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Gone with the Wind (not against it) This is the beginning of a Pacific Cup year - and a Catalina Race - and Singlehanded TransPac - and a cruise to Mexico and the South Pacific - year.

In sailing terms, everything is going downhill.

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Jim and Sue Corenman, on their 50foot Schumacher racer/cruiser Heart of Gold, testify to the pleasure of doublehanded big boat cruising with spinnakers. Read their article 'Downwind Sails for Cruisers' on our Web site at www.pineapple-sails.com/ articles or call for a copy. * And plan on a Pineapple Powered downhill ride of your own.

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LAGOON 380 (38'3" x 21’5" x 3'10") A very big cat in deck space, interior volume, seagoing speed and range, cruising amenities and quality. A very small cat in price. There is no other cruising yacht like this in its size and price ($235K). It is time to order now for summer sailing. OTHER SIZES: 41' • 47' • 57' • 67'

MARQUISES 56 (56' x 27' x 46”) Queen of the Fountaine Pajot fleet. 3 to 6 staterooms, 2 to 5 heads. Also available with electric winches and furling sails for EASY bluewater cruising by one couple. Under $800,000, West Coast. OTHER SIZES: 38' • 43' • 46'

GREENLAND 34 & MARYLAND 37 Custom fast cruiser by Eva Hollman. ProFurl and Hood in-mast furling make this easy for a couple to handle. $169,000.

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(14' x 17’ beams) From Fountaine Pajot. Each with (a) flybridge helm AND interior helm, (b) 15 knots cruising, 19 knots maximum, (c) twin Yanmar diesels, (d) 1,000 mile fange. Base boat prices (West Coast) are $189,000 and $289,000 respectively. Photos/brochures available.

PACIFIC 40 Built in Washington State Debuts in March ’’ "

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471 BAVARIA, 1995 Lloyds certified offshore yacht ready for world cruise.

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33' HALLBERGRASSY, 1971

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Comfortable heavy weather cruiser or liveaboard.

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41' COOPER, 1980 Solid Canadian, ready for offshore cruising.

Asking $115,000.

$35'00036’ ISLANDER, 1975

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SPECIAL: One New Tayana 48 Center Cockpit and Two New Tayana 48 Deck Saloons Reduced and Ready For Shipment!

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

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1974 CHEOY LEE OFFSHORE KETCH 40 Diesel power, beautiful condition, comfortably equipped.Classic sailboat. Asking $50,000

1982 HANS CHRISTIAN KETCH 43 See this one! Beautiful cond. and really well equipped.Ready togocruising.Owneranxious.

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1986 HUNTER SLOOP 34 Yanmar diesel, shower, sleeps six, galley, dinette. Good looking sailboat. $43,900

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Feb. 2 — Groundhog Day. Is it spring yet?

Feb. 3 — Free sailboat rides at Cal SC (Berkeley), 1-4 p.m. weather permitting. In 2001, more than 1,500 people took advantage of this monthly opportunity! Details, www.calsailing.org.

Feb. 3 — Super Bowl parties at most yacht clubs.

Feb. 5 — "Boating Skills & Seamanship" classes begin at Yerba Buena Island, Building 2, third floor, 7:30 p.m. (Introduction to GPS Navigation will be offered March 26 and 30; Coastal Navigation classes begin March 25.) Sponsored by the USCGA Point Bonita Flotilla, 399-3411. feb. 6 — SSS TransPac seminar: "Provisioning, Personal Gear, Shipping Gear Over, Delivery Back, and Tips on Kauai."

Oakland YC; 7:30 p.m.; small donation requested. Rob Macfarlane, (510) 521-8393.

Feb. 6-7,13-14 — Marin Power and Sail Squadron’s free "Bdat Smart" basic boating classes. Kell Education Center, Hamilton Field, Novato, 7-9 p.m. Register with Peter White, 382-8109.

Feb. 9 — "Chart Reading", a seminar by Gale Stockdale at Stockdale Marine Theatre (Sacramento). Registration is at 10:15 a.m.: $5 admission fee in advance, $7.50 at the door.

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Feb. 9 — Ocean Planet Bon Voyage Party at Encinal YC, 5-8 p.m. Drop by to wish skipper Bruce Schwab good luck on his upcoming adventures (PV Race, Antigua Sailing Week, Around Alone Race). Live music, munchies, etc. See www. oceanplanet.org for details. Louise Fletcher, (650) 637-1282.

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Feb. 10 — J/105 Fleet One Racing Clinic and Tactics Seminar, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at StFYC. Guest speakers include Dick Rose, Tom Roberts and three-time Olympic medallist Mark Reynolds. Sponsored by Quantum Sails and Sail California, this seminar is limited to members of the J/105 and J/120 fleets. Info/RSVP, (510) 523-8500.

Feb. 14 — Valentine's Day. Take your better half sailing.

Feb. 14 — Single Sailors Association monthly meeting, with Ken and Jan Case Koerwitz speaking on "Cruising: What Works and What Doesn't." Oakland YC; 6:30 p.m. Info, (510) 273-9763 or www.ssaonline. org.

Feb. 18 — Presidents' Day. Sail for George and Abe. Feb. 19 — San Francisco Bay Oceanic Crew Group monthly meeting, featuring Robert Petersen talking on "Cruising the Eastern Caribbean." Fort Mason Center, Room C-210, 7 p.m., free. Info, 456-0221.

Feb. 23 — "Tidal Currents," a seminar at Stockdale Marine Theatre (Sacramento). Registration is at 10:15 a.m.; $5 in advance, $7.50 at the door. Info, (916) 332-0775.

Feb. 23 — Wylie Wabbit Wendezvous, celebrating 20 years of Wabbit wacing. Boats will gather at the end of the Estuary at 2 p.m., and parade down to Encinal YC for food and reminiscing with designer Tom Wylie. Karin King, (510) 521-9197.

Feb. 23-24 — US Sailing's Advanced Race Management Seminar at StFYC, a two-day intensive training session for PROs. John Craig, 563-6363.

Feb. 24 — Club Nautique's annual open house and inthe-water charter boat show at their Alameda facility. Free sailboat rides! Info, (800) 343-7245.

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Mar. 3 — Club Nautique's annual open house and in-thewater charter boat show at their Sausalito facility. Free sailboat rides! Info, (800) 559-2582.

Mar. 9 — "Introduction to Piloting", a seminar by Gale Stockdale at Stockdale Marine Theatre (Sacramento). Registration is at 10:15 a.m.; $5 in advance, $7.50 at the door.

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Mar. 10 — Club Nautique’s annual open house and inthd-water charter boat show at their Coyote Point facility.

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Mar. 13-17 — 28th Sacramento Boat Show at Cal Expo, with over 400 boats on display. Bob Gorman, (510) 834-1000.

JVIar. 24 — Berkeley YC Annual Swap Meet and BBQ. Used gear bargains! Info, (510) 234-9787.

Mar. 30 — Pacific Cup Seminar #2. See www.pacificcup.org for details, or call Tom Paulling, (510) 271-7554.

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Apr. 17-21 — Pacific Sail Expo at Jack London Square — the best sailboat show on the West Coast. Info, www.sailamerica.com.

Racing Jan. 29-Feb. 2 — 2002 Rolex Miami OCR for all Olympic classes, plus 2.4 Metres and Sonars. In the 12 years that this one design regatta has been held, it has attracted an average of 350 sailors representing 25 countries. Info, www.ussailing.org / Olympics/MiamiOCR/.

Feb. 9 — Kurt Zane Memorial Regatta, a non-spinnaker regatta for Catalina 30s and 34s. SBYC, 495-2295.

Feb. 19 — First start of the San Diego to Puerto Vallarta Race. See entiy list in Racing Sheet. Details, (619) 758-6310 or www.sdyc.org.

Feb. 22-23, 1992 — Ten Years After, from a Racing Sheet article called simply 'Big Daddy Regatta': The Richmond Riviera lived up to its reputation on Februaiy 22-23, as shorts and shirtsleeves were the uniform of the weekend for Richmond YC's always-fun Big Daddy IMS Regatta. The tried-and-true format of two short races on Saturday, a blowout party (this year featuring steel drums and reggae music) and a longer pursuit race on Sunday left 'em sailing once again.

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Saturday's winners were Terminator (Serendipity 43, Steve Sundeen), Bandido (Farr 36, Ed Lawrence), Jarlen (J/35, Bob Bloom), Wolf Pack (Donovan 30, Rod Park), Svendle (Carrera 38, Sven Svendsen), Blazer (J/29, Mike Lambert), OuttaSight (Laser 28, Ken Anderson), Sweet Pea (Express 27, Karl Engdahl), Snafu-U (Moore 24, Connerly/Berryman), and WPOD (Wabbit, Melinda and Bill Erkelens). High Risk, Jim Mizell's Smith 43, won the Big Daddy Pursuit Race.

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Mar. 9 — Kurt Zane Regatta, part two. SBYC, 495-2295.

Mar. 9 — Volvo Race, Leg V: 4,450 hot and sticky miles from Rio de Janeiro to Miami. Follow the action at www.uolvooceanrace.org.

Mar. 9-10 — Richmond YC's 20th Big Daddy Regatta, celebrating two decades of 'serious fun'. This year's theme is Spring Break, featuring steel drums, exotic palm trees, the Jagermeister Girls and more. Sunday's pursuit race will be a brand new course, and the day's scoring will somehow incorporate 'party bonus points' earned from Saturday's revelry.

RYC, (510) 237-2821, or Gary Clifford, 472-7133.

Mar. 9-10 — Spring Dinghy Regatta for 505s, I-14s, Lasers, Finns, Europes, and Vanguard 15s. StFYC, 563-6363.

Mar. 13, 1982 — It was Twenty Years Ago Today, from a Sightings piece called "Ano Nuevo": The 1982 racing season got off to an auspicious start on March 13 as 71 boats took part in the Ano Nuevo Race. Due to some fluky air and rain, only 48 completed the 78-miler from Monterey to Ano Nuevo and back. The Monterey Peninsula YC put on a good show, with a pre-race party featuring free hors d'oeuvres and even some oysters on the half shell — which got gobbled up really fast!

Winning the IOR division by a whopping 46 minutes was Irv Loube's Bravura, which had trailed Clay Bernard’s second place finisher Great Fun at the halfway mark by almost an hour. Great Fun's fractional rig had her bombing along like crazy in the gusty beat up the coast past Santa Cruz, but downwind, Bravura's masthead spinnaker and blooper made the difference. There seemed to be a lot of different opinions on how far west to go on the return leg, with Larry Stewart's Zamazaan going too far out and ending up fifth overall. Larry and Joe Burgin's SC 50 Oaxaca came in third, with George McCormick's Macpac, a Wilderness 40, fourth.

In the PHRF divisions A and B, the local ULDBs ruled the day. There were 15 Olson 30s in the A division, with Doug Draeger's Outrageous the winner. B division had seven SC 27s and five Express 27s among the 25-boat group.

Mar. 15-17 — San Diego NOOD Regatta. SDYC, (619) 7586310 or www.sdyc.org.

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tHI’CALLING THE COAST GUARD IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC The Also II is now in Bora Bora, and we've been enjoying French Polynesia very much. Our favorite spots include Makemo and Toau in the Tuamotus, and Huahine in the Societies. Every time we've stayed in one place to get to know some of the locals, we've had a very rich experience.

For us, it's been very interesting observing the cultural differences. We Americans could learn a lot from these people, as they seem to be happier and enjoy everyday life. In day-today things, they are much less competitive, and they are far more concerned with the well-being of their fellow citizens.

In general, they are a very warm, friendly and loving people — particularly to people who arrive by boat. They have a respect for people of the sea, apparently because of their seagoing traditions.

Just so nobody gets the wrong idea about the cruising life, it’s not always easy. The daily chores of cooking, shopping, laundry and boat maintenance require more time and effort than when living ashore. Plus, we still have to deal with the same frustrations as when living ashore: overdue money, delayed deliveries and, of course, a lack of service from our government agencies.

In the latter. I'm referring to the Coast Guard. You may recall that I previously wrote you about the three-hour boarding ordeal we had when leaving Mexico. More recently, we've had the need to try to reach the Coast Guard over more serious issues — specifically, to advise the Coast Guard of boats overdue or in difficulty. In the past few weeks, one boat has gone missing — since found safe. Two other boats have lost their rudders while on passages, and both of them have reached port under juiy rig.

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I also had an email address for the Coast Guard, but my email came back "undeliverable." On a later attempt, we eventually got through. Now, several weeks later, we have finally received an email acknowledging our contact and some frequencies for Guam.

The message contained a discussion of search and rescue areas of responsibility, and statements of limited facilities and responsibility. They acknowledged that they were the contact for the merchant marine data base, and that they have a 'drift program’ that would help locate a disabled vessel. They encouraged our community efforts in taking care of one another, and said that they appreciated the volunteer assistance we offered. But the Coast Guard stressed that we could not rely on them for search and rescue outside of their area of responsibility. They also said that while email should work, it is not the preferred means of communication because it's not continuously monitored as is the radio. They said that a satellite telephone may be the most reliable way to send a ’Mayday'.

Unfortunately, not many of us have satellite phones! And a lot of us have SSB radios! I have a very difficult time understanding how the Coast Guard can downgrade SSB to the point where they can't answer the radio when urgent information is in the offing, yet they can spend three hours on a useless 'safety inspection' 150 miles offshore.

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James — We spoke with TCI Mike Ladd at the Coast Guard radio station in Pt. Reyes, who explained that the Coast Guard monitors 2182 from Hawaii and other coastal stations. He noted, however, that 2182 is the least powerful of all AM channels, and so anybody using it from the South Pacific is unlikely to reach the Coast Guard in Hawaii or the States. If a mariner wants to communicate with the Coasties by SSB from the South Pacific or other long distances, Ladd recommends using the duplex channels. He gave three examples: 1) Ship: 12242.0, Coast, 13089.0; 2) Ship, 8240.0, Coast, 8764.0; 3) Ship, 6200.0, Coast, 6501.0. These channels have greater broadband and therefore can reach further. For example, Ladd says that Pt. Reyes communicates everyday with two vessels in Antarctica.

They use 14,000 to 15,000 at 0300 when the propagation is the best, but have to go to 28,000 during the day — and are still lucky if they can get through.

Is everyone clear on what the Coast Guard's responsibility is to mariners who have problems in the middle of the ocean?

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LETTERS in the Gulf of Mexico and Yucatan, so we added two goodsized chapters on that enormous, yet relatively undeveloped coastline.

V In our boating guide, we covered the region from the Rio Grande, Tampico, Vera Cruz (nice yacht club), Tuxpan, over to Isla del Carmen, up to Campeche, Progreso (new marinas), then all the great cruising stops on the Yucatan Channel, Isla Contoy, Isla Mujeres (nice marinas), Puerto Aventuras (sportfishing marina), Cozumel, Tulum, Bahia Asencion, Bahia Espiritu Santo and the Chinchorro Banks. Besides charts and a zillion GPS positions, we included all the nav lights, anchorages, fuel docks, marinas, port captains' offices, boat yards, where to tune in for Ham, SSB and VHF weather forecasts, plus a few contacts for touring the Mayan pyramids and eco-tours inland.

Each fall, several hundred cruisers head south from ports in Texas through Florida — very similar to our West Coast migration to Mexico. The smaller, or more adventurous sailors, especially those leaving from Galveston (Houston), New Orleans and even Pensacola, Florida, would rather gunkhole counter clockwise around the Gulf of Mexico than dodge heavy shipping traffic, oil rig traffic or bash straight across the gulf on their way down the Yucatan Channel to the Caribbean.

Too bad all those East Coasters don’t have friends like Latitude and the Baja Ha-Ha to help them get organized and have more fun heading south.

Cynthia and others might also want to check out www.mexicoboating.com, which contains updates and excerpts from our book. ' Capt. Patricia Miller Rains, Capt. John E. Rains San Diego Pat & John — We're embarrassed to say that due to time constraints, we paged through our review copy so quickly that we didn't even notice the material on the Gulf of Mexico. ^COMMUNICATIONS ON THE BAY There were some errors in the January issue article about the Vessel Traffic Service. VHF Channel 13 is for bridge-tobridge communication, both inside and outside San Francisco Bay. VHF Channel 12 is for VTS traffic outside the Bay, not bridge-to-bridge, as was reported. VHF Channel 14 is for VTS traffic inside the Bay.

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Mhard to port 1 started reading your article on VTS and have a question.

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You'RJmd the complete text at: www.uscg.mil/hq/g-m/moa/ boards/arizonoregon.pdf. flUtfOTHING BUT A SMILE TO PROTECT THEM I have met a lot of real people — including a lot of sailors — in my 71 years. And I can't believe that any of us who have the guts to take on seas half as high as my 70-ft schooner is long, would quiver like mush while some river rats or pirates stead what we have spent our lives earning. I have now read how several of your luckier correspondents have traversed the world with nothing but a smile on their faces to protect them — and made it. I have also read how at least one had to jump into the ocean to escape a mob of screaming Muslim nuts who tried most vigorously to stone him to death.

As far as I'm concerned, the sentiment that "nothing I have is worth taking a human life for" is pure steaming camel puckey. My government sure didn’t believe that way back in ’51 when 38,000 of us died in Korea to protect what we considered worthwhile. Or later in 'Nam, where 50,000 Yank lives were spent. Or after 9/11. We sailors only get a few thousand days to liye on this earth, and spend an awful lot of them working for our little vessels and what's on them. When river rats and pirates want to steal stuff from my boat, they are trying to take part of my life. But I, for one, am willing to put up what’s left of my life to protect what Mom, the kids and I have worked for.

No matter where we go, my U.S.-documented vessel is a little floating bit of my native land, and it must be protected.

So as far as I’m concerned, if and when pirates decide to crawl over our transom to rob us, they are willing to trade their lives for what they want to steal. And tough for them if they miscalculate the odds.

I find it ironic that Peter Blake, a great sailor from New Zealand, where weapons more effective than a smile are outlawed, had the guts to arm and defend himself. I grieve that he didn’t succeed, but he probably left an impression on the remaining Amazon river rats that they may not be the only ones with guns and guts. Folks who come later on boats may live because of that.

It is precisely because Americans are willing to defend themselves effectively that the thieves of the world are a trifle more hesitant to take liberties with them. As far as the cops from the kook capitol of the U.S. are concerned, I’ll believe they tossed their $500 dollar Glocks and Winchesters in the Bay when the first Saudi sheik gives up his American-developed oil well, puts on bib overalls and earns the first honest dollar he ever had.

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Mrutherford I was dismayed to read that you referred local sailors — such as Michael and Eva Pardee — to Mexico to get new teak decks on their CT-48. There are a number of fine independent craftsmen and small yards in the Bay Area that have been installing teak decks for years. In some cases, the independent craftsmen may be more experienced and less expensive than the "well-known local boatyards" that the Pardees talk about. My own shop is just completing a teak deck on a 58-ft sailboat, and I would be glad to have the Pardees or anyone else come see the deck. Nobody needs to go to Mexico to get a teak deck.

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INIwe do teak decks, too Mariner Boat Yard in Alameda has three journeyman carpenters on our staff. We have just completed installing a new teak deck on the beautiful 70-year-old Alden yawl Cock Robin.

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Peter Van Inwegen \ Mariner Boat Yard Alameda Mteak decks On page 60 of the January Latitude, there is a letter entitled Teak Decks. In it, your reader expresses frustration in ' not being able to find a yard which can install new teak decks on his 48-ft ketch. The letter ends with the question: "Do you know anyone in the Bay Area who understands priorities here, and who has journeyman competence with such work?"

You responded that the last time you heard of a local yard putting on teak decks was when Stone's installed them on the 212-ft schooner Adix.

As a friendly reminder, just a couple of months ago you ran a small stoiy on Pelissa, the 90-ft houseboat we built — and which had all new teak decks. We featured the teak decks in our last ad in Latitude. We also just completed a new teak deck installation on a Jeanneau.

We would be happy to help Michael and Eva Pardee with their teak decks.

Sean Svendsen Svendsen’s Boat Works Alameda Jeff’ Peter, and Sean — Please accept our apologies for our ignorant blunder. We’ve since brought ourselves up to speed on teak deck installations in Northern California, and have a report in this month's Sightings.

MREGGIE'S brilliant with teak decks We just got time to read our January Latitude, and saw the letter from the folks with the CT-48 about getting their teak decks refinished. You referred to a guy in La Paz who does good work at a reasonable price, but didn't know his name. He's Reggie Brilliant, but everyone knows him as 'Reggie the Carpenter'.

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Reggie's backlog of jobs keeps him to a pretty tight schedule. Our job was supposed to take four weeks, and ended up takipg five — partly because of some extra work we decided to have Reggie do down below.

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Our job involved three decks, and required 2,265 new plugs — which Reggie made himself — and 97 tubes of TDS grout.

We had to bring the grout down from San Diego. Our job was a big one that took a total of three weeks, and cost a total of $3,700. Our decks still look great.

There were also some La Paz locals doing work on teak decks as well. We watched some try to regrout the decks of a large sailboat, and even though we are novices, we could tell that these fellows clearly lacked the skills for this kind of work. Perhaps they are better now, but our advice would be to stick with Reggie — who answers to "Reggie the Carpenter" on VHF channel 22.

After our Ha-Ha in 97, we hung out in Mexico until April of '99, at which time we made a dash for Florida. We transited the Canal in May and arrived in Florida in June. We have since cruised many U.S. inland waters: through the Erie Canal, Canadian canals, the Great Lakes, the Mississippi, and the Tenn Tom Waterway. We're now getting ready to head for the Bahamas and hope to be in Trinidad for hurricane season. Will we be able to find any Latitudes there?

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What happened? My boat is equipped with a water-lift type muffler. Under normal circumstances, cooling water enters the'engine from the sea and is pumped through the engine by the water pump. The warmed water is then pumped into the exhaust elbow, and then into the water-lift muffler, where it is finally pushed overboard by the exhaust gases. In my casp the engine wasn't firing, thus no exhaust gases were available to push the water overboard. As a result, the water continued to accumulate in the water-lift muffler until it filled, at which point it backed up into the exhaust pipe and exhaust manifold. So, as the exhaust and intake manifold valves opened and closed, the water flowed into the intake manifold cylinder and carburetor.

I had no clue that this had happened until a mechanic looked into why the engine wouldn't start about a week later.

I also didn't realize that the Atomic 4 engine manual contains the following caution: "Do not operate the starter for more than 15-20 seconds; cooling water enters lift-type mufflers during cranking and may back up into the engine when cranking is stopped if muffler overfills.”

I have since checked with six other owners of Atomic 4 engines. None of them were aware of the flooding possibility, and most believed that extended cranking of the engine without it firing would only result in a dead battery. I have subsequently been told that if it is necessary to crank the engine for more than 15-20 seconds, the engine intake valve should be closed until the engine stalls. If that is done, however, be sure to immediately open the valve as soon as the engine starts, since the water pump and/or water-lift muffler might run dry, Or the hot gases might cause damage to the exhaust hose.

Since I've had my boat and engine for more than 14 years.

I’m embarrassed at what I did to it. So I want to warn everyone else with a marine engine equipped with a water-lift muffler, as I don't want the same thing to happen to them.

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die. No lofty peak, or fortress bold, could match our captain’s eye. Upon the seventh seasick day, we made our port of call.

A sand so white and sea so blue, no mortal place at all. We fired the gun, ancf burned the mast, and rowed from ship to shore. The captain cried, we sailors wept, our tears were tears of joy.”

We miss our old boat Limelight, but we’re enjoying the foredeck on John Scarborough's J/46 and sailing on other J/105s.

Ken and Carol Jesmore San Francisco YC Ken & Carol — Procol weren't the only ones to rip off another artist. During Big O’s trip to Europe and back, skipper Jim Drake had time to listen to a lot of music. While listening to Elvis — what was he doing on the boat? — one afternoon, Drakp came to the sudden realization that It's Now Or Never was a musical ripoff of O Solo Mio on the same scale that The Magnificent Seven was a scene by scene ripoff of the even greater Japanese movie. The Seven Samurai.

By the way, in addition to being theme music to much of the '60s, A Whiter Shade of Pale was the theme music for the mid'90s French comedy titled French Twist. It was a lighthearted and entertaining flick, and the milsic was a perfect complement for the lovely French countryside.

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Having crewed aboard Lee Clark's 62-year-old, 35-ft cutter Vagabond Lady in the '98 Ha-Ha, I would like to enter my new Valiantv42 in this fall's event. I sent a letter and $15 for an entry pack on December 17, but haven’t heard a thing back from the Ha-Ha folks. Can you contact them for me please?

Merrill Newman California Merrill — After the end of each Ha-Ha, the tiny staff and volunteers go into hibernation until May 1. So although they've received a record number of inquiries for this time of year, they won't be responding to them until just after the May Day Parade. They hope you'll understand.

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Since the finish of the Ha-Ha in Cabo, we’ve sailed to La Paz, Puerto Escondido, back to La Paz, and then back to Puerto Escondido where we left the boat in order to return home for a couple of weeks over the holidays. During our Baja cruising, we stayed in a different anchorage every night, mid more often than not were alone — except, of course, in La Paz and Puerto Escondido.

At the end of January we’ll cross over to Puerto Vallarta for a couple of months on the mainland. Before we helped deliver Profligate from Puerto Vallarta to San Diego last spring, you told us the trip south was much easier. You were right.

Dave and Merry Wallace AirOps, Amel Maramu Redwood City Dave & Merry — Your incident in Monterey reminds us of one we had while tied up to the Orange Coast College dock in Newport Beach. The Wanderer and de Mallorca were sleeping aboard Profligate when we were awakened by muffled voices just a few feet above our heads. After waiting a few moments to try to get an idea of who it might be, de Mallorca whipped the hatch open and shouted, "What are you doing here?!" It turned out to be a couple of lovebirds, and they'd gotten the fright of their young lives. "I’m sorry, so sorry, so sorry, so sorry," whimpered the trembling girl. Its the last time those kids will pick a strange boat as a place to be alone.

As for Mexico, we've been sailing down there regularly since '77, and have never yet had a 'safety issue’. We do, however, observe common sense precautions —just as we do in the United States and the rest of the world.

Could you do us a favor? We sailed up into the Sea in the middle of November, at which point the air and water temperatures were still extremely warm. But we haven't sailed in the Sea of Cortez in December and January for many years, and Would like to get a weather report. Specifically, when did the water become too cold for comfortable swimming? When did the first Norther hit? How many Northers have there been?

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the start of the Banderas Bay Regatta. I fear that this may prove to be a popular event and want to secure 'guest' spots for my wife, son, and his family, as we'll all be vacationing in Puerto Vallarta then. I’m working hard on getting my eightyear-old grandson interested in sailing — although I worry that catamaran experiences may have him casting a jaundiced eye on grandad’s Cal 39, Allegria.

By the way, we’re looking forward to joining this fall's HaHa for our second trip to Mexico. We sailed AUegria there in December of '96. I also had a great time as crew aboard Jim Barnett's Islander Peterson 40 Rat Trap in '99.

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We hope this makes things a little clearer. Further, it's completely off the mark to suggest that we're in any way against the environment in Baja or anywhere else in Mexico. Need proof ? Name anyone else — let alone a member of the marine industry — who is regularly quoted in Mexico City newspapers as being against most of the 'nautical stairway’, Mexico's plan to build countless new hotels, marinas, airports, and golf courses along both coasts of Baja.

We have a questionfor you. Does it ever strike you as being a little bit hypocritical that we Californians — who have profited so wildly from the environmental desecration of our coast through the development of Los Angeles, San Francisco, and other coastal cities — think that all of Mexico should be preserved so we rich gringos can have pristine places to recreate?

Don't get us wrong, we’re all in favor of Baja being primarily developed for things such as eco-tourism. But if it came down to a case where a choice had to be made between some relatively clean industry providing local Mexicans with lots of good jobs or preserving a relatively ordinary anchorage used only

by Americans, we're probably going to have to support the jobs for Mexicans.

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Moab, Utah Craig & Sheron — We think a Sea of Cortez Cruiser CleanUp is a terrific idea and would be a lot of fun. It would be easy, too, if several boats and crews were assigned to each anchorage, and if a boat such as Profligate were able to be the main scouj. If there's enough interest on the part ofpeople from Santa -Rosalia to Frailes, and from groups like the Hidden Harbor YC and Club Cruceros, we'd like to help make it a reality.

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sands of Americans get around this each year by sailing their boats to Cuba and claiming — cough, cough — that they didn't spend any money while there. The bottom line is that there's no need to pay the high prices or go through all the red tape necessary to get the 'cultural exchange' status — which is just a bunch of b.s. anyway.

'Normalization' of relations with Cuba is an excellent goal, one that we fully support. That it hasn't happened, however, is not entirely the fault of the United States. Although something of a romantic figure because he's the little guy who has stood up to the superpower, it shouldn't be forgotten that Castro is nonetheless guilty of many atrocities and continues to be one of the world's most relentless violators of human rights. For example, in addition to obvious things such as denying the right to free speech and the right to vote, Castro merrily expropriates a high percentage of the salaries Cubans get paid by foreign companies. So if the United States were to instantly 'normalize' without any conditions, it would be tantamount to further propping up what really is the world's biggest and longest running slave plantation. ffU-CLEARING PROCEDURES

I caught a glimpse of your reply to my letter regarding check-in fees in Mexico, and I see I failed to make my point. I agree that the entire check-in process is cumbersome, but my main argument is with those cruisers who flout the regulations by anchoring for a considerable time within a port captain’s jurisdiction, all the while sneaking around to avoid the check-in procedure and fees.

You state that when Profligate is in Banderas Bay, you stay out of the other port captains'jurisdictions, and thereby avoid having to check in with those other jurisdictions. It certainly sounds as though you're complying with the law, so I have no problem with that. My bitch is with those cruisers who come into a port captain's jurisdiction and anchor forweeks — if not months — and never check-in. In so doing, they irritate the port captain and cause difficulties for other cruisers — such as what happened with Paraquina and Saucy Lady

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Tenacatita is a prime example of where this happens. Once anchored in Tenacatita, where there is no port captain, some cruisers — who may be travelling under a despacho from Mazatlan or Puerto Vallarta to Manzanillo or Zihuatanejo, then either travel by bus to Melaque and Barra de Navidad to shop and visit the ATM — right in the face of the port captain.

Worse still, sometimes these mariners wait until Friday afternoon, when the port captain closes his office for the weekend, to come to Melaque or Barra to anchor and/or to pick up fuel at the fuel dock, then they return to Tenacatita before the port captain's office opens on Monday.

This kind of behavior can also be found in San Bias, the La Paz area, and around Puerto Escondido.

I believe this practice is what has led to the current situation in Barra, where the port captain is watching boats entering the harbor and contacting them in person at the fuel dock, at anchor in the lagoon, or on the hook at nearby Melaque. He is fully aware of the fact that cruisers are circumventing the Mexican law, and he is simply enforcing that law by making cruisers aware that he is going to insist that they check in. In fact, it appears that the port captain in Barra is now patrolling seven days a week, as we've seen him in the lagoon on both Saturday and Sunday.

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son, or who are just transiting the country.

I also don’t agree with your comparison of cruising yachts to motorhomes. As it’s been explained to me by several Mexican officials, motorhomes enter the country at only one point, travel on a specific roadway system while in the country, and depart the country through only one point. Cruising yachts, on the other hand, have the capability to — and often do — enter at multiple points throughout the country, then are capable of traveling freely from Mexican territorial waters to international waters — and therefore have the opportunity to import goods and people into the country with little regulation,— other than the existing check-in requirements. In this case, there are several port jurisdictions where there are no Migracion offices, and the officials have to wear the hats of port captain, custom's inspector and immigration officer. This only adds to the complexity of those port jurisdictions, and derrfands the utmost respect of Mexican law by visiting yachts.

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Terry — We object to any cruisers who deliberately violate Mexican law. Nonetheless, we still think that most of the responsibility for the problems you mention belongs to the Mexican government. As much as we love Mexico and are sympathetic to their organizational problems, it's high time that they get their administrative act together. For starters, its absolutely incumbent upon them to explain — in precise Spanish and English — exactly what the rules and regulations are for clearing in and out, so everybody can understand them. Right now nobody really knows what's legal and what isn’t. For example, how are mariners supposed to know when they've come within a port captain's jurisdiction? Personally speaking, we haven't a clue. And we don't think anybody else does either. If the law were clearly stated, the folks anchored in Matenchen Bay would know whether or not they really needed to check in with the San Bias port captain.

Once the rules are clearly outlined in Spanish and English, be Mexican government needs to make sure that they are consistently enforced by the various port captains. As all cruisers enow, it seems like every port captain in Mexico has a slightly iifferent take on the law. In any event, if a port captain knows hat cruisers are not checking in as they should, he should jive the cruisers warnings — and then fine them if they refuse o comply. After all, if the time on your parking meter runs out, he meter maid doesn't just get irritated. She writes you a ticket o encourage you not to do it again. Law enforcement 101 is imple: 1) Make good laws; 2) Make sure everyone understands hem; 3) Enforce them.

It's true that an annual cruiser fee might be unfair to cruisrsjust transiting Mexico or only spending a short time there.

•tuff like that needs fine tuning and can be addressed later, he important thing is to get the Mexican government to realize hat creating an annual or seasonal cruising permit, plus treamlining the clearing-in process, is critical to their best invests.

As for cruising boats needing greater supervision than RVs ecause they have access to territorial waters, we again disgree. Who is going to smuggle people or stuff into Mexico with ^creational sailboats, which are too small and slow to be efective — especially with the American DEA constantly tracked aU boats along the Mexican coast. And even if recreational oats were regularly engaged in the importation of people and legal goods, how is the current clearing-in system doing anyhing to stop it? Charging outrageous fees and making cruis-

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Here's a copy of the letter I emailed to the two Mexican officials that you suggested. It's basically what you wrote in the January Sightings, but personalized with my last paragraph.

"As a mariner who loves the people, culture, land, and seas of Mexico, I want to respectfully object to the clearance regulations that were put in place by the SCT in January of 2000.1 believe the regulations are bad for tourists by boat as well'as bad for Mexico. The changes made clearing in much more expensive and time-consuming. In some cases, it could cost close to $120 U.S. in fees and probably more than a day waiting in lines to cover just 20 miles! In the short term, the effest is to discourage tourists by boat from visiting places with port captains, thereby denying business to nearby marinas, restaurants and stores. In the long run, the effect is to discourage Americans from bringing their boats to Mexico — at a time when Mexico is investing $220 million to lure Americans down a 'nautical stairway’.

"I believe that it is in the best .interest of Mexico to offer boat tourists a reasonably-priced annual cruising permit — as is done in many other countries where boat tourism is popular. Upon entering Mexico, the owner of a vessel would pay a one-time fee — say $150 to $300 — to purchase a permit that would allow his/her boat to travel about Mexico without having to check in with each port captain — or perhaps only cl^eck in by dropping off a crew list and having the permit stamped. Such a system would be much more attractive to boat tourists, yet would provide the Mexican government with an efficient means of collecting a cruising fee and keeping track of all boats and tourists.

"I spent several months in Mexico before departing for the South Pacific in 1998, and look forward to returning to Mexico in the future. I have visited 11 countries since leaving Mexico, and have not encountered any with such onerous requirements as these new regulations. This is a very important issue for boat tourists — and Mexico — so I hope that you will give it serious consideration.

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I understand very well that your government needs to keep track of vessels and visitors in your waters, and levy a fee for services rendered. The problem lies in it applying regulations aimed at commercial vessels to small craft. Viewed from another perspective, what is the different between travelers in recreational automobiles and yachts? While the former are free to travel without repeated visits to government offices and payments of fees; the latter must sacrifice many hours or even days to satisfy clearance rules that should please no one. I refer here to the port clearance regulations that are in effect at the present. These regulations are not only bad for visiting sailors, but in the long run will prove even worse for Mexican businesses that depend on visiting yachts and sailors, e.g., marinas, boatyards, grocery stores, restaurants.

The fees charged in each port can become outrageously high in certain situations for even short distance travel, but in most cases will not add up to much more than 100 or 200 dollars a year, which raises the question of why your government does not simply impose a one-time cruising permit fee of about 100 or 250 dollars, good for one or two years, and leave it at that. That could eliminate almost all of the current time-consuming requirements that make life very difficult for the visiting sailor, and for the solo sailor almost impossible.

Once the yachting permit has been obtained, the visiting yacht could report its arrival and departure to the Port Captain, with either a single personal visit or a radio or telephone call. Once a yacht is registered with the authorities as in possession of the permit, it can be allowed to move freely between ports. Streamlining the present oppressive system will prove beneficial to Mexico.

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Here's a copy of a letter we wrote to officials at Mexico’s Department of Tourism: "My family and I intend to cruise in Mexico starting in October of 2002 aboard our 48-ft sloop Tamara Lee Ann. We expect to continue cruising in Mexico through the spring of 2003. We are very concerned, however, about the stories that we have been reading about arbitrary and excessive charges to enter and leave each Mexican port of call. If these stories are true, we may cut our planned cruise short or decide not to visit Mexico at all.

This would be a tremendous disappointment for us, as we have long hoped to spend considerable time in your country, getting to know your waters and your wonderful people. Would you consider making it easier for us, by perhaps implementing different clearing-in procedures, or maybe an annual cruising permit that would be good at all Mexican harbors? Living in California, Mexico is a natural place for us to visit on our boat.

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Peter Lange Adia, Lagoon 37 Oakland Peter — Off the top of our heads, we know there are port captains at Ensenada, Cedros Village, San Carlos (inside of Mag Bay), Cabo, La Paz, Puerto Escondido, Santa Rosalia, Bahia de Los Angeles, Punta Punasco, San Carlos (mainland side), Mazatlan, San Bias, Chacala, La Cruz, Nuevo Vallarta, Barra de Navidad, Manzanillo, Lazaro Cardenas, Z-town, and Acapulco. Where have we missed?

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Where do they come up with such figures. My guess is from one of those black, plastic 8-balls that were popular in the 70s. Is the boat worth 6k, 8-ball, or 4k? I can see the murky response from the 8-ball: "Ask later."

Then our insurance broker got the survey and told us that although our boat is now worth 10 times less than she was last year, the insurance premium, is five times as much. I'm wondering if, in the upside down, topsy-turvey insurance zone, it could get so bad that the premium is more than the hull coverage.

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Thanks for your work in putting together and running the 2001 Ha-Ha. We had a great time. We left Cabo on December 5 and made it back to the Bay Area on December 23.

I "'will be writing something for your campaign to change the check-in/out procedures in Mexico. In particular, I am concerned about how the check-in/out procedures can cause mariners to miss important weather windows.

Do you know what the requirements are for Mexican or other foreign cruisers for checking in while cruising the United States? We asked a few Canadian cruisers what was required of them when they entered the U.S. One told us they just had to place a phone call to an 800 number when they entered the country. Another told us they used the 800 number and had bought a decal for $25 with a number on it that they use as their registration when they enter a marina or guest docks at harbors. It sounded pretty simple. \ Ed Hoff Sorina, Columbia 45 San Bruno

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Puerto Vallarta, Mexico Barrie & Carole — Maybe it would help if we pointed out the difference in the U.S. 'waltz' and the Mexican 'waltz'. When a Canadian boat under 90 tons enters the United States, they check-in at a port of entry and pay a whopping $19 for a oneyear cruising permit. After that, they only have to make a phone call to the local Customs office at each new jurisdiction. In the case of Seattle to San Diego, most boats can get away with making a half dozen or fewer calls. Horiestly, Barrie and Carole, how can you compare that to Mexico, where cruisers have to spend a small fortune and endless hours every time they want to check in or out? If the Mexican system were as inexpensive and efficient as the U.S. system, there wouldn't be a single cruiser complaining.

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As of this date. I’ve heard from Master Mariners, and they have offered to try to arrange for free berthing while the schooner is in San Francisco. They have also invited us to keep Dauntless there through the Wooden Boat Show on June 23, which we would love to participate in.

Paul Plotts Schooner Dauntless San Diego Paul — Fantastic. We're eagerly looking forward to it — especially since we haven't sailed aboard a schooner in two years.

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The photo of the schooner Dauntless in your December issue made me do a double-take. A closer look and the text assured me that it was not the original marconi-rigged 42foot sloop/yawl Dauntless, which was built for and owned by Claude Benham. In 1938, Benham willed the boat to his crew — which included Masten Spencer, Curly Mitchell, and my dad, Walter Sandy.

My question is about the Benham Opening Day trophy, a bequest by Claude which is awarded to the yacht club with the best turnout each year. I assume that it has long since been retired and wonder where it is now? Do the owners of the present Dauntless also have a dinghy named Timid?

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John Bowie Soon to be Formerly of Oregon' John — Your compliments are too kind. If you've been away from the Bay Area for a number of years, you're going to notice two things: 1) Its become insanely crowded, and 2) There's nonetheless still all the room and tranquility in the world when you're out on the Bay enjoying a sail For the last two or three years, the Wanderer and de Mallorca have perhaps been the most active after-work sailors on all of San Francisco Bay, and we're here to tell you that the Bay offers the most beautiful, consistent, and enjoyable summertime urban sailing in the world. It is sensational.

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We sailed San Francisco Bay for over 20 years in a Snipe, a Windward 24, an Ericson 27, a Santana 30, and finally the best of them all, a Nonsuch 30. All the while we enjoyed reading your great magazine. Now that we’re retired in Roseville and are boatless, it’s great being able to get on the net and still enjoy your publication.

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A friend and I are discussing taking a long cruise, perhaps even doing a circumnavigation. We re also discussing a partnership as a possible structure for ownership of the boat. I noticed the letter inquiring about boat partnerships in a previous issue, and was interested to know if anybody responded with their experiences and possible documents for a partnership.

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I’m writing in response to the letter from Bill Waterhouse in the January,2002 issue. There’s a handy-dandy conversion factor that he can use: 1 h.p. = 746 watts. This, of course, assumes 100% conversion efficiency. I won’t go into the details of where this conversion factor came from, but it is somewhat like saying 1 foot = 12 inches. It’s not a fudge factor’, it’s real.

If Waterhouse desires the equivalent of 6 h.p. to drive his boat, it would require 746 X 6 watts — or 4476 watts at 100% efficiency. The process of converting from electrical energy to mechanical energy (watts to h.p.) will involve some loss (in the form of heat, mostly), and if he wants some speed control rather than simply on-off, there will be additional loss. With very good equipment, about 75% efficiency can be achieved.

That means the batteries should be capable of supplying 4476/0.75 or 5968 watts.

For a number of reasons, it would be better to run such a system at a higher voltage than 12 volts. This can be done by connecting the batteries in series. A good start would be 36 volts. At that voltage, the batteries must supply 5968/36 or 165.78 amps. The battery capacity is obtained by multiplying the amps times the time duration desired.

Waterhouse says he only wants 30 minutes of power. That requires 165.78/2 or 82.89 amphours. Batteries should never be discharged more than 50% of their rated capacity, therefore, the battery capacity should be at least 165.78 amphours. At 36 volts, that’s about equivalent to three 8D batteries connected in series.

I don’t'know what kind of dinghy he has, or how big a man he is, but that’s a bit more than I can simply "plop into the dinghy." If a generator is going to keep up with a 6 h.p. drain on the batteries, it would have to be equivalent to the power consumption — 5,968 watts — as a minimum. There’s also some loss involved in this process, and a generator shouldn’t be run at its full rating for extended periods. You’d probably be looking at about an 8kw unit to keep up.

I’m not familiar with the power requirements for his boat, but I suspect he could drive the boat for short periods on less than 6 h.p. Electric power isn’t totally impractical for short periods at relatively low power settings — as some folks have already demonstrated — but the above demonstrates that there are a few problems to face when tiying to use electric power for long distances. Hope this helps.

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My motto for the trimaran is ’add lightness', so we will only use six or eight batteries. However, those who need lead weight down low could get very creative.

Dave Cloud, the builder and crew chief on my hydroplane, holds many of the current distance and speed records for electric cars and boats, and converts cars for a living. Check out the hydroplane at http://www.cloudelectric.com, and click 'Cloud EV Projects'. Dave consults on projects and also builds things; he is a real resource for electric boat conversions.

Incidentally, we missed the 70 mph U.S. record by 10 mph at Devil’s Lake, Oregon, last October, so I’ll be running again in March outside Sacramento with a second electric motor mounted on top of the first one and fresher batteries. Target: 75+ mph.

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While in Florida last spring, my husband and I were reading a treasured Latitude cover to cover when we were quite taken aback by one reader's unfavorable report on Fort Lauderdale.

Since we had been West Coast cruisers — we did the funfilled '98 Ha-Ha aboard Sanctuary and the '99 Ha-Ha aboard Tapatai, we entered the world of East Coast cruising with caution and without local knowledge of Fort Lauderdale. Having sold our Ericson 46 Tapatai in California, we were beginning the all-too-familiar experience of refitting a new-to-us Tayana 52 Shamal. This meant searching for the best boatyard, marine stores, and marine service people. We had positive experiences that began in the fall of 2000 and are continuing today. In fact, here are some specific recommendations we'd make to fellow cruisers: Summerfield Boat Works (www.summerJieldboat.com), a full-service yard with a cordial, punctual, and competent staff on the New River; Unlimited Electronics and Ward's Electronics. Beard's Refrigeration; Sailorman (www.sailorman.com), West Marine, and Boat Owners Warehouse (888-262-8799), for boat gear; and Gaghagen’s Diving & Towing Salvage Company, (pager 954992-4461).

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If that magazine ad for Johnny Walker Scotch with the sailboat in it looks vaguely familiar, it may be because the boat is Yankee, a local Master Mariner boat. The 52-ft schooner — owned by the Ford family for decades — was built at the Stone Boatyard in 1906.

Eight bells.

We are sorry to report thab Leroy Spindler passed away two days after New Years of age-related infirmities. He was 81. Although not a sailor, many in the sailing community knew Leroy. Until just the last few years, his was the smiling face you saw at our boat show booths, and the one who delivered your monthly Latitudes to East Bay outlets. No matter when or where you saw him, he always had time for a warm hello thdt made you feel good the rest of the day. Leroy is survived by three sons — one of whom is the founder and publisher of this magazine — and six grandchildren. He will be missed.

Containing the problem.

AMRIE — the Alliance of Maritime Regional Interests in Europe — has launched a campaign for better container ships.

Citing a claim that as many as 10,000 containers are lost overboard each year (that's not a misprint), AMRIE has called for changes in port fees that now exclude deck cargo, thereby providing incentives to design vessels with relatively high deck cargo capacities. The campaign is aimed at persuading European governments to address the problem.

Quote of the month.

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The real old man and the sea.

Gregorio Fuentes, the last of Ernest Hemingway's old fishing buddies, passed away at his home in Cuba on January 13. He whs 104.

As detailed in one of many books written about 'Papa', Hemingway used to like to get friends drunk after a day of fishing and have them tell stories. One night, one fellow told the story of a tryst with a hotel maid who had come to clean his room. Another told of rescuing another man’s foot after it had been severed by a train. Fuentes, Hemingway's boat captain on Pilar, normally didn't take part in this gringo silliness.

But that night, Papa finally got him to open up. Fuentes told the story of being a young orphan in a starving village in Cuba, of going out by himself one day in a boat and catching a huge swordfish that towed him far out to sea, and of finally making it back to shore with only the shark-shredded carcass of the once mighty fish lashed to the boat.

The main change Hemingway made when he wrote the story into a book was changing the main character to an old man. And now you know the rest of the story.

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SIGHTINGS volvo race — leg III Leg IV of the Volvo Ocean Race is underway as you read this. It started off Sydney, Australia, on January 27, the day this issue went to press. The winning boats should arrive in Rio de Janeiro on or about February 19. To check on how they’re doing in (almost) real time, log

Left, ‘Assa Abloy’ crew show off their red socks — a tribute to Whitbread great Peter Blake — after their first-place arrival in Auckland. Center, the addition of Chris Perkins helped turn ‘Assa’s luck around. Right, Paul Cayard joins ‘Amer Sports One’ for Leg IV.

onto the race’s excellent website, www.volvooceanrace.org.

In the meantime, we’ll catch you up on Leg III, perhaps the most memorable chapter so far in this nine-leg, 32,000-mile dash around the world that started in Southampton back in September.

