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One Humming Bird While on a visit to the Bay Area in 1992, Geoff Ashton was walking the docks in Sausalito, stumbled upon Bird Boat Row and fell in love with the unique 70-year-old Bay Area classic. He decided that one day he would move here and race a Bird Boat on San Francisco Bay. Eight years later he joined a Bay Area engi¬ neering firm, married his wife, Miriam, and found Hummingbird languishing in the Delta in a sad state of disrepair. In Geoff’s program to recommission the boat, the first priority was making the hull structur¬ ally sound, then adding the deck gear and running rigging, all done by Geoff, Miriam, Geoff’s dad and the crew.
Hummingbird has new frames, new stem, new keel, new rigging... And a full set of new Pineapple Sails, which, according to Geoff, has Hummingbird point¬ ing “like no other.” He is solidly in first place this season. j
You can get your boat humming... the first step is to buy Pineapple Sails.
YOUR DEALER FOR: Musto foul weather gear, Dubarry footwear and Headfoil 2 Sails in need of repair may be dropped off at West Marine in Oakland, Richmond or Alameda; BoatUS in Oakland or Svendsen's in Alameda.
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boat for more money?
enough custom options to individualize the boat to meet your needs and taste. The 52 is an unbelievable bargain with standard fea¬ tures that include a generator, dishwasher, and bow thruster. You can get a very nicely equipped boat deliv¬ ered to you in San Francisco for less than $650,000.
Take deliveiy of your new 2004 Beneteau this fall and save a bundle!
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The first 10 hulls of the new Island Packet will be sold at a 10% pre-production discount. If you are quick enough to get a fully refundable deposit in on the newest Island Packet you will be able to get a boat at a price that will virtually guarantee that you suffer 0% depreciation. Once the boat is first shown in October, you What is the new boat? We really don't know, but our can check it out and decide if you want to pro-
best guess, based on totally unsubstantiated rumors, is
ceed. If so, you will get a great boat at a price that
that it will be an all new 36 or 37-footer. We also guess that the introductory price will be about $220,000 before
will keep you smiling for years to come. You can, of course, get your full deposit back at any time.
options and commissioning. We are sure that the boat will be a go-anywhere, top-quality, rock-solid world cruiser. It is also sure to be comfortable and innovative.
Judging by Island Packet’s past new boat intro¬ ductions, the first 10 boats will go very quickly.
We also know that only 10 people in the U.S. will save 10% of the introductory price. The details of the new boat will be announced on June
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The only Wauquiez Centurion 45s on the West Coast is at our docks now. This is one gorgeous yacht with sleek lines, standard teak deck and a beautiful, hand-crafted interior. The construction is impeccable. A resin-infused hull and a massive structural grid system insure safe ocean passages. This boat is very fast, with a perfectly balanced helm and the kind of feel that will relegate the autopilot to very limited use.
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Built by Queen Long Marine Co. Ltd.
The speed of a Hvlas is exceeded only by die speed of our development program. Lead¬ ing-edge thinking inspired by modern off¬ shore racing designs can be found through¬ out our line. In the 54 pictured above, a
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plumb bow and beamy aft sections deliver swiftness, pow er and stability, while maximizing space dow n below . There is more than ample room for a luxurious Page 6 • U&U-M J9 • July, 2003
owner’s suite aft, beautifully finished in hand-chosen woods. Offshore comfort is further enhanced by the way we build our hulls. State-of-the-artTwaron® aramid fiber construction yields bullet-proof strength, for
the ultimate in safety. We invite your closer inspection of the Frers-designed Hylas 54 and 46.You’ll find that no other yachts compete. On the water. Or on the drawing board.
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of Clearwater, FL managed to fit all the ahead of its time in interior design. Built in Bellingham, Washington, this Northwest amenities of a large cruising boat in 25 creation is beautifully engineered from amazing feet. $39,000 includes trailer. bow to stern.
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Value is very important and that is why KKMI has the most competitive prices of all the boat yards in the Bay Area. There's one thing where KKMI is beyond comparison and that's their level of experience and knowledge. The company has a total of 838 years of experience in the marine industry with an average of 19 years per person. It is no wonder why KKMI is considered the best in the business. DR. MCINTYRE RIGGEROLOGIST 2nd Yr. Resident
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builder of tre¬ mendous reputation and success. Nautor's Swan is the world's largest and oldest yacht builder specializing in custom built, fi¬ berglass, high performance racer/cruisers. With a few exceptions, every Swan that has been built is sailing today. Beyond recognition and longevity, over half of Nautor's new boat sales come from existing Swan owner and such was the case with the owner of the first Swan 100. Quoting the owner, "I was very pleased with my previous Swan 68. The boat was very easy to handle short-handed, extraordinary comfortable and simply a beautiful yacht. I knew that I would not disappointed if I built a new Swan. Besides, after you've owned a Swan, what else there?" There is one common trait amongst Swan owners, whether it be in business, sailing or in living life, they ve learned there is no substitute for experience. When it comes to building a new sail¬ ing yacht, there's nothing better than a Swan.
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AMERICA’S CUP WINNER: You’ll be hearing more about this later...but you read it here first... Alingi, the winner of the recently held America’s Cup is coming to KKMI. After the team from Switzer¬ land toured the Bay Area and looked at every pos¬ sible yard and venue they concluded that KKMI has best facility. They will share the yard with runner up in the Louis Vuitton Cup Oracle BMW. It’s been 20 years since rival America’s Cup teams have been based at the same compound. This should be good for some interesting stories. Stay tuned for more de¬ tails. ’ ★ ★ ★
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Majestic has all of the features the knowl¬ edgeable offshore sailor wants in a proven passage maker.
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48' CELESTIAL, '85
$159,900
47'ADMIRAL,'96
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41' CHE0Y LEE OFFSHORE, '80 $162,500
41'HUNTER 410,'98
Renown for their performance, take this fully equipped oceangoing cat anywhere in the world in safety and comfort.
One of the most customized and extensively equipped Valiants every built. A stunninq a rare find!
She is a vessel for a person who will appreci¬ ate the upgrades, the finish and the attention to detail she displays.
This deep-keep version of the popular and spacious Hunter410 is innear-new condition and outfitted with top-notch equipment.
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$65,000
Built in N.Z. using cold molded construction in Kauri wood for a very strong hull. Strikingly beautiful lines & shines w/pride of ownership.
$95,000
A virtually new boat with less than 40 hours on the engine. Max Prop, in-mast furling, electric windlass are just a few of the upgrades.
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Santa Cruz 52 (1994). Hull #7. Fast fun on an ocean racer/cruiser in top condition with great sails, electronics. Lying Richmond. Asking $459,000
Swan 112(2002). Without a doubt this is the most I Andrews 72 (1998). Completed in 2000, this fast spectacular yacht ever built by Swan. Dark blue I cruiser has a gorgeous maple interior. Very clean, hull, elegant interior, carbon rig, captive winches. I easy to sail, large aft stateroom, you must see!
Santa Cruz 52 (1993). This beautiful fast cruiser looks like new.- Stunning red topsides, carbon rig, electric main halyard, watermaker, great sails. Make Offer!
Swan 82RS (2001), Fast, beautiful, breathtaking interior, easy to sail, carbon rig and furling boom, captive winches, A/C, extraordinary boat.
Swan 44 Mkll (1997). This beautiful dark blue Swan 44 is in excellent condition and looks like new. Watermaker, electric winches. $479,000
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Swan 57CC (1996): Wow! One of the most beautiful world cruisers afloat. Boat looks like new. Large.aft stateroom, teak decks, watermaker, genset, more!
Santa Cruz 50. One of the mostfamous (and fast¬ est) SC 50s is for sale! Incredible sail inventory, great equipment, excellent race record! $278,000
SWAN 65 (1976). Recently completed vyorld cruise and ready to go again! Great teak decks, many upgrades on this classic Swan ketch. $490,000
Swan 44 (1974). A Sparkman & Stephens classic beauty. Recently returned from a South Pacific romp and ready to go again. Asking $149,500
Swan 431. Totally restored with new teak decks, new engine'new sails, autopilot, upholstery, winches, a very pretty boat! Asking $189,000
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1983
27,500
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2000
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1992
100,000
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. Cataiina 400
1997
155,900
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Beneteau 461
169,500
1986
89.500
Cheoy Lee 32
1979
34,000
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1980
36,500
Hunter 37 Cutter 1979
42.500
Ericson 32
1988
61,500
2001
249,000
Pearson 37
87.500
Wiliard 30
1977
29,000
Pacific Seacraft Creaiock 37 1983 128,000 Pearson 365 Ketch 1978 46.500
1990
Catalina 36
2001
124,500
Hunter 45
1988
125,000
Catalina 34 MO
2001
117,000
Swan 431
1978
157,500
Catalina 320
2001
95,000
Worth 40
1985
99,000
Catalina 320
1996
79,000
Passport 40
1987
175,000
Hunter Vision 36 1994
1984
28,700
Mauticat 40
1985
179,000
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58' TAYANA DECK SALOON Powerful and fast, this large cutter will accommodate up to four staterooms. Contemporary styling and panoramic views from the main saloon. Available in center cockpit. Sailaway $475,000
52' TAYANA AFT COCKPIT Robert Perry's favorite design. Sleek looking, high performance sailing yacht. Available in aft or center cockpit. Sailaway $365,000
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30' J/92, 92, Speedy Gonzales’. 44,000
53' Santa Cruz 52, '99, Triumph’.700,000
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41' Bianca 414, '80, Sundog.58,500
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35' J/35, '99, Unusual Attitude". 69,000
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40' Catalina 400 Mk II, '01, Christine’.. New Listing 183,000
35' J/35, '85, Fast Feather".54,900
40' J/120, '00, Grace Dances’.279,000
35' J/35, '85, Blue Streak".
40' J/120, '99, Hot Rod Dolphin’.249,000
35' J/35, '85, Jammin’’.59,900
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Ma DEPTHSOUNDER DOESN'T MEASURE DEPTH The brief depthsounder reading of 5'4" over the Potato Patch shoal outside the Colden Gate — recently reported by one of your readers — obviously was not the depth beneath the hull of his boat in water that is normally about 40 feet deep. Often when a big wave knocks a sailboat far over on her side, the depthsounder comes out of the water briefly. In that case, the sound reflection is not from the acoustical boundary be¬ tween the water and sea bottom, but the boundary between air and water. The depthsounder is typically not centered on the boat bottom, but lies to one side of the keel, making one side pf the boat more prone to these air readings. A sounder does not measure depth, but the time it takes the sound wave to reach the reflector and return. Since the speed of sound in sea water is 4.6 times the speed of sound in air, a reading of 5'4" would convert to a distance of 1 ’2" thaCthe Sounder was out of the water. But, that incident certainly illustrates the hazard of coastal sailing over a shallow bottom where big waves can occur. Here in the Roaring Forties' of Oregon — where the fastest rise in wave height in the world was recorded 300 miles offshore, a rise from 5 feet to 36 feet in one hour — we survivors avoid shoals of 40 feet whenever the average height of the swells tops six or seven feet. One sneaker wave breaking over the boat’s beam can spoil your whole day — if not your whole boat. A local crab boat was apparently broadsided this way not long ago, pitching the four man crew into frigid water where they perished for lack of flotation devices. The unscathed boat drifted onto the beach. Ironically, as I write this, a news re¬ port came in that a charter fishing boat capsized in 10 to 15foot swells just inside the bar at Tillamook. Nine people died in 58 degree water and one is missing. Possibly a similar case. I think it was Cruising World magazine that reported that a boat sailing in relatively calm seas more than 1,000 miles from land was knocked over and dismasted by a big breaker that came out of nowhere. It turned out the boat unknow¬ ingly had sailed over a shallow seamount. But depth devices can give some erroneously shallow read¬ ings for brief times in other cases. Off the coast of Oregon, the reflector is frequently a big salmon. Once when we lost sight of a grey whale that was feeding near us, our depth reading jumped from 45 feet to 16 feet and held for a while. That was too close for comfort. Another day a whale surfaced right under our bow at the entrance to ouf jetty, but luckily it dived barely in time because we couldn't stop. Our damned depthsounder didn’t even pick him up. I hope to sail someday in your beautiful Bay. Maybe one of your readers could take me out to watch the America’s Cup Class Finals October 11-18? I would be glad to reciprocate with an invitation to sail with me — safely, no less — along our scenic coastline. Bill Barbat Newport, Oregon
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ITUdo it before it s too late I've been doing a lot of running around lately trying to get the equipment necessary to sail my new boat, a Kismet 31 trimaran, from Canada down to San Francisco, and then hopefully in the Ha-Ha in late October. In the process. I've also been stopping to look at boat gear that people have ad¬ vertised in Latitude. The first stop was to see a woman who had advertised a small portable generator that came from some boat once owned by Bruce Schwab. I bought the generator even though it sputtered. The woman said the sputtering was probably due to old gas that had been in it since they'd used it while cruising in Honduras years before. In any event. I was glad to hear that she'd done her cruise. My second stop was to visit a gentleman who had adver¬ tised a lot of cruising gear. I was particularly interested in his practically new Avon inflatable and an outboard — both of which I ended up buying. I also bought some of his safety gear and other odds and ends. In the course of buying his stuff. I asked why he was sell¬ ing everything. He explained that he and his wife had spent six years preparing for their cruise, preparing the boat, ac¬ quiring the necessary gear, laminating charts, sealing dresses in baggies to give away . . . the whole works. Then, a month before their planned departure, she was diagnosed with can¬ cer and they had to cancel their trip. He spent the next five years taking care of her. He said he had no regrets, as she would have done the same for him. His last remark was. "We started too late.'' He didn't say it out of self-pity or for sympa¬ thy, he was just stating a fact. The process of preparing a boat for a voyage is a journey in itself that is rich and rewarding with human experiences.
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^AUTHORITY VACUUM I have a question for Latitude regarding the issue of the rules for anchoring in Clipper Cove. In a response to Fred Winneke's inquiry about the rules, you responded by saying. The pending turnover of the area from the Navy to the City of San Francisco has left somewhat of an authority vacuum, allowing people to pretty much do what they want. . If you know, or think you know that there is an authority vacuum, why would you advertise it and practically invite derelicts to drop an anchor in Clipper Cove? Doesn’t that just muddy the waters even more? Ha! Pun intended. ' v\ Andy Kopac Treasure Isle Marina
Ml THOUGHT IT WAS OUTDATED Your note in the June 6 ‘Lectrontc Latitude stating that it's illegal to anchor in Clipper Cove was timely, as I had just researched the restricted area and read the same Code of Federal Regulations that you quoted. After all, there is that pesky warning on the chart. I thought the prohibition was outdated since it has been universally ignored, but wanted to give correct information to the classes I take in there. But the CFR is current. What I don't know, however, is whether the Commanding Officer, Naval Station, Treasure Island, had given some kind of general authorization for vessels to enter or use the cove. Did the BRAC rep you spoke to indicate any such kind of authorization? Note that the CFR restriction does not apply just to an¬ choring, but provides that "no vessel . . . shall enter the re¬ stricted area." This means you can’t even go in the cove. Ab¬ sent an authorization, this would also apply to all the small boats that race out of the Treasure Island Sailing Center, and the boats that go into the Treasure Island YC. I guess we are all in violation together. Gordon Hanson Northern California Gordon — It's a mess over at Clipper Cove, butfortunately it's a relatively benign one so far. What we wrote at the begin¬ ning of this controversy — that there's a power and enforce¬ ment vacuum in the cove — continues to be the most accurate description. According to the CFRs, nobody can legally anchor in Clip¬ per Cove. Furthermore, nobody can legaUy sail in the cove — not even the students in the dinghies that are part of the vari¬ ous sailing programs at the Treasure Island Sailing Center. However, a woman from BRAC says the way she reads the CFRs, boats making passage between outside the cove to the Treasure Island Marina docks can do so legally. So according to that interpretation, transiting between the Bay and the ma¬ rina is all right, but sailing and anchoring in the cove are not. As for the business of the commanding officer at Naval Sta¬ tion Treasure Island being able to authorize use of the cove for sailing and anchoring, there hasn't been a commanding officer on Treasure Island for a long time. The Navy officer in charge
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of Treasure Island is actually located in Daly City, and he's also in charge of all the West Coast properties the Navy is giving up. We're told a press release about the situation will be forthcoming from his office — but it's not clear when. In the interim, underlings are not permitted to make policy statements to the press. The City of San Francisco currently has no authority over the cove, as the property is still owned by the Navy, The Coast Guard may or may not be interested in enforcing the restricted zone that is the cove for the Navy, but right now they seem to think that the bigger priority is to stop Osama bin Laden fr om driving a bomb-laden jet ski into the Bay Bridge. What to make of it all? While it’s illegal to sail or anchor in Clipper Cove, everybody's been doing it for a long time, and we expect they'll continue to do it for at least the near future. The worst we think might happen to violators is that they'll be instructed to leave. In the case of someone leaving their boat derelict on the hook for a long time, it might be impounded and big bills incurred. All in all, the government has been handling the situation very poorly by allowing such an authority and enforcement vacuum to exist. It JYACHT CLUBS
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The incident taught me that a dock separating secured boats may not be enough to keep their rigs from hitting each other. Fortunately, I’ve only seen that happen once, but we now always make sure that our mast is not aligned with ad¬ joining boats at^a dock — specifically at Ayala. Is Raccoon Straits considered acceptable for, or frequently used by, cargo ships? Dale Mead Break Away Sausalito Dale — We put your question to Bob Hastings, a Watch Supervisor at Vessel Traffic Service on Yerba Buena. Hastings told, us that more than 20 years ago — when most ships were significantly smaller — they would occasionally let one pass through Raccoon Straits. But cargo ships of over 300 gross tons have been restricted for a long time. The exceptions are Coast Guard Cutters, Navy ships for the blessing of the fleet off'the Corinthian YC, the Jeremiah O'Brien, and a rare tug with a tow heading to Tiburon. But you won’t be seeing the Exxon Valdez — or whatever she’s been renamed — slipping between Old Town Tiburon and Angel Island these days. As for ships between Mile Rock and the San Francisco shore, Hastings laughed and said that would only have happened if the skipper had been lost. "Not even the fishing boats go be¬ tween Mile Rock and the shore," he said. IUIrogallo flying / In a recent edition of ’Lectronic Latitude, you wrote: "Dur¬ ing the past month. Latitude 38 has been thinking about buy¬ ing a Polaris Flying Dinghy in order to take better photos at cruising locations." I hate to tell you this, but as a long term Experimental Aircraft Associate pilot and aircraft owner with a strong de¬ sire to understand how and why aircraft fly, I can tell you that the aircraft you are considering is not airworthy. I have been saying this strongly for several years over the internet. Furthermore, if you check with any qualified light aircraft designer and/or dealer of some standing, they will agree that ____the aircraft is not wor¬ thy of flight. Just say Rogallo' and ask them about ’diver¬ gent slight stability'. When I read in a later 'Lect¬ ronic that you are ". . . no longer thinking Flying dinghies are great — until they fall. about it," I - was pleased. Happy sailing, and may you enjoy the company of your grand¬ children. Jax Ashby City Island, NY Readers — Our expression of interest in a flying dinghy created some of the greatest response we've ever received. A number of readers told us about such flying dmghies — or
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ttllCATS CAN SAIL UPWIND Perhaps we should ask New Zealand's Michael Fay — owner of the NZ1, the 135-ft monohull that was defeated by Dennis Conner's 60-ft catamaran Stars & Stripes in the 1988 America's Cup — if catamarans can sail upwind. Likewise, the Morrelli & Melvin-designed PlayStation goes upwind. My point is that if a cat is designed to go upwind, there’s no rea¬ son why she shouldn’t. Let’s hgve some fun with this. Perhaps you could find time to accept David Renoufs invitation to sail the Cienzi 45 cat upwind and offer your report. Maybe there is at least one cat that sails upwind. Bill Garvin Third Dimension
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monohulls. In fact, as of right now, we're throwing down The Latitude Performance Cruising Catamaran Challenge. If any¬ one with a legitimate cruising cat thinks their boat can effec¬ tively point as high as a well-sailed and well-equipped J/Boat of a similar length, all they have to do is set up a time and place to prove it, and we will show up for verification. What a great opportunity for free publicity. The catch is that if the person's cat can't scratch as well as he thinks, he/she has to pick up double our travel expenses. It's fair enough to ask people to put their money where their mouth is, don't you think? Mcatamarans are being stereotyped
While it’s true that most catamarans struggle to go to wind¬ ward in light air, this does not have to be the case. Making a boat sail upwind well requires attention to some basic design principles — such as maintaining an easily driven hull (re¬ ducing drag), preventing excessive leeway (you need effective underwater fins), and providing enough horsepower from the s^jls to get the boat moving (carry enough sail area, minimize headstay sag, and use proper sail trim). Get the basic phys¬ ics right, and quite good, all-round performance will result. This is not exactly new information, as anyone designing boats knows this. The problem with catamarans is that for the last 15 years or so the large majority of the cats built have been constructed to meet the requirements of the char¬ ter industry. Designing a cat to rent to 12 people to float around the British Virgins for a week has its own require¬ ments — and windward performance typically isn't one of them. Consequently, it seems the whole catamaran universe is being stereotyped with poor sailing performance — espe¬ cially to windward and especially in light air. A couple months ago, I was getting some sailing time on Synergy, a new Atlantic 55 catamaran — which I designed — in the British Virgins. This boat had just sailed up from Cape Town, South Africa, with owner and crew, and was waiting out the New England winter in Tortola before continuing north. The wind was light and we had been sailing around the Brit¬ ish Virgins demonstrating the boat to some interested people. While there were many cats sailing within view, they were all of the 'charter barge' type, and provided no useful basis for comparison. We sailed past them going anywhere from three to five knots faster. Later, while reaching northward across Drake Channel on our way back to the harbor, we noticed a fair-sized monohull going east. As we got closer, we saw that it was a smart-look¬ ing, dark-hulled J/160, 52 feet in length, with well-trimmed laminate sails, going upwind in about 10 or 11 knots of wind. Dave Penfield, the owner of Synergy, was eager to show me what his new cat could do. So he crossed the J/160's stern about 75 yards back, and came up hard on the wind. We cranked the sheets in tight, tensioned the runner to reduce luff sag, and pulled the boards down all the way. Within a few minutes we were charging through the lee of the J/Boat, barely noticing her disturbed air. When we were a boat length ahead of the monohull, Dave said, "Now watch this!" He cranked Synergy up another 10 degrees to windward, and we climbed right across the J/Boat's bow — still going faster! The point having been made, it was time to go back to the harbor. The light-air, upwind performance of the Atlantic cruising cat was very gratifying to me, and an indication of what's possible. A catamaran designed from the start for ocean cruis¬ ing is a different sort of animal from the catamaran 'charter barge’. The cruising boat gets sailed shorthanded, and so must be set up to do that safely. Also, it should have excellent per¬ formance both upwind and downwind in order to comfort -
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ages; her house is rather large and less than perfectly aerody¬ namic; she has a very small jib; and she doesn't have a wing mast. Nonetheless, we have raced her extensively against other custom performance cruising cats — some of which were built mostly of carbon fiber — but none of which pointed noticeably higher in 10 knots of wind. We also informally raced her against an Atlantic 44 on San Francisco Bay, and were able to sail through her lee and over the top of her — not that we'd read much into that. The bottom line is that we've yet to see a per formance cruising cat that could tack in better than 100 de¬ grees in 10 knots of wind with the accompanying light chop. You say that your Atlantic 55 cat can do better than that. Our good friends Gino Morrelli and Pete Melvin say their allcarbon Gunboat 62 cats can do better also. As much as we wtmt to believe you guys — and perhaps in part because of all the multihull performance b.s. that's been served up over the years — we remain skeptical But The Latitude Performance Cruising Catamaran Challenge would be a great way to settle th% issue. Since one of your Atlantic 55s is going to be in the Northeast this summer, and one of Peter Johnstone's Gunboat 62s will be up there also, lets round up a J/160, do some sailing, and get a definitive answer. What do you say, Chris? What do you say, Peter? The Beaufort Scale also defines a gale as 34 to 40 knots of wind. While we agree that it might be possible to sail a cat upwind in those conditions, we think it would be the height of irresponsibility — unless it were necessary for survival. As you well know, the problem with sailing cats upwind in 25 knots and associated seas is they go so fast — even when reefed — that they frequently launch themselves off the top of the waves and land with a terrible crash. As hard as this is on the boat, the rig, and the sails — at times the apparent wind would be close to 50 knots — it would be most brutal on the crew. As you probably recall, when Grant Dalton had to sail the maxi cat Club Med upwind en route to his around-theworld victory in The Race, he complained long and bitterly about how inferior cats were to monohulls upwind in rough conditions. And a year later, when Bruno Peyron sailed the maxi cat Orange to a new Jules Verne around-the-world record, he gladly would sail 100 or more miles a day to be reaching rather than beating. 'Anything but beating' might as well have been his mantra all the way up the Atlantic. What would we do in gale conditions? If possible — and this would be true for a monohull, too — take shelter immedi¬ ately. If that wasn't possible, depending on the sea state, we'd either strike all sail and either motor on the equivalent of a close reach or head downwind with the structure of the boat being the only 'sail'. Even with their shortcomings, well-designed cats are ter¬ rific. There is no need to oversell them. ITJJ-WHAT KIND OF SEXTANT?
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tyancy Robinson (Farnum) and Jimmy Warfield began sail¬ ing together as kids over 55 years ago on Lake Merritt. Much water, as the expression goes, has passed beneath the bridge since that time, but both of these highly skilled and competi¬ tive sailors are still out there making waves in the sailing world. Both Nancy and Jimmy now reside in the Stockton area, and are both very active in the Stockton Sailing Club. Friends, former and current competitors, as well as other interested persons are all welcome to celebrate their 55 years of sailing at the Stockton Sailing Club Retreat on July 27 from 1p.m. until who knows when. There will be food, drink and all sorts of wild tales about sailing in the Bay Area and beyond over the last half century. If you have a reason to roast or toast either of these sailors, you should be there. If you are tiying to recall if either of these two have sailed through your life, check out the following: Nancy started sail¬ ing El .Toros in 1948 sifter her big brother Herb refused to drag her along to his motorboat races. After several less-thanglorious starts — she capsized off Alameda's South Shore as well as on Lake Merritt — Nancy finally began to get the hang of it and later went on to win the El Toro National Champion¬ ship in 1973. She sailed El Toros for two years, Zephyrs for six years, then she and husband A1 sailed Snipes — before she went back to El Toros for 16 years. Since then, A1 and Nancy raced and "Remember that time on Lake Merritt in '51 ? I primarily cruised still say you had to give me room at the mark!" a Bay Lady, San¬ tana 22, Ranger 29, and now the Islander 36 Silver Shadow. As a teenager, Nancy went to the Adams Cup (The Woman's National Championship) twice, representing the Pacific Coast. She had a local and mail order boat graphics business, SeaScript, and a boat name company, Quest 7, for 13 years. She’s also worked for Waypoint in Alameda. Although now retired, she sails the Islander 36 on San Francisco Bay, and a Columbia Challenger and El Toro at the Stockton Sailing Club. As for Jimmy, at 11 years of age in 1948 he began sailing the El Toro Phhfftt at the Encinal YC. He became very skilled and went on to sail Snipe 505s at a world class level, Santana 22s at a championship level, Columbia 5.5s, and now sails
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IT-UWOOD WAS GOOD TO MEXICO THIS YEAR I was told that 'Lectronic Latitude's report on the 2003 New¬
port to Ensenada Race indicated that you didn't know who corrected out second overall, just in front of Dennis Conner and his Cal 40. Well, it was Spartan, our 42' 3" Rhodes-de¬ signed sloop that was launched 4n 1960 in Latitude's back¬ yard at the Stone Boat Yard in Alameda. Actually, the wood design was so loved by the designer that the lines were used for his Bounty II design, which was the first large fiberglass production boat, and which was built in Sausalito. They later became the Pearson 41. It has been a pleasure to own and sail this classic design — and even better when Patti and I can beat all those high tech modern boats built without trees! Yes, wood is good! Steve & Patti Ward Spartan, Rhodes 42 Southern California
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attest, the L-36 does very well bdth on the Bay and out in the ocean, with many having made passage to Hawaii and be¬ yond. If it would help, I could put you in cjontact with folks who have been around the class much longer than our 25+ years. John F. Hamilton Ole, Lapworth 36 San Francisco John — The Lapworth 36 is a fine nomination, and we'll try to get to it before too long. The big problem, of course, is that there just aren't enough months in the year to give coverage to all that deserve it. Young ladies looking for a shot at being a Playmate of the Month have the same complaint. But we'll do the best we can.
IT 1!NOT EVEN ENOUGH PRECIOUS SECONDS TO PEE I read the bit in the May Racing Sheet where the skipper of Sail A Vie said he finished second in his Singlehanded Farallones class because he had to turn on his running lights, pee, and grab a sandwich — all of which cost him precious seconds. He also stated that he'd been over early at the start and therefore had to restart. I don't remember the skipper's comments exactly, but they were something like that. I think the skipper should realize that the rest of us had problems also. Let's see, my autopilot was a joke in the con¬ ditions we had, and since hand steering with a tiller took both hands, I had no opportunity to eat or pee for 10.5 hours. Further, with all the ambient light on the Cityfront, I had a hard time finding the finish line. Nonetheless, I did — after almost dropping out on the way to the Farallones — manage to win the class by a whopping 23 seconds. The way I see it. it makes no difference if you finish 23 seconds or 23 hours behind the first place finisher, you still got second place. My J/30 Slim is on a roll. Lightship, Farallones, and the Vallejo Race. Three in a row is a personal best. • „■
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a couple of days has sustained extensive damage from golf balls. All the locals wear helmets when they’re not in their cabins. The tide pools are extremely dangerous — there are actual living marine creatures in them. They haven’t been cleansed of dangerous wildlife by decades of tourists and school kids. And don’t take your eye off that sea otter following you around in your dinghy. One ofyour readers alluded to the extensive crime prob¬ lem there. It’s true — liquor, firearms, and virgins are not left safely unattended on boats at any time. And the owner of the world's biggest chandlery chain isn’t the only one who’s got¬ ten in a brawl with the beach bums that hang out there, a brawl the sheriffs had to break up. The workers at the golf links and resort there will all think you’re just another of their filthy-rich Pebble Beach clients, and will treat you with the same rudeness and contempt that they do Bill Gates. If you go despite all these warnings, look for me and come say 'hi'. The Wanderdog Pilar, Pacific Dolphin 28 Moss Landing
IUIrowed my heart out, but still crushed During the last few weeks there's been a lot of discussion in 'Lectronic about the Stillwater Cove anchorage near Carmel. I've been there about four times in the last two years, and it's always been a beautiful place. Yes, there's lots of kelp, but there is a clear path through the kelp from the southerly en¬ trance to the cove. The Pebble Beach Swim Club and YC keep mooring buoys there throughout the summer. Steer clear from the marked buoys as they are reserved for members. The har¬ bormaster can usually direct you to an available buoy, or you can anchor. The harbormaster also will ferry people ashore when they are available. Or you can beach your dinghy on the beach beneath the golf course. Just don’t do like we did a couple of years ago. It was so calm and beautiful that we thought we'd take our dinghy to the Carmel Beach.‘So we did. We spent the day walking around Carmel, provisioning, eating lunch, and en¬ joying afternoon gelatos. When we returned to our dinghy in the late afternoon, the surf was up! So there we were with bags of groceries — including our fresh baguettes, our Golden
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MCONFUSING VISA SITUATION IN POLYNESIA Once in a while, we get our hands on a Latitude through a book and magazine exchange with other cruisers. We have enjoyed many of the articles, even though we’re from the East Coast and have taken about five years to travel between Florida, the Eastern Caribbean, the north coast of South America, through the Panama Canal, the Galapagos and, for almost two years now, have been here in French Polynesia. Having read the February and March issues of 2003, I wanted to provide additional information and some correc¬ tions regarding the visa situation here in French Polynesia, as well as the resolution of the accident in the Panama Canal involving the Islander 37 Nepenthe. We have been involved firsthand with the unfortunate and confusing visa situation. Although I, Bob, am a naturalized American, I grew up speaking French, so I helped out with communication and translations between the French Polynesian authorities and the cruisers, primarily in Papeete, from 2001 until recently. Also, being a member of the Asso¬ ciation des Voiliers de Polynesie — an association of sailors in
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the trip — the Bash can be made very tolerable, with some parts even enjoyable. My first trip up this coast was in 1973. In those days there were no usableoveather reports for the area, as the weather service didn't have the necessary information, and even if they did the radios were incapable of reliable reception. But even if good forecasting had been available, I was on a dead¬ line, so we just plowed our way north. It was rough and mis¬ erable, but the only negative note I can find in my old log books is the remark, The boat can Stand a lot more than the crew." All of my trips since then have been better managed and therefore less unpleasant. The way I look at the Bash, even today's weather forecasts should be treated like good luck charms — the less you ex¬ pect from them, the more likely you'll be satisfied. There is no way a man sitting in- California.— with only a few seconds to coVer both the northern and southern halves of the Baja pen¬ insula — can tell you exactly what your local weather is going to be. For example, the water on the Pacific side of Baja was 20 degrees colder than the water in the sea this year. The intervening, barren desert mountains pick up and then lose the heat from the sun very rapidly. Those three factors seem cause enough to me to throw any local forecasts to the winds — if not out the window. For those boats with the ability to receive email, I highly recommend signing up for Grib files from Saildocs. These are much-improved versions of weather maps in as much as you only download the areas you need. Wherever you place the cursor on the Grib, it will give the forecast pressure and wind information for that exact spot. So you can access detail that you will not receive from verbal weather reports. The Grib files are, of course, based on the same weather maps the fore¬ casters are using, but this will give you the opportunity to make your own mistakes. Both times that we got hit this year, I could see the same mistake on the Grib file that was in the net forecast. For accurate local weather information, nothing beats us¬ ing the Porthole Forecast Method. For those not familiar with it, you stick your head out the porthole. If your cap blows off, it is windy; if your hair gets wet, it is rainy; and if neither happens, you pull up your anchor and go out of the bay or around the point and see if you can make your minimum expected speed. If you cannot, you return to the bay, and consider the exercise anchoring practice, which most of us need more of. One mistake many mariners make is being ashamed of turning back. While doing the Bash this year, I left Cabo twice and Bahia San Carlos three times. On all occasions I benefitted from turning back and getting more anchoring practice. One big motorboat with us had made it 50 miles north of Turtle Bay before he realized he needed to turn back. I would have found a suitable anchorage somewhere along Cedros Island rather than coming all the way back to Turtle Bay, but we all need to seek our own comfort zone. Baja Bashers can be thankful that the waves along that stretch of coast are short and choppy. If they were as big as you find coming against the Northeast tradewinds or south against the Agulhas current — or many other places — you would not be able to motorsail against them as your prop would get too close to the surface of the water as you go over the top of the big swells or waves. So it is a blessing we can motorsail up the Baja coast when necessary. Here's how we managed our Bash this year, which I con¬ sidered to be about normal. I'm in my mid-70s, so for the
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first time I had a lot of help — but this didn't change my methods much. Three other boat captains joined me: Bob Ketrenos of Kismet, Don Johnson of Sohle, and Gene Braziel of Quest. Bob is an old cruiser, Don has made one fast deliv¬ ery trip up the coast, and Gene had not done it before. We wanted to enjoy the trip as well as get the boat home, so I asked them to set at least two weeks aside for getting my Cheoy Lee Offshore 50 from Cabo to San Diego. They joined me in La Paz, we harbor-hopped down to Cabo, where, after we stopped to fuel, we headed for Cabo Falso. Light winds had been forecast, but it was blowing 25 knots, so we turned back. We tried again the next morning, and, although it was still blowing and rough, it didn't feel as heavy as the night before. So we fell off to the west and were able to make my minimum expected speed — five knots at about 1600 rpms. 1 plan my stops based on a maximum speed of seven knots and a minimum speed of five knots, and leave an anchorage at Whatever time it takes me to reach my next desired an¬ chorage at noon, figuring an average speed of six knots. Some of the anchorages are fine for night arrival, but all are good for departure in the dark. The only two that I am concerned about are Turtle Bay, because of the sometimes large kelp bed on the southeast side of the entrance, and anything around Abrejos. When we left Cabo, we were headed for Ba¬ hia Santa Mar¬ ia, although we would have stopped at Ba¬ hia Magdalena if absolutely nec¬ essary. A few hours after leaving Cabo, the wind eased up and we made our destination on time. When we round the points at Lazaro or Eugenia, I hope we can fall off and get in some good sailing. If we find some good sailing wind, we then pick our next destination. This time there was no worthwhile sailing breeze, so we headed for Ascunsion Bay. The anchor¬ age east of Abrejeos village is good if needed, but is more valuable if you have sailed over toward Juanico and then headed upwind without stopping. That is a favored route for large motoryachts, but they don’t stop. They just make the loop east to get out of the chop on the direct route to Turtle Bay. At the speed we were traveling, our arrival at Turtle Bay would have been about 11 p.m., so we stopped at Ascunsion in the middle of the afternoon, showered, had a drink and a good dinner, and then left Ascunsion about 11 p.m. We ar¬ rived in Turtle Bay the next morning, where we used Jorge — an excellent man trying to give Errtesto some competition — for refueling. With the weather deteriorating north of Cedros, the boats piled up in Turtle Bay for three days. Several went out trying to go north, but came back. We stayed for three days before
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getting restless and leaving with the idea of finding shelter at Cedros or returning. Conditions were all right to Cedros, but still rough once out of the lee. Bob wanted to keep going, and since the rest of us didn’t care one way or the other, we started for wherever the wind would take us. Remember, there were four men on the crew. If it had just been my wife Pauline and me, I would have anchored for another day. When it comes to life in general as well as Baja weather, there’s one thing you can generally depend on — when it stops getting worse, it starts getting better. And vice versa. Lighter winds had been forecast, but it was obvious that they had not yet arrived. We were able to lay a good course for San Carlos, and had an excellent sail, but the wind finally headed us and piped up to 30 knots. We had a pretty nasty crossing to the Baja mainland, but it was only due to our decision to proceed rather than stay where there was shelter. Having made it to San Carlos, we rested up. The good w^ather was a bit slow in arriving, so we ended up leaving the San Carlos anchorage three times before we finally found the conditions to our liking. We spent that night at San Quintin, and the next day continued on to San Diego in calm condi¬ tions. So, any way you put it, there was just nothing horrendous about our trip home. Yes, you might get knocked around a bit if the local weather acts up along the Baja coast, but I don't see any reason for being exposed to it for more than a few hours at a time. It also helps any time you are out there to seek harmony by trying to find a speed or iangle that will help your boat fit the waves and conditions as comfortably as possible. Instead of hitting the waves square, which leaves your bow Unsupported and allows it to crash down, try find¬ ing an angle that will give you enough support to allow your boat to settle more gracefully. And please be honest about it when talking to new boaters. Do not just emphasize the rough hours, talk about the good parts, too. Ernie Copp Orient Star, Cheoy Lee Offshore 50 Alamitos Bay Marina, Long Beach Ernie — Like you, we think the key to a successful Baja Bash is not being in a hurry. If someone has a 50-ft boat like yours, two weeks is about the right amount of time to set aside for a nice passage. When conditions are satisfactory, you go like hell until it turns sour, then you take shelter for as long as necessary. If the spring northwesterlies are nasty.it will take the full two weeks. If you catch a couple of breaks, you might make it in seven or eight days.
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What would we do if we had a smaller boat, less crew, or were pressed for time? Wed either have the boat trucked up from Guaymas/San Carlos or taken by ship — they seem to be starting service from Lazaro Cardenas and/or Puerto Vallarta to Ensenada and Vancouver. If those options were too expensive, wed wait until late spring or early summer to do the Bash, as the weather conditions are much less harsh. It's true that the Baja Bash usually isn't as bad as having to go from Panama to the Eastern Caribbean, up the Red Sea. along the coast of South Africa, or from San Francisco to Canada, but it can still be a real bitch. Especially in the spring, for small boats, small crews, and those in a hurry. As for thinking Baja weather forecasts should be relied upon as much as good luck charms," we couldn't agree more.
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very different for the cruising community down here this year — and also for those crossing the Puddle — are the weather forecasts supplied by Don of the Ventura-based Summer Pas¬ sage. We listen to his reports on the Amigo, Blue Water Cruis¬ ers, and Picante nets, and he is available three times a day to answer specific weather questions. Rumor has it he gets up at 0400, digests all his weather sources, goes down to his boat in a marina, and transmits the reports to us. We've found him to be very thorough and accurate, and since he's a sailor, he understands our needs and the places we're going. Someone should do an article on him, because he deserves recognition for his invaluable service. His daily reports cover the entire West Coast, from San Diego to Panama, and off¬ shore for those going to the South Pacific and Hawaii. One morping back in March, a cruiser in Banderas Bay asked if it was a good time to head to the Galapagos Islands. Don, responded in a strange way, saying: 'You can wait 11 y£ars and there will never be a perfect time to go there! It’s about the worst passage in the world, for you’ll almost al¬ ways have great periods of light to no winds with adverse currents. All you have to worry about is getting offshore, hay¬ ing luck, and having enough fuel." Those weren't his exact words, but it showed a side of him that isn't often heard. Alan, Caroline & Bryan Wulzen Silhouette
Isla Partida, Baja Sur, Mexico / San Anselmo Alan, Caroline and Bryan — Lots of cruisers in Mexico tune into Don's weather reports, so we'll see if we can't put together an article on him before the fall cruising season starts. In all honesty, however, we're always a little surprised at how obsessed cruisers in Mexico seem to be with weather fore¬ casts. After all, it's generally such a benign weather area, its rarely very far between shelter, and the person on the scene often has a lot more insight into the weather than a guy fore¬ casting from 1,000 miles away. As such, the only times we pay any attention to weather forecasts is if we're crossing the Sea of Cortez or doing a Baja Bash. It's the same thing with the Puddle Jump in the spring. We'd just pick a day and go, because the chances of dangerous weather in that part of the Pacific at that time of year are almost nil. True, you might have light wind, but that's not bad because it would let every¬ one ease into the passage without getting seasick. Or you might have 20 knots of wind, which would also be great because you'd get a swift start to the long passage. tf If HURRICANE SEASONS In the May 21 'Lectronic Latitude, you wrote, "The Atlantic
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longer in good condition. Further, the forecast was for "deteriorating conditions," as a weather system had fueled up on the heat of the Gulfstream. The anemometer was at over 70 knots. This wasn't good ei¬ ther. N Fearing that letting the flaccid bow continue to pound would cause it to crack, if not break off, we elected to keep stern to the seas until the storm passed. This became kind of a game, since the waves were coming from two directions, and each set was way bigger than the roof of my barn — which is 45 feet. Our crew created a makeshift drogue by fastening pretty much anything we could find to anchor rodes, and then se¬ curing the bitter ends of the lines to the biggest winches. We ended up with a great long loop of line — festooned with life jackets and cushions — towed in an arc behind us. It didn't exactly hold us stem to the weather because the waves were coi^iingfrom two directions. But what it did do — and I haven't heard this in other discussions of such conditions — was make a notch in the crest of each wave as it broke down on top of us. Taking turns with two at a time on the tiller, we would then wrench the stern into the notch as the breaking wave crashed past us. The technique worked well enough that we're still around. After employing it for a couple of days until the storm passed, we gingerly motored back toward New England, being very wary of the panting bow. Eventually we got help from the ' Coasties. But the quickly-created drag probably saved our lives. One other thing I learned on that trip — don’t get stuck in breaking seas with a blue boat that has a white deck. At least not if you hope for the guys in the Coast Guard helicopters to be able to see you. Charles Beyor Vallejo ITI! CREW OPPORTUNITIES IN THE MARINA DEL REY AREA I'm writing in response to college student Brittany D,' who wrote a letter in the May issue wondering where in the USC area of Southern California she could get more involved in sailing on larger boats. I’d like to alert her and others to the Yacht Racers Resource Center — www.yrrc.com— presented by Elliott-Pattison Sailmakers, which brings skippers and crew together in the Marina del Rey area. Brittany should definitely tap into this resource, apart from doing everything else you suggested in your printed reply. Anil Bamezai Southern California Mwaxing philosophical about different topics It seems to me that a majority of the cruisers in Mexico have boats that were built in the '70s and '80s — although mostly in the '70s. Why? Because they are more affordable. All the newer and more expensive boats seem to be sitting in the marinas while their owners continue to have to work to pay for them. Meanwhile, people with the older and cheaper boats —- such as CT-41s, our Islander Freeport 41, and the like — are busy cruising. Sure, there are some wealthier folks out cruising with the latest and greatest, but they seem to be the exception. Actually, I haven't really made a detailed study of this, it just seems to be what I've noticed in passing. In the last issue. Latitude mused about the reasons for the lack of ethnic diversity in the sailing community. My wife Vir¬ ginia was raised in Korea, and each summer she used to sail her little Sunfish in the China Sea. Although she often of-
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SIGHTINGS the sausalito cup runneth over Just about everything went right with June 20-22's Sausalito Cup for IAAC boats, an event which had more than the normal potential for everything to go wrong. Audaciously conceived and primarily under¬ written by locals John Sweeney and Tina Kleinjan, the Sausalito Cup is de¬ signed to provide semi-serious racing for lovers of America’s Cup class boats. The Sausalito Cup is just the first of Sweeney and Kleinjan's four-event Challenge Series on San Francisco Bay for IAAC boats, with other events in July and September, and the highlight — with the Swiss Alinghi Teaih and hopefully others expected to participate — being the Worlds on October 11-19. One of the primary goals of the Sausalito Cup is to provide eg great show for spectators, so rather than av windward-leeward America's Cup course, the fleet raced from the front of Angel Island to the vicinity of the North Tower of the Golden Gate Bridge, to the Golden Gate YC, to Blossom, back up to Crissy, across the Bay and into Raccoon Strait to a mark off Tiburon, and back to the finish off Sausalito. There were viewing opportunities all over the place. We watched the racing from on the water, from Yellow Bluff, and from the Marin Headlands above the Golden Gate Bridge. All locations were great in their own way. Naturally, being 100 feet away from Oracle scream¬ ing across the Bay under an asymmetrical chute was exciting, but for second-guessing tactical moves, the amphitheater-like view from above the bridge was the most satisfying. Evert from that distance binoculars were rarefy needed to coherently follow the action. Of the Sausalito Cup's five entries, four were vin¬ tage: Mary Coleman's NZL-14; Karie and David Thomson's NZL-20; Peter Stoneberg's ITA-1 (the origi¬ nal II Moro); and John Sweeney's USA-11 (one of the old Stars & Stripes). The only modern LACC entry was Larry Ellison's Oracle BMW. It came as no surprise to anyone that Ellison's newer boat easily outshined the older designs, and she looked terrific. The four older designs had the best racing, however, and there was plenty of excitement. Sweeney and Stoneberg were the most aggressive. It made both crowd-pleasers, but cost them in torn spinnakers and left them at the bottom of the scoreboard. The two biggest surprises of the event were ideal weather and that the boats held together so well. There was atypical bril liant sunshine and no fog for all three days of racing, it was unusually warm, and it only blew over 20 knots for a brief period on the Cityfront. The latter was a good thing, be¬ cause even when new, IACC boats are very fragile, *and none have ever been de¬ signed or built for the rigor¬ ous summer sailing condi¬ tions that are common on San Francisco Bay. There were top sailors on all the boats —Chris Dickson aboard Oracle BMW; Dee Smith on II Moro; Hammish Pepper on NZL-14; Dawn Riley on USA-11; and Charlie McKee and Stu Bannatyne on NZL-20. But the continued on outside column of next sightings page
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lifejackets save lives
We sometimes think the countries ol the Middle East will form a United States of Islam long before sailors start wearing lifejackets regularly. The latest incident to underscore how this simple act can save lives occurred on June 14, when big waves capsized the 32-ft fishing boat Taki Tooo off Tillamook, Or¬ egon. Nineteen people went into the cold water. The 8 who donned lifejackets all lived. The 11 not wearing them all died. There are many other issues currently
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under investigation regarding this trag¬ edy, among them the condition of the boat, possible overloading, some people being belowdecks, and the wisdom of going out on a day when the harbor entrance was closed to recreational boats because of high surf. (Although several other fish¬ ing boats also went out and returned with¬ out incident.) But to us — and we hope to you — the big message is clear. Lifejackets save lives. Please wear yours.
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crews were not top flight all the way down the line on all boats, so nobody ob¬ jected when the fifth race was cancelled because of what looked as though it might be a very windy fi¬ nal race. For more photos (in color), see the June 23 and 25 ‘Lectronic Latitude at www.latitude38.com
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SIGHTINGS where,and when to catalina? "I have a Columbia 36 and I am gearing up to sail her to Catalina Island soon,” writes Eric Muro of San Francisco. "I have installed a GPS chartplotter, a radar, and have pretty much gone through the entire boat. Based on your experi¬ ence, when is the best time of the year to go to Catalina? When is the latest time of the year that you would depart for such a trip? I was told to allow three to four days to get there, pulling into a few marina^on the way down, and plan on dou¬ bling that amount of time for the return trip. Any comments on that? Also, what marinas would you recommend staying in overnight?" We thought Eric's questions were such good ones that we decided to feature them — and our response — in Sightings. All the Catalina experts -.... tell us that the best months of the year at the island are August and September, as that's when the air and water temperatures are the warm- ’ est and there is the least fog. The downside of August is that it's also the most crowded month on the island, and we assume you want to avoid that. But once Labor Day rolls around on September 1, most everyone returns to the mainland to put the kids in school. That makes September clearly the best time of year at Catalina for those without kids. Locals tell us the weather generally stays really nice until about the middle of October. The problem with that late in the year is that the days have gotten so much shorter. Catalina also has decent weather in April and May, but it can often be pretty cool. And the water is downright chilly. By the time June rolls around, the 'June Gloom' sets in, and you might not see the sun again until the middle of July. You can have a great time at Catalina during any of those months, but it's not prime time like August and Septem¬ ber. ' The good news about heading down in early August or early Sep¬ tember and coming back a little later — you didn't say how long you were plannihg to stay — is that chances are you'll have good weather for the trip down and the bash back up. If you were doing the trip in the spring or early summer, you'd have to anticipate very strong winds and heavy seas, and bashing north in those conditions could be diffi¬ cult. June's Coastal Cup, for example, featured winds to 40 knots, and - many of the boats had to be left in the Southland because the Central Coast winds didn't ap¬ pear as if they'd back off anytime soon. By late August and particularly September, however, the Pacific High has weak¬ ened, and coastal condi¬ tions are generally much more mellow. It can still blow, but it usually won’t blow as hard and there will be much longer pe¬ riods of good weather in between. Whether you enjoy the crowds of Avalon (above If you average six and spread) or the relative peace of Cat Harbor knots, it's going to take (above), Catalina offers the best of both worlds. you about 2.5 days underway to reach Catalina. So if you stop a couple of times on the way, it might take you five or six days to reach Catalina. On the way down, you might want to stop at Monterey, Morro Bay, the Cojo anchorage, or Santa Barbara. If the weather’s good and you and your crew aren't fatigued, we’d probably keep going right to the Cojo anchorage just continued on outside column of next sightings page
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Remember the bizarre incident last winter where one man threw another off a party boat and the man in the water drowned? Well, on June 12, a jury found Irish immigrant William Monaghan, 27, innocent of murdering Lionel Voillat, 30, after the two argued over Voillat’s girl¬ friend. The incident occurred on October 26 during a Halloween cruise aboard a Red and White ferry. The jury then dead¬ locked on the lesser charge of manslaugh¬ ter, and Superior Court Judge Philip Moscone declared a mistrial. Monaghan remains in jail. The next hearing on his case was slated for June 23. '< ':
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around the corner from Pt. Conception. After resting up, we'd set sail for Santa Cruz Island — you can go ashore on most of the island with¬ out a permit — and spend a couple of days there. It's a fabulous place and August and September are prime months there also. After that, it's just 90 miles or so to your final destination of Catalina. By then you will have probably run short of provisions. Rustic Two Harbors — a terrific place — has just one restaurant and a small store that carries the basic provisions. Avalon, 10 miles further down the coast, has many restaurants, a Von's supermarket, bright lights, and big crowds. For the trip back home, we'd figure on five or six days, assuming that you didn't want to push it. Depending on the weather, you might also want to consider stopping at Port San Luis, San Simeon, Santa Cruz, or Half Moon Bay. A late summer early/fall trip from San Francisco to Catalina — it's as good as cruising gets on the West Coast. • *
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It's been a while since readers have heard from Brian “BJ” Caldwell. Regular readers may remember a series of Sightings articles by and about him as he sailed solo around the world in the mid-’90s aboard the Contessa 26 Mai (Miti) Vavau. When he completed his round-about in his homeport of Honolulu in 1996, the 20-year-old Brian became —for a short time, anyway — the world’s youngest singlehanded circumnavi¬ gator. BJ contacted us awhile back to say he’s back on the sailing map, this time with a Mini Transat campaign. Here's a bit about it.. . It wasn’t long after my solo circumnavigation that I felt the irresistable need for nibse sailing. I tried briefly to recapture my ‘youngest’ record (usurped after only a few months by an Australian 18-year-old — Ed.) on borrowed yachts, but eventually gravitated toward doing deliveries — including 15 TransPac boats so far. In there somewhere, I also shored a spot on Bruno Peyron's 80-ft catamaran Explorer on a delivery from Honolulu to Tahiti. In 1999, I did the Sydney-Hobart Race with 20-year-old Australian prodigy skipper Liz Wardley and crew, taking first in division aboard the Elliot 36 'Phillip's Foote. I returned for the 2002 Sydney-Hobart where Brook Lenfest, Jeff Hanlon and I notched a fifth place aboard the Swan 86 Dreamland. Also in 2002, I found backing with Netcarrier, a software interface company on the U.S. East Coast, to do the solo Mini Transat race. A quick trip to France to look for the fastest mini available yielded Ronan Guerin’s Le Artisante, designed by two-time Mini Transat winner Seb Magnen. The all-carbon canting keeled machine is from the same mold as the last Mini Transat winner, Yannick Bestavin's Aquarrelle. My boat, now renamed Netcarrier, was built in 2001 by Francois Robert Chantier in Lorient, France. Ronan Guerin dominated the 2001 race season with her and led the 2001 Mini Transat from the start before dismasting in a gale on the Bay of Biscay. After a stop in Portu¬ gal, he went on to take third in the second leg to Brazil. For those of you unfamiliar with it, the Mini Transat Race was founded in 1977 by British sailor Bob Salmon as an affordable alter¬ native to the escalating costs of the solo OSTAR Trans-Atlantic Race. What began as a cavalier adventure to the Carribean has become a grand prix stepping stone for sailors hoping to reach the nonstop solo Vendee Globe Race or a 60-ft trimaran program. The boats are floating laboratories. Most of the innovations found on the larger Vendee Globe sisters and that modern cruising sailors take for granted were first pioneered on the minis. A few examples: water ballast, canting keels, gyro autopilots and twin rudders. The boats themselves are 6.5 meters (21 feet) long on the waterline and deck. Standard issue rig is a nearly 40-ft mast and enough sail area to outstrip a Farr 40 on many points of sail. Trying to exist on — let alone race — a Mini Transat yacht is somthing to be bargained with! It is like learning how to sail again. Netcarrier is right on the edge in every respect. She is proportionately far more radi¬ cal than her larger Open 60 sisters of the Vendee Globe. She will surf to 25 knots on autopilot with ease. So far, my personal best is a sus¬ tained 14 knots boatspeed in 15 knots of breeze with flat water and the fractional spinnaker! I’ve made lots of friends and contacts in my travels since Mai (Miti) Vavau, and put them to good use since arriving in France in June of 2002. It has been incredible to see this truly sail-crazed culture and its futuristic boats up close. I attended the launching of the trimaranGitana at the Multiplast yard (where the maxi cats Club Med and Inno¬ vation Explorer were built). Two things the French know a bit about are multihulls and wine — and both were in abundance there! I was fortunate to help Karen Faucconier's 60-ft trimaran Sergio Tacinni prepare for her 1,000 mile solo qualification for the Route du Rhum Race (if only for the day because I was good friends with one of her crew, Tonio Mermod, who I’d met on Bruno Peyron's Explorer). I even began the qualifier with them — pulling up the giant mainsail on the coffee grinder before jumping into the team's RIB with the rest of continued on outside column of next sightings page
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We’re not sure why the explosion of new reality shows reminds us vaguely of the SARS epidemic. But anyway, an Irish version recently topped the ratings when the schooner upon which the concept was based sank. It apparently all started with the concept of a show where a bunch of pretty people would be thrown together on a tallship and sail her around Ireland. Callers would watch the show and every week call in to make one person, we don’t know, walk the plank or something. The boat they picked was the 90-ft Carrie of Camaret, a salty, Plymouth-based char¬ ter schooner built in 1947. Things appar-
SIGHTINGS meets reality ently started going downhill soon after they renamed the boat Cabin Fever, which is also the name of the show. On June 6, Cabin Fever set out to sea with 10 contestants, two professional skippers and a film crew. The journey was to take eight weeks. One week into the trip — Friday the 13th, actually — Cabin Fever ran aground off the coast of County Donegal in clear visibility at 1:30 p.m. Shortly before 6 p.m., she sank. Every¬ one aboard survived, thanks in part to a pre-production course in sea survival — but in larger part to Irish Coast Guard continued middle of next sightings page
bj’s mini — cont’d the crew after a half hour at 20 knots. I’ve also notched up my fastest ever speed on the water during a day-long practice sail with Yvan Bourgnon's Rexona for Men. We hit 37 knots, with the added adrenaline of almost T-boning a cruising boat! Then it was on to St. Malo for the start of the disastrous 2002 Route du Rhum Race. Despite the fact that only three of the 18 trimarans went on to finish (Rexona capsized, and Gitana and Sergio Tachinni were both dismasted), it was the most spectacular gathering of tech¬ nology and talent I have witnessed. All the yachts were moored next to a 14th-Century castle and thousands of spectators were there to party and cheer on the lone heroes. Words fail me in trying to descibe the level of interest in sailing here. It really has to be seen to be believed. Back to my Netcarrier program: a gale in the first race of the season from Antibe to Tunisia prompted me to preserve the boat with a stop in Corsica. The weather in the Med is, well, it sucks. It's always on the continued on outside column of next sightings page
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bj’s mini — cont’d nose and either a full blown mistral or nothing. Surfing back to Antibe through a rainswept night at 14-15 knots with no visibility except for the rudders carving up t}ie sea was something worth remembering. The boat is a downright ocean-going surfboard. As.you might imagine, it takes much more than being a good sailor to be competitive in these boats — especially against the top French mini sailors on their second or third boats. You need to do your time. The question now is whether or not I can enter the Mini Transit this year. The race, held on odd-numbered years, is heavily oversubscribed for the 70sayailable spots. At this point, it would take a minor miracle to get in, but I’ll be trying hard in the various qualifiers to be ready for the September 14 start. Many of the spots go to former competitors. Those trying for the remaining ones must do either a 1,000 mile solo qualifier, or 1,000 miles of racing — although there’s also a few ‘wild card’ spots open to good-performing boats. Certain races are ‘weighted’ more than others. If not this time, then perhaps next. In the meantime, I’ll keep you \
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helicopters. A media analyst in Ireland lamented the fact that the film crew was not on board at the time, as “footage of the sinking would have been especially compelling.” Producers of the show have met with contestants to see if they would be will-
coast Between mid-May and mid-June, Group San Francisco Units responded to approximately 275 search and rescue (SAR) cases. The three explained in detail below give a sense of the wide variety of cases that the Coast Guard deals with
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SIGHTINGS — cont’d ing to destroy . . . oh, sorry, sail another ship if one could be found. However, the Irish government has refused to license another boat for the show until a com¬ plete investigation into the loss of the last one is completed.
bj’s mini — cont’d updated — especially if it’s possible to get the boat over to San Fran¬ cisco, which is a real possibility if the SSS TransPac permits entry of a 21-ft turbo-sled in their 2004 race! I am currently trailering the boat back to the north for more sailing. I am living on her and have use of a car to help ferry the circus around France. PS: I shook hands with the Vendee Globe winner Michel Desjoyeaux — and haven't washed that hand since!
watch every month. May 12 — A VHF channel 16 radio transmission that began mayday, mayday, mayday, was received at Group San Francisco. The male called indicated
— brian (bj) caldwell Readers — Just before presstime, we learned that BJ had come in fifth out of 84 boats in the fdoublehanded) Mini Fastnet Race, a perfor¬ mance that may help him score a wild card berth in the Mini Transat, whose ‘proper’ title this year, by the way, is the Transat 650 Charente Maritime. The course is from La Rochelle to El Salvador, Brazil, with a stop in Puerto Calero in the Canaries, a total of more than 4,000 miles.
