

1986 BENTON SCHOONER. Sugartime is a Nicholas S. Benton designed schooner sailboat built by Jones Goodell in Tacoma, Washington for $1.4 million. 65-ft LOD, 78ft LOA, 9'5“ draft. A modern classic, profes¬ sionally maintained and well found, Sugartime features two staterooms with air-conditioning, two full baths, a full service galley and washer and dryer. Finished with teak decks and mahogany cabins and rails, Sugartime is considered one of the finest sailing vessels in the Hawaiian Islands. $650,000. Please call (808) 479-7115 or email: cshowe77@hotmail.com. HUNTER 38, 1967. Sedan classic. Ma¬ hogany on oak, twin 318 Chryslers, velvet drive, one owner, hull and engine excellent. Needs minor cosmetic work. $17,500. Call (925) 210-3031.

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40-FT PIVER TRI. Excellent condition with many extras. New motor, etc. $12,000 cash or possible trade for late model HD pick-up, stock trailer or tractor/farm equipment. No time for my toy. Call Ed (707) 447-3109 (after 6 pm).

KISMET 38-FT TRIMARAN. Epoxy boat, refit 1990. 2 cabins, Harken furling, 18 hp Volvo diesel, radar, GPS, Ham, 2 ST4000 autopilots. Watermaker, speed/depth logs, inverter, 4 solar panels, new full batten main, more. Consistently upgraded. Proven world cruiser. $85,000Canadian. Call (250) 537-2534.

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CATANA 42S, 1991. 43-ft X 24-ft catama¬ ran. Very fast, comfortable, proven ocean cruiser. New interior and refit 1998/99. Six double cabins, 3 heads, workshop, and navigation station. Galley up with saloon seating 10. Largest cockpit with table of any production cat. Completely equipped for world cruising or ready to sail Bay of Is¬ lands, Fiji, Tonga, etc. Jump the puddle by 747, she's in New Zealand. Will reimburse airfare for buyer. US $185,000. Please call in NZ: 011 (64) 21-144-7126 or email: tntnewtricks @ pocketmail.com.

32-FT GEMINI CATAMARAN, 1993. Yan¬ mar diesel outboard, 2000 watt inverter, diesel heater, propane 5 cu.ft. refrigerator, water heater, 3 double berths, 18" draft. Freshwater moored in Portland. $75,000 Call (808) S89-6763.

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45-FT APACHE CATAMARAN. Mexico vet, documented. 3 staterooms, 2 heads. New LPU topside. Completely rewired. Elec/pro¬ pane refrig, refurbed water and propane systems. Solar panels, microwave, Yan¬ mar diesel. Caribe inflatable. Windlass. Ly¬ ing San Diego. $99,900. (480) 722-1916 or email: monte@mbgolfservices.com._

MOLDS FOR 38-FT TRIMARAN. Hull molds are four-piece and bolt together. Also deck molds and bulkhead patterns. In Cres¬ cent City, CA. $150,000 invested. Sacrifice for $7,500. Call (360) 417-1195.

PIVER TRIMARAN 35, 1969. Outboard gas engine, wooden hull, roomy with ample storage, has been sailed to Hawaii and back, sound boat that needs some TLC, great value for trimiran lover. $6,500. Jim (209) 786-4864.

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GEMINI 105M DL #681, 2000. Autohelm wind, speed, depth, autopilot. Taller rig plus full batten main and same interior mold as 2001 models. Westerbeke diesel with sonic drive, roller furling genoa, 100% jib, asym¬ metrical spinnaker, screecher, radar, map¬ ping GPS, reverse cycle AC, CD, bottom paint 5/01. See Web site: www.2hulls.com/ catamaran_for_sale_by_owner/ nauticat.html. $135,000. Please call Eric (408) 757-7484.

GEMIN1105M #547,1997. Autohelm wind, speed, depth, autopilot with remote. West¬ erbeke diesel with sonic drive, roller furling genoa, dinghy davits, radar, GPS, battery charger, shades, CD, lazyjacks, recent bot¬ tom paint. $114,000. Call (707) 226-6621 or email: pmarquis@aol.com.

F-31R CORSAIR TRIMARAN, 1999. Fresh¬ water sailed, dry storage. Clean, beautiful interior. Can cruise or race. Marine head. Furling main, jib, furling screecher. Yamaha 9.9, trailer. Autohelm ST-60, autopilot, GPS, anchors, VHF, 8-ft dinghy. Sacrifice at $105,900. Please call (702) 436-9649 or email: srypka@wizard.com. WINDRIDER 16-FT TRIMARAN, 1996. Custom trailer and many options. Excellent condition. $2,300. Call (209) 286-1318 or (209) 768-5376 (eves). 34-FT PIVER AA TRIMARAN. Complete refit in 2000 includes new West System epoxy hulls and decks, Yanmar diesel with Martek folding prop, Ballenger boom and rigging. Electronics include solar power, GPS, stereo, TV, VHF, wind, knot depth gauges and Maxwell electric windlass. Sloop rigged with 3 headsails and spinnaker. New inboard racing rudder with swim deck. Boat looks new and is ready to go cruising. Asking $38,000. Call for more information (831) 588-0641.

WANTED: SHARK CATAMARAN. 20-ft x 10 ft. Folds on trailer to an "A". With trailer. Please call Angelo (415) 606-4034 (days) or (415) 897-4034 (eves).

TRADEWINDS 28.16-ft beam, 2-ft draft, 6ft headroom. Pop-top, 10 hp Yanmar diesel, Autohelm, Hood furling, good sails, bow nets. Best of all, it's trailerable. Heavy-duty tandem axle trailer. $19,500. Please call (530) 577-8577. 31 -FT J. BROWN SEARUNNER TRIMARAN. Vent-wing, cutter rig. Well maintained. New paint and bottom job. $9,500. Call for de¬ tails. (530) 265-0273 (msg). PRINDLE19,1986. Good condition, needs new main and centerboards. Steal this high performance cat for the cost of the trailer. White hulls with grey deck, like new tramp, harnesses, spares. Shoreline trailer, catbox, CatTrax. $750. Call (408) 348-1522.

CROWTHER-DESIGNED CATAMARAN. World cruiser. Catena. 38.5' LOA. 37.5' LOD. 20-ft beam. Cutter rig. Perkins 4-108 50 hp diesel drives twin 15” screws through Spencer hydraulic system. Airex sandwich construction. Daggerboards and transommounted rudders make her instantly beachable. Large galley, 2 dbl and 2 sgl berths, 2 heads. Large cockpit can be en¬ closed creating another living space while on hook or at dock. Wheel steering. 7 sails. Radar. Located dry storage Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico. Price reduced. Must sell. $68,000/obo. Call (520) 537-1913. MacGREGOR VENTURE CAT 16, 1975 with trailer. Blue on white, fiberglass. Ga¬ raged for past several yrs. Includes main¬ sail, jib, and rigging. All in good condition. $2,000/obo. Call John (650) 712-1099 or email: stebels@ix.netcom.com.

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CHRIS CRAFT 37. Dual gas engines, one nee;1s work. Very roomy, sleeps six, galley, reffigerator, stove, private marine head, wooden hull, good liveaboard, lots of poten¬ tial for boat lover. Berthed at Alameda. Sacrifice for $7,500. Jim (209) 784-4864.

17-FT BOSTON WHALER MONTAUK. With trailer, Johnson 60 hp o/b, 1995. T-top, 40-gal tank. Submit sealed bid to Marin County Administrator's Office, 3501 Civic Center Dr., Rm 325, San Rafael, 94903. Bid opening 6/20/01. Payment due in cashier's check or money order within 3 days of bid acceptance. Minimum bid $5,000. For more info call (415) 289-4143. GYPSY LIBERTY LAUNCH 40, 1953. Double planked mahogany over oak, 671 runs great, king size bed and shower aft, bunk forward. Galley with Norcold fridge, new stove. 360-degree view from salon. New 110v A/C throughout. Recent haul and survey. $30,000. (415) 456-1420. 35- FT FISHING TRAWLER. Cat diesel, TD trans, runs great. Liveaboard, convert, fish, dive, etc. 1998 survey. Photo and specs at Web site: http://home.pacbell.net/robbyr/ dolores.html. $4,900. Dan (707) 765-1365. 45-FT TRAWLER YACHT, 1972. By Goodall and Jones Yard, Tacoma. 15-ft beam, excellent liveaboard. Bottom rebuilt last year. Vessel needs TLC and refinish¬ ing. Twin Detroit 4-53 diesels need some work.^6.5 kw Onan needs rebuild. 750 fuel, 400 water. $19,500. Call (510) 653-1724.