You may recall that the first 630 miles of the relatively short 2,200mile Leg III from Sydney to Auckland was ‘siamesed’ onto the Sydney Hobart Race, which started December 26. This was a first for both the Volvo Race and the Sydney-Hobart.

It’s perhaps a good thing that participation in the Sydney-Hobart has fallen off dramatically in the wake of the disastrous 1998 race (only 79 starters in 2001; the all-time high was 371 in 1994), because Bass Strait once again served up some of the weirdest weather imaginable. After starting in almost dead calm, the fleet was soon dropping sails and battening hatches as a huge waterspout formed right in front of them and started ‘hunting’ boats! It rolled right over several of the leaders (see the Sightings article immediately following this one), but fortunately only sideswiped the Volvo boats Amer Sports One, illbruck Challenge, Team News Corp (with Peter Isler aboard for this leg) and Assa Abloy. The first two also suffered ripped sails in brief 60-knot gusts, but all recovered quickly and took off for the brutal beat through 30-ft waves and into the teeth of a southerly ‘buster.’ In these conditions, even many of the seasoned Volvo crews suffered debilitating seasickness.

The boats suffered, too. The Volvo 60 Team Tyco had to retire from Leg III after suffering rudder failure. They returned to Sydney under emergency rudder and will rejoin the fleet for the Leg IV start. Amer Sports Too broke a headstay and had some less-serious rudder damage, but the all-women crew were able to make repairs and soldier on.

To the surprise of most, the well-oiled illbruck machine, which had won Legs I and II, did not “pull a Steinlagef' as many expected she would. (In the 1989-’90 Whitbread Race, forerunner to the Volvo, Peter Blake’s big red ketch Steinlager II won all six legs.) In fact, Kostecki’s German team finished a rather unremarkable fifth. An even bigger surprise was who won — the Swedish entry Assa Abloy, skippered by Britain’s Neil MacDonald, navigated by the Bay Area’s Mark Rudiger and with new tactician Chris Larson calling the shots. In fact, they not only won the Volvo contingent of the race, they were the first boat to finish, followed five minutes later by Grant Dalton’s Amer Sports One. (In all fairness, the waterspout and associated stormy weather took two favored boats out of the race — in all, nine boats retired — and caused a nine-hour delay for defending line honors winner Nicorette, continued on outside column of next sightings page Page 92 •

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105 days In another of those tales that defy belief, two fishermen were found alive after spending more than four months drifting across the South Pacific on their half-

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adrift sunken boat.

Lafaele Tofi and his three-man crew set out from the West Samoan island of Upolu way back on June 25. As was their custom, they headed 100 miles out to sea for a week of fishing. Their boat was a small, aluminum version of a twin-hulled island-style boat called an alia. The next day, as the men hauled in their nets with what felt like the mother of all catches, they realized too late that the load was

which was the first ‘regular’ Sydney-Hobart boat to arrive.) The third, fourth and fifth Volvo boats in — Team SEB, News Corp and illbruck — all finished within about five minutes of each other. The luckless djuice Dragons and Amer Sports Too rounded out the roster.

Per the Volvo rules, each Volvo participant spent exactly 3.5 hours tied to the dock in Hobart — just long enough to receive any awards and give a few short interviews — then they were restarted for the ‘second half of the leg to Auckland.

Taking a bold course north of the rest of the fleet, Assa held onto their lead for the remaining 2,050-mile sprint to Auckland, despite a determined push by second-place finisher Amer Sports One to cany a

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win into skipper Grant Dalton’s hometown. (‘They won, but we got more cheers!” laughed Amer Sports One tactician Dee Smith.) Assa’s win of the Sydney-Hobart and Leg III overall seemed to confirm that they may have the ‘revolving door’ afterguard finally figured out.

Not only that, they did it ‘shorthanded’. Bowman Jason Carrington collapsed on deck soon after the Hobart restart and spent the remainder of the leg below on antibiotics and painkillers (an intestinal infection was suspected). Later in the leg, helmsman/trimmer Guillermo

too heavy for the boat. Coupled with wind and waves, it was pulling them under.

Initially unable to cut the lines to the net, the four started throwing everything overboard to lighten the boat. Eventually, they even jettisoned the outboard motors.

They were finally able to saw through the cables to the net, but now the boat was

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Above left, ‘Nicorette’ practicing for the Sydney-HobarL Right, the twister passes in front of ‘Assa Abloy’ (this photo was taken from the Volvo 60 ‘New Corp’).

Spread, this still photo was from a video feed that was going on ‘Nicorette’ as the twister bore down on them.

Altadill was also put out of commission with milder intestinal problems. Helmsman Magnus Olsson, at 53 the old man of the fleet, was also confined below for the leg as he recovered from back injuries suffered in a fall during the Sydney-Hobart. Onboard medic Klas “Klabbe” Nylof was kept extremely busy playing the dual roles of paramedic (helped by radio consultations with the race’s shoreside doctor), and substitute crewman — along with everyone else — when it came time for sail changes.

In overall standings going into Leg IV, illbruck Challenge still tops the leaderboard, followed (in order) by Amer Sports One, News Corp, Assa Abloy, Team Tyco, SEB, djuice Dragons and Amer Sports Too. It’s fairly clear that illbruck's dominance of the fleet is fading. This is through no fault or particular weakness in the team. (With two years of practice on the boat before the start, Kostecki and his crew are still the team to beat.) But as other crews get to know their boats as well, they’re all getting demonstrably better.

The final big surprise of the new year was the announcement that Paul Cayard will call tactics aboard Amer Sports One for Leg IV. You will doubtless recall that Cayard, late of Larry Ellison’s Oracle Challenge America’s Cup syndicate, skippered EF Language, the winning boat in the ‘97-’98 Round the World race. Paul takes over for Dee Smith, who has been nursing a bad shoulder through most of the race and decided to returned to the States for corrective surgery. Dee will return to the boat in time for the March 9 start of Leg V.

twister and shout The following is a report from Gavin Brady on one of the more unusual Sydney-Hobart races in many a year. He sailed aboard Ludde Ingvall’s 79ft Swedish maxi Nicorette, which took line honors in 2000.

So there we were going down the coast of Australia on the fine maxi yacht Nicorette, racing side by side with the toughest yachtsmen in the world on their Volvo 60s. 1 was driving the boat with the old sea dog, Skip (James Baxter), on the main. Rodney was down below getting a head start on the golden blanket award. All was fine on board, though continued on outside column of next sightings page

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SIGHTINGS twister — cont’d it looked like a hard night ahead, reaching in 25 knots of SW wind.

Skip's keen senses picked up the shift in the wind and a large rain cloud coming at us from about five miles away. We were leading the fleet with illbruck a mile to windward and the other Volvo 60s about three miles behind.

As we watched the rain cloud, a funnel came out of the bottom and went straight down to the ocean. Skip and I didn’t think too much of it other than we might get a bit more wind, so we had better get ready to change to a smaller sail.

As this rain cloud with waterspout came toward us, it seemed like it would pass behind us, but after awhile, we weren’t so sure. 1 assigned continued on outside column of next sightings page

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105 days half-sunk and powerless. The four climbed aboard the small tin sunroof with a few flares, which were soon fired off — unseen — to alert passing ships.

The oldest of the four, 60-year-old To’o loane, died at the end of July. His body was rolled into the sea. The body of crewman Tofi Lauvi was slipped into the sea a month later. Tofi and his remaining crewman, 27-year-old Telea Pa’a, subsisted on rainwater collected in a tarp, fish they caught, and swimming out to grab

SIGHTINGS — cont’d floating coconuts. They also ate birds when they could catch them, and a small shark and turtle that swam into the halfsunk boat. And they prayed a lot.

They were finally spotted by another local fisherman as they drifted past the tip of Papua, New Guinea, on November 6. Both have now recovered from the ordeal and are home (Tofi’s wife and six children were certainly glad to see him).

Tofi is already planning to buy another boat and get back to fishing.

twister — cont’d sea dog Skip to watch it as we changed sails. As it got closer, we could see it was getting much bigger very fast. Now we started to think we’d better get all hands on deck, as none of us had ever been close to one of these things.

Skip made the call to tack and head back north, but it was too late.

I had made the call to “Outrun the twister!” Behind us, the Volvo fleet had dropped their sails as it was going ahead of them. We didn’t have this option, as the funnel was coming straight at us very fast. And it was huge. Even a mile away, you could tell it was around 300 feet across at the ocean end and reaching over 3,000 feet up into the sky.

The idea of outrunning it was turning bad, as there was no wind at all and we were just sitting there with all our sails up.

The twister sounded like a train and was still coming straight at us.

At this point, we had no idea what was about to happen as none of us had ever been so close to a twister. I say “twister” not “waterspout” as ~--— ---s'*** .-o&k

S**t happens, especially at mark roundings. In this sequence of photos taken during the Golden Gate Midwinters, the J/24 ‘Medfly’gets “eradicated” by the Cal 29 ‘Boog A Loo’ near Blackaller Buoy. Fortunately, no one was injured and both boats lived to race another day.

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if was too big to be a waterspout anymore. You could see the power of the thing as it approached. Off to the right side there was a large amount of wind coming out of it and ripping up the water. It was hard to know for sure, but it looked over 60

knots.

We got all the sails down and turned on the motor. We got lifejackets and harnesses on as fast as we could. It was still coming at us, 100 feet away — and there was still no wind at all.

Thirty seconds later, we got hit by a gust of wind so strong it laid Nicorette over until the lifelines were underwater. At this point, we had no sails up and three tons of water ballast in the windward tank. The wind gear reached 70 knots before it was blown over out of position.

This first gust of wind was over in 20 seconds. The next thing we knew, we’re in no wind again and right in the middle of the twister. It was a funny feeling to be in the middle of something so powerful. This calm was good for Skip as once again he showed concern for the rest of the crew by lifting the liferaft onto his back and heading for the main hatch.

It was about 300 feet across, maybe more, and there was a strong vacuum sucking things toward the sky. Rodney thought he could see a few cows and maybe one or two Abo's floating around inside the twister.

The mainsail is on a track system like the Volvo 60s, so the main can come up and down easy when reefing. This proved to be a big problem as now the twister started sucking the main up again. It was like someone was on the winch, but it was just the twister doing it!

As we came out the other side, we got hit again with another, even stronger gust of wind. We think over 100 knots. I’ve never been in more than 55 knots, so I have no idea what 100 knots is — but I do know there was a lot more wind than I’ve ever seen. The problem this time was that the twister had raised the main halfway up and the wind was from the other side. The three tons of water was on the leeward side with the main backed hard against the runner, so over we went. We were laid down for about 20 seconds again, then the wind dropped to about 40 knots and pelted us with hailstones the size of golf balls.

After it passed, we got the jib up and started to sort out our boat again. The main was ripped and we had to change to another main, which took all night.

It was all very new to us, but we all lived to tell. Our advice for anyone else in the same situation: If you ever see one of these things, do not tiy to outrun it. '

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SIGHTINGS rolex winners

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US Sailing announced in mid-January that Steve Fossett and Cory Sertl are the Rolex Yachtsman and Yachtswoman of the Year for 2001 Fossett, who lives at least part of the year at a home in Carmel, is well known to Latitude readers and the general sailing world as the owner/skipper of the 125-ft mega-catamaran PlayStation. Away from sailing, the 57-year-old Chicago-based entrepreneur is also known for his records in ballooning and flying.

PlayStation, the first of the new breed of mega-cats, was launched in 1998 and immediately started setting new records. But what really put Fossett on the Rolex radar screen in ‘01 was his incredible transAtlantic run just last fall. Between October 5-10, PlayStation obliterated the old mark in this holy grail of sailing by almost two full days.

The 4-day, 17-hour, 28-minute mark — a 25.78 knot average — will likely stand for a long time. En route, Fossett and his 9-man crew also

In what surely qualifies as the ‘senior moment’ of the month, in the January Letters section, we inferred that local boatyards discourage boaters from putting down new teak decks because they’re so expensive.

This wayward observation was in response to a letter from a couple with a new-to-them CT 48 whose teak-over-plywood decks leaked. They claimed they had called “several well-known yards” in the Bay Area, all of which had apparently suggested that they “rip it (the teak) ofl and glass it over.”

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Above, Steve Fossett (!) and Cory Sertl. Below, ‘PlayStation’ at the start of the Atlantic run.

set a new day’s run mark of 687.17 miles, an average of 28.6 knots for the previous 24 hours.

That combined accomplishment alone would have landed Fossett in the running for the Rolex, but PlayStation (whose significant Bay Area connections are navigator Stan Honey and crewman Peter Hogg) also set other sailing speed records in 2001, including Miami-New York; around the Isle of Wight, and across the English Channel.

Five other sailors were nominated in the men’s Rolex competition this year; Laser and windsurfing champion Peter DeWolf of Florida, J/22 and Flying Scot North American Champion Greg Fisher of Ohio, 49er World Champions (and brothers) Jonathan and Charlie McKee of Seattle, Star North American Champion George Szabo of San Diego — and San Francisco-based 1-14 World Champion Zach Berkowitz.

The selection of Fossett was a little “out of the box" for Rolex honors, which historically recognizes class or multiple fleet champions. However, there is precedent for unusual and ‘newsworthy’ feats — Cam Lewis, for example, won the ‘93 Rolex for crewing on the 86-ft catamaran Commodore Explorer when Bruno Peyron set the first non-stop round-the-world mark in the Trophee Jules Verne. In the final tally, Fossett’s ‘golden October’ was thought significant enough to sway the vote in his honor. The panel also pointed out that Fossett not only had the vision and the leadership qualities to accomplish this goal, but achieved victory on many different levels, including design, construction, weather routing, boat handling and speed.

(Fossett’s trans-Atlantic run was also thought significant enough across the pond to earn him — at last count — six other significant awards, including the Union National pour la Course au Large for outstanding achievement in sailing for 2001; the Atlantic Trophy [City of Lyon], created for former record holder [1990] Jet Services 5; the Atlantic Naval Architect's Trophy, presented to PlayStation s designers Gino Morrelli and Pete Melvin, and the EDS 24 Hour Record Trophy for the boat’s new day’s run mark.) f “I’m a happy, happy guy,” said Fossett, who holds a total of 18 world sailing and speed records with PlayStation and his former boat, the 60-ft trimaran Lakota. “It’s very gratifying to be recognized by my peers in the sport, especially for the kind of sailing I do.”

‘The TransAtlantic record is far and away the most important to me,” he continued. “There have been 24 attempts in 11 years to break it_three of them by me." Fossett credited his dedicated crew and designers for honing this new frontier of design to its maximum efficiency.

Sharing Rolex honors with Fossett is Cory Sertl, of Rochester, New York, who also won this award in 1995. In 2001. she was cited by the panel for her versatility in two disciplines: fleet racing and match racing. She also showed prowess both as a skipper and a crew at several different regattas throughout the year.

The last time I won this award, it wasn’t for winning a lot of regattas so much as consistently doing well. This time around, it s more satisfying, having won some regattas that I’m really proud of.

Those include second in the Yngling NAs, third in the Yngling Worlds and, first in the prestigious Boat/US Santa Maria Cup and, perhaps most significant, the Rolex International Women’s Keelboat Championship in Annapolis in September. That biennial event, which Sertl had been trying to win as a skipper ever since she crewed to win the inaugural event in 1985, is considered the pinnacle of women’s international fleet racing. In 2001, the regatta switched from J/24s to J/ 22s, attracting even more high-caliber sailors than it had belore. Vicand winning four of 10 races against a record 60 teams, was column of next sightings page

SIGHTINGS rolex winners — cont’d especially sweet for Sertl, who sailed with two longtime friends (and former Rolex Yachtswomen of the Year themselves), Pease Glaser (‘00) of Long Beach, and Susan Taylor (‘87) of Annapolis. Another friend, Dina Kowalyshn of Annapolis, was also on the crew.

Cory faced some stiff competition in the Women’s category this year.

Other nominees included Tasar International and U.S. National Champion Carol Buchan of Washington, Yngling CORK Champion Carol Cronin of Rhode Island, Yngling North American Champion Courtenay Dey of Rhode Island and New York, and J/22 East Coast Champion Nancy Habe^land of Maryland.

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teak decks Well, to start with, those calls must have referred to a different Bay Area than this one. Because we received numerous — and, okay, well-deserved — comeuppances from several well-known local yards that do lots of teak deck work, and from owners who have had beautiful teak decks installed or repaired locally. For example, Mariner Boatyard in Alameda wrote to say they had recently put a new teak deck on the 63-ft Alden yawl Cock Robin. To give a little more ‘equal time,’

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we contacted two other deck specialists — Svendsen’s Boat Works in Alameda and Rutherford’s Boat Shop in Richmond — to help extricate our foot from our mouth.

“We have guys here that specialize in this sort of work,” says Sean Svendsen of Svendsen’s Boat Works — which has been doing fine wood, fiberglass and metal work since Sean’s continued

Coiy, who works with her husband, Mark, in their family-owned, Rochester-based real estate development company. Sertl and Glaser are presently crewing for ‘89 Rolex winner Jody Swanson on a 2004 Olympic Yngling campaign. The 42-year-old mother of two young children, Sertl is also a tireless promoter of sailing. She is a past member of US Sailing’s Olympic Sailing Committee, and currently serves on that organization's Women’s Sailing Committee.

She also coaches high school sailing at Rochester YC, where she is a member.

Established in 1961 by US Sailing and sponsored by Rolex Watch, U.S.A., since 1980, the Rolex Yachtsman and Yachtswoman of the Year Awards recognize outstanding on-the-water achievement in the calendar year just concluded. The winners will be honored at a luncheon and press conference at the New York Yacht Club in New York City on February 15, where they will be presented with Rolex timepieces.

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Friday, December 18 and Saturday, the 19th, marked the Bay Area’s turn to carry the Olympic torch. Scores of people known and unknown jogged, walked or rolled (in wheelchairs) their .2 miles of fame with the flame. Ignited by sunrays in Athens, Greece, the U.S. portion of the torch relay has been going strong since it took off from Atlanta Spread, ‘Alma’ bears the Olympic torch (circled) across the Bay. Above, Captain Al Lutz with the well-traveled flame. on December 4 for its 65-day, 13,500-mile journey through 46 states. (Only Hawaii, Minnesota, and North and South Dakota were left out.) More than 11,000 torch bearers later, the relay ends as the final runner takes it into the Opening Ceremonies of the Winter Games in Salt Lake City on February 8.

In our case, it also floated for an afternoon — carried on the deck of the 1891 Scow schooner Alma from Jack London Square in Oakland to Hyde Street Pier in San Francisco. This was a fitting tribute for the Bay Area, as the Alma, one of the most active historical ships operating in the world, represents a large chunk of local sailing history. Besides the real torch, she also carried a figurative torch for sailors as the only sailboat to participate in the relay. Other participating vessels included two Coast Guard cutters on the East Coast, a Manhattan ferry, a Mississippi riverboat, Alaskan canoe and a Seattle tug. The torch also traveled at various times via automobile, airplane, train, dogsled, skis, horse-drawn sleigh, snowmobile, ice skates and even by covered wagon!

Despite twice-hourly updates on the' torch’s progress throughout its two days hereabouts, only one spectator boat* showed up for its picturesque journey across the Bay: two guys in a tiny Zodiac. The rest of you missed a spectacular show by*both the Oakland and San Francisco fireboats, which at times framed Alma in dual rainbows.

Despite concerns that wind would either A) blow the flame out, or B) catch Alma on fire — just kidding — the voyage went off without a hitch. To keep a tight schedule, skipper Al Lutz motorsailed most of the way, but did manage to actually sail the torch with just wind power for a minute or two before pulling into Hyde Street Pier.

It was really cool.

Oh, and by the way, you can probably guess the most common question asked of torch relay organizers: What if the flame does get blown out?

The answer? Don’t worry. Several spare lanterns in the 50-vehicle entourage following the torch relay keep the fire burning.

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SIGHTINGS dry canal on the way Those traveling the Baja Peninsula in the near future may think they’re seeing a mirage when they spot a fully-rigged sailboat coming down the road. But it won’t be a mirage, heat-induced hallucination or apparition. It will be Marina Seca’s newest addition to moving yachts efficiently and affordably between the U.S. and Mexico — the longawaited Dry Canal.

As most any sailor who has been to Mexico knows, San Carlos’ Marina Seca is no stranger to moving, storing or mooring boats. In fact, the place has nearly become a one-stop operation for boats South of the Border. American businessman and boater Ed Grossman originally built Marina San Carlos in 1976, and added the Marina Seca (“dry marina”) storage area soon after. Both have grown considerably since.

Marina San Carlos now has 380 berths for power and sailboats, as well as 30 fixed mooring buoys. The nearby Marina Seca can presently accommodate almost 600 sail or power boats in a safe and totally secure storage yard less than a quarter mile from the marina.

For many of those who-wish to leave their boats in Mexico until the next season, Marina Seca is a dream come true. For those who 'have exhausted their cruising in Mexico and decided to head home, Marina Seca’s overland transport offers a reasonable alternative to the long bash up the coast. Their state-of-the-art trucks and trailers have delivered hundreds of boats, both sail and power, from all over the U.S. to and from their staging area in Tucson.

Ed Grossman and his family have worked hard for boaters on other fronts. He and his wife, Terri, helped convince the Mexican government to implement what most cruisers now take for granted, the current 10-year import permits for boats. They are currently lobbying for easier check in-out procedures. The Grossman daughters, Heidi, 32, and Kiki, 28, help run day-to-day operations at the San Carlos facilities.

Part of Ed Grossman’s dream has always been to transport boats across the Baja Peninsula. This could save boaters thousands of dollars and weeks of time. Since it was impossible to dig a water canal, Grossman conceived the idea of trucking boats overland, from Bahia de Los Angeles, at the north end of the Sea of Cortez, to Santa Rosalita on the Pacific side — and back the other way. As an added bonus, he warn ted to do it with fully-rigged sailboats, thus saving sailors additional hundreds of dollars in unstepping and restepping masts.

Such an ambitious project would take years in the United States. In Mexico, progress is more often measured in decades. While the bureaucracy plodded slowly along, Grossman bought property in Bahia de Los Angeles and Santa Rosalita. He also bought a new dredge to clear a channel in Bahia de Los Angeles deep enough to compensate for tides up to 20 feet, and a new Caterpillar boom tractor to lift large rocks out of the water and pull masts, if needed.

He also contacted sailboat manufacturers. Since no one had ever transported a fully-rigged sailboat for any long distance, Grossman sought their advice and comments. Almost all manufacturers and designers concurred that transport speeds of approximately 35 mph would not put any more strain on a rig than it would experience during most conditions at sea. Their only possible caveat was for wooden masts. In this case, says Ed, ‘They just advised us to drive a little slower.”

Now, after seven years of paperwork and permits, the long-awaited Dry Canal may finally become reality — this year! Grossman hopes to be in operation by the time the next Baja Ha-Ha Rally heads down the coast in November.

The charge for transporting a 40-ft sailboat across the dry canal — which will traverse the peninsula less than 280 miles south of the border — will be approximately $1,000. The trip will take approximately three hours. Imagine the savings for cruisers in the Sea of Cortez who have historically had to round Cabo and spend weeks bashing up the coast. Powerboaters will save hundreds if not thousands of additional dollars in fuel. When combined with Marina Seca’s yacht transport service to and from the U.S. — the average cost of trucking a sailboat continued on outside column of next sightings page

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teak decks Dad, Sven, started the yard in 1965.

Among the more notable local boats sporting complete Svendsen’s teak decks are the Frers 58 Swiftsure, and, most recently, the 90-ft luxury liveaboard houseboat Pelisa, built by the yard last year for a Hawaiian owner. “This may sound biased, but I don’t believe there’s another yard that can do teak decks as well or as quickly as we can do them.”

Laying a complete teak deck is a very

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labor-intensive job, says Sean. Estimating it accurately is even harder. “We need to know how many things have to be taken off the deck and put back on, whether or not there’ll be teak in the sole of the cockpit or on top of hatches, where all the bends and corners are, how to do the margin boards — and how long it will take to put this big jigsaw puzzle together, adhere it, fill the seams and sand it off. It’s

to or from San Diego is $4,000 — the dry canal could represent a whole new era of Mexican cruising possibilities.

Grossman plans to train locals from Bahia de Los Angeles to run the Canal under the supervision of his younger daughter, Kiki. She will handle all paperwork and business details at their San Carlos headquarters.

Meanwhile, improvements also continue back at Marina San Carlos.

The current fuel dock is being expanded and renovated, and construction has already begun on a new 450-ft seawall for sail and power boats over 50 feet. With the addition of a new marina office building

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a big deal and the sky’s the limit.”

Richmond’s Jeff Rutherford was actually in the midst of installing a new teak deck on the rejuvenated 1911 P-Class sloop Joyant when we called. It’s one of four or five complete new decks — and countless teak deck repairs — that Jeff has done in his 25 years of specializing in wooden boat repair.

“A properly installed teak deck is going to cost some money," says Rutherford. “For a 48-ft boat, I’d probably tell an owner it would be a minimum of $20,000, and that can go up to $ 100,000 depending on what else needs to be repaired. For example, on a CT-48 with a leaking teak deck, it's not the teak that’s leaking, it’s the fiberglass or plywood underneath the teak. And if it’s plywood, that could be rotted, and if you have problems with the plywood, you have to take that off to check the deck beams. . . . You have to keep digging until you fix the whole problem, so it can be much more involved than just replacing the teak.”

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with yacht club, laundry, bar and cafe several years ago, San Carlos has become an ever more popular destination for boats moving up and down the Sea of Cortez. With the addition of the Dry Canal, it will undoubtedly become even more so.

Marina Seca welcomes boater comments and feedback on the Dry Canal, as well as on other current projects. Contact Kiki Grossman by email at Kiki@marinasancarlos.com.

—John skoriak

singlehanded — and single-legged — circumnavigator robert case "I crossed my outbound track and completed the solo circumnavigation at 10:30 p.m,, December 29, 2001 — as I was being boarded by both the Coast Guard and Border Patrol in the approaches to San Diego .Harbor," reports Robert Case of the San Diego-based Suntrekka, an Endurance 37 ketch. "My visitors arrived in the dark with no lights and were welcomed aboard. They were courteous and professional, and I escaped with only a warning ticket for out-of-date flares. I never even knew the Border Patrol had boats!

"My sail up from Costa Rica began November 24, and included about 250 hours of motoring,” continues Case, who lost one of his legs during a stint in the military. “I stayed between 60 and 180 miles off the coast. If I did it again at the same time of year, I'd probably stay a bit closer to the coast and stop to rest in anchorages along the way. I lost 20 pounds during the trip from having to tend four sails. I beat into mostly light winds till after Cabo San Robert Case.

Lucas, then beat into moderate winds till 100 miles south of Ensenada — when the wind gave out altogether.

"I had stayed 180 miles outside the Gulf of Tehuantepec — actually, I stayed outside a line drawn across the Gulf. When it blew 25 in the Gulf, it was never more than 10-15 where I was. The winds were all NW and NE, and the only high wind I experienced was crossing outside the Sea of Cortez after a quick stop in Manzanillo for fuel. Even so, they were only 25 to 30. I found the weather forecasts broadcast on SSB by the Coast Guard to be fairly accurate and sufficient for my needs. I'm now reconnecting to civilization after four years around the globe. It’s good to be home."

Well done, Robert. By the way. Latitude 38 will be hosting a party for all circumnavigators at Sail Expo in April. We hope you'll be able to make it. For details, see www.latitude38.com/features/circumnav.htm.

coast watch The Coast Guard continues security patrols in and around most port facilities in the San Francisco Bay. For those of you con tinuing to sail/motor 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 our best resources. You are our "neighborhood watch program." Please continue to report any unusual or suspicious activity to the Coast Guard via telephone (415-399-3451), VHF radio, or simply contact 911. We have received some excellent information which we’ve either used directly or forwarded to the appropriate federal or state authority.

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sailboats It’s been a ’long time passing’ since Alsberg Brothers produced the Carl Schumacher-designed Express 34 and 37. The year was 1988 when the last boats were lovingly built and delivered to waiting owners. Then Santa Cruz builders fell on hard times and, along with Alsberg, Olson and Santa Cruz Yachts, found it too hard to stay in the business. The Express 34 and 37 tooling was purchased from the bankrupt Alsberg Bros. Boat Builders by a small group of Express boat fans led by Carl Schumacher — a defensive measure to keep the molds from falling into hands that might produce an inferior product. Several attempts were made to find another quality boat builder, but none of them worked out. The tooling has stayed in storage for these last 13 years in Santa Cruz without being used.

In the fall of 2001, the owners of the tooling decided that the molds should be put to a better use. They contacted distinguished Santa Cruz area sculptor, Richard Deutsch, to see if he were interested in the molds for artistic purposes.

Rich, who has sailed on Gaby and Glenn Isaacson’s Express 37 Re-Quest in the past, jumped at the opportunity. The molds are now at his studio, where he prepared work from them and other boats for a major show of sailboat-inspired art

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look at the boat.”

Part of the reason for the extravagant pricetag is that teak has skyrocketed in price in the last decade or so. To keep costs down as much as possible, Rutherford actually bids his teak deck jobs with no markup in materials, selling only his labor and expertise.

Jeff suggests that our CT owners — or anyone else contemplating a new teak deck — shop around some more. "Call more yards, talk to people on the docks, talk to the wooden boat community. See who they like and recommend. Since a new deck can be put on with the boat in the water, you don’t even need to use a yard. There are a half-dozen local independents I could name who could do an excellent job.

“In the end, the customer is going to have to decide what’s a deal and what’s too expensive. Personally, I think it’s worth it to go with someone you like, even if it costs a bit more.”

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as art that premiered at Santa Cruz’s Museum of Art and History on January 26.

Deutsch, who normally works in bronze and stone, quickly learned the secrets of fiberglass and carbon fiber with the help of local luminary Larry Tuttle of Water Rat. A special ‘sailors evening’ will be held at the Museum on Thursday, February 21, starting at 5:30

Richard Deutsch in the E37 mold.

p.m. where the art- -ist, naval architect Carl Schumacher and other prominent sailing figures will be present. All sailors are welcome at what should prove to be a memorable show of complex curves and forms from these two great designs. The Museum of Xrt and History (MAH) is located at the McPherson Center, 705 Front Street in downtown Santa Cruz (corner of Front and Cooper Streets). The phone number is (831) 4291964. This is a ‘don’t-miss’ event for those who love good design and good company!

— glenn isaacson /

resulting in one helicopter sortie and approximately 100 hours of personnel time trying to resolve these cases. The following are some of the more interesting cases from the past month. (See more about hoax mayday calls in a feature article elsewhere in this issue.)

December 19 — At 6:15 p.m., Group San Francisco Operations Center received a call from the F/V Emyle, which reported they were taking on water in the northern part of Monterey Bay. Initial information was difficult to obtain as the two-man crew of the Emyle spoke Vietnamese and very little English. In addition, a hoax caller located in Salinas made several transmissions that interfered with communications with the distressed vessel. A 47-joot motor lifeboat (MLB) from Station Monterey and an Air Station San Francisco helicopter were directed to respond. The Coast Guard Cutter Active, a 210-foot Medium Endurance Cutter transiting the area, overheard the transmissions on radio direction finding gear and diverted to assist.

Establishing reliable communications with the distressed vessel was tough. Finally, a Vietnamese-speaking crewmember on duty at Station Carquinez was phone patched (a radio to phone link) to the F/V Emyle through the Group Communications Center. The specific position and other information were obtained through the translator and our units were then able to proceed directly to the scene. The helicopter located the Emyle making way toward Santa Cruz and guided the MLB on scene. Just as the MLB arrived on scene, the Emyle lost power and began sinking. Due to rough sea conditions, an initial attempt to directly transfer the two-person crew to the MLB was unsuccessful and the MLB was slightly damaged. Finally, the F/V's crew was directed to enter the water and were safely recovered by the MLB. The Emyle sank a short while later. The crew was transferred safely ashore in Santa Cruz.

The operator of the Emyle was able to transmit mayday and “Help”, but otherwise spoke very little English. His signal was also weak. The hoax caller's repeated transmissions repeatedly stepped on broadcasts from the Emyle, making an already poor communications situation worse. It could possibly have cost the crew of the Emyle their lives.

December 23-24 — At 9:50 p.m.. Group San Francisco received a report of a 24-ft sailing vessel overdue from San Leandro Marina. The three persons aboard had gone out on a fishing trip in the South Bay. The reporting party was unsure of what time they got underway, but stated they were to return around '5 p.m. During the initial interview, the reporting party stated that the vessel’s running lights were not working, no signaling or survival gear was aboard, the vessel had an inoperative marine radio, and the passengers had left their cell phones in their vehicle.

Group San Francisco issued an urgent marine information broadcast (UMIB) and conducted harbor checks. When the harbor checks yielded no new information, a 41 -ft utility boat (UTB) was launched to search in the popular fishing spots, as well as the approaches to San Leandro Channel. Within an hour, the UTB located the unlit vessel hard aground outside the San Leandro Channel. Due to the water depth, the UTB was unable to approach the vessel, but was able to communicate with a loudhailer. After we ascertained that the people onboard were safe, the Alameda Fire Department responded with a small inflatable to take the crew off the boat."

The obvious lesson here is the need for reliable communications, preferably a fixed marine VHF radio with a handheld backup unit or cellular phone. Comms would have saved the operator’s girlfriend a lot of worry and facilitated much more timely assistance to the boat. A second lesson here is the need for a ‘float plan’ — a detailed itinerary for the day left with a responsible party. The only facsimile in this case was the operator telling his girlfriend they’d be back "about 5."

Sail Safe out there and continue to watch over each other. We at team Coast Guard will stay true to being Semper Paratus — Always Ready — along with our Federal, State and local partners.

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crew With rain thrumming outside the window, it’s not to hard to sit here and daydream about next summer. Yeah, we know we need the rain and everything, but we’re beginning to long for those bright, windy

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Mail completed form and $1 to: Latitude 38, Attn: Daysailing Crew List, 15 Locust Ave., Mill Valley, CA 94941 by MARCH 15, 2002

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

I/WE RACE: 1) _Casually. Winning is nice, but let’s keep it fun.

2) _Pretty seriously. Why else make the effort?

3) _Very seriously. I/we don’t like to lose.

Mail completed form and $1 to: Latitude 38, Racing Crew List, 15 Locust Ave., Mill Valley, CA 94941 by FEBRUARY 15, 2002

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days of summer and, well, getting some saltwater in the face for a change. If you’re thinking the same thing, then maybe it’s time you took part in the Crew List.

Whether you’re a boat owner who might need crew come spring, or someone looking for a boat to crew on, the Crew List can help out. If you re a racer, cruiser, daysailor or charterer, the Crew List can help out, too. In fact, whether you’re an experienced bluewater sailor with thousands of miles on your resume or a rank beginner who gets lost driving to the marina, you still have a good chance of getting on a boat.

Here's how it works. Find the form that most closely matches your wishes and desires. For example, if you’ve recently started sailing and want to get as much quality experience as you can in the shortest possible time, you’ll do well to send in a “Want to Crew on a Racing Boat” form, ^th Bay, ocean and even Hawaii races

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list checked off as preferences.

If you’re a boat owner taking off for far horizons but need crew to do it, send us a "Looking for Cruising Crew” form. You get the picture.

Once we receive the Crew List forms (and the small advertising fees; don’t forget those), we’ll compile them into two Crew List articles. The first one, in March, will deal exclusively with those interested in racing, as boats will need to firm up crew by then for the upcoming season. In April, we’ll run the Cruising, Co-Charter ing, Daysailing and Boat-Swapping Crew Lists.

By running’, we mean we’ll publish each of the names sent to us, along with a contact number and a little bit about the desires and skills of each Crew List participant. Both the March and April lists will contain hundreds of names of people of both sexes, all ages and all experience levels. All you do to use the Crew Lists is look over the people in the category that

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between a variety of offers. Then on Thursday, April 11, we’ll have a big Crew List Party where you can come and meet your new crew oT skipper, keep looking for a boat or crew if you haven’t found one — or just hang out and enjoy the company of some like-minded people. (We'll have

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cont’d more on the party next month.) Any way you look at it, the Crew List experience is pretty much of a win-win deal.

But you can’t ‘win’ if you don’t play.

And you can’t play unless you read and acknowledge the following: the Latitude 38 Crew List Advertising Supplement is for informational purposes only. Latitude 38 neither makes nor implies any guarantee, warranty or recommendation as to the character of individuals who participate in the Crew List, or the conditions of their boats and equipment. You must judge those things for yourself.

Now for some final tips and suggestions to get you going in the right direction: • Be honest — This is probably the most important ‘rule’ of all.

• Little or no experience is not a disadvantage. In some cases, inexperienced people may actually have a better chance of getting aboard a boat than someone with lots of experience because novice

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by MARCH 15, 2002 hands are happy to do things the way the skipper likes them done.

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short sightings V NEWPORT, RI — In the wake of the September 11 attacks, a couple of Rhode Island sailors came up with the idea of a fund-raising regatta, whose proceeds would go to benefit various relief organizations. It was pitched to Brad Read, executive director of Sail Newport, who loved the idea. “I thought it would be a big deal,” he says. “But none of us ever thought the event would become one of the best stories of the sailing season.” But it did. Rather than the expected “30 or 40 boats,” more than 700 sailors on 184 boats showed up for Sail for Pride — including 12 firefighters, six of whom had worked at Ground Zero in New York.

Entrants came from Rhode Island, New Jersey, Connecticut, New Hampshire and Massachusetts for the October 13 event, which was held on Narragansett Bay. Symbolically starting the race was the legendary 12-Meter Courageous, helmed by two firefighters. In the end, $95,534 was raised and there are already plans to make Sail for Pride an annual event.

HAVANA — The first commercial export of U.S. food to Cuba since 1963 arrived in Havana aboard the lkan Mazatlan on December 13.

Congress passed a law last year approving humanitarian shipments to Cuba. The 24,000 metric tons of corn aboard the Mazatlan were going to replenish reserves lost when Hurricane Michelle struck Cuba on November 4. Additional shipments were expected to arrive in January.

Anti-Castro groups claimed the shipments might be used as a wedge to end the nearly 40-year-old embargo. Some U.S. officials are hoping it does exactly that.

FRANCE — The maxi-catamaran Orange started undergoing, sea trials in late December. The 110-ft craft — which last raced as Loi'ck Peyron’s Innovation Explorer in The Race — is being prepared by his brother, Bruno (organizer of The Race) for a go at the Trophee Jules Verne — the fastest nonstop sail around the world, starting anytime.

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boat gets put away — the ‘time flies when you’re having fun’ principle in action.

And to support the fun, crews of cruising and racing boats are often expected to put in time off the water. Be realistic about these commitments before you make them, and if something comes up, call well ahead to let your mates know about any changes in plans.

In a related tenet, even if you discover halfway through the season that racing’s not really your bag of tea, our suggestion is to put on your biggest smile and tough it out to the end of the season. The sailing community is small, and once you establish yourself as a dependable player, other opportunities will develop.

• Be realistic about deadlines —To put March’s Crew List together, we must receive forms from racers no later than February 15. Everyone else has until March 15. These dates are not arbitrary. If we don’t have the forms in our worked-tothe-bone little hands by then, your name won’t go in. Also note that your name won’t go in if the advertising fee isn’t included with the form. You’ll note that prices vary from $1 for boat owners, to $5 for everybody else. Favoritism? You bet.

We’re letting owners off easier because we know from personal experience that they’re spending enough on the boat al-

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• Women Crew Listettes —Women taking part in the Crew List are encouraged to use first names only, and to use something other than a home phone number as a primary contact. We make this suggestion because if you are a woman, you# will get calls, and not all of them might be directed toward sailing, if you know what we mean. Effective ‘screening’ includes the use of email, answering services or fax contact numbers.

• One person perform, please —- unless you are offering your skills or services as a team or couple only, and don’t wish to be considered individually. It’s probably going to hurt your chances of scoring a ride somewhat, but we know how great it can be to share an adventure like cruising to some far off land together with your significant other.

If you need more forms for friends or in case your significant other dumps you, just make copies of these.

That’s about it, except to say that if the Crew List works out for you in a big way, a small way — or not at all —- we’d like to hear about it. By analysing the situations that come together smoothly and the ones that don’t, we hope to keep improving the Crew List for others down the line.

Meanhile, Oranges main competition — Olivier de Kersauson’s gigantic trimaran Geronimo— is also nearing the launchpad for the Jules Verne. The 110-footer, launched in late September, lost the top 12 feet of its 140-ft mast during sea trials in November.

De Kersauson, a 57-year-old protege of Eric Tabarly (Tabarly's wife Marie christened Geronimo), holds the current Jules Verne record, set in the spring of 1997 aboard the 92-ft trimaran Sport Elec. De Kersauson and six crew sailed around the world in 71 days, 14 hours, 22 minutes and 8 seconds. Interestingly, Grant Dalton sailed the 110-ft Club Med (sistership to Orange) around the world in The Race in only 62 days, 6 hours. But in what can only be called French logic, that mark doesn’t count for the Jules Verne.

Also entering the round-the-world fray are three of the top women in sailing. British phenomenon Ellen MacArthur announced at the London Boat Show that next winter she'd race one of the Gilles Ollier 110ft maxi cats around the world non-stop. She didn’t say which one, just that the boat would be renamed Kinjisher 2. (The three Ollier maxicats are Orange, Club Med and Cam Lewis’s Team Adventure.) Tracy Edwards — whose all-women assault on the Jules Verne record with the old ENZA was halted by a dismasting — is rumored to be putting together an all-female charter of Club Med for a go at the same record, although she will not be aboard.

Leave it to a Frenchwoman to top them all — at least on paper.

Florence Arthaud, who set all kinds of record with the trimaran Pierre ler (which Steve Fossett later bought and campaigned as Lakota) is reported to be putting together a deal for the maxi trimaran Sport Elec — the boat which currently holds the Jules Verne record. Her plan is also to go after the Jules Verne . . . but singlehanded! This would be something, to because our knowledge, nobody has ever taken a maxi multihull around the world. We're not even sure it's possible.

The starting line of the Trophee Jules Verne (inspired by the fictional trip in Verne’s Around the World in 80 Days) is an imaginary line drawn between the Creac'h lighthouse on Ushant Island, and the Lizard lighthouse at the southern tip of Britain. Participants must leave the capes of Good Hope, Leeuwin and Horn to port.

PUNTA MITA, MEXICO — Shockwaves rippled through the Mexican cruising community last month as word circulated that longtime singlehander Ron Corbin had grounded his Olson 30 Still Crazy on rocks off Punta Mita, at the northwestern tip of Banderas Bay. According to Corbin, he dozed off in the cockpit while motoring under autopilot during a night passage from Jaltemba to La Cruz, and awoke to the sound of his keel bashing into a submerged rock. The grounding occured at extreme low tide, and the second or third wave launched Corbin out of the boat and onto a huge boulder covered with spiny sea urchins.

Then the hull lifted and crashed down onto his chest, shattering the cartlidge between ribs on both sides. "I was laid out like a sacrificial lamb," he recalls, "with my upper body totally out of water, so there was no water cushion when it hit, just boat to skin to rock." Amazingly though, the burly, barrelchested sailor suffered no broken ribs.

When the boat lifted again —with its outboard still running — Corbin clawed his way up the beach to safety. Sadly though, he was unable to save his boat, which was pounded to faeces by the shorebreak, and most of the gear that he salvaged was later stolen from the beach. His inflatable ladyfriend, Betty, however, apparently popped to the surface hours later and was rescued. Corbia spent four days in the local hospital and received ah impressive outpouring of assistance and support from both cruisers and locals.

Ever upbeat and philisophical, the soul sailor has been exploring the cosmic lessons of the tragedy, and is typing up 'the long version' of the experience for others to learn from. Corbin had logged almost 20,000 miles — mostly singlehanded •— aboard Still Crazy during the 15 years that he owned her. He sailed her twice to Hawaii and twice to Bermuda, as well as up to the Pacific Northwest and along the Eastern Seaboard. At this writing, Corbin has flown to Hawaii to possibly purchase a custom, 42-ft strip-planked monohull.

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There 's snow all over Mt. Tam as we write this, and it's colder than a brass defiant spirit in the headline of its first monkey's. . . well, you know. . . outside issue — "Let’s Roll!" our office. We're sleep-deprived, sunburned, and probably need a liver transplant after a thoroughly fun week in other Nature, however, was unFlorida, and only have about half a day impressed by the assembled sailing talto file this report — not nearly enough ent, and the regatta, scheduled for eight time to do the 15th Annual Terra Nova races with one throwout, got off to a Trading/ Yachting Key West Race Week shaky start. Eighteen classes — one IMS anything resembling justice. (a paltry six boats), nine PHRF, and eight But we can't complain, nor can we one design (which accounted for twowipe the smile off our face, as we just thirds of the fleet) — motored out to four had the pleasure — thanks to Tom different race circles on Monday, only to Coates, owner of the J/105 Masquerade encounter uncharacteristically anemic — of participating in what was formerly winds. Eventually, racing for the smaller billed as the best regatta in America. boats was abandoned, while the bigger These days. Key West Race Week is callboats got in just one painfully light-air ing itself the "best regatta in the northrace. ern hemisphere," and who are we to arBut the next three days were postgue? Held January 21-25, the regatta card-perfect, and six races were held in attracted nearly 3,000 top sailors on 324 8-15 knots of breeze under sunny skies. boats, just two shy of the 2001 highwater Other than a major turbosled T-boning mark. This year's fleet came from all over [Decision flubbed a duck at the start and the map, breaking two Key West records demolished the port side of Titan), the — the most foreign boats ever (53), and racing was as good as it gets. By Friday's the most states represented (33). one-race finale, three of the classes were The quantity was boosted by the 78already sewed up — the Mumm 30s (the boat Melges 24 fleet, which was sailing Australian Foreign Affair), lD-35s (Wild its postponed 2001 World Championship in conjunction with the regatta. But Thing), and PHRF-3 (Chris Bouzaid's Thompson 30 numbers aside, Wairere). what makes Key The outcome West so aweof the 15 other some is its qualclasses hung ity — it routinely boasts the in the balance, best sailors on pending the the planet (milast race. Hownus some Volvo ever, like Monand America's day, the wind Cup players this pulled a noyear), the best show and after race managean hour and a ment (Peter half postponeCraig's Premiere ment, the race Racing), fantaswas abantic warmdoned. It was weather sailing an anticlimacconditions, and co tic end to the a lively £ series, and the shoreside scene. first time that This year, two of the five given the events 5= days of racing of September 11 at Key West Ouch! In the only real carnage of the week, 'Titan' (exand the ecowere washVictoria) took a direct hit from Decision' (ex-'Cheval). nomic recesouts. sion, Key West Race Week seemed even The celebrating began on the way in more special than usual. The week-long for some boats, such as George Andregatta/reunion/celebration was a welreadis' Greek-flagged Farr 40 AtalantiXl, come haven from the troubles of the which topped the 25-boat Farr 40 fleet world, a testament perhaps to the fact for an unprecedented third year in a row. that life — and sailing — goes on. The For their efforts, Andreadis, tactician regatta's daily newspaper captured this Robbie Haines and crew were also

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awarded the overall Boat of the Week Trophy for the second year in a row.

Othmar von Blumencron, a former German and Swiss Olympian, sailed his Annapolis-based Beneteau 40.7 Dame Blanche to overall PHRF Boat of the Week honors.

IMS 50 world champion Flavio Favini of Italy sailed Switzerland's Franco Rossini's Blu Moon to a runaway victory in the Melges Worlds, posting a (13), 11, 1,1,1,1,1,7 series. Only runner-up Harry Melges, driving Jeff Ecklund's Star, had a mathematical shot at Favini going into the finale. It was the biggest and arguably best Melges 24 regatta ever held in the United States, and almost everyone except perhaps the crew of Star seemed pleased it didn't end in a result-shuffling 4-knot crapshoot.

A dozen Bay Area boats sailed in the regatta, but other than Rich Bergmann and Shawn Bennett's Zuni Bear claiming J/ 105 'boat of the day’ honors twice, no one brought home any pickle dishes.