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the iceman cometh — on the ha-ha For Ray Erickson, February 10 wasn't your typical Monday after¬ noon. Just after 6 p.m., he was relaxing on the enclosed aft deck of his liveaboard 40-ft Chris Craft on B dock in Santa Cruz Harbor when the phone rang. He went inside the boat to answer it and within minutes, the tranquil afternoon was shattered with a loud bang! from the aft deck. “I thought ‘Holy Christ, what was that?’” says the 73-year-old semiretired engineer. Telling his friend on the phone, “I’ll get back to you,” he went aft to discover a pie-sized hole in his large skylight and two fist-size pieces of ice on the deck amid the fragments. He also noticed an airliner flying overhead. He picked up one of the ice chunks and knew almost immediately what it was — blue ice, basically frozen sewage that leaks out of the holding tanks of airliners and freezes at high altitude. (It’s named for the azur-hued sanitizer put in the water, but the ice itself is not always actually blue.) When the plane descends into warmer air, the ice falls off. Erickson made the instant connection because three weeks earlier, a house less than a mile away from the Marina had been hit by the stuff. He put the pieces in a baggie ancl put them in his freezer until a local environmental group could run analysis on it. Sure enough, the ice contained human waste material. Erickson isn’t one of those guys who wanted millions for ‘pain and suffering’. He was content to receive an apology and enough money to cover the repairs to his boat. But his initial calls to the FAA weren’t promising. “All I got from them in seven calls is that the planes that fly over this area start in Los Angeles and land in^Ban Francisco,” he says. ‘They start descending over Santa Cruz to get in the holding pattern at SFO.” With the FAA a dead end for further information, Erickson simply went to a travel agent and asked what flights were available on week¬ days from LA to San Francisco at around 6 p.m. American Airlines Flight 1950 was the only one, he was told. Erickson then phoned American, but got the same runaround and nonresponses to his messages. At that point, he filed to sue in small claims court. A week before the May 22 court date, an American Air¬ lines insurance rep called and offered half of the $3,200 Erickson wanted. He said no. The rep asked him to make a counteroffer. He said, “Okay, you send me the money and we don’t have to go to court.” End of conversation. American Airlines flew a representative up from Texas to attend the hearing. He wasn’t quite prepared for the TV cameras and print report¬ ers that pounced on him as he arrived at the courthouse — by now, Erickson and his blue ice had attained full celebrity status locally. The judge heard the evidence — among it, that DC-9 holding tanks continued on outside column of next sightings page
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“didn’t leak” and that the airliner arrived earlier in San Francisco than Erickson claimed. Before rendering a decision several weeks later, he did a bit of digging on his own and found out that one of the reasons Boeing was replacing the DC-9 with the new 717 was because the DC-9s have a blue ice problem. Erickson got notification by mail that he’d won the case — and $3,236 — on Friday the 13th of June. “It was the same day I’d planned a party at the boat, so that made it all the more enjoyable," he says. American has 30 days to appeal the decision, but Erickson figures with all the publicity, they’re prob¬ ably more than ready to pay up “just to get rid of me.” ' ^ And the publicity this story hasx £ generated shows no signs of slowing < down. Erickson has had requests for 5 interviews from all across the coun° try, the UK, South America and Aus-tralia. A few days before talking to Ray Erickson points out the hole in us, he even got a call from a heavily his overhead made by blue ice. accented reporter in Moscowl His story has already appeared on CNN, CNBC and just about all the local Northern California stations. A final note of interest: Ray ‘Iceman’ Erickson will be part of the 2003 Baja Ha-Ha Cruiser’s Rally this fall. He’s helping longtime friend Tom Walerius bring his boat Francis Rae down to Mexico for some serious post-retirement cruising.
everest horizontal capsizes We received wordjust before presstime that on June 20, the keel had fallen off Tim Kent’s Open 50 Everest Horizontal and the boat had cap¬ sized 110 miles out of Bermuda on the way to Newport, Rhode Island, in the second half of the Bermuda 1-2. Fortunately, Tim and crewman (it’s a doublehanded race) Rick McKenna survived. Only a couple of months ago, Kent, a 51 -year-old Great Lakes-based sailor, had completed the 28,000-mile Around Alone Race, coming in second in Class II. Everest Horizontal, a Jim Antrim design, was chris¬ tened in the Bay (as Convergence) in 1999. Speculation was of course rampant as we went to press. Our contri¬ bution: the boat did hit rocks when she was being towed or escorted into New Zealand back in January, which could have been the start of a failure. We are not aware that she was ever pulled out of the water for inspection after that. Here’s Tim’s account of the incident^ which appeared on the race’s main website, www.newportyachtclub.org/bermudal-2/. Then we’ll bring you a short update on the recovery effort. (Aboard the Nordic Empress, bound for New York City) — Shortly after reporting our position to the Bermuda 1-2 Race Committee last night, and learning that we were just a few miles behind Tim Troy on Margaret Anna, Rick and I were psyched to have a great battle all the way to Newport. But the battle turned out to be with the sea instead of our competi¬ tors. We were sailing at 12 to 13 knots in steadily building breeze un¬ der full main and solent (our working jib) when, about 9:30 p.m., two sharp BANGS! sounded from down below. We did not slow as if we had hit anything, but the boat began to round up and lay on her side. With continued on outside column ot next sightings page
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he had a fire onboard his black, 18-foot vessel. When asked for his location, he told Group personnel he was located in “Oakland Bay”. Then he changed his mind and told the Group he was outside the port of Oakland. When asked for his lati¬ tude and longitude, the caller was not able to provide one. He was also unable to pro¬ vide any landmark information. Despite the fact that it was just after 1 p.m. with clear visibility, he told the Group he could “not see anything”. Group personnel then asked where he launched his boat from, as well as his vehicle information, if any. After initially hesitating, he stated that he launched from the Berkeley Marina, but did not have a vehicle at the marina. “Some guys dropped me off,” he said. Fi¬ nally, the boat numbers he provided upon the Group’s request belonged to a stolen vessel, and the telephone number he pro¬ vided was from a 7 /11 convenience store.
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SIGHTINGS At that point, the caller was advised that it was a violation of the FCC regulations to transmit a false distress on VHF chan¬ nel 16. The caller then told the Group he was not in distress, and apologized for any inconvenience. Later that same day. Group received another mayday call on VHF channel 16. It sounded just like the earlier male caller. This time, he stated he was having “a bit of trouble”, but refused to give a phone number or location. He was again advised about the FCC violations. On May 13, the same male caller once again transmitted a mayday over VHF channel 16. This time, he told the Group he was in the Sacramento River, but once again refused to provide a phone number. Once again, he was advised of the FCC regulations. This time, he asked the Group why this FCC advisory was continued middle of next sightings page
capsize — cont’d the mast and sails in the water, I climbed around the stern of the boat to look at the keel to see what had happened. The sight that greeted me was chilling — the lead bulb had snapped off of the keel strut. Everest Horizontal, the wonderful boat that had carried me so safely around the world, was crippled beyond my ability to help her. I climbed back to the cabin, where Rick was unlashing the safety gear required by Around Alone. Thank goodness for their strict rules about pyro¬ technics! I had just gotten the big waterproof box of flares and a headlamp and we were reaching for the EPIRB when Everest began to roll over, which she did very quickly, trapping both of us under the boat. Rick was in the cabin and swam to the stem. I released my tether and followed him out. The best sight I have seen in many years was coming to the surface and seeing Rick bobbing in waves next to me! We each picked a rudder, climbed up on the upturned bottom of the boat and held on. And on the horizon was a brightly lit cruise ship! She was the Royal Caribbean ship Nordic Empress, under the command of Yngvar Knutsen. Captain Knutsen and his crew had no trouble locat¬ ing us, as I lit up the sky over the next hour with 10 of our 12 para¬ chute flares and later hand-held flares from the box. I was most fortu¬ nate to have taken the headlamp, as it made it possible for me to read the instructions on the various flares! continued on outside column of next sightings page
Wabbit boats and their owners are a breed SSL apart. The fun little Wylie boats enjoy a loyal IP following complete with its own language. We think the guy hiking out is flashing the stan- jjjS dard greeting, bunnies all over ya.'
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SIGHTINGS capsize — cont’d The Nordic Empress arrived on site and lowered a lifeboat. Then — to the cheers of the passengers and a galaxy of flashbulbs — the crew made their way to our crippled race boat. They were wonderfully pro¬ fessional, coming alongside and tossing out a lifering. I sent Rick first, wanting a few more moments with Everest before I was forced to aban¬ don her. With my inflatable vest blown up, I then dove in for the lifering and was hauled aboard the lifeboat. I never saw Everest again. We arrived alongside and the lifeboat was hauled back up to the sixth levehwhere we were issued blankets and taken directly to the infirmary. Wfe were both thoroughly checked by the ship’s doctor and nursing staff, issued clothing, and were sent to individual rooms for hot showers. The staff and crew of the Nordic Empress have been won¬ derful to us. Captain Knutsen and his wife had us up to their cabin where Rick and I expressed our thanks for our rescue .... and our lives. Ironically, our start in Bermuda had been delayed for two hours while this ship got underway from St. Georges. There is a lot more to be said, and I will write more about it all in the days to come.'For now, Rick and I are most aware of how incredibly fortunate we are. Thank God for the wonderful crew of this great ship for saving us. We look forward to seeing our family and friends; we dock in New York City on Sunday morning. As this was written, a recovery effort was being put together by fel¬ low Around Alone racers Brad Van Liew and Alan Paris. They had em¬ ployed a couple of divers and a drift analysis expert and were planning to charter a boat as soon as possible. Kent was due to join the effort at the soonest opportunity. In the meantime, check the Bermuda 1 -2 website mentioned earlier, orwww.everesthorizontal.com.
early ha-ha entries get berths in cabo Ha-Ha Honchette Lauren Spindler reports that the first eight paidup entries have been received for this fall’s 750-mile Baja Ha-Ha Cruis¬ ers Rally from San Diego to Cabo San Lucas. The order the entries are received is important, because that’s the order boats are assigned slips at the Cabo Isle Marina. On the last Ha-Ha leg to Cabo, it seems as though half the fleet begs the Grand Poobah to skate them to the front of the line so they can get a berth. The Poobah doesn’t do it because it wouldn't be fair, would it? Besides, most of the time it's much nicer being anchored out in the clear water of the bay than in the marina, which thanks to the sportfishing boats, can be very smelly and noisy. In any event, here are the first eight entries in Baja Ha-Ha 10.
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Scarlett O’Hara / Serendipity 43 / John & Renee Prentice / San Diego Tete de Cuvee/ Island Packet 35 / Bruce Emmons / Santa Rosa Beach Music / Tayana 52 / Kirby & Pam Coryell / Lafayette Tumbleweed / Passport 40 / David & Mollie Spaulding / Sausalito Maverick / Valiant 47 / Donald Naples & Janet Thorp / Healdsburg Dream Seeker I Beneteau Oceanis 41 / Tom Lilienthal / El Cerrito Concerto I Valiant 40 / Eric & Rhonda Ingleman / Manhattan Beach Flocerfida / Columbia 34 / Jaspar & Flocerfida Benincasa / Las Vegas
This year's Ha-Ha — which, as always, has stops in funky Turtle Bay and the naturally spectacular Bahia Santa Maria — starts from San Diego on October 27 and ends in Cabo on November 8. If you can’t decide whether to do the Ha-Ha or cruise south on your own, we sug¬ gest you seek the opinions of folks who have done a Ha-Ha — or two, or three, or four. As the Grand Poobah, we're naturally terribly biased, but the Ha-Ha has been a terrific experience for many sailors — even for those who have gotten married as a result of it. For those who have been in a cave for the last decade, the event is open to boats over 27 feet that were designed, built, and have been maintained for open ocean sailing, and have a crew of at least two continued on outside column of next sightings page
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coast watch being passed to him. He also admitted he had no reason to call the Coast Guard. Two hours later, mayday man was back on the air. The Group personnel asked him to switch to VHF channel 22A. The caller then said that he was underneath the Sacramento Bridge. Group personnel tried to keep him on the radio long enough to locate him using direction-finding equipment. However, the caller did not talk long enough to establish his location. Group then contacted the FCC and re¬ quested assistance in locating this caller. The caller broke silence on May 15
SIGHTINGS with another mayday on channel 16. He notified Group that the nature of his dis¬ tress was “an intoxicated crewmember”. Group personnel immediately notified the FCC so that they could start tracing the caller. The Group then asked the caller to switch to VHF channel 22A where they kept him on the radio long enough for the FCC to trace his location. The FCC discovered the caller was placing these calls from shore. They are currently investigating these hoax calls. May 23 — Just after 6 a.m., the
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Coast Guard Command Center in Alameda received a 243 MHz satellite dis¬ tress signal located approximately eight nautical miles southwest of Bodega Head. The Command Center immediately noti¬ fied Group San Francisco who in turn briefed Station Bodega Bay. The Group issued an urgent marine information broadcast (UMIB) to advise anyone near that location about the receipt of this
Several years ago, as part of one of our ‘Springtime in the Boatyards’ features, we wrote up a fascinating octegenarian who was just finish¬ ing up building a boat and had big plans about going sailing. We lost --track of him until recently, when lo and behold, that boat and smile looked familiar. Could it be?....
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Next time you feel you may be getting too old to sail, think about George Knolle. He started building a boat when he retired at age1 65, and didn’t launch it until 20 vears later. And now, at 92, still young in spirit and healthy, he still lives aboardhis 37-ft gaff rigged ketch | Stormalong. 9 George comes from hardy German stock. His family o emigrated to the United States from Canada and settled in the Seattle area, George Knolle, 92 and still going strong. _ where he was raised. He re¬ members reading about boats as soon as he learned to read, especially stories about going to sea. His first book was The Venturesome Voyages of Captain Voss, and he still keeps a copy of it on his bookshelf. He got his start on the water at 15. That’s when he decided he’d had enough of school, and ran away to follow his dream of going to sea. It didn't take long to find himself a freighter, where he worked as a deck boy for $25 a month. Over the years, he worked his way up the ladder to Boatswain. George worked throughout the Pacific and Asia on mer¬ chant ships, with occasional stints ashore in shipyards. He remem¬ bers taking a load of timber to Shanghai in 1927 and battling North Pacific gales. He loved being at sea. His only regret was being a few decades late and missing the age of sail. In 1938, George married, inheriting several children from his wile's first marriage, and not long after, had twin sons of his own. When World War II broke out, George spent two years in the mer¬ chant marine, which he claims had the highest rate of casualties per capita of any other branch of the service during the war. After the war, George realized that he not only had to put bread on the table, but also be at home for his family. He left the lucrative mer¬ chant service and settled for the security of a steady paycheck as a driver for the San Francisco-based Railway Express Agency. But the dream stayed alive. He continued to read sailing books and design plans. And when he retired in 1977 at age 65, he decided it was time to build a sailboat — he’d long before decided on a replica of Joshua Slocum’s Spray — and get back on the water. He started the boat at home but quickly ran out of room. So he had the framework trucked to the famous Allemand Brothers boatyard in San Francisco, rented a spot and set out to work. George worked as often as he could. He had no previous building experience, but he could read plans — and boatbuilding books — and learned as he went along. Twenty years and hundreds of board feet of mahogany and oak later, the 37-ft gaff ketch was poised for launch. It was 1991, and George was 80 years old. Since that launching, George has enjoyed sailing the Bay and Delta in Stormalong. After his wife passed away in 1985, he sold the house and moved aboard. In 1998, he moved the boat to Brisbane Marina, and continued to enjoy his boating neighbors and life afloat. By the time he was 90, says George, “I figured I better start thinking about my future.” He applied for a space at the Veteran’s Home at continued on outside column of next sightings page
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The second start of the DaimlerChrysler North Atlantic Challenge on Saturday, June 21, featured the five largest yachts in the 63boat fleet (most of which left a week earlier). From left to right, they are the schooner ‘Windrose’and the super-sloops ‘UCA’, ‘HSA Nordbank’, ‘Team 888’and ‘Zephyrus 5’. The latter is the Bay-based R/P 86 launched last year by Bob McNeil. At presstime, ‘Nordbank’ (the chartered and renamed Morning Glory’) had dropped out after mast damage, and another boat, the 46-ft ‘Monsun’, had sunk after taking on wa¬ ter during a storm. Her crew were all rescued safely. The inaugural DaimlerChrysler is a 3,600mile race from Newport, Rl, to Cuxhaven, Ger¬ many. It is one of, if not the, largest trans-At¬ lantic fleet ever assembled. You can follow the action at www.dcnac.de.
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SIGHTINGS EPIRB signal, and requested all mariners to be on the lookout for anyone in dis¬ tress in that area. Station Bodega Bay launched its 47-foot motor lifeboat (MLB), arriving on scene at the source of the sig¬ nal within 30 minutes. There they found a 24-foot pleasure craft. Upon boarding the vessel, the crew discovered that the EPIRB was activated because the pin was continued middle of next sightings page
ancient mariner — cont’d Yountville, just north of Napa. But since his beloved calico cat Tiger wasn’t allowed, George decided to find a berth for Stormalong and Ti¬ ger as near to the Yountville Home as possible. Luckily, Napa Valley Marina lies only 20 minutes away. George and Tiger recently made the move. While George waits to hear from the Veteran’s Home about his ac¬ ceptance, he and Tiger are content enjoying the peace and tranquility of Napa Marina. For the happy crew of Stormalong, it doesn't get any better than that. —john skoriak
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OCEANS OF THE WORLD — Joni Mitchell was right, you don’t know what you’ve got ‘til it’s gone. And the unspoken message of a recent study is: appreciate whales and dolphins while you can. According to the study, commissioned and recently released by the World Wildlife Fund, some 308,000 marine mammals die in fishing nets every year. That averages out to almost 850 whales and dolphins per day. The study, which appears to be the first global estimate of the problem, estimates that several species will be lost in the next few decades if nothing is done. And all this time we believed that the prob¬ lem of ‘byfi&tch’ — nontarget animals getting caught as part of the fishing process (remember the tuna ban?) — had become almost a non-issue due to better fishing techniques. Not so, say the American and Scottish scientists who analyzed cetacean deaths in 125 popula¬ tions from 1990 to 1999. Perhaps even more disturbing: most of the deaths of tested animals occurred in U.S. waters, where commercial fishing has at least at¬ tempted to decrease bycatch cetacean deaths (claims from the ipdus: try are a 40 percent reduction in the last decade). Imagine how much those totals might go up if you factor in countries — read ‘most of them’ — who don’t care about such things. SAN FRANCISCO BAY — The Nippon Maru II. at 361 feet and 2,570 tons one of the world’s largest tallships, will arrive in San Francisco from Japan on July 11. She will be open to the public at Pier 27 on continued on outside column of next sightings page
Rock on — ‘Dianne’s antics at the start of th Coastal Cup almost made the photographer have to change his shorts. The original Express 27 — a cold-molded boat from which the production molds were taken — went on to win Division E. To find out what happened after they made it out of the rocky maze off Baker Beach, turn to page 120.
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incorrectly inserted. It turns out that this same P/C was involved in a similar SAR case just the previous evening. Before the crew departed, they provided the owner with training on the EPIRB. From start to finish, this case took 10 hours of com¬ bined personnel and resource time. May 23 — The Sailing Vessel Juaquin notified the Group on VHF channel 16 of a white cabin cruiser spinning in circles in San Pablo Bay with no one apparently aboard. Station Vallejo launched a 23-foot light utility boat (UTL). The Mission City Police also responded with their boat from Loch Lomond Marina, as did the Vallejo Fire Department with their boat, Neptune. The motor vessel White Holly notified the Group that they were in the vicinity, and had a registered nurse on board who was willing to assist. The Vallejo boat was the first on scene. They discovered two people onboard, a man slouched over the center console and a woman lying on the deck. The police' turned off the engine, and
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SIGHTINGS — cont’d transferred the registered nurse from the M/V White Holly to the cabin cruiser. The Neptune aiso took the cabin cruiser in side-tow and proceeded to the Loch Lomond Marina. While en route, the nurse examined the man and woman, and the preliminary diagnosis was carbon mon¬ oxide poisoning. Once the cabin cruiser was safely moored at the marina, the man and woman were transferred to emer¬ gency medical service personnel for fur¬ ther transport to the local hospital. EMS believes the man may have suffered from a stroke. Carbon ihonoxide is known as the ‘silent killer’ because it is tasteless, odor¬ less, Colorless, and mixes evenly with the air. Every year boaters are either injured or killed by carbon monoxide, with most incidents occurring in older boats or those with cabins. Carbon monoxide enters these spaces via exhaust leaks, where it collects. The best way to prevent this from
shorts — cont’d July 12-13, from 1 to 5 p.m. Free tours will be available to explore this magnificent ship, which arrives here as both part of an ongoing train¬ ing program for Japanese merchant marine sailors, and as a goodwill
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How many bags of sails does your boat have again? This is ‘Nippon Maru II’ flying most of her, ahem, 36 sails. ambassador. San Francisco has always had strong ties with Japan, and Nippon Maru ITs visit presents a unique opportunity for cultural exchange. The complement aboard Nippon Maru II — 170 regular crew and 103 cadets — are in the midst of an 85-day training cruise, whose only other stops will be Hilo and Honolulu. Japan’s Sea Training Institute, which runs the ship, also operates six other training ships which also travel all over the world. / The Nippon Maru II was launched in February 15, 1984. Her homeport is Tokyo. , For more information, call Miwi Arai at 415-447-9822. AUSTRALIA — The round-Australia sailing record of 43 days, 19 hours, was set in September-October, 1999, by the 60-ft Magna Data. Average speed fqr the 6,500-mile trip was 6.2 knots. That record is currently under attack by the Lyons 52 Kaz with seven aboard. What makes this record attempt a bit different is that skipper David Pescud and his crew all have various disabilities — dyslexia, deafness, spinabifida, two one-armed crew and one with no legs. They departed Sydney on May 25, and at this writing, were about 3/4 of the way home in their counterclockwise assault, and eight days ahead of Ma¬ gna Data’s time. An extra ingredient for success are daily weather re¬ ports by Kiwi weather guru Roger ‘Clouds’ Badham (who’s done simi¬ lar work for various America’s Cup and Whitbread campaigns). They must finish before July 7 to set a ngw record. You can follow their progress— and the result — at www.sailorswithdisabilities.com/03/ index.html. STOCKTON — A 30-ft SeaRay motorboat exploded at the fuel dock at Village West Marina on June 14, injuring a woman passenger. The boat had apparently just been picked up after servicing at a local boatyard, and the couple who owned it, Terry and Janet Mack of Stockton, were filling it up before motoring away. Witnesses reported that the explosion blew hatches, engine covers and vents right off the boat. Terry was miraculously unharmed, but his wife sustained burns on her legs and thigh. She was taken to the hospital where she was listed in stable condition. Bob Kendall, harbormaster at Village West, noted that the boat’s fire supression system stopped the further spread of continued on outside column of next sightings page
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SIGHTINGS shorts — cont’d fire after the explosion.. HALF MOON BAY — How would you like to be poking around under your boat for a lost money clip and instead find, oh, say a tor¬ pedo? That’s just what happened in Half Moon Bay on June 12. Diver Mike Stone had been hired by a local boater to retrieve a money clip he’d dropped when he found the big ‘fish’ in just 15 feet of water — near a fuel dock, yet! The harbormaster evacuated all boaters from the harbor and called the Navy. The boys in blue sent their Explosive'Ord¬ nance Disposal Team down to remove the torpedo — a 500-pound World War II mod^kwhich had had its detonator removed — and haul it five miles out to sea for detonation. The Navy was known to have dumped munitions 20 to 50 miles offshore after the war, but it’s not exactly known how this torpedo showed up in the harbor. Speculation ik that it got caught in a fisherman’s net and had either been slipped or dumped overboard when he returned to port. NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND — Derek Hatfield aboard the 40-ft Spirit of Canada crossed the finish line of the Around Alone Race on May 31, bringing this latest edition of the solo round-the-world race to an officontinued on outside column of next sightings page
Day on the Bay (clockwise from here) — dinghy sailing off Baker Beach; a wave from the lovely ‘Radiant’; ‘Blue Water’ catting about; ‘Sassy Mama ’ struts her stuff; we watched these guys for 10 minutes and never did figure out what they were trying to do; ‘Resolution’ coming at ya; all smiles aboard ‘Qu’Apeiie’; all we ask is a tall ship, and a bridge to sail her under. All photos latltude/jr.
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coast watch happening to you is to conduct regular maintenance on all carbon monoxide sources such as gasoline engines and gen¬ erators. This includes looking for exhaust
sailstice Over 1,400 people signed up for Sum¬ mer Sailstice on the event website, and many thousands more joined them in going out to sail on June 21. Scientifi¬ cally speaking, the solstice on that day — the longest of the year — marked the offi¬ cial start of summer. Unscientifically speaking, the Summer Sailstice creators thought that was a great day to urge ev¬ eryone everywhere to just get out on the water to appreciate sailing, friends and
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a success nature. From Tel Aviv to Tokyo, and Alaska to Venezuela, sailors from 15 countries took part in Sailstice, which is now in only its third year. Locally, the biggest get-together was at OCSC in Berkeley, where 400 people were treated to music, barbecue, sunset sails, and even a cool Nordic bonfire and pagan toast. For more on the event, log orito www.summersails tice. com.
shorts — cont’d cial end. Thirteen boats started the five-leg Around Alone last September. Ten, including Hatfield, officially finished. His arrival a full month af¬ ter the lead boat, Bernard Stamm’s Class I winner Bobst Group Armor Lux, was due to Spirit of Canda being dismasted on Leg 3. Determined to finish the race, Hatfield spent five weeks rigging a new mast in Ushuaia, Argentina, before resuming racing. There are deadlines for every leg of Around Alone except the last, so whenever he arrived, he would officially complete the race. The icing on the cake: his record on the previous legs was good enough to land him in third place in Class II. NEW YORK — The 53-ft trimaran Great American II arrived in New York May 28, 72 days and 15,000 miles out of Hong Kong. And mission(s) accomplished: one goal of co-skippers Rich Wilson and Rich du Moulin was to break a 154-year-old record held by the 192-ft clipper Sea Witch. The old ship gave them a run for the money, but they ultimately took two days off her 1849 record. The main goal of the sail, however, was a real-life educational adventure for 360,000 schoolkids who followed the voyage on Wilson’s www.sitesalive.com website.
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COASTAL CUP '03 TT K 1 east and famine. Terror and te¬ dium. Fast and furious — and infuriat¬ ingly slow. If there were ever a yin-yang and, on odd-numbered years, the offshore race, the annual 360-mile dash TransPac. In this division alone, 7 of the from San Francisco to Catalina is it. In 16 entries were slated to depart for Ha¬ almost every running of this mini-marawaii in early July. thon from its incep¬ The race also tion in the 1980s by served as an interest¬ the Metropolitan YC, ing teaser to that through a 'hostile event as the West takeover' by Encinal Coast's two premier YC in the '90s (that turbo sieds, Kahn's used Santa Barbara 2001 R/P 77 Pegasus and Ventura as des¬ and Roy Disney's tinations for several 1999 R/P 75 Pyeyears), to its return to wacket'meU for the the Island of Ro¬ first time since the mance last year —^ '01 TransPac — a racers are abused by duel which went to too much wind on the the winged horse. top end, and virtually Both boats had none at the bottom. Above, overall winner Dale Scoggin of 'Run been impeccably pre¬ This year's race, Wild.' Below, 'Pythagoras' heads out to sea. pared, turboed to the which started on Sat¬ urday, June 14, was no exception. Well, new max allowed by TransPac, and except that there was even more wind staffed with rockstars. Peter Isler took than usual ori-the top end. That first over navigating duties on Pyewacket, re¬ night, almost everyone recorded steady placing regular navigator Stan Honey wind in the 35-knot range, and several who sailed his own boat (the Cal 40 Illu¬ bpats reported sustained blasts into the sion]I on this race and will also do so on mid-40s. Everyone who stayed in one TransPac. Pegasus' regular navigator, piece reported spectacular rides south Mark Rudiger, was also absent, as he and under a full moon and clear skies, with a couple other Pegasus guys sailed in last many claiming thi§ race had the highest month's Daimler Chrysler TransAtlantic speeds and most glorious runs they've Challenge. ever experienced in the ocean. For oth¬ Pegasus 77s crew for the Coastal Cup ers, it was the most costly: two boats included Marco Constant, Mark 'Crusty' were dismasted, three broke rudders, Christensen, Morgan Larson, Mike Mottl, and others simply ran out of sails to re¬ Mo Hart, Jeff Madrigali, Brian Ledbetter, place the ones blown into confetti. Steve Erickson, Stu Bettany, Sean Countless sails, spinnaker poles and 'Doogie' Couvreux, Adam Beashel, boat other gear gave their all. In typical captain Zan Drejes and Kahn's 13-yearCoastal Cup irony, however, most of the old son, Samuel Shark' Kahn. 15 DNFs dropped out for lack of wind in In Rudiger's absence, Kahn — admit¬ the last few miles. ting to "quite basic" skills — took over When the spray cleared, two amazing the navigation. Unfortunately, a wave efforts shone through: Philippe Kahn's snuck below in the early going and well-heeled Pegasus 77 campaign anni¬ drenched the laptop that was running hilated the old course record, and the the boat's navigational program. Al¬ decidedly low-budget effort on Dale though Kahn was later able to get the Scoggin's Olson 30 Run Wild came to¬ program running on the other on-board gether to take overall corrected honors. With an hellacious flood flowing through the Golden Gate, 40 boats an¬ swered the 10 a.m. starting gun off Baker Beach. Huge gains and losses were made in just the first hour as boats pinballed along the rocky shore in light breeze and washing-machine tide rips. Once clear of Seal Rocks, the breeze filled in, the kites went up and the fun began.
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computers, the interface to the instru¬ ments was shot. So they stuck to the game plan — basically staying out about 35 miles — tire old fashioned way, with paper charts and handheld GPSs. Starting at the pin end, Pyewacket got more immediate tide relief and by the time the two boats cleared Land's End, had stretched out about a 30-boatlength lead over Pegasus. Then the cat and mouse (cat and horse?) game began. Kahn reported in his daily log on the www.pegasusracing.com website that the two sleds traded off the lead several times within sight of each other in build¬ ing wind before dark. Both also wit¬ nessed the other blow up at least one kite each. One of those on the Disney boat decapitated the masthead wand, rendering their wind instruments and attendant VPP programs useless. "It's a good thing it was a full moon so we could see where we were going," joked crew¬ member Scott Easom. The really big breeze came in the wee hours. Between midnight and 1 a.m., almost all boats were recording high 30s with gusts over 40, and their highest speeds through the water — sometimes the highest speeds they or many of the crew had ever seen. All five regular driv-
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Above, 'Pegasus 77' shortly after the start. Be¬ low, overall winner 'Run Wild' makes tracks below Sea Cliff. one at 3 d.m. Sunday, which kept the boat on her side for almost five minutes. Like Pegasus, their game plan was to go out about 30 miles so as to catch the breeze sooner and keep it longer. As it turns out, everyone this year had breeze no matter where they were. Gone With the Wind, which last raced to Catalina in 1991, finished shortly be¬ fore dawn on Monday. Unlike many of her competitors, she proceeded on to Avalon where Bill had rented a house for the crew and — as the cliche goes — a good time was had by all. "This race had all the right ingredi¬ ents," figured Wijsen: "Good wind, a great boat, and a terrific group of guys." 'The 'Goners also had the best nature’
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story of the race. Off San Miguel Island, around dawn on Sunday morning, they were still doing 15-20 knots when a whale surfaced two boatlengths to sea¬ ward of them — and going the same speed! "It was just like the typical dol¬ phin experience, except he was bigger than the boat!" says Leroy. The escort lasted for about five minutes, long enough for the off-watch to come up and share the unusual experience. DNFs in Class A included Bartz Schneider's SC 50 Entropy, which dismasted in a spectacular 18-knot round-down 50 miles off Morro Bay (the crew managed to save the mast, rigging and sails before motoring into Morro Bay), Roger Groh's SC 50 Dasher, which broke a rudder, and Tom Garnier's J/ 125 Reinrag 2, which blew their main out.
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Class B (TransPac 52s) The shiny new Beau Geste proved un¬ beatable against three of her TfansPac 52 peers in her West Coast debut. Of course, it didn't hint that the new Fandesign — they literally peeled the shrink¬ wrap off a month before the start of this race — was staffed by Kiwi wunderkind Gavin Brady, who has skippered several previous boats llvthe ongoing, Hong Kong-based Beau Geste program. Crew included a cadre of mostly Kiwi Volvo and America's Cup veterans, including navi¬ gator Steve Hayles, Sean Clarkson, Jamie Gale, Kevin Harrap, Jon Gunder¬ son, Mitch White and boat captain Mark Findlay. The only ’local' among Che crew was Heather Flick, a friend of owner Karl Kwok, who unfortunately couldn't make the race. The two other first-timers aboard were Jim Schmicker from the Farr office (the only other American) and German sailmaker Mickey Ickert. "These are serious guys," says Heather of Beau Geste'smad dash down the coast. "They must have done 25 or 30 sail changes — I lost count at 15." Of all the boats we talked to for this article, Beau Geste hit the highest speed — a 32-knot burst in the wee hours of Sunday morning with the windmeter showing 40 knots and the boat flying off the back of one wave and through the one ahead. And yes, it was wet. Heather awoke at one point to find her digital camera under six inches of water slosh¬ ing around the bilge (the storage chip
'Gone With the Wind'crew (clockwise from left), Bill Leroy, Keith Stanke, Seadon Wijsen, John Perkins, Carlos Badell, Gerry Swinton, Chris Perkins, Dave Kresge. Missing: 'photo Phil' Perkins survived) — and one of the round-theworld veterans noted, "If we were on a Volvo 60, the bunks would be dry and we'd be down below cooking," Beau Geste went farther south than Page 122 • Ut&JiW • July, 2003
most before jibing to cross the gap be-v tween the uppermost Channel Islands and Santa Barbara. Even after the wind backed off near Catalina, they managed to find a windline and carry at least a little breeze to the finish, where they buttonhooked around .and motored straight to Marina del Rey, the boat's base until TransPac. Incredibly, the 'BG's never rounded up, didn't 'damage any gear and didn't lose any sails. Flash was the only DNF in this fourboat class. They broke a rudder and motored into Santa Cruz. s N v \
Class C When Dale Winson arrived in Avalon and started sharing war stories with other racers, one of the most common comments was "You only rounded up once?" That's right, but it was a doozy. One of the first boats to set a kite af¬ ter rounding Land's End, Winson’s Olson 40 Pythagoras — which he bought new 19 years ago and still considers "the per¬ fect boat" — took off. After a brief respite under poled-out 95% jib so the crew could enjoy dinner, up went the 1.5ounce spinnaker. The next few hours were a blur of moonlit spray flying off either side of the boat sometimes so thick "that you literally couldn't see where you were going." That all came to a screech¬ ing halt at 1 a.m. when Pythagoras went onto her side — spreaders in the wa¬ ter and everything flogging like mad — and stayed there. "We'd just had our instruments cali¬ brated, so I trust that it really was blowing 45 when we rounded up," says Winson. They blew the afterguy, but remained i pinned. Finally, after several minutes, someone cut the hal¬ yard and the boat staggered to her feet. Miraculously, the spinnaker survived, but they wisely elected not to put it back up. They surfed through the rest of the night under main and poled-out jib, still averaging in the low 20s. Navigator Eric Bohman took them wide of Santa Cruz where they were still seeing winds in the 30s at 3 in the after¬ noon. By 6, it all went away.
"It wasn't too bad," Winson says of the final 40 miles, a long night of tacking on headers from eveiy direction. They finally finished at 4:30 a.m., a full 10 hours ahead of the second place Prime Time, another Olson 40. The body count in Class C was the highest in the race. Casualties included the Hobie 33 Bravo Juliet, which dismasted off Santa Cruz, the Olson 40 Outrageous, which had a steering sys¬ tem failure, the Beneteau 40.7 White Fang, which "ran out of headsails", and the Elliott 45 Bravado which reported blowing out all their sails. Class D A veteran of the last half dozen Coastal Cups, Run Wild owner and skip¬ per Dale Scoggin carried a good bit of ’local knowledge’ into the 03 event that well might have won him all the marbles. The first of the two moves he feels contributed to his class and overall wins occurred within an hour of the start as the fleet negotiated the rock-strewn lee shore below Sea Cliff. "Seal Rocks was a big hump for ev¬ eryone," says Scoggin, who has owned his 1978 Olson 30 since 1997. When the wind went light, everyone else tacked over into the flood. The guys on Run Wild, hiked out and hung in to pass safely by the big rock with 10 boatlengths to spare, in the process passing everyone in their six-boat fleet, as well as at least one of the bigger boats. Of course, before the wind built to planing proportions. White Fang, Golden
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5 Above, 'Beau Geste' hit the top speed of the race — 32 knots. Below right, 'Copernicus's Dowse Rustin at the big yellow wheel. Moon and several other boats caught and passed Scoggin, who did the race with regular crew (and co-driver) Rob Woelfel and Bailey White. Run Wild began the afternoon with their big 3/4-ounce runner, shifted down to the shy kite around 6:30 p.m. — and crashed big time about 10:30. The round down was so violent that it threw Dale and Bailey over the lifelines and into the water. Rob, who had been sleeping be¬ low — or what passes for sleep in a world of constant, roaring movement — rushed topside and pulled Dale aboard first. Then they shuffled back for Rob ("All you saw was this hand still holding onto the tiller," says Scoggin) and dragged him back aboard. After that, they poled out a jib until about 2 a.m., when the shy kite went back up off Piedras Blancas. "One big advantage this year was that big, full moon," says Pale. "It was pretty easy to see." Most of the night, Run Wild was do¬ ing just that, hitting consistent mid-teen speeds, Scoggin estimates (the boat has no instruments except for a compass). The top sp^ed they hit, in relatively flat water and blaster wind behind Santa Cruz Island, he feels was almost certainly in the low 20s. That was during the second of the two 'big moves' he felt elevated them into the winners' circle: feeling lucky, they de¬ cided to run the 'slot' between Santa Rosa and Santa Cruz Islands. This can pay
off big time — or just as easily be a wind¬ less limbo. This time, they were lucky, squirting out the other side like a water¬ melon seed in a spitting contest. "It was full venturi effect," says Dale. The wind was blowing so hard that the spray com¬ ing off our bow was blowing in front of the boat!" When the wind shut down, like eveiyone else, Run Wild just played the shifts until the GPS alarm indicated they were at the finish waypoint. They pulled the pin on the finish timer, called in their finish, hung a left and headed to Cabrillo Bfeach, where the 'road crew' — Dale's wife and parents — were waiting with the trailer. They all ferried over to Avalon for the awards, where Dale was amazed to find he had not only won his division, but overall (by more than two hours against second-place Elan) as well! By the way, we weren't kidding when we mentioned earlier that this was a lowbudget effort. Main sustenance for the Run Wild crew consisted of military MREs — the modern equivalent of C Rations — and the compass light(s) consisted of green lightsticks duct-taped to the com¬ pass! Class E "We were lucky to even get to the start," says Steve Katzman, who sailed the cold-molded prototype Express 27 Dianne to a victory with partner Steve Hodges, rigger Jason Winkel and re¬ cently-returned Around Alone veteran Bruce Schwab. Team Zero' as Katzman refers to his crew (the boat's sail num¬
ber is 0) started the day by, ahem, pad¬ dling out of the St. Francis YC. They fi¬ nally mooched a tow from the Cal 40 Cali¬ fornia Girl to make the start. From then on, it was full tilt boogie. "Dave Hodges (no relation to Steve) loaned us a shy kite that we used a lot," says Katzman. "Between that and the #3, we were able to reach up higher to get more outside." They found the groove about 20 miles out and left the 3 up all night. "It was faster than anything I've ever done before," says Katzman. "A total surfari. We were doing 17s consistently, skipping from one wave to the next. I have to give big credit to Bruce and Ja¬ son for driving in those conditions." Although they tried the shy kite a couple more times, wing and wing was providing so much speed and stability that there was really no point in putting a chute up. "I don't think we would have gone any faster," says Steve. As always, when the wind turned off, the big boats started reeling in the ultralights. "That last night was a really long night,” observes Katzman. 'The Express 37 Elan caught up and passed us. We could see another boat farther out to sea go by. We put up the big chute and just
ghosted from hole to hole. It took over 24 hours to go the last 40 miles.” And wouldn't you know it — after they finished and started motoring for Avalon, the outboard crapped out. They went swimming while they waitqd, and even¬ tually flagged down El Tiburon for a tow July. 2003 • UUtUtZV • Page 123
COASTAL CUP '03 Coastal Cup Results
to Avalon.
(40 starters; 25 finishers) Class F (Passports) \ Participation from the Passport fleet began, so we're told, with an ad in Lati¬ tude 38 for the 2003 Coastal Cup. Mem¬ bers of the Passport Owners Group thought it would be a great way to sort out whose boasts of better boatspeed held water and, whsfl, whose didn't. The fleet even planned a post-race rendez¬ vous and lazy, three-week fleet cruise through Southern California before re¬ turning home to the Bay. Originally, up to a dozen boats ex¬ pressed interest, but in the end, only five made the start, with Jack Bieda's 40 Trial Run topping Class F and Lou Dietz's Ace becoming the last boat to finish, after 71 hours at sea, at 5:25 p.m. on Tuesday the 17th. Unfortunately, one of the boats that didn't make the start was lined up to be our 'roving reporter' for this fleet. With the owner still home and getting over the flu, we can only assume the rest of the Coastal Cup Passport fleet are enjoying themselves out of phone and email range. . Class G The three boats in the Cruising (nongpinnaker) class started Friday morning, a day before the main fleet. Eventually, only Jim Bennett's 1984 Ericson 35 Mkll Cosmic Latte officially finished. Jim and friend Bernard Slabeck have sailed to¬ gether on various boats for years and were ready for the rough conditions. But the rest of the crew, well, weren't. "I admit that maybe I made this sound too much like a 'cruise down the coast,"' says Bennett of his pep talk to the rest of his crew before the race: girlfriend Gayle Gow, and friends Patti Lin and Bill and Bette Fields. Fortunately — and de¬ spite a brief spate of mal de mer among the crew — what could have been a mu¬ tinous disaster turned out better than he could have hoped for — everyone loved it! Plus, Patti and Bill, both on their first serious ocean sail, turned out to be ex¬ cellent drivers. A fun surprise upon arrival in Avalon was learning that they had 'corrected out' first overall in the fleet. But it was short¬ lived once the race committee remem¬ bered they had started 24 hours before. "It was good while it lasted," laughs Jim.
E/ncinal YC has not decided where next year's Coastal Cup will end. Avalon has its charms, but small boat partici¬ pation suffers due to the added distance and added logistics of getting boats back Page 124 • UtCUM 3? • July, 2003
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to the mainland and onto trailers for the trip home. Santa Barbara is quicker, but suffers the same no-wind problem at the end. Since the Coastal Cup has become a feeder, the idea has been suggested to alternate destinations: end it in Santa Barbara on Pacific Cup (even-numbered) years, and Catalina on TransPac (oddnumbered) years. Either way, this is a great, fun event that will be a fixture on the local sailing scene for years to come.
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We'll leave you with a story from the' Swan 38 Aniara. On the final morning of the race, hot chocolates were handed out — and the complaints started com¬ ing in. Everyone was saying, "This needs more sugar." The guy below’s going, "I put a bunch in, already." But everyone keeps complaining that it needs more. Finally, owner Eric Schou breaks in: "Uh, which faucet did you take water from for that chocolate. . . ?" — latitude 38 /jr
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V^/n a dreary, gray day two winters ago, the 72-ft gaff tops'l schooner Lord Jim broke out of a thick fog barik and slipped beneath the Golden Gate, seem¬ ingly unnoticed. No throngs of well-wish¬ ers had come out to usher her in. And no photographers were there to record
Holger and Tracy with one of 'Lord Jim's new nameboards, done in hand-tooled gold leaf. the fact that her exhausted crew had just completed a 7,300-mile doublehanded voyage, up and across the North Pacific from Samoa. They'd sailed nonstop apart from an emergency layover at the Kwajalein Atoll which took them 1,000 miles off their rhumbline. But skipper Holger Kreuzhage and his mate, Tracy Brown, were probably much more inter¬ ested in a long, uninterrupted sleep than notoriety. They'd been too busy dodging freighters on their approach to bother notifying long lost friends of their immi¬ nent arrival. Besides, in the chronicle of
in a notorious Playboy photo spread, and she survived a Southern Ocean knock¬ down in mast-high seas and more than 140 knots of wind. But most importantly, perhaps, she has fulfilled — and sur¬ passed — her designer's original intent, having quietly made her mark as a bluewater voyager. Since completing a massive refit in San Francisco in the late '70s, Lord Jim has done four bircumnavigations, plus a variety of tangential side trips. Today, she's berthed in the same Peli¬ can Harbor, Sausalito, slip «fhat,she in¬ habited during her last stint in tlie Bay 21 years ago. But her travelin' days are far from over. After completing a long list of renovations and upgrades, Holger and Tracy intend to set out again within the year.
LnrJ Jim! s story is certainly one that’s well worth telling, but to do so, we’ll first have to turn back the clock to shortly after the turn of the century. Back then, although the usefulness of schooners for fishing and coastal trade had been usurped by steamships, John G. Alden had come to appreciate their inherent beauty and seaworthiness, and began de¬ signing a series of stately 'fishermanstyle’ schooners for gentlemen yachts¬ men. With her topsail rig, deep full keel and spoon bow, Lord Jim was typical of the Alden designs of that era, but since she was commissioned to be a bluewater cruiser by the Knight brothers, both MIT professors, she was probably more heavily built. Her construction was of 2-inch-thick yellow pitch pine planking on double-
made her go, not counting the hurricane." this thoroughbred 1936 schooner's 67year sailing career, that arduous sixmonth voyage was but one short chap¬ ter. To say that Lord Jim has a 'colorful' history would be a colossal understate¬ ment, as she has earned many dispar¬ ate distinctions over the years that few other vessels can claim. To mention just a few, she once settled a Gentleman's feud by acing a four-day ocean race, she long held the moniker 'queen of the Car¬ ibbean charter fleet', she was featured Page 126 •
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sawn oak frames, with 1 1 /2-inch teak « decks laid on oak deck beams. In the spring of 1936, when she came down the ways of the George Lawley and Sons Shipyard in Neponset, Massachusetts — bearing her original name. Meridian — she was, no doubt, a stunning sight. In addition to her main and foresail, her lofty rig carries two tops'ls, three headsails and, depending on wind con¬ ditions, either a high-flying fisherman, a big genoa or an enormous, 3,200 sq. ft. gollywobbler, the clew of which extends
to the aft end of the main boom. During her first five years, the Knight brothers cruised Meridian along the Eastern Seaboard and up into the Great Lakes, occasionally racing her with mod¬ erate success in such contests as the
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Bermuda Race and the Chicago Mackinac. Butin 1941, she was pressed into government service, patrolling the East Coast for German U-Boats under the name Blue Water. After the War, she was sold to Boston
businessman Roscoe Prior, who changed her name yet again to Shoal Water and fresh¬ ened her up with a new rig and sails. Al-
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though Prior was primarily interested in cruising, he entered her in the 350-mile Marblehead to Halifax Race. Despite the fact that most of the crew jumped ship when Prior announced he was bringing his wife along — superstitious sailors still considered women taboo back then — the big schooner finished second only to the renowned L. Francis Herreshoff ketch Ticonderoga. ^ Sadly, after Prior died in 1949, the boat fell on hard times. She lay idle for four years, then was donated to the New York Maritime Academy, which didn't have the funds to properly maintain her. She subsequently went to a New York magician — who renamed her Genie — and then to a radio producer, who ap¬ parently bought her with the intention of turning her over for a quick profit. Luckily, her next owner, Bostonian Ross Anderson, was the ideal buyer. Then Commodore of the Boston Yacht Club, Anderson had been looking in ear¬ nest for a schooner to race against Nina, a Burgess-designed schooner owned by Commodore De Coursey Fales of the ri¬ val New York Yacht Club. Although 35 years old at the time, no local boats, re¬ gardless of their sailplan, could beat Nina, but Anderson was determined to knock her off her throne. He quickly set to work putting his new yacht, which he rechristened Lord Jim, back into bristol condition. Among other challenges, her interior had been partially gutted by a galley fire. Six months later, in July of 1960, Lord Jim was looking every bit like a proper yacht and Anderson was eager to take her into battle, although a chorus of naysayers doubted her potential for suc¬ cess. But Anderson's friend Ted Hood came up with a sneaky, rule-beating ploy: Lord Jim was fitted with a new 82ft aluminum foremast similar to the ones
Dressed to the nines, 'Lord Jim' thunders along at the '78 Master Mariners. A similar sail inven¬ tory drove her to a victory in the '61 Halifax Race that's still talked about today. When the fateful race day came, as luck would have it, the rhumbline to the finish was dead to windward. On a reach. Lord Jim could roar along like a freight train, but upwind her performance was downright sad. So, while the rest of the fleet clawed their way to weather, Lord Jim reached off to the east on a flyer and was all but forgotten during the four-day
brought in 7,000 gallons of water a day;.. . used on the 12 meters of the day. (Anderson's racing resume included an unlucky America's Cup challenge with his 12 meter NefertitL) The tall spar al¬ lowed him to fly a gargantuan masthead genoa which gave the 24-year-old schoo¬ ner the extra punch she needed to beat the local competition. But in three meet¬ ings with Nina she lost badly. Still, the ultimate contest between the two schoo¬ ners was to be the '61 Marblehead to Halifax Race. Page 128 • LKUMli • JuLY. 2003
contest. But as the fleet approached the finish, suddenly — like a scene out of a Disney movie — Lord Jim magically bolted out of the haze to take line hon¬ ors. Heralded as one of the last great schooner races, it was a classic under¬ dog upset that was recounted with rel¬ ish for many years at the Boston YC.
]N/Ieanwhile, down in the sunny latitudes of the Eastern Caribbean, a
fledgling yacht chartering industry had been gaining momentum for over a de¬ cade, with Antigua as its principal base. Business was steadily increasing, and by 1966, the family-run Nicholson Yacht Charter firm was interested in expand¬ ing its fleet. Julie Nicholson — a New Englander who'd first sailed into Antigua aboard Irving Johnson's Yankee and later married Rodney Nicholson — was running the charter office at the historic Nelson's Dockyard. She'd convinced some stateside relatives to buy Lord Jim, as her luxuriously-appointed interior and three double staterooms made her ideal for charter work. Julie soon had paid reservations for a whole season of charters aboard the company's new flag¬ ship. To her horror, though, her relatives got cold feet, so she encouraged a young English skipper named Jol Byerley, who was then captaining a smaller charter yacht, to go up to Boston and have a look. Jol very much liked what he saw, but he had no cash for the purchase. He re¬ members Anderson — "one of the most delightful gentlemen, in every sense of the word, that I've ever met" — saying something like, "I'll tell you what I'll do. You can take her away and pay me back as you get the money." Jol couldn't be¬ lieve his ears, "I almost fell over!"
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With valuable charters scheduled only a few weeks away, Jol organized a crew and made a beeline for Antigua, despite the threat of stormy November z— weather. Predictably, they got pasted by a violent storm that drove them 250 miles in one day under bare poles. Shaken, but otherwise none the worse for wear, they ar¬ rived on schedule. Soon afterwards, Jol painted her a deep royal blue and his crew soon had her bronze and brightwork sparkling. With her stately sheer line and great clouds of sail, she was easily the most beautiful yacht in the Antilles, and the queen of the Nicholson charter fleet. "I love sailing," says Jol, who still lives in Antigua, "and I r-e-a-l-l-y loved sailing Lord Jim, so we sailed her everywhere — in and out of places where the other charter skippers wouldn't dare go under sail." As Jol describes it. The charter scene in those days was about as good as it could be anywhere. There was plenty of work and clients were mainly old-money New Englanders, all of whom came back repeatedly." Occasionally, there were also celebrities such as film star Carol Baker and her producer husband, au¬ thor C.S. Forrester and jazz guitarist Charlie Byrd. "He actually left me his old Gibson guitar," Jol remembers fondly. The only regrettable client was the noto¬ rious trial attorney Roy Cohn, famous for his prosecution of the Rosenbergs, and as Joe McCarthy's right hand man during the 1950s ’witch trials'. Cohn's outrageous behavior and his entourage of young gay lovers proved to be the pro¬ verbial charter from hell' for Jol and his Part of 'Lord Jim's phenomenal charter success was no doubt due to charismatic skipper Jol Byerley, shown here (center) clowning around with friends in the old days.
(former) wife Jenny. By contrast, the charter that was probably the most fun, and brought Lord
One of ours — used rocket boosters aren 7 your typical flotsam. Imagine hitting this at night. Jim the most notoriety back then, was tagging along with the 82-ft motorsailor Sorrento during a two-week rolling photo shoot for Playboy magazine. We had the pleasure of perusing a dog-eared copy of the resulting November 1967 edition. It features a nine-page spread bursting with voluptuous bare-breasted ladies lounging on teak decks and splashing in turquoise lagoons, while well-groomed gentlemen in silly plaid shorts look on, unaffected, as though this sort of thing goes on every day in their world. For Jol and Jenny, though, the highlight of the affair was racing in the Around Bequia Race with the entire Playboy contingent along as crew, easily distracting the com¬ petition. That wasn't the only time Lord Jim was seen on a Caribbean race course. Known today by sailors the world over, Antigua Sailing Week was instituted in 1968 by crews of the local charter fleet as a grand fete celebrating the end of an¬ other splendid season. Those lucky enough to have been there would recall such storied yacht names as Royono, Escapade and Eileen. Virtually all the competitors were wooden and, by today's definition, were already 'classics', al¬ though they certainly never used that term then. (Ironically, as ASY grew to in¬ clude increasingly more modern racing machines, the woodies were shuffled to the sidelines, until recent years, when the inception of the Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta began a new golden era for traditionally-rigged sailing craft.) If Jol's memory serves him correctly, he raced Lord Jim in the first four regat¬ tas, winning her class three times and taking overall honors once or twice. "She didn't like going to weather," he recalls, "but we were unbeatable downwind. We'd sail wing on wing with the mainsail and
topsail out one way and the foresail out the other." "I have to say, there was never a hap¬ pier person than me when I was sailing that boat around the islands. With a name like Lord Jim, Jenny and I felt like we were the king and queen of the ' w Caribbean." 5 With the momentum of repeat => clientele. Lord Jim was averaging g about 24 weeks of charter a year — £ which is still an exceptional aver¬ ts age. But while her crew kept her x varnish gleaming and interior ship« shape, she'd undergone only coslir metic repairs since the Anderson o years, and Jol knew she needed more refitting than he could afford to do. So in 1972, with some regret, he decided to sell her. The new owner was an American named Denny Warner, who also intended to charter the of girl. Sadly though, in the lineage of Lord Jim's caretakers, Warner is best remembered for running her up on the Montezuma Shoal off Mustique, which nearly ripped the stem out of her. Luckily, she was saved and patched back together. But after less than three years of ownership, Warner listed her for sale, and the former queen lay idle once more.
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jout this time, back in San Fran¬ cisco, a successful German-born studio photographer named Holger Kreuzhage, then 37, was, by his own estimation, un¬ dergoing a premature midlife crisis. Hav¬ ing raced and pleasure-sailed extensively as a young man in both the Baltic and on trans-Atlantics, Holger had developed an incessant yearning to buy a bluewater cruiser and sail over the horizon to adventures,>unknown. Working through a Fort Lauderdale broker, he heard about several boats ly¬ ing in the Caribbean that might fit the bill, the most appropriate of which, it seemed at the, time, was a sturdy Ger¬ man-built steel ketch that had been ac¬ tively chartering and was ready for sea. Another vessel he agreed to take a look at was a 39-year-old wooden schooner that neither he nor the broker knew much about. "I was pretty much ready to buy that German ketch before I even got to Antigua," recalls Holger. "It appealed to my German instinct, being strong, clean and ready to go. And the price was the same as Lord Jim." But when he got to English Harbor he had a change of heart. Both boats were anchored out off the Dockyard quay, painted by the warm July, 2003 • UOfcAI? • Page 129
LORD JIM v, glow of twilight. "It was love at first sight," says Holger with a smile. "On the one hand you had a German house-frau and on the other a hot Latin mistress. I was definitely sold on Lord Jim even before the sea trial." Having purchased a six-month-old survey from a previous potential buyer, Holger knew she^needed work, but he bought her nevertheless with a minimum of haggling. With a rowdy, funloving crew, he nursed her home to San Fran¬ cisco "on a wing and a prayer." Bringing her up the coast through the fog, they navigated using a handheld Sony radio as a direction-finder — the only function¬ ing 'electronics’ on board.
helps to stiffen the whole boat structur¬ ally." As if all this weren't enough, they contracted a San Francisco foundiy to cast special hardware elements such as a solid bronze sink and a dragon's head which holds the ship's bell. Finally, though, the former ’queen’ was whole again, and in the spring of 1978 Holger put her through her paces during the annual Master Mariners Race — a proud day which renowned photog¬ rapher Diane Beeston captured on film. With the help of a massive, 1,400 sq. ft. genoa, the big Alden schooner ^blasted through the chop, with eveiy crew mem¬ ber wearing an ear-to-ear smile. ’We were doing 14.5 knots," recalls Holger with a ^\lmost immediately after they ar¬ laugh, "totally out of control! That's the rived in the Bay in the summer of '75, Holger took his new mistress to Hunter's fastest I ever made her go, not counting Point and hauled her on the railway at the hurricane." the old Anderson and Cristofani yard. By the next year, Holger had crossed Only then could he face the 'reality check' a zillion tasks off his checklist and was of her true condition. He grabbed a long ready to fulfill his dreams of bluewater screwdriver to probe the suspected rot cruising. He'd assembled a crew of ea¬ in the stem and it slid all the way through ger young adventurers, including Ira like a hot knife through butter. "If we'd Epstein, who'd helped bring the boat up hit a log or something on the way north, from Antigua. Befitting this emotional de¬ we would have gone under." There was parture into the great unknown, author also lots of rot in the galley where an old Sterling Hayden (who then lived at Peli¬ ice box had been draining fresh water can Harbor aboard the 'Wooden Shoe" into the bilge for years. Undaunted, he houseboat) cast off the docklines. That rolled up his sleeves and went to work, was April of '79, and the proud, black¬ commandeering the best shipwrights he hulled schooner was 43 years old. could find to assist. As word got out The chronology of landfalls and port about the refit, curious admirers of all ceills that Lord Jim made over the next stripes were soon knocking on the hull 23 years — through four circumnaviga¬ to volunteer their labor. tions — is mind-numbing. So much so, Over a in fact, that four-year pe¬ even Holger riod, his team sometimes — which in¬ gets confused cluded Mario about the de¬ Silveira, Eric tails. Yet he Winter, Fred still rememUJ Wiese, Robert g bers that first Wesley, Paul offshore pas¬ Farrarese, sage to Hawaii Tony Baker, vividly. "Once and Jim we got into the McMullan — trades, we gave the boat had a very fast a whole new passage. We bow section, were doing alreplaced all 8 most 300 the planks be¬ miles a day for The schooner's topmasts were removed, her hull painted gray four days." low the water¬ and her name changed to 'Blue Water' for her wartime sub¬ line, renewed For Holger marine patrol duty. a raft of and his four frames in the galley and engine room, crew, it was a glorious time; a mind-ex¬ and laid 2-inch-thick teak plus a marine panding voyage of freedom — in an era ply subdeck over the original decking. when freedom and mind-expansion were "It’s now tremendously strong and it also watchwords of the day. For Holger, the Page 130 • UMmUW • July. 2003
real excitement of his new lifestyle was the long bluewater passages rather than laying over in port, so they rarely lingered long. From Hawaii, it was on to Fanning, Samoa, Tonga, New Zealand, Australia, Indonesia, the Maldives, Mauritius, South Africa, the Caribbean, Panama and home, all in 2 1/2 years. They lived off the sea as much as pos¬ sible, once catching a 180-pound wahoo, and making fish jerky out of what wouldn't fit in the freezer. Off Australia's Great Barrier Reef, they hunted for sharks which brought them a handsome bounty from the resorts ashore. Holger also occasionally earned money en route, doing photography. As he was about to leave San Francisco, he hated to give up his longtime clients, so he convinced one of them, Jantzen Swimwear, to fly their models and crew out to meet the big schooner in exotic locations. Even with¬ out the Jantzen models on board, just about everywhere Lord Jim stopped she was the prettiest boat in the harbor, which often brought her notoriety from the local press. The waters of Southeast Asia were the most dangerous for them, as they wor¬ ried about hitting unlit fishing canoes and floating logs. Near Singapore, in the notorious Strait of Malacca, they had to outrun the local pirates. The roughest sailing was rounding South Africa, where they were hammered by a series of se¬ vere storms — after having to dowse the storm jib, they still made 9 knots under bare poles while dragging warps. But the most bizarre occurrence of the
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secretly slipping through the Fanning Island reef under the cover of darkness without a single islander noticing. Holger had planned to be there in time for the islanders' big independence celebration, as this former portion of the Ellice Is¬ lands was soon to become the Republic of Kiribati. Before leaving San Francisco, Holger had commissioned a huge Kiribati flag, and when the natives awoke in the morning, there was Lord Jim, quietly ly¬ ing at anchor with the brand new Kiribati flag flying proudly. 'We were the hit of the party!"
Holger takes a sight. Modern electronics are a recent addition on 'Lord Jim.' For most voy¬ ages, navigation was by traditional methods. trip happened on the first leg, en route to Hawaii. In mid-ocean they came upon a huge cylinder which turned out to be the jettisoned first stage of a space rocket. "Are you sure it's one of ours?" asked the Coast Guard when Holger called it in. "Well, I'm pretty sure," said Holger, "it says U.S. Air Force on it in 3foot-high letters!" Back in San Francisco, Holger worked to fatten his purse for the next trip and did a series of upgrades to the boat. Again, willing volunteers helped with the work in exchange for going sailing.
We 'd have to serialize this article into three more installments to give you the complete history of Lord Jim's next three roundings. But we'll share a few highlights. The start of the trip began with Holger assembling a "completely green crew". They moved aboard with their gear and learned the ropes at dockside, but not yet at sea. With a gale blowing outside the Golden Gate, they set sail on Opening Day of '82, with no set itinerary, bound for sunnier latitudes somewhere south of the border. The next time the greenhorns saw terraJirma was six weeks later, when they made landfall at Acapulco. Again, Lord Jim made a whirlwind trip around the planet, gobbling up great tracks of open ocean between landfalls. One favorite anecdote of that voyage was
In those years, under Holger's reign. Lord Jim was finally living up to her lit¬ erary namesake, as she dropped her anchor at exotic tropical landfalls remi¬ niscent of classic Joseph Conrad novels. In remote regions, far from the influence of mainstream tourism, her frequentlychanging complement of crew crossed paths with ocean-going vagabonds, ad¬ venturers and seekers, not unlike the characters portrayed in Victory, Nostromo, and Heart of Darkness. Arriving at Panama at the end of his third rounding, Holger decided to visit Easter Island, but the prevailing winds wouldn't allow it, so he took refuge at Cocos Island off Costa Rica to repair damaged rigging. Within the year Lord Jim was in New Zealand again, where Tauranga had become Holger's favorite South Pacific base. It was there that he conceived of a completely new challenge: He would take Lord Jim, then almost 50 years old, eastbound through the South¬ ern Ocean and around Cape Horn. He advertised for paying crew in sail¬ ing mags, and soon three brave souls ar¬ rived to make the trip with Holger and two longtime female crew. It was a wild and exhilarating ride through the south¬ ern latitudes, but 800 miles off the Cape, it stopped being fun. 'We were late in the
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coming storms. "That was a big help. But when you are out there you can dodge a little bit north, a little bit south, but you know you are eventually going to get clobbered," he says. "And we did!" The barometer dropped as far down as it could go. "I came on deck and could see on the horizon what looked like a row of foam." They had less than 15 minutes to get the sails down, and before they could get them lashed, it was blowing 80 knots and building. As night was com¬ ing on, Holger decided to lie ahull, "drag¬ ging eveiything but the kitchen sink — the anchor, chain, two huge warps and some truck tires that I had brought for that purpose." They were still doing 10 or 11 knots, driven by 60-ft seas. As if that wasn't nerve-wracking enough, by the evening the storm center was rolling over them, and as it passed, contrary swells began to build from op¬ posing directions. "Where they overlap," explains Holger, "you have what they call graybeards. They're like geysers, explod¬ ing around you." One such wave picked up Lord Jim like a bathtub toy and knocked her down violently with "the biggest bang you can imagine." After the storm passed they would learn that the blow had damaged the rudder and snapped two 2-inch bronze steering arms which rendered the heavy-duty Edson steering gear useless. Luckily, Holger had brought along a fieavy-duty emergency tiller which saw them safely around the Horn and into Mar de Plata, Argentina. Months later. Lord Jim was back in her old Caribbean cruising grounds, where she lingered to do a stint of char¬ tering out of Martinique. Holger then took her to Europe, back to the Caribbean, down to Brazil, to the Cape Verde Islands, then set sail for the '87 America’s Cup in Freemarytle. Unfortunately, rough weather and rigging problems dashed those plans and yet again Lord Jim went to Tauranga for repairs. This time, how¬ ever, she lay moored there, under the
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LORD JIM Western Samoa in hopes per of the Australian of finding crew for the schooner Sol, she too is a 5,500-mile trip back to proven bluewater sailor California, but had no with an ample percentage luck. So they clawed thenof saltwater in her veins. way to the northeast In 1999, Tracy skippered doublehanded. Lord Jim up to Fiji, where Constant pounding they planned to do an ex¬ during a storm near the tensive interior refjt at a base that Holger had es¬ equator took its toll on the old schooner, then 65 tablished outside of Suva. They celebrated the Mil¬ years old, and, she sprung lennium New Year in a leak that brought in Fijian waters by sailing up 7,000 gallons of water a day. With limited fuel to and down the Interna¬ tional Dateline. keep the batteries topped Gaudy on any other boat, accou¬ and the pumjas rPpning, When a coup in JPijj trements like this bronze dragon closed the government they made a radical turn bell holder look right at home slipway, Lord Jim was off their rhumbline and aboard 'Lord Jim.' taken to Cairns, Austra¬ made for remote Kwajalia for a haulout in preparation for what lein Atoll. proved to be a long, rough trip home to In a darkly ironic twist of fate, the day San Francisco through the North Pacific. they arrived, a wide perimeter around the Storms in Papua New Guinea drove them island had supposedly been secured for off their intended track to Japan, and a 'Star Wars’ missile test, when Lord Jim they soon found themselves in Vava'u, came limping into the lagoon. Tonga, where they laid up through the Tracy and Holger were almost in hurricane season. They next stopped in worse shape than their long-suffering
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schooner. She had an abscessed tooth, and he had to be briefly hospitalized due to an unknown malady which turned out to be shingles. Believe it or not, while they were recuperating, one of the civil¬ ian workers loaned them a Latitude 38 in which former owner Denny Warner's son had queried the editors about the status of his father's onetime yacht.
On a late November day in 2001, Lord Jim finally breezed past Point Bonita on her long-awaited approach to the Golden Gate. But, as if the gods were teasing her, a short, steep swell rose high above the transom and pooped the en¬ tire cockpit, which had stayed dry since the Cape Horn incident. Moments later, a solitary motorboat appeared through the mist. As we said in the beginning, the would-be well wish¬ ers hadn't beep informed, but Holger’s longtime friend Ira^Epstein had acted on a hunch and soon appeared alongside with a bottle of champagne held high. Lord Jim had finally come home. — latitude/aet
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Vv^Jiiiglehanded or doublehanded, we love shorthanded sailing. There’s much to recommend singlehanding, as it's a great teacher in the school-of-hard-knocks tradition. When sailing alone, you quickly learn that for eveiy action you take on the boat, there's a reaction. If you sail too far by the lee, for instance, the boom will whip over your head in an all-standing gybe. Even if the mast doesn't come .down, the ungodly noise and shudder¬ ing of the rig will reinforce the lesson that it's not wise to sail by the lee. Sure, you
can learn the same lesson when sailing with a full crew, but you don’t learn it so emphatically. Fortunately, it only takes a couple of days of singlehanding before the main 'cause and disasterous effect' relationships on a boat become seared in your brain. Since singlehanding a boat is much harder than sailing it with the four or five crew it was designed to have, singlehanders learn to carefully plan maneuvers in advance, and how to take effective shortcuts. If you're killing your¬ self grinding in the genoa on every tack.
for example, you'll soon learn to take a quick luff to get the genoa most of the way in by hand. And you'll learn how to most effectively blanket the spinnaker so it’s easier for you to take it down. Because you have to do every job yourself, you're constantly looking for ways to do things better and more efficiently.
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EYE ON SHORTHANDED SAILING have to do it. What needs to be thought out or done might be hard, but you'll find a way. Such little successes lead to gen¬ eral confidence in your ability to solve sailing problems, and that's a good thing. While doublehanding isn't quite as pure an experience as singlehanding, there's something to be said for it also. Specifically, thatjhere's somebody who can turn the boat aTound to pick you up if you fall overboard. The only thing better than just singlehanding or doublehanding is do¬ ing it while racing. The nature of most shorthanded races is that competitors feel as though they're sailing with each other as well as against each other. There's a degree of camraderie seldom found in crewed racing. Furthermore, anything but a top-three finish feels like a loss in crewed racing. When racing shorthanded, there's usually a consid¬ erable sense of accomplishment in hav¬ ing just completed the course.
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LIVIN' ON DELTA TIME livery year about this time we are inspired to pontificate about the won¬ derfulness’ of exploring the sunkissed waterways of the Delta. But when we sat down to do so this year it occurred to us that, while we do actually know a thing or two about the region, we are certainly not experts. So we solicited input from the diehard Delt^ addicts within our readership, many of whom have un¬ doubtedly been cruising the region's 1,000 miles of sloughs, levees, rivers and inlets for decades. We think you'll find their Delta tips and tall tales to be both
X. idioti I knew better. But even before the veins in my neck had a chance to shrink back to their normal size, young Zac, the 11-year-old, jumped overboard in the 10-inch-deep water, grabbed the bowline and tugged us back into navigable water saying, "Calm down. Dad. I got it." Now, that was embarrassing. ( Having aired that confession, we'll share some thoughts from our readers.
We also ran out of vodka, Bloody Mary mix and coffee in the next three hours, while waiting for the flood tide to replace the ebb. entertaining and informative. By way of introduction, however, we'll break the ice with a little tale of our own. This writer made his first Delta foray aboard Latitude's former photoboat, a little Mako 20, accompanied by four kids ranging in age from 11 to 14. I was feel¬ ing a bit stressed, as we were in a rush to get up to 'gunkhole country' by mid¬ day so we could take photos for our an¬ nual Delta feature. Nevertheless, I de¬ cided to take a short diversion off the river channel to show the kids the fleet of aging warships that were 'moth-balled' along the Benicia shoreline. That was great fun, but as we headed back toward the channel, we suddenly came to a jolting halt on an unseen shoal. My anger meter immediately red-lined and a torrent of foul language poured forth that was so shameful it would have made a longshoreman blush. I was pissed! At myself, of course. What an No, this photo hasn't been computerenchanced. With proper technique, you really can waterski behind a Deerfoot 72.
Take ty Slow — The one key lesson you learn about cruising the Delta — of¬ ten the hard way — is to not be in a hurry in unfamiliar waters. There’s little enough water as it is, without probing the mud beneath with your keel to dis¬ cover that depths shift from year to year. Through experience, you learn to avoid cutting corners on channels. I’ve violated this rule enough times over the years to have gone aground in a wide variety of places up and down the rivers, only to have to wait for the tide to haul us off. The most entertaining occurrence, however, was in tule fog early one morn¬ ing on the upper San Joaquin Delta. We were returning from a full weekend of fun, and were facing another nine hours of transit to SF. Since it was possible to put a crew member about eight feet up the mast to have clear views of the en¬ tire surroundings, we decided to go for it, albeit slowly. Our lookout was able to pick out the tops of marks as we headed west, and we thought we had discovered a new trick. Coffee was brewing below, and the sunrise Bloody Marys tasted great! Given this idyllic dawn scene, you can imagine the circus that resulted when we went hard aground in the tules with all power run¬ ning. The lookout and g all his immediate fam¬ ily were scourged for not paying attention, and
we immediately attempted to back off our muddy cradle, to no avail. We also ran out of vodka, Bloody Mary mix and coffee in the next three hours, while waiting for the flood tide to replace the ebb which we had been carrying down river. When the fog finally cleared near mid¬ day, we found that we had neatly run onto a low-lying berm whose tules stood all of three to four feet tall, and were com¬ pletely hidden by the fog. Heck, you could have stepped off the deck to shore with¬ out wetting a toe! We finally got back to San Francisco about sundown, starving, tired and much embarrassed. —john mcneill a.k.a. ‘mudhen’ yankee '4
Honeymoon Hijinks — The favorite Delta story in our family is about my wife's parents' honeymoon. They aren’t boat people, but for some reason they decided to rent a houseboat on the Delta for a week. After a few minutes of instruction, they were off. They were soon drifting down a channel — to this day they still have no idea where — and decided to go below for some honeymoon hijinks. A short while later, they felt the boat come
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READERS CHIME IN Mokolemne in Lost Slough. Hours are spent motoring past countless miles of levy, ski boats and tules with one eye always on the depth-sounder. If it dis¬ plays double digits, no worries. When my tree is unoccupied, we ll drop a hook in the middle of the slough, moor the bow to the tree and the stern to a big bush. Once secured, the boat transforms into our waterfront cabin. We love the quiet days messing about with boats in a warm environment chock full of wildlife, including beaver, river ot¬ ters, herons and jet skiers. It's the ex¬ tended camping trip with all my toys and no dirt. It's the wonderful sail up from the Bay. It's also pure boat time. I can't wait to visit my tree again. — eric quamen josephine II
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Can you guess when this shot was taken? The Fourth of July is one of the most fun-filled days of the summer season. to a sudden stop and raced to the deck to discover that they were stuck on a bridge. My father-in-law thought he could push the houseboat down and let it slip under the bridge. But as he was doing this, the bridge tender saw them and swung the bridge out of the way, taking my father in law with it. So there he was, hangihg from this bridge — stark naked — watching his new wife drift away. She had no idea of how to start the houseboat's motor, let alone how to steer it! Fortunately, the bridge tender saw the stranded honeymooner and swung the bridge back, allowing him to drop safely back to the deck. They survived their first, and last, voy¬ age on a houseboat although they were lost most of the time and they later set the galley on fire. I guess they thought it was like a ride at Disneyland — on rails or something. — bob bumala miracle max, catalina 250
Load 'er Up and Go — Ahh, Delta Time. Step one is to pack my Ericson 27
to the gills. Cases of beer go under the Vee, the outboard goes on the stern rail, a cooler and the o/b fuel tank fit in the cockpit, and the El Toro will get towed behind. I fit the Toro mast into one of the V-berth cubbies and lash the other end to an internal handrail, then I bash my head on it several times for luck. Once the tanks are pressed up, we are good to go. The journey from Alameda is a long, downwind journey (that gets progres¬ sively warmer) through the Bay, the Straits, past the Fleet, around the plant, under the 'Gateway' and up the San Joaquin to finally an............. ,, ... . chor at Mandeville by cocktail hour (if I ride the tides right). Good time for a swim. There is some¬ thing magical about swimming around | ■■■ the boat, and I have d always enjoyed the 2 vastness of the > Mandeville anchor- £ age. My goal, how- g ever, is to tie up to g my favorite tree an- £ other half-day up the
Keeping Current — About 15 years ago I was anchored on Hog Island, near Lost Isle, just off the deepwater chan¬ nel. A lovely wooden ketch with perfectlyvarnished teak swung in off the river and headed over to anchor next to me, flying the staff commodore burgee of a Bay Area yacht club. The crew was all decked out in matching rugby shirts, and the cap¬ tain was resplendent in a very salty out¬ fit. They were anchoring in about 10 feet of water so they flipped what looked like a Danforth 22 in with next to no chain. The current can run close to 5 knots through that slough and, sure enough, in the morning, at low tide, the ketch was on its side in the mud on the island. Her crew was attempting to have breakfast in a cockpit which had about a 30° list. I heartily hailed them and said, "Don’t worry, the tide always seems to come in eventually." The bottom in much of the Delta has the consistency of a mocha pudding. The currenfs through the sloughs are tidal At places like Mandeville you'll see all sorts of watersports action, including kite-sailing, windsurfing and wake-boarding.
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and change direction 180° when the tide changes. Often, that means from the starboard beam to the port beam. Dur¬ ing the eight years I cruised up there, I learned the following technique: Pick out your mooring spot on the island or bank — a handy tree or, if you are lucky, an old dock piling. Drop your stern anchor going in and get right up as close as pos¬ sible to the bank/post/piling. We kept long lines on board for this purpose, such as old genoa sheets. Take your line around the post and back out to the boat using the dinghy if necessary. That way, when you are ready to leave, you can just let go of one end and pull the line back in. We found that a Bruce anchor was best for that mud bottom for your stern anchor. Experienced river rats tend to navi¬ gate by means of the levees because they stay put. Winter storms can rearrange those low islands in the sloughs and totally change the appearance from one year to the next. Be veiy careful stepping onto any lowlying island in the sloughs. I once saw someone sink in mud up to his hips. Using the Deep Water Channel, you can take a deep-draft sailboat into the Delta and get into certain sloughs from the channel if you're careful The most im¬ portant instrument in the Delta is a fathometer because much of the water is quite thin. If you see seagulls on the water, check to see if they are swimming or walking — seriously. Take a dinghy with an outboard or a runabout, tie up the sailboat and run the sloughs in the dinghy. If a slough has a levee on one or both sides, the deep water will most likely be next to the levee and not in the middle. Hal Schell's Dawdling on the Delta (now out of print, unfortunately) or Cruising California’s Delta by Robert Walters are Although swimsuit fashions have evolved since the '30s, when this shot was taken, the lazy Delta waterways have changed little.
z w z o ° D" the definitive authorities on the area. I would not set course up the river With¬ out one or the other on board. —joseph launie macavity, santa barbara yc
An Unlucky Anchorage — On our very first night anchored in the Delta, we found a quiet section of White's Slough. Once the water skiers and PWC traffic died down, we enjoyed a quiet sun¬ set and evening with only the sounds of birds and frogs — along with a few mos¬ quitos — to accompany us. The next morning We awoke shortly after sunrise to the sound of the birds. A few minutes later we were lazily enjoy¬ ing our coffee and tea on the back deck, when suddenly we were startled by the sound of a low flying airplane. It went over us and we sighed in relief, but it
returned a few minutes later on another low run from the other direction! At that point we climbed to the upper deck to discover a scene reminiscent of North by Northwest — we were being buzzed by a crop-duster spraying the field just on the other side of the levy! — laurelyn coleman salty dog
The Delta Playground — As sailors in Stockton, we think of the Delta aS our playground. We are very good at tack¬ ing, with the wind usually out of the north and blowing directly down the San Joaquin River channel. On those fairly rare occasions when it is coming off the bank, we are out there in a red-hot minute, taking advantage of the ability to sail right up the river. A good place to check for current weather and wind con¬ ditions is the Port of Stockton's website: www.stocktonport.com. One of our favorite anchorages is at Mildred Island, a former island, really, whose Eastern levee was breached in the late ’40s. It is now a large lake with an even depth and a great view of Mount Diablo. This is a terrific place to watch all the Valley fireworks on July 4th. Another good wide-open spot is Frank’s Tract,' but check the charts as you go. There are lots of spots too shal¬ low for sailboats. For a more peaceful Delta experience, be sure to get off the main river channel. The big thing to remember about go-
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READERS CHIME IN there's also Windmill Cove — great burgers and Taco Tuesdays. Nearly every sailor at the Stockton Sailing Club has stories about getting stuck. There is a shoal just past Lost Isle (heading east) on the northern part of the channel that many of us have been stopped on. Elsewhere, sailing back into Little Potato Slough (to Tower Marina) is a nailbiter. Keep your chart in hand! Luckily, other boaters are usually very helpful should you get stuck, and Vessel Assist plies these waters as well. By the way, SSC members are often happy to exchange slips with Bay Area sailors for all or part of the summer. The novelty of fog is something we welcome! Sailors can usually place a free ad in the monthly club newsletter. Send it to doCktalkeditor@stocktonsailingclub.org. One final note is that we do a lot of our sailing in the evening up here be¬ cause the breeze comes up then and it's cooler. —joyce mccallister & gregjoksch roquefort, newport30
yuppies, but during the week the mood is definitely mellow. On a good night you can close your eyes, look up, and develop a respectable moonbum. The reflection of the docklight reaches out across the water with long white fingers and touches you. The night's stillness is. only infrequently punctuated by the splash of jumping fish, the yelps of young coyotes, and the barking of an old bull seal somewhere downriver. Up the slough some halyard is banging on some mast. You can't hear the freeways or the sirens. Except for the occasional blow, every night here is a beer commercial, with a touch of romance. The smell of anise. Lovely Lisa often escapes Santa Cruz' summer fog with a Delta cruise aboard 'Angelina'. Here, she and 'The Three Trolls' catch some rays.
The Delta Life — Bruno's Island is a little spit at the end of Seven Mile Slough where it meets the San Joaquin. If you give it a chance, it grows on you. That's in part because of the humidity, but mainly because of the great characters who live their lives on the easy side. My co-captain and I live on our float¬ ing castle here. We are former landlub¬ bers and have recently retired with the dream of sailing off and seeing the world, but it seems to be taking a little longer than we planned, I think partially be¬ cause of this attitude that we've found up here. True, we get all the weekend
ing into the water in the Delta is that it is tidal, just like the Bay. Currents are strong. Don’t go in without something that floats, and always tie onto your boat. Evenings can be 'mosquitoy', especially close to land. Excellent places for dining out include Bella Vista, a fine Italian restaurant at the waterfront in downtown Stockton, Garlic Brothers (everything garlic with terrific chicken) and Bob’s at the Marina on the Fourteenmile Slough. Bob’s serves an excellent breakfast, too. Both have outdoor eating. On the main channel.
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Be Ever Vigilant — During our last trip to the Delta, the skipper decided to checjt out Mandeville Point, as he was hvyisidering stay¬ ing there for the Fourth of July fire- § works. 2 Sometimes the skipper does stu- h pid things. The first thing was leav- £ ing the painter too long for the fi- g berglass dinghy while anchoring, ° and wrapping it up in the prop."Luckily the prop didn’t stop, but with the painter cut, the dinghy took off in the wind. The skipper stripped to his undies and jumped in, leaving Linda in charge of the boat. The next stupid thing the skipper did was trying to board the dinghy from the side instead of over the bow, tipping it over and swamping it. It is a good thing they build floatation into modern din¬ ghies. Some kindly people at the anchor¬ age helped the skipper get the dinghy back to Angelina. It seems that people
When it comes to carefree family fun, a trip to the Delta is almost as much fun as Disneyland. Well... almost, anyway. are more willing to help each other in the Delta. The skipper spent the rest of the afternoon dewatering the dinghy’s outboard and diving on the prop to re¬ move the rest of the painter. The skipper’s wife has the pieces of the painter framed along with a bladeless impeller — but that's another story. — the three trolls angelina, fantasia 35
Favorite Watering Holes — Be¬ fore beginning our open-ended cruise, we used to take at least one cruise up to the Delta each year. There are loads of 'watering holes' in the Delta region, many with characters reminiscent of the Loui¬ siana bayou. Some of our favorites are, of course. Lost Isle, with its great live music and wet T-shirt contests; Tower Park, where there's great dancing on the weekends; and A1 the Wop's in Locke, which serves excellent steaks and has a funky old bar. — george backhus moonshadow
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DELTA DITCH RUN 2003 The 13th annual Delta Ditch Run was anything but unlucky this year. Held on June 14 — a day after Friday the 13th, no less — this year's supremely pleasant 67.5-mile run from Pt. Rich¬ mond up to Stockton attracted 140 en¬ tries, the most ever. Ultimately'only' 129 boats sailed, down just a click from the all-time high df 135 boats in 1997. "Frankly, we were thrilled to get that many boats, especially with the Coastal Cup and two HDA races occurring the
Different boats, same results — Ditch deities Don (left) and Peter Jesberg were the overall winners for the fourth year in a row! Brown, who sailed his Schock 34 Cowabunga to a convincing win in the HeavyII division. The Ditch Run, which is co-hosted by two of the Bay Area's friendlier clubs — Richmond YC and Stockton SC — only works on a flood tide, which this year pushed the race back a weekend from its traditional first weekend of June date. For the first time, Encinal YC's Coastal Cup, now a feeder to the Long Beach re¬ gattas, was also scheduled to start the same day — an unfortunate, but under¬ standable, conflict. We were initially distraught that we couldn't do both events, as each are in
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our personal Top Ten list of favorite races. But after hearing the war stories from the brutal Coastal Cup (see pages 120-124), we were even more pleased with our decision to participate in this year's mellow Ditch Run. Though not the fastest or most exciting race ever, it was by consensus the easiest one to date. Maybe we’re getting soft in our old age, but given a choice between: a) an after¬ noon of winding downwind through the Delta in 8-15 knots of breeze on a flood tide, followed by a nice meal and sleep¬ ing in our own bed; or b) a sleepless night of terror in 40 knots off Pt. Conception. . . . Well, who wouldn't go with plan 'A'? Obviously, we're not the only ones who have grown fond of this annual pil¬ grimage up the San Joaquin River. Since its inception back in ^991, when just 37 boats raced, the Ditch Run has grown steadily into one of the biggest events on the summer schedule. The buzz on this 'Poor Man's TransPac' has even reached beyond the Bay Area, with boats coming from as far as Arizona, San Diego and Seattle to participate this year. The race is particularly popular with trailerable boats, which account for about 50% of the fleet. "I think it's basically about as much fun as you can jam into a day of sailing," said Brown, who admittedly is a bit biased.
There were lots of smiles in the Stockton Sailing Club's parking lot after the race, though none wider than Don Jesberg's. Sailing his new Melges 24 Ego with his 11-year-old son Peter, Zarko Draganic and Ricky Matthews, Jesberg pulled into Stockton at 6:37 p.m., third boat-for-boat behind Shop Girl, Kim Desenberg's borrowed 26 Sierra, and Blue Chip, Walt Logan's ubiquitous Farr A river runs through it — The stretch between Vallejo and Benicia is always tricky, with more passing lanes than later in the race.
40. Ego's elapsed time was 7 hours and 37 minutes, about eight minutes ahead of the next Melges, the oddly-named. Long Beach-based In the Fridge. The two boats finished one-two in fleet, with three other Melges 24s also cracking the top ten overall. Jesberg, a Mill Valley money manager, has now done five Ditch Runs, all on
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'Yucca' (foreground) and 'E.T.' approach the Carquinez Bridge, the 'Gateway to the Delta'. In¬ set, 'Shop Girl'and 'Blue Chip' in Suisun Bay. Melges 24s, and his record is truly re¬ markable. In 1999, his first year, Don sailed his Melges 24 Casey Jones to a close second overall behind Colin Moore's Wylie Wabbit Kwazy. Since 'losing' that first one, he has won four in a row with Casey Jones in 2000; the next two team¬ ing up with Zarko on two of his different boats called Trailblazer, and this one on Ego. Other than Zarko, the only other constant among the crew have been Jesberg's kids — Peter, who has done three Ditch Runs, and 12-year-old Emma, who has done two. "This one was really straightforward," claimed Jesberg. "There wasn't a lot of planing, but at least there were no holes and we never stopped. We fumbled our laminated 11-page Delta charts over¬
board during a jibe in the Carq¬ uinez Straits, so we were a little confused at times after that — but fortu¬ nately we were able to follow the Mumm 30 (Erich Bauer's new Sand Dollar) and Blue Chip most of the way. We only bumped once, just briefly." Jesberg wouldn't give away any real secrets, but did mention that big gains can be made in Suisun Bay and at the ’gravel pits’ past the Antioch Bridge. "Go light, bring tons of water, and don’t start drinking beer until you can see the fin¬ ish line!" he added. Another Ditch Run hall of farner, Cplin
Moore, won the eight-boat Wylie Wabbit contingent with his Kwazy. Moore, a three-time overall winner (’94, '95, ’99), sailed with Glen Garfein and Andy Hamilton, who won overall in '99 with his Wabbit Harry Angstrom. "I think I've done ten Ditch Runs now," said Moore, "and, weatherwise, I'd rate this as one of the easiest. Tactically, however, it was really intense — we had a great match race with Erik Menzel the whole way, with about 10 lead changes." Also to no one's surprise, Scott Sell¬ ers whipped his aging Swamp Donkey to a three-minute class win in the 13boat Express 27 class. 'We sailed light, with just three of us — Shane Wells, Avery Patton, and me," explained Sell¬ ers. 'We’re all dinghy sailors and pushed hard right from the start. We also took all the rake out of the mast beforehand, and concentrated on staying in the stron¬ gest current flow." Swamp Donkey built up a sizeable lead on the class after Martinez before running into an impassable wall of 99raters. "It was like a five-boat moving roadblock," claimed Sellers. "They took turns luffing us up and blocking our wind — it was really frustrating. Mean¬ while, our class caught up to the road¬ block, but fortunately we were still able to finish first. I hope that the Wabbits and Expresses get to start before Heavy II next year!" The winner of the biggest one design class, the 22-boat Moore 24 contingent, was Brad Butler's Eclipse. Butler, from Seattle, rou¬ tinely trails his Moore 24 down here to race in the one design class, more often than not with podium finishes. "We've b done the Ditch ! Run a few times z already, and think 5 it's a really inter¬ esting race," said Butler. The sixth and final one design winner was Cam Lewis, who piloted Iris seemingly unbeat¬ able J/22 Tinseltown Rebellion to victory against four sisterships.
As mentioned earlier, the red 26 Sierra Shop Girl — sporting a newly minted NorCal PHRF rating of 54 — was July, 2003 •
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the first monohull to Stockton. Skipper Kim Desenberg and crew Bill, Jr., and Melinda Erkelens sailed the course in 7 hours, 27 minutes — quite fast for a 26footer, but not remotely close to the course record of 5:34:58, set by the SC 50 Octauia in 1997. For their efforts, they took home three trophies (engraved Harken winch handles this year) — first to finish, first in class, and being one of the top five overall finishers. "The boat is like an ultralight Etchells," reported Erkelens. "It feels Page 146 •
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Diggin' the Ditch, clockwise from upper left — Tornado sailors Jay and Pease Glaser took third in the multihull class; 'Sofa King Fast'at the Stockton SC finish line; a trio of Melgi flying in formatiqn through Suisun Bay; the colorful 'InfraRed' was visible for miles; Erich Bauer's new Mumm 30 Sand Dollar' made a nice debut; the tiny 26 Sierra 'Shop Girl' proved to be a giant killer. good upwind, and can scoot downwind. We planed on the reaches, and got a 15minute tow off a tug going about 1.5 knots faster than us — a big gainer! I'd put a trapeze or two on the thing, but it seems fast enough without it. It's a cool machine — I'll buy one when I win the lottery!" Todd Hedin, sailing his Antrim 27 E.T.
without wife Liz Baylis (who was in Swe¬ den match racing), corrected out second in the Light-I group, 13 minutes behind the 1,150-pound 26 Sierra. Hedin sailed with just two crew — Jim Antrim and Tony English — and the trio looked a little worn out after jibing the boat's large asymmetrical kite all day. Hank Easom's ageless (okay, 67-year -
Race chairman Pat Brown at the helm of his Heavy-ll winner 'Cowabunga', a Schock 34; the other 26 Sierra 'Kodiak' did a 'bump and run'just past Port Chicago; the turbo D-cat 'Adrenaline'played through the fleet in San Pablo Bay and was miles ahead when it broke down; the F-31 'Meteor' looked like they were having fun as they shot by. All photos 'Latitude'/rob except as noted._ old) 8-Meter Yucca found the benign con¬ ditions to her liking, punishing the Heavy-1 class by half an hour. Yucca was able to use her long waterline, narrow hull and big sail plan to great effect, while the lighter boats — at 23,750 pounds, every boat in the fleet was lighter — never really got to get up and go. "Normally we tow the Moore 24s for the first half of
the race, then they blow by us," said Hank, "This time, we never saw any of them!” Easom sailed with his son Kent (who came down from Astoria, OR, for the Father's Day Weekend sail), righthand man Charlie Mohn, Kevin Burrell, Sam Hock, and this reporter. As opposed to past trips upriver on Yucca, which gen¬
erally involved rolling from beam to beam and digging deep holes in the water while ULDBs sped by on all sides, this trip was a welcomed cakewalk. Yucca was the ninth monohull to finish the race and corrected out sixth overall, the only heavy boat to make the top ten. Alan O'Driscoll's 32-foot D-cat Beo¬ wulf was the fastest multihull, finishing in just 5 hours and 57 minutes — well off Rocket 88s controversial 1998 bench¬ mark of 3:57:46. They plummeted in the standings, however, after their -120 ratJuly. 2003 • U&kJt 12 • Page 147
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ing and a 10-place penalty for late radio check-in (one of five boats to suffer this self-inflicted injury) were applied. Meanwhile, George Pedrick and Gene Harris sailed their relatively tiny Hobie 20 to a hard-earned victory over a pair of SoCal visitors, H.L. Enloe's San Diego-based F-31 LeiLoe and veteran Long Beach mhltihullers Pease and Jay Glaser, who borrowed Bill Erkelens, Sr.'s Tornado. Erkelens was actually way out in front of the fleet in his D-cat Adrenaline, running a little off a record pace, when a strut on their star¬ board spreader snapped just past Antioch. In the Interest of saving the mast for their next race (TransTahoe on July 12), Adrenaline dropped out and was towed to Stockton by their crash boat. She was the first of only four DNFs that day —three others (the J/105s Cuchulainn and Out of Options, and the Cal 2-29 Argonaut) all withdrew after embedding themselves in the sludge out¬ side the channel. The last boat to Stockton was Mike Stefani's Bristol 29 Dog House, which arrived under a full moon at 1:11 a.m. They joined the party, which we're told raged until 2:30 a.m., and were no doubt thrilled to find out they corrected out sec¬ ond in Heavy-IV due to Argonauts DNF and the rightful runner-up, the Colum¬ bia Challenger Harmony, getting slapped
The 'Shop Girl' crew took home three new Harken winch, handles! From left, skipper Kim Desenberg, Bill and Melinda Erkelens. with an onerous late radio check-in pen¬ alty. Stockton SC once again was a terrific host, serving up 800 barbecue dinners and countless cocktails, while a band played into the night. They also did a nice job of finding dock space for everyone, as well as directing traffic at the single hoist. They even provided a hoist opera¬ tor, who whisked the boats onto their trailers and then directed them off to a Page 148 • UtiUMZ9 • July, 2003
Random sample of class winners, from left — Hank Easom ('Yucca'), Brad Butler ('Eclipse') and Colin Moore ('Kwazy')*, , well-lit city parking lot adjacent to the club to de-rig. "The hoist situation went a lot smoother this year," claimed Pat Brown. "Actually, the entire day went pretty smoothly this time."
INJext year's Ditch Run will be on June 5, and will not conflict with the Coastal Cup or, hopefully, anything else. Don Jesberg says he'll be there to try for a five-peat (the Melges class hvas put it on next year's schedule, so he may have to work harder), and Bill Erkelens, Sr., will be taking another record shot. Judg¬ ing from the enthusiasm evident among the racers after the 'lucky' 13th Ditch Run, most everyone else will be back, too. The race organizers are even toying with the idea of limiting the entries at 150 boats, partly for safety reasons and also because the Stockton SC facilities can only hold so many boats and people. "Maybe we'll take boats after the 150 boat limit, but only if they sign up for the South Tower Race, too!" laughed Brown, who men¬ tioned that the latter race is re¬ ally hurting lately and may even be canceled this year due to lack of entries. "We'll turn the Ditch Run into a feeder for the South Tower Race yet!" Our advice? Sign up for the Ditch Run early next year, as this race is just get¬ ting better — and more popular — with each running. — latitude /rkm EXPRESS 27 — 1) Swamp Donkey, Scott Sell¬ ers; 2) Exocet, Jason Crowson; 3) Wile E. Coy¬ ote, Dan Pruzan; 4) Mirage, Terry Cobb; 5) Maxi¬ mus, Josh Grass; 6) Magic Bus, Eric Deeds. (13 boats) MELGES 24 — 1) Ego, Don Jesberg; 2) In the Fridge, Golison/Flam/McCormick; 3) Surfeit, David Wadbrook; 4) Sofa King Fast, Bassano/
Gripenstraw. (7 boats) MOORE 24 — 1) Eclipse, Brad Butler; 2) Bad Waitress, Walter Smith; 3) Ngellew Fejj, Shana Rosenfeld; 4) Wet Spot, Mike O'Callaghan; 5) Top¬ per II, Bren Meyer; 6) Paramour, Rowan Fennell; 7) Csardas, Judy & Torben Bentsen; 8) Dude, WMB?, Sean McBurnet; 9) Sunshine, Duffy Jolley; 10) Typhoon, 'Gary/Dan/Tom/Ellen'. (22 boats) WYLIE WABBIT — 1) Kwazy, Colin Moore; 2) Bad Hare Day, Erick Menzel; 3) Jack, Robbie Naismith; 4) Wabooz, Brett Allen. (8 boats) J/22 — 1) Tinseltown Rebellion, Cam Lewis; 2) Talisman Banana, Gary Albright; 3) Toucan, Donna Womble. (5 boats) LIGHT I — 1) Shop Girl, 26 Sierra, Kim Desenberg; 2) E.T., Antrim 27, Todd Hedin; 3) Sand Dollar, Mumm 30, Erich Bauer; 4) Kodiak, 26 Si¬ erra, John Clauss; 5) Divine Wind, Hobie 33, Rob¬ ert Farmer. (10 boats) LIGHT II — 1) Moonshine, Dogpatch 26, R.B. Ward; 2) Enigma, Ultimate 20, David Kitchen; 3) Mistress Quickly, SC 27, Larry Weaver; 4) Another Girl, Ultimate 24, Tim Kelbert. (8 boats) HEAVY I — 1) Yucca, 8-Meter, Hank Easom; 2) Mona Too, Hunter 45, David Halaby; 3) Einstein, Express 37, Steve Norcross; 4) Jarlen, J/35, Bob Bloom; 5) Blue Chip, Farr 40, Walt Logan; 6) Con¬ vergence, J/120, Jeff Winkelhake. (11 boats) HEAVY II — 1) Cowabunga, Schock 34-PC, Pat & Marilyn Brown; 2) Marrakesh, Express 34, Craig Perez; 3) Ozone, Olson 34, Carl Bauer; 4) Two Scoops, Express 34, Chris Longaker; 5) Rocinante, Express 34, Cris Sena; 6) Silkye, WylieCat 30, John Skinner. (13 boats) HEAVY III — 1) Happy Houka, Cal 27, Greg Goodman; 2) Maria, Ericson 35-11, Ed Almaas; 3) Flotsam, Yankee OD, Donald Keleher; 4) Sail A Vie, Hunter 30, Wayne Wilson. (9 boats) HEAVY IV— 1) Valkyrie, Peterson Quarter Ton, Michael Tosse; 2) Dog House, Bristol 29, Mike Stefani; 3) Harmony, Columbia Challenger, Nancy Farnum. (4 boats) MULTIHULL — 1) Hobie 21, George Pgdrick/ Gene Harris; 2) LeiLoe, 'Corsair', H.L. Enloe; 3) Tornado, Pease Glaser; 4) Water Wings, F-31, Jim Lawson; 5) Wind Rose, F-31, Patrick Nance; 6) Defiance, Cross 45, Michael Ropers; 7) Meteor, F-31, Thomas Dabney. (16 boats) CRUISE (one hour motor allowance) — 1) Coy¬ ote, Wylie 34, Peter Yates. (3 boats) OVERALL'— 1) Ego; 2) In the Fridge; 3) Shop Girl; 4) Surfeit; 5) Sofa King Fast; 6) Yucca; 7) Light Brigade (Melges 24, Warren Davidson); 8) Eclipse; 9) Kwazy; 10) Bad Hare Day. (113 eli¬ gible monohulls) Complete.results — www.stocktonsc.org.
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SEEMS LIKE OLD TIMES T? x irst. the good news — there are 59 entries in the upcoming 42nd Los Ange ¬ les to Honolulu Race, scheduled to go off in waves on July 1 {10 cruisers, 10 Cal 40s, and 5 small boats), July 4 (22 midsize boats), and the grand finale on July 6 (12 grand prix boats}. That's the biggest fleet since the sled days of 1985, and a brilliant comeback from just 33 starters in both ’01 and '99. "We have a healthy, diverse fleet this year," claimed Brad Avery, commodore of the Transpa¬ cific YC. "It's a grass roots phenomenon. People are once again starting to feel that they can sail the TransPac and win, no matter what kind of boat they have. It's no longer just a grand prix event." Now, the bad news — The TransPac ratings still haven't been released as we go to press, so this preview Will be pretty lightweight. Just as you can't tell the players without a program, you can't Surfs upt The Farr TP-52 Beau Geste', seen be¬ low in her Coastal Cup debut, is one of the pre¬ race favorites. Photo by Heather Flick.
write an insightful preview without the ratings, if you catch our drift. The class breakdowns on the following pages are accurate, but unfortunately we’re only able to list each group alphabetically in¬ stead of by speed-potential. By the time you're reading this, however, all the rat¬ ings —- as well as crew lists and pictures —- will be up on www.transpaclfkyc.org. Also, that site will be updated with the fleet’s daily position reports and stand¬ ings, if you're inclined - like us - to watch the 2,225-mile adventure unfold. Of course, lack of information has never stopped us from filling our allot¬ ted pages before, so without further ado or excuses, let’s take a look at this year’s TransPac fleet: Turbos — Two father/son teams, both in Reichel/Pugh turbosleds start¬ ing with the letter 'P', will match race the whole way for elapsed time honors, aka the Bam Door Trophy. Both boats are : also sailing their last TransPaes under; current ownership — Pyewacket will be
2003 TRANSPAC PREVIEW
'Pyewacket'crosses 'Pegasus 77' just after the start of the Coastal Cup. 'Pegasus 'soon reeled 'Pye' in — a preview of coming attractions?
turned over in Hawaii to new owner Frank Pong, a Hong Kong businessman, and Pegasus 77 is actively for sale for a cool $1.45 million. Both crews would love to lower the course record (7 days, 11 hours, 41 minutes, set by Pyewacket in ’99) on the way out. According to the VPPs, the boats are substantially faster than two years ago — somewhere between 14 and 20 hours — so a new record is a distinct possibil¬ ity. Heck, after Pyewacket lowered the Ensenada Race benchmark two months ago and Pegasus 77 obliterated the Catalina Race record just two weeks ago, we'll be a bit disappointed if the TransPac record is still standing in mid-July. Both the Ensenada and Catalina records were previously owned by the Andrews 70+ Magnitude, which still holds — for a little longer, at least — the longest day's run in a TransPac (353 miles, set in '99). While Roy Disney and his Pyewacket team (son Roy Pat, Robbie Haines, Peter Isler, Dean Barker, Ben Mitchell, Gregg Hedrick, Dave Tank, Dick Loewy, and Bay Area regulars Scott Easom, Rick Brent and Hogan Beatie) burned up the East Coast last year in their turbo mode, we're giving the nod to Pegasus 77 in the TransPac. Kahn's boat is two years newer and slightly bigger in almost every way, including the crew payroll. Pegasus 77 will be a little stronger in the nav sta¬ tion, pitting veteran Mark Rudiger against Pyewackets Peter Isler, sitting in for his old college roommate Stan Honey while the latter is sailing in the Cal 40 revival. "After watching Pegasus perform in the Coastal Cup, we know we have our hands full," said Easom. Natural rivalries — While the turbo tussle will dominate center stage, the battle between the TP 52s Beau Geste and Alta Vita should be just as intense. Beau Geste, a squeaky-new Farr design, was sailed flawlessly by a Volvo-level pro¬ Page 152
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fessional crew in the Coastal Cup, which may be a foreshadowing of. things to come. . . Of the three luxurious J/160s entered, Maitri (ex-Stark Raving Mad) looks a bit stronger than sisterships In¬ nocent Merriment and the shoal-draft Pipe Dream IX, which is more cruisingGet smart — The radical 32-foot 'The Cone of oriented. They'll be competing for a new Silence' has a lot of rating to overcome, but J/160 perpetual trophy for any distance could do well in a breeze. events over 200 miles originating from California (i.e., Hawaii and Mexico races). eign entries, the most ever. Three are .... Both lD-35s, Wild Thing and from Australia (Helsal II, Krakatoa, The Tabasco, will be veiy well sailed. We’re Cone of Silence), three from Canada (Ren¬ told that Wild Thing (the Busch League) egade, Lawndart, AxaPac), and one each has youth on their side, while Tabasco from Hong Kong (Beau Geste), Mexico (the Lynch Mob) has wis¬ dom — flip a coin. Bay Area Yacht SkJpppr Homeport • ' entries — DIVISION 11'Starts Sunday Jun 6i The Bay Area Pegasus 77 R'P 77 Honolulu, Hf R'P 77 Pyewacket Roy E. Disney Los Angeles will be ably DIVISION II (Starts Sunday, My 6) represented Alta Vita R P TP 52 Bill Turpin Santa Cruz .'V-Y by nine boats, Beau Geste Farr TP 52 Karl Kwok Hong Kong a great turn¬ Bengal II Ohashi 52 Yoshlhiko Murase Nagova JPN out. In order Grand Illusion SC 70 James McDowell Lahaini, Hf . Helsal It of size, they Adams 60 W.E. Rawson Melborne. AUS Icon Perry 65 R. Robbins J. Roscr Seattle are Pegasus Medicine Man Andrews $t Bob Lane Long Beach 77, Alta Vita, Pendragon 4 Davidson 52 John Maclaurin Marina del Rey Beach Music, Renegade Andrews 70 Dan Sinclair Vancouver, bc Vicki Dasher, Illu¬ Andrews 68 Ai & Vicki Schultz Long Beach sion, Califor¬ DIVISION IIIStarts Friday. July 4) Dasher* SC 50 R. Groh/R. Young San Francisco nia Girl, Horizon SC 50 Jack Taylor Dana Point Ranger, Bark¬ Innocent Merriment J.-160 Myron Lyon San Diego ing Spider Jeito J/145 Francisco Guzman Acapulco MEX and Starbuck. Lucky Dog* J/125 P. Putnam L. Bose Newport Beach Maitri J/160 Peter Johnson See last San Diego On Point Schock 40 Nick Martin Wilmington * month's fea¬ Pipe Dream IX J/160 Scott Piper Coral Gabies,' FL ture article Reinrag 2 J/125 . Tom Gamier Portland for the local The Cone of Silence R/P 32 James & Jenni Nell Newport, AUS *: lowdown. DIVISION IV :Starrs Friday July 4i Foreign Beautiful Day Sen. 47.7 William Boyd San Diego Bolt Olsen 40 Craig Reynolds Balboa affairs — Cool Man Cool 2 Harrell Jones Sydn$y38 4 Dana Point ' -" There’s an Hot Tamale T. & D. Jorgensen Glendora international Krakatoa Young 32 , RodSkellet Sydney, AUS flavor to this Lawndart Fast 40 ' ' Bill Allan Nanaimo. BC v Paddy Wagon Ross 40 Richard Mainland Marina del Ray year's Trans¬ Swept Away J/120 Louis Bianco Pac, thanks Tabasco ID 35 John Wylie San Diego to nine for-
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Nostalgia — Thanks to Wendy Siegal (Willow Wind) and Stan Honey (Illusion),
Family values — Five of the six crewmembers of the low-riding J/125 'Reinrag 2' (seen here at the start of the Coastal Cup) are related!
tight rating band. The question is not whether Illusion will win; rather, it's how much will they win by? The team of Stan and Sally Honey, Skip Allan and Jon Andron is simply too experienced to bet against. With cooperation from Mother Nature (i.e., tons of wind for the July 1 start only). Illusion could even win the Trans¬ Pac overall, thereby setting yacht racing back 40 years! Most courageous — The crew of the Tripp 40 B'Quest con¬ sists of a quadriplegic, Homepgrj a paraplegic, a victim of ju¬ Las Vegas, NV A. & D. Bairan venile rheu¬ Honolulu, HI D. Doyle*. Burgess matoid arthri¬ San Diego Chris Eusch tis, another who lost an San Diego Urban Miyares , : San Diego arm in Viet Timothy Coker Piedmont Nam, and an¬ i Long Beach Robert Rice et. al. other who is Wilmington, DE Paul Edwards blind. To¬ gether with PI. Richmond able-bodied Redondo Beach Gerald Finnigan It Long Beach skipper Josh D. & S. Wilson Palo Aito ■ Ross, they are Newport Beach Greg Boyer sailing for San Francisco
the Cal 40 class has fielded an improb¬ able 10 boats, enough to be offered the first 'one design' class start in the his¬ tory of the TransPac. It's not a true one design race, however, as the boats differ in displacement (between 15,000 and 17,0P0 pounds), sail area and other ways that are reflected in their ratings. Ralphie, the fastest boat in the class, gives the slowest, the Hawaiian-based Seqfire, something like six hours, which after a projected 12 days at sea, is still a
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Lethal weapon — 'Pegasus 77' is firing on all cylinders lately, and her crew is eager to de¬ fend their 2001 Barn Door honors.
six-man Aussie 1& on steroids — a highrating sportboat that could do really well in a breeze. If the name and the sail num¬ ber (8699) doesn't ring a bell, you didn't watch enough TV when you were grow¬ ing up. Smallest— The doublehanded Black Soo 31 Starbuck 'wins' hands-down in lots of categories: smallest boat, small¬ est budget, least comfortable, and the only wooden boat in the fleet. Most of the Cal 40s are a few years older than the 34-year-old Starbuck, but owner Greg Nelson, at 35, is believed to be the youngest skipper in the fleet. Starbuck is also the only boat without an engine, relying solely on solar power. Multihulls — Ha! This is a trick cat¬ egory, as there aren't any 'funny boats' this year. Doublehanders — Five boats, the most ever, are going doublehanded. Three are from the Bay Area: the Tayana 52 Beach Music, the custom SC 50 Dasher and the Black Soo Starbuck. The two others are the J/125 Lucky Dog (exSnoopy) from Newport Beach and the new Hawaii-based ID 35 Two Guys on the Edge (ex-Electro). The latter boat. July, 2003 •
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2003 TRANSPAC PREVIEW QUICK PICKS customized with cockpit'seats and a roller furler, will be the boat to beat. Dan Doyle and Bruce Burgess have entered the last three TransPacs doublehanded on a Sonotna 30 of the same name. They DNFed in 97 with a broken rudder, and then easily won the next two races against tiny fleets. As in 2001, they'll be racing to raise money and awareness for the Leukemia/bjmiphoma Society. Ulterior motives — Scott Piper, owner of the Florida-based J/160 Pipe Dream IX, is using the TransPac as part of his third circumnavigation! If you missed that story, turn back to Sightings. Youngest/oldest crew — Sam Shark' Kahn, all of 13 years old, is doing his third Hawaii race op Pegasus 77. When not crossing oceans. Shark can be found racing 29ers and Melges 24s, often with great success. Another 13-year-old, Julien Garnier, is crewing on Reinrag 2 (see below). . The oldest collective crew may well belong to Lady Bleu II, a Dynamique 62 in the Aloha Division, whose average age is 54. We'll get back to you next month if anyone confesses to being the oldest sailor in the fleet. All in the family — Five of the six
D1V. I — Pegasus 77. First to finish, first in class, maybe first overall. Two words: Coastal Cup. X, . DIV. II — BeauGeste. Awesome new boat, plus the Brady Bunch. DIV. Ill — Maitri. Wise men in the afterguard, showers, wine and DVDs. DIV. IV — Wild Thing. Been offshore before, just add wind. DIV. V — Crystal ball is fuzzy. Looks like a white boat in the 40-foot range. CAL 40s — Illusion. 5$ Hawaii races among their four crew ~'nuf said, ALOHA-- That's Incredible! Seems like the right horse for the course. DOUBLEHANDEDTwo Guys on the Edge, The name say§ it all.. crew on the J/125 Reinrag 2 (Garnier spelled backwards) are related —• owner Tom Garnier of Portland, his young1 son Julien, brother Al, and two nephews, Kevin (Al's son) and Jared Lathrop (Tom's sister's son). Got all that? "We're still going up the learning curve on this boat," explained Tom, who sailed it just once before doing the windy Coastal Cup. "It's quite a wet boat, a real submarine!"
There are also three Lessleys on the Cal 40 California Girl, probably a dozen father/son teams, and almost as many husband/wife teams scattered around the fleet. All these family connections suggest this might be a kinder, gentler TransPac than previous editions, not an altogether bad trend.
jl\s of this writing, the tradewinds are blowing 15-25 knots in the Pacific. Unless things change drastically in the next few weeks, it looks like the fleet will enjoy a pleasant and fairly fast crossing. Boats should start arriving at Diamond Head on Sunday, July 13, or Monday, July 14. As usual, we'll be roaming TransPac Row, camera, note pad and mai-tai in hand, rounding up a big story for the August issue. With a 59-boat fleet, there'll be no shortage of material! Happily, there's likely to be some se¬ rious celebrating going on after the race. The TransPac, the 97-year-old grand; daddy of West Coast races, is back — and looking pretty fit for its age! Tune in next month to read all about it. — latitude/rkm
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FORBIDDEN ISLAND V ave you ever wondered what Cuba is like? Do the women really walk around with fat cigars hanging out of their mouths? (Yes.) Do the men really get to work by horse-and-carriage? (Yes.) Do people really have to wait in long 'bread lines'? (Yes.) Can you buy a beer at a bar for less than a quarter? (Yes.) I had a terrifying itch to see firsthand what Cuba was'all about. Born and raised in the U.S., the little I knew about
At the cigar factory these cheerful ladies Were happy to demonstrate the time-honored tech¬ niques for rolling perfect 'Cubanos'.
our communist neighbors can be sum¬ marized by: the Bay of Pigs, the Cuban Missile Crisis and the name Fidel Castro. In all my years of travel. I’d never been to a communist country, but there was also something else that drew me to Cuba. Since U.S. citizens aren't allowed to spend money in Cuba, it occurred to me that this might be one of the last places on earth that hasn't been invaded
by our own American culture. There were four of us on board our Catalina 50 African Wind. Zach, Roy, Carrie and I had a bit of a problem visit¬ ing Cuba — our citizenship. We were all Americans, and the U.S. has strict regu¬ lations on any of its citizens traveling to Cuba. African Wind was in the Cayman Islands heading towards the British Turks and Caicos, and Cuba was smackdab in our path. I didn't want to bypass one of the most Page 156 • U&UJt 3? • July, 2003
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interesting and unique places in the world just because my country had a ri¬ diculous embargo against them. In fact, I kind of felt as though Cuba was calling me across the ocean. The rich scent of fresh tobacco and the tart smell of minty Mohitos laced the wind, caressed my senses and pulled me towards a new adventure. , Since I was raised in the land of the free, I’m not used to being told 1 can't go somewhere because of my nationality. Canada, the U.K., Spain, France, Ger¬ many and Italy — along \rith almost ev¬ ery other country in the world except the U.S. — allows its citizens to visit Cuba. The teenager bottled-up inside me thought: "That's not fair!" Luckily, the adult in me took over and realized that the U.S. is also 'home of the brave'. After studying the U.S. Treasury document en¬ titled: Cuba: What You Need to Know about the U.S. Embargo, we discovered a way to legally travel to Cuba without U.S. permission. The U.S. Treasury states that: "Fullyhosted travelers may travel to Cuba with¬ out contacting OFAC if the traveler's Cuba-related expenses are covered by a person not subject to U.S. jurisdiction." In other words, the document states that if an American citizen has a foreign sponsor who would be willing to cover the marina fees and other check-in/ check-out expenses, an American citizen could legally travel to Cuba as long as he/she didn't spend any money. All we had to do was find a citizen of a foreign country who would 'sponsor' us. Fortu¬ nately, we found Rupert from the U.K. The fees for all four of us to be in Cuba
for an entire month ended up being less than $300. Many foreign sailors will hap¬ pily pay these fees in exchange for the companionship of a buddy boat'.
The four crew of African Wind mus¬ tered a little courage and prepared our vessel to enter Cuban waters. Prepared means we bought $1,500 dollars worth of provisions in the Cayman Islands, enough to last us over a month in Cuba.
The Cuban equivalent of a Lexus is a 1950s Ford or Chevy. Through ingenuity and improvisation, they live on and on.
Sailing into communist Cuba under the capitalist American flag drew quite a crowd at Cienfuegos, our port of entry. The other sailors must have thought we were movie stars (or drug runners). Twenty-two Cuban officials and two slob¬ bering dogs waited for us at the dock. African Wind was boarded by commu¬ nists before we even secured the dock¬ lines. A 50-foot boat has plenty of room for four, but in a matter of seconds 19 people swirled around the deck. In the next three hours I filled out more forms than I did to buy my house. The last time I printed my name so many times was in first grade. (And my penmanship, like the rest of my body, has been slowly de¬ teriorating ever since.) We doled out extra cookies to make sure the offi¬ cials didn’t stamp any of our pass¬ ports. They handed us all our visas on separate pieces of paper — which is standard treatment for visiting Ameri¬ cans. According to the Cuban officials, 80,000 Americans visit their country annually. £ As soon as the 5 paperwork ' was z completed, the >, search began, g Fourteen men in- o spected African ^ Wind like they were <
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doctors giving the boat a prostate exam. No hole was left unpoked. I had the sud¬ den urge to sing:" Who Let the Dogs Out?" when two communist canines bounded down our companionway. While the dogs sniffed away — as if I had any drugs be¬ tween my legs — the inspectors took out all seven sails and went through each and every fold. Next, the officers went through 300 feet of grimy anchor chain. During the two-hour inspection, they dis¬ covered hiding places I didn’t even know existed. But in the end, the only fine white powder they found was our laun¬ dry detergent. I actually enjoyed the search experi¬ ence, and stayed on deck regaling the Cuban officials with the only joke I knew in Spanish. Note: a joke and a few but¬ ter cookies can appease even the grouchiest communist official. The Cuban/inspectors, while thorough, were very respectful and returned everything back to its proper place. After the initial search — only one tomato was seized for 'inspection' — checking into every other Cuban port was simple. Although the initial entry was quite a production, I ac¬ tually prefer the Cuban check-in ap¬ proach, where they come to you and tell you exactly what to do, as opposed to Beyond the horizon, there's a big world that Cubans aren't allowed to visit. Consequently, they are fascinated by news of other cultures.
the tiresome and frustrating Mexican system, where you go to them and struggle to figure out what you're supposed to do. Cuba is like nothing I have ever experienced and seeing it was worth everY bit of stress and hassle. And, of course, it's the cheapest place in the world since you're not allowed to spend any money!
Vjtylish and proper, Rupert was em¬ barrassed by our chaotic 'we-live-on-aboat' excuse for hairstyles. And he didn't buy my rationale: "But messy is in style!" The first place we stopped in Cuba was a barber shop. Rupert's two bucks got Zach and Roy a new look. A buck a hair¬ cut is a deal for foreigners, but still over four times the price a local pays. Zach got the 'communist cut' which basically made him look like he had a five-o'clock shadow on his head. Afterwards, Roy wouldn't talk about the experience. Even though his hair did look better, he wore a hat for the rest of the trip. Next, Rupert, the big spender, took the
One of the most pleasurable aspects of Cuban culture is their love of music. Infectious, spicy rhythms often fill the air. boys out to drown their sorrows at our favorite "beer garden" which sells a deli¬ cious mug of malt beverage for 221. Rupert even splurged for banana splits for everyone at 7$ each! Although Cu¬ ban ice-cream parlors have only one fla¬ vor per day — and to me it always tastes like frozen baby aspirin. Another $10 bought hamburgers, fries and drinks for the five of us. Then I asked for ketchup and the man rolled his eyes at me. He handed me the red bottle and said: "Only use a little." We found this consume only what you need' philosophy everywhere in Cuba. Later, when we went to the tourist office to get maps of the city,'the man there would only give us one map. "There are five of us. Can we please have two maps?” 1 pleaded. (I thought I was being reason¬ able, since I really wanted five maps!) "What if we split up? What if I misplace the map?" I implored him to reconsider. "Stay together and don't lose the map," he replied. With that, the 'head of tourism' whooshed us wasteful travelers out of hi/office and let us loose on the streets of Cuba. We enjoyed the economical marina at Cienfuegos for a week. Staying in a slip cost less than $15 a day. Normally, we live on the hook, but in Cuba Rupert treated us to the luxuries of power, wa¬ ter and dockside living. We felt like roy¬ alty and made our way around town by horse-drawn carriages. For 50 cents, they took us anywhere we wanted to go!
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FORBIDDEN ISLAND neur will probably make a fortune ex¬ porting Otter Pops to Cuba. You heard it here first. The streets in Cuba are the cleanest I've ever seen. There is absolutely no trash. It is a beautiful treat for your eyes, but a nightmare for your nostrils. These
Ox carts aren't the most efficient means of transport, but they get the job done. Besides, Cubans have few other options. very same seemingly-sanitary streets reek with urine. Men and children have no problem peeing in public. In fact, young boys swing their organs around with pride, not unlike a lasso. There are lots of 'Joses' using their hoses’ to wa¬ ter the sidewalks. Frankly, I don't blame them. I'd rather squat in the gutter than use some of the restrooms here. The word 'disgusting' is too mild to describe what you encounter when you have to tinkle. Our guidebook suggests that you bring your own toiletpaper wherever you go in Cuba. I sug¬ gest you bring your own toilet seat. However, aside from public urination, the Cuban people are wonderful. My faMany Cubans are fanatical about chess. Folks of all ages can be seen playing for hours and hours in parks and public 'chess parlors'.
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vorite thing about Cubans is that they are so eager and willing to have their photos taken. They also want to hear stories about what it is like in your coun¬ try — since they aren't allowed to leave theirs. Cubans are very animated, but they all seem a little malnourished. I had the urge to hand a multi¬ vitamin to every Cuban I met.
Oxubans are friendly and are quick to tell you how much they love Americans; only our governments despise each other. As a traveler, it's a good idea to speak a little Spanish when visiting Cuba, as not many Cubans speak English — except in the resort hotels. You’re more likely to find a Cuban who speaks Russian or German. In fact, I only heard English once when a local asked me: "Are you Ameri¬ can?" "Yes," I responded. "Can you take a look at this?" "Sure," I replied before I knew what 'this' was. He was referring to an Oldsmobile, an American car. I be¬ lieve his thinking was that since both the car and I were made in the same coun¬ try, I should be able to repair it, right? The broken Oldsmobile was stranded on the side of the road with its hood open, and its rusty guts shamelessly bared for all to see. A group of men hunkered around it and shook their heads in pity for the dead car. The old auto looked like a lifeless patient lying on the operating table after an unsuccessful operation. "Can you look at her?" another man asked me in Spanish. Little did he know, Zach, who was standing right next to me, is an auto mechanic. I was flattered that he thought I — a woman! — might know something about cars. It turns out he didn't ask Zach because his sailor's tan con¬ vinced everyone that he was Cuban. In fact, most locals thought Zach was my tour guide rather than my hus¬ band. I wanted to be helpful, so I did what I've seen my hus¬ band do when he tries to re¬ pair an old clunker. I picked up a screwdriver, and then screwed up my face. Then I knitted my brows to make it look like I was concentrating
on something important. In the world of mechanics, noise is progress. I twisted this thingy and then banged that thingy. Of course, I added a few deep sighs for dramatic effect. Finally, I emerged and wiped the beaded sweat from my brow so I could obtain the characteristic mechanic's black forehead smudge. "Well," I declared. "This car is only liv¬ ing up to half of its name." Confused, the men just stared at me with the blank expression of a Santeria doll. They weren't waiting for my joke's punch line. Heck, most of them just didn't under¬ stand English. "This car is indeed 'Old'," I continued, "but it sure ain't 'mobile'." For the record, my Oldsmobile joke didn't translate well into Spanish. I couldn’t make them laugh, and I couldn't make the car go, so I gave them each a vitamin and was on my way. Besides not fixing cars, Zach and I en¬ tertained ourselves in a variety of ways.
The broken Oldsmobile was stranded on the side of and Its rusty guts for all to see. People-watching was our favorite Cuban activity. I could spend all day sitting under a shady tree watching the shady people. You can watch groups of grown men release their angst by violently banging around chess or domino pieces. Ladies saunter their wide hips through the park screaming at the top of their lungs until someone buys a candy from them. Guards and other workers bring their Coke cans to the lo¬ cal pub and secretly fill them with frothy beer. Then three people pass by, hap¬ pily riding one bike together through the town's cobbled streets. Little girls practice their ballet in the park. Old men sit on park benches, smoking their fatties, applauding the tots'
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What flavor is it? Who cares. It's a cool refresh¬ ing antidote for the pervasive Caribbean heat and humidity._ dance performances. Old ladies in curl¬ ers sweep the dust from the park as if it were their own porch. Couples take their pigs and goats for an evening stroll. And men sit in their doorways, not too proud to cuddle a baby doll in public. When I got bored with people watch¬ ing, I usually took a quick jaunt down to the local restaurant. But I wouldn't dare eat at the establishment because the food in Cuba is horrible. I just went to read the ridiculous English menu transla¬ tions. This was actually printed in a menu of one of Cuba's finest restaurants: "The chicken is all boneless and naked, don’t you think wrong, it refers to being put out of skin with the good intention of protecting you from cholesterol." The same menu also gave a description of the rice: "White rice boiled with water and oil, openly different from those eaten in Asian films." Entertainment is every¬ where!
