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THE RIGHT STUFF! Part IV — We selected Brand Names where possible, then custom fabricated the rest.

Spars:

Lefiell mast & booms with double spreaders, double sail track. All fabricated from T-6016 aluminum with baked-on finish.

Standing Rigging:

Universal 1 x 19 S.S. wire, ranging from 1/4" to 3/8", secured to tangs with NAV-TEC non-gauling turnbuckles, hydraulic rotary swaged to wire. Domestic materials and assembly.

Blocks & Pole:

NICRO-FICO blocks, shackles & cleats. Schaefer 12-22 x 3-1/2" whisker pole chocked on deck.

Windlass:

S/L 555 two-speed manual with gypsy for use with 200 x 3/8 galvanized chain (standard).

Pumps:

Whale Gusher 25 Manual Bilge and Whale foot pumps in galley and head.

Custom Fabricated:

Double rocker-type anchor rollers; 10” bronze mooring cleats; 1-1/4” tubular bow pulpit; two 36 high mast stanchions; 15 double dogged brass portlights with stainless steel screens; two 12 ga. (3 m.m.) stainless steel baffled water tanks; stainless posted boom gallows.

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BROKERAGE

Pampered RAFIKI 37. Hull #16, commissioned fall of '77. “TREPID” owners took pride in owning one of the best maintained & equipped R-37’s that we've delivered. Equip, w/standard equip., + many extras includ. dodger, autopilot, wind direc¬ tion, windspeed, RDF, clock, barometer, CNG stove, more. Replace new, approx. $95,000. AT OUR DOCK — $74,950.

Hard to find CT-41 PILOTHOUSE, exceptionally well-equipped includ: inside steering + all desired equip, for extreme cruising. Partial list: rader, autopilot, full elec, fireplace, refrig., 6 sails, Metzler dinghy w/o.b. A Value. AT OUR DOCK — $84,950.

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EXQUISITE CUSTOM SAILS SWEET OKOLE WINS TRANSPAC Sweet Okole was the Overall Winner of the 1981 Transpacific Yacht Race from Los Angeles to Honolulu. TransPac is the grand daddy of the long distance ocean races, and the competition is fierce. Any TransPac win is impressive. Sweet Okole was carefully prepared; she always goes to sea well-equipped and ready for what the sea has to offer.

Sweet Okole’s sails are bought from Richards and van Heeckeren. Dean Treadway, her owner, is meticulous, knows what he wants, and weighs his options carefully. From his sails he demands superior speed and from his sailmaker he demands superior service, and.Dean gets both. Since 1973, the year in which Kame Richards and Jake van Heeckeren opened their sail loft, there have been five TransPacs and three times the overall winner was equipped with sails from their loft. That is an enviable record, and Richards and van Heeckeren and the staff is justifiably proud that these winners decided t^ equip their yachts with “Pineapple” sails.

Sweet Okole^ Winning the 1981 TransPac

Sweet Okole’s final sail purchase for this year’s TransPac was a new jib top and a pair of spin¬ nakers. Dean wanted our latest design concepts embodied in the primary sails which would be responsible for most of the boat speed during the race. As a result he had that little extra which only a dedicated custom loft is willing to provide. We thank Dean Treadway for taking us along for our third TransPac win. I

If you too would like some Exquisite Custom Sails, the ones with the unequaled performance and that intangible little extra, then come by the loft or give us a call. We’ll be pleased to pro¬ vide you with sails which embody the same quality and exper¬ tise which won the 1981 TransPac.

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43 Designed by A1 Mason, the MASON 43 is a tricabin aft cockpit bluewater jfacht of moderate displacement. Design emphasis is placed on beauty, performance, safety and comfort.

The MASON 43 is constructed of the most modern materials to Lloyds tlOOAl specifications. A design of such obvious beauty requires superior craftsmanship in her execution. You will find MASON 43 quality second to none. SPECIFICATIONS L.O.A. 43’10!/2” L.W.L. 31 ’3” BEAM \TV/i" DRAFT 6’3” DISPL. 25,000 S. A. (cutter) 899 sq. ft.

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The NORSEMAN 447 represents Bob Perry’s latest design in the mid forty foot range. The NORSEMAN is a high performance cruising yacht, yet its design is such that it can easily be sailed over long distances by a short handed crew. She is extremely stable yet very responsive in light air and gives ex¬ cellent performance on all points of sail. The NORSEMAN’S interior is very spacious and with headroom ranging from 6’8” to 6’4” throughout, she is ideal for sailors of all sizes. The tri-cabin, 2 head layout is well lit and ventilated by a combination of-9 opening ports, 6 opening hatches, 5 deck prisms, 5 dorade type vents and six fixed win¬ dows. The galley is both large and functional and has more than adequate stowage while the main salon easily seats 6-8 for meals or socializing. Topsides, the deck layout is extremely efficient and can be easily modified for a cutter rig. The sail plan is extremely powerful allowing for quick passages in light air, yet easily reduced for more efficient offshore conditions. So, all in all, if you are looking for a well found'performance cruiser or if you are tired of the I.O.R. headaches but not the speed, then the NORSEMAN 447 is the boat for you.

SPECIFICATIONS

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L.O.A. 44’7” D.W.L. 37’6” BEAM 13’0”

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CALENDAR

July 27 - Aug. 4 —, Admiral’s Cup, England. At this point in time the pinnacle of ocean racing competition. Even more important than Chuck & Di’s wedding. Aug. 3-7 — Olympic classes regatta, Alamitos Bay, CA. The L.A. games are only three-years away. Aug. 7 — First Friday Flicks at Berkeley YC. “Laser Worlds” and “Whitbread Race”. Call Chris Kafitz, 524-9655, for a good time. Aug. 8 — Fastnet Race. The Old World’s most prestigious ocean race, a 600-miler from Cowes around a desolate rock and back. Believed to have been first sailed in 350 B.C., it is the long distance race for the Admiral’s Cup competition. Imp won this one in 1978. Aug. 8-9 — Hobie Mile High Regatta, Huntington Lake (above Fresno), call A1 Teixeira, (209) 834-5891. Is he related to Kathy, the one who loses her boyfriend’s Latitude 38s? Aug. 8-11 — Olson 30 Nationals, Santa Cruz. Write 2-3645 E. Cliff Dr., Santa Cruz, CA 95062 or call (408) 475-2694. Fast boats, fast country. Aug. 10 — Deadline for Northpoint Y.C.’s “S.F. TransPac Regat¬ ta”. 647-1668. Aug. 11 — Free showing of “Alma”, a short documentary film about S.F.’s last hay scow schooner. Guest of honor will be Alma Peterson Soomann, who was 3-years old when the Alma, her namesake, was launched 90 years ago. 8:00 p.m. at the Firemans Fund Forum, 3333 California St., S.F. 556-6435. Aug. 15 — Ocean-Vallejo Race, 771-9500. From surf to turf. Aug. 15-16 — Columbia 26 Mark II Nationals, Oakland Yacht Club. Call Dennis Mahoney, (415) 939-8792. The perfect 26. Aug. 21-30 — Six Meter Worlds. Bodensee, Switzerland. Ber¬ trand emd the boys yodel their way around the race course. Aug. 22-23 — Wilderness 21 Nationals. Encinal YC. John Barker, (408) 462-0828. Aug. 22-23 — Hobie Division 3 Championship, Monterey, CA, Aug. 22 — Sausalito Cruising Club Lightship-Duxbury Race. 332-9349. Aug. 29 — Whitbread Round the World Race, Portsmouth, England. Watch captain’s report rounding Cape Horn: “The good news is we’re surfing at 28 knots; the bad news is there are icebergs all around us!” Aug. 29 — Ballena Bay Y.C.’s Whale’s Chase. Register at noon, 1 p.m. start. Les Clark, (415) 523-0612, (408) 243-5667. Play Moby Dick. Aug. 30 — Backwards Bullship. Entries due Aug. 17. Limited to the first 100 bullshippers. Call Ron Romaine, 453-3969, 454-9312. Aug. 31 — Coast Guard Safe Boating class starts. 7:30 p.m., Metropolitan YC, Jack London Square, Oakland. The price is right. 653-8485, 465-7458. Sept. 1 — Entry deadline for Kaui Iki race, to be held Oct. 17. Contact Jay Varner, (415) 523-0800. See Sightings. Sept. 4-14 — IYRU’s Women’s Worlds, Sardinia, Italy. Go Pam Poletti! Sept. 4 — First Friday Flicks, American Challenge. Call Chris Kafitz, 524-9655. Lonesome cowboys (and girls) out on the open sea. Sept. 5 — Windjammers Regatta, San Francisco to Santa Cruz. Make your Labor Day weekend worth living! Sept. 5-6 - 37th Annual Barth Regatta. Where north and south meet. Call Glenn Harter, 697-3487, 775-2068. Sept. 9-12 — Moore 24 Nationals. Del Hutchingson, Admiral, (415) 482-4804. No Moore slow sailing. y_

Sept. 11-20 — Boat show doubleheader. S.F. Bay in the Water at Mariner Square, 523-0940 and Nor Cal Marine Association’s S.F.-Oakland International Boat Show at the San Leandro Marina and Oakland Coliseum, 521-0330. Bring your wife, checkbook, pink slip, and the belief it ain’t a sin to be glad you’re alive. Sept. 14-19 — St. Francis Big Boat Series. Don’t bring your wife, forget your checkbook, and keep an eye out for the pink slips. Sept. 26 — Ballena Bay Whale’s Chase series finale. (415) 523-0612, (408) 243-5667.

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A3 The Hans Christian 43 ... a class example of the finest in quality cruising. Experience the pleasure and comfort of three private state¬ rooms, two with double berths, a beautifullydesigned interior, and a galley of uncomparable convenience. The all-teak joinerwork and overall craftsmanship are of the finest in the yacht building industry. Designed by H. S. Ives, the 43 is ruggedly built with massive, heavy construction, assuring safe, confident ocean passages. Throughout the 43, you'll find only the top brand-name hardware used. ■ Available as a ketch or cutter rig, the Hans Christian 43 will meet the personal preference of the most discriminating yachtsman. Diesel powered and topped off with Force Ten sails, you are guaranteed cruising pleasure in any weather. Before you purchase any cruising yacht,' experience the class of '43 . . . the Hans Christian 43.

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21 Wilderness . .. From $ 9,950 ; a

26 Pacemaker F8 S.F . 27,500

22 Bistol . .

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35 Chris Cavelier . 24,500

23 Ranger . ... From 12.950

35 Eagle Trawler .51,950

25 Fox . . 19,950

36 Chris Connie. 13,950

25 Santana 525 . . OFFERS

42 Mathews . 39,500

27 Coronado . .12,950 27 O'Day .... SOLD 19,950

44 Pacemaker . 75,000 44 Trojan . 242,000 46 Chris Craft Housboat . 75,000 48 Chris Craft

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26' Pacemaker 1979 Flybridger Sportfisherman. 220 hp. VHP Depth. Berth avail. Excellent condition $27,500

27' Nor Sea In like new cond. Upgrade Diesel. Ready to Cruise $44,500

30' Islander Mkll, 1971. Knot, Fath, VHF. Beau¬ tifully maintained family Bay & coastal cruiser. Berth included. Owners eager, $26,950.

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29 Columbia 8.7

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'29 Cal . . 29,500

49 Alaskan Trawler . 205,000 57 Chris Craft

27Ericson .. 25,500

30 Islander. . 26,500

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60 Stephens Motor Yacht . 175,000

30 Cape Dory

61 Stephens Motor Yacht . 225,000

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31 Mariner Ketch . . 44,950

70 Custom Motor Yacht. 98,500

32Ericson . . 34,200

90 Holland Trawler. 895,000

32 Islander. . 49,950

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33 Ranger . . 57,500

110 Steel Motor Yacht . 325,000

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34 Cal . . 39,950 42' Mathews Flybridger Twin engine, 2 private staterooms. Delta canvas. Beautiful 1958 hull. By appointment $39,500

36' Hans Christian. Extensive cruising history. Excellent Inventory. Hard & Soft dinghys, O.B. $75,000

29' Columbia 8.7. Completely rigged to single¬ hand. Very clean, owner-pampered. Berth incl. 50% financing at 12% Offered at $33,000.

34 Hans Christian . . 66,500 36Columbia

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36 Hans Christian . . 75,000 37 Rafiki. . 78,500 38 Downeaster . . 78,950 38 Hans Christian . . 99,950 40 Cheoy Lee Midshipman . .119,950

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Golden Meadows Trawler/Sport, Fisher. 300 hp Dsl., Gen., microwave, Radar, autopilot-loaded, Comm. Doc. will consider trade. $149,950

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3T Mariner. Immaculate. Perkins 4-107. Electronics—Boat is in fantastic cond. $44,950

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44 Sea Wolf Ketch. .116,000 44 Cheoy Lee Midshipman . . 159,950 44 Porpoise Ketch . . 175,000 45 Explorer .. ... From 99,500 45Dufour.. . 219,500 46 Bingham Ketch . . 175,000 49 Hartog Ketch. . 109,950 60 Rhodes Yawl. . 200,000

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35' Eagle Trawler, 1977. Single 120 Ford Leh¬ man Dsl. Radar, Autopilot, Gen., Washer/dryer, Avon, Bimini & Bridge cover. Berth avail. Will con¬ sider small sailboat trade. $51,950

45' Explorer, 1979. Huntingford design. Perkins Dsl., VHF, Knot, Depth, Wind, Refer. Inflatable w / ob, Gen., Dodger, recently returned from Hawaii. Ready to go again. Berth avail. $99,950.

45' Dufour)2000ct Ketch, 1977. 8 Sails, Radar, Autopilot, LORAN, Inside Steer¬ ing. 3 separate cabins. 13V-<% financing avail. Offered at $219,500.

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□ DEAR LOOSE LIPS In the July 1981 issue (again) you seem to inver that a “hot Scarab” (p 57) is a rather redundant type of vessel to use for fishing. It is evident to me that you are overdue for a session with either your optometrist or psychiatrist or both because if your brains were not as loose as your lips you might have been able to discern that the vessel pictured is a “hot Scarab” only in a relative sense. Wellcraft produces a center console Scarab designed specifically for people who do not wish to spend 4V2 hours getting to where the fish are in a $449.97, 460 lbs. capacity aluminum rowboat from Wards. (Please tell me where I can get one for $55 — I’ll take a carload). And by the way, how far offshore would you go in an aluminum rowboat regardless of price? I hope it will be soon if you can’t do any better reporting than this. Jerold Martinkoski Broderick, CA Jerold — As a sailing magazine it is our inalienable right to make fun of, criticize, belittle, damn, and mistreat all powerboats and powerboaters. If there are other brands and models than Scarabs and Wards, who would know — they all smell alike to us.

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Very sporting of you to let a Nukie have the last word. Next time I feel an attack of social'commentary coming on, I’ll call KGO talk radio or write a book or something. However, on my own behalf, I would like to mention that the arti¬ cle I referred to was, on the whole, in favor of nuclear. The informa¬ tion I cited was something new to me and I thought others might like to check out the logarithmic tables for themselves. There was not suf¬ ficient space to reference everything I’ve read, pro or con. Perhaps Mr. Weinstein should have referenced his remarks. In particular, his summation about someday having celebrities with big tits seemed a bit disconnected. Anyway, I thought there already were many such persons around. If he had provided some diagrams or graphs or straight-forward mathematics, maybe this would be com¬

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□ FREE COFFEE A bakery in Willits? There are at least that many sailors in the area — many building wood, or steel boats — several with boats on a local lake — and crazies like myself (Allen Sapoznick) who run down to the bay a mere 120 miles at the drop of an invitation for a day’s sail. Landmark is the only bakery in town, somewhat of a gathering place for urban, professional, artistic grop-outs or ins, so many sailors among them. Please drop by if your in the neighborhood — Applies to sailors passing through town — complementary coffee with the mere mention of the world sailing.

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□ ELECTRIFYING POINT As the saying goes “better late than never”. In your May issue tribute to the Pearson Corp. you failed to mention the Pearson Electra which has one of the most active sailing associations on S.F. bay. It is a strong, sturdy boat built in the early ’60’s when fiberglass first appeared. I was surprised you forgot this neat little boat. Also it would be nice to hear more about SYRA in your future issues. It seems this active racing association gets swept under the carpet when it comes to racing coverage. There are some excellent sailors in SYRA as well as some great, exciting racing going on. Mary Marton Electra 21 Newsletter SYRA Mary — Leaving the Electra out of the article on Pearson is like building one without a rudder. What a boner! Our SYRA coverage is porous to say the least; perhaps you’d like to help us rectify the situation.

□ ‘GOOD’ MAGS DON’T - BUT WE DO! I am an experienced seaperson looking for a boat to crew on. I want to know if your magazine carries a ‘crew’s wanted — crew’s available’ list. I am currently employed on a salmon boat, but spend my days dreaming of sailing, again. I hope your magazine offers this service as walking the docks is very time consuming! Alice Berg P.O. Box 593, Ft. Bragg, CA 95437 Alice — Besides being time-consuming, walking the docks isn’t very ladylike. The good news for you is that, yes, Latitude 38 does have a ‘crew’s wanted — crew’s available’ list. The bad news is we don’t offer it again until next spring. In the meantime, you might try your luck with a Classy Classified.

□ CIRCUMNAVIGATING THE POINT Here’s my $10.00, imagine that, and I don’t even need a back issue of your mag anymore!! I told you that I’d send in my $10.00 in exchange for a March 1981 back issue, but thanks to Tim Matthews of O’Neill’s Yachts in Santa Cruz, I no longer need it. Tim “Begged, Borrowed and Stole” and was able to find one for me. (The poor sucker that he stole it from hasn’t been the same since.) I’ll tell you, I found out the hard, and time-consuming way, that your mags are worth a lot more than $money to those who save them! To those of us who lose them, especially when they’re not our own and worst yet, when they contain the season’s crewing list, they’re worth our life!! Luckily Tim came through for me a few days before my execution date! Caps off to you Tim! My boyfriend had decided that I could easily be replaced — much easier I’m sure, than it was for me to replace his magazine! Would you believe that darn fopl himself threw out 6 of his own back issues during a housecleaning spree! (They were so dusty he couldn’t see the covers.) He hasn’t been quite “right” since either. He keeps checking the Goodwill and thrift shops hoping that they’ll somehow turn up. He asked me to pass the word onto the “Tooth Fairy” (he hasn’t got a fairy godmother — he’s too evil) in hopes that when he starts loosing his permanent teeth, the tooth fairy will put some moldy Latitude 38’s under his pillow instead of the T-Bills he’d originally asked for!! An eye for an eye, a toothHor a magazine! page 29

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Oh yeah, this subscription isn’t for myself — 1 haven’t learned my lesson and I’ll still keep borrowing the mags — I want my brother on the east coast to enjoy some of our health (anti-nuke?) entertaining, and educating humor. I’m sure that even though they sail the Atlantic (out of Falmouth, Mass. [Cape Cod]) they’ll enjoy your magazine as much as I do. Enjoy Bill, and Tom West. Enjoy! Who knows, maybe they’ll cruise out this way just to see what all our rambling is about. After all, you haven’t sailed till you sailed the “Bay”! P.S. — Don’t change your magazine — I like the way it looks, feels, relates, etc. As a matter of fact, it’s everything I could ever want out of Life! (Good-Bye Bruce!) I’ll take it with me everywhere I go in my goin’ everywhere backpack . . . Kathy Teixeira San Jose (Bruce’s “First Make”, oops! Meant “Mate” and “on-again, off-again girlfriend”) Kathy — It’s like Brooke Shields says, “Nothing comes between me and my 38. Something like that.

□ LUST TURNS TO ANGER, KISSES TO PUNCHES On Sunday afternoon, July 5, 1981, I was sailing my 64’ (45 metric tons) ketch on a starboard tack toward and in alignment with the range markers for the Richmond Approach Channel and South of the Richmond Channel Marker (red) #4, at approximately 7 knots, into a flooding tide, when a tug pushing a petroleum products barge (light) was approaching said channel marker #4 from the South. Suddenly this tug and tow turned to the East and gave me one whistle to which I replied with two short whistles. But I realized if I continued on the same course for another 20 or 30 seconds a colli¬ sion would be unavoidable; that the “Master” of the tug could not have avoided a collision which would have hit my vessel broad on the starboard side and which would have demolished my vessel and those aboard. I therefore took evasive action of tacking to the West and the tug and two passed very close by on my Port side at a high speed. At this point my vessel was in alignment with the Richmond Channel Marker #4 and the Marker on the West end of the Richmond Breakwater. The time was 13:30. The wihd was from the SW aprox

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12 knots. There is considerable evidence that the “Master” of the tug Feather River, Crowley Tug & Barge, deliberately and willfully disregarded the Rules of the Road with malice and forethought. It is my belief that this tug was deliberately turned in front of a sailing vessel for the pur¬ pose of harrassment of sailing vessels, as I could not find a reason that the tug couldn’t have passed astern of my vessel and have had an equally good approach to the Richmond Channel, even with the strong cross current from the South. I do not know the history of the “Master” of this tug so I don’t know if he makes a regular practice of such tactics or if Crowley Tugs management condones such practices. Ron Buckhorn, Manager of Crowley Marine, Northern Califonria would not give me the name of the “Master” of the tug. Not expecting a satisfactory response from either the Comman¬ dant of the 12th Coast Guard District nor the Crowely Tug manage¬ ment I evidently should henceforth carry a large bore rifle with plenty of high velocity apimunition and use Crowley tugs for “friendly Sunpage 33

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LETTERS day afternoon rapid fire target practice”, which I am capable of do¬ ing. , Horace W. Newman Kensington Horace - Personally we wouldn’t start ‘hunting’ on the basis of just one such incident. If other sailors have experienced similar pro¬ blems — and we haven’t — maybe they could drop us a line and we could give you some effective, albeit less deadly, ammunition to take to Crowley and the Coast Guard.

□ OOPS Thank you for your short article on the Cal Sailing Club. By the way, it’s the CAL Sailing Club, not the BERKELEY Sailing Club. However, we prefer to be regarded as a Berkeley community organization and not as a university organization which we are NOT. I’d like to add a few things to your article: for one thing, organized Lido 14 lessons are scheduled not only on Saturdays, but also on Monday and Thursday afternoons between 1 pm and 6 pm. There is no extra charge for lessons or use of the boats for daysailing. The CSC fleet consists not only of 9 Lido 14s and 4 Lasers, but also of a Finn, a Flying Junior, a 470, two Sunfish, and 3 fast and competitive Pearson Ensigns. A final word on other special CSC offerings: you might have seen the crowd of 25 people and the fleet of 10 dinghies on Ashby Shoal on July 4, which we celebrated with a classy breakfast (including barbeque, chairs and a table) on the mudflats. Sounds crazy? You got the message . . . Thanks for your services! Regine Boysen Vice-Commodore Regine — We figured that the Berkeley Sailing Club sounded a lot more like a “community organization” than the Cal Sailing Club, but have it any way you like. But tell us this, if you are not a university organization why does your stationery read “3rd Floor, Eshleman Hall, University of California”. As someone who would now be an Alumnus had we taken our education more seriously, we’re concerned.

□WHEN RANGER SPEAKS, WEINSTEIN SHOULD LISTEN Mis Amigos, I hope you will find my letter worthy for print despite its lateness. I tend the sheets on my Spisgatter in Alameda during the winter but the summer finds me in the Sierra backcountry. This letter, as your magazine, is travelling as fast as it can on a mule’s ass. I enjoy this, I hope you do, too. LOGIC 101 • It is sadly apparent that Mr. Weinstein has taken Logic 101. Unfor¬ tunately he has forgotten the way in which we are able to logically generate absurdities. “A sailing magazine is a greater detriment to society than building nuclear reactors.” What is that supposed to prove!? I feel it is important that all of ys communicate with each other about nuclear energy. This ‘most-important’ environmental issue makes it appropriate and laudable for Latitude 38 to make their carefully considered view known; and those of others such as Dan’s. We must all guard against technocratic arrogance. Nuclear energy in¬ fluences everyone — even, by gosh, sailors! I think it is important to speak out before others claim to speak for us. For openers, therefore, let me say that I am a part of society and I don’t think the benefits ex¬ ceed the risks. The present situation in terms of safety is reminiscent page 35

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LETTERS of the prepie trying to talk his sweetheart into one more trick at her wheel -T- because, up to now, the rhythm-method hasn’t let them down. The difference between a pitchpoling singlehander and a melting reactor plant is logically distinct. The sailor is responsible solely to himself. Even if he requests a rescue in hazardous conditions his rescuers are trained to evaluate the danger and proceed on/y with their own safety first in mind. If they decide to violate this first princi¬ ple of rescue work and risk their lives it is because they choose to do so. If persons are made ill as the result of chronic low level radiation from leaks or wastes it is certainly not because they choose to be so . . . more likely than not they will have to sue and pry and raise all hell to even uncover what the problem is. When a reactor accident of major proportions does occur, I’m afraid the thousands of persons affected will also not have given their consent. Their numbers will over-shadow the number of deaths from singlehanded sailing for all time and demonstrate the pointlessness of this analogy. Electrical power. I know how hard it is for an entertaining magazine such as Latitude 38 to serve as a forum for such weighty issues. I too would rather listen to Sandra Littleford talk about penises! (Go Pip!) Electrical need predictions are based on mindless extrapolations of present growth. It is possible with these techniques to predict a critical shortage of mayonnaise and bring thru hull fittings in the not-to-distant future. Ludicrous as this sounds these results are

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It’s a, sailor’s dictionary and so damn good you should have a copy. There are items in it that I’m sure you would use and everybody would enjoy. Workman Publishing of New York put it out, #1 West 39th St., New York, NY 10018. Get it Max Flohr Petaluma Max — We did a little Sightings feature on that very book in Volumn 49.

□ IT’S A VICE, BUT A BORING ONE We thought you might enjoy getting a bit of a scoop on a new pro¬ duct that we have been involved with. It is special for the do-ityourself type sailor, the first small, portable riggers vise to be in¬ troduced in close to 30-years. This all came about becuase I asked my Dad, who is a tool and die maker, to help me surprise Larry with , a new vise to replace the home-made, rusty hulk of metal he’d rigged up (I couldn’t stand .the mess it made in my stores locker.) Dad came up with a lovely tool capable of bending wire from 1/8 inch to 1/2 inch diameter so it lay neatly against a thimble while you

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□YOU’RE NOT SO GREAT I like Latitude 38\ that is why I am a subscriber. It has a tremen¬ dous local interest, it has many good articles, it has a reasonably low percentage of its pages dedicated to advertising (48% in July, com¬ pared to 67% for both Sail and Yachting), the cost per page of text is lower than that for other magazines (1.07C for Lat. 38, against 1.91C for Yachting and 2.36C for Sail), and even the advertising is local and pertinent. As I say above, I like the magazine. But ... I have two complaints. 1. The constant publication of laudatory letters; this is unnecessary page 39

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□ DAMN SUSQUEHANNA I am tired of sending my copies of Latitude 38 to my brother in Gettysburg, PA (he sails his Helms 25 named Minie Ball in a large dammed up section of the Susquehanna). But he is hooked on it now and has expanded his arm chair sailing to include the S.F. Bay. It’s great! We all love you! Jane Stein

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□TODAY THE BAY AREA, TOMORROW THE WORLD On behalf of all the hard-workirig staff of our Summer Sailing School, I thank you! Your generous coverage of our lessons was very much ap¬ preciated. We distribute Latitude 38 regularly at our meetings. We know this publication is the sailors guide in the Bay Area. Very nice of you!

Jan Sutherland Vice-Commodore Sailing School Director Briones Sailing Club Orinda

□ PATRON SAINT OF THE 60’S Re: Patron Saint of the 60’s Generation, Letter to the Editor — Volume 49, July 81. The patron saint and the man who provided the intellectual focus for the 60’s generation and it’s disciples — Lenny Bruce. John M. Cowes ' San Francisco page 41

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A Very Good Year John — Lenny Bruce? We suppose we were about cs 60’s as you can get; if Lenny Bruce was the man we musta been intellectually blurred.

□ I WANT IT! After years of scrounging your sailing sheet from my next-door (fine) neighbor, I’ve decided to do the “right” thing and buy a subscription myself. The fact that he has sold his home, is madly packing and “stripping” his Freeport 41 for an over-land haul to Puget Sound is only coincidental. My check is enclosed. John Wickert Alameda John — That Freeport must be a Goddess.

□ WRITE POSITIVE I have been following with great interest the series of letters to the editor and articles expressing a negative attitude towards one building his/her own boat. 1 do not agree with the attitude that building a boat destroys one’s marriage, sanity, bank accounTand life in general. I do not agree that building a boat either from scratch or a kit is a large complex task tak¬ ing many hours of effort and patience and that one should have his/her life in order before attempting such a project. Boatbuilding is not for everyone nor is it a cheap way to escape into the utopian vi¬ sion of the south sea isles. Building your own boat is a way of obtaining a well-founded boat on a pay as you go basis at a reasonable price. It also affords one the opportunity to develop many of the skills required to maintain a sail¬ ing vessel and achieve a step closer to the self-sufficiency required by a long range cruiser. It also offers a degree of measure as to whether one is really suited to the cruising lifestyle on a limited budget and getting down to a basic lifestyle. I have been building boats myself for over 10 years now and as the owner of Voyager Marine have dealt with many amateur boatbuilders all over the world. We have offered building and outfitting supplies as well as consultation and inter-communication among builders. Through the years we have tried many methods to help the amateur builder to get through the myriad of projects required; such as our own boatyard for builders, group orders, periodic mailings, builder referrals, technical consultation, etc. This effort has allowed our customers and friends to achieve an estimated 70-80% completion factor of boats started. In an effort to achieve more we are offering to our customers a Boatbuilders & Out¬ fitters Catalog of over 1500 pages of technical information and high quality products at reasonable prices. We are also offering a series of 13 boatbuilding and outfitting seminars open to all local boatbuilders free of charge. They will be scheduled on a monthly basis and will cover the following topics; 1.) Engines & Installations, * ‘July 31; 2.) Electrical Systems, “Aug. 21; 3J Steering Systems, Sept. 25; 4.) Heating Systems, Oct. 23; 5.) Plumbing Systems, Nov. 13; 6.) ‘Ventilation Systems; 7.) ‘Interior Decorating & Layout; 8.) ‘Materials; 9.) ‘Painting Systems; 10.) ‘Rigging & Spars; 11.) ‘Construction Techniques; 12.) ‘Livesaving Systems; 13.) ’Din¬ ghies/Tenders. ("Dates to be announced. * *Seminar will also have a potluck at 6 p.m. and the seminar will start at 6:45. All who plan on coming for the potluck must call ahead and have their name down on the list.) page 43

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Gene — It’s true, lately there have been a number of articles and Letters in Latitude 38 questioning the advisabilty of amateur boat¬ building. Understand, however, that we’ve solicited none of these, they’ve all been submitted on a voluntary basis. * We do try to maintain something resembling a balance of opinion, and plan to publish articles that perhaps portray amateur boat¬ building in a more favorable light. This month’s article on Alviso's home-built Stone Witch, which has gone on to work and cruise most of the Pacific, is one example. From what we’ve seen, the biggest problem amateur boatbuilders face is laboring under an unrealistic idea of what’s involved in com¬ pleting a boat — both in terms of time and money. The seminar pro¬ gram outlined in your letter would appear to be a little more thorough than is offered by many companies which sell plans; since they are free it would probably be worthwhile for anyone considering building their own boat to stop by.

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Over in England a former Star World Champ, Jim Allsopp, helped give a racing seminar for North Sails in England. After a day of tips and such he narrowed his pointers down to 10; we know you’d like to see what they are; 1. Always sail on a lift. 2. Stay between your competitors and the next mark. 3. Trim the mainsail so that the upper leech tell-tale flows behind the leech. 4. Bend the mast so that the mid-girth mainsail tell-tale streams evenly. 5. Stream all the genoa tell-tales together. 6. Never stall the leeward tell-tales. 7. Keep the spinnaker clews even. 8. Carry a slight curl in the spinnaker luff, the harder it blows the bigger it should be. 9. Never forget your seasick pills. 10. Don’t ever race with your wife. We thought you’d also like to know what we’ve gleaned from our own experience: 1. Always sail on a boat. 2. Never race with both your wife and mistress. 3. Two energetic and cooperative crew are better than six hot shot weiners. 4. Never stray far from the starting line. 6. Stay cool; if all hell starts breaking loose, take a short pause to regain composure. 7. The urge to take a flyer varies inversely with your standing in the fleet. 8. No matter which jib you put up, you’ll always think another would work better. 9. The same goes for spinnakers. 10. Winning doesn’t mean shit if you aren’t having fun.

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Bertrand and Rod Davis (1981 Congressional Cup winner) would be glad to meet you if you do. They’re looking to put together a 12 Meter campaign for the 1983 defense of the Cup. Tom says their chief fund raiser had some business problems and had to back out, leaving him and the other 3 to fend for themselves. Pitching for dollars isn’t Tom’s strong point, so he’d be mighty appreciative for any help. Meanwhile, there are several other Yanks eager to defend. Poker face Dennis Conners will have two new boats to test against Freedom. Pretty boy Russell Long is expected to participate again. The departure of Ted Turner will relax the stuffed shirts at Newport, even if the maidens’ hearts will beat a little slower. Overseas, the rush to challenge for the auld mug is reaching a frenetic pace. No less than 10 syndicates from Australia, England, France, Italy, Sweden and Canada want a piece of the action. There’ll be old timers like Australia’s Alan Bond and Sweden’s Pelle Petterson as well, as some newcomers from the Secret Cove YC in British Columbia and French filmmaker Yves Rousset-Rouard, who’s taking up where Baron Bich left off. One of the more intriguing campaigns will be from Italy. The Costa Smeralda YC of Porto Cervo, Sardinia, reportedly has the backing of Aga Kahn, a wealthy Moslem spiritual leader. They’re expected to buy the American 12 Enterprise. The foregoing brings to mind a book written several years ago call¬ ed Duel on the Wind about a fictional account of a modern America’s Cup. The top challenger was an Arab oil shiek. There were lots of pathos in the book, including some guard dogs chewing up a kid who wandered into one of the 12’s private sheds. There was also some standard love affairs. But the most memorable part was about a Laser race two of the sailors had. The winner got to sleep with the girl on the beach. That’s got racing for silver cups beat hands down!

Sammy Girton was measuring sails prior to the Fireball North Americans at Richmond when a young man wearing a wet suit peel¬ ed to the waist wandered up to her. He asked where he could get something to eat and Sammy pointed out the Snack Bar. Then he asked where he was. A bit taken aback, Sammy soon found out the young lad was looking for Berkeley but didn’t think he had the right place. Sammy took him to a map of the bay and started with “You are here . . Evidently he had been out practicing for the Wind¬ surfer Bay Classic and had lost his way in the fog.

Word from China is that the dhow Sohar, an 88-footer with twin sails, has completed a 7-month, 8-day voyage retracing the route of Sinbad the Sailor, from Oman, the sponsoring country, to Canton. An international crew of 20 made the 6,000-mile voyage in the modern re-creation of an ancient Arab sailing ship. They navigated by the stars and ate traditional Arab cakes, dried fish and dates. The adventurers sailed to Sri Larnka, the Andaman Islands, the Nicobar Islands and through the straits of Malacca on the way to Canton. Their inspiration was the 291st tale of A Thousand and One Nights the story of a wealthy citizen of Bagdad known as “the sailor”. Sinbad sailed to China about 1,200 years ago, according to the story concocted by Scherezade to tell her husband Schariar, the king of Samorkind. Remember, she was trying to save her hide. Sinbad’s voyage lasted 25 nights, and included such imaginative episodes as page 51

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the discovery of the Roc’s egg, the valley of the diamonds and the Old Man of the Sea, who had to be killed because he wouldn’t get off the sailor s back. Much of the tale is based on the voyages and ex¬ periences of Persian and Indian navigators and has an origin in fact.