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Busch league — The San Diego ID-35 'Wild Thing' punches off the starting line en route to their dominant victory. Inset, the 'Wild Thing/.

Non Sequitur, Farr 40, 25th place — Tom Thayer and Dick Watts chartered Grins (ex-Titan), sailing with co-tacticians Will Paxton and Robert Milligan, Guy Rittger, Alan Cahill, Skip McCormack, Joe Penrod, and Campbell Rivers (Portland). "We're a young team, and this was our first grand prix regatta," said Paxton. "It was a good reality check, and our campaign will be stronger for coming down here."

Zsa-Zsa, ID-35, 6th place — Bill Wright, Norman Davant (tactician), Jon Stewart, Keith Panda' Love, Peter King, Joe McCoy and, from Seattle, Herb Cole and Brian Huse. Last year, Zsa-Zsa was trailered 10,000 miles, raced in ten major regattas (including KWRW), and sailed 50 days — a real road warrior! This summer, Wright will do the West Coast ID-35 circuit, starting with the San Diego NOOD Regatta in mid-March.

Zuni Bear, J/105, 6th place —

Shawn Bennett (driver/co-owner). Rich Bergmann (co-owner), Doug Nugent (tactician), Mark Reardon, Mike Kennedy, and Jay Palace. Zuni bounced back from a DSQ in the first race (for tacking too close), and was actually tied for the lead after the anticipated throwout with J/boat guru Bob Johnstone (Tern 7] going into the finale.

Unfortunately for Zuni, the last race was abandoned — turning the J / 105 regatta into a sixrace, no-throwout series.

Masquerade, J/105, 7th place — Tom Coates, Mark Chandler b < ISl (tactician), Tim Scherer, Steve Marsh, Jim 'Fish' Fisher, and Rob Moore. "The East Coast J/105 fleet is getting tougher every year," noted Coates, who campaigns Masquerade on the Right Coast and his other J/ 105, Charade, on the Left Coast. Though

falling shy of the podium, Coates and company stayed, albeit barely, in the top quarter of the 28boat fleet and had their usual fine time ashore. Key West kicks off Coates' most ambitious sailing season to date, with major regattas scheduled every few weeks on both coasts.

Where's Bob, Melges 24, 12th place — Bob Tennant had three single-digit finishes in the abbreviated eight-race, onethrowout series, easily topping our Bay Area Melges 24 contingent. Tennant kept a low profile at Key West, and we don’t know anything about his mysterious program except that his crew included tactician Jason Rhodes (Vancouver) and Eric Seward.

Trailblazer, Melges 24, 19th place — Don Jesberg, Zarko Draganic, Larry 'Half Knot' Swift, and Andrew Holdsworth. "We should have done better," stated Jesberg, who was quasi-chartering Zarko's East Coast Melges 24. Still, Trailblazer finished fifth (of 36) in the Corinthian competition, a subset of the main event.

Sabotage, Melges 24, 24th place —• Jeff Thorpe, Shana Rosenfeld, Jeff Eckard (Victoria), Ruben Becker (coowner), and 18-year-old Brian Lee (Philippe Kahn's nephew). Sabotage was the top-scoring boat among Kahn's three-boat flotilla at Key West. "All the boats on our team had top-15 speed, but wp each had some over-earlies," said Thorpe, who hopes to stay on the squad despite beating the boss.

Kilroy was here — The Farr 40 'Samba Pa Ti‘ finished sixth after too many trips to The Room.

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man), and San Diegans Ty Reed and Brian Janney. Shark, Philippe's 12-yearold son, is the youngest skipper ever to compete at KWRW. Hart, who vaguely resembles a younger version of his benefactor Kahn, was the driver.

Pegasus 24-3, Melges 24, 30th place — Philippe Kahn, tactician Mark Reynolds (San Diego), Doogie Couvreaux, and Brian Hutchinson (Salt Lake City).

Though not as awesome as his performance last year at Key West (second place in the 37-boat Farr 40 fleet), Kahn still had a respectable regatta. His threeboat contingent was coached by Luther Carpenter, and was debriefed every afternoon after the racing with videos. Zan Drejes was their Protector driver.

Minor Threat, Melges 24, 39th place — Peter Dalton (owner), Chris 'Biff Watts (driver), Dennis Bassano, and Bret Gripenstraw. "This is only our fourth Melges 24 regatta, so we're still on the slippery part of the learning curve," admitted Watts.

Pog Ma Hon, Melges 24, 45th place — Farr 40 owner Mike Condon chartered Jeff Littfin's boat, sailing with Malcolm Park, Rick Matthew, and tactician/codriver Mark Brink (Seattle). "I had fun, but can't wait to get back to my Farr 40!" claimed Condon.

Twist St Shout, Melges 24, 49th place — Jessica Lord struggled in her ninth appearance at Key West (six times as a Melges owner). "I haven't sailed a Melges for ten months, so what did I expect?" she said. "Results aside, it was an absolute blast!" Lord sailed a chartered boat, sharing the driving with Artie Means (San Diego), and two Canadians, Nathaniel Stoffelsma and Marty Essig.

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Pa Tt): Pete McCormick (ID-35 Detente); Anika Leerssen (Thompson 30 Wairere); Chris Shining (Farr 40 Still Crazy) ; John Bonds (Rima); Brent Ruhne (Chessie Racing); Damon Harvey (Farr 40 Diana); Pepe Parsons and Jack Halterman (both on the Andrews 70+ Decision); Dave Shelton (Melges 24 Monsoon); Vicki Sodaro (Mumm 30 Surprise); and Ralph Silverman and Greg Dorland (Protector

Charge of the light brigade — 78 Melgi on the starting line. Amazingly, thanks to a standing T flag, there wasn't one general recall.

Pole up! — 'Zsa-Zsa', Bill Wright's busy black ID-35, on the starboard lay line. They finished sixth in a tough 15-boat class. demo boat). These were just some of the 'homeys' we remember seeing, and we're sure there were several dozen others scattered around the fleet.

Southern California was also well represented with 16 boats, including seven Melgi and four lD-35s. If there were a 'best performance by a Golden State boat' award, it surely would have gone to Chris and Kara Busch's San Diego-based 1D35 Wild Thing, which fired off an untouchable 1,2,1,1,1,1,1 series and was being loaded on the trailer on Friday while her sisterships drifted around until the race was called off. Sailing with the Buschs were Ben Mitchell (driver), Gary Weisman (tactician), Bob Little, Jim Anderson, Jim McCloud and Dave Kurt.

Another San Diego boat, John Wylie's ID-35 Tabasco, finished a commendable third in fleet.

The Santa Barbara-based IC 45 Rio, owned by Wayne and Loren Colahan, had a nice debut at Key West, finishing first

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finishing tenth in fleet as well as top amateur boat. Bruce Ayre's Monsoon was close behind in thirteenth.

Leonard, Newport, Rl, 8 points; 2) Idler, N/M 49, George David/Ken Read, New York, NY, 11; 3) Javelin, Larry Bulman, Annapolis, MD, 22. (6 boats)

Will Paxton (‘Non Sequitur'), left, and Hogan Beatie ('Atalanti XT) finished at opposite ends of the Farr 40 class, but each had great fun.

Waiting for the wind — During Friday's postponement, people went swimming, fishing and even waterskiing behind Protectors.

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in PHRF-2 against a hot fleet including fellow Southern Californian boats Cita and Triumph. Veteran campaigner Larty Harvey also made a favorable impression in his first J/105 regatta with his brandnew Angry Beaver, finishing fifth in the

X op finishers at this year's Terra Nova Trading/ Yachting Key West Race Week follow. Full results and pictures can be found at www.premiere-racing, com, and many of the one design classes at Key West also have write-ups on their websites. But websites and hastily-written magazine articles only go so far in capturing the energy of Key West Race Week — this is really one regatta every racer should experience firsthand. Start planning now for next year's 16th edi'Zuni' toons — Jay, Mike, Rich, Shawn, Mark and Doug. They might have won the J/105 class if the last race hadn't been abandoned.

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PHRF-1 — 1) Chessie Racing, Farr 52, George Collins/Jim Allsopp/Geoff Stagg, Annapolis, MD, 9 points; 2) Equation, SC 70, Bill Alcott/Gary Jobson, Detroit, Ml, 11; 3) Decision, Andrews 70, Stephen Murray/AI Gooch, New Orleans, LA, 18. (4 boats) PHRF-2 — 1) Rio, 1C 45, Wayne & Loren Colahan/Jack Slattery, Santa Barbara, 13 points; 2) Raincloud, J/145, Mike Rose/Jody Lutz, Kemah, TX, 13; 3) Nova, Swan 56, Mark DeStefano, Newport, Rl, 15. (9 boats) PHRF - 3 — 1) Wairere, Thompson 30, Trice & Chris Bouzaid, Jamestown, Rl, 7 points; 2) New Wave, Henderson 30, Michael Carroll, Clearwater, FL, 14; 3) Tiburon, Melges 30, Michael Gray, New Orleans, LA, 15. (12 boats) F-28R — 1) Dealer’s Choice, Randy Smyth, Stuart, FL, 8 points; 2) Lil Loe, Tim McKegney, El Paso, TX, 14; 3) Crowd Pleaser, Doug Harkrider, Flowery Beach, GA, 17. (13 boats) PHRF-4 — 1) Tango, Aerodyne 43, David Millet, unknown, 18 points; 2) Chutzpah, Tripp 40, R. Rubin/R. Ruppel, New Orleans, LA, 19; 3) Tsunami, Farr 395, P. Ostberg/J. Aras/Daily, Annapolis, MD, 20. (13 boats) PHRF-5 — 1) Dame Blanche, Beneteau First 40.7, O.M. von Blumencron, Annapolis, MD, 12 points; 2) Mariah, J/109, Rodney Johnstone, Stonington, CT, 14; 3) Euro Trash Girl, J/120, Nicole Christie, Annapolis, MD, 17. (11 boats)

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second largest class at Key West. John Kilroy's Samba Pa Ti was sixth in the highly competitive Farr 40 fleet, despite getting into foul trouble in two races of their seven races. Argyle Campbell s Rock 'n Roll was the top California Melges 24,

tion of Key West Race Week, slated for January 20-24.

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DIVISION ONE: IMS — 1) Rima, C/M 60, Isam Kabbani/Larry

PHRF-6 — 1) Baddog, Olson 30, Dean Cleall, Brandenton, FL, 15 points; 2) Family Wagon, Hallett 27, Richard Hallett, Portland, ME, 19; 3) Wild Rover, Olson 30, Mile McGagh, Kemah, TX, 20. (10 boats) PHRF-7 — 1) Rabbit, C&C 99, Greg Robinson, 15.5 points; 2) L’Outrage, Beneteau First 10, Bruce Gardner, 16; 3) Speed Racer, SR 33, Teddy Turner, Charleston, SC, 25.5. (11 boats) * J/29 — 1) Hustler, John Esposito, City Island, NY, 13 points; 2) Tomahawk, Bruce Lockwood, Ludlow, VT, 19; 3) Showdown, Bijan Rasadi, Groton, CT, 28. (17 boats) J/80 — 1) USA 352, Kerry Klingler, Larchmont, NY, 12 points; 2) Woody, Pearce Wood, New Orleans, LA, 24; 3) Hammertime, Steven Hammerman, Houston, TX, 26; 4) Kicks, David Balfour, Austin, TX, 34; 5) Flash, Michael Lague, Raritan, NJ, 36. (23 boats) PHRF-8 — 1) Dream Cookie, Tripp 26, Peter February, 2002 •

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Sydney, AUS, 10 points; 2) Steadfast, Fred Sherratt, Toronto, ONT, 20; 3) Rainbow, B.B. Dietrich, Hamburg, GER, 28; 4) Esmeralda, Makoto Uematsu, Tokyo, JPN, 29; 5) Bug Juice, Dan Cheresh, Newport, Rl, 32; 6) Fuzzy Logic, Tho-

Trailblazer's Don Jesberg, Zarko Draganic, Larry Swift, and Andrew Holdsworth. mas Papenek, Chicago, IL, 33; 7) Warp Factor VI, Nick Morrell, Hamble, UK, 35. (18 boats) De Beukelaer, Jackson, MS, 9 points; 2) Liquor Box, Tartan Ten, C. Simon/B. Buckles, Key West, FL, 11; 3) Contumacious, Tartan Ten, S. Bruesewitz/J. Mitchell, Milwaukee, Wl, 26. (11 boats) PH RF-9 — 1) E-Ticket, Beneteau/Moorings 38, Dan Myers, Lighthouse Point, FL, 11 points; 2) Circus, J/30, M. Bird/F. Horn, Chicago, IL, 21; 3) Chinook, J/30, Ed Austin, New York, NY, 24. (15 boats)

'Masquerade' ball — Tom Coates drives his blue J/105 around the offset mark while the crew gets the kite up.

Harvey, Long Beach, 36; 6) Zuni Bear, Rich Bergmann/Shawn Bennett, San Francisco, 43; 7) Masquerade, Tom Coates, San Francisco, 46. (28 boats)

DIVISION FOUR: DIVISION THREE: FARR 40 — 1) Atalanti XI, George Andreadis/ Robbie Haines, Athens, GRE, 24 points; 2) HeartMELGES 24 (Worlds) — 1) Blu Moon, Franco Rossini/Flavio Favini, Chiasso, SUI, 23 points; 2) breaker, Wally Tsuha & Bob HughesTTerry HutchinStar, Jeff Ecklund/Harry Melges, Lake Minnetonka, son, Holland, Ml, 26; 3) Struntje Light, Wolfgang MN, 30, 3) Flipper, Vince Brun, San Diego, 40, 4) Schaefer, Kiel, GER, 34; 4) Nerone, Masimo Black Seal, Richard Thompson/Jamie Lea, Mezzaroma/Vasco Vascotto, Savona, ITA, 37; 5) Gurnsey, UK, 48; 5) FullThrottle, Brian Porter, Lake Barking Mad, James Richardson/Ed Baird, NewGeneva, Wl, 52; 6) M-Fatic, Neil Sullivan/Morgan port, Rl. 38; 6) Samba Pa Ti, John Kilroy/Jeff Reeser, Annapolis, MD, 53; 7) Region lie de Madrigali, El Segundo, CA, 41; 7) Emotional HooFrance, Laurent Pages, La Rochelle, FRA, 56; 8) ligan, Marcus Blackmore, Sydney, AUS, 43; 8) Soromap-Big Ship, Vincent Jaricot/Cedric Bambakou, John Coumantaros/Chris Larson, Pouligny, La Rochelle, FRA, 56; 9) Gorgeous Portsmouth, Rl, 44; 9) Virago, Stuart Townsend/ Worgeous, Quentin Strauss/Stuart Rix, Medway, Chris Doubek/Steve Benjamin, Chicago, IL, 47; 10) GBR, 77; 10) Rock N’ Solution, John ThomRoll (c), Argyle Campson/Tom Whidden, bell, Newport Beach, Sands Point, NY, 51.

102; 11) First Crush (c), (25 boats) Paula Zubrzycki/Doug ID-35 — 1) Wild Clark, Chicago, IL; 12) Thing, Chris & Kara Where's Bob, Bob Busch/Ben Mitchell/ Tennant, San Francisco, Gary Weisman, San 110; 13) Monsoon (c), Diego, 6 points; 2) Bruce Ayres, Newport roXanne,Frank Beach, CA, 117; 14) Meadows/Andy HorBuzzard, Mike Topa, Ft. ton, Rocky Mount, NC, Lauderdale, FL, 119; 15) 19; 3) Tabasco, John Kilroy, Jeff Jones/ Wylie/Seadon Wijsen, George Szabo, Detroit, San Diego, 21; 4) VicMl, 123. (78 boats; c = tory, Buddy Cribb, Jr., Corinthian entry) Miami, FL, 31; 5) Pallbearers? — This crew appears to be Carting J/105 — 1) Tern 7, Windquest, Doug Deaway their tactician after the series.

Bob Johnstone, CharlesVos/John Bertrand, ton, SC, 20 points; 2) Flame, James Doane, Naples, Holland, Ml, 33; 6) Zsa Zsa, Bill Wright/Norman FL, 23; 3) Gigi, David Wagner, Union Pier, Ml, 24; Davant, Newport, Rl, 48; 7) KT’s Choice, Bud 4) Tastes Like Chicken, Steve Tedeschi/Jim Stratton/John Wymer, San Diego, 42. (15 boats) Johnstone, Newport, Rl, 32; 5) Angry Beaver, Larry MUMM 30 — 1) Foreign Affair, Richard Perini, Page 116* DxCU-iU 3? • February, 2002

KEY WEST RACE WEEK BOATS OF THE DAY: MONDAY — Nerone, Farr 40.

TUESDAY — Foreign Affair, Mumm 30.

WEDNESDAY — Blu Moon, Melges 24.

THURSDAY — Wild Thing, 1D-35.

FRIDAY — No racing.

YACHTING MAGAZINE TROPHY (BOAT OF THE WEEK): Atalanti XI, Farr 40.

KEY WEST TROPHY (PHRF BOAT OF THE WEEK): Dame Blanche, Beneteau 40.7.

INTERNATIONAL TEAM COMPETITION: 1) USA Great Lakes, (Star, Heartbreaker, Steadfast), 60 points; 2) Australia 1, (Foreign Affair, Emotional Hooligan, Typhoon), 94; 3) Europe, (Blu Moon, Mascalzone Latino, Surprise), 99; 4) Germany, (Struntje Light, Rainbow, Vito), 111; 5) USA Chesapeake, (M-Fatic, Le Renard, Turbo Duck), 116. (11 teams) 2002 KWRW SPONSORS: Terra Nova Trading (title sponsor), Mount Gay Rum, RealTick, Lewmar Marine, Pearson Yachts, Samson Rope, Sam Adams, Saucony, Suunto USA, Florida Keys & Key West, Yachting (event founder).

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ORIC HALCUM When the Baja Ha-Ha fleet arrives at Turtle Bay each year, the dusty streets of this remote coastal fishing town swarm with gringo cruisers of all ages and from all walks of life. Even still, there was one group that stood out among them this year: a young Japanese couple and their two bright-eyed kids, whose sailing path had unintentionally converged with the 106-boat Ha-Ha armada.

As many in the ffeet soon learned, this was the crew of Oric Halcum, a modern yet modest Jeanneau 35. And while many Ha-Ha'ers were feeling pleased with themselves at that point for having safely completed the 360-mile run south from San Diego, that notable accomplishment paled by comparison to the voyaging exploits of this mild-mannered Japanese family. Before arriving in Mexico, the Yamashitas had sailed across the North Pacific from Japan to Alaska, south to the San Juans, then nonstop to Ensenada — and they were all still smiling!

Skipper Ken Ichi, his wife Yuko, their daughter Yumi, 11, and son Aoyuki, 7, get sail from Hiroshima in June of 2000, stopping first at several northern Japanese islands before embarking on the

Prior to leaving his homeland, the 38year-old skipper was only "a day sailor," largely self-taught with little or no offshore experience. He was, however, a longtime adventurer. Before the trip, Ken Ichi worked as a rock-climbing instructor at a national park outside of Hiroshima. At age 18, we're told, he became

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They rode one storm out on a sea anchor they hoveto during the second and ran under bare poles during the third, which was apparently a full-blown typhoon. the first Japanese to 'free-climb' Yosemite's Half Dome (without ropes, that is).

The family received partial sponsorship for their cruise from a variety of organizations, which explains why Oric Halcum's hull is plastered with logos. Ken Ichi's climbing group is among those sponsors, and during his travels he is making a series of climbing videos for Japanese television.

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Above: This grainy image, captured from Oric Halcum's cruiser card, shows the little ex-racer anchored before an Alaskan glacier. Right: After wintering in the north country, the family is undoubtedly happy these days, to be in the sunny latitudes of Mexico. ambitious 1,800-mile passage to Dutch Harbor, Alaska, in the frosty Aleutian Island chain. During that 24-day crossing, they had only two days of sunshine and weathered three major storms. They rode one out on a sea anchor, they hoveto during the second and ran under bare poles during the third, which was apparently a full-blown typhoon. "My heart go big thump, thump, many time," recalled Ken Ichi later.

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file, her interior living space is understandably tight, especially when compared to the interiors of boxy production boats built for cruising or chartering. With that in mind, it's hard to imagine how the family kept from going stir crazy while living primarily below decks during the long, stormy days of their

North Pacific passage. Harder still, is to imagine how they faired during a long winter layover in Juneau, Alaska.

They put the kids in school there and lived aboard until the spring of 2001.

Apparently the young scholars enjoyed the cultural exchange. Yumi, in particular, gleaned an impressive command of the English language. Ken Ichi explained that the boat was surrounded by solid ice, which the kids had to walk across to go to school. To keep ice damage to the boat at a minimum, however, they ran an electric wire down into the water, which created a melted perimeter around the hull. And, yes, they did buy a cabin heater to keep things cozy inside.

Genteel, polite and unassuming, the

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Yamashita family has received a warm welcome from local residents just about everywhere they've stopped thus far.

However, they received a decidedly unwelcoming reception from Washington State immigration authorities last spring after leaving Alaska and passing through Canadian waters. They had stayed 10 months in 5 Alaska on a six- □ month visa and, de- cr spite being told by J immigration officers < in Ketchikan that ° they'd have "no problems" reentering U.S. waters, they were turned away.

Ken Ichi was quick to accept personal blame for the immigration snafu, however: "It was all captain's (meaning his own) fault," he explained.

After clearing out of Canada, the Yamashitas first tried to re-enter the U.S. at Friday Harbor, not realizing that that San Juan Island town is not a port of entiy. They then went back to a Canadian port and phoned U.S. Immigration: "No Entiy. No Comment," was their r£ply. "You may not return to the USA for 3 years!" For two days they tried to plead their case, but to no avail.

The Washington authorities were unbending, insisting on playing by the book.

Spartan, yet cozy, 'Oric Ha I cum' is taking the Yamashita family on a grand adventure that few of their countrymen have experienced. these Japanese. So instead, they sailed nonstop from the Strait of Juan de Fuca all the way to Ensenada, a passage of roughly 1,300 miles. And sadly, Ken Ichi, missed a long-anticipated re-assent of Half Dome, which he had planned to film.

Oric Halcum's voyage south, off the notorious coasts of Washington and Oregon, was relatively benign considering other passage tales we've heard. They had 25 knots on the nose shortly after leaving Cape Flattery, followed by light ajr and sloppy seas farther offshore.

During the 13-day trip they only had to reef once, and at one point had to motor when they grew weary of looking for wind.

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>^)ince the flow of international traffic into the U.S. aboard small sailboats is a minor footnote in the activities of U.S. Customs and Immigration, we'd have to assume that' many foreign-flag sailors would simply shrug off such warnings and try again at another U.S. port of entry. But doing so would go against the respectful nature of the Japanese — at least

local fishing boats and shrimp trawlers.

Instead, dozens of finely fitted-out cruising yachts peppered the anchorage for as far as the eye could see. It was the largest fleet the Yamashita's had ever seen in one place, as the sport of sailing is still relatively new to Japan. (According to Ken Ichi, there are as many boats in and around Vancouver and Seattle as there are in the entire country of Japan.)

Despite their initial shock, though, converging with the Ha-Ha fleet proved to be a good thing after all. John Riley ahd Larry Weinhoff of Synergizer gave the family a ride to the Ha-Ha beach party, as they didn’t have an engine for their dink, and there they quickly made new friends. Upon seeing a raven logo on the hull of the Sundeer 64 that is named after that distinctive bird, Ken Ichi made an origami raven with a sun in its mouth and presented it to owners Jan and Signe Twardowski.

Instead, they sailed non-stop from the

two months awaiting the end of hurricane season, then continued south at the end of October. It was then that their path converged with the Ha-Ha navy. Approaching the broad, circular harbor at Turtle Bay, they expected to find an uncluttered anchorage, populated — as the cruising guides advise — by only a few

The Yamashitas shadowed the Ha-Ha fleet to its next stop at Bahia Santa Maria where they were seen groovin' to the beat of Senor Kojak's amazing rock n' roll band. Talk about a cross-cultural experience!

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Gary Herdlicka of the 42-ft Cheoy Lee Clipper Ku’uipo also earned a gold star for international goodwill. He generously helped the Yamashitas solve a dilemma with their propane stove and also repaired a variety of electrical and computer problems for them. "It is very clear," said cruiser Alan Wulzen of the Cabo Rico 38 Silhouette (who assisted us in researching this report), "that the family of the Oric Halcum understands the true nature of American cruisers as very helpful, good-natured, citizens of the world!

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of other cruisers. A standout among them, says Ken Ichi, was Vern Verling of the Islander 36 Dream Catcher, who he likened to a saint: "First he got me help with my engine — and I didn’t even ask

him! But 1 see his true nature in La Paz, when a boat dragged anchor. Everyone else just watch, but Vern got in dinghy and go do something. Get others to help and save boat from big problem."

In the coming months, the Yamashitas plan to sail south to Acapulco, then jump off for the Marquesas. They'll do a circuit of the South Pacific islands, eventually returning home to Japan sometime in 2004.

We wish them the best of luck in their travels, and hope they're all still smiling when they sail into Hiroshima Harbor — some 6,000 miles from now.

— latitude/aet with special thanks to alan wulzen and wayne meretsky

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January 26's Three Bridge Fiasco, but rainy weather didn't 'stay' most of the 206 entries from their appointed reverse-handicap starts off Golden Gate YC. One hundred seventy-three boats started the Bay's best-named race, where you can cross the starting line either way and round t-he three marks — Blackaller Buoy, Red Rock and Treasure Island — in any order you wish.

Other than the dreary mood lighting' at the start, and a big winter ebb that peaked around 2 p.m., this year's Fiasco — as always well run by the Singlehanded Sailing Society — went off In one of the more organized-looking starts, most of the Express 27 fleet headed for Blackaller first. The overall winner went the other way.

with few hitches. A light to medium westerly blew across the main Bay all day, but there were big parking lots around T.I. and Raccoon Strait. Boats anchoring in the Strait were entertained by diehards who would pass on one side, get swept back, pass on the other side, get swept back, etc. Most of the 53 nonfinishers were unable to make the 7 p.m. deadline, although a dozen boats were DNS'd or DSQ'd for failing to check in or finishing after dark with no running lights. Two boats had 20 minutes added to their times for being over early. Rules are rules!

Those who stuck it out, officially or otherwise, were rewarded with one of the loveliest days of Bay sailing so far this winter.

Skies finally cleared in the afternoon and many boats completed the 21 -mile race under a sp'ectacular sunset.

First across the line just before 3 p.m. were David Wadbrook and John Rook aboard the Melges 24 SUV. "We added Alcatraz as.a mark," laughs David. Their original plan was to go to Red Rock first, so unlike most boats, they started downwind. However, when they got near Pt. Blunt, the wind went north. "So we did what Melges 24s like to do, we bore off and headed to T.I." — in the process leaving Alcatraz to starboard! After that, they 'went wide' around both T.I. and Red Rock to avoid the ebb and parking lots, hugged the Angel Island side of Raccoon Strait (where they finally passed Colin Moore's Kwazy, which had led to that point) hooked around Blackaller and finished.

"It was a pretty good start to the year," says David.

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LOOKING BACK (bruising sailors are interesting birds indeed. Like our fine-feathered friends, we feel the mysterious force of nature that motivates us to move. We are compelled to travel hundreds, sometimes thousands, of miles upon the vast oceans of this world in search of exotic landscapes, different cultures, and warmer climes.

Within the worldwide community of cruising sailors, a variety of seasonal migrations take place every year. Among them is the annual passage from the Mexican mainland to French Polynesia — dubbed by this magazine as the Pacific Puddle Jump. Early spring is the ideal weather window for making that 2,800-mile crossing,.,but prior to setting sail, would-be Puddle Jumpers flock together like birds of a feather at Puerto Vallarta (and elsewhere) to exchange information, charts, guide books, experiences, and laughs.

Eventually, rhumblines are drawn, last-minute provisions are purchased, weather windows are watched for and, one by one, the flock begins to set sail across the Pacific Ocean to faraway places such as the Gambier or Marquesas Islands.

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Hooked in for safety, Bob hand steers 'Illusion' during the 2,800-mile passage to the Marquesas. that annual migration to begin. Many cruisers will gather at popular staging areas to plan their trips. It is a time filled Page 126 • IdXUM. 3? • February, 2002

with excitement and anxiety, laughter and tears, hopes and expectations. My husband. Bob, and I should know; last March, we had a million and one things running through our minds before our passage to the Marquesas. Yet, when all was said and done, and preparations were complete, when the sails were finally hoisted and land slipped beyond the horizon, a new rhythm of life began.

We made our crossing in'* Illusion, our 36-ft steel cutter, sailing in the company of other cruisers, if only by radio contact, on a passage from Mexico to the Marquesas that would take us 26 days. We traveled across an ocean, just the two of us, speaking a language of sail changes, weather patterns and watch schedules. The dress _ code was easy — foul weather gear in squalls, lightweight fleece on cool nights, and nothing at all south of the equator. Making landfall on the island of Hiva Oa was sweet. Ominous mountains that rise abruptly from the ocean swallowed us as we sailed into the bay.

There were many familiar boats from Mexico anchored already and we knew more, were on the way. Gathering once again, we naturally compared notes and shared stories. And since I am a freelance writer by profession, I couldn't resist the temptation to query the fleet further via an impromptu survey.

While there were a few common threads woven among the 26 boats we talked with, everyone had a unique experience for one reason or another — even two people on the same boat.

One of the most obvious differences we noted was in the various types of boats that made the trip. The biggest boat was the 52-ft, custom-built ketch, Tauranga, with Marc and Teri Mendelson aboard. The smallest was Yehudi, a Vancouver 27 sailed by Sarah Carson and Michael Neufeld. Shan, a 36-ft Alden schooner home-built over a period of 10 years by its owner, Chris Lollis, won the 'most simple onboard systems award', and Meshach, a 45-ft trimaran, impressed us by making the fastest passage in only 16 days. Way to go Thor and Tanya!

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Another difference we noted was in age. It was nice to see a wide range of age groups crossing the big puddle, from the 'youngsters' on Yehudi — Sarah is 26 and Michael is 30 — to Bert and Sharon Barnes on the LaFitte 44 Tenacious, who, in their late 50s, are both still young at heart.

But age had little to do with the task at hand. From the youngest to'the oldest, we heard similar reactions about the day-to-day trials and tribulations of life at sea.

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Of course we had our comfort foods' — those items that help us feel more at ease. M&M’s in peanut butter helped me during stressful times. Most folks had a sweet tooth when it came to comfort foods, with cookies, candy bars and popcorn being common favorites. Nick on Green Ghost had the healthiest habit, reaching out for corn flakes, cold milk, and fruit. Wendy and Garth aboard Vellala, a Wylie 31, said macaroni and cheese was their favorite, and on Boread, a 30-ft Mercator sloop, Darren Dzurilla and Amber Guerrie told us it was mashed potatoes and chicken gravy that made them feel at ease.

We are compelled to travel hundreds, sometimes thousands, of miles upon the vast oceans of this world in search of exotic landscapes, different cultures, and warmer climes.

Being comfortable at sea means more than mentally preparing to lose sight of land for a prolonged period of time. While comfort foods helped in certain situations, there were physical discomforts to deal with that needed to be addressed in other ways. In aggressive seas, we were tossed around our cabin like dice in a gambler's hand with a few bruises to show for it. The salt air made our skin susceptible to chafe and baby powder became our best friend. Stretching regularly made a big difference in the level of comfort we were able to achieve while living in such a February, 2002 • UKUM 3? • Page 127

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with another boat to exchange books and ice-cold sodas. "Catching that 60-pound tuna at Clipperton Island was exceptionally wonderful," said the Green Ghost crew, and a pod of pilot whales escorted Yehudi across the equator. Nice!

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The Vancouver 27 Yehudi' idles in a Polynesian lagoon. Sarah and Michael of Victoria, who are both in their 20s, proved that you don't need a big fancy yacht to get to the magical places. small space. Vellala's crew told us that doing yoga was the answer for them. We have to agree with Tauranga's crew, who said the passage felt like an endurance test sometimes.

While no one we talked with incurred a serious injury, a few told us of some harrowing experiences. Aboard Peregrine, a Serendipity 43, Suzanne Osier said she got a black eye when the salon table swung into her face while she was doing some bilge work. "And on my 18th wedding anniversary!" she added. Her husband, Gene, tried to top that one by sewing a 14-foot split in their mainsail.

"My thumbnails got bruised. Does * that count?" he asked. jjj On Meshach, a runaway jjjj preventer gave Thor a nice rope burn and a bloody foreH head. Vernita Lytle, sailing with her husband Drew on their Panda 40 Layla, said her ego was bruised. She tried to make a quiche, but after putting it in the oven, the boat heeled unexpectedly causing the uncooked egg mixture to take wing. "What a mess,” she told us.

Like everyone out there, we had our bad days also. We experienced really high moments and low ones too — the dichotomy we live with while cruising. I remember sleeping on wet bedding when a rogue wave splashed through our hatch.

There were periods of sleepless offwatches, endless sail changes, and days when I wanted the boat to stand still so I could make my way across the cabin without having to time it with the swells.

It's a trade-off, really, enduring the less-than-optimal conditions

for the moments of sheer pleasure that words can only try to convey. Along the way we exchanged Polaris (the North Star) for the Southern Cross, we traded days of no wind for days of flying with all our sails up, and swapped being seasick for making a glorious landfall. "It can be the best of times and the worst of times," said Thor on Meshach. Making landfall was the highlight of the trip for Ondarina, Peregrine, and Layla. For others, it was something different.

Tauranga and Illusion shared a common highlight when we met ndar the equator for a swim. "It was neat to share part of the passage with good friends, especially something as monumental as reaching the equator," Teri told us.

Vellala also made a pit stop mid-ocean

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he passage became like a dance, one I learned the steps to with time. A routine developed, if only based on the watch schedule we set in place. Certain parts of the day were more fulfilling than others. Five boats reported that sunrise was a favorite time of day for them: Boread, Tauranga, Peregrine, Shan, and us on Illusion. By contrast, Layla, Yehudi, and Green Ghost, shared a bond with the stars during night watches, and Ondarina told us it was 1800 GMT (happy hour) that he enjoyed the most. Meshach looked forward to midday when they logged their 24-hour running time. "The boys got a double ration of grog when we did more than 200 miles in a day," said Tanya.

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For Drew and Vernita on 'Layla', the trip's highlight was making landfall in the Marquesas. Next time they'll forego baking quiche underway. times of the day to look forward to was nice. Nonetheless, I missed certain things like everyone else did. When Tanya on Meshach said she missed her mom, I could relate. In fact, a majority of cruisers missed family and friends the most. Shan told us he missed Maggie, "my dog and best friend." Second and third on the list were a full night's sleep and having the boat stand still. Taking regular showers was a close fourth.

For Tauranga. showering every other day thanks to their watermaker, was something that made a positive difference in their trip. Jen on Green Ghost did the same, but only allowed herself one liter for the job. Amber, aboard f Boread, made constructive use of her off-watch time by keeping a journal. Sometimes it's the smallest things that make the biggest difference. Bert and Sharon on Tenacious were glad to have Bandit, their 18year-old Siamese cat with them — a comfort during long night watches. Tuning in to listen or participate in the daily radio nets was a nice way to feel a part of the big circle of Pacific Puddle Jumpers.

It's easy for me to believe that crossing an ocean in a small boat reduces my life down to the essentials of water, food, sleep, and protection from the elements. Yet, it was so much more than

.fc^veryone evaluated their crossing, looking closely at the good, the bad, and even the ugly things that happened. Though a 'perfect' passage was had by all — moderate weather conditions, no serious illnesses, no major equipment failures, and adequate help onboard to deal with problems that came up — it is only natural to look back at what would be done differently next time.

Gene on Peregine admitted to being a Captain Bligh at times and will try to be "less grumpy" next time around. I felt like Illusion could have had more fans to keep air circulating and conditions more comfortable below decks. Yehudi expressed the same thought. Meshach told us that even though it was a relatively short passage for them, they would reef early and slow the boat down in order to make the crossing more comfortable. Chris on Shan pointed out that chafe problems are more frequent because of the constant motion

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One aspect of the trip that everyone agreed upon was the bond they felt with their boat. Chris was very satisfied with his gaff rig, saying it is "easy to repair, versatile, and powerful on a reach. " Onboard Illusion and Tenacious, intentionally eliminating stress on systems made sailing more comfortable and eased tension on gear that was already being pushed hard by constant use. Green Ghost said they are now more confident than ever that their boat will get them where they want to go. "I am less confident it will look good on arrival, though," Jen added.

'When we finally dropped the hook on Hiva Oa, it was hard for me to imagine a next time. The feeling of accom-

Nick and Jen on 'Green Ghost' gained a renewed confidence in their boat's ability to take them safely to wherever they want to go. plishment filled me like the aroma of rich, earthy soil when 1 finally stepped on land again. Eveiything was green, lush, and fixed to land. Seeing the island was like seeing an opposing representation of life at sea. My world had been colored blue

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LOOKING BACK with vast ocean waters spread beneath endless stretches of sky. We smelled salt air.

Illusion's motion was constant. The fruit we ate came out of a can.

Will there be a next time?

Across the board, a "Yes!" rang out. Sharon on Tenacious said, "Sure, but not right away." Both Green Ghost and Layla admitted that during the passage, the answer would have been no. After making landfall, however, they felt the outcome was worth the effort.

Crossing an oceamdoesn't change who you are, but you are different, somehow, when the anchor is finally lowered. What words of wisdom can be offered to the next flock of cruisers ready to take wing across the Pacific? Most Puddle Jumpers told us that knowing your boat and being able to make repairs yourself is key to a successful passage. Being patient, self-suf-

ficient, and just getting out there, were some of the other comments we heard.

Green Ghost summed it up beautifully. Jen said, "Once your boat is prepared for the voyage, the passage is less about technical knowledge and hardcore sailing, and more about the day-to-day aspects of surviving — moving about the boat safely, eating properly, staying hydrated, and getting enough sleep. Everyone aboard should be selfsufficient in these areas." Nick added, "The passage is long and arduous, not dangerous or frightening. "It is a beautiful landfall, in part because of what it took to get there."

Sweet-sailing and simply equipped, the 36-ft schooner 'Shan' was lovingly built by skipper, Chris Lot I is.

Fair winds and following seas to all those fascinating birds now perched for the next migration. We hope to see you in the South Pacific.

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FALSE MAYDAYS Holy cow! You think John Walker Lindh is in deep dung, wait until you read what some of our readers suggest as punishment for Kurtis Thorsted, a 44year-old Salinas man who allegedly initiated a false mayday call on the afternoon of December 19. It just so happened that while the Coast Guard was responding on this wild goose chase, a real 'mayday' call came inxjt was from two men who reported their 33-ft fishing boat was sinking.

When we noted this case in the December 21 'Lectronic Latitude, we had incomplete information. We said that the Coasties dispatched a helicopter and a boat to search the areas off Half Moon Bay (Thorsted's firsts reported position) and later Pebble Beach (his second reported position). In fact, the Coast Guard had two boats looking — a 47-footer and a RHIB out of Station Monterey — and two aircraft — an HH-65 Dolphin helicopter and a C-130.

Thorsted claimed his family was with him on his 'sinking boat,' and at one point said they were going into the water. Not only was there no sinking boat, there was no boat at all: Thorsted was eventually found to be transmitting the distress calls from his apartment in Salinas!

There is reportedly evidence this was not the first false mayday Thorsted might have initiated.

When the Coast Guard began to suspect a hoax call a bit more than an hour after Thorsted's first mayday (around 4 p.m.), they contacted the FCC to help triangulate the origin of the calls. What helped bring down this lawbreaker was that the Coasties were able to keep him talking so long — and that he apparently wasn't playing with a full deck. At one point, the Coast Guard radio operator asked Thorsted his home address . . . and he gave it to them!

Meanwhile, out at sea, the 33-ft fishing boat Emyle was in real trouble off Davenport. When their first call came in about 6:15 p.m., it was a literal "dark and stormy, night" with howling winds and 15ft seas. Emyle was taking on water and her pumps were unable to keep up.

By that time, the C-130 had returned to its base. The Dolphin helicopter also had to return to its base to refuel, then immediately took off to find the Emyle.

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ing to make port. So the helo shadowed them and vectored in the 47-footer — which was also the same boat that had been out looking for Thorsted.

By the time the 47-footer rendezvoused with the fishing boat about 7:30, she was DIW and had lost all power.

About all they had time to do was get the two men off. The fishing boat sank.

(For more on the difficulties of this rescue — including the fact that neither fisherman spoke English — see "Coast Watch" in this month's Sightings.)

Anyway, after a much briefer rundown of the facts on 'Lectronic Latitude, we invited email response to the following question: The maximum penalty for fake mayday calls is six years in prison, a $250,000 fine, and paying the Coast Guard back for the expenses they incurred. If Thorsted is convicted, what do you think would be an appropriate punishment?

(At the time of the 'Lectronic writeup, we didn't know Thorsted, if found guilty, would also be subject to $5,000 in civil fines for a Class D felony, and additional fines by the FCC for improper use of a radio.)

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few more than 100 of you responded. God help Thorsted if he goes to trial and some of you are on the jury.

Some respondents were deadly serious, some were tongue in cheek, some were hilarious and some were downright weird. A few were really thoughtful. Significantly, however, only one or two were even remotely lenient. Virtually everyone wanted to throw the book at Thorsted.

We felt this reaction was significant enough that we should run the 'sentences' here so that all boaters — and especially thg Coast Guard — realize where responsible sailors stand on this important issue.

So buckle in securely, keep your hands inside the armchair at all times, and here we go . . . .

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— Gary Willis "If I was the sentencing judge, he would get the six years, the $250,000 fine, pay the costs — and get shot and pissed on. I have no time for what he is alleged to have done."

— Bob of Millennium Falcon "Set the SOB adrift and dare anyone to go to his aid. A mere fine is a cop-out.

He probably can't pay it anyway."

— Scotty Jones "My guess is that Thorsted has neither the $250,000 nor the means to pay back the Coast Guard. However, he should still do the maximum jail sentence and fine."

— John Gqjdos

"The full penalty. What he's done is a premeditated crime and should be treated as such. Next time he might kill someone — like you or me."

— Brian Field "Give him a sex change operation, turn him into a woman and send him

"How about a year of picking up the bodies of those mariners that didn't make it, and in-between he could do coastal cleanup."

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"One year. Every time someone is lost in the waters off the state of California, Mr. Thorsted has to be the one to inform the next of kin in person. Travel is at his own cost."

— Nick Salvador "I say give him two years in jail to think about it, plus the full cost of the rescue effort. Make the stipulation that no bankruptcy action can release him from this debt. Since this is not the maximum penalty, I would also have him do community service with the Coast Guard — one week for every hour that was spent on his hoax."

— Scott Rhoads

Imagine being these guys, waiting for rescue on the bottom of your capsized fishing bopt while the Coast Guard chased a false 'mayday' call. Fortunately, this rescue was not interrupted. Soon after these two crew (and a third in the water) were rescued last May, the 72-ft 'Leslie Lee' sank off Trinidad Head, had died, add murder charges."

— Erik Hansen "Put him in a sinking liferaft off the coast of Half Moon Bay. If the Coast Guard has nothing better to do (like washing their hair) they can go and pick him up after an hour or two.”

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'tour of duty' aboard a rescue boat so he develops a proper appreciation of what they do."

— Pat McIntosh "1) Have him scrape barnacles and repaint Coast Guard Gutters for 500 hours. 2) Ban his use of telephones except emergency 911 calls. 3) On second thought, forget #2. . . . " — Gardner (no first name given)

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"I feel a bit sorry for anyone who is so stupid that they would pull such a hoax.

Let him serve 6 months in jail and pay the Coast Guard the cost of the search provided that he is reasonably able to come up with the money. If he is of humble means make the fine less but make it clear that there had better never be a 'next time’ or he will be hit with the full force of the law."

— D. S. Webb

"Give the guy the max penalty, and while he’s in prison, make him read all the actual cases of rescues that the Coasties go through to save people. When he gets out, make him do a two week

"If he has been involved with more than one home, he may have committed many that we don't even know about. If so, he should face the full extent of the law, plus provide community service at

"The appropriate penalty is the maximum the law allows!!"

— Richard Brown "The maximum!"

"I assume Thorsted is competent’ as well as adult, and cannot claim extenuating circumstances (whatever they might be) for his alleged illegal and dangerous behavior. If he is convicted, the book should be thrown at him, but I am not certain that $250k/6 years/expense reimbursement is a heavy enough book.

"How about starting his sentence by putting him in a lifejacket at the spot off Santa Cruz where the sinking fishing boat crew was rescued? Leave him floating for the length of time between the fishing boat mayday transmission and their rescue.

"Sailors help each other. That tradition is inviolate."

— Steve Lewis "Put him on a leaking Zodiac 12 miles off Monterey with a broken handheld VHF." / — R. Scott Carroll "Perhaps th£ existing penalties could be doubled?" n — Ron Killian "I think an appropriate punishment would be to put him in a boat out in the ocean (without a VHF radio of course), hole it, and leave him there. Zero tolerance for stuff like this! What if someone had died on that fishing boat because of him?"

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FALSE MAYDAYS is going to get him off. You know that.

So what's the point?"

— Rich V. "Spank him in front of his kids."

— Michael Layne and Emma "If convicted, and in addition to whatever fines can be extracted, perhaps Kurtis could spend several years of weekends washing Coast Guard equipment.

His respect for society might improve with proximity to the staff whose time he wasted. By making a beneficial contribution through actual work, he might also gain some regard as to their unselfish duty. This might be better .than being a further burdery to society by sitting in a jail. "...or satisfy his imagination by putting him in a sinking boat off Half Moon Bay. I'm torn."

— David Addleman "If the maximum penalty for fake mayday calls is six years in prison, a $250,000 fine, and paying the Coast Guard back for the expenses, then he should get six years in prison, a $250,000 fine, and pay the Coast Guard back for the expenses they incurred.

(And maybe something for the crew of the sinking fishing boat whose rescue was delayed.) , — Terry Roy "The penalty for fake maydays? I think the cost of the response would be appropriate. I suspect the cost would be in the tens of thousands of dollars given the cost of the rescue equipment, the training of the rescuers and their support staff, etc. Of course, if the guy doesn't have any assets other than his VHF radio, then just take the radio away from him so he can find a different way to amuse himself."

— Thomas Davis "Are you truly taking a survey of public opinion on Kurtis Thorsted's punishment should he be found guilty of perpetrating a hoax against the United States Coast Guard? Keelhauling is out, right? Well then, I believe he should be punished to the full extent of the law.

Maybe mandatory seamanship safety classes at his cost. Perhaps, also, community service. Something's gotta make this guy realize how foolish and dangerous his jokes are, and just plain stupid!"

— Sheila Marron "Bring back keelhauling!!"

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"The max. And if he did it more than once, make it the max for each subsequent time, too."

— Bill Elmer "I would put him in a sinking boat off Monterey without a radio. If he survives, then I would fine him $250K, and give him 3-6 years in prison, also without a radio — but with plenty of vasoline."

— Wayne Emard "I vote to sentence and fine the guilty to the maximum allowed for each offense.

It is necessary to reach the public and make them aware of the terrible cost to the public and to those who are in need of assistance.

— Chuck Cunningham "I think an appropriate punishment would be for this jerk to have to speak to schoolchildren on the importance of water safety — and high schoolers on how

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— Stirling (no other name given) "There should be a law for being stupid. But since there isn't, the existing penalties are sufficient— enforce them."

— Douglas Kendall "Being a liar, er, lawyer and all, I'd throw the book at him and give him the whole six years in jail and the full fine.

Yeah, I know it's not proportional to your local murder sentence here in California, but it seems to me that if you knowingly do bad things, well, you should have your ass put in jail.

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"Public disemboweling wouldn't be far off the mark."

— PA. Truelsen "The maximum penalty is too small, in my opinion."

— Bob Conrich "The judge should sock it to him — the maximum — if anything had happened to the real people having distress, then Thorsted would have been sued in both criminal and civil courts, so he is getting off easy.

"I'm not big on putting stupid people in prison, so I could go for less than 6 years, but I feel strongly that he should pay the fine and the costs. The Coasties

sponsibility of the person driving the getaway car. It's murder.

