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One Goose's Mike and Lorianna Kastrop’s Catalina 30, Goose, placed first in class for the 2001 YRA season. Racing is a family affair for the Kastrops; sons Jack and Clint race regularly on the boat.

1999 was the year Mike put a new Pineapple 135% genoa on the boat, the class jib of choice for the Catalina fleet. But the boat needed a new genoa for the lighter airs as well. So last year Lorianna called on Pineapple Sails to build a new #1. We were sworn to secrecy - and Mike was surprised with a new sail for Christmas. The Kastrops are repowering Goose one sail at a time: a new spinnaker is next on the list. We at Pineapple Sails are committed to making the best sails possible. We at Pineapple Sails can keep a secret. And we, gift wrap!

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L.O.A. 41'8" L.W.L. 36' 1" Beam 130" Water 145 gal. Sail Area 826 sq. ft.

Draft 5'7" Displacement 17,196 lbs. Ballast 5,500 lbs. . Fuel 39 gal. Mast Height 58'6"

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The First 40.7 is a winner. As an IMS World Champion, the overall winner of the last Kenwood Cup; the class winner at SORC, Long Beach, Kiel and Cowes race weeks, her racing credentials are impeccable. She has won the confidence and hearts of offshore racers and cruisers around the world with her exceptional balance, blistering speed, sturdy construction and elegant accommodations. A local owner has been so impressed with his 40.7’s bluewater performance that he has ordered his second 40.7 which he will use for shorthanded racing and cruising in the South Pacific and Australia. Join our 12 boat local fleet by ordering your 40.7 now for late spring delivery.

Haven't you waited long enough? The Beneteau 411 Limited shines brightly with her highly polished hatches, ports and dorades contrasting elegantly with her distinctive Midnight Blue hull. The 411 Limited is a veryspecial edition of one of the most popular yachts ever. Her traditional styling; superior engineering and construction are pure Beneteau. Her rich interior and appointments, such as inverter, electric windlass, oversized winches, Yanmar 56 hp diesel, Duratouch cushion upgrade, refrigeration, real mattress, and other exclusive features, place this yacht in a class of her own. The exceptional features and value of this limited production yacht are only available for a short time so don't wait much longer.

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Displacement (approx.): 28,400 lbs. (12,880 kg) Ballast 12,700 lbs. (5,761 kg) Sait Area 1088 ft2 (10 m2) Sail Area/Displ. 18.9 Displ./Length 244 Ballast/Displ. 44% Auxiliary Power: 75 hp FWC Diesel (37 kw) Cabins/Berths 3/7

X-Yachts has a clear goal - to be the best. From the racecourse they have learned that winning is significantly easier when you enjoy even a small performance advantage over the competition. When it comes to building yachts, the same rules apply. X-Yachts aren't created to meet a target price governed by marketing, but are designed, engineered and built to perform - and to last, creating a perfect blend of performance, quality and value, a truly winning combination. Happily, owning the best costs less than you might expect.

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Our sailing cats have powerful sailing rigs AND twin diesels. So, whether sailing or powering, our cats will go as far in 3 days as cruising monohulls can in 4 days. They ; sail up to 14-16 knots and can be powered at 8-13 knots (latter a limited option).

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✓ Home-Like Comfort Say bye-bye to "rockin' & rolling" at anchor or underway. Our cats' twin hulls smooth out your onboard experience-all day, all thetime! PLUS our huge salons are on the same level as the cockpit, and they offer wonderful 360s visibility, whether you're seated at the settee, or working in the bright and airy galley.

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Seakindly Ted Brewer-designed pilothouse is strongly built for any seo. Penamgonhas a new engine with only 12 hrs. $79,500.

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prices (West Coast) are $185,000and $285,000 respectively. Photos/brochures available.

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European/Australian cats.) At this price, the Pacific 40 is THE most luxurious cat up to 45’. Daggerboard optional also; PowerSailer version for easy motoring at 13 knots. $299,000 base. Ask abopt pre-debut discounts.

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"Everyone Needs a Bigger Boat"

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

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43' HANS CHRISTIAN, 1979

46' SEA STAR Pilothouse Cutter, 1982

This offshore 43T ketch is in super condition and cruise ready.

Good condition, well equipped. Cruising in comfort.

Asking $159,000.

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A Swedish beauty, this 10-Meter classic belies her age.

Comfortable heavy weather cruiser or liveaboard.

Asking $49,000.

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(sister ship).

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

44’TARTAN, 1975 Offshore cruiser/racer in good condition, many recent upgrades. Asking $60,000.

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Hans Christian Yachts w W Hans Christian 43' Ketch Lots of gear. $155,000

Modular Floating Dock System Mud on the foredeck? You need

Chain Mate Cleans any bottom stuff off any chain or rope rode. Call for a demonstration.

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Open Boat Weekend at Farallone Yacht Sales Featuring the 200

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Conveniently located at the foot of the Bay Bridge'

43’ Hans Christian, '82...$189,900

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

BROKERAGE SPECIALS! 48' TAYANA DECK SALOON This custom built Tayana 48 Deck Saloon is the newest model in the 48 family. With a light, airy

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Nonrace Dec. 1 — Lighted Yacht Parade on the Estuary, hosted by the Port of Oakland and Encinal YC. Info, (800) 675-DOCK. Dec. l — Sail-A-Small-Boat-Day at Richmond YC, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. This is a wonderful, free opportunity to test drive all kinds of small racing boats. SBRA, (510) 232-6310. Dec. 1 — 16th Annual Santa Cruz Lighted Boat Parade, beginning around 5:30 p.m. SCYC; Ron, (831) 423-9680. Dec. 2 — 80° North Under Sail: Expedition to the Arctic, a one-hour special on ESPN at 3 p.m. — but, as always, check local listings! "A must-see," according to Gary Jobson. Dec. 8 — 13th Annual Sausalito Lighted Boat Parade, 6:30 p.m. Party afterward at Sausalito YC. Info, 332-7400. Dec. 8 — San Leandro Marina's 10th Lighted Boat Pav rade: "Christmas in America": 6 p.m. Info, (800) 559-SAIL. Dec. 8-9 — Open Boat Weekend in Alameda, weather per¬ mitting. Check out hundreds of boats at Marina Village, (510) 521-0905, and Ballena Isle Marina, (510) 523-5528. Dec. 12 — SSSTransPac Seminar #3: "Electrical Systems". Oakland YC, 7:30 p.m. A "small donation" is requested at the door. Rob Macfarlane, (510) 521-8393. ''Dec. 12 — Dawn Riley and Melissa Purdy will talk about their Olympic campaign and the Volvo Race at America True's Pier 17 store, 6-8 p.m. Info, 433-4287. Dec. 13 — Single Sailors Association regular monthly meeting, 6:30 p.m. at the Oakland YC. Popular author/jug¬ gler Ray Jason (Tales of a Sea Gypsy) will discuss his book and, we suspect, juggle a few things. Info, (510) 273-9763, or www.ssaonline.org. Dec. 21 — Holiday Open House and Buffet Lunch at Hogin Sails (Alameda), noon ’til dark. Info, (510) 523-4388. Dec. 21 — Winter Solstice. Four shopping days left. Dec. 22 — Volvo Ocean Race, Leg II on ESPN-2 at 1 p.m. Dec. 23 — America's Cup Jubilee on ESPN-2 at 9 a.m. Dec. 25 — Meriy Christmas — ho, ho, ho! Dec. 29 — 2001 International Year in Sailing on ESPN-2 at 12:30 p.m. Dec. 30 — Full moon. Jan. 1 — Happy New Year — resolve to sail more often! Jan. 26 — Pac Cup seminar #1, 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at Fort Mason. See www.paciflccup.org for details about the seminar and next summer's race.

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Racing Dec. 1 — Perry Cup Series, three more races for Mercu¬ ries. MPYC: Dick Clark, (831) 624-6482. Dec. 2 — Third and final Hot Rum Series race in San Di¬ ego. SDYC, (619) 221-8400. ' Dec. 15, 1991 —Ten Years After, from our article titled San Francisco YC Fall Series: With 10 days 'til Christmas, 'normal' people would have been shopping, trimming trees, writing cards or otherwise preoccupied with responsible holiday-type things. Us? We'd rather go sailing. Hoping to catch a ride in the last race of the third annual San Francisco YC Fall Series, we arrived early at their el¬ egant Belvedere clubhouse. Armed with our leaky foulies, a sandwich and a camera, it didn’t take long to get on a boat. In fact, it took about a minute, because a brisk northeasterly was blowing and most boats were actively recruiting railmeat. We ended up occupying the B-Max seat on the J/35 Es¬ prit, a great platform for taking the pictures on the accompa¬ nying pages. It was a long, chilly day — Little Harding up to a pair of buoys in the North Bay, twice around — but spirits on board were high, as Esprit held on to second place that day,

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tesy of owner Charlie Kuhn. And it beat the heck out of fighting the crowds at Macys. After all, why be 'normal' if you don't have to? [Series winners that year were: Aotea (Antrim 40, Peter Hogg), Esprit (J/35, Charlie Kuhn), Holey Terror (Etchells, Dave Yoffie), and Brasil (Schumacher 26, Roger Peter).] Dec. 18, 1981 — It Was Twenty Years Ago Today, from a Sightings piece called "SORC Update": Some big boat efforts make it and some don't. At last count, the number of Bay Area entrants in the upcoming SORC — the first race is February 6 — has dropped from two to one. Bruce Seymour's Frers 41 Freestyle, which was to have fea¬ tured locals Dee Smith, Clay Bernard, Dave Hulse and Jeff Madrigali, has been scrubbed. That leaves only Monroe Wingate's new Scarlett O’Hara to carry a local yacht club's colors in Florida. On December 18, Monroe's wife Linda christened the white¬ hulled Serendipity 43 with a bottle of champagne across the bow. Monroe's Metropolitan YC hosted the bash, with much ofYhe crew attending, including skipper Tom Blackaller. His usual ebullient self, Tom was obviously psyched for the Cir¬ cuit. He wanted to make it clear that Louisiana Crude, the boat he drove to an apparent victory there last year, was not disqualified as we had indicated last month. "There was no protest and no DSQ," he said emphatically. "We were simply removed from the SORC ten months after the finish of the last race. That's terrible!" Monroe has pretty much turned over Scarlett to Tom, and the boat was even 'Blackallerized'. There are special foot rests and a custom tiller extension for his driving duties, and there's a digital readout computer mounted near his bunk below so he can check the boat's progress at all times. Monroe's job onboard will be whatever Tom tells him to do. "He certainly knows what he's doing," says Monroe. The remainder of Scarlett's crew is pretty firm, but Gary Jobson will not be along as originally planned. Hank Stuart, a member of the 12-Meter Clipper crew, commissioned . Scarlett, just as he did Louisiana Crude last year, and will be part of the crew. Ray Booth was scheduled to measure the boat on December 29, after which it will go by truck to Florida. Following the SORC, Monroe plans to campaign the boat in the spring series on the Bay and then go to Hawaii for the Clipper Cup. Jan. 21-25— 15th Terra Nova Trading/Yachting Key West Race Week, widely considered the best regatta in the coun¬ try. Info, (781) 639-9545, or www.Premiere-Racing.com. Jan. 26 — SSS Three Bridge Fiasco. Synthia Petroka, (408) 929-7217, or www.sjhaysss.org. Feb. 19 — First start of the San Diego to Puerto Vallarta Race, with MEXORC to follow on March 3-9. Details, (619) 758-6310 or www.sdyc.org. Mar. 1-3 — 22nd St. Maarten Heineken Regatta. Serious fun! Read all about it at www.heinekenregatta.com. Mar. 6-10 — 61st Acura SORC off Miami Beach. Info, (877) 520-2508 or www.acurasorc.com.

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LETTERS 1ULI HAD TO CHASE MY FINGER DOWN THE STREET A few weeks ago while sailing the Wyliecat 48 Ahava with friends, I had a mildly unfortunate — and quite painful — experience. My small finger or 'pinky' of my right hand got caught between a rope and a winch, and a part of it was severed off. 1 have since become aware that this is not such a rare occurrence among sailors, and therefore decided to share some tips — excuse the pun — based on my medical knowl¬ edge and personal experience: 1) Don’t panic. Alert others aboard to start looking for the missing piece. (Thanks Skip, for finding mine!) 2) Cover the injured surface with a sterile, non-sticky dress¬ ing. (Does everybody know where the First-Aid kit is? 3) In most cases of finger and rope/winch accidents, the tissue is crushed first, so the bleeding will be relatively light. However, a strong rubber band at the base of the finger or a bungee cord at the wrist will provide some hemostasis. Be familiar with the location of the radial and ulnar arteries! 4) The severed piece should be kept clean — an unused plastic bag is fine — and then kept cold on ice or between a couple of cold soda cans. It is better not to have direct con¬ tact between the tissue and the ice. Make sure the severed part is kept secure. My fingertip — which was being kept on ice in a plastic bag — took off with a gust of wind. I had to chase my own finger down the street for quite some distance! 5) Even though the pain is considerable, I advise resisting any painkillers or fluids by mouth. None of them are effective for the acute pain, and since most reattachment procedures are done under general anesthesia, the anesthesiologist would prefer that you have an empty stomach. 6) The adrenaline rush — surprise + pain + fear — causes substantial involuntary shivering. It is helpful to have some¬ body next to you keep you calm and warm. (Thanks again, Skip!) 7) Final advice: "Watch them little pinkies, because they can give you big time pain." I just want to thank all those aboard who were so wonder¬ ful and supportive during and after the incident. Your letters, notes and messages were really helpful. Michael Katz Wyliecat 48, Ahava Sausalito Michael — We're sorry to hear about your accident, but thanks for the advice. Prevention, of course, is better than a cure, so perhaps all of us need to do a better job of reminding ourselves and our crews to keep hands on lines a minimum of afoot away from active winches. D-U-PROUD OWNERS OF BEACHED CAT We're the 'proud' owners of the beached catam&ran that was 'Lectronic Latitude's photo of the day for October 23. My wife Darii and I purchased the FP Belize 43 in April of this year, and crash-outfitted her for our first trip to the Delta in August. The photo shows the results of our welcome to the Delta on the first night of our trip. Here's what happened. After motoring up from Oyster Point, we tied up 'houseboat style' at mid-tide, with the bows in and spring lines off each side. My main concern was floating off at high tide during the night. We awoke to a decided list that we'd never experienced during our shakedown cruises on the Bay. The tide had picked us up, driven us onto the beach, and then left us high and dry. It was four feet to the beach from the bottom step off the stern — normally it's only a few inches off the water.

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LETTERS Having taken stock of the situation, we unpacked our 44lb Bulwagga stern anchor — which had arrived the day be¬ fore sans rode — and assembled it with nylon rode and six feet of fresh chain from West Marine. We then motored it out in the dinghy — another recent arrival — and simply dropped

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TO SAN FRANCISCO My Hunter 43 is currently in the Panama Canal, and I'm trying to figure out the best way to get her back to San Fran¬ cisco. I'm hoping that you can advise me. Here are the op¬ tions that I can think of: 1) Truck the boat up from Baja. Dudley Boat Movers esti¬ mates a charge of $7,000 with a stopover in Arizona. Do you kftow anybody else who could do it? 2) Hire a captain to sail it up from Panama. Do you have any recommendations? 3) Sail it back myself over the course of a few months, stopping at various ports along the way. What do you think, am I crazy? Steve Rubin Bay Area Steve — What we think is that you haven't given us much information on which to make a recommendation. How did the boat get to Panama and what kind of condition is she in? Are her sails and engine up to the 3.737-mile bash? What kind of offshore sailing experience do you have, and how good a me¬ chanic are you? How much income would you have to forfeit in order to take up to 2.5 months to deliver the boat yourself? Are you able to take 2.5 months off? Would you enjoy the trip? Would you have to pay for additional crew? These are impor¬ tant considerations. Finally, have you considered sailing your boat from Panama to Houston, then trucking her home from there? The sailing part is only 1,600 miles, it's warm, and it's mostly downwind. If your boat is in decent condition and you're a competent ocean

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LETTERS

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lUflNFORMATION ON CRUISING VESSEL TRANSITS I wrote you a couple of months ago about the marina project my father and I are pursuing in Nicaragua. We have since secured title to all the land required, and have received ap¬ proval from their environmental agency (MARENA). Later this month, we expect to receive our Tourist License from INTUR — which is designed to provide investment incentives for this type of project. Everything is going along very well, as we're getting total support from local and federal agencies. Robert, my father, is in Nicaragua now and will return to the U.S. after Nicaragua's presidential elections this weekend. Obviously, we'll be fol¬ lowing the returns with considerable interest. I was wondering if you happen to know of a source that could provide us with data concerning sailboat and motoryacht traffic from the U.S. and Canada to Mexico, Central America and through the Canal. Is there some sort of 'census' or mar¬ ket research on this kind of thing, indicating the number of boats, their type and size, the profiles of the owners, the sea¬ sonality of their movement, and so forth. We’ve already made assumptions on the traffic for the purposes of our business plan, but I wanted to see if we could get some harder num¬ bers. Marc Membreno Santa Clara

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Marc — To the best of our knowledge, there is no market research or hard numbers on the kind of information you're seeking. For what it's worth, the number of marinas pop¬ ping up in Central America will, in our estimation, con¬ tinue to attract increasingly greater numbers Of cruising boats to the area. There used. to be few facilities between Mexico and Panama, but that's all changed. There are now two great stops in El Salvador, Costai Rica has opened up a luxury marina, and several projects are moving forward in Panama. If your operation gets going in Nicaragua, there will suddenly be quite a significant yachting infrastructure in CenParticipants in the last several Banderas Bay Regattas may remember that Robert Membreno has been an active partici¬ pant with his Kelly-Peterson 46 Puesta del Sol.

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that would insure a vessel of such a minimal value for trans¬ oceanic sailing — let alone as far north as Iceland. The good news is that the kind of person willing to sail from the Galapagos to Iceland aboard a 28-footer generally isn't the suing type. Unless you have significant amounts of other as¬ sets, we'd rely on a combination of explicit liability waivers and a 'so-go-ahead-and-sue-me' insouciance. After all, what court are they going to drag you into?

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TO LEAVE THE DRIVING TO THE OWNER In many years of offshore crewing for both boatowners and professional skippers, I have come across — and signed — a couple of 'release of liability' requests. It is the direct conse¬ quence of living in a litigious society. By the same token, I think the liability exemption should apply to both sides, and therefore crew should be released from responsibility for breakages' and damages onboard — except in cases where it was willful or negligent. I hope your upcoming article by a maritime lawyer will address both sides of the issue. As a personal opinion, I think sailing is a calculated risk, and the relationship between the parties should be one of personal responsibility, good faith, and trust. In the absence of any of these, any time you're in close quarters, leave the driving to the owner. Mabelle Lernoud Monterey Mabelle — The concept of crew liability is an entirely new one for us. Are you suggesting that if a kite rips, some owners might present their crew with a bill? Given the cost of replacing spinnakers, such owners might have an extremely difficult time convincing cihyone else to take a turn at the helm.

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Readers — For first-time visitors by boat. Newport Beach, can seem a little intimidating. But the Harbor Patrol are friendly and helpful, and truly have the welcome mat out. And don't forget, Newport virtually always has transient moorings avail¬ able for just $5 a night — one of the best-deals on the coast. fl II Teddy bear Does anyone know what happened to Bear #3 Teddy? I was once the proud owner before selling her in 1986. I now live in Glasgow, Scotland, where I was born. But I deeply miss sailing the Bay aboard Teddy Bear. Phil J. Dunnery Glasgow, Scotland Phil — Maybe one of our readers can help. By the way, we visited Glasgow two summers ago and were both surprised and impressed. But what's the story with the weather? San Francisco seems positively tropical by comparison.

fULl WANT TO THOROUGHLY UNDERSTAND MY BOAT Your editors give excellent advice, and we’re looking for some. We have been sailing hard since January, and have purchased a beautiful 1985 Camper & Nicholson 35. She's in mint condition, so we haven't had to do much but enjoy her. However, we want to do much more than that — specifically, we are bound and determined to be thoroughly proficient in understanding and repairing our boat. At this, we are begin¬ ners. My question is this: Besides reading books and manuals, taking things apart and hopefully putting them back together, and trying to figure out things by myself, how can I learn about my boat and start to do my own maintenance and re¬ pairs? I want to learn to do this without: 1) Wasting a lot of time with people who may or may not know what they are talking about; 2) Wasting a lot of money being taught simple things which I may not realize are simple; and 3) Doing some¬ thing terrible to the boat that ends up costing me a fortune. For example, I'm getting ready to flush the water tank. I’ve got some good advice from other people and books on how to do it, but I need somebody to walk me through the system, explain the basics about pumps, how to use saltwater as op¬ posed to fresh, and so forth. Pumps are a complete wonder and mystery to me, and I find they are all over my boat! I read and read, and mostly get the concepts, but just can’t seem to break through. There are tubes under my galley sink that I have pushed, pulled, labelled, and looked at for a week, and I still feel like I don't quite understand what they are for. I feel as though I know almost everything on my boat that involves the electrical system, but then again not quite. It's the not quite parts that are driving me crazy. Until that gap is filled, I feel a bit helpless. Once it is filled, I know I have the intelli¬ gence and wherewithal to be on my way. Please give me any advice you can and help me under¬ stand how others have learned about boats. My goal is to learn all this before I get out to sea, everything breaks, and I

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Clark — Your intention to want to know about everything is wise, but we suggest that you establish priorities. Pumps, schmumps, when you're offshore the important things are sur¬ vival, not comfort. So to our way of thinking, you first want to fully understand six things: 1) how to keep water outside of the hull: 2) how to keep the rig up and manage the sails: 3) how the steering and emergency steering systems work: 4) how the engine works: 5) how to navigate, and 6) how the basic electrical system is set up. If you're confident in those systems and your ability to deal with them, you're more likely to be relaxed and enjoy sailing offshore. Presumably you can figure out the locations and basics of the seacocks and cutlass bearings needed to keep water out of the hull. The steering and emergency steering systems shouldn't be too hard to figure out, and you can take classes on hpw to navigate. When it comes to the engine, however, we suggest you hire an expert to tutor you in the idiosyncracies of your particular donk and its installation. You'll want to know what filters are required, how to bleed it, how to change the impeller, how it generates electricity, and so forth. As much as we all want to be sailing purists, this is very important. Next, we suggest hiring a sailmaker to come down and check out your rig, sails, and to go over reefing with you, so you can see if there are any things you don't understand, or that might be potential problems. Finally, we'd make sure we had an electri¬ cal diagram for the boat, and had a basic understanding of how everything is set up. and how the charging system works. For this you might have to hire an electrical expert. It might not be cheap, but in the long run it would probably be money well spent. The concept is not to try to understand your boat as a whole, but rather as a collection of several independent sys¬ tems. As for all the less essential stuff, we'd buy a copy of Nigel Calders' Cruising Handbook and/or the Dashew's Offshore Cruising Encyclopedia, and use them for bedside reading. If you periodically reread the most relevant chapters, an under¬ standing of how stuff works will start to sink in. In addition, onjust about every dock there are a couple of guys who would rather work on their boats than sail. Make friends with them, find out what kind of beer they like to drink, and ask a lot of questions. Before long, you should have some familiarity with all the basics, and over the years you'll inevitably be adding to your knowledge through experience. And remember, you don't have to know every last thing about how everything works. If one of our water pumps or alternators doesn't work, we re¬ place it with the spare — and later let somebody who is so inclined figure out what went wrong with the original.

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My Valiant 40 Nereid and I finally reached ‘escape velocity’ from La Paz, and did the Baja Bash up the coast to Califor¬ nia. I am wintering aboard in beautiful Morro Bay, and next spring/summer plan to slowly work my way north along the coast to Victoria, British Columbia. In trying to do research for the trip to Victoria, I have found a dearth of printed information — other than the Coast Pilot Charlie's Charts and a copy of the May 2000 article in Lati¬ tude by Capt. Alan Hugenot. But that’s it. So, I would like to solicit information arid strategies from others who have made this trip. They can contact me at rodmell@aol.com. If there is sufficient response, I would be pleased to compile it in a hopefully-usable form and send it to.ypu, or post it to my website — rodmellsite.com — or on another site. I would also like per-

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gets, the more he wants to be outside. Miss Twiggy, the two-year-old cat we rescued from Nuevo Vallarta, simply finds a place very low in the vessel at the start of any passage and goes to sleep. She has no interest in coming on deck while we're underway. Angus — a.k.a. The Kid' —joined us as a four-week-old kitten in Santa Rosalia in 2000. He's cool to the max about passage-making. He gets very seasick at the start of a pas¬ sage, however, if we've been tied to the dock for more than a week. He's fine if we've been anchored out, but he loses his 'sea paws' if we're in a marina. He generally does what Miss Twiggy does on a passage, but he does like to come on deck while we’re underway. When he was really young, we always put a harness and lead on him. Alas, we should have named him 'Houdini', because he could always wiggle out of it. We just had to keep a close eye on him, but he always had a healthy respect for the waves, and has never tried to get out of the cockpit while we were underway. When in the marina, we are absolutely against allowing a cat to get out onto the dock. It’s the nature of some cats to roam, especially at night. We’ve known of cats that have pooped in cockpits, managed to get themselves inside a va¬ cant boat and have not been able to get out, or that have wandered off the docks only to get into serious trouble in the neighborhood with stray dogs, other cats, automobiles, and the like. Several of our cruising friends have cats that tend to want to wander, so they put them on a harness and tether. Our youngest cat would be a 'midnight rambler' if he could after we've been in a marina for more than a week, so we enclose all of them down below at night, period. Oh, and if you have a dodger and/or you put up a harbor shade, watch out for your cat leaping onto either one. Some¬ how our cats have never sprung themselves off into the wa¬ ter, but it’s one of my greatest continuing fears. To that end, dangling a rope ladder or piece of cloth over the side is not a bad idea. Cats are far better at climbing out of the drink than dogs. We wouldn’t trade off having our beloved pets with us for anything, as they are wonderful companions. However, Mike says that I can't 'rescue' any more of them because we wouldn't be able to keep up with the need for kitty litter. Speaking of kitty litter, could other cruisers who are somewhere beyond Mexico and traveling with a cat(s) let me know what they do about resupplying this item? Anne Kelty Michaelanne, Whitby 42 Mazatlan, Mexico Anne — Thanks for the informative letter. Previous pet own¬ ers have told us they haven't had any problem finding kitty litter in Central America. HO-WHAT YOU'LL MISS WITHOUT YOUR SEXTANT

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N.W. — You don't suppose it had anything to do with.that Viagra additive they put in the Modelo Beer we passed out at the Award's Party, do you? More seriously, stress is a common factor in just about all performance problems. Given the fact that you were changing lifestyles, getting a boat ready for cruising, and doing the HaHa — to say nothing of 9/11 — no wonder you were having trouble 'popping the chute'. But now that you're free of the cru¬ cible of work, the boat is together, and the fast-paced Ha-Ha is over, your mind is free to have more pleasurable inclinations. Of course, surviving a very stressful situation is also a great sex stimulant. During the first leg of the 2000 Ha-Ha, Marilyn Middleton of the British Columbia-based Cartwright 44 Kin¬ ship reported that she'd been scared to death when they had a lot of trouble dropping their spinnaker. But when it was all over and things had settled down, she and her husband, de¬ spite the three others sleeping only a few feet away, had very, very satisfying sex. On the chart table, no less! . Actually, a Ha-Ha sex survey would be kind of interesting. If you did the Ha-Ha with a partner of at least three months, we'd be interested to know if your sex drive increased or de¬ creased during the Ha-Ha, and if there was a change shortly after it was over. Folks who were single can respond, too. But please identify yourselves as such, because we know that sharing a lengthy adventure with a bunch of new folks is the ultimate aphrodisiac, and we don't want you to skew the re¬ sults. No, you don't need to include your name or any photos. li US AILING SPARKS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DESERT Thanks for publishing our letter about the Sierra Nevada Community Sailing Club in the November issue. You asked where we are located, and I’ve taken the liberty to re-send the info that accompanied our original email. Someone must have overlooked the third sentence where we wrote, "Sparks Ma¬ rina" — located in Sparks, Nevada, right off 1-80. Although our club is located in Sparks, sailors and pro¬ spective sailors can most easily find our nonprofit group at www.nvsailing.org. We hope to spread the word that great sailing will be available in northern Nevada to anyone who wants to get out on the water — even in the middle of the desert! Roger Jones Sparks, Nevada tlllTHE BROKEN GLASS SPARKLED LIKE FAIRY DUST The handling of trash in paradise is a 'no-\vin' situation. Steven and Jackie door's letter, published in the November Changes, outlined problems and possible solutions to this ticklish problem for cruisers. I would like to pose a question in response. In the spring of 1996, my wife and I towed our 26-foot sailboat down Baja's Highway 1, and spent five months living onboard and sailing out of La Paz and Puerto Escondido. Our scenic trip by road was much different than the typical Baja Ha-Ha trip by water. Let me give you two examples. First, we traveled along miles and miles of barbed wire fence covered

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with shredded pieces of plastic bags. These bags plucked out of the wind by the wire barbs created what looked like an infinite clothesline stretching over the horizon. Second, at our stop at the little town of Catavina, we took a hike through the magnificent boulders unique to the area. Throughout the many acres of rocks the size of houses were tens of thou¬ sands of broken bottles and rusted cans. As the sun set in the sky, the broken glass on the ground sparkled like fairy dust from a Disney movie. This garbage was not piled up, but was rather spread one can or one bottle deep for as far as the eye could see. Several years ago, I read a.story in Latitude about a cruis¬ ing couple in Mexico that brought two bags of their garbage back to the marina for disposal. The marina operator took it, and told them he would take care of it. He then proceeded to give them a ride to town. Halfway to town, he got out, threw the two bags into the field along the road, and then resumed driving to town. I used the cruiser's 'burn pit' at San Juanico on our trip because I felt it was the best solution to the trash problem. I was also und,er the impression that cruisers cleaned the pit periodically, and that the remnants were properly disposed of. I would also like at say that the concept of recycling, as we know it in the U.S., doesn't seem to translate well into other languages. So my question is which is the more environmentally friendly way to handle non-disposable trash: Take it back to the marina/civilization, where it ends up who-knows-where? Or, dispose of it oneself by burning or buiying? I think differ¬ ent places, different times, and different situations affect the answer. 1 think the best we can do is set an example for other cruisers, locals and fishermen by minimizing our impact. Ron Hatton Fantasy Sacramento Ron — While there has been improvement, it's no secret that Mexico is generally behind the curve when it comes to the proper disposal of trash. But we don't see why this should have any effect on the good environmental practices of cruis¬ ers. The rule is simple no matter where you go: If you bring it in, you take it out. For extra points, take out even more than you brought in. That some cruisers aren't doing this was made clear to us during a quick visit to Isla San Francisco in the Sea of Cortez just a couple of weeks ago. As we walked along the mostly pris¬ tine beach, we were disheartened to come across several ex¬ amples of trash that had almost surely been left behind by lazy cruisers. The first was a long line of orange rinds in the sand that had obviously been tossed overboard from a boat in the anchorage and drifted ashore. We have to admit that it was a bit of an education for us. Normally we've felt all right about tossing organic stuff overboard. But having seen those unsightly orange rinds slowly decomposing in the hot sun, we’re

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LETTERS going to be much more careful in the future. The other examples were piles of burned cans and empty bottles just a few yards in from the shore. We don't want to sound holier than thou or prissy, but our experience at the island genuinely was dimin¬ ished by cruisers' disrespect for the environment of one of the world's great — and still relatively unspoiled — cruising grounds. We don't understand what these cruisers could have been thinking. We agree that all cruisers need to set an example for other cruisers, locals, and fishermen on minimizing human impact — particularly in such nature preserves. And there's no better way to minimize the impact of one's visit than by taking all of one's garbage out — no matter what the time, place or situa¬ tion. Can we cruisers please all be more vigilant about this? Our hope that Profligate could play 'garbage truck' to the islands in the Sea of Cortez turned out to be a victim of time constraints, but we hope to be able to establish such a pro¬ gram next November. Would anybody care to join us?

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Steve — If it was somebody taking fash photos from 50 yards at 6 p.m. on November 4, we have to assume that it was an amateur wasting film. For at that time of day at that time of year, there's not enough light to photograph something in mo¬ tion. And at 50 yards, nothing short of a colossal fash could compensate for the lack of ambient light. It certainly wasn't Diane Beeston, who retired to painting quite a few years ago. So how can a non-racer get a great shot of his boat under sail? Next year we plan to have several 'photo days’ on the Bay, where we'll park our Bertram 25 photoboat at some of the Bay's busier spots and shoot every boat that comes by. Then we'll post them on our website for purchase.

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Paul — You have a lovely schooner. After our catamaran came north from Mexico two seasons ago. we spent one Sun¬ day afternoon sailing around San Diego Bay in close company with your Dauntless. She looked lovely and was sailed so well that we put her on the next month's cover of Latitude. The Master Mariners Benevolent Association, which deter¬ mines all divisions and handicaps, can be reached at (415) 346-1656. As far as berthing possibilities for a large schooner such as yours, we suggest you try the St. Francis and San Francisco YCs. both of which would surely try to accommodate you. or Scfoonmaker Marina in Sausalito. Santana is owned by Paul and Crissy Kaplan, who own part of KKMl in Richmond, and City Yachts in San Francisco — and who, we're certain, would be delighted to sail their Santana against your Dauntless. If you get in a pinch for a berth, we're confident they could help you out. We sure hope that you and Dauntless are able to make it up to the Bay for the Master Mariners, and if you do, we'd be honored if Latitude could be your 'sponsor' for the event. Hello! Merle Petersen, who circumnavigated with his 78ft (LOA) Lawley marconi schoo- ■ ner, just stepped into our ojftce and said he • wouldn't mind racing against Dauntless also. Now if we could just shanghai Ernie Minnie and his schooner for the weekend.

tUiLIGHTNING STRIKES, AGAIN Nick Salvador wrote in last month about lightning strikes, and your editorial response gave some basic advice. But there’s more to it. Having lived a long time in the Bay Area, I now reside in the Southeast — where we get a lot of lightning storms, especially from May through August. Here is what I’ve been told over the years: Most boats are electrically bonded from the mast/shrouds to the engine/ drive train, and ultimately, via the shaft, to the sea. Histori¬ cally, you read very little about ships, yachts or fishing boats being hit by lightning. Cruise ships, container ships and bulk carriers go through thunder and lightning storms regularly on their trips around the world. Fishing boats don’t stop fish¬ ing just because there is lightning in the area. Here on the East Coast, sailors wouldn't get anywhere if they stayed at the dock or at anchor during lightning storms — because they happen almost every afternoon. If you were offshore when a lightning storm hit, you wouldn't want to run to shore because the lightning is often worse close to shore. It's the old land heating thing which causes evapora-

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I need some quick help — there’s a tight deadline — to evaluate the possible purchase of a boat in Mexico that was damaged by hurricane Juliette. Can you tell me if you've heard anything bad about the yacht brokerages in La Paz? The bro¬ ker says that the change of ownership must take place 12 miles offshore. Is this legal or would I be breaking some Mexi¬ can law? Could you refer me to anyone else for help? I wish I had more time, but I'm doing the best I can. Kathy Courier Seattle Kathy —A lot of folks seem to be under the impression that we're available 24/ 7 for quick responses to all sailing ques¬ tions. Alas, that'sjust not the case. For example, we left for 2.5 weeks on the Ha-Ha the day before your email arrived. We're notfamiliar with what's required to buy and sell boats in Mexico — or just outside of Mexico — other than that you had better be dealing with someone who knows what they are talking about. One way to assess this would be to call several brokers in Mexico and simply ask them what the necessary procedures are. If they all give the same answer, you could be

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My letter might be a little dated because I was away in the Northwest when my September issue arrived. But while in the Northwest, someone in my Vancouver audience asked if I had read the Latitude article about Bob Medd of TLC — who allegedly had his throat slit by two panga fisherman while motorsailing on his boat in the Sea of Cortez. Although Medd said they left him for dead, he miraculously survived. Having finally had a chance to read the article, I'd like to “ give an ac¬ count of our experiences with panga •s fisherman in : the Sea of Cortez over the last 45 years. For what it's worth, 1 al¬ ways have two or three crew with me, and the cockpit is Most 'pangeros' are friendly and helpful, like those always occuwho give cruisers rides ashore during the Ha-Ha. pied while un¬ derway. At night, we have two people on watch, prepared for weather emergencies — and now, for unwanted boarding emergencies, too. In all my years in the Sea of Cortez, I have only once been approached by a panga. Actually, it was three of them that charged out of a fogbank and immediately headed for our boat. Their only reason for doing that, however, was to ask for directions to Isla Tortuga. After being given the course, they took off. While at anchor, we've often been approached by fisher¬ men offering to sell fish or lobster, but we have never been asked for water — as Medd apparently was. But since it's a very logical request, I'll follow the suggestion of others to have some at the ready — but in the cockpit, so nobody would have the chance to jump aboard while I was going down be¬ low. One time while anchored in a little bay about 12 miles from San Carlos, my wife and I noticed two fishermen ashore beside their panga, who appeared to be observing us too closely for our comfort. Our response was to raise anchor and move on. I should confess that our 30-footer is anything but in Bristol condition' when it comes to cosmetics, so po¬ tential boarders might — having gotten a closer look — gone in search of better prey: In nearly half a century, we’ve had nothing but positive experiences with panga fishermen. On one dccasion, for ex¬ ample, we were towed for some reason or other, and 1 failed to retrieve 100 feet of nylon with a stainless snap shackle on one end. The next morning the panga fishermen stopped by to return the line. Another time I'gave them 100 pesos for

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Readers — Cunningham obviously wrote this letter before reading the November issue, in which there was an article cast¬ ing significant doubt on Medd’s story. Many cruisers are now deeply skeptical — despite the slashed throat — that any at¬ tack took place. See November’s Sightings for details. As we think back on the few serious incidents between cruis¬ ers and Mexicans over the last 25 years, only one of them involved a panga fisherman. There was the cruiser murder in Turtle Bay about 15 years ago, but that was associated with an onboard robbery perpetrated by a local who had just re¬ turned from Los Angeles. Another cruiser was stabbed to death in Mazatlan about seven years ago, but that was after he’d done a lot of drinking with some Mexicans in a bar and went to their apartment. Even when Blair Grinols’ Capricorn Cat was boarded by a guy with a gun — possibly empty —for a rob¬ bery at Bufadero, the perpetrator was not afisherman. Indeed, the only major negative incident we can recall between cruis¬ ers and panga fishermen was about 10 years ago when a Long Beach boatowner in his dinghy was run down and killed — presumably by accident — by a panga fisherman. On the other hand, there have literally been tens of thousands of friendly visits between cruisers and pang a fisherman. We just spent a few days cruising in the Sea of Cortez, and it never crossed our mind that any of them were a concern to our health and well-being. We have always considered the panga fisher¬ men to be our amigos, and will continue to do so.

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ft It PROPERTY RIGHTS, YES Your response to the recent letter from Peter Douglas, Ex¬ ecutive Director of the California Coastal Commission, was hostile in tone toward the Coastal Commission and its legacy. Without going into space-eating detail, your discussion of the Dockwalkers and other well-intentioned programs of the Com¬ mission leave the reader with the impression that Latitude is critical of most, if not all, of the good deeds and accomplish¬ ments achieved by the State agency since 1972. When you imply that boatowners do not need "special en¬ vironmental education" and "staunchly oppose it," you ig¬ nore reality. We all need it. To separate boatowners from the rest of the general population as to intelligence, concern for thev environment, and esthetic sensitivity, is to bury one’s head in the water. However, my primary distress is with your comments about the Commission's 'Marine Vista' program. I have sailed this and many other coasts over the last.30 years, and believe the view from the sea is at least as important as that from the land. Ask any fisherman who has worked the coast over a period of years about how he/she feels about the latest mega¬ home appearing over the brow of the coastal bluff, or the beach-walker glancing upward from what was once a solitary stroll. Property rights, yes, but not to the great detriment of the general public — which is why the Coastal Commission exists with good reason. Incidentally, I haven’t missed an edition of Latitude, ex¬ cept when cruising, since its inception. Richard Wasserman Cutter Spray Pier Facilities Manager, Point Arena Richard — If you'll reread our article, you'll see that on sev¬ eral occasions we noted that the Coastal Commission has done much good. But this doesn't make them immune for criticism of specific plans or policies — such as their apparent ambiva¬ lence over whether or not they support the concept of creating much needed fish habitats. If, as you say, "we all need environmental education," why should boatowners be singled out — and thereby be demon¬ ized — with remedial environmental education programs, par¬ ticularly when even Director Douglas is quick to describe boats as a "minimal source of pollution?" Now that winter is here, the major sources of pollution become obvious each time it rains, as storm drains leading to the rivers, bays and ocean gush with dark liquids and beaches have to be closed because of the pollution. Who are the responsible parties? Duh! It's the general population — which, of course, includes boatowners — and worst of all, the government. So why the emphasis on ragging in the face of boatowners? If you like Douglas' proposal of a 'Marine Vistas' program, which would apparently prohibit the building of houses that could be seen for more than a couple of miles from sea, you'll love the new ’Aerial Vistas' program. You see, sensitive gen¬ eral aviation pilots are complaining that their views of the ocean and the California landscape are being marginalized by the presence of boats such as yours, structures such as the pier

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11 Ha better method for recovering mob s Earlier this year at least two mariners died of hypother¬ mia in Northern California while waiting for the boat they fell off of to recover them. The traditional method of maneuver¬ ing a boat to come to a stop right next to the person in the water was not effective in these cases. Water-skiers have shown us how to get a line to a person very quickly. They merely tow a floating — polypropylene — line while they circle the person. The person in the water grabs the line and can either pull themselves into the boat or grab the handle for another start. I have used this method while practicing MOB drills on my Santana 22 in Monterey Bay. It is quick, and the person in the water has never missed the line. The technique is rather simple. Tie off one end of the polypropylene line to the boat, and then pile the line in a bucket or on the deck so that it will play out without tan¬ gling’. Then tie a ski vest, ski belt or some other floatation device to the end of the line and have it ready to toss over the stern clear of any rigging. When the MOB call comes, turn upwind for a short distance, tack, throw the floatation device over the stern so the line will play out, and then sail around the downwind side of the person in the water. After rounding the person, sail upwind until the rope gets close to the per¬ son and then put the boat in irons. Then simply haul the person in. If the person cannot get back aboard and if you can get the line around the person under the arms, you can use a halyard and halyard winch to winch him aboard. Alter¬ natively, you can use the boom and the topping lift as a hoist. The commercial version of this equipment is sold under the trade name Lifesling. Since I sold my boat, I now carry poly line whenever I char¬ ter, and use one of the boat's lifevests as the floatation de¬ vice. Assembling the gear and drilling with it until the MOB procedure is routine could save you from a bad day sailing. Gene Coussens Los Altos Gene — We often tow people on planing boogie boards be¬ hind our dink, and when they fall off, we use your basic method to retrieve them. As long as the MOB victim is conscious, your plan sounds like a good one to us —- assuming, of course, the skipper can keep the polypro line from getting caught in his prop. We're curious what other readers think.

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They're official. We received word just before presstime that the Tiburon YC received their fined Certificate of Occupancy for their new clubhouse at Paradise Cay. "Almost 30 years have passed since Ron Hill talked to Tim Moseley about this project," says ‘Commodore Steve Nimz. "From the early members who con¬ tributed to make this long term project possible, to those who kept the dream alive, congratulations! Special thanks to Ron Hill and Bill Hoehler for their tireless efforts orchestrating all aspects of this project." We'll have more on the 'new' TYC in the next issue. Hopefully the meatballs will stay the same. The Swedish Navy announced earlier this summer that, due to extensive budget cuts, it would henceforth only oper¬ ate during business hours: 9 to 5, Monday through Friday. No Navy on weekends. This doesn’t sound quite so goofy when you try to recall the last time Sweden was invaded. The Swed¬ ish Air Force is considering following suit. History quiz. The scene: the Thames River between Greenwich and Gravesend. The players: two brothers aboard two almost iden¬ tical, single-masted yachts designed by two other brothers. The contest: see who had the faster boat. The question: who were the brothers, when did they race and what was the sig¬ nificance of this particular contest? Extra credit: Who won? Hints: Both yachts were sailed by professional crews and both owners and their guests were attended to by stewards who produced platters of food and glasses of wine whenever they were requested. The J-Class of the 1930s, you say? No. Perhaps one of the America's Cup bouts of the 1890s? Wrong again. What's descibed above is a race between King Charles II of England, on his Catherine, and his brother James, the Duke of York, aboard Anne. The design for both vessels was inspired by a speedy little Dutch jacht (from whence we get "yacht") pre¬ sented to Charles by the Dutch East India Company. Chris¬ topher Pett patterned the Catherine, while his brother Peter laid out the Anne. The race between the two brothers took place in 1661. Although sailors certainly competed against each other be¬ fore that, the contest between Charles and Peter is the first recorded race, and is historically considered the birth of the sport of sailboat racing. Not that it was particularly fast — the two square topsail sloops were such slugs to weather that the attendant vessels, including the king's kitchen boat, had no trouble keeping up under oar power. By virtue of being slightly more weatherly, Anne won the upwind leg of the contest. The next day, with Charles himself often taking the helm, Catherine swept past to take the downwind leg, making the race a draw.

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volvo ocean race — leg 2 At presstime (a week earlier than usual because of Thanksgiving), the Norwegian dJuice Dragons team held a tenuous lead over Team News Corp and AssaAbloy in Leg 2 of the Volvo Ocean Race, a 6,500mile mad dash from Cape Town to Sydney. In fact, a week and a half and 2,000 miles after the November 11 start, six of the eight boats in the race sped through the Southern Ocean within 75 miles , of each other. Even Amer Sports Too, the all-woman crew at the ‘back door’, were only 242 miles behind the leader, less than a day’s sailing in the 25-knot conditions. Team Tyco, which finished fourth in the 7,350-mile Leg 1 from Southampton to Cape Town, led the fleet for three days before its rud¬ der broke off. As this was written, the Farr-designed V-60 had returned to South Africa for repairs. They planned to rejoin the race. Rlbruck Challenge, after staging an amazing come-from-behiAd vic¬ tory in the final hours of Leg 1, encountered a few stumbling blocks ashore and afloat. After the finish, the John Kostecki-led German team was protested for a couple pf perceived infractions: the installation and fairing-in of a kelp cutter on their saildrive, and “using a non-,public website not available to the other teams”, which is not allowed. Rlbruck was able to prove the website was available to anyone, but the kelp cutter protest was upheld. The ‘non-penalty penalty’ — a fine of £1,000 — was greeted with lots of raised eyebrows. continued on outside column of next sightings page

From the time we started offering third class subscriptions, they have always ar¬ rived in mailboxes two to three weeks af¬ ter our publication date — which is al¬ most always the first of the month. In the past, many subs have arrived much sooner than that. Lately, however, we've had complaints that such subscriptions are "late" when they arrive the third week of the month. Please rest assured that it’s not be¬ cause of anything we’re doing different on this end. Every month, the mags go out into the mail in the same timely manner that they always have. The bottleneck, we found out, is the U.S. Post Office. Understandably, things move more slowly there than they used to. So please be patient. Unless there's an anthrax scare somewhere along the route to your residence, you'll get your Latitude. Just don't expect it any earlier than the max time of three weeks.

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SIGHTINGS service While we're oil the subject, we might as well remind readers that third class subscriptions do not follow you to a new address if you move. You have to let us know or your issues could indeed be very late in arriving. Want to circumvent all this hassle? You can always opt for a first class sub, which takes only two to three days to arrive. Yeah, at $50, it’s almost double the $26 third-class rate. But it might be worth it to get your Tude fix that much sooner. Information and subscription forms can be found on the page after our Table of Contents in every issue, or at our website, www. Iatitude38. com.

Of course, you can always pick up Lati¬ tude for free at almost any marine-related business in Northern California, from chandleries to yacht brokerages. But don’t delay much past the first of the month. We’re told they go fast.

volvo leg 2 — cont’d Then, the first night at sea on Leg 2, the crew noticed the boat was nosediving more than usual and becoming sluggish. They discovered the compartment in front of the forward crash bulkhead was full of water, which had found its way in through an inspection port whose cover had come off. Two crew suffered cuts and bruises as the situa¬ tion was dealt with in 30 to 35-knot conditions. (Although an emer¬ gency pump was used, the illbruck crew once again proved that the best bilge pump in the world is a scared man with a bucket.) Repairs and dewatering took most of the night, after which illbruck rejoined the race in last place. At presstime, they had worked up to fifth. On November 17-18, the day’s run record for this race — and the Volvo 60 design — was broken by News Corp. Taking the most south¬ erly route, News Corp found the pressure to reel off 450. f3 miles in 24 hours, topping Lawrie Smith’s run on Silk Cut in the last edition of this race (then called the Whitbread) by less than a mile! News Corp skip¬ per Jez Fanstone was also aboard Silk Cut for that earlier mark. Of course, with the first boats due in Sydney within days of this issue hitting the streets, all the foregoing will likely be ’old news.’ Catch up on all the action at the race’s website: www.volvooceanrace.org. For those of you who don’t know, the Volvo is a nine-month, nine-leg, 32,000-mile crewed race around the world. Eight boats from six coun¬ tries — all 60-ft sloops with 12-13 crew — answered the starting gun off Southampton on September 23.