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iter a few weeks in Cuba, Zach’s processed-meat cravings started. Zach loves bacon, but Rupert assured us that there was no bacon to be found in Cuba. How do you have bacon and eggs with¬ out bacon? I suggested we try the Bay of Pigs, but Zach thought we'd have more luck at the local market. That's when we met the town butcher. The meat seller’s job is to sit in his store daily until he sells a leg of pork which hangs in the open air from a stereotypical meat hook. Flies sit on the meat like freckles, and make even a carnivore like me want to consider a salad. If the pork leg sells, he closes up his shop, sometimes at 9:00 a.m,, sometimes at 6:00 p.m. It all de¬ pends on what time the customer arrives! One morning, after Rupert actually bought the butcher's leg of pork, the five of us were in the mood for an adventure that didn't involve insect-covered swineflesh. A few Cubans on bicycles rode up and offered us a ride. Each bike could fit tw6 people, but we thought we should each have our own chauffer. It would be our personal chariot race. The cyclists saddled each of us up in the 'cockpits’ of their bicycle-contrap¬ tions. We weren't sure what we were in for. They looked at each other and smiled menacing grins. On your marks! Get set! Go!!!* The race was on. We screeched through the bumpy streets passing pigs, donkeys, horse-drawn carriages, other cyclists and the occasional broken-down classic car. Watch out! Roy was ahead, then Carrie, then Zach, then I flew down a back alley and I was in the lead. Not for long because those three caught up to me. I don’t remember who won the race — which means I didn't win because I would remember that — but I do re¬ member an after¬ noon of non-stop laughter. I wanted the race to go on forever so that I didn't have to go back to the boat and smell that stinky pork. How¬ ever, it was the only thing we found that resembled bacon. Our conversa¬ tions in Cuba have turned out to be as classic as the cars. For example: the Af¬ rican Wind and our
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sponsor, Rupert, were meandering down the street when a local man ran up to us and excitedly asked "Tienes jabon?" Zach looked at me and said: "That man wants a bone." I shook my head. "He wants soap," I told Zach. "Jabon is Spanish for soap." Carrie chimed in: "Why would he think we'd have bones in
Cubans don't have much in the way of material possessions, but health care and education are top priorities. our pockets?" "Why would he think we'd have soap, either?" Roy asked. In fact, the two most common ques¬ tions we were asked in Cuba were: "Do you have any soap?" (I guess the people don't get enough soap with their monthly ration cards.) And, "Can you take me with you to America?" I guess people think Americans have boatloads of soap. Another conversation that I remem¬ ber fondly was when Carrie asked a woman if she could photograph her eat¬ ing her ice cream. The woman was ec¬ static. No one had ever photographed her before. When I showed her the image on the digital camera she clasped her hands over her mouth in disbelief. She squealed with thg flight of a child! She was en¬ amored with her own beauty and wanted me to show her photo to everyone in town. "I am so pretty," she exclaimed. While we were talking, Carrie became entranced by the ice cream that the lady v^as licking. It looked cool, creamy and delicious. "What flavor is that?" Carrie asked in Spanish. The old woman was confused at first, and then sampled an¬ other taste of her dessert. "I don't know," the woman finally confessed. Carrie and I trotted across the street to sample the ice cream for ourselves. Of course, it tasted like baby aspirin. After a week of city life in Cienfuegos, African Wind headed for the tranquil life of the Islands of the Queen. We spent a week relaxing in warm sun and minia¬ ture-golf-blue waters of the remote CuJuly, 2003 • UUtiJtW • Page 159
FORBIDDEN ISLAND ban islands. The only other people we saw were fishermen. After dropping anchor the first day, two Cubans got into their rowboat and paddled oyer to visit us. "You want to see my big fish?" one of them asked me. What a line! Was he trying to reel me in? "I'm married," I told him in Spanish. "He may like my fish, too?" the guy replied in Spanish. A fish that goes both ways? "What kind of is it?" I inquired. "A big fish," he answered. 'Yeah, you said that." I was thinking: "It's not the size of the fish; it's the taste of the fish." But I said, "Is the big fish on your boat?" "I have a lot of fish on my boat," he re¬ sponded. About this time, Zach dame’over be¬ cause, apparently, I Was talking too long to the cute stranger. The fisherman was unnerved to see that my claim to have a husband was real: "Oh, I have a present for you!" the fisherman told Zach. (Note: The following is an excellent way to make new friends.) The fisherman threw a con¬ tainer on our boat. The box was pulsing with eight huge lobsters. When I say huge, I mean at least two pounds each — but since I have a tendency to exag¬ gerate, subtract 30% of that. "No, no, no,"
Clip on and feel the power! Like other Cuban infrastructure, the electrical system leaves a bit to be desired. I held up my hand. "It is too much." "It is also for your crew," he offered. I thought for a moment. How do I break this to him? He lives on a dilapi¬ dated piece of floating junk and Zach and I have all the space in the world on our Catalina 50. 'We only have four people abroad," I told him. 'We'll accept four lob¬
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House now has a similar bill (H.R. 2071). If these bills become law, the restrictions for travel to Cuba would be permanently .
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he bad news is, I had to sell Aventura. The good news is. I'm the new owner. If this sounds like a riddle or some African, was willing and able to facilitate Money Channel tax dodge, it is not. It is this by loaning his son the money that a simple statement of fact. Of course, a would enable the young couple to buy sea gypsy's version of the truth might be their own ocean-worthy sailboat. slightly different than say a 'land lawyer's Their search had been determined but interpretation. That's because a legal beagle frequently removes the actual discouraging. Florida is supposedly an excellent place to buy a boat, because from the factuabv there are so many available in that area. It was a little over two years ago, and But most of the vessels in their price after 17 years of courtship and consum¬ range looked less like passage makers mation with my lovely Golden Gate 30, Aventura, I had to sell her. There were and more like project makers. And then multiple reasons — a sad stew of the per¬ they walked down K dock at the Miami sonal, financial, literary and miscella¬ Beach Marina and spotted Aventura. Their look of appreciation and admi¬ neous. It was a heart-rending1 decision ration was instantaneous. They' knew a for me as evidenced by this passage from righteous ocean-strider when they saw an email sent to friends on that difficult one, and I knew a boat savvy couple day: when I saw one. The look in their eyes 'Yesterday morning, for the first time in 17 years, Aventura sailed without me. transported me back 17 years to the day But though we are now apart, our when I first encountered this blue water 20,000-mile voyage will forever delight sweetheart. 1 and comfort me. Through sublime plea¬ My search for the perfect little anysure and terrifying punishment, my ocean sailboat had taken me to lovely little sloop never failed me. I sa¬ Sausalito. I was checking out a 32-foot lute and thank her." Pearson Vanguard that had been adver¬ The one redeeming pleasance in this tised in this very magazine. She seemed profoundly unpleasant experience were like an admirable little cruiser, but it was the new owners. I thought of them as clear to me that she wasn't 'the one.' 'the kids.' Surely they perceived them¬ selves as young adults, but when com¬ pared to the average age of the cruising I turned to head back down the fleet, they were actually probably closer dock, something caught my eye. You to pre-K. However, when measured couldn't call it a boat. And you couldn't against the voyaging achievements of the call it a house — unless you were a Sul¬ cruising fleet, they were old masters. tan. From a distance it looked distinctly Claude was only 19 years old, but — like the Taj Mahal. Naturally, I sauntered and this is a But with a capital B, per¬ down the dock to check it out. haps even a global B — he had already And sure enough, closer inspection circumnavigated! And he hadn't done so revealed that it was a miniature Taj on a family yacht with parents aboard. Mahal that was built atop a barge. Even Instead, he had achieved his rounding in Sausalito, which is famous for its un¬ with two other buddies who were in their usual and artistic houseboats, this was 20s. extraordinary. As 1 stood there, wonder¬ Julie, his sweetheart, was the daugh¬ ing if the owner had been inspired by ter of longtime_ -worship or whimsy, French cruisers the sound of tin¬ who were sea daw¬ kling finger cymbals dling in Polynesia. arose from within. She was born in Could bellies have Paris and raised on been a-dancing? the family boat in I started back Bora Bora. down the dock to¬ Claude and Julie , wards the parking met in Moorea dur¬ lot when something ing his circumnavigation. Their romance else caught my eye. She was a trim little blossomed there amidst the frangipani 30 footer; and damn, did she ever have and the langour. And then it survived the sweet lines. All of the sloop's proportions separation necessaiy for him to close the seemed just right. She looked strong and circle of his circumnavigation. But now fast and seakindly and beautiful. they were back together, and it was time I had probably spent about 10 min¬ for their own boat. utes assessing and admiring her, when Claude's father, Robert, who is South someone approached.
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"She's a pretty one, wouldn't you say?" "Yes, quite lovely. Do you know what brand of boat she is?" "I think she's a Golden Gate 30, but I'm not certain." "Too bad she's not for sale." "Actually, I believe she is," said the stranger, who then introduced himself. He explained that there had been a 'for sale sign on the little yacht for a few weeks and he didn't know if its removal meant that the sloop had already been sold. He thought that the owner had also run an ad in the Latitude 38 Classy Classifieds. Hearing this, I thanked the Samaritan sailor for his help and headed back to my car to see if this beauty was advertised. * Sure enough, there was a listing in the Classy Classifieds for just such a
ONCE AND FUTURE SLOOP navigator, sea mystic and writer, had taught me celestial navigation aboard his famous steel ketch, Joshua. His advice was just as emphatic: "This is a gale-wor¬ thy boat. This is a voyager. Buy her!" I did. And as you know from my dis¬ patches from the cruising grounds, she filled my life with adventure, romance, laughter and reflection. But I could tell from the happiness bubbling in Claude and Julie's eyes that it would soon be their turn to know the delights of life aboard Aventura.
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but with enough white surfaces to keep her from looking like a floating cave suit¬ able for the Fool on the Waves. The lay¬ out down below indicated a naval archi¬ tect (all hail Chuck Burns!) who had de¬ signed her for service at sea and not for an appearance on the Home and Gar¬ den Channel. I was smitten! But a voice within me counseled for other opinions. So I sought the advice of two of my wisest sailing friends — Peter Sutter and Bernard Moitessier. Peter, the great sailmaker and racer, advised me to "buy this boat and get out there." Not long afterwards he fol¬ lowed his own advice and took his be¬ loved sloop Wild Spirit to the South Pa¬ cific where he happily spent his final decade. Bernard, the world-renowned circum¬
So what does a sea gypsy do with¬ out a boat? Well, I certainly wasn't going to surrender to the real world and be¬ come a corporate commando in the cru¬ sade for globalization. Instead, I bought myself a small RV and renewed my ac¬ quaintance with my homeland. Wandering through 30 states allowed me to visit many of my landlocked friends whom I hadn't seen for years. Eventu¬ ally these travels on the asphalt seas led me back to San Francisco, where I luxu¬ riated in the affection of the many people who mean so very much to me. This warmth proved to be a valuable antidote to my semi-arctic juggling shows at Pier 39. During my nine years away they had moved the stage from an inti¬ mate, protected location to a spot that was fully exposed to the wind and fog. Certainly there were colder locations on the planet, but probably none where a street performer was attempting to juggle dangerous objects. Frostbite and flying bowling balls is not a pretty picture. At about this time a book publisher. Matt Morehouse, took an interest in my skewed way of looking at the sailing world and the world world. This was a perfect opportunity to thaw out my fro¬ zen fingefs by creating a little heat on the laptop every day. Soon, my first book. Tales of a Sea Gypsy, was a reality. For a lifetime bach¬ elor, this was probably as close as I will ever come to fatherhood. It was an au¬ thentic and abiding joy. I felt as jubilant as a Sumo wrestler in an all-you-caneat sushi bar. The next phase was promoting the book through signings at West Marine stores, appearances at boat shows and lots of talks at yacht clubs. The title of my slide show was "Why I Love the Sea Gypsy Life.” During the next six months I spoke to thousands of people describing how enjoyable and enriching and enlightened the cruising life is. I may not have con¬ vinced everyone in these audiences, but July. 2003 • UfcWt?? • Page 163
RAY JASON'S SEA GYPSY VIGNETTES V. my words at least cast a spell on one person — me! I must go down to the sea a^ain. Life on Jand was beginning to appear irretrievably nutsoid to me. Here are two examples: A friend called me on his cell phone to rejoice over the fact that he had just been placed on the waftr ing list to get onto some company's mailing list. When I reminded him that in the old days we used to expend considerable energy get¬ ting our vital data removed from such lists, his rebuttal was that "Things are different now." And then he added, "Per¬ haps you have been away too long." Or perhaps not long enough. t I must hasten down to the sea again. The second awakening moment oc¬ curred when a dear friend described the string pulling that he had just success¬ fully achieved in order to brighten the future of his young twins. He had been able to enlist the influence of a powerful U.S. Senator to help his kids get into the "right pre-school." When I asked if such favors were not usually saved until they apply to Stanford, he swore to me that if they didn't get into a suitable pre-K, then a future at Stanford would be out of the question. I must sprint down to the sea again.
ing rigging, a liferaft and many other great items. And the greatest news of all was the fact that the boat was currently on the island of Carriacou near the southern end of the Caribbean. This was fantastic since I had always wanted to explore the fabled West Indies. I felt like I had died and gone to Milpitas.\ But before that wondrous reunion with my once and future sloop could oc¬ cur, I had some serious hurdles to leap. Getting a loan was the first one. My chances as a writer/sailor/juggler of qualifying for financial assistance from a major banking institution were about as unlikely as Regis Philbin taking a vow of silence and joining a Trappist Monas¬ tery. But a quartet of friends came through for me with some personal loans. They apparently did so either because they could sense what a struggle it had be¬ come for me to live ashore, or because they wanted to live vicariously through my adventures — or because they just wanted to get me out of town. Regard¬ less of their true motives, I offer thanks and praise to Danny, Beck, Peter and Michael. Selling the RV .was the next hoop awaiting me. But instead of being an or¬ deal, it turned into a wonderful experi¬ ence — especially for an unrepentant ro¬ mantic like myself, who is on permanent stoiy safari. A good friend suggested that his buddy might be a potential buyer. When I inquired as to this person's oc¬ cupation, my friend said, 'Well, you're almost like brothers." "Meaning?" "Oh, you see, you're both 'self-empfoyed."’ "And what is his 'field?'" "Recycling." "That's a pretty broad category. Does he have a specialty?" "As a matter of fact, he does. He's a dumpster entrepreneur. He searches for discarded exercise equipment like sta¬ tionary bikes and rowing machines. He repairs them, spruces them up and sells them on consignment at a friend’s store." Now, I swear on a case of Depends that 1 am not making this up. In fact, if you go stake out a nearby debris box, you might spot him in your very own
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It was definitely time to take to heart the message of that "Why I Love the Sea Gypsy life" guy. But before I could put a plan into action, the Sky Bosun inter¬ vened. Apparently my misadventures as a wanderer du land were not nearly as entertaining to him as the foolishness that I get into as a vagabond du sea. This SkyBo intervention came in the form of an unexpected email. The kids had not forgotten my request to "contact me first if they ever had to sell Aventura." They explained that Claude's father had bought a 160-ft surplus steel research vessel from the South African govern¬ ment. He did this so that his extended family could live aboard and travel about. So I was being offered an opportunity to buy back my favorite sloop. This good news was made great when they offered to sell her to me for the same price that I had sold her to them. But what was even greater was the fact that they had added over $15,000 worth of new equipment. This included a Yanmar diesel, SSB ra¬ dio, wind generator, radar, new stand¬ Page 164 • ImUmUZ9 • July, 2003
neighborhood. And it turns out that not only is he a free enterprise capitalist of the most noble sort, but he is also a kind and caring son. That's because his purpose in buying my motorhome was to liberate his par¬ ents from their TVs. Since they were both in their 90s, his options for getting them out of the house were somewhat limited. He couldn't afford motels, and camping was too rigorous, but weekend jaunts in an RV would be just the ticket. The final challenge that must be met before I could reunite with Aventura was the miniaturization of my life. The typi¬ cal sailor going cruising drives his be¬ longings down to the marina in several trips, loads them into a dock cart and rolls them out to the boat. But I would have to fly my entire fu¬ ture to the West Indies in my checked and carry-on luggage. Since the runways of many Caribbean airports would fit in¬ side an average mid-size suburban mall, the aircraft that service them are small with very limited cargo space. The daunting challenge of cramming an entire life into three suitcases amused me when I recalled the vow that I had made with my college roommate long ago. We fancied ourselves as rebels with or without assorted causes, and our op¬ erative motto had been "Never own more stuff than you can fit into the trunk of your car." So, with my college years far astern and my middle years directly abeam, I had to laugh out loud at the realization that I could still fit all of my worldly goods into the trunk of a car!
Xind now, a few weeks after board¬ ing one of those Caribbean turboprops with my puny assortment of possessions, I can report that all is well with the world — at least with one sea gypsy's world. It is just after sunrise on beautiful Tyrrell Bay in Carriacou. The only other crea¬ tures awake in my vicinity are the roost¬ ers, some beachcombing goats, and the wind generators. The anchor is well set, Aventura is la¬ zily rocking to the caress of a light Trade wind, and I am aglow with a contentment so profound and elemental that I wish I could share it with you in more than just words. • s
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MAX EBB TAt was like entering thev basement of a haunted house. At first it was too dark to see any details as I cautiously low¬ ered my head down through the forward hatch. With the companionway boarded up and locked, and the cabin windows covered by an old tarp, the darkness was a severe contrast to the afternoon sun¬ light. But when my eyes adapted I could make out the cluttered cabin and the thick layer of dust that covered every¬ thing. Nothing had been touched on this boat for years, and it looked as though nothing had been put away after the last time it was sailed. There was stale food in the galley, decayed remnants of trash in the bin, and a juihble of personal gear in the lockers and drawers. Some sailbags were on the cabin sole, and the sides of the bags bearing against the mildewed carpet were green with mold. Following an acrid smell, I cautiously opened the ice box and found two rusty cans, one full and one empty, and a thick layer of ossified brown and black organic material coating the bottom of the small box — evidently the contents of one of the cans had leaked out years ago. A 1991 tide book was lying on the small galley counter. It corresponded to the ’91 registration sticker we had seen on the bow. Rust streaks on the inside of the hull marked the locations of most of the through-bolts along the rail, and damp rotting foam protruded from the frayed berth cushion covers. A tarnished kero¬ sene lamp hung from frozen gimbals on the main bulkhead. There were bare, rusty sockets that had once been cabin light fixtures, and holes in another bulk¬ head from which a radio and other elec¬ tronics had apparently been removed. “What a piece of junk,” I thought to myself as I inspected an open crack in the sliding main hatch, revealed by a sliver of sunlight shining through from outside. “It’s perfect!” said my friend, who had dragged me along to help him check out the boats that were coming up for auc¬ tion next week. The “derelict dock,” as we call it, is normally off lim¬ its except by special arrangement with the harbormaster. There are announced inspection hours on the days before the auction, but the public is not allowed access at other times. So the prospec¬ tive buyer, who sometimes crews for me
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on my boat on our weekday evening races, had talked me into taking the din¬ ghy over. The idea was to bypass the locked gate and sneak an unofficial pre¬ view of the merchandise. As as luck would have it, the forward hatch of the boat that my friend was taking a liking to had been left unsecured. “I don’t know," I said, trying to be tact¬ ful. “You’re going to have to replace just about everything. New cushions, new hatches, new sails, new radio, new bat¬ tery and electrical system. I think you’ll do much better if you spend a little more money and buy a boat that’s in good con¬ dition with some equipment on board that works.” While I was frying to add up the cost of everything the boat would require to become fully found, something bumped the hull from outside. I could hear the pop of battens tacking, and caught a glimpse of a brightly colored sail as I looked out the window through a nar¬ row space under the edge of the tarp. My friend reacted to the bump as if he'd just spent a week polishing the hull. “Windsurfers aren’t supposed to be sailing inside the harbor!” he wailed. We could feel the boat rock as the stranded windsurfer climbed onto the foredeck, probably thinking it would be a good place to rest before attempting to escape from the tricky lee shore created by the row of old boats rafted two-deep to the derelict dock. “Easy,” I said. “I really doubt that this boat has positive value. It needs new standing rigging, a new outboard, a haulout, hatch and deck repairs, insur¬ ance. . . " Just then the whole boat started to shake violently, accompanied by the sound of shrouds, spreaders, halyards, turnbuckles and toggles clattering and clanging. We scrambled back to the forehatch to see what was up, but before either of us got there, Lee Helm’s dripping wet head poked down through the open hatch. “Passes the resonant frequency response test,” she announced. “What were you doing up there?” I demanded. “Just a little shake to see if anything
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falls off,” she explained. “You grab the mast like this,” her voice faded as her head disappeared again, “and pump ‘til you feel the peak response frequency, and then. . .” The noise and shaking started to build again, “. . .keep pump-' ing til you crank up some big ampli¬ tudes. ...” She was shouting now, to be heard over all the noise she was creating. “I mean, like, it doesn't really test for any¬ thing, but it’s fun to do.” “Okay, stop already!” shouted the pro¬ spective buyer. “Right,” I said. “We don’t want the rig to fall down just yet.” “At least not ‘til I have insurance,” he added.
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made you sail over to this part of the Marina?” I asked Lee after she stopped playing with the mast and slid down the hatch, catching her harness hook in some halyard tails piled around the edge of the hatch. “I saw you heading over in the dink, so I thought I’d, like, take a look, too. I wouldn’t want one of your crew to buy p clunker at one of these auctions.” “What makes it a clunker?” said my crew. “So far, everything that’s wrong with it is just cosmetic.” “Deck leaks,” I said. “Hatch damage. Old standing rigging. Needs new sails.” “How do you know it needs new sails?" “Parts of the main are sticking out from under the cover,” noted Lee. “And probably have been for years. So even if
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In this market, a plastic classic can be had for a song/ In the long run, though, you might do better to spend more fora well-kept sistership. the main was in good shape when the boat was last sailed, the UV damage is, like, guaranteed. Very least, you’re in for some major sail repairs. Let’s see what else it’s got. . We probed around inside the mil¬ dewed sailbags. Some sails were ancient, but two of the jibs, I had to admit, felt pretty crisp. And one of the spinnakers was actually crinkly. “Aside from the mainsail,” said Lee, “there’s a usable inventory here.” “But by the time you replace the standing rigging, and then get a haulout, a survey and insurance, the tab is going to be well above $2,000. Then, with berthing and tax and bottom mainte¬ nance you have to figure at least $3,000 a year to keep the boat in the water and ready Jo sail. So really,” I explained, “it doesn't make sense to buy a boat like this, no matter how cheap the selling price.” “Every used boat is, going to need new wires,” countered Lee. “I mean, I’ll bet 90% of the boats in this marina have standing rigging that’s more than 10 years old.” “But this boat hasn’t even been sailed for 10 years," protested the hopeful buyer. “How do you know the rig is worn out, if it’s been sitting unloaded for so long?” ' “Part of the degradation is time-dependent,” said Lee. “And like, you have no idea what the history was before it
was abandoned. Still, that’s something you’ll have to do with any boat more than 10 years old, so it’s not fair to use that as an argument against bottom fishing for a boat. Same with the haulout, actu¬ ally.” “Let’s go back up on deck and have another look at the rig,” I suggested, since I was beginning to feel claustro¬ phobic in the dark and stuffy cabin. The three of us wriggled back up through the hatch, squinted in the sun¬ light, and moved to the cockpit. Lee gave the tiller and rudder a quick stress test by pumping it hard, and declared that the play in the rudder post was “no more than usual.” Then we checked the winches — one was frozen, and one spun freely in both directions. While discussing whether this was anything to worry about or not, we were surprised by another visitor — a dock neighbor of mine in a small plas¬ tic kayak. He had snuck up on the in¬ board side of the dock, paddling un¬ der the gangways in the spaces between the docks and the rip-rap around the edge of the harbor. “What’s with the paddling?” I asked as he glided around to our side of the
ered that by standing up in the canoe and holding up an animal skin, they could, like, save themselves a whole lot of work.” “I was getting fat with just this sail¬ ing stuff,” he answered. “Besides, why should I use technology that’s been ob¬ solete for 150 years, when I have access to a technology that’s been obsolete for 4,000?” For once, Lee didn’t have a snappy answer, and my neighbor tied up his kayak and climbed aboard to join the fun. “Let’s see,” he said slowly, repeating the cost calculation that I had started. “Standing rigging, mainsail, new bottom, new lights, insurance, berthing deposit, fiberglass repair. . .” “I can do the repairs myself,” the pro¬ spective owner insisted. “You forget that I was in the university sailing club, where we fix boats as much as we sail them. I’m good with fiberglass.” “Okay, take that out," the kayaker agreed. “But I think you’ll still need about $5;000 to get this thing back out on the Bay in reasonable shape. And you know, you could spend less than that on a sistership that was already in perfectly good condition. “Not to mention the three K a year, bare minimum, to keep it berthed, in¬ sured, and ready to sail,” 1 added. "Exactly. As long as you're spending that much to havp a boat, it makes far more sense to spend just a little more money up front to have a much nicer boat. That’s why the market is so soft for low-value boats like this. Even if you borrow the money for a much more ex¬ pensive initial purchase, adding the in¬ terest to the base annual expenses only increases costs by a small fraction, and you have a much nicer boat to sail. That’s why there’s so little demand for low-value boats, and why the bottom has fallen out of the market for old fixeruppers like this. “And aside from all that,” I added, “It really is cheaper to buy a more expensive boat that comes with all the stuff you’ll have to buy for it.” “Only thing is,” Lee countered, “with the fully found boat you get, like, all of someone else’s stuff. You miss out on the fun of picking out your own spinnaker colors and choosing the latest radio and GPS with the features you want. Or else you end up spending a lot of money any-
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dock. “It’s my new pool toy,” he responded. “Like it?” “You know, thousands of years ago,” Lee informed him as if he had never heafd of this before, “someone discov¬
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MAX EBB way. Plus it’s good to recycle. I mean, would you rattier see a boat like this cut up and sent to the landfill?” \ “Let me take a look downstairs,” said the kayaker as' he slid down the hatch. When his head popped up a minute later, he was holding his nose. “Nothing a little sandblasting and DDT won’t fix,” he joked.
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he deck leaks are the real prob¬ lem,” I said. ‘That slow drip through the toe rail will guarantee that the berth cushion bottoms are always just a little damp, and you’ll never stay ahead of the mildew. I don’t think the cabin will ever be a very comfortable or inviting place, even with that old kerosene lamp cleaned up." “I had damp and mildew* under my cushions, too,” my dock neighbor said as he climbed back out to the foredeck, “until I put these fancy plastic mats un¬ derneath. I bought them at the boat show, and they work like a charm — now the cushions are bone dry and the for¬ ward cabin smells good again!” “What are they made of?” I asked. “I think he’s talking about three-di¬ mensional monofilament drainage mat,” Lee suggested. “You know, the stuff with filtration geotextile on both sides and the spidery matrix of polypropylene fibers inside.” "Geotex. . . what?" I started to say. ‘That’s the stuff,” said the kayaker. “About three-quarters of an inch thick. Comes in rectangular sheets as big as one berth, and you trim it with scissors to fit. The idea is that it maintains an air space between the berth and the cush¬ ion, so any water that gets in can dry out.”
The ocean racer I sail on uses three layers of it instead of foam on the berths," Lee continued, “and two layers on the pipe berths. As comfy as foam, but lighter and doesn't absorb water.” “How much does it cost?” I asked, thinking it would solve the damp cush¬ ion bottom problem on my boat, too. “Forty bucks a sheet at the boat show,” he said. “First time I ever bought anything right from a booth like that, at first sight.” “There’s got to be an industrial supPage 168 • LazUtli • July. 2003
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. plier somewhere selling it for a lot less,” said Lee. “The problem is tracking down the source, and figuring out how to buy, like, less than a thousand square feet.” “I never buy anything at the show ei¬ ther,” I said. “Although, come to think of it, a couple of years ago I bought a digi¬ tal barometer that works great, and that chair that hangs from the ceiling.” “See, a little dripping around the toe rail won’t be a problem,” said the boat buyer as if the problem had been solved for good. “I still think you should spend more money on a better boat,” I repeated. “Even if you have to do it with plastic credit. The first-cost gets lost in the noise, when you start adding up all the up¬ grades, the equipment you’ll have to add, the maintenance. . I thought I had knocked some sense
the boat was built. . . if not better. “Hey, isn’t that the boat that won the Plastic Classic a couple of years ago?” said Lee absentmindedly. “Plastic Classic?" said my crew. “You mean they have competitions for restor¬ ing these old boats?” “Well, yes,” I admitted. “And races, too.” With that, I could tell it was a lost cause. He was hooked. He was going to win something at the Plastic Classic someday, even if it took most of his life to do it. Lee made it worse. “If you can find a chart of the Bay from 1962, and put it in a frame on the bulkhead, it will cover up those holes where the radio and stuff came out.” “I like it!” he said. Think I’ll have any other bidders to compete with at the
The derelict dock. All these boats will be auc¬ tioned off this summer. Bidding starts at $250.
auction?” “Not too likely,” I speculated. “Thesfe auctions tend to be lightly attended, and the buyers aren’t very knowledgeable about which old boats are worth fixing up and which ones should go straight into the dumpster.” “Or more .fykely,” said my neighbor with the kayak, “most people are knowl¬ edgeable enough to stay away.”
into his head with this last line of rea¬ soning, but then he noticed another old boat leaving its berth on the other side of the narrow fairway. It was a type simi¬ lar to the one we were sitting on, but the sails were gleaming white Dacron and the hull was bright, shiny sky blue. The varnished coamings were perfect, the big plastic windows and aluminum frames looked new, and every other detail was exactly as it had been 40 years ago when
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the way they run these auctioris,” said Lee. “I mean, like, there are about a dozen more boats that are also going to be put on the block, but they’re still in their berths scattered all over the ma¬ rina. What they need to do is move them all over to this dock, with a big sign that says ‘Lien Sale’ and the date. At, like, the very least.” “They’d get all kinds of characters bid¬ ding on this junk,” I predicted. “Better to publicize it only through the boating press.” “Nah, it’s the entry-level market they need to sell to,” insisted Lee. ‘The way we figured it out, you have to spend about two K to get started, even if the boat is free. But like, this is such a waste¬ ful culture, you can pare that down — for those who possess the predisposition. I mean, if you want to scrounge for used hardware, recycle sheets and halyards, dumpster dive for old sails, beg for ob¬ solete but functional electronics. . .” Lee broke off quickly and looked over
her shoulder. I looked too, and saw the harbormaster’s launch approaching as fast as the marina speed limit would al¬ low. “Cheeze it! The heat!” she yelled the¬ atrically, and jumped back onto her sailboard. “You’re in trouble now,” I taunted, fab¬ ricating a story to see how fast it would make her move. “I’ve seen them issue ci¬ tations to people windsurfing in the har¬ bor.” “If they can catch me," she said. “Be¬ sides, I carry a copy of the California Constitution, section 4, article 10: ‘No one shall be permitted to exclude the right of way to such water or obstruct the free navigation of such water; and the Legislature shall enact such laws as will give the most liberal construction to this provision, so that access to the navi¬
Her voice trailed off as she sped off across the harbor, using a large sail¬ boat raising their main as a convenient obstruction to dodge the first ap¬ proach of the launch. From there it was a broad reach to the breakwater. Fortunately for Lee the wind was up, so the harbor-master wisely elected to forego the high speed chase. Meanwhile, my dock neighbor had hopped back in his kayak, and was pad¬ dling under one of the gangways where the launch would be unable to follow. That left me and my crew to take the rap as the launch pulled alongside. “Having a party?" asked the Harbor¬ master. “New boat party,” I said. “You’re just a little early.”
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THE RACING
With reports this month on the end of the '02-03 college sailing season; Liz Baylis wins the Santa Maria Cup in Annapolis; the Van¬ guard. 15 PCCs; three sets ofYRA halftime scores; San Francisco YC finally JUjns the San Francisco Cup; a quick lake circuit update; the Woodies Invitational; the International A Class Catamaran PCCs; and the usual heap of Box Scores and Race Notes at the end.
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Collegiate Sailing Wrap-Up A Crimson Tide rolled over the Inter Collegiate Sailing Association's spring championships, as Harvard crushed the fleet in the main event, the ICSA/Gill North American Dinghy Championship. Harvard won this main event by the larg¬ est margin in recent history, adding to an earlier victory tin the Team Racing Cham¬ pionship and an eighth place in the Women's Championship. Following their dominant performance, Harvard was awarded the Fowle Trophy (top school in the six spring and fall championships) for the third year in a row, and senior Clay
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sity of Hawaii Rainbows and Tufts Jum¬ bos were all solid contenders in each com¬ petition, but Harvard easily showed the most depth. Several former Bay Area junior sailing stars were honored as the season ended. Katie Clausen (USC, ’04) was named an All-American crew, Joey Pasquali (Hawaii, ’05) was an Honorable Mention Coed Skipper, and Molly Carapiet (Yale, ’06) earned a Women's Honorable Mention. And, last but not least, Abby Swann (Ber¬ keley, ’03) was awarded the prestigious Hobbs Trophy for Sportsman of the Year. Swann, a product of the RYC junior pro¬ gram, used to sail with Clausen, and the duo won the Ida Lewis Trophy in 1999. "I'm very honored by this award," said Swann, who will pursue a PhD in Earth and Environmental Science at Columbia University this fall. "For me, a sportsman¬ like sailor is the most fun to race against — a fierce competitor who always sails a fair race and has fun doing it. . . I'd like to thank my parents, all the great sailors I've grown up racing with and against, and — perhaps most importantly — my team¬ mates, especially Blaine Pedlow, who won the award last year and set a great ex¬ ample for our entire team." See www.collegesailing.org for much more. \
Honor roll — Abby Swann, who just graduated from Berkeley, earned the Hobbs Trophy for collegiate sportsmanship. named the Collegiate Sailor of the Year. All three spring championships were held at various yacht clubs around De¬ troit in new Vanguard 420s, with the Uni¬ versity of Michigan and the Midwest Col¬ legiate Sailing Association hosting the events. The St. Mary Seahawks, UniverPage 170 •
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COED (Bavview YC. Detroit. June 8-10) — 1) Harvard, 165 points; 2) Univ. of Hawaii, 234; 3) St. Mary's, 238; 4) USC, 264; 5) Tufts, 270; 6) Kings Point, 275; 7) Hobart/Wm. Smith, 279; 8) Stanford, 290; 9) Brown, 313; 10) Charleston, 322; 11) MIT, 340; 12) Boston College, 346; 13) Univ. of Wash¬ ington, 384; 14) Texas A&M, 457; 15) Eckerd, 459; 16) Univ. of Minnesota, 479; 17) Tulane, 485; 18) Univ. of Wisconsin, 555. (18 teams) WOMEN (Grosse Point YC. Grosse Point Shores. June 2-4) — 1) Tufts, 159 points; 2) St. Mary's, 173; 3) Old Dominion, 194; 4) Dartmouth, 195; 5) Yale, 230; 6) Univ. of Hawaii, 245; 7) Brown, 257; 8) Harvard, 261; 9) Charleston, 290; 10) Hobart/
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Wm. Smith, 354; 11) Univ. of South Florida, 372; 12) Tulane, 424; 13) UC Irvine, 439; 14) Univ. of Wash¬ ington, 473; 15) Eckerd, 479; 16) Univ. of Wiscon¬ sin, 511; 1 7) Univ. of Minnesota, 537; 18) Marquette, 565. (18 teams) TEAM RACING (Crescent Sail YC. Grosse Point Farms. June 5-7> — 1) Harvard, 5-2; 2) St. Mary's, 4-3; 3) USC, 4-3; 4) Hobart/Wm. Smith, 4-3; 5) Tufts, 3- 4; 6) Dartmouth, 3-4; 7) Georgetown, 3-4; 8) Univ. of Hawaii, 2-5— Consolation round; 9) Texas A&M, 4- 1; 10) Charleston, 4-1; 11) Univ. of South Florida, 3-2; 12) Univ. of Washington, 2-3; 13) Univ. of Wis¬ consin, 1-4; 14) Univ. of Minnesota, 1-4. (14 teams) ALL-AMERICAN SKIPPERS— Mikee Anderson (USC), Chris Ashley (Brown), Clay Bischoff (Harvard), Mike Buckley (Washington College), Andrew Campbell (Georgetown), Scott Hogan (Dartmouth), Nathan Hollerbach (Charleston), Bryan Lake (Ha¬ waii), Peter Levesque (Tufts), Stuart McNay (Yale), Danny Pletsch (St. Mary's), Cardwell Potts (Harvard), Caleb Silsby (St. Mary's). ALL-AMERICAN CREWS — Alison Berenback (Brown), Elizabeth Bower (ODU), Amanda Callahan (Hobart/Wm. Smith), Katie Clausen (USC), Caroline
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A league of their own — Congratulations to, from left: Nancy Haberland, skipper Liz Baylis, Aimee Hess and Karina Shelton. top-ranked international women match racers, and only two of the top ten were no-shows, Giulia Conti (ITA) and Klaartje Zuiderbaan (NED). Baylis started off slowly, going 5-6 in the single round-robin and barely quali¬ fying to advance to the quarter finals. With the pressure on, she once again did just well enough (2-3) to advance to the semi¬ finals, where she went 0-2 against #4ranked match racer Lotte Meldegaard Pedersen. In the petit-finals, Baylis fell to # 1 -ranked Marie Bjorling, 0-2. "It was way harder than last year," noted Aimee Hess. "The competition was better, and we were unfamiliar with the J/80s." Team San Francisco ended up fourth out of 12 boats, short of last year's overall victory, but a very creditable finish none¬ theless. Check out www.matchrace.gegga.com for more.
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Game, set, match — Liz Baylis and San Fran¬ cisco Women's Match Racing Team (left) leads Paula Lewin in the finals of the Santa Maria Cup. Hall (Tufts), Paige Hannon (St. Mary's), Sarah Hitchcock (Hawaii), Marisa lhara (Brown), Lema Kikuchi (Harvard), Galen Largay (St. Mary's), Kate Littlefield fyale), Amory Loring (Dartmouth), Alexis Rubin (Hobart/Wm. Smith),' Katie Shuman (Tufts), Emily Taylor (Charleston), Kristen Tysell (Tufts), Jen Vandemoer (St. Mary’s), Jennifer Warnock (Ha¬ waii), Shelly Wentworth (Georgetown), Michelle Yu (Harvard).
Baylis Wins Santa Maria Cup Liz Baylis, the 2002 Rolex Yachts¬ woman of the Year, added another big win to her resume at the end of May when she and her San Francisco Women's Match Racing Team dominated the 13th BoatUS Santa Maria Cup in Annapolis. Sailing in J/22s with local sailor Nancy Haberland (tactician/main), Karina Shelton (trimmer) and Aimee Hess (bow), Baylis glided through the round-robin
competition with 15 wins versus only 3 losses. She then dispatched fellow Ameri¬ can and friendly rival, Betsy Alison, the five-time Rolex Yachtswoman of the Year, 2-0 in the semis, setting up a final show¬ down with Paula Lewin, a Bermudian now living in San Diego. Baylis barely won the first race of the finals, finishing overlapped with Lewin. She took the second match more com¬ fortably to win the Santa Maria Cup 2-0. The Grade 1 international match race event — one of two on the U.S. circuit (along with the Osprey Cup) — was spon¬ sored by BoatUS and hosted by Eastport YC. The Santa Maria Cup is by far the most important women’s match racing re¬ gatta in this country, and will double as the Worlds next year. See www.santamariacup.org for the full story. Two weeks later, Baylis and the same team travelled to Sundsvall, Sweden, to defend their Women's Match Racing World title in J/80s. Invitations were sent to the
SANTA MARIA CUP: FINALS — Baylis d. Lewin, 2-0 (championship); Alison d. Conti, 2-0 (petit-finals). SEMI-FINALS — Baylis d. Alison, 2-0; Lewin d. Conti, 2-0. DOUBLE ROUND-ROBIN — 1) Liz Baylis, San Rafael, (ISAF rank #8), 15-3; 2) Paula Lewin, BER (#26), 14-4; 3) Giulia Conti, ITA (#6), 13-5; 4) Betsy Alison, Newport, Rl (#11), 10-8; 5) Klaartje Zuiderbaan, NED (#7), 9-9; 6) Carol Cronin, Annapolis (#34), 9-9; 7) Deborah Willits, Texas (#17), 8-10; 8) Malin Kallstrom, SWE (#26), 7-11; 9) Marie Faure, FRA (#4), 5-13; 10) Arabella Denvir, IRE (#33), 0-18. (10 teams) WOMENS WORLD MATCH RACING CHAMPS: FINALS — Millbourn d. Pedersen, 3-2 (champi¬ onship); Bjorling d. Baylis, 2-0 (petit-finals). SEMI-FINALS — Millbourn d. Bjorling, 3-1; Pedersen D. Baylis, 2-0. QUARTER FINALS —1) Pedersen, 4-1; 2) Millbourn, 3-2; 3) Bjorling, 3-2; 4) Baylis, 2-3; 5) Alison, 2-3; 6) Braestrup, 1-4. SINGLE ROUND ROBIN —1) Marie Bjorling, SWE (ISAF rank #1), 9-2; 2) Betsy Alison, USA (#9), 9-2; 3) Malin Millbourn, SWE (#2), 7-4; 4) Nina Braestrup, DEN (#5), 6-5; 5) Liz Baylis, USA (#8), 56; 6) Lotte Meldgaard Pedersen, DEN (#4), 5-6; 7) Marie Faure, FRA (#3), 5-6; 8) Gwen Joulie, FRA (#11), 5-6; 9) Deborah Willets, USA (#16), 5-6; 10) July, 2003
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Vanguard 15 PCCs Nick Adamson and Aaron Ross’ mas¬ tery of tactics carried them to victory in the 2003 Svendsen’s Vanguard 15 Pacific Coast Championships on May 31-June 1. Twenty-three top teams participated in the regatta, which was held out of the Page 172 •
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Treasure Island Sailing Center. Adamson and Ross put on an impressive display on the second day of the 14-race series with finishes of 1,2,2,2,2,1. With blazing boatspeed and solid tactics, Adam Lowry and Linda Fousek challenged Adamson/ Ross for the top spot and finished a close second. Special thanks to Svendsen’s Boat Works for providing great prizes, race committee volunteers, a race committee
boat, and cold beer. The weather was per¬ fect, with sunny skies and breezes at 815 knots. See www.vanguardl5.net for regatta results, as well as all kinds of in¬ formation on the Vanguard 15 fleet. — ken turnbull 1) Nick Adamson/Aaron Ross, 34 points; 2) Adam Lowry/Linda Fousek, 36; 3) Will Graves/Tricia Buckley, 45; 4) Matt Sessions/Avery Patton, 55; 5) Scott Sellers/Abby Swann, 79; 6) Ken Turnbull/Ryan
Anderson, 82; 7) Melissa Purdy/Tom Purdy, 93; 8) Carissa Adamson/David Byron, 102; 9) Kara For¬ man/Geoff McDonald, 126; 10) Zach Conrad/Jenny Barba, 142, (23 boats)
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YRA racing takes a month off in July, allowing campaigners to escape from sail¬ ing for a month or, more likely, partici¬ pate in some of the fun special events such as the Lipton Cup competitions, the
Fun on the Estuary— Scenes from Encinal YC's mellow Friday night beer can race on June 6. All photos 'Latitude'/rob.
racing to go. See www.yra.org for the full cumula¬ tive sorces.
Silver Eagle, the High Sierra Regatta, or perhaps even, the TransPac. We were curious to see who was lead¬ ing the various classes, hence the follow¬ ing unofficial halftime reports for WBRA, HDA and OYRA. None of this matters much anyway, as there are no trophies for the first half and there's still a lot of
WOODEN BOAT RACING ASSOCIATION (WBRA): BIRD — 1) Hummingbird, Geoff Ashton, 7 points; 2) Oriole, Jock & Dan McClean, 14; 3) Widgeon, Donald Cameron, 17. (7 boats; 6 races) FOLKBOAT — 1) Polperro, Peter Jeal, 11; 2) Frihed, Bill Madison, 22; 3) Little Svendle, Mark Slichter, 22. (8 boats; 6 races) IOD — i) La Paloma, James Hennefer, 5 points; July. 2003 •
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San Francisco Cup St. Francis YC's 12-year stranglehold on the San Francisco Cup ended on June 7-8, as challenger San Francisco YC fi¬ nally pried the prestigious trophy away from their friendly crosstown rival. The best-of-five match race series was con¬ tested in Express 37s on the Cityffont, with SFYC's Eclipse, skippered by Mark Dowdy, topping the StFYC squad dn Brendan Busch's Bulletby the score of 51. It was the first time since 1990, when Colin Case's Schumacher 35 National Bis¬ cuit prevailed, that San Francisco YC has won. Challenging in Express 37s was a logi¬ cal move for SFYC, as Dowdy and his welloiled Eclipse team have been terrorizing the local fleet since the late '90s. Dowdy assembled his winning lineup — tactician Bill Melbostad, Jim Barton, Mike Brilliant,
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afternoon. Buffet won the first race by 18 seconds, helped in part by a contender in the concurrent SSS In the Bay Race, who carried Eclipse past the windward mark. Eclipse retaliated quickly, winning the second race by 17 seconds and the third by over a minute. Sunday's first and only race was shorter and, by consensus, the most ex¬ citing. Bullet edged in front of Eclipse at the second leeward mark, but couldn't hang on, as Eclipse passed them again upwind and stayed ahead to win by 3 sec¬ onds. "We had a great crew, and worked hard to win," said Dowdy, an IBM sales manager in real life. "Most importantly, at the crew dinner on Saturday night, I managed to beat Brendan in a beer chug¬ ging/ spinnaker packing contest — which shows I haven't quite lost all my foredeck skills!" After this 35th edition of the San Fran¬
Greg Felton, Steve Fentress, Aimee Hess, Skip McCor¬ mack and Vann Wilson — months 0 ahead of time to £ CO practice match rac- > ing moves and [i! starting sequences g with coach Liz o Baylis. Busqh, on the other hand, only took delivery of Bullet just a few months ago and is still learning the boat. His crew — Peter Stoneberg (Saturday tactician), Scott Sellers (Sunday tactician), Dennis George, Nick Gibbens, Scott Gordon, Geoff McDonald, Doug Robbins, Gary Sadamiori, and Sean Svendsen — was assembled somewhat hastily, and didn't have nearly as much practice time afe the challengers. It showed in the starts, with SFYC winning the first three starting line encounters before settling for a draw in the fourth. All four races were three-lap wind¬ ward/leewards with downwind finishes, in winds ranging from 12-17 knots. Saturday's three races were each about 10 miles, making for a long, but exciting,
cisco Cup, the cumulative score now fa¬ vors the Saints at 26 wins,: 9 losses. Lake Circuit Update Two more fresh water regattas were held last month, both in beautiful moun¬ tain settings. The first was Whiskeytown SC's annual Whiskeytown Regatta on Memorial Day Weekend, which attracted 139 boats up to their Trinity Alp setting. Then, two weeks later, a smaller fleet — 42 boats, down from 51 last year — raced on Scott's Flat Reservoir (just north of Nevada City) in Gold Country YC's annual Go for the Gold Regatta. Both regattas were held on full lakes, with gentle winds and sunny skies — great weather for sail¬ ing and camping. The big kahuna of the California lake
circuit is coming up in July — the 50th High Sierra Regatta, hosted by the Fresno YC on beautiful Huntington Lake. As usual, the regatta spans two weekends, July 12-13 (dinghies) and July 19-20 (big boats). All sorts of national champion¬ ships are also wedged in and around these dates (see Calendar). Find a reason to go to Huntington this month! WHISKEYTOWN REGATTA (WSC; May 24-25): KEEL-A— 1) Moore 24, Vaughn/Nash, 7 points; 2) Capri 25, Mike Corlett, 11.(5 boats) KEEL-B— 1) Venure21-MH, Dennis Wentworth, 4 points; 2) Balboa 26, Ray Proffitt, 9; 3) Santana 20, Kip Heidel, 14; 4) Ranger 22, Dave Wilson, 17. (12 boats) CENTERBOARD-A — 1) Int. Canoe, Del Olsen, 6 points; 2) Thistle, Doug McWilliams, 8; 3) Johnson 18, Bill Willmon, 16. (9 boats) CENTERBOARD-B — 1) Blue Jay, Richard Evanow, 6 points; 2) FJ, Jane Coleman, 10. (4 boats) MULTIHULL — 1) Nacra 5.8 NA, Mike Peavy, 5 points; 2) Hobie 16, Richard Knight, 10; 3) Hobie 16, David Hammer, 20. (7 boats) WYLIE WABBIT — 1) Melinda Erkelens, 8 points; 2) Colin Moore, 10; 3) Kim Desenberg, 14; 4) Scott
Hester, 1$. (11 boats) CAPRI 22 — 1) Bennett/Gicker, 7 points; 2) Jerry Lewis, 8. (4 boats) SNIPE — 1) David Odell, 7 points; 2) Robin Gales, 9; 3) Kirk Smith, 17; 4) Vince Casalaina, 21; 5) James Lampros,' 25. (14 boats) C-15 — 1) Trent Watkins, 9 points; 2) Steve Fishman, 10. (5 boats) PELICAN — 1) Greg Goodman, 9 points; 2) Curtis Johnson, 16; 3) Howard Mackey, 17; 4) Bob Jones, 18; 22) Doug Graham, 22. (16 boats) CFJ — 1) Ryan Anderson, 5 points; 2) Ed Gardino, 12; 3) Andrew Mead, 14. (7 boats) LASER — 1) Bruce Braly, 8 points; 2) Dave Neilsen, 11; 3) Jim Christopher, 12. (9 boats) BANSHEE — 1) Steve Galeria, 8 points; 2) Dan Benjamin, 8; 3) Mack Bishop, 14. (7 boats) EL TORO — 1) John Amen, 11 points; 2) Jim Warfield, 11; 3) Hank Jotz, 17; 4) Fred Paxton, 17; 5) Tom Burden, 24; 6) Steve Lowry, 29; 7) Bob Hrubes, 30. (19 boats) EL TORO, JR. — 1) Max Fraser, 4 points; 2) July, 2003
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GO FOR THE GOLD (GCYC: June 7-8): OPEN KEEL — 1) David Kitchen. Ultimate 20, 7 points; 2) Jerry Lewis, Capri 22, 15; 3) Bill Andrew, Ultimate 20,17. (9 boats) OPEN CENTERBOARD — 1) Walt Andrews, El Toro, 5 points; 2) Jim Cozine, El Toro, 10; 3) Mr. Fishman, C-15,16. (7Tjoats) CATALINA 22 (Regiph 10 Championship) — 1) Mr. Wilson, 7 points; 2) Don Hare, 10. (6 boats) SNIPE — 1) Robin Gales, 8 points; 2) Andy Pontius, 10; 3) Nabil Shahin, 14. (9 boats) BYTE —1) Michelle Logan, 10 points; 2) Dan Ouelllet, 11. (5 boats) SUNFISH — 1) Bryon Jonk, 7 points; 2) Bob Cronin, 10. (6 boats) (5 races; no throwouts).
Woodies Invitational Forty wooden (and fiberglass) classic boats — down akbit from years past — sailed in the St. Francis YC-hosted Woodies Invitational on June 20-22. The regatta began with a blustery Friday af¬ ternoon race, but then the weather calmed down for two races each on Sat¬ urday and Sunday. Highlights of the pleasant weekend included seeing the Bears come out of hibernation (they've dropped out of WBRA and seem to be fading). Watching the IACC boats slide down the Cityfront both days was memorable, as was an Elvis party on Saturday night (Terry Anderlini, we're told, was perfect in the title role). Lowlights included a scary collision in the last race between the Folkboat Little Svendle (port) and the beautiful teal Knarr Gossip (starboard). The errant Folkboat came aboard the heeled-over Knarr, spearing its mast with their stem fitting — bringing Gossip's wooden rig down in three pieces. "It was surreal," said Gossip skipper Steve Taft, who at least knows a good local shipyard where the repairs can
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Woodies Invitational winner£ — Toirt Reed sailed ’Sophia’ to victory in the tough Knarr class.
Jim Hennefer (left) and Jerry Rumsey won the IOD class in 'La Paloma', and are also launched in the season standings.
be made. Another potentially ugly moment also occurred in the windy last race, when a crewman fell overboard off Glenn Treser s Chance, which until then had been lead¬ ing the Bear fleet overall. Chance was struggling to get back to the swimmer, who was also struggling as his PFD failed to inflate. Fortunately, J/105 star Phil Perkins, driving a RIB for the rac^ com¬ mittee that day, swooped in and rescued the guy. As usual, the Knarrs fielded the most boats and had the most spirited racing. Tom Reed, sailing Sophia with significantother Lee Ann Chernack, son Tom, Jr., Roger Rapp, and Bob Frey, Jr., topped the 17-boat class with a fine 2,1,3,3,2 record.
only) BEAR —1) Smokey, Stephen Robertson, 8 points; 2) Chance, Glenn Treser, 11; 3) Black Bear, John Aitken, 16: (5 boats) FOLKBOAT — 1) Frihed, Bill Madison, 8 points; 2) Polperro, Peter Jeal, 15; 3) Little Svendle, Laurence Chambers, 24; 4) Windansea, Don Wil¬ son, 25. (7 boats) IOD — 1) La Paloma, Jim Hennefer, 7 points; 2) Quickstep II, Rich Pearce, 8; 3) Never Again II, Mark Pearce, 17. (6 boats) KNARR — 1) Sophia, Tom Reed, 11 points; 2) Benino, Terry Anderlini, 15; 3) Snaps ill, Knud Wibroe, 22; 4) Svenkist, Sean Svendsen, 27; 5) Lykken, Sham Sinawi, 30; 6) Flyer, Chris Kelly, 31; 7) Gossip, Taft/Adams/Quigg, 44; 8) Penelope, Griffth/Devlin, 38; 9) Peerless, Mike Guzzardo, 40; 10) Dubai, Duane Hines, 45. (17 boats) Full results — www.stfyc.org.
BIRD — 1) Hummingbird, Geoffrey Ashton, 3 points; 2) Widgeon, Heinz Backer/Don Cameron, 6; 3) Curlew, James Josephs, 10. (5 boats; 3 races
Santa Cruz YC hosted the 2003 Inter¬ national A Class Catamaran Pacific Coast Championships on June 7-8 for a fleet of 10 boats. The 7-race, 1-throwout series went down to the wire. Despite overcast skies on Saturday morning, the wind filled
Int. A Class Catamaran PCCs
Mountain magic — Snipers 'Going for the Gold' on Scott's Flat Lake, one of the prettier destina¬ tions on the lake circuit.
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Geoff and Miriam Ashton bested the Birds with their 'Hummingbird', which was profiled in May's 'Spring Boatyard Tour'.
Bill Madison topped the Folkboats with 'Frihed', knocking off current WBRA leader, Peter Jeal's 'Polperro.'
in to 12 knots as the racing started. Dur¬ ing the first race the sky cleared, reveal¬ ing the beautiful sunny conditions that has made Santa Cruz a favorite high-performarlce sailing venue. The wind came in through (kit the afternoon, peaking at 20 knots in the final race of the day. On Sunday, races started with the re¬ turn of sunny skies. Lighter winds of 812 knots saw the tactics changed from the previous day with some of the heavier sailors choosing not to fly a hull for all of the downwind leg. When the spray cleared. Pease Glaser from Long Beach took the crown, beating husband Jay Glaser by two points. The interfamily stakes were high for the Glasers, as Pease explained, "Whoever did better in the PCCs earned the right to steer our Tor¬ nado in the following week's Ditch Run. Jay has to crew now, which is a lot more work!" The International A Class Catamaran scene has been growing steadily in the U.S. since the Worlds were held in Long Beach fiy.1997. It's now approaching criti¬ cal mas/on the West Coast with two grow¬ ing California classes (Long Beach and Santa Cruz), and another group of 8-10 boats is currently forming in the North¬ west. To learn more about these light (165 lb. fully rigged), fast (20+ knots), high-tech (carbon rotating masts) boats, see www. usaca. info. — bruce ed.wo.rds
it more regattas than we can possibly cover each month. Here are quick sum¬ maries of a dozen or so more events which occurred in late May and June:
1) Pease Glaser, ABYC, 9 points; 2) Jay Glaser, ABYC, 11; 3) Jeremy Laundergan, ABYC, 19; 4) Hall
CAL RACE WEEK ICalYC: May 31-June 1): J/105 — 1) Indigo 3, Scott Birnberg, 17 points; 2) Bold Forbes, Cummins/Franco, 18; 3) Wings, The Cases, 18; 4) Ancara, Fields/Theders, 20; 5) Esca¬ pade, Mark Noble, 32. (20 boats) SCHOCK 35 — 1) Whiplash, Ray Godwin, 13 points; 2) Piranha, David Voss, 13; 3) Outlier,
Stratton, ABYC, 23; 5) Bruce Edwards, SCYC, 24; 6) Julian Jenkins, SCYC, 32; 7) Davi Ottenheimer, SCYC, 40; 8) Mike Eagan, SCYC, 47; 9) Stan Sorenson, ABYC, 55; 10) Jerome Aubin, Oakland, 60. (10 boats)
Box Scores Summer is finally here, bringing with
STAR DISTRICT5 CHAMPS (SFYC: 5/31-6/1):
Curran Family, 16. (7 boats) . MARTIN 242 — 1) 9 Lives, Mike George, 7 points; 2) Strange Crew, Steve Hathaway, 11; 3) Trolleycar, Stazicker/Mitcheil, 13. (11 boats) SANTANA 20 —1) Bloodhound, Scott McKinney, 13; 2) Maude, Cassie Guarino, 13. (5 boats) PHRF A/B — 1) Wasabi, Dale Williams, ILC 46, 6 points; 2) Black Knight, Farr 39, Phil Friedman, 10; 3) Pendragon II, Davidson 44, David Gray. (10 boats) PHRF C — 1) Defiance, B-32, Scott Taylor, 6 points; 2) Cuvee Caliente, Mumm 30, Mahaffey Fam¬ ily, 18; 3) White Knight, Farr One Ton, Zoltan Katinszky, 20. (10 boats) PHRF D — 1) Hot Rum, CF-33, Castillon/ Pacheco, 5 points; 2) Avet, J/80, Curt Johnson, 15. (5 boats) (5 races; 0 throwouts)
J/105 SUMMER REGATTA (SFYC: June 7-8): 1) Good Timin’, Wilson/Perkins, 9 points; 2) Ar¬ bitrage, Bruce Stone, 20; 3) Zuni Bear, Bergmann/ Bennett, 24; 4) Aquavit, Tim Russell, 24; 5) Cha¬ rade, Tom Coates, 26; 6) Nantucket Sieighride, Peter Wagner, 33; 7) Wind Dance, Jeff Littfin, 34; 8) Irrational Again, Jaren Leet, 36; 9) Natural Blonde, Cooper/Deisinger, 36; 10) Larrikin, Stuart Taylor, 39.
1) Howie Schiebler/ Rick Peters, NYYC, 6 points; 2) George Szabo/Mark Strube, SDYC, 8; 3) Rick Merriman/Bill Bennett, SDYC, 10; 4) Andy MacDonald/Austin Sperry, NHYC, 15; 5) Jim Buckingham/Scott Peck, NHYC, 18. (11 boats; 5 races; 1 throwout)
J/24 WESTERN REG¬ IONALS (StFYC: 5/316/1): 1) Bogos Goes to SF, Chris Snow, 16 points; 2) Cool Breeze, Doug Nugent, 21; 3)
#3324, Ryan Cox, 21; 4) Nixon Was Cool, Kermit Shickel, 23; 5) Suspense, Dave Swartz, 32; 6) Jaded, Deke Klatt, 32; 7) 3 Big Dogs, Pat Toole, 33; 8) Sail Naked, John Colver, 42; 9) Fat Bastard, Curtis Press, 47; 10) Rail to Rail, Rich Jepsen, 47. (18 boats; 5
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Schmidt/Bearwitz, 16. (10 boats) SANTANA 30/30 — 1) Teaser, Guccione/Rasse,
The winning form of Pease Glaser (USA 70). She not only won the A-Cat PCCs, but by topping husband Jay, got to steer in the Ditch Run! (29 boats; 4 races, no throwouts) Winning crew — Chris Perkins (driver), Jon Perkins (main/tactics), Phil Perkins (trim/tactics), Dave Wilson (pit), Susie Gregory (mast), John Collins (bow).
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THE RACING V Benjamin, 17 points; 2) Samba Pa Ti, Jim Kilroy/ Paul Cayard, 18; 3) Crocodile Rock, Alex Geremia/ Scott Harris/Vince Brun, 18; 4) Shadow, Peter Stoneberg/Ed Baird, 22; 5) Mayhem, Bob Wolfe/Mike • Axford/Richard Clarke, 24. (9 boats; 5 races; 0 throwouts) NOR-CAL SERIES FiNAL (Encinal YC): 1) Pacer, Pax Da^is/Aaron Lee, 35 points; 2) Strider, Billy Worden/Doug Baird, 44; 3) Piglet, Rob Moore/Steve Marsh, 58; 4) Babe, Hal McCormack/ Sutter Schumacher, 72; 5) Bushwacker, Don Whelan/Matthew Quint, 84. (18 Mercuries; 20 races; 5 throwouts) ALAMEDA INTERCLUB #3 (OYC. June 7): FLEET I (< 173) — 1) Wind Dragon, Catalina 34, Dave Davis; 2) Noble Lady, Beneteau 305, Gary Massari. (6 boats) FAT 30s — 1) Annie, Cal 29, Steve Zevanove; 2) Spindrifter, Tartan 30, Paul Skabo; 3) Wuvulu, IB-30, John New. (7 boats) CATALINA 34— 1) Mottley, Chris Owen; 2) Ca¬ sino, Bill Eddy; 3) Tweety Bird, John Arck. (7 boats) FLEET IV (>187) — 1) Dulcinea, Killer Whale, Mike Mathiasen; 2) Dominatrix, Santana 22, Heidi Schmidt. (4 boats) NON-SPINNY -r-1) MeMe, Newport 30-2, Norm Guest; 2) Peddler, Cat. 27, Norm Rehm. (6 boats) MULTIHULL (spinny) — 1) Sea Bird, F-27 SQ, Rich Holden; 2) Raptor, F-27, Todd Olsen; 3) Already There, F-27, James Brown. (7 boats) MULTIHULL (non-spinny) — 1) Mood Indigo, Gemini 105, Rich Kerbavaz. (1 boat) COMMODORE'S REGATTA (MPYC; June 7-8): DIV. A— 1) Revelry, SC 40, Jim Wlnterbotham, 2 points; 2) Pretender, Soverel 33, David Potter, 4; 3) Heart of Gold, Olson 911-S, Dick Clark, 9; 4) Bear necessities — The crew of this Bear used silver tape to stop the leaks in the Woodies Re¬ gatta. Don't leave home without it!
Starstruck — Howie Schiebler and crew Rick Peters (foreground) won the Star District Cham¬ pionships. See 'BoxScores.' Carnaval, Santana 35, Bill Keller, 10. (10 boats) DIV. B— 1)Travieso, J/22, Jack Allen, 4 points; 2) Shazam, Cal 27, David Neenan, 5. (5 boats) (2 races, each 10.7 miles) MOSELEYETCHELLS CLASSIC ITibYC: June 14): 1) Dinner Roll, Jeff Moseley/Mike Vare/Tim Duffy, 7 points; 2) Mahalaga, Peter Vessella/Tracy Usher/ Zach Conrad, 11; 3) Mr. Natural, Bill Barton/Tim Wells, 12; 4) White Jacket, John Sutak, 26; 5) Hyper, Tom Oiler, 27. (14 boats; 4 races; no throwouts) 505 SUMMER OPEN (SCYC: June 14-15): 1) Nick Adamson/Alan Norman, TISC, 16 points; 2) Andy Beeckman/Jeff Nelson, NHYC, 16.5; 3) Doug Hagan/Stu Park, TISC, 23.5; 4) Ryan Cox/Carl Smit,
SCYC, 27; 5) Adam Lowry/Dave Byron, TISC, 36. (12 boats; 7 races; no throwouts) SCYC SPRING ONE DESIGN {FINAL): OLSON 30 — 1) Capital Affair, John Buchanan, 12 points; 2) Bullet, Mike Gross, 15; 3ff Sirena, John Martinelli, 20. (7 boats) SC 27 — 1) Racer X, Mark Schipper, 10 points; 2) Hanalei, Beat Naef/Rob Schuyler, 13; 3) Mistress Quickly, Larry Weaver, 22. (8 boats) MELGES 24 — 1) Minor Threat, Peter Dalton, 3 points. (3 boats) MOORE 24 —1) Wildfire, Tom Connerly, 14 points; 2) Mercedes, Joel Verutti, 14; 3) Una Mas, Larry Peterson, 14. (6 boats) SANTANA 22—1) Tara, Orion Pritschard, 8 points; 2) Insanity Cruz, Mark Langer, 10. (5 boats) SCYC SPRING SCORE/DDB IFINAL): DIV. A— 1) Sweet Jane, J/90, Trevor Baylis, 5 points; 2) Scorpio, Wylie 42, John Siegel, 7; 3) Mi¬ nor Threat, Melges 24, Peter Dalton, 14. (9 boats) DIV. B — 1) Harmony, Catalina 310, Richard Curtin. (1 boat) DOUBLEHANDED —1) Wildfire, Moore 24, Howard Ruderman, 3 points; 2) Nobody's Girl, Moore 24, Syd Moore, 9. (4 boats) LONG BEACH RACE WEEK (LBYC. June 20-22): 50-FT — 1) Wasabi, Farr ILC 46, Dale Williams, 8 points; 2) Yassou, N/M TP-52, Jim Demetriades, 11.(6 boats) PHRF A — 1) Schocka Zulu, Schock 40, Tom Schock, 16 points; 2) High 5, Farr ILC 40, Ross Ritto, 17; 3) Chance, Farr 395, Paul Kent, 18. (7 boats) PHRF B —1) Defiance, B-32, Scott Taylor, 9 points; 2) Whiplash, Schock 35, Ray Godwin, 10; 3) Colt 45, Tripp 40, Rob Snyders, 22; 4) White Knight, Farr One Ton, Zoltan Katinszky, 24; 5) Gator, N/M 39, Tom & Todd Wheatley, 26. (17 boats) PHRC C — 1) Scooter, Capo 26, Andrea Cabito, 11 points; 2) Hot Rum, CF-33, Castillon/Pacheco, 13; 3) JoAnn, Saptana30/30, Steve Murphy, 19. (10 m boats) § OLSON 30 — 1) Scoundrel, Aaron Feves, 6 g points; 2) Gettin' Air, Tom & Terri Manoc, 15. (5 boats) ^ J/29 — 1) Mac's, Eric McClure, 9 points. (3 boats) E B-25 — 1) Blur, Aaron & Dixon Hall, 6 points; 2) -* i 2 Tsumami, Mark Davenport, 13. (5 boats)
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CAL 25 — 1) Jane's Addiction, Steve & Jane Horst, 8 points; 2) One Time, Art & Scott Melendres, 10; 3) Nemesis, Bob Daniel. (7 boats) CYC/TYC FRIENDSHIP REGATTA (June 21:12 mi.): SPINNY — 1) Joust, J/105, Gerry Gunn, TYC; 2) Jimmy Riddle, Moore 24, Rich Korman, CYC; 3) Moonshadow, Wylie 31, TYC; 4) Absolute, Islander 36, Steve Schneider, CYC. (9 boats) NON-SPINNY— 1) Basic Instinct, Elliott 10.50, Jan Borjeson, CYC; 2) Don Wan, Santana 28, Do/i Kunstler, TYC; 3) Smogen III, Custom 36, Julie LeVicki, CYC; 4) Morgan, Cal 20, Peter Birnbaum, CYC; 5) AWB, J/24, Marcia Peck, CYC. (18 boats) OVERALL Corinthian YC wins with an aver¬ age score of 7.93 over Tiburon YC’s 8.08. OPTIMIST PCCs (SFYC/TtSC: June 21-22): BLUE (11 -12 years old) — 1) Mike Russom, Toms River YCI 2) David Liebenberg, Richmond YC; 3) Rogan Kriedt, Santa Cruz YC; 4) Andrew Fox, Fort Lauderdale YC; 50 Ryan Hoeven, Cabrillo Beach YC. (22 boats) RED (13-15 years old) — 1) Elliot Drake, Willamette SC; 2) Julian Richards, Southern YC; 3) Randy Hartranft, Toms River YC; 4) Hugh Runyan, Williamette SC; 5) Josh Leighton, St. Francis YC. (13 boats) WHITE (8-10 years old) — 1) Gregory Dair, Cali¬ fornia YC; 2) Alec Payne, Lauderdale YC; 3) Dylan Vogel, San Diego YC; 4) James Moody, San Fran¬ cisco YC; 5) Tanner Nagy, San Francisco YC. (11 boats) GREEN (novice) — 1) Megan Runyon, San Fran¬ cisco YC; 2) Emily Schalka, Seattle YC; 3) Grace Buckingham, San Francisco YC. (7 boats) (53 boats; 9 races; 1 throwout) OYRA/BVBC FARALLONES (June 21; 55 miles): PHRO-I —1) Summer Moon, Synergy 1000, Mike DeVries/Tony Pohl; 2) Auspice, Schumacher 40, Jim Coggan; 3) City Lights, SC 52, Tom Sanborn; 4) Fast Forward, Aerodyne 38, Dan Benjamin; 5) Equity Kicker,- SC 52, Karsten Mau; 6) Eclipse, Express 37, Mark Dowdy; 7) Kookaburra, J/105, Craig Mudge. (18 boats) PHRO-II — 1) Magic Cloud, Swan 48, Joseph Keenan; 2) Chorus, Kettenberg 38, Peter English;
Setting the pace — Mercury Class patriarch Pax Davis sailed 'Pacer' to victory in the NorCal Se¬ ries and is leading the Travel Trophy standings. 3) Acabar, Jeanneau 45, Acabar Marine Corp.; 4) Remedy, Beneteau 42s7, Ken Pimentel; 5) Setanta, Baltic 42-DK, Gerard Sheridan. (11 boats) MORA-I — 1) New Wave, Express 7, Buzz Blackett; 2) Abigail Morgan, Express 27, Ron Kell. (5 boats) MORA-II — 1) Slim, J/30, The Mollners; 2) Pole¬ cat, WylieCat 30 mod., Tim Danford. (4 boats) SHS — 1) AFM, Hobie 33, Oliver Coilidge/Richard Burton; 2) Eyrie, Hawfarm, Sylvia Seaberg/ Synthia Petroka; 3) Xpression, C&C 110-DK, Dirk Husselman. (7 boats) HDA G —1)11 Falco, Express 37, Steve Toteda. (2 boats) HDA J — 1) Green Spot, Santana 35, Crispin Barker. (1 boat) HDA K — 1) Noble Lady, Beneteau 305, Gary Massari. (1 boat) SPORTBOAT — 1) Neuromancer, Olson 30, Gross-Kehoe/Moraleda. (2 boats) J/120 — 1) Mr. Magoo, Steve Madeira. (2 boats)
Kid stuff — Tight racing at the Opti PCCs.
Whole lotta shakin'going on — Elvis (aka Terry Anderlini) was in the house at the Woodies Invitational.
SOUTH BAY YRA #3 (BYBC: June 21): BIG SPINNY — 1) Mist, Beneteau First 38, Rob¬ ert Hu; 2) Fermanagh, O'Day 34, Frank Johnson. (5 boats) LITTLE SPINNY — 1) Summertime, Interna¬ tional Folkboat, Luther Izmarian; 2) Spirit, Cal 20, Vince Swerkes; 3) Liquid Kitty, Santana 525, Dave Waller; 4) Windsong, Ranger 23, Mike Finn; 5) Sandpiper, SJ 24, Keith Barker. (12 boats) BIG NON-SPINNY— 1) Sundancer, Hunter 34, Bob Carlen; 2) Dolphin, Cal 2-30, Robert Young. (5 boats) LITTLE NON-SPINNY — 1) Suzie, Coronado 25, Brian Lees; 2) Rumple, Hunter Vision 32, Jeff Rempel. (5 boats)
Race Notes Sale boats of the month: Former J/ 125 owner Pat Nolan just bought the Farr
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THE RACING 40 Endurance, which he willYename Jav¬ elin. According to Chris Corlett, "Pat is hoping to start a B' fleet for local Farr 40s. Eliminate the check writing^contest and just go sailing like a normal program — not a bad idea!" . . . Oakland YC mem¬ ber George Gurrola, who used to cam¬ paign the Newport 30 Zarpa, recently bought the Merit 25 C.K. Porter with an eye toward Wednesday and Friday night races on the Estmtry. . . Delta denizen Erich Bauer has bought one of Philippe Kahn's Mumm 30s, which he has re¬ named Sand Dollar. His previous steed, the Moore 24 Taz, is now for sale. Mortal issues: Tiburon YC member Hans Bigall sold his Moore 24 Mortal Kombat (hull #89) to former Hobie 16 racer Doug Buescher,' who has renamed it Little Bit. Unfortunately, Bigall was rearended on the freeway last October and, three operations later, is still suffering from back pain and leg numbness. "I won’t be able to sail for some time, and couldn't justify keeping a boat that I wasn't us¬ ing," explained Hans. "The good news is that my surgeon was Bob Harf, a Melges 24 sailor who understands my- desire to return to the race course. My doctor vis¬
its usually consisted of 5 minutes of medi^ cal stuff and 15 minutes of racing talk — sure took my mind off all the pain!" The envelopes, please: The latest sail¬ ors just elected to Sailing World's presti¬ gious Hall of Fame are Jochen Schuemann (GER), Randy Smyth (USA) and John Bertrand (AUS). Schuemann, age 48, has won the America's Cup (Alinghis strategist) and three Olympic gold med¬ als (two Soling, one Finn), among other achievements. Former SoCal sailor Smyth, also 48 and a past America's Cup winner (with DC on the catamaran in ’88), is the most accomplished multihull sailor in U.S. history, counting two Olympic sil¬ ver medals in Tornados, five Worrell 1000 victories, and much more. Bertrand, a past Olympic Finn bronze medalist and current #2-ranked Etchells sailor in the world, is well-known for wrestling the America's Cup away from America in 1983. See the latest Sailing World issue
for profiles of these three great sailors, as well as a list of the other 40 sailing legends who pre¬ ceded them into the Hall. More sale boats: Kevin Burrell, Steve Enzensberger and Bob Fox are back in the Etchells fleet, having just jointly pur¬ chased #515. The boat is being upgraded at Steve's San Rafael shop and will join the fleet as it ramps up for next summer's Etchells Worlds on the Bay. . . The N/M 39 JackRabbit, which Dave and Jackie Liggett campaigned up and down the coast and in Hawaii, has finally been sold to a new home in Seattle. . . Encinal YC member Mark Howe recently bought the almost-new Beneteau 40.7 White Fang, using the nuclear Coastal Cup as the
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Living legends — New Hall of Famers, from left: Jochen Schuemann (GER), John Bertrand (AUS) and Randy Smyth (USA).
boat's shakedown cruise.Zarko Draganic sold his Melges 24 Cavallino (#498) to Lake Tahoe sailor Dave Hauser man, who has renamed it Personal Puff. Draganic will take delivery of a new Melges, his third, a month before the Worlds in October. Random race notes: The Long Beach/ Los Angeles Women's Sailing Association has renamed its annual Catalina 37 women's regatta as the Linda Elias Me¬
loved member of the SoCal sailing com¬ munity, won the event three times be¬ fore passing away last January at age 52, a victim of ova¬ rian cancer. . . The August 29 Windjammers Race has added divisions for multihulls and singlehanded sailors. The 67-mile race from San Francisco to Santa Cruz has been cursed with a wind drought in four of the last five years — which, by the law of averages, could mean they're due for a ripsnorter... After checking the NewportEnsenada Race results again, NOSA of¬ ficials took the overall ULDB Trophy back from the Cheetah 30 Wild Cat and awarded it instead to the turbo Hobie 33 Magic Light. According to crew Keith Lorence, the boat sports asymmetrical kites on a 17-foot spinnaker pole — and
hit 18 knots during the race! And you thought the Vallejo and En¬ senada races were big? The 67th Round the Island Race — a 55-mile circumnavi¬ gation of the England’s famed Isle of Wight — attracted 1,595 entries last month! Contestants ranged in size from the R/P 90 Leopard of London, the scratch boat, down to Folkboats and just about anything that floats. A 60-ft cat, Eure Loir-Idee, was first around the course in 4 hours, 5 min¬ utes. A tiny Contessa 26, sailed by yacht designer Simon Rogers (Sticky Fingers), corrected out first overall. If, for some rea¬ son, you want to learn more, see www.round-theisland.org. uk. Meanwhile in the Northwest: In our next lifetime (the one where we get to go sailing more often), we'd like to participate in the Cadillac Van Isle 360, a 580-mile, 10-leg race/rally around Vancouver Island. The fourth running of this intriguing-sound¬ ing event, held June 14-29, attracted 35 boats. There's inshore and offshore sail¬ ing, and even some overnight stuff, as the fleet winds through these challenging and scenic waters. Check out www.vanisle360.com for the whole story. New kid in town: The first Governor's
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With reports this month on Strategies for Booking Bargain Sailing Vacations, a tidbit of Caribbean Chartering Trivia, a close-knit family's Deep Reflections on 20 Years of Chartering and miscellaneous Charter Notes.
Doin' the Math — The Dollars and 'Sense' of Low Season Charters With our nation's economy still sput¬ tering along unconvincingly, it's no won¬ der that everyone seems to be looking for bargains these days. Consequently, more and more would-be charterers are discovering what savvy travelers already know: All rates are not created equal. When it comes time to plan a sailing vacation, most folks simply decide on an ideal time frame to travel in, then pay the going rate, rather than employing the bargain-hunter's method of researching precisely when prices drop for the low or "shoulder" seasons, then traveling within those periods. As with hotel room rates and air fares, bareboat charter rates vaiy dramatically throughout the year. Naturally, you wouldn’t want to charter in Sweden or British Columbia during the dead of win¬ ter. But in many areas, low or shoulder season rates seem to be dictated by a dramatic dropoff in potential tourism traffic rather than by weather consider¬ ations alone. In fact, in some prime char¬ ter venues, such as Greece, Turkey, Mexico and the Chesapeake, we think late summer and early fall offer much better all-around vacationing conditions than midsummer does. Let's look at a few examples from the current catalogs of several major char¬ ter outfits. In Greece, midsummer brings soaring temperatures, hordes of tourists — both terrestrial and aquatic — and. As in ancient times, Grecian harbors are skirted by clusters of white-washed homes and busi¬ nesses, while fishing boats lie at anchor.
occasionally, those ferocious winds called meltemis. If you wait until the end of September to sail, you qan save 20% off peak season rates. That's over $600 on a 42-ft boat. And at that time, air tem¬ peratures are less severe (75° to 84° as opposed to 80° to 90° in July) and breezes are generally better for sailing. \Vait un¬ til mid-October and you'll save 35% off peak (about $1,100 off that 42 footer). True, you may not come home with as dark a tan, but the savings might be worth, it. Even if you, yourself, aren't a hardcore bargain hunter, sometimes the idea of saving a few hundred bucks can help seal a dead with potential charter partners — we all have friends who make it their life's work to avoid paying full retail price for anything. Similar savings can be found in other European destinations such as France s chi chi Cote d' Azur, where you'll save over 30% off midsummer pricing at the end of September; Croatia's Dalmatian Coast, where you'll save about 34% af¬ ter September 20 or 42% in mid-Octo¬ ber; and Spain's Balearic Islands, where you'll save 35% in late September or 40% in mid-October. To our way of thinking, a fabulous European vacation scheme would be to see the sights via rail for a week or two, then cap it off with a week of sailing. By waiting until late summer, you'll avoid the crowds and save big bucks to boot. Off-season sailing can’ also save you a substantial pile of cash elsewhere. In Tahiti's Leeward Islands, for example, you’d be well advised to avoid mid-July through August simply because that's
when all Europeans seem to take their vacations abroad. Prices drop by more than 10% after the end of August, and another 20% at the end of September, making this notoriously pricy tropical paradise much more affordable. Air tem¬ peratures, by the way, vary only a few degrees throughout the prime sailing season, which is May through early Oc¬ tober. Prices vary even more radically in the Eastern Caribbean, where sailing is pretty darned good all year round. The defining factors in pricing there seem to be that A) most North American and European charter clients prefer to take Caribbean sailing getaways during the worst winter months at home, and B) tfye official Caribbean hurricane season runs from June through November. But allow us to play devil's advocate regarding the storm season. During the decade that this writer lived in the Car¬ ibbean, the conventional wisdom was that the odds of any given island in the Leeward Antilles or Virgin Islands suf¬ fering a direct hit by a full-blown hurri¬ cane were about 100 to 1. Pretty good odds. And we wouldn't be surprised if a meteorologist would give you a better spread than that. It is common for "tropi¬ cal waves" to blow through, bringing tem¬ porarily-overcast skies and variable winds, but they generally won't slow you down at all. In fact, if you're a San Fran¬ cisco Bay sailor, you’ll probably relish the increase in wind that sometimes accom¬ panies them. Tropical depressions are
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Picture yourself anchored in the turquoise wa¬ ters of the Grenadines this summer (spread), or perhaps snorkelmg a Tahitian lagoon (inset). more serious, potentially causing you to sit tight while awaiting clear skies. But bear in mind that because there are no major land masses for a front to cling onto, even hurricanes pass thrpugh in a matter of hours. Worst case: If a severe storm is forecast, you would most likely be called back to the charter base (or sent to a hurricane hole') and a prorated por¬ tion of your charter fee would be re¬ funded. * We should point out also, that the far¬ ther south your charter venue is, the smaller the chance of seeing a storm, since cyclonic activity in the Atlantic al¬ most always spins in a northwesterly arc. Consequently, places like the Grenadines and Grenada would be much safer bets during the theoretical peak of the storm season — August and September — than venues farther north. In October, bare¬ boat prices are just about half of what they are between Christmas and the end of April. You can also find off-season savings closer to home. Since the sailing season in the Pacific Northwest — May through October — is relatively short, charter op¬ erators can't afford to, nor do they need to, discount off-peak rates radically. But by chartering in September rather than mid-July, you'll probably save 15% or more. And, as with other venues, you’ll see a lot fewer boaters and land-based tourists. Also, as our Canadian breth¬
ren are constantly reminding us, your American greenbacks will go farther still if you rent a boat across the border, be¬ cause Canadian currency continues to be weak against Uncle Sam’s almighty dollar. However, charter operators along the Washington shores could counter that getting to and from Canadian char¬ ter bases will add to your travel costs. In either case, from what we know, most of the charter operators up north work very hard to make you a satisfied customer. It's their hope, of course, that you'll be¬ come a 'repeat offender' soon — in fact, repeat business is a crucial element of success in any small market. Two other factors to consider while you're strategizing are that air fares and hotel rates are often substantially lower after I,abor Day than during midsummer. A round trip from the West Coast to Ath¬ ens in early July will run you about $ 1,100, but in early Oc¬ tober it will only cost about $950. And that's using mainstream flight options. Airline consoli¬ dators can save you even more. In another example, it would cost about $1,850 for a round trip to Croatia in early July, but only $ 1,650 in early October. Similarly, flights to Antigua, mid¬ way down the Carib¬ bean's Antilles chain,
would be $950 and $825 respectively. True, these savings aren't massive, but if you're popping for a family of four or six, it adds up. So if you’re having trouble rationaliz¬ ing a killer sailing vacation this season, we suggest you do a little homework and be a little creative. You may find that there are off-season bargains out there too good to pass up. Heck, you can hardly afford to stay home. — latitude /aet
The First Caribbean Yacht Charter? In our April Letters section, a reader wanted to clarify which bareboat char¬ ter company first began operations in the British yfrgin Islands. It was The Moor¬ ings, of course. Charlie and Ginny Cary Croatia's Dalmatian Coast is peppered with near-shore islands and its picturesque coastal towns date back centuries.
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began that now-famous company way back in 1969 with a fleet , of six Pearson 35s, thereby pioneering the bareboat concept. s. Crewed yacht chartering, however, began two decades earlier. Shortly after British Commander Vernon Nicholson and his family arrived at Antigua in 1949, aboard their vintage 70-ft schooner Mollihawk, they were commissioned to take out passengers for hire. By the mid'60s, when Lord Jim came on the scene (see the feature article in this issue), the fledgling charter trade was well on its way to becoming the multi-million-dollar in¬ dustry that it is today. We remind you of all this as back¬ ground on a little tidbit of yacht char¬ tering lore that we stumbled on while. . . well, if you must know. . . performing our twice-per-decade office cleaning. We were happily procrastinating by reading a fascinating article in the Caribbean Compass newspaper by Richard Dey (De¬ cember '99 edition) about little-known works of Eastern Caribbean yachting lit¬ erature. One of them was Dennis Puleston's Blue Water Vagabond (pub¬ lished in 1939) in which the author de¬ scribes sailing the West Indies with a friend in the early '30s. Apparently, the author and his crew were so broke by the time they got to Tortola that they agreed to charter their 31-ft, engineless yawl Uldra to a couple of young scholars who'd recently graduated from Yale. It would be a real stretch to call this the birth of the Caribbean yacht chartering industry, but as far as we know this was the first charter transaction in the re¬ in 1949x the Nicholson family Instituted crewed yacht chartering in the Eastern Caribbean aboard their vintage 70-ft schooner 'Mollihawk'.
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gion, which today, of course, is the most popular chartering venue on the plan,et. So there you have it, an invaluable bit of yacht chartering trivia. (Lock it away in your memory banks in case they ever come out with a nautical version of Trivial Pursuit.) And you read it here first — unless, of course, you happen to sub¬ scribe to Caribbean Compass, which, to our way of thinking, would be a good investment for any ’Caribophile'. (Check out the Compass' website at: www. caribbeancompass.com.) Unfortunately, we haven't been able to get hold of a copy of Puleston's book, but after reading an excerpt in Dey's ar¬ ticle, we're ready to initiate a search: "I would like to believe that Nature had the sailorman in mind when she created the islands in the Lesser v Antilles. She had decided to reserve one section of the seas that would be the perfect sail¬ ing ground. First there must be strong and steady breezes and plenty of sunshine. Then there must be a line of islands, not too far from one another." We regard the Eastern Car¬ ibbean today as one of the fin¬ est sailing venues on earth. But we can only imagine how cool it must have been to cruise those isles 70 years ago. — latitude/det
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The family that sails together, grows together. L to Ft: Vacationing in the Whitsundays over the millennium New Years are Papa Tim, son-in-law Jean-Marc, daughter Elizabeth and son David. Inset: Jorie (a.k.a. Mom) takes the helm.
Twenty Years of Family Chartering: Fond Memories and Lessons Learned It’s been 20 years since our family’s first yacht charter and almost three years since our last. We’ve recently reflected on the learning and maturing process that our family went through on those trips, where teamwork and mutual re¬ spect were ingredients necessary to get the job done so that each of us could enjoy the experience. We’ve chartered in the Caribbean, the Bahamas, the Sea of Cortez, the San Juan and Gulf Islands of the Pacific Northwest, and the Whitsunday Islands of Australia. When our son David and daughter Elizabeth were in their early teens we ap,proached a charter trip with the thought that it would be a vacation and learning experience for all of us. So we asked them to pick the chores and/or activities that they wanted to be responsible for. We ex¬ plained that mechanical systems needed to be monitored and serviced, menus had to be planned, and stores purchased and stowed. Tide and current had to be taken into account and the time needed to de¬ part each anchorage for the next had to be honored. In regard to meals, every -
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one was responsible for fixing their own breakfast and lunch, but we alternated re¬ sponsibility for pre¬ paring dinner. We discussed safety and the necessity to com¬ municate regarding hikes, water play and taking the dinghy to explore. Looking back, we all have some unfor¬ gettable memories. It's fun to hear David and Elizabeth de¬ scribe how they felt when they went face to face with a 200 pound grouper while snorkeling in the Bahamas. And none of us will ever for¬ get the sight of hundreds of porpoises that overtook us while we were in the Sea of Cortez, and how some frolicked in the bow wave before moving on. There were so many that the sea was frothing all around us. Once, on a clear calm day, spouting whales on the surface produced the effect of a low rain squall. We were mesmerized. Then there was that memo¬ rable day in the Whitsundays when, in one anchorage, there were 11 waterfalls raging, where there had been none the week before. There were times when we hiked up from an anchorage and looked down on a bay so clear that we could see sharks in the water. We often would be the only boat in an anchorage. Picking up trash on hikes and beach explorations became second nature. We spent countless hours talking about things while hiking, rowing and watching sunsets in remote places, with no interruptions from phones or TV. We communicated about school, friends, our setbacks and successes, the future, and what the kids might want out of life. As our experiences unfolded during trip after trip, I began to get a sense that our children were changing a bit. Sure, growing older changes a person, but my sense was that they were proud of the fact that they were part of a small unit
that could travel to a foreign country, have responsibility for an expensive piece of equipment that belonged to someone else, provision and maintain it, all the while seeing new places and interacting with their parents with no conflict or strife. For the experience to be success¬ ful, they realized that each had to do his or her part. They had learned to adapt, to think ahead, and to be prepared to entertain themselves when bad weather kept us below. They realized that many places and people we visited were differ¬ ent from what they were used to at home and were intrigued by those differences. Jorie and I think the 'adult/child' re¬ lationship ended a bit sooner as we char¬ tered together. We all became partners with a heightened respect for each other. I think that our children began to be¬ lieve that they had a great deal of influ¬ ence on how their lives could evolve. After our daughter finished her degree in architecture, she remarked that the lessons she had learned during our char¬ ters helped her immensely. Instead of being overwhelmed by a design project, she broke it down into stages; concept, materials, purchase, schedule and time planning. The approach was the same when we chartered. Having made Asso¬ ciate Partner with her firm last year, she has j ust returned from a month-long trek in Patagonia and has joined her husband in Annapolis', Maryland where he re¬ cently joined Farr Yacht Design. Our son, a general contractor with a degree in Spanish, won his class in the Sports Car Club of America RallyCross last year in our region and just finished a one-on-one week with five-time North American off-road Rally Champion Tim O’Neill in New Hampshire. He says he’s good, but with the best teaching, he would like to see where he could take it. How much of their goal setting and subsequent achievement is from the ex¬ periences they've gathered during our charters? While this would be impossible to quantify, we can’t help but think that for less than the cost of the first year’s depreciation on a new car, sailing par¬ ents have the opportunity to help their children grow in many subtle ways. For our kids, those trips made the path to increased confidence easier to travel, gave them mind-expanding experiences, and fostered a greater appreciation and respect for the natural world. Jorie and I believe that sdme of these skills are not
easily learned in a typical neighborhood setting. By the way, in addition to the ben¬ efits of personal growth and character building, doing all those charters to¬ gether was also a whole lot of fun! — tim & jorie ellis Portland, OR Tim arid Jorie — Thanks a million for sharing your insights. Having done a bunch of charters with our own kids throughout their adolescence, we cer¬ tainly agree with your sentiments. It's almost ironic that while they were hav¬ ing a great time they ’accidentally' gained a lot of practical knowhow and self-con¬ fidence. Now that our kids are grown, we all feel that those sailing trips were not only highlights, but one of the few ele¬ ments of our family life that everyone enjoyed equally. And we still enjoy char¬ tering together as adults. — Ed.
Charter Notes In last month's discussion of bookby-the-berth sailing options, we men¬ tioned the area of educational offshore sailing opportunities. The following is one such prografn that we find particu¬ larly noteworthy. 1 If you'd like to have a great adventure without traveling halfway around the world, and get some serious nautical Aboard the 'Robert C. Seamans' you'll experi¬ ence the magic of cruising aboard a brigan¬ tine, while learning to navigate along the way.
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education at the same time, consider sailing aboard the 134-ft brigantine Rob¬ ert C. Seamans, August 6-13, from San Francisco,to Los Angeles. This steel ship, which is operated by the Sea Edu¬ cation Association (SEA), is regarded
When Lorna White and friends arrived at The Moorings' base in Belize they found the staff perusing a recent Latitude — really! as the most sophisticated oceanographic research/sailing school vessel ever built in the United States, and this particular
Among the instructors will be Les Chesneau of the National Weather Ser¬ vice Ocean Predition Center who will share his insights on interpreting weather charts and plotting the optimal course according to predicted wind and sea conditions. For more info or registration, contact Dave Jackson at (207) 236-7014 or education@oceannavigator. com Whether you're considing joining one of the trips mentioned above or charter¬ ing a boat for a late-summer getaway, we strongly urge you not to procrasti¬ nate and wait until the 11th hour. Re¬ member, the early bird gets the best boat — or the best berth. — latitude/aet
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CHANCES With reports this month from Beyond Reason on diving with whale sharks in Honduras; from Misty on a spring passage to Vancouver Island; from Aurora on crossingfhe Atlantic a second time; from Wanderlust on transiting the Panama Canal; from Velella on a very rough trip from New Zealand to Fiji; and tons of Cruise Notes.
Beyond Reason — Lagoon 38 Cat Bernard Slabeck, Crew Diving With ifrhale Sharks (San Francisco) Jerry Lumbard — vet of the Ha-Ha 2001 and owner of Beyond Reason— and I spent some of May at Utila, an island just west of Roatan, Honduras. The is¬ land, which is surrounded by a reef, is only three miles by eight miles,' so none of the dive sites are very far apart. Euro¬ pean backpackers know this as a very inexpensive place to dive, and with good reason. Open water certification is just $100 U.S., and I was able to rent a tank, and regulator for just $6 U.S. per day. No, that's not a typo! Refills were just $2. The only town on Utila consists of one street that runs along the water's edge of the only large ;bay on the south side of the island. The street is lined with dive shops, funky hotels, restaurants, little stores, the post office and port captain. Naturally, there are some bars, too. Coco Loco, which is more like a dock with a bar on it, was the happening place when we were there. We'd tie the dinghy to the dock when we went to town. Most Ameri¬ cans in the area are cruisers, and there were about a dozen boats in the bay. Utila has a reputation as being the place to be during a full moon because that's when the whale sharks hang out off the east end of the island. Fortunately, Honduras has passed some laws to pro¬ tect these magnificient creatures, so tour¬ Whale sharks are the largest fish In the world, but they're protected, so Bernard's buddy Ronald doesn't use them for his McFish sandwiches.
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ists are only allowed to snorkel rather than scuba dive around them, and no¬ body is supposed to touch them. David and Linda Lee of the Privilege 43 cat Expectation worked with a dive shop to arrange a trip for a dozen of us cruisers to see the whale sharks. It turned out to be an amazing, humbling, oncein-a-lifetime experience for me! We went out to a sea mound a mile off the East Point of the island to look for a boil of bonita. A 'boil' is just what it sounds like — hundreds of bonita jumping up and down and acting as if a 40-foot whale shark was chasing them. The whale sharks come straight up with their mouths open and actually break the sur¬ face of the water. As I understand it, the sharks aren't interested in the bonita, but rather the small krill on which the bonita are fishing. After everyone started shouting that they'd spotted a boil, the folks in charge got all of us to hang our finned feet over the starboard side, poised for action. With us coasting at about two knots, the cap¬ tain in charge yelled for everyone to jump in! We all did, and pretty much landed on top of each other. But suddenly, right in front of me among the clearing bubbles was a 40-foot spotted whale shark! What can 1 say, he was really big! He was also beautifully sleek and graceful. After look¬ ing at us tiny humans flailing around, he gently waved his huge tail and slowly faded into the depths. All of us divers were pretty satisfied to have seen this creature so close up, but then we did it six more times with a variety of whale sharks over the next two hours. While all this went on, David and Linda managed to get some pretty good video and still shots of all the action. They made a bunch of copies of the video and sold them to us for $10 each — and donated the proceeds to the Whale Shark Institute on Utila. I highly recom¬ mend the entire experience. — bernard 5/15/03
Misty — Aries 32 Bob Van Blaricom San Francisco To Vancouver Island (Tiburon) Late this spring we had an okay threeweek trip from San Francisco to Vancouver Island, Canada — despite rough and cold weather, and a relatively geriatric crew. The three of us have a com¬
bined age of 218 years! The crew consisted of myself, 72; my friend Dr. Joe Alderson, who is 80 but in good shape; and Sharon Smalley, a 66-year-old grandmother who also owns an Aries 32. Sharon was hop¬ ing to get some offshore experience, and succeeded beyond her wildest dreams. I figured that if we left before the Cali¬ fornia interior heated up, we might not have the strong northwesterlies so com¬ mon in the summer. Unfortunately, it was an unusually wet, windy, and unsettled spring. We left the San Francisco YC on April 26 during a break in the weather — which didn't last for long. Starting out in a southerly — what could be better? — we sailed right past Bodega Bay. While off Noyo early the next morning, the wind began to rapidly increase in speed. By the time we got to Cape Mendocino, we were in a genuine storm, with driving rain and winds gusting to 40 knots — but still from the south. We ran very quickly under a
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double-reefed main and just a scrap of jib on the whisker pole. Just as I was about to call Joe up so we could drop the main, w^ gybed and broke the boom. It was a bit of a mess, but we carried on through the night with plenty of speed under the mostly rolled-up jib on the pole. The wind then started to ease up, and by mid-morning the next day we pulled into Crescent City. There was no boatyard which could work on the boom, so it was fortunate that it had split at the gooseneck. Having lots of epoxy and hose clamps, we undertook the repair ourselves. The biggest problem was that it was so cold and rainy that I wasn’t sure the epoxy would cure. But it did harden overnight. The weather was better the next day, so we quickly put the boom back on and
got underway again. With the wind still out of the south, we carried the breeze and a north flowing current past Cape Blanco all the way to Coos Bay, Oregon. But as we approached Newport, Oregon, the following afternoon, we were strug¬ gling against very strong winds that were finally coming out of the Northwest — and an overheating en¬ gine. After making it into Newport, I disassembled the waterpump and in¬ spected the seawa¬ ter strainer, but didn't find any problems. I con¬ cluded that the overheating had been caused by heeling over so far while motorsailing on port tack that more air than wa¬ ter was being
sucked into the engine's raw water intake. My little sister Jan and her husband live just down the coast, so the evening we arrived they came up and hauled us off to showers and a nice hot dinner at their house. It was still very windy out of After several days of unusual southerly winds, 'Misty: ran into a strong northwesterly and struggled to reach shelter at Newport, Oregon. BOB VAN BLAIRICOM
The spectacular solitude and beauty of Vancouver Island — little 'Misty' on the hook at Queen Cove on gsperanza Inlet.
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Dr. Joe and Sharon enjoy a walk in the rainforest at Hot Springs Cove. There's no mistaking this landscape for the Baja peninsula. the northwest the next day, so we laid over for a day to let the wind ease up. We played tourist and enjoyed lunch at the brewery near the harbor. We had a mixture of wind on the next leg, which took us past the Columbia River, and managed to break the end of the spinnaker pole. By morning it was get¬ ting pretty rough, so we pulled into Grays Harbor seeking shelter. The harbor has a scary, shallow entrance, and a rather dis¬ mal appearance — particularly in the cold, rainy, windy weather. But it served its purpose, and allowed us to fix the pole with more of the epoxy-and-hose clamps treatment. In order to make sure the ep¬ oxy cured, we crammed the 14-ft pole into the cabin for the night. Dr. Joe is 80. Sharon is 66. Yet they were fine crew for the always difficult passage to the Pa¬ cific Northwest. We salute your zest for life!
By this time I had pretty much made up my mind that the weather was just too bad to continue up the west coast of Vancouver Island. But when we got to Cape Flattery the next night, the weather suddenly looked a lot better, so we con¬ tinued on to Barkley Sound on the west coast of Vancouver Island. In fact, the weather was quite nice for several days, and since we now had some extra time, we visited a number of interesting anchor¬ ages — including Ucluelet, Hot Springs Cove, Queen Cove, Walter Cove, Klaskish Basin and Winter Harbor. These were places I had visited with Misty five years before. v When the forecast called for a gale, we got ourselves into Sea Otter Cove just below Cape Scott. It was well-protected and quite shallow with good holding, so we had no problem riding it out for a day. Getting around Cape Scott the next morn¬ ing in the big leftover seas was exciting, but by noon we were over the shallow Nawitti Bar and into Bull Harbor on Hope Island. The following day we sailed down to Port Hardy at the northern tip of Vancouver Island, where we concluded our 1,060-mile trip. Looking to get away for some beautiful cruising where it's not crowded? We only saw two other sailboats the whole time we were on the west coast of Vancouver Island. The best addition to Misty for this trip was our new Dickinson diesel heater, which we had going much of the time. When we left Port Hardy to fly back to California, Misty’s deck and the dock were coated with ice! I trust it will be a lot more like summer when my wife Jane and I re¬ turn on June 13th to continue our cruise to Alaska. — bob 6/6/83 Bob — That you, Dr. Joe, and Sharon could make the always difficult trip from San Francisco north to Canada is an in¬ spiration not just to seniors, but to all sailors. We have three Latitude T-shirts that we'd like to present to you.
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Aurora — Catana 581 Cat The Bernhard Brothers Antigua To Portugal (Pleasanton) On May 5, we left Antigua on the 2,400-mile passage part of the way across the Atlantic to the Azores, and then the 900-mile passage to Lisbon, Portugal. The ’we' are David and Irmgard Bernhard, and thendaughters Alicia and Jessie; Mark Bernard, David's brother and co¬
owner of the cat; Dominic Marchal, friend and crew from the Bay Area; and me, Susannah Carr. I hope this log might help give an idea of what a second crossing of the Atlantic is like with the same boat and most of the same people. We'd done the first crossing as part of the Atlantic Rally for C.ruisers (ARC) last winter. May 5 — Mark, Dominic, and I think perhaps it is best we leave Antigua now to enable ourselves to recover from Antigua Sailing Week. We raced on our friend Kristian's X452 with two Italian and two Dutch men. We were an eclectic group, swearing and joking in three lan¬ guages as we raced between the big par¬ ties. For most of the week I was the only woman onboard with this group of what turned out to be very affable guys. My presence clearly didn't inhibit them though. ’We're here on a men's sailing holiday," one of the Dutch men said. "Do you think we’re going to let you ruin that?" May 6 —What a great day, as we've covered 256 miles in 24 hours and are currently close reaching at 10 knots. We're all hoping that conditions stay like this for the entire trip, but we know that's about as likely as finding a margarita stand in the middle of the North Atlantic. We've had no significant seasickness so
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Spread; The Bernard brothers' Catana 58 as she finishes the ARC at St. Lucia last winter. Inset; Irmgard catches up on reading while on watch. far, which is a marked contrast to our first days out of the Canary Islands when we did the ARC. The girls' science theme for the crossing is clouds, so we studied the different types of clouds, started record¬ ing the different kinds of clouds we saw, and even created our own cloud in a bottle. May 7 — The wind is down to 12 knots apparent, so our boat speed has dropped to 6.5 knots. Having covered 423 miles, we give yp hope for our ' 10 day crossing, new record for a 58-ft boat'. We console ourselves with the knowledge that 'bor¬ ing is good'. Two things are different on this Atlantic crossing from our first one: nobody is doing any laundry, and we don't have Chris Maher crawling to and from the 'cave' — the forward cabin accessible only from deck. Jessie is adopting an en¬ thusiastic seafaring attitude that she‘dis¬ plays by running around and spontane¬ ously yelling, "Call me Ishmael!" Prior to leaving Antigua, Mark installed Aurora's third SSB radio in less than a year. Catana exploded the first, and salt¬ water destroyed the second. We make our first successful transmission with the new
radio by calling our friends Daniel and Kristian aboard Toutazimut, a Formosa 51 — like the one in the movie Captain Ron. Both of us are on our way from Antigua to the Azores, but they started after us. This is the boat that was doublehanded in the ARC last year by brothers Dave and Phil Hicock. Phil went overboard, but de¬ spite being still attached to the boat, he died, and his body couldn't even be re¬ covered. May 8 — We've covered 590 miles so far, but have been motoring most of the day because the wind has dropped below five knots. Remember, boring is good. We spoke via the satellite phone to our friends Kristian and Daniel on Toutazimut. They are already heading east, which means they are cutting the cor¬ ner of the Azores High. They still have 11 knots of wind, but may run out soon. Perhaps because it's been calm, we’ve had a number of on-thewater sightings to¬ day. Shortly after school was out at 3
p.m., we saw a pod of six pilot whales swimming around and slapping their tales. We also saw three cargo ships, a jet plane, some plastic, many pieces of seaweed, .and two birds. The watches are moving forward to¬ night. David is on from 1000-0200, Dominic from 2400-0400, Mark from 0200-0600, and Irm from 0400-0800. I have retained privileged position of 20002400. Sometimes being the teacher has its benefits. May 9— Most of the 158 miles we cov¬ ered today was by motoring. There was no wind in the morning, and it only built very gradually. At about 1400 there was enough to set the sails. It sure is nice to sail as opposed to having to motor. We also attempted to fly the spinnaker off the sprit, but we didn't seem to gain much speed. At least our course is starting to( have an easterly component, which is en¬ couraging. Toutazimut reported over the SSB that they are 330 miles behind us but following our course. It's curious, but despite the fact that each day goes by slowly, the week seems to be passing quickly. Again, maybe my being the teacher helps because my days are occupied with work. It's also interest¬ ing that there isn’t the same feeling of ex¬ citement onboard as when we all sailed across the Atlantic the first time. I guess it’s like driving back home — you've al¬ ready been down the road once and know where you're going. So far this crossing has been quiet compared to the last one, which started out very rough, so we're all 'knocking on teak'. The mild conditions means there has been lots of time for camraderie and games. Most of the fruit in the cockpit net has already ripened, and today Irm discovered rotten celery in the lazarette. Our dinner of kraut aja-d smoked pork chops got us Dominic, Susannah, Mark, Irmgard, Jessie and Alicia on the breakwater at Horta, having painted their catamaran's name on the wall. COURTESY AURORA
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CHANCES V talking about the way people tried to fight scurvy in Captain Cook's day — by eat¬ ing dried biscuits made of animahnnards. Currently km reading The Life of Pi, which is about a boy marooned on a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger for 227 days! May 11 — We've now travelled just over 1,110 miles, and we expect to reach the halfway point in the middle of the night. The much promised breeze has finally arrived and is blowing in the 18 to 22knot range, so we're starting to average 10 knots again. These are the numbers we like! You play a tricky game when you sail east toward the Azores, because if you sail too low you become becalmed in the Azores High, but if you sail too ‘far north in search of wind, you can get hit by lows with 30 to 40-knot winds. Now that we've worked our way northeast, we've started to wear fleece at night and I pulled the comforter out of storage. The water tem¬ perature has dropped from 85° to 75°. May 12 — We had lots of sailing action today. The 0200-0600 watch started off with a gybe because the wind — which had gradually built to a steady 30 knots — was starting to take us up toward New¬ foundland. We ended up doing an 'all hands' spinnaker takedown at 0400, but it went very smoothly. Things calmed down in the early morning as we sailed with a double-reefed main and the Solent jib wing-on-wing, and it began to rain lightly. Alicia deserves a special mention for taking her science test sitting outside squeezed into the two square foot area that was dry but had rain falling all around her. At 10 a. m. a squall came through with the heaviest rain and stron¬ gest winds — 37 knots — we've experi¬ enced on this passage. The gusting wind broke the reefing line for the clew, leav¬ ing the main flapping. As the rain sub¬ sided, Mark, Dominic, David and I worked to rerig the line. Even simple tasks such as these are made more difficult by the rolling and pitching of the boat, slippery surfaces, and high loads. After the repair,
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Alicia and Jessie, Mark's young daughters, have now sailed across the Atlantic twice in six months. Here they are at Horta in the Azores.
the afternoon progressed more smoothly in lighter winds. We've gybed twice now and put the spinnaker back up as the forecast calls for motoring conditions to¬ morrow. May 15 — With only 692 miles to go to the Azores, we've placed bets on when we'll arrive. I see that I've been negligent about the log. I wish I could say it was from business or excitement, but apathy is more accurate. Further, I have de¬ scended into an addiction of playing Hearts on my laptop. My eyes are start¬ ing to glaze over as I stare at the queen of spades. But again, we remind ourselves that boring is good. Right now the wind has built to 6.7 knots true from dead calm, but the sea is still incredibly flat. There has been little wind, and we want to make good time into the Azores as crewmembers have planes to catch. We can motor at 7.5 knots under one engine, but we keep the rpms down to 2,200 in order to conserve fuel. Friends Daniel and Kristian are making slow progress on Toutazimut and have fallen 600 miles be¬ hind us. They are concerned about run¬ ning out of diesel, so they are sailing slowly in light wind. That's the danger of cutting the corner of the Azores High. May 16 — Despite light winds, this turned out to be one of our most exciting days. Early in the morning we went by a medium-sized sea turtle that was lying very still in the water. When I saw its flip¬ pers moving gently with the current and a few barnacles attached to its shell, I thought for sure it was dead. Desiring a third look, we circled around one more time, and to our surprise it woke up when Alicia poked it gently with the boathook. What I thought was a dead sea turtle was actually a sleeping sea turtle! A short time later we came upon a free-floating buoy marked "VHF Captain Kel. 102-7622413". We salvaged the buoy and tried the phone number, but the- call didn't go through. These two events were already more than had happened the day before, so we were feeling pretty good. The best, however, was yet to come. As he was about to unfurl the genoa, Mark heard the whiz of the starboard fishing rod. "Fish!" he yelled. The girls and I raced outside of the cabin, and so began the epic battle. Beads of sweat were protruding from Mark's forehead as he tested his endurance against the mighty animal. It tried to race ahead of the boat, but we artfully turned to keep him off our stern. After 20 minutes of fighting and simultaneous debating on how to land the fish, we gaffed and pulled aboard a swordfish that was in
excess of six feet! It was the biggest fish I've ever seen outside of an aquarium. Irm. and Mark made quick work of turning it into massive filets. The cleanup took much longer. After lunch, the girls performed their Simpsons puppet show to a packed house — three people. Just when we thought we'd have time for a breather, we spotted a whale, then some Atlantic bottle-nosed, dolphins. And just when I thought we were settling down for the night, Mark learned there would be a total lunar eclipse at midnight. It took an hour for the moon to become completely obscured, but when it did, the bottom of the boat glowed a psychedelic green from the phos¬ phorescence. It was the brightest phos¬ phorescence any of us have seen. The green stream of Aurora's wake was like something on a Grateful Dead postef. May 18 — We continue to motorsail our way across the Atlantic. Currently, I am reading a biography of John Adams. He sailed across the North Atlantic in Feb¬ ruary on his way to France to help nego¬ tiate treaties during the Revolutionary War. His voyage took six weeks, a short time for a winter passage in that era. As he sailed, he wrote the following in his
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journal: "AH'we see are clouds, sea, and sky, and then sky, sea, and clouds." We all know that feeling. After dinner tonight we watched Cutthroat Island starring Geena Davis. A DVD player on long pas¬ sages such as this is a godsend, as it pro¬ vides hours of mindless entertainment. May 19 — With only 73 miles to go to our stop in Horta, I thought today would be interminable — but it didn't pass that slowly. When we get to Horta, we'll only stop for ^4 hours. We'll just have enough time to do laundiy, check email, and eat I suppose. 1 passed the 1 me today in the usual way,— reading, sleeping, chatting, watching The Sopranos, and playing Hearts on my computer. Tonight there have been two ships on the radar during my watch. I've been practicing using the electronic bearing line and variable range marker functions to get ready for the sec¬ ond leg to Portugal, where ship traffic will be heavier. May 20 — Oh land, how you tempted us! It was only with great willpower that we were able to pull ourselves away from Horta today at 1430 to set off for Lisbon,
a 900-mile sail. Horta was an attractive, very clean town. We ate dinner at a fun restaurant that gives all the guests very hot slabs of rock on which to cook their main course, be it beef, fish or pork. Al¬ though our break on shore was welcome, 24 hours was too short. We leave with the knowledge that this is the final major leg for the season — at least my season. We finally have enough wind to sail —- 18-20 knots — once again, and we're close reaching at close to 10 knots. May 22 — After two days of sailing, we have again resorted to the engine. We have about 8 knots true, not enough to get twenty-six tons up and moving in any con¬ vincing way. We ex¬ pect the breeze to fill in again tomorrow and shift to the north, enabling us to reach down into Lisbon. The Aurora school year is wrapping up. Today was the last day of se¬ rious work, excluding two tests the girls have on Monday. To¬ morrow is fun day, and Monday is cleanup after the tests. 1 can't write
After reading about and listening to all the horror stories regarding the Panama Capal, my excitement about my upcom¬ ing transit was mixed with apprehension, a fear of the costs, and worries about pos¬ sible damage to my boat. What a relief — and feeling of accomplishment — to have transited the Canal with absolutely no problems or complications. My one crew and I arrived at Cristobal on the Caribbean side of Panama on a SatThe Panama Canal YC in Cristobal is about the only cruiser option on the Caribbean side of the CanaUt doesn't look like much, but it's cool. MIKE HARKER
Can you guess where the Freedom 25 'Jennifer' is sailing? Hint: It's a long, narrow, and hot body of water — but not the Sea of Cortez. _
Wanderlust — Hunter 466 Mike Harker The Panama Canal (Manhattan Beach)
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CHANGES urday morn¬ ing from Arubq. We dropped the hook in The Flats — also known as An¬ chorage F — and took the dinghy around the corner to the Panama \ tt I
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and another 50 boats in The Flats. I looked for the small satellite Immigration office in the yacht club, but a taxi driver named Joseph told me they were closed on Saturdays. He offered to drive me to Colon and help me with all the paperwork. I've travelled a lot, and am usually sus¬ picious of taxi drivers, but Joseph wasn't pushy and seemed genuinely interested in helping a yachtie get through the Ca¬ nal bureaucracy. When I asked what he charged, he told me, "Ten dollars an hour, and we'll need three or four hours." I don't know what a ship's agent would charge, but after 3.5 hours I know that I couldn’t have done the same thing alone in less than two days! I was happy to pay Jo¬ seph $40. Joseph organized the admeasurer to come by my boat the next day, which was Sunday. He also arranged to get me the four 150-foot lines, and 10 tire fenders wrapped in plastic bags that the measurer needed to see. He also prom¬ ised to get me the three needed linehanders — at $50 each — for the transit day. On Monday, Joseph called Transit Authority, and a guy came to the yacht When downlocking, positions are reversed — small boats go in front of big ships. It's about 30 feet down for each lock.
club with all the papers ready to fill out for the actual transit. After 30 minutes of paperwork, he said to call that evening for a transit schedule. That night Joseph called me on VHF Channel 70 and re¬ ported we would begin the transit on Wednesday morning, rafted to the 40-ft sailboat Vaya Con Dios, which would be side-tied to a Canal tug. This had been my request — but I hadn’t expected it to be granted in just two days. So at 4 a.m. on Wednesday, the three line-handlers came aboard, followed by the pilot an hour later. By 6 a.m., we were rafted to the Vaya Con Dios at the en¬ trance to the first lock. Two tugs then brought the freighter Valiant around us, and connected her to the Wiles’ — spe¬ cial locomotives to pull the ships — to bring her into the first lock. Another huge container ship took up the parallel space across the center divider from us, and we moved to side-tie to the tug that would accompany the freighter into Lake Gatun. We followed the freighter and her tug a total of 85 feet up in the three locks, and into man-made Lake Gatun. This lake serves as the gravity feed for all the locks, which means water doesn't have to be pumped into them, which would take a long time and lots of energy. Ohce on freshwater Lake Gatun, we turned on the engine and untied from Vaya con Dios. Thanks to Wanderlust's engine being able to turn an oversize Fold-A-Prop at 2,800 rpm, we averaged eight knots for the next 24 miles, arriving an hour early at our first 'down' lock. After lunch and a nap, the freighter and the Vaya Con Dios arrived for the down lock process. When downlocking, smaller boats such as ours enter the lock first. This took us right to the front edge of the lock — where it’s over 30-feet down to the next level! There is a one mile gap between ■ the first down lock and the final two. What separates them is Mirafores Lake, which is home to the Pedro Miguel Boat Club. It looked inviting as we passed. Unfortu¬ nately, you can't just stop there without the Canal's permission. After we untied from our partner yacht at sea level on the Pacific Ocean side, we headed straight under the Bridge of the Americas. A pilot vessel took our pilot off as we were doing eight knots toward the Balboa YC. My transit costs were as follows:
Transit fee for a 50-ft boat, $600: dam¬ age deposit, $850. The 'buffer' or deposit would only be booked if anything hap¬ pened during the transit. When the pilot leaves the yacht at the other side of the Canal, he declares "No Incident" via VHF, and only the $600 is booked from the VISA card. These fees include all the admea¬ sure fees, paperwork, and pilot costs. The Panama Cruising Permit cost $30 and is good for three months. The visa stamp in the U.S. passport costs $10. A bucket of KFC and a case of water for the line-han¬ dlers and the pilot came to $20. There are no hidden fees. The taxi 'agent' cost me a total of $60 for the three days, including provisioning, laundry, and all port fees. Three days of anchoring in The Flats was free, but the Panama Canal YC did charge $2/day for the dinghy dock. The four 150ft lines were $40 to rent; the 10 tires were $30 — but I sold them later on the other side of the Canal for $20! Three line-han¬ dlers — who returned the four lines to the yacht club — were $50 each plus $5 return bus fare. I gave them all $60, as they were great, professional, courteous and fun! Guided to a mooring by the Balboa YC launch, I found the club's location to be
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Spread; The famous Bridge of the Americas on the Pacific side. Left; Harker and his happy crew. Right; The endangered Pedro Miguel BC. very scenic — with the spectacular Bridge of the Americas, which connects the North American continent with the South Ameri¬ can continent, in the background. Walk¬ ing the long pier towards the Courtyard Hotel, I looked for the yacht club head¬ quarters. It turned out to be just one desk back at the end of the pier in a little office above the walkway! They charged 35 cents/foot/day for the mooring, which included ,a 24-hour taxi launch service, security,^showers, and the pool. After three days, we moved around the long causeway connecting the mainland with the two-mile distant Islas Flamen¬ cos and their new yacht basin. It was just too roily at the Balboa YC with all the traf¬ fic of the shipping lane not 50 yards away. The new Marina Flamenco is beautiful, protected, and has a very helpful staff. The floating docks are still under con¬ struction, but we picked up a mooring for 30 cents/foot/day. They have a 50-ton Travel-Lift, and I may get my bottom painted next week. All in all, my Canal transit was a very rewarding experience. One of the high¬
lights to my wandering lust to travel the open seas, I will remember it for the rest of my life. — mike 07/07/03
Velella — Wylie 31 Garth Wilcox & Wendy Hinman The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly (Port Ludlow, Washington) The Good: We've arrived safely in Fiji from New Zealand after almost two weeks. Neither of us was hurt and nothing on the boat broke. Other boats making the same 1,100-mile passage suffered broken rudder bearings, a broken forestay — both of those boats returned to New Zealand — ripped sails, lost solar panels and stanchions, along with engine and autopilot troubles. The Bad: After examining weather faxes, we thought we had a reasonable weather window. We figured the high over New Zealand would block any lows from cross¬ ing our path, and leave us with light winds. Since Velella excels in light winds and flat water, we ex¬ pected a decent trip in mellow con¬ ditions. Boy, did we mess up our weather forecasting! We failed to consider how intense the high had becoipe, for intense highs can pro
duce strong winds. During our passage a low developed to the north of us, creating a bit of a 'squash zone' of strong winds directly from the direction we were headed. The first six hours of our passage were pleasant, but after that the wind contin¬ ued to build each day. We experienced nu¬ merous squalls with heavy downpours, and had greatly variable winds. It was not uncommon for it to go from 10 knots or less to more than 40 knots, making sail selection a very frustrating process. In hindsight, we could have saved ourselves a lot of discomfort if we had diverted to New Caledonia — something we discussed many times. But we kept thinking we'd seen the worst of the weather, and hung on, intent on returning to Fiji. So we beat the 1,150 miles to Fiji in mostly 25 to 40 knot winds and 15 foot seas, with water continuously cascading over the boat. Upon arrival in Fiji, we had to wait on our boat for another 48 hours to avoid steep overtime charges. The Ugly: Beating into strong winds and big seas is incredibly unpleasant. Our life aboard was reduced to the barest of essentials. Our time was mostly spent sit¬ ting up with our eyes open or lying down with our eyes closed — but always damp. Most normal, passage activities — such as general hygiene, navigation, reading, sleeping, eating, enjoying candy snacks, and listening to the radio — were often too much trouble. /To prevent water get¬ ting into the boat, we had all the hatches anc) openings dogged tight — which natu¬ rally eliminated all the ventilation. So clothes that got wet in the first six hours remained wet for the next 10 days. We also discovered leaks. Water could get in, but no moisture could get out, creating a suffocating, humid interior. Then we beThe Wylie 30 'Velella' had a long and hard trip from New Zealand to Fiji. But she endured it bet¬ ter than Garth and Wendy.
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CHANGES gan to notice water accumulating on the floor in the head. It soon became evident that this wasn't just seawatei\but saltwater-sbased sewage. A description of the typical daily rou¬ tine aboard reveals just how ugly it got: 1) Wake up — assuming sleep had been possible despite the jarring motion and noise: 2) Coat rear end with diaper rash cream: 3) Pull orx^oggy wet clothes, hope¬ fully without being thrown into some¬ thing; 4) Heat up something from a can; 5) Serve meal in cockpit with a single spoon, eating directly out of the pot; 6) Rinse pot and spoon in ocean and return to stovetop; 7) Sit in saltwater puddle in the cockpit for three hours, -enduring regular saltwater doysings; 8) At the end of the watch, remove soggy wet clothing, open thru-hulls, bail sewage Jake, pump manual bilge and sewage tank, close thruhulls, disinfect hands, sponge down body with freshwater dipped wash cloth, wipe saltwater sewage off feet; 9) Climb into damp, smelly bunk and tiy to get some sleep. Repeat eveiy three hours. Upon arriving at Suva, which has a dirty harbor, we began nursing our bruises, tending to our diaper rash, and deeming up the mess. Future plans? We suspended even thinking about them until we could purge the passage from New Zealand from our short term memory banks. We've now been in Suva a few days, during which time we've been cleaning up from the passage. We had a gargantuan load of salty, soggy clothes for the laundiy, we wiped everything down, we pulled all the canned goods out of compartments for inspection and cleaning, and investi¬ gated the sewage problem we discovered on the passage. So far, we have deter¬ mined that the sewage lake only forms when the boat is put on her port side and
Spread; Say, isn't that Jacque Martin Aboard the Alameda-based Wauquiez 47 'Marna Lynn'? In mid June, she and husband Joe were in El Salvador about to head to Nicaragua. Inset; Our late friend Javier Zacatzi of the Vera Cruz restaurant in Turtle Bay. He was a Ha-Ha character.
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shook violently, which Causes the tank to leak backwards. The deck level anti-si¬ phon loop designed to prevent sewage overflow was completely underwater the whole trip — despite the fact that through most of nine days we sailed with a storm staysail and three reefs in the main or no main at all! We’ve been adjusting to the heat of the tropics, and enjoying a few of the plea¬ sures of Suva: ice cream, cheap curry and Chinese food, cheap movies, cheap 'Bula' (aloha style) shirts, email, nice yacht club facilities at Royal Suva YC, an impressive vegetable and spice market, and delicious and reasonably-priced pineapples and papayas. Best of all, we’re catching up with each other. For despite being alone together for nearly two weeks, it wasn’t really quality time, and it feels as though we hardly saw each other. We were watches passing in the night. The smell of Suva is unlike anywhere else — a mix of spicy grease and diesel fumes. But unlike in most big cities, the people are pretty friendly. Throughout the city we see the accepted business dress of bula shirts and wraparound skirts for the men, coordinated floral blouse/long skirt outfits for the ladies, and school uniforms and flip-flops for school age kids. Everyone is getting excited about the
South Pacific Games that begin in about two weeks. Here in Suva, we can hear the. BBC, New Zealand Public Radio, and Ra¬ dio Australia on the local FM dial, and have really enjoyed the ease of perusing the stations to catch up on the recent news we missed. There are numerous embassies concentrated in Suva, so we can easily go about getting visas and cruising permits for our future travels. Because the polluted harbor is down¬ wind of the dump and crowded with rusty Taiwanese fishing boats running noisy generators, Suva is not the most beauti¬ ful place in Fiji. But the unpleasantness of our trip from New Zealand is starting to fade from our minds, and we’re begin¬ ning to plan moving to a nicer anchorage where we can swim, snorkel, and better appreciate the beauty of Fiji. — wendy 6/ ldj 03
Cruise Notes:
Veterans of all the Ha-Ha's will be saddened to learn that Javier Zacatzi of the Vera Cruz Restaurant at the top of the hill at. Turtle Bay, Baja — home to many great Ha-Ha first-stop gatherings — passed away of cancer on June 10. This is according to Russ and Isabel Harford.