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26-FT BARTENDER. 26’ x 8' x 1.1'. Stout mahogany construction. Strong Chrysler Nissan diesel provides miserly fuel con¬ sumption. New fishfinder, new canvas 5/ 99. Designed to run the Columbia River Bar by George Caulkins. A great picnic and fishing boat for the bay or ocean. $11,750. Call (415) 606-5752._ 39-FT FISHING TRAWLER. Seaworthy, fiberglass, low hour Cat 3160, hydraulics and full electronics. Cabin with V-berth, fridge, stoves and head. Great tender for racing. At Emeryville. $37,700/obo. Call (510) 923-9850.

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CLASSIC 1943 MILITARY MTL. Dry dock survey 4/13/01. Refastened, new shaft bear¬ ings, rudder post and shoe. Port Orford cedar over oak. 671. Runs beautifully. This is a project boat, needs new owner. $21,500. Mr. Swanson at Norpac (415) 485-6044. 34- FT CHRIS CRAFT CABIN CRUISER, 1958. Chevy 305 gas engines. VHF, GPS, fishfinder, refrigerator and head. Good con¬ dition, needs some TLC. $9,900/obo. Call Richard at (510) 337-3905.

35-FT TRIMARAN RACER/CRUISER. Setup for singlehanding, 15 hp elec, start o/ b, autopilot, wind & speed instruments, 3 spinnakers, recent main, jib and standing rigging, hard vang, standing headroom, sink, stove. Good looking, strong, fast. More boat than F-27. $35,000. (510) 521 -0883 or email: rchapman@sirius.com.

25-FT PIVER NUGGET. Well built with beautiful interior. Has wheel steering and self tacking jib. Almost new engine and tandem trailer. Fresh bottom paint. Fun and fast. Can be seen from fishing pier at Em¬ eryville Marina. $4,500/obo. Please call Fred (530) 292-0276.

CHRIS CRAFT 33. Dual gas engines, won¬ derful fishing boat, ready to go, zippered canopies over back, sleeps 6, galley, ice¬ box, stove, ample storage, private marine head, depthfinder, potential liveaboard. Berthed at San Leandro. $9,900. Call Jim (209) 786-4864.

PRINDLE 16 CATAMARAN. With trailer, two mainsails and two jibs. $850/obo. Call (530) 846-2146 (eves) or email: papi @ northvalley.net.

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WILLIAMS TRIMARAN 37,1976. Inboard diesel engine needs work, roomy, lots of storage, two full bunks plus cots, galley, alcohol stove, marine head, covered pilot¬ house, good sails, liveaboard or cruiser. At Richmond. Reduced to $22,000. Call Jim (209) 786-4864.

27-FT CHRIS CRAFT CAVALIER, 1964. Chevy 283 runs good, VHF, trim tabs, fishfinder, new 12v wiring. Mahogany cabin, stove, refrigerator. Hauled, new bottom paint, surveyed 5/9/01. Berthed in Sausalito. $6,500. Please call (415) 339-9062.

31-FT SEARUNNER TRIMARAN. "A" frame model can be trucked anywhere. Now located at Clearlake, CA. Sleeps 4, cutter rig, center cockpit, needs TLC. Of¬ fers. Call (707) 265-7665.

CHRIS CRAFT CONQUEROR 40, 1959. Excellent condition throughout. Great liveaboard. $38,500. Call (415) 845-3113.

25-FT JIM BROWN TRIMARAN, 1979. Searunner. Good condition, ready to sail, $2,950. 35-ft. Piver Lodestar. New paint, Brisbane Marina, Dock 3, $7,000.25-ft Ul¬ tra-Lite trimaran with trailer, $1,800. 18-ft Hobie Cat with trailer, $750.24-ft Winnebago self-contained RV. Good condition, low miles, $3,000. Please call (510) 539-8153 (pgr) or (415) 255-0957 (wk).

14-FT BOSTON WHALER with 40 hp Mer¬ cury, nearly new engine with only a handful of hours. Trailer. Used on Delta, stored in Sausalito. $4,800. Call (415) 279-7093.

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53-FTMOTORYACHT, 1971. Mediterranean style. Sausalito berth. Like new Detroit V871s. Generator. Outstanding condition and workmanship. Interior quality Euro-modern style. Tiger mahogany, other rare woods. Strong/sound. Washer/dryer. Fast, stylish, economical, classic yacht. $107,000/obo. Please call (415) 331-2422.

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48-FT COLIN ARCHER. Documented 29 tons, pilothouse, 453 Detroit, 600 fuel, 300 water, set up for commerical fishing and live aboard. Kona Hawaii mooring, solid boat, needs TLC. First $20,000. (808) 326-1769.

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37-FT O’DAY. Center cockpit with gennaker. Large bed and 2nd head in aft cabin. Just hauled, surveyed and engine repaired. Ber¬ thed at Emery Cove, East Bay. Will train and checkout if needed. Accepting maxi¬ mum of 3 equity partners at a fixed monthly fee of only $300 with up front $5,000. This price includes fee simple slip ownership. Looking for cruising-relaxed individuals. A 60-day mutual “buy-back” option to be in¬ cluded. Dream Maker Sailing Limited Part¬ nership. Call Joe for a package. Call toll free: (888) 554-1000 or (916) 686-4222. JEANNEAU SUN LEGENDE 41. Well-fur¬ nished performance cruiser. Emeryville berth. Seek one or more congenial part¬ ners. Call (510) 526-3208.

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RENT OR BUY? Robust construction for sailboat. Double axle, low miles, surge brakes, two equipment boxes. Just invested $800 in 4 new Michelin tires and brakes. Rent $500/week or buy $3,500/obo. Call day/night (510) 272-9700 or leave msg. SANTANA 22 YARD TRAILER. Currently in Alameda. $400/obo. Please call Don (510) 435-8686.

USED GEAR WESTERBEKE 4-107 DIESEL. Paragon direct drive. Running condition. $950. Call (925) 837-6564 (fax/msg). PUR 80-11 WATERMAKER. Newly factory rebuilt. New seals, piston kit. All pump parts new. Still in box from factory, like new. $1,200. Call (831) 459-0577, leave mes¬ sage. F.C.F.S.

J/40 SAILS, BY SHORE SAILS. 2 mains, Shore Spectra, $2000/each. 3 spinnakers, new condition, $1,500/each. Various jibs. Please call (760) 924-3273 or email: gilmantom @ hotmail.com.

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WANTED BABY BLAKE MARINE HEAD and Stuart Turner P5M four-horsepower marine en¬ gine. Both rebuildable and suitable for in¬ stallation in a 1958 Cheoy Lee Pacific Clip¬ per. Call (414) 563-1809.

CRUISING GENNAKER. Made by North, 1993. Used 3 times. Nylon, snuffer, sheets. Excellent condition. Hans Christian Chris¬ tina 40 or similiar. $1,500. Please call (530) 520-6294 (msg). BALLENGER ALUMINUM MAST with spreaders and standing rigging. 34-ft luff. Clear annodized. Used only one season. $2,000/obo. Call (408) 343-1706 (wkdays). 120 GENOA, STAYSAIL, MAINSAIL for 46-ft. Liberty. Fair condition, main is ripped. 1:53.75, J:19.95, P:46.65, E:16.00. $750. Also Polaris 12-ft dinghy, $250. Please call (415) 383-8122. CHRISTIANS, MARITIME MINISTRIES needs your help providing disaster relief, humanitarian aid, economic development, and outreaches in the name of Jesus. Your personal service or your tax deductible do¬ nations of boats, equipment and finances are needed. Call (541) 867-4994. See Web site: www.maritimeministries.org.

SEXTANT, PLATH 1967. Bronze frame, 4X and 6X scopes, fiberglass case, excel¬ lent condition, $850. Storm jib, 70 sq. ft., storm trysail, 84 sq. ft., both Sutter built, perfect condition, $450/each. Gear with friend in San Jose. Owner/info in Seattle area. Call (360) 378-5758.