"Just as drinking laws for drivers of boats have slowly caught up with the laws covering automobiles, so too must the laws for a hoax mayday carry the responsibility of the getaway car trying to avoid the police. This is an important issue. Boaters and the general public need to understand the seriousness of a hoax mayday distress call. I hope general circulation newspapers as well as boating magazines give this subject more press.

"Finally, please head up a campaign for the Federal government to increase the Coast Guard budget. I’m really sick of seeing their budget cut year after year.

To add insult to injury, the Federal government adds more areas of responsibility to the Coast Guard each year. The Coast Guard is a rare government agency that all Americans should be proud of, without reservation."

— Bob Clark "I believe the penalty should be financial since no lives were lost. $100,000 plus costs would serve as a deterrent to others."

— Sam and Marcia Fullerton "All of the above."

— Evan Berglund "'As a sailor sailing in these very waters, I say make his trial public, and give him the maximum. Then make him stand in front of all of the sailors who have experienced the great work our U.S. Coast Guard has done for them, and apologize. The guy is lower than pond scum.

— Perry Mullinix

"Make him ride along on the next two nighttime, bad weather SAR calls — one in the helo, one in the MLB. Just strap him in, tell him to shut up and take him for the ride."

— Dennis Olson "Put him in a Laser 100 miles off Pt. Sur with a megaphone and a coffee cup for a bailer and let him try to call the USCG with a mayday."

— Jay Kimmal "Hang him!"

— Don Murray "Give him the max and publicize it in every medium across the nation to hopefully deter others from doing such a disgraceful act!"

— Arlene Hube

could use the money, I'm sure.

— Mike Chambreau "Set him adrift in a rubber raft with a radio he thought actually worked."

— Glenn Kotara "Hit him with the maximum. He's 44, he can take it."

— Connie Nelson "The bottom line here is that a hoax mayday could result in the diversion of Coast Guard assets such that a legitimate mayday could not be responded to in time to save lives. A parallel example of responsibility is when police take chase in a squad car and an innocent person is killed by the police car or the car being chased. The death of the innocent person(s) is considered the legal re¬

"Old Testament: Put him on a slowly sinking boat with a working VHF and a survival suit, 20 miles offshore, on a rough day.

"New Testament: Put him on the rescue boat, on the same day. The community service, telling the story. '’If he doesn't get it, he's probably mentally ill and needs all the help he can get."

— Stephen Estes "I'm glad you've invited comment on the subject of hoaxing fools like Kurtis Thorsted. The Coast Guard need to know that the boating community values the hard work they do and will not stand for such reckless idiocy. Unless Mr. Thorsted is claiming legitimate insanity as his defense, he should pay the maximum consequence allowable under the law. His February, 2002 • UtUoJt ?? • Page 135

FALSE MAYDAYS actions are plain stupid and completely preventable by him. Sending the Coast Guard on a wild goose chase is akin to sending the police or fire department out of town. Every hoaxster needs to know that these departments are stretched to

"The USCG will recommend a prosecution, but really the local U.S. Dept, of Justice will decide whether or not to

It might be me needing help when the next false alarm comes in."

— Shep (no last name given) "Put him on a inoperable boat about 10 miles offshore in heavily shark infested waters (well chummed). Make sure there are no flares, VHF, etc., onboard and only rice cakes stopping the thruhulls. For good measure, make sure he has a 33# CQR and 25' of chain locked to his ankles. Take off and don't look back!"

— Doug and Jill Martin "If proven guilty he should be given the maximum sentence. Innocent lives are at stake when the Coast Guard's resources are used to investigate mayday hoaxes."

— Al Reginato

the limit, and wasting their time results is the direct denial of critical services to someone in need. Jail time may not prevent crimes of passion or chemical dependence, but it can prevent simple willful stupidity."

— Peter (no last name given) "I have no problem with recommending the maximum penalty. For some (unknown to me) reason, some people think that it is good fun to yell fire\ in a crowded theater, and 'joke' about hijacking on an airplane. It appears that these people have similar attitudes to those who go into a rage if you pull in front of them on the highway, or who beat up stewardesses when they have had a bit too much to drink. We no longer teach citizenship at home or in the schools, so society has little alternative but to making public examples of those who get caught."

— Jon K. Nicholas "Six months in prison, 3 years parole, a $50,000 fine, and paying the Coast Guard back for the expenses they incurred if this is 'first offense’ and there are no other known unlawful activities in his past. If they can prove repeated offenses, throw the book at him. Unfortunately, in light of punishments dished out for other crimes, I doubt his punishment will be that severe."

— Ralph Greenwood "Six years cleaning the bilges of a sardine factoiy ship."

—- John Barreiro Page 136 •

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Last February, the 551-ft log carrier 'Leo Forrest' started losing logs in heavy weather in the Bering Sea. She was escorted to safety by Coast Guard planes, helos and a cutter — with help from three commercial fishing boats. prosecute. I would recommend a pretty stiff penalty, though. The CG never has any money, and when the Coasties have to dick around with these calls, it just wastes everybody's time. So punishment is a year in the federal pen (not a nice place) reduced to six months at Club Fed, repay the CG for time and material, and take this idiot's radios. This should make an example of him. Then the CG can go after the real kids who fool around with false maydays."

— Molly Marion "Appropriate penalty is 6 years plus $250,000 plus Coast Guard's expenses."

— Ryan Werner "I think that Thorsted ought to be sentenced as follows: In addition to repaying all the costs incurred by the Coast Guard, he ought to do six years of volunteer work for the Coasties on his weekends. After spending a bit of time in the choppers and on the rescue boats, perhaps he would appreciate how these people regularly put their lives on the line to help us boaties."

— George Backhus "In reply to your question regarding the punishment for the false emergency calls, they should give him the limit and charge him for all the Coasties’ expenses.

"I believe Chicken Little should get the maximum sentence, plus do six months mopping floors in an emergency room."

— Bud Moore "As Solomon would say, put him in a sinking boat, let him call for help and see when the Coast Guard shows up."

— Alan Mathison

We cringe to think of what additional torture readers would have come up with if we'd known at the time that Thorsted’s day and night of 'fun' cost taxpayers approximately $30,000.

To get a broader perspective on the problem of hoax maydays, we talked to Lt. Ken Langford, who works in the Operations Division (the guys who keep track of emergency calls) of Group San Francisco. Here are some of the highlights of that conversation . . .

Of 550 search-and-rescue emergency calls received by Group San Franciso in 2001, 22% were 'uncorrelated', which is the official term for suspected false or hoax calls. That's 121 calls that wasted countless hours and tax dollars just in Group San Francisco's area of responsibility. That area stretches from the Sonoma/Mendocino County line to the north, to the Monterey/San Luis Obispo county line to the south, and from the Exclusive Economic Zone (about 200 miles out) to 'the west, to as far east as Nevada, most of Utah and a small section of SW Wyoming!

Note also that not all emergency calls include the actual word mayday. Lt.

THE CALLS THAT COST

Lanford says some of the most serious SAR cases have started with a calm voice requesting only "help," or "assistance."

This is one of the reasons it's so hard to identify hoax calls.

"I've heard tapes of actual emergencies where the people remained calm the whole time," says Langford. "There's just no way to tell, hence the Coast Guard policy to respond immediately."

However, the actual word "mayday" almost always sets the machinery of rescue in motion.

What kind of motion depends on the nature of the call. If the caller gives a reasonable position, such as right off the Golden Gate, the Coast Guard may dispatch a boat or helo. If the caller doesn't (or is unable to) give a position, the Coasties will issue a UMIB — Urgent Marine Information Broadcast — to all vessels in an area to be on the lookout for the reporting vessel. Private or commercial vessels responding to UMIBs have saved many a mariner's hide over

the years, either directly or by helping vector the Coast Guard into the position.

In a worst-case scenario, the Coast Guard has to conduct a search of a large area. If they can keep the caller talking, the helos and boats can home in on a 'line of position' using the stricken boat's VHF signal. Of course, as any prudent mariner knows, all you need is three lines of position to establish a position fix. The good news is that such a system of triangulation (using land-based antennas) is being put together to cover the Bay Area and near-ocean approaches. The bad news is, it's still at least a couple of years away from going online.

A 'digital' VHF — which transmits a 'fingerprint' similar to an EPIRB — is also in the works. These will one day allow a boater in distress to simply hit one button in an emergency, and the radio will transmit a distress call, a caller ID and GPS coordinates. Deep draft vessels already carry such a system on the 2 meg band of their SSB radios.

Another bit of good news is that the Coasties' direction finding ability is continually improving. Hoax callers are quicker and easier to locate than they were six months ago, and in another six months, they'll be easier yet.

The goofballs among you have been warned.

There is also no way to profile' the average hoaxer. The caught ones have come from all age groups and social strata, although Langford notes that during the school year, there are more hoaxes in the afternoon when school is out, and on holidays. "It's a good idea for parents to either teach their kids that a radio is not a toy, or to remove the temptation entirely," he notes.

Bottom line: "As a boater, if you know of anyone transmitting false calls, it's important to call the Coast Guard and let us know," says Lt. Langford. "That way, we can research the case to hopefully find the hoaxer — and we can have our assets ready to respond to a real emergency."

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WATER, WATER EVERWHERE xMter thirty years of living aboard without refrigeration, my wife Carolyn and I consider the ice cube as mankind’s ultimate achievement. Forget GPS, satphones or shipboard email-in-yourwristwatch, it's the hard, cold, crystal clarity of a piece of flash-frozen ice which is our personal drug of choice.

Yes, we’re hopelessly addicted, and our addiction knows no rational bounds.

We recently went a month sailing across the Pacific without ice — but getting some was our top priority after stepping ashore in the Marquesas.

"Does anyone know where I can score a bag. . . or even a few grams. . . of ice?"

I asked every Polynesian I met. "I.mean, even a tiny bit to chop up and snort would be cool. . ."

Three more iceless days went by, and

cooler as they sleep?"

"Wait," said Slim, a Texan off a gelcoat-blistered Outhouse 41. "It's best to try subterfuge first — we can always resort to violence later. Does anyone have any ketchup?"

Thus, a few minutes later we watched as Slim slowly rowed towards the megayacht, with his entire head swathed in ketchup-stained gauze bandages.

"Ahoy!" he yelled weakly, and then slumped over at the oars. "Aho. . . oy!"

The crew and passengers of the yacht rushed to the port rail and stared down at him.

Within moments, Slim was pulling back towards our group at full speed — with a maniacal gleam of ice-crazed triumph on his swarthy face.

I started to get really desperate.

"Maybe we should take over a grammar school or take a few nuns hostage," I suggested to Carolyn.

Luckily, a supply boat pulled in the following day, and I was able to buy a slightly cold can of fizzless Mountain Dew — but no ice.

Frankly, this long-term addiction to ice has led us to do some morally contemptible things.

Back in the late ’70s we were anchored off Conception Island in the Bahamas — along with a couple of other dilapidated cruising vessels — when a large, gleaming megayacht named Too Much Money pulled in.

It was quiet in the anchorage, and we could hear the tinkling of their ice cubes — which began to drive us nuts.

Even worse, the uniformed steward kept tossing their "used" ice cubes into the harbor as he freshened their glasses.

We watched the ice slowly melting just fifty yards to loo’ard of us — so near, and yet so far.

"There must be three icemakers and a couple of walk-in freezers aboard that palatial gin-palace," muttered an old "frog" named Frenchie off a rusty multichine. "I say we hit 'em with our flare guns — and we hit ’em hard!"

"Why not try sneaking aboard at midnight," suggested a Florida cracker named Nicci off a Tarpon Springs fishing boat, "and silently empty the aft bar Page 138 • UtCt• February, 2002

"Look at his poor head," gasped one of the yachtingtogged women, "He’s injured!"

"Actually," said the Texan, springing back to life perhaps a tad too quickly. "I’ve been boomed by the hit. . . er, I mean, hit by the boom. My brain has expanded so much that. . . well, it’s leaking out my ears. Do you think you could spare a towel full of ice to reduce the swelling?"

"Certainly," said the ship’s steward with a click of his heels. "Take the whole bag, sir!"

Within moments, Slim was pulling back towards our group at full speed — with a maniacal gleam of ice-crazed triumph on his swarthy face.

Vi^, of course, were fully prepared — with rows of tepid, three-quarters-full ginand-tonics, rum-and-cokes and whiskey-and-bilge-waters all set to go.

Our little ’sundowner" party was wonderful, and we made sure the Texan didn’t come topside again and blow our scam.

But Carolyn and I were

filled with remorse the following day. The gullible people on the megayacht kept sweetly calling over to us, "How’s the patient this morning? Would you like us to call for an air-ambulance helicopter?

How did the accident with the boom happen?"

That final question stunned us into collective silence — each of us hoping

BUT NOT A SPECK OF ICE

the other would speak first. But when the pause became too long — we all blurted out an answer at the same instant.

"His gooseneck shattered and the boom fell through the forehatch — and speared his head in the V-berth," I said lamely.

"He vas, how you say, ‘cutting the

cheese’. . .” said Frenchie, “and vhen he stood up to lift a leg, he hit zee head, no?"

"Actually, he sailed into a floating landmine,” said Nicci. "Or, I guess, a floating sea mine. . . probably left over from WWII or the Civil War. Anyway, the 'boom' he mentioned was from the ensuing explosion. . ."

The people on the megayacht just stared at us, and we could see that the truth was slowly sinking in. Thus we all silently hoisted our anchors and slunk off into the gathering gloom — with ducttape hiding the names on our respective transoms.

"Never again," vowed Carolyn, "will I exchange my personal integrity for an ice cube!" Thus far we’ve kept to her pledge — although it’s complicated.

We were recently anchored off a small - island in Tonga when Carolyn said, "I’ll make the G&Ts if you get the ice."

"Okay," I said, and popped a cassette into the tape player as I located a special felt-lined box that contained six professional photographer’s plexiglass ice cubes (designed not to melt under the hot lights).

I waited until we were comfortable in the cockpit to satisfyingly 'plop' in the cubes, hit the 'play' button on the cassette, and mist the outside of our glasses with the spray bottle of distilled water.

"A toast?" Carolyn asked over the icetinkle from the cockpit speakers.

"To the cruising life," I responded as we clinked together our condensationdripping gin-andtonics.

Then I reached into the pocket of my sailing shorts, and ,<rubbed together a couple of pebbles, while simultaneously flexing my jaw muscles.

"Hey!" Carolyn scolded me right on cue. "Don’t chew the ice cubes — it’s bad for your tooth enamel!"

"Sorry, dear," I said with an ever-soclever wink. "Sorry!"

— fatty goodlander February, 2002 • UiitwU Z2 • Page 139

GOLDEN GATE YC MIDWINTERS

The first two servings of Golden Gate YC's 31st Annual Manny Fagundes Seaweed Soup Regatta were lukewarm and, some Farr 40 owners would argue, unappetizing — the race committee seemed to have misplaced their 'recipe book' in November, and then torrential rain dampened the December proceedings. Happily, by'comparison, the third helping of Seaweed Soup — which 87 boats sampled on Saturday, January 5 •— was downright tasty.

Though the day was rather cold and gray — soupy, even — it wasn't raining (yet), and there was a fairly steady 1015 knot northerly blowing. Two’ of the 17 courses on the Soup menu employed Harding Rock as the first mark, a logical choice given the wind direction. However, without a committee boat, the race committee was forced to start the fleet from the GGYC race deck, sending the masses off on a smorgasbord of reaches again.

The first four classes took off to the east on a 7.4-mile course around Blossom, Harding, Blackaller and finish.

Boats which left Alcatraz to port on the beat to Harding fared best, and positions didn't change much once the kite parade started. PHRF-II and III were sent westward on a 9.6-mile trek up and down the Cityfront, basically a full sausage (Blackaller-Blossom) followed by a halfsausage (Blackaller-Fort Mason). The final four classes sailed two half-sausages (Blackaller-Ft. Mason). The water was choppy from so many boats reaching back and forth on the Cityfront, and there was at least one major T-boning (see Sightings).

But any day you can race sailboats in the winter without getting rained on or having to set an anchor is a good one, and most racers seemed happy just to be out on the water. Six boats are now tied in the Seaweed Soup competition (the overall pickle dish for best record in the biggest class) with two bullets each: That's Right, Benino, Wind Dragon, Uno, X-Dream, and Hank Easom's three-time

Seaweed winner Yucca ('86, '95, '99).

The five-race, one-throwout regatta resumes on February 2 and ends on March 2. Full results can be found at www.yra.org.

Clockwise from upper left— 'Rum Turn Tugger' chases Breakout'; 'Freya' led the 9-boat Catalina 34 fleet around Blackaller Buoy; ‘Red Sky' and 'Spirit of Bombay'; 5-year-old Sean Kneeland (J/105 'Orion') was the youngest Seaweed Sou per; 'Melange' on her ear; 'Hazardous Waste'and 'Irrational Again', both sporting the newest look in J/105 staysails.

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Soup du Jour, clockwise from above â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Good Timin' pursues a gaggle of J/105s; the J/130 Sceptre' came in second in PHRF-I; riding the rail on the Soverel 33 'Navigator'; the J/105 'Horse-play' and eventual winner Arbitrage'; the J/120 'Twist' (which finally broke â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Mr. Magoo's stranglehold on that class) and the red Aerodyne 38 Fast Forward'. All photos Latitude/rob.

Above, the lean 8-Meter 'Yucca' loved all the reaching and easily won PHRF-II; the mighty Zamazaan' took the bronze among the big boats; the J/120 'Dayenu', one of eight boats sailing in j this rapidly growing class; the PHRF-IVparade back from Blackaller (the Cal 29 Boog-A-Loo' is : entering the picture on starboard — see page 96 to see what ensued.)

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J/120 — 1) Twist, Timo Bruck; 2) Mr. Magoo, Steve Madeira; 3) QuiB5, John Sylvia; 4) Jolly Mon, Mark Bowman. (8 boats) J/105 — 1) Arbitrage, Bruce Stone; 2) Aquavit, Alexis Steiner; 3) Horse-play, Richard Parker; 4) Ultimatum, Vince DiLorenzo; 5) Jose Cuervo, Sam & Luke Hock; 6) Jabberwocky, Brent Vaughn; 7) Baldeagles, Randy Paul/Dave Liggett; 8) Irrational Again, Jaren Leet. (20 boats) CATALINA 34 — 1) Wind Dragon, Dave Davis; 2) Don Miguel, David Benefiel; 3) Motley, Chris Owen; 4) Freya, George Bean. (9 boats) KNARR — 1) Benino, Terry Anderlini; 2) Flyer, Chris Kelly. (5 boats)

Here comes the judge — Tom Allen, wearing his trademark floppy white hat, steers his trusty IOD 'Whitecap' around Blackaller Buoy.

FOLKBOAT — 1) Polperro, Peter Jeal; 2) Frihed, Bill Madison. (4 boats) PHRF-I (< 65) — 1) X-Dream, X-119, Steen Moller; 2) Sceptre, J/130, Robert Musor; 3) Zamazaan, Farr 52, Chuck Weghorn; 4) Fast Forward, Aerodyne 38, Dan Benjamin; 5) Oaxaca, SC 50, Patti & Dick Cranor. (11 boats) PHRF-II (65-99) — 1) Yucca, 8-Meter, Hank Easom; 2) Two Scoops, Express 34, Chris Longaker; 3) Navigator, Soverel 33, Bill Melbostad; 4)

Melange, Express 37, The Reeds. (9 boats) PHRF-II I (100-152) — 1) Uno, WylieCat 30, Steve Wonner; 2) Breakout, Santana 35, Lloyd Ritchey; 3) Spirit of Bombay, Santana 35, Whalen/ Kennedy. (8 boats) PHRF-IV (153-197) — 1) Tres Shay, Catalina 30, John Jacobs; 2) Hot Chocolate, Newport 30, Jon Nicholas; 3) Chorus, Kettenburg 38, Peter English; 4) Noble Lady, Beneteau First 305, Gary Massari; 5) Whitecap, IOD, Tom Allen. (11 boats) PHRF-V (197-up)— 1)That's Right, Coronado 25, Katherine Wheatley; 2) My Toy, Ranger 26, Dave Adams; 3) Synchronicity, Coronado 25, Peter Van Derwerff. (6 boats)

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STELLA Dl MARE'S is often the case at sea, our planned trip from Bora Bora to remote Penrhyn Atoll in the Northern Cook Islands had to be aborted on August 4 due to a change in the weather. We'd already sailed 7/8 of the 565-mile passage when winds increased to over 20 knots and clocked around to the northeast, which was the wrong direction for the planned Penrhyn anchorage. With no protection

quick repair and get underway again.

But we had no such luck this time.

The reality of being in trouble 390 miles away from any help was very sobering. Our first reaction was to set up a jury-rigged rudder using the Med plank hinged off the stern swim ladder. But

You always think you can find a way to make a quick repair and get underway again.

But we had no such luck this time. from the northeast in an anchorage peppered with coral heads, I made the decision to change course for Western Samoa, 870 miles to the southeast. While we were disappointed to miss Penrhyn, the risks had simply outweighed the benefits.

On our new course, the sailing continued to be good, with 20+ knots out of the northeast. We were averaging 150 miles a day.

On August 6, the winds were still strong, but were not a problem on our broad reach point of sail. Then at 2155 all hell broke loose. All of a sudden the boat went out of control. The noise and irregular motion of the boat woke us up and we quickly got up on deck to help deal with the flogging sails and apparent loss of steering. Why do equipment failures always happen at night?

Needless to say, it took a little time to

with the stormy conditions we were in, the setup was just too loose to offer any kind of control. With our four-person crew being veiy exhausted, I decided to hove to and readdress the problem in the morning when we would be more rested and would have daylight to work with.

Faced with the possibility that we might actually have to abandon Stella di Mare, my wife Pat and I did not sleep very well during the squally conditions we continued to experience during the night. First thing the following morning, with the boat drifting in the wrong direction, I slipped into the water off the rising and falling stern and was shocked to see a bare rudderpost and skeg. All of our fiberglass rudder had been ripped away. This was not going to be a repair that could be made at sea.

Next, I alerted both the informal Raggedy Airs of Paradise net as well as the

sort things out. After getting the sails down and eliminating some of the chaos, we reached the unfortunate conclusion that something had happened to the steering system. The seriousness of the event did not sink in right away. You always think you can find a way to make a

Pacific Seafarers Maritime net of our dilemma. With Stella di Mare in no immediate danger, Pat and I made the decision to make the good fight to save the boat. This would be our position until such time that weather, reefs or other hazards posed a serious threat that

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would necessitate more drastic action.

The first advice we received over the SSB was to put out a drogue with control lines, which took a lot of effort with poor results. Next, we tried trailing several long knotted lines with controls that proved equally ineffective.

The next day the same 'advisors' reversed their position on how the drogues should be deployed, which was very disheartening to the crew. After struggling for two frustrating days with no real progress, we became very discouraged.

Some of the advice, although well meaning, was not well thought out. It only sapped our resources and had a negative impact on the crew's state of mind. I was also starting to be concerned with our northerly drift toward the Nassau and Tema reefs some 48 miles away.

Something positive just had to happen soon.

On the third day, we got our first break — and it came from within. Pat, in going through Gary Jobson's book Storm Sailing, discovered a drawing of a

MID-OCEAN IMPROV

Once 'Stella di Mare's jury-rigged rudder was in place, Pat, Gene (center) and Robert were able to smile again. Inset: The complex solution was fashioned after a Jobson drawing. jury-rigged rudder using a spinnaker pole and closet door lashed to the deck at the backstay and controlled with lines running through blocks and cockpit winches. It looked like our best hope.

I notified our cruising nets that we had found a system that we had confidence in and that we would be applying all our energy to setting it up. In the meantime, we would be off the air and would report later on any progress we were able to make. I still can recall a comment by someone on the net stating that Stella di Mare was faced with sailing 400 miles under a juiy-rigged setup to reach the nearest port. Hearing our situation described that way sure brought home the seriousness of our situation.

While Jobson's drawing was helpful, it was not complete and did not offer any written description. Crewman Chuck Roberts and I took it from there and put together a trial setup in pouring rain.

Under miserable working conditions it took most of the day to work things out, but in the end the setup did show promise. We waited until the following day to put together the final versioh with refinements that we had discovered the previous day. At 1535 on August 10, we put the new jury-rigged rudder system to its first real test. With an adequate fuel supply, I thought it would be better to run under engine power alone for optimum

the bow came around to a heading in the general direction that we desired.

What a sense of euphoria we experienced when the boat responded, driving the bow through the wind and then maintaining some semblance of a course.

Later, I discovered that using the emergency tiller, we were able to gain some fine steering control from the stainless steel hardware still attached to the rudderpost. In fact, the system worked so well that we were able to average 110 miles each day. That was a major achievement when you consider the 390 miles we still had to cover to reach American Samoa. We also had a break in the weather that took a turn for the better with light air — 10 to 15 knots — and moderate seas for two days.

On the third day, the wind picked up to 20+ knots, with lumpy seas, which loosened our jury-rigged rudder lines to the point where we lost control. Rather than tiy to fix the system at night, I instructed the crew to bring the spinnaker pole on board and drift for the night.

We ended the evening with a welcome round of scotch along with a discussion on what would be needed to rebuild the system that would take us to Pago Pago.

The next morning we were pleasantly surprised to find that the boat had drifted four miles toward our destination. More importantly, the rebuilt system again worked like a charm. Under blue skies and moderate seas, Stella di Mare covered the last 70 miles with no further problems.

We arrived off the harbor at 1300 on August 14. It took us a while to raise anyone at the Pago Pago harbor but we finally got a response from their Emergency Services people. We later learned that the Coast Guard, with a staff of two and no vessel, was having trouble with their radio and could not respond to our call.

The jocal police boat finally managed

What a sense of euphoria we experienced when the j

and then maintaining some semblance of a course. control. Attempting to sail under the stormy conditions we were experiencing would have made steering control extremely difficult.

We swung the jury-rigged spinnaker pole rudder to port to bring Stella di Mare's bow around on a proper heading for American Samoa. Slowly but surely,

to meet us five miles out. With the good control we were able to maintain, I advised the police that we would bring our boat inside the harbor under her own power, where there was smoother water for the final tow to a designated anchorage. It is hard to describe the sense of relief we all felt at that moment.

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STELLA DI MARE'S L/ooking back on the entire episode, it was indeed an incredible experience that we will always remember. It was as close as you can get to an Outward Bound' survival course where you are put into a potentially hazardous situation that you have to work your way through. It is always nice getting encouragement over the radio, but solving such problems really-qomes down to relying on your own ingenuity and resources.

In the end, I feel that cool heads, a strong determination not to give up and a great team effort all contributed to our successfully pulling it off. In total, our trip from Bora Bora to American Samoa via Penrhyn took 14 days, covering 1,300 miles. ^

^A/hen we finally got the anchor down in Pago Pago harbor on August 14, after 390 miles under a jury-rigged rudder, we thought all our troubles were behind us. With all of the stainless steel hardware intact we felt that, at worst, it would take three to four weeks to fabricate a new fiberglass rudder and be on our way again. As it turned out nothing could have been further from the truth.

Little did we realize that we would be faced with a complete lack of marine facilities to support cruising yachts in

American Samoa. While there was an excellent slipway to support the commercial fishing fleet, it is not available to cruising yachts, even under emergency conditions.

When the police boat towed Stella di Mare into the harbor, they did not have the maneuvering power to move her to the Customs quay. Instead, they released us in 60+ feet of water, in what we were to learn later, was over a very poor-holding bottom. The rest of the day was spent in disassembling the jury-rigged rudder

After hours of tinkering, they finally perfected a workable system. Thank God Stella di Mare' carries a spinnaker pole. topped off with a well-earned celebration party.

The next day, contrary to what we expected, we had a quick and painless check-in with Customs, Immigration, Health and Agriculture. All the paperwork was processed right at dockside.

That left only the Port Captain to deal with. Next, we headed for the Pago Pago Yacht Club to start the rudder repair

NECESSITY When Air Force Col. Steve Golden ■ ui tin . ml i( n Ca e Hit t 3 on his very first offshore trip aboard Knot Inn. a Beneteau 331. he expected a pleasant, trouble-free trip to Half Moon Bay and back. He felt fairly confident, as he had already sailed tire year-and-a-halfold sloop extensively on the Bay. and he rie ng m r i oi Col. Dave Archer, along as crew.

As anticipated, the 25-mile trip south a ,ii uucvein In! it n >i a "mi r ^appoint ing, as winds were so light that the pair had to raotorsail most of the wav. After spending the night on the hook, they bee m ihi . ihi . i more Ulan Half Moon Bay. with Golden at die wheel, fi i'. rio ... ic It nly 11-ercigi uirkh lishiT out : - I. :,i id at chi i . In hr lop o the tide cr >h ill iv n h i\:j ■ visible after popping' off an inspection plate on the cockpit floor.

As with most wheel-steered boats, the location of Knot Inn's pedestal severely limits the emergency tiller’s length, and Page 148 •

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something — anything — that could be

consequently she

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Nonetheless, the .wo met" hMh in their mid 50s, d< cided to stick to their original trip plan rather than he.ul back lo Halt Moon lor repairs.

missing pin. There was nothing appropiiait- If, In.-, u>nl kii,

so lie began looking > I*-,' where. Finally his

Doric Sieve Golden and Dave Archer.

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ir. :yi it,p a -uddvi -.1 Allied lO ..: I E in place, worked its way loose and disappeared — somewhere below decks. iTiii.rm y nil rr w is vie fn r w as . gau dull m willim Golden, who is a physician in (he Air ■'orec a Cijijjs i : - i a n . »■ Labi lilt t :i the boat, removing as many wooden pan- lie i Olllii I :.k ! i hr nigh ill* . u ■ v a ■ no ac : es>. to the area around the shaft where the pin ■ . iljrn >ec r :n provise. He began a furious search for

eyes settled on jut old-

- il c ype iha ■ e.s. ji j lies l.ssors, nl il ■, .u ms hr noted, was tubular and just might do ihe trick if he could somehow break it off.

Employing two pairs of pliers, he bent the little metal shaft back and forth until it finally broke free.

■ mi ,h bid ,mi again Knot h.i :.l >i; li ic, ■ belay. Vllliough in iP'Idi knowledges that it probably would have been wiser to return to Half Moon Bay for repairs,-at the time the two men dei lu cai rv on or ..." :u d As a pncaution, however, they alerted the Coast Guard of their situation. They had already rigged jacklines as a precaution. u|h i

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process. That's when things started getting difficult. Despite pleading our emergency situation, we could not find a way to have the boat placed on the hard. That left us with doing the removal and reinstallation in the water.

Based on a Yacht Club recommendation, I attempted to hire Atlantic Pacific Marine Divers to help remove the surviving rudderpost. Sean, the owner, came out to the boat the next day and said he could do the job the following morning.

Life was great. Things were going smoothly. That night we got a wake-up call with 25-to-30-knot winds blasting down the harbor which caused Stella di Mare to drag. With no rudder to work our way out of trouble, we were up most of the night, letting out more and more scope and crossing our fingers that we could hold out until the next morning.

Daylight arrived and we found that the boat had dragged halfway across the harbor, just 100 yards from the purse seiners secured to the tuna canneries.

Something had to be done, so I called Harbor Control and arranged for a tugboat to move us to the Customs quay for a $275 charge. While expensive, it temporarily got Stella di Mare out of imme¬

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ward to ready an anchor on the bow.

Although they made steady progress

— which was narrower in diameter than the original -• had to be constantly

diate danger.

The quay is located at the most exposed point in the harbor and is a terrible place to be in a blow. We ended up wearing off a layer from our Med plank that we used as a buffer between the rough, crusted concrete wall and our fenders. Faced with major tides, we found we were constantly fighting abrasion of our docklines. And to add insult to injury, Sean did not show up as promised, and continued to keep putting us off for several more days. Evidently the

Despite pleading our emergency situation, the boat placed on the hard. big bucks he was getting from the fishing fleet took priority.

I finally ended up hiring Canadian cruiser Ross Weich, aboard Bear Cub, to give me a hand. Finally, after one week in Pago Pago, we were able to at least remove the rudderpost.

The next step was to locate factory

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about five miles offshore for flatter water. which they did. It was late afternoon and getting foggy when Knot Inn finally lath *f we » lav ■ i. e i G le. the big swells gave them quite a wild ride back to their home waters. With the MLB

the puny tiller.

Before long a Coast Guard 47-ft motorlifeboat (MLB) appeared, which

Sheppard) showed up to be sure Golden

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suring," recalled the doctor later, 'll took all my anxiety away."

As the day wore on, the weather de-

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pared, yet also pointed out at least one • They should have turned back, rather than sticking to his original plan.

GPS in the cockpit "was a Godsend."

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their fuel before departing.

helped us avoid hypothermia." ■ ful for nighttime docking.

tertorated and the swells grew larger and largei, until they eventually got so big

Golden, "it pays to 'Be prepared.'"

In closing, we should note that although Knot Inn is out of warrantee,

that Golden and Archer lost sight of the MLB in the troughs. With so much pressure on die helm they couldn't help but wander as. much as: 60° off their rhumbline.

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to cleanly break (he can opener. ^ ‘ • They were smart to bring foul weather gear: "After eight hours at sea,

Golden Gate. 'Just looking over the wave n"

Cantiere del Pardo, in Italy, but learned that they no longer had any records on our 1986 boat. Evidently during their ownership change and move to southern Italy, the old engineering drawings were lost. Back to the drawing board.

Ross Weich and I got as many measurements as we could from the skeg and

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■ dgt a ally made it safely into her slip at Sausalito s Marina Plaza. Not long afterward two of the motorlifeboat's crewmen

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drawings and to find someone qualified to engineer and fabricate a fiberglass replacement. We ended up hiring Pearson and Way of Auckland, New Zealand to do the job. We shipped the rudderpost to New Zealand on Friday, August 25 via Summit Air Freight. They promised a three-to-four-day delivery for $290.

Naturally, it ended up taking almost two weeks to get it to Auckland — things move at a different rate in this part of the world.

In the meantime, we were still unable to locate the rudder drawings. Our daughter Genee in Florida was finally successful in contacting the builder,

A bit misshapen after its improvised use, this

spect and repair her steering gear.

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$2 can opener got Knot Inn' home safely.

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STELIA Dl MARE'S hull to enable a new workable design to be developed. These I sent to Pearson and Way along with several bottom photographs so engineering work could commence on September 6, followed by another three weeks for fabrication. This delayed the return shipment of the finished rudder via airfreight until the end of September.

The rebuilt rudder was scheduled to arrive in Apia, Western, Samoa, on October 1. Rather than wait for available space on the small shuttle plane to Pago Pago, I instructed them to ship it the rest of the way via the Wednesday ferry.

On Thursday morning, October 4, I was up early and met the feny, and to my pleasant surprise, it, indeed, was on board. x

turous.

After spending two months in one of the worst ports in the South Pacific, we got to know the down side of American Samoa only too well. Perhaps some of our observations will be useful to future Samoa cruisers.

The commercial town and seat of gov-

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Apia \ Pago Pago \ Savai'i Island

.After two weeks of getting hammered on the quay, we were finally able to pick up an open mooring which improved our state of mind somewhat. We only had to put up with the horrible odor emanating downwind from the tuna canneries, plus strong, gusty winds that made dinghy travel wet and a bit adven¬

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ernment along the harbor have little to offer the cruising sailor. All of their marine services are geared toward commercial interests. The foul odor drifting over the anchorage from the canneries defies

description. We were forced to cover our noses with Bonce sheets (which are made to freshen loads of laundiy) to alleviate the smell.

From a social standpoint, there was just the Pago Pago Yacht Club and the Seafarer's Clubs to visit. We always dreaded eating out because it was usually a big disappointment.

The primitive dinghy dock was crowded and difficult to secure to, especially on the normally rainy days when you had to climb wet and slippery concrete ledges. Adding to the misery, the heavy daily rainfall required frequent bailing before each dinghy use. When we occasionally had a clear day, we would invariably find our dinghy covered with dirt from the unpaved quay road.

The only major hotel, the Rainmaker, is reported in travel guides as the worst hotel in the South Pacific. We had to stay there one night on our return from Apia, Western Samoa, due to a heavy rainstorm and found that it lived up to its reputation.

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things about American Samoa. The Yacht Club is a lot of fun, with most of the permanent and transient cruisers making it their primary watering hole. Pago Pago has a very efficient 24-hour laundiy providing hot showers as well as ice. The Samoan people are friendly and helpful.

The truck buses only cost 25<P per trip in town and run frequently. U.S. Priority Mail service is available. There is a Cost-You-Less warehouse market for provisioning. There is a fine 18-hole golf course with $3 green fees which offers some diversion, as does a decent movie theater. A wonderful free Internet service is provided by the public library with a $25 refundable deposit.

Our fourth crewmember, Mary Pries, my single cousin from Wisconsin, had the best time of all with so many sailors vying for her favors. She had a ball socializing with all of them. She just couldn't get over how many guys were her age.

While we were waiting for our repaired rudder, the highlight for Pat and I was making a side trip to Apfci in Western

Samoa. We had a nice time staying at Aggie Grey's, the most renowned independent hotel in the South Pacific. During World War II, Aggie Grey greatly assisted James Michener with background

from our balcony, followed by a parade of colorful floats during their Teuila festival. Before returning to our rudder problems in American Samoa, we also managed to visit the Robert Louis Stevenson mansion in Vailima where he lived until his death.

The only major hotel, the Rainmaker, is reported Pacific. ... it lived up to its reputation. information for his book Tales of the South Pacific. Whenever he could get time away from Pago Pago he headed for Aggie Grey's, spending considerable time at her hotel bar listening to the colorful stories she would relate to the many U.S. servicemen who frequented her establishment.

On Wednesday night, we attended their exciting native show, put on by her Samoan staff, with a spectacular closing fire dance by the swimming pool. On Friday we watched the long boat races

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the rudder in our hands on October 5, we immediately went to work on the re-installation. It required one minor height modification, which was accomplished overnight. Final provisioning and checking out the next day allowed us to break free from Pago Pago on October 10, when we headed to Suva, Fiji. Having Stella di Mare whole again, was satisfying beyond description.

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MAX EBB It’s not that I don’t enjoy taking a large crowd of non-sailing friends and family out for a Sunday sail. It’s just that certain parts of the project can be very annoying, especially when the boat is full of non-sailing relatives. The adults always ask the same silly questions, and the kids, if they’re not rearranging everything that’s not through-bolted to the deck, will start to complain when they get just a little bored or cranky. Worst of all is when the wind goes light and the passengers start to whine about starting the engine.

But this time I was one step ahead of them — I announced that the engine wasn't working before we even left the dock. So we departed under sail, had a slow-paced but very nice day without covering much distance, and enjoyed an even slower drift back to the marina and into the berth. This got us back later than expected, but — for once — we did the whole thing without the usual complaining, thanks to my pre-emptive lie. I had even insisted that all the adults wear lifejackets, so it didn’t occur to the kids to complain about that either.

Once back at the dock, of course, they were in a big hurry to squirm out of their PFDs and head up the gangway to the yacht club. Some of the adults made the usual proforma offer to help put the boat away — but I can do it much faster myself, so I sent them all up to the bar and pool table while I started to straighten out the mess. With uncharacteristic forethought, I had started a bar tab for them before we left, and left a note to alert the bartender.

My feelings of smugness were interrupted by the one thing I can't do by myself: flake the mainsail. I can get the jib folded and bagged if I take my time about it, and cleaning up all the rest of the loose gear is usually much faster without 'help.' The mainsail is the only problem. Usually I can call on a nearby dock neighbor, but this time there was no one in sight.

But help was on the way. A large yellow and red spinnaker running down the channel caught my eye, and even though

The standard 'fold and roll' method of rolling sails. The 150 should be rolled so that the luff is at the edge of the roll, but a sail with long battens has to be rolled paralled to the battens. down slowly, and I watched the mainsail jibe once and tack once as they performed a ritualized “victory roll” — indicating they had won their class that weekend. It would be easy to recruit one or two of that crew for some sail folding after they had finished putting away thenown boat.

The timing had to be right, though: Their route to the yacht club would not take them directly past my boat, so I had to meet them at the corner where my section of dock intersected the main walkway. Or at least, I had to wait ‘til they were mostly finished before walking over to their slip to beg for help. “Big boat, weekend of winter racing, variable wind,” I thought to myself. ‘They’ll have the main and at least three jibs to fold, and probably just as many spinnakers to pack, plus the rest of the gear to make up. Should be at least half an hour, prob¬

"Leaving racing sails in a car ail day is about the worst thing you can do to them." my line of sight was mostly blocked by the rigging of several rows of boats, I recognized the sail as belonging to one of our club’s larger race boats. They were returning from a weekend regatta on the other side of the Bay. The chute came Page 152 •

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ably longer.”

So I left my mainsail hanging from the boom in a heap over the cockpit, and went below to put away the binoculars, collect the forgotten sweaters, hats and cameras, take the perishables out of the

ice box, and assess the damage the kids had done to the contents of the chart table.

Half an hour later my cabin was shipshape, so I walked down the dock to see if the racers were done with their own clean-up. But there was no sign of life on the big racer. All the covers were on, the halyards were forward, and the decks were clear. Fortunately the hatch was still open.

“Anybody still aboard?” I hailed as I knocked on the hull.

“Who wants to know?” said a woman’s voice from inside.

I identified myself.

“Hop aboard, Max,” said Lee Helm, who had apparently been crewing on the big racer. “I’m just doing the backup of the weekend’s instrument logs. Slow CD burner on this laptop.”

“Where is everyone?” I asked as I lowered myself down the hatch. “I thought you’d be in the middle of folding sails.”

“We got tired of the endless fold-a-thon after each race,” she said. "So now we fold them on deck as we sail home. When we hit the dock, all we have to do is roll the main and we’re done. Most of the crew has been up at the bar for, like, 15 minutes.”

“Isn’t it a-little hard on all that Kevlar, folding on deck?” I asked.

“Not if you take your time. And like, folding on these concrete docks is much, much worse. The concrete dock surface

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is sandpaper to a plastic sail.”

“What about that chute you were flying?”

“Brick” was a new to me as a verb, but having been unfortunate enough to have helped move bagged sails around

‘We did our usual ‘bag douse.’ Theft means we bring the turtle up to the foredeck, and pack the sail into, the turtle as we lower the halyard. The wind in here is almost always light enough, and it makes for a really clean spinnaker pack.”

“Speaking of sail folding,” I said, “and as long as you’re the only one left, I can use some help flaking my main.”

“No prob,” she answered. “Just another minute and this CD should be done.”

I waited while Lee finished her backup. Finally she pulled out the new CD, shut down the computer, and gathered her gear.

The fast way to brick a #3 singlehanded. Start rolling at the head or top batten for small sails, or fold in half before rolling for larger sails.

itrp A wo sails to fold?” Lee complained as we approached my boat.

“Well, I can do the jib myself, if I spread it out on the dock and go slow.

But I need help with the main.”

“Let’s get the jib out of the way first," Lee suggested. “We ll do it on deck. You shouldn’t let that mylar ever touch the concrete. Do you have a sausage bag, or does it get bricked?”

on a big boat, the meaning was pretty clear. ' “Sausage,” I said. “Ready to flake?”

“Let’s get the bag first,” Lee reminded me. “It’s much less trouble putting the bag down on the deck first instead of trying to slip the bag under after it’s folded.”

I ran below to get the bag, and then spread it out along the deck outboard of

leach is the “hard end,” because that person has to move on their knees with each new flake, and also pull a lot of sail around the rig aft towards the clew during the first part of the flaking operation.

‘The secret to flaking sails,” Lee confided, “is to always watch what the person at the other end of the sail is doing.

That makes it easy to control the size of your fold relative to theirs, so you can steer the sail in the direction it needs to go to keep eveiything lined up.”

With that advice in mind we put a decent flake in the sail, even though the deck wasn’t really big enough to spread out the way I usually do on the dock.

"Looks good,” I said as I zipped up the bag.

“But if the sail is going to be in the bag for a while,” Lee continued, “it’s really much happier if it’s rolled instead of flaked. Much fewer creases that way.”

“I was always taught that flaking was the only right way,” I said. “Of course, that was when sails were made of cloth.”

“Cloth, nothing,” Lee remarked. “Probably Egyptian cotton. Anyhow, the only reason to ever flake a sail is for a quick easy hoisting.”

“Yes, I can see how a rolled sail would be a problem. To get all the twists out of the luff before bending it on, you’d have to completely unroll it first.”

“Not exactly. Max. The trick is to fold it in half first, right at the middle camber stripe. On a genoa, the head is brought right down to the tack to make the fold. Then you roll from the fold towards the corners. To raise the sail, you just hook up the corners and the middle unrolls as the head goes up the foil. But like, if it’s a number three with battens, you have to roll parallel to the battens which usually means the head folds over to the clew and the leach ends up on top of itself. This buries the luff'inside the roll, and you have to unroll a little before you can really tee it up for the hoist.”

“I’ve rolled them up that way sometimes,” I allowed. “Now let’s get the main

"The secret to flaking»$ails is to always watch what the person at the other end is doing." the shrouds, from bow to cockpit.

“You want the hard end or the smart end?”

The smart end', Lee had to explain, was the luff. The person at this end of the sail has to keep the luff on top of itself as the fold progresses, and does this by controlling the size of the folds relative to the folds at the other end. The

done — I’m sure you want to join the rest of your crew up at the club.”

"This doesn’t look like such a hard one,” Lee said. “Can’t you do it by yourself?”

“Not with any wind blowing,” I said.

“And I sure have tried. Even in flat calm it’s a struggle.”

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MAX EBB some of the sail ties that were draped around the binnacle and tied a few of them around her waist. “Don’t touch anything, okay?”

I agreed to keep hands off.

Lee found the headboard of the main.

crew to flake the sail the normal way A She took the sail ties off her waist, tied them around the sail and boom, and she

The ‘Smart end’, Lee explained, was the luff. and stepped off the boat onto the dock with it. She moved down the sail to the top batten, which on my mainsail is fulllength, and then folded the top of the sail over towards the bodm.

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any help there?” asked a nearby marina berther who had just pulled into his slip. He was the owner of a small cruiser who continually refused to have anything to do with our beer can races despite my constant invitations.

“It's a demonstration,” I informed him.

“Although I really should have made this a little more interesting by putting some money on it. Lee here is about to show me a singlehanded mainsail furl."

“Why bother furling at all?" he asked. ’With lazyjacks, all you do is lower the dam thing, and then sort of wrap it up inside itself.”

We watched with skeptical interest as Lee started to roll both plies of the sail around the top batten. It was easy at first, but by the time she was at the second batten the roll of dacron was already getting cumbersome. By the third batten it was very slow, and it was clear that the big dent in the luff where it had to pass behind the aft lower shrouds would be a problem. The roll was already too long to fit behind the standing rigging.

“I should have pulled the traveler all the way over to the other side before I started,” she said. “But this'll work.”

She allowed some slack in the sail to droop down between the roll and the boom, and stepped onto the deck of the boat, still balancing the half-rolled sail.

Once aboard she took up a few more turns, then maneuvered tire front end of the roll — now getting a little slack and wrinkled — inside the shrouds. At this point, she was able to rest the sail on the deck, which allowed her to spend a few seconds pulling material up tight from the ends. Then she moved back to the middle of the roll, took up the last few turns, and had the fully rolled-up sail close on the boom in about the same length of time it would have taken two Page 154 •

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was done.

“And this is better for the sail than flaking," she added.

“Not bad,” said the cruiser.

'Thanks for the demo,” I said. “I can handle the rest myself. All I have to do now is put on the mainsail cover and fetch my racing sails back from the car.”

Lee flashed a horrified expression.

“Max! Leaving racing sails in a car all day is about the worst thing you can do to them. I mean, what if the sun had come out? The car would have beenl 10 degrees inside, and every crease and fold would be melted in place."

"Melted?" I questioned Lee's analysis.

“Sheesh," she said. “Not really melted, but plastic has a memoiy for larg'e deformations, and elevated temperature lowers the yield point."

Fortunately the sun had not been very bright that day.

“If I had a car,” said Lee. “I think the first thing I’d do would be to put a solar panel on the roof, wired right to the vent fan. That way. whenever the sunlight was strong, the vent fan would run.”

“M XV JLind giving me a hand with inv jib?" asked the cruiser. “I was out singlehanding today.

We walked over to the cruising boat, only a few berths away. His mainsail, as he had described, was neatly bundled up with a couple of sail ties between the lazy jacks. But the big jib was all over the foredeck.

"Want to put the bag down first?” I asked.

“It's a sausage bag," explained the owner, “but no zipper —just a drawstring at one end. so I bag it after I roll."

We did another standard fold-and-roll with my neighbor's 150. and then started to work the rolled-up sail into the bag.

"When this sail was new," reminisced the cruiser," it was so stiff I could roll it up myself and push it into the bag with hardly a wrinkle. But things get limp with age.”

"I've got that problem too." I joked.

Fortunately this flew right past Lee — or at least she pretended it did.

“The best sausage bags for boats this size have an opening and a drawstring at each end. instead of just one end." she said. "It's so simple that way. All you have to do is bunch up the bag. reach through, and pull the sail in. I mean, like, when tilings are old and limp, you can still pull on them even if you can't push."

"What do you like to do when the sail goes in a regular old laundry type bag instead of a sausage?" I asked.

"The standard way is to flake first, and then fold in thirds," she said. “But I think the sail is happier if you fold in thirds first and then roll. You need to, spread out on a dock for this one. but what I do is make two or more long vertical folds in the sail, so I have a top-to-bottom strip that’s as vide as the battens. On a small boat I just roll from the top down. On a bigger sail. I fold in half first so that all three corners are accessible without twists. Either way, it s fast and easy to do singlehanded, and it doesn’t result in the high stress creases you get when you fold after flaking. “ "Can you do all that on deck?" asked the cruiser.

"No way, that one takes wood docks, or grass, or old soft sails that don’t mind the concrete."

"Life is simpler in the summer." said the cruiser. “I leave the working jib hanked on all the time. I don't fold it at all. just snap a big cover around it when it's on deck. Sheets and all stay rigged."

As he spoke, he was coiling up one of his genoa sheets, and Lee began her standard lecture about using*figure eight coils instead of circular.

"It's like, especially important on modern low-stretch rope." she was saying when I interrupted to thank her again before walking back to my boat to find the sail cover.

"See you up at the bar." she replied.

I was alone and it was quiet when 1 put the cover on the main. In the still evening air I could hear the gulls squawk, a distant train whistle, and the sounds coming from the yacht club deck — parents screaming at recalcitrant children.

And now. thaqks to Lee's sail folding tips, there wasn't anything on the boat that I couldn’t do myself.

It would have been a good time to sell me an autopilot.

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THE RACING

With reports this month about the U.S. Champion of Champions; the inaugural San Francisco Bay Farr 40 Midwinters; the USOC Athletes of the Year; picture essays of the Sausalito YC Midwinters and the Richmond YC Small Boat Midwinters; results of ten mostly wind-starved local midwinter races; and the usual clump of random race notes at the end.

U.S. Champion of Champions US Sailing's annual Champion of Champions, which was rescheduled into 2002 after September 11, was contested in Snipes out of Mission Bay YC on January 9-11. Just twelve teams — all national champions from different classes — showed up for the 15-race, 2-throwout series, which was held in postcard-perfect San Diego conditions. Each of the Persson-built Snipes was tuned identi-

Three-peat! 'Wifebeater' George Szabo, the current Star national champ, added a third C-of-C win to his already impressive sailing resume. cally, and all were sporting brand new Quantum sails.

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despite a fender-bender with Chuck Sinks which opened up their hull-to-deck joint (the boat was retired from the rotation after that). The day, however, belonged to Kevin Funsch, who put together a 2,1,2,1 record to take the early lead.

Funsch, the Vanguard champ from Houston, and crew Walt Duffy held on to their lead through day two, which saw six more races in winds that built to the low teens. Laser champ Chris Raab and crew Jon Rogers moved into second, two points behind Funsch and two ahead of Szabo. After ten races (and with five races to go), any of these three teams still had a shot at the title.

The series came down to the wire, with Funsch five points ahead of Szabo heading into the last race. Funsch led the race until fouling Szabo going into the leeward mark, requiring a disastrous 720°.

Szabo sprang ahead to win the race, while Funsch ended up fifth — his worst-case scenario, as both teams finished the regatta with 32 points.

With fdbr bullets to Funsch's three, Szabo won the tiebreaker to claim his third Champion of Champions title.

Among Szabo's victims was his wife Stacey, who finished a respectable seventh.

Next year’s C-of-C Re— gatta will be held on October 6-10 at Lake Norman, NC, in Flying Scots.

See www.ussailing.org for more.

Oyster Point YC hosted the third South Bay YRA midwinter race on Saturday, January 5. Though the winds were just fine for racing on the Central Bay (see the picture essay on the concurrent GGYC Midwinters on pages 140-144), the breeze in the South Bay was virtually nonexistent. However, despite the threat of rain and lack of wind, 21 boats turned out for the face.

1) George Szabo/Brian Janney (Star), 32 points; 2) Kevin Funsch/Walt Duffy (Vanguard 15), 32; 3) Chris Raab/Jon Rogers (Laser), 41; 4) Chuck Sinks/ Mark Gaudio (Sabot), 52; 5) Jim Bowers/Susannah Bowers (Interclub), 54; 6) Chris Snow/Aine McLean (J/24), 65; 7) Stacey Szabo/Jerelyn Biehl (Women's Snipe), 79; 8) Chuck Skewes/Julie Mitchell (San Juan 24), 89; 9) Andrew Keane/Gordy Bowers (X Boat), 105; 10) Bob Biwer/Augie Barkow (E Scow), 109;

The race committee postponed the race for 25 minutes while waiting for the wind, which showed up long enough to get the starts off before dying to nothing for the next two hours. The first mark was less than a mile from the start and, given the wind direction, should have been attainable in one tack. But a building flood overpowered the anemic breeze, causing the

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Happily, the race committee ended the fleet's misery at the second mark. Even so, 40% of the fleet DNFed. Top finishers follow: BIG SPINNAKER — 1) Ala Kazam, Olson 25, Ralph Kirberg; 2) Jet Lag, Catalina 34, Roger Roe; 3) Absolute, Peterson 30, Loren Luke. (6 boats) LITTLE SPINNAKER — 1) Blue J, J/24, Keith Barker; 2) Summertime, International Folkboat, Luther Izmirian. (5 boats) BIG NON-SPINNY — 1) Mer Linda, Catalina 30, Mark Hale; 2) Chiquita 2.0, Catalina 36 TM, Hank Schade. (4 boats) LITTLE NON-SPINNY — 1) Chablis IV, Cal 252, Dave Few; 2) Motu, Tanzer 22, Mike Satterlund; 3) Svala, International Folkboat, Michael Tzortzis. (6 boats)

Alameda YC Midwinters Two dozen of the usual suspects showed up to sail in Alameda YC's third midwinter race on Sunday, January 13.

They were given a windward/leeward course, twice around, in a fading northwesterly. When it was over, there were no real surprises in the winners’ circle — the pecking order in this series is pretty firmly established by now.

"There's not too much to say about this race," claimed race chair M.L. Higgins.

"But I do have a beef with all the powerboats that seemed oblivious to our race. One of them almost rammed Wings (Mike Jackson's Columbia 5.5), and there were other close encounters, as well.

There's plenty of room on the Estuary to avoid our boats and go around our start/ finish line, but some of these powerboats — and even a few sailboats under power — just went charging blithely through. /

Farr 40 Midwinters Five boats participated in the inaugural San Francisco Bay Farr 40 Midwinters on January 5-6, getting in seven practice starts and six quick windward/leeward races just south of the Berkeley Circle. Matt Jones provided the race management, using two Protectors (Gone Too FarTs and AstrcCs) and some inflatables.

'We wanted a smaller and more adaptable venue than the existing midwinters provide," explained Gone Too Farr owner Dave Carrel, the driving force behind the new series. "Midwinter days are short and winds are unpredictable, so we wanted the ability to go anywhere on the Bay wfjere the breeze was good. We wanted more races, and shorter races, so that big shifts or holes didn’t turn the whole day into a waste of time. We also wanted practice starts and practice races."

The fleet got their wishes despite soft winds all weekend — about 8 knots from the northwest on Saturday, and 4-6 on Sunday. The blue-hulled Ol Farrtz (exMascalzone Latino), sailed by Bob Wolfe and a team from the Pacific Northwest, excelled in the light and shifty conditions, winning both days. "Eveiyone had flashes of brilliance, but Farrtz was the most consistent," said Jones, who added, "It was encouraging to see so many younger sailors among the crews this weekend."

The series continues on the first weekend of February and March. The five boats that played in the November domino tournament' at KKMI (Cauallino, Gone Too Farr, Peregrine, Pog Ma Hon, Wahoo) should all be up and running by next month, which could double the size of the series.

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2) Shadow, Peter Stoneberg, 7; 3) Astra, Mary Coleman, 9; 4) Non Sequitur, Tom Thayer & Dick Watts, 12; 5) Blue Chip, Walt Logan, 13.

SUNDAY — 1) 01' Farrtz, 4 points; 2) Non Sequitur, 4; 3) Shadow, 6; 4) Blue Chip, 7; 5) Astra, 9.

Sausalito YC Midwinters The third (of five) Sausalito YC Midwinter races unfolded in slow motion on Sunday, January 5. Twenty-seven boats milled around the Little Harding starting Page 158 • iMUiM. 19 • February, 2002

Scenes from the Sausalito YC Midwinters (clockwise from upper left) — Close up inspection of Little Harding buoy; the J/35 'Joker' was the top big boat; the Class A start (this was the windy part of the day!); a shot of 'Jose Cuervo'; Basic Instinct' encounters 'Aggressor'; the 'Picaroon' gang. line at noon, all hoping enough wind would fill in. After a brief postponement, a light northerly made an appearance and the sequence got underway.

The big spinnaker boats got off the line in a steady enough breeze, starting the 7.2-mile course (Sausalito Channel Marker #2, Yellow Bluff, Harding, twice

around) in good shape. However, the wind died for the subsequent starts, and a growing ebb sent boats bobbing into Mercury (SYC's race committee boat). Little Harding Buoy, and each other. "We had about ten minutes of dodge'em cars," noted new race chairman Tim Prouty. "It was mayhem until the wind finally re-

More SYC Midwinter 'action' — 'Hot Chocolate' was smeared on 'Mercury', the RC boat; 'Roeboat' could have rowed faster; 'Razzberries' on a roll; the J/105 'Whisper' led the pack during the first lap; the Knarrly 'Nordlys' trio; 'Spindrifter' chases eventual winner 'Roeboat'. All photos Latitude/rob. turned."

By the time the first class passed through the start/finish line to begin their second lap, the fleet was spread out all over the race track — and some were still stuck at #2, the first mark. Seeing this, the race committee wisely shortened the course to one lap for all but the big spinnaker boats.

Eventually, 26 of the 27 starters dribbled in. Joker, Gordon Smith's J/35, had the last laugh in the Class A, beating veteran Sam Hock's J/105 Jose Cuervo by two minutes.

"Typical midwinter conditions prevailed, causing some typically unpredictable results," stated Prouty. "Our only

disappointment was that the six Farr 40s who signed up elected to do their own thing rather than race with us again. They are welcome back any time!"

BIG SPINNAKER (< 144) — 1) Joker, J/35, Gordon Smith; 2) Jose Cuervo, J/105, Sam Hock; 3) Whisper, J/105, Eden Kim; 4) Jamba Juice, 11 :Metre, Tom Dinkel; 5) Razzberries, Olson 34, Bruce Nesbit. (10 boats) LITTLE SPINNAKER (> 144) — 1) Soulatitude, J/24, Jonathan Hagerman; 2) Island Girl, Islander February, 2002 • L• Page 159

THE RACING 36, Frank Burkhart; 3) Polly, Bird, Lowden Jessup.

(5 boats) BIG NON-SPINNAKER (< 174) —1) Q, Schumacher 40, Glenn Isaacson/Hank Easom; 2) Basic Instinct, Elliott 10.5, Jan Borjeson; 3) Aggressor, Capri 30, Pat Lopez. (5 boats) LITTLE NON-SPINNAKER (> 174) — 1) Roeboat, Catalina 30, Rod Decker; 2) Nordlys, Knarr, Joe! Kudler; 3) Spindrifter, Tartan 30, Paul Skabo. (7 boats)

USOC Athletes of the Year The Olympic Sailing Committee of US Sailing recently honored four sailors as the U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) Athletes of the Year. Getting the nod in the team category were 49er campaigners Jonathan and Charlie McKee (Seattle), while 2.4 Metre sailor Tom Brown (Northeast Harbor, ME) ancfLaser Radial sailor Paige Railey (Clearwater, FL) were the Male and Female Athletes of the Year.

"The success these sailors have had this year serves as a reminder that sailing is a sport at which you can excel, no matter your age or physical limitations,” stated Olympic Sailing Committee Chairman Fred Hagedorn. "From the seasoned veterans (the McKee brothers), to the disabled (Brown), to the rising star (Railey), these four athletes not only represent the broad spectrum of our sport, they offer inspiration to us all."

The McKees, who won the 49er Olympic bronze in 2000, spent most of 2001 sailing with the OneWorld America's Cup syndicate. In September, they took a break to travel to Lake Garda, Italy, for the 49er Worlds. Competing against a record 155 teams from 28 different coun-

The Flying McKee Brothers, Jonathan (left) and Charlie, were named the USOC sailing team of the year based on winning the 200149er Worlds. tries, the McKees finished ninth in the 10race qualifying series to make it into the gold fleet (highest of four levels). They then Page 160 •

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sailed consistently well — 1,3,(14), (12),4,4,4,1,2 —to win the Worlds by three points.

No strangers to the winners' circle, the McKees have previously won the USOC Sailing Team of the Year in '97 (also for their 49er prowess). In addition to their recent Olympic 49er bronze, Jonathan also owns a Flying Dutchman gold medal ('84) and Charlie has a 470 bronze ('88).

Tom Brown won the Male Athlete of the Year award (which fyuss Silvestri earned in 2000) based on his silver-medal performance at the World Disabled Sailing Championships, held in 2.4 Metres in tough conditions in Florida last October. Paige Railey, now a high school freshman, was named Female Athlete of the Year for winning the Leiter Cup, the junior women's singlehanded championship held at Richmond YC last summer. Railey credits her older brother Zach, a member of the US Sailing Laser Team, with pushing her up to the next level.

Berkeley Midwinters The third weekend of the Berkeley Midwinters occurred on January 12-13 and, for once, the sun was shining! "It was a lovely, lovely weekend!" claimed race chair Bobbi Tosse, who definitely had her hands full on Saturday with 142 starters — making this the biggest midwinters in recent memory.

After a 40-minute postponement due to fog and unsettled wind, a northwesterly filled in and the fleet was sent off on the usual 8.8-mile Olympic course with H' as the upwind axis. The stronger than-usual ebb at the starting line surprised a lot of boats, leading to lots of over-earlies and four general recalls for the J/24 fleet. After the second one, they were moved to the back of the pack, and during their fifth and final starting sequence the first four Division A boats finished the race!

Eventually, 134 boats finished (four boats OCSed, while the others dropped out for unknown reasons). "It was a really busy day," claimed Tosse. "There was zero time for lunch on the race committee boat."

Sunday's racing, as always, was more

civilized — no fog, no delays, no overearlies, 41 starters, 41 finishers, and a whole hour for the race committee to eat lunch. Once again, 'H' was the weather mark. "A few of the competitors appeared to be monitoring the 49ers/Packers playoff game rather than paying attention during the starting sequence, and the starts weren't nearly as aggressive as on Saturday," noted Tosse.

Three boats have a perfect record to date in the series. In Saturday's more varsity racing, Biyce Griffith's Arch Angel has triple-bulleted the competitive 12-boat Antrim 27 class, while Dale Irving's Olson 30 Run Wild has likewise dominated an 8-boat Olson 30 group. In the Sunday series, Steve Zevanove's Cal 29 Annie has three bullets in Division IV, Another boat with a perfect record, albeit only 1-for-l, is Dennis Surtees' newto-him Ultimate 20 Abracadabra III. Surtees recently sold his Antrim 27 Abracadabra II to Corinthian YC member Rob Kessel, who struggled in his one design debut on Saturday. Surtees made the switch into the Ultimate .20 class without a hitch, winning his first race in that class by over a minute with crew Tom Montoya and Kit Stycket. "It’s a fun little boat!" he reported.

SHEET Ypso, Cal 2-27, Tim Stapleton. (8 boats) SUNDAY. Jan. 13: DIV I (< 114) — 1) Racer X, Mumm 30, Gary Redelberger; 2) Family Hour, Olson 30, Bilafer Family; 3) Hoot, Olson 30, Andy Macfie. (6 boats) EXPRESS 27 — 1) E-Type, Express 27, John Drewery; 2) Mirage, Terry Cobb; 3) Diane, Steve Katzman/Steve Hodges. (6 boats) WYLIECAT 30 — 1) Silkye, John & Rina Skinner; 2) Uno, Steve Wonner. (4 boats) DIV. II (117-162) — 1) Furrari, Wabbit, Pete & Angie Rowland; 2) UFO, Ultimate 20, Chuck Allen; 3) El Gavilan, Hawkfarm, Jocelyn Nash. (7 boats) DIV. Ill (168-177) — 1) Half Blind Monkey, J/ 24, Steve Zervos; 2) Chesapeake, Merit 25, Jim Fair; 3) Casual Contact, J/24, Edward Walker. (8 boats) DIV. IV (>180) — 1) Annie, Cal 29, Steve Zevanove; 2) Starkite, Catalina 30, Laurie Miller; 3) Latin Lass, Catalina 27, Bill Chapman. (10 boats)

LMSC Robinson Midwinters

BYC Midwinters — 'Kind of Blue' chases 'Arch Angel', which now has three bullets in the Antrim 27 class. Inset, 'Take Off' is poised to win the big and competitive SF 30 Footer class.

If Surtees attends the February race and wins, he will take the Ultimate 20 title after only doing two of the four races!

"Dennis is amazing!" marveled Tosse.

"He's over 70, isn’t he? Where does he get that kind of energy?"

Complete results, including cumulative scores, can be found at www.berkeleyyc.org and www.yra.org.

SATURDAY. Jan. 12: DIV. A (< 84) — 1) Kookaburra, J/105, Craig Mudge; 2) Bodacious, Farr One Ton, John Clauser; 3) Racer X, Mumm 30, Gary Redelberger. (8 boats) ANTRIM 27—1) Arch Angel, Bryce Griffith; 2) Nemesis, Martson/Shortman; 3) Always Friday, John Liebenberg; 4) Cascade, Steve Rienhart. (11 boats) DIV. B (87-114) —1) AFM, Hobie 33, Oliver Coolidge; 2) Mintaka 4, Farr 38 custom, Gerry Brown.

(5 boats) MELGES 24 — 1) 10 Integration, Mike Holt; 2) Mary Don’t Surf, Mark Eastham; 3) Don Miguel, Mike Rettie. (6 boats) OLSON 30 — 1) Run Wild, Dale Irving; 2) Family Hour, The Bilafers; 3) Hoot, Andy Macfie. (6 boats) EXPRESS 27 — 1) Motorcycle Irene, Will Paxton; 2) Frog in French, Kame & Sally Richards; 3) Diane, Steve Katzman/Steve Hodges; 4) Baffett,

Tom Baffico/Forest Baskett; 5) Abigail Morgan, Ron Kell; 6) Swamp Donkey, Scott Sellers/Doug Robbins; 7) El Raton, Ray Lotto; 8) Bobs, Mike Hearn; 9) Exocet, Landon/Crowson; 10) Mirage, Terry Cobb; 11) Magic Bus, Eric Deeds. (24 boats) SF 30s — 1) Take Off, Laser 28, Joan Byrne; 2) Tortuga, Stephen Hutchison; 3) Ixxis, Olson 911-S, Ed Durbin; 4) Redux, Olson 911-S, Nick Barnhill; 5) Laniakea, Santana 30/30, Jason Woodley/Dan Pingaro; 6) Jeannette, Tartan Ten, Henry King; 7) Jane Doe, Olson 911-SE, Bob Izmarian. (17 boats) MOORE 24 — 1) Vu Ja De, Bob Sutton; 2) Sparrowhawk, Vaughn Seifers; 3) Wet Spot, Mike O'Callaghan/John Verddia; 4) Moorigami, John Siegel. (10 boats) ULTIMATE 20—1) Abracadabra III, Dennis Surtees; 2) UFO, Chuck Allen. (4 boats) DIV. C (117-177) — 1) Blood Money, Olson 25, Joshua Grass; 2) El Gavilan, Hawkfarm, Jocelyn Nash; 3) Cowabunga, Schock 34, Pat Brown. (9 boats) J/24 — 1) Cool Breeze, Doug Nugent; 2) Phantom, John Gulliford; 3) Woof, Alan McNab; 4) Casual Contact, Edward Walker; 5) Half Blind Monkey, James Zervos. (11 boats) MERIT 25 — 1) Twilight Zone, Paul Kamen; 2) Chesapeake, Jim Fair. (5 boats) NEWPORT 30 — 1) Harry, Dick Aronoff; 2) Topgallant, Frank Hinman; 3) Fast Freight, Bob Harford. (6 boats) DIV. D (180-195) — 1) Tinseltown Rebellion, J/22, Cam Lewis; 2) Travieso, J/22, Jack Allen; 3) Serendipity, Cal 29, Tom Bruce. (6 boats) DIV. E (> 198) — 1) Latin Lass, Catalina 27, Bill Chapman; 2) Freyja, Catalina 27, Frank Van Kirk; 3)

Lake Merritt SC's second installment of the Robinson Memorial Midwinters was held on the mostly-windless day of Sunday, January 13. "It was sunny and pleasant, with generally northwesterly winds ranging from none to light," reported race official Duncan Carter.

Perennial winner Jim Warfield edged out Walt Andrews in the El Toro, Sr. group. Santa Cruz pebblestar Brooks Reed topped a large 25-boat El Toro, Jr. fleet, just nipping out Clair Dennis and David Leibenberg. "The junior turnout was bigger than normal, as this was the annual winter 'field trip' for the Richmond YC junior program," explained LMSC Commodore Vickie Gilmour, who ran the races. "Even though Lake Merritt's not very far away, it was a good chance for these youngsters to experience a road trip and sail in a different venue."

EL TORO, SR. — 1) Jim Warfield, 35.5 points; 2) Walt Andrews, 35.25; 3) Fred Paxton, 30; 4) Art Lewis, 29; 5) Art Lange, 28. (11 boats) EL TORO, JR. — 1) Brooks Reed, 75.25 points; 2) Claire Dennis, 74.25; 3) David Liebenberg, 73.25; 4) Michael Lewis, 59; 5) Rogan Kriedt, 56; 6) Ben Lefin, 54; 7) Wes Rochner, 53; 8) Jack Lutchansky, 51; 9) Ryan Dooley, 50. (25 boats) PORTSMOUTH — unavailable (4 boats)

RYC Small Boat Midwinters Richmond YC's Small Boat Midwinters continued its less-than-lucky streak on Sunday, January 6, as over 100 dinghies drifted around on water that was glassy and flat as a pool table. The 'varsity' outer course only got off one light-air race before abandoning their second one due to impending darkness. The two inner February, 2002 •

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courses (El Toros on one; Bytes and FJs on the other) fared slightly better, getting in three short races.

"It’s certainly been feast or famine this year," noted race co-chair Caroline Groen.

"We canceled the December races as it was gusting 45-50 knots, yet this time we barely had enough wind to get around the course. At least it was flooding, which eventually brought all the boats home."

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Still life at January's Richmond YC Small Boat Midwinters. All photos Latitude/rob.

There were some problems with the scoring (duplicate sail numbers, boats that weren't entered, boats that sailed the wrong course, and other variations on the theme), so the following results are incomplete and a little suspect.

Check www.richmondyc.org for updates.

EL TORO, SR. — 1) Gordie Nash; 2) Fred Paxton; 3) John Amen; 4) John Liebenberg. (11 boats) EL TORO, JR. — 1) Sean Kelly; 2) Claire Dennis; 3) David Liebenberg; 4) (tie) Russell Schuldt and Wes Bochner; 6) Max Fraser; 7) Ben Lezin. (21 boats) 505 — 1) White/Woedfel; 2) Perez/Byran; 3) Stellis/ Guinther. (5 boats)1 LIGHTNING — 1) Fred Chandler; 2) Elissa Hall.

(3 boats) LASER — 1) Steve Bourdow; 2) Simon Bell; 3) Tim Russell; 4) Tom Burden; 5) Kevin Wasbuter; 6) Henry

RACING SHEET Copernicus, Sydney 38, Michael Kennedy; 3) Blue Chip, Farr 40, Walt Logan; 4) Expeditious, Express 37, Bartz Schneider; 5) Eclipse, Express 37, Mark Dowdy; 6) Mr. Magoo, J/120, Steve Madeira; 7) Elan, Express 37, Bill Riess. (19 boats) BENETEAU 40.7 — 1) White Dove, Mike Garl; 2) Wired, Rob Weed. (5 boats) J/105— 1)Tiburon, Steve Stroub; 2) Capricorn, Bill Booth; 3) Joy Ride, Bill Hoehler; 4) Bella Rosa, Dave Tambellini/Tim Russell; 5) Arbitrage, Bruce Stone. (13 boats) PHRF 2 — 1) Basic Instinct, Elliott 1050, Jan Borjeson; 2) Navigator, Soverel 33, Bill Melbostad; 3) Mintaka 4, Farr 38 cust., Gerry Brown; 4) China Cloud, J/40, Marilyn Brite. (12 boats) 30-FOOTERS — 1) Gammon, Tartan Ten, Jeff Hutter; 2) Jane Doe, Olson 911 -S, Bob Izmirian; 3) Takeoff, Laser 28, Joan Byrne. (6 boats) PHRF 3—1) Shenanigans, C&C 36, Mike Maloney; 2) Cowabunga, Schock 34-PC, Pat Brown; 3) Abigail Morgan, Express 27, Ron Kell; 4) Rum Turn Tugger, Hunter 35.5, Bob Campbell; 5) Goldilocks, Morgan 36, Noble Griswold; 6) Bluefin, Santana 35, Suzanne Sloan. (16 boats) NON-SPINNAKER 1 — 1) Smogen II, Custom 36, Julie LeVicki; 2) Sea Ghost, Beneteau 42, Ron Roberts; 3) True North, C&C 37, Jeff Dunnavant. (9 boats) PHRF 4 — 1) Jimmy Riddle, Moore 24, Rich Korman; 2) Blazing Saddles, Olson 25, Derick Anderson; 3) Frenzy, Moore 24, Lon Woodrum; 4) Mortal Kombat, Moore 24, Hans Bigall; 5) Kelika, Hunter 33.5, Mike Weaver. (14 boats) NEWPORT 30 — 1) Ruckus, Paul Von Wiedenfield; 2) Hot Chocolate, Jon Nicholas. (4 boats) PHRF 5 — 1) Amante, Rhodes 19, Kirk Smith; 2) Peer GyntV, Knarr, Jim Skaar; 3) Faraway, O'Day 27, Jim Mueller; 4) Gannet, Knarr, BobThalman; 5) Starkite, Catalina 30, Laurie Miller. (14 boats) NON-SPINNAKER 2—1) Tension II, Cal 20, John Nooteboom; 2) Raccoon, Cal 20, Kay Rudiger; 3) Menehune, IB- 24, Alan Page-Russell. (9 boats) J

Nieuwstad. (18 boats) WABBIT — 1) Colin Moore; 2) Jon Stewact; 3) (tie) Jim Malloy and Jeff Keefe. (6 boats) THISTLE — 1) Ron Smith; 2) Kristofer Vogelsong. (2 boats) 29er — 1) George Pedrick; 2) Jordan Fromm; 3) Robert Smith. (5 boats) BYTE — 1) Dan Ouellet; 2) Max Paulus; 3) Daniel Roberts; 4) (tie) Karin Knowles and Claire Blakey. (11 boats) PORTSMOUTH — unavailable. (9 boats)

More Midwinters Following are results of various local midwinters which occurred on January 19-20. The Racing Editor was vacationing — oops, make that working— in Key West that weekend, and promises to do a better job covering these four series next month.

CORINTHIAN YC (Saturday. Jan. 19): PHRF 1 — 1) Astra, Farr 40, Mary Coleman; 2)

CORINTHIAN YC (Sunday. January 20): PHRF 1 — 1) Astra, Farr 40, Mary Coleman; 2) Mr. Magoo, J/120, Steve Madeira; 3) Raven, N/M 39, Mark Thomas; 4) Blue Chip, Farr 40, Walt Logan; 5) Eclipse, Express 37, Mark Dowdy; 6) Copernicus, Sydney 38, Michael Kennedy; 7) Elan, Express 37, Bill Riess. (19 boats) BENETEAU 40.7 — 1) Wired, Rob Weed; 2) Night Train, Bill Canada. (4 boats) J/105 — 1) Joy Ride, Bill Hoehler; 2) Capricorn, Bill Booth; 3) Horse-play, Richard Parker; 4) Bella Rosa, Dave Tambellini/Tim Russell; 5) Bald Eagles, Dave Liggett/Randy Paul. (14 boats) PHRF 2 — 1) R^d Sky, Olson 34, Brian Boschma; 2) Basic Instinct, Elliott 1050, Jan Borjeson; 3) JdTlyTarr, Melges 24, Arnstein Mustad; 4) Navigator, Soverel 33, Bill Melbostad. (12 boats) 30-FOOTERS —1) Ixxis, Olson 911-S, Ed Durbin; 2) Jane Doe, Olson 911-S, Bob Izmirian; 3) Takeoff, Laser 28, Joan Byrne. (6 boats) PHRF 3 — 1) Silkye, WylieCat 30, Steve Seal; 2) Shenanigans, C&C 36, Mike Maloney; 3) Abigail Morgan, Express 27, Ron Kell; 4) Cowabunga, Schock 34-PC, Pat Brown; 5) Moonlight, Express 27, Jim Gibbs; 6) Pepe, J/80, Richard Brown. (15 boats) NON-SPINNAKER 1 — No finishers. (9 boats) PHRF 4 — 1) Jimmy Riddle, Moore 24, Rich Korman; 2) Baleineau, Olson 25, Charlie Brochard; February. 2002 • LaKUsU 3? • Page 163

THE RACING 3) Mortal Kombat, Moore 24, Hans Bigall; 4) Andiamo, SC 27, Mike Warren; 5) Frenzy, Moore 24, Lon Woodrum; 6) Alpha, Sonar, Henrick Hartz.

(16 boats) NEWPORT 30 — 1) Ruckus, Paul Von Wiedenfield; 2) Hot Chocolate, Jon Nicholas. (3 boats) PHRF 5—1) Amante, Rhodes 19, Kirk Smith; 2) Argonaut, Cal 2-29, Jim Garvine; 3) Yacht Sea, Santana 22, Michael Spitz; 4) Peaches, Columbia 26, Sally Taylor/Kent Robertson; 5) Blitzen, Ranger 23, Joe Boone. (12 boats) NON-SPINNAKER *Sr-1) Raccoon, Cal 20, Kay Rudiger; 2) Tension II, Cal 20, John Nooteboom; 3) Morgan, Cal 20, Peter Birnbaum. (8 boats) SANTA CRUZ YC (Saturday. January 19): Cancelled due to shoaling at the harbor entrance.

OYC BRUNCH SERIES (Sunday: Jan. 20:2 races): FLEET 1A (0-131) — 1) (tie) Tortuga, Santana 30/30, Stephen Hutchison;-and E-Type, Express 27, John Drewery, 3 points; 3) WetTrash, Capri 30, Joe Antos, 6. (7 boats) FLEET 1B (132-173) — 1) Tamarin, 'Sabre', Jay Chase, 4 points; 2) Vitesse, SC 27, Grant Hayes, 6; 3) Double Agent, Merit 25, Robin Ollivier, 8; 4) Polaris, Alerion Express, Chris Noe, 10. (12 boats) FLEET 2 (174-189) — 1) LeloToo, Tartan 30, Emile Carles, 3 points; 2) NiceTurn, Cal 2-29, Richard Johnson, 4; 3) Snow Goose, Santana 30, Ted Mattson, 7. (7 boats) FLEET 3 (190 and up) — 1) Pathfinder, Ariel,

Ernie Rideout/Ed Eckers, 2 points; 2) Madness, Brighton Sprint, John Diegoli, 5. (5 boats) FLEET 4 (Columbia 5.5) — 1) Wings, Mike Jackson, 2 points. (2 boats) FLEET 5 (Multihulls) — 1) Sea Bird, F-27, Rich Holden, 3 points; 2) Wingit, F-27, Ray Wells, 4; 3) Defiance, Cross 46, Michael Ropers, 7. (6 boats) EYC JACK FROST SERIES (Saturday Jan. 19): J/35 — 1) Jarlen, Bob Bloom; 2) Raptor, Jim Hoey; 3) Jammin', Steve Klein. (7 boats) ANTRIM 27 — 1) Nemesis, Paul Martson; 2) Owslarah, Joseph Melino. (5 boats) PHRF C —1) Magic, Tripp 40, John Rizzi; 2) Enigma, Capo 30 mod., Bob Hultman; 3) Power Play, Andrews 30, Chris Hargett. (6 boats) PHRF D —1) Chesapeake, Merit 25, Jim Fair; 2) Eclipse, Hawkfarm, Fred Hoffman; 3) Lelo Too, Tartan 30, Emile Carles; 4) Wuvulu, Islander Bahama 30, John New. (12 boats) %

Race Notes Heads up: Encinal YC recently announced that their Coastal Cup will start on Saturday, June 15, and end up at a GPS waypoint off the West End of Catalina. If enough small boats (e.g., 140 and higher) sign up, there may be an additional start on June 14. Boats will raft up in the inner harbor of Avalon, and EYC intends to hold the awards ceremony on

the main strip on Wednesday, June 19.

The dates dovetail nicely with Long Beach Race Week (June 21-22) and North Sails Race Week (June 28-30). "After the Coastal Cup, be sure to try a Wickey Wacki and Luau Larry's!" said race chair Shirley Temming, who can be reached at (510) 521-7997. See www.encinal.org for details.

Sainthood: St. Francis YC awarded its Yachtsman of the Year trophy to Stan Honey, who has navigated 17 TransPacs (and won eight of them!) and, most recently, navigated PlayStation in their record-crushing TransAtlantic run.

Yachtswoman of the Year honors went to Molly Carapiet, winner of the Ida Lewis Trophy (junior women's doublehanded championship) and runner-up in the Leiter Cup (junior women's singlehanded championship). Other StFYC racers receiving recognition included 1-14 World Champ Zach Berkowitz (top skipper), 2001 Laser NA race organizer Tracy Usher, and Molly Carapiet's crew Mallory McCollum (top junior).

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Owner Philippe Kahn Bruce Schwab Prank Easterbrook , Jak James McDowell J. & N. Demetriades Doug Baker Al Micallef Bob Saielti Mike Campbell David Janes John MacLaurin Dennis Conner Tim Beatty Mark Jones Myron Lyon Steve Moffett Brenda Kuske Jack Taylor Bob Wolfe/Paul Cote John Garrison Mike Thomas Jack Cahill Max Phelps Tom Holthus Ross Pearlman Oale Parshall Mike Busch Al Wheatman Steve Jackson Robert Gustke

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will consist of inshore racing followed by the 710-mile Round Ireland Race. The Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) is expected to announce a sponsor in the next few months. To read more about the Admiral's Cup's 'rescue package', surf to www.rorc.org.

Cornering the market: Sausalito entrepreneur John Sweeney, who is currently training with Oracle Racing in Auckland, just bought a fourth LACC boat — Dennis Conner's 1992 Pedrick-designed Stars 81 Stripes (USA 11). The boat, purchased from the now-defunct Virgin Island America's Cup Challenge, has had a "rough life," but will be shipped here and brought back to life. This brings Sweeney's fleet up to four 1ACC boats, all of which will be available for charter in the 2003 LACC Worlds on San Francisco Bay. See www.iaccsf.com for more.

Sale boats of the month: Bob Sullivan's San Diego-based ID-48 Tribe has been sold to Seattle sailor Bunk Burnett, who also owns the Davidson 72 Cassiopeia. . . . Philippe Kahn has donated two of his Pegasuses — a Farr 40 and a BOC 50 (exBalanceBar) — to Stanford. Look for them to be sailing under new owners soon.

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THE RACING SHEET Kahn is still deciding where to donate his four Mumm 30s. . . The Folsom Lake YC has purchased six new DeWitt Dinghies (sport model) for their junior program. . .

Rumor has it Roy Disney has ordered a new Pyewacket, an 86-footer like Bob McNeil's. We also keep hearing rumblings about Dale Williams replacing Wasabi with a Farr-designed TP 52. More on both these projects next month.

Pebblestar circtfit: USC, led by skippers Colin Campbell and David Levy, and Coronado High School (Mikee AndersenMitterling, Brian Haines, Jon Nass) emerged victorious in the huge Rose Bowl Regatta, which attracted 19 college teams and 44 high school teams to Alamitos Bay (Long Beach) on January 5-6. All races were sailed in CFJs, rtftth the high school teams split into gold and silver fleets (El Segundo HS won the latter). See www.pcisa.org for full details.

Distance races: The 2002 West Marine Pacific Cup is sold out now (90 boats), though they are still accepting entries on a waiting list up to April 1. The fleet is the most impressive yet, featuring 34 boats over 50 feet — including twelve SC 50s,

started the sponsorless Sydney-Hobart Race on December 26, but only 56 fin¬

The man, the myth, the legend'— 1999 world 505 champ Howie Hamlin won the 18-Foot Skiff Internationals in Sydney last month. six SC 52s, and three TP 52s. Check out www.pacificcup.org to see who's going. . . About 30 boats will compete in San Diego YC's Puerto Vallarta Race, which starts between February 20-24. See www.sdyc.org for details, as well as daily position reports. . . Seventy-five boats

ished the rugged 630-mile race. The race was dominated by Volvo 60s, who were competing in the concurrent Volvo Race.

Asset Abloy was first to finish the Hobart Race, while John Kahlbetzer's Sydney 62 Bumblebee 5 was the overall winner.

Grand prix notes: The Swedish Match Tour's Australia Cup, originally scheduled for March 12-17 in Perth, has been cancelled due to lack of sponsorship. The good news is that Long Beach YC's venerable Congressional Cup (April 7-13) has been added to the eight-regatta, big-money, match racing Tour. "We’re thrilled!" claimed LBYC Commodore Mike Elias. . . Speed junkies Howie Hamlin (skipper), Mike Martin and Trevor Baylis sailed General Electric — U.S. Challenge to a close-fought victory over 25 boats in the 18-Foot Skiff International Championship in Sydney Harbor last month, the first Americans ever to win this honor. . . Yacht designer/ builder Mark Soverel died of cancer last month in Florida at the too-young age of 52. He will be remembered as an innovative thinker, as well as a world-class sailor.

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With a continuation of our special report on Month by Month Charter

Ideas, plus miscellaneous Charter Notes.

Pick a Month, Choose a Venue and Shanghai Some Sailing Buddies As we pointed out in last month's World of Chartering, on any given day, of any given month, it will be the prime sailing season somewhere in the world. And each of these wateiy vacation destinations has its own unique characteristics to recommend it. With that in mind, we continue here with the second half of the calendar — July through December — offering what we feel are some of the best chartering venues on Earth.

Since most Latitude readers are active sailors — as opposed to armchair sailors — who sail frequently on their own boats or with friends, we tend to focus our editorial content on venues with well-established bareboat bases. As you peruse these listings, however, you’ll note that some of these locations also offer crewed charter vessels of various types.

At the risk of being hopelessly redundant, we should point out again also that one of the key elements in choosing the best location for your group of friends or family, is assessing their needs. How important are shoreside amenities like dining, shopping and nightlife? Do they require access to warm water for swimA week spent aboard a traditional schooner like the 'J&E Riggin' will put you in touch with the nautical traditions of a bygone era.

ming and watersports? Do they enjoy interacting with foreign cultures? And lastly, how far are they willing to travel?

That said, let's look ahead to midsummer charter possibilities. (We cannot guarantee that these listings of charter firms are completely comprehensive.)

• July in the Pacific Northwest — The sheltered waterways of the Pacific Northwest comprise an incredible resource for sailors. Whether you relish quaint waterside towns and resorts or secluded anchorages surrounded only by lush forests, abundant with wildlife, the Pacific Northwest has it all — and it's relatively close to home. A two-hour flight or two-day drive will take you to charter bases in and around Seattle, Vancouver or Vancouver Island.

True, the water temperature in all but a few areas is too cold for swimming without a wetsuit, but the sealife beneath the surface is rich and abundant. Throughout the region, it’s not uncommon to see whales — including orcas — dolphin and playful seals. Scuba divers tell us the underwater flora and fauna here Is the most spectacular on the West Coast.

Chartering in either the (American) San Juan Islands or (Canadian) Gulf Islands is relatively easy, distances between anchorages are short, winds are generally light, and most hazards are well marked. Apart from keeping track of lo¬

> g ^ § | ^ cal currents — which can be quite strong in some areas — sailing the entire region is generally benign, even for firsttime charterers. Within both the San Juans and Gulf Islands there are plenty of shoreside facilities for dining, provisioning and shopping, as well as a great many maritime parks.

Farther north lies the undeveloped wonderland of lush fiords and inlets, called Desolation Sound. Some of its tranquil anchorages have water that's a swimmable 70°.

Bareboats: ABC Yacht Charters (360) 293-9533 (Anacortes, WA); Anacortes Yacht Charters (800) 233-3004 (Anacortes, WA); Bellhaven Charters (800) 542-8812 (Bellingham, WA); Blue Pacific Yacht Charters (800) 237-2392 (Vancouver, B.C.); Bosun’s Charters (800) 226-3694 (Sidney, B.C.); Charters Northwest (800) 258-3119 (Friday Harbor, WA); San Juan Sailing Charters (800)677-7245 (Bellingham); Desolation Sound Yacht Charters (877) 647-3815 (Comax. B.C.); Penmar Marine (800) 8287337 (Anacortes, WA).

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Few regions on earth are more serene than Bfitish Columbia's Desolation Sound. But you'll have to make your own nightlife.

Crewed Yachts: A relatively small number of crewed sailing yachts are available through both American and Canadian brokers (there's more variety in motoryachts).

Tourism Info: San Juan Islands Visitor Information Services (888) 468-3701; www.tourism.wa.gov. For British Columbia, www.hellobc.com.

• August in Maine — In these pages we often sing the praises of sailing in Downeast Maine. Like the Pacific Northwest, it's an area of remarkable natural beauty, where another breathtaking panorama awaits you beyond every headland. However, Maine's waterways differ in that grand colonial homes and quaint, centuries-old villages are sprinkled along the shoreline.

Many age-old maritime traditions have been diligently preserved here, and among them is the preservation of a stunning fleet of traditionally-rigged wooden schooners. For generations,

these 'coasting schooners' were the workhorses of maritime commerce along the New England coast. But, of course, they eventually lost their market to trucks, railroads and motorized vessels. Luckily though, a visionary named Frank Swift saw a new use for them as passengercarrying 'windjammers' back in the mid'30s. Today, over a half-centuiy later, several originals iwiBBiiwaa are still going strong, and new replicas have been built, all offering three, four or sixday cruises where passengers — who book by the berth — share in the sailing chores.

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you'd rather bareboat these waters, there are a variety of late-model boats available for hire.

Windjammers: The Maine Windjammer Association (800) 807-WIND, www.sailmainecoast.com; North End Shipyard Schooners at (800) 648-4544, www. midcoast, com/ -schooner/.

Bareboats: Bay Island Yacht Charters (800) 421-2492; Hinckley Yacht Charters (800) 492-7245; Morris Yachts (207) 244-5509.

Crewed Charters: Many luxuiy crewed yachts split seasons between the Caribbean in winter and New England in summer. You can book them through most yacht charter brokers.

Tourism info: Maine Office of Tourism (888) 624-6345, www.visitmaine.com.

Note: Other key New England sailing destinations include Martha’s Vineyard, the Narragansett Bay and Buzzard’s Bay area and Chesapeake Bay. • September in the Aegean — The vast Aegean Sea has long been a primary playground for European and American sailors alike. Within the myriad Greek islands and along Turkey's 'Turquoise Coast', there are dozens of charter options, from island-hopping aboard a world-class luxury yacht, to booking a berth aboard a traditional wooden gulet, to bareboating in a flotilla with other likeminded vacationers — "the only way to sqil" according to many Germans and Scandinavians. To our way of thinking, however, exploring the region aboard your own self-skippered bareboat is still the best way to go.

We probably don’t have to tell you that Historical artifacts abound in Greece and Turkey. Pictured here is the famous entrance to Rhodes Harbor in the Dodecanese group.

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centuries-old, white-washed villages, picturesque fishing fleets and ancient ruins typify the landscapes here. Despite the encroachment of modern development on some of the larger Greek Islands and in the larger coastal cites of Turkey, there are still plenty ohplaces where you practically feel like you've stepped back in time into a simpler world, with a slower pace of living.

During midsummer, both areas are abuzz with tourists and air temperatures — to our way of thinking — can be too hot to be enjoyable. At that time there also tends to be either very light winds or sudden, blasting meltemis. Early September, by contrast is generally ideal, with milder temps and more consistent breezes. In both areas 'Med-tying' sternto a sea wall in the center of town is the norm. So practice this technique before you go, and be prepared to get friendly with your neighbors. Being situated right in the heart of local action is great fun, and consequently many meals are taken ashore — very inexpensively — at local tavernas. (But watch out for the ouzo!)

We should mention also, that catamarans are much less prevalent here due to space considerations along the sea walls.

Putting their similarities aside, there are some distinct differences between the two countries, as cruising areas, that we this photo confirms, reminders of ancient civilizations are everywhere along the southern coast of Turkey.

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should point out. First, understand that sailing in Greece implies island-hopping, while sailing in Turkey implies coastal sailing—obviously the Greeks controlled the seas in ancient times. By special arrangement, it is possible to explore both countries on a bareboat charter, but this is generally not done.

It would take you months, even years, to explore the entire stretch of Greek Islands, so logically you'll need to pick one of a half-dozen island groups (each having its own resident charter bases). The best sailing tends to be in the Dodecanese, with Rhodes as its principal port.

At any time of year, the Turkish coast will be less populated than the Greek isles, which has contributed greatly to its recent popularity among sailors.

Coastal transits usually include both anchoring in sparsely-populated bays and city stops. Many well-preserved ruins of ancient cultures lie a short distance from anchorages. Finally, we should mention, in light of recent events, that although Turkey is a Muslim country, folks along the Turquoise Coast have always been warmhearted and welcoming toward Americans.

Bareboats: (companies with U.S. representation listed only) Albatross Yacht Charters (800) 377-8877, www.

The picturesque, white-washed towns of the Greek Islands have changed little with the passage of time. albatrosscharters.com, GPSC (800) 7326786, www.gpsc.com; Go Cats (800) 592-1254, www.gocatsl.com The Moorings (888) 732-2252, www.moorings, com; Sunsail (800) 327-2276, www. sunsail.com.

Crewed Yachts: There are plenty of excellent crewed yachts operating in both regions, but be sure to pick a broker with extensive personal knowledge of the area.

Tourism info: Greek National Tourist Organization (213) 626-6696, www.gnto.gr, Turkish Tourist Office (202) 612-6800, www.turkey.org or www.gototurkey.co. uk.

• October in the Channel Islands — Out-of-staters think the entire California coast basks in 'Bay Watch weather' year-round. But we know better, don't we? The truth is, unless you're in the habit of sleeping until noon, you’ve probably noticed that most summer days are cursed with dreary coastal fog until midday. That's why we often say that the very best sailing here on the Bay and along the coast is in the fall, when we're often blessed with Indian Summer con-

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ditions: clear, sunny days with moderate breezes.

The same holds true in the Channel Islands, which comprise California's most spectacular sailing venue. Although days are getting shorter in October, the temperatures are still sunny and mild, and it's not uncommon to have an anchorage all to yourself. Even at Catalina's Avalon Harbor, where half of LA congregates in midsummer, the shore scene is mellow and there are plenty of mooring balls to be had in the inner harbor.

Bareboats: Marina Sailing (800) 262SAIL (Oxnard, Marina del Rey, Long Beach and Newport Beach); Santa Barbara Sailing Center (800) 350-9090; Offshore Island Sailing (805) 985-3600 (Oxnard).

Note: If time allows, coastal sailing out of San Diego, encompassing a trip to Catalina, could also be considered.

San Diego Bareboats: Marina Sailing (800) 262-SAIL; Harbor Sailboats (800) 854-6625; The Marina Club (619) 2999247; San Diego Sailing Club (619) 2986623; San Diego Yacht Charters (800) 456-0222.

Tourism Info: Channel Islands National Park (in Ventura) (805) 658-5700,

— As anyone who's ever thumbed through a sailing magazine knows, the British Virgin Islands comprise the world's most popular charter destination — and whatever venue is in second place is lightyears behind it.

Why? This tropical cluster of mountainous islands, islets and cays boasts steady trade winds, short sailing distances between well-protected anchorages, innumerable sandy beaches, splendid snorkeling and sensible shoreside development — an ideal recipe for laidback, nothin'-to-it sailing that's as enjoyable the 50th time as it is the first.

The only problem is that the BVI has become s-o-o-o-o popular among both crewed and bareboat charterers, that it gets downright crowded during the peak winter season (Christmas through April).

By contrast, late fall (apart from Thanksgiving week) is relatively uncrowded. The official hurricane season is all but over then, there are far fewer boats in the anchorages, and both hotels and restaurants are near their lowest annual capacity — meaning you'll get more attentive service. Another plus is that you'll get your pick of boats, whether you're looking for a monohull or charter cat. ’ We probably don't need to run down the key attractions tg you such as the Norman Island Caves, The Baths (a famous, boulder-strewn snorkeling spot), Foxy's Bar on Jost Van Dyke, and the Bitter End Yacht Club, as each of them is legendaiy in the sailing world. Despite its enormous success in attracting tourism, the BVI — like no other island territory we can think of — has managed to keep development in check, while preserving its natural treasures for future

generations. The surrounding waters of virtually the entire archipelago are now a marine preserve.

Bareboats: (a partial list only) The Catamaran Company (800) 262-0308, www.catamaranco.com Conch Charters (800) 521-8939, www.conchcharters. corn-, Go Cats (800) 592-1254, www.gocatsl.com Horizon Yacht Charters (877) 494-8787, www. horizonyachtcharters.com The Moorings (888) 732-2252, www.moorings.com; North South Vacations (800) 387-4964, www.nsyv.com/contus: Sunsail (800) 327-2276, www.sunsail.com TMM (800) 633-0155, www.sailtmm.com; Trade Winds Yachts (800) 825-7245, www.tradewindyachts.com VPM Yacht Charters (800) 445-2479, www.vpmboats.com.

Crewed Yachts: Virtually every broker in the universe has good knowledge of yachts operating here. Luxury charter cats are taking a larger portion of the trade each year.

Tourism info: The BVI Tourism Office (800) 835-8530, www.bviwelcome.com or www.britishvirginislands.com.

• December in Sydney — There's no question that escaping to the Caribbean during December — especially during the holidays — is always an alluring idea.

But have you ever considered a midwinter getaway to Sydney, Australia? Regarded by many globe-trotting sailors as one of finest urban sailing settings in the world, second only, perhaps to our own fair San Francisco.

If you wait until fall to visit the Channel Islands, you'll have few neighbors in anchorages like Lady's and Little Lady's on Santa Cruz Island.

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There are plenty of late-model bareboats for hire in the 'land downunder', and you can choose to live aboard while surveying the sprawling harbor region or while exploring the extensive inland waterways of the nearby Pittwater River region. In either case, you're likely to enjoy an abundance of inimitable Aussie hospitality, as well as

distinctive cuisine and generations-old cultural traditions.

Plan also to do a bit of land touring in the outlying areas. After all, you wouldn't want to visit the 'Land of Oz' without seeing some kangaroos in the bush, getting eye to eye with a cuddly koala bear or tossing a boomerang.

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Tourism Info: New South Wales Tourism (in LA) (310) 301-1903, www.tourism.nsw.gov.au or www.seesydney. com So there you have it. A complete calendar of international sailing options. Now all you have to do is pick a destination, shanghai some friends and make a reservation.

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CHANCES With reports this monthfrom Altair on tropical storm Waka that hit Tonga; from Joss on Roatan; from Polly

Brooks on Borneo, Bangkok, and wild train Pogo II on the result of a summer shakedown in the Lower Caribbean; from Tropicbird on Malaysia and Thailand; from Aeolus XC on the passage to the Galapagos; from Pelagian on cruising with pets in hot climates; from Kiana on starting a cruise on the East Coast; and Cruise Notes. rides; from

Altair — Cal 35 Paul Baker & Suzzette Connolly Cyclone Waka In Tonga (Seattle, Washington) We're not sure what folks back home may have heard about tropical cyclone Waka, which hit the Vava'u Group of Tonga on New Year’s Eve. The following is an edited report by Justine, the Kiwi woman who runs the Mermaid Restaurant on the waterfront at the popular yachting center in Nejafu.

"We survived tropical cyclone Waka, which flattened Vava'u with 80-knot winds and 10-ft waves in the harbor on New Year's Eve. We got hit hard for about four hours with the first part of the storm, then the eye passed over and the moon came out. It was weird. Then Waka hit from the other direction, which is when we lost our roof. It was pissing rain inside. How do you save the computer and other electrical stuff when they might as well be in a swimming pool?

Several barometers recorded 948 hpa — can you believe it? As Waka was leaving, the barometers rose 30 hpa in half an hour!

Some of us were lucky enough to have handheld VHFs during the storm, so we got to listen to the incredibly brave — or incredibly dumb — rescue efforts of a person who finally decided to leave his doomed boat and swim ashore. For a time, he thought his life was over. It was reassuring to hear Sandy give updates of the cyclone's movements as he spoke to Terri and Dave at the Royal Sunset in Nuku'alofa over the SSB. They provided us with much info on what was happening and what was to come. They were also our lifeline to the outside world — which I really appreciated as I lay under a The Mermaid Restaurant is so low to the water in Neiafu, Tonga, and it's a wonder any of it survived tropical cyclone 'Waka'.

shower curtain in a corner of the bed wondering what more the house could withstand. Thanks, guys!

Amazingly enough. Mermaid suffered little damage except for stuff in the freezer.

The waves were so big at the restaurant that they tore down the big two-meter noticeboard at the back of the bar. It hasn't been seen since. About a dozen private launches sank, many yachts dragged their three-ton plus cyclone moorings across the harbor, and some dragged them even further. Four yachts went on the rocks, but all were retrievable.

One of The Mooring's catamarans ended up sitting in Anna’s Cafe — as though she were ready for a cup of tea!

She was badly holed, but nonetheless had ground the concrete dock into pieces. Two boats sank on either side of Mermaid, one of them having been smashed to pieces.

All of Sunsail’s boats were fine, although one dragged a mooring and is now stuck in the mud bottom of the harbor. Two other boats have evidence of being knocked over to the point that their masts were in the water — although Tikiti Boo — which tends to flip in gusts over 70 knots — survived just fine. She had been secured with tires for storm drogues and weighted down with batteries.

We had a day to prepare for the approach of the cyclone, which was good — but tiring. I was exhausted, wet, and cold to the bone by the time we finished preparations. It was still windy the day after the cyclone, and everyone wandered around in a daze, shocked at the damage and destruction. There were so many mangos laying around that it looked as though it had rained mangos! There wasn't a scrap of vegetation left whole, however, as every leaf had been shredded down to the size of a dime and plastered onto houses, cars, and walls.

The day after Waka, the guys started retrieving boats. It was a godsend of a day, as there was bright sunshine and the highest tide of the year!

The best sound I heard was that of the Kiwi Air Force Orion flying overhead. I was just about in tears while mopping out the house for the second day in a row trying to get everything dry, when I looked up through the hole in the roof to see the Orion fly over. Then I could hear them over the VHF. It made me proud to be a Kiwi.

The Tongans are amazingly resilient.

Three out of every four houses lost its roof and their crops have been destroyed on a large and long term scale — yet they keep on smiling while they clean up. The Tongan Power Board is actually working round the clock to restore power — a minor miracle in itself!

Anyway, we all survived and are picking up the pieces. Thanks to everyone who thought of us and those who managed to get an email to us before the cyclone hit.

We’re still smiling."

Justine's report was scary reading for us, as we'd only left Vava'u at the beginning of November. We then sailed down to Nukualofa, Tonga, then made the long trip to New Zealand's Bay of Islands. The

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— paul & suzette 1/15/02

Joss — Gazelle 42 Anna Berg & Ian Gunn Roatan (Seattle, Washington) We've covered a few thousand miles aboard our junk-rigged schooner since we left San Diego in January of 1997. A couple of years were spent in Mexico, with summers in the Sea of Cortez. We then headed down the Central American coast and transited the Panama Canal in September of 1999. We continued north from the San Bias Islands of Panama in the spring of 2001, and made brief but fantastic stops at the Colombian-owned islands of San Andres and Providencia before heading into the northwest Carib¬

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At various times during our trip, we've had to lay Joss up so we could return home for work or visits. Many of the places have been covered in Latitude, but we hadn't heard much about the Bay Islands of Honduras. We had been asking around on the radio nets for a safe place to spend the'2001 hurricane season, and Dave of Victoria — who provides weather on the Northwest Caribbean Net (8188.0 at 1400Z) — suggested Roatan as an alternative to the recently troubled Rio Dulce of Guatemala. Luckily, the Bay Islands are just within the 'legal zone' — west of 85°W — for our boat insurance.

We arrived in the Bay Islands in early June, and started with a one-month stay at Guanaja, the easternmost island. The island is beautiful and has fabulous diving, but had too many no-see-ums for our

blood.

Roatan, which is just a few miles further west, has good anchorages with great reefs for snorkeling and scuba diving. The anchorages ranged from the relatively private Port Royal to the more touristy West End. The island has a decent transportation system of buses and taxis — including going colectiuo, to double or triple up, for cheaper fares — and the stores are well-stocked. After cruising in Mexico, the provisions seemed expensive — but when compared to The Bahamas, they were extremely reasonable.

More locals speak English in the Bay Islands than anywhere else in Honduras, but knowing Spanish still helps. Checking in and out procedures are about US$40 each way — although we heard that most of the fees were being done away with for 2002 — and the officials are decent and polite. There is a good community of cruisers, including a few who have swallowed the hook and now live ashore here. There is lots of good cruising in the area. It's normally downwind to Utila, Cayos Cochinos, and the Honduran mainland. If you make a straight shot, it's just an overnight passage to the Rio Dulce and the reefs of Belize.

We found Roatan to be a great place for guests to visit us, especially if we set them up at West End and West Bay, which have lovely white sand beaches. Unfortunately, international travel isn't cheap, with U.S. airfares being unreasonably high. Domestic travel is more reasonable for trips to San Pedro Sula for a visit to the Mayan ruins of Copan.

There are some drawbacks to Roatan.

'Eyeball navigation' is recommended, as the charts and cruising guides can be inYou don't see many junk-rigged yachts actively cruising, but Ian and Anna have covered thousands of miles with junk-rigged 'Joss'.

CHANCES accurate, and the channel markers are rudimentary. The entrance to French Harbour/Fantasy Island is a fine example.

When visiting for the first time, it's best to enter/leave while the sun is overhead.

Dave of Victoria is working on a CD-based cruising guide for Roatan, which should help.

Although Roatan has many banks, there is only one ATM in the Bay Islands.

It's at Coxen Hole;sand only works sporadically. Air shipments of parts or mail are a challenge, as things can get held up in customs on the mainland. We used FedEx successfully one time — although FedEx headquarters in the U.S. didn't seem to know they had an office here.

There have also been thefts in the anchorages, including the taking of outboards and VHF radios. We raise our dinghy each night and lock our boat, and have never had a problem.

When we had to leave our boat, we decided to put her at Oak Ridge Marina.

It has six slips located in front of the property and house owned by Sandy Byrd, and is on the cay just opposite the quaint and colorful town of Oak Ridge. At $120/ month for storage — $150/month if you stay onboard — it was a good deal, especially knowing that four boats rode out hurricane Mitch here without any damage. Power, water, laundry, cold showers and Internet are available. There's also a boathouse with a covered upstairs area that's perfect for projects that require a bit of space. Just across the water is BJ's Backyard — for a taste of island eating and a cold beer — as well as Bodden's grocery store and more. If you need to visit French Harbour or Coxen Hole, you can get a taxi or, better yet, ride the bus with the locals to get a taste of the island. On the way, you'll pass through Punta Gorda, the Garifuna village. It's only a short dinghy ride from Oak Ridge Marina to Jonesville Bight, site of the Hole in the Wall restaurant/bar, which serves good food and has a Sunday buffet. The folks at Oak Ridge can be reached at oakridgemarina@hotmail. com.

We've also left our boat for a week at the Roatan Dive & YC, formerly the French Harbour YC. Their prices are similar to Oak Ridge Marina, but'they have easier access to groceries and buses. The Club has a nice restaurant, hotel rooms, swimming pool, a small dive operation, Internet access, cold showers down by the marina, and very helpful management.

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Photo Fun: Having stumbled across the above photo in our office, we ran it as the January 18 'Lectronic Latitude mystery photo'. Check it out on 'Lectronic to see how good it looks in color. In any event, Joan Garrett explains that anchorage is 'Steve's Cove', named after Steve Ulrich, who found it unmarked on Isla Partida in the Sea of Cortez. The three boats in the photo — Steve's 'Magewind', Hans and Theresa Koeber's Catalina 36 Stella Mare', and Chuck Riley's custom 38 'Estrellita' — are all from the Bay Area. At the moment the photo was taken, Tom Salvo and Coco Hess, two of the crew, were having a swimming competition. was cleaned and painted when new owners took over about a year ago. It also has good security and a dinghy dock for those anchored out in French Harbour. The Roatan Dive & YC can be reached at yachtclub@hondusoft.com or visited at www. roatanyachtclub. com.

While we didn't try Brick Bay Marina, which is located further 'down island' and nearer Coxen Hole, other cruisers who did were quite satisfied. You can reach the marina at (504) 445-1127. Across On the mainland at La Ceiba is the Lagoon Marina, which has gotten good reviews. They made be contacted by email at www.lagoonma@tropicohn.com. There's also a haulout facility at La Ceiba that's been recommended.

From the Bay Islands, we headed north for Florida. We stopped at Isla Mujeres, Mexico, for Christmas and to wait for a break in the winter Northers. Joss is now at Paradise YC in Fort Meyers, where her four-foot draft is finally paying off. Quite a difference from the Pacific!

— anna & ian

Polly Brooks — Islander 37 Kirk & Cath McGeorge Borneo & Bangkok (Honolulu) If you're looking for a place to leave your boat for a few days near Kota Kinabalu — the capital of the state of Sabah in Malaysian Borneo — we recommend the bay at Gayana Resort. It's located on Palau Gaya, a national park and game reserve just a few miles off the coast.

The resort maintains a dozen deep water moorings and offers complete use of their resort facilities and ferry service into town — for just $2 a day. It's safe to leave the boat for a few days while heading off to other adventures — which is exactly what we did when we flew to Bangkok, Thailand — aka the Big Chili.

We checked into the Grace Hotel, the same place I had stayed during my last visit to Bangkok a quarter century ago — when I arrived with the airwing aboard the USS Kitty Hawk. Although it had changed a lot, after a few drinks and

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smokes it turned out to be exactly as I remembered. Bangkok is a giant city that offers the best and worst of everything in Asia, and caters to every human whim.

The moment we stepped outside our hotel, every sense was assaulted by colorful hustlers and people from every race and f walk of life, all offering or searching for the greatest bargains.

Whatever wish, need or fantasy you might have, it can be fulfilled in Bangkok — as long as you're willing to go with the flow and pay the price. For instance, when we ducked into a place to get out of the nightly monsoon rains, we soon found ourselves smoking from a large hookah with a bunch of Arab party animals. As our group danced to desert music into the wee hours of the morning, I dined on handfuls of roasted grasshopper and beetles, squid on sticks, mangosteens, prawns, tom yam soup, and Thai salads.

Awesome food! There was even an elephant rocking to the beat as we ate, We also took a river cruise through the city and into the barrios and canals of" the Chaophraya River, visited street markets, temples, and other attractions — including the famous entertainment on Pat Pong Road. We stayed a week and had a grand time. But a week of Bangkok was all that our senses, wallets and digestive systems could withstand.

Our trip back to Borneo at 35,000 feet was interesting. The flight took us over the broken heart and killing fields of Cambodia and Viet Nam — including Phnom Penh, the Mekong River and old Saigon.

Even from a great altitude, the pockmarked landscape, overgrown airstrips, and long abandoned fire-bases are still clearly visible. After crossing the South China Sea, we had a layover in the Kingdom of Brunei before finally landing at Kota Kinabalu. We caught the 1800 ferry back to Pulau Gaya, and were exhausted and happily back aboard Polly Brooks just in time for sunset.

Our next big adventure was a great train ride which took us 100 miles down the coast from Kota Kinabalu and up into the jungle rivers to the end of the North Borneo Railroad line. The railroad was built over a century ago in an attempt to tame the wild northern jungles and make the British rubber and copra plantations profitable. It was a huge undertaking. We had a good look around the old station and maintenance yard, where we discovered three ancient Vulcan steam locomotives. One of the locomotives and several classic coaches had recently been refurbished and put back into passenger service as a tourist attraction. We considered paying 320 ringgits for the nostalgic 24mile ride, but settled on the rusty, dusty economy/cargo train which took us nearly four times the distance but cost only 15 ringgits!

Our train, with us in a most decrepit coach, pulled out of the station 10 minutes ahead of the polished steam train.

With a lurch we were off, through flooded rice fields and steamy jungle, ultimately bound for the village of Tenom. While between stations 30 minutes later, our train came to a slow halt — and then began rolling backwards! Luckily, we soon rolled to a flat spot and came to a stop. The crew ran around looking under the carriages, confirming our suspicion that the brakes had failed. There we sat, motionless in the middle of a flooded rice field, the only sounds being the murmur of the passengers and the birds chasing insects.

Before long, we heard the shrill sound of a steam whistle and the distinct ca-chugging of the old Vulcan somewhere down the tracks behind us. By and by, it rounded the bend and slowed to a stop.

After belching a hearty breath of white steam, it stood there huffing and puffing, fire venting out its great nostril, hot with impatience. Our broken diesel train was blocking the tracks. After a bunch of finger-pointing and arm-waving by the

Kota Kinabula, the capital of Malaysian Borneo, is about 2,000 miles to the northwest of Australia and about 300 miles southeast of Thailand. crews, it was decided that the only thing to do was to have the old steam engine push us to the next rail yard where we could be taken off onto a siderail for repairs. And this was done.

Within two hours, we had another diesel engine and were again clattering down the tracks. Our next stop was the provincial town of Beaufort, which is near the border of Sabah and Brunei. Our train was extended by several more coaches here, as well as a flatcar, and a livestock car containing a pair of crusty water buffalo. They put the beasts directly behind the engine, which wasn't such a good idea, because as soon as we got rolling the entire train smelled like a water buffalo swamp.

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CHANGES But what a ride, as we soon found ourselves climbing a canyon alongside the raging and muddy Padas River, winding our way into the dark jungle of northern Borneo. The train was now packed to standing room only with sweaty bodies, and the tropical heat and humidity only enhanced the attacks on our senses. I soon found comfort from the heat and stench by sitting on a sack of rice outside on a flatcar amon^a colorful and entertaining group of characters.

The assembly was composed of a dozen fellows from different villages chatting in a variety of languages. One guy was playing a guitar accompanied by another with a bamboo flute. Most spoke simple Bahasa Malay. From my previous years living in Bali, 1 realized that I was beginning to understand parts of the jokes and stories. They were quite surprised when I finally piped into the conversation, and before long we were all laughing and drinking warm beers — while sitting outside in the rain and passing spectacular scenery around each bend. The foliage was thick enough to form canopies, and the bright green jungle formed tunnels through which the train passed.

Eventually, we arrived at our destination of Tenom. We were bruised, dirty, hungry — and five hours late. We checked into a Chinese hotel whose name I cannot recall or recommend, and after a cool shower and short rest, set out to find a good place to eat. We discovered an Indian Islamic restaurant, and enjoyed a grand feast — while watching The Matrix play on big screens mounted on every wall. All this deep in the heart of Borneo.

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We attempted to hire a taxi the following morning to act as a tour guide at points of interest in the national park on our way back to Kota Kinabalu, but none of the drivers were interested. While haggling over the idea, we missed the only first class train out of town. We resigned ourselves to sitting in the shade under a giant tree and watching the local Sunday football games in the park across from the station while waiting for the noon cargo train. When we finally boarded the train for the trip down the mountain, it was nearly empty, and we were able to score choice seats.

When we reached Beaufort, we discovered that the first class train we missed had been derailed! In fact.ut was lying on its side just outside of town, and many people had been hurt. At that point we decided that we'd had enough of romantic train adventures, and left the station looking to catch a bus for the remainder of the trip. Because of its proximity to the river, Beaufort is an old logging town with narrow streets lined with funky, two-story wooden buildings, and wooden sidewalks.

It looks much like an western ghost town in the U.S. — except that it's alive with Chinese shops, restaurants, and wealthy timber barons.

We settled into an old restaurant for a cold beer and were quickly joined by Ibraham, the town idiot. He had a great, toothless smile and a lunatic’s laugh. The proprietor and every passerby indicated to us that he was gilagila, and shook their heads in pity. But he certainly seemed to enjoy himself while listening to us talk, and at times would indulge us with his thoughts on our subject of discussion — in perfect English. Then he’d go back to ranting and giggling to himself in Mandarin, Malay and other languages.

During a break in my conversation with Cath, our idiot friend looked at Cath and said, "Excuse me, but may I have cigarette?!" Everyone said he was the village idiot, but I had a feeling that the man was quite happy, quite intelligent and quite mad! When I asked how many languages he spoke, he replied, "English, Chinese, German, Malay, Japanese, Bahasa Indonesian, and Tagolog!" He giggled after mentioning each language, and at the end broke into a lunatic's laughing rage.

When we finally caught the bus, it was much more comfortable than the train — cushy seats, air-conditioning, and kungfu movies! Just outside of town, we slowed and passed the carnage of the train we had missed. The following day, we learned that two children had been killed and

scores hospitalized. The same train derailed again a week later.

It’s easy to find reasons to linger in nice places, so we decided to stick around Kota Kinabalu for one more week in order to attend the Sabah Harvest Festival. It was a terrific two-day pageant and competition, with colorful costumes, music, games, and food. It takes place every year around the end of May. We stayed on our mooring at the Gayana Resort a total of 36 days and made some great new friends, learned a few new tricks, explored the pristine jungles, had tons of fun, and made a new awning for Polly Brooks. Then we departed for Pulau and Labuan. This was in June of last year.

— kirk & cath 10/01

Pogo II — CSY 44 Craig Owings & Sarah Terry Six Month Summer Shakedown (Pedro Miguel Boat Club, Panama) Sarah and I returned to Panajna and the old Pedro Miguel Boat Club after a six-month summer shakedown of Pogo II in the lower Caribbean. The boat performed welkand the punch list of things to fix is small, so we should have her ready for a jump off to the Galapagos and Ecuador around March of this year.

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Inset; A view of the club — which is just a stone's throw from the Pedro Miguel Locks.

During a November visit back to the States to see family and friends, we stopped by the Fort Lauderdale and St. Pete boat shows. We saw all kinds of great ^ things to make life more interesting and comfortable on a boat. One of the best gizmos was a 15-inch LCD computer monitor by Samsung, complete with a built-in TV receiver and all the extra input jacks. The light flat panel unit has stereo speakers built-in, making it ideal for the bulkhead of a boat. All you have to do is add a DVD player and the evening is ready for a great social event. It costs a miserly $599 with a factory rebate of $50 at Best Buy. They also make a 17-inch version, but we couldn't find one.

The holiday season here at the Pedro Miguel has been one party after another, with the club chock-a-block with boats.

Yes, the Pedro Miguel is still going strong, and we don't see any reason why it .will not continue to do so in the future. The old Lima crane is still huffing and chuffing the boats in and out of the water with hardly a complaint. This year’s Christmas dinner at the club featured all of the traditional trimmings — and some fine barbequed kids. I'm not speaking of er¬

rant children — although sometimes the thought is tempting — but rather of a couple of young goats. A vote of the visitors at the last potluck overwhelmingly chose goat to turkey, although some suggestions were made for the club's geese.

Sarah continues to get younger with each day of retirement after finishing her career with the Panama Canal. I don't even look back, as my retired life is busier them when I was employed.

— craig & sarah 1 /15/02

Tropicbird — Wilderness 40 Leslie King Langkawi, Malaysia (Santa Fe, New Mexico) Having just spent two weeks in northern Thailand, a week in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and now being in Langkawi, Malaysia, I can report that I've always felt perfectly safe.

The stretch from Langkawi to Phuket, Thailand, is a wonderful place to base a yacht. As anyone can see by paging through a copy of Sail Thailand, the area has lots of lovely islands. It's

also economical, as berthing or handstand at Rebak Resort — a nice four-ish star hotel in Langkawi — is less than $6/foot/ month. I’ve forgotten the rates at Boat Lagoon and Yacht Haven, but they are comparable. No matter where you dine out, the food is delicious and inexpensive.

Airfares to the States are cheap at about $600 per roundtrip, with up to one year to return. The area admittedly doesn't have the consistent winds of the Caribbean, but it's more reliable than in Mexico.

For those not familiar with this part of the world, Malaysia and Thailand are very different — which is part of the attraction of both. Malaysia is much more prosperous, doesn't have corruption, allows yachts to stay indefinitely, and permits yacht gear to come into Langkawi dutyfree. Although Malaysia is mostly Muslim, it's proudly multi-cultural and multiracial. It’s not a sexually charged country, and the women dress and behave modestly. The food is delicious.

Thailand, on the other hand, is poor.

When it comes to corruption, it makes Mexico look like Finland. Yachts can only stay in the country 180 days, and imported yacht gear is subject to steep duties. Thais —- especially the ethnic Thai Buddhists — divide the world into Thais, who are always favored, and farangs, as foreigners are called. Thailand is known for its sex tourism, but the domestic prostitution is an even larger industry. Philandering, often commercially, is a national pastime. Thai women are beautiful and dress to show it. The food is also delicious. ,The differences certainly favor Malaysia when it comes to economic development. Boeing, for example, is building a plant to make part of all its aircraft wings in northern Malaysia. Wave Master is opening a superyacht center in Langkawi, with a 500-ton Travelift and berthing for 40 yachts of 225 feet. Sunsail just added 14 boats to its fleet at the Langkawi YC There are some significant differences between Malaysia and Thailand. The Thais, for example, love chilis in their food.

CHANCES base. Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, has enough post-modern buildings to be a 'must visit' city for students of architecture.

It's unclear how this will all play out over the years, but I could easily leave Tropicbird here. By the way. I've had her on the hard in Langkawi since this time last year. I had planned to return here for land and sea travelling earlier last year, but my friend Patti — who had sailed up the east coast of Oz and to here with me — was afraid to come back. Both she and her mother had watched too much CNN. So I've been travelling on land by myself.

I'll return next year for some local cruising before heading west. At last rumor, about 50 boats currently in the area were going to head to and up the Red Sea — despite the current tensions.

— leslie 12/15/01

Aeolus XC — N/A Malcolm & Jackie Holt El Salvador To The Galapagos (N/A) The three of us — Male, Jackie and King Neptune — shared part of a bottle of good rum at six minutes past midnight on November 22, the exact moment that we crossed the equator. We don't make a habit of drinking on passages, it's just that you don't let as auspicious an occasion as a first crossing of the equator go unrecognized. Nor do you deny Neptune his tot.

Minutes earlier I — Male — watched the first quarter moon set over the western horizon. As bright as it had been in the night sky, it turned into a brilliant orange smile — like a toothless Jack o' Lantern — as it hovered low over the sea.

Then it slid from view, leaving me with the distinct feeling that it was Mother Ecuador's Galapagos Islands not only has spectacular wildlife and sealife, they also have some terrific anchorages.

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Jean Leitner of "Mistress', Cherie Sogsti of 'Scirocco', and Kristi Bain, a guest on 'Mistress', want to be in Latitude' every month for the duration of their cruising adventure. So they wrapped themselves in the ensign. Who is to say that this is wrong?

Nature’s way of welcoming us to the threshold of the southern hemisphere.

Overhead were millions of stars in a clear sky, and directly ahead lay the Southern Cross, pointing the way. Such are the benefits of travel in a small boat. You don't get such moments aboard a 747!

Our passage to the Galapagos from El Salvador — via Costa Rica's Cocos Island — took two weeks and two days. That included the four days we stayed at Cocos.

Nearly all our sailing was beating hard into a headwind. It was extremely tough going — and tough on Aeolus XC, too. Although it's an 800-mile passage on the rhumb line, we had to sail almost 1,200 miles to get there.

But on the final day of our passage, our appetite for this nature reserve was whetted by the sight of giant turtles and huge manta rays. Both the turtles and rays seemed to be about 10 feet across.

And the birds were truly amazing, completely different from the other seabirds we'd grown accustomed to.

We arrived at Academy Bay on Santa

Cruz Island in the afternoon, and soon were laying on bow and stern anchors to keep our bow pointed into the swells that rolled into the harbor. The water in the anchorage is almost crystal clear except for some brilliant blue coloring. The island landscape we can see from our boat looks surreal: dry, cactus-strewn, and sage colored.

Just so nobody in the States gets too envious about our situation, be advised that although the Galapagos are located in the tropical zone, it sure doesn't feel like it. It's generally cloudy with frequent showers and heavy downpours, but most of all it's surprisingly cool! As I write this, it's 70° — which after Mexico and Central America is quite chilly. And thanks to the effects of the Humboldt Current that sweeps up the west coast of South America from the Antarctic Sea, the water is also Cool.

We've now been here a week. After catching up on our rest, we've been busy

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fixing things — a big part of the cruising life — and trying to get a fix on thef Galapagos. What an amazing place! Now that we're here, we re finally beginning to appreciate the impact that Charles Darwin's observations and thesis made on modern science. We sit and look at the same creatures — especially the finches — and tiy to understand more about ourselves as a species. The Galapagos has a profound impact on visitors, and we plan to return to the Charles Darwin Research Center another time before we leave.

— malcolm & jackie 12/05/01

Pelagian — Hans Christian 38T Sharon Cochran Jensen, D.V.M. Cruising With Pets In Hot Climes (Oak Harbor, Whidbey Island, WA) During the last winter cruising season, Pelagian was in Mexican waters for rrtany months, finally leaving when the temperature rose above 100°. We observed that our wonderful Third Mate, Leif, a healthy neutered male cat who had not cruised in such hot environments, struggled to remain adequately hydrated during the

most extreme heat. As a veterinarian, at times I tend to be overly concerned about my pet's health, but in this instance I noted concrete observations which were alarming. After helping Leif get a paw back up toward appropriate hydration, I decided to write this short article to help other cruisers in hot climes with pets.

For our own physiologic well-being, we consume a lot of Gatorade — in addition to plain water — when the temperatures rise above 90°. This helps replace electrolyte loss due to copious sweating. For pets, plain water is adequate — if they do not become dehydrated. The purpose of this article is to aid the pet owner in preventing dehydration by practicing careful monitoring of the animal and some basic preventative measures. Once dehydration has taken place, the management of fluid balance becomes more complicated.

A few facts about fluid balance and dog/cat physiology: Cats and dogs are not capable of sweating as much as humans, and therefore must pant to lose heat. Panting cools the animal but also results in a large loss of moisture — which leads to dehydration unless the fluid is replaced. Dogs are more likely to overheat than cats, but both merit careful observation in hot weather.

In general, 60% of body weight is water; two-thirds of it is within the cells and the rest is extracellular — meaning in the veins, lymphatic and other compartments. When the extracellular region suffers fluid loss, dehydration becomes apparent to the trained observer. Signs to look for include: dry mucous membranes (sticky mouth, dry tongue, dry eyes); sunken eyes (the third eyelid present in the inside or rostral corner of the eye may be apparent); and/or loss of skin turgor.

Tiy this test to learn about skin turgor: pinch a small piece of skin just above your wrist and let it go.

It will snap back in place quickly. Dehydration results in a loss of elasticity, so skin will be slow to snap back into place. If your pet is a friendly sort, tiy this test by gently pinching a bit of skin just tailward from the shoulder blades. The skin will pull back in place readily — assuming your pet is not a CharPei or other exuberantly fleshed breed

and assuming that your pet is well hydrated. When dehydrated, this elasticity of the skin is noticeably diminished due to loss of tissue water.

When your pet shows normal skin turgor and the eyes are not sunken but the mucous membranes seem a bit dry, your furry friend is already estimated to be 4 to 5% dehydrated. At this stage of the game, you can safely get your pet rehydrated at home or on the boat, but allowing the problem to progress further will require the need for medical intervention.

At 8 -10% dehydration and above, your pet will show dehydration in all of the ways listed above. He/she will also have a weak, rapid pulse. Dogs average a pulse of 70 - 120 beats per minute, while cats are 120 - 140 bpm. Monitoring rectal temperature is also helpful. Dogs average 102° (38.9C) and cats 101.5° (38.6C).

Urine output is another very useful tool for evaluating the hydration of a cat who uses a litter box with clumping type litter. Dogs, of course, are difficult to evaluate except along the most basic observations of frequency and volume. Dogs produce 20 - 100 ml of urine per kilogram of body weight a day. Cats should have a urine output of 10 -20 ml per kilogram of body weight per day. For example, our sea cat Leif weighs approximately 14 pounds or about 6.4 kilograms — and therefore should make 64 to 128 ml of urine per day. Using the rough estimate that a cup of wetted clumping litter represents 150 ml of urine output, Leif should produce a little less than 1 /2 cup to a little less than 7/’8 cup wetted, clumping litter. Of course, one will typically eyeball the amount and factor this information in with how the pet appears and is behaving.

How can this information be used to easily evaluate your cruising pet?

Math class is over now, so please pay For many cruisers, having a pet or pets is essential for having an enjoyable cruise. Michael Beattie of 'Miki G' is one of them.

CHANCES attention once again. I first noticed that our pet was struggling to keep up with his water needs when he became more lethargic than usual, showed decreased appetite, and seemed to drink less water per day. When I paid attention to the daily urine volume, I noted that it seemed less than usual. Without doing the math, I empirically began giving him water by mouth with a syringe — about 10 to 20 ml every two to three hours over the course of one day. His attitude changed favorably after just one day of this, his urine output increased, and we were out of the woods.

When under heat stress, pets need an average of 60 - 80 ml/kg body weight of fluid per day. For Leif, that’s about 400 ml per day. When heat conditions become extreme, I advise that you measure the volume of water you place in your pet's dish every morning. If possible, measure the amount left at noon, at night, and again in the morning to get a reasonable assessment of what is consumed as opposed to a combination of what's consumed and what evaporates.

Along with evaluation of behavior, a crude evaluation of urine output and careful monitoring of the eyes, mucous membranes and skin turgor, you should have a reasonably accurate idea of how your pet is faring during hot weather. If you notice any deviation from normal, simply augment what your pet is drinking by providing an additional flavored beverage — beef, chicken or fish broth is good — and/or force fluid via syringe for a cat or small dog or, perhaps a turkey baster for a large dog.

The best defense is a good offense. Provide clean, fresh drinking water at all times. Don't forget to scrub out the bowl whenever fresh water goes into the bowl.

Your pet needs and deserves clean, potable water as much as every other member of the crew. Finally, don't forget that In the hot climes of Mexico — and especially the Sea of Cortez in summer — cats also have to be monitored for hydration.

water produced by a deionizer is very depleted of electrolytes. If your pet is not eating adequately and only drinking water, please remember to add a small amount of salt to the water or tempt it to eat with some treat or another to avoid electrolyte depletion.

On a sad note, I warned one cruiser in Mexico about the potential for dehydration, and later learned that their pet suffered and almost died from this problem while sailing the Sea of Cortez. They were only able to save their cat's life by locating a veterinarian and obtaining prompt administration of intravenous fluid.

— sharon \

Kiana — Wauquiez 45 Paul & Lynn Elliott Seru Boca Marina, Curasao (Anacortes, WA) We bought our boat on the East Coast, so rather than trucking her back to the West Coast to begin cruising, we started back there. We spent five months in the Bahamas in ’99-'00, during which time we learned that there's not enough water there for a boat that draws eight feet. We later returned to Annapolis to have the rig checked and have some modifications made before taking off for more extended cruising. Paul — along with a hired captain and one crew — finally left Annapolis on December 1. They spent three days waiting for good weather in Virginia, then made the trip to the British Virgins in 12 days. Once they got to the BVIs, Lynn replaced the deliveiy crew.

We spent the next eight months sailing 'down island' to the Grenadines, then across to Venezuela's offshore islands — including four weeks among the Los Roques and Los Aves. We loved the French Islands of the Eastern Caribbean, but didn't like the former English islands as much because the 'boat-boys' quickly became so tiresome. We think these boys have been spoiled by the charterboat crews to the extent that cruisers can't afford what they ask for their services. Despite our trying to be nice, they were very aggressive. The snorkeling in the Venezuelan islands — as well as at Bonaire and Curasao — was wonderful.

We left the boat for the summer at a secure marina in Curasao, and will return to her for this winter season. After beating our way back to Grenada, we'll sail down to Trinidad for Carnival. Our longer term plan is to spend another two seasons in the Trinidad-Venezuela area — which is much less expensive than the rest of the Eastern Caribbean — before heading to the Panama Canal and then

up the West Coast of Mexico. By the way, is there a guide for sailing up the West Coast from the Canal? We realize this is the wrong way and we are not sure we' have the experience for the Pacific yet. But we want to do the West Coast anyhow.

— paul & lynn 12/01 Paul & Lynn — There are three ways to get from Panama to California: 1) By way of Hawaii. 2) The clipper ship route, which means you sail about halfway to Hawaii before flopping back to lay California. And, 3) Coastal sailing along Central America and Mexico to California.

Check out Robert Case's report, as he made this passage to finish up his circumnavigation.

By the way, if you've sailed from the Northeast to the Bahamas and back, then to and through the Eastern Caribbean, and finally spent two more years in the Caribbean, it seems to us you'd have all the experience necessary for the Pacific. Unless, of course, you're thinking of messing around in the Roaring Forties.

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Spread: Shell beach on St. Barts is a popular gathering place at sunset. Insets: Edda Rottscheidt and Capt. Dale Goff. old friend. For example, while in St. Barts over the holidays, we were standing in front of Cheeseburgers in Paradise, when a guy walked by who looked a lot like Dale Goff. In the '80s, Dale was a young guy spending all his money restoring and maintaining the schooner Landfall on San Francisco Bay. As we remember. Dale's dad thought it was something of a waste of time. It had been years since we'd seen Dale, so we weren't sure if the guy walking by Cheeseburgers was really him. But it was. It turns out that Goff had just become the skipper of a boat cruising the Caribbean — a near new 95-ft S&S named Valkyrie. So Dale's not only doing something he loves, but he's obviously veiy successful at it. He says "hello" to all his friends back in Sausalito. A day or two later while walking around Gustavia, we bumped into Edda Rottscheidt, who had done the 1999 Ha-Ha aboard the Lagoon 37 Adia. Edda has been cruising the Caribbean aboard a Tayana 52 for the last few months with a guy she met through a crew list. Alas, she's about to return to San Francisco to resume her career.

"Talk about tight weather windows!"

writes Larry Jacobson of the San Francisco-based Stevens 50 cutter Julia. "We'd already missed the usual fall weather window, so storm front after front rolled across Northern California and kept us from starting our cruise. So my crew — Ken Smith, Patrik Hendrickson, Bill Claypool, Rajat Dutta, and Bob Beth — started waiting for just a 48-hour window to get south of Conception, without getting hammered. We finally got one on December 7, so we raced beneath the Gate and headed south before the next front that was moving in fast. We made it around Pt. Conception — where it was calm as could be — and into Santa Barbara in just 48 hours, happy to have made it around California's kneecap! We re currently in San Diego trying to reduce the number of projects that need to be completed. But the crew wants warm, so warm it shall be — Wednesday we head south to Cabo. After dawdling on the Mexican mainland, we ll take the first opportunity to cross the pond to the Marquesas. Our plan is to be in Auckland by November of, next year, and we

hope to stay through the America's Cup. After that we'll continue west, although which way will depend on the political situation in the Middle East. We've been told that if we sail west long enough, we'll eventually sail right back under the fabulous Golden Gate!"

Nobody asked us, but if you're going to be sailing south to Southern California and Mexico, we at Latitude recommend that you get south of Conception by the middle of October, and well south of San Diego by the first week in November. If you do, you’ll almost certainly have an endless summer and miss winter altogether. If you delay, however, you should expect some very chilly temperatures and having to wade through southerly fronts.

In fact, if you have an open schedule, we suggest that you head south to Southern California in early September, so you'll have enough time to fully enjoy the great cruising at the Channel Islands, Catalina, and along the Southern California coast during the two best months of the year — September and October.

We're in Panama with our Canal transit coming up next week," report Doug and Judy Decker of the Milwaukee-based Beneteau 37 Limerence. "We have seen a few other boats from our Ha-Ha 2000 group, including George Conger of the Livingston, Texas-based Valiant 40 Chanticleer. We also met up with John and Amanda Neal of the Hallberg-Rassy 46 Mahina Tiare, who were transiting to the Pacific after returning from their trip to Northern Europe last year. While here, we put together a little cruising guide to Panama that your readers might enjoy."

Thanks for the informative mini cruising guide to Panama — which we'll be publishing next in the March 1 edition. It should prove helpful for all the cruisers who will soon be flooding south from Mexico.

Amanda Swan-Neal of 'Mahina Tiare' discovers, the pier at the Balboa YC in Panama seems very long when you're carrying a lot of stuff.

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Who would have ever thought that ice could accumulate on the docks in Puerto Vallarta? But what an appropriate name for the boat! tiful — the norm for winter here."

"We read about the fellow Ha-Ha skipper who had a bad experience with his Visa card in Cabo," report Blair and Joan Grinds of Capricorn Cat. "There have

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IN LATITUDES we enjoyed dinner at a beachside palapa.

So life is tough. Tomorrow we're taking a boatload of cruisers — the ones who couldn’t get on the list for last week's trip — for a snorkel outing to Isla Grande aboard Capricorn Cat There's already a waiting list for next week's trip. Friday afternoon we're having a dinghy raft-up and hors d'oeuvres party on our boat so everybody can mingle and watch the sunset. Whew!"

What Blair failed to mention is that by the time this issue hits the streets, his Capricorn Cat and our Profligate will have sailed a charity race in Z-town during the Zihau Sail Fest on behalf of some of the indigenous people who live nearby. If Cap Cat can carry 25 people, and if Profligate can carry 40, and everybody chips in $25, over $1,500 should be raised. All of the money will go to the Indians, much of it for helping them learn to speak Spanish!

Mariners now have to check in with the port captain here at La Cruz de Huanacaxtle, which is about 10 miles north of Puerto Vallarta," reports Joe Scirica of the Redondo Beach-based

La Cruz is a cruiser favorite for many reasons — not the least of which is Russell's BBQ ribs. He cooks them next to Philo's Music Studio.

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"In New Zealand it is clearly and widely understood that cruisers are exempt the goods and services tax on boat related expenditures," advise Kris and Sandra Hartford of the St. Albert, Alberta, Canada-based Nomotos. "It’s supposed

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CHANCES to be the same in Australia, but cruisers have generally found that Australian businesses don't want to bother with it. As a result, cruisers have had to do all of the running around to get the information from the government, and even so, some companies still refuse to go by the law. It got so bad that a few cruisers hired a lawyer to threaten legal action if one chandlery didn't give their GST back. Qualifying for a GST exemption is not difficult, as a foreign cruiser only has to show his passport, boat registration, and Temporary Australian Boat Importation. GST has only been in effect in Australia for about a year, so hopefully things will improve. By the way. Latitude was the most read sailing magazine in Mexico’ and we're pleased to report that it's also the case 'out here’ — when we're lucky enough to get a copy. We appreciate your forthright approach in reporting the good and bad points of products, services, and suppliers. It figures highly in our decision-making as well as in that of our fellow cruisers. Please keep up the good work!"

Thanks for the kind words. We'd be nothing without the great contributions

Special delivery! Buzz Mitchell of the Napa-based Kantoia 38 tri 'Mantra' receives a copy of Latitude while snorkeling at Isla San Francisco. from readers — such as the one you just made. Another kind of great contribution is when readers headed out to their boats in distant waters, or friends' boats in distant waters, bring along a bunch of Lati¬

tudes. You’ll be loved by all the cruisers who haven't seen a Latitude in a while, and you'll be loved by us for helping with our distribution.

"Joyeux noel et bonne annee a vous tous! Nous pensons a vous depuis nortre petite He de Marquises perdue au milieux duPacijique. A bientot.” So write Georges, Thily, and their sons An and Kheo.

Georges built a high-performance 46-ft cat Toko-Toko in France, after which the family sailed her across the Atlantic. They did day charters for a few years out of St. Barts — which is where we met them — and are currently on their second year in the Pacific. Georges is French, Thily is — if we re not mistaken — Vietnamese, and their sons are handsome Eurasians. What a great family! If anybody sees them in the Pacific, please give them our regards.

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IN LATITUDES A' have gone home for the holidays, the rest of us are just trying to keep up with the hectic social calendar of potluck dinners, Xmas parties, quilting classes, movie nights, and the usual evening rounds of Mexican Train dominoes. How will we survive? The Pedro Miguel BC can only be described as 'funky', and many of the cruisers who stop — it's part of the way through a Canal transit — discover that it's hard to leave. Thanks to the great management of Jim and Heather Andrews, the club is once again the place to be in Panama. Other West Coast boats now here include Djarrka of Morro Bay, Wave Dancer of Anacortes, C-Lise II of Seattle, About Time of L.A., Shilo of Huntington Beach, Tulameen of Vancouver, B.C., Desiderata of San Francisco, Germania II of Long Beach, Second Life of San Francisco, and Pretty Woman of Sacramento. The rest of the boats are from all over the world, from Germany to Hong Kong. Since we work along the way to support our cruising habit, we couldn't let a great business opportunity pass us by. With over 600

yachts transiting each year, the Canal is one of the great boating crossroads of the world. Yet there are almost no yachting services. So we've decided to stay for a year and develop a rigging and yacht services business.

It’s already become an instant success. It also helps that Grace loves Panama!"

"As for Michael Beattie and Layne Goldman's comment in the October Changes that "there is nothing there" in Corinto, Nicaragua," Richard and Grace continue, "we suppose it all depends on what a person expects. The anchorage at Corinto was secure, the town was

Tony Clark's Ocean 71 Second Life' did this year's Ha-Ha, but has nonetheless already made it to Panama enroute to the Caribbean. exceptionaly clean, the people were friendly and helpful (without having their hands out), and the food was tasty. Except for one official trying to get double the $15 US fee for the exit zarpe— Silvio quickly corrected that — the officials were welcoming and accomodating. We don't

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CHANCES need more than this to have a great time."

"We just arrived at the Santa Lucia YC in La Libertad, Ecuador, after a five-day passge from the Galapagos Islands," report Jackie and Malcolm of a boat whose name, type, and hailing port they neglected to include. "We are well, but are looking forward to some rest and some good Christmas food. Fortunately, there is a wonderful supermarket nearby where we were able to bby most of the familiar Christmas items — including a turkey and brussel sprouts!"

"We're West Coast sailors who decided to ship our boat from San Diego to Louisiana," report Ken and Becky Gunderson of the Portland-based Northern 37 ketch Polaris. "We're now sailing our boat along the Gulf States and will soon sail south along the west coast of Florida to Key West. Would you be interested in a story of our adventures?" Oh course, we d be interested. But don't forget photos of yourselves, your boat, and a couple of the places that you've been.

"It pleases me to greet you veiy kindly on behalf of the Hemingway International YC of Cuba, as well as to wish you

Hide the children! If you're sailing to Key West, be forewarned about the 'wildlife' on the prowl during Fantasy Fest. It happens in late October. a Happy New Year 2002 with success and good health," writes Lie. Jose Miguel Diaz Escrich, Commodore of the Hemingway Int. YC. "In the year of the 10th Anniversaiy of the Hemingway Int. YC of Cuba,

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founded on May 21st of 1992, we will work with much more love for the contribution of the recreational boating and nautical tourism development in Cuba, and for the strengthening of the collaboration and friendly relations with the international nautical community." Jose Diaz is a great guy. If you take your boat to Cuba and find yourself in some sort of difficulty — which almost certainly won't happen — email Jose at cnih@cbcan.cyt.cu and see if he can’t help you.

"It's been a couple of years since the '99 Ha-Ha, and Debbie and I are presently hanging out at Fanning Island, Kirabati Islands, waiting out tropical cyclone season," report Jeff and Debbie Hartjoy of the Washington-based Baba 40 ketch Sailor's Run. "We're sending you an article — via the Norwegian Star cruise ship that operates out of Hawaii — to bring your readers up to date on our latest adventures.

Come May, we'll sail to American Samoa, and lay the boat up for two months while we return home to visit family and friends.

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IN LATITUDES dates from marinas all over Mexico — to put on at Paradise Marina. It was a great help in preparing a diverse group of sailors — with a wealth of information — for safe and interesting passages to and through French Polynesia. We're currently 2.5 years into our 15-year circumnavigation, and are still having fun. By the way, we plan to have a digital camera within the next six months, so that should help with our future reports."

Once you try digital, Jeff and Debbie, you'll never go back to film. In case anybody missed our article on digital cameras, we'll summarize it as follows: Don't get anything under 3 million pixels, the bigger the optical zoom the better, and 'digital zoom' is for suckers. Nikon and Olympus are among those who make fine 'pro-sumer digitals', but one that meets most of our needs is the Fujifilm 6900, which has a terrific zoom lens despite being light and compact. Check it out!

The date of this year's Pacific Puddle Jump Party — which the Hartjoy's referred to, is March 5. It's co-hosted by Latitude and Paradise Resort & Marina.

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"We sailed west from Ventura on April 21, 2000, until we got to the tradewinds, then turned south, and 23 days later we arrived at Hiva Oa in the Marquesas," report Barry and Lynne Thompson of the China Lake-based Wauquiez 38 Sunrise.

"We then continued on the Milk Run to Opua, New Zealand, arriving on October 31 after an extremely easy run from Tonga. We bought a car that we used — along with our feet — for touring all over New Zealand. We’re currently hunkered down here at Opua, waiting for the summer vacation madness to abate before we do some more sailing in the Bay of Islands and to the north."

"We spent Christmas and New Year's anchored at Middle Cove on Espiritu Santo in the Sea of Cortez," report Steve and Angelina Phillips of the Napa-based Catalina 42 Fruitcakes. "The anchorage is big enough for maybe three boats, but we — and our three dogs — were the only

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CHANCES ones there for 10 days. Except for the occasional kayakers, we also had the beach to ourselves to enjoy the full moon — and get the Baja jump start' of the libido that you have documented in the last few issues. We also drove the Baja Highway for the first time in eight years and were stunned by the growth in the TijuanaEnsenada corridor. Wow! There's now a movie studio near \yhere I used to camp and surf in the '70s."

"After watching many vessels get stuck in the mud trying to get into the lagoon at Barra de Navidad, the crews of Slainte and Li'l Gem set buoys to mark the channel," report Allan and Liz of Slainte. "Janet of Bambolera contacted the port captain in Barra to get permission to set the buoys. The entrance is pretty straightforward. After passing the Grand Bay Hotel Marina entrance, head toward the island in the lagoon on 130° magnetic. You should point your bow 100 feet to the left of the island. Then look back and keep the two red commercial buoys in line with each other all the way to the island. The red commercial buoys will stay at 310° magnetic. The four buoys set by Slainte

and Li'l Gem will be clearly visible as you proceed to the lagoon on 130°. Do not turn into the lagoon until you're 150 feet from the island. The channel is between 10 to 17 feet deep at low tide, and over 100 feet wide. The lagoon is nearly 600 feet square, with depths of between 9 and 14 feet. I've enclosed a chart. Barra has some great things to offer — including Tessa's excellent hamburgers and homemade milkshakes, the view from Casa Chips, the ATM, a French bakeiy, several other fine restaurants, and other good stores.

And, it's just a 10-minute bus ride to the nearby beachfront town of Melaque, where there's more fun to be had and exploring to be done." v Allan and Liz created a chartlet of the

Barra de Navidad entrance and lagoon.

It can be found at www.latitude38.com, ’Lectronic Latitude for Monday, January 28. Use the chartlet at your own risk, of course, as those who set the buoys and created the chartlets are not professionals and because conditions change con¬

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"We're not at Bahia Herradura, Costa Rica," report Mike and Gail Cannady of the Longview, Washington-based Cal 34 Mark III Wild Rover. "After the 2000 HaHa, we — and our two cats — spent six month harbor-hopping down the coast of Mexico, then crossed the Gulf of Tehauntepec in May. Guatemala and El Salvador had not been high on our list of places to visit, but we ended up spending two months in these countries, doing lots of travel inland. Barillas Marina in El Salvador was a great place to do maintenance and repairs, and to leave the boat while making quick trips home. And San Juan de Sur, Nicaragua is not to be missed.

We're now enjoying Costa Rica, which is beautiful and clear. Being from the Pacific Northwest, we don't think we could have survived the diy heat of the Sea of Cortez, so we're glad we kept heading south. Our advice to cat owners is to stock up on kitty litter in Acapulco, as you won't find anymore — unless you go inland — until Costa Rica.

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a trip home to California for the holidays,” advise Dave and Merry Wallace of the Redwood City-based Amel Maramu Air Ops. "It rained almost every day back home, but it was good to see the family. While driving back down the coast of Baja, we saw some interesting signage along the highway. Starting just south of Ensenada, prominent signs with distances in kilometers appeared about every 20 km that say "Escalera Nau.ti.co".

The signs are the blue with white letters that are generally used for tourist attractions and services. It turns out that the distance tracks to 0 at the intersection of Hwy 1 and the road to Bahia de Los Angeles — where we took the accompanying photograph. The mystery is why do the distance markers end at the intersection?

Do they intend to build something there and name it Escalera Nautica? Is this related to Ed Grossman's plan to ship boats across Baja via a land canal'? We suppose that only time will tell."

Escalera Nautico refers, of course, to

Sign of the times along the Baja Highway. the Mexican government's plan to lure — with marinas, fuel docks, airports, hotels, and golf courses — 50,000 American boatowners and their boats to Baja and the Sea of Cortez. Why the intersection of Highway 1 and the road to Bahia de Los Angeles would be 0 is a mystery to us.

Dates to remember: March 12, the first annual Spinnaker Cup for charity, from Punta de Mita to Paradise Marina near P.V. Bring your boat and/or your body — plus $25 for charity — to Punta de Mita before noon on March 12. But most important, don't forget the really big event that starts the next day — the 10th an-

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nual Banderas Bay Cruiser's Regatta, March 14 to 17, at Paradise Marina. Not only does this event have perhaps the best facilities and sailing conditions in the world for a cruisers' regatta, but local businesses pick up the entry fee for the boats! In addition to the racing, there's three nights of all-you-want cocktails and finger foods, plus the grand awards dinner feast — all for about $60 per person. The BBR has also become the cruiser formal' of the season, so make a trip to the laundry before the 14th. Many boats — including Profligate — will be sailing in this regatta for the fifth — or more — year in a row. You don't want to miss this one, even if you're "not a racer". It's mellow fun and their are non-spinnaker divisions. If you're thinking about going cruising and want to get a feel for the life and people, March 14 to 17 is a good time to fly to Puerto Vallarta and check it out — and very possibly snag a position as crew.

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24 FEET & UNDER CORONADO 23 Mk II, 1974. Real nice condition. Very easy to sail, lots of fun.

Two main sails and a foresail, all in good shape. Outboard engine runs fine. Stove and sink. In Berkeley Marina. $2,100/obo.

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SANTANA 22,1968. VHF, some new rigging, one main, two jibs. Needs bottom job, otherwise ready to sail. Berkeley Marina, G-210. $750. Call (510) 551-4951.

MacfciREGOR 21 MOTORSAILER. Great for singlehander or small family. All lines led aft to cockpit. Roomy below deck area.

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ERICSON 23. Great boat for day sails on the Bay. Clean boat, well cared for and used by owner. Currently lying Coyote Point. $2,500/obo. Call (510) 967-8873 for more info or to make offer.

25 TO 28 FEET B-25,1990, HULL #13. Excellent shape.

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Dry sailed until 2000. Hard bottom racing paint 4/00. 3/4 oz, 1/2 oz spinnaker.

Ullman main, jib and others. 3.5 hp outboard. Lots of extra gear. $17,000. Please call (559) 432-7345 (hm) or email: stevea @ cityofselma.com.

HUNTER 23, 1990. Excellent condition, little use. Beautiful teak interior, near-new original upholstery, alcohol stove, excellent sails. Galvanized trailer, new rubber.

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RANGER 20, 1973. Swing keel, 5 hp Nissan outboard, 11 -ft dinghy, 6 x 18-ft dock, $4,000 all. Possible lease floating home with slips for all. Also, 1990 Plymouth Voyager minivan, $3,500. Call (415) 331 -8241 or see at house(boat) sale with household goods, February 9, 9 a.m.

CAL 25. Three sails, cabin, 5 hp 4-stroke, $2,400. Two fiberglass El Toros, one rowing $150, one sailing $250. Please call (415)457-4752.

NORDIC FOLKBOAT 25, 1953. Fiberglass 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. $5,500.

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YANKEE DOLPHIN 24,1966. Keel-centerboard pocket cruiser. Sparkman & Stephens designed. Solid hand-laid fiberglass. Beautiful lines. Mostly original. New main. $4,900. Call (415) 456-1235 (leave message at the beepbeep).

ISLANDER BAHAMA 24, 1964. Good conditon, 7.5 Honda outboard, 4 sails, sink, Porta-Potti, anchor, inflatable raft and pump, all halyards led to cockpit, sleeps 4, berthed at Marina Bay Richmond.

Priced to sell at $2,800. (707) 937-0048 or email: patscott@mcn.org.

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SANTANA 23, 1979. Hull #4. Lead ballast, daggerboard. Clean, well maintained, dry sailed. New shrouds, halyards, and running lines. 11 sails, 6.0 hp outboard motor, knotmeter, VHF, plus lots of extras.

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CATALINA 27,1977. Racer/cruiser. Surveyed 11/01/01. Tabernacle mast, 3 jibs, new main, spinnaker, 2 spinnaker halliards, Tuff Luff, autopilot, VHF, AM/FM cassette, Autohelm depth and knot meters, dinette, stove, head, cushions, -oved and maintained. $7,900. Email: naulnel@carmelabodes.com or call (831) 524-1414.

CHRYSLER 26, 1978. Great condition.

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Headsails: 70%, 90%, 110%. 1985 Johnson SailmasterS hp in excellent condition. $5,000. Call Jed (415) 577-9623.

ISLANDER 28, 1976. Volvo diesel. New Harken furler jib 2001. Main, standing rigging, lifelines recent. New batteries. Engine just serviced 2002. Great Bay boat.

Emeryville. $11,500. Call (415) 844-2435 or (415) 972-0614.

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COLUMBIA 26,1969. Two mains, one jib, three anchors, 10 hp Honda outboard.

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3-25,1995, HULL #48. Very good condiion, extra clean, all new sails. Dry sailed and lightly raced over the years. Roller urling, Autohelm instruments. Epoxy botom. Galvanized trailer. SF Bay Area.

520,500. Please call (415) 456-7650.

FOLKBOAT. In the water and sailing. $1,000 or best offer. Call Berkeley Marine Center (510) 843-8195.

CORONADO 27, 1972. Dinette layout, ncludes main sail and jib in good condiion. Sleeps four, roomy cockpit, wheel udder. 1995 Yamaha 9.9 four-stroke outnoard motor. At Loch Lomond, San 3afael. $3,990. Call (707) 773-2838.

SLANDER 27, 1969. Chrysler 12.9 outward. Docked at Coyote Point, Slip fl 123. $5,000. Call (650) 245-0052.

WESTERLY CENTAUR 26, 1974. Volvo fiesel with bad head gasket. 6-ft head oom. English shallow draft sloop. Located n South Bay. Possible liveaboard slip ;oon. $3,750 or trade for anything. Call Campbell, CA (408) 374-6020. ’EAfiSON ARIEL 26, 1961. Classic Uberg-designed pocket cruiser, very stiff lullet-proof fiberglass hull, .48 bal/disp atio, cut-away forefoot full keel with keellung rudder. 25 hours on new Honda 4;troke 8 hp longshaft outtboard in engine veil. Strong spars with oversized standng rigging and turnbuckles. Easy to inglehand with all lines led aft to cockpit, .ifelines, bow and stern pulpits, marine lead, cold-plate refrigerator, AC horepower, integral freshwater tank. Two nains, two jibs and genoa in good condion. Sleeps 4. Compass, depthsounder, «o-battery 12-volt system. Active fleet acing association. See specs at Web site: zww.pearsonariel.org/ Sausalito slip, irst $6,000 takes it, serious inquiries only, 'lease call (415) 442-1339 or email: )eterson@ brobeck.com. lONSON 26 WOOD SLOOP, 1959. No laks, recently repainted and varnished, lew cushions inside and out. Cozy cabin, fomplete with sails, outboard and full boat over. Romantic and fun to sail. Need to ell. $4,500/obo. Call (415) 331-2604.

MERIT 25, 1981. Racer/crusier. Trailer.

Two sets of sails, one Mylar, spinnaker.

Outboard, VHF, stereo, autopilot, GPS, battery charger, tool box. Seldom used.

More goodies. Rigged for singlehanding. $8,900/obo. Call (510) 524-3219 or email: jspampi@aol.com.

YAMAHA Mk II 25, 1980. Furling jib, dinette, stove, new standing rigging.

Yanmar diesel. Berthed at Benicia Marina. $6,000/obo. Call (707) 746-8380.

SANTANA 27. Roller furling, lazyjacks, spinnaker, 3-ft scoop, good Nissan 5 hp outboard. Nice interior, standing headroom, enclosed Porta-Potti. Gary Mull design. See at Web site: http://isail.com/ santana27/ Priced low for quick sale, $4,900. Call (831) 457-0398 or email: jd@got.net.

MERIT 25,1982. Fly Yellow. Great cruiser and racer, ready to sail. 4 sails and spinnaker pole, 6 hp Johnson outboard, solid keel repainted Fall 2000. Moorage available. $5,500. Call (206) 789-1440 or email: glennaustad@sprintmail.com to see this great boat.

f CHEOY LEE 26. Frisco Flyer sloop. Perfect Bay sailboat. However, Atomic 4 died.

Comes with good used Volvo diesel. You install. Sausalito berth. $5,500/obo. Call (707) 923-4345.

NOR’SEA 27, 1979. Aft cockpit cruiser with trailer. Beautiful hull, new upgraded interior, sleeps 4. Roller furling, Autohelm.

Yanmar diesel, low hours. H/C water, new propane stove, storage, new upholstery.

Loran, VHF. $31,000/obo. (707) 935-6292 or email: abraxas@sonic.net.

PEARSON TRITON, 1962. Atomic 4, 6 sails, knotmeter, stereo, VHF, battery charger. Excellent Bay and coastal cruiser. Clean boat looking for a new home. $8,000/obo. Please call (510) 7692152 or (510) 813-2592.

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COLUMBIA 28 PLASTIC CLASSIC. Sail/ liveaboard. Bulletproof, 3 sails, 15 hp longshaft Mercury, under 50 hours. Bottom/topsides done 8/00. In East Bay. $6,500. Call Stu (510) 526-8758.

OLSON 25,1988. Hull #102-E. Signet instruments, new bottom paint 7/01.7 bags of North sails, 6 hp Johnson, lots of extra equipment and gear. Looks and sails perfectly. Located in Benicia, CA. $9,500/obo.

Call (916) 568-6237.

ERICSON 27,1973. 3 sails in good condition, 9.9 Evinrude with low miles, sails beautifully. Custom bed, sleeps 5, head, sink, stove, teak interior, fiberglass hull in great shape. Pedect for the Bay. $7,450/ obo. Call (916) 456-3620.

SANTANA 27, 1969. Mull design racer cruiser. New main, instruments and outboard, 5 sails, 2 VHFs, GPS, knot, depth, wind, propane stove, microwave, new legal head, AM/FM stereo, shorepower, 2 banks batteries, EPIRB, reefer, anchor, safety equipment. More. $6,000. Call (510) 206-6445.

ISLANDER 28, 1977. Good old boat needing good old cleaning and minor TLC. Atomic 4, 7 bags older sails, lines led aft.

Sleeps 4-6 on nice new cushions. Old electronics, lots of gear, BBQ. $7,500/obo.

Call Paul (415) 258-8227.

EXCALIBUR 26, 1966. Doctor says no more sailing. Cheap. New Honda 4 hp, 4stroke, 8 hours. New cockpit cushions. 5 sails. Great little boat. All new paint. Only health forces sale. Offers? Please call (209) 951-4408.

29 TO 31 FEET BUCCANEER 30,1976. Offers full amenities for comfortably living aboard. $15,000/ obo. Please call (415) 522-9462.

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PEARSON 30 SLOOP, 1976. Simple but effective. Roller furling, wheel, binnacle compass. Atomic 4, runs strong. Sails, rigging and hull in good condition. CNG stove. $9,700/obo. Call (707) 373-5879 or email: Mikedneper@aol.com.

BABA 30. Professionally set up for world cruise. Completely turnkey ready with everything from charts to sewing machine. $30,000 in upgrades over the last four months including new diesel. Survey is available. $75,000. Call (808) 941-0010 or email: wcw4985@juno.com.

CAL 29, 1979. Largest salon for a 29-ft boat. Well maintained, Atomic 4, autopilot, Loran, depthfinder, VHF, 6 sail inventory with asymmetric spinnaker, tiller steering, Harken traveler, head. Great family boat. Sleeps 6. $12,500/obo. Call Gary (707) 588-5657.

ANDREWS 30, 1986. Racer, cruiser, PHRF 120. Excellent condition. 6-ft headroom, Volvo inboard diesel, runs great.

Full electronics, 10+sails. Major 2001 refit. Perfect for SF 30 fleet. Spouse-approved. Must see. $29,900/motivated. Call for details (831) 588-9169.

ISLANDER 30 Mk II, 1974. Wheel steering, roller furling, pressure water, Jabsco head, alcohol stove with oven. Regency Polaris VHF, depth and knot meters, Norcold refrigerator, ice box, Autoheim ST4000+ Autopilot. Powered by Palmer P-60 27 hp engine. Full dodger and bimini that can enclose cockpit completely. Magna BBQ. 8.5-ft dinghy with Evinrude 3.0 hp o/b. Bottom paint 03/01, new propeller 03/01. Located in San Diego, Kona Marina Shelter Island. See Web site: http:// www.wackycat.net/tashi.htm. Please call (619) 252-0609. Ask for Forest. Email: forest_edwards@yahoo.com.

C&C 30, 1973. Very good condition.

Strongly built boat that has been well cared for over the years. Atomic 4, roller furling jib, nice interior, sleeps 4. Handles beautifully whether sailing in the Bay or cruising in the Delta. $15,000. Call (415) 751-3779.

CATALINA 30, TALL-RIG, 1977. Recent bottom job, new interior cushions, rebuilt Atomic 4 with low hours, self-tailing winches, knotmeter, wind direction, new depthsounder, VHF, stereo, spinnaker pole, adjustable whisker pole, extra gear and cruising modifications. $18,500/obo.

Call (209) 462-5233.

CAL 29, 1969. Custom transom scoop with swim step and propane locker.

Yanmar low hours. Full batten main, three jibs, spinnaker. Force 10 stove, AC/DC refrigerator. VHF, depth, Loran, Autohelm.

1999 survey. One-year Santa Cruz slip license. Liveaboard. $15,000. Please call (831)419-2821.

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NEWPORT 30, 1970. 4 hours on rebuilt Atomic 4. Sleeps 5, new cushions, propane stove with oven. VHF, AM/FM cassette, new depthsounder and knot log.

Good condition but needs cosmetics.

Great liveaboard. $8,700/obo. Rebecca (925) 829-4647.

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MOUNT GAY / WHITBREAD 30. First place, 2001 Vallejo. Excellent condition.

Five spins, three headsails, two mains, all excellent condition. B&G instruments, stereo, Yanmarsaildrive. New-bottom. PHRF 81. See at www.sailstickyfingers.com $39,500. New trailer available. Call (530) 898-0828.

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ISLANDER 30, 1976. Great design with lots of upgrades. Volvo diesel, tiller steering, dodger, Furuno radar. Harken roller jib, autopilot, new mainsail. Epoxy bottom, Martec prop, backstay adjuster, much more. Boat in Ventura. $17,200. Call (415) 990-5936.

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CATALINA 30, 1977. Main rigging and sails all under 4 years old. Roller furler, new cushions. Atomic 4. A good boat at a good price. Must sell. $19,500. Please call (650) 858-3559 (days).

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ISLAND PACKET 31,1987. Great cruising boat. Yanmar27 hp diesel, Max prop, refrigeration, furnace, Autohelm, VHF, depth, wind, battery monitor, dodger, bimini. 8-ft inflatable, 8 hp outboard and more. Located Bellingham, WA. $69,000.

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KNARR 30. Fleet champion. Fiberglass, excellent 6 hp outboard motor and stainless steel mount. Great social group and largest one design racing fleet on the Bay. Winning sails. Marin County berth. Asking $22,000. Call (310) 383-6806.

C&C 31, 1969. Shoal draft: 3-ft centerboard up, 7-ft down, 4,000 lb lead keel.

Custom mahogany interior, 25 hp Universal diesel. Fully enclosed dodger. Portland, OR. $17,000/obo. (503) 659-2354.

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COLUMBIA 30, 1972. Many sails with newer main and 130 jib. Boat well cared for. Atomic 4. Race or cruise. Located at Stockton Sailing Club. $15,900. Also, 9-ft Achilles inflatable with 4 hp Mariner, $1,200. Call (209) 471-6982 or email: dave@valleysurf.com.

CAL 30,1965. Great Bay and Delta boat.

Rebuilt Atomic 4, 5 bags of sails, main and 110 jib like new. All lines led aft. Instruments, autopilot, 3 anchors. Lots of spares. $9,500. Call (209) 892-4158 or email: jnjmcw@jps.net.

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ERICSON 29. Excellent condition. Fast, clean, dry Bay boat. Engine rebuilt 6/01, bottom painted 11/01, new thru-hulls. New ST40 electronics, canvas, running rigging, dodger and interior cushions. More info on Web site: www.cwp.com/ericson/ Berthed Emeryville. Asking $18,000. Call (408) 813-3367.

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CAL 29,1974. Popular in San Francisco Bay/ocean. Standing headroom and spacious interior. Recently professionally rebuilt Volvo gas engine. Boat in nice condition and seriously for sale now at $8,500.

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C&C 29, 1978. Good condition. Yanmar diesel, folding prop, oversize wheel steering, upgraded winches, pressure water, roller furling jib. 3 jibs, 2 spinnakers, single line reefing, all lines to cockpit. $18,000.

Call (415) 456-2966.

32 TO 35 FEET CAL 34,1968. Excellent condition. Atomic gas engine works, refitted 1999. New rigging. Vessel painted 1999. $17,800/obo.

Call Paul (510) 523-3030.

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B-32,1996. Great ultralight racer with immaculate interior. PHRF 72/63/63. 18 hp Yanmar inboard with low hours and Volvo saildrive. Signet instruments, 2 masthead and one fractional spinnaker. Tandem trailer. Lying Marina del Rey. John (310) 477-9972 or email: jsa2148@aol.com.

WINSLOW 32, 1947. Classic wooden yawl. New Kabota 28 hp engine, 250 hours. New: sails and covers, standing and running rigging, Newmar electric panel, VHF, depthsounder, AM/FM/CD, bilge pump (electric and manual), Vetus water-injection exhaust. $28,000. Call (760) 944-9647.

ERICSON 35,1970. Proven, comfortable cruiser. Teak and holly sole, 3-burner stove and oven, pressure cold water, Atomic 4, VHF, knot, depth, two anchors, sleeps 4-6. See at Web site: http:// home.earthlink.net/~dejcrisp/index.html. $24,500. Call (415) 789-0875 or email: david @ familycrisp.com.

CORONADO 34,1969. Perkins M30 diesel, autopilot, dodger, pedestal, 4 self-tailing winches, solar panel, spinnaker, four jibs plus storm trysail and jib, windlass.

Hawaii vet. $29,000. Call (510) 749-0519 or email: Wmdwindows@aol.com.

J/105, #32. Proven winner. New mast, standing rigging, furler and halyards. North inventory. Full electronics. Tiller. Raced only two seasons. Previously freshwater, so in great condtion. $110,000. Chuck (415) 381-1761.

CLIPPER MARINE 32 KETCH, 1976.

Sails, aft cabin, sleeps 5. 3 batteries with 20 amp Smart Charger. Standing headroom after cabin/galley. New shaft and propeller last haulout. Have too many boats. $6,700. Call (707) 252-8892.

RODGERS 32, 1982. Very competitive PHRF racer and comfy coastal cruiser.

Well equipped for either. Unique open transom. New bottom 2001. Yanmar diesel, refrigeration, dodger, Sailcomp, GPS, CD, Autohelm and more. Well maintained.

Ventura. $34,500. Call (805) 483-1178 or email: claybets@gte.net.

EXPRESS 34,1988. Race/cruise, excellent race record, well-maintained. Furuno GPS, radar, Signet 250 displays. Spectra rigging, ten bags sails, two poles, Autohelm, LPG stove/oven, 12v refrigerator, Yanmar. $63,500. Call (916) 362-1780 or email: tgoodwin@macnexus.org or longakc @ saccourt.com.

BALTIC 35,1986. Fractional rig with running backstays. Upgraded winches. Great aft cabin. Teak on cockpit, mastfoot and bridgeway only. New bottom. $60,000.

Call (408) 523-6700.

THREE PROJECT BOATS. Classic Rhodes 33, 35-ft Monk motor sailer, 35-ft steel ketch. Best offers. Call Berkeley Marine Center (510) 843-8195.

COLUMBIA SABER 32. Fully equipped plastic classic includes under-100-hour Nissan outboard, safety gear, Barients, teak trim, two anchors, head, sink. Sleeps up to four. Sleek full keel, 5.5 M hull, former Olympic racing class, outpoints anyone. Asking $5,300. Please call (510) 919-3783.

ISLANDER 34,1977. Excellent condition.

Sleeps 3-5. Shallow draft, 4.6-ft. Full keel, large cockpit. 5 sail inventory including spinnaker, new mainsail 2000. Volvo Penta 16 hp diesel, pressure H/C water.

Upgraded interior: new upholstery, V-berth cushions. Well maintained, overhauled two years ago. Recent improvements too long to list. Lying SF. Asking $21,500. Call Tom Dinkel (415) 806-9227 or email: 11 metreracing@onebox.com.

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.

11:MET£E. New sails, new bottom, and new engine. Treasure Island slip. Complete boat with a huge fun factor. $13,500.

Please call (415) 507-9369 or email: mvarnes@juno.cojo.

ATKINS ERIC 32 GAFF CUTTER, 1977.

Documented, excellent ferro cement hull, parceled and served. Exceedingly strong and sound rig and vessel. 4 times around Pacific in 9 years. Extensive refit completed 4/01. Equipped for remote cruising.

See Web site: www.vaka.org/ Email: Larryw@hawaiian.net.

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ERICSON 32-200,1990. Spotless, excellent Bay cruiser/racer. Raytheon instruments, new autopilot, VHF. Excellent brightwork. Sleeps six. Head, shower/sink, stove, oven, BBQ. Furling jib, shorthanded rig. New standing rigging and bottom paint 2001. Spare mainsail. Berthed San Francisco. $56,000. Call (408) 307-0650.

PACIFIC SEACRAFT 34. Windshadow.

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PEARSON 385, 1984. Immaculate, center cockpit, 44 hp Yanmar, radar, A/P, GPS, roller furling, refrigeration, wind generator, dodger, 2 staterooms, 2 heads, inverter, 45 gal fuel, 170 gal water. $92,500. For complete inventory and photos call (209) 969-2135.

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, mupt sacrifice. $18,000. Call Jerry (707) 732-7065 or (707) 257-3874 (msg).

ISLANDER 36,1974. Never raced, never blistered. New: Sails, rigging, canvas, Dutchman main and misc. H/C pressure, dodger, Harken roller, all chain anchor, electric windlass. Hauled 5/01. Solid teak interior is beautiful. Very nice condition. $47,000. Call (650) 508-0888.

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.

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UNION POLARIS 36,1980. So much like a Hans Christian but half the cost. Perkins 4-108, less than 1,000 hours. Equipment installed new 1996: Muir windlass, water heater, Heart charger/inverter with Link 2000, Cetrek Autohelm, ICOM 710 SSB/ Ham, ICOM VHF, EPIRB, Magellan GPS 5000, Tri-color, all new pumps, alternator 150, screens for ports, all new canvas covers, Avon RIB with Suzuki 8 hp. In Mexico: Profurl for headsail, arch with solar panels, hoist for dinghy with o/b, cockpit cushions, saloon and bunk covers, cockpit table. Other: 24m radar, Force 10 propane stove/oven, spares and lots of cruising equipment. Surveyed 11/01.

Lying Mexico. $72,300. Please email: jjmat6@msn.com.

HUGHS COLUMBIA 10.7 M, 1982. 35-ft sloop. 6’6” headroom. Complete bottom job, new rudder, mast overhaul, completed Jan 2000. Watermaker, elec, anchor windlass, radar, solar, wind gen., autopilot, SSB/Ham, too much to list. Singlehanded from San Diego to Florida and back to the Rio. All goes, pots, pans, bedding, all all.

Health forces sale. Located on Rio Dulce in Guatemala. U-fly, U-buy, I pay for plane ticket. Asking $35,000. Please email: mustangsamiam@yahoo.com.

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CHEOY LEE CLIPPER 36, 1970. Traditional fiberglass ketch. Bowsprit, much 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/refrigerator, water heater, cushions. $39,900. Call (714) 396-2710.

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TAYANA 37. Great cruising boat, fair price. Cruise Tonga, Samoa, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Australia and New Zealand this year from Fiji, Save a fortune in time and money. New Yanmar 4, 325 hours. Extensive excellent gear, ready to continue now. Check Web site for pictures and all details and list of $78,000 put into this boat in last four years not counting labor: www.zygotellc.com/ Health dictates sale. $87,000 fully equipped. Email owner: T ayana37 @ zygotellc.com.

IRWIN 37 CUTTER RIG, 1980. Center cockpit, Dickinson heater, double staterooms and heads. Dodger, RF, wind, depth, knot, VHF, radar, autopilot, windlass, ST winches, great sails, low engine hours. Lots of new items since Aug. 2000. $52,900. Call (530) 470-0511 or email: Sailynn@jps.net.

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TransPac and numerous wins. Totally refitted. Suitable for racing or cruising. Currently lying Florida Keys. See Web site: http://home.mindspring.com/~utkan/ Call (510) 843-1728.

CATALINA 36, 1989. Original owner. 25 hp diesel. Main with Dutchman, furling jib, self-tailing winches. Packless shaft system, SS removable davits. Dodger 1998.

WS, WD, DS, speed, autopilot, Loran, GPS, VHF. 2 anchors, full cockpit cover 1997. All teak interior. Inverter, 5 batteries, double sinks, water purifier, 3-burner propane stove with oven, microwave, reefer/freezer, shower. AM/FM/cassette player. Dock steps. 2-page inventory of additional items. $67,500. (415) 383-5929 or email: chicktook@yahoo.com.

ERICSON 38,1982. Original owner. Deep draft keel, recent sails, 90 and 110 genoa with roller furling, rigging led to cockpit.

32 hp diesel with low hours. 60 gal. fuel.

New head with separate shower, 100 gal. water. Sleeps 6. Full specs available. Berkeley. $59,800. Call (925) 314-9599 or email: jjacobs222@aol.com.

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CF-37, EXHIBITOR, RACE OR CRUISE. Completely redone 1998/1999. New interior, 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.

RHODES 38 SLOOP, 1975. Volvo Penta 36 hp diesel, 4 sails. Hauled July, new prop, cutlass, stuffing box. New water heater, holding tank. VHF, depth/speed, heaters, 2 anchors* dodger. Very clean, great liveaboard, cruiser. $29,000. Call (650) 799-9222.

BAVARIA 37, 2001. Fast, open ocean rating, German quality and technology.

Kevlar reinforced hull, many upgrades since purchase. Radar, GPS, A/P, all instruments, VHF, stereo, gennaker, electric windlass, dodger, reefer, inflatable with motor. $132,000. Must sell, please call (775) 841-1126.

HANS CHRISTIAN 38 CUTTER, 1986.

S/V Kachina. Excellent condition, upgrades over $100,000. Ready for world cruise. In Mexico, offshore delivery. View at Web site: www.hanschristian.com. Sacrifice at $159,000. Call (970) 259-1964 or email: mgmealer@aol.com.

RAFIKI 37, 1980. Cutter rig. Hull #50 of 50. Huntingford design. Volvo 2003T, 1300 hours. Raytheon R10X radar. VHF, Ham/SSB with insulated backstay. GPS. Autohelm 4000ST autopilot. Survivor 35 watermaker. Avon 6-person canister liferaft. 7 sails. Teak redone 2002. Propane stove/oven with 2-30 gallon tanks.

35-lb and 25-lb CQR anchors, all chain rode. 125 gallons fuel. 150 gallons water.

Lots of spares. Hauled in July 2000. TV/ VCR. Force 10 heater. Simpson Lawrence 555 windlass. The Rafiki's double end, barn door rudder, 14 bronze round portholes, boomkin, oversized boom, double spreaders and teak deck make for a classic bluewater cruiser. In San Francisco Marina. $69,000. Call (831) 469-3129.

LANCER 36. Nice, fast boat designed by Bill Lee. Wheel steering, many instruments, radar, water heater, shower, LP stove. Nice liveaboard. Just rebuilt 3 cylinder Yanmar 20 hp diesel. Mildew damage, misc. work needed. $20,000/obo.

Please call (510) 559-8942 or email: boatbrain @ aol.com.

PACIFIC SEACRAFT MARIAH, 1978.

Extremely strong, double-ended cutter rigged sloop. Bowsprit and outboard rudder. Beautiful craftsmanship. Very low hours Yanmar diesel. Barely used sails.

Needs haulout, misc. work. $40,000/obo.

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40 TO 50 FEET CAL 2-46,1975. Ideal cruise, liveaboard, charter. Has everything. Excellent condition. Custom interior. Cruised NW and Mexico for the last 6 years. Presently sailing the Baja. $114,000. For details email: thebountiful @ hotmail.com.

CAL 2-46, 1975. Center cockpit ketch, beautifully varnished teak interior, Uline ref/icemaker, extensive sail inventory, radar, EPIRB, autopilot, Trace inverter, cannister liferaft, boom gallows. $93,000/Hawaii; $98,000/CA June, 2002. Details/pics by email: jgs@GolfCommunityRealty.com Call (877) 582-7069. Also 9-ft 1987 Boston Whaler, in S.D. $1,000.

46-FT CHUCK PAINE CUTTER, 1994.

Custom sleek offshore pilothouse cruiser, For beauty, safety, systems, and performance, there is none better. Refit and offshore ready. $425,000. Enjoy slide show and complete specs at Web site: http:// homepages.ihug.co.nz/~rayg/ then please pall 011 64 (9) 426-5169 or email: leslieg@ihug.co.nz.

ISLAND PACKET 40, 1996. Cutter rig, Mexico vet. Loaded, ready to go cruising.

Dinghy with motor. Solar panels, windcharger, Spectra watermaker. Fully battened main with batt car system, roller furling, 120% genoa, staysail and asymmetrical spinnaker, self tacker. Radar.

Computer with Cap'n Navigation program, VHF and SSB radios, Pactor II for sail mail.

Stereo with CD, TV, VCR, Adler-Barbour refrigeration. Much more. Bristol condition.

Located Marina Bay, Richmond, D Dock, 232. $269,000. Call (925) 229-2693 or email: jbarn62518@aol.com.

KELLY-PETERSON 44,1980. One of the best production bluewater boats ever built.

Well-maintained vessel, loaded, ready to go. 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.

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.

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. Currently cruising. See at Web site: http:// sailboatjoss.synesthete.net. $169,900.

Email: sailboatjoss@hotmail.com.

DERECKTOR 44, 1969. Custom aluminum, Westerbeke 4-107, Harken roller furling, 12v refrigeration, inverter, A/C, recent Awlgrip and bottom paint. Overall winner of the 1969 SORC. Strong rig with lots of upgrades and equipment. $82,500.

Please call (713) 680-0970 or email: leafoster@att.net.

SWAN 46, 1988. Professionally maintained, 6 pages of inventory, never chartered. Swan’s most successful boat. Step on and go world crusing or max ocean racing. Currently in transit from Caribbean to Florida. $375,000. For full details email: MJHV5 @ sailmail.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. $129,000. (360) 225-9288.

CAL-40, #97. Better than new. Top to bottom, inside and out. New LP paint, standing rigging, engine, LPG Force 10 stove/oven, cushipns inside and out, skipper head. Hauled in September and more.

Please call (619) 223-6522 (eves) or (619) 890-6522 (days).

BENETEAU OCEANIS 430,1989. Owners version, 3 cabins, 2 heads. Too much equipment to list. Lying near Rome, Italy.

Total refit in 2000. Most equipment and sails new since 1998. $150,000/obo.

Email for complete list and photos: edalcoff @ yahoo.com.

MORGAN 01 41, 1980. Ketch with teak doghouse ready to cruise Mexico. Turnkey cruiser or liveaboard with extensive inventory. Great condition. $89,500. Full specs, equipment list and photos at Web site: www.mind.net/Rutters-home/ Email: Jesselhse@aol.com.

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LIBERTY 458,1983.46-ft cutter, aft cabin, den with double bunks, 2 heads, center cockpit, windshield, full enclosure, new Hood Vectran fully battened main with roller furling headsails, diesel heater, washer/dryer, liferaft, watermaker, GPS, SSB, weatherfax, radar and more. See Web site: www.emard.com. $197,500.

Call (415) 383-8122.

BENETEAU 440,1994. (Sistership). Four cabins, 2 heads, refrigeration, GPS chart plotter, KM, DS, furling jib and main, autopilot, forced air heat, excellent condition.

Located Semiahmoo Resort, Blaine, WA. Slip available. $155,000/obo. Call (360) 371-5122.

NORTH AMERICAN 40, 1978. Cruiser/ racer by Morgan Yachts. Hauled, surveyed, bottom paint 7/01.12-ft beam, 7.5ft draft, 17,000 lbs. Furling jib, 3 spinnakers, 9 bags sails. Yanmar 38 hp diesel, new 1998, less than 300 hrs. New dodger, interior cushions. Teak/holly sole,'sleeps 7, full galley. See on Web site: www. slickerslog.com. $65,000. (415) 479-3146 or email: automagic@CallATG.com.

YCfRKTOWN 40. New boat. Ready for the Ha-Ha. Center cockpit, aft-cabin, fiberglass construction. Maple sole, pressure hot/cold water, wheel steering, hard dodger, aluminum hatches, custom ss anchor platform, etc. Price includes launching and commissioning. $72,500/ obo. Call builder evenings (714) 573-9043.

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KELLY-PETERSON 46, 1986. Original owner. Beautiful condition. Loaded with top quality gear. Mexico vet. 85 hp Pathfinder diesel engine, Northern Lights 5.5 kw generator, Grunert cold-plate refrigeration, Furuno 36 mi. radar, Furuno DGPS chartplotter, ICOM SSB, B&G instruments.

Avon canister liferaft. Espar central heating and much more. See at Web site: www.buykp46.com/ $235,000/obo. Call (818) 780-7878 ext 104.

SAMPSON 48 KETCH. Ferro cement hull.

Well-cured, clean lines. Can be see at Yard of Dreams, 1528 Main St., Morro Bay. Finish here or haul to your site. $2,000. Call Dan (805) 772-8082.

CHEOY LEE 41 KETCH, 1981. Cruise equipped, Isuzu diesel, aft cabin. Beautiful cruising boat, teak decks. Panama Canal docs, ready to go. A well-maintained vessel with too much to list. See at Web site: www.cheoyleeassociation.com/ $75,000. Please call (415) 847-0575.

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HUNTER PASSAGE 450,1997. This boat is ready for anything. Too much gear to list. Autopilot, radar, chartplotter, GPS. 9.5 kw generator, 77 hp Volvo diesel, 8 knots under power. 200 gal water, 100 gal fuel.

2 units heat and air conditioning. Very large aft cabin, queen bed, freezer and refrigerator with holding plates. Swim platform. Spinnaker and gear. Member SSC. Asking $220,000. Call Joe (209) 320-3930 (wk) or (209) 832-1165 (hm).

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SEA WOLF 40 KETCH, 1979. Garden designed. Hardin built. Great cruising or liveaboard. Second owner. Re-rigged with new Harken roller furling. Teak decks and interior well maintained. Pisces Isuzu diesel engine running great. Extras. Classic beauty. Bay Area. $75,000. Please call (415) 459-7514.

SWAN 41, 1976. Sparkman & Stephens design. No teak decks, excellent condition. North sails, Perkins 41 hp diesel, central heat/AC, refrigeration, custom Vberth and nav station, windlass and GPS. Located in San Francisco. $125,000. Call (415) 377-1964.

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C&C 44,1989. Racer/cruiser. Fast, solid, beautiful, spacious, luxurious. C&C’s ‘Queen of the Fleet’. Racing hull with beautiful interior woodwork. Extensive refit and upgrades 2001. No expense spared. Mint condition, shows like new. Too much to list. $189,000. Call (310) 829-6469 or email: oceanpooh@yahoo.com.

ISLAND PACKET 45,1996. Fully configured foi’Tcean/coastal cruising. Seven sails. Extensive electronics: Raytheon RL70, Northstar 951X, Icom 710 SSB, B&G Network. Balmar 750 gen/ watermaker. Glacier Bay. Many custom additions. Exceptionally well cared for, original owner. $335,000. (408) 369-8648 or email: Cloud9sailor@aol.com.

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LIVE YOUR DREAM CRUISING or live aboard. S&S Comanche 42, 1970, similar to Hinckley Bermuda 40. Chris Craft built semi-custom ocean cruiser/racer, M g, bulletproof, fast, classic, extensive recent refit, all new rig, profurl, anchor gear, sails, interior, elec., dodger. Strong Perkins diesel. $56,950. (415) 331 -7576.

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ANACAPA 42. Cruise complete with electronics, dinghy and outboard, new rig and sails. 100 hp diesel. See on Web at www.Bajayachts.com/ SF Bay Area.

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HUNTER PASSAGE 420 SLOOP, 1999.

All the toys for cruising. 10.2-ft hard-floor dinghy, 2000 watt Heart inverter, electric windlass, two vacu-flush heads. In-mast furling main, 110% roller furling jib, 65 hp Yanmar Turbo with 260 hours. Aft stateroom has centerline queen walk-around.

See pics and specs at Web site: http:// www.sailboats-r-us.com/ and click on the Boats for Sale button, then click on Hunter Passage 420 for color photos. $200,000.

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HUNTER 54, 1984. Completely refit, loaded with equipment. New Harken roller furling 2001. Rebuilt Westerbeke 4-107, 48 hp, cruise at 8 knots, rebuilt transmission. New refrigeration system. Hull painted to deckline spring, 2000. Redone interior with new cushions, 2 heads, new plumbing, many other upgrades. Liferaft just serviced. New alternator/charger/batteries. New dodgers (2), sail cover. Great cruising boat, very comfortable offshore.

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CUSTOM DAVIDSON 72, 1993. Cassiopeia. One of a kind, built in NZ. Excellent cruiser/racer. Capable of sailing 300 miles/ day in style. Elegantly finished, spacious interior, private staterooms, 7-ft headroom. Extensive sail inventory. $595,000.

Call for specs: (888) 841 -1155.

FORMOSA 51 KETCH, 1981. Beautiful proven cruiser. Black fiberglass hull, teak decks and trim, Sitka spruce spars, stainless steel crow’s nest. Roller furling main, boomless. Staysail. Maroon covers. Teak interior, varnished throughout. Benmar autopilot, 80 hp Ford Lehman diesel, Dickinson diesel heater, propane stove with oven, Paloma propane water heater, cold-plate freezer/refrig. 220 gal fuel, 220 gal water. 3 staterooms, 2 heads. Set up to singlehand. Lying Santa Cruz. $127,500. Call (650) 326-1430 or email: captted @ pacbell .net.

GEMINI 105M CATAMARAN, 1996. Two cabins and den, solar, microwave.

Autohelm, wind, Tri-Data, VHF, radar, GPS, inverter, heater. Furling, davits, anchor winch, heater, diesel and more. See at Web site: http://www3.telus.net/ gemini105m/ $109,000. Call Ken (604) 321-3435 or email: kwolive@mybc.com.

OWENS 31, 1972 POWERBOAT. Liveaboard possibility. V-8 engines inoperable, wooden hull is sound. V-berth, salon, functional galley, head, aft deck with worn canvas cover. Must sell as is. $3,000.

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80-FT SCHOONER CYRANO, 1963. This awesome liveaboard is the best deal in the Bay. Full galley with full-sized fridge, bathtub, huge doghouse. This very roomy schooner used to belong to William F. Buckley, Jr. See our Website: http:// www.tpo.net/cyrano/ $50,000/offers. Call (415) 307-0606 or email: tpo@tpo.net.

THE BEST BUILT 38-FT TRIMARAN on the West Coast. Edson steering, full flotation, 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.

CHAPPELLE 42. Gaff rigged schooner.

Solidly built in 1978 of Douglas fir on white oak. Bronze fastened. A fast and goodlooking sailer, maintained in excellent condition. $48,000. Call Ken (415) 305-4857.

54 x 17-FT KETCH RIGGED sailing yacht/ commercial fishing vessel with fish rights in the Pacific Albacore Fishery. Steel Bruce Roberts design with 26,000-lb fish hold. Weir maintained. Call for details.

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LAGOON 37,1993. US built. Never chartered. Bristol condition. Cruise ready. $30,000+ in new equipment. Better layout than new Lagoon 38 and $50,000+ cheaper. SF Bay location. $195,000.

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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.

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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.

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40-FT HOUSEBOAT. Spacious one bedroom. Salon, head with shower, jet ski, many extras. Possible liveaboard status depending on approval. Pete's Harbor, Redwood City. For sale or rent. $30,000/ obo. Contact Randy (650) 261-0635 or email: randy@carrcapital.com.

39-FT FIBERGLASS FISHING TRAWLER. Cat 3160, hydraulic and full electronics.

Cabin with V-berth, fridge, stoves and head. 4 large holding wells, two stations plus remote. Going back to sailing. Must sell. Emeryville. $33,500/obo. Call (510) 923-9850.

54-FT LAKE UNION MOTORYACHT, 1931.

671 Detroit runs great. Restoration 50% completed, all the hard work is done. Give away at $4,500. Call (916) 974-0982 or (916) 857-2711.

ULTIMATE CRUISING MACHINE. 45-ft custom cruiser/racer trimaran, built by founder of Corsair Marine. Airex composite constujction, center cockpit. Unique rig: Unstayeo 55-ft carbon fiber masts, fully battened, roached sails. Just returned from South Pacific. Easily singlehanded. $109,000. Call (808) 635-4024 or email: svmeshach @ hotmail.com.

SEARUNNER 37, 1983. 39x23. Yanmar 3HM35, low hours. Diesel stove and heater, KM, DS, 3 anchors, new staysail and running rigging, Autohelm 3000. See at Web site: www.kpunet.net/~karlyenk/ EquipmentList.html. Asking $47,000. Call (907) 247-4888.

CHRIS CRAFT CONSTELLATION 28.

Teak decks, mahogany hull. Project boat, 50% restored. New bottom paint and boot stripe, new interior paint, new non-skid top side. Needs engines/work. Must sell now, moving. $1,500/obo. Rob (415) 250-3628 (days) or (415) 435-9040 (eves).

CHRIS CRAFT CONNIE 38,1966. Classic wood beauty. Great liveaboard, office, cruiser. 327s, generator, brightwork sparkles, teak platform, electronics, 2 heads, shower, galley, freezer, bar/ captain’s stools. Hauled/painted 6/01.6’5” headroom. Sleeps 4, aft cabin. Sausalito. $38,000. Please call (707) 539-8453 or email: tmartin@LMI.net.

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32-FT TOLLYCRAFT, 28-FT OWENS, 29-ft Trojan. Fully enclosed canvas, hot and cold water, new paint inside and outside, propane stove. Make perfect liveaboards, in Delta and Bay. $8,00012,000. Call (510) 535-0457.

GRAND BANKS 36. Fiberglass hull, twin low-hour John Deere engines, diesel generator. Nice boat, needs misc work, primarily cosmetic, varnish and canvas. Not a big nasty project. Priced low for quick sale. $55,000/obo. Call (510) 449-8942 or email: Boatbrain@aol.com.

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MT. TAM & CITY VIEWS. Two motor yachts in Sausalito. 50-ft huge liveaboard or office. F/G hull, 17-ft beam, 3 staterooms, 2 walk-around queens, roomy heads, separate engine rooms. Needs some work. Also 53-ft Baglietto, 2 staterooms, 2 heads, fast, stylish. Both have W/D. Asking $97,000/obo/each. Call (415) 331-5251.

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37-FT TEAK BOAT. Beautiful lines.

Strong, heavy, very durable materials throughout. One of a kind. Custom designed and built for owner. See to appreciate. Furuno 48-mile radar. Recently overhauled “Cat”. Price reduced, asking $78,000. (805) 528-3390 (noon or eves).

CATALINA 36,1985. At Pier 39. Seeking 1/2 partner. $25,000 equity purchase plus $500 max per month for all expenses for half ownership. Will consider 1/4 partners.

Great boat in great shape. Call owner Rich (415) 377-7530 to discuss.

CATALINA 30,1980.1/4 interest partnership. Located Jack London, Oakland.

Wheel steering, diesel, roller furling jib, kitchen, ice box, microwave, radio, CD player. Sleeps four comfortably. $3,900.

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TIME SHARE. 36-ft sloop loaded in Sausalito. ISO experienced mature party to share this beauty. 10 days plus a month, $400+ deposit. Perfect famliy/friends sailing on the Bay. References a must. Call (877) 869-6700.

CATALINA 27. Excellent condition. Six sails, head, sleeps four. Atomic 4 inboard.

Remodeled galley. Alameda berth. Buy in 1/2 ownership now for $5,500 or full ownership for $10,000. Your choice. Call (510) 278-8701 (eves).

CHRIS CRAFT COMMANDER 47,1967.

All fiberglass. 3 staterooms, 2 heads. Twin GMC 8V53 diesels with less than 2,000 hours. Recent $9,000 haulout. A solid original boat that needs some cosmetics and details. Located Sausalito. $65,000.

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www.helmutsmarine.com 619 Canal Street San Rafael, CA 94901 BEST PARTNERSHIP on the West Coast. Challenger 35 sloop. Excellent shape and fully equipped. Alameda slip. $15,000 for half. Call Neil (831) 338-6517 or email: Kaminars@Cruzio.com. Get ready for summer fun.

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COLUMBIA 36, 1968. Docked in Sausalito. Hauled 1/01. New bottom paint, new upholstery 1/01. Roller furling, diesel engine. Survey selling price $25,000. 1/3 interest available $7,500. Monthly slip share $135. Call (415) 883-6464.

JEANNEAU SUN LEGENDE 41, 1986.

Well equipped performance cruiser. Emery Cove berth. Seeking 2 partners, 1/4 time-share each, $400 per month inclusive. Call Roger (510) 526-3208.

ONE-QUARTER TIME-SHARE. Catalina 30. New rig, diesel, very clean. At South Beach Harbor, SF. U-play, we work. $350/ mo. Call (415) 731-4956.

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ONE-QUARTER PARTNERSHIP. Pacific Seacraft 25, Fort Mason dock. $4,000 or best offer. Great boat, great partners.

Doesn’t get much use, so you can pretty much sail whenever you want. Monthly expenses are $100 or less. Email: silvanopc@yahoo.com.

BEST PARTNERSHIP ON THE BAY. Morgan 38 shared by 5 partners. Boat is clean with new interior, rigging and electric windlass. Ready for sailing with 50 hp diesel, refer, BBQ, stereo. Excellent solid boat. Sausalito berth. $15,000. Please email: Dave@Burdell.net.

TRADE 1972 PREVOST BUS CONVERSION. Would like to trade for a 30-36 foot sailboat. Bus has only 22,000 original miles.

Road ready. Please contact me for pictures. Call (707) 869-2106 or email: michaeldemorris@hotmail.com.

WANTED 30-32 INCH WHEEL. Also wanted: Signet Model MK75 speedo "knotlog”. Fits in 4.5-inch hole. Call Andy (707) 762-8652.

USED TRAILER for my Cheoy Lee Offshore 28 full keel. The boat weighs 8,000 lbs. Would like a double-axle or more.

Please call (970) 547-4957 or email: mf rank @ ozarch.com.

NAV TECH SURVEYOR’S COURSE books, BUC books or the like. Also, Nobel Tech charts. Also, 10-12 foot sport boat and/or trailer. Call Terry (916) 372-9165 or email: bluwater@juno.com.

LOOKING FOR FIXED KEEL bluewater sailboat in need of repair. Hull must be sound, fiberglass, 27-ft or more. Sloop or cutter rig. Only able to spend about $3,000, depending on condition. Please contact Tom at tstady@aol.com or call (541) 770-7023.

O'DAY DAYSAILER or similar trailerable, with spinny preferred, to rent or buy. I want 1-2 weeks per year only. You keep the boat, I help pay. Art (510) 347-2723 or email: art@meyersnave.com.

LIVEABOARD SITUATION in exchange for security, maintenance and upkeep.

Fully employed, 30+ year refrigeration mechanic/homeowner seeks part-time opportunity. Very honest, dependable and skillful. (925) 525-3997 or (916) 803-6410 or email: gkmunoz@jps.net.

OUTBOARD MOTOR. Need long shaft, electric start, 8-10 hp. Prefer Chrysler SailMaster 250. Will consider all makes.

Doug (415) 383-3687.

TRAILERS DUAL-AXLE BOAT TRAILER for 1980 Catalina 25 swing keel. 8-ply tires, $1,000 in brake parts. Trailer needs rebuilding.

Call Sal (408) 225-8053 (eves).

TWO BOAT TRAILERS. 1996 Santa Cruz 27-ft single-axle, surge brakes, current reg. Like new. $1,990/obo. 1976 SC 27 single-axle, surge brakes, current reg.

Good condition. $1,800/obo. Call (415) 543-7333.

USED GEAR SAILS. J/105 asymmetrical oversized chute, new, $900. Full batten Dacron main, Kevlar reinforced, used 3 times, luff 36, foot 11, $750. Code O reacher, .5 oz, luff 46, foot 15, used five times, $250.

Kevlar jib with hanks, $50. New interior cushions for 11 -metre, one design, never been on boat, $150. Call Dennis (415) 435-5770.

SPINNAKER. Asymmetrical cruising spinnaker with sock. Used twice. 3/4 oz nylon, luff 44.5, leech 40.4, foot 23.3, area 752 sq. ft. Red, white and blue. Call (510) 521-0886.

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

POWER BOAT. Project? 38-48 ft fiberglass. No houseboat or express. Work needed OK if hull and deck sound. Will pay cash and/or with 1998 Class A motor home, 33-ft, 10,000 miles, loaded. Call Joe (707) 942-4310.

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VOLVO PENTA MD 21a. 75 hp, 4 cylinder. We’ve repowered, but it still runs. $2,000. Email: JGilbert@cpcfc.org or call (650) 952-2684. .

PERKINS 4-236 MARINE ENGINE. 300 hrs +/-, new seals, Borg Warner transmission, 2:1 reduction, $2,950. Includes engine rack. Call (415) 383-8122.

ICOM 1C M-710 SSB RADIO. NIB, $975.

Icom AT-130 antenna tuner, NIB, $300.

Statpower 40A 3-step dual-bank marine charger, never installed, $300. Call Grant (707) 746-6308.

SGC 2000 MARINE SSB RADIO with remote control head kit. Recently gone over by factory. Covers all Marine SSB and Ham HF frequencies. 150 watt output.

Rugged commercial construction. $995: Please call (831) 462-3258 or email: sv_itchy_feet @ hotmail .com.

TWO ISUZU 160 HP DIESEL ENGINES. Running takeouts, good condition. $4,000 for the pair or best offer. Call Berkeley Marine Center (510) 843-8195.

VOLVO MD7A LONG BLOCK. New rings, liners, bearings and valve job. No accessories (i.e. injectors, pumps, etc). $900/obo or trade for transmission for MD6 or MD7. Call (831) 684-0602.

MARINE MERCEDES NANNI240. Excellent, 4 cylinder, 1479 verified hours, maintained. $3,500. Also, new Yanmar Kanzaki trannie, MOD KM4A, 2.63R, SN2034. $2,500. Newport Beach. (949) 632-3736.

FORD MARINE DIESEL. 4 cylinder, 80 hp at 2,500 rpm. FWC. 1.5:1 reductions.

Paragon gearbox, excellent condition with instrument panel. Can deliver. $2,500/obo

by March 1. Also Force 5, mostly. $200/ firm. Call (510) 261-7021.

ISUZU MARINE DIESEL ENGINE. BorgWarner velvet drive. Freshwater cooled.

Needs heat exchanger and rear mounts.

Call (925) 284-5294.

USED EQUIPMENT. Two whisker poles for 32-ft sailboat, $100-150/each. One bow pulpit, stainless steel from 40-ft Beneteau. One storm anchor, never used, Florentine: 20+ diameter with all fittings for 40-60 foot sailboat, $300. Survival suits, $75/each. Call (415) 331-8250.

6-MAN VIKING LIFERAFT. Hard canister, certified May 2001. Asking $2,475/ obo. PUR Survivor handheld watermaker for liferaft, new in package, never used.

Monitor windvane with spare rudder. Other cruising gear. Call (702) 798-6500.

SGC-2000 HF RADIO. Ham and marine frequencies to 30 MHz, great condition, all manuals, like new, $650/ono.

Kantronics KamPlus TNC for HR email, all cables/connectors, works well, $100/ ono. Email: RBBBJB@hotmail.com or call (208) 733-5917.

ICOM ICM700 with AT 120 tuner. Necode 322AR encoder/decoder. Furuno FS1562-15 SSB transceiver, GMDSS 24v.

Pfaff 130 110v + handcrank. Singer 107 complete with table. Sony ICF 2010, new.

Atlas 215x Ham transceiver. 500 silicon bronze 2-1/2” x 14 slotted wood screws.

Hap Jacobs 9’2” longboard. Misc hardware and gear. Reasonable. Make offers.

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MARIN POWER AND SAIL SQUADRON has promoted high standards of navigation and seamanship since 1959. Members are offered free classes ranging from Seamanship to Celestial Navigation plus cruises and social events. Come join us.

Call Peter White, membership chair, at (415) 382-8109.

CLUB NAUTIQUE membership. Includes all basic training for coastal sailing. Discounted boat charters. Locations in Alameda, Sausalito, Marina del Ray, Channel Islands. Membership in Ballena Bay Yacht Club. Regularly $3,150. Asking $2,150/obo. Call John (925) 829-1932.

NON-PROFIT BOATING SKILLS & SEAMANSHIP. Class begins February 5, 7:30 pm at Yerba Buena Island, Building 2, third floor.

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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.

PUERTO VALLARTA. One bedroom condo for rent in Paradise Village Marina.

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BERTHS & SLIPS PIER 39, SF. 40-ft berth for sale, E-48. $35,000. Excellent views, prime location, upwind. Call Joe (719) 275-6052 (MST) or email: Joe-Loop@ msn.com or call Larry (410) 822-9600 x307 (EST).

EMERYVILLE MARINA 40-FT SLIP. $44,000, assumable loan, deeded real estate. View of downtown SF. Call (209) 848-3276 or email: horta@ix.netcom.com.

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GIVE YOURSELF THE GIFT of San Francisco Bay. 50-ft x 18.5-ft berth at the NE tip of The City. Unobstructed 360° worldclass views. Near most San Francisco activities including Giants baseball. Wave to hundreds of passing boats each day. A rare opportunity. $90,000, 34 year lease.

Call (415) 982-7000. Vessel in berth also for sale. Chris Craft Connie 50, 1960. Aft cabin, twin diesel motoryacht. All the elegance in a fine classic beauty.

PIER 39: 36-FT SLIP FOR SALE. Middle of D dock. Excellent views, prime location. $15,500/cash/obo. Paul (541) 318-8349 or (541) 420-4736 (cell).

CREW LOOKING FOR OTHERS to co-charter a sailboat in Venezuela this summer. Length of time and dates open. For more information email: lor_bergman@hotmail.com.

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SAILING EXPERIENCE WANTED. 55year-old couple in good physical condition, congenial, seeking cruising lifestyle in Mediterranean or Caribbean. Very little sailing experience. Can cruise for three to six months or perhaps longer. Willing to share expenses, cook, clean and learn as much as we can about sailing. Available after May 10. Call until April 4, 2002: (415) 202-0823 or email anytime: linlorenzo@aol.com.

SOUTH SEAS CRUISE. Skipper, 70, SWM, N/S 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.

ESCAPE TO THE SOUTH PACIFIC. DWM, 53, 6’0", 185 lbs, N/S, social drinker, financially secure, 100 ton license, in seventh year of open-ended cruise. My 38-ft ketch is currently in Tonga. Next stops: Fiji, Tuvalu and Vanuatu. Two years after end of 16-year marriage, my heart is ready to try again. Is my soulmate out there? She would be 35-55. She would love the adventure of seeing new places and meeting interesting people and hiking and dancing and she would be at home in, on and under the ocean. She wouid listen, laugh, smile and communicate. She must be in love with life. Is this you? Email Nick at svriseandshine38@ hotmail.com or meet me at the Latitude 38 crew list party.

CRUISE MEXICO’S GOLD COAST. New 45-ft sloop now based in PV. Experienced captain flies back and forth to do legs to Z-town and then south to Central America or north back to PV and La Paz. All onboat expenses paid. Couple preferred but easygoing male or female crew OK. Email Don: demacengle@yahoo.com.

CREW PERSON WANTED. Oyster 485, fully equipped. Depart San Francisco early March thru Canal to Antigua for Race Week and Oyster Rally. Chesapeake Bay and other NE sailing from May to September with return to Caribbean by October 1. Fly back to San Francisco. Experienced sailor, non-smoker, either sex. Captain SWM 58. Please email resume to johnfruth@aol.com or fax to: (707) 527-4079. Include call-back number for interview.

CREW WANTED tor passage from New Zealand to Tonga or Fiji aboard a fast 47ft comfortable catamaran in May 2002 with optional cruising thereafter. Offshore experience desired. Please contact Larry Frederickseri at (949) 640-9675 or email: LFSearose@adelphia.net.

YACHT DELIVERY TO CARIBBEAN. An experienced South African yachtmaster is delivering a 53-ft ketch to San Diego, end February 2002, with crew. They are interested in a return delivery to anywhere in the Caribbean. Competitive rates. Call Johan (949) 254-2177.

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BEAUTIFUL GERMAN LADIES. Charming, 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/marriage. Call Joana 011-49-172731-3376 or email: Joana-obert@tonline.de.

JOBS WANTED CAPTAIN RICK WEBER. 100-ton Master, sail and towing Bluewater skipper looking for position. Strong maintence/management background. Multi-talented, adaptable, personable, detail-oriented. At your service. Please call (650) 799-9222 or email: captweb@juno.com.

JOB OPPORTUNITIES AHOY CARIBBEAN COWBOY CAPTAIN. SWF, 40s, 5’4”, 123 lbs. “Green-eyed lady, ocean lady, child of nature, friend of man.”

Looking to get hook, line and sinker with boating-nature man. U-B happy, healthy, hip, caring, responsible, adventurous, secure. I’ve got 75,000+ nautical miles logged as chef aboard vessels and at lodges in Alaska and Colorado. A goodhearted, reliable lady who loves sea and country looking to travel aboard or complement ashore, as friend’, employee or in someone’s special arms watching those sunsets. A hard-working team player who loves to smile miles away. I believe in magic from the heart and spirit filled with love. Let’s compare notes on who, what, where makes the world go around. Please call me (949) 307-8910 or email: robynplove@yahoo.com.

CRUISING 101. Planning to get a boat and go cruising? Get a leg up on the learning curve by crewing on our 37-ft trimaran in the Caribbean. Hands-on cruising instruction and fun. Please call Capt. John (360) 579-1201 or email for photos: azure @ whidbey.com.

I AM LOOKING FOR CREW to circumnavigate Vancouver Island, BC in June and July 2002. The boat is a fully found Valiant40 with all creature comforts. Minimal ocean experience necessary. Nonsmoker/references/boat expenses paid.

Please call (206) 842-7567 or email: valiantsailor@ hotmail.com.

SAILING PARTNER AND SOULMATE wanted. Duration of voyage as long as it is fun. Requirments: love of the sea and life, good food and music. No princesses need apply. Call Joe (310) 823-6609.

CREW WANTED: PLAN AHEAD. Seeking additional crew for well-founded 50-ft ketch departing January 1, 2003 from Phuket, Thailand to Turkey via the Red Sea. Six month adventure. Cost: $15 per day for expenses. Respond via email: Helekakau @ hotmail.com.

FACILITIES MANAGER. Stockton Sailing Club is a 350-member yacht club devoted to sailors located in the heart of the Delta. The manager is in charge of dayto-day operations of the Club and facilities. He/she will operate under the direction of a volunteer board of directors and be responsible for a 300-berth harbor, club hospitality, office and bookkeeping functions and supervise five employees. Submit resumes to Search Committee, PO Box 70380, Stockton, CA, 95267 or fax: (209) 951-5649.

YACHT RIGGER. Svendsen’s Boat Works has both entry level and experienced positions available in rigging department. Applicants must be motivated and career oriented. We are seeking long-term commitments and provide excellent pay and benefits with growth potential. Please call Douglas to arrange interview. (510) 522-7860.

CANVASMAKER. Experienced in all aspects of the business. High level of motivation and positive attitude a must.

Canvasmith, Sausalito. (415) 332-3313.

SAILING INSTRUCTORS. Enjoy teaching in the best all-around atmosphere on the Bay. Work with great people and sail where no foul weather gear is needed.

We're located in sunny Brickyard Cove in Point Richmond, near the Richmond Yacht Club. Our instructors enjoy a liberal boat use program and opportunities for tropical sailing. If you love sailing, have good teaching and communication skills, and would like to teach sailing either full or part-time, call David at (510) 232-8251.

SEEKING HEAD COUNSELOR for 10week summer Sail Camp at Marin Yacht Club in San Rafael. Sponsored by Sailing Education Adventures, camp includes Mini, Basic, Intermediate, and Race sessions on Lasers, ages 9-17. Responsibilities include oversight of two paid counselors and several volunteer junior counselors. Must be US Sailing certified. See Web site: www.sailsea.org for details of last year’s program. Send letter of interest and resume to: info@sailsea.org or call (415) 775-8778. SEA, Ft Mason Center, Bldg E, Room 235, San Francisco, CA, 94123.

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT. Sailing school and club in Point Richmond. Organized person with a great attitude and a desire to help. Sailing experience a plus.

Part-time afternoons, may lead to full-time.

Call David (510) 232-8251 or fax: (510) 232-8188.

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Coastal cruiser, sleeps 6. Great liveaboard. Dinghy, wheel, dodger, teak interior. Very clean. Atomic 4. Holding tank, 6 sails, 30 gal gas tank + 6 gal emergency tank. 30 gal water tank. Alcohol stove/oven. CD/cassette/radio. Handheld GPS/Loran. Battery charger, 2 anchors, cockpit cushions. Emergency tiller, BBQ, sea anchor. VHF + handheld radio, icebox, full standing new head. 2 battery banks. Mexico/Central America charts.

Upwind slip at Marina del Rey. $23,600.

Please call (310) 306-0182 or email: rpizarro@usc.edu.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES CARIBBEAN DAY CHARTER BUSINESS looking for managing partner. Established 1992, largest operator on island of Margarita, Venezuela. 50% of company for $400,000, including maxi offshore sailing catamaran for 120 passengers, 250passenger 110-ft triple-decked ferry with onboard swimming pool and 125-passenger motorized “tiki hut” harbor cruise barge with two decks. Option on other 50% of company if desired. Can accept trades towards payment of investment such as sellable vessel or property, if realistically priced. See Web site: www.catatumbo.org or email: force99@bellsouth.net.

ERICSON 30. Classic beauty, lots of new.

New: canvas, upholstery, diesel, electrical, charger, refrigeration, roller furling, traveler, hatches, etc. Priced right at $14,900. Call (510) 872-6501.

RANGER 23,1974. Fast, fun boat. Main, 3 headsails in good shape, spinnaker/ pole. VHF, compass, depth, battery charger. Raytheon autotiller with remote.

Sleeps 4. 8 hp outboard. $4,900. Great condition, ready to sail. (707) 258-2691 or email: Ranger23sfbay@aoi.com.

WINDOW CLEANING BUSINESS. Well established business on beautiful Mendocino coast. Perfect for single or teamwork. Equipment and training included. High-end clientele, flexible schedule. $90,000 gross sales in 2001. Asking $40,000. Will consider possible trade.

Please call Mike (707) 961 -0831 or email: otto37 @ infostations.com.

MacGREGOR 26, 1989. 15 hp Honda outboard, 150% genoa, jib, gennaker, spinnaker sail. Anchor, stove, safety equipment, Porta-Potti, Edison wheel helm, marine radio, trailer. $5,000. Call (408) 832-3004.

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Beowulf Publishing.53

Brokaw Yacht Sales. 215

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Cover Craft.137

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Armchair Sailor. 81

Betts 26 Sierra. 125

Cabrillo Yacht Sales. 215

Coyote Point Marina.90

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Bair Island Marina.84

Bluewater Insurance.64

Cam Transport. 204

Cruising Cats USA.7

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Bo'sun Supplies. 206

Canterbury of New Zealand . 164

Cruising Charts. 200

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Ballena Bay Yacht Brokers ... 20

Bosun's Charters. 175

Cass' Marina.40

Cruising Direct Sails. 121

Jlemand Brothers.204

Ballena Isle Marina Coop ....69

Bottom Siders.80

Cat Ballou Charters.173

Cruising Specialists ...58,59,60

Jmar Marinas. 49

Bay Island Yachts.7

Bower & Kling Yachts. 28

Chula Vista Marina.151

Davis Instruments.77

Jpha Systems. 120

Bay Keeper & Delta Keeper 210

Boy Scouts Pacific Harbors 213

City Yachts.17

Desolation Sound Charters.. 175

.merican Battery.196

Bay Propeller.87

Boy Scouts Pacific Skyline ..211

Club Nautique. 61

Detco Marine. 150

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Bay Ship & Yacht.51

Boy Scouts San Francisco ..216

Coast Marine. 192

DeWitt Studio. 175

Studies. 206

Beckwith, Craig Yacht Sales 83

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Golden State Diesel Marine 196

Hood Sails.19

Discovery Yachts. 202

Foley Industrial Engines ...s 209

Grand Marina.2

Integre Marine. 212

Neil Pryde Sails...66

Doyle Sails.117

Forespar. 167

H.F. Radio.76

Interphase Technologies ....190

Lee Sails. 207

E Paint.90

Fortman Marina . 12

H&S Yacht Sales. 9

J.T. VanSickle. 204

Lefiell Marine Products. 207

Edensaw Woods. 22

Fowler Insurance Agency ..198

Halsey Sailmakers .137

J/World. 198

List Marine Enterprises . 88

Edgewater Yacht Sales. 213

Ganis Credit Corporation ....42

Jack Rabbit Marine.206

Loch Lomond Marina . 121

EM Design .204

Garhauer Marine.55

Handcraft Matress Co. 125 Hansen Rigging. . 165

Jeanneau America.63

MacDonald Yachts.216

Emery Cove Yacht Harbor ...75

Gentry's Kona Marina . 202

Harbor Boats and Supplies 212

Jonsson, Arne, Boatbuilder 198

Mahina Productions. 131

Essex Credit Corp.32

Gianola & Sons. 166

Harken ....34

Kensington Yachts.13

Marin Auto & Stereo. 145

Farallone Yacht Sales. 18

Glacier Bay.191

Haynes Sails.200

Kevin's Quality Marine. 200

Marina Real.191

Farr International.211

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Marina Village. 7c

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Hewett Marine. 210

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Nelson's Marine. 155, 220

Pacific Coast Canvas.87

Maritime Electronics.81

Norpac Yachts . 219

Pacific Marine Foundation . 155

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North Beach Canvas.11

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San Francisco Boat Works .212

Pacific Sail Expo. 45

Richmond Boat Works. 54

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Mariner Boat Yard.41 Mariner's General

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Marotta Yachts.. 217

North Sails - San Francisco . 31

Martin, Jack & Associates.. 202

O'Neill Yacht Center.8

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Richmond Marina Bay. 89

Mazatlan Marine Center/

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Paradise Village. 130

Richmond Yacht Club. 74

Schaefer Marine. 47

Outboard Motor Shop. 86

Passage Yachts.4,5,211

Richmond Yacht Service ....144

Schoonmaker Point Marina 187

PV Yachts.16 McGinnis Insurance. 145

Outbound 44.6

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Romaine Marine Electronicsl 25

Scullion, Jack D. Yacht Svc ..89

Meridian Yacht Sales. 215

Owl Harbor.188

Pineapple Sails.3

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Sea-Power Marine.35

Oyster Cove Marina .50

Napa Valley Marina.79

Oyster Point Marina.82

Pirates Lair.74 Quantum Electronics. 196

Rooster Sails.81 Sail California.26, 27

Seahawk. 91

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Quantum Pacific. 37

Sail Warehouse. 208

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Swedish Marine. 87

Voyager Marine. 44

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Tim's Zodiac Marine.83

VPM Charters. 173

Yacht Sales West.8

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Tinker Marine. 207

Waikiki Yacht Club.24

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TMM/Tortola Marine Mgmtl72

Watermaker Store.186

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Waypoint. 76

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Turning the Tides on MS .... 209

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Superior Yachts West.6

West Marine.38,39

Surface Dive, Inc.200

Marine Insurance.30 UK Sails. 43

South Beach Yacht Club.12

Sutter Sails.91

Vaughan, William E. 212

Whale Point Marine Supply' 52

Spectra Watermakers . 82 Spin Tec. 64

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Ventura Harbor Boatyard .. 205

Windtoys. 77

Swan Yacht Sales.21

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Wizard Yachts, Ltd. 214

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Clr cockpit ketch, light & aiy deck salon & galley combined with 13' 4" beam make this a great couples auiser/liveaboard. Over 15 Hardin arcumnavigalions to date. Motivated out of state sellers asking only$l 19,500.

CAL 2-46.

Sails beautifully, great forward and aft cabins, see-out dinette. 8.S knots under power/650 mile range. 2 from $115,000.

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460 TAYANA VANCOUVER PH 100 hp. Yanmar / 300 gal. of fuel. Two or three cabin layouts only $345,000.

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37' ISLAND PACKET '96 This is an extremely well equipped cruiser. Call Keith at (520) 743-7833.

57' BOWMAN KETCH 4 cabin layout, equipped to world cruise.

Priced reduced $25k - Only $349k

39'FOLKES'88 Steel cutter, hard dodger, new paint, well equiped. Make an offer.

OFFSHORE CRUISERS 38' PANDA 38' WAUQUIEZ

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44' CSY center cockpit, noted for their spaciousness and sea kindliness. This is a super buy.

41' CHEOY LEE KETCH 41' MORGAN & 46' MORGAN

36' ISLANDERS Standard layout and Freeport models.

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Famous Garden Design.

44' MASON KETCH. A must see! Light and airy blond teak interor. Impeccably maintained. Ready to go to sea today! $239,000.

1986 and 1981 43' MASON KETCH. A modern classic. Quality construction and well cared for. Check out both of these fine Masons! Two from $ 169,000.

43’ GULFSTAR SLOOP, 79. NEW 50hp Perkins diesel, NEW diesel gen., NEW Avon dinghy & o/b, lots of boats gear for the money. Reduced! Asking $84,900.

Designed and built for the shorthanded crew, the new Valiant 42 has once again set a pace that others can only follow. With its newly expanded sail plan featuring a double spreader rig mast and anchorbowsprit, performance and balance have never been better. The fine bow entry and classic rounded-tumble home stern provide the strength and impact resistance known to veteran cruisers.

Come to think of it, when it's just you against Mother Nature's worst in the middle of the ocean, would you want anything less than a Valiant?

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47' FORMOSA, 79 $127,500 Two stateroom, two-head pirate ship with romantic transom windows and excellent accommodations for a cruising family.

45' MORGAN 454, '84 $129,000 Fast racer with a good PHRF (66), very comfortable interior and nice cruising amenities. With her racing sails installed, she is truly a wolf in wolf's clothing!

44' NORSEMAN 447, '83 $239,900 Outstanding windward ability, exceptional craftsmanship and all upgrades new in the last two years.

44‘ PETERSON, 78 $129,900 This fast-sailing, comfortable cruising yacht of rugged construction and low profile is renowned for safety and speed.

43' BALTIC, '87 $239,000 This Baltic has won universal praise, both on and off the race course. With a PHRF rating of 57/63, she is equally capable of winning races or doing extensive family cruising.

41'PERRY, 79 $109,000 Bluewater cruiser with a beautiful teak interior. Traditional styling above the water but with a modern keel shape below.

41‘FORMOSA KETCH Two availables: Lightly used 1980 at $62,500 with traditional layout and 1977 pilothouse model at $69,500.

40‘ NORTH AMERICAN, 78 $59,500 Designed for competitive racers who wanted liveable accommodations, exellent sailing characteristics and handsome lines.

33' TRADEWINDS, '62 $37,500 Classic pilothouse motorsailer professionally restored last year. Powerful engine, huge interior, comfortable inside steering station.

31 ‘ PACIFIC SEACRAFT MARIAH, '81 $139,900

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40' BABA BRISTOL' Two large berth staterooms.

Fine lines, quality construction.

Nice light and bright interior. $174,900.

50' GULFSTAR KETCH Custom, custom. Many upgrades.

Extra fuel, air conditioning. Owner claims $80,000 in improvements for cruising.

Must see. $169,000.

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

Asking $139,000.

36' HUNTER VISION 1992 Roomiest in her class.

Two full cabins. $87,900.

Also: 36' Hunter...$27,500

Highly competitive, fast cruiser.

Comfort, elegance and speed.

Two listed. $144,500.

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

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A well-appointed interior in a safe, comfortable cruiser. Lots of storage, beautiful joinery, nicely kept brightwork above and below decks.

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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

46' SPINDRIFT, 1983 Bristol example of this lovely cruising yacht. Dark blue hull, teak decks, full keel with cutaway forefoot, skeg hung rudder.

Harken roller furling headsail and staysail, full batten main with ban car, drifter, sails and running rigging practically new. Sausalito Yacht Harbor slip can transfer.Reduced To $199,000

38' CATALINA, 1998 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 likenew condition. Dodger, enclosed cockpit, in-mast main, nice electronics, inverter, low hours on engine, and much more. $172,000

39' GRAND SOLEIL, 1987 $300,000 spent upgrading this Swan look-alike.

Brand new Yanmar engine; sails/rigging renewed; new B&G instrumentation; most house systems upgraded, much more.

See the Web site for full details. $135,000

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 and fixed ports, beam-tobeam stateroom aft with queen berth; more usable space below than many 40+ footers. Vessel shows and smells new; must see. Now $129,000

45' HUNTER, 1986 This vessel is loaded, over $150,000 in her since '90 and it shows: low hours on Yanmar, full electronics, new electrical, new plumbing, extensive sail inventory, updated mast, boom and rigging and on and on. 67" headroom. Prime Sausalito Yacht Harbor slip can transfer. $125,000

50' GULFSTAR, 1977 Much recent work, including restepped and 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

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54' AMERICAN MARINE CUST. KETCH, 1962 Cust. built teak by Am. Marine (classic Grand Banks builders). She's been carefully refit at regular intervals over the years (most recently '90 & '96, maint./cruising logs avail.), now lying in a Sausolito harbor accommodating liveaboards. $119,000

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36' NONSUCH, 1987 Stiff, seakindly vessel is a breeze to sail shorthanded, and at home in SF Bay conditions. With new. full-batten sail, running rigging, bottom point, cockpit cushions and meticulous maintenance, first tayis Bristol. Sausalito YH slip can transfer w/vessel.

Reduced to $119,000

42' DE DOOD/INTERNATIONAL 800,1967 Built in Germany to highest standards, interior is beautiful African mahogany-even cabinets in head are finished like fine furniture. Shows better than new-still feels tight os a piano, not to mention sails like a dream! $89,000

311 PACIFIC SEACRAFT MARIAH, 1977 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-see if you're in the market for a stout go-anywhere cruiser with traditional lines. Now $59,000

35' CHEOY LEE SLOOP, 1979 Robert Perry-designed sloop in very nice shape, extensively rewired, new reefer, interior cushions and curtains done, Furuno radar, aluminum spar & boom, standing and running rigging redone, practically new main, ProFurl roller furler, refit w/oversize Lewmar winches, Monitor windvane, new dodger, more. $59,000

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am 39' COLUMBIA, 1979 Absolutely bristol, shows like a 1990's boat!

Central air, Onan generator, roller furling jib and main. Bottom just painted, brightworlc renewed, replumbed and rewired, new engine.

Significant reduction... $84,000

36’WILSON, 1978 This lovely cold-molded sloop turns heads wherever she sails. Diesel engine, keel stepped mast, roller furler jib, wheel steering, teak decks and tasteful new dusky blue ultrasuede leather interior combined with striking joinery work. Priced s/gm'/rarol/ybelow recent survey value, motivated owner wants offers. $59,000

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‘ 31' MARINER FAR EAST KETCH, 1975 Classic Garden design built in Japan, this full keel cruiser was completely renovated new LPU, new sails, new rigging, new varnish, much more. Roller furler, worm gear steering, dodger, diesel, GPS and radar.

Transferable Sausalito YH slip. $39,000

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Transferrable Sausalito Yacht Harbor slip.

Now $26,000

30' PEARSON, 1973 Atomic 4 engine just serviced, two new batteries, bottom painted and teak renewed.

Roller furler, all sails in very good shope, jib just redone. Great inexpensive first boat!

Major reduction.. .Now $9,900!

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1978 Asking $130,000.

1977 Asking $119,000. Center cockpit, aft cabin. Perkins 4-154.

Saga Yachts - Designed by Robert Perry

CATALINA 34. One owner, great condition.

New radar, new refrg. AP. New full batten main. Harken R.F., self tailing whinches, vamised int.. nice Sausalito slip, new elec. head. $55,000. Also: '86:556k

46' KELLY PETERSON, '83 Ctr Cockpit Cutter. Built

by Queen Long. Bluewater cruiser. $199,500.1986: $235,000 & 1981: $135,000. Also: 46‘ PETERSON/ FORMOSA, '81, $139,500; Vessel is cruise ready.

SAIL 61' C&C.72 57' BERMUDA KETCH. 75 56' FORMOSA.'83 54' CT.74 51* 8ENETEAU.'87 50' NUNES. 56 50' GULFSTAR. 2 from 50' KETTENBURG .'63 50' HUDSON. 86 48' C&C LF.'80 47' OLYMPIC. SD.78 47' NORTHWIND.'85 46' PEARSON/FORMSA... '81 46' KELLY PETERSON 2 from 45' BOMBAY EXPLOR 78 44' BENETEAU 440 .'94 44' PETERSON.'81 44' BENETEAU 445 .'95 43' SLOCUM.'85 43' WAUQUIRZ.'86 43' SWAN PJ.'69 43' HANS CHRISTIAN.'82 43' SPINDRIFT PH.3 from 43' GULFSTAR.78 43' SERENDIPITY.'81 43' ENDEAVOR.'81 42' CHALLENGER.75 42' LU-KAT.'00 42' S&S.70 42' MORGAN.71 42' CHRIS CRAFT.'69 41' CT.71

340,000 79,000 280,000 187,000 125,000 175,000 114,000 80,000 INQUIRE 159,000 145,000 275,000 139.500 199.500 49,000 157,990 135,000 145,000 159.500 149.500 79,900 179,000 95,000 79,000 86.500 185,000 69,950 349,000 67.500 60,000 59.500 50,000 94.500 110,000

139,900 185,000 44.500 145.000

38' INGRID. 38' CALIMIAN. 37’ HUNTER. 365 PEARSON. 36' ISLANDER F/P0RT 36' HUNTER. 36' ISLANDER. 36' ISLANDER nice.

36' CHE0Y LEE. 35' C&C III. 35' CHE0Y LEE. 35' TRADEWINDS. 35' CHRIS CRAFT. 35' RAFIKI .

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2 BENETEAU 44's 1994 / $167,990.

1995 /445 asking $145,000.

Beautiful aft cockpit cruisers.

40' THREE SEAS 1988. Ted Breweer design. Very high quality cruising pilothouse yacht, loaded and ready to go again! Radar, Weather fax, SSB, Autopilot, GPS. Vovlo diesesl. All Hood sails. $139,000.

43' HANS CHRISTIAN Traditional Ketch, 1982.

411 ISLANDER FREEPORT, 76. Just completely

Rebuilt Isuzu engine, reverse cycle, AC/heat, autopi¬

detailed inside and out. New varnish. Great condition.

lot, radar, GPS, scuba compressor.

$179,000.

56' FORMOSA WILLIAM GARDEN DESIGN 1983.

With all teak decks, beautiful large interior, 2 Master State Rooms, new quarters. $280,000.

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Fantastic liveaboard. New dinghy.

LYLE HESS 28s. Two Lyle Hess-designed small

43' SPINDRIFTS. Two available. 79, $95,000,

and capable cruisers: 28*, '95, $145,000; 26', '90, $45,000.

rigged. Inside/outside steering. Great world cruisers.

$84,500.

'81, $119,500, and '81, $149,000. Cutter

38' INGRID. Full keel double ender. Windvane,

MORGAN 38s.

radar, GPS, refrigeration, EPIRB, liferaft, dodger, sextant. $74,000.

Two available. 78, $40,000.

79, $40,000.

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Baja Ha-Ha veteran. Beautiful interior layout fully equipped for cruising: AP, radar, GPS to liferaft, 406 EPIRB, dinghy, OB, much more. Asking $145,000

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40' CAL SLOOP performance cruiser. 11 bogs sails, 1

bimini, dsl, genset, full galley, 2 heads, shower, heater, AP, radar, more, great cruiser. Asking $119,000/Offers.

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58' Loa, 43' Lod ALDEN SCHOONER & Charter Business in Northern Co. Classic '31 dsl, teak decks & more. Vessel is reported in good cond. Asking $55,000

SAIL 66' STA'S'L SCHOCK/BOEING SCHOONER, 1934. Rebuild just completed. Some refit left. Dsl. 150,000/offers 55' LESTER STONE Clossic Yawl, 1910, dsl, lots equip, great cruiser Ask44,000 51' CHEOYLEE, center cockpit sip w/hard dodger, copper fastened, dsl, more.

Some restoration required Ask 65,000

61’ STEELTUG, 61 Ohp Cat dsl, looks great, lots of recent upgrades.Try 55,000

36’ STEPHENS CRUISER, 1956.. 34,500

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

35' CHRIS CRAFT Exp, twins, dn.l 5,200

42' REGAL COMMODORE 400 . 115,000

35' CHRIS Exp. Cruiser, twins, ++ . 15,250 34’ CHRIS CRAFT Commander, '63, twin gas, great boot.. 26,500

42' SUNNFJORD FB, aft stateroom, sedan cruiser, dsl, loaded, very high quality, genset, 2 heads ++. 142,000

32’ TROJAN Express, twins.12,500 32'

LUHRS S.F., twins, radar.7,500

29' TOLLYCRAFT, twins, bargain! 7,900

42’ CLASSIC OLYMPIC Tri-cabin Express Cruiser.

50' FORCE 50 P/H Ketch.. Ask 130,000

Twin dsls (140 hrs rpt'd since majored). Very desirable & much loved PNW sweetheart. Asking $65,000.

48' KETCH, Gaff, roomy, F/C,... 87,500 46' KEaY-PETERSON CTR COCKPIT CUTTER An outstanding & wonderfully equipped

41' MAHHEWS CLASSIC, 1952 flybridge cruiser. Twins, full galley, shower, 2 heads & more. Nice, well laid-out boat w/MUCH CHARM.Asking 24,950

28' FIBERFORM FBSED, twins.. 20,000

45' BOMBAY EXPLORER CUTTER, dsl, furl, staysail, S more.Asking 50,000

40' CHRIS CRAFT AFT CABIN FLYBRIDGE w/endosure. Beautiful boat. Some work

28' CLASSIC DEWEY EWERS sed. cruiser, V-8, show winner. 75,000

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39' PACEMAKER AFT CABIN m/y, super

28' CLASSIC work boat, dsl. Ask 19,500

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26' BAYUNER 2352 TROPHY, dr, o/d,yr 2000 w/only lOhrs on the clock! 38,500 26' CLASSIC LAUNCH, '29 w/Hicks 11,950

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

they've done o lot of cruising. Roller furl, wh, spinnaker, dsl w/ -600 hrs reported, shower, press water, GPS, more. $36,000.

28' CARVER,nice/roomy,O/D. 12,950

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.

28’ CHRIS CRAFT Cavalier, nice. 12,000

42' S&S Sip, dsl, gloss.... 59,500/offers

36' ISLANDER. One of the most popular sail vesselsever built,

28' BAYLINER Sunbridge, '80, V818,500

41’ CORONADO, dsl nice. 40,000

24' REINELL240C, I/O, new o/d unit, galleys more.Asking 11,500

36' CROCKFR/LAWLEY schnr, dsl 14,500

20' SEA SWIRL, 96, trlr, 225hp 23,000

36' ATKIN STAYSAIL SCHNR, 30'LOO, heavily F/G sheathed, furling, dink w/ ob and more!.BARGAIN 7,000

19' BAYLINER TROPHY, trlr, 115 hp O/B, console ++.. 6,950 18' SEARAY, ‘98 bowrider w/tlr 15,500

55' CHRIS CRAFT AFT CABIN Twin low hour GM 8V71 diesels, 15kw aenset, teak decks, bronze fastened, heaters, full electric galley, 67" headroom, 3 staterooms, 2 heads, shower, radar, GPS + $89,500.

36' CLASSIC KETCH, Crocker style, diesel, a beauty with teak decks35,000/offers 35' HALBERG-RASSY H-35, Swedish-built, mahog, bronze, new dsl, AP, ++16,500 34' NICHOLS cruising sip, l/B ... 12,000 33' INTERNATIONAL ONE DESIGN, classic Norwegian racing sloop.Ask 3,000 33' RHODES WINDWARD, famous design, sloop, 1/ff..Asking 12,000 33’ YORKTOWNSip,dsl,F/G, ++.16,500

30' CATALINA. One of our favorite builders. Great

32’ RANGER, 3/4 ton, I/B++ .. 10,000

mix of performance & comfort. Full galley, dsl, wheel steering, dinghy, radar, plotter, 2 GPS, more. $26,500.

32’ ERICSON sip, wheel, l/B. 23,000 32' PIVER TRI, ketch, diesel.1,225 30' TAHITI KTCH, NZ-built... 9,500/ofrs 30' GARDEN Bristol Channel Ctr 11,500

POWER & ROBUST

30' CAL 230, sip, dsl.Asking 22,000

50' CLASSIC STEPHENS. Unique custom built. Bigger

36' PACIFIC SEACR AFT CUTTER. Powerfully built, high auality, full keeled, dbl-ended cruiser. 500 hrs reported on

30' SPIDSGATTER, She sparkles! 40,000

and more robust than more typical vintage Stephens' products. This exceptional 1929 treasure is now for sale.

30' HURRICANE Classic Sloop, Yanmar dsl,

She must be seen.

Asking $225,000.

inventory, radar, AP & More. Great boat. Ask $77,000.

30’ MORGAN 30-2. performance cruising sloop, l/B, very clean 22,000

asl, F/G, roller furling, pressure H&C water, good soil

nice local girl!.7,500 28' SUBBY LARSON Donish cruising sloop, classic, dsl, beautiful Ask 22,000 28' H-28 HERFSHOFF Ketch, dsl 16,500

61' STEEL TUG. Recently repowered and refit, broad-shouldered, well equipped and quite liveable.

610 hp Cat and genset.

Try $55,000.

28’ ISLANDER Bahama sip, dsl, many sails ind. spinnaker.... Asking 12,000 27' ERICSON sip, very clean!.... 16,000 27' SOLING SLOOP w/trlr.3,000 25’ OCEAN SAILING DORY, cutter rig, salty and traditional and nice.3,900

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POWER 100'STEEL TUG, YTB, exxond. 175,000 70’ EUROPA STYLE TRAWLER, Canadian built, loaded 8, In excellent condition.

Powerful & economical VI2 Cummins dsl.

An outstanding vessel. 250,000 65' YACHT Conv. Seiner, loaded ...125,000

SO' STEPHENS FLUSH DECK MY w/flybtidge, PH, AFT STATEROOM. Twin GMC 671 dsls, 12kw genset.

Launched '65.2 heads&shower. Asking $135,000.

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32' WESTSAIL CUTTER. Nicest one of these great

34' CLASSIC JEFFRIES SPORT CRUISER. Twin 455

cruisers we've seen in years. Loaded w/cruising gear.

cid V8s, Delta canvas, galley, shower and more. She's

Rodar, dsl, AP, F/G w/teak trim, shower, spinnaker and great sail Inventory and lots more. Asking $50,000.

beautiful, exciting and a real head turner.

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THE LARGEST BOATYARD ON THE WEST COAST

The Nelson's Marine complex has grown to include more services in one convenient location and the largest boat yard on the West Coast. You'll find anything you need from the independent quality marine businesses listed below:

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Fred Andersen Complete Marine Woodworking (510)522-2705

Hansen Rigging (510) 521-7027 • See ad page 165

Metropolis Metal Works • (510) 523-0600 Nelson's Marine Boatyard Nelson Yachts Sydney Yachts (510) 337-2870 • See ad page 57

Beauty is more than skin deep!

Two shimmering new LPU paint jobs are really just the finishing touches on these two restorations.

The MacGregor 65 has been completely restored from the inside out and the Formosa 46 has had extensive interior and below waterline restoration in addition to her freshly LPU'd topsides.

Come to Nelson's for the complete job - cabinetry to the final coat!

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Nelson Yachts 'Sell It Yourself (510)337-2870 • See ad page 155

Pac Cal Canvas and Upholstery (510) 864-7758 • See ad page 70

Perfection Marine Brokerage • (510) 865-0948 Rooster Sails Sail Repair (510) 523-1977 • See ad page 81

Sal's Inflatable Services (510) 522-1824 • See ad page 188

Jack D. Scullion Yacht Services Rigging & Electrical (510) 769-0508 • See ad page 89

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UK Sailmakers (510) 523-3966 • See ad page 43

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THE BOATOWNER'S BOATYARD

MARINE (510) 814-1858

(510)521-5612

FAX (510) 769-0815 1500 Ferry Point, Alameda Point Alameda, CA 94501 www.nelspnsmarine.com Business Hours: Mon.-Fri. 8 am - 5 pm Weekend 8 am - 4:30 pm (sales office only)