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Mike and Lorianna Kastrop brought home the Cup - the Jazz Cup that is, South Beach Yacht Club's annual Labor Day event. This year's race, the 15th annual Jazz Cup, handed the fleet steady winds, strong currents and sunny weather. Goose, the Kastrops’ Catalina 30, has won the Cup overall two years run¬ ning (and also reaching). Their secret to success includes regular crew, especially Jack Kastrop, age 13, and Clint Kastrop, age 10, and a brand new Pineapple spinnaker. Complete with their flying goose emblem, the new spinnaker had Goose 'flying' all the way from the main Bay to Benicia. Call us for sails for your boat. It's time you were jazzed, too.
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1994 - Hunter 37.5*
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Top'shape! Well equipped & ready to cruise. Sleeps 6. $89,500/offer.
Immaculate condition! Below replacement cost at $795,000.
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Clean trade with lots of extras! Huny! $39,500.
Updated pocket cruiser w/new equip! $34,900.
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Alameda (510) 814-1700 ’83-Passport 40*
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Meticulously maintained & well equipped. $139k.
Perfectly maintained! Quality upgrades! $210k.
Well-equipped bluewater cruiser! Xlnt! $159,500.
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View Our Complete Power & Sail Inventory at: www.hsyacht.com October. 2003 • UltA 12 • Page 9
Special Fall Pricing We've just returned from the yard with new, lower base prices good for fall 2003! Call now!
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 $455,000
52' TAYANA AFT COCKPIT Robert Perry's favorite design. Sleek looking, high performance sailing yacht. Available in aft or center cockpit. Sailaway $350,000
48’ TAYANA CENTER COCKPIT Designed by Robert Perry, this bluewater cutter offers over 1,300 sq. ft. of sail, long waterline and spacious interior. Two or three stateroom layouts. Available in center cockpit and deck saloon. Sailaway $320,000
2003 42' TAYANA Robert Harris designed famous Vancouver series. Rugged offshore doubleended cruising yacht. Perfect for the double-handed cruising couple. Available in Center or Aft Cockpit. $235,000
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MARINER 50 M/S. Refitted inside/out. Spa¬ cious living quarters, 2 staterooms w/heads. Genset, AP, watermaker, bow thruster. $169,000.
1991 TAYANA 47 CENTER COCKPIT Beautiful 2 cabin layout, custom ash interior, New mast, sails, boom furling. Bristol. $279,000.
1984 ISLANDER 44. Unique opportunity to own an extremely well equipped, immaculate custom center cockpit. Must be seen! $108,000
1982 PACIFIC SEACRAFT ORION 27 New Yanmar, very clean condition and nice gear. Bluewater pocket cruiser. $49,900.
1986 TAYANA 37 Mkll CUTTER Never ciuised. Exterior brightwork just refin¬ ished. Low hours on Yanmar 44 hp. $80,000.
1986 TAYANA 42 AFT COCKPIT Fully equipped. LeisureFurl boom furling, elect winch, full electronics, Bristol! Asking$169,000.
TAYANA 37 PH CUTTER. This rare pilothouse is a Pacific veteran and bluewater cruiser, Well equipped and in nice condition. $89,900.
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1980
29,900
1979
42,500
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1976
55,000
1990
87,500
Cheoylee32
1979
34,500
2001
249,000
1978
125.000
Worth 40
1985
99.000
Hunter 37
1985
Passport 40
1987
175,000
Tartan 35
1993
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1976
59.900
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1998
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Beam: 15'2"
Draft: 6'2"
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Sail Area: 1,050 sq. ft.
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I work on the new Bay Bridge construction, and it never ceases to amaze me how sailors will try to sail between the construction piles when going under the Bay Bridge. It is ex¬ tremely dangerous, and as the accompanying photo shows, it's happening at an alarming rate. There is about 200 feet be¬ tween pil¬ ings, and if there are cranes op¬ era t i n g , then it be¬ comes even more dan¬ gerous. The sailboat in the picture Dwarfed by heavy equipment, a sailboat passes peril¬ came within ously close to bridge construction activity. 30 feet of an operating crane, and if the wind had shifted or the currents had not been right, they could have been entangled with the crane. I have seen the Coast Guard intercept some of the boats, and we try to warn off others, but they still come. I would hate to see an accident, but there will be one if this practice does not cease. Mike Kinney Vallejo ItUWHAT ADVICE WOULD RODNEY KING GIVE?
I've been looking for clarification on the rule of the road that states, "We're racing, get out of the way." On Labor Day Weekend, I took a cruise on the Bay aboard my Bristol 32, going from my slip at Emeryville to a picnic at Angel Island. We had just passed the Berkeley Pier and were going nicely on a close reach when suddenly, from the star¬ board/Berkeley side, we heard the sound of a shotgun. See¬ ing some boats darting around in that direction, we knew some people were about to race. Knowing that a bunch, of boats would be coming our way soon, we kept an eye to our starboard rear quarter. By the time we got halfway to Point Blunt, two of the boats were getting pretty close. They, like us, were on a port tack, but since my heavily-equipped boat was going about five knots, they were going three times that fast. Since they were the overtaking boats, I figured that I should hold my course so they would know exactly what I was doing. I figured this would enable them to either fall off and pass below us or point higher and pass in front of us. One of them did just that. But the other one, a boat from San Diego, didn't look like it wanted to change course. By this time it was only four to five boat lengths away and we could actually talk to the crew. That’s when one of them said, and I quote, "Get out of the way, we're racing!" When I heard that, I figured he must have had a more recent version of the rules of the road than I, so I headed up to slow down and let him pass. He passed within about, three feet of our bow. Since then, I have been looking in all the books and on the Web for a place where it says that racing boats have a right of way over other traffic. I was also wondering how that guy was going to deal with the container carrier that was coming out of Oakland going toward Alcatraz. I wondered if he thought
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we could face a $5,000 fine if anyone but the captain stepped off the boat before she had cleared. Oops. The woman then asked for the paperwork, and soon de¬ termined that our boat had been manufactured in Korea, and had been out of the United States for more than a year. All of a sudden I needed to prove that import duty had been paid on this more-than-30-year-old, U.S.-documented boat! Natu¬ rally, I had no proof of this aboard — or the slightest idea how to get it! So she confiscated my documentation paper, bill of sale, zarpe, and so forth. She gave me a blue piece of paper and told me that I had 24 hours to report to the Customs office — 11 miles away — to reclaim the stuff. And, that I would need to show the duty had been paid. She also gave me the name of a customs broker who could take care of getting all the forms filled out. I apparently had no choice but to hire such a person. v By" this time I was in shock, and Barb was almost in tears at the way our wedding plans seemed to have been shattered. What a pickle — the Customs office would be closed in an hour, it was 11 miles away, there were no cabs in the imme¬ diate area, we still couldn't do anything until I paid the bogus fee, I wasn't supposed to move the boat, and Barb and I had already paid a nonrefundable deposit to get married in Avalon onboard the next afternoon! 'Just screw it,' I finally said to myself, and we took off for Avalon. We arrived early the next day, got married, and all was well. After we made it home, it ended up costing over $2,000 to 'import' our boat into her home waters. I know that’s just a couple of 'boat units', but what really chaps my hide is the arbitrary and seemingly selective manner this one-year-old policy is being enforced. A friend had just brought his Japa¬ nese-built Fuji 45, which had been in Panama for over a year, into the country a few months before and hadn't had such a problem. By the way, the Customs agent never asked us if we had fruit or vegetables aboard, and never even set foot on the boat. We could have been loaded with all kinds of contra¬ band! Hopefully this information will be helpful to anyone think¬ ing of buying a foreign-built boat and bringing her to the U.S. — even if she's U.S. documented and has been in the country before. By the way, we still hope to get all our work done on the boat and be on the Ha-Ha in late October. Mike Fulmor Arabella, Swift 40 Channel Islands Harbor MTHE SEA OF CORTEZ IS NOT BENIGN I was just reading your July comments on cruisers in the Sea of Cortez being obsessed with weather, and was surprised that you think of the Sea as "benign.” You obviously have never been caught in the middle of the Sea in a Norther or in a chubasco. No, the former don't have 40-foot waves, but sixfoot square waves topped with two-foot wind waves that can certainly make for an uncomfortable trip. Also, keep in mind that if you do get in trouble, you can’t call the Coast Guard. After 13 years in the Sea, I can assure you that we gratefully listen to Don of Summer Wind — as well as many of our other weather guessers — to make both crossings and anchoring decisions. Local knowledge, of Course, prevails. On another subject, I was given the following letter last spring by a resident of Conception Bay who was upset about one mariner. After this appeal to the mayor of Mulege, the port captain did ask the offending boat to leave. I think the letter speaks for itself.
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Jinx and Mad Dog — If we wrote that the weather in the Sea of Cortez was "benign," we apologize for overstating the case. It would have been more accurate to say that the weather is mostly benign. It's true that Northers blowing down the Sea of Cortez in the winter can be uncomfortable — perhaps even more so than you think. In November of'79, for example, 27 of the 33 boats in the Long Beach to La Paz Race were knocked out by ex¬ tremely powerful northerly winds and tremendous breaking seas. In fact, a couple of sailors who had been in the tragic Fastnet Race which, claimed 15 lives a few months before, reportedly said the conditions in the La Paz race had been even worse. If we remember correctly, that storm even put a fairly large ship far up on a beach somewhere north ofMuertos. So yes, every now and then the Sea gets a really nasty Norther. But to keep things in context, it should be remembered that sometimes it gusts to over 100 mph on San Francisco Bay, and even normally very tranquil Zihuatanejo and Tenacatita got hit with brief 50-knot blows in recent winters. Fortunately, Northers in the Sea are usually light enough for excellent downwind sailing, and it's rarely far betweenfine places to take refuge if they turn too nasty. So if we were in the Sea of Cortez in the winter — which we nor mally wouldn't be because the water is too cold for comfortable swimming — and wanted to sail from San Evaristo to Caleta Partida, we wouldn't have our ears glued to the radio for the latest weather report, we'd simply look out a port. The exception — which we noted — is if we were crossing the Sea of Cortez. It can be 200 miles across the Sea and there is no refuge, so naturally we'd want to know if conditions looked ripe for a nasty Norther. If they did, we'd postpone our passage a couple of days. Hurricanes, of course, are not benign, and every couple of summers they hit the lower half of the Sea of Cortez. But usu¬ ally there is plenty of warning. Even though this yeafs Hurri¬ cane Ignacio was considered to have formed very quickly, cruis¬ ers in the Sea of Cortez still had several days advance war ning that they could be in for trouble. Every couple of years there's also a particularly nasty
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naturally keep an ear out for possible hurricane development, but once again wouldn’t feel the need to go overboard with weather reports. We've said that many cruisers in the Sea of Cortez — and all of Mexico — are obsessed with the weather. We still think that's true in the sense that cruisers in the Carib¬ bean, for example, who are subject to much more severe weather in both the summer and winter, don't spend anywhere near as much time worrying about it. Lord knows there's nothing wrong with being up on the latest weather forecasts, but too many cruisers seem so ob¬ sessed with it that it in¬ terferes with their cruising pleasure. Most of the time the weather in Mexico is benign, and except during Bashes, Sea of Cortez crossings, and hurricanes, whatever rare bad stuff there is couldn't have been predicted anyway. So we suggest being generally prepared for heavy weather — as Gary Albers rec¬ ommends below — and then forgetting about it.
1TJJ-MICRO WEATHER PREDICTIONS ARE A FOOL'S GAME I would like to compliment Latitude for politely declining some recent requests to pay homage to Don of Summer Pas¬ sage for his weather reports to the cruisers on the Pacific Ocean side of Mexico. There is a growing community of cruis¬ ers who consider his prognostications as 'gospel'. Allow me the opportunity to play the role of an iconoclast. My lady and I have made eight round trips from our home port of Santa Barbara to Banderas Bay, Mexico. During that time we have traveled over 34,000 miles in Mexican waters, and crossed the Sea of Cortez more than sixteen times. We are both ham radio operators and have participated in the most popular radio nets, both ham and marine SSB, for the last eight years. For what it's worth, the following are my com¬ ments on weather and the 'gurus’ who pretend to advise oth¬ ers. The bottom line is nobody can consistently and reliably predict local weather conditions in Mexico. The problem is that there is simply not enough meteorological data to do so. Along the west coast of the U.S., we have many buoys that transmit local weather data to the National Weather Service, enabling fairly accurate short-range predictions. Such devices are virtually nonexistent in Mexico. To attempt to make the kind of 'micro' weather predictions I’ve heard Don make is a fool’s game. There are two kinds of weather reports I hear in Mexico that are reasonably credible. First, for the Targe picture', I think there is no one better at this than Tom (Tango Papa) on the Chubasco Ham net in the mornings. Tom is acutely aware of the limitations of the data. His forecasts are broad in na¬ ture and he only goes out 24 hour§. He also emphasizes that he is an amateur and makes mistakes. His entire weather report is typically finished in five minutes or less, and covers everything from Southern California to the ITCZ. The other credible kind of forecast is that given by a few local cruisers who are experienced in local conditions. One of
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Historically, the best weather information in Mexico had been a combination of the on-site reports on the Sonrisa Net, and the 'big picture' as supplied by Tom (Tango Papa) of the Chubasco Net. Both are Ham nets — the importance of which have become diluted somewhat by the increasing popularity of anybody-with-a-radio-can-start-their-own SSB nets. The on-sites told you what was actually going on near you, and Tom basically told you what to look out for. Plus, of course, everyone had their own eyes, a barometer, and hopefully a little experience and local knowledge. We all did just fine with these resources for many years. But — as is the case in the more developed world — when more sources of information become available, everybody wants them. Wheh\eveiyone in Cabo gets wound up about impending severe weather — which Cabo can get — Enrique Fernandez of Cabo Isle Marina often remarks that everyone has "too much information." It sounds strange, but he's probably correct. Thanks to advances in technology, members of the cruising fleet now get all manner of weather charts, and there is a proliferation of nets on which to spread this information. So like everywhere else, cruisers in the Sea of Cortez talk about the weather. And fueled by many cruisers' desires to be 'told' what is going to happen, a whole crop of amateur weather forecasters has been spawned. I used to know a guy in Cabo who did nothing more than pass on weather forecasts he received from other sources. To his surprise, he was soon accorded the status of 'weather guru'. Despite the fellow's insistence he was just a messen¬ ger, he was continually introduced to cruisers as "a guy who really knows the weather." He told me it could become a very addicting designation. Tango Papa, who really does know a lot about weather, is nonetheless circumspect. When asked why he doesn't get more specific about the weather for local areas, he points out that 'local conditions' will prevail, and that in any case he couldn't accurately predict it all. I have heard the real experts — the professionals at NOAA, the National Hurricane Center, and the ones who write weather manuals — say that even with all their resources, forecasting three days out is a real crapshoOt. If you look at the NHC hurricane predictions, you will see that they add a note that their three- to five-day predictions have an average error of 200 miles! Unfortunately, we cruisers all want to know exactly where bad weather will be in three days. And the trap I think many amateur weather forecasters fall into — and I number Don of Summer Wind as being among them — is trying to fill that need. These amateur forecasters sit and watch the weather imagery on the Internet, see a blob of red, and throw out a prediction. Perhaps they read a few summaries — which of¬ ten conflict — add a pinch of salt, stir, and then give their forecast. These forecasts are then eagerly received by anx¬ ious cruisers. But if the forecaster doesn't really understand that imag¬ ery, he/she can be way off — as Don was when he inaccu¬ rately announced that Hurricane Ignacio — supposedly head¬ ing south from La Paz! — was dissipating over Todos Santos. In reality, it hadn’t dissipated at alb and it continued to move northwest! I can only guess that Don saw a red blob south of La Paz — there are lots of red blobs during hurricanes — and mistook it for the center of rotation of the storm. Most summer afternoons there is major convection over the Mexican mainland. Sometimes it stays put, sometimes it
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goes east, but more often it moves down to the coast, and sometimes Out to the Sea. More rarely, it actually crosses over to the Baja, which it has done a few times this year. But even all those red blobs of convection don't necessarily mean rain — much less wind. Sometimes they are just high clouds. In these instances, I think Don could more accurately note that there are high cumulus clouds forming over the moun¬ tains, and there is a possibility, or even a likelihood, of some of them producing rain somewhere. That is Tom's approach on the Chubasco Net. Don, on the other hand, gravely in¬ tones about convection stretching from Puerto Vallarta to the U.S. border, probably moving down into the Sea with numer¬ ous chubascos. Some nights Don has basically told everyone on the Baja side to hunker down because all these chubascos are going to cross over to the Baja. This mostly just unnerves the^cfuisers, and some nights they/we literally cower. This Weather 'voice' can be quite addictive, since Don will then make the most detailed forecasts for each little area, which makes him sound even more credible. The fact that his predictions seldom turn out to be accurate doesn't seem to diminish his stature among his fans. I suppose that most of these cruisers think that although the predicted bad weather ’didn’t hit them, it must have hit other cruisers, and therefore wasn't inaccurate. This has been a very active sum¬ mer for weather in the Sea, which has just added fuel to the fire. By contrast, when Don sees nothing on his computer, he announces that it will be "fine travelling weather." But this isn’t always the case. This summer, for example, I know a fellow who, three hours after Don’s forecast of "excellent weather, " was pinned down by a 60-knot chubasco during a Sea of Cortez crossing. It should be noted that none of the other forecasters saw it either — which is my point. There simply isn't such a thing as perfect or precise weather fore¬ casting. Not even NOAA, with all its resources, is that good. I would love to know what Herb Hilgenberg's record is'for the Caribbean and Atlantic, but I bet that he's often wrong. Don certainly is about weather in Mexico. When I was trying to figure out if Don's forecasts were worth listening to, I kept a record of his predictions. When they showed that he was inaccurate about 75% of the time, I got fed up. Such forecast¬ ing doesn't seem veiy impressive to me! That said, I still listen to Don faithfully. Why? Because he does provide lots of useful information by telling us such things as what he sees on his computer. He is an eye on a lot of information that is useful. For example, I do like to know where the convection is. And, I do like to know what the vi¬ sual imageiy is. But when Don gets to analyzing and fore¬ casting, well, then I think he's for the birds. Nonetheless, it takes a real act of discipline to ignore his prognostications. Let me give you a final example of how absurd some of Don's forecasts have been. A couple of days ago, he forecast what the wind was going to be doing in the southern Sea of Cortez. He said that it was going to be blowing from such and such a direction, swinging slightly somewhere else the fol¬ lowing day, and changing a little the day after. Further, on day one it would be blowing about five knots, on day two about 10 knots, and day three about eight knots. I ask you, can such minute windspeed changes be predicted from day to day? It can't be done, not even with the most powerful computers. In my opinion, Don also seems to be a bit of an alarmist. For instance, he uses the term chubasco way too freely. Mexi¬ cans use the term for something a bit more severe than a normal thunderstorm. Sometimes they even use the word
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But Don seems to use the word for every type of thunder¬ storm, and the problem is that it's a word that certainly gets attention in the cruising community. It's the same with elefantes, which are a particular type of westerly wind which blows very hard, usually in the northern Sea. There is a particular type of cloud formation that goes with them, from which elefantes get their name. Don seems to use the word to describe any sort of westerly, even the mild ones they get in Puerto Escondido. But like chubasco, the term elefante is not conducive to cruiser peace of mind and sleep. A couple of nights ago, Don predicted widespread elefantes, from north of Bahia de Los Angeles almost all the way to La Paz! I doubt if there has ever been an elefante that far south. Can anyone remember hearing of one or experiencing one down there? Bahia de La Paz certainly does not have the ter¬ rain that elefante cloud formations require. Pretty soon, 1 ex¬ pect we will hear Don say something about the "afternoon elefantes in Bahia San Francisco" — and he'll be meaning the one with the Golden Gate Bridge. Don doesn't seem to under¬ stand that not all westerly winds blowing in Puerto Escondido are the feared elefantes. I don't know Don, but 1 think he’s a well-meaning fellow who spends a lot of time giving cruisers useful real-time in¬ formation. But I also think he falls into the trap of thinking that he and his computer can do what not even the most well-equipped national weather services can do. He tries to do too much, be too precise, and predict too far in advance — all without The crucial assistance of on-site reports. It’s the case of a well-meaning guy trying to be too helpful for everyone’s good. But that's precisely what sucks in his exten¬ sive flock of followers, which in turn makes him very impor¬ tant — even beloved — to them. This, in turn, fuels him to greater excesses in forecasting. Sadly, I think these forecasts also diminish his adherents' enjoyment of the Sea of Cortez. I read the Letters editor's way of making weather decisions in Mexico — which is basically look out a port, and if the weather doesn't look bad, take off. Although I personally would be a little bit more thorough, I basically agree. I would look out the ports, see what’s going on, and deal with it. If I thought I needed more information, I would listen to a summary on one of the VHF nets and call it good. That’s what I did for many years down here, and made out pretty well. As the edi¬ tor noted, he would try to get detailed weather information when doing a Baja Bash, crossing the Sea of Cortez, or dur¬ ing hurricane season. I would also listen to find out what may happen while at anchor at night in the summer, since I like my sleep. But wait on a weather forecast before sailing from La Paz to Santa Rosalia? Good grief, just do it! If bad weather came up, there would be plenty of places nearby to duck into for shelter. As I think the editor also pointed out, there are many sum¬ mers in the Sea where there have only been one or two chubascos — or not any at all. But this summer has been the most challenging in the 13 years that I have been down here, as I've been in two genuine chubascos so far — which either matches or exceeds my grand total up until this year. And I've had friends who have been in others. Part of this seeming to be a particularly challenging weather summer in the Sea is illusory, as Don kept predicting non-chubascos as chubascos. But part of it is real. Another factor is that there seems to be an unusually large number of boats cruising in the northern Sea this summer. Thirty-four were anchored in Puerto Don Juan for Ignacio,
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and that doesn’t count a whole other fleet that was there ear¬ lier this summer. Maybe there have been more observations because there have been more boats. In any event, there was much more thunder and lightning than I can ever remember in the Sea, and lots of rain. If I were to send you a photo of either the tetas de Cabra guarding Bahia San Carlos on the mainland side, or of the Sierras behind Puerto Escondido, you might well think it was Moorea rather than a desert. It's very, veiy strange. And all this was before Ignacio dumped 20 inches of rain. The downside of all the rain is the mosquitoes and the resulting outbreak of dengue, which has now infected over 900 people between La Paz to Santa Rosalia. One strain is a major pain, but the other strain can be fatal. Apparently the strains are being contracted in about equal numbers. It seems that sooner or later someone in the cruising fleet will get it. This has gone on way too long, but the last point I want to make is that I've always felt that the Sea of Cortez has much better sailing winds than it gets credit for. Everyone talks about motoring around all the time, but I've always thought that was because they were only going short distances and didn't want to dismantle elaborate awnings — and in any case, they had to charge the boat's batteries. Thus most cruis¬ ers complained that they didn’t sail, and convinced them¬ selves that there wasn’t enough wind. In fact, the winds were there, but were too light to make it worthwhile to sail be¬ cause of other priorities. I've always sailed a good bit in the Sea. And I’d like to remind others that the Pardeys cruised the Sea of Cortez in their engineless 24-ft Serrafyn, and among my friends are two other couples.who cruised the Sea without engines. One couple did so on Scout, a Pacific Seacraft 25, which is a short and heavy design not conducive to light winds. My boat is medium to light displacement, so it’s not as difficult for me to find a sailing breeze as others. The difference between sailing this year and 'normal' years hasn't been the amount that I’ve sailed, but in what condi¬ tions. Although I’ve sailed a considerable amount in the 13 years that I've been down here, I don’t think that a single one of those occasions has been one of those memorably wonder¬ ful sails that you might get up in California or in the Carib¬ bean. You know, the type that goes in the memory book as one of the best ten sails ever. But this year it's been different in the Sea. My sail from Isla Smith to Puerto Refugio was clearly one of those top ten’, and I have had several other candidates. The flip side, of course, has been that the foul weather has been really foul this summer. So yes, the Sea is usually much more tranquil than this summer, but it has always had more pleasant breezes than commonly supposed. By the way, I'd be interested in hearing other cruisers' opin¬ ions of the various weather gurus. Having stated mine about Don, I think everyone — even those in California about to head south — ought to listen to him for at least a few days to decide for themselves. He can be heard clearly in the Bay Area on the Amigo Net, 8122 USB at 7 a.m. California time, and on the Bluewater Net, 6516 USB, 7 p.m. California time, as well as on some other nets. In my opinion, he becomes the most alarmist at night. Finally, I have just found out that the chubasco I thought my friend had gotten hit by 15 miles out of San Carlos on the mainland side is more accurately called a torito or little bull. That is the correct term for the sudden, violent storms, With high winds, thunder, lightning and rain, over in that part of the Sea of Cortez. Please withhold my name, as I have many friends who
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My joke prompted the lieutenant to share his understand¬ ing of the Davy Jones story. Davy Jones, he told me, was the warden of a prison barge on the Thames River that was re¬ ferred to as a 'lockup1. Warden Jones' lockup caught fire and burned to the bottom, with a great loss of life. Going to Davy Jones lockup, later slurred to locker', became a metaphor for dying a particularly undesirable death, much as 'buying the farm' became a similar metaphor after World War II. By the way, the later expression refers to the government paying the farmer for his lost crop because a test pilot augured in. Clatsop County still hasn't gotten voter approval for a new jail, so some entrepreneur with a barge might still be able to negotiate a lucrative contract. I’m available to plan the de¬ tention improvements to the barge. Greg Allen Barker Cherokee, Cross 42 San Luis Obispo Mdon t get shafted by misalignment At the start of a sailing trip from San Francisco to Santa Cruz, just six miles outside the Golden Gate and at 5:30 a.m. on a calm and beautiful Friday morning, and while motoring at five knots, the prop shaft on our 1975 Islander 30 snapped off at the coupler. Not only did the shaft snap, but it slid out of the stuffing box, causing our boat to take on water. Our attempt to use an emergency plug was unsuccessful because there was insufficient clearance between the coupler and the stuffing box, so we used the next best thing — a wine cork! With the leak slowed to a trickle, we waited for a breeze to come up. We called the Coast Guard to alert them of our situation. We were having trouble communicating on the VHF, so we noted the Coast Guard's phone number and called them back on our cell phone. After reporting our position to the Coast Guard, we called Vessel Assist. Two hours later John was alongside with a tow boat, and we began our tow back into San Francisco Bay. Using our cell phone once again, we contacted San Fran¬ cisco Boat Works to arrange for an emergency haulout. Once secured to their dock, Bill, the yard manager, came aboard to assess the situation. Thirty minutes later, our boat was out of the water and shored up. Fortunately, this happened on a Friday, for the yard — and most others — are closed on week¬ ends. With the boat out of the water, we were able to disassemble the broken shaft and have it ready for the yard to pick up on Monday. While the boat was out, we took care of a few small projects and had the yard paint the bottom and buff the topsides. In about a week, the new shaft had arrived and the reas¬ sembly was begun. It was soon concluded that the shaft-toengine alignment was the problem. Our Islander is almost 30
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Steve and Terri — The Banderas Bay Regatta has been based but of Paradise Resort & Marina —just a few miles north of the airport —for a number of years now, and it will be held out of there again next March 24-28. It's great 'nothing too serious' cruiser racing, so lots of boats will be looking for crew. Just show up and ask around. The Banderas Bay Re¬ gatta is much more than racing, however, as it's also the last big cruiser social gathering of the season on the mainland. Check out www.banderasbayTegatta.com/orJull information and photos. You almost certainly visited Marina Vallarta, right next to the airport. It's popular with cruisers who want to be closer to stores and downtown, but don't mind the hustle and bustle. Paradise Village Marina is more popular with folks who like a more upscale facility, a five-mile long beach, and quieter sur¬ roundings. By the way, along with La Paz and Mazatlan, Banderas Bay is one of the best 'commuter cruiser' bases in Mexico. It’s only three hours by direct flight from San Francisco, the air and water are warm throughout the winter, the sailing is ex¬ cellent, the surfing is uncrowded, there are many nearby des¬ tinations, and the sealife is prolific. The only downside we can think of is that the megayachts are discovering this beautiful area, and are therefore reducing the amount of berthing for smaller boats. ITU-PAPOOSE
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With regard to the mysterious cause of the sinking of the Spirit back in the ’70s, I'd like to throw in my two cents. Here's a quote from the archives of our circumnavigation: "Another odd thing at sea. We were heading to Australia for the first time, the wind was light, it was a nice day. Off the starboard beam we suddenly saw about a 10-foot pole with two orange pennants sticking out of the water. We looked at it for a couple of minutes speculating on why we hadn’t seen it before, and then decided to go have a look. After a 90° right turn and hardening up the sails, it was right ahead of us, but as we watched, it disappeared in a flash and was gone. We thought it ID _i_! had gone UJ downwards, but couldn’t be sure. We sailed over where we thought it had been, and saw nothing. So we resumed It s hard to imagine how a sailboat could survive if a our course sub like this one surfaced beneath it. for Australia. We finally came to the conclusion that a submarine had come up to periscope depth, stuck up an antenna to check in with the home office, and then re-submerged. If so, did they know we were there? Sailboats don’t make much noise. Did we per¬ haps narrowly avoid a collision? I think I’d rather hit a nice soft whale than a steel sub." As we know from the well-publicized case of an American sub hitting and sinking the Japanese fishing vessel Ehime Maru off Barber’s Point in Hawaii 2-1/2 years ago, even a periscope search doesn’t guarantee that a surfacing sub will see another vessel. And in the case off Hawaii, it was a mo¬ toring vessel that I think should have been quite audible. Perhaps a submariner — if submariners read sailing maga¬ zines -— could tell us whether or not a vessel under sail is detectable. Out in mid-ocean with no apparent traffic around, I doubt that any periscope search would be made — espe¬ cially if it entailed the risk of being observed. In our case, what we saw was only a couple of hundred feet away, and if it was a submarine, I think that we could call this a very near miss. I don’t remember the Spirit case, and I don’t think I’d have cared to add the Helaine case to it. As for my comment that I’d rather hit a whale than a sub, I think I’ll make that contingent on the whale not hitting back! Mike Lewis Helaine
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Randy — Like you, we wish there was a better book on sailing cruising cats. We'd be the first to buy a copy. Although cruising cats vary tremendously — much more than do monohulls — most of them don't offer anywhere near as much feedback as do monohulls. With monohulls, the helmsperson is almost always turning the wheel, responding to changes in wind pressure and chop or waves. With catama¬ rans, it's more like you point the cat where you want her to go, and she goes there. In that sense, we'd see how you'd charac¬ terize catamaran sailing as being a more "sterile" sailing expe¬ rience. As much as we love our cat, it makes perfect sense to us that many sailors would prefer monohulls. fUlTHE MAGIC BULLET' ON THE WATER This is one of those stories you can't believe unless it hap¬ pened to you. On the Friday morning of the J/105 North American Championships, I left Gas House Cove in San Fran¬ cisco for the St. Francis YC in my Protector motor launch. I’d peeled out and was doing 40 mph until I was abeam of the utility hut on the Marina Green, at which point I backed off to 30 mph in order to do an 'S' turn to kill my wake before entering the 5 knot, no wake zone of the St. Francis yacht harbor.
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season, bought the cheap fuel, didn't bother to do their pa¬ perwork, and left! Just good-bye and screw you! They passed right by the Port Captain's office, the Navy Base and a check point. This is the attitude of the 'new cruisers'. It didn’t used to be this way. Cruisers came to San Bias all season long in droves, and did exactly what they wanted. For many, that meant stop¬ ping without doing their paperwork. There are many very fine cruisers in Mexico. The prob¬ lems that exist are those caused by the ones that break many of Mexico's Immigration and Customs laws, and the ones run¬ ning illegal businesses, selling contraband, running their scams in the marinas, and so forth. They are an embarrass¬ ment to decent people. Let me assure you that Mexico has never forgotten that Americans took half of their country away. They are reminded of it eVery day in school, and it's even on their currency. Feel¬ ings toward foreigners were pretty good for many years, but that has changed recently, and the actions of cruisers has been part of the cause. I know this for a fact. Although we came here from New York, we are Mexicans, and having lived here all of our lives, are considered to be Mexicans by the people and their government. N The solution to the problem is simple: If there is an agent anywhere you cruise, and you don’t want to do your paper¬ work, don't go there. It's that simple. You're in a foreign coun¬ try. Don't violate the law. The bottom line is that if some cruisers continue to not check in at some ports, they are going to either lose their boats or-suffer fines in the many thousands of dollars. It has certainly been done before. This is gospel. Regarding myself and Jan, we will continue to do all the many things we’ve done for almost 40 years for the cruisers without pay. However, we will only assist those who have com¬ pleted their responsibilities, as I cannot endanger my posi¬ tion here.
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Capt. Norm— With all due respect, who was it, what posi¬ tion of authority is he in, and what chapter and verse of the law did he cite when he said that cruisers have to use agents to clear in? The problem is that everywhere else that cruisers go where there are agents — Ensenada, Cabo San Lucas, La Paz, San Carlos, Mazatlan, Nuevo Vallarta, Puerto Vallarta. Barra de Navidad, Manzanillo, Zihua, and Acapulco — the use of an agent is optional. Furthermore, if agents supposedly have to be used, why aren't those in other places demanding that port captains make cruisers use their services? Do you think they don't want the business? These reasons have quite naturally lead many cruisers to believe the ship's agent in San Bias is probably a relative of the port captain, and that the two of them are in cahoots to screw both cruisers and the Mexican government out of money. And cruisers don't like be¬ ing played for chumps. If the port captain and ship's agent in San Bias are to have any credihlity. and if San Bias is going to stop being harmed by having a negative reputation, they'd better start citing the applicable law. When the Mexican government supposedly asked you why cruisers weren't doing the paperwork back when it was really cheap, there was a simple answer available to you: "I don't know. You're the government, why don't you ask them?" If they pressed you by saying that you were the "cruisers' rep ", you could have pointed out that while you liked to help cruisers, you certainly didn't represent them in any formal or legal
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LETTERS sense, and each cruiser needed to answer for him/ herself. Why shouldn't cruisers have assumed that it was perfectly all right to come into San Bias, fuel up, and leave, without ever checking in? It's common practice in many other ports in Mexico. Last year, for example, there was no problem when we did it in Cabo, Puerto Vcdlarta, and Barra de Navidad. If the local port captain doesn't want this to happen, the solution is ri¬ diculously easy — tell the people at the fuel dock they can’t fuel boats until they prove they've checked in. But in any event, if a port captain knows people are violating the law, it’s hisjob to warn and/or fine them, not stew about it. It may be true that cruisers visited San Bias "in droves" la&t season, but possibly unbeknownst to you, they also stayed away in droves. San Bias should be known as the lovely and historic former base of all Spanish naval operations in the Pacific, as the place through which the first news of the Gold Rush in California travelled to get back to Washington, D.C., as a woHd class bird-watching area, as a place with some of the longest and easiest surfing waves in the world, and for greatjungle rides. (We won't mention anything about the local pot.) San Bias should be known for all those great things, but right now cruisers know it as a place where the port captain and the ship's agent seem to be working some kind of scam, and where Norm Goldie, a private citizen, says nasty things to them if they anchor at Matenchen Bay without clearing in at San Bias. The truth of the matter is that Mexico's clearing laws and regulations — which are pathetically outdated and impracti¬ cal — are to blame for much of the problem For example, if a port captqin were to enforce the letter of the law, only a boat's captain could come ashore until the boat was cleared in. which means that in many instances entire crews would be confined to boats for three orfour days — and cruising tourism in Mexico would effectively come to an end. Similarly, there is a tremen¬ dous lack of uniformity and confusion about how many copies ■ of what papers are required, whether or not it's permitted to fuel up without checking in, and how close boats have to an¬ chor to a port to be required to clear in. For example, if you can anchor at Punta de Mita without having to clear in at nearby La Cruz, why should you have to clear into San Bias if you're anchored at nearby Matenchen Bay? It's made all the worse by the fact that copies of the applicable law aren't available. They should be posted at each port captain's office, and they should be translated into English. Everyone knows that the current outdated system of portto-port clearing — which is a massive waste of everyone's time and money, and is stunting cruiser tourism — needs to be replaced with an annual cruising permit which requires only that boats clear into the country and out of the country. Legis¬ lation to this affect apparently made it halfway through Mexico's legislature earlier this year, but was ultimately thwarted by lobbyists for the port captains. Until the blessed day when that legislation is passed, we, as a friend, recommend that you, the port captain, and the ship's agent, all read a copy of How To Make Friends and Influence People. For there is no reason that San Bias should be the most disliked port on the West Coast of Mexico. IHilMPRESSIONS OF NORM GOLDIE
A letter in the September issue reminded me of our visit to San Bias shortly after the 1996 Baja Ha-Ha'. It is unquestion¬ ably a beautiful little town with some very interesting his¬ tory, lovely people, and authentic Mexican character. How¬ ever, I felt the place had a bit of an eerie pall over it, but I couldn’t quite put my finger on what was wrong with it.
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Got a call from our old friend Dennis Roquet the other day. He's got a new-to-him 62-ft ketch with hydraulic every¬ thing. However, if the hydraulics go out, the only way to crank the main into the mast is with a winch handle. But with a regular winch handle, there’s stuff in the way so you only get a half turn before you have to remove and reposition the handle. To avoid this process, which he figures would take about two days to furl the sail, he's looking for one of Barient's old two-speed winch handles. "I can't find one anywhere up here!" he lamented from Friday Harbor. If anyone out there has one of these gizmos they can part with, contact Dennis at
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SIGHTINGS hurricane marty hits mexico Hurricane Marty, the most destructive storm to ever hit the cruis¬ ing fleet in Mexico, travelled the 700-ihile length of the Sea of Cortez from September 21-24 with winds reportedly as strong as 120 knots. She left dinged, damaged, and destroyed boats on both the east and west shores of the Sea, as well as on the islands in the middle. It's impossible to come up with hard numbers of the damage, but it seems that about 35 boats were sunk or driven ashore, a dozen were dismasted, and over 100 suffered more than $10,000 in dam¬ ages. In most cases, the damage was to cosmetics, bow rollers, unfurled jibs and dodgers. Prior to Marty, the worst Baja/Sea of Cortez cruising disaster was the Cabo Storm of '82, which claimed 28 boats'', and \ the early '90s storm that claimed about 15 boats in San Carlos. Not even Marty, however, ranks among cruising’s worst di¬ sasters. When hurricane Hugo tore through the little Caribbean island of Culebra in 1989 with 200 knots of wind, 250 mostly medium to large sailboats were pulverized on the shore. Six years later, hurricane Luis damaged almost as many in St. Martin's Simpson Bay La¬ Life of Marty — white area indicates goon. tropical storm-force winds; dark gray Some cruisers claim Marty is the first indicates hurricane-force. storm to have run almost the entire length V of the Sea of Cortez at near or above hurricane force. We don't know if that's true, but Neil Shroyer, who has lived in La Paz for 36 years, calls Marty "a once-in-25-years hurricane.” Lisa, in '76, is the only one he can recall being stronger. The heavy rains from that storm caused an earthen dam near La Paz to break — killing 10,000 people! Marty is known to have claimed two civilian lives in La Paz, but there have been no reports of cruiser injuries or deaths. Many cruisers have been emotionally scarred, however. The Sea is popular with retired cruisers, and for many their boats are their most valuable possession. And probably half of these boats are not insured. Even those whose boats survived unscathed aren't in the best of emo¬ tional shape. 'We spent a lot of time hugging and crying today at Ma¬ rina de La Paz," reports Tonya Rickman of the La Paz / Eureka-based Amazing Grace, which had just been repainted and survived undam¬ aged. ’We embraced friends who either suffered great loss or who — like us — are suffering from 'survivor guilt'. Our hearts are breaking for those who did not fare as well.” Marty was most destructive in La Paz, although selectively so. Based on weather reports, everyone was anticipating 70 knots of wind —- simi¬ lar to hurricane Ignacio, whose winds they'd weathered without much trouble a month before. But Marty became ferocious. After about six hours of wind to 60 knots, in the early morning of the 22nd it blew for about two hours at an estimated 105 knots, with gusts to 120. After a calm of about an hour as the eye passed over, Marty started blowing at nearly 100 knots again, this time from the opposite direction! You,can't appreciate the force of such winds unless you've lived through them_ or stuck your head out a car window while doing 130 mph. The greatest and most concentrated destruction took place at Mac and Mary Shroyer’s Marina de La Paz, and the adjacent Marina Abaroa. Both, according to Neil Shroyer, are 95% destroyed. Virtually all of the 100 boats in the former, and 40 boats in the latter, suffered some¬ where between extensive cosmetic damage and complete destruction. Marina de La Paz, which started with just six berths in 1982, had a continued on outside column of next sightings page
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ferry Shortly after 4 p.m. on Saturday, Sep¬ tember 13, the Blue & Gold Ferry Peralta collided with an unnamed Ericson 27 be¬ ing sailed by owner Carl Fritzsche and Fred Martinez south of the Bay Bridge. The accident dismasted the sailboat and put a huge gash in her hull that extended from the gunwhale to the waterline. Mi¬ raculously, neither Fritzsche nor Martinez sustained serious injuries. One person aboard the ferry is reported to have suf¬ fered unspecified injuries. This accident is under investigation by the Coast Guard and neither they nor rep¬ resentatives of Blue & Gold would com¬ ment. Here’s a summary of what hap¬ pened from Fritzsche’s point of view. “We came out of Ballena Isle Marina and headed toward Angel Island. As we approached Yerba Buena on port tack, we could see a catamaran ferry coming out of
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floating as opposed to rock breakwater on three sides, and wood docks as opposed to newer and stronger concrete docks. These may have been two major factors in the destruction, as just a few miles up the road, the larger Marina Palmira, which has a big breakwater and con¬ crete docks, was able to withstand the storm surge and six foot waves without significant damage to boats. Another spot where there was concentrated destruction was Puerto Escondido, 115 miles north of La Paz. The almost entirely enclosed one mile by three-quarter mile bay is a popular place for cruisers to leave their boats unattended during the hot summer months. Hit by steady 65-knot winds with reported gusts to 85, combined with sixfoot chop caused boats to drag left and right. Seventeen boats were sunk, driven ashore, or blown out into the Sea. As of September 24, we patched together the following picture of the storm and its aftermath, based on phone conversations with those who lived through it, emails, and secondhand reports. The following information is certainly not going to be completely accurate, but we think it gives a reasonably good idea of what happened: Cabo San Lucas — Marty passed just to the east with Category II winds — 96 to 110 knots — which was much higher than had been forecast. Cabo Isle Marina Office Manager Norma Flores nonetheless
ing about toward the Lighthouse (on Yerba Buena) and I could see that we were on converging courses. “Ifelt I had the option of letting him pass and dealing with his significant wake, or tacking over, away from his course. At this point, he was maybe 3/4 of a mile away. I decided to tack. As we settled down on our new heading, I heard him say on his P.A. system, “All this water and you had to turn in front of me. ” I looked around and saw that he had changed course and was now coming toward us. I realized since he had talked to me that he saw me, and that y
he was angry. I was only doing about 4 knots, so I decided to stay on course, think¬ ing he’d pass. “Thirty seconds later, the starboard hull of the ferry struck us on the port side about afoot and a halfforward of the- transom.
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SIGHTINGS hurricane — cont’d reports the marina ancf boats came through without significant damage. Almar s Randy Short reports the Siggest problem is that seven semi trucks coming down dfom the States with additional new docks are stalled somewhere south of Santa Rosalia because of washed out roads.'
Paz After a six-hour prelude of 60-knot winds, which is what they were expecting, La Paz cruisers were shocked by 105-knot winds gusting to 120 knots. It was so bad that Neil Shroyer and the crew at Marina de La Paz, who had been on the docks retying boats, had to crawl on th&v^hands and knees to shelter in the marina office. It was at this point that the manna — with some 20 boats whose roller furling jibs had unfurled — started to come apart. After a lull of about an hour, the wind came almost as strong from the opposite direction, bring¬ ing with it some 25 boats from the Abaroa Marina. The change of wind direction and onslaught of boats completely wiped out the docks, cre¬ ating a pileup five and six boats deep against the eastern cement em¬ bankment. About six boats on the inside of the pileup, plus some oth¬ ers, sank. Many others were just jammed together, causing tremen- \ dous cosmetic damage. "My Rhodes Pearson 41 Novia, which has been my home for 18 of the last 27 years, and 13 of them in Mexico, started to meet her demise when the docks at Marina de La Paz broke loose, carrying her with them," writes Neill Randall, describing what happened to his boat. "She then struck a broken-off piling, which holed her on the port side, send¬ ing her to the bottom. That left Bill Robertson of Shazaam, my loyal friend, to have to jump for his life. Novia was finished off when a 60-ft expedition boat blew down and crushed her, then sank on what was left of her. Now that I've lost all that I own — including my professional tools — I'm emotionally overwhelmed by friends coming to my aid. Al¬ though I'm recovering from back surgery in California, it's going to take more than Marty to keep me down and off the water." As previously mentioned, Marina Palmira suffered little damage, as did the Berkovich Boat Yard. Astilleros Dry Storage made improve¬ ments to their boat stands after many boats were knocked over by
collision It continued, up and over the cockpit, roll¬ ing the boat to starboard and shearing off the rigging. The mast fell overboard. Our bow swung around and hit the ferry’s other hull. I'm not sure how far over we rolled but a couple of pretty good waves came into the cockpit and went below. "The starboard hull went between Fred, who was forward, and I. We both, got bruises on our arms from fending off from opposite sides. It finally slid back and off the boat, as the ferry was in reverse by then.
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The Peralta is a 107-ft, 40-ton cata¬ maran ferry rated for 328 passengers. It can hit 25 knots on its run from Alameda to San Francisco. Fritzsche says it was only doing a few knots when it hit the Ericson, and he’s not positive, but he got the impression that they were in reverse and trying to stop when the hit occurred. The ferry stood by and Fritzsche re¬ calls someone aboard it asking if they were okay. Amazingly, they were. (Just as amazing, the hole in the side extended only to the waterline, so they were not even taking on water!) The Coast Guard arrived quickly — the accident occurred close to their Yerba Buena station — and put personnel aboard both vessels. Fritzsche and Martinez were given breathalizer tests, which they passed (they had not been drinking), and the boat was given a safety inspection, which Fritsche says it passed. There is obviously lots more to this
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SIGHTINGS hurricane — cont’d would know? — and what happened to them. We presume that most, like Clipper de Haro — were lost. As for the future, Mary Shroyer, who with husband Mac was in San Diego when Marty hit, says they will rebuild. "What else is there to do?" she asked, not sounding particularly bitter or sad. "The biggest prob¬ lem we have right now is clearing the six or so sunken boats out of the way. Most of the other boats have been able to move down to Marina Palmira, which fortunately had a lot of open slips, or other places." Puerto Escondido: Cruisers in this small bay were lucky that it
incident than we are able to report at this time. Fritzsche had many opinions on why and how this bizarre acci¬ .( oc¬ I dent curred. How¬ ever, in the in¬ 5 terests of fair¬ i ness, until we hear the other il side, we will i: stick as much as possible to the facts as Fritsche re¬ ported them. (If you j happened to <i witness this incident^ or have '' any ■t more infor¬ mation about j it, call the i Coast Guard ■j Investigations office at (510) ji 437-3142.) Fritzsche’s boat, which he had only | owned for a month, is ‘totaled’ and he is " waiting for a settlement from his insur¬ !l ance company at this writing. As he also Ft awaits the outcome of the investigation, i[ he says “it’s just starting to hit me” how lucky he and Martinez really were that no one was seriously hurt. !
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Everyone was prepared for the forecast 60 knots of wind, but not for 105 knots. was daylight when they were hit by 65-knot winds with gusts to 85 knots. Even so, there was so much rain and spray they often couldn't see the boat nearest to them. Craig and Marsha of Shaula report that the following boats went aground: Ollie, Black Tender, Debutante, Distant Vision, Ericazona, Kathleen II, La Serena, Sambita, Toy Boat, Wild Flower and Mahay ana. Boats that sank include Vagabond'Lover, Revellededos, Hi Jinx, Zinfandel, and Discover Baja. Two days after the storm, Tim Schaaf of Casual Water reports that the 20 or so crews onhand — many of the boats were unattended — had begun picking up the pieces. La Serena and Toy Boat were re¬ floated with no apparent damage. Ollie was left aground because of a hole, as was the trimaran Distant Vision, which was found in the man¬ groves. Mahayana, having been blown out tj*e entrance, was found about 10 miles away at Isla Danzante with fi giant hole in one hull. A 20-foot patch was put on her, and she was towed back to Escondido, listing badly and .in need of major repair. Winsome had also floated out, and was found very high and dry between Escondido and Canderleros. But she can probably be saved. Wildjlower appears to be undamaged in the mangroves, but is so high up it may be hard to refloat her. Debutante has been secured and should be fine. Schaaf reports that there have been many big heroes in the aftermath at Puerto Escondido. One is boatwatcher Elvin Schulz "who has been everywhere in his panga, in the harbor to several miles away, helping nonstop. He has had no rest." Then there is Larry of Cham¬ pagne, "who seems to have spent every waking hour underwater, prob¬ ing, patching, and repairing." But Schaaf has saved the indispensable heroes, Robin and Martin of The Cat’s Meow, for last. "The Cat’s Meow is the big, classic, single screw wooden trawler, and she's the only vessel around with the oomph and willingness to drag, tow, or haul anything in the harbor. Her big single screw has been working over¬ time. Sometimes with dinghies pushing on her sides like bow thrust-
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SIGHTINGS hurricane — cont’d ers, she has been central to every bit of heavy lifting and dragging and towing that we have done. Robin and Martin have been absolutely unstinting in their efforts." ^ Santa Rosalia: It was reported that six boats rode out tropical storm force winds inside the harbor — "although the docks broke apart, as usual." The boats tied up to the pilings and survived. Conception Bay: Although the wind peaked out at 75 knots, four boats weathered the storm at Santa Barbara Cove. A small, locallyowned sloop went ashore. Puerto Don^Juan (near Bahia de Los Angeles): At least 24 boats chose to ride out Marty in this well-known hurricane hole. Although the storm went just east of them, they got a relatively light 55 knots of wind and suffered no significant damage. This might have been partly continued on outside column of next sightings page
taking Brent Vaughan’s J/105 Jabberwocky had a good day Sunday, September 14, the last day of the Big Boat Series. They V were first around the weather mark off Yellow Bluff and led the pack of 34 boats on a screeching close reach back across the Bay. They’d been in exactly the same position the previous day, but were passed when another boat set its kite be¬ fore they did. “We knew if we didn’t go big, we could get reeled in again,” says Vaughan, who has owned the boat for three years with partner Paul Reyff. So they did. In easily 25 knots of
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SIGHTINGS a bow breeze,, when no one else looked willing or eager to set anything bigger than a yacht club pennant, we watched as Jabberwocky's black and white aso kite popped full first and they took off like they were shot out of a cannon, going on to win that particular race (they ended up sixth overall in fleet). The photo below is of bowman Simon King looking fairly pre¬ carious as he unwrapped the lazy sheet from the tackline so they wouldn’t rip the bowsprit off when they jibed. For the complete report on the BBS, see the article starting on page 127.
hurricane — cont’d the result of scrupulous preparation. Before Ignacio was scheduled to strike Don Juan last month, all the boatowners gathered for several seminars on how to best prepare for a hurricane. They must have been good students. Bahia Willard: This well-protected but seldom-used hurricane hole had three boats — believed to be Patches, Island Sonata, and Suka — riding out the 40-knot winds. All three survived, having come over from Puerto Refugio. Puerto Refugio: "Hurricane Marty was supposed to go to San Carlos so that we would only feel the peripheral effects at Puerto Refugio," report Rich and Donna aboard the Catalina 38 Aries. "In the 90 years of recorded storm history, no hurricane-strength storm has ever got¬ ten this far north, so we elected to stay put. Then Marty headed straight at us, so there was nothing we could do but make the best of it. If we'd anticipated wind over 30 knots — much less 65 knots — we would have removed all sails and the dodger. As it was, the jib came unfurled and shredded, the dodger exploded, the steering cable snapped, the anchor snubbers broke, the anchor tore out of the bow roller and, with a stanchion, bent the roller 90 degrees. Alive and without major struc¬ tural damage, we have learned to never, ever let your guard down when it comes to hurricanes." The Crealock 37 Spirit Healer went up on the rocks, suffered a very large hole, and was last seen almost submerged. The husband and wife crew spent the night ashore in a small cave in the company of two marooned pangueros. The sailboat Mirador also went up on Refugio, but had better luck. Even though she landed on sand, her hull cracked, and it was as¬ sumed she'd be lost. But then there was a 180-degree windshift, so the skipper set the jib, and after about 20 minutes of grinding her hull on the sand, sailed back out to deep water! San Carlos: Compared to the boats on the Baja side of the Sea, those in the San Carlos area did pretty well. Marina SecaDry Storage: Out of 600 boats in dry storage, only Blue Moon, Sun Ray, and Glen David, partly tipped over. After a previous hurricane, Marina Seca uses special hurricane proof stands. Marina San Carlos: Two boats broke loose on the marina office side, but the staff dealt with it quickly without damage to the boats. Bahia San Carlos: The marina people towed as many boats as they could into the marina, so only about 10 were still out in the bay. Of those, Viva, Canta Mar, Toad and El Dorado all went on the rocks or the beach on the side toward Marina Real. Three boats weathered the storm while still on mooring balls. Torn dragged the mooring and two anchors across the bay, but stopped short of going on the beach. Marina Real Dry Storage: Poppy, a DownEaster, is tipped over against the next boat, with what looks like damage to both. Dream Catcher is tipped also, and Sasi Lee lost part of hey (bridge. It's also reported that Magic Mist, a Freeport 36 was tipped, dismasted, and suffered damage to her rail. Marina Real Marina: Sections of dock in various locations in the marina pulled loose, and some ended up against the shore on the side opposite the banos. One boat lost her mast and there were lots of shred¬ ded jibs. Many of the houses on ^he beach at the old Club Med site were destroyed by high waves. That’s the best we’ve been able to put together in one day, but we’re sure there will be more to report next month. This is just the begin¬ ning, of course. The next stage is insurance claims and repairs. Will the claims be handled quickly and to everyones’ satisfaction? Right now there are rumors that one popular policy has language stating it’s void if a boat is stored or layed up with the sails left on. What, everyone is suddenly wondering, is meant exactly by "stored or layed up"? Lastly, there is sure to be discussion about boats left unattended and/or with furling sails left on during hurricane season. Do these boats pose an unacceptable risk to other boats? Should these prac¬ tices be made illegal?