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Jvo action off Cape Town (clockwise from left) — A South African destroyer fired starting gun under Table Mountain; hundreds of spectator boats escorted the et on their way; ‘illbruck Challenge’ and ‘Amer Sports One’ — first and second Ushers in Leg 1 — trade tacks after the start; making tracks through the fog.

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pacific cup update The latest news from, next year’s West Marine Pacific Cup indicates that after 20 years, the ‘Fun Race to Hawaii’ may have finally usurped the ‘serious’ race — the TransPac — in terms of competition and spec¬ tacular boats. (In terms of numbers, the Pacific Cup eclipsed the TransPac years ago.) Of the 86 boats entered so far in the ‘02 edition, there are 10 Santa Cruz 50s — including Shep Kett’s 2000 division winner Octauia — seven Santa Cruz 52s, and three TransPac 52s. Another returning winner is Philippe Kahn. He took line honors in 2000 with his ‘old’ Pegasus (ex-Cheval), an Andrews 70+. He returns to the Pacific Cup with his new Pegasus, a R/P 75 that took first-tofinish in the this year’s TransPac. It'll be tough for the flying horse next time, though — even without competition from Bob McNeil’s now-build¬ ing R/P 86 Zepyrus V (still in ‘stealth’ mode; we’ll have more on this .boat when someone will talk to us). That’s because the big news for next year’s Pacific Cup is its biggest entry ever, Bob Miller’s magnifi¬ cent 147-ft Briand ketch Mari-Cha III. To be sure, this is a ‘believe it when we see it’ entry, but if she shows, this boat will be a treat to see just at anchor in the Bay*. Among the cool features of the British-based former Atlantic record holder are removable cruising interiors to lighten the boat for racing. Other returning winners in ‘02_ include Steve Rander’s Wylie 70 Rage, Liz Baylis’ Antrim 27 ET and Dave Nottage’s 1998 division winning J/44 Kuimhni. Room at the Kaneohe Bay YC lim¬ The spectacular ‘Mari Cha III’ struts her stuff its the size of the Pacific Cup to 70 at the America ’s Cup Jubilee last August. The boats. Usually 90 are allowed to en¬ 147-ft ketch recently entered the Pacific Cup. ter, with the usual attrition, DNS’ers and DNF’ers whittling the fleet down to size by the finish. Entries beyond 90 go on a waiting list. The message is a clear one here: If you think you even might do the Pacific Cup, you should get your entry in as soon as possible. You can start this process through the race’s website, www.pacificcup.org. The first start for the 2001 West Marine Pacific Cup is Monday, July 8, for the smaller boats. The last start, mm for the big boats, is on the 12th. In a typical year — unlike 2000’s wind¬ less slat-festwhen only 53 of 78 start¬ m ers stuck it out to finish — that would put everyone in Hawaii by July 25. Of course, if it's a really windy year '/■T like in ‘98, record seekers like MariCha could steam across the finish line well under the 7-day, 22-hourrecord set by Roy Disney’s turbo’ed SC 70 Pyewacket in 1998. Stay tuned!

You think sailboat racing rules are complicated? Get a load of recent rule changes in store for the next Louis Vuitton Cup — the Challenger series that decides what boat gets to challenge Team New Zealand at the next America’s Cup. In past years, the dozen-odd syndicates raced each other in three preliminaiy se¬ ries where wins were ‘weighted’ (1 point in Round 1, 4 points in Round 2, etc.). After three round robins, the top boats — starting with clean slates — went on to more or less standard semi-final and fi¬ nal rounds. Not this time. Apparently there were . lots of complaints last time that the even¬ tual challenger team (Prada) was so ex¬ hausted after four months of ‘constant’ competition, that’s the reason they didn’t win the America’s Cup. Yeah, right. There

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The event starts off on October 1, 2002, with two round robins, where each of the syndicates will race each of the others once per round for one point per win. At the end of these two rounds, a pecking order based on races won will have been established with the fleet seeded from one to eight. The two synidicates that finish ninth and tenth after the round robins will be elimi¬ nated at this point.

ford’s Boat Shop in Richmond. The other is the ‘knockabout’ sloop Flirt, undergoing rebirth at the Arques Boatbuilding School in Sausalito. Joy ant — As you may recall, big boat sailor Bob McNeil mentioned sofnetime back to Jeff Rutherford that he was looking for a classic old racing yacht with a bit of history to her. Jeff put out some feelers which resulted in a recon mission to Cape Cod. What he found — after hack¬ ing his way though 25 years of undergrowth, much of which turned out to be poison ivy — was one of Nat Herreshoff s original rule-beat¬ ers. Built in 1911, the 58-ft Joyant was so successful in local, racing that the class rule had to be rewritten to make her less competitive. Despite the pedigree, she was in bad shape. She’d sunk at her moor¬ ing in Maine in 1975. She was raised, but when she was being hoisted ashore, the slings broke and she fell, destroying the starboard side. And that was 26'years ago. In the decades since, rot, neglect and home¬ steading animals had taken a further toll. In fact, there was hardly anything left to rebuild. McNeil had fallen under the spell of the old boat, though, and gave the go-ahead for restoration. Joyant was trucked to Rutherford’s shop where construction — and quite a bit of destruction — commenced in March. Side by side, the

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SIGHTINGS joyant/flirt— cont’d new Joyant started to take shape in a specially constructed shed, while the carcass other former self was systematically dismantled next door. Essentially a new construction — Rutherford obtained copies of her original drawings and is working from those rather than measurements taken off the old boat — about 85 to 90% of Joyant will be new. A few of the original parts that will go back in the boat include some deck beams and several grown hackamatack knees that also support the deck. The rest is prime, seasoned new wood: white oak keel and frames, ce¬ dar inner planking glued to amouter layer of Douglas fir, and Sitka spruce in the laminated mast, gaff and boom — all the same woods as in the origi¬ nal boat. Rutherford and his fourman crew are doing a spectacular job, down to varnishing the entire interior to Steinway-like gloss. Owner McNeil also takes more than a passing inter¬ est in the project. An accomplished woodworker in his own right (he’s re¬ portedly building most of the furni¬ ture for a new home) , he’s sometimes as deep in the sawdust around Joyant as the rest of the crew. Among other detail work, he carved the boat’s name into her new transom. Plans for the Joyant are as unique as the rest of her story. She’ll relaunch in spring in time to race in the Master Mariners Regatta on Memorial Day. She’ll then be put on a truck for the return trip back to New England, where she’ll live at anchor near McNeil’s waterfront home in Maine and take part in local classic yacht events. Flirt — Over on the other side of the Bay, another vintage yacht is going back together with equal enthusiasm and aplomb. That’s Flirt, a 31-ft Charles Mower design launched in 1914. Although almost ex¬ actly the same age as Joyant, Flirt led quite a different life, perhaps the most significant aspect of which was her builder and original owner, local boatbuilder Ralph Flower. By all indications, this was his first large construction project. Like Joyant, Flirt fell on hard times in later life, though she stayed afloat through all of it. After 20-some years of ownership by Flower, she went through the usual litany of owners, some of whom took bet¬ ter care of her than others. She was even a liveaboard for a Richardson Bay anchor-out for a while (prompting one observer to comment, “The only way I would have slept aboard this boat is with a snorkel and a lifejacket on.”) Local wooden boat aficionado Peter Strietmann had always admired Flirt and when she became available again two years ago, he jumped at the chance to own her. He even sailed her a few times before a haul out revealed that — if she was ever going to sail again — serious work needed to be done. An arrangement was struck with the Arques School of Traditional Boatbuilding in Sausalito. They offered space for the rebuild next door, as well as the expertise of graduate Elie Sainfeld. Veteran boatbuilder Dan Jones was brought in to head the project. The third set of skilled hands on the restoration belongs to Craig Telles. When we last left Flirt in our October issue, she was ‘half and half — half rebuilt with new wood, half disassembled of old. Most of the old frames and much of the original planking was still there to hold her shape as Jones and his crew fit replacement frames alongside the origi¬ nals. The new sheer strakes and most of the deck beams were also in continued on outside column of next sightings page

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rules The Louis Vuitton Quarter Finals begin on November 12, 2002 and see the remain¬ ing eight boats split into two groups, the Double Chance and Single Chance groups, according to their ranking (one to four — Double Chance; Jive to eight — Single Chance). The top ranked teams in each group (Le., number one and number Jive) choose their oppositionfor a best-of-seven series. All things being equal, team num-

SIGHTINGS — cont’d ber one and team number Jive will choose the lowest ranking boats in their respec¬ tive groups (Le., number jour and number eight), so as to have the best chances of progressing to the next stage. This leaves teams three and seven to race teams two• and six respectively, also in a best-of seven series. At the end of this round, the two Single continued middle of next sightings page

joyantfflirt — cont’d place. A more recent trip revealed much progress has been made in the last two months. As you can see, more than half the yellow cedar planking is now on. A bit more of the original boat remains in Flirt than her cousin across the Bay, including the sternpost, keel, forefoot, a few floor timbers — and the mast, which is still in remarkably good shape. About 80% of the boat will be new wood, including a completely redesigned cabin. Flirt is due to splash down in her new incarnation sometime next fall. We’ll periodically bring you more updates on both of these boats as their restorations progress.

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SIGHTINGS new world order Until recently, it hasn’t been easy to laugh about much in the wake of 9/11. But when a reader tipped us to the following story, we were on the floor. On contacting Anthony Wiese for permission to reprint,, we found out the following encounter was all part of a larger sailing ‘quest’. But first, check this out. . . After arriving in Ventura Harbor Monday evening, Greg Smith and I left Day Off in a local marina with the intention of coming back in the morning when the office was open tcr straighten out the paperwork. We knew the proper protocol is to call the Harbor Patrol on the radio and have a slip assigned, but we got in late. We didn’t think there would be a problem. The next morning I received a call on my cellphone from an FBI agent! She asked what the boat was doing there, who and where I was — the whole nine yards — and that I needed to meet them at the boat immediately! When Greg and I arrived, there were 10 personnel (and two K-9s) from 5 agencies surrounding the boat — a pair each from the FBI, U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard, Ventura Police Department and the Harbor Patrol. In my politest voice, I asked if I could help them with something. It was time for 20 questions. Greg starting snapping away with the camera but was asked tb stop. They asked who owned the boat. In my head, I said, "Oh, shit. They're going to freak when I say me and a guy named Mohamed Jemmali." They actually already knew that, and continued on outside column of next sightings page

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rules Chance losers are eliminated and the two Double Chance winners qualify directly for the Semi-Finals. The Quarter Finals Repechage then takes place, which sees the two losers from the Double Chance group exercise their second chance against the winners of the two pairs in the Single Chance group, again in a best-of-seven series. The winners from these two pairs make up the third and fourth team for the Semi-Finals — the losers are eliminated. The Louis Vuitton Cup Semi-Finals, a best-of-seven series with four teams rac¬ ing, starts on December 9. The top two teams would Have benefited from 18 days without competition, time they will have used for modifications and in-house train¬ ing and testing with their second boats (if they have them). This will be the first time that this pair has raced each other since the early Round Robins, more than Jive weeks previously. . . . The winner of this series goes straight through to the Louis Vuitton Cup Finals.

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The second pair in the Semi-Finals also race a best-of-seuen series. The loser of this side is eliminated and the winner must go up against the loser of the Double Chance side Semi-Finalist in the best-ofseuen Semi-Finals Repechage series. The winner of this series becomes the second finalist. The Finals are designed (this time) to be a dress rehearsalfor the America’s Cup itself— a best-of-nine series where the first team to win five races wins. . . and be¬ comes the Challenger, the team that will race the Defender, Team New Zealand, for the America’s Cup. And they wonder why people don't watch sailing on TV. If you understand the above, please call and leave your name, as we want you to do our taxes next year. As for everyone else, now you know that old IOR gurus don’t die — they make up new America’s Cup rules!

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wanted to know where he was. "Oh, great,” I thought. “They're going to love to hear that he left for Tunisia after graduating from college three months ago." Those, and many more coincidences led them to keep on

Anthony Wiese (the only one not in uniform) gets grilled by the FBI. asking questions. Here are some of the other really classic ones. 1) We changed the title to have both our names on it about two weeks ago, after it had been in Mohamed’s for almost six months. The reason for the change was to make it easier for me to cruise Mexico. 2) On the title, the make of boat is "UNKN" which stands for unknown. The boat make — a San Clemente 23 — is uncommon and the previous owners never knew what it was. I did some research and found out but never changed the title records. 3) The red flag flying atop the mast as a wind direction finder hap¬ pens to also be the U.S. Navy ‘bravo’ flag which means "arms aboard." 4) They asked about my occupation. Leaving my job as a flight in¬ structor two weeks ago wasn't what they wanted to hear. Neither was getting ready to leave the country for six months. 5) The lock on the hatch was an extra heavy duty brand. 6) The unfinished patch job on the transom which Greg and I did right before leaving Humboldt looked like it could have covered an ac¬ cess hole into the hull to hide something. 7) One digit is missing from the CF number on one side of the boat. 8) Nobody saw us tie up at the dock or leave the marina. After many more questions and two different dogs sniffing out the boat, we were led to the Harbormaster’s office to pay for the slip. Wow, what a day and what an encounter. We found out later that what started it all was not having checked in at the marina. The Coast Guard ran the numbers and found that a guy named Mohamed Jemmali co-owned it. The rest is history. Lesson learned: don't neglect proper protocol especially during these times. Now for the rest of the story. Anthony spent the first three y'ea^s of his life aboard a Westsail 32 completed by his father before he was born. The boat took five years to complete and was launched as La Independencia in Redondo Beach in December, 1976. The family moved aboard when Anthony was only five days old. The plan was to sail to New Jersey and visit family when Anthony got a little older, but it never happened. When he was three, his par¬ ents divorced. His father sailed the boat for another couple of years — making frequent trips to Catalina — and then the boat was sold. As he grew older and took up sailing on his own as a teenager, Anthony began to wonder what had become of La Independencia. “My continued on outside column of next sightings page

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SIGHTINGS new world order — cont’d dad only had a few leads that were all 16 years old and quickly led to dead ends,” he writes. “I stumbled upon a Coast Guard website labeled "vessel search," but I needed the boat s documentation number, and Dad couldn’t remember it. He finally found it on a piece of paper in some old files. I entered it and got my first break.” He found out that the boat was still afloat, had been renamed Alma ("soul" in Spanish), and was registered in Wilmington, Delaware. He sent a letter to the address with questions about the boat's loca¬ tion and history since she left his family. Several months went by be¬ fore he received a letter from Aaron Hale in Berkeley. Hale said his parents now owned the boat, and had left just four months before from San Francisco to sail around the world. “I was overjoyed to hear that the boat was doing what she was built to do, but at the same time tormented that I had ‘just missed the boat’,” writes Anthony. However, it wasn’t long before he established an email correspondence with the owners who have filled him in on much of the boat’s history in the years since his father owned her. The only part the current owners were unsure of was the time La Independencia spent under her first owners — Anthony’s parents. ‘They had been looking for us for years as well!” he says. When Anthony learned the boat would winter in the Sea of Cortez, the ‘Search for La Independencia' was born. (For more, log onto www.dayqff.com.) Basically, Anthony's goal is to sail south and rendezvous with the boat of his youth. With college buddy Mohamed, he bought Day Off from Humboats Boat Rentals in Eureka in February, 2000. The plan was that Anthony would teach Mohamed to sail, but conflicting school schedules prevented that from happening. “We did have several memo¬ rable sails on the Bay, though,” recalls Anthony. Both Anthony and Mohamed graduated last spring (in Geography and Business, respec¬ tively), and Mohamed flew home to Tunisia in August. The two are still partners, and hope to meet up again “somewhere warmer.” And yes, Anthony’s last job before sailing south on Day Off was flight instructor. He notes that, along with sailing, Mohamed also wanted to learn how to fly. Again, however, school schedules prevented it from happening. ‘Thank God!” says Anthony. “Can you imagine how Big Brother would have flipped if I’d taught Mohamed how to fly?"

final touches One of these days, Ray and Sandy Livran are going to make it to Mexico with Roses. But last month, they — with help from son Tracey Thompson — were putting on a new bottom and one more coat of var¬ nish before ‘toughing out’ another Northern California winter. The couple bought the Bill Garden-designed Gulf 40 — the second of only three built by Cheoy Lee in Hong Kong in 1960 — in Marina del Rey in 1981. They had her trucked to Puget Sound, where they moved aboard and explored the Pacific Northwest for several years. They then sailed to their original homeport of Newport, Oregon, where the boat underwent a complete rebuild from 1989-1997. In ‘98, they had her trucked to San Francisco Bay. They’ve been berthed at Loch Lomond ever since. “We’re comfortable here, and getting lots of things done,” says Sandy. “We’re heading to Mexico next year,” adds Ray with a twinkle in his eye that makes you think he’s said it a few times before. In the meantime, life is good. Sandy works for the Loch Lomond Marina; the couple have ‘house sat’ the East Brother lighthouse when the owners, their friends, were away; they’ve even done the ‘99 Ha-Ha on a friend's boat. And, best of all, they found the perfect cabin design for the originally flush-decked boat. “We took one look at Saga (the globe-trotting Wylie 65) and said, That’s it!’” says Ray. “The owners were kind enough to let me take measurements and we scaled it down for Roses. It looks pretty good, don’t you think?” Indeed we do. Page 100 • LtUoJiZ9 • December, 2001

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SIGHTINGS Whitbread thoroughbred going strong In the realm of serious offshore racing, some owners are pretty cal¬ lous about getting rid of a boat as spon as it’s no longer capable of taking them to the winner’s circle. But not Ramon Carlin. The winner of the very first Whitbread Round the World Race (1973-74) still owns — and cherishes — his Swan 65 ketch Sayula II. We caught up with Ramon and his crew at Cabo San Lucas while they were laying over briefly en route back to the boat's homeport, Puerto Vallarta. Although we'd never met Ramon before, he was ex¬ tremely gracious, inviting us into Sayula's air-conditioned salon for a cool drink and some warm conversation. We recalled, of course, that Sayula II had captured the attention of sailors the world over by win¬ ning that first epic contest — which was characterized by horrendous weather, broken boats and tragic loss of life. But we asked Ramon, now 78, if he wouldn't mind sharing some of the highlights. As he pulled out an album full of faded photos, the broad smile on his face and the glint in his eyes assured us that completing the Whitbread — and winning against a field of world-renowned yachtsmen that included Eric Tabarly and Chay Blyth — had undoubtedly been one of the most memorable chapters of fhis kindly Mexican gentleman's life. \ "I was not nearly as experienced as most of the other skippers," explained Carlin, "but I was determined to do the race. So, on the recommendation of many friends, I went to Nautor and had them build me this boat — hull #3." "This is Canti," he said, pointing to a picture of a young man, "the guy you met up on deck. He's been with me all this time. And this is my son, Enrique. He was 18 then, and one of the watch captains." Ramon led us into the aft cabin with a chuckle, "Let me show you where I was when we rolled over." He explained that he'd been lying in his bunk during a frightful Southern Ocean storm when an enormous wave picked the boat up and laid her over, almost completely capsizing her. "The force of it broke out that window to the cockpit and when she rolled over all the bottles that had been stored in the bilge shattered. I found myself swimming in a soup of wine, tequila and salt water!" he recalled with a laugh. Luckily, no one was too badly injured aboard Sayula II, although two tethered crewmen wer6 washed overboard and retrieved. In the same area, two other sailors were lost. Back then, sailing in the Whitbread (now the Volvo Ocean Race) was a dramatically different endeavor on many levels than it is today. On the one hand, it was still a ‘gentleman’s race’, where boat’s were fitted out with comfortable accommodations — and yes, wine and tequila were among the ship’s stores. But navigation and weather information was downright prehistoric by today’s standards. Roughly following the route of the clipper ships, that first Whitbread was, at the time, by far the most ambitious ocean race ever run, and it ushered in a whole series of new long distance events. So how does Ramon use Sayula II these days? “Mostly to entertain my eight children and 19 grandkids. I like to take them sailing when¬ ever 1 can.” After 28 years of sailing together, we’re happy to report that Sayula II and Ramon Carlin are both still going strong.

coast watch The Coast Guard continues our high visibility security patrols in and around critical port facilities in the San Francisco Bay. For those of you continuing to boat through the winter season, we request your assistance in monitoring activities out on the water and around your moorings. Your local knowledge is one of the best resources we have to identify out-of-the-ordinary activity and act basically as a neighbor¬ hood watch. Your Partnering to Protect feedback has helped us out with good information in a number of cases that have been forwarded to the FBI. Please continue to report any unusual or suspicious activ¬ ity to the Coast Guard via telephone (415-399-3451), by radio, or sim¬ ply call 911. continued on outside column of next sightings page

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david dark Philosopher John Donne wrote that “persistence alone is omnipotent.” Singlehanded sailor David Clark is certainly the embodiment of that concept. As we went to press, vhe was almost into Nassau — his last stop before sailing back to Fort Lauderdale to complete his circumnavi-

SIGHTINGS oldest solo circumnavigator. Clark is 77. The quest has cost him dearly. He has lost two boats in the process, as well as his ‘first mate’ Mickey, a terrier. Clark is due into Fort Lauderdale on December 7. We’ll have more on his long road home in the next issue.

coast watch — cont’d The Captain of the Port of San Francisco has modified the security zones in the vicinity of San Francisco and Oakland International Air¬ ports. As a result, boaters must now remain 1,000 yards off the land surrounding Oakland and San Francisco Airports. This change, which actually makes the zones a bit smaller, should alleviate many of the minor problems associated with vessel traffic near the airports, but boaters are encouraged to stay well clear of the airport approaches and continued on outside column of next sightings page

A loyal owner with his loyal crew — In 1973, at 50, Ramon (left) was determined to do the in\ augural Whitbread. Pictured with him aboard * Sayula II’ is her first mate Cantinflaus, who crewed during that epic race]

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SIGHTINGS coast watch — cont’d runways whenever possible. The number of SAR cases is starting to ebb as we head from fall into winter. From mid-October to mid-November, Coast Guard Group San Francisco responded to 150 Search and Rescue cases. Forty-four per¬ cent of the cases were caused by some sort of engine failure. On a very positive note, there were only five uncorrelated maydays — or false distress calls — during the past month. This represents a significant decrease over previous months and meant much less time was spent attempting to resolve these cases, allowing us more time and effort to focus on performing our primary jobs of harbor security and search and rescue. The following are a few of the more interesting cases from the past month. October 21 — Station Rio Vista received a report of a person in the water (PIW) near Vieira s Resort on the Old Sacramento River. The vic¬ tim fell overboard from his son’s 38-ft Sea Ray when a line from a drogue wrapped around his hand and pulled him in the water. The people on the vessel tried to throw a lifering to the PIW, but the vessel was backing down and the. lifering became fouled in the props, which disabled the vessel. A gbocl Sa¬ maritan recovered the uncon¬ scious PIW and transported him to Vieira's where they began ad¬ ministering CPR. The local fire department, a land unit and a team from Station Rio Vista re¬ sponded. The Rio Vista Fire De¬ partment provided medical as¬ sistance to the patient. The Solano County Ambulance re¬ sponded and transported the vic¬ tim to Lodi Memorial Hospital where the victim was pro¬ nounced dead upon arrival. If you are deploying some¬ thing like a sea anchor or drogue, tie the line off before deploying it, and then stay clear of the line as it pays out. If the line needs to be adjusted, keep some turns on the cleat or bitt. This simple advice will prevent you from getting rope burns and possibly losing your gear, or in the worst case will prevent an ac¬ cident similar to the one just described. November 7-8 — At approxi¬ mately 5 p.m., the Coast Guard received a call from a woman re¬ porting her husband was over¬ due on a day trip from Discov¬ ery Bay to Big Break Marina. The operator of the 26-ft cabin cruiser was an elderly man with a known heart condition. After some investigation and several calls to various marinas, Station Rio Vista launched a 24-ft util¬ ity boat and a Coast Guard Aux¬ iliary vessel to search the area. A partner of ours, the Contra Costa Sheriff Helo Star One also searched the area with night vicontinued on outside col. of next sightings page

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west marine The 52 boats in early November's West Marine Caribbean 1500 had to cool their heels for four days while waiting for hur¬ ricane Michelle to clear the course from Hampton, Virginia, to Virgin Gorda in the ! British Virgins. After she did, the fleet faced a variety of conditions, from flat j calm and mirror seas to winds in the low 30s and big seas. Tucson's Steve and Linda Dashew, with their 78-ft ketch Beowulf— pictured below — smashed the elapsed time record by four hours, a record they'd established only last year. The couple completed the 1,314-mile course in 123 hours, 37 hours of which were motoring, as is allowed under the rally's rules. Apparently none of the 52 entries sailed the entire course.

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and the largest catamaran motored sub¬ stantially longer. As of press time, motor allowances and handicaps hadn't been announced, so we have no idea who might have corrected out first. Regrettably, the organizers haven't even provided the most basic information on boats entered, so we have no idea what type or size boats en¬ tered, and from where. Hopefully it will be available next month. Three of the 52 boats didn't complete the course. One of them returned to Vir¬ ginia after breaking a boom, two dropped out in Bermuda with gear problems, and Bon Secour, vessel type unknown, was abandoned 250 miles from Bermuda af¬ ter a bad encounter with a fishing net. A

sion gear. The searches covered numerous waterways and continued well into the early morning hours without any sightings. At dawn on the morning of the 8th, a Coast Guard helicopter was starting the first daylight search, when the reporting party called to say her husband was safe. He had gotten lost after he left Discovery Bay. He had enough food and water for a day. He did have a marine radio onboard but it didn’t work. He is a former commercial fisherman with many years of experience and had just purchased the boat in late October. As has often been said before in this forum, reliable communica¬ tions are an absolute must. A working VHF radio would have alleviated our significant search effort and, more importantly, prevented this gentleman's wife from going through a long night of worrying. Make sure you have a good VHF radio and a backup such as a handheld or cellphone. Too much work or money? What do you or your family think your life's worth? As the commercial says. . ."Priceless!” November 8 —At 8:30 a.m., Group San Francisco received a report of a capsized Boston Whaler with four people on top of the overturned

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SIGHTINGS coast watch — cont’d hull off Rocky Point near Stinson Beach. The helicopter involved in the previous case was diverted on its way home to respond to this inci¬ dent. Also a 47-ft Motor Lifeboat (MLB) from Station Golden Gate was launched to the scene. The ‘good sam’ who reported the incident was unable to recover the people due to the sea condi¬ tions and a strong wind. He did, however, stand by on scene and gave the exact position. When the he¬ licopter arrived, it deployed a rescue swimmer to check on the condition of the victims, as the MLB was still about five minutes away. One of the vic¬ tims was diabetic and we immediately hoisted him into the helicopter and took him to a waiting ambu¬ lance at SFO. The remaining three victims were re¬ covered safely by the MLB and taken to Sausalito. There were no marine weather advisories at the time of the incident. However, shortly before the incident, the wind had picked up considerably and was gusting to 35 knots during the rescue. These people were fortunate that there was some¬ one around who saw them. The victims also did the best thing possible in this incident as they all had PFDs on and stayed With the boat! Sail safe out there and watch out for each other. We'll continue to be there to do our best in both SAR and Port Security, but always continue to "Partner to Protect.” — capt. tim sullivan

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short sightings SOUTHAMPTON, ENGLAND — Continuing a roll Geography quiz: What do Southampton Shoal and the St. Francis YC’s begun with her October Trans-Atlantic and day’s run ‘summer clubhouse’ in the Delta have in common? They used to be one in the records, Steve Fossett’s 125-ft catamaran PlayStation same. The ‘house’ was built over pilings driven into Southampton Shoal, and its set another new record in early November — the light was lit in 1905. For the next 50-some years, various lightkeepers and their ‘Round the Island’ (of Wight) mark. Originally plan¬ families ‘lived aboard’ and tended the light. In 1960, the light was automated. The ning to have a go at the Cowes-St. Malo ‘Channel’ beautiful house — complete with its light — was carefully removed and barged to Tinsley Island. Today, the pilings make a dandy turning mark for sailboat racesi record, that attempt was scratched when the wind and a dandy hangout for seabirds — a fact your nose will rudely remind you of swung north. Then it occurred to Fossett and navi¬ gator Stan Honey that such a wind pattern would every time you’re downwind of them. be ideal for the Round the Island attempt. They took off the following day, November 9, and completed the 50-mile circuit in 2 hours, 33 minutes, and 55 seconds — more than half an hour faster than the standing record set in June of this year by the 60 ft French trimaran Dexia Eure et Loire. Interestingly, the record Dexia broke was a 1994 mark set by . . . Steve Fossett. Three of the crew from that roundabout were aboard PlayStation for the new record. Another interesting bit of trivia: the ‘original’ record for the Round the Island circuit was set in 1851 by the yacht America in the first bout of the competition that would ever after bear her name, the America’s Cup. PlayStation hit 38.8 knots going down the backside of the island in steady breeze of 25-30 knots, and only needed to gybe once and tack once. As this was written, Fossett and crew were standing by for the right weather pattern to assault the Channel record. SAN FRANCISCO BAY — When Governor Gray Davis warned Cali¬ fornians about a possible terrorist attack on major bridges last month, hundreds of people abandoned their usual terrestrial routes to work and boarded the ferries. In fact, more than hundreds. The Golden Gate cT/G.;T'y:; ferries report boarding about 1,150 more riders in the days following ISillll the bridge scare, while ridership on the Alameda/Oakland ferries went up about 400. Both were almost double the normal ridership and rep¬ resent the largest increase in riders since the BART strike of ‘97. (The other big ridership increase came after the 1989 earthquake, when the Alameda/Oakland and smaller Harbor Bay Feriy lines were created to continued on outside column of next sightings page

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crew abandoned the boat for a British naval vessel heading for Florida. One other boat was still at sea during the awards ceremony, while two arrived by dinner. A hurricane delay can really screw up a schedule. Over 600 boats have paid an average of $1,000 to do the Caribbean 1500 over the years. Generally speaking, it is a much more challenging event than the Baja HaHa on both boats and crew.

get people across the Bay while the damaged Bay Bridge was repaired. While ferry riders almost universally praise the mode of transporta¬ tion (a handful 'stayed on’ after the FBI discredited the bridge attack warnings), the entire feny system carries less than 1% of Bay Area commuters. That said, rider ship has risen by 50% in the last five years, and big hopes and plans are for a comprehensive, regionalized system that will carry many times that in the years to come. For more infor¬ mation, check out the hip and entertaining new Bay Crossings maga¬ zine (available at most ferry landings) or log onto their website at www.baycrossings.com. FLORIDA — Another personal watercraft death occurred in Florida continued on outside column of next sightings page

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SIGHTINGS shorts — cont’d in November, but this one was not due to negligent operation. On No¬ vember 15, an employee of Riva Yamaha was testing one of the speedy craft on a lake 20 miles north of Fort Lauderdale when he apparently collided with a flying duck. (No one saw the accident, but a dead duck was found in the water nearby and there were feathers on the PWC.) Leon Resnick, 31, died of a blow to his head, said the Broward County medical examiner's office. Resnick was going about 55 mph at the time of the collision. At that speed, according to an owner of the dealership for which he worked, a 10-pound duck "might as well have been a cinder block." SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco voters resoundingly approved Proposition D last month, which means that they get to decide about any project that fills more than 100 acres of Bay. This could be bad, news for the proposed airport expansion. Before the measure passed, the expansion plan would have been decided by the five-member Air¬ port Commission which, according to Sierra Club SF chapter director Michael Bornstein, “is accountable only to the mayor.” “Now they’re accountable to the people of San Francisco,” he added. Although Proposition D does not specifically name the airport ex¬ pansion, at 900 acres, it's the only proposal large enough to qualify. THE WATERY PLANET — Organizers announced in Paris in late October that the second edition of The Race — the nonstop, roundthe-world blast for unlimited boats — will take place. (There was some speculation after the completion of the first one that it might be a onetime-only event.) Interest is still high among prospective competitors. In order not to conflict with other global sailing events like the America’s Cup and Vendee Globe, the start will be in February, 2004 — and will take place every four years thereafter. The decision fits well into the bigger picture of creating an interna¬ tional ‘tour’ for the giant multihulls that participate in The Race. Plans are to integrate several events — among them the Jules Verne (fastest circumnavigation, any boat, any time), several trans-Ocean records in the Pacific and Atlantic, and the New York-to-San Francisco ‘Gold Rush’ route into a world ranking and global trophy. THE PACIFIC — Plans are afoot to create a new shorthanded Pa¬ cific race that may one day rival the most prestigious race routes in the Atlantic. Last month, Cross Ventures announced the CrossPac, a twostage race from San Francisco to Australia for monohulls from 22 to 60 feet. There would be divisions for Singlehanded and Doublehanded boats. The first CrossPac is tentatively scheduled to start on June 7, 2003, off the Golden Gate YC. Leg 1, 2,100 miles, will finish off Dia¬ mond Head. The fleet will be hosted by the Hawaii and Waikiki YCs until the start of Leg 2, a 4,400-mile trek to Pittwater, Australia (on Broken Bay just north of Sydney). The route will take the fleet through the Tasman Sea, where conditions can turn rough. Boats end up on a close reach for the final part of the race. Reported supporters so far include GGYC, the Hawaii and Waikiki YCs in Hawaii and the Royal Prince Albert YC in Sydney. Also assist¬ ing: the Singlehanded Sailing Society of San Francisco Bay and the Shorthanded Sailing Association of Australia. California.com is listed as the event’s first corporate sponsor. ‘The mailing list for potential competitors and involved yacht club personnel is already well over a hundred,” writes CrossPac Race Direc¬ tor Alan Hebert. “Interested parties are from Australia, Japan, the USA, Canada and New Zealand. Already, two Australian competitors have announced serious intentions to enter the race.” We, on the other hand, are only recently in the loop on this one. This announcement came totally out of the blue — the first we heard about it was when the press release arrived. So we’ll be as interested as you to learn more about it in the months to come. Op first impres¬ sion, it sounds like a great idea, but for an event that wants the pres¬ tige of, say, the ongoing TransAt Jacques Vabre, excluding the large and ever-growing contingent of multihull sailors and boats seems a rather egregious oversight. When we know more, we’ll fill you in too. Page 108 • teJt Vi • December, 2001

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the finish line is considered a ‘winner’. O ne of these years there will be a Since its inception in ‘94, the Ha-Ha lousy Ha-Ha, with cold and miserable has become the most popular annual sailing conditions, a fleet of malcontents, long distance sailing event that starts and hassles with the locals. But that cer¬ from the United States. The secret of tainly wasn’t the case with this year’s having attracted over 725 boats and eighth running of the event, as it was 3,000 sailors is that the Ha-Ha is usu¬ blessed with fabulous weather, the most ally more of a pleasure cruise than a consistent downwind sailing breezes to white-knuckle chal¬ date, a fun-loving lenge or enduro. The group of participants, Ha-Ha is similar to and warm Mexican two other excellent hospitality at each events, the Caribbean stop. 1500 from Virginia to “I was absolutely the British Virgins, amazed at the and thp Pacific Cup weather," said Nels from San Francisco to Torberson of Hay¬ Hawaii — except that ward, who skippered it's half to one-third his Morgan Out-Is¬ the distance in the land 41 Bronco for the second year in a row, same length of time; everyone stops to rest "as the wind and tem¬ peratures were both and socialize every much better than last couple of days; it's year. It was so warm warmer; there’s less on the last night that chance of rough There was no shortage of wild costumes my entire crew wore weather; and the fish¬ at the kickoff party. Qualcomm Carol their swimming ing is better. Because sampled the role of a geisha. suits." the Ha-Ha isn't as ar¬ For those new to sailing on the West duous, it attracts a greater percentage Coast, the Ha-Ha is the 750-mile cruis¬ of women. As a final bonus, when the ers’ rally/race from San Diego to Cabo Ha-Ha — like the Caribbean 1500 — is San Lucas, with rest and recreation stops over, the boats are at the doorstep of one along the way at Turtle Bay and Bahia of the world’s great winter cruising Santa Maria. The goals of the Ha-Ha are grounds at the beginning of the cruising safe sailing, making lots of cruising and season. Mexican friends — and escaping winter. The number of paid entries in the HaAlthough everyone is encouraged to sail Ha was down slightly this year from 139 as much as they can, motoring isn't to 132, and the starters down from 114 frowned upon, and everyone who crosses to 106. These are still huge numbers for a long sailing event, and to our knowl¬ With the majority of boats flying spinnakers, edge are Surpassed only by the Atlantic every start was colorful and dramatic. Here, the Rally for Cruisers — the grandaddy of fleet pulls away from Bahia Santa Maria.

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horns, but there were a few. On the other hand, there was at least one instance of 9/11 compelling a couple to proceed with plans to buy a boat, do the Ha-Ha, and cruise the Pacific. David Hare, former skipper of the Swan 651 White Knight, explains: “I was camping on Mt. Shasta on Sep¬ tember 11, and that night got a message on my voicemail from Dr. David Griffin, an orthopedic surgeon, and his wife, Gerianne, an emergency trauma specialist at UCLA. They told me that after work¬ ing nearly around the clock for 13 years, they were ready to go cruising and wanted to start with the Ha-Ha. We located a suitable boat just 10 days be¬ fore the start — at which point I had to haul her for a survey and bottom job, install 12 lin-

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Dancer the night before the start. It didn’t hurt that he was familiar with the boat, having already sailed her from Mexico to the Marquesas with her previous owner. As it turned out, the couple — who are relatively new to sailing — had a great Ha-Ha and plan to continue with Hare to the Galapagos, Easter Island, and across the §outh Pacific, doing some volunteer medical work along the way.

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Boats And Crews The Ha-Ha featured just about every size and type boat that can be imagined. In the monohull class, boats ranged from Ron Corbin’s ultralight Olson 30 Still Crazy, to Stephen and Lois Streib’s sumptuous Forbes-Cooper 62 Palahna Rosa. The average size monohull was 43 feet. Dec, 2001 • LaMmU 38 • Page 111

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Conditions on this year's run to the Cape were so mellow that Katarina and Teresa spent a lot of time just hangin' out aboard Profligate'. with more than half the fleet in the 34 to 47 foot range. About half were fin keel racer/cruisers, while the other half tended to have longer keels and be de¬ signed more for cruising comfort. There were a surprising number of sisterships: three CT-41s, two Morgan Out-Island 41s, two Tayana 37s, two Island Packet 45s, two Stevens 47s, two Santa Cruz 52s, and two Tayana 48s. The 10-boat multihull fleet was the largest ever, both in number and aver¬ age size — 44 feet. Eight of them were of recent vintage. This year’s motoryacht contingent was also the biggest, with six boats averaging 48 feet in length. Although the photos that accompany this article tend to feature the younger and more active members of the fleet, As in years past, the tireless staff of Cabrillo Isle Marina cooked up a storm at the kickoff party — which was sponsored by West Marine.

the majority of the 420 participants were between 40 and 65. At the extremes were Libby haul's four-months-left-in-thewomb baby aboard the Roberts Offshore 44 Silkie C, and 87-year-old Col. T.I. Martin aboard Joe Brandt and Jacque Martin's Centurion 47 Mama Lynn. There were about a dozen youngsters under the age of 15, most of them girls. We'd estimate .that at least 33% of the participants were women, some of them starting extended cruises with their hus¬ bands or boyfriends, and some of them single. If you’re a single woman who en¬ joys the attention of men, you can’t imag¬ ine how sweet life can be until you sail in a male-dominated Ha-Ha. “We don’t have men in Portland like the kind I met on the Ha-Ha,” said Teresa, a single woman in her 40s who sailed with us aboard Profligate. She, like most of the other single women, got plenty of attention — and even received several offers to join boats on longer cruises. The most surprising niche group were Asian women. There were about five or six — which was five or six times the number of Asian men. Kick-Off Party The first event in every Ha-Ha is the West Marine-sponsored Halloween Cos¬ tume and Kick-Off Party at the Cabrillo Isle Marina in San Diego. In a way, it's a counterproductive festivity because it means that almost everybody is in cos¬ tume the first time they meet. So when they meet again in Turtle Bay, nobody can recognize one another. But that's the offbeat spirit of the Ha-Ha for you. Nonetheless, there were some great outfits, including a fighter pilot, flasher, cereal killer, 'fowl' weather' lady, and ag¬ ing hippies. The most authentic-looking costumes were the San Diego Harbor Po¬ lice uniforms worn by David Garrity and Chuck Marks —- who turned out to be authentic Harbor Policemen on duty. After handcuffing Harbormaster Tim Leathers on general principles, they had a great time, and sealed what already were ex¬ cellent relations be¬ tween the Harbor Po¬ lice and the Ha-Ha. In addition to receiving a tote bag stuffed with shirts, a hat, a burgee, a navi¬ gator's beverage cooler, a program and other Ha-Ha memora¬ bilia, entries enjoyed a burrito lunch pre¬

Above: As always, gear breakage began shortI after the start. A replacement for this goosenec, was fabricated at Turtle Bay. Spread: Lookin good on the inaugural leg of a 10-year cruise Mystic' hails from Longbranch, WA. Right: De spite this wrap at the San Diego start, the 3. master! 'Millennium Falcon' won her class.

pared by the staff of the Cabrillo Isle Marina. Naturally, there was plenty of free beer and other beverages to help wash it down. The low-key nature of the parking lot event further established the casual atmosphere of the Ha-Ha. Despite the fact that it was less than two days to the start, there were still skippers working the party for crew, and crew working the party for crew posi¬ tions. A number of them succeeded. Jill Karras, for example, snagged a ride aboard a multihull that was one of the fastest and most comfortable rides in the fleet. It helps to be a woman when want¬ ing to crew. Lots of guys, however, got last minute berths, too. Leg One Talk about fortuitous timing, the HaHa started off of Coronado Roads the morning of October 3 under warm sun¬ shine — and only hours before the first rain of the season was supposed to move in. A couple of Ha-Ha vets, Jan Twardowski's Deerfoot 62 Raven and Michael Ganahl's Custom 60 schooner Millennium Falcon, were broad-reaching in seven to 10 knots of wind at the fa¬ vored committee boat end of the line when the 'gun' went off, and were quickly followed by scores of other boats. This

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was the most tightly-bunched Ha-Ha start ever, with 90% of the fleet over the line within 15 minutes of the gun. From the beginning, there were the kind of teething problems that are to be expected with new crew and new gear. Millennium Falcon and numerous others, for example, had trouble deploying their spinnakers. But the worst mishap befell Terry Linderoth's beautiful dark-hulled Jeanneau 52 Crazy Horse. "We jibed hard at the start, but the port sheet fouled the new Honda outboard and BBQ. It lifted them up and dropped them into the ocean! We also tore the chute." We're not sure who created Crazy Horse's chute, but it has an Indian motif and is one of the most beautiful that we've ever seen. Before noon, the wind had increased to 10 to 12 knots over pancake seas, pro¬ viding gentle conditions for close reach¬ ing toward the border. It also provided fine conditions for Ha-Ha vet Tom Lyon to snap action portraits of most of the boats. By the time the skippers got to Cabo, most had large aerial prints and a digital photo file of their boat available for purchase for just $40. As always, 100% of the profits were donated to the orphanage in La Paz. When heading south from San Diego,

the big decision is whether to head off¬ shore in search of more wind or sail the shorter rhumbline course. Several of the faster boats — such as the Perry 52 cata¬ maran Little Wing and the N/M 56 Leaijet — sailed between the Coronado Islands battling to get offshore. They were re¬ warded with wind in the mid to high teens for most of the night, and had even brief periods of stronger stuff. "While everyone else was inside din¬ ing on crab stuffed salmon," said Little Wing owner John Haste, "Matt Biyant of the San Deigo UK loft did 19.5 knots dur¬ ing a 25-knot gust." Learjet recorded a high of 14.5 knots early on before her electronics crapped out. Cats are better suited to high bursts, of speed in stronger winds, while monohulls are better at sustaining a good pace while sailing deep in mod¬ erate winds. Reliable sources on boats that sailed well inside the rhumbline reported moderately strong winds there also. We took Profli¬ gate more or less down the rhumbline where, oddly enough, we rarely saw any¬

thing over 15 knots. But more importantly, the wind never dropped below 10 knots, meaning the entire fleet had enough breeze to continue sailing south at a decent speed. Given northern Baja's frequent zephyrs late at night and early in the morn¬ ing, this isn't al¬ ways the case. One of the characteristics of the Ha-Ha that participants enjoy most is its flex¬ ibility intended to fit the desires of as many participants as possible. So when a few boats advised the Poobah that they pre¬ ferred to start the rally from the 90day Yacht Club in Ensenada, he had no problem with it. (Thanks to the HaHa's ultrasophisticated handicapping system, such abnormalities can easily be factored into the results.) Similarly, when the crews of the Santa Cruz 52s Saperlipopette and Kiapa found them¬ selves on a jibe angle taking them right toward Guadaloupe Island — which is some 150 miles offshore — it wasn't a problem that they decided to continue on to the island and anchor in its old volcano crater for the night. "Since we wouldn't be coming this way again soon, Crew List Party recruits Jean (left) and Cherie earned high scores in the 'spirit' department— they made new friends in every port.

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we figured that we’d rather spend one night at Guadaloupe Island and two nights at Turtle Bay rather than all three nights at Turtle Bay," explained Gilles Concordel of Sciperlipopette. How could the Poobah deny such a reasonable cruiser request? Page 114* iMTUJzIft • December, 2001

The first leg of a Ha-Ha is generally characterized by coolish temperatures during the day and cold temperatures at night. But this year it was warm dur¬ ing the days and only slightly cool at night. Then at 9:30 on the second night. Profligate's onboard astrologer an¬

nounced that the moon had just become full. Far from the ambient light of civili¬ zation, it shone on the water like a bril¬ liant spotlight. "The moonrise on the second night was the best I've ever seen," said Emok Cha of Circe II, a pathologist at UCSF.

