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New from Beneteau for 2002 Beneteau 393

Beneteau 393 Another new Beneteau for 2002. The new 393 features many of the same esthetic and design features as her big sister, the Beneteau 473. This sleek and sophisticated cruiser incorporates a large volume interior with an abundance of light and ventilations. This 39-ft passagemaker will answer a long awaited quest for the serious bluewater cruiser.

Beneteau 36.7 Another great team effort from the drawing table of Bruce Farr and the world's leading sailboat builder, Beneteau. The new 36.7 was inspired by the Beneteau First 40.7, the most successful and prolific performance yacht in 20 years. The 36.7 bears the beautifully var¬ nished, exquisitely appointed Beneteau interior. Sleek and responsive, the 36.7 incorporates a variety of inno¬ vative features at an incredible price.

The Bruce Farr designed 40.7 is one of the most successful 40' offshore racer/cruisers ever built. The perfect deck layout, elegantly appointed pear-wood inte¬ rior, blazing speed and exceptional value make the 40.7 impossible to beat. One more 40.7 is available for delivery in time for the Big Boat Series. Join our 10 boat local fleet.

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Traditional salty looks in an easy-to-handle cat rig. This one is bristol. $69,900.

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45' BREWER ketch, 79.$99,900

35' MAINSHIP, '99.$234,500

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"Everyone Needs a Bigger Boat"

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

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

35’ DUFOUR, 1984. Well equipped, clean cruiser. Asking $43,500.

50' NUNES BROS. KETCH, 1956 Martin Eden, Recently refitted, professionally maintained classic. Bristol throughout. AgentRick Asking$175,000. 38' CABO RICO CUTTER, 1999

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Fully equipped quality Frenchbuilt. Electric furling Asking $275,000.

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46' SEA STAR Pilothouse Cutter, 1982 Good condition, well equipped. Cruising in comfort. Reduced to $143,500.

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

38' HALLBERG-RASSY, 1985 A solid, European, cruise-ready yacht. Reduced to $135,000.

47' CENTURION, 1987 Superb cruiser. Excellent condition. Asking $229,000. Listing agent Jill.

63' (LOA) CLASSIC SCHOONER, 1934 World cruising veteran, extensively up¬ graded 2000. Asking $120,000/obo.

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43' SAGA, 1997 Shows like new, lots of electronics and other stuff. Asking $257,000.

35' RAFIKI, 1977.$38,500

36' CENTURION, 1994.$125,000

48'C&C, 1973.$240,000 August, 2001 • UfcWeJ? • page 13

OFFSHORE SAILING YACHTS 1999 TAYANA 48 CTR CKPT CUTTER Fully equipped, all electronics, air/heat. Immaculate condition. Two staterooms. $389,000.

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 6fan inside helm station, this new design is a real winner among cruising yachts. Sailaway $355,000

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1985 TAYANA 42 CTR CKPT CUTTER New sails including two spinns. Full electronics. Great condition. Ready to cruise. $165,000.

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

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

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

64' TAYANA DECK SALOON New design by Robert Ladd. Fast and roomy with a beam of 18'. Deck saloon offers a spacious interior with many interior options. $960,000 *

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Farallone Yacht Sales Open Boat Weekend August 11-12 NEW 2002 Catalina 470 is now in stock. Farallone Yacht Sales also offers these new Catalinas: 42 • 400 • 390 • 380 • 36 34 • 320 • 310 • 30 ? t

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CALENDAR

BOAT

Nonrace Aug. 3 — Full moon, Friday night. Go for it! Aug. 4 — Ericson 27 Cruise to Oakland YC. Wilkes, (408) 395-4825.

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Aug. 4-5 — Free boat rides at Cal Sailing Club in the Ber¬ keley Marina, 1-4 p.m. See www.cal-sailing.org. Aug. 5-6 — CHH documentary The Proving Ground, which purports to be the inside story of the '98 Sydney-Hobart di¬ saster, re-airs at 4 a.m. on Aug. 5 and 1 a.m. on Aug. 6. Program your VCR, if you know how (we don’t). Aug. 9 — Monthly skipper/crew mixer at Sausalito YC, 69 p.m., free. Get connected for sailing! Bill, 388-5500. Aug. 10-11 — 29th Annual Concours d'Elegance, kicking off Wooden Boat Week at Lake Tahoe. About 125 boats will be on display at the Sierra Boat Company on Camelian Bay. Tahoe YC, (530) 581-4700. Aug. 11— Swap Meet and Barbecue at Ballena Isle Ma¬ rina, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Info, (510) 523-5528. Aug. 11-12 —Alameda Open Boat Weekend. Hundreds of used and new sailboats await your inspection at two loca¬ tions: Marina Village, (510) 521-0905, and Ballena Isle Ma¬ rina, (510) 523-5528. Aug. 17-19 — Beneteau Rendezvous at Isthmus Cove, Catalina Island. All Beneteau owners and crew are invited for a series of seminars, barbecues, raffles, etc. RSVP, (619) 2247784.

We have many marine insurance companies to choose from. This means the lowest possible rate and the most comprehensive policy.

Aug. 18 — Boaters' Swap Meet at Coast Chandlery in Oxnard. Info, (805) 815-4520. Aug. 18-19 — Islander 36 Cruise to Marin YC. Don Henderson, 457-0771-. Aug. 18-19 — Women on the Water, an all-weekend event at Benicia YC designed especially for women who want to get into boating (and "reluctant" first mates). Workshops on en¬ gines, navigation, communications, medicine kits, etc. Denise Keaiy, (707) 745-1766 and/or www.womenaboard.com Aug. 21 — San Francisco Bay Oceanic Crew Group monthly meeting, featuring a marlinspike seamanship dem¬ onstration. Fort Mason Center, Room C-210, 7 p.m free Info 456-0221:

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Aug. 25 — Island YC's Pig Roast. Info, (510) 521-2980. Aug. 25 — 11th Annual Vallejo YC Flea Market, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. "If it's legal, sell it." Rosemary, (707) 644-6178. Sept. 1-3 — Master Mariners Annual Chickenship Re¬ gatta/Labor Day Cruise. An informal 'race' up to China Camp, followed by a float up Gallinas Creek. Dee Dee Lozier (510) 653-8820. Sept. 3 Manna Madness Festival at Brisbane Marina, featuring an in-the-water boat show, a marine flea market, a sailboat race, a fishing derby, an antique car and motorcycle show, live music and a barbecue, and who knows what else Info, (650) 583-6975. Sept. 7-9 — 25th Wooden Boat Festival in Port Townsend, Washington. A three-day educational celebration — "the pre¬ mier festival of its kind in the nation and the largest gather¬ ing of wooden boat enthusiasts on the West Coast" Wooden Boat Foundation, (360) 385-3628, or www.woodenboat org Sept. 8 — Liferaft Safety Class at Sal's Inflatable Services (Alameda), a three-hour session beginning at 9:30 a.m "Know before you go!" Info, (510) 522-1824. Sept. 8-16 — Fall Boat Show at Jack London Square (Oak¬ land), now expanded to nine days! NCMA, (510) 834-1000. Sept. 12-16 — Lake Union Boats Afloat Show, the big

South Beach Harbor is a great way to experience San Francisco. Boats of all sizes are welcome in our protected deep water harbor. For permanent berthing, South Beach is worth the wait.

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CALENDAR

Smooth Financing

yearly boat show up in Seattle. Check out www.boatsajloa.tshow.com for details. Sept. 14 — Encinal YC's Marine Flea Market, 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sell unwanted treasures or find new ones! Info, (510) 522-3272. Sept. 14-16 —Annual Hunter Rendezvous at Isthmus Cove, Catalina Island. Great food every night, seminars, races, raffles, fun. RSVP by Aug. 10 to Paul, (619) 291-2600. Sept. 15 — Hands-On Sail Repair and Canvas, a day¬ long course for cruisers at Hogin Sails; $75. RSVP, (510) 5234388. Sept. 15 — 17th Annual Coastal Clean-Up Day, 9 a.m. to noon. Call (800) COAST 4U to volunteer. Oct. 28 — Daylight Savings Time ends — enjoy summer now! Oct. 30 — Baja Ha-Ha VIII starts at 10 a.m. off Coronado Roads. Check out www.baja-haha.com to learn more. Racing Aug. 3 — 29th Annual Santa Barbara to King Harbor Race, SoCal's equivalent to our Windjammers Race. KHYC, (310) 376-2459.

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Aug. 3-5 — O'Day Championship, a Cityfront Laser re¬ gatta for the U.S. Men’s singlehanded title. StFYC, 563-6363. Aug. 4-5 — Monterey and Back, a PHRF race on Satur¬ day from Santa Cruz to Monterey and, as the name implies, back the next day. Santa Cruz YC, (831) 425-0690. Aug. 5-9 — Leiter Cup, aka the U.S. Junior Women's Singlehanded Championship. Girls ages 13-18 will compete in Laser Radials on the Richmond Riviera. Richmond YC; Lany McCollum, (925) 672-8954. Aug. 5-10 — El Toro NAs at Howard Prairie Reservoir, Oregon. Gordie Nash, 332-7269. Aug. 10-12 J/24 Nationals on the Berkeley Circle, with about 30 boats expected. StFYC, 563-6363. Aug. 10-16, 1991 —Ten Years After, from Shimon Van Collie's article titled 1991 Etchells Worlds — Heavy Talent on

the Berkeley Circle: Neither rain nor calms nor a body fat count that would make the Surgeon General gag on his oat bran could stop San Diego's Dennis Conner and his crew of Bill Munster and Norm Reynolds from winning the 1991 Etchells World Cham¬ pionship, sailed on Berkeley's Olympic Circle from August 10-16. ■ The Worlds attracted 38 entries from five countries to test their mettle against the Bay's traditionally strong summer winds. Those winds did materialize, but a midweek tropical depression created some light air sailing, too. In spite of pre¬ dictions that the svelter crews would fare better in the cat's paw conditions, the big beef boys rose to the top. To be fair, though Menace X carried the heaviest of the competitive crews — 795 pounds (or about 265 pounds per person!) — Conner was not the only one loaded up for the series. Jud Smith, a Marblehead sailmaker, also tipped the scales somewhere in the 700s with George Iverson (who now crews for the Bay Area's Kimo Worthington in Stars) and Etchells veteran Bob Vickery. San Diegan Peter Isler's crew weighed in the low 700s with former Cal football player Bob Fodor of San Mateo in the middle and Olympic silver medal¬ ist Bob Billingham up front. . .

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(The top ten were: 1) Dennis Conner; 2) Peter Isler; 3) Jeff Madrigali; 4) Jud Smith; 5) Craig Healy; 6) Russ Silvestri; 7) Ian Bashford; 8) Hank Easom; 9) Don Jesberg- 10) Scott Mason.) Aug. 11 — SFYC/OYRA Southern Cross. YRA, 771-9500.

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The Secret Lives of J/120 Owners Some J/120 owners bought their boat just to cruise! J/Boats have always been knoWn for their outstanding perfor¬ mance - so much so that some people hesitate to buy them for cruising. However, many cruisers also really like to sail. They want a boat that is not only comfortable but also performs in a wide variety of conditions, which will track well, keep them safe and dry, and get them into harbor ahead of the storm. Secretly though, many J/120 cruisers also like to get into harbor first, at the head of the cove. They'll then have more time to relax in the J/120’s comfortable cockpit and interior.

Some J/120 racers also like a comfortable boat! Many sailors buy J/Boats for their competitive one design fleets, but secretly many of them also like a comfortable cabin, dry bunks and some time aboard with their family. Yes, there are plenty of competitive sailors in any J/Boat fleet and they wish all those J/120 cruisers would come out just a few times a year to join them on the one design course. However, they understand the reason a cruiser buys a J/Boat and secretly enjoys all the comforts a J/Boat provides along with their stunning racing performance. The secret is getting out. The next time you see a J/120 tucked up in a cove, you can bet they won’t be there long. J/Boat cruisers love to sail and a J/Boat is too much fun to leave tethered in its berth. On the other hand, the next time you see a fleet of J/120s battling it out on the Cityfront, don’t imagine they won’t everfind themselves tucked up in another cove a few days later relaxing, in cruise mode, with their families. Come to Sail California to see the secrets of the J/120!

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• August, 2001

placings were 1,2,2,2,2,4,3,1 — good enough to take the Cup. Aug. 31 — 61st Annual Windjammers Race, the annual Labor Day Weekend sprint to Santa Cruz. Starts Friday af¬ ternoon at 1 p.m., with a new twist this year — big boats (i.e., under 106 PHRF) will leave the Lightship to port before pop¬ ping kites. YRA, 771-9500. Sept. 1 — Jazz Cup, a mellow 24-mile run from Treasure Island up to Benicia. Hopefully, there won’t be any scoring problems this year! SBYC/BenYC; Joel Davis, 495-2295. Sept. 1-2 — San Francisco NOOD Regatta, hardcore one design racing sponsored by Sailing World' and hosted by St. Francis YC. Invited classes are Farr 40s, lD-35s, 1 l:Metres, J/105s, Olson 30s, J/29s, Express 27s, SC 27s, Solings, Melges 24s and J/24s. StFYC, 563-6363. Sept. 1-8 — International Knarr Championship. Ten races and some great parties for 25 entries (six from Denmark, six from Sweden, twelve from the Bay, and the 2000 IKC win¬ ner). SFYC, 789-5647. sSept. 7-9 — Etchells Pre-Worlds. RYC, (510) 237-2821. Sept. 8-9 — West Marine Fun Regatta at Santa Cruz, once again hosted by SCYC and sponsored by West Marine. Over 100 kids ages 8-17 are expected for a full day of on-the-water instruction on Saturday, followed by racing on Sunday. Steve Reed, (831) 457-2734 (evenings). Sept. 8-9 — Dolphin Cup. Monterey Peninsula YC: Jack Allen, (831) 375-1771. Sept. 13-16 — 38th Big Boat Series, with five Rolex watches at stake. Invited classes are Americap II (four divi¬ sions for boats over 35 feet), SC 52s, Farr 40s, Schock 40s, Express 37s, J/35s, J/120s, lD-35s and the ubiquitous J/ 105s. StFYC, 563-6363. Sept. 20-23 — Ultimate 20 Nationals. Santa Cruz YC, (831) 421-9463. Sept. 22 — Alameda Interclub Series #5. Oakland YC, (510) 522-6868. Sept. 22-23 — Express 27 and Antrim 27 Nationals. Rich¬ mond YC, (510) 237-2821. Sept. 22-28 — Rolex International Women's Keelboat Championship, now featuring a new venue (Annapolis YC) and a new boat (J/22). US Sailing, (401) 683-0800, or www.ussailing.org. Sept. 22-23 — OYRA/CYC Drake's Bay Race, a nice time of year to visit this remote harbor. YRA, 771-9500. Sept. 23 — Volvo Ocean Race begins from Southampton, England. Check out'www.volvooceanrace.org for info on the eight boats entered. Nov. 3-10 — 15th Annual Pro-Am Regatta at the Bitter End YC (BVIs). A unique chance to race and socialize with 'junior skippers' (Russell Coutts, Ed Baird, Ken Read and Marie Bjorling) and 'masters' (Lowell North, Butch Ulmer, Keith Musto, Tom Leweck and Rod Johnstone). Call (800) 872-2392, or check out www.begc.com. Feb. 19, 2002 — First start of the San Diego to Puerto Vallarta Race, with MEXORC to follow. Plan ahead! Details, (619) 758-6310, or www.sdyc.org. Summer Beer Can Races BALLENA BAY YC — Friday Nights: 8/10, 8/24, 9/14, 9/ 28, etc. Monty Chin, (510) 523-2292. BAY VIEW BOAT CLUB — Monday Night Madness, Fall Series: 8/6, 8/20, 9/3, 9/17. John Super, 243-0426. BENICIA YC — Thursday Race Series: Every Thursday night through 9/20. Eric Mickelson, (707) 748-1235. BERKELEY YC — Friday Night Races: Every Friday night through 9/28. Paul Kamen, (510) 540-7968.

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CALENDAR Join us... SUNDAY, AUGUST 26, 2001

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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 other¬ wise noted, all phone numbers listed in the Calendar are in the 415 area code.

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CORINTHIAN YC — Friday Night Series: Every Friday night through 9/7. Ron Roberts, 459-1829. COYOTE POINT YC — Wednesday Night Races: Through 10/24. Mike Finn, (408) 866-5495, ext. 202. ENCINAL YC — Friday Night Twilight Summer Series: 8/ 3, 8/17, 9/7, 9/21, 10/5. Mark Brunelle, (510) 814-8620. FOLKBOAT WEDNESDAY NIGHTS — Every Wednesday at GGYC, 8/1-9/26. Ed Welch, 851-3800. GOLDEN GATE YC — Friday Nights: 8/10, 8/24, 9/7, 9/ 14. Jeff Zarwell, (408) 252-7671. ISLAND YC — Friday Nights on the Estuary: 8/10, 8/24, 9/14, 9/28. Dan Laramie, (510) 583-9323. OAKLAND YC — Sweet 16 Series. Every Wednesday night through 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: 8/1, 8/15, 9/5, 9/19. Mike Moore, (510) 232-9105. s ST. FRANCIS YC — Friday Night Windsurfing: 8/3, 8/ 17, 8/31, etc. John Craig, 563-6363. SAN FRANCISCO YC — Family Dinghy Series: Every Wed. night through 8/8. Quentin Pollock, 435-9525. SANTA CRUZ YC — Wednesday Nights through the end of Daylight Savings Time. Larry Weaver, (831) 423-8111. SAUSALITO YC — Tuesday Night Sunset Series, second half: 8/14, 8/28, 9/11, 9/25. Andy Eggler, 332-1267. SEQUOIA YC — Every Wednesday night through 8/29. Dan Lockwood, (650) 361-9472. SO. BEACH YC — Friday Night Races: 8/3, 8/17, 8/24, 9/7. Randy, (650) 991-2995. TAHOE YC — Wednesday Night Beer Cans through 8/29. Gary Redelberger, (530) 583-9132. TIBURON YC — Friday Nights: 8/10, 8/24, 9/7. The Woodrums, 332-5970.

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Mi should be fully recovered by Christmas I wanted to thank you for your best wishes and the solid coverage you gave me and the loss of my Koonawarra in El Salvador in March of this year. Anyway, I wanted to drop you a line and give you an update. There is still no news on the insurance and whether they will cover the loss, but I am recovering well. My bums have healed, and I am only waiting to get the cast off my left leg and start physical therapy. I should be walking and fully recov¬ ered before Christmas. Thanks to your coverage, all of my friends in the cruising com¬ munity have gotten in touch, in_eluding some that I had lost con¬ tact with. I will be looking for a boat come the new year, and hope to make the 2002 Ha-Ha. Grant Todd ex-Koonawarra, Hans Christian 48 Irvine Grant — It's made our day to hear that you're on your way to a reasonably full recovery. For those who weren’t aware, there was a tremendous explosion aboard Todd's Hans Chris¬ tian 48 as he was singlehanding off El Salvador on the night of March 26. Fortunately, he was buddyboating with Barry and Kathy Devine of the Tayana 42 Joss, and Dale Moore and Kathleen Murphy of the Island Packet 37 Karina D. They man¬ aged to pull him out of the water, which was littered withflaming debris. He was transferred to an El Salvador hospital, then to Fort Sam Houston Hospital in Texas, which is noted for its burn center. It If FOURTH OF JULY WAS NOT A HOOT We decided to enjoy San Francisco's Fourth of July fire¬ works from our sailboat on the Bay. We'd never done it before and figured it would be a hoot. Hardlyl The chilly 20-knot wind was a minor impediment, but we’re tough enough. The real problem was the other boats. Yeah, I know I should have expected it to be crowded — but I didn't expect the number of boats with either no or partial running lights, and the near total disregard for the rules of the road. Many boats were only showing an anchor light and no run¬ ning lights. It would have been a real challenge without the radar and several spotters. It was my first and last Fourth on my boat, for sure. And I sure wouldn't recommend it to anyone else. The risk is just too high for the limited rewards — which in my case was near zero because I was so busy dodging boats that I had almost no time to see the fireworks. P S. I saw Profligate on the way out from Sausalito — nice boat. /

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Larry — The evening of the Fourth is always a little crazy on the Bay, byt this year's seemed a little crazier than usual. For one thing, it wasn't as calm and clear as it has been the last couple of years. Secondly, the folks in Sausalito started their fireworks early in order to finish before San Francisco’s commenced, so once their’s was over, half the fleet made a mad dash for the San Francisco waterfront. Unfortunately, half

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LETTERS of the City's 'stereo' fireworks were lost in the fog. The Wanderer's evening of the Fourth started badly, as the 'clunk' we heard from the starboard transom turned out to be the $3,000 sound of the three-bladed Max Prop bouncing off the rudder before dropping to the bottom of the Bay near Yel¬ low Bluff. Then Robert Sutherland went overboard trying to grab somebody's lost fender. Thanks to an extra long traveller sheet, he was never completely out of touch with the boat — but he did plane on his stomach behind the boat for about 15 seconds. By comparison, the boat mayhem on the Bay was mild. But you're right, the Fourth seems like amateur night on the Bay.

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AUtsunami watches, tsunami warnings ' On Saturday night, my wife came in to tell me that a tsu¬ nami watch had been issued for 0200. I was ready to take our boat out to deep water when the weather radio reported that the watch had been cancelled. s Are tsunamis a real threat on the Pacific Coast? Where on the Internet can I learn more about them or get read time warnings? Neil Kaminar Angelina, Fantasia 35 Santa Cruz Neil — Anytime an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.5 or larger is detected, a Tsunami Watch is declared. Information from tide gauging instruments near the epicenter are then monitored. If no tsunami activity is detected, the Watch is can¬ celled. If activity is detected, a Tsunami Warning is issued over normal emergency broadcast systems. In such cases, evacuations of low-lying areas are implemented, and seago¬ ing vessels are advised to head out to sea. Since the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center was established in 1948, a total of 20 Warnings have been issued. Five of them resulted in Pacific-wide tsunamis. Sometimes the warnings aren't enough. In 1960, many folks in Hilo failed to heed the warning, and 61 of them perished as a result. Perhaps the most deadly Pacific tsunami occurred in Papua New Guinea in 1998, when a tsunami hit a narrow strip of land between the Pacific Ocean and Sissano Lagoon, where the villages of Warapu and Arop are located. The residents of the villages live in wooden huts only a few feet above sea level. Over 2,000 of them lost their lives, while another 10,000 lost their homes and personal possessions. Tsunamis are created by earthquakes or underwater land¬ slides. A tsunami is usually a train of waves — they can be hundreds of miles apart — that travel offshore at up to 500 miles per hour. Rather than being a massive single wave as portrayed in cheap Hollywood movies, a tsunami train ap¬ proaches like the incoming tide — but on a muchfaster scale. One sign of an approaching tsunami is the ocean receding from its normal level — sometimes going out as much as 500feet. People who don't understand tsunamis often rush gleefully down to the shore to pick up the fish and whatever else that has been left behind, only to be caught in a later wave in the tsunami train. If a tsunami is approaching, only the ignorant linger by the shore. If we didn't have the time to get our boat at least sev¬ eral miles offshore, we would not attempt to take it out of a harbor. If we did get our boat out, we wouldn't return until it was clear the danger had passed. The place to find out just about everything about tsunamis is www.tsunami.org. They’ve also got an archive of terrific photographs.

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liveaboard boats. Sailors who live on their recreational boats — whether over¬ night, for a weekend, a month’s vacation or during a roundthe-world cruise — will not be impacted. Anchor-out residents will not be evicted and made home¬ less. The goal of the strategy is to move anchor-out boats and their residents into marinas, not to add to the region's home¬ less population. ** In short, our staff s proposal involves little more than con¬ tinuing the long-accepted implementation of existing laws and policies. Having said that, I would like to endorse Latitude's idea for establishing an anchorage or mooring field in Richardson Bay for visiting boats. It might be difficult to keep more anchor-outs from moving into such a mooring field, but we have long believed that the benefits to the boating community of such an anchorage outweigh the difficulties of administering it. I look forward to working with you and the other members of the boating community in getting an anchorage established. And I look forward to eventually having a constructive faceto-face meeting with you. Will Travis Executive Director S.F. Conservation and Development Commission San Francisco Readers — On July 20th, we had a very cordial and con¬ structive meeting with BCDC Executive Director Will Travis and Deputy Director Steven McAcLam. As a result of our conversa¬ tion, two of,our biggest beefs with the BCDC almost mysteri¬ ously seem to have vaporized. First, we have long complained that it's not the BCDC's place to decide how many people can legally live on their boats. Our reasoning is that no government agency should have the right to limit how much time a person spends on their private prop¬ erty. Travis insists the BCDC does have the right to limit the number of liveaboards, and therefore the number of hours nonliveaboards can spend on their boats . . . but then defused the whole issue by saying that as long as a boatowner can pro¬ vide some evidence of having another residence, he/she could spend as much time as he/she wanted on their boat without the BCDC considering them a liveaboard. We almost fell out of our chair. In a day and age when anyone who drives to Berke¬ ley with $50 can come back with just about any document — from driver’s licenses to passports — documenting that one has another residence is no problema. Caution: Many marinas have more stringent definitions of liveaboards, so if you're not a certified legal liveaboard, your marina is the biggest axe hanging over your head with regard to this issue. Second, we and many other mariners have long taken con¬ siderable umbrage at the BCDC considering boats to be 'Bay fill' for legal purposes. With an emphasis we’ve never heard expressed before, Deputy Director Steve McAdam told us that

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LETTERS generally speaking, the only boats that they consider 'Bay fill' are those that are permanently in place or attached to some¬ thing. Not believing our ears, we asked him for a clarification. He told us, "Ninety-nine percent of the recreational boats on the Bay are not Bay fill'. We were here for the Loma Prieta earthquake, add we weren't shook up as much. Frankly, we're still so rattled we still can't figure out all the implications. There's so much news with respect to our meeting with the BCDC — and even more so with regard to general marina is¬ sues from Santa Barbara to San Francisco to Honolulu — that we've written an entire article that appears later in this issue. But with regard to the BCDC in particular, the communication lines are wide open, we're on very amicable terms, and we have agreed that we’re both dedicated to a clean and healthy San Francisco Bay, but also to maximum access to the Bay for all water and waterfront lovers. As always, the devil is in the details, but we’re certainly more optimistic than we were a month ago.

ifilWONDERFUL, ADVENTUROUS TIMES The June Sightings story of the sinking of Passage West greatly saddened us, her former owners, but we were glad to see that Monk survived to tell the tale. The Wanderer was certainly familiar with the boat, as we remember him rescuing Passage West in Railroad Slough in the Delta (Latitude, July, '82) ; surprising us on Shelter Island (December, ’82); visiting Cabo San Lucas a couple of weeks after the Cabo disaster of December '82 with his expectant wife and their 18-month-old daughter; and knocking on the hull of Passage West many a time in the Sea of Cortez in 1983 looking for stories. We've been going through all the old issues in which we appeared, reliving those wonderful, adventurous times, and feeling sadder about Passage West resting at the bottom of the Pacific. We owned the boat for 15 years, and before selling her to Monk in '94, replaced the original wheel to keep as a souvenir. We intend to fix it up, engrave it, and hang it on our wall as the surviving piece of Passage West. Our six years of cruising the Caribbean ended in Florida this April with the sail of Passage West n, a Morgan 38. We ' returned to our house in Mill Valley to await new adventures. But if Monk reads this, we'd like to have him contact us at bobwrigley@aol.com. Maren Lochridge Wrigley Mill Valley

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out the car's back window — never a good idea and got dragged off to jail for the night If we remember correctly, the charges against him were dropped because the police had also done something very bad, but we're glad we missed it. As we recall, when it came time for us to head south a day or two later, Southern California was hit with some of its worst weather in 25 years. There were gale force winds and seas to 25 feet in the Catalina Channel. After seeing full size Navy ships rolling beam-to in the huge swells, we decided that discretion was the better part of valor, and returned to port. Less than a week later, we were down in Cabo San Lucas getting the Dr. Bob (foreground) with Maren story on tde 28 boats that (right) and friends._ had washed up on the beach as a result of the weird storm from the southeast, and a short time later you and Passage West were there. It seems a long time ago, but we remember it as though it were yester¬ day.

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LETTERS sailing for more than 20 years. White reported that Stampede has been becalmed just before dawn, when there was a sud¬ den temperature drop and they were hit by very strong winds. Overpowered and being driven backwards at five knots, they finally managed to double-reef the main and hoist a stormjib, which they carried the rest of the race. White speculated that Hornett and Hind may have been hit by winds they never saw coming, for they werefound wearing only light clothing although the air temperature was just 50 degrees and the water tem¬ perature 55 degrees. People are welcome to criticize us for believing that cats under 40 feet start to be on the small size for genuinely rough ocean conditions, but it is what we believe. Of course, we know that many small cats have made ocean crossings. Indeed, half the male sailors in France seem to have crossed the Atlantic at least a couple of times in a Hobie Cat. That doesn't mean we'd recommend it to anyone, let alone the general sailing popula¬ tion. It seems to us that the risks associated with catamaran size are a continuum, and that all other things being equal, the bigger the cat, the safer the cat. Having said that, we'll none¬ theless remind everyone that two 40foot cats survived the wicked Queen's Birthday Storm in the South Pacific, a blow that resulted in the loss of a number of lives and several excel¬ lent quality monohulls. Not only did they survive, they sur¬ vived without their crews, who abandoned their vessels dur¬ ing one of the worst storms to ever hit a cruising fleet. The weight of a cat, on the other hand, seems to be a little trickier proposition. While light weight is generally considered a good thing for catamaran safety, we think it's possible to have too much of a good thing. Maybe it has something to do with the photo we ran of the 40 foot charter cat in Nawiliwili that was whipped like a falling star and ended up impaled on the bridge Of a Coast Guard Cutter — which ultimately had to be scrapped. Or perhaps the smaller cats that flipped on the enclosed waters of St. Martin's Simpson Bay during Hurricane Luis. Or the 36-foot cat thatflipped while shadowing — it wasn't allowed to enter — last year's Santa Barbara to King Harbor Race. fill WHAT WERE THE CIRCUMSTANCES? I just read the June 9 'Lectronic Latitude account of the two people who died on Lake Huron after their 40-ft catama¬ ran flipped. Very sad indeed. It would be interesting to know more of what actually went on. Since they were both killed, I guess we'll never know. There is always more to the story. For instance: How well did they know the boat? Had they shortened sail, and if so, how much? Were they still in 'racing mode' at the time of the capsize? What was the design? Were they trailing warps or something to slow them down while sailing downwind? What specifically did they do, if anything, to get the boat under control, or were they laying broadside to the sea's? Did they have escape hatches in the hulls, with nearby tools to open them? Had they both practiced what they would do in the event of a capsize? Most multihull enthusiasts don't like to talk about how multis are more stable upside down — but it's true! In the extremely rare event that you do capsize, the good thing is that with proper preparation they make excellent liferafts. I'll take being upside down and living in relative comfort any day over sinking and having to resort to trying to survive in some crummy liferaft. I've read enough of those survival-in- liferaft stories, and they scare the hell out of me. Years ago Jim Brown, designer of the Searunner trimarans wrote a great book called The Case For The Cruising Catamaran, which I'm sure is out of print. It goes into what you should do to prepare for the

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worst case scenario — capsize — when sailing a tri or cat offshore. It's excellent and I highly recommend it. I'm really uncomfortable about reports of multihull disas¬ ters when important details are missing — especially when they involve racing. I don't think any comparisons regarding the safety of multis should be made when dealing with racing situations, which is why I specifically mentioned the impor¬ tance of good seamanship in my previous letter (Which is printed above — editor). When winning at all costs is the motto, good seamanship often goes out the window. About ten years ago we had a monster of a winter storm down here off San Diego and the northern Baja area. All the talking heads on the local news channels went spewing on about a trimaran lost at sea near San Diego, and how dan¬ gerous multihulls were. Well, I called the hospital and spoke to the skipper of the trimaran that was lost. He and the rest of his crew were fine, but they had abandoned the boat, and he was now very negative about multihulls in general. It’s been too long and unfortunately I don't remember the de¬ tails, but I did gently question him about what had happened. I only remember now that I was shocked at the time that they had done just about eveiything wrong possible. The sad thing is that their whole mishap was being blamed on the type of boat. I didn't say anything because that would have been kicking a guy that was already down, but I do remember thinking what a lucky SOB he was and also how foolish he was that his actions — or inaction — had almost caused him to lose his whole family. His wife and two kids were sailing with him. I emphatically agree with you that size matters when it comes to multihull safety offshore. I mean, geez, that's just common sensei I also disagree with the guy who recently wrote and accused you of being some kind of elitist anti-multihull person. Except for Multihulls magazine, I think Latitude has done more for the multihull movement on the West Coast then anything prior. Steve Hobbs . San Diego Steve — As you say, there is indeed always 'more to the story'. According to a report wejust receivedfrom Ron White of Stampede, Guy Hornett had packed more adventure into his 59 years than anybody else he'd known. A vet of the British Navy and Polaris submarines, he'd done the 2,000-mile Round Britain Race in a 26-foot monohull; the '72 Singlehanded TransAtlantic with a 42-ft tri and corrected out first in a fleet of 55; a later Singlehanded TransAtlantic; three Chicago to Mackinac Races with White; and lots of other sailing. When not working as a nuclear engineer, he liked to teach kids to sail, ski and play soccer. In other words, Hornett was a very intelligent and very experienced multihull sailor — who didn't shy from pushing the edge. Less is known about his doublehanded partner Shelly Hind, although it is known that she'd been sailing for more than 20 years and was looking to participate in an around-the-world race. So she wasn't a nov¬ ice either. We agree with you that there's a world of difference be¬ tween multihull safety when it comes to racing, and multihull safety when it comes to cruising or day sailing. In fact, we can name a number of deaths or near deaths as a result ofmultihuU racing in Northern California, but none with non-racing multihulls. Great White, the cat Hornett and Hind were rac¬ ing, was 40 feet long, displaced just 8,000 pounds, yet had a 60-foot rotating carbon fiber mast. The emphasis of her design was obviously speed rather than safety. The following is Ron

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White speculating what might have happened to his friend: "I believe when the gale struck us at 0430, Great White utots probably as much as 20 miles further to the northwest than we aboard Stampede. They had rounded the Goderich mark over an hour ahead of us and probably averaged two to three knots greater boatspeed than our F-31 in the reaching conditions encountered over the six-hour period between 1900 on 6/30 and 02:00 on 7/1. Great White was found with the spinnaker up. We had the benefit of some visibility from dawn, but Guy and Shelly probably did not. Even if they sensed the shift and temperature drop as I did, they would have had less than a minute to get the spinnaker down, as the wind went from three to 35 knots in under 60 seconds. On Stampede, all sheets and halyards are led to the cockpit and can be reached from the helm. This is not the case on Great White. Halyards are led to the base of the mast and sheets to winches in the vicinity of the helm station. The only action that could have saved Great White from going over would have been a very quick release of the sheet, halyard or tackline. Only the sheet could have been reached by the helmsman, leaving the crew¬ man to cover a vast distance to handle everything else — if that individual was even on deck. Ninety-nine percent of the time Guy and Shelly could have handled it, but in these ex¬ treme and quickly changing conditions, the boat was beyond the physical capabilities of two people to handle. I do not yet have enough information on their condition and location in which they were found to speculate on why they were unable to survive after the capsize. They were lightly clothed and not wearing exposure suits." For what its worth, the two 40-foot cruising cats that sur¬ vived the much worse Queen's Birthday Stbrm — 80 to 90knot winds and seas to 30feet— without benefit of their crews, had a lot less sail area and displaced a lot more than did the 40-foot Great White. Two other comments. Surviving the flipping of a multihull is by no means a sure thing. Sailors have gotten trapped beneath them, they've gotten trapped inside, and they've died of expo¬ sure. Secondly, those old horror tales of days-on-end survival in cramped liferafts is almost entirely a thing of the past. Thanks to EPIRBs, it rarely takes more than 12 hours for any¬ one to be found and receive some kind of assistance.

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Mradio ready # Dave Fullerton’s June issue Getting Radio Ready article on SSB radio installation was informative. He was, however somewhat vague regarding antenna installation. A couple of things he said made me suspect that he may have made some mistakes, therefore some clarification is needed in this area Fullerton says he chose to use the backstay rather than a three to four-foot stick so it wouldn’t radiate RF energy on the occupants. The backstay is a good choice; however you will have RF energy radiated on you no matter what antenna you use. The three to four-foot stick antenna is not an option anyway because it is too short. A 25-foot whip would work fine — although it's probably not preferable on a sailboat The antenna lead runs from the tuner to the antenna, not trom the transmitter to the antenna.

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Regarding installation of the antenna lead: Fullerton says he installed the lower insulator up high so it could not be reached. I wonder how he routed the antenna lead to the point of attachment above the insulator. If coax was used, this would be a mistakd. It would also be a mistake to lash the lead to the part of the backstay below the insulator enroute to where the connection is made. The antenna lead — which leads from the tuner to the antenna — should be unshielded wire, not coax, with high voltage insulation. It should also be kept at least four inches from anything made of metal. This means it must not be bundled with any other wires, and must not be lashed to the lower portion of the backstay. To facilitate this, the tuner must be located in the lazarette, near the antenna, in order to keep the antenna lead short. Violation of the above rules would probably not prevent the rig from working at all. It would, however, reduce effi¬ ciency, and could put RF energy into other electrical devices. Do you see lights glowing when the radio is operated, even though they are turned off? It could also result in the inabil¬ ity to tune up on certain frequencies. The following is a quote from the SailMail website: "Com¬ mon mistakes are a ground strap that is too small, or an antenna lead wire that is run alongside a backstay (below the backstay insulator). The latter shunts a large part of your signal to the ocean, so either maintain two to three-inch spac¬ ing or, far better, put the lower insulator at the extreme lower end of the backstay. Then use plastic tubing to insulate the lower part of the backstay (above the insulator) that is within the crew’s reach." Victor de Pinto Ishka

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LETTERS after completing a cruise of the Western Caribbean, trucking our Pearson 424 from Galveston to San Diego. Our motiva¬ tions are to revisit our original sailing/cruising grounds, and to join a future Baja Ha-Ha — both of which hold much ap¬ peal to us. I'd also like to meet the Wanderer, as I think we knew one an¬ other at UCSB two eons ago. Anyway, the purpose of this email is that in your June ar¬ ticle on South¬ ern California, you promised that you would publish, in Idyllic Portofino.

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fUfTHE CONTROVERSIAL AO KNOT AVERAGE In view of the controversies that sometimes erupt about being able to average 10 knots, you might be interested in a snippet of information I got from the Yachting Monthly forum today about Hoya 'Round The Island (of Wight) Race in Brit¬ ain— for which, by the way, there were 1,730 entries. "And a British boat, the Ocean Leopard, broke the 1996 monohull record of 5 hours, 12 minutes and 3 seconds, low¬ ering it to 4 hours, 5 minutes and 40 seconds. That’s for 50 miles over the ground, more through the water". If my math isn’t wrong — it often is — that makes for an average speed of 12.25 knots. Of course, it ain’t a TransAtlantic orTransPac, but still ..." John Somerhausen New York City

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John — If anyone really cares to recall this controversy, it was about whether a Swan 651 that Doha de Mallorca crewed on could have been delivered across the Atlantic at an average speed of 10 knots or more. The Wanderer says this is prepos¬ terous — your example notwithstanding. Keep in mind that a Swan 651 is IS.feet shorter than the 81 foot Ocean Leopard; that she didn't have a full racing crew or the latest go fast gear; and that she had to sail 50 times — 50 times!!! —further than Ocean Leopard's little afternoon sprint. As we've said repeatedly, averaging 10 knots for 24 or 36 hours is no big deal for a modern racing boat — or even for a Swan 651. But for a Swan 651 to average 10 knots for more than 10 days is more than we're willing to believe — without independent con¬ firmation. And even then we'll think they're lying. t

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Thomas & Kathryn — To the contrary, we think there are any number of ways that a 'use it or lose it' system could be implemented without the need for a complicated bureaucracy. Say the berth fee is currently $8/foot/month. Raise the berth fee to $24/foot/month, but allow credits for use. If a boat goes out 12 times a year, the fee drops to $16/foot/month. If the boat goes out 24 times a year, the fee drops to the original $8 / foot/month. Monitoring is simple. Boatowners check out on a computer. Those caught checking out without actually leaving the berth get fined' 20 credits. If somebody doesn't take their boat out a certain minimum number of times in two years and the marina has a waiting list, their boat gets the boot and has

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to relocate to Port Sonoma or some other relatively empty ma¬ rina on the periphery of the Bay. What could be easier? Or make more sense? We think the results would be quick, clear, and positive — at least for those who view water access as the purpose of boats and marinas. After all, folks who used prime berths tostore unused boats would be fiscally prompted to relocate to less desirable marinas. Folks who used boats solely as housing would have to pay more typical Bay Area housing prices — or be forced to persuade the citizens of Cali¬ fornia that using a boat strictly as a residence is a proper use of public trust lands. (Elsewhere in this issue, you'll read that one of California's most powerful legislators has suggestedjust that!) And best of all, people who wanted to use boats and marinas for their intended purpose would actually get a shot at a slip that didn't require them to burn tons of fossil fuels and leisure time just to reach the good sailing areas of San Francisco Bay. Just today we learned that somebody thought of the 'use it or lose it' concept before we did! Namely Santa Cruz Municipal Ydcht Harbor — although it turns out that they aren't the only ones. According to Kimbra Eldridge, the Operations Manager, every berth renter in Santa Cruz is required to use their boat 10 times a year. No compliance means they lose their slip. 'Use' means you check in with the harbor office, tell them you're going to use the boat, then wave at them or contact them by radio as you exit the harbor. Technically, all you have to do is get past the jetty, at which point you can come right back. Exceptions are made for extenuating circumstances, such as illness and ususual work schedules. They try to 'work' with their tenants. If somebody is identified as a non-user, they are sent a letter. This usually gets people to either use their boats more or to realize their boat is no longer very important to them. According to Eldridge, it's been found that this system "keeps the ball rolling" on slips. Right now, there are 60 boats on the 'non-use' list. While this may sound mean to folks threatened with losing their slip, there's another side to it: There are 1,100 people who pay $65 a year just to be on the waiting list for a slip at Santa Cruz. If they're looking for a slip in the South Harbor — where you don't have to lower your mast each time you leave and re-enter the harbor — there's an 18 to 20-year wait! The way we see it, the 'use it or lose it' scheme Jits perfectly with your formula of supply and demand — without the un¬ pleasant side-effect ofboatowners having to pay much higher prices for berths. There is a limited supply of berths for access to the Bay and ocean, and those with the greatest demand — i.e. the desire for that access — get the supply. Our system would be based on who wants the access most, not who has the most money. In these days of wealthy folks willing to pay tens of thousands of dollars for better located slips, we think it's something that all boatowners might want to keep in mind.

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fleet well past Seal Rock. In fact, I have been more terrified on the 50-footer that I crew on than I ever have been on the Potter. We do make use of harnesses and tethers with proper an¬ chors. I always check the tides and currents when making plans. And we reef or change headsails when things get to be too much. P.S. One of my favorite spots to anchor — and beach — is the lee side of the Tiburon peninsula, which is a great place if you want to avoid the crowds of Ayala Cove. Eric Zilbert West Wight Potter 19 Davis, ’Not By The Sea’, California Eric — When we finished the Silver Eagle Long Distance Race just before 6 p.m. on Saturday, July 21, it was blowing a solid 25 knots all the way from Pt. Blunt to Pier 39. The strong ebb created a relentless three-tofive-foot chop, with succes¬ sive waves just a few feet apart. And some areas of the Bay w$re roiled as though five ships had just passed — although none had. It wasn't the windiest we've seen the Bay, but we can't remember the last time we'd seen the surface so rough. If you’d have found yourself in that stuff with a West Wight Potter 19, we don’t think you could have survived — at least not without outside help. Over the years, a number of very good boats have simply been overwhelmed by such conditions, and many years ago an entire family was lost. Its no problem to sail an El Toro across the Bay when con¬ ditions are mild, it’s when it gets nasty that a bigger boat be¬ comes a necessity. While it's a generalization, we think 20feet is a good minimum size — provided the skipper is quick to heed Small Craft Warnings.

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tUlLOOKING TO LEAVE MY BOAT ON THE EAST COAST I need information on places on the East Coast of the United States to leave my boat after a passage up from the Panama Canal. I know there are problems with hurricanes, so a spot with a nice hurricane hole would be favorable. And as I in¬ tend to leave the boat for about eight months, I'd want a se¬ cure location. Any suggestions? Fhck Daniels Xiushen Pedregal, Panama ^ \ Rick — There are two other boat dangers on the East Coast: 1) Lightning bolts. When Big O was in Charleston, boat masts and light poles got hit with alarming frequency. 2) Astronomi¬ cal berth fees. Lots of marinas in prime areas think nothing of charging $2/foot per night for short term, and $20/foot per month or more for long term. There's not much you can do to avoid hurricanes or lightning strikes, but if you're looking to avoid extreme berth fees, we'd recommend the west coast of Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas, or the far reaches of the Chesa¬ peake. Forget yachting centers such as Key West, Fort Lau¬ derdale and Annapolis. Perhaps some of our East Coast read¬ ers have some suggestions.

IT JiWHAT MY OLD MAN SAID Sony to be so late with this, but living out here on Island time, it takes a long time and a lot of money to get our mail. I’m surprised no one has got the right answer to whether it takes more or the same amount of water for a small boat to transit the Panama Canal as a big ship. There was a guy last November who almost had the cor¬ rect answer, but not quite. We are in agreement that it takes the same amount of water to raise a Panamax as it does to raise a dinghy. But the question of the volume of fresh water needed for the transit changes when you down lock. As you enter from the lake, the lock is full of fresh water, so as you drive your Panamax ship into the lock, you displace a lot more water back into the lake than a small boat would before the lock doors are closed. This difference in displacement is a net saving of fresh water. In fact, they ought to pay us for helping save them water by filling in the unused spaces. Just kidding. We're really enjoying Vanuatu after a second great season in New Zealand. After here and New Caledonia, we ll be heading back to New Zealand. After that, we have to spin the big wheel to see where next. Our favorite boat name? A friend back home had a Riva he called Momasipia—which stood for 'My Old Man Always Said I’d Piss It Away'.

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In your tirade against West Marine's no-smoking policy, you state "what we can't understand is that most state and all federal courts permit companies to intrude in the per¬ sonal lives of their employees". Then you lament "where is the America (sic) Civil Liberties Union hiding?" Then you launch into a far-fetched analogy of Hitler's Third Reich. My first reaction is to thank God that the Federal Govern¬ ment has chosen not to interfere, at least in this instance, with the rights of private companies to dictate what they, the private company, feels is a significant health hazard to their. employees. No individual has a right to demand employment by anyone else, and if you don't like the company's policies, go somewhere else. The most intrusive agency in the world — that's a big one — is the United States Government. We are the country which locks up its citizens to keep them from hurting themselves. If you can't equate with this, you need look no further than the G.D. U.S. Coast Guard, the people who tear your boat apart for a 'safety inspection' and tell you to go to hell. If you resist, they throw you in jail. Or try Ruby Ridge, the Branch Davidian massacre, or the Bay Conservation and Development Com¬ mission. Do you want to expand the authority of these people? As for the ACLU, when have they ever supported any group of citizens against the government. They only support anar¬ chy by high-profile individuals, they never take on the Coast Guard or FBI. Please stick with what you do best, reporting on boating issues. No more sextants you say? I don’t want to be on your boat when you drop your GPS in the drink. Frank Taylor San Diego Frank—Please don't use the word 'boating', it gets Hambone hotter than a chili pepper down in Guaymas. What’s the big deal if we dropped our GPS in the drink? We'd just go into the salon where we have two backups and lots of batteries. On the other hand, what would you do if you dropped your sextant over the side? Or if it got foggy?

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With increasing numbers of mariners using cell phones to "call the Coast Guard", the following might be very useful information: The phone number of the San Francisco Search and Res¬ cue Coast Guard unit is (415) 556-2103. They cover the Bay Area, the Delta, and as far south as Pt. Sur. South of that, the corresponding phone number for the Long Beach Search and Rescue Coast Guard unit is (310) 732-2043. These are the main points of contact who will then communicate with the closest Coast Guefrd station — e.g., Rio Vista — for action and status. Mariners should have these numbers handy, as they are unlisted. The folks at 411 /Information usually give the number for a business or recruiting office. Calling 911 just leads to delays as they try to find the above numbers in their references — and then they have you call the Coast Guard anyway. Cell phones are not the only communication tool — spotty coverage, especially down the coast, is a prob¬ lem — but they can be a big help. By the way, the Coast Guard does a super job with their rescue attempts. Your vivid Crash Course story in the July issue was a reminder of this dedication. Mike Chambreau Cal 34, Impetuous Encinal YC Coastal Cup Race Committee HJlNOW THAT'S CRUISING

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someone up on the Visitors Area of the bridge who was using one of the telescopes and had a good sight angle. I could ig¬ nore them. A few minutes later, three or four Coasties came into the harbor aboard one of their inflatable boats. They wanted to know if I had a problem, and if I knew that I couldn't anchor there. Fortunately. I had done my business legally, and was suited up again and ready to raise the main. So I picked up my anchor and set sail to the far side of the bridge. I eventu¬ ally raced the Hawaiian Chieftain — and beat them — down¬ wind through Raccoon Strait and back over the flat waters my boat knows so well. That's cruising! A. Sailor J Dock, Berkeley A — We completely understand the pleasure you get out of your singlehanding in the Bay. When we had our first Olson 30, we frequently used to 'race' our best time from Sausalito, ground Angel Island, and back to Sausalito. We took a lot of pleasure in sailing the same course over and over, trying to do a better job each time, and enjoying how the conditions changed with the days. If your regular route is from Berkeley to the bridge and back, you've got all kinds of great options depend¬ ing on the wind and current — and you get to finish sailing downwind. Thank you're lucky stars you're not sailing off a featureless coast such as Marina del Rey. lUlTOOK THEIR BOAT ACROSS TEHUANTEPEC BY TRAIN

In the July issue, Fred De Lance wondered about trans¬ porting his boat by train from the Pacific across Mexico's Isth¬ mus of Tehuantepec to the Caribbean. The editor said Lati¬ tude knew a couple who did it. I wonder if the couple were Robert and Linda Smith, my friends from Tradewinds Marina in San Rafael, who did just that with Mata Hari, their 30-foot Chinese junk. They even stopped along the way to give birth to their son. As I remem¬ ber, they left in 1980 or thereabouts, and arrived in Tehua¬ ntepec a couple of months later. They, too, had troubles with the makeshift cradle aboard the flatcar. It was especially an¬ noying, because they stayed aboard their boat for the entire crossing. But they made it in fine fettle, newborn babe and all. Once they got to Campeche, they hired a crane to put them back in the water. From there they had a pleasant sail down the coast of Quintana Roo to the Rio Santa Elena, where they were welcomed by the Mexican Navy, which escorted them across the river to the Belize border. They spent a year or so cruising the offshore cays as far south as Livingston, Guate¬ mala, and up the Rio Dulce to Lake Izabal. I accompanied them on some of these trips and found the cruising delight¬ ful, which encouraged me to settle in Belize City for several years. During that time, I had a Piver-designed trimaran built. Linda eventually returned home, but Robert stayed on, developing a steady charter trade based in the upscale tour¬ ist resort of San Pedro on Ambergris Cay. As far as I know he is still there. You can write to him at: 1 Barrier Reef Drive, San Pedro, Ambergris Cay, Belize. Another possibility De Lance may want to consider is across Nicaragua, by way of Lake Nicaragua and the Rio San Juan River that flows down to the Caribbean. I'm surprised the editor who wrote the response didn’t mention it, since a very detailed article on that passage was published in Latitude in the last year or so. As I remember, it involved a rather small trailerable, shallow draft vessel, which the owner had trucked from a Pacific coast seaboard up to the lake, made the cross- |

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Ml WISH LATITUDE'S EDITOR WERE RUNNING THINGS As a long term anchor-out — I have lived in, on, and around the Bay since 1967 — I read your July article on anchor-outs with great interest. It was one of the very few pieces on the subject that was accurate, factual, and well-reasoned. The editor's suggested solutions were right on, so much so that I wish he were running things around here — instead of the dim-witted dipsticks who are. There is one exception: Bill Price, the current Harbor Administrator, has been a godsend. He has somehow managed to satisfy his employers without be¬ traying the interests of the anchor-outs. I have found him to be consistently fair, even-handed, and often sympathetic and helpful to those of us who, for whatever reason, find our¬ selves in his purview. Some years ago, when things were getting really nasty around here, I was inspired to write the enclosed poem, which I believe sums up the attitude of many anchor-outs. I believe it is timely and pertinent. I am aware of your long-standing bias against publishing poetry, but perhaps it is time you made an exception. If you decide to use it, you may edit it in any fashion you see fit, even alter the lines to make it look like a prose piece. Look What They've Done to My Bay, Ma

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In the July issue, Rose Wager wanted to know if Arthur Piver of Mill Valley — the father of the trimaran movement in the United States — ever singlehanded across the Atlantic. As far as I know, he didn't. Having been delayed in the Azores en route, when he finally showed up in Plymouth, England, in 1960 for the start of the first Singlehanded TransAtlantic Race, the race had left without him. Regarding the editor's note to Ms. Wager’s letter, it was the 30-ft Nimble that Piver sailed across the Atlantic. The 35-ft Lodestar, built a few months later, was sailed to Hawaii in '61 and the South Pacific in '62. Bill Goodman Berkeley f ^DOCUMENTATION WON’T FREE YOU FROM TAXES

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SIGHTINGS new boats in norcal Four very different new boats were either launched in the waters of Northern California in July, or were given the go-ahead for building locally. Unfortunately, by presstime, we could only gather the informa¬ tion on three of them. We’ll catch up with Glenn Isaacson, who was out of town, to talk about his lovely new Schumacher 40 Q next month. Here’s a quick look at the other three.

26 sierra James Betts Enterprises is a name that should be familiar to most Northern California sailors. Working out of the unusual headquarters of Truckee, California, Jim is a respected builder of high-end custom yachts. Some of the cool sailing machines to come out of his workshop over the years include the Wylie 42 Scorpio, the R/P 75 Zephyrus IV and the Phil Kaiko-designed LACC America True, Dawn Riley’s celebrated banana boat (it was bright yellow) that did so well in the last America’s Cup elimination rounds. But by far the design firm with which Betts has collaborated most is Nelson/Marek. Of the 26 boats Betts has built in the last 18 years, 10 .came out of that San Diego office. So when Jim, with help and encouragement from Lake Tahoe yacht broker and friend John Clauss, decided to try a production boat, his first and only call was to Bruce Nelson. We wanted a fast, light, state-of-the art boat, but also one simple enough to be sailed two couples or a family," says Jim. So no perma¬ nent backstay, no runners and no sprit pole. “Some of us old timers like to pull a pole back to go downwind,” he notes. The boat born of the collaboration raises the bar of ‘sportboat’. It also revives — and revises — the concept of ULDB (ultra light displace¬ ment boat) to heights unimagined when the first Moore 24s inspired the term almost 30 years ago. Using high-tech composites (a sandwich of prepreg unidirectional carbon fiber over a honeycomb core) and highend techniques (vacuum bagging and curing at 200°), Betts was able to achieve a 26-ft boat that displaces almost exactly 1,000 pounds. That’s half the displacement of a Moore 24 (2,050 lbs.) and not quite 60% of a 1,750-lb. Melges 24 (which features approximately the same sail plan). The hull alone weighs only 180 pounds. If this thing were any lighter, it would be a dirigible. Especially trick accoutrements include the easily-removed keel strut, a gibungous cockpit and the really neat centralized control box where you can instantly grab any control line. Like the hull, the strut, control box, Southern Spars rig, the rudder — even the rudder bearings — are made of light, stiff and strong carbon fiber. In fact, the Sierra is so lightweight and lively (more about that in a minute), it begins to blur the line between dinghy and keelboat. “It’s definitely on the dinghy side of the equation,” says Bruce Nelson. “The bulb is more of a self-righting feature than ballast.” (Nelson’s long resume also includes America’s Cup boats. For the last bout, he designed both AmericaOne boats — as well as the 1 /3 scale models. Anyone who’s seen the latter has probably wondered the same thing we did: Why not make them into a class? In profile, the 26 Sierra so resembles a mini-Cup boat that we asked Bruce if that’s what he did. In a word, no. ‘The 1/3 models for AmericaOne were de¬ signed for specific data gathering purposes after tank testing. It was an interesting exercise, but the Sierra has nothing to do with it.”) The first 26 Sierra, Shop Girl, popped out of the molds in June and Betts was so eager to try her out that she went sailing before she was even painted. After only a few days of sea trials, the boat was entered in the Trans-Tahoe Race (PHRF 63) on July 7, taking 5th of 12 boats in her class. The next weekend, it was off to San Diego where Nelson put her through a week and a half of paces in a variety of conditions rang¬ ing from typical San Diego zephyrs to 18-knot seabreezes. He and his 11-year-old son even entered the boat in the local Wednesday night series, taking second and conducting some interesting boat-for-boat comparisons with Melgi and J/105s. The verdict:

Great boat!' says Betts, whose bias we’ll forgive just

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trying to reason

Scientists at NOAA’s Hurricane Re¬ search Division announced last month that a significant increase in the number and strength of hurricanes in the last five years is due to a climate shift that could last another 40 years. From 1995 to 2000, Atlantic hurricane activity more than doubled from the pre¬ vious quarter century, and the number of Category 3(110 mph or above) storms went up 2.5 times. This is apparently due to a half-degree overall increase in water temperature, and decreased wind-sheer (the interaction of winds at different alti-

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with hurricane season tudes). Taken separately, these factors both ‘promote’ the formation of hurri¬ canes. Together, they encourage the for¬ mation of more and more powerful hurri¬ canes. It should be noted/— and most scien¬ tists will readily admit — that hurricane prediction is still in its infancy simply because reliable records don’t go back very far. But with the evidence they have, the strong and weak periods now seem to go in 30 to 40-year cycles. The period around 1900, when Galveston was nearly

this once. “Very fun and easy to sail, and it likes to plane. Twelve knots is the magic number!” Although prototypes are meant to be tweeked, Jim says Shop Girl “is so close to our target that we’re not going to change anything major.” The second boat was in the molds as this was written. If the Sierra catches on as hoped, there will be many more. The 26 Sierra is new enough that a price point had not been set at presstime. That may also have changed by the time you read this. For the latest on this nifty new design, log onto its equally new website, www.26sierra.com.