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SIGHTINGS mari cha IV — record destroyer
Delivery skipper Don George of the San Francisco YC-based Swan 61 Hasty Heart came across an unusual sight halfway home from Hawaii last month — a sail¬ boat drifting around with tattered sails and a drooping radar. The boat was the Bingham 32 Southbound, with a hailing port of Santa Cruz. Getting no response to their hails, some of the Hasty Heart crew went aboard. Although all the boat's gear seemed to still be there, as well as personal effects such as the owner's wal¬ let, there was no sign of him or any crew. The Hasty Heart crew called the Coast Guard, who told them they'd been on the boat in July, and had found a suicide note left by owner Stephen James Brown. It seems odd to us, but the Coast Guard ap-
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British billionaire Bob Miller raised:the bar on single-hulled racing yachts with the August launch of his spectacular new 140-ft Mari Cha IV. You may recall that Mhri Cha III, a 154-footer that visited San Fran-
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0/7 baby! The new ‘Mari Cha IV’ is big and beautiful from any angle. She may come here for next year’s Pacific Cup. cisco briefly before the 2002 Pacific Cup, was pretty spectacular her¬ self, featuring among other innovations a beautiful hardwood interior that was completely removable for racing. This boat makes that one look like a slug. For starters, it is 50% lighter — around 50 tons versus 109 for MC III— and it doesn’t really have an interior to speak of, except for a spartan owners quarters. From the expansive deck that looks as if it could land airplanes, to its huge beam (33 feet), to its huge draft (21.5 feet!), to its twin schooner rigs, carbon fiber hull and masts, to its canting keel and water ballast, this boat is built to do only one thing: go really fast. Significantly, says an article in the British publication. The Daily Sail, “she is the first boat of this size designed to withstand being sailed by Kiwis.” Which we take to mean flat-out, damn the torpedos, cahones to the wall. There are no racing rules built into the design of Mari Cha IV, a collaboration between MC III designer Philippe Briand, Team New Zealand designer Clay Oliver and Kiwi designer Greg Elliott, who is noted for several modern schooner designs. Mari Cha co-skippers Jef d’Etiveaud and Mike Sanderson were also part of the design process. Lots of ideas were tossed around, including making the boat even big¬ ger. In the end, her size and rigs were deemed to be the maximum you could go and still be controlled by humans. At least this year. Among the features of the boat: a canting keel that can swing a 10ton bulb as much as 40 degrees on either side of the boat (the ram for this is so big that most men can barely touch their fingers with their arms wrapped around it; a cockpit big enough to fit a America’s Cup boat; and a crew of 20-25, with separate teams for the main and mizzen sails (each rig has its own grinders and trimmers.) The boat was built in Cherbourg, France. During a delivery across the Atlantic last month, she outsailed her polars on almost every point of sail, achieving 25 knots effortlessly in half that amount of wind. This in a boat that her designers and builders say is on the ‘conservative’ side of the design equation. Speeds in the 30s are expected to be rou¬ tine and Sanderson feels 40 is possible, putting her in a league with the maxi-cats. Like them, Mari Cha IV is maximized for sailing off the wind. Her upwind performance is not expected to excite anyone. “Up¬ wind, you have to back off as soon as it gets heinous offshore anyway, so what’s the point?” notes Sanderson. In a bit of a departure from the norm, the boat has both a canting continued on outside column of next sightings page
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SIGHTINGS parently decided to let the boat, which seems like a hazard to navigation, just drift. They also left everything onboard except for the ship's log. The name Stephen Brown sounded familiar to us, so we looked through our records. Sure enough, he'd made several contributions to Changes in Latitudes, mostly while doing a singlehanded cir¬ cumnavigation from '85 to '89 aboard Southbound. We heard from him again several years ago when we were compil¬ ing our list of West Coast circumnaviga¬ tors. At the time, he gave a Scott's Valley address and phone number. The phone is disconnected. There are indications that he was most recently sailing out of either Honolulu or Lihue, Kauai.
new mari cha — cont’d keel and water ballast. Primarily, the water ballast will be used for upwind sailing and the canting keel for off the wind, although some combination of the two will likely be adopted depending on conditions. As this issue goes to press, Mari Cha IV is on standby in New York for an attempt at the trans-Atlantic record. Mari Cha III owned this record for a while until it was broken in 2001 by Bernard Stamm’s Open 60 Bobst Group Armor Lux. The current monohull mark is 8 days, 21 hours, which this boat should be able to break if the crew sleeps the whole way over. (The absolute record, set last year by Steve Fossett’s 125-ft catamaran PlayStation is 4 days, 17 hours.) Along with that prestigious mark. Miller is hoping also to capture the monohull 24hour record (484 miles, set by John Kostecki’s illbruck Challenge dur¬ ing the last Volvo Race; the catamaran record is 697 miles, set last year by Brian Thompson on the 110-ft Maiden II). From there, the big machine will go back to the yard for completion, before it starts making attempts on other world sailing records — in¬ cluding, it’s rumored, the San Francisco to Hawaii record in next year’s Pacific Cup.
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SIGHTINGS cruiser jailed in ensenada
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Any of you who remember the Oliver Stone movie Midnight Express will be able to identify just a bit withKhow longtime Mexico cruiser Terry Kennedy is feeling th^se days. Kennedy’s wife. Dawn Wilson, was arrested by Mexican police in April in Ensenada and has been in prison there ever since. According to Terry, she was picked up for bogus rea¬ sons, is being held on trumped up, unsubstantiated charges, and was recently sentenced to five years in prison for a supposed ‘crime’ she did not commit. In addition, Kennedy says the crooked police racked up more than $4,000 on her credit card, and she is not being allowed to take a mediation she needs to control seizures. Wilson’s epileptic-like seizures actually started this horror story in continued on outside column of next sightings page
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The Baltimore Clipper Lynx completed a week-long tour of duty in the Bay last month. Her arrival under the Golden Gate on the 19th was a bit overshadowed by the ongoing Moet Cup races — but it was better than the last time she came in. In September of last year, the year-old rep¬ lica ship was part of a tallship fleet that visited San Francisco. Unfortunately, La¬ bor day served up 30-knot winds with gusts to 50 and Lynx snapped her lovely bowsprit in half before she even got un¬
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der the Bridge. No such disasters this year. Sunny skies and lovely breeze greeted the Mainebased topsail schooner as she was es¬ corted under the Golden Gate by Sausalito’s Hawaiian Chieftain, the also visiting Lady Washington and the spray¬ ing San Francisco fireboat. Seeing the old square riggers gliding gracefully along while the cutting-edge America’s Cup sloops of the Moet Cup dueled a quarter
motion. Dawn, who like Terry has cruised Mexico and the Baja Coast for 20-some years, was kicked in the head by a horse when she was 12. Although she healed completely and has led a normal life until now, doctors at the time told her she could suffer seizures later in life. That is apparently what happened in early April, in Terry’s presence. The episode occurred in Puerto Escondido and was so sudden and violent that Dawn stopped breathing for several agonizing moments while Terry gave her mouth-to-mouth. Soon after, she returned to San Diego to see her doctors. They pre¬ scribed Dilantin, which she decided to buy in Ensenada for $8 rather than the $38 they wanted on this side of the border.
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We’ll let Kennedy take up the story from here (edited for space rea¬ sons): \ On the morning of April 12, she was walking down the street in Ensenada on the way to her Mexican Auto Insurance office. A jeep pulled alongside filled with Mexican police who whistled at her. She ignored them and kept walking. The police then pulled in front of her, and started hasseling her. They grabbed her purse and backpack arid started going through them. One of the officers removed her Visa cards and American Passport and put them in his shirt pocket. Then they X
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mile away was a vivid snapshot of how far sailing has progressed in the last 100 or so years. Lynxwas built in Rockland, Maine and launched in July, 2001. Like our own Californian, the 122-ft LOA Lynx is a mod¬ ernized version of a real ship of historical significance. In 1812, the original Lynx was ‘volunteered’ by the fledgling Ameri¬ can Navy to run blockades and harass
SIGHTINGS British shipping. The new Lynx!s missions are more peaceful. Ongoing coastal and offshore programs focus on American maritime history and traditional seamanship. While here, she was open for tours, sunset cruises and a few ‘battle’ charters, dur¬ ing which she had a few loud and smoky encounters with Hawaiian Chieftain. Lynx departed on the 26th for Los Angeles.
cruiser jailed — cont’d found the Dilantin, a few-months supply, and three bottles of Diabetic pills from the Veteran's Administration Hospital labeled for her ex-hus¬ band (who also lives on a boat in Mexico). The police then arrested her. When Dawn did not show up at our boat the next day, we waited for word that she had broken down or something. When I say we, I mean myself and her two closest friends, Rick and Leslee Zitren, who had flown down in their plane to have a diving vacation with Dawn and I on our boat. She would never have intentionally missed this visit, so we became worried. A couple days went by and we could not seem to locate her. I even put out a ‘health and wefare’ call on the ham nets, hoping maybe someone had seen her car broken down. Nothing. Then I decided to get on the Internet, and check her Visa cards for activity that might tell me where she last was, such as a towing bill. That’s when I knew something was really wrong. Dawn doesn't like using her cards Dawn Wilson. for anything other than getting small sums of cash —but there were thousands of dollars of purchases from April 14 through 17.1 called in and had the cards stopped. More days passed. Finally, I found someone who had seen Dawn being hassled by police. We called a dozen jails in Ensenada, with no luck. Finally, we found her: she was in the State Peniteniaiy in Ensenada . It gets worse. In Mexico, you are considered guilty until proven in¬ nocent. The police charged her with possession of illegal drugs she did not have — and didn’t even bother to note the perfectly legal ones she did have. When asked to provide the illegal items at her hearings, the police claimed they “lost” them. What’s really at work here is a police force that’s out of control in Ensenada and Tijuana. I have heard that they actually arrange with farmacias to call them when an American purchases prescription medi¬ cations. Because the law regarding how much prescription medication you can carry is not clear, the police can harass people. Normally, you can get away with a small bribe, but i,f authorities find credit cards, watch out. The only way they can use them (and don’t think for a minute they need to know F)INs or anything) is if you’re out of action for awhile, which means prison. Ironically, if Dawn had only cash and no cards, she probably would never have gone to jail. (Editor’s Note — a warning from the U.S. State Deparment last No¬ vember confirms that “there have been cases of Americans buy¬ ing prescription drugs in border cities only to be arrested soon after or have money extorted by crirpjfials impersonating po¬ lice officers.” At least, in Dawn’s case, they seem to have been actual police.) In the months since then, there have been five hearings. Dawn has not been allowed to be present at any of them. Her case is being pleaded by our attorney, Rogelio Iniguez. Among the evidence Mr. Iniguez has presented to the court are all the hospital and doctor’s reports detail¬ ing Dawn’s condition and her prescription. We have flown in friends of ours from various boats to testify in Dawn’s behalf. I know this is hard to understand, but compared to our system of justice, theirs makes no sense. For each of the first four court hearings, Dawn was handcuffed, brought to a holding cell somewhere in the court building, and left for eight hours, without food or water, only to sign a couple papers she can't read, then be transported in handcuffs back to the prison. The last Court hearing was in mid-August. Just prior to this hear¬ ing, even the prosecution told Dawn she was sure to be released, since the police cannot seem to find the evidence they charged her with hav¬ ing. The American Embassy — which didn’t do much at first but is now finally looking into her case — also called Dawn’s 83-year-old continued on outside column of next sightings page
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SIGHTINGS cruiser jailed — cont’d mother to reassure her that Dawn would be released any day, prob¬ ably without so much as a fine. N Imagine our reaction when, on August 15, Judge Balance Para sen¬ tenced Dawn Wilson to five years in prison, plus a fine of about $3,200 and she had to pay $30 per day for each day that she is in prison — the equivalent of nearly $55,000.1 later learned that Judge Para’s son died of a drug overdose and she hates Americans. One guy told me “Nobody gets out of her court without doing time.” I immediately put in for an appeal. This will be heard sometime after September 20, fortunately by another judge at a higher court. — terry kennedy Readers Dawn s case was to be heard in a Superior Court in Tijuana the day this issue went to press. Look for an update on her situation in ‘Lectronic Latitude (www.latitude38.com).
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ha-ha is the model "When it comes to the number of en¬ tries, I doubt there's a more consistent sailing event in the world than the Baja Ha-Ha," laughs Lauren Spindler, event Honcho. "For the third year in a row we've gotten 132 paid entries. What we're now hoping for is continued consistency in the weather. In the first nine Ha-Ha's there have been a total of 29 legs, 28 of them downwind in light to moderate conditions. More of the same would be just fine." The Ha-Ha, of course, is the 'nothing serious' cruisers' rally that starts in San Diego on October 27, and finishes in Cabo
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San Lucas on November 8 after R&R stops at Turtle Bay and Bahia Santa Maria. The emphasis is on safety, making lots of friends, and relaxing, not competition. About 110 boats are actually expected to start, with a total of about 450 crew. Included in this year's entiy list are eight catamarans and six motoryachts. The smallest are four 30-footers. The larg¬ est are Ha-Ha vet Renne Waxlax's Swan 65 Casseopia, and Warren and Kathleen Westerhoff s new Point 65, Blue Point With everybody having received their
During the last week of July, the Emeryville-based Newport 28 Taingiel completed five beer can races in one week, making owner/ skipper Mel Atwood the latest Latitude 38 Beer Can Challenge King.
But wait! Crew person Cello Perez also participated in all five races, so King Atwood shares the coveted ‘throne’ with Queen Perez. Here are the races in which they participated: Monday (7/21)— Bay View Boat Club ‘Monday Night Madness’. Tuesday (7/22) — Sierra Point YC Tuesday Night Series. Wednesday (7/23) — Sequoia YC Wednesday Night Series. Thursday (7/24) — Benicia YC Thursday Night Series. Friday (7/25) — Berkeley YC Friday Night Races. Miles logged — approximately 230. “I was looking for a fun and challenging activity to ward off the birthday blues,” says Mel, who turned 40 on July 27. “The Beer Can Challenge really fit the bill perfectly.” Taingiel is no race boat, Mel explains. In fact, he can’t remember the last time they actually won anything. But the boat and her revolv¬ ing crews have always had a lot of spirit that can be summed up in a few simple ‘bylaws’, whether they’re cruising or racing: 1) Beginners and first timers are always welcome. 2) Yelling at other people is dis¬ couraged. 3) Howling at the moon is encouraged. 4) Sail sober and safe with respect for other boaters. 5) Appreciate the beauty of sailing on the Bay and the feeling of being surrounded by good friends. 6) Learn something new every time you sail. For Atwood, the best part of the week-long competition was “dur¬ ing the last leg of the last race in Berkeley, when I was surrounded by the wet, smiling faces of friends and family.” Probably the most mean¬ ingful moment off the race course occurred as he pulled Taingiel into Redwood City where he’d first learned to sail 20 years ago. Interestingly, the most talked-about part of the week for the crew had nothing to do with racing. It was the night passage back to Emeryville after the last race in Benecia. “Anticipation, excitement and the unknown only begin to describe the wide gamut of emotions I felt that night,” says Beer Can Queen Cello Perez. “Two people shared steering, another spotted our marks, I navigated and we all watched for tankers. Having absolute trust in one another was what made this portion of the trip memorable. It was truly a defining moment in my life.” , Although only Mel and Cello completed all five races, the following people also crewed on onp or more races: Alisa Doran, Mike Weller, Hofer Wong, Tim Kwan, Rina Parisi (first time on a sailboat), Mary Petrofsky, and regular Taingiel crew Joe Buccelli and Ralph Parerno. Susana, Lome and David Atwood — Mel’s sister, brother and nephew, respectively — also heeded the call to duty on different days. For each, it was their fiTst ever sailboat race. “I’d like to thank Latitude 38 for creqtihg this challenge,” says Atwood, “and all the yacht club members who were so supportive of our folly — with special thanks to Tom McKinney (SPYC), John Farnsworth and Gaylord Van Dyne (SYC), for your enthusiasm and the hot lunch you prepared for us when we needed it most, Tish Buti (GCYC) for working overtime on my Y.C. application and awarding Taingiel a GCYC burgee. Also Foam Creations for finishing the new interior cush¬ ions for Taingiel so we all had new pads to sleep on. Rich Weirick of Richmond Yacht Service for his help with the new standing rigging. Finally, thanks to Bobbie Foster-Atwood my supportive and loving wife. “By the way, since everyone asks, the name of the boat is an old Gallic word meaning ‘grateful.’”
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King Mel and Queen Cello (standing), along with some of their loyal subjects aboard the royal yacht ‘Taingiel’.
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short sightings WATERS OF THE WORLD — Imagine loading a 747 full of lions, gazelle, birds, insects and other critters from the African Savannah, then landing back in the U.S., opening the doors and shooing everyj.
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thing out. It’s not to hard to imagine how if just one or two of those species were able to survive, and thrive, it could upset the balance for native animals and people. Piranha getting in our lakes, for example. Or pythons eating our poodles.
entry packs with all the basic instructions and waiver forms, the next step will be checking-in at the Cabrillo Isle Marina in San Diego from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on Satur¬ day, October 25 or 9 to 11 a.m. on Sun¬ day October 26. The West Marine KickOff Costume Party, complete with a free, lunch, beverages of all kinds, and prizes will begin at 2 p.m. It's at this time en¬ tries will receive their free Ha-Ha and Some Like It Hot T-shirts, hats, tote bags, navigator sports bottles with the course
While that’s an extreme and silly example, this exact thing has been happening in the waters of the world since the days of sailing ships. But much moreso in the past 50 to 60 years. Once a modem ship discharges cargo, or sometimes to fine-tune trim after it has loaded cargo, it will take on water as ballast. Sometimes tens of thousands of tons of it. Whatever is living in the water goes along for the ride and, if it survives, is blown out into local waters when the ship arrives. It has been estimated that ballast water may be transporting 3,000 species of plants and animals per day around the world. In San Fran- cisco Bay alone, a study concluded that 234 organisms now living in our local waters are non-native, and another 100 are GlfStO. . Swan 441 suspect. Some, like the mitten crab, have taken over and driven Betty Louise.. ; Beneteau 47 out local species. Black Dog II,...;CT 41 The Rogue.. . Catalina 50 Now an organization called the International Maritime Orga¬ Sula... islander 38 nization is going to try to do something about it. After 16 years Falcor.... Golden Gate 3i of study, the IMO has agreed to draft guidelines for ballast wa¬ Zykanthos . SkveSl ter that will hopefully eliminate some of the problem. Among Joggins,,. Fast |0HH exceptions to these proposed guidelines, they listed military ships Bella Dama. Islander 36 Scarlett. CS40 and private yachts! (Hard to imagineyachts wanting to take Spirftus Invictus. Wesfsaii 32 on water, isn’t it?) Raireva.. Dreadnought 32 This whole thing is still in the very preliminary ‘public input’ Emerald Sea Jeanneau45 stage. If you would like to see what the proposed rules are for Mariposa.. CSC 40 private yachts, check out www.sailing.org/technical/IR_2aiLpdf. Fetching light........ Hylas46 For the whole story, go to www.imo.org. Tantara........ Catalina 42 Luna Sea.. Irwin 37 Free Right.. iNordhavn40 THE MISSISSIPPI — It’s not exactly sailing, but if you like Gitan©.. Kendall 32 adventures on the water, the June-July, 2004, Grand Excur¬ Firefly.. Ericson32 sion could make for an interesting adventure next summer. The Cat Ballou.. Catana 42 . original Grand Excursion in 1854 celebrated America’s first rail¬ Dragonfly.... Liberty 46 road connection to the Mississippi. Some 1,200 dignitaries, in¬ ShuFina... Columbia 36 cluding President Millard Fillmore, took part in a journey — Storefcro Royal 33 Wheatstrong.... Peterson 44 first by rail, later by steamboat — from Chicago to St. Paul, Bronco.1 Morgan 0141 continued on outside column of next sightings page Page 120 • UKtUili • October, 2003
Bob S Kathy Romano San Fr; Gary & Karen Jongeward.San Diego Roger & Lorraine Atkins.Everett. WA CJ. Nizie.Gold Beach! Sieve Lindsey....Coronado Katy S Elan Stewart .Emeryville j Don Malarangas ..SantaCruz I Bobfurlow....Seattle Chad Kominel.Ventura RussEichner....Benicia Sven Sampson.Sanl.__ Marek Ncswicki.... San Pedro I Robert & Marlene Anderson ,.. Jim & Rebecca Caseiani.„San Fr; Judy Fontana & Phil Holland ... Alla, UT, Norfn Pond ——..$ Tim Harmon.......Sonoma Ai& Donna Holmes... Seattle J. Holt & Jenny Goff.Gbebeague ls„ Forest and Virginia Roberts.Santa Cruz Chuck Longanecker.Sausalito Tom &Richel!e Brown...Napa Wiliem Van Thiiio .;... Mark Vore.... Seguing M. Patterson & S. Yoshimoto... San ~ ’ Nels Torberson..Alameda
Along with all the good stuff, the Moet Cup gave a sobering glimpse of what an America’s Cup on the Bay might really be like. This photo shows the official boats and spectator fleets for just one race. See the article following Sightings for more on the event itself.
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shorts — cont’d Grand Excursion 2004 will celebrate the 150th anniversary of this his¬ toric milestone with events on and off the River, including steamboat rides for any or all of the 17-stop itinerary through four states. Prices range from $24 for harbor cruises, to $148 apiece for day cruises (three meals included). For dedicated history and/or party buffs, the Delta Queen and Mississippi Queen are offering all-inclusive 11 -day trips for $3,300 to $5,115. (That whirling sound is Mark Twain spinning in his grave.) For more information, check out www.grandexcursion.com.
ALCATRAZ — No, there was no fire on the Bay Tuesday, September 23, and there were no tallships coming in. For a change, the spraying fireboat Phoenix was celebrating one of its own as Alcatraz’s original _ fire engine was returned to The Rock. A barge delivered the gleam¬ ing red 1934 Diamond T to the former prison docks, where it was offloaded by crane. Removed as a rusting hulk from the island in . Pacific Seacraft 37 Dick Sayre.... . San Francisco Oiva . . the 1970s, the engine was recently restored by inmates at the David Gibbs. , Oceanside . J; 120 Sneakers Nevada: State Prison in Las Vegas. In addition to being possibly .Seattle Daniel & Janelle Lee.......—. ., Wauquiez 35 puetzai. . . “the most viewed restored vehicle in thy wo rid,” according to one Teft Reed.... . Berkeley Whatever.. ,.Seneteau411 Bob Hudnaf 8 Dana Cannon. . tong Beach enthusiast (most than 1 million people visit Alcatraz annually), Doha Lee . ..Force 60 Slave 3 Debi Fisher.. . San Diego ..EriesonSO Vloon Shadow the truck is fully functional and, if needed, will be used to fight ' Mark 8 Sue Purdy.. Hapa Tango... ..Perry 43 cai fires on the island. Ron Oxford................. . Seattle ...Bavaria 4E Sypsy «!> » Wind. Anthony Bettencourt__,..| . San Francisco „ Hunter 33 NORWAY — Keiko, the 9,000-pound orca that starred in three Vletani.. * Hans Christian 33 Dave 8 Jen Peckham.. . Sausalito Free Willie movies, won't go away. In one of those life-imitates-art * Wayne 8 Torin Emard........... . Sausalito ..Liberty 458 . J:m Soboiewsk-- . Vallejo things, concerned citizens, scfentists and activists have spent Beila Luna. ..Catalina 30 Warren 8 Kathleen Westerhoff Holland, m ’o nr Blue. ., Point 65 $21 million to date to rescue Keiko from a marine park in Mexico, Mac 8 Suzanne Lingo.. , San Francisco March Girl. . Express 52 re-acclimate him to the cold Icelandic waters where he was caught Yuri Faria. . Berkeley less. ..Lauren 30 as a yearling in 1979, and prepare him for freedom. They even Ke*tn Jarvis ...... . Denver island Time... ..Tayana 43 taught him to catch live fish for himself. Finally, in 2002, he was , .. . Vancouver. BC ..Catana471 vlelooy . . released. It was hoped he would take up with members of his old John Van S&len .............. , Edmonton, AB i Western Grace.... ..Christensen 55 Johnathan Day............... . San Francisco pod, or be accepted into another. Instead, two months and 900 Japfeftt Mustek . .. Young 43 . Alameda Tracey & Julie Filipplni F Eagle Dancer. .. Eric$on38 miles later, he showed up in a Norwegian fiord, happily frolicking The Lee family... Seaitie :a. ..Wauquiez 35 for tourists on tour boats. Now he won't leave. Scientists are try¬ Martha 8 Ga/dner Bickford.... . Cambridge, MA pafiumara. „ Cat NZ 4500 ' ing to figure out what the problem is while trying to keep the ■ , Long Beach GhinaDol1 ... ..Passport 51 onlookers away. We’re wondering why they don’t realize that . Dana Point gad Reid ~ Sodacious. „ Pacific Seacraft maybe there is no problem. They did free Willie’ to make his own ClubNautique----- . Marina Dei Rey Hunter 50 Roger Niceswanger. Alameda .. Seawind 33 cat sleCaf. choice. And he's made it. October, 2003 • UtdwLW • Page 121
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ame, set, match. Woulda, shoulda, couMa. Last month's Moet Cup was bittersweet revenge for Lariy Ellison and his Oracle/ BMW syndicate. M a kind of 'fantasy rematch^ of last January's finals of the Louis Vuitton Cup, this time the tables turned and Oracle beat Ernesto Bertarelli’s Swiss _ juggernaut Alinghi. With a bit of homecourt advantage, Oracle / BMW won both the five-race owner-driver segment of this September 15-20 series, as well as the ‘serious' seven-race pro-driver
part. (Only the latter counted in the overall standings.) Be¬ fitting a clash of such titans, the outcome of the week-long series was a cliffhanger to the end, with the two 80-foot sloops going into the final races Saturday afternoon tied at two wins ^piece in the owner-driver, and three apiece in the pro-driver division. For local sailors who came out to Above, Moet Cup winner Larry Ellison holds the trophy aloft. Spread, 'Alinghi' (foreground) and 'Oracle' converge on Alcatraz.
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Ernesto Bertarelli (left) and Larry Ellison. watch, the races of the first-and-maybeonly Moet Cup showcased a caliber of match racing rarely seen on the Bay. And it was a great opportunity to see some of the top sailors in the world do what they do best aboard two of the top Interna¬ tional America’s Cup Class yachts in the world. In fact, through the camera lens it looked just like the battles off Auckland last spring except for the familiar icons of Alcatraz, the Golden Gate and The City in the background. The other big differ¬ ence from New Zealand was dependable wind in the 15-25 knot range over the week-long series. The Oracle crew was mostly new; the Alinghi crew was mostly the same guys who were aboard in New Zealand. The boats — said to be unchanged from their America’s Cup configurations except for a few new, smaller sails for our stronger local breeze — were shiny, beautiful and deceptively fast. As in the Huaraki Gulf, Oracle and Alinghiwere almost identical in speed, which put a premium on crew work. There were a number of lead changes over the course of the Moet se¬ ries, a few penalties, a broken spinna¬ ker pole that cost Oracle a race, and the distinctly un-America’s Cup-like inter¬ ruption of a container ship that barged through the course, nullifying Owner Race 3. The windward-leeward courses were set near shore to maximize public view¬ ing. And the public came, first in a trickle, and in the final days by the throngs — to watch sailing! They ooh'ed and aah'ed in (mostly) the appropriate places, applauded often and cheered when Oracle won. In fact, when the vic¬ torious Oracle crew stepped onto the docks at the Golden Gate YC after the final race, it was to the cheers and ap¬ plause of hundreds of onlookers along the breakwater. It was impossible not to imagine — if just for a moment — what might have been if Oracle had been at this state of readiness in Auckland nine months ago. When they met Alinghi in the finals of the Challenger Series, the Swiss boat had Page 124* UMwLZ? • October, 2003
lost only three races in the entire series. In the Moet, Alinghi had lost three races by the end of the second day. Of course, there was nothing retroactive about this series. And nothing future-active, either. The Moet Cup is not part of any greater event. Oracle gets no points to carry toward the next Challenger Series. The results therefore mean almost noth¬ ing in the big picture. If you- wanted to continue this line of thought, you could say the Moet Cup was little more than a self-indulgent stunt by two rich guys to
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They came, they saw, they liked. The general public was out in force to watch the final day of racing. If we may digress here for a moment: in the 25 or so years Latitude 38 has been around, we long ago quit wondering why most of the millions of people who in¬ habit the shores of this lovely Bay care so little about what happens on it. Races, tallship arrivals, on-the-water shows and special events happen virtually eveiy weekend on some part of the Bay. But most of the time, you’ll find a bigger cheering section at your average Little League game. It’s a fact of fife we have come to accept. There have been attempts over the years to get the general, non-sailing pub¬ lic more involved. The ProSail series of the early ‘90s comes to mind. It flashed in the pan for two or three years then disappeared. Until a few years ago, the 11-Metre class had a sponsored series of short, fast races off Pier 39 that seemed to us like an ideal venue fpr short-attention-span shoreside viewers. That, too, faded away. It seemed there were just too many other distractions in culture and sports-heavy San Francisco for Joe Public to care about sailing. Then the Moet Cup came along. Below, 'Oracle' and 'Alinghi' are well matched in speed — and beauty. Left, 'Oracle' regains her composure after 'the ship incident.'
THE NEXT BEST THING their sponsors put their considerable money where their mouths were and pulled off one of— if not the — most spec¬ tacular sailing events the Bay has ever seen. So people would notice, the Golden Gate YC was transformed from the ‘other club’ on the San Francisco waterfront into a media machine complete with sat¬ ellite hookups, a full-on media center. Virtual Spectator screens every 5 feet and so many famous faces walking around it was like attending the sailing Academy Awards. We'd be surprised if NASA goes to this much fuss to cover shuttle mis¬ sions.
To tell you the truth, during the wind¬ up stage, we didn't think this event would arqpunt to much, either. It did sound too much like rich guys showing off. Espe¬ cially with the liberal use in the press kits of phrases like "the America's Cup Friendly Face-Off' and "for the sheer pleasure of the challenge." The first in¬ kling that it might be more came during the press accreditation process when we were told that more than 150 press cre¬ dentials had been requested, about 40% of which were going to foreign press — from Europe, Japan, Australia, New Zealand. . . .
_^\.fter the last America’s Cup, Ellison, the Redwood City software bil¬ lionaire, and Bertarelli, a Swiss pharma¬ ceuticals billionaire, got together to start planning the next America's Cup, includ¬ ing ways to improve its image. These
'Oracle'pursues 'Alinghi' during the pro-driver series. In addition to racing, the Moet Cup also showcased the Bay as a peerless sailing arena.
meetings were both official — as the top finalist in the Louis Vuitton Challenger Series, Oracle and its homeport Golden Gate YC are the Challengers of Record for the next Cup — and, one is led to believe, personal. Despite more than 20 years of age difference (Bertarelli is 38, Ellison is 59) and decidedly different per¬ sonalities, the two men seem genuinely to enjoy each other’s company. One of the things they decided in those meetings was to take the Cup to the people. It makes a lot of sense: rather than lots of hoopla every three qr four years over the America’s Cup — all the while racing it in a venue as spectatorfriendly as Area 51 — then having noth¬ ing for three or four years until the next hoopla starts, why not have a series of, well, friendly exhibition races at various venues in the United States and Europe between Cup races? The loose plan was/ is for these warm, fuzzy events to morph into a pre-elimination series in the year or so leading up to the America’s Cup XXXII in 2007. (The European venue will be decided in December.) Because San Francisco is Ellison’s homeport, he in¬ vited Bertarelli to come here to sail in the first of these events. Moet & Chandon, longtime supporters of world-class sailing events in Europe, agreed to spon¬ sor the show. Nothing about the Moet Cup was done halfway. Trust us on this. (Shipping Alinghi, all her containers, an all-star crew and a 30-some person support team from Switzerland alone must have cost a ^mall fortune.) Ellison, Bertarelli and
But like we say, in sailing, even if you build it, don't think they'll come. A key element to Moet's success was get¬ ting the word out to the general public, which didn't mean Latitude 38 or any of the other sailing mags or websites. (Sail¬ ors always get plenty of advanced press for on-the-water events; it’s nonsailors who usually don't get the word.) That meant getting to the sailophobic local TV, radio and newspapers. We don't know how, but they pulled this off with remark¬ able swiftness and aplomb. Even the never-look-beyond-the-shoreline San Francisco Chromdejumped in with both feet, featuring daily reports on the Moet standings in the Sporting Green all week, along with that day’s schedule and high¬ lights. Be still our beating heart! Try to imagine you are a nonsailor and cpnsider the attractions: * Portable tents and a grandstand set
'Alinghi' spins around the leeward mark. The Swiss were on the way to regaining their ACup proficiency as the series progressed.
up at the end of the St. Francis/GGYC parking lot. These were for the general public, not VIPs. In one of the tents was the America’s Cup — not a look-alike, the actual Auld Mug itself. Not even in a case. You could walk right up to within not-quite-touching distance of it. * Play-by-play piped over loudspeak¬ ers. Former America’s Cup skipperOctober, 2003 • UtiUM 3? • Page 125
MOET CUP 2003 turned-OLN-personality Ss>awn Riley handled the mike, ably assisted by a re¬ volving cadre of surprise guests’ from Gary Jobson to several differe'ntoff-duty Oracle/BMW crewman. * The windward-leeward courses and marks were set close to shore, maximiz¬ ing the experience for onlookers. While the reality was that the boats often played the currehtand wind several hun¬ dred yards out, atl^ast two or three times a day they came in so close to shore you could have hit them with a Frisbee. * Alinghi (SUI64) is the top IACC yacht in the world, sailed by the top team in the world. This is the boat that beat Team New Zealand in the last America’s Cup, and Alinghi Challenge is the first team to bring the Cup to Europe in 152 years. The Moet marked the first time an America's Cup winning boat has ever sailed on San Francisco Bay, much less raced here. * Stars aboard the two boats were some of the best and brightest in sail¬ ing, including Oracle's John Kostecki, Chris Dickson and Gavin Brady, and Alinghis Brad Butterworth and Jochen Scheumann. {Alinghi's America s Cup winning skipper Russell Coutts arrived late in the week and did not sail in the series.) These men are easily sailing's equivalents to more mainstream athletes like Lance Armstrong, Andre Agassi or Tiger Woods. People seemed at least aware of that, even if they didn't quite know what to do with it. * Astute observers might have noticed other famous faces — British sailing phenomenon Ellen MacArthur sailed aboard both Oracle and Alinghi in the ‘17th man’ spot — okay, sometimes it was 18th, who’s counting? (The '17th man’ is a non-participatory ride-along guest in the back of the boat.) Riding the scoop in the last race aboard Alinghi was actor/comedian Robin Williams who noted, "These boats make so much noise it sounds like an old man having sex." * And don't forget the' star power of Bertarelli and Ellison themselves. Al¬ though both accomplished sailors in their own rights, the main attraction here was just seeing these financial ’superstars' in the flesh, on the water and — after the last race — dousing each other with champagne and hugging! * Ellison himself ponied up $250,000 for a fireworks spectacular off the Cityfront the likes of which the Bay has never seen before. The concussions alone from the Thursday-night show prompted scores of calls to local authorities by frightened citizens.
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V -tly very day the crowds ashore, seemed to grow (which admittedly might be a bit of a false positive due to the un¬ usually warm weather — not everyone was there to watch the racing). By week's end, there were actually tailgaters backed up to the beach at Crissy Field with pickup trucks, lawn chairs and cool¬ ers full of beer. To watch sailing. One guy who had come down from Tahoe had set up a card table on the beach, complete with an ice bucket to chill the cham¬ pagne, crackers and foo-foo cheese. "This is fantastic!" he said, admitting to play¬ ing a bit of hooky from woVk to' be here. "It's not the America's Cup — but it is!" Of course, we're talking a max of maybe 5,000 people here. Compared to the big bicycle race that went through San Francisco the previous weekend — which attracted "several hundred thou¬ sand" spectators and where you actu¬ ally could see Lance Armstrong — the Moet was a blip on the radar screen. But hey, it’s the biggest blip we've ever seen come out for any sailing event. We con¬ ducted impromptu on-the-beach inter¬ views with perhaps a dozen folks -v- and they all loved it. The only two complaints: they didn't know on any given race whether the pros or the billionaires were driving (the se¬ ries was supposed to be two races a day, with the owner/drivers first and pros sec¬ ond, but a few re-dos jumbled the order in the last few days). The other com¬ plaint: ‘The boats don’t come in close enough often enough.”
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n the water viewing was another story. In a perhaps less-than-encouraging preview of what an America's Cup on the Bay would be like — it was a zoo out there. Upwards of 30 "official" boats followed the two racers around the course, making for washing machine conditions if you tried to keep up, and a sort of General Custer syndrome if you waited at a mark while the stampede thundered down at you. An estimated 300 spectator boats did watch the final races on Saturday, and some we talked to had a good time despite the confusion. For us taking photographs, it had the makings of a nightmare. Too many boats, and way too bouncy. Yeah, we're spoiled — we're used to having you guys all to ourselves out there! That said, we'll be quick to admit — and admire — that access to this event was unprecedented. In an actual Ameri¬
ca's Cup, they never let you get as close to the boats as they did at the Moet. Sometimes this was carried to extreme — we were graciously invited aboard one of the umpire boats for a day's racing (something else that would never be al¬ lowed in an actual Cup race), only to find we were sometimes too close to take de¬ cent photos.
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X3L11 in all, we were surprised and impressed. Short of figuring out how to integrate some kind of ball throwing in sailing, we didn't think the public in this country would ever give a hoot about our sport. In that sense, the Moet opened our eyes — especially to what a first-class PR effort can accomplish. And even if it didn't really 'mean' any¬ thing, we came away feeling we had wit¬ nessed some bloody good racing by two of the best sailing teams in the world. We’ve never crewed in an America’s Cup bout, but we had no hint that either of these crews were giving an inch, and ev¬ ery indication they were giving their all. At the last press conference after the last race, Ernesto Bertarelli was asked what he thought of the series. "It was quite fantastic," he said. "I think it is all we expected and all we hoped for. It's obviously very therapeu¬ tic for us at Alinghi that you can't just think you're the best and not continue to work hard. So I'm absolutely looking forward to a new regatta coming up next year on the East Coast, maybe coming back here if it’s possible (cheers from the assembled media drowned him out for a moment) — and certainly in Europe." When it was Ellison’s turn to speak, he said. I've won and I've lost, and win¬ ning is definitely better. If you want to find out how good of a sailor you are, you have to sail against the best in the world, and Alinghi is the best in the world." The next America's Cup Friendly Face-Off is in Newport, Rhode Island, next June. Oracle and Alinghi will be there. Other possible players include Team New Zealand and the new French K-Yachting syndicate.
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or a few weeks in September, San Francisco seemed like the sailing center of the universe. Some of the hottest sail¬ ors on the planet were here, sailing everything from Aussie 18s to TransPac 52s to America's Cup boats. The St. Francis YC's 39tt^annual Big Boat Se¬ ries, presented for the second year by Rolex, was the centerpiece of this unprec¬ edented sailing frenzy on September 11-14. It was another excellent year for the BBS, which attracted a record 115boat fleet (surpassing the 112-boat milestone set in 2000) for four ■ days of hot racing, both literally and figura¬ tively.
Adding to the excitement of this year's seven-race, no-throwout Series was a two-race IACC exhibition match pitting hometown favorite Oracle BMW against Alinghi. Using fleet racing rules (no dial¬ ups, no umpires, etc.) the two behemoths stayed rqostly away from each other as Oracle BMW won both contests (one each on Thursday and Friday) in a preview ofcoming attractions. About a quar¬ ter of the fleet sailed . under the Americap II •; rule, which seemed to Though relatively work well on like-sized overlooked by the me¬ boats (the SC 52s), but dia in* favor of the fol¬ not quite as well in the lowing week's muchother classes, particu¬ hyped Batde of the Bil¬ larly Americap II-A. lionaires, the BBS qui¬ Though Americap II — Dozens of sailors went swimming etly and dependably during the long, hot postponements. essentially a dumbeddelivered the goods for down, more usermere»mortal sailors once again — great friendly version of IMS — is gaining racing on two venues (Cityfront and ground in the U.S. (300 certificates in North courses), great parties courtesy of 2002 vs. 600 this year, mainly due to Dry Creek Vineyard and Mt. Gay Rum, Chi-Mac, TransPac and the two Ber¬ and some gorgeous sailing weather for muda races), it is still not making any three of the four days. Until Sunday’s local inroads. It remains hard for the av¬ more typical blustery and chilly finale, erage sailor to comprehend, and only a most competitors never donned foulies few yacht clubs are capable of adminis¬ — opting for T-shirts and shorts (and tering it. obligatory life jackets) in the moderate Even US Sailing's numbers guru Dan winds, flat water and unseasonably hot Nowlan, who was out here to oversee
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winds, where current effects are propor¬ tionally smaller. In the lighter air of this year's BBS, boats that are relatively slow in lighter air, such as the J/46, didn't receive the full performance credit that Americap advertises," said Nolan. "We're looking into it."
conditions. Over 1,000 sailors competed in seven one design classes and three divisions of Americap II, with expensive Rolex watches at stake in five classes (Farr 40, ID-35, SC 52, and Americap IIA and B). Page 128 • UMUi 3? • October, 2003
Hot fun in the summertime — The Crissy Field beach was jammed with people, almost all of whom were oblivious to the BBS.
While the jury is still out on Americap, the verdict is in about the rest of the Se¬ ries — spectacular! Read on:
Americap II-A — Rosebud Americap’s second year at the BBS, had some reservations: "Americap has done reasonably well rating boats in stronger
This was the marquee class at this year's BBS, fielding five hot TP-52s and four other big boats. It wouldn't have
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More fun than a root canal — Craig Healy drives 'Rosebud' past our photoboat at warp speed. Above, the Americap II cldss winners, from left: Roger Sturgeon ('Rosebud'), John Siegel ('Scor¬ pio'), and Bill Colombo and Mike GarI ('White Dove). All photos Latitude 38 except as noted. been much of a class if the TP-52 class hadn’t agreed to race Americap, which they did supposedly as a favor to the St. Francis YC to help keep like-sized boats together in the Series. The TP-52s also are not all configured to their buoy rac¬ ing rulps, and Americap allowed them to experiment with different set-ups. The TP-52s are used to sailing under PHRF and Americap II anyway, as they seldom field enough boats to race levelly. TP-52s have won their division in
all the big U.S. regattas this year — Key West, SORC, Chicago-Mac, TransPac, North Sails Race Week — and now the Big Boat Series. Roger Sturgeon's Re¬ designed Rosebud, back from a produc¬ tive East Coast road trip, was the big win¬ ner, putting together a 1,1,5,3,5,1,4 record to win the Series comfortably over arch-rival Alta Vita At last year's BBS, when five TP-52s did race levelly, Yassou won and the then/new Rosebud was DFL. Rosebud
erased the painful memories of that re¬ gatta, returning to the Bay after her East Coast sabbatical with a fresh look — a new pro crew, a new bulb keel, a new deck layout, and better sails and instru¬ ments. Because it was Americap, not TP52, rules, they also threw on the big pole (28 feet) and big asymmetrical kites, fig¬ uring they could overcome the rating penalty despite making it harder on the crew. The other 52s concluded otherwise, and showed up with small kites. Dentist Craig Healy, a Category 1 sail¬ or, was drafted to steer Rosebud, while Sturgeon, a retired software magnate. October, 2003 • UiUoJc 12 • Page 129
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door — including losing last year's Americap II-B class on a tiebreaker to Paul Kent's Farr 395 Chance — John
Farr wars — The Farr 40 fleet is gearing up for next year's Worlds, to be hosted by St. Francis YCtheweekbefore the BBS.
Siegel's aluminum Wylie 42 Scorpio fi¬ nally put it all together with a fine 2,1,1,1,2,4,3 record. Siegel opened the Series strongly, and then coasted to a
seems to rate favorably under Americap II, as evidenced by her win in the Alessio Regatta, third place in the Quickboat, and first in the BBS — good enough for SCORPIO/WHITE DOVE BY DANIEL FORSTER / ROLEX
navigated and sailmaker &evin Miller called tactics. The rest of the crew was wife Isobel Sturgeon, Malcolm Park, Brent Ruhne, Brett Jones, Jack Halterman, Glenn Hansen, George Wheeler, Matt Smith, Gary and Evan Evans, Keats Keeley and Jeff Brock. Rosebud and Alta Vita!s rivalry, which has been smoldering since both owners sailed SC 52s, fished up again in the last race, with AV protesting Rosebud for a port/starboard incident at the top mark. Rosebud's afterguard, which apparently found out about the protest at the dock, felt it was a weak case, but elected to take a 30% penalty in arbitration rather than risk a DSQ in The Room. The out¬ come of the regatta remained the same, though the final results got a little closer. Bill Turpin s Davidson TP-52 Alta Vita won the battle for second, just a point ahead of Jim Demetriades's N/M-designed Yassou, which took a fatal eighth in race three after hooking the starting pin in a flood tide. Yassou also scored two bullets, which broke the tie for third in their favor oyer Mark Jones' Andrewsdesigned Flash (ex-J /Bird III), which was well sailed by pro driver Will Baylis and a mostly amateur crew. The New York-based Talisman (exBribon), a Farr 53 designed to the IMS rule, finished a close fifth, just three points out of second place. Braveheart, a new Bakewell-White-designed TP-52 built in New Zealand for a Seattle owner, showed potential, but suffered from the usual teething problems. Past BBS win¬ ners Pendragon IV, Swiftsure II and Wasabi — all well-sailed boats — proved uncompetitive with the TP-52s under Americap II. Fortunately for them, the
TP-52s should be sailing by themselves next year, possibly with as many as ten boats in attendance.
From left — The Wylie 42 'Scorpio'; the new TP-52 'Braveheart' crosses behind 'Alta Vita'; and the Beneteau 40.7 'White Dove'.
Americap n-B — Scorpio
five-point victory over Cita Litt’s bright yellow Schock 40 Cita.
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Scorpio, built by Jim Betts in 1991,
overall Americap II honors in the second annual S.F. Bay Series (see Box Scores). "As we get smarter, the boat seems to go faster," laughed Siegel, a retired software executive from San Francisco. "Who would have guessed?" -!
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Siegel was joined in his Rolex-winning performance by his wife Joy, tactician Bren Meyer, GW Grigg, Geoff McDonald, Toby Cooper, Marcy Fleming (from Oahu), Matt Soldo, Brendan Daly, Larry Peterson, Sean McBurney and Malcolm Brown. "We're all amateurs, and most of us are boatowners," explained Siegel. "Among us, we have five Moore 24s, two Vanguard 15s, a SC 27 and an Olson 40 The crew's ultralight and small boat skills really seemed to help this year." Th^ high-rating Cita, which finished first boat-for-boat by miles in all the races, came alive in/Sunday’s windy fi¬ nale, planing to a tijnely bullet. That jumped Cita into second overall, one point ahead of Chance, which posted a fifth in that race. "Racing under Americap is mysterious and frustrating," noted Kent. 'We were constantly surprised by the results — on a day we thought we had a 1,2 we ended up 3,4. On Satur¬ day, when we figured we got hammered, we did end up 1,2. Anyway, it was still a great regatta, and John and his crew sailed well and deserved to win." Zamazaan, which surprised the fleet with two bullets, ended up fourth. The Farr 40 Blue Chip, a refugee from the ■
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concurrent one design hardball game; Jacana, a J/46 shipped from England for the Series; and the aging Holland 47 Infinity filled out the ranks in this seven-boat class. Scorpio, one of the most active boats on Above, Martin Brauns ('Winnetou'). the Bay, will take the Right, John Kilroy ('Samba Pa Ti). rest of the year off. 'We're beginning preparations for the Pa¬ use class-illegal go-fast gear (#1 jib, .6 cific Cup, and the Waikiki Offshore spinny, a Tuff Luff headstay, and an up¬ Championship that follows it," said graded backstay system) and also bring Siegel. "And, of course, we'll be back for in several pro sailors (per the 40.7 class next year's BBS!" rules, boats are only allowed one pro, and only in the first year of ownership). "I've Americap II-C — White Dove been getting personal attention and fast 'Tike they say on Wide World of Sports, sails from the Doyle loft," explained Garl. we went from the agony of defeat (in last "For the Bay Series and the BBS, I had year’s Big Boat Series) to the thrill of vic¬ offers from some of my sailmakers to sail tory!" joked Mike Garl, who drove his as unpaid crew. That, and the fact that Beneteau 40.7 White Dove to a perfect Americap is very favorable to the — and probably unprecedented — string Beneteau 40.7, contributed to my deci¬ of seven bullets in crushing this six-boat sion." division. After the disappointment of be¬ In addition to three Doyle employees ing knocked out of last year's BBS due (tactician Bill Colombo, Rusty Canada, to an unfortunate collision, Garl spent and Dominic Marchal), the White Dove the ensuing year plotting his return. crew consisted of Ben Brown, Dave "We’ve worked hard over the last two Crowe, Karen Flick, John Gratton, John years to build a great program and a fast Luff, JP Perfot, Matt Siddens, Vjeko boat," claimed Garl, who owns a print¬ Svilan, Neal Tanner and Charlie Watt. ing company on the Peninsula and is the Despite not having to sail on Sunday, most active 40.7 campaigner on the Bay. Garl went out anyway. "We dedicated the "We did well in the Silver Eagle and Sec¬ race to the memory of my best friend’s wife, who recently passed away," he ond Half Opener, and had momentum going into the S.F. Bay Series. We en¬ noted. "We finished with our 'white dove' logo'ed spinnaker up, a biblical sign rep¬ tered Americap because the other 40.7s resenting the spirit of God." weren't showing up, and we really didn't Garl intends to rejoin the 40.7 one think they would get enough boats for a design class "if the fleet comes together" one design start at the BBS." — and is also contemplating stepping up By sailing in Americap instead of the to the ID-35 fleet. Beneteau 40.7 class, Garl was able to 'Winnetou', to leeward of 'Morgana', took six bullets en route to winning the SC 52 class — and a Rolex for tactician Norman Davant!
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the 28 SC 52s built, ran rovtghshod over the other four boats in this small class, scoring six bullets and a third in Thursday's second race. "The third was my fault," admitted tactician/sailmaker Norman Davant. "I was sick, and way off my game that day." Brauns, a 43-year-old high-tech CEO in Silicon Valley, hasn't raced Winnetou since last year'S^BBS — which he also won handily. On bciard Winnetou (named after an Indian chief in books that Brauns read growing up) for this year s Series were Ron Codd, James Collins, Gilles Combrisson, Bob Congdon, Bill Dana, Barry Demak, Robin and Betsy Jeffers, Hugh Loveless, Dave Mprris, Pat Nolan, Jason Rhodes, James Tung and Brent Vondross. "Thirteen of our sixteen crew came back from last year," said Davant. "We're a mostly amateur program who know the boat really well, plus we spent two full days practicing. It's a great group, and a super owner — Martin was so happy with our results, he even gave me the watch!" Winnetou dominated the Series, wrap¬ ping up the victoiy with a race to spare. Natazak, which won the one race Winnetou left on the table, came in a dis¬ tant second. Perhaps not coincidentally, Winnetou and Natazak were the only two 52s equipped with pedestal grinders. The
Above, the yellow canting-keeled Schock 40 'Cita'. Right, Dick Devos at the helm of his win¬ ning ID-35 'Windquest'. pecking order was fairly firm in this class, with Elyxir, last year's runner-up, a solid third, followed by the late-charging Page 132 •
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_Morgana [ex-Rosebud). Equity Kicker, sporting an Altamont Pass-sized wind¬ mill on their stern, brought up the rear. The SC 52s, which have subtle dif¬ ferences in displacement and sail area, raced under Americap II this year, though it was virtually level racing. Elyxir, with her three-foot higher mast, was rated fastest in light air, while Winnetou was rated fastest in a breeze. "It wasn't a cakewalk," insisted Davant. "Most of the races were won or lost by 10 or 20
Smoke on the water — The ID-35 class on the starting line. Inset, from left — John Bertrand ('Windquest') and John Wimer ('Desdemona'). second margins." "It was actually much closer than last year," claimed Brauns. "Several of the boats really geared up. There were lots of new sails, and Natazak invested in a grinder this year." The only disappointment in this class was the turnout, which once again fell short of the 1999 record of nine boats. Silver Bullet, City Lights, Kokopelli II and Triumph all initially expressed interest in this year's Series, but all dropped out for various reasons — including another broken rig on Kokopelli The class will reconvene at the Santa Cruz Invitational Regatta on Oct. 11-12, with as many as eight or nine boats expected. Farr 40 — Samba Pa Ti John Kilroy's all-conquering Farr 40 Samba Pa Ti put together an 8,2,3,2,5,1,9 record to sew up their fourth BBS win in five attempts. Jeff Madrigali called the tactics, sitting in for regular tacti¬ cian Paul Cayard, who was off in Cadiz, Spain, campaigning his Star. Also on board were locals Jim Barton and Matt Ciesicki, along with Eric Arndt, Grant Lorentz, Justin Smart, Jeff Reynolds and Puffer Davis. In winning the BBS, Kilroy, an L.A.