10KW DIESEL. Onan genset, $1,000.1" thick x 8-ft, 10-ft, 12-ft air-dried white oak, $3/bd.ft. 60 hp Nissan diesel with gear, $1,500. 55 hp Isuzu with gears, $1,300. Feathering prop for 80-100 hp engine, $1,700. Everything in good condition. Call (415) 457-8616.

YANMAR 3GM30F 27 HP. Low compres¬ sion in one cylinder, otherwise runs OK. New injectors. $1,900. Four new engine mounts sold separately. (510) 872-5506.

VOLVO MD2B. Low hours. $1,500/firm. Call Rob (510) 469-8315 (after 6pm).

HEADSAILS. All in good condition. Light weight genoa, 53.2-ft luff, hank-on, $900. Blast reacher, 51 9-ft luff, hank-on, $600. Genoa staysail, 33.8-ft luff, $400. Call (510) 523-2509. SAYES RIG. Wind steering vane for boats up to 65 feet. $1,000. Aquamarine 300 gallon-per-day watermaker, 110v. $2,500. (661) 242-6975 or (805) 895-6327. L-SHAPED BULB KEEL. 7,500 lbs. Car¬ bon fiber rudder, alum rig 65-ft from deck, complete with 4 sets tube spreaders. Navtec rod rigging, 23-ftalum honeycomb boom, Barient 23 winches, all in fantastic condition. From TransPac record-breaker Medicine Man. Please call (562) 948-1905 or email: Servritebob@hotmail.com. HONDA 15 HP OUTBOARD. Brand new, never used. Long shaft, 4-stroke, silver color. $1,800. Call Chris (415) 876-0794. PEUGEOT XDP 4.90/VETUS DIESEL. Engine for parts. Head needs replace¬ ment, everything else is in good condition. 800 hours. Condiesel injector pump. Hurth HBW 150-2R transmission. Racor 500FG filters. All or partial. Also, Aolus 9-ft sailing dinghy. Call (650) 964-2469. ATOMIC 4. Rebuilt, in shop to hear and see. Plus spar bolt on parts, muffler, trans, etc. In Alameda. $1,800. Please call (510) 337-3220. PREVALIER 8D GEL BATTERY. New, unused. This is a 160-lb battery, rated at 220 amp hours. For the right boat, it's a great bargain. Cost $475 new. Must sell ASAP, $275/obo. Call (415) 453-8348 or email: wulzens@hotmail.com. PERKINS 236 DIESEL. 4 cylinder, 85 hp, 735 hours, full instrument panel, can de¬ liver. $5,500. Please call (415) 459-1280. VOLVO MDIIC. 25 hp with trans. Coming out of Westsail 32. See it run in boat until June 12th. Boat is in Monterey. $750. If interested call John (831) 372-2432. 1999 VILLAGE MARINETEC LWM-200 Watermaker. Modular system. 8.3 gallons per hour. Included options: Freshwater flush ,kit,*air/oil separator, low pressure 5 GPM pump, low pressure gauge, sample valve and water tester. $4,000 new. Ask¬ ing $2,500. Also, West Marine Pro Bosun's Chair, $75. Call (415) 536-2298. 2000 HONDA 5 HORSE. Long shaft, like new, used 1 hour. $1,200/obo. Please call (408) 294-0737 or email: cnoe@aol.com. INDUSTRIAL SEWING MACHINE. Chan¬ dler 187 / Bernina 217. Great condition, $775. Achilles 8-ft inflatable, excellent con¬ dition, $275.12-ft aluminum boom, make offer. Call (510) 849-9733.

8-MAN DUNLAP LIFERAFT. Hardpack, recertified into December 2001, $1,50Q. Kenwood TS-440S Ham radio, $450. Alden TR-I Weatherfax printer with re¬ ceiver, $600. Wilcox skipper head, $450. Sculling wherry, 20'3", dual/single, coldmolded (Art Hoban), trailer, $2,800/obo. All excellent. Call (360) 301-5134 or email: seann@olypen.com. TWO WINCHES. Cheoy Lee 29s, 2 speed, solid SS, $500/both. Life jackets and case, $50. Depthsounder, $30. Crab ring, new, $20. Crab trap, new folding, line and float, $40. (408) 266-7399. PERKINS 4236 DIESEL. 85 hp complete marine assembly. Ready to install. In¬ cludes 2.5:1 velvet drive transmission. Less than 250 hours since new. Many extra parts. $3,000/obo. Call Dave (707) 459-5455. SAILING GEAR. Sails for 28-foot sloop. Two Seagull outboards. Irtflatables, an¬ chors, electronics, oars, etc. All excellent to good condition. Call (925) 229-9859. COMPLETE RIG FOR 43-FTSAILBOAT. Includes 52’4“ mast and 18' boom, both annodized aluminum, new in 1997, hardly used, excellent condition. $8,500/obo. Please call (510) 601-8150.

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HYDROHOIST 3000LE BOAT LIFT. Pur¬ chased new 6/97. Single valve system. 3000-lbs lifting capacity. Excellent condi¬ tion. Maintained clean. Strong, quiet, non¬ flooding motor. Paid $3,400. Selling for $2,400/obo. Currently in Alameda, CA. Will help move/install in CA. Please call Chris¬ topher (650) 724-8637 or email: sundberc@stanford.edu.

CLUBS/MEMBERSHIPS SINGLE SAILORS ASSOCIATION is growing & fun. All experience levels are welcomed. Our members enjoy cruising, group sails, daysailing, socials & other activities year round. Monthly meeting at Oakland Yacht Club in Alameda. For more information call (510) 273-9763. CLUB NAUTIQUE. Passagermaker/Unlimited membership. Includes yacht club mem¬ bership, all lessons, refresher courses and USS certifications. Discounts on large char¬ ter fleet at 3 Bay Area sites and Marina del Rey (LA). $2,850. Save $300. Steve (650) 858-2831 or email: snklein@pacbell.net. CLUB NAUTIQUE PASSAGEMAKER membership. Includes full range of US Sailing certification classes through Off¬ shore Passagemaking, Yacht Club Asso¬ ciate membership, discounts on charters and free trainer use. Reg $3,150. Asking $2,400/obo. Call Dick (415) 386-7476 (eves).

NONPROFIT USCOASTGUARD AUXILIARY conducts an introductory class in GPS on Thursday evening, June 28 at Yerba Buena Island. Call (415) 399-3411 for information and leave name and number.

1999 DIBASI FOLDING MOTORBIKE. Little usage, 55 actual miles. Weighs 63 lbs. Carrying case, tote bag. Top speed 35 mph. New $1,795. Will sell for $1,095. Call John (408) 867-6777. FOR EAGLES ONLY. Transpacific raft expedition on a 40-ft maneuverable se¬ quoia sailing raft, led by licensed captain --with ocean-going raft experience. The goal, among othejs, is to set a world record of longest raft Voyage (Guinness). Total cost of this one-year venture is $80,opo, shared by 4 of us. Every crew¬ member will own 25% of raft, plus unlim¬ ited rights for writing/photography hono¬ rariums. Good health is a must. Sailing experience crucial but secondary. Posi¬ tive attitude, motivation, humor are nec¬ essary. Once gain, For Eagles Only. If an ultimate adventure is for you, please write to: Raft Expedition, PO Box 1090, Montara, CA 94037. SEWING MACHINES. Brother B-651. Straight stitch and zig-zag with reverse. Includes table with heavy-duty motor, separate portable 1 lOv motor and carry¬ ing case. A truly industrial strength por¬ table, $850. Juki DNU-241 with walking foot, straight stitch, reverse. A canvas worker's dream. As new. $1,150. (415) 332-6501 or email: marinexch@aol.com.

HAULING OUT YOUR LIVEABOARD? Stay in my Tiburon condo. 2 bdrms/1 bath. Loft bed in kid's room. Close to waterfront, SF, wine country, beaches, bike path. Washer/dryer in unit + all mod cons. $575/ week + deposit. Call for rates for other lengths of stay. Or will trade for time in San Diego near beach 2nd week of August. Chris (415) 389-9378.