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belonging to the Berkeley Marina-based CSC are available for use yearround, and it s the rare day when at least a few of them aren’t out bashing through way more wind and chop than their designers ever planned for. (These guys managed to sink their Boston Whaler chase boat!) The club’s smallest boats — currently Lido 14s — perhaps take the worst of it. As the primary teaching vehicles, they take a particular pounding, at least if your measuring stick is the man-hours spent in repairing them after almost every outing. The nearly 60-year-old club has always had Lidos. The first crop of eight, obtained in 1958, lasted an incredible 24 years. The next eight boats lasted from ‘82 to ‘94 — 12 years. When the newest fleet of Lidos was launched only five years ago, two sank at the dock before they ever sailed. And it hasn’t gotten much better. Patched and bandaged con¬ stantly by club members, the eight newest boats “are already in the last stages of life support” says 16-year CSC member Saul Shumsky. But when the Club looked around for replacements, the prospects were equally bleak. If the tough, hardy Lido couldn’t hold up, newer, lighter designs didn’t seem to have a prayer. Plus all were more perfor¬ mance-oriented than tramtng-oriented. So Schumskybecame thqspark plug for a Plan B that had been discussed but never acted upon before: design and build a completely new boat that would meet the special needs of the club. Among these: specifically designed for teaching; holds four average size adults; sailable, launchable and retrivable by one person; rightable after capsize by one 100-pound person; minimum maintenance (and what little there is able to be done by rankest ama¬ teur); multiple buoyancy tanks that are simple to check by somebody who knows nothing about boats; off the shelf hardware; seat backs in the self-bailing cockpit; able to sail rudderless (a requirement for ad¬ vanced ratings); and, finally, will last 20 years being sailed every day continued on outside column of next sightings page

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wiped off the map by a huge hurricane, seems to have been a time that matched current conditions. The 1920s to 1960s was another period of increased activity when big hurricanes like Betsy in 1965 and the ‘Yankee Hdrricane’ of 1935 slammed into the U.S. East Coast. The period from the late 1960s until 1995 saw cooler water temps, more wind sheer — and fewer hurricanes. Somewhat contradictorily, NOAA has forecast ‘normal’ activity for the 2001 sea¬ son (June 1 through November 30), not¬ ing that some years will be ordinary de¬ spite the long-term trend. On this side of the pond. Pacific hurri¬ cane activity is even more difficult to pre¬ dict because reliable records go back only to 1966 for the Eastern Pacific, and only slighty longer in the Western Pacific — plus all the latter are archived in Japan. However, an intriguing correlation has been noted: Since 1995, increased activ¬ ity in the Atlantic has meant slightly de¬ creased activity in the Pacific. We were cautioned by an HRD meteorologist that’s not nearly enough history to qualify as a ‘trend,’ tempting as that label may be. He also noted that in 1991 and 1993, activ¬ ity was below normal in both basins, and in 1984 and 1990, activity was above nor¬

off Berkeley in training situations. Jim Antrim was one of only two designers to come up with a pro¬ posal, and after a year and a half of discussion and revision, his design was approved by the CSC powers that be last month. Although this is Jim’s first foray into sqil-training dinghies, his re¬ markable resume includes just about every other type of sailing craft imaginable from multihulls (Aotea, Antrim 30+) to sportboats (Antrim 27) to custom boats such as the Open 50 Convergence (now Everest Horizontal). Typical of Antrim’s talent, the new 15-footer is outwardly simple, yet devilishly clever in the details. For example, part of the “easily checked flotation” is a row of fenders tucked under the edges of the flared deck. The boat features both a sit-in and sit-on cockpit. Eighty-five percent of the hardware is easily accessible without com¬ promising the buoyancy compartments or centerboard trunk. The thick layup schedule wall result in a stiff, hefty 425-pound boat (about 100 pounds heavier than a Lido), yet one that is still rightable by that little 100-pound sailor, The bow is a cast urethane piece that can plow straight into a dock and bounce the boat back undamaged. Bumper Boat 15 might work," jokes Jim about the yet-to-be decided class name. “Or maybe Q-Tip 15.” Whatever they call it, it won’t be ‘cheap.’ It’s estimated that each boat will cost almost twice as much as a Lido. But in the long run, the idea is that the boats will pay for themselves in decreased downtime and major repairs. At present, CSC has the budget to pay for the usual fleet of eight boats. But they could use a little help in covering the startup costs and tooling inherent in any new design. If you can spare a tax-deductible donation to help get the class going, contact Chris Havel at (510) 530-3538. You can also read more about CSC and the new boat at the club’s website: www.cal-sailing.org. The 15s will be built in the Bay Area by a yet-to-be announced builder, and the first one is due for sea trials as early as December. And by 'sea trials’, in this case we mean that Shumsky and his wreck¬ ing crew basically do to the test boat what Pete Townsend used to do to his electric guitars at the end of a Who concert. If it stays together, CSC is hoping other training facilities around the country may sit up and take notice. Like the (modified) saying goes: if it can survive San

mal in both basins. For more on HRD, visit their excellent website at www.aoml.noaa. gov/hrd. For the latest satellite images of both the At¬ lantic and Pacific, go to the National Hur¬ ricane Center page at www.nhc.noaa.gov/ and click on “Latest Satellite Imagery. ”

Francisco Bay, it can survive anywhere.

a different breed of cat As fascinating as it is to learn about the latest composite materials and cutting-edge construction methods, it’s also comforting to know that there Eire still a few local craftsmen dedicated to the time-honored techniques of traditional woodworking. Sausalito’s Arques School is a wood-butchers’ haven where works of functional maritime art are turned

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out on a regular basis. The latest is Black Cat, a newly-designed catboat that is so finely crafted that you’d be tempted to put her into a glass case rather than into the murky waters of San Francisco Bay. But this little gem was built to be used actively, not just polished and admired. “Her design is a composite of ideas from boats of many different eras," explained the school’s director, Bob Darr, at her christening last month. He was quick to add that she was built entirely by students at

Progress on Seayanika, our custom Cal-Vader 49-foot sailboat, continues steadily. Also steady, is the stream of cash that flies out of our checkbook on a daily basis. Marine plywood, mahogany and teak take their financial toll, along with costly epoxies, stainless portlights, hatches and fittings. And yet, many of the big-ticket items are still to come. But the escaping dollars don't seem to matter so much as we watch our dream shaping it¬

the school. While Arques’ apprentices have built many replicas of ‘period ves¬ sels’ which typify a particular era or locale, this boat, also referred to as the Richardson Bay catboat, has a slightly different purpose: Danhopes her speed, grace under sail and beautiful lines will inspire com¬ missions for more. If so, those orders will provide work for his students after they graduate from the school’s one-year apprenticeship program. At a cost of over $20,000 a piece, those orders will probably come only from true nautical connoisseurs. Still, when you consider that a production plastic dinghy can cost nearly $10,000 when fully fitted-

self ever closer to reality. The toil is constant, but every noW and again we take time out for a little guilty pleasure.' Such was the case last month when we took our first cruise on a Cal 46, which is the bare hull type we began with. I was recently nominated (lassoed) as the Secretaiy/TreasureroftheC£il46 Cruis-

out, Black Cat seems like a pretty good value. Measuring 15 feet in length, with a beam just over 5 feet, she draws continued on outside column of next sightings page August. 2001 • UMmUH • Page 105 /

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3 feet with the centerboard down. From stem to stern she is crafted from vari¬ ous types of Northern California woods which were harvested from remote sites and milled by the students — a wholistic approach if ever we’ve seen one. As if that weren’t impressive enough, they also patterned, cast and finished all the bronze fittings that glistened in the sunlight on launch day.

ing Association, a great group of sailors from around the U.S. who gather several times a year to have informative meetings, cruises and boat tours. (Lucky for us they allowed us to join despite our "mutated" Cal.) Since I was the official organizer of this year's cruise at Shoreline Marine in Long Beach, it was essential that I at¬ tend. But how does one attend a cruise when one's boat is firmly docked at "Onthe-Hard Marina"? One crews!

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■18 Below, ‘Black Cat’ touches down for the first time. Above and far right, finish work and attention to detail is breathtaking. Wmmm.

Wm,

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— cont’d We were invited by a lovely couple,

The catboat’s gaff-rigged mainsail

John Crial and Rita Archer, to join them

was made by Michael Freinberg of

on Sonrisa, their beautifully maintained

Sutter Sails, but her spars and rig¬

Cal 2-46 berthed in Chula Vista. Aside

ging — right down to her traditional

from the great weather and ideal sailing

hardwood blocks — were painstak¬

conditions, never was crew treated so well

ingly made by apprentices. Con¬

and fed so royally. We're talking home¬

structed in the lapstrake, or clinker,

made cinnamon rolls, constant snacks

style, her planking is fir, copper-riv¬

and munchies, scrumptious casseroles,

eted to oak frames. Elsewhere,

and even artistic salads — all accom-

bronze screws and bolts are used.

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W&l:

In an age of slam-bam production practices, where meeting quotas takes precedence over dedication to quality, it’s refreshing to spend time in the company of a few unsung artisans who take the time to do the best job they can possibly do. We can't wait to see Black Cat skimming across the waters of Richardson Bay.

ditch run controversy The following letter ‘made the rounds’ soon after the Delta Ditch Run, the mellow 67-mile race from the Brothers to Stockton on June 2. It was cc’d to officials at Vessel Traffic Service, the Coast Guard Marine Safety Office, and the State Board of Pilot Commissioners. Three people emailed it to us, and copies were also distributed at a recent PICYA meeting, of all places. We sailed in the Delta Ditch Run this year — an excellent race, we thought — yet have no memory of this incident. Could 40 boats really have interfered with this ship? Is the Ditch, aka as the Sacramento River, big enough to accommodate 120+ sailboats as well as commer¬ cial traffic? Why wasn’t the Race Committee monitoring the radio? We're running the letter in its entirety, and will let you decide if it’s a valid complaint or if the captain, as one reader suggested, had one too many cups of coffee before setting out to work that day. We wel¬ come feedback on this subject, expecially from folks who did the Ditch Run that day. Captain L. Hereth Captain of the Port Alameda, CA Dear Captain Hereth,

June 11, 2001

On Saturday June 2, 2001 the M/V Global Pioneer, a 20,000 ton bulk ship, was down-bound from. Stockton to Anchorage 8. I relieved the River Pilot in New York Slough at approximately 1400. Exact times can be obtained from VTS if needed. When I checked in with VTS, I was informed of a sailing event sponsored by the Richmond.YC consisting of approximately 120 boats up-bound from Richmond to Stockton. VTS relayed that the committee boat Pegasus was monitoring VHF chan¬ nels 14 and 71. As I passed Stake Point, I encountered the lead boats of the event. I tried hailing them on VHF channels 14, 16, 71, and 72 without re¬ sponse. Throughout this entire incident I repeatedly hailed the Pegasus, Richmond YC, any boat involved with Richmond YC, and any boat in Suisun Bay without receiving any responses. I also sounded the dan¬ ger signal numerous times. VTS also hailed the Richmond YC repeat¬ edly on 13, 14, 16, and 71 without response. After passing Buoy 24, I could see that the West Reach of Middle Ground was blocked by sailing vessels. When I received no action from whistle signals, I slowed to allow the sailboats to have the channel. Between Middle Ground and Row Island, the channel was repeatedly blocked and I had to slow on numerous occasions to allow passage of sailboats. When I entered Preston Point Reach I could see that the Pt. continued on outside column of next sightings page

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Edith Crossing was blocked by about 40 sailboats. At this point, I

plished at 30 degrees of heel.

stopped the engine until I lost steerage, then I started the engine and

John and Erik were having a high time

left the Channel to the north. I stayed out of the Channel to avoid

"seeing what the boat could do" before

colliding with many sailboats and reentered the channel at Buoy 9. When I reentered I passed Buoy 9 abeam about 40 feet because several sailboats were occupying the middle of the channel.

shortening sail. I was busy hanging on N

with all four appendages on the aft deck, mouth frozen into an astonished "O". And

During the course of the event, from Stake Point to the East Bull's

Rita was efficiently carving radish rosettes

Head Channel, I used 21 engine orders including 2 stop bells. I was

as she calmly caught airborne photos,

directly hampered by at least 40 of the participating vessels with many of them passing within 100 feet.

books and momentos in mid-flight as they

I have called at the port of San Francisco since 1979 and since 1984 have piloted on these waters as either Master or Pilot. In all that time I have only had one other occasion to report to the USCG any Rule 9 violations by recreational traffic. That other occasion was on March 4, continued on outside column of next sightings page

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pitched across her floating home. Once in Long Beach, we were joined by seven other Cals, each unique in their variations and modifications. Erik and I were able to tour all of the boats and came away with some good ideas. An idea we

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have been toying with was to install stain¬

1999 and also involved the Richmond YC (ed. note — the Big Daddy

less steel rigid lifelines instead of the plas¬

Regatta). Please see the attached letter about that incident. When the

tic-coated wire types, but we had only

MSO investigated that incident it was decided to treat it as a lesson

seen this done on powerboats. One of the

learned type of incident where the Yacht Club would change their pro¬

Cals at the cruise did have these stain¬

cedures to prevent this from happening again.

less rails, and we botli decided they didn't

It is obvious that they have riot learned any lessons at all. The Cap¬

unduly detract from the overall look. Form

tain of the Port's interpretation of Rule 9 makes it absolutely clear that

should follow function, and we liked the

recreational vessels under 20 meters must stay out of the way of ship

security they provide. They went on the

traffic. I also noticed the almost total absence of PFDs being worn by

"to do" list.

any of the participants. The wind was gusting in excess of 15 knots

After two nights at Shoreline Marina,

and the ebb was starting to run which makes for rough conditions in

a couple of us continued on to Avalon,

Suisun Bay. Sailing in those conditions without a lifejacket is fool¬

the reluctant end of the cruise. Trite as it

hardy.

may sound, a grand time was had by all. continued middle of next sightings page

I trust that you will take appropriate actions in this matter. Please contact me if you have any questions. Sincerely, Captain Bill Greig San Francisco Bar Pilot

the government bullshits you — more proof Late on the afternoon of Friday, July 13, the Tax Division of the Northern District of California, United States Attorney, U.S. Depart¬ ment of Justice, issued a press release regarding the disposition of their cases against Gregory Jampolsky, who does business as Lager Yacht Brokerage in Sausalito, and Stanley Wild, who did business within the Northern District of California as a marine surveyor between 19941995. The two had been accused of a scheme in which boats were overvalued for donation purposes, creating excessive tax deductions to those who made the donations, commissions for Jampolsky, contin¬ ued business for Wild, a portion of the sale proceeds to the California Maritime Academy — leaving taxpayers to make up for the inflated tax deductions. The press release cited an example of the kind of scheme Jampolsky and Wild were alleged to have pulled off; reported that both Jampolsky and Wild had plead guilty; and advised that the maximum penalty for conspiring to defraud the U.S. was five years in prison and a fine of $250,000. They made it sound like a tremendous victory for the gov¬ ernment. Here's what the press release — which was widely quoted in the Northern California media —- didn't tell you, and what we consider to be gross lies of omission by the Department of Justice:

1) That

Jampolsky and Wild plead guilty to only one of eight charges filed against them. 2) That Jampolsky and Wild did not plead guilty, nor were they convicted of, the example of the scheme that was reported in the press release. 3) Despite the claim that Jampolsky and Wild are subject to five years in prison and fines of $250,000, the Dept, of Justice knows almost for certain that — because of federal sentencing guidelines — the most either defendant will get is one year of probation without travel restrictions and a fine of between $2,000 and $20,000. For that the government spent six years and almost certainly mil¬ lions of dollars on the investigation? For that they were grandstand¬ ing? Chris Cannon, Jampolsky's attorney, responded on the Department of Justice press release as follows: "The IRS’s demonstrably false claim that Jampolsky and Wild are facing five years in jail and a $250,000 fine is as exaggerated as were all of the government’s claims against Jampolsky. It is easy for the IRS, with unlimited resources, to make continued on outside column of next sightings page

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accusations; it is difficult, time-consuming, and expensive to disprove

At present, Erik is busily working on

them. To finally end this major disruption of his life and business,

our cockpit and companionway stairs. We

Greg accepted the government's offer to settle, and accepted one year

will finally be able to enter and exit the

of probation and a maximum fine of $20,000.

interior without contorting over coamings

"When this case began, the government claimed Greg Jampolsky was responsible for fleecing the IRS out of millions of dollars. Now that

and climbing down precariously placed ladders.

the case has ended, the government agreed, in writing, that if there

The entire coachroof is now complete,

was any tax loss, that amount was somewhere in the range of $25,000.

with the exception of the area over the

The facts of the case show Greg Jampolsky brokered the donations

salon, where cabinetry can still be passed

of several high quality yachts to the California Maritime Academy. Those

through after fabrication in our shop.

donations were a small number of the donations accepted by the CMAF,

Seayanika is unmistakably a boat now

and those donations were approved by the CMAF board. The dona¬

and if all goes as planned, she should be

tions brokered by Jampolsky were within the range of BUC value. The

complete and in the water in 11 months.

only difference between the donations brokered by Jampolsky and other

I can't quite decide if that seems like a

donations received by CMAF is that a jealous competitor, Sheldon

long time or short time./ But I know as

Caughey, spent a huge amount of time and effort convincing the IRS to investigate Jampolsky s transactions — while Caughey and other bro¬ kers continued to brokei; similar donations to CMAF. After a six-year investigation which cost millions of dollars, on the eve of the triall, the government made Jampolsky an offer that no businessman could refuse: accept one year of probation and pay a minor fine, or go to trial and face a lifetime of continued IRS prosecution and investigation.

bay area team

The government has achieved its goal of warning everyone involved in boat donations. Unfortunately, instead of the usual shot across the bow, this warning shot was aimed at the heart of Greg Jampolsky by a jealous competitor. Greg hopes that everyone will closely examine the facts of this affair. If they do, they will be reassured he is an effective broker who did a good job and continues to do a good job representing his satisfied clients." Setting the Jampolsky/Wild case aside completely, it’s Latitude's opinion that the whole ‘donations to non-profits for tax deductions’ of vehicles, real estate, art and boats is an area of massive abuse. An effective government which sought to protect the interests of the less affluent — who aren't really able to benefit from such donations — would rewrite the laws to prevent such abuses.

The U.S. Junior Women's Champion¬ ship has been a big deal since its incep¬ tion in 1995. Raced in 420 dinghies, the competition for 13 to 18-year-olds regu¬ larly attracts 40 or more teams to yacht clubs around the country to vie for the coveted Ida Lewis Trophy. This year, the event was held July 610 at the Scituate Harbor YC in Massa¬ chusetts. And it was dominated from the start by Bay Area sailors Molly Carapiet and Mallory McCollum. The 17-year-old skipper and crew — from Belvedere and. Concord, respectively — topped the 45-

the third boat

boat field with a stellar 1,2,1,1,8, (13) record. Also attending the Ida Lewis Regatta

In the July issue, we ran the account of a man overboard situtation

from the Bay Area this year were Casey

that ended in tragedy. On May 19, 78-year-old Jim Chamberlain slipped

Williams/Mo Castruccio (17th), Liz

off the foredeck of the Pearson Ariel Jubilee during an ODCA race and

Roundtree/Cyrstal Bronte (28th), and

drowned before he could be recovered.

B.J. Clausen/Elizabeth Carter (42).

Although the stoiy detailed the rescue attempts made by Jubilee

Heather Richards, the STFYC junior sail¬

and another Ariel that had dropped out of the race to help, he was eventually pulled from the water by a third, then-unidentified boat. We

ing director, accompanied the four teams on the road trip.

have since found out what boat that was and would now like to com¬

Who was Ida Lewis? Glad you asked.

plete this report in the hopes that it may someday help someone else. Earlier in the day, Roger Longo and two friends — all experienced sailors — headed out of Sausalito for a day of spirited sailing aboard his Newport 28 Windwalker. By noon, they were bashing along with two reefs in the main, the roller jib partially furled —- and the lee rail still awash. They had spotted the race boats, which were then headed

ground(ed)

toward Harding Rock from Blackaller Buoy, when all of a sudden crew¬ man Paul Donovan shouted that someone had fallen off one of them. The way he described it, the guy fell backwards and appeared to hit his head before he went into the water,” says Longo. We thought it was going to be an easy pickup, but we came around and started shadowing them just in case,” continues Roger. “We saw him moving around in the water on his back and at first he seemed okay.”

By the time Vessel Assist arrived off Huntington Beach the morning of July 1, the 26-ft motorboat they’d been called to rescue was stuck hard and fast in the surfline. It had drifted ashore the night before and couldn’t be towed off. When authorities climbed aboard to assess the

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damage, they were startled to hear a groggy “Hello?” come from the darkened

SIGHTINGS third boat — cont’d

— cont’d soon as he puts the first bunk in. I'm go¬

okay. As described last month, neither Jubilee nor Joe Antos’ Lickety

ing to grab a mattress and spend the night

Split were able to get to Chamberlain in the choppy conditions and 20-

in our soon-to-be home.

knot breeze. At one point, a crewman from one of the boats even jumped

— katarina voder Readers — This is t)\e latest in a series of short articles that we requested the Vaders to write about their boatbuilding adventure. They started on the bare hull and deck, which is located on a lot across the streetfrom their home in Vista, exactly a year ago. To put the proper perspective on this unusual on-schedule project, we remind you that Erik is a retired general contractor who has been able to devote almost full-time to working on the boat.

in the water but could not get to Jim. Less than 5 minutes after he had gone in, Longo and his crew were horrified to see Jim go face down in the water. “My guys started going wild,” he says. While he tried to keep them calm, the main was dropped, the jib (by now ripped in the stiff breeze) was rolled up and the engine started. “I came up, put him to leeward and got my crew on the rail," says Roger. “I told them to tackle this guy — but don’t fall off!” Paul and his friend, both fit sailors in their early 30s, grabbed Chamberlain, pulled him aboard amidships and got him ■*-

onto the foredeck. Paul immediately began CPR.

About this time, the Coast Guard arrived in their rescue boat. In what Longo calls “some of the most expert seamanship I’ve ever seen,” the Coastie coxswain slid alongside in the rough water and transferred two young guys without ever touching Windwalker. Oddly, they had no equipment and did not take part in rescusitation efforts. After looking around, they got back on the Coast Guard boat, again expertly maneu¬ vered by its helmsman. The San Francisco Police boat was ready for action. Right as the

wins ida lewis

Coasties pulled away, they came alongside in their rigid-hull inflat¬ able, pulled Jim aboard and immediately began administering oxygen

Born in 1842, Idawiley Zoradta Lewis be¬

and medical aid. Unfortunately, it was too late.

came keeper of the Lime Rock Lighthouse

Roger estimates this whole scenario — from the time Jim fell in the

when the regular keeper, her father, suf-

water to the time they pulled him out — took no more than 10 min¬ utes. A few of Longo’s other observations: none of the other boats had a Lifesling {Windwalkef s was immediately made ready to deploy), and — from what he saw — nobody tried to throw Jim anything with a line on it.” (Flotation was thrown by the other boats but blew out of Chamberlain’s reach.) He also notes, and we reported last month, that Chamberlain was not wearing a lifejacket. “I think the only reason he floated long enough for us to get him was that his foulie jacket filled with air,” says Roger. Longo was honest enough to admit that no one on Windwalker was wearing a lifejacket, either. “But we do now. We applaud Roger Longo, Paul Donovan and Paul’s friend (Longo couldn’t remember his name) for they- selfless actions. Were it not for them, Chamberlain might never have been recovered at all. “Our lives changed forever that day,” says Longo of the experience.

Unsinkable

—

Molly and Mallory win the Ida.

fered a stroke. Ida quit school, but rowed

“A man died on our boat, right in front of us. Probably a very wonderful man. I wish I’d have known him on the other side.”

her younger sister and brother to New¬ port to school every day. Over the course of more than 20 years, she was credited

days of wine and haulouts

with saving 16 people — in the process becoming a local heroine. Haulouts aren’t supposed to be fun. Normally, they’re associated with lots of hard Work, lots of expense and usually lots of pressure to get the boat back in the water before 'lay days eat up what little money is left after the work is done. At Napa Valley Marina, located, in the picturesque wine country

zero bow of the boat. The voice belonged to the owner, who had slept through the whole thing! He wasn’t any too happy about being awak¬ ened, either. Police eventually had to haul him away for suspicion of being under the influence. The Alamitos Bay-based boat was eventually pulled up the beach by a tractor and trucked to a local yard.

north of the Bay, haulouts take on a kinder, gentler aspect. If a haulout there is not actually 'fun,' more than likely it won't be the purgatory normally associated with the process. Situated on the Napa River 9 miles from San Pablo Bay, the ma¬ rina is now surrounded by the world famous Cameros vineyards. The beginning, however, was a bit more humble. It started back in 1957, when Napa grocer Larry Giovannoni talked his brother Albert into building a marina in the cow pastures along the Napa River. They bought 40 acres of land and a tractor, built their own dredge, and went into business. continued on outside column of next sightings page

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SIGHTINGS wine and haulouts — cont’d This was the pre-BCDC days, when you didn’t need permits, studies or environmental impact reports from 100 different agencies. They lit¬ erally dug out a big hole, built some docks, and then broke a hole in the levee. The River flooded the hole and presto — instant marina! Back then, Larry and A1 worked 16-hour days, dividing their time between the expanding marina and their ‘real’ jobs — Larry’s grocery business, and Al’s real estate career. Since they now owned and oper¬ ated a marina, A1 added a yacht broker's license to his resume and started a brokerage. In between all his other activities, Larry found time to raise eight kids. Two of his sons, Tom and Dan, would prove handy to Dad in years to come. By the time Tom and Dan were old enough to walk, the marina _

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wine and haulouts — cont’d

Above, seagull-eye view of Napa Valley Marina. Left, Blair Grinols’ 45-ft ‘Capricorn Cat’ gets hauled on the yard’s specially augmented Brownell trailer.

was their playground. By the time they reached their early teens, both were actively working at the marina, which now had covered berths for powerboats and a large haulout facility. Tom enjoyed working with boats so much that he bought into the family operation in 1986. Four years later, his brother Dan followed. The infusion of young blood and energy helped the marina and yard to expand, while still retaining the character and friendly atmosphere of a true family operation. Tom and Dan slowly got rid of some 'junkers and clunkers' and gave the marina a bit of a facelift, both in the water and out. They also fenced in and expanded the marina dry storage. To expand their yard and boat storage services even more, and better serve their customers, Tom and Dan bought a state-of-the-art Brownell hydraulic trailer. Boats are gently and safely loaded on the trailer in the water, then pulled over to a work or storage spot, and easily cradled into position for stands. No messing with straps or underwater blocking, no strain on decks or coamings. They can haul out keelboats to 35 tons and 55 feet — multihulls to 75 feet — on any one of five marine railways. A 20-ton Travelift deals with smaller boats and loading or unloading boats transported by truck. Napa also specializes in hauling multihulls — in fact, it has become a sort of Mecca for the multihull crowd. To accommodate these large craft, the marina designed, engineered and built their own custom addition to the Brownell that allows catamarans and trimarans to be hauled, cradled and handled 'like a baby.’ Reasonable rates also draw customers that ‘extra mile’. Where a Sausalito yard recently charged $120 per layday for a 33-ft boat, at Napa, the same boat would have cost a flat fee of $250 for a whole month. Dry storage is equally reasonable — $3 per foot per month. Prefer to leave your boat in the water? At $ 130/month for a 30-ft berth, even unemployed dot.commers can afford it. Want to work on your own boat? No problem. Just don’t make too much dust and tiy to get most of the paint on the boat, not the ground. Need some help with mechanical, electrical or structural repairs? The yard is eager to help, and rates are fair. Need a new Awlgrip paint job? Just pick your color. There’s more on the way. Plans are on the drawing board to double the capacity of the 200-slip marina,*build a new office/chandleiy and expand into an adjacent parcel with a launch ramp and trailer boat/ RV storage facility. Tom and Dan even envision a day when cruisers returning by truck from Mexico will bring their boat to Napa for sum¬ mer storage — then walk next door, climb aboard their RV and head out for some ‘land yachting.’ No matter what type of boat or for what reason they come, Napa owners and employees (many have been there since the early days) strive to make them welcome. “Whether people come here for haulouts, on vacation or just on weekends to enjoy their boats,” Tom says, “we want to make it fun for them.”

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SIGHTINGS ha-ha hits 40 The folks over at the Ha-Ha report that as of July 24, they've sent out 158 entry packs and received 40 paid entries for this year's eighth running of the event. The Ha-Ha is the cruiser rally from San Diego to Cabo San Lucas, with stops at Turtle Bay and Bahia Santa Maria. The emphasis of the event is on safety and making friends, not white-knuckle racing or getting smashed. Over 500 boats and 2,000 sailors have done at least one, and many sailors have done three or four. If you're interested in receiving an entry pack, send a self-addressed 9x12 envelope with a check for $15 to Baja Ha-Ha, Inc., 21 Apollo Road, Tiburon, CA 94920. Don’t send registered mail or anything that requires a signature. Don’t try to phone (there isn’t one). And don't wait too long — only 200 packets will go out, only 42 are left, and the deadline for applying is September 10. (You can get more information on the web, though, at www.bqja-haha.com.) This year's fleet is expected to be 110 to 125 boats. Current'paid entries range in size from 27 to 65 feet, and include both monohulls and multihulls. Some are sedate cruisers, others are go-fast machines. There's room for everyone ip the Ha-Ha — including a trawler. The Wanderer, who will agaM serve as the event's Grand Poobear 'from aboard Profligate, looks forward to meeting and heading south with everyone. The first 40: 1) Sabbatical / Maple Leaf 48 / Michael Fitzgerald / Sacramento 2) Gitana / Abeking & Rasmussen 60 / Dennis Choate / Long Beach 3) Quantum / Beneteau First 405 / Frances McAbee, Alameda 4) Prime Directive / F-31 Trimaran / Dave Gilman & Tint Rhine / SF 5) Still Searching / Ben. Oceanis 440 / Ray & Rich Mullinax / Martinez 6) Music / Ben. Oceanis 40CC / Joe Scirica / Redondo Beach 7) KuVipo / Swift 40 / Mark & Sandy Joiner / Orinda 8) Route du Vent / Cheoy Lee Pedrick 43 / Seth & Bev Bailey / Alameda 9) Neverland / Nor'Sea 27 / Naftula Furman / Fairfax 10) Silhouette / Cabo Rico 38 / Alan E. Wulzen / San Francisco 11) Mama Lynn / Wauquiez Centurion 47 / Joe Brandt & Jacque Martin / Alameda 12) Circe II / Hunter 450 / Donald Engle / Lafayette 13) Ocean Child / Pacific Seacraft 44 / Bob Schiffner / San Jose 14) Wavy / Hughes 40 Catamaran / Michael Wright / Winters 15) Ti Arangi / Peterson 27 / Revin Stumpf & Cherie Wiest / Minden, NV 16) Compania / Tayana 42 / John & Susan Pazera / South SF 17) Essence / Hunter Legend 37.5 / Walt Turner / Portland 18) Lady B / Norseman 447 / Helmut & Mary Draxl / Newport, RI 19) Grey Max / Lord Nelson 35 / Bill & Maiy Makepeace / Boulder, CO 20) Exit Strategy /Hershine Motor Yacht / Ben Jones / SF 21) Charisma / Andrews 56 / Dave Sallows / Union City 22) Lancia / Baba 40 / Brent Peterson / Bainbridge Island, WA 23) Wassail / Pacific Seacraft 34 / Colin Banks / Everett, WA 24) Cappuccino / Ericson 38 / Donald & Maty Lou Oliver / San Ramon 25) Raven / Sundeer 64 / Jan & Signe Twardowski / Gig Harbor, WA 26) Seasilk / Hylas 46 / Ed & Becky Scripps / Los Altos 27) Wilderness / Aerodyne 38 / Jeff Rothermel / Manhattan Beach 28) Southern Run / Wauquiez 43 / Robert & Pat Clark / San Diego 29) Windraker / Mason 43 / John Decker / Sunriver OR 30) Felicitd / J/120 / David Snames / Berkeley

coast During the past month Group San Francisco has responded to 201 search and rescue (SAR) cases. This is a slight decline from last month's 236. There were 15 uncorrelated mayday cases in which after a single transmission, the person making the call was either unable or un¬ willing to reply. We responded to eight ‘medevac’ cases in which passengers or crewmembers were overcome by health problems, either chronic or acute and had to be removed from a vessel at sea for medical attention. Unfortunately, one of these cases resulted in a fatality. Eighty

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38) Texan / Mariner 36 / Gary Raczmarek & Lois Bonsall / Dallas 39) Lion's Paw / Wauquiez Pretorian 35 / Jack Fairbanks / Saratoga 0) Crazy Horse / Jeanneau 52.2 / Terry Linderoth / Scottsdale, AZ Stay tuned — we’ll start our mini-bios of these and all the official entries in the September issue. Page 114 •

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new bottom for copperhead ‘The boat is leaking pretty bad every time we sail," a worried John Fenger told master shipwright Jim Linderman. As the caretaker of the 47-ft yawl Copperhead, Fenger was concerned. "Well," Linderman re¬ plied, "let's take her and out have a look.” Linderman was the obvious choice when the beautiful 1939 Phil Rhodes classic wooden yawl started having trouble. He had re-decked the boat in 1995, a job so well done it was featured in WoodenBoat magazine. In fact, at one time or another Linderman has had a hand in the upkeep of many, if not most, of the Bay Area's thoroughbred clas¬ sics. He’s also sailed his own 102-ft classic Alden schooner Alvee around the world. If it’s made of wood and floats (and sometimes even when it doesn’t), Linderman’s often involved with the job. Linderman's family has been in boats and ships for'•generations, continued on outside column of next sightings page

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and how the lessons learned may apply to you as mariners. June 16 — Coast Guard Station Monterey received a 911 call stating that a vehicle had been driven off a cliff just West of Santa Cruz municipal wharf and had landed just inside the surf line. Our 21-ft rigid hull inflatable responded im¬ mediately from our seasonal station in Santa Cruz and our Coastal search and rescue (SAR) partners responded from their respective sites. The two passengers, lucky to be alive, were pulled safely from the car by the courageous first respond¬ ers of the Santa Cruz Fire Department. The passengers were out of the water

Inside out (I to r) — Ribands hold her shape as ‘Copperhead’ gets new frames; Jim Linderman at work; a newer, drier ‘Copperhead’ takes flight. sels, he returned to building and repairing. Even in ‘retirement,’ typi¬ cal projects for Linderman senior were rigging Harold Sommer's 82-ft schooner Wanderbird, and helping to build Babe Lamerdin’s 48-ft schoo¬ ner Elizabeth Muir, which was featured on the cover of WoodenBoat after her launch in 1991. Jim was literally raised at Alameda Boatworks, as well as Stone Boat Yard, helping his father build and repair boats. Working under such a master, Jim learned early and he learned well. By the time Copperhead needed a fix, Linderman had pretty much seen and done it all. So when Fenger called, it didn't take Linderman long to find out what the problem was. Most of the frames were cracked at the waterline, causing the seams to work — and leak — when the boat was sailed hard. The only solution was to reframe, replank and refasten below the waterline. Copperhead's owner, a Bay Area wooden boat aflcianado, gave the go-ahead and the boat was hauled at Bayside Boatworks in Sausalito last December. Normally, extensive frame repair is done from the inside. That means removal of much of the interior. But in Copperhead's case, it was decided not to disturb the otherwise sound ceiling (inner liner) So Linderman and his crew, Zeke McFadden and Greg Goble, completed the job from the outside. They started by fastening ribands — longitudinal stringers — to what was left of the frames as they removed the boat’s original Hondu¬ ras mahogany planks below the waterline. They then set about the long process of sistering the cracked fraihes. The work took until May. In the meantime, Linderman had se¬ cured some long lengths of what he referred to as ’precious’ wood stock — long, clear Port Orford cedar planks (some measuring 35 feet) that would replace the original Honduras mahogany planking. Even the crucial garboard — the plank closest to the keel — was replaced with a new 20-ft plank. After six months, 144 frames sistered and repaired, and 2/3 of the boat replanked, Copperhead slid off the ways. A sail not long after proved her to be as sound, strong — and to everyone's delight dry — as the day she was launched. It was another job well done for Linderman and crew, and another lease on life for a priceless classic.

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SIGHTINGS when we arrived on scene. These people were very lucky to walk away with their lives. It was definitely not your usual maritime SAR case. Sometimes we all need to think terrestrial as well as mari¬ time safety! June 23 — The M/V Constellation called us on channel 16 to report a sail¬ boat sinking on the east side of Angel Is¬ land. Coast Guard stations at Golden Gate and Yerba Buena Island launched boats immediately to respond. Two of the three mariners were retrieved from the Bay's chilly waters by the reporting vessel and transferred to Marin Rescue 1, one of our continued middle of next sightings page

mexico-only crew list Can you believe it’s “that time” again? Time, that is, to start think¬ ing about how you're getting to get to Mexico this fall. If you got out of the stock market when the getting was good, bought a boat and never have to work again, we can help you get crew. If you stayed in the market (or your dot.com job) too long and lost the house, jag and boat, don’t worry, we can help you get a ride on someone else’s boat. Welcome back to the Mexico-Only Crew List, wherein we endeavor once again to get Mexico-bound boat owners together with Mexicodesirous crew, and vice versa. Time was, crew and boat owners used to have to find each other through all sorts of inefficient means. And it was hard enough just to set something up. much less find a decent match of personalities, lifestyles and goals. Now, in addition to the Latitude Crew Lists, there are other lists put together by yacht clubs, chandleries, and various other fleets and organizations. Some are even on the Internet. If you can’t find a boat or crew after all that, maybe it continued on outside column of next sightings page

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just wasn’t meant to happen. If you want to do it with us, here’s how it works: fill out the appro¬ priate form and send it to us with the proper fee. In the October issue, we’ll run a list of all names in two categories — Boat Owners Looking for Crew and Crew Looking for Boats. All names will be followed by mformation about the individual, including skill level, desires, special talents, experience, a contact number and, in the case of boat owners,

SAR partners. The third was picked up by a 47-ft motor lifeboat from Station Golden Gate. They were all turned over to emergency medical services very wet and cold, but otherwise in good shape. These sailors were unable to get a call for assistance out before their vessel went down. Luckily M/V Constellation hap-

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the size and type of boat. All you do then is go down the appropriate list and call up the most appealing prospects. Through the Crew List, lots of people have had lots of neat adven¬ tures. But there are risks, which is why we insist that, ultimately, you must take responsibility for your own actions. Let’s face it, sailing is an

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off Angel Island and was spotted by a good Samaritan who called for help on chan¬ nel 16. Station Golden Gate's 47-ft mo¬ tor lifeboat quickly responded and recovered the singlehanded sailor and took him and his vessel back to the station. In yet another incident, the operator was unable to call for help. Lucky for him that a pass¬ ing tug witnessed the event and called in a Mayday. The sailor was in the water less than 15 minutes. If he had not been seen by the passing tug, he may have never been recovered before hypothermia set in. We can only respond to those emergen¬ cies that we know about. Wear your lifejacket, have reliable communications, and ensure you watch out for each other! June 30 — The S/V Aurora was 23 nautical miles northwest of Cape St. Mar¬ tin and reported to us via radio that its sails had been blown out by high winds. The operator stated that he was uncom¬ fortable operating the 38 footer under power in the 6-8 foot seas, but it was not an emergency. Group San Francisco and later Group Los Angeles/Long Beaph es¬ tablished a 30 minute comms schedule which we maintained until he arrived safely in Morro Bay under his own power. We were able to maintain communications with this vessel and its single person crew throughout the dark and stormy night even though we were not needed to pro¬ vide rescue or emergency response. Some¬ times just knowing that there is someone out there is good enough but you still need good comms gear to even do that! June 30 — We received a report via radio from a vessel that stated it was tak¬ ing on water in the vicinity of Berkeley flats, that they couldn't keep up with the water and had no life jackets onboard. We immediately launched a boat from Station San Fran¬ cisco and a helicopter from Air Station San Francisco. The reporting vessel called back and simply said that their bilge pump was now fixed and went off the ra¬ dio without responding to any follow-up communications. Our units as well as other SAR partners could find no vessel in distress despite a thorough search. We had a similar case a few days later from a disabled sailing vessel at the mouth of the Petaluma River. In that case, after we said that we would notify a civilian salvage company since there was no other dan¬ ger, he suddenly reported that he was tak¬ ing on water. A boat from Station Carquinez quickly responded and foupd the vessel was not taking on any water at all. The point of mentioning these two cases is most boats seem to know how to ‘turn on’ the National SAR system, but

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— cont’d few know how to turn it off when appro¬ priate. In the first case, we were getting constantly changing information, which happens; but if the crew fixed the prob¬ lem they never checked back out of the system so we could tdrn off the people and equipment involved in the search. In the second case, we are quite certain the reporting vessel made their situation sound worse than it was to ratchet us into a distress response. The Coast Guard has limited resources available to respond to emergencies. Our credo for search and rescue is to "Hit it hard and hit it early!" Every time we expend people and equip¬ ment to a case where they really don't need to be, we run the risk that one of you in a "real" distress situation will not be able to get the assistance necessary to save life, limb, or property. If you fix the problem, all we ask is that you simply keep us informed and be honest to help ensure we are ready for the next call. July 5 — The owner of a 50-ft ketch called via cell phone stating that he was disabled a half mile north of Pillar Point. Unable to raise sail, he was drifting towards the rocks. To make mat¬ ters worse we lost comms shortly after the alert (see previ¬ ous entries on need for good VHF comms!) We immediately notified the Pillar Point Harbor Master's office, launched a heli¬ copter from Air Station San Francisco, and got ready to launch a boat from Sta¬ tion Golden Gate. Pillar Point Harbormaster Dan Temko got to him first and saw him raise the sail but way too close to the rocks. Dan and his heroic crew were able to get him in tow and re¬ turned him to the safety of Half Moon Bay! All Coast Guard assets were stood down. This is a good example of how advance notice coupled with our commitment to "Partner to Protect" can help us all. Dan does an outstanding job for all mariners. All of our compatriots in San Mateo County do more than their fair share. We couldn’t do our job without them, and I cannot thank tl^pm or praise them enough. Thanks partners! That's it for this edition. It seems that the recurring theme from lessons learned this month is don't go out unprepared for the worst conditions that you may en¬ counter. Several people in just these cases owe their very lives to a fellow manner who happened to be in the right place at the right time, who had the wherewithal to ask for additional help. Sail safe out there, and count on us and our counter¬ parts as your "Partners to Protect." Take care of each other! — cdrjames maes

don’t fax the forms to us. We have to receive the fee with the form.

3) One form per person, please — unless you and a friend want to go only if you can go together. Whether you’re a couple or just friends, applying for a ‘group rate’ does diminish your chances of find¬ ing a boat somewhat. But holding out for a skipper who will take you both will certainly enhance the adventure. In these situations, both parties should fill out one Crew List form and send in one fee. If you think you’ll need additional forms, or want to send some to friends, simply make copies of the ones on these pages. 4) Be honest. The simplest rule of all. In this case, being honest means not inflating your experience or skill level because you think it’s what someone wants to hear. In sailing, perhaps more than any other sport, if you don’t know what you’re talking about, people who do can recognize it instantly. BS’ers don’t get rides. Contrary to what you might think, honest folks of little or no expe¬ rience often get rides. It has to do with some experienced skippers preferring to train people in their way of doing things. 5) Women can use first names only. If you are female, you will get calls. Possibly lots of them. We’ve talked to women who say they have gotten hundreds of calls, some months or even years after the Crew List is published. For this reason, we recommend that women use first names only, and that they not use a home phone number as a contact. Instead, use a P.O. Box, answering service, fax number, email or other contact that insulates you a bit. It also makes screening easier. Finally — guys and women — please keep the hormone thing out of the Crew List process. Once your crewing situation is worked out, if you like what you see, then let nature take its course. But please, not before. Thanks. t

6) If you take part in the Crew List, you get into the Crew List party free! Back in the old days, the Crew List party used to be a relatively low-key affair. It has now grown into a Mexico cruising event of epic proportions, complete with T-shirt giveaways, seminars and all kinds of other neat stuff. And it’s not just for Crew Listers anymore, but serves as a rendezvous point and reunion for Baja Ha-Ha Rally participants past and present. This year’s party date and location have not been decided yet — we’ll let you know as soon as they are. If you haven’t lined up a boat or crew by then, come on by for a last chance at the party itself (everyone wears color-coded nametags, so spotting crew or boat owners is easy). If you have a boat/crew spot, plan on homing by anyway for an enjoy¬ able evening with like-minded people heading south. _• We’ll have more on the Crew List/Ha-Ha party in upcoming issues. For now, get those forms in. The way the weather thing’s been going, you’re going to be able to turn Mark Twain s famous phrase around pretty easily into the motto of the Mexico Cruising Class of ‘01 -’02: ‘The warmest summer I ever spent was a winter in Mexico.”

short sightings DRAKES BAY — Like a harvest moon or the confluence of the plan¬ ets, it’s only a matter of time till debate about Drakes Bay surfaces again in these parts. Specifically, delate over whether the famous En¬ glish privateer ever really stopped there to careen his Golden Hind as his logs, local folklore and a crude map have had the faithful believ¬ ing for more than 400 years. This go-around. ‘a matter of time’ was actually the key element in uncovering the latest evidence. According to his logs, in 1579 Drake did stop somewhere along the West Coast to repair the leaking bottom of his ship. (His own calcula¬ tions place the spot at 38°30’ N, which is the latitude of Fort Ross, only 30 miles north of Drakes.) But to date, 17 other possible locales stretch¬ ing from Southern California to Alaska have been proposed, including one inside the Bay near Greenbrae. The problem with positive ID is continued on outside column of next sightings page

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that Drake left little direct evidence — a plaque and a coin, both of which were apparently found in Drakes Bay in the 1930s but have since been discounted by some historians. Earlier this year, the believers got an inspiration boost when a sand¬ bar reappeared at the mouth of Drake’s Estero, an almost landlocked body of water in the northwest flank of Drakes Bay. It’s ’return’ made the entrance to the Estero more closely match the map sketched by Drake or his navigator in 1579 and redrawn by cartographers several years later. Raymond Aker of Palo Alto, one of the country’s leading Drake ex¬ perts and a member of the local Drake Navigators Guild, developed the theory that the sandbar in the old map came and went in 50-year cycles. As old aerial photos showed, the spit was last visible in the mid-1950s. On April 18, Aker and an associate climbed a windy bluff over the Estero — and there it was again. As circumstantial as this evidence is, we doff our hats to the clever intellect that predicted it. Verifiable proof remains elusive. In the end, whether the famous privateer really visited the Bay that bears his name may never be known lor sure. Like Roswell, the Shroud of Turin and the face on Mars, it may forever remain an intriguing mystery. OFF NANTUCKET — July marked the 45th anniversary of one of the most famous sinkings in history, that of the Italian liner Andrea continued on outside column of next sightings page Page 122 •

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Our Looking Good’ boat of the month for July is Jeff Ames’ and Kay Rudiger’s Freya 39 Native. And we must say, it’s about flipping time! You see, the photo above, taken on June 29, is of Native's very first sail un¬ der their ownership. Yet they acquired the boat in 1994! No, it’s not one of those “Never had the time” things. The fact is, virtually ever spare minute (and dollar) they’ve had for the last seven years has gone into the boat. They’ve done an amazing job, too, considering what she looked like when they got her. ‘Rough’ doesn’t begin to describe her. The hull and deck were crudely and im¬ properly fastened. What little ‘interior’ was there was comprised of bargain basement plywood hastily tacked to the hull. The mast step was a blob of bondo with a few layers of glass over it. Since the boat lacked the usual weight of a real interior, she needed more ballast. The owner had added it in the form of lead ingots — lag

SIGHTINGS shorts — cont’d Doria, which collided in fog with the liner Stockholm on July 26, 1956 and sank a day later. Doria's fame came not from the huge loss of life of a Titanic or Lusitania (although 51 people were killed), but from TV. For the first time, the sinking of a large ship was filmed and aired for all to see. In more recent years, the Doria has gained new notoreity as the ‘Everest of Diving.’ Lying on her starboard side more than 200 feet down in murky 40-degree water and tricky currents, she was, until recently, unattainable by recreational divers. (Titanic lies in 13,000 feet, about 100 times deeper than the generally acknowledged limit for scuba.) But advancements in gear in recent years have changed that. Now, with the proper combination of gear, mixed gasses, training and money — as much as $10,000 — the Andrea Doria can be reached. A relic such as a simple china cup proves a diver has achieved the ulti¬ mate — he’s been inside. Unfortunately, several divers have achieved another ultimate in recent years: they’ve died on the wreck. Three per¬ ished in 1998 and two more died the following year, leading to the inevitable push for greater oversight, if not regulation, by the Coast Guard. The Coasties countered that the wreck, which lies 55 miles south of Nantucket, is technically out of their purview, not to mention that the Coast Guard regulates boats, not divers. Appropriately, the dive charter industry picked up the slack in policing the situation on its own — making sure, for example, that divers aren’t exaggerating their qualifications. There were no fatalities on the wreck in 2000. CHICAGO — Unless you’ve been assigned the task of listing the world’s ugliest blood-sucking parasites, you probably haven’t given lampreys much thought lately. The bane of fisheries from the Atlantic to the Great Lakes, these long, eel-like fish make their living by attach¬ ing to other fish with their raspy, suction-cup mouths and basically sucking the life out of them. Under some conditions, only one fish in seven will survive such attacks. Great Lakes fisheries have been par¬ ticularly hard hit, as lampreys were not native to the area, but have adapted. Now it seems the lowly lamprey may go down in history as part of the world’s first true ‘cyborg’ — a combination of living organ¬ ism and machine. Scientists at Northwestern Medical School in Chi¬ cago have created a simple robot whose main ‘processor’ is the brain stem of a lamprey. Lamprey brains proved ideal for this use because they are simple, plentiful, self-correcting (they compensate if the fish is injured) — and they last for weeks in refrigerated saline solution. When wires from the robot’s optical sensors are Pegged into the brain’s vestibular system (which enables the animal to distinguish up frpm down), the wallet-size, two-wheeled robot scurries off toward the brightest light. Theorizing that the brain thinks light is “up”, develop¬ ers have gotten the robot to move toward the light, away from it, or

native bolted to the keel from the outside. End¬ ing the tragic first half of this Cinderella tale, the sails for the boat burned up in the Oakland fire, and a short time later the original owner succumbed to cancer. When Native went on the market, many people were attracted by the bargain price. Jeff, a general contractor and Kay, an ac¬ countant, were the only ones that didn’t take one look and run the other way. The transformation of the boat since those days has been nothing short of amazing. Jeff literally took her apart apart and started over, and no yard or produc¬ tion line ever did a more exquisite job. The ‘ugly duckling’ of the Freya line is well on her way to becoming one of the most handsome examples in existence. Native’s formal christening will occur on August 31, Jeff and Kay’s fourth wed¬ ding anniversary. (With a sail number of 83197, Jeff has no excuse to ever forget that important date!) Then it’s back to work to complete the interior systems in preparation for cruising in a few years.

circle in a spiral. It’s a far cry from The Terminator, but creators of the so-called Khepera robot hold big hopes for the future of the technology, includ¬ ing recognition of landmarks, “visual stimuli” classification and even the development of robotic prostheses for humans. NIKUMARORO ATOLL — A group dedicted to the recovery of his¬ toric aircraft has become sufficiently intrigued by satellite images taken of Nikumaroro Atoll that they will send a dive team to the tiny dot in the Pacific 2,000 miles southwest of Hawaii later this year. Their hope: that a rust-colored smudge on the outer reef turns out to be the longlost Lockheed Electra of Amelia Earhart. Said to be the most famous woman of her time, Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappeared on the next to last leg of an around-the-world flight that started from Oakland in 1937. SAN FRANCISCO — Black gold and white snow: U.S. Customs found 515 pounds of cocaine hidden in an oil tanker berthed in Martinez last month. Operating on a tip. Customs located 199 bricks of the drug behind a metal plate in the engine room. A street value had not been determined at presstime, but was said to be in the millions. /

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TRANSPAC 2001

A hilippe Kahn's ship came in. literally and figura¬ tively. at 3:34 p.m. on July 9. That's when his lean and mean new R/P 74 Pegasus crossed the Diamond Head finish line of the 41st TransPac Race, the biennial 2,225mile downwind sprint from Los Angeles to Honolulu. Kahn won the prestigious Barn Door (fastest elapsed time) by over an hour, dash¬ ing the Pyewacket crew’s hopes for an unprecedented three-peat. People have spent a lifetime, not to mention small fortunes, trying to solve the riddle of .the Barn Door — Kahn, ob¬ viously a very bright guy, figured it all out In just a few years. The intense, three-way match race for the Barn Door — between the 'old' Pyewacket and the new sisterships Pe¬ gasus and Chance— was by far the most interesting part of this year's otherwise routine and intimate (just 33 boats, same as in '99) TransPac. After a decade of thrilling finishes — Medicine Man's epic error in '89; clean sweeps in the sled wars by Chance in '91 and Silver Bullet in ’93; Cheval's amazing jury-rigged Barn Door win in '95; Pyewackets back-to-back

Spread — Bam Door winner ’Pegasus’ barrels down the homestretch. Above, Philippe Kahn (back row, third from left) and his all-star crew. records in '97 and '99 — this year's TransPac seemed tame and rather ordi¬ nary in comparison. Maybe the conditions were just too placid —15 knots most of the time, with winds peaking at 25 nearer the islands. Improbably, the skies were blue and the nights were mostly cloudless — even the squalls were lacking in intensity this year. "This was an incredibly pleasant sail,” claimed Medicine Man crew Alan Andrews. "It was so nice even Leweck

would have enjoyed it!" (Ed. note — Tom Leweck is the founder and thusfar only commodore of TransPac Anonymous, "a non-profit organization designed to protect yachtsmen from unscru¬ pulous boat owners who make promises about sunny July sailboat rides to Hawaii.") Unfortunately, a small fleet enjoying a comfort¬ able crossing doesn't make for scintillating reading — no masts fell, no blood was shed, no major mistakes were made, and even the par¬ ties on TransPac Row were quite tame this year. Likewise, no one drove a rental car into the Ala Wai, no one got an am¬ bulance ride after face planting on the pavement after too many mai-tais, and — well, you get the idea. Sometimes the story is the lack of a story. But even in a quiet year, the TransPac — the most legendary race on the West Coast — is still worthy of a closer look.

Here's a brief synopsis of what happened, broken down by division:

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Division I — Pegasus Four turbos showed up for a shot at the Barn Door, but in the end — as ex¬ pected — it came down to a battle be¬ tween the all-pro team on Pegasus and Roy Disney’s ’extended family' on the defending champion Pyewacket Chance, Bob McNulty’s new R/P 74, was also in and out of the hunt, but faded at the end. A1 Micallefs Lee 68 Merlin, despite her mega-buck remodel and stunning new graphics, was never a factor. The old sailing adage about races be¬ ing ’won at the dock’ rings particularly true this year, as Pegasus owner Philippe Kahn left no stone unturned in his un¬ abashed quest for victory. After coming in last in Division I in the '99 TransPac on his 'training' turbo {an Andrews 70+, formerly ChevaJ), Kahn saw the future — and it looked a lot like Pyewacket and Zepyhrus IV. He quickly ordered an up¬ dated masthead version of these designs from Reichel/Pugh, had the high-tech boat built at McConaghy’s in Sydney, and took delivery of his new ’winged horse’ in Santa Cruz several months before the race. Next, Kahn began assembling an entirely new crew. He managed to entice Zan Drejes away from an eight-year tenure with Pye¬ wacket, offering him a hill-time position as boat captain •

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Flag of ages — 'Chance'may have started a new TransPac tradition with this revealing battleflag.

coup that helped short-cut the new turbosled's learning curve and insured that the boat would be perfectly pre¬ pared. The package deal of navigator Mark Rudiger and hot driver Jeff Madrigali, a 1-2 punch who have now notched four Barn Doors together, added invaluable TransPac experience. The rest of the crew was rounded out by young, aggressive pro sailors — Mor¬ gan Larson, Curtis Blewett, Kevin Miller, Mike Mottl, Adam Beashel, John Hayes, and Don McCracken. Mellowing out this band of "hired mercenaries", as Zan la¬ belled them, was Kahn's 11-year-old son SamueL aka 'Shark', believed to be the youngest crewman ever to sail the TransPac. To bring himself up to the level of his crew, Kahn trained rigorously in all sorts of boats — Farr 40s, Mumm 30s, Melges 24s — in the two years between TransPacs. No owner has ever worked harder to improve his sailing skills, or come further, in such a short time. Merlin fell into a parking lot near San Nicholas Island the first night and never recovered, but the ensuing battle be¬ tween the three R/P turbos was spec¬ tacular. Due to the new twice-daily roll calls, the three boats stayed in constant touch with each other — turning the race into a tactical one, not a navigational one. Pegasus, with a tick more speed than Pyewacket, soon realized that they could win as long as they didn't let Disney, and his ace navigator Stan Honey, out of thenclutches. It was relentless, even closer than when we had 15 sleds in the race," said Drejes. "Usually, you're lucky if you see a boat during the race. This time you were lucky if you didn't!" It was a 2,000-mile match race," claimed Kahn, who chronicled Pegasus's progress with daily emails and pictures Page 126 *

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posted to www.pegasus.com. "It felt more like a Farr 40 or Melges buoy race." Pyewacket owner Roy Disney agreed. "Day five looked like an ad for North Sails. All three of us were half a mile away from each other!" With just 36 hours to go, the race was down to two boats, as by then Chance had fallen back after getting stuck behind a squall. 1 he sprint to the finish favored Pegasus, whose athletic crew nearly tore the winches off the decks in their frenzy to

grind on every wave. Kahn andcompany fared best in the final squall, pulling away from Pyewacket in more pressure. Pegasus finished after 8 days, 2 hours, and 34 minutes, averaging 11.44 knots over the course. As Pegasus was Right horse for the course — the new 'Pe¬ gasus' had a stellar debut. Inset, skipper Philippe Kahn and 11-year-old son 'Shark'.