IN LATITUDES
A good friend of Banjo Andy, the Grand Poohah, and many Ha-Ha participants, Javier was the very visible and gregari¬ ous manager of the restaurant owned by his mother Julia. Although the family will continue to run the restaurant and hotel, the next few Ha-Ha's won't be quite the same without Javier s smiling face behind the margarita mixer. Rest in peace, amigo. "We’ve got some advice about selling a boat in Panama," report Steve and Gabby McCrosky of-Big Bear and former owners of the Cheoy Lee 35 Karibu. We had a great two months sailing from Punterenas, Costa Rica, to the Panama Canal. We stopped at four islands on the Pacific side of Panama, and especially loved Isja Coiba — which is a National Park and which has a penal colony. It was untouched and hands down the most beautiful island we visited. Our Canal transit went smoothly, and because our pilot was late we got to anchor in Gatun Lake for the night — a real treat. We had to get back to the States to work, so we left the boat at the Panama Canal YC and took a flight to Bocas del Toro in north¬ ern Panama on the Caribbean side for a little surfing. We totally fell in love with the place!. It has crystal clear water, in¬ credible surfing, and hardly any people. We surfed a left point break one day with nobody out but us and Neil of the Santa
Cruz-based Vanguard 33 Tranquilo. So when we got back to the States, we de¬ cided that it didn’t make sense for us to continue to own a cruising boat given the little amount of time we'd be able to use her each year. Chartering would be more cost efficient. Besides, things deteriorate very quickly in the tropics. So we had the Dockmaster put a sign on her listing her for sale. Within a month we had an inter¬ ested party who'd seen the boat while go¬ ing through the Canal. A month later she was sold and the new owner sailed her up to the Cayman Islands were he lives. The Dockmaster told me they sell quite a few boats out of the Panama Canal YC Marina. You can’t get the same price as if you sold the boat back in the States, but we did really well. So Latitude readers should know that the Panama Canal YC is a good place to sell — and buy — cruis¬ ing boats." Farr 40 owner and IAAC helmswoman Mary Coleman — who was crew for David Crowe aboard his South Bay-based Choy/ Morrelli 70 Humu-Humu in the last HaHa — tells us that Crowe's catamaran suf¬ fered significant structural damage in mid- June after he and a crew headed north on an offshore route from Cabo were hit by very rough weather. Humu-Humu, which has sailed both ways across the Pacific and to Mexico and back several times, is a very big — 34-ft beam — and powerful catamaran that generates tre¬ mendous loads. Fortunately, Crowe and crew were able to limp back to Cabo, and will apparently try to make their way across the Sea of Cortez to Mazatlan where there are facilities to haul the big cat. Ironically, they’d just been there to have the topsides painted and other work done. In this month's Letters, a promi¬ nent multihull designer says there shouldn't be any problem sailing cats up¬ wind in a gale. With all due respect, we couldn't disagree more strongly — and think it should only be attempted in life or death situations. Sailing a cat upwind in heavy conditions is extremely brutal on the boat and crew, making the chances of damage to the boat and/or somebody unnec¬ essarily great. You wouldn't drive your car over a se¬ ries of severe speed bumps at high
Even though her freeboard is low by modern standards, the powerful 'Humu-Humu' has cov¬ ered many ocean miles. speed, so why would you want to do it with your boat? Particularly one that is not inherently suited to do it. "Europe is so great!" write Ken and Nancy Burnap of the new Aptos-based Amel Maramu Notre Vie. "The Coast of Spain was a blur of stop-and-go at vari¬ ous ports with beautiful scenery. Unfor¬ tunately, much of it was overrun by con¬ dos and high rise hotels. The notable ex¬ ceptions were our trip to Seville and stay in the Casa de Juderia section of Santa Cruz, which was quaint and charming with many courtyards and balconies. We also loved the town of Marria, which still has the old charm. Then we were off to the Balearic Islands, where we had a great time bouncing along the 'coast of life'. Sometimes we felt like we were doing too miich and moving too fast, but we had a date to meet friends in the South of France. Once we got there, we started to slow down. We met our friends, and while it was great to be back in France, our first stop in Marseilles was marred by very hot weather and a garbage strike. But it's The Balearipylslands are beautiful. Check out the lovely location of Puerto de Andraitx on the is¬ land of Mallorca.
CHANGES great to be here and get a chance to see through the eyes of people besides we Americans. And there is soooo much natural beauty. Just the water breath¬ taking, bright blue and turquoise, and so clear you can sometimes see down 100 feet. Wow, I hope we never get jaded to such splendor. We re now heading north¬ east along the Cote d' Azur — meaning the coast of Provence, St. Tropez, Cannes, Nice, and Moik^ Carlo. Next stop, Corsica." If you’re going cruising — it doesn't matter where — and are going to have friends come and visit, take to heart the experience of the Burnaps — and just about all other cruisers. Specifically, it’s so much easier for your visitors-to get to your boat than for yoy to get your boat to your visitors. For example, if you're run¬ ning behind schedule because of bad weather or engine problems, you can drive yourself nuts trying to get to Marseilles to meet them. On the other hand, once the friends get to Marseilles, it's extremely easy for them to come to your boat, no matter if you’re still in Palma, Menorca, Barcelona, or wherever. So, repeat — out loud — after us three times: It's 20 times
If the Bird man and Susie — who have been mar¬ ried less than a year — are in the galley playing footsie, who the heck is on watch?
easier for our friends to take a train or plane 200 miles to meet us rather than us having to fight a gale or an engine prob¬ lem to move our boat 200 miles to meet them. Post this prominently at your nav
station and reread it every time you talk to friends about visiting you. "We want to thank everyone who showed up at the Marin Headlands or our berth in Richmond for the end of our circumnavigaton," writes Tony Johnson of the Richmond-based Ericson 39 Mav¬ erick on behalf of himself and his crew Terry Shrode. "The first thing I did when I got home was get sick. I hadn’t had any but minor health problems in places such as Tonga, Eritrea, and Morocco, but when I hit the home waters I got a vicious and lingering cold. Could it have been that I was unconsciously resisting a return to normal life? 1 don't think so. I seem to be bathed in luxury in my old house, which Theresa had stocked with all my favorite stuff. To have a refrigerator, hot and cold running water, a TV, and all my records and books close at hand seemed like heaven — even if my leg still involuntarily gets ready to work the foot pump every time I go to the sink. Old friends have stopped by and taken me out to lunch, sometimes generously promising — as Bob Spinner did — to be happy to pick lip the tab "every time you finish a cir-
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cumnavigation". s My cat seemed to rec¬ ognize me, but with cats it's hard to tell. The best thing of all — not counting Theresa — is that I've got the ability to just pick up the phone and instantly an¬ noy and berate any number of friends and relatives. I've really missed that." We'll have a lot more from Johnson next month on his circumnavigation, but before then thought we'd share two of his Most Unexpected Obsewations: "First, even though every corner of the world is more raggedy and inefficient than what we're used to in the United States — some of it considerably so — most of what we saw was quite a bit more civi¬ lized than I had expected. You have to go to places even more remote than we did to find people who aren't familiar with cell phones and the internet. Most people seem to be gravitating — both in expecta¬ tion and actual fact — toward a type of lifestyle that includes a car or motorbike, a TV, a stereo, and a phone. I haven't the faintest idea whether or not this is ulti¬ mately good or bad, but count me among those who also likes to have a car, a TV, a stereo, and a phone.
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Now home again, 'Mavericks' Tony along with crew Terry — seen with a furry friend in Indone¬ sia — can't believe all the places they've been. more efficiently than anyone else in his¬ tory may not be such a good thing, but we'll table that discussion for now.) I've tried to figure out the reason for this, and actually wrote a piece quoting Pearce, Dewey, and Weber, and so forth, but there's a good chance it's all wrong. To make it brief, it just seems to me that the average Americans are the busy beavers
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CHANCES of the world. It was quite an unsettling surprise when I found myself actually waxing nostalgic for their energetic, in¬ ventive, and enterprising style\I'm not unaware that by tradition I'm supposed to come back to the States with a back¬ ward, romantic glance towards simpler, less stressful, happier cultures, and a rue¬ ful grimace at our own. But I just wasn't able to persuade myself that the attrac¬ tion of such plabs§ was not the wistful mythical projection of the ancient human desire for Eden, which, for those of you who are not Biblical scholars, is a place us humans got kicked out of, and to which we are not allowed to return." "After a very nice sail from San Diego to Mexico's Coronado Islands on May 24, we anchored in the lee of South Coronado with about a dozen other boats," report Dwain and Nancy Lentz of the Tempebased Hunter 340 Dancy. "After we grilled some steaks and baked some potatoes, we sat down with glasses of wine in the salon. But about halfway through dinner we heard a commotion on the cabintop. Someone or something had boarded our boat! Seeing a shadow cross the overhead hatch, we rushed to the companionway
This lighting wasn't very good for a photograph, but the intruder on 'Dancy' at the Coronado Is¬ lands had an inhuman appearance. to find the intruder right in our faces. This guy had no fear. After many attempts to scare him away, we got a piece of steak from below, showed it to the intruder, and tossed it overboard hoping he would jump in after it. He did. After finding the meat
and bringing it to the surface for exami¬ nation, he ate it. He then swam to the transom of our boat and tried to climb up our swim platform! By this time all four of us and the dog were in the cockpit try¬ ing to stop the intruder from boarding again. We put our feet in front of him to keep him from coming back on the boat. Obviously, we shouldn't have fed him, but at the time it was the only way we could get him to leave. Thank God he was only a juvenile! The Los Coronado Islands are just a few miles past the starting line for the Baja Ha-Ha. Did we mention we're looking for berths on this year's event?" Finally! Jonathan 'Dirty Bird' Livingston of Richmond and his bride Susie Grubler of Lahaina have finally taken off on their cruise to the South Pa¬ cific aboard their Wylie 39 Punk Dolphin. "It took a while, but we’re finally at sea," they email. 'We are at 152° W and about 10° N after getting the shit beat out of us getting here'. We found the doldrums, and know for sure that this is where the Squall Lord lives. The doldrums appear to be quite large this year — 700 miles long according to our weather service friends.
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We think they are the 'mother of all dol¬ drums'. We hope our engine keeps on chugging, because we would need numer¬ ous shock therapy sessions to break us all out of doldrum depression if we got stuck here long. Here's what it takes to sail in the doldrums: 1) A diesel: 2) A very low I.Q.; 3) A sailboat; 4) A radar — so you can sit on your lazy ass and pretend you are on watch in the rain; and 5) At least 10 books." Many of you will remember Carla Hildebrant of Namibia, who was featured in Changes last month as the photoge¬ nic crew for/Mike Harker of the Manhat¬ tan-based Hunter 466 Wanderlust. When they got to Panama, Carla — as planned — took off to travel on land in Ecuador. Based on this report she sent from there, prices are low in that South American country: "Alex, Richard and I settled into our $3/night room at Res Rosita with hunger cramps, so we went looking for some equally low budget food. For $1.50 we gol a huge bowl of soup, rice topped with roast chicken, vegetables, salad, and a cool drink. The soup was delicious, and I hungrily began to drink it down. But as
the level of soup began to drop, the solid components of the soup began to take a visible shape. To my hor¬ ror I discovered a chicken claw at the bottom of my bowl! The blood drained from my face as I rushed to the bathroom. My appetite having been spoiled, needless to say I left all the rest of my food untouched on the table." As for Harker, from reading this month's Changes you know that he tran¬ sited the Canal with Wanderlust, then somehow came into possession of an "all access" press pass for backstage at the Miss Universe Contest being held in Panama City. "I got to go backstage and talk to the girls, but wasn't allowed to pho-
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Car/a, after posing for smashing photographs in the soothing warm Caribbean waters, has taken off to land travel in Ecuador on the cheap. tograph them. I tried to get three or four of them to come for a 20-minute sail on Wanderlust with the Panama City skyline in the background, but security was just too tight." By the time you read this, Harker will be on the long passage from Panama to Hawaii. "As perhaps the sailing magazine with the best cruising information, I wonder if
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CHANGES you have any information about the pos¬ sibility of filling the new American pro¬ pane tanks in Mexico?" So asks Bob Har¬ ris of Priority Won, who will b«Kleaving for Mexico for the third time this fall. Last year there were problems with the new American tanks, which have external threads to prevent overfilling and spills. In some places — such as Puerto Vallarta — propane retailers have obtained adap¬ tors that permit thftqi to fill the new tanks. However, we're not sure if this is true ev¬ erywhere. Can anybody in Mexico help with more information on who has the adaptors and who doesn't? "We're back cruising after our 18month hiatus in New Zealand," report Ken Machtley and Cathy Siegismund of the Seattle-based Tashiba 31 Felicity. "We left the comfort of our marina berth on May 23, and worked our way up the New Zealand coast to Opua, our original port of entry. Leaving behind shore-based luxuries such as a phone/DSL line, our car, and Starbucks, of course, put us back into the cruising frame of mind quickly. It was all a bit hectic, similar to leaving Seattle, but at least this time the adjust¬ ment wasn't such a big surprise. Sailing
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The extremely clear and warm waters of Fiji make the long trip from the United States — or back from New Zealand — worthwhile. out of Opua on May 27, we enjoyed a week of great sailing on our way to Fiji. The lat¬ ter part of our trip was a little boisterous, but certainly nothing to complain about. Our crossing to Suva took about 9.5 days
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and, we’re now readjusting to the heat and .humidity of the tropics. Our plans are to work our way to Kadavu to the south and then up to Musket Cove over the next few weeks. Weil leave the boat for a week of diving on the Fiji Aggressor liveaboard dive boat — Cath's 40th birthday present — and then figure out what our plans are after that. This will likely include a mix¬ ture of hanging at the resort and sailing through the Yasawa group. Sometime in August, we'll depart for Vanuatu. For those interested, we've posted a lot of new material at www.svfelicify.com." As for the answer to the Cruising Lo¬ cation Quiz from the photo on page 195, it's Lake Apache in Arizona. "It's 17 miles along, and although fairly narrow, the wind usually comes up the valley in the a.m. and down the valley in the p.m. — allowing for some great sailing days," re¬ ports Jared DeWitt. The featured Freedom 25 belongs to Doug and Karyn Christie. By the way, When you wrote about flying dinghies in 'Lectronic a few weeks ago, I wrote back to say I thought they would be better than the motorized parasails, which you had also mentioned. I have just
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IN LATITUDES returned to my home of Sarasota, Florida, in time to read about the flying dinghy accident you later mentioned that killed two people. I knew that flying dinghy be¬ cause I'd flown in it before. The pilot seemed very conscientious. How terribly sad." The hoped for changes in clearing pro¬ cedures in Mexico? It's extremely hard to get factual information, but apparently the legislation to change or eliminate them was defeated. What we know for sure is that the irritating time and money-wast¬ ing procedures remain in effect. It's such a terrible system, however, that we re con¬ fident it will be changed before too long. "My name is Linh Goben, and my hus¬ band Teal and I are planning an openended sailing trip that hopefully will start with the 2004 Ha-Ha and take us around the world," writes Linh Goben of the Stockton-based Williams-Piver 41 trimaran Savannah. "We have already sailed from Sausalito to Seattle and back, and are currently moored in Stockton for a complete refit. We’ve already completely done the interior and exterior. Between now and the time we leave next year, we'd
like to attend cruis¬ ing seminars and other similar activi¬ ties in the area. What's the best way to learn about such events?" Based on what we can see of the interior of Savan¬ nah, you two look as though you're doing a fine job on your boat. As for learning about cruising seminars and other cruising oriented activities, we recommend you keep your eye on the ads and Calendar in Latitude. As the winter season approaches, there will be a num¬ ber of free and for profit cruising semi¬ nars held. In addition, make sure you at¬ tend the Mexico Crew List and Ha-Ha Kick-Off Party at the Encinal YC in Octo¬ ber — even if you won't be taking off un¬ til next year. And if you're looking for a
Linh and Teal are itching to go cruising aboard their Stockton-based trimaran 'Savannah', but will have to wait until 2004. winter vacation, we suggest you show up in Cabo on November 6 to 9 for firsthand debriefings of what it was like. "Sony to take so long to get this report on May's Loreto Fest to you," writes Emily Hansen of the Sausalito-based Roberts 44 Mystery Tramp, and I'm sorry the internet service here is too slow to send many photos of that event. But I want to
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report there were 160 boats for this year's event, which Is actually held at Puerto Escondidio in Baja. The event kicked off with the traditional ham tests followed by a Happy Hour with live music on Thurs¬ day night. The Friday activities included a writing workshop put on by Jinx of Hi Jinx, a cooking class by Kay Pastorious of Joyful, and a watermaker workshop. The theme for th&spotiuck dinner on Fri¬ day night was 'Cruise to Live, Live to Cruise', so everyone dressed island style. Later there was live entertainment and late night dancing. In recent years the Loreto Fest has been evolving into a cruiser music festival. On Saturday the first-ever Candeleros Classic Regatta was held, with 10 boats participating. Satur¬ day night's theme was Gypsies, Tramps, and Thieves' — with everyone dressed up for a parade. Later there was a big spa¬ ghetti dinner and more live music. Loreto Fest kept right on going on Sunday morn¬ ing, with a pancake breakfast. Spam con¬ test, dinghy parade, and dinghy races. Other events during the course of the Fest included an Over-The-Line baseball tour¬ nament, horseshoes, beading workshops.
Doug of 'Whistledown', one of the many cruis¬ ers making music at the Puerto Escondidobased Loreto Fest in early May. and a sexiest hula hooping contest. In ad¬ dition, about a dozen kids performed Old McDonald by blowing through snorkels, hula hooped to Rubber Band Man, and joined Travis of Mystery Tramp in sing¬
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CHANGES V of the San Francisco-based Celestial 48 Tamara Lee Ann. "The forecast had been for 20-25 knots and six to nine ibot seas, but we didn't see any of that until much later the next day. After struggling on the Baja Bash — particularly on the leg be¬ tween Bahia Santa Maria and Turtle Bay — it was such a relief to be back in the United States, where harbors are plenti¬ ful and credit carfcte are accepted." Got any warm weather cruising plans for this winter? If so, we'd sure like to hear about them. Latitude's Profligate will have a new itinerary that will see her — knock on composite — travel to the Car¬ ibbean. Following the end of the Ha-Ha in early November, she'll be on a‘'pedal to the metal' delivery toHhe Panama Canal, and hopefully be through the Canal and out at the San Bias Islands by December 1. As soon as there's a weather window, Profligate will be off on the upwind, upcurrent, potentially veiy nasty passage to St. Barth in the Eastern Caribbean. Although it's only 1,200 miles from Panama to St. Barth as the seabird flies, if the reinforce^ Christmas Trades have kicked in, it's possible she'll have to take
one of two indirect routes to St. Barth. One is by working the north shore of South America via Cartagena and Aruba, then up the Eastern Caribbean; the sec¬ ond is by sailing to Jamaica, then work¬ ing the south coasts of Hispanola, Puerto Rico, through the Virgins, and across the Anegada Passage to St. Barth. In either case, it could turn out to be an 1,800mile leg, and still rough most of the way. Hopefully, Profligate will arrive in St. Barth before December Si in order to participate in the Around The Island Pa¬ rade/Race. Open to everyone, this casual event often features great yachts of the world. What we're really looking forward to, however, is rekindling our Banderas Bay rivalry with John Haste and his San Diego-based Perry 52 cat Little Wing. In Mexico, you race for cases of beer. In the Caribbean, it's for the gallon size jug of Mt. Gay rum. We expect three or four other Northern California cruising boats to join us in St. Barth for the New Year's celebra' tion. There aren't many things we know
for sure, but we do know that there's no better place in the world for a sailor to be on New Year's Eve than St. Barth. The ste¬ reotypical reputation of the three-by¬ seven mile island is that it's tres chic and tres expensive. There's some truth to that, but the Wanderer is rough around the edges and certainly isn't rich, and it's never stopped him from having the time of his life. We enjoy the great sailing con¬ ditions, the excellent beaches, the terrific swimming and body surfing, all our great friends — and the occasional wild night out. Although Profligate will base out of St. Barth, she'll be visiting many other islands and will attend or be at the fol¬ lowing events: Heineken Regatta in St. Martin on March 6,7 & 8; the BVI Re¬ gatta in the British Virgins in late March; the Antigua Classic Regatta in mid-April; and Antigua Sailing Week starting the last Saturday in April. As much as we love summer sailing in California, there's a part of us that just can't wait for winter. We expect there will be a number of shared expenses' adventure opportuni¬ ties both on the way to and in the Carib¬ bean. We ll keep you posted.
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ACHILLES INFLATABLE SFI-124 with aluminum bottom plates, short 15" shaft. Will support up to 35 hp outboard engine. Does not include oars or engine. $800. Call (925) 736-2871. 15.5 FT ZODIAC INFLATABLE, 1984 with 50 hp Mercury, center steering and controls, EZ Loader galvanized trailer. All in very good condition. Located Richmond YC. Reduced to $1,950. (650) 289-9211. TWO DINGHIES. Well cared for and main¬ tained. Fatty Knees 8-ft fiberglass sailing/ rowing dinghy. Zodiac 10-ft hard bottom power dinghy with 15 hp Nissan outboard. $4,500. Call (707) 257-7750. 16-FT FIBERGLASS CANOE. Very good condition, paddles included. $450. Call Dale (650) 328-8076. NEW WINSLOW 6 PERSON SUPER light ORC Category 1 -2-3-4 Liferaft. Still in original shipping package. Insulated double floor and heavy duty tripod arch tube in custom pack valise. New cost $4,664. Your cost $3,500. (707) 576-8849. JY15, 1992.’Ready to sail. New factory updates. Boat, rig, sails in excellent con¬ dition. With galvanized trailer, current reg¬ istration and license. Located Alameda. $1,400. Call (530) 343-0253. DYER DINK WANTED. 8-ft or less, with or without sailing kit. Any condition. Will love, improve and provide visiting rights. Jim (707) 538-1920.
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15-FT MERRY WHERRY with Row Wing sliding seat rig and 9-ft Piantedosi wood oars, all in excellent condition. $2,000. Call (510) 710-1557. 1996 49er SKIFF. $6,000. Good condi¬ tion, 2 sets of sails/blades, Seitech dolly, trailer and plenty of spare gear. Located in Los Angeles area. New to the fleet? I will personally help you rig and tune the boat. Call (310) 562-0795. 8-FT AVON REDCREST INFLATABLE dinghy. We used it three times in 15 years. Soft floor and transom. Can take an out¬ board motor. Includes bag, wooden oars and pump. As new. $350. (650) 654-7987 or email: alson@concentric.net.
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KORhELL 12 SLOOP. Manufactured by Atlantis. Two-piece mast, good sails, ex¬ cellent condition. Without trailer. Surplus SeajScout boat. $800. Also 16-ft catama¬ ran trailer with equipment box, $250. Call (209) 521-5348.
14-FT ROWING WHERRY. Similar to Whitehall. Fiberglass, purple heart, teak and rosewood. 1 year-old. New condition. Great rowing boat, black with gold. 2 row¬ ing stations, fast. $2,500/firm. Also 6 hp Evinrude shortsh&ft, good, new pump, $400. Call (510) 261-7021.
INFLATABLE WITH MOTOR and tow¬ ing system. 2001 Avon West Marine 10+ foot hard bottom inflatable dinghy with cover. 2001 Yamaha 4-stroke 8 hp engine. Price: $3,500 for both, nearly new. New towing system from Canada, $1,000, Please call (415) 457-8997 or email: acochran@pacbell.net. 10-FT DYER DINK. Beautiful and loved. Classic, spirited daysailer. Traditional lines, responsive performance. Ideal club racer and doubles as classic yacht ten¬ der. Sail, mast and centerboard, oars in¬ cluded. Hull in excellent condition. Will consider trade for outboard. Call (415) 456-3998.
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PAIR OF LASERS, 1973 AND 1984 with Seitech dolly and custom trailer that holds both boats and all gear. Includes 2 stan¬ dard and 1 radial rig. Spare parts and ac¬ cessories too. Good condition and lots of fun. $2,000/complete. (510) 814-8888. OLYMPIC CLASS EUROPE DINGHY) 1998. Excellent condition with Seitech dolly, covers, blades/blade bag, and car¬ bon rudder head. Mast rated for 125-lb. Compass, practice and race sails, mea¬ surement papers. Ready to win races. $3,700/obo. Call (415) 559-3024. *
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LID014. Hull #1765. Complete with trailer and spare tire. One set of sails, new rub rail, no chalking. Stored inside. Nice. San Leandro. $975. Call (510) 483-6659. DO YOU LOVE CALM MORNINGS and evenings on the Bay? Classic, wooden Norwegian pram. Rowboat. Convertible to sailboat. Beautiful interior of different hard¬ woods. Brass fittings. Red Hull. See at <www.muirsoftware.com/pram.html> Ask¬ ing $1 ,950. Cindy (415) 389-6847 or email: cindy@muirsoftware.com. AVON 10-FT. New poly floorboards, 15 hp outboard, $1,275. 6-man offshore liferaft, $1,000. ICOM 710, $995. ICOM VHF, M-55, $25. Call (916) 372-2663.
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CATALINA 22, 1971. Fixed keel. New: mast, standing rigging, running rigging, keel bolts, bottom epoxied and painted, epoxy-glass structural reinforcing. Solid, safe, fast and fun. Non-transferable Trea¬ sure Island slip. $3,200. Girlfriend just bought a bigger boat. (831) 479-9481.
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COLUMBIA 23,1972. Shoal draft on 1991 dual-axle trailer. New sails, two spinna¬ kers, one gennaker. 8 hp Nissan outboard. Clean inside and out. Boat is completly ready to sail. Call (925) 423-5591.
NUTSHELL PRAM designed by Joel White, 7’6”. Complete with sail rig and oars. Dark green exterior, light tan inte¬ rior, varnished trim. Very good condition. Rows well and is fun to sail. Kit from WoodenBoat store is $1,500. Offered at $1,200, built and ready to go. Email: dmarancik@borland.com or call (408) 369-1564. _
24 FEET & UNDER WEST WIGHT POTTER 19, 2001. Very nice boat with trailer, 4-stroke outboard, stove, Porta-Potti, running lights, one 90% and one 140% jib with whisker pole. $11,000. Call (209) 869-3254. NEW SANTANA 20. Court settlement. Immediate sale wanted. Brand new on trailer, never sailed. Join active fleet. Save thousands in taxes and delivery fees. $17,900 delivered to your door in North¬ ern California. Call (415) 331-6912. CATALINA 22,1971. Fixed keel, 1994 6 hp Johnson. Furling jib, depth, compass, VHF, anchor, jackets, 110 jib. Lots of ex¬ tras. Great shape. Lots of fbn. Coyote Point, San Mateo. $1,500. Please call (415) 407-1683) J24, 1978, EL CID. Just hauled and painted. DeWitt sails, 2 jibs, spinnaker, newer 5 hp o/b. Great shape. Sausalito berth. Must reluctantly sell due to grow¬ ing family. $3,950/obo. (415) 258-9769 (hm) or (4/5) 272-4434 (cell). CATALINA 22, 1987. Great condition. Swing keel, roller furler with 130 jib, cruis¬ ing spinnaker, poptop with cover. 2 bat¬ teries, compass, VHF, depthfinder, speed, new bottom paint and epoxied keel in 2002. Trailrite trailer, new paint. Honda 15 hp. Many extras. Call (209) 832-9715.
21-FT PYRAMID 660. Carl Shumacher designed. Extremely fast daysailer. Excel¬ lent condtion. Pineapple main, jib and spinnaker. Includes trailer. Very rare. $4,000/obo. Call (925) 200-0364 or email: prcl 707@pacbell.net. CATALINA 22, 1987. Wing keel, newer 8 hp Honda, trailer with extension and new tires, new pop-top, main, 110,150 genoa, all in newer condition. Looks like a new boat inside and out. Sacrifice $6,000. Call (707) 824-1710. HUNTER 23.5, 1992. Honda 6 hp out¬ board, water ballast, trailer, good condi¬ tion. Great family boat, and lots of fun to sail. Redding. $6,900. (530) 289-3536. DRASCOMBE DABBER. 15’6” with 5’10" beam. 550-lbs with 164 sq ft sail area. Yawl rig including trailer and 3 hp out¬ board. Teak trim, new mahogany floor¬ boards and spruce oars. Bristol condition, great for family use. $3,500. Call (707) 226-9390.
O’DAY MARINER 19. Stable 3-ft iron keel, trailer, 1,400-lbs easy pull for 4 cyl car, custom lift harness, 5 hp 4-stroke out-board, 3-year-old standing rigging, 2 winches, 2 bunks, Porta-Potti. $2,500/obo. (510) 828-0424. I’ll call back after 4pm. SANTANA 22 AT TREASURE ISLAND. Move forces sale of my baby. 2 spinna¬ kers, 2 jibs, 1 main, 1 gerioa. Nissan 5 hp. Restored teak, stainless keel bolts, new wiring, new battery, auto tiller. Beautiful interior, carpet floor boards. Sail, tiller and winch covers, all lines led aft, lots of tools, parts and extras. Race or cruise ready. Best condition you’ll find. See add at www.santana22.com. Can email pictures. $3,950/obo. Call Derek (415) 531-5798 or email: dheeb@hhja.com. FREEDOM 21, 1983. Catboat with unstayed carbon mast and Hoyt gunmount spinnaker. Much new in 2002, recent sur¬ vey. Trailer, outboard, VHF. 3 sails. All lines led aft. On trailer at Richmond YC, space 57. $4,595/obo. Mike (530) 544-4014 or email: mgrimm6@hotmail.com. J/24,1978. Full set of good sails plus older genoa and spinnaker, Nissan 3.5 hp out¬ board, no vermiculite, tandem-axle trailer with surge brakes. All in great condition. $6,500. Call Chris (415) 254-7910. CAL 2-24. Jensen Marine, 1964. Needs elbow grease. $1,200. (415) 898-1436. GLADIATOR 24,1964. New sails. Fiber¬ glass, sleeps 4, stove, sink, ice box, an¬ chor. Located in an amazing slip in Sausalito. $3,000. Call (415) 460-6919.
THREE BOATS: 15-ft catboat, launched 9/2002, shallow draft, full keel, gaff rig, trailer, cover, Honda 2 hp, $17,500. 15-ft sailing skiff, yawl rig, spinnaker, trailer, cover, $2,500.8-ft lapstrake dinghy, 2 row¬ ing stations, weighs 75-lbs, $1,750. All excellent condition. John (510) 366-1476.
MOORE 24, #107. Race ready. Good sails. Newer trailer. Depth, speed and GPS. Newer standing and running rigging. Please call (209) 744-1712 or email: Ebauerl 07@AOL.com. RANGER 23, 1974. Pillar Point Marina HMB. Great shape. 8 hp Nissan 2-stroke. $2,500 without motor. $3,000 with. Call Gordon (650) 504-2128.
J/24, 1978. Full set of sails, spinnaker, outboard. Sailed frequently for 4 years. Bought bigger boat. $3,500/obo. Possible slip available. Rick (415) 205-5267 asap. FREE CAL 20, #92. Berkeley upwind berth. Complete with all sails and parts, except rudder/tiller. Much deferred main¬ tenance. Deserves time, attention, and some money. Convince me you can pro¬ vide and she’s yours. Call (415) 457-8886 or email: jmweirphd@aol.com. MacGREGOR 24 SLOOP, 1972. One set of sails, on trailer. Good condition. Sur¬ plus Sea Scout boat. $1,800/obo. Call (209)521-5348. MONTGOMERY 17 POCKET CRUISER. Good condition. Spinnaker, trailer. Lo¬ cated in Kona, Hawaii. See boat details at <montgomeryboats.com> $3,700. Call (808) 326-1461 or (619) 523-5608. CAL 20. $550/OBO, SACRIFICE. Many extras, including 4 sails. Sausalito. Needs very little work to start your racing or over¬ night adventures. T rades considered. Call (415) 331-5251. J/24,1987. Dry-sailed its entire life. Faired keel. Two full sets of sails, cruising and racing. Sails are in excellent condition. Includes trailer and Nissan 3.5 hp out¬ board. $8,500. Call Mike (415) 652-8061. BAHAMA ISLANDER 24.6-ft headroom, wheel steering, 6 hp Johnson O/B, 4 sails. Clean and needs no work. $2,000/obo/ trade. (510) 677-7378 or (510) 535-0457. Also) Paragon trans and starter for Graymarine 6 cyl motor, $300/obo. (510) 677-7378.
HUNTER 23.5,1986. Great boat with ex¬ cellent layout. Good sails, including spin¬ naker. Honda 4-stroke 7.5 hp motor. So¬ lar to keep new battery charged, many other extras. Galvanized dual-axle trailer, ready to go. Price reduced, $7,500. Call (559) 229-3378. CAPRI 16, 1997. Very clean and well maintained. Main, furling jib, single line reefing system, boom vang. Lead ballast wing keel. Electrical system, cabin and navigation lights. 2 hp Mercury motor, trailer and more. $6,999/obo. Call (831) 438-3890.
CATALINA 22,1987. Excellent condition. Swing keel, trailer, 7.5 hp Honda 4-stroke outboard. Pop-top with cover, VHF, head, new battery and fuel system, cockpit cush¬ ions. $7,400. See at Website: <http://www. bradleybrooks.com/catalina.htm> or call (916)443-7393. .
CATALINA 22, 1974. 22-feet of sailing fun. All you need to add is an outboard. Swing keel design, with 5 bags of sails, 2 mains, 2 jibs and 1 spinnaker. Porta-Potti, sink, icebox, watertank. Trailer with cur¬ rent reg. included. All in good shape, for only $3,500. For more information please call Jim (415) 378-6577. O’DAY 19 DAYSAILER, 1980. EZ-loader SAN JUAN 21 SWING KEEL, 1975 on trailer, 6 hp outboard. Halyards led aft. trailer, both good condition. Main with Mew bottom paint 2003. New battery 2002. cover, jib, genoa, spinnaker, whisker pole/ / Marine CD player. Navigation lights. Long spinnaker pole. Mattress pads. No hull cockpit. Excellent condition overall. Fun penetrations, depthfinder, compass, two on Bay or lakes. $3,000. (415) 485-3298. Danforth anchors with chains and lirjes. Motor mount, no motor. Bow pulpit. Sailed DEL MAR 24,1963. Two mains, two jibs, yearly, ready to sail, mostly sailed lakes. water tank, electric faucet, Porta-Potti, in¬ No rust. Original owner, retiring so sell¬ board 6 hp Petter diesel. In San Francisco ing. $1,995/obo. Photos available by Marina, Gashouse Cove, berth transfer¬ email: draper@physics.ucdavis.e3u or call able. $2,000. Call (415) 921-6984. (530) 753 7283.
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TANZER 22,1975. Trailrite trailer, main, jib, genoa. Fin keel, lifelines, bow pulpit, halyards led aft. Looks sharp, excellent condition. $3,350/obo. New Nissan or Briggs & Stratton motors available. Good discount. Sacramento. (916) 944-1606.
CATALINA 27, 1975. $6,000/obo. Roomy. Stove, life vests. 2 sets of sails. Autohelm, radio, fishfinder, 10 hp Yamaha outboard. Berthed Oakland. Can get CATV. Call Dan (415) 751-1370 or (415) 809-3586 (pgr).
HOLDER 20. Beige, 4 bags sails includ¬ ing spinnaker. Good trailer. Totally recon¬ ditioned. New bottom paint. Ready for . water. $4,250. SoCal. (909) 800-5237.
CAPE DORY 27,1979 with 8 hp Yanmar diesel, Autohelm, depth and furler. New in 2002-03: standing rigging, head, uphol¬ stery, VHF, compass, knot log, fuel tank, AC panel, mainsail and bottom paint. Lo¬ cated SSF. $19,500. Call (650) 873-4982 or email: jclas@juno.com.
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25 TO 28 FEET YAMAHA 25,1977. Inboard Yanmar die¬ sel. Pocket cruiser. Sleeps 4. Good rac¬ ing record. Spinnaker Equipped, headfoil. Very efficient use of spabe below deck. Inboard head. Turnkey condition. $7,800. Please call (510) 290-3185 or email: juarezchoate41 @hotmail.com. CAPE DORY 28,1976. Fabulous full keel cruiser. New 13 hp Yanmar diesel, roller furling jib, lifeline, Garmin plotter. Full gal¬ ley, settee, lots of storage. Excellent con¬ dition. $28,000. Call (415) .<324-3739 or email: magrit@earthlink.net for pictures. SANTANA 27. Excellent Bay boat. Great shape. Fast, solid hull. Honda 4-stroke. Reefable main and genoa 90, 150 and 180. Charger, autotiller. Much new. $7,800/obo. Call (707) 838-6975. ERICSON 27, TRADE OR $9,000. Brisbane. Strong running Atomic 4, five clean excellent sails, very clean. SoCal owner seeks trade for comparable boat. Dana Point to Lido. (707) 539-5287 (NoCal) or (909) 437-5594 (SoCal). ISLANDER 27, 1969. Good shape, just needs a little cleaning. Lines led aft for easy sailing. Outboard engine with cock¬ pit control. Berthed at Coyote Point, San Mateo, Slip #1123. Must sell due to illness. ' $2,500/obo. Call (650) 245-0052. THUNDERBIRD 26 FIBERGLASS SLOOP. Built by Sealanes Seattle, 1975, World Champion, Los Angeles, 1977. New mast and rigging, 8 sails, 2 spinnaker poles, race ready. Yard trailer, 5 hp Evinrude. $8,000. Call John (619) 224-3055. CATALINA 250 WING KEEL, 2001. Ex¬ cellent condition. Wheel steering, com¬ pass, speed/depth combo. Furling jib. Self-tailing winches. Sail canvas, lazy jacks, cockpit cushions, 8 hp Honda. Trailrite galvanized tandem trailer with mast raising system. Extras. $25,500. Call (559) 299-4288. 1957 HALLBERG P-28. Complete recon¬ struction. Frames, splined planks, double diagonal planked. West System, cabin, deck, all new. 18 hp Westerbeke, 100 hours new. Professionally done. Dry bilges. Strong boat, will last forever. Sails excellent. Located in Dana Pt, CA. $32,500. Call (949) 689-0475.
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CATALINA 25, 1985. Galvanized trailer, fin keel, dinette model with pop-top. Boat has many extras and is ready to travel. $11,500. Mitch (530) 268-6570. PEARSON 26,1978. 4-stroke Honda 9.9 engine. Very well maintained. White with navy blue pinstripe. Large, open cockpit. New jib. Motor like new. only 30 hours. New cockpit cushions. Great boat $7,900/ obo. Please call (415) 332-5037 or email: meek_kim@hotmail.com.
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CORONADO 25, 1968. For the real sail enthusiast. This boat comes with new rig¬ ging, full complement of sails. A great working 5 hp outboard. A transferable slip at Berkeley Marina. Asking $4,000. Ken (415) 203-2783. CATALINA 25,1982. Seven sails, fin keel, tall rig, Honda, trailer, pop-top. portable head, traditional interior, swim ladder, depthfinder, VHF radio, Origo 3000 stove, new bottom paint, extremely clean, and in great condition. Call (925) 757-1165. MacGREGOR VENTURE 25,1975. Poptop, swing keel, 4 sails, 9.5 hp Johnson outboard, sleeps four, canvas sail covers, anchor, Porta-Potti, seat cushions, life jackets, ready to go. Single-axle trailer with lights. $2,500. Sacramento. Please call (916) 687-8699.
MacGREGOR 26X, 1996. 50 hp 4-stroke Yamaha. Sport pilot, depthfinder. Tandem-axle trailer, many extras. Excellent condition. Asking $18,500. For detail/pho¬ tos call (707) 443-0226 or email: lkeasey@cox.net.
CATALINA 25,1978. Trailer. Honda 9.9 hp 4-cycle. Like new sails and paint. $7,500. Please call (775) 887-1234 or email: yvon@weaveraircraft.com.
EXPRESS 27, AJAX. Hull #116. Race ready. Recent Santa Cruz main, new UK #1, #3 and kites in good shape, plus cruis¬ ing sails. Many new deck lines, some new deck hardware. Curved traveler, barney post backstay tensioner, continuous jib lead track with Harken cars, Johnson 4 outboard, trailer. Call (510) 526-1845.
SANTA CRUZ 27. Excellent condition. Knot, log, timer, VHF, depth, windex, CD stereo. Sails: #1, #2, #3, #4, main, staysail, spinnaker. 10 hp saildrive inboard, lots Of equipment. Galvanized SC trailer. Pics on request. $13,900/obo. (702) 656-1850.
MacGREGOR 26, 1993. Great value. Sleeps four, water ballast, pop-top. 9.9 hp Evinrude, electric start. New battery, trailer with spare, 150 furling genoa. VHF radio, knot/depth, tillerpilot, Porta-Potti, 2 an¬ chors, 2 fuel tanks, 2-burner stove, swim ladder, extras. San Rafael. $8,950/obo. Call (415) 457-2647.
ISLANDER 28,1978. See info at <http:// www.geocities.com/panthersong/ islander.html> Surveyed August, 2002. Diesel, roller jib, all lines lead aft. 6-ft headroom. Great condition. $17,500/obo. Lo¬ cated Morro Bay. (805) 787-0538 or email: panthersong@yahoo.com.
MacGREGOR 26S, 1991.6 hp outboard, L/S. Depthsounder, fishfinder with speed and temperature. Cockpit cushions, trailer, ice chest, water tank. 12v and 110 shore power, oversized Porta-Potti with pumpout hookup. $7500. (916) 663-1171 or email: skycap@inreach.com.
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CATALINA 27,1974. Excellent condition. Hauled this year. New bottom paint. Genoa, 2 jibs, reefable main, spinnaker, all in great condition. Clean, modern inte¬ rior. Evinrude outboard. Berthed in Emeryville. $7,500/obo. Clive (916) 524 8030 or email: clive.delany@cingular.com.
INTERNATIONAL FOLKBOAT. Marieholms hull #863. 4-stroke outboard and alternator. Lots of sails, solar panels, other stuff. $4,800/obo. Andrew (415) 724-1904.
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CATALINA 25,1977. Fantastic deal. New mast, standing and running rigging, roller jib. Rigged for solo cruising: autopilot, ground tackle, cruising spinnaker, marine radio, AM/FM/cassette, gimbaled brass lamp in Cabin, 2 batteries plus charger, water tank, pump head, holding tank, ice¬ box and sink, cockpit cushions, fenders. Cockpit stays dry and warnp with dodger and weather cloth. Outboarci needs main¬ tenance. Other gear included. Berkeley berth. Sleeps 5. $5,000/obo. Photo avail¬ able via email: nick1on1@aol.com or (510) 287-9456.
CAL 2-27. Teak interior, Atomic 4, taber¬ nacle mast with new rigging and tiller. A great sailboat. Located. Moss Landing. $8,000/obo. Call Joe (408) 857-2500.
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CHEOY LEE OFFSHORE 27 Mk II, 1972. Great sailing, documented, full keel boat. 8 hp Volvo diesel. Teak decks, VHF ra¬ dio, CQR and Danforth anchors. Main and 3 jibs refurbished. Engine, transmission and prop freshly serviced, thruhulls checked, new zincs. Hull repainted and new bottom paint 10/02. Custom cockpit cushions 12/01. Sail, rail and topside cov¬ ers recently replaced, 90% sun protected. New varnish, new cabin and cockpit paint. Head, holding tank, sink, 2-burner gas stove, icebox, upgraded electronics panel, 3 new batteries 9/02. Solar trickle charger, new bumpers. Must see to appreciate. $14,950. Call (707) 975-3952 or email: mmcbain719@aol.com._
NEWPORT 28, 1974. Rebuilt Atomic 4, 10/02. New deck hardware, new halyards, spinnaker ready to fly. $8,500. (415) 601 -4846 or email: hattemann@hotmail.com.
ERICSON 27, 1971. Boat has been hugged and kissed its whole life. Roller furling. A must see. $9,200. Call for more details. Ken (415) 203-2783.
NEWPORT 28 Mk II, 1982. Diesel, H/C pressure water, full head, sleeps 5. New: sails, rigging, upholstery, roller furling. C&C design looks good, sails great. Prac¬ tical Sailor. “Very well balanced." Details at <www.Newport28.com> Well below market at $14,500. Call (415) 902-8439 or email: peter@seaskills.com. MORGAN 28 OUT ISLANDER, 1969. Tremendous discount. Beautiful, excellent condition. New autopilot, mast steps, Loran, new depthfinder, tachometer, 2 com¬ passes. VHF, 12 hp diesel, very low hours. Immaculate cabin, topsides good, all safety gear. Separate head. Beautiful in¬ terior with over 6-ft headroom. All lines led aft, recent survey, lots of extras. Reduced from $15,000 to $9,500. Wife says 'boat goes or I do’. Call (925) 439-8883.
BRISTOL CHANNEL CUTTER 28 offered by RogueWave BCC #5, Misty, 1976. Lyle Hess, Sam Morse. Completely restored! Gorgeous! Classic. Everything new. Call Kate/Bernie, traditional yacht experts. See Misty online: www.roguewaveyachtsales.com'or call (410) 571-2955
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Catalina 27, 1973. Great condition, per¬ fect Bay cruiser. 2 jibs, head, knot- meter, depthfinder, VHF and more. Bottom paint 2001.4-stroke Honda 10 hp outboard. Call Caroline (707) 246-5222 or email: michaelmunden@msn.com.
hull. Mast and boom on deck, needs standing wire. Head, table, sleeps 4, wa¬ ter, lights, lines led aft, winches, VHR, knot, etc. Mexico vet. On trailer, not In¬ cluded. Will deliver. $1,100/obo. Call (530) 749-2410.
bags of sails, VHF, FM marine radio, AM/ FM/radio/cassette. Trailer. Sleeps 5, very good condition. Berkeley Marina. $5,000/ obo. Call (510) 734-8577 (cell).
diesel, runs great. Nice, clean, roomy. Depthfinder, VHF, stove, sink, icebox, etc. Partnership possible, $150/month. Price negotiable. $9,500. Trades considered. Call (415) 331-5251.
COLUMBIA 26, Mk II. Self-tending jib, roller furling. New: Paint, table, cushions, stove, depthsounder, wiring. Enclosed head, 30 gal water, VHF, knot, anchor, rode. Honda 9.9. Solid Bay/coastal cruiser. These boats have gone everywhere. Ready. $3,900/obo. Call (530) 749-2410.
ERICSON 27, 1978. T-cockpit, wheel steering, Yanmar diesel, roller furling. Good solid boat with many upgrades. Needs some cosmetic work. $8,900. (209) 952-2065 or email: jd_perry@pacbell.net.
PEARSON COMMANDER 26. Two mainsails, one new. 3 jibs, 2 anchors. Standing rigging new in 1998. 1999 Johnson 8 hp with built-in charging sys¬ tem and cockpit mounted controls. VHF radio, lots of extra gear. $3,000/obo. Call Glenn (925) 671-8053.
CATALINA 27, 1980. New sails, stove, 25-FT CUSTOM BUILT KETCH, 2001. Epoxy glass over marine ply. Ready to sail or trailer anywhere. 9.9 Mariner in well. Very good looking. Very seaworthy. Very inexpensive. $12,000. Call (541) 888-4912 or email: witch@harborside.com or PO Box 3002, Coos Bay, OR 97420._
traveler, etc. Atomic 4 in great condition. Roller furling. Well maintained and a great sailing boat. $9,500. (925) 754-1885.
RANGER 26, MUST SELL. Fast and sturdy. Sleeps 4+. Less than 40 hours on 9 hp outboard. Includes main and four jibs. Berthed in Santa Cruz. $3,400 Call Bob (530) 583-2536.
MacGREGOR 26,1995. Excellent, must see, unsinkable, water ballast, swing keel. EZ mast, two sails, pop-top with bimini. VHF, 2 anchors, stove, head. 8 hp Nissan with generator, new battery, trailer with spare, surge brakes. $8,500. Email for pics: GibsonGirl_1@msn.com or call (925) 691-6046. '
S2 26,1975. Great Lakes built, trailerable center cockpit fiberglass sailboat with 2’ keel. Great for Bay, shoreline anchoring. Volvo diesel engine. New electronics, many extras, loaded galley. Great headroom for living aboard. $16,500. Call (415) 457-8997 or email acochran@pacbell.net.
CATALINA 25,1982. Very nice condition. Clean, new upholstery, curtains, alcohol stove. 4 sails, various sizes. Cockpit cush¬ ions, cdmpass, ladder, beige hull. 7.5 hp Honda motor, swing keel. Zieman trailer, great condition, new brakes. Asking $8,600/obo. Call (530) 268-0766.
SANTANA 525 for sale through Club Nautique. Full complement of USCG re¬ quired equipment, sails, outboard, trailer and more. $6,000. Rick (510) 865-4700.
MacGREGOR 26, 1991. Water ballast, sleeps four; pop-top, VHF radio, GPS, hand held, knot/depth, Porta-Potti. 2burner stove, 2 fuel tanks and your choice of new motor to 8.0 hp. $8,500. Call (510) 337-1111. ERICSON 27, 1974. Excellent condition and newly varnished. New 9.8 hp Nissan outboarcFwith less than 15 hours running time. Jiffy reef mainsail, new head, new anchor. Spacious cabin with standing headroom. Kappas Marina berth, Sausalito. $8,500. Call (415) 332-2570. CAL 2-27,1981. Clean, roller furler, au¬ topilot. Rebuilt Atomic 4, compass and more. Alameda. $13,500. Call Pete (415) 293-6028 (days) or (510) 337-1853 (eves).
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29 TO 31 FEET ISLANDER BAHAMA 30 SLOOP, 1982. Diesel inboard. Original owner. Asking $20,890. Owl Harbor, Berth H4. Sail in¬ ventory includes 90, 100 and 135 headsails plus mainsail. For information or inspection call Walt (510) 793-8794 or email: Tapnsail@aol.com.
near new race sails plus cruising sails, trailer, 6 hp O/B, AP, KM. Recent clean survey, dry-sailed very little in last 10 years. Loaded, very clean, and ready to go. $16,000. (650) 413-1712 (wk) or (510) 429-0620 (hm).
YANKEE 30 Mk III, 1974, $29,000. Ono, hull #111. New in 2002: UK main, com¬ plete LP hull deck and mast, name painted in gold leaf, 2 polished stainless steel low profile vents. New in 2003: All ports re¬ placed, bottom painted, etc. Engine is original Atomic 4. Teak hatch boards with louvers for companionway. Two new in 2003 AMG batteries, two spinnaker hal¬ yards, 140 and 162 mylar genoas, Harken double foil furler. Two Danforth anchors with chain and line, depthsounder with alarm, basic recent VHF, Cybernet 3000 stereo system, alumimum fuel tank with fuel level gauge in cockpit, new man-overboard pole, 2 hp Suzuki engine, nine winches, Lewmar hatch above main cabin. Beautiful/ Located Marina del Rey. For other info email: mapkelp@aol.com.
MacGREGOR 26X, 1997. 50 hp
CAPE DORY 28,1981. Monitor windvane, autopilot, 4man liferaft, dodger, EPIRB, Magma LPG BBQ, man overboard pole, lifesling, Volvo MD7A, flopper stopper, 35lb CQR, depth, VHF. 150%, 85% and storm jib, cruising spinnaker. Stockton. $25,000. Randy (209) 824-2449.
MacGREGOR 26X. 50 hp hydraulic tilt. Trailer/spare. 30 gallons water. Propane stove. 40 gallons fuel. Refrigerator, auto¬ pilot, VHF, worktable with washdown, bait tank, fishfinder, bimini, 4 sails, 3 batter¬ ies, more. $14,950. Call (805) 522-9437.
PACIFIC SEACRAFT 25 Mk II, 1978. Full keel pocket cruiser, rebuilt 8 hp Yanmar diesel inboard. Newly upholstered interior cushions, custom cockpit cuishions. Head, galley, freshwater tank, teak decks, full boat cover, two complete sets of sails. $15,000. Please call (650) 444-4699. COLUMBIA 28,1968. Berthed in the San Francisco Marina, Ft. Mason. 30-ft trans¬ ferable slip, great location. Atomic 4, gas. Good condition. See at Website: <www.geocities.cor1i/iazule/sailboat.html> $12,500. Call (530) 265-3142 or (916) 803-6410 or email: gkmunoz@jps.net.
CORONADO 25. Surrendered by owner for past due berthing of $3,400. Call Barry at Hidden Harbor (916) 202-1720.
MacGREGOR 26X, 2000 with trailer 50 hp Evinrude 4-stroke, sleeps six, new bot¬ tom paint and custom made full cover. Cockpit cushions, bimini, pedestal fish/ depth finder, bulkhead compass, stern cockpit panel and ladder, ski tow eyes, main sail cover, cabin and head lights, counter top stove, extra 12v battery with switch, two 12v outlets, show teak trim. $23,500. Call (707) 452-9069 or (707) 428-5097.
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PowerSailer. Set up for SF Bay. New 6 oz. full batten main and furling genoa. Cockpit dodger and folding table, dual gas tanks and batteries, AM/F cassette and CD. Knotmeter, bottom paint, trailer. See at: <www.masonyachts.com> $20,000. Eric (415) 332-8070.
CATALINA 27,1975. $5,000. Clean, tra¬ ditional layout, 6 hp Johnson O/B. 3 jibs, 1 main. Bottom painted Oct 2000. Refrig¬ erator, 2-burner stove, sink, pressurized water, shore power. Enclosed head, just rebuilt. New plumbing, new VHP radio, depth, charger. Coyote Point Marina. Please call (408) 736-3330 or email: macksoneh@yahoo.com.
SOLID CORONADO 25. Recent survey, 7.5 outboard. Solid rigging, clean interior, cockpit cushion, sleeps 5, dinette, icebox, Forta-Potti, electrical, safety gear, anchor, swim ladder and shorepower. She is solid and ready to go for summer. $2,000/oboY Please call (510) 206-4214.
OYSTER SJ30, 1981. Excellent, PHRF 132, frac rig. Quality offshore racer. Teak interior sleeps 6+, 5’1.1’’ headroom, en¬ closed head, well maintained, much new. New/excellent sails, Yanmar 2 cyl diesel. Transportation or trailer available. $22,500. Located Montana. Call (800) 775-2990 or (406) 863-2932.
COLUMBIA 28, 1969. Hull in excellent condition. Rig fine, nice liveaboard space for two. Bath, refrigerator, kitchen area and table, double front berth, 1500 watt gen¬ erator, new windows, outboard/dinghy, VHF. Balcjor 5 hp inboard electric motor. $5,700/obo. (510) 465-2119 or email: Youtl 234@yahoo.com.
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Standing rigging overhauled in 2000. Complete engine overhaul in 2002 includ¬ ing new pumps, injectors, filters, etc. In¬ cludes Autohelm wind, speed, depth, and ICOM VHF. Currently in Antioch Marina. $12,500. Call Todd (408) 957-4980.
30-FT NEWPORT MK3. Detailed and bottom painted May 2003. Diesel, wheel, Autohelm 4000, ST winches, Harken furler, Norcold refer, LCD TV. Hot water, Martec prop. North Sails: Main, 150, 90, spinnaker and sock. Marina del Rey. Beau¬ tiful. Photos: <www.yachtsandmore.com> $24,900. Call (530) 314-1010.
CATALINA 30, 1978. Great shape and easy to sail. Sausalito. New bottom paint 10/02. Yanmar diesel, dodger, roller furl¬ ing, inverter, radar, GPS, VHF, refrigera¬ tor, oven/stove. $21,000/obo. Please call (415) 272-1665. NAJA 30 SLOOP, 1990. Full canvas cover, teak decks, clear coat mahogany hull. Yanmar 16 diesel, Martec prop, Harken furling jib, self-tailing Lewmar winches. VHF radio, knotmeter, depthsounder, autopilot. Delta berth. $11,500. Please call (916) 973-8797 or email: tangram@jps.net. COLUMBIA 30 SLOOP. Solid Bay
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NANTUCKET CLIPPER, 1979. Builder: Offshore Yachts Int’l/LTD, Norfolk, En¬ gland. LOA 31.8’, LOD 29.5’, LOW 21’. Beam 9.1’. Yawl rig, full keel, 6,500-lbs lead ballast. F/G hull, inboard Volvo 14 hp diesel, overhauled May, 2003. Fuel 10, water 20. Head, stove/oven, refrig. New compass and knotmeter. Tiller. 110 genoa, main, mizzen, spare genoa, storm trisail. Roller reefing main. Excellent con¬ dition, new top-deck, hatch and bottom job. Berths 5. Great liveaboard, standing headroom. Ready to sail the oceans. $23,950. Alex (415) 269-1823, email: ja2rheda@yahoo.com. CATALINA 30, 1982. TR, new rigging.
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owner, excellent condition. 10-ft beam, kitchen, head. Original sails, excellent condition. $5,000 new sails, 2 extra winches, 2 extra tillers, 8 lifejackets, man overboard buoy, new autopilot. See pic¬ tures: <www.caboats.com> $21,500/obo. (530) 242-6264.
FISHER 30 MOTORSAILER with dinghy. Complete refinish / refit. See Website for details: <http://www.fisherlionheart.net/> Call (408) 398-4057. BABA 30. Cruise ready. Too many up¬ grades to list. Like a new diesel, windlass, wind generator, solar, watermaker and much more. Recently surveyed at $70,000. Must sell and will sacrifice for quick sale at $52,000. Hawaii. Please call (808) 941-0010. ERICSON 29,1971. Genoa, main, work¬ ing jib. A-4, new fuel tank. New bottom, thru hulls, seacocks and zincs in April 2002. Nice boat. Sausalito. $7,000/obo. Also, Sabot sailing dinghy, $300. Call (415) 225-4319. NEWPORT 30. Fast sailing, spacious below. Cruise equipped, excellent condi¬ tion. New mainsail, bottom paint and pro¬ peller. Furling 110 jib and gennaker, au¬ topilot, shore power, new Origo alcohol stove. Atomic 4 runs great. 8-ft inflatable dinghy and 3 hp Johnson included. Prime upwind berth behind Berkeley Yacht Club, transferable to new owner. Boat main¬ tained and enjoyed by one family since new in 1975. $16,000. Call (510) 531 -5869 or email: Bbjango@aol.com.
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_ RANGER 29. All lines led to cockpit. Yanmar diesel, tiller steering, roller furl¬ ing. Autopilot, GPS, VHF. Berthed in Alameda. Asking $11,000/obo. Jerry (408) 251-6436.
CATALINA 30, 1983. One owner, light use. Diesel, wheel, roller furling, hot wa¬ ter, gas stove. Roomy inside and out, good cruiser. $19,000/obo. Please call Bill (510) 339-9242 or (415) 442-1662 or email: WRIrwin@pacbell.net.
CLIPPER MARINE 30,1975. Sleeps 5-6. Good daysailer/weekender/liveaboard. With 2 Honda '9.9 outboards, need to be tested. Older VHF and depth/fishfinder. Boat is in good shape and clean, needs minor work to be perfect. Must sell, $4,170. Call (925) 682-3187 or email: fduan@yahoo.com.
NORTHERN 34, 1927. Double-ended motor sailer. Hans Christian predecessor. Project boat in building, must move. Perkins diesel. Cedar on oak. Heavy dis¬ placement. Call Jon (650) 728-9503. HUNTER 33 SLOOP, 1980. 15 hp Yanmar diesel. 110%, 90%genoas. 100% working jib. GPS, EPIR8, VHF, depth, windspeed, speedometer, built-in charger for two 80 amp marine batteries. New West Marine 8-ft inflatable. 5 hp outboard, very old. Hot/cold pressurized water. $20,000/negotiable. Phil (707) 664-1202.
ISLANDER 30, 1974. Great family boat with lots of nice upgrades, Force 10 stove, Norcold fridge, 12v/110 with 1500w in¬ verter. New topside paint 2003, new rig and bottom paint 2001. Roller furling jib. Ready to sail. $23,500/obo. For more info/ photos email: basecampinsf@yahoo.com or call (970) 349-5975.
JUST REDUCED. 30-ft Islander. Dodger, self-tailers, roller furling, wheel steering, AM/FM cassette, alcohol stove, 8 bags sails. New boom, starter, charger, batter¬ ies and newly rebuilt roller-furling jib. New epoxy paint top and bottom 8/00. $16,995. (415) 289-0538 or (530) 305-0434 or email: Sailsman51@yahoo.com.
RANGER 29. A solid, newly refitted cruiser/racer. 2 sets of sails, 1 Kevlar. Self¬ tailing winches, all lines led to cockpit. Brand new standing rigging. Boat is clean and sails beautifully. Berth available. Ask¬ ing $12,000. Call (415) 459-5184 or email: y_daishan@hotmail.com.
ROGERS WHITBREAD 31. Moving. Stable, fun, light rgcer with sym and asym kites, carbon pole, 3 jibs, new carbon main. Dry sailed. Custom trailer. 2004 Pacific Cup? See more at Website: <www.sailstickyfingers.com> $34,500/ obo. Call (530) 898-0828.
NEWPORT 30 TALL RIG. Main, genoa, jib and spinnaker with pole. Atomic 4, fold¬ ing prop, Harken gear. Nice interior, new head and holding, sleeps 7 comfortably. Turnkey, ready for Delta cruising or Bay sailing. $9,250/obo. Call (916) 402-1940 or sailnewport30@aol.com.
ISLANDER 30,1974. Needs a new home. Clean boat. $5,000/obo. (707) 849-3040.
CATALINA 30 TALL RIG, 1978. Rebuilt diesel, new standing rigging, new spread¬ ers, professionally painted mast, new thruhulls, new upholstery, beautiful custom interior. Excellent boat, ready for the Bay; $21,000. Call Damian (510) 847-4557 or email: damian.cooksey@attbi.com.
OLSON 911SE, 1989.30-ft fast (phrf 132) racer/cruiser design by Schumacher. Ac¬ tive racing class: SFBAY30. Instruments, lots of ^ails, diesel. Go to <http:// emlab.berkeley.edu/users/craine/Dream/ Dream.html> for full equipment list, pic¬ ture and more, or call (510)-234-2838.
CATALINA 320,2001. Beautiful, very well equipped with many extras. Better than new. (209) 727-3204 or (209) 327-2021.
PEARSON 30,1974. Atomic 4 and 25 hp Yamaha outboard. 2 sets of sails, solar panel, top quality life jackets, 12-ft inflat¬ able, Magellan GPS, more. $8,000. Email for detailed information and pictures: carleldana2@yahoo.com orcall Carl (415) 379-6099.
A BEAUTIFUL, CUSTOM BUILT, sea¬ worthy classic Pacific Seacraft 32 Mariah cutter that can take you anywhere you dream of. More information at Website: <www.rockisland.com/~mariah4sale> Please call (360) 317-8723.
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HUNTER 32, 2001. Professionally main¬ tained. Diesel has low hours. Ideal week¬ end boat, singlehand easily. Two private staterooms plus dinette. Furling jib, la^yjacks, icebox, microwave, CD/radio, VHF, self-tailing winches, 2 anchors. Po¬ tential charter business. $79,500. Call (408) 297-7740 or (408) 910-0081.
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ATKINS/ARCHER ERIC 32. Doubleended gaff ketch (41-32-11-5). Built 1966 Japan. Best boat for the worst weather. Mahogany on steam-bent oak, copper fas¬ tened, teak decks, Sitka spruce spars. Die¬ sel. 30 year owner. $35,000. Call Skip (831) 338-6739.
ATKINS ERIC 32 GAFF CUTTER, 1977. Documented. Excellent ferro hull, par¬ celed, served, exceedingly strong. Sound rig and vessel. 4 times around Pacific 9 years. Sailed by Dr. Mimi George, Dr. David Lewis and www.vaka.org programs. Please email vaka@aloha.net or fax (808) 328-1318.
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MELGES 30, 1997. USA 116. Muddy Waters. Proven winner: Key West, SORC, Volvo Inshore, Yachting Cub, NewportEnsenada, etc. Trailer, outboard, Yanmar inboard available. Big time fast. $65,000/ obo. (760)^29-5851.
MUCH-LOVED 33.5-FT HUNTER SLOOP fdr sale. Fiberglass and aluminum boat that is almost zero maintenance. She has all new rig, stove, reefer, and much more. $35,000/obo. Call Josh (510) 334-5589 for more details.
CAL 34 Mk III. New 12/02: Forespar mast, boom, Ullman main, ProFurl roller furling, standing and running rigging, bottom paint. Epoxy bottom, 2000. Electronics, H/ C pressure water, CNG stove. Westerbeke 24 hp diesel, low hours. Sausalito slip. $34,500. Call (209) 304-4723 or (209) 296-5199.
PEARSON TRITON 28.5. Complete re¬ hab. Volvo diesel, rebuilt head, injectors, injection pump. Awlgrip, barrier coat. New rudder shaft and bushings, cutlass bear¬ ing, windows, hahdrails, fuel tank, wiring. Interior refinished. More. Boat 95% done. Finished boat $16,000/obo. Please call (415) 457-3524.
ISLANDER 29, 1967. Atomic 4 runs ex¬ cellent, new cabin windows, new bottom paint, new dripless shaftseal, new interior paint and lighting. New varnish.. New 3blade prop, new backstay. Docked in Oak¬ land. $8,950. (209) 401-2337 (Iv msg) or email: hankwilliams@attbi.com.
CARL SCHUMACHER CUSTOM 33,1984. Performance cruiser, Latest Caper. Big, fast and tough. Sleeps 6, diesel, refrigera¬ tion, furling. New gelcoat on topsides. In¬ terior like new. $35,000. Call Gary (970) 234-0758 or email: g.didonato@attbi.com.
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HANS CHRISTIAN 34 CUTTER, 19?7. Radar, GPS, Ham/SSB, depth, speed, AM/FM/CD changer. Monitor windvane, propane stove/oven, fireplace, fresh Yanmar. New tanks, new rigging, felines, new electric windlass, etc. $50,000. Please call (805) 570-9883 or email: svdaedalus@hotmail.com.
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SANTANA 35,1982. Volvo diesel. Docu¬ mented. 10/2000 haulout, survey and re¬ hab. LCD chart GPS/sounder combo, 2 VHFs, CD/stereo. Equipped for training and weekend cruising. $24,900/offer. Fi¬ nancing available now. (408) 892-5797 or email: wb7ecv@arrl.net.
PEARSON VANGUARD 32.5, 1963. Documented. Yanmar diesel engine, roller furler, Aries windvane, autopilot, dodger, VHF, GPS. All lines led to cockpit. Hauled, new bottom paint 12/02. Presently in Vava’u Tonga, South Pacific. $24,900. Please call (925) 829-5256 or email: JJAntares@aol.com._ ATKINS 32, 1984- Double ended pilot¬ house cutter. 30 hp diesel, 16’ radar, GPS, SSB, weatherfax, autopilot. 4-man liferaft, Monitor vane, 7 sails, ferro, spare props and shaft. Recent survey, documented, one owner. See photos at Website: <www.mendocinodoors.com/sailboat> $32,000. Call Michael (707) 964-3598.
BALTIC 35, 1986. Great aft cabin. Teak cockpit. Upgraded winches, Harken RF, spinnaker equipped. $65,000/obo.xCall (408) 738-8371 ext 197.
PROPELLER TURNING? TRADEWINDS 33 MOTORSAILER. All teak construction, copper riveted, large pilothouse, pretty boat, inside steering. Perkins’4-236 diesel, H/C water, shower, heater, anchors, etc. Great liveaboard. Two boat owner, must sell, very good value. Reduced to $13,950 or offer. Call (415) 482-8797.
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NICHOLS 34 SLOOP. Fiberglass over wood, recently repaired. Comes with 8 hp outboard. This is a Barney Nichols hull, locally built in 1962. $6,000/obo. Call (510) 237-4554. CAL 34 Mk III, 1977. Recent additions: ProFurl furler, canvas, halyards, and head. New Hood sails in 2001, used less than dozen times. 25 hp diesel, stove/oven, H/ C pressure water, KM, DS, holding tank, CD/stereo, VHF, self-tailing Lewmar winches. Bruce 33 and Fortress anchors. Interior and cushions in great shape plus updated electrical panel and Truecharge charger. Easy SF Bay Sailing boat with wheel steering. Great deal at $28,000. (925) 997-0317 or email for equipmentjist: sfsailor40@yahoo.com.
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/ WESTSAIL 32 with custom Atkins design SKIP THE LONG PASSAGES. Boat wait¬ deck/cabin. Mexico vet, cruise ready, ex¬ ing for you in Fiji. True North 34, roomy cellent condition with DS, GPS, knot log, double-ended cutter. Yanmar, windvane, A/P, radar, EPIRB, solar panel, Avon, radar, AP + spare, ICOM710, VHF with RAM mic, CD/AM/FM, watermaker. Volvo dodger, 4 anchors, 200’ chain, 100 gal fuel 2003 aux with low hours, dual Raycor 500 and water, teak interior, H/C water, shower, fridge, $45,000. Please email: fuel filters and high output alternator, 406 EPIRB, Norcolder fridge, 10OOw inverter/ flower@echoweb.net. charger, Lofrans electric windlass, 120 gal water, 90 gal fuel. Monitor vane, Caribe 8-ft dinghy with 8 hp 4-stroke Honda O/B. 45-lb and 35-lb CQR, tanbark sails, dodger, bimini, awning, lazyjacks, Force to stove, mast pulpits. Profurl headsail furling, mast steps, 6 gal water heater, , recent epoxy barrier coat, new LPU * topsides. Most equipment new in 1998 or later. $57,000. Please email for a com¬ plete list: kelleyhale@yahoo.com or call NOR’WEST 33,1979. REDUCED. Chuck (510) 847-7447. Burns design, high standards, superior quality. Beautifully kept, many upgrades. Hull #11, best in fleet. Don’t miss this op¬ portunity. Second owner, 14 years. $44,000/obo. Call (415) 331 -5705 or (415) 533-2992 (cell). Also 3 Wave Walkers, pedal driven watercraft, $3,150/each. J/33, 1988. Hull #15. Second to Finish 2002 Singlehanded TransPac, First Place Dan Byrne Series and Guadalupe Island Race. New Sails. Stored since TransPac. Electronics, epoxy bottom, all 2002. $53,000/obo. For full specs and pictures please call (206) 525-4482 or email: jatallet@earthljnk.net.
ALBERG 35, 1963. Hull #34, docu¬ mented. A beautiful offshore-capable fi¬ berglass yacht with classy traditional lines. New custom teak and mahogany interior. Ail new sails. Well equipped electronics/ nav, extras. Please call for all details. Must sell. $25,000/obo. (510) 912-0088. ERICSON 35,1972. #215. Varnished in¬ terior, new canvas, dodger, exterior cov¬ ers. Windlass, sailing awning, wheel, S/ W washdown fore and aft. Diesel, Raytheon Autohelm, Furuno GPS, pro¬ pane Force 10, watermaker, pressure water. Truecharge 40. San Diego. $24,950. Call (619) 297-9896 or email: whoulihan@cox.net.
34-FT SUNSET SLOOP. 2002 Master Mariners Association winner best main¬ tained classic yacht. Launched in 1967. Designed by Jim DeWitt Sr. 1936 for SF Bay conditions. Beautifully built using best of materials. Full length fir planking, bronze fasteners, lead keel, Monel keel bolts and tanks. Teak decks and trim. Stiff, fast, with perfectly balanced helm. Strong Atomic 4. Always under full cover and in new boat condition. $28,000. Don (510) 339-0766.
BLOCK ISLANDER 34 KETCH. Tradi¬ tional heart-turner, wonderful sailer, fam¬ ily cruiser. Baja to Alaska. Spacious, safe, beautifully kept, documented. 33 hp Westerbeke diesel. See at Website: <http:/ /sans_souci.home.mindspring.com> Reduced, $22,800. Call (415) 383-8132.
HALLBERG-RASSY 35 center cockpit. Dry and comfortable. In good condition with new electrical system, traveler, recent refit head, aft cabin. Includes 65 hp Volvo Penta, windscreen, H/C pressurised wa¬ ter, dinghy with outboard, several anchors, extras. $45,000. Call (510) 548 4277.
34+ FOOT STEEL SLOOP. NZ built. Bluewater capable. Oversize running/ standing rigging. Self-tailing winches. Yanmar 24 hp, freshwater pooled low hours. Inverter/charger. Engine-driven cold plate refrigeration. H/C water. Docu¬ mented. One owner. In Richmond. $59,000. Call (775) 749-5298 or email: steelsloop@hotmail.com.
HUNTER 33, 1980. Arcturas is a very comfortable, dry, reliable boat. Great for daysailing. Few blisters, clean, mohagany interior, 15 hp Yanmar diesel. Many ex¬ tras. Docked in Alameda. $20,000. Please call Brad (510) 336-1173.
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CHALLENGER 32, 1977. Hawaiian vet. Great liveaboard, South San Francisco. Perkins diesel, low hours, 3/4-in. fiberglass hull. Roller furling, new Force 10 stove, new custom mattress, new bimini and canvas. Fin keel, skeg rudder. O.W.C. $19,500/obo. (415) 305-2249. WESTSAIL 32,1973. Factory finished, 36 hp, oversized rigging, Monitor, canvas, solar. Comfortable, proven vessel. In Sausalito. See at Website: <http:// www.icgrowth.com/amable/> $37,000. Call (415) 336-6050.
RANGER 33.5. Excellent condition. Gal¬ ley, refrigerator, shower. New bottom paint, no blisters. New plumbing equip¬ ment in head, galley and bilge. Atomic 4, runs great. Clean, attractive. Ready to daysail, cruise, race or liveaboard. Best offer under $25,000. Berthed at Oakland. Call Jim (650) 776-1002!_ CT34 CUTTER 1984, UPGRADED 1990. Once loved, now neglected. Liferaft, Harken furling, spinnaker, Isuzu Pisces. Needs: wooden mast refinishing, new tanks, diesel overhauled. Its all there, aqd she deserves better. $15,000. Call (510) 521 -4883 or jeremy_nospam@yahoo.com.
WESTSAIL 32,1974. Original owner, now approaching 80, wants to pass over helm to younger skipper with big cruising dreams. Vessel located in Stockton, CA. Asking $32,000/cash, as is. (209) 368-4368 or email: jackpaden@softcom.net.
36 TO 39 FEET CATALINA 36,1993. Bluewater cruiser: Mexico, Tahiti, Alaska. Walk-thru transom. Standard extras plus full bimini, leecloths, SSB, EPIRB, radar, AP and spare, dual VHF, GPS, TV, stereo, VHF, solar pan¬ els. New bottom. Well maintained, great liveaboard. $84,500. Call (760) 751-4072 or email: ourjourney1@juno.com. YORKTOWN 39. New boat, still in yard. Custom built, center cockpit, aft cabin. Hard dodger, Yanrriar diesel, ss anchor platform, cutter. LP stove, maple sole, Edson steering. Ready to cruise. Untimely death forces sale. Sacrifice $77,500/obo. (714) 573-9043 (eves). ALAJUELA 38 CUTTER. Professionally custom built, offshore cruising yacht in Seattle. See photos/specs at Website: <www.dicksyacht.com> $169,000. Call (808) 781-5573 (cell). ISLANDER 36. SF area, original owner 1983. One of last built. Added amenities, well cared for and maintained. Never raced. Low engine hours, 740 hours on Pathfinde.r diesel. New canvas covers, custom drifter with sock, 140 roller furling jib. No hull blisters. As is, with all equip¬ ment, color TV/VCR, stereo/CD, microwave. Training available. $48,000. Call (707) 257-7750. CATALINA 36,1995. Excellent condition in every way with only 500 hours. Virtu¬ ally every aspect of this boat has been upgraded. Extensive list of equipment in¬ cludes forced air heat, custom davits with inflatable and motor, all canvas covered. If you want a lot, this boat has it. Call for faxed list of equipment. $110,000. Linda (707) 584-7033 (days) or (707) 664-9087.
CAL 2-34, 1975. Beautiful sailing capa¬ bilities. Mexico veteran, Queen of Hearts II is a beloved and well-kept yacht. Re¬ cent upgrades 2003: New elec, panel, AC/ DC wiring upgrade, stanchions reinforced. CASCADE 36, 1977. Aft cabin, cutter 2000: New fuel tanks, Interior refinished rigged. Documented, Volvo diesel, new in white and teak molding, new upholstery, speed and depth, recent survey. Needs new rub rails and lifelines. 1991 Perkins some TLC. $20,000/obo. (415) 250-9485. 30 hp, rigging upgraded one size beyond ^required size. Of course dodger, radar, FAST PASSAGE 39 (PHILBROOKS). GPS, autopilot, proper ground tackle with ' Offshore proven. Easily sailed by two chain, propane stove and a full suit of sai^ people. Repainted, rerigged. For more info are all in cruise ready condition. Under go to <www.fastpassage39.com> to see cruising gennaker, featuring the Queen of pictures and equipment. Call Jim Hearts, she is a sight to behold. At $32,500 Donaldson (250) 655-0017. will interest the serious cruiser on ^bud¬ get. Located in Alameda. Call Vicki (510) PEAjBSON 365 KETCH, 1977. Pristine 814-6101 or (510) 917-0626 (cell)._' condition, recent restoration. $20,000 in¬ vested. Bottom painted, 2002. Recent Awlgrip on hull and'house. Must sell. $45,000. Call (707) 762-3449. Ask for Diane.
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ROBERTS 36 STEEL CUTTER, 1986. Mexico/Hawaii vet. Extensive repaint/re¬ fit. Oversized double spreader rig, heavyduty throughout. BeautifuT'mahogany and white paneled interior. Monitor, 3 anchor systems, 7 sails. Dry stored. Pt.Townsend, WA. $49,000. Call (503) 232-1548 or , email:-jbp2@nwlink.com.
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CATALINA 36 Mk II, 1999. $95,000 with seller having very limited usage, Or $107,000 conventional purchase. This boat is essentially new. Engine under 110 hours. Dodger, cockpit table, cushions. Raytheon autopilot, depth and knot meter. Custom audio: Polk speakers, Pioneer tuner, 100 watt amplifier and Pioneer 6 CD player. U-shaped dinette, microwave oven, propane BBQ, TV/video player. Never raced, well maintained. Located Marina Bay, Richmond. Ideal upwind slip. Beautiful boat. (707) 823-5282 or email: lenhirs@prodigy.net. WATKINS 36,1982. Center cockpit sloop. Huge cabin for liveaboard or cruising. Perkins 50 hp diesel, low hours. Great wood interior, sleeps at least 6, all cruis¬ ing amenities. Hard-to-get slip goes with boat. Slip G17, Monterey Marina. See at: <www.dnlco.com/wildfire> $69,500. Cali (925) 376-3826.
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CAPE GEORGE 36 in Bristol condition. The ‘36NS featured in Ferenc Mate’s Best Boats. 50 hp Yanmar diesel, 450 hrs. H/C pressure water, refrigeration, inverter, GPS, radar, knotmeter/depth, cabin heater, 6-disc CD changer, halogen light¬ ing, new upholstery, 2-year-old 'TDS no¬ screw’ teak decks, new Awlgrip. The Olian Lee is an exceptionally well-built and fin¬ ished sailboat. Oversize Profurl on the jib and staysail make shorthanded sailing a snap. Designed by Carl Alberg, she is fast and very comfortable underway. When you step into the custom mahogany and cedar interior (incredible storage), you will see why this yacht has become a West Coast classic. See more at Website: <www.jeffreybro\«;n.com/olianlee.htm> $139,500. Call (619) 227-2701. _
Inmast mainsail furling, jib furling. Raytheon radar, autopilot, VHF, speed, depth, wind machine. Link 20 battery monitor. Upwind slip, Emeryville. $110,000. Make offer, must sell. Call (408) 929-4919.
1981 ISLANDER FREEPORT MODEL A. In excellent shape, liveaboard/cruiser. Lots of storage and room. Dodger, wind¬ lass, roller furling, walk-thru transom, 47 hp Pathfinder, dinghy and 5 hp outboard, new upholstery, hot water heater. Custom mattress. Call (805) 217-6771 or email: colleenw@amgen.com.
LOOKING FOR A CREALOCK 37? Check out: http://yachtemmablue. multimania.com> Launched 1984. Yanmar 35 hp, superb condition, outfitted with top quality gear and electronics. Great sailboat, forced sale. Great opportunity. $89,000. Call (250) 474-3453.
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FARALLONE CLIPPER 38. Hull #17 built by Stephens in 1959. Mahogany on oak. Excellent condition. Last 5 years: new sails, S/S rigging, all electronics, transmis¬ sion, batteries, roller furling, decks/ cabintop/bottom stripped, faired and fin¬ ished and more. Possibly the finest Clip¬ per on the Bay. Located Sausalito. Two boats, must sell. $32,000/obo. Cris (415) 332-1580 or email: cris1099@msn.com.
LANCER 36 SLOOP, 1981. Ready to cruise, clean boat with many extras. New bimini and dodger, 3 anchors, private cabin with private bath and shower. Re¬ built starter with new Racor fuel pumps. Sails like a dream, currently in San Diego, slip available. $29,500 or $18,000 down with owner financing. (530) 258-6337 or (530) 258-6949.
PALMER JOHNSON STANDFAST 36,1974. Flush decked, fin keeled, skeg rudder, racer/cruiser. Airex cored hull, Baltek cored deck, European styled Thai teak interior. 8 sails, diesel, radar, 2 VHFs, SSB/Ham, 2 GPSs, 2 solar panels, Avon liferaft, Monitor windvanp, watermaker, dodger. Tropic awnings, dinghy, outboard, anchor windlass, great ground tackle, fixed and folding prop, fresh epoxy paint. Engine rebuilt 2002. Strong, safe, fast, beautiful, excellent condition. Ready to go anywhere. $42,500/obo. Located Bay Area. Please call (619) 254-7322 or email: svsara@hotmail.com.
HUNTER LEGEND 37.5, 1988. Meticu¬ lously maintained. Hauled 4/03. New rig¬ ging 10/97. North sails. Full batten main. Yanmar 30 hp, low hours. Never raced. Large owner’s stateroom, centerline queen bed. Perfect Bay sailer or coastal cruiser. USCG safety inspected. $69,500. Call (415) 269-4901.
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/ ISLANDER FREEPORT 36. Excellent condition, never blistered, epoxy bottom. Perkins, under 400 hours. Great sailing, bright, comfortable Perry design. 100 amp alternator, smart regulator, inverter/ charger; huge batteries, nearly new wind¬ lass, chain/rode. Propane cabin heater, BBQ, refrigeration, 100 gallons water, autopilot, GPS plotter, stereo. Latitude's “Looking good” boat, 09/2000. Perfect couple’s cruiser. Wife loves galley, Pull¬ man berth, huge head. Documented. $63,500. Why settle for a lesser boat when you can go in style? (916) 933-4079 or email: hjnorris@pacbell.net. COLUMBIA 36. Great condition inside and out, extra sails, Yanmar diesel engine, 1971 Crealock design, sails beautifully. Docked at Pier 39, C40, San Francisco. Must sell. $20,000. Call (707) 965-0804.
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mented, currently lying La Paz, Mexico. Coming out of charter in July. Keel stepped mast, 42 hp Westerbeke, Auto¬ helm instruments and Garmin GPS. Even has pots and pans. Recently surveyed. Appraised at $110,000, asking $99,999/ obo. Call Michael (208) 855-9579 (Iv msg).
ing yacht. Full inventory of North Sails. Three boat owner, one must go. See pic¬ tures at <http://homepage.mac.com/ suesailor/Alert> Call Mike (415) 331 -2754.
owners. Newer Perkins 4-236, MaxProp, autopilot, vane, new sails, new paint, ra¬ dar, Ham, weather fax, watermaker, solar panels, hard dodger. Too much to list. Continuously maintained. Ready to go. $150,550. Call (907) 337-1239.
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SHANNON 37 KETCH, 1987. Immacu¬ late, centerboard cruiser with furling main and jib. 40 hp Perkins, 5kw generator, A/P, SSB, CD, A/C, radar, GPS, VHF, liferaft, dinghy with 5 hp motor and more. Cruis¬ ing ready. See: <www.gypsyreport.com> $165,000. Call (415) 793-7224 or email: kitcody@yahoo.com.
COLUMBIA 36,1973. Roller furling, Volvo
45-FT KETCH. $14,500. SAUSALITO view berth. Well-laid-out fiberglass hull. Set up to live aboard. Galley, tub, head, s/s fireplace. Insulated, wood paneling. Sails, rigging, etc. included for finishing. 1992 registry. Diesel and boat need work, but strong and sound. Best offer or trade. (415) 331-5251.
with lanyards and deadeyes. One owner, 40 years. Designed/built by Vernon Langill, Indian Point, NS. 40’ x 11 ’6” x 6’6”. Perkins 4-108, Yanmar 2.5kw generator, autopilot, 110/12v fridge. North sails, F/G and Avon dinghies, 8 hp Johnson. Very well fitted out for cruising or liveaboard. $85,000. Call Chris (619) 226-1830 for photos and survey report.
3 cyl diesel, new paint, new cushions, in¬ side and out. New drapes, new toilet, new batteries. Reduced from $35,000 to $25,000/not a penny less. (415) 302-4287.
FISHER 37 PILOTHOUSE KETCH, 1978. Aft cockpit, Lloyd’s specs, 80 hp Sabre diesel, MaxProp, Profurl, Mackstack, tanbark. Inverter, GPS, radar, 4-Winds so¬ lar, microwave, pressure water, Aqualarm, Firequench, teakholly, cedar lockers. Bluewater ready. Asking $139,000. (850) 994-9419.
WORLDCRUISER PILOTHOUSE 37 by Westsail. Fast & comfortable. Hawaii, Aus¬ tralia; Thailand, Red, Med and Caribbean vet. 2nd owner. Continuously upgraded. Loaded with everything needed for global voyaging and comfortable living. Storage galore. Advesome custom interior. Radar, Profurl, DVD, microwave, 1999 Yanmar diesel, electric windlass, 3-speed winches and more. Proven seaworthy design. Ready to take on the world. Located Vir¬ gin Islands, liveaboard berth. Seriously for sale $79,000 or negotiable offer. Please call (340) 715-1550 or email: svpollybrooks@yahoo.com for more info.
PACIFIC 38 SLOOP, 1979. New Zealand built strong bluewater cruiser. Flush teak deck, comfortable, recent haulout with upgrades. Cruise equipped. Awesome ocean/SF Bay boat. $62,500. Photos/de¬ tails at Website: <www,lakelevel.com/ rolig> Call (530) 263-3009 or email: rolig@lakelevel.com.
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ASSEMBLY REQUIRED: RANGER 37. Sound, reinforced, bonded hull and deck. Longitudinal stringers fore to aft. Mock up interior and bonded bulkheads. New rud¬ der, new keel. Stand and running rigging, lots of gear. Too much invested, you as¬ semble.^ 9,000; Call (650) 726-5425.
SELLING EVERYTHING. All need work, all sold cheap. Pacific Seacraft Mariah 36, 1978, $30,000. Lancer 36,1981, $20,000. Grand Banks 36, 1974, FBG twin diesel, $50,000. Pearson 30,1978, $5,000. (510) 559-8942 or email: boatbrain@aol.com.
marine diesel with lower rebuild. Spotless, perfectly fair, stainless and epoxy impreg¬ nated ferro hull. Wind vane, solar, radar, survival raft, rowing dinghy, 3 anchors, 150’ chain. Read/ to cruise. Email: gcorrigan@JohnLScott.com or call (206) 718-2347._
hogany/oak, Yanmar 2 cyl. Recaulked/ bottom job 5/03. Custom mahogany cock¬ pit benches, restored spruce mast, cus¬ tom interior mahogany/maple, sleeps 4+. Fast, head turner. <http://www.geocities. com/wildscottwild/FLAREphotos.html> and <www.kettenburgboats.com> $28,000/obo. (510) 918-1165 or email: smwild@speakeasy.net.
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cement. Nice cruising layout. Unused sails, new running rigging. 253 Detroit die¬ sel and standing rigging need work. 10-ft dinghy in davits. Nice boat, low price, must sell. $18,500. Call (510) 237-2067 (eves).
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BRUCE ROBERTS 44,1994. Steel pilot¬ house ketch. Radar, 2 GPSs, VHF, SSB with Pactor. Perkins 4-154.135 diesel, 200 water. 5 sails, Avon RIB with 15 hp Nissan. Turnkey, fully equipped, in Mexico. Sleeps 6. $60,000/obo. For complete details email: aleutianspirit@hotmail.com._
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Ted Brewer design. Excellent offshore boat. Major refit 2002/03. Fully equipped and offshore ready. See at Website: <www.argylehouse.net/sailboat/ cutter.html> $165,000. (360) 378-4084 or email: cmcarli@hotmail.com.
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equipped with too many upgrades to list. $74,000. Call Mike (415) 203-2106.
equipped voyagemaker, ready to cruise. Many factory options. Meticulously main¬ tained. Lowest priced late model PS37 in US. Located Florida. Must sell. $209,000. Serious inquiries call (941) 639-4335.
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IOR racer/cruiser. Mexican veteran. Pathfinder diesel. Hy¬ draulic autopilot. Power anchor windlass. Roller furling, headsail, 3 spinnakers, spin¬ naker sally. PHRF 72. Fast. Full galley, refer/freezer, radar, recent survey. $59,000. (510) 290-3185 or email: juarezchoate41 @hotmail.com.
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ISLAND CLIPPER SLOOP. Built by Fel¬ lows and Stewart, 1946. LOA 44’3”, LWL 30’, Beam 9’6”, Draft 6’6", SA 715 sq ft, Headroom 6’3”. Project boat, $10,000/ obo. Call (415) 518-3914.
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FORMOSA 43,1980. Fast sloop with fin keel, skeg rudder. 3 staterooms. Total re¬ fit 2001 2003. All new including: Stand¬ ing/running rigging, UK 9-oz main/jib, Furlex furling, new Mar electrical panel and inverter/charger, 580 amp hour bat¬ tery system with Ample Power 115 amp alternator, smart regulator and monitor, 110v water heater with engine exchange, Anderson 48 ST primaries, cushions and curtains, lifelines, 2 heads, ST-60 speed/ log, mainsail cover, 3-burner princess stove and ipg system, 160 watt CD, mast painted, rewired with tricolor, VHF, spreader and steaming lights, ICOM 502 VHF with remote helm mic, cushions and curtains throughout, solid brass windlass. 400 original hours 61 hp Lehman. Teak decks recaulked, rescrewed, rebunged in 2002. Plans changed. $105,000. Call (510) 388-3667.
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HUNTER 460,2000. Two staterooms, two heads, office. Options galore: furling main, genset, AC, dual radar/chart, AP, cockpit enclosure, more. Impeccable condition. Specs and photos at Website: <http:// briefcase.yahoo.com/h460cabernet> Re¬ duced $229,500. Call (707) 758-9046. Possible trade for 37-42 footer.
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FARR 40, SHADOW. Excellent condition, professionally maintained, never crashed, lightly used. Proven fast boat. 3DL inven¬ tory, spare pole, B&G, DGPS, wheel, cradle. I have two F40s, so one has to go. More at: <http://www.stonebergs.com/ shadow> Email: pstoneberg@usa.net or call (925) 258-0175.
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GARDEN 40 KETCH, 1968. Great condi¬ tion, good liveaboard. Mahogany on oak, copper riveted, exceptionally tight hull. Current survey. New refrigeration and head. Includes sailing dinghy. Great value: $36,000. Call Michael (707) 980-0584. ISLANDER 4,1,1979. Mexico vet, 20 gph watermaker, freezer, electric windlass, two autopilots, davits, solar panels, radar. VHF, GPS, Ham, depth, roller furling. See pictures at Website: <httpr/7 home.attbi.com/~sailmakai/makai.htm> $75,000. Please call (562) 537-7784 or email: sailmakai@hotmail.com.
HIGHEST BIDDER: Beautiful, well main¬ tained 40-ft Seawolf ketch. One day only. Saturday July 19, preview 10 am, bidding 11 am. Minimum $50,000. Garden de¬ signed, Hardin built. F/G hull, houses, decks. Teak pulpit, trim, interior. Wheel steering. Pisces 40 diesel, under 300 hours. Stainless exhaust. Bronze thruhull fittings. Fresh, inside and outside. Cash or bank cashier’s check only. Private party. Stockton Sailing Club, end of ‘H’ Dock, 4980 Buckley Cove Rd., Stockton, CA. Off 1-5, take'March Lane exit west to Buckley Cove. _ HARTLEY TAHITIAN. Professionally built ferrocement ketch. Wheelhouse. 50-ft LOA. Generous inventory, electronics and ready for cruising in Marshall Islands, Micronesia. 100 hp Detroit deisel. Hauled 2002 including new mainsail, stainless rig¬ ging and hull repaint. $95 000/ono. Email: alchemisttwo@hotmail.com.
J/130 43-FT SLOOP, 1994. Just returned from South Pacific cruise with loads of cruising gear and spares. New carbon mast, radar, dinghy, liferaft, SSB, windvane, new Quantum racing sails, shoal draft keel. $215,000/obo. In SF. Will trade for J/1 Q5 .Keith (415) 771 -2660 or email: kbsedwick@hotmail.com._
VALIANT 40, 1978. Proven bluewater cruiser, recently inducted into the Ameri¬ can Sailboat Hall of Fame. This boat is ready to go again. Continually upgraded and well maintained. Call for specs. $120,000. Call (805) 497-1704.
ISLAND PACKET 40,1994. Located SF Bay. Excellent condition. No more cruis¬ ing says wife. Full B&G network electron¬ ics, radar, SSB, stereo, 15 gph watermaker, A/C, wind generator and solar pan¬ els, liferaft, etc. $209,000/obo. Visit Website: <http://www.imperiladub.com/ elixir/> or call (209) 727-5165.
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pit, 62 hp diesel, 100 gals fuel, 200 gals water, Robertson autopilot. Furuno radar, Harken furling, Lighthouse windlass. Separate refrig/freezer, 8 gph watermaker, Sailomat windvane, solar panels, 406 EPIRB. Ready to cruise. $102,000. (209) 795-7904 or email: jemrfy@yahoo.com.
wooden sloop. Racer/cruiser. Mexico vet¬ eran. Hull in good condition. Rebuilt Volvo Penta diesel, 1999. Recent upgrades in¬ clude exterior and hull. Asking only $25,000. (415) 332-2060 or email: groneman@sbcglobal.net.
SC 50,1979, UNA. Ready to race. New
OHLSON 41, $54,000. Autopilot, windvane, liferaft, radar. Furling jib, spin¬ naker, GPS, Ham/SSB, VHF, solar pan¬ els. Inflatable and outboard. Watermaker, refrigeration, propane water heater, cabin heater and galley. For details see <www.geocities.com/curt_muehl/> or call (650) 869-4046. _ LeCOMTE 40,1971. Classic offshore sail¬ boat. Fast yet comfortable. 37 hp diesel, large cockpit, sleeps 8 in 3 separate ar¬ eas, galley, 70 gal pressure water, shower, B&G instruments, roller furling. $45,000. Please call (510) 917-1855 or email: Andrew.Cunningham@rapt.com for pic¬ tures and specs.
PETERSON 43 IOR, JETSTREAM. Per¬ formance cruiser or racer. Winner of Big Boat Series and SORC. Now with a cruis¬ ing interior. New engine, cushions, radio, radar, windlass, fridge, roller furling, 10 sails, aft cabin. Enjoy life. $73,000. Call (562) 260-3707.
in 1999: engine, North inventory, boom, pole, dodger, Kevlar running rigging, in¬ struments, radio, SSB, autopilot, watermaker, electrical, refrigeration, bot¬ tom, some winches, GPS, emergency tiller. T ransPac ‘971 st overall, ‘99 Coastal Cup 2nd class, 2000 Pacific Cup 2nd over¬ all, ‘01 SB/King Harbor 1st ULDB, ‘01 Ventura County 1 st overall, ‘02 SD/PV 3rd overall, ‘02 Newport/Ensenada 1st PHRF A, 2002 SD/Ensenada 3rd PHRF 1. $195,000. Call (805) 649-9348.
CAL 2-46, PASSAGEMAKER. San Diego slip available. Realize your cruising dream. Head south from San Diego. New paint, S/S lifelines, pulpit, etc. See specs & pics at Website: <www.cal246.com> Partial trade considered for 34-37 foot sailboat. $95,000/negotiable. Please email John: jgs@golfcommunityrealty.com.
BENETEAU FIRST 40.7, 1999. Proven winner. Race or cruise. Racing sails: North 3DL main, 104% and 140% genoas, North .75 and 1.2 oz spinnakers, Doyle 600 spin¬ naker. Navtec hydraulic backstay adjuster. Cruising sails: Quantum main and roller furling genoa, .5 and .75 oz spinnakers, Harken jib furler. Electronics: Interfaced Raytheon GPS chartplotter, radar and new ST6001+ autopilot. New Raytheon ST60 wind, speed and depth instruments, re¬ peater at nav station. VHF with RAM. Pio¬ neer stereo system with six-disc CD changer and speakers cabin and cockpit. New Spectra and Vectran running rigging. Complete cruising gear: H/C pressure water, shower, fridge, propane stove, fold¬ down dodger, cockpit awning, screening for all ports and hatches. 30-hp Volvo Penta diesel with sail-drive and folding prop. $189,000. Call (415) 435-9382. J/42, 2000. Excellent example of the J/42. Meticulous owner has maintained her per¬ fectly. All the best equipment including carbon fiber mast, B&G Hydra electron¬ ics, Northstar GPS, Quantum Spectra sails, Espar diesel heating system. $280,000. Call Ken (925) 938-9751.
TAY ANA 55 CENTER COCKPIT CUTTER, 1986
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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, vyasher/dryer, liferaft, watermaker, GPS, SSB, weatherfax, radar and more. See Website: <www.emard.com> $169,900. Call (415) 383-8122._' 48-FT LOD, 63-FT LOA COLVIN steel pinky schooner. Perkins 4-236, tanbark sails, Furuno electronics, Avon RIB with 8 and 2 hp outboards. 10-ft Nutshell pram with sailing rig, loads of spares, extras. Launched 2001. Just hauled, surveyed 5/03. See: <www.SandsEndSailing.com> $145,000. Call (360) 370-5157.
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Solid fiberglass deck and hull, Forespar furling mast, Navtec/Harken rigging. Extensive gear for shorthanded circumnavigation. Ford Lehman diesel. 8 kw Opan. Near Lowes Coronado with possible slip. Asking $369,000. (7601613-8911 • email: james@yachtminder.com
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FREEDOM 40,1981. Cat ketch. Aft cock¬ pit, swing keel, unstayed carbon fiber masts, modified wishbone rig. Fully equipped for cruising/liveaboard. Includes: refrigeration, inverter, watermaker, AP, electric windlass, solar, radar, GPS, SSB/ Ham. Recent survey. San Francisco Bay. See Website: <www.geocities.com/ fantasysail> $125,000. (650) 922-4345.
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,G. DEVRIES 50, 1935. Dutch built steel ketch. Built to Lloyd’s highest standards. Classic teak interior with master state¬ room. Recently completed South Pacific cruise, offshore equipped. Continuously maintained to high standards. Current survey, available upon request. View at <http://geocities.com/scaldis2000/> $138,000. Call (831) 373-7969.
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65-FT MacGREGOR PILOTHOUSE CUTTER, 1990 Ready for bluewater cruising. Four staterooms, 250 hours on Yanmar. Generator, watermaker, Grunert/Technautics refrigeration. Inverter, full electronics and sail inventory. Original owner. Asking $189,000 • Sausalito Yacht • (800) 505-6651 July, 2003 *
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BRUCE BINGHAM 47,1977. Profession¬ ally built center cockpit ferrocement ketch. New engine, new running rigging, new sail covers, new white poplar/mahogany inte¬ rior, new hatch covers. New head, water heater, water'pump/holding tank. Recent survey. Beautiful boat. $97,000. Call (925) 998-0733.
KETTENBURG 41 X 10.4 X 5.5. Fiber¬ glass, excellent condition. Diesel, dodger, furling. Extensive refit 2002. Fridge, radar, plotter. North full batten, 150, others. Elec¬ tric windlass, tapered aluminum rig. 11-ft inflatable, 4 hp motor. Mallika is SoPac and Mex vet and the nicest K41 available. Sausalito. $52,000. (707) 865-1767.
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LANCER 40, 1984. Huge center cockpit sloop. 2 large staterooms. New 59 hp Volvo Penta 1998. Liferaft, dinghy with motor, 24-mile radar with GPS interface. This Baja vet makes for an excellent liveaboard/shorthanded cruiser. $66,000/ obo. Call (415) 215-5121.
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HUNTER PASSAGE 450, 2001. Pristine condition. In-mast furling main, roller furler, low time 76 hp Yanmar and 8 kw Kohler generator, two-zone A\C and heat. All Raytheon (ST60) WP\WS, knot, depth, repeater, RL70CRC+ color radar-GPS, 2 kw radome, Autohelm 7000+. Fully inte¬ grated computer system at chart table run¬ ning Raytech Navigator 4.0 software with C-Map*reader. Course can be plotted and steered from thd computer. Onboard wire¬ less network and printer, perfect remote office. New AGM batteries. Avon with 4 hp Merc and much more. $255,000 Must see to appreciate. Call for full details: (925) 447-6442.
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HARDIN SEAWOLF 40 KETCH. Perkins 4-107 with many upgrades. Roller furling, F/G decks, hot water, new electric, radar, shower, refrigeration, solar panel, wind¬ lass, 3 anchors. Comfortable liveaboard and cruiser. $50,000. (805) 985-6306. KELLY-PETERSON 44, 1981. Center cockpit cutter. Excellent cruiser, beautiful teak interior. Max prop, diesel genset, in¬ verter, gel cells, Maxwell windlass, Robertson 2500 autopilot, radar, solar, wind generator, Glacier Bay refrigeration, Force 10 stove, watermaker. $138,000. Lying San Carlos, Mexico. (928) 445-9478 or email: aburich@cableone.net.
ISLAND TRADER 46, 1980. $129,000. Ketch motorsailer, 120 Lehman, 1998 5 kw Northerniights generator, Lofrans wind¬ lass, 2001 LectraSan, 2002 blister guar¬ antee, beautiful teak interior, spacious aft stateroom with walkaround queen, two full heads, abundant storage, ideal liveaboard. SF Bay area. (650) 598-9890.
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JEANNEAU 47, 1992. Fully cruiser-out¬ fitted in 2001. 3 cabins, 2 heads, 75 hp Yanmar. This cruiser/racer is roomy with 15-ft beam. Will deliver. See Website for complete equipment list and photos: <www.pollingel8ctric.com> $220,000/obo. Call (707) 287-0270.
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HYLAS 47 CUTTER 1988. Sparkman & Stephens designed 3 stateroom CC seakindly solid bluewater cruiser in good condition. USCG #931977. Nicely equip¬ ped including Yanmar, dual radars, for¬ ward scanning sonar, GPS chart plotter, autopilot, windvane, liferaft, watermakers, sailmail, 520w solar, gennaker, boom brake, rod rigging, feathering prop, ultrasuede interior. RIB dinghy, O/B, dav¬ its, suncovers, charts, cruising guides, etc. $195,000. Buy now and save big bucks. No sales tax, no property tax, no sales commission. Call (520) 803-9168 or email: WCW9446@hotmail.com.
MARINER 48 KETCH. George Stadell design. Recent survey. Circumnavigation refit 1996. Primary sail controls to large center cockpit. Fresh bottom, full cruising sail inventory including new jib 2003. Roller furling, radar, Loran, dual Garmin GPS, Autohelm, solar. 85 hp Lehman, in¬ verter, Avon liferaft. EPIRB, new Zodiac tender with 4 cycle Honda o/b. Teak/holly interior, full dodger, huge main salon, two staterooms with heads with bath tub. Many extras and full inventory upon request. $139,000. Call (925) 787-2497 or email: hoopshrauberman@hotmail.com. TARTAN 40,1989. Beautiful, strong, per¬ formance bluewater cruiser. Kevlor hull, Scheel keel, cutter rigged, hard dodger, refer/freezer, radar, Ham/SSB, GPS, au¬ topilot, inverter, watermaker. Located SF Bay. My loss, your gain. $129,000. $>tee photos/specs at: <www.geocities.com/ obsessionSV> Call (541) 746-0540 or eruai I: SVobsession@hotmail .com.
HARDIN SEAWOLF 41,1978. Spacious and bright classic fiberglass ketch. Main¬ tained by liveaboard owner/woodworker in Sausalito. Berth may transfer. Newly rebuilt Westerbeke 50. Other upgrades. Needs some electrical and rigging work. Reduced to $58,000. (415) 412-4370.
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51 FEET & OVER 100-FT MOTORSAILER, KETCH RIG. 7 staterooms plus master quarters. 4 heads, machine shop, compressor for scuba tanks. Recent'haulout. Best offer or trade. As-is. Call (925) 783-0605.
65-FT PILOTHOUSE SCHOONER. Built
50-FT AIREX FOAM FIBER TRIMARAN.
CORSAIR 24 Mk II, 2002. All new Calvert
1917 AAA Shipyard. Heavy wood con¬ struction. New 6-71 diesel engine and rig¬ ging. Junk rig. Sails and motors great. Pacific vet. Comes with rent free mooring in Sausalito. $35,000. Call (415) 331 -3612 or email: daveandrosella@msn.com.
Veteran of two Pacific circumnavigations. Docked in Florida where it has spent 7 consecutive winters, ready for the Baha¬ mas and Caribbean. 50’ x 26’ x 2-1/2’. Ask¬ ing $67,000. For more details log onto www.sailnet.com, ID 12820. Call (530) 647-2757 or email: RandK@d-web.com.
sails, spin control kit, high-tech rigging, compass, cushions, AMA hatchs, trailer, 5 hp Nissan. Located in the Bay Area. See at Website: <www.info@offthewind.com> Mike (970) 379-1466 or (970) 945-7999.
HUNTER 54. Completely refit. New ma¬ hogany interior. New LPU. Carbon fiber retractable pole. New mast, rig, line. New diesel. New epoxy bottom. All new elec¬ tronics. Autopilot. All new hardware. This is a must see. $96,000. (415) 385:1626.
CORSAIR F-24 Mk 1,1994 with 2000 FE trailer. Good condition. 2001 Nissan 4stroke. $27,500. Dennis (858) 481-1697 or (858) 344-2867.
65-FT CUSTOM CUTTER, 1994. Fast,
51-FT LOA UPDATED COLUMBIA 50,1987. Two private staterooms with ensuite heads. 160 gals fuel and water. 1 m range. Equipped with 8 ST winches and 11 hatches by Lewmar. Forespar mast, Harken furling, electric windlass, Taylor stove. Hawaii vet 2002. Excellent boat for couple and family. All systems upgraded 2002-03. Ready to go. Best value at $85,000. No brokers. (760) 351-1513 or (619) 992-5666.
TAYANA 52 AFT COCKPIT. Lying West Coast. 1993 Robert Perry designed, su¬ perb cruising yacht in bristol condition. Fully loaded, ready for offshore. New sails, dodger, bimini and upholstery. Yanmar 110 hp (prbo, Max Prop, in-mast furling, genoa furling. Monitor windvane, Auto¬ helm Sea Talk system interfaced with GPS. Electronic charting interfaced with GPS and radar. Weather fax, SSB, VHF, 20 GPH watermaker, fridge,freezer, Heart inverter,-liferaft, EPIRB, etc. US$345,000. Email: tayana522002@yahoo.ca or call (604) 272-2421.
seaworthy world cruiser, just returned from six year circumnavigation, crewed by only two. Loaded with equipment and spares, ready to go again. Documented, lying Napa. Must see to appreciate, a bargain at $298,000. Call (707) 226-5725.
CLASSICS HERRESHOFF 28 CLASSIC KETCH, 1962. Full boat cover, Atomic 4 engine newly rebuilt, Autohelm, roller furling, VHF ra¬ dio. Professionally maintained. Beautiful wooden classic. Price reduction to $20,000/obo. Call (510) 793-7489 (eves) or (510) 410-1426 (days).
lated steel ketch. Mexico? S.Pacific? This Fall? Detroit diesel, manuals/spares. Self¬ stowing chain rode. Norsemans. Two Profurls. Self-tailing winches. Dutchman, mast steps, 2 spinnakers in socks. Furuno radar, SSB/Ham, Robertson AP. Liferaft, Achilles/OB on davits. Vilage and Pover Survivor WMs. Refrigeration, stall shower, bathtub. Recent bottom sandblast/inor¬ ganic zinc coat.. Giveaway at $59,000/of¬ fer. Brisbane SF. (530) 676-3181 or email: bsuki33@aol.com.
Better than new. $40K equipment, up¬ grades installed by Moorings. $40K owner installed upgrades, amenities. The world’s finest cruising cat with striking style, per¬ formance and seaworthiness. See her at Website: <www.boattraderonline.com/ addetail.html?31469064> Price reduced $329,000. Call (904) 501-3063.
F9A (F31). Kevlar carbon screecher and main, 2 mains, Harken roller furler jib, spin¬ naker. Hull is Duracore epoxy by profesional builder. 9.9 Yamaha. Lots of cruising gear, dodger, dinghy and motor, 2 autopilots, GPS, VHF, 75 watt solar panel. $84,000. (209) 795-2723 or email: rocketkayak@yahoo.com.
A-frame. All epoxy glass over wood/foam. 9.9 O/B with remote/electric start. Wheel with AP, solar. Loaded to cruise/live aboard. $34,000. Sacramento, Delta, CA. Please call (619) 252-6907 or email: gluerue@hotmail.com.
F27 CORSAIR TRIMARAN, 1991. 32-FT MOTORSAILER, 1932. Master Mariner berthed in San Francisco. See at <www.serosa.net> In very good condition. $10,000. Call (415) 329-8294.
hull of Port Orford cedar, teak from decks up, restoration underway. Documented, undercover in San Rafael. Photos online: <www.nwrowing.us/dunya.htm> $3,000/ obo. Email: dale@fairhaven.com or call (360)303-3710., ,
ROBERTS 53 CENTER COCKPIT insu¬
LEOPARD 3800 CATAMARAN, 2001.
aboard slip in SF Bay. Galley up, pan¬ oramic view, 8kw generator, wind genera¬ tors. Separate freezer, watermaker, washer/dryer. Full electronics including sat phone, large tankage, etc. $285,000. Please call (415) 383-8122 or email: wemard@edptlaw.com._
31-FT SEARUNNER TRIMARAN, 1997.
STEPHENS 34 CRUISER, 1929. Sound
52-FT CUSTOM CLIPPER KETCH. Ex¬ tensive electronics, 5kw genset and 2kw cruise generator. 85 hp Perkins 4-236,800 gal diesel, 250 gal water, custom watermaker. Exquisite mahogany/oak/ teak interior. Gourmet galley, reefer/ freezer/ice-maker, massive storage. Leather repliners, Persian carpets, new mattresses and heads, 2 A/Cs. Water toys, 9-ft glass dinghy and new inflatable, liferaft. Fish, snorkel and scuba gear. Needs minor cosmetics. Price reduced $75K to $175,000. Call (650) 593-2290 or email: rospearl@aol.com._
ADMIRAL 47 CRUISING CAT. Live-
Trailerable. Excellent condition, freshwa¬ ter sailing. 4 sails, 8 hp Nissan. Autopilot with remote, VHF radio with masthead antenna. All Navico instruments. Tandemaxle galvanized trailer. Lots of extras. Ask¬ ing $53,000. Call (702) 645-1496 or (702) 496-7932.
CORSAIR F24 Mk II, 1997. 6 hp motor.
CHRIS CRAFT CATALINA 50,1952. This lovely wooden lady awaits your loving care. She offers a sound bottom, great running twin Perkins FWC turbo diesels with low hours, macerating head with shower, easy to use galley, roomy even for the tall. Needs restoration but big fun as is. $15,500. Please call Shellie (415) 447-8845 to tour.
KETTENBERG 47 PCC, 1948. Com¬ pletely overhauled, surveyed and ap¬ praised at $47,000 in 2001. Port Orford cedar on oak, 12 sails. Asking $45,000. For complete details see Website: <www.kettenburgboats.com. Call owner (925) 946-9321.
MULTI HULLS SEARUNNER 37,1983. Equipped for liv¬ ing aboard and cruising in Southeast Alaska. Alaska veteran in excellent shape. Turnkey. See the boat at Website: <www.kpunet.net/~karlyenk/ EquipmentList.html> Must sell. Asking $44,000. Call (360) 332-0992 (WA).
BEST TRI ON THE MARKET. Buy $50,000 of upgrades for 10 cents on the dollar. Equipped to go anywhere. Perfect for Mexico or the West Coast. Circumnavi¬ gate. Owner changed plans: Happily mar¬ ried and looking for a smaller boat. Gypsy Dolphin, Marples Seaclipper 41. In water in LaPaz. Reduced again to $65,000 or any reasonable offer. Call Ethan (907) 522-9157 or go to <www.bajayachts.com> for photos and specs.__
MANTA 40 CATAMARAN, 1999. Bra¬ denton, Florida. Many extras: 10 solar panels, AC/heat, washer/dryer, watermaker, sea anchor, new bottom paint, new canvas and much, much more. See {ull specs, price and pics at Website: <www.cruisecavu.com> or email: manta4sale@yahoo.com._ BROWN SEARUNNER 31, HULL #2. Completely cruise equipped. 15 hp Honda, Norseman terminals, 2 sets sails, roller furling, propane, S/L windlass, GPS, 60 gal water, solar, auto/wind pilot, windvane, etc. $16,000. Ventura, CA. Please call (909) 868-8198.
MacGREGOR 36. Rare factory tall rig and transom-mounted kickup rudders. Rare factory trailer modified to spread hulls while loaded. Most years sailed season¬ ally on freshwater, Lake Tahoe, Almanor. 5 sails including 1,800 square foot spin¬ naker. $25,000. Call (530) 283-3873.
Trailer with spare, brakes, custom lights. Mylar main, jib, screecher, spinnaker. Nexus custom instrumentation, custom interior, extra storage, boom tent, swim ladder, safety equipment, dock and anchor Equipment. Many extras, excellent condi¬ tion. $44,900/obo. Call (760) 721-3341.
36-FT TRIMARAN, GOOD CONDITION. All new rigging, new 9.9 Yamaha. Radio, Horizon depth/speed/wind indicators, bright afry cabin. Jibs, main, spinnaker. Standing headroom, sink, stove. Pete’s Harbor, So. San Francisco. Reduced to $25,000. Call for pictures. Laurie (650) 463-4647 or (800) 891 -5763 (pgr) or (707) 235-2297.
WANTED: 30-40 FT CATAMARAN for San Francisco / Monterey Bay family sail¬ ing. 4+ berths, daggerboards preferred. Will consider boats from Vancouver to San Diego. Age less important than condition and seaworthiness. Tim 408) 656-0485 or email: tim@tim-barnes.com.
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SCAND BALTIC MOTOR CRUISER. Custom built Norwegian motor cruiser. 30ft. Sleeps 5.200 hp Volvo Penta turbo die¬ sel engine. 20+ knots, GPS, bowthrusters, 12v fridge. GPS, VHF, deisel heat, LectraSan head. Extras. Great looking, unusual design. Berthed Sausalito. $60,000. Please call (415) 331-3320 or email: kandwrichards@earthlink.net.
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38-FT TRIMARAN, 1998. Hand laid up in mold. All glass with end grain balsa above waterline. One piece deck, thru-bolted and glassed to hull. This is the best built trimaran on the West Coast for its size. $10,000 in portholes and hatches. Lug¬ ger diesel engine, double prop bowthruster, anchor winch, stainless steel water and fuel tanks, full flotation. Radar, GPS, fathommeter, VHF, Aqua drive, new aluminum mast. All teak interior, shower, hot and cold water. Added another $20,000 after survey. Surveyed for $160,000.1 am lowering price in half. First $55,000, cash/firm, takes it. No trades. Call (360) 417-1195.
26-FT AQAUPRO RAIDER 790 RIB. Center console. Hard bimini top. Forward and aft benches and tow posts. 175 hp 4stroke Honda, only 80 hours. Brand new. Used 4 weeks. $51,000. (650) 965-8597 or email: joan@vbsi.com.
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Mercruiser, 110 hours. Excellent condi¬ tion. Transferable SF Marina, Gashouse Cove slip. $28,500/obo. (650) 533-8215 or email: a_wandycz@hotmail.com. Also, new 10-ft Port-a-Bote and 4-stroke 5 hp Nissan outboard. \
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/ ALBIN 25 SWEDISH-MADE CLASSIC. Reliable, fiberglass, 2 cylinder Albin die¬ sel. V-berth, galley, head, stern cabin. Needs cosmetics. $7,500. (707) 374-3201 or email: ontheslew@aol.com.
65-FT FISHING BOAT, 1929. Doubleplanked cedar. Twin 671 engines. 34” props. Fiberglass fish hold. Running but needs work. $10,000. Mike (925) 766-4421 or (925)210-3031 (Iv msg).
41-FT DOUBLE-ENDED TRAWLER. 371 Detroit diesel, 50 hours. Keel cooler, clipper bow. Dick Husing, Builder. 2 gph at 7 knots. New: Radar, VHF, stereo/ speakers, bimini, galley. BearclaW tub/ shower, true queen+ berth. Electric wind¬ lass, hardwoods, Italian brass. Classic lines, great liveaboard/cruiser. $59,500/ obo. (510) 923-1383.
BENETEAU B393, 2002. Downtown Sausalito berth, new last June. Bay/off¬ shore cruiser with 3 cabins, sleeps 6. Full amenities, electronics loaded, fully rigged, beautiful interior. Sails like a dream and looks like one too. $750 per monthJor 1/4 non-equity share plus deposit. 2 available. Use times flexible. Greg (415) 331-4900 (ofcj or (415) 332-4401 (hm). CRUISING SAILBOAT. Equity partner¬ ship wanted, 2-3 parties at $20K-$30K each for 32 to 42-ft boat in SF Bay. Please call David (408) 358-2154 or email: dtnvegli@redshift.com.
1962 OWENS TAHITIAN. 40-ft, 12’3” beam. Double cabin, flying bridge, twin engines. Full canvas, double plank hull. Many interior upgrades including com¬ puter work station. Berthed in Napa in covered slip. Great liveaboard. -$37,000. Reduced to $32,500. Call (707) 251-1553. BENETEAU 44,1987. Located in Puerto Vallarta. Cruise equipped. Beautiful blue hull, maintained to highest standards. 3 staterooms. Race or cruise in Paradise. US documented. $129,000/obo. Email: lupedipp@cybercable.com.mx.
1977 CARVER MARINER POWERBOAT. 2 new 351 Ford engines. Full fridge/ freezer, canvas top included, full bath and shower. Docked with slip and livaboard privileges at Sausalito Marine. $40,000. Call Stu (415) 289-0757._ 9-FT BOSTON WHALER with Weaver davits, 6 hp Johnson O/B, EZ loader trailer. $1,500. (707) 815-5638.
40-FT GOLDEN STAR SEDAN TRAWLER, 1984. Twin 135 Perkins, two staterooms, full bath, windlass, two radios, two depth sounders, pedestal queen in master state¬ room. $95,000/obo. Call (510) 534-7680 or email: Paulbubba@aol.com. 40-FT LIBERTY LAUNCH, 1953. Live. Work. Play. Large galley, separate shower and head. King master berth, abundant storage. Open, airy salon. Mahogany hull. 671 engine runs great, 320 gal capacity. Survey 30K, ask $23,000. (707) 793-0420 or email: roypi@compuserve.com.
HERSHINE 37 AFT CABIN TRAWLER. Ganapatiis a very special vessel. She has been loved and cared for. Many upgrades that make this kind vessel the right ship for the prudent buyer. She’s pretty and she’s clean. Single Ford-Lehman with low hours. 2 cabins, 2 heads, excellent cruiser or liveaboard. Raytheon RL70 radar with Chart plotter, second radar head on upper helm via high speed bus, Raytheon auto¬ pilot, Garmin 162 GPS, Micro Logic Loran C, depthsounder, fishfinder, Horizon hailer with intercom between bridge and saloon, full canvas and many upgrades. 1998 survey. See more at Website: <www.trillium-inc.com/hershine> $89,000. Please call (831) 422-7603_
PARTNERSHIPS ONE-THIRD SHARE. Islander 28, 1977. Well built 3/4 keel classic cruiser. Emeryville slip. Diesel engine inboard, tiller, sleeps 4. Plenty of good sails. Great Bay boat. $3,800 buy-in and under $100/ month. Please call John (925) 684-9116, message available. PARTNERSHIP, J/105 #266. 1/3 racing/ cruising partnership available at South Beach Harbor. Great, well-equipped boat and excellent partners. Join the most fun and competitive one-design class on SF Bay. Please call (415) 613-2343 or email: toto@goware.com.
26-FT REINELL FLYBRIDGE cabin cruiser. Nice liveaboard or project boat. Sausalito berth with great views of SF and Mt. Tamalpais. Good condition, new car¬ pet and paint. Twin Volvo engines need work. Moving forces sale. Asking $5,000/ obo. (415) 706-2563._
J/30 RACER/CRUISER. Bristol condition, loaded with the essentials, Yanmar 14 hp diesel, 2 sets of sails, new rigging, cleaned every month, Sausalito berth. 1/2 equity interest. $12,000. Call (415) 699-6943 or email: beckrw@yahoo.com.
50-FT NAVY LAUNCH, 1968. Work boat. 671 Detroit diesel, running. In water, not leaking. Heavy duty. Double planking, Apiton over cedar on oak frames. Cabin fiberglass, good hull, rough cosmetically. Survey, $15,000. Asking $10,000. Mike (925)766-4421 or (925) 210-3031 (Ivmsg).
SAILING TIME-SHARE SOUGHT. Sausalito. Experienced, mature Bay sailor, former boat owner, looking for time-share plan on 30-foot or greater sailboat. US Sailing Association certified for Keel Boat, Basic Cruising Level and Bareboat. Call (415) 516-2874.
MEXICOLDER TROPICAL YACHT refrig¬ eration in Mazatlan? Yes. 12 volt, super low amp draw. Built for blistering heat in Sea of Cortez, beyond. Shipping to all Mexican ports. Cruisers make appoint¬ ment early for fall install, cool savings. <http://www.mexicolder.com> or email: mexicolder@hotmail.com.
SOVEREL 30 FIBERGLASS SLOOP, 1976. $34,500. Cruise ready, well maintained, clean. Draft: 3’ 6”. Water 50 gal, fuel 20 gal. 20 hp Westerbeke diesel, tiller, auto¬ pilots, insulated backstay, new batteries, roller furling, 2 solar panels. Includes 6,000-lb trailer. San Carlos, Sonora. Owner in San Carlos at end of July, be¬ ginning of August for showing. Email: Brantcalkin@hotmail.com or call (760) 944-7443 for more complete data. BEST TRI ON THE MARKET. Buy $50,000 of upgrades for 10 cents on the dollar. Equipped to go anywhere. Perfect for Mexico or the West Coast. Circumnavi¬ gate. Owner changed plans: Happily mar¬ ried and looking for a smaller boat. Gypsy Dolphin, Marples Seaclipper 41. In water in LaPaz. Reduced again to $65,000 or any reasonable offer. Call Ethan (907) 522-9157 or go to <www.bajayachts.com> for photos and specs.
TRADE ALBIN VEGA 27 AUXILIARY SLOOP, 1974. Beam 8’9”. Hand-laminated molded fiber¬ glass. Volvo Penta MD-2 two-cylinder die¬ sel. Encased ballast rudder. Easy singlehanding. Well maintained. Surveyed and bottom end 6/01. Trade for power/ houseboat. $12,000 value. (510) 368 2499 or email: rmonchatre2@hotmail.com.
WANTED YARD DOLLY OR TRAILER suitable for Santana 22. Call John (510) 233-1614.
UNION POLARIS 36,1980. Like a Hans Christian but half the cost. Perkins 4-108, Heart charger/inverter with Link 2000, Cetrek Autohelm. ICOM 710 SSB/Ham, ICOM VHF, EPIRB, Magellan GPS,5000. T ri-color. Alternator 150, screens, canvas covers, Avon RIB with Suzuki 8 hp. ProFurl, solar panels, 24m radar, Force 10 stove/oven, hotwater heater. Muir wind¬ lass, spares and lots of cruising equip¬ ment. Documented. Lying Mexico. $74,500. Sailingman68@yahoo.com. No brokers. PARADISE VILLAGE CONDO. Located Banderas Bay, 5 star resort Nuevo Vallarta. 2 bedroom, 2 bath, overlooking pool and, marina. Many amenities. See <www.paradisevillage.com> A relaxing tropical getaway in Mexico. Something for everyone. Call (510) 865-7580 or email: jnmoores@aol.com for details. SEAWORTHY FLOATING FARMHOUSE. Stoutly-built 42-ft halibut-schooner-style motorsailer with soul, needs equally soul¬ ful owner. Located on San Carlos Bay, Sonora, Mexico. $6,000. Check Website: <http://mightytoad.slickness.org> then please email: verba_lee@yahoo.com. LEARN TO SAIL IN THE SEA of Cortez from an ASA sailing school, based in San Carlos, Sonora. We specialize in learn-tosail cruises and vacations. We also have bareboat and crewed charters available. Information and lots of photos at <http:// mexicosailing.com>
LATE MODEL ARIES WINDVANE. May also consider Monitor or Fleming in good condition at a reasonable price. Currenty sailing to Hawaii. Back in Alameda, CA. on 7/9/03. Please email response to: bmd@idockusa.com. YANKEE 30. Would like to buy diesel powered Mark III. Bay Area location. Will also consider Mark II or Mark I. Prefer boat with jib furler and wheel steering. Call (415) 479-5755. 45 TO 52-FT KETCH/SLOOP to 6’8” draft. Ocean capable, soundness and extra workspace, cost, liveaboard, 2-person set¬ up all factor. Full keel or TLC needs OK if low cost. Ex got the house, I’ll sail. $70,000-150,000 budget. Call Ivo (408) /924-0655 or email: teknetcal@hotmail.com.
TRAILERS ‘99 GARGES FIXED KEEL MONOHULL trailer. Heavy duty 10,000-lbs, tandemaxle, surge brakes, adjustable bunks. Must see. Less than 1,000 miles. Has hauled Sonoma 30, Wylie Hawkfarm 28, Catalina 25. $3,400. (530) 873-9221 or email: medinage@butte.edu. WANTED TO PURCHASE OR RENT: Trailer for fixed keel Catalina 27. Exact fit not neccessary, will repair if required. Call Jerry (530) 823:9399 or (916) 247-2818 or email: Jmerit@aol.com. BOAT TRAILER. 1976 SC 27 single-axle, surge brakes, current registration. Good condition. $1,500/obo. Please call (415) 543-7333.
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welded, single-axle trailer. Pads set for Santana 2023 sailboat. Excellent condi¬ tion. $495. Sacramento. (916) 944-1606.
two, aluminum, $850. Harken Unit 1, $550. Harken Unit 2, $900. Barlow 25 winches, pair, $350/each. 100-ft 3/8” Crystalyne main halyard with shackle, $125. All used, great condition. Call Tom (415) 331-3400.
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LEE SAILS, NEVER USED. Main 9.2 oz, 44’ x 20’ x 48’, 3 reefs, .467 sq ft, $1,475. Jib 7.5 oz, 52’ x 18’, lYiank, 358 sq ft, $975. Call (702) 838-3450 or email: Bobnwillie@aol.com.
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ENGINES, WATERMAKER. OMC 6 hp shortshaft, remote tank, excellent condi¬ tion, $500. OMC 4 hp longshaft, $300. SeaGull 40+ recoil starter with neutral, $300. PUR 35 manual watermaker, never used, custom case, $800. (510) 521 -4559.
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10 hp. Comes with 15-gal fuel tank, shaft prop, strut, no panel. Out of Chance 33 that was murdered by delivery skipper. $800. Call (714) 973-2878.
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Honda 15 hp 4-stroke, standard shaft and West Marine RU280 rollaway 10-ft dinghy. Used less than 4 hours. Sell for $1,400/ each or $2,500/package. Call Ray (415) 898-4211.
TWO FOLDING BIKES. Stainless steel. 16" wheels. Three speeds. Like new. Never ridden, but stored for a number of years. HON America brand. $200/each. (650) 561-9712,
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Garmin 2000 10.5” color chartplotter, bought $1,099. New Furuno radar 1721 color network, extra powerline, $995. HH Standard VHF submersible, $175. 300w inverter, $49. Sony PDA 612c, $117. Call Mark (916) 972-0800.
WINSLOW OFFSORE LIFERAFT with double bottom, 1998, never used or ex¬ posed to elements, $1,800. Also, 30” Galerider drogue with 5/8” x 350’ deploy¬ ment rode and 5/8” x 45' bridling line, $450. Call (831) 475-4143.
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MAST FOR SALE. 60' keel stepped 6” x
ers, distributors, V-drives, carbs, etc. In¬ stallation available. Wanted: Main, storm, spin, radar, SSB, dodger for 34’ Colum¬ bia. Also dinghy, outboard, in need of re¬ pair is OK. Call (916) 777-5510.
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ARIES WINDVANE. Late model, with wheel drum and spares. Purchased new from Nick Franklin’s shop in UK, carried as back-up steering on circumnavigation. Good condition. $2,500. (707) 226-5725.
Mainsail, Hobie 18, excellent condition. 2 rod boom vangs, $550/obo. 2 Barlow 27s, st, $1,700/obo. Harken twin sheet blocks and 6-ft track, $500/obo. Big boat hard¬ ware, 10,000-lb and 7,500 wl. (510) 5303254 (5-8 pm or Iv msg).
straight 8 engine. New, not rebuilt. Manu¬ factured 1950. Complete, |fresh and run¬ ning. $1,000. Call 1 (800) 838-0661.
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33-lb Bruce, $125. Tamaya MS833 sex¬ tant, $800. Davis Mark 25 sextant, $125. HP41CV plus Navpac, $50. Charts Mexico, Pacific, Carib, $150 for all. More. Ken (510) 428-4023.
28-FT MAST. Good condition, $500/obo. RESTORING A WOODY? Chrysler Royal
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less steel, two-burner stove with oven, searails and potholders, gimbal mounts, pressurized fuel tank with gauge, and all necessary fittings. Unit is in like-new con¬ dition. $350. Call (775) 746-9666.
PFAFF 130. Good condition. From mid¬ west, has not lived on the water. With case, needles, bobbins, instructions. $500/obo. Inge (831) 649-1363 or email: seababy50@hotmail.com.
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MONITOR WINDVANE, Airxwind genera¬ tor, sails, instant water heater, Avon in¬ flatable. Outboards: 2HPSS; 3HPSS; 3.5HPLS; 6HPLS; 8HPSS. Marine/HAM SSB, backstay insulators, BBQs, transom rudder, Edson bilge pump, parachute sea nchor, dinghy, 4-burner/oven, compasses, winches, swim ladder, Seaswing. Trades? Please call (415) 331-0330 or email: bradlowOO@aol.com.
10" Hood Stoway with main and boom. New paint. $3,000. Also, 10-ft Watertender dinghy good condition, $350. Please call (707) 923-7224.
BOAT LOAD OF STUFF. 1/2 W. Marine prices: CNG tanks, winch handles, 3.5 hp Nissan, anchors and rode, snatch blocks, sextant, manual pumps, handheld radios, lots of line, sheets and halyards. More. Please call for faxed or emailed list. (415) 485-1066. JOHNSON 4 HP, 2-STROKE with less than 2 hours running time. This motor was bought as a spare for our dinghy when we were sailing in Mexico for two years. New condition with spare parts. $850X811 (209) 544-9269.
ROMAINE MARINE ELECTRONICS • SUMMER SALE & CLEARANCE 2500 watt inverter/charger, new, $500 • 100 amp HD alternator, new, $200 200 amp HD alternator, new, $500 • Battery Boxes • Connectors Raymarine - B&G ~ Signet p^rts & much more • Great new & used stuff
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J VOLVO PENTA MD17C 35 HP diesel with transmission. Low hours on rebuilt injec¬ tion pump and injectors, runs well and can be demonstrated, $1,900. Shipmate 3burner propane range, good shape,$250. Email Marvin: mhamon@yahoo.com or call (510) 814-9561.
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$50. Volvo MD-2 diesel, $1,600. MS-2 transmission, $450. 50 hp Isuzu diesel with 1.91 velvet drive, rebuilt, $2,800. Ideal 12v windlass for 1/4” chain and rode, $250. Two 9’ x 1/12” ss shafts, complete, $150/each, $250/pair. Need an 18" x 12" 3 or 4-blade propellor with big hub for 1 -3/ 4" shaft. (415) 272-5776.
membership. Includes US Sailing certifi¬ cation from Basic Keelboat through Off¬ shore Passagemaker. Huge fleet, No. Cal, So. Cal and Hawaii. Trainer use and re¬ fresher classes included. Lists at $3,250. Sell for $2,500/obo. Call (831) 476-3435 or email: JohnnySC1@aol.com.
comes all experience levels. Our members enjoy cruising, group sails, daysailing, socials and other activities year round. Monthly meetings at Ballena Bay Yacht Club in Alameda. Visit our Website at <www.ssaonline.org> (510) 273-9763.
Motorola Series 95005, like new, still in box, $999. Also, lifeboat wanted, wooden, in good condition. Gall (650) 563-9164.
PFAFF SEWING MACHINE. Zig zag model #130. Juki sewing machine, walk¬ ing foot model #562 complete with stand and motor. Adler sewing machine, walk¬ ing foot, new in box. Call (650) 593-0226.
CNG THREE-BURNER STOVE. Com¬ plete with tank, hose, regulator, $550. Jabsco electric toilet, $150. Fresh Mitchell spinnaker, 43’ x 26’, $240. Pair Barient #26 winches, $420. 8-ft sailing dink, $240. 25-lb Danforth-style anchor, $50. See in Berkeley. Call (530) 304-7351.
CLUBS & MEMBERSHIPS BAY AREA ASSOCIATION OF disabled sailors (BAADS). Sailing for able-bodied and disabled sailors. Come join us every Sunday at 12:30 am at Pier 40 (Embarcadero at Townsend), San Fran¬ cisco. Call (415) 281-0212 and see Website <www.baads.org> Monthly meet¬ ings on 3rd Saturdays at South Beach Yacht Club. Wheelchair accessible, lifts, slings, high quads can steer. Free Sailing Fiesta - Saturday, August 17, offering a free ‘try-it-and-you’ll-like-it’ sailboat ride. SF BAY OCEANIC CREW GROUP. Bay Area's most active sailing group offering monthly speakers, Bay & coastal sailing, service, socializing. New and experienced skippers and crew are welcome. Go sail¬ ing at (415) 456-0221 or see Website: <www.crewgroup.org>
BBYC - BALLENA BAY YACHT CLUB located in Alameda, welcomes new mem¬ bers. Racing, cruise-ins, cruise outs, so¬ cial events and camaraderie. Active Vol¬ unteer Club. Open seven days/we'ek. Ac¬ tivity nearly every evening. See Website: www.bbyc.org. For info packet please call (510) 523-7225.
40-FT SAN DIEGO LIVEABOARD SLIP available from 08/15/03 through 12/15/03. No bum boats. Full insurance required. Email: FrConrad@aol.com.
NEED SLIP FOR CATALINA 42. From August 1 on. Rent/sublease. Alameda, East San Francisco Bay, Monterey. 42-ft, 14-ft beam, 6.5-ft draft. Sailboat. Call (916) 799-3774 or fax (866) 491-6964 or email: peguina@aol.com.
BAY AND DELTA SAILOR wishes to meet fit female first mate to share fun times. I’m Caucasian, athletic, 53, on the peninsula, and also enjoy cycling and ski¬ ing. Paramount concerns are reliability, credibility and communication. Let’s ex¬ plore the possibilities. (650) 291-4242.
EXPLORE SOUTH PACIFIC. Cruising South Seas this season, looking to, share costs. Tonga and Fiji, Oct 17 - Nov 6. Fiji and/to New Zealand, Nov 10 - Dec 1. NZ in Dec or Jan. $2,000 per person/$3,000 per couple. Email: Boldspirit@attbi.com. Please allow 10 days for reply.
35- FT SLIP FOR SALE. Emery Cove
NON-PROFIT
Marina. Best available. Upwind. Ideal, close-in location. 35’-13’. $36,000/cash. Terms possible. Call (650) 561-9712.
MARIN POWER & SAIL SQUADRON
PIER 39,36-FT SLIP. Close in. $277/mo.
has, since 1959, promoted high standards of navigation and seamanship and offers members free classes ranging from Sea¬ manship to Celestial Navigation plus cruises and social events. Come join us. Call Pete (415) 382-8109.
plus utilities. (415) 252-4858.
MISCELLANEOUS IRIDIUM SATELLITE TELEPHONE,
DOCK D13, PIER 39. 40-ft dock up for quick sale. Call (213) 622-5033 (days) or (818) 591-0686 (eves). Ask for Ronald.
SAUSALITO SIDE-TIE. 25 to 57-ft boat. Reasonable rent. Power and water. Close to parking. Special deal for boat being sold. Call (415) 331-5251.
SAFE BOATING CLASSES offered to the
36- FT SAN FRANCISCO PIER 39 slip for
public in the Sacramento area. The sixweek class begins on July 17, 7 pm to 9 pm, at the Century 21 Select Training Center, 7919 Pebblebeach Dr, Citrus Heights, CA. Call (916) 492-5566 for fur¬ ther details.
sale. Good location: B39. Get immediate access to the slot and central Bay. Ask¬ ing $16,000. Call (415) 459-5184 or email: y_daishan@hotmail.com.
course for power and sail, offered by US Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 17. Covers Aids to Navigation, Nav Rules, Boat Han¬ dling, Marine Electronics, Trailering, Pilot¬ ing, Charting, Lines & Knots, Radio/VHF Protocol, more. Meets on Yerba Buena Island, 9/2/03 to 10/16/02,7:30 to 9:30 pm, Tues & Thurs. $45 includes materials. Pre¬ registration is required. For more info, please call (415) 399-3411 or email: fsopel 7@hotmail.com.
USCG LICENSED CAPTAINS with tow¬ ing endorsement, for assistance towing position in SF Bay, Delta or Ventura ar¬ eas, full or part-time, some experience desirable. Fax resume to (925) 684-2067 or call (805) 644-2762. BAY SHIP AND YACHT, PT. RICHMOND. Travel Lift Operator and Assistant: Lifting boats and coordinating haulouts. General Marine Mechanic: Propulsion and me¬ chanical systems. Finish Painter and Fi¬ berglass Specialist: Marine paints and fi¬ berglass repair. Please fax resumes to (510) 237-2253.
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JOB OPPORTUNITIES
LOOKING FOR HARDY CREW to sail Bay and beyond aboard 40-ft custom C&C. Ordaysail on Ericson 27, joining our sail clinic, (est. 1991,501 C-3 non-profit) teaching at-risk, low-income youth. Take your pick. Interested parties call Ken (415) 203-2783. ^
For Yacht Brokerage in Sausalito. All in¬ quiries will be confidential. Please call (415) 332-8070.
SAILING INSTRUCTORS. Earn your ASA Instructor Certification fpr Bareboat (BBC) and Advanced Coastal Cruising (ACC). ASA Instructor Qualification Clinic being taught at Tradewinds Sailing in Point Rich¬ mond on 8/23 and 8/24. Very limited avail¬ ability. Register now at www.americansailing.com.
MARINA MANAGER WANTED for ex¬
BERTHS & SLIPS FOR SALE BY ORIGINAL OWNER. 50ft slip on sheltered Eastern side of Pier 39 Marina in the heart of San Francisco. Ex¬ cellent amenities, ren'ovated breakwater and parking pass available with slip. $45,000 with terms possible. Please call (415) 435-8854.
PINK AND WHITE APPLE BLOSSOMS, lavendar and thyme grow in my backward. A sincere heart and a lifetime of adven¬ ture are guiding me forward to the sailor who is meant to be mine. If you are the one, not just passing time, you can reach me on the morrow, without halt or sorrow. Be of quick wit and you alone will be my fit. SWF, professional, 2 young children, NS„ early 40s. (805) 901-2890.
BEAUTIFULLY LOCATED 36-FT BERTH at Pier 39, San Francisco. View of Tele¬ graph Hill and Bay. Excellent showers and security. Leased until 2032. 13-ft beam. $14,000. Call Lorraine McCloud (650) 692-1318 or email: Cuutipi88@aol.com.
40-FT SLIP AVAILABLE NOW at Jack London Square. Located directly on Es¬ tuary in West Basin. Available now through September, negotiable. 14% discount off regular rental fee. Call Jim or Bryan (415) 550-0232.
SAILING PARTNER & SOULMATE wanted. Duration of voyage as long as it is fun. Requirements: love of the sea and life, good food and music. No princesses need apply. Call Joe (310) 823-6609. /
PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER for free. Photographer and amateur sailor to photograph you sailing your boat w ex¬ change for ride in SF Bay. Looking to have a good time doing two things I love most: photography and sailing. Email Steve: stevemasch@yahoo.com.
panding marina company in the Bay Area. Boating and Property Management expe-1 rience preferred. Fax resume and salary requirements to (805) 984-0370.
BALLENA ISLE MARINA. F/T Customer Service/General Office. Computer skills, records, detail-oriented, good customer service skills, willing to learn. Dynamic and fun environment, boating experience a plus. Weekends required. $9.00/hr plus benefits. Apply in person: 1150 Ballena Bft/d, #111, Alameda, CA or fax resume to (510) 865-2257.
SPINNAKER SAILING, SF IS HIRING. Head instructor, must have USCG license. Port Captain for Rendezvous Charters, catering staff, experience preferred but will train. Great location/work environment, fun staff. Fax resume to (415) 543-7405 or call Timothy (415) 543-7333.
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Individual instruction tailored to meet your needs and goals. Taught on your boat (or mine) at a location convenient to you. Certified instructor ♦ 20 yrs experience • USCG 100 ton Master. Contact Dan at (650) 325-1147 or elizabethdan@earthlink.net July. 2003 • UUUi ?S? • Page 227
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Mk II. Yanmar diesel. Well built. Nice con¬ dition. Epoxy bottom, new standing rig¬ ging, mainsail, V-berth cushions. Asym¬ metrical spinnaker, jib, CQR anchor. $7,500. Please call John anytime (925) 408-5036.
CATALINA 25, 1985. Pop-top, standard cabin. Near new standing rigging and cushions, holding tank with deck pumpout. 8 hp Evinrude. Easy mast raising set-up, lots of storage. New VHF. Two-axle gal¬ vanized trailer. $11,000. Call Mitch (530) 268-6570.
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maintained, with lots of upgrades includ¬ ing new dodger with canvas, autopilot, cockpit cushions, A/C and more. Located Alameda. $84,500. Call (209) 649-4520.
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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
KPNA MARINA HONOKOHAU HARBOR
RECEPTION PERSON for busy yacht sales office. Owners will train for advance¬ ment possibilities. Must be motivated and eager to learn. Call (510) 865-8600. Ask for Victoria.
GLOBE 38 KETCH, 1983. Garden design. 16-ton displacement bluewater pilothouse. Flush deck, bow thruster, Perkins 50 hp engine, diesel and electric heat. VHF, GPS, 130-gallons fuel and water. Electric anchor winch. Propane stove, oven. Re¬ frigeration. $82,000. Call (360) 378-4067 or email: wmar@interisland.net.
FERROCEMENT BARGE. 16’ x 36’. 7’6” belowdeck. Newly fiberglassed flat top deck. Excellent condition. See photos at Website: <http://photos.yahoo.com/ ddltabarge> With or without gazebo. Best offer. Please call (925) 684-9328.
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Makela Boatworks Family owned since 1948
Wooden Boat Building • Repair and Restoration 19280 South Harbor Drive • Fort Bragg, CA 95437
(707) 964-3963 email: howard@makelaboatworks.com • www.Makelaboatworks.com
Stainless Steel Chain Strength, Quality and Dependability... plus a Lifetime Warranty!
Custom lengths
in link sizes from 5/32” to 1 in Proof Coil and BBB chain
Stainless Steel Marine Hardware, Rigging & Fittings at Reasonable Prices. see our complete catalog & order on the Web:
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1 (888) 433-3484 Page 228 • UXCtUt-lg • July, 2003
The Gianola Family has been designing and fabricating custom canvas and interiors since 1969. Gianola & Sons offers you the best in r, more choices, and personal service.
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ADVERTISERS' INDEX /
British Marine ./>.24
Community Mattress Co.132
.97,101,229
Bulwagga Anchor.214
Corinthian Yacht Club.80
Ballena Bay Yacht Brokers.18
Beta Marine Engines.64
Cabrillo Yacht Sales.236
Cover Craft.88
Ballena Isle Marina Coop.95
Bluewater Insurance.92
Cal Maritime Acadamy.70
Coyote Point Marina.161
Bluewater Network.233
California Foundation Funding
Crinan Marine.232
.85
Baja Naval.203
ABC Yachts.242
Bailast Point Yachts.47
ACC Marine.216 Acordia Insurance.233
AB Marine
Agape Villages.165 Alameda Prop & Machine .... 101 Allemand Brothers.232 Almar Marinas.,..143 Alpha Marine Systems.222 Andersons Boat Yard.28 Axelrod, B & Company.214 lair Island Marina.93 Jaja Ha-Ha Sponsors.30,31
Ballenger SpaCs.154 Bay Island Yachts.9 Bay Marine Diesel .222 Bay Risk Insurance.12 Bay Ship & Yacht.57 Bay Side Boalworks.216 Bay View Boat Club.52 Berkeley Boat Sales..233 Berkeley Marina.165
Berkeley Marine Center
Bo'sun Supplies.228
.236
Cruising Charts.214
Boat City Yachts.235
Cass' Marina .34
Cruising Direct Sails.149
Boat US.28,85,87
Cat Ballou Charters.188
Cruising Specialists.54,55
Bosun's Charters.189
Chula Vista Marina.209
Davis Instruments.89
Bottom Siders.94
City Yachts.13
Desolation Sound Charters ... 189
Boy Scouts Pacific Harbors ... 239
Club Nautique.56
Detco Marine.94
Boy Scouts San Francisco.234
Coast Marine.137
DeWitt Studio.230
Brisbane Marina.73
Coldwell Banker - P.V.231
Diesel Fuel Filtering.80
July. 2003 • UOiUcZS • Page 229
dubarry...
Both the Fiji and Coral models utilize Dubarry's award winning Cup Sole, dual stitched to a combination Dri-lex' and leather upper; providing superior traction and lateral stability in an athletic styled deck shoe.
handmade performance New from the leaders in Marine Footwear... the aquasport line of Performance Deck Shoes from Dubarry of Ireland.
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Owning artwork by Jim DeWitt is easier than you think! Visit bur online Print Gallery at
www.jimdewitt.com Thanks to Mick Shlens for commissioning Jim to Paint 'Bladerunner'
For Commissions, Regatta apparel, Trophies and other great gifts ~ Please Call Pam DeWitt
DeWitt Art Gallery & Framing (510) 236-1401 (800)758-4291 www.jimdewitt.com 121 Park Place, Point Richmond, CA 94801 Tuesday-Friday 11:30 am to 6:00 pm • Saturday 11:00 am to 4:00 pm
ADVERTISER S INDEX - contd Dimen Marine Financing.40 Discovery Yachts.90
Fitzgerald, Abbott & Beardsley
.222
Golden State Diesel Marine .. 226
Helmut's Marine Service.220
Larsen Sails/Neil Pryde Sails ..
Grand Marina.2
Hogin Sails .98
Len Bose Yacht Sales.
List Marine Enterprises.2
67
Flying Cloud Yachts.25
H.F. Radio.
68
Honolulu Sailing Co...189
Dubarry.230
Foam Creations.209
H&S Yacht Sales.11
Hood Sails.81
Loch Lomond Marina
Easom Rigging ....*.75
Foley Marine Engines.220
Halsey Sailmakers.84
Hood Sails/Forespar.101
MacDonald Yachts.2
Edensaw Woods.30
Fortman Marina .12
Handcraft Mattress Co.232
Horizon Yacht Charters.188
Makela Boatworks.2
EM Design.220
Fowler Insurance Agency.224
Handloggers.
169
THydrovane.224
Margi Cellucci Real Estate .... 2
Emery Cove Yacht Harbor.97
Garhauer Marine.183
Hansen Rigging. 155
Hylas Yachts.6,7
Marina Plaza Yacht Harbor....
Emeryville Marina.208
Gentry's Kona Marina .228
Harbor Boats & Supplies.240
J/World.65
Marina Real.
Encinal Sailing Foundation ...235
Gianola & Sons.228
Harken .50
Jack Rabbit Marine.228
Marina Village.1
Ensenada Cruiseport Village .161
Gill.44
Hawaiian Chieftan Charters . 189
Kensington Yachts.237
Marine Engine Co.2
Essex Credit Corp.45
Glacier Bay.142
Hayn Marine.89
Kissinger Canvas.12
Marine Lube.2
Extend-A-Hitch.229
Go2marine.com.84
Haynes Sails .231
KKMI Store.14,15
Marine Servicenter.
Farallone Yacht Sales.19
Golden Gate Canvas.-..142
Helms Yacht & Ship Brokers.. 233
Lager Yachts.238
Mariner Boat Yard.
Doyle Sails.
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Boater's Dream ~ Views • 44' Boat Dock Completely remodeled ~ Like new ~ Elegant designer finishes • • • • • • • • • •
Luxurious master suite opening to deck and marina views Designer lighting throughout home Beautiful living room with views, decks and custom fireplace New 44-foot boat dock and ramp Pella double-paned windows ~ Reflective shades Skylights and hardwood floors throughout home Granite counters in kitchen and baths Viking 6-bumer gas stove and state-of-the-art appliances Wine cabinet opens to bay cooling Loft office overlooking the Bay
Margi Cellucci (510) 237-0101
Information believed to be reliable, but not verified.
1312 Pelican Way, Brickyard Cove
LIGHT HOUSE FOR SALE Once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to own the prime Puerto Vallarta Property.
HUMAN POWERED PROPULSION Powerful, compact and easy to use. Stand, sit or lay back and scull. Sailboats, dinghies, anything with a transom.
www.scully-fin.com
• Residential/commercial property • 60 foot slip included - Garage • 100% privately owned!
(541) 758-0794
SCULLY Sprit Sail Rig
Contact:
Turn your inflatable into a great Sailing Dinghy in minutes. Quick and easy. No screws or bolts.
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HAYNES SAILS
As seen in Practical Sailor '97, '98, '99
A full service sail loft
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JSail California.38,39
Nellie Boots. 222
Pacific Coast Canvas. ...89
Premier Yacht Sales .,. .234
Nelson Yachts . .58
Pacific Marine Foundation .. ..182
Protech . .149
Sail Exchange.229
...93 . Nelson Yachts/Sydney Yachts 59
Pacific Yacht Imports. ....21
Quantum Pacific. ...37
Sail Warehouse, The.218
Nelson's Marine. 244
Passage Yachts. ...4,5
R-Parts.n. .214
Sailing Supply.76
New Era Yachts. 240
Passage Yachts Brokerage.. ..238
R/K Quality Canvas. .229
Sailfime.85
Norpac Yachts . 243
Pasta Pelican. ..229
Raiatea Carenage Services.. .200
Sal's Inflatable Services.154
North Beach Canvas. .35
Pearson Yachts West. ....79
Raider Boats. .125
Salvage Masters.218
North Sails - Sah Francisco .. ..49
Performance Propeller. ....99
Richardson Bay Marina. .149
San Francisco Boat Works.... 205
...20
O'Neill Yacht Center. ....8
Peter Crane Yacht Sales. ..240
Richardson Bay Regional
San Francisco Estuary Project. 53
.206
OCSC.'. ..61
Philbrooks Boatyard. ..226
Agency. .232
San Leandro Marina.41
Outbound Yachts. 160
Pier 39 Marina. ....29
Richmond Boat Works. ...96
Scanmar International.60
Pineapple Sails. .3
Richmond Marina Bay. ...24
Schmidt, Charlotte Yacht
Plastimo. ..182
Richmond Yacht Service. .181
Sales.239 Schoonmaker Point Marina .. 207 Scully Fin.231
lariner's General Insurance ..78 . 136
...93 ...98 .241 .239 lazatlan Marine Center/
...72 .180 ..42
Owl Harbor. ..96 Oyster Cove Marina . ..66
.132
Oyster Point Marina. ..86
PocketMail. ..165
Romaine Marine Electronics. ...99
..91
Pac Cal Canvas & Upholstery .91
Poli Glow Products. ..231
Rooster Sails. ...91
July, 2003 * UKUMVi • Page231
Serious Sleeping Comfort
& 10-48 HP Diesel [nboards & Sajldrives Smooth running, durable, reliable True Marine Engines Since 1904
Two-piece (A)
CRINAN MARINE Call us
866-274-6261
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handle increases in demand, cut shipping costs and shorten production times. At HMC, we understand boats and the marine environment. We have rep¬
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HMC is known for high quality and outstanding customer service. With
resentatives in most areas that visit your boat to pattern the berth ensuring a
gional Agency. Think of it: you'll never
custom fit. Please call one of our trained
have to move your yacht and deal with that stinking deck plate again!
Two-piece: one big with hinge side to side . & insert
Low intro rate of $7.50/visit when
Mattress folds for easy installation
factories on both coasts we can easily One-piece with hinge side to side
The easy solution to the eco-guilt blues is a. visit from Waste Aweigh, the new pump-out vessel brought to you by the Deptartment of Boating and Wa¬
Custom Innerspring Mattresses
• Various Firmnesses & Thicknesses • Designed for Marine Environment • Several V-Berth Options
customer service representatives who can discuss your particular needs and
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answer any questions you may have.
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you sign up for 6 months service. Go to www.mthead.com
HMC West 1621 Browning Ave. Irvine, CA 92606
to schedule a clean, professional service.
(800) 241-7751 www.boatbeds.com
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An Electric Alternative to Scuba No Heavy Tanks to Carry or Fill No Gasoline or Carbon Monoxide Quiet, Safe, Simple Operation Compact & Easy to Stow Never Run Out of Air Maintenance Free
Great for Cleaning Your Hull or Untangling Your Prop. ’ Call SurfaceDive at 800-513-3950 or see other 12-Volt Diving Systems at www.surfacedive.com
ADVERTISER S INDEX - cont d Sea Scouts of Marin. 235
Sooth Beach Riggers. >...35
Svendsen's,Metal Works ....20
Vessel Assist. ... 204
Whale Point Marine Supply . ...3<!
Sea-Power Marine/Outboard
South Beach Sailing Center..35
Swan Yacht Sales..17
Voyager Marine. .48
White, Chris Designs . .22t
Motor Shop. ..69
South Beach Yacht Club ....137
Swedish Marine..86
Voyager Yachts. ...236
Windtoys. ... 9(
Seacoast Marine Financial ... ..62
Spectra Watermakers ....204
Swiss Tech America. ...155
Watermaker Store, The. ...137
Wizard Yachts, Ltd.a.. . 23?
Seashine. 161
Spin Tec..... 226
Tartan/C&C Yachts ..71
Watski. ...224
Wooden Boat. ...8;
Seatech. 224
Spinlock. ...181
Tim's Zodiac Marine..82
Waypoint. .68
Yachtfinders/Windseakers .. ...1<
Selden Mast, Inc. USA. ..46
Spinnaker Shop, The. ...216
TMM.... 189
Wells Marine Arch . ...229
Zurich Insurance. ...If
Shaft Lok, Inc. 216
Starbuck Canvas..76
Tradewinds Sailing Center. 22,23
West Marine. 26,27
Slipnot Eyewear. ..88
Stem to Stern. .92
Trident Funding . .10
West Marine - Bargain Center
SoCal Merchant Marine Training
Stockdale Marine & Navigation
Twin Rivers Marine Insurance . 32
.24
Center. .99
UK Sails... .63
Surface Dive, Inc. ...232
Vallejo Marina. ....202
...100
Surveyors/SAMS. 233
Suunto. .83
Vaughan, William E. ....218
West Marine Riggers. ...100
South Beach Harbor. .33
Svendsen's Boat Works ...43,180
Ventura Harbor Boatyard . ...209
Westwind Precision Details .35
220 Society of Accredited Marine
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Does your yacht policy cover this? I’ll suett
Ours does. And more. Your runaway dog attacks a neighbor. Your storage unit is gutted by fire. That nasty slice on the 12th hole injures a bystander. Your laptop is stolen from your hotel room or car. You incur hotel bills while your yacht's interior is rebuilt after a fire...
AQUILON 26 Needs new home! $43,900
FORMOSA 41 Highly maintained. Only $49,500
Only the Quartermaster® Liveaboard Policy from Acordia—developed by liveaboards for liveaboards to cover the yacht as well as personal liability, personal property, and loss of use—covers all these risks. Others don't. If you're not covered by the Quartermaster® Liveaboard Policy, maybe you should be. For a free quote, contact Krista Patten at 800-869-2248 or 206701-5489, or via e-mail at krista_patten@acordia.com.
CORSAIR F-27 The best on the market! $50,900
GRAND BANKS 42 A bargain at $49,500!
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21' AQUASPORT, 2001 Only 50 hours. $22,900 firm.
33'HUNTER, 1980 Diesel, low hours, Berkeley slip. $22,900 firm.
293' CASINO CRUISE SHIP, 1971 Rebuilt '92. 318-passenger. $1.6 million.
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50' CHRIS CRAFT, 1965 With liveaboard slip, $98,900.
(510) 548-1202 cell (41 5) 515-9215 42'CHB TRAWLER, 1986 Volvo engines, less than 500 hours, 225hp furbo, huge master stateroom. $149,000.
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Donate your Boat
Sheldon Caughey, SA (415) 331-4550 (800) 505-6651 Rich Christopher, AMS® (650) 368-8711
Cars, Trucks, RVs, & Real Estate file handle all DMV & Smog funning or Not (restrictions apply)
Tax Deduction -
Fair MarHeC Va,ue Per IRS
BLUEWATER 800-324-7432 mmx Proceeds help Bluewater Network reduce greenhouse gases, clean up our air and water, and protect marine mammals and wildlife ."
Dennis Daly, SA (510) 849-1766
Tom List, AMS® (415) 332-5478 Jack Mackinnon, AMS®/SMS (800) 501-8527 Randell Sharpe, AMS® (877) 337-0706
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Donate Your Boat to the Sea Scouts
For more information contact:
Aaron Bedell 1-800-231-7963 xl45 aaronb @ sfbac.org
San Francisco Bay Area Council, Boy Scouts of America ~
Donations Are Tax Deductible Fax (510)373-1553
(510) 232-4455
Premier
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1450 Harbor Island Dr.
San Diego, CA 92101
619.294.4545 • Fax:619-294.8694
Yacht Sales Email: sales@sfvachts.com
MAC DONALD YACHT Shelter Point Marina
Website: www.sfyachts.com
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San Diego, CA 92106 '
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Bring your boats to our new sales docks at Marina Bay Yacht Harbor, Richmond, CA
Save up to 50% of the selling costs! SAILBOATS ZT Catalina, 78, A-4G.... . 31‘ Dufour, 74.Reduced $16.! 4V Hunter, '99.Reduced $155,500
POWERBOATS 30' 38‘ 39' 40' 41* * 44‘ 44‘ 45’
Berths for 200 more!!!
85' LANCER MOTORSAILER
62' CUSTOM STEEL PILOTHOUSE
Twin diesel, dual stations, four staterooms and office. Enormously comfortable.
Built to Lloyd's specs. Dual stations, 300hp Caterpillar, bow thruster. Set for worldwide cruising.
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Sea Ray Sedan Bridge, '89, T454.$55,000 Mediterranean Sport fish, '86, T Dt. D.. $102,000 (510) 232-4455 Cranchi Express, '00, T454 <3 ..$169,900 Supr. Classic Offshore, ’02, TYM D.$395,000 or . Sunseeker Tomahawk, '96, T502 .$139,500 . Sunseeker Camargue, ’98, T502 .$139,500 WWW.StyaChtS.C0m Sunseeker Camargue, ’98, T Cat D.$320,000 Linssen Hardtop Exp., ‘03, TP.. $1.2M .AT0UR00CKS
47' PETERSON PH MOTORSAILER, 1989
41' DOWNEAST
Dual helms, full furling, all the cruising goodies. Ready to go in comfort. SI SO, 000
Spacious interior, good conditiodt. Transferable resort slip.
Priced to sell.
Sales area for trailer boats • Launching ramp • Restaurants Established Bay Area Yacht Brokerage • Experienced Sales Staff New and Brokerge Sales • Liquidations • Donations Probate Sales • Lien Sales
Premier Yacht Sales Marina Bay Yacht Harbor Richmond, CA 94804
(510) 232-4455 Page 234 • UCUJUZi • July, 2003
Wayne Moskow Broker, Ben Eastwood Sales Dealers for
mLINSSEN YACHTS • DS45* • SUNSEEKER
35' ISLAND PACKET, 1992
3V MARINER
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CAL 20s Complete with jib, mainsail(s), spinna¬ ker pole by request only. Four to choose from. $500-$1,500 obo, depending on condition.
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JENSEN CAL 28, '64, with sails, whisker pole, Yanmar diesel engine, VHF radio, head and propane stove.$8,000
SEA RAY 20’ SKI BOAT. Mechanic's Special: Blown head gasket, with double axle trailer.$500 obo.
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33' ALAJUELA CUTTER, 1979
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53' AMEL SUPER M ARAMU, 1998 A French beauty beyond "Super". Shows like new (in Bay Area). Asking $469,000
AMEL 53,1990 $295,000
GULFSTAR 50,1977 $125,000
46’ AMEL MARAMU, 1979 The best of French yachts at a reasonable price. Asking $139,000
AMEL 46,1979 $140,000
FELLOWS & STEWART 44 Beautifully restored to perfect condition. Will consider all offers. Asking $48,000
42' CATALINA, 1990 Avery clean, well equipped yacht. Asking $119,000
BENETEAU 40 CC, 1997 Offshore equipped. $195,000
37 TAYANA CUTTER, 1982 Nice boat, repowered. $75,000
36' LAPWORTH, 1959 Very sound boat. $25,000
36' ISLANDER, 1976 Fresh LPU, engine, cushions and headliner. $44,000
34' SUNSET SLOOP, 1967 '02 Master Mariners Assoc, winner of best restored/maintained classic yacht. $28,000 (obo)
33' RANGER, 1975 Priced to sell. $17,000
33' HOBIE, 1983 Trailerable rocketship. $25,000
32' CHRIS CRAFT, 1961 * New engines and electronics-. $35,000
WILLARD VEGA 30,1973 Low hours. $35,000
30' LANCER Mkll, 1980 Exceptionally clean, well maintained. $18,000
30' CATALINA, 1984 Great Bay boat. $27,000
30’ ISLANDER BAHAMA, 1981 Furler, diesel, dodger, autopilot. $23,000
ERICSON 29,1973 New diesel and LPU topsides. $17,000
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CAPE DORY 30, '80 $29,000
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78' CHEOY LEE MS, 1989. Quixote is an outstanding example of this recent proven world cruising motorsailer. Extensive recent refit and upgrades. Most comprehensive of her type available.
501 FORCE, 1978. Hudson built Force 50. Raised salon/pilothouse, 3 S/R's, perfect live aboard, upper and lower salons. Repowered. Many updates including rigging, brightwork LP and canvas.
40' VALIANT, 1979. Proven Perry offshore design. Recentupgradesand refit including hardtop dodger with stainless frame. Fabulous cruising interior plan. Needs exterior cosmetics. Great value, new to market.
38' HUNTER, 2000. NEW TO MARKET. This
C4C 30, 1973. C&C quality and good sailing characteristics provide lots of fun for a low price. This C&C is VERY CLEAN and won't last long.
30' BABA, 1981. Popular Robert Perry design, the Baba is a well designed compact cruiser. Charming all teak interior with 'old world' charm.
Hunter 38 is in LIKE NEW CONDITION. She featuresa FURLBOOM upgrade, which allows for ease of sail handling. Twostaterooms, full canvas, dodger, complete Raytheon electronics. Must see!
Well maintained and priced below the competition.
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55' JOMAR CUSTOM KETCH, 1997 Exc. living features, strong world cruiser. Gour¬ met galley, powerful 120 hp Perkins dsl, in¬ verter/charger, generator, internal furling sytem (main, mizzen). Beaut, light interior. $419,000.
53' SKOOKUM KETCH MTSL, 1975 Designed by Ed Monk, 120 hp Ford Lehman, generator, inverter, dual steering, refrig/freezer. Stout offshore cruiser. Factory complete. Re¬ cent haulout/bottom painted. Asking $225,000.
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38' BENETEAU FIRST 38S5, 1991 Fully equipped and ready to cruise this summer. Excellent for family, entertaining, or weekend getaways. Price reduced to $92,500.
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43' SPINDRIFT PILOTHOUSE Ron Arrfy design, Ford Lehman 80 hp diesel, dual steering, watermaker, autopilot, radar. Excellent family cruiser. Asking $179,000.
22’ FALMOUTH CUTTER, 1981 '96 Yanmar 15 hp, radar, GPS, autopilot, windvane, inverter, solar diesel heater. Very clean. Asking $55,000.
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$25.000 to $49.000
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39' 33’ 36' 39' 32'
Olympic, 74.$45,000 Nor'West, 77 ..'..$39,900 Cal, '66.$30,000 Samson, 79.$29,000 Dreadnaught, '82.$25,000
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BENETEAU OCEANIS 445, 1994. Farr design, main in-mast furler, new running rigging, GPS, solar panels, Nobeltech digital navigation system includes radar/AP/ computer, liferaft, 4 staterooms, 2 heads/showers. Prime Sausalito berth. Ready to cruise. Price reduced to $137,500. A great buy!
1995 Oyster One of the world's best, located in Ventura. $575,000.
1985 Cape George 36 cutter A true offshore cruising yacht. $119,500.
1988 Pacific Seacraft 34 cutter A deservedly excellent reputation. $97,500.
1991 Cabo Rico 38 This boat will make you smile. $185,000.
30' SANTANA, 1976 Volvo diesel needs work, main, 3 jibs, 2 spinnakers. Has a lot of potential. Priced right at $8,000 obo.
30' YORKTOWN, 1971 Wheel, diesel, strong hull, very roomy excellent liveaboard/cruiser. $7,500
27' ERICSON SLOOP We have two: 1973 & 1977. One tiller, one wheel, both with Atomic 4s. From $3,000
1986 Sceptre 41 pilothouse Lower helm and performance. $160,000.
1987 Irwin 43 Superb layout on deck and below. $125,000.
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KETTENBERG K-40, 1959 True classic with elegant lines and great performance. Perkins 4-107 diesel, 4 bags sails. $18,000
27‘ Cal T-27, 73, main & 2 jibs.2,500 26' Excalibur . 900 24' O'Day. '88, Honda O/B, clean . 3,500 24' Islander Bahama.600 24' J/24 sloop.2,200
23' Columbia w/ trailer.2,600 14' Force 5 dinghy,, w/dolly.2,000 Lasers....from 1,000 .Efjoro (2) w/trailer.2,500
Port Sonoma Marina, 276 Sears Point Road, Petaluma, CA 94-952 (707) 762-5711 • (415) ?92-1269 • Fax (415) ?92-1140 www.harborboats.corn • Open Tues.-Sat. or call for appointment
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65’ CREALOCK-DESIGNED SCHOONER, 1984
41'BENETEAU 411,2000
43' HUNTER 430, 1995
lovely cold-molded gaff-rigged top schooner, designed by William Crealock as a luxury long-distance cruiser, maintained with open checkbook, shows Bristol. Recent work includes engine rebuild, new genset, hull LPU'd, decks refinished, rewired, recent new sails, etc. Current Coast Guard certificate. y $995,000
The 411 won a Cruising WorMBoat of the Year award in 1998 for Best Value, Full Size Cruiser. This particular boat is the two-stateroom, deep-keel version and has the more powerful Yanmar engine (an upgrade from the stock Westerbeke) aswell as the furling main. Never cruised and with less than 300 hours on the engine, she shows very nicely. $179,000
Designed to deliver style and comfort in a vessel that's fast, easy to sail, stable and comfortable. Well equipped incl. Northern lights gensel, reverse cyde heat/air, Furuno radar, Northstor chartpfotter and 8 hp Evinrude 0/B motor. Less than a thousand hrs on Yanmor dsl. Original owner, boat captain-maintained until recently and shows very nicely Motivated two-boat owner - reflected in price! $139,000
40’HUNTER LEGEND 40.5, 1996
34' HUNTER 340, 1998
37' TAYANA CUTTER, 1977
This one owner vessel spent a good part of her life in fresh water, has never been chartered and shows os new. 350 hours on Yanmar, two stateroom/two heads, tremendous amount of light below, boat looks like she's never been used. #119,000
Exceptionally comfortable and functional for a boat this size, both inside and out: two private staterooms, large head w/shower and a salon that can seat eight plus a great cockpit for sailing or entertaining. Lightly used vessel with only 260 hours on Yanmar diesel, sails look as new, low maintenance exterior. She'll make a fine Bay boat. $84,500
These Robert Perry-designed classics can be found literally all.over the world. This one has always been home-ported in CA. She's only had three owners since new and shows very, very nicely with all new exterior canvas including dodger. All brightwork shines; Per-kins 4-108 diesel runs like a top. Transferable Sausalito YH slip. $79,000
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40' PEARSON P40, 1981
29' HUNTER 290,2000
Well equipped Shaw-designed performance cruiser, many rebuilt systems including plumbing, electrical, fuel, water tanks. Vessel shows much pride of ownership, completely customized interior, many other upgrades, this boat must be seen. TronsPoc vet, vessel is comfortable and fast offshore. Transferable Sausalito slip, liveaboard possible. $69,000
For a boat this size, the Hunter 290 offers an amazing amount of space both above and below decks and was one of Sail magazine's "10 Best" for 2000; this particular boat is lightly used (only 57 hours on Yanmar dieselLwell equipped and shows as new.
32’BENETEAU 32S5,1991
37’ ERICSON, 1974
Professionally maintained and lightly sailed, this well-equipped Phillippe Stark-designed beauty shows much newer than her actual age. Stunning inerior done in white marble and white duck against dark mahogany joinery, two cabins with double aft, interior looks like it's never been used. Transferable Sausalito YH slip. $52,000
This classic Bruce King design is, in addition to being a very good Bay boat, also very capable in the ocean. She's been well maintained with a Westerbeke diesel upgrade in 1989, recent radar, speed log, depth meter and autopilot, new dodger, and brightwork just renewed.
TWO CLASSIC WOOD SAILBOATS 38' FARALLON CLIPPER, 1959 35' CHEOY LEE ROBB, 1964
' 32‘HUNTER 320, 2000 The 320 is already being hailed as another hit from Hunter, perfect for Bay or coastal. Very clean boat, deep draft version preferable for the Bay. Transferable Sausalito Yacht Harbor slip. $79,000
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48' MAPLELEAF, 1973 ' Ford Lehman 6, large center cockpit enclosed Great price. $92,000
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43' BREWER CUTTER, 1980. Aft cockpit, new engine, 50 hrs, great sail inventory,SSB, AP 6000, liferaft and much morel $135,000
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50' Chris Craft.
54' Roberts (steel). .... '83 260,000
33' Hans Christian. . 3 from
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49' Steel commercial vessel...
54' Roberts Steel KT
33' CSK. .‘65
50' Rover. .... *80
46' SPINDRIFT, 1983. Dark blue hull, new sails on Harken roller furlings. Solid teak interior. Same layout as Kelly Peterson 46 center cockpit. $165,000.
49,000
'60
18,900
49' Kha Shing. .... '84 179,000
31,000
45' Chris Craft. .... '62
32' Pearson Vanguard .'63
29,500
44' Bestway C.P.M.Y.... .... '84 1 30,000
32' Herreshoff. .'88
45,000
31' Mariner KT. .75
39,000
42' Ocean Alexander.... ...>'89 259,000
45' Freedom . .... '91 244,000
31' Pacific Seacraft Mariah '80
69,750
42' Grand Banks. .... '67
45' Liberty 458. .... '83 197,500
89,900
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74,900 80,000
30' Tartan. .75
24,000
40' Marine Trader new eng. 79
44' Swan 441. refurbished 79 179.000
30' Santana. .74
17,500
38' Mediterrean. 2 from 158,000
44 Beneteau 445 . .... '94 135.000
30' Catalina.(2)
'85
18,900
38' Californian. .... 76
89,000
44' Christian motorsailer ... '67
44,000
30' Cal 9 2R. .'83
43' Gulfstar
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42' Custom Schooner... ....72
39,000
42' Lu-kat.
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42' S&S .
70
40' Sabre 402 .
'96 269.000
39' S&S Yawl.
'56 140,000
57,500
38' Downeaster. 2 from
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38' Ingrid..
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69,900
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74.900
37.5 Hunter Legend ....
'77 &
24,000
^36' Swanson. .... '38
28,000
.'97 145.000
34' Bayliner Avanti. .... '87
35,000
14,000
34' Uniflite. .... '77
35,000
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75,000
37' Islander PH. .... '86
65,000
36' Cape George
NICE..
.... '90 152,000
NICE ....
24,000
34' Chaparral . .'92
34,500
28' Herreshoff H-28 ... .'61
29' C&C.
38’ BENETEAU, 1986/87 Cruise equipped; Monitor, solar panels, wind generator, Perkins 4-108. $78,500
18,000
34' Silverton.
'90
79,000
.75
17,000
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39,000
32' Tolly Craft.
'64
26,500
65' Pacemaker 2 49 + bus. 72 499,900
29' Silverton
'85
26,000
63' Burger Alum FB
.'66 485,000
28' Penn Yan
'80
18,000
.'84
28' Tolly Craft. .... 72
17,500
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36' Islander Freeport.... ....79
65,000
2 from
39,000
36' Custom Schooner... .... 72
47.000
58' Spindrift. .'85 319,000
26' Sea Ray.
'86
offers
35.5 Beneteau First. ....'92
89,000
57' Burger (alum flybridge) '62 345,000
26' Clipper Craft.
'86
11,500
.... *91
59,500
35' Baba . ....79
75,500 56' Fellows & Stewart
24' Bayliner. .... '01
39^000
35' Island Packet. .... '92 139,000
Quinnear
'69 30' Lyle Hess
37' Shannon CB. .... '87 179,000 37' Rafiki. ....'77
Susan
Inquire
44' Cherubini, bristol.... .... '80 450,000
43' Serendipity
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65' LOD CREALOCK SCHOONER, 1984 Cold molded, U.S. built, exceptionally Bristol, also certified for 49 passengers.
42' Uniflite. .... '80 109 000
45' Hunter. .... '87 1 22,000
95,000
Roy
59.900
48 C&C If.two from 139,000
89,900
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69,000
43' Commercial SF cert. .... '85
. ... 76
Bishop
220,000
.'86 try 100,000
43' Spindrift PH. 2 from
(619) 222-1000
... '63
. .... '77 102,000
48' Celestial
San Diego Office
....'60 110,000
'75/'85 .... '84
.... '87 125,000
SABRE 402, 1996 Sabre blue hull, full batten mainsail, headsail on ProFurl roller furler, Corian countertops, located here on the Bay. $269,000.
Darrow
57’ Bermuda ketch. ....'75
.... '83 260,000
abcyacht@ix.netcom.com
35' BABA, 1978 y's favorite cruising designs. Many is. Ta Shing quality. $69,500.
new
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50' Gulfstar MKII
(415) 33-MilM (415) 332-7245
abcyachtssd@yahoo.com 2302 Shelter Island Dr., San Diego, CA 92106
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www.yochtworld.com/anchoragebrokers #1 Gate 5 Road, Sausalito, CA 94965
.'27
99,000
42^000
35' Rafiki . .... '80
59,000
.'58 169,000
35' Hay Scow "Sg Head
... '25
25,900
52' Hershlne CMY. .'85 274,500
34' Hunter... ....'87
42,000
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'88
...
81
38,000
22' Grady White. .... '88
28,000
23' Blackman
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33' NOR'WEST, 1979 Full keel, attached rudder, custom leok interior, Yanmar diesel. Priced at $48,000
37', 34' & TWO 33.5s, 30', 29'
47' VAGABOND, 1984
Pictured: 37' LEGEND, 1987. Two full cabins,
Bristol, Isomat aluminum spare, Perkins 4236 with low hours, fireplace worth seeingl $189,500.
Yanmar with 400 hours. $74,900
33' HANS CHRISTIAN, 1989 Yanmar low hours, beautiful interior, satin finish, radar, AP, roller furling, dinghy. Asking 114,900 2 other 33s, from 99,000.
48' C&C LANDFALL, 1980 Rebuilt Perkins 4236,3 staterooms, 7.5 lew Onan, radar AP, GPS, raised saloon. $139,000.
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63' BURGER, 1966, price reduced to $485,000. 381 MORGAN, 1994, center cockpit, $135,900. 380 CATALINA, 1999, aft cockpit, cruise equipped.
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45' LIBERTY 458 Loaded with cruising equipment, Perkins 4-236, Hood Vectran sails, quality crafted teak interior. $189,000.
#1 pictured is the 30' SANTANA, '74, $17,500. #2 ERICSON 30+, '84, asking $32,000. #3 30' CAL 9.2R, '83, $25,000.
57' BURGER, 1962, $345,000. Both are Bristol, aluminum and have flybridge. The 63' has 49-passenger certification. The 57' has o Sausalito slip.
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137' RAFIKI CUTTER. Double-ended, heavy fiberI glass, dsl, winch, furling, near new soils, 6'3" headroom, I shower, dsl cobin heot, dodger, Monitor vone and more! I GREAT CRUISER! Asking $79,500. I
| 32' WESTSAIL CTR. Dsl, heavy glass full-keeled cruisim yochl. Golley, enclosed head, shower & more. Very well. respected and popular double-ender. Try $32,250.1
[27' DARTSAILER by Holland Boat Co. Versatile
145' CHRIS CRAFT yacht home. F/B & lower helm, |
138' RHODES SIP. Well built w/ss armature & full FG
| cruiser w/big boat features. Dsl, radar, furling, two | helms, tabernacle mast & more! Asking $42,500.
[huge sun deck, covered cockpit, big 14' beam, 2| | staterooms, twin 454s, gen, radar. Asking $79,500. |
I sheathing. Whl, dsl, Sutter sails, cutaway forefoo^ h/c press, [ | water, depth, speed, log, nav. computer, more. $28,000. |
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I 26' CLASSIC LAUNCH. Dsl. She's in beautiful candi-1 tion & ready for fun. Compact & self-contoined including | I golley & wine rock. Long a S.F. Bay favorite. $25,000. |
133' SAN JUAN racer/cruiser w/Yanmar diesel, lots | | of performance sailing gear, spinnaker, more. Fast | I ana fun truiser/fun on the Bay. Asking $18,500. |
143' STEEL MOTORSAILER ketch by Alsmeer 1 Langaraar Shipyard of Holland. 4-236 Perkins dsl, P/ H, Zhelms, fore cutaway full keel cruiser. Substan¬ tially completedrefitJTeedscosmetkwoii^SAT^TSO.
32' FJORD CRUISER built by Fjord-Plastof Norway. Twin Volvo 170hp mains, heavy glass construction, well equipped & maintained. Asking $27,349.
66'SCHOCK/BOEING SCHOONER, 1934. Diesel. Largely rebuilt 90,000/offers 60HERRESHOFF KETCH, dsl. Ask 37,500 55' LESTER STONE Classic Yawl, dsl, lots equip., great cruiser. Asking 44,000 51'LESTER STONE Traditional Ketch. Just rebuilt, dsl, SUPER BOAT .Ask 97,500 49'ALDEN SCHOONER, Malabar IV design. 'ZITA //', diesel, excellent restoration candidate, fine lines.. 6,900/ofr 48' HERITAGE WEST INDIES, f/g, aft cabin, center cockpit cruising cutter, loaded, in Panama, ready to go! ... Ask 189,000 48' OA, 36' 00, Classic. 1937 gaff yawl, dsl, warmth& charm.Asking 30,000 43' COLUMBIA YAWL, dsl, f/g, needs work but is an EXCELLENT VALUE! Askl 6,000 43' LOD, ALDEN SCHOONER at Lake Tahoe. 1931, teak decks, dsl, more. Charter business opportunity . Asking 55,000 41'BLOCK ISLAND CTR. Dsl, roller furl, wheel, Dbl-ended, Beaut, interior, tough cruiser w/great potential Ask 49,500 39 STEEL MOTORSAILER, dsl. 62,000 39'DANISH KTCH, double-ender, dsl, big and strong.Try 29,000 36'SCHOONER, project Asking 6,900 35+HISTORIC HAY SCOW Sloop, Hicks en¬ gine, much charm & great down below. Office/Home?.Asking 35,000 34' ANGELMAN Sea Witch ketch, dsl, wheel, AP, traditional beauty Asking 24,950 33' MORGAN OUT ISLAND sloop. Dsl, wheel, roller furl, spinn & mpre! ... $23,000 33' RHODES WINDWARD, famous design, sloop, l/B.Asking 12,000 32'RHODES CTR, dsl, F/G & more. A fine boat ..Asking 36,000 31H-28 KETCH, l/B.Asking 22,000 30'CAL 230 Sip, dsl.Asking 22,000 28'ELDRIDGE McGINNIS SAMURAI SLP. Dsl, full cover, great potential . 5,900 27* ERICS0N SLP, new Honda 8.. 11,500 27'CATALINA, l/B, spin.12,000 27'HUNTER sloop, dsl l/B plusO/B, roller furling, more! Nice boat. Ask 12,000 26'$-2 Sip Dsl, glass center cockpit, aft cabin, Avon & mtr & more.l 7,500/ask 25'IRWIN sip, Volvo l/B, furling, centerboard, wneel, very clean, big ...11,950 24' ED MONK, Sr., classic '47 sloop, dsl, nice w/much recent work. .. Asking 8,500
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36’ HUNTER, 1957
Sedan Express. Twin V-8s, gleaming varnish, convertible oft deck enclosure, fully galley, swim platform. Very dean, live/cruise. Asking $34,000.
70'EUROPA TYPE TRAWLER, Con. built, loaded & in excellent condition. Eco¬ nomical Cummins V-12 power. An out¬ standing vessel.Asking 199,000 61' STEEL TUG, recent refit, 600+hp Cot dsl, good condition.Try 45,000/offer 46'LAKE UNION CLASSIC, just rebuilt, rodar, new twin dsl, gen & more! 79,500 45'STEPHENS Classic 1929 ... Ask 90,000
43'STEPHENS CRUISER, '55 jewel! Twin 426s. She'sTOTALLY RESTORED..99,500 42'CHRIS CRAFT ACT CABIN M0T0RYACHT, twin 471 diesels, GREAT BUY! 20,000 42'TROJAN AFT CABIN MA, 15'beam, full elect galley, 2 heads, shower, radar, Onon, V8s, cruise/live.... 49,500 ask 40' MATTHEWS, '48 Sed. Cruiser. Very well kept/many upgrades. Tv/in V8s..33,900 38'TOLLYCRAFT sedan trawler w/twin turbo diesels, FB, quality. 59,500 37' CHRIS CRAFT CONNIE . Newly refin¬ ished, Delta canvas, genset, one V8 new rebuild, the other due for a rebuild. LIVE/CRUISE/OFFICE.Ask 30,000 35' CHRIS CRAFT Exp., twins, dn. 15,200 34'CHRIS CRAFT Commander, '63, twin gas, great boat. 26,500 33'CHRIS CRAFT sdn, '48, sharp! . 8,500 32'CHRIS CRAFT 320 Amerisport Express Cruiser, twin V-8 Crusaders, golley, shower, full fiberglass, stereo/TV, ra¬ dar & more!.Asking 42,500 31' PACEMAKER SPORTFISH, beautiful con¬ dition, near new twins.... Ask 32,000 30' AVANTI Sunbridge, '90 ... Ask 26,000
29' UNIFLITE Salty Dog HA Sports Fish w/ gear, radar, plotter, AP, etc. Rebuilt twins, LOADED!.Ask 34,500 29' TOLLYCRAFT EXPRESS cruiser, twins, just hauled, runs well, BARGAIN!... 7,900 29' WELLCRAFT EXPS. Cruiser. 350s, shower, galley, down rig & more. Ultra clean ana ready to go!.Asking 27,950 28' OWENS H.T.EXPR., 350 V8 8,500 ask 28'CHRIS CRAFT Cavalier, nice... 12,000 26'CLIPPER CRAFT SEA DORY, full cabin, trailer, 200hp Seadrive + o/b, head, galley, more, great fish boat! 16,500 26' CAULKINS BARTENDER, V8.... 11,000 26' BAYLINER 2352 TROPHY, '00, trlr, o/d, only 10 hrson clock!. 38,500 25'GRADY WHITE OFFSHORE PRO, trailer, two 225 Mercs. 44,000 25'BAYLINER CIERRA, '88, very nice. Full Delta canvas.Asking 39,500 25'YARD TUG, Detroit dsl, wood .. 5,500 23'FORMULA THUNDERBIRD w/trlr, V8, GPS, VHF, depth, downriggers, chart plotter & more.Asking 12,000 22'CROWNLINE CUDDY w/trlr, 350 Cobra V8, very sharp.Asking 16,500 20'SKIPJACK, tlr, V8-i/o+o/b.9,500 20'SEA SWIRL,'96, trlr, 225hp.. 23,000
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I 45' BAYLINER 4550 MOTORYACHT. Twin dsls, I genset, 3 strms, salon, 2 helms, full golley, super sundeck, full canvas & electronics. Great cruiser. Alaska? Mexico? Go where you wish! Asking $208,500. |
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134' 1929 STEPHENS EXPRESS CRUISER. | Very nice classic with Perkins 4-108 dsl for I I economy and reliability. She looks to be in GREAT I SHAPE and lots of fun! Asking only $25,000. |
REDUCED!
45' LAKE UNION CLASSIC, 1930. Twin diesels,
46' GAFF TOPS'L SCHOONER designed & built by legendary Wm. Garden in '42. Escapade is cedar over oak
flybridge, twin helms, 2 enclosed heads w/showers & more! An excellent and gracious classic yacht in
w/l ,408 ft2 of sail. Volvo dsl, only 60 hrs reported. 6'10"
beautiful condition priced right. Asking $65,000.
headrm, great layout. Very rare offering. Ask $59,000.
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[68' LOA/4T LOD PILOT CTR Traditional 1904 ocean |
47' CRUISING SLOOP. 14 x5 6 ", 25,500 lbs. by Chas.
racer/cruiser. Rebuilt with new tanhark sails, spars, copper |
Marin, NA. Launched 1998. Vanmar diesel. Big, roomy,
sheathing + reported 1990. Fit to your specs. Magnificent.
powerful, comfortable, heavily built, nearly new. Dacron
I Virtually new build at fraction of the cost. $49,750.
& Mylar sails & more! PRICED TO SELL: Asking $79,000.
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Pictured: A portion of our dry stored boats for sale! Georgie Scott came to Nelson's seven years ago looking for a break from the corporate world and wanting to get closer to her pri¬ mary pastime of sailing. Since leaving the world of advertising specialties and office equipment she's found a friendlier environ¬ ment at Nelson's Marine. In fact, she's the pleasant, friendly voice you'll most likely hear when you call. Georgie has been the voice of Nelson's all these years handling customer calls, directing traffic and finding answers for our customers. She works with yard manager Art Puett to schedule your work and make sure your business with Nelson's is handled in an efficient, timely and friendly manner-that's why she came here in thefirst place.
LPU IS NOT JUST FOR BOATS! This mast needed refinishing and needed Nelson s large indoor facility to provide the perfect finish. Hull, decks, spreaders and spars all come out gleaming from Nelson's paint professionals.
An active sailor, when not at Nelson's she's been aboard one of the sailboats she's owned here in the Bay area over the last 18 years. As past Commodore of Alameda Yacht Club and a boat owner she's seen all sides of boating's pleasures and challenges. Of course, she's found Nelson's the perfect place to take care of the challenges... you can too. Call Georgie. Fred Andersen Woodworking (510) 522-2705 Drake Marine Services (510) 521-0967 Hansen Rigging (510) 521-7027 Metropolis Metal Works (510) 523-0600 Nelson Yachts (510) 337-2870 Neptune Marine Tow & Service (510) 864-8223 Pac Cal Canvas and Upholstery (510) 864-7758 Rooster Sails (510) 523-1977 Sal's Inflatable Services (510) 522-1824 Jack D. Scullion Yacht Services (510) 769-0508 UK Sailmakers (510) 523-3966
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