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backstay, only to pull the crane off the top of their mast — a prob¬ lem which is apparently beginning to surface with the older Farr 40 rigs. Revo was sidelined for the rest of the series, and her crew — which included Sebastopol's Peter Daly, a college buddy of Isler's who came out of his ten-year retirement for the regatta — was sent home prematurely. "I'm un¬ defeated!" joked Daly, a veteran of the Admiral's Cup, Kenwood Cup, SORC and more on Scarlett O'Hara. "I'll check in on the sport in another ten years,"
real estate baron, also wrapped up the West Coast Farr 40 season title (see Box Scores). Prior to the BBS, Samba won the Aldo Alessio Regatta and the NOOD, but took herself out of contention in the fourpart S.F. Bay Series by skipping the Summer Keelboat Series due to a more pressing engagement — the arrival of Kilroy's second child, a boy named Liam. "We're focusing on the 2004 Worlds here on the Bay next September," said Kilroy, who has a new Farr 40 on order with builder US Watercraft. Not surpris¬ ingly, so are most of the other 14 Farr 40s at the BBS, which was five boats less than the 2002 regatta. Jim Richardson's Barking Mad, one of the chief obstacles between Kilroy and his quest for a second Worlds title, fin¬ ished second. Philippe Kahn, who re¬ cently rejoined the fleet, finished third with his latest Pegasus, the only boat to score two bullets. Peter Stoneberg's Shadow tied with Pegasus, but with only one bullet to Kahn's two, lost the tiebreaker. Steve and Fred Howe’s War¬ path was fifth, the only boat beside Samba to stay in single-digit finishes. Brack Duker's Revolution was the hard luck story of the class, if not the regatta. Duker and tactician Peter Isler opened the BBS with a bullet, but then disaster struck. As the wind came on for the next race, they pumped on the
ID-35 — Windquest Dick and Doug DeVos, the Holland, Ml-based heirs to the Amway fortune, have now won the BBS in three different blue boats named Windquest (previous wins were in the IMS maxi class in '94 and the ID-48 class in '96). After scor¬ ing a bronze in the ID-35, Nationals, hosted by SFYC just prior to the BBS, Windquest was firing on all cylinders in the first race of the Series, taking a bul¬ let. From there, the DeVos brothers — whose pro comple¬ ment consisted of tactician John Ber¬ trand, Scott Nixon and John Glueck — put together a steady 5,3,3,3,3,4 record to win by two points over Chris Busch's wheel-driven Wild/ Thing, the last boat built (hull #48) before Barry Carroll ab¬ ruptly closed down. Buddy Cribb’s Florida-based Victory bounced back nicely from a miserable Na¬ tionals and was the early leader with a 3,2 day. The next day belonged to Wild Thing, which was the bridesmaid at the Nationals as well, with a 1,2 tally. Then, it was Victory's day again with a 1,2 out¬ ing before Kill-A-Watt won the finale. "Windquest wasn’t always the fastest boat, but in this regatta, consistency was probably more important than raw speed," noted Seadon Wijsen, tactician on the fourth place Tabasco. "It was tou^h racing — only a couple of boats were off the pace, and five different boats
had bullets." The top local boat was Mario Yovkov's Great Sensation [ex-Kaizen), which came in a creditable sixth with Peter Vessella calling the shots. Bill Wright's Zsa Zsa was seventh, suffering from a DSQ in the third race after an upwind incident with Kill-A-Watt. Wright, the defending BBS champ, did win the sixth race, but it wasn't enough to salvage his otherwise mediocre Series. The 11-boat ID-35 fleet was four boats bigger than last year, bolstered by out-of-towners here for the Nationals — though two Nationals players, winner Jacaibon and Koinonia, skipped town before the BBS. From here, most of the lD-35s will return to San Diego for their West Coast Championships, the final re¬ gatta on their 2003 schedule, in early October. Whether the lD-35s ever field 11 boats again in the BBS remains to be seen — and the record 16-boat turnout for the 2000 BBS will likely never be topped. Even people close to the class are unsure if the momentum is coming or going. "There are four lD-35s in Seattle, four in the Bay Area, and maybe ten in San Diego," said Wijsen. "The class has a lot going for it — active owners, a class coordinator, and they are really fun to sail. The trick will be getting everyone to¬ gether."
Rocketship, no rookies — Newcomer 'Desdemona' won the J/120 class on a tiebreaker.
J/120 — Desdemona This was the third time the J/120s have sailed in the BBS, and the second year in a row that the winner has been decided on a tiebreaker. John Wimer's Desdemona [ex-Galapagos) and Barry Lewis's Chance each ended the Series with 21 points, with the nod going to Wimer based on his three bullets. Last October, 2003 • bfcWeJ? • Page 133
BIG BOAT SERIES 2003 V V year, Chance was on the othei\side of the equation, nipping class stalwart Mr. Magoo on a tiebreaker. Wimer, COO at a medical device com¬ pany in Scotts Valley, is a relative new¬ comer to the J/120 class, though no stranger to the winner's circle. After win¬ ning the local J/(^season and the J/35 Nationals last year, he sold that boat. Fast Lane, to Marina del Rey last March and jumped into the J/120 fleet. "Our goal this year was to get to know the boat, so we decided to do all three J/Fests on the West Coast," said Wimer, who has done San Francisco and Seattle-J/Fests already, and is looking forward to the San Diego one in mid-October. Wimer sailed Desdemona, named af¬ ter a Jimmy Buffett song ("Desdemona's building a rocketship. . . with a crew full of rookies"), to a 1,1,4,2,1,6,6 record, citing a few boathandling issues and his own bad tactics as his near-downfall at the end. "I overestimated the currents," he admitted. Joining Wimer for the BBS were main trimmer and right-hand man Brian Gauny, Christopher Ames, Sean Callinan, Brian Richards, Lindsey Johnson, Chris Shining, Jim Mosier, Donica Morgan, Jim Forester and two substitutes, Denise Rebar and John Rook. Lewis and the .Chance crew had to settle for a close second in the BBS, but consoled themselves by winning the lo¬ cal one design season championship in the process. John Sylvia’s steadily-im¬ proving Oui B 5 took third overall, over¬ coming a DSQ in the first race for foul¬ ing Chance at a leeward mark. Oui B 5 ended up dead even with Dayenu on points, but her two bullets to Dayenu!s one gave her the edge. Mr. Magoo, Twist, El Ocaso and Jolly Mon followed in that order.
"We really enjoyed the Series," said Wimer. "I'm impressed by the level of competition in the J/120 class, as well as the camaraderie between all the own¬ ers and crews. We re all looking forward to the Nationals on the Bay in 2005." Beneteau 40.7 — Blue Agave Sausalito banking executive Thomas Sponholtz, former owner of the J/105 Aquavit, is back in the game with his blue Beneteau 40.7 Blue Agave. After just two previous low-key races ^Vallejo and Lightship) with the new three-cabin racer/cruiser, Sponholtz and tactician Ian Charles, another former J/105 owner (Sails Call), got the itch to check in on the local Beneteau 40.7 one design fleet. With the exception of Mark Howe's equally new White Fang, also sailing in its first big regatta, they didn't encoun¬ ter much opposition. Like Winnetou and White Dove, Blue Agave dominated their class, mathematically wrapping it up on Saturday. Pulling the strings for Sponholtz who grew up sailing in Copenhagen, were his wife Giselle, Dan Brousseau, Scott Lord, Fabrizio Natale (who flew in from Lux¬ embourg), Jay Palace, Kevin Riley, Steve Rienhart, Robin Sodaro, Jessica Chatfield, and this reporter. White Fang, sailed by the core crew of the Olson 911S Ixxis, appeared to be the boat to beat, opening with a strong 1,2 day before melting down on the next day. Blue Agave (the tequila plant), a stock boat other than a carbon fiber spinnaker pole, got stronger as the Series went on, takLeft, the Beneteau 40.7 'Blue Agave'. Right, Express 37s charge off the starting line. Both photos by Daniel Forster/ROLEX.
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ing four bullets en route to a relatively easy class win. Battant overtook Shaddy Daddy (exWired) on the last day to claim third. The latter boat, which was in the hunt ini¬ tially, DNFed the last two races, hitting the committee boat in the sixth race and breaking a halyard in the finale. Tran¬ quility, from Santa Barbara, and the blue Inspired Environments (ex-Night Train), which just changed hands a month ago, rounded out this small class. This was the second year that the socalled 'Beach Balls' have been invited to the BBS. Though they behaved better than last year (when the White Dove col-
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Despite going 1,2 the first day. Expe¬ ditious finished a distant third overall, just a point ahead of Golden Moon. Mick Schlen’s well-travelled Blade Runner, up from Cabrillo Beach, took fifth ahead of Elan and Spindrift V. Meanwhile, new¬ comers II Falco and Einstein paid their dues at the bottom of the pack. J/105 — Aquavit Tim Russell's blue Aquavit won the 34-boat J/105 fleet with a 3,2,14,2,9,1,2 record, good enough to top another wellsailed blue boat, Tom Coates' Masquer¬ ade, by five points. "I've been chasing a Big Boat Series win forever," said Russell, a Novato financial advisor. "We used to race J/35s against Chris Perkins, and it seems like we always came in second." Russell sailed with a crew ranging from 21-year-old bowman Andy Goodman to 70-year-old main trimmer Don Trask. Other crew were Ward Greunke (pit), Bruce Ladd (mast) and Terry Smith (trimmer). "We almost didn't
Front row seats — Is there any other race course in the world that takes the fleet 100 feet away from a major yacht club's bar? lision reduced the class to just four boats), this group needs to get/its act to¬ gether — tighten up the rules, better communication, and some form of lead¬ ership — if it hopes to make it as a one design class. Three of the boats which sailed last year were missing (White Dove switched to Americap, while Mojo Rising and Tout Suite stayed home), and the rest of the approximately two dozen Beneteau 40.7s in the Bay Area and SoCal also seemed uninterested in the BBS oppor¬ tunity./ Express 37 — Ellipse The Express 37s made their lucky 13th appearance at the BBS, making them the longest-running show in the Se¬ ries. "After all these years, the class is still going strong, and the racing is closer than ever," claimed last year’s winner, Kame Richards [Golden Moon), referenc¬ ing the three-way tie for first at the re¬ cent Summer Keelboat Series between Eclipse, Bullet and Expeditious. Those three boats again finished in the same order in the BBS, which, as always, doubled as the class's Nation¬ als. Mark Dowdy, an IBM executive, won for the fourth time with Eclipse, wrap¬ ping up yet another ODCA season cham-
pionship in the process. Eclipse's BBS squad was longtime tacti¬ cian Bill Mel¬ bostad, Craig Page,- Tom P a,u 11 i n g , Bill Melbostad and Mark Thomas Sponholtz and Ian Bryan Moore, Dowdy ('Eclipse'). Charles ('Blue Agave). Ruth Suzuki, Jason Bright, Mike Brilliant, Rhim do the Series," explained Tim. "In our Fleishman, Sonny L,6pez and Dave Wednesday night practice, our jib trim¬ Parker. "Our secret is a very consistent mer got flytfig overboard with the spin¬ (if aging!) crew," claimed Dowdy. "We naker sheet wrapped around his hand. have a lot of fun together, and tiy not to He got dragged along at 12 knots for take ourselves too seriously!" awhile,, and mangled his hand. We took Seven of the nine Express 37s were him into Pier 39, where an ambulance really fast, and four different boats won took him to the Hospital. At 6 p.m. that races. "This was the most competitive night, we didn’t have a trimmer, and I fleet I've seen yet," claimed Dowdy, who wa? rattled and ready to pull the plug." fended off a late charge from Brendan Fortunately, Russell was able to con¬ Busch's speeding Bullet. Busch, sailing vince Smith, his longtime friend and with tactician Doug Robbins (co-owner crew, to substitute on short notice. of the Express 27 Swamp Donkey) and Smith, who had planned to sit the Se¬ the same crew which helped him win the ries out due to weekend soccer coaching Beneteau 40.7 class last year with Mojo obligations, hastily rearranged his plans. Rising, ended the Series with two bul¬ "He took one for the team — he saved lets, pulling up to wihin one point of us," said Tim. "Terry and I have been sail¬ Eclipse. "We spent surprisingly little time ing together for 15 years, and we couldn't near Eclipse," said Busch, "so it wasn’t have won the Series without him." really a match race. But we covered them The BBS capped off a trio of major when we could, as we felt from the be¬ regattas for the busy J/105s, coming ginning that they were the boat to beat." hard on the heels of the NAs and the October, 2003 • UXiUdt 3? • Page 135
BIG BOAT SERIES 2003 NOOD. Good Timin', which won the pre¬ vious two events, 'slipped' to third in the BBS. This regatta was the granckfinale
of the 34-race, 9-throwout J/105 seasoh championship, which Good Timin' — sailed by Phil Perkins, partner Dave Wil¬
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BIG BOAT SERIES 2003 V fleet at 1:56 p.m., five minutes into the race. Seven boats made it abross the tanker's bpw, accompanied by five horn blasts, while seven or eight boats — who understandably felt prejudiced — tacked immediately to get out of the behemoth's way. The prejudiced boats protested the race, which was subsequently thrown out. \ The unaffected J/105s, armed with proxies from 18 boats, then lobbied into the evening to reinstate the race. While the original group went home thinking the case was closed, the jury overturned their earlier decision, acknowledging faults in their process and iri the race management. The can of worms wiggled on until the day after the Series, and only the Aquavit crew — which won regard¬ less — was sure of their final placing on Sunday afternoon. Larger issues about safety and fairness linger, as well as the real meaning of five horns — which, con¬ trary to popular belief, apparently is not automatic grounds for expulsion from a race. V* The J/105 class was a questionable addition to the BBS back in 1992, when
whether it was a weak five or six boat class — or a worthy 34-boat class like the 105s. Surely, the J/105 podium should have extended at least down to fifth place.
Tim Russell ('Aquavit') and his son Teddy, al¬ ready a budding sailor at age four. just five of these 'little^boats' were re¬ cruited to bolster the sagging numbers. Now, the 105s account for almost a third of the fleet each year, and have become a welcome fixture at the Series, especially as the sport has gravitated more and more toward one design. Why Rolex didn't offer one of their five watches to the winner of this tough and important division is a mystery to us. Equally baf¬ fling is why St. Francis gave out three trophies in every class, regardless of
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TWO FAMILIES, TWO HULLS A while back, a reader asked what kind of cruise we’d do if we had one year and $100,000. Although the Bernhard families’bo^t-cost more than $100,000, we think they are on the right track: six months of mediocre sailing but great history and culture in the Med, and six months of spectacular sailing but not quite such great culture in the Carib¬ bean. the differences are, in our One Year, $100,000 Cruise, we'd pick up a used charier boat in the Eastern Med and just keep going west, finishing up in the Caribbean a year later, rather than sailing back and forth across the Atlantic. The Bernhard’s report also fits our idea of what to expect on such a trip: a nonstop education and mostly excellent times, but with inevitable frustrations, disappointments, and unexpectecjexpenses. That’s long distance cruising. But even if travelling by small boat, you sure chn see a lot of the world in just one year.
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ur little adventure started as a desire on the part of my brother David and I to spend some time with our fami¬ lies while seeing a bit of the world. The
We made it! Jubilation after a 15-day crossing from the Canary Islands to St. Lucia — 2,900 miles is a long way at 10 knots. two of us had shared the responsibili¬ ties of running a tech business for 16 years before selling it in '99. Having com¬ pleted our contractual obligations to the company in '02, it seemed as good a time as any for our adventure. Before we could go, however, we needed to settle our brotherly debate over Shortly after taking possession of their new water toy from the Catana plant in France, Irmgard christens the hull with champagne.
the relative merits of monohulls and multihulls. Since there was to be a total of seven of us — David and fiancee Jen¬ nifer; plus my family, consisting of my wife Irmgarch and chil¬ dren Jessie, 1T mid Ali¬ cia, 13; and Susannah, sailor and tutor — along on the adventure, we'd need lots of space. This dictated either a really large — 70 to 85-ft — monohull, or a moderS ately large — 55 to 65-ft S, — catamaran. After all considerations, we went for a French-built Catana 581 catamaran. Our se¬ lection was madeveasier by a favorable exchange rate with the euro at the time, plus the opportunity to take prompt deliveiy. Our great sailing adventure started from the Catana factory at Canet in the western tip of the south of France in July of 2002, when we christened our cata¬ maran Aurora and began making our¬ selves familiar with all the various sys¬ tems. Having previously owned a Beneteau 40.7, White Fang, and various smaller boats, we weren’t new to sailing. None of us, however, had any real ocean experience, so we decided to hire a paid skipper to join us for our first six weeks of harbor-hopping in the Med. Our skip¬ per, Franke Ronoux, a Frenchman with considerable ocean and Mediterranean experience, was friendly and knowledge¬ able. Having him along to help get our feet wet worked very well. We spent August heading down the coast of France toward Italy, with stops at the Porquerolle Islands, Cannes, and St. Tropez. While at the latter, we re¬ ceived word that our grandmother in Innsbruck, Austria, had passed away. We left the boat with our skipper and tutor Susannah in Antibes, and drove to Austria to attend the funeral. After rejoining Aurora, we proceeded south along the Italian Riviera, with stops at beautiful Portofino and nearby Santa Marghuerita. Susannah left us
briefly there in order to fly to Toronto to participate in the World Sailing Cham¬ pionships for Europe dinghies. We con¬ tinued down to Cinque Terre, which many know as five picturesque hillside villages, which for many centuries had only been accessible by boat. During this period it seemed as though Irmgard vis¬ ited every church within a 10-hour hike of Aurora, and the kids lived on pizza and ice cream. But everyone really enjoyed the quaint towns, the spectacular land¬ scape, the people — and, of course, the food. From our Cinque Terre base at Porto Vennere, we set sail for Elba, the island 20 miles off the west coast of Italy to which Napolean had originally been ban¬ ished. We spent a couple of days at the main town of Portoferrario before sailing to the quieter west side of the island. We spent a full day there doing nothing but swimming, and that night a Scotsman on another boat played the bagpipes at sunset. We then continued west to the large French island of Corsica, and spent about five days sailing up and down the east and west coasts, as well as to the city of Bonifacio. Located at the very southern tip of Corsica, Bonafacio is built on steep cliffs that overhang the long and narrow natural harbor referenced in Homer's Odyssey. While there, the girls made some new friends from Paris. Corsica, a popular base for charterboats, is on our ’must return' list. The steep white cliffs, contrasting the azure-blue water, along with the spectacular city of
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Bonifacio, left a lasting impression on all of us. It was then just a daysail across the Strait of Bonifacio to the north coast of the even-larger Italian island of Sardinia. There are many small islands along the coast of the big island, and lots of an¬ chorages to encourage swimming and ex¬ ploring. One night we were anchored next to 12 boats with vacationing Ital¬ ians aboard. Upon seeing our U.S. flag, they did their best to sing the Star Spangled Banner. Like Corsica, Sardinia is a 'must see' we plan to return to some¬ day. Time was running short if we were go¬ ing to make it back to the factory and then across the Atlantic, so the farthest south and east we got was to the spec¬ tacular island of Capri just south of Naples. The island was so beautiful that David and Jennifer were tempted to jump the gun and tie the knot right there, but held off. We also managed to squeeze in a day's visit to nearby Pompeii, which left me shocked. For here was a city of 20,000 that had be,en designed and built around 500 B.C., then buried with all her inhabitants in 73 A. D. following the terrible eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. Ancient Pompeii had spectacular homes, store¬ fronts, buildings, theatres, a swimming center, sidewalks, crosswalks — and all were built with better workmahship than is currently available in Italy! I had read about Pompeii, of course, but nothing prepared me for walking down the streets and reliving history in person. Nearby Naples was much less impres¬
sive except for the muse¬ ums. It was there that we put Irm and the girls on the plane home so the young ones could start school back in Northern California. After they left, Pat and Bernadette Nolan, sailing friends from Oak¬ land, flew in for a visit. We sailed back to lovely Capri, then on to the island of Ponza, where we enjoyed a couple of days. While there, we explored the Ro¬ man sulfur baths that the sea had carved into the cliffs. Ponza has sunk about six feet over the last 2,000 years, which al¬ lowed us to drive our dinghy right into a swimming pool and tie her painter to an ancient flower pot! We continued to backtrack to Sardinia, where we were able to watch the world maxi yacht championships at Puerto Cervo. Bernadette flew home from Sardinia while Pat elected to help us take Aurora back to the factory in Canet. All summer we’d had relatively light and variable winds, so we were hoping for some stronger stuff to test the boat struc¬ turally. We soon got what we d hoped for — and more! It's about 300 miles of open water from Sardinia to France, and the fore¬ cast called for 17 to 27 knots of wind, mostly on the nose. As we headed north¬ west on September 2, the wind increased and the seas began to build from/two directions. A later forecast called for 33knot winds, and an even later revised
The five picturesque villages of Cinque Terre, on the Italian Riviera, were accessible only by boat for centuries. forecast called for gusts in excess of 47 knots. The Med is notorious for steep seas very close together. Our consensus is that they were 18 to 22 feet tall. It was like being in an industrial-sized wash¬ ing machine, and was, hands down, the worst conditions any of us had ever been in. Even when lying in my bunk, the mo¬ tion was like riding on a mechanical bull. As we approached the coast of France 36 hours later, the winds dropped and the seas settled down. We had to motor the last 80 miles. Although it hadn't been a comfortable passage, we'd gained a lot of confidence in our cat’s ability to handle bad weather. Upon our return to the Catana fac¬ tory, we bid adieu to our skipper Franke, good-bye to Pat who flew home to North¬ ern California, and handed Catana's ser¬ vice department a long list of required repairs. Then David, Jen, and I travelled to Austria for a couple of weeks with Irmgard, Susannah, and the girls — who had completed two weeks of school in California. All in all, our Catana 581 had been great and performed as we'd hoped. The only thing that bothered us was a num¬ ber of workmanship problems that had dogged us since the first day. Since the French believe /hey are the world's smartest people/dealing with the factory wasn't the easiest thing in the world. All right, I'll admit it, there were times when we wanted to wring their necks! When we returned to our boat, the factory had only completed a portion of the items on our list. But with the start of the Atlantic Rally For Cruisers (ARC) set for November 24, we needed to be in the Canary Islands — 1,400 miles away — in just four weeks. Since Irm, the girls, and Susannah were back onboard, we wanted to take our time enjoying the coast of Spain, so we didn't hang around the factory any longer hoping for more
TWO FAMILIES, TWO HULLS repairs. As we docked at Port Olympic in Barcelona two days later, there; was a loud bang and no more thrust from the engine. A Troken transmission! After some panic and phone calls, we learned that Volvo had issued a recall for both of our transmissions' serial numbers, and there were about 100 other boats around France and Spah^with the same prob¬ lem! Having forgotten that we were in Europe, the promise of new transmis¬ sions in just two days brought us hope. It turned out we'd have two full weeks to become acquainted with Barcelona. The avante garde city kept us occupied for every moment we were there,-with its museums, architecture, art, history and, of course, food. With no time left to en¬ joy the rest of the Spanish coast, we pressed on, with the wind on the nose all the way to Gibraltar. Once in Gibraltar, we found ourselves with a little bit of breathing room to wait for a good weather window for our first venture into the North Atlantic. We spent a few days visiting the various sites and learning about the history of Gibraltar — and who could pass up the opportu¬ nity to shop at a Safeway and speak English for a change? After we provi¬ sioned the boat and got a 'go' from our weather forecaster, off we went! It blew 25 to 30 knots on our tail almost the entire 700 miles to Las Palmas, which made for great sailing. We had back-toback 200-mile days and really enjoyed the passage, seeing lots of dolphins and sea turtles. Once in Las Palmas, we resumed pre¬ paring for our 2,750-mile Atlantic cross¬ ing to St. Lucia. Since there were six Catanas in the ARC, the factory brought down a support team to make inspec¬ tions and repairs. Aurora needed some sail reinforcements and mast work to correct some minor chaffing problems. The two weeks before the starting gun passed very quickly. Pat Nolan and Chris The tall masts of sailboats are dwarfed by the towering peaks of St. Lucia's famous tooth-like Pitons.
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Maher, the latter of &K Sails fame, agreed to join us for the crossing, and showed up two days before the November 24 start. The first night was quite rough, but after that it was a downhill sleighride in mostly 18 to 25 knots all the way to St. Lucia. When you're only travel¬ ling at about 10 knots, having thousands of miles of ocean before you seems almost overwhelming. The crossing was the longest passage for all of us aboard. We all knew it was going to be long, but long is relative, so at different times we all came td realize the enor¬ mity of this part of our adventure. A few of the crew were sick early on, but they recovered after a few days. We saw a number of the other 200+ participants during the first couple of days, but after that we only saw a boat every other day or so. It is truly amazing what you can learn from a cruising veteran such as Chris Maher. For instance, he taught us by ex¬ ample that when you leave the hatch open to your cabin in rough weather, your bunk and clothes will get really wet. In fairness, Chris did have the worst bunk on board, 'the cave', a small skipper's cabin, only accessible from the deck at the extreme bow of the starboard hull. He would have to wait for the lull between wave sets to enter or exit. No matter how hard we surfed and drove the boat — Pat had the Atlantic record at 18.7 knots — no one could make Chris sick while in his cave. He never complained and kept ev¬ eryone laugh¬ ing all the way across the At¬ lantic. Chris even showed
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I Exploring the antiquities of Europe, such as these at Pompei, are an education for all. Right: Jessie swings between the hulls. us that if the boat is accidentally holed, you can make your own plywood from his family's old cornbread recipe! In mild conditions we kept the ports in the aft heads open for additional ven¬ tilation below. One evening after dinner, we heard screams of terror from the star¬ board hull. It was Jessie, who had been using the facilities when a rather large flying fish entered through the port, hit her in the head, bounced around, and ended up flopping into the toilet! It can be dangerous out on the ocean. We sailed a total of about 2,900 miles without ever using the engines — with just a few minor problems — and arrived in St. Lucia after 15 days and two hours. From my point of view, the toughest part was trying to berth the 30-foot wide Au¬ rora in the 31-ft wide slip — with 25 knots of wind and rum-soaked people on the dock teasing me! Two incidents put a damper on the ARC experience. One involved Phil Hitchcock. He was doublehanding the Formosa 51 Toutazamut when his brother fell'overboard. Even though his brother was still attached by a harness, he drowned and Phil was never able to recover the body. The other incident oc¬ curred when F2, a Hunter 450, lost her
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rudder and began taking on water. They had her rudderstock rebuilt aboard an¬ other boat in the middle of the ocean, but that also failed. After consulting with their insurance company and others, the couple eventually scuttled their boat. All things considered, we thought the ARC was well organized, and found it some¬ what comforting that 225 boats were crossing the Atlantic in company with us. Alicia and Jessie did great on the crossing. Susannah conducted classes all the way across with the exception of during the normal Thanksgiving break. Among other things, the girls tracked our progress relative to that of Columbus some 5*00 years before. He took 2.5 months to cross the Atlantic, while we took just 15 days. The girls continued to learn French, and helping with the navi¬ gation fit in well with their math stud¬ ies. Having not really had a chance to swim since leaving Sardinia in late Au¬ gust, finding a serene anchorage to re¬ lax for a few days was high on our prior¬ ity list. After our arrival in St. Lucia and a couple of days in a nice hotel, Chris and Pat flew back to San Francisco. The rest of us spent a few days tending to some necessary repairs, David flew home for Christmas, Susannah left to meet her family in Jamaica, and the rest of us headed south to the Grenadines to do
nothing for a couple of weeks. We spent Christmas at Admiralty Bay, Bequia, arriving at the tiny island on the morning of the 24th —just in time to do our Christmas shopping. After Christ¬ mas, we sailed south to the Tobago Cays for some swimming and snorkeling, an¬ choring behind the End Of The World Reef with the entire Atlantic before us. The snorkeling was so good in the To¬ bago Cays that we went back twice. We developed a technique where I would drive everyone out the pass in the ten¬ der so they could drift back in through the reef with the current. Once back up at Rodney Bay in St. Lucia with the rest of our crew in midJanuary, we participated in the third an¬ nual St. Lucia Regatta aboard a Norwe¬ gian-owned X-452 Odin. Four out of five line honors brought Odin sixth overall. Each of the islands from St. Lucia south was unique, and we all have our favorites. The ’spice island' of Grenada was green and lush, and her capital of St. Georges had a great marketplace with a definite European flavor. Carriacou was number one when it came to pristine beaches and terrible roads. Dominica and St. Lucia had the warmest and most friendly people — although we felt wel¬ come everywhere. The jump-up in Gros Ilet, St. Lucia, on Friday nights was a favorite of the crew, as reggae reverber¬ ated throughout Rodney Bay. Martinique was originally targeted as a destination to have a few warranty items taken care of, but we found that after a couple of months in the tropical waters a more aggressive bottom paint waS necessary. This led to having the boat hauled in La Marin. We lived on the drydock for a few days while the work was performed. The good food, provision¬ ing, and yacht services — along with a full service marina — were welcome. While there, a few of us attended a wine tasting — organized by a group of Ameri¬ can cruisers — with about 75 people in attendance. It was interesting to learn that of all the 'cruisers' there, we seemed to be the only ones who had actually been going anywhere. Several of the boats had been in the Southern Caribbean for nine years. Susannah and I tried our hand at kite surfing in Trois Islets on the west coast of Martinique. We still need more lessons. Mid-April on Martinique also brought the arrival of the Carnival parade in St. Anne, complete with the prerequisite drag queens and anti-American floats. Marti¬ nique must also be the barbeque capital of the Caribbean, as there were roadside vendqrs everywhere. There's nothing like
Jessie, Irmgard and Alicia strike a pose in the Dominican rainforest. The Eastern Caribbean's poorest island was their favorite. beef kidneys on a stick. A rum distillery tour should also be included in any visit. We spent about a week on Dominica, an underrated jewel in the Caribbean. The deep-green rainforests, steep moun¬ tains and pristine waters, coupled with a warm and friendly population, made it one of our favorite stops. The last of the indigineous people of the Caribbean, the Caribs, live on the east side of the is¬ land. They are very warm and friendly, earning a living primarily by weaving baskets. Jennifer obtained her openwater dive certification and David got some mixed-gased (nitrox) scuba expe¬ rience near Rouseau. Alicia and Jessie also went scuba diving for the first time at Champagne Beach, where underwa¬ ter gas vent bubbles up from the sea bed, making you, feel like you are swimming in an aquarium. Everyone also enjoyed Talk about rude! This little guy flew in a port, whacked Jessie in the head while she was do¬ ing her business, then flopped into the head.
TWO FAMILIES, TWO HULLS the diverse cuisine — by C^fcibbean stan¬ dards — including Suzannah's and my favorite vegetarian/rasta hangout. The volcanic island of SabaWas very different, as it is very steep with no har¬ bor or anchorage to speak of. We picked up a mooring for the day, took an island tour in a taxi, and ate lunch in the rainforest. Originally, we had planned to spend a couple ^f days in Saba, but the winds shifted to'the north, leaving us unprotected — so we left for the safety of Philipsburg harbour on St. Martin/ Sint Maarten. Although quite busy and overrun, St. Martin is probably the best place in the Eastern Caribbean for yacht services and provisioning. Plus, it was fun visiting a movie theater for the first time in a year, and at long last being able to enjoy some Japanese and Mexican food. All together, we spent about five months in the Eastern Caribbean, visit¬ ing the following islands: St. Lucia, Bequia, Tobago Cays, Mayreau, Carriacou, Grenada, Union Island, Mar¬ tinique, Dominica, Guadeloupe, St. Kitts, St. EustatiAus, Saba, St. Martin, Anguilla, St. Barths and finally Antigua.
The first time across the Atlantic. ThC Bernhards with Chris Maher and Pat Nolan. After a day or two of headwinds, the crossing was fabulous. After being invited to sail aboard Odin again, which had been chartered to a group of Dutch and Italians for Sailing Week, we put Antigua on Aurora's itin¬ erary. Dominic Marchal, a friend from the Bay Area, came down for the racing and to help with the repositioning of Aurora for her trip back to Europe. The
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racing at Antigua was great, but the com¬ bination of racing and parties was truly exhausting. There is just something in¬ toxicating about being able to sail all day in 15 to 20 knots of wind while just wear¬ ing shorts and a T-shirt. Suzannah called tactics, Dominic handled the bow and I was on an electric winch. Race Week ended on Friday, May 3, and by Sunday both English and Falmouth Harbours were almost empty. When the season is over, it's over! Our original plan had been to leave from Antigua for Panama and cruising in the Pacific. But given the spectacular culture and history of Europe, coupled with David and Jennifer's wedding plans in Austria, we decided we’d sail back to Europe for another summer. After all, we were eager to revist many of the places we'd been, as well as visit Croatia, Greece, and maybe Turkey. Jessie and Alicia had planned to spend the last two weeks of the school year in California with their respective classes, which meant we had to be somewhere in Eu¬ rope by the last week of May. Susannah also needed to be back for her brother's wedding in Massachusetts by mid-June.
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We had originally planned to buddyboat across the Atlantic with the Catana 471 Hors d' oeuvre from Montreal. Unfortunately, a problem with their forestay sent them back to St. Mar¬ tin for repairs. With all the new boat bugs previously sorted out and time running short, we took off on May 5 for Horta in the Azores. Our planned route would take us north and then east around the semipermanent Azores High. The first couple of days we had fairly strong easterlies, which put us on a fast reach north towards Bermuda. As we pro¬ gressed further north, the winds became lighter and moved aft, dashing our hopes of a fast passage under sail alone. An unfortunate realization everyone on board came to was how much gar¬ bage is floating in the mid-Atlantic. On our westbound crossing, no one could recall seeing any flotsam. Eastbound, however' it was as though five minutes couldn't go by without us seeing some type of trash floating by, be it bottles,
"Fork over the rum!" Joining in the revelry of a Caribbean carnival is an experience that should not be missed. plastic drums, buoys — even a Gatorade Igloo cooler. We had a few days of squalls and the requisite fire drill of getting the kite down at 0400 in 35 knots of wind, but then the wind died. Since day one, our modus operendi with Aurora has been 'speed cruising' — so on came the engines. The calm waters did allow for some
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extraordinary sights. We watched the to¬ tal eclipse of the moon in mid-Atlantic. Then one night the phosphorescence was so bright it seemed as if the hulls were on fire. Looking from one transom toward the other, you could clearly see the rud¬ der and propeller along with the bottom of the opposite hull! On another night, we found ourselves in a sea of jellyfish — millions and millions of them. We stopped the boat, but I still could not convince anybody to go for a swim! Ad¬ ditionally, dolphins and whales graced us with their presence several times. After 13.5 days — and landing a 6.5 foot marlin — Aurora arrived in Horta. After an hour of formalities, voila. we were back in European Union territory. David had to hop a flight back to San Francisco to tie up some loose ends be¬ fore his wedding in June. After filling the fuel tanks, spending a couple of hours painting our logo on the sea wall, enjoy¬ ing a good dinner and a good night's sleep, we headed off again, this time for Lisbon, Portugal. Lisbon is about 900 miles west of Horta, and we started with fresh winds from the south, and finished 4.5 days
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TWO FAMILIES, TWO HULLS later with fresh winds frofc} the north. Tying up in Cascais, a possible America's Cup site, we had completed 3,300 miles in 19 days underway — an average of 7.2 knots. vWe were thankfully able to spend a few nights in Lisbon, our first taste of a metropolis since Las Palmas in the Canary Islands the previous No¬ vember! I had been watching the weather for our trek south sihce before our arrival in Cascais, but for almost a week there had been nothing but easterly gales off Morocco and southern Portugal. With Irmgard and the girls having flown home to California, Susannah, Dominic and 1 reluctantly cast off the mooring lines once again, this time for Gibraltar. The weather improved and as we approached the Straits, we motored with the tide in dead calm conditions. Since Gibraltar is a VAT free zone, we stopped for fuel, Marmite — to satisfy Susannah's cravings — and a light bulb for our running light. With a mere 550 miles to go to Barcelona, where our sec¬ ond summer of adventure in the Med would begin,1.we took our time and stopped in a couple of small ports along
\ Spain's Costa del Sol. The three of us then spent a couple of nights in Alicante, where we gorged ourselves on tapas and cervesas. Then there was only the home stretch left, one more night at sea and unfortunately little wind. However, as Dominic always says, "boring is good on long ocean passages." Aurora arrived in Barcelona some 4,150 miles from Antigua in just one month, with nothing morte than a parted reefing line and a couple of burned-out bulbs to show for it. She will now stay in the area for a few weeks, with a few days scheduled back at the Qatapa yard to finish off her first year. Her plahs for the summer include Italy, Croatia, Greece, and Turkey. We hope to sail in the ARC again in November to tiy to improve on our previous performance. Right now we’re number three on the waiting list. Once AurorcCs is back in the Caribbean, we plan to explore the waters to the north that we missed — and meet up with the Wanderer and Profligate in St. Barth for New Years.
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boardsailing, kiteboarding and big wave surfing, the top contenders make sail¬ ing a skiff look as though there's nothin^to it — as if any Cal 20 sailor could strap on a harness and make one of these contraptions fly. Not so. It typically takes a decade of practice before a good din¬ ghy sailor gets the techniques dialed. You only had to watch former College Sailor of the Year Ryan Cox and his Emery Worldwide crew struggling — six DNFs in nine races — to realize that mere mor¬
tals need not apply. There's plenty of fun to be had simply watching them race, however, as they are capable of hydroplaning downwind at speeds close to 30 knots. Unfortunately, this year's event — part of a three-stop international tour — was cut short by a day due to a shipping snafu, and lighter than-normal winds prevailed along the Cityfront. An added bonus, however, was incorporating the Ronstan Bridge to Bridge Race into the series. Racing
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sor who makes these boats, rigs and sails all under one roof didn't hurt. And then there’s the fact that Greenhalgh and Johnson’s 'day job' is racing Interna¬ tional 14s. In fact, they had just won the 1-14 Worlds in Japan the previous week. Although it's not yet etched in stone, San Francisco Bay is currently slated to host the I- 18s again next summer. If you like cheap thrills and fast action, we'd urge you not to miss it.
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BAJA HA-HA 10 PREVIEW, PART II "D
LS rivers, start your engines!" Not unlike the prelude to a stock car race, hundreds of sailors all along the Left Coast are gearing up, as you ready this, for the October 27 start of Baja Ha-Ha 10, the annual cruisers' rally from San Diego to Cabo San Lucas. In marinas from the Pacific North¬
\ "I'll kick myself for the rest of my life." That sort of do-it-now’ attitude has un¬ doubtedly motivated many Ha-Ha en¬ trants over the years. Chad and two buddies. Josh Smith and Ryan Daniel, will bring this vintage Islander south with the Ha-Ha. After¬ wards Chad's wife, Jill, daughter, Kristin, 15, and son, Brett, 11, will join him for several months of cruising the Mexican mainland. * Anybody interested in crewing on the northbound bash' homeward in April?
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west to Southern California you can find lubbers-turned-cruisers perched high in their rigging, suspended head-first into their bilges and shoehorned into the deepest recesses of their engine compart¬ ments as they feverishly attempt to com¬ plete their pre-sail ’to do' lists. When HaHa entrants get together to compare notes and strategies, the excitement — and anxiety — in the air is so thick you can practically slice it with a rigging knife, as most of these folks will continue voyaging for months or years after com¬ pleting the 780-mile fun to the Cape. If you're not lucky enough to be among them this year, don't sweat it. Hopefully you'll get your turn one of these days. In the meantime, sit back and en¬ joy this second installment of Ha-Ha 2003 profiles (presented in alphabetical order).
Bella Dama — Islander 36 Chad Kominet, Ventura, CA "If I don't do this now," says Chad, Can in-la ws sail together in peace ? Robert (left), Karen and Gary of 'Betty Louise' think so.
After 22 years as a litigator, Jim says, "I have sure gotten tired of fighting with other attorneys and I decided I needed a break." So he decided to take a six month sabbatical cruising the Sea of Cortez and the Mexican mainland. And why not? As he puts it, "My ex is now paid off, and my last child is out the door for college — it's time for a road trip!" Since Jim began sailing way back in 1972, we'd say he's way overdue for a stint of cruising. During the trip south, Tom Charron and Jorgen Arnsdorff will be along as crew. After the Ha-Ha, a wide variety of old friends are expected to fly down to join the fun.
Betty Louise — Beneteau 47 G. & K. Jongeward, R. Tanner San Diego, CA Some folks tell us virtually nothing about themselves when they enter the Ha-Ha, while others — such as these folks — tell us their entire lives' stories. Naturally, the latter is much preferred since we get to print facts about them rather than making up silly suppositions. In any case, this entry is a family af¬ fair, as the Betty Louise is owned jointly by Robert Tanner and Karen Jongeward (who are mar¬ ried) and Karen's brother, Gary. Although they were raised in Yuma, Ari¬ zona, Karen and Gary grew up in a sailing family, keeping a series of boats in San Diego, Bob, on the other hand, didn’t get into sailing until the threesome
Some folks always seem to be smiling Nets and his 'Bronco' crew.
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bought this big Beneteau two years ago. However, Bob does have one of the most unique nautical resumes we’ve come across: He once did a passage from New Orleans to Guayaquil, Ecuador; and made a seven-day trip down the Ucayali River — the headwaters of the Amazon — on a balsa-log raft. All three will take a respite from highpowered careers to cruise Mexico for a season. \
Black Dog U — CT 41 Roger & Lorraine Atkins, Everett, WA This vintage Garden-designed ketch was named after an old Canadian schoo¬ ner that used to ply Caribbean waters. And now. Black Dog II is living up to her namesake's wanderlust, as Roger and Lorraine head out to "explore Mexico and beyond." Sounds like they're among the lucky Ha-Ha'ers who have the luxury of an open-ended schedule. They have both been sailing since the mid-'60s and have owned 11 boats since ' then, but this will be their most ambi¬ tious passage to date. Crewing on the trip to the Cape will be Collin Banks.
Bronco — Morgan 0/141 Nels Torberson, Alameda, CA After slaving away in the rat race for decades, some Ha-Ha entrants seem to have forgotten how to have fun. That is not the case with Nels. In fact, a sign posted in Bronco's cabin reads, "This ves¬ sel comes with unlimited ’smileage'." With his reddish-blonde hair and earto-ear grin, he's easy to spot at the beach parties, and at sea Bronco is unmistakable, with her bucking bronco logo silhouetted against her bright yellow spinnaker. If designer Charlie Morgan were still around he would undoubt¬ edly get a kick out of the way Nels cam¬ paigns this vintage Out-Island 41. Dur¬ ing each of the three Ha-Ha's he's done, he has consistently
CRUISIN'TO THE CAPE Panama Canal and on to further adven¬ tures. beat many modem racer/cruisers which, by rights, should have left Bronco trail¬ ing in their wakes. Also notable — according to exhaus¬ tive research by the curator of the Baja Ha-Ha archives at Ha-Ha World Head¬ quarters — is that when Bronco com¬ pletes this year's event, she will set a record as the only boat (other than the committee boat) to have done four HaHas. Seine people just never seem to get enough. Crewing this year will be Marion Bowman, Jim Bar- ber and William McCain.
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Cat Ballou — Catana 42 cat Chuck Longanecker, Sausalito, CA A Ha-Ha 2001 vet. Chuck Sr. is a management consultant who moonlights doing occasional charters aboard Cat Ballou. His attitude toward the Baja trip? "Good friends on a great boat with fair winds, smooth seas, warm weather and living life to the fullest!" Yup. That pretty well sums up the ideal Ha-Ha experience. Also along for the ride will be Bill Bonnefil, John Gerhart, Pete Roehrig and Chuck Jr., who crewed for his dad on the 2001 run. And how could we forget him. On their entry forms that year his dad wrote: "Chuck, Jr. is along prima¬ rily to attract naive young women who believe midwestern men have good man¬ ners and noble intentions."
from a medical career — Mac and Suzanne are chomping at the bit to be¬ come full time cruisers. Their game plan is to explore Mexican waters this winter then head north to British Columbia this spring. Notably, California Girl was the last boat designed by the renowned Bay Area designer Carl Schumacher. She was built in Christchurch, New Zealand, and — after an unmen¬ tionable mishap shortly after launching — was shipped home in preparation for extending cruising. Her additional crew have not yet been an¬ nounced.
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Bula — Islander 38 Steve Lindsey, Coronado, CA y According to Steve, he's heading south to "soak up some sun, fun and cul¬ ture." We don't know much about Steve, ex¬ cept that he owns a pub and he began sailing in 1970. But if we had to guess, we'd say that his will be one of the more fun-loving entries. We suspect this due to the presence on his crew of Ha-Ha 2001 vet Angela Devargas, a.k.a. 'Surf Queen'. Not only is she one of the best female surfers that the event has ever drawn, but she's also a hot beach vol¬ leyball player. The final crewman is Mike Herlihy, and we wouldn’t be surprised if he is a bad-ass surfer and volleyballer too. The threesome's post-Rally plans are simply to "play it by ear."
California Girl — Express 52 Mac & Suzanne Lingo y San Francisco, CA - "Mexico, here we come!" say Mac and Suzanne. She reports that her hubby has been sailing since he was 13 and "has recently taken up the concertina to complete his old salt’ profile. Having raised six kids be¬ tween them and recently retired — he, from com¬ puter program ing, and she,
Captain Musick — Young 43 Jon Day, San Francisco, CA Every time we saw Captain Musick during the 2000 Ha-Ha, we were curi¬ ous about the name. This time we've fig¬ ured it out. Although most readers are too young to remember. Captain Edwin C. Musick was a world-renowned avia¬ tion pioneer during the 1920s and '30s. His most famous feats included making the inaugural flight from California to Manila aboard Pan Am's China Clipper and from San Francisco to New Zealand. Unfortunately we still have no clue why Jon gave Musick's name to his boat, but we assume it has something to do ' with ambitions to someday reach farflung landfalls. This year, however, the plan is to sail Mexican waters for a few months, then base the vintage Jim Young sloop there for a year, with Jon splitting his time be¬ tween home and the boat. Eventually, he hopes to head through
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Mom and sis are staying home, but Wayne (left) and his son Torin of 'Charissa'are rarin' to go.
Charissa — Liberty 458 Wayne & Torin Emard, Sausalito, CA "This trip is a father/son thing," says Wayne, a.k.a. dad. After checking out the cruising lifestyle with his son, Torin, he hopgsTo head south again next year on a bigger boat, with his wife and daugh¬ ter along too. Wayne, who’s a maritime lawyer by profession, has been sailing for 30 years, ’tie's owned Charissa, his third boat, for the past five years. And while the family may have outgrown
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BAJA HA-HA 10 PREVIEW, PART II her, she's a proven offshore boat, hav¬ ing circumnavigated under previous owners. Additional crew are yet to an¬ nounced.
China Doll — Passport 51 Rob & Karen Hendershot Long Beach, CA "Our brightwork is peeling, but our hearts are ready topsail," say Rob and
Rob and Karen of 'China Doll' are looking forward to a nice downwind sail to the Cape. Karen. A professional charter skipper by trade, Rob once did a delivery from Cabo to San Diego, but he's never had the plea¬ sure of making this downwind run. He and Karen, who is a research scientist by trade, have both been sailing for many moons, but this stout double-ender is their first serious boat — we can't count their Sunfish and Hobie cat. As they filled out their application, they had owned her for "4 years, 6 months, 12 days, 2 hours and 52 minutes — approximately." This may not be the fastest boat in the fleet, but she's loaded with creature comforts, including a washer/diyer, 10 place settings of real dishes and glass¬ ware, as well as "too many old and use¬ less spares." After the Rally, you'll find them cruising the Sea of Cortez until springtime, when they'll probably bash back north to reenter the rat race.
Diva — Pacific Seacraft 37 Dick Sayre, San Francisco, CA "Diva has been whispering to me that it’s time to go before it's too late," says Dick, who is now retired from a career in radiology. After 25 years of 'window shopping' at boat shows, he finally broke down and bought this sturdy cruiser in 2000. Although Dick first learned to sail at the age of 12, his on-the-water experi¬ ences have been sporatic throughout his life. He sailed on a variety of dinghies in his youth, but after moving to the Bay Area decades ago, he moved up to Bristol 28s rented from Cass Gridley, whose outfit was just about the only game in Page 154 •
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\ town back in the '60s. Since then, among other adventures, he's done a number of charters in the Caribbean and Sea of Cortez. Two very experienced dockmates will be along on the Baja cruise: Bob Bea and Tim Fitzmaurke.
Dona Lee — Force 50 Bob Hudnall & Dana Cannon Long Beach, CA Bob and Dana have adopted the phi¬ losophy that sooner is better: "The com¬ bination of good-natured peer pressure, a few bad days on land and an overall desire to get away caused us to make the sudden decision to leave. . ." Previ¬ ously, they'd had thoughts of going cruis¬ ing, but not for five years or so. They say the change of heart came shortly after purchasing this Hudson Force 50 just four months ago — their "dream boat." As they are both only in their early 30s, this is no retirement cruise, but they hope to "stretch their cruising dollars for
The purchase of 'Doha Lee' inspired Dana and Bob to accelerate their cruising countdown. a year or two," time enough to cruise Mexico and perhaps do a loop out to French Polynesia, then up to the Pacific Northwest. After receiving reports from friends who are currently cruising the Sea of Cortez, they apparently just couldn't stand missing out on all the fun.
Dragonfly — Liberty 46 The Brown Family, Napa, CA "Surfing is a big part of our cruising plans," say Tom and Richelle. "We are really looking forward to finding some great spots and enjoying the warm waves!" No doubt they'll meet a bunch of other Ha-Ha’ers who share the same ambition. If all your charts get washed over¬ board and the batteries die on your GPS, you might want to look for Dragonfly out on the horizon, as Tom is a professional ship captain with the merchant marine. He and Richelle, who's been working as
Say hello to the 'Dragonfly' crew: Richelle, Storm and Tom. a marketer for a pharmaceutical com¬ pany, plan to make a video documen¬ tary of their Baja run — and we’d bet they'll include plenty of footage of their seven-year-old son Storm. Also crewing will be John Duperry and Kim Witten. You can expect to find Dragonfly cruising Mexican waters for a season or two, then she'll probably jump the puddle to French Polynesia in the spring of 2005.
Dream Catcher — Cal 3-46 Henry Mellegers & Glenys Taylor Oakland, CA If you're old enough to remember the era of TV westerns like Gun Smoke, you'll appreciate what Glenys ('Glen') and Henry mean when they say they can't wait to "get out of Dodge." Both Henry and Glen learned to sail years ago — he in the Bay Area, and she in Fremantle, Australia, where she was raised — but this is the first boat they've owned. After completing a two-year refit which was "loving, thoughtful and often frustrating," they are "cautiously enthu¬ siastic" about heading out into the great unknown, yet they plan to be among next Glenys and Henry of 'Dream Catcher' will 'jump the puddle' to the South Pacific in the spring.
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spring's fleet of Puddle Jumpers (Pacific passage-makers, that is). Eventually, they hope to reach Glen's homeland. Rounding out the crew, will be Gra¬ ham Pobjoy, who recently completed a circumnavigation with this wife aboard their Oyster 46. "We're all (Silicon Val¬ ley) technology brats," they say, "and are eagerly anticipating the fresh ocean air.”
Eagle Dancer — Ericson 38 Tracey & Julie Filippinni, Alameda, CA Tracey has been sailing since the late '60s and Julie since the mid-’90s. Over the years they've owned seven boats, but this Bruce King-designed 38-footer
They've severed their land line, there's no turn¬ ing back for Tracey and Julie of 'Eagle Dancer'. seems like a keeper. They've had her for four years and have recently given up their house to pursue a life of full-time cruising. They tell us that the most no¬ table thing about their entry is "that we’re still talking to each other after trying to discard our personal articles and giving up our house." Now that they've taken that radical step, they are able to make a statement that many of us look forward to saying spmeday: "Our cruising itinerary is openended!"
Elixir — Hunter 33 Anthony Bettencourt San Francisco, CA Showing laudable humility, software engineer Anthony says, "There's nothing very notable about my entry in the HaHa, just an average boat and an average sailor. However, my friends and family think I am either a wild, crazy adven¬ turer or perhaps just a jobless beach bum." In any case, our hats are off to An¬ thony for heading out to 'adventureland' at the young age of 30. For him, this will be a temporary respite from the worka-
day world, but he apparently considers the trip to be a sound investment in his future: "Someday, when I'm working in a jack-in-the-box cubicle, I will close my eyes and be sailing again." Anthony's only crew will be perhaps the best that he could ask for, his dad, Rob.
Emerald Sea — Jeanneau 45 Robert & Marlene Anderson Marina del Rey, CA This sleek Jeanneau Sim Odyssey has many impressive features — such as an ice-maker! — but our favorite is her dual wheels, one for each member of this hus¬ band and wife team. We can only imag¬ ine the tug-o'-war that ensues when the captain and first mate have a disagree¬ ment on tactics, and each has a grip on a wheel: "I'm tellin' ya, the Cape is this way." "No way. It's that wayT We couldn't resist poking fun at this couple because, frankly, we’re jealous that they've retired about 20 years ear¬ lier than the rest of us will. "The adven¬ ture is not what moves us," they say, "but the will to try." We take that to mean that they're eager to face the challenges of heading offshore together on the most ambitious trip of their 15-year sailing ca¬ reers. After the Rally, their only stated agenda is to "continue heading south."
Exit Strategy — Jeanneau 46 Steve Ginder, Dana Pt., CA The Ha-Ha Rally application asks par¬ ticipants to list any "go-slow" gear on board, with the idea that their .handicap might be adjusted accordingly. Captain Steve lists: "fat, lazy crew." Hmmm. . . We doubt that this alone will inspire the Committee's sympathy. During his 20-year sailing career, Robert and Marlene of 'Emerald Sea' will share the driving on the trip south. _
Cap 'n Katy of 'Falcor' says her hubby/First Mate, Elan, is a natural sailor. Steve has done four Newport to Ensenada Races, but this will be his first trip all the way down the Baja. A mort¬ gage banker by trade, he says, "Given the recent rise in interest rates, the need to escape from Southern California is taking on an increasing sense of ur¬ gency!" A full roster of salty dogs will be along as crew: brother-in-law Rick Greyson, "a real-life McGyver who, given some duct tape and wire, can fix anything"; Bud Morgan, a formal naval officer who "eats no meal that isn’t doused in Tabaso sauce"; Scott Johnson, who once spent four hours on the foredeck in rough seas trying to untangle a gennaker and said afterwards, "That was a blast!"; and Dick Mather, another brother-in-law who "lives for the nights under the stars." After the Rally they plan to turn right around and bash home.
Falcor — Golden Gate 30 Katy & Elan Stewart, Emeryville, CA 'We’re the only couple on the planet where the girl had to drag the guy into sailing — he's a natural!" says Katy, who holds a 100-ton captain's license. Katy's sailing career began at age four when she made her first trip to Mexico, although hep Memories of that cruise are, natu¬ rally, a bit limited.
BAJA HA-HA 10 PREVIEW, PART II Having become married just last May, the Ha-Ha run will serve as the begin¬ ning of a "really long honeymoon" for Katy and Elan. As they're both in their mid-20s, they'll be some of the youngest Ha-Ha'ers this year — and she will un¬ doubtedly be the youngest female skip¬ per. We have to applaud their can-do spirit: "We ll cruise until the money runs out, then find work;" because the most common regret voiced by older cruisers is, "We only wish weM done this when we were younger." Their 1976 30-footer is more spartan than most entries, but it will take them to the same incredible landfalls, and if their Seagull outboard konks out, no worries: 'We'll be rowing."
Fetching Light — Hylas 46 Judy Fontana & Phil Holland, Alta, UT It's a pretty safe bet that this sleek 46-footer is the newest boat in this year's fleet. She’s fresh out of the box, having just been delivered to the West Coast. In fact, Judy and Phil just took possession of her on September 1. "If we make it to the Baja Ha-Ha it will be a miracle," says Judy. But we haVe a feeling that they'll
this year. And he too has done a fair bit of sailing on the West Coast, as well as in Europe, the Carib and the South Pa¬ cific. Additional crew members on the run to the Cape will be John Twitchell arid Melony Forko.