RIVERFRONT TOWN HOME. 3 bed¬ room, 2-1/2 bath, over 1,700 sq. ft. with a private dock for swimming, fishing or a small boat. Walk to marina, restaurants. Quiet community. Only $279,000. For de¬ tails call Mark Leonard (925) 473-9294. 10 MINUTESTO NAPA RIVER MARINA. Napa mini-rancho retreat. 2 br rustic Span¬ ish style house with original roof tile and beam ceilings. Lots of interior tile. Second building is garage and hobby/workshop/ winestorage. Plus self-contained guest cot¬ tage. 2 dozen fruit trees. Well located near hiking trails, park, vineyards and restau¬ rants. Views of Napa hills. Backyard de¬ signed for low maintenance and entertain¬ ing. $425,000 Call (510) 523-1001 after Jun^llth.

BERTHS & SLIPS SLIP FOR RENT. 32-ft x 11-ft slip for rent at Portobello Marina south of Jack London Square. $145/month includes power and water. No liveaboards. Call (408) 3770716 or (408) 365-1303. ' DOCK SPACE. 40-ft to 120-ft in Alameda. No liveaboards or work projects. $6.50/ft. Call Richard (510) 337-3905.

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NEW SLIPS FOR SALE. Friday Harbor, San Juan Islands, WA. Harborview Ma¬ rina. 54-ft, 60-ft and 124-ft slips. Cement, steel pilings, water, sewer, telephone, cable, 50 amp, laundry, storage, showers. Walk to town, airport, ferry. Lease option list forming. For more information see our Website: www.harborviewmarina.net. Phone/Fax: (206) 842-0777 or email: info® harborviewmarina.net. FIJI ISLANDS, VANUA LEVU.Jawn Har¬ bor. Two freehold eight-acre parcels in a pristine, unspoiled, safe rural setting. Ideal safe boat anchorage. First time offered. Fantastic diving, snorkeling and fishing. Call (805) 927-3616.

SKIPPERS AND CREW. Bay Area's most active sailing group offering monthly speak¬ ers, bay and coastal sailing, service, so¬ cializing. New and experienced skippers and crew are welcome. Go sailing at http:/ /internet.ggu.edu/~sad/sfbocg.htmlorcall (415) 979-4866. SEEKING FEMALE CREWPERSON. Ex¬ perienced sailor, 62, with references, is seeking a female crewperson to sail with, first in the Channel Islands of SoCal, later Mexico, and then?? The boat is a 1971 Ericson 35, just finished with an extensive refiirb and upgrade. All new: electrics, electronics, engine, rigging, sails. I prefer a woman who has done at least one long offshore passage, but am willing and able to teach someone less experienced if the will and desire are there. And, yes, I am financially secure, therefore I prefer women who are also. Interested? Then please email: saltflower@mymailstation.com or write: P.O. Box 5058, Two Harbors, CA 90704-5058.

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SKIPPER/CREW MIXER at the Sausalito Yacht Club. Open to any skippers looking for new crew members and crew members looking for new boats to crew on. Located next to the Sausalito Ferry terminal. Sec¬ ond Thursday of every month from April through October. 6-9 p.m. Free. No-host dinner and bar available. Join us June 14 and hook up with some new faces.

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HAWAII TO CALIFORNIA CREW needed. Looking for third crew person. Prefer bluewater experienced. 36-foot sloop returning to California in early June. Expenses will be provided. Please contact Chuck Thomas toll free (888) 458-5387 or email: vegastas @ hotmail.com.

JOB OPPORTUNITIES SAILING INSTRUCTORS. Men and women sailors, join our team of professionals at OCSC! It’s exciting work with motivated students and a great team atmosphere. We offer top pay, a flexible schedule and liberal boat use privileges. If you have great com¬ munication skills, a passion for teaching, and excellent sailing and seamanship skills we would like to talk to you. We will help with both Coast Guard licensing and US SAIL¬ ING instructor certification. Call Rich at (800) 223-2984, or check out http:// www.ocsc-sfbay.com. BOAT COMMISSIONING PERSON with hands-on experience in rigging, electron¬ ics, equipment installation. Well-rounded knowledge of sailboats. Ability to trouble¬ shoot problems. Able to work independently. Primary responsibility is preparation of new boats for delivery to customer. East Bay firm. Please fax resume to (510) 234-0118 or call (510) 236-2633.

PROFESSIONAL SAILING & TRAWLER instructor. If you have well rounded sailing skills, communicate effectively and want to pass along your passion for the sport, you’ll want to teach for Club Nautique. We have the newest and largest fleet on the Bay, plus we offer 3 locations. Our comprehen¬ sive program includes basic keelboat through offshore passagemaking, coastal & celestial navigation & powerboat classes, plus extracurricular courses in spinnaker, racing & more. Come join our professional staff while enhancing your sailing skills. Call Mike Warren, (510) 865-4700. SAILING INSTRUCTORS. We are looking for qualified sailing instructors who would like to teach in the best all round teaching atmosphere in the Bay. We are the oldest sailing school in California and are located in Pt. Richmond, right next to the Richmond Yacht Club, where no foul weather gear is needed for sailing. We offer top pay for teaching, very liberal boat usage program and tropical sailing for our instructors. If you love sailing, have good teaching skills and would like to teach sailing either full or part time in the best sailing area in the Bay, call Kirk at (510) 232-8251. ESTABUSHED MARINE SALES/SERVICE Company is expanding and in need of ma¬ rine systems installers and refrigeration tech¬ nicians. Candidates who have the ability to troubleshoot problems and work indepen¬ dently are preferred, but we are willing to train the right person. Starting pay is com¬ mensurate with your skills and experience. Please fax resumes to (510) 234-9599 or email: swedish@community.net. SAILING INSTRUCTORS. Pacific Yacht¬ ing & Sailing is looking for a few good men and women to teach sailing on the Monterey Bay. USCG License is a must, ASA/US Sailing Certification a plus. If you are ready to raise your teaching skills to the next level teaching on the open ocean, contact Marc or Rick to discuss opportunities with PY&S. Our instructors enjoy flexible hours and the highest pay in the Bay Area. Please call (800) 374-2626 or email: Sail@cruzio.com. CHARTER BOAT CREW POSITIONS. Part time, male and female with sailing experi¬ ence needed. Beautiful 50-ft wooden ketch based in Sausalito. Earn sea time, good wages and tips. Call Captain Rick Hastie (415) 332-6284. FLEET SERVICE MANAGER. OCSC SF Bay, in Berkeley, is looking for a fleet ser¬ vice manager to manage a staff of 10 and a fleet of 42 training and charter sailing yachts. Must have extensive knowledge of vessel systems, trouble shooting and repair skills, people management experience, general management skills including hiring, training staff, budgeting and great customer service focus. Lots of customer contact, fast paced and varied work environment as well as the best sailing location on the Bay. Extensive benefits, including health and dental, vaca¬ tion, retirement plan, sailing privileges, sub¬ sidized tropical vacations. Salary commen¬ surate with experience. Please call Richard Jepsen (510) 843-4200 or email your re¬ sume: Jepsen@ocscsailing.com or fax it(510) 843-2155. SHIPWRIGHT WANTED. Boat yard in Alameda needs someone experienced in all areas of boat building. Benefits, paid vacation. Salary based on experience. Call Richard (510) 337-3905.

SAILING INSTRUCTORS and USCG li¬ censed captains wanted. Spinnaker Sail¬ ing in Redwood City is in need of sailing instructors and Coast Guard licensed cap¬ tains. Part-time and full-time. Lessons, charters and corporate teambuilding pro¬ grams. Midweek and/or weekends. Work as little or as much as you have time for. Competitive rates and otherbenefits. Rich or Bob (650) 363-1390. CAPTAINS, FIRST OFFICERS & CREW. Rendezvous Charters is hiring ship's crew and licensed masters to sail our fleet of five certified vessels, including our new 80 passenger schooner Bay Lady. Part-time orfull-time. Excellent wages/benefits. Mid¬ week and weekend work available. Flex¬ ible schedule. Want to enjoy your job? Building your sea time? Join this rapidly growing company. Great people, fun com¬ pany. Fax resume to (415) 543-7405 or call Stan Lander (415) 543-7333. 6-PAK CAPTAINS and sailing instruc¬ tors. Spinnaker Sailing in San Francisco is hiring sailing instructors and captains for part-time or full-time work in the City aboard our fleet of 22-44 foot sailing yachts. Mid¬ week and weekend work available. Flex¬ ible schedule. This company is growing fast for one reason only ... its people. Please fax resume to (415) 543-7405 or call Stan (415) 543-7333. PURCHASING/PRODUCTION MANAGER sought by small company in Pt. Richmond forthe manufacture of stainless steel prod¬ ucts and an electronic autopilot for sail¬ boats. Starting salary will be $35,000 with benefits. Please call Gillian at Scanmar International at (510) 215-2010 or fax: (510) 215-5005. Resume required.

BUSY MARINA/BOATYARD IN NAPA is looking for full-time and part-time person¬ nel to work on boats. Must be honest, have mechanical aptitude, ability to make logi¬ cal decisions, work well with others, have good communication skills and enjoy work¬ ing outside. Must have valid driver's li¬ cense. Experience in welding, fiberglass and woodworking helpful, but will train right individual. If you like boats, or just being around them, you'll enjoy working at our marina. We offer good wages and benefits. For more info or to schedule an interview, please call Kirby Long at (707) 252-8011.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES YACHT SALESPERSON RETAIL CHANDLERY SALESPERSON SKILLED BOATYARD WORKERS: MECHANIC, WOODWORKER, RIGGER Nelson's Marine has several excellent career opportuni¬ ties. Rapid growth in our boatyard facility and in our sales offices requires your help. Large indoor facility provides opportunity for year- round employment. The Nelson’s team has been providing Bay Area boaters with quality boat repair for over 10 years. Nelson's reputation for quality repair is a direct reflection of the quality of its people. We provide you with an excellent work environment in which to use your skills. We have excellent benefits including health care, a 401k plan, and more. Put your skills to work today with the Nelson's team. Send us a fax. All inquiries strictly confidential.

YACHT AND SHIP SALES. Yacht and ship salesman needed. Good boat knowl¬ edge and commitment to honesty are im¬ portant. We can pretty much train you on the rest. Boats are supposed to be fun. We don't twist arms. Call Glenn at Norpac Yachts. (415) 485-6044.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES MAKE MONEY WITH YOUR BOAT. Spin¬ naker Sailing in Redwood City has space available for several boats in the 30-40 foot range to be placed in charter. A great way to earn income with your boat. For more info call Rich at (650) 363-1390.

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PUT YOUR BOAT TO $WORK$. Spinna¬ ker Sailing in SF is looking for 30-ft to 50ft boats to join our charter fleet. Let your boat pay for itself. For more information call (415) 543-7333.

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Fax: (510) 769-0815

IMMEDIATE OPENINGS for experienced boat builders, boat mechanics, system specialists and painters. Call Berkeley Marine Center (510) 843-8195. SHIPPING/ASSEMBLY PERSON. Full¬ time. Small company in Pt. Richmond manufacturing stainless steel products and a marine autopilot. Mechanical ability and attention to detail a must. Starting $13.00/ hr with benefits. Please contact Gillian at Scanmar International (510) 215-2010 or fax (510) 215-5005. Resume required. SVENDSEN'S BOAT WORKS is seeking retail sales people, chandlery help. The position requires excellent customer serivce skills, a reasonable knowledge of boats and a good team attitude. Above average compensation and good benefits. Call Alex or Barbara (510) 521-8454.

GREAT BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY for a go getter or active retiree. Sixty-six foot Chesapeake Bay Buy Boat was built in 1920, rebuilt and recommissioned in 1990. Vessel is maintained in pristine condition operating in San Pedro, Belize as a day trip dive boat. Boat and business are ready to take advantage of the expanding tourist market of Belize. Needed, an aggressive owner to take advantage of the burgeon¬ ing market and established return busi¬ ness. Price: US $350,000. See Web site: www.surfingto.com/boat. Please call (904) 462-9710.

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TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY LASER, 1996. In like-new condition. Sailed by Ken Hall in Olympic trials. Blue hull and white topsides. Kitty Hawk trailer, Sietech dolly, carbon fiber tiller, canvas cover and accessories. $3,500/obo. (650) 325-3357. ISLANDER MARK II, 1972. Bought a big¬ ger boat. Must sell. Wood inside for warmth aqd charm, dinette, microwave and the dishes to make a great Bay weekend es¬ cape. Roller furling, new batteries, Palmer gas engine. Good overall condition. $10,900/obo. Please call (510) 337-0957.

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The Gianola Family has been designing and fabricating custom canvas and interiors since 1969. Gianola & Sons offers you the best in quality, more choices, and personal service.

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The XVincher The wincher changes your regular winch into a self-tailing one. Four sizes are available. It is a product that, by means of one, singlehand movement, renders your conventional winch self-sheeting and self¬ locking. The Wincher is made of a specially designed rubber body that fits down on top of the winch. As the sheet is being winched home and is put under increasing load, the coils 'climb' up the winch drum and fasten against the ribs in the underside of the rubber body.

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ADVERTISERS' INDEX A.S.E. Vinyl Scripts.230

Almar Marinas.23

Baja Naval.219

ABC Yachts.250

Bo'sun Supplies .228

Alpha Systems.101

Ballena Bay Yacht Brokers ... . 26

Ace Sailmakers.87

Boat US.97, 99, 101

Bay.103

Cal State University Monterey

America True .79

Ballena Isle Marina Coop .... 149

Acordia Insurance .167

Bosun's Charters.200

American Battery.224

California Cruising Yachts.15

Bay Island Yachts.7

Bottom Siders.96

Adventure Cat Charters.201

American Institute of Marine

Captain Frost.219

Bay Keeper & Delta Keeper . 240

Boy Scouts of America .246

Studies.93

Bay Propeller.20

Caribbean Yacht Sales.244

Boy Scouts Pacific Harbors .. 245

Anchor Marine Insurance.95

Cass' Marina .66

Bay Risk Insurance.97

Boy Scouts Pacific Skyline .... 248

Andersons Boat Yard .40

Cat Ballou Charters.197

Bay Ship & Yacht.61

Alameda Point Yacht Sales .. 244

Brisbane Marina.27

Antioch Marina .82

Chapman School of

Bay View Boat Club.34

Alameda Prop & Machine ... 188

British Marine.26

Aqua Marine Sail & Canvas 173

Seamanship .236

Beckwith, Craig Yacht Sales .. 22

Brokaw Yacht Sales .246

Chula Vista Marina.217

Agape Villages.162 Alameda Marine Metal Fabrication.230

Alameda Yacht Club.143

Armchair Sailor.91

Berkeley Marine Center.190

Albatross Yacht Charters.197

Brookes & Gatehouse.166

Autoprop.89

City Yachts.16,17

Beta Marine Engines.221

Allemand Brothers.236

C Cushions.89

Baja Ha-Ha Sponsor Page ... 243

Club Nautique.51

Bluewater Insurance.76

Cabrillo Yacht Sales.247

Coast Marine .167

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DeWitt Studio & Publishing Custom Giclee Print Trophies, Regatta Apparel and Yacht Club Merchandise .... stop and call DeWitt Studio & Publishing for wholesale pricing! .

Commission artist, Jim DeWitt to do a painting of your boat racing in the upcoming TransPac Race!

DeWitt Art Studio & Publishing Custom Regatta Apparel & Trophies (800) 758-4291 or (510) 232-4291 • email: dana@jimdewitt.com

DeWitt Art Gallery & Framing 999 West Cutting Blvd., Suite 4, Point Richmond, CA 94804 • (510) 236-1401 • www.jimdewitt.com Tuesday-Friday 10:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. or Saturday 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

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Dudley Transportation.234

Forespar.173

Hansen Rigging.1 30

Jack Rabbit Marine.224

E Paint.87

Harbor Island West Marina . 1 58

Johnson Marine, C. Sherman 191

Cover Craft.24

Edensaw Woods .80

Harken .36

Jonsson, Arne, Boatbuilder.. 226

Coyote Point Marina .21 6

Fortman Marina .12 Fowler Insurance Agency ....228

Edgewater Yacht Sales.245

Fujinon, Inc.63

Kappas Marina .238

Cruising Cats USA.6

Hawaiian Chieftain Charters 201

Edson International .104

Haynes Sails .240*

Kensington Yachts.13

Cruising Direct Sails.160

Ganis Credit Corporation.32 Gentry's Kona Marina .244

Helms Yacht & Ship Brokers ... 20

Kevin's Quality Marine.230

Cruising Specialists.47,48,49

EM Design .234 Emery Cove Yacht Harbor.85

Gianola & Sons.238

Kissinger Canvas.101

Davis Instruments.130

Helmut's Marine Service.105

Emeryville Marina.20

Gill.42

KKMI.21,25,33

Desolation Sound Charters .. 200

Hewett Marine.240

Essex Credit Corp.50

Glacier Bay.102

Hogin Sails .70

Lager Yachts.248

ExtraSport.189

Honolulu Sailing Co.200

Lake Merritt Sailboat House ... 85

DeWitt Studio.239

Go Cats.198

Farallon Electronics.177

Golden State Diesel Marine . 224

Hood Sails.73

Larsen Sails/Neil Pryde Sails . 28

Diesel Fuel Filtering.98

Farallone Yacht Sales.18

Grand Marina.2

Lee Sails.232

Dimen Marine Financing.46

Hutcheson Boatbuilders.142

Farr International.35

H.F. Radio.90

In Harbor Electric.142

LeFiell Marine Products.232

First New England Financial .. 72

Integre Marine.244

Legendary Yachts .143

Discovery Yachts.93

H & S Yacht Sales.9

Foam Creations.237

Halsey Sailmakers .190

List Marine Enterprises .95

Doyle Sails.69

Island Yacht Club.74

Dubarry.86

Foley Industrial Engines.228

Handcraft Mattress Co.220

J.T. VanSickle.76

Community Mattress Co.102

Detco Marine.1 63

Discovery Yacht Charters.201

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ADVERTISER S INDEX - cont’d Loch Lomond Marina .95

Modern Sailing Academy.71

Oceanic Yacht Sales.247

Petro Clean .214

MacDonald Yachts.246

Monterey Bay Properties .83

OCSC.75

Pettit.65

Marina Plaza Yacht Harbor... 24

Ryan's Marine.226

Napa Valley Marina.34

Outbound 44.99

Pineapple Sails.3

Sail California.38, 39, 41

Rooster Sails.85

Marina Real.215

Nelson Yachts .81

Owl Harbor.166

Quantum Electronics.228

Marina Village.131

Sail Exchange .239

Nelson's Marine.237, 252

Oyster Cove Marina .68

Quantum Pacific.37

Mariner Boat Yard.55

Netin' 2 It.232

Sail Warehouse, The.103

Oyster Point Marina.40

R-Parts.226

Mariner's General Insurance . 84

Sailing Supply.191

New Caledonia Yachting Co. 198

Pac Cal Canvas & Upholstery 94

R/K Quality Canvas.241

Maritime Electronics.89

Sailomat USA.214

Norpac Yachts .251

Pacific Coast Canvas.87

Raiatea Carenage Services.. 212

Maritime Institute.159

Sailrite Kits.56

North Beach Canvas.29

Pacific Marine Foundation ... 188

Ranger Communications .60

Marotta Yachts.249

North Sails - San Francisco ... 19

Sal's Inflatable Services.216

Pacific Yacht Imports.14

Raytheon.77

Martin, Jack & Associates .... 236

O'Neill Yacht Center.8

San Francisco Boat Works ... 187

Pacific Yachting & Sailing ...104

Richmond Boat Works.54

Mazatlan Marine Center.242

Oakland Yacht Club .98

San Leandro Marina.163

Passage Maker Yachts .248

Richmond Yacht Service.187

McGinnis Insurance.213

Ocean Equipment.221

Scanmar International .... 93,189

Passage Yachts.4,5,245

The Moorings.197

Romaine Marine Electronics. 103

Oceanair.99

Schaefer Marine.53

Penmar Marine.201

Ronstan Marine, Inc.44

Schock Sailboats.161

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243,000

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45' MULL Pert. Cruiser '81

179,900

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44' PETERSON 76

132,000

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165,000

41'CUSTOM CT 79

98,000

41'FORMOSA'80

67,500

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58,900

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49,900

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ADVERTISER'S INDEX - cont d Schoonmaker Point Marina ...91

South Beach Harbor.29

Stormy Seas Clothing Co.213

Trident Funding .10

West Marine.57,59,236

Scullion, Jack D. Yacht Svc .... 91

South Beach Sailing Center.... 31

Sunsail Charters.198,199

Twins Rivers Marine Ins. ..30

Westlawn School of Yacht

South Beach Riggers.31

Superior Yachts West.99

UK Sails.43

Design.105

Sea Skills .239

Spectra Watermakers .24

Sutter Sails.96

Ullman Sails.143

Westwind Precision Details . ..29

Sea-Power Marine.11

Spin Tec.232

Svendsen's Boat Works.45

Vaughan, William E.241

Whale Point Marine Supply ... 64

Seacraft Yacht Sales .105

Spindrift Marina.162

Swan Yacht Sales.33

Ventura Harbor Boatyard .... 177

Windtoys.40

Spinlock.88

Swedish Marine.100

Vessel Assist.215

Wizard Yachts, Ltd.247

Seatech.230

Spinnaker Sailing of R.C.78

Sydney Yachts.81

Voyager Marine.52

World Vision.177

Second Life Charters.200

Spinnaker Sailing of S.F.29

The Weather Guy.220

VPM Charters.199

Yacht Design Co.234

SoCal Merchant Marine

Spinnaker Shop, The.234

Tim's Zodiac Marine.22

Waggoner Cruising Guide ..163

Yacht Sales West.21

Tinker Marine.100

Watermaker Store, The.218

Yachlfinders/Windseakers ..241

Sea Frost.160

Seashine.

Training.226

Starbuck Canvas.97 Steiner Binoculars.58

Titan.173

Watski.238

Stockdale Marine & Nav. Ctr. 67

TMM/Tortola Marine Mgmt. 196

Waypoint.90

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Surveyors/SAMS.224 Solono & Yolo Counties.26

Stone Boat Yard .137

Tradewinds Sailing Ctr... 92,242

West Coast Performance Yts 191

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65' MacGREGOR, 1986*. .138,000

27' CATALINA, 1981*. ..16,500

45' HUNTER 450,1999 . .260,000

27' CS YACHT, 1979*. ..12,500

44' CUSTOM*. .118,000

26' 1/4 TONNER*. ....4,500

41' SYDNEY YACHT, 1998 . .275,000

25' MARIEHOLM*. ....1,800

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24' GLADIATOR, 1965. ....2,850

40’ PEARSON 40, 1979*. ...55,000

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39' BESTWAY TRAWLER, 1982 .. 119,000

40' SYDNEY YACHT, 1998. .155,000

37' WELLCRAFT, 1979, truck/tlr* .37,500

38'HANS CHRISTIAN, 1978* .... .109,500

28' BOUNTY, 1991*. ..44,500

36'Tripp, 1992. ...89,000

28' WORKBOAT, 1985*. ..27,750

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24' GLASPLY, 1983 . ..16,500

32' ERICSON 32, 1981 . ...23,000

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ideal for the Bay. Large interior, liveaboard or

owners of Waterline Yachts this steel offshore

family cruiser. Low hours on Yanmar,

cruiser is safe and solid. She hasx already

extensive cruising gear including vane, new

cruised to the South Pacific and is ready to go

canvas and dodger.

again. Loaded with good quality cruising gear.

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29' ERICSON. 1977. PT Barnacle is a very

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and 6'3" headroom. Sleeps 6. Well maintained.