The Fourth of July holiday was marred when a Placer County resi¬ dent leaned against the rail of a boat off Corinthian Island, fell into the chilly waters of Belvedere Cove, and died of an apparent heart at¬ tack. Otto Wagner, a 48-year old man with a history of heart trouble, re-J mained in the water for five minutes, not responding to a life ring thrown to him. He was plucked from the water and placed into the dinghy of a passing sailboat which ferried him to Tiburon, where he was pronounced dead. Paramedics explained that if possible in such circumstances, the victim should immediately be pulled from the water and given CPR on the deck of a boat.

Tides. They can win or lose races for you, or turn an afternoon sail into an all day endurance test. Knowledge of the tides is something anyone who uses the bay should be aware of. The Bay Model located at the Army Corps of Engineers in Sausalito is just the place to pick up this information with a huge visual and audio display. The hydraulic model, constructed under the cover of a 3-acre warehouse will be open from 9 a.m. to 4p.m. Tuesday through Sun¬ day, until Labor Day weekend. The model will also be in operation on the following Sundays: August 9 and 23, from 1 to 3 p.m. To see the model in operation is a unique and interesting ex¬ perience for the whole family, and it gives you a chance to appreciate the size, fragility (and frigidity) of this ecosystem we too often take for

skin thickness is about 5/32” and it’s made of unidirectional “S” glass in a matrix of vinyl ester resin with microballoon filler. (Hey, man, it’s fiberglass.) Aluminum shells can be made about the same thickness, but they have to add more weight with stiffeners. Harlander’s 40-footer will weight about 17,000 pounds, 10,000 of which will be lead in the keel. “It will be the lightest boat around with that much lead in her,” he chuckled. The mast will tower 61-feet off the deck and carry an 4/5’s rig. They hope to have her in the water in 3 months and have firm plans to go on next February’s Manzanillo race.

Bernard Moitessier’s idea to grow fruit trees as a way to help the world may be a bit idealistic, but you’ll be interested to hear that the Massachusetts’ legislature has put up $64,000 to buy trees bearing fruit and nuts. The trees will be planted on public lands to produce food and as a demonstration to show the public how to cultivate them. Bernard, meanwhile, is apparently in some hot water. We’ve received phone calls saying he’s being threatened with deportation because his visa has expired. We’ll have more on it next month and would appreciate tips from anyone who knows what’s going on.

granted. Les Harlander is up to something over in Richmond at his Cal Coast Marine. He’s building a space age boat. What we found was the hull upside down, still in the mold, and the plugs for the deck end the transom being faired up. Smoking a stogie and sipping a Light beer, Les was willing to talk about his new creation, but only up to a point. He thought it would be better if they got her ready to go into the water before we spilled too much ink over it. So we asked him if we could talk about the rest of his life — things like he and his brother Don sailing 110’s, or his victories on Mirage, a C&C 40, or his work with designing cargo ships (he’s done a bunch for Matson and is currently designing the largest container cargo ship to fly the U.S. flag, for United President’s Line). But he said: “You mean it’s going to be like one of those interview things?” Uhhh, well, sort of. “I’m sure not interested in that!” We knew we were licked so we got what we could and told him to call us later. In any case, Harlander’s working with a new way of building boats. The hull and deck are longitudinally framed with integral stringers molded in during the lay up. Instead of making a shell and then at¬ taching stringers, he’s doing it all at once. Plywood web frames runn¬ ing across the hull are then added to make the hull solid. The interior will be modular, finished outside the boat and then just dropped in and bolted down. Les and his new yard manager, Don Peters (he of Alameda fame), figure they can match or beat anyone in a one-off game. Their hull page S3

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Canadian Fireball sailors descended on Richmond Yacht Club for the North American Championships, July 10-12, and walked away with seven of the top ten places. Only Marin’s Gordon Danielson and crew Rich Rattray could crack the top five, placing third on the windy, six race contest. Eight boats in the fleet of 40 lost their masts, and several others spent considerable time washing mud off the top of their spars from where they stuck them into the Berkeley flats. Other local sailors who did well: 7th, George Sutton and Jeff Miller, Palo Alto; 10th, Rich Butler and John Marion, Lafayette; 11th, John Liebenberg and Carl Melius; 12th, Patrick Grey and Brad Woolley, Campbell. /

ten (tongue in cheek) ways to be a first rate first mate 1. Stay Healthy. Under no circumstances catch a cold, get a toothache, or have the ‘monthlys’. The latter creates havoc with marine plumbing. All of these weaknesses undermine the propaganda of a healthy life at sea . . . the same propaganda some scheming skipper is selling an unsuspecting wife right this minute. Above all, if the boat is breaking up under you, for heaven’s sake don’t get in the way. You might end up with a broken bone or something and that can really upset the captain. Oh, there is one exception. You can get seasick if you want to. Just make sure that it’s over in time to fix dinner. 2. Be Creative in the Galley. With a little imagination and a lot of mayo, you can create a fullblown dinner out of a can of sauerkraut and some moldy lunchmeat. Well, if not a fullblown pheasant-under-(plexi)glass kind of meal, at least a tasty casserole, if you just cover the whole thing with crushed potato chips. If you’ve already run out of the chips, 1 don’t know what you’re going to do. 3. Serue the Meal with Flair. Now, I really don’t recommend candlelight. We all know if the wind and waves didn’t roar up just as you started to cook, its a sure bet they will when you serve. The resulting water through the hatch that puts out the stove will also get the candle. Look at it this way, though: all that water is so handy to clean up the spilled mess. con't, on next sightings page

mermaid of the month We were tickled to get this photo in the mail. Fred Tabor of Danville thought we might use it as our “Mermaid of the Month” after last month’s mention of a similar feature in V.I. Boating, a Caribbean sailing sheet. At the risk of invoking the wrath of everybody from the supporters of Alan Robbins to the Berkeley Lesbian Center, we offer you our own version of a centerfold. Her name is Andrea. Her vitals: Year of launch — 1976, Bowsprit — 15V2”, amid¬ ships — 15V2”, transom — 15V2”, running lights — blue, mainsail — brown. Her hob¬ bies are social work, anthropology, finger¬ painting, classical literature and collecting scratch and sniff stickers (the ones found in children’s books — not perv magazines). Although she was unable to find a suitable boat to charter in the TransPac, she has stated she is looking forward to some heavy cruising in the Oakland Estuary on a Buc¬ caneer sloop. She also likes to hang out in the hot tub with her friends Ken and Barbie on their catamaran. A woman of few words, she had this to say when we asked if she lik-

keep If you’re planning to sail from Pt. Sur south to Pt. Arguello anytime between now and November 1, you should know there’s a research vessel called Seamark out there towing a 1,000 to 2,000 yard cable 5-ft.

SIGHTINGS tongue - con’t. adam’s cup quarters Arm Toschi of the St. Francis YC and Marcia Peck from Tiburon YC and their crews will represent the bay area in the Adam’s cup semi finals on August 8 and 9, to be held north of Raccoon Straits against two Southern California teams. Toschi and Peck were the top finishers in the quarter finals for the event, emblematic of the na¬ tional women’s championship. In the windy, 7 race series held July 11 and 12 north of the Berkeley Circle, Toschi scored 10.25 points to better Peck’s 16.50; seven entries competed. The Corinthian YC hosted the event and will do the honors again for the semi finals.

ed sailing: “Yes.” If you’ve got a ‘mermaid’ you’d like to feature in Latitude 38 rush her picture and ‘vitals’ to P.O. Box 1678 in Sausalito, CA 94966. If you don’t have a mermaid, we suppose we’ll accept little Marlin, too.

clear below the surface. ,They’re conducting a geological survey from 3 to 30 miles off¬ shore. The Seamark WG9806 monitors VHF-FM channels 16 and 22 and asks you give her 4,000 yards clearance. *

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Choose a pretty tablecloth but refrain from grabbing the bright red sailbag so handy in the forepeak. Chances are, the sail is still in it and this will make for a lumpy table. Chances are, too, that this will be the next sail the captain needs and finding it on the table may upset him. You can serve dinner IN the oven, given the right circumstances. This method saves washing dishes as the food is served directly from the oven walls. All you need are the utensils to scrape everything up, and the oven door makes such a cozy table for two as the food is served, warm and steam¬ ing. Warm food, steaming first mate. 4. Be Different. One way to keep the food off the cabin sole is to time all meals for calm waters only. I see nothing wrong with lunch at 3:00 a.m. Every other Tuesday. 5. Develop a Tough Skin. Literally. Or baring that, asbestos gloves deaden the pain when transferring the boiling water from the pot to the cups. Should you develop black and blue marks on your hips from being tossed into the stove knobs, keep these colors in mind when selecting next season’s bikini. Polka dot designs would be nice. 6. Forget Femininity Traits. With bulky clothing and foul weather gear, there isn’t much outside evidence anyways. What this really means is DO NOT CRY when the captain yells from the foredeck “Pull-up-the-halyardsgod-damn-it!” and you, already yanking for all your worth, of course, yell back “I-AM-pulling-you-son-of-a-seacookl”. At this point, a teary, trembling voice just doesn’t cut it. While we’re on the subject of yelling, every first mate ought'to get one of those tee shirts loudly emblazoned ‘DON’T SHOUT AT ME!’ Not that it will do a damn bit of good — who ever heard of a skipper that doesn’t shout? But you will be on record that, though you sure as hell hear him and will defend to the. death his right to give orders, you don’t think much of his form of delivery. 7. Be Neat. There is no room on a boat for clutter. A place for everything and everything in its place. Tartly repeat these homilies to your skipper if he gets upset just because you hung up his foul weather gear as soon as it was shed. The fact that you are sailing through a bit of a blow and he simply came down below for a quick dinner has nothing to do with it. 8. Be Companionable. Sometimes. Now, I’m sure your captain is just dy¬ ing to hear all about the latest happenings and breakdowns in the galley. It’s just that his interest ebbs when he is honing in on a difficult sun shot off a roll¬ ing horizon. Besides, he thinks you’re manning the chronometer. It’s also tough to get through to him when he’s concentrating on the tedious mathamatics in plotting the results. You’ll get his attention, that’s not the pro¬ blem . It will be robust and terribly vocal. That’s the problem. If you have small children onboard, this would be a good time to send them out to play. 9. Be Controlled. To be specific, control your interior plumbing urges to lengthy intervals — such as three times a week. While the good captain always has his lee rail, you are stuck with the head with the boat on the wrong tack to pump. It always is.Speaking of the lee rail ... I once heard a little girl, observing a little boy, comment “My, that certainly is a handy little gadget to take along on a picnic.” I’m wondering why some enterprising inventor couldn’t create an ‘adapter’ gadget for us sailing females? On a rocking boat it sure would be nif¬ ty. With a little mass market know-how, we could have ‘adapter gadgets’ in every chandlery and supermarkets might feature it. Between the peanut but¬ ter and the pickles. I dunno girls, even with all the inroads, it’s still a man’s world. 10. Be Open Minded. If, in the middle of all this spilling, yelling and lee¬ railing, your stalwart skipper looks you straight in the eye and in That Tone, murmers, “I’m so proud of you, babe and I don’t know how you manage. con't. on next sightings page

SIGHTINGS tongue - con't. Gee, I love you!” . . . you have two choices: You can tell him to stuff it, stow it or sit on it. OR, you can discount all of the above, give hime a resounding kiss that promises more if the damn boat will ever settle down, breathe deep and carry on, knowing you adore this sailing life just as much as he does, even with a bum day now and then. Frankly, I recommend the latter. — dotty haynes

it’s a man’s world no more, dotty You want a “little gadget” like the men have so you can take a leak over the lee rail? You got it! We were sailing on one of the Gemini twins, Legacy, during the Midnight Moonlight Race when some of the men made the pilgrimage to the lifelines fo^ relief. Imagine our surprise when Lydia Melder,

who owns Legacy with husband John, took her turn, letting out a stream as long as that of the guys. v It turns out she had something called a “Sani-Fem”, a little plastic gismo that lets her pee standing up. Lydia keeps one in her foul weather jacket, ready for use when the occasion arises. She got hers from the Sierra Club Bulletin, but you can order yours direct from “Sani-Fem”, 7415 Stewart and Grey Road, Downey, CA 90241. It costs $5.99 plus .75 postage, and some women think it ranks right up there with getting the vote.

erratum In our July (again) issue we ran a short blurb on the Backwards Bullship. It contained a reference to last year’s event being poorly managed, a statement that turns out to be in error. Ron Romaine tells us the inaugural race was a smashing success. The only shortcoming was the relatively small turnout, due in part to its scheduling. It ran a week before the El Toro North Americans and some sailors didn’t want to try and do both. Our apologies to anyone who felt maligned. . In any case, this year’s timing is perfect, according to Romaine (453-3969 or 454-9312). Starting time is 0900 on Sunday, August 30 off the St. Fran¬ cis, and is limited.to the first 100 who sign up. There’s a big bar-be-que at the Sausalito Cruising Club afterwards. And that ain’t no bullship!

tired royalty What we’ve got here is a sight that makes Richmond’s Rita Gardner weep. It’s the once proud, 285-ft. Delta King, sistership to the Delta Queen, with whom she plied the Mis¬ sissippi in the 20’s. The King came west and was berthed at Rio Vista before being purchased by Dr. M.K. Sun for $35,000. He figured to restore it and turn it into something of a tourist at¬ traction at San Francisco’s Pier 3. Regretably it sank this Spring at its Richmond berth, just north of the Rich-mond-San Rafael Bridge. Rita hopes something can be done to save con't, on next sightings page

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fire eyes What gives sailors fire in their eyes? Well, in this case it’s tequila at noon. That’s what El Toro ace Jim Warfield is imbibing in the fourth annual Richard Turner Quinn Fourth of July Regatta in the Oakland Estuary. The race started at the bar of Quinn’s Landing with a shot of mellow yellow. Warfield and Harold Robinson had even loosened up their throats with one shot before that. Then the 9 entrants rushed down to their rigged El Toros and pushed out'into the Estuary. From there they circled a couple of marks and landed at the Coast Guard dock for the second official drink. In first was Warfield, shown doing his elbow lift exercises. After raising their centerboards, the fleet wobbled •it’s way around two more marks and back to

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the once proud vessel, and since we don’t have any good ideas, we’ll have to suggest a bad one: take her to Hawaii and make her a sailboat for tourists. There is a precedent for this loVely idea, the vessel pictured to the lower right. Once a steamer in Argentina — or so we were told — it was fitted with a clip¬ per bow and masts and called a sailboat. It does a big business these days, wallowing up and down Waikiki getting tourists smashed and/or seasick. She probably doesn’t sail too well, but that’s of little co'nsequence since nobody’s seen her sails set since she hit town. We realize this isn’t a suitable fate for the old King, but it’s better than no fate at all. I ATITUDE 38

SIGHTINGS ah so kazi. Veal’barging On July 15 a J-24 from the Olympic Circle Sailing Club was involved in a collision with the Crowley barge Alaska when the sailboat got becalmed in the barge’s lee. The incident occured east of Blossom Rock while the empty 400-ft. barge was? being pulled by one tug and pushed by another. Just prior to impact two of the students abandoned ship and had a cornerof the barge pass over them — fortunately nobody was hurt, nor' was the J-24. The same cannot be said for the lead tug, which suffered considerable damage after having stopped her engines and having the barge slam into.her. Apparently there is litigation planned as a result of the incident.

sail powered commercial fish boat Tiare is a 64-ft. steel fishing ketch. She was designed and built by George Pell, who runs the Blue Bahia Boptyard in Richmond, with the help of Rick Wood. Currently Wood is skipper of Tiare as she goes for tuna, mahi-mahi, lobster and bottom fish out of Maui. With 2,400 square feet of sail, and a fish capacity of 65,000 pounds at minus 25° Fahrenheit, Tiare is one of the most sophisticated of the sailing fishboats operating today. Pell started working on Tiare 8 years ago in Alameda. When he joined Blue Bahia the hull, deck, ballast, and house came along to Richmond with him. It was there he met Rick Wood, who had brought his 57-ft. Germanbuilt steel ketch in for repairs. Wood, 32, had sailed his boat from the east coast, around Cape Horn to

The day after the singlehanders left San Francisco for Japan, a representative of Kazi, a Japanese sailing magazine, stopped by our offices to pick up some photographs we were willing to give them. Ever grateful for our assistance, they’ve been sending us copies of the magazine ever since. The language barrier makes reading a little tough, but we’ve still enjoyed paging through it. The photographs are great, ads for American products like North Sails and Lasers in Japanese are a kick, and it’s fun to try and figure out what the various diagrams mean. For.jnsfance, take the seven sequence dia¬ gram at right. What could possibly be going bn? The feeling of frustration the little characters must feel is incredible; we can on¬ ly guess it’s an ad for Valium or something. You figure it out. Better yet, you come up with the best dialogue between the two characters and we’ll give you a free years subscription to Latitude 38 and a certificate for one future Classy Classified. Get your pens out and start thinking Japanese.

college of alameda The College of Alameda wants you to know they’re offering courses in Weather, Seamanship, Coastal Piloting and Celestial Navigation. Fall classes start September 14; pre registration is from August 3 to Septem¬ ber 14 for new and returning students. By completing the Coastal Piloting course in the Fall, students can begin work on Celestial Navigation in Winter and Spring quarters. These courses are a must for anyone who wants to sail off into the deep blue, and know which ocean they’re in. More information is available at the Col¬ lege of Alameda, 555 Atlantic Avenue, Ala¬ meda, CA (415) 522-7221.

lost Tahiti, and eventually to San Francisco. He’d been thinking of buying a steel fishing boat, and then he saw Pell’s half-finished hull sitting in the yard. The two men met, discovering that each had done commercial fishing — Wood off Nantucket and Pell in the bay and up in Alaska — and, finding they had the same goals in mind, decided to join forces. con't, on next sightings page

Paul Kalanta, a 55-year old sailor from Corte Madera, was apparently lost at sea in either late June or early July somewhere off the northwest .coast of the United States. Kalanta’s 40-ft. trimaran, Karma, was discovered with sails set making an aimless course some 900-miles off Crescent City by

SIGHTINGS fish boat - con’t. The boat was launched this Spring, and was taken on some shake-down fishing to the Farallones shorty thereafter. Their original plan had been to fish for yellowfin tuna off Midway Island and deliver it frozen to Dutch Harbor, Alaska. Tiare would then travel down the coast fishing and processing salmon to be delivered to Hawaii, and then fish locally for the remainder of the year. Then she would head east to begin the cycle again. Pell and Wood figured they could save up to 40% in fuel costs of a normal fishing vessel. Pell estimated fuel consumption on a normal boat at about $100 a day, or $30,000 in a 300-fish day year. By fishing in areas with strong and favorable winds, Tiare could sail most of the time. He says it's hard to get fishermen hot on the idea of sailing. “They’re so damn lazy, they just push the button.” Due to hassles in Alaska getting approval for their onboard salmon pro¬ cessing operation, Pell and Wood decided to bypass that part of the opera¬ tion and just concentrate on Hawaii. On June 10 Tiare left San Francisco, and arrived in a new home port on Maui, a respectable fourteen days later, averaging 250-miles a day. Skipper Wood reported catching 1000 pounds of fish on the way; during the trip they burned only 200 gallons of fuel, including what was necessary to run the freezer the entire time.

barth regatta Gustav Barth helped found the Coyote Point Yacht Club, and also donated a Perpetual Trophy for the purpose of bringing north bay boats to the south bay. The first race took place in 1944 and continues this year on Labor Day weekend, September 5 and 6. The race down the bay was orginally sponsored by the San Francisco YC, then Presidio YC, and now the Island YC has taken over. For more information write the Coyote Point YC, I.Y.C./Barth Chairman, 1820 Coyote Point Dr., San Mateo, CA 94401 or call Glenn Harter, 697-3487 (home), 775-2068 (answering ser¬ vice) .

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at sea Adohan II, a New Zealand boat bound for Victoria, B.C. Karma’s last port had apparently been Vic¬ toria, and it is not known if he departed with any passengers. The trimaran had to be left at sea and is presumably is still wandering about the Pacific.

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San Francisco’s longtime ‘big event’, the St. Francis Big Boat Series, will have some big changes this year when racing kicks off on September 13. The biggest change is that it will now become a 5, rather than 4 race series. The series will start Sunday September 13 with a race at 1:00 p.m., followed by a 1:00 p.m. start on Monday, the traditional 3:00 p.m. businessman’s blowout on Wednesday, and 1:00 p.m. starts on Friday and Saturday. A second big change, according to the St. Francis’ Race Committee Chair¬ man Jim Taylor, is the introduction of team racifig. Any three boats from one yacht club — and they can be in the same or different classes — can sign up as a ‘team’. The results of the three boats will be totalled to determine a ‘team winner’. Traditionally there are four Perpetual Tropies vied for by each of the four divisions. Last year, as an added attraction, there was a special division for Merlin and Drifter. This year’s special features one-design racing between the Santa Cruz 50’s, of which there are getting to be quite a few around. The southern Cal 50’s paddled the northern California 50’s in the TransPac, and it will be interesting to see if they can get revenge. We’ll have a complete rundown of the entries next month, but put those dates — September 13 to September 19 — down on your calendar now!

SIGHTINGS the little whale that could The Ballena Bay Yacht Club, which brought you the 1980 Kauai yacht race, is getting on with festivites designed to reunite old rivals, encourage newcomers, enhance preparation for the July 4th, 1982, Kauai race, pro¬ mote interclub competition and have an old fashioned good time. With that in mind, they’re spdnsorjng the first Kauai Iki (“Little Kauai”) Challenge Cup Race on Saturday, October 17th. Starting off Baker’s Beach, the fleet will go out to the Light Bucket and finish at Ballena Bay. Bay Area yacht clubs have been invited to send Challenge Cup teams, which will race in one division; there will also be an open division. Deadline for entries is September 1st. If you want to spend the night at Ballena Bay, contact the club at 1124 Ballena Blvd., Alameda, Ca. 94501, 523-0612. You can also order 4-coLor posters for the race by sending $5.00 each to the same address or contacting Jay Varner at (415) 523-0800. What does any of this have to do with the little whale that could? YoUr guess is as good as ours. We just thought it was a catchy title.

safe boating classes The Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla is sponsoring a 13-lesson course on sailing and seamanship at the Metropolitan Yacht Club, Jack London Square, Oakland. The first class is Monday, August 31 at 7:30 p.m. There’s a small charge for text material. For information call 653-8485 or 465-7458.

tristan signs in Tristan Jones, raconteur, explorer, vagabond, misfit, and all-around ec¬ centric, showed up at Little Willow Books on July 23 for a book signing party before his appearance the next night at the Marin Civic Center. Entrancing the steady stream of autograph seekers with his Welsh accent and handsome

polettitoset world on ear Pam Poletti of Ross is smiling because she and her skipper, La Jolla’s J.J. Fetter, will be one of three U.S. teams competing in Italy for the Women’s World Sailing Champion¬ ships August 29 to September 14. Pam and J.J. were third in the U.S. Women’s Nation¬ al’s at the end of June in Long Beach — just good enough to qualify them for the Na¬ tional Team and a trip to Italy. In the World’s they’ll compete in 420’s, a 14-ft. dinghy with trapeze. A student at the University of Wisconsin, this will be Pam’s second time on the U.S. team. Several years back she went to the World’s in Holland with Vallejo’s Susie Klein. N

2 singlehanded What does April 16, 1982 mean to you? Probably not much unless you are planning to enter the solo Guadalupe Island Race. Why would anyone want to enter such a race? Well, we’re not sure, but the word from the Pacific Singiehanded Association is that this a good way to fulfill the require¬ ments for entry in the 1982 Singlehanded TransPac, which leaves San Francisco on June 19 and finishes in Kauai, Hawaii. The requirements for the TransPac have changed, according to Chuck Hawley, Commodore of the sponsoring Singlehand-

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white fedora, Tristan spun out a few phrases worth noting. “Oh, you’re from Latitude 38? You were the ones who said you believed every thing I say? Well, mate, I called up the IRA and the PLO that very same day. They were real interested to hear from me.” “I’m moving to San Francisco for the winter. Sausalito is a bit too esoteric con't. on next sightings page

The Watercraft Arts Guild, founded by Tom Britt and Rick Mozer, partners in Triangle Builders, a construction firm in Larkspur, is a bay area educational facility dedicated to the advancement of all aspects of sailing and seamanship. The Guild has purchased some land on the Corte Madera Creek, which in the near future will be turn¬ ed into the Guild’s shop. The shop would

SIGHTINGS tristan - con’t. for me. i’ll probably find a place down on Howard Street near the docks. Those are my kind of people down there.” “I met Bernard Moitessier down south in Ventura recently. Bloody Fren¬ chman, I’ve been trying to get him out of trouble ever since!” “I’m allergic to water, which isn’t such a good thing here in California as near as I can tell.” “The Moslems char the bottom of their wooden boats with fire and then cover it with lamb fat to keep off growth. It lasts for about four-years. What about fiberglass? Does that burn real easily? Or isn’t that the right question to ask here in Sausalito?”

LATITUDE 38/SHIMON

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events ed Sailing Society. The qualifying run has been increased from 300 to 400-miles, all of which you must sail alone and reach at least 100-miles offshore. The Guadalupe Island face offers a 610-mile round trip from Marina del Rey south to Guadalupe, which is 127-miles off Baja. For more information on the Guadalupe Race: Pacific Singlehanded Sailing Associa¬ tion, P.O. Box 9523, Marina del Rey, CA 90291. For TransPac info: SSS, 3020 Bridgeway, #320, Sausalito, CA 94965.

arts guild provide the tools and information for people to build their own boats up to 30-*ft. Another function of the Guild would be to train peo¬ ple in building and maintaining wooden boats so that they can branch out on their own. More information on the Guild’s pro¬ gress and programs can be acquired by writing to Watercraft Arts Guild, 2162 Red¬ wood Highway, Greenbrae, CA 94904.

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Berkeley Yacht Club continues its First Friday Flicks series with The Whit¬ bread Around the World Race and Laser Worlds on August 7; American Challenge on September 4; and Alamedan Gordon Waldear’s 1977 American-Australian Roya/ Prince Albert Cup on October 2. The American Challenge film was shown only once before in the Bay Area, on the eve of the S.F. to Japan singlehanded race with well over 400 people in atten¬ dance. The film recounts the onboard experiences of 8 Americans in last year’s singlehanded OSTAR race from England to Newport, R.I. There are some pretty spine tingling moments,' including Judy Lawson’s plea for sur¬ vival after her mast breaks in mid-ocean and Phil Weld’s dramatic finish to become the first American ever to win the race. The Waldear film on 6 Meter sailing features Tom Blackaller in person as narrator. Not a bad choice. Gourmet spaghetti dinners are served starting at 1830 hours for $4.00. The films cost $2.00 and starts at dusk or 2000 hours, whichever occurs later. Reservations are required. Call Chris Kafitz, 524-9655.

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Since the names of juvenille offenders aren’t released to the public, we’ve been unable to discover why two non-sailing teenagers would steal a 34-ft. cutter from San Francisco’s Gas House Cove. The two youngsters eventually ended up helpless 6-miles outside the Gate, and were fortunate to be rescued by a judge and two lawyers who happened by in apother sailboat. It all started on July 3 when two kids, one 16 and the other 17, apparently thought it would be fun to commandeer a boat and go.for a joyride. During the night they slipped away from the dock, started the engine, and powered out into the ebb tide. Before they knew it, the engine quit, and they began to go right out the Gate. There were no sails aboard, but it would have made no difference since neither one knew how to sail. Dawn found them 6-miles out, just south of the shipping channel — and no doubt a little concerned. They threw an anchor out and flew a red flag to signal they were in distress. The events that followed border omcomic relief. At midmorning a small sailboat, Ishmael, approached in the fog. The IshmaeFs skipper, Castro Valley lawyer Robert Wiles, and his crew, including attorney Don Williams and Hayward Municipal Court Judge Dallas Edgar, had been on their way to Santa Cruz but had aborted their trip and were headed back to the bay. Wiles asked the kids if they were okay, but became suspicious when he learned they were out of fuel, had no sails, and didn’t know the name of the boat they were on. At first he thought it was a dope operation, but the kids looked straight con t. on next sightings page

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SIGHTINGS where? - con’t. enough in their Levis and deck shoes. Still it didn’t seem right because they appeared to know nothing about boats; their anchor line, for example, hung straight down in the water. To big to be towed, tfye stolen boat was left at sea and the kids transferred aboard Ishmael for the ride, ashore. They asked if they might be dropped off at the beach. Wiles notified the Coast Guard and discovered that the distres¬ sed yacht had indeed been stolen. After quietly conferring with his legal friends, they agreed to play along with the charade of not knowing of. the theft until they got ashore. “They were very uncommunicative,” Wiles remembers about his young passengers. “We offered them beer and coffee, but they didn’t want any. They just sat together on the bow all the way in.” A Coast Guard cutter joined them at Mile Rock and when they reached Pier 39, an army of police and the press were waiting. Wiles remembers the very sad look on the kid’s faces as they docked. For a moment it looked like they might make a run for if, but the gendarmes had them cuffed in a jiffy. What appeared at first to be a Huck Finn episode developed into a prank that got out of hand. The stolen vessel was later recovered and towed home.

la paz race When Hayward’s 61-year old grandmother Betty Browner finished the TransPac in her boat she said she wished she’d discovered long distance rac¬ ing earlidr in her life. She could have been speaking for the one or two hun¬ dred other folks who made the trip for the first time and thus took part in one of the great adventures of their lives. We couldn’t help thinking how many of you folks would really like to do the same thing, and when your next oppor¬ tunity might be. It turns out the next long ocean race to a toasty environment is the Long Beach YC’s La Paz Race which starts from Long Beach on November 6th. Although it can’t be guaranteed (last time it blew up to 50 knots knocking 27 of 33 boats out of the race), it’s usually a pleasant light downwind sail to Cabo San Lucas followed by a 1,20-mile beat up the Sea of Cortez to La Paz. La Paz of course is the gateway to some terrific cruising in Baja, and you’d ar¬ rive there just as the season starts. There are several aspects of the La Paz-Sea of Cortez Race which make it particularly attractive. For example it’s actually two races in one. In addition to the usual finish in La Paz, a race committee will be on the porch of the Hotel Finisterra taking finishes as you round the buoy off Cabo San Lucas. So it’s actually a Long Beach to Cabo Race and a Long Beach to La Paz Race clever, eh? Oh yes, you can race in either the PHRF division or IOR division, the latter usually attracting more boats. As a special bonus, the Long Beach YC has ordered a full Mexican moon for both finishes. The natural reaction of most sailors is ‘I’d love to but I just can’t’. Wei), let’s see if we can eliminate the obstacles in your way. Obstacle One: The wife won’t stand for me taking off to have fun in the sun while she stays home and gets frostbite. Solution: The Long Beach YC puts together a ‘Commodore’s Flight’, which is q 707 that takes wives and families to Cabo San Lucas for a three-day stay at some of the world’s most famous hotels, after which they are bussed for the 2-hour drive to La Paz. Great deal. Alternative solution: Bring the wife and kids on the race. Obstacle Two: I’d like to take my boat, but I don’t know if we’re quite ready for a long ocean race. Solution: There’s still time to practice. The Fall Ocean Series starts soon, and September 5th is the Windjammers Race to Santa con't. on next sightings page

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Gordon Clute and his crew of Paul Storz and Roy Atkin, all junior sailors from the San Francisco Yacht Club, won the 1981 Gover¬ nor’s Cup regatta, July 8-12, sponsored by Southern California’s Balboa Yacht Club. Clute ended up in a three-way tie with teams from Bahia Corinthian YC and the Long

windsurfer The Munich District Court of Germany awarded Windsurfing International, Inc. a sum of $748,000 for patent infringement by Mistral, a French sailboard manufacturer. The decision, handed down June 1 followed by an April decision by the U.S. Patent Of¬ fice’s Board of Appeals that Windsurfing In¬ ternational is the exclusive patent holder of sailboards. Hoyle Schweitzer’s southern California company has named over 20

laser The Laser North Americans, hosted by the Richmond YC July 23 to 26, were won by Craig Healy of Point Richmond. Healy, the 24-year old former Laser National Cham¬ pion, consistently finished near the top in both light and heavy conditions. Healy, and second place finisher Steve Fleckenstein of Canada will go to the Worlds in Sardegna, Italy in the Spring of next year.

low The power necessary for Interior Secretary James Watt to auction of northern California offshore drilling tracts suffered a severe drop in voltage last month. The House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed legislation that effectively thwarts the con¬ troversial Secretary’s plan to develop the area s limited oil and gas resources.

SIGHTINGS l.p. race - con’t. Cruz. Use those races to organize your crew and boat and then top off your practice with the September 29th Cal Coastal Race from San Francisco to Marina del Rey. We’ve never done a long ocean race before ourselves, and that’s our plan.

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Obstacle Three: I don’t have a boat/My boat’s not suitable for the race. Solution: Charter Merlin. Charter Brown Sugar. Charter some other boat. Chartering is becoming an increasingly popular way to do long ocean races because you can get a fully found competitive racing yacht for a fraction of what it might cost to take your boat — particularly if you put a syndicate together of 5 or 6 to split the cost. Obstacle Four: I can’t take time off work. Solution: Take your job and shove it. Obstacle Five: I don’t have the money. Solution: Rob a bank. ' Since there are no further obstacles, you’ve got no choice but to sign up. Do it today by writing Robert C. Kellerher, Long Beach Yacht Club, 6201 Appian Way, Long Beach, CA 90803.

Beach YC in the 15th Annual National Junior Match Racing Championship. The race committee determined the winner by comparing their finishing times against each other in the final day race-offs. Clute edged out Bahia Corinthian’s Jerry Norman by one second and won the Cup.

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companies both here in the U.S. and Europe for violation of their patent rights. The sport of windsurfing caught on more quickly in Europe than here in the U.S. and companies such as Mistral profited from the boom. Recently several companies have tried to develop the American market, lead¬ ing to a flurry of .legal blocking maneuvers on the part of Windsurfing International, Inc.

After months of rumor, innuendo and downright scandal, the U.S. Yacht Racing Union (USYRU) has ruled that Seymore Sinett, owner of Williwaw, has been put on two-year probation for cheating in the 1981 Southern Ocean Racing Circuit (SORC). Williwaw had placed1 third overall and won Class B, as well as making the U.S. Admiral’s Cup team. She was remeasured after the series and dropped to sixth overall, but still was Class B champ. She also got the boot from the Admiral’s Cup team. The USYRU also recommended that Williwaw be disqualified from the 1981 SORC. During the hearings conducted by the USYRU, it also came out that Sinett had ordered the bilges filled with water before the boat was measured for the SORC, resulting in a better rating. For the impropiety, Sinett will have to sit out all USYRU sanctioned events for the next two years. America’s Cup skip¬ per Dennis Connor, who drove Williwaw in the 1981 SORC, was absolved

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of any wrongdoing in the affair. Burt Keenan, owner of Acadia'was also remeasured after the SORC and had rating discrepancies. She had placed second overall and first in Class D.