Firefly — Ericson 32 Forest & Virginia Roberts Santa Cruz, CA
Forest and Virginia of 'Firefly' have peen dream¬ ing about doing the Ha-Ha since they met. be on the starting line, rarin' to go on October 27. Contrary to the norm, Judy, an RN by profession, is the lifelong sailor of this duo, having been introduced to the sport in the late '60s. Our guess is that it was she who introduced Phil, a civil engineer, to sailing in '96. After the Ha-Ha they plan to explore the Sea of Cortez, then possibly head north to Alaska via Ha¬ waii. In contrast to the newness of the hull, Judy's father, Ralph, 81, will undoubt¬ edly be one of the 'most senior’ Ha-Ha'ers
"Considering the state of the Union — and the; state of the state — it seems like a good time to go cruising," say For¬ est and Virginia. No doubt plenty of their Ha-Ha contemporaries agree. This duo — both of whom are long¬ time sailors — met aboard a friend's boat in '93, and have been a team ever since. "It’s been our dream to do the Ha-Ha since we met. The kids finally grew up!" Virginia works as a writer and real es¬ tate broker, while Forest splits his time between teaching sailing for Pacific Yachting and Sailing and building boats. Their plan is to "continue cruising indefi¬ nitely, maybe into the Caribbean." Virginia's son is expected to join them after graduating from UCSC in Decem¬ ber.
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CRUISIN' TO THE CAPE Janice has warmed to the idea. "Today, she is as anxious as I am to get going." They've owned this 50-foot cruiser for five years, and in that time have rebuilt her "from the keel up." The post-Rally plan is to explore Central America, then eventually jump off for the South Pacific.
Free Flight — Nordhavn 40 A1 & Donna Holmes, Seattle, WA To us, the name Free Flight conjures up images of a giant seabird — or sail¬ boat — gliding along silently on the trade winds. But wait a minute, this entiy is a motoryacht! No doubt the reference has to do with Al's former profession as an airline pi¬ lot. He and Donna have owned this 40foot beauty for four years, and we'd as¬ sume that for a good deal of that time they've been looking forward to this ex¬ tended cruise. After the Rally, they plan to keep heading south, perhaps to Costa Rica, with additional crew on board who have yet to be announced.
Gitane — Kendall 32 J. Holt & Jenny Goff, Chebeague, ME
Freewind — Gulfstar 50 Frank & Janice Balmer, Tacoma, WA "I started to dream and plan for this trip 50 years ago," says Frank. If you are old enough to remember the TV series Adventures in Paradise, you will be able to relate to the inspiration that Frank gleaned from it as a kid. / After becoming engaged to Janice, he told her that if she couldn't see herself sailing to far flung landfalls, he'd have
J. and Jenny: Young, in love, and headed for the tropics. Some folks know how to live. to find someone who could. "She took off the ring and threw it at me." But we re happy to report that over the years
Here's a tale that’s a bit different. Jenny and J. got together in their junior year at New York University. He was a sailing instructor, she was a diving in¬ structor and both were theater majors who "loved the culture and excitement of the city, yet were constantly dream¬ ing of pale green water while staring into the murky sewage slides known as the East and Hudson Rivers." Their dreams of cruising together be¬ gan even before graduating, and the fan¬ tasy grew later, in Maine and Florida, where they worked on megayachts. About a year ago, they found their little double-ender in Santa Barbara and it was love at first sight. Since then virtu¬ ally all their energies have been focused on building their cruising kitty and
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range cruising plans!" He and Beth in¬ tend to cruise Mexico then head south, transit the Canal and check out the Car¬ ibbean. Launched in 2001, this 42-ft beauty , which flies a red, white and blue spin¬ naker, will be among the newer boats in this year's fleet. Ron just bought her last spring, so we'd bet he's been a veiy busy guy ever since.
Gusto — Swan 441 Bob & Kathy Romano San Francisco, CA If you've signed tto for the Ha-Ha this year, be warned aboul these two: "Cap¬ tain Bob has been known to lead sneak dinghy-pirate attacks, armed with an eye patch, bucket and water balloons. Kathy specializes in concocting unusual rum punches." Since purchasing this racy Swan only 14 months ago, Bob and Kathy say they've been hard at work making her much more 'cruisy'. "The thoroughbred has been put out to pasture." On the trip south, longtime friends Dan and Joan Leahy will be along as crew. We're told that Dan can fix any¬ thing and Joan — whose favorite expres¬ sion is "Do you see that boat over there?" — is well practiced as a "human earlywarning system." Gusto will be tempo-
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Gypsy Wind — Bavaria 42 Ron Oxford & Beth Friedman Seattle, WA Apparently Ron first heard about the Ha-Ha at Sail Expo last April and, as he says, "It fits in perfectly with our long-
Keith hasn't done the Ha-Ha before, but his new boat has — he just bought her a year ago. Island Time made the run to the cape in 2000 with previous own¬ ers Kirby & Pam Coryell who, ironically enough, will be making a repeat perfor¬ mance this year aboard their new boat. Beach Music. Keith has been sailing for about 25 years, and during that time he's made a number of offshore passages, including a trip from Florida to St. Thomas, in the U.S. Virgins. He'll be joined on the Baja romp by his son Adam, in addition to Paul Birdson and Scott Huyler.
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CRUISIN'TO THE CAPE about 100 kids every year to sail din¬ ghies. The couple bought this sweet Saga 43 brand new in 2000 and intend to cruise aboard her indefinitely, probably even¬ tually venturing on to the Caribbean and Europe. Their two Portuguese water dogs, Kira and Minnow, should keep things lively along the way.
Joggins — Fast Passage 39 Bob Furlow, Seattle, WA "I'm six years into my 'three year plan' with all the items on the 'to do' list now scratched off, so it's time to go," says Bob. An electrical engineer by trade, he's tak¬ ing a two-year sabbatical from design¬ ing "wireless widgets” for the likes of Palm and Microsoft, in order to sample the cruising life. Eventually, he might venture as far south as Costa Rica, although one of his principal aims seems to be to "slow way down" so he can genuinely "experience Mexico and its people." Bruce Garretson will be along as crew. i
Legacy — Saga 43 Chris & Heather Stockard, Juneau, AK We always love to see Alaskans enter the Ha-Ha, partly because they usually have great tales to tell. Chris and Heather are no exception. After eloping to Alaska during their college days, Chris joined the Alaskan State Troopers, while Heather pursued her MBA — and they took up Hobie cat sailing on local lakes. Soon, though, they were ready for a more challenging sailing venue, so they
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Lemuria — Beneteau 444 The Fults Family, Newport Bch, CA As we look at the accompanying pic¬ ture of the Fults family — all smiling broadly on the stern of their sleek 44footer, we have to ask ourselves, "How come our parents weren’t this cool?" Not only has the whole family been living aboard for the past year, but they're now going cruising together for at least a year, to "Mexico and beyond!" "We have dreamed of cruising for many years," say Suzanne and Greg (a.k.a. mom and dad), "and the Baja HaHa will be the beginning!" The kids are First Mate Kyle, 13, Second Mate Cory, 10, and "Happy Mate" Heidi, 7. No doubt Lemuria will be popular with the other young sailors in the fleet.
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BAJA HA-HA 10 PREVIEW, PART II Loch’s Next — Catalina 380 Larry & Kay Loucks, Tucson, AZ
Maggie Drum — Whitby 42 Joe & Cindy Barnes, Anacortes, WA
"It's not the sail that scares us," say Lariy and Kay, "it's the beach parties." Fear not, Ha-Ha beach parties are much more about sharing fresh sushi and tell¬ ing tales than drunkenness and de¬ bauchery.
'Were not afraid of anything," say Joe and Cindy, "except water, storms, pi¬ rates, terrorists and people who have too much fun." They found this vintage Ted Brewer ketch while on a vacation to the Pacific Northwest and were instantly smitten, despite the fact that her price was way over budget. Nevertheless they bought her and soon after moved from Denver to Anacortes to enjoy Pac NW cruising. They say she has cost way more in up¬ grades and redos than the amount they had planned to spend during their first two years cruising, but who's counting? Apparently they made a good choice. Under previous ownership, Maggie Drum proved her seaworthiness on an eightyear cruise through the South Pacific. Soon, Joe and Cindy plan to follow a similar track.
This duo, who are both early retirees from careers in education, are adopting the six-on, six-off^lan. That is, for the foreseeable future they plan to spend six months each year living aboard in Mexico, then six months retreating to the mountains of northern Arizona. Sounds like a wonderful plan. And with their three-year-old boat fully Fitted out with "gadgets galore," there's only one prob¬ lem: "We found a place to stow everything that we wanted to take, but now we can't remember where we put it all. Every day is like an Easter egg hunt!" Son-in-law Raan Star will crew on the trip south.
Luna Sea — Irwin 37 Tim Harmon & Julie Duffy Sonoma, CA How does the Luna Sea crew feel
Ten-year-old Taylor surveys the'scenery from high atop the mast of ‘Magic Places'. about setting off to Cabo? Tim: "bewil¬ dered." Julie: "scared shitless." In contrast to the norm,sJdlig is the longtime sailor of this couple. Having learned back in the '70s and made many trips from Huntington Beach to Catalina on her Dad's trusty Coronado 26. Her significant other and co-captain, Tim, however, just learned to sail two years ago. Their plan is to check out the main¬ land as far south as Z-town, then. . . it's anybody’s guess. Friend Terry Fahey will come along as navigator on the Rally, to keep the fear and bewilderment in check.
Magic Places — Hardin 45 Rick Huls, Moss Landing, CA Apparently it's all Latitude's fault that Rick’s life has been upset by an obses¬ sion with cruising. He first saw a copy of
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Mariposa — C&C 40 ' The Casciani Family San Francisco, CA According to Capt. Jim, the Ha-Ha will serve as a "long-needed getaway with the family." His wife Rebecca adds that it is time to "try something new, because the suburban life was getting monotonous." Life aboard on the trip south should be anything but dull with Nina, 6, and Christopher, 4, on the crew roster. Sim¬ ply stated, their assessment of the sail¬ ing life is, "Bumpity bump and gushy gush." The family plans to spend at least six months cruising Mexico.
The Cascianis are anxious to get started on their "long-neededgetaway"aboard 'Mariposa'.
ther built her back in the early '70s, and Jed has been sailing Southern Califor¬ nia waters aboard her since he was four years old. Even more touching is the fact that although his grandparents were thwarted in their attempt to sail her to Hawaii in '79 — by a dismasting — Jed, his father and two brothers made the trip successfully last year. He and Monica were married in Ha¬ waii in 2001 and began having fantasies about cruising to the Caribbean. Hap¬ pily, those dreams are now becoming reality. Monica, an optometrist, and Jed, an independent filmmaker, don't plan to be back in the U.S. until sometime in 2005. Additional crew for the Rally are yet to be announced.
On the trip south, Michael McGrath and Roy Bauerle will round out the crew list.
Maverick — Valiant 47 Donald Naples & Janet Thorp Healdsburg, CA
Mary Ann U — Yorktown 35 Jed & Monica Mortenson Marina del Rey, CA
Only 18 of these Robert Perry-de¬ signed double-enders were built, and many have done extensive cruising. This one did a circuit to Hawaii and Alaska under previous owners, and Donald and Janet have done several roundtrips from
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BAJA HA-HA 10 PREVIEW, PART II San Francisco to SoCal and Bjjsenada. This time, Cabo will be their southern¬ most landfall, with a swift return planned for mid-November. \ Both Donald and Janet have been sailing since the mid-’70s, and have owned four boats over the years. This stout cutter-rigged sloop appears to be their favorite, however, as they've been sailing aboard her for 15 years. Their son James,^, will crew on the southbound run, as will Donald's cousin Ernest Naples.
ago. They are both taking a break from careers in advertising and public relaxtions to begin their "new lifestyle." Plan A is to cruise for at least six months and see where the adventures lead them. Sailing with them on the trip south will be navigator Robert Cote and his wife Isabelle Guay, and Greg Booth.
Melani — Hans Christian 33 Dave & Jen Peckham, Sausalito, CA When their Ha-Ha 'competitors' size up the speed potential of this heavilybuilt, double-ended cruiser, Dave and Jen caution them to, "Remember the tor¬ toise and the hare." They might not be the first to arrive, but they will arrive. The most interesting thing about their entry, they tell us, "is that we made a plan and stuck to it! It's easier to do than you think." Although they are both about 30 years too young for retirement, theirs will be an extended cruise, with the Caribbean
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Melody — Catana 47 cat Claude LaCroix & Suzanne Poulin Vancouver, BC Claude and his wife Suzanne have been sailing for two decades, and have owned three monohulls during that time. This, however, is their first catamaran, a sweet-sailing, French-built Catana which they bought just three months
Seems like an awful lot of folks are headed for the sunny climes of Mexico this year, doesn't it? Believe it or not, though, you still haven't been introduced to the final 1 /3 of the fleet. As we’ve run out of real estate this month, look for a third and final installment of Ha-Ha pro¬ files in our November issue. If all this talk of Mexico cruising has made you eager for a south-of-the-border getaway, be advised that some Rally entrants are undoubtedly looking for crew — because .doublehanding for 780 miles translates into getting veiy little sleep. The Latitude 38 Mexico-Only Crew List Party takes place October 1 at Alameda's Encinal YC, from 6 to 9 p.m. — latitude /aet
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MAX EBB I knew it was wrong, brk this was just too much to pass up. I was about a half block away from the Moscone Con¬ vention Center, and there was a newly minted exhibitor’s badge just lying on the sidewalk, plain as day. It had been is¬ sued to someone named Miles B. Hind, associated with a company called Trans¬ portation Systems Planning Analysis, Inc., and by all appearances it was good for one admission tcHhe big trade show now in progress. I could Do The Right Thing and walk over to the registration desk to turn it in — or I could borrow the badge for a few minutes and take a peek inside. I surveyed the sidewalk upwind and down, just in case I was being observed. “No harm in turning in the badge after I have a look-see,71 decided as I pinned it to my lapel. This little tag gave me free entry to something called the World Maritime Technology Conference, which I couldn’t help noticing carried an $845 admission price for mere mortals like myself. Even students in the field had to pay $100 to get through the gate. Once inside, it wasn’t really that dif¬ ferent from a boat show — on an indus¬ trial scale. Need a haulout and a bottom job? No problem, this yard handles up to 250,000 tons and 950 feet. Need a new boat? There were builders and brokers ready to sell me a tanker, an ore carrier, a container ship or a cruise ship . . . new or used. And like any boat show, the ac¬ cessories hall seemed to be where all the real action was: remote control subma¬ rines, fancy new bow thrusters, ship¬ board refrigeration systems, and even a gadget that looked like a big mechanical snail. It v/as designed to crawl all over a ship’s bottom at random, leaving a clean hull in its wake. I stopped at that one to ask if they had a model that could also apply fresh bottom paint, since it was there anyway. “I’ll get back to you on that. Miles,” said the salesperson. I started to look over my shoulder to see who he was talking to, but realized, just in time, that “Miles” was my name as long as I was wearing that badge. “Do you have a card?” he asked. “Fresh out," I said. “By the way, what’s the smallest size of this thing that you build?” “What kind of ships do you operate?” “Um. . . low speed, and with a lot of in-port down-time,” I replied, thinking fast. “A perfect application!” he said excit¬ edly. 'Take our brochure.”
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tracting a large crowd, and the cheer¬ leaders were barely noticed. Even more interesting was the huge section on marine sanitation devices. These are nothing like the toys we have on sailboats — in fact, I saw one sales rep take off his tie and flush it down his toilet to show how jam-proof the pump was. We watched, spellbound, as the tie wound its way through clear plastic plumbing.
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in it. “Yo, Max!” hailed Lee Helm, who was so dressed up I almost didn’t recognize her. Then I realized one of the other young women in the booth — also dressed to the nines — was one of my regular race crew. “Lee!” I said, only half surprised. "Guess I should have expected to run into you here. You sure look, uh, different than usual.” “It’s like, full business drag at these conferences,” she explained. “All us navsd arch grad students go eveiy year. Especially since this time it’s the big national meeting. But like, what in heck are you doing here?” Then she saw'the badge, and 1 ex¬ plained that I had found it on the street. “Kewel!” she exclaimed. “We all find ways to get in without paying retail. But like. I’m surprised you’re finding any¬ thing of much interest. I mean, like, half the people here are old enough to have worked for Noah — or maybe at least hqve been subcontractors — while the rest of us are selling software or compu¬ tational fluid dynamics services. It’s like, sort of a game to see which half can put the other half to sleep first: The old bor¬ ing stories from them, versus impen¬
etrable CFD theory from us.” “Who's winning?” I asked. “We are, of course. But like, the real reason I’m hanging out here is to pro¬ mote the ferry schmooze we’re organiz¬ ing outside the conference next week.” “The ferry what?” “Schmooze, Max. Schmooze. It’s a term of art.” She explained to me what she and a small group of co-conspirators had in mind: It was a kind of underground con¬ ference, scheduled for Tuesday, October 21, the day after the World Maritime Technology Conference ends. It would be off-site in the Bayside conference room, in the Port’s Pier 1 building just north of the Feny Building from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Not many people knew about it, but anyone who did was invited. “My presentation,” she explained, “is going to be all about how to rationalize the East Bay-to-SF ferry route — what the boat should look like and why it should go from an existing marina, not from a new terminal.” “Seems to me,” I said, “that a new ferry terminal in my marina would wreck the place. I could say good-bye to free week¬ day parking.” “Not if the ferry is priced appropri¬ ately and sized for the actual market. My numbers show only about 400 commut¬ ers every day, and the marina already has lots more excess parking than that — and a bus stop, too — right where I propose to put the terminal.” • “On the other hand,” I said as I thought through the implications of hav¬ ing a ferry service from the City to my own marina, “It would sure make it easy for me and my creW to get from work to the Friday night races in time.”
e’re not imagining anything,” interrupted a man standing near Lee. His badge indicated he was on the staff of a public transit agency concerned with fer¬ ries. “We’ve done the most extensive de¬ mand survey ever, and it’s rigorous and conclusive.” “But your numbers are all for the year 2025,” complained Lee. “I mean, like, really. . . .” “More to the point,” stated a woman standing to the other side of us, appar¬ ently representing a local clean water advocacy group, “ferries will not improve air quality. Ferries are significantly dirtier than cars.” ‘The ones in that 1999 Bay Area Busi¬ ness Council proposal were for sure,” Lee admitted. “But when are we going to get over that? Like, that proposal has been dead for years.” "That's good,” I said, dimly remem¬ bering an action item at a YRA meeting when that ferry proposal was in the news. “They wanted to put like 70 new high speed boats on the Bay, serving 26 ter¬ minals,” said Lee. “Small sailboats would have been flies on their windshields. And they just assumed environmentalists would love ferries, like they do every¬ where else in the world, so they didn’t bother to actually look at emissions from marine diesels and do some of the math.” ’ “Right, our initial proposal was an easy target from all sides,” confirmed the transit agency staffer. “Not to worry,” Lee assured me. “Cur¬ rent plans, using only 5% of the bridge toll increase revenue — if, like, the bal¬ lot measure passes next March — will only aftd two, maybe three new routes:
"Sailboats would have been flies on their windshields." One from the City to the East Bay, and “For sure. For sailors, a ferry service with stops at or near marinas would be * also service to T.I. and South San Fran¬ cisco. Probably 25 knots tops, although the best kind of regional mobility im¬ that’s still too fast if you ask me.” provement imaginable. But like, that “But ferries are significantly dirtier won’t sell the concept to everyone else. than cars,” repeated the woman from the First you have to talk some sense into environmental group. the transportation planners who still “I keep telling you to read my concept imagine that a ferry service is going to design,” Lee answered. “No one has carry thousands of people every day at a called my proposal dirtier than cars — low subsidized ticket price. Then,” she at least, no one who knows which side added with a gesture towards a photo of of a calculator has the buttons. The a large ferry with a clean plume of spray horsepower required per seat is about going more than halfway back along the the same as a moped. Apply the same hull, “you have to satisfy some of the
MAX EBB emissions standards as for city busses, just to make it more of an apples to apples deal, and then get back to me.” “It’s better than that,” said another naval architect in the booth, this one representing a company in Australia that had built a solar and wind-assisted elec¬ tric feny. “When conditions are right you don’t need to burn any fossil fuel at all. Our designs use zero-emission electric drive, so we can use^solar, wind, or fuel cells for power.” “You’re not mentioning the diesel that charges the batteries,” the environmen¬ talist pointed out. “And you’re completely ignoring the problem of collisions with marine mammals.” “It’s tiny and clean compared to the usual marine diesel powerplant,” he in¬ sisted. “But that’s more because of, like, the very low speed, not the source of the power,” countered Lee. “I’ll go through my design rationale from scratch, and you can show me what you think is wrong. It will be good practice for my presentation at the Schmooze.” She took a file folder out of her brief¬ case and showed us an illustration titled “Passengers per Crew v. Number of Pas¬ sengers.” “This shows why you don’t get nearly as much economy of scale as you might think," she began. “A subway train only needs one operator no matter how long it is. But the boat has a Coast Guard mandated number of crew that goes up pretty much in proportion to the num¬ ber of passengers and the number of decks. So big boats cany about the same passengers per crew as small ones — no economy of scale. See the local maximum at 149 passengers? Go above 150 and you need another crew, not to mention much more expensive construction to meet other additional safety require¬ ments. And like, for a bigger boat you have to throw in extra total door-to-door
time due to longer loading times and longer headways, so system performance degrades." “Right, we also settled on the 149 pas¬ senger size,” said the Australian de¬ signer. “I agree with you there, at least for the U.S. market.” “Now look at speed. The route I have in mind is only 5.6 miles long, which takes a little under 20 minutes at 18 knots.” She showed us another chart, this one
\ relating required speed and power to loading time. “Remember, power is pro¬ portional to speed cubed, so this boat only needs one eighth the power of the 36-knot ferries that the people running this booth claim are so great.” “I’ll agree with 18 knots, as well,” said the Australian. “At least for a short route.” “Too slow to be marketable,” insisted the transportation agency staffer. “Need 25 knots minimum, for more schedule flexibility on different routes.” 66
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where passenger-only ferries are being cut back but car ferries are paying their way. Right now, bikes and scooters are the dual-mode market segment that works in the Bay Area. Little electric cars will come later.” “You know, Lee,” I advised, “It’s not always good to be too far ahead of your time.” Lee ignored me, of course. “And then inside,” she continued, “there are actually 180 seats, even though the boat will
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“Y -L o ou’re not considering the effect of all those cars driving to the waterfront every morning,” said the environmental advocate. “And the impact of dredging, and building the port facilities. Each ter¬ minal will require a full environmental impact report, and there will be serious issues to mitigate.” “Depends,” said Lee. “Some sites might already have deep enough water, and an existing pier. Just add a float and a ramp to turn it into a ferry terminal.” That s not what's in the program¬ matic EIR,” countered the environmen¬ talist. “There are plans already in mo¬ tion for some very big and very disrup¬ tive new terminals, including miles of new dredged channels. Do you know that 90% of the Bay Area’s wetlands have al¬ ready been destroyed?” “Depends on how you measure,” said Lee. “And like, with prospects of return¬ ing thousands of acres of salt pond and dyked ag land in the North and South
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I could see that the debate was about to go around the same circle again, so I attempted to change the subject. “Tell me more about this 'Ferry Schmooze,' as you call it.” “For sure,” said Lee. ‘The idea is to get as many different perspectives as we can find in the same room so they can get exposed, not so much to each other’s detail arguments, but to each other’s • modes of thinking. We want the naval architects to interact with the enviros, the politicos, and the bureaucrats. Also the land-based transportation planners need to be educated on the realities of moving boats through water. And all the
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other permutations.” “Is it really free to the public?” I asked. “If you know about it, you’re invited.” Lee handed me a flyer with the Schmooze details. Then I asked the company rep to give his usual pitch about the virtues of their designs. On Lee’s prodding, he was trying to justify why wateijets were more efficient than surface-piercing pro¬ pellers (and I had a feeling Lee was set¬ ting him up for a fall), when he suddenly stopped short. “Miles!” he said as he looked up. I looked up too, thinking he meant me, but he was looking at another man ap¬ proaching the booth. “About time you showed up. What took you so long?” As Miles drew nearer I could see that the badge on his jacket read “Miles B. Hind, Transportation Systems Planning Analysis, Inc.” The exact same as mine. ' I froze with terror. “Had a devil of a time getting in,” he said, sounding very harassed. “Would you believe some lowlife swiped the badge from my registration packet? “Good talking to you all,” I said as I made a hasty retreat.
2003 MEXICO-ONLY We were down in the archives the other day, swatting bats out of the way and tripping over the skeletons \>f former editors chained to the walls. The ‘tomb K^iid’ was to find out how long we’ve been doing the Crew Lists. It’s really hard to read by the light of a blitzing torch, but we managed to find out that the veiy first Latitude 38 Crew List appeared in the spring of 1980. This was a relatively abbreviated effort resulting from a brief
sailing experience (or lack thereof), Spanish skills or compatibility with crew, wives, kids, etc.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Latitude 38 offers the Crew List as an
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advertising supplement only. We neither make nor imply
dition of their boats, or
any guarantee, warranty or recommendation as to the char¬ mention the previous winter. The response was so overwhelming that we saw the need for a more organized and regular list. So the next year, 1981, we ran Crew List forms for the first time. We have been publishing Crew Lists regularly every April since then. After a couple of years, we-realized that the list was top heavy with people heading to Mexico, so we started a separate list in the fall for just those folks. The Mexico-Only Crew List has been going strong eveiy October since 1984. The lists have waxed and waned over the years, both in overall numbers and in shifting categories. For example, the list on the following pages is about the same size as it’s been the last couple of years — but the number of boat owners looking for crew is down slightly, while the number of people looking to crew is up. Anyway, welcome to the 2003 Mexico-Only Crew List, the place to be if you are looking for a boat on which to crew to Mexico this season, or a boat owner looking for crew. First things first: The Crew List may be used by anyone. Your name does not have to be listed here. But everyone who does use the list must first acknowledge the disclaimer in the thin gray box. If you can’t accept what it says please do not take part. Of course, as we ve stressed since day one, if your name does appear on these pages, there are numerous advantages. First of all (for you new people) everyone who appears here took the time to fill out a form and send it in with a small advertising fee. (The forms appeared in our August and September issues.) By appearing here, people can not only make calls, they will also receive them, effectively doubling their chances of finding a boat or crew. It also makes it easier to ‘check out’ anyone who calls you. If his or her name appears here, you can rest much more assured that they are on the level. Which is not to say most ‘cold callers’ won’t be. But it’s nice to just do a quick check of the list to see if the caller’s wants and desires match yours. Another advantage is that you get into the Crew List party for free, while everyone else has to pay. More on that later.
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- ere’s how the Crew List works: If you’re a boat owner who needs crew, simply scan the columns of men, women and couples who Want To Crew’. Decode their skills and desires using the information in the ‘code’ boxes, and then call those that most closely approximate what you’re looking for. Crew do the opposite: check out the boat owners, types of boats, planned destinations and so on (again, decoding their stats using the Looking For Crew' box), and call the ones that interest you most. Once you make the call — or someone calls you — be ready to give and conduct a mini-interview with each other. Crew might ask things like how long the skipper has been sailing, how many other crew will be aboard, how much time might be spent at each stop, when the boat was last surveyed, how much work might be expected on the boat in each port, information about shared expenses, if any; that sort of thing. Boat owners calling crew might want to ask about Page 168 • LrtUUM 1$ • October, 2003
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I, . t’s a good idea to make up some ‘interview sheets’ before you make or receive your first call. Write out each of your questions and leave space below each question to jot down ans^vers; Print out 25 copies if you’re a man and 50 if you’re a woman. (5r run them off at Kinko's.) Then, with each new call, simply pull out a fresh sheet and you’re ready to go. Oh, one more thing: be sure to write down the caller’s name first thing on the top of the page. Take it from us, if you don’t, after about the fourth or fifth call, you won’t remember who said what. Here are a few more Do’s and Don’ts to make things go more smoothly. N
• Do seize the day: If you can, start making calls the day you pick up this issue. Just like all the bargain boats in our Classy Classifieds, the best deals often go quickly. • Do confine your calls to sailing issues only. Please leave the hormone thing for other places and times. As we’ve mentioned many times over the years, nice relationships and maybe 8 to 10 marriages have come about as a result of participation in the Crew List — but all these blossomed from initially platonic sailing arrangements. So keep it clean. Now that we’ve said that for the 10 millionth time, some women Listees will still get calls from guys who think — and probably look — like the truck driver in Thelma and Louise. Which is why many of the women here are listed by first name or pseudonyms only. We actually encouraged them to do that for added security. We now also encourage women to ask as many questions as it takes to clarify crew duties and obligations if they suspect an overactive imagination on the other end of the phone. It s better to find these things out ‘in here’ rather than ‘out there.’ • Don’t call anybody before 8 a.m. or after 10 p.m.
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y0011 have to make a U-turn and cross back over the freeway.) Go over the Park Street bridge. At the second light past the Bridge — Buena Vista — m$ke a right. Go one mite and turn right on Sherman. Go over the railroad tracks and make another right on Triumph. Go to the end of the block. The Oakland YC will be right in front of you. Turn right and continue to the end of the parking lot. EYC will be on your left Do have realistic expectations. Not all boats have interiors like Swans or go downwind like turbo sleds. Not all passages are smooth and sunny. Not everyone in a large crew will immediately like everyone else, and .small crews can be even touchier to get right the first time. Newcomers should keep in mind that successful cruising requires a definite attitude adjustment, and the easiest way to start is to leave all egos on the dock. You won’t really need them until you get back to the rat race, anyway.
CREW LIST
NEED CREW • One corollary to the above Is directed specifically at skippers:
don’t be put off by a potential crew's age. Bronzed young studs or studettes are fine for leading charges onto a pitching foredeck in the middle of the night, but we’ve always appreciated the wisdom and humor of sailors with a little mileage under their keels, too. Plus the latter group usually brings along better music. Give everybody a chance. • This one should be obvious to both skippers and crews, but do try to arrange a trial sail and overnight anchorage with the prospective crew locally before you make any final arrangements or choices. • Finally —- and above all — do be honest. Don’t try to ‘make up’ experience you don’t have or tell contacts what you think they want to hear. As we’ve said in every Crew List over the last 20 years, in sailing, if you don’t know what you’re talking about, someone who does can recognize it instantly. To which some of you new guys might reply, “But I’m inexperienced. Doesn’t that put me at a disadvantage? The answer is yes — if you want to crew at the next America s Cup. But on cruising boats, some skippers actually prefer one or two less-experienced crewmembers. They’re easier to train to the skipper’s way of doing things — and much less prone to argue about it — than a more experienced hand.
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^ J ow about the Crew Party. Our fall party — scheduled this year for Wednesday, October 1, from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Encinal YC in Alameda — has taken on a new identity. What used to be a relatively small get-together for Crew List participants has grown into a comparatively large event for Crew Listers, Baja Ha-Ha participants and veterans, transient and local cruisers headed to Mexico, sailors who hope one day to go to Mexico, left-handed, red-haired saildrs. . . well, you get the picture — come one, come all. There’ll be munchies, T-shirts, an inflatable liferaft demonstration, no-host bar, and lots of like-minded sailors all looking forward to cruising south of the border. For Crew Listers in particular, the party offers several opportunities. First, if you’ve done the preliminaries on the phone, you can arrange to meet your prospective crew or skipper there for the first time. It’s a great ‘neutral ground’. Secondly, you can actually make your Crew List connection there. All Crew Listers get name tags color coded as to whether they’re looking for a boat or looking for crew. If you haven’t made your connections over the phone, that’s how you make them at the party. Third, if you have any questions about cruising Mexico, the Ha-Ha vets (who will have their own name tags) will be more than happy to answej- them. Rumor has it the Grand Poobah of the Baja Ha-Ha may even make a personal appearance. (If he does, don’t worry, you can’t mistake him for anyone else.) If your name appears on this Crew List, you get in free. If you are signed up for Baja Ha-Ha X, you and a guest get in free. Everybody else pays $5. Please try to have exact change, and don’t even think of handing a $ 100 bill to our lovely Crew Listettes unless your insurance covers an extended hospital stay.
O peaking of hospital stays, our latest mission to the archives turned out well, all things considered, the snake bite turned out to be non-poisonous, the malaria is in remission and the only guy we lost worked in the mail room. They re easy
MEN NEEDING CREW FOR MEXICO Aldo Salvato, 70, (415) 846-8331 or aldoontheboat@hotmail.com, 45' cutter. .tor 1,2,4,6 (Panama)/exp 1,2,3/wants 2,8. Anthony Bettencourt, 30, anthony@gallantsoftware.com or (650) 728-8537, Hunter 33. for 2,3,4,5,6 (SD to SF)/exp 1,2/wants 1,2,3ab,4,5ab,6,8,9 (alone night shifts a plus). Bruce Emmons, 61, (707) 528-1161 or bemmons@sbcglobal.net, Packet Cat 35 .. .for 4,5/exp 2/wants 2,3,6.
CODE FOR PEOPLE
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6) sol? be/0If; b) Speaks Passable SparS
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Bruce Schwegler, 61, http://home.attbi.com/~brsarch, Mayotte 47 cat. .for 1,2,4,6 (extended South Seas)/exp 2,3/wants 1,3,5,8. Bud Van Cott, 64, (530) 621-4190, 32' motoryiacht. .for 2) Sea of Cortez/exp 1,2,3/for 1,2,4,5,7,9(female). Carl, 65, oyster485@stratosnet.com, Oyster 485 . '.for 6 (Carib winter '03 - spring '04)/exp 2/wants 2,3a,4. Charlie Ellery, 58, (415) 218-1035, Islander 30 sloop. .for 1,2,4,5/exp 1/wants 2,4,5,6. Doug Clark, 50-something, doug@dcadigital.com, Vancouver 32 PH . .for 1,2,3,4,5/exp 1,2,3/wants 1,2,4,5,8. Doyle Knight, 63, (510) 910-6625, Bristol 35 sloop. .for 2,6 (to Carib)/exp 1,2/wants 2,8,9 (share expenses except boat costs). Drexel Bradshaw, 37, (415) 250-3719, Catalina 36. . . for 1,4,6 (SD to SF in late Nov.)/exp 1,2/wants 1,2,9 (prior Ha-Ha exp a plus). Eric Sanford, 52, (509) 493-3040 or ericsan@earthlink.net, Venezia 42 cat. .for 2/exp 1,2,3/wants 1,2,3,4,5. Gary Jongeward + another couple (partners), 51/53/55, (619) 282-7983,47’ Beneteau 473.for 4,5/exp 1,2,3 (Mexico)/wants 2,9 (female w/enthusiasm). Mark Eason, 49, markeason@yahoo.com or (541) 601-8296, Cal 39. . for 2,6 (Central America)/exp 3/wants 1,2,3,4,5,8.
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2003 MEXICO-ONLY MEN NEEDING CREDIT — CONT’D Michael Gottlieb, 47, (415) 845-6782 or brightangel35@yahob.com, Ericson 35-3 .\.for 4/exp 1,2/wants 2,3.
Nels Torberson, 63, (510) 782-6607, fax 293-2035 or ntorberson@aol.com, Morgan 0141.. .for 1,6 (continue to Mazatlan)/exp 1,2,3/wants 2,4,9 (gay/lesbian couple ok). Russ White, 43, (805) 235-0676 cell, MacGregor 65.for 2/exp 2/wants 2,8. Todd Kapp, 32, rockndammer@yahoo.com, Columbia 43.for 1 (to SD),5,6 (SD to Cabo)/exp 2,3/wants 1,3a,6,9 (share costs: $500, send jpeg photo) Tom Lilienthal, 56, (510) 331-7368, 41' Beneteau 411 sloop. .for 1,2,4,6 (poss. Puddle Jump, 3/04)/exp 1,2,3/wants 1,2,3,4,5b 8 Tom McCall, 73, (408)^53-1665 or (831) 471-0373, '94 Hunter 29.5 sloop. .X.for 4/exp 1,2/wants 1,9 (won't sleep on watch, n/s). Wayne Emard, 49, (415) 383-8122 hm or (415) 250-2444 cell, Liberty 458. .f°r 1,5/exp 1,2,3/wants 1,2,6,9 (skipper & crew for return trip). Willem Van Thillo, 57, (707) 964-6946 or (707) 849-2366 cell, Columbia 36. .wants 1,2?,4/exp 1,2/wants 2,3,8.
COUPLES NEEDING CREW FOR MEXICO Steve Stecher & Portia Igarashi, 54, (415)945-9125 or portiai@mindspring.com Fontaine Pajot Venezia 42 cat.for 1,4/exp 1,2/wants 2,3,4,5.
WANT TO CREW
MEN TO CREW— CONT’D Anthony (Tony) Amable, 51, (510) 482-5741 hm or (510) 882-1998 cell. .•;.v-.wants 1,4/exp 4/offers 3,4. Arland Hensler, 48, (415) 317-2696, (650) 738-6969 or arland@mac.com .. .wants 1,2,4,5,6 (anywhere )/exp 2,3/offers 2,3,4,5b,6. Art Urbin, 52, (408) 985-2107 or art@urbin.com .. wants 1,2,3,4,5,6/exp 4c/offers 3,4,5a. Asael Deyany, 38, (408) 563-5036 or (408) 564-4188 .wants 1,3,4,5/exp 3/offers 2,3. Barbee, 26, (415) 819-9784 .wants 1,4,6 (to Panama & Carib)/exp 2/offers 2. Bart Bias, 64, (925) 556-6227 or bbias01@hotmail.com. .wants 1,2,3,4,6 (extended cruise)/exp 4abc/offers 2,3. Bennett Dahlin, 24, (619) 957-9208, bdahlin@cox.net...wants 1,2,3,4,5/exp 4ab/offfers 3. Bill Somoza, 47, (510) 517-1187, (510) 540-5799 .wants 1,2,3,4/exp 3/offers 2,5b. Billy McCain, 54, (601) 831-0530 or spinnaker649@hotmail.com. .wants 5/exp 3/offers 2,3,4. Bob McClure, 54, (425) 822-5529 or (425) 402-1670 .wants 4/exp 4/offers 3,5. Bob Macomber, 59, (760) 788-6802 or bobarete@prodigy.net. .wants 1,2,3,4,5/exp 3/offers 2,3,6. Bob Scott, 57, bobby9boy@comcast.net.wants 1,2,4,5,6 (open)/exp 3/offers 3,4. Brendan Fitzgerald, 39, wbfitzgerald@hotmail.com.3,4/exp 2/offers 2,5. Brian Forster, 43, (707) 829-7744 hm.wants 4/exp 2/offers 2,4,6, mech skills. Brian)& Cortot; Murphy, 58/13, (415) 824-8514.want 4/exp 4a/offer 2 3 Bernard Bouis, 42, (510) 520-3903.wants 1,4,5/exp 4a/offers 3,4,5. Carl DeVilla, 40, (916) 396-7596 orjcdevilla@hotmail.com . .I.wants 1,2,4/exp 3/offers 2,5b. Charles Shoemaker, 60, (949) 510-1245 or csailfree@aol.com. .wants 1,2,4,5,6 (cruise Mex 1-3 months)/exp 3, ret. airline capt./offers 3,6. Chad St. Ottarra, 46, (415) 383-7834 .wants 1,2,4,5/exp 3/offers 2,4,6. Chris Rousseau, 42, (214) 457-7687 .wants 1,4/exp 3,4ab/offers 3 Colin J. Walsh, 23, (401) 499-6060 ..
MEN TO CREW FOR MEXICO
.wants 1,2,4,5,6 (available passages)/exp 2/offers 2,4. Oanial Dion, 45, aquarealm@pocketmail.com.
Alan Brabon, 54, (916) 799-2505 or alan@brabon.net.wants 1,4/exp 3/offers 2,4,6. Alex Chalmers, 31, (415) 215-1730 cell.wants 4/exp 2/offers 2,5b.
...wants 1,4/exp 3, 100-ton lic./offers 3,4,5,6. Daniel Hershey, 43, (503) 282-1547 or smoky@xprt.net. .wants 1,2,4/exp 1/offers 1,4,6, EMT.
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Daniel Schiappacasse, 33, (415) 876-4941 ord_schiappacasse@yahoo.com. .wants 1,4,5/exp 2/offers 1,4,5.
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Dave Price, 45, (530) 626-9626 .wants 1,2,3,4/exp 3/offers 3. David Collins, 47, (888) 831-6242.wants 1,3,4,5/exp 2/offers 2,3(inquire),4,6. Dick, 59, bludhart@yahoo.com or (916) 488-7681 .
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.wants 1,2,3,4,6 (anyplace warm)/exp 4/offers 3,4,5.
Doug Bostrom, 59, (406) 227-3384 or dougbostrom@onewest.net. .wants 4,5/exp 4/offers 3.
Dusty Wilton, 35, (209) 334-5983 hm, (209) 747-0169 cell or dwilton@water.ca.gov
MY EXPERIENCE IS: 1) Little or none 2) Some, mostlly Bay sailing
.wants 1,4,5?/exp 2/offers 2,4.
DuWayne Olds, 60, (707) 822-2781 ordolds@humboldt1.com.
3) Moderate, Some Ocean 4) Lots: a) extensive sailing b) extensive cruising c) foreign cruising
.wants 1,2,4/exp 4abc/offers 3,4,5a.
Earl Roske, 40, benzenerng@aol.com or (408) 205-1176. .wants 1,2,3,6 (12/20-1/4; 2/14-2/22; 4/9-4/18)/exp 2/offers 2,4.
Eric Lowe, 50, (415) 332-8070 .wants 1,2,4,5/exp 3/offers 2,3,4,5b. Ford D. Canutt, 55, (209) 533-4359 or ford@bigvalley.net. ..wants 1,2,3,4,5,6 (from or to SD)/exp 2/offers 2,4.
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Forrest Brault, 48, (707) 478-3136 or boatguardian@hotmail.com . .wants 1,5,6 (ocean crossings, rushed destinations)/exp 4abc/offers 3,4,5a.
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Frank Gibbons, 55, (619) 865-9314 .wants 4/exp 4/offers 3. Gary Cawood, 63, (916) 961-1435 or garycawood@comcast.net.. wants 1,2,3,4,5/
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exp 4abc, US Sailing cert bareboat + coastal nav, Ha-Ha 9 & Bash/offers 2,3,4,5ab. Gary Cobb, 55, (510) 724-7925 .wants 1,4,5/exp 2/offers 1,2. Gary Lee, 54, (408) 732-6500 or mrgwlee@msn.com ....wants 4/exp 2,3/offers 2,3. Gary Liddy, 55, (512) 480-9716, (512) 417-5072 cell or gary @steepndeep.com ... .wants 1,4,5/exp 4, USCG 6-pack lic./offers 5. Gary Peterson, 50, (520) 299-5952.wants 4/exp 1,2/offersl. Gary Randall, 51, (415) 425-1617 cell.wants 1,4/exp 3/offers 2,5b,6. George Birrell, 73, (636) 285-4608 .wants 3,5/exp 3/offers 2,3. Hans Groess, 49, (858) 342-1589 or groess@aol.com. .wants 1,5/exp 3/offers 2,4,6. Harlan Van Wye, 60, (925) 253-1096, coronado34@aol.com. .wants 4/exp 4abc/offers 3,4,5a.
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Hector Dujovne, 50, (858) 736-7378, brazplan@excite.com or www.angelfire.com/ sd/brazilplanning.warns 4/exp 2/offers 2,4,5b, Portuguese,6. JD van Wyhe, 43, (209) 726-6450 or jdvl @pge.com...wants 1,2,3,4/exp 3/offers 2. James (JD) Domenick, 50, jddomenick@msn.com. ./.wants 1,4,5 (maybe)/exp 3/offers 3. James Sicard, 54, (503) 381-7433 wants 1,2,3,4,5/exp 2, ASA Bareboat/offers 2,4. Jay Ailworth, 51, (510) 326-7578 or isailsf@strangebird.us. .wants 1,4,5/exp 4ac/offers 3. Jeff Keller, 62, jefftkeller@hotmail.com or (435) 649-0538. ..wants 1,4/exp 3, 9000 offshore miles/offers 2,3,4. Jeremy Randall, 28, jerem^randall@yahoo.com or (415) 407-7568. .wants 1,2,3,4,5/exp 2/offers 2. Jerry Bloor, 57, (928) 758-7293 .wants 1,4/exp 3/offers 2,5a. Jim Barbee, 59, (510) 339-0514 or mabarbee@earthlink.net. .wants 1,2,4,5,6 (Puddle Jump)/exp 4abc/offers 3,4,5a. Jim Cavell, 62, (916) 214-9091 .wants 4/exp 3,4/offers 2,3. Jim Chamberlain, 64, (949) 248-7236 or (949) 280-9478. .wants 4/exp 3/offers 2,3,4. Jim Connolly, 52, (415) 328-0357 cell or (415) 883-1964 hm. . wants 3,4,5?/exp 3/offers 2,3. Jim Pederson, 52, (916) 204-4344 orjrpeders@arb.ca.gov. . wants 1,2,3,4,5,6/exp 3/offers 2,3,4,5ab. Jim Swantesch, 37, (909) 244-4372 eves. .wants 1,2,3,4,5,6 (any leg)/exp 1/offers 4,5,6. Jim Tantillo, 70, (408) 263-7877 orjimtantillo@worldnet.att.net. .wants 4,5/exp 4abc, lie. capt., Ha-Ha vet/offers 3,5a. Joe & Karl Schramm, 65/62, (805) 496-6575 or jpschramml @yahoo.com. .want 4/exp 4ac/offer 3,4. Joe Vesce, 27, (925) 984-5554 cell or J_Vesce@hotmail.com. .wants 1,2,4,5,6 (flexible)/exp 2/offers 2,4. Joel Ryan, 58, (541) 569-2201 orjryan@oregontrail.net. .-v-.wants 1,2,4,5/exp 1/offers 2,4,5b. John Chalmers, 27, (415) 923-9572 orjp_chalrners@yahoo.com.
I didn t want to live the rest of my life for the day I retire.
. wants 4/exp 2/offers 2.
John Ferrell, 63, (209),223-2713..wants 1/exp 2/offers 2. John Glass, 21, (925) 623-3852 or john@johncglass.com.. .wants 1,4,5,6 (ride home to SD)/exp 3,4a/offers 3,4,6.
John Hornung, 45, (510) 845-1912 or johnnyhorn@cs.com. .wants 1,2,4/exp 4abc/offers 3,4,5a.
John Reilich, 53, (408) 888-8423 orjohn.reilich@sun.com. .want 1,2,3,4/exp 2,3/offers 2,3.
John Reilly, 60s, (408) 249-9112 msg.wants 1,2,3,4,6?/exp 4b/offers 2,3,6. John Salazar, 44, (619) 462-9963 x303 orjohnsalazar@dcmarketing.com. ...wants 4/exp 3/offers 3,4.
Joseph Luizzi, 46, (909) 237-6111 or (909) 894-6003.. .wants 1,4,5/exp 2/offers 2,4. Julio Estrada, 32, (408) 422-3411 .wants 4/exp 2/offers 2,4,5ab(fluent),6. Karl Deardorff, 24, (805) 479-6122 or bagywrinkl@aol.com. .wants 1,2,4/exp 4a/offers 3.
Kelly O'Day, 39, (530) 347-5033 or (530) 941-8111 .wants 1,4/exp 2/offers 2. Ken Janke, 50, (925) 280-8023 ... wants 1,4,5,6 (delivery to SD)/exp 4/offers 3,4,5. Ken Landis, 41, (925) 787-0624 or klandis@pacificservice.org. ..7...,... wants 1,2,4/exp 3/offers 2,4.
Kurt Jordan) 44, (818) 879-1277 orwildbluecrew@hotmail.com. .wants 1/exp 4/offers 3,4,5a.
Larry Burgoyne, 65, (858) 874-1813 or lrburgoyne@aol.com. .wants 1,4/exp 2/offers 2,4.
Mac McClung, 53, (408) 265-0919 or macthecaptain@aol.com. .wants 1,4,5/exp 3/offers 2,3.
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THE RACING
With reports this month on a record-breaking Jazz Cup; another fine NOOD Regatta; the Express 27 Nationals; the for-charity Day on Monterey Bay Regatta; the One Design 35 Nationals; the Interclub Series wrap-up; the pleasant Windjammers Race; the West Marine/Santa Cruz Fun Regatta; and the usual cluster of box scores and race nbtes at the end.
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Jazz Cup The 15th annual Jazz Cup, co-hosted by South Beach YC and Benicia YC on August 30, went off without a hitch this year — a pleasant turn of events given the debacles associated with this race in the past. A 106 boat fleet — well short of the record 132 boats in 2000 — sailed the tra¬ ditional 24.6-mile race course, which be¬ gins off Treasure Island, goes upwind to Mark #7, and then parade^ downwind through San Pablo Bay to the hamlet of Benicia, the "Gateway to the Delta." Though cold and; hazy at the start, the day soon turned warm and sunny, and the fleet enjoyed a quick ride to Benicia with steady winds, flat . water, and
benchmark by 22 minutes. "It was easy and fun!" reported Erkelens, grinning ear to ear. The first monohull to Benicia; Bob and Rob Barton’s Andrews 56 CipangO; took just 2 hours, 54 minutes and 53 seconds, which we suspect is also a new record. Also finishing in a hurry was Bob and Anja Hyde’s new, and as-yet unnamed, black JS-9000, which flew over the course in 3:04:46. The Hydes were sailing their skinny 2,000-pound monomaran' for only the second time, and corrected out a re¬ spectable fourth in the ULDB division. The innovative 30-footer, designed by John Swarbrick of Perth, Australia, received lots of attention at the dock after the race. There are now three JS-9000s in the Bay Area — check out sport-yachts.com to learn more or arrange a test sail.