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46' SPINDRIFT. 1983 Bristol exomple of this lovely cruising yacht. Dork blue hull, teak decks, full keel with cutaway forefoot, skeg hung rudder. Harken roller furling headsoil and staysail, full batten main w/BAT car, drifter, sails & running rigging practically new. Sausalito Yacht Harbor slip can trans¬ fer. Reduced to $220,000

S&S YAWL, 1969 This S&S-designed yawl shows Bristol. Entire boat just repainted, all brightwork perfect, including teak decks. Aluminum spars, keel-stepped main mast, recent Harken roller furler, numerous sails reconditioned and in very good shape. Most systems new or rebuilt. Reduced to $99,000

38' NANTUCKET, 1984 Comfortable cruiser was exten¬ sively refurbished in '97 (New: Teak deck, stanchions, lifelines, Lewmar hatches, head, galley washer/dryer installed, interior wood refinished). Since then, new: thru hulls, battery charger/alternator & Yanmar diesel overhauled. Reduced to $82,000

31' PACIFIC SEACRAFT MARIAN, 1977 Rare doubleender, big brother of renowned Flicka & proven bluewoter cruiser! Pacific Seacraft has always been coveted for quality construction & well thought out designs. Exceptional shape botn topsides & below. A must-see if looking for a stout go-anywhere cruiser. $69,000

37' IRWIN, 1980 Center cockpit full keel cruiser with two cabins and two heads. Topsides newly buffed and waxed, interior and exterior wood refinished. New: cushions, fuel tank, two gel cel batteries, bilge pumps, brightwork. Perkins dsl engine just completely serviced. $55,500

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46’ ERICSGN, 1973 Particular vessel boasts much updated equipment incl. rebuilt Perkins diesel, replaced running & standing rigging, replumbing & rewired. Represents real value at present. Note that this is the least expensive 46' fiberglass cruiser of racer/cruiser listed on yachtworld at present! $73,500

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33' C&C, 1977 This fin keel, spade rudder racer/ cruiser with a 1988 diesel engine, roller furling and wheel steering shows very nicely. Motivated two boat owner, Sausalito Yacht Harbor slip can transfer.

34'IRWIN CITATION, 1984 One of Irwin's most successful designs. This late model example is immaculate, very well equipped (including diesel engine, roller furler and stainless steel dinghy davits) and has a transferable Sausalito Yacht Harbor slip. $42,000

ISLANDER 36,1974 One of the finest "classic plastics" on the

$36,000

$34,000

30' ISLANDER, 1976 This classic Islander has been exten¬

28' ISLANDER, 1978 Robert Perry designed racer/

sively refurbished and shows bristol! Note rebuilt freshwater-

cruiser with diesel engine and roller furler. Prime

cooled Atomic 4, new rigging, repainted inside and out. Igloo

Sausalito Yacht Harbor slip can transfer. All in all, a

29' RANGER, 1972 Attractive Gary Mull-designed sloop in very nice shape with renewed bright work and plenty of sails including new spinnaker. Vessel is largely original with tiller steering and Atomic 4 engine but shows very well and with transferable Sausalito slip, makes a nice package. $13,750

refer, new 4D battery, sails in great shape, and Sausalito Yacht Harbor slip can transfer.

$17,500

Bay. lot$ of boat for the money, and a superb San Francisco Bay sailer! Diesel engine, self-tailing winches, wheel steering, roller furler. Prime Sausalito slip, can transfer.

nice inexpensive package.

$16,000

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44’ KELLY PETERSON CUTTER, 1981 This popular world cruiser is ready to go. Radar, SSB, 2 autopilots, GPS, watermaker, liferaft, inverter. Full batten main. All opening ports.

$145,000.

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56’ RELIANT KETCH, ’91. Cold molded. Loaded for cruising. Turn key. Owner needs offers. Asking $185,000.

47’ PUVIEUX, ‘80. Aft cabin ketch. Turnkey cruiser/ ' liveoboord. Sylvester Stallone's old boat. Great occommodotions. Ford Lehman Diesel. $165,000. MHMMIHROTaaHpMMnH

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381 FALES, 79. Rugged cruising ketch. Liferaft. A/P. windvane. EPIRB. Furuno rodor, new dodger, Boston Wholer dinghy w/new 0B. Perkins w/200hrs. S75,000.

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’ HUNTER CHERUBINI, ’80. Completely outfitted for cruising. Chart plotter, autopilot, rodor. New soils ond standing rigging 1999. New inverter. $39,000.

38' DOWNEASTER. 2 from

40,000

30’ SANTANA. 79

61' C&C. 72 250,000

38' FALES . . 79

75,000

30' HUNTER.'91

58' TAYANA. '94 529,000

37' VALIANT. . 78

84,900

29' C&C. '86

57' BERMUDA KETCH. 75

79,000

37' PASSPORT. . '85

119,500

28' TRADEWINDS. '67

56' RELIANT.'91

185,000

37' GULFSTAR. . 79

74,900

28' BENETEAU . '88 28' NEWPORT. 79

54' CT. 74 187,000

37' FISHER. .75

85,000

52' IRWIN. 79 167,000

365 PEARSON. . 77

47,000

28' ISLANDER.78

51' FORMOSA. '81

139,000

36' C&C. . 79

59,000

27' O'DAY... 78

48' C&C. '80 159,000

36' PEARSON. . '86

85,000

26' YANKEE. 75

48' C&C, nice. 73 240,000

36' PEARSON. . 76

35,000

25' CORONADO*. '63

47' OLYMPIC, SD . 78 145,000

36' COLUMBIA. . 70

21,900

25' US. ‘82

47' PUVIEUX. '80 165,000

36' HUNTER.. '80

39,000

47’ HYLAS. '86 222,000

35' TRADEWINDS .... '84

88,000

105' BURMESTER. '53

46' ERICSON. 73

73,500

35' ERICSON Mkll.... 77

40,000

65' NORDLUND. 71

46' SEA STAR. '86 135,000

35' ROBB.. '63

45,000

61' TRAWLER.'43

POWER

45' HUDSON . 79

89,000

36' FREEDOM. .... '88

99,000

135,000

55,900

50' STEPHENS . '65

45'BOMBAY EXPLOR . 78

35' SPENCER. .... '65

39,900

75,000

145,000

45' PICCHOTTI . 70

44' PETERSON. '81

35' CHRIS CRAFT ... .... '65

39,950

44' LAFITTE . '81

150,000

41' CHRIS CRAFT. '84 100,000

35' FUJI. .... 74

55,000

44' BENETEAU .'94 169,000

40' . CHRIS CRAFT. '59

35' C&C LF. .... '84

35,000

43' HANS CHRISTIAN.. '82

189,900

38' WELLCRAFT. '86 105,000

35' RAFIKI. .... '80

59,000

43' SPINDRIFT.2 from 119,500

37' SILVERTON. '88

82,500

34' PEARSON. .... '84

59,000

43' GULFSTAR. 78

35' FISHERMAN . 72

25,000

34' NICHOLSON . .... '84

54,900

42' S&S.70

34' CHB. '77

44,900

34' OPUS MKII. .... '83

55,000

42' MORGAN. 71

32' TOLLY CRAFT*. '64

26,500

34' TRUE NORTH.... .... 78

49,900

41' RHODES. '66

34' NICHOLS. .... '61

15,000

41' CT.71

33' HUNTER..... '80

41' ERICSON.'69

32' WESTSAIL. ... 79

40' PASSPORT. '82 165,000

32' ERICSON. ... 73

25,900

44,500

23' COBALT.

38' HUNTER. ’99

32' ERICSON. ... 72

15,500

38'MORGAN.3 from

55,000

20' CORRECT CRAFT .. 7

30' NEWPORT. ... 75

10.000

32‘GRAND BANKS

38,000

2 from

55,000

28' WELLCRAFT Exp... '85

29,750

24,000

28' PENN YAN. '80

34,000

60,000

25' SKIPJACK. '84

21,000

43' HANS CHRISTIAN TRADITIONAL KETCH, 1982. Engine has less than 10 hours on rebuild.

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Reverse cycle AC/heat. Genset, inverter, radar, GPS, liferaft. $189,900.

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28' WESTSAIL 28 CUTTER, 35' LOA, Heavy glass, double ender, very seaworthy, dsl, a/p, GPS and more. A strong compact cruiser by o great builder. Very Clean. Asking $31,000

ALDEN KETCH

37’ GULFSTAR SLOOP Beautiful condition! Diesel, full dodger, wheel, bow pulpit, roller furling, heater, shower, dink, extra-extro nice and more. Asking $75,000.

NORTH COAST SEINER/TRAWLER Elliptical stern. A real ship magnificently built to go to sea ana stay there. Converted to yacht, great potential. Asking $ 125,000. b:<: ■ jl

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132' DREADNOUGHT CUTTER Full FIBERGLASS con¬ struction w/teak trim & decks. Beautiful TEAK interior, | diesel, very strong, great cruiser. Asking $29,900. |

STEPHENS is considered by most the premier builder of classic express cruisers on the West Coast. This recently restored gem is outstanding. Asking $90,000.

26'1" GRAND BANKS STYLE DORY by Glenn L, Dsl, goto, trailer, outriggers, pilot house, stabilizers, ocean trolling gear, head, loran, autopilot + lots more!

Asking $15,000.

42' REGAL COMMODORE 4001994 Twin 305hp Volvo V8's, gen set, swim step, windlass, wet bar oft, full galley, air, radar, AP Slotsmore. Ask $115,000.

70' CDN-built TRAWLER YACHT by McKay & McCormick shipyard. V-l 2 Cummins power w/economy. Great little ship ready to go cruising. Try $225,000.

SAIL

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38' HUNTER F/B sdn, GOOD!. Ask22,500

97 PINISI SCHOONER in BALI, loaded, 8 guest cabins + crew, more . 190,000 55'LESTER STONE Classic Yowl, 1910, dsl, lots equip, great cruiser Ask 44,000 50'FORCE 50 P/H Ketch. Ask 130,000 48'S&S sloop perf. cruiser. 76,000 48'CUTTER, Germany 1928 65,000 48'KETCH, Goff, roomy, F/C, .. 87,500 47 VAGABOND, fixer-upper.... 76,000 43'DUTCH, steel ketch, P/H .... 79,000 42'WALSTED Sloop, one of the world’s finest wood builders. 133,000 41'CORONADO, dsl nice. 49,500 40' CHALLENGER Ketch, looded .... 53,800 37' ISLANDER motor sailer, dual helms, "NEW" '86 boat, stored 15 yrs. & just launched. She sparkles!. 84,500 36‘ATKIN STAYSAIL SCHNR. 45,000 36’COLUMBIA/CREALOCKsip.. 21,500 36'ATKIN STAYSAIL SCHNR, 30'LOO. Dsl, dink w/ob, clipper bow, heavily glassed hull, furling. A salty wellequipped treasure .Askingl 8,500 36 I0R PERF. CRUISER, cold-mold, by Wilson of NZ, cust. cruising interior, Myfar/Kevlar sails & more.52,000 36' C1ASSIS KETCH, Crocker Style, dsl, o beauty with teak decks. 40.000 34' NICHOLS cruising sip, i/b... 12,500 33' RHODES WINDWARD, famous design, sloop, i/b.Asking 12,000 33' ISLANDER BAHAMA Sip, wheel, radar, dsl, loaded w/cruising gear & ready to go. 26,500 32' RIVER CRUISING TRI, dsl, ketch, fost and roomy.10,500 32' LAPW0RTH DASHER by Easom, classic ocean racer, i/b. 12,500 32' ISLANDER SLR, Perry dsgn. Dsl, much recent improvement, wheel, roller furl & more..... Asking 29,900 30’ ISLANDER MKII.Offer 12,000 30' CAL 230, sip, cfsl.... Askitfg 22,000 30, MORGAN 30-2. performance cruising sloop, 1/B,..Very Cleon 22,000 30 ' SPIDSGATTER, classic Danish dblender, 1/8, Copper rivet fastened. Very nice varnish & finish ... Asking 40,000 28’ LANCER MkV sloop, '84 .13,400 28' H-28 HERESHOFF Ketch, dsl ... 16,500 27' ERICSON sip, I/B roller furl, lines led aft for short hand or rough weather, full galley, VHP, depth, dean 16,000 27'NEWPORT sloop, I/B.8,000 26' FOLKBOAT INT'L, glass. 8,500 26' COLUMBIA MKII, o/b.10,500 26'FOLKBOAT, Built in Finland. Dsl, mahog. lanstrake, full cover, troditionaf beauty.nice 6,900 26' THUNDER8IRD, 0/B, nice ... 4,500 26' S-2 CENTER COCKPIT, An CABIN SLOOP, dsl, wheel, centerboard, glass, furling & more!.10,000 25' CHE0Y LEE FRISCO FLYER, i/b, gloss hull. Great pocket cruiser.5,000 24’ CAL Sip., o/b, nice... Asking 4,500 22' CHRYSLER Sloop, needs sails 8 o/b, but is VERY CLEAN! Try.2,500

100' STEEL TUG, YTB, ex.cond. 175,000 80' CLASSIC MOTORYACHT "COLLEEN", de¬ signed by Lee & Brinton, launched 1909 in Seattle by Pacific Yacht 8 Engine Co., Twin 671. Runs but needs restoration. Great opportunity .. Must sell now! Tty 42,000 61' STEEL TUG, 61 Obp Cat dsl, looks great, Lots of recent upgrades Tty 125,000 60'CUSTOM F/C, nveoboora cruiser in SILICON VALLEY.Ask 115,000 57' CHRIS CRAFT Constellation, dsls, loaded, aft cabin roomy!... 129,500 50’STEPHENS flush deck cruiser, 1965, twin GM dsls, FB, aft stateroom 8 more, fine builder.Asking 135,000 45'TUG, 1946,671 dsl, cedar on oak, FB twin helm, H8C water, shower, galley, radar, A/P 8 more!.. 25,000 43' SCARAB THUNDER w/3 502's, w/ 50 hrs, trl. A rocket!.Ask 89,000

38' CHRIS CONNIE, fresh twins, nite 18,000 36'STEPHENS, '39, classic, twins, oft enclosure, more. 24,000 34' CHRIS CRAFT Commander, '63, twin gas, great boat. 26,500 32'HOUSEBOAT, F/G, bod I/O, good boat, COA!.14,500 32' FAIRLINER, F/B twins, glass 12,500

40 TED GEARY CLASSIC CRUISER, Loaded 8 a gem. Modern diesel. Must be seen, beautiful!.... 112,000 39' PACEMAKER aft cabin MA, very nice 8 well cared for.Asking 36,500 38' CHRIS CRAFT, fly bridge sportfish w/ twins 8 aft cockpit, Clean .... 24,600 38'TOLLYCRAFT sedan trawler w/twin turbo diesels, FB, very nice.. 59,500

32' TROJAN Express, twins.12,500 30' CHRIS CRAFT, Expr. twins.. 12,500 29' TOLLYCRAFT, twins, nice!.8,000

40' ALDEN KETCH. 49' LOA. Dsl, dbl reef main, min, club, 90 &100% jibs, spin, mizz. spin, mizz staysaills, wheel. Nice! Asking $31,000.

50' CSTM CLASSIC STEPHENS Unique custom built twin screw tri cabin. Aft enclosure elegantly furnished & appointed, F/B, shower, covers, radar, loaded & wonderful. $245,000.

29'CLASSIC ENCLOSED LAUNCH . 16,500 28'TOLLYCRAFT, sedan, Glass. 12,500 28 CARVER, nice/roomy, 0/0

12,950

28' CLASSIC work boat, dsl, dbl ender with great locol charm... Ask 19,500 24' SEARAY EXPS, V8 8 Tlr Ask 11,500 22' CROWN-LINE, '94, tlr, V81/0, cuddy lots of gear.Asking 19,000 22' REINELL, Cuddy Cobra V81/0, full enclosure, very clean.10,500 22' SEASWIRL, Cuddy w/tlr, Cobra V8 8 more .Asking 12,500 20' SEA SWIRL, '96, tlr, 225hp 23,000 20' SKIPJACK, Volvo V8,40 mph. w/tlr 8 very clean.Asking 11,500

55' CHRIS CRAFT AFT CABIN Twin low hrs. GM 8V71 dsls, 15kw gen set, teak decks, bronze fastened, heaters, full electric galley, 67” headroom, 3 staterooms, 3 heads, shower, radar, GPS + $110,000.

WrnMm^" 36' CHEOY LEE SLOOP. k cabins, deck and hull. This ONE OWNER traditional • maintained. Wheel steering. Full cover and more.

Asking $45,000.

36' NONSUCH cotria. F/G, dsl, great layout & interior, AP, wheel, teak trim, shower, 6'5" headroom, loaded & very clean. Asking $122,000.

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