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■ She was enjoying the fact that the HaHa had almost immediately become a terrific nature trip. Earlier in the day Emok had seen four humpback whales and the spoutings of others. A couple of days later, she would be savoring the common sight of dolphins and seals lan¬

guorously swimming among the an¬ chored boats in Turtle Bay. And that would only be the beginning. Despite the fine weather, there were some problems among the 100+ boat fleet on the first leg. Dave Dalton and Susan Faerber's Valiant 40 Aristos had

to pull into Ensenada to tend to a goose¬ neck problem. Vern Verling and Cheiyl Lawson of the San Francisco-based Is¬ lander 36 Dream Catcher were thrown way behind schedule with a rudder shaft problem that resulted in water briefly flooding over the floorboards. Some probDecember, 2001 •

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Mayor Benito gave the fleet a warm welcome to Turtle Bay, and was grateful to receive do¬ nated medical supplies and clothing. lems were of a less serious nature. The stove on Naftuli Furman's Nor'Sea 27 Neverland proved unusable at sea, so if they wanted a hot meal, they had no choice but to prepare it on the BBQ. Scrambled eggs anyone? Numerous boats continued to have spinnaker problems on the first leg. We're ashamed to admit Profligate was among them. Only hours into the first leg, the spinnaker halyard severed, allowing our new asymmetrical chute to tumble into the sea and be run over. It was retrieved, only to be wrapped for 20 minutes that night, and be rebaptized again the next morning. Miraculously, it survived in¬ tact. It wasn't just gear that was damaged, however. Mary Lou Oliver of the Ericson 38 Cappucino was thrown across the cabin and landed on her ribs, breaking three of them. Despite the extremely painful injury, Mary Lou wrapped her ribs in duct tape and soldiered on. Many The shore break at Turtle Bay was merciful this year. In fact, there wasn't a single world-class dinghy dumping.

others sailors suffered from assorted minor bruises and rope burns, and a few succumbed to mal de mer. You've probably heard that it's much harder to go overboard from a multihull than a monohull. Nonetheless, the two near 'overboards' happened on multihulls. First, Blair Grinds of the 46ft cat Capricorn Cat was wrestling with a spinnaker sock on the bow when a gust of wind blew the sock — with him hang¬ ing onto it — around the front of the headstay. Fortunately, he has an iron grip for a senior citizen. Then one of the crew aboard Jeff Nelson's Cross 37 trimaran Moon Me was in the dinghy on the back of the boat cleaning a fish when the dinghy — with him in it — went over¬ board! He apparently rhade it back aboard without even getting wet. Speaking of fishing, this year's first leg was the most bountiful ever. Some of the most successful were Duey and Nan Englehardt s Catalina 400 The Great Escape, which pulled in 19 fish, the larg¬ est being 25 pounds. Earl Ford’s Catalina 34 Minor Threat landed seven, the larg¬ est being 20 pounds. Adam Sadeg’s Mor¬ gan 38 Blarney3 landed a number of fish, including a 29-pounder. The Farr 58 Blacksliver got three, one of them 35 pounds. There were many more. The leading boats saw the sun rise over the Turtle Bay finish line oh the sec¬ ond morning, meaning that they'd al¬ ready covered nearly 40% of the Ha-Ha course. It also meant they could pretty much count on having left all the cool weather behind. The 52-foot Little Wing — which flies bigger masthead chutes than do Santa Cruz 70s — was first to finish, having covered the course in 43.5 hours, an average of 8.3 knots. If you count the additional 79 miles she sailed heating the boat up to create more ap¬ parent wind, she averaged almost 9.9 knots. Glenn Andert and Chris Vandever’s Leaijet finished 45 minutes

later, and was followed only five minutes later by doublehanders Blair and Joan Grinds aboard Capricorn Cat. As is his style, Blair had the autopilot drive the boat straight down the rhumbline un¬ der spinnaker alone. These boats were followed by Jan and Signe Twardowski's Deerfoot 62 Raven, which turned in the most improved per¬ formance over the year before, and Dave Sallow's Andrews 56 Charisma, which sometimes sailed under just main alone because the Ha-Ha is a rally not a race. But the performance surprise was Clark Hamm’s comparatively small Beneteau First 42 Champagne. Having found good wind and having been well sailed by owner Hamm and two crew — which in¬ cluded the boat's previous owner and four-time Ha-Ha vet Hall Palmer — they finished less than two hours behind Little Wing. With the exception of Capricorn Cat, which motored briefly at the veiy end, all of the above boats and 21 others sailed the entire first leg. Another half dozen motored only briefly. Perhaps the most tenacious performance was turned in by Ted and Carol Vander Wiede's Allied-Seawind 32 ketch Flicka, the only boat in the slowest of the 13 divisions to

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Perched at the edge of a seemingly endless beach, Ha-Ha'ers enjoyed the hospitality of the townspeople at the lobster feed. sail all the way. They hung in there for 61 hours, averaging 5.9 knots. The typi¬ cal 43 footer, the average size monohull in the Ha-Ha, finished the course in 56 hours for an 6.4 knot average. For the smaller and slower boats with less experienced and less aggressive crews, the first leg was a long one. Even with lots of motoring, some of them took three full days to reach Turtle Bay. When such boats were crewed by just two people, they arrived fatigued. Neverland avoided this result by anchoring at Cedros Island to catch some rest. But Naftulia was having a good time and lov¬ ing his boat, which is all that counted. And there hadn't been any bad weather. Turtle Bay The 2,000 residents of Turtle Bay love the Ha-Ha, as the arrival of more than 400 guests immediately following Hal¬ loween and the Day of the Dead makes it perhaps their biggest event of the town's year. The kids enjoy the treats some cruisers pass out, and love earn¬ ing a few pesos for doing things such as 'guarding' the dinghies tied to the pier

and hauling trash ashore. Most of all, they enjoy seeing all the new faces. Some even started sharing their Halloween bounty with cruisers. Residents with businesses or skills see an unprec¬ edented surge in business with the ar¬ rival of the Ha-Ha fleet, but they also like seeing the new faces. Relations between the Ha-Ha fleet and the people of Turtle Bay are muy bueno. These good relations start at the top with Mayor Benito Emeterio, who is also a county supervisor' for central Baja. Friendly and fluent in English, Benito rolled out the dusty red carpet by asking if any cruisers needed rides around his small town. Later he created some copies of a rough map that identified the' loca¬ tion of the town's various businesses. The cruising fleet reciprocated by pre¬ senting him with many bags of clothes and sev¬ eral boxes of antibiotics and other ynedical sup¬ plies. Nestled in gorgeous natural surroundings

between the vast Pacific Ocean and the Baja desert, Turtle Bay is a real Mexi¬ can town with virtually no tourism — which is not to say they wouldn't mind some. Mayor Benito explained that the heart of the local economy is the four lobster cooperatives that export 150 tons of 'bugs' to the United States each year. They were also Suffering from the ter¬ rorist attacks on the U.S., because it had become harder for their trucks to cross the border. Nonetheless, Benito told us the last year or two has been more pros¬ perous for the little town. There was evi¬ dence of this in several tiny new busi¬ nesses along the town's main dirt road. Ha-Ha central in Turtle Bay is the Vera Cruz Restaurant at the top of the hill, where for several nights early arriv¬ als gathered to enjoy Mexican food, cerueza, tequila, and music made by Banjo Andy and other musicians in the Ha-Ha fleet. Event vets were saddened to learn that Javier, the restaurant's owner, lay seriously ill at an Ensenada hospital. But his extended family did a good job of pinch-hitting. Like always, it took the overwhelmed staff an hour or two to fulfill most dinner orders. This mildly frustrated a couple of cruisers who hadn't realized they were in Mexico, not at Taco Bell. The Turtle Bay stop wasn't all rest and play for Ha-Ha crews, as many of them had work that needed to be done on their boats. The morning VHF Ha-Ha net came alive for the better part of an hour with folks asking for help with engines, gen¬ erators, watermakers, electronic equip¬ ment, sat phones, tom sails, dinghy en¬ gines and scores of other things. And most were offered assistance, which helped create a sense of community. The folks on the TransPac 49 Linda Lea, for example, reported that David, Merry and "Hand me that cleaver and stand back!" With a mountain of lobster to cook for the hungry fleet, many sailors were happy to tend a hand.

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wait. Even so, they only got small pieces because the Poobah wanted to make sure that everybody got at least some. With so many people standing in line waiting for free lobster, the beach party wasn't as spirited as in previous years. In the end, it was a case of the early birds not getting the biggest worms. For by the time darkness had fallen and most folks had returned to their boats, the lobster really started flying off the grill. It almost had to be forced on the people still left on the beach. Some of those who got very little lobster nonetheless made very generous donations — some $20 or more — and didn’t complain much. The Poobah sincerely apologizes to anyone who didn't get their fair share, we did the best we could under the circum¬ stances. Mayor Benito, however, thought it was a huge success, and is already planning a grand Lobster Festival for the arrival of next year's Ha-Ha fleet. We re trying to decide if this would be a good thing. The surf during the beach party was unusually small, so nobody got dumped from their dinghy or rolled over. This was a first. As a result, those who played vol-

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BAJA HA-HA VIII leyball, hiked the cliffs, ran on the beach, shared sushi, and otherwise socialized, did so in mostly dry clothing. Turtle Bay To Bahia Santa Maria It was warm and calm for the morning start of the 240mile second leg to Bahia Santa Maria, just as it had been last year. So once again the Poobah gave dispensa¬ tion to any boat — which in¬ cluded just aboyt all of them — that wanted to head out to sea in search of more wind. After just a few miles of heading offshore, everybody found enough breeze to set their chutes, and the fleet set off in a scatter of brightly-colored spinnakers. Being so far from civilization and any other signs of man, it was quite a spectacle. The wind continued to build to 15 to 17 knots from aft. during the day, once again ideal for the fleet to move on down the coast. When a boat has sailed all the way down from Vancouver and has been in some rough weather, you'd have to as-

the quadrant snapping, jAfter getting the emergency tiller installed, they limped back to Turtle Bay for the night. They eventually left Turtle Bay 23 hours late, which made for long second and third legs. Once again the wind held up through the night and into the morning at a minimum of 10 knots, which allowed the first finishers — Little Wing and Learjet again — to cross the line off Bahia Santa Maria after just 26 hours, an average speed of about 9 knots. The wind continued to hold most of the day, allowing typical 43-footers in the fleet to finish in about 36 hours on a 6.6 knot average. These folks got a good night's rest before the next day's bluff party. There were, however, some boats that didn't finish for 48 hours, which meant they arrived fatigued for the layday fun. For folks accustomed to daysailing, the strain was beginning to tell. John and Susan Pazera of the Tayana 42 Cam¬ pania, for example, had really enjoyed

'Covering' an abundance of top hits from The Doors to Santana, this La Paz-based band ripped up the air waves at Kojak's beach party. sume that she'd had all the major bugs sorted out. But that wasn't the case with Brent Peterson's Baba 40 Loncia. While motoring out to the second start, the engine overheated, so they returned to Turtle Bay to go over the cooling system and install a new thermostat. By the time they got going again, the wind was strong enough so they wanted to reef. As Jill turned the boat into the wind, she heard a loud Pow! It was the steering cables to

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Silhouetted against the rising sun, the fleet driffs south under light air shortly after the start of Leg Three. ; , the long first leg. "We got to sail our boat more than ever before," said Susan, "and she sailed wonderfully." Added John, 'We had the sails up for 52 continuous hours, the longest time ever." But after the sec¬ ond leg, the couples' enthusiasm had given way to fatigue. While their two crew went ashore for the afternoon party on the bluff, John and Susan paid $5 to a panga fisherman for two "huge" lobster

and to have their trash taken ashore. They recuperated by eating lobster and drinking white wine in their cockpit, and never made it to shore at all. Because the rhumbline on the second leg takes the fleet over some sea mounds, the fishing was even better than on the first leg. The Blarney3 crew caught the biggest fish of all, a 67-inch long wahoo. Bahia Santa Maria Because of its raw and powerful natu¬ ral beauty, Bahia Santa Maria is always

the Ha-Ha fleet's favorite spot. The twomile by seven-mile bay is backed by 2,800-foot Mt. Hughes, which is perfect for not-too-strenuous one-hour ascents. From one of several summits, there are fantastic views in all directions, includ¬ ing southeast across Mag Bay. It's an¬ other superlative Ha-Ha nature experi¬ ence. For those who surf — which in¬ cluded Richard Bernard and Surf Queen Angelina of Richard's Valiant 42 SuifRide — the world-class break at the point was pumping out some fun little waves. For. many years, the only traces of hu¬ man existence at Bahia Santa Maria were at the small surf camp on the point — whose owners always took great pains to make it blend in with the environment — and two dozen panga fishermen who lived in shacks along the mangroves. This year there was something new — and not very attractive. An outfit called Baja Adventures had used some heavy equipment to clear a space on the bluff above the fish camp, and built a small number of wood structures on cement foundations that are completely out of character with the area. Worse still, the builders and caretakers seemed uncon•f

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— BAJA HA-HA VIII cerned about the scores of plastic bags they had allowed to blow along the hill¬ side, spoiling this otherwise pristine en¬ vironment. Would it be wrong if we hope that the next hurricane washes these illconceived structures off the hillside so they can be replaced with less intrusive tents? For three years in a row, Kojak, an entrepreneur from 150-mile distant La Paz, has shown up to meet the Ha-Ha fleet with enough food, beverages, and staff to serve 500 lobster and fish din¬ ners. Despite the fact that Bahia Santa Maria is a long way from anywhere, he also manages to bring along a terrific rock & roll band that knows all the clas¬ sic American hits. In the past, Kojak had set up shop on the huge beach on the south side of the mangroves, but with it having been ravaged by recent hurricane Juliette, he utilized the new buildings on the bluff. As unsightly as the structures are, they offer a spectacular view of the endless beach, the anchored fleet, and the islands in the distance. From mid-afternoon until dark, cruis¬ ers streamed ashore in dinghies or pangas to enjoy the view, the food, the

Sailing sisters Alice and Lucie of Saperiipopette' show off the bounty of giant sand dol¬ lars they found on Santa Maria's beach. music, the dancing, and each other's company. By now many of them had become friends and had lots to talk about. From time to time, some of them would slip away to hike the hills, dinghy through the mangroves, and pick sand dollars from the beach. Some of the younger ones started a touch football game on the beach, a game that deterio¬ rated into good-natured coed rugby in

the surf. It was a wonderful and mellow bluff party at a most unlikely and remote site. Unless you were there, it's impos¬ sible to appreciate how surreal it was. For by noon on the next day, virtually all the boats and people had disappeared again for another year. It's at Bahia Santa Maria that the fleet begins to lose a little of its cohesiveness. Some of the folks are so taken with the bay or are so tired that they decide to linger for a day or two. Others, hungry for civilization, such as it exists in Cabo San Lucas, departed the night before the official start. It's the same eveiy year, and it's no big deal. But if anyone thought leaving for Cabo early was going to give them a better chance at a berth at Cabo Isle Marina, they were wrong. The ma¬ rina assigned all their berths in the or¬ der in which boats had signed up for the Ha-Ha, and the assistant Poobah an¬ nounced them over the Ha-Ha net. It was a system that worked out much better than anything tried in previous years. Bahia Santa Maria To Cabo San Lucas The final 175-mile leg to Cabo San

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ESCAPE TO THE CAPE Lucas was a sensualist's delight. In order for the smaller boats not to have to spend two nights at sea, the start was at 0600, about half an hour before the sun rose. It wasn't hard to get up, however, as it was warm out, the scenery was so beautiful, and it was only 175 miles to the bright lights and du¬ bious attractions of Cabo. It was a spinnaker start in light air, with the fleet of nearly 100 sil¬ houetted against the rising sun. Some boats chose to sail offshore, others right down the beach of the dramatic islands that guard the entrance to Mag Bay. It was hot, the sea was flat and blue, and the fish were biting. On each morning of the Ha-Ha, there had been a weather report — via the Qualcomm sat phone and Globalstar system — from Chris at Commanders weather. The forecast for the last leg was the same as it had been for the entire Ha-Ha: 10 to 15 knots of wind from the northwest, with a slightly increased west¬ erly component later in the afternoon. By late in the afternoon, the wind was up to 10 to 12 knots, and the fleet en-

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need a sweater, you didn’t even need shorts or a T-shirt. It was the sail naked kind of weather that Northern American sailors can only dream about. "I’ve been sailing for 19 years," said Ted Wall of Circe II, “and the last leg was the nicest long sail I’ve had in my entire life." "The sailing was too good to come in," said Ron Corbin, "so I decided to spend an extra day out there." For some skippers, the fishing was good on the last leg. Linda Lea Stephen's TransPac 49 Linda Lea hooked a 36,000-pounder — Mike and Karen Cregan's Pearson 424 Priceless, which had a line fouled in the prop and needed a tow. For other skippers, the fishing was painful. Jessie Haas of the CT-41 Taka landed a nice fish, but in the process of attempting to remove the hook, punched the hook through both his thumb and forefinger! His partner Anne Lowell is ap¬ parently a little squeamish around fish, so she had to be coaxed into coming to the rescue.. Rae Lynn, crew aboard the Pacific

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BAJA HA-HA VIII Seacraft 34 Wassail, reports that they fished industriously the entire trip, but didn't catch a thing. But on the last leg, they were treated to the sight of 500 dol¬ phins leaping across their path. "I'd never seen anything like it," she said. Rae fig¬ ures it was their good karma for having not been successful in killing any fish. Cabo San Lucas For having been whacked by a 100knot hurricane for three days just a month earlier, Cabo was up and running and didn't look that bad at all. The big¬ gest changes were natural. Half of Lover's Beach had been swept away, much of the main beach and the businesses that had been on it had disappeared, and now there was a peninsula sticking out into the bay at the base of the old arroyo. But it wasn’t too bad. For many of the Ha-Ha fleet, passing the old lighthouse at Cabo Falso and then rounding the dramatic Friars be¬ fore heading into Bahia Cabo San Lucas was a time of major personal accomplish¬ ment and triumph — as well as relief. "We made it!" was the delighted chorus from many boats. For those with more

Having sailed roughly 800 miles, some folks are so elated when they arrive at Cabo, that they feel as though they can walk on water. offshore and Mexican experience, it had been a pleasure cruise. The slowest boats took 38 hours to finish the 175-mile final leg, while the quickest — once again Little Wing and Leaijet— did it in just over 24 hours. Thanks to terrorist-induced fears of

travelling and the relentless efforts of Enrique Fernandez and Tim Scharff at Cabo Isle Marina, a record 40 Ha-Ha boats were almost immediately able to be accommodated in the marina. The rest of the boats had to anchor out — just as everybody used to have to do be¬ fore the marina was built. Thanks to the settled weather, in many respects it was much nicer out on the hook than in the marina. When anchored out, for ex¬ ample, you could start each day by jump¬ ing overboard into clear blue 82° water. The last two events of the Ha-Ha were the beach party and the awards cer¬ emony. Usually the beach party is held at Juancho's Reef, but it got washed away in the hurricane. So Billigans, where they offered special Ha-Ha deals on food and drinks, became the new site. The party went on full force from noon until after sundown, as by now every¬ one had scores of tales to tell. Lots of beer and margaritas were consumed, but it was a well-behaved group. As always, the awards ceremony was held in the parking lot of the marina. Everyone got at least a prize for third in their division, and there were plenty of

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ESCAPE TO THE CAPE Regalo; Michael Ganahl and Leslie Hardy of the Custom 60 schooner Millennium Fal¬ con; Dave Gilman and Tint Rhine of the F-31 Prime Di¬ rective; Paul and Karen Bieiy of the Catana 431 cat New Focus; John Haste of the Perry 52 Little Wing; and the Rally Committee aboard the Surfin' 63 Projligate. Zonda and Cassiopeia both sailed all the way without using a spnnaker or genniker.

joke awards such as the ’Master Baiter' for the top fisherman. In addition, the skippers of 26 boats were singled out for hav¬ ing been soul sailors who sailed the entire way. They were: John Riley and Larry Weinhoff of the Ericson 28 Syn-ergyzer, Earl Ford of the Catalina 34 Minor Threat; Jeff Rothermel and Naomi Neville of the Aerodyne 38 Wilderness; Donald and Mary Lou Oliver of the Ericson 38 Cappucino; Joe Scirica of the Oceanis 40 Music; Gene and Louise Brown of the Islander Peterson, 40 Mys¬ tic; Nels Torberson of the Morgan OutIsland 41 Bronco; Grey Nuyens of the Bavaria 42 Zonda; Richard Bernard of the Valiant 42 Surf Ride; Ray and Rich Mullinax of the Oceanis 44 Still Search¬ ing; Ruck and Linde Goldreyer of the Oceanic 43 Siren's Song; Michael Wagner of the Beneteau 45f5 Tenacious; Tom Dameron aboard the Hunter 50 Fast Reorrg; Ray and Greg Fish of the Starratt

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2001 — THE YEAR

Showing the boys how it's done — Alexis Steiner (and dad Roy) of Aquavit.'

Do Russian sailors do anything the easy way? These intrepid circumnavigators were frozen in, then dismasted before arriving in the Bay.

Oh, the hilarity! Sailboats aren't the only 'airships' that can get into trouble.

Former lumberjack Bernard Stamm and three crew had a wild ride to a new monohull trans-Atlantic record: 8 days, 20 hours, 55 minutes. It took them slightly longer to dry out.

January — Our inaugural issue of 2001 featured coverage of two inaugural events: The Race — the nonstop, round-the-world

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Ken and Cathy of Felicity 'are heading south with the Pacific Puddle Jump.

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Sometimes it's not easy finding the right balance between work and sailing. Above, the winged horse was the first to the Barn Door this year.

Blue tarp special El Raton' limps home after losing her mast in the Coastal Cup.

Hangin' 40 — Stan Honey and Sally Lindsay's Cal 40 'Illusion' surfs home from the Liqhtshh

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IN REVIEW

The cats at the Worrell 1000 didn't all land on their feet.

It looks bad, but ‘NeosoT survived this grounding near Banderas Bay.

This Plastic Classic 'official' makes a couple of excellent points on how to attract more entries to local races.

another boat, as Monk Henry's Passage West hit an underwater object and sank. . . August started out with the introduction of

relegated the 41 st TransPae into its proper place in history. Phillippe Kahn’s R/P 74 Pegasus took the Barn Door {fastest elapsed time) — robbing Roy Disney's Pyewaeket of a ’three-peat' — while Seth Radow's new Sydney 40 Bull corrected out overall. Closer to home, the classic Silver Eagle race experienced a welcome resurgence — and so does spinnaker art. /

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Getting 'locked up' is a good thing on Canada's TrentSevern Waterway. ,

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PlayStation' blasted into the record books in October with an incredible 4-day, 17-hour run across the Atlantic.

Doug Chew surveys T-bone damage that sunk his 'Challenger' during a Fri¬ day Night race. The Merit 25, raised the next day, lived to sail again.

Snow in August — San Diego's Chris Snow topped a 29-boat fleet to win the Audi J/24 Nationals.

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IN REVIEW

Many boats have been ‘showing the colors' in the wake of 9/11.

The new harbor shuttle in Marina del Rey.

Steve Salmon eases a new engine into 'An¬ other Horizon' in Mexico — and lives to laugh about it.

The Gold Rush ship 'General Harrison' bared her bones under City streets in September.

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GREAT PUMPKIN REGATTA

If there were an award for 'most fun regatta' of the year, we think last month's Great Pumpkin Regatta would certainly be nominated for the short list, if notwin the honor outright. Richmond YC put on a smashing Pumpkin this year, packing the house on October 27-28 with about 1,000 sailors on nearly 150 boats. Ev¬ erything about the weekend was low-key and fun, just the way this end-of-theseason celebration was meant to be. "I thought it was one of the best Great Pumpkins in recent memory," claimed Gary Clifford, who founded the event "about 19 years ago." The winning formula involyed three buoy races on Saturday, followed by a just-for-grins 12.5-mile pursuit race and pumpkin hunt on Sunday (either way around Angel Island and Alcatraz, with prizes for rescuing pumpkins out of the Bay). More than most regattas, this is an 'event' — complete with two bands at the Saturday night dinner/dance party, a flea market (several thousand dollars were raised for the RYC Founda¬ tion), John Dukat’s traditional Donald Crowhurst Memorial Trivia Quiz, cool Tshirts, gin fizz carts on the docks on Sunday morning, and much more. This year's Great Pumpkin theme was 'You Can Leave Your Hat On", a tribute to Randy Newman's blues song (popu¬ larized by Joe Cocker), as well as a goodnatured jab at the St. Francis YC's re¬ cent anti-hat law. The clever theme — fueled by the proximity of Halloween, the full moon, and free beer — inspired more merriment and participation than usual. "Everyone can relate to hats," claimed Mark Thomas, who c.ame up with the concept (and also enjoyed sailing his CM 1200 Raven to 85th place in the pursuit race).

The racing was every bit as good as the partying, with 21 classes getting in three races on Saturday on three differ¬ ent courses (Fred Paxton, Eric Arens and Kers Clausen were the PROs). This was the first year that really big boats at¬ tended the Pumpkin, necessitating a deep water' course to accommodate the Farr 40s, J/120s, Beneteau 40.7s, and a mixed bag of custom Wylie 39s. Most clubs would have a hard time running one race circle these days, let alone three — which is a tribute to the depth and ability of RYC's volunteer race commit¬ tee. "Over 50 people worked hard behind the scenes to make the weekend a suc¬ cess, both on land and water," mentioned Page 132* UtMMU • December, 2001

H Scenes from the Pumpkin Patch, clockwise from top — Anne Thomas ('Raven'); J/105s at the offset ima hanging out on 'Jarien'; Express 27s three-deep at the leeward mark; and Gary Albright ('Talisman i nana') and David Demarest appear to have spotted the Great Pumpkin. All photos latitude/rob & Chris.

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'Flashgirl' on the breeze; Eric Menzel and the crew of his Wabbit 'Hare Krishna' cracked the crowd up with their orange outfits and tamborines; Dave McMurtry ('Elan') concentrates on kite trim; the winning Beneteau 40.7 'White Dove', staffed for the weekend by the Easom Marine all-stars.

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Clockwise from above, the 'Gruntled' gang was feeling no pain; overlapped at, the finish of Sunday's Great Pumpkin Pursuit Race; 'Expeditious' in the slingshot posi¬ tion; the new Farr 40 'Non Sequitur'; and Cascade' chases 'Vigilance'.

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The 'Nemesis' gang looked splendid in their matching green hats; the new yellow Wylie 39 Cut Time'; Marlaina, Marion and Chris left their hats on; the J/30s ‘Break Away' and ‘Vent Vitesse'; another great hat — a beer head'; dueling wishbone-rigged WylieCat 39s, with 'Lilith' heaping bad air on 'Enfinity'.

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GREAT PUMPKIN REGATTA Arens. Sunday's race, which was also open to PHRF boats, was scheduled to start at noon, but was postponed until the westerly filled in. Like Saturday, it was a grayish, threatening day — but at least the forecasted rain held off until that evening. Most of the 114 starters elected to sail clockwise around the islands, which proved to be the winning strategy on Steve and Anne Lewis's venerable S&S 33 Spirit. The majority of the fleet finished within the space of about 15 minutes, many of them overlapped —a colorful sight for the competitors and, no doubt, a nightmare for the race committee. In keeping with the emphasis on fun, tro¬ phies for the Great Pumpkin Pursuit Race were awarded to the top five finish¬ ers, as well as the 12th, 15th, 26th and last two finishers.

e ll let the pictures and the re¬ sults tell the rest of the story. Suffice it to say that the Pumpkin was a big suc¬ cess this year — and we're not sure how the Richmond YC can top it next March when their other big weekend regatta, the Big Daddy, celebrates its twentieth birth¬ day. However, we suspect they'll find a way. — latitude/ rkm FARR 40 — 1) Blue Chip, Walt Logan, 5 points; 2) Groovederci, John & Deneen Demourkas, 6; 3) Gone Too Farr, David Carrel, 7. (6 boats) J/120 — 1) Mr. Magoo, Steve Madeira, 3 points; 2) Chance, Barry Lewis, 7; 3) Twist, Timo Bruck, 9. (6 boats) BENETEAU 40.7 — 1) White Dove, Mike Garl, 4 points; 2) Battant, Chris Herron, 5. (4 boats) WYLIE 39 — 1) Lilith, Tim Knowles, 5 points; 2) Marishanna, John Freeman, 8. (4 boats) EXPRESS 37—1) Eclipse, Mark Dowdy, 5 points; 2) Elan, Bill Riess, 6. (4 boats) J/35 — 1) Raptor, Jim Hoey, 5 points. (3 boats)

Merry prankster — Gary Clifford, owner of the Express 27 ‘Light 'N Up', planted the Pumpkin seeds 19 years ago. J/105 — 1) Good Timin', Dave Wilson/Phil Perkins, 5 points; 2) Aquavit, Alexis Steiner, 8; 3) Walloping Swede, Tom Kassberg, 9; 4) Advantage 3, Pat Benedict, 14; 5) Bald Eagles, Dave & Jackie Liggett, 18. (14 boats) 99-RATERS —1) Mischief, Soverel 33, Jeff McCord, 5 points; 2) Two Scoops, Express 34, Chris Longaker, 5; 3) Rocinante, Express 34, Rob Magoon, 11.(6 boats) SF-30 — 1) Preparation J, J/30, Ron Tostenson, 6 points; 2) Enigma, Capo 30 mod., Bob Hultman, 9; 3) Tortuga, Santana 30/30, Stephen Hutchison, 13; 4) Jeannette, Tartan Ten, Henry King, 18; 5) Ixxis, Olson 911-S, Ed Durbin, 19. (13 boats) WYLIECAT 30 — 1) Silkye, John Skinner, 5 points; 2) Uno, Steve Wonner, 6; 3) Triumph, Steve Seal, 10. (6 boats) OLSON 30— 1) Family Hour, Bilafer Family, 4 points. (2 boats) HAWKFARM — 1) El Gavilan, Nash Family, 4 points. (2 boats) ANTRIM 27 — 1) Always Friday, John Liebenberg, 4 points; 2) Nemesis, Paul Martson/ Simon Shortman, 8; 3) Cascade, Steve Reinhart, 10. (7 boats)

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ELECTRIC AUXILIARIES If you're like a great many sailors we know, you probably see your marine en¬ gine as a necessary evil. You can't really get along without it, yet you detest the disconcerting rumble it makes, the nox¬ ious smoke it spews, the putrid oil it leaves in your bilge and the bone-jarring vibrations it produces. Still, you simply have to put up with all that unless you're willing to sail in and out of your slip, right? Wrong. Three enterprising dd-ityourselfers have convinced us that there is another way — going electric. The subject came to our attention back in July during the Bay View Boat Club's annual Plastic Classic regatta. Among the boats exhibited alqng the Concourse d' Elegance wq's an old Rawson 30, Rainbow, which had been deemed the "Most Electrifying Boat." To be perfectly honest, though, she seemed unspectacular at first glance. "It's not the hull that's special," explained Commo¬ dore John Super, "but what's inside her. The guy's got enough battery power Left to right: Heather, Debra and Chris McKesson have adapted their lifestyle to live happily within 'Sundance's power potential.

aboard to run an arc welder!" It was a powerful image, although we were pretty sure that welding aboard a plastic boat would be unwise. But then Super explained that owner Steve Coo¬ per uses all that juice to power a small electric motor which gives Rainbow all the propulsion she needs. No muss, no fuss, no smoke and no noise. We were intrigued. It goes without saying that most sail¬ ors have a natural affinity for tinkering with gadgets, fiddling with rigging and puttering around with their on-board systems, but we'd say the three men you'll meet in these pages«are candidates for the Varsity Tinkering Squad. Al¬ though they come from very different backgrounds, have very different boats and their motor installations exhibit sub¬ stantially different levels of workman¬ ship, each has converted his boat's aux¬ iliary power to a simple electric motor run by on-board batteries.

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w first paid a visit to Chris McKesson, who is a naval architect by trade. His outward appearance is normal enough, but when you look him in the eye you see the ebullient sparkle of a mad professor. To¬ gether with his wife Debra and 14-year-old daughter, Heather, Chris is slowly cruising south aboard Sun¬ dance, a 1968 Colum¬ bia 36. Having left Puget Sound in mid-July, the McKessons are officially headed to Mexico, but are in no particular hurry. We caught up with them at Emery Cove Marina where they are laying over for the winter, while Chris pur¬ sues some local con¬ sulting work. Feeling a bit out of our depth, we confessed that we knew as little about electric propulsion systems as we do about nuclear fission, But Chris assured us that his innovative "electric drive" system

was really very simple. "It's made up entirely from offthe-shelf golf cart compo¬ nents," he explained, "a 6inch-diameter DC motor, a throttle controller, a bank of 6-volt golf cart batteries and a golf cart battery charger. That's it." The thing the family likes best about it is its near-silent operation and ease of control. Just flip a switch and you're motoring. Chris had been pipedreaming about electric-powered boats for decades, but when Sundance's tired old Farymann diesel crapped out in the mid-'90s, leaving her engineless, the curious technophile finally got "his chance to innovate. "The whole conversion cost about $h500, as opposed to replac¬ ing the diesel for 8 or 10 thousand." With six 6-volt batteries ganged together to feed the 36-volt motor, the McKessons figure they can run at 4.5 to 5 knots for about four hours before they run out of juice. (Their 12volt house batteries, used for cabin lights, instruments and an on-board computer, are completely separate.) Since Sundance already had a prop, shaft and gear box in place, they simply adapted the electric motor to the tranny in a super-simplistic installation. "Now, before I open this hatch," said Chris, ".I've got to warn you that I don't score any points for neatness." True, Martha Stewart would have been horrified at the 'third world' look of the in¬ stallation. But, hey, the sys¬ tem proved itself during a year of liveaboard cruising in the Pacific Northwest, and it had survived a nasty trip down the north coast from Washingtbn, complete with "three days of 40-knot winds and 15-foot combers." No bigger than a gallon jug, the compact motor looked tiny within the cav-

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ernous space where the diesel had been. It occurred to us that this would be an ideal sys¬ tem for recreational sailors who just need to motor from their mari¬ nas out to the wind line and back, as they

generate electricity (like a diesel engine), why not have a powerful generating plant that you could also use for propulsion? To back up his argument, Chris pointed out that some U.S. Navy destroyers, as well as the QE2 and most new-generation cruise liners employ big centralized power plants to meet all of their power needs. "They use a fair amount of pro¬ pulsion to get from point A to point B. but an incredible amount of power is used for domestic purposes." In fact.

as opposed to replacing the diesel

could top up their fuel tanks' — batteries —every time they re¬ turned to their slip, simply by plugging in to shore power. But if the McKessons intend to cruise extensively, liv¬ ing primarily on the hook, how would they recharge their batteries — with solar panels? "Noway," replied Chris with a smile. "Even in Mexico, it would take a week or two for our two 49-watt panels to top up the entire battery bank." When we learned that they carry a (gasoline-powered) generator in a sounddampened box for charging up, we were a bit deflated, until Chris made a few thoughtprovoking points. "When I was 13,. cruising on my dad s Cal 32, Pegaso, for a year in Mexico, I ob¬ served that we used the engine more to charge the batteries than to move the boat. It seemed to me that we’d put our investment in the wrong place." He went on to suggest that instead of having a big propulsion plant that you can also use to

Chris is currently doing some consult¬ ing work with a local transportation com¬ pany to study the applicability of such systems for new Bay Area ferries. He expanded on another idea: "I have this vision that a good cruising boat might want to be a single fuel boat, and since I can't bring myself to have a die¬ sel cooker, my idea is to get a propane

Bob Benoit fitted out his Pyramid 30 Bobkat' with electric propulsion because he just couldn 't stand the noise of an outboard. generator — they're dead easy, you can get them at Home Depot — and I could carry a couple of tanks that would be easily refillable as we cruise." Then his eye's really lit up, "Ultimately, though, we'd love to someday convert to a fuel cell. They have no moving parts and the December, 2001 •

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ELECTRIC AUXILIARIES exhaust product is oxygen. But as yet, they are not available affordably on the retail market." We thanked the McKessons for the tour and bid them good luck on their travels. "Propulsion systems like ours

on the docks, as well as in the pages of Latitude and a variety of other publica¬ tions. In fact, the McKessons tell us that

"Propulsion systems like ours aren't for everyone," Chris admitted, "but ours addresses my need to be a mad scientist — that's fully half of the attraction." aren't for everyone," Chris admitted. "But ours addresses my need to be a mad sci¬ entist — that's fully half of the .attrac¬ tion."

We e were headed next to visit with Steve Cooper, a.k.a. "the electric boat guy." He has earned that moniker locally because he’s had electric propulsion aboard Rainbow for the past eight years. But Steve started tinkering with alter¬ native propulsion systems long before that. He was first written up in these pages back in the early '90s when he con¬ verted Rainbow's old Palmer gas engine to natural gas — a comical twist was that he kept the 'natural gas' storage tank in the head. That was a fairly short-lived experi¬ ment, though, and before long Steve ripped out that engine and replaced it with the first of several electric motors. By doing so he gained subtle notoriety

TYPICAL SYSTEM COSTS The costs to replace Sundance's old diesel with a complete electric propul¬ sion: system were as follows — after doit-yourself installation: 1 Advanced DC Model A 89 motor rated at 4 kW.$500 1 Lester 36-volt battery charger I rated at 25 amps) .$300 l Curtis 1204 DC motor controller (like a reostat) ......... $200 6 Trojan T-105, 6-volt, deep cycle golf cart batteries (ganged together to make one 36-volt bank) $400 Mise. small parts.....$100

The McKessons used their existing Hurth gear box, shaft and propeller, which made the installation simple, and gave them a mechanical reverse.

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reading about Steve in Home Power magazine was one of the things that in¬ spired them to take the electric plunge. Steve met us in Alameda. "Before we see my boat," he said, there's another guy I want you to meet. We cruised over to Grand Marina, where custom wood¬ worker Bob Benoit gave us an im¬ promptu tour of Bobkat, the Pyramid 30 that he'd built up from a bare hull. "You'll have to excuse the mess," said Bob, a kindly, soft-spoken guy with an easy smile. "My wife Kathy and I live aboard." Inside, the boat was immaculate, with everything in its place. Her well-thoughtout wood-trimmed interior was a testa¬ ment to Bob's prowess as a craftsman. "So why did you decide to go electric?” we queried. "Well, we try to sail when¬ ever possible. We love the peaceful¬ ness of it and I just couldn’t bear to put in a noisy, smoky diesel." Bob pulled away a varnished panel beneath the com¬ panionway to re¬ veal his simple power plant: a 24volt General Elec¬ tric aircraft genera¬ tor linked by a drive belt to a large propshaft flywheel. Since there is no gear box, Bob ex¬ plained that the fly¬ wheel arrangement gives him "drive re¬ duction," so that the shaft will spin slower than the RPM of the .motor. With this system Bobkat has no reverse, of course. Everything, including the shaft hous¬ ing, had been custom installed, since the hull was originally designed by Carl

Schumacher to carry only an out¬ board. But where were the bat¬ teries? Bob s smile grew to Cheshire-cat proportions. "In the keel," he said, with a twinkle of pride. Hidden beneath the floor¬ boards of this ultralight boat, two battery racks, each holding six 12-volt batteries, descend into Bobkat's custom-built, hollow keel. (The boat's normal 'house' functions like lights and nav gear run on 12 volts, but to power the motor the two banks are linked in series.) With fresh water and waste water tanks also stored in the keel, in addition to the sub¬ stantial weight of the batteries, Bob only needed to fit the keel with a minimal amount of lead for ballast. Bobkats system draws a maxiV: mum of about 100 amps of power at 24 volts, which. Bob figures, gives him about the same relative thrust as a 15 horse¬ power outboard would. The bottom line is that on calm seas, Bobkat can motor — veiy quietly — for about 20 miles at 4 to 5 knots. Since launching her in '97 Bob and Kathy say they've had plenty of

"Now, before I open this hatch," said Chris, "I've got to warn you that I don't score any points for neatness. But if works like a charm'" Looking aft, from beneath the companionway, the mo¬ tor is mounted front and center; behind it is a charger and batteries.

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Beneath the cockpit of Bob Benoit's Pyramid 30 'Bobkat', a GE 24-volt aircraft generator is linked to a drive belt which turns a flywheel on the prop shaft. time to test the system, as they go sail¬ ing just about every weekend. Then last summer the system proved itself viable for near-shore cruising when the Benoits trucked their innovative 30footer to the Pacific Northwest and spent the summer explor¬ ing the San Juans. "We carried a small portable generator in case of emergencies,” admits Bob, "but never used it. Basi¬ cally, we would just recharge the system every three to five days when wo pulled into a slip some¬ where." As yet, Bobkat has no on-board charging system, such as a wind generator or solar pan¬ els, but Bob and Kathy are ex¬ ploring various options. "This will sound funny," adds Bob, "but sometimes when it's dead calm we use a 1/3 horse¬ power electric trolling motor mounted astern instead of the bit motor. It uses a lot less power — 27 amps at 12 volts — which can push the boat at 1.5 knots on flat water." *

(jTenuinely impressed by Bob's handiwork, we next went to Ballena Isle Marina to check out Rain bow. Built in '64 — back when fiberglass boats were nearly as tough as battle ships — this ol' Rawson looked as sturdy

as the day she was built. Steve pulled up a cover on the cockpit sole to re¬ veal a cylindrical electric motor, very similar to Sundance's, only Steve's installation had a few special refinements. "What's that metal housing, some kind of cooling jacket?" we asked. "Yeah, some¬ thing like that," said Steve with a grin, "I made it out of a five-gallon pail!" When it's hot outside and he's motoring at full power, a fan simply draws hot air off the housing and ex¬ hausts it. Steve, who makes his living in the welding trade, is quiet and reserved by nature. But he opens up when you get him talking about his homespun inven¬ tions. Apparently 'born to tinker', he built go-carts, as a kid for a hobby, and years later, transferred that same problem¬ solving aptitude to boat systems. These days, he’s earned a reputation among his mates at the Bay View Boat Club as a quirky innovator. To hear him tell it, though, the electric motor installation wasn't such a big deal, but he really had to get creative when it came to storing batteries — and Steve likes to have lots of batteries. Like Sundance, Rainbow uses a 36volt propulsion system. To 'feed' his golf cart motor, Steve has 18 6-volt (golf cart) batteries: three 'parallel' banks of six bat¬ teries each, run in series to achieve 36 volts. (In addition, he’s got four separate house batteries.) With Rainbow's current storage capacity, she can motor for ap¬ proximately 20 miles at 3 to 5 knots. That's proved ample on several trips to Santa Cruz and back in recent years. There are batteries stored literally all over the boat: beneath the cockpit, in lockers, under the floorboards of the head anti in the upper portion of the keel. The remarkable thing about that latter fact, however, is that, unlike Bobkats hollow keel, Rainbow's keel was origi¬ nally filled with cement and chunks of steel. In order to make room for all the batteries, Steve had to chisel away at it

bit by bit, like a jailbird carving his way to freedom. Although Rainbow is fitted with nine solar panels in a variety of sizes, Steve says it's really not practical — at least in these latitudes — to use them alone for charging. Instead, he simply tops up his batteries occasionally with shore power. "If I had it to do over again," said Steve, "and money were no object,,I'd probably buy forklift batteries — they're really heavy duty — and convert to a 48-volt system." In doing so, he would have more power to drive his existing motor or a larger one. "On the other hand," he said with a laugh, "at some point you worry about getting electrocuted." For the time being, the eternal tinkerer is pretty happy with his current system — but of course, he too is eager for the day when affordable fuel cells come on the mar¬ ket.

So what's the verdict on electric en¬ gines for sailboats? Like so many other aspects of boating, it depends on who you talk to. They obviously meet the needs of the boats discussed here, and the electric option would certainly be worth checking out if you needed to re¬ power an older boat that's used prima¬ rily for daysailing. As Chris McKesson pointed out, "You tend to see experimen¬ tal propulsion systems on old boats like mine rather than on gold platers because you couldn't lower the value much no matter what you did!" In our own sphere of experience, it

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Batteries, batteries everywhere! Steve Cooper literally had to claw his way into the bilge to make more room for batteries. Since buying this old fixer-upper, we've already sunk 3,000 bucks into re¬ building a hateful Atomic Four that's noisy, leaks oil and probably leaches car¬

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DRY CREEK VINEYARD 2001 PRO-AM REGATTA The morning news on November 2 was grim — California Governor Gray Davis was warning that four of our land¬ The catalyst for this happy turn of events mark bridges were in imminent danger was Scuttlebutt, Leweck's daily email fo¬ of terrorist attacks. "It’s an omen — Af¬ rum, which he used to coerce his miiT ghanistan, anthrax, now this," we ions into showing up for what he billed thought. "Time to get out of town, go as the first annual meeting of the Scuttle¬ somewhere warm and lay low.4" butt Sailing Club. As Fortunately, the part of the festivities, Golden Gate Bridge — a Leweck also hosted vital link in our route to the inaugural Cur¬ SFO — remained intact. mudgeon Cup’, a Also fortunate, at least on sideshow which he a more personal level, was humbly named after that we were already himself. booked on a trip to the The main attrac¬ British Virgin Islands that tion, of course, was evening. Our American the Pro-Am Regatta, Airlines ’red-eye' took off a Ctnique opportu¬ on time at 11 p.m., and 16 nity for mortal sail¬ hours and 3,500 miles ors to spend a week later we arrived — racing and socializ¬ rumpled, but otherwise Pied piper/winner — Tom 'The Cur¬ ing with ten giants of quite happy — at Beef Is¬ mudgeon' Leweck and wife Barbara. land, Tortola. We took the the sailing world. North Sound Express ferry 10 miles over The format was once again 'triple match to Virgin Gorda as the sun was going racing' in Freedom 30s and, for the sec¬ ond year in a row, the skippers were a down, finally arriving at our destination hybrid of five 'Masters' (North, Leweck, — the Bitter End YC, one of our favorite places on earth. Keith Musto, and past Pro-Am winners Notwithstanding our disgust with Butch Ulmer and Rod Johnstone) and current events, the real occasion for our five 'Juniors' (Haines, the two Islers, past visit was the Bitter End YC's 15th An¬ two-time Pro-Am winner Ed Baird, and nual Pro-Am Regatta, sponsored this Swedish match racing star Marie year by Sonoma County winery Dry Bjorling). The Masters and Juniors were Creek Vineyard and held between No¬ paired together randomly to form five vember 3-10. "It’s going to be the biggest teams, with their combined scores de¬ and best one yet," promised longtime termining the overall winner. BEYC spokesman and regatta chairman Unlike past Pro-Ams, the Bitter End John Glynn. "Plus, we'll have more Cali¬ YC was essentially full — a real coup, fornians in attendance than ever before!" considering the sagging economy — and

Cjlynn was right on all counts, es¬ pecially about the Left Coasters. Half the Pros' hailed from California (Lowell North, Tom Leweck, Robbie Haines, Pe¬ ter and JJ Isler), and perhaps half of the Ams' were also from the Golden State. Page 144 •

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Family man/winner Ed Baird with, from left, Max, Ty, Nick, and wife Lisa. Right, Baird's win¬ ning form in the Curmudgeon Cup. the guests, who supply the crew pool, were much higher-caliber sailors than ever before. For example, Pyewacket regulars Ben Mitchell and Doug Rastello

were there to sail with Haines; the Pendragon crew — a jovial group includ¬ ing Mike Priest, Liz Hjorth, Ralph Mailloux, Tom O'Conor, and others — was wellrepresented; and we counted ten sailors from the Bay Area, in¬ cluding J/24 sailors Nadine Franczyk (Cool Breeze) and Peter Lane [Wonder Woman). You couldn't swing a dead cat without hitting some form of sailing tal¬ ent, and we quickly re¬ alized that this would arguably be the most competitive Pro-Am yet. The actual regatta didn't start until Tuesday, leaving two days for everyone to get acquainted with the Bitter End's many amenities or just plain eat, drink and relax. The property is spread out over almost a mile of gor¬ geous waterfront, boasting three beaches, a pool, two dining rooms, sev-

INVASION OF THE BUTTHEADS was a quick reaching parade each way, with a few hours between legs to eat lunch, swim and explore the Baths, prob¬ ably the BVTs best-known tourist attrac¬ tion. Winners of the casual contest in¬ cluded the Islers (top Beneteau 413), Rod Johnstone (top Freedom 30), antf a local IOR warhorse which took overall honors under the mysterious handicap system.

T, . he Pro-Am Regatta got underway on Virgin Gorda's protected North Sound I ■ on Tuesday morning with four races for the Masters. Due to the lingering effects of a faraway hurricane named Michelle, winds were shifty, gusty and coming from the south, a strange direction from the normally robust easterly trade winds. Given the conditions, it was easy to go from first to last, and vice versa, all in the space of the 20-minute, double wind¬ m ward-leeward races. In triple match rac¬ ing, only the first place finisher gets a point — so trailing boats are encouraged to take flyers, several of which paid off , with wins that day. English sailing gear magnate Keith Musto and his tactician/son Nigel, Icq go opened the 2001 Pro-Am with a victory, which would be their only of the series. go go Thanks to the Mustos, each of the five teams were outfitted in different colored |cn T-shirts — which, in addition to subtly 1° creating team unity, were invaluable in lo IX helping spectators follow the constant lead changes on the race course. Before the next race started. Rod evening seminar on the nuances of the Johnstone's boom inexplicably broke in Paul Elvstrom-inspired triple match rac¬ half, — good timing actually, as once a ing format was well-attended, as virtu¬ triple (or regular) match race starts it's ally none of the guests and few of the 'Tango Sierra', as Farquhar put it, if you Juniors had played this game before. "It's have a breakdown. After a replacement a kinder, gentler form of match racing,” Freedom 30 was motored out, the race explained head umpire Tom Farquhar. finally began — only to see Rod drop out "The first dozen Pro-Ams were hardball on the first downwind leg when the vang match racing events, and we were con¬ (and part of the mainsheet) ripped out of stantly bashing up the boats and the his new boom. ("Geez, I wonder if they'll guests. Triple ever ask me back match racing is after this?" he much better said, half-joksuited to the ingly.) Ulmer and regatta's pur¬ tactician/ daugh¬ pose." ter Merrill won Everyone autographed Rod's brbken boom, which Monday was that race; Leweck will be displayed in the Quarterdeck. devoted to the and his all-Cali¬ Defiance Day Regatta, a low-key fleet fornia crew won the next; and Lowell race to the Baths and back. Thirteen North and his San Diego crew appeared boats participated, including the resort's to have won the fourth and final race of Express 37 Cosmic Warlord, four Free¬ the morning. However, Lowell had dom 30s, two J/24s, and their big tour¬ rounded the wrong weather mark the ing catamaran Paranda. To accommo¬ second time around (there are several date the entire Pro-Am contingent, three options, which the RC can signal mid¬ luxurious Beneteau 413s were chartered race with a sound signal and a flag), from The Moorings for the day. The race which forfeited the race to Johnstone.

A typical start, with the rabbit (left) already ei¬ ther ahead or behind, depending on which side of the course was favored. eral bars, hiking trials, and all the other trappings of a famous, world-class re¬ sort. But what makes the Bitter End YC such a brilliant place for sailors is its emphasis on water sports and its collec¬ tion of nearly 100 boats — Lasers, Hobie Waves, two new Hobie Getaways, Rhodes 19s, two J/24s, tons of sailboards, two Vanguard 15s, kayaks, Boston Whalers, Sunfish, an Express 37, and who knows what else. You name it, tliey've got it — and unlike many resorts, the boats are all like-new. Ten friendly waterfront staff¬ ers — including Aaron Turpin, son of another Latitude editor — are there to help you on and off the beach, or offer instruction. » Naturally, most of the guests partici¬ pated in the traditional Sunday races — morning and afternoon regattas for La¬ sers, Hobie Waves and Rhodes 19s. Win¬ ners earned coveted (and not for sale) Tshirts that read "Racing at the Bitter End: It ain't over 'til the cooler’s empty." An

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PRO-AM '01 After lunch, it was the Juniors' turn to put the Freedom 30s through their paces. Robbie Haines and his Pyewacket team looked fast out of the box, taking the first race. JJ Isler got on the board next, followed by America's Cup and match racing veteran Ed Baird, who sailed with a mostly San Francisco crew (Kellie Fennessy on the bow, SSS Com¬ modore Dwight Odom on jib, and this reporter on mainsheet). As the wind died to a whisper, Haines caught a timely shift on the run to the finish and slipped past former leaders JJ and Ed to win his sec¬ ond race and, with it, unofficial daily MVP honors, ft was still anyone's regatta at that point, with three of the combined teams sporting two points and'two with just one — a perfect way to head into Wednesday’s layday excursion to Anegada. Most of the Pro-Am'ers participated in the field trip to Anegada, a coral atoll about 20 miles north of the BEYC. (Some Southern Californians, however, slept late and then sailed in their so-called 'Pendragon Am-Am’, which basically in¬ volved racing Hobie Waves between vari¬ ous beach bars.) The low-lying, relatively unpopulated island of Anegada — more akin to the Bahamas than the Virgin Is¬ lands — was worthy of the trip, and we enjoyed a leisurely afternoon swim and lunch at beautiful Loblolly Bay. "This beach is truly one of the nicest places in the BVTs," said Glynn, who has seen the whole island chain. "This is actually where the Bitter End staff come to get away from it all."

The Pro-Am commenced again on Thursday morning with two more races for both the Masters and the Juniors. The wind was back to normal, 15+ knots from the east, enough to require reefs in the Freedom 30 mainsails. With a pre¬ mium now on boatspeed more than windshifts, Ulmer — who crushed the fleet at the all-Masters '99 Pro-Am — aced the first race. Johnstone — who won the first hybrid Masters last year with Peter Holmberg — took the second. In the first Junior race, JJ Isler was in control after one lap, but then took herself and Bjorling out of contention when she suffered a 'junior moment', rounding the leeward mark the wrong way. That mini-meltdown opened the door for husband Peter, who took the other leeward gate and went on to win his first and only race. The second race went to Baird, who masterfully ground down Peter on the final run, surging ahead in the final seconds of the race to Page 146 • U&UJt 3? • December. 2001

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win by about five feet — the closest fin¬ ish of the series. At lunchtime, the Pro-Am was still very much up for grabs — the Leweck/ Baird team and Johnstone/ JJ Isler team were tied with three points, followed by Ulmer/Peter Isler and the San Diego gang (North/Haines) with two, and the Europeans (Musto/Bjorling) with just one. "No one seems to want to win this year," laughed umpire Brad Dellenbaugh, who had a relatively easy week with only four penalty flags to call. Thursday afternoon was all about the first annual Curmudgeon Cup, a windy

series which began with three races for | Lasers, Hobie Waves and Rhodes 19s. Four sailors then advanced to the finals, two from the Lasers (first place finisher Nigel Musto, and runner-up Marie Bjorling), one from the Waves (Ed Baird won all three races to qualify), and one from the Rhodes 19s (Kristen Lane, from San Rafael). The finals, a three-race se¬ ries in Hobie Waves, were anti-climatic. Baird, in top shape at 43 years old, was in a class by himself — a blur of spray as he dominated the fleet with three more emphatic bullets. Nigel was second, Kristen third, and Marie fourth.

Above left, English royalty: Keith and Nigel Musto; '99 Pro-Am winner Butch Ulmer and daughter Merrill; Dry Creek Vineyard general manager Don Wallace enjoyed the regatta and intends to come back next year. Below left, assistant watersports director Jason Meeuwig andjriend.

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Days of wine and (compass) roses — Faces in the crowd at the Dry Creek Vineyard 2001 ProAm Regatta. All photos 'latitude'/rob. At the awards ceremony, Leweck pre¬ sented Baird with a bottle of Mt. Gay, a magnum of excellent Dry Creek wine, and a Musto competition watch. He also proclaimed Baird the "first Butthead of the Year’, an honor which brings with it a reserved parking space in front of our virtual clubhouse." "I actually really need the big num¬ bers on this watch," claimed Ed, as he accepted his awards. "As I get older, I'm having trouble reading my old watch."

Baird also admitted — gasp! — that he'd actually practiced' for the Curmudgeon Cup. "I'd like to thank my three training partners," he said, pointing out his sons Max, age 9; Ty, 6, and Nick, 4. The grand prize, however, was a sur¬ prise to everyone — the Bitter End gave away a free week-long vacation to the top amateur in the Curmudgeon Cup! That honor went to vivacious Kristen Lane, who along with husband Peter were part of Leweck’s Pro-Am crew. "How lucky can you get?" claimed an appreciative Kristen. "I'm buying lottery tickets when I get home — I can't lose lately!"

The last day of the Pro-Am saw the Jtyiiors race four more times in the morning. Haines and JJ Isler each won a race, but the day belonged to Baird, who was totally in the zone, winning both his heats with relative ease. Baird fin¬ ished with four wins in six races, the best record among the Juniors. We've raced with lots of good sailors over the years, and don’t impress easily anymore — but we found Ed exceptionally talented, as well as delightful to hang out with. During lunch, with the outcome of the December, 2001 • UOZt-M 3? • Page 147

DRY CREEK VINEYARD 2001 PRO-AM REGATTA Pro-Am still hanging in the balance, the rules were modified slightly — the Jun¬ iors would be allowed to race as the Mas¬ ters' tacticians for the final four races. Though Baird had promised to go snorkeling with his family, he agreed to help Leweck win one of his three remaining races, all that was needed to mathemati¬ cally wrap up first place for their team. They accomplished that task, thanks to a well-timed windshift near the end of the second beat, in the first race of the afternoon. With the regatta won, Baird was shuttled off to join his family. Leweck, left again to his own devices, punctuated his team's victory with yet another bul¬ let. Johnstone won the third race, and Ulmer took the finale — though at that point, there was nothing left to sail for but bragging rights. In the end, John¬ stone, Musto and Leweck finished tied with three wins apiece in the Masters divisions, with Rod winning on the tiebreaker.

The 15th Pro-Am officially closed with that night's gala awards banquet, during which just about everyone was acknowledged. "This was the most fun week we've ever had here!" claimed John Glynn, "What a tremendous way to kick off the high season at the Bitter End!" The sponsors were all thanked pro¬ fusely — title sponsor Dry Creek Vine¬ yard, and supporters Mt. Gay Rum, Musto International, and Windward Pro¬ ductions (which supplied lots of2002 Ul¬ timate Sailing Calendars). The race com¬ mittee, led by local Doyle Sails rep Bob Phillips, got a round of applause, as did the umpires and the BEYC's waterfront staff, notably head 'camp counselor' Ja¬ son Meeuwig. A cake appeared in front of Kellie Fennessy, a Mill Valley sailor celebrating her 40th birthday that day, and the crowd regaled her with the obvi¬ ous song. Mike Priest was singled out as Close encounter — Robbie Haines, on port, drew a foul for this one.

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Party on — When Lasers die at the Bitter End, they are recycled into bars.

You can't win if you don't play — Big winners Peter and Kristen Lane of San Rafael. 'best partier', a lofty honor which brought with it a bottle of Mt. Gay (which was promptly drained by the Pendragon gang), and so on. \ Eventually, overall winners Baird and Leweck were honored ("The key to victory? Get paired with Ed Baird," stated The Curmudgeon), as well as given coveted automatic invita¬ tions to the next Pro-Am. Two other people were also singled out for high honors: Keith Musto was pre¬ sented with the Sportsmanship Award (which also carries with it an 'auto-invitej, and resort guest John Gardner, a five-time Pro-Am attendee, won the Spirit and En¬ thusiasm Award. Later that evening, over one last Heineken, Glynn told us, "This was the best Pro-Am yet, and it's great that the Californians have finally 'discovered' us. Jason and I will be hosting our usual BEYC booth party at Pacific Sail Expo again this spring, and hope to see everyone then. The Curmudgeon will also be there, and we'll reveal plans to make the 2002 Pro-Am even bet¬ ter — more Scuttlebutt events, '87 more dinghy races, and some new '88 faces among the skippers." '89 Next year’s Pro-Am is scheduled ‘90 for November 2-9, and the BEYC ‘91 already has bookings for that week. ‘92 Check out www.beyc.com to learn '93 more about the resort, and see www.yachtshotsbvi.com for nearly 1,000 color images of the recent Pro-Am. Of course, the best way to leam more about this wonderful re¬ gatta — which really is the perfect balance of se¬ rious sailing and fun on the beach — is to comer anyone who attended it this year and hear about it straight from them.

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FOOD FOR THOUGHT The word must be out. In a normal year, maybe 10 new books get sent to our office for review. And this will mark maybe the 10th year that we've saved them all up for short mini-reviews in our December issue — the better to help you decide on a present for that sailor in the family "who has everything." This year, we received more than 30 new releases — far more than we have room for in our usual Sightings format and, frankly, more than we can do jus¬ tice to in the next three pages. So for the first time, we've had to triage the pile. First we eliminated books that had noth¬ ing to do with sailing: Grey Seas Under ("Perilous Missions of a North Atlantic Salvage Tug"), The Yard ("Building a De¬ stroyer at the Bath Iron Works") and The Serpent's Coil ("An Incredible Story of Hurricane-Battered Ships and the He¬ roic Men Who Fought to Save Them") . . . even though they all look like excellent reads. Next went the cruising guides, most of which are reissues of older works any¬ way: Charlie's Charts of Costa Rica and the U.S. Pacific Coast, the Waggoner Cruising Guide to the Pacific Northwest, and the totally new and improved Cali¬ fornia Boater's Guide to Harbors and Mannas. All of these are excellent source books that we've used many times (well, except the Waggoner one) in both work and play. Hmmmm. Still too many. Okay, sorry, but all the classic re-issues had to go, too. We hope most of you are already fa¬ miliar with The Strange Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst (Tomalin and Hall), Gypsy Moth Circles the World (Chiches¬ ter), Once Is Enough (Smeeton), and Cruising in Seraffyn (the Pardeys). If not, these are all watershed books for their times and all highly recommended. In particular, the influence of the latter book on the present generation of cruisers is inestimable. This is the one that started it all for many cruis¬ ers in the '70s, '80s and even '90s. The 25th anniversary edition has color photos of the much younger Lin and Larry, as well as new up-to-date appendices on choosing a boat and the costs of cruising. But, oh yeah, we weren't going to review it, were we? Next, we threw out books that we didn't like for one reason or another. If you can't say something good about someone. . . .

Tha, left a manageable amount. Now for the disclaimers: We have not read every one of these books cover to cover. After all, we’re trained profession¬ als. As such, we're able to pretty much judge a book by its cover, so to speak. Okay, seriously, we have read, if not the whole book, then enough of each of these to get some notion of content and char¬ acter. Finally, this group is in no way repre¬ sentative of the plethora of boating-re¬ lated books out there. These are just the ones that the publishersvor authors took the time to send to us. Of those, here — in no particular order — are the ones we liked. Nigel Calder's Cruising Handbook (Nigel Calder, $50) — We always swear we're never again going to use the tired "must have" phrase, but Calder's new¬ est book is so great that, well, it’s a musthave. As with his previous books, this one is thorough and well thought out, covering the spectrum of boat ownership from the usual boring mathematics of design that people only care about be¬ fore they buy a boat, to tons of interest¬ ing, real-world stuff like anchoring, re¬ frigeration and the latest on keeping in touch. A real well-rounded, all-around book. The Wooden Boat (Joseph Gribbins, $20) — Most coffee-table type books are long on flash and short on substance. That is to say, the writing often seems only meant to fill the white space around the photos. This book is different. Au¬ thor Gribbins not only knows what he's talking about (he was the founder of Nautical Quarterly and currenly serves as Director of Pub¬ lications at Mystic Seaport), he also knows how to write, weaving a fascinating spell of history, personal remembrance and narrative on all things wooden throughout this delightful softcover book. Classic Sail (Joseph Gribbins, $20) — Well, dang. We were going to review only one of Gribbins' books, but again, his vast knowledge and engaging style won us over in Classic Sail. The photog¬ raphy is a half-notch below that of The

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Wooden Boat (most of whose photos you'll recognize from past issues of WoodenBoat magazine), but the writing is, once again, top drawer. This book deals with the evolution of the sailboat, starting with the observation, "The old¬ est known depiction of a ship with a sail decorates an Egyptian funerary vase that dates to roughly 5000 BC." Those Egyp¬ tians really were an advanced culture, weren't they? To the Sea (Tony Meisel, $40) — If books were movies, the above two would be personal journeys like A River ,Runs Through It, while To the Sea is more of an epic like Ben Hur or The Ten Com¬ mandments. Meisel's 360-page tome doesn't miss much as it pounds the reader to weather through some of the great writing of the sea, including ex¬ cerpts from Melville, London. Slocum, Dana, Tania Aebi, and Sebastian Junger's The Perfect Storm. (Including one of our favorite quotes, by Emerson:

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"The wonder is always new that any sane man can be a sailor.") Hey, it even has the entire Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner] Offering significant structural support for this behemoth book (which you could actually use for a coffee table) are hun¬ dreds of dramatic photos — and a few glitches. Two photos of Jean-Luc Van den Heede's 60-ft Vendee Enterprises aground near Sydney in the '94-'95 BOC appear in the book — and both captions misidentify the boat. Bugaboos aside, this is a lovely piece of work that would bring a smile to the face of any sailor or sailor-wannabe on Christmas morning. The Proving Ground (G. Bruce Knecht, $25) — About a third of the way into this book, we had the almost irresistable urge to don a harness and clip onto something. This amazingly de¬ tailed account of the disastrous 1998 Sydney-Hobart Race is that raw and grip¬ ping. Compiled through exhaustive in¬ terviews with scores of participants, the

story focuses on three yachts: Larry Ellison's maxi Sayonara, which made it into Hobart first, and Sword of Orion and Winston Churchill, which didn't make it. Sword lost one crewman, while the Churchill, a veteran of 16 SydneyHobarts, lost three. (Oddly, however, no mention is made of the other two sailors who perished on Business Post Naiad.) The first part the book gives a fascinat¬ ing glimpse into the relationship between Ellison and his volatile, talented boat captain, Chris Dickson. When you get to the part about the storm, you won't be able to put The Proving Ground down until — like the ones who lived to tell — you make it through. The Captain’s Wife (Douglas Kelley, $24) — In 1856, Maiy Patten, 19 years old and pregnant, guided the fast clip¬ per Neptune’s Car around Cape Horn to San Francisco after her husband. Cap¬ tain Joshua Patten, fell gravely ill and the ship’s first mate was locked up for

attempted mutiny. The Captain’s Wife is freshman writer Douglas Kelley’s novelization of that treacherous voyage. Kelley, a corporate airplane pilot, has thoroughly researched his subject, and his writing style, if not particularly imaginative, is clear and easy to follow. He avoids slang and his descriptions of the ship and sail¬ ing seem authentic, yet not too arcane for the average reader. His unfortunate tendency in the early part of the book to render scenes reminiscent of bad ro¬ mance novels gives way before long to page-turning adventure. He wraps up his work of fiction by letting us glimpse some of the actual articles written about the event at the time, and tells what little is known of the ultimate fates of the reallife characters. Dead Man's Chest (Roger L. Johnson) — What if, by some chance, you found a real document that matched in every de¬ tail one of the great sea stories of all time like, say. Treasure Island? That’s exactly what author Roger Johnson claims to have stumbled upon while going through Parliamentary records looking for quotes from Winston Churchill. From the older document — a transcript of a Royal Ad-i miralty hearing — he has created Dead Man's Chest, the ’sequel' to Treasure Is¬ land. Before you shudder too hard, this reintroduction to John Silver, Tom Haw¬ kins and the whole motley lot from Rob¬ ert Louis Stevenson's original master¬ piece is nothing like that lame 'sequel' to Gone With the Wind of a few years ago. Mind you, Johnson is no Robert Louis Stevenson, but we’re about halfway through Dead Man's Chest and enjoying it a lot. Beyond the Edge of the Sea (Mauricio Obregdn, $22) — The premise of this book is to apply scientific analysis and historical perspective to the great sail¬ ing voyages of the ancient world. The promise, however, seems only half-kept. While chapters on the Polynesian meth¬ ods of navigating, for example, are in¬ teresting and informative, the theorizing over Ulysses' epic journey falls flat, with way more summary than analysis. (Ernie Bradford's 1970’s book Ulysses Found terr^ains the authority on where Ulysses really stopped.) Still, Obregon's obviously extensive research deserves a read, if only to confirm that the ancient sailors were hardly the ignorant blunderers we sometimes imagine them to be.

The Sailor's Illustrated Dictionary (Thompson Lenfestey, $25) — Well, first off, there are way more illustrations in any Webster's Dictionary than this book. Secondly, many of the words and phrases have not seen common usage December, 2001 •

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since the days of Captain Cook, so don't really apply to 'sailors' the way we de¬ fine the word. Those nits aside, we would highly recommend this book to aspiring sailors wanting to learn the lingo, Patrick O'Brian readers — or new boy/girlfriends of sailors who want to know what the hell their sailing mates are talking about. Kydd (Julian Stockwell, $25) — O'Brian clones are procreating faster than Elvis since the creator of Captain Aubrey and Stephen Maturin passed away last year. Kydd is billed as the first in a series of novels "to fill in the gap" left by O'Brian and C.S. Forrester. That, frankly, it does not do, and the madden¬ ing 'lingoism' makes the story even harder to follow. {"You're a useless, pawky lot. Let’s 'ave some real 'eavy in it, then.") That said, this is hardly the worst of the lot. Sharpe's Trafalgar (Bernard Cornwell, $25) — The pity of this book is that the main character is Richard Sharpe, a British Army officer. Most of the 16 Cornwell books previous to this one fol¬ low him from one land-bound adventure to another.. Lucky for us, Sharpe (a sortof 19th-century Indiana Jones) gets on a ship and takes part in the famous battle that gives the book its name. Cornwell has an easy to read style, and it's easy to get into his characters even if you've never met them before. Let's hope Sharpe gets 'pressed' for more sea duty in the future. Tales of a Sea Gypsy (Ray Jason, $15) — Anyone who’s read Latitude regu¬ larly will be familiar with Ray Jason's Sea Gypsy Vignettes. The odd combination of a political science degree and more than 20 years as a street performer (you can still catch his juggling shows at Pier 39), has given RJ a keen insight into — and slightly off-plumb sense of humor about — the human condition. When he went cruising, he started writing about the funny situations and oddball people he met along the way — and the Sea Gypsy stories were born. This book is a compilation of the Sea Gypsy tales that have appeared in Latitude, and as such is a great way to re-experience them, or to introduce someone new to one of the most unique characters in sailing today. If the Shoe Fits (Rae Ellen Lee, $24) — We'll admit right up front that after 20-some years of doing this, the "look at us, we’ve just learned to sail" genre of stories are like fingernails across a black¬ board. Most come from first-time writ¬ ers who spend inordinate amounts of Page 152 •

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time trying to be funny as they get used to heeling, how cramped boats are, and all the other first-timer stuff we've read ten thousand times before. This book, which is subtitled "The Adventures of a Reluctant Boatfrau," addresses all those things, too. The difference is that Lee, a freelance writer, does it so well that even us jaded hacks enjoyed ourselves. This book is particularly good for that spouse who's still on the fence about whether the whole cruising thing is worth it in the first place. PT 109 (Robert J. Donovan, $20) — Okay, this is not a sailing book, and it is a reprint. But it's become such a part of the 'tapestry' of America — at least the America we grew up in — that we include it here. The epic story of that fateful night in Blackett Straight when Lieutenant John F. Kennedy’s PT boat Was sliced in half by a Japanese destroyer still grips the imagination, and his heroism in the aftermath still makes us teary-eyed for what might have been. The 40th anni¬ versary edition of this 1961 book in¬ cludes a new forward by the author, and new analysis of what really happened that moonless August night in 1943. The Quotable Sailor (Edited by Chris Caswell, $20) — As a former editor of both Yachting and Sea magazines {and currently frequent contributor to all sorts of marine publications), probably no one is more qualified than Caswell to com¬ pile sailing's most famous quotes into one place. And he has done an admirable job. You'll recognize most of the great sea¬ men and writers, past to present, who are quoted here — along with a few who will surprise you: "When I forget how tal¬ ented God is, I look to the sea" —Whoopi Goldberg. We’re suckers for books of quotations anyway, but we're going to covet this book for a long time. Advanced Bluewater Cruising (Hal Sutphen, $25) — Sutphen, a writer, cruiser, lecturer and educational direc¬

tor for the Cruising Rally Association (which puts on the Caribbean 1500 Rally) is one of the foremost authorities on cruising. In this book, he draws on that experience as well as that of other ex¬ perts in their particular fields — includ¬ ing Michael Carr, John Bonds and Dr. Dan Carlin — to put together one of the most comprehensive books we've ever seen on cruising. As just one example of the depth of this valuable reference work, there is a full chapter on crew se¬ lection, preparation, health and training. Great book! Around America (Walter Cronkite, $24) — Being journalists, it’s hard to fault the Great White Father. Fortu¬ nately, there's no need to with his latest book subtitled 'A Tour of Our Magnifi¬ cent Coastline.' Although Cronkite is a sailor from way back, most of this book is written from the perspective of a landsman living at the edge of the sea. Thus, in the chapter that covers Florida, we harken back to the days of Audubon drawing birds, Blackboard's undiscov¬ ered treasure (if there is one at all) and 'Papa' Hemingway surrounded by his six¬ toed cats as he clatters away at the type¬ writer. Though sailing makes only a few guest appearances through most of this book, it's a good read. The America's Cup and Me (Edward du Moulin, $20) — Though not one of the more public figures, Ed du Moulin fig¬ ured prominently in seven America’s Cup campaigns over more than 60 years, and continues to serve in advisory roles to this day. He was there when Lowell North was fired in '77, when Dennis Conner lost the Auld Mug in '83, and when he brought the Cup back from Australia in 1987. The machinations of those and many other 'inside' stories make great reading — and make this pinnacle of sail¬ ing contests all the more intriguing. In¬ cidentally, all proceeds from the sale of The America's Cup and Me benefit the America's Cup Hall of Fame.

The Dictionary of Nautical Lit¬ eracy (Robert McKenna, $30) — Think of this book as picking up where the Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea leaves off. So along with the usual mari¬ time entries, you'll find more obscure ones like "Ken Marschall — foremost painter of the RMS Titanic," and "Sea of Tranquility — area of the moon's sur¬ face once thought to be water." Add lots of photos, paintings and old posters, and you have one of the more entertaining reference books around.

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SEASON CHAMPIONS, PART II

"For when the One Great Scorer comes to mark against your name, He writes — not that you won or lost — but how you played the Game." — Grantland Rice (1880-1954)

Welcome back to the second install¬ ment of Latitude's annual three-part sa¬ lute to the 2001 season champions. This month, we’re profiling winners of 21 dif¬ ferent one design keelboat classes — and, with apologies to the One Great Scorer, we don't really care how they played the Game, just that they won. Take a good look at the faces on the following pages, as these are among the best sailors in the Bay Area. But before you flip the page, hang with us while we crunch a few numbers and explain a few things. Fourteen of the fol¬ Page 154 •

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lowing one design winners sailed in the One Design Classes Association (ODCA), while the other seven sailed in 'stand¬ alone' classes (Express 27s, Etchells, 1 l:Metres, Melges 24s, J/24s, J/35s and Moore 24s). According to the YRA office, 123 boats (down from 138 last year) signed up for ODCA this year, with 103 'qualifying' by racing at least half of the races. Some of the ODCA classes are getting a bit skinny, and two were just 'voted off the island' — the Hawkfarm and 198Rater classes finally collapsed this year, and will be absorbed into HDA from now on. A more serious blow to ODCA, how¬ ever, is the defection of the gigantic J/ 105 class, which will pursue its own cus¬ tomized racing schedule beginning next summer. Meanwhile, as a small consola¬ tion, the resurgent Merit 25s have signed

up for ODCA next year, which therefore nets out to 12 classes in 2002. Just three years ago, there were 18 ODCA classes — the trend looks a lot like the NASDAQ index this year, if you get our drift. "Actually, everything we can control is going pretty well," mentioned Pat Benedict, who's moving up to the presi¬ dency of YRA after a three-year stint as head of ODCA. "We've worked hard on the website; we get the results out sooner; and we've upgraded the race management. However, we're still losing the bigger fleets to the specialty regattas, including two up-and-coming San Francisco YC events and the StFYC's new Alessio Regatta. I can't say that I blame fleets for wanting offset marks, leeward gates, crash boats and other things YRA can't provide. But I still think we put out a good product, es¬ pecially for the smaller fleets."

i The hugely successful J/105 fleet — seen above j at the 2001 Hospice Regatta — will fly solo next year. Photo by latitude/rob. Of the remaining ODCA classes, a pair of ancient stalwarts — the Tuna 22s and r Islander 36s — are ironically the stron¬ gest. Seven of the classes (Antrim 27s, Cal 29s, Express 37s, Newport 30s, Olson 25s, Santana 35s, and Tritons) are hov¬ ering on the edge of extinction, having qualified the bare minimum five boats to keep their start next year. Maybe we're reading the situation all wrong, but the future of ODCA suddenly looks less than rosy. The 'renegade' classes, however, are doing quite well — with the exception of the 11.'Metres, which are faltering some¬ what. The other six groups are quite solid, and even the J/35 class is getting its act

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back together. Once again, the Moore 24s put on the best show, with 46 boats com¬ peting in at least one of the eight events on their Roadmaster Series. Next year, the up-andrcoming J/120s will also begin sailing as a 'stand-alone' one design class, despite the best efforts of ODCA to recruit them. Eleven different yacht clubs are rep¬ resented among the 21 winners this year. St. Francis YC, not unexpectedly, led the charge with five champions, followed by Richmond YC with three, and three clubs (Santa Cruz, South Beach, and Encinal) with two each. Ten of the winners were 'repeats' from last year, and most of the others should look familiar for winning titles in the past. The most impressive winner in the following pages, at least in our opinion, is the Perkins/Wilson col¬ laboration on the J/105 Good Timin',

which narrowly won that large and keenly competitive class for the second year in a row.

To learn more about ODCA, call new president Jon Nicholas, who sails the Newport 30 Hot Chocolate, at (650) 7266131. Lynda Mydrs, the YRA executive director, can also fill you in on ODCA and put you in touch with the heads of the independent one design classes. Another way to check out the stronger classes is through their websites, most of which are linked to www.yra.org. Okay, enough background. We re sure the suspense is killing you — so, without further ado, let's meet this year's crop of big-boat one design winners. Congratu¬ lations all around! — latitude/ rkm December, 2001 •

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SEASON CHAMPIONS, PART II

Antrim 27 — Abracadabra II Dennis Surtees, RYC

Ariel — Pathfinder Ed Ekers, SCYC

Cal 29 — Bluejacket Bill O’Connor, SBYC

CREW: Tony English, Tom Montoya, Kit Stycket, John Amen, Mik,e Schaum¬ burg, Bruce Bradfute, and J.V. Gilmour. COMMENTS: Surtees, a retired anes¬ thesiologist and former 505 national champ, has won three A-27 Nationals and three local seasons in a row. Abracadabra is now "reluctantly" for sale. QUOTE: "I think we proved that age is no deterrent to winning sailboat races!"

CREW: Dr. Debbie Sellmeyer (jib) and wife Lisa Ekers (main/everything else). COMMENTS: Ekers, a retired fire chief and current Ariel fleet captain, won the title for the fifth time. The Ariel fleet, which now includes Islander Bahama 24s and Commanders, continues to grow. QUOTE: "It's hard work to keep an older fleet alive, but it's all worth it to have meaningful numbers on the starting line!"

CREW: Charlie Bellfield, Matt Turns, Wally Gallaway, Arnaud Gueny, Heinz Baumann, Dirk Ligtenberg, Chris Edginton, Louise Lang, Liz Jones, Paul Caturegli, John O'Connor, and Josh Litwin. COMMENTS: O'Connor, an attorney and Cal 29 fleet chairman, has raced on the Bay for over 40 years. QUOTE: "I couldn't have done it with¬ out this crew. They were all special!"

2) Mirador, Anne Simpson, NoYC; 3) Cascade, Steve Rienhart, EYC. (8 entered; 5 qualified)

2) Lickety Split, Joe Antos, AYC; 3) Menhune, Alan Page-Russell, CSC. (10 entered; 6 qualified)

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ll:Metre — Jamba Juice Tom Dinkel, StFYC

Etchells — Celebration Morss/Fischer (above), NoYC

CREW: Jack Kastrop (age 11), Mark Hensley, Alex Kononoff, and Ramelle Ruff. COMMENTS: The Kastrops have been racing together for 15 years. This was their first Catalina 30 season title in three tries. QUOTE: "Good crew, a nice bottom job, and a new Pineapple #1 were the keys. I surprised Mike with the sail at Christmas, Kame said usually the husband is the one hiding the sail purchase from his wife!"

CREW: Chris Churchill, Lori Kuhn, Jeff Woodhull, and Darrel Lager. COMMENTS: The 11 :Metres are in a 'rebuilding mode’ (used ones go for around $ 1 Ok). They are playing with trapezes, and may soon add asymmetrical kites. This is Dinkel's second consecutive title. QUOTE: "Our crew is all amateurs, proving that mere mortals can sail and win in this class. Come join the fun!"

CREW: Owners Doug Morss and Henry Fischer; 'Big Mike' Ruff and Jeff Hager. COMMENTS: This is the duo's fifth sea¬ son of sailing both the S.F. Bay (summer) and San Diego (winter) circuits. They've improved steadily to win their first title. QUOTE: "Everyone missed at least one regatta, but the boat was fast no matter who was aboard! Etchells Eire the perfect boat for San Francisco Bay!"

2) Tres Shey, John Jacobs, IYC; 2) Starkite, Laurie Miller, BYC. (6 entered; 6 qualified)

2) Alegre, James Glockner, StFYC; 3) Igor, Mark Varnes, SYC. (6 boats)

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SEASON CHAMPIONS, PART II

Express 27 — Swamp Donkey Brown/Sellers/Robbins, StFYC

Express 37 — Eclipse Mark Dowdy, SFYC

Jim Wheeler/Vaughn Seifers, RYC

CREW: Owners Robert Brown (left), Scott Sellers (right) and DoUg Robbins (missing) sailed with Geoff MacDonald, Matthew Sessions, Jill Sellers, Scott McRory and Sean Svendsen. COMMENTS: Fourth season for the Donkey, first title. Also won division in Coastal Cup. Owners split driving chores, as Scott also campaigned a Vanguard 15. QUOTE: "EEEEEE-AAWWWWWr

CREW: Rhim Fleishman. Bryan Moore, Suzie Lahey, David Parker, Ruth Suzuki, Mike Brilliant, Rusty Canada, Craig Page, and Bill Melbostad. COMMENTS: Eclipse won just about everything this year, including bullets in their Southern Tour (Coastal Cup, Long Beach RW and North Sails RW). QUOTE: "Our group really has fun rac¬ ing together. We had a blast this year!"

CREW: Chris Evenoff, Les Durfee, Sean Young, Dave Albright, Tim Logan and Chris Rhoades. COMMENTS: This was the final sea¬ son for Hawkfarms. The Dumb America Syndicate, LLP' went out on top, with five National and six YRA titles. QUOTE: "We're looking to expand our partnership. Anyone with a berth in Kaneohe Bay?"

2) El Raton, Ray Lotto, StFYC; 3) Magic Bus, Paul, Eric & Sarah Deeds, Bayview YC. (36 boats)

2) Expeditious, Bartz Schneider, SFYC; 3) Elan, Bill Riess, RYC/EYC. (6 entered; 6 qualified)

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Islander 36 — Zoop Paul Tara, SCYC

J/24 — Nixon Was Cool Shickel/Wiard, StFYC

J/105 — Good Timin' Perkins/Wilson, StFYC

CREW: Mary McKinnon Tara (wife), Patrick Tara (son, age 7), Jim McKinnon, Ray and Cindy McKinnon, Ian McKinnon, Buzz and Taylor Ballenger. COMMENTS: Tara, a real estate ap¬ praiser, spent 30 years sailing 505s and ULDBs. This was his first YRA season. QUOTE: "Patrick did a great job as our tactician. All he ever said was, 'Get in front! Go faster! Where are the cookies?'"

CREW: Owner Dave Wiard, driver Kermit Shickel, Katie Townshend, and John Edenbach. COMMENTS: Dave's wife Julie won in '99 with Nixon. Dave, who just retired as the local J/24 fleet captain, previously crewed on Air, last year's winner. Nixon was sixth in the Nationals this summer. QUOTE: "Our fleet is coming back af¬ ter a post-'98 Worlds decline."

CREW: Owners Chris (middle) and Phil Perkins (left) and Dave Wilson (right) sail¬ ed with crew Darren Ward, John Collins, Alan McNab, Pete Scott, younger brother Jon Perkins and Dave Wilson, Sr. . COMMENTS: With Chris living in Ventura most of the year, Phil led the syn¬ dicate to their second straight win (in just two attempts) — an awesome record! QUOTE: "We'll be back in 2002."

2) Tenacious, Milligan/Terzian, SYC; 3) Nimbus, Daphne Jackson, StFYC. (11 entered; 7 qualified)

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SEASON CHAMPIONS, PART II

J/35 — Jarlen Bob Bloom, Sausalito YC

198 Raters — MyToy Dave Adams, Presidio YC

Melges 24 — dock 9 Duffy / Glockner, StFYC

CREW: Bob Berqtholdt (driver), Paul Sinz, John Claude, Brad Clark; Jferry Wil¬ liams, Mike Wilcox, Les Yamamoto, Brad Bini. Support from Elizabeth Carter, Ron Kell, Bernard Slabeck, Ward Greunke. COMMENTS: Bloom, a retired radiolo-* gist who's owned Jarlen since '90, domi¬ nated the fleet en route to his first title. QUOTE: "This is just recreation. The important thing is to have a nice day!"

CREW: Ward Bums, Jim Brietlow, Ben Castaneda, John Harrison, Tom Deuel, Leslie Iacopi, Roger Anderson, and Jim Demetrio. COMMENTS: Adams, a retired Army engineer, has won 11 titles since 1981. QUOTE: "The 198-raters provided us with great competition for several years. Several of us will move to HDA now, and we look forward to the new challenge."

CREW: Partners James Glockner (who owns three other boats) and Tim Duffy (driver) sailed with Johnny A' Meade, Mike Vare, Tom Glockner and Wayne Zitel. COMMENTS: This makes it 2-for-2 for this gang (last year, the boat was called High Octane). The fleet is gearing up for the StFYC-hosted Worlds in 2003. QUOTE: "It was an exciting 36-race season. Special thanks to our crew!"

2) Raptor, Jim Hoey, RYC; 3) Kiri, Bob George, RYC. (8 boats)

2) Star Ranger, Ranger 26, Simon James; 3) Kristina, Ranger 26, Brian Grainger. (5 ent.; 4 qual.)

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Moore 24 — One Moore Tom Wondolleck, EYC

Newport 30 — Fast Freight Bob Harford, ACYC

Olson 25 — Baleineau Charlie Brochard, CYC

CREW: Michael Jankowski. Michael Buchanan, Joakim Jonsson, and Will Matievich. Guest appearances by Jeff Thorpe, Scott Hester, Dave Hodges, Cindy Loya, and brother Jim Wondolleck. COMMENTS: Wondolleck, an 1-14 and 505 sailor, won the 8-event Roadmaster Series by one point in his first attempt. QUOTE: "It was fun to race with my friends, all of whom are great sailors!"

CREW: George and Hal Ellison, Harry McCartney, Tony Harford (son), Merry Kindred, and Dwight Myllenbeck. COMMENTS: Harford, a hairstylist in Sacramento, won the YRA title in only his second year. QUOTE: "Many thanks to such a hard¬ working and fun crew! The N-30 season went extremely well due to the hard work of Jon Nicholas, our fleet captain."

CREW: Robert Hurliman, Jeff Nelson, Suzanne Walsh, Candace (wife) and Colin (son) Brochard. COMMENTS: Brochard and his vet¬ eran gang won the 0-25 season and na¬ tional titles for the third year in a row. • QUOTE: "Our crew has a nice blend of ages and personalities that keeps us com¬ petitive. From ages 13 to 50-something, we're all having fun!"

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Santana 22 — Soliton Mark Lowry, RYC

Santana 35 — Bluejin Mark & Suzanne Sloane, EYC

Triton — Bolero Ely Gilliam, BVBC

CREW: Jim Bonlie, Brad Clerk. Cam¬ eos by Ulas Kirazci and Han k -Lindeman. Shore support from wife Deb Lowry. COMMENTS: Lowry won for the fifth time in this large and competitive fleet. QUOTE: "We had great crew work again, which won us a lot of races. Still the rest of the fleet keeps sneaking up on us — and with Schock building 22s again, things are bound to get even tighter."

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MAX EBB “H ike harder! Hike! Hike! Hike!” shouted the skipper as I scrunched my body harder against the bare wire life¬ line. “You’ll get your center of gravity much further out if you do it like this,” advised Lee Helm as she ducked under the up¬ per lifeline so that her torso extended out between the two wires. “Are you sure that’s legal?" I asked. “It’s been legal since, like, before I was born,” she answered, her voice full of cross-generational disdain for my lack of currency with the racing rules. I'm not as flexible as I used to be, but with some wiggling and twisting I man¬ aged to get out in the full hike position, and pulled against a stanchion tp keep my weight out as far out as I could. “At least this gets my bottom out of that puddle on the deck next to the cabin trunk,” I remarked. “For sure,” said Lee. From the urgency in our skipper’s voice, we correctly surmised that we were not quite clearing an approaching star¬ board tacker. 64r-p\ X acking!" hailed the skipper, dis¬ pensing with his usual count-down. ‘Tacking now!” Our boat was spinning before any of us had a chance to clear the upper life¬ lines. With four of us stacked tight along the rail between the two midship stan¬ chions, there was no room for everyone to lean over sideways to get under that wire at the same time. 1 was the last one out of the trap, and we were heeled way over on the new tack before I finally ex¬ tracted my legs. No water in the boots this time, but it was close. We threaded ourselves into position between the wires on the new high side after clamoring across the deck. “This is the wet tack,” Lee observed as the first dollop of cold salt water landed on our heads. “Wave angle is much worse than it was on port.” But it was also the tack that was almost on the layline for the wind¬ ward mark. With a big wind shift after the race had started, what was supposed to be a long beat had become almost a fetch. ‘Tacks are expensive in these condi¬ tions,” I noted. “I would have waited ‘til we were at the layline.” “But like, you would have lost dis¬ tance if the wind shifted in either direc¬

tion,” said Lee. “On this tack, just below layline, we come out ahead if the wind shifts either way: If it’s a lift, we fetch. If it’s a header, then we’re on the right side of the course to take advantage of it com¬ pared to a boat on the layline.” Our bow slammed into another short steep wave and more cold spray show¬ ered down on us. “Doesn’t that guy driving know where the bumps are?” complained the foredeck crew, who was sitting forward of me on the rail. “Look on the bright side,” I said. “At least it’s not raining.”

I hiked harder to keep the slow leak in my foulies away from the river of wa¬ ter flowing along the side of the cabin. The aluminum toe rail extrusion was biting into my thighs, while my back was beginning to ache from the unnatural position stuck between the lifeline wires. They usually don’t let me forward of the mainsheet traveler on a big boat. The same is true for Lee Helm, a graduate student who would rather be windsurfing when the wind is up in the winter. But since the forecast was for an unseason¬

"What does hiking like this really contribute to sailboat racing?"

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ably warm and sunny day, with light wind, and since a friend of mine at the yacht club had just bought a bigger boat, and since this skipper is known for bring¬ ing really good lunches, Lee and I had both agreed to hop on for its first big midwinter race. “What does hiking like this really con¬ tribute to the sport of sailboat racing?” I asked rhetorically, addressing my railmates on both sides while facing the wind and waves. “Here we have a big boat with a deep keel and plenty of ballast, and the boats we’re racing against all have the same. Wouldn’t this be a more en¬ joyable sport. . ." (I ducked to avoid tak¬ ing another gallon of San Francisco Bay square in the face) “. . .if we could all be sitting comfortably in the cockpit?” From their reaction, you’d think I had suggested to the crew that we race with our motor running. “No pain, no gain!” proclaimed the foredeck crew, bravely taking the next blast of spray head-on. “Racing is all about speed. The rules should allow us to do whatever it is that makes the boat go as fast as possible.” “But like, by that logic," added Lee, “we should all be in trapeze harnesses with our feet on the rail and our butts way out to windward.” “That would actually be a lot more comfortable," said the foredeck crew. “I race on a 505, and the trap is easier and

REVOLT IN THE CHEAP SEATS ally torture,” said the foredeck crew. “No pain, no gain,” Lee reminded him. “I disagree,” I asserted. “The game should not be about how much pain the crew can endure — it should be about who can sail the fastest and who can handle the boat the best.” We tacked again, this time on the layline. At least we were back in clear air.

dryer than what we’re doing now.” “You miss the point,” said Lee. Part of big boat racing is a contest to see how much suffering the crew can stand.” “When you put it that way,” I said, “I’m not really sure I want to play.” “I mean, you have to understand how it evolved,” she continued. “If you have a fleet of cruising boats and want to see who can sail faster, then you put racing sails and big winches on them and you have the cruiser/racer of past genera¬ tions.” “Wait a minute, Lee. I still have a cruiser/racer.” “Thing is,” she continued without pay¬ ing any attention to my protest, “trapezes and hiking racks aren’t considered to be compatible with this kind of multi-pur¬ pose boat, so the racing rules don’t al¬ low them. This rail that we’re sitting on wasn’t designed for hiking, it was de¬ signed to go to Angel Island for the week¬ end with a family of four.” “Wait a minute, lots of multi-purpose boats have toe rails that are a lot more comfortable than this one,” corrected the foredeck crew. “And you should all be wearing these oversize padded shorts

over your foulies, like I am. One boat I used to sail on even kept a stock of them for crew who didn’t bring their own. It was considered just as important as a PFD.” “Still,” I said with a new skepticism, “the whole idea of having lifelines that force you into this odd angle, and make you sit on the wet deck, and put you right where the spray lands, and don’t let you get your weight very far out anyway...” “Ready about! Three, two, one. ...” We all knew this was coming after seeing another boat cross our bow and tack right on our wind. So we were a little faster getting out of the lifelines and across the boat than last time. “Another reason for avoiding the layline,” noted Lee as we ducked under the boom vang, “is that we still have a tack left if we need to clear our air.” We struggled back into our positions on the port rail.

“M xVAaybe this would be easier if boats this size didn’t have to have life¬ lines,” I suggested. “And hike out Soling style? That’s re¬ /

“If we were, like, inventing sailboat racing from scratch,” Lee proposed once we were back in position on the star¬ board rail, “what kind of hiking would we allow on big boats with cabins? What’s a sensible way to get crew weight to windward, if we can forget everything that we’ve like, been conditioned to think is normal about boat racing? “ “The sport would be perfectly okay if everyone was required to be sitting in the cockpit,” I said. “But then we’d have to have too-big cockpits and too-small cabins on cruis¬ ers,” said Lee. “And we’d be positioned way too far from the bow,” added the foredeck crew. “I vote for the trapeze.” Tough sell for folks like me,” I said. “1 don’t care how comfortable you din¬ ghy sailors keep telling me those things are, you can’t expect recreational bigboat crew to get themselves trussed up like that for every race.” We were on the wet tack again, and another bucket of water plopped on our heads.

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’ V_y kay, hiking racks,” he said. "I’ll take hiking racks when we redesign the sport. But not the kind that break off and throw the crew in the drink.” “Most boats have to fit in a marina slip,” Lee reminded us. “And what about raft-ups? Anything that projects out¬ board has to be easy to fold up. Also, if you allow a trapeze or a big hiking rack, then the tolerance for weight variation goes down. Being right up against that weight limit will become even more im¬ portant than ft already is. On ballasted boats there’s a case to be made for limit¬ ing the hiking method to something that’s not too effective, so it’s not a crew weight contest. But like, it should be comfortable and dry, and easy to use by inexperienced crew. A trap is right out. Hiking racks have to be not too big, and fold in.” She waited until the next set of waves was over, then scratched a diagram on the back page in her tide book. ‘There,” she said as she handed me her vision of kinder and gentler big-boat December, 2001 •

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crewing. “A narrow plank and one or two tubes for a backrest is all it takes. Life¬ line stanchions are usually just under seven feet apart as per ORC regs, so there would be room for four people on each folding rack between each set of stan¬ chions. The whole rig would replace the top wire, but when it was folded up it would put a nice bar at that height, and the seat would look like a big bulwark. Should be fine on a cruising boat, and make race boats go faster with lots more crew comfort." “And a beter view,” I remarked as I passed the sketch forward. “It would sure be dryer,”, said the foredeck crew as we all tried to duck another dose of cold salt spray. “But it also reminds me of what they had on sailing ships up until the 19th Century.” “What was that? Surely they didn’t have hiking racks.” “Actually they did, in a manner of speaking. The trailboards, those planks extending back on each side from the beak or head that supported the bow-

“Yes. A footrest, a seat, and a back¬ rest,” he said. “Guess what it was for.” The function of this strangely placed hiking rack was not immediately obvi¬ ous to me. “And that’s why we still call it the head!” Lee finally had to scream in order to clue me in.

Trailboards on an 18th Century warship — and their actual function — as drawn by L.F. Herreshoff. sprit, always consisted of three planks positioned about the same way. The in¬ teresting thing is that the distance be¬ tween those planks didn't change up or down with the size of the boat. They ere always the same distance apart.” “You mean for people to sit on?” I asked.

We were getting close to the mark, and it was time for the foredeck crew to go to work. At least the wind was down a little, and the waves were not sending spray in our faces anymore. The bad news was that water was starting to come out of the sky. When we finally rounded the mark, the wind was almost down to zero and it was pouring rain. “I want to race in a class where the crew has to stay in the cabin,” the foredeck crew suggested to Lee as she tried to trim the wet spinnaker. “No pain, no gain,” she reminded him.

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THE RACING

With reports this month on a lopsided S.F. Challenge Cup; a botched Golden Gate YC Midwinters; StFYC's Fall Olympic Classes Regatta; the painfully light-air San Francisco YC Pre-Holiday Regatta; a pleas¬ ant Sausalito YC Midwinters race; the inaugural S.F. Bay Optimist Championship; the well-attended Berkeley Midwinters; Encinal YC's Jack Frost Series; the Winton/Harris awards; and the usual plethora of box scores and race notes at the end.

S.F. Challenge Cup Peter Isler and his talented San Diego YC minions crushed challenge^ San Fran¬ cisco YC in the 95th San Francisco Chal¬ lenge Cup, a winner-take-all match race held in lD-35s in San Diego the last week¬ end of October. This was the second year in a row that Isler has won the event, which dates back to 1895 and is the old¬ est sailing trophy on the West Coast. Last year, Pedro beat Jeff Madrigali on the Bay in lD-35s. This year, his victim was Russ Silvestri. "It was over almost from the start," explained Isler, who steered Kill-A-Watt in the lopsided victory. "We wanted the right side of the course, they wanted the left. When we came back together up the beat.

Peter Isler— sailor, author, and all-around good guy — pounded our Bay Area team In the re¬ cent S.F. Challenge Cup. we were about a minute ahead —and that was pretty much the whole story." There's actually a little more to the stoiy, such as that SDYC extended their lead on every leg, winning by something like five minutes. The winning team, in addition to Isler, was Chris Busch, Rick Merriman, Drew Freides, Jim MacLeod, Page 168 •

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Chris Doolittle, John Wylie, Casey Schnoor and Cameron Biehl. The San Francisco YC squad, which sailed Koinonio, consisted of Silvestri, Seadon Wijsen, Chris Shining, Keith Stahnke, Greg Felton, Skip McCormack, Jeff Moseley and Mark Hinshaw.

Golden Gate YC Midwinters First the good news: The first Golden Gate YC Midwinter race on Saturday, No¬ vember 3, attracted 102 boats — way up from the 65 boats that showed up for their opener a year ago. It was, we're told, a beautiful fall day for racing — slightly cool and overcast, with a 15-knot westerly flow¬ ing through the Gate. Now, the bad news: Much of the day's potential was wasted through a starting sequence mix-up, poor course selection and, ultimately, scoring problems. It was ugly enough that both the Farr 40 and J/ 120 fleets considered withdrawing from the series and hiring their own race man¬ agement to run two races a day on the remaining Saturdays of the GGYC Mid¬ winters. Fortunately, according to race chairwoman Christina Joyce, that sce¬ nario has been avoided by offering the Farrs and 120s separate starts from now on (as opposed to starting them in PHRFI and breaking them out later). "I wasn't there, I had nothing to do with it!" emailed Jeff Zarwell in response to our inquiries about what went wrong. In fact, Zarwell — who ably ran the racing at GGYC for years — recently quit the club and is moving to San Diego. We weren't there that day either, so we'll skip any further speculation and go straight to the results, which hopefully are correct now. After this shaky start, the only way for the GGYC Midwinters to go is up — and we wish the race committee and the racers better luck at the next race (December 1). See www.yrn.org for full results. FARR 40 — 1) 01' Farrtz, Bob Wolfe. (5 boats; all others OCS)

J/120 — No finishers. (7 boats) J/105 — 1) Good Timin', Perkins/Wilson; 2) Ar¬ bitrage, Bruce Stone; 3) Jitterbug, Chuck Eaton; 4) Bald Eagles, Paul/Liggett; 5) Wind Dance, Littfin/. Pugh; 6) Capricorn, Bill Booth; 7) Jose Cuervo, Sam & Luke Hock. (19 boats) CATALINA 34 — 1) Wind Dragon, Dave Davis; 2) Motley, Chris Owen; 3) Don Miguel, David Benefiel. (7 boats) KNARR — 1) Benino, Terry Andehini; 2) Gos¬ sip, Mark Adams. (6 boats) FOLKBOAT — 1) Freja, Tom & Lee Ann Reed; 2) Polperro, Peter Jeal. (5 boats) PHRF-I (< 65) — 1) Q, Schumacher 40, Glenn Isaacson; 2) Fast Forward, Aerodyne 38, Dan Ben¬ jamin; 3) X-Dream, X-119, Steen Moller; 4) Zamazaan, Farr 52, Chuck Weghorn; 5) Tropical Storm, X-482, The Forsters. (12 boats; all others OCS) PHRF-II (65-99)— 1) Navigator, Soverel 33, Bill Melbostad; 2) Expeditious, Express 37, Bartz Schneider; 3) Elan, Express 37, Bill Riess; 4) Yucca, 8-Meter, Hank Easom; 5) Melange, Express 37, Jim & Petra Reed. (12 boats) PHRF-III (100-152) — 1) Uno, WylieCat30, Steve Wonner; 2) Harp, Catalina 38, Mike Mannix; 3) Breakout, Santana 35, Lloyd Ritchey. (10 boats) PHRF-IV (153-197) — 1) Eyrie, Hawkfarm, Tom Condy; 2) Chorus, Kettenberg 38, Peter English; 3) Sorcerer, C&C Half Ton, Greg Cody; 4) Whitecap,

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Meanwhile, Griffin Hewitt, a young sailor from Vancouver, BC, won the 19-boat Byte Nationals over fellow Royal Vancouver YC member Jennifer Spaulding — also on a tiebreaker! Versatile local sailor Chad Freitas, a senior at Berkeley, was third. Complete results can be found at www.stfyc.com. Check out www.ussailing.org for the full list of 2001 Sailing Team members, as well as each class's ranking regattas for 2001.

Still life at the Fall OCR — The ebb flushed the Europe fleet around the leeward mark, which was bigger than the boats! IOD, Tom Allen. (11 boats) I

PHRF-V (197-up) — 1) Yachtsea, Santana 22, Mike Spitz; 2) MyToy, Ranger 26, Dave Adams; 3) Crazy Jane, Thunderbird, Doug Carroll. (8 boats)

Fall Olympic Classes Regatta Out-of-towners dominated St. Francis YC's Fall Olympic Regatta, held on the Cityfront on October 26-28. Because it is a US Sailing Team ranking regatta, the seven-race, one-throwout event attracted aspiring Olympians from all around the country. The four singlehanded Olympic classes, which sailed a three-day regatta, were augmented on the weekend by two of the hotter local classes. Vanguard 15s and the Bytes. "Friday was pretty windy, but the next two days were light and shifty," said race chairman Dennis George. "Altogether, it was a good test of all-around sailing ability." The 33-strong Laser class was easily the most competitive class, featuring a battle between young guns Andrew

Campbell (San Diego), Andrew Lewis (Ha¬ waii), and Brett Davis (St. Pete, FL). Campbell, the #2 ranked Laser sailor in the country, put together a steady 2,2,(6),2,1,2,2 to take top honors in the deep fleet. Peter Phelan (Santa Cruz) was the top local sailor, taking a highly re¬ spectable fifth. Darrell Peck (Gresham, OR), the #2 Finn sailor behind the absent Russ Silvestri, dominated the Finns. Local boardsailor Ted Huang, back on the wa¬ ter after a knee injury sidelined him for almost a year, fired off straight bullets in the IMCOs. Anneli Clea Bolund, a Dan¬ ish girl living in Seattle, topped the 16boat Europe class. Alameda sailor Krysia Pohl, who currently ranks #2 in the U.S. behind Meg Gaillard, entered the last race tied with Anneli. "I was battling with Robbie Dean for first and lost track of Anneli," said Pohl. "It was disappointing to lose, but I'm happy with my boatspeed." The Vanguard 15s squeezed in a 9race, no-throwout series, which ended in a three-way tie for first. Matt Sessions and crew Avery Patton won on the tiebreaker.

LASER — 1) Andrew Campbell, 11 points; 2) Andrew Lewis, 23; 3) Brett Davis, 24; 4) Zach Railey, 26; 5) Peter Phelan, 31; 6) Clay Johnson, 32; 7) Kurt Taulbee, 36; 8) Ben Richardson, 37; 9) Carl Buchan, 40; 10) Emery Wager, 57; 11) Martin Hartmannis, 59; 12) David Kenny, 70; 13) Tracy Usher, 71; 14) Gor¬ don Clute, 90; 15) Steve Larsen, 90. (33 boats) FINN — 1) Darrell Peck, 7 points; 2) Mo Hart, 12; 3) Henry Sprague, 14; 4) Andy Kern, 26; 5) Patrick Weaver, 30. (10 boats) EUROPE — 1) Anneli Clea Bolund, 11 points; 2) Krysia Pohl, 13; 3) Robbie Dean, 16; 4) Susannah Carr, 31; 5) Jaime Mack, 32; 6) Casey Pelletier, 32; 7) Christin Feldman, 35. (16 boats) IMCO — 1) Ted Huang, 5 points; 2) Peter Wells, 10; 3) Steve Bodner, 14; 4) Kimberly Birkenfeld, 18. (9 boats) VANGUARD 15 — 1) Matthew Sessions/Avery Patton, 36 points; 2) Nick & Carissa Adamson, 36; 3) Mike Zani/Mike Huang, 36; 4) John A. Meade/Alex¬ is Krivkovich, 44; 5) Scott Sellers/Bridget Creney, 47; 6) Will Graves/Erica Museler, 48; 7) Adam Lowry/ Mara Holian, 51; 8) Ken Turnbull/Jordan Parker, 63. (18 boats) BYTE (Nationals) — 1) Griffin Hewitt, 21 points; 2) Jennifer Spaulding, 21; 3) Chad Freitas, 31; 4) Carlos Roberts, 32; 5) Dan Brandt, 46; 6) Nick Ward, 50; 7) Erin Smith, 52; 8) Dan Ouellet, 87; 9) Gene Harris, 88; 10) Meghan Castruccio, 93. (21 boats)

SFYC Pre-Holiday Series Thirty-one boats competed in five classes in San Francisco YC's light-air Pre-Holiday Series on November 17-18. According to race chairman Tim Russell, it was actually a gratifying turnout. "Last year, we only had 19 boats, and three of them were Hobie 18s," said Russell. "If the event had declined again this year, it probably would have signaled the end of the series. I'm happy to say that won't be the case." ' 411 three races were played out in slow motion on windward/leeward courses set up with inflatables on the Southampton course. The third race (Sunday's first) was shortened at the leeward mark after not even one complete lap, and the scheduled fourth race was subsequently canceled due to lack of moving air. Other than that, conditions for the weekend were quite pleasant and benign — sunny, warm, and not a drop of water on the deck. Tom Thayer and Dick Watt's new Farr December, 2001 • UMwUI? • Page 169

40 Non Sequitur, with Will Paxton calling tactics, put together a 1,1,2 series to eas¬ ily win the six-boat Farr 40 competition. Tire ll:Metres also fielded a one design class at the last moment, which was won by Jamba Juice. Jessica Lord and Andy Horton took turns driving Juice to a 3,1,1 record, filling in for owner/driver Tom Dinkel, who is still recovering from his recent back surgery. Colin Case’s Schumacher 40 Recidi¬ Page 170* UXUuJtZ? • December. 2001

White knuckle action at SFYC's Pre-Holiday Regatta, clockwise from upper left— The Laser 28 Stink Eye' goes for a casual set; the tiny Tuna 22 'Yacht Sea' rounds ahead of 'Sierra IT; 'Recidivist' wrapped up Class A; Peregrine' at Southampton Shoals; a new driver for the J/105 'Walloping Swede'. vist, the big boat in Class A, had an easy time of it, posting all first place finishes. Likewise, Jeff McCord and Leslie Norris's Soverel 33 Mischief crushed Class B with their own string of bullets. Among Mis¬ chiefs victims was Jim Coggan’s new-tohim green Schumacher 40 Auspice, mak¬ ing her local debut. Jason Woodley and

Dan Pingaro's Santana 30/30 Laniakea took Class C, putting away the boat they were tied with after Saturday — the sus- | piciously-named Laser 28 Stink Eye — in the finale by a nine-minute margin. All PHRF racing was scored time-on-time us¬ ing the "Lake Ontario factor method" (we don’t know what that means, either).

This page, clockwise from above— Shadow'chases 'Non Sequitur'; 'Peregrine'trimmer Dan 'Brewski' Brousseau; the new 'Auspice' and old 'Petard'; three Class A boats— 'Mr. Magoo', 'Expeditious' and 'Recidivist' duel downwind; the 11:Metre 'Alegre' (for sale in 'Classies'). All photos latitude/rob & jr. See www.sjyc.org for full results. • FARR 40 — 1) Non Sequitur, Tom Thayer/Dick Watts, 4 points; 2) Astra, Mary Coleman, 8; 3) Gone Too Farr, David Carrel, 12; 4) Peregrine, David Thomson, 12; 5) Blue Chip, Walt Logan, 14; 6) Shadow, Peter Stoneberg, 14. (6 boats) 11:METRE — 1) Jamba Juice, Tom Dinkel, 5 points; 2) Habenero, David Gauci, 6. (6 boats)

CLASS A— 1) Recidivist, Schumacher 40, Colin Case, 3 points; 2) Expeditious, Express 37, Bartz Schneider, 9; 3) Chance, J/120, Berry Lewis, 10. (6 boats) CLASS B — 1) Mischief, Soverel 33, Jeff McCord/Leslie Norris, 3 points; 2) Capricorn, J/105, Bill Booth, 10; 3) Auspice, Schumacher 40, Jim Coggan, 10; 4) Orion, J/105, Gary Kneeland, 13. (7 boats)

CLASS C — 1) Laniakea, Santana 30/30, Ja¬ son Woodley/Dan Pingaro, 4 points; 2) Stink Eye, Laser 28, Jonathan Gutoff, 6; 3) Yacht Sea, Santana 22, Michael Spitz, 9. (6 boats)

Sausalito YC Midwinters Forty-four boats showed up at the Little Harding starting area for the first of five Sausalito YC midwinter races on Sun¬ day, November 4 — a gratifying improve¬ ment over the 23-boat turnout a year ago. December, 2001 •

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THE RACING Mother Nature showed her approval by granting the racers a balmy, summer-like day with flat water and a building 8-14 knot northwesterly. Though historically a low-key, cluboriented series, that may be changing as four Farr 40s showed up for the first time — Ol'Farrtz, NonSequitur, Gone Too Farr, and Blue Chip. They finished in that or¬ der after a 14-mile race, a double sau¬ sage using Yellow Bluff and a channel marker off Pt. Blunt as the turning marks. "It was an awesome day for sail¬ ing," reported Gone Too Farr crew Nor¬ man Davant. "The course was kind of a one-lane highway deal, but how can you beat sailing in shorts in November?" The spinnaker classes sailed the same course, but only once around. The non¬ nylon crowd sailed a 4.5-mile* course to Yellow Bluff, then to an inflatable south of Knox, and then back to the finish. "As opposed to what happened the day be¬ fore at another midwinter, there were no DNFs and no DSQs," noted race chair¬ man Andy Eggler. "In fact, everyone seemed quite happy with the race." FARR 40—1) 01' Farrtz, Bob Wolfe/Ben Mumford; 2) Non Sequitur, Tom Thayer/Dick Watts/ Will Paxton. (4 boats) BIG SPINNAKER (0-143) — 1) Gammon, Jeff Flutter; 2) Joker, J/35, Gordon Smith; 3) Hazard¬ ous Waste, J/105, Dana Sack. (9 boats) LITTLE SPINNAKER (144-up) —1) Jimmy Riddle, Moore 24, Rich Korman; 2) Hot Chocolate, Newport 30, Jon Nicholas; 3) Island Girl, Islander 36, Frank Burkhart. (12 boats) BIG NON-SPINNAKER (0-171) —1) Q,

S.F. Bay Optimist Championship There may not have been a Big Boat Series this year, but there was another Cityfront crowd pleaser — the first annual San Francisco Bay Optimist Champion¬ ship on November 3-4. Twenty-one expe¬ rienced Opti sailors crowded the starting line for the St. Francis YC-hosted 7-race, 1-throwout series. Like most sports, be¬ cause of better programs and coaches, sailors are also getting better at a younger age. This was a ground-breaking event, with the average age of the competitors only 12 — and a third of them girls! The St. Francis YC treated the 21 youngsters like royalty, and the weather for both days was of thevkind you dream about. Two gorgeous perpetual half-model Opti trophies, donated by StFYC Junior Program Chairman Danny Shea, inspired each participant to put forth their best efforts. The two perpetuals both went to Encinal YC juniors — one for top female Opti sailor (11-year-old Alicia Bernhard) and one for top male Opti sailor (14year-old Josh Leighton). Encinal has had a very active Opti program for about five years and deserves a lot of credit for the hard work they've put into their program and the very good sailors they've pro¬ duced. If you don't know what an Optimist is, you must be from California. With the abundance of El Toros in Northern Cali¬ fornia and the equivalent Sabots in South-

prams with a funny-looking sail plan. The quality of sailors these little boats have produced, however, is not funny. More sailors in the '92 and '96 Olympics learned to sail in Optis than any other boat. There are now 150,000 Optimists in 100 countries, with over 10,000 in the United States. If you are over 15, you would not be eligible to participate in an Opti regatta. It's not uncommon for hun¬ dreds of Optimists to show up for a par¬ ticular regatta. The Optimist has proven to be an excellent platform for advancing young inexperienced sailors to confident advanced boat handlers. — bob nagy 1) Josh Leighton; 2) Alicia Bernhard; 3) Sean Kelly; 4) Cody Nagy; 5) Anastasia Kuzina; 6) De¬ von Lindsley; 7) William Kendrick; 8) Erik Glasser; 9) Myles Gutenkunst; 10) Gray Claxton; 11) Lind¬ say Grove; 12) Jessica Bernhard; 13) Peter/Emma Jesberg; 14) Thomas Brook; 15) Mary Glasser; 16) Logan Weir; 17) Tanner Nagy; 18) Michaella McCloskey; 19) Finn-Erik Nilsen; 20) Walker Weir; 21) Michael Grove.

Berkeley Midwinters Schumacher 40, Glenn Isaacson; 2) Pacific Idyll, Hunter 37, Ellen Clark; 3) Leapin' Lizard, San Juan 28, Liz Greer. (9 boats) LITTLE NON-SPINNAKER (172-up) — 1) Spindrifter, Tartan 30, Paul Skabo; 2) Roeboat, Catalina 30, Rod Decker; 3) Nordlys, Knarr, Joel Kudler. (10 boats) Page 172* UfoUM-H • December, 2001

Optimistic sight — These funny-looking little craft are ubiquitous elsewhere in the country. They're just now catching on in the Bay Area. ern California, Optimists have had diffi¬ culty working their way into the Bay Area. They are small (7.7 feet long, 3.6 feet wide)

The Bay's premiere winter one design series kicked off on November 10-11, sporting the same tried-and-true Berke¬ ley Circle format and a new title — the Berkeley Midwinters. "We finally dropped the Metropolitan YC half of the name," ex¬ plained race chairwoman-for-life Bobbi Tosse. "They founded the event back)in

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Berkeley Midwinter winners 'Bodacious' (above) and 'Run Wild' (inset), seen earlier this fall at the Yankee Cup. the late '50s. However, over the last few years, MYCO's membership has declined, and the acquisition/rental of a clubhouse became impossible. Some of those remaining, including Bob Gray, the MYCO race chairman, joined BYC. For better or worse, the midwinters is all Berkeley YC's now." Despite a less-than-optimal weather forecast, 115 boats out of the 143 entrants came out to race in 14 different divisions on Saturday. Here's Tosse's emailed ac¬ count of the day: "The weatherman promised 10-20 knots from the south with a chance of rain. We never saw the south but, for sure, we saw the rain — quite a bit of rain! Wet and mlserable-to-read-flnish-sheets rain. We managed to start the first two divi¬ sions on time in an 8-10 knot westerly, using 'F' as the weather mark, but then the wind shut down for 55 minutes. . . "New stuff finally blew in at 20+, also from the west. That lasted for about'30 minutes before gradually diminishing. The last group started in very light air. Ultimately, we went to 'all stop'. Next came a 5-knot easterly, then a stop, then an¬ other westerly, then stop, then an east¬ erly, . . We lost count of the 180° shifts. Oh yeah, there was a little bit of north

also. But never any south. I did mention the rain, didn’t I?" On Sunday, only 32 boats (out of 47 sign-ups) showed up. They were treated to a 15-knot southerly and more pouring rain. They got underway with 'D' as the upwind mark, but a 25° windshift soon turned the course into a parade. "At least it stopped raining after awhile," sighed Tosse. Welcome to the midwinters, folks! Complete results are available at www.berkeleyyc.org and at www.yra.org.

Andy Macfie; 3) Family Hour, The Bilafers. (6 boats) EXPRESS 27 — 1) Frog in French, Kame Richards; 2) Baffett, Baffico/ Forrest; 3) Motorcycle Irene, Will Paxton; 4) Magic Bus, Eric Deeds; 5) Hurri¬ cane, Russ Rieber; 6) Exocet, Landon/Crowson; 7) Chimo, Brad Pennington; 8) Peaches, Rivlin/Baldwin; 9) Mirage, Terry Cobb. (20 boats) SF 30s — 1) Tortuga, Santana 30/30, Steve Hutchison; 2) Take Off, Laser 28, Joan Byrne; 3) Jeannette, Tartan Ten, Henry King; 4) Jane Doe, Olson 911-SE, Bob Izmarian; 5) Redux, Olson 911, Nick Barnhill; 6) Borderline, Olson 911-SE, Bill Charron. (14 boats) MOORE 24 — 1) Vu Ja De, Bob Sutton; 2) Spar¬ row Hawk, Vaughn Seifers; 3) Csardas, Judy Bentsen; 4) Gruntled, Becky Hackworth/Simon Winer. (11 boats) DIV. C (117-177) —1) El Gavilan, Hawkfarm, Jocelyn Nash; 2) Redhawk, Hawkfarm, Dan Newland; 3) Zilla, B-25, Brent Draney. (7 boats) J/24 — 1) Sockeye, Dave Holscher; 2) Phan¬ tom, John Gulliford; 3) Casual Contact, Ed Walker. (7 boats) MERIT 25 — 1) Twilight Zone, Paul Kamen; 2) Chesapeake, Jim Fair. (5 boats) NEWPORT 30 — 1) Topgallant, Frank Hinman; 2) Harry, DickAronoff; 3) Fast Freight, Bob Harford. (6 boats) DIV. D (180-195)— 1)Travieso, J/22, Jack Allen; 2) Talisman Banana, J/22, Gary Albright. (4 boats) DIV. E (> 198) — 1) Ypso, Cal 2-27, Tim Stapleton; 2) Latin Lass, Catalina 27, Bill Chapman; 3) Freyja, Catalina 27, Frank Van Kirk. (8 boats)

SUNDAY. NOV. 11: DIV. I (< 114) — 1) Racer X, Mumm 30, Gary Redelberger; 2) Hoot, Olson 30, Andy Macfie; 3)

SATURDAY. NOV. 10: DIV. A (< 84) — 1)

Bodacious, Farr One Ton, John Clauser; 2) Raptor, J/35, Jim Hoey; 3) Racer X, Mumm 30, Gary Redelberger. (6 boats) ANTRIM 27 — 1) Arch Angel, Bryce Griffith; 2) Czechmate, Mark Hlubecek; 3) Cascade, Steve Reinhart. (6 boats) DIV. B (87-114) — 1) Mlntaka 4, Farr 38, Gerry Brown; 2) AFM, Hobie 33, Oliver Coolidge. (5 boats) MELGES 24 — 1) Glock 9, James Glockner; 2) Don Miguel, Mike Rettie; 3) Trailblazer, Don Jesberg. (7 boats) OLSON 30— 1) Run Wild, Dale Irving; 2) Hoot,

The new blue Farr 40 'Ol Farrtz' lit up last month, winning at the GGYC and SYC midwinters. Family Hour, Olson 30, Bilafer Family. (6 boats) EXPRESS 27 — 1) Diane, Steve Katzman. (3 boats) WYLIECAT 30 — 1) Triumph, Jake Cartwright; 2) Silkye, John & Rina Skinner. (4 boats) December, 2001 ♦ (44wt 3? • Page 173

THE RACING DIV. II (117-162)— 1)Starbuck, Black Soo 30, Greg Nelson. (3 boats) DIV. Ill (168-177) — 1) Mission Im¬ possible, Merit 25, Dave Hamilton; 2) Half Blind Monkey, J/24, James Zervos; 3) Casual Contact, J/24, Ed Walker. (8 boats) DIV. IV (>180) — 1) Annie, Cal 29, Steve Zevanove; 3) Antares, Islander 302, Larry Telford; 3) Latin Lass, Catalina

$500, to be used to advance the recipient's sailing career. Novato's Skip McCormack, a re¬ cent UC Santa Cruz graduate who now works at a software company in Mill Valley, was an easy choice this year. Skip, also a member of SFYC and StFYC, had a great year, winning the Youth Match Racing Championship in Cowes, England, and campaigning a 49er with Chad Freitas. He also distinguished him¬ self by earning the 2000 national collegiate sportsmanship award, a high honor. Congratulations to both Molly and Skip!-

27, Bill Chapman. (8 boats)

EYC Jack Frost Series Encinal YC's midwinter series kicked off on Saturday, Novem¬ ber 17, with 34 boats in atten¬ dance. The sailing conditions were perfect — a steady 8-10 knot westerly, flat water on a building, ebb, and not a cloud in the sky. The courses were windward/lee¬ ward, four times around, which put a premiun on sail-handling. "The racing was quite close, par¬ ticularly in the two one design classes," noted race chairman Les Raos. ' _ Bob Bloom's Jarlen led the eight J/35s for the first seven legs of the race, but fell to third on the final run to the finish due to an untimely chute wrap. "Well, that's show business," laughed Bloom, who dominated this fleet during the regular season. A new boat, John Wimer and Lou Ann Bell's Fast Lane, was the race winner. "It's great to see the J/35 class start¬ ing to come back," said Bloom. "It's a clas¬ sic design, good on all points of sail. They've become quite affordable lately — people are buying them from Seattle and Southern California, and bringing them back to the Bay." EYC has gone back to the old Jack Frost Series format of four races and one throwout. "We have the best midwinter venue (The Slot' off Treasure Island), and we always guarantee a breeze," stated Raos. "Come join us!" J/35 — 1) Fast Lane, John Wimer/Lou Ann Bell; 2) Raptor, Jim Hoey; 3) Jarlen, Bob Bloom. (8 boats) ANTRIM 27 — 1) Owlarah, Joe Melino; 2) Nem¬ esis, Martson/Shortman; 3) Polar Bear, Rich Ray. (5 boats) PHRF I (0-130) — 1) Jolly Tar, Melges 24, Arnstein Mustad; 2) Enigma, Capo 30 mod., Bob Hultman; 3) Power Play, Andrews 30, Chris Hargett. (6 boats) PHRF II (131-up) — 1) Chesapeake, Merit 25, Jim Fair; 2) Wuvulu, Islander Bahama 30, John New; 3) Slim, J/30, Loren Mollner; 4) Lelo Too, Tartan 30, Emile Carles. (15 boats)

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Past Winners of the Harris Trophy:

Nice young people — Skip McCormack and Molly Carapiet both won major youth sailing awards last month. recently selected Molly Carapiet as the first recipient of the Winton Award. Also, Skip McCormack was awarded the Scott Harris Perpetual Memorial Trophy. "Both winners are good citizens and outstand¬ ing sailors," noted Tad Lacey, president of the Foundation. The new Winton Award honors the late Chuck Winton, a well-known racer (Chimo) and past commodore of the SFYC. The award, which carries with it a $ 1,000 stipend for sailing, goes to the outstand¬ ing Bay Area youth sailor who demon¬ strates ^'consistent sailing ability and sus¬ tained interest in the sport, and is recog¬ nized by his or her peers and mentors as worthy of special recognition." Carapiet — a Belvedere-based sailor who sails for the Marin Catholic HS sailflag team, SFYC and StFYC — certainly fits that description. She had a banner year on the water, winning the Ida Lewis Trophy (junior women's doublehanded championship), taking second in the Leiter Cup (junior women's singlehanded champs), and much more. The Harris Trophy, formerly overseen by the now-defunct San Francisco Sail¬ ing Foundation, has been awarded inter¬ mittently since 1981 to honor a young man who died in a sailing accident in Belize in the late '60s. It is given to a young Bay Area sailor, age 18-24, who exhibits outstanding sailing skills and sportsman¬ ship. It, too, carries a cash scholarship of

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Box Scores "Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as you please," wrote Mark Twain. With that logic, here is the most undistorted (hopefully) part of the maga¬ zine — just the facts, nothing more. RED ROCK REGATTA (Tiburon YC: Oct 27): SPINNAKER — 1) Joyride, J/105, Bill Hoehler; 2) Mortal Kombat, Moore 24, Hans Bigall; 3) Frenzy,

SHEET Gross, 3 points; 2) Bruzer, Moore 24, Gary Tracy, 3) Gangrene, Moore 24, Dan Nitake, 6; 4) Wild Fire, Moore 24, Howard Rudderman, 9. (11 boats) Moore 34, Lon & Susie Woodrum; 4) Moonshadow, Wylie 31, Behrens Family. (9 boats) NON-SPINNAKER — ,1) Don Wan, Santana 28, Don Kunstler; 2) Another Wild Blonde, J/24, Marcia Peck; 3) Patriot, Yamaha 33, Lesa Kinney/Dave Opheim; 4) Splash, Cal 2-27, Don Walder. (8 boats) ID-35 NATIONALS (Coral Reef YC. FLA: 11/9-11): 1) Windquest, Dick DeVos/John Bertrand, 40 points; 2) Wild Thing, Chris & Kara Busch, 42; 3) Tabasco, John & Stephanie Wylie, 46; 4) Smiling Bulldog, Garth Dennis, 52; 5) Joss, Owen Kratz, 60; 6) Extreme, Mike Goldfarb, 61; 7) Victory ..Buddy Cribb, 63; 8) Widowmaker, Nick & Tina Worth, 72; 9) Kaizen, Fred & Steve Howe, 74; 10) Avalanche, Sledd Shelhorse, 76. (18 boats; 8 races; no throwouts) AYC ESTUARY MIDWINTERS (Nov. 11): FLEET A (0-138) — 1) Don Miguel, Melges 24, Mike Rettie; 2) W. Coyote, Express 27, Dan Pruzan; 3) Frog in French, Express 27, Sally Richards. (10 boats) COLUMBIA 5.5— 1) Impatient, Dick Jarvis/Bill Humphrey. (3 boats) FLEET C (139-189) — 1) Lelo Too, Tartan 30, Emile Carles. (3 boats) FLEET D (190-up) — 1) Pip Squeak, Santana 20, Liam O'Flaherty. (2 boats) NON-SPINNAKER — 1) Wave Rider, Hunter 31, Mark Rommell. (2 boats) GOBLIN REGATTA (Santa Barbara YC: 11/3-4): 29er— 1) Nathan Dunham/Casey Shilling, New¬ port, 28 points; 2) Cameron McCloskey/Morgan Gutenkunst, Belvedere, 29; 3) Alex Bernal/Tedd White, Santa Barbara, 43. (15 boats; 8 races) J/24 — 1) Kent Pierce, Santa Barbara, 20 points; 2) Ryan Cox, Ventura, 28; 3) Carl Smit, San Fran¬ cisco, 39. (8 boats; 8 races) SANTA CRUZ YC MIDWINTERS (Nov. 17:2 races): CREWED — 1) Roller Coaster, SC 50, Jack Gordon, 3 points; 2) Magna, SC 27, J. & J. Case, 5; 3) Mary Don't Surf, Melges 24, Brett Gripenstraw, 10. (8 boats) DOUBLEHANDED — 1) Bullet, Olson 30, Mike

CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS (SCYC: Nov. 3): 1) DynaFlow, SC 27, Matt Dini; 2) Hanalei Ex¬ press, SC 27, Rob Schuyler; 3) Gangrene, Moore 24, Dan Nitake. (6 boats) SOUTH BAY YRA MIDWINTER #1 (CPYC: Nov. 11): DIV. A (<166) — 1) White Dove, Beneteau 40.7, Mike Garl; 2) Flexible Flyer, Santana 35, Leighton Quon; 3) Sundancer, Hunter 34, Bob & Pam Carlen; 4) Jet Lag, Catalina 34, Roger Roe. (9 boats) DIV. B (non-spin <181) — 1) Mer Linda, Catalina 30, Mark Hale; 2) Mist, Beneteau First 38, Robert Hu. (5 boats) DIV. C (168-up)— 1) Summertime, International Folkboat, Luther Izmirian; 2) Windsong, Ranger 23, Mike Finn; 3) Sandpiper, SJ 24, Kevin Hartig. (9 boats) DIV. D (non-spin 186-up) —1) Chablis IV, Cal 25-2, Dave Few; 2) Motu, Tanzer22, Mike Satterlund; 3) Svala, International Folkboat; Michael Tzortzis. (8 boats) MERCURY INVITATIONAL (MPYC: 11/3-4): 1) Pax Davis/Mark Chandler, 10 points; 2) Doug Baird/Tristan Whipple & Walter Smith, 16; 3) Ed Schaupp/Pat Bradley, 17; 4) Jack McAleer/Reagan Pollack & Chris McAleer, 23; 5) Steve Kraft/Greg Pimintel, 25. (10 Mercuries; 6 races) VANGUARD 15 LOW POINT SERIES (final): 1) Scott & Jill Sellers, 4 points; 2) Nick & Carissa Adamson, 15; 3) Adam Lowry, 22; 4) John Horsch, 25; 5) Ken Turnbull, 26;- 6) John A. Meade, 26; 7) Will Graves, 27; 8) Matt Soldo, 29; 9) Mike Zani, 30; 10) Matt Sessions, 33; 11) Krysia Pohl, 35; 12) Steve Washington, 28; 13) Jay Palace, 38; 14) Matt Gre¬ gory, 39; 15) Graem Woodworth, 40. (57 boats; best 4 of 6 regattas) TURKEY SHOOT (Lake Washington SC: Nov. 17): BANSHEE (12 boats) — 1) Dean Eppley (22-lb turkey); 2) Charles Witcher (20-lb turkey); 3) Charlie Take your pick, from left— Beneteau 40.7, Farr 40, or J/120? All three have formed local fleets now, and many boats are looking for crew.

Hess (19-lb turkey); 4) Daria Epply (turkey parts). BYTE (4 boats) — 1) M. Paulus (21 -lb turkey); 2) D. Roberts (19-lb turkey). LASER (4 boats) — 1) Edward del Val (20-lb tur¬ key); 2) Dan Ouellet (18-lb turkey). OPEN (3 boats) — 1) Dan Clark, Thistle (18-lb turkey). (4 light-air races) ISAF MATCH RACE RANKINGS las of 10/26): 1) Magnus Holberg, SWE, 10707 points; 2) Pe¬ ter Holmberg, USVI, 10292; 3) Peter Gilmour, USA, 10192; 4) James Spithill, USA, 10023; 5) Jesper Radich Johansen, DEN, 9909; 6) Bertrand Pace, FRA, 9744; 7) Jes Grarri-Hansen, DEN, 9423; 8) Dean Barker, NZL, 9161; 9) Francois Brenac, FRA, 9071; 10) Bjorn Hansen, SWE, 9036.

Race Notes Fleeting thoughts: According to Sail California's Art Ball, there are thirteen J/120s sailing locally and one more be¬ ing commissioned. There are also nine Beneteau 40.7s (the so-called Beach Balls') now on the Bay, with three more en route (Mojo Rising is sailing back from Oz and two new ones should be here by February). The newest 40.7 on the Bay, a blue one called Tout Suite, is owned by former Santana 35 Flexible Flyer cam¬ paigner Tim Merrill, who sails for Benicia YC. The local 40.7 class is slowly getting organized, even hosting a website (www.Jirst407sf.com). Passage Yachts, the Point Richmond-based Beneteau dealers, owe at least some of this success to Novato sailor Rob Weed, who took his 40.7 Wired on the road this year, debuting at Key West with a mid-fleet finish, but subse¬ quently posting bullets at SORC, Long Beach Race Week and North Sails Race Week. Coming up fast: The 15th Terra Nova

Trading/Yachting Key West Race Week will occur on January 21 -25, with another strong turnout predicted despite recent

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THE RACING ner Doug McLean. . . Longtime world events and a sluggish Mexican campaigner Aaron economy. Last year, a record 326 'Chato' Saenz is moving up from boats attended, topping the pre¬ his R/P 43 Quintessence to the N/ vious high of 271 entries (1999) M-designed ILC 46 China Cloud, by 55 boats. Organizers are cur¬ which he just bought from Bill rently projecting just over 300 Buchan of Seattle. Don Trask, boats, boosted somewhat by the who brokered the deal, will sail on concurrent Melges 24 Worlds. China Cloud in March's MEXORC Most of the West Coast Farr 40s regatta. are staying home this year, with More J/105s: Dick Watts and the exception of Morning Glory and Tom Thayer, who have moved up Samba Pa Ti. Early California en¬ to the Farr 40 Non Sequitur, just tries include John Wylie's ID-35 sold their J/105 Juxtapose to Tabasco, three J/105s (Tom Ariel Poler, originally of Venezu¬ Coates's Masquerade, Rich BergSouth Bay YRA Summer2001 season champs, from left— Bob Carlen ela. Poler intends to race the boat mann and Sean Bennett's Zuni ('Sundance', Hunter 34, Div. A), Roger Roe (‘Jet Lag', Catalina 34, Div. in the one design wars next sum¬ Bear, and Larry Harvey's Angry B) and Mike Satterlund ('Motu', Tanzer 22, Div. D). Missing, Luther mer. Sausalito boatyard owner Beaver), and four Melges 24s — Izmirian ('Summertime', International Folkbhat, Div. C). Ron Anderson just bought a used Vince Brun's Flipper, two of late-model J/105 from Detroit. Philippe Kahn's Pegasus 24s, and Look for Anderson to be popping up in Mike Condon's Pog Ma Hon (ask an course with Mortal Kombat (ex-Umpqua), the 'A' fleet soon.. . Jim Feuille just took Irishman what the latter name means). which he bought from J.P. Plumley in Sep¬ delivery of a brand new J/ 1Q5, hull #496. Entries close on December 12 — see tember. . . Scuttlebutt purveyor Tom He named the boat The Four Cs (each of www.premiere-racing.com for the latest Leweck also is back in the one design his daughters' name begins with 'c j and stats. game, recently picking up a used Martin New toys: TYC member Hans Bigall, 242 from Vancouver. The Curmudgeon has placed the boat in the OCSC sailing who dominated the J/29 class in its wan¬ will race his new boat, to be named Ogre, program. ing years with 5150, is back on the race in the big Marina del Rey fleet with part¬ Speaking of J/105s, the new fleet cap-

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ISAF Rolex World Sailors of the Year. MacArthur's claim to fame, of course, was sailing her Open 60 Kingfisher to a spec¬ tacular finish in the Vendee Globe. Her blazing 94-day solo lap around the globe was good for second in the race. It was also the second fastest circumnavigation ever and fastest, by far, of any woman sailor. Legendary Brazilian Laser sailor Scheidt continued his stranglehold on that class, winning the 2001 Laser Worlds — for a remarkable fifth time! Scheidt also has gold (’96) and silver ( 00) Olympic medals in the Laser class, and is sure to be a medal threat at the Athens Games in '04. More kudos: Andy Kostanecki (Dar¬ ien, CT), who has been associated with our Olympic sailing teams for decades, is the latest recipient of US Sailing's es¬ teemed Nathanael G. Herreshoff Trophy. The award recognizes exemplary lifelong service to the sport, and is US Sailing's highest honor. . . Congratulations also to Richmond YC, which was presented with US Sailing's St. Petersburg Trophy for ex¬ cellence in race management for the Byte NAs (see Loose Lips). . . At the St. Peters-

1 tain is Dave Tambellini (Bella Rosa) — not David Owen (Pippin), as reported here last month. Tambellini almost traded up to Pat Nolan's J/125 Javelin, but has de¬ cided to stick with the J /105 fleet. . . And while we're 'fessing up to dumb mistakes, we should point out that the winner of the ODCA Champion of Champions was Paul Tara, owner of the Islander 36 Zoop. In our coverage of the C-of-C, we inad¬ vertently referred to him as 'Paul Zoop' in the two places, and apologize to Paul for the error. Cerveza Circuit update: San Diego YC's Puerto Vallarta Race, which will head south in staggered starts between Febru¬ ary 19-23, is starting to come into focus. As of mid-November, 13 boats had paid up, including Pegasus 75, Magnitude, Pendragon 4, Mongoose, and Myron Lyon's as-yet-unnamed new J/160. En¬ tries don't close until Februaiy 1, so it's still way too early to know if the race will hit its 30-boat target. Keep an eye on www.sdyc.org for the latest entries, as

Changing of the guard — 'Irrational Again ’ owner Jaren Leet (left) just turned the J/105 fleet cap¬ tain gavel over to Dave Tambellini. well as other news about this 1,000-mile downwind (hopefully) sprint and the eightrace MEXORC series, which follows on March 3-9. Best in the world: In Lisbon, Portugal, on November 13, Ellen MacArthur (GBR) and Robert Scheldt (BRA) were honored as the respective female and male 2001

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burg Sail Expo Boat Show last month, Sailing World and Cruising World maga¬ zines presented their BOTYs ("Boat of the Year" awards) to the Farr 395 and Voy¬ age 440 designs. The cool new Farr 395, built by Carroll Marine in Bristol, RI, and marketed by Fqrr International, was also named the 2002 Overall Performance Boat of the Year. See www.sailing-world.com for the complete list of nominees and winners. Random notes: The 2002 Around Alone Race, now owned by Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, will once again start and finish in Newport, RI. . The TransPac YC just upped the speed limit for turbosleds in their 03 race, allowing the use of the 'big stuff next time. The new unchained configuration — bigger spinnies and poles, no internal ballast — theoretically drops the potential elapsed finish times by 14 hours, which means that Pyewacket's 99 record of just under 7.5 days will surely come under attack. . . Local heroes: At the 36th PICYA awards banquet in early November, Benicia YC was named Club of the Year; Ruth Gor¬ don Schnapp (GGYC) was presented with

McVae (RYC) won the Poseidon Award (ser¬ vice to the boating community, and Spin¬ naker YC received the Nimitz Trophy (youth boating education).. . Another note¬ worthy award was given out at the Rich¬ mond YC annual awards night — Rambo, the runaway cat who won the windy Coastal Cup, was inducted into the pres¬ tigious (in very limited circles) Sacred Or¬ der of the South Tower Demon.

Catatonic — Rambo was speechless upon his surprise induction into the exclusive Sacred Order of the South Tower Demon. the Boswell Yachtsman of the Year Tro¬ phy for her leadership in the yachting community over the last 35 years; Rich¬ ard Beckett (OYC) won the Condon Award (promotion of sailing): Doug

His framed certificate read, "For the most outstanding contribution made by a cat to yacht racing in the year 2001, the Richmond YC takes great pride in induct¬ ing Rambo into the Sacred Order of the South Tower Demon. This award is sel¬ dom presented and only to the most wor¬ thy felines. Without the encouragement or permission of his current custodians, Rambo took it upon himself to stowaway aboard a racing yacht in this year's incred¬ ibly difficult Coastal Cup Race. Ignoring seasickness, motion, loud noises and the extreme wetness of a small boat with no litter box, Rambo greatly assisted the crew of veteran sailors in winning the race in dramatic fashion."

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Timing Your Charter with a Major Exotic Waters of Bali and

plus a rare report from the

miscellaneous

Charter Notes.

Sail Fast, Live Slow: A Caribbean Regatta Primer

ders with a gloriously diverse assemblage of sailors — British and American expats, native While we're all moping around la¬ black West Indians, Frqnchies menting the gray days of winter, it's now from Guadeloupe and Martin¬ the prime sailing season throughout the ique, Dutchmen from St. Maarten Caribbean. And to our way of thinking, and perhaps even a Venezuelan one of the best ways to enjoy those leg¬ or two. 'Regatta Villages' — home endary turquoise waters is Jo plan a to score boards and epih post¬ charter around one of the region’s top race parties — are frenetic cul¬ regattas. tural melting pots where most At one extreme are the largest events, folks tend to be in high spirits and like Antigua Sailing Week and the St. open to forging new friendships. Maarten Heineken Regatta, which each As far as boat availability, draw over 200 boats annually, and have there are a few different ways to separate classes just for bareboats. At go. If you have a sizeable budget the other end of the spectrum you'll find and are serious about competing, much smaller theme' events which of¬ consider chartering a high-per¬ ten feature hand-hewn Caribbean sail¬ formance crewed yacht through ing craft in addition to classes for mod¬ ern yachts. a well-established charter broker (like Nicholson Yacht Charters, Take it from us, they are all great fun 800-662-6066 or Regency Yacht to be part of, and since most are two- or three-day events, you'll still have plenty Vacations, 800-524-7676). Espe¬ cially at ASW. there's a long tra¬ of time during a 7- or 10-day charter to cruise beyond the race venue and seek dition of doing this with Swans and other out a healthy dose of solitude. racer/cruisers. If you know what you're For most non-pro sailors, the cama¬ doing, you'll probably be allowed to drive, raderie that springs from racing events with the professional crew standing by is more important than the pickle dishes to assist. Depending on how serious you they might win. And at these sunbaked are, some owners will strip their boats tropical regattas that’s especially true. of all non-essentials and break their rac¬ Since each island of the Eastern Carib¬ ing sails out of mothballs. With such se¬ bean has its own unique cultural iden¬ rious campaigns, much of your race crew tity, based on a variety of national and would typically sleep ashore. ethnic origins, you'll be rubbing shoul¬ Another idea along these lines — ^which, admittedly, | is a bit of a longshot | — is to charter a se¬ ll rious race boat from . a private individual. Jan 25Grenada Generally, the best f eb '& -10.Sweethearts of the Caribbean & way to research the Classic Yacht Regatta.BVi ■ possibilities would Feb 16 5t Croix Internationa1 Regatta St Croix be to contact the lo¬ Mar 1-3 . . Hemeken Regatta ........ St. Maarten cal yacht club (such Mar 15 -17...Heineken International Cup.... Puerto Rico as the St. Thomas Mar 25 - 51.Bequla Easter Regatta. Bequia YC, BVI YC or Mar 29 ■ 51.Roiex Regatta.US'/; Antigua YC) or run ads in local Carib¬ Apr 5 - 7.. BVI Spring Regatta.|.BVi bean publications Apr IS • 25.Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta. Antigua like All at Sea or Apr 2d - May 4... Antigua Sailing Week....Antigua

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Caribbean Compass

(find Them on the Internet). All this being

said, by far the most common way to par¬ ticipate in any Caribbean regatta is by simply chartering a bareboat and enter¬ ing the non-spinnaker division or, as we mentioned earlier, special all-bareboat classes. It goes without saying that there are plenty of late-model bareboats through¬ out the Caribbean and, unlike the 'char¬ ter tubs' of the early '80s, many perform sweetly on a race course, while still hav¬ ing comfortable amenities below decks. In recent years most companies have come to realize the potential for selling charters timed with regattas, so addi¬ tional insurance waivers are generally not required. We don't have space here to discuss eveiy event on the Caribbean racing cal¬ endar, but the following are some of our top picks. St. Maarten's Heineken Regatta on March 1, is the first of a half-dozen pres¬ tigious regattas that keep serious Car¬ ibbean racers from getting much work done until early May. With 255 entries last year, the Heinie' is a full-tilt, threeday funfest that has grown dramatically in the past decade. Since this exten-

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steel drum bands night after night, it's an amazing spectacle you'll not soon forget. In fact, a couple hundred spectator boats typically tag along just to share in the reverie — which is, of course, another option for bareboaters. This brings us to the other half of our list, which, for lack of a better term, we'll call 'theme events'. These feature classic yachts or traditional islandbuilt craft. For gaining first¬ hand insights into the sail¬ ing styles of the ’old’ Carib¬ bean, check out either the Bequia Easter Regatta or the Carriacou Regatta. There you'll observe go-forbroke racing on hand-built island sloops, yet you'll also be able to enter your bare¬ boat in the modem Cruis¬ ing Division if you like. Model boat races are also part of these highly photo¬ genic events. If you've ever been to Foxy's on the British Virgin Island of Jost Van Dyke, you know that a good time is guaran¬ teed just about any day of they year. But when the of Caribbean crooner stages his decades-old, two-day regatta, the fes¬ tivities are second-only to New Years. It's sort of like old home week for the last of the Virgins' woodies, and it's great fun to observe. (There are no modern boat races.) For traditional boat buffs, though, Antigua's Classic Yacht Regatta (which precedes Race Week by a few days) is in |r o ^ | % > CD ^ < “ ^ §

Big events like St. Maarten's Heineken Regatta, the BVI Spring Regatta and Antigua Sailing Week draw large bareboat fleets. With no spin¬ nakers and only 'human whisker poles', they're more about having fun than earning prizes. sively-developed Dutch/French island has direct flights from both U.S. and Eu¬ ropean gateway?, its bareboat fleets are enormous (160 boats last year). If you pick a common design, you'll likely have a few identical — or virtually identical — boats to challenge, boat for boat. And, yes, charter cats are welcome. A bit to the northwest, the three-re¬ gatta Caribbean Ocean Racing Triangle is now composed of the St. Croix Inter¬ national Regatta (which replaced St. Thomas' Rolex Cup), Puerto Rico's Heineken International Regatta and the BVI Spring Regatta. Each has its own unique appeal, and each allows bareboat entries (including multihulls)'. Of the three, however, ,,the BVI event is probably your best bet, as there are generally at least two bareboatonly classes. Also, the Drake's Channel racing venue is more dramatic than at neighboring regattas, and the pre- or post-regatta cruising possibilities are

much more enticing. Whichever event you choose, you would ideally pick up your boat the week¬ end prior to the regatta, so you'd have all week to become familiar with its strengths and weaknesses. Speaking of which, it's always a wise idea to bring along some extra cordage (and a couple of snatch blocks, if you have them) so you can make subtle adjustments like tweaking your jib leads. The biggest of the big, of course, is Antigua Sailing Week, a.k.a. 'Race Week', which is a marathon week-long 'enduro' featuring five solid days of racing and nightly beach parties. Bring your vita¬ mins and plenty of Advil. It's often said that every sailor should experi¬ ence Race Week at least once, and we'd have to agree. From marveling at the globetrotting, grand prix racing machines § that are drawn 5 here, to dancing o barefoot by t moonlight to 5

This all-girl crew — most of whom flew in from the West Coast to compete and party — defi¬ nitely made their mark at the '97 Spring Regatta.

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In addition to spirited racing on island sloops and modern yachts, the model boat races at Bequia's Easter Regatta are a delight. a league of its own. Without exaggera¬ tion, many of the world's most exquisite wooden yachts show up here every year and race, hell-for-leather, in the typically brisk winds off the coast. With a fleet that includes vessels like the 130-ft Jclass yacht Endeavour, the 72-ft Herreshoff ketch Ticonderoga and the 103-ft ketch White Hawk, just watching from the cliffs or walking the docks is enough to make your heart skip a beat. Needless to say, even the nicest bareboats seem like poor cousins at such an event, but hey, they get you to the party, and besides, the waters of Antigua and Barbuda make a wonderful cruis¬ ing venue after the fireworks fade. It's safe to say that you can have a dream vacation any month of the year in the Caribbean, but timing your trip with a prime regatta opens up a whole new world of possibilities. —

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Realm of the Truly Exotic: Schoonering in Indonesia Ed. Note: Due to uncertainties about travel in Indonesia in the aftermath of September 11, we were initially reluctant to run the following report, despite its ex¬ otic appeal. But because the population of Bali is primarily Hindu, we've learned from several sources that travel there is still considered safe, and day-to-day life there has been largely unaffected by re¬ cent world events

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apart from a sub¬

stantial drop in tourism. That latter fact may actually inspire some veteran world travelers to visit Bali in the coming months (after the January to March monsoon sea¬ son ends, that is). Others may just want to tuck this little gem away for future ref¬ erence.

— ed. Page 182 • UlUwUl? • December, 2001

How do you build a traditional Bugis Schooner, the legendary two-masted wooden ship that plied Indonesia’s Spice Routes, the vessel that carried Wallace over his very own Line as he sailed from Bali to Lombok? First you have to find the wood. Bira, South Sulawesi, is the village of choice for boat building, but all the good wood is already sailing or holding up a com¬ puter. So Anna and Nils van Djik went to Kaliman¬ tan and bought a forest of ironwood, some 200 tons of it, and then brought Latief and his crew from Sula¬ wesi to construct the boat. Anna and Nils, typically Dutch and stick¬ lers for detail, kept expecting to see some plans for their 121-ft dream boat. No such luck: the plans, like Wallace and his Line, were locked se¬ curely in the psyche of Latief, the Bugis boatbuilder. Using mostly primitive tools, after 12 months, 600 square meters of blue cot¬ ton canvas was unfurled, and after re¬ planting the forest, the traditional schoo¬ ner sailed to Suiyabaya for some decid¬ edly nontraditional amenities: 12 bath¬ rooms for 12 air-conditioned cabins, a stainless steel galley, three refrigerators, a sun deck and a dining deck. And oh yes, an eight-cylinder Detroit Diesel en¬ gine. The Ombak Putih, meaning the White Wave, was then ready to sail as the most luxurious boat in 'The Fleet', a collection of 24 traditional wooden boats. I found the Ombak Putih while surf¬ ing the net and booked passage at the end of a tourism conference in Jakarta. September 11 hit in the middle of the conference and the dream of sailing in a Bugis Schooner was the only lure that could tempt me to abandon 24-hour CNN coverage. If the tragedy seemed surreal in the States, imagine viewing it in Jakarta and Bali. It seemed to me that I was given a last chance at a last dream. Ever since Lawrence and Lome Blair

set sail in a Bugis schooner and fired imaginations with their 10-year odyssey through Indonesia’s "last places," I had longed to fol¬ low in their wake. It wasn’t that I hadn’t sampled the waters of Indonesia before. I had snoozed lightly on the rolling deck of the overnight

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ferry that churned through the heavy swell of the Sawu Sea from Kupang to Sawu. The charming flautist bedded down beside me lent an air of magic to a night under the stars — until I realized one hand held the flute while the other roamed gaily through my backpack. On an overloaded fishing boat from Sumatra to Nias, a long wooden statue was my trusted compan¬ ion, separating me from the crowd. And I will never forget the steamy Pelni pas¬ sage from Jakarta to Padang in 1978 when breakfast, lunch and dinner was dried fish, rice and hot water. Those were all grand adventures and, although I quickly forgot how exhausted I always was, I felt my island-hopping days were over — until I found the Ombak Putih. Still, I was skeptical about traveling to tropical islands in comfort. Would the AC only work when the ship was moving? Would there be enough water for showers and what about the food — and drink — and the other pas¬ sengers? Eight of us met aboard the Ombak Putih, anchored in Bali's Benoa Harbor: a Spanish, Austrian and Dutch couple, an English woman working in Bangladesh and myself. There were 16

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Above: The Ombak Putih1 is a traditional Bugis Schooner with nontraditional ameni¬ ties. Far left: Skillful hands make baskets in Lombok. Center: Sea gypsies deliver lunch to the schooner.

crewmembers, including our Dutch guide, Anita, and our Bugis captain and boatbuilder, Latief. I loved my cozy cabin with its dark wooden floors, cream-colored walls, marble sink, bunk beds with blue spreads and blue and white sheets. The bathroom, with blue and white tiles, was spotlessly Dutch. There was a basket of blue towels. Our route would take us to Padangbai in Bali, Senggigi Beach in Lombok, Satonda, Sabolon and Rinca Islands, Bima in Sumbawa and finally Kayangan on Lombok’s east coast. Each day in¬ cluded visits to villages with time for snorkeling, swimming, water skiing and kayaking. Air-conditioned minibuses were always waiting when we docked. We never felt rushed, seldom saw other tour¬ ists and no one in any village pressured us to buy. We enjoyed glimpses of remote villages as we visited pottery and weaving villages and a bamboo craft village. On two oc¬ casions villagers greeted us with song

and dance. A real thrill was our visit to Rinca. Along with Komodo Island, Rinca is a World Heritage Site, There, I was happy to hear the dead goat buf¬ fet was no longer offered to the Dragons. The ter¬ rain is dry savanna un¬ der lontar palms. It was startling to walk among the giant lizards, some sleeping and some stalking deer. Out of over 2000 Dragons on Rinca, we saw around 15, along with deer that "awked” at us as they bounded into the underbrush, a docile wild buffalo who stared silently from a creek, a band of monkeys hold¬ ing a shouting match and one slender green snake poised beside our path. Pho¬ tographers closed in on the Dragons, who are sluggish in the morning, but Anita, who had been chased by one, carried a big stick and kept her distance. Besides cavorting with dragons, we toured a Sultan’s Palace, picnicked by torchlight on a deserted beach and fi¬ nally watched it all again on video at night. The last night the crew and passen¬ gers shared a farewell dinner and then, on disco night’, we boogied, two-stepped and twisted on Ombak Putih's deck be¬ neath the stars’.

I'm no longer a skeptic. The trip couldn’t have been more comfortable. The guests were amiable, the food was good (a mix of Indonesian and western, heavy on seafood), the AC worked all the time and there was plenty of water. The dream boat of Anna and Nils is truly a dream. The last day, with sails hauled up by hand, we raced with the wind from Gili Nanggu back to Benoa. We had managed to push the world away for a week. It seemed more than the end of a trip, more like a prelude, the beginning of a jour¬ ney into the unknown. As winter closes in on the World Trade Center rubble, and as wp no longer thoughtlessly receive our mail or cross bridges, I often dream of the Ombak Putih, wishing I were sailing through endless seas, or being welcomed to bamboo villages by smiling people, and pretending the world was still in dream time, pre-September 11. My cruise booked on the Net was $950 for seven days and included virtually everything including soft drinks and laundry. Beer was around $ 1, Bali red wine (Hanna Rose) was $7 a bottle and Australian Chardonnay was $15. (Tips are extra.) '* ■' For further info on Ombak Putih, inA eluding cruise and hotel packages, con¬ tact info@indonesiacruises.com or see the website www.ombakputih.com. The Fleet also includes liveaboard dive boats that are docked in various ports around In¬ donesia. —

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Charter Notes Now, when we suggest that you con¬ sider renting a big multi-passenger charter boat for a holiday party on the December, 2001 • UMmU19 • Page 183

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Bay, you may think we're just trying to drum up some business for our adver¬ tisers. Well, we are. But only because it's a splendid idea. Sure it's a bit nippy out on the Bay in December and January, but all you need to do is be sure everyone bundles up as though they were going to Tahoe, and we can practically guarantee that your floating fete will be the hit of the season. Think of it. All your best buddies, family members and/or workmates decked out in wool hats, mittens and scarves, sip¬ ping hot buttered rum while blasting along on the Bay in the amber light of afternoon. Enjoying the crisp, clear air on deck, someone puts a sappy old Christmas album on the stereo and sud¬ denly everyone starts bellowing out car¬ ols in full voice. The moment is magic. Meanwhile, up on the bridges, cars are packed bumper to bumper, with their weary drivers stressed to the max over all their yet-unfulfilled Christmas er¬ rands. They look down at your charter

yacht, gliding across the Central Bay lil^e a waterborne sleigh and grumble be¬ tween their teeth, "I'd give anything to be there instead of here." Still not convinced? Okay, conjure up another image: You're in your own kitchen ten minutes after the last party guests leave. The mountain of dirty dishes in the sink leaves you dumb¬ founded, and the red wine stains on your carpet make you want to cry. "Who's idea was this, anyway," you ask yourself. Take it from us, a floating holiday party will make a far greater impres¬ sion on your friends and associates — especially those who never get out on the Bay — than a genteel house party. The cost can be cheaper than you’d think (as low as $25 per head including drinks and hors d'oeuvres), and you can leave the shopping, serving and cleanup to the boat's crew, so you'll have time to thor¬ oughly enjoy the company of your friends — which is the main reason for getting together in the first place, right?

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Turning our at¬ tentions to interna¬

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and special incen¬ tives are still prevalent as a re¬ sult of the eco¬ nomic slowdown. If you have free time this month, for ex¬ ample, you can find both bareboat and airline deals on travel completed before Januaiy 1 — including double frequent flyer miles, as we noted last month. Perhaps a more useful note, however, is that Sunsail is currently offering air

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CHANGES With reports this month from

Velella on

Rarotonga; from

Spirit

Secret O' Life

on the latest in Mexico; from

receiving news of terrorist attacks while en route from Bora Bora to

Tranquilo on

Dolphin Esrellita on a

the free anchorage in Mazatlan; from

on skipper responsibility and proper anchoring; from

Suntrekka on the downwind sail Silhouette on the Ha-Ha; and Cruise Notes.

last-minute decision to do Mexico; from from Trinidad to Panama; from

Secret O' Life — Union 36 Terry Bingham Latest From Mexico (Eagle Harbor, Washington) Here's some of the latest — mid-No¬ vember — news from Mexico. San Bias: We visited there a week ago, and after contacting Norm Goldie, had it confirmed that the Port Captain contin¬ ues to require the use of a ship's agent. So in addition to having to pay 290 pesos — about $30 — for checking in, you also have to pay 200 pesos — more than $20 — for the ship's agent. Fortunately for us, the ship's agent was out of town for a few days, so the Port Captain allowed us to do our own paperwork. While our boat was anchored at Mantanchen Bay, we took a road trip to the Mexcaltitan Island, near Santiago, which is inland and sup¬ posedly the birthplace of the ancient Az¬ tecs. It was interesting — and since we went by bus, inexpensive. Play a Chacala: There are new palapas on the beach — which is cleaner than the last time I visited — a Telmex phone in the center of the village, and lots of activ¬ ity. There's also a huge new communica¬ tions tower on the hill just above the Governor's mansion. We were the only boat at anchor for the day that we were there, and enjoyed the solitude. Chacala is still a wonderful stop. Puerto Vallarta: When it comes to an¬ choring in the traditional spot at the Entrada to Puerto Vallarta's port, the an¬ swer is definitely nada! Having heard from some cruisers in La Paz that the Entrada was once again 'open', we went in, dropped the hook, and spent a couple of hours rigging two secure stern lines ashore. We were relaxing and anticipatYou knew it couldn't go on forever. The Port Captain is no longer allowing yachts to moor at P. V. 's Entrada.

ing the sunset, when the Port Captain's boat approached. His stern — but polite — message was "No anchoring here". He insisted that we leave right then, not the next day. When we asked where it was possible to anchor, he pointed across the channel to an area packed with about 25 pangas in four feet of water. "Over there, in the marina, or over at La Cruz," he said. So we're now in the comfortable anchor¬ age off La Cruz de Huanacaxtle, report¬ ing that as of November 15, it and Punta de Mita are the only available anchorages inside Banderas Bay. In another week we ll be heading to Tenacatita Bay and then on to Zihuatanejo for the winter. —

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Terry did the '99 Ha-Ha,

then sailed off to Hawaii, San Francisco, and back to San Diego. He left for Mexico again at the end of 2000. He's also writ¬ ten an article on a pleasant way to renew one's six-month Mexican visa, an article we hope to run in the next few months. In other recent news from Mexico, the post Ha-Ha cruising in the Sea of Cortez

townfor the Christmas holidays this year.

was delightful, as the air and water tem¬

It's another 400 miles south of P.V., but

peratures were still very, very warm, and

every few years a large number of boats

there wasn't even a threat of a Norther.

get the urge to go the extra distance. Ap¬

Although there were still some hurricane

parently this is one of those years.

Juliette damaged boats on the beach, all

The continuing bad news is that very

the boats atAstilleros Marina were upright

expensive and time-consuming check-in

again. Over in Mazatlan, Mazatlan Marina

procedures are still in effect in Mexico.

was still closed, and their Cruiser Thanks¬

When Profligate checked into Cabo, it cost

giving Party that had supposedly been

almost $400 in fees

moved to Marina Vallarta was called off

have 11 people aboard. In any event, our

entirely. The Thanksgiving Party at Ma¬

campaign to get Mexico to switch to an an¬

rina Paradise

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which is packed despite

the addition of 68 new berths

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went off

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although we did

nual cruising fee with no checking-in non¬ sense begins in earnest next month. We

as scheduled. Harbormaster Dick Markie

hope you'll join us. And there is hope, be¬

reports that Paradise is a little behipd

cause there's a new honcho at the SCT,

schedule in opening their boatyard and

the agency which has jurisdiction over the

fuel dock because they made the mistake

agencies involved.

of applying for both per¬ mits at once, but both will be welcome additions. Markie also observed that

there

appears to be

large

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and support for those who had suffered in America was very touching- All the flags were at half mast, and when people real¬ ized that we were Americans, they ex¬ pressed their sympathy. We knew of several cruisers who were touched by the tragedy, some of them di¬ rectly. One cruiser lost a family member in the World Trade Center, while another couple's son safely escaped the same burning buildings. Another cruiser had to fly home for a funeral, and didn't know when she'd be back, All mail was stopped, of course, which created all kinds of lo¬ gistical problems for a group of folks nor¬ mally on the move. Onboard email was down for 10 days for a few cruisers whose servers had been located in the basement of the WTC. On Sunday, the town scheduled a large memorial service in the auditorium. A bartender lent us his motorcycle so that we could attend. The speeches and mu¬ sic were beautiful, and the people ex¬ tremely sincere in their condolences. The event was mostly a local one, but the hall was pretty full. Everyone lit a candle and shared their prayers. It brought tears to our eyes. It was hard to be away from home at a time like that. That the people of Rarotonga were veiy warm and welcoming made it a little easier to absorb the impact of such devastating news — although the continuing lack of information was frustrating and made it all seem surreal. While many folks back in the U.S. were no doubt frying to get a break from coverage, we struggled to get more. The gravity of the situation also iriade for a stark contrast to the some¬ what carefree lifestyle that we'd been lead¬ ing. During the rest of our stay in Rarotonga, we were relieved to discover

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days at sea. We were fortunate to reach Rarotonga shortly before dark on Friday, and to dis¬ cover that there was a spot for us on the quay in the tiny harbor. We were pretty exhausted and relieved to have stopped. We were also starving, so our friends — who had made the same trip in rougher weather the week before — herded us into town for dinner. On our way, we passed a beautiful memorial that had been spon¬ taneously erected with American flags, mounds of flowers, poems and letters. Having been out of touch with the news, what happened still hadn’t really sunk in. Even on Rarotonga it was hard to get much more news. We found a dated New Zealand paper that had some information, but still hadn't seen any television cover¬ age. Prior to our arrival, the harbormaster had generously arranged for a television to be set up in a conference room so the cruisers could watch the news as it was happening. The next day we visited a morning market that reminded us of various week¬ end fairs back home, as there was fresh produce, food, crafts booths, and entertainment. The Red Cross was there very actively collecting money to help people in the United States! We contributed our emergency cash. The outpouring of love

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CHANGES that we could afford some special treats that we'd had to forego in French Polynesia. The New Zealand dollar went pretty far, so we indulged in regular hot showers, dining out, seeing movies, rent¬ ing a sailboard, playing golf, and having our laundry done for us. We also rented a motorcycle, which prompted a need for a Cook Islands driver's license. So Garth got to learn how to drive a motorcycle — on the wrong side of the road and at night! Another Rarotonga treat that we enjoyed was being able to have deep conversations in English with locals — something we hadn't been able to do in over a year. During our stay, we had the opportu¬ nity to enjoy a tasty cocktail called a 'Fuzzy Frog': one part gin, one part tequila, and two parts lime and ginger alb. Unlike French Polynesia where liquor is very ex¬ pensive, it's duty free and reasonablypriced in Rarotonga — so we were able to replace beverages that we'd long since run out of. We were also amused at the type of prizes to be won at the local golf tour¬ naments: things such as frozen meats and sausages, and cans of corned beef. We were also surprised to learn that Rarotonga has a big recycling program. Rarotonga was a wonderful place to visit, although the tiny harbor is less than ideal. While we were stern tied to it, a nearby boat regularly blew engine exhaust into our boat! Nonetheless, we did enjoy the cruiser camaraderie on the quay, get¬ ting to know some cruisers we hadn't yet met and catching up with several friends. As the wind shifted more to the east, waves in the tiny harbor reverberated off the concrete walls and the anchorage be¬ came a little roily. With northeasterlies predicted, we decided it was time for us to continue our passage west. We have about 580 miles to Nuie, with a possible stop three-quarters of the way there at Beveridge Reef — if the conditions allow. Before departing, we had an opportunity to test our creativity as we were asked to decorate a page in the cruisers’ logbook — a tradition for all cruisers who visit the island. — wendy & garth 10/15/01

Tranquilo — Pearson Vanguard 32 Neil & Debra McQueen Old Mazatlan (Santa Cruz) If cruisers want to stay in one of the marinas in Mazatlan, they can — as long as they're willing to spend what seems to us to be big bucks. And most do. The mag¬ nificent El Cid — which bills itself as a mega resort' — is very popular. Sur¬ rounded by luxurious condominiums, two big swimming pools, bars, restaurants, Page 190 •

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and folkloric entertainment every night, it’s for cruisers with pesos to burn. It’s also close to the Gold Zone, Senor Frogs and Valentino’s — all the upscale stuff — but it's kind of a long bus ride to the real city, Old Mazatlan. Budget cruisers such as ourselves tend to find their way to the fishermen’s har¬ bor, where sportfishing boats, ferries, and cruise ships dock, but which also has a small but sheltered anchorage. The free anchorage is virtually in the shadow of Isla Creston, on which stands the high¬ est manned lighthouse in the world. There are drawbacks to the anchorage. Some¬ times it's kind of smelly, and it isn’t the sort of place where you'd want to dive overboard each morning. But it's still great to have a free place to drop the pick in a city of 302,000 people. Three buses — the Playa Sur, the Morelos and the Sabalo Centro — run along the road in front of the anchorage, so for three pesos — a mere 35 cents — you can be whisked away to the delights of the Old City. Or if you're looking for exercise, it's less than a 30-minute walk — all of it along the seawall through the scenic Olas Altas neighborhood. The best part about the old harbor is the strange but helpful outfit called Club Nautico. You get the feeling Club Nautico used to be something special, something

more than just a dinghy dock and a place to buy a six-pack of beer. The grandeur of its tile pavilion is the first clue. It's sup¬ ported by a circle of 14 concrete columns, textured to look like palm trunks and painted white. It has a domed ceiling and a bar decorated with glossy white bath¬ room tiles. The upper row of tiles features a design of nautical red and blue burgees. But the pavilion now stands empty, just a big, slick circle you have to cross to get to the bathrooms. Rooms with three stalls — two with toilet seats, one with toilet paper — a shower, harsh fluores¬ cent lighting, and a beat-up sink dotted with mouse turds. Okay, so it ain’t purdy. Although you definitely want to wear shower shoes when using Club Nautico’s facilities, there’s plenty of hot water — at least on the women's side. The pavilion is a ghostly reminder of headier, bygone times when live music, laughter, clinking glasses and twinkling lights were — according to veteran cruis¬ ers — a feature of anchoring here. Now the vacant pavilion is inhabited by a bevy of cats. Not your standard, scruffy, flea-bitten Mexican cats, these gatos are robust and cheerful, with silky coats and all of their teeth. "Ese gatos sonfinicos," the night guard told us as he poured ex¬ pensive, store-bought food into their bowls. These cats may be finicky, but they

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six students, to $360 for five hours a day of private lessons. I signed up for an intensive group class and lucked out: there was only one other student at my level. The five hours each day were divided into three parts: an hour of pronunciation and listening compre¬ hension; two hours of grammar, and two hours of conversation. Somewhere in the middle there was a half-hour break, dur¬ ing which I usually studied and read Spanish. At night there’s both reading and composition homework. The intensive program is not for the faint of heart. My days were as exhausting as they were satisfying. It’s been a long time since I’ve been in school, and the demands of studying a language are almost physically draining. Often I would return to Tranquilo with my head so full of vocabu¬ lary and verb conjugations that I thought it would split right open. I’d collapse on the bunk muttering imaginary dialogue. While in the classroom, I spoke in Span¬ ish, and on the street, I listened to Span¬ ish. By the end of day two, I was think¬ ing, dreaming and plotting in Spanish. When they say intensive, they mean it! Since we’re planning to spend three years in Latin America, I thought it was worth investing in my language skills. I knew for certain that I’d made the right choice when Neil and I spent an evening

out at the historic Angela Peralta Theater. This 141-year-old national monument near the artsy Plazuela Machado features cultural events of all kinds. We bought tickets to Jesu Cristo Super Estrella, the Andrew Lloyd Weber rock opera translated into Spanish. We were the only gringos in the, packed house, and it was a night to remember. The performance itself was puro Mexico — sometimes fantastic, other times apocalyptic. It was also irreverent, bawdy, Debra and Neil, learning Spanish, surfing, and enjoying the cruising life on a budget. Some¬ times a little less ends up being a lot more.

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CHANGES sensually religious and symbolic, King Herod’s number was a vision of sparkling blues and golds and great dancing. Maria Magdalena had a deep,' throaty voice — I suspect she’s got a future as a Mexican pop idol. Every time Judas opened his mouth, I cringed, as he was a troll-like screecher with an untrained voice. As was predictable, Jesus was easy on the eyes, but a middling singer without range. One needn’t speak Spanish to watch Jesus Christ Superstar en Espahol: the music’s familiar enough and the stoiy — well, we all know this chronicle of a death foretold. My Spanish lessons factored into the evening because every time Pontius Pilate had a scene, the sweet-smelling lady in the next seat hit my arm an,d whis¬ pered, "Es mi hijo! Es mi hijo!" Imagine, me sitting next to the mother of Pontius Pilate! During the intermissions, my neighbor and I engaged in a lively discus¬ sion of the theater, the actors —- many of whom were her children, nieces or neph¬ ews — and she was shocked and surpris¬ ed that I could understand Spanish. "Muy bien," my neighbor said, nodding her ap¬ proval. "Hablas como una Mexicana.” That’s when I knew my time and money were being well spent. Cruisers in Mazatlan wanting Spanish lessons can find the Centro de Idiomas at Calle Belisario Dominguez 1908. Tele¬ phone 011-52 (6) 985-5606 in the morn¬ ing. On Friday nights, they have a free conversation club from 7-9 p.m. The Centro de Idiomas is just a couple of blocks away from all of downtown’s main attractions: the Cathedral, the main plaza, and the central mercado. And if you stay in the old harbor, you can start every morning with an easy — and scenic — walk to school. — debra 10/15/01 Mazatlan 's El Cid Marina is both luxurious and a cruiser favorite. Marina Mazatlan, currently in limbo, is just a short distance up the channel.

Debra — Nice report. The biggest ma¬ rina in Mazatlan, of course, is Marina Mazatlan, which at last report was closed pending efforts to sell it. Sag, doesn't Neil have a surf reportfor Mazatlan?

Dolphin Spirit — Mason 54 Laurie, Carole, and Ryan (13) Pane Anchoring Tips From On High (Santa Ynez) Some six years, 40,000 miles, and 54 countries since we left Los Angeles — and my last regular reading of Latitude — I was stunned to recently see an October 2001 edition of your magazine at the Club Nautico book swap in Cartagena, Colom¬ bia. Obviously it was thg product 6f fast travel and even faster reading. It is reas¬ suring to me to find that in this other¬ wise ever-changing world, the subjects so hotly debated in your pages have re¬ mained relatively the same over the years. The High Adventure In The Low Lati¬ tudes article in World of Chartering sec¬ tion caught my attention, as it concerned the Whitsunday Islands and I am Aus¬ tralian. Further, you published an article of mine on the same area some years ago. Whilst you did editorially address certain glaring problems of boat handling and seamanship contained in the story, I would like to raise another problem — us¬ ing my wonderful hindsight and long-term cruiser superiority as justification. The author's catamaran was dragging down, on another boat, so she went by dinghy to alert him. Showing remarkable restraint, the other skipper pulled up an¬ chor and moved to another position to re¬ anchor — even though it was clearly the duty of the dragging boat to correct the problem. A second boat was also asked to move out of the drag-path, and they did, proving that Australians must be super-tolerant. By then, the catamaran had belatedly started one engine, but still felt that they had to issue a Mayday. Al¬ though not specified, the wind and sea conditions must not have been excessive, as the author was able to dinghy around and two boats were able to move and re¬ anchor. It isn't clear why assistance wasn't sought from the two vessels that had moved before issuing the ultimate dis¬ tress signal. The purpose of this letter is not to heap scorn or derision on the author and her husband, but to point out that no matter whether you're on your own vessel or are chartering one, 'the buck stops with you'. This means that everyone is responsible for the effects of their actions — or inac¬ tions. Clearly defined plans for certain ev¬

eryday problems — and dragging anchor certainly falls into this category — need to be considered beforehand. The authors were warned during the afternoon that they were going to be on a lee shore, but decided to stay. .Having made that deci¬ sion, it was their responsibility to consider what to do in case the anchor dragged in the night. As they proved, making deci¬ sions when sleep-fuddled is not wise. Letting out more scope before dark should have been an immediate task. Checking for lines over the side and then starting the engines immediately would have been be Step 1 on my drag list. Let¬ ting out more scope would have been Step 2. Pulling up the anchor and re-anchor¬ ing — even with only one engine — would have been Step 3. At worst, one engine would have held the boat in place. Call¬ ing Mayday when one has a fully func¬ tional engine and operational sails would not have been anywhere on my list. I only offer this basic sort of primer because Latitude is read by so many charterers and potential charterers, and hope¬ fully some will think more proactively as a result. "We know all that, you supercil¬ ious bastard," is also an acceptable reac¬ tion — providing the reader's actions match the knowledge. To our dismay we have often found —

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?. as you editorialized — that the lack of an■J choring expertise is a major problem with S charterers the world over. In several coun| tries where chartering is popular, we've a been told that people knew we were cruisi ers because we anchored so far away from everyone else. Self-preservation is the 5 name of the game. The Letters section of the same issue "j contained John Hodgson's Are We Dupes j To Have CQR Anchors? missive. My Majj son 54 is fitted with a 105-lb CQR with jl 400 feet of chain. Also permanently j mounted on the bow is a 75-lb CQR with ) 50 feet of chain and 400 feet of rode. On | the stern we have a 44-lb Bruce with 300 j feet of chain. Most long-range cruisers we | have met have CQRs as their main anI chors, and most of the rest have Bruces. { The Mediterranean charter fleet seems to i be predominantly CQR. For the record, we have dragged twice I in the past six years. Once in Bodrum, i Turkey, and again at Bequia in the Car; ibbean. We also dragged in Cefelu, Sicily, ; but only because I misread the markings ! on my anchor chain and thought I had a lot more scope out than I actually did. Complacency played a large part here, as

did the distractions of the surroundings. Even the gods may stumble! Part of Mr. Hodgson's problem may be the 'one pound of plow anchor per foot of boat length' rule, which seems to be pro¬ mulgated throughout the boating commu¬ nity. I believe the minimum should actu¬ ally be two pounds per foot. The extra weight on the bow means nothing to a loaded cruising boat while underway, but it means everything when it’s on the bot¬ tom. Another important factor is scope. Anchor chain does no good in the anchor locker, and it’s not whimpy to put out 200 feet of chain in 20 feet of water. Still another factor is how the anchor is set. Too many times we have seen boats careening all over harbors after adopting the full reverse mode of setting an anchor. There are times when an anchor cannot be set, but if the anchor is of the proper size and there is adequate scope, it can still provide absolute security. Ar) example of this is when there is a thin sand cover¬ ing over a coral shelf. We encountered such conditions in Indonesia, and since we had a proper anchor and enough scope, we were easily able to ride out 50 knots. A friend introduced me to the concept of 'aging' an anchor. When anchoring on a bottom covered with heavy weed, do not

attempt to set the anchor. Rather we let out a lot of chain and wait. What appears to happen is that over a few hours — assuming the boat has lowered a heavy plow-type anchor — the hook gradually wiggles its way down through the weed. When a pull comes, the anchor then is in a position un¬ der the weed to set. Whatever the theoiy, it has worked many times for us. One final pontification from on high. An anchor must not only be able to be set well and hold, but to be reset immediately after being pulled out by a windshift or some other reason. The CQR does this to perfection. The newer designs appear — at least to my thinking — to still be in the 'yet to be proved' category. Dolphin Spirit is crewed by myself, my wife Carole, and our now 13-year-old son Ryan — who has been with us for the whole trip. We are planning to complete our circumnavigation in Los Angeles in April of next year so Ryan can attend a land-based high school. I have had sev¬ eral articles published in Sail, Sailing, and Cruising World magazines, and prior to 1996, a couple in Latitude. This marks my second letter to you, and for the life of me, I cannot recall the reason for the first or if you published it. It must have been traumatic. Oops! Just one more pontification. Reading through the October issue infor¬ mation bios on some of the participants in the Baja Ha-Ha showed a high propor¬ tion intending to head out into the South Pacific. I should like to advise that the demands on boats, equipment, and crew in the Pacific are far different from those encountered while coastal cruising in Mexico. When in Mexico, you are only hours away from marinas, service facili¬ ties, spare parts, airports with easy ac¬ cess to the U.S. medical facilities, and so No matter what kind of anchor you use or how big it is, it's not going to be very effective if it's fouled.

CHANGES on. So what if they are not as good as at home, they are there. Everyone should cruise the South Pacific as it is wonder¬ ful, but a season of cruising Mexico is not all the preparation that is necessary. I have separately sent you an article on this subject. '— laurie 11/10/01 Laurie — We have a lot in common. Not only do we agree with virtually everything that you've written, but we have also dragged Big O's CQR at both Bodrum and Bequia.

Estrellita — Custom Ketch Chuck Riley & Crew Heading South (Sausalito) When I attended Latitude's MexicoOnly Crew List Party at the Encinal YC in early October, I was only about 30% con¬ vinced that I’d actually sail south this winter. But finding good crew at the party put me over the top. Although we didn't make the Ha-Ha, we're now on our way. Thanks! We've been on the move, albeit slowly, since sailing out the Gate on November 3. Preparations for the trip were hectic, as expected. My crew arrived just in time for a very nice send-off party organized by my daughters Dana and Dawn, and graciously hosted by Don and Cyn Wieneke at their beautiful home overlook¬ ing Sausalito Harbor. With crew Tom Salvo, Coco Hess and Dylan Higgins aboard, we got underway at 1:30 p.m. on November 3, and motorsailed under the Golden Gate Bridge. It would have been a beautiful sight had anybody been able to see any¬ thing, but there was dense fog. We tacked out the Gate using GPS, and didn't see After an adventurous trip down the coast, Chuck Riley's 'Estrellita' hangs on the hook at a small cove at Santa Cruz Island.

another fixed object until the buoy off Half Moon Bay. Sailing friends A1 and Sandy Fricke live right at the beach there, and treated us to a wonderful salmon dinner that A1 caught from his sailboat Pegasus. On Sunday, Steve Ulrich, singlehandling the Peterson 34 Magewind, and the Catalina 36 Stella Mare, crewed by owners Hans and Theresa Kolber, plus one crew, joined us in Half Moon Bay. Hans and Theresa are quite a couple. Both are Swiss, and Hans used to be the maitre d at Jacks in San Francisco. He also owned Lazy Creek Win¬ ery in Philo for several years, where he won numerous winemaking awards. A couple of years ago — when Hans and Theresa were well into their 70s — they sold the winery and decided to take up sailing. Ulrich helped them find and equip a capable Catalina 36, and now Stella Mare is sailing with Magewind and Estrellita to Mexico. Our overnight sail from Half Moon Bay to Morro Bay was pleasant but quite cold, with plenty of moonlight on the water. Stella Mare didn't have quite as pleasur¬ able a trip. Their autopilot quit; they split the main from leach to luff; and their crew attached the whisker pole directly to the clew of the headsail, so when the sail was eased out, it hit some rigging and bent the pole. They motored for awhile, but then the diesel died. Changing filters didn't help, so in the early morning we offered them a tow. The wind and waves weren't bad, but the swell was running at about 10 feet. Even with a very long towline, it put a terrific strain on our cleats. Finally the wind picked up, so we asked Stella Mare to sail on with genoa only. Once under sail, we asked their crewmember to drop the towline. He did so, but didn't wait for us to begin to re¬ trieve it. As a result, Stella Mare sailed over the towline and it caught around their rudder! C o n s e quently, we ended up in a very interest¬ ing situation: I was sailing Estrellita at about six knots dead downwind under main and genoa — while towing Stella Mare backwards by her rud¬ der! I didn't

want to slow us down by using the en¬ gine for fear of getting the towline caught around our own propeller, so I ran for¬ ward and dropped both of our sails. As I did this, the Stella Mare crew made a se¬ rious but often committed mistake among sailing novices — they started their en¬ gine. It ran just long enough to wrap my towline around their propeller about 50 times. Once we got untied from them, they had a pleasant sail on to Morro Bay. Upon reaching the sometimes danger¬ ous entrance to Morro Bay, Estrellita towed Stella Mare in — but not before two whales put on a terrific show about 50 feet off our beam. They flipped, sounded, blew and breached. The Morro Bay YC is a great little or¬ ganization, and welcomed us with open arms at their dock. We found a local canvasmaker to sew Stella Mare's main back together. Steve and Tom repaired Hans' | whisker pole, and they got their engine running again. I couldn't believe it when Hans suggested another overnight pas¬ sage to Monterey, but eveiyone from the ! three boats agreed that we'd shove off in the middle of the night. On the way out, I got a call from Steve telling us that Stella \

IN LATITUDES Latitude Crew Party — at which, as I men¬ tioned, I was pretty sure I wouldn't be sailing south this winter. But meeting Coco and Dylan at the party changed my mind, and I'm sure going to miss them when they get off the boat in La Paz. Three times a week I have to give myself injec¬ tions of Interferon, after which I'm fairly worthless on deck and spend lots of time sleeping. So it's been great having crew that Lean depend on. We're now at Anacapa Marine in Oxnard's Channel Islands, and Estrellita is out of the water for maintenance. Coco and Dylan painted her bottom, Steve's uncle welded up a brand new stainless steel bracket for our self-steering, a new windvane should be ready tomorrow, we've had all the thruhull fittings serviced or repaired, and a new depth-sounder installed. I've been in lots of boatyards in my life, but this is one of the cleanest, best equipped, and most friendly staffed ever. — chuck 11/15/01 Readers — Over the years we've had a lot of experience taking boats south from San Francisco for the cruising season in Mexico. If at all possible, we recommend that it be done prior to October 15 —for the probability of better weather, warmer temperatures, and more daylight. Where is any skipper without good crew? Coco and Dylan put in some boatyard time on 'Estrellita', preparing her for Mexico. \.

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Mare's engine had quit again. We doubled back and towed them back to the club. Steve and I tracked down the culprit, a leaky fuel filter. Later, Hans told me that when the engine quit again, he was ready to throw in the towel and quit the trip. I wouldn't have blamed him a bit. But once they got the engine running again, they bravely powered out of Morro Bay into a very big sea and darkness. Now it was our turn for some bad luck. With Estrellita pitching into very large seas, the two bolts holding our self-steering rud¬ der fractured. This allowed the rudder to swing up astern so that the top of the rudder post tried to rip the top bracket off of our newly-repaired teak taff rail. At some point in all this, the windvane also decided to take flight. So for the sake of about $5 worth of bolts, we had a fairly expensive repair ahead of us. We also Jiad to hand steer the boat all the way to Ox¬ nard. The next day we elected to sail to Cuyler Harbor on San Miguel Island, while the other two boats continued on to Ox-

nard. Cuyler looked very protected on the charts, but once we got the hook down the boat swung beam to the seas and rolled big time. I put out a stem anchor very early the next morning, and it worked wonders for keeping Estrellita pointed into the swells. So we settled in for a great day. We later went to a delightful tiny cove on Santa Cruz Island, and the next day our crew climbed the cliffs and got some great photos of the boat. Speaking of crew, Tom, Dylan and Coco have worked out fantastically well. I'd known Tom for years and have sailed numerous races with him aboard Sceptre. What I didn't know was how handy he is at repairing everything from engines to holding t^nks. And he's great on the foredeck. Dylan has far less experience, but absorbs knowledge like a sponge, is willing to help with anything, and is a super nice person. Coco, whom I first met when she was a volunteer for my daughter's America True USA 51 dedica¬ tion, is the most upbeat person I've ever sailed with. No matter if she's waking up for the 0300 watch, she has a huge smile on her face. She's also a good sailor and great cook. I hadn't seen Coco between the America True dedication several years ago and the

Suntrekka — Endurance 36 Bob Case Trinidad to Panama (San Diego) With about 20% of my circumnaviga¬ tion left to go, I departed Trinidad on May 28 bound for Aruba and then the Panama Canal. The first day was rough, with an easterly wind that built to 30 knots, but things eased off for the rest of the trip. I had angled north to about 12°N in order to stay above the coast of Venezuela and some of her islands. Initially I had thought about stopping along the way to Aruba, but recent reports of piracy in the Trinidad and Isla Margarita areas changed my mind. As I got close to Oranjestad, Aruba, I encountered a -bruise ship loitering in -circles waiting for daylight to enter the harbor. Since they didn't pay any atten¬ tion to me, I called them on the radio and asked if they could kindly keep an eye out. They sounded embarrassed, and admit¬ ted that they didn’t have me visually or on radar until I gave them my position — which was only two miles away. So much for navigation lights and radar reflectors, on even calm and clear nights! Oranjestad was an easy harbor to en¬ ter in daylight. The harbormaster directed December, 2001 • UVtwk?? • Page 195

CHANCES me to tie up along the quay near his of¬ fice and wait for the clearance officials. This was at 8 a.m. Seven hours passed and still nobody had arrived — which was actually fine with me, as I needed the time to tidy up the chaos that comes with any passage. Finally, I walked up to the office and learned there had been a breakdown in communications. They were pleasant and we got everything squared away be¬ fore sunset. After a hot meal — dehy¬ drated, of course — and a nightcap, I was down and out for the count. No sleep is as sound as the first one in a safe harbor after a long passage. It's the sleep of the dead. The next morning I scouted out a new marina run by a helpful South African couple. They only had Med-style moor¬ ings available, so I decided to stay on the hook. It was a longer walk to the shops, but it was free and secure among the com¬ mercial wharfs. The Arubans I met were friendly and warm, but the island is obvi¬ ously geared to fly-in tourists. The big attractions are duty-free shops and bars. After five days of rest, I was ready to shove off on the often boisterous 850-mile pas¬ sage to the Panama Canal. When I left on June 5, my only waypoint was just north of the Peninsula de Guajira, the northernmost point of Co¬ lombia. The second day out the winds kicked up to 25 knots with gusts to 30. The third day it blew 30 with gusts to 35 knots. Fortunately, there was no rain, al¬ though the blowing spray made it wet enough. Since there was so much wind, I slowed Suntrekka down to four knots car¬ rying just a bit of unrolled headsail on the pole, and made lots of amps on the

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wind generator. The winds tapered off on the fourth day and then went light. About that time, I received an email message from a'retired Navy friend of my father's. He warned me about the partieularly windy stretch of the Caribbean along the northern coast of Colombia. He'd been on patrol aboard a destroyer in those waters during his naval career, and re¬ membered frequently getting beat up by the weather. He knew where I was because every day I sent a position report to my dad using my Magellan GSC 100 Satel¬ lite Transceiver, and my dad shared the info with family and friends. I enjoyed 12 to 15-knot winds until I got about seven miles from Colon, at which time I was zapped^by a huge thun¬ derstorm accompanied by 40-knot gusts and blinding rain for an hour. So I slowed my boat down by carrying only a few feet of unrolled headsail — and prayed that none of the many ships converging on the Canal would hit me. I came out of the rain on a collision course with a French freighter, so I went through a few antics to avoid them. They tooted and waved in appreciation.' When I made contact with the radio operator at Panama's Cristobal Control, I found him to be very profes¬ sional. He allowed me to skip through the breakwater between ships, and I dropped the hook at Anchorage F, 'The Flats', six days out of Aruba. In a hurry to get cleared in, I lost no time in chucking the dinghy over the side and rowing to the Panama Canal YC. As I staggered up the rickety dinghy dock, Rudy, one of several Panamanian taxi drivers who hangs out at the club, intro¬ duced himself. He immediately saw that I was in my usual post-passage state of sleep deprivation-induced stupidity, and showed me where to go for the first step of checking in. It turned out to be an of¬ fice in the yacht club, as an immigration official and a representative of the port captain are on duty in the club. Since I didn't have a visa, I was directed to go to the downtown Colon Immigration Office. Thank heavens that Rudy was there and knew enough to take me to a copy shop to get the required copies of all my pa¬ pers, to the bank to get the stamp for something, and then walked me through all the offices. He spoke to the various clerks — it was obvious that he knew them all — on my behalf, filled out all of my forms in the requisite Spanish, and in less than one hour I was checked in. Rudy was terrific — and a bargain. He charged me just $10 an hour, and that included his cab lides! He was such a big help that I tried to give him all my business in Colon

— and also used him and one of his friends as my line-handlers for my Canal transit. I stayed out in The Flats for a week, during which I transited the Canal twice as a line-handler for other boats. The first was the Dutch boat Teranoua, while the second. Morning Glory, was from South Africa. Both transits were lots of fun and good experience for my own trip. The only bad thing was almost getting mugged walking from the bus depot back to the Panama Canal YC. Had Neils — the owner of the South African boat — not been with me, it might have turned out badly. It was dark and Neils and I were loaded up with piles of line over our shoulders. The mugger jumped out of the bushes, and as he came after us we both started moving faster. We beat him to the last corner before the final 100 yards to the yacht club gate. As we ran, the mugger was calling to his companeros for help. By then the adrenaline had kicked in, and Neils and I were setting a speed record for both a middle-aged South African man and an amputee. I figured the mugger started laughing too hard to effectively pursue us two gringos, our kneecaps and elbows flapping, eyes as big as tea cups, huffing and puffing under a mountain of

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Silhouette — Cabo Rico 38 Alan Wulzen Post Ha-Ha (San Francisco) Years ago we decided that we'd begin our cruising adventure by being part of the Baja Ha-Ha fleet. So when we sailed under the Golden Gate on September 25, we had a definite time and place from which to start our cruise in Mexico: Oc¬ tober 30, 11:00 a.m., from San Diego. We expected to meet other sailors in the HaHa who shared our passion for the ad¬ venture, although their boats might be

bigger (what an understatement), faster (no question about that), more expensive (in some cases beyond reason), and even a few powerboats (which we previously referred to as 'stink-pots j. As it turned out, a number of the Ha-Ha boats were some or all of the above, but many others were similar to ours. We liked being part of a group, because if the weather got out of hand and we became anxious — par¬ ticularly at night — we'd know that many others would be experiencing similar fates. As I write this paragraph, all that's left of the Ha-Ha is tonight's awards cer¬ emony, after which the fleet of 106 boats and 420 sailors will begin to take off in many different directions. But for our fam¬ ily, I can say that tjie Ha-Ha lived up to our wildest dreams, and has instilled in us the confidence to sail on! We greatly enjoyed the event, as we made friends with many cruisers that we’re sure we'll stay in touch with throughout our cruising lives. In addition, the experience greatly elevated our confidence in our sailing abilities. As a group, the Ha-Ha fleet pretty much faced the same conditions, but had experiences as different as night and day. Some boats had problems with things like engines, sails, charging systems and even steering. A few folks had physical prob¬ lems, such as thrown out backs, bruised

ribs, mol de mer, and the flu. However, the majority of us Ha-Ha’ed with gusto and much joy! We arrived at the south¬ ern tip of Baja looking forward to the end of night watches and roily seas, some boredom and the lack of sleep, changed diets and no showers, and fears of the un¬ known. For us, the end of the Ha-Ha means our cruising adventure has just begun, and we're now confident that we'll enjoy this lifestyle. At times we’d all been wet, cold, tired and hungry, but we knew that was just part of the territory. Our vessel also served us well, and we didn't have any incidents that caused us to doubt her seaworthiness. Although we have a multi¬ year cruising adventure ahead of us, we'll always look back on the Ha-Ha as the true beginning — as well as a special time and event in our lives. So here we are, tied up in a slip, get¬ ting our 'land legs' back, visiting and par¬ tying with new friends, sharing stories, and cleaning up our salty boats and dirty clothes. As much as we’re looking forward to the next adventure, we’re mostly wal¬ lowing in the utter joy of having 'made it'. Our foulies are dried out and packed away, as we re far enough south to sail in shorts at night. It may be cool back home, but down here the blankets have come off the beds and the sun awning has to be up to protect us from the heat of the day. Silhouette has had all the salt washed off and is looking shiny. We’re at peace, and have little care for the rest of the world's problems. I also want to wholeheartedly thank the Wanderer/Poobah, publisher of Latitude and founder of the Ha-Ha for running such a successful event. The formula has The Wulzen family's Cabo Rico 38 Silhouette' at the start of the Ha-Ha, her asymmetrical chute drawing nicely.

CHANCES been well thought out, and the daily ra¬ dio check-ins were both educational and provided comic relief. — alan 11/10/01 Alan — Thanks for the kind words. In our estimation, this was one of the easi¬ est and most pleasant Ha-Ha's to date, characterized by mild and consistent winds, generally flat seas, unusually warm weather, and bright moonlight. If some folks with relatively little offshore experience found it more challenging than that, we believe its because they were just getting their feet wet. The first time people go down a bunny hill on skis, it seems like a big challenge because it's all new and unfamiliar. But after a couple of days on the easy slopes, they realizp it's not a big deal. Similarly, after folks get some more offshore experience, we think they'll understand how mellow Ha-Ha VIII was. We also suspect they'll come to appreciate that night sailing — at least in the tropics — is perhaps the most fun sailing of all.

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IN LATITUDES voyaging, we're regretfully going to have to sell Fellowship and will probably buy a canal boat in France. It's going to be very difficult to part with our boat after so many miles — and because Foster has been busy with varnish and various up¬ grades making her look great. For any¬ one interested in a proven long-range cruising boat that's ready to go. Fellow¬ ship is a 1981 Yamaha 33 with a double spreader tall rig mast, lead keel, vane, solar panels, propane stove, and is fully equipped for cruising. We're asking $35,000, and if necessary, I would be will¬ ing to help deliver her back to the South Pacific islands after cyclone season. We can be reached at: gudfellowship@hotmail.com." "We have completed our first year of cruising in Mexico," report Rick and Lyn Parnell of the Seattle-based Crealock 37 Sapphire, which is currently in Puerto Vallarta. "Our summer in the Sea of Cortez has definitely been the highlight of our cruising in Mexico so far. We almost skipped 'the Sea', but are delighted that we decided to extend our visit to Mexico

The Sea of Cortez is a spectacular natural para¬ dise that's also home to many surprises. Don't miss it! to include it. Our advice to new cruisers is to not rush through Mexico, but take the time to enjoy this wonderful country. Our plans are to continue south to Panama this spring." "Sundance is now 'in the ground' at Vuda Point Marina in Lautoka, Fiji," re¬ ports Michael Stitt and crew Chaz of the

Aspen-based Bayfield 40. "I decided to park the boat on the hard in Fiji rather than make the run to New Zealand just to store her for cyclone season — and then have to bring her 1,200 miles back to Fiji again next April. Vuda Point appears to be a good place to ride out the South Pa¬ cific tropical cyclone season. Sundance looks strange — but safe — in a hole in the ground. I hope all my cruising friends made it safely to New Zealand." "We have been spending hurricane sea¬ son in Norfolk, Virginia," report John

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CHANGES Bringetto and Amanda. Berks of the Half Moon Bay-based King's Legend 41 Gingi. "Come November, we ll head south to Florida and then on to the Bahamas." "I've married my Thai girlfriend Tisama, swallowed the anchor, and have bought a house in Sisaket, northeast Thailand," reports Gene Schenk, formerly of San Diego. Our 'crew' are Boom and Bang — and yes, those really are their names. Cruisers headed this way should be in¬ formed that they can enter Thailand at Krabi, which is an excellent base for land excursions. If anyone has questions about cruising in Thailand, email me at eugeneschenk@yahoo.com." "In 1996 we began a slow westbound circumnavigation aboard our 1980 Alden 44 Lyric," report Tad and Joyce Lhainon of Bainbridge Island, Washington. "All the way we have enjoyed our copies of Lati¬ tude that have been sent from home at irregular intervals. Attached is a photo of Joyce reading the August 2001 edition at Cascais Marina in Lisbon, Portugal, while waiting for weather to clear for a south¬ west passage to Madiera. Note the 17th Century fort in the background, protect-

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Keen of the San Francisco-based Gulf 32 pilothouse Knot Yet, currently in Lumut, Malaysia. "I travelled to Kuala Lumpur, the capital, with four other yachties — two Americans and two Swedes — and we were joined by yet another American couple during our visit. We enjoyed Kuala Lumpur so much that we extended our stay another night. For many in our group, a big attraction was purchasing Video Compact Discs (VCDs) that contain movies that can be played on a PC as well as a VCD player. The movies retail for about $1 each, and are bound to become prized trading items as they are much handier than videotapes. One couple pur¬ chased nearly 100 movies! "In addition to shopping and eating," Keen continues, "we took a city tour and did a fair amount of walking around. We never encountered any hostility, overt or covert. Malaysia emphasizes that their Muslim, Chinese and Indian populations live in harmony, and that appears to be the case. Since leaving Port Dickson, I've been singlehanding and have twice an¬ chored near the mouths of rivers, so I've

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we visited, mostly in the Gulf of Nicoya," report Dorsey and Janice Warren of the Tahoe City-based Mariner 48 Sun Dazzler. "We also have several digital photos from Isla Gitana — you may remember publishing a Changes by the last owner in the spring of '89. Carl died a few years ago, and we have spent some time put¬ ting the word out and getting other cruis¬ ers to visit the place. We also helped the caretakers fix some things. Isla Gitana is funky but great. One question: How do you like to receive the photos? A friend could carry back a disc with the shots and the text in Word 6.0, or must we send it to you through the web? Sending it from some of the funky little cybercafes is sometimes a problem, as they have hic¬ cups when trying to upload and down¬ load files. We hope everyone is keeping the faith up there with all the negative stuff we're hearing in the news. We love Latitude — you started us on this, you know!" Having somebody bring a disc with photos and text in Word is fine, as is hav¬ ing the text and high resolution photos sent by email. We're quite anxious to get

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CHANCES your report, as Costa Rica seems to have fallen out of the cruising news lately. "In the last several years we have seen many improvements and additional yacht services added to our small port of Golfito, Costa Rica," reports Bruce Blevins of Ba¬ nana Bay Marina in Golfito. "We now of¬ fer a wide variety of mechanical and re¬ pair services, such as refrigeration, elec¬ tronics, engine and transmission, canvas, and wood. Many of the local yacht facili¬ ties have made security a priority, so the theft problems have been kept in check. We know that Golfito has had its prob¬ lems in the past with port clearance pro¬ cedures. Today, all but one of our port officials are courteous and friendly pro¬ fessionals who welcome visitors to our community. We now always have* two of¬ ficials working in the port captains office, so service is much improved. However, one notorious individual still causes prob¬ lems and unnecessary expense to visit¬ ing yachts. Our community is starting to appreciate the importance of yachting tourism, so everybody here wishes to re¬ move this last vestige of corruption and rudeness from our welcoming committee'.

Since Carl Ruegg, owner of Ista Gitana, died, what happened to Lydia, his young Filipino widow? Is she still running the place? As such, we would be grateful for any cop¬ ies of old articles in Latitude about the corruption and difficulties with the port officials in Golfito. I remember a sarcas¬ tic one titled The Delightful Port Captain

of Golfito. Thanks in advance for your time and consideration in this matter. We look forward to any assistance that may help us make Golfito a better port of call." Unfortunately, Bruce, we don't have the time to research all the articles and Changes that have been written over the years, so we're going to suggest that aijybody who has ever had problems with the port captain in Golfito — and we know there have been a bunch — write a brief account and send it to you at www.bancmabajmiarina.com. We appre¬ ciate the effort you're making and wish you success. Most cruisers have a good idea of how difficult the Baja Bash from Cabo to San Diego is aboard a typical monohull. If you're one of them, you'd probably shud¬ der at the prospect of singlehanding a 40ft, 7,500-lb catamaran from Puerto Vallarta to Vancouver, British Columbia. It turns out it’s not so bad — at least that's what Bob Smith claims after having done it last summer with his homebuilt cat

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The homebuilt carbon cat 'Pantera' doesn't look like the perfect boat for sailing from P.V. to Vancouver, but owner Bob Smith says she is. Catharine Whitby of the Vancouver and Portland-based Contessa 38 Breila. "We, along with our Jack Russell terrier Rosey, are now in San Diego and plan to leave for Mexico and South America at the be¬ ginning of December." "Sorry that we missed the Ha-Ha, but we’re nursing a failed dodger — the trip down from Washington was hard on the old girl — our gel-cells finally needed re¬

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8-FT ZODIAC/WEST MARINE. Excellent, nearly new, oars, floor boards. $500/obo. Email: kal@ilpp.com. LASER. Great condition. 2 sails/masts, blue hull, new rudder and extension. Trailer excellent condition. $1,250. Will¬ ing to trade for sailing lessons on J/24 or J/120. Please call (625) 462-7193 or email: cmayes6246@aol.com. 15-FT BOSTON WHALER SLOOP. Har¬ poon 4.6 class. Unsinkable. Good, safe family boat. Excellent trailer. New Ullman sails. $3,500. May be seen at Marin Yacht Club. Call Harbormaster Kent Edwards (415)456-9792. TRINKA ROW/SAIL DINGHY. Fiberglass, 8-ft, with new sail rig, excellent condition, new oak oars and attachments, a classic, the best dinghy. $1,250. Please email: kal@ilpp.com. 1986 LASER 2 WITH TRAILER. Well maintained, excellent condition, seldom used. Owned since 1992. Sail #6089. Please call Ed at (707) 584-1431 or email: tabacc06 @ aol .com. ZODIAC RIB 310,1998. Plus oars, pump, etc. Was $2,350 new, now $1,350. Call (415) 681-9356 or (415) 606-0082 or email: FFPAUL@PLCO.NET. VIKING OFFSHORE LIFERAFT. 4 -man. Just certified. $1,950. Call (916) 481-2299.

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VANGUARD 15,1999. Yellow. Used four times since I got it. Great shape. Sails well. Lots of new gear. Comes with rack space at Ti. $3,000/obo. Call (510) 614-6348 (anytime) or email: Geoff@aetco.com.

MOORE 24. Hull #12. Christmas Special. Ready to race. Updated to latest set-up with barney post. Many new sails. Autopi¬ lot, knotmeter, Porta-Potti, 2.5 hp Nissan, and more. Let's go surfing, now. In Alameda. $11,000. (510) 923-1627.

10-FT WEST MARINE RIB INFLATABLE. 8 hp Nissan outboard, good shape, both five years old. $1,200. Cruiseair hatch air conditioner, $200. Call (925) 736-7817. 9'4” ZODIAC C285 YL INFLATABLE with 6 hp Johnson outboard. Zodiac is white with a nice wood roll-up floor and inflat¬ able keel. Includes storage bag, oars, foot pump, repair kit and mushroom. Great condition. $1500/all. Call (408) 997-9790. 8-FT FIBERGLASS DINGHY with oars. Good shape. At Marina Bay in Richmond. $350/obo. Call (510) 526-7010. 7-FT FIBERGLASS DiNGHY. Lapstrake, built-in flotation. Needs some TLC. Cur¬ rent CF registration. Sail/gear not in¬ cluded. $375/obo. Call (510) 719-7100. 7-FT FATTY KNEES. Beautiful lapstrake sailing dinghy. Fiberglass hull. Custom sail with oars. Great condition. Lyle Hess de¬ sign. $650/firm. Also 200-lb galvanized Danforth anchor, unused, $380. Call (415) 331-3612.

24 FEET & UNDER 20-FT RANGER. 2 jibs. Excellent condi¬ tion. $1,000 without motor. $2,200 with 6 hp Johnson Sailmaster. Call Dick Bishop (408) 257-1868.

WILDERNESS 21,1979. Great condition, extra sails. New 5 hp longshaft engine, used twice. Fixed keel. Includes trailer. Great for racing or cruising. Located Benicia Marina, Dock F291. Must sell. $2,300/firm. Please call (916) 648-0540. RHODES MERIDIAN, 1964. 24'8”. Clean with new standing rigging. Outboard in well, new paint inside and out. Must see to appreciate. Currently berthed in Delta. Sails like a dream. $5,000. Please call Scott (916) 997-8446. COLUMBIA 24, 1964. Clean, great sail¬ ing pocket crusier. Main, 3 jibs. 8 hp Mari¬ ner outboard. Porta-potti, sleeps 4. Sink, two-burner alcohol stove. New VHF. Hauled, bottom paint 6/01. Includes trans¬ fer of Monterey mooring. $5,600/obo. Please call (831) 373-6061 or email: johna @ arnoldassoc.com.

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J/24, 1977. Good condition, 4-year-old spar, Nissan 5 hp, recent main with cover, 2 jibs, running rigging led to cockpit, VHF radio, JVC FM/CD, Porta-Potti. $5,500. Call Rick (510) 865-4700.

RANGER 23, 1974. Gary Mull design for SF Bay, very stable, dry. New standing rigging 1999. New wiring 2000. New keel bolts. Good sail inventory, excellent shape, including spinnaker. All lines led aft, set up for singlehand. VHF, compass, knotmeter, depth, battery charger. Run¬ ning and cabin lights. Anchor and rode. Raytheon autotiller with remote. Teak in¬ terior. Great condition, ready to sail. 8 hp o/b with mount. Porta-Potti. Sleeps 4. $4,900/obo. Call (707) 258-2691 or email: Ranger23sfbay @ aol.com. MONTGOMERY 15. Main, 2 jibs, whisker pole, full boat cover, mainsail cover, trailer, anchor and rode, cushions. Pretty boat in excellent condition. $4,200 w/o motor; $4,700 with new 3.5 Mariner outboard. Please call (530) 647-0558 or email: larryjanet@directcon.net. A RICH MAN/WOMAN’S SPORT? Catalina 22, swing keel, in Berkeley Ma¬ rina, $1,000. Bahamas Islander 23, on a buoy at South Lake Tahoe, $1,700. Cheap first boat. Great crash pads. Greatest places to sail. Call (650) 697-5854.

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24-FT S2,1978. Good Bay boat. 2-yearold Ballenger spar and standing rigging. 8 hp Johnson Sailmaster xtra-iong shaft with charging unit. VHF, shorepower with charger. Main and jib. Porta-Potti. Clean and in good condition. $5,500. Call Rick (510) 865-4700.

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CAL 20. Needs new owner. Complete, but needs lovin’. $500. Call (650) 365-8686. SAN JUAN 24. Santa Cruz dry slip, #54. Roller furling, 3 jibs, spinnaker, main. Depth, speed, VHF, compass. Nissan 5 hp, stove, sink, Porta-Potti, dual battery set-up. Trailer: new master cylinder, brakelines, stainless disk brakes, hubs, bearings, lighting. $5,500. (408) 395-3756. WEST WIGHT POTTER PI 9, 2000. Baja trailer, Nissan 5 hp 4-stroke, dark grey with red pinstripe, fabric-covered cabin cush¬ ions, built-in stereo with waterproof speak¬ ers, Porta-Potti, stove, all the extras. $10,000/obo. Call (510) 701-9515 or email: benJoyce@altavista.com. J/24, 1977. Great shape and well main¬ tained. 2 sets of sails and extra spinna¬ kers. New spar, standing rigging and run¬ ning rigging. Deck recently resurfaced. Electrical system and lights in good work¬ ing order. Good condition trailer and cus¬ tom cushions. $6,000. (650) 216-3434. ULTIMATE 20, 1998. Hull #97. Great boat, easy to sail, fast. Excellent condi¬ tion, sailed only 15 times. Ullman class sails, spinnaker, red waterline, Zeiman trailer. Numerous extras included, 2.5 Nissan outboard, lifejackets, docklines, VHF radio. $20,000. (650) 390-0407 or email: carrie_peterson@oxfordcorp.com. CATALINA 22, 1976. Good condition. Heavy-duty standing rigging. Halyards led aft. New Lewmar 7 winches. Moving away, must sell. $2,800/obo. Photos available. Call Frank (510) 742-9324 or email: alberto_rivera1 ©yahoo.com. RANGER 23 in nice shape. $3,700. See at Coyote Point Marina or email: letsbereal@bluemail.ch.

CAPE DORY TYPHOON 19,1980. Week¬ ender. Complete, professionaly applied L/P paint, micron bottom, all new running rigging, new roller furling, 9 hp four-stroke longshaft and custom trailer. $4,500/firm. Please call (707) 554-2813 (days) or (707) 745-3204 (eves)._ WILDERNESS 21, 1978. Chuck Burns design. Year-old standing rigging with new Harken #00 furler. Bottom painted 12/00. 4.5 hp longshaft Evinrude. Well main¬ tained. Rigged for singlehanding. Spinna¬ ker. Wet sailed. $4,600. (650) 967-0196 or email: wwcrutcher@yahoo.com.

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FOLKBOAT, US 22. Recently hauled. Hull in good shape. Needs a good home. Asking $6,000. Call (415) 661-2093.

25 TO 28 FEET CORONADO 25. New everything. Over $17,000 spent. Price is $7,500. Call Gary (925)677-0191 (wk). NOR’SEA 27, 1979. Factory built, one owner. Excellent condition. Covered stor¬ age for many years. Extensive inventory. Many spare parts, ready to cruise. $42,500. Call (510) 234-6587. COMPETIN 28,1975. New 20 hp Univer¬ sal diesel. New mainsail and furling genoa. Good condition fiberglass. Berth with boat at Fort Mason, SF. Asking $13,500. Call (415) 819-5096 (cell) or (415) 664-5432. OLSON 25,1988. Hull #102-E. Signet in¬ struments, new bottom paint 7/01,7 bags of North sails. 6 hp Johnson. Lots of extra equipment and gear. Looks and sails per¬ fectly. Located Benicia, CA. $10,500. Call (916) 568-6237.

PEARSON ARIEL 26, 1966. Very good condition, recent haulout, new rigging. 2 mains, jib, genoa, spinnaker. VHF, DS, Loran. 6 hp outboard. Sound and stable, an excellent Bay boat. Active association and racing fleet. All for only $5,000/obo. Call (650) 368-2196. BALBOA 26, 1978 with trailer. Great shape, ready to sail. Swing keel. 3 jibs, spinnaker, main with two reef points. Evinrude 9.9 longshaft fully serviced Sep¬ tember 2001. VHF, stereo, sleeps 5. Best trailerable cruiser around. $6,500/obo Please call (510) 504-0773 or email: ashlock13@yahoo.com. TRITON 28.5 CRUISER, 1962. Sausalito built, hull #335. Excellent Atomic 4, mast¬ head rig, new Harken s/t winches, new stanchions, bow, stern pulpits, windows and more. A great value for a solid plastic classic. $5,000. Call (415) 377-7134 or (415) 246-7905. POCKET CRUISER IN BAJA. Coronado 25, 1968 on beach-launch trailer. Full complement of sails, new mast, 8 hp Yamaha. Located in Bahia de Los Ange¬ les, premier cruising grounds of the Sea of Cortez. Spend this winter in the sun. $4,000. For more information, leave fax# or address at (831) 462-2061. CAPE DORY 28. Cruise the NW Carib¬ bean - Belize, Bay Islands of Honduras, Guatemala’s Rio Dulce and beyond. Magico is ready to go in Livingston, Gua¬ temala. Beautiful wood interior, diesel, windvane, full set of sails and more. $12,500. Call (760) 376-6525.

25-FT FRIENDSHIP SLOOP. Fiberglass. Excellent condition. Volvo diesel. $25,000. Call (805) 878-2767.__ ISLANDER 27, 1969. Chrysler 12.9 out¬ board. Docked at Coyote Point, Slip #1123. $5,000. Call (650) 245-0052. HUNTER 285, 1986. Perfect Bay boat. Great condition, with lots of new equip¬ ment. Price includes sailing lessons. In¬ cludes: New roller furling, headsail, wheel steering, H/C pressure water, sleeps 6, autopilot, knotmeter, windmeter, GPS, depthsounder, AM/FM/CD player, TV an¬ tenna, new batteries. Boat just hauled, cleaned and inspected at Svendsen’s. $19,500/obo. Call (925) 947-5590 or email: sch5nidrji96O@yahoo.com. NORDIC FOLKBOAT 25, 1953. Fiber¬ glass hull 1992, well maintained, many extras, ready to sail. Two full sets class sails, including almost new racing main and jib. New bottom 8/2001. Berthed Gashouse Cove, San Francisco. $8,000. Please call (415) 381-4633 (eves) or email: fslofquist@pol.net. CHEOY LEE OFFSHORE 27. Lots of sails, roller furling jib, new canvas covers, Yanmar diesel, ground tackle, etc. Profes¬ sionally maintained. $13,500. Call (650) 365-8686.

ISLANDER 28,1977. Beautiful, well main¬ tained Perry design. Volvo diesel, wheel steering, lots of sails, 4 winches, autopi¬ lot, depthsounder, knotmeter, enclosed head, new batteries, updated interior, new bottom paint. A dream to sail. Bob Perry says it is his best design. Dry, comfort¬ able, a joy to sail in the Bay or along the coast. $14,000. Call (916) 852-4242 (days) or (916) 774-6021 (eves). PEARSON TRITON1, 1962. Atomic 4, 6 sails, knotmeter, stereo, VHF, battery charger. Excellent Bay and coastal cruiser. Clean boat looking for a new ihome. $9,500. Please call (510) 769-2152. NOR'SEA 27, 1979. Aft cockpit cruiser. Beautiful hull, new upgraded interior, sleeps 4. Roller furling, Autohelm. Yanmar diesel low hours. H/C water, new stove/ oven, storage, new upholstery. Loran, VHF. $29,000/obo. (707) 935-6292 or email: abraxas@sonic.net. CHRYSLER 26, 1978. Great condition. New interior including cushions, carpet¬ ing, woodwork, head with holding tank and pump-out, sink, cooler, VHS, depthfinder, compass. Newly reconditioned main. Headsails: 70%, 90%, 110%. 1985 Johnson Sailmaster 8 hp in excellent con¬ dition. $5,000. Call Jed (415) 776-3997.

SAN JUAN 28,1979. Leapin’Lizard. This perfect Bay boat has it all. Great liveaboard, 6’2” standing headroom. Racer/cruiser, singlehander. Excellent condition, lovingly maintained. Brand new Profurl roller furler/jib, recent main. Yanmar diesel engine with 400 hours. Autohelm, all lines led aft. Oversized self¬ tailing primary winches. Actively sailed and raced, placed third in November’s SYC midwinter. Details/photos at Web site: http://www.greerandcompany.com/ sanjuan.htm. Must sell. Be nice to your¬ self this Christmas. Price slashed to $9,500/obo. Call (415) 383-7980 or email: greerl @pacbell.net. ISLANDER 28,1977. New jib and Harken furler in 2001. New head. Mainsail new in 1999. Volvo diesel. $12,500. Owners want to move up to 36-ft sailboat for Bay, will consider trade. (415) 378-8805 or email: sjmurph @ pacbell.net. BOAT WANTED. Catalina 250, 1997 or newer. Wing keel, tiller, with trailer. Pre¬ fer: Excellent condition, dual-axle galva¬ nized trailer, Honda 9.9 outboard, 135% genoa, cruising spinnaker. (916) 712-9306 or email: jhunter@insidecircle.org. JENSEN 25, 1965. 4 sails, spinnaker, VHF, depthsounder, knotgauge, compass, AM/FM cassette, marine head, 110/12V, 5 hp Honda with lift. 2 anchors, 300-ft marked line, many extras. Must sell. $3,000/obo. (925) 439-8849 or email: Saltydog96@yahoo.com. ISLANDER 28,1976. Very well preserved inside and out. Fully self-contained gal¬ ley, 6-ft+ headroom, beautiful teak inte¬ rior, enclosed head. All sails, rigging, elec¬ tronics complete. Yanmar diesel, low hours. Trailer. Stored indoors 10 yrs. Needs bottom paint, minor repair. Make offer (916) 723-8373. CATALINA 27, 1974. Hauled 7/01. Tra¬ ditional interior outboard model. Every¬ thing sound. Good rig, ground tackle. Sails: 5 jibs, spinnaker, like new main. Lines led aft. Freshwater head, VHF, depth, more. $7,500. Please call Daren (510) 685-2941. ALEUTKA 26. Twin-keel, singlehanded offshore cruiser with a special story. Beau¬ tifully and tenderly crafted, about 3/4 com¬ plete. Hull done. Needs mast, rigging and sails. Tailor-made trailer comes with it. Currently located in So. CA. $2,000. Call (707) 823-1151.

29 TO 31 FEET NEWPORT 30,1986. Beautiful and spa¬ cious, Autohelm 4000, roller furling, wheel, diesel, CNG stove/oven, new interior, digi¬ tal Instruments. Liveaboard or cruise. Lo¬ cated ' Marina del Rey. See at Web site: www.yachtsandmore.com. Sacrifice $19,500. (888) 541-7232.

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LANCER C&C 30, 1982. Over $28,000 invested 1998: LPU hull, North mains, spinnakers, roller furling jibs, 3 cyl FWC 27 hp Perkins diesel, Authelm 4000, dodger, S/T winches, refer, and much more. See: www.yachtsandmore.com. Located Marina del Rey. Sacrifice $19,500. Call (888) 541-7232. ERICSON 30+, 1968 CLASSIC. $16,800. See information at Web site: http:// www.techsystemsembedded.com/sailboats/ericson30.html.. HUNTER 29.5,1996. Excellent condition. Rollerfurling, Yanmar diesel, bottom paint 1999, Autohelm, AM/FM stereo, dodger, refridgerator, H/C pressure water, charger. Berthed at South Beach Marina, Dock C3. $54,000/obo. (408) 530-6167 (voicemail) or email: wkcho@ix.netcom.com. NEWPORT 30,1976. Very nice condition and loaded. Yanmar diesel, dodger, re¬ frigeration, CNG oven, S/T winches, tillerpilot, headfoil, VHF, knotmeter, depth, Loran, EPIRB, new interior cushions, full sail inventory including spinnaker, all in new or excellent condition. $15,000/firm. (510)^713-9193.

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ERICSON 32, 1974. New 20 hp diesel, new control panels and wiring, new portlights, complete new upholstery, new thru-hulls, new barrier coat and bottom paint, new LPU painted hull, fridge/icebox, new shaft and fittings. Crisis, must sacri¬ fice. $18,000. Call Jerry (707) 732-7065 or (707) 257-3874 (msg).

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ERICSON 32,1985. Excellent Bay cruiser/ racer. Datamarine instruments with Furuno GPS and two VHF radios. Tradi¬ tional interior sleeps six. Head with shower/sink. Galley with stove/oven. North main and furled jib. Spinnaker with pole. Asking $43,900. Call (707) 575-9255.

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CHEOY LEE 35, 1981. Perry designed cruiser. 2nd owner. Pristine. Pathfinder 50, over-sized rigging and winches, roller furl¬ ing, autopilot, dinghy with outboard, VHF, GPS, radar, Ham/SSB, many extras. In Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. $45,000. (515) 270-1258 or email: mbbellile@aol.com. FUJI 32, 1972. Has no rigging, needs work. Fiberglass hull, boat is in rebuildable condition. 3-cyl diesel engine that runs. Will deliver. $15,900/obo. Call and ask for Kevin (800) 646-0292. ALOEN 34, 1940. Classic sloop. Great liveaboard, go-anywhere cruiser. Full keel, heavy oak planking, Pisces diesel, dodger, roller furling, 5-ft bowsprit. Force 10 pro¬ pane stove, refrigerator, heater. Priced to sell $18,000/obo. San Francisco Marina. Please call (831) 883-0946. 11:METRE FOR SALE at unbelievable price of $8,500. And yes it has a mast and is in great shape. New bottom job and sails. All you have to do is plug and play, go for it. Interested parties call James Glockner at (415) 786-2824. HUNTER LEGEND 35.5, 1994. Yanmar 27 diesel, 3 sails including club-footed jib. Complete barrier coat, 1999. Fridge/ freezer. D/S, knotmeter/log, VHF. Light and spacious below, fast downwind. Like new. $74,900. Call (707) 645-7110 or email: jahlering@hotmail.com. PEARSON 34,1984. Sausalito slip. Bristol condition. Varnished teak interior, all new shrouds/stays and lifelines. Only 1000 hrs on meticulously maintained Universal die¬ sel. Roller furling, lines led aft. $46,000. Please call (415) 454-4403 for spec sheet and photos. DREADNOUGHT 32 KETCH. Perkins 4107, auxiliary diesel generator, propane stove, heater, Furuno radar, SSB, VHF, autopilot, GPS, depth, 2 furling headsails, 100 gal. diesel, 60 water, 10 gal. propane. $35,000. Will consider trades. Please call (520) 366-5215. APHRODITE 101,1979. 33-ft. Danish fi¬ berglass beauty with 10 hp Yanmar die¬ sel, self-tacking jib, Autohelm and great sails. Needs bottom job and prop. $9,500 to first offer. Call Rick (530) 666-3943. WAUQUIEZ PRETORIEN, 35’5”. Rarely sold. Excellent condition. New ICOM-710 SSB, Furuno 1721 24 nm. ICOM VHF, B&G instruments, Alpha underdeck auto¬ pilot, new Schaeffer roller furling for jib, 1998. 2001 Adler-Barbour Super-Cold Machine, West Marine Zodiac 9-4 airfloor dinghy and 8 hp 4-stroke Honda outboard. 4 jibs, 2 mains, one full-batten. Extras. $87,500. Call (408) 309-8789. CAL 34, 1968. Good working order. Atomic gas engine works, refitted 1999. Vessel painted 1999. $18,000/obo. Call Paul (510) 523-3030.

CORONADO 34, 1969. Perkins diesel, autopilot, dodger, pedestal, 4 self-tailing winches, solar panel, spinnaker, four jibs plus storm trisail and jib, windlass. Hawaii vet. $29,000 (510) 749-0519 or email: Wmdwindows @ aol .com. CATALINA 34, 1986. Cruise equipped. New 130% furling jib, storm jib, 3 solar panels, Four Winds windgenerator, refrig¬ erator/freezer, 75 amp alternator, smart regulator, Autohelm 4000, watermaker, 3 anchors includes 45 CGR with 350-ft chain. Dodger and bimini. $53,000. Call (408)242-6134.

36 TO 39 FEET 37-FT ISLANDER AUXILIARY SLOOP. Veteran Pacific cruiser. New main and genoa, davits and dinghy. Perkins diesel, autopilot and too much gear to list. Wellappointed cabin. Beautiful and seaworthy. Asking $35,000. Call (530) 533-7371 or email: capjames@c-zone.net. CASCADE 36,1982. Cruise or live aboard now. Exceptionally equipped and finished. New rigging, autopilot, radar, etc. Hard dodger, aft cabin, radar arch, davits. $46,500, Call (510) 521-1966.

36-FT SEA WITCH KETCH. Golden Hind. Last one built of the original Hugh Angelman ketches by Wilmington Boat Works 1959. See Wooden Boat issue #147. One of the best, maintained to the highest yacht standards. Heavily built, 1 1/2” vertical grain old growth fir planking over 3-1/2” double-sawn oak frames, teak decks. Extensive equipment list includes 60 hp Ford diesel, Wood Freeman auto¬ pilot, Monitor windvane, Furuno radar and GPS/plotter, Sitex depthsounder and VHF, diesel cabin heater, heavy duty elec¬ tric windlass, new dodger and covers. 10ft Zodiac and 10 hp motor and a lot more. A proven offshore veteran ready to cruise. Located Morro Bay. $85,000. Call (805) 528-6819 or (805) 441-0471 (cell) or email: WilboKetch@aol.com. _ HALLBERG-RASSY 38, 1985. Proven bluewater cruiser. This boat has been completely refit, summer 19991 New Yanmar 65 turbo, electrical system, rig¬ ging, etc. Beautiful Scandinavian wood¬ work inside. Strong and fast. $120,000. For more info please call (650) 726-7437 or email: murphymuss@aol.com.

CHEOY LEE CLIPPER 36, 1970. Tradi¬ tional style fiberglass ketch, bowsprit, teak. 7 sails, roller furling, self-tailing winches, propane stove/heat, fireplace, shower, 2 anchors, bronze windlass, 2 solar panels, near new. 12V Technautics freezer/refrig¬ erator, water heater, cushions. $39,900. Call (714) 396-2710.

CAL 39, CORINTHIAN MODEL, MARK II. Patricia's Way. A classic Lapworth design. Meticulously maintained and upgraded. Loaded. A proven performance bluewater cruiser. Must see to appreciate. Go to Web site, and whet your appetite: http:// www.patriciasway.com. Please call (310) 578-6722 for photos, specs, appointment. LAPWORTH 36, 1957. Great deal, must sell fast. Wooden boat, overall good con¬ dition, some work required before sailingready. New main, full canvas boat cover, clean mahogany interior. Running 1982 Yanmar diesel engine. Pete’s Harbor, Redwood City. $6,000. (650) 856-6858.

39’9” SPARKMAN & STEPHENS, 1953. Loki-class yawl, #1001-G. In excellent condition, full boat covet, hew interior. New suit of traditionally-built sails, diesel engine. A truly fine example of a classic yacht. A great sailing boat. $165,000. Call (415) 332-2510._ CAL 39, 1988/2000. Racer/cruiser. Rare Raymond Hunt design. Ready to go any¬ where. Fast, clean and seriously sexy. Continually upgraded and absolutely loaded with gear. New North sails, bags of Pineapple sails, spinnakers, Harken furler, rod rigging, MaxiProp, all lines led aft, lazy-jacks. Yanmar 44 hp, new Robertson AP22 autopilot, new VacuFlush, new water heater, new Heart inverter, microwave, Sony AM/FM/CD, 4 speakers, propane, refer, electric main winch, SSB, VHF, GPS, 3 new G-27 bat¬ teries house, one G-24 start. 4 Barient self¬ tailing 2-speed winches, beautiful interior. Boat is strikingly similar to new Sabre 402, Recent bottom job Oct 15. Has always re¬ ceived the very best TLC. Slip available. $139,500/fairly firm. Serious inquiries only. Please call (707) 746-8746. DOWNEASTER 38, 1980. A true Ameri¬ can cruising classic with full keel, bowsprit and wine glass transom. Cutter rig, 32 hp Universal diesel, dodger. If you’ve been looking for a very clean Downeaster at a great price, this is your boat. $49,000. Please call (949) 500-6223 or email: multicon@msn.com.

PASSPORT 37,1986. Original owner, top condition. New rigging, refrigeration, new canvas, dodger, interior cushions. New GPS, radar and chain. Bruce anchors, solar panals, SSB/Ham, AM/FM/CD,VCR. Profurl, cruising spinnaker, 4 cyl diesel. Much more. Ventura. $98,001. Call (805) 644-7034 or email JRALTATOO@aol.com. FARR 38, 1983. Solid glass hull, 9 sails, Bukh diesel, wheel steering, Harken roller furl, full teak interior, cruise or race. $54,000. Please call (415) 435-4262. CATALINA 36, 1987. Bristol, freshwater boat, lightly used, never raced. Wellequipped including Delta canvas, heat pump and air conditioning. Recent bottom. Open Boat at the Stockton Sailing Club, D-38, December 8 & 9, 10 am to 2 pm. $72,500. Call (209) 234-3055.

37- CF EXHIBITOR RACE OR CRUISE. Completely redone 1998/1999. New inte¬ rior, new LP exterior, roller furling. Nexus instruments, GPS, chartplotter, autopilot, 20 sails, carbon pole. PORC2000 winner, Whitney winner 2000, Bogart 2001, more. Excellent condition. $56,500. Call (714) 841-7575 or (714) 978-7272. _ 38- FT CLIPPER BOWED STEEL CUTTER. First commissioned 1996, professionally built, brand new 40 hp Universal diesel, strong mast with overhauled Standing rig¬ ging and mint sails. Price reduced for quick sale. $12,500. Call (707) 422-7171 or email: dianadotmarco@aol.com.

TAYANA 37, 1975. Cutter rigged bluewater cruiser. Under 400 hours on Perkins 4-108, radar, autopilot, GPS, in¬ flatable and outboard, propane, diesel heat, hot and cold water pressure. Go anywhere or liveaboard. See Web site: http://home.earthlink.net/~prudentcruise for full specs. $69,000. (206) 790-4562. |

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BENETEAU 440,1994. (Sistership). Four cabins, 2 heads, refrigeration, GPS chart plotter, KM, DS, furling jib and main, au¬ topilot, forced air heat, excellent condition. Located Semiahmoo Resort, Blaine, WA. Slip available. $155,000/obo. Call (360) 371-5122. 46-FT SAIL/DIVE CHARTER VESSEL. Available January 2002. Owners buying marina. 100% charter/cruise ready. Every¬ thing included. Information/equipment list available. Please see Web site: www.delphinacharters.com. $100,000. Call (340) 774-5630 or (340) 513-1123 (cell) or email: delphina@pocketmail.com. TAYANA VANCOUVER 42, 1987. CC, loaded for cruising. 55 hp Turbo Yanmar, 9-ft Achilles with 8 hp Merc, teak decks and interior. Cutter with furling headsails, fully battened main. Great condition. Cur¬ rently cruising. See at Web site: http:// sailboatjoss.synesthete.net. $169,900. Email: sailboatjoss@hotmail.com.

45-FT STEEL KETCH, 1995. Topless. Sailed mainly Alaska to Mexico for 5 years. Custom made, US documented cruiser. Perkins 4 cylinder, autopilot, propane oven, radar, 4500w generator, solar. Call George for equipment list, detail, photos, appointment. $135,000. (360) 225-9288. KETTENBERG 50. The Amorita, the only Kettenberg 50 to circumnaviage, is for sale. Buy a piece of history and a lovingly restored, fine sailing vessel. Lying San Diego. $80,000. Call (228) 762-8969.

BENETEAU OCEANIS 461. Absolutely flawless. Less than one year old. 76 hp Yanmar, Max Prop, Heart 2 kw inverter. 4-200 amp house batteries, central heat¬ ing. 48 kw radar, Raychart 530, GPS. 60 lb CQR, second propane tank, Dutchman boom brake, gennaker, 110 and 140 genoas, in-mast furling. TV/DVD, stereo, CD, VHF. Cockpit cover, ST 6000 autopi¬ lot with remote control. Too many options to list. $318,000. Call (925) 829-8142. HUDSON FORCE 50, 1986. Pilothouse ketch. Three cabins including huge aft cabin with queen bed. World cruiser/ liveaboard, many upgrades in 1999 and 2001. Check it out on Web site: www.peaspod.com/boat Must sell soon. Reduced $20,000 to $180,000. Call (818) 348-3451.

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42-FT GARDEN PORPOISE KETCH, 1967 Professionally built by R. Fung, solid teak, strong 75 hp Volvo diesel. GPS, radar, inverter/charger, lapstrake dinghy, desireable interior, fully found. Excellent strong offshore cruiser! Located in Oregon. Asking $.109,000.

Contact CHARLOTTE SCHMIDT YACHT SALES « (805) 382-2375 PETERSON 44, CENTER COCKPIT, 1976 New Yanmar diesel, new sails, standing and running rigging, new inverter. 12 volt Alder-Barbour refer, radar on pedestal, liferaft, dinghy with outboard. Want to go sailing this winter? Try this one!

_MARTIN YACHT SALES « (949) 723-8485_ HUNTER PASSAGE 450, CENTER COCKPIT, 1997 Many recent upgrades, ready to cruise, excellent condition. Fully equipped with generator, radar, fathometer, autopilot, GPS chart and plotter. Inverter, full instrumentation. • $229,000

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HANS CHRISTIAN 43 KETCH, 1979. Ex¬ tensive electronics, full sail inventory, genset, watermaker, Robertson AP, Muir Cheetah windlass, oversized ground tackle, Avon canister, custom mattress, bow thruster, rerigged, epoxy bottom, low engine hours. Excellent condition. Ex¬ tremely motivated seller. $159,000. Call (707) 543-3270.

RHODES 41. Bluewater racer/cruiser. Mexico, So. Pacific vet, rugged survivor of two hurricanes. Refit deck-hull. Rebuilt diesel, 5 hours. Electronics, solar, strong rig, new fridge, good sails, windvane, windlass. Excellent anchor systems. $99,000. Specs available. Email: nimbus034@aol.com.

FERRO CEMENT KETCH, 1980. 50-ft LOA. Comfortable roomy cruiser, flush decks, roller furling headsail, full battened main. Aries windvane, Isuzu diesel, 1000 watt generator, 406 EPRIB. Located San Carlos, Sonora, Mexico. $47,000. See Web site: http://mexicosailing.com.

CAL 2-46,1975. Ideal cruise, liveaboard, charter. Has everything. Excellent condi¬ tion. Custom interior. Cruised NW and Mexico for the last 6 years. Presently sail¬ ing the Baja. $114,000. For details email: thebountiful @ hotmail.com.

DISCOVERY 42, KSAN. Perfect vessel for offshore or coastal cruising. One owner, launched 1978, 4-time Swiftsure class winner. 65 hp Chrysler Nissan die¬ sel, 6 sails, Harken genoa furler, dodger, bimini, GPS, radar, sounder, VHF, auto¬ pilot, fridge, Dickinson diesel heater, 8person Beaufort liferaft. Coast Guard in¬ spected, current survey. $88,000 (US). Moored Sidney, B.C. Call Bonar Davis (250) 655-1791 or fax (250) 655-1055 or email: badavis@telus.net. PASSPORT 40, 1985. Cruise-ready Perry-designed sloop, located Puerto Vallarta. 2 double staterooms with head and sink, spacious galley, Mercedes die¬ sel, radar, watermaker, Pro-Furl, inverter, solar, windlass, refrigeration, Autohelm 6000, Kenwood Ham, Avon 2-80, Suzuki 8 hp. $129,000. Email: ldmatlow@pol.net.

SEA WOLF 40 KETCH, 1978. Garden designed, Hardin built. Great cruising or liveaboard. Second owner. Bermuda rigged, glass hull, decks. Lead ballast. Teak cockpit and interior. Has separate shower. Clean, well maintained. $78,000. Call (209) 462-3969 (M-F, 8-5; Sat, 9-12). PASSPORT 40 CUTTER, 1986. Ocean¬ going cruising yacht. Unique u-shaped salon seating. Solid teak interior. New standing rigging. 900 hour remanufactured Perkins 4-108. Sea Frost freezer/refrigera¬ tor. Trace inverter. Davits. Full dodger and bimini. Original owners. Asking $185,000. Please call (408) 223-2779 or email: ann @ michannapartners.com. CHEOY LEE 41 KETCH, 1981. Cruise equipped. Isuzu diesel. Aft cabin. Beauti¬ ful cruising boat. Teak decks. Panama Canal docs. Ready to go. A well main¬ tained vessel with too much to list. $75,000. Please call (415) 225-2812.

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WM GARDEN CLASSIC WOOD KETCH, 1968. 42’ OL, 35’ OD, 10’8” beam. Full keel, 4.108 Perkins, worm gear wheel steering, 110/12 volt 30 amp. Roller furler, solar panel. Bottom done 2001, new cockpit cushions. Comes with everything, must sell due to health. $27,500. (925) 439-8849 or email: saltydog96@yahoo.com. BENETEAU 440,1993.3 cabins, 3 heads, radar, refrigeration, GPS, KM, DS, hydronic heat, autopilot, extensive new equipment list. Located Semiahmoo Re¬ sort, Blaine, WA. Slip available. $165,000. (360) 371-5122. CASCADE 42. Highside hull, deck and more. Partially completed interior. Isuzu 60 hp diesel. Ports, hatches, lots more pieces. You supply tools, work, dreams. Located in Portland, OR. Divorce forces sale. Asking $25,000. I only get half, so let's talk about it. For more info, call (503) 936-4755 or email: msutton@katu.com. Don't delay your dreams. This will be a fine cruising boat, very strong and roomy. Cascade has been building excellent boats for 40+ years, check it out.

LIFE’S UNCERTAIN, LIVE YOUR DREAM. S&S Comanche 42, 1970, similar to Hinckley Bermuda 40. Chris Craft built semi-custom ocean cruiser/racer, f/g, bul¬ letproof, fast, classic, extensive recent refit, all new rig, profurl, anchor gear, sails, interior, elec, dodger. Strong Perkins diesel. $56,950. Call (415) 331 -7576. BENETEAU 400,1995.3 cabins, 2 heads, radar, refrigeration, GPS, KM, DS, wind, forced air heat, upgraded sails, rigging and equipment. Located Semiahmoo Resort, Blaine, WA. Slip available. $145,000/obo. Please call (360) 371-5122._ PETERSON 44 CUTTER, 1980. Some¬ times labeled best production bluewater boat ever built. Well-maintained vessel, loaded, ready to go. Too many options, extras to list. Full specs, equipment list, photos available at Web site: http:// osmx.com/towers.htm. In La Paz, BCS, Mex. $119,500. Email: towers@osmx.com.

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CATALINA 42,1999. Moving sale,dras¬ tic reduction. Popular 3-stateroom layout. Raytheon speed, depth, GPS, 24-mi. ra¬ dar, microwave, Jensen CD/AM/FM player. 300-ft. chain on bow with electric windlass. BBQ. Only $153,000. For more info, see www.iycharter.com/boats4sale. Great value. Call (805) 570-9821 or email: randy @ sbguide.com. HUDSON FORCE 50 PILOTHOUSE, 1986. Venice style ketch. Three cabins includ¬ ing huge aft cabin with queen bed. World cruiser/liveaboard, many upgrades in 1999 and 2001. Reduced $20,000 to $180,000. Must sell soon. Check it out on Web: www.peaspod.com/boat or call (818)348-3451.

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WANTED CATALINA 42. Cash buyer. Please call (831) 429-1970 or email: scott @ lighthallcharters.com. 48-FT COLIN ARCHER MOTORSAILER. Documented 29 Tons. Pilothouse, 4-53 Detroit, 600 fuel, 300 water. Very comfort¬ able liveaboard. Set up for commercial fishing. 280 cubic foot insulated fish holds. Needs TLC. $22,000 with 70-ft corpora¬ tion slip in Kona Hawaii. $100,000. Call (808) 326-1769.

BENETEAU FIRST 42s7, 1995. Perfor¬ mance sloop. Best 3 cabin, 2 heads lay¬ out. Very well equipped below and on deck. Great performance cruising or club racing. Priced well under the market at $147,000. Call (310) 489-0102 or email: Baciatsea @ aol.com.

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66-FT ON DECK, 1923 ENGLISH KETCH. Shoal draft. Copper riveted mahogany on oak, teak decks. Perkins diesel, Onan genset, radar. Traditional English interior. A lovely classic yacht. Asking $329,000. Call (415) 479-7128.

SCHOONER WHITEFIN. AAA Shipyard, 1917. 65-ft LOD, massively constructed 52 tons, Pacific vet. 115 hours on over¬ haul 6-71 hydraulic gear 3-1. New rigging, 2001. Tons of upgrades over the last two years. More work needed, but then they all do. Whitefin handles great under sail or power. Does not leak even in rough conditions. Colorful history including the cult film, “The Last Free Ride”. $58,000. Please call (415) 331-3612 or email: miwakirosella@hotmail.com.

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CHAPELLE 42,1978. Gaff-rigged schoo¬ ner. Fir on white oak. Bronze fastened. Excellent condition. Fast and good look¬ ing. Family matters forcing quick sale. Reduced to $48,000. Please call Ken (415)552-0817. x_

MULTIHULLS THE BEST BUILT 38-FT TRIMARAN on the West Coast. Edson steering, full flota¬ tion, Lugger diesel, radar, 100 fathom fathometer, bow thrusters, 10 hatches, 15 stainless portholes, new mast. Too many options to list. Would make fantastic liveaboard. Call (360) 417-1195. 31-FT SEARUNNER TRIMARAN. Aframe, cutter rigged. 15 hp Johnson out¬ board. Full batten main and five good headsails. Good ground tackle. You wont find a better sailing boat for twice the money. $8,500. (831) 477-0169 or email: zigniczagian @ aol.com.

POWER & HOUSEBOATS MT. TAM & CITY VIEWS from two motoryachts in Sausalito. 53-ft Baglietto, 2 staterooms, 2 heads, fast, stylish. Also, 50-ft huge liveaboard, F/G hull, 17-ft beam, 3 staterooms, 2 walk-around queens, roomy heads, separate engine rooms. Needs some work. Both have W/D. $99,000/each/obo. (415) 331-5251. 39-FT FIBERGLASS FISHING TRAWLER. Cat 3160, hydraulic and full electronics. Cabin with V-berth, fridge, stoves and head. Large holding wells, two stations plus remote. Going back to sailing. Must sell. Emeryville. $34,400/obo. Call (510) 923-9850. CHRIS CRAFT CONSTELLATION 36,1962. Great liveaboard. Half restored with new interior completely finished and new wood. Still needs engines. Visit Web site: www.sitevu.com/chriscraft. Call Kelly (408) 378-5600.

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28-FT TROJAN with twin 292 Ford V8s, full canvas, perfect for liveaboard, $8,000. 28-ft Owens with full canvas, 350 Chevy V8, 28-ft Carver 350 V8, propane stove, hot and cold water, $8,000/obo. Call (925) 383-5807 or (510) 535-0457.

CHRYSLER MARINE ENGINE. 6 cylin¬ der, flat head. $1,500. Call (775) 846-0789 or email: tahoegb@aol.com. 45-FT CHRIS CRAFT YACHTHOME, 1985. Great condition, great liveaboard. T-454s. 850 hours. 6.5 Onan genset. All systems operational. Full canvas enclosure on flybridge, new hardtop at aft deck, davit, built-in entertainment center, hardwood floor, walk-around queen bed. $105,000. Call (707) 643-4091 or (707) 799-6836. NORDLUND 44, 1968. Fiberglass motoryacht with flybridge. Twin Chevy Crusaders. Sound boat in fair condition in need of TLC. Surveyed December 2000. Great liveaboard. Asking $38,500. Call (510) 205-3109. HOUSEBOAT IN SAUSALITO. Afford¬ able remodeled 35-ft studio with sleeping loft, fully furnished with shower/bath, din¬ ing and DSL/computer work station. Buyer must meet certain “cooperative commu¬ nity” criteria. Owners leaving the country. $30,000/obo. For more info please call (415) 789-8210 (msg).

PARTNERSHIPS RAWSON 30, 1960. Partnership. Well equipped fiberglass ocean cruiser. Liferaft, Achilles with outboard, wind generator, diesel, roller furling, refrigerator, electric windlass, Monitor windvane, much more. Own a bluewater cruiser inexpensively. Quarter share $4,800. Lies Avila Bay, San Luis Obispo. (805) 489-5011. BEST PARTNERSHIP ON THE BAY. Morgan 38 shared by 5 partners. Boat is clean with new interior, rigging and elec¬ tric windlass. Ready for sailing with 50 hp diesel, refer, BBQ, stereo. Excellent, solid boat. Sausalito berth. $15,000. Email: dave@burdell.net. PEARSON ARIEL 26. With Sausalito berth. Self furl jib, large cockpit. Available from December on. Great deal. Beats all sailing schools and costs of ownership. Only $125/mo. Call (415) 331-4445. 11 .METRE RACING PARTNERSHIP. Non-equity / equity available, $150-250 per month. Run your own racing program on the most exciting OneDesign boat. Develop a winning team, low up-front costs, fully equipped boat, race ready, possible advertising income and/or tax deductions. (415) 806-9227 or email: 11metreracing@onebox.com. JEANNEAU 41, 1986 SUN LEGENDE. Well equipped performance cruiser. Em¬ ery Cove berth, seek 2 partners, 1/4 time share each, $400 per month inclusive. Call Roger (510) 526-3208.

TRADE

RETIRED SAILOR’S YACHT. 23-ft Uniflite Cabin Cruiser with trailer, V-8 in¬ board. Comfortable with berths, dinette, galley, head: Protected helm. Strong, sea¬ worthy, stable in ocean, maneuverable and economical for gunkholing. Large cockpit, swirh step, electronics. Well main¬ tained. $12,000. Call (707) 994-6647. BERTRAM SPORTFISHERMAN 25,1968. Twin 200 hp Chrysler V-8 engines. 130 gal. gas, 30 gal. water, head. Hydraulic steering, upper and lower stations. Radio and twin outriggers. $18,500. Call (949) 760-1865. CHRIS CRAFT CONSTELLATION 55,1961. 3 staterooms, clean, twin-8v71 Detroit engines start, electric kitchen. As is. Oys¬ ter Point, 13-6. $30,000/obo. Call (650) 303-2502.

WILLING TO TRADE this classic beauty: Jefferies 34, 1952, mahogany and ply¬ wood, twin screws, remodeled and up¬ graded, for a 50+ foot sailboat fixer-up¬ per. Wood welcome, no concrete boat. Please call (415) 847-0536 or email: yvesperrenoud @ hotmail.com._

1978 HARLEY DAVIDSON LOW RIDER. Excellent condition. Valued at $10,000. Looking to trade for a coastal or offshore cruiser, no less than 32-ft. Can be in or out of water. Call Craig (831) 325-7377. I HAVE AN $80,000 NOTE paid over seven years at 10% interest rate. Pay¬ ments are at $1,328 per month. I would like to trade this note for a sailboat of equal value. Please call (510) 339-8363 or email: m2d3 @ hotmail.com.

WANTED WATERMAKER. Good working order, DC, 80 to 160 GPD, Northern CA area. Contact by email: Austerityl @aol.com. LOOKING TO RENT A BOAT. I just cruised Mexico for six months on a C&C 53.1 want to stay on the water. I owned a 53-ft ketch and an Islander 44 in the late 70s. I cruised for four years. Please call Ken (510) 290-6044. USED SAILS for Pearson Commander (Ariel). J - 9.5, P - 27, E -11.92, I - 31.5. Please call Paul (510) 232-5869. IS LIVING ABOARD FOR ME? Wish to rent your 34-ft. sailboat with liveaboard slip for one month. Commute distance to SJ preferred. H/C press water, shower, re¬ frigerator, sailing privileges desired. Tech professional, experienced Bay sailor. Call to discuss $$. Call Mike (408) 506-7204. WANTED: CATALINA 36,1982 or newer. Cash buyer for right deal. Contact by email: Localcats@worldnet.att.net or call (831)479-7651.

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AVON INFLATABLES. Outboards (2-8), headsails, Aquatek drysuits. CNG stove/ oven w/tanks/reg, Icom-Kenwood-Furuno: marine/Ham/SSBs w/tuners. OutbackerSpider allband antennas, 30-ft alumrig, manual anchor windlass, parachutes, Navico wheelpilot, Mustang survivalsuit, diesel heater, large compasses, Avon: motormounts/pumps. (415) 331-0330 or email: bradlow00@aol.com. MAINSAIL, BRAND NEW. P=23.0, E=9.25. 5.9oz Dacron. 2 rows of reefs, standard battens. Loose-footed. Call for details (360) 385-3881 or email: soundsls@olypen.com. PERKINS 4-99 MARINE ENGINE. Very low hours. Some spare parts. $1,000. Call (650) 364-7529. PAPER AND ELECTRONIC CHARTS of regions 2, 3 and 4, Chesapeake Bay to Canadian Border, plus Waterway Guide of same area. New price $970. Purchased new 2001. Take all for $600. Call (530) 755-7524 or email: f27carr@aol.com. OUTBOARD SUZUKI, 1999. 4-stroke 15 hp. New $2,325. Now only $1,300. Gen¬ erator, portable HondaEXIOOO, $350. (415) 681-9356 or (415) 606-0082 or email: FFPAUL@PLCO.NET. YANMAR 2QM15 DIESEL ENGINE. 3,500 hrs, runs, $1750. New 12407052010 fuel lift pump, $50. New 12407042000 water pump, $275. Racor type 230R2 fuel filter, $85. Call (480) 831 -1241 or email: norseasail@aol.com.

BOAT WANTED. Catalina 250, 1997 or newer. Wing keel, tiller, with trailer. Pre¬ fer: Excellent condition, dual-axle galva¬ nized trailer, Honda 9.9 outboard, 135% genoa, cruising spinnaker. (916) 712-9306 or email: jhunter@insidecircle.org.

MAST BY SUPERSPAR. 55' xl 0” x 6.5”. Includes base, dual conduit, lightening rod. Off Westsail 43-ft. cutter. Tabernacled. Convert to fixed. Located Alameda, CA. View at http://home.earthlink.net/ -muthaiga/index.html $1,500/obo. Call (650) 375-0865.

TRAILERS

PROFURL. Roller furling system off a Newport 30 II. Perfect condition. Includes jib sheets and nice 110% jib. $650. Please call Ken (415) 925-2623 (days) or (415) 457-3630 (eves).

TWO BOAT TRAILERS. 1996 Santa Cruz 27-ft single-axle, surge brakes, current reg. Like new, $1,990/obo. 1976 Santa Cruz 27-ft single-axle, surge brakes, cur¬ rent reg. Good condition, $1,800/obo. Call (415) 543-7333. TRAILER FOR HOBIE 33. $1,000. Call (541) 597-4373.

SAIL. One brand new cruising spinnaker by John Staff of Seattle. With snuffer, also new. Fits 58.5’luff and 18.5’foot. 1.25 oz. Fits many boats over 40 feet. $2,000/firm. Call (208) 699-5344 for details. ARIES WINDVANE. Good condition with spare parts, $1,000.1971 British 19-fttwin keel sailboat, needs mast and TLC, Free. Call Ted at Pt. San Pablo Yacht Club (530) 219-1566 or (415) 716-9381 (wk).

WILL TRADE ONE WEEK rental at my Stinson Beach Seadrift Lagoon house for your charter catamaran in the Caribbean. Call Howard (415) 435-1163.

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MAINSAIL REEFING & FURLING SYSTEM. Furlex Model 1085 by Selden. Fits luff up to 45.00' and foot to 15.25'. Includes 341 sq ft furling mainsail and boom with track and outhaul car. $1,450. Call David (510) 469-8162 or email: david@toone.org.

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VOLVO MD3B 35 HP DIESEL AUX, 1977. Excellent condition, dealer maintained with all records. 600 hours absolutely clean. Brand new MS factory trans. with 200 hours. Engine completely serviced with over $6,800 invested, including fresh¬ water cooling. Too sm&W for.my boat. My loss, your gain. Available after Dec. 5. In¬ cludes panel; $5,000/obo. Hurry. Call Garrett (916) 354-0902 or (916) 826-5653. CUMMINS VT-555-M 270 HP diesel en¬ gine. 1800 hours. Complete except for starter. Price negotiable. Located Newport Beach. Please call (206) 855-8074 or email: twhansen@pscu.com. PERKINS 4-236 ENGINE. Complete less transmission. Engine was running when removed from boat. Have survey. Good rebuildable core. Heat exchanger, exhaust manifold good. Alternator new. $600. Call Duane (209) 863-3111 (msg).

x RAYTHEON ST60 windspeed/windpoint, new, $450. Todd 35 gallon water/holding tank, $35. Adler-Barbour holding plate for refrigeration, $35. 21 ’ x 4” spinnaker pole, $250. 12’ x 3.5” spinnaker pole, $200. Catalina 30 double rail bowpulpit, new, $200. Call (510) 595-8683 or email: KM6EO@aol.com. 4-HP LONGSHAFT JOHNSON. Twostroke, F-N, 36-lbs, attached tank. Looks new. Very little use since new. $525.obo. Call (510) 719-7100. HEATER. Ardic forced-air diesel #04-D. Just serviced, upgraded, many spares, $400. Specifications at www.ardic.se/ products/042.asp. West Marine 10-foot inflatable, needs TLC, $85. Racor 500FG filters, $65/each, $120/pair. Companionway dodger, fits most boats, $90. Call (415) 453-5736. WHEEL STEERING SYSTEM with engine controls, all cables, pulleys, quadrant in¬ cluded. You supply the compass and wheel. $275 Main with 4 battens, 45.6 x 43.6 x 15.0. Fair condition, $150. Whale Titan hand pump, unused, $70. Ocean flyfishing reel, $50' Call (510) 708-0701. ASYMMETRICAL SPINNAKER, $850. Heavy storm jib, $300. Both LN rarely used. Spinnaker pole, $150. Whisker pole, $75. Like new complete boat cover, $500. All used on 35-ft Alberg. (831) 277-1874.

The DeckSnorkel is perfect for underwater boat maintenance, hull cleaning or recreational diving. Operates from the deck of your boat and uses your boats battery. Supports one diver to 23 feet. Toolbox sized unit measures 16”x 10”x 9”, weighs only 14 pounds and draws 11 amps.

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MISCELLANEOUS RARE CHRISTMAS PRESENTS: Two handroping sailmaker’s benches. Will make beautiful cocktail tables. Prov¬ enance and tools with each. 1966 and 1982 Spar varnish on mahogany. $500/ each. Also, scroll of Mao’s Long March and painting of Albany and Mt. Tam. Call (510) 523-9011. GORGEOUS ANTIQUE LIQUOR BAR. Three-piece walnut; Eight feet high. Three lighted, windowed cabinets, one stained glass. Horizontal mirror. Bottom: three storage cabinets, six drawers. Front: 40” x 60” with lighted stained glass. Appraised: $12,000. Photos. Call (530) 622-8481.

CLUBS & MEMBERSHIPS CLUB NAUTIQUE PASSAGEMAKER membership. Includes all training and re¬ view through Coastal Passagemaking. Discounted boat charters. Locations in Sausalito, Alameda, Coyote Point and several in Southern California. Also in¬ cludes membership to Ballena Bay Yacht Club in Alameda. $1,800. Call Brad (510) 409-2816. SINGLE SAILORS ASSOCIATION wel¬ comes all experience levels. Our members enjoy cruising, group sails, daysailing, so¬ cials and other activities year round. Monthly meetings at Oakland Yacht Club in Alameda. Visit our Web site at www.ssaonline.org or call (510) 273-9763. CLUB NAUTIQUE PASSAGEMAKER Couple Membership. US Sailing certifica¬ tion classes through Offshore Passage Making. Free trainers. Three Bay locations plus central and southern CA. Yacht club membership. Largest, newest fleet. $5,245 from club; $500 plus transfer fee ($3,170). Call (408) 749-3916 or email: Mark.Ramsbey@amd.com.

PROPERTY SALE/RENT VACATION BEACH HOUSE ON KAUAI. Swim, fish from our front beach. Sleeps eight max. $1,000/week. Please call (916) 214-0362 or (800) 331-7626.

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MEDITERRANEAN HOLIDAY villa/apart¬ ment. Estepona, Spain. Reasonably prided front line beach properties. Weekly and monthly rentals. Check our Website for photos and descriptions: www. vacation-rentals-costa-del-sol-spain.com Call 011-34-952-804693 or fax: 011-34952-792083 or email fraand@ctv.es.

CREW ODYSSEUS SEEKS PENELOPE. Blond, blue-eyed, bearded bachelor, 13/4/35,180 lbs, 57”, seeks Penelope to co-captain 37ft cruising cutter for cruising lifestyle in search of Ithaca. Now in San Carlos, Sea of Cortez. Planning S. Mpxico, Panama and Caribbean. Herman Boer. Email: andramoil @orbcomm.net.

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LIFE IS TOO SHORT. Adventurous, blond, 5'8", non-smoking, single 34-yearold female looking to cruise Caribbean or elsewhere. New to sailing, looking to learn more and see it all. Great cook. Email: new2sailing @ hotmail.com. ELEGANT WATER VIEW LIVING. SF Bay Area. 3341 Fernside Blvd, Alameda. 40-ft deepwater dock, 5 bed, 3 bath, to¬ tally remodeled. 3,880 sq. ft. Virtual tour at www.seeitbuyit.com. $1,300,000. Don Patterson, Agent (510) 748-1117 or email: donpatrealtor@yahoo.com. PUERTO VALLARTA. One bedroom condo for rent in Paradise Village Marina. Five-star resort complex. Marina view. Many amenities. Daily, weekly or monthly rental available. Book through owner and save. For prices and availability call (408) 258-7795 or email: jnjfleming@aol.com.

CREW WANTED. Sail on 44-ft schooner, San Diego to Zihuatanejo in Jan., 25-30 days. Or Zihuatanejo to Panama in Feb., 25-30 days. Full participation. Share set expenses. Maximum 3. References. Round-world experience. Call Rodney (415) 927-4027 or Mike (505) 466-6326. SOUTH SEAS CRUISE. Skipper, 70, SWM, NS with 50-ft schooner, self-built. Seeking crew, M-F, with some experience. Cruise South Pacific spring, 2002, Marquesas to NZ, Australia. Swimming, hiking, art collecting. Call Robert (619) 222-1230 or write: 1220 Rosecrans St. #190, San Diego, CA 92106-2674.

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PIER 39, 40-FT SLIP. D-23. For sale. $25,000. Please call (650) 593-1479. PIER 39, 36-FT SLIP. Best slip on south side, C-5, Bottom of ramp on C Dock. .$16,500. Please contact Phil Dollison (541) 899-9601. PIER 39, 36-FT BERTH for rent. Best lo¬ cation, all services available. $275/month (under market). Call John (510) 339-6790.

BEAUTIFUL GERMAN LADIES. Charm¬ ing, educated, affectionate, honest and faithful, any ages with several interests, including sailing, boating, swimming, travel and music, the outdoors, etc., looking for special American man for friendship/mar¬ riage. Call Joana 011 -49-172-731 -3376 or email: Joana-obert@t-online.de.

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JOB WANTED BRITISH DECK OFFICER SEEKS WORK. Emigrating from England to California with valid work permit: Fully qualified, experi¬ enced, young, outgoing. Will do skipper, managerial, consultancy or anything as¬ sociated with Marine Industry. Please call Nathan Mills 011-44-238-082-9755 or email: popeye_nat@excite.com.

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TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY 37-FT TAYANA MARK II. Immaculate condition. Profesionally maintained and updated. Located in Mexico. $89,000/obo. For equipment list and photos email: wilparina@hotmail.com. (604) 597-8831. CIRCUMNAVIGATOR LOOKING FOR CREW to join us from Trinidad to Virgin Islands and beyond. Join us for all or part of the trip. Beautiful 35-ft Tahiti ketch, scuba. Share costs. Departing December 15,2001. Email: Keithshort@hotmail.com. CORONADO 25, 1967. Plastic classic sailboat. Good condition, clean bottom, nice cabin, two mains, one jib, original Johnson 9.5 hp outboard, head, sleeps 4. Pete’s Harbor, Redwood City. $3,500/obo. Call Melanie (650) 568-0768. HARTAUG 49 KETCH. Ferro cement, flush deck, center cockpit, Isuzu diesel, Lefiell masts. Two-station hydraulic steer¬ ing. Mahogany interior. Motivated seller. $35,000 or partial trade. Please call (650) 742-9957. 36-FT STEEL PH CUTTER. Profession¬ ally built, Brent Swain designed, twin-keel. Isuzu diesel. Foamed interior. Classic, simple cruiser. Needs cosmetics. Epoxy painted. Launched 1993. Relocating to Phoenix. Lying Bellingham, WA. A bargain at $29,500. Call (360) 734-5054. YAMAHA 9.9 HP ENGINE. Four-stroke, longshaft, electric start. Runs well. Too powerful for my new sailboat. $1,400. Call (510) 236-3004. REYNOLDS 21-FT CAT. With trailer. To¬ tally custom, folding system. 13-ft beam. New LP on hulls. New mast and trampo¬ lines. Full- batten main and self-tacking jib, spinnaker, reacher, spare jib and main. Solar panel, battery, autopilot. Custom designed high performance rudders and dagger boards. 3.5 hp o/b. $6,300/obo. Please call (805) 598-9060 or email: sdr@silcom.com.

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. Please call (415) 543-7333. *

small. CAM TRANSPORT provides: • insurance coverage • timely deliveries • air ride trailers • free quotes Let us make hualling your boat an enjoyable experience

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YACHT DELIVERY Local & long distance • New vessel shakedowns Instruction • USCG licensed captain Adam Smith • (510)543-4955 • email: SVStardust@aol.com LA PAZ, MEXICO BOAT YARD OPERATION & MARINE SUPPLY BUSINESS Turn-key established business • Prime location • 100% U.S. owned Includes lease on waterfront store • $145,000 plus inventory & equipment

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Learn how to operate, maintain, and repair your diesel engine. Get hands-on experience adjusting valves, timing an engine, bleeding the fuel system, diagnosing problems and making repairs. Programs held on Saturdays. For more information, phone Technical Education Institute, (415) 332-7544

e-mail: camhuals@aol.com Give us a call, we can't wait to hear from you! Page 214 • LtflWeS? • December. 2001

MARINE DIESEL ENGINE SEMINAR

RARE OPPORTUNITY Beautiful Waterfront Office in Pt. Richmond Roughly 1,000 square feet or divisible. Ideal for marine-based business, or professional looking for a unique setting. Berthing also available with deep water and new docks. Located at KKMI Boat Yard.

Call Paul Kaplan for details at (510) 307-7900 or paul@kkmi.com KEEFE KAPLAN MARITIME, INC.

DONATE YOUR BOAT TO

STANFORD SAILING For a 2001 Tax Deduction You will be surprised how attractive and easy donating your boat to help support the Stanford Sailing Team can be. Stanford University is seeking sailing vessels & motoryachts of any size and condition - CALL NOW!

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4460 Black Avenue, Suite K Pleasanton, CA 94566

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ADVERTISERS' INDEX I AB Marine.71

American Battery.206

Bay Island Yachts.12

Boatel 6.137;! Cam Transport.214

j ABC Yachts.226

American Institute of Marine

Bay Keeper & Delta Keeper ..218

Borel Manufacturing .218

Canterbury of New Zealand . 177

i Acordia Insurance ..81

Studies .80

Bay Propeller.75

Bottom Siders.202

Cass' Marina .38

! Agape Villages.82

Andersons Boat Yard.6

Bay Risk Insurance.75

Boy Scouts San Francisco.224

Cat Ballou Charters.186

Armchair Sailor.40

Bay Ship & Yacht.53

Boy Scouts Pacific Harbors ... 221

Chantier Naval des Isles.153

ATN.f..82

Beckwith, Craig Yacht Sales ... 14

Boy Scouts Pacific Skyline.223

Chula Vista Marina.201

Berkeley Marine Center.89

British Marine.73

City Yachts.11,220 Club Nautique.59

Alameda Prop & Machine.80 Albatross Yacht Charters.187

Bair Island Marina.84

. Alexis Aaron/Raymond James 24

Baja Ha-Ha Sponsors.125

Beta Marine Engines.83

Brokaw Yacht Sales.223

, Algae-X.24

Baja Naval.198

Bio Me Gear.137

Brookes & Gatehouse.157

Coast Marine.83

Allemand Brothers.216

Ballena Bay Yacht Brokers,.23

Bluewater Insurance.64

C Cushions.143

Cover Craft.73

i Almar Marinas.43

Ballena Isle Marina Coop.22

Bo'sun Supplies.216

Cabrillo Yacht Sales.223

Coyote Point Marina.162

Bay Island Yachts.7

Boat US.149

Cal Adventures.222

Cruising Cats USA.7

Financial .

Alpha Systems.124

December, 2001 • UVUMIS • Page 215

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Cruising Charts. ...210

EM Design . .216

Garhauer Marine. ...20

Harbor Boats and Supplies ... 221

Kappas Marina . 161

Cruising Direct Sails..85

Emery Cove Yacht Harbor ... ...73

Gentry's Kona Marina . .208

Harken . ..36

Kensington Yachts. ..13

Cruising Specialists. 57,58

Endeavour Tallship . ...87

Gianola & Sons. .213

Haynes Sails . 214

Kevin's Quality Marine. 210

Desolation Sound Charters ...187

Essex Credit Corp. ...88

Gill. ..81

Helmut's Marine Service. 200

Kissinger Canvas. ..81

Detco Marine. ...167

Farallon Electronics. .166

Glacier Bay. .142

Hewett Marine. 216

KKMI Boat Yard.25,77,215

.187

Farallone Yacht Sales. ...15

Go Cats. . 187

Hogin Sails . . 42

Diesel Fuel Filtering..90

First New England Financial ...89

Go2Marine.com. .143

Honolulu Sailing Co. 186

Lee Sails.,210

Discovery Yachts. ...136

Flying Cloud Yachts. ...65

Golden State Diesel Marine . .217

Hood Sails. ..55

LeFiell Marine Products..214

Doyle Sails..63

Foam Creations. .142

Grand Marina.. .2

Integre Marine. 220

List Marine Enterprises . .167

Dubarry..51

Foley Industrial Engines. .206

H.F. Radio. .121

J.T. VanSickle. 214

Loch Lomond Marina ..123

Dudley Transportation. ....222

Forespar. .160

H&S Yacht Sales..9

J/World. 206

MacDonald Yachts.

E Paint ..77

Fortman Marina . ...12

Halsey Sailmakers . .160

Jack Rabbit Marine..208

Marin Auto & Stereo. ...89

Edensaw Woods ..68

Fowler Insurance Agency .... 215

Handcraft Matress Co. ..203

Johnson Marine, C. Sherman ..87

Marina El Cid. .198

Edgewater Yacht Sales. ....221

Ganis Credit Corporation .... ...70

Hansen Rigging. .159

Jonsson, Arne, Boatbuilder .. .208

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The

Wincher

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

The Bay is eating your boat!!! Bet it out of the water at Pier 38 Boats are covered and secure indoors until launched.

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Wm. E. Vaughan

0> SOLAR ELECTRIC INC

Maritime Attorney & Consultants

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Located in the Alameda Marina next to Svendsen's Marine

' ADVERTISER S INDEX - cont’d ! Marina Ixtapa. ...79

Modern Sailing Academy... ...62

O'Neill Yacht Center. ....8

Paradise Village. .122

i Marina Mazatlan . ...19

Moorings Yacht Sales. ...71

Oakland Yacht Club. ..74

Passage Yachts. .4,5,220 ,< Richmond Boat Works. ...52

Richardson Bay Marina. .161

1 Marina Real. .202

Musto. ...51

Ocean Equipment. 158

Pedigree Marine..222

Richmond Marina Bay. ...87

i Marina Vallarta. ...91

Napa Valley Marina. .149

Operadora de Marinas Seatur 64

Penmar Marine *..186

Richmond Yacht Service. .166

i Marina Village. .163

Nautical on First. .218

Outboard Motor Shop, The .. ..84

Petro Clean..177

Romaine Marine Electronics. ...90

i Marine Engine Co. .216

Nelson Yachts . .228

Outbound 44. ..16

Pier 38 Marine Center.....217

Ronstan Marine, Inc. ...60

i Mariner Boat Yard....33

Nelson's Marine.61,176

Owl Harbor . 156

Pineapple Sails..3

Rooster Sails. ...77

1 Mariner's General Insurance ..76

New Caledonia Yachting

Oyster Cove Marina . ..66

PV Yachts.. 26

Sail California. ...31

: Maritime Electronics....83

Company. .187

Oyster Point Marina. ..82

Quantum Electronics..212

Sail California. ...30

; Maritime Institute..143

Norpac Yachts . .227

Pac Cal Canvas & Upholstery .78

Quantum Pacific..37

Sail Warehouse, The. .206

t Marotta Yachts. 225

North Beach Canvas. ...49

Pacific Coast Canvas. ..75

R-Parts..212

Sailnet, Inc. ...39

: Martin, Jack & Associates. 136

North Sails - San Francisco . ...47

Pacific Marine Foundation .... 178

R/K Quality Canvas..217

Sailomat USA. .200

Pacific Puddle Jump.

Raiatea Carenage Services ... 199

Sailrite Kits. ...56

Pacific Yacht Imports...17

Ranger Communications .50

Sal's Inflatable Services. .161

: Mazatlan Marine Center. ..26 ; McGinnis Insurance. 156

Northwest Yacht Brokers Association. ...24

December, 2001 • UXA&JcZi • Page217

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BOREL MANUFACTURING INC., REDWOOD CITY, CA 800*824*4449 or 650*556*1062 or www.borelmfg.com

ADVERTISERS INDEX - cont d TMM/Tortola Marine Mgmt 184

West Marine.27,44

San Francisco Sports and Boat....

Surveyors/SAMS .212

Center.18

Tradewinds Sailing Center.28

Westlawn School of Yacht

Show.6

Solar Electric, Inc.217

Stone Boat Yard .69

Trident Funding.10

Design.167

San Leandro Marina.45

Solano & Yolo Counties.153

Sunsail Charters.186

Tuulos Boat Works.162

Westwind Precision Details.49

Scanmar International.153

South Beach Harbor.29

Superior Yachts West.16

Twin Rivers Marine Insurance . 34

Whale Point Marine Supply .... 32

Schoonmaker Point Marina .... 16

South Beach Sailing Center.49

Surface Dive, Inc.212

UK Sails.67

Windtoys.137

Scullion, Jack D. Yacht Svc.71

South Beach Riggers.49

Sutter Sails.12

Vaughan, William E.217

Wizard Yachts, Ltd.224

Sea-Power Marine.35

Spectra Watermakers.203

Suunto.

Voyager Marine.54

Wyliecat.86

Seashine. 72

Spin Tec.210

Svendsen's Boat Works.37

VPM Charters.185

Yacht: Panda 34.222

Seatech.216

Spinnaker Sailing of S.F.:. 49

Swan Yacht Sales.21

Watermaker Store, The.120

Yacht: Saga.220

Signet.178

Spinnaker Shop, The.215

Swedish Marine.85

Watski.217

Yacht Racing Association

Silver Gate Yacht Club.149

Stanford University.215

Sydney Yachts..228

Waypoint.121

SoCal Merchant Marine

Starbuck Canvas.86

Tim's Zodiac Marine.14

West Coast Performance

Steiner Binoculars.46

Tinker Marine.213

San Francisco Boat Works.74

Training.208

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See page 179 for entry form December, 2001 •

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WE WANT YOUR LISTING! Get More Exposure For Your Quality Listing From Northern California's

LARGEST SAILBOAT DEALER

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CALIBER 33

1989 $68,500

BENETEAU 390

1992 $89,000

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v Saga is lying in Fort Lauderdale after a summer refit, ready to jump over to the Bahamas and points south! This Tom Wylie designed 65' ketch is the ideal long range family cruising boat. Thoughtfully planned, built and maintained she has everything you could need to go anywhere. For full specs contact owner at 415-331-7337 or saga@ssmail.net.

1931 $162,000

BENETEAU First 40.7

2000 $199,000

C & C 39 $39,999

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$219,500

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BENETEAU 461

2000 $243,000 10 MARINA BLVD. • SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94123 • PHONE (415) 567-8880 FAX (415) 567-6725 • email sales@citysf.com website http://yachtworld.com/cityyachts

ISLAND PACKET 45

1996 $349,000 SISTERSHIP 35' RAFIKI, 79 Dsl. Aux., Airex cored hull, wonderful shoal draft cruiser, (4’ 6”), many upgrades. A “10”. $57,500.

Offers

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CUSTOM EUROPEAN BIANCA Lovely craftsmanship and pleasant interior. Yanmar diesel auxiliary, spinnaker, needs a little TLC.

Only $11,500.

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1155 Embarcadero, Oakland, CA 94606 26’ COLUMBIA, ‘69 An actual liveaboard with

refrig, propane range and dockside power. A house afloat! Only $3,250.

510-465-6060

Fax 510-465-6078

integremarine@aol.com

Harbor Boats & Supplies SAUSALITO, CA 94965 Fax 332-2067 email/websile: edgewateiyachts.com

(415) 332-2060 44' BENETEAU OCEANIS 445,1994 Maximum performance with minimal effort. In mast mainsail furfer. AP, SSB, GPS, inflatable w/OB, solar panels, four cabins, 2 heads, refrigeration, just hauled and painted. Very clean and ready to go. Reduced $150,000.

CAL 34 SLOOP, 1971 Atomic 4 inboard, newer rigging. $16,500.

32' MONK SLOOP, 1972, Aurora Diesel inboard, full battened main, furling jib. Extremely nice woody. Reduced $12,500.

28' ALBIN CUMULUS, 1982 Diesel IB, fractional rig. Quality built performance cruiser. $12,500.

1984 HUNTER 20' SLOOP Pop-top, galvanized trailer. Great trailer sailer. Reduced $3,000.

SALES DOCK BERTHS AVAILABLE • BOATS SELL AT OUR DOCKS

specs'v°[2jIwjebsite edgewateryachts.com 43' SLOCUM CUTTER Double stateroom. Queen aft. Custom teak interior. 50hp Perkins. Loaded with quality gear. Many recent up¬ grades. Local berth. Asking $159,500.

BRING ALL OFFERS!

STARRATT 45 A true performance Pacificveteran, great layout fqr char¬ tering or cruising. Dodger, Monitor windvane. Terms by owner for quali¬ fied buyer. See at our sales dock. Only asking $59,000.

Port Sonoma Marina, 276 Sears Point Road, Petaluma, CA 94-952 (707) 762-5711 • (415) ?92-1269 • Pax (415) S92-1140 www.harborboats.com

How to find a good home for your boat get a generous tax deduction, and feel great about it at the same time...

CATAUNA 380 Double stateroom model, excellent layout, loaded with quality gear, including dodger, full cockpit enclosure, main and jib furling sails. Asking $172,000.

46' KELLY PETERSON CENTER COCKPIT South Pacific veteran ready to depart again. Excellent condition with numerous upgrades. Asking $199,500.

DONATE YOUR BOAT TO SEA SCOUTS You can help us fill the needs of our expanding Scout programs: ♦ The Seo Siouls can use any serviceable vessels, either sail or power, modern or classic. • Donors can eliminate berthing fees, insurance colts, commissions, and the hassle of selling a used boat while receiving the most generous values allowed by lew. * Vessel transfers are speedy and efficient. We arrange all the necessary documents with DMV or Coast Guard

For a no obligation information package, please contact Larry Abbott

PACIFIC HARBORS COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 800*333*6599 * BSAboats@aol.com

38' MORGAN Brewerdesign.Yanmar diesel, refrigeration. Monitor windvane. New dodger. Great lay¬ out. Reduced to $68,500.

27' CHEOY LEE OFFSHORE Per¬ fect little pocket cruiser, Volvo diesel, fiberglass with teak deck overlay. Local berth. Asking $13,500.

46'CHRIS CONNIE Detroit diesels.

44' NORDLUND Fiberglass, an ideal liveaboard and functioning cruiser. Only asking $38,500.

Extensive refit inside and out. Perfect liveaboard with all the amenities. Asking $89,000/offers.

WE HAVE MANY ADDITIONAL LISTINGS...INQUIRE December, 2001 • U&uJt 3? • Page 221

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Junkyard Dog represents an extremely well equipped,

late model J/120 in excellent condition. Her inventory includes B&G instruments, afull complement of Ullman sails, a 38 hp Yanmar diesel engine with low hours, autopilot and custom stereo with CD exchanger. This is a great opportunity to iprimediately participate in racing or cruising on a 'ready to go', like-new boat. In Long Beach. $249,000. New Listing! 40' OLSON, '84, ready to go...$84,900 2439 W. Coast Hwy., Suite 102 Newport Beach, CA 92663 , (949)574-7933 www.pedigreemarine.com

MAC DONALD YACHT Cabrillo Isle Marina 619.294.4545 Shelter Point Marina

1450 Harbor Island Dr. 800.71.YACHT 1551 Shelter Island Dr.

San Diego, CA 92101 Fax: 619.294.8694 San Diego, CA 92106

http://www.macyacht.com

BENETEAU 456 Highly competitive, fast cruiser. Comfort, elegance and speed. Two listed. $144,500.

50' GULFSTAR KETCH Custom, custom. Many upgrades. Extra fuel, air conditioning. Owner claims $80,000 in improvements for cruising. Must see. $169,000.

The UC Department of Athletics and Recreational Sports is seeking motor and sailing vessels for our instructional and recreational programs. Your taxdeductible donation will be handled quickly and effi¬ ciently. You will be able to quickly eliminate insur¬ ance, berthing and advertising fees. Donating your boat to Cg£ will greatly assist us in advancing our many low-cost, high quality programs on the Bay.

For more information please contact Seamus Wilmot

(510) 643-0833

1988 PANDA 34 V Only one of a very few built. Located in Seattle and ready to cruise. Loaded with all equipment for extended cruising. A REPO that must be sold. This vessel is priced at many thousands under the current market price.

Asking $74,500

Bublep BOAT TRANSPORTATION, INCORPORATED

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

40' BABA CUTTER Two large berth staterooms. Fine lines, quality construction. Nice light and bright interior. $149,000.

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

36' HUNTER VISION 1992 Roomiest in her class. Two full cabins, great family starter. $87,900.

SAIL & POWER

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40' PANDA, '81 $158,900 Safe, comfortable Bob Perry design built by the esteemed Ta Shing yard. $25,000 in cruising upgrades.

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$120,000.

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52' IRWIN, 1984 Without question, some of the roomiest accommodations you're going to find on a yacht this size! Never been cruised, has very low hours on Perkins diesel and Westerbeke generator, new electronics and numerous recent cosmetic upgrades ($20,000+ spent in past year). SYH slip.

$219,000

38'CATALINA, 1998

SISIERSHIP

The Catalina 380 won Cruising World Boat of the Year award (Best Value, Midsize Cruiser) in 1997, and this particular example is loaded and in like-new condition. Dodger, enclosed cockpit, in-mast main, nice electronics, inverter, low hours on engine, and much more. $172,000

37'HUNTER, 1999 Why the Hunter 376 won a Cruising World Boat of the Year Award (Best Value) in 1997? 6’6" headroom; 23 opening ond fixed ports, beam-to-beam stateroom aft with queen berth; more usable space below than many 40+ footers. Vessel shows and smells new; must see.

$139,000

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39' GRAND SOLEIL, 1987

45’HUNTER, 1986

$300,000 spent upgrading her and this is not a typo! Brand new Yanmar engine; sails/rigging renewed; new B&G instrumentation; most house systems upgraded, much more. See the web site for full details.

This vessel is loaded, over $150,000 in her since 1990 and it shows. EVERYTHING updated, improved, redone, etc. 55 hp Yanmar with less than 800 hrs., full electronics, new electrical, new plumbing, extensive sail inventory, updated mast, boom and running rigging, new bottom paint and on and on. 67" headroom. Prime Sausalito YH slip can transfer. $125,000

$135,000

SISTERSHIP

50’ GULFSTAR, 1977 Much recent work, including restepped & LPU’d masts/booms, reworked Onan 7.5kw gen, new shaft, PSS dripless packing gland, bottom painted, etc. Tremendous value, compare to others on market.

Now $119,000

■ 42'DE DOOD, 1967

38' NANTUCKET, 1984

31’ PACIFIC SEACRAFT MARIAH, 1977

Built to the highest standards, the interior is beautiful African mahogany, and even the cabinets in the head are finished like fine furniture. She shows better than new, and still feels tight as a piano. Not to mention sails like a dream!

Extensively refurbished with new teak deck, stanchions, lifelines, Lewmar hatches, head, galley washer/dryer installed, interior wood refinished, new thru hulls, battery charger/ alternator and Yanmar diesel overhauled.

$89,000

Rare Pacific Seacraft double-ender, big sister of renowned Flicka and proven bluewater cruiser! Vessel is in exceptional shape topsides and below. Never cruised, she's a must-se if you're in the market for a stout go-anywhere cruiser with traditional lines.

Reduced to $74,000

Now $59,000

jamm 35'CHEOY LEE SLOOP, 1979

This Robert Perry-designed sloop is well equipped and in very nice shape - extensively rewired, new reefer, interior cushions and curtains redone, Furuno radar, aluminum spar and boom, standing and running rigging redone, practically new main, ProFurl roller furler, refit vith oversize Lewmar winches, Moni¬ tor windvane, new dodger, more. $59,000

30' ISLANDER, 1979

30' PEARSON, 1973

Clean and outfitted with the key elements needed for comfort and convenience: diesel engine, roller furling, jib, wheel steering and a substantial dodger. Transferrable Sausalito Yacht Harbor slip.

Atomic 4 engine just serviced, two new batteries, bottom

good shape, jib just redone. Great inexpensive first boot!

Now $26,000

$12,500

painted and teak renewed. Roller furler, all sails in very

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46' KELLY PETERSON, '83. Center Cockpit Cutter. Built by Queen Long. Bluewoter cruiser. $199,500. Also:W PETERSON/FORMOSA, '81, $139,500; 44' KELIY-PETERSON CUTTER, '81; Recuced $135,000. All three vessels cruise ready.

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50' GULFSTARS. Great cruisers. Two available. 1978 Asking $140,000. 1977 Asking $119,000. Center cockpit, ah cabin. Perkirts 4-154.

41' ISLANDER FREEPORT, '80. Just completely „.... __ . detailed inside and out. New varnish. Great condition $34,000 and 72 Asking $35,000. Sparkman & Fantastic liveaboard. New dinghy.

$94,500.

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One owner, greot condition. New radar, new refrg. AP. New full batten main. Horken R.F., self tailing whincbes, varnised int, nice Sausalito slip, new elec. head. $55/

I ISLANDER 36 1979. Bristol condition, new dodger, ' new sail covers, Sausalito slip available.

$37,500. I

2 from

40,000

POWER

61' C&C.

340,000

36' HUNTER. .... '80

31,900

105' BURMESTER .. .... '53

1.5M

57' BERMUDA KETCH

79,000

36' ISLANDER. .... 74

365 PEARSON.

25,000

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

149,950

54' CT.

187,000

36' ISLANDER

37,500

57' KONG & HALVERSON'85 395,000

511 FORMOSA.

'81

139,000

36' COLUMBIA.

2 from

21,900

57' BURGER-Aluminium'62

410,000

51' BENETEAU .

'87

125,000

35' C&C III.

.... '83

49,000

52* LIBERTYSHIP ... ... '60

180,000

50' NUNES.

'56

175,000

35' CHEOY LEE. .... 79

65,000

46' CHRIS CRAFT

50' GULFSTAR.2 from

129,000

35' TRADEWINDS . .... '84

88,000

45' CARVER . ... '00 475,000

48' C&C LF.

'80

159,000

35' SPENCER. .... '65

39,900

45' PICCHOTTI . .... 70

47' OLYMPIC. SD .

145,000

35' CHRIS CRAFT .

2 from

35,000

43' EGG HARBOR .. .... '67

74.900

47' NORTHWIND

'85

275,000

35' RAFIKI. ... '80

59,000

43' HATTERAS . .... 76

119,000

46' PEARSON/FORMSA

'81

139,500

34' CATALINA. .... '86

55,000

42' UNIFLITE. '61/97

89,900

46' KELLY PETERSON

'83

199,500

34' PEARSON.

.... '84

59,000

42' STEPHENS . ... '57

47,000

45' MORGAN.

'82

175,990

34' NICHOLSON ... .... '84

45,000

40' OWENS. ... '64

45' BOMBAY EXPLOR

49,000

34' OPUS Mkll.

.... '83

55,000

38' CHRIS CRAFT .. ... '69'

37,500

44' BENETEAU 440 ...

'94

157,990

33' HUNTER . .... ’80

24,000

38' MATTHEWS. ... '39

69,500

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.... 79

2 from

89.000

75,000

26,000

PETERSON .

'81

145,000

33' CSK. .... '65

30,000

37' CALIFORNIANS

2 from

55,000

'85

159,500

32' HERRESHOFF .. .... '88

45,000

35' FISHERMAN .... ... 72

25,000

43' SWAN PJ.

'69

79,900

32' ERICSON.

2 from

15,500

35' CHRIS CRAFT .. ... '68

48,500

43' HANS CHRISTIAN.

‘82

189,900

32' WESTSAIL (2) .. .... 75

42,500

34' UNIFLITE. 2 from

35,000

43' SPINDRIFT PH . 79

95,000

30' HUNTER. .... '91

46,900

34' SEA RAY. ... '85

56,900

43' GULFSTAR. 78

79,000

30' CATALINA. .... '81

24,000

33' AMERICAN MARINE 73

69,900

43' SERENDIPITY. '81

86,500

29' C&C. .... '86

26,000

32' TOLLY-CRAFT.. ... '64

26,500

42' LU-KAT . '00 399,000

29' COLUMBIA 8.7

.... 77

13,500

32' GRAND BANKS

... 73

49,000

42' S&S . 70

67,500

28' LYLE HESS. .... '95

145,000

31' UNIFLITE. ... 71

22,000

42' MORGAN. 71

28' WELLCRAFT EXp ... '85

29,750

2 BENETEAU 44's 1994 / $167,990. 1995 /445 asking $145,000. Beautiful ah cockpit cruisers.

60,000

28' CAL. .... '64

8,000

41' CT. 71

50,000

28' TRADEWINDS .. .... '67

24,500

28' PENN YAN.

... '80

27,000

41' ISLANDER F/PORT

'80

94,500

28' ISLANDER (2) .. .... '83

21,000

28' UNIFLITE. ... 77

39,900

40' BREWER. '83

149,000

28’ JENSON. .... '60

22,000

27' REGAL VENTURE .. '94

27,000

40' PASSPORT.

'86

185,000

21 SEA SPRITE. .... '81

25,000

27' GRADY WHITE . ... '98

85,000

rig. Great interior. Yanmar diesel.

38' PANDA. '83

149.000

27' O'DAY. .... 78

11,900

25' SKIPJACK. ... '84

21,000

finish, Yanmar diesel.

38' MORGAN.2 from

58,000

27' CATALINA. .... 73

9,500

25' BERTRAM. ... 70

24 000

'85

111,200

27' NEWPORT. .... '81

13,900

22' GRADY WHITE . ... '88

28,000

37' FISHER. 75

79,000

26' LYLE HESS. .... '90

45,000

52,500

26' DAWSON. .... 76

8,000

37' HUNTER . '85

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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. $ 149,000.

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Very well maintained. Cutter

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PANDA 38, 1983.

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36' IOR PERFORMANCE CRUISER. Cold-mold by Wilson of NZ. Beautiful custom cruising interior. Mylar/Kevlar sails, winches, galore & more! A WINNER! Reduced $78,000.

CENTER COCKPIT ketch w/aft master strm. Wheel, dodger bimini, dsl, genset, full galley, 2 beads, shower, healer, AP radar, more, great cruiser. Asking $119,000/Offers

40' CAL SLOOP performance cruiser. 11 bags sails, spin low hrs Yanmar diesel, cabin heat, radar, GPS, more! See Iter, you1II like her. Asking $44,000.

SAIL 97' PINISI SCHOONER in BALI, loaded, B guest cabins + crew, more. 170,000 66’ STAS'L SCH0CK/B0EING SCHOO¬ NER, 1934. Rebuild just completed. Some refit left. Dsl. 150,000/offers

42' CLASSIC OLYMPIC Tri-cabin Express Cruiser. Twin dsls (140 hrs rpt'd since majored). Very desirable & much loved PNW sweetheart. Asking $65,000.

70’ EUROPA STYLE TRAWLER, Canadian built, loaded & in excellent condition. Powerful & economical VI2 Cummins dsl. An outstanding vessel.. 250,000 65' YACHTConv.Trawler,loaded...l25,000

55' LESTER STONE Classic Yawl, 1910, dsl, lots equip., great cruiser Ask 44,000

61' STEEL TUG, 610hp Cat dsl, looks great, Lots of recent upgrades... Try 55,000

5T CHE0Y LEE, center cockpit sip w/hard dodger, copper fastened, dsl, more. Some restoration required.. .Ask 65,000

60' CUSTOM F/C, liveaboard cruiser in SILICON VALLEY.Ask 115,000

50’ FORCE 50 P/H Ketch Ask 130,000 48' CUTTER, Germany 1928... 25,000 48' KETCH, Gaff, roomy, F/C, 87,500

54' GREBE, 1950, classic bridge deck motoryacht. Twin 671 diesels. Partially restored; you finish.. 59,000/Offers

38’ T0LLYCRAFT sedan trawler w/twin turbo diesels, FB, very nice.. 59,500 37' CHRIS CRAFT Express low hrs twin 327s, galley, shower, full Delta canvas & more. Nice boat at BARGAIN PRICE! ....14,000 36’ STEPHENS, 36’ classic sedan, twins, sharp ext. some ini. work.... 22,500 34’ CHRIS CRAFT Commander, '63, twin gas, great boat. 26,500 32' TROJAN Express, twins.12,500 29' CLASSIC ENCLOSED LAUNCH 16,500

41’ FERRO P/H ketch, Cruise/live, dsl, double-ended, AP, dinghy, ++..12,000

42' REGAL COMMODORE 400 115,000

28' CARVER, nice/roomy, 0/D 12,950

40' CHALLENGER SLOOP, fixer 15,000 36' PH CUTTER, AP, diesel, character and more. Live/cruise. 23,500 36' ATKIN STAYSAIL SCHNR ...45,000 36’ ATKIN STAYSAIL SCHNR, 30'L0D Dsl, dink w/ob, clipper bow, heavily glassed hull, furling. A salty wellequipped treasure .Asking 18,500

41' MATTHEWS CLASSIC, 1952 flybridge cruiser. Twins, full galley, shower, 2 heads & more. Nice, well laid-out boat w/MUCH CHARM.Asking 25,000 38' CHRIS CONNIE, fresh twins, nice.. .18,000

27' DUTCH M0T0RSAILER by Holland Boat Co. Dsl, inside wheel & outside tiller, tabernacle, AP, radar, LOADED! High quality pocket cruiser in OUTSTANDING DESIGN. $42,000.

29' T0LLYCRAFT, twins, nice!.... 8,000

50' STEPHENS ClASSICcruiser. Custom-built Gatsby-era motoryacht in exquisite condi¬ tion. Must be seen.Ask 225,000

42' SUNNFJORD FB, aft stateroom, se¬ dan cruiser, dsl, loaded, very high qual¬ ity, genset, 2 heads ++. 142,000

36' ALBIN in super condition. Aft & fwd dbl staterooms & convert settee. Diesel, full galley, 2 heads w/shower & 1 w/tub. Radar, GPS, plotter, more! $79,500 Ask

38' CHRISCRAfT'CONNIE',AFTCABIN,twins, radar, full golley, geasel, 2 heads, shower S more. EXTRA CLEAN!.Ask 38,000

451 BOMBAY EXPLORER CUTTER, dsl, furl, staysail, & more Asking 50,000

41' CORONADO, dsl nice. 40,000

42' SPARKMAN & STEPHENS CRUISING SLOOP. Mod. fin keel w/skeg rudder. Wheel, dodger, roller furl, 2 reef pts, dsl, galley, shower, morel Asking $59,500.

51' CLASSIC KETCH by SF Bov's famous Stone Boat Yard. Major rebuild/refit just completed. Dbl roller heads'Is, dsl, whl, shower/full golley. Stunning beauty/ambiance. $97,500.

28’ FIBERF0RM FB SED, twins.... 20,000

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28’ BAYUNER Sunbridge, '80, V8 18,500 28' CLASSIC work boat, dsl, dbl-ender with great local charm... Ask 19,500 28' CLASSIC DEWEY EWERS sed. cruiser, V-8, show winner. 75,000 24' REINELL240C, 1/0, new o/d unit, galley & more.Asking 11,500 24' SEARAY EXPS, '80, V8, trlr Ask 4,950 20' SEA SWIRL, '96, trlr, 225hp 23,000

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55' CHRIS CRAFT AFT CABIN Twin low hour GM 8V71 diesels, )5kw genset, teak decks, bronze fas¬ tened, heaters, full electric galley, 67" headroom, 3 staterooms, 2 heads, shower, radar, GPS + $99,000.

19' BAYUNER TROPHY, trlr, 115 hp O/B, console ++.. 7,500

36' CLASSIC KETCH, Crocker style, diesel, a beauty with leak decks.. 35,000/offers 35' HALBERG-RASSY H-35, Swedish-built, mahog, bronze, new dsl, AP, ++ 16,500

CONQUEST

34' NICHOLS cruising sip, l/B. 12,000 33' INTERNATIONAL ONE DESIGN, clas¬ sic Norwegian racing sloop Ask 5,000

STEPHENS is considered by most the premier builder of clossic express cruisers on the West Const. This recently restored gem is outstanding. Asking $79,000.

33' RHODES WINDWARD, famous design, sloop, l/B.Asking 12,000 32' RANGER, 3/4 ton, I/B++ 15,000 32' WESTSAIL cutter, dsl, factory boat, radar and more.Asking 50,000 32' ERICS0N sip, wheel, l/B... 23,000 32' PIVER TRI, ketch, diesel.9,225

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30' CAL 230, sip, dsl ...Asking 22,000 30‘ MORGAN 30-2. performance cruising sloop, 1/8, very clean 22,000 30' SPIDSGATTER, She sparkles! 40,000

50' CLASSIC STEPHENS. Unique custom built. Bigger and more robust than more typical vintage Stephens' products. This exceptional 1929 treasure is now for sale. She must be seen. Asking $225,000.

43' DUTCH-BUILT STEEL PILOTHOUSE KETCH. Inside and outside steering stations, Perkins 4-236 diesel. Big, heavy, strongly-built cruiser. A work in progress: you finish. BE CREATIVE! Asking $79,000/0ffers.

54' ENTERPRISE

OUTSTANDING

30' HURRICANECIossicSIp,dsl, nice local girl!.Askingl 0,000 28' SLABBY LARSON Danish cruising sloop, classic, dsl, beautiful.Ask 22,000

61' STEEL TUG. Recently repowered and refit broad-shouldered, well equipped and quite liveable 610 hp Cat and genset. Try $55,000

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28’ H-28 HERESH0FF Ketch, dsl.. 16,500 28' ISLANDER Bahama sip, dsl, many sails inch spinnaker Asking 16,500 27' CATALINA, l/B, AP, nice... 12,000 27' ERICS0N sip, very dean!.. 16,000 26' S-2 CENTER COCKPIT, AFT CABIN SLOOP, dsl, wheel, centerboard, glass, furling & more!.10,000 26' COLUMBIA MKII, O/B.10,500 25' GAFF CUTTER SAILING DORY. Nice boat.Try 6,000 24' EDEY & DUFF ctr, F/G, dsl + 6,500

POWER 100'STEELTUG, YTB, ex.cond. 175,000

50' STEPHENS FLUSH DECK MY w/flybridge, PH AFT STATEROOM. Twin GMC 671 dsls, 12kw genset Launched '65.2 heads & shower. Asking $135,000

ESTATE SALE 54' ENTERPRISE TRAWLER. Twin Cat 3208 diesels and 24kw genset. PROJECT BOAT. All glass three-deck motoryacht w/great potential. These are typically priced around $350,000. Try $197,500 or Offers.

46' KELLY-PETERSON CUTTER. Center cockpit, wheel dodger, aft cabin, diesel, radar, AP and lots of equipment. An outstanding and fully equipped world cruiser offered at asking $199,500/Offers.

The Old Kermit Parker Brokerage

Serving the Boating Community at this Location since I 956. December, 200T • UKhJU12 • Page 227

NELSON

Arriving Late Spring 2002

•Sydney 36 Available for Viewing

• 55 Sold in 11

• Sydney 40 Over-All Winner—2001 Trans-Pac

• Exhilarating Speed

• Sydney 41

• No Running Backs

• Sydney 44 “New”

• Non-Overlapping Headsails

• Sydney 46

• Spacious Open Cockpit Layout

• Sydney 60

• Grand Prix Performance...

• Custom Yachts to 120'

... with a “Cruisey" Interior!

Race Inventory* 1* Mac Gregor 65'

Nelson/Marek 50' ☆ Schumacher 44'

Sydney 41' Nelson/Marek 39' ☆ Wylie 37' Tripp 36' San Juan 30'

1986 1993 1998 1994 1995 1988 1992 1978

☆ CAL 40'

Black Jack Bullseyes Quoz ChaChing Jack Rabbit Absolute 88 Eagle Gold Star

$118,000 $225,000 $84,000 $195,000 $135,000 $70,000 $89,000 $12,500

Other Sailboat Listings Swan 65’ Grand So lei 147' Hunter 450 Hunter 410 Mariner 50'

1998 1999 1999 1999 1971

Ciao $1,250,000 Ciao Bella $450,000 Midnight Sun $250,000 Pepe McKee $174,000 Encore $50,000

Hunter 376 f Islander 36'

Coranado 35' Siltala Nauticat l' Cape Dory 30' Ericson 30' Cal 29' Columbia 8.729' 1- Catalina 27' Dullia 25' Corando 25'

1964 1996 1974 1971 1984 1982 1978 1974 1977 1981 1987 1971

Red Head MAIN BRACE Finesse Abundance Olga New Venture Jeanette Splashy Lady Integrity CF2682

$54,000 $129,000 $35,000 $26,000 $82,500 $29,000 $21,500 $10,000 $14,000 $15,500 $10,000 $2,500

* Price Reduction — ]* Sale pending * Prices subject to change without notice. Listings Welcomed! — Please call for more info or See our website for the most current listings & our power listings!

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