Jazzy guys — Above, speed freaks Mark Rudi¬ ger and Bill Erkelens, Sr. Right, Jack and Clint Kastrop helped their dad 'Goose' the fleet again. a max flood. Conditions were ripe for a recordbreaking run, and multihull collector Bill Erkelens, Sr., and crew Mark Rudiger took full advantage of the opportunity. Sailing Erkelens' custom C-cat Freedom, the duo sprinted across the finish line after just 2 hours, 8 minutes and 8 seconds of sail¬ ing, obliterating Rocket 88's previous 1995 Page 176 • U&We li • October, 2003
won the race overall, beating runner-up Annie, Steve Zevanove’s Cal 29, by three and a half minutes. Finishing third over¬ all was Mike Kastrop's Catalina 30 Goose, which also won the Jazz Cup, a friendly competition limited to members of the two host clubs. Kastrop, who previously won in 2001, was racing Goose with his wife Lorianna, sons Jack (13 years old) and
Clint (10), Tom Hawkins and Alex Kononoff. This was the third year in a row that South Beach YC has won the Jazz Cup, but the overall score is still lopsided, with Benicia YC up 10-5. For once, there were no protests and results were posted by 6:30 p.m. Benicia YC did its usual great job of entertaining the sailors after the quick race, and the new race management team, led by Randy Wells and John Super, did a fine job of running the event, starting with offering an online entry option. 84 skippers signed up online, and 57 paid the entry fee us¬ ing PayPal. The new high-tech regime also posted the results on www.southbeachyc.org that night, another first. Not everyone was happy about the re¬ sults, however — particuarly the scratch boats in each division. After administra¬ tive problems with time-on-time scoring last year, the r&ce committee switched back to time-on-distance and, for reasons that no one could explain, upped the rated course length to 27.5 miles for the first time. Considering it was a downwind race
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Yamaha 33, Lesa Kinney; 6) Abra, Jeanneau Attlia, Bob Turnbull; 7) Highlighter, Islander 36,,Bill Hackel. '(18 boats) DIV. E (180-204) — 1) Annie, Cal 29, Steve Zevanove; 2) Wuvulu, Islander Bahama 30, John New; 3) Grenadier, Contessa 32, Paul Osborn; 4) Summerwind, O'Day 27, John Arisman. (11 boats) DIV. F (204-up) — 1) Elaine, Santana 22, Pat Broderick; 2) Auggie, Santana 22, Sally Taylor; 3) Talaria, Gladiator, Lynn Christensen. (7 boats) SPORTBOAT — 1) Enigma, Ultimate 20, David Kitchen; 2) Shenanigans, Express 27, Bill Moore; 3) Freaks on a Leash, Express 27, Scott Parker; 4) #9002, JS-9000, Bob Hyde; 5) E.T., Antrim 27, Liz Baylis. (13 boats) CATALINA 30 — 1) Goose, The Kastrops; 2) Starkite, Laurie Miller; 3) Dancing Bear, Ray Hall. (6 boats) CORSAIR F-24 — 1) Origami, Ross Stein; 2) Triple X, Lee Garami. (5 boats) OPEN MULTIHULL —1) Freedom, C-Cat, Bill Erkelens, Sr./Mark Rudiger. (3 boats) OVERALL — 1) Enigma; 2) Annie; 3) Goose; 4) Chesapeake; 5) Wuvulu; 6) Starkite; 7) Gam¬ mon; 8) Jet Lag; 9) Ruckus; 10) Wind Dragon. (106 monohulls)
NOOD Regatta The 14th annual San Francisco Na¬ tional Offshore One Design (NOOD) Re¬
gatta — sponsored by Sailing World, presented by Mt. Gay Rum, and hosted by St. Francis YC — attracted 123 boats in eight one design classes on August 30-31. The five-race, no-throwout series took place on two venues (Berkeley Circle and Cityfront) and, as usual, was once again the best multi-class one design regatta on the Bay this summer. For many of the classes, it was also a tune-up regatta for the Big Boat Series and/or upcoming title bouts like the Express 27 Nationals, 1D35 Nationals and October's sure-to-beepic Melges 24 Worlds. All eight classes counted the NOOD in their 2003 season championship, and wins at this regatta basically wrapped up the season for John Kilroy’s Samba Pa Ti (Farr 40), the Per¬ kins/Perkins/Wilson syndicate's Good Timin' (J/105), Barry Lewis' Chance (J/ 120) and Scott Sellers' Swamp Donkey (Express 27). Winds peaked in the mid-to-high teens, enough to warrant foul weather gear, but not enough to cause much carnage. Other than the usual minor fender-benders and bounces off Try's Rock' (the hazard at the end of the St. Francis harbor breakwater, which was not limited by an orange buoy this time), there wasn't any real damage — a miracle considering the density of boats short-tacking up the Cityfront to¬ gether on Sunday afternoon. Three boats — Samba, Chance and Bill Wright's ID-35 ZsaZsa— won the NOOD for the second year in a row. The Swamp Donkptj gang topped the 17-boat Express 27 class by nine points, the largest mar¬ gin in any group. Their perfect three-bul¬ let outing on Saturday also earned them the Hall Spars Boat of the Day Award. J/ 105 national champion Good Timin', with Phil Perkins driving and older brother Chris calling tactics, topped their tough 35-boat class. The Italian Joe Fly team — owner Giovanni Maspreo, helmsman Lucas Santella, and local tactician Morgan Larson — won the Melges 24 battle against a star-studded 28-boat fleet. Early leader Jeff Ecklund, with Harry Melges driving, was leading the regatta with a 1,5,1,3 record before skipping the last two races on Sunday so they could catch a 3:30 p.m. flight to the E-Scow Nationals, which started the next day in New York. October, 2003 • UiOwU 3? • Page 177
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NOOD portraits, clockwise from upper left — The winning ID-35 'Zsa Zsa'; Farr 40s and Melgi inter¬ twined on the City front; the J/24s 'Downtown Uproar' and 'Casual Contact'; the J/105 'Rock n' Roll' about to tip over; and the J/105 'Short Skirt', hoists her downwind wardrobe. All photos latitude/rob. Stoneberg/Eric Doyle, 41. (11 boats) J/120 — 1) Chance, Barry Lewis, 12 points; 2) Dayenu, Don Payan, 16; 3) Twist, Timo Bruck, 21; 4) Desdemona, John Wimer, 23. (8 boats) 1D-35 — 1) Zsa Zsa, Bill Wright/George Szabo, 8 points; 2) Wild Thing, Chris & Kara Busch, 15; 3) Koinonia, Doug Ament, 18; 4) Tabasco, John Wylie/ Seadon Wijsen, 19. (8 boats) J/105 — 1) Good Timin', Perkins/Perkins/Wilson,
30 points; 2) Masquerade, Tom Coates, 35; 3) Nan¬ tucket Sleighride, Peter Wagner, 39; 4) Arbitrage, Bruce Stone, 39; 5) Angry Beaver, Larry Harvey, 44; 6) Chili Pepper, John Downing, 44; 7) Zuni Bear, Rich Bergmann, 55; 8) Short Skirt, Peter Lufkin, 58; 9) Advantage 3, Pat Benedict, 58; 10) Orion, Gary Kneeland, 61; 11) Jabberwocky, Brent Vaughan, 70; 12) Wonder, Tom Kennelly, 74; 13) Walloping Swede, Kristen Lane, 78; 14) Wind Dance, Littfin/
More shots from the NOODist colony — The Melges 24 'Ego' on port; J/120 downwind symmetry; Farr 40 downwind symmetry; the J/105 'Masquerade' pops their distinctive pink kite; the Express 27s 'El Raton'and 'Attack From Mars'/ 'Zuni Bear' shrimping; the Olson 25 'Animal Crackers'. Pugh, 79; 15) Irrational Again, Jaren Leet, 79. (35 boats) EXPRESS 27 — 1) Swamp Donkey, Scott Sell¬ ers, 6 points; 2) Baffett, Tom Baffico, 15; 3) Magic Bus, Paul Deeds, 16; 4) Attack From Mars, Brendan Busch, 21; 5) New Wave, Buzz Blackett, 35; 6) Frog In French, Kame Richards/Rodney Daniel, 36; 7) Mirage, Terry Cobb, 40; 8) El Raton, Ray Lotto, 44. (17 boats)
OLSON 25 — 1) Hamburger Haus, Jens Jensen, 7 points; 2) Blazing Saddles, Derik & Dawn Ander¬ son, 12; 3) Clean Sweep, Tom Nemeth, 19. (6 boats) MELGES 24 — 1) Joe Fly, Giovanni Maspreo/ Lucas Santella, 18 points; 2) Ego, Don Jesberg, 21; 3) Pegasus 24-1, Shark Kahn, 29; 4) Monsoon, Bruce Ayres, 30; 5) Rock n' Roll, Argyle Campbell, 41; 6) Pegasus 24-3, Philippe Kahn, 49; 7) #339, D§ve Ullman, 54; 8) Sabotage, Jeff Thorpe, 55; 9)
Surfeit, Vessella/Wadbrook, 61; 10) Not the Family Buick, Bennett/Stone, 61; 11) Star, Jeff Ecklund, 74; 12) Smoke Show, Scott Dale, 74; 13) Unprotected, Ralph Silverman, 77; 14) Tropical Storm, Doug & Kerry Forster, 89; 15) Smokin', Kevin Clark, 92. (28 boats) J/24 — 1) Downtown Uproar, Wayne Clough, 11 points; 2) Fat Bastard, Curtis Press, 15; 3) Wa¬ termelon, Kent Pierce, 17; 4) Rail to Rail, Rich Jepsen, 20; 5) Casual Contact, Edward Walker, 22. (10 boats) Full results — www.stfyc.com.
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THE RACING Express 27 Nationals Scott Sellers and his talented crew flogged the Swamp Donkey to their sec¬ ond Express 27 Nationals title in Spur at¬ tempts, overtaking Tom Baffico's Bqffett in the last race and holding off a late charge by Will Paxton and his Farr 40 buddies on Motorcyle Irene. The three-day, seven-race, no-throwout series was hosted by the busy St. Francis YC and held in the full galnut of conditions. "It was close this year, not just a three-boat battle like in the past," claimed Sellers. "Lots more boats are going fast, and at least 10 different ones led at mark roundings." After six races, including a 16-mile dis¬ tance race', the Donkey and Bqffett were tied going into the finale. The two boats came together at the first windward mark, with Swamp Donkey on the starboard layline. Bqffett, on port, ducked the Don¬ key, but fouled Exocet in the process and never recovered from doing their 720°. "It was a role reversal from the 2001 Nation¬ als, which we lost to Bqffett because we had to do a 720°," recalled Sellers. "I can feel their pain!" , Sellers, a collegiate All-American at Stanford in '94 and one of the best ama¬ teur sailors on the Bay, sailed with co¬ owners Robert Brown (middle) and Doug Robbins (bow), Geoff McDonald (trimmer), and new team member Matt Gregory (mast). "Our core team has been together since we bought the boat in 1998," ex¬ plained Sellers. "All these guys are good enough to sail on Farr 40s or other rockstar programs, but they choose to ride
the Donkey instead because we have so much fun!” It's a tight-knit group — Sell¬ ers, Brown and McDonald all sailed at Stanford, and Sellers and Brown now work together as partners in a private equity firm. Other than his loyal crew, Sellers at¬ tributed the victoiy to a new Quantum Page 180 •
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\ genoa (and a #3 and main with just two previous regattas on them), maxi¬ mum crew weight, minimum boat weight, a tefloned bottom, lots of mast rake, a tight headstay, and adjusting the aft lowers be¬ tween races. "Time on the water and a little luck are also part of the equation," he claimed. 'We've been doing this for six seasons, and only really started going fast two years ago." 1 x Against the odds, the Express 27 class is still going strong 22 years after Carl Schumacher drafted the design — and the boat may even be going back into produc¬ tion soon in New Zealand (two buyers are committed, and Davie Norris Boatbuilders is looking for one more before gearing up). According to Sellers, the boat uniquely meets the following criteria: 1) a competi¬ tive local one design fleet; 2) fun to sail; 3) affordable; and 4) versatile (ocean ca¬ pable, cruise to Sam's, etc.). "Sometimes our team talks about switching to another boat that may have advantages over the Express 27 in one or two of the areas,” he mentioned. "But we haven’t seen an ob¬ vious fleet that makes more sense to us." For the rest of the Nationals story, see www.express27.org. 1) Swamp Donkey, Scott Sellers, 20 points; 2)
Sellers market — 'Swamp Donkey' won the Ex¬ press 27 Nationals, the NOOD, and just about everything else this summer. Eeeee-awwww! Baffett, Tom Baffico/Forest Baskett, 25; 3) Motor¬ cycle Irene, Will Paxton, 28; 4) Attack From Mars, Brendan Busch, 30; 5) Exocet, Jason Crowson, 33; 6) Magic Bus, 42; 7) Freaks on a Leash, Scott Parker, 46; 8) El Raton, Ray Lotto, 50; 9) Mirage,
Terry Cobb, 62; 10) Diane, Steve Katzman/Steve Hodges, 69; 11) Peaches, John Rivlin, 82; 12) Wile E. Coyote, Dan Pruzan, 82; 13) Xena, Mark Lowry, 96; 14) Maximus, Josh Grass, 101; 15) Shenani¬ gans, Bill Moore, 105; 16) Simba, Jon Shinn, 118; 17) Strega, Larry Levit, 124; 18) Ergo, Chris Gage, 125; 19) Opus, Huw Roberts, 125; 20) Radio Flyer, Bob Doerr, 139; 21) True Grits, Jay Montgomery, 140. (21 boats)
Day on Monterey Bay Regatta The 12th annual Day on Monterey Bay Regatta, a benefit for Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Santa Cruz County, occurred on August 24, too late for inclusion in our September issue. Over 200 sailors on 36 boats sailed in the low-key pursuit race from Santa Cruz up to Lighthouse Point, down to Soquel, and back to the finish via Mile Buoy. After two hours of racing. Skip Ely's SC 52 Elyxir finished first, less than a minute ahead of Shep Kett's SC 50 Octavia. Some 350 people showed up at Santa Cruz YC for dinner, a Real Texas Barbe¬ cue' put on by Armadillo Willy's, and music by the marimba band Kuzanga. About 90 prizes were raffled off by mas¬ ter of ceremonies Chuck Hawley, ranging from wine to an inflatable dinghy to the grand prize, a one-week bareboat charter in the British Virgin Islands for six people donated by SCYC members Paul and Gail
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Crazy-assed idea? 'Jacaibon' (#10) dominated the ID-35 Nationals. Inset, skipper John Musa (left) and tactician Terry Hutchinson. Nichols. Another notable prize was do¬ nated by Alta Vita owner Bill Turpin — a crew spot on his silver TP-52 in the fol¬ lowing weekend's Windjammers Race. The big winner, as usual, was BB/BS, which grossed over $25,000 from the feel¬ good event. See www.scyc.org for more. DIV. 1 — 1) Elyxir, SC 52, Skip Ely; 2) Octavia, SC 50, Shep Kett; 3) Outrageous, Olson 40, Rick Linkemyer; 4) Animal, Sydney 38, Craig French; 5) Escape, Express 37, Steve Dilbeck; 6) Shadow, Olson 30, Frank Parker; 7) Sagittarius, Catalina 38, Steve Murphey. (16 boats) DIV. II — 1) Wildfire, Moore 24, Tom Conerly; 2) Mercedes, Moore 24, Joel Verutti; 3) Nobody's Girl, Moore 24, Sydnie Moore. (6 boats) DIV. Ill —1) Adventure, Catalina 30, Jack McDermott; 2) Gail's Warning, Catalina 22, Paul Nichols. (4 boats) MULTIHULL— 1)Sea Puppy, F-24, Bert Lemke.
(2 boats) NON-SPINNAKER — 1) Dolphin, Catalina 30, Doug Madeley; 2) Nave Nave, Catalina 42, Scott Lighthall; 3) Bahama Breeze, Catalina 42, Jim Gittings. (7 boats) OVERALL — 1) Elyxir; 2) Octavia; 3) Outra¬
geous. (35 boats)
ID-35 Nationals A small (13 boats) but high-octane fleet
competed in the sixth One Design 35 Na¬ tionals on the Berkeley Circle on Septem¬ ber 7-9. San Francisco YC hosted the 8race, no-throwout series, which was com¬ pletely dominated by John Musa's San Diego-based Jacaibon. Musa, tactician Terry Hutchinson, and a talented squad ■which included main trimmer Wally Cross and local hero John Bonds, made it look easy with a 3,1,1,2,2,1,4,3 record, top¬ ping runner-up Wild Thing by an improb¬ able 24 points. Cohditions ranged from light air and drizzle to a warm 20-knot southwesterly, a full sampler of wind strengths and directions. Musa, who owns liquor stores in Fort Collins, CO, and sails for the Dillon YC, was quick to credit his team, especially Hutchinson, for the best regatta he's ever had in the four years he's owned Jacaibon ('Just Another Crazy-Assed Idea Based On Nothing'). "Terry has huge skills, and he’s really good at communicating with the driver and crew," claimed Musa. "It was my first time sailing with him, and I’d do it again in a heartbeat!" This was the third time Hutchinson has won the ID-35 Nationals, with the previous times occurring in '98 (roXanne) and '00 (Extreme). The latter victoiy also occurred on the Berkeley Circle, and com¬ parisons between that windy 18-boat re¬
gatta and this one were inevitable. "This was a much easier series," noted Hutchinson, who is also campaigning for the Star Olympics with crew Andrew Scott. "Obviously, the numbers were down, but the talent among the top boats is still there." In a down-to-the-wire battle for sec¬ ond, Chris and Kara Busch's wheel-driven Wild Thing came on strong in the stretch to nip the DeVos family’s Windquest by one point. Jeff Pape steered Wild Thing, Chris did the main, and Ben Mitchell pro¬ vided tactics. The class limits each boat to three professionals, none of whom can drive — even if, like Busch, they own the boat. (Busch and Mitchell were part of Dennis Conner's America's Cup effort last year.) Windquest, the DeVoses’ blue dinghy, rounded out the podium, capitalizing on Detente's miserable 11th in the last race to capture third by one point. Dick and Doug DeVos, whose family founded Amway, also scored major style points for bringing their latest tender, a brand new 115-footer named SeaQuest, to San Fran¬ cisco YC. The Michigan-based brothers have a few other boats on order (they're buying Zephyrus V, and are also having a megayacht built), but they'll hang on to Windquest, which apparently will live in San Diego from now on. Bill Wright's Zsa Zsa was the top local boat, finishing fifth. Check out www.lD35.com for complete results, lots of pic¬ tures, and daily reports from the Nation¬ als. From here, the class heads south for , their grand finale, the ID-35 West Coast Championship, to be held October 3-5 out of San Diego YC. USWatercraft of Bristol, RI, recently acquired the the ID-35 molds from de¬ funct builder Barry Carroll. That's good news, as a class without a builder is even¬ tually doomed — and these lively Nelson/ Maryk^designed 35-footers are too great a boat to just slip away. , 1) Jacaibon, John MusaTerry Hutchinson, Fort Collins, CO, 17 points; 2) Wild Thing, Chris Busch/ Jeff Pape/Ben Mitchell, San Diego, 41; 3) Windquest, Dick & Doug DeVos/John Bertrand, Macatawa Bay, Ml, 42; 4) Detente, David Kirk/Jeff * Madrigali, Chicago, 44; 5) Zsa Zsa, Bill Wright/ George Szabo, San Francisco, 49; 6) Great Sensa¬ tion, Mario Yovkov/Peter Vessella, San Francisco, 50; 7) Koinonia, Doug Ament/Andy LaDow, San Di¬ ego, 55; 8) Kill-A-Watt, David Rillie/James Spithill, San Diego, 56; 9) KT's Choice, Bud Stratton/John Wimer, San Diego, 56; 10) Tabasco, John Wylie/ Seadon Wijsen, San Diego, 59; 11) Victory, Buddy Cribb/Farley Sontenot, Coral Reef, FL, 72; 12) Plowhorse, Bob Hesse, Youngstown, 93; 13) Sen¬ sational, Gary Fanger, San Francisco, 96. Past winners and venue — 1998 (roXanne, Kip Meadows/Terry Hutchinson, Annapolis, unknown number of boats); 1999 (Extreme, Dan Cheresh/unOctober, 2003 •
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THE RACING K known, Macatawa Bay, Ml, 23 boats); 2000 (Extreme, Dan Cheresh/Terry Hutchinson, San Francisco, 18 boats); 2001 (Windquest, Dick DeVos/John'Bertrand, Miami, 16 boats); 2002 (Windquest, DickDeVos/John Bertrand, Miami, 8 boats)
Interclub Series The Interclub Series, with its interest¬ ing mixture of South and Central Bay rac¬ ing, enjoyed another successful year. Bolstered by a big multihull fleet, a record 57 boats registered for the season, up 10 from last year. While some fleets were dominated by one boat, no skipper earned a single row of bullets and several trophies could have gone either way right up to the last race. No races died from lack of wind, always a possibility late in the season in the South Bay. In fact, the only race can¬ celled was back in April — due to lightning and too much wind! The Interclub Series is sponsored and run by Alameda yacht clubs, along with the Catalina 34 and BAMA fleets, who have some of their members in those yacht clubs. Six races, one a month, are held on the second Saturday of the month (mostly) with three in 'YRA Country’ and another three south of the Bay Bridge. Final results, based on six races and one throwout, fol¬ low. — george gurrola BIG SPIN (< 174) — 1) Wind Dragon, Caialina 34, Dave Davis, 6 points; 2) Peggy Sue, Laser 28, John Davis, 10; 3) Double Agent, Merit 25, Robin Ollivier. (7 boats) LITTLE SPIN (> 187) — 1) Caffeinated, Merit 22, Dick Lotspeich, 6.25 points; 2) Lone Ranger, Ranger 26, Ken Viaggi, 15; 3) Dulcinea, Killer Whale, Michael Mathiasen, 16. (7 boats) FAT 30 — 1) Spindrifter, Tartan 30, Paul Skabo, 9 points; 2) Wuvulu, IB-30, John New, 10; 3) Lelo Too, Tartan 30, Emile Carles, 13. (8 boats) CATALINA 34 — 1) Mottley, Chris Owen, 6 points; 2) Casino, Bill Eddy, 13; 3) Crew's Nest, Ray Irvine, 15. (8 boats) NON-SPIN —1) Peddler, Catalina 27, Norm Rehm, 10 points; 2) MeMe, Newport 30 Mk. II, Norm Guest, 11; 3) Knotty Sweetie, C&C 32, G. Johnson, 12. (7 boats) MULTIHULL (spinnaker) —1) Raptor, F-27 SQ, Todd Olsen, 9 points; 2) Defiance, Cross 46-R, Michael Ropers, 17; 3) Humdinger, Green 35, Larry Olsen, 20; 4) Already There, F-27, James Brown, 20; 5) Sea Bird, F-27 SQ, Rich Holden, 21. (13 boats) MULTIHULL (non-spinnaker) — 1) Mood Indigo, Gemini 105-MC, Rich Kerbavaz, 6 points; 2) Joint Venture, F-31, Randy Devol, 11. (4 boats)
Windjammers Race Bill Turpin's slippery Davidson TP-52 Alta Vita, fresh off her overall win in the TransPac, snagged the big pickle dish at this year's 63rd Windjammers Race on Fri¬ day, August 29. Alta Vita sailed the 67-mile course, which begins off the St. Francis YC and ends at the Santa Cruz municipal pier, Page 182 •
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Windjammers winners — Top, Bill Turpin's Davidson TP 52 'Alta Vita' won overall. Bottom, Dave Rasmussen and his 16-year-old son David won the doublehanded class with their Express 27 'Salty Hotel'. The Rasmussens are training for next summer's doublehanded Pac Cup. in just 7 hours, 43 minutes. After her minus 81 rating was applied, AVpopped up first overall by 21 minutes over Steve Williams’ blue SC 52 Natazak. The race attracted 40 entries, includ¬ ing ten 'big' boats from Monterey Bay, for the 9:30 a.m. start. With little wind, an increasing flood, and coastal fog, we feared the worst for the race, which has been abnormally cursed the last few years with little or no wind. Fortunately, the conditions improved as, the day wore on. The Montara Hole snared some boats, but most of the fleet broke through and enjoyed a few hours of surfing in 18-20 knots of wind off Dav¬ enport before the traditional evening drift into the finish. Ultimately, only seven boats DNFed — not bad, espe¬ cially considering the dropout rate in recent years. Alta Vita, at the head of the pack, sailed in slightly different conditions. "We had light, but steady, winds off Montara, so we came in to within two miles of the coast," reported Bill Turpin. "I'm told it was even lighter when the
other boats came through. We broke out of the fog off Pigeon Point, where we saw 22-23 knots of breeze. At Davenport, we were fogged in again, with the wind down to 14-17 knots. To our surprise, it cleared up near Natural Bridges, and we finished the race in a 25-knot westerly. Our top speed was 19 knots off the Santa Cruz Lighthouse." Alta Vita horizoned the fleet by Half Moon Bay, and basically just raced the clock from then on. The crew had put the boat away and was enjoying dinner at the Crow's Nest when Natazak and the rest of the fleet started to dribble in. They did the math, realized they'd won and then, we suspect, the party started in earnest. Except for Jay Crum, who called in sick that day, Turpin had the A’ team aboard for the race — six of his TransPac vets (Fuzz Foster, Pete Heck, Ian Klitza, Ty Pryne, Ernie Richau, and Jimmy Slaugh¬ ter), plus delivery captain John Ribera and guest George Brewster, who got to drive for awhile off Davenport. Brewster earned his Alta Vita crew position in the Wind¬ jammers through a generous $1,000 do-
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nation to Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Santa Cruz at the Day on Monterey Bay Regatta. "It was a pretty straightforward race," claimed Turpin. "A good year, but not a great year — and certainly way better than last year, when we dropped out after mid¬ night after bobbing around for hours. Given better wind, we still think we can beat Merlin!s record." That record — 5 hours, 59 minutes, set back in 1983 — is becoming almost as mythical as Merlin's '77 TransPac mile¬ stone. It's also overdue to be broken, as Turpin suggests. Maybe next year? DIV. I — 1) Alta Vita, Davidson TP-52, Bill Turpin, SCYC; 2) Natazak, SC 52, Steve Williams, SCYC; 3) Octavia, SC 50, Shep Kett, SCYC; 4) Rollercoaster, SC 50, Jack Gordon, SCYC. (8 boats) DIV. 11—1) Outrageous, Olson 40, Malcolm Brown, SCYC; 2) Absolute '02, Sydney 38, Keith MacBeth, SCYC; 3) Bustin' Loose, Sydney 38, Jeff Pulfofd, MPYC; 4) White Fang, Beneteau 40.7, Mark Howe, RYC. (9 boats) DIV. Ill — 1) Eclipse, Express 37, Mark Dowdy, SFYC; 2) Tease, Hobie 33, Tony Carr, RYC; 3) Spin¬ drift V, Express 37, Larry & Lynn Wright, RYC. (5 boats) DOUBLEHANDED —1) Salty Hotel, Express 27, David Rasmussen, RYC; 2) Moonshine, DP-26, R.B. Ward, RYC; 3) Mirage, Black Soo, Ben Mewes, IYC. (6 boats) MULTIHULL — 1) Defiance, Cross 46, Donald Dewar/Michael Roper, BAMA; 2) Humdinger, Green 35, Lawrence Olsen, BAMA; 3) BlueWater, unknown, Gary Helms, BAMA. (6 boats) MOTOR ALLOWANCE — 1) Annalise, Custom Wylie 34, Paul Altman, EYC; 2) Tiger Beetle, Cus¬ tom N/M 45, Rob Macfarlane, SSS; 3) Luna Sea, C&C 44, John Spurr, RYC. (6 boats) OVERALL — 1) Alta Vita; 2) Natazak; 3) Eclipse; 4) Octavia; 5) Rollercoaster. (28 eligible boats) Full results — www.yra.org.
sailors came in once the racing became challenging. The advanced sailors in CFJs, Lasers, 420s and 29ers stayed out, enjoying every moment of the racing. On Sunday, winds remained mild on the in¬ side* courses (8-10 knots) and increased to 15+ on the outside course. For many juniors in the beginning and intermedi¬ ate skill levels, the Santa Cruz Fun Re¬ gatta is often their first taste of 'ocean sailing'.
Pierce Burton; 3) Annie Freitas. (10 boats) EL TORO (intermediate) — 1) Allison Heckman; 2) Julia Shapiro; 3) Sam Bradley. (5 boats) EL TORO (basic) — 1) Baylis Weaver; 2) KentHarris Repass. (2 boats) OPTI red) — 1) Daphne Arena. (1 boat) OPTI (blue) — 1) David Liebenberg; 2) Rogan Kriedt; 3) Ben Lezin. (10 boats) OPTI (white) — 1) Alek Nilsen; 2) Michael Grove; 3) Alexander DelleCese. (6 boats) Full results — www.scyc.org.
Box Scores
Bill 'The Wizard' Lee entertained the young sailors on Saturday, speaking about Merlin!s record-breaking passages to Hawaii and about his other famous boats, the Santa Cruz 27s, 40s, 50s and 70s. On Sunday, Richard Clarke, three¬ time Canadian Finn Olympian and illbruck crew, spoke to the sailors about getting used to the varied conditions en¬ countered in sailboat racing. Randy Re¬ pass also addressed the youngsters, talk¬ ing about sailing Lasers in Santa Cruz before he founded West Marine. — Steve reed
STILLWATER COVE (MPYC: Aun. 30-31)1) Pax Davis/Dave Morris, 7 points; 2) Steve & Chris Gould, 10; 3) Jim & Cathy Bradley, 10; 4) Dick Clark/Nick Ward, 11; 5) Doug Baird/Van Yates, 12; 6) Don Whelan/Matthew Quint, 16; 7) Tracy Usher/ 'Christy', 16; 8) Austen Lysight/Francis Samson, 19; 9) Dan Simmons/Laurie Davis, 20; 10) Steve & Michael Kraft, 21. (24 Mercuries; 2 races)
29er — 1) Brooks Reed/Matt Noble; 2) John Heineken/Alexis Steiner; 3) Sam Kahn/Brian Lee. (3 boats) 420 — 1) Erik Glaser/Thomas Brook; 2) Will Kendrick/Aaron Dombrand-Lo; 3) Josh Leighton/ Spenser Johnson. (5 boats) CFJ — 1) JP Abraham/Troy Larson; 2) Alex Lowry/Carolyn Straub; 3) Megan Grove/Mary Glaser. (28 boats) LASER (advanced) — 1) Henry Nieuwstad; 2)
J/105 SEASON CHAMPIONSHIP (FINAL): 1) Good Timin', Perkins/Perkins/Wilson, 55 points; 2) Zuni Bear, Bergmann/Bennett, 94; 3) Arbi¬ trage, Bruce Stone, 111; 4) Nantucket Sleighride, Peter Wagner, 127; 5) Wind Dance, Littfin/Pugh, 157; 6) Tiburon, Steve Stroub, 178; 7) Aquavit, Russell/ Steiner, 186; 8) Orion, Gary Kneeland, 211; 9) Blackhawk, Dean Dietrich, 218; 10) Natural Blonde, Cooper/Deisinger/Thom, 225; 11) Whisper, Eden Kim, 248; 12) Walloping Swede, Lane/Kassberg, 263; 13)
Whew, we survived the summer racing season — thanks in part to box scores, the overflow bin for The Racing Sheet Here are brief reports on a dozen or so more regat¬ tas which took place last month:
Santa Cruz Fun Regatta Th£ twelfth annual West Marine/ Santa Cruz Fun Regatta was hosted just offshore from the famous Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk on September 6-7. Clear sunny skies ahd excellent wind made for ideal racing conditions. The Santa Cruz YC set three separate Monterey Bay courses, which accommo¬ dated 120 young sailors over the week¬ end regatta. Participants enjoyed Beach Boardwalk rides and treats on Saturday night as part of the registration package. All proceeds from this major annual event support the SCYC Junior Program. Winds on Saturday increased from 7 to 18 knots, with just over 20 knots re¬ corded on the outside course. The begin¬ ning and intermediate El Toro and Opti
Fun folks — Participants in the 2003 West Ma¬ rine/Santa Cruz Fun Regatta. Why weren't there cool regattas like this when we were kids? Michael Mann; 3) Colin Brochard. (4 boats) LASER (intermediate) — 1) Tyler Hoppenfeld; 2) Ben Shapiro; 3) Patrick Maher. (5 boats) LASER (Radial) —1) Sean Kelly; 2) Connor Leech; 3) Addison Duke. (4 boats) EL TORO (advanced) — 1) Max Fraser; 2)
Jabberwocky, Vaughn/Reyff, 272; 14) Advantage 3, The Benedicts, 279; 15) Irrational Again, Jaren Leet, 303. (37 boats; 34 races; 9 throwouts; wwwsfj105.com) FARR 40 SEASON CHAMPIONSHIP (FINAL): 1) Samba Pa Ti, John Kilroy, 8 points; 2) Shadow, Peter Stoneberg, 16; 3) Non Sequitur, Tom Thayer/ Dick Watts, 25; 4) Barking Mad, Jim Richardson, 27; 5) Revolution, Brack Duker, 28; 6) Mayhem, Bob October, 2003 •
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THE RACING V Wolfe/Michael Axford, 29; 7) Slingshot, Chuck Parrish, 45; 8) Temptress, Alan Field, 46; 9) Crocodile Rock, Alex Geremia/Scott Harris, 48; 10) Wired, Rob Weed, 49; 11) Morning Glory, Hasso Plattner, 49; 12) Groovederci, Deneen & John Demourkas, 50; 13) Astra, Mary Coleman, 50; 14) Pegasus, Philippe Kahn, 51; 15) Warpath, Steve & Fred Howe, 53; 16) Kokomo, Lang Walkbt^M; 17) Nerone, Mezzaroma/Migliori, 55; 18)t5one Too Farr, Dave Carrel, 57; 19) Silver Bullet, John Delaura, 57, (19 boats; 8 regattas; 2 throwouts)
SH-II — 1) X-Dream, X-119, Steen Moller; 2) Xpression, C&C 110, Dirk Husselman. (4 boats) SH-III — 1) Antipodiste, Farr 920, Charles Warren; 2) Sail A Vie, Ericson 35II, Phil MacFarlane. (4 boats) SH-IV — 1) Chelonia, Yankee 30, Ed Ruszel; 2) Miss Laney, Ericson 30+, Daniel
Future rockstars — SF Bay Opti White (10 years old and under) champs, from left: Tanner Cody, Michael Grove, and Will Dennis.
SFBAYOPTI CHAMPS (SFYC: 8/31-9/1): OVERALL— 1) Rogan Kriedt, 13 points; 2) Josh Leighton, 15; 3) David Liebenberg, 18; 4) Chris Barnard, 20; 5) Cody Nagy, 30; 6) Claire Dennis, 31; 7) Ben Lezin, 36; 8) Lindsay Grove, 37; 9) Devon Lindsley, 43; 10) Peter Jesberg, 48. (28 boats) RED (age 13-15) — 1) Josh Leighton, 15 points; 2) Devon Lindsley, 43; 3) Daphne Arena, 53. (5 boats) BLUE (age 11-12) — 1) Rogan Kriedt, 13 points; 2) David Liebenberg, 18; 3) Chris Barnard, 20. (15 boats) WHITE (age 10 and under) — 1) Will Dennis, 68 points; 2) Tanner Nagy, 68 points; 3) Michael Grove, 72. (8 boats) V
SSS HALF MOON BAY (HMBYC: 9/6:24.5 miles): DH-II — 1) Stink Eye, Laser 28, Jonathan & Bill Gutoff. (3 boats) x DH-III — 1) Eyrie, Hawkfarm, Synthia Petroka/ Sylvia Seaberg; 2) Borderline, Olson 911-SE, Bill & Jane Charron. (6 boats) DH-IV — 1) Pannonica, Contest 27, John Lymberg/Amy Cunha. (2 boats) DH-V — 1) Perserverance, Catalina 36-11, Jeff Berman/Les Schuldt; 2) Wicked Fun, C&C 110, Scott & Kathy Turner. (6 boats) DH-CAT — No finishers. (1 boat) DH-ULDB — 1) Andiamo, SC 27, Mike Warren/ Dan Simensen. (2 boats)
Alvarez. (6 boats) SH-V — 1) True North, C&C 37, Jeff Dunnavant. (5 boats; all others DNF) SH-CAT — 1) Uno, WylieCat 30, Steve Wonner.
(1 boat) SH-ULDB — 1) Polar Bear, Antrim 27, Richard Ray; 2) Fast Forward, Aerodyne 38, Dan Benjamin. (4 boats)
CHISPA/YOUTH fPICYAYTISC: Sept. 13): OPTI-A (SF Bay Sailing Ass'n Perpetual Youth Trophy tor kids <13 years old) — 1) Michael Grove, EYC, 3 points. (1 boat) OPTI-B (PICYA Delegates Perpetual Youth Tro¬ phy for kids < 11 years old) — 1) David Liebenberg, RYC, 4 points; 2) Rogan Kriedt, SCYC, 6; 3) Claire Dennis, SFYC, 8. (5 boats) FJ (Dave Diola Memorial Cup for high school kids) — 1) Myles & Morgan Gutenkunst, SFYC, 4 points; 2) Megan Grove/Mary Glaser, EYC, 10 (winners of
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minion. WOMEN — 1) Hawaii; 2) Harvard; 3) Yale; 4) Dartmouth; 5) Tufts; 6) Old Domin¬ ion; 7) George-town; 8) Hobart/Wm. Smith; to 9) Brown; 10) Stanford; 11) UC Santa Bar< bara; 12) St. Mary's; 13) Charleston; 14) ^ UC Irvine; 15) Navy. C\J
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DOLPHIN CUPtMPYC: Sent. 7-9): WYLIE WABBIT (Nationals) — 1) Mr. McGregor, Kim Desenberg (with John Groen and Aaron Sturm), 9 points; 2) The White Boat, Andy Hamilton, 19; 3) Jack, Bill & Melinda Erkelens, 21; 4) Kwazy, Colin Moore, 22; 5) Bad Hare Day, Erik Menzel, 41; 6) Usagi, Marceline Therrien, 43; 7) Hiphop, Scott Hester, 43; 8) 24K, Greg Byrne, 49; 9) Haretic, Jerry Keefe, 50; 10) Bear Wabbit, Jim Malloy, 58; 11) Dust Bunny, Stan Morris, 68. (11 boats; 8 races; 1 throwout) SYDNEY 38 — 1) Bustin' Loose, Jeff Pulford/ Larry-Gamble, 3 points; 2) Absolute 02, Keith MacBeth, 7. (3 boats)
SCHOCK35 NATIONALS (San Diego YC: 9/5-7): 1) Piranha, Dave Voss, 14 points; 2) Whiplash, Ray Godwin, 19; 3) Super Gnat, Cliff Thompson, 27; 4) Outlier, Schmidt/Gordon, 29; 5) Ripple, Jeff Janov, 29; 6) Kathmandu, Rob Canterbury, 42. (12 boats; 7 races; no throwouts)
COLLEGIATE RANKINGS (as of Sept. 17): COED — 1) Harvard; 2) Washington College; 3) Dartmouth; 4) Hawaii; 5) Hobart/Wm. Smith; 6) Brown; 7) Tufts; 8) Stanford; 9) USC; 10) George¬ town; 11) Kings Point; 12) Charleston; 13) Yale; 14) St. Mary's; 15) URI; 16) Boston College; 17) UC Irvine; 18) Eckerd; 19) Coast Guard; 20) Old Do¬
Gordon Wanlass and Jennifer Andrew/Mike Sentovich), Aptos, 15 points; 2) Rogue, Bob Aman, Eugene, OR, 22; 3) Uh Huh, Don Corey, Lake Norman, NC, 26; 4) UFO, Chuck Allen, Stockton, 31; 5) Ethyl Merlin, Clifton Odom, San Diego, 34. (13 boats; 8 races; 1 throwout; www.u20class.org)
SOUTH BAY YRA #6 (Sierra Point YC; Sept. 20): BIG SPINNY — 1) Windwalker, Jeanneau 36, Jim Benson; 2) Mist, Beneteau First 38, Robert Hu. (4 boats) LITTLE SPINNY — 1) Alakazam, Olson 25, Ralph Kirberg; 2) Liquid Kitty, Santana 525, Dave Waller; 3) Sandpiper, Santana 525, Kevin Hartig. (6 boats) BIG NON-SPINNY — 1) Sundancer, Hunter 34, Bob Carlen; 2) Far Better Thing, Ericson 30, Charles McArthur; 3) Dolphin, Cal 2-30, R. Young. (6 boats) LITTLE NON-SPINNY — 1) Heathcliff, Catalina 27, Ed Hoff. (2 boats)
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THE RACING V FALL ONE DESIGN #2 (SCYC: Sept. 20): OLSON 30 — 1) Warpath, Boraston/Gilliam, 3 points. (2 boats) \ SC 27— 1) Velocious, G.W. Grigg, 6 points; 2) Sumo, Livingston/Cassady, 7; 3) Variety Show, Barry Whittall, 8. (8 boats) MOORE 24 — 1) Wildfire, Tom Conerly, 4 points. (3 boats) SANTANA 22— 1) Insanity Cruz, Mark Langer, 2 points; 2) Gypsy, R. §inko, 5. (4 boats)
FALL SCORE/DH #2 i'SCYC: Sept. 21): FLEET A — 1) Heartbeat, Wylie 46, Lou Pambianco; 2) Animal, Sydney 38, French/Lezin/Akrop. (4 boats) FLEET B — 1) Hanalei, SC 27, B. Neat. (2 boats) DOUBLEHANDED —1) Una Mas, Moore 24, Larry Peterson, 2 points; 2) Nobody's Girl, Moore 24, Syd Moore, 6. (6 boats)
OYRA DRAKE'S BAY (CYC: Sept 20-21): PHRO-I — 1) Cipango, Andrews 56, The Bartons; 2) City Lights, SC 52, Tom Sanborn; 3) Surfer Girl, SC 50, Mike Travis; 4) Auspice, Schumacher 40, Jim Coggan; 5) Petard, Farr 36, Keith Buck. (12 boats) PHRO-II — 1) Fast Forward, C&C 34, Michael Dungan. (3 boats) MORA-I — 1) Always Friday, Antrim 27, John Liebenberg. (3 boats); MORA-II — 1) Slim, J/30, The Mollners. (2 boats)
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FICKER CUP (LBYC: Catalina 37s: Sept. 19-23): 1) Scott Dickson, 11-1; 2) Bill Hardesty, 8-2; 3) > Jon Pinckey, 7-3; 4) Chuck Parrish, 7-3; 5) Troy Tindill
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SF BAY SERIES (final): FARR 40 —1) Shadow, Peter Stoneberg, 19 points; 2) Mayhem, Cotes/Wolfe, 24; 3) Non Sequitur, WattsTThaydr, 28; 4) Revolution, Brack Duker, 29; 5) Astra, Mary Coleman, 34. (5 boats; 4 regat¬ tas) J/120 — 1) Desdemona, JohnWimer.il points; 2) Mr. Magoo, Steve Madeira, 13; 3) Oui B 5, John
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Sale boats of the month: "I have no restraint," admits boat junkie Brendan Busch, who recently added the custom Dcat Rocket 88 to his stable of boats (Express 27 Attack From Mars, Express 37 Bullet, and an Inter 20 cat, which is now for sale). Busch is looking forward to riding the Rocket, and maybe even set¬ ting some new course records, in the obvious/multihull races next year — Three Bridge Fiasco, Ditch Run, Silver Eagle, etc. . . The Cal 40 Redhead, which re¬
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and is now starting to race lo¬ cally. Sedwick, an investment banker, bought the 43-footer in Texas over a year ago. Bonkers had its '15 minutes of fame' in 2001, when it won the Pine¬ apple Cup (Ft. Lauderdale to Montego Bay) overall, with Bay Area sailors Ed Kriese, Bob Musor, Gordy Nash, Chuck Riley and Ruth Suzuki among the crew. Jurassic Park; The Mu¬ seum of Yachting (Newport, RI) hosted two major classic yacht¬ ing contests, the 24th Annual Classic Yacht Regatta and the
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31. Fifty-five classic yachts competed in the colorful festi¬ val, including the likes of Ticonderoga, Angelita, Amorita, Java and the recently restored S&S 73-footer Bolero. Twelve boats competed in four di¬ visions in the 12-Metre NAs. In the Grand Prix division, Edgar Cato’s Hissar edged out Bill Koch's Kiwi Magic by three points. Jack Curtin's Intrepid won the Modem
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THE RACING SHEET competing in. Now, the class is com¬ ing to America. Singlehander Jack Boye, who sails a Mini out of Bos¬ ton, has formed the Mini Class US and appointed himself president of the fledgling group. Minis, which re¬ semble shrunken versions of Open 60s, are designed to a box rule which limits them to 21.25 feet, a 39-foot mast, about 2,000 pounds of displacement, and about a 10 foot width. They're cool little boats, and it would be fun if the class took off. Check out www.minicla.ssus.com for more. Road to Athens: The ISAF 2003
division, George Hill’s Weatherly took the Classic Traditional divi¬ sion, and Earl McMillan's Onawa (US-6), the oldest 12-Metre afloat, \ was the sole competitor in the Vin¬ tage division. See www.moy.org for results and pictures. Picking up the pieces: In the wake of the untimely demise of Carroll Marine, thq molds for the
Farr 40, Mumm SQ^and ID-35 have found a new home just down the road at USWatercraft, LLC. The Portsmouth, RI, boatbuilder has been building J/22s and J/ 24s since 1999, and apparently al¬ ready has two orders for new Farr 40s. Several key Carroll Marine* employees, notably Jim Andersen, have also made the jump to USWatercraft. . . Meanwhile, custom boat builder Jim Betts — now located in Verdi, NV — re¬ ceived the molds and tooling for the almost-new Farr 36, and already has two orders for new boats before Key West Race Week. Negotiations are currently under¬ way to place the Farr 395 and CM 60 molds with other builders, and announce¬ ments will be made soon.
Olympic Class World Champion¬ ships in Cadiz, Spain, were still un¬ On the launching pad? It would be great if the Mini class makes it in the United States, but we're not holding our breath. Less is more: Over 400 Mini boats, both production and custom models, are sailing around in Europe, where there are ten racing events for these midget rocketships this year, including the on¬ going Mini Transat that Seattleite Jonathan McKee (www.Jmckee.com) is
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derway as we went to press. U.S. sailors have won two medals in the five (of 11) classes that have already finished — Meg Gaillard took a bronze in the Eu¬ rope class, while skipper Hannah Swett, Joan Touchette and Melissa Purdy won the Yngling championship over 41 boats — a 'small' fleet in Cadiz! Paul Cayard and crew Phil Trinter were the top U.S. Star sailors, coming in eighth. See www.ussailing.org for more.
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With reports this month on hints for Headache-Free Chartering, a frequent charter skipper's Favorite Rigging Tips, a look at Key West Charter Options and miscellaneous Charter Notes.
Insiders' 'travel Tips For Trouble-Free Charters If your goal is to set up a blissful, headache-free charter, we've got a few suggestions for you to keep in mind. The first are fairly obvious: Choose a com¬ pany to work with that has a solid track record for customer service, then pick a boat that you can handle with minimal anxiety. Next, think carefully about who you invite along as crew — scratch off those friends with excessive 'attitude', and those with a tendency to whine or panic when things go badly. The fun-lov¬ ers who can roll with the punches are the ones you want. Beyond that, we've got some tips that you may not have considered. Since many prime charter destinations require a full day of flying to reach, you often have the option of leaving home very early in the morning or taking a red eye' (latenight flight). We opt for the latter because it gives us all evening — when traffic is light — to get to the airport, and with any luck we ll at least get a little shuteye. We then arrive in the afternoon, some¬ times early enough to do the boat check¬ out and sleep aboard, or to get to a hotel in time to have a nice dinner and chill out. By contrast, early morning flights — like the 6:30 a.m. out of SFO, which is frequently taken by Caribbean flyers — require that you arrive at the airport at the ungodly hour of 4:30 a.m., mean¬ ing you'll get virtually no sleep the night before, And if yours is the last flight of If you're skippering, pack a few extra meds for situations that your crew might not anticipate. You might end up being a hero.
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the day to arrive at, say Antigua, who knows where you'll get stuck if any of your connecting flights are delayed. Also, arriving in the afternoon provides at least the possibility that late luggage might arrive on later flights. It's also easier to get kids to settle down on night flights. (Giving them a dose of something like Benadryl will help too, but ask your doc¬ tor first.) On long flights, we cast all self-con¬ sciousness to the wind and embrace to¬ tal 'geekdom'. That is, we rest our heads on inflatable neck pillows, stick soft foam plugs in our ears and block out the am¬ bient light with an opaque eye mask. True, we look a little freaky, but we sleep soundly and arrive relatively refreshed, ready to charge down the dock and go sailing. It goes without saying that doing a little homework on your charter desti¬ nation can greatly enhance your experi¬ ence. Unfortunately, a lot of folks sim¬ ply gather together books, articles and brochures, then cart them along to read on board. Our suggestion is to take a few minutes to photocopy, and bring along, only those pages that specifically relate to your itinerary and save yourself a backache. While we're on the subject of overpacking, we'll repeat our favorite quip about packing for a charter: Lay out everything you intend to take, then leave half of it behind. Most folks bring far too many books and far too much clothing. That said, there are other items that your really should bring along, especially if you've accepted the role of skipper. Just as a mother is expected to anticipate the needs of her children, you, as skipper, will be expected to solve problems and make quick fixes during your charter. So we suggest you bring both a ditty bag and a small medical kit thoughtfully packed with the following. Your boat's medi¬ cal kit should have o basic first aid gear, 3 but not much else. Our short list of meds
includes: plenty of ibuprofen for sore muscles and 'boat bites’, a decongestant such as Afrin to help clear nasal pas-' sages when snorkeling, an anti-diarreal such as Imodium, an antihistamine cream or spray for diminishing the itch of bug bites, and some sort of anti-sea¬ sickness meds, such as Bonine, for those who may not know that they're suscep¬ tible. Also, bring plenty of sunblock, of course, and after-sun (aloe) lotion. The best prevention here, however, is getting a base tan before leaving home — even if it means baking in a tanning salon. In your ditty bag, bring a Leatherman or some other type of 'multi-tool', a ra¬ zor-sharp rigging knife, a small quan¬ tity of duct tape, some sail repair tape, various sizes of cordage and — if the frayed ends of lines bug you — a roll of marlin twine for whipping. It's also a good idea to throw in some extra sailing gloves for your guests who are new to all this sailing stuff. Another item that will make you a hero is anti-fogging solution (sold in dive shops) wljich will greatly improve underwater visibility. None of this gear weighs much or takes up much space, and you’ll be glad you have it when needs arise. Anticipat-
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Rigging Tips and More for Long-Haul Charterers Long-distance, and/or one-directional charters are a fantastic variation on loop tours within a specific region. If you're considering making such a trip, the fol¬ lowing tips should come in handy. After captaining a few long-haul, interisland charters, such as the recent HIHO Car¬ ibbean Passage (see stoiy in the July Latitude), I have become adept at over¬ coming the challenges presented when stepping aboard a/typical bareboat. These boats are usually in great shape for a week of short-hop sailing in one par¬ ticular region or another, but when you're doing multi-island charters which take you far from your boat's- original homeport, you’d be wise to bring along certain commodities that are rarely pro¬ vided. My sea bag is loaded with weighty objects that matter when sailing down¬ wind for long stretches of tradewind bliss. Without these essentials, one can plan on flogging sails, uncontrolled jibes and the resultant frayed nerves — not
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an asset on the vacation of a lifetime. First, pack a couple of big snatch blocks that will enable you to run sheet leads to wherever you need them, or to set a preventer or vang on the main. This is especially important on large charter ’ cats that have huge battened mains which spill wind on downwind courses unless you can crank the boom down and also swing thq boom outboard, be¬ yond the ends of your traveller. A snatch block also comes in handy for use with a jib sheet 'twing' if you need your lead outboard for those wing-onwing courses that seem to be inevitable at least when traveling in the Eastern Caribbean. Just attach the block to a midship deck cleat with a piece of spare lihe from your ditty bag/then clip the sheet into it and adjust accordingly. If you've got the jib lead as far outboard as possible and it still wants to flog, just roll it in a bit. The loss of square footage will be greatly outweighed by the seren¬ ity achieved when both sails are filled and pulling nicely. Besides, the main is the primary power source on big cats, so just set the jib so that it balances the main and stays quiet. I always bring at least a 30-foot piece
of line for a preventer or vang — my “whatever line.” I've been on too many charter boats with no spare lines except docklines, and they are generally too stiff, short and noisy — squeaky when they stretch — to be rigged for these applica¬ tions. A long piece of strong, light line — I especially like the Kevlar stuff — will make repairs or small tweaks a cinch, whereas if you don’t have it you’ll be cursing the charter company and gen¬ erally bumming out. And for God’s sake bring that multi-tool, but pack it in your checked luggage. If at all possible, a handheld GPS must come along, with plenty of extra batteries. Charter boats often have builtin GPSs in their nav stations these days, but you can Waste a lot of precious leasure time pouring through manuals to figure them out — especially if the in¬ struments and manuals are in French. Having a handheld GPS gives you an honest, on-deck speed reading too — good for the woo-hoo factor as you surf the open-water passages. In fact, the unit functions as an on-deck compass that is easier to follow for inexperienced helmsmen, and if you enter readings into your log, your dead reckoning powers in¬ crease exponentially, which makes ne¬ gotiating reef passages less hair-raising. If you love the fruits of the sea, bring an ocean-style fishing reel. Mine is fit¬ ted with wing nuts so I can clamp it on 1 to a stantion or pulpit. I then set my 'Mexican Flag lure' about three boat lengths back, and go deep-sea fishing whenever we're traveling interisland. This recent Caribbean trip alone netted a Barracuda, a nice yellowfin Tuna, a mackerel and a 35-lb (albeit inedible) Kingfis)a. Turn upwind when theyjhit and It's worth the trouble to bring along aiditty bag full of extras such as snatch blocks, especially on long distance charters.
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V reel in like hell for a sumptuous fish'd in¬ ner. I use an unfair 50-lb test line, but I like to eat fish more than fight them. A big part of charter bliss starts at the checkout — before you leave the dock. When you cast off your docklines, you have cut the umbilical cord to the charter company, sb^be sure to take notes on essential systems and be insis¬ tent on certain necessities. For instance, when preparing to leave on our one-di¬ rectional, 350-mile HIHO cruise, two of the skippers in our three-boat flotilla ne¬ glected to insist on getting detailed charts of Barbuda. This rarely-visited island (a possession of Antigua) is a navigator’s nightmare, as it is surrounded by reefs and there are major discrepancies be¬ tween the small-scale 'planning chart' and the large-scale island chart. The time to get those charts is obviously at the base dock. Since your charter company will want you to assiduously avoid the reefs, they should have no hesitation in providing you with the tools to do so — even if they have to go out and buy them. I also make it a rule to put my dinghy in the water, mount the outboard and make sure it runs smoothly, and that the dink doesn't leak. On this last trip, our inflatable was flaccid so we insisted that it be repaired before we took off. Had we let it go, we would have had to pump it three times a day. Don’t be so anxious to leave the base dock that you overlook problems aboard which will haunt you later. — bill price sausalito
off-season R&R&R: rest, relaxation and research, and were impressed by the range of sailing op¬ portunities. Al¬ though little known on the West Coast, Florida Yacht Char¬ ters — the only game in town for bareboats — offers a line of Hunter sailboats ranging from 460s to the 376s, in addition to motoryachts and catamarans. Were we to charter one, we’d lean toward a catamaran, assum¬ ing a shallower draft, as successfully nego¬ tiating the flats and reefs in the Keys with a keel wpuld be no easy task for out-oftowners. The area is studded with wrecks which are great fun to snorkel over, but you wouldn’t want to add your rental boat
Left and above: Passengers aboard 'Western Union' happily lend a hand pulling lines. Inset: A youngster takes a turn on the helm.
Sun-Soaked Sailing, Close to Home: Key West Sailing Options If you're looking for a vacation desti¬ nation that's sunny and warm during the winter months, but won't cost you $1,000 in airfare to get to, follow our lead, and head to the land of conch, Key West. Lying at the western end of the Florida Keys, we associate Key West with classic images such as Earnest Hemingway holding court at Sloppy Joe s Bar, catrigged fishing skiffs gliding across flat water and lazy pelicans keeping their vigil atop weather-worn pylons. Today, writ¬ ers, artists, fishermen — and pelicans — can still be found in this bustling wa¬ terside town, but, of course, tourism in¬ frastructure has increased exponentially. In addition to an abundance of nightlife and dining options, there are also some great sailing options. We visited Key West recently for some Page 192 • UV&JiW • October, 2003
to their number. The high season, in terms of both tourist traffic and boat pricing, is Feb¬ ruary through the end of April, in addi¬ tion to two weeks over the Christmas holidays. You'll find the low prices, how¬ ever in early December and late Janu¬ ary, as well as mid-July through midOctober (when it is naturally, hotter and
more humid). For more info, see www.Jloridayacht.com, email boat@ jloridayacht.com, or call (800) 537-0050. They have additional locations in Miami Beach and Abaco, Bahamas. We also took rides on two very differ¬ ent day-trip sailboats during our stay. The first was a sunset sail aboard the 103-ft gaff-rigged schooner Western Union. Launched at Key West in 1939, she was purpose-built to lay cable for the telegraph company of the same name, and she did so in New England, the East¬ ern Caribbean, Venezuela and Cuba. Now on the Register of Historic Places, she laid 20 miles of cable at a time as late as 1974, when fiber optics rendered cable obsolete. Our captain for the evening sail was David Muenzel. Our MC, Steve, played music on various ^traditional instruments beginning with the harp as passengers boarded and sang sea chanties. Once we were free of the harbor, the crew and pas¬ sengers heaved on the halyards to hoist
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139-ft schooner America, a 1995 replica of 'the' America of A-Cup fame. Unlike the original, this model sports a modi¬ fied fin keel, carbon spars with wood ve¬ neer, and yellowish Kevlar sails, which look more like natural cotton. Like her namesake, she is very fast. For more info on either vessel, call (305) 292-1766, or check their websites. For America, see www.schooneramerica.com, for Western Union, see www.schoonerwesternunion .com
A couple of days later we took a ride on the Echo, a 30-ft x 18-ft Stiletto per¬ formance catamaran which specializes in dolphin watching (six passengers max.). Our sail was delayed due to a passing front that brought torrents of warm tropical rain, but eventually Cap¬ tain Ashley O’Neil motorsailed us out to the ‘dolphin playground’, about seven miles from the harbor. There, we watched
wreck on a reef that was teeming with colorful tropical fish. Once back aboard we rinsed off with a freshwater shower and enjoyed a snack of tropical fruit, snacks and cold drinks, before turning back toward Key West. Along the way, we swung by Mallory Square where big crowds gather each evening to take in the sunset and check out a variety of off¬ beat street performers and artists. For more info on Echo, call owner Tom Stroh, email tortugatom@prodigy.net, or see www. dolphinecho. com.
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We should mention also that Key West has a sizeable gay community, and con¬ sequently, caters to gay tourists. The ... Gold Coast 42 catamaran bluQ flies the ubiquitous rainbow flag, offering all-gay charters. Call (305) 923-7245, email steuekw@ keysdigital.com or see www . bluqkeywes L.com.
the main¬ sail, fore¬ sail, and both inner and outer jibs. As we sailed on a close reach out from the island, we were served conch chowder and cold drinks, including champagne, then enjoyed an exchange of cannon fire with the schooner America (see below). Returning on a broad reach, we savored the beauty of a dramatic tropical sunset. Her two Jimmy 47 Is helped the timehonored ship spin 260° in the harbor to dock bow out. Due to the shoals and reefs that she must sail over, Western Union has no keel, only a 14-inch keelson from bow to stern. She sails as high as 45° to the wind, and was converted from a Marconi rig in 1974 due to the big lee¬ way caused by the lack of a keel. Western Union is available for after¬ noon and stargazer sails. She is owned and operated by Historic Tours of America, which operates other charter vessels and attractions in Key West (and elsewhere), not the least of which is the
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Anyone who's been watching the evening new? lately has been re¬ minded that late summer and fall is the prieie hurricane season in the North At¬ lantic and North Pacific. While Hurri¬ cane Isabel wrecked havoc on the East¬ ern Seaboard, we re happy to report that Sunsail's Chesapeake charter base at Annapolis was unharmed. Businesses in the historic heart of Annapolis, however, suffered substantial damage from flood¬ ing. As Isabel worked its way across the west, she fortunately missed all of the
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WORLD OF CHARTERING across La Paz, on the eastern side of the Baja Peninsula with sus¬ tained winds of 105 knots. Two marinas were almost completely wiped out, but due to its fringing breakwater, newer construction and a good deal of luck, Marina Palmira, where The Moorings' charter fleet is based, was virtu¬ ally unharmed- Amazingly, no Moorings boat^s^uffered major damage, so business will be back to normal by the time you read this. Incidents like these often leave would-be charterers pondering a _ number of 'what ifs': What if a hurricane (or other natural disaster) hits in the middle of our charter? What if we are delayed in getting to our destination due to Mother Nature? And what if we've paid for a trip but get cold feet, so to speak, in the aftermath of a major storm? The answers are complex and vary from company to company. What can be said, generally, however, is that no char¬ ter company wants you to go home un¬ happy, as repeat business is crucial to their survival. So when storms strike,
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CHANGES With reports this qnonth from Starship on kids' play in the San Bias Islands; from Punk Dolphin on problems with mega-yachts in Polynesia; from Souverain on cruising from Spain to France; from Chesapeake on cruising from San Bias tty San Francisco; on raising Fleur de Mer in La Paz — and more Cruise Notes than we've ever run before.
Starship — 50-ft Trimaran Darci Boddan & Family San Bias Islands, Panama (California) My name is Myci, and I've been in Panama's San Bias Islands for over five months with my parents, Don and Deborah, and my dog Daisy, aboard our trimaran Starship. We started our cruise from California 3.5 years ago, and are having the time of our lives here in the San Bias. It’s not always easy being a kid on a boat, because most of the time you pretty much have to entertain yourself. But when there are other kids around, it can be a blast! So far, I have met a wide vari¬ ety of kids from countries such as France, Canada, South Africa, Israel, Sweden, Switzerland, Germany, the United States, and various places in Latin America. When the water in the San Bias is warm and clear, and the sun is bright and hot, kids on boats can never have too much fun. We wake up in the morning feeling refreshed and ready for the day — only to have to put off play for a few hours until we've finished our homework! But after that, it's time for fun in the sun. When I meet new kids, the first thing I usually do is take them skurfing. Skurfing is a sport where you get on a board and are pulled by a small boat or dinghy. It's much like wake-boarding be¬ cause you can stand up and do tricks, but you use a surfboard. Since there's not
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much surf out here in the San Bias, we skurf instead of surf. I learned to skurf with about six other kids while in the Galapagos Islands. There are many other things that kids in the San Bias do besides skurfing. I re¬ member once when I first got to the San Bias some of my friends from Canada and I went to the BBQ Island in the swimming pool and dressed up as Indians. We took paint and mixed it with mud, then spread it all over our bodies. We then took palm fronds and other plants to use as cloth¬ ing. After that, we dove in the water and swam all the way back to our boats. When we got out, we were clean and fresh again. The typical things we kids on boats do in the San Bias are diving, snorkeling, and swimming. There are so many wonderful dives out here, and we don't miss a one. Many of my friends and I make it a game to see who can dive down the deepest or hold their breath the longest. We also make bets on who can get closest to a shark or a big fish. We didn't do sti^ff like that back home in the city. When a day is done, my friends and I will either head home for a shower, or we will all find ourselves on one of our boats playing board games, listening to music, and watching an occasional movie. Being a kid on a boat can be hard work, but when it comes to having fun, we are the acclaimed masters. — darci 8/1/03
Punk Dolphin — Wylie 38 Bird Livingston & Suzie Grubler Pleasure And Anger In Polynesia (Point Richmond) I've got a cold Hinano beer in my hand, and each time I take a sip it's followed by a popcorn tracer. The tropical sun is set¬ ting to the west, and we just put the hook down in a blue lagoon. When I jumped into the warm water to make sure the hook was set, two buried rays fluttered out of their hiding places on the sandy bottom. We started the day from Tahiti, thinking we would sail to Huahine, but when the wind went northwest and started to die, we bore off to Moorea. That's how life can be down here, your alternative destination is one of the most beautiful islands in the world. But all is not pleasure in paradise. We get pissed off, too. On our way over here, for example, we were passed by Ipanema, the 100-plus
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foot mega-slut billion dollar carbon sailing machine. My wife Suzie is a very cool and understanding woman — unless you behave like a stuck up primadonna, which ignites her fire. Well, Ipanema’s on her shit list. Before I explain Ipanema's crime, let me explain the situation here in French Polynesia. Papeete has been invaded by the same mega-slut machines that had descended upon New Zealand for the last America's Cup hoe-down. Well, the Cup is over and it's bloody cold down in New Zealand right now, so many of these megayachts have migrated north to Tahiti on their way back to the Caribbean and the Med. When you go to Papeete to get ripped-off shopping and deal with the Immigration dudes,"you can t help but anchor near these beasts. The anchorage at Papeete is on either side of a channel about 50 meters wide, between the outer fringe reef and the shore. Most normal size boats are cour¬ teous, and arrchor out of the ship chan¬ nel where it's safe. Ipanema actually did this and was all right, but then Charlton,
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Having had their fill of megayachts, the crew of 'Punk Dolphin' — it's hard to tell if it's Jonathan or Suzie — find solace at sea. another megaslut, anchored abeam of Punk — but Smack dab in the middle of the channel! Such inconsiderate acts is what gives these megayachts such a bad reputation among cruisers. Since it was a Saturday morning, all the sportboats, fishing boats, jet skis, and other pleasure craft were blasting up and down the channel at warp speed. Since the unsuspecting powerboat skipper tool¬ ing along at 25 knots eventually sees the megaslut yacht in the channel and needs to alter course to avoid a collision, he squeezes past the Punk at 25 knots swamping her in their wake! So, as a class, these platinum-plated megaslut assholes were already high on our shit list. Then it got worse. After Suzie and I fueled up Punk, I no¬ ticed that my beloved wife hadn't made the leap onto the foredeck and Was still standing on the dock. She didn't look
happy. Shocked and embarrassed, I put Punk into fast forward to retrieve her. Alas, this is when the linkage decided to fail, leaving Punk charging toward the dock at seven knots! You should have seen the look on the faces of all the Frenchies! "What the hell are you doing!?" shouted my wife. As I carved a huge wake and spun the Punk away from the dock, I casually mentioned the throttle was stuck. I dodged the freaked-out French powerboats on my way out of the harbor, where I would be able to sort things out. That, of course, left Suzie at the dock needing a ride back out to Punk. It turned out that the megaslut tender for the megaslut yacht Ipanema, whose crew had witnessed the unfortunate mishap, were right there on the dock. So Suzie asked the woman who was loading the grocer¬ ies/gold bullion into the bilge if she would be so kind as to give her a ride back out to Punk. Get this — the woman said no! She wasn't just a bitch, she was a megabitch! Suzie was so stunned that it took her a while to get really pissed off. Moving on to a different subject, I'm an architect and have been rather out¬
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spoken about the architecture in Papeete. I quote myself: "Let me tell you Papeete has the worst architecture in the world. The French have invested billions here over the years, especially after the nuke testing. I guess the billions they invested went into other pockets besides redevel¬ opment funding. The Islanders are on the dole and have brand-new SUVs, but the city they call the capitol is withering away in the wake of the French modernist movement. There is nothing more drab and lackluster than a dying modernist building, with its sooty and corroded alu¬ minum windows, and rotting orna¬ mentation. Yuck!" Well, today I read a great book called Blue Latitude about Captain Cook's ex¬ plorations. In the book, the author recalls a visit to Papeete to see all the historical sites — and calls the capital of French Polynesia "an utter shitbox." So I'm not the only one who feels that way. So brace yourseif if you’re coming this way. Papeete might be butt ugly, but the rest of the is¬ land and the people are fantastic. But yesterday something really inter¬ esting happened! After searching for 23 years, I finally relocated an old girlfriend of mine. You see, more than two decades ago I sailed to Tahiti in my previous boat, the Heaving Pig. The engine blew up, and I was forced to temporarily work for one of those unemployable French architects who destroy cities. During my tour of duty, I met a Tahitian woman who wanted to sail to Hawaii with me. I was reluctant, but finally agreed after I made it clear that I w&s not interested in a relationship — yada, yada, yada. When the day came for us to leave, she came to the boat in a war canoe escorted by five other canoes filled with gifts and fruit for the voyage! It was just like the
CHANGES days of Captain Cook. As turned out, she was the only daughter of a very pow¬ erful Tahitian Queen and a. popular singer. To make a long story short, she proved to be a handful. Everything was her way or no way. I-guess that Tahitian women are the boss in French Polynesia. I found out how pissed-off she could get when she did not get her way, and felt blessed to arrived! Hilo without her hav¬ ing managed to kithme. But it wasn't over. A few months later, she informed me that she was pregnant! Did I love her, she wanted to know. Oh my, what was I to do? I decided that it must have been my fate, so I tried to call her back, but couldn't reach her. Well, after 23 years, .1 did find her. Or rather, she found me. Suzie and I were climbing aboard the Punk when we heard a loud "Yahoo!" from the other side of the boat. It was her, and she was adorned with flowers, shell headdress, flowing floral print dress, and a big smile. We endured her six hours of nonstop yap¬ ping, but in the end learned that I wasn't the daddy after all. So everybody has lived happily ever after. P.S. We're haw anchored off Tahiti-iti, which is on the southern end of Tahiti. This place is way cool, and the surfing is epic. The passes are huge, and the lagoons are big, deep, and calm. The waves from the Southern Ocean are hitting the reef, and it's attracting the best surfers in the world. — bird 9/1/03 Bird — For what it’s worth, Ipanema is a Frers 112 that was built by the renowed McMullen & Wing yard in New Zealand. Although she only sailed four times prior to the 2003 Millennium Cup, she corrected out first among the scores of other mag¬ nificent megayachts in that event. As infuriating as the cook's refusal was to give Suzie a ride back out to the Punk, you might have been more compassionate if you better understood her situation. Crews on megayachts usually work for very demanding bosses, be they the own¬ ers or the captains, and they know full well it's not their place to give rides — ex-
'Ipanema', the bane of Jonathan and Suzie's ex¬ istence, strutting herself off the New Zealand waterfront just after being launched.
\cept in emergency situations — on the ship's immaculate tender. Something like that could get the cook in a pile of trouble, and being the cook on a megayacht is a difficult enough job as it is. For example, we know one owner's wife who asked the cook to serve the shrimp straight as op¬ posed to in their normal curled-up shape! On the other hand, sometimes the crew of megayachts forget they are mere em¬ ployees with almost zero freedom, and take on the imperious attitude of the bil¬ lionaire owner. So who knows, maybe the cook really was a megabitch.
Souverain — Hallberg-Rassy 53 John & Sharon Warren, Crew Spain To France (Northern California) Who would pass up the opportunity to help deliver a beautiful new HallbergRassy 53 from Spain's Balearic Islands to France? We were invited by our friends and owners of the new boat, Phil and Debra Stolp, to meet them on the island of Menorca in late April, sail around the island, make the short overnight passage to Barcelona, then continue on to the French Riviera. We anticipated that the weather would be very similar to the that in the Bay Area. That would be our first surprise. Phil met us at the airport, and after taking a taxi to a quay at Mahon at the east end of Menorca, we found that Souverain was, yes, Med-tied. It was oui first experience at boarding a boat frorr the dock and onto the stern. It's amazing what different kinds of gangways cruis¬ ers buy or build to get aboard this way. Some are just plain boards that they lift on or off — the tides are minimal — bul there are also fabulous teak gangplanks, held aloft by halyards, that are works oi art. The French call them passerelles. We celebrated being aboard with some Cali¬ fornia merlot. A couple of miles long and more than a half-mile wide, Mahon is the largest natural harbor in the Med. Because of its strategic location in the Med, it's been a stronghold for many nations over the years, and thus has a rich history. The following day we walked to town to reprovision in a beauti¬ ful open air market that is typical of Europe. It had separate stores for meat, fish, chicken, fruits, and vegetables. We then sailed out of the historic harbor past centuries old Spanish, Portuguese, and Moorish fortresses and into the inky
blue of the Med. Shortly after rounding the point, we anchored at the base of an old fort at picturesque Cala Taulera. There were eight other boats on the hook. Since it was sunset, we celebrated with a couple of bottles of California zinfandel. The next day we began our sail around Menorca, which is 30 miles by nine miles, and just 25 miles to the east of the much larger island of Mallorca. The winds were very light, so John got into the dinghy and took the first photos of Souverain under sail in the Med. We later pulled into a summer resort called Cala Addaya. Since it was still off-season, the red channel marker hadn’t been set, so we ran aground. By the way, it’s not 'red, right, returning in France, but the opposite! Fortunately, we were able to back off and find a nice anchorage between two lush cliffs. Most of the other boats were on mooring balls and unoccupied. Before long, we were joined on the hook by a French and a German boat. Everyone waves and says 'hello', 'bon jouf, ’guten morgari.
After some Peet's Coffee in the a.m., we raised anchor and motorsailed to Ciudadella, tfie most beautiful Spanish town on Menorca. While Mahon on the east end of the island has one of the larg-
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scary and dangerous, and there was lots of screaming in many different languages. We all pealed off one after another. Souverain was lucky to suffer nothing more than black tire marks along her rubrail and have part of her name scrapped off. We motored to the ferry dock, then left at sunrise before the first feny of the day. We motored up and down' the Menorcan coastline to time a mid-morn¬ ing arrival at Barcelona, the pulsating city of 1.5 million on the mainland. We had an uneventful crossing, as we sailed, counted stars, and dodged the many cruise ships, tankers, and fishing boats. Since we had two couples aboard, we did two-hour watches with the spouses overlap¬ ping, so everyone had lots of company through the night. Tying up in down¬ town Barcelona was like a dream. There were boats from all over the world, and mostly sailboats. Life is good — no, make that life is great! The Barcelona Formula One Grand Prix just happened to be in town that weekend, and
there were some megayachts in the har¬ bor owned by FI drivers. What a sight! The ambiance, food, architecture, people and the history of Barcelona were all pretty overwhelming. There were a few No War' signs hanging from buildings, and we weren't sure how we Americans would be received. It turned out that everyone was polite. While in Spain — and later France — we asked locals how they felt about the war in Iraq. They said they loved Americans, but not necessarily our government's policies. After several days of touring Barcelona, we started thinking about our upcoming passage across the Gulf of Lyon on our way to France. After leaving Barcelona, we motorsailed to Cala Ligat on the east¬ ern tip of Spain to reposition ourselves for the crossing, and anchored near Sal¬ vador Dali's summer home. We were con¬ cerned about the crossing because the weather in the Gulf of Lyon is almost al¬ ways bad at that time of year. Our cross¬ ing was rough and wet, as expected, with wind between 5 and 6 on the Beaufort Scale. But halfway across, the wind started to subside, and we had a very nice sail for the remainder of our way to France. By nightfall, we had anchored at Isles du Frioul and could see Marseille in the distance. Our first stop at a town in France was at Cassis, home of the famous berry and liquor. It's a breathtakingly beautiful little town that we consider to have been the highlight of our trip. The marina — which is the center of activity — twas filled with colorful little fishing boats painted to perfection, and the side¬ walk shops were brightly painted, sur¬ rounded by flowers in full bloom, and packed with people enjoying life. In summary, the weather was much warmer than expected for May, the winds This is the dock at Barcelona, so this must be Phil and Debra, and John and Sharon, on their Formula One Grand Prix dinghy. COURTESY WARREN PEACE
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Chesapeake — Catana 44 Cat Marvin & Ruth Stark France To Sacto In Five Years (Sacramento) [Editor's note: This is a continuation of last month's report.] Although we were headed to Califor¬ nia to complete our five-year delivery of our catamaran from France to Sacra¬ mento, we temporarily headed away from the Panama Canal toward the renowned San Bias Islands. The first day we motorsailed part of the way, stopping for the night at Isla Grande. The following day we had a fine upwind sail at eight knots, which put us in the San Bias Islands by early in the afternoon. When we dropped the hook in 40 feet of water, it was so clear that we could see the bottom. I can't say enough good things about the San Bias Islands. The native Kuna In¬ dians live in thatched huts without elec¬ tricity or running water, and sail or paddle around in cayucos —just like they've been doing for as long as they've been around. The Kuna women are all smiley and friendly while trying to sell you their famous molas, and we bought fish and lob-
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ster from the Kuna men. We swam every¬ day in the extremely clear and warm wa¬ ter while anchored off picture perfect palm-lined little islands. Most of the 365 San Bias Islands are sparsely inhabited — if at all. We visited Carti Island, one of the few densely popu¬ lated islands, to see how the people live. The island is elbow to elbow with people, all living in thatched huts on the sand. There is no water on the island, so they have to bring it a couple of miles from the mainland — in their dugout canoes. It's a wet ride. Most canoes have a long stick for a mast and a bedsheet for a sail. The Kunas are marvelous sailors, steering with a paddle and hiking out for stability. After a couple of weeks of pleasant laz¬ ing around, we sailed to the old Spanish city of Portobello, which still has the rem¬ nants of the four forts that guarded the bay. Portobello is famous for pirates and the battles between the British and Span¬ ish, as the Inca gold was brought here overland from the Pacific on mule trains to be loaded onto galleons bound for Spain. The pirates got their share, then went to some of the nearby islands to live it up. But eventually they established some communities. For example, in Roatan you'll find fair-skinned people who still speak a type of pirate English with a lot of "aar matey, ho, ho, ho, and a bottle
Spread; The Panama City skyline from the Fla¬ menco Marina at Tobago Island. The buildings seem deceptively tall. Inset; Marvin and Ruth. of rum." At least I think that's what they were saying. We returned to the mainland of Panama and transited the Canal — what a tremendous experience! Tens of thou¬ sands of people died building the Canal, which is truly one of mankind's great en¬ gineering feats. The Canal looks like it could use some maintenance, but it still works. Our transit went smoothly, and as we motored along at nine knots, we saw freshwater alligators and a few monkeys. Our one day transit cost $650. Once on the Pacific side, we took a mooring at Balboa YC, which is just a few yards from the shipping channel that leads to the Canal. From that excellent vantage point, we were entertained day and night by the passing of huge ships from every part of the world, carrying everY tyPe of cargo. We can now tell the dif¬ ference between a car carrier, a tanker, and a container ship. The ships passed so close that their wakes almost knocked us out of the bunks on our catamaran. It must be really tough on monohulls. Panama City, on the south side of the Canal, is a busy, bustling city that's a
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great place to provision at low prices. We didn't want to hang around long, however, so we quickly headed for Costa Rica via Panama's Pacific islands. The islands on the Pacific Coast of Panama were great. We'd often sail 30 miles to a small group of islands, take an afternoon swim and explore the island, then head off to yet another group of is¬ lands the next day. Other times we’d just laze around for a day or two. The water was clear and warm, and the fishing was great. We caught dorado and yellow fin tuna, both of which were delicious com¬ ing off the BBQ. We didn't go to the main¬ land very often, as it was too hot and there was too little wind. In the Caribbean, we had more than enough wind; on the Pa¬ cific side, there didn't seem to be any wind at all. ' We motored up to Golfito, Costa Rica, anchored at the very hospitable Land & Sea Marina, and went inland for a week to visit the highest mountain range in Central America. We didn't climb 12,000ft Mt. Chirippo, but apparently you can see both the Pacific and the Caribbean from the summit. Our trip inland was beautiful and well worth the effort, as we did a lot of hiking and soaked in the natu¬ ral hot springs. Our experiences travel¬
ing inland by bus in Central America have been very good, as it's been inexpensive and very worthwhile. After our refreshing trip inland, we continued on up the coast to Bahia del Coco, the most northern checkout point in Costa Rica. After pro¬ visioning, we set sail on the 4,500-mile trip to Hawaii — which we elected to do mostly to avoid the Baja Bash. Bahia del Coco is an easy checkout point and has decent provisions, but there is no place to land a dink except through the surf. But you need to be on your toes. With four people aboard our small inflatable, we didn't pay enough attention to the waves and got dumped big time — with the outboard running! I now have seven permanent prop marks across my back. Fortunately, the prop didn't hit my head, or it might have damaged the prop. We started our long offshore passage to Hawaii in April. We drifted, motored, and motorsailed toward Hawaii for two weeks. One day while drifting with the spinnaker up, we all went over the side for a swim — and were able to keep up with the boat. That's really light wind. During this time, we reread the cruising guide for Hawaii, and remembered that other cruisers said Hawaii wasn’t that cruiser friendly. So we changed our plans and decided to head to Mexico instead, having already passed Honduras, El Sal¬ vador, Guatemala, and a good part of Mexico. In fact, we were only 150 miles from Puerto Vallarta. So we motored in, arriving on fumes. We'd covered 1,400 miles looking for wind! We enjoyed Puerto Vallarta, but had been spoiled by the gre^tt provisioning and low prices in Panama. A week later, we drifted into Cabo San Lucas, where we were truly amazed by the amount of development and swanky hotels. The marina slips were $2/ft/night — or $88 a night for us. We stayed one night, filled our tanks with waterand diesel, and anchored in the outer harbor waiting for a good weather window to start the Bash north. Our sail up the coast to San Diego was mostly done in 12 to 22 knots of wind on the nose. Our cat has daggerboards in each hull, so she sails to windward better than most catamarans — but
The Kuna Indians do a remarkable job of travel¬ ling among their 365 little islands and the main¬ land in rudimentary little sailboats. _ not as well as a good monohull. It took us two nights to get to Mag Bay, two more nights to Turtle Bay, and another two nights to Ensenada. It seemed that each afternoon the winds would increase and shift a bit to the west, giving us a bit of a lift. So we found it advantageous to tack offshore on starboard in the early hours, then flop back on port later on. We sailed at 6-8 knots i feathering into the wind to keep the speed down to minimize the smashing and bashing. We managed to average 3.8 knots for the whole trip. That's not great, but it beats motoring. It was great being back in the good ol' USA, but the air and water temperatures were cold due to a persistent overcast known as the June Gloom'. San Diego was a great stop, as we were able to stay at the Police Dock on Shelter Island for 10 days at $10/day for the first five days, and $20/day for the next five days. Visi¬ tors are allowed to stay at the Police Dock 10 days maximum, renewable every 40 days. We highly recommend it! We also anchored off Balboa Island in Newport, and enjoyed getting around on our bikes. The cannons no longer thunder, but Portobello is a treasure chest of history. And don't miss the Church of the Black Jesus.
CHANCES The harbormasters at Marinade] Rey and Channel Islands Marinas were hospitable, with guest slips for $20/day — not bad for a 44-foot cat. \ Heading further north, we anchored for one evening at the Cojo anchorage in the lee of Pt. Conception. It was pleasant, but a large swell rolled beneath us. We had an easy day run to Morro Bay where, as usual, it was foggy. We stayed for three pleasant but foggyMays. We dropped the hook for two nights another 20 miles up the coast at San Simeon, taking time to visit Hearst Castle. We left at midnight hoping to be able to motor past Piedras Blancas and Point Sur in the early hours before the wind piped up, but didn't make it. The wind came early — along with steep and 'square' waves — making it very un¬ pleasant. Motoring hard most of the day, we arrived in Monterey on July 1, cov¬ ered in salt. We were lucky to get the last side tie at the municipal marina in Monterey — next to the sea lions — during sthe long Fourth of July weekend. The weather, restau¬ rants, fireworks, and ambiance were great! We stayed for two weeks, then had a tough time leaving. The first time we tried to leave was at 6 p.m. for a proposed overnight motorsail to San Francisco. The weather report said 5 to 15 knots of wind, but just six miles out we were hammered with gusty 17-28 knot winds and steep seas. Except for a storm near Cape Hatteras, these were the ugliest seas we have ever encountered! We promptly re¬ turned to the marina and got a good night's sleep. Three days later, we decided that if this trip was to be that rough, we would cut it into small bits. We left at 5 a.m. and moBoobies are the most enthusiastic hitchhikers of all birds. This one hung around long enough on 'Chesapeake' to get its picture taken.
fored to Santa Cruz, where we anchored for the day, had lunch, and rode our bikes around. We left again at 8 p.m. — ancf still got pounded until about midnight when the winds dropped from 27 to about 12 knots. Very early the next morning saw us at Half Moon Bay, where it was so foggy that we couldn't see the bow of our own boat! By midday, we were safely under the Golden Gate Bridge and had a great downwind sail to the Delta. After 4,000 miles of drifting, motoring, and slogging northwest, it was great to be able to enjoy a spinnaker run again! We couldn't find an affordable berth in the Bay Area, so we're now berthed at Bruno’s Marina in the Delta. Where do we go from here? Well, my lovely First Mate doesn't particularly like sailing, but originally agreed to go with me for two years. That was 5+ years and 35,000 miles ago, so now perhaps we're going to build a house and stay put for a while. But we have seen some wonderful sights, visited some great places, and are so glad to have had the opportunity! The world would be a different place if more people sailed. — maruin & ruth 7/1/03 Readers — A couple of months after we received this Changes from Marvin and Ruth, they wrote: "We’re already thinking that maybe we should sail to Mexico this winter."
Raising Fleur de Mer Following Hurricane Ignacio (La Paz) When it dawned on September 1, fol¬ lowing the nighttime arrival of hurricane Ignacio in La Paz, a few boats were found in places they didn't belong. Two of them, Kenny Mackie's La Paz-based Rawson 30 Inertia, and an unidentified Catalina 30, were on the beach between Vista Coral and the Racing Club (formerly the Estrella del Mar restaurant). Inertia had gone up on the same beach during Juliette two years before. The next day trenches were dug for the boat's keels at low tide, and they were pulled back into deep water during a very high tide that night. Jerry and Candy Wendel's Portlandbased Cheoy Lee 36 Makai was found rest¬ ing on her port side just inside the surf line. With the help of folks on the beach, on the boat, and in the water, as well as with the assistance of the Mexican Navy, Makai was turned and floated on her side to deeper water, where she was safely re¬ anchored. During this rescue effort, people just walking by on the street jumped in to help with extra muscle. One boat, the Ensenada-based Gitano,
had gone up on the rocks at the Navy Base. She was declared a total loss. Out on El Mogote, several boats were found to have dragged, which wasn't se¬ rious, but all that could be seen of Dqug and Rachel Reynolds' Lapworth 36 Fleur de Mer was her mast sticking out of the water. With Doug in Hawaii about to be¬ gin a boat delivery and Rachel on the East Coast taking care of their five-month old baby Zoe, a plan began to evolve on how to save their boat. Paradise Found YC and Tim and Kat of Rendezvous started organizing a com¬ mittee to raise Fleur de Mer. A call went out for donations over the VHF net. Sev¬ eral local businesses offered their ser¬ vices, the Club Cruceros donated $100 from their Cruiser Emergency Fund, and Coast Marine furnished the haul out, a week of yard time, and relaunching. Ini¬ tially, the Mexican Navy said that they would raise the boat just for the experi¬ ence, but began to balk when they found out they'd have to rent more air bags. So the Raise Fleur de Mer Committee had to come up with $600 U.S. Friends of Doug and Rachel who had returned to the states for the summer wired money, and cruis¬ ers with the 'there but for the grace of God go I' attitude also pitched in, either with
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Upper left; Boats on the beach in downtown La Paz during 'Ignacio'. Big picture; Slade at the helm, Tim on the bow, and Skip in 'Brioso'bring 'Fleur' to be hauled out._ money or labor. Both cruisers and the Navy dove on the sunken boat to deter¬ mine the best way to salvage the boat. A week after Fleur de Mer sank, the Navy was on station to start the salvage effort. There was almost a party atmo¬ sphere as dinghies gathered to watch what everyone hoped would be a once in a lifetime experience. After the airbags were fastened around the hull, air began being pumped into them. The onlookers started counting the rungs of the ratlines as Fleur’s waterline slowly rose toward the surface. Two gas-powered ’oh my god' water pumps finished the job, and soon Fleur was floating again. Skip of Brioso then came alongside, tied to Fleur de Mer, and towed her to Ma¬ rina de La Paz for the night. The next morning, Skip, Tim from Rendezvous, and Commodore Slade from PFYC and Moonshadow, took the boat down to Ma¬ rina Palmira for a haulout. Peter from Wanderlust 5 epoxied the hole in the planking and replaced bungs. Other cruisers then sorted through the stuff that had been removed from the boat to de-
termine what could be saved. It was a veiy difficult task in that nobody wanted to throw away items with great sentimental value. The business community in La Paz re¬ ally pitched in. In addition to Marina de La Paz and Coast Marine, Marina Aboroa gave dock space to let things diy out, the PFYC donated food to feed divers and workers, Marina Santa Cruz donated the use of their panga to ferry stuff back and forth, and Carlos of Carlos’ Waterworks has donated the use of a mooring ball until Doug and Rachel can return in Oc¬ tober. As of today, Fleur de Mer is on a moor¬ ing ball and not taking on water. She is covered with barnacles inside and out, so Doug and Rachel have a big job ahead of them when they return. But at least they'll have a boat that’s floating. A big muchas gracias to everyone who helped. Incidentally, all of the boats thai dragged/sank were unattended, and | most were on moorings. If you leave a boat in a hurricane zone during hurri¬ cane season, a responsible boat-sitter should be a high priority for boats on a mooring. Ignacio packed a good punch, but fortunately he moved on quickly or else more boats would have been dam¬ aged.
Cruise Notes: Eveiyone can be thankful that hurri¬ cane Ignacio, which swept up along the west coast of the Sea of Cortez August 2227, maxed out at 95 knots and wasn't as destructive as feared. To give you an idea of how common hurricanes are in the Sea of Cortez, we checked the records for the last 10 years. A total of five hurricanes have made it into the Sea of Cortez dur¬ ing that period, never more than one a year — which means, of course, that there weren't any hurricanes half of those years. Of the five hurricanes, two would not have affected normal cruising areas, and none would have seriously affected cruisers at or north of Bahia de Los Angeles. The last two hurricanes, Juliette in 2001, and Ignacio this year, were the strongest of all, with maximum winds of 125 knots and 95 knots respectively. All but one of the other hurricanes were in the just-barely-a-hurricane status, and only for a short time. It's noteworthy that four of the five hurricanes were in Sep¬ tember, three of them smack in the middle of the month. If we were to try to make any reason out of these 10 hurricane sea¬ sons, it would be that September is the most dangerous month, but you'd have still been fine if you were up in Bahia de Los Angeles. To do your own research, visit www.weather.unisys.com/hurricane. One of the nice things about this hur¬ ricane season is that most people in La Paz seemed to have learned from getting frit by Juliette in 2001, the most destruc¬ tive Sea of Cortez hurricane of the last 10 years. Rene Pittsey explains: "When Juliette hit two years ago, we were in Europe and our sailboat Morn¬ ing Star was in the Astilleros Marina Dry Storage in La Paz. The boat next to ours fell intc^her, breaking both starboard spreaders and denting the main mast. The other boat was hung up in our boat's rig'Stop!' said the sign at the La Paz waterfront, but hurricane 'Ignacio'kept on blowing. Fortunately, she did relatively little damage. BOONE CAMP
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CHANGES ging for two weeks. The yard Sever alerted us to the hurricane or the fact that our boat had been damaged — we .learned about it from fellow cruisers. As you'll remember from the Latitude story, a large number of boats fell over and were dam¬ aged in that yard. In fact, you editorial¬ ized that boatowners are foolish to leave their boats in a yard where the surface is dirt or fill, the bo^t stands have no feet, and the boat stands'&ren't secured to one another. You were correct." "We finally finished with the repairs to Morning Star last year," continues Pittsey, "and put her back in dry storage at Astilleros Marina for this summer. This might seem foolish, but it wasn't, .as Raul and Sharon of Shiloh — fellow cruisers and our dock neighbors at Marina Palmira had taken over Coast Marina and the management of Astilleros. As a result, now the boat stands at Astilleros have welded steel pads on the bottom of the legs to keep them from sinking in the dirt. More importantly, when Ignacio came through, their crew worked around the clock tight¬ ening stands and looking after the boats — something that wasn't done during Juliette. After Ignacio passed, we received an email telling us our boat was okay. No boats in the yard suffered any damage, so we feel our faith in Raul and Sharon was well-placed. We want to thank our cruiser friends from La Otra, Blue Pearl and Autumn, who emailed us and sent photos to reassure us that Morning Star was all right. We also want to thank Guadalupe of the French Bakery at Palmira, who also emailed us the good news." "I noted that the Boone Camp photo of the boats on the beach during hurricane Ignacio that you ran in the August 26 'Lectronic Latitude has, as the back¬ ground, the buildings on the point where the so-called "Virtual Marina’ used to be," writes Dave Wallace of the Redwood City-
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h^sed Amel Maramu Air Ops. "That's ob¬ viously a tough part of the La Paz Bay in which to anchor, and I know from experi¬ ence that the holding is not very good — even when there aren’t hurricane force winds. But what a strange storm Ignacio was, going from nothing to a hurricane in 24 hours." Actually, Ignacio didn't exactly come from nowhere in just 24 hours. In an ar¬ ticle Gwen Hamlin and Don Wilson of the St. Thomas-based CSY 44 Tackless II have written about getting 34 boats in the same anchorage to coordinate hurricane preparations — which we hope to run next month — they report that they first be¬ came aware of what would bfecomex Ignacio six days before it would have reached them near Bahia de Los Angeles. On Au¬ gust 20, they became aware of it as a tropical disturbance down at 19°N, 106°W which was about 700 miles away. It wasn't for three more days that it officially become tropical depression 9e, still 135 miles from even Cabo. The next day it had grown to hurricane force, but it still hadn't hit La Paz, and was still several hundred miles south of Bahia de Los Angeles. In other words, thank god for modern weather forecasting, which almost always senses tropical storm development with, a decent amount of time to prepare. Uh-oh. As we were about to close this section, Gwen Hamlin reported that hur¬ ricane Marty, which is fortunately still at about the latitude of Puerto Vallarta, is projected to come up the eastern shore of the Sea of Cortez, once again threatening most of the cruisers in the Sea of Cortez. Hopefully he'll fizzle in the mountains of Baja. Flash! Tragically, hurricane Marty did not fizzle, and tore a path of destruction through La Paz. For details, including the near total destruction of Marina de La Paz and Abaroa Marina, see this month's Sightings and current 'Lectronic Latitudes. We're very sony to have to report the death last month of our friend and HaHa vet Volker Dolch of Belvef dere. He and his wife Mai kept their Marquesas 56 catama^ , ran Dolce Vita at a dock be¬ hind their Belvedere home. A brilliant German-born electri¬ cal engineer, Dolch won the Rudolph Diesel Engineering Award, and started, grew, and sold three engineering and computer companies. After re¬ tiring, he and Mai joined the 2001 Ha-Ha and did a cruise of Mexico in preparation for a circumnavigation. Alas, they
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had to return home so Volker could be treated for the cancer that would ulti¬ mately claim his life. Volker and Mai were an extremely close couple, and she hop'fes to take their boat to Mexico for another cruise next winter. If you see Mai, ask to see a copy of La Dolce Vita, The Sweet Life of Cruising the Mexican Gold Coast, November 2001 through May 2002, A Journal of Happiness and Love for the Sea. In our opinion, it's the gold standard of cruising journals. Ron Lussier of Sausalito reports that he’ll be joining his father's Bristol, Rhode Island-based Jeanneau 45 Phoenix on a cruise to Sausalito starting in November. His report is a cautionary tale about try¬ ing to deny a person’s lifelong dream: "A year ago, my father stepped aboard his Catalina 30 Laura in Falmouth, Mas¬ sachusetts, headed down the Child's River, and entered the North Atlantic be¬ tween Falmouth and Martha's Vineyard. Sailing southwest along the New England coast, he was trying to fulfill his lifelong dream of sailing to the Bahamas for the winter aboard his own boat. Dad sailed through icy October seas and chilly rains, anchoring out every night. A week later! he sailed along the docks of New York City!
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Left; The late Volker Dolch. Spread, the Puerto Don Juan hurricane hole, with fleet. Inset above; Gwen leads a storm preparation talk. and saluted the Statue of Liberty from the helm of his own boat. But that was as far south as he got, as his second wife, angry about his trip, wouldn't return his nightly calls. She had never warmed to the ves¬ sel which bore her name, distrusting the wind in the sails and not liking the con¬ fines of shipboard life. In any event, my dad returned home. He continued sailing the cold New England waters into the win¬ ter, however, although his wife forbade him t? sail when there was the slightest breeze, lest his ship capsize and leave her a widow. That was the last straw, so my dad continued to sfiil while the lawyers dealt with the divorce proceedings. He used his share of the settlement to buy a Jeanneau 45, which in light of his situa¬ tion, he christened Phoenix. Now my dad is the captain. I'm the first mate, and my uncle Donald and Aunt Paulette will be the crew on our trip to Sausalito. Neither Donald or Paulette have ever sailed, so they'll be learning everything from tying a half-hitch to gybing as we go." "I have been sailing seasonally in Mexico the past three years — hopefully
my boat Basta! is still intact on the hard at the Abaroa Yard in La Paz — and am always interested in new places to sail," writes Doug Nicholson of Idaho. "So I re¬ cently wrote Norm Goldie in San Bias, telling him that I’d heard that the prison¬ ers on the Tres Marias prison islands — about 65 miles north of Banderas Bay — had been transferred to the mainland, and that the Tres Marias may at some point become open to the public. I asked him what he knew. His reply — which is not what most of us would like to hear, al¬ though maybe it should be taken with a grain of salt — follows in the next para¬ graph. By the way, I did talk with a small group of Mexican fisherman who were on Isla Isabella last January, and they told me that they will occasionally slip over to the Tres Marias after the Navy- has made its morning overflight of the islands. "I'm sorry to inform you,” replied Norm Goldie, "that all your information is false, and I beg that you get the following letter published in Latitude ASAP so no cruis¬ ers go there and get their boats confis¬ cated. The four islands of the Tres Marias group are part of the Mexican Federal Penal System, and no replacement facil¬ ity has been built to house the prisoners if they were taken off the island. I have been contacted by numerous cruisers
asking for information about the islands, but have told them all that it is danger¬ ous to go there. The Mexican Navy pa¬ trols these islands, and if you are caught there, you would lose your vessel and be jailed. I want to stress that the Mexican government will violently oppose any ves¬ sel that comes within 20 nautical miles of any of the islands, as any vessel found there will be considered to be involved in a prison break. About 40 years ago, a group of fisherman made a beach land¬ ing on the Cleophus, where escaped pris¬ oners awaited them. The fishermen were all murdered, and the prisoners used their vessels to escape to the mainland. They were found in the San Bias area and killed by the Mexican police. The sad thing is that some time in the future, the islands will be open to mariners who obtain spe¬ cial permits in San Bias. But seeing how current cruisers don't do their paperwork in San Bias, but nonetheless come ashore to shop and have fun without respect for Mexican Maritime Law, I'm certain that no cruisers will be getting one." There are a lot of gray areas with Mexi¬ can law, but when it comes to the Tres Marias, Norm Goldie is correct and cruis¬ ers should stay the hell away. If you get caught out there, you could be in mucho trouble. About 15 years ago, one of the racing boats — if we remember correctly it was Irv Loube's Bravura — got too close to the islands on a delivery north. The boat and crew were taken to the island, inter¬ rogated, and detained. They and the boat were released before too long, but it may have been because Loube, having helped Ramon Carlin get his Swan 65 Sayula prepared to win the first ever Whitbread Around the World Race, had some pow¬ erful contacts in Mexico. When it comes to drug lords versus government crime, things are worse than ever in Mexico, so you don't want to get even remotely in¬ volve^ With maximum security prisons. Here's a tip to keep you out of jail in Mexico — don't confuse the Las Tres Marias with the Tres Marietas. It's a difference of about 10 years.
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Two years and counting. Laurie Pane, his wife, and son aren't at all thrilled about being back in the hum-drum life of the U.S. you know there’s a big sale at Macy's?" "Initially, I first thought that we would be the only family to have sailed around the world and not written a book," continues Paine, "but I changed my mind, so
I'm in the middle of that project. I also started up my consulting company, and am busy assisting Australian companies get established in the United States. It's all veiy humdrum, and that's the prob¬ lem. Even when we were in the same place for a while during our circumnavigation, there was always something new, and we always knew we could up anchor and move to somewhere else at a moment's notice. But for the next two years, we're stuck. By the way, I did an informal sur¬ vey in Mexico when on our way home, and noted that half the boats about to head across the Pacific in 2002 had what I con¬ sider to be inadequate size anchors. I'm sure they'll all survive, but at what cost to the relationship of the couples and their future plans? That reminds us of Steve and Linda Dashew's way of sizing anchors for their boats. They way they tell it, if someone walking down the dock sees their anchor and breaks out laughing at how big it is, they figure they’ve about got it about right. By the way, the Dashews sold their 79-ft Beowulf earlier this year and are having yet another new boat built. We’re honor
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bound not to reveal what kind she is, but you might be surprised. "Latitude readers might be interested in what's new with my pal Jorja Patten," writes Lucie van Breen of Berkeley. 'You'll remember that Joija's partner Harvey Selasky was lost from a J/29 in the Doublehanded Farallones race a few years back. Realizing that life is short, Jorja de¬ cided that it was time to get on with the cruising she and Harvey had planned to do on their Pacific Seacraft 37 Rocinante. With a crew of John Wilson, his daughter Sonia, and a friend from Berkeley YC, Joija set out for Hawaii just after the start of the 2000"West Marine Pacific Cup — their trip having been delayed by her battle with breast cancer. This was the race in which hurricane Daniel came through the tail end of the fleet. Joija said if that was the 'hurricane card' she was dealt, she could deal with it, as the winds had pretty much died by the time it reached her. But as I write, it looks as though she’s been dealt a second ’hurri¬ cane ^ard'. Having moved to a cottage in¬ side Pamlico Sound in John's homestate of North Carolina, and having enjoyed
sailing the local wa¬ terways this sum¬ mer, hurricane Isabel is now headed their way. At last word, John is taking Rocinante south to search for a good creek/hurri¬ cane hole, and Joija and the dog have gone west, hoping that Isabel loses steam before her projected landfall to¬ morrow." Isabel turned out to be not quite as severe a destroyer of boats as first feared, so we're hoping that Rocinante probably did all right. By the way, we understand that Steve Fossett's maxi cat Cheyenne, formerly known as Playstation, was on a mooring buoy in that part of the world when the hurricane came through. We believe she made it through all right. Just because most boats now have
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IN LATITUDES made the voyage unusual is that Guerney set sail in a Pearson 22 — which has a small cuddy cabin, a large open cockpit, and was designed for daysailing. To our knowledge, Guerney hasn't been heard from since calling his wife from Catalina about a year ago. We presume he was lost at sea. For one thing, his projected path would have put him on a collision course with hurricane Kenna, the biggest hurri¬ cane along the coast of Mexico in 50 years. Secondly, if Guernsey somehow made it to Cape Horn, we seriously doubt anyone could survive Southern Ocean conditions for very long in a Pearson 22. Guerney reportedly told his wife that he wasn’t go¬ ing to carry an EP1RB because he didn't want others to risk their lives trying to save his. In other words, he had a rea¬ sonable idea of the risk he was taking. "An acquaintance of mine is planning on sailing his 32-foot boat to Hawaii, starting from San Francisco on Decem¬ ber 9," writes Scott Keck. "I questioned his choice of departure times, but he seerjas to think, "Oh, it might be a little rainy, but it's the good kind of rain. " What do most weather gurus suggest as a good
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des Sans Culottes to the west — or in the upper right in the photo." Thanks for the correction. We know the photo is of Villefranche sur Mer, having anchored there with our old boat Big O a number of years ago. We didn't completely understand Ken Burnap and Nancy Gaffney's description of where Anse de Fosse was, and we finally — mistakenly — decided that it was a small bay within the larger bay. Alas, now we know that small bay is Anse de Espalmador. As you say, Anse de Fosse is actually around the tip of St. Jean Cap Ferrat Peninsula in the middle of the eastern sub-peninsula. We apologize for the mistake. But what a great part of the world of cruising, no? It was the backdrop for what we thought was the very funny Steve Martin and Michael Caine movie Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, a comedy about con artists being conned in the South of France. "Our stay in Fiji has been wonderful, and our boat managed to keep away from the reefs that are seemingly scattered ev¬ erywhere," write Ken Machtley and Cathi Siegismund of the Seattle-based Tashiba 31 Felicity. "Highlights of our last few
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ers for cruisers to introduce new and re¬ turning cruisers to the outstanding ac¬ tivities and support facilities around the bay. Oh yeah, did we mention fhere will be fuel discounts for participants all week at the Opequimar Fuel Dock in Puerto Vallarta, and special in-store discounts at Zaragosa Marine Hardware?" Dick Markie is the man in charge, and he'll be at the Ha-Ha Kick-Off Party at Cabrillo Isle Marina in San Diego on Sunday, Oc¬ tober 26 to pass out flyers. Looking for info on Mexico. Dick Markie will be giving a presentation at the West Marine store in San Diego on afternoon of October 25. In addition. Downwind Marine of San Diego has a long schedule of evening seminars from October 9 to November 2. Visit www.downwindmarine.com for details. Speaking of the Ha-Ha, Paul Plotts of the magnificent 71 -ft schooner Dauntless has inquired if it would be all right if he sailed his yacht with the Ha-Ha fleet as far as the Coronado Islands. Heck, we'd consider it an honor. In fact, everyone is welcome to join the Ha-Ha fleet for as long as they want.
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' "I finally saw the February issue with the nude photos of Cathi and I," writes Noel Gaudinat of the Outremer 45 cat Laia from Grand Mott, France. "Excellent. I was glad to see you found a spot for the photos. Just a few corrections about your postscript: I used to own a Hans Chris¬ tian 33, not a Union 36; and my new Outremer catamaran is 45 feet, not 43 feet. Details, just details. I’m now back in Corsica, but Sardinia was great. There was good wind, but just moderate waves as the bays don't permit much fetch. Ob¬ viously there was big money all around and the price? were high, but there were also many Wonderful yachts — modern and classic — in the many anchorages to make up for it." "I guess the Long Beach-based Mari¬ ner 35 Freedom, which had been lying in the surf at Zihuatanejo's main beach since a year ago September, had her luck finally run out," reports Craig Gottschalk of Scorpion. "About a month ago, two cranes and a piece of heavy equipment were sent by the government to raise the wooden ketch and bring her to shore. Ap¬ parently she was just too stuck in the --
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muck, as she came out in pieces. All that remains is a chunk of the transom, with the nameboard and homeport intact." "I finally put my 70-ft Morrelli-Choy catamaran Humu-Humu up for sale for
$750,000," reports David Crowe of the South Bay. Crowe originally bought the boat in Singapore, sailed her back to the West Coast, and has cruised her in Mexico in recent years. "The sooner I sell her, the better," he says, "as the concept for my new multihull is gelling in my mind." Cap’t Fatty Goodlander of the St. Tho¬ mas, Virgin Islands-based Hughes 38 Wildcard explains why so few boats cruise India: "Clearing into Cochin, India, is a bit like entering hell — hot, painful, non¬ sensical, highly-irritating, and nearly end¬ less. As a foretaste of what is to come, you have to get a tourist visa in advance. We applied for ours at the Indian embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It cost us hundreds of dollars, took a couple of weeks, and required four days of train travel and two days of embassy visits." Despite the bureaucratic hassles in In¬ dia, Fatty claims that he and his wife are having such a great time cruising, that once they get back home to the Virgin Is¬ lands, it will only be a short time before they take off again. Can you believe the Mexico cruising season is almost upon us? Let's get it on!
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10-FT WEST MARINE/WALKER BAY complete with performance sail kit, Honda 2 hp motor and 7-ft wood oars. Boat, sail and motor are 2002 models. All good as new. A fun and safe boat. $1,500/0bo Rich (415) 726-8822.Y 9.4- FT WESTCRAFT TENDER. Easy launch fold-up wheels. Mercury 4 hp 4stroke engine. Fuel tank and lines. Hardly used. $1,000. Call (408) 839-3564.
VANGUARD 15, BRAND NEW 2002. Boaf has never been in water. Blue stripe, Seitech dolly, top and bottom covers. Blade bag. Never registered. Have re¬ ceipts and MSO. Located near Morgan Hill, can show in Alameda. $3,900 firm (408) 686-0568. LASER. Still some fun to be had with this orange oldie. Many recent parts/lines. Two M sails, perfect for high winds. Transpor¬ tation available in Bay Area. $500. Please call Ted (650) 375-0865 or email: muthaiga@earthlink.net.
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24 FEET & UNDER WYLIE WABBIT. 24-ft of more fun than most people can stand. Race one design or put on the included turbo rig and be a sailing god. Good condition, with trailer. Mostly freshwater. $3,995. Call Paul (801) 209-0293. CORONADO 23, 1974 with trailer. Well maintained. Bottom paint, new main, spin¬ naker, extra sails^; roller furl, reinforced mast step, new rubrail, VHF, AM/FM, Porta-Potti, storage. Many extras, noth¬ ing else to buy. (408) 839-3564. BUCCANEER 21, 1975 PROJECT. For sale due to relocation. Requires TLC, an¬ chor, motor and sails. At Alameda with berth, $800/ono. Call (510) 376-0005 to view.
1996 LASER RADIAL PRO. Black Dia¬ mond tiller and extension. New Seitech dolly. All high tech lines. Fredrickson mainsheet block. Replacement $4,890. Asking $2,950. Call Chris (510) 522-7426.
LEISURE 17. English built micro cruiser. Twin keels, sloop rig, 2 mains, 4 jibs, 3 winches. Lines led aft. Galley, Porta-Potti, lots of cruising gear, 3-1/2 hp Tohatsu! Clean little boat. See to appreciate. Dis¬ covery Bay. $2,200. Fritz (925) 634-6048.
TWO BOATS: 15.5’ flat bottom sailing skiff, yawl rigged with reaching spinnaker, three rowing stations, ilncludes trailer and cover, $2,200. 15.5’ decked canoe, can be paddled single or double, weighs 85#, $1,200. Both very good condition. Pictures available. John (510) 366-1476.
CATALINA 22,1987. Swing keel, excel¬ lent condition. 8 hp Johnson Sailmaster with alternator. VHF, epoxy bottom bar¬ rier coat, 6 bags. Too many extras to list. Poor health, must sell. $8,500. Please call (928) 453-3619.
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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. $9,000. Call (209) 869-3254. PACIFIC SEACRAFT 20, 1977. Flicka. Bluewater cruiser, hull #1. New rebuilt Yanmar 10 hp diesel. Cutter rigged, mainsail, jib, genoa, staysail, cruising spin¬ naker. 6’2” headroom. Refrigeration. Large opening ports, new dodger. Berthed at Moss Landing. $23,000. (209) 375-1285 or email: hawaiime2@hotmail.com. PRECISION P-18,2001. Never launched, as new. Sails still in factory plastic. Gal¬ vanized trailer. Jim Taylor-designed fast pocket cruiser. Quality boat. Five ports/ hatches, options, catbird seats, etc. Save thousands over new ordered beat. $12,850. Located Southern Oregon. Call (541) 535-1326.
SANTANA 22, 1970. $1,795/obo. In¬ cludes lots of gear: Main, jib, spinnaker, trolling motor, lifejackets, paddle, anchor, and more. Santana 22 trailer for an addi¬ tional $500. Boat is in Alameda, CA. Call (770) 309-3239 to make an offer. CARANITAS 20 CLASSIC WOODIE. Free to good home. Call (650) 573-2594.
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6.5- FT ATKINS KATY DIDN’T DINGHY. A classic wooden boat, like new. Shaw and Tenney oars. $700/obo. Also, Ger¬ man drum sextant, never'used. Wood carrying case. $500/obo. Call Dave (650) 359-3123. ACHILLES INFLATABLE, 10.5-FT. Wood floor, rated for 20 hp, new pump, patch kit. Good condition, $850. 8 hp Yamaha 2-stroke, runs great, $1,000. Both for $1,600. Call (510) 642-7236.
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INTERNATIONAL 14,1986. Two mains, jib, kite. Boat needs a little fiberglass work. Trailer, good but no lights. But $650. It could be great fun. Call (831) 234-0515.
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SANTANA 22.5, 1972. At Berkeley Ma¬ rina. Solid, great condition, very clean, very dry, functional, fast, easy singlehand¬ ling. Main, jib, good rigging. New manual bilge pump, Porta-Potti. Current tags. Transferable berth. No outboard. Must see. $1,295/obo. Call (510) 886-2180. ISLANDER BAHAMA 24,1964. Full keel plastic classic. Needs plenty. Sails great. New main and decent main on boom, well used genoa, never flew the kite. Located San Leandro. $1,200/obo without motor. Email: switchman@aol.com. RHODES 19 CENTERBOARDER, 1997. Built by Stuart in Maine. Main, jib, spinna¬ ker, adjustable backstay. Load-Rite trailer, 5 hp Honda outboard. Dry sailed. Light use. $10,000/obo. Jim (415) 307-5143. MOORE 24. Excellent condition. Fully re¬ stored inside and out. Rigging in great shape, most is new. 2 jibs, 2 mains, 1 spin¬ naker, lots of gear. Trailer. Redwood City berth. $12,000/obo. Call (650) 619-0136 (days)or email: hjg99@hotmail.com.
OWN A BOAT THAT HAS SOME REAL class.-Looks of an older boat but made of fiberglass. Hate to sell, but now live where only 16-ft boats are allowed. Boat with main and jibs, $1,500. Dual-axle, surge brake trailer, $2,000. Boat with trailer, $3,500. Also available, a brand new spin¬ naker for an additional $1,000. To see more on the boat go to: <www.cs.ubc.ca/ spider/flinn/bluenose/sloop/sloop.html> Call (510) 521-7997._
PEARSON ENSIGN, 1966. Hull #1080. Full keel, mahogany and teak cockpit. Excellent condition. Main, 2 gennys, storm and spinnaker. 3 hp outboard. Located in Ventura Harbor. $5,500. (805) 641-3560. CAL 20. Roller furling jib, dodger, 5 hp Honda, solar panel, ship-to-shore, trailer. $2,300. Call (707) 763-5809. NEW SANTANA 20. Immediate sale wanted. Brand new on trailer, never sailed. Join active fleet. Save thousands in taxes and delivery fees. $16,900 delivered to your door in Northern California. Call (415) 331-6912.
GLADIATOR 24, 1966. Full keel fiber¬ glass cruiser/racer. Flush decked sistership to Robin Lee Graham’s Dove. Set up for singlehanding. 5 sails, sleeps 4. Hauled and bottom painted June 2003. Needs 3-6 hp O/B. $2,300. (415) 331-3612.
PEARSON COMMANDER. $3,000/obo. Has bunks for four, V-berth in the bow and two large quarter berths. Porta-Potti, 2stroke Nissan 5 hp outboard motor. Hang¬ ing locker, 1 set of sails good condition. Ready to sail. Ray Flinn (650) 224-1462.
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MacGREGOR 26. 3 bags of sails, Honda 8 hp, VHF/FM radio, LoranC, trailer. Many extras. $5,200/obo. Call (209) 835-4699 or email: erniem@inreach.com.
ERICSON 26,1967. A plastic classic with deep blue hull in Sausalito Yacht Harbor, possible transfer. Well maintained by cur¬ rent owner since 1974. New Pineapple main and jib. Few hours on newer stand¬ ing rig. Outboard replaced last year and recently serviced. Hauled in last 18 months. Minkwitz survey available. $4,500/obo. (707) 888-8666 or email: catchdoug@earthlink.net.
J/22, 1987. Tinseltown Rebellion. Great shape with tons of sails. Always dry sailed. Unbelievable race record in both PHRF and one design including wins in 2003 Midwinters, C of C, and 4 of last 5 High Sierra Regattas. Start winning now. $12,500. Call (510) 233-1432 or email: cameron.lewis@roadway.cpm. PEARSON 23, 1983. Cat rig, unstayed mast. 8 hp Nissan 1989. Nice cabin, sleeps 2, compass, bilge pump. $2,100. Call (707) 252-3006.
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TARTAN 27. Douglas and McLeod. Ev¬ erything new. Built for Baja Ha-Ha. Volvo diesel, 5-hp, 120'Vac. Propane, microwave, fridge/freezer. All works. Full keel with centerboard. Ideal for 2 people. Owner moving up. Best buy at $18,500. SoCal. (760) 253-1924._ SANTANA 525, 1979. Good condition with road trailer. Main, 2 spinnakers, 1.5 oz drifter, 100% jib plus 150% and 153% genoas. Autohelm, rigid boom vang, so¬ lar battery charger. VHF, compass plus new 5 hp 4-stroke outboard motor. $5,900. Call (949) 951-6269. CAL 25,1968. Solid Bay boat, 7 hp O/B, four sails, loaded. $1,900/obo. Berkeley Marina. Email: garykjennings@msn.com.
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STEAL THIS BOAT. 1964 Pearson Ariel, #206. Rebuilt A-4, extensive sail inventory, rod rigging, new boom, hi-tech cordage, oversize winches, knot, depth, VHF, com¬ pass, etc. Hauled 02/03. $5,000/obo. Call (510) 639-7004. CATALINA 250 WING KEEL, 2001. Ex¬ cellent condition. Wheel steering, com¬ pass, speed/depth combo. Furling jib. Self-tail winches. Canvas package, lazyjacks, cockpit cushions, 8 hp Honda. Trailrite galvanized tandem trailer with mast raising system. Extras. $23,500. (559) 299-4288. CAPE DORY 28, 1976. Fast, full keel cruiser. New 13 hp Yanmar diesel, new lifeline, roller furling jib, extra sails. Garmin GPS plotter. Settee, lots of storage. Must see to appreciate. Reduced to $24,000. Please call (415) 924-3739 or email: margrit@earthlink.net.
CATALINA 22 SWING KEEL. Mainsail it new just b over¬ storm work hauled ee at and rj it22> Web; $250( j
SANTANA 20 #338.1977 hull, new 1997 gelcoat bottom, faired keel and rudder. Full set practice sails, full set new 2002 North sails. Lightweight aluminum trailer. Grekt sport boat or fun cruiser. Call Butch (209) 551-2813. CAL 20. $1,100/OBO. Many extras, very nice. Sausalito. Needs very little work to start your racing or overnight adventures. Trades considered. Call (415) 331-5251.
CATALINA 25,1977. Fantastic deal, must sell. New mast, standing and running rig¬ ging. Rigged for solo cruising: Roller jib, autopilot, ground tackle, cruising spinna¬ ker, marine radio, AM/FM/cassette, gimbaled brass lamp, 2 batteries plus charger, water tank, pump head, holding tank, icebox and sink, fenders. Cockpit stays warm and dry with dodger and weather cloth. Honda outboard: 7.5 hp 4stroke. Other gear included. Berkeley berth. Sleeps 5. $4,700/obo. Photo avail¬ able via email: nick1on1@aol.com or call (510) 287-9456.
IRWIN 25 WITH 1977 CALKINS TRAILER, motor, radio telephone, compass, depthfinder, three sails, bimini cover, hinged mast step. Shoal draft, fixed keel, centerboard. Sleeps 6. Moored on Folsom Lake, Sacramento, CA area. $7800. Call (916) 780-0273 or email: davisr@csus.edu. PEARSON 26 SLOOP, 1976. 4 sails, many extras. 9.9 hp Honda O/B recently tuned, 4 years old, approx. 50 hours en¬ gine time. Bottom paint 2002. Very good condition. $4,500. Call (707) 645-9257 or email: TedRogers@covad.net. SUN YACHT 27,1978. Yanmar 8 inboard diesel, spinnaker, genoa, depthfinder, ra¬ dio. Good condition. $10,000/obo. Sierra Point Marina, Pier 5, Space 30, Garruda. Please call L. Aronson (650) 941-7757 or A. Ditlow (408,) 997-7340 or email: LAronsonMD@aol.com.
MacGREGOR 26,1991. Excellent condi¬ tion. Electric start 9.9 hp Evinrude, fishfinder, stereo CD, charging system. Bottom paint, trailer, full canvas cover. Lots of gear, plus the most beautiful slip in the Berkeley Marina. $9,500. Call (916) 933-2729 or (503) 547-8623 or email: dragonflytrips@yahoo.com.
CATALINA 27,1975. Excellent condition, well maintained, bright gelgoat. Single¬ hander’s dream. Harken self-tacking jib, lines led aft, lazyjacks, jib downhaul. Autohelm, depthsounder, compass. New bottom 2003. Upgraded traveler. Lifelines. Dependable Atomic 4 inboard. Nice inte¬ rior, stereo, BBQ, propane stove, enclosed head. Life jackets and up-to-date flares. Two batteries, 15 amp charger, all electri¬ cal works fine. Ready to sail. I love this boat but have to sell. Sausalito berth. $9,000/obo. Call (415) 362-8262 or (415) 472-4811. THREE ERICSON 27s. Two with diesels and one with Atomic 4. Roller furler, sails are in good shape. $15,000/obo. Moving up to larger boat. Call (510) 459-8606 for information.
MacGREGOR 26X, 2000.50 hp 4-stroke. Upgrades throughout cockpit and cabin. Compass, depth, single line reefing, dual ' batteries, water tank, 2 jibs, bimini, swim ladder. Dry sailed, and rigged for 15 r O’DAY 25,1978. Sea of Cortez veteran. minute setup. In great shape, and just' New Doyle mainsail, new rigging, new batteries, shore power and battery $19,900. Call (707) 586-9505. charger. VHF, depthsounder, Loran. Sleeps 5. Honda 9.9 long shaft electric VERTUE 25. Classic Laurent Giles de¬ start. Tandem-axle trailer with stainless sign. Sail #138. Aries II. Solidly built of teak steeRorakes. $8,500. Call (408) 378-7623. in 1956 by Cheoy Lee Shipyard. Good condition. Regularly sailed on SF Bay. Sails and outboard. $11,500. Peter (510) 654-5578 (hm) or (415) 973-22B6 (wk) or email: pxo2@pge.com.
NEWPORT 28,1981 .Yanmar diesel, new North sails, new standing rigging, owner motivated. $12,500. Call (650) 964-8901.
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NEWPORT 28, 1974. Newly rebuilt Atomic 4. New deck hardware. New hal¬ yards and vang. Spinnaker gear. Sleeps 5. Great boat for SF Bay. $7,000. Berthed in Emeryville. Call (315) 268-0237.
Wheel steering, speed/depth, VHF, Honda 9.9 with electric start, custom trailer. Cock¬ pit cushions, canvas package, custom curtains, rigid vang, whisker pole, solar panel. Custom deck organizers and rope clutches. Many other upgrades and extras. $23,300. Call (916) 359-2684. \
O’DAY 27. Sausalito berth. Yanmar 8 hp diesel, runs great. Nice, clean, roomy. Depthfinder, VHF, stove, sink, icebox, etc. Flexible partnership possible, $100/month. Price negotiable. $7,700. Trades consid¬ ered. Call (415) 331-5251.
HOTFOOT 27. Great fast race boat. Newer Pineapple sails, Nissan 8 hp out¬ board, Lewmar winches, Autohelm auto¬ pilot. Needs wash, wax and wood trim varnished. Fast Sale needed. Sacrifice at $7,500. Call Mike (707) 554-8118 or email for pictures: mkpeery@ix.netcom.com.
nette model, tiller. A 4 needs exhaust or 5 hp Tohatsu. New upholstery. $4,000. Also, Lancer 27 motorsailer. 25 hp Johnson, wheel, autopilot, roller furling, nice. $4,000. (510) 347-2344 (voice mail).
ERICSON 27,1972. $8,900/OBO. Berke¬ ley. Very clean, well maintained. Over¬ hauled Atomic 4, 6 sails, new boom, new mainsail cover, new exhaust. $400 stereo, EPIRB, VHF and much, much more. De¬ tails at: <home.comcast.net/~ericson27> Please call (510) 215-1046 or email: ericson27@attbi.com.
ing and cruising. North Sails, main, jib and spinnaker. New Honda 4-stroke, low mile¬ age. Teak floors and a lot of new up¬ grades. Baja Ha-Ha ready. $10,500/obo. Call (209) 525-9156.
Berkeley Marina. Hull and keel reinforced. Full set of cruising sails, main, genoa, storm, standard 100%. 1999 UK Sails rac¬ ing set, main, #1 and #2. Two spinnankers, .75, Quantum and practice. New, 1 sea¬ son, Honda 2 hp motor, stored inside. Autotiller, WAAS enabled. Brand new VHF. Other various items, rigid vang in¬ cluded, extra life vests, AM/FM, tape deck, two winch handles. To view please call (415) 999-9135.
Beach Harbor. Gary Mull design. Nissan 8 hp outboard in great condition. Roller furling. New canvas, North Beach, Pier 40. Two-speed winches. 2000 bottom job, SF Boat Works. VHF, depthsounder, Auto¬ helm. BBQ and lots of extras. Spinnaker. Great boat, but we are moving up. $5,200/ obo. Call Art (510) 701-4562 or email: bigfatzin@aol.com.
MacGREGOR 26, 1994. Trailer, 9.9 Evinrude outboard, all lightly used. Kept in dry storage. Lots of extras go with boat. $8,500. Call (714) 377-7893.
28-FT HAWKFARM. Top performer ready to win races now. New engine, paint, elec¬ tronics, lifelines, wiring, hitech tapered sheets. Lots of like new sails, rare fiber¬ glass/teak interior, brighter interior. Incred¬ ibly fair underbody, nice upholstery. Tough, fast boat. $16,000. Call Dan (510) 521-7172. SANTANA 27. Fast hull, Johnson 9 hp outboard, 3 various size sails, reefable main. Spacious galley with stove. Head and water with holding tanks. Hull and rig¬ ging in good shape. Dinghy with mast and sail. Sleeps six. Located Sacramento Marina. Asking $6,000. (916) 728-4629 or (916) 247-4668.
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MOORE 30. One of five built. Please email: claussent@compuserve.com or call (530) 583-9420.
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1929 BIRD, GREY GOOSE, #10. Proven race winner, ready to go. Recent survey, good condition, new 8 hp outboard, two mains, jib, spinnaker. Must sell. $7,500. Email: greygoosel 0@hotmail.com or call (510) 520-4660.
RAWSON 30. Must sell this stout cruiser. Great liveaboard, beautiful interior. Fully insulated, wood lined. Propane, sniffer, diesel, 3 batteries, autopilot, bilgepumps, BBQ, holding tank, mast restepped and painted, stereo,TV, good ground tackle, enlarged dinette. A steal at $10,500. Call (415) 731-8194.
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NEWPORT 30,1974. Atomic 4 runs great. Hauled 4/03, new LPU and bottom. 22-lb Bruce anchor, 200-ft rode. VHF, depth, stereo, propane stove. 9-ft inflatable, 9 hp outboard. Needs mast. $5,200/obo. Call (650) 504-5806.
COLUMBIA 8.7, 1978. Excellent condi¬ tion, ready for cruising. Alan Payne de¬ sign and lots of nice upgrades. 5 sails, hard dodger, solar charger, radar, propane stovp/oven, teak interior, new upholstery 2000, 15 hp Yanmar. $18,000. Call (925) 228-6102. PEARSON 30,1973. Excellent condition. Roller furling jib, new interior, new stand¬ ing and running rigging. Lines back to cockpit. Strong Atomic 4 with freshwater system electronic ignition. DS, VHS, au¬ topilot, recent survey. Trade for boat with wheel steering. $13,500. (707) 696-8106 or email: ed@worldcooperage.com.
CAL 9.2,1981. Sloop, fin keel, spade rud¬ der, tiller. Universal 11 hp diesel, 2 jibs. Clean, teak bulkhead and interior trim. VHF, depthsounder, BBQ. $15,000. Call (408) 285-5755. '
RAWSON 30 KETCH, 1962. Atea. Two circumnavigations already. Westerbeke diesel, ten sails, fiberglass dinghy, tillermaster. Navik windvane, roller jib. Documented. Needs TLC. $8,000/ono. Located Cape Canaveral, FL. Call Bob Bryson (321) 636-8637 (after 8pm EST). HUNTER 30, 1979. Hauled 11/02, new bottom paint and zincs. Yanmar diesel, asymmetric with sleeve, new seat cush¬ ions, VHF, AM/FM radio, galley, hot wa¬ ter heater, wheel steering, club jib. Bat¬ tery charger and more. $15,500/obo. Call Maury (916) 421-4073. LANCER 30 SLOOP, 1979. Good live¬ aboard. Full canvas, new radio, must sell. $10,500. Call (925) 828-6634.
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ERICSON 30 Mk II, 1978. Monitor windvane, R/F. New head and H/T. Inflat¬ able with outboard. Great condition. $12,000/obo. Call (650) 506-2729 (days) or (650) 593-9402 (eves).
31-FT STEEL SLOOP, 1995. Brent Swain design, Canadian built. Tough, go any¬ where vessel. Twin bilge keels, skeg-hung rudder. Stout Volvo Penta diesel. Beauti¬ ful knotty pine interior. New Beirig Camberspar self-tending jib. $27,900. Please call (415) 717-0731 or email: loren_sprehsqn@yahoo.com.
MERIT 25,1984. Sally Jean. $7,500/obo.
RANGER 26, 1972. Allons-y. South
Stove, life vests, 2 sets of sails. Autohelm, radio, fishfinder. 10 hp Yamaha outboard. Berthed Oakland. Showers, cable TV. Dan (415) 751-1370 or (415) 809-3586 (pgr).
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ERICSON 30, 1968. 3 mainsails, 4 jibs, gennaker, spinnaker, autopilot. All lines, including jiffy reef led aft. 13 hp Albin in¬ board. Great Bay/Delta cruiser or liveaboard. Stove, BBQ, fridge, stereo, TV, VHF, GPS. <http://nature.berkeley.edu/ ~lmisson/valkyrie.htm> $6,000. Please call (510) 520 4470.
MacGREGOR 26X, 1997. Roller furling, cruising spinnaker, GPS, compass, VHF, fishfinder, depth. 30 amp AC, extra bat¬ tery, large wheel, Yamaha 50 hp 4-stroke. Trailer with spare tire, more. $17,900. Please call (408) 732-8163 or email: jeffrey.r.olmstead@juno.com for detailed equipment list.
CATALINA 27, 1975. $5,000. Roomy.
Moeller. Larch on oak. Good condition but keel detached. $550. Call (415) 668-3820 (after 7 pm). ^
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ISLANDER 28, 1977. Smooth running Atomic 4. Roller furling. Wheel steering. Spinnaker gear. Lines led aft. Folding prop. Call (415) 663-1550.
9.9 engine. VHF, digital speed, depth. In¬ verter, charger, CD with changer. Legal head. Great sailboat. $3,000/obo. JeanPaul (707) 291-2566.
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ATKINS 25 CUTTER, 1989. Black fiber¬ glass hull with mahogany house is very striking. Bronze hatch and portlights. Great pocket cruiser. Inboard Volvo diesel, sink, stove, Porta-Potti. Cutter rigged. Bruce anchor and Lewmar winches. $10,500 Call (510) 206-1370.
PEARSON 26, 1975. 4-stroke Yamaha
PEARSON 26,1976. Clean, comfortable, ready to sail. Evinrude 9.9 electric start, 1978, recently sen/iced. Nearly new main, three headsails, custom cockpit cushions, VHF, head, sink, dinette, pristine interior. Boat maintained to Pearson standards. $5,900/obo. Please call (415) 221-6467.
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RUSTLER 31, 1968. 8-ton cutter. New Westerbeke, 110/12 wiring, rigging, cush¬ ions. Classic plastic with Monitor windvane, radar tower and other very se¬ rious bluewater equipment. $25,000. Ly¬ ing Vallejo. Call (775) 849-3441 or email: rchaires@unr.edu. CAL 3-30,1975. Builder Jensenmar. New dodger. Interior in great condition $13,000. Call (415) 435-2619.
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ISLANDER BAHAMA 30,1980. Excellent condition, must see. Wheel, Volvo diesel, roller furling, autopilot, dodger, VHF, etc. Many more extras/upgrades, recent bot¬ tom job. Located SF. $21,900. For more info call (650) 298-9043 or email: thomasodenwald@yahoo.com.
PEARSON 30,1975. In great shape. Fast and fun. Atomic 4, VHF, GPS, depth, speed. Sails: 90,150, gennaker, 2 mains with jiffy reef, all good condition. New: Batteries, bottom, prop shaft, running rig¬ ging and extras. $10,500. Please call Matt (510) 847-2778.
ERICSON 29, 1976. Very clean, well maintained. Epoxy bottom, wheel, new interior upholstery, head, tall rig, Harken furling. Roomy, strong, fast boat. Rebuilt Atomic 4 engine, sleeps 5, BBQ, canvas covers, knot, depth. Berth available. $14,500. Call (408) 377-1902.
PEARSON COASTER 30,1968. SF Ma¬ rina slip. $25,000. Beautiful solid boat. Full keel, tillered, dodger, 12 hp diesel. 2 sets sails. Sleeps 6. Please call (415) 845-8024 or email: capnocapn@excite.com.
FISHER 30 MOTORSAILER. Complete refinish / refit. See Website for details: <http://www.fisherlionheart.net/> Price reduced. Call (408) 398-4057.
YANKEE 30 Mk III, 1974. Tall rig. Great S&S design. Mexico vet. Harken roller furler, Atomic 4, new standing rigging, etc. Call (831)427-2583.
CATALINA 30,1978. Yanmar diesel, 10+ bags sails, main in good shape. Traditional layout. Tiller, VHF, GPS, depthsounder. $18,800. Call (925) 687-4479.
ERICSON 30, 1969. Yanmar 20GMF, newer upholstery and wood below. 5 sails, autopilot, tiller, dinette, white hull, light blue deck trim. Alameda. $9,000. Call (510) 347-2344 (voice mail).
SOVEREL 33. Fast boat. Tiller, fingertip
32 TO 35 FEET HOBIE 33, HULL #31. New: Bottom 7/03, standing rigging 11/02, 8 hp Honda 4stroke 2000, inside and cockpit cushions 2001. Sails: 2 mains, class and PHRF: 100,135, two 155s, staysail drifter, .5 and .75 spinnakers. Hull, deck and interior ex¬ cellent. $19,500/obo. Call (949) 673-1350.
ISLANDER 32,1963. Fiberglass. No en¬ gine. 3 anchors, windlass, 3’ bowsprit, dodger, 4 headsails. Autopilot, Aries vane, recent turnbuckles and wire. Reballasted. Freezer, oven, 2 fuel tanks, holding tank, battery charger, Ikw generator, etc. $11,000. All cash offers considered. (310) 497-8232. BENETEAU 32s5,1989. Second owner. Hauled, bottom painted, engine serviced in 2002. Roller furling jib, refrigeration, hot water heater, leather wheel, CD stereo, VHF, depth, speed, compass, etc. Great boat for SF Bay. $49,500. (415) 433-0900.
CAL 29. Great boat at an incredible price. Black hull, mainsail in great shape with 5 other sails including a beautiful spinnaker. Interior includes blond-teak finish, stove. Needs some topside aesthetics and en¬ gine work. $5,500/obo. (805) 649-1960.
RAWSON 30,1965. $32,000 in extensive upgrades. Dealership installed 27 hp Yanmar diesel with prop, shaft and cou¬ pling. Awlgrip topsides light grey with royal blue. Teak rails. New interior. New elec¬ tric manual head system, holding tank, water heater, shower. New lighting throughout. New Lexan windows, VHF, 4 sails, wheel steering. New sail cover. Coast Guard documented. Slight hull dam¬ age that has been repaired. See to ap¬ preciate. Asking $17,500. (415) 332-2465 or (415) 271-7483._ CHEOY LEE BERMUDA 30 KETCH. Sausalito. Teak hull, copper rivets. Hauled, painted and surveyed this spring. Boat in good condition. Price reduced to $9,500 because engine is cranky. Leave message at (415) 246-3900 or email: edsangster@aol.com.
HUNTER 31, 1987. Recent survey, bot¬ tom job, varnish, new interior cushions. Professionally maintained. Three jibs, in¬ cluding self-tending. Vfarken primaries. All lines led aft, including two reef sets. Low hour Yanmar diesel. Roomy cabin. $26,000. Call (510) 521-0967. NEWPORT 30,1985. Horizon 900 wind¬
ERICSON 30+, 1984. New bottom paint, great condition above and below water¬ line. Universal 18diesel, roller furling, teak interior,-sleeps 6, 25 gal fuel, 43 gal wa¬ ter, pressure hot/cold. CQR, 2 Danforths, windlass, more. See <www.geocities.com/ ericsonforsale> $28,000. (858) 459-6832 or email: kaukoe@juno.com.
lass, full dodger, bimini, jiffy reefing. All lines color coded led aft. Secondary, pri¬ mary winches for spinnaker. Autopilot, rebuilt Atomic 4, 3-blade cruising propel¬ ler, split backstay, full wind instrumenta¬ tion, depthfinder, headstay furler. Sleeps 6, 3-burner propane stove/oven. $9,000/ firm. Phone/fax (831) 462-6359 or email: Hawkpcl @prodigy.net.
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J/105 #16,1992. This boat is in the con¬ dition of a brand new 105, but at $60k dis¬ count. 2002: All possible class-legal race upgrades performed in $30k refit. Fresh¬ water boat until 1999. Beautiful new Awlgrip Majestic, dark blue topsides and faired bottom. 1999 rig. 2002 never used North Sharkskin main and 3DL jib. Just finished 7 coats varnish on toe rails. Autohelm ST-50 integrated instruments and autopilot with 2 Maxview mast dis¬ plays. All new tapered halyards, sheets, lines. Wheel package. Recent major en¬ gine inspection and service, belts, filters, oil, etc. This is the deal of the century on a beautiful, immaculately maintained, race-ready J/105. Asking $105,000, Sale b/c I no longer live in SF. (530) 583-8484 or email: christophersnideman@yahoo.com.
ended 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.
WESTSAIL 32, 1977. Late model #726. Most structural improvements done. New Volvo 40 hp diesel and MaxProp in 1999. Radar, Monitor vane and more. Needs new dodger. Very clean below. Located Berkeley. $47,500/obo. Call for details (916)722-6300.
SANTANA 35, 1979. Picaroon. Proven racer and cruiser, Mexico and back. 6 headsails, 2 mains, 3 spinnakers. Great Bay boat with good bottom. Berthed Sausalito. $29,000. Mike (415) 388-3168.
BRISTOL 35, 1973. Classic cruiser, in great condition, berthed in Emeryville. $35,000/firm. (415) 706-8500 if interested. ERICSON 35 Mk II, 1970. Great sailer. Comfortable, liveable. Mahogany interior, teak brightwork. Proven coastal cruiser. „ $21,500. San Diego. Come sail me. Call X-YACHT 33, 1985, X-102. Well ap¬ (760) 436-9991. pointed racer/cruiser with full teak interior, 2 double plus 5 single berths, enclosed RAFIKI 35, 1977. Beautiful cruiser. All head, propane stove/oven, forced air teak interior, like new. Sun/eyed and bot¬ heater,.newer Yanmar diesel, many rac¬ tom painted 2001.23 hp Volvo diesel, 505 ing and cruising sails. Located Seattle. hours. Hard top dodger. VHF, depth, Lo$39,900. Call (206) 979-8290 or email: ran. 6 sails, new main. Sleeps 6.>>Health Madam_X_102@hotmail.com. forces sale: $41,000. (510) 537-2858 or email: geobu@comcast.net.
20 hours on Nissan motor. $2,500. Call (415) 331-6333.
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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, lazyjacks, icebox, microwave, CD/radio, VHF, self-tailing winches, 2 anchors. Po¬ tential charter business. $79,500/obo. Call (408) 480-3537. ATKINS / ARCHER ERIC 32. Double-
PEARSON TRITON 28.5. Complete re¬ hab. Volvo diesel with partial rebuild. Awlgrip paint. Barrier coat. New rudder shaft and bushings, cutlass bearing, win¬ dows, handrails, fuel tank, wiring, engine beds, etc. Interior refinished. Much more. Boat 95% done. Finished boat $16,000. (415) 457-3524.
control at 15 knots of boat speed. OYRA winner, Pacific Cup class winner 1996. Complete refit for that race: Instruments, electronics, rigging, wiring, new bulletproof rudder, head. Nav station, cooler, single burner stove, Yanmar, many sails, 15/16 rig, open transom. Race ready for offshore or Bay. West Coast built, only 10 made. Too many features to list. Do circles around other boats with just the main up. Major refit in fall, 2002: New topsides, stanchions, bottom job. Ready to race or cruise. Asking $33,500. (925) 606-6560.
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recaulked and refastened. Pressure hot water with new plumbing. New rigging, chainplates, genoa tracks, and bowsprit which need assembling - price negotiable on who assembles. Factory built, custom interior, lots of light below. $45,000/obo. (510) 233-3561.
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.
CATALINA 34, 1989. Great condition, cruise ready. Many new items, radar, cruise spin, spin pole, full batten main, bot¬ tom paint, bimini, wiring, battery monitor, cockpit canvas. 8-ft dinghy, 8 hp O/B, 4man liferaft. Many spares. A/P ST4000 CD, TiV/VCR, 3 anchors. $56,000. Call (650) 969-5248.
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Race or cruise. This boat has been com¬ pletely restored with new LPU on topsides, new two-tone deck and non-skid, new bottom, faired keel and rudder. New win¬ dows and hatches, new cushions, new winches and more. This boat is absolutely beautiful. Complete with: Two Kevlar mains, three Kevlar headsails, .75 and 1.2 oz spinnakers, ^11 in good condition or better, many other sails included. Electron¬ ics: Complete KVH system with Brain, NMEA, and Race unit with 4 bulkhead repeaters and 1 large masthead unit, in¬ terfaced Garmin GPS, TillerPilot, new VFIF and Pioneer stereo/CD changer. New Spectra and Vectran running rigging. New head. 15 hp Volvo diesel with new Martec folding prop. $39,900. Please call Joel (415) 999-1019.
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PEARSON 34, 1984. Good looking coastal cruiser. Well maintained and clean. Roller furling jib, dodger, lines led aft, autopilot, fridge, Universal M-25 die¬ sel, 450 amp/hr battery capacity and start¬ ing battery. $49,000. Call (831) 464-2960 or email: kordeen@hotmail.com. BRISTOL 33, 1979. New atomic 4, bot¬ tom paint, battery, wiring. Full headroom, alcohol stove/oven. H/C pressure water, shower. Large cockpit, wheel steering. 4 Barient 22s plus lots of other good stuff. $22,500. Call (408) 254-2088 or fax (408) 254-2087. C&C 32,1982. Diesel, excellent condition. Survey and bottom paint 4/03. $32,500. Call (916) 731-8505.
cruiser. Cowabunga. Standing headroom boat with large cockpit, open transom, low hours on new Kubota diesel. Lots of per¬ formance and cruising sails. First in Delta Ditch, then went cruising. Second in Jazz Cup, then went cruising. Updated running rigging, two anchors, updated canvas, electronics, stereo, GPS. Located Stockton Sailing Club. Asking $42,500/obo. Please call (209) 955-0660 or email: firesail@comcast.net.
SANTANA 35,1979. Excellent condition. This is one Of the best Santana 35s ever to sail on SF Bay. Equipped to go racing, and nicely appointed for Bay cruising. Very desirable slip in San Francisco. $33,500. Call Allison (510) 337-2870. 1977 HANS CHRISTIAN CUTTER, radar, GPS, depth, knotlog, AM/FM/CD changer, Monitor windvane, propane stove/oven, fireplace. Fresh Yanmar, new tanks, rig¬ ging, lifelines, electric windlass, etc. $50,000/obo. Dave (805) 570-9883 or email: svdaedalus@yahoo.com. PEARSON VANGUARD 32, 1963. Uni¬ versal diesel, new standing and running rigging, roller furling, excellent sails, solar panel, windlass, autopilot. Mexico vet. $21,500. (805) 658-1507 or (805) 983-1366.
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CATALINA 34, 1986. All new in 1999/ 2000: Factory interior cushions, Lewmar port lights, lOOOw charger/inverter, 4 sixvolt batteries plus remote for starting, ra¬ dar, GPS, AP, wind instrument. Jib, spin¬ naker, CD, VHF with remote mic, water heater, dodger, shade bimini. Low hours on Universal diesel. Currently in dry dock in La Paz, Mexico. Asking $59,000. Con¬ tact by phone until Oct. 14: (916) 354 2852 or email: mikejackie@ranchomurieta.org after that. Can have sea trial in Sea of Cortez after Oct. 17.
ESPRIT 37,1978. Bob Perry design, Nor¬ dic built. Great bluewater cruising boat or family boat. Many upgrades and lots of equipment. Photos and info at Website: <www.flyingcloud9.com> $92,000. Call (415) 250-3592.
ENDEAVOUR 37 SLOOP, 1979. 12-ft beam, 4.5-ft draft, modified fin keel. Perkins 4-108 diesel with 50 gal tank. 100 gals water, H/C pressure, 3-burner stove, refer. Monitor windvane, single sideband. $38,000. Call David King (661) 619-1049.
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CATALINA 380,1999. LOADED. Ready to go. Looks brand new and immaculate inside. For details call (623) 322-4948 or (623) 670-0704 (cell). For list of equipment go to: <www.geocities.com/dboat321> Bargain price $160,000/obo. No brokers please.
equipped with too many upgrades to list. $74,000. Call Mike (415) 203-2106.
SHANNON 37 KETCH, 1987. Immacu¬ late, semi-custom 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 and much more. Cruising ready. $165,000. See Website: <www.gypsyreport.com> (415) 793-7224 or email: kitcody@yahoo.com.
WESTSAIL 32, 1973. Factory finished, Volvo MD3B, windvane, solar panels, depth, VHF, bimini, awning, GPS. More info at <http://www.icgrowth.com/amable> $33,500/obo. Call (415) 336-6050.
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BENETEAU FIRST 35s5, 1991. Docu¬ mented. Loaded. Racer/cruiser hull by Jean Berret. Rare mahogany/marble/met¬ als Philippe Starck interior. 27 hp Volvo diesel. Autohelm ST instruments, radar, autopilot, Loran, GPS, VHF, Sony CD/MD changer. Custom North Beach marine canvas interior, HMC mattress, new Bottomsiders. IBM Thinkpad with NavTrek linked fo boat, near mint 10-ft Zodiac Fastroller, Johnson 8 hp outboard. Turn¬ key sailing. See photos at Website: <homepage.mac.com/powerjack/ maxone> $75,000. (415) 732-6189.
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. Awesome 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 USVI. Easy dockwise delivery to West Coast available. Seriously for sale $78,500. Of¬ fers considered. (340) 715-1550 or email: svpollybrooks@yahoo.com.
ALAJUELA 38 CUTTER. Professionally custom built, offshore cruising yacht in Seattle. See photos/specs at Website: <www.dicksyacht.com> Please call (808) 781-5573 (cell).
CHALLENGER 35 KETCH. Loaded for cruising. Excellent liveaboard, roomy, cozy. Full keel, 55 hp diesel, 100+ gals water, VHF, single side band, below-deck autopilot, Monitor wind vane, 24-mile Furuno radar, charger, H/C water, stereo, offshore liferaft and more. $35,000. Call (510)757-5815. '/ WYLIE 34 Mk III, 1980. R/F, 16 hp Yanmar,
36 TO 39 FEET UNION P6LARIS 36. Cru'se equipped including radar, SSB/Ham, solar panels, electric windlass, RIB, new refrigerator and lots of spares. Health problems cut short the cruise. Knowledgeable buyer knows quality of construction and sea worthiness. Very well maintained. Priced for sale by owner. Please email: Sailingman68@yahoo.com.
WATKINS 36,1982. Center cockpit sloop.
HUNTER LEGEND 37, 1988. Meticu¬ lously maintained. Hauled 4/03. North sails. Full batten main. Upgraded rigging. Yanmar 30 hp, low hours, serviced 7/03. Large owner’s stateroom with centerline queen bed. USCG Auxiliary safety in¬ spected. Liveaboard or cruise with confidence. $69,500. Call (415) 269-4901.
CAL 39, $65,000. Perkins 4-108,6 bags sail, dinghy, 8 hp outboard, radar, S&L windlass, liferaf}, boom brake vang, dodger, Lee cloths, canopy. This circum¬ navigator has lots more gear. Please call (805) 801-5397 (cell) or (805) 528-7332.
Pearson 365 ketch, bluewater vet. Has too many upgrades to list including newish self-furling, transmission, plumbing, ref, sails, halyards, Garmin GPS, compass, etc. $52,500. Call Pam (831) 689-9487.
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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.
now located in San Carlos, Mexico. $10,000 of upgrades. Radar ar<5h, solar panels, new mainsail, 2 headsails and drifter, full enclosure, electric head and lots of other stuff. $59,000. (510) 828-7901.
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CT 38 SLOOP, 1984. Swan lookalike. ST 3000, new dodger with bimini, teak deck, cockpit cushions. New Nav instruments, DF. KM, WD, WS. Lines led aft, 150 furler, new main with extra sails. New radar, VHF, GPS, lifesling, EPIRB, 2-speed winches, electric windlass. 35-lb CQR with chain, inverter/charger, lazyjacks, rigid boomvang, Garhauer blocks. New epoxy bottom 2902. Spinnaker, beautiful teak interior, Adler-Barbour, microwave, CD, electric head with shower, boat cover, many extras. $65,000. Real estate equity/ collectible car trade. Steve Scott (916) 485-8797.
BLUEWATER 38 KETCH. Ingrid Prin¬ cess. Circumnavigated. Meticulously maintained. Total refit. Spare parts galore. Nordic 9 sailing dinghy, Avon roll-up. Lo¬ cated Central Oregon Coast. Presently hauled. $90,000. (541) 902-0586 or email: sslough@oregonfast.net for details and equipment list.
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used. Pathfinder diesel, 5 sails, below deck autopilot, new inflatable, much more. Original owner’s manual, all records. Call or email for photos, list of all equipment. Located San Pedro. $45,000. Rudy (310) 546-1802 or salinfool@earthlink.net.
SEAFARER 38, 1974. Hawaii vet. Ove¬ rboard berth. Documented. Perkins 4-108 diesel 36 hp. Stove, refrigeration, tub, shower. Barient winches, 3 sails. Genoa^ main roller reefing. VHF, depthsounder, Aries self steering. Recent haulout. Needs TLC. $15,000. Call (408) 258-8485/ or email: bom@ix.netcom.com.
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UNION 36, 1988. Robert Perry design. One owner yacht, bristol condition, lying Alameda. Rolling furling, autopilot, elec¬ tronics, liferaft, inflatable with engine, fuel polishing, water filtration, dodger with bimini. Hawaii veteran. Owners moving up. $98,000. Email: tilligo@charter.net or call (775) 358-3426. GLOBE 38 KETCH, 1983. Here's your opportunity to own your own vacation des¬ tination and means of adventure in the beautiful San Juan Islands, WA. Fantasea is a superbly built and maintained bluewater sailing vessel moored in Friday Har¬ bor. $78,000. Call (360) 378-4067 or email: wmar@interisland.net.
A/P, CNG stove/oven, holding tank. New in 2002: Bottom, triducer, thruhulls, rudder bear¬ ings, dripless stuffing box, folding prop, cutless, cushions, bilge pumps, LPU. Many sails/spinnakers. Fast is fun. $35,000. Call (831)335-2823.
Built in Hong Kong, 1968.13-ftbeam, 7-ft headroom below with hardwood interior. 50 hp Volvo Penta diesel engine. Bam¬ boo baton sails. Enclosed poop deck. All teak hull. Full galley, bathtub and shower, separate sleeping compartment. Sleeps six. Priced to sell $18,000. See photos/ specs at Website: <www.cyberthis.com/ junk> Call (415) 225-4722.
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autopilot, Raytheon radar, Loran, davits, 10-ft Avon, 9.9 hp outboard. Dodger plus full canvas. CQR, Bruce, Danforth. 1/01 new standing rigging, roller furler and jib. 7/03 new main. 155% genoa. Life Sling. Brightwork and cabin floor refinished 6/03. Teak cockpit floor and tahle, cockpit cush¬ ions, microwave, AM/FM/CD/cassette, TV, clock, barometer, Adler-Barbour re¬ frigerator, new water heater, 3 batteries, Dripless packing. Universal 35 hp diesel 1,450 hours with regular maintenance. $69,500. Call (916) 635-8836.
Racer, cruiser, circumnavigator. Complete refit, loads of gear, tons of spares, excel¬ lent condition. $40,000. (619) 254-7322 or email: svsara@hotmail.com.
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. $19,000. Call (650) 726-5425.
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PACIFIC SEACRAFT 37. Baja Ha-Ha and Mexico vet. Over 100K in recent upgrades. Currently in San Carlos. Will deliver/truck as required. Ready to cruise anywhere. $139,000. Email Robert: wcf6537@ sailmail.com or shermanandleslie@ sailspirithealer.com.
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Mexico vet. Liveaboard equipped. Com¬ plete cockpit enclosure. $58,000 firm, as is.Priced to move quickly. Berthed Sausalito. Call (707) 338-2999.
40 TO 50 FEET TAYANA 42CC CUTTER, 1985. Many upgrades over last 4 years. New standing rigging, headsails and hard dodger, etc. Rated Ocean Unlimited. Great condition. $165,000. For full specs and current sur¬ vey report, call (510) 530-0460 or email: Rob.Moore@schwab.com.
CAL RACING 36. Set up for cruising. New: rigging, fiberglass 75 gal fuel tank, bottom job 7/03. Experienced: Yanmar 30, Aries vane, Cetec pilot, roller, dodger, electric head, GPS, SSB, VHF, and more. $36,500. Call Don (831) 596-2903 or Dave (510) 253-5883.
CASCADE 36, 1977. Aft cabin, cutter rigged. Documented, Volvo diesel, new speed and depth, recent survey. Needs some TLC. $20,000/obo. (415) 250-9485.
37-FT MINI-TURBO SLED MOLDS of Pegasus XIV. Boat just over 5000 pounds total displacement, really. Faster than Santacruz 50 downwind, 30+ knots. Frac¬ tional rig, masthead spinnakers/ asymmetrics/penalty poles. Can help build plus discounts on materials., $6,000. Dan (510) 521-7172.
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Berthed in San Diego. Fully outfitted. Many options. Looking for third and/or fourth partner. Call (858) 837-1128 or email: edandsue@san.rr.com.
ketch. Honolulu. All roller furling, Perkins 4-154, new Simrad autopilot, 406 EPIRB with internal GPS, 6 person Avon liferaft, 9 foot Avon inflatable with 3 hp outboard. Mizzen-mounted wind generator, three lOOw solar panels, 430 amp/hour AGM batteries, Balmar high output alternator. Hot/cold water pressure system, 2 heads/ showers, A/C, Norcold fridge, custom dodger and bimini, full awning, 6'6” headroom throughout. 2002 haulout. $137,000. Website: <http://www.hawaiicity.com/boat/>
vet, 20 gph watermaker, freezer, electric windlass. 2 autopilots, davits, solar pan¬ els, radar, VHF, GPS, Ham, depth, roller furling. Pictures at Website: <http:// home.comcast.net/~sailmakai/ Makai.htm> $69,000. Call (562) 537-7784 or email: sailmakai@hotmail.com.
FORCE 50,1984. Extensive inventory, go anywhere boat. Enclosed cockpit, new Awlgrip and refit in NZ. Great liveaboard, lying Vashon Island, WA, Puget Sound. $189,000. (206) 919-0506 or email: wolczko@yahoo.com. 45-FT STEEL KETCH, 1995. Veteran cruiser, custom built, US documented. Diesel motor, generator, autopilot, SSB, radar, GPS, plotter, more. Great boat, forced to sell. $78,000. Equipment list and photos available. Call (360) 330-0637 or email: svtopless@aol.com for appointment.
RIVAL BOWMAN 49,1984. British built, seakindly, flush deck, center-cockpit ketch. Great liveaboard, proven cruiser. Many recent upgrades. Well equipped, lots of spares. Hauled 7/03. View at <http:/ /luckdragon9.tripod.com/> Located Olym¬ pia, WA. Asking $175,000. (360) 943-9752 or email: herinckxmj@osd.wednet.edu.
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.
VALIANT 40. Presented in 1st class con¬ dition. Lying New Zealand. Hull #18, pre fire-retard problems. Can arrange deliv¬ ery to US extra. Email: hull@xtra.co.nz. KELLY-PETERSON 44, 1979. Cutter WAUQUIEZ AMPHITRITE 43,1982. For sale by owner. Elegant liveaboard. French-built center cockpit with flush deck. This is an exceptional offshore cruising ketch. San Diego. No brokers please. Well below market. $129,000. Call Jack (619) 920-3310 or email: TobinFun@aol.com for photos/details._
rigged, fully cruise equipped. This boat is not meant for a 1 or 2 day outing or local sailing, but made and equipped to cross oceans. Serious inquiries only. $120,000. Call (818) 364-2720 for details.
ISLAND TRADER 46, 1983. Most com¬ fortable sailing liveaboard you will come across. A 3-time Mexico veteran that has recently been refitted with custom, all-alu¬ minum taller rigging. Unlike a stock Island Trader, this one sails well. New sails, shrouds, turnbuckles and 10 coats of West Systems below the waterline. Custom re¬ modeled salon with new cushions, uphol¬ stery and carpets. Very roomy aft cabin. A new boat for used price. $169,000. Call (619) 987-6440 orjb@rangerusa.com.
LIBERTY 458,1983.46-ft cutter, aft cabin, den with double bunks, 2 heads, center cockpit, windshield, full enclosure, new Hood Vectran fully battened main with roller furling headsails, diesel heater, washer/dryer, liferaft, watermaker, GPS, SSB, weatherfax, radar and more. See Website: <www.emard.com> $169,900/ firm. Call (415) 383-8122.
CSY 44 CRUISING CUTTER, 1977. Perkins 4-154. Mexico, SoPac vet. Go sailing now, liveaboard? Great boat. Hard dodger, Ham, autopilot, windvane, watermaker, 7 bags, liferaft, electric windlass, custom galley/interior, sailing dinghy, more. SoCal. $79,000. (360) 966-7374 or email: nashira_sail@hotmail.com.
MASON 44, 1988. Luxury cruiser.
44-FT WOODEN. KETCH, 1962. Needs facelift. Otherwise ready to go. All elec- ( tronics, Yanmar 4 cyl diesel, sails and canvas excellent. Tons of spares. All you need is your toothbrush. $25,000. Email: wandergrace@hotmail.com for specs and picture. Located Sea of Cortez.
GULFSTAR 50 STAYSAIL SLOOP. Ma jor refit including: Robertson autopilot, ICOM VHF and M-710 Ham and marine HF radio, Furuno 31-mile radar, Garmin chart plotter, rebuilt mast with new rigging, wiring, paint, rigid vang, roller furling, sails. No blisters. New Kubota generator with 16 gph watermaker, Balmar regulator with 150 amp alt, 2 freezer compressors, Gla¬ cier Bay insulation, radar arch with dav¬ its, Caribe RIB with 15 hp. 10 winches, spares, much more. Great shape. Proven cruiser. Lying Australia. $175,000 US. Email: RBBBJB@hotmail.com for details.
COLUMBIA 50 WITH MOORING. Lying Newport Harbor. Last hull built in Costa Mesa. Pisces 60 diesel, aluminum masts, hull in good condition. Salvageable teak, construction never completed. Mooring taxes and maintenance paid. Accepting offers. Please call (415) 641 -5232 or (415) 572-5995.
Yanmar, MaxProp, 170 fuel, 200 water. B&G instruments, GPS, VHF, SSB, radar, watermaker, Autohelm, engine-driven and 120v Technautics refrigeration, inverter. 6-man Avon liferaft. No blisters. Lying Long Beach. Slip sublet? $220,000.' (714) 840-6650 or email: svmariposa@aol.com.
EXPLORER 45, 1978. Beautiful classic lines, aft-cockpit, worm-gear steering, Awlgrip flag blue topsides and non-skid decks. Constantly upgraded over 14 years, with major refit 1999. Clean. Clean. Clean. Details at <www.Explorer45.com> pr (650) 218-3773._
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CONTESSA 50 CUSTOM WOOD CUTTER. US built, 1969.60 hp Ford, spacious main salon and galley, 3 cabins, center cock¬ pit, refrigeration, autopilot, windvane, wind instruments, hydraulic, windlass. Avon, SSB, liferaft. Bluewater veteran. Lying Hawaii. $80,000. Cal. (808) 220-1847.
price, world cruise equipped. Recent paint, new dodger, bimini, in-cockpit reef and furl, lazyjacks, solid vang, full battened main, Fleming vane. Washer/dryer, 20 gph watermaker, wet bar with ice maker and blender, big fridge/freezer, two heads, Vacu-flush toilet, teak and holly sole. SSB, two VHFs, GPS, radar, weatherfax. 85 hp Perkins, 8 kw Onan, 150 gallons fuel, 250 water, many spares. Alameda. $110,000. Call (408) 377-9126.
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JEANNEAU SUN ODYSSEY 40, 1999. Pac Cup equipped racer cruiser. Ready to world cruise. Three cabin model with full electronics including Raymarine chart plotter with second cockpit display. Windspeed and directional instruments, depthfinder, 24 mile radar and Autohelm, SSB, AM/FM/CD stereo with 4 speakers works cabin/cockpit, VHF with remote, 4 AGM batteries, EPIRB. Eight winches, upgraded standing and running rigging, racing roller furler, two spinnaker poles and upgraded spinnaker track. Electric windlass with 2 anchors and 2 rodes, emergency rudder/tiller. Sails include 2 mains, 3 jibs and 3 spinnakers. Proven offshore boat. More equipment and details provided upon request. $169,000. Call (209) 223-2183 or fax (209) 267-1538.
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ATKINS 40 KETCH, 1954. Hull refas¬ tened in 1996. AC rewired, new Yanmar diesel. Classic interior, mahogany and oak. Master Mariner veteran. Excellent condition. Own a piece of Bay history. (510) 533-8390. HALVORSEN 41. Sistership to Freya 39. Sea kindly world cruiser. Fiberglass hull. Yanmar 44 hp, Aries self-steering. Harken furling jib. Good boat for chartering. Com¬ fortable liveaboard. $65,000. Call (510) 847-7909.
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ISLAND TRADER 46, 1980. Ketch motorsailer, 120 Lehman, 1998 5kw Northernlights 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 live¬ aboard. SF Bay Area. $129,000. Call (650) 598-9890.
SWAN 40, 1984. Immaculate condition, offshore ready. Huge aft stateroom, beau¬ tiful sailing/cruising yacht. Gorgeous flag blue hull. All new everything including teak decks, engine, Spectra sails, rigging and many custom extras. $179,000. Call (360) 340-0959. HUNTER LEGEND 43, 1991. US docu¬ mented. Excellent condition, perfect for liveaboard, 3 rooms, 2 heads with shower, H/C water pressure. Yanmar diesel en¬ gine, original 875 hours. Full bimini with dodger, freezer/refrigerator, microwave, etc. $110,000. Call (408) 926-4361 or email: enrydv@aol.com.
SPIRITDANCER, RARE NORDIC 40 built in Bellingham, WA. Showstopper with new noh-skid, new radar, tridata, repowered. All teak interior, enclosed aft stateroom, custom dodger, custom lighting. Lavac head with holding tank, dinghy with engine. $122,500. Call (949) 500-7286.
CMS 41 CUTTER, 1978. Jay Benford's design, featured in Benford’s Cruising Yachts. 6’10” headroom, 14’ beam. Great liveaboard. Needs work. $45,000 or make offer. Call (510) 769-1758 (eves). CALKINS 40, 1963. Double-ended wooden sloop. Racer/cruiser. Mexico vet¬ eran. Hull in good condition. Rebuilt Volvo Penta diesel, 1999. Recent upgrades in¬ clude exterior and hull. Make offer. Call (415) 332-2060 or (707) 824-6887 or email: groneman@sbcglobal.net. LANCER 40,1984. Huge center cockpit. 2 large staterooms. New 59 hp Volvo Penta 1998. Liferaft, dinghy and motor. 24mile radar/GPS. New bottom paint. This Baja vet makes for excellent liveaboard/ shorthanded cruiser. $62,000/obo, Must sell. Call (415) 215-5121.
ISLAND PACKET 420, 2000. Sistership. Perfect cruising boat. Excellent condition, well maintained, superb IP quality. Cutter rig, safe, easy to sail with transferable war¬ ranty. Radar/chartplotter, WAAS GPS, autopilot, MaxProp, winch and helm can¬ vas, beautiful wood. $345,000/obo. Call (510) 548-3650. CT 41 FIBERGLASS KETCH. Well cared for traditional William Garden design. Spa¬ cious, light and airy interior. Separate stall shower. 6’6” headroom. Robertson auto¬ pilot. New masts. New electrical system. Recent haulout. No brokers. $69,000. (415) 435-0468 or (415) 806-4715 (wknds).
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IRWIN 47 FIBERGLASS KETCH. Fully loaded with electronics, 54 hp Perkins die¬ sel, 2 sets sails, 2 berths, 2 baths. Hauled spring 2003. New hydraulic steering, new prop, shaft, rudder, zincs. Valued: $98K, sell for $69,000. Located Hawaii, trans¬ ferable berth, $394/month. Consider boat in California as part trade. (808) 779-8880. ONE OF A KIND CLASSIC G. DeVRIES 50-ft ketch. Dutch-built steel world cruiser in the tradition of old-world elegance con¬ structed at one of Europe’s finest yards. Built to Lloyd’s highest standards, continu¬ ously well maintained'with newer flush teak decks. Sea kindly motion offering secure, comfortable passages for a couple or small family. Recent survey. $128,000. See Website: <http://geocities.com/ Scaldis2000> (831) 373-7969.
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/105. Keith (415) 771-2660 or email: kbsedwick@hotmail.comf.
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 turbo, 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.
41-FT RHODES BOUNTY II. Red Devil. 1960 fiberglass sloop. Low time Universal M4-30. Mainsail, roller furling, spinnaker, all good condition. Hull justpainted, Spacious teak interior, updated wiring. Perfect for cruising. $39,500. Port Townsend, WA. Call (360) 385-2662 or djwebster99@yahoo.com.
55-FT FIBERSTEEL FERROCEMENT boat with Jenny 671 engine, +/- 5 hours. Bought as bare hull, never completed. Has deck fittings for ketch rigging. $25,000/ obo. Call Frank or Rhenae Dietrich, Owl Harbor Marina (916) 777-6055 for appoint¬ ment to show. 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.
TOPSAIL STAYSAIL SCHOONER, 1943. 72-ft OD, 95-ft LOD. Fir, oak and teak, 121 tons. 1,300 gal water, 600 diesel. Yacht Talofa is the stoutest vessel of her size ever built. Sleeps 10+, great for charter, sail training, or a very comfortable world cruiser. Fantastic livaboard. Available October 2003. $138,000. (415) 331 -3612 or email: daveandrosella@msn.com.
BEAUTIFUL GAFF-RIGGED SCHOONER. Steel, professionally built. Twin 4-71 De¬ troit diesels. Hull 1/4” American steel. Commercial salmon license included. Detailed description of many extras avail¬ able. $125,000. Call (650) 365-3552 or email: trianchor@webtv.net.
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CLASSICS EGG HARBOR 36, 1960. Sport sedan with traditional Down East styling, solid mahogany, repowered, new paint, var¬ nish, counters, upholstery, carpet, electri¬ cal. Recent haulout and survey, cruise 12k. Transferable liveaboard slip with great view of The City. $45,000. Call (510) 910-4565. BRISTOL CHANNEL CUTTER 28,1985. Itchen. Sam Morse #73. Dreamboat. Per¬ fect to singlehand anywhere. Gleaming hull, shining ports, brilliant woodwork, im¬ maculate engine, reworked, refinished, and refurbished yacht. Call Kate (410) 571-2955. 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 $18,000/ob'o. Call (510) 793-7489 (eves) or (510) 410-5688 (days). 1948 CHRIS CRAFT BULL NOSE. Double planked hull, all mahogony, 283 V-8, propane stove and space heater, hot and cold water, new interior. $10,000/obo or rent for $600/month. Also 28-ft Carver, $2,000. Please call (510) 535-0457 or (510) 677-7378.
/ SAMSON 54 FERRO CEMENT SLOOP. New, on land, located in Half Moon Bay, CA. 1985 diesel engine, 200 gals fuel, 150 gals water. Hydraulic steering, windlass. $37,00Q/obo. See at Website: <http:// www.yachtsinmotion.net/Ray’s-Yar'd/ Ray’sYard.htm> For more information call (650) 224-1462.
MULTIHULLS 36-FT TRIMARAN, GOOD CONDITION. All new rigging, new 9.9 Yamaha. Radio, Horizon depth/speed/wind indicators, bright arfy 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.
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VANDYKE 66 CENTER COCKPIT KETCH. All fiberglass, 215 hp Cummins diesel, 2 gensets, aluminum spars, custom hard dodger. 3 staterooms, 2 heads, fireplace, washer/dryer, large fridge/freezer. Lo¬ cated SoCal. $97,500. Will consider smaller trade. Call (310) 266-3994.
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C&C 37/40 XL, 1990. Impeccably main¬ tained, many top quality upgrades, exten¬ sive B&G electronics, large sail inventory, v well equipped for racing/cruising. $149,000. Call (360) 437-9361 or email: duoos@cablespeed.com._
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HOBIE CAT 16, 1986. Rare Red Line model boat. Trailer and sails in excellent condition. This boat very well maintaned and stored for 5 years. Race ready with extra rudders, box and covers. $3,000. Call (831) 475-5095.
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SHARK CATAMARAN. 20' x 10'. By Sailcraft of England. Trailer with box, 9.5 hp, two helm seats, sail covers, new bottom paint. In water, sail away. $4,500. (415) 606-4034 (days) or (415) 897-4034 (eves). CROSS 50 TRI. Proven world cruiser. Recent refit includes new mast, sails, daggerboards, Yanmar, and much more. Sails great, looks great, beautiful interior. See Website: <www.blueotter.com/ boatforsale.htm> $149,000 or $179,000 with sailing business in San Juans. Call (360) 378-4027.
ADMIRAL 47 CRUISING CAT, 1996. Liveaboard 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. $260,000. Please call (415) 383-8122 or email: wemard@edptlaw.com. 38-FT CROWTHER TRIMARAN. Profes¬ sionally constructed using top materials. LPU, epoxy bottom, autopilot, depth, VHF, CQR, very good condition. Hawaii vet. $43,500. Email: llharmen@cs.com or call (510) 797-1324. CROSS 36 TRIMARAN. Well kept, nicely equipped. See Website: <www.ikoiko.net> $50,000/obo. Alhoffers considered. Call (949) 515-3570.
CATANA 44S, 1993. Retired couple just completed 35,000 mile, 5-year voyage, from France to Sacramento. Your turn. Great boat, fully equipped and ready to go. $285,000/obo. See details at Website: <www.Stark.cncdsl.com> or request full data sheet by email: starkconst@aol.com.
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FARRIER F9A, 1992. New Zealand built by Gavin Hall Boatbuilders. Excellent con¬ dition after spending and refitting her to the present beautiful condition. Excellent trailer, definitely an asset. US documented vessel and ready to use with only your imagination as the limitation. A go any¬ where, set up for shorthanded, very fast, low maintenace, family friendly, low heal¬ ing kind of yacht. $105,000. Call (619) 249-7336 or email: billybrennan@aol.com.
NEWICK 36 TRIMARAN, 1986. Carbon fiber main and genoa, two spinnakers, Dacron jib, two anchors and tackle. New Honda 20 hp, very fast and fun. A proven race winner throughout 2002 and 2003. See at <www.supersecret.net> $49,000. Email: john.papa@sun.com or call (714) 774-7310.
MARPLES CONSTANT CAMBER 37 TRI. Mexico/Hawaii vet. Lying Kailua-Kona, HI. New mast, standing rigging 04/01. Engine rebuild 11/02. Autopilot,, watermaker, so¬ lar, inverter, many recent upgrades. Great fast cruiser. $60,000. For full info packet and photos call (808) 896-5054 (wknds) or email: pandjsaline@earthlink.net. CORSAIR 24 Mk II, 2002. All new Calvert sails, spin control kit, high-tech rigging, compass, cushions, AMA hatches, trailer, 5 hp Nissan. Located in the Bay Area. See at Website: <www.offthewind.com> Mike (970) 379-1466 or (970) 945-7999.
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OUTREMER 55L CATAMARAN. Consid¬ ering 4-way partnership for round the globe adventures. Take this beautiful, safe, fast, comfortable 2000 built yacht to the destinations of your dreams. Test sails this winter, west coast Mexico. Web info next month. Email: sailglobe@pacbell.net.
CROSS 42 KETCH TRIMARAN. Exten¬ sive hull refit in 1997. Perkins 4-107. Full batten sails, roller furling, refrigeration, solar panels, radar, autopilot, depth, speed, feathering prop. $85,000/negotiable. Call (707) 399-8137.
POWER & HOUSEBOATS
BEAUTIFUL CUSTOM CRUISING CAT. 1997, 55’ x 26’. One owner. Clean, ocean proven, Mexico vet. Fully equipped. Sleeps 10, 4 heads, 50 hp Yanmar die¬ sels. 7/01 survey $500,000. Asking $365,000. Must sell. Health problems. Will negotiate. Call (530) 674-5344 or email: Manta@pocketmaif.com._ KANTOLA 38 TRIMARAN for racing, cruising, daysailing in the ocean, Bay, Delta. Professionally built West system cold-molded mahogany boat. Easy entry to multihulling. Tri-cabin layout includes separate head. Alameda estuary. Partners possible. Email: k38bob@aol.com or call (510) 769-0309.
53-FT CUSTOM CIGARETTE high per¬ formance offshore cruiser. Built Florida 1972 and completely customized. Twin Chevy 700 hp engines, new dark blue Awlgrip hull. Luxury interior sleeps 6 own¬ ers and guests in 2 staterooms and set¬ tee. Large cockpit and swim platform. Showroom condition throughout. $89,500. (415) 332-6501. WILLARD 30 TRAWLER, 1973. Fiber¬ glass, 17,000 lbs. 10’ 5’/’ beam, 3’ 6” draft. 50 hp Perkins diesel, 8 knots max. 100 gal fuel ,100 gal water, 10 gal waste. Al¬ cohol stove. 10/21/02 surveyed, bottom painted and zincs. $35,000. Located Brisbane, CA. Call (415) 468-1550 or email: david.lindsay@sbcglobal.net.
25-FT PIVER TRIMARAN. 12-ft beam. Solid mahogany and fiberglass. New bot¬ tom/topside paint. Sleeps 3. Depth, GPS, VHF. 5 hp outboard. Trailerable. $10,500/ obo. See it at Nelson’s Marine, Alameda. Must sell. Call (408) 420-4697 or email: e-bear@pacbell.net._
WINDRIDER17 TRI, 2002. Yellow. Lightly used in new+ condition. Furlingjib with sock, installed bilge pump, electric motor, gel battery, gel charger, 3 seats. Upgraded EZ Loader trailer. $10,000+ invested with receipts. Asking $7,500. (415) 383-1985.
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34-FT TOLLYCRAFT SEDAN, 1981. Flybridge, radar arch, twin MercCruisers, generator. Sleeps 6, galley, shower, LectraSan, CD player, depth and fish find¬ ers, radio. $59,000. (415) 332-6633.
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27-FT SANTANA IN EMERYVILLE for like-minded sailors. 5 sails, 9 hp outboard, fast and fun. Prerequisites: sailing ability, sense of humor, willingness to pitch-in and an absence of malice. Equity buy-ins and/ or monthly fee. pingersoll@sbcglobal.net Email sailing resume for pictures. DUFOUR 32,1/4 PARTNERSHIP. Beau¬ tiful 32-ft sailing sloop available every fourth week. Excellent condition, clean, new bottom, diesel engine, sleeps 8. Flex¬ ible partners. Sausalito dock. $4,000/obo. Please call (510) 653-6435. 1/3 PARTNERSHIP AVAILABLE. Pearson 35 in Santa Cruz Lower Harbor. FF-31. Unlimited usage, male or female. Sails well, easy to singlehand. New Yanmar, more. We are easy going, non¬ competitive guys. $10,000 plus 1/3 slip fees. Call for details, equipment. Captain S. Kelly (408) 848-3470.
CHB 34 TRAWLER, 1978. Excellent liveaboard or Bay/Delta cruiser. Fiber¬ glass, teak interior. Two double cabint, each with head/shower. Main salon, full galley, inside helm. Flybridge deck. Low hours Lehman diesel, 300 gal fuel, 200 gal water. $55,000/obo. (415) 806*3884.
1971 BOSTON WHALER, 13’6” with Tohatsu 40 hp, runs good. Also, Calkins trailer. $3,800. Call Kevin (415) 495-7075.
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24-FT FARENWALD SEACAMPER, 1972. $6,500. Also available, 28-ft Owens powerboat, 1965. Flaggstaff engine, runs good. Needs TLC. A great deal at $1,500. (415)331-6333.
PARTNERSHIPS
FLOATING BUILDING. $299,500. Total 6,700 sq ft. First level 1,800. Second level 2,400. Sun deck, ce.ment, 2,500. Steel stairs, aluminum and stainless railings. Fiberglass hull, 2-ft draft. Suitable for res¬ taurant, offices, luxury home to four con¬ dos. Call (916) 371-1383 or email: louwats@aol.com. _ 1976 SILVERQUEEN HOUSEBOAT. 36ft Great liveaboard. 12 volt gen, 110 volt shorepower. Hot water heater, 110 volt and exhaust heated. Needs some work but liveable and runs good. Asking $14,500 or trade for a Columbia 36. Call (707) 235-9107.
CLASSIC STEPHENS 34, 1951. Sedan cruiser. Beautiful boat, excellent live¬ aboard. Classic lines. Must sell. Leaving area. All reasonable offers considered. Comes with slip at $125/month. $8,500/ obo. Will consider trade for travel trailer or motor home. Call (925) 706-1589.
26PE MK6. Ex-Navy 26-ft crew boat, good condition. Detroit 6v53N, runs good. Warner 72C V-drive, good condition. $5,000/obo. Call (415) 332-3910.
CHRIS CRAFT CONQUEROR 40, 1959. Double cabin, large aft cabin, full ameni¬ ties. Double planked mahogany. New brite work, paint exterior/interior. Sleeps 6, separate shower, storage. Twin 302s need work. Dinghy, covered berth, liveaboard/ office. $19,500. (415) 497-1288. >
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SEA RAY 24 SEDAN FLYBRIDGE. 350 Chevy, Volvo outdrive. Dual helm, fishfinder/VHF. Galley, dinette, head, swim platform, extras. Hauled/serviced Sept. 2003. Transferable slip at SF Ma¬ rina. $11,000/obo. Charlie (415) 218-1035 for appointment.
MUST SELL NOW. 40-ft tri-cabin trawler. 671 Jimmy runs great. Well built, ma¬ hogany hull, oak frames. Spacious galley, invigorating shower, separate head. King berth aft, single forward. Live, work, play. She’s a rustic charmer and great liveaboard. Just needs a little TLC. $12,000. Surveyed at 30k. (707) 793-0420 or email: roypi@compuserve.com.
14-FT BOSTON WHALER DAUNTLESS, 1999. Center console, 70 hp Johnson, with trailer. Primo condition. $10,900/firm. Call (209) 286-1782.
STILLETO 27. Great playboat, very good condition, fast, easy to sail. New mainsail, rigging, 4-stroke O/B motor. $12,000/obo. Call for details. Mike (925) 336-0280.
HOUSEBOAT WITH SAUSALITO SLIP. Asking $60,000. For more info call (415) 939-2882.
CATALINA 30, 1980. 1/4 partnership. 2001 new head. 2002 new rigging, mainsailvroller furling. 2003 new lifelines, bottom 'paint, minor diesel overhaul. Wheel steering, VHF, compass, depthfinder, knotmeter, AM/FM stereo, cockpit cushions. Oakland berth. $5,900. Call (415) 740-4629.
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TAYANA 46 PILOTHOUSE CUTTER, 2002. Berthed in San Diego. Fully outfitted. Many options. Looking for third and/or fourth partner. Call (858) 837-1128 or email: edandsue@san.rr.com. JOIN PARTNERS IN KANTOLA 38 trimaran for racing, cruising, daysailing the ocean, Bay, Delta, in professionally built West system cold-molded mahogany boat. Easy entry to multihulling. Tri-cabin layout includes separate head. Alameda estuary berth. Email: k38bob@aol.com or call (510) 769-0309. CATALINA 30. Great Sausalito berth. 5 minutes to Bay. Wheel, diesel. New jib, rigging and roller furling. Nice condition. $350/month for flexible timeshare for weekend or mid-week. A fun, easy boat to sail. Parking available. Call Lee (415) 332-5442 or email: LPrimus@pacbell.net.
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O’DAV 27. Sausalito berth. Yanmar 8 hp diesel, runs great. Nice, clean, roomy. Depthfinder, VHF, stove, sink, icebox, etc. Flexible partnership possible, $100/month. Price negotiable. $7,700. Trades consid¬ ered. Call (415) 331-5251.
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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, autopilots, insulated backstay, new batteries, roller furling, 2 solar panels. Includes 6000-lb galvanized trailer. Located San Carlos, Sonora. Owner \here this November for showing. See at: <www.idea-asylum.com/ bruja> Email: brantcalkih@hotmail.com or call (760) 944-7443.
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PARADISE VILLAGE CONDO RENTAL. Located Banderas Bay, 5 star resort Nuevo Vallarta. 2 bedroom, 2 bath, over¬ looking pool and marina. Many amenities. See <www.paradiseviilage.com> A relax¬ ing tropical getaway in Mexico. Something for everyone. Call (510) 865-7580 or email: jnmoores@aol.com for details. CABO RICO 38, 1981. Hull 43. Marina Seca, San Carlos. The boat and gear for cruising: Lighthouse, Delta, Bruce, Raytheon, 1COM, Force 10, Quantum sails, Adler-Barbour, Perkins, VHF/RAM, Monitor, Anderson, Wave Stopper, Garhauer. Interested? $119,000. (415) 454-5359 or email: svsilhouette@hotmail.com. CATALINA 34,1989. Cruise ready, great condition. Many new items, radar, cruise spin, spin pole, full batten main, bottom paint, bimini, wiring, battery monitor, cock¬ pit canvas. 4-man liferaft, 8-ft dinghy, 8 hp O/B. A/P ST4000, TV/VCR. Lies Puerto Vallarta. Call (650) 969-5248.
TRADE BRUCE BINGHAM 47. Professionally built center cockpit ferrocement ketch. New interior. New engine. Excellent con¬ dition inside and out. In Alameda. $95,000 or trade for land, small house in North¬ west. This unique vessel is a veteral world cruiser. Recent survey. (925) 998-0733. PEARSON 30. Volvo diesel, roller furling jib, dodger. Trade for J/Boat, Moore 24, Olson 25, Santa Cruz 27 with trailer. Let’s deal. (707) 829-2494.
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VICTORY/TRINTELLA 40. Located in La Paz. Fiberglass center cockpit ketch. Van de Stadt design. Teak decks and interior. US documented. Rebuilt Perkins 4-236 diesel. Roller furling jib. Propane stove/ oven, fridge./freezer, autopilot, GPS, radar. Cruise ready. $66,000. Please email: patatsea42@aol.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> Refrigeration Plumbing Electrical Propane Sanitation
HAVE CASH. 35 to 42-ft sound trimaran. Prefer Piver or Horstman design. For liveaboard and bluewater. Please email: unclegeinak@yahoo.com or leave mes¬ sage (907) 301-1295 (unreliable). WANT TO RACE PAC CUP 2004? If you own boat and want to share cost on a doublehand, let me know. I am competi¬ tive and looking for challenge, already raced on 2002 Pac Cup. Call Ghat (925) 485-5484. SIEMANS SR 50 WATT OR SP 75 watt solar panels plus wiring. Call Terry (303) 433-0467.
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LIVEABOARD RENTAL WANTED. I’m a FT working professional looking for tem¬ porary liveaboard rental in SF Bay/Penin¬ sula area. I’m respectful, responsible and conscientious as well as quiet and clean. Looking for the same. References avail¬ able. Call (650) 823-1109.
TRAILERS DOUBLE-AXLE TRAILER for sailboats to 30 feet. Adjustable pads, extension bar and keel guides for launch ramp capabil¬ ity, new brakes. All in good condition. $3,000. Please call Steve (408) 497-3629 or email: sanimaleye@aol.com.
ARIES WINDVANE, $1,200. Folding teak boarding ladder, $100.1500 watt inverter/ 220 Jolt, $100. CNG stove conversion kit with full tank, $100. Avon 6-person off¬ shore cannister liferaft, last certified 1996, $1,200. Wanted: 4-person valise liferaft. Chris (831) 423-4076. CARIBE C-32 ROLL-UP. Same size as C-10, with dinghy wheels and cover, ex¬ cellent condition, $1,300. 1.5 oz cruising spinnaker with sock, new, $1,500. 3/4 oz spinnaker, 1-58, J-18.7, P-51, $1,200. Plus CQR, line, blocks, more. (925) 377-5737. BRONZE BLOCKS. 17 of them in beauti¬ ful condition, like new. 5-1/2 inch length. $35/each or $500/all. Please call Carla (916) 373-0321.
FOR DINGHY/KAYAK: Hart Designs T-1000 trailer. New, never used. Tele¬ scoping tongue accomodates kayaks up to 19-ft. Capacity 200-lbs. Weight 90-lbs. Easy storage disassembly. $345/obo. Call Ian (510) 883-1734.
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USED GEAR RU2S0 WEST MARINE DINGHY, $575. Furuno #1621 radar, complete including video and instrument manuals, $645. Call (707) 87*5-2128. SAILOMAT 601 WINDVANE. Just back from a 6,000-mite cruise to Hawaii, June 2003. Worked perfectly on our Pacific Seacraft 31. Purchased new for trip. Will fit larger boat. (805) 568-1949 for details. CAL 29 SAILS. Mylar 150% genoa, DeWitt 6.5 oz 150% genoa, Watts striped spinnaker, .75 oz. Any reasonable offer. Call (209) 365-6642. BMW 50 HP DIESEL ENGINE. 777 hours Tt In the boat running. Replacing for higher hp. $2,500. Call (415) 435-9544 or email: jscolletto@aol.com.
HELP FEED MY TRAINED COCKROACHES. Buy my 6 hp Isuzu Pisces, rebuilt, $2,800. Starrett Isuzu marinization kit, $800. 35 hp Bowman, $1,600. 15 hp MD-2 Volvo, $1,100.15mp Yamaha outboard, long leg, $1,800. '2 to 1 -1 /2” x 9-ft ss shafts, $250. MD-6-7-1 plus Farryman parts, cheap. (415) 272-5776. /
ATOMIC 4 PARTS. Enough to build 2 motors. 4 blocks, 4 oil pans, boxes of pis¬ tons, starters, alternators, etc. Wife wants it all gone. $900/obo. Call (650) 712-1055.
MONARCH MARINE CANVAS 13 Embarcadero Cove, Oakland
RED, WHITE AND BLUE SPINNAKER. 1.5, like new, with sock. Made for 45-ft Morgan. Original price over $3,000. Ask¬ ing only $1 ,695. Call Tony (925) 277-0690 or email: abarone@clarecomputer.com. KENWOOD TKM 707 SSB. Heart 2800X/ 100A inverter/charger. 1998 Achillies 10.2-ft inflatible. 6500 BTU suitcase air conditioner. Balmar 150A dual foot alter¬ nator with regulator. 3-way battery switch. All in good condition. Call (408) 203-8270 or email: sailsfca@ureach.com. EPIRB, $400. Garmin cartridge, SoCal/ Mexico, $150. Chart books, SoCal, $20; Mexico, $50. Hood cruising spinnaker/ sock, 1,100 sq ft, $700. Cruising guides: Mexico, Charlie’s/Raines, $15/each. li¬ ft Zodiac, Johnslon 15 hp, $2,200. 33-lb claw anchor, chain, rode, $150. Call (559) 349-1304 or (559) 528-3899. EVINRUDE1986 2 CYL 4 HP O/B, $400. Aluminum boarding steps, $100.1/4” wire to rope halyards, 31” 3/8” chain. 18 gal rigid holding tank, $50. 2 soft holding tanks. Sails for 50-ft ketch. 18” x 16” LH 3-blade Michigan prop, $150. Please call • (510) 919-3207. BRAND NEW FOUL WEATHER GEAR. Gill OS2 Key West. 2-sets, jacket and trou¬ ser. Red/anthracite, men’s XXL, women’s M (10), $350/each. Never used. See Website for description: <www.gillna.com/ gear-OS2-keywest.htm> (415) 292-5003 or email: LGelber@sbcglobal.net. HEART INVERTER. 2000 watt, modified sine, bulletproof, $300. Battery charger, 40 amps, dual output, $50.8-ft Walker Bay dinghy with sailing rig, $800. 22-lb Danforth, 15' 5/16 chain, 200’ 3/4 nylon, $100. Drum pump, $20. Rebuilt alterna¬ tors. Call (415) 453-8911. ARIES VANE GEAR. Overhauled, ready to install. Located East Bay. $950. Call (925) 586 4760.
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DISABLED SAILORS can enjoy sailing on SF Bay. Many accomodations on our boats. Only $24/year plus guest member¬ ship at South Beach Yacht Club on Pier 40, near PacBell Ballpark. Able-bodied sailors also. See: <www.baads.org> For more info call Regina (415) 668-7344.
NEW MAST BLANK. Length 33’6”, girth 14”, base 5” x 3-1/4”. Has slot for sail bolt rope and slot for bolt rope entrance. $500 value. The first $250 gets it. Please call (916) 332-9775.
ISLAND YACHT CLUB ALAMEDA. Looking for a few new members. Year end membership special, no initiation fee, membership paid through December 2004 for only $240. Racing cruising social eve¬ nings, friendly clubhouse. Call Devon/ David (925) 820-5637 or Joanne (925) 254-5384.
WATERMAKER, WIND/TROLLING gen¬ erators, solar. Windlass. Propane: water heater, cabin heater, stove/oven, BBQ. Avon, outboard, parachute Seanchor, LCD radar, compass, dinghy, fireplace, brass portlights, ST-4000, davits, winches, 35# CQR/HT, AC/DC panel, SSB/Ham, in¬ verter-charger, Edson bilgepump. Call (415) 331-0330 or bradlow00@aoi.com.
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VOLVO PENTA MD17C 35 HP DIESEL with 1.91:1 LH transmission and control panel. New in 1978, 460 hours. Thirty hours on rebuilt injection pump and injec¬ tors, runs well and can be shown running. $1,900/obo. Email: mhamon@yahoo.com or call (510) 814-9561.
US COAST GUARD COURSES. Auxiliary Flotilla 17: Intro to Navigation with GPS. One evening only, Tues. 10/21/03, 7:309:30 pm, $25 includes materials. Basic/ Advanced Coastal Navigation. Basic cov¬ ers compass, nautical chart reading, dead reckoning, piloting. Advanced covers cur¬ rent and tides, radio navigation, fuel and voyage planning. Both meet Mondays and Thursdays, 7:15-9:45pm. Basic 10/20 to 11/10, Advanced 11 /13 to 12/02. $40 Ba¬ sic, $80 Basic + Advanced. Boating Skills & Seamanship Fast Course for Power and Sail. Covers aids to navigation, nav rules, boat handling, marine electronics, trailering, piloting, charting, lines and knots, radio/VHF protocol, more. 1-2 weekends in late Oct/early Nov. depend¬ ing on interest. All courses meet on Yerba Buena Island, pre-registration is required. Please call (415) 399-3411 or email: fsope17@hotmail.com.
ARIES VANE GEAR. Overhauled, ready to install. Located East Bay. $950. Call (925) 586 4760.
MISCELLANEOUS OUT OF BUSINESS. Huge assortment of Government Surplus goods. Everything from A to Z. Miscellaneous boat and air¬ craft gear, engine parts, rope, chain, etc. Something for everyone. (650) 365-3552 or fax (650) 365-2463.
MARIN POWER & SAIL SQUADRON 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) 883-3652.
PROFESSIONAL DRAFTING TABLE. 60” x 38”. All, accessories. Excellent con¬ dition. $300/obo. Call Hogin Sails'(510) 523-4388. I
ATOMIC 4 GAS. Slight rod knock. Rebuildable. New carburetor, alternator and other parts included. In Pleasant Hill. $350 firm. Call (925) 372-0475.
NAINOA THOMPSON, NAVIGATOR and Sailmaster of the Polynesian Voyaging Society’s double-hulled canoe, Hokule’a. ^iscussion and photographic presentation " of the Pacific Ocean voyages of the Hokule'a, and the Polynesian art of wayfinding or non-instrument navigation. SINGLE SAILORS ASSOCIATION wel¬ October 26, 2003, 9:00 am to noon. comes all experience levels. Our members Michael’s Shoreline Restaurant, 2060 N. enjoy cruising, group sails, daysailing, Shoreline B|vd, Mountain View, CA. Ad¬ socials and other activities year round. mission, $30. Before Oct. 17, $25. Stu¬ Monthly meetings at Ballena Bay Yacht dents, $10. Contact or mail checks pay¬ Club in Alameda. Member PICY^. Visit able to KSAANCR c/o Laureen Kim, 448 our Website at <www.sail-ssa.org> (510) 8th Ave, #103, San Francisco, CA, 94118. 273-9763. (415) 221-9310.
CLUBS & MEMBERSHIPS
FABULOUS HOME WITH WATER ACCESS 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, easement access to water. Home comes with 1/3 interest in 50-ft dock and own slip. Deep water channel. Prudential Realty.
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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>
GEAR UP FOR HA-HA. Go safe, go smart. Liferaft with cradle, 4-person Avon serviced by Sal’s 2002, $1,200. NAVIK steering vane, $1,400. 406 EPIRB, $500. Trolling generator, $600.10% discount for whole package. (415) 359-0114 (eves).
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USED SAILS FOR C&C 37R. Five Kevlar racing jibs from 95% to 150% in good con¬ dition. Two spinnakers, great condition. Would sell each but would make great deal for all. Call Kevin (415) 305-9029.
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SAILING FUNDAMENTALS COURSE. Offered by US Coast Guard Auxiliary Flo¬ tilla 12. Covers the basics of sailing. Class meets on Tuesday and Thursday, 7:30 9:30 pm for five weeks beginning Octo¬ ber 21 at Sausalito Cruising Club. Enroll¬ ment limited to 20 students. Pre-registra¬ tion encouraged. $70 course fee includes course material. Contact Jerry Yesson (415) 455-8671 or John Sullivan (415) 924-1842 between 10 am and 9 pm to register. N. .
BAJA BASH. Looking for skipper and one crew to bring 46-ft cruising sailboat back to San Francisco after Baja Ha-Ha at the end of November. Call (415) 383-8122. COMPETITIVE, TEAM-ORIENTED CREW wanted for J/24 one-design racing. Tune up during mid-winters for 2004 season. Send sailing resume by email to: j24@baymediax.com.
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WATERFRONT OFFICE SPACE avail¬ able. 1,200 sq. ft. Alameda. Call Richard (510) 337-3905.
BERTHS & SLIPS PIER 39 SLIP, 40’ X 14' BEAM. One of the nicest: mid-dock, protected shoreside location, excellent marina facilities, and terrific sailing. $25,000/obo gets you 31 years of ha^py berthing or rental revenue. Call Pete (415) 902-8016 or email: pahowley@aol .com. P 39, SLIP C 12. $13,000. West side. Will finance. Rented $250/month. Email: garykjennings@msn.com. SF PIER 39 36-FT SLIP for rent. $300/ month to month or $14,000 for 31 year lease. (415) 956-2528. SAUSALITO SIDE-TIE. 25 to 57-ft boat. Reasonable rent. Power and water. Close to parking. Special deal for boat being sold. Call (41^5) 331-5251.
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EXPLORE SOUTH PACIFIC. Cruising South Seas this season, looking to share costs. Tonga and Fiji, Oct and Nov. Fiji to New Zealand, mid Nov to Dec 1. NZ in Dec and Jan. $70/day/person, $100/day/ couple Email: Boldspirit@comcast.net. Please allow 10 days for reply.
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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.
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YACHT SALESPERSON WANTED. Dream Catcher Yachts in Dana Point has an immediate position available for a hard working team player who has strong sales skills as well as experience boating/cruis¬ ing. We offer an incredible commission structure with incentives for top produc¬ ers. We sell both brokerage and new boats. Please call (949) 248-7100 or email: zak@dreamcatcheryachts.com. 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.
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES HUGE TAX SAVINGS. Take advantage now of the Bush Tax Reform Bill. Purchase a yacht to use in charter and deduct the entire purchase price up to 100k the first year. Add an additional 50% depreciation allowance for boats costing over 100k, all in the first year. Contact Rich Ferrari at Spinnaker Sailing in Redwood City for charter boat ownership details. This is a rare opportunity. (650) 363-1390. SEEKING PARTNERS/INVESTORS for round-the-world sailing venture. Income plus sailing privileges as we sail the world. For more info email: Andy@sailingbiz.com or phone/fax (808) 669-6871. IS YOUR BOAT IN SOUTH BEACH HARBOR? Put your boat to $wcrk$. Spinnaker Sail¬ ing in SF is looking for 30-50 foot boats to join our charter fleet. Let your boat pay for itself. For more info call (415) 543-7333. YACHT BROKER OR EXPERIENCED salesman. Unique opportunity in Saus¬ alito. Call (415) 331-5251.
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CARIBBEAN SAILING AND ??? If you arq a female between the ages of late twenties to late forties, fit, NS, ND, not heavy drinker, reliable, honest, trustwor¬ thy, like to have fun, unafraid of work, ex¬ perience of any level, and have a desire to sail the Caribbean for a year and possi¬ bly the Med afterwards on a well equipped Tayana 37 PH, then give me a call. Singlehanding undesirable. Boat lying Rio Dulce, Guatemala. Gino (510) 816-7670 or email: AmoreKai2c@aol.com.
FARR 727. Professionally rigged and maintained, lines led aft, self-tacking jib, full batten main, 2 spinnakers. 4 hp O/B, faired hull and blades, dry sailed, double¬ axle trailer. More info at Website: <www.flyingcamel.net/farr727.html> $7,000. Call (510) 337-9614. NIAGARA 35,1980. Hinterhoeller design. Davits, 9-ft Polaris with 5 hp Mariner. Full dodger. Sleeps 7. Aft cabin, Volvo MD11C, just rebuilt. Comox, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada near Desolation ' Sound. Berthage possible. $63,000 US. Particulars by email: rmaltby@telus.net. Rod (250) 339-5629.
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AB Marine..87
Axelrod, B & Co. ...222
Beowulf Press. .65
Boy Scouts San Francisco .. ...236
Corinthian Yacht Club. ..234
ABC Yachts . ..242
Bair Island Marina. .91
Berkeley Boat Sales. ....234
Brisbane Marina. .75
Cover Craft. . 102
ACC Marine. ..167
Baja Ha-Ha Sponsors. 32,33
Berkeley Marine Center.... .43
British Marine. .12
Coyote Point Marina. ....96
'Acordia Insurance. ..209
Baja Nava . ...156
Beta Marine Engines. .40
C&C Yachts. .99
Crinan Marine. ..228
: Agape Villages. ..170
Ballena Bay Yacht Brokers .14
Bill Babeckos Importer. .20
Cabrillo Yacht Sales. ...238
Cruising Cats USA. ....11
Alameda Prop & Machine .. ..186
Ballena Isle Marina Coop .. ...175
Blue Sea Systems. ....220
Cal Berkeley. ...240
Cruising Charts . ..230
Albatross Yacht Charters .... ..195
Ballenger Spars....138
Bluewater Insurance. .98
Cal Maritime Academy. ...104
Cruising Direct Sails. ..145
(Almar Marinas. ....69
Barillas Marina....207
Bluewater Network . ....226
Cass' Marina
. .78
Cruising Specialists.66,67,68
..157
Bay Island Yachts..7
Bo'sun Supplies. ....226
Chula Vista Marina. ...211
Danard Marine Products .... ..214
Boat US. 31,187
City
Yachts. .19
Desolation Sound Charters. ..195
Boater's World. .97
Club Nautique. .64
Detco Marine. ..172
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DeWitt Studio. ..184 Diesel Fuel Filtering. ....94
'Alpha MarineSystems i,
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American Battery. ..232
Anchor Marine Insurance Andersons Boat Yard \qua Marine
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Bay Marine Diesel ....232 Bay Ship & Yacht. ....53
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Bay Side Boatworks. ..230
Bottom Siders. ....206
Coast Marine.
.212
Beckwith, Craig Yacht Sales .234
Boy Scouts Pacific Harbors ...239
Coast Weather. ...222
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HEAVY DUTY DEEP CYCLE MARINE BATTERIES Available at the following local marine chandleries and service distributors: Cruising Seas Services, Benicia Bay Ship & Yacht, Richmond Mariner Boat Works, Alameda Neville Marine El^tric, Alameda S\<endsen's Chandlery, Alameda Star Marine, Alameda Golden State Diesel Marine, Oakland Fortman Marina Store, Alameda Sea-Power, Alameda Alameda Prop & Machine, Alameda
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ADVERTISER'S INDEX - cont'd Dimen Marine Financing.44
Flying Cloud Yachts.1... 29
Grand Prix Sailing Acad.185
Horizon Steel Yachts .16
List Marine Enterprises .96
Discovery Yachts.30
Foley Marine Engines.230
H.F. Radio.54
Hydrovane.92
Loch Lomond Marina .174
Downwind Marine.63
Fortman Marina .1 2
H&S Yacht Sales.9
J/World.73
Long Beach Boat Show.101
Doyle Sails.61
Fowler Insurance Agency .224
Halsey Sailmakers .151
Jim Taylor & Associates.224
Makela Boatworks.233
Easom Rigging.91
FREEDOMecIs.167
Hansen Rigging.188
Katadyn.215
Marina de la Paz.206
Edensaw Woods.80
Fujinon, Inc.209
Harbor Boats & Supplies'.234
Kensington Yachts.235
Marina Mazatlan .46
EM Design .226
Garhauer Marine..83
Harbor Island West Marina ..161
Kissinger Canvas.14
Marina Plaza Yacht Harbor.. 147
Emery Cove Yacht Warbor.89
Gentry's Kona Marina .224
Harken .52
KKMI Boat Yard.17,77
Marina Real.214
Ensenada Cruiseport Village. 173
Gianola & Sons.212
Hayn Marine..188
KKMI Yacht Sales.25
Marina Village.189
Essex Credit Corp.71
Glacier Bay.160
Haynes Sails .228
Lager Yachts.:. 237
Marine Engine Co.234
Extend-A-Hitch.226
Go Cats.194
Helmut's Marine Service.20
Landing School, The .172
Marine Lube.24
Farallone Yacht Sales.15
Go2marine.com...103
Hidden Harbor Marina .170
Larry R. Mayne Yacht & Ship
Marine Servicenter .88
Financial Underwriters Network . 47
Golden State Diesel Marine ..231
Hogin Sails .72
Fleming Marine.36
Grand Marina.2
Hood Sails.81
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Mariner Boat Yard .41
Larsen Sails/Neil Pryde.100
Mariner's General Insurance ..74
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Nelson's Marine. .244
Passage Yachts. ...4,5
Richardson Bay Regional Agency
Salty Canvas. ..88
...233 /San Francisco BoatWorks.... 159
New Era Yachts. .237
Passage Yachts Brokerage .. ..239
... 103 / Norpac Yachts. .243
Pearson Yachts West. ..139
Richmond Boat Works..90
San Francisco Estuary Project .21
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North Beach Canvas. ...27
Performance Propellers. ..144
Richmond Marin# Bay..28
San Leandro Marina. ..49
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North Sails - San Francisco . ...79
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Sausalito Yacht & Ship. 236
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CATALINA 27,78. Good condition, sails every weekend. Universal Atomic 4 model 5101, VHF radio. $7,000 obo.
WALSH PH sloop 30', '62. Perkins 4107 diesel. $5,000.
OWENS 28 HT EXPRESS, '69 Chevrolet 350 Cl 250hp 100 hrs, Coastal Navigator depth sounder, VHF, Air Guide compass, Holstrand propane stove, icebox, sink, $7,500 obo.
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48‘ C&C, 1973 One of only two built, this unique vessel wos extensively refit
41' BENETEAU 411, 2000 The 411 won a Cruising World Boat of the Year award in 1998
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32' HUNTER 320, 2000
This one owner vessel has never been chartered and shows
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40’ HARDIN SEA WOLF, 1978
37'ERICSON, 1974
35' CHEOY LEE ROBB, 1964
Designed by William Garden and built by Bill Hardin, the
This classic Bruce King design is, in addition to being a
This wood classic has been local for many years.
Sea Wolf 40 is a roomy and heavily-built fiberglass ketch
very good Bay boat, also*very capable in the ocean.
She's in nice shape and has a transferable
that looks like a carvel-planked clipper bow classic.
She's been well maintained with a Westerbeke diesel
Sausalito Yacht Harbor slip.
Charming, roomy and sea kindly with all weight (engine/
upgrade in 1989, recent radar, speed log, depth meter
$22,000
tankage) carried amidship, she makes an excellent
and autopilot, new dodger, and brightwork just renewed.
liveaboard or cruiser.
$44,000
$59,000
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$179,500.
Darrow Bishop
Phil Howe
Greg Gardella
Clay & Teresa Prescott
Dave Archer
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38' PANDA, 1982. Newer sails, FB main'head sail & staysail on Harken roller furling, also rerigged. Beauti¬ ful solid teak interior. To Shing quality. $95,000
43' BREWER CUTTER, 1980. Aft cockpit, new engine, 50 hours, great sail inventory, SSB, AP 6000, liferaft and much more! $124,900 SAIL
35' Rafiki .'80
59,000
55' Stephens MV.'58 169.000
65' LOD Crealock Schooner '84 995,000
34'Islander. 75/ 85
31,500
52' Herehine CMY .'85 274.500
62' Custom PH Steel.'98 769,000
34' Catalina.'86
53,000
60' Hartog.'84
34' Cal Mklll. 76
34.500
50' Chris Craft .'60 49' Steel commercial vessel
79,000
33'Newport..... '84
41.000
33* Hans Christian.'86
99,900
50' Columbia Bearfoot.'87
New Zealand built - strong. Bluewater. Flush teak deck. Equipped to cruise.
$62,500
4071988 • 3771988 • 33.571996 Pictured: 37' LEGEND, 1988 Two full cabins, Yanmar engine.
99,000
51' Beneteau.'87 125,000
57' Bermuda ketch. 75
38'PACIFIC SLOOP, 1979
SABRE 402, 1996. Sabre blue hull, full batten Mainsail,'* hpadsail on ProFurl roller furler, Corion countertops, located here on the Bay. $269,000
91,000
33'CSK.'65
18,900
50' Gulfstar MKII.'77 102,000
32' Islander.2 from
29,000
50' Rover.'80
49,000
32' Pearson Vanguard.'63
24,000
48' Hughes Yawl.72
Offers
32' Herreshoff.'88
45,000
48' Celestial.'86 try 100,000
31'Mariner KT. 75
39,000
48' C&C.two from 139,000
31' Sea Runner trimaran
27,500
47' Jeanneau Sun Odyssey '92 210,000
78
30' Ericson30+ .... '84 2 from
28,000
Salty Dog'72
130,000
30' Hunter.'90/'92
35,000
45'Alden ketch.'51
14,000
30' Tartan. 75
15,000
45' Liberty 458.'83 179,900
30' Santana . 74
15,500
45' Hunter.'87 122,000
30'Catalina.(2) 77 &'85
18,900
44' Cherubini, bristol.'80 450,000
30' Cal 9 2R.'83
24,000
44' Christian motorsailer... '67
44,000
30' Cal.'69
15,0(Xk
43' Serendipity.2 from
79,500
30' Lyle Hess
42' Custom Schooner. 72
39,000
46' Garden ketch,
NICE.'97
145.000
29'Cal 2-29, diesel. 74
15,000
42' Lu-kat.'00 299,900
29'Ericson.
14,000
42' S&S . 70
57,500
29' C&C .'86
24,000
41' CT-41 . 71
69,500
29' Hunter.'00
65,000
40' Helmsman.'80
39,500
28' Cape Dory.. 78
23,000
40' Herreshoff glass.'81
85,000
28'Herreshoff H-28.'61
18,000
40' Sabre 402 .'96 269.000
28' Herreshoff, diesel.'50
16,500
'60
22,000
38' Pacific. 78
62,500
38' Downeaster.2 from
55,000
27' Ericson.
75
17,000
'94 135,900
27' Cal 2-27, diesel.
75
10,000
380 Catalina AC
$69,500
'60 110.000 69.000 220,000
49' Kha Shing. 84 179,000 48' Chris Craft FD
‘63
74,000
45' Carver.'00 439,000 45' Chris Craft.'62
59,900
44' Gulf star. 79 179,000 43‘ Commercial SF cert
85
Inquire
42' Grand Banks.
'67
89,900
42' Uniflite.'80 109,000 41’ Roughwater. 75
74,900
40' Harco, Reduced 10k .... '49
35,000
38' Stephens.'48
36,000
38' Californian. 76 37' Chris Craft.'62
89.000 25,000
36' Swanson. 38
28,000
35' Square Head
'25
25,900
34' Mamship.'81
39,500
34' Bayliner Avanti.'87
38,500
34' Uniflite .'77
35,000
34' Chaparral.'92
34.500
34' Sea Ray.'86
56,000
34' Silverton.'90
79,000
33' Sea Ray 330 .'96 105,000 33' American Marine
73
69,900
33' Jeffries.'52
39,000
32' Bayliner 3270.'86
49.000
.'99 168,000
27' Cal.
74
10,500
32' Tolly Craft.'64
26,500
75,000
20' Cape Cod..
'85
7,000
31'Chris Craft. 01
89,000
. 74
69,900
POWER
29' Wellcraft .'85
27,500
.'87
64,000
82' Huckins MY FRP. 77 200,000
29' Silverton.
26,000
.‘87 179,000
65' Nordlund. 71 345,000
28' Penn Yan. '80
18,000
.....77
75,000
65' Pacemaker 2 49 + bus. 72 499,900
28' Tolly Craft . 72
17,500
'68/'87
Inquire
63' Burger Alum FB.'66 485,000
26' Sea Ray. '86
offers
60' Hartog.'84
11,500
NICE.'90
152,000 64,000
36’ Islander.2 from 36' Custom Schooner. 72
38'BENETEAU, 1987 Cruise equipped; Monitor, solar panels, wind generator, Perkins 4-1C8. $78,500 Also: 39' BENETEAU, 1984, $79,500
38' Meditertean.2 from 158,000
. 79
36' Islander Freeport. 79
36' Cape George
52' Ubertyship .
36' ISLANDER FREEPORT, 1979 Plan B. Newer RF main and headsail. Perkins 4-108. New upholstery. Really nice vessel. $64,000
'85
99,000
26'Clipper Craft.'86
59' Kha Shing.'91 375,000
25' Bayliner. '85
22,950
58' Spindrift.'85 319,000
24' Bayliner. 01
39,000
47,000
57' Chris Craft.2 from 145,000
24' Raddon.'88
25,000
57' Custom PH. 72
39,900
23' Blackman.'81
38,000
56' Fellows & Stewart.'27
24,000
19'Boston Whaler.‘77
15,000
41’CT KETCH, 1971 Isuzu 60hp/985 hrs., William Garden, new spars, new dripless, Harken RF, Bristol.
$69,500
16,500
36' UNION POLARIS CUTTER, 1985
PASSPORT 41C, 1990
Robert Perry, Perkins 4-108, wotermaker, solar panels, aluminum spars, real clean. $94,500
Bristol, swim step, toll rig, custom underbody, blue hull, Perkins 4108, fast passagemaker. Inquire.
47' JEANNEAU SUN ODYSSEY, 1992
C&C CUSTOM 48, 1973/96.
Yanmar 75hp, 3 cabins, RF main, Caribe RIB 10-ft liferaft.
Fully equipped with custom interior, new eng. Beautiful vessel Afar 48' C&C LANDFALL, 1980, $139,000
$210,000
46' PAN OCEANIC PILOTHOUSE CUTTER, 1986
62' BREWER STEEL KETCH, 1998 Custom pilothouse. Ted Brewer design, steel, Lloyds, Caterpillar 3115, 3 stateroom, 16 kw genset, bow thrusters, new sails, much more.
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45’ LIBERTY 458, 1983 Loaded with cruising equipment, Perkins 4-236, Hood Vectran sails, quality crafted teak interior. $179,900
Pictured. 30' SANTANA, 1974, $15,500 Also: ERICSON 30+, '84...$32k, 30' CAL
9.2R, '83_$25k, 33' NEWPORT, '84...$41k
Ted Brewer design, outside helm, ready for cruising - all systems go. Asking $129,000
SAN RAFAEL YACHT HARBOR 557 Francisco Blvd., San Rafael, CA 94901
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44' CHEOY LEE Cutler by Robt. Perry. Diesel wheel, big, comfy and fun. All glass w/lavish use of teak in and out. 2 heads w/showers, greal galley, all American rig with alum, spars, dinghy and more! Asking $85,000
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MASON KETQH GREAT BUY! ,
37' RAFIKI CUTTER. Dbl-ended, heavy EG, dsl, winch, furling, near new sails, 6'3" bdrm, shower, dsl cabin beat, dodger, Monitor vane & more! Great cruiser! $79,500.
52' HACKERCRAFT CLASSIC 1937 Commuter Ex¬ press. 13' beam, 2 baths, twin Scripps 225 bp 202s. Varnished teak cabins, 25 kts rept. $65,000/offers.
45' CHRIS CRAFT yacht home. F/B
& lower helm, huge sun deck, covered cockpit, big 14' beam, 2 staterooms, twin 454s, gen, radar. Asking $79,500.
47' MASON. Vaughn-built, dr cockpit ketch. 4-236 dsl, radar, eled & lots of gear. Ext. LPU & minor improves due. Strong, good, proven world cruiser, lying PNW. $89,500
ILOTHOUSE FLYBRIDGE
34' LOD, 40' LOA. If ever a yacht was "BRISTOL”, this is her! She looks absolutely perfect. Dsl, copper riveted mahogany, lead, wheel, more. Must be seen! $49,500,
66 SCH0CK/B0EING SCHOONER, 1934. Diesel. Largely rebuilt 90,000/offers
61' STEEL TUG, recent refit, 600+hp Cot dsl, good condition.Try 45,000/offer
31' PACEMAKER SPORTEISH, beautiful con¬ dition, new new twins.... Ask 29,500
55’ SAMPSON ktch. Cent, cockpit, oft cabin, dsl & more, live/cruise.... Ask 65,000
46' CHRIS CORSAIR aH cobin, F/B mtr yacht. Sparkling '57, live/cruise Ask 99,000
29 UN1FL1TE Salty Dog HA Sports Fish, LOADED!
49' ALDEN SCHOONER, Malabar IV design, restoration candidate..'. Try 5,900
46' LAKE UNION CLASSIC, just rebuilt, radar, new twin dsl, gen &more! 79,500
29' TOLLYCRAFT EXPRESS cruiser, twins, just hauled, runs well, BARGAIN!... 7,900
48' HERITAGE WEST INDIES, f/g, aft cabin, center cockpit cruising cutter, loaded, in Panama, ready to go!... Ask 189,000
45' STEPHENS Classic 1929 ... Ask 90,000
43' LOD ALDEN SCHOONER at Tahoe, Dsl, Charter biz?.. Ask 55,000
42' TROJAN AFT CABIN M/Y, .15' beam, full eled galley, 2 heads, shower, radar, Onan, V8s, cruise/live .... 49,500 ask
29' WELLCRAFT EX PS. Cruiser. 350s, shower, galley, outriggers & more. Twin shaft/ strut/props/rudders Ultra dean A ready to go!.Asking $27,950
41 BLOCK ISLAND CTR. Dsl, roller furl, wheel, Dbl-ended, Beaut, interior, tough cruiser w/great potential Ask 49,500
32’ GRAND BANKS TRAWLER w/Sausalito Charter Business. Dsl, radar, VHF, depth, Loran, AP 6 berths, Bimini, windlass & more. Very shipshape. $69,000.
43' STEPHENS CRUISER, '55 jewel! Twin 426s. She's TOTALLY RESTORED.,99,500
45' BAYLINER 4550 MOTORYACHT. Twin dsls, genset, 3 strms, salon, 2 helms, full galley, super sundeck, full canvas & electronics. Great cruiser. Alaska? Mexico? Go where you wish! Asking $208,500.
28' OWENS H.T.EXPR., 350 V8 8,500 ask 28' CHRIS CRAFT Cavalier, nice... 12,000
40' MATTHEWS, '48 Sed. Cruiser. Very well kept/many upgrades. Twin V8S..33,900
26’ BAYLINER 2352TR0PHY, '00, trlr, o/d, only 10 hrs on dockl.. 38,500
41 'TRADITIONAL RACING CUTTER. Full re¬ build. Aeolus needs some finishing and is o bargain at. 39,000
37'CHRIS CRAFT CONNIE . Nice cruise/ liveaboard. Genset. One V8, just re¬ built, other needs work.. Ask 30,000
25' GRADY WHITE OFFSHORE PRO, trailer, two 225 Mercs. 44,000
39'DANISH KTCH, double-ender, dsl, big and strong.Try 29,000
36' HUNTER Cruiser, '57, twins, classic var¬ nished beaut, good liveobrd . 25,000
38'RHODES Sip, dsl, strong!.0ff/28k
35'CHRIS CRAFT Exp., twins, dn. 15,200
36 SPAULDING SCHOONER by Foss. A beaut! Needs engine.Try 10,000
34’CHRIS CRAFT Commander, '63, twin gas, great boat. 26,500
36 CROCKER SCHOONER, dsl, reconditioned gaff rig, nice fixer-upper.. Ask 6,900
32' FAIRLINER F/B cruiser, twins, F/G, 2 helms & more!.Try 14,750
25'BAYLINER CIERRA, 88, very nice. Full Delta convos.Asking 39,500 25’ DONZI2-25, V8, Arneson Drive.,29,500 25'STEPHENS Express Cruiser. Dsl, very nice & a BARGAIN at.Ask 25,000 22' CROWNLINE CUDDY w/trlr, 350 Cobra V8, very sharp.Asking 16,500
39' CORBIN P/H CTR. Designed by Dufour. F/G, 2 helms, 12'1" beam, full galley, roller furl, shower, central air and heat, rodar, AP ana lots of new gear. Set up for bluewater cruise. Asking $ 119,000.
20' SKIPJACK, tlr, V-8 I/O, clean .. 7,500
35'GILLMER Privateer ketch. Osl, F/G, wheel, full galley, shower ++..52,000 35'BLOCK ISL. KTCH, dsl.Ask 19,500 34' ANGELMAN Sea Witch ketch, dsl, wheel, AP, traditional beauty Asking 24,950 34’COLUMBIA Sip, dsl.Ask 17,000 34' CLARK CTR. 4-107 dsl, mahogany, alum
1 43' STEEL MOTORSAILER ketch by. Alsmeer Lanaaraar Shipyard of Holland. 4-236 Perkins dsl, P/ H, Z helms, fore cutaway, full keel cruiser. Substan¬ tially completed refit. Needs cosmetic work. $29,500.
33' SAN JUAN Sip, racer/cruiser, dsl, spinn, performance gear.Ask 11,950 33'M0R6AN OUT ISLAND sloop. Dsl, wheel, roller furl, spinn & more! ... $23,000 32' ATKIN P/H CTR. Super ferro beauty. Dsl, loaded and strong double-ender in beautiful shape.Ask 35,000 31' H-28 KETCH, 1/6.Asking 22,000 30'CAL 230 Sip, dsl.Asking 22,000 29'VAN DE STADT Sloop, dsl, F/G ond in BEAUTIFUL CONDITION! .14,950
50' LAKE UNION CLASSIC, 1930. Twin diesels, flybridge, twin helms, 2 enclosed heads w/showers &
46' Wm GARDEN PORPOISE. Big, tough, well
more! An excellent and gracious classic yacht in
respected ketch. Copper riveted TEAK hull and decks, die^ef, wheel, radar, shower, autopilot, loaded. Com-
beautiful condition priced right. Asking $50,000.
f6rtoble world cruiser/liveoboard.
41' CT KETCH by TA CHIAO. Glass, diesel, full
58' LOD, 16'6" Beam NEW ZEALAND SCHOONER.
Asking $89,500.
28' ELDRIDGE McGINNIS SAMURAI SIP. Osl, full cover, grt potential Try 3,900
32' FJORD CRUISER built by Fjord-Piost of Norway. Twin Volvo 170hp mains, heavy glass construction, well equipped & maintained. Asking $27,349.
27’ DARTSAILER MOTORSAIL, dsl, 2 helms, Dutch built, rodor, moreLAsk 42,500 27’ERICSONSLP, new Honda 8....9,800 27'CATALINA, l/B, spin.12,000 26'S-2 Sip Dsl, glass center cockpit, aft cabin, Avon & mtr & more.! 1,950/ask 26' PEARSON ARIEL, full keel cruiser w/new 4-stroke o/b & new sails.. 6,950 25' IRWIN sip, Volvo l/B, furling, center' board, wheel, very clean, big ...11,950
POWER
32' UNIFLITE Sport Sedan Flybridge. Twin Crusaders, dual helms, full galley, fish-ready, live bait, radar, color machine, plotter, Lectra-San, windlass & more I Strong sea boat. $32,000.
70 EUR0PA TYPE TRAWLER, Con. built, loaded 8 in excellent condition. Eco¬ nomical Cummins V-l 2 power. An out¬
galley, shower, aluminum spars and more! Beautiful condition and a great live/cruise layout. You'll want to see this one. VERY NICE.
Asking $74,500.
Big, strong, copper riveted, 3x kauri-planked. Detroit dsl, radar, AP, watermaker, genset, shower, 3 staterooms & much more! Bluewater world cruiser. Ask $125,000.
standing vessel.Asking 199,000
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