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sailing under the Waikiki YC's burgee (Philippe maintains a second house in Honolulu), the victory was a popular one. Pyewacket came in an hour and three minutes after Pegasus, followed another hour and a half later by Chance. Though the wind never really piped up, and Pe¬ gasus fell 15 hours short of Pyewacket! s '99 record of 7:11:41, the trio all had de¬ cent times — in fact, Pegasus posted the 10th fastest TransPac time ever out of the 1,495 entries over the years. Pye¬ wacket-was 13th fastest; Chance 14th. As they tied up on TransPac Row and joined the ongoing party, the Chance gang hoisted a large blue battleflag with the number '47.58' on it. 'We couldn't come up with a graphic, so we went with our crew's average age," explained navi¬ gator Dale Nordin. The next day, after a trip to the sail loft, a similar flag flew on Pyewacket under the Mickey Mouse and Magic Cat house flags. Theirs said '52.4 T. Several other boats responded with homemade flags — Firebird's was ’52.375', While Bonaire's shower curtain flag was '55.65'. The flags spoke volumes about the TransPac. "The fleet’s not getting any younger," noted Pyewacket's Robbie Haines. Division n — Grand Illusion James McDowell's SC 70 Grand Illu¬ sion, the dominant sled on the West Coast and the '99 overall TransPac win¬ ner, returned to the race several thou¬ sand pounds lighter and with a new R/P keel — improvements made after tweak¬ ing their old keel on a whale while re-,

‘Grand Illusion' on final approach, this time with their mainsail intact. For a change, most of the fleet finished during the day this time.

turning from setting the Vic-Maui record last summer. The new, improved G.J. continued her hot streak by posting a 1.5-hour win over runner-up J/Bird III, Dave Janes' new Andrews-designed TP 52. G.I.’s tight crew included four Bay Area sailors — Roland Brun, Hogan Beatie, Ian Klitza and Will Paxton — in addition to navigator/ Patrick O'Brien, Sam Heck, Ty Pryne and Tom Andrews. "We got out of the blocks in good shape, and then were able to hang on," said James. If, the race had been any longer or windier, J/Bird III would probably have won. They were coming on strong at the end, confirming what everyone expected — that the new TP 52s are faster than ULDB 70s. J/Bird IE finished three hours ahead of G.I., but was unable to touch them on corrected time. "The new boat's a dream," reported Janes. "Weil have four TP 52s at the Big Boat Series, and two more are on order. Hopefully, we’ll have a lot more of these designs here in two years!" The R/P 68 Taxi Dancer, under lease to Brian Mock, sailed a smart race to come in third. Bay Area sailors Robin Sodaro and Kevin Riley were primary drivers among the huge (14 people!) crew. Yassou, Jim and Nancy Demetriades' light blue N/M-designed TP 52, was fourth. Like several other boats in this class, they got stuck in the lee of San Nicholas Island the first night, spotting the fleet almost 100 miles. Accordingly,

Yassou and J/Bird III never lined up next to each other, so the question of which is faster downwind remains unanswered. Bob Lane's latest iteration of Medicine Man — basically all the parts off his 56footer put on a 61-foot hull — was fifth. After a slow start, Medicine Man found her groove and was catching up quickly, but had too much rating to overcome (they owed the sleds about nine hours). The aging 1967 downwind flyer Ragtime, under charter to Trish Steele and Owen Minney, was next. Like Merlin, it was Rags' twelfth TransPac — a record that may never be topped, and both boats are far from done yet. Paul Buettner, Trish's nephew, was among the Rags crew —

'James World' — Ed McDowell (left) showed up to congratulate son James, who sailed the fam¬ ily's 'Grand Illusion' to another fine finish.

making four generations of the Steele family to have competed in the TransPac. Howard Gordon's Open 50 Etranger was last in class, not unexpectedly as this was one of three doublehanded ef¬ forts. Gordon and crew Jay Crum were August, 2001 •

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TRANSPAC 2001 enjoying a fine, mostly trouble-free out¬ ing when, 60 miles from Hawaii, the block holding their kevlar spinnaker hal¬ yard at the top of the mast broke. Under tremendous load, the internally-led hal¬ yard ripped Etranger's carbon fiber mast down to the top spreaders. The duo fin¬ ished the race under main alone, afraid to press the wounded rig. Howard and Jay ended up second in the doublehanded competition to Two Guys on the Edge, but had the satisfac¬ tion of setting a new doublehanded TransPac record — 10 days, 4 hours, and 4 minutes. That eclipsed the earlier record, set by the MacGregor 65 Black Jackin 1995's inaugural doujplehanded race, by a day and a half] "I'd go again," said Jay. "I think the boat’s capable of doing the race in eight days." , Division III — Cantata "If we go the right way and don't break anything, we could do well," claimed Brent .Vaughan before the race. That's exactly what happened as Vaughan, a San Francisco biotech marketing execu¬ tive and J/105 owner, piloted his char¬ tered Andrews 53 Cantata to a one hour, 38 minute victory over the N/M 55 Firebird. Cantata's crew — all TransPac virgins except for Vaughan, who did the '83 and '89 races — consisted mostly of San Francisco Bay J/24 and J/105 sailors — Steve Pugh, Paul Reyff, Ian Vickers, Simon King, John Roberts, Jim Teipen and the owner's rep, young Erik Shampain. "We were all pretty new to distance The Bay Area rules! We sent just two boats this year, Pegasus’ and ’Cantata’, and they both won. Below, the happy ’Cantata’ crew.

named Riptide 55 Rocket Science, ru¬ mored to be lacking in crew harmony, was fifth. Division IV — Bull This eight-boat hodge-podge was quickly reduced to seven boats when the

Brent Vaughan, owner of the local J/105 ’Jabberwocky’, put together a ginning program with the Andrews 53 ’Cantata’. racing, especially the weather part," con¬ fessed Vaughan. "But we learned just enough to figure it all out! Everyone on the crew worked really hard, especially Erik." Firebird (ex-Lone Star), under charter to Greg Sands, Jeriy Montgomery and a closeknit group of Alamitos Bay sailors, was second. This was the fourth TransPac together for most of the crew, with previous trips on Stealth Chicken, Ralphie (which they sailed to overall hon¬ ors in '97) and Patriot. Bengal II, a tired-looking Japanese Ohashi 52, was third despite taking the slower northern route. They had some really fast days near the end, indicating what the boat was capable of had it been pointed in the right direction. The other two boats in this small class were off the pace — the Japanese Baronesa V, a brand new, French-built, twin-ruddered Open 40, was a distant fourth. The aptly -

Sitting ’Bulls’ — Division IV and overall win¬ ner Seth Radow (right), with his ’other’ new baby, Leah, and navigator Steve Steiner. skinny Fast 40 Lawn Dart dropped out after a day with electrical problems. Leading the eclectic division from start to finish was Seth Radow's squeaky new Sydney 40 Bull, which corrected out over the ID-35 Sensation by 3 hours, 39 min¬ utes. In the process, Radow and naviga¬ tor Steve Steiner, Rick and Vince Valdes, Lee Lewis, Joe Dervin and Mark Van Gessel also won the 41st TransPac over¬ all. It was a Cinderella story. Bull turned out to be the right type of boat for this year's weather; she started on the best date of the three staggered starts; she hit all the shifts, and didn't break any¬ thing major — though the bottom half of the spinnaker pole track puHed off the mast, and her crew ground through three sets of spinnaker sheets. "Winning the TransPac is the highlight of my sporting career! claimed Seth, who was once a nationally-ranked ski racer. "Sailing is a unique sport where amateurs can com¬ pete against pros and, by the grace of God, beat them on occasion." Radow, a 37-year-old Los Angeles money manager who also owns the forsale Sydney'4T Glama!, barely got Bull — the 17th and latest Sydney 40 — in time for the race. Unlike the controver¬ sial one design Sydney 40s which were

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THE WRATH OF KAHN 2001 TransPac Results Cl FI

Yacht

Type

Skipper

HomsPati

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DIVISION 1 (Starts July 1) 1 2 Pegasus

Cm,Jim.

R/P74 Santa Cruz' 194 34.03 Philippe Kahn 194 33.16 2 3 Pyewacket Ft P 73 Roy E. Disney Los Angeles 195:36:58 195:36:29 to be used in the Admiral's Cup, . 3 4 Chance R P 74 197 no 0c Bob NcNuity Corona del Mar 197:08:24 this one was lightened and 4 13 Merlin's Reata LfcC 68 Fl Worth, TX 209-31 18 Al Micallef 209.45.J5 turboed for ocean facing. "Bull DIVISION II (Starts July 1) is wicked fast," said Seth. "We 1 8 Grand Illusion SC 70 218:34:24 James McDowell 203 41 33 Haiku, HI sailed hard right from the begin¬ 2 9 J-Bird III TransPac 52 David Janes Newport Beach 215 36-10 205.12:48 3 11 Taxi Dancer R'P 66 220.17 13 Brian Mock Corona dni Mar 205-59.13 ning, even port-tacking the fleet 4 15 Yassou TransPac 52 J. & N. Demetriades 221:50.42 n 1 24 20 Beverly Hills at the start! We made most of our b 16 Medicine Man Andrews 61 Bob Lane 218.47.43 212:11:02 Long Beach gains in the beginning, and wor¬ 6 18 Ragtime Spencer 65 O. Minney/T. Steele Honolulu 214 57.33 ried about Sensation, who we 7 19 Mongoose SC 70 Robert Saeilll 232.18.32 216-29.57 La Jolla 8 23 Etranger* Jutson 50 244.04.49 Howard Gordon San Luis Obispo 236 13.14 owed 3.5 hours, constantly." Sensation (ex-Wild Thing) DIVISION III (Started June 30) 1 7 Cantata Andrews 53 203 -10 28 Brent Vaughan San Fiancisco 247:44:54 stalked Bull all the way, but 2 10 Firebird ... N-M $5 Greg Sands & Assoc. Long Beach 248:16:10 205 18-50 couldn't catch them. "We would 3 13 Bengal II Ohashi 52 Yoshi hike Murase Nagoya, Japan 232:20-56 208 UP 12 have liked more wind," reported 4 20 Baronesa V Open 40 Shuichi Ogasawara ,’•0 49.14 Mtyagi Japan 222.33-43 new owner Mike Thomas. The 5 21 Rocket Science Nguyen Le Riptide 55 ■ 241 26-49 Amsterdam 222 50-19 inside of the ID-35 was appar¬ DIVISION IV (Started June 30) ently like a sauna, but her six1 1 Bull Sydney 40 Seth Radow 257.49.19 ;y 93 2 5 Sensation ID-35 Mike Thomas cl. 197.40-13 266 07 05 person crew seemed to enjoy 3 6 Two Guys on Edge* Sonoma 30 203 07-27 Dan Doyle 306:46:19 Honolulu their 'camping trip' regardless. 4 14 Ouchl 2/8:15 47 J/120 Ted Mayes SJ Capistrano 210:60:22 The third place boat, the Olson 40 5 17 Uproarious , Robert Bussard 286-07-58 213 05-32 Santa Fe Swan 4,> doublehanded Sonoma 30 Two 6 24 Mystere Jorge Morales Laguna Niguel 334-33-02 236:36:06 7 26 Watercolors* Sabre 402 Michael Abraham Newport Beach 241 ,15 31 335-56:28 Guys on the Edge, was even - - LawnDart Fast 40 Bill Allan DNF Nanaimo. BC DNP , . more spartan. Yet despite run¬ ALOHA DIVISION A (Started June 25) ning out of 'real' food two days Wendy Siegal 29J 07-14 1 22 Willow Wind Sunset Beach 342.48:25 Cal 40 from the islands, skipper Dan Jim Warmington 2 25 Shanakee II Pedriek 75 239 05 39 Balboa ; • 279.51:38 Doyle and Bruce Burgess were Ericson 41 Josef Sedivec Bonita 371 48 05 248 43 45 3 28 Seda 387 41 0! Ericson 35 AI Wheatman Manna del Rey 4 30 Sea Dancer two of the happiest sailors on 256:28:03 265:55:06 Gtl Jones & Assoc. 334:53:56 6 31 Bonaire Moody 46 Newport Beach TransPac Row. Tartan 41 Jim Fabrick l aguna Beach 375 09:09 266:25:25 6 32 Gecko "I'm just glad to be here! The ALOHA DIVISION B (Started June 25) TransPac curse almost struck 335:55:26 Barry Ruff Vancouver, BC 246:22:57 1 27 Axapac Wylie 39 me again," said Dan, alluding to 317 01.24 250 05 32 P, & P. Anderson Laguna Beach 2 29 Stardust Wylie 46 his two previous attempts with *=Doubiehanded • Two Guys (in '97, his rudder ■ / broke; in '99, he had to bail out on the market. They easily won doublehanded honors at the last minute and Les Vasconcellos fourth in Division IV went to the J/ over Etranger and Watercolors, a Sabre took his place). "At the five minute gun, 120 Ouch!, which did just fine despite 402 sailed rather casually by two 64we realized that our jib didn't fit in the our jab at spritpolers in last month's pre¬ year-old friends. Doyle and Burgess, new headfoil. I was incredibly frustrated view. The rest of the class was rounded botfi popular sailors in Hawaii, dedicated until Kirk Wilson, owner of the SC 50 out by the Olson 40 Uproarious and a their race to the local Leukemia/Lym¬ Bay Wolf, removed his headfoil and pair of boats which unfortunately fin¬ phoma Society and declared 12-year-old handed it over to us. Without him, we ished the morning after the Friday, July Natalie Frazier, a lymphoma survivor, an wouldn't have done the race." 13, awards ceremony — the Swan 42 honorary crewmember. With his Two Guys finished the "easy" cross¬ Mystere and Watercolors, which received doublehanded TransPac quest finally ing in 12 days, 18 hours —just eight the Tail End Charlie trophy. "Our goal behind him, Doyle is putting Two Guys hours slower than the boat's 99 passage.

Howard Gordon (left) and Jay Crum set a new doublehanded course record with 'Etranger '.

'Edgy Guys' — Bruce Burgess (left) and Dan Doyle won the doublehanded trophy.

Wendy Siegal sailed her 36-year-old Cal 40 'Wil¬ low Wind' to victory in the Aloha Division.

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Above left, Dale Nordin ('Chance') rehydrates. Below left, Robbie Haines ('Pyewacket'), and Stardust'ers Lydia Bird, and Peter and Patricia Anderson. Right, Barn Door runner-up Roy Disney ('Pyewacket').

was to get to Hawaii safely and have a good time," said Watercolors owner Michael Abraham. "Winning wasn't the objective."

Aloha Division — Willow Wind Last, but not least, were the eight heavy-displacement boats in the Aloha Division (formerly known as the Cruis¬ ing Division). This kinder, gentler ap¬ proach to the TransPac started on June Page 130 • UtiUAZg • August, 2001

25, a six-day headstart on the Bam Door candidates. Two of these 'furniture' boats (Axapac and Stardust) were deemed slightly racier than the other six, and were given their own sub-division. First to finish, both in the Aloha Divi¬ sion and in fleet, was — to no one's sur¬ prise — Jim Warmington's beautiful new Pedrick 75 Shanakee II. Their 11.5-day passage may have been the most luxuri¬ ous TransPac ever, as the boat had every

amenity imaginable. 'We enjoyed air con¬ ditioning, great food and drink, music, hot showers every day, and even did laundry several times," reported past TPYC commodore L.J. Edgcomb, who brought his 15-year-old son Grant along for the ride.. They also caught and ate eight mahi mahi and two tuna — but lost a $75 lure to a hungry marlin! Current TPYC vice commodore Brad Avery was a watch captain on Shanakee,

Above, Morgan Larson and Curtis Blewett ('Pegasus'), and 'Willow Wind's inspiration. Right, Pete Heck ('J-Bird') and baby Sam. Below, ‘Alaska Eagle's Grant Baldwin, Sheri and Rich Crowe.

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Above left, Paul Buettner and aunt Trish Steele ('Rags'). Above right, L.J. Edgcomb and 15-year-old son Grant ('Shanakee'). Below, the G.l.' Bay Area contingent, from left — Ian Kiitza, Roland Brun, Hogan Beatie, admirer Mackenzie St. Laurence, Will Paxton, and Hogan's girlfriend Mariah.

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Above, Kara and Chris Busch ('Sensation') were honeymooning. Below, the two really hot guys.

and like everyone else aboard, arrived tanned and rested. "It doesn't get much better than that," said Avery, who lias now done the race on every kind of boat imaginable. "It’ll be hard to go on some¬ thing smaller or less civilized now." Bonaire, a 1977 Moody 65 chartered from Orange Coast College by a group headed by past TPYC commodore Gil Jones, was second to finish in the Aloha Division, but fell much lower on cor-

Faces in the crowd — a random walk down TransPac Row. All photos latitude/rob. rected time. This 'commodores cruise' (the 12-man crew included three past TPYC commodores and three past LAYC commodores) included three gentlemen over 70. To us, at least, this 'mature' group embodied what the Aloha Division is all about. They caught fish, ate incred¬ ibly well (a dedicated chef prepared their

gourmet meals) and, from the sound of it, drank more wine and cocktails than anyone else. Claimed Gil, "It was an ex¬ cellent trip, marred by only one tragedy — our TV set fell over and broke the first night out!" Wendy Siegal's 36-year-old Cal 40 Willow Wind pulled into Hawaii two and a half days later, correcting out on Shanakee by six hours to win this divi¬ sion. Willow Wind's six-person crew, like August, 2001 • UxruUc 3? • Page 131

TRANSPAC 2001 some others in the Aloha Division, cel¬ ebrated the Fourth of July with a steak barbecue (cooked off a grill clamped to the stern pulpit) and decorated the boat with streamers and flags. Unlike most of their peer group, the Willow Wind crew never took their kite down after hoisting it, and they also had a firm plan. "We researched the weather and were con¬ vinced the southerly route would pay off," said Wendy. "And it did!" This was the second TransPac in a row for Siegal and her navigator/signifi¬ cant other, Duncan Harrison. "We fin¬ ished third with Willow Wind in '99 even after breaking the boom," said Wendy, who quit her job at Nordstrom’s to do this race again. "It was nice to’win it this time, and I hope it inspires other ordi¬ nary people' to give the TransPac a shot. I'd like to come back in two years — pref¬ erably on someone else's bigger boat!" Axapac won the two-boat 'Wylie Divi¬ sion’ and was third overall in the Aloha Division, followed by the Sedivec family's cruising-bound Ericson 41 Seda. (Father Joe Sedivec and sons Peter, age 21, and Danny, 18, were the most family-oriented

same distance.

TransPac MVP — 'Pegasus' boat captain Zan Drejes won the Don Vaughn Memorial Award (top crew) for the second tirne. In '99, he was similarly honored for his'~role on 'Pyewacket'. boat this year.) Stardust, navigated by Alameda sailor/author/solo sailor Lydia Bird, Sea Dancer and Gecko brought up the rear. Sea Dancer, an Ericson 35, posted the slowest time in the fleet — 16 days, 3 hours, 44 minutes, a 5.74 aver¬ age. Pegasus, by comparison, took al¬ most exactly half that time to covep the

I^vven in this relatively undramatic year, it's impossible to do justice to the TransPac in our allotted pages. Anyone interested in learning more should check out the official website, www.transpacificyc.org, as well as www.pegasus.com, Philippe Kahn's cool sailing website. Both are excellent. Also, look for an ESPN half hour show on the TransPac this September. (In case anyone is won¬ dering why ESPN continues to support the shrinking TransPac, remember the connection — the Disney Company.) So ends the latest chapter in the TransPac's illustrious 100-year history. Despite its current problems — dwin¬ dling entries, lack of sponsorship, an aging audience ('47.58'?) — this great event will certainly survive, if not even¬ tually prosper again. Maybe all that's needed are more races like this last one — by consensus, the easiest and most pleasant in ages — to put the TransPac back on everyone's radar screen. — latitude /rkm

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he waters inside harbors and small bays are usually smooth. We don’t know if it's harmonic convergence or what, but recently the waters from Richardson Bay to Santa Barbara to Honolulu have become roiled. Exactly what will happen next in each area is uncertain, but the ramifications are sig¬ nificant. We might as well start in Richardson Bay, where the right to live aboard an anchored-out boat — or even flotsam —

:Boats are a respected housing alternative and an excellent solution to the Bay Area's critical housing shortage. ' —John L Burton has been a contentious issue for nearly 25 years. Two months ago, the remain¬ ing 39 anchor-outs — down from a much higher number only a couple of years ago — were in a state of high anxiety, as they feared their continued existence on the water was in immediate danger. But now, thanks to the unexpected intervention of one of the state's most powerful •poli¬ ticians, the prospects of anchor-outs are looking brighter than they have in years. And so are those of folks who believe that boats — anchored out or in marinas — are an appropriate source of low-cost housing. Here's how it has evolved: In the view of the Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC) — as well at the Attorney General and the State Lands Commission — living aboard anchored-out boats and other floating things has been an illegal use of public trust lands for many years. Not that this has stopped anyone determined to do so on Richardson Bay. Nonetheless, for the last year or two, the BCDC has seen what in their view is progress' on Richardson Bay, as Bill Price, the bay's Harbor Ad¬ ministrator, has been successful in re¬ moving and destroying a number of der¬ elict vessels and substantially reducing the number of anchor-outs. Against this eroding backdrop, there were two other things that worried an¬ chor-outs. The first was a BCDC meet¬ ing on June 7, during which the BCDC Commissioners were to consider the BCDC Staffs recommendations about how to handle the remaining anchorouts and derelict vessels in Richardson Bay. The second worry was legislation Page 134 •

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proposed by Democratic State Assemblyman Joe Nation, which — among other things — would give local governments the right to swiftly impound boats "ille¬ gally" anchored on public lands — which would include all of the anchor-outs on Richardson Bay. In the case of the BCDC Commission meeting to consider the ongoing situa¬ tion of anchor-outs, the anchor-outs probably needn't have worried. The let¬ ter and intent of the BCDC Staffs rec¬ ommendation was to 'stay the course', which meant the BCDC had no inten¬ tion of kicking any current anchor-outs out of Richardson Bay. Mostly they just wanted to prevent new anchor - outs from taking root. 'Staying the course' or even grandfathering current anchor-outs, however, wasn't and isn't sufficient to satisfy the demands of most anchorouts. They insist that the anchor-outs be recognized as a valuable part of the Sausalito community and that any num¬ ber of new anchor-outs be allowed to join them. A crowd of anchor-outs showed up at the BCDC meeting in San Francisco to testify against the Staffs recommenda¬ tions. A very diverse group, the anchorouts are hard to characterize. Joe Mainstreet would probably describe them as a mixture of 'normal' people, nutters, and drug and alcohol casual¬ ties. In any event, personal pleas by the seemingly downtrodden before govern¬ ment boards whose members live com¬ fortable lives have always been effective. So it wasn't that surprising when the BCDC Commissioners voted to postpone a decision on the Staffs recommenda¬ tions until their August 2 meeting, and asked the anchor-outs for alternative proposals.

T -L he second immediate threat faced by anchor-outs was Joe Nation's AB 107. If someone abandons a car along the side of a freeway, there are laws that allow local governments to quickly remove the vehicle to a storage area and hold it un¬ til towing, storage fees and fines have been paid. If nobody claims the vehicle, it can be sold. Much to the chagrin of those who like their waterfronts reason¬ ably neat and clean, it's not as simple with vessels that sire abandoned or ap¬ pear to have been abandoned. Under current law, it's veiy time-consuming and expensive — from $2,000 to $200,000 per boat in Richardson Bay —

to get abandoned boats and derelict removed. Nation's bill would hav streamlined the process. At a June 15 meeting at the Bay Modi? in Sausalito, Nation met with anchoj outs who opposed the bill. They ej< pressed great concern about the prow sion of the bill that would allow a peac officer to remove vessels that had bee: illegally moored or docked on publi property for more than 72 hours — be cause under state law, this included a their boats. Nation told the anchor-out that his law was meant to apply to genu inely abandoned and derelict vessels, nc vessels on which people were living -jeven if illegally. Nation withdrew the bii from the Senate Judiciary Committee until next year, and said that in ths meantime he'd work with anchor-out to create better definitions of abandone: and derelict vessels.

V—/n July 20, Latitude had its lom anticipated meeting with BCDC Execu tive Director Will Travis and Deputy Dr rector Steve McAdam at thi Commission's stunning offices 26 floor above the San Francisco Embarcaderc We've had several serious philosophies differences with the BCDC over the years but during the course of the meeting thi things we'd always objected to seemec to . . . well, no longer be there. For in stance, when we got around to the topii of liveaboards, we were told that as fa* as the BCDC is concerned, if a boatowne; can document having another residence he/she can spend unlimited time on his; her boat and not be considered liveaboard. Since virtually anybody can get some friend to vouch that they’re ; roommate, everybody can avoid beini: considered a liveaboard by the BCDC Wow. A second major bone of contention has always been the BCDC's insistent that boats are 'Bay fill'. Yet in a follow,', up conversation to our meeting, Stev McAdam told us that as long as a vessel is not permanently stuck in one place o: permanently attached to something, th« BCDC doesn't consider it Bay fill' "Ninety-nine percent of recreational boats in San Francisco Bay are not Bay fill'," he said. We couldn't believe ou> ears, so we phoned Travis for a comment} "The only thing I don't understand aboui McAdam s statement is the 1% that hi might think are 'Bay fill'." We're not ex:

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:tly sure what to make of this, because s always been our understanding that le BCDC only had jurisdiction over reclational boats because of the claim they *e 'Bay fill'. We ll be working on sorting out — and all the implications and unifications — in the upcoming lonths. During our meeting, we raised the ea of having perhaps 200 mooring joys placed in Richardson Bay for seamal and perhaps year round use. While xecutive Director Travis was careful to Dint out that as a regulatory agency, fie BCDC could not propose such a plan, s thinks "it's a great idea." We didn't low what to make of this either, beriuse the Richardson Bay Harbormaster ad always told us the obstacle to much :eeded mooring buoys in Richardson ay is that the BCDC had always been nilosophically opposed to them — even : lough they can be found on the West ’.oast from Monterey to San Diego and tl along the East Coast. Figuring we - ight as well go for broke, we asked what t-avis thought if — in the interest of eater public access to the Bay — some ) mooring buoys were put in place near ae beach behind Angel Island for shortrrm use. Sort of a mini-Avalon. "Great ! ea!" He said. Frankly, we're still puzzled ?/■ what sounds like a 180 degree indshift in the BCDC's attitude. We ended our cordial meeting with avis agreeing that he would prepare a janifest or statement for recreational haters to let them know where the CDC stands on basic issues of impor:nce to mariners. Tt's being prepared ight now. Travis also indicated that if : lybody had any questions or problems ith the BCDC, they could funnel them xough Latitude, so we could publish :.e questions and his answers. So if anyle has questions — please keep them mple and to the point — for the BCDC, lis is the time and place. Travis repeatlly and emphatically said he wants the ies of communication wide open with i creational mariners on San Francisco ay, and that he'd like to do it through l ititude. We'd be more than happy to t;lp.

iWhen we got back to our office on he afternoon of the 20th, there were two

unning documents on our desk. One them was a video and hard copy of a cent interview with Nicholas Petris,

author the of MacAteer-Petris Act that created the BCDC. We don't have room for even excerpts, but Petris basically said that the BCDC was not supposed to have control over boats, that it was fine for people to live aboard boats on the Bay, and that rocks and buildings — not boats — were Bay fill'. The second document was a mindboggler in the form of a letter from John L. Burton, President Pro Tempore of the California State Senate, to Barbara Kaufman, Chair of the BCDC. Here's what the powerful legislator wrote: "I'm writing out of concern and in sup¬ port of the Richardson Bay anchor-out community. Their situation was brought to my attention as a result of your staff s report and AB 107 (Nation). I urge the BCDC to follow Assembymember Nation’s example and have a dialogue with the anchor-out community. In do¬ ing so, I suggest that the Commission take the following actions in the August 2 meeting. "1) Postpone any action on this issue until next year. 2) Include representa¬ tives from the anchor-out community in the development of any recommenda¬ tions to BCDC that impact their commu¬ nity. 3) Change the designation of boats as 'Bay fill', which necessitates their des¬ ignation as 'illegally moored". "I believe these steps will go a long way toward ending BCDC infringement on waterfront culture — including many low-income vessel dwellers and floating communities throughout the estuary system — that goes beyond environmen¬ tal marfagemerit. By listening to concerns and suggestions from the anchor-out community, and by removing boats from your trading stock of 'Bay fill' mitigation inventory, BCDC can go back to its mis¬ sion of ecology-based policies. "In a recent meeting with representa¬ tives from the anchor-out community. Senator Petris remarked that not only was it not his bill's intention for boats to be categorized as Bay fill', but also it was never his intention for BCDC to have activity (sic) over vessels". Lastly, I urge the Commissioner to join with me in recognizing boats as a re¬ spected housing alternative and an ex¬ cellent solution to the Bay Area's critical housing shortage." Wow. Wow. And double wow. There are two monumental surprises in this letter. The first is that Burton — who has been a major force in the California leg¬ islature since before the gavel was in¬ vented — has never to our knowledge

spoken on the issue before. Why now? The second is that by suggesting boats "throughout the estuary system" Eire "an excellent solution to the Bay Area's criti¬ cal housing shortage", he's put himself squarely in opposition to the State Lands Commission, the Attorney GenerEd's Of¬ fice, the BCDC, every environmental or¬ ganization in the country — to say noth¬ ing of most of his constituents. When we called his office for a comment, a spokes¬ person said Burton's stance merely reM

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If Burton were to get his way, it would undo much of what the BCDC has been trying to accomplish on San Fran¬ cisco and Richardson Bays for the last 25 years. When contacted for comment. Will Travis said, "John Burton has his opinion, and I have mine. But at the August 2 meeting, I'll take his advice and recommend that the Commissioners take no action on the Staffs plan until next year rand that the we work together with all our constituents." Off the record, one member of the BCDC wondered if Burton fully appreci¬ ates what he's suggested. The thought crossed our mind, too. For instance, Burton talks about a "dialogue" with the anchor-out community, but can you re¬ ally have a dialogue with individuals whose position is pretty much always been that they should be able to do what¬ ever they want, whenever they want, and August, 2001 •

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HARBORS wherever they want? Or in some cases, are unable to articulate a concept? We'd pay to watch Burton participate in such a dialogue. When the folks who keep their boats in Sausalito hear about Burton's posi¬ tion, we suspect there will be mixed re¬ actions. Many, like we at Latitude, are philosophically in favor of the concept of anchor-outs — as long as safety and pollution standards are maintained, and necessary shoreside facilities such as dinghy docks and restrooms are pro¬ vided. But others — including many women — would be thrilled if the anchorouts and Sausalito's growing army of homeless — who are often hard to tell apart — would get the boot. And the sooner the better. » ■v> The problem women and others are having is that some combination of the anchor-outs and the homeless have taken over the benches on the walkway on the south side of Schoonmaker Beach. By mainstream standards, it’s a some¬ what unwashed group, and there's of¬ ten public drinking, pot smoking, loud swearing and occasional bizarre — prob¬ ably drug-induced — behavior. While the

anchor-outs/homeless have rarely been outright rude or hostile, it makes many women very uncomfortable to have to walk their gauntlet each time they visit or leave their boat. We're passing friends with a number of the anchor-outs, and have often recommended that it would be in their own best interests if they moved just 50 feet around the corner where the view and the atmosphere are almost as good, but where they wouldn't be losing so many friends. You can imag¬ ine the affect that had. Worse still, there have recently been thefts, and grungy people have been ob¬ served casing cars in the parking lot. Some victims of thefts who previously supported the anchor-outs now want to see the laws enforced and the anchorouts eliminated. And there have been lots of calls to the Sausalito Police.

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SILVER EAGLE 2001 J^kemember the movie The Endless Summer, and how every¬ where the surfers went they were |g| told, 'You shoulda been here yes¬ terday"? This year's 26th Silver Eagle Race, held on July 21, was like that — if you weren't there that day, well, you really blew it. Conditions for the annual 67-mile Bay tour were splendid, about as optimal as they’ve ever been since Island YC concocted this challeng¬ ing race to celebrate the Bicenten¬ nial back in 1976. Unfortunately, just 22 boats — a disappointing turnout — an¬ swered the starting guns off Golden Gate YC at 9:30 a.m» The course, which was shortened four years ago, started with three familiar marks (Blackaller, Harding Rock-, Blos¬ som) before diving deep into the South Bay to a channel marker off Coyote Point. From there, the fleet headed up into San Pablo Bay, with the Chevron oil dock off Vallejo as the next turning mark. Then, it was back to Blossom Rock, followed by the finish off GGYC. Due to fortuitous current and wind

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changes, there was very little beating this year. In fact, hardly any water even hit the decks until the last few miles in the Central Bay, when a brisk 20-25 knot westerly collided with a strong ebb to churn up the Bay. The majority of this year's 'Eagle involved reaching in mod¬ erate winds, with very few wind holes or

passing lanes. First home was Mike Ropers' Cross 46 trimaran Defiance, fin¬ ishing at 5:16 p.m. after 7 hours, 31 minutes. Despite the ideal conditions, their time was still well off the absolute course record set by Rocket 88 in 1995 (5:48 hours, set when the course was still 75 miles). The first monohull to finish was Mary Coleman's Farr 40 Astra at 6:01 p.m., followed ten minutes later by the Sydney 38 Fair Dinkum. Overall honors went to Bruce Stone and his crew (tactician Dave Wilhite, Tom Struttman, Ward Gruenke, Leslie Osmera and Chris Olszewski) on their J/105 Arbitrage, which sailed the course in 8 hours, 59 minutes. Arbitrage finished 52 seconds ahead of Ian Charles' sistership Sails Call, which ended up second overall. Third in fleet on corrected time was Mark Bowman's J/120 Jolly Mon, 26 minutes behind the two J/ 105s.

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"We had an intense 67-mile match race with Sails Call" reported Stone, an arbitrage fund manager who splits his time between New York and San Fran¬ cisco. "It was fun to do something differ¬ ent with the boat — the crew all got to drive and do different jobs, and we saw some different parts of the Bay. I haven’t done this race since 1982 and '83, when I sailed it in my Islander 36 Blue Streak. I'd forgotten how much fun it is!" While all of Class A and the J/105s finished well before sunset, the rest of the fleet had slightly less fun, becoming mired in light air between the Brothers and Angel Island on their way to the fin¬ ish. Five boats eventually quit after los¬ ing patience with the parking lot (one other boat, the J/105 Sabertooth, quit after breaking their spinnaker halyard). Others, such as Bill Pritchard and Mike Mathiesen aboard their Killer Whale Dulcinea, hung in there, finishing at 11:15 p.m. to win their small class. This was the duo's 25th Silver A Eagle, a near-perfect attendance m

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record. The last boat, Chris Bohren's Dufour 31 Helvetica, limped across the finish line at 3:08 a m. Given that the wind usu¬ ally simmers down after sunset, this can admit¬ tedly be a long race for little boats. As an incen¬

tive to lure more small boats back to the Silver Eagle — which routinely fielded 50-60 entries back in the '80s*-— we think IYC should offer a concurrent shorter course (the 'Aluminum Eagle'?). What about just sending the little boats half¬ way down the South Bay (say, to a mark off Pac Bell Park) and San Pablo Bay (the day marker off Pt. Pinole)?

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more boats — especially multihulls — don't do the Silver Eagle is a mystery to us, especially after such a stellar race as this last one. Granted, there was a schedul¬ ing snafu this year (the date was switched at the last moment due to conflicts with the Lipton Cup and Lightship II races), and Island YC has never marketed their event very ag¬ gressively. One possible solution to bol¬ ster the thinning ranks would be to get the Silver Eagle included on the OYRA schedule — essentially, it's the same length as the Farallones Race and argu¬ ably more challenging and interesting. Including Pt. Bonita buoy again (which used to be the first mark) tnight help OYRA justify the Silver Eagle as an 'ocean race'. Another 'cult race' waiting to be re¬ discovered is San Francisco YC's annual Midnight Moonlight Race, a 35-mile evening jaunt up to Vallejo and back — basically, the second half of the Silver Eagle. Twenty-five boats did this year's Moonlight Race (see Race Sheet for de-

but because it's just too good to be allowed to fade away. We hope you'll plan to be part of the revival in 2002. As for this year, well, you shoulda been here yesterday. . . — latitude/ rkm Abo ve, Mike Roper's Defiance' was the de facto multihull winner.

tails), which by all accounts was a beau¬ tiful sail. If anyone has any brainstorms on how to inject some hew life into ei¬ ther the Silver Eagle or its 'subset,' the Moonlight Race, we'd love to hear them. One concept we re toying with here at Latitude is putting up Eg trophy or three which would loosely tie the more promi¬ nent inside-the-Bay 'specialty' distance races together — the above two events, the Jazz Cup, the Three Bridge Fiasco, and maybe even the Ditch Run. One way or the other, we'd love to see the Silver Eagle stage a Carlos San tanacaliber comeback next year. Not only be¬ cause it's one of the Bay's classic races.

DIV. A — 1) Jolly Mon, J/120, Mark Bowman; 2) Jamba Juice, 11:Metre, Tom Dinkel; 3) Two Scoops, Express 34, Tom Goodwin; 4) Rocinante, Express 34, Robert Magoon; 5) Astra, Farr 40, Mary Coleman; 6) Fair Dinkum, Sydney 38, Nelson/Tomlinson; 7) Flyer, Choate 40, Tom Reed. (7 boats) DIV. B — 1) Breakaway, J/30, Dale Mead; 2) Grayeagle, Express 27, George Koch; 3) Cutty Sark, Aloha 34, Max Richardson. (6 boats; all oth¬ ers DNF) DIV. C — 1) Dulcinea, Killer Whale 25', Mathiason/Pritchard; 2) Helvetica, Dufour 31, Chris Bohren. (4 boats; all others DNF) DIV. D (multihulls) — 1) Defiance, Cross 46 tri, Michael Ropers. (1 boat) DIV. E (J/105) — 1) Arbitrage, Bruce Stone; 2) Sails Call, Ian Charles; 3) 20/20, Phil Gardner. (4 boats; 1 other DNF) OVERALL — 1) Arbitrage; 2) Sails Chll; 3) Jolly Mon; 4) 20/20; 5) Jamba Juice. (22 boats)

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COLLISION AT SEA yone who sails the ocean holds the fear of collision with a ship. The nightmares of sailors are filled with bone¬ jarring collisions with cold walls of steel, followed by darkness and oblivion. And what crew hasn't wondered what would happen if an approaching ship didn't see

almost 10 knots in the 'Mexican Trades' about 120 miles offshore of Cabo San Lucas. That latter fact alone made Rbb, the first mate, curious when he came on

The bow literally exploded The bowsprit, a blizzard of wood and fiberglass... them — or worse, purposely swerved to run them down? Who would ever-know? Who would ever tell? * That terrifying scenario appears to be exactly what played out on the morning of June 29, as Rob Massuco and three friends headed south on the CT-65 Fox¬ glove III.

Aboard were the delivery captain, Massuco (first mate for this trip but nor¬ mally the boat's captain and caretaker), a womarl cook and a deckhand. The owner of Foxglove was not aboard. (Because the investigation into this in¬ cident was ongoing at presstime, Rob asked that we not mention the names of. the other people on the yacht, the yacht's owner — or the names of the tanker or its captain.)

deck shortly before 6:30 a.m. local time (5:30 PST) to help the deliveiy captain jibe the boat back toward land. 'We'd spotted this tanker coming up behind us, and I just didn’t expect to see a ship so far out," Rob recalls. "They might not have been out of the shipping lanes, but they were definitely on the outer fringes. Most ships stay a lot closer in." The ship, which he could see was an unladen tanker, was about a mile astern and coming up fast. "Jesus," Rob said to the captain. "That's a hell of a lot closer than I want to be." By the time they had completed the jibe and the autopilot had steadied the boat out on her new course of 160°, the ship had pulled up alongside a mile to port and slowed almost to a stop. Again, Rob's curiosity was aroused. "They started to slow down and then their bow wave sort of dis¬ appeared for a while. We thought they wanted to talk to us, but we tried hailing several times and never got a reply. As always, we left the radio on and went back to what we were doing." In a little while, the ship engaged its engines again and headed southeast, eventu¬ ally disappearing over the horizon.

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b turned his at¬ tention to some electrical re¬ pairs while the skipper stayed on deck. About 7 a.m., he told the skipper he was going to the head. The captain checked both the horizon and the cockpit radar repeater, which was set at six miles. Both were clear. He came down and picked up the repair where Rob had left it. About 15 minutes later, just as Rob exited the head, he was thrown violently

against a bulkead. "My first thought was that we'd hit a floating container," he says. As he re¬ gained his feet and ran for the compan¬ ionway, "all I could see out the starboard salon windows was a black wall." He gained the top of the companionway just in time to see the mainmast coming down right on top of him. He dove back onto the cabin sole as the mast crashed into the boat's hard'dodger and sent glassfrom the big windows flying everywhere. All he could think of right then was that his friend, the captain, was in the cock¬ pit. The captain had only a few seconds warning. He later recounted that he had heard a ship's horn (Rob never heard it) and ran into the cockpit just in time to see the ship's bow cross in front of Fox¬ glove only a few yards away. He disen¬ gaged the autopilot and spun the wheel but it was too late. At 6.5 knots and still under full sail, the 57-ton sailboat slammed into the starboard side of the 586-foot ship about 30 feet aft of her bow. The momentum caused Foxglove to mo¬ mentarily ride up 10 to 15 degrees. The captain watched unbelievingly as the bow of the yacht "literally exploded." The 8.5-foot bowsprit, pulpit, anchors, forestay and genoa came flying aft in a blizzard of wood and fiberglass. He ducked as the falling mast smashed into the hard dodger and continued down, cutting theN yacht's 15-ft dinghy in half and ripping it off the davits. Momentarily trapped behind the wheel by the wreckage, the skipper had just begun to con-

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sider his luck in escaping injury when the mizzen snapped off at the deck and the jagged lower end whizzed by a foot from his head.

T -L he nightmare was only half over. As the crew later found out, when the tanker realized they'd hit the sailboat, they took a hard turn to port. That slewed the stem to starboard, effectively pinning Foxglove against her side. Starboard-tostarboard, the two vessels stayed stuck to each other as if by magnets as the yacht ground her way down the full length of the ship. As this was happening, the other two crew of Foxglove, who had been sleeping below when the initial collision occured, appeared in the salon, wide-eyed in shock and not knowing what to do next. Rob and the captain shouted for them to get away from the starboard side. . . for all the good it would do. Massuco was sure they were about to die. "I thought the side would cave in and we’d roll over and that would be it," he recalls. Instead, the four watched in perverse fascination as the side deflected, the cabin sole buckled, the overhead liner popped off, bulkheads ripped loose and the galley counter and sink detached, all accompanied by horrendous noise. Then, suddenly, it was over.

For several seconds, nobody did anything. Then they all sprang into ac¬ tion at the same time. The captain im-

'Foxglove III' wallows in light chop as Mexican Navy crewmen prepare her for towing. Despite heavy damage, the yacht never leaked.

mediately started hying to contact the ship by VHF, thinking he might get through even though the antenna (atop the mast) was in the water. The cook — the only woman aboard — started load¬ ing food and water into an emergency bag (they were unaware at that point they had lost the Zodiac tender, but they did have a canister liferaft aboard). The other crewman grabbed a camera and started taking photos of the ship — which they now noticed flew no country or courtesy flags/(ajthough "Nassau, Bahamas" was painted below the name). And Rob started trying to assess how long they had before the boat sank. The impact and secondary collision were so severe, no one doubted for a minute that the boat was going down. Incredibly, as Rob went through the boat pulling up floorboards and emptying lockers, he found that not only was the boat not sinking, it didn’t appear to be taking on any water at all. Perhaps even more amazing, no one on board had been injured. Then someone noticed that the tanker was turning around.

started coming straight back at us, we really thought it was over," says Rob. "The guy had deliberately tried to kill us and now he was coming back to finish the job." Foxglove's captain immediately set off both of the boat's EPIRBs — Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons — a newer 406 MHz and an older 121.5 MHz unit. Rob ran on deck to free the 8-man inflatable raft. Tensions eased somewhat as the ship, coming up from behind, veered off, pulled up alongside and — once again — stopped. Crewmen lined the rail of the tanker and now the VHF crackled to life with the heavily-accented voice of the Croation captain. "He asked if we were taking on water. He asked if anyone had been hurt. Basi¬ cally," says Rob, "he just started asking all the right ques¬ tions." When they as¬ sured the captain all was well aboard Fox¬ glove, he radioed that he wanted to throw them a line. The yacht's crew re¬ sponded with a col¬ lective "No way!" "We still didn't know what they were up to, so we did hot want to be attached to that ship or aboard that ship," says Massuco. Foxglove did ask the ship to radio the Coast Guard since all the yacht's radio antennas were now several feet under¬ water. The ship soon came back with the

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news that they had contacted the Mexi¬ can Navy, which was dispatching a ves¬ sel immediately to come to their assis¬ tance.

F'rom that point on, the ship and its crew behaved in the responsible man¬ ner one would expect of any vessel aid-

Arrival in Cabo solicited quite a bit of interest, to say the least. 'Foxglove III' is currently in the yard awaiting word of her fate.

ing a fellow mariner in distress. For the next 15 hours — how long it took for the Mexican Naval ship to arrive — they stayed on station to windward of the yacht. Over on Foxglove, life wasn't pleasant.

Though the threat of grisly death ap¬ peared to be past, with no sails up, the boat was rolling heavily in the 4 to 5foot seas. She was also an absolute mess both above and below decks. After pre¬ paring thoroughly to abandon quickly in case they needed to, they basically settled down to wait. A flyover by a Coast Guard C-130 shortly before noon lifted everyone's spirits considerably. "We knew then that somebody knew where we were," says Rob. "At that point, we were fairly certain we were going to live to tell about it." The Mexican Navy arrived about 9:30 that night and sent over a boat. Officials took photos of the damage, various pa¬ perwork and the boat's charts. They then informed the crew that a tow couldn't be started that night. Would they like to spend the night aboard the Navy ship? They would and did. Rob reports that everyone on the ship knocked themselves out to make the four wreck survivors comfortable, even giving up two compart-

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Better days — 'Foxglove III' struts her stuff off Newport Harbor. Note the large hard dodger.

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obviously — and literally — been a collision course. As stated earlier, when the captain realized the two vessels were going to collide, he ordered a hard turn to port, which only managed to aggravate the collision situa¬ tion,

But the most interesting reading by far was the captain's account of the colli¬ sion.

X le said that he had been asleep when they came alongside us the first time, but that he was awakened when a crewman reported seeing us flashing 'SOS — Foxglove' with a light," says Rob. "That's pretty amazing, be¬ cause none of us actually know Morse Code, and at around 7 a.m. at that lati¬ tude, it was broad daylight. We'd turned all the running lights off a good half hour before." The report went on to state that the bridge lookouts could not see anyone in the cockpit of the yacht (this is possible, as Rob and the captain went below shortly after the ship passed, but more likely Foxglove's skipper was just diffi¬ cult to see under the hard dodger). The

Itrp 'Foxglove' under tow the day after the collision. She may not look it in this photo, but much of the wreckage has been cut away.

tanker captain made the decision to turn around and investigate. So he proceeded past Foxglove, turned around well in front of them, and headed straight back on an intersecting course. The captain stated that the tanker tried several times to contact the yacht by radio, loudhailer, whistle and horn. They got no response. They saw no one in the cockpit or on deck. Yet they inex¬ plicably continued on what must have

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Tis of this writing. Foxglove III is chocked up on the hard at the Cabo Marina Boatyard. Rob hopes to hear a decision sometime in the next . . . well, sometime. He doesn’t harbor high hopes

it’s going to lead anywhere, even if the decision is in their favor. "Go after damages in Singapore?" he says. "I've talked to attorneys and they all say we'd be laughed out of port." Since returning home to New¬ port in mid-July, the Foxglove crew have had plenty of time to reflect on the incident. Of particular in¬ terest is how the ship could have reap¬ peared so quickly after the captain had confirmed a clear horizon and radar only 15 minutes before. How might things might have turned out if either Rob or the captain had lingered in the cockpit another five minutes, or someone had popped their head up for a look around five minutes earlier? Anyone who sails far offshore knows 15 minutes is not a terribly long time to be gone from the cpckpit, especially on a clear daylight with unlimited visibility when you've just done a good visual and radar check be¬ forehand. This time, unfortunately, it

Bow closeup. Fully 10 fe#t of the bow and sur¬ rounding structure were severely damaged In the collision.

was just long enough for near catastro¬ phe to occur. At least one of the Foxglove crew — the woman cook — has vowed never to set foot on a boat again. Rob says they all have a new appreciation of the im¬ portant things in life. Especially the lives of friends. "Nobody died. Nobody was seriously hurt. From that perspective, I guess you could say we came out ahead." — latitude/jr

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HIHO CARIBBEAN PASSAGE "Q

WJo where are we, exactly?" asked young Jessie, as she approached the nav station. "Right about here," came the captain's reply, pointing to the south¬ ernmost tip of Guadeloupe. "And in about an hour, we'll be arriving right over here.. . at the legendary lies des Saintes." Scanning the chart to the northwest, our entire route for the 10-day HIHO Caribbean Passage event was laid out before us. It was to be a one-directional dream trip, island-hopping through the Leeward Antilles from Guadeloupe to the British Virgins aboard three identical Dufour 47 catamarans. We had tagged along on the inaugu¬ ral Caribbean Passage event last year, and when we heard this year’s itinerary would be expanded from seven days to 10, we quickly acknowledged, 'We're in!" Two dozen other sailors — mostly from the West Coast — filled out the crew lists

entering an Impressionist painter's dream. Quaint, open-air restaurants are perched along the water's edge behind rows of brightly-colored fishing boats. Narrow, windy streets climb the steep hill¬ sides where every home has a million-dollar view. These isles were settled centuries ago by Breton fisherfolk, and even today, most inhabitants maintain a simple, low-key lifestyle centered around the s^a.

on the huge, four-cabin cats. (Chartered from VPM Yacht Charters, these 47footers are the largest cats that can be bareboated, although captains were pro¬ vided for the HIHO.) Pulling out of Point-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe's bustling principal port, a passing tropical wave gave us just the wind we'd hoped for — 18-22 knots off our stern quarter. We humped up the

While dependent on Guadeloupe and mother France for support, they pride themselves on their own unique identity. Many men in Les Saintes still make their living by fishing, although tourism is now the biggest cash crop. But apart from a few cruising sailors and charterers, most outside visitors are day-trippers, who come in by ferry in the morning and are gone before sunset, preserving the

Above: Chillin'out at Guadeloupe's 'Ecrevisses' falls. Below: Terre-de-Haut's idyllic'harbor. Right: Sailing in tandem was serious fun.

out on the trampolines, watching our bows

huge main, rolled out the jib, set a course for tiny Terre-de-Haut island and within minutes half our crew were lounging o^it on the trampolines, watching our bouts slice through the swells at 10 knots. Sailing into Terre-de-Haut's broad, sheltered bay, Anse du Bourg, was like Page 148 •

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island’s laid-back ambiance. During our day-and-a-half stay, we explored the colonial-era ruins of Fort Napoleon, snorkeled at nearby Ilet a Cabrit, and browsed boutiques. The temptation to rent motorscooters and blast around the island like the locals

MONKEYS, MANGOES AND MISCHIEF ALL PHOTOS LATITUDE / ANDY was just too tempting for some of us to pass up. 'You mean they'll actually rent me one even though I have absolutely no experience?" asked 17-year-old Zac under his breath. He and his girlfriend actually did pretty well — they crashed only once. That blunder incurred them a small repair bill as well as the ire of the burly, sun-bronzed rental guy, who muttered something to himself that we, thankfully, could not translate. Else¬ where, Nancy and her 13-year-old daughter, Nicole, scored max points in the 'crazy tourist' category for driving

their moto over a cliff and walking away from it without a scratch on the bike. Nancy's left leg, however, soon developed a remarkable multicolored bruise the size of Rhode Island where it had thoroughly cushioned the bike's fall.

ally sail in tandem, but folks are encour¬ aged to do their own thing while ashore — except at pre-arranged dinners when everyone gets together to compare notes. In our opinion, one of the greatest things about the format of the Caribbean Passage (and other HIHO events) is that

'onceived by longtime event organizers in the Brit¬ ish Virgins, the HIHO Carib¬ bean Passage features a loose schedule, where boats gener-

"I think they're trying to kill us!" The fabulous cuisine at Le Genois, on Terre-de-Haut island, was 'to die for'.

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all meals are taken ashore at fine res¬ taurants or are catered directly to the boats — including heaps of buttery crois¬ sants and sinful pan chocolats in the mornings. Dinner on Terre-de-Haut, for example, was at Le Genois, owned by Philipe and Chantal, a gregarious couple who'd emigrated from Paris. "Really, I think they're trying to kill us,"Joked one of our crew. An introduc¬ tory Planter's Punch, was followed by appetizers of ahi carpaccio and smoked swordfish salad, a salmon crepe in a mushroom cream sauce, and entrees of steak or grilled fish. Then Philipe brought out shots of cognac and aged rum, while Chantal offered two types of freshlybaked tortes — deadly chocolate deca¬ dence and rich lemon-Coconut. Each mil¬

lion-calorie bite brought about groans of ecstasy. That incredible meal set the tone for the week: despite active days filled with sailing, hiking, swimming and snorkeling, none of us had a prayer of shedding a single pound during the trip. August, 2001 •

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HIHO CARIBBEAN PASSAGE jmmmm sp^ lover's delight, right down to the octo pus stew.

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’ ith a stiff breeze blowing, we set sail toward Deshaies, on Guadeloupe's northwest coast. The highlight of the day, however, was to be a stop at Ilet Pigeon, a Reserve Naturelle jpjr-—V'vr# developed by the ■i- __ qorda late Jacques Cou¬ steau, which lies Tori°'a just a mile off the

"Hey, we only crashed once. What's the big deal?" On Terre-de-Haut the temptation to rent motos was too great to resist.

The next afternoon, by repositioning the fleet to neighboring Terre-de-Bas, the only other inhabited island in Les Saintes, we moved beyond the reach of normal tourism and into an isolated community of hard-working fishermen and their families. On our walk to the island's only restaurant, we passed small, but neatly-kept houses whose open doors and windows revealed a peaceful lifestyle with few luxuries. Pre¬ dictably, our evening feast was a fish"Where ya gonna go when de volcano blow?" Years after the big blow, Montserrat is still smol¬ dering. Inset: Plymouth today.

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coast. From the sur¬ face this tiny speck SF Croix in the ocean looked unspectacular. But when we ex¬ Ant'<3ua plored the depths with scuba tanks Nevw we were blown away by the rich¬ ^edonda' ness and variety of the sea life. Be¬ cause Pigeon lies in the lee of Guad¬ eloupe, it's abun¬ Route of the Guadeloupe dant coral slopes . have escaped the Les storm damage that Salutes has battered many other Caribbean islands. And where daily check-ins with the HIHO office, we there’s healthy coral, there's always a ka¬ were able to make arrangements with a leidoscopic array of fish. (Since we had a local dive operator while underway.) Qualcomm satellite phone on board for On our northward track to Deshaies that afternoon, we skirted many of the colorful water¬ side villages we'd driven through a few days earlier en route to the island's expan¬ sive national park. Up there in the lofty heights of the rain forest, we'd taken a re¬ spite from the summer heat with a visit to the Cascade aux Ecrevisses, a splendid waterfall and swimming hole, surrounded by a lush forest of ferns and broadleafs. After a peaceful night on the hook at Deshaies, we set off on the second longest leg of our cruise, a 75-mile broad reach to Nevis. Along the way, though, our curios¬ ity led us to pass closely un¬ der the lee of both Mont¬ serrat and Redonda, both enticing, but for very differ¬ ent reasons.

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Tough guy? No way. Nevis Rastamon Sunshine is as mellow as they come, but his famous 'Killer Bees' do pack a wallop. thor known as Robert the Bald, whose illustrations are occasionally seen in these pages.

This is a kingdom? Actually, it is, but the only residents are seabirds and their only contribu¬ tions to the royal purse are deposits of guano. Before it's 3,000-foot volcanic cone, Mt. Chance, violently erupted in 1997, Montserrat was an up-and-coming is¬ land nation that was slowly gaining a reputation as a hassle-free hangout for rockers and international celebs — dur¬ ing the '80s, many chart-topping albums were recorded at it's first-rate Air Stu¬ dios, including, ironically enough, Jimmy Buffett's Volcano. Today, the lofty crater still smolders, laying down an ever-thick¬ ening layer of gray ash over the 'bombedout' remains of Plymouth — the capital city — and over the fingers of hardened lava that cut a broad swath of destruc¬ tion as they inched their way to the sea. It was a rare opportunity to sail close to an active volcano, but the eerie sight of Plymouth's skeletal remains was sad and a bit unnerving, reminding us of a scene from some post-apocalyptic sci-fi thriller. Looking northwest to Nevis, the next jagged shape to cross our rhumbline was the curious "Kingdom" of Redonda. Ar-. guably the smallest sovereign state in the world, its colorful history more than com¬ pensates for its dull gray appearance. It was, no doubt, just an inconsequential navigational hazard to most early explor¬

ers and settlers of the region. But back in the 1800s, a romantic Montserratian trader laid claim to the tall, guano-splat¬ tered rock, designating his son as its king. And for some unknown reason the British government of the day acknowl¬ edged his claim. Since then, the kingship has been handed down to a suc¬ cession of writers and poets. The cur¬ rent king is' a mildly eccentric — aren't we all — Antigua-based artist and au-

frilling into the anchorage at Pinney's Beach on the west coast of Nevis is one of the most spectacular landfall's in the Caribbean. High above, looms 3,200-foot Nevis Peak, almost continu¬ ally shrouded by a ring of billowing white clouds. Behind the four-mile beach, a dense forest of coco palms glistened in the sun, swaying gently with the trade winds as if dancing to the beat of a spicy calypso melody. Sunshine's Beach Bar & Grill was our evening hangout, where we swapped tales with Sunshine himself, a bighearted Rastamon with a Cheshire cat smile. Like Foxy’s on Jost Van Dyke, Basfi's Bar in Mustique and Le Select in St. Barths, Sunshine's seems destined Making landfall at Pinney 's Beach in Nevis, you feel like you are sailing into a picture postcard. A forest of coco palms stretches for miles.

HIHO CARIBBEAN PASSAGE THhe next day was to be amateur day aboard our boat, the mighty Ou Fou — which means "crazy people" in French West Indian patois. In an effort to give

houses trimmed with old-style 'ginger¬ bread' facades, hip restaurants and swank European shops, we've often writ¬ ten that it's a fantastic place to be in

frequent whoops and hollersas

If you like mangoes, the forested slopes of Nevis Peak are the place for you. The higher you go the more lush the vegetation becomes. to become a 'must stop' for touring sail¬ ors. Under a moonless canopy peppered with zillions of stars, we danced bare¬ foot to reggae, feasted on barbecued fish and fowl, and slugged down one or two of the famous house cocktails called "Killer Bees" — a dangerous libation if ever there was one, made of we-don'tknow-what. As yet passed over by big developers, exploring the former British colony of Nevis today gives visitors a window on what the 'old Caribbean' was like, as depicted in classic works of literature. The pace is slow, the people are friendly, and there’s only one flashy hotel on the island — the tres chic Four Seasons. Lowlying former plantation land gently rises to meet the foothills of Nevis Peak, which becomes increasingly more jungle-like the farther you climb toward its sum¬ mit. Determined to make the most of our time here, members of the fleet grabbed their box lunches and headed off to ex¬ plore the old colonial downtown of Charlestown (where Alexander Hamilton's waterside birthplace is a key attraction). Later, some visited planta¬ tions that have been restored into cot¬ tage hotels, and hiked up into the rain forest where elusive green monkeys were camera-shy and pungent mangoes lit¬ tered the trails like autumn leaves in New England. Page 152 •

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our less-experienced sailors a taste of real responsibility, our captain an¬ nounced — while we were still at anchor munching our morning croissants — that neither he nor his most experienced mate would lift a fingernail day unless truly needed. Little did he realize that on the 55-mile trip to St. Barths we’d see churning, six-foot swells and steady winds of 25 knots, with gusts over 30. It was a rompin' stompin' ride that inspired frequent whoops and hollers, as well as a few green faces. Hitting speeds up to 14 knots, it was a trial by fire for our officers of the day', who hand-steered the whole way. Regular Latitude readers, know that we love tiny St. Barths. With its spec¬ tacular beaches, neat rows of red-roofed

winter, when many of the world's finest yachts make port calls here. But it's also great to visit this little gem during the quiet summer months. Not only were we able to stern-tie our cats in a prime spot along the downtown wharf— something a bareboat would rarely be allowed \o do during peak season — but the whole is¬ land was serene and peaceful, just as it was the first time we sailed in over 20 years ago. True, there's a shortage of rock stars and royalty during the summer, but the chic boutiques, restaurants and bars of picture-perfect Gustavia were opeh for business and happy to see us. Highlights of our stay included skinny-dipping at Grande Saline beach, windsurfing at Cul de Sac bay, and sip¬ ping sunset cocktails on the precari-

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ously-perched decks of the Eden Rock bar, which overlooks the turquoise wa¬ ters of Baie St. Jean. In addition to our daily rations of quiche and croissants, we dined at both ends of the spectrum: 'cheeseburgers in paradise' at Le Select (the origin of the Buffett anthem), and superb gourmet dinners at Eddy's Ghetto and Duo Brazil. Again, we suspected they were trying to kill us. After a snorkeling stop at a nearby islet named lie Fourche, we set off on a 15-mile beam reach to the half-Dutch, half-French island of Sint Maarten/St. Martin. About halfway across, while most

day, we sailed around the top of the is¬ land and down the west coast to Marigot, the French capital, where the shoppers shopped, the explorers explored and the thirsty slugged down ice-cold Heinekens. On the job training: Unlike a one-day course, ten days of island-hopping gives newcomers plenty of chances for hands-on practice. of our crew were snoozing on the tram¬ polines, a wiry kid with sun-bleached hair came blasting by on a windsurfer, then cranked a power gybe and took off again like a rifle shot. We had no idea where he'd come from, but he made windsurfing over choppy seas in 20knots of breeze seem as elementary as riding a tri¬ cycle. A few hours later, after snuggling into our evening's anchorage at Orient' Bay — where we had only a foot of water under our keels — we learned that the wind¬ surfing apparition we'd seen was 15-year-old Julian Quental, one of the local hot-doggers, who was out practicing for the HIHO 2001 boardsailing regatta, to be held in the British Virgins the follow¬ ing week. Orient is a sweeping mile-long crescent, known as a haven for watersports enthusiasts of all stripes and for its world-famous "naturist" resort, Club Orient, where we had a most revealing breakfast. While some HIHOers snorkeled along Green Cay, others wind¬ surfed and a few brave soles caught a panoramic view of the bay while parasailing. Late in the

Jy this point in the trip we'd cov¬ ered over 200 miles under sail, but the biggest single stretch of open water lay ahead of us, the sometimes nasty Anegada Passage, gateway to the Virgin Islands. We laid out our course, split up our crew into three watches and pre¬ pared for a booming night at sea. But despite it's reputation, the crossing couldn't have been more bland. In fact, for the first time during our voyage we actually had to motorsail in order to keep to our game plan. Enduring the droning diesels was worth it though, as we broke through the

Charter tip: Want to keep adolescent kids happy while on charter? Put them in charge of the dink. But remember to keep plenty of fuel on hand. BVTs Round Rock Passage shortly after sunup and grabbed moorings at Virgin Gorda's famous Baths long before the usual rush of charter boats. The dawn light on the palms and giant boulders was definitely a Kodak moment. We've snorkeled among the Baths’ giant boul¬ ders more times than we can count, but diving within its coral-encrusted caves August 2001 •

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HIHO CARIBBEAN PASSAGE and grottos never fails to thrill us. For us, the BV1 is familiar turf, but some crewmembers were mar¬ veling at the unspoiled beauty of this 30-island archipelago for the first time. "Wow," said one of them, "no wonder everybody always raves about this place." After a hearty, eggs-and-bacon English breakfast at Fisher's Cove — believe it or not, some of us were ac¬ tually getting sick of croissants — we spent a luxuriously lazy day of swim¬ ming, boulder bouncing and snorkeling. In the late afternoon we fi¬ nally set sail down the Sir Francis Drake Channel toward Peter Island. A passing front had stolen the wind god’s thunder, but what did we ©are, we were making a good knot and a half in five knots of breeze and were exceedingly happy to just go with the flow. After all, as we pointed out to the newcomers among us, we were sailing along the same path that explorers, colo¬ nizers and buccaneers had taken cen¬ turies before — only they didn't have cold beer and chardonnay in the fridge, Bob Marley on the stereo, or bikini-clad la-

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end, we soaked in the beauty of Mother Nature's handiwork as we slipped past island after island ever so slowly: Fallen Jerusalem, Round Rock, Ginger, Cooper, Salt and finally Peter. A final feast at 'Callaloo on the Beach' in Great Harbor brought out many rounds of toasting and the re¬ telling of trip highlights, with some Passage-makers swearing it had been the best sailing trip of their lives. Late that night, out in the anchor¬ age, the moon rose high over the Drake Channel, lighting up the sil¬ houettes of a dozen distant islands. We laid back on the trampoline and savored the peacefulness of the mo¬ ment as the trade winds washed over us like the gentle touch of an old friend. "This is the life. . ." we thought. "It doesn't get much better than this." — latitude/aet (For info on future HIHO events, check out www.hiho-bvi.com. A fall trip will explore the Grenadines.)

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HIGH FLYING ART Dazzling spinnaker art has been dis¬ tinguishing race boats for decades. And while flying a particularly artsy graphic won't guarantee you a win, it will defi¬ nitely earn you points for style and pa¬ nache. These days, cruisers too are dab¬ bling with spinnaker artistry now that more and more of them are carrying asym¬ metrical chutes. Although we've been photographing artful kites for as long as we can remem¬

racer will tell you, is that stick-ons add weight — a substantial amount, in fact, if the design is large — and in the case"-of a spinnaker can adversely affect the sail's performance. Other limitations are that stick-on graphics can only be seen clearly from one side and insignia cloth only comes in a half-dozen primary colors. 7 Stick-ons are good for com¬ mercially sponsored race campaigns, but leave a lot to be desired for long-term use — although they are rela¬ tively cheap. A variation on this 'ad¬ ditive' approach is sewing on a printed or painted panel, usually with a sponsor's message. But again, it adds weight and is inappropriate for light spinnaker cloth. The obvious upside to this ap¬ proach is that it is completely removable after the sponsor's contract runs out.

enough so to temporarily distract your competition at a mark rounding. Out on the water, appliqued designs are generally the most dramatic because they allow sunlight to pass through them uniformly and can be read equally well from either side — like textile stained glass windows. Inking, by contrast, yields an opaque image that can usually be made out from the 'back side', but with some loss of detail. That being said, there are a vast array of ink colors available, whereas applique colors are more limited. To do a proper job, the sailmaker can utilize only the exact cloth type and weight that the rest of the chute is made of. Appliqueing a chute is obviously not a job for amateurs, particularly when you consider that each piece of the puzzle must have the same curvature as the rest of the sail. Sound impossible? It did to us too, until we learned that these days even the most complicated designs can be in-

Talk about intimidating your competition, you could almost feel this tiger's breath when he was chasing you downwind. ber, we have to admit we've never had a clear understanding of exactly how they're put together — especially the more com¬ plex designs. So we did a little investigat¬ ing and discovered that in today's digital world, there's a fascinating range of op¬ tions for jazzing up your image — or at least your boat's image. At one extreme are simple stick-on graphics, while at the other are intricate cloth inlays, handinked 'paintings' and ink jet-printed pho¬ tographic images. The most basic embellishment to any sail, of course, is simply adding numbers, and more often than not this is done us¬ ing adhesive-backed 'insignia cloth'. Take the process a step further and you can stick on a simple design or logo to your main, headsail or even a spinnaker. The downside, as any sailmaker or serious Page 156 •

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.f you like the idea of something more permanent and less restrictive designwise, you'll want to consider ei¬ ther an inked-on graphic or one that is literally sewn into § the body of the sail _'J as an applique. "Inked-on stencil jobs are ac¬ tually pretty quick and easy," says Norman Devant of Quantum Pacific, "but the colors can fade over time. It’s an ideal method for relatively short-term use." • By definition — at least in this context — the applique method implies that individual pieces of cloth are carefully butted to¬ gether to form a single-thickness sail of uniform weight. It should be understood that this process is fundamentally different from overlaying one piece of cloth on another. Needless to say, appliqueing complex, multicol¬ ored designs into a chute is timeconsuming work, and therefore considerably more expensive than simpler techniques, but when done right the results can be stunning — perhaps even

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corporated into a sail's structure with the aid of computer-driven plotters and cut¬ ters. Today, sewn-in Resigns that would have been next to impossible to get right

cost," says Bob Hogin of Hogin Sails. The most extreme option for spinna¬ ker embellishment is having a photo¬ graphic image actually ink jet-printed

completed surprisingly fast a decade ago, can be completed surpris¬ ingly fast and, we're told, will be as strong and long-lasting as design-free sails. Pricewise, an extremely detailed applique job might add half-again the cost of build¬ ing a plain spinnaker, whereas a simple, one-color inked logo might only cost a couple hundred bucks. "With computer¬ ization, sail art has gotten much cheaper — in some cases half of what it used to

onto the sailcloth before the sail is as¬ sembled. Again, since imaging software can now be interfaced with plotters, panel-sized portions of a photographic image can be printed — after a bit of tweaking by an expert — then sewn to¬ gether to produce a complete photo¬ graphic representation. Naturally, there is a great deal of artistic know-how that goes into tackling such a job, so most lofts

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A visual calling card: There was no doubt who was following us when 'Marilyn'popped over the horizon during the '99 Baja Ha-Ha. would tend to subcontract it to a specialty shop such as North Graphics in San Di¬ ego (an independent firm affiliated with North Sails). "With printing, the possibili¬ ties are virtually limitless," says art di¬ rector Kyle Henehan. He and owner Whitney Gladston do a wide range of sail and hull graphics for both racers and cruisers, utilizing the full range of tech¬ niques. Depending on the nature of the desired artwork, they sometimes combine methods by printing onto sections of col¬ ored cloth, which are then appliqued into a sail — not unlike the way fine lines are sometimes painted onto pieces of stained glass before they are" assembled into a window. To date, one of the most complex printed jobs North Graphics has under¬ taken was for the 77-ft S&S ultralight Sl^ighride of Nantucket. On her spinna¬ ker, an enormous, full-width artist's ren¬ dering portrays a dory full of whalers be¬ ing towed over the wave tops by an un¬ seen whale — a classic Nantucket sleighride. Needless to say, that job wasn't cheap. "Large printed graphics can double the cost of a sail," says Henehan. We can only hope Madison Avenue never catches wind of this potential — especially in an election year. Can you imagine a 25-fthigh mug shot of George W., A1 Gore or August, 2001 • U>UUJc38 • Page 157

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If we had to guess, we'd say that 'SeaHawk's spinnaker was probably done with a combina¬ tion of inking and appliqueing. Ross Perot chasing you around the race course?

X utting such scary scenarios aside, let's assume you are intrigued by the idea of carrying some art aloft, either on a rac¬ ing or cruising chute. Where do you be¬

gin? First, you’ll need at least a loose con¬ cept for the logo, symbol or scene you want to portray — and most sailmakers would urge you to keep it simple. "Don’t get too crazy," suggests Devant, "and make sure you use substantially contrast¬ ing colors." Next, before you produce final artwork, have a chat with your favorite sailmaker about feasibility, cost and production time. We should warn you here, that while we find the whole notion of flying elabo¬ rate spinnakers to be pretty cool, most lofts these days have their hands full just filling run-of-the-mill orders on schedule, let alone getting embroiled with extrava¬ gant art projects. So don’t be too shocked if you get a less-than-enthusiastic recep¬ tion when you present the idea of appliqueing a stylized version of The Last Supper on your J/24 kite. In any case, though, you'll need to de¬ termine exactly how your sailmaker wants the art presented to them in order to mini¬ mize potential headaches and setup fees. "Any artwork can be digitized," says Sally Richards of Pineapple Sails, "but if it's a simple design, like a silhouette, it's nice if we are given a full-size pattern to work from." "We've seen everything from sophisti-

Like textile stained glass windows, the translu¬ cent colors ofappliqued designs are equally bril¬ liant when viewed from ahead or behind. cated computer-generated imagery to doodles on cocktail napkins," says Bob White of Larsen Sails with a laugh. (His shop's sideline is doing flashy custom canopies for motorsports events.) If the design is simple enough, a sailmaker may simply sketch it onto the sail (using a grid) for inking or applique-

Left to right: Few sailmakers would attempt appliqueing this giant swan; 'Daffodil's interwoven hearts during the 2000 Ha-Ha; 'Sleighride's extraordinary, ink jet-printed whaling scene; and Vest la Vle's dolphins, dancing off of Baja.

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ing, but in most cases he or she will scan your original art into a computer and fiddle with the imagery so that it can be broken down into a series of outlines. If you, or a hired gun, produces your art¬ work on a computet, be aware that digi¬ tal images in JPEG, EPS and other for¬ mats will probably be acceptable, but ul¬ timately, every design must be converted to "vector-based art" (meaning lines are composed of a series of coordinates) in order for a plotter or cutter to map it out digitally. So if you are starting from scratch, work in a vector-based program like Adobe Illustrator.

thing about sail construction. You'll have an extra check to write, but you'll prob¬ ably save yourself some setup fees at the sail loft. And your sailmaker will appreci¬ ate you saving them the headaches. One of the most talented sail-art mavens on the West Coast is Gae Pilon of Friday Harbor, Washington. Her business, Putting on Airs, does appliques exclu¬ sively, and is loosely affiliated with Port Townsend Sails, where she used to work as a sailmaker. "I guess I'm a bit of a snob," she admits with a chuckle. "1 have to like the design, and it has to be some¬ thing that can be rendered in the textile medium." Trained as a fine artist (and later as a sailmaker); Pilon has dabbled

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in various art forms since she was a kid, but she seems to have found her ideal vo¬ cation in spinnaker art. Routinely com¬ pleting intricate images that require many irregular shapes to be meticulously sewn

'Matador's famous Picasso-esque bull was the hot graphic at the '88 Maxi Worlds. We remem¬ ber wondering, "How did they do that?" together, her work takes the medium to a level that few others would attempt. The results, however, are sure to leave a last-

HIGH FLYING ART ing impression. Some examples are an image of Saturn surrounded by its moons (done for an astronomy professor), a scene from Wind in the Willows where Mole and Ratty are rowing a boat before a setting sun, and an etherial image of a giant swan with widespread wings — all were done for recreational sailors rather than hardcore racers.

cruisers tend to have slightly dif¬ ferent motivations for embellishing sails than do racers. Out on a race course, com¬ petitive sailors might get a kick out of fly¬ ing a slickly-stylized graphic — like the Farr 40 Samba Pa Ti's dancing stick men or the classic Picasso-esque bull that was the trademark of the late 80s rriaid Mata¬ dor. But for bluewater cruisers, the dis¬ tinctive designs they cany aloft become visual ’calling cards’ recognizable by pass¬ ing vessels miles away. A good illustra¬ tion of this came during the ’99 Ha-Ha. Heading south, roughly 20 miles offshore, we saw silhouettes of many boats in the distance. We thought we recognized a few by the stripe' patterns of their chutes, but there was no doubt whatsoever when the

Hunter 42 Marilyn came., into view. Her 50-foot-high rendering of Marilyn Mon¬ roe trying to hold down her windblown skirt was absolutely unmistakable from miles away. We'd be reluctant to predict that every cruiser will someday invest in spinnakers emblazoned with enormous busts of their grandchildren, or that flashy graphics will soon be required for race entry. But the popularity of sail art seems to be ever-

If your passion is messing about with^ boats', you've gotta like this intricate applique job de¬ signed by Friday Harbor artist Gae Pilon. increasing and the technology to support it is getting increasingly more sophisti¬ cated. As in years past though, the tough¬ est part is probably deciding on a design that has personal significance to you. Let's see. . . Dilbert? Bart Simpson? Conan the Barbarian? — latitud e/aet

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; which is sandwiched between commer¬ cial wharfs in southern San Francisco, j sees itself as the antithesis of a stodgy, blue-blazer yacht club. For the most part, Bay View’s members are salt-of-the-earth blue collar types who certainly wouldn't call themselves yachtsmen. They're just unpretentious recreational sailors, fish¬ ermen and kayakers who spend time messing around in boats for a little

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stress-free fun. S Bay View's attitude toward racing is |1| decidedly casual and just a wee bit re. , bellious. And it’s probably their irrever¬ ent, party-hearty attitude that has drawn A sizeable fleets of not-too-serious racers to the Plastic Classic every year since its inception in 1985. Forty-three boats showed up this year, ranging from Harriet Scompoli's Pelican dinghy Da

Bomb to Mark Sange's C&C 48 Incognito. The event's unique entry requirement is that all boats must have been designed prior to 1970, during the early days of fiberglass boat production. Ironically, back in the mid-'80s boats like Pearson Tritons, Ariels and Islander Bahamas were already though^ of as old-timers, but today they are true antiques. Many in the fleet have been lovingly maintained

Bay View's race committee may not be the most professional, but they know how to have fun. Every boat got a 'two-breast' salute at the fa¬ mous T mark.

PLASTIC CLASSIC over the years, in some cases by their original owners. With that in mind, the day-long event includes a pre-race Concours d'Elegance at the club docks — Jeff Rolling's Excalibur 26 La Spada, winner of the prettiest boat category, and several run¬ ners-up undoubtedly looked better than the day they were launched. The exceed¬

ingly civilized 1 p.m. starting time left plenty of time for the breeze to fill in, while racers —some of whom had come long distances to attend — schmoozed over Bloody Mary's at the bar. \

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Top row, left to right: Plastic classics line the club docks in a 'concourse d'elegance', the C&C 48 'Incognito' was the fleet's big boy; spinnaker sets were sometimes less than perfect; a flash for every finisher. Second row: '3rd Wish' leads the Islander Bahamas off the line; the Ericson 30 'Schedar' scoots downwind; defending Triton champ 'Bolero' drives to windward; post-race raft-up. Bottom row: the Ariel 'Lickity Split' living up to her name; trying to stay high and dry; the Thunderbird 'Crazy Jane' gets aggressive; barefootin' on the rail; the Cal 29 Whirled Peas' edges out Pannonica:

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breeze and flat water. As four one-design classes, one mixed non-spin and one spinnaker class jockeyed for position behind the starting line, a shotgun blast rang out from the committee boat. An¬ other shot followed, then several more in quick succession, ostensibly signal¬ ing a postponement. Struggling to ex¬ ecute US Sailing's new five-minute start-

THIS AIN'T NO YACHT CLUB ing sequence, the committee simply "screwed up," according to head honcho John Super. "Hey, musta been the full moon." Soon after, another sequence of shot¬ gun blasts was supposed to signal a sec¬ ond postponement — although passing sailors may well have thought some drunken powerboater was shooting skeet

off his foredeck. The ensuing confusion caused the entire fleet to converge just behind the line. At one point, Super screamed at the top of his lungs, 'We're coming up to the Pearson Ariels' start! Everybody else, get back!!!" Needless to say, class starts were less than picture-perfect, but over the 11-mile course the better sailors easily

made up lost time. Another opportunity to gain ground was at the course's trademark 'T' mark where every passing boat received the traditional 'two-breast salute' from a good-looking blonde. Those skippers with tunnel vision easily advanced while oth¬ ers drifted off course in distraction. Probably the best boat-for-boat rac-

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PLASTIC CLASSIC ing was in th'e Triton class. The race served as the regional championship for these time-honored classics. In an up¬ set win, Larry Suter’s Dog star ousted the reigning champ, Ely Gilliam's Bolero. Elsewhere, John Lincoln's Constellation repeated last year's winning performance in the IB-24 class. In the mixed non-spin class Steve Frost's Cherokee 32 Yo Ho Ho corrected out ahead of the scratch boat. Incognito, and in the spinnaker class Steve Zevanove's Cal 29 Annie smoked her competition, also taking top honors in fleet. In contrast to some well-sailed boats, whose crews kept their sails perfectly trimmed, we saw several boats go into irons while attempting to round a mark — once on the final approach to the fin¬ ish. "We've all been there," said a com¬ mittee member, shaking his head. "Heck, we thought to ourselves, that ain't nothin'!" It was about that time that Super let out a bellowing laugh. With finishers passing in front of the T mark a final time in quick succession, the club's vice commodore, had gotten so tired of lifting her shirt to flash them, that she'd hoisted

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MAX EBB e there sharks in this water?” asked the ten-year-old in a seriously concerned voice. “Just little ones,” I answered casually as we walked down the dock towards my boat. “How big is that?” he asked with even more apprehension in his voice. I gestured with my hands, indicating a length of about two feet. “Not big enough to woriy about,” I said. “That is, as long as you don’t fall overboard.” He nodded in solemn agreement. I had volunteered to take a bunch of inner-city 'at risk' kids out sailing, part of a program run by one of the local America’s Cup syndicates. The kids had never been anywhere near a sailboat be¬ fore. The wind was up, so it seemed like a good idea to cultivate a healthy fear of falling overboard. “You see, I have an arrangement with the sharks,” I explained. “I keep my crew out of their water, and they stay out of my boat.” “How deep is it here?” asked another one of the kids. ‘Ten feet,” I guessed. “But if you can’t stand up, it won’t make any difference.”

-L hat reminded the Youth Camp counselor in charge of this group to give them some last-minute instructions: “If you fall overboard,” she explained, "the lifejacket will float up, like this. . .” She pulled straight up on one of the jackets that was strapped around one of the kids, demonstrating how far it would ride up. “So keep your arms down, don’t reach straight up with your arms or it could slip off, and you’d go down. Hold the PFD down, so you stay up.” “Are there any non-swimmers in this group?” I asked the counselor quietly as the campers clam¬ bered aboard my boat. “There might be,” she said. “I’d better ask.” “Let me ask them something first,” I said. “Listen up!” I announced, imitating the style of a phys-ed teacher that was still etched in my memory. “One impor¬ tant question: If everyone falls into the water at the same time, who should I pick up first?” “Me!” said one of the kids, raising his hand instantly. The others all raised thenhands too, but not nearly as fast. There's our non-swimmer," I whis¬ pered to the counselor. "But there’s re¬

ally not much chance of anyone going over — kids hold on pretty tight, espe¬ cially if they have sharks on their minds. But still I need to know who might have a problem.” The counselor seemed to agree, and asked if they could do anything to help rig the boat. But she also asked me to pull the boat in closer before she’d step aboard, requiring a slight readjustment of dock lines. “I could use some volunteers to take the sail cover off the main,” I suggested after she had stepped cautiously aboard. Two of the kids raised their hands, eager to help. But I had ’to show them what a sail cover was, where the mainsail was furled, and how the snaps worked. Eventually they took charge of their first crew assignment, while I dashed below and found the old #4 jib and some dacron sheets. I lugged the sail up on deck, dumped it out of the bag, shackled on the tack and — after sorting out the twists — had it ready to hoist. But where was the experienced sailor that I was supposed to have for crew? The organization that set this up had promised me a third grown-up to help run the boat. The counselor was a good sport, and had some degree of control over the kids, but it was clear that she wasn't much more than a total beginner herself. I needed help handling the boat. I don’t singlehand very often, and wasn’t too keen for singlehanding on a windy summer day with five non-sailors in the way, especially when four of them were young males programmed for display behavior. I made another trip below, told a couple of kids that no, it was not okay for them to play with the VHF, and V: found my safety harness. If I went overboard we’d all be in real trouble.

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But just when I was about to press the starter button, a bicycle screeched to a stop on the dock next to my boat. “Sorry I’m late. Max." “Lee!” I exclaimed. “How did you get mixed up with this operation?” “Like, they came around to the uni¬ versity sailing club last week looking for volunteers,” she said as she locked her bike to a fire hose locker. “I mean, like, at the sailing club we do this stuff al¬

most every week. And if you count our open houses we give something like a thousand boat rides a year to the walkin public.” “So why are you involved with this program?” I asked. “Cause I’ve been trying to get the yacht club to do some meaningful outreach ever since I started grad school. Max. Now it’s finally happening. Even though it took an A-cup campaign with big name speakers going to the club’s dinner meet¬ ings to get their attention.” She hove her big sea bag into the cockpit, and jumped aboard after it. “If you’re ready to cast off docklines,” I said, “I’ll start the motor.” “Motor? No way! This is a sailboat! I mean like, show these kids some quality sailing!” “The wind’s right,” I noted. “Okay, if you’re up for it, I am. Let’s get the sail ties off the main!” I had to show the kids what sail ties were, and remind them again what the 'main' was. Meanwhile, Lee was whisper ing something to the counselor.

KIDS' STUFF

Whether it's done in a cost-intensive way by an America's Cup syndicate or virtually free by a non-profit club with old equipment and no professional staff, getting kids out on the wa¬ ter is a worthwhile endeavor. ‘That’s the kid who’s going to be a real handful,” the counselor whispered back, pointing out a 12-year-old who was busy pretending to almost push one of his buddies overboard while humming the Jaws theme. Lee led the main halyard to the winch, took three turns around it and put in the handle. “We need a volunteer to help raise the mainsail!” she said. All four hands shot up, and she picked the 12-year-old who had been singled out. “This is the winch that raises the sail,” she said. “It’s a thirty-to-one gear ratio, so there’s lots of power to pull up the sail.” "All you have to do is turn that crank,” I clarified. The kid climbed up onto the cabin top to the halyard winch, and started crank¬ ing for all he was worth while Lee tailed.

I chose one of the other kids, explained what he had to do to tail, and he took over the tailing job while Lee moved up to the mast to help guide the sail’s boltrope into the mast groove. But she was careful not to let it go in too easily, some¬ times pulling it over sideways to increase the friction. The clicking of the winch slowed down. The other kids yelled at him to crank harder. The kid who was tailing allowed the turns to slip on the drum, and the grinder, as soon as he fig¬ ured out what was going on, scolded him to tail harder. Lee kept increasing the friction. It took a full five minutes to get the sail up. And the problem kid was ex¬ hausted. “Good work,” I said with a grin in Lee’s direction. "Now the jib.” The other two campers did the same drill on the jib halyard, but this one went up much quicker. Then Lee cleared the dock lines, we let the boat drift back into the end of the slip, I backwinded the jib, while Lee pushed off and hopped on. “Crew meeting! All hands!” I called as soon as we had space to sail in a /

straight line for a. minute or two. “I’m Captain Max, and this is the First Mate, Lee. Don’t touch any of the electronics down below — that means downstairs in the cabin. You’re welcome to the snacks in the galley — that’s the kitchen. Lifejackets have to stay on at all times, even in the cabin, and that goes for the grown-ups, too. Don’t fall overboard. Cussing is allowed. And remember: at sea, the captain’s word is law.” Lee broke in: “There’s one veiy, very important rule of sailing that you should all need to know,” she said with author¬ ity. “Whenever two sailboats are within sight of each other, sailing in the same direction, they’re racing!” “Well, there are other rules, too,” I con¬ tinued. “Don’t use the head — that’s the bathroom — until someone shows you how to operate the toilet.” “Right," said Lee. "But meanwhile, there are other boats with your friends on them that left the harbor before we did, using their motors, and we have to catch them!” “Let’s use our motor, too!” one of them suggested. “Outta gas,” said Lee. “So we can’t run the motor today.” Lee had lied to them, but it had the desired effect. Young children and lub¬ berly adults tend to whine continuously for the motor whenever they’re not happy with the progress being made under sail. I’ve spent hours drifting home across the Bay on calm winter days having to fight off the “let’s start the motor” pleas from impatient guests of all ages. Next winter I’ll femember to just tell them that the motor isn’t working, and that will be that.

.^\fter a few tacks we were outside the harbor, and it was time to let the kids steer. They took turns, and Lee timed them at exactly five minutes each to minimize disputes. The first two were all over the Bay, but kid number three was a quick study. He was good enough so that we could relax and enjoy the sail. “So, Lee,” I asked. “Do you think this is going to get the yacht club commu¬ nity outreach program started?” “I dunno,” she said. “This has got to be the least cost-effective way to get kids on the water by far. .They started with an America’s Cup syndicate funded to the tune of tens of millions, then they sold an extra Cup boat for a cool ’mil to fund the program, then they have an office and a full-time staff to put kids on big boats out of Various yacht clubs for a one-time excursion. You could, like, buy a lot of El Toros for that amount of money.” August, 2001 •

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MAX EBB “You’d still need staffing,” I pointed out. “You keep telling me how great your university sailing club is because all the heavy lifting is done by unpaid volun¬ teers. It seems to me that by using the high profile of the America’s Cup they’ve managed to press the right buttons to get even some of the old fuddy-duddies at the yacht club — like me for instance — to agree to take a bunch of kids from the wrong side of the tracks out on our boats.” “But Max, some of these boats only have like two kids on them, and three adults! The boats are way too big, and there are way more people involved than necessary.” “Most of these boats would be fitting in the marina otherwise,” I argued. “And the owners would probably be holding down barstools in the club, or something equally frivolous. So I think we have a case of taking advantage of excess ca¬ pacity, rather than a case of wasteful overkill." “How many kids does this program take out every year?” Lee asked the coun¬ selor. “They think they’ll hit 500 boat rides this year,” she replied. “You don’t mind if I go downstairs and lie down for a while, do you?” I tried to talk her into driving instead, but all she wanted to do was lie down. So our counselor was out of action. Lee’s watch beeped, and we switched drivers

a correction on the helm she didn’t put her hand on the tiller, but on the drivers^ forearm, moving the tiller by moving his' arm. “This way he knows exactly how much force is going into the tiller," she ex¬ plained. I sent the other three kids up to the bow to watch out for icebergs.

X Xow much do you think they spend on that one full-time staffer, the office overhead, and all the other inci¬ dentals?” Lee asked. “Hundred thousand a year?” v “Probably a good guess,” I said, “so if they get 500 kids out on the water. . .” “That’s $200 per trip!” said Lee. “Com¬ pare that to the sailing club, where we give open-house rides to about a thou¬ sand people every year with no paid staff at all. And we do the thing with the local youth center too, about one a week dur¬ ing the summer school break. No big names, no hoopla, no big budget. We just take kids sailing.”” “Yes, but this program got the yacht club in the game,” I said. “My only con¬ cern now is, what about the ten or twenty percent of those 500 kids who actually want to keep doing this? Is there any fol¬ low-up?” “They said they could maybe get us a scholarship at a sailing school,” said the driver. “Q afety announcement!” Lee called out. The kids on the bow came back aft.

Yacht clubs are getting into the business of community outreach, some for political rea¬ sons, some just because it's a good idea. again. The last helmsman was the shortest of the bunch, so Lee had him sit on an extra cushion and put his feet on some more cushions stacked up on edge to make the cockpit well narrower. That way he could brace his feet like an adult as the boat heeled. He was a decent driver too, once he did a few zig-zags to get the feel. I noticed that when Lee had to make Page 170*

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“I just want to let everyone know that we’re about to sail into an area that’s sometimes called the San Francisco Tri¬ angle’. Now, personally, I, like, don’t be¬ lieve any of the stories they tell about it. But just in case, you might want to be extra careful while we’re here.” “What stories? What happens in here?” they asked. “Is it like the Bermuda Triangle?” “I don’t believe any of those stories,” repeated Lee. "They’re just stories.” “Neither do I,” I added confidently. “What’s the Bermuda Triangle? What happens there?” asked one of the kids. “You know, dude,” said his friend. “It’s where all those ships and planes disap¬ pear! Swallowed up by the ocean and sent back in time to a parallel universe or something. They had a whole TV show about it.”

“Better keep an extra lookout just in case,” I said. “There ain’t no Bermuda Triangle in San Francisco!” one of them finally de¬ clared, seeing through the hoax, and they all ran back to the bow. We had the new driver steer through a tack, warning the bow watch to duck under the jib. “I’m surprised the yacht club junior programs haven’t picked up this ball,” I said. You’d think that the clubs with good junior programs would be the best equipped to do some really meaningful public outreach.” “Most of the clubs don’t really care about this kind of thing,” Lee said. “The ones on city land are often coerced into it as part of their lease renewal, but if the club isn’t really behind it, it’s un¬ likely to go very far.” “But this program, from what I hear, is having a catalyzing effect on at least some of the yacht clubs that have been hosts to these one-day sailing trips. The clubs that have really bought into the program are now working with local pub¬ lic high schools, feeding local kids right into their junior programs. The format of these trips might be wasteful and in¬ efficient, but it would be even more wasteful and inefficient to not have these trips. And if it gets those programs go¬ ing, I think it’s worth it.” “For sure, if this results in more kids finding their way into continuing programs, and if there’s money for scholar-

KIDS' STUFF

Kids just want to have fun on boats. ships, then, like. I’m all for it. There’s a pipeline from this program into the new Jack London Aquatic Center, too.” “Wasn’t that stalled because of a turf war with the City?” I asked. “From the article I read in the paper, the volunteers that devoted years of effort to raising the money and building the facility got the rug pulled out from under them just when the place was about to open, and it’s been closed all summer while the city bureaucrats muck it up.” “It’s not nearly that bad, actually,” said Lee. ‘The inside scoop is that the new City Recreation Department guy was acting on some incorrect info, and some unfounded charges of racism and elit¬ ism were leveled at the rowing club that was the driving force behind the whole facility. That was complicated by the fact that the balance sheet wasn’t quite add¬ ing up, and the non-profit board had to ask for some City money. So the whole house of cards collapsed. Anyway, now the City staff seems to have figured it out, and there are good people in place. The key volunteers are still involved, the rowing club is still in, and Dana Riley, Dawn’s sister, is running the whole show. It’s going to be, like, really awesome when they’re fully geared up. Between JLAC and Lake Merritt, the City of Oakland now owns 170 boats! “Wow,” I said. “Well, that includes canoes and kay-

aks. But still. Actually, paddlecraft are the most cost-effective way to get kids on the water. Dragon boats are the best. Twenty paddlers, one person steering, one drummer. They can do it and have fun the very first time out, which is, like, way different from sailing. “Isn’t something starting up in Rich¬ mond also?” I asked. “You mean the Sailmaster deal at Marina Bay? That’s way at the other end of the scale but, like, with just as much potential. Even though, like, it started as another example of a yacht club not living up to it’s contractual obligation to run an access program.” “What happened?” There were five dinghies paid for by the State Department of Boating and Waterways sitting in a container, wait¬ ing for the contracted program that was supposed to be run by the new club. But, like, the club was never really interested, and the contract wasn’t enforced. Along comes one volunteer who gets access to the boats, talks the private marina man¬ agement company into letting him have some space, hooks up with the local Sea Scouts, and presto, there’s a community sailing program in place. It’s tiny, but the expansion possibilities are huge. That harbor is only half full, there’s a humongous amount of protected water for entry-level sailing, there’s easy access to the open Bay, and it's in Richmond where there are lots of kids nearby who could really benefit from stuff like this." “I like the idea of a small program in eveiy harbor instead of a few huge facili¬ ties like Jack London.” “Me, too. There might even be one popping up in Berkeley in the North Sail¬ ing Basin as part' of the new Eastshore State Park, now in the planning stages. But there’s serious opposition — clueless opposi¬ tion, in my humble opinion — from en- ____ vironmental groups. They say they sup¬ port sailing and kayaking and wind-surf¬ ing, but they’re dead set against any of the stuff needed to support those activi¬ ties, like a parking lot near the water or a boat storage yard or a small club¬ house."

I vpp’s watch beeped again, and it was time for a new driver. But the other

three kids were happy enough on the bow, so we didn’t switch off. Meanwhile we were gradually gaining on one of the other boats that had left the harbor be¬ fore us. They were using a roller furling jib, reefed way down, but the leads were set wrong and they could hardly point up at all. “Let’s head up a little and catch that other boat,” Lee said as she pulled in the mainsheet. I did the same to the jib, and we gave the driver a new landmark to aim for. This, of course, made for a much wet¬ ter ride on the bow, and one at a time the foredeck crew came aft. They still didn’t want to drive, though, and went below to raid the icebox. That didn’t last long. A minute later they were all back on deck for fresh air and a view of the horizon. “I need to go below for a second,” said Lee as she slipped down the companionway. Time to amp things up a little.” When she re-appeared on deck she was carrying no less than four of the larg¬ est water guns I had ever seen. Now I understood why she had come aboard with such a big seabag for a day trip. They were like giant syringes made of orange plastic. Lee demonstrated their operation: Dip the end in the water, draw in about half a gallon, and shoot it two boat lengths to leeward with deadly ac¬ curacy. “We’re going to tack over again,” Lee announced as she passed out the arma¬ ment to eager hands. “And the element of surprise is everything. So like, when we get close enough for them to see, it’s really really important to keep the water cannons hidden. We can take some prac¬ tice shots now, though.” The driver passed the helm back to me while his friends leaned over the side trying to load up. Vt “Hey, this 1 doesn’t work,” one | of the boys proI tested. U “You have to hold it so the end |f plate is at a positive ? angle to the flow,” instructed Lee. “Otherwise there’s a separation bubble.” “Can you talk English?” he requested. “Even better,” said Lee, “let’s keep a bucket of water in the cockpit so we can reload quickly.”

hey acted accordingly, and after some target practice on a racing mark we tacked over to intercept our quarry. August, 2001 •

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‘There are like, three critical tactical elements to this,” Lee explained. “Sur¬ prise, the windward position, and star¬ board tack.” The kids loaded their weapons and held them low. As we converged with the other boat, we could tell by their erratic course that they still had a student on the helm. But as we got clo’ser and their course stabilized, I decided it was safe to aim for a close crossing. “Go for the driver,” I said when I saw my friend from the yacht club at the helm of his boat. “He appreciates this kind of thing.”

also, but were now on port. Unable to cross, we bore off to escape. But with a full jib and a longer boat they were faster downwind, and we took a few hits flung from a bailing bucket. We hardened up to get to weather again, and got another broadside into them after two more tacks. And for the next five minutes we reenacted Trafalgar, Jutland, and three Patrick O’Brian novels.

Tlnd to think that U.S. Sailing is trying to get kids interested in that ‘Jun¬ ior Olympics’ nonsense,” I said when we finally disengaged from our adversary. “For sure,” said Lee. “feds just need a chance to have fun with boats.” We prowled the Bay for another two hours, stalking various targets of oppor¬ tunity. On our way back to the marina, as a final gesture, we did a “restaurant wave.” This consists of sailing way too close to the big windows of the local wa¬ terfront restaurant — the game being to see how many waves are returned. We

“Give them a friendly wave to distract them,” ordered Lee when we were only a boatlength off. They waved, the other crew waved back. “Fire!” shouted Lee. The kids stood up and let fly. Four direct hits, and all hands on both boats, except the target, were doubled over laughing as we made our escape. The other boat tacked, unrolled their jib all the way, and gave chase. We tacked §

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HIGH PERFORMANCE CRUISER t3etween 1990 and 1998, my wife Sandy and I fulfilled a 20-year dream when we sailed 40,000 miles around the world aboard Peregrina, our Tayana 47. Now, after three years living as landlub¬ bers, we've embarked on a new dream: construction of a high-performance boat, designed to meet our own specific needs, that, will take us out cruising again. At this writing all design work has been completed and we're close to finalizing the construc¬ tion details with a New Zealand builder. For those who might have similar ambitions, we'll share some thoughts here on the pro¬ cess to date. Later, after our new,: steed is launched and sailed a bit, we’ll follow up with a second in¬ stallment. During our last few years of cruising we began thinking about our next boat. While we liked our Tayana 47, the next boat would be a lighter and more highperformance yacht. We also knew that to get exactly what we wanted would probably mean building a custom boat. The ideas for the new boat really for¬ mulated about five years ago when we went up the Red Sea with Phil Atkinson, a New Zealand designer and builder, and George Day, Editor at Large of Cruising World magazine. Inevitably the conver¬ sation would get around to, "What would you like in your next boat?" Our wish list always included a comfortable boat that could routinely make 200-mile days. This speed increases your likelihood of mak¬ ing passages in good weather windows. With a slower boat, there is a better chance of getting hit with the next front. On Peregrina, we made 150 to 170-mile days, but a few times had the experience of a gale on the last day at sea. With a faster boat, you have a better chance of being in port when the weather deterio¬ rates.

A fast boat with the speed and com¬ fort we wanted would need a long wa¬ terline, reasonable draft for access to shallows, water ballast and modest weight. Additionally, a displacement/ length ratio of less than 150 was desireable. (This ratio is indicative of a boat's speed potential; i.e. 99 for a Santa Page 174 • UUlUiZQ • August. 2001

Cruz 70 and well over 200 for many con¬ temporary mid-sized cruising boats.) Over the last year, I looked at avail¬ able production boats and did not see any that had all the features we wanted.

Combining comfort and speed, Ed and Sandy's new dream boat' will be 50 feet long by 16 wide. Her bulb keel will draw 6.8 feet. The only boats that were close were the Santa Cruz 52 and the Hunter 50. But at about 19,000 lbs., I think they are too light for my taste. So, I came up with my own thoughts using Chuck Paine's Apo¬ gee 50, Steve Dashew's Offshore Cruis¬ ing Encylopedia, Lars Larsson's Prin¬ ciples of Yacht Design and various Internet sources. I am a mechanical engineer by trade, and have always wanted to work on a boat design, so I learned the AutoCAD program and did the first conceptual lay¬ outs of our dream boat myself. After putting my ideas down on pa¬ per, the next step was to decide on an experienced boat designer who would make it all work, and also a boatbuilder. After we talked to several designers, we narrowed the field to one American and one British designer. At that point, we had an idea of what a target price would be to bomplete the project with them. Feeling fairly comfortable with the

design side of the equation, we then shifted lanes and began investigating the possibilities of building the boat in New Zealand. We chose New Zealand because we like the country, the people, and could easily see ourselves living there during construction. They build boats using ad¬ vanced techniques and materials, and

many people in the industry are sailors, so they really understand what you want and why. Also, it is a great place to sail, and many Pacific Islands are only a oneweek passage away. Additionally, the ex¬ change rate is favorable, so we felt the boat cost would be rea¬ sonable.

I3ack in 1990, we began our cruising adventures by picking up our new boat in Taiwan. After the first South Pacific season, we spent some time in New Zealand, where we made many good friends and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. Since then, we'd al¬ ways wanted to go back. In January and February we finally did. We spent six weeks in New Zealand looking at the pos¬ sibility of building a custom boat there. Last year, while I worked on my ideas and drawings, I contacted Trade NZ and Marex, a boating industry association, in preparation for our visit. I knew of them from yachting friends and initially found them through the NZ embassy in

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Washington DC. We also developed other contacts through Kiwi boating friends. Before our trip, we were given a list of potential builders that might be interested in doing our boat in 2001. I sent each of them a letter showing our ideas and timeline. Most responded and we set up appointments. We developed an interview questionnaire so we could judge them on the same criteria, and found that there are four types of build¬ ers: 1) Mega yacht builders such as Sen¬ sation, Marten, and Alloy who build boats at the high end with large staffs of several hundred people. 2) Race boat and smaller luxury yacht builders such as Cookson and YDL DL who whc have staffs of 30 to 70 people with office and management staffs and their assoc¬ iated overhead. 3) A single owner/man¬ ager with 10 to 20 crafts¬ men, an established facil¬ ity, and one office staff person who often is his wife.

4) Independent boat-builders, who have no fixed facilities but rent a shed as needed. Though we interviewed a couple in the second category, we concentrated on the third type of builder because we intend to be involved in the building process, not pay for overhead, yet still have high! quality workmanship with an estab—

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lished firm. Using the latest technology is really the norm in New Zealand. We observed that the smaller builders have very high standards and the latest composite pro¬ cedures. Thus, the higher-end yards of¬ ten subcontract to the 'third category' yards. Most hulls use foam core epoxy resin laminates or cedar strip-planking with glass overlays. Also, most builders use molded carbon chainplates and rud¬ ders. Satisfied with the building capabili¬ ties, we then asked the other key ques¬ tion! — price. With the average hourly labor rate of $40 NZ, most of the yards gave us a total estimate to build the boat near our target. We are pleased that the cost of our modem 50-ft boat will be com¬ petitive with many USA production boats.

Laving learned about builders, it Ha was time to finally settle on a designer. Although we'd found two designers we liked before leaving home, we thought it prudent to talk to NZ designers also, as long as we were there — certainly a local person who knows the industry could be an asset. We considered their portfolios, style, experience, design approach, per¬ sonality, and design tools — in addition to the design fee. New Zealand has a good list of no¬ table designers: the most famous being Bruce Farr and Laurie Davidson. There is also a younger group with names such as Greg Elliott, Kevin Dibley, Gary Beale and Brett Bakewell-White. These people August, 2001

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THE RACING

With reports this month on the Laser North Americans and PCCs; a San Francisco YC sweep of the PICYA Championships; the low-key Catalina 30 Nationals; the pleasant Moonlight Race; hardball rac¬ ing at North Sails Race Week; the revived Columbia 5.5 Nationals; the latest Santana 22 Nationals; the Byte Nationals on the Rich¬ mond Riviera; the 'new' Boreas Race; a fun roadtrip to Block Island Race Week; and all the box scores and race notes that would fit.

Laser NAs/PCCs The Laser circuit blew through town last month, bringing in vanfuls of mostly young, broke, and highly athletic cam¬ paigners from around the country. The main show, the St. Francis, YC-hosted Laser North Americans on July 12-15, at¬ tracted 67 Laser and 25 Laser Radial sail¬ ors. The regatta was a tune-up (and quali¬ fier) for next August's 300+ boat Laser Worlds, a full 20-day Laser marathon hosted by St. Francis YC. Laser veteran Mark Mendelblatt, a 28year-old Floridian, won the 10-race, 1throwout NAs handily, topping runnerup (and top local) Steve Bourdow by 12 points. Mendelblatt match-raced Bour¬ dow in the final two races, insuring that the Stanford sailing coach wouldn’t break away and win the series. "It was a hard, but fun, regatta," claimed Mendelblatt, a former Tufts University All-American

"Mark was just faster than everyone else, especially downwind, which gave him the ability to come back from mistakes," said Bourdow, a nine-time Laser Worlds participant. "Even though it was close, I didn't have any tricks, speed or tactics that Mark didn't have ah answer for." Olympic Finn sailor Russ Silvestri, comparatively old at 39, used the Laser NAs as a cross-training exercise, finish¬ ing ninth. The top woman finisher was Anika Leerssen, a former ISAF youth world champion and past captain of the Stanford sailing team, finished 36th. "It was a conspiracy!" claimed Anika, who works in the StFYC race office when not sailing. "John (Craig) let me race so that I would be beaten and abused and actu¬ ally want to come back and sit in a chair all day! I have so many bruises, 1 look like I have a disease!" Fifteen-year-old Reed Johnson won the Radial NAs in a squeaker. Reed, from New Jersey, took a DSQ in the eighth race (a leeward mark rounding incident), but

"Everyone seemed really happy with this regatta," claimed StFYC race man¬ ager John Craig. "We ran trapezoidal courses across two shipping lanes due to the odd wind angles — pretty difficult conditions. We never could have pulled it off without the cooperation of Vessel Traf¬ fic Control and the pilots." Most of the competitors stuck around for the following weekend’s Pacific Coast Championship, held July 20-22 out of Santa Cruz YC. Honolulu sailor Andrew Lewis topped the 49-boat Laser field, while Del Rey YC's Greg Helias took the smaller Radial fleet.

Best in North America — Mark Mendelblatt (above) topped the highly competitive Laser fleet. Reed Johnson (right) won the Radials. erable dinghy skills into a big boat career. Earlier this summer, he helped sail the Volvo 60 djuice dragon across the Atlan¬ tic and he has also signed on with the One World America's Cup syndicate in Se¬ attle. Page 178 • UMmLW • August, 2001

bounced back to win the series with a pair of bullets in the last two races. Like the varsity competition, the Radial outcome came down to a match race the final day, with Johnson getting the best of his friend Vincent Porter.

It was a windy series (18-25 knots) and half a dozen rigs, including Mendelblatt's, tumbled. Mendleblatt won the first race, dismasted in the second and was towed in to the harbor to grab another spar. He returned for the third race, taking sec¬ ond — and then headed for the airport to attend a match race with Morgan Larson

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HR PICYA champions — Glenn Isaacson's brand new Schumacher 40 'O' and, inset, Tim Mc¬ Gowan's Tuna 22 'Summertime Blues'. in Germany. LASER NORTH AMERICANS: LASER — 1) Mark Mendelblatt, 32 points; 2) Steve Bourdow, 44; 3) Bernard Luttmer, 51; 4) Clay Johnson, 54; 5) Brett Davis, 55; 6) Andrew Childs, 59; 7) KurtTaulbee, 62; 8) Andrew Lewis, 78; 9) Russ Silvestri, 80; 10) Ben Richardson, 82; 11) Nathaniel Stoffelsma, 87; 12) Andrew Campbell, 98; 13) Kevin Traugher, 101; 14) Mark Brink, 115; 15) Gus Tenrreiro, 148. (67 boats) Other NorCal sailors — 18) Tracy Usher; 24) Peter Phelan; 36) Anika Leerssen; 45) Simon Bell; 46) Bradley Nieuwstad; 54) Nick Burke; 60) Andrew Tuthill. LASER RADIAL — 1) Reed Johnson, 16 points; 2) Vincent Porter, 19; 3) Kyle Kovacs, 41; 4) Patrick Dietz, 51; 5) Greg Helias, 59; 6) Matt Barry, 66; 7) Andrew Kobylinski, 66; 8) Tim Russell, 67; 9) Giancarlo Nucci, 77; 10) Scott DeCurtis, 82. (25 boats) (full results — www.stfyc.org)

LASER PACIFIC COAST CHAMPIONSHIP: LASER — 1) Andrew Lewis, 16 points; 2) Steve Bourdow, 19; 3) Brett Davis, 21; 4) Nathaniel Stoffelsma, 25; 5) Andrew Childs, 41; 6) Kurt Taulbee, 70'; 7) Eric Faust, 70; 8) Gustavo Tenrreiro, 80; 9) John Havestock, 94; 10) Jonathan Benskin, 101; 11) Russ Silvestri, 102; 12) Peter Phelan, 107; 13) Steve Brown, 116; 14) Trevor Hamilton, 118; 15) Jay Feaver, 124. (49 boats) LASER RADIAL— 1) Greg Helias, 16 points; 2) Chris Watter, 24, 3) Tim Russell, 25; 4) Andrew Kobylinski, 28; 5) Lindsay Buchan, 28. (14 boats) (full results — www.scyc.org)

PICYA Championships History of sorts was made on the week¬ end of July 14-15 when, for the first time, a yacht club swept all four divisions of the PICYA Championships. San Francisco YC pulled off the improbable feat on the strength of winning performances from the new Q. The Shadow, Top Gallant and Summertime Blues. Assists in the sweep go to the St. Francis YC racing jugger¬

naut, which boycotted the PICYA event for the second year, and to the S&S 32 Spirit and the Tuna 22 Mizzen, which both could have won their divisions if not for big mental lapses. Just 19 boats, representing only seven yacht clubs, sailed in the three-race Cityfront series. Two windward/leewards were held on Saturday, followed by a longer triangle, windward/leeward on Sunday. Southerly winds skewed the courses into drag races, as the regatta relies on government marks and appar¬ ently doesn't have the option of using a committee boat and inflatable marks. The starts and finishes were off the Golden Gate YC deck, and the racing, according to some, resembled that club's midwinter series. Things did get a little "interesting" on Saturday afternoon when the PICYA racers were finishing from the East while the Lightship II racers were fin¬ ishing on the same line from the West! Glenn Isaacson's new Ian Franklinbuilt, Schumacher-designed custom 40footer Q proved fast right out of the box. Her crew — tactician Bill Melbostad, de¬ signer Carl Schumacher, sailmaker Kame Richards, Joe Runyon, Carl Friberg, Bob Daniels and Andy McCormick — sailed the pale yellow 9,500-pound daysailer for the first time at 9 p.m. Friday night, and literally had never set their purple chute before rounding the first weather mark the next day. Q proved to be a wolf in sheep's clothing, posting finishes of 1,2,1 to take the Big Lipton — Isaacson's first victory in the new boat, and his first Lipton Cup win despite many previous attempts with his former boat, the Ex¬ press 37 Re-Quest. "The new boat is everything Carl prom¬ ised," claimed Glenn/"She's lively and easy to sail. Our cheek muscles hurt from grinning all weekend!" Another happy owner of a yellow boat was David Walked, whose beautifully re¬ stored 1974 Mull 30 The Shadow looked almost as new as Q. Walker and crew (tac¬ tician Tim Parsons, son D.J. Walker, Ra¬ dar Felton, Mark Maymar and Bruce Reeves) put together three bullets — the best record in fleet — in winning the Larry Knight Trophy for the second year in a row. Their division shrank from five to three boats after two entries — Stockton SC's Express 27 Hurricane and Sausalito YC's Tartan Ten Gammon — were scored RAF ('retired after finishing') after August, 2001 • UUbJcZS • Page 179

THE RACING Saturday's two races when they were deemed ineligible to compete due to lack¬ ing the required minimum headroom. Being good sports, the two boats raced anyway on Sunday, though were not scored. Dr. Frank Hinman, still enjoying sail¬ ing and work at age 85, took the Little Lipton with his 1974 Newport 30 Top Gallant for "about the fourth time." Hinman, who also keeps a Triton up on Lake Tahoe, posted a 1,2,2 series. The Top Gallant 'regulars', many of whom have sailed with Hinman for 30+ years, consisted of tactician Brian Kemnitzer, Harry Humphrey, Charles McBurney, Carl Flemming, Phil Fleishman and Pe¬ ter Brown. "We had trouble keeping up with Spirit," noted Frank. "Luckily for us, they sailed through the start/finish line in one race!" Receiving a similar bo,ost .(from sistership Mizzen, which missed a start by two minutes) was SFYC's fourth win¬ ner, Tim McGowan's 1966 Santana 22 Summertime Blues. McGowan and tacti¬ cian Bob Fox, Skip McCormick and Kati Maxim took the Admiral's Cup for the fifth straight time — eveiy year that the 'new' trophy has been offered! This time, McGowan won without the help of regu¬ lar tactician Steve Enzensberger, who re¬ cently shattered his ankle while some¬ how falling through his bathroom win-

of PICYA's 95 member clubs this year. Per¬ haps it’s time for another format overall, maybe even turning one of the four divi¬ sions into a J/105 one design class'^ BIG LIPTON — 1) Q, Schumacher 40, Glenn Isaacson, SFYC, 4 points; 2) Bodacious, Farr One Ton, BYC, John Clauser, 6; 3) Joker, J/35, Gordon Smith, SYC, 11.5; 4) Just in Time, Beneteau 42, Frank McNear, GGYC, 12.5; 5) Juxtapose, J/105, Tom Thayer, RYC, 13; 6) InfraRed, Davidson 44, Ray Lopez, StkSC, 17. (6 boats) LARRY KNIGHT — 1) The Shadow, Mull 30, David Walker, SFYC, 3 points; 2) Ixxis, Olson 911-S, Ed Durbin, RYC, 7; 3) Wide Load, Santana 35, Bruce Wilcox, BYC, 8. (3 boats) LITTLE LIPTON — 1) Top Gallant, Newport 30, Frank Hinman, SFYC, 5 points; 2) Spirit, S&S 32, Steve Lewis, RYC, 7; 3) Asolare, Catalina 310, Dave Wilhite, SYC, 9; 4) Wolfe, J/24, Chris Kim, VYC, 12; 5) Honcho il, Santana 27, Paul Rosenthal, BYC, 12; 6) The Blew Cal, Cal 27-1, Jerry Nassoiy, StkSC, 18. (Gf boats) ADMIRAL'S CUP — 1) Summertime Blues, Santana 22, Tim McGowan, SFYC, 5 points; 2) Mizzen, Santana 22, Mikey Murison, RYC, 6; 3) Latin Lass, Catalina 27, Bill Chapman, BYC, 8; 4) Inshallah, Santana 22, Shirley Bates, SYC, 11. (4 boats)

Catalina 30 Nationals Seventeen boats competed in the 23rd annual Catalina 30 Nationals, hosted by Santa Cruz YC and Fleet 44 (Santa Cruz)

San Francisco YC all-stars — Glenn Isaacson (left) and red-hot tactician Bill Melbostad won the Lipton Cup in 'O's maiden outing. the third race, resulting in a dismasting (Telesia), a blown out mainsail (Cool Change), and assorted other carnage. Two boats dominated the competition in both light and heavy wind — Mark Hecht’s Friday's Eagle topped the hardcore rac¬ ers, while Jack McDermott's Adventure crushed the cruising class. "Many friendships were made, a lot was learned, and the parties were excellent," reported Greg Haws, the Santa Cruz YC manager and a local Catalina 30 sailor (Alley Cat). "These boats aren't the fast¬ est things on the water, but they sure are a lot of fun!" For more information, see www.secatjleet.com and/or www.catalina30.com. SPINNAKER — 1) Friday's Eagle, Mark Hecht, San Francisco, 3 points. (3 boats) CRUISING — 1) Adventure, Jack McDermott, Santa Cruz, 3 points; 2) Odessey, Max Munger, An¬ napolis, MD, 8; 3) Alley Cat, Greg Haws, Santa Cruz, 8; 4) Katana, Scott Lighthall, Santa Cruz, 10; 5) Sirena, David Zucker, Santa Cruz, 14. (14 boats)

Moonlight Race

Adventurous men — Jack McDermott (center) and his 'Adventure' crew won the cruising divi¬ sion of the Catalina 30 Nationals. dow ("It’s a long story!" chuckled Tim). Summertime Blues went 2,1,2 for the weekend in continuing, barely, their Admiral's Cup streak. Altogether, this was a good series for San Francisco YC — but the actual event continues to slip, attracting relatively few Page 180.

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on July 13-15. Boats and sailors came from as far away as Florida, Maryland and Chicago for the four-race, one throwout event. Just three boats competed in the spinnaker division, while the majority opted for the lower-key cruising division (non-spinnaker) — which may have been a wise choice in the windy (15-30 knots) series. The breeze peaked at 37 knots during

This year's 35-mile Midnight Moonlight Marathon, hosted by San Francisco YC on July 7, was a "pleasant sail" according to overall winner Walt Logan. Sailing his Farr 40 Blue Chip, Logan and crew (Tim Parsons, Andy McCormick, Kyla Moore, Jen Lucia, Mike Diaz, Steve Bates and Deborah Crosby) started the pursuit race up to the Carquinez Bridge at 6:15 p.m., the last boat to take off. Blue Chip eased across the Raccoon Strait finish line at 11:41 p.m., about three minutes head of runner-up Abigail Morgan. The race took longer than usual this year, as the current was against the fleet in both directions. Winds peaked at 2324 knots, and faded to almost nothing at

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Gray fox — Dr. Frank Hinman, 85-years-old and still going strong, won the Little Lipton again with his Newport 30 'Top Gallant'.

Family affair— David Walker and 14-year-old son D.J. took the Larry Knight with their beautifullyrestored Mull 30 'The Shadow'.

High five — Tim McGowan sailed his Tuna 22 to a fifth consecutive Admiral's Cup win. There ain't no cure for the 'Summertime Blues'!

the end. "In the dark, we weren't sure how we were doing," said Walt. "There were lots of holes at the end. which helped us pass the last of the fleet. The Farr 40 goes re¬ ally well in light air, and we were able to keep moving when other boats couldn't." Five boats (of 25 starters) ultimately dropped out after fighting a losing battle near the finish line against the growing flood. The final boat to. actually finish — the Wanderer's 63-foot catamaran Profli¬ gate — couldn't punch through the wall either, but came up with a unique, albeit slow, solution. Profligate went ail the way around Angel Island, approaching the fin¬ ish line from the wrong side —probably the first and last time this tactic will be seen in the Moonlight Race!

Sunday, the breeze blew between 15-20 knots the whole time — perfect Long Beach conditions. Racing in the nine one design classes and five handicap classes began with a 4 p.m. contest on Friday, followed by two races each on Saturday and Sunday. Three courses were em¬ ployed — one inside the Long Beach breakwater and two outside. Peter Craig's Premiere Racing — the group that handles Key West Race Week, among others — provided excellent race management, aided by Golison's army of countless vol¬ unteers. Shoreside activities, as usual, occurred at the Seaport Marina Hotel (across the canal from Long Beach YC). The big winners of the three-day event were Dave Ullman and John Kilroy. The former won ’Boat of the Week(end)’ hon¬ ors for the third time, based on winning the 18-boat Melges 24 class on a tiebreaker over Argyle Campbell. Kilroy, his Samba Pa Ti crew reinforced by the return of tactician John Kostecki, was the SVIC 'Boat of the Day' trophy winner on Saturday, based on their 2,1 showing in the 14-boat Farr 40 class. Fellow Farr 40 sailors Robert Shaw and Alex Hem, co¬ owners of Wahoo, are connected with Sili¬ con Valley Investment Capital (SVIC), which generously underwrote a large por¬ tion of this year's NSRW. Four of the 15 classes were runaways, with the winner posting straight bullets. Scoring perfect records were the Rosenberg Family's Olson 30 Intense (win¬ ning 'top family' honors as well), Rip Carruther’s J/105 Incorrigible, Chris Winnard’s Santana 20 Altitude Sickness, and H.L. Enloe and Kurt German's F-31 Merloe. Two other classes besides the Melgi were also decided on tiebreakers: Dennis Conner's R/P 50 Morning Glory squeaked past Mike Campbell's steadily-

improving Andrews-designed TP 52 Victoria in PHRF-I, while Dick Schmidt's Outlier won the Schock 35 class over Jeff Janov's Ripple. Two Northern California boats — Mark Dowdy's Express 37 Eclipse and Rob Weed's Beneteau 40.7 Wired— won their classes, a feat each also accomplished at the previous weekend's Long Beach Race Week. Eclipse also won the new SoCal Express 37 Championship Trophy, do¬ nated by Mick and Marlene Schlens (Blade Runner) to acknowledge the best performance in the two Long Beach events. Eclipse dominated their one de¬ sign class, whereas Wired posted a onepoint victory over Silhouette, a San Diegobased sistership, in PHRF-III. "They made us wprk hard for it," noted Wired tacti¬ cian Pete McCormick. "This regatta was a lot tougher than last weekend (Long Beach Race Week)." It was particularly tough on Farr 40 owner Mike Condon and his Endurance crew. At the first weather mark of Saturday’s second race, they were in the starboard tack layline parade when Alexandra Geremia's (Crocodile Rock ap¬ proached on port. "It was just a typical Farr 40 fray at the first mark/' reported Endurance crew Dave Gmver. What hap¬ pened next, howeVer, was atypical — Croc Rocfc slammed into Endurance's port side hard enough to knock them out of the series. Fortunately, no one was hurt. Both boats immediately dropped out, and Croc Rock's afterguard apologized profusely. 'We could have kept sailing, but we were wrong," explained Croc's tactician Robbie Haines. "We just didn't judge it right." Other than the Endurance incident, a race committee error on Friday's race which nullified the PHRF-I race (the start¬ ing sequence started a few minutes prior

1) Blue Chip, Farr 40, Walt Logan; 2) Abigail Morgan, Express 27, Ron Kell; 3) The Shadow, Mull 30, David Walker; 4) SUV, Melges 24, David Wadbrook; 5) Baleineau, Olson 25, Charlie Brochard; 6) Simba, Express 27, Jon Shinn; 7) Ypso, Cal 2-27, Tim Stapleton; 8) Opus, Express 27, Huw Roberts; 9) Phantom, J/24, John Gulliford; 10) Ahava, Wylie 48, Michael Katz; 11) Tchoupitoulas, Santana 22, Stephen Buckingham; 12) Windwalker, J/46, John Scarborough. (25 boats)

North Sails Race Week The 17th Annual North Sails Race Week was held off Long Beach on June 22-24, attracting 160 boats for a sunny and moderately windy five-race series. It was the second biggest turnout in the event's history, surpassed only by last year's 170-boat fleet (inflated by 25 Olson 30s using NSRW as their nationals). "This was the best one yet," claimed organizer Bruce Golison. "We had lots of new boats, tons of rocks tars, great weather, and an unprecedented amount of participation from Bay Area boats.” With the exception of the first race on

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RACING SHEET to the stated 4 p.m. time), and a melt¬ down on the much-ballyhooed Americap II experiment (the two big boat' PHRF classes were scored under this system concurrently), the weekend went off quite well. "We didn't have anything to do with Americap other than provide US Sailing with the raw finish times," claimed Golison. "Apparently, not a lot of boats had real Americap ratings, and there was a lot of bickering. I hope they straighten out their problems before the Big Boat Series!" "It was great to see all the Northern California boats and sailors down here, thanks in part to Encinal YC moving their Coastal Cup forward to act as a feeder," claimed Golison. "Hopefully,, this trend will continue next year." In addition to big sponsors North Sails and SVIC, support for this year's NSRW came from Nautica Watches, J/Boats, the Seaport Marina Hotel, Albertsons and Sam Adams Beer. For pictures, complete results and press releases, check out www.premiere-racing, com. PHRF-I — 1) Stars & Stripes, R/P 50, Dennis Conner, 8 points; 2) Victoria, Andrews TP 52, Mike Campbell/Jeff Madrigali, 8; 3) Pendragon 4, Davidson 52, John McLaurin, 12; 4) Chayah, ID48, Oscar Krinsky/Walter Johnson, 19; 5) Wasabi, Farr ILC 46, Dale Williams, 22. (11 boats) PHRF-II — 1) Arana, DenCho 51, John Carroll/ Loren MacClanathan, 7 points; 2) Cita, Schock 40, Cita Litt, 11; 3) High 5, Farr ILC 40, Ross Ritto, 19; 4) Schockazulu, Tom & Jane Schock/Scott Mason, 26; 5) Growler, Andrews ILC 40, Neil Barth, 28. (14 boats) PHRF-III— 1) Wired, Beneteau 40.7, Rob Weed/ Pete McCormick, 10 points; 2) Silhouette, Beneteau 40.7, Warren Gross/Jay Butler, 11; 3) Defiance, B32, Scott Taylor/Tim Dohmen, 23; 4) Gator, Custom 38, Tom & Todd Wheatley, 26. (11 boats) PHRF-IV — 1) Chimera, Baltic 38, Tom O'Conor, 8 points; 2) Blue Moon, J/92, R. & S. Fournier/Mark Reardon, 12; 3) Redfine, Santana 30/30, Bob Marcus/Bruce Bennett, 17. . . Other NorCal boats: 10) Razzberries. (10 boats) PHRF-V — 1) Blur, B-25, A. & D. Hall/Mike DeBrincat, 14 points; 2) Kalae, O'Day 25, George Scholten/Jay Okomoto, 16.5; 3) Whisper, S2-9.1, Al Berg/Stuart Cram, 17... Other NorCal boats: 6) Take¬ off; 8) Wile E; Coyote; 9) True Grits. (11 boats) FARR 40 (PCCs) — 1) Samba Pa Ti, John Kilroy/ John Kostecki, 18 points; 2) Crocodile Rock, Geremia/Harris/Haines, 22; 3) Groovederci, Deneen & John Demmourkas/Chris Larson, 23; 4) Revolu¬ tion, Brack Duker/Peter Isler, 25; 5) Shadow, Peter Stoneberg/Eric Doyle, 28; 6) Gone Too Farr, Dave ' Carrel/Jeff Thorpe, 35. . . Other NorCal boats: 9) Peregrine; 10) Endurance; 11) Blue Chip; 14) Wahoo; 14) Flyer. (14 boats) J/120 — 1) Indigo, Scott Birnberg/Randy Smith, 8 points; 2) Caper, John Laun, 18; 3) CC Rider, Chuck Nichols/The Curmudgeon, 19. (7 boats) EXPRESS 37 — 1) Eclipse, Mark Dowdy/Bill Melbostad, 8 points; 2) Blade Runner, Mick, Marlene & Debbie Schlens, 13; 3) Expeditious, Bartz Page 182 •

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Schneider/Chris Hackett, 17. .. Other NorCal boat: 5) Elan. (5 boats) 1D-35 — 1) Tabasco, John & Steph Wylie, Rick Merriman, 13 points; 2) Koinonia, Doug Ament, 18; 3) Kaizen, Steve & Fred Howe/Bill Bennett, 19. (7 boats) SCHOCK 35 (PCCs) — 1) Outlier, Dick Schmidt/ Gordy Palmer, 23 points; 2) Ripple, Jeff Janov/Yumio Dornberg, 23; 3) Water Moccasin, Water Mocassin Syndicate/Brad Wheeler, 24; 4) Whistler, Johnstone/ Wainer/Evaul, 27; 5) Piranha, David Voss/Bob Patterson, 28. (13 boats)

J/105 — 1) Incorrigible, Rip Carruthers/Harry Pattison, 5 points; 2) Clousseau, Larry Harvey, 18; 3) No Compromise, Dale Byrne/Sam Merrell, 19; 4) J-Hawk, Brown/Lindberg, 22. (10 boats) OLSON 30 —1) Intense, Allan & Ron Rosenberg, 5 points; 2) Scoundrel, Aaron Feves/ Peter Ney, 17; 3) Gettin' Air, Tom & Terri Manok/ Bryant Human, 19. (6 boats) MELGES 24 — 1) USA-3, Dave Ullman/Pease Glaser, 18 points; 2) Rock n' Roll, Argyle Campbell/ Jack Franco, 18; 3) Fox Trot, Cathy Wood/Mike Pentacu, 23; 4) Monsoon, Bruce Ayres, 25; 5) In

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Scenes from another excellent North Sails Race Week, clockwise from upper left — The Farr 40 'Endurance' took the worst hit in recent memory; ‘Blue Chip' crosses 'Endurance' before the crash; 'Samba Pa Ti' resumed her winning ways; 'Wild Thing', the first ID-35 to sport a wheel; the new TP 52 'Victoria' coming off the starting line; a gaggle ofMelgi, with 'Smokin' leading this pack; typically tight mark rounding in PHRF-I. All photos by"Rich Roberts except as noted. the Fridge, Mark Golison/Steve Flam, 25; 6) Not The Family Buick, Mike Stone/Charlie Ogletree, 28; 7) USA-248, Marda/Rajewski/Thomas, 28; 8) Where's Bob?, Robert Tennant, 32; 9) Pegasus 24-1, Philippe Kahn, 43; 10) Smokin', Kevin Clark, 48. . . Other NorCal boat: 12) Don Miguel. (16 boats)

SANTANA 20 — 1) Altitude Sickness, Chris Winnard, 5 points; 2) Quitcherbitchen, Adam Kline, 14; 3) #904, Fred Stevens, 17. (6 boats) F-BOAT TRIMARANS — 1) Merloe, F-3, H.L. Enloe/Kurt German, 5 points; 2) Mental Floss, F-31, Jeff Cohen/Scott Klodowski, 10; 3) Zeke, F-28, Jo¬

seph O'Reilly/Barret Spratt, 18. (11 boats) TEAM RESULTS — 1) San Diego YC (Incorri¬ gible, Stars & Stripes, Wild Thing), 34 points; 2) Long Beach YC (Indigo, Blue Moon, Victoria 5), 40; 3) Cal YC (Chimera, Pendragon 4, Outliei), 48. (13 teams)

Columbia 5.5 Nationals Dinosaurs roamed the Delta on July 14-15, when nine Columbia 5.5 Meters convened on the San Joaquin River near Bruno's Island for their first National August, 2001 •

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THE RACING Championship in over 20 years. Four 5.5s made the trek up-river from Alameda, and were joined by five more sisterships from Stockton. Andreas Cove YC and Stockton SC co-hosted the five-race', nothrowout series. The regatta began on Saturday in about 10 knots of breeze and a flood tide. None of the competitors had raced in this area — dubbed Jurassic Park — before, so local knowledge had to be learned quickly. The normal afternoon wind filled in halfway through the second race, con¬ tributing to a few broken parts and one torn spinnaker. The fleet debated sitting out the third race (after all, we are gentle¬ men sailors), but the race committee de¬ cided on one more short course for the day. Race three was held in'T8-25 knots of breeze against a building ebb — wet and wild racing by Delta standards. "I was hit in the face by a big wave, blit it wasn't cold or salty," noted Wings owner Mike Jackson. Even stronger gusts helped cool the party down that evening. Appetizers were provided by the ACYC members, and a spaghetti dinner was washed down by a donated keg of beer. Stories of triumph and tragedy were told by all — in race two. Wings hit the only submerged rock pile left by an overturned barge, Top Gun found the mud even though their depthsounder read six feet, and Maverik fin¬ ished the last race with no main due to a broken halyard. The championship was still up for grabs on Sunday, with the first boat

the 6.8-mile course. "The lead must have changed 15 or 20 times on the beat to the finish!" claimed Bob Harford of the frost¬ ing ACYC. With the final race to come in similar light conditions, the top three were now all separated by two points each. Maverik needed one boat between them and Drum¬ mer to win the series. Sailing the same 6.8-mile course, Maverik covered Drum¬ mer the whole last beat, driving them away from the finish while waiting for the fleet to catch up. Drummer ultimately eluded their grasp, finishing the final race first and putting Nefertitti between them and Maverik. "It wasn't supposedto work that way!" groaned Colombo. "We took our eyes off them for a few seconds to see where the next boat was and they got us." Everyone agreed the event was excel¬ lent — the venue, varied conditions and the shoreside festivities all went off well. One thing, however, that the fleet needs is some practice on their towing tech¬ nique. "We almost cut one boat in half on the way up there, and we almost sank three on the way home on Monday!" claimed Alan Weaver. "But all in all it was a great weekend in the Delta!" — chris shepherd, 'bandit' 1) Drummer, Adam Sadeg (driver), Alan Weav¬ er, Warren Sankey, EYC, 10 points; 2) Maverik, Bill Colombo, EYC, 14 points; 3) Bandit, Chris & Karri Shepherd/Ray Hawkins, StkSC, 18; 4) Nefertitti,

member Mikey Murison did it again, tak¬ ing his third Santana 22 Nationals in four years. Murison and crew (dad Tim and Jim Wondolleck) had to dig deep to win; this one, a five-race series hosted by Monterey Peninsula YC on July 20-22. Seventeen Tuna 22s sailed in the event,, which came down to a battle between Murison and Southern California boatbuilder Tom Schock, who sailed ai brand new Santana 22 with his wife Jane; and new owner Shawn Villaron. ]\Iurison, sailing his vintage '66 Mizzen, and Schock; were tied going into the winner-take-allI finale. "This was my hardest Nationals; yet," said Mikey. "It could have gone ei¬ ther way." The shoreside highlight was Saturday1 night's buffet dinner, with a keg of beer courtesy of Pineapple Sails. Tom Schocfr entertained the crowd with the history of this enduring 35-year-old Gary Mull de¬ sign, and told the story of how the boat; came back into production. "The new boat is really sweet!" claimed; Murison, who works at the Point Rich¬ mond West Marine store. "It's fast, too — but luckily not so fast as to make every¬ one else obsolete." 1) Mizzen, Mikey Murison, Richmond, 7 points; 2) Byte Size, Tom Schock, Corona, 8; 3) Cnidarian, Ray Ward, Monterey, 17; 4) Strider, Mark Chandler, Monterey, 29; 5) Santy Ano, Greg Cailliet, Monterey, 31; 6) Carlos, Jan Grygier, Richmond, 34; 7) Roc-: inante, Bob Doerr, Monterey, 38; 8) Tackful, Frankt Lawler, Sausalito, 39; 9) US 99, Barksdale/Zolezzi,; Scotts Valley, 41; 10) Leprechaun, Charlie Kurtmen, Stillwater, 41. (17 boats)

[Drummer, sailed by Adam Sadeg, Warren Sankey and Alan Weaver) having eight points and two boats (Maverik, Bandit) tied at nine. "If Drummer is in front of us, you go one way and we'll go the other!" yelled Maverik's Bill Colombo to our crew on Bandit. Race four was held in light con¬ ditions and a huge flood, with the fleet taking 2 hours, 22 minutes (just eight minutes shy of the time limit) to complete Page 184 •

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Silver sea gods — Alan Weaver ("the world's oldest bowman"), Warren Sankey (middle) and Adam Sadeg (driver) won the 5.5 Nationals. John Notman/Bob Doscher, StkSC, 21; 5) Top Gun, Austin Sperry/Jim Coddington, StkSC, 23; 6) Wings, Mike Jackson, OYC, 31; 7) Italia, Ni Orsi/Tom Migliori, StkSC, 32; 8) Arrow, Patffolan, EYC, 33; 9) Carib¬ bean Lights, Terry Dobell, StkSC, 45 points. (9 boats)

Santana 22 Nationals Twenty-two-year-old Richmond YC

Byte North Americans The Byte North American Champion¬ ships were held at Richmond YC on July 5-8, with 30 competitors turning up from! as far away as Long Island, New York andl Canada. Local representation came from! St. Francis YC, San Francisco YC, Encinali YC, Lake Merritt YC and, of course, Rich¬ mond YC; The fleet included 19 female1 and 11 male competitors ranging in age! from 11 to a young and limber 57.

SHEET be surpassed by Kenning, who counted a solid 2,2,6 to clinch second. Roberts went on to the title with a 1,3,4. However the story of day three was Richmond YC's Katie Clausen, who won the day with a 3,4,1, to overcome Capozzie’s six-point lead, finishing fourth overall. Katie was the top female, as well as the top Bay Area sailor (out of 19 entries). For complete results check out www.byteclass.org or www.richmondyc.org. — zeke purvis-smith, performance sailcraft Byte fight— Richmond YC, a stronghold of Byte sailing, hosted the Nationals last month. The courses sailed were Olympic with I weather legs roughly two thirds of a mile long. The overall schedule consisted of a clinic and practice race on Thursday, fol: lowed by two races Friday, and three more . on Saturday and Sunday — a total of i eight races. Congratulations are extended : to Richmond YC, as the regatta was run in a professional manner by Tim Knowles, i Del Olsen and the entire support crew at : Richmond — the sailing was fair, fun and i safe in some windy conditions. Charter boats and equipment support were proi vided by Hansen Rigging, the local Per¬ formance Sailcraft 2000 dealer. Free : coaching was provided for the juniors and charter boats by Performance Sailcraft 2000 (builders of the Byte, Megabyte and 29er). Friday, the first day of racing, saw the i breeze build throughout the day from . eight knots in the first race to 16 knots in i the second. The course was set in Keller ■ Cove, which meant that current played a ' crucial role as the right side of the course i had deeper water than the left. Carlos i Roberts of the Los Angeles-based Team i Double Wave jumped out to an early lead, /winning the day with a 2,1. However, ; Carlos was followed closely by teammate i Nathan Dunham who counted a 1,4 and Debbie Capozzie of New York, who had two thirds. Carlos attributed his success to his ability to play the traveler and to solid starts which allowed him to work his way to the left side of the course for current relief. On day two, the course was set in the Southampton area and saw puffy condi¬ tions ranging from 5-15 knots, with two i of the three races seeing the higher side of this range. Across this course, the cur¬ rent was steady. The winners were the boats able to find the pressure and posi¬ tion themselves to take advantage of it — conservative sailing paid off as either side was paying at various times. Dunham fought back with a 1,2,2 to take the lead

from Roberts, who sailed a consistent 3,3,1. A new player emerged in Tristen Kenning from Victoria, BC. Kenning had been disqualified from the first race for rubbing up against the Committee boat at the start, but subsequently counted a 2,3,1,4 and with a drop would be within four points of the lead. After five races, Roberts and Dunham were one point apart with Kenning only three points out of second. Capozzie, in fourth, looked fairly solid as top female. Behind Capozzie, Double Wave sailor Joe Roberts and Richmond local Katie Claus¬ en (of the 'KCYC') were in a dead heat for fifth. Sunday's final three races were once again held on the Southampton course. With 18 knots of wind, the racing was hard and fast. GPS pacing put the Bytes at five knots upwind and up to 14 knots

Young guns — Mikey Murison (above) won the Santana 22 Nationals again, while Carlos Rob¬ erts (right) took the Byte Nationals. on the reaches! Dunham tacked too close inside Roberts at the first windward mark and, despite crossing the finish line first, was later forced to withdraw for not ex¬ onerating himself. From there, Dunham fell back count¬ ing a 7 and an 8 in the final two races to

1) Carlos Roberts, Woodland Hills, 13.25 points; 2) Tristan Kenning, Victoria, BC, 19.75; 3) Nathan Dunham, Newport Beach, 24.5; 4) Katie Clausen, Point Richmond, 27.75; 5) Deborah Capozzie, Bayport, 28.75; 6) Joe Roberts, Woodland Hills, 34; 7) Erin Smith, Vancouver, BC, 44; 8) Dan Ouellet, Alameda, 54; 9) Phil Stemler, Newport Beach, 61; 10) Kate Foster, Victoria, BC, 69. (30 boats)

Return of the Boreas Race Elkhorn YC's Boreas Race as we used to know it — San Francisco to Moss Land¬ ing, on Monterey Bay — died of natural causes back in 1999. No one entered that year, and the race wasn't held. The race was revived in 2000 in a kinder, gentler incarnation — Half Moon Bay to Moss Landing. Still, just two boats signed up. This year, the race 'exploded' in popular¬ ity, at least on a percentage basis. Nine

boats sailed the 58-mile race on July 7, though only five managed to finish. tfaka, a Santa Cruz 50 owned by Mike Travis and Chuck Cunningham, swept the tiny race. Haka finished first after 12 hours, 39 minutes on the course, correct¬ ing out first as well by 19 minutes over Mooregasm. Four boats — including the formidable Moore 24 prototype Summer¬ time and Dave Hodges' Moore 24 Fatuity — DNFed into Santa Cruz in the light go¬ ing. Next year, despite the obvious conflict August, 2001 • UVMM 3? • Page 185

THE RACING with the Pacific Cup, the Boreas Race should blossom again. The race has ap¬ parently been added to the 2002 Moore 24 Roadmaster Series, a 'package deal' usually good for about 20 boats. Hope¬ fully, other small ULDBs will join the fun. LIGHT-A — 1) Haka, SC 50, Travis/Cun¬ ningham, SCYC; 2) High Strung, Wylie 37, K. Mor¬ gan, EYC. (2 boats) LIGHT-B —1) Mooregasm, Moore 24, Josselyn/Watts; 2) Ruby, Moore 24, Manz/McCarthy, SCYC. (6 boats; all others DNF) HEAVY-A — 1) Overdarft, SJ-34, W. Jackson, EYC. (2 boats; all others DNF) OVERALL— 1) Haka; 2) Mooregasm; 3) Ruby. (9 boats)

Block Island Race Week The Storm Trysail Club's* Hlth bien¬ nial Block Island Race Week occurred on June 24-29, attracting 214 of the East Coast’s hottest boats for a week of fun and fog-free, light-air competition. Rac¬ ing in 19 classes occurred on three sepa¬ rate race circles, with seven windward/ leeward races sailed in the first four days. On the fifth and final day, the fleet sailed the traditional round-the-island race — a quick and scenic clockwise tour in a moderate easterly. "This is always a great regatta!" said Tom Coates, who sailed his East Coast J/105 Masquerade in the 30-boat one design fleet. "It's all about sailing, as there really isn't much to do on Block Island at night." We had the great pleasure of sailing with Coates at BIRW, along with his tac¬ tician Ben Wells, Sham Sinawi and Ray Atkin. Though we struggled in the fickle conditions, ultimately finishing a lowly (for Masquerade) eleventh in class, it was still a wonderful week of seeing old friends and making new ones. Along with the rest of the friendly J/105 fleet, we even got invited to a wedding between two J/105 sailors one afternoon! In many ways, the regatta is like a New England version of Key West Race Week — the same excellent race managers and juiy, a daily newspaper, tons of daily tro¬ phies, the evening tent party with freeflowing Mt. Gay rum and beer, and great competition (minus the European and West Coast boats). Like Key West, the lo¬ gistics of running this regatta in a rela¬ tively remote place (about 20 miles off¬ shore from Newport, RI) are staggering — yet the Storm Trysail Club made it look easy. The Boat of the Week trophy went to Sugar, Brad Parker's Annapolis-based Farr 33, which dominated the PHRF 102114 class. The trophy for second-best per¬ formance went to Jim Richardson’s Farr Page 186 • U&twteJ? "August, 2001

40 Barking Mad, which topped an 11boat one design class. Bob Towse and Steve Benjamin teamed up to win IMS honors with the'R/P 66 Blue Yankee (exExile), while another former West Coast boat — Richard Breeden's R/P 74 Bright Star (ex-Zephyrus IV) — topped the big PHRF boats. If there were a 'best tender' award, it surely would have gone to John Thomson, owner of the Farr 40 Solution — his green 151-foot motoryacht Affin¬ ity dwarfed everything else in the har¬ bor. Complete results, pictures and press releases can be found at www.block-

islandraceweek. com.

Box Scores Unlike the winter months, when we have to scrounge to fill The Racing Sheet, there are currently too many regattas go¬ ing on to cover. Hence, this convenient little section of the magazine we call 'box scores'. Here's this month's offering: WOODIES INVITE (StFYC: June 22-24. 5 races): BIRD — 1) Oriole, Jock MacLean, 3 points; 2) Robin, Jens Hansen, 7. (4 boats; only 3 races) BEAR — 1) Smokey, Steve Robertson, 8 points. (3 boats) FOLKBOAT — 1) Frihed, Bill Madison, 8 points;)

SHEET 2) Jim Kearney, Holder 12,19. (5 boats) BROTHERS & SISTERS (TibYC: 7/4: 11.25 mile!;): DIVISON I (0-150) — 1) Sunshine, Moore 24, Stan Martin; 2) Moonshadow, Wylie 31, Stan Behrens; 3) On The Edge, C&C 33-11, Fred Conta; 4) Preparation J, J/30, Ron Tostenson; 5) Frenzy, Moore 24, Lon Woodrum. (16 boats) DIVISION II (151 and above) —1) Don Wan, Santana 28, Don Kunstler; 2) Wind Dance, Cal 227, Don Walder/Ann Watson; 3) Constant, Ericson 27, Rod Phibbs. (6 boats) EASOM FOUNDERS (SFYC: June 23-24: 5 races)1) #1168; Peter Vessella, 5 points; 2) White Jacket, John Sutak, 15; 3) #3971, Kjeld Hestehave, 20; 4) Hyper, Tom Oiler, 31; 5) Rage, V. Neff/M. Erickson, 32; 6) Wild Woman, Kers Clausen, 35. (14 boats) INTERCLUB #4 (OYC: July 14: 12. 2 miles): FLEET A (< 168) — 1) Mistral, Conquibin 38, Bob Becker; 2) Wave Rider, Hunter 31, Mark Rommell; 3) Wave Runner, Tartan Ten, Glen Krawiec. (8 boats) FLEET B (169-197) — 1) Lelo Too, Tartan 30, Emile Carles. (3 boats) FLEET C (> 198) — 1) Dulcinea, Killer Whale, Mike Mathiasen. (1 boat) CATALINA34— 1) Mottley, Chris Owen; 2) Bear Territory, Dave Smith; 3) Casino, Bill Eddy. (6 boats) NON-SPINNAKER — 1) Peddler, Catalina 27, Norm Rehm; 2) Maggie B, Catalina 27, Matt Callahan. (4 boats) F-27 — 1) Three Sigma, Chris Harvey; 2) Al¬ ready There, James Brown. (4 boats) MULTIHULL — 1) Mindbender, F-25c, Chris Sundberg; 2) Puppeteer, F-24 Mk. II, Thom Davis; 3) Prime Directive, F-31, Dave Gilman. (7 boats) BOARDSAILING REGATTAS (S1FYC: July 7-81: BAY CHALLENGE — 1) Mike Percy; 2) Mike Zajicek; 3) Chris Radowski; 4) Steve Sylvester; 5) Cheda Herstus; 6) Al Mirel; 7) John Radowski; 8) David Wells; 9) Vlad Moroz; 10) David Hop. (27 boats) QOURSE RACING — 1) Mike Zajicek; 2) Steve Sylvester; 3) Chenda Herstus; 4)AI Mirel; 5) Andreas Macke; 6) Jean Rathle; 7) Bob Hartman; 8) David Wells; 9) Sean Davis; 10) Mark Franey. (28 boats)

Living large at Block Island Race Week, clockwise from upper left — On board Tom Coates' J/105 'Masquerade', part of a 30-boat one design fleet; Kelly Barrett and Glenn Hunter ('Wet Leopard') tied the knot at Block Island in front of the entire J/105 fleet; Tom Coates concentrates while 'Chessie Racing' creeps up behind; the morning traffic jam to exit the Great Salt Pond (the channel is only wide enough for one boat at a time); the beautiful R/P 66 'Blue Yankee' won IMS honors; and 'Mas¬ querade' was dwarfed by the 73-foot 'Cortina', her tender for the week. All photos latitude/rob. 2) Windandsea, Don Wilson, 13; 3) Freja, Tom Reed, 13; 4) Petite Sirene, Dave Boyd, 24;,5) Galante, Otto Schreier, 30. (10 boats) IOD — 1) La Paloma, James Hennefer, 8 points; 2) Quickstep, Rich Pearce, 13; 3) Undine, Wheeler/ Hawley, 13. (6 boats) KNARR — 1) Snaps II, Knud Wibroe, 20 points; 2) Peerless, Larry Drew, 20; 3) Flyer, Kelly/West, 22; 4) Sophia, Mickey Waldear, 35; 5) Svenkist, Sean Svendsen, 36; 6) Lykken, Sham Sinawi &

Assoc., 36; 7) PeerGynt, Jim Skaar, 38; 8) Penelope, Charles Griffith, 39; 9) Benino, Terry Anderlini, 44; 10) Sequoia II, Perkins/Baldaulf, 46. (22 boats) MAYOR'S CUP (Lake Merritt SC: July 1: 4 races): EL TORO, SR. — 1) Fred Paxton, 37.75 points; 2) Tom Burden, 34; 3) John Liebenberg, 33. (10 boats) EL TORO, JR. — 1) Kyle Gee, 18.75 points; 2) Anthony Bove, 14. (4 boats) OPEN — 1) Bill Wahlander, Laser, 20.75 points;

OYCA LIGHTSHIP II (GGYC: July 14:25.4 miles): PHRO 1 — 1) Jarlen, J/35, Bob Bloom; 2) Pe¬ tard, Farr 36, Keith Buck; 3) Kokopelli, SC 40, Kevin Rooney; 4) Stop Making Sense, Soverel 33, Briggs/ Condon; 5) Tigger, J/33, Frances Fennell; 6) Jammin’, J/35, Klein/BrowrT. (15 boats) PHRO II — 1) Dance Away, Santana 35, Doug Storkovich; 2) Enchante, Beneteau 42, Jacoby/ Barton; 3) Red Sky, Olson 34, Brian Boschma; 4) Sunda, Seaborn 35^ Robert Rogers; 5) Allegro, Herreshoff 33, David Bertsen; 6) Argonaut, J/40, Chrjgtoph Ditzen; 7) Amante, Catalina 36. Bill Housh. (18 boats) MORA I — 1) Archimedes, Express 27, Dick Swanson; 2) Dianne, Express 27, Hodges/Katzman; 3) Ei Raton, Express 27, Ray Lotto; 4) E-Type, Ex¬ press 27, John Drewery; 5) Opus, Express 27, Crowson/Roberts. (12 boats) MORA II — 1) Silkye, WylieCat 30, Seal/Riley/ Skinner; 2) Starbuck, Black Soo, Greg Nelson; 3) Loose Lips, Merit 25, Phill Mai; 4) Hydropathy, Merit 25, Kit Wiegman. (10 boats) SHS — 1) Georgia, Van De Stadt 40, Ben Mewes. (2 boats) August, 2001 • UMUtli • Page 187

THE RACING MONTEREY BAY PHRF (SCYC: July 7-8: 3 races): CLASS A — 1) Rosebud, SC 52, Roger Stur¬ geon/Gary Evans, SCYC, 3 points. (2 boats) CLASS B — 1) Mas Rapido, Olson 30, K. Deitrick, SCYC, 5 points; 2) Pretender, unknown, D. Potter, MPYC, 5; 3) Bullet, Olson 30, Mike GrPss, 9, SCYC. (6 boats) CLASS C— 1) Carnival, Santana 35, Bill Keller, MPYC, 4 points; 2) Tinseltown Rebellion, J/22, Cam Lewis, MPYC, 5; 3) Toucan, J/22, Donna Womble, MPYC, 9. (6 boats) OVERALL —1) Rosebud, 6 points; 2) Carni¬ val, 9; 3) Tinseltown Rebellion, 9. (14 boats) THISTLE PCCs (RYC: July 14-15: 5 races): 1) Terry Lettenmaier, Seattle, 7 points; 2) Dale Hinman, San Francisco, 11; 3) Dane Winchester, Portland, 17; 4) Dan Clark, Sacramento, 21; 5) Ron Smith, San Francisco, 23; 6) Joe Burcar, Tacoma, 40; 7) Craig Killam, Mission Viejo, 47; 8) Lyn McClure, Newport, 50. (16 boats) - v>

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TRANS-TAHOE RACE (TYC: July 7: 30.2 miles): FLEET A— 1) Emotional Rescue, Melges 32, Greg Dorland; 2) August Ice, J/125, FerriS/Felich; 3) Racer X, Mumm 30, Redelberger & Assoc.; 4) Avalanche, J/105, Mike Pavel; 5) Shop Girl, Sierra 26, Jim Betts. (12 boats; all others DNF) FLEET B — 1) Snafu-U, Moore 24, Mark Berryman. (18 boats; all others DNF) FLEET C — 1) Wet n' Wild, J/24, Mr. Teel; 2) II Outrageous, Catalina 28, Frank Roberts; 3) Knot

Bitchen, SJ 24, Mr. Frese; 4) KoKo Pelli, Hunter 25, Mr. Chanosee; 5) #4027, MacGregor 21, Mr. Boe. (8 boats; all others DNF; 17.8 mile course) FLEET M — No finishers (2 boats; 17.8 mile course). WEST MARINE FUN REGATTA (EYC: July 21-22); OPTI-A — 1) Eric Glaser, 23 points; 2) Josh Leighton, 23. (5 boats) OPTI-B— 1) Lindsay Grove, 17 points; 2) Jesse Bernhard, 25. (6 boats) EL TORO — 1) Rogan Kriedt, 27 points; 2) Michael Lewis, 29; 3) Kyle Gee, 30. (10 boats) JY — 1) Alice Conderel, 5 points; 2) Lucie Conderel, 6; 3) Bradley Johnson, 12. (8 boats) BYTE — 1) Max Paulus, 9 points; 2) Claire Blakey, 25. (6 boats) SPLASH —1) Woody Robinson, 11 points; 2) Brandon Scheck, 18. (6 boats) LASER (Smythe qualifier) — 1) Patrick Stahnke, 15 points; 2) John Goldsberry, 38; 3) Sean Ander¬ son, 44. (11 boats) v 420 (Bemis qualifier) — 1) Cameron McCloskey/ Molly Robinson, 14 points. (3 boats) FJ — 1) Hunter Williams/Erin Stephens, 14. (3 boats) (10-12 races; 64 boats)

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cian Ross MacDonald and Mill Val¬ ley bowman Steve Marsh — ended up a close second in a series that came down teethe last day. Going places: 15-year-old Rich¬ mond YC skipper J.V. Gilmour, along with Jesse Wedler and Matt Noble, will be representing Area G at the Sears Cup (the junior triplehanded nationals). Gilmour defeated the only other aspirants, o a StFYC team led by Chris Ward, z in a five-race J/24 series hosted - by San Francisgo YC on July 13. The Sears Cup finals will be held in Lightnings at the Metedeconk River YC (New Jersey) in mid-August. . . The Encinal YC-hosted West Marine Fun Regatta (see Box Scores) on July 21-22 also doubled as the Area G Bemis/ Smythe eliminations. Patrick Stahnke dominated the Smythe competition in Lasers, followed by John Goldsberry. The winners of the Bemis (doublehanded in 420s) qualifier were Cameron McCloskey/Molly Robinson, with Casey Williams/Kristin Rittenhouse second. All winners and runners-up will advance .to the Bemis/Smythe finals on August 13-

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22 headed for La Rochelle, France. On August 12, five Volvo 60s (illbruck, News Corp., AssaAbloy, djuice dragons, Team SEB) will square off in the 600+ mile Fastnet Race, the last major tune-up be¬ fore the start. Grant Dalton's late-bloom¬ ing Naator Group has yet to pit either of their two boats against other Volvo 60s. See www.volvooceanrace.com for up-tothe-minute news. Sailing downeast: The mostly down¬ wind 360-mile Marblehead-Halifax Race, one of the classic East Coast ocean con¬ tests, attracted 104 boats in early July. Richard Breeden's R/P 75 Bright Star (ex-Zephyrus IV) took line honors in 34 hours, 55 minutes — off the record pace (set in '89 by the SC 70 Starlight Express) by an hour and 26 minutes. Temptress, Richard Shulman's Swdn 51, won the small (16 boats) IMS class, while Bert Phelps' new coldmolded Deiter Empacherdesigned 80-ft bluewater cruiser Sonny won PHRF overall. (In the small world category, we did the '76 Halifax Race with Phelps on one of his previous Sonnys, a

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With reports this month on Breaking into the Charter Business, an old charter hand's tips on Chartering on the Cote d’Azur, and Charter Notes. N.

Itching for a Change? Finding a Niche in the Charter Biz Every once in a while a reader asks our opinion about the idea of bagging his or her day job and trying to make a liv¬ ing running a charter boat. It's a fair enough question, but after being involved with the charter biz on various levels for the past 20 years, our first reaction is usually to roll our eyes and take a deep breath. Sure, it seems as though-tharter crews — both on the Bay and abroad — live a carefree lifestyle out in the fresh air, sailing their tails off, mixing blender drinks and telling tall tales to an everadoring clientele. But, most crews we've known over the years would tell you there's a bit more to it than that, regard¬ less of what venue you plan to work in. Let's take a quick look at the indus¬ try worldwide and go over the advantages and disadvantages of working in various regions. First, though, it's probably safe to say that with very few exceptions, run¬ ning charter boats is not a way to get rich. In fact, some who've tried it would be quick to add that it's a goodkway to go broke doing what you love. But it doesn't have to be that way. Better to think of it As any local charter skipper will tell you, being a success requires marketing, consistency and luck. Here, ‘Second Life' roars to windward.

as a 'lifestyle job' where just knowing that you are spending your days pursuing your passion with a smile on your face will compensate for the lack of a big paycheck. Here on the Bay we already have a Page 192 • bWtJe 3? • August 2001

cadre of well-established crewed char¬ ter boats, representing a broad range of boat types and guest capacities. There's no two ways about it, even without con¬ sidering the established competition, the seasonal nature of recreational sailing here makes the Bay a particularly tough venue to succeed in. That being said, owners who do well here have found their own niches which give them ample clientele — and they've stuck it out long enough to become well established. Josh Pryor, owner of the 64ft double-ended sloop Ruby is the ulti¬ mate example of succeeding through consistency. For over 20 years he's been doing daysails — mostly booked by the head — and from what we hear he still loves it. The 78-ft schooner Rendezvous also has a long track record on the Bay. After operating her on 'milk runs' around the Central Bay for years, owner Drew Harper now has Northern California's largest fleet of large-capacity sailboats. From his South Beach location, one of his survival techniques is to focus a lot of his marketing efforts on corporate cli¬ ents. We remember that when the 103-ft square tops’l ketch Hawaiian Chieftain first arrived in the Bay it was tough to make ends meet since she requires a large crew to run her. But after a decade

of diligently building a local market and making guest appearances in Southern California during the off season — where she stages mock sea battles with the

Lady Washington — the Chieftain is do¬ ing very well. Tony Clarke, owner of the former Whitbread racer Second Life, is another longtime charter hand. In addition to typical daysails, he occasionally does special offshore trips. Clarke and others also augment their charter income with kids' sail training courses. Taking another tack on charter mar¬ keting, Stan Slitz, owner of the catama¬ ran Apparition, offers charter trips up the Napa River in addition to daysails. We'd be willing to bet that for all Bay charter operators, the key to making a decent living is sticking with it long enough to develop a steady client base. And that doesn't happen overnight. Run¬ ning the boat is the easy part, but find¬ ing a steady supply of paying guests is always a challenge. Here in the Bay, when we talk about chartering, we’re generally referring to one-day trips, but in most prime cruis¬ ing grounds around the world the term 'chartering' refers to extended trips of a week or longer, where 6 to 12 guests live aboard — commonly referred to as "term charters" in the trade. If you have a nice boat, and we mean a really nice boat, one that you could

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boats that have gone around the world or around the Pacific Basin doing this. But again, the hardest part is recruiting folks to come and join you. Unless you have a friend or partner at home who is willing to run your 'hqine office', your best bet would probably be to en¬ list th,e services of a good charter bro¬ ker to represent you. By far the most common place for sailors young or • old to pursue charter work is in the Caribbean. A wild guess would be that at least 75% of all term chartering in the world takes place there, and there are a variety of ways to break into the game. Cruisers who decide they'd like to lin¬ ger in places like the Virgin Islands or St. Martin can sometimes land jobs skip¬

pering bareboat charters, either on stan¬ dard bareboats with clients who need a little help, or aboard the large luxury yachts that the biggest firms market in addition to bareboats. Between charters, such crews can simply live aboard thenown boats and. Watch their cruising kit¬ ties get fatter and fatter. Landing a job on a top-of-the-line luxury yacht — such as those found lin¬ ing the docks of Falmouth or English Harbor in Antigua — takes a bit more luck and finesse. If you're young, fit and relatively good looking, it’s not hard to find a crew position once you hangout for a while and get to know people. Plenty of middle-aged couples also find cushy charter jobs, but, much like applying for a restaurant job at the precise moment that the chef quits, landing a sweet po¬ sition is often a matter of being in the right place at the right time. In the British Virgin Islands, which is, by far, the world's most popular char¬ ter destination, we'd recommend arriv¬ ing on scene in the fqll, a few weeks be¬ fore the annual charter boat show (No¬ vember 4-7 at the Village Cay Marina) with your seabag packed and your re¬ sume in hand. There always seem to be a few last-minute crew openings — but sometimes they occur because the boat's owner is a bona fide S.O.B. Still, getting Josh Pryor of 'Ruby' has been running Bay char¬ ters for over 20 years. You won't build a client list like his overnight.

your foot in the door is the most impor¬ tant first step. With the preponderance of catamarans in the BVI these days, its a big plus to have cat experience. Antigua has an even larger and more prestigious gathering of yachts and broA'ugust, 2001 •

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WORLD kers a month later (the Nicholson's Char¬ ter Show), but since these are primarily cream-of-the-crop yachts, it would be unrealistic to think you could get a captaining job if your primary experience amounts to a few years of daysailing your Cal 20 on the Bay. Again, if you're young, eager and are willing to work hard. . . hey, anything can happen. Whichever approach you take towards your new career in char¬ tering, we wish you luck. Chances are you'll need it. — latitude/aet

Nice is nice — very nice! Cruising the Cote d'Azur We recently returned from a charter out of Nice, France, with Thq Moorings, and since we were unable to find out much about the region in advance, I thought that I would share some of the things I discovered. In summary, we had a great time, and I would highly recommend chartering in that area to anyone. Our trip was actu¬ ally multi-facetted: We began by joining a couple of friends for a four-day char¬ ter out of Nice at the end of May, then spent a couple of days in Paris where we connected with my daughter — who had been studying in France — and two of my wife’s nieces. We then toured the countryside by car for a few days, finishing up with a oneweek charter, again out of Nice, for our trip's finale. If I were to do it all again, I would definitely incorporate a driving va¬ cation with the charter. There is just so much to see. When to go — It so happened that we probably went at the best time of year. A , European couple we met said that they never go to the Cote d’Azur (French The ladies had a ball at the street market in Villefranche, but tearing them away to go sail¬ ing was a challenge.

Rivera) before the end of May because the weather can still be overcast. One of the fun parts of the trip was going into the harbors, but the base man¬ ager told us that July and August were so busy that you usually couldn’t get into the harbors. He also noted that Septem¬ ber was less impacted. Three British guys on a 383, who were on their 10th char¬ ter in this area, said they had tried Sep¬ tember once, but preferred June. The boats — We chartered a 363 in The Moorings' 'exclusive group' for the first segment and a 413 in the club line' for the second segment. Both boats were in great shape and well-equipped with DC refrigeration and autohelm. Oh, how I love Auto, particularly when everyone else disappears below for naps. My wife, a veteran of a number of charters in the Caribbean with mechanical refrigeration systems, said this experience was the best by far. Both boats also came with spinnakers (although without poles), which we did end up using on a nice sail from Bale d’Agay to St. Tropez. As far as boat se¬ lection is concerned, it is generally true that the smaller the boat the better the

The serene anchorage at Villefranche, just out¬ side Nice. Just looking at this picture makes us yearrn for a glass of wine and some pate. chance of getting into a crowded port, although we actually had no trouble get¬ ting into any of the ports. We were comfortable with two couples on a 363, and the five of us were very comfortable on the 413. A 383 would also have been fine for the five of us. It is also worth noting that the longer the boat, the higher the port fees, which ran $20 per night at Antibes and $25 in Cannes on the 363. They were $35 in Cannes with the 413. Although, there was adequate maneu¬ vering room in the ports for both boats, another 5 or 10 feet of boat length would have made it a bit more challenging, par¬ ticularly if there had been strong winds. The Moorings didn’t have any catama¬ rans at their docks, and we only saw a few. I would guess that it is harder to get a berth for a catamaran. We should mention here that the per¬ sonnel at The Moorings were extremely helpful and friendly. Katie was fluent in

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English, and helped us find our daugh¬ ter and nieces when the cab driver mis¬ understood my directions and took them to the harbor in Villefranche. She also directed us to good, reasonably-priced restaurants as well as markets for pro¬ visioning. When we had provisions left over from the first segment of our char¬ ter, they stored them and had them on the boat when we arrived for the second part. The base manager as well as all of the base personnel were very solicitous. This was a significant improvement over our previous two charters in the Med. Water and weather — The water is cool, 68° to 70°, although a bit warmer in the shallower areas. I snorkeled on the anchor when we anchored, but I was the only one who swam off the boat. The ladies went swimming at one of the beaches, but this was definitely not a highlight of the trip. The snorkeling that I did was less than exciting after the Car¬ ibbean. The wind can, and does, get cool. Once again, this is not the Caribbean. I was veiy glad I had thrown in a heavier

wasn’t his first time out. The Ports — The ports are great! To anchor out and not experience the ports would indeed, in my estimation, be miss¬ ing the flavor of the Cote d’Azur. We did anchor out as well as go into the ports, and in the case of Villefranche, you must anchor out. Incidentally, Villefranche is just around the corner from Nice and makes a great first night's stop. My only problem was that I let the crew go ashore in the morning where they discovered a rather upscale flea market in the town square. I had a hard time getting them back to the boat to get underway. During the two segments we went into Antibes, Cannes (twice), La Rague, and St. Tropez. We anchored out at Villefranche, Baie d’Agay and lie St. Honorat (where they imprisoned the man in the iron mask). The ports were all close to the old portion of the city, so it was easy to explore the most charming ar¬ eas of each port. My wife and I liked Antibes the best. It is a rather large port, but we ended up in a berth along an ancient fortified wall which was close to the old city. This stop¬ over also afforded me the chance to pur¬ sue my quest. Those of you who go on charters without a mission, may not un¬ derstand, but I was. on a quest to deter¬ mine if the French could make excellent gelato. I prefer taste-oriented quests to those involving lost treasure and all that sort of stuff. The gelato in Antibes defi¬ nitely came the closest to perfection. The gals liked Cannes best. But for sheer entertainment nothing approached St.,Tropez. In my mind, I'd always envi¬ sioned St. Tropez as a quaint French port with small fishing boats bobbing in the harbor. But as we approached, we saw anchored near the harbor entrance one of those Club Med cruise ships with four masts and computer-controlled, hydrau¬ lically-operated sails, the purpose of

long-sleeved shirt as an afterthought. Next time I would take a layer of polypro along with a windbreaker. Provisioning — Hey, this is France gang! The couple we travelled with on the first segment have a retail bakery business and arrived the day before we did. They had provisioned with cuisine from Provence. Our jet-lagged bodies were revived when we saw the spread they put out upon our arrival. There are markets within walking distance of the base and one of my wife’s great joys is exploring the local markets. Almost all of the ports have market days, when the local venders come in and set up stalls and sell some great stuff. As one who is culinarily challenged, but has managed to get the consumption part down, all I can say is it is great! Mooring — If any of you have done a Med tie' in Greece and watched anchor lines get tangled, you will be happy to know that the French have a much more civilized system. You do stem-tie, how¬ ever, you don't use your anchor. Instead, a large chain is run down the center of the mooring area, and attached to it are a series of smaller lines which hold boat's bows off the quat All of the ports that we moored in had the same system, which is well described in an English language cruising guide that The Moorings puts on your boat as soon as they discover that you don’t speak any French. Unfortunately, they take it back at the end of the charter. It is the Mediterranean France and Corisca Pilot by Rod Heikell. I found it to be toProvisions from Provence, what a wonderful surprise. It pays to invite culinary profession¬ als when you pick your boatmates.

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which can’t possibly have anything to do with propulsion. Anchored nearby was another more conventional cruise ship. Its orange-col¬ ored shore boats were disgorging tour¬ ists onto my quaint little St. Tropez at a

A St. Tropez harbor scene with fishing boats in the foreground. They had no idea it was such a busy place. rate beyond belief. The illusion evapo¬ rated immediately as we rounded the breakwater and entered a rather large

port with only a handful of small wooden fishing boats hidden in one corner of a large circular anchorage that contained megayachts obscenely displaying thenwealth , and bearing the names of ports in the Caymans and other tax-sheltered locations, thus avoiding the hated VAT tax. The fishermen with their little wooden boats probably paid more VAT tax than any of the foreign-registered megayachts. Along the quai of this large circular harbor, artists sold their wares, and be¬ yond them was an almost unbroken ring of restaurants which offered as a view the opulent sterns of the megayachts. The port is divided into two sections, the circular section, and a much quieter sec¬ tion with a large number of moorings that appeared mostly to be occupied by long¬ term residents. Connecting these two sections is a rather wide, busy channel which runs along the breakwater. My daughter had contacted the port office speaking French and had been told that we could probably have a berth in about an hour. The port officials were very nice at St. Tropez, as they were in all of the ports we entered. I sensed that

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OF CHARTERING whenever it was a sweet lady's voice ask¬ ing for something, we got a lot more at¬ tention than when it was my old raspy and obviously male voice asking. We eventually ended up along the same quai where all of the tourists, and maybe some locals, strolled along ogling the yachts. As we were sitting in the cock¬ pit, people would stop and stare at our rig and at us. I have no idea what was running through their heads, but I be¬ gan to get the idea that they had never done a bareboat charter. Nor did they have any idea that we had rented this little plastic boat for less than the cost of the teak and bronze boarding ladder on the beautiful wooden schooner just a couple of boats down from us. Actually, once you get off the quai, St. Tropez does have it’s charming narrow streets and little shops that seemed to hold more interest for my crew than a lovely sail to the next port. The Wind — Lastly, some comments on the winds. The knock on the Med has always been too much or too little wind. The 'too little' part had been our experi¬ ence previously with only three good sail¬ ing days on a previous two-week charter

out of Athens in late September. This time we got to experience the 'too much'. To make a long story short, we dragged anchor while overnighting in the channel adjoining lie St. Honorat, then again after reanchoring farther out. With 30 knots of wind we missed a lot of sleep that night. Morning found me on the buck¬ ing bow and my wife motoring at full throttle into the wind in order to get the anchor up. It had been obscured in a great ball of weed. I can’t say enough for a wellequipped yacht with a hefty wind- 1 lass. We then motored across the 8 Golfe a la Napoule into the lee of i the Esterels where we found re- i spite for our salt-encrusted yacht s at the Port de La Rague. = Actually, though, apart from Q that experience, we had more days of good sailing than bad. When the sailing was good it was generally 8 to 12 knots of wind with little or no chop. We usu¬ ally set the sails and let Auto do the steering — life was good! The ports are

Clowning around at the Picasso Museum in Antibes. There was never a shortage of inter¬ esting sights on the Cote d'Azur. usually two to three hours apart on the recommended itinerary — long enough for a good nap for those who don’t enjoy

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WORLD OF CHARTERING watching the world go by, but not too long for those who like to get off the boat periodically. Other intineraries — I had a chat with four Swiss gentlemen who had char¬ tered a 50-fboter and did a two-week trip from Nice to northern Italy, Corsica and back. We enjoyed very much what we did, but would definitely consider a longer charter of that type in the future. Cash — Finally, for those of you who have not traveled in Europe recently, the situation with cash is great. Bank cards are widely accepted. Restaurants'have a handheld device that they bring to the table to read your card. We even used a bank card in a couple of small markets. There are also ATM terminals all over the place where you always get the current exchange rate. — drummond mccunn menlo park Drummond — Thanks for your lengthy

Going, going, gone. Sadly, the beautiful schoo¬ ner 'Ka'ualani' has retired from chartering. report. It makes us want to sail the Cote d’Azur again ourselves someday soon. As a humble 'thank you' an bfflcial Latitude T-shirt will be in the mail to you soon. Geez, after all that 'gelato', I guess we'd better make it an XXL. — Ed.

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CHANGES With reports this month from Knot Yet on the Over The Top Rally in Oz; from Neosal on being rescued from destruction by fellow cruisers; from Nai'a on needing a new mast in Acapulco and ending up with a Swan in Ft. Lauder dale; from Rieka on a good passage from New Zealand to Fiji; from Aeolus XC on the success of the Barillias Relief Project; from circumnavigators on Southpaw on their new gaff-rigged schooner; from Konig n on sailing to¬ ward South America; from Acadia on eight years of cruising and new boat plans; from Ariadne U on Tobago; and Cruise Notes.

Knot Yet — Gulf 32 Pilothouse John Keen Over The Top In Oz (San Francisco Bay) Knot Yet and I arrived in Darwin, Aus¬ tralia, on July 6, almost two months af¬ ter leaving Townsville. The trip was nearly 1,600 nautical miles, and was mostly done in daysails. The exceptions were crossing the Gulf of Carpenteria*— which took 2,5 days — and two overnight pas¬ sages during the Gove YC’s 10th OverThe-Top Rally. The 420-mile, 12-day, Over-The-Top Rally, which started on June 24 at Gove and ended in Darwin, was quite fun. It included many social events, lots of beach BBQs, visits to aboriginal settlements, and general socializing enroute. The final party in Darwin was the best, with awards for all participants and lots of camarade¬ rie with the folks we'd been sailing in com¬ pany with for three weeks. Of the 32 boats entered in this always sold-out event, an ainazing 15 of them were from the United States, while 11 were from Australia, three from the United Kingdom, two from New Zealand, and one each from Canada and Germany. Four of the U.S. boats were from the Bay Area: Annapurna, a Hans Christian 48 with Buddy and Ruth Ellison of Sausalito; To¬ tal Devotion, a Beneteau 50 with Tim Modders and Cindy Wilkes of San Fran¬ cisco: Klondike, a First 456 with Don and

Crew on Bay Area boats: John and Pete of 'Knot Yet'; Don andJCatie of Klondike'; Ruth of 'Annapurna'; Tim and Cindy of 'Total Devotion'; and Buddy of 'Annapurna'.

Katie Radcliffe of Santa Cruz; and Knot Yet, my Gulf 32 Pilothouse sloop with Pete Badrokadokra of Fiji as crew. During the week preceding departure, the Gove YC organized things such as a welcome BBQ, a tour of the world's larg¬ est bauxite mine, and a farewell cham¬ pagne breakfast. The rally itself consisted of seven legs, five of which were daysails of 25 to 50 miles, and two,ovemight pas¬ sages of 140 and 156 miles. The 140-miler was done under a brilliant full moon high¬ lighted by an eclipse! Among the most exciting moments of the rally was going through the 'Hole in the Wall’, which is a very narrow passage between two islands that has very strong tidal currents. Dur¬ ing the final passage to Darwin, we were rewarded with tidal currents of nearly five knots. During the course of the rally, we spent two nights at South Goulboum Island, where entertainment took place at the local aborginial settlement. We also spent three nights at Port Essington, where the final enroute party was held. This was a 'P' party, for which everyone was required to dress up in a costume representing something starting with the letter 'P'. As a result, their were pirates, priests, pregnants, port and starboard, party ani¬ mals, popcorns, and pussycats. There was also a bit of rain, but it only damp¬ ened costumes, not spirits. Presentation Night was held at the Dinah Beach Sailing Club in Darwin, with awards of some kind for just about every¬ body. A group of folks from Iowa — of all places — won the saga award for using

all the boat names in part of a tale about the event. I won the 'fuel gauge' award for running out of fuel — an incredibly stu¬ pid thing to do when you've got a 70-gallon tank. I believe that the Over-The-Top is a very worthwhile event, something all the rest of the Bay Area skippers agreed with. If anyone is cruising this way in the fu¬ ture and wants to get 'over the top' in or¬ der to continue on to Indonesia and Singapore, this is the perfect event. See www.goveyacht.org.au for details. P.S. Thanks again for taking me a-long as crew on Profligate in the Banderas Bay Regatta.

Neosal — Cascade 42 Alex Moyers Nuevo Vallarta (San Francisco) Well, shit really does happen! When it happens to you, make sure you have lots of people around — such as the cruisers in Banderas Bay. Without their help, my 1965 Cascade 42 Neosal would still be on

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Above; 'Neosal1s grounding emptied Rachel and Alex's pockets. Lett; Big wheel at the Gove mine, and an 'abo' woman during a rally stop. the beach in front of the Mayan Palace — and probably being sold as a time-share beach condo. I owe such a huge debt of gratitude to everyone who helped pull my boat off the surf that I don’t know if it can ever be repaid. Some of the incident was reported in last month's Latitude, but I’d like to tell the story from my perspective. It began on what had been a stellar day in a week of having sailed to different anchorages and having caught lots of fish in gorgeous Banderas Bay. In fact, the only reason Rachel Unger and I were returning to the marina was to refill our water tanks be¬ fore taking off for more of the same the next day. We were actually headed straight into the channel at Nuevo Vallarta when we decided — big mistake — to make one last pass south of the channel to parallel the beach and drop the sails. When we tacked around with the jib up, we immediately noticed shoaling about a --1

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forward or reverse because we were on top of the shoal. Each swell picked us up and dropped us closer to shore. I went forward and dropped the 45pound CQR while Rachel closed all the ports and hatches. Then I returned to the cockpit to radio a Mayday on channel 16. Simultaneously, the radar dome came crashing down from the wooden mizzen mast. I got an immediate response from the U.S. Coast Guard, which has a boat stationed in Puerto Vallarta. Their assis¬ tance consisted of wanting to know if we had our lifejackets on. As luck would have it, Leslie and her family on Wild Blue in Paradise Village Marina happened to be monitoring chan¬ nel 16, and immediately started looking through the marina for a boat powerful enough to pull our boat off the beach. They were able to enlist the efforts of the captain and crew of the fishing boat 2 Knots. We also got a call from Mike Danielson of North Sails and Kevin MacDonald of MacDonald Yachts in San Diego — who just happened to be sailing by on Magic Carpet. Mike had us switch to channel 19 as the rescue effort was being mounted from Paradise Village Ma¬ rina. By this time, we and Neosal were on the beach. In the process of being washed ashore, we had dragged the 45-pound CQR with us. Fortunately, Kevin MacDonald was no less than amazing! First, he dinghied through the huge surf and came aboard. He then took our big CQR over his shoul¬ der and walked out through the surf — dragging the chain behind him — and passed it to Paradise Village Marina Harbormaster Dick Markie, who was ma¬ neuvering a 25-foot panga in the rough surf! Then they reset the anchor. Had it not been for the reset anchor keeping Neosal's bow to the breaking waves, she would have been lost. Jim Ketler and Picante stood offshore, coordinating boats and radio traffic. Meanwhile, many lines were gathered and tied together. Then MacDonald swam the line a half mile or so out to 2 Knots. The

CHANGES motoryacht began to pull on Neosal while locals on the beach pulled on her halyards to heel her over. Unfortunately, because the shoal extends so far out and because there were so many knots in the 1,000foot line, the line repeatedly broke. It wasn't easy, and as time passed Neosal was left ever higher on the beach. At this point, the Mexican Navy arrived on the scene with the Cabo Corrientes, sent 2 Knots away, and took over. They attempted to attach a much stronger line — carried ashore by Mexican Marines. But with the tide having gone out, it wasn't long enough. The navy ship — with only 18 inches beneath her keel — couldn’t come in any closer. Rescue ef¬ forts were halted for the night, with the navy promising to return at davypv With my boat on the beach and her future uncertain, you can imagine it was a pretty long night on the beach for me. Rachel and Bob Jones of Drumbeat kept me company, and the Mexican Navy boat patrolled just offshore. To be honest, I thought it was all over for Neosal. When dawn revealed my boat was even higher on the beach, the situation looked yet more hopeless. Nonetheless, we put a line around the keel and set an anchor off the beam to keep the boat from tossing from side to side when the tide came in. Come daylight we watched in disbelief as the Cabo Corrientes left the scene, not an¬ swering our calls over the radio. But the other cruisers weren't about to give up, and shortly after daybreak the VHF was alive with cruisers coordinating a rescue attempt. Kyle of Desperado Ma¬ rine sent 500 feet of new line, Dick Markie contributed another 1,000 feet, and oth¬ ers contributed another 300 feet — so we had nearly 2,000 feet of one-inch line at¬ tached to Neosal ready to pull her off when the tide came in. There was just one prob¬ lem: we no longer had a boat to pull on the other end of the line. Fellow cruisers scoured the docks of all the marinas look¬ ing for a boat powerful enough to pull us off, but there were no takers. As high tide came and passed with no help, we were about to give up hope . . . when over the horizon came four Mexican parasail boatsl Like caballeros of the sea, these guys tied their four boats together with a bridle, and started pulling. This time the line held together, and Neosal began to inch off the beach. After 26 hours, my Cascade had dug herself a pretty deep hole in the sand, but with the throng of cruisers pulling the boat over with the main halyard, the parasail boats were able to start moving her back to sea. It was unbelievable but true! At this point, El Galleon, with brothers Richard and Terry O’Rourke — the Page 204

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latter heads up the Banderas Bay Regatta — stepped in and took over the line. They were a godsend. They pulled Neosal back into deep water, and then towed us all the way to the Opequimar Boatyard — where Kyle was waiting with a bucket full of icy-cold cervezasl Considering the beating taken by my 37-year-old ketch, the damage wasn't as bad as it could have been. It helped that she'd gone up on sand and not some se¬ cluded reef. The boat's rudder was basi¬ cally gone, the skeg was bent, and thanks to 30 local boys swinging on the halyard in the surf, we lost the mizzen mast com¬ pletely. And there's lots of cosmetic dam¬ age. Thankfully no one was seriously in¬ jured, although there were bangs and bruises, rope-burned hands, and sun¬ burned hides from waiting all day on the beach for a towboat. For me, the waiting was the worst. It's now two weeks later, Neosal is back in the water with a beautiful new rudder, a new bottom job, a new mizzen salvaged from a sunken ketch — and a much-de¬ pleted cruising fund! We did have to spend five different days with the courteous port captains of both Jalisco and Nayarit, writ-

Spread; Alex and Rachel examine 'Neosal's new mast, which came from a ketch that sank. Inset; the approximate location of the shoal. ing up numerous reports and explaining the incident — in Spanish. Thanks are due Lorenza Arias and Carlos Morales for generously donating their time to do the translating for me. This — after the beach¬ ing and salvage — was like your worst DMV nightmare. I had no idea the shoal was there. I thought the river entrance and the ma¬ rina entrance were the same. They are not. That shoal extends out over one mile — and in the summer rainy season it can reach out as much as two miles. Other skippers — even longtime locals who know the shoal is there — have been caught on it. It's just south of the Nuevo Vallarta entrance, it’s unmarked, and it's danger¬ ous. Be careful! The list of people who have helped is almost endless. Nick and Carol Rau of Puerto Vallarta Yachts deserve a special thank you for their tireless efforts, along with Bob of Drumbeat, Jim and Jan Ketler of Picante, Dick Markie of Paradise Vil¬ lage Marina, and all the cruising communityin Puerto Vallarta. Thank you! We do

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have one question, though. Who was the one grabbing every extra-heavy tourist from the Mayan Palace, stuffing them into lifejackets, and setting them on the lee rail for ballast? I think someone was tell¬ ing them it was a free sailboat ride. And what a ride it was! — alex 6/30/01 Alex — Ifs a wicked reef in the sense that doesn’t seem as though it should be there, and that there are no markers to warn of it. When travelling from Nuevo Vallarta to Puerto Vallarta, one has to be very careful to go around the reef— which in any event moves around because it's created by runofffrom the river.

Nai'a — Swan 53 Bob & Kristin Beltrano Chaguaramas, Trinidad (Northern California) Having just finished the May Latitude while in Trinidad, Kristin and I joined our friends Vaughn and Sharon Hampton of the Alameda-based Reality (Ha-Ha Class of ’98) at The Bight, a restaurant/bar at Peakes Marina and Boatyard in Chaguaramas Bay. A lone cruiser joined

us and said, "Hi, I’m David Clark. Have you heard of me?" Needless to say, I was stunned, as I'd just read in Latitude that he was trying to be the oldest man to ever do a circumnavigation. So, yes, David is in Trinidad, having just arrived three days ago after sailing up from South Africa. I’m supplying him with past Latitudes that had his story within. He says his current plan is to fin¬ ish his book here in Trinidad while wait¬ ing out hurricane season, then continue to Ft. Lauderdale for his planned Novem¬ ber arrival. While in Trinidad, he was able to get a 'sponsored' slip at Power Boats Ltd. Marina/Boatyard from Donald Stollmeyer, the 'father' of marine facilities in Trinidad. David appears to be in great shape and spirits, and reports that he had a fine crossing. His boat is in fine shape also, and he says she's an even better boat than the one he started with — and which sank when he first departed South Africa for the Caribbean. Unfortunately, he still hasn't found a replacement for his dog Mickey, who was lost during rescue at¬ tempts. As for us, we did the '99 Ha-Ha with Nai’a, our Hans Christian 43, and trav¬ elled Mexico all last season, getting as far south as Acapulco. It was there that we discovered we had to haul our boat and get the mast replaced! Delayed six weeks in Acapulco, we lost our weather window and insurance coverage for getting to Panama by summer. 'To make a long stoiy short, we came up to Sail Expo in Oak¬ land last April in search of solutions and perhaps another boat. We were sitting on a new Swan 56 when we started moaning ab6ut our'problems, and Patrick Adams of KKMI overheard us. Three weeks later, we owned a fairly new Swan 53 in Miami! Damn that Patrick! The Hans Christian was delivered to and sold in L.A. We then trans¬ ferred all our stuff to the new Nai’a in Ft. Lauderdale, and began to "cruise-herfy" her. We ended up leav¬ ing Ft. Lauderdale in January of this year to cruise the Caribbean while commuting back and forth to work. We discovered that cruising in the Caribbean is a whole different

story when compared to cruising in Mexico. Some of our Caribbean highlights included the British Virgins for six weeks, Antigua for Sailing Week, the Pitons in St. Lucia, and The Saintes and the ice cream they sell there. As for our new-to-us boat, once you sail a Swan you can never go back. We travelled 'down island' to arrive in Trinidad for hurricane season. Originally we planned to have extensive work done here, such as replace the teak decks. But after much investigation — another long story — we opted not to have the work done here. So we'll store the boat here in Trinidad and have the decks done 'off sea¬ son’ in Grenada, then travel up the East¬ ern Caribbean again next season. It's ditto for Reality. The crews of Reality and Nai’a will be back in the Bay for the summer. . . leech¬ ing off family and friends. We're going to have our off-season reunion at Avatars in Sausalito. — bob & kristin 6/15/01 Bob & Kristin — You didn’t ask us, but if you're going to keep your boat in the trop¬ ics, you might think about getting rid of the teak decks altogether. Many folks find their boats are much cooler inside without them. In fact, there will be a letter on just this subject in the next issue.

Rieka — Taswell 43 Mel & Rebecca Shapiro Musket Cove, Fiji (Dover, Delaware) Part One. Rebecca and I — who have beien out cruising for four years now — will finally be leaving New Zealand after a long stay and setting out for Fiji, Vanuatu and New Caledonia. This year's cruising season will end in November, at which Mel waves a sigh of relief having made it safely from New Zealand to the Musket Cove YC in Malololailai, Fiji.

CHANCES time we'll be in Australia. We have made 'heaps' — a good Kiwi word — of friends here in New Zealand and have enjoyed a wonderful in-depth experi ence of the kind of life they live. But winter has come to this hemisphere, the nights are cold, the leaves have fallen, and snow blankets the southern mountains. So we are eagerly looking forward to warm secluded anchorages, the sight of tur¬ quoise water, palm-lined beaches, and beautiful naked Polynesian maidens frol¬ icking on the sand. As we're about to head off on this tough, 1,100-mile passage, our motto is: 'Life is short, so have fun — or get religion.' Part Two. Well, we made it, and are currently at Musket Cove.Fiji — which is a remote, palm-covered island to tlje west of the main island of Viti Levu. Molololailai is its proper name, and it is privately owned by Aussie Dick Smith, fle's cre¬ ated a simple but deluxe thatched-roof beach hut-style resort that appeals to newlyweds. You see long white sand beaches eveiywhere you look, as well as turquoise waters and beautiful undersea coral gardens. Musket Cove is great for us yachties, as Dick offers lifetime memberships to the Musket Cove YC — which is recognized by other yacht clubs worldwide — plus use of all his facilities for a grand total of one Fijian dollar! That's about 45 cents U.S. In addition, the yacht club will ar¬ range to have virtually anything you want or need delivered door to door for no ser¬ vice fee. The tiny island has its own air¬ strip, which has three 10-minute flights each day to Nadi, Fiji's big international airport. Musket Cove is also served by a thrice daily powercat that makes the run in 45 minutes. One of the charming features of Mus¬ ket Cove is that there is no evidence of Like her husband Mel, Rebecca gives the high sign after the 1,050-mile passage from New Zealand. They'll end the year in Australia.

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government or bureaucracy, no cars or trucks, and just a few golf carts, bicycles, and electric scooters. There is, however, Internet access, five telephones, and a cell tower. We use a worldwide Voda Phone, which features free incoming calls and no billing. Out in the anchorage are perhaps a dozen cruising boats, mostly in the 40 to 45 foot range, with hailing ports from all over the globe. Our passage up from New Zealand took eight days, and was for the most part uneventful — at least as one could wish for the sometimes dangerous passage. We started with two days of motorsailing, then the wind built to as much as 40 knots and the seas to as much as 12 feet — with another two feet of chop. It was all out of the southeast* and we were headed north, so we got to run with it. Although we traveled alone, we were in HF radio contact with several other boats also headed to the South Pacific. Two of these boats suffered knockdowns, but all came through intact. As the days wore on, the wind and seas abated. On the eighth day we motorsailed through the barrier reef and into Fijian waters. Our greatest disaster' occurred the first day out when the head broke — af¬ ter we'd used it, of course! Fortunately, we have two heads. We also ripped our new mainsail, wrapped a halyard around our furling headsail, and nearly lost our radar/antenna tower. But all were fixed without drama, so it was a very good trip. — mel and rebecca 6/15/01

Aeolus XC — N/A Malcolm & Jacqueline Holt Barillas Marina Club (Bahia Jiquilisco, El Salvador) The original goal of the Barillas Relief Project has been surpassed! In January, following the earthquake that devastated the rural areas of El Salvador, Malcolm and Jackie Holt of Aeolus XC, and Don and Vickey Mayrand of TTauri Wind, made a de¬ cision to assist the 51 residents of a village known as Hacienda Lourdes, 3,200 feet up Volcan El Tigre, Usulutan, El Salvador. Five months later, it feels as though it was an act of fate that drew us to this humble community and the wonderful people who live here. Our first intention was to rehouse the villagers, most of who earn their

living as seasonal workers on the sur¬ rounding coffee plantation. We intended to repair four houses that could be saved, and to reconstruct five houses that we de¬ molished due to their irreparable condi¬ tion. The scope of the project increased as we discovered three more additional homeless families living nearby. Following negotiations with the landowners, we were successful in secur¬ ing a new parcel of land about one kilo¬ meter away, which is now registered in the names of the 12 families. The new community is called El Milagro (The Miracle) de Jaquelin. Many wonderful things happened to make this relief effort possible. The most important of these was the generosity of cruisers’ friends, fam¬ ily, former colleagues — more than 70 — and the Canadian government. Without the more than $28,000 U.S. that these individuals and institutions provided, the project could have never been completed. Also significant was the nearly $4,000 U.S. that the Barillas cruisers raised themselves through five auctions — talk about treasures of the bilge! Perhaps equally important was the spontaneous generosity of the crewmembers from more than 100 boaJs — from every continent — who worked on or contributed to the project. Also critical: Senor Juan Wright,

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This is what Puerto Escondido, Baja, looked like for Loreto Fest back in May. With the torrid heat of summer, most boats have disappeared. the owner of Barillas Marina Club, who made a work van — complete with a driver/translator — available for every work day for the duration of the project. We jokingly told Juan at the outset of the project that we may well return his Toyota van in the bucket of a front-end loader, as all the travel on the extremely rough mountain roads was going to take its toll. The truth was not far removed from fic¬ tion, as the vehicle is just about spent. We count our blessings that it held to¬ gether until we finished our work. Yes, this was a 'happening'. Just as Woodstock could not be replicated, we believe that this was a once in a lifetime experience — and that we were the fortunate ones who were able to participate. Virtually everyone in¬ volved with the effort " Jk. came away with a sense of pride, love, and ac¬ complishment from each day’s work. The bonding that occurred

between the international cruising com¬ munity with the children, women and men from the village was profound. Many cruisers — even grown men — parted company with tears pf joy and sadness when their time came to continue sail¬ ing. The trust and caring that developed between the foreign visitors and the lo¬ cals became as close as family relation¬ ships* and we're sure that many of those who participated will retrace their steps back to the new village in years to come. Some additional facts that underscore The residents of Hacienda Lourdes turned out in force to thank everyone for repairing and cre¬ ating housing for them after the earthquake.

the generosity that made this all possible: — Fifteen organizations such as yacht clubs and cruising associations, church groups, schools and offices provided fi¬ nancial support. — There was a significant grant from the Canadian International Development Agency. — Forty-five boats traveling to Barillas — mainly southbound from Mexico —• brought clothing, school supplies, tarpau¬ lins, medical supplies, building equip¬ ment and tools, blankets, food and per¬ sonal items. » — A program has now been set up so that year-end leftover school supplies from Vancouver/Victoria, B.C., may be delivered by southbound boats. — The Director of the U.S. Peace Corps in El Salvador provided his son as a resi¬ dent worker/translator. Walker Wise lived in the village and became one of the lo¬ cals for a four-month period. The project still has momentum. Funds continue to arrive, probably due to word of mouth and the information contained in our web page — www.barillasreliefprqject.org. Jackie and I have now decided that we 'have done our bit', and we intend to continue our journey to Ecuador and Chile in October or November. There are, however, people associated with the project who have said that they will stay to complete more homes and assist in the construction of infra¬ structure projects — water is the most precious natural resource — if funds con¬ tinue to flow. The need for the simplest things in so much of this poor country is so great that any donation — even a few dollars — will make a tremendous differ¬ ence to the quality of life for many people. We have assisted in the preparation of another grant application from the Cana¬ dian government so that a water catch¬ ment system may be completed for El Milagro and other nearby communities. The scope of this work is almost endless, it seems, but the dividends for participat-

CHANGES ing — either directly or by donation — seem to outweigh the investment many times over. Incidentally, all of the funds we raised were spent directly on the project. We have learned of some of the percentages charged by international re¬ lief organizations for their services, and pride ourselves on having fueled our vol¬ unteer efforts on love from the heart! The result of our work is that 66 people now live in safe houses — they have been tested in several (unreported) earthquakes that have continued to shake the coun¬ try. In addition to building skills, we have taught the village people to construct a series of reinforced concrete retaining walls. They are continuing to work on this part of the project right now. Further¬ more, some of the young peopls from the village have learned new construction skills — welding, steel fabrication, rein¬ forced concrete work and roofing — and are now employable beyond the scope of our project. If anyone is able to make a contribu¬ tion to the ongoing project, the details are as follows: Send donations to: The Bank of Nova Scotia, One Liberty Plaza, New York, NY 10006, USA Transit Number for the Bank of Ahorromet Scotiabank: 07142-32 ABA 026002532 (Put these numbers on the back of your check). Make your check payable to: "Account Number 2-07-21576-1: Donald Arthur Mayrand". Supporters wishing to receive a receipt for IRS tax purposes should do as follows: Make your check payable to: St. Jude's Episcopal Church, and add a note to tell the church that your donation is "For the Barillas Relief Project". Mail your check to: 20920 McClellan Road at Stelling, Cupertino, CA 95015-2967. Remember to send your name and address to which your IRS receipt should be mailed. For accountability purposes, email Unfamiliar with gaff rigs and schooners, the Baldings took off with 'Southpaw' having sailed her only once. It's not to be recommended.

maljacholt@compuserve.com with the date and the amount of your donation. A 'thank you’ to everyone who provided support to the project! — malcolm & jacqueline holt 7/'01

Southpaw — Brewer Gaff Schooner The Balding Family Second Time Around (Rogue River, Oregon) We've only come across a couple of Latitudes in the last couple of years, so it was a surprise to find the April issue at a book swap — especially when we found our names included in the Rounder's Roundup feature on circumnavigators. Seeing old friends' names on the list also brought back a lot of memories. For the record, our low-budget circum¬ navigation — you did an article on it in '97 — meandered from '84 to '93, and was fairly typical: Mexico, Milk Run to New Zealand, return to South Pacific and have baby, Australia, Indian Ocean to Red Sea to Med, French Canals to England and Ireland, Spain, Portugal, Gibraltar, Mo¬ rocco, Madeira, Canaries, Senegal, Grenada, Colombia, San Bias, Costa Rica, Mexico, and U.S. Our boat then, Heart of Gold, was 28.5 feet long. She was only that long because Gary lengthened her hull while the boat was in his mother's pasture in Oregon. Most of our navigation was done with a sextant. We did buy a SatNav — remem¬ ber those? — for the Red Sea, but it packed up well before we arrived back in the States. The boat's old Atomic 4 died before the end of the trip, too. We replaced it with a 9 hp diesel in Australia. We didn't do much motoring anyway, just in flat calms and harbors. We purchased the hull of our new boat — a Ted Brewer design in steel — in '95 and optimistically thought we d be cruis¬ ing again in 18 months. Maybe . . . if we’d been in a diy climate and stuck to our original 'French minimalist' — milk crates, bean bags and curtains — interior. As it was, it took us four years to more or less finish fitting her out. We moved aboard the last year so we could ready Heart of Gold for sale. When we took off in Southpaw, we had only sailed the boat once, and that was two years before at her launching —just to see if she could sail. Still, we figured a 51-foot L.O.A. gaff schooner can't be very different from a 28.5 marconi sloop, right? Neither of us had any experience with gaff rigs or schooners, and there wasn't any¬ one around whose brain we could pick, so we’ve been having a lot of fun figuring it all out. The offset propeller makes life

interesting, too, and we've found that it's wonderful for harvesting kelp. By the way, since our prop is offset to port, our dog Murph always shook with his left paw, and Gary and I are left-handed, we named our new boat Southpaw. This time we've taken a slightly-differ¬ ent route. From Z-town we sailed to Fan¬ ning, mostly under square rig, driven by our Radcliffe-brand windvane, which works independently of the worm-gear steering and is the stoutest commercial vane we've ever seen. Winds were light, so the 3,600 mile passage took 29 days. Our friends with a 50-footer took 42 days. From Fanning we sailed to Pago Pago, America Samoa — where the water is much cleaner than it was in the '80s — to Apia, where Gary worked for two months plumbing a new government building. When we left Samoa, we brought along a young Kiwi plumber for the trip to Asau, Niautoputapu, and Vava’u, Tonga. It was the first time we'd ever sailed with an ex¬ tra body on our boat. Andy had sailed as a kid, but was unprepared for the 45knots we ran into from Tiautoputapu to Vava'u, and the hard beat — it took four days to cover 150 miles — we had. "This

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Spread; The schooner 'Southpaw' lines up with the 28-footer the Baldings (inset) circumnavi¬ gated with. You could find more different boats. is a f—king shithouse, mate," was his con¬ stant groan. But he was a great guy — and superb teenage disciplinarian. Any time our daughter Sara got saucy, he'd toss her overboard. At anchor, that is. We sailed to Suva so Sara could see her birthplace and to see if she could get a Fijian passport. Unfortunately, the rules have now changed, and you now have to have a Fijian parent to get a passport. Suva's a little shabbier than before, and the town dump across the bay can make life in the anchorage unpleasant. Still, it doesn't affect the yacht club bar. And Suva is still a great town. Oddly enough, it has the cheapest place we know of to get a liferaft certified — and you're en¬ couraged to watch the inspection and re¬ packing. Weatherwise, our trip to New Zealand was much better than our first one< as we only had one low deep enough to gen¬ erate 45 knots of wind. It was in this stuff that we paid the price for not shaking our boat down before we left, as we had sev¬ eral breakages: A weld failed on the rud-

derstock, a running backstay fitting broke, the staysail boom broke, and the head gasket blew on the engine. So our trip to New Zealand was slow — 14 days, and we had lots of light headwinds that didn't help. But the windvane handled the steering, and Southpaw is so comfortable at sea that we weren't concerned about the length of the passage. Not that we weren't pleased to see Opua! We finished repairs to our boat the day before the annual tall ships race, which was a blast. It was the first time we've sailed with other gaffers. We were hoping to see Michael Kris and Gilpie — where were you? We've be staying in New Zealand a year or so, so Sara is in school. Gary is plumbing — and for the first time ever has a legal work permit. Apparently there's a shortage of plumbers in New Zealand. I'm maintaining the garden in the beautiful place overlooking Flat Island that we're housesitting for the winter. Life is good. —jessie 7/1/01

Konig — Passport 51 George & Anita Rishell Cruising South (Point Roberts, Washington) After several years of preparing our

boat, we finally left our slip in Point Rob¬ erts, Washington, in August of '00 and headed for San Francisco. Our boat wasn't finished, but we had to get south to avoid winter storms. Our trip was un¬ eventful — except when we got into dense fog and heavy fishing boat traffic off Coos Bay, and asked the Coast Guard to guide us in. They did — after which they in¬ spected our boat and cited us for two vio¬ lations: 1) Not having a bell with a large enough diameter, and 2) Not having 'No.' in front of the documentation number in our hull. That's your tax dollars and our's hard at work! After a couple of weeks visiting old friends in San Francisco, we moved on to San Diego, where a friend let us use the slip in front of his Coronado Cays home to finish our boat projects. In March of this year we headed south to Mexico, and friends John and Wanda Robertson of Vancouver made the passage with us. We had a good trip with good company — and even managed to get a slip when we pulled into Cabo! After a week in frantic Cabo, we headed to Puerto Vallarta, where we spent a week with old friends — many of whom were there for the Banderas Bay Regatta. Our passage to Z-town was somewhat more exciting. After checking the oil one afternoon, we hit the starter and heard a horrible noise. The diagnosis was simple: the starter motor was trying to separate from the engine. So we put our sails up in the light air. By evening the wind had picked up — but so had the strange noises from our Leisure Furl boom. The diagno¬ sis was simple once again: the boom had come loose at the gooseneck and slid back. It only remained attached because of the roller and the sail. During the in¬ stallation, the boatworkers had failed to put Locktite on the final screw that locks all the parts of the assembly together. Due to the weight of the boom, we couldn't George and Anita didn't get to the Arches and Cabo until March — but it's better getting there late in the season than not at all.

CHANGES make repairs at sea. We furled what we could of the main and sailed under genoa. There was good wind and we were able to sail into Z-Bay and drop the hook with¬ out any problem. v Fixing the boom wasn't hard. Then we were lucky enough.to find a good me¬ chanic for the engine. He discovered that all three of the studs holding the starter in place had failed. After a couple of tries, we got it fixed properly. Interestingly, the whole time we were there, nearby Marina Ixtapa was closed by breaking waves. If your boat was inside, it was trapped. Our next stop was a slip at the Acapulco YC, which is undergoing major renovations. The club is very well run and a pleasure to stay at. We decided that hurricane season was too close for com¬ fort, and that we'd make the passage to Panama in one hop. We had a nice weather window through the Gulf of Te¬ huantepec, but a Papagayo — plus 2.5 knots of adverse current — got us off Nica¬ ragua. We finally made it to the lee of Costa Rica’s mountains, and from there had pleasant sailing to the uninhabited Panamanian island of Jicaron, which is west of Punta Mala. We decided to put in to see an uninhabited jungle island. It was very beautiful with monkeys and birds of all types, flowers, coconuts and even a freshwater stream where fishermen come to refill. It was a very interesting stop. When we got to the Canal, we took a mooring in front of the Balboa YC. The ruins of the burned out clubhouse have been removed and only the foundation remains. But they have a new office above the ice machines, and lockers at the top of the ramp from the floating pier, and have built an open-air bar/restaurant near the pool at the top of the bluff. The club has apparently solved its dispute with the government, and now has a long term agreement that guarantees them the right to the moorings and the pier. The The limited facilities at the Balboa YC still aren't back to pre-fire standards, but they are begin¬ ning to get there .And the pool is nice.

bar/restaurant and pool area are leased month-to-month, but it seems to be of little concern to them. The club staff are veiy helpful. Some of the most interesting news from Panama is that the old railroad, which has been inoperable for years, is being com¬ pletely rebuilt. The work is being done by a U.S. company that also has the con¬ tract to operate and maintain it. It is scheduled to reopen in August of this year. By the way, do you know what they use to keep the club's moorings in place? Used railroad car wheels. Those who thrive on pizza and booze will find Panama to their liking. Tambuffelli, a Panamanian chain that makes excellent and reasonably-priced pizzas, has opened up nearby, and they deliver to the club. And duty-free liquor can be purchased from the Felipe Motta Co. in the Pattilla district of Panama City. The sticker shock for booze is a pleasant one, as a 0.75 liter bottle of Stolichnaya vodka sells for less than $4 U.S. The Pattilla district is close to some of the more affluent areas of Panama City, and has nice shops, stores and homes. The excel¬ lent Casa de Came supermarket is in this same district. After we complete some repairs and projects, we'll head south to Colombia, where we'll make some stops. We ll later have the boat hauled in Salinas, Ecua¬ dor, where we'll renew some old friend¬ ships. Easter Island and Puerto Montt, Chile, will be our subsequent destina¬ tions. Puerto Montt is at the northern end of the fjord section of Chile, and we want to explore this area — which extends as far south as Cape Horn — for as much as a year. — george and anita 5/25/01

Acadia — 40 Pilothouse Charles & Pat Broussard Eight Years Later (Carmel Valley) We and Acadia started our big cruise

with the '93 Ha-Ha group, having previ¬ ously made three-month cruises as far south as Z-town in '88 and '89. The '93 Ha-Ha was a fun and friendly group, and we continued to meet members at the various anchorages over the years. There was always a party sailing in company with 'fleet entertainer' Ray Jason. We re¬ cently heard from A1 and Barbara of Windscape. Just the two of them sailed to Europe and are now in Barcelona — where we hope to visit them this summer. During their travels, they'd met up with John and Sharon aboard Dionysis. When we dropped the hook in St. Lucia, Dionysis was right next to us — we hadn't crossed paths in four years! The lasting friend¬ ships we made during our cruising Eire too numerous to mention. To recap our trip, we left in '93 and visited Mexico and all the Central Ameri¬ can countries. From Panama we sailed to St. Petersburg, Florida. The next season we sailed through the Bahamas, the Do¬ minican Republic and the entire Carib¬ bean chain down to Trinidad, then back to Florida. We spent at least six months in each country, exploring all the backroads and really getting to know the people. Taking Spanish classes in each country was Chuck’s way of keeping busy

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Spread; Charles, mistakenly thinking he's under built in England to cruise the European arrest, directs some Mexican soldiers to 'Acadia'. waterway system. Inset; Pat and Charles._— charles and pat broussard 7/5/01 when Pat had to return home for family reasons. In our eight years of cruising from San Francisco to the East Coast, our favorite country was Guatamala. We spent nine months on the Rio Dulce, which al¬ lowed us to travel inland extensively. We found the city of Antigua to be a great place for language school. We have a couple of suggestions that others might find useful. In our experi¬ ence, cruising six to nine months a year worked out fine. In addition, keeping our home in the Bay Area also proved to be wise. The appreciation in value was great, of course, but having a small place to come home to makes for a happier cruis¬ ing wife! Acadia recently arrived back in the Bay Area by truck from Florida. After many years and adventures, we are preparing her for sale. She's a roomy and comfort¬ able 40-footer with a pilothouse, and has all the bells and whistles. Anyone inter¬ ested should see the Classy Classifieds for her in the July issue. We have also sole! our house in Los Altos and moved to Carmel Valley. We're not done with boats, however, as we're having a Dutch barge

Readers — When Charles and Pat re¬ fer to the Baja Ha-Ha, we think they re¬ ally mean the informal 'Some Like It Hot Rally', as we didn’t start the Ha-Ha until '94. The 'Some Like It Hot was a startand-finish-anytime event without any real organizatioh. Actually, it still exists in spirit, as each member of the Ha-Ha also gets a Some Like It Hot T-shirt.

Ariadne II — Cal 39 Roger Bohl & Angela Konig Tobago (Northern California) The island of Tobago — part of the nation of Trinidad and Tobago — is a lovely, hidden jewel in the southeastern Caribbean. About 21 miles long and seven miles wide, it has a population of only 47,000. Unlike many of the islands for¬ merly controlled by the British, it's rela¬ tively prosperous. As such, the majority of locals live in modest comfort and are very friendly to tourists. Most visitors fly in, a few arrive on cruise ships, and even fewer arrive on 'yachts' — to use the Brit¬ ish term for any boat with a sail. While Trinidad — located not far to the south — has oil and is relatively industrialized,

Tobago earns most of its money from rela¬ tively low-scale tourism. Tobago has not promoted itself as re¬ lentlessly or successfully as some other Caribbean islands, so it's not overrun with tourists and the prices remain reasonable. Furthermore, as it lies to the east — and therefore to windward -— of the crescent¬ shaped line of Eastern Caribbean islands, it is much less visited by cruisers 'doing the islands'. While it takes the effort of upwind and upeurrent sailing to get to Tobago, there are many rewards — one of them being that no^matter if your next stop is Grenada to the north or Trinidad to the south — it will be off the wind. Tobago is particularly attractive to na¬ ture lovers. For one thing, it has — thanks to once being connected to South America — some 210 species of nesting birds, many of them very brightly colored and unafraid of humans. It also has rain for¬ ests and clear, unpolluted waters — ex¬ cept when there is a heavy outflow from South America's Orinoco River. Tobago's infrastructure — telephone, electricity, water, sewage, and transpor¬ tation — is good and Internet cafes abound. The one at Crown Point is in a laundromat, and a church in Charlotteville allows the use of one of their many computers in return for a modest donation. Scarborough, located on the southern coast, is the center of the island's com¬ mercial activity. It has a large market¬ place, bus terminal and countless little shops. The tourist center is about 10 miles to the west at Crown Point on the south¬ west corner of the island — although there art guest facilities dotted around the island's entire coast. Most visiting yachts anchor at Store Bay, which is well-protected. Skippers then take a 35-cent bus to Scarborough to check in. It’s possible to take a dinghy if you're looking to find a good anchorage in Trinidad and Tobago, you're going to have to go to Tobago — and a place like Pariatuvia Bay.

CHANGES to the beach — be sure to lock it to some¬ thing — unless the surf is too daunting. If the surf is too big, you can dinghy in behind the breakwater and beach at the high-end Coco Reef Hotel. This will cost you $10/day — unless you're willing to pop for the $50/person dinner. For what it's worth, rooms at the Coco Reef start at $220/night during the season. This is a bargain — believe it or not — compared to similar hotels in the Caribbean. Just north of Crown Point is Buccoo Reef, an ecologically protected area with calm waters inside the large reef. Just offshore of the reef — and thanks to the reef — is the island's best anchorage. It does not, however, offer any protection from the wind. There is a dinghy dock ashore. Buccoo Reef is one of .the few beaches that charges admission: $ 1 /day. They have watersports operations, beach chair rentals, toilet facilities and several food stands. One of the favorite treats is Bake On Shark’, which is lightly fried shark in a freshly baked bun with a vari¬ ety of condiments. It's a favorite fast food' in Trinidad and Tobago, and it's delicious. There are many beachgoers — local and

tourists from hotels without beaches — on weekends, but it's pretty empty dur¬ ing the week. There are many other clean public beaches on Tobago, almost all of them free and with decent toilet facilities. The northwest of Tobago has many other attractive beaches protected from the prevailing easterly trades. Unfortu¬ nately, these beaches are open to the pre¬ vailing northeast swell, so it can be roily. Dinghy docks are available, but dinks need to be stern-anchored because of the swell and three-foot tidal range. At the end of the road in the north¬ west corner is Charlotteville, located on Man O War Bay. It’s a delightful but sleepy village with several small restau¬ rants. Sharon’s, the best of them, was allegedly torched by a jealbus local. While Sharon's restaurant is being rebuilt, she is serving complete dinners on the patio of her nearby home for just $7 U.S. The dinner includes callaloo, a wonderful lo¬ cal green that can be made into a puree or a soup. You can also order shrimp, but

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it costs a little more. Tobago fishermen are active, so you can buy what you want, before the lot gets shipped off to restau¬ rants in the States. While we were here, we saw fishermen — aided by tourists — pulling in a net from the water’s edge. It must have held a ton of small jacks, which are used for bait or enjoyed fried or smoked. Man O' War Bay is surrounded on three sides by high ridges, tempering the trade winds and providing a scenic backdrop for the village. From February into the dry season, some of the trees turn bright or¬ ange, making the hills look like New Hampshire in the fall. A little further on is Speyside, another fishing village that offers the only well-protected bay on the southeast side of the island. Diving is popular on Tobago, which some claim has the best in the Caribbean. There are many excellent sites and much to see. A one-tank dive is usually $35, while two-tank dives are $70. The snorkeling is also wonderful and it's free. There's an excellent road across‘the is¬ land, from which you can hike up to the

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/ ain forest. Surprisingly, most of Tobago’s isitors — be it by land or boat — are from ountries other than the United States. )f the 13 boats anchored at Charlotteville, or example, ours was the only U.S. flag essel. Tobago is a jewef. Visit her before veryone else discovers her. — roger & angela 4/20/01 Readers — One of the best times to visit "obago is the middle of May during 1gnostura Sailing Week. It's simple and ighthearted, like Antigua Sailing Week vas 25 years ago. By the way, to say that Tobago used to be controlled by the Bru¬ sh is true, but incomplete. Control of Tolago changed hands between 24 and 31 imes — it depends on who is counting — unong the Dutch, French, British and even he Courlanders. You know who the Zourlanders were, don’t you?

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CHANGES derer got to know Georges, his Vietnam¬ ese wife Thily, and their two sons, during a series of New Year's vacations at St. Barth in the Eastern Caribbean. The couple operated a profitable day charter business there with the 46-footer Georges had built in France. A uniqtie feature of the boat is that the entire back of the sa¬ lon slides down beneath the cockpit sole! At one time the couple hoped to sell their boat and business in order to build a 60foot cat, but have decided to continue on with Tkoko Tkoko — a light cat that can really fly! And no, we don't know what the name means. Capt. Norm Goldie of San Bias — about 80 miles north of Puerto Vallarta — has good news to report from Mexico. First, the San Bias Port Captain Yshd had caused so much trouble by requiring al¬ most eveiyone to use a service to check in, has been removed. "He had the short¬ est stay here of any port captain," Goldie reports. So once again the welcome mat is out at San Bias and nearby Matenchen Bay, which cruisers had been avoiding because of problems with the port cap¬ tain. The other good news. "The surf is

awesome!" That comes as no surprise, as it's hurricane season. "Fourteen months after our Morgan 45 Painkiller hit something in the Caribbean and slipped beneath the waves," writes Ron Landmann, "Jane and I closed the deal on a Catalina 42 we found in Ft. Lau¬ derdale. We have renamed the boat The Usual Suspects. The 42 has a mast height of 61 feet, which is good as the Intrac¬ oastal Waterway has bridges with 65-feet clearance." We suppose having a boat sink from beneath you makes a big impression. For the first passage with their new boat, the Landmann's carried two rigid bottom inflatables, two 406 EPIRBs, four Type 1 offshore lifejackets, three cell phones, two 1.5 gallon water jugs, a flare gun kit, and a hand-held radio and hand-held GPS that were with Ron when he boarded his liferaft on April 30, 2000. Tony Clark, who for many years oper¬ ated the modified Ocean 71 Second Life as one of the most active daycharter boats

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on San Francisco Bay, reports he's leav¬ ing for the Caribbean this month. He'll start by cruising the coast of California with his kids. Then it's on to the Carib¬ bean "until I run out of money." The Bay: won't seem the same without Second Life, which was out sailing most summer; nights under jib and mizzen. "We were at anchor on the north side of Isla Coronado in the Sea of Cortez," report Les and Diane of the San Fran¬ cisco-based Albin 42 Gemini, "when we were approached by a panga with 'Parque Nacional/Bahia de Loreto’ painted on the sides. Aboard were four veiy polite people, one of whom was Benito Bermudez Almada, Director of the park. He asked us to pay 53 pesos — about $6 U.S. — for five days in the park. We told hirrl that we were on our way north and would be leav¬ ing, but finally paid the money. Another boat in the anchorage had paid 53 pesos per person for one day! Yet another paid 53 pesos per person for an undetermined time. We brought the matter up on the net, and somebody said that the fees are under review in Mexico City, and nobody

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leeds to pay them yet. Benito as much said this was the case, but still, in a ow-key way, wanted the money. He writes jfyour boat name down on a sheet of paper 1: md gives you a receipt with the date writ:ien on it. We think he ,may be jumping he gun, but the fees are in the works, t Dn the very positive side, we and the crews ,)f Dreamweaver and Reason swam with vhalesharks that were longer than our )oat! We also worked at a Turtle farm in d 3ahia de Los Angeles to help different /studies. The seafood — turtles excluded — has been excellent." 'We just delivered a 44-ft boat from La Idaz to San Diego with the owner — only \ le got off at Turtle Bay when the trans¬ mission broke," report Paul and Allison i 3etraitis of the Seattle-based CT-41 PH c Espresso. "Two weeks later we were at .he Customs Dock in San Diego, and he £.vas waiting for us. I guess he likes his ipoat again. We're now in L.A. for a two veek infusion of money and visits with he family. After that, we'll head back Town to the Sea of Cortez and serious heat o get our boat out of Marina de Don Jose ms

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CHANGES suited in four to five-foot waves. As a re¬ sult, a 45-foot custom ketch that had been built in Nova Scots in '73 wfent aground and took on lots of water. Many folks came to the aid of the Aussie chap, who two weeks before had just swapped pink slips even up for his ’79 motorhbme. He hadn't even gotten a chance to read the Art of Anchoring book that came floating out of the pilothouse. He says he just wants to get the boat floating again so she can be used as a locals party boat around the bay. Other than that. I’m presently sweat¬ ing my butt off here in Conception, where it's hot, hot, hot! Of course, there's no waves for surfing, but I have been catch¬ ing a lot of different kinds of fish. In a few weeks I'll be leaving my boat here to re¬ turn to the States for visits with'friends and to reprovision. At the end of October, I'll be doing the Ha-Ha again, but this time with Bob and Bonnie aboard their Santa Cruz 52 Impulse." ^ "This is our fourth summer in the Med with our F/P 39 catamaran," write David Law and Bonnie Carleton of Icarus. "We keep thinking we ought to move on, but each year we put it off. David and I bought

When a chubasco strikes in the Sea, you're got to be ready. The new owner of this ketch unfor¬ tunately wasn't as ready as he needed to be. Ickie in the South of France in '97, and decided to get out of the Silicon Valley madness in '98. So we sold our house in Woodside and bought one in Santa Fe. We now spend our winters in Santa Fe,

where we ski all season. Come summe we rent the house out and spend our tint on the boat. It's true that the sailing terrible in the Med, but we love the dept of the history and culture. We also enjc the food and the people, and the divers sailing community. During the past for winters, we've left the boat in Gib, Palm de Mallorca twice, and last year ii Marmaris, Turkey. We recently did th Eastern Med Cruising Rally, and will ha\ a report for you next month. Every tirr we return to the Med, we see more cats ( every flavor. There are lots of F/Ps, Lb goons, Nautitechs and Catanas. We re cently talked to a guy with a 60-ft one-o designed by Lock Crowther. She was th most beautiful cat we’ve ever seen — an he singlehands it!" Philo Hayward of Northern Californi; — who sailed the Cal 36 Cherokee Spirt in the last Ha-Ha — has opened Philo'' Restaurant, Bar and Music Studio in L Cruz, a popular winter cruisers' hangou in Mexico's Banderas Bay. In addition t food, drinks, music and dancing, Philo' establishment offers a free communit

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hod on Tuesdays and Thursdays. It arts in the morning with Hatha Yoga, :en different levels of Spanish, music asses, and later English classes for the cals. The instructors are volunteers and e classes are free. "I nf really looking rward to the return of the fleet in Nomber," said Philo. "I am happy to inform you," writes rrance O'Rourke from Puerto Vallarta, hat we have a site for the Banderas Bay sgatta: www.banderasbayregatta.com ::ep in mind that next year's event will a little early — March 14-17 — to avoid conflict with Easter." If anyone is lookig for a fun cruisers regatta in the abso;te ideal setting, bring your boat or your ■dy to Paradise Village Marina for the mderas Bay event. Northern California (ilors should be delighted to learn that iaska Airlines now offers direct service _>m San Francisco to Puerto Vallarta — i d Z-town, too. As next year's Banderas liy Regatta will be the 10th, it’s supposed : be the biggest and best ever. : To each there own. Earlier in Cruise ntes, Steve Salmon said that Palmyra

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fast and ended up having to stand-off fo 12 hours — which was pretty ugly. Whei we got into the harbor at Neiafu, Tonga we found quite a boating scene. W checked a weather warning posted at th< local yachtie hangout, which said it waj blowing 25 knots and the seas wen rough. Now we know. I may have occa sion to expand on this at some other time but for now let's just say if you can't fino us on bitwrangler website, dial up ; weatherfax of the South Pacific, and i there's a low between 10° and 20° south we'll be under it!" Tony and Terry hav< an interesting website with a couple o: beautiful color photographs. Check it ou at www.ussmaverick.net. "We want to be sure all Latitude read ers are aware of the new Bocas Yacht Club and Marina here in Bocas del Tore on the Caribbean side of Panama," write; Bruno Collet, the manager and co-owneri "Our world-class facility is still under con struction, but 85 slips are currently in place and we're accepting yachts from 2C to 100 feet. We have 30 and 50-amp juice as well as water to all the floating com

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j rete slips, and the bath house and launiy will be operational by the time this Lets to print. Bocas del Toro is located celow the hurricane belt at 09o2012N, 2°14'50W. Our marina/is accessible via ae only lighted, buoyed ship channel in ae western Caribbean. The region offers treat cruising, is well-protected from the i pen ocean, and the Bocas del Toro ar¬ chipelago — known as the 'Galapagos of ae Caribbean' — is considered by many p be the best kept secret in the Caribean basin. The friendly little town of -ocas has an airport with three daily S ights to Panama City, restaurants, paternet cafes, and a lot more. Anyone poking for information can call 507-6161000, fax 507-757-9801, or email me at i>ocasmarina@cwpanama. net." Roger Young of Ballerina, currently at Altitude 38° South at Tauranga, New Z ealand, forwarded a report that Phillipe ii outroux, a 33-year-old Frenchman, died s i early July after the boat he was delivrring sank in very rough weather, tioutroux's body was found some 100 rules southwest of Norfolk Island with an

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12- FT AB RIB TENDER, 1998 with center console. 1999 Yamaha 30 hp oil injected o/b. Raytheon L365 fishfinder/depth/ speedo. Galvanized EZ Loader trailer. 40 mph top speed. Like new, only 45 hrs. Never used. Must sell. $9,000. For more info please call (510) 773-6353 or email: kelly.houlihan@otis.com. 10'9” WEST MARINE INFLATABLE, 1993. Aluminum, hard bottom. Oversized galva¬ nized trailer, cover and 9.8 hp Mercury. $1,500. Call (650) 988-1099. TRINKA 8-FT SAILING DINGHY. Good condition, but needs a little TLC, Like new sail kit included. No oars. $1,450, Antique 11 -ft Zodiac inflatable, leaks air, needs work. $125. Call (707) 751 -0895 or email: mark@rafiki35.com. DEWITT COMPETITION MODEL onedesign dinghy. Mylar sail, carbon-fiber mast. Excellent condition, has all options including boom vang, rig for motor mount and oarlocks. Very competitive in class, won 2000 Champ of Champs, $1,800/ obo. (831) 462-4677.

17-FT HERRESHOFF-DeLAPP ROWBOAT. Professionally built by Ed Foster. Okume plywood, glassed bottom. Very fast and easy to row even with passengers. Mast, spruce spoon oars, no trailer, easily cartoppped. 90 lbs. Varnished inside. Exquis¬ ite. $2,600. Call (503) 659-2354. 9-FT LAPSTRAKE YACHT TENDER. New. Cedar on oak and elm, copper fas¬ tening. $3,500.(415)495-0869.

13- FT MX-RAY DEALER DEMO. Rarely used. Unique yellow/white deck. See Web site: www.mxray.com for info on this fast¬ est singlehanded sailboat. Includes dolly and boat cover. Will deliver West Coast at no extra cost. $3,100. Please call (503) 946-2757 or (503) 631-3782 or email: kms@pacifier.com. NORDIC 11 SAILING DINGHY. Sloop rig, tanbark sails, oars, cover, beautiful condi¬ tion, hardly used. $4,500/obo. Russ (916) 419-0885 (days).

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FORCE 5. All Harken equipped. Newer sail, Spectra lines, carbon skinned blades, with trailer. $1,500/obo. (510) 719-9707. ZODIAC FUTURA MARK II, 1998. 14-ft. 40 hp Evinrude, Pacific galvanized trailer, red, steering console, many extras. Per¬ fect condition. $6,500. (530) 426-3422. INFLATABLE BOAT. Apex Model A-42. 13+ feet long. Brand new, still in factory carton. 8 to 10 Persons. Perfect for scuba diving or professional use. Hypalon fabric. Full warranty applies. $3,300/obo Call (831) 393-2466. ,/ ZODIAC 10.6 with inflatable floor, $995. Johnson o/b, 6 hp, 2-stroke, $600. Pair of ocean kayaks, Frenzy model, $900 for both, includes paddles, backrests, leash and shackles. Wavetalk satellite telephone, $2,000. 4Winds wind generator, $800. (559) 658-7192 or (559) 288-1524 (cell).

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ISLANDER 24,1963. Similar to a Colum¬ bia 24. Hand-laid fiberglass hull. Beautiful interior with many fine appointments and extras. Mostly restored. Comes with tan¬ dem trailer. This boat is in immaculate condition and must be seen to be appreci¬ ated. Make offer. Call (800) 317-1886.

COLUMBIA 24, 1964. A Designed-forthe-Bay Plastic Classic daysailer with nearly new rigging and a Honda 7.5. In good condition with a possible Sausalito Berth. $2,995. Call Mike (415) 388-3569 or (415) 225-5970 (cell).

J/24 FRESHWATER BOAT. Currently on trailer. Dual axle with surge brakes. Sail Comp, many sails, in good condition. Race ready. Located in South Lake Tahoe. Ask¬ ing $8,500. Call (530) 541 -4609 or email: tahoechristy@yahoo.com.

CATALINA 22, "A CLASSIC" w/Ser#77. Good condition, upgraded standing rig¬ ging, new cabin door, low-use Honda 10 hp longshaft, extra jib and other gear, compass, trailer, commode, stove. Solid, fun boat. Oroville. $3,600. Please call (530) 589-4974 or email: cjbishop@cncnet.com.

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16-FT INT. CONTENDER. All F/G by M&W. Made in Australia. Proctor spars, trapeze, all new ropes, lines and rigging. Trailer ready to go any distance. $1,550 complete. Ray or Bonnie (209) 772-9695 or email: lnfraRed-Ray@Webtv.net.

24 FEET & UNDER MOORE 24, HULL #62. Clean, freshwa¬ ter boat. E-Z Loader trailer! One kevlar suit, 2 dacron suits sails, 1/2 oz. and 3/4 oz. Autohelm autopilot. Located PSPYC, Richmond. $10,500. Call (530) 470-0685. MOORE 24, HULL #44. Sassy Mania. Excellent condition. Sailcomp, knotmeter, depthfinder and more. Full sail inventory. Good trailer. No-engine. $15,000. John Selbach (510) 521-7952. YANKEE DOLPHIN 24. Classic Spark¬ man & Stephens keel-centerboard pocket cruiser. Galley, sleeps 4, 6 hp Evinrude, near new mainsail, full boat cover. Nice teak work. Perfect Bay/Delta cruiser. A well-constructed, well-maintained boat. $5,500/obo. Call (415) 927-4258. MacGREGOR/VENTURE 21, 1968. In good condition. Outboard, trailer, swing keel, main and jib. Kept in dry storage at Lauritzen Yacht Harbor, Antioch. Please call (415) 913-1458.

MOORE 24 HULL #4. In great shape with lots of sails, trailer, cover and choice of motors. $10,000/obo. Please call Scott at (510) 865-7196 (after 6pm) or email: seowens3@ home.com. RHODES MERIDIAN 24, 1964. Built in Holland, this Rhodes’ classic is heavily constructed in F/G along his traditional yacht lines which never fails to turn heads. Spruce has been replaced with aluminum mast and all new rigging. Outboard in cockpit and original quality hardware. This potential P/asf/cC/ass/cwinnersailsitself. $7,950. Call (916) 775-1973. SANTANA 21,1970. Trailer, 2 jibs plus a main, all main lines run to cockpit. Good old boat. $2,500. Call (209) 296-3554. CATALINA 22, 1971. 2nd owner. Fixed keel, Johnson 6 hp long shaft, compass, VHF, ground tackle, interior cushions, curtains, galley, Porta-Potti, 12 volt bat¬ tery, navigation lights. $2,300. Call (415) 921-1026. CAPRI 22,1999. Wing keel, tall rig, spin¬ naker, rollerfurling jib, lazyjacks, electron¬ ics. Race ready. Trailrite trailer with exten¬ sion tongue and 5 hp 4-stroke motor. Freshwater boat, excellent condition. $15,000/obo. Call (530) 778-3404. ENSENADA 20. No slip fees. Mexico, Bay, Delta. Lyle Hess design. Pop-top, trailer, $1,999. With outboard, $2,450. Please call Stuart (707) 591 -9999 or (707) 799-1927 (cell).

CORONADO 23,1974. Rebuilt 6 hp o/b, 2 sets of sails, sink, stove, sleeps 4. Great Boat. Located at Martinez Marina. $2,400. Call (925) 370-0396 (before 9 pm).

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YANKEE DOLPHIN 24, 1970. Ocean racer/cruiser. Keel and centerboard mast¬ head sloop. 6 bags of sails, 3 of them are new. Comqs with a trailer. She has the real look of a yacht. $7,500/obo. Call (209) 375-1285 or email: sealocksl @juno.com. JY-15. Great sailboat with NorEaster trailer. Full set of sails. Alameda. $2,750 for package. Call (510) 337-1853. 20-FT SEARAY RUNABOUT, 1988. Cuddy cabin. Hull, interior, trailer (Shorelandertandem-axle) in terrific shape but engine doesn’t work (MerCruispr V6 I/O). Convertible top with all necessary canvas, VHF, stereo, fishfinder, compass, Porta-Potti, 2 batteries with charger. Will take best offer. (415) 435-6285. CAL 20,1965. Greatfirst boat, with nearlynew 3.5 hp Tohatsu outboard, sails, safety equipment, ready to sail. $1,000. Please call (415) 350-3502. 15-FT WEST WIGHT POTTER micro cruiser. Swing keel. Ready to sail. Sleeps two, trailer, safety gear, oars, anchor, small inflatable dinghy. Self-righting. Can be sailed if holed. 1.5 hp Suzuki outboard. More. Will deliver. $2,100. (619) 423-7643.

25-FTFOLKBOAT, 1958. Cruising model. Mahogany on oak, knotmeter, compass, 6 hp outboard, boom tent, cover. New run¬ ning and standing rigging and 16 ribs since 1995. One set sails. $3,000/obo. Call (510) 523-9410. CATALINA 27. Recent standing and run¬ ning rigging. New Pineapple main and 120 jib. Five more sails. Recent haulout and bottom paint. New head and thru-hull fit¬ tings, pump and depthfinder. VHF. Atomic 4 with new batteries, runs well. Fold-down table. Owner bought new boat and wants to avoid double berth rent. This is a really good Catalina. Reduced to $7,500. Please call (925) 631-6610. MERIT 25, 1984. North 3DL sails, 155, main, spinnaker, new cushions. 5 hp Mari¬ ner, trailer, new tires, eletric brakes. Fresh¬ water boat, sailed 3 months each year, very clean. $11,000. Call (559) 673-7314. COLUMBIA 8.3 METER sailboat. Allen Payne design, very sought after. A rough weather boat, wide-body cruiser, flat bot¬ tom, hourglass transom. Rebuilt Atomic 4, depthsounder, radio. Sleeps 4, 6-ft headroom, teak interior, refrigerator, private head. Carries its sails wqll. Easy to man¬ age in all sailing conditions. $8,500/obo. Call (925) 684-2199.

YANKEE DOLPHIN 24,1969. Sparkman and Stephens designed pocket cruiser. Sails well, outboard, basic boat. Mexico vet.$4,500. Stuart (707) 591 -9999 or email: stuart@vineyardvideo.com. 'J / 24,1978. Very good condition, ready to sail or race. Dry storage boat, Pt. Rich¬ mond. Measurement certificate. Trailpr, lots of sails, 4 hp motor, Porta-Potti, textured decks, racing extras. $7,500. Call Paul (510) 236-5285 or email: paulcallen2@aol.com. FREEDOM 21,1985. Great racer/cruiser. Gary Hoyt design, carbon fiber mast with lazyjacks, gun mount spinnaker pole. Main, staysail and spinnaker. 7.5 Honda. Dry sailed, like new. Many extras, electronics. With EZLoader trailer. $6,800/obo. Call (408)729-1662. , ' JY-15. Main and jib. Durable, stable, com¬ fortable for 2 adults. Never used. $3,500. Please call (510) 523-0702.

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MacGREGOR 26, 1990. Water ballast, new main, roller furling jib, spinnaker, Nissan 8 hp, great family boat, with trailer, stove, enclosed head. $8,500/obo. (650) 642-5294 or .email: paul@kusber.com. WYLIE 28 HAWKFARM, 1978. Clean as any and really kept up over the years. It’s a winner. Lots of stuff. Send for photos and general data. Call Dennis (503) 655-3581 or write: PO Box 243, Gladstone, OR 97027. ERICSON 27, 1973. Evinrude 9.9 hp, 3 sails, brand new cushions, sleeps 5 com¬ fortably, sails beautifully. Moored in excel¬ lent spot at Emeryville Marina. Slip paid until 10/01. $11,500/obo. Call after August 10. Call (916)456-3620, Matthewor Rene.

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26-FT CHEOY LEE FRISCO FLYER. Fi¬ berglass hull, teak deck over fiberglass. Hauled-out March. No blisters. New VHF, sounder, knotmeter. New sheets, halyards, anchor line. Bilge pump, head, diesel. New batteries and Wiring. See at Web site: www.eblw.com/nirvana/nirvana.html. Ask¬ ing $9,000. Call (510) 715-7450.

CONTESSA 26, 1981. Just completed total re-fit for offshore. Epoxy hull, high aspect ratio rig. Inboard diesel low hours. All lines led aft. Schaefer clutches. Origo stove. Much more. Trailer and delivery available. Vancouver Island, Canada. $28,000CDN, $18,000US. For details please call (250) 757-8600 or email: wkimmitt@island.net. HUNTER 26,1994. Dual-axle trailer, wa¬ ter ballast for easy trailering, Doyle sails, rollerfurling jib, sail covers, Autohelm depth and knot meter, private head, 8 hp Nissan outboard, private head, solar panel. $17,000. Call Jerry (415) 999-6184.

COLUMBIA 26 Mk II, 1970. New: Johnson o/b, Doyle main, bottom paint, non-skid, galley stove, Raytheon depth/speed/trip, DC/AC wiring, running rigging, thru-hulls, teak freshly sanded/varnished, cushions, too much to list. Transfers with Sausalito slip. See Web site: http://www.sonic.net/ csparks/c26/$6,800/obo. Please call (415) 370-3361 or email: csparks@sonic.net. 27- FT GAFF-RIGGED SCHOONER. Classic McKee Roth design. Built 1960. Carvel planked, full keel, deadeyes, be¬ laying pins, oil lamps, bowsprit and taff rail - a proper little ship. Atomic 4 inboard. Beautiful lines. Past Master Mariner win¬ ner. Excellent sails. In need of some res¬ toration and loving home. Out-of-town, long-time owner must reluctantly sell. Make offer. (559) 435-7132 or (559) 435-4994. CATALINA 27, 1983. Beautiful1 shape, tiller, furling 140 jib, TillerMaster, dinghy, new teak topside, bottom paint 5/99. Die¬ sel, low hours. Sail, winch, tiller, covers. VHS, marine head. New curtains, cush¬ ions, carpet. Alcohol stove, shorepower, TV. $16,500. Please call (707) 447-2660 or email: ccandc@msn.com. CAL 27,1970. New paint topside, hauled Spring 2000. 5 sails, spinnaker with pole, racjng main. BBQ, VHF, depth/fish. New lines all led aft, spinlocks, lazyjacks, 6’ headroom in cabin and V-berth, sleeps 5. 9.9 Johnson o/b. $7,250/obo. Call Erik (415) 378-4887. 28- FT C&C 27-2, 1976. Great cruiser/ racer in excellent condition with 3 yr old Yanmar diesel, wheel steering, new Hood f/b main and 130 furling jib plus 120 furling jib, racing and cruising spinnakers. New knotmeter and depthsounder, VHF, CD player, refrigeration, stove. Located Benicia Marina. Asking $17,000. Call Jay (510)406-1534. CAL 2-27, 1976. Diesel inboard engine and new clutch. New standing rigging 1999. All lines led aft. Steve Seals set up. New bottom job, water pump, marine radio and battery. Boat in good condition. $8,400. Call (707) 576-1058 or (707) 829-9655.

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CATALINA 25,1978. Fixed keel, 3 sails, lines led aft, 9.9 hp Johnson o/b. Head, pop-top, small galley, holding tank. Leased trailerfor moving. Perfectforsinglehandirig. Interior needs cosmetics. Santa Cruz. $3,900/firm. Call (831) 462-0834. 28-FT CUSTOM COASTAL CRUISER. Wood epoxy construction, gaff main, leeboards. Unique flushdeck shoal water design creates spacious light interior. Complete galley, legal head, inboard die¬ sel, Force 10 cabin heater, on-demand hot water. 80 gals water, 32 gals fuel, 18 gal holding tank. Boat is traile/able at 4500 lbs. Dry and beachable due to reinforced hull. Beautifully finished cabin interior. $19,500. Will consider smaller boat or other items of interest for part or full trade. Call (760) 765-3922.

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. $18,500. Call (415) 924-1963. NORSEA 27 AFTER CABIN, 1977. Pelorus. 1986 3-year refit. New mast, boom, rigging, roller furling, genoa. Steer¬ ing vane, 3 anchors complete. VHF, Loran, NG, 2-burner, boarding ladder, all lines to cockpit. Rebuilt Yanmar. See by appointment in King Harbor, Redondo Beach. $39,500. Call (310) 372-7187. HUNTER 25,1975. Ready to sail, 7.5 hp Johnson longshaft, 3 sails, VHF, Autohelm, Loran, depthfinder, 2 anchors. Berthed In San Rafael. $2,100. Call (707) 584-4824. CATALINA 27, 1985. All lines led aft, Harken roller furling jib, main, plus racing jib. Autohelm, shorepower, dinette, alco¬ hol stove, knotlog, depth, head, cushions, CD changer, Universal 14 hp inboard, tiller. In Sausalito. $15,000/obo. For pic¬ tures call Mike (415) 440-2371 or email: mfarino@worldnet.att.net.

CATALINA 27, 1978. Well maintained Atomic 4, mainsail, 3 jibs and spinnaker, whisker and spinnaker poles, VHF, ste¬ reo, compass, wind, speed and depth instruments, custom cover. Great boat that is ready for you to enjoy. $7,900/obo. Please call (650) 948-0685. PACIFIC SEACRAFT 25,1977. Excellent condition. Classic, extremely strong double-ended sloop. Yanmar diesel. Tanbark sails. Teak interior. Full boat cover. Must see. $21,500. (707) 751-1945. OLSON 25, 1987. Barking Dog. One of the last Santa Cruz Olsons, hull #110. Lots of sails, 4 hp Evinrude, tandem drop-axle trailer. $14,500. (415) 457-6574.

CAPRI 25,1980. Must see to appreciate. 4 Sails. Newer rigging and red haul paint. Lights, anchor, compass, stereo. $2,800/ obo. Please call Jim (707) 537 1965 or email: JCWINNS@ aol.com.

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ISLANDER 29,1968. Very safp full keel design. Stable comfortable Bay boat. Thick fiberglass. Atomic 4, autopilot, good sails. Couch, 4-inch mattress in berth. See more at Web site: http://members.home.net/ sailordjh/ Asking $11,500, will consider offers. Call (916) 920-0347._ ERICSON 30, 1979. Freshwater boat. Barrier coated, upgraded winches, cus¬ tom canvas, VHF, depthsounder, Loran, Autohelm, propane, teak interior. Yard maintained. Pristine. $19,950. Please call (435) 654-9549.

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GULF 29 PILOTHOUSE SLOOP, 1989. Liveaboard. 300 hours on Universal diesel 23 hp. Hot water shower, microwave, TV/ VCR. Propane stove, autopilot, Signet depth, wind, speed, wind direction. VHF, internal controls, Dutchman flaking-reefing system, roller furling. $30,000. Call (707) 448-7807.

ERICSON 30. Good running inboard die¬ sel. New: starter, alternator, batteries, battery charger, head and cushions. Nice interior, depthsounder, recent haulout. $13,400/trades considered. Please call (831) 479-7000. CAL 29. Excellent condition, new roller furling jib, new lifelines, rebuilt Atomic 4, new spreader, new main halyard, CNG oven/stove, 2 CNG tanks. Berthed B037 Ballena Isle Marina. Asking $10,000/obo. Call Bill Malmberg (408) 356-5063.

ERICSON 30,1967. Out of the Blue. Lov¬ ingly restored. Roller furling, refrigeration, complete instrumentation, great condition. New 15 hp Isuzu diesel, lots more. Com¬ pare to a new vessel. Asking $18,500. Call (510) 523-9432. SONOMA 30, 1984. 3,800-lb ultralight racing boat with trailer. PHRF108, autopi¬ lot, raft, 5 sails, 3 spinnakers, 3.5 hp Nissan, lifesling, solar panel, radar detector, EPIRB, radio. $12,000/obo. Please call (408) 993-9843 (evenings) or email: dpirrone@scu.edu.

ERICSON 31 INDEPENDENCE, 1979. Excellent condition and beautifully main¬ tained. Volvo 28 hp diesel, 260 hours. Cutter rigged, furling jib and staysail, Dutch¬ man flaking main, wheel steering. Auto¬ helm, GPS, VHF, depth, knot, numerous amenities. Located Sequim, WA. $42,000. Please call (360) 582-3006 or email: DaveL @ olypen .com. CAL 2-29,1975. Great diesel, wheel steer¬ ing, roller furling, propane, roomy and solid. Owner can no longer sail. Berthed in the Delta. Harbor will show for owner. $10,000. Please call (916) 973-1504. VINDO 31 BLUEWATER CRUISER, 1975. -Built to quality Swedish standards. Fiber¬ glass hull with teak decks, roller furling, new Hood jib and mainsail, spinnaker and Volvo diesel. For details see Ferenc date's “The World’s Best Sailboats", page 209. Asking $30,500. Call (650) 954-1000. ANDREWS 30. Racer/cruiser. Excellent condition. 6-ft headroom, new bottom, new cushions, Volvo l/B diesel, full electronics, 10+ sails. Fast and safe for SF Bay. Spouse approved. Spring 2001 refit. Must see. $36,000. Call Chris (831) 588-9169. CAL 29,1973 Dodger with bimini, Harken rollerfurler, new main, spinnakerequipped, new standing rigging, Atomic 4 rebuilt 1995,2-burner propane stove/oven, pres¬ sure water system with water rinse on deck. $14,000. (510) 523-1977.

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PEARSON 30, 1971. Plastic classic in great shape. 2nd owner. Strong A4 plus rebuilt A4.1999 new bottom, running rig¬ ging. 2 mains, 2 jibs. Big Barient winches. Built like a tank, sails like a dream. Alameda Marina. $12,950. Bryan (408) 984-5283.

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 $2,500. Call (650) 366-7045.

COLUMBIA 26,1968. Great old-tirtlerwith lots of equipment: New jib, roller furler, dodger, knotmeter, 9.9 Johnson outboard, VHF radio, compass, cockpit canvas. Sleeps 4. $4,000/obo. Vallejo Marina. Call Dan (510) 301-1425. CATALINA 27,1975/1985. Trailrite dual¬ axle trailer. Dinette layout, galley head, with 7.5 Johnson outboard. Roller furling, shorepower, VHF, stereo, dual battery. See at Web site: http://www.geocities.com/ raymondmurphy1946/Catalina27.html. $8,900. (916) 978-4024 .

CATALINA 30,1983. Diesel, wheel, roller furling, hot pressure water, gas stove, great cruiser. $19,950/obo. Please call (510) 834-821 Oor (415) 495-5547 oremail: dlordl @aol.com.

PACIFIC SEACRAFT MARIAH 31. Low hour Saab diesel. Solar efficient, refrig¬ eration, custom interior, Aries and more. Currently in San Carlos, Mexico. $69,900. Email: OldManatee4@hotmail.com or write: 9420 E. Golf Links Rd, PMB 134, Tucson, AZ 85730 or call (520) 885-4467. 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, AutohelmlOOO, freshwater-cooled Atomic 4. Boat lies Monterey. $15,000. Please call (408) 888-4709 or email: dhagan@yahoo.com. OLSON 30. Well maintained boat with many upgrades. Double spreader rig, jock strap, new Honda 4-stroke outboard, ep¬ oxy bottom, year-old headfoil and running rigging, GPS, Loran, KVH compass. $15,500. (415) 334-8015. ERICSON 30,1969. BMW diesel with less than 10 hours, autopilot, U-shaped di¬ nette, self-tending jib and much more. New batteries and smart charger. A very sweet handling boat. Classic lines. Asking $20,000. Call (510) 444-6894 or (510) 325-5966 (wknds). PEARSON 30,A 979. New interior, Atomic 4, Hood roller'furling, wheel. Affordable comfortable family cruiser, sleeps 4-5, good condition. Alameda Marina Village slip. VHF, Fishfinder/DS, alcohol stove, refrigerartor/ice box, stereo/CD. $15,500 Please call (408) 433-8428 or email: gkizik@lsil.com.

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slip, VHF, depthmeter, diesel, wheel steer¬ ing, spinnaker, genoa, jib furler, new mainsail cover, dinghy, two anchors, 1/2 share $7,000/obo or possible rental ar¬ rangement. Jerry at (415) 479-5755 or Ken at (415) 461-1604.

Mahogany classic ketch. Professionally maintained to Bristol condition: like new sails, covers, electronics, and spars. Beau¬ tiful interior; wood stove, head, barbecue. Sleeps 4. Engine recent rebuild. Hauled and inspected. $16,750. Call Marty (415) 460-6526.

NEWPORT 30 III, 1981. Sleeps 6, full head, inboard diesel, Autohelm, GPS, KM, DS, VHF, stereo, rollerfurling, boat cover, all safety gear. $12,500/obo. Call (510) 719-9707. ISLANDER 30 Mk III, T974. Harken furling jib, lazyjacks on main, dodger, wheel steer¬ ing, cockpit cushions, TV, Palmer engine overhauled, natural gas cooking, microwave, Avon Redcrest dinghy. Numerous accessories/spare parts. (916) 408-1328. CS 30, 1988. Volvo diesel, freshwater cooling, hot and cold water, refrigeration and propane stove with oven. Wheel steer¬ ing, Harken furler, knotmeterandfishfinder. Needs TLC. $27,500. Call Ken evenings (510) 261-0575 or leave msg. CATALINA 30,1976. Wheel steering, Yanmar diesel, rebuilt 2000, Martec folding prop, new custom cushions 1999. Pres¬ sure water, professionally maintained. This is a fast boat in great shape. $16,500/obo. Call (415) 543-7333.

SCAMPI 30, 1977. Quality Swedish racerVcruiser. Medium displacement fiber¬ glass, high-aspect double spreader rig with 6 sails, nice instruments, stereo, and bonus cruising gear. 3-cyl Yanmar diesel with low hours. Fast, nimble, bluewater proven. Asking $17,500. Please call Dan (415) 759-5673.

32 TO 35 FEET J/105, 1996. Absolute perfect condition, past season champion, superb race record. Three sets of sails: two racing class mains, one 3DL Kevlar main, three 3DL Pentax jibs, one 155% genoa, four kites, and more. Wheel, comfort package, KVH Quatro and Sail Comp electronics, new bottom job, faired foils, high-techhalyards, numerous equipment upgrades and tons of extras. Located in the Bay Area; $120,000. Call (415) 269-2630.

ERICSON 32,1978. Well maintained and improved boat has only had two owners. Set up for shorthanded sailing with autopi¬ lot and roller furling. See Web site: http:// members.home.net/dugvon. $18,950/obo. Call (925) 264-7194. •4

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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. Isuzu4-cyl diesel. Runs perfectly. See photos at Web site: www.morenaboat.com. $40,000. Please call (510) 653-6754.

Once documented. Fiberglass with teak finish. Sleeps 6.7-ft headroom. Windvane steering, wind charger, 4-man liferaft re¬ cently repacked. New mainsail and trisail. Recent illness forces sale. Emeryville Ma¬ rina, Pier 1, Slip H-5. $25,000. Call (510) 601-8772.

COLUMBIA 30,1973. Classy, fiberglass hull, inboard gas engine needs work, self¬ tending jib, depthfinder, radio, sleeps 6, refrigerator, alcohol stove, galley, private marine head, comfortable liveaboard or cruiser. Berthed at Alameda. $10,500. Jim (209) 786-4864.

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PEARSON 30,1973. Bottom painted May, 2001. Harken roller-furling, spinnaker, new sail cover. Atomic 4, excellent condition, new batteries. Shorepower, battery charger. Electra-San head, stereo. VHF, Loran, new compass. Transferable Sausalito Yacht Harbor slip. $12,500. Call

CREALOCK 34 CUTTER, 1988. Equipped for distant horizons. Journey is a must see. Excellent value at $115,000. Contact for specifications. (619) 224-7201 or email: bertamjourney@compuserve.com. ISLANDER SLOOP, 1980. Full keel cruiser in good condition. Autopilot, anchor wind¬ lass, new interior cushions, full galley, refrigeration, hot/cold pressure water, new head. Great liveaboard. Seller motivated. $30,000. John (831) 622-4881.

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SURPLUS BOTTOM BOAT PAINT Hard red vinyl anti-fouling paint: Mfq. Woolsey. 72% copper. Reg. price: $ 189/gal. Our price: $50-$60/gal. Also other mfg. available. Ablading paint, 50% copper. Primer & other epoxies $15-$20/gal. LPU 2-part: $30/gal. Reg. price: $300+/gal. (650) 588-4678

MASTER MARINER MOTORSAILER 32. Historic 1932 boat. Seaweed. Very good shape. Full cover, sails with covers, every¬ thing works. Not a liveaboard. See at Web site: http://surfree.homestead.com/sarosa. Please call (650) 794-0233.

ATKINS ERIC 32,1978. All teak. 50 hours on rebuilt Volvo MD3B diesel. Dodger, Monitor vane, Webasto forced-air central heat. Boat show condition since new. Cruise veteran. Very comfortable. Beauti¬ ful interior. Teak decks. Sails very well. Asking $44,000. Call (510) 234-9552.

PEARSON VANGUARD 32, 1965. Di¬ nette version, near-new Yanmar diesel, teak salon, windvane steering, Autohelm, solar panel, watermaker, EPIRB, cruising sails, Force-10 propane stove, Lewmar portlights, more. Located San Diego. $22,500/obo. Call (760) 375-8634or email: dangburnett@hotmail.com. /

BALTIC 35, 1986. Teaked cockpit, bridgeway, and mastfoot only. Headsails: 85, 95, 135RF, and 150. 1.5 spinnaker. Great aft cabin. $65,000/obo. Call (408) 331-8366.

FANTASIA 35, 1984. Center cockpit, heavy-weather, long-distance cruiser. Hull #77 of 78 made. 2 staterooms plus work¬ shop. More room, storage, and comfort than most 40 footers. She's made for cruising. See at Web site: http://webfooted.com/fantasia35. $75,000. Call (949) 464-2041. 33-FT TRADEWINDS TEAK SLOOP. S/V High Hopes. Great SF liveaboard. Needs TLC to cruise again. Alaska/Mexico vet. Roomy V-berth, stove/oven, fridge. Fish/depthfinder, radar, VHF, Perkins die¬ sel. $10,000. $5,000 down $100 a month. Call (707) 456-0266.

ATKINS 34 KETCH, 1960. Yellow cedar on apitong. Refastened with bronze. Yanmar diesel, low hours. 10 sails, teak decks, new Force 10 stove, Furuno radar, autopilot, GPS. A beautiful classic. Fill with food and go. $54,000. Please call (503) 293-0678.

DREADNOUGHT 32 KETCH, 1974. Fi¬ berglass, beautiful mahogony trim. Fullkeel, exterior rudder/tiller, new Saab 10 hp diesel, 60 hours. Simplicity for do-ityourselfer. Original Saab for spares, new propeller/rudder. Located Utah. $25,900. Please call (801) 598-7777 or email: s_vJeonidas @ yahoo.com. 35-FT FRANS MAAS SLOOP. New stand¬ ing and running rigging. New main and 130% tri-radial jib. New Harken roller furl¬ ing. All led aft. Strip-planked iroco over steel frames. LPG stove and heater. Re¬ duced, must sell fast. $24,000. Call Elton (510) 459-4044.

CATALINA 320, 2001. Mint condition. Bought new 3 months ago. CD changer, furling jib, Raytheon ST60+ windmachine, microwave oven, dodger. Full geflley, head, shower. Sleeps 7. Fin keel. 27 hp Yanmar. Lying San Rafael. $97,500. Please call (707) 766-8317.

RAWSON PILOTHOUSE 32. Bluewater cruiser, factory finished, low hour Yanmar 30 hp diesel, 2 wheels, Autohelm, jiffy reef main, jibs, new radar, new GPS, knot, depth, VHF, fridge, marine stove, holding tank, 2 water tanks, 2 anchors. $37,500/ obo. Please call (510) 551-4940.

ERICSON 33,1981. Ron Holland design.

CHEOY LEE 33, 1975. Great cruiser/

Ensenada winner. New in 2000: main, race computer, diesel overhaul. No wor¬ ries mate. Overbuilt, stable in 30 knots, fast in 3 (PHRF120). Fridge, water heater, holding tank, cockpit speakers. Stove, 3 spinnakers, rod rigging. Fractional rig means smaller, easier, cheaper jibs and spinnakers. Comparable to Peterson 34. Marina del Rey. $26,500. Call Frank (213) 369-9872 (vm) or (213) 628-7495 (wk).

liveaboard. Perkins diesel with 250 hours. Teak decks, rebuilt exhaust and steering. Completely new electrical. Recent haulout and survey. $35,000. Max (415) 577-0728 or email: maxheter@hotmail.com.

35-FT KINNER PRIVATEER. Launched 1984. Designer Thomas Gilmer. LOA 41 ’. Beam 10’8". Fiberglass, Westerbeke 30 hp engine, Electrosan, double v-berth, dining settee converts to double bed, re¬ frigeration, pressurized hot and cold wa¬ ter, 3-burner with oven, propane stove, Loran, depthsounder, VHF, Garmin 185 GPS chartplotter, depth sounder, fishfinder. 2 deep-cycle and 2-160 amp/ hourbatteries, battery recharging systems. 3 dacron sails: genoa jib on roller furling, main with 2 reef points, and mizzen. Stain¬ less steel standing rigging with Sta-Loc fittings, Barlow self-tailing winches, Bronze opening ports. Large comfortable cockpit with wheel steering, Halon fire protection. Manifold and electric hot water, propane heater, electric windlass, Docked Port of Redwood City, Asking $32,000. Call (408) 1234-6000 or email: b-stern@pacbell.net.

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Perkins 4-107, diesel aux. gen., ref., pro¬ pane stove/oven, heater, Furuno radar, SSB, VHF, autopilot, GPS, depth, 2 furling head sails, 100 gal diesel, 60 gal water, 10 gal propane, dinghy and outboard, watermaker. $45,000. Call (520) 432-7264.

WESTSAIL 32, HULL #716. Volvo diesel, VHS, depthsounder, TV, stereo. Very well maintained. $45,000. Call (415) 461 -9283.

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RANGER 33,1978. Racer/cruiser. Atomic 4, Force 10 two-burner stove/broiler, dual¬ propane, Statpower 40 amp charger with AGM batteries. Five bags of sails. Headfoil, hydraulic backstay. All lines led aft, self¬ tailing winches. $17,000. Please call (831) 480-6088 or email: Paulgr7@yahoo.com.

Patient instructor/trainer for what you want to learn. Jim Tantillo USCG 50 Ton Master lic#831842 Captain • Trainer • Crew • Sailing Buddy • Delivery Call (408) 263-7877 or email: jimtantillo@netzero.net

ERICSON 35 Mk II, 1976. Lovingly main¬ tained. Race or cruise, easy singlehander. Harken rollerfurling, 110% jib, 135% Mylar jib, starcut spinnaker. Primary and self¬ tailing winches, upgraded standing rig¬ ging. Autohelm, wheel or tiller, water pres¬ sure, Atomic 4 rebuilt 1999. Can come with slip and liveaboard privelege in Half Moon Bay. $29,000. (650) 728-9034 or email: KTWade51 @yahoo.com. RAFIKI 35 SLOOP, 1980. New Yanmar diesel, prop and shaft. Teak deck and interior. Excellent cruiser. Photos on Net. Hauling for bottom paint this month. Brisbane dock. Asking $59,000. Call (408) 867-9202.

36 TO 39 FEET ALAJUELA 38. Lively Lady. Fabulous ocean cruiser, traditional lines, quality workmanship and materials, cutter rig, many recent upgrades and improvements. Equipped for offshore sailing. $120,000. For more info call owners Michael or Jeanne (360) 376-5284.

NEW ZEALAND CUTTER. Serious ocean cruiser. Steel, 36’ x 28’ x 11 ’ x 6’, 14 tons. New sails, designed by Brekveldt. GPS, EPIRB, 35 hp Isuzu, Aries vane, inflat¬ able, freezer/refrigerator. Excellent condi¬ tion, ready to sail. $45,000. Please call (415) 459-3491 or (530) 221-1985. INGRID 38. Hull and deck not married. Built by Blue Water Boats. Internal ballast in place, tanks built in, main salon roughed in, rudder on.^nain mast finished (Sitka spruce). Yanmar diesel. Project boat. Call (415) 868-2401.

CATALINA 38. Super clean, new interior cushions, CNG stove, 3 burner with oven, refrigerator/freezer. Yanmar diesel, Avon, autopilot, spinnaker. San Diego slip pos¬ sible. $49,500. Call owner (760) 218-7578. LAPWORTH 36,1957. Beautiful wooden sloop in good condition. Great Yanmar 1982 diesel. New mainsail. New oak floor beams. Fitted canvas covering. New cush¬ ions and best v-berth you’ll ever sleep in. Pete’s Harbor. Good liveaboard. $17,000. Call (650) 346-9816. 1996 CATALINA Mk II. Mint condition, professionally maintained. Autohelm ST50 depth, speed, windspeed/point, ST 4000 autopilot. Custom dodger and canvas cov¬ ers, fully enclosed cockpit with sunshade and screens. Garmin III GPS. RCA 13” TV/VCR combo, cable ready and inverter. Pioneer AM/FM, casette and 12 disc CD changer with cabin and cockpit speakers. Microwave. Newmar RM 2033 battery charger. Cockpit cushions and table. New bottom job May 2001. More. Asking $110,000. Gall (510) 339-6205 (eves) or email: andrewmcdonough@cs.com.

CHALLENGER 32, 1976. Roomy, com¬ fortable Bay and coastal cruiser. Mercedes diesel 40 hp engine. Berthed at Docktown Marina, Redwood City. Great opportunity at $12, 900. Call (408) 243-2659. CREALOCK 34, 1987. 13 years Tie by only owner. Completely cruise equipped. New rigging and chainplates. Provision and go. Lying Honolulu. For photos and inventory see Web site: http:// home.hawaii.rr.com/nisku. $125,000. Please call (808) 947-1612 or email: nisku @ hawaii.rr.com.

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CAL 39 CORINTHIAN, 1978. Fast and comfortable cruiser, excellent condition. Rod rigging, radar, Alpha autopilot, watermaker, Icom SSB/Ham radio, liferaft, new cold plate refrigeration, new dodger, re¬ conditioned mast and rigging, electric wind¬ lass. Zodiac inflatable and much, much more. $79,000. Call (415) 884-0878.

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. $84,500. Ballena Isle, Alameda. Please call (510) 337-9703 or email: rjansen916@aol.com.

CUSTOM BURNS36,1975. Rolling Stone. Cold-molded Honduras mahogany built by Stone. Fully equipped for fast comfort¬ able cruising. TransPac and No. Atlantic vet. Westerbeke diesel, Furuno radar and GPS, Monitor vane, watermaker, diesel furnace, SSB/Ham, Avon liferaft and 10.4 sportboat, 8 hp Nissan, 406 EPIRB, pro¬ pane Force-10 stove, Muir electric wind¬ lass with chain rode, plus much more. Currently cruising in Scottish Islands. This is a great opportunity to cruise in Europe on an American documented yacht. See at Web site: www.selfsteer.com/monitor/ covers/MonitorCOV.jpg. $49,500. Email Robby Robinson at robby4sail@aol.com or telephone 011 -44-7799 570427 or (415) 388-6167. Leave contact phone numbers.

CATALINA 36 Mk 1,1993. Totally tricked out for race or cruise. One year old North 3DL main with Dutchman and Norlam 130% furling genoa. Sobstad Genesis #'s 1,2 and 3 jibs,-and .75 and 1.2 oz spinna¬ kers. Dual jib and spinnaker halyards, hydraulic backstay, solid vang, Martec folding prop. Garmin map plotter GPS interfaced with Raytheon radar and Auto¬ helm ST4000+ autopilot. Autohelm elec¬ tronics with repeater at nav station. AM/ FM, CD and tape stereo with cabin and cockpit speakers. Hot and cold pressure water system with shower in head and transom swim platform. Diesel heater in cabin. Adler-Barbour refrigeration. Pro¬ pane stove. Universal 30 hp diesel. Dodger with sun fly. Located in Tiburon, CA. Please call Bill (415) 435-9382.

TARTAN 37,1982. Centerboard. Recent (05/00): epoxy barrier coat bottom, Copperpoxy paint, rigging, wiring, mast and boom painted, 3-blade feathering prop, ST-60 wind/speed/depth instruments. See Web site: photos.yahoo.com/sundog404. Santa Barbara 40-ft slip available. $75,000. Please call (805) 886-6556 or email: sundog@mail.com.

CABO RICO 38,1977. Beautiful, strong, fast cruising cutter. Crealock design. Low hours on 48 hp diesel. Radar, GPS, SSB/ Ham, autopilot, Monitor, Profurl, liferaft, dinghy with o/b, solar panels, new Trojan T-105s. Extensive inventories of sails, canvas, spares, ground tackle, cruising equipment. Lying San Diego. $84,500. Please call (619) 838-0528 or email: svjaiyen @ pocketmail .com. MORGAN 384 SLOOP, 1984. 50 hp Per¬ kins 1700TT 100 STOH, 2 autopilots, DC refrigeration, inverter, WS/SL/DS50, in¬ struments , new lifelines, Lexan and ports. Remodeled interior, alcohol stove, low time genniker, 130% genoa, main recut and sewn. Excellent condition. $80,000. Call (925) 788-9010. HALLBERG-RASSY 38, 1985. Proven bluewater cruiser. This boat has been completely refit, summer 1999. New Yan¬ mar 65 Turbo, electrical system, rigging, etc. Beautiful Scandinavian woodwork in¬ side. Strong and fast. $135,000. For more into please call (650) 726-7437 or email: murphymuss @ 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. Anchors with ground tackle. Pressure water, shower, propane stove, GPS, SatNav, Loran. Many extras. $36,000. (510) 482-4326.

ERICSON 38, 1982. Veteran Singlehanded TransPac. First overall 1997 LongPac. Outfitted for shorthanded bluewater. Digital autopilot and windvane, ra¬ dar, chartplotter, SSB. Spectra sails, Autoprop propeller. Four years left on blis¬ ter/epoxyjob warranty. $59,000. Call (925) 837-7279 or email: mdeppe@rcn.com.

COLUMBIA 36, 1969. LPU paint looks great, new ports, wheel steering, large refrigerator, hot/cold pressure water, shower stall, stereo and CD changer, VHF, battery charger. Atomic4 engine. $27,000/ obo. Please call (415) 407-5468 or jr@cosmiccow.com.

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PEARSON 36 SLOOP. Hull #41. Liveaboard/racer/cruiser. Fin keel, new Perkins diesel, rigging, 12 winches, 13 bags of sails, 7 berths. Cruised Mexico for 3 years. Price reduced, $32,500. (707) 456-1000. FOLKES 37,1979. Quality steel hull cut¬ ter. Nice boat. Needs some work. Great liveaboard. Beautiful teak cabin, Yanmar diesel, shower, hot water, VHF, windvane, dinghy and more. See at Web site: www.homestead.com/SDCA/boat.html. Motivated seller, great deal. $25,000. Call (619) 229-6991. O’DAY 37. Excellent condition. Center cockpit, aft stateroom, private head. AdlerBarbour refrig, propane 2-burner stove/ oven, H/C pressure water, microwave. Yanmar, just rebuilt, 3-yr warranty. Furuno radar, GPS, autopilot, VHF, power wind¬ lass, Spintec furler, dodger. $44,000. Please call (925) 447-4126.

36-FT CATALINA TALL RIG, 1987. Ex¬ cellent condition, roller furling, 135% and 85% jib, radar, GPS, inverter, refrigerator, Autohelm 5000, custom interior, two pri¬ vate berths, stereo with cockpit speakers, 3 anchors, low engine hours. Tomahawk Island, Portland, Oregon. $64,000. Call (503) 289-2799. ERICSON 38,1982. Original owner, sleeps 6, new head with full shower. Universal 32 hp diesel, 800 hours. 60 gal. fuel, 100 gal. water. Roller furling 110% and 90% jib. Berkeley, $69,500. Call (925) 314-9599 or email: ericson222@aol.com. CATALINA38,1984. S&S design, diesel, wind, knot, depth, radar, autopilot, roller furling, 6 sails, ST winches, dodger, hold¬ ing tank, bottom paint 12/00, electric wind¬ lass. Strong, fast, beautiful boat. Berkeley berth. $45,900. Call (530) 622-9352 or (530) 626-0238. -

IRWIN 37, 1978. Very good condition, transferable liveaboard berth in SoSFO. Center cockpit, dodger, rollerfurling, auto¬ pilot, Loran, Perkins 4-108, davits, 10-ft dinghy with outboard, lots of extras, great liveaboard. $42,000/obo. (408) 227-3280. CATALINA 36,1994. She's beautiful. 30 hp diesel. 3-year bottom paint, May 2000. Rollerfurling, windlass, Bruce anchor, hot/ cold pressure water, VHF, depth, knotmeter, Dutchman, stereo, dodger, re¬ frigeration, microwave, propane stove/ oven. $87,000. Call (209) 956-3858.

DOWNEASTER 38,1979. Cutter rig, FG, diesel, wheel, dodger, recent (May) haulout. Roomy, 6'5”headroom, excellent shape. Located in San Diego. $69,000. Your spouse’ll love it! (619) 580-8648.

TAYANA 37 CUTTER, 1979. No teak decks, aluminum mast, booms, Perkins 4108, Dickerson heater, GPS, VHF, Ste¬ reo. New stay-lock rigging, 1996. Worm gear drive, solid boat. Out of water. $65,000. Call (970) 879-0819.

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hp diesel, rollerfurling, dodger, refrigera¬ tion. Recent upgrades: main, jib, spinna¬ ker, autopilot, interior, more. Profession¬ ally captained and maintained. Possible Santa Cruz slip. $56,000. (831) 429-1970.

geous teak interior with new cushions, H/ C pressure water, propane stove/oven, great galley layout, large Nav station, shower, sleeps 6. Main and jib in good shape, roller furling, also 155 and 110 like new. Perkins diesel 50 hp, low hours. Spacious cockpit, custom Bottom Sider cushions and full dodger/cockpit enclo¬ sure. Great bluewater/liveaboard cruiser. It’s clean, comfortable and sails very well. Drastic price reduction, leaving area, must sell. $59,500. Please call (510) 682-3978.

1977 RAFIKI CUTTER. Huntingford de¬ sign, LeFiell aluminum spars, Volvo-Penta MD17 35 hp 1100 hours, Link 2000 moni¬ tor 450 amp house bank May 2001, 1200 watt Heart inverter/charger, 120 amp start¬ ing bank, all new standing and running rigging March 2001, complete ground tackle, teak deck caulked May 2000, full weather cloths, boom gallows, older elec¬ tronics: ICOM 735 SSB/Ham, AH2 tuner, 24-mile Furuno radar, all excellent condi¬ tion. Hauled Feb 2000.150 gallons water, 100 gallons diesel, RU 280 Roll up, 31/2 horsepower Tohatsu, DC trolling motor, propeller, Flexcharge regulator, Taylor kerosene cabin heater, icebox, manual windlass. Solid sturdy bluewater cruiser, clean comfortable teak home, cosmetic nicks-dings commensurate for 24 yearold beloved. $69,000. (619) 203-3900 or (907)247-2970. PASSPORT 37, 1986. Performance cruiser. New rigging, refrigeration, dodger, interior cushions, GPS, radar, and chain. Profurl, cruising spinnaker, autopilot, Bruce anchors, solar panals, SSB/Ham, 4 cyl diesel. Much more. Sharp boat. Original owner. Ventura. $107,000/obo. Call (805) 644-7034 or (805) 641-3221 or e-mail: jraltatoo@aol.com.

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).

40 TO 50 FEET CHEOY LEE OFFSHORE 40,1970. Teak cabin, sweet inside. Good Perkins diesel. Refrigerator, stove, self-contained head/ shower. Needs varnish outside. Great liveaboard. Located at Marina Bay. Ask¬ ing $50,000. Call (510) 215-7610 (msg). FREEDOM 40, 1976. Cat ketch, swing keel, center cockpit. Distinctive green Awlgrip hull, tan spars. Easy singlehander, needs new owner. Cruise equipped: GPS, refrigeration, radar, autopilot, inverter, watermaker. $72,000. Call (360) 856-0100.

FELLOWS & STEWART 44,1946. Island Clipper cutter. Beautiful classic, profes¬ sionally restored with modern cruising fea¬ tures. Fir on white oak, bronze fastened, varnished mahagony deckhouse and in¬ terior, LPU hull and deck. Aluminium mast, Schaefer rollerfurling, windvane selfsteer, autopilot, Grunert water-cooled refrigera¬ tion, propane stove/oven, GPS, Loran, VHF, depth, knotlog, vyind speed/direc¬ tion. AC/DC, Amplepower 30 amp AC charger, solar panels. Rebuilt Universal 44 hp diesel. 7 sails excellent condition. $44,900. Please call (760) 433-1066 or email: pabash@nwu.edu. VAGABOND 47, 1987. Class bluewater

CHEOY LEE CLIPPER 36, 1970. Tradi¬ tional style fiberglass ketch. Bowsprit, much teak, 7 sails, rollerfurling, self-tailing winches, propane stove and heat, fire¬ place, shower, 2 anchors, bronze wind¬ lass, 2 solar panels, near new. 12v Technautics freezer/refrigerator, water heater, cushions. Liveaboard at anchor. $39,900. Call (714) 396-2710.

PETERSON 46,1981. Aitana. World-class cruiser, center-cockpit cutter. Complete refit 2000, hauled/sun/eyed 10/00. Re¬ cently rebuilt 80 hp Ford Lehman diesel. Windvane, newLP on mast. Noteakdecks. Many upgrades. New diesel/water tanks, plumbing, wiring, batteries, rigging, sails, 36-FT BOLGER DESIGN STEEL KETCH. full cockpit enclosure, below-decks auto¬ If you want a proven cruiser, this is it. pilot, Furuno radar, chart plotter GPS, Cruise equipped. $48,000.(925) 934-3589. VHF with RAM Mic substation, watermaker, efficient freezer and Technautics ISLANDER 36,1974. Never raced, never coldplate refridge, TV/VCR, washer/dryer, blistered. New: Sails, rigging, canvas, / generator, inverter, solar panels, MarinerDutchman main and misc. H/C pressure, Dickinson 4-burnerstove/oven with broiler, dodger, Harken roller, all chain anchor, Force-10 heater, cushions and upholstery, electric windlass. Hauled 5/01. Solid teak custom mattress. Plus Caribe 1 b-ft RIB interior is beautiful. Very nice condiotion. inflatable, Nissan 9.9 hp, outboard hoist, $50,000. Call (650) 508-0888. furling jib, more. Cruise ready. Located / / * Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. For photos and 38-FT FARALLONE CLIPPER. Refas¬ specs see Web site: www.geocities.com/ tened, gray, club jib. Good condition. astolp/aifanaspecs.html. $145,000. Please Sausalito. $18,000. Call (415) 302-7490. send email to: annestolp@hotmail.com. CHRIS CRAFT 37 SLOOP. Classic, in¬

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board gas engine, ready, willing and easy to sail, furling jib, radio, depthfinder, gal¬ ley, stove, icebox, private marine head, sleeps 4, potential liveaboard or cruiser. At San Leandro. $18,000. Please call Jim (209) 786-4864.

Sloop. 65 hp diesel, radar, roller furling, VHF, 300 fuel, pressure water, 2 cabins, depthfinder, ST winches, 12v windlass, propane stove, 35 lb CQR. Needs TLC wood work. $50,000 or trade? Call (530) 477-8677 or (530) 477-7935.

cruising ketch. Ideal liveaboard cruiser. Beautiful interior. 3 cabins, 2 heads, standup showers. Volvo 95 hp diesel, 6-man liferaft, autopilot, Avon, outboard, radar, GPS, TV/VCR, microwave, many extras. Located Puerto Vallarta. Priced to sell. $179,000. Phone/fax (519) 432-9274 or email: sdobrien@odyssey.on.ca.

PETERSON 44 CUTTER, 1980. A wellmaintained vessel, loaded and ready to go. Located in La Paz, BCS, Mexico. Full specs, equipment list and photos are available at Web site: http://osmx.com/ towers.htm. $119,500. Please email: towers@osmx.com.

CATALINA 42, 1989. Roller furling, dodger, Yanmar diesel, diesel heater, GPS, chart plotter, windpoint, windspeed, knotmeter, autopilot. All new canvas 1998. New hatches 2000. Professionally main¬ tained. Immaculate. Available to keep in charter and earn money on this boat. $120,000. Call Rich (650) 363-1390.

COLUMBIA 45,1974. Cruise ready, wind genset, solar panels, new radar, diesel heater, 1996 rebuilt Perkins, dinghy hoist. 1997 rigging. 1999 electrical system. Teak floors, headliner, beautiful tile work galley and heads. Asking $89,000 or owner will cover with 50% down. (510) 665-3992.

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VALIANT 40,1977. A proven cruiser that is completing a total refit. Epoxy job, LP, every hose and wire is new, electronics, canvas, ports and hatches, cushions, stove, instruments and A/P, radar, inverter, batteries, etc. It's all new, recent engine overhaul, Avon hard bottom with o/b. Our plans have changed and now you can cruise this season on a true bluewater boat for a steal. $99,000. Owner might finance part. Please call Lawrence (760) 942-7603 or email: Lwholland@aol.com.

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PASSPORT 45, 1981. Center cockpit ketch. Peterson design. Excellent condi¬ tion. Fully equipped to cruise. Located in PV, Mexico. $158,000. See at Web site: www.geocities.com/grumpy1 09/ passport45.html. For more info please email: grumpy109@yahoo.com.

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LIBERTY 458,1983.46-ft cutter. Aft cabin with queen, washer/dryer. Den with desk and double bunks, TV/stereo. 2 heads, center cockpit, windshield, full enclosure, roller furling headsails, diesel heater, liferaft, watermaker, GPS, SSB, weatherfax, radar. Great liveaboard/cruiser. $199,000. Call (415) 383-8122. COLUMBIA 50, 1986. Custom built. A

SWAN 43, 1969. Very good condition. Teak deck, radar, new windlass, 12 sails. $95,000. Call (415) 824-1856.

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43. LOW 37. Beam 12.5. Draft 5.5. Hull speed 8.5. Total end-to-end refit in 1990, over 700 photos documenting work. Safe, beautiful strong bluewater cruiser. Beauti¬ ful interior. $79,Q00/obo. Owner financing for right case. Will consider partial trade for 3/4 to 1 ton diesel truck with or without overhead camper or 29/30-foot travel trailer or 28/29-foot sailboat with trailer for short liveaboard trips. All must be newer mod¬ els. Please call (530) 274-3263 or (530) 400-3255 (ceil).

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HARTAUG SLOOP, 1980.49-ft on deck, professionally built in San Leandro, Ferro cement hull, nice lines, 60 hp Isuzu diesel. Good rig and sails. $25,000/obo. Call (707) 265-0616.

NEWPORT 41, 1984. Barracuda. C&C designed cruiser/racer/liveaboard. Perfor¬ mance, comfort, and a unique open inte¬ rior with 17 opening ports. Many upgrades. Photos and details at our Web site: www.sisterships.com/newport.html. $62,500. Call (510) 444-6130.

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

CLASSICS 23-FTBEAR BOAT. 2-1/2 ton. Wood. Fair condition. Paint in and out 2000.4 hp o/b. Extra sail. Now $1,200. (510) 521 -3072 or email: kuziamjohn@aol.com.

CATALINA 42,1999. Optional and popu¬

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 ameni¬ ties. Not yet launched. Buyer can specify custom finishing. Located at Lake Cowichan, BC, Canada. Now reduced to US $185,000 (finished). Visit our Web site: www.islandnet.com/~gmbarrow. Please call owner (250) 247-7986 or email: gmbarrow@islandnet.com.

lar three stateroom layout. Exellent condi¬ tion. Raytheon speed, depth, GPS, 24-mi. radar, microwave, Jensen CD/AM/FM player. 2-reef main with Dutchman. 300-ft. chain on bow with electric windlass. Over¬ sized stern ground tackle. BBQ. Great value. Only $169,000. Cruise to Catalina. Please call (805) 570-9821 or email: randy @ sbguide.com.

S&S 42, 1970. Chris Craft built. Fiber¬ glass, bulletproof, fast, classic. Many up¬ grades. Mast, rigging newly replaced. New Profurl. Sails, anchor gear. New dodger, wiring, plumbing, topside paint. Strong, reliable Perkins 4-107. $64,500/obo or 1/2 interest? Call (415) 331-7576.

55-FT PILOTHOUSE FERRO KETCH. Professionally built, world-cruising, cutter rigged. Great lines and beautifully main¬ tained. Hauled 6/01 after vacationing on Sea of Cortez. Located Marina,Seca, San Carlos, Mexico. $60,000/obo/trade. Call (425) 743-0348 (msg).

KELLY-PETERSON 46, 1983. Center cockpit cutter. Fully cruise equipped. Sur¬ vey 4/01. Complete equipment and up¬ grades on Web site: www.linknet.com.au/ binda/bravo. $199,500. (707) 484-7924.

66-FTON 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 $299,000. Call (415) 479-7128.

SERENDIPITY 43. Cruise version of this sleek Peterson sloop. Raised flush deck, commodious ash and oak interior. Two staterooms and heads. 4-cyl 38 hp diesel. All ST winches. Harken furling jib, full battened main. Well equipped. $78,000. For pics/specs call (408) 354-9963 (days) or email: airpax@gte.net.

48-FT MAPLE LEAF. Beautiful liveaboard,

OLSON 40, 1982. Major refit 1999 for cruising. Extensive equipment list and sail inventory (racing/cruising). Yanmar, Moni¬ tor, M710 SSB, Pactorll, 406, dinghy, so¬ lar. Fast, safe and comfortable. Pacific Cup/South Pacific ready. $92,500. Please call (510) 232-7284 or .email: schalscha @ earthlink.net.

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, radar, fathometer, radio. $190,000. Please call (907) 225-6065.

CHEOY LEE OFFSHORE 40,1974. New LPU paint on topsides, new paint on cabin top. New upholstery, main ss rigging, masts painted. 4-cyl Perkins just serviced. Cetol teak decks and fresh varnish. Fridge. In San Leandro, Slip G3. $50,000. Call (650) 302-5767.

Motorsailer. Equipped for wo'rld cruising. 200 hp turbo-charged Volvo. 12-1/2 & 6kw generators. Air conditioned. Roller furled genoa & main. Gourmet galley & wet bar. 10-ft. Zodiac. Reduced. $199,000. Please call (415) 453-6127.

AMEL SUPER MARAMU, 1989. Very good condition, lightly used. Low engine hours, Kohler 8kw genset, new 1997. Liferaft, mini M sat phone, SSB, GPS, weatherfax, radar, SatNav, fridge, seperate freezer, 3-blade max prop, 4 watertight bulkheads, mahogany interior, washer/ dryer. Ready to go. Boat in Mystic CT. Call (203) 431 -9776 or email: VCMS@aol.com.

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FELICITY IS FOR SALE. Master Mariner Champion. 1896 Stone boat. 62-ft gaff rigged cutter “sloop”. In good shape. Needs TLC and some work. Sails, motor, hull in good shape. Great antique sailboat. $13,000/obo. Call (415) 289-4195 or (415) 332-1412.

30-FT MONTEREY FISHINGTROLLER, 1930.

MULTIHULLS NORSEMAN 535 CUTTER. Tivoli. Center

55-FOOT VALE9 GENOA KETCH.

Essex, MA. Replica of Gloucester fishing schooners. To see what she looks like, watch another classic, Captains Coura¬ geous; her ligps are duplicated from the ships in this movie. Boat is complete, without engine, but needs rebuilding. Work started, but ill-health hindering her comple¬ tion. Must sell or trade for classic car, RV or ? Valued at and will sell for $7,000. Call (530)274-1624._

Double-ended. New diesel, custom inte¬ rior canvas. Currently berthed at Red¬ wood City Marina. Great shape. A real classic. $6,500. Call (530) 426-3422.

SKOOKUM 53, 1977. Ketch rig, center

3 separate staterooms, 120 diesel, Espar heater and fireplace. Center cockpit, 500 gals diesel. All offers accepted. $114,000. (831) 375-2295.

36-FT SCHOONER, 1956. Classic built in

cockpit, big sister to 447. 535 is a world class luxury cruiser for the discriminating sailor. 3 spacious staterooms, 2 en-suite heads with Vacu-flush toilets/separate showers. Designer galley, custom glass bar/wine storage, new leather interior. Forward Balmar watertight bulkhead, builtin safe, custom locker for Luke storm anchor and scuba tanks. Dual access engine room with powerful 130 hp Mercedes diesel and genset, 2800w in¬ verter and converter, 3-bladed Max Prop, Vetus bow thruster, Webasto thermo 90 heater, 2 Seafrost air conditioners. Work¬ shop with scuba compressor, 600 gpd watermaker, all Reckmann hydraulic roller furling sails and electric winches, spinna¬ ker system, custom hard dodger, solar panels, all updated Furuno & B&G elec¬ tronics & offshore gear, stainless davits, comfortable 12-ft Caribe & Honda. Bristol. $629,000. Call (408) 855-5338 or email: sailaway2krs@yahoo.com. ■

LAGOON 37,1993. US built. Never char¬ tered. Cruise ready. $30,000+ in new equipment: sails, windlass, net, autopilot, upholstery, rigging. Also: Liferaft, dinghy with outboard, spinnaker, bimipi/dodger, refrigerator/freezer. 3 showers, arid much more. Detailed spec sheet available. $209,000. Please call (415) 946-2202 or email: peterlange@wwc.com. 42-FOOT TRIMARAN. Homebuilt, ply¬ wood/fiberglass construction, cutter rigged, 63 hp diesel dngine, five bunks, propane stove w/oven. Great liveaboard. On land, Marshall Islands, undergoing repairs. $35,000/obo/more as repairs continue. No telephone. Email: ipokai@hotmail.com.

CORSAIR F-27, 1993. Hull #353. Great shape. Sailed mostly freshwater. At Tahoe now. $43,000/firm. Please call evenings (775) 853-5451.

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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. SEARUNNER 37, 1983. 39x23. Yanmar 3HM35, low hours. Diesel stove and heater, KM, DS, 3 anchors, new staysail and running rigging, Autohelm 2000. See at Web site: www.kpunet.net/~karlyenk/ EquipfhentList.html. Asking $49,000. Call (907) 247-4888.

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beam. Opportunity to set a round-theworld record. 7 staterooms, 3 heads, 650 miles per day. Boat is in the water in Hawaii. $7.8M or partnership/sponsorship possible. Call Earl (808) 246-4828.

Center cockpit, documented, rollerfurling, radar. Sleeps 10, inverter, new nets, hot water shower, 85 gal water, 44 gal fuel tanks. 24 hp Universal, stove/oven, fridge, autopilot. Many extras, ready for around the world. $85,000/obo.(503) 357-4786 or email: sailormn@pacifier.com.

31-FT SEARUNNER TRIMARAN. Aframe model. Good sails and 15 hp Johnson o/b. Autohelm autopilot. Ready and easy to sail. $12,000. Call Ian for more info (831) 251-7922 or (831) 477-0169. 16-FT HOBIE CAT, 1976 with trailer. Boat, sails, and trailer in good condition. Can move to Bay Area for more convenient pickup. $800. Call (209) 375-6604 (before 9 pm) or email: brentsue@inreach.com.

TRADEWINDS 28.16-ft beam, 2-ft draft. Factory molded glass construction, 6-ft headroom. 10 hp Yanmar diesel, Auto¬ helm, Hood furling, good sails, bow nets, tandem-axle trailer. $12,500. Call (530) 577-8577 or email: Hpalin@aol.com.

BLUEWATER CRUISER CATENA. 38.5 LOA, 20-ft beam, cutter rig. Perkins 4-108 diesel drives twin 15" screws through Spen¬ cer hydraulic system. Reinforced Airex sandwich hull construction makes her in¬ stantly beachable. Wheel steering, radar, basic electronics, 7 sails. Engine drive compressor cools large freezer/refer in an expansive galley. Sleeps 6,2 heads. Very good condition, maintained in dry storage in Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico. Asking price of $68,000 is under priced. However any cash offer will be seriously considered. Call (520) 537-1913.

35-FT TRIMARAN RACER/CRUISER. Set up for singlehanding,15 hp elec, start o/b, autopilot, wind and speed instruments, 3 spinnakers, recent main, jib and stand¬ ing rigging, hard vang, standing headroom, sink, stove. Good looking, strong, fast. More boat than F-27. $35,000. For more info call (510) 521-0883 or email: rchapmanl 1 @ mindspring.com.

CROSS42 Mk II TRIMARAN. Cold molded of Port Orford red cedar. Isuzu diesel. 90% complete project boat. Two aft cabins, electric head, shower, hot water, hydraulic steering. $25,000/firm. Call (650) 3025767.

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HOBIE 16,1982. Boat, sails and trailer in very good condition. $950. Call anytime (510) 499-9211.

45-FT APACHE CATAMARAN. Divorceforced sale. Documented, 3 staterooms, 2 heads, new LPU topside, completely re¬ wired, elec/propane refrig, refurbed water/ propane systems, solar panels, microwave, Yanmar, Caribe, recent survey. Lying San Diego. $89,000. Call (480) 722-1916 or email: monte@mbgolfservices.com.

POWER & HOUSEBOATS 39-FT FISHING TRAWLER. Fiberglass. Low hours on Cat 3160, hydraulics and full electronics. Cabin with v-berth, fridge, stoves and head. Large holding wells and' two stations plus remote. At Emeryville. $35,900/obo. Call (510) 923-9850.

37-FT HERSHINE TRAWLER. Single Ford Lehman diesel, burns less than 2 gal/ hr at hull speed. Engine has 415 hours since rebuild. 2 stern thrusters, 24 NM radar, Sitex chart plotter tied into the auto¬ pilot, Flo Scan instruments. 2 heads, fore and aft cabins, up galley and much more. We have lived aboard for 4 years, a great liveaboard. $85^)00. Call (916) 354-0354 or email: donan1037@aol.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) 310-3031. CHRIS CRAFT 37. Dual gas engines, one needs work. Very roomy, sleeps six, gal¬ ley, refrigerator, stove, private marine head, wooden hull, good liveaboard, lots of po¬ tential for boat lover. Berthed at Alameda. Sacrifice for $7,300. Jim (209) 786-4864.

yacht, 1971. Like new Detroit V-871s. Generator. Outstanding condition and workmanship. Interior quality Euro-modern style. Tiger mahogany, other rare woods. Strong/sound. Fast, stylish, eco¬ nomical, classic yacht. $107,000/obo. Please call (415) 331-2422.

26-FT BARTENDER. 26' x 8' x 1 TO”. 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. $10,950. Call (415) 606-5752.

UNIQUE OLDER TROLLER. 37 x 11 x 6. Teak planks, deck, cabin, interior. Apil bent frames. Yacal heavy timbers: stem, keel, keelson, horn timber, shaft log, deck beams. Bronze and stainless fastenings. Stainless and Monel tanks. Recently over¬ hauled Cat. Asking $85,000. Call (805) 528-3390 (eves).

sic wood beauty. Great liveaboard, office, cruiser. 327s, generator, brightwork sparkles, teak platform, electronics, 2 heads, shower, galley, freezer, bar/ captain’s stools. Hauled/painted 6/01.6’5” headroom. Sleeps 4, aft cabin. Sausalito. $45,000. Please call (415) 331-1257 or email: tmartin@lmi.net.

CHRIS CRAFT CABIN CRUISER 34,1958. 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.

WHO DECLARED ALAN'S BOAT a clothes-free zone? Was it Alan - or the 3 women, who came on board in Tonga and stayed for a year? Info wanted. www.mylifewith3women.com.

40-FT TRI-CABIN MOTOR YACHT. 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 center salon. New llOvac throughout. Recent haul and survey. $40,000. Please call (415)456-1420.

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. $9,300. Call Jim (209) 786-4864.

PARTNERSHIPS

in ladder, surge brakes. For J/80 or similar boat. 2001 model, never used. Asking $3,000. Call Vi/ayne at (760) 918-0080 or email: wclark@cts.com.

1993 TRIAD TANDEM-AXLE TRAILER. For sailboats 27 to 35 feet up to 12,000 pounds. Excellent condition, 8 mounting pads, large lockable steel gear box, new tie downs with ratcheting winches, excel¬ lent tires including spare, anti-sway bars, refurbished electric brakes. $4,400. Call (707) 836-1112 or (707) 836-0844.

NEVER USED DHM BUILT TRAILER. Bought for 25-ft Catalina fin keel. Double¬ axle, surge brakes. Cost $4,700. Will sac¬ rifice for $2,900 or trade. (707) 745-2921.

45-FT TRAILER. User can utilize 3-5 ax¬ les to accomodate load requirements to 20,000 lbs. Easily modified to haul monohull or multihull. 4 wheel brakes. 5/ 16” ball hitch. Cost $10,000 to build. Sell for $3,000/firm. Call Blair (707) 251-1400.

CATALINA 30. Wheel, diesel, loaded with new roller furling and jib, mast, lighting, sleeps 6. U-shape dinette, great atmo¬ sphere for dining by oil lamp. Time share use/expenses. Approx 1/3 = $322/month. Sausalito. Call (415) 332-5442 or email: / Lprimus@pacbell.net.

COLUMBIA36,1968. Docked in Sausalito. 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. $14,500. Mr. Swanson at Norpac, (415) 485-6044. ROUGHWATER 35. Fiberglass hull, 120

CHRIS CRAFT CONNIE 38,1966. Clas

Delta region seeks slightly used DeWitt Dinghies, sport or competition models, for growing fleet. Please call (707) 748-7525 or email: deborah@tspphoto.com.

TRIAD TANDEM AXLE TRAILER. Built-

CHRIS CRAFT CONQUEROR 40,1959.

21-FT BOSTON WHALER, 2000. Con¬ quest Mercury 200 Optimax, low hours, barely used, trailer. Cabin sleeps 2, head, hardtop with fully enclosed cockpit, washdown, freshwater shower, livewell. Very nice. In Alameda. (650) 969-5248.

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Excellent condition throughout. Great liveaboard. $30,000. Call (415) 845-3113.

SAUSALITO BERTH and/or 53-ft motor

WANTED

hp-6 Ford Lehman diesel, electric fridge, Electrasan, sleeps 6 with private aft cabin. Currently reconditioning including paint and brightwork. Sausalito berth. $45,000. (707) 433-5426.

44-FT SEDAN TRAWLER, 1972. Cus¬ tom, wood. Mahogany on oak with teak decks, twin 120 hp diesels, very spacious, full galley, head/shower, hot water, pellet stove, beautiful wood interior, well main¬ tained. Sausalito slip, excellent liveaboard, mpst see. $60,000/obo. (415) 332-4097.

BLANCHARD 50, 1955. Converted for fishing, Detroit 671 diesel, extensive hy¬ draulics, steering, downrigging, windlass. 99% complete, needs caulking and refas¬ tening due to 5 years in dry dock. $4,500. Call (916) 974-0982 or (916) 857-2711.

Hauled 1/01. New bottom paint, hew up¬ holstery 1/01. Survey selling price $25,000. 1/3 interest available $7,500. Monthly slip share $135. Call (415) 883-6464.

BEST P-SHIP ON THE BAY. Morgan 38 shared by five partners. Boat is clean with new interior, rigging and electric windlass. Ready for sailing with 50 hp diesel, refer, BBQ, stereo. Excellent solid boat. Sausalito berth. $15,000. Email: Dave@Burdell.net.

CATALINA 30. One-third flexible timeshare. Very clean sloop, new leather inte¬ rior, CD, TV/VCR. Berthed at San Fran¬ cisco Marina. You play, we work. $350/ mp. Call (415) 731-4956.

TRADE

USED GEAR ENGLISH MOTOR. Gas, inboard, made by Stewart. From Ives 21 -ft sailboat. Needs carburetor. Free. Call (510) 482-1135.

BRUCE 44-LB ANCHOR. Never used, $125. Supermax adjustable shank anchor, 40-lb, never used, $125. Call Tom (805) 929-5881. LEE SAILS- NEVER USED. Main: 9.2 oz. 44’ x 20’ x 48’. 467 sq.ft. $1,825. Jib: 7.5 oz. 52’ x 18’ x 42’. 358 sq.ft. $1,245. Call (805) 934-2329. WESTERBEKE L25 DIESEL ENGINE. No transmission, can hear run, $500/obo. Cold pump engine driven refrigeration with holding plates, $200/obo. 50-ft 5/16 HT chain, $50. Call after6:00 (530) 674-7630.

SANTA CRUZ 50 MAIN & JIB. Shelf foot, 2 reefs, 10 oz. Set up for full battens and Dutchman. North dacron. Jib: zipper luff, white UV. Both clean. Main $1,200. Jib $800. Call (510) 523-9011.

75 CQR-STYLE ANCHOR. New, $250. 1975 PORSCHE CARRERA TARGA. Excellent condition, white with black inte¬ rior, 28k invested, worth 20-25k and climb¬ ing. Trade for 30+ foot sailboat in good condition, capable coastal cruiser, prefer sloop. Call (916) 712-1913.

320-ft 5/16 HT anchor chain, new, $600.2 Nauta tanks, 37-gallon, new, $300. #1 hanked jib, 45-ft luff, fair, $200. Hanked genoa, 45-ft luff, fair, $200. Call (415) 643-4465 or email: fred@ballena.com.

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KNARR JIB. Excellent condition except for small rust stains in one area. $450. Call (650) 344-5967. SAILS. 150% 5-oz genoa, Odyssey, luff 52.6, foot 28.6, leech 50.6, LP 26.7, new condition, $600, Main 8-oz, 3 reefs, luff 43.3, foot 17.5, very good condition, $500. Call John (415) 505-5858 or email: windraker@msn.com.

GEAR. Jib sails, para anchors, Ham/SSB, swrcvr, bimini/dodgerframes, sunbrella, boat canvas, paraflares, rudders, rigging, line, 12/20HT Danforths, wind generator, Makita tools, autopilots, tillermaster, oars, bottom paint, LPU/epoxy, radar, 30-ft Alumast, bowpulpit, toploading fridge, sur¬ vival gear, Avon, outboard, broiler/heater, Avonpumps, more. Please call (415) 331 0330oremail: www.bradlow00@aol.com.

GOLDBERG’S MARINE lined foul weather gear, size LG. Pacific Footwear boots, size 10, all new in original bag. $200. Thirsty Mate hand bilge pump. Never used $20. Call (530) 527-2460 or email: rluca@snowcrest.net.

VOLVO MD2B. Low hours. From Westsail 32. Output power 25 hp. Comes with trans¬ mission and operating control panel. Ask¬ ing $1,500/obo. Call (510) 469-8315. DIESEL ENGINE FOR PARTS. Peugeot XDP 4.90/Vetus P4.21. Complete unit, $400, or buy only specific parts. Featuring Condiesel injector pump, Racor 500FG filters. Call for complete list of parts. Also, Aolus 9-ft. sailing dinghy, $100. Please call (650) 964-2469.

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TWO GRAY MARINE FIREBALL V-8 marine engines. Totally rebuilt. Zero hours. 327 ci American Motors blocks. Not com¬ patible with GM 327. Carbs and distribu¬ tors rebuilt also. Includes one Borg Warner velvet drive. Engines turn over but have been sitting. Will guarantee. $1,000. Call (831) 724-3281 or (831) 818-8301 (cell).

COMPLETE STANDING RIGGING. Alu¬ minum mast, boom shrouds, winches, spreaders. Removed from 38-foot sloop. Mast length: 49’4”. Boom length: 13’8”. Mast: 8.75” x 5.5”. Wall thickness: .156”. $1,600/obo. Call (510) 521-9268.

1999 YAMAHA F4. 4 hp, four-cycle, reg. shaft. Used once. $800/obo. Call (415) 623-5817 (days) or (415) 282-6558 (eves).

Marine Surveys & Consulting Aloft Rigging Surveys Included

IRIDIUM SAT-PHONE FOR RENT. True global coverage. Two-way voice, Voicemail and Email. $70 per week, $ 3 per minute. Email is no charge. Call (702) 798-6500. SAILS OFF YANKEE 30. 4.5 oz. 150%

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genoa, vg, $300.3/4 oz drifter with sheets, vg, $300.1 -1 /2 oz. Starcut spinnaker, exc, $500. Blooper, exc, $100. Also Achilles 8ft dinghy, vg, $200. Call (510) 669-1673.

REPLACEMENT PORTS FOR Islander 36. All four fixed ports. New, still in box. Made by Mark Plastics. White trim/smokecolored glass. $200. Call (415) 788-1006. WATERMAKER - 300 GALLONS/DAY. Aqua Marine 110 volt reverse osmosis desalinization. Compact self-contained unit. Light use. $2,500. Please call (661 >242-6975 or (805) 895-6327 or (805) 667-4211.

MISCELLANEOUS ATTENTION MARINERS. Boater’s Swap Meet. August 18, 2001. Hosted by Coast Chandlery, 3600 S. Harbor Blvd, Oxnard, CA. Last one of the season. Bring every¬ thing nautical. It will sell. Call to reserve spaces. (805) 815-4520.

BENDIX CONDENSATION washer/dryer unit. Uses little power, water, soap. 110vac, does not need a vent. Stainless drum. Heavy. You move it. $350/obo. Call Mark (510)601-6239. 406 EPIRB. New, never been used (thank God), $400. 15-ft Paratech sea anchor, new, never been used (too lazy), $300. Please call Erika (530) 885-4712 or email: holback @ worldcruiser.ws.

WWW.MYLIFEWITH3WOMEN.COM Some survive storms. Others survive ship¬ wreck. At age 46, Alan survived a year alone on a boat with 3 young women. Now that's a survival story!

C-FLEX FIBERGLASS PLANKING. For building or repairing boats. One roll each: 100-ft CF 65, 250-ft CF 65 and 250-ft CF 39. Retails over $1,700. Bargain price for the whole lot: $1,250 plus shipping. Call (925) 254-8754oremail: Joyelk@aol.com. SAILS. New, never used. Roller furling genoa, fits 30-34 footer, LF 37'9”, LCH 34'8", FT 19'8”. Padded luff, 6 oz, black sunbrella. Cost $1,600, try $1,100/obo. Melges 24, UK tape drive class jib, top condition, needs clew ring. Steal at $500. (415) 382-8422.

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2182 Emergency Alarm Signal Generator and SGC Smartuner antenna tuner, $1,500. Wanted: SGS PTC-II and PTC-lle Pactor II modem. Call (650) 967-7359.

SERVICE REPAIRS STORAGE ACCESSORIES HAULING PFAFF SEWING MACHINE, $600. Ondeck HD divetank holders, powdercoated aluminium, two tank units at $150/ea, $250 for two. Charts, South Pacific, Australia. $3 & $5. Call (707) 484-7924. 6-MAN VIKING CANNISTER LIFERAFT.

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Recertified May, 2001. $2,750/obo. PUR Survivor 06 Watermaker. Small hand-op¬ erated unitforliferaft. Never opened. $450/ obo. Miscellaneous bluewater equipment: Transoceanic shortwave weather radio, jacklines, CNG tank, fuel jugs, and more. (702) 798-6500.

BOAT SHOP SERVICE TOOLS. Bearing press, drill press, misc. hand tools. Ser¬ vice manuals, parts manuals. Two Bob Kerr outboard stern drive stands with ac¬ cessories. OMC outboard and stern drive, Honda and Mercury parts. Best offers. Please call (650) 591-4087 or email: vackr @ yahoo.com.

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BERTHS & SLIPS

CLUB NAUTIQUE COUPLE passage-

PIER 39 SLIP for sale or rent. $20,000 to

maker. Unlimited membership. Includes yacht club membership, free refresher training, 35% off Club Nautique charters, US Sailing certified instruction and the best fleet on the Bay. $5,200 value. Asking best offer over $3,000. Call Roger (209) 988-3531.

buy or $350 per month to rent. Financing not available. (415) 456-5694.

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. html or call (415) 979-4866.

ENJOY YOUR MORNING COFFEE with an unobstructed view, on the 50-ft end-tie of famous G-dock at Emery Cove Marina. This is a property for sale, not a lease. Own part of San Francisco Bay. $65,000. Call Steve (925) 549-8000.

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 com¬ prehensive program includes basic keelboat through offshore passagemaking, coastal & celestial navigation & power¬ boat classes, plus extracurricular courses in spinnaker, racing & more. Come join our professional staff while enhancing your sailing skills. Please call Mike Warren, (510) 865-4700.

LOOKING TO CRUISE. Adventurous, lov¬ ing, caring, sensuous and easy-going lady sailor, 65 with 8 years cruising experience, looking for skipper to share cruising lifestyle. Many skills including navigation, cooking, provisioning and canvas work. Please call (858) 279-6543 or email: saveh2olm @ cs.com. AHOY, 2001 BAJA HA-HA participant.

50-FT BERTH IN CLIPPER HARBOR, Sausalito. Available October 15, 2001 to May 15, 2002. No Liveaboards. $380 per month. Call Mary (415) 332-Q336.

PRIME COMMERCIAL DOCK for rent at SINGLE SAILORS ASSOCIATION wel¬

WHAT DO YOU SAY TO A NAKED LADY? was on old Candid Camera show. But what do you say to the 3 naked ladies on Alan's cruising sailboat? A hilarious, true crew story, www.mylifewith3women.com.

comes all experience levels. Our mem¬ bers enjoy cruising, group sails, daysail¬ ing, socials and other activities year round. Monthly meetings at Oakland Yacht Club in Alameda. Visit our Web site at www.ssaonline.org or call (51Q) 273-9763.

Marina Plaza Harbor in Sausalito. End-tie can accommodate power/sail vessel up to 96-ft LOA. Excellent location, good cus¬ tomer parking, easy access to deepwater channel and central Bay. Seasonal lease available. For more information please call (415) 332-4723.

CLUB NAUTIQUE. Couples Passage-

36-FT SLIP AT PIER 39. Liveaboards not

maker (formerly Unlimited) membership. The best sailing school/club on the West Coast. Membership includes lessons through Ocean Passage Making, refresher courses, trainer use, US Sailing certifica¬ tion, associate yacht club membership and more. Three Bay Area locations and LA (Marina del Rey). $3,100. Barry (408) 365-3979 or email: swacks@att.net.

permitted. $350/mo. Electricity not in¬ cluded. Call (415) 956-2528.

Request permission to join your crew. Enthusiastic, dependable Bay Area fe¬ male, moderately experienced sailor, seeks ocean experience and adventure on stable vessel with experienced crew. Let’s talk possibilities. Referrals appreci¬ ated. Please call (415) 435-8439 or email: 4hazy@excite.com.

JOB OPPORTUNITIES SAILING INSTRUCTORS. We are look¬

NON PROFIT BOATING SKILLS AND SEAMANSHIP. September 4, Tuesday/Thursday 7:309:30pm for 7 weeks at Yerba Buena Is¬ land, Building 2, 3rd floor. Please call (415) 399-3411 for information. Leave name and fax or phone number.

PROPERTY SALE/RENT 20-FT CONTAINER AVAILABLE for rent immediately. Located on the Sausalito wa¬ terfront at Schoonmaker Point. Please call (415) 383-8200 xl 09 for details. -

CREW SKIPPER/CREW MIXER at the Sausalito Yacht Club. Open to any skippers looking for new crew members and crew mem¬ bers looking for new boats to crew on. Located next to the Sausalito Ferry termi¬ nal. Second Thursday of every month from April through October. 6-9 p.m. Free. No-host dinner and bar available. Join us August 9 and hook up with some new faces. RECREATIONAL SKIPPER looking to sign on partner for the 2nd half of the cruise. Mostly sail Bay and Delta. Also enjoy cycling, skiing, blading and general fun.l’m51 yrs young, 5’9” and fit, hale from ,• the Peninsula and am unencumbered. Like myself, if you still have an open heart, integrity, open communication, a consis¬ tent demeanor, entertaining humor and wake happy, we have much to discuss. Let’s exchange values and concerns via email so we can start exploring the possi¬ bilities. Email: Fit_fun_sailor@yahoo.com. CREW WANTED. Experienced skipper, 32, seeks crew for cruise to Mexico and French Polynesia. Willingness to help and learn is more important than experience. Please call (650) 873-3617 or email: Manukeajason@yahoo.com.

CARIBBEAN. Liveaboard sailboat in beautiful British Virgin Islands. New, sleeps four. Charter by week from private, local owner. Hefty discount. (831) 661-0262.

FIJI ISLANDS, VANUA LEVU. Fawn Harbor. Two freehold eight-acre parcels in a pristine, unspoiled, safe rural setting. Ideal safe boat anchorage. First time of¬ fered. Fantastic diving, snorkeling and fish¬ ing. Call (805) 927-3616.

MILLENNIUM PACKAGE DEAL. 1990’s waterfront townhouse with mountain view. 40-ft boat dock with 42-ft motor sailer. Yacht’s Landing in St. Helens, OR. $345,000. Call (503) 366-1696.

FEMALE LOOKING TO CREW. Female sailor, single, 33-years-old, non-smoker, looking for daysails on the Bay, weekdays preferred; crew position on the Baja HaHa in Mexico only; October 31st thru No¬ vember 10th; and crew position in the Sea of Cortez during December 2001. Begin¬ ner sailor, has recent US sailing certifi¬ cates in Basic Keelboat and Basic Cruis¬ ing. Also can cook and knows basic Span¬ ish. Romance an option but not a require¬ ment. Email: blondnsails@yahoo.com.

ing 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 offep 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.

<&> YACHT RIGGER/MECHANIC. Club Nau¬ tique is seeking an experienced boat per¬ son to help maintain the Sausalito fleet. We are now up to 26 boats from 24 to 41 feet. The job will entail troubleshooting and vessel repair as well as pitching in with cleaning duties. Willing to train qualified individuals as the job covers many areas of expertise. Benefits include health care, 401k, free lessons and boat use. Please call Chris Warden (415) 332-8001 or email: cwarden @ clubnautique.net. SAILING INSTRUCTORS AND USCG licensed 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. Mid-week and/or weekends. Work as little or as much as you have like. Competitive rates and other benefits. Cal! Rich or Bob (650) 363-1390.

ESTABLISHEDMARINESALES/SERVICE company is expanding and in need of marine systems installers and refrigera¬ tion technicians. Candidates who have the ability to troubleshoot problems and work independently are preferred, but we are willing to train the right person. Start¬ ing pay is commensurate with your skills and experience. To apply, please fax re¬ sumes to (510) 234-9599 or email: swedish@community.net.

ENGINE MECHANIC. Svendsen’s Boat Works in Alameda. Must work with diesel, gas and outboard engines. Knowledge of outdrives a plus. Full time. Paid vacation and benefits. Salary based on experience. Available now. Please fax resume to (510) 522-2889 or call Ray (510) 522-2886.

MARINE ELECTRONICS INSTALLER. Full-time position, must be a perfectionist. Electrical and woodworking skills required. Please call (510) 769-7827.

HELP WANTED FOR MARINA. Full-time position for experienced marine mainte¬ nance/construction worker. Successful candidate will divide their time between Treasure Isle Marina (2days/wk) and Ballena Isle Marina (3days/wk). Position comes with liveaboard slip. Contact Treasure Isle Marina (415) 981-2416.

B & B INNKEEPER. Lighthouse/island in San Francisco Bay. 2-person team. Coast Guard commercial boat operator license required. 5 rooms, dinner/breakfast served. Send resume and proof of CG license to East Brother LS, 117 Park Place, Rich¬ mond, CA 94801. Web site: www.ebls.org.

PINEAPPLE SAILS is looking for sailmakers. We offer top wages, with pos¬ sibly the best benefits package in the industry. Health Insurance, sick pay, paid vacations, profit sharing. We are located in Oakland, 6 blocks from a BART station, close to bus stops, and there is parking available. If you are serious about your career in sailmaking, we want to talk to you. Resumes: fax (510) 444-0302 or email: don@pineapplesails.com or call (510), 444-4321 and ask for Don.

SAILING INSTRUCTORS. Men and

ST. FRANCIS YACHT CLUB. Yards and

women sailors, join our team'of profes¬ sionals at OCSC! It’s exciting work with motivated students and a great team at¬ mosphere. We offer top pay, a flexible schedule and liberal boat use privileges. If you have great communication 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 SAILING instructor cer¬ tification. Call Rich at (800) 223-2984, or check out http://www.ocsc-sfbay.com.

docks manager position available. Super¬ vision, maintenance and control of dock¬ ing facilities, club boats and equipment. Requirements: Knowledge of docking pro¬ cedures, general marine maintenance and basic bookkeeping skills. Work experi¬ ence with outboard motors and small sail¬ boats. Ability to work weekends. On the Marina, San Francisco, CA 94123. If inter¬ ested call John Craig, Race Manager: (415) 820-3710 or fax: (415) 563-8670 email: racemgr@stfyc.com.

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EXPANDING BOAT YARD has the fol¬ lowing year-round positions open: Travel Lift Operator, LPU Spray Painter, Bottom Sander/Painter, Yard Sweeper. Competi¬ tive pay and benefits. Please call (510) 521-6100.

IS YOUR BOAT IN SOUTH BEACH HARBOR? Put your boat to $work$. Spinnaker Sail¬ ing in SF is looking for 30-50 foot boats to join our charter fleet. Let your boat pay for itself. For more info call (415) 543-7333.

6-PAK CAPTAINS and sailing instruc¬ tors. SpinnakerSailing in San Francisco is hiring sailing instructors and captains for part-time orfull-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.

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VESSEL ASSIST. Full time/part time im¬ mediate openings for assistance tow cap¬ tains for Vessel Assist in San Francisco and the Delta. Must be licensed. Call Phil Delano (510) 237-1001 or (510) 812-5913. CAREER DEVELOPMENT opportunities at Bay Ship and Yacht Co., Pt. Richmond. Administrative Ringmaster: Independent, professional, self-starter need for multi¬ tasking, dynamic front office position. Love of marine environment, “talking boats’’ and computer skills preferred. Great advance¬ ment opportunities. Heavy Machinery/ Travelift Wizard: Keystone member of the yard staff. Previous experience with heavy machinery helpful but y/ill train. Excellent skills advancement environment. Boat Technician Guru: General knowledge and experience with small boat systems, or transferable skills, sought. Perfect oppor¬ tunity to grow into specialization. We do “on the job” training. Full “big company” compensation package and all the ben¬ efits of a small yard. Fax resumes to Mike (510) 237-2253 or call (510) 237-0140. 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 (415) 543-7333.

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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 and offset the cost of ownership, for more information call Rich at (650) 363-1390.

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DAY-CHARTER BUSINESS in beautiful Ixtapa/Zihuatenejo, Mexico. Daily snorkel and sunset cruises. Includes 40-ft cus¬ tom-built Piver Trimaran with 50 hp Perkins diesel. Great liveaboard, large pilothouse, mahogany paneling. Good opportunity. Serious buyers only. Call (760) 728-7867.

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LOOKING FOR A GOOD HOME. Lancer 36,1979. Custom cruiser/racer sloop. Bill •Lee design, teak interior, Force 10 stove, microwave, electric head, Yanmar diesel, roller furler, 40 amp battery charger, water heater, radio/GPS, wind, depth, speed, wheel cockpit. $32,000/obo. Call (510) 333-1954 or email: holmie99 @ yahoo.com. MORGAN 33,1973.Perkins 4-108 diesel. New prop, shaft, cutlass, thru hulls, seacocks, bottom paint. Propane galley, GPS, beamy, standing headroom. East Bay. Reduced to $20,000. Call Ken (775) 847-7777. ’ 40-FT SEARUNNER. Lots of jibs, windvane, Yanmar turbo, more. $33,000/obo. Please call for details. (530) 265-0273 or email: keene@oro.net. SEARUNNER 31 A-FRAME. Great shape boat. Has been repainted inside and out. All hardware removed and recaulked. Deck reglassed (epoxy), mast and boorq re¬ painted (epoxy). $14,000. (707) 823-3310. KALIK 33,1979. Built in Holland by Jack deRidder. Design is handsome. Fsf club cruiser/racer. Just hauled and surveyed. Great condition. Flush teak deck and inte¬ rior nav station, propane stove, fridge. Berthed in San Francisco. $30,000. Owner would consider partnership or rental. Call (415) 441-8779 or (415) 726-8870. BENETEAU OCEANIS 500,1989. French factory-built, French flag. Fourdouble cab¬ ins and one crew c&bin, luxury interior, electrical freezer, electronics and more. Ready for cruising. 85 hp diesel, Perkins 4-236, autopilot, high performance boat. Currently cruising in French Polynesia. Could be deliver anywhere. US$200,000. Email: amazakoue@aol.com for details and photos. ALBERG 30 HULL & DECK. Rudder & other molds. Must go. Make offer or it’s the chain saw. Benicia, CA. (707) 747-0530.

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HOGIN SAILS needs full-time person for sail repair. Vacation, medical benefits. Overtime available but not required. Please call (510) 523-4388.

31 -FT J. BROWN SEARUNNER. A-frame. SF Bay and Delta sailer. Well kept, new hatches and paint. $9,500. Please call (530) 265-0273.

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What new facilities should be developed?

August 31st - Monterey Asilomar Conference Center

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Oakland - TBA (early Sept.) If you have questions, please call Carrie Scott at 916-278-4867. Cal Boating Is conducting twelve workshops statewide for the California Boating Needs Assessment. Information obtained at tile workshops will help Cal Boating determine how to allocate funds for new boadng facilities ana facility Improvements.

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Ace Sailmakers.98

Studies.93

Bay Keeper & Delta Keeper 242

Bosun's Charters.200

Acordia insurance .220

Anchor Marine Insurance .... 93

Bay Propeller.167

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Caribbean Yacht Sales.244

Adventure Cat Charters.197

Andersons Boat Yard.16

Bay Ship & Yacht.73

Boy Scouts of America .246

Cass' Marina.78

Agape Villages.241

Antioch Marina.58

Beckwith, Craig Yacht Sales 20

Boy Scouts Pacific Harbors 244

Cat Ballou Charters.198

Alameda Point Yacht Sales . 245

Aqua Marine Sail & Canvas. 91

Berkeley Marine Center.96

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Catamaran Co .241

Alameda Prop & Machine . 145

Armchair Sailor.89

Beta Marine Engines.176

Brisbane Marina.79

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Autoprop.91

Big Brothers/Sisters Regatta. 36

British Marine.18

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Bird Barrier.237

Brokaw Yacht Sales .247

Chula Vista Marina.215

Algae-X.218

Bair Island Marina.89

Allemand Brothers .230

Baja Ha-Ha Sponsors.201

Bluewater Insurance.90

Brookes & Gatehouse.176

City Yachts.19

Almar Marinas.55

Baja Naval.214

Bluewater Pictures.89

C Cushions.173

Club Nautique.59

Alpha Systems.83

Ballena Bay Yacht Brokers ... 26

Bo'sun Supplies .240

California Cruising Yachts ... 15

CMI/California Multihull .99

American Battery.232

Ballena Isle Marina Coop .... 81

Boat Electric .92

California Dept, of Boating

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Coyote Point Marina.177

Edgewater Yacht Sales.245

Fowler Insurance Agency .. 226

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Ganis Credit Corp.48

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Kensington Yachts.13

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Cruising Charts.236

Emery Cove Yacht Harbor . 167

Garhauer Marine .53

Haynes Sails.230

Cruising Direct Sails.145

Kevin's Quality Marine.234

Emeryville Marina.87

Gentry's Kona Marina .226

Helms Yacht & Ship Brokers . 18

Cruising Specialists . 60,61,62,63

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Essex Credit Corp.30

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Helmut's Marine Service .... 234

Desolation Sound Charters 200

Euro Marine.237

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Hewett Marine.224

Detco Marine .216

Lager Yachts.248

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Go Cats.199, 241

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Honolulu Sailing Co.200

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Lee Sails.236

Farallon Electronics.6

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Hood Sails.65

Dimen Marine Financing.42

Farallone Yacht Sales.17

LeFiell Marine Products.241

Grand Marina.2

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Integre Marine.242

Farr International.244

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H.F. Radio.70

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List Marine Enterprises .191

H&S Yacht Sales.9

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43' HUNTER LEGEND, 1995 Perfectly outfitted. Furling, flaking system, electric winch, Autohelm 7000, AP, top electronics, solar panel, inverter. $176,500.

43' HUNTER LEGEND, 1991 Popular layout. Roller furling, radar Corian counters, inverter, full cockpit enclosure. A very nice boat. Asking $139,000.

42' CATALINA, 1990 A spacious three stateroom layout, race-bred hull and beefy rig. Walk-thru transom, furling, lazyjacks, new main and nice electronics. $122,500.

40' PANDA CUTTER "Turnkey" is apt for this beautiful bluewater cruiser. Navico 8000 AP and Monitor vane, furling jib and staysail, and much more. $169,500.

5U uULr-STAR KETCH Custom, custom. Many upgrades. Extra fuel, air conditioning. Owner claii $80,000 in improvements for cruising Must see. $169,000.

42' LANCER Unique layout with island queen & Pullman staterooms and large quarter berth. Furling, Dutchman flaking, Onan generator. $89,000.

For more than 60 years we have provided the educational instruction of seamanship and the fun of sailing and motorboating to thousands of Sea Scouts and Boy Scouts during our program. In order to maintain our programs, addi¬ tional boats are always needed! If you live in the Northern California area and would like to give your sail or power boat a new home, contact:

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24 Years at: 2608 Shelter Island Dr. San Diego, CA 92106

CAL 2-46. Sails beautifully in oil conditions. Powers at

45' HARDIN XL, '88. Queen aft master

44' MASON KETCH. A must see! An outstanding ex¬

28' BRISTOL CHANNEL CUTTER, '94.

8.5 knots and has a range of 650+ nm. Great forward and aft cabins with ensuite heads. The engine room has stand up headroon and work bench. The salon features up galley and see-out dinette with 270° view. Very large center cockpit. 2 available from $115,000.

stateroom world cruiser! Molded in FG, non-skid decks.-60hp Lehman dsl, 5kw 3 cyl. Northern Lights gen. Beautiful teak int., full electronics, cold plate refer/freezer, watermaker. Anodized alum spars, turnkey condition! Reduced to $184,900.

ample of To Shing's fine construction and the graceful, seagoing lines of Al Mason. She has a light and airy beautiful blond teok interior. Her knowledgeable owner has kept her in "stock the galley and go” condition. Continu¬ ous maintenance shows pride of ownership of this modified full keel, skeg hung rudder, bluewater cruiser. $239,000.

A beautiful Sam L. Morse Company built Bristol Channel Cutter in mint condition with extremely low hours. This fast dassic Lyle Hess design has had extremely light use with less than 50 hours on the Yanmar diesel. Lots of as new cruising gear. New wife says boat must go! Asking $(24,900.

31' CLIPPER SEDAN TRAWLER. Just listed...

38' CATALINA '81. Very dean cruise equip'd & pampered, '98-'99 up-grades, include: new uphlst., cockpit cushions, dodger & bimini, full batten main, elec, wndls., custom radar arch built into stern pulp., uprad. chrg. & bat. systm,w/4 new batteries, tronsm. & eng. overhauled in 1998 and more. Well maintained & equipped cruiser that sails well. Asking $56,900.

1986 43' MASON KETCH. A modern classic, built by To Shing. Well loved and cared for! Partial equip list includes: Brand new diesel, Westerbeke generator and much more. Baby coming soon, seller wants offers now! Asking $199,000.

43' GULFSTAR SLOOP, 79. A great center cockpit

Call today for details.

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Santa Cruz 52. Fast is run Bill Lee Design. This yacht features a unique layout to meet a wide range of needs. She has excellent sails and equipment. Past Big Boat series win¬ ner and a happy cruiser too. Santa Cruz 52 will get you there fast and safely too. $595,000.

Open 50. Very extensive and complete up¬ grade. New carbon mast, new keel and rud¬ der, new sails. New high roach mainsail and masthead spinnakers. Water ballast. Bigger cockpit and interior $259,000.

Eva Hollman 55.3 staterooms, 2 heads. Fast, strong and safe. If you are looking for a per¬ formance cruising yacht, this yacht deserves your serious attention. Best buy at $219,000.

Custom 51. New in 1994 and similar to a San¬ ta Cruz 50. True 3 stateroom layout, taller rig and bulb keel. Located in San Diego. 2nd in ARC cruising rally. $249,000.

70'Andrews, race, carbon mast...$425,000 70' Andrews cruise, full interior.$495,000 68' Andrews Turbo Sled.$690,000 60’ Beck R/C Cutter.$225,000 56' Andrews 2 stateroom R/C.$449,000 52' Santa Cruz #29 for May 2002.Call 50' Open by Concordia.$179,000 50' Catamaran 4 stateroom.$395,000 50' Tripp racer, many upgrades....$295,000 43' YoungSun, hard dodger.,$99,000 41' Sydney racer with interior.$275,000 40' Santa Cruz, fast and furf.$119,000

40' Olson 40, great R/C.$85,000 40' Tjjpp, Masthead.$85,000 40' Farr One Design..$275,000 36' Lancer.'....37,000 36' Mumm, fractional racer.$95,000 35' Santa Cruz, Many upgrades.$69,000 34' Cal MK III, super equipment.$33,900 34' Cal - great boat.$19,000 32' B 32, Fractional racer.$45,000 30' Mumm, one design, diesel (2) ..$75,000 25' B 25 - slick little racer.$29,000

cruising boat! Set up for blue water featuring a NEW 50hp Perkins diesel, new diesel gen., NEW Avon din¬ ghy, new Honda 8hp o/b, Avon 4-man lifer aft, Autohelm 6000, Harken roller furling, Borientself-toiling winches, and much more. Price reduced! Asking $89,000.

2051 GRAND STREET, #12A ALAMEDA, CA 94501 (510) 865-2541 Fax (510) 865-2369 hughielou @ aol.com In same office with PACIFIC Yacht Imports!

43’ Hans Christian Ketch '82 Bristol cond. Complete engine o'haul, new electronics, 7.7 kw, air conditioning, ten sails, complete galley, cruise ready! Asking $189,900

45' Coronado Sloop '75 Clean and spacious interior, exterior in good shape. Dsl. power w/ low hrs., great liveaboard! Asking $63,500 but owner anxious - make offer!!!

34' Hunter Sloop '86 3 cyl Yanmar, new refrig., shwr. New radar, autopilot, dodger, low hrs. See this one. $43,500

47' FORMOSA STAYSAIL CRUISING KETCH, '80 Primo cond., well equipped, includes Ford Lehman 80 hp diesel, Cross gen., inverter, watermaker, +/+. $189,900

45' Explorer Ketch '79 Incl. 100 hp Volvo dsl., good sails, dinghy, the right electr's., Hungerford design, cruise ready, owners health forces sale. Asking $139,000

30' Hunter Sloop '79 Includes 2 cyl. Yanmar, roller furling, spinnacker, shwr, pressure water, electronics. Good buy! At $19,500

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Completed in May 2000, this high OCEAN. 1972. Built by Southern Ocean USCG CERTIFIED for 46, this refit

61' C&C CUSTOM KETCH. 1972 This unique

Shipyards.

quality vessel is just completing a refit and updates.

yacht is available with an established charter

A performance, center cockpit yachtwith spacious

71'

operation on San Francisco Bay. Call for details.

interior. Transatlantic vet can be easily sqiled shorthanded.

room, 3-head layout including a king master stateroom. Full yacht 56' ANDREWS. Built to the highest standards.

58' BOOTHBAY. Built in 1975, this Boothbay

Offers the best of both worlds. Exceptionally fast

yawl has always been kept in yacht condition.

cruising yacht, 2 queen S/Rs, all cruising

She recently completed a Transatlantic crossing

amenities, full race inventory and impressive

and underwent many upgrades in the process. A

race record. Outstanding condition.

beautiful, classic yacht in excellent condition.

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48' JON MERI. 1989. This performance cruising

CUSTOM 75' SCHOONER. Built in 1995 of

yacht offers an attractive pilothouse with full dual

ferrocement at a very reputable yard,

station. 3 staterooms, electric roller furling. Built

Condesa del Mar has been finished with care and quality

RECENT PRICE

materials. Sleeps 8 in 4 staterooms, large galley,

to highest standards in Finland.

REDUCTION.

highest standards in select maple woods. Just returned from ah 8-month cruise of Mexico, fully outfitted and ready . to go!

laundry and ample storage. In San Rafael.

www.reichel-pugh.com/elysium.htm For full details please contact: Steve Rock, Yacht Broker

■s

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50' NELSON/MAREK. Originally commis-sioned is fully race

48' CUSTOM C&C. 1973. Pretty classic yacht. Refit in '96 w/new Awlgrip, interior, electric winch,

ready with new sails, multiple inventories,

new sails, Perkins turbo w/20 hrs. Robertson AP,

incredible race record. In outstanding condition.

Furuno radar, Autohelm wind/speed/direction.

in ‘93, total refit in '98/99.

Bullseye

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33'

WATERLINE. 1985. Built for one of the

owners of Waterline Yachts this steel offshore cruiser is safe and solid. She hasx already cruised to the South Pacific and is ready to go again.

47''FORMOSA. 1980. This custom Puvieux designed ketch has a lovely 'old style' teak interior. Lots of living space. Currently lying in San Rafael

Loaded with good quality cruising gear.

with a LEGAL LIVEABOARD SLIP. Recent price reduction.

C&C 39. Shillelagh is a famous SF Bay boat

43'

having been sailed to many wins in various

cruiser is in great condition and ready to go

regattas. Lovingly cared for by present owner,

sailing. Many new features and upgrades. Please call for details.

she shows like new. Sleeps 6 comfortably,

SLOCUM. 1985. This well found and popular

enclosed head w/shower. Priced to sell.

• Y6ur donation is tax deductible • Eliminate broker, berthing and ad fees • Let us show you the attractive value and speedy transfer 38' MORGAN. 1978. This proven design is ideal

31' PEARSON. Built in 1990, this is one of the last

for the Bay. Large interior, liveaboard or family

31s built. She has a modern, open layout and 6'3"

cruiser. Low hours on Yanmar, extensive cruising

headroom. Sleeps 6. Well maintained. Perfect Bay or coastal cruiser.

gear including vane, new canvas and dodger.

SAUSALITO

400

Harbor Drive, Suite

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Marotta Yachts of Sausalito Brokers of Fine Sail and Motor Yachts

415-331-6200 • info@marottayachts.com See ol: www.marotloyadits.com

Bristol example of this

36' NONSUCH, 1987 This stiff, seakindly vessel is

39' COLUMBIA, 1979 This center cockpit yacht

lovely cruising yacht. Dark blue hull, teak decks, full

a breeze to sail shorthanded, and at home in SF Bay

shows YEARS newer than actual age! Vessel equipped

keel with cutaway forefoot, skeg hung rudder. Harken

conditions. With new: full-batten sail, running rig¬

with central air, Onan generator, roller furling jib and

roller furling headsail and staysail, full batten main

ging, bottom paint, cockpit cushions and meticulous

main. Bottom just painted, brightwork renewed,

w/BAT car, drifter, sails & running rigging practically

maintenance, Fast Lucy is Bristol. Sausalito YH, slip

replumbed and rewired. Surprisingly spacious layout

new. Sausalito Yacht Harbor slip can transfer.

can transfer with vessel.

with master SR aft, great headroom throughout.

46' SPINDRIFT, 1983

Reduced to $119,000

$99,000

38' NANTUCKET, 1984 Comfortable cruiser was

35' FANTASIA, 1980 Over 6'6" headroom, seems

extensively refurbished in '97 (new teak deck, stan¬

much larger below than you'd expect on a vessel this size (Bob Perry reviewed this design and said, "Bingham

Reduced to $199,000

Sec at: www.maiottnyachts.com

41' PEARSON RHODES, 1965 $150,000 refit over the last three years, this yacht is absolutely immaculate! Note she was built in Bristol, Rhode Island (at the site of the former Hereschoff yard), and with her classic East coast lines and pedigree, she turns heads wherever she goes. With a full keel with cutaway forefoot and updated systems, she sails like a dream on the Bay and must be seen to be appreciated.

chions, lifelines, Lewmar hatches, head, galley washer/

Reduced to $79,000

has put a 42' boat onto a 35' hull"; we'll be glad to share the full article on request). Full keel, 23,000 lb. displ., bulletproof, w/dedicated workroom! Brand new Yanmar 30 hp installed mid-'90s. Sausalito slip can transfer. $62,000

31* PACIFIC SEACRAFT MARIAH, 1977 Rare

37' IRWIN CENTER COCKPIT KETCH, 1980

37' IRWIN CENTER COCKPIT CUTTER, 1979

Pacific Seacraft double-ender, big sister of renowned Flicka and proven bluewater cruiser! When she was built, the Mariah was supposedly the most expensive recreational boat of her size ever built. This two-owner boat is in exceptional shape topsides and below. Never cruised, she's a must-see if you're in the market for a stout go-anywhere cruiser with traditional lines.

Two-owner boat, current owner since 1988. New fuel

This popular two cabin, two head center cockpit cruiser has just been extensively refurbished. Topsides newly buffed and waxed, interior and exterior wood refin¬ ished, new cushions, new fuel tank, heater, two new gel cell batteries, Perkins diesel engine just completely serviced. Vessel not yet Bristol, but well on her way. Price just reduced again, owner motivated and offers encouraged. $44,500

Major Reduction to $79,000

$64,000

dryer installed, interior wood refinished). Since then, new thru hulls, battery charger/plternator & Yanmar diesel overhauled. Comfortable aft stateroom with transom port lights.

tank '96, new teak & holly sole '92, Perkins 4-108 diesel with rebuilt transmission, new stainless steel shaft and bronze prop '92. Vessel has nice two cabin, two head layout, is fundamentally sound, largely original and priced accordingly - note average asking price for this vessel is in the low fifties.

$36,000

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brokers & ijonsultants Yj\£jjj§

SO' GULFSTARS Two available. 1978 Asking $140,000. 1977 Asking $129,000. Great cruisers. Center cockpit, aft cabin. Perkins 4-154.

Fax 332-4580

Clay & Teresa Prescott • Greg Gardella • Claire Jones • Michael Campbell • Phil Howe • Gregory Snead • Rick Whiting, Darrow Bishop

1 PAN OCEANIC, '86. Ted Brewer Seastor. True world Id cruiser. Rebuilt engine, inside steering, jomlely loaded. Reduced to $T35,000.

56' RELIANT KETCH, '91. Cold molded. Loaded for cruising. Turn key. Owner needs offers. Asking $160,000.

47' PUVIEUX, '80. Aft cobin ketch. Turnkey cruiser/ liveaboard. Sylvester Stallone's old boot. Greot accommodations. Ford Lehman Diesel. $149,000.

PEARSONS: 34', 1984, $59,000. 36', 1986, $79,000.36.5', 1977, $40,000. 36’, 1976, $35,000.

SELECTED CRUISING YACHTS SAIL

38' FALES, '79. Rugged cruising ketch. Liferoft. A/P. windvane. EPIRB. Furuno radar, new dodger, Boston Whaler dinghyw/newOB.Perkinsw/200hrs.$69,500.

44' KELLY PETERSON CUTTER. 19811 This popular world cruiser is ready to go. Radar SSB, 2 autopilots, GPS, watermaker, liferaft, inverter. Full bat¬ ten main. All opening ports. $145,000.

40,000

30' CATALINA.... '81

38' FALES . ... 79

59,300

29' C&C.... '86

26,000

37' PASSPORT . ... '85

117,000

28' TRADEWINDS .... ... '67

24,500

37' GULFSTAR. ... 79

68,500

28' NEWPORT.... 79

22,500

160,000

37' FISHER. ... 75

85,000

28' ISLANDER.... 78

25,000

54' CT.. 74

187,000

37' HUNTER . ... '85

52,500

28' ISLANDER.... '83

21,000

51' FORMOSA. '81

139,000

365 PEARSON. ... 77

40,000

28' JENSON.... '60

22,000

50' GULFSTAR. 78

140,000

36' PEARSON. ... '86

79,000

27' O'DAY. ... 78

11,900

50' GULFSTAR. 77

129,000

36' PEARSON. ... 76

35,000

26' DAWSON.... 76

8,000

48' C&C.. '80

159,000

3fi' COI UMRIA

21 900

25' CORONADO*. ... '63

3,500

48’ C&C, nice. 73

240,000

35' TRADEWINDS.... ... '84

88,000

25' US. ... '82

5,500

47' OLYMPIC, SD .. 78 145,000

35' ERICSON Mkll.... ... 77

40,000

POWER

47' PUVIEUX.. '80

149,000

36' FREEDOM. ... ‘88

99,000

105' BURMESTER .... ... '53

1.5M

47' NORTHWIND . '85

275,000

35' SPENCER. ... '65

39,900

65' NORDLUND. ... 71

234,900

46' SEA STAR. '86

135,000

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

39,950

57' CHRIS CRAFT .... ... '69

149,950

45' BOMBAY EXPLOR . 78

55,900

35' CHRIS CRAFT. ... 72

35,000

52* LIBERTYSHIP.... '60

180,000

44' PETERSON. '81

145,000

35' FUJI. ... 74

55,000

■ 46' CHRIS CRAFT .... ... '63

89,000

44' BENETEAU .. '94 169,000

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

35,000

45' PICCHOTTI . ... 70

75,000

43' HANS CHRISTIAN... '82

35' RAFIKI. ... '80

59,000

43' HATTERAS . ... 76

149,000

43' HANS CHRISTIAN... 79 169,000 '

34' PEARSON. ... '84

59,000

40' CHRIS CRAFT .... ... '59

38,000

43' SPINDRIFT.2 from

119,500

34' NICHOLSON. ... '84

45,000

40* OWENS. ... '64

26,000

43' GULFSTAR. 78

79,000

34' OPUS MKII. ... '83

55,000

38’ CHRIS CRAFT .... ... ‘69

37,500

43' MORGAN CC. '87

129,000

34' TRUE NORTH. ... 78

49,900

35' FISHERMAN . ... 72

25,000

42' SSS.. 70

67,500

34' NICHOLS. ... '61

12,000

32' TOLLY CRAFT.... ... '64

26,500

42' MORGAN.. 71

60,000

32' WESTSAIL. ... 79

60,000

32',GRAND BANKS .. ... 73

55,000

41' CT., 71

50,000

32' ERICSON. ... 73

25,900

28' WELLCRAFT Exp ... '85

29,750

41' ERICSON. '69

38,900

32' ERICSON. ... 72

15,500

28' PENN YAN. ... '80

29,500

40' PASSPORT .. '82

154,900

32' ERICSON. ... 76

23,000

25' SKIPJACK. ... '84

21,000

40' THREE SEAS.. '88

159,000

32' WESTSAIL. ... 75

42,500

25' BERTRAM. ... 70

24,000

38' HUNTER.. '99

144,500

30' SANTANA .

19,750

23' COBALT . ... '89

12,900

38' MORGAN.2 from

67,500

30' HUNTER. ... '91

46,900

20' CORRECT CRAFT .. 77

13,500

61' C&C. 72 250,000 57' BERMUDA KETCH . 75

79,000

56' RELIANT. '91

189,900

40' PASSPORT, '92. Beautiful Robert Perry cruiser. | Great condition. ProFurl RF, AP, rodar, GPS, Horn. New Pathfinder diesel. Watermaker. $156,900. . ./ L‘

41' ERICSON 1969. Classic Bruce King design. Perkins 4-108. Spinnaker. Many recent upgrades. jj Just reduced to $38,900.

24,000

38' DOWNEASTER... ... 75

95' TOPSAIL SCHOONER'45

250,000

37' FISHER PILOTHOUSE KETCH 1975 Proi Furl roller Furlina. Furling. Recent new engine. enaine. Rare aft cabin model. $85,

36' FREEDOM, '88. Gary Mull Design. Freestanding Rig. Great singlehander. Exceptionally well maintained.. $99,000

■SHII

C8.Cs: 61'Custom. '72, exceptional vessel, $250,000. Custom 48’, '73, $240,000. 48' LANDFALL'80, $159,000.

51' FORMOSA, '81. Wonderful cruising boot at a greot price. Excellent liveaboard. Black hull. Must see. $139,000. illiTJflia—WEB—H—MB—Si

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Has

Ml 40' THREE SEAS 1988. Ted Brewer design. Very high quality cruising pilothouse yacht. Loaded and ready to go again! Radar, Weatherfax, SSB, Autopilot, GPS. Volvo diesel. All Hood sails. $159,000.

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34' NICHOLSON 345, '84. Fast racer/cruiser with side aft cabin. Ron Holland design built by Camper & Nicholson. $45,000.

MORGAN 38. Two available. 1979, $68,000. 1978, $67,500.

mmlmm

43' HANS CHRISTIAN TRADITIONAL KETCH. Two available. 1979 Asking $169,000. 1982 — Asking $189,000. Sturdy bluewater cruisers. Fully equipped. rollers

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ALDEN KETCH

50' &ULFSTAR

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I 36' IOR PERFORMANCE CRUISER. Cold molded by I

170' CON-built TRAWLER YACHT by McKay 8,1

I bimini, dsl, genset, lull galley, 2 heads, shower, heater,"AP, | radar, much more. A great cruiser. Asking $129,000. |

I Wilson of NZ. Custom cruising int., Mylar/Kevlar sails, lots I of winches, gear, more AWINNER! Asking $120,000. |

1 McCormick shipyard. V-l 2 Cummins power w/economy. | Great little ship reody to go cruising. Try $225,000. |

ALA^K& ANYQNE?

152' CUST. ARCTIC TRAWLER. GMC 671 dsl. (V. low I I hrs.), genset, PH w/Portuguese bridge, davits, full I I galley, 2 dblstrms-r, shower/tub. Asking $185,000. |

137 GUIFSTAR SLOOP Beautiful condition! Diesel, fi I dodger, wheel, bow pulpit roller furling, heater, shower, h I dink, extra-extra nice and more. Asking $68,500.1

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

QUEEN’ 26 CLASSIC CAPTAIN'S GIG. 1929 USN classic | Hicks engine, lots of charm. Copper riveted cedar he NEAT! Nice carpet/upholstery, curtains. Ask $ 16,500.1

50' STEPHENS FLUSH DECK MY w/flybridge, PH, AFT STATEROOM. Twin GMC 671 dsls, 12kw genset. Launched '65.2 heads & shower. Asking $135,000.

141' ROUGHWATER TRAWLER by Ed Monk. De-

SAIL 97'PlNISi SCHOONER in BALI, loaded, 8 guest cobins + crew, more. 190,000 55'LESTER STONE Classic Yowl, 1910, dsl, lots equip, great cruiser Ask 44,000 51 ‘ CHEOY LEE, center cockpit sip w/hatd dodger, copper fastened, dsl, more. Some restoration required.. .Ask 65,000 50' FORCE50P/H Ketch. Ask 130,000 48 CUTTER, Germany 1928 . 65,000 48‘KETCH, Gaff, roomy, F/C,.. 87,500 45’ BOMBAY EXPLORER CUTTER, dsl, furl, staysail, & more Asking 50,000 43'DUTCH, steel ketch, P/H .... 79,000 41 ■ CORONADO, dsl nice. 40,000 40' CHALLENGER Ketch, loaded .... 53,800 37' ISLANDER motor sailer, dual helms, "NEW" '86 boat, stored 15 yrs. 8, just launched. She sparkles!. 84,500 36' NONSUCH cat rig, diesel, wheel, teak trim, shower, LOADED and YERY CLEAN.Asking $122,000 36'ATKIN STAYSAIL SCHNR. 45,000 36' COLUMBIA/CREALOCK sip.. 21,500 36'ATKIN STAYSAIL SCHNR, 30' LOD. Dsl, dink w/ob, clipper bow, heavily glassed hull, furling. A salty wellequipped treasure .Askingl 8,500 36' CLASSIC KETCH, Crocker style, diesel, a beauty with teak decks. 40,000 35' CHEOY LEE/ROBB sip, ALL TEAK, dsl, one owner, very well kept.. Ask 45,000 35' HALBERG-RASSY H-35, Swedish-built, mahog, bronze, new dsl, AP, ++ 19,500 34' NICHOLS cruising sip, iA - 12,000 33'RHODES WINDWARD, famous design, sloop, i/b.Asking 12,000 33' ISIANDER BAHAMA Sip, wheel, radar, dsl, loaded w/cruising gear & ready to go. 26,500 32' CHEOY LEE/ALDEN M/S, dsl, gloss, AP, furling, wheel, great cruiser! Ask 26,500 32'PIVER CRUISING TRI, dsl, ketch, fast and roomy10,500 30'ISIANDER MKII.Offer 12,000 30’ CAL 230, sip, dsl.... Asking 22,000 30, MORGAN 30-2. performance cruising sloop, 1/B,.Very Clean 22,000 30 ’ SPIDSGATTER, classic Danish dblender, l/B, Copper rivet fastened. Very nice varnish & finish... Asking40,000 30' TARTAN Sip, Perf. Cruiser.... 20,000 30 ’ HURRICANE Classic Sip, dsl, nice local girl!.Askingl 0,000 28' H-28 HERESHOFF Ketch, dsl ... 16,500 28' ISLANDER Bahama sip, dsl, many sails.Asking 16,500 27'O’DAY sip, dsl, f/g, +.10,500 27' ERICS0N sip, l/B roller furl, lines led aft for short hand or rough weather, full galley, VHF, depth, clean 16,000 26' COLUMBIA MKII, 0/B.10,500 26' THUNDERBIRD, 0/B.4,500 26' S 2 CENTER COCKPIT, AFT CABIN STOOP dsl, wheel, centerboard, glass, furling & more!.10,000 24' CAL sip, 0/B, nice.... Asking 4,500 22' BRISTOL sip, f/g, 0/B, ++.. 9,500

20'CELEBRITY CLASS sloop w/trailer. A collector's piece!.Asking 14,500 POWER 100' STEELTUG, YTB, ex.cond. 175,000 80' CLASSIC M0T0RYACHT "COLLEEN", de¬ signed by Lee & Brinton, launched 1909 in Seattle by Pacific Yacht & Engine Co., Twin 671. Runs but needs restoration. Great opportunity .. Must sell now! Try 42,000 65' YACHT Conv. Trawler, loaded ...125,000 61' STEELTUG, 61 Ohp Cat dsl, looks great, Lots of recent upgrades Try 125,000 60'CUSTOM F/C, liveaboard cruiser in SILICON VALLEY.Ask 115,000 57'CHRIS CRAFT Constellation, dsls, loaded, aft cabin roomy!... 129,500 45'TUG, 1946,671 dsl, cedar on oak, FB twin helm, H&C water, shower, galley, radar, A/P & more!.. 14,500 43'BURNS CRAFT, F/G CRUISING HOUSEBOAT, twins, gen, cruise & live in the Delta in comfort. 29,500 42’ REGAL COMMODORE 400, twin 305s, genset, radar, air, AP, loaded! .Asking 115,000 40'CUST. TRAWLER, dsl Asking 38,000 39' PACEMAKER, aft cabin M/Y, very nice & well cared for.Asking 27,500

38' CHRIS CRAFT, fly bridge sportfish w/ twins & aft cockpit, Clean .... 24,600 38'TOLLYCRAFT sedan trawler w/twin turbo diesels, FB, very nice.. 59,500 38' CHRIS CONNIE, fresh twins, nice 18,000 37' CHRIS CRAFT exp. nice Asking 24,000 34'CHRIS CRAFT Commander, '63, twin gas, great boat. 26,500 32' TROJAN Express, twins.12,500 29' T0LLYCRAFT, twins, nice!.8,000 29* CLASSIC ENCLOSED LAUNCH . 16,500 28' TOLLYCRAFT, sedan, Glass. 12,500 28'CARVER, nice/roomy, 0/D 12,950 28' CLASSIC work boat, dsl, dbl-ender with great local charm ... Ask 19,500 27' BAYLINER SUNBRIDGE, f/g. 6,400 26'GRAND BANKS-type dory, PH, dsl, set up to fish, ind trlr Asking 15,000 24' REINELL 240C, I/O, new o/d unit, galley& more.Asking 11,500 24' SEARAY EXPS, V8& trlr. Ask 9,500 22' CROWN-LINE,'94, tlr, V8 I/O, cuddy lots of gear.Asking 19,000 22' REINELL, Cuddy Cobra V81/0, full enclosure, very clean.10,500 22' SEASWIRL, cuddy w/trailer, Cobra V8 & more.Asking 12,500 20'SEA SWIRL,'96, tlr, 225hp 23,000

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■ main, mizzen, club, 90 and 100% jibs, spinn, mizzen I I spinn, mizzen staysaills, wheel. Nice! Try $21,500. |

50' STEPHENS

150' CSTM CLASSIC STEPHENS Unique custom bulb twin I saew tri cabin. Aft enclosure elegantly furnished & appointed, | | F/B, shower, covers, radar, loocted & wonderful. $225,000. |

I 55’ CHRIS CRAFT AFT CABIN Twin low hour GM | 8V71 diesels, 15kw genset, teak decks, bronze fas¬ tened, heaters, full electric galley, 6'7" heodroom, 31 I staterooms, 3 heads, shower, radar, GPS+$110,000. |

EXTRA HIGH QUALITY TRAWLER. Flybridge, aft stateroom, dsl, genset, all glass with teak trim and decks, radar, shower, two heads, full galley, Zodiac and LOTS MORE. Extra clean and READY TO CRUISE.

Asking $142,000.

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