Two-time Laser world champion, John Bertrand of Sausaiito, had three firsts and a fifth in the heavy air, but stumbled to a 15th and 22nd in the light air races held in Keller's Cove. He finished in fourth place. Locals Steve Jeppesen and Packy Davis took 14th and 16th in the racing which drew entrants from as far away as Argentina. '

japan solo race update Fukunari Imada, the 31-year old Japanese skipper of the 36-ft. Taiyo “One”, crossed the finish line first in the San Francisco to Kobe, Japan, singlehanded race on July 21st. Imada s passage took 44 days, five days off Eric Taberley’s record pace of 3,9 days in 1969. Imada took the southern route, covering some 5,500-miles — that s 1,000 miles longer than the nor¬

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thern route but blessed with more wind. Expected to finish second was 'r'oshiji Okamoto.on Ray, a U-Boat 38. On July 22, Okamato was 30-miles from the finish line in the Straits of Osaka,

The bill passed by the House deprives the Interior Department of the fund^ necessary to lease tracks in the Eel River, Pt. Arena, Bodega, and Santa Cruz Basins. The bill is expected to get Senate approval with little trouble, and has brought sighs of relief to en¬ vironmental and other groups which bitterly

fighting heavy tanker traffic, no wind and lots of sea current. In third position was Charlie, Yoshida Oda’s lOR 33, and fourth was Gozo Okada on Tasaki Pearl of Tida. Oda was in the best position of those who

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is expected to arrive at the finish on July 30. She and Hatanaka were ex-

took the northern route. Battling for fifth were hometown heroine Linda Webber-Rettie on Spirit of Suntorg, 18-year old Yoichi Higashiama dn Takarabume and Masato Hatanaka on Spirit of Half Moon Bay. Linda appeared to have the lead and

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SIGHTINGS solo update - con’t periencing heavy seas and 20-25 knot winds under overcast skies some 600 miles southwest of Kobe. Linda had also been fighting a heavy cold. Sausalito’s Pete Sutter, who talked to her almost daily on the ham radio, said Linda was feverish and tak¬ ing penicillin. By July 20th she felt she had shaken the bug and started feel¬ ing better. Both Linda and Hatanaka reported seeing flashes off their starboard bows during the night on July 16, followed by large orange and yellow smoke 30,000 feet high at sunrise. Both the American and Japanese governments

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were very interested in the report, and dispatched planes to the area to find out what was going on. A search by an Air Force plane showed nothing and they reassured Linda everything was okay. They also noted the region as an active volcano area, which might explain the phenomenon. Farther to the north, Mitsugu Sakaino on Blue Jay had troubles of his own. He’d had problems with recharging his battery all the way across the northern route and failed to report his position for several days. He 'also lost his forestay and was forced to sail under reduced sail until he jury rigged a replacement. Sixty-one-year old Katsuya Sakai, the oldest entry, dropped out of the race and put into Honolulu to repair a leak he’d sprung along the way. Tadashi Kato, the 40-year old sailing instructor who had to be plucked from his sinking 33-footer on June 21, is reported back in Japan teaching again. We assume he’s got some good advice for his students on what not to do! Alameda’s Harry Braun, who helped in the communications for Kato’s rescue, relayed some of the intricacies involved. A Coast Guard plane drop¬ ped a VHF walky-talky to the sailor along with a liferaft. The liferaft was damaged when inflated and the VHF wouldn’t work. Kato had turned on his EPIRB and the signal from it interfered with the walky-talky. Using a Japanese interpreter in Tonga, they got Kato to turn off the EPIRB. When the merchant ship Eastern Highway showed up to rescue Kato, they didn’t have the amateur radio frequency capable of contacting him. Braun and Joe Knowles, who were coordinating the rescue in Larkspur, patched into a Japanese ham operator on a fishing boat off the coast of South America who could reach the ship! Kato boarded the ship and left his boat, which slowly settled into the Pacific. — sue

Sailing’s “second season” featuring lots of hull thumping and ogling, starts September 11th with the San Francisco Bay In-TheWater Boat Show at Alameda’s Mariner Square. There’ll be hundreds of boats to walk through, sit in, talk and fantasize about. 1 The show runs for nine days until the 20th. This year’s centerpiece is the new Swan 51, modeled after German Frers’ Blizzard. Veteran bay skipper Hank Easom will cam¬ paign the Swan 51 in the Big Boat Series, run at the same time as the show. Also of note are a series of seminars t© be held during the show’s run. Scheduled to appear are designers Tom Wylie, Robert Perry and Gary Mull. More details on their appearances next month. The show will be open from 11:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. on weekdays and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on weekends. Adults are $5.00, kids 6 to 16 are $2.00 and youngsters under the age of five are free. A$2.00 return pass allows you unlimited access for the duration of the show. The ninth annual S.F.-Oakland Interna¬ tional Boat Show also opens its doors from September 11 to 20. The in-the-water phase for boats over 30’ takes place at the San Leandro Marina with the land display at the Oakland Coliseum. The Valiant 47 cruising yacht will wear the Queen’s crown for this show. Sponsored by the Northern California Marine Association, the show will run from 5

SIGHTINGS

hello down there We got word there was a mast sticking up off Alcatraz and went over to snap this photo. This is the top section of the mast of Midnight Express, a Clipper Marine 32 out of Pier 39. How did she get in this fix? Well, according to owner Aldo Salvato, he was headed for Tiburon on the evening of July 11th. There was a strong flood running and winds from 20 to 25 knots with 8 people on board. They were on port tack, making about 5 knots through the water. Aldo says he remembers seeing the red bell buoy off the west end of Alcatraz and thinking he could make it. The next thing he knows there’s a big crash to starboard below the waterline. Aldo thought he’d hit the buoy, but it was the submerged rock between the buoy and Alcatraz. They started taking on water. Aldo called the Coast Guard while everyone donned lifejackets. When the CG arrived, they rescued the passengers and then pulled Midnight Express off the rock. Unfortunately they didn’t plug the hole in the hull first and she went down straightaway in 30-ft. of water. Aldo’s insurance company wants to see the boat before deciding what will

p.m. to 10 p.m. weekdays and from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. on weekends at the Coliseum. The San Leandro Marina display will be open from noon to 7 p.m. on weekdays and 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. weekends. The $4.00 ad¬ mission ticket can be used at both locations. Down south they’ll be getting into the swing of things with a used boat show, the first of its kind on the west coast, for September 18 to 20 at Lido Marina Village in Newport Beach. Brokers, dealers and in¬ dividuals will all have the chance to wheel and deal on used models. All that’s in preparation for the new boats that go on display from September 23 to 27, also at Lido Marina Village. Both shows feature all kinds of marine equipment, including elec¬ tronics, engines, sails, hardware and marine services. The Newport Beach shows will be open from 11 a.m. to sunset on weekdays and from 10 a.m. to sunset on weekends. Tickets are $3.75 for adults, $2 for children under 12, free for kids under 6. Tickets are good for unlimited return visits. Lido Marine Village is near the corner of Via Lido and Newport Boulevard. There’ll also be a giant marine hardware and trailerboat flea market at the Orange County Fairgrounds, corner of Fair and Newport Boulevard, on October 3 and 4. Turn your extra iunk into cash. Admission is $1.50, parking is free and the hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days.

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be done. Aldo was quite happy with his yacht, and would like to sail it again. He also says it was a freak accident, but since the rock isn’t marked, somebody else could repeat his error. Evidently the rock had a marker at one point, but it got knocked down and was never replaced. The rock was only a foot and a half below the surface of the water at the time he hit it. “Someone going through there at high speed could get killed easily,” Aldo said.

SIGHTINGS life in the express lane Mill Valley’s Doug McNaughton wrote from Bermuda recently to update his voyage. He s planning to compete in the 1981 MiniTransat singlehanded race from England to Tenerife to Antigua. Doug bought Norton Smith’s American Express, the 21-ft. Wylie custom design with which Norton won the same race last year. Norton then loaned Doug back the money so he could compete in this year’s race this fall. Norton also went to St. Thomas with Doug to outfit the boat and get her in shape to go to sea. After four days onshore, they put American Express in the water and went out for a crash course in how to sail the lightweight flyer. Unaccustomed to the moveable

Crew of Impetuous, from left to right: Charlie Reid; Bob Klein; Les Harlander — Skipper; Pat Vincent; Mike Tremble; John Gilmor and

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waterballast system, Doug dumped her to windward the first time out. We just layed on our side until I could get enough way to bring her up again." he writes.

The Richmond Yacht Club killed everybo¬ dy. That’s right — on July 25 and 26 they walked off with every single trophy the Pacific Inter-Club Yachting Association had to offer. These are the yearly duels between northern California yacht clubs, and there is no second place.

There are* 4 races in all, the most prestigi¬ ous of which is the Big Lipton, raced in large IOR boats. Although 5 boats entered, it was a duel between Rich Hackett, driving Lois Lane for the St. Francis YC, and Les Harlan¬ der at the helm of Impetuous for Richmond. The boats were never more than 30 seconds apart. After rounding Blossom for the final weather leg, Impetuous crossed tacks - in front of Lois, taking the lead for the first time, and held on to win by a mere 11 seconds. Actually, this wasn’t the first time Harlan¬ der, DeWitt and the Richmond crowd had pulled this stunt in the Big Lipton. A few

Doug left St. Thomas alone for Bermuda on a Friday, “which 1 knew was a mistake.” He had light winds almost all the way, arriving June 20 in a “roar¬ ing 5 knots of breeze. Two weeks later he was still laid over, waiting foi spare parts from the U.S. v I rri eager to leave while the odds are with me hurricane-wise,” he states. Good luck, Doug!

stone cup When Alameda’s legendary boatbuilpler Lester Stone passed away a few years ago, he left his legacy in the Frank Stone Cup, an annua! two-day, three race series for IOR boats on the bay. Actually, Lester donated one of his father’s Frank McDonough Cups when he established the series in 1972. Back in the beginning of the century, Frank used to beat Lester regularly, and Lester didn’t feel quite right about having his name on the cup, so he named the series after his dad. Unfortunately the cup Lester donated disap¬ peared after the 1976 fire at the St. Francis and has yet to be replaced. don't, on next sightings page

years back Harlander owned Impetuous (then called Mirage), and shocked the legen¬ dary Imp in the same fashion. The new

$18,000 Lipton trophy, replacing the one lost in the 1976 fire at the St. Francis, now goes to the Richmond club, which has not lost the race since 1977. The Larry Knight Trophy is the PICYA’s race for PHRF boats rating between 168 and 180. As he does in most years, Jim Lindsey used his Newport 30 to hold off the challen¬ ges of the other clubs, most of whom used

SIGHTINGS stone cup - con’t. The Stone Cup started out as a 28-mile marathon where the contestants sailed past the waters of their home clubs. Now the fleet sails off the City Front. This year, 50 boats competed in four divisions, making this the second

daughter Witney Ann; Jim DeWitt; Myron Ericson — Owner; and Jens Hansen.

winners largest IOR event next to the Big Boat Series. Wings, a Serendipity 43. won the A division, aided by Tom “Johnny Rutherford Blackaller s light touch at Yankee 30’s or J-24’s. Lindsey lead from start to finish, barely holding off the St. Fran¬ cis charging Don Trask in a J-24. On the seventh day God rested, but on Sunday Lindsey travelled down to Coyote Point to team up with Bill Claussen in a J for the Little Lipton, They apparently won the race for the Richmond YC, although protest and problems running the race leave that

the helm.

one in limbo. Chris Klein and Albert Boyce then made it a clean sweep of the PICYA Cups by win¬ ning with Chispa, sailed in Racoon Straits with 14-ft. Flying Juniors. This is the only PICYA Cup with multiple races, and the Richmond team fired three bullets.

Cogburn, Fred Sohegian/Chris Corlett.

IOR A 1.) Wings, Roger Hall/Peter Stocker; 2.) Sioc. Lee Otterson; 3.) Pegasus, Dave Fenix; 4.) Annabelle Lee, Bill Clute; 5.) Irrational, Jaren F. Leet.

IOR B 1.) Impetuous, Myron Erickson; 2.) Amateur Hour, Bob Klein; 3.) Another Girl, Leonard Delmas; 4.) Lois Lane, William Erkelens; 5.) Rooster

IOR C 1.) Echo, George Kiskaddon; 2.) Hot Foot, Carl Schumacher; 3.) Molly B. Derek Baylis; 4.) Blue Ribbon, Don Trask; 5.) Ravishing Ruby, William An¬ drew.

IOR D 1.) Summertime Dream, Jim Antrim; 2.) Sorcerer, Doug MacDonald; 3.) Antipodiste, Greg & Tim Quilici; 4.) Suzi, Rodney Eldridge; 5.) Blueagle, Winton Cleary.

oh lord One of the most dashing entries in the Master Mariner’s Race of 1978 was the 70-ft. black-hulled beauty of a schooner, Lord Jim. We haven’t seen her in a while, and no wonder, she’s been off on a cruise around the world — in fact, she’s almost completed it. Early in June she was in Acapulco, and head¬ ed for San Francisco via the old ship route, without an engine.

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Down Under where the marsupials roam, citizens wager thousands of dollars each Saturday and Sunday on those swiftest of monohulls, the Aussie 18’s, as they dash around Sydney Harbor. But there’s one boat no bookie will take action on — Color 7. Her skipper, Iain Murray and crew Don Buckley and Andrew Buckland have been so domi¬ nant in 18 racing for 5 years that all bets, are for who will finish second and third. So it came as no surprise to anyone that Color 7 bested 3 American and 7 Australian entries in the Coors U.S. 18 Open during late June and early July at the San Francisco YC. This is the second straight year that Coors, the San Francisco YC, and the 18’s have gotten together to present a seven race sail¬ ing spectacular. We had high hopes for our local entries this year, but they are still shy of excellence in these most incredibly sophisti¬ cated of dinghies. Excellence that can only come from experience and tight competi¬ tion. The development of Sacramento’s Pakhtun Shah is a good example. Last year his boat did poorly in the series, but after 6 months racing in Sydney he returned with two Aussie crew and drove Lyasight Color-

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Coors entry with Vito Bialla, Mike Turner — major organizers for this year’s series — and Tre'Jbr Bayliss, taking 6th in this their first year racing 18’s. Dave Huise, Bard Chrisman, and Joey Huise took 7th of 10 boats in Sail Ads in this their second year. The Jeff Madrigali-driven boat, Boat Transit, Inc., with Naim Shah, sometimes Zack Berkowitz, and sometimes Paul Cayard‘finished 8th in the fleet. Coors and Boat Transit, Inc. shared the best single American finish — a third place each. It was also Boat Transit, Inc. that had the best shot at, and nearly got the first American first in a World 18 event. It almost happened in the 7th race when after roun¬ ding the Crissy Field mark, they found no one between themselves and the Knox buoy finish. The vociferous Madrigali, a product of the San Francisco YC junior program, describes their tragic downfall. “We were leading by a mile and then

the two guys (Naim Shah and Paul Cayard) were out — way out! What musta(happened was when it went boom! the boat must have jerked Naim off his trapeze hook and he fell in the water.” Although the standings may not indicate it, the improvement of the locals was signifi¬ cant over last year. They were noticeably smoother and certainly more agressive than before. Inconsistency from one leg to an¬ other hurts them more than anything, but with more interest and events scheduled for the U.S. than ever, we can expect them to be more of a threat next time. Actually, they’d be more of a threat right now had Iain Murray been allowed to grow up a biker like he wanted. 'He kept wanting a pushbike (motorcycle) as a kid, but they’re so bloody dangerous we kept talking him out of it. We’d take him ski¬ ing on our powerboat, and that sort of thing, but then one of his mates at school asked

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Krasssshhhh!!! We had the spinny up and were going faaaasssssstttt. All we had to do was ride it home, but then . . . uh, well, we’re not sure exactly what happened . . . but the twang (a line which holds the spin¬ naker guy down) broke. I was sitting in and

him to go sailing — he went a couple of times and had to have a boat straightaway — that started it all.”

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travels with his son Iain to most of the regat¬ tas because, “after you reach my age you either play golf or go drink at the pub all day then kick your wife.” Reflecting on the porch of the yacht club, A1 says, ‘“I’d rather go around with the boys and help them unrig.” Australian 18’s are the boats Iain took to, and so they’re the boats his father unrigs. At the turn of the century 18’s were wooden skiffs Australian seamen used to race ashore to get their drink. Over the years the com¬ petition to get to shore first got more intense; eventually plans for new 18’s were sketched out in the bar of local pubs with fingers dip¬ ped in beer and then drawn on the floor in chalk. Today, 18’s are among the most tech¬ nologically sophisticated boats afloat. There is simply no comparison between an 18 and an average sailboat. 18’s skip across the surface of the water rather than trudge through it; weighing 300 pounds they carry the sail area of a 50-footer and change

masts more often than most people change hebdsails. Created from exotic materials like carbon fiber, graphite, and kryptonite, you don’t sail in an 18 as much as you’re strap¬ ped to one’s trapeze, hanging some 10 or 12 feet off the centerline while getting pelted with spray at up to 30 knots. A! Murray continues, “When lain was younger we used to build skiffs at home. Now they are built in a factory by paid labor; it’s a business, riot a labor of love.” Con¬ structed soley for a hell-bent for speed style of racing, Iain’s Sydney factory produces about five of the skiffs a year. Made of epoxy pre-impregnated carbon fiber skins vacuum molded over nomex honeycomb around an aluminum stress frame, it requires precise workmanship. “We could probably build 15 boats a year,” says Murray, “but you couldn’t.main¬ tain them all. It’s not like they go out the door and you never see them again.” There

is a sense of brotherhood among 18 sailors, most obvious as they help one another try to keep their fragile boats in sailing condition. After the Hulse-Chrisman Sail Ads boat broke its rudder in the third race of the Coors Open, it was trucked over to their Alameda welding shop for repairs. At 6 a.m. the next morning the Hulse brothers and Chrisman went to work in a desperate attempt to rebuild the rudder supports in time to make

the fourth race, scheduled to start at 2 that afternoon. They hadn’t been at work much more than an hour before lain Murray, who’d spent the previous day in their shop working on his racks, suddenly popped in the door to lend a hand. Bard Chrisman says, “He knew we’d be working on the rudder — we spent almost 10 hours on it — and without his expertise we never would have finished in time.” Getting to the top of any heap is always difficult, but many achievers claim that stay¬ ing on top is harder than getting there. We asked Don Buckely if there’s any trouble keeping the Color 7 team together after all these successful years. He admitted that last year they began to wonder if it all was still worthwile. This year both Andrew and Iain campaigned quite heavily in the trials for the Australian Admiral’s Cup Team, even to the extent they’d race Color 7 one, rather than two days, each weekend. However there is not threat for the immediate future: “We’ve started another boat and there is no question we’ll be here again.”

0)ne question that did linger over the preparation for the Coors U.S. Open was money. Although prize money was given out in the event last year, the United States Yacht Racing Union was more leary of the event after last year’s attempt by the Profes¬ sional Yacht Racing Association to make the sport professional. The USYRU has always promoted sailing as an amateur sport and breaks into a cold sweat when the words ‘professionalism’ and ‘commercial sponsor¬ ship’ are mentioned — both vital entities in 18 sailng where boats alone cost $50,000 and the U.S. tour nearly half a million. Rather than confront the powerful estab¬ lishment, the sponsors of both the Coors Series and the 18 series that preceeded it in Newport, Rhode Island, decided to sidestep the issue and divide what was going to be

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prize money equally among all competitors to F\elp offset expenses. “It was so little,” said San Francisco’s Mike Turner, co-owner of the Coors boat and co¬ organizer of both U.S. 18 events, “that it wasn’t worth getting into trouble over. The Aussies see it as beer money.”

How much is beer money? Well, Don Buckley claims it was ludicrous to call him a professional sailor. In their best year ever, the Color 7 trio made $3,000 — or $1,000 each. Considering their skills and the hours required, its a very paltry return for 9 profes¬ sional.

According to Mike Turner the future of Aussiie 18 racing in the United States looks bright. Silhouette Vodka, which spent $30,000 on the Newport, R.I. series has asked Turner to put together a budget for ,^next year. Included would be stops at Wash¬ ington, D.C., Miami, New York, Newport, and San Francisco. In addition the establishment of a Fall series this October on the bay is fast becom¬ ing a reality. The four local boats are sure to compete; Coors, Boat Transit, Inc., SailAds, and Will Bayliss at the helm of Celeste Pizza; and they may be joined by some of the older 18’s which lay dormant around the bay area. The biggest event in the World for 18’s is the Australian Cup, held Down Under in January. There is strong interest on some of the locals to compete, including Pakhtun Shah who plans to go back for another season, and the Coors team who will take delivery of a new Murray designed skiff just before the Cup. Some of the other local teams may charter boats in Sydney to get the international experience so necessary to take the U.S. Coors Open in future years. — latitude 38

SERIES SUMMARY Race 1 — Murray and Color 7 jump out to a quick lead, but dump at the jibe mark in front of the St. Francis. Color 7 catches up only to go to the wrong mark without a course sheet. Fila again takes the lead and holds on to win by less than a boat length over Color 7. Third was Parrys, followed by Pakhtun Shah’s Lyasight Colorbond and Coors. Race 2 — Color 7 takes a 1 minute lead around the first mark and opens up even more, pulling a horizon job on the finish. Silhouette Vodka pulled in second ahead of Jeff Madrigali’s Boat Transit. Fila nearly nip¬ ped Madrigali when the Americans slowed to take their chute down on the close reach. > Colorbond “hit the ditch” with the finish in sight and ended up eighth. Race 3 — Some excitement as the fleet mixes it up with the IOR boats from the Stone Cup. Color 7 port tacks the lead mines at the start of first division, while Sail

Ads does the same to the second group. Sail Ads breaks her rudder just before the last weather mark and retires. Color 7 wins easily with Fila and Colorbond following! Race 4 — Only 5 boats finished in the destructo derby. Fila hit the committee boat, smashing their hiking rack; Coors and Boat Transit retired after breaking trapeze wires; Celeste Pizza broke her rudder; and Color 7 flamed out several times, ending up fourth. Silhouette Vodka managed to win hand¬ somely, followed by Colorbond and Parrys. Race 5 — Getting back to basics, Color 7 sailed away from the fleet after the start and never looked back. Pakhtun Shah, also sail¬ ing well, steered Colorbond to second, followed by Parrys and Silhouette Vodka. Sorensen got greedy and put three men out on the racks for the spinnaker reach, but lost, control and ditched. Race 6 — Coors had their best showing

of the series when Vito and company decid¬ ed to pinch the boat and hike like hell. They rounded the last leeward mark with four other boats and worked their way ahead by the time they got to Crissy. With the big kite up they gained 300-yards on second place Fila but couldn’t catch her. Coors executed their last jibe 100-yards from the finish with the spinnaker sheet wrapped around the til¬ ler, requiring a little extra muscle. Color 7 won by 45 seconds. Race 7 — Madrigali, sailing with Paul Cayard and Naim Shah, burst out of the gate to take the lead. Silhouette Vodka went far right on the beat from Angel to Crissy and sailed into second place. Madrigali covered superbly on the final beat, but blew it on the final spinnaker reach home — Naim fell overboard and the boat flipped. Silhouette got the win, with Fila taking second after Colorbond broke their guy. John Bertrand steered Color 7 well in place of Murray, but hit the ditch for his watery 18-ft. debut.

18 RESULTS Color 7

Coors

2—1 — 1 — 4—1 — 1 — 9 .11 Iain Murray (Sydney, Australia), Andrew Buckland, Don Buckley

5 - 5 - 6 - DNF - 6 - 3 - 4 . . .57.1 Vito Bialla (Sausalito, CA) Mike Turner, Trevor Bayliss

Flla

Sail Ads

1 - 4 - 2 - DNS - 7 - 2 - 2 ... 30 Peterson Sorensen (Sydney, Australia) Matt Coleman, Dave Stephens

9-6 - DNF - 5 — 5-7-6... 71.4 Dave Hulse (Alameda, CA) Bard Chrisman, Joey Hulse

Lyasight Colorbond

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“But I forget how to go to the Delta,” I complained to my husband John. Last year we had gone to Hawaii with the Kauai Yacht Race, and hadn’t done much family cruising in isolated areas since. I was totally unprepared to provision for two weeks in the tules.

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“Just pack the same things you took to Kauai,” he replied in his usual misjudgement of the situation. “Okay, a strapless sundress, a blender and a case of Pina Colada mix,” I smirked. When the bantering was over, I tried to reconstruct the ‘Delta Experience,’ but I could only recall the negative aspects. The first year when our small boat was equipped with four cases of pampers and never a trash can; washing clothes in a bucket of river water; water skiiers at sunrise and mosquitos at sunset; sinking the El Toro under tow as we crashed to weather through Middle Ground; the eternal quest for ice, and water, and the undiscovered anchorage.

^^uddenly I felt depressed. I hadn’t seen the boat canopy for at least 18 months, attri¬ tion had reduced the oars to half their original size, and the children had outgrown their essentials: bathing suits, waiter wings and flip flops. “What do you like best about die Delta?” I asked my son, searching for inspiration. “It’s warm,” he said exuberantly. “And you can swim all day.” He was right, of course, and the thought of doffing my turtleneck in favor of a bathing suit, downright rare aboard the page 79

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'boat, was uplifting. So I gathered up all the swijn suits, towels, and shorts and jammed them into a duffle, and the packing was done.

“What do you like best about the Delta?” I asked my daughter, hoping for further assur¬ ance. “Sleeping and cooking on the boat,” she grinned. So 1 rounded up all the sleeping bags and made a list of throw-together meals — mostly omelets, chef salads, and cassero¬ les. Long ago 1 learned to leave the wok, the double boiler, and the souffle pan at home. If a meal can’t be barbecued, or cooked in a maximum of two pans, it doesn’t belong on the Delta'. Continual pumping of water from the tank to the dishpan gives me galleymaid’s elbow, not to mention the grouchies. “What do you like best about the Delta?” I asked my husband, knowing full well what he would answer. “Doin’ nothin’,” he said, predictably. He too had obviously forgotten a lot about going to the Delta. “Doin’ nothin’” ignored his Delta chores: anchoring and unanchoring, rigging and unrigging sailing dinghies, lugg¬ ing ice, pumping stove fuel, navigating un¬ charted waters, canopying and uncanopy¬ ing, inflating and deflating rafts, inflating in¬ ner tubes, water toys, and so on.

VV hat I had forgotten began to come back to me, though, as we pulled away from the dock at nightfall on July 4th, hell bent for Mandeville. Two weeks’ provisions lined the settees, the table, and the nav station, to be “stowed underway to save time.” John had made several midweek trips to the boat with sup¬ plies, but he is no good at stowing. He puts canned /drinks in the starboard upper locker when we have always stowed them in the port lower. He even puts pots and pans behind the forward backrest when it’s ob¬ vious they belong under the aft bunk. I knew I’d never find anything again if he helped. The kids were usless, too. They kept stuff¬ ing fruit peels down the “garbage disposal”. A great spinnaker run from the Brothers to the Antioch Bridge found us on schedule at murky Mandeville Cut, the bizarre floating zoo where yachts cling beam to beam to tales, where po.werboaters chew up anchor lines, and where a carnival atmosphere per¬ vades in anticipation of the evening fireworks display. Unfortunately the kids don’t forget the fireworksi, so we’re doomed to endure Mandeville for a few more years. The next afternoon we put into Helen and Herman’s, where we were forced to buy $4.00 of party ice to cool the $2.50 chicken in our ice chest. (There wasn’t a block of ice to be found on the entire Delta that week¬ end.)

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houseboaters trying to anchor. Bird Listening — Much less strenuous than watching. As long as we’re giving advice, here are some of the activities you shouldn’t do on your Delta excursion:

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mock to your pole lift and forestay. Climb in and test it for several hours to be sure it is secure. Clam Gazing — Scoop up a handful of clams and observe their activities...very educational. Ankle Dipping — (uses less energy than swimming). Get someone to draw you a bucket of water. Sit in the cockpit and dip your feet whenever you feel warm. Maybe you can get the same person to hand you a cold beer. Web Weaver Watching — Within five minutes of tying to a tule, 27 spiders will take up residence in your rigging. Keep an eye on them. Houseboat Hooting — Observe the rental

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Wax The Hull — Balancing on'the edge of a rubber raft gets you into positions in which you would not like to be photographed. Wash The Dishes — This is supposed to be a vacation, isn’t it? Buy 200 paper plates and assign your spouse or kids to trash duty. Bring The Dog Along — Dogs are very set in their way. I have never seen a dog smart enough to use the head, although I once saw a picture of a cat that could. Bring A Bra Along — Bras are boring, I have it on very good authority. On one ice run, we had a 25C shower at Terminous and tried dinner in their recently remodeled restaurant and bar — very good food in air-conditioned Delta luxury! We meandered up Georgiana Slough, where we hadn’t been in years, venturing in¬ to Oxbow Marina, a recent private housing and marina development. The kidney bean shaped lake had always beeh one of our favorite anchorages. If you ignore the mobile homes now lining the shore, it’s an oasis for an afternoon or night, with ultra-clean showers, ice, gas, laundry facilities, and new berths for 20C a foot. We moved on though.

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because we had appetites for a big steak at A1 the Wops in Locke, complete with sal?id, bread, sauteed mushrooms and pasta . . we weren’t hungry again for days! That night we anchored off the swimming beach a mile south of Walnut Grove which now sports big signs saying CLOSED AREA . . . We assumed they meant the shore and enjoyed the shade of the huge trees un¬ disturbed until late the next morning when the water skiiers chased us onward.

lifter a full day of exploring, gingerly testing depths with our keel, we found that secluded anchorage of our dreams: a tiny wooded island with tall trees that shaded the1 bow by early afternoon. We had lazed there out of sight for a couple of days when it occured to me that now was my chance to get that St. Tropez tan I’d never had. We hadn’t seen another soul since we’d dropped the hook, so I shyly slipped from my swimsuit and arranged myself on the foredeck. Moments later 1 grabbed a towel as a motor¬ boating family put-putted by, smiling and waving. That ended my first attempt, since I figur¬ ed they’d soon be returning. Hours later they hadn’t, so I again bared my white bottom to the breeze, attracting a field hand on a trac¬ tor rumbling along in an area I would have sworn was accessible only by water. A later attempt produced a passing sail¬ boat skipper who flashed us a knowing grin. But the ultimate peep was accomplished by a

NOTHIN' San Pablo Bay was uncommonly docile at slack water for the final hours of our journey. And that night at home again, with it all behind me, I asked myself ... after the swimming and tanning and cooking and washing and reading and rowing . . . What do 1 like best about going to the Delta? % The answer had to be Coming Home. Back to hot running water, modern plumb¬ ing, and free ice cubes. Back to privacy and square soft beds where you don’t touch feet with somebody unless you want to. To slathering myself with flowery smelling lotion without tempting mosquitos, and looking at my tan in a full length mirror. To pushing a button for clean dishes and another for

huge ship on the nearby river, peering over the top of the trees as I lounged au natural in the pulpit. Exasperated, 1 refused to cover up, the ship moved on, and nobody else ever came by again: the power of positive defiance. Eventually, after two solid weeks of “doin’

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spotless clothes. I’ve had my primeval fix for this year, thanks! Now I can throw out the floating soap, store away the canopy, and sleep the whole night through without swishes and clanks and mysterious bumps in the night. The Delta will still be there when I need it, but right now with the washer humming, the coffee perking, and the toaster ticking, I’m going to just sit here, doin’ nothin’. — sue rowley

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1981 TRANSPAC

his old boat, Swiftsure. Eight days and 2,200-miles earlier, the winds had been uncharacteristically brisk at the TransPac start. The 67-ft. Merlin — as

JOHN HUMPHREY

To fully appreciate the meaning of a bit¬ tersweet victory, you would have had to been wearing Nicholas Frazee’s shorts and t-shirt on the evening of July 11th. Frazee, a

For some, the race was over before it ever started. The dismasted Gryphon for example.

former Commodore of the San Diego Yacht Club, had chartered TransPac record-holder Merlin, and with the intention of finishing the TransPac first, had loaded her up with a bunch of middle-aged sailing* buddies from

Skip Stevely goes out on a limb to untangle a spinnaker guy.

well as the rest of the fleet — got off to an ex¬ cellent start, and for the first time in TransPac history, every boat layed the west end of Catalina in one' tack. The Pacific High, which determines the strength of the tradewinds, remained far to the north, pro¬ viding consistent winds all the way down the rhumb line to Honolulu. And now, just onehalf day from the finish, Frazee and Merlin were whistling down the Molokai Channel, bursting to speeds as high as 28 knots. Firstto-finish honors were in the bag, and now it became an assault on the all-time record. Already slightly ahead of the necessary pace, if the trades increased as they always do ap¬ proaching the islands, they were on their way to making history. But it hadn’t been as though their quest had gone uncontested. For three powerful rivals had lined up at the Pt. Fermip start, all with their own dreams of a record: Drifter, ■ the last TransPac winner, now sporting an /8-ft. scoop transom; Ragtime, the slim 62-ft. sloop — once available for $25,000 — that had gone on to finish first twice-; and Chris¬ tine, at 84-ft. the largest of the race’s 74 en¬ tries. Then too, there was Double Bullet. Although the only entry in the Multihull TransPac, she was nonetheless on the course and determined to regain the TransPac record for the multihull fraternity.

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But as Nick and Merlin continued to surf down the Channel, all these rivals had been left behind. Drifter dropped out first, return¬ ing to Los Angeles after the skeg in front of

Left, Overall TransPac winner Sweet Okole. Above, owner Dean Treadway.

her rudder fell off. Ragtime had slowly fallen back, and this day would lose the use of her rudder. Christine was torn with frustration, turning in 300-mile days only to lose ground. Double Bullet, however, was another story. She pulled well ahead of Merlin until her second rudder broke 350-miles short of the finish. She would limp in days later.

With a new record in sight, the race shack at the Ala Wai yacht harbor was buzz¬ ing with excitement. And Merlin was now coming abeam of ‘landmarks’ for the first time in a week. First there was Waikalua, home of the legendary Tahitian Prince who brought culture, in the form of the hula, to ^Hawaii. .Then Moku Manu (bird island), home of the tern and Man of War who lead fishermen to their catch. And Kailua, where the 11th century King Kakuhihewa ruled with a King Arthurian code from a 240-ft. by 90-ft. grass palace. As Merlin rushed abeam of the fluted palis of the Koola Range and passed Makapuu Point, where the trades di¬ verge, the press and spectator boats began to leave Ala Wai for the Diamond Head finish line. Rounding the Oahu landfall at Koko Head in darkness, Merlin was out of the channel

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and lost the full force of the diminishing trades. The 28 knot bursts were long gone, and as the precious minutes flew past she was struggling f<t>r 10’s and 12’s. Finally her white spinnaker became visible from the finish line, slowly taking form in the blueblack horizon. With 30 or 40 spectator boats poised for jubilation. Merlin and Frazee ran out of time one thousand feet short of the finish line. Torn between the joys of a first-to-finish vic¬ tory and the disappointment of missing a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for a TransPac record, Frazee and the crew cross¬ ed the brilliantly illuminated finish line 46 seconds shy of history. Forty-six seconds after 203 hours of rac¬ ing. Forty-six seconds after 2,250 miles of pushing. Just a .006 of a knot per mile faster would have dope it. So close, but so far — so bittersweet. There was no funeral atmosphere, how¬ ever, when the big sloop pulled into Ala Wai, greeted by hundreds of excited spec¬ tators and family. Frazee wouldn’t admit disappointment to the press, allowing that they’d accomplished what they’d set out to do — finish first. Perhaps it would come as

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Below, a blooped out Zamazaan at the finish. Above, Santa Cruz 50 Octavia at full trot, mid

Pacific. no comfort to the group from San Diego, but they weren’t the first sailors to experience a big letdown at Diamond Head, the defunct volcano once known as Leahi. Her modern name ‘stuck’ ip the 19th century after British sailors rushed ashore thinking her glistening crystals were diamonds — which of course they weren’t.

If you’re the vindictive sort who doesn’t like it when records aren’t broken, you wouldn’t have to search far for a culprit. Blame the near-miss on this year's new eligibility requirements, which made Merlin a slower downwind boat than she’s ever been. To qualify this year Merlin had to install 3,000-lbs. of ballast — over 10% of her displacement — half into her bilge sump and half into her sail room floor. Merlin’s designer and owner, Bill Lee, ad¬ mitted that the extra weight would be a slight benefit during the first day-and-a-half of reaching, but that afterwards it would be nothing but a handicap. Lee insisted that he wished Frazee had broken his own 1977 and still-standing record “because records are made to be broken.” Christine crossed the finish line some three hours later. Ten hours further back Ragtime

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of them were Lee-designed Santa Cruz 50’s. Despite being the smallest boats in Class A (except for Native Son), they were the next 7 boats to finish. When the last of them, Night Train, pulled in, there were tert finishers lin¬ ed up on ‘TransPac Row’ — 8 of them from the board and yard of Bill Lee. It was quite a sight. It must have been an even more exciting sight halfway across the Pacific when 50’s Shandu, Hana Ho, and Secret Love were locked together in a furious boat-for-boat battle, separated by only a few hundred yards. This continued until Secret Love lost 60 to 70 miles one night when she was unable to undo a severe spinnaker wrap. It put her out of the hunt. Hana Ho and Shandu eventually split tracks and then met up again some 25-miles from the finish, where Shandu jibed right on Hana Ho’s transom. Try as she may, Shan¬ du couldn’t make up the ground, finishing a minute-and-a-half behind boat-for-boat, but correcting out first of the 50’s.

The Zamazaan Nine, winners of Class A.

crossed, carrying two headsails and sailing without benefit of a rudder — just in time for Sunday brunch. That would be all the action until the wee small hours of Monday morn¬ ing when the Ala Wai docks were transform¬ ed into what appeared to be a sales dock for Bill Lee. Of the remaining 20 entries in Class A, 7 _

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I^Jorthern California 50 sailors had figured that they would demonstrate to their southern California counterparts just how to make the 50’s surf, but it didn’t happen. For one thing the lower California 50’s had world class drivers like Dave Ullman on Ha¬ na Ho, and Dennis Durgan on Shandu —

Class B winner Bravura at the Diamond Head buoy.

with plenty of good backups. Durgan, for ex¬ ample, mentioned they'd carry the big chute in squalls, hitting speeds up to 28 knots, while other boats would reach for smaller nylons. But then northern California 50’s didn’t do too much to help their cause. Octavia and Oaxaca suffered the fate of many good boats by taking a more southerly course, a longer route that frequently pays off with more wind. This year it was not only longer but the winds were lighter. Randy Parker on Chasch Mer figured to go extra-light by taking just a 6-man crew, and was ready to bet big on the results. He’s lucky if he couldn’t get much action, because apparently a 50 needs an 8-man crew to op¬ timally perform. The 50 sailors all spoke enthusiastically about their rides, and several boats mention¬ ed their drivers fought for the helm, hungry for kicks. Santa Cruz 50’s have two speeds: ‘Sub-sonic’ is around 9 or 10 knots where the steering is a little tricky; ‘super-sonic’ is over 12 or 13 knots, where the steering be¬ comes a dream. Like the first half of the fleet, the Santa Cruz 50’s experienced their lightest winds, about 12 knots, as they neared the finish. “It was the worst,” said Oaxaca’s Larry Burgin, who reported a consistent 15 to 18 knots of wind and 6-ft. seas up until then. Oaxaca had a little bit more excitement then necessary when Bob Larsen slipped overboard during a spinnaker change. Helmsman Bob Buell immediately rounded the boat up, a manoverboard pole was

1981 thrown to Larsen, and he was retrieved in a matter of minutes. Larsen wasn’t the only one to go over — Joe Neale had gone off Trauieso at 2:40 in the morning several days

Francis YC. The syndicate included Cole, surveyor and superb sailor Jim Jessie, Bob Hargis, and Bill Ormond. It was these four guys who made it happen, and it’s all four of

before. Neale’s accident happened about 45 minutes into his watch when driver Lowell North thought the blooper was dragging in the water. Neale went forward to pull the blooper in, when suddenly the lifeline stan¬ chion broke, dropping him in the water. North immediately stuffed the boat into the wind, and Bruce Nelson rushed up from be¬ low to release the man overboard gear and a strobe light — which Neale remembers as “the sweetest thing 1 ever saw.” Removing his sweater, Neale was able to swim to the strobe. Although the crew couldn’t see him, they could see the strobe and hear him. The engine was started, but not put into gear because of all the lines hanging overboard. Neale was picked up shortly and Trauieso was off towards Honolulu again after a 17-minute delay.

x^them who should share in the glory. As reported last month, Ormond was in¬ jured during a jibe while Zamazaan was be¬ ing brought down the coast to L.A. It was not immediately discovered that he’d badly bruised some nerves in his side; later reco¬ vering in great pain he was unable to make the race or even fly over the meet the boat at the finish.

Above, Joe Neale shows where he went over¬ board. Below, without the bicycle and crew in the rigging. Christine would be a genuine firstto-fimsh threat.

In last month’s issue we picked Zamazaan to finish well, partly because her design and rating are so well suited to the TransPac. Despite finishing 2 full days behind Merlin and 21 hours after the fastest Santa Cruz 50, she easily sailed into first place on corrected time in Class A and stayed there. While it had been a wild ride with gear damage on some of the 50’s, the crew of Zamazaan reported a pleasure cruise. Bob Cole called it “a great cruising race”. Kimball Livingston, intrepid Chronicle reporter, said “it was the easiest ocean race of my life.” The meager list of damage would seem to support their contention: a barber hauler and two afterguys broke, and one winch handle was dropped overboard. Shortly after passing Catalina, Zamazaan lost ground to the 50’s, but they never got so far ahead as to be a concern. The fractionalrigged 52-ft. Farr-design stayed on starboard jibe for 6 days and carried one spinnaker al¬ most the entire way across the Pacific. For crewman Larry Stewart, who now owns the boat, the victory hopefully offers a taste of things to come. For Bob Cole, who reluc¬ tantly had to sell the boat, the victory fulfilled his desire for a hat trick: victories in the Pan Am Cilpper Series, the Big Boat Series, and now the TransPac. Regretfully buried in Zamazaan’s change of ownership is the fact that she raced the TransPac as a 4-man syndicate from the St.

Class B It was either feast or famine for northern California Class B entries; first and last. For Irv Loube and his 6-month old Frers 46 Bravura, the TransPac was an opportuni¬ ty to make amends for a discouraging show¬ ing at Long Beach Race Week. They made the most of their opportunity, not only being the first Class B boat to finish, but winning Class B on corrected time, too. Forcing themselves to remain subdued, it was ob¬ vious they were thrilled about their victory, particularly over rival Dennis Choate and Brisa. Bravura's finish temporarily gave her first place in the Overall standings, but four potential winners were still on the course. Loube dearly wanted Overall honors, but it was not to be. He was beaten by two boats, including the northern California boat that won it all. But first in Class B, third Overall, and being only 30 minutes off the pace are accomplishments to be proud of, particularly since Bravura is not really a ‘TransPac’ boat. Crew’s invariably talk behind the owner’s back, and that was true on Bravura. The unusual thing was they were saying the nicest things. Bravura’s crew gave Loube high praise for running his own boat. It was Irv — who after listening to all opinions — called all the shots on the boat. And he had his own opinions, too, the result of spending three hours each morning plotting out the positions of all the boats and two weather maps. There was a 3-day period near the end where the crew all wanted to jibe but Loube refused — and he was right. “He hit on every single tactical move of this race,” reported two of his crew. Correcting outcast in Class B was Rod Park’s Panache. One of Lee’s earliest ultralights, Panache is usually an early finisher. This year she did terrible, finishing further down than in any of her previous TransPacs.

rRANSPAC Park explained that they, like a number of other boats, went south early and got killed. Killed in the sense that they never hit more than 18 knots of wind until the Molokai Channel when it was way, way too late. It was small consolation to Rod that this was the first TransPac in which he’d never had to go to the top of the mast or open the tool box.

ne of the interesting entries in Class B was Jan Cassel with the Chance-designed Warrior. The way the story goes, husband A1 has not been thrilled with the boat’s perfor¬ mance and one night over cocktails said something to the effect of ‘the boat’s a dog and I’m not going to take it in the TransPac.’ It was after another drink or two that Jan, who regularly beer can races with a group of ladies, decided she was going to take War¬ rior with the girls. And she did. The ladies, 6 of them, ranged in age from 22 to 45, and were accompanied by two ‘owner’s representatives’ — males 20 and 50. The latter had jobs of a mundane nature, and there were no problems. Well, the rud¬ der did freeze up a bit, but Jan called the guy in Newport who built it, and got some in¬ structions on how to repair it with a hammer. '

Another Class B entry, the 50-ft. West¬ ward, ended up crossing the Pacific with not one set of crew, but two. According to the glib Rosalie Bell, everyone had been warned to lookout for a boat in distress, when 71-miles out of L.A., they sighted flares. It was 10:30 at night when they came across the remains of a Multihull TransPac entry, part of its crew in a liferaft and part hanging to the wreckage. Westward’s skipper is the TransPac’s Rear Commodore, Willard Bell III, who doesn’t think too much of multihulls, and according to daughter Rosalie, told the multihullers as much. Something like ‘I want “you to know I don’t like catamarans, but I hope we can depart friends in Honolulu.’ We asked: “Was the boat crowded, Rosalie?” “You bet!” “Did you make them help sail?” “Hell yes.” # “Did you make any converts of the res¬ cued crew?” “No, I don’t think so, they seem as though they are devoted to speed.” It turns out the Bell’s are a pretty in¬ teresting family, with what Rosalie guesses to be about 40 TransPacs under the family belt. Seven or so for dad — with several Tahiti page 89

Races thrown in, five for mom, four for Rosalie, and a whole bunch for the other family members. “1 like sailing with my fami¬ ly,” she told us, and must, after 60,000-miles in Westward, ranging from Alaska to New Zealand. From time to time her father asks the fami¬ ly if they wouldn’t rather have a more com¬ petitive entry than the Lap worth-design that was launched some 18-years ago. “No new boat, f— no,” says Rosalie. “We like the old one, it’s got 60,000-miles and we just cruise on over in the TransPacs.” And so they do, with an aft cabin in case unexpected guests drop in part way across the Pacific. So, Bravura takes first in Class B; Jim Bar¬ nhart’s Hawaii YC Farr 42 Uin Na Mara, takes second; and Dennis Choate’s Brisa finishes third. Class C Class C honors went to Richard Ettinger’s Serendipity 43, Free Enterprise. Ettinger, who sailed the race for the Newport Harbor Yacht Club, is also a member of the St. Fran¬ cis, and had he sailed under the latter, would have made it a sweep of class honors for nor¬ thern California boats. Second place went to Moonshadow, an “improved Imp” owned by Thomas Walinski of the Waikiki YC. Rich Carlson of San Francisco was aboard, and he proves that TransPacs are not all sweetness and light, even in what’s generally considered an “easy year.” From his log: “This is a marathon around the buoys' race. Each 24 hours followed by another 24 hours, by yet another, is wearing us down. Much needed sleep is hard to come by be¬ cause everybody is needed for sail changes. Just getting your foul weather gear on re¬ quires unwanted energy consumption. “Nine days out my watch comes stumbling on deck, not eager to spend the next three hours on. It’s blowing 30 knots with huge seas. Mike Lai takes the helm of the 5-ft. destroyer wheel. Suddenly we catch a swell and race down the face, and the 41-ft. boat feels like a freight train racing through a dark tunnel. The knotmeter reads 17.50 knots. “Seconds later a combination of two dif¬ ferent swells sends us into a wild jibe. As everyone scrambles for a handhold, the spinnaker pole angles in the water, the mast nearly parallel with the water. ‘Cut the blooper sheet, get the chute down’ some¬ body yells, as we lay sideways in the water. We are at the mercy of the wind and sea. The triple spreader rig somehow doesn’t

The pleasures of the harbor; women above, good chow below.

1981 break, and as we come back up we do a death roll the other way. “One hundred and fifty miles from the finish an intense rain squall of 50 knots breaks the spinnaker pole like a pencil. The chute drops in the water with the blooper wrapped around the shrouds. The spreaders touch the water and our hopes of finishing with a mast seem gone. For 15 minutes we cling to the boat trying to right it. She finally comes up minus most of the halyards. We’re doing 9 knots under main alone, and it takes an hour before we can free a halyard to hoist the reacher.” Moonshadow just barely took second in Class C, edging former Olympic swim champ Mark Spitz’ J-36 Sumark by a mere 45 seconds. <

Travieso, notice the training wheel on the tran¬ som.

Jan Cassel, Woman Warrior.

Three northern California boats finished in Class C, but the best they could do was Rolfe Croker’s 9th with Scaramouche. Tom Harney took 10th with High Noon, and Richard Mann 12th with America. There was one local entry in Class C, perhaps the one with the best chance — that didn’t even make it across the starting line. The boat was Gryphon, Paul Erickson’s J-36 loaded with hotshot drivers who have numerous TransPac victories under 'their belts, including Chris Corlett, Jim DeReimer, and Boogie Fletcher. • In trying to get to the correct side of the starting line on port tack, helmsman Corlett had to maneuver between a number of big¬ ger boats. At one point he had to come up and then bear off behind the big ketch Natoma. He seemed to accomplish this without a problem, but then Natoma s main took the wind out of Gryphon’s sails, the J-36 came upright, and hooked her backstay into Natoma s mizzen. Gryphon’s mast was down in a flash and she was out of the race. The frustration of “buying a dead horse” was incredible; Corlett admits it was one of the first times in his life where he both lost his sense of humor and was at a loss for words. To keep from losing his mind, he retired to Palm Springs for a few days to cool off with “adult beverages”. Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride Perhaps the wildest trip had by any entry was our dark horse pick for the race, High Noon. Snacking on their hosts marvelous spread at the Ala Wai, the majority of them looked like they’d been through hell. Three emphatically swore they’d “never cross the

ocean in a Two-Tonner again.” Their' trouble began way back at the pre¬ race inspection when foam blocks used to fill the liferaft compartment exploded 6-ft. into the air scaring the beejeesus out of the TransPac inspector. “It was”, according to an eyewitness accounts, “a riot.” Things went downhill from there. Owner Tom Harney was crowned ‘Kapitain Kevlar’ for the lack of success his boat had with the line. A kevlar running backstay gave out on the way to the start causing them to be late across the line; the kevlar mainsheet nearly wore through, but the spin¬ naker halyards were the worst. Brand new for the race, these kevlar-cored wire state-ofthe-art goods lasted just five hours. If the 28-year old Harney can do any¬ thing, he can spot a trend. In the last two TransPacs, his Weather Fax machines conk¬ ed out. He predicted a breakdown again this year — and got it. Three TransPacs, three broken Weather Fax’s, all breaking on the third day. Their most serious problem, however, arose during roll call on the fifth day, when a crewmember suffered an epileptic seizure. Nobody had known he was an epileptic and the experience “we thought he was dying” rocked an already shook-up crew. The in¬ dividual had medication and recovered quickly, but the incident left the boat unsettl¬ ed. v Most of the crew was more accustomed to Harney’s more stately “Big A”, the Swan 55 Andiamo:They hoped to get the practice on the wilder High Noon during the Spring, but she was lost to them for repairs after they hit the south tower. The lack of experience made driving the boat difficult. The port watch became known as the ‘Broach Brothers’ after their extensive testing of High Noon's towering but tentative mast. With all the problems and uncertainties aboard, the boat itself was renamed High Anxiety, and the race became “Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride”. One of the worst moments even got to Carol Falk, who proclaimed her “ignorance was bliss”. With one of the ‘broach brothers’ at the helm, Carol heard the boom endlessly drag through the water, and then was sud¬ denly thrown against the ribs of the boat from her spot in the quarter berth. The boat violently jibed, sending gear tumbling over her and splashing water in her face. Disoriented, she temporarily thought the hull had been stove in and they were sinking. It wasn’t quite that bad, but they were pin-

TRANSPAC ned down for five minutes. When High Noon finally did come back up, they discovered a gaping hole in the deck where the block for the spinnaker guy had been. For all it s terror, the incident convinced them that their fragile mast would indeed get them to Honolulu. lime heals many wounds, and after just a day or two, some of the terrified crew were beginning to forget the bad parts of the trip. A week later there were even noises about chartering Merlin the next time around. Class D A Class D boat that had none of the pro¬ blems of High Noon — and in fact finished ahead of her — was Dean Treadway’s Farrdesign, Sweet Okole. In fact, if you’ll pardon the pun, Sweet Okole kicked ass, winning not only Class D, but Overall Honors for the 1981 TransPac. Time and time again we’d find that boats that got into trouble simply didn’t have ex¬ perienced drivers. With Cliff Stagg, Steve Baumhoff, Eric Baumhoff, Trevor Bayliss, and morale officer Bill Brandt, Treadway and Okole had no problems at-all. Each man got thirty minutes at a time at the helm and during the trip they had just a single broach and not one rundown.

Healthy competition, not anxiety was the name of the driving game on Okole. The watches were divided into the “weinies” and “whores”, and guys were coming up early to try and rack up the best scores on the ‘thrill meter’. For a 36-footer, the three 18’s, one 19. and lot’s of 17’s on a well-calibrated speedo are pretty impressive. Treadway’s philosophy for getting a good crew is simple: “Give them a chance to win, a good time, and other good crew to sail with.” Notice he didn’t mention anything about luxurious comfort or haute cuisine. Lots of times it was hard to sleep because the chute was being trimmed with every wave and the food was functional at best. Chow consisted mostly of freeze dried foods, but not exclusively. For the 6 hungry men Treadway also brought along' 1 cab¬ bage, 6 carrots, 12 oranges, 12 apples, 6 grapefruits, and one bottle of Stolichnaya Vodka — which lasted until the last day. Treadway smiled as he explained that you don’t need that much fresh food, that 6 guys really can savor 1 apple. There must be

looking bunch to arrive at the Islands. Besides a good crew, a boat needs to be prepared for a TransPac, and Okole was completely ready to go. She’d been hauled out in Svendsen s yard for a month where the bottom was taken down-to bare wood. Six coats of epoxy were applied, then six coats of primer, and finally Micron bottom paint. The bottom paint was painstakingly wet and dry sanded with 600 grit paper, and then buffed with a wool pad. “It’s like looking in a mirror,” according to Dean, “it glows.” Two days before the start Okole's crew worked on their suntans, the boat complete¬ ly ready to go. Treadway has taken Okole in previous TransPacs, finishing 5th in Class and 15th Overall in 1979, and 1st in Class and 5th Overall in last year’s Kauai TransPac. During last year’s Clipper /Cup she vvas dismasted, and now sports a skin¬ nier double-spreader rig by Hulse-Chrisman. Okole is probably one of the two or three least expensive boats in the race, and Tread¬ way didn't invest too much in new gear, either. There were however, two propitious Pineapples purchased, a jibtop and a 1.2 oz. spinnaker. A normal jib was used for the first two hours or so, then they hoisted the jibtop which gave them 8 and 9 knots reaching without waves, and as much as 12 knots in v waves. After a day or so the 1.2 chute was hoisted and carried virtually the remainder of the way to Honolulu. ' f

Ironically Treadway seemed less con-’ cerned than most boats about navigation, the position of other boats, and the weather maps. “If-you make the boat go, and head it in the general direction of the finish line, you will do fine.” It’s hard to argue with success, especially when it’s pulled off so economical¬ lyWe found Dean’s an interesting navigation philosophy, particularly after a short conver¬ sation we had with Dennis Choate and Ben

something to it, because Sweet Okole's crew

Mitchell of Brisa — which incidentally was equipped with a SatNav. ’ 38: You guys went south in this race, is that what killed you? Choate: Yeah, all the dumbshits were down there. 1 don’t know what the hell we were doing, ho, ho, ho. I mean really . . . Skip Allan was down there, and so were a bunch of other good sailors. You know what’s really funny, I talked to Bruce Nelson last night [who had been on Travieso] and he told me “Lowell [North] kept saying, ‘we

was probably the most relaxed, well-rested

<^ot to go down south where Mitchell is.’ I

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Above, navigators get touchy as they hope they are approaching the islands. Below, Kaptain Kevlar holds some fragments.

1981 Brown Sugar was chartered by a group of five northern Californians, each of whom tossed in about $5,000 for a state-of-the-art boat. Like High Noon, as a group the crew xwas short of ocean racing experience and had some wild, wild times, including a broach right at the finish. ‘We looked like a bunch of farmers,” they admitted with em¬ barrassment. Everyone we talked .to on Brown Sugar agreed that the one thing that kept their race from getting out of control was the-stabilizing influence o'f Jim Walton, the guy who wins all the local PHRF ocean races with his Swede 55. Actually, the group was incredib¬ ly fortunate that there was anything to hold together at all. During the delivery trip down to' L.A. a turning block holding the running backstay broke, ripping a winch right out of the deck and almost killing the boat’s owner, Ulf Wer¬ ner. So there they found themselves, one week before the start, in Santa Cruz and without a stick. They got incredible help from Sparcraft, Chaparral's dinner menu the last day out.

[Choate] kept saying, ‘there’s this guy van Heeckeren on Oaxaca, and he’s won a cou¬ ple of TransPacs or something, we better be down with them.’” 38: Van Heeckeren wasn’t even in the race this year. '■ Choate: No, that’s what made it so funny, ho, ho, ho. Mitchell: Ho, ho, ho, ho. Everyone: HO, HO, ho, ho, ho. Choate: 1 talked to Jan Cassel [Warrior] this morning and she told me her husband A1 instructed her to follow us no matter where we went, so now she’s chewing me out. So it was the blind leading the blind. Mitchell: I talked to Joe Buck on Checkmate and they followed us down there. 38: So a guy who wasn’t even in the race helped lead all of you astray? Choate: Ho, ho, I talked to the guy on Tomahawk and he said ‘we followed you down there because we didn’t want to be wrong,’ ho, ho, ho. The second best showing in Class D by a local boat belonged to Brown Sugar. Given a little bit more experience and a shorter route, she would have been a real threat for Overall.

TRANSPAC 1981 TRANSPAC OVERALL WINNERS

who built them a new spar in the incredibly short time of four days! It was stepped one day, and the race started the next. Bill Lee and the other Santa Cruzians offered their cars and facilities — whatever was needed to get Brown Sugar into the race.

Design Farr 36 Choate 40 Frers 46

Owner/ Skipper D. Treadway M. Kennedy Irv Loube

Yacht Club Island YC Daria Pt. YC Lahaina YC

Boat

Design

Skipper

Elapsed Time

3. 8. 10. 1 1. 16.

Farr 52 Lee 67

St.Francis Syn. 194:22:60 Nick Frazee 199:54:56 Christine Preiss 84 Fred Preiss 203:21:49 OTHER NORCAL FINISHERS IN CLASS A Octavia Santa Cruz 50 Stewart £ett 207:46:07 Oaxaca Santa Cruz 50 L./J./R. Burgin 209:14:10 Natoma Rhodes 58 ketch Donald Dalziel 209:39:23 Chasch Mer Santa Cruz 50 Randy Parker 216:44:30

8.80 10.96 10.76 9.45 9.40 8,32 9.16

CLASS B ,

1. Bravura Frers 46 2. Uin Na Mara III Farr 42 3. Brisa 16. Panache

Irv Loube 190:1 1:20 J. Barnhart 193:37:26 Choate 48 D. Choate 196:41:42 OTHER NORCAL FINISHERS IN CLASS B Lee 40 R. B. Park 223:47:28

8.40 8.15 8.35 7.84

CLASS C 1. Free Enterprise Serendipity 43 2. Moonshadow Holland 41 3. Sumark j-36

R. Ettinger T. Walinski Mark Spitz OTHER NORCAL FINISHERS IN CLASS 9. Scaramouche Tanton 42 R. Croker 10. High Noon Peterson 41 T. Harney III 12. America Peterson 42 Richard Mann 17. Gryphon J-36 P. Erickson,

CLASS D

ixll top often there’s a tendency to see 1. Sweet Okole 2. Audacious

Farr 36 Choate 40

D. Treadway M. Kennedy

3. Shenandoah Tom's boat has a hole in it. 7. 8. 1 1. 1 2.

Holland Cus.40 ' W.L. Palmer, Jr. OTHER NORCAL FINISHERS IN CLASS Brown Sugar Peterson 38 B.A. Syndicate Montgomery St Cal 40 J. Denning Racy Peterson 40 R. Magoon Chaparral Cal 40 H. Vielhauer

13. Petrouchka II 15. Troublemaker

Ericson 37 Morgan 37

the TransPac in terms of who won, who finished second, and all that — because that’s the easiest and most obvious way. And results are fine and important. But for many of the sailors, particularly those sailing it for the first and second times, the TransPac means so much more than who won or lost. It’s also a Great Adventure, where you’re committing yourself to forced growth, to ex¬ tend yourself. It’s learning to get along with situations you have little control over — and learning to enjoy them. It’s taking the good times with the bad, because you’ve got no choice but to live with them. The deeper ^tory of the TransPac is that when it’s all - page 93

Ave. Spd.

CLASS A 1. .Zamazaan 2. Merlin

Despite all the tribulations, the Brown Sugar syndicate finished just 11 hours off Sweet Okole’s winning corrected time. Hap¬ py as they were, there was some grumbling against the navigator — the only one aboard who wasn t part of the charter group — whom some felt had them sailing “all over the ocean”. Brown Sugar was 7th in Class C; Jim Denning of Loch Lomond Vacht Club took 8th with Montgomery Street, a Cal 40. His wasn’t the best Cal 40 time in TransPac his¬ tory, but it wasn't far off the pace. Robert Magoon's Racy finished 11th in class despite breaking a boom; Hans Vielhauer finished 12th in his Cal 40 Chaparral, and is singlehanding back to qualify for next year’s Singlehanded TransPac. Grandmother Betty Browner of Hawyard was 13th in her Ericson 38, hampered by a broken boom and some problems with mast fittings. Troublemaker, the Wilson/Swiggett entry from Oakland’s Metro YC dropped out after both breaking her boom and losing a rudder.

Boat 1. Sweet Okole 2. Audacious 3. Bravura

B. Browner B. Gosnell

194:35:46 195:59:14196:04:19 C

7.96 7.85 7.88

207:07:47 207:45:50 21 1:04:18 Dismasted

7.58 7.56 7.55

189:44:48 189:54:18 191:40:43 D 200:14:20 203:07:53 21 1:59:45 216:54:51 Not Avail. Lost Rudder

7.95 7.83 7.89 7.56 7.56 7.35 7.20

over, most people feel better about themselves then when they started Roy £alk is a perfect example. He was unable to sleep or relax on High Noon, and did not enjoy the passage . Seemingly the boat was confronted with crisis after crisis, and one tense situation after another. And . \ yet as he sqt exhausted in High Noon s ,cockpit, among the remains of what had been a mound of mouth-watering food and drink, he slowly surveyed all the TransPac boats in the harbor. “You know,” he said in a soft, solemn voice, “I just can’t believe how fortunate all of us are.” — latitude 38

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MS ADVENTURES If anyone had told me six months ago when I left San Diego aboard my fiance’s Columbia 45, Sand Pebble, that I would jump ship in Manzanillo, Mexico, I would have laughed in their faces. Afterall, it was 4V2 years and 20,000 miles shy of our plan¬ ned destination. And if anyone had told me what the real world of yachting was like, I might not have gone sailing off into the sunset in the first place. Don’t get me wrong, there are a million wonderful reasons why people should go sailing; I just happened to run into some %

“I hopped aboard and settled into the forepeak stateroom. I had inadvertently become a paid deckhand.” rather extenuating circumstances — and some very interesting people that cut this frip short. v Without going into too much personal de¬ tail, suffice it to say that the day after we 3 sailors dropped anchor in the bay at the Las Hadas Hotel in Manzanillo, my bags were unceremoniously dumped on the dock. Not by Jack, my suddenly ‘ex’ fiance, who had to fly back to the States that morning for business purposes, but by my then arch¬ enemy, his brother, our captain. Our rela¬ tionship was the victim of big personal con¬ flicts in a small boat. Let bygones be bygones, 1 fumed when 1 returned to the scene of the crimes — fresh from a Manzanillo travel agent with plane ticket in hand. As I stood there trying to figure out how I could drag two garbage bags of clothes, a seabag, and my guitar up to the hotel lobby, Larry, the captain of Varuna, a 70-ft motorsailer hailing from San Francisco, at whose stern my belongings lay, kindly of¬ fered to keep an eye on those things I couldn’t haul in one trip. When I returned one load later with an ex¬

tra pair of arms, the conversation turned to the obvious — what was a nice 27-year old Nevada girl like me doing in a situation like this? After my explanation tine captain an¬ nounced that he was in dire need of a crew — any crew — to help maintain and deliver the 70-ft Varuna back to San Francisco. When he mentioned the 6 private state¬ rooms, a rather light workload, and $600 per month, how could I refuse? It certainly beat flying home and having to face the family uproar over the lack of'a wed¬ ding band and husband. Plus, as a budding writer, I needed more material than the strained previous months had allowed. Armed with only an intrepid spirit, I hopped aboard and settled into the forepeak stateroom. I had inadvertently become a paid deckhand.

T X he change in status was radical, to say the least. The captain appeared to be an easygoing fellow and while there was plenty of boat to keep clean, I enjoyed the diver¬ sion. It didn’t take long, though, to pick up on the fact that suddenly the words ‘the owner’ had taken on a titular ring similar to ‘the Duke’, ‘the Baron’, or ‘His Majesty? Having spent my entire sailing life as either guest or (as in my most recent experience) co-owner, I began to dread meeting ‘The Owner’, who was due within the week My fears were confirmed. The day after I met the owner and his six wealthy guests \ was pack¬ ed and more than ready to fly to my home, suddenly swe^t home. Las Vegas never sounded so good! It’s not that I wasn’t willing to give a hard day’s work for an honest wage, or even serv¬ ing as a psuedo-hostess to the guests — but DAMNED if I was going to make up beds after grown adults, and clean out their stateroom heads every day. Nor would I be consigned to eat on deck with the ‘help? rather than below with a group I was on the level with both socially and intellectually. In retrospect, I believe the poor man was as as¬ tounded as I by my stormy and tearful mutiny. I must have been doing something right because the owner apologized for any mis¬ understandings and we agreed on a dial run

at least as far up as Puerto Vallarta. One can learn plenty on these ‘trial runs’ — mostly 'patience. The trip wasn’t really too bad, largely due to the presence of Lee, a young soccer player from England. He and I managed to pull off a few madcap escapades — much to the amusement of the other guests. Who could forget the night he literal¬ ly fell through the forepeak hatch and into my stateroom? Whether by design or acci¬ dent; no one knew, and we all blamed it on the Margaritas. The other five guests could easily have made the top ten of Dunn and Bradstreet. My main affiliation with them was in what I refer to as ‘sealeg-sitting’, which is a pain in the stern because by the time anyone is e^en potty-trained it’s time for them to leave the boat. Halfway through our journey one of the ladies ignored the “Don’t put anything in the toilet unless you’ve eaten it first” sign. Thankfully the captain had to clear that pro¬ blem up.

ur guests entered the harbor at Puer¬ to Vallarta ten days later, relaxed, sunburn¬ ed, and I think a little relieved to reenter the real world once more. There was another near mutiny ton my part when the owner notified me that he was cutting my wages in half — the reason being he couldn’t justify paying a mere “girl” the wage quoted by his captain. (Oh, Gloria Steinem, where are you?) We compromised — for the second time — on an even $400 and lighter work load; ahem, ahem. I am glad I stayed because our return sail to Manzanillo was memorable indeed. We had a new guest list which included a lovely older couple from Atherton, Emmett and Dotty Cashin, with a zest for life. It was only a few days down the line, in Tenicatita Bay, when I accidently ran over Emmett with the Avon as I was taking he and Dotty to shore. My fault, I fear, as I failed to get the engine shut off during our landing. Emmett valiantly stood up to defend us all from an oncoming 4 foot swell, but unfor¬ tunately, he flipped over, out, and under the boat. When he finally resurfaced, he was bleed¬ ing, spitting sand, and laughing! “Best swim

AT SEA quickly turned on the engine and motored out of there — leaving a very surprised school of shrimp in our wake. I’ve had in years,” chuckled the former Olympic swim champ. Glad HE enjoyed it, I had a slightly fibrillated heart and his wife left fingernail impressions in the side of the Avon. The other two guests were a pair of lively ladies, Liz and Jean from San Francisco. These I.B.M. salespeople knew adventure when they saw it, and made it happen when it didn’t. In spite of all their good-natured ef¬ forts I somehow managed to keep up my boat duties — between hangovers. Weeks after those four left us, wild tales were still cir¬ culating around the Las Hadas Hotel about our bon voyage party in the hotel’s oncesedate piano bar. All things — good and bad — must come to an end someday, and it was during a week’s absence by the owner that a major misunderstanding developed between the captain and I. No matter the merits of our opposite points of view. (It’s my opinion he didn’t approve of my blossoming friendship with the crew of Primavera, a Swan 57 dock¬ ed next to us) — 1 spent the next week on forced unemployment. God how I envied them on Primavera}. Here was a three-person crew my age, hav¬ ing the time of their lives and still maintaining the responsibilities of caring for a million dollar yacht. They had a sense of humor, too. For example one day I was playing barber with captain Tom Stewart’s unruly locks when someone bumped the dock causing me to shear a major portion of his earlobe. I was appalled at the sight of all that blood running down his neck, but Tom simply wiped it away and said, “Would you please trim a little more off the back? — a lit¬ tle more hair, that is.”

He even declined an opportunity for revenge after I volunteered to go up and wipe down the 72-ft mast. I must have yelled at him three times (with eyes tightly shut all the while) to lower me the first 5 feet from the top. He waited until I opened rfiy eyes to see just what the hell was going on down there before explaining, “If you would just let go of the mast and SIT in the bosun’s chair, I could let you down.” Would you believe that after incidents like

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these I was made welcome to help them take the boat up to San Diego? I could hardly wait for the owner of the Varuna to return so I could hand in my resignation. The difference in atmosphere between the two boats was astronomical and 1 took to it like, begging your pardon, a fish takes to water. There was still work to be done but it was carried out in a lively, fun-loving fashion. The boat’s .owner, an architect from Guadalajara, was even more fun-loving than the crew — who referred to him with ge¬ nuine affection as “our boy”. He wasn’t around too much but when he was, the good times rolled. Racers, I found, are an entirely different breed of sailors. Modesty isn’t prevalent among them — there’s no room for privacy on a racing yacht. The cook, a woman my age named Lori, and I made the room in which to change our clothes, but on the delivery up to San Diego the guys didn’t bother with the social graces. Having previously led such a sheltered boat life, I became the butt (no pun intended) of the old “Don’t look!” joke. Seen one, seen ’em all. For the trip up we had decided on Swiss watches. Three on a watch, rotating four and six-hour shifts. The captain, the cook and I made up one watch, and our-navigator, his girlfriend and a recently “saved” friend of theirs were the second watch. 1 can still hear I our reborn Christian friend’s cheery watch call of “Hallelujah, sister! Time to get up!” I’d mumble, “Amen, brother!” as I’d roll sleepily from my bunk. He’d praise the Lord as I climbed into and he got out of our respective foul weather gear. The passage up Baja was a bumpy one, however we were blessed (?!) with glassy calm seas from the halfway point of Cedros Island clear up to the San Diego Customs. There were still ups and downs for everyone, like the day we accidentally backtacked at dusk, entangling the taffrail-log in our pro¬ peller. With only a mere half-mile between us and the reefy shoreline of Punta Pequena and the wind blowing in a westerly direction, we didn’t have much room for tacking. Our captain took the cold plunge and after several unsuccessful attempts finally got the line cut loose from the propeller shaft. We

lit this point I must add that my “ex” had taught me good basics in boating and given me a real appreciation of the dangers involved. One night the cook and I were on deck for a six-to-midnight watch. I’d been keeping my eye on several lights off of our starboard bow. The captain seemed totally unconcerned and brushed them off as a Mexican fishing fleet. According to his nav

“How do you explain the peaceful inner-serenity and self-reliance you find at sea?” calculations we were 22-miles offshore (everyone makes mistakes). When the lights grew brighter and remain¬ ed stationary — now abeam of the boat — I was truly alarmed. Then, dead ahead was a huge hill silhouetted against even more lights. And, wonder of wonders! — suddenly I could smell land! The old sea tale was true! It was a brackish, briney, sharp smell and it scared me to death. Fortunately, for us, the boat, and the reputation of the captain, our navigator came up at that point for the changing of the watches. Needless to say we tacked im¬ mediately, and none to soon, either. Nights like these could only add to the im¬ pishness of Lori and I. We had a bottle of cognac stashed in the aft-cabin head, where we would meet after a particularly cold or traumatic night’s watch, sipping and giggling our heads off at our own deviltry. Everyone knew what we were up to back there — but pretended not to and let us have our fun. All in all, the rest of the trip was pretty much uneventful. Once we were secured in front of the San Diego Yacht Club, I could

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hardly believe it had been all of six months since I had last seen the good old Estados Unidos. The first few days in port we all revelled in hot fudge sundaes, Big Macs and American cigarettes. I was surprized to find most of my clothes hardly fit. I guess because sometimes your only consolation at sea is the cookie jar. It’s been a month now that I’ve been landlocked — sorting out the experiences I had on my unexpected sailathon in Mexico. Close friends and relatives comment on a change in me that they can’t quite put their finger on. How do you explain to them the peaceful inner-serenity and self-reliance you find at sea? I feel sad that they’ve never experienced the heart-squeezing delight in flying through the water on a crisp, sparkling clear, blue day at 9 and a half knots with the sails straining to symmetry and the toerail covered in frothing spray.

Halloween in April with Roy and Christine.

How many of them would give ten years of their life for the ethereal beauty of a full moon on a cloudless night, watching Orion and the Big Dipper go wheeling by to the salt-sprayed melody of the hull as it gently hisses through the water? ,

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No friends, things are not going too bad that I am trying to inform you how to make a fortune writing about sailing OUT OF MY MIND never was (and never will be) an in¬ structive column; rather DESTRUCTIVE but this is definitely another story. As always, my effort is to destroy some old (or modern) myth, to persuade the readers npt to be naive or credulous — if somebody among us still is. But this is all another story. Not long ago, I read in one of the nation wide sailing magazines an advertisement — because somebody smart said that the classic fied index is the best history of a society. In a short well-calculated announcement an ocean-going enthusiast asked for financial support for his non-stop, solo, circumnavi¬ gation in exchange for royalties from his book, which he plans to publish after his happy return. I do not know if he got some responses. But I know, more than well, that it is very hard to sell an even ready-to-print book, even after an exciting passage. To support a voyage from writing is more difficult than to run our boat through all “Deep water and shoals”, than to survive all Typhoons, WillyWilly, Huricanes, Boras, etc., etc., etc. More difficult than keep the hull watertight, your crew in brotherhood, and the sails inventory at same number. “Everything cost as much as it cost” — said one home-bred economist. For this rea¬ son I am not going to say that magazines pay poor or abundantly. They pay as much as they pay! So how much can you expect to earn for your wonderful account of your long years dreamed odyssey? An expert, Janet Groene, published several years ago the arti¬ cle Writing and Cruising, which is the right reference where one might find all necessary facts and information. Frankly, from my ex¬ perience, magazines pay between 100-300 dollars. Not too bad a layman may say, who doesn’t know how long it will take to write, type, correct 10 pages of a good story. Another problem we must consider: Edi¬ tors don’t necessarily spend sleepless nights waiting for our masterpieces. Mostly they are on vacation. If they are not, and you are lucky, you will receive short notice that the

office got your manuscript and you will be in¬ formed about their decision after particular period of time. Most from 4 weeks to eterni¬ ty. We shouldn’t expect that the manuscript of our brave circumnavigation will be cordial¬ ly welcomed and a first class magazine will print it next month with our wife as a cover girl, and our daughter as a centerfold ... it is not realistic. Believe it or not (but better believe) magazines aren’t necessary starving for such stories. Informing the potential authors, one big magazine said: “We’re overloaded with cruising articles — everyone seems to be going around Cape Horn in a bathtub.” For this, and unfortuntately many other reasons, after “specified period of time (4 weeks to eternity) we will have our precious story back home (if we had equipped it with SASE), returned, boomerang style. But we conquered Typhoons, Willy-Willy, Hurricanes, Boras (etc., etc.) so we are sure — we will conquer editors or at least one. So we repeat the cycle! New envelopes, stamps, introduction letter (Dear Sir: I just returned from a unique voyage . . .), new pictures (sometimes is a must) and of course new hopes. Not necessarily always, but for sure sometimes, the Great Day is coming and with it joy, cudos) fame, even a check! Talking about money, according to one of the latest issues of Newsweek, 50% of

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writing first story in life) earn less than $4,000 per year. And writing for such amount of money we must not only write but have published about 20 stories per year. Nice result — let say, each month a story in 2

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y magazines. Congratulations if should be so lucky. If short stories can’t support our sailing, hell with magazines! We still can make big cash writing a book. Let’s go! “We are definitely sceptic about books which concern singlehanding. There were so many, probably too many, books about solo¬ ing. The last we published was a financial disaster” — stated one publisher in New York. Don!t worry, Sir — we said and, changing plans, started with a crew. Instead of sailing around Cape Horn in bathtub, we conquer pirate’s flotilla, seduce UFO female passengers on their girl-scout summer ex¬ pedition, rescue couple hundred boat peo¬ ple and disable a submarine and — finally — absolutely not planning it we round Cape Horn stern-first style, being blowed back from Sydney by storm of mellennium. After several days long ovations, at home port, we started to write out book and finish it in T.S.H. (time, in style, and in mental health). Question: How much such a best¬ seller worth? Probably about 5,000 dollars — if we can sell it. “We will be very glad to read your book after you complete it” several editors inform¬ ed me when my-agent was trying his best (agents ask mostly for 10% of our pay), to find a contract based on an outline. I refused to write at speculation. Prudent? Stupid? Arlene Blum — our famous mountain climber who took a year off from work to write her Annapurna Woman’s Place, she told me that this was, no discussion, the RIGHT decision. Even if not enough pro¬ fitable.

Mr. Thomas Friedmann, my long time re¬ presentative in Europe, said “Andy, if somebody is dreaming about sailing in the USA — he can sail, in socialistic countries — he can only buy a book about sailing.” I am not so sure Thomas is 100% right, but I had page 103

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than sure that it is just the opposite! And I know what I am talking about . . . But things aren’t always going so bad. Hell with caustic remarks! Be optimistic or at least pose for an optimist. Twenty sailing related U.S. magazines have a total of about 100 “openings” for good, interesting, life stories each month. Fact! Such giants as Hiscock, Heyerdahl, Jones, Lewis, etc., etc. also wrote their first article, their first book. Most

time off even for writing your whole life detailed story. Nakhodka look like proper

publishers agree that it is not important to see a sea serpent or survive a Fastnet to make a good story. Crucial is to narrate book im¬ pressive style. It is not necessary to be university graduate, and somebody awful even said

harbor for sailors. > Malcom Cowley in his famous book The Literary Situation said that writing is a result of neurosis. From my experience I am more

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my slide show, I was introduced to audi¬ ence: “Mr. Andrew Urbanzzzyk — singlehanded sailor” started the presenter profes¬ sionally. “We know him!” interrupted the public. Something like wave of hot chocolate flooded my heart. “They know me, they know me. So all those miles of loneliness, all those storms, fogs, dangers, were not for nothing. They know me from my sailing achievements.” But no, “We know him”

almost yelled guy dressed in a poncho with woolf size fangs. “We know him” continued public, “WE KNOW HIM EROM LATITUDE 381”

— andrew urbanczyk P.S. — We never know where our small paper vessel can sail us. I just read that a rookie sailor, after his first sailing in Chesapeake Bay wrote a story How to Sail. After the story was published, he got an offer to write script for a movie and of course gathering big cash . . . See you in theater!

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out 200 feet of 3/8” but we got it on the dock and dabbed white paint at 20-foot in¬ tervals. It worked great and I could tell exact¬ ly how much scope I had out. For the first four or five times, anyway, then the paint came off. Oh, well, back to the drawing board. Lanai City is a small town about eight miles from the harbor, mostly uphill. We got a ride after about two miles and rode through thousands of acres of pineapples. The town itself is small and sleepy with a couple of

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stores and a small hotel. What a place to get away from it all. It looks almost like a town in the Sierras with the huge pine trees, except they are Norfolk pines.' We didn’t find out until later, but we were eligible to join the Pineapple Isle Yacht Club. It’s a‘great deal. I forget the exact price, but $5 or $10 gets you a burgee, a T-shirt, a membership card and free use of the club’s facilities. (The picnic tables, barbeques, beaches and showers — are all owned

ABOARD board on his dinghy wouldn’t start and he had to row out in the blow. His boat was almost on the reef. It’s engine wouldn’t start so he made sail, slipped his anchor cable and went to Lanai. All this singlehanded. We went in in the dinghy and found the last slip had been taken by a boat that sailed in while we were anchoring. The harbor¬ master was really friendly and helpful, fin¬ ding us a spot across some pilings in back of some boats that never go Out. He also had some good news for us. There was a letter from my son who had moved to Honolulu and he was willing to live on the boat and take care of it forYis so we could leave it in Hawaii. This was great for a lot of reasons: now we didn’t have the long beat back to San Francisco; we had a few more months to cruise Hawaii; and, as

by the State and free anyway.) It’s a short sail from Lanai to Lahaina on Maui, but it’s like going from one world to another. From totally relaxed to totally hyper. What a zoo! We pulled into the har¬ bor and tied to the loading dock to go ask the harbormaster about a slip. You are supposed to be able to stay there a half-hour but peo¬ ple kept coming up and hassling us about moving, boats were circling and shouting at each other in the narrow harbor and it seem¬ ed everybody was really commercial and up¬

tight. We couldn’t find the harbormaster so I said the hell with this and we anchored out in the roadstead. The Lahaina roadstead is exposed and not a good holding ground. The week before a ketch fully provisioned and ready to go to Tahiti dragged and was a total loss on the reef. A friend of ours almost lost his boat the same night. He was staying at the Pioneer, Inn and woke up worried about his boat. He took a look and it had dragged a quarter of a mile. He really had a rough night. The out-

Lanai City looks like the Sierras.

Blowhole.

we had already made up our minds to go cruising for good, it would leave us boatless in California. All the more incentive to get things wrapped up quickly and take off. I sent a message to my son that we would see him in Honolulu in about three days as we planned to spend a day or so on Molokai before going to Oahu. Once again it was blowing pretty good as we left. I think Hawaii in the winter has more wind than the Bay in the summer, and much bigger waves.

INNOCENTS and can use all the club’s facilities. There are 65 cent drinks (doubles), 50 cent beers, an excellent restaurant with low prices and hot showers. Drinks are half-price at Friday night Happy Hour! The Hawaii Yacht Club is the crossroads of the Pacific. In addition to West Coast boats there are people in from Japan, New Zealand, Australia and Tahiti. Listening to these people talk about their experiences On the way over to Molokai we hooked a big dorado (mahi-mahi in Hawaii). What a handful: big fish, big wind, big waves. Just as 1 tried to gaff him, the line broke. That was the end of our fishing luck in Hawaii. ^ With the wind strong out of the south I didn’t want to chance a reef passage into one of the anchorages on the east end of Molokai so we went on to Lono Harbor;' Lono is an abandoned gravel barge loading place, but it is well protected behind a breakwater. After our rough trip we decid¬ ed to lay over a day and rest up. Also the weather forecast was for 30 knots and 18-foot seas in the channel to Oahu. We walked miles of beautiful deserted beaches and saw signs of just how rough it can get out there. There were the scattered pieces of a prefabricated cabin all over the beach. Each log notched and numbered like a giant Lin¬ coln log set. There was also a broken-open refrigerated container that must have wash¬ ed off a container ship. What a waste! All those steaks, roasts, spareribs and bacon just rotting in the sun. Also what a smell! <, The next day the weather forecast said 35 to 45 knots and 22-foot seas so we settled in to wait it out. It blew like that day and night for seven days. We registered gusts over 50 knots and couldn’t have left if we had been crazy enough to want to. The entire harbor entrance was full of six-foot breaking waves. The wind and cabin fever were driving us crazy so we tried to keep busy, fixing leaking portholes, cleaning up the boat and (Betty) baking bread. We also called the Coast Guard in Honolulu on the VHF and told them we were OK since we were four days overdue and my son might have reported us missing. (He hadn’t.) On the fifth day, out of cigarettes and booze, I walked the 20 miles over jeep trails and dirt roads into town. I got a ride most of the way back and only had to walk eight more miles. Yuk! We finally left in a forecast of 30 knots and 18-foot seas, the same thing we avoided the first day. Betty made up some food so she wouldn’t have to cook underway, we

secured everything in the boat, put two reefs in the main and took off for Honolulu.

It was a wild ride downwind to Koko Head and as we got near we saw a race in progress. The boats were slogging to wind¬ ward reefed way down. As they rounded the mark, the reefs came out and we couldn’t believe it. Chutes and bloopers came up. We were doing 6 to 7 knots under double-reefed main and small jib but they just came tearing by. I was ready to shake the reefs out and stop being such a chicken sailor, but Betty didn’t want her “house” bashed about.. When the racers got out of the lee. of Koko Head all hell broke loose. They were capsiz¬ ing to windward and sails were going every which way. They really put on a show for us. After a little fumbling around we made contact with the Hawaii Yacht Club and they found space for us. They are really nice to cruisers and let you stay two weeks for only $25. Plus you get a temporary guest card

really drove home the point that when it comes to cruising we are truly “innocents.” We met Don and Aileen on Claire de Lune out of Vancouver. Don was just com¬ pleting a four year circumnavigation, a lot of it singlehanded (Aileen joined him in Australia). They were side-swiped by a ship off the Galapagos, lost the bowsprit rigging,

Keehi Lagoon.

a shroud, had the toe-rail chewed up and the boomkin thrown through the mainsail. It was a dear night and Don was below reading.' The ship never stopped. After they recovered from the shock, they jury-rigged and sailed 2500 miles to the Marquesas where they fixed the boat enough to make it to Hawaii for a refit. What impresses me most about people like that, and the cruisers we met in general, is their self-reliance and independence. They know what risks they’re assuming, make their preparations and head out. When things go wrong there is no whining about “They should do something about that” or “There ought to be a law.” They simply han¬ dle it the best they can and don’t expect anyone else to bail them out. It is a refreshing change from the TV news where all you hear is people wanting to government to protect them from this or that, or wanting to sue for damages if something happens. While at the Hawaii Yacht Club we decid¬ ed to. try one more shot at getting the refrigerator/freezer fixed before dumping the whole thing overboard. That’s how we met George. George is a marine refrigeration consultant. I wanted to pay someone to fix it, but George just consults. He tells you how and you do the work. He gives you pros and cons about what to replace and with what, and you make the decisions. I wasn’t too happy about the arrangement, but George was right. I now know a lot more about the system, can make minor repairs and re¬ charge it myself. If George had fixed it himself, I would be as ignorant as when I started.

ou can get anything you need for your boat in Honolulu, but it’s expensive. We did a lot of fixing up and refitting while

there. We had gotten tired of water running across the cabin sole at sea or when it rained, so we tackled the major job of recaulking the chainplates. This doesn’t sound like a “major job” but after a week’s hard work and $100, we knew it was. To caulk them we had to remove the turnbuckles. They were frozen solid. I spent days spraying them with WD-40 and trying

we know to keep them greased and give them a turn once in a while. Once a month there is a nautical swap meet at the gas dock in Ala Wai Marina. We decided to lighten ship and sell some stuff we had carried around with us and hadn’t used. It was a great success. We sold almost everything and only bought a little more than we sold. It was a lot of fun watching the bargaining and swapping and there are some real bargains to be had.

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INNOCENTS We took a week and went to Kauai with my son as crew. It was a good sail over and we had a beautiful dawn arrival at Nawiliwili. We made a dinghy expedition up the river and returned laden with goodies: a stalk of bananas, papaya, coconuts and guavas. All this stuff tastes better when it is free and you have scrounged it yourself. Two miles up the coast is Hanamalu Bay with a nice beach and fair snorkeling so we spent a couple of lazy days wandering around and barbecuing on the beach. There is no harbormaster and therefore no charge • to stay there. We were the only boat in. Everybody who goes to Kauai goes to see their biggest tourist attraction, the Fern Grot¬ to. The crew wanted to play tourist apd ride one of the tour boats up the river to the grot¬ to at six bucks a head. The ever-cheap cap¬ tain said we have a dinghy and an outboard and we will be our own tour boat. It turned out to be a good idea. We stuffed the Avon and the outboard in the little rented car and drove to the river. It was a fun trip and we got to the grotto before anyone else and had the whole place to ourselves. We also got

some more fruit and coconuts on the way back. The weather forecast for the beat back to Oahu was for 20 knots. We could barely power out of Nawiliwili against the waves and didn’t know it at the time, but the ex¬ haust hose had come off the engine aVid fill¬ ed the bilge with water and the cockpit lockers with greasy smoke. Twenty-four hours later we turned on the radio and heard “The gale is continuing.” I guess we already knew that because it was a rough trip. At times we had so much water coming over the boat we thought we were sailing a submarine. Thank God for the dodger! So with a full bilge and a torn staysail we limped into a new little marina on Oahu call¬ ed Port Waianae and stayed a week while the gale blew itself out. There was a fishing tournament going on and the gale didn’t stop the fishermen. I guess it was because they had paid $600 a boat to enter. The' tournament gave us something to watch and we had some good fish to eat.

Dn„ is now sitting in.Keehi Lagoon near Honolulu. Keehi is about the only place in Hawaii where you can stay as long as you like with no hassles and no charges. There must be a couple of hundred boats anchored Mhere and it’s OK to live aboard. If is a safe anchorage but in an industrial part of town at the end of the runways for Honolulu Airport. Each morning you get a free wake-up at 7:00 am when a huge military transport takes off and flies about ten feet above your mast. This goes on all day. But it is also a good place because of all the friendly cruisers there and there are a lot of good times. Betty and I have decided for us the cruis¬ ing life is the only way to go. We flew back to California, quit our jobs, sold all our posses¬ sions and are waiting for our plane back to Hawaii. We are going to head for the South Pacific and try to slowly make our way to New Zealand. After that who knows?

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July was special event mdnth. The lull in YRA season creates the opportunity for all kinds of races from the Laser Slalom to the MORA Long Distance Race to San Diego. By rough count, we figure the 165 boats in¬ volved covered some 20,000-miles and in¬ volved over 800 sailors. Here’s a capsule summary of what happened.

MORA Long Distance Race The Midget Ocean Racing Association (MORA) Long Distance Race to Sar\Diego promised to be a ULDB runaway but instead turned out to be a heavy boat race. “In fact,” said one disappointed Olson 30 skipper af¬ terwards, “if you took a list of the entries ranked by their PHRF ratings with the lower number on top and turned it upside down, that was pretty much the finishing order!” The 26 boat fleet, including six Olson 30’s, four Santa Cruz 27’s, and five Moore 24’s, poked its way out past the Cliff House on the morning of July 3rd. By nightfall, most everyone had their spinnakers up in the brisk westerlies. The faster boats moved to the front as expected, but a hurricane mov¬ ing north out of Mexico began to mess with the normal flow of air. That resulted in mild, warm and sunny conditions, hardly condu¬ cive to planing and surfing. There were other distractions to keep the

crews’ interest up, however. Several boats reported seeing whales, sharks, flying fish, intense phosphorescence and schools of up to 300 dolphins. Part of the fleet also en-' countered a U.S. Navy battleship practicing gunnery off San Clemente Island. One boat was even threatened with a shot across her bow if the sailors didn’t clear the area! Aboard the Ericson 27, Good Times, Barry Bevan and his crew of daughter Cyndi, A1 Hunter, Mike Hillman, Jeff Cecarelli, knew they had a good chance. Barry grew up in southern California and played the winds perfectly. Even though Co'od Times finished last, 12 hours after the first boat, Levity, they still managed to correct out first. Second overall was the Hawkfarm Eclipse, followed by Dave Mancebo’s Critical Mass and Alex Malaccorto’s Rocinante, a Yankee 30. All the winners were in the heavy end of the fleet. For the ULDB’s it was a poor showing. The best Olson, Levity, finished 9th; the best Santa Cruz 27, Move, was 7th; and the top Moore 24, Hazy Image, was 12th. “The flyers just couldn’t fly,” was the way fifth place skipper Bob Hrubes of Zotl! put it. OVERALL 1. ) Good Times, Ericson 27, Barry Bevan 2. ) Eclipse, Hawkfarm, Fred Hoffman 3. ) Critical Mass, Mancebo Custom, Dave

Good Timesv

Mancebo 4. ) Rocinante, Yankee 30, Alex Malaccorto Heaviest of the lightweights, Division winner Critical Mass.

5. ) Zot!!, Choate 27, Robert Hrubes 6. ) Apple Pie, Thunderbird, Austin O'Brien; 7.) Move, Santa Cruz 27, Dale Winlow/Greg Shoemaker; .8.) Bear Grotto, Jotz Custom, Hank Jotz; 9.) Levity, Olson 30, Hank McGill; 10.) Bilakin, Cal 29, Robert Sommers; I I.) Col¬

lage, Olson 30, Scott Pine; 12.) Hazy Image, Moore 24, Jack Barr; 13.) Hot Flash, Santa Cruz 27, Bren Meyer; 14.) Poltergeist, Moore 24, Terence Hensley; 15.) Valkyre, Moore 24, Bill Betzer; 16.). Wet Spot, Moore 24, Michael O’Callaghan; 17.) Foreplay, Wilderness 30, Roger Wales; 18.) Bullet, Olson 30, Geoffrey Eisenberg; 19.) Slim, Moore 24, Mark Rudiger/Steve Bedell; 20.) Ankle Biter, Santa Cruz

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Tsunami, Olson 30, Jesse Hollingsworth; 22.) Saint Anne, Olson 30, Richard Heckman; 23.) Bloody Mary, Santa Cruz 27, Franz Klitza; 24.) Brujo, Olson 30, Neal Clark; 25.) Whipit, Pyramid 30, jack Sheldon; 26.) Mariko, Olson 30, Steve Cook; DNF; Hot Foot, Loose; DNS:

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Flex Flyer, Scorpion, Farr Better, Felony; DIVISION WINNERS: Heavyweights - Good Times; Lightweights — Critical Mass; Olson 30's — Levity; Moore 24's — Hazy Image.

Boreas Race The Oakland and Etkhorn YC’s annual Boreas Race — 30-years old^this year — is ideal for folks who’d like to do a TransPac or Catalina Race, but only have a weekend. Well, almost ideal. A record fleet of 57 boats set out from the St. Francis at 8:30 in a good morning breeze, which disappeared on the other side of Mile Rock. Thrills were as rare as the wind the next few hours, although a crewman wearing an anti-seasickness wrist band enter¬ tained our boat by throwing up. Things took a turn for the warmer when the sun came out — it was hot enough for shorts at Pigeon Point. Mercifully the wind filled in and it was a fast rock ‘n roll run until sundown when the wind died again. A downwind race, the ULDB’s got to Moss Landing first and packed the entrance to the harbor so that it looked like a sailing minuet. It was “thirty feet forward and thirty feet back”. Unfortunately the finish line was located inside a jetty that had an adverse cur¬ rent, forcing entries to spend as much as 4 and 5 pre-dawn hours trying to sail the last

Barry Bevan.

Steve leppeson's crib sheet for Laser Slalom.

one hundred yards of an 86-mile race. What had been a pleasure became a pisser, and there were accusations that some finishers h$d motored across the finish line. The Oakland YC is going to recommend that next year’s race be finished at a buoy just outside the harbor, an excellent idea. Cinnabar, an Olson 30, was first-to-finish in just over 12 hours, well off Chasch Mer’s 1980 record time of 7 hours Mary and Paul Hippie of Aptos won the trophy for the first Elkhorn finisher with Sassy, their Ranger 30., A CLASS — I.) Ariel, Santana 35, Bob Brockoff; 2.) Georgia, Van de Stadt 41, D. Schramm; 3.) Vector, CF 37, Dave Sawle. B CLASS — I.) Slither, Santana 22, Carl Bell; 2.) Scandalous, Lancer 28, Dave Mosher; 3.) Venga, Alberg 30, Jim Bryan. ULDB CLASS — I.) Cachit, Express 27, Lash Bonesteel; 2.) Red Line. Santa Cruz 33, Jack Gordon. MULTI¬ HULL — I.) Raja, Brown Custom Tri 40,

following the conclusion of the Coors Open 18 regatta, several of the Aussies decided to do it for fun. Some of them, including 18 champ Iain Murray, had never sailed a Laser before. “They’re slippery,” he said after¬ wards. The slalom involves a double elimination ladder. Paired skippers race over a short, eight buoy course, tacking up one side and jibing down the other. The losing helmsman gets matched with another loser. Two losses and you’re out for the weekend. The sailor who gets through undefeated meets the win¬ ner of the loser’s ladder to decide the overall

Laser Slalom

champion. The average race takes only six minutes to complete, but when the summer breezes kick up through the Gate, the real thrill is watch¬ ing the sailors crash and burn in front of the St. Francis. No other sailing event features as many wipe-outs, splash-downs and near misses as the slalom. That’s why there’s always a’crowd on hand to cheer the con¬ testants on, who must feel a bit like trained

This year’s Laser Heavy Weather Slalom might be retitled the lightest weather slalom ever held. Absent were the large green waves known for their ability to move great orange buoys in a single passing and the high winds which cause those exciting death rolls. Thirty-two invited skippers matched up for the July 4 and 5 event. The field included past winners John Bertrand, Paul Cayard and Jeff Madrigali, as well as sailing heavies Cam Lewis from Massachusetts and Dave Perry from Connecticut. Held the weekend

seals at a carnival side show. Unfortunately, this year’s event had periods of little wind. This not only cut down on the spectator appeal, but also introduced the element of body kinetics, aka ooching, rocking and pumping. Good Laser sailors have always been physical sailors, and when the wind went soft, they needed that extra horsepower to go fast. One of the sailors, young Mike France from Vancouver, B.C., got a little too outrageous for the race com¬ mittee in his heat with local Steve Jeppeson.

Howard Jones.

After winning by a comfortable margin, France and the other competitors were warned about body movements. Jeppeson and France re-sailed the race under watchful eyes, but the out-of-towner won again anyway. There were still some hard feelings after¬ wards. Rick Wenson of Performance Sailcraft, and a member of the race committee, said France had definitely exceeded the rules of the IYRU about body kinetics. “If I was head of the race committee I would have thrown him out,” he saidS In any case, this year’s slalom came down to a match between Larkspur’s Bob Smith and Tiburon’s Jeff Madrigali. Smith sailed superbly to go undefeated into the finals, bumping off Madrigali along the way. Jeff then survived the sudden death loser’s lad¬ der to get a chance at becoming the second double winner. John Bertrand is the other two-time slalom champ. Smith appeared in control in the first heat, sailed in the more customary 20 knot westerlies. He spun out near the finish, however, to take his first loss of the weekend. Since both sailors had one loss,

The slalom buddy system.

MICHAEL DIAS

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they had to sail again to get a winner. Madrigali was hot and cruised away for the win and the title. Madrigali contributes some of his success to his association with last year’s winner Paul Cayard and their “Zondonager Brothers Racing Team”. By' supporting each other and sharing the same boat, the two have been quite successful. They even had their monikers “Long S. Zondonager” and “S. Long Zondonager” printed on their slalom shirts. RESULTS - I.) Jeff Madrigali, Tiburon, CA; 2.) Bob Smith, Larkspur, CA; 3.) Paul Cayard, San Bruno, CA; 4.) Dave Perry, Southport, CT.

Top Woman Finisher: Johanna Friesen, San Francisco, CA.

MYC Race to Catalina The Metropolitan YC’s race to Catalina was designed to offer PHRF racers less ex¬ pensive alternatives to the TransPac. The 366-mile run down the coast offers lots of sleigh-ride sailing when the winds cooperate and some hearty partying when the gang gets to the town of Avalon on Catalina. Just to make sure everyone arrives in time, the rules allow 60-miles of motoring, but you have to add 12 hours to your finish time as

soon as you put the engine in gear. This year’s contest, the third annual, had 23 entries, over twice as many as last year. Conditions ranged from light to brisk, and back to light‘again for the finish. For crew¬ member Warren Hugeley aboard the Peter¬ son 36 JTintagel, it was a floating bachelor party. Starting at 8:00 a.m. on July 6 off the St. Francis, the fleet headed out the Gate. Michael Dias, aboard the Islander 36 Gypsie, reported the westerlies filled in with gusto up to 35 to 40 knots from the west. Seas were running 10-15 feet from the north, making for some white-knuckle .sailing and broken gear. On Gypsie, a double jibe resulted in a broken boom. Harry Murray’s Catalina 38 Obsession suffered a simliar fate. Both boats patched up as best they could — Gypsie us¬ ed an 80% jib for a main — and continued on. The weather calmed down by Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning it pooped out altogether as the fleet neared the Channel Islands. First-to-finish Wide Load, Sam BonovichY Santana 35, rode a light southerly to the finish line, crossing at 8:29 Wednesday evening. George’s engine had gone on the fritz so he waited till Pacific Eagle, the 45-ft. scratch boat motored by

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three hours later and gave them a tow 20-miles to Avalon. . Aboard Tintagel, Warren Hugeley’s crewmates toasted him with champagne. But the groom-to-be began to have second thoughts, claims Peter Rookard. “He kept having nightmares, and he’d wake up screaming ‘Why me?’ One night we found him at the wheel headed back to San Fran¬ cisco. When we saw dolphins jumping across the bow, we told him that was good luck, and eventually he calmed down.” i The fifteen finishers straggled in throughout Thursday. From then on it was party time. They closed the bars every night, including the unofficial race headquarters, El Galleon, a dockside watering hole. Warren Hugeley tied the knot with Karen Herbert in a small park across the street from Las Casitas. Next year’s race promises to be even big¬ ger. They’re hoping for 50 boats and a com¬ munication headquarters set up in a hotel in Avalon. Anyone considering a less expen¬ sive alternative to the TransPac ought to give it serious consideration. RESULTS OVERALL — I.) Wide Load, San tana 35, Sam Bonovich; 2.) Blue Max, Santana 35, Bill Patry; 3.) Magic Too, Wylie 34, Roy Raphael; 4.) Picaroon, Santana 35, Robert Casparian; 5.) Mira, Ranger 33, jerry Hansen; 6.) Scrapper, Islander 36, Ron Jaffray; 7.) My Way, Yamaha 36, Oscar Travland; 8.) Spellbin¬

Wovoka broka her mast.

der, Santana 35, Chuck Johnson; 9.) Gypsie, Islander 36, Monroe Windgate; 10.) Obsession, Catalina 38, Harry Murray; I I.) Dark Star, Peterson 34, Randy DeVore; 12.) Cohesion, Feo 37, Douglas Moorhouse; 13.) Chispa de Oro, C&C 34, Dave & Michelle Waller; 14.) Virago, Buchan 40, Paul Akagi; 15.) Alakazam, Islander Bahama 30, James Wolter; DNF's:

Pacific Eagle, Chantecleer, Wovaka, Riff Raff. SANTANA 35 DIVISION - I.) Wide Load; 2.) Blue Max; 3.) Picaroon; PHRF I (rating 120 and below) — I.) Magic Too; 2.) Obsession; 3.) Dark Star; PHRF 2 (120 and above) - I.) Mira; 2.) Scrapper; 3.) My Way.

Midnight Moonlight San Francisco Yacht Club’s Midnight Moonlight Maritime Marathon (MMMM) started the evening of July 11th in Raccoon Straits. The 33 entries were given their han¬ dicaps at the start of the race in the hopes they’d all finish at the same time after chasing 36-miles up to the Vallejo Bridge and back. The smaller boats got away first and, as is usually the case in this race, had stronger winds than the big boats. Last-to-start was Dave Fenix’s 46-ft. Pegasus, almost three hours after the first boat set their chute and headed upriver. A healthy flood tide also aided the smaller boats. The wind dapced around as the fleet swept past the Richmond Bridge and the ' Brothers Lighthouse. It finally settled in from

The Shadow knows.

the southwest at dusk. In the fading light, the small entries such as Mooreburgers, a Moore 24, and Contusion, a Yamaha 24, were beating back to Tiburon while the 30 to 40 footers rounded the middle span of the bridge. Most of the fleet hugged the south shpre, staying close enough to avoid the flood and far enough out to stay out of tf^e mud. The big boys made up ground, turning the corner as the tide switched to ebb. At dusk some sailors started extending their bodies outboard with the aid of trapeze harnesses attached to .running backstays or spinnaker halyards, an activity unthinkable in most big boat races. Not only is it illegal to put anything other than your legs and arms outside the lifelines, but in the dark it’s un¬ necessarily dangerous. The beat back to the Brothers featured 15 to 20 knot winds, smooth water and a beautiful moon overhead. At the Richmond Bridge the wind died, but now the ebb tide pushed the fleet along. Some chose to stay out of the shipping channel while others went into the Marin shore where it looked like more breeze. By the time everyone rounded Bluff Point, they were squeezed together. Even Pegasus had closed the gap, a looming giant finishing next to an Etchells 22. Only an hour and a half passed between

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some of those little light buggers have been able to save it better. Next year we’re adding a little bit more gear to our boat — torpedoes! Some of the early Silver Eagles turned out to be marathons, but the last two years have brought good winds, and average speeds of 6 and 7 knots for the entire distance. This year the biggest problem was the cold; ice¬ bergs were sighted off Red Rock and two

the first finisher, Mooreburgers, and the last, Finest Hour. Mooreburgers, with Jeff Madrigali at the tiller, couldn’t claim the victory, however. They were protested by second place Contu¬ sion, Ron Stout’s Yamaha 24, for not having running lights. The protest stuck and Contu¬ sion moved into the victor’s circle. RESULTS — I.) Contusion, Ron Stout; 2.) Twisted, Don Wieneke; 3.) Shanghai Hi, Joe Boone; 4.) Vigalante, R. J. Lingelser; 5.) Pegasus, Dave Fenix; 6.) The Shadow, George Vare; 7.) Ultra-Violet, Don Jesberg; 8.) Icfien II, Eric Scow; 9.) Legacy, John Melder; 10.) Octavia, Richard Leask; I I.) Cowboy, Claris Kaplan; 12.) Damit Chris, Richard Wood; 13.) Blow My Dreams, R. B. Hutchinson; 14.) Chimo, Chuck Winton; 15.) El Gavilon, Jocelyn Nash.

Silver Eagle Race You got a heavier type cruising boat and want to do well in a long race? After sailing it twice, we’ve got the Island YC’s Silver Eagle Race — which at 86-miles is the bay’s long distance event — all figured out. And it’s Just for you, that is, if we can get together and ‘eliminate’ one or two of those damn little light boats. You see, it doesn’t matter a bit that hot racers like Leading Lady and fast onedesigns like the Wylie 34’s pull way ahead on the beat out to Pt. Bonita and the run back down the center of the bay. No sweat be¬ cause you’ll catch 'em when they die under the Bay Bridge — we always do. And let them beat their brains out developing a good lead on the way down to

the airport, Coyote Point, and back up to Southhampton Shoal, because that means even less. You see, there’s the Richmond Hole between the Berkeley Pier and the Richmond Bridge, and that’s where you not only catch up with the fleet, but if you’re lucky, move up into third or fourth position boat-for-boat. And that’s great because now you’ve got 86-miles worth of handicap and all that’s left of the race is the run to the Carquinez Bridge and that beat back to the St. Francis. We’ve always been able to save our time — except

Departing Bay Bridge hole.

winches suffered from frostbite. SILVER EAGLE RACE - 46 entries. DIVISION I: I.) Bald One, Paul Tremaine, Santa Cruz 27; 2.) My Gypsy II, Range-Burice, Tartan 10; 3.) Contrary to Ordinary, Rick Sprinkler, Freya 39. Division II: I.) El Gavilan, Jocely Nash, Hawkfarm; 2.) No Name, Dave Jones, J-24; 3.) Hot Sheet, Tom Caylor, Cal 29. Division III: I.) Blueagle, Winton Cleary, Northstar 727; 2.) Dulcinea, Michael Mathiasen, Killer Whale. Division IV: I.) Rodhaette, Ralf Morgan, Folkboat; 2.) Alerion, Lawrence Olsen, Gladiator.

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STONE WITCH Way back in Volume 7 of Latitude 38, we brought you the. story of Stone Witch, a 54-ft. ferro cement topsail schooner built in Alviso and launched in 1977. Thousands of After some whale watches for Green¬ peace, Stone Witch took part in that organization’s 1978 protest against the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant. Used in the sea assault phase of that operation,

Alan Olson.

miles have slipped under her black hull since then and we thought it timely to fill you in on her adventures. They include commercial fishing, service as a sea assault vessel, day chartering in Hawaii, and use in long distance expeditions. Stone Witch's current home is San Fran¬ cisco’s Pier 31. She has that lived-in look, with lifejackets piled in the cockpit, and gear scattered about the deck. Down below the natural1 finish wood interior is clean and ship¬ shape. Shafts of light from the companionway and ports illuminate the space. Relaxing in the main cabin, you realize this is the at¬ mosphere all those waterfront restaurants try to create. For Alan Olson, this is home.

Olson is a tall, boyish looking man in his early forties, with blue eyes and a full head of greying hair. A native of Minnesota and an ex-medical student, Olson created Stone Witch between other boatbuilding and repair jobs in Alviso from 1972 to 1977. Af¬ ter launching, he moved the boat up to Fisherman’s Wharf and tried his hand at commercial fishing for a year. It was tough making a buck, so he slipped into other ac¬ tivities. page I I 9

Olson and his crew anchored Stone Witch just off the shore and rowed 20 protestors to the beach in large rubber rafts. Olson recalls the people he delivered ashore were all ar¬ rested, but he and his crew stayed clear and

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had a great time. There were helicoptors, a big Coast Guard cutter, a couple of sheriff boats,and two fronV PG&E; but they did not hassle Stone Witch. In fact, during their se¬ cond ‘assault’ with more protestors, the PG&E boats gave them directions in the fog.

In 1979, Alan decided to go to Hawaii. While there he was waterballooned one day by Woody LaMar, a sailing vagabond who grew up on charter boats in the Caribbean. The bushy-headed veteran of 100,000 sea miles took one look at “the Witch” and^fell in love. He signed on as first mate and agreed to help Alan develop a charter trade. And what does that involve? “Basically keeping the rig together,” he says, ‘‘the boat neat, and talking to people — making contacts and sales. Like people 1 met in Hawaii who lived here in San Francisco; when 1 got to S.F. I would call them up and tell them we’re back. Just going out and go¬ ing for it. We’ve had wedding receptions, private parties, luncheons and stuff like that.” Lacking all the legal papers to run charters from the dock, Alan and Woody would an¬ chor off the beach and fly their flag. Then

Woody would row ashore and work the folks strolling by. Mostly they did day or evening charters, sometimes an overnight to Molo¬ kai. They learned a lot about the business, but both Alan and Woody wanted to go on longer expeditions. So they headed back for San Francisco. t The return trip took 21 days, without an engine. Using their standard schooner rig they, averaged 150-miles a day, including one 4-day run of 830-miles. They also spent 3 days becalmed off Pt. Reyes U/hen the wind shut down, their goal tantalizingly in sight. Back home in Pier 31 (“We were here 10 months before the city sent us a bill,” says Olson. “But I can’t recommend this place, especially in the winter when the northerlies blow!”), Stone Witch took on a new crew¬ member, ‘Dangerous’ Dan Shugrue. Shugrue earned his nickname for being the only one crazy enough to do all the danger¬ ous things onboard, like climbing the rigging during a storm or taking in sail on the bowsprit in high seas. , Stone Witch entered the next phase of her career as a long-term charter. The longest trip was down the coast to Guatemala. The principal guest was a 6’4”, 300-pound biker

Launching the sea assault from Stone Witch.

who went byv the name “Bob Bitchin”. “He was an editor for a motorcycle magazine,” explained Olson, “and he wanted to get into boating and learn something about sailing, as well as take a vacation. It worked out real well.”

13itchin’s girlfriend and 2 other passen¬ gers came along and they meandered their way south .along the Mexican coast. The charter deal was to go for two months, and wherever they were after that time period would be the end. Originally they’d planned to get to South America, but they had such a great time in Mexico they never made it. They also had very few problems with of¬ ficials; Olson found the greased wheel turns easiest.

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“Nobody ever came aboard,” he recalls. “Nobody ever paid any attention. We just handed them a bunch of paper work and

Upwind rig.

smiled. If they wanted, I gave them a couple hundred pesos. Whatever they asked for. We just kept smilin’.” The closest call came after they had left

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He’s also considering going back into the commercial fishing game, but not the coastal salmon fishing they were doing before. With refrigeration he could go offshore for albacore tuna. Although tuna fishing is poor now, Olson says it’s a cyclical fishery, and will come back in a few years. With a 10 to 15 ton hold he could stay out for weeks, searching out schools of fish under sail. The lack of an engine hasn’t bothered Olson — Stone Witch has been without one for over a year. They’ve learned to maneu¬ ver under sail, and for tight spots they have 4 20-ft. sweeps, or oars, they use to row the boat. That’s a 32-ton rowboat, but still it works getting around an anchorage, or get¬ ting to a windline a short distance away. Olson’s also quite pleased with the ferro cement hull, which has stood up well. The only problem he’s found is trying to make bottom paint stick to it. It seems the cement holds a little moisture and the paint starts to bubble after it’s put on. One bottom job last¬ ed two years, but that was after he’d put $1,000 of chemicals on it.

Mexico for Guatemala without clearing cus¬ toms (the last port they were in didn’t have an immigration office). When they re-enter¬ ed Mexico the officials kept asking where the counsel stamp was. “I kept saying ‘No comprende, no comprende.’ Finally they gave up and told me it would be 200 pesos. 1 speak a little Spanish, but I spoke even less then!” Olson reflects on the Mexican attitude he encountered. Basically, he feels, they like the yachties because they bring money and no trouble. Yachties are part of the tourist trade, and Mexicans try to accomodate you as long as you keep your paper work straight. Guatemala they found a bit more uptight. Geographically and politically, Guatemala is close to revolution-torn El Salvador. Accord¬ ing to Woody, a lot of people walked around carrying machine guns, and the officials were more stringent. They boarded Stone Witch and gave a quick look-see. Port fees ran $50 and passengers were $6 a head, which Ol¬ son says is higher than elsewhere. Never¬ theless, both Olson and LaMar agree that the page i2i

people were extremely friendly. For the visiting yacht, there wasn’t much to offer in Guatemala. There were two ports,' each consisting of two iron piers sticking out into huge breaking surf. You have to anchor out and can’t bring your dinghy ashore. You can drop someone off on the pier, or they’ll even pick your dinghy up with a crane — lock, stock and barrel — and deposit you on the pier. Olson was fascinated by the hand loading operation, where workers transfer¬ red cotton and molasses from the pier to barges and then from the barges onto the waiting ships. While there, the crew of the Stone Witch visited a Russian vessel, thd Kapitan Lukhmanov.

^\fter dropping off Bob Bitchin and his friends, Stone Witch picked up two more passengers and made the return trip by the ocean route. They’re camped out at Pier 31 again, ready to go out for the day or longer, whatever the traffic will bear. Olson likes the longer charters and hopes to do some more expeditions.

So the working ship Stone Witch carries on, evoking memories of the days of sail. A stout-hearted vessel, she rides restlessly in her slip, eager to head out to sea again. — latitude 38 — sue

IDIOT'S GUIDETO SATNAV

If you are the kind of sailor who detests the recent influx of fancy electronic naviga¬ tion gear, you can blame the Russians for SatNav. That’s right, the Russians. See, back in early October of ’57, the Russki’s surpris¬ ed us all with the first man-made satellite, Sputnik /, and we sure as heck had to come up with some way to track the darn thing. And we did. It was accomplished by measuring the Doppler Shift of Sputnik’s radio signals. If you flunked high school physics, the Dop¬ pler Shift is the apparent change in §ound wave frequency depending on whether the source of the sound is coming toward you or headed away. The example most frequently cited is the different pitch a train’s whistle has when it’s approaching you as opposed to moving away from you. Anyway, two guys at Johns Hopkins Ap¬ plied Physics Laboratroy, William Guier and George Weiffenback, developed algorithms — whatever they are —- to predict a satellites orbit simply by measuring it’s Doppler Effect at one ground tracking station. Terrific. But when you’re approaching Pit¬ cairn Island in a blinding rainstorm, you don’t want to know a satellite’s orbit in space, you want to know the position of your boat on the surface of the Earth. Fortunately the good men at Johns Hopkins also discovered that if you already knew a satellite’s orbit, you could invert the ‘equation’ and deter¬ mine the exact position of the ground track¬ ing station — i.e. the SatNav receiver on your boat.

Here then is how the system works in a typical case. As one of the Transit satellites whizzes through space, tracking stations in Hawaii, California, Minnesota and Maine measure its Doppler Shift as a function of time. This information is sent to Transit’s computing center at southern California’s Pt. Mugu, where the satellite’s future orbit is pro¬ jected. This ‘navigational message’ is then sent to an ‘injection station’ at either Pt. Mugu or Rosemount, Minnesota, and sent up to the satellite. Since the satellite can only remember its projected orbit for 16 hours, it gets a new injection every 12 hours or so. As this satellite comes high enough on the horizon, the SatNav on your boat picks up the navigation message, which after a period

a bit and have to be shut down when they get too close to each other; occasionally they xare also shut down for maintenance.

In baseball it was Tinker to Evers to Chance. In SatNav it’s satellite to tracking station, to Pt. Magu, to injection station, to satellite, to Sat¬ Nav.

of time allows the satellite’s position to be determined. Given various sets of positions for the satellite, the different Doppler counts between these positions, and the speed and direction of your vessel, your SatNav’s digital computer comes up with a very accurate fix. Originally the folks most interested in get¬ ting this SatNav (or Transit) system func¬ tional were the U.S. Navy. You see if their Polaris subs don’t know their exact positions.

^Jevertheless by January of 1964 the Navy and their Polaris subs were in business with SatNav. Three-and-a-half years later it was available for anyone to use — provided you were willing to shell out $70,000 for a receiver, and had the room for a cabinet-size unit. Today, some 15 years later, SatNav has changed in a big way. Prices for several excellent units have plummeted to under $5,000, and they are now just a little bigger than the average Loran. According to users we’ve spoken with, the units are very reliable and breakdowns are rare. There is also a certain irony to the whole thing because the U.S. government, who picks up the bills for the systems’s develop¬ ment and maintenance, account for only a small fraction of the systems use. Freighters and tankers, commercial fishermen, yachtsmen, oil explorers, land surveyors —

Here’s a history of the development of Magnavox SatNav’s from 1968 to 1976. As developments continue, the units get smaller and cost less.

it’s difficult to lob a nuke precisely onto the front porch of the Kremlin. So it was the Navy, back in the early 60’s, that launched five Transit satellites into a 15,000/mph or¬ bit some 600-miles above the earth. The sa¬ tellites — some of which have since been replaced — were supposed to form a ‘bird¬ cage’ around the globe, remaining equidis¬ tant from each other. It turns out some ‘drift’

and foreign governments are responsible for over 90% of its use. Lately there has been some noise in military circles to fuzz the signals a bit so not everyone can freeload on what can (with the extra equipment) be an ultra-accurate (precise to less than a foot) position finding system. The normal SatNav system is plenty ac¬ curate for navigators. Dual channel systems

found on large ships put you within 100 feet of actual position. The more economical single channel units found on pteasure craft provide accuracy that averages V4-mile dur¬ ing the day, and 0.05 mile at night. It does not matter where you are in the world, it does not matter what the weather is like, nor does it matter if you are close to land — something which occasionally screws up Lorans. Besides small the amount of error inherent in the system, there can also be error caused by innaccurate input of boatspeed and heading. Exactly how detrimental such inac¬ curacies are depend on several variables, but they aren’t too serious. The rule of thumb, for example, is 0.2 of a mile for every kno. error in boatspeed. So even if you drank the whole bottle and underestimate your boatspeed by an incredible 5 knots, you’d still on¬ ly be a mile off your real position. SatNav’s Big Advantage Over Loran SatNav’s overwhelming advantage over Loran is by default — it’s a worldwide system while Loran is limited to only certain parts of the world. Loran, for example, is useless in the southern hemisphere; south of Cedros Island in Mexico; useless in much of the Caribbean; and only sometimes useful ap¬ proaching the Hawaiian Islands. In these and many other areas SatNav is not only a great navigation system, it’s the only system. SatNav has two other smaller advantages over Loran. One is that the signals are lineof-sight from the heavens, so you don’t get screwed up with land-sea signal anomolies as is sometimes the case with Lorans outside San Francisco and in other areas. It’s also been our finding — unscientific as it may be — that SatNav units don’t screw up with anywhere near the frequency of Lorans. A representative for one of the most popular Loran companies explained that this was because Loran units were infinitely more complex than SatNav receivers. He even guessed that if there were as many'applica¬ tions for SatNav as Loran, that the former would be cheaper. SatNav’s Big Disadvantage In Regards to Lorans The reason most sailors will recommend Loran over SatNav — where both are available —is because Loran is ‘on’ all of the page I 23

Michael Braun on Shandu demonstrates his Decca 801. Michael figures SatNav is making all other forms of electronic navigation obsolete.

time. SatNav, on the other hand, requires that a satellite not only be above the horizon, but high enough to get a fix. Depending on where you are in the world, how many satellites are operating at a given time, and the luck of the draw, the time between fixes will vary. With the normal five satillites operating, the average time between useable passes is about 90 minutes. Rarely will they be as far apart as 3 or 4 hours, although the closer you get to the equator, the longer the average time between passes. We talked to one boat that once went 11 hours and another time 15 hours in the south Pacific , without a satellite. Those however were the longest periods during a IV2 year cruise; the average was more like every two hours. It also takes a SatNav unit between 5 and 20 minutes to calculate a fix — it’s not the instanteous readout you get with Loran. If you’re a hotshot coastal racer, waiting an hour or more for the next good satellite and 15 more minutes to do its thing, is just not going to cut it. Not if you’re trying fo round the Farallones in a pea soup fog, and haven’t had a fix in an hour.

Now we’re not implying that SatNavs are useless between fixes, because they are not. You see, each SatNav receiver is equip¬ ped with a dead reckoning computer that will update your course if you continually enter your boat’s speed and heading. If you’re heading on a straight course at a steady speed, there won’t be any problem, and the SatNav will update your position i/ery accurately.

However,' if you tack and forget to punch in a new course, or if you change speed dramatically, it will throw your updated posi¬ tion off. You know how it is with computers, “garbage in, garbage out.” Everything, however, will be rectified the next time a satelitte passes. Nevertheless, in such a situa¬ tion you can appreciate that a Loran would be preferable to a SatNav. There is, however, a solution to this Sat¬ Nav problem, and that’s by adding on an automatic speed and heading interface. With these accurately calibrated, you’ll probably be just about as good as shape as with Loran. Be aware, however, that this requires a gyro compass and specific kinds of speedos — it can add as much as another $2,000 to the price of your SatNav. Price, that’s the final disadvantage that SatNav has to Loran, because the least ex¬ pensive Lorans cost about 25% of the least expensive SatNavs. Prices for SatNavs, however, have been dropping rapidly. One marine electronics retailer told us that SatNav pricing was the talk of this year’s Miami Boat Show — the big show for marine electronics. What happened was that Decca came to the show intending to knock everybody’s socks off by selling their new 801 SatNav for the incredible price of $5995. It no doubt shocked Decca to discover that Tracor, another respected name in marine electronics, had come to the show with their new Polaris SatNav at just $4850. The Dec¬ ca bigwigs went into a short huddle and by the next day had dropped the price on their unit by $1,000 — almost 20 percent! So there is hope for the future.

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Even at the current prices, more and more offshore cruisers and racers are investing in SatNav systems. Just the other day, for ex¬ ample, a couple of Cheoy Lee 41’s from Canada pulled into berths near ours. One boat had the Decca 801, the other had a Tracor. Both worked fine until the Tracor boat yanked the antenna off while hauling in a salmon off the coast of Oregon. And these aren’t novice sailors unsure of what naviga¬ tion puzzles await them, they’ve cruised the south Pacific before. Enough of all this theory, let’s see' what people who’ve used SatNavs have to say. First we’ll give you one cruiser’s detailed perspective, and then one racer’s evaluation. We’ll wrap this whole article up with com¬ ments from 16 TransPac boats that had Sat¬ Navs — this doesn’t account for all of them, just those we had a chance to talk to.

Cruising the South Pacific with SatNav We met Fred Bieker and his family of five onboard Quintet, a New York 48 version of the Swan 47, at the Hawaii Yacht Club. Fred had done the last TransPac in a boat called American F\yer, but has spent the last yearand-a-half cruising the Marquesas. Tuamotus, Societies, and other parts of the South Pacific with his family. Before leaving, Fred, who is a physician, spent some time pondering whether or not to equip Quintet with a SatNav — the model he was considering was the $11,000 Tracor II. He decided that there were two big dangers on the trip; one was being hit by a freighter, which he didn’t feel you could do much about; the second was running up on a .coral reef. He concluded that a SatNav was the best protection from the reefs. Had just he been going, he might have passed, but since his whole family was onboard he wanted to take all reasonable precautions. The Biekers enjoyed their trip and found that it was the people, not the places, that made it so worthwhile. Fred did some medi¬ cal work for the people down there and dis¬ covered that the Polynesians always give more than they take. And getting to the Polynesians was far easier and less nerve racking for having the SatNav. For example, they came into the Tuamotus about the same time as did a good

friend — and navigator — on a Cuttyhunk. When approaching the low-lying Tuamotus, knowing your position is important because of the strong currents. But navigation is dif¬ ficult because the skies are often overcast — sometimes people couldn’t get sights for three or four days. And even when the skies clear, noon shots are difficult in October because the sun is directly overhead at noon — presenting a noonshot problem similar to the one that drives the singlehanded TransPac’ers crazy as they approach Kauai in July.

hunk sailed right past his destination of Ahe during the night, and between two dangerous islands. Quintet, with the help of the “very accurate” SatNav, had no trouble. Of course a SatNav wouldn’t do you any good at all if it breaks, but the Bieker’s never had one problem with their Tracor. Nor did they hear of any complaints from the six or so other boats they met that also had Sat¬ Nav. Special precautions, however, were taken to protect it. The port above it was never opened, and in rough weather a can¬ vas cover shielded the unit.

The Bieker’s good friend on the Cutty-

Other sailors in the area thought SatNav

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was a good idea. A German by the name of Deadluff Martin, with 50,000-miles on a boat called Hie, ordered a Walker to be ship¬ ped for him to use in the tricky Tuamotus. He thought knowing your position during the stormy season in a area of low reefs was a good idea — and he was pleased with it. One or two other boats also had units sent down. Satellite passes in that area of the world are among the least frequent anywhere. In northern California passes average about every 90-minutes; in the south Pacific Quintet got good passes more on the order of every three or four hours. Once on the way to Raratonga, a period of 11 hours went by without a pass; on the way from Raratonga to Suvarorov there was a 15 hour span without a satellite — their all-time record. All in all, Fred was very impressed with the accuracy and reliability of the unit, but cau¬ tions that the certainty of its information takes some of the thrill from making a land¬ fall — and, that the SatNav can get you into danger. The problem is that the units are so good that you become complacent. Perhaps you set a course without taking the time to plot it, without realizing that, just maybe, there is land in the way. Something along these lines almost put Quintet into big trouble. Using the SatNav they set a course from the Societies to Raratonga, a course that would put them 5-miles clear of Atiu. a low atoll along the way. It turned out that be¬ cause of a typo in the pilot, Fred plugged in the wrong coordinates for Raratonga — and didn’t bother to carefully plot the course out on the charts — something which would have made the error glaringly clear. As a result of his complacency, Quintet almost ended up in the surf at Atui. Although there is no confirmation, it’s rumored that something similar put Condor on the reef near Tahiti. There is no substitute, Fred admonishes, for going over the charts and plotting careful¬ ly — SatNav doesn’t eliminate the need for a good navigator. Nevertheless, he figures when the price gets down every boat will have one — and be happy for it. Winning An Ocean Race With SatNav page 125

Last year’s Newport to Cabo San Lucas Race was a good example of how SatNav played a crucial part in taking class and overall honors in an ocean race. The win¬ ning boat was Everett John DeLaura’s Baltic 37, Intrepid' Mike Schachter of Hood Sails,

The 'bird cage’ effect.

California was the right hand man in putting it together. Since Loran fades out just south of1 Ensenada, a Decca 801 SatNav was installed and hooked up to a Brooks and Gatehouse Hercules 190 system — what Schachter calls the “best ever”. Huddling with the navigator, 14 Mexican Race-veteran Tom Leweck, it was decided that as the lowest rating boat in the fleet, they should stay as close as possible to the rhumb line. Basically this meant there would be two turns, the first at San Benfto Island, the second at San Lazaro. Sailing the rhumb line as precisely as they wanted using celestial would have been a« problem. In fact, it was obvious from morn¬ ing roll calls that most boats didn’t know where they were. But with Intrepid’s SatNav pulling in as many as five good passes an hour (actually you can only caluculate about 3 an hour), they never pulled the sextant out of the box. Mike says, “having accurate fixes almost hourly as opposed to once or twice a day certainly had an effect on the decision making process that went on during the race.” He later went on to say that it

eliminates about 25% of the variables in most ocean races. It certainly seems like it helped them make the right decisions, because they did take class D honors as well as Overall fleet honors. When the race was over the crew analyzed the effort and concluded that there were two paramount reasons why they won: “The first was the absolutely flawless ac¬ curacy of the navigation systems . . . the serious ocean racer can’t afford to be without the satellite navigation system and the dead reckoning computer.” Schachter claims the SatNav and Hercules were the “real stars” of the race, and there is outside evidence to support that theory. Out of the 30-boat fleet, only 4 boats have Sat¬ Nav, but three of those boats won their class. The boat that won its class without SatNav got one for the TransPac. A Loran is certainly the choice for all nor¬ thern California racing, but if you’re serious about your racing you’d better not go south of the border without it. TransPac SatNavs

Hana Ho / Santa Cruz 50 / Morrie Kirk, owner, Decca 801. “The SatNav worked great, it was right on. We used it in two Mex¬ ican races without the speed and heading in¬ terface and it was great. This time we had in¬ terface and after 2,250-miles it was only off 1.2 miles on D.R. Absolutely fantastic.” Also used old Simrad Loran for the last 50-miles. Shandu / Santa Cruz 50 / Michael Braun, owner / Decca 801 with Cestral and Rochester electronic compasses and Rochester speed with DR capability for inter¬ face. “SatNav will make all other navigation aids like Loran and Omega obsolete. You could sail this boat from here to San Fran¬ cisco and put it in its slip using SatNav.’ They only had one problem during the trip, and that was when somebody hung their shirt on the antenna. SatNav didn’t work that pass, but updated on the next and worked from then on. “No boat should be without one.” Secret Love / Santa Cruz 50 / Brad Her¬ man, owner / Decca 801 without interface. “Worked super. Temerity / 50-ft. Custom / Theodore Kerr, owner / Decca 801, and T.I. Loran. Theodore reported that the SatNav “worked great”, and although it works better than

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Loran, Loran is useful for more races and less expensive. Mr. Kerr wished that some¬ one would give some seminars on Lorans, which should come a bit of a surprise to John Cooper of T.I., who had three engineers prowling the L.A. docks looking for T.I. owners so they could give them special information on how to use the Loran in the TransPac. Mr. Kerr said the Loran couldn’t be used all the way across during the race, but he had used it going all the way back to the mainland last time, taking a more northerly course. Primavera / Swan 57 / Tom '“Stewart, boat pro / NCS 2900. SatNav was “terrible, total garbage." This is the worst report on a SatNav we’ve heard yet. Tom told us Prirrwera had a NCS 2900 that “worked great" until it was stolen at the St. Francis YC. The second 2900 was a dog. The 2900 used on the TransPac worked for two days and then started going bad. It would take 45 minutes to initialize and then calculate boatspeed at 960 knots (really!) Finally it packed it in. Azaharra / S&S 48 / unidentified crewmember / Decca 801. Driller / Serendipity 43 / unidentified crewmember / Decca 801. Free Enterprise / Serendipity 43 / unidentified crewmember / Decca 801. We’ve grouped these boats together because representatives were talking sp fast we couldn’t keep their cdmments separate. The guy from Azaharra said the SatNav was “Our savior”, after which one of the others said “I’ll vouch for the Decca 801 100%." Someone reported that their DR was only 1/10 of a mile off after finishing. The crew from Free Enterprise said, “The SatNav allows you to cut corners because you can play the weather better, it contributed to our winning Class C.” From this group of three it was mentioned that low batteries will screw things up, afterwhich you have to reprogram the unit back to within 60-miles of its position — something that shouldn’t be too difficult. They also mentioned that if you start the engine using the same battery the SatNav is on, the power surge will screw things up and require reinitializing. One of these three was a navigator on one of the boats and got a little sensitive, “You still need a good navigator, though.” Winterhawk / S&S 58 / unidentified

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SatNav did not work for the first half of the race, but the spokesman blamed it on themselves. “You have to put a happy face on the mushroom antenna with tape or they don’t work. After we put a towel and a ‘face’ on it, it worked stellar.” Several other folks commented that SatNavs will not work until faces are painted on the antennas. Checkmate / Swan 57 / unidentified crewmember / brand not noted. “The Sat¬ Nav was okay, our Loran was confused.” Fligh Noon / Peterson Two Tonner / Tom Harney, owner / Tracor with printout. “It worked perfectly, it was just fantastic. It was the only thing, along with the mast, that did work on the boat.” Foxfire / Wilderness 38 / crewman / Decca 8(11. “The unit worked great, nine out of ten problems people have with them are caused by the operator.” Brisa / Peterson 48 / Ben Mitchell, navigator / MagnaVox. “It worked fine, I only took three shots the whole way over.” There was another boat which had a MagnaVox that reported it worked great un¬ til the installer “shorted two parts”, but was still okay for the race. There were several other boats with MagnaVox SatNav anten¬ nas, but we weren’t able to ever find anyone aboard who could speak about their perfor¬ mance. v Semper Subito / Swan 44 / Robert Dinnerman, owner / Decca 801. “This is the first Decca 801 unit that was ever on the west coast and it has always worked perfectly.” Sunburst / CF 37 / Rick Sanders, crewman / Decca 801. “We got it on before last year’s Mazatlan Race, Decca went around and let three boats use them in the hope they’d buy them after the race. We talked them into loaning us one also, and it worked so well the owner bought it. We don’t have a Loran. We never took the sex¬ tant out the whole way over. Other boats had SatNavs, including local boats like Scaramouche and Native Son, but we never crossed paths with them. The over¬ whelming number of sets were Decca 801’s, as you’ve surely noticed. This in part appears to be the result of their aggressively going after the market, but also might be because it was so easy for us to spot their antennas. That’s all we’ve got to say about SatNavs and Lorans, but we’d like to get your comments — because we sure don’t know it all! — latitude 38

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a true tale of westsails, whiskey, but no women. MacAlister’s boatyard stands on a spit of land where the River Leven empties the waters from Loch Lomond into the river Clyde at Dumbarton. Boatbuilding is a long tradition here; anyone heard of the Cutty Sark?; and it was here that California John, as we called him, came to build f\is own boat. “Blade of Grass”, that was her name: “An Irishman is never drunk so long as he can hold on to one blade of grass and not fall off the face of the earth.” She was a partially completed Westsail 32 kit boat. I liked John, everybody liked John. When on those brief Scottish winter days it became too dark to work, the enthusiasts, those who didn’t wait for the sprint to start their fitting out, would put down their tools, their blow¬ torches, and scrapers, their brushes and paint pots and wander over “to see hqw Blade was coming along.” In the halffinished saloon among the wood shavings and strange American tins of epoxy glues, John would fish out the plastic cups and the bottle of Old Crow or Jack Daniel’s and we would talk boats, boats, boats and more boats. Now he was leaving. His work contract over, with Blade still not ready for the sea. There was much talk and drunken advice on how she could be taken back to the States. This issue alone saw several empty bourbon bottles in the rubbish bin but in the end, astonishingly, sense prevailed; she would return as deck cargo. At the time, I owned a work boat, con¬ verted from an ex-Admiralty pinnace with a clinker hull and a gutsy little Petters diesel. I used her for sea angling parties at weekends. Sirius was going to be used to transport the stillage (shipping cradle — etc.) on which Blade of Grass would rest during her ocean passage. Donald Stewart is a .Mullach, that is, a native of the lovely island of Mull, and a lobster fisherman. They are not given to lengthy conversation, those Mullachs, at any time, but with enough whiskey passed their throats will say things like, “Aye, tis a fine evening” or “Is that another dram you’re wanting" and they are mostly damn fine

seamen. Donald, it is agreed, was coming along with us to help. We had measured the stillage carefully; it would fit athawartship over the central well deck, just in front of Sirius’ Sentry box wheelhouse; but as the huge wooden struc¬ ture dangled menacingly overhead on the crane, we had lots of doubts. Donald caught the warps and guided it down while I fended away from the pier in order to allow for the six-ft. which would project over the gunn’ls on either side. It just fitted between the wheelhouse and the forward cuddy. The

view ahead was through the few gaps in the massive frames. We lashed it down and prayed it had not made Sirius bistable (remember the Appollo splashdowns with “Stable A” and “Stable B”, a lovely euphemism for upsidedown). Probably not, as most of the load was wood, but I didn’t fancy testing the theory. Meanwhile, Blade's accomodations was filled with mountains of boatbuilding materi¬ als, tools and paint, sails and spars and even some boxes of household things from John’s Scottish home. At last the mast was lashed

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over the hour and was soon snuggled along¬ side the high steel walls of the Johnson Line container ship which itself was dwarfed by the three towering cranes. The terminal was built in the early 60’s ful¬ ly (well nearly fully) automating the previ¬ ously labor intensive work of loading cargo. A powerful union had resisted the obvious redundancies with the result that we were greeted by a virtual army of overall clad “workers”, most of them wearing yellow glass fibre hats which, we discovered, was the symbol of their “injun” status. The “chiefs” wore white glass fibre hats and tried to look busy. The injuns laughed and talked and shuffled their feet; after all a yacht wasn’t a container, but they didn’t show this white hatted embarrassment at having nothing to do. There were about five people, out of several dozen onlookers, who seemed to be gainfully employed. A chief whose job it was to make decisions and give orders. A couple of injuns who held the warps which guided the cargo into place and generally followed the chiefs orders unless they didn’t like them when they called a shop steward and the chief gave more likeable orders; which is why he kept his job as chief. There was a “shouter upper”, whose purpose I will ex¬ plain, and a crane driver who was like God, somewhere up in the sky, never heard and never seen but everyone believed he existed.

The “shouter upper” was like a priest. The invention of CB radio should have put him out of work but the unions again prevail; after all, you can’t speak to God on the radio. Anyway, we all know God speaks in different tongues. When I was a little alter boy I knew he must speak Latin. The crane driver spoke Greenock dialect which even Glaswegians can’t understand and the “shouter uppers” job was to relay the wishes of the chief in a manner the crane driver would comprehend, and with sufficient volume for him to hear locked away in his cab a hundred feet or more above the decks of the container ship. Whispered prayers were never answered. No one was qualifed to fasten slings to yachts or stillages so to avoid a demarcation dispute, John, Donald and myself did the work. Bobbing about in the swell just below the enormous cradle and hook, it was quite tricky lining things up. I spoke to the chief, “could we have the hook a little lower, please?” He translated to the shouter upper, “bring ra hook a wee big doon, Jimmy.” So far, so good; what followed was alarming. A dockyard is never the quietest of places but the noise that came forth when the shouter upper opened his mouth would have silenc¬ ed an open air rock concert. “DRAPRACRANDOONAFIT” it sounded like. “Far enough” I called, my head and ears ringing from the assault. “Stop”, said the chief.

“We steered our tottering convoy out into the blustery Clyde.

IAWINGS BY STUART FRIESEN into place along the length of the yacht. We waited for the high tide and steered our tottering convoy out into the blustery Clyde. The ebb runs at three or four knots and the wind that January day was dead ahead, (is it ever any other direction?) force five. Spray soon blocked out what limited vi¬ sion I had. On the port quarter 1 could see Blade of Grass punching hard into the steep seas and I throttled back a bit to keep her close. It is nine miles to the new container ter¬ minal at Greenock but we made it in just

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“HUDIT” roared the shouter upper. The amazing thing about all this was that it work¬ ed. The hook responded precisely. The sun came through the grey clouds and the cab was enveloped in a halo of light and I had to fight the temptation to get down on my knees. “Tis a miracle,” said Donald, squinting up¬ wards. The stillage was stamped on deck and soon Blade slipped away above us, dripping water from her green anti-fouling and was very gently set down into the wooden frame. We checked the wedges and the ties and caught a lift on the hook cradle back to Sirius. It was coming dark. We cast off and the three of us squeezed into Sirius’ one-man wheelhouse. A bottle of Old Crow appeared and the inevitable plastic cups for alittle celebration. As we steamed up the river the contents of the bottle seemed to evaporate. This evaporation can be a serious problem on a damp highland evening. It was pitch dark and the tide was just flooding again over the black mud banks as we turned back into the estuary of the Leven. It didn’t really matter1 about it being dark. I don’t think I could have seen much in broad daylight, but among the excited talking, pointing with plastic cups, and cries of “left hand down a bit”, we got her berthed. “Tis indeed a miracle”, said Donald, sit¬ ting on the gunn’l and pouring himself a last drink. By John’s microbus in the yard we shook hands and said goodbye. Bottles of Old Crow and Glen Morangie changed hands. The next day California John flew home. We never saw him again but he left lots of friends and lots of memories. That was all many years ago. This summer, in San Francisco bay, Blade of Grass will be of¬ ficially launched and that same bottle of Glen Moranie will be opened in celebration. We, his friends in Scotland, are sure he picked up enough of our habits during his stay over here to know that he would not waste a fine twelve year old malt whiskey by breaking it on the'bow of any ship, however beautiful. — peter fildes

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THE LATITUDE 38 INTERVIEW

DEN MITCHELL If anyone gets around to more major ocean racing events than southern Californian Ben Mitchell, we don’t know who they are. The experience he’s gained from 45-years of TransPacs, Bermuda Races, and SORCs have'ynade him one of the most sought-after navigators in the country. He navigated Pegasus in the 1980 Circuit and Bravura in the 1981 Circuit. Despite the outrageous green outfits he sometimes sports, he’s an establishment figure. Philosophically he favors all-around boats as opposed to some of the so-called Santa Cruz ‘one-way’ boats. Thus he is not always a popular figure with northern California sailors. Ben is a terrific guy to chat with, and has a historical perspective on ocean racing that’s rare. VJe cornered him at the Ilikai Hotel after the finish of the TransPac. 38: How long have you been sailing? Ben: 1 started in 1936 while I was up in San Francisco Bay. I met a fellow by the name of Dr. Ted Holcomb who had a staysail schooner called Zita II. In those days, you were privileged if you even got to work on somebody’s boat. You worked for three months and then you went sailing — if you were lucky enough to be picked. Ho, ho, ho, it’s a different world today, if a guy wants his boat varnished he hires somebody. Then the war came along. I did a little sailing in the Navy, but after the war 1 met some guys in southern California, Willis Boyd and Glen Thorpe. It was Glen introduced me to Bill Lapworth and the really good ocean racing stuff. 38: Has ocean racing changed a lot in the years you’ve been sail¬ ing? Ben: It’s changed so much now — and I’m not knocking it — but there are a lot of people who think that sailmakers, mastbuilders, and boatbuilders shouldn’t be racing their own boats. I personally don’t care, I’d rather sail against somebody’s who is good — I don’t give a damn, they put their pants on one leg at a time too, you know. We ran into this with the Dragons. After we’d been sailing Dragons for four or five years the Olympics came along and Lowell [North] shows up. Well, it didn’t bother me, hell that’s the kind of competition you want to race against. And you ve really had a change in the feig people in ocean racing. You had a change from a person like — well, an owner like Kilroy [Jim Kilroy, owner of the Kialoas], a lot of people don’t like Kilroy but you have to say the guy still runs his own boat. 38: Why don’t they like him? Ben: Kilroy’s a pretty strong personality, and in the course of events he’s treaded on some people’s toes. That happens. Like Huey Long, a lot of guys say “Oh that Huey . . .” But these are strong, successful, business tycoons and they are inclined to throw their weight around a little bit. That’s allright, they’re great guys. I’ve never sailed with Long, but Kilroy is a great guy to sail with. And he runs his own boat; he sails it, he starts it, het makes the final decisions. Then you have the other side of the coin where a guy gets on boats — like Dennis Connor. Dennis is an amateur, he has a very suc¬ cessful business and in his quiet way does very well. A lot of people say, “He’s a pro,” but he isn’t a pro! He’s no more a pro than Ted Turner is. These are guys that have been successful in business and can afford to take the time to sail like they do. 38: We must be missing the distinction, you don’t mean Kilroy is a pro? Ben: Oh no, no! 38: He’s like Connor? Ben: No, no he’s not really like Connor because Kilroy’s got his

own boat while Conner usually steps on somebody else’s boat. Con¬ ner is very smart at it, though. He’s very diplomatic, he’s very tactful, and he has all the ground rules and everything spelled out in writing before he steps on a boat. I mean it’s going to be his way . . . 38: What the show’s gonna be? Ben: What the show’s gonna be. Right. He’s able to get on good boats because he’s a great sailor. In my opinion he’s the most thorough person I’ve ever sailed with when it comes to getting the boat prepared. When you get out to the starting line with him the boat is ready to race and everybody on that boat is ready to race. In the two hours before the race you’ll put up five chutes, and four headsails, and everybody’s run through the whole thing. And he always goes out the day before the race, like in the Circuit. You tell other people this and they say “That’s great”, but they don’t do it. But if you want to know why Dennis Connor wins races, that’s why — besides being a hell of a helmsman. Then you come to the third type of guy, a guy like Dennis Choate. Dennis is a helluva great guy to sail with, and he works hard at it. But he’s in the business, and naturally he’s interested in selling boats. Similarly you’ve got Lowell North who is interested in selling sails. Ho, ho, you get things like the Italian Admiral’s Cup team — well, there’s got to be more North Sails people in the Admiral’s Cup than anybody else. They got 'em on the Swedish team, the Italian team, you name it, they’ve got them on all the teams. Ho, ho, ho, so there’s really three different kinds of sailors. So today if you had to pick the top guy in ocean racing, you’d have to have Jim Kilroy type category, a Dennis Connor type category, and the Dennis Choate type category. You can’t say there’s just one guy who is the epitomy of yacht racing. 38: We’re looking for a historical perspective, are there two or three individuals who more or less brought ocean racing out of the dark ages. We’re thinking of people maybe in the 50’s and 60’s — were there any one or two people who made yacht racing ‘modern’? Ben: I think the guy responsible for changing ocean racing more than anyone is Bill Lapworth. It was Lapworth in his day, and Doug Peterson with Ron Holland in recent times. But Lapworth was the guy who came up with the fin keel — of course there’s nothing new in yachting because Herreshoff built boats with fin keels too, and he was probably 150-years ahead of his time. But Lapworth changed yacht design in a profound way — and a lot of companies didn't catch on to that for a long time! * I mean, geez, look at Sparkman & Stephens. I’ve always had a saying ‘if you can’t walk on the bottom of a boat when it’s upside down, it’s no good’. Well Sparkman & Stephens were building boats you couldn’t walk on the bottom of until Scandalous, which was a

mitchell rents, the weather — it’s surprising how bad the weather information is down there, it’s just awful. Terrible! Terrible! One reason the Circuit has been so interesting to me is that I’ve sort of followed through the evolution of navigational equipment there. When I first started doing the Circuit all you had available was celestial navigation. They had Loran A at that time, but in the southeast quadrant o?''Florida, Loran A wasn’t reliable. Then we went through a period with Omega. We developed a system with a fellow named Alec Brinko at one of the oceanographic schools down there. They were a monitoring station for all the Omega stations, so before a race we’d get about five guys together and take a week’s worth of signals and make our own sky wave correction tables. Ho,

terrible dog. It was a turkey, a real gobbler, ho, ho, ho. And you knew it ahead of time, you looked at the bottom and you’d say, ‘oh geez, this is going to be a dog.’ Now when Lapworth started building fin keel boats, people com¬ plained ‘they’ve ^ot more wetted surface’, they got more of this, and that problem. But they overlooked'the real purpose of having the fin keel which was to have an airfoil down there rather than just a hunk of lead. Lapworth was the guy responsible for that change. Then Peterson — I guess he and Holland pretty much at the same time — came along with a real efficient airfoil section. I think Dougie

ho, ho. After the Omega phase along came Loran C, and Loran C is the perfect answer for the Circuit. It’s perfect. The interesting thing is that through all that we found some of the Bahama Islands are not where they are supposed to be, ho, ho, ho. 38: Ben, we’re always hearing about your ‘black boxes’; what are

“If the owner’s got a boat that’s going to be a problem, he’s going to be a problem.’’ was influenced by his father who I think works for Convair. 38: So Peterson’s big contribution was making the fin keel a sophisticated airfoil? Ben: Yeah, yeah. So those two guys really did it. I mean you can go back and see that S&S were big guys in their day. But they were top dogs because they had access to influential, wealthy people on the east coast and they got a name, an aura about them. But when the Cal 40 came along it changed everything. It wasn’t just a downwind boat, hell it won the Circuit, it won the TransPac, it won everything! It was a real radical departure in modern times. Sure, people will say Herreshoff did a spade rudder and he did; but everybody forgot about it. So Lapworth really put it together. The unfortunate thing, and I think it’s too bad, was that Lapworth got so successful he stopped designing racing boats. 38: Is that what happened? Ben: Well, he got too ‘fat’, really, to Wo racing boats. Lapworth was always an independent guy, he didn’t have to press like Peter¬ son. 38: Over the years you’ve done just about all the big races in the world, what are your favorites? Ben: I think the TransPac has always been a favorite, and the SORC has always been, for me, a great series of races. The Southern Cross Series is a lot of fun — but Australia is a long way to go. But the series that’s getting better and better is the Pan Am Clipper Series held every other year here in Hawaii. It’s just a great series, good breeze, warm water — if it rains all you do is sit outside with your foul weather top and shorts. The attitude of the people here is great, it really is a helluva series. 38: What do you do for a living? Ben: I’m in the chain store leasing end of the real estate business. I have a group of tenants I represent and I find them locations and negotiate their leases. 38: When you sail you almost always go aboard as a navigator. Do you like the TransPac and the SORC because of the navigational challenges they present? Ben: Sure. The Circuit is the most difficult. I’d say it takes people at least three or four Circuits until they get the hang of what’s going on. There’s a lot, ho, ho, ho of local knowledge involved. The cur¬

they? Ben: The ‘black box’ is something I tried to get one of the instru¬ ment companies to manufacture, but they didn’t want to do it. So I found a guy and made a deal with him — and he’s what you might call a ‘Santa Cruz-type’ ho, ho, ho, and we started building these things. I put up the money for them, I had the idea, and the deal was he would build them while I would do the marketing. Well, he’s just no good on the manufacturing end, it’s like pulling teeth trying to get one out of him. 38: What do they do? Ben: All it is, is a dead reckoning tracker. It averages out the heading for any period of time. In other words you start the box at the starting line, and you can go through tacks and all that, and it will give you an average magnetic heading and your distance down that heading. You can go around in circles or whatever, it doesn’t matter; in fact, if you go around in a circle and come back to the start it will read zero. 38: How does it work? Ben: All it does is continually integrate the data from the heading sensor and the log. 38: Is it complicated? Ben: Yeah, it’s pretty complicated. We sell them for $1,600 so it isn’t cheap — on the other hand Brooks & Gatehouse sells something similar for $3,500. So I gpess we’re not too bad. 38: How many have you sold? Ben: We’ve got about 8 of them out now, some on the east coast. But like I say, it’s like pulling teeth trying to get them from my guy who builds them.

38: If somebody wants one, how can they get one? Ben: They have to tell me, and then ho, ho, ho, I’d have to lean on the guy to make one.

38: Is there one great ‘ride’ that stands out in your sailing career? Ben: The ’65 TransPac was a great one. The Cal 40’s had been out about a year, and that was the first race in which there were a lot of Cal 40’s. I was on Psyche that year, it belonged to Don Salisbury, the owner of Signet Instruments.

38: What was so good about it? Ben: We won!

38: How many Cal 40’s were racing? Ben: There were about eight of them.

38: We’ve made the observation that the Santa Cruz 50’s might

mitchell become the Cal 40’s of the 80’s. What do you think? Ben: Ho, ho, I’ve got a good relationship with Bill Lee and 1 don’t want to get him mad at me so this is off the record. 38: We were talking to Rod Park on Panache, and he feels that the number of light boats has been increasing each year, and as their numbers continue to grow, so will their influence with the people who determine the TransPac handicaps. Do you think that’s going to happen? Ben: No, that’s not going to happen. My feeling is that what they should do — and I think it’s fine — and 1 tell them one of the great rides I’ve had in TransPac was on Ragtime, when we were first to finish. But you don’t win anything . . . 38: You don’t put much value in the first-to-finish trophy? Ben: Corrected time is what you’re racing for. Actually, you real¬ ly race for class honors, because if you win overall, that’s absolute luck. Take this year — and I think they’ve got this TransPac Rule down and George Griffth’s done a great job of fine tuning it. They’ve got it down where sure, a little boat won overall, but it’s a downhill race and that’s to be expected. There still were enough of the other kinds of boats, like Bravura and Zamazaan, that were right in the money, too. They could have won. So I think the rule is a pretty good rule, but winning overall depends on luck. In the lighter years the big boats will win, in heavier years the little boats will win. 38: So you think the TransPac Rule is right where it should be? Ben: I think it’s great, and I’m sure it isn’t going to change because I know how the TransPac thinks. And I don’t think it should change. You have to decide whether you are going to have a race for ‘one¬ way’ boats or two-way boats. Maybe the answer for the guys with the one-way boats is to have their own race. I don’t see anything wrong with that. We tried a ULDB class a while back, but nobody likes that. It’s no good. But take a boat like Brisa [a Choate-built Peterson 48] compared to a Santa Cruz 50, where the price is about the same. With Brisa you’ve got an all-around boat; you can go upwind, you can go downwind, you can go sideways. 38: Are you sure they’re the same price? Ben: Yeah. 38: With the gear and the whole works? Ben: With Brisa you’re looking at about $219,000 to $225,000, depending on the type of electronics — with a Trimble Loran C, a windguide, a log, speedo, with all the safety gear ready to go racing. Well, the Santa Cruz 50 is what, about $250,000? With sails and electronics. 38: We’ve been running ads for them, if we recall correctly they were about $165,000, although we don’t know with what gear. Ben: Oh no. [It turns out Ben was mistaken on this point. Ads did list for $165,000, and Brisa s builder, Dennis Choate, confirmed that his boat was much more expensive.] The point I’m making is that TransPac has made a decision that they want to race all-around boats. They don’t discourage ULDB’s.but they handicap them on the basis of their performance, and I think they’ve done a good job. Time has proven it well, Merlin was right up there for overall honors this year, and I think she got a second in class. You can’t complain too much about that. 38: We suppose it all depends on one’s perspective. The Santa Cruz owners feel they are getting screwed — well, Rod Park says he page 135

figured out what you need to win under this year’s TransPac rating was a Farr boat. It seems they are light, but not light enough to get killed under the rating like the Lee boats. He might be right, with Sweet Okole winning overall and class, Zamazaan taking A, and Uin A Mara III looking real strong until she hit that hole off Molokai. Ben: That’s right. Then again Sweet Okole went back to the Cir¬ cuit a few years ago and did very well. So who says that a Farr boat is just a one-way boat? It’s not. It’s a pretty impressive boat. What’s happening is people in Santa Cruz — if you want to call them that — have a, well Bill Lee has a vested interest. I don’t blame him, he’s a boatbuilder who wants to build boats. So the more he

“The guy responsible for changing ocean racing more than anyone is Biil Lapworth.’’ takes a part in the activities — I have to say the only intelligent letter we had on this year’s rule changes was from Bill Lee. He was the on¬ ly one who had any thoughts, and he basically agreed with everything we decided to do, except he thought we should put a limit at 100-ft. instead of 84-ft. I’m sure that was so he could build three or four more boats — which'is allright, too. As long as you understand what a person’s perspective is, you can’t criticize him for it. 38: One of them is that the TransPac Rule is slowly going to eliminate smaller, less expensive boats. For example, two-time win¬ ner Chutzpah was too short for this year; will more changes in the rule throw a thrifty boat like Sweet Okole out of future TransPacs? Ben: Chutzpah was too short this year. TransPac was greatly in1 fluenced by this Fastnet thing; two factors come in; most of the boats that got into trouble’weren’t real racing boats; and two, more small boats got into trouble than big boats. It’s hard enough to rate boats as it is, and what TransPac tried to do _ they did the same thing with the lower end of the rule as they did with the upper end of the rule. They said, ‘what is our bottom limit?’ Originally it was a Lapworth 36, that’s the smallest sized boat" they figured should be allowed to go. Not necessarily that it wasn’t safe to go in a smaller boat, but primarily to keep the ratings within some reasonable parameters. For example, right now we still have a Columbia 36 racing, they’re still out there days after everyone else has finished. So it’s not a case of trying to discriminate against anybody. And, I’m willing to bet that the lower limit will hold. Originally it was a rating of 27.5, that’s what the Lapworth 36’s were in their heyday. That has always been the lower limit of things, and I think it will stay there. 38: Let’s talk a little bit about electronics. Have you have much experience with SatNav? Ben: I’ve used two of them and they both worked great, the Magnavox and the Decca. 38: You’re one of the more experienced navigators in the world, why did you take a SatNav on Brisa? Ben: I personally objected when they decided to allow Lorans and SatNavs in the TransPac. But if you are allowed to use it, you’re

mitchell pretty stupid not to have it along. We were allowed to have a Loran C and a SatNav, so we had ’em. And there were plenty of days guys without them didn’t know where they were out tfoere. Some guys said they had a 250-mile day followed by a 150-mile day. They just didn’t know where they were. 38: What did you use the SatNav for? To double check some of your sights, to use when it was cloudy? Ben: No, I only took three sights the whole trip. 38: Is that right! You had enough confidence in the electronics? Ben: Oh yeah, you can tell whether this stuff is working or not. 38: It must have been an easy trip for you as navigator? Ben: Yeah, it gives you more time to do the other things you should be doing. Again, it’s a matter of using it properly, and having it properly installed. Many of the problems with electronics on boats are because the people don’t know how to install them. 38: Tell us how you were able to use the Loran. Ben: The Trimble has a very gdod front-end to it, so you get good reception. We used it out to about 1,000-miles, but then the crossing angle is so small that your fixes are liable not to be very close. Then we flipped on the SatNav. 38: Did you use the Loran again as you approached the islands? Ben: Yeah. The funny thing was 1 turned it on — my experience, well I had T.I. set in the Pan Am series last year, and we only got one station, the other was skywave. Now I turned this thing on about 200-miles out there, and sure enough we got a fix. Signal strength was on the edge of being marginal, but it worked the rest of the way in. We used it a lot of times where the SatNav wouldn’t give you a bird for two or three hours — one of the satellites is off right now. 38: How many are going now? Ben: Five are up there, four operating. One’s out for maybe a month, because they drift too close to each other and they have to shut one down. Just what their reasoning is I don’t know. They’ll be putting a couple more of these birds up, I think. It was in the budget, but Reagan’s cuts may have eliminated them, 1 don’t know. 38: The extra satellites would what, cut the time they pass to an hour or so? Ben: Yes, something like that. You see in this race or a Mexican Race, SatNav is great. But in the Circuit you’ve got to go with Loran because you need to know where you are all the time. The currents are so important you’ve got to know if you’re in them or not. 38: Everytime we see you, you’re heading off for another race someplace. What’s your sailing schedule during a typical year? Ben: I do the Circuit, then the TransPac or Bermuda. I usually go back to Annapolis-Newport, something like that on the east coast, and then do the Mazatlan or La Paz in the Fall. Then there’s stuff in between like the Big Boat Series, the Fastnet Race — I’ll be on the new Condor II this year.

38: What’ s your appeal, good navigator? Ben: Naw, ho, ho, ho. Somebody to bitch at, I guess, ho, ho, ho. 38: Are there any owners you like to sail with more than others? Ben: That’s a question I don’t want to answer, ho, ho, ho. Ex¬ cept I have to tell you that Dave Fenix [Pegasus] is one of the greatest guys I’ve ever sailed with. He’s just a terrific person, just great. Actually there’s a lot of great owners. Allan Puckett is one of the finest guys I’ve sailed with, he’s got an Ericson 46 called Blackbird. Roy Disney, too, he’s great. There’s a lot of guys that are just super. Ho, ho, of course you try and go with nice people all the time, ho,

ho.

38: Can you give us a list of your major ‘wins’? Ben: The Williwaws; the Cal 40’s; two times on Kialoas in the Southern Cross Series; Arriba was a good race, we won the last TransPac with that. The Bermuda Race on Robon was a very in¬ teresting deal because^e wSre a 61-footer and we were the first boat to finish — in a hurricane in 1972. You remember those. 38: You’ve sailed on the east coast a lot, is there a lot of dif¬ ference in sailing back there versus out here? Ben: Not anymore, but there used to be. A hundred years ago when I first started racing back there it was different. I remember the first Bermuda Race I did back in 1962, you walked down the dock and nobody would speak to you. It was a real establishment type of thing. , But the whole picture has changed, more people from the east coast sail out here now, and more people from here sail back there. The whole yachting establishment has gotten a lot less formal than it used to be. Back then there used to be no Santa Cruz atmosphere at all, ho, ho, ho. But I remember when Ted Hood first raced his own boat to Ber¬ muda, there was a lot of talk because he was a person ‘in the business’ taking his own boat. This must have been back, I don’t know when, but there was lots of comment about it. It used to be that Kenny Watts would go back and sail with DuPont, and so forth, but there was none of what some people like to call ‘pros’ on their own boats. Now it’s a different situation where the middle class person — well, middle class economically — can afford to have a boat and go to the Circuit with it. That opportunity didn’t seem to be there except for the very, very rich just a few years ago. I think it’s great because it’s a hell of a sport. 38: Have you ever asked or wanted to be part of a 12 Meter cam¬ paign? Ben: The problem with the 12 Meter deal — I’ve had a couple of opportunities — is it’s just too tim^ consuming. To do it right is the way Dennis Connor did it, you take two years. That’s too much in one shot for me; it’s hard to put up with your wife if you try one of those, ho, ho, ho.

38: Do you like sailing offshore more than around the buoys? Ben: Yeah, I think so. 38: What’s the attraction? Ben: I think it’s that you get away from business and they can’t get you on the phone. It gives you a chance to think things out a bit, to get a clearer perspective. There’s a lot of satisfaction. I think I like all kinds of racing, but it’s great out on the ocean. This race to Honolulu is about as long as I want to be out there, and the Annapolis-Newport Race is about as short as I want to be out there — it’s 425-miles or so. That 600-mile Bermuda Race is a nice length. 38: Have you done a Tahiti Race from L.A.? Ben: That wouldn’t interest me, it’s too far, that’s three weeks or so. My prediction is that it’s a dead race, we didn’t get a single entry last time.,

38: Ben, this wasn’t a rough race at all, was it? Ben: No, no it wasn’t.

38: Yet look at all the damage to rudders. There must have been six or seven boats that lost them — and booms were broken, and a mast or two. The TransPac seems so worried about size, shouldn’t more attention be paid to the construction of the rudders for exam¬ ple? Ben: Well there were a lot of problems in the Fastnest with rud-

mitchell dcrs. And it was only a three-day race, ho, ho, ho. 38: But it was blowing a lot harder. How come TransPac doesn’t address what seems to be a persistent trouble area? Ben: That’s one of the things that’s hard to control. You know we’ve had to be very careful about this — instead of saying ‘safety equipment’, it’s ‘minimum equipment’ because of a liability problem. But when it comes to a boat’s rudder, how can you say this guy’s rudder is allright and this guys isn’t? You’ve got to be a damn naval architect or builder. And even they can’t be very good at judging them or you wouldn’t have so many coming up bad. 38: But Ragtime is out with a broken rudder, Troublemaker, Sister Divine, there’s six or seven boats. That’s terrible. Ben: And it didn’t blow hard, I’d say it’s a good average year. 38: But don’t you think losing a rudder is a more serious problem than whether a boat is 34-ft. or 37-ft. or whatever? Ben: It is if you can’t run downwind to Honolulu without a rud¬ der, ho, ho, ho. We lost a rudder once going to Bermuda and we were heading for North Africa, ho, ho, ho, that was pretty bad. I think those things will work out. We used to lose five or six masts every race, but we seem to have those worked that out — even with bendy rigs. 38: What do you think about the direction boats are headed in terms of construction. Was Brisa good? Ben: Oh yeah, Brisa s a really good boat. We would have done better had we not got too far south in the beginning. It wasn’t until we got up north with the others that we began to move on them. The se¬ cond day we put up the chute and all of a sudden we got headed and we kept saying to ourselves, well, we’ll get lifted pretty soon. But eight hours later we decided we’d better put up a headsail. By then we were 90 miles south of everyone. In trouble. 38: We’re referring to most hull scantlings and that kind of thing. Do you think some of the newer boats are less safe than they used to be? Do you think there should be rules on scantlings? Ben: I think it would be a good thing. I think that if you compare it with Solings, which I had one for about 89 years. In the Solings they went from a phase where they were building sort of average construction to where they started skimming out the resin in the ends. Well, ho, ho, it got to the point where they bent like crazy and they started to have to put more resin back in. So they found the right strength-to-weight ratio. With ocean racers, when you start doing that you’re going to lose some people out in the middle of the ocean. So I think if they can develop scantling rules that work for glass boats — and I don’t see why they can’t — it would be great. As long as it’s the same for everybody. It’s like this measuring boats in fresh water business. I’ve been getting a lot of static from Irv Loube for this 1% rating tacked on to boats that were measured in fresh water. The reason we did that was to try and get boats to remeasure in salt water, because if you don’t it’s an inequitable deal. 38: It really is? Ben: The USYRU is finally in the process of developing a formula for fresh water measurement, where they’ll check the specific gravity of the water and all that sort of stuff. But that may take a year, and in the meantime we’ve got a lot of racing. It’s the same deal in the San Francisco bay, I don’t feel some guy should have to come up with a boat rating .3 of a foot higher than someone else because the other guy had his boat measured in Stockton. And that’s what happens, I know Bravura is good for .2 of a foot — that’s why it was taken to Stockton to be measured. page 137

38: Have you ever been concerned about the construction of the boats you were in during heavy weather? Ben: No, because one of the things you do as you go through life and get more experience is — well, there’s two things you do. One is you don’t go sailing with people you know you’re not going to get along with. Secondly, you don’t go on boats that you feel are going to be a problem. Because if the owner’s got a boat that’s going to be a problem, he’s going to be a problem. Cause he’s stupid. 38: So there are some boats you wouldn’t sail on. Ben: There are some boats I wouldn’t sail on. 38: New boats. Ben: Yeah, new boats. 38: Boats back at the SORC. Ben: Possibly, ho, ho, I’d prefer not to say too much, ho, ho, ho. I do this for fun, so I pick and choose a bit the boats I’d,get on. 38: Do you participate in any other sports? Ben: I just play tennis for exercise. I flew for about 100 years, but I quit that about 7 years ago. 38: Are you married? Ben: Yeah, my wife’s here. She likes to sail and in fact went in the 1953 TransPac. She was a cook — once was enough! Ho, ho. But she’s a golfer, she just won a tournament here the other day, got her picture in the paper, she was on television, too. I have a son Benny, who has sailed on just about everything, with Kirk Elliot and William Power down south, on High Roller. He's sail¬ ed all over the world. He’s an attorney now and got married, so he doesn’t have so much time to sail right now. He's a good sailor, but not controversial, ho, ho, ho. 38: Are you controversial? Ben: Ho, ho, some people think so. 38: Ben, everyone fudges on the rules, don’t they? Ben: Oh I think everybody tries to. It’s a matter of degree what’s called cheating and what isn’t. 38: It seems like it’s left up to the individual to decide how far he should stretch the rules without going . . . Ben: Without being caught. 38: That’s crazy, isn’t it? Ben: Well it is. I think one of the problems has been that the USYRU is just run by ordinary guys. They don’t want to make waves, and they’re not inclined to want to go out and set any great precedents or anything. They just sort of want to keep things the way they are, and that’s just sort of the natural way people are. 38: What’s the future hold in this area? Ben: Two things. Number one, you see the Circuit has gotten to be a very important series of races because of it’s being used for Ad¬ miral’s Cup selections — and that really exacerbated the problems this year. Now one of the things, Tthink they are going to do with the Circuit is make it ap invitational race, whether they are going to try and sell that this year 1 don’t know, but it’s going to happen. 38: The Circuit invitational? Do they want less boats? Ben: No, not less boats, but the fact that it’s invitational will go a long way in curbing some of the excesses that have happened — if in fact they have happened. 38: Just by who they invite? Ben: Yeah, yeah. I think so. At this point we were joined by Dennis Choate and a number of Ben’s friends. It began raining and everyone ran off in different direc¬ tions. Mahalo Ben, and Aloha. — latitude 38

WINDSURFING

Winning is. \

Windsurfers from all over the country came to San Francisco on July 11 andV12 to take a crack at two special events, the ninth Golden Gate Crossing and the third Bay Classic. Sixty-three entered the Crossing, sailed in three divisions, while 40 started the Classic, all in the open division. The Golden Gate Crossing is the brain¬ child of Menlo Park’s Glenn Taylor. Taylor has been the man behind windsurfing on the bay for the past 10 years. He’s the guy who came up with the idea of sailing off the Marina Green in San Francisco on Thursday nights. When you look out on the bay at the small sails whipping through the ebb tide seas and think, ‘Geez, those guys must be nuts!’, there’s a good chance Taylor is one of them. Taylor’s idea of a good time was to invite all his friends to launch off the beach by the St. Francis, sail up to Crissy, and then >to Fort Baker, wait an hour for everyone to catch their breath, and then reach back to the St. Francis, where they started. By com¬ bining the total times over and back they’d come up with a winner. The race rapidly got organized with entrants now having to be certified ‘experts’ and qualify for starting slots. The three divisions are for one-design Windsurfers with stock sails and boards; the Iron Person class, which uses one-design boards but doesn’t allow harnesses (aids for holding up the sails); and the Open Class where anything goes. The hotbed of activity this year was in the Open Class. Several of the big names in boardsailing showed up; people like Maryland’s Ken Winner, Florida’s Cort Lam¬ ed and Gary Eversole, and Maui’s Malte Simmer. Over half the fleet had custom boards and sails, rigs worked out over endless hours of preparation. The most ex¬

pensive production number was Eversole’s Porsche-Design Sailboard with a price tag of $1,800. The super customs are even more expensive. Several of the better sailors are sponsored, so money isn’t their big concern.

'Getting off in 15 knot westerlies, the fleet sailed upwind, dodging keelboats and tankers. The Lion of California steamed through at 25 knots, throwing up a 12-ft. wall of white water at the bow and scaring the windsurfers nearby. The wind piped up to 22 knots under the bridge as the fleet pull¬ ed into Fort Baker. The trip back was quick, aided by the flood tide. Ken Winner averaged 15 mph to cross in 6 minutes and 45 seconds, a new course record. The first 31 boards across made it in less time than the old record of 11

CLASSICS

Berkeley Circle, through a break in the pier and over to Emeryville and finally finishing at the Cal Sailing Club basin. The fashionably-dressed Ken Winner, at¬ tired in wet suit and shades, had little trouble taking the lead from the start. Malte Simmer looked good until the wind died behind Alcatraz, where Eversol and Lamed caught him. Winner’s winning time was 1 hour, 55 minutes, 55 seconds — for an average of 9.8 mph. The top woman finisher was San Francisco’s Diane Greene, who had finished second to Berkeley’s Barbara Ockel in the previous day’s Bay Crossing. Ockel, the organizer of the Classic, ended up second to Greene on Suhday. Sixteen entries dropped out of the grueling contest. — latitude 38 — sue minutes and 45 seconds. Winner’s cumulative time for both legs was also a record as he won the Open division. Steve Willrich, 18, from Palo Alto, won the One-Design class. He has only been sail¬ ing a Windsurfer for nine months. Mike McHenry of Half Moon Bay won his second straight Iron Person division, followed by Paul Casterson of Los Altos. On Sunday the wind picked up for the start of the Bay Classic sponsored by Wind¬ surfing Berkeley. The 18.5-mile zig-zag affair started off the Coast Guard station at Crissy

BAY CROSSING - JULY I I One-Design — I.) Steve Willrich, Palo Alto; 2.) Glenn Taylor, Menlo Park; 3.) Chuck Parks, San Francisco. IRON PERSON

I.) Mike McHenry, Half Moon Bay; 2.) Paul Casterson, Los Altos; 3.) Hal Smith, Mill Valley. OPEN DIVISION

I.) Ken Winner, Maryland; 2.) Don Yoakum, Florida; 3.) Daniel Wilson, Southern California.

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Field. Forty entries hit the line and took a quick trip outside the south tower of the bridge. From there they sailed to Ft. Baker. back to the City Front, over to Little Harding, back to Blossom Rock, over to Pt. Blunt, down to two channel markers off Treasure Island, around a pole at the end of the Berkeley Pier, out to the center of the

BAY CLASSIC-July 12

I.) Ken Winner, Maryland; 2.) Gary Eversole, Florida; 3.) Cort Larned, Florida; 4.) Malte Sim¬ mer, Maui; 5.) Steve Sylvester, El Cerrito; 6.) Don

Yoakum,

Florida;

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Pete

Cabrinha,

Oahu; 8.) Daniel Wilson, Southern California; 9.) Kevin Mitchell, Berkeley; and Chrisman, Alameda.

10.) Bard

WINDSURFING WITH

Barbara Ockel is one of the movers and shakers on the San Fran¬ cisco Bay windsurfing scene. The 27-year old native of Germany is a partner in Windsurfing Berkeley and Pacific Surf Sails, which together offer everything from Iqssons and stock equipment to the latest in radical custom-designed boards. She’s an attractive woman, with shoulder length brown hair bleached slightly from the sun and salt water. Barbara s a devotee of the Berkeley/San Francisco wind¬ surfing. characterised by high winds and fast sailing. Here are her answers to 20 questions about windsurfing on the bay:

1. What’s the current state of boardsailing on the bay? A.: There are two elements. The one-design group is centered on the Peninsula where Glenn Taylor has a shop and gives lessons. Here in Berkeley we’re more into custom development, and we think it’s growing faster. We’re seeing more custom boards in San Fran¬ cisco and the Peninsula. The Bay Crossing used to be strictly one-design with only 10 to 15 entries in the open class. This year, though, there were more people in the open class and all the big names, like Ken Winner, Gary Eversole and Cort Lamed, sailed in the open class. Actually, we call it the “construction and development” class. Winner used a board he built for the Pan Am cup with Neil Pryde sails, but he had the Dufour logo on his sail becuase that's his sponsor. Even though custom is growing rapidly, one-design won’t die. It’s less expensive and for recreational sailing, the stock Windsurfer is best. It takes a lot of time and work to sail a custom board. 2. Why hasn't windsurfing taken off in the U.S. like it did in Europe? A.: People have asked me that question many times and I really don’t know. Part of the reason for the success in Europe is that a big Dutch sporting goods company. Ten Cate, spent lots of money pro¬ moting windsurfing. Here in the U.S., the factory stayed small and didn't advertise as much. ^ In the last two months, though, we've seen a dramatic rise in in¬ terest. There’s been a sudden explosion. V4cmmericals use windsurf¬ ing now and windsurfing has been featured in many magazines, in¬ cluding the cover of Life. Most of the sailing magazines have also come out with coverage. Why is it happening now? I don’t know.

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women. It’s a pretty social group . . . you sail someplace for a while and you develop friends. But it’s not a big pick up scene. There are some women who don’t windsurf and who hang around because there are so many men — like what you might find in surfing. 5. What are the physical requirements for windsurfing? A: No specific requirements. You need good health and should be able to swim. I wasn’t an athlete when I started, but I’ve gotten stronger. At first I couldn’t load my own board on top of my car, and now it’s no problem. People who are weaker can also use smaller sails. Of course, good athletes have an advantage, especially when the wind blows. They have balance and strength, which helps. Ken Win¬ ner is an excellent athlete, for example. 6. What was your first time on a windsurfer? A: I came here from Germany to go to U.C. Berkeley in the fall of 1974. I joined the Cal Sailing Club because I wanted to sail. In the winter of 1975 the Club got some windsurfers; I saw them and knew I wanted to do it, too. My first time was in the basin next to the club. 7. How do women fare in windsurfing events?

3. Who are the hottest boardsailors on the bay? A: There are several hot sailors. In the open class, it’s Steve Sylvester from El Cerrito. For wave riding, it’s Kevin Mitchell of Berkeley. In one-design, there are several good ones. Mike McHenry from Half Moon Bay just won his third Iron Person title in the bay crossing; Rob Hawley from Sausalito is very good, as are Chris Hill of Menlo Park and Pierre Jean-Girard from Tahoe. Let’s see, 1 hope that's everyone. I wouldn’t want to leave anyone out! Ha, ha! By the way, even though I’m a windsurfer dealer and I’m suppos¬ ed to call anything that’s not a windsurfer a sailboard, I still call it windsurfing. It really is surfing with the wind, so that’s what I say. Boardsailing just doesn’t mean the same thing. 4. Is windsurfing a good way to pick up guys or girls? A: It’s good for women to pick up men, but not so good the other way around, ha, ha, ha! The?e are so many men compared to

A: A woman might do real well and get in the top ten in a race, but it s very hard for a woman to win. We have success in light airs or in tactical situations sometimes. In high winds, though, we don’t have the strength or confidence, especially in the one-design class where you have to carry the big, standard sail all the time. 8. What are the major differences between the stock and custom boards? What are people looking for in custom boards? A: There’s a wide variety in custom boards, depending on what you want to do: racing, fun, wave riding. You make a custom board to suit a special need. You can design it yourself or have someone you trust do it. Custom boards are usually lighter, more responsive and more fun. You can also add footstraps for more control. The most radical advances are currently being made in wave riding. The center for that is Hawaii. As the sailors skills are increas¬ ing, there’s a demand for the equipment to keep up. They’re down

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to 7 and 8 footers, like surfboards. You can turn easily and carve waves, which you could never do with a stock board. Most boards are made of polyurethane with fiberglass over it. For more strength you can use Kevlar and epoxy resin. For a lighter board, you can make the core of Styrofoam, but those boards tend to absorb water faster. Gary Young over in Sausalito is making boards with a foam core and laminated wood over that. 9. Where are the best places to windsurf on the bay? A: I’d say Berkeley and the S.F. City Front. Berkeley is good for the average sailor while San Francisco is for the' more advanced. You have to be careful not to get run over by a freighter or get swept out in the tide. Other good places are San Leandro, Coyote Point, Sausalito and San Rafael. Benicia is fun, too, cause it’s so warm. 10. What’s your view of the Windsurfer patent situation? A: Well, the courts have decided Hoyle Schwertzer’s Windsurfer patent is valid, and that he has the rights to the concept of the sailboards. The decision affects me, but I didn’t really care how it turned out. As a Windsurfer dealer it’s to my advantage, since my boards are legal. What will happen now, though, is that many of the other brands will be licensed by Windsurfer and they’ll be on the market anyway. 11. What kind of board do you have? A: I have various custom boards. My favorite is a 9-ft. wave jump¬ ing board which I use off Berkeley. 12. What made you go into the sailmaking business? A: Originally I had a stock sail with my windsurfer. Several of the people at Cal Sailing Club wanted to build their own sails, and I ordered some cloth along with them. I built a small storm sail, copy¬ ing one already made. I just cut all the seams the same and sewed them together. Other people saw mine and asked where I got it. Then I built an in-between, or marginal sail and I kept experiment¬ ing with it to get the wrinkles out of it. 1 also used different colors — at the time the stock sails were either white with a.color stripe of a solid color. I mixed them up and people liked that, too. I was running the Windsurfing dealership out of my garage and building prototype sails. Someone showed up from Hawaii with a Pat Love sail — he was the first windsurfer sailmaker — and 1 really liked it. He had more luff curve for the bendy mast and I used that idea in my sails. Pretty soon people were buying my marginal sails because the stock sail was too much to handle sailing off Berkeley.

quickly. 15. What are the most popular windsurfing events on the bay? A: The Bay Crossing and Bay Classic draw the most interest, as well as the big name sailors from elsewhere. The District Champion¬ ships are also very popular. We expect 100 entries at the end of July for that. There will be many different events: Slalom, drag racing, distance racing and traditional around-the-buoy courses. 16. Do windsurfers sail by the rules or are they pretty much ig¬ nored? A: It used to be pretty bad but it’s getting better. No one used to know the rules, ho, ho, ho! But now they apply them and file pro¬ tests. The top sailors, of course, are very knowledgeable about them. In local races, sometimes all they understand is starboard has rights over port. You just have to take that into account in these events. Actually, some people can do a 720 turn faster than it takes the person they fouled to get up and get going again. If you’re really good, you sheet in and rotate the board twice with your feet and you’re off. That's very hard to do, but it is possible. You can turn a board on a dime. 17. How do windsurfers feel about the professionals who are at the top of the fleet all the time? A: It hasn’t been a real problem. Some of the sailors were con¬ cerned about the Olympics and not wanting to jeopardize their amateur standing. The guys who got good, though, figure the Olym¬ pics won’t be worth it, that it’ll be a pretty Mickey Mouse event and won’t really show who’s the best. The really hot place now is in the construction class. Guys like Winner have a sponsor who pays him a salary to go around and compete with their logo on his sail. They travel all the time or live where they can train year round. That’s the only way to be at the top of the class. As a dealer and sailmaker I consider myself a professional, even though I’m not sponsored. From the beginning it was the dealers who were the best windsurfers, simply because they spent more time at it. You can’t hold a regular job and be as good as someone who sails all the time. The only exception may be Steve Sylvester, but he’s still not as good as Ken Winner. 18. How fast can you go on a windsurfer? A: I think the official record is around 24 knots but I’m sure I’ve seen them hit 30. 19. Did any of the windsurfers consider match racing the Aussie

13. How often do you get to sail yourself? A: It varies. Sometimes there’s too much work, ho, ha, ho! My main job now is designing sails, so I make the prototypes and then 1 test them. I like to go out five times a week, but if I’m busy 1 might on¬ ly make it three times. 14. Do windsurfers sail other types of boats as well? A: Most windsurfers — maybe 75% — have nevej" sailed in a regular boat. They wouldn’t have the foggiest idea how to steer ho, ho! Yet I have noticed that windsurfers pick up sailing very easily. 1 had one girl who windsurfers go out in a Laser. She had some trou¬ ble at first, but she understood what was going on,and learned very page 141

18’s when they were here? A: 1 thought about it. We couldn’t keep with them upwind, but on a reach a windsurfer might have had a good chance. 20. What advice would you give someone who’s starting out in windsurfing? A: Make sure you get the right rig for where you plan to sail. If you want to sail off Berkeley, it’s better to start with a shorter boom. It’s like learning to ski with short skis. You have much more control. Thank you, Barbara. — latitude 38 — sue

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GROUNDED YACHTSMAN NEEDS TO BUILD BOAT. Has house for sale. Mendocino ocean view retreat. Custom, 2 bdroom, 2 bath, fully furnished. Private 5 miles beach. $97,500. (415) 939-9885 or 443-6499

MAIN SAIL 34’3” luff, 13’9” foot, new condition. $500 or will consider trade for main of higher aspect ratio, spinnaker, inflatable boat, autopilot or ham radio. 364-4046

Classifieds 1979 PIONEER 19’ 454 cu. in. Chevy, Berkeley jet. Clean and classy, $5400.00 (415) 864-2663 or 421-3442

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TRADE YOUR SAILBOAT for sailboat mfg. co. Including molds & inven¬ tory. Erik (213) 451-2654 Don (213) 821-4028

GO-BOAT 15’ F/G sailing outrigger. I’m finishing 39’ sloop. Sell or trade $900 value for cruise gear, dinghy, vane, compass, electronics, lumber, etc. (415) 868-1839

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19’ PACIFIC CAT The Ultimate Machine, solid molded F/G cockpit, new full batten main & mast w/selffurling jib & custom hatch covers. In exc. gond., with trailer. $2,600. (408) 476-9451

’73 GAL 29. Terrific cond., ready to take you anywhere. Dodger, 5 Barinet&Barlow winches, lifelines, pulpits, ground tackle, natural gas stove/oven, Unifrig, 2 wtr sys., other extras. Will sell/trade equity. For details: (408) 427-1293.

ISLANDER 21 Immaculate condition — surveyed in May, new bottom paint, new battery, 6 hp Johnson, OH last Oct., Choice S.F. berth, great bay boat — fast. $5,900. 673-9048 Peter.

MUST SELL - ALL OR PART 36’ F/G Cape George Cutter, bare hull (will deliver), 6,900 lbs. lead ballast, Volvo MD 17C dsl (new), S/S fasteners, teak lumber, 50 sheets plywood, Gougeon Epoxy. Contact Randy (916) 878-8440 eves.

15V2’ SNIPE , F/G sailing dinghy for sale. ’75 Chabasco #21802 in exc. cond. Sailaway boat for the racer or family outing — incl. trailer. Asking $2,100. (707) 745-4181 eves & weekends. (415) 283-511 week days.

J-24 — 1979 Raced two seasons, Galveston Bay Texas. #2 boat in 40 boat fleet. Fast Ulmer sails by work champ John Kolius. Trailer, boat cover, motor, stored at RYC. Asking $14,500. (707) 894-3191, (415) 232-1441

BERMUDA SLOOP Herreshoff design; 30’ LOA; carvel-planked teak; bronze fastened; dsl. & some electronics; outfitted to liveaboard at Sausalito berth; Bris¬ tol condition. $29,500. (415) 544-6126 days; 781-3426 weekends

PARTNERSHIP AVAILABLE - CAL 20’ Coyote Pt. berth, rigged for racing, main, 2 jibs, spin., 6 hp o.b., AM/FM stereo radio, UHF marine radio. Share 50% of equity $2,500 + share expenses, apprx. $25/month. (e)(408) 735-9323, (408) 730-4588, (d)(408) 245-4400 xt339

GLADIATOR 24 Mint.condition, sailaway day, weekend, cruise. Sleeps 4, blue/white hull, o.b., head, lifelines, anchor/line, k.m., RDF, main, jib, jenny & spin. & more. Mast/boom just refinished w/linear pdy. $7500. Eves (408) 395-2556

18’ MERCURY CLASS SAILBOAT, #541 $2,500. Good condition, fiberglass, aluminum spars, race equpped. Excellent trailer, phone; (415) 921-4008 ask for Coen Carmiggelt — eves.

ERICSON “35” 1970 AAA-1 mint condition, new butane stove, ’76 rebuilt eng. (Atomic 4) w/2 hrs., 4 sails, new VHF radio, new upholstery, new wiring, d.s., k.m., best Pier “39” berth. Some owner financ¬ ing. 47K. 591-3158 595-4565 (message)

BIGGER - THINKING, DREAMING? About a bigger boat?? How does this sound? 40’, sleeps 7, 3 burner pro. stove w/oven, many elec., 13 bags of sails, ideal bay location!! You can become a half-partner for about $4,000 plus ’/2 the payments. Call Bob (707) 446-1039.

EXCELLENT SAILING INSTRUCTION ON SAN FRANCISCO BAY Experienced sailing instructor offers: Private lessons taught aboard CAL 2-25 $25 per hour Private lessons taught aboard your yacht $20 per hour For Scheduling Call (415) 254-JOAN, Ask for Joan Burleigh

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COFFEE DRINKERS Don’t leave fresh tasting coffee on shore when you ‘Hit the Gate’. Whole beans shipped to you within 24 hrs. of roasting ... to any port in the world. 2 lbs. Dark French Road — $10 (U.S. only). Send check/MO to: The San Francisco Gourmet 430 9th Ave., -1, San Francisco, CA 94118

FOR SALE 1979 Johnson 35 hp outboard motor, electric start, it is just as from the factory — never ever used. $1450. Call eves. (415) 763-1399

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NEWPORT 20 - GREAT BAY BOAT Gary Mull design, main, jib, genoa, full spin¬ naker gear, whisker pole, galley, head, dinette, pulpit, 6 hp Evinrude & much more. $4950. Why? Buying bigger boat. Mike: (eve)655-7115, (day)442-4333.

HERRESHOFF 36 KETCH Cash buyer wanted for strong, elegant cruising yacht. Pelican Harbour berth, asking $49,500 but will accept any reasonable cash offer. Serious principals only, please. 332-SAIL(owner).

RESEARCH PROJECT Liveaboard your boat at its berth up to six mon¬ ths in exchange for work and money. Mature, single, male, nonsmoker, handy with tools. Work at UC Berkeley. Call Kirk days 486-5251, eve. 848-7545

WINCHES (4) NEW Lewmar 2 #43, 2 #40, ideal for 30-35’ boat. $2000 value — $1000. 351-7551

C&C MEGA 30 - 79 High performance cruising sloop, suoer engineered, loaded with equipment & sails, all in new cond., elec, retractable keel, new E-Z load trailer, illness forces sale at $20,500 — $12,000 below replacement. (415) 435-4192

1968 INTERNATIONAL FOLKBOAT Must see to apprec., Swedish crafsmanship in F/G. Solid bay/coastal sip rigged for snglhnd’g. New dodger & o.b., genoa, spin., Barient primaries, 77 Proctor rig. Alameda berth. Ask. $12,750. (d) Chris 521-6100

1977 RANGER 23 Tri-radial spin., 90, 2-125’s, 150. Two spd. primaries, color coded lines, ball bearing traveller, Harken blocks. Evinrude 6 hp o.b., very well maintained & in exc. cond. $14,000. Also 1978 Laser for sale. Jim (415) 768-7543(w), 521-0978(h)

FOR SALE - AVON INFLATABLE Very gd. cond., 2 seats, new flrbrds, 2 piece wooden' oars, new 1200, Price $600. (415) 522-0562. As new Barient, #10, $80. Sun shade 3x12, $20. Ships bridge, engrm. telegraph, $500.

YACHTSMANS CONDO, ALAMEDA ESTUARY Adult 2-2V2-2 posh pad w/protected 50’ berth. $70K assumable. $245K total negotiable down depending on financing arrangements. Call owner evenings for appointment — (415) 522-4308. 2022 (E) High St., Alameda 94501

ERICSON 29 SLOOP - BUILT ’74 Dsl. pwr., VHF, digital depthfinder, autopilot, stereo, dsl heater, Berkeley berth. Consider down payment on small house or condomini¬ um. Asking $29,500. Phone (415) 654-1926

35’ FANTASIA - BRUCE BINGHAM DESIGN Aft dbl cabin, cutter w/slf tend stysl, 6 sails incld spin, refrig off AC or dsl eng., microwave, propane, dodger, VHF, RDF, d.s., EPIRB, Ig in¬ ventory. $79,000. 331-2802/332-4071 332-5811 day

1 WOULD LIKE to meet a mature female sailing partner for weekend/cruising sailing out of Coyote Point. (No racing, no overnights). Call Wolfgang at 364-3158

ISLANDER 21 Exc. cond., great bay & delta boat, genoa, work¬ ing jib & club jib for easy singlehanding, 2 sets of jiffy reef points, head, o.b., mini galley, bat¬ tery charger, slip avail. $5,100 or B/O. (415) 229-1791 leave message (415) 548-0180

CREW AVAILABLE Good sailor with limited racing experience, eager to progess & quick to learn. Josefa: 388-2824

PARTNERSHIP OFFERED Catalina 27 in excellent condition with many extras in Berkeley Marina. Vz share: $3,600 down, $175 per month; Vz share: $2,400 down, $115 per month. (415)233-4954

FARALLON 29 BOAT KIT Encapsulated lead ballast, hatches, rudder, toe rail, Lefiell mast kit OMC2, bronze cockpit drains, bronze hatch hinges. Owner will finance part of selling price at 12% interest. $10,000. Ron (h)(415) 651-8815, (w)(408) 734-8102 ext 806

40’ CHEOY LEE “MIDSHIPMAN” AFT CABIN Ketch — 3 staterooms, 2 heads, 2 shower layout. Refridg., Westerbeke in eng. rm plus many amenities. Exc., comfortable, beautiful liveaboard/cruiser. For sale by owner, $112,500. (415) 332-8794 or (415) 332-6776

MARINE REFRIGERATION Freon refills, leaks repaired, charging systems available, for owner maintenance, electrical panels, custom designed and in¬ stalled. Call JEFF STONE for Free Estimates 459-4346

CANVAS WORK AT DEWITT SAILS Expanded cover department at DeWitt Sails featuring Ruben Morales (formerly Tradewinds) now offers sail and boat covers, dodgers, jib bags, and much more. (415) 234-4334 & 234-8192,

35’ SILVERQUEEN 72 H/B 3/8 CHRYSLER In/Outboard extras $25000. 15.5’ Silverline Merc 1969 80 HP l/O/Skiboat! Trade for sailboat 35-40’ plus cash. (415) 347-9826 or pm 697-8425

EXPERT MARINE REPAIRS AT REASONABLE RATES All aspects of wooden boat restoration & preservation with at¬ tention paid to ease of maintenance & permanent cure of pro¬ blems due to structural failure, worm damage, & dry rot. Meti¬ culous craftsmanship. Instruction & surveys. 841-6500 ext. Charlie Noble

FARALLON CHARTERS Sail with History onboard ex-bay and ocean racer. Bay tours on board 38’ Farallon Clipper. Day sails, & afternoon sunset cruises. USCG licensed. (415) 664-1275 evenings

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LEARN COASTAL SAILING 45’ sailing ketch “Adventure” wants 6 sincere beginners or ad¬ vanced sailors to spend 2 intensive learning days & nights practicing offshore skills, ship handling, piloting, etc. August/ September reservations offers for an unforgettable cruising weekend. " (415)421-8389 (415)332-4879

FLUSH DECK 20’ PLYWOOD CARINITA $3,500.00 Berkeley Berth, depthsounder, 2 jibs, lits 863-2945

Share your GREAT SAILING Adventures 27’ REINELL SLOOP, 1977 Ideal family boat. Large and comfortable, electric start out¬ board, excellent condition. Priced for quick sale. $12,950. Dealer 457-2002

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with friends. Nautical stationery. Authentic wood impression with anchor design, “Ahoy From” and personalized with your boat name. Entirely hand-printed from original hand-carved woodcuts. $7/dozen. GREAT SAILING STATIONERY P.O. Box 6156, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49506

26’ CTR CKPT F/G DAWSON KETCH FOR SALE Refrig/icebox combo, elec./alcohol stove com¬ bo, private aft cabin w/shower, too much to list. Very comfy, well-balanced boat is exc.Tor all types sail'g/cruis’g. Owner will carry. $20,000. wkdy(415) 835-9818, Ed

CHARTER FREYA 39 Equipped for: San Francisco Bay, Delta & Off¬ shore Cruising. Bare Boat, experienced skip¬ pers only. $1200/week. (415)924-6475 eves

FARALLON CLIPPER 38’ Stephens sloop. Built ’60, exc. cond., Westerbeke dsl., 10 bags of sails, Delta awning & many other accessories. VHF, RDF, knot/ speed & d.s. Write: C. Flemming, Box 1833, Sausalito, CA 94966 (415) 664-1275 eves.

SPENCER 45 ctr. ckpt., 76. Blue wtr.cus. cutter, perf. cond., Airex 100% teak inter./decks, 72 hp dsl., 3 kw, handpres. wtr., eng. driven/1 lOv refrid., 2 d.s., all instr. w/repeaters, windlass, twin poles, 11 winches, auto. & Aries vane, dsl. & 110v heat, huge list of cruis’g extras. Con¬ sider real estate trade. (415) 531-4277

PARTNERSHIP CAL-20, SAUSALITO Buy share, from $1,250 (V4) to $4,950 (full price). Excellent cond., 8 sails, storm jib, genoa, spinnaker, rigged for racing or cruising. (415) 479-7016

3 PARTNERSHIPS AVAILABLE Rainbow, 24’ sloop. Sausalito berth. 1/8 share costs $300 plus $20 per month. Slip rent in¬ cluded. Boat sits unused during most of the week. 495-8827 day & nite

FOR SALE: Northstar 727, 24-ft. Farr Design Trlr, o.b., new mylar main, spin., 105 by Pineap¬ ple. Lt. 150, heavy 150, 130, 110 Mitchell; new spars by Eriksson, w.s., w.d., digital depth, D.A.D. k.m., compass, stove, legal head, 6 win¬ ches, much more. $16,000. (209) 368-7644 eves.

' 47’ CUSTOM KETCH, CRUISED 10,000 MILES Fully equipped, designed for cruising or liveaboard. One of the best built boats in Bay Area. 4 $175,000 (415)521-3212

FLYING JUNIOR, 1978 Like new, used about a dozen times, kept in¬ side. Custom trailer, removeable transom lights, good class racer with active clubs in the Bay Area. Replacement cost at about $2,800. $1,900. (415)521-6403

PEARSON 28, ’75 SLOOP Shaw design. Atomic 4 inboard, VHF, ElectraSan MSD, DS and more. This roomy, fast model becoming the “Triton” of the 80’s in popularity. Perfect for S.F. bay. Slip/financing avail. $23,950. 592-8999

1970 ISLANDER 34 1 Great cruising boat w/Atomic 4, whl., 2 com¬ passes, fatho., auto bilge pump, Avon, galley w/pres. H20, 3 burner alcohol w/oven, mahog. in, teak out. Exc. cond., ready to go. Priced to sell. Call (415) 523-6792

CAL 2-27 FOR SALE Fast boat w/130 genoa, North spin., o.b. w/elec. starter/generator, head w/holding tank, k.m., RDF, VHF, masthead tricolor light, d.s., other equip. Pier 39 berth incl. Price $22,500. 396-4466 days.

AIR COMPRESSOR 2 h.p., 115/230 volt, air sander board, 100’ air hose, 50’ extension cord. Backpacking until 8/22/81 so call after then. Phone 349-1735 evenings. $775.00

’66 RAWSON 30’6” SLOOP - SF BERTH Gashouse Cove. F/G fullkeel cruiser, sleeps 5 in liveaboard comfort. Natural gas stove w/oven. International gas i.b. eng., interior fine, exterior needs work. Insured value $28K, ask¬ ing $23,500. After 7 p.m. (707) 468-5530

ISLANDER 30 SLOOP MARK III, ’74 Dsl., whl. steering, full dodger/delta cover. Barients, CQR & bowroller. Teak/holly cabin sole, teak interior, alsohol stove/oven, kero, sea swing, fatho., k.m., VHF, stereo. $36,000. 894-9234 or 332-0263. Sausalito.

PROFESSIONAL CAPTAIN/SAILOR Avail, for deliveries, racing, cruising. CG licensed. Emergency medical technician, commerical exp. on E&W coasts, AL & HI. Sail/pwr. Recent¬ ly relocated from HI. Reference/resume avail, on request. Gciry Hoover, (415) 570-5135

LANCER 30, 1979 Self-tending jib, VHF, fatho., k.m., wheel steer¬ ing, Yanmar 15 hp dsl., double lifelines, 4 sails, never raced, bristol cond., being hauled in Aug., Vallejo berth. $33,500. (707) 745-4614

TRI-RADIAL SPIN. DESIGNED FOR CAL 29 will fit boats of similar size. Never used — like new, $450. VHF Marine radio Pearce-Simpson Bimini 25-A 10 channels $95. Phone (707) 546-2712. Can be seen at Richmond YC by appt.

SEAFARER SAILING CLUB We have only one membership available out of a total of six for the 1981 sailing season! Treat yourself to sailing an Islander 36’ in great condition and workfree, out of the Berkeley Marina. Only 1 /5th the cost of ownership! Call Al at (916) 756-7485 or (916) 756-3918 ansaphone.

MAY ONLY SAILORS AND WHORES INHERIT THE EARTH Silk screened w/old sailing ship on top quality Tee Shirt. Dark blue, light blue, yellow or red. State color & size. $6.95 plus $1.00 for shipping, tax, handling. DARRYL COE ENTERPRISES 317 Quay Lane, Dept. 38, Redwood City, CA 94065

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FLICKA Bare hull completion full keel 8’ beam LOA 24’ asking $9,500. (916) 333-1480 Evenings.

1966 PEARSON VANGUARD — $33,500 A fine bay/offshore sailing craft. Heavily built, full-kqel, Rhodes designed. Stiff, seaworthy, sea-kindly & a joy to sail. Original owner, wellmaintained, gd. inventory. Call Bill for particu lars (415)435-3640

1 AM LOOKING FOR A BOAT TO LIVE ON in the Sausalito area. Willing to do monthly maintenance plus cash for living aboard. Quiet, single woman w/references. Please call even¬ ings (415) 388-4608, ask for Julie

1977 MERCURY 7.5 H.P. LONG SHAFT Excellent condition, $350/Offer 782-0892 nites

ERICSON 41 Sleek Ericson 41, 70, beautiful racer/cruiser. Big cockpit, luxurious cabin, Westerbeke 4-107 dsl., 7 bags of sails, 10 winches, much addition equip, inel. autopilot. Pt. Richmond berth. $69,500. (415)524-8843

BOAT BUYERS CALL DAVE PIERCE ‘Yacht buyers consultant’ at (415) 493-6784 before you buy. You can save thousands by my negotiating, arranging financing, commission¬ ing & shipping for you. Let my experience save you some worry as well as money.

FOR SALE: 25’ FOLKBOAT DEBUTANT Needs work, $5,000 Call 540-5310 evenings

TARTAN TEN 1979 F/G sloop, designed by S&S, one-design class on bay. Almost new North main, 150% genoa, class jib & % oz. spinnaker. Lewmar winches, Faryman dsi. Sleeps 6, ready to race in great cond. $33,000/B/0 332-3282 after 6 pm

26’ T-BIRD SAILBOAT Beautiful condition — L.P.U. dark blue hull/cream deck w/mahogany/teak trim. 9.9 Chrysler, North main, 3 gennies, spin., alum, spars, sleeps 4. Very fast yet comfy for wkend. $8,000/offers (408)996-1690

CRUISING RAWSON 30 76 but just commis¬ sioned, main, 130% genoa, Enke 22 primaries, marine head, all teak bulkheads, Honduran mahog. trim, new cushions/upholstery, fresh bottom paint, Yanmar dsl w/15 hrs. & more. $31,500. (415)388-8458

CAL 30 $19,950 Great for bay & offshore cruising. Must see to appreciate. (415)345-9887

RANGER 20 Exciting, roomy, seaworthy, beautifully crafted 20’ sloop manuf. in Kent, WA. Like new, excl. sails, extras: lifelines, bow/stern pulpits, VHF, fatho., funning lights, 6 hr o.b., E-Z loader trlr. $8,500. Cal 1 Gordon 642-7332; 653-5727 (415)

SANTANA 27 — 1968 27’ F/G sloop, designed by Gary Mull. Working sails, 150 genoa, spin., blooper, 2 yr old 9 hrs. Evinrude o.b., full galley, enclosed head w/sink, sleeps 6. An exc. bay or cruising boat. VHF, radio, $14,000/B/0. 332-3282 after 6 pm

LIKE OWNING A BOAT WITHOUT THE problems? Looking for one good sailor/family to share use of brand new, fully found 34’ cruis¬ ing cutter. Extensive use avail., low monthly, all inclusive fee. Long term arrangements only, (415) 592-3734

ERICSON 35 - Vs PARTNERSHIP $7500 $215 total payment/mo. inel: (berth rent, 9% — &l loan ins., sales tax, annual haul-out & bot¬ tom paint, plus routine maintenance). Excl. cond. & equip. Good sail inventory, Berkeley berth. Call (415)547-4144

ISLANDER 36’ Will sell Vi interest in this beautiful cruiser/racing boat; fully equip. w/Data Marine elec. Present berth Richmond new marina, will move to Emeryville in the fall. Price $29,500. Call (d)477-5449 or eves/wkends 549-3755 ERICSON 32 Mint cond., 2-yrs old, fully equip, for cruise.Whl, k.m., d.s., VHF, stereo, pres, wtr., dual batt., trickier, stove/oven, shorepwr., mast/boom painted white, deluxe fabrics carpet, auto, bilge pump, screens, spin, track. Bay Delta slips avail. (916) 966-1297

ISLANDER 34 — EXCELLENT CONDITION sails inel. spin., 3 anchors, Aries, Navtec autohelm, Taylors oven/heater, liferaft, dinghy, Barient winches, SL windlass, Yanmar dsl., VHF, fatho., AWI, shrpwr., 2 bilge pumps, dodger, & more. $42,500 (916) 662-0602 eves

LOWEST PRICES ON JOHNSON MOTORS & ACHILLES INFLATABLES Contact us for volumn cost — plus orders ELKHORN MARINE (408) 724-8077

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ERICSON 27 — PARTNERSHIP 73, exc. cond., well equipped, Alameda Marina. I’m looking for 1 or 2 partners to share ownership & sailing. $2250 cash + $250/mo. for V2 share. Call Doug d(415) 837-8286 e(415) 820-2703

Marin Real Estate for Boat. Hilltop home & neighbor, duplex w/FMV of $320,000&$220,000. Exchange for 40’-50’ + cruise/live sailboat. Apprx. $145,000 equity both properties. Trade 1/both for seaworthy boat. Also new Ferrari 308, under warranty. Doug Slain, (415) 331-2161

ISLANDER 36 Full race/cruise equipped. 9 sails, 10 winches, CNG, Magna cold, internals, pressure wtr., all elecs. & extras. Lk Nu Cond — delivered 78. Call (213) 479-4471 or 836-1159, ask for Jack. $80,000/0 BO

EMERYVILLE MARINA Slips available: 45’, upwind, side-tie, $100/month. 35’, double finger avail, through September, $110/month. Write P.O. Box 11178, or call (415) 654-1822

VALLEJO SLIP 40’ Vallejo slip available now on short or long¬ term sub-rent basis. Excellent bay & delta ac¬ cess. Contact: Ken (916) 323-3148 day or (916) 929-7451 evenings.

J-24 — 1979 Raced 2 seasons, Galveston Bay, TX. #2 boat in 40-boat fleet. Fast Ulmer sails by work champ John Kolius. Trlr., boat cover, motor. Stored at RYC, $14,500. (707)894-3191 (415)232-1441

SOL CAT “18” Excellent condition, fast, trailer with box, ex¬ tras, $2100.00 or trade for 2 Lasers or 1 Laser and cash. (707) 552-0892 Vallejo

‘GALATEA’ Is For Sale — $34,800 firm This Alberg/King Ericson 35 is the best equipt, comfy offshore cruiser avail! Dsl. pwr, mid¬ boom cabin top traveller sheeting, oversize winches, etc. Write/call for complete list. Box 802, Sacramento, CA 95804, (916) 457-1369.

WINDROSE 25 1980, good coastal/bay/delta cruiser, sleeps 5, galley w/alcohol stove, 3 headsails, lifelines/pulpits, extra sail handling gear, trailer, many other extras. Easily rigged, launched & sailed by one person. $10,600. Call Mark (707) 446-1152 or (707) 448-8683

DO YOU LIKE TO SAIL? But don’t want the expense of owning your own sailboat. Then try a time-share lease of our beautiful new Islander 28. You pay only for the time you use the boat. Call Bill: (415)^254-4723 or Dennis: (707) 745-5814

FOR SALE — 1981 MacGREGOR, 25-FT. New, used 3 times, DeWitt sails, Nicro Fico equipped, Honda 7.5 long shaft, Barlow win¬ ches, head, trlr., Motorola VHF, k.m., etc, etc. Some stuff still new in boxes. $13,500 in¬ vested, sacrifice $10,000. 1 -(91,6) 791-4608

WILL Pf Y CASH Building 45’ cutter, need all gear to outfit. Quality gear only, no junk. Lead, winches, an¬ chor, chain, compass, mast, head, stove, diesel heater, etc. Call (707) 526-3213

NAUTICAL NEEDLE Custom canvas work at moderate prices. Ask about curtains, cushions & bags also. Louise: (415) 383-9180

1978 SANTANA 28 Solidly built racer/cruiser w/exceptionally large interior ideal for couple w/children. Club jib, 3 sails, electronics, Volvo dsl., stove, head & more. Large assumeable loan, berth avail. $29,000. eves: (415) 593-2596

CAL 2-27, 75 Spinnaker, new interior, diesel, Barient 21’s, VHF, D/S, new stereo, dinghy, much more, Delta location. $25,000. (415) 825-2969

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YACHT TENDER/SAILING DINGHY 9’4” black f/g yacht tender. Mahogany seats, centerboards, rudder, tiller & trim. Pine spars, Oars included of course. It is in great shape. $950 or trade lor a Laser. (415) 835-2463 eves.

SANTANA 20 Race rig, trailer $7500 (415) 654-3146

TWIN KEEL CUTTER 25’ - Letcher Design ‘Aleutka’, f/g, teak decks, Awl Grip paint, Tanbark sails, Famet mast/rigging, fully equip, to cruise. Many features make this boat unique. Favored in Henderson's book. $17,500. (415) 493-5891 (415) 961-5631

WANTED Gladiator 24' sailboat. Have '64 MZB 190D, restored for full or partial trade. v (707) 433-7612

19’DORY Excellent seaworthy workboat, jarge timbers, motor well, long overhangs with lockers, 2 sets oars, anchor with rode. $975 or B/O. Call Bill (415) 367-1708 before 10 am or (415) 595-1060 after 6 pm

RANGER 33 Vi PARTNER WANTED $242/mo., down payment flexible. Berthed at Pier 39 (convenient!). Exc. cond., fully equip¬ ped for cruising. In charter program for big tax savings. (The only way to own a boat). Call H. Whitfield, 929-7488 (eves); 398-5200 (days)

FOR SALE - I.C. #75 33’ classic woody has been redecked (ply) & glassed over. Teak cvrboards incl. 2 suits sails, full race equip., new (alum) boom, new eng., etc. incl. It’s a hell of a deal. Frank Sayre 454-9569

WESTSAIL 32 - 1975 Equip, for cruise, anchor windlass, 220’ 3/8” chain, 4 anchors, VHF, RDF, EPIRB, man over¬ board package, 6 sails, kero, cabin heater, fatho., windspeed indicator, 78 MD-11C Volvo dsl., much more. $64,500. (916) 481-3963

TRADE OR PARTIAL PAYMENT ’56 Ford T-Bird for sailboat. Original owner Ted Mack of Amateur Hour. Value $20,000. $22,500 Bill days 537-0482, nite 428-4725

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Simi bareboat adventure in the Carribbean this fall w/fellow blue water sailors. 13Vz days, 8 sailing the Virgin Isles. Cost $1424 including hotels, round trip airfare, some meals. For details call: Miles (415) 471-4309

Will accomodate 35’ sailboat. Includes: 2 bdrm., 2V2 bath lux¬ ury condominium. $163,000. Large assumable loan & secon¬ dary financing available. CALLMARILYN/agent 459-1050 332-4326 evening

FOR SALE Baba 30, in top condition, asking price $62,000. Call Sherill 232-5800

COFFEE DRINKERS — Don’t leave fresh tasting coffee on shore when you ‘Hit the Gate’. Whole beans shipped to you within 24-hrs of roasting . . . to any port in the world. 2 lbs. Dk French Roast — $10 (U.S. on¬ ly). Send check/mo to: The San Francisco Gourmet, 430 9th Ave., #1, S.F., CA 94118

FOR SALE Crosby cold plate refrig, freezer system for larger boats over 36’. Still new, orig. cost $1695. Very reliable, water cooled, $850. (408) 475-3060 days

HALF OR QUARTER INTEREST IN A Cheoy Lee offshore 27 glass, teak, dsl. cruis¬ ing sloop. Berthed in Alameda. $5250 per quarter interest. Call Ron West: 834-5740 ext 434, business hours.

NEED CREW? Call Amy (415) 771-9763

LEAD AND CHAIN 400 + lbs. lead, pigs & piglets, pure for ballast. .40<p per lbs. or Best offer. 3/8” high test chain hot dipped galvenized. New in Drum 200’ $4.70 per ft. or best offer. (415) 530-0251

10 ACRES MOUNTAIN PROPERTY TRADE for 27’30’ F/G sail aux. with i.b. Property near Freeway #50 1 hr from Tahoe, excellent invest¬ ment. Improvements, view, stream, mobile or building sight, zone ag, tree farming, animals, etc. Bill Wilson (916) 644-4264

FOLKBOAT 1960 Anderson built, mahogany on oak, 2 sets of sails, full spinnaker gear, dinghy, extensive in¬ ventory, 7.5 hp Honda, $7,900. Job pressures force sale. (916) 722-8053 collect, after 5 pm

LOOKING FOR WELL-KEPT ISLANDER BAHAMA 24. Must have east bay assumable berth. Call Mike (415) 462-2268 home or (415) 846-7222 bus. #

LADY CREW WANTED St. Thomas down island Nov/Dec/Jan. Exp. prefd, willingness to give 150% essential, share expenses — ref. required. Interested in sailing smaller isles (Montserrat, Nevis, etc) Resume: Box 44, Bear Valley, CA 95223

COLUMBIA 28 #131 Whl., dodger, dig. k.m., d.s., VHF, ’77 9.9 sail modified elec. Evinrude, vang, 2 mains & self tending jib w/covers, spin., 125 genoa, storm jib, standing rigging new 10/70, hauled 10/70. $17,500. (408)224-8806

CHALLENGER 41 KETCH Bristol cond. throughout, K.M., d.f., autopilot, self-tending jib, great sailor, ideal liveaboard. Alameda berth, will consider financing or trade for property/whatever. Call Craig (415) 865-3865 eves.

SAILS & CNG Sail from a Ranger 37: 1.5 oz. Star spin. $800. Staysails $500 & $300. 7.25oz. genoa $250. 7.25 oz. mainsail $350. Large CNG tank $100. Jim (415) 582-2082(h) 582-4500(w)

CARIBBEAN CHARTER-OWNER TIME New Irwin 37 tricabin center cockpit ketch. Sleeps 7, in Sint Maarten. Beautiful cruising to French, Dutch, English islands. Gourmet res¬ taurants. $750 one week, $1000 two weeks, to qualified sailors. (415) 329-8282 or (201) 664-0946.

20’ DANISH LAPSTRAKE SLOOP Kalmar fir on oak frames. Copper fastened, var¬ nished hull, new deck,,new main, new custom sail cover, Johnson long shaft o.b., transferred, must sell. $4500/B/0. (707) 745-1627 eves.

25’ MAHOGANY SLOOP classic cruiser/racer, 9 sails, all electronics, sleeps 4, w/Sausalito berth, immaculate. By owner. (415) 461-7000, any day/time

CONTEST 30 DUTCH F/G SLOOP Built to Lloyd’s Specifications, Volvo dsl., strong able cruising boat, windlass, VHF, EPIRB, depth., beautiful mahogany interior mast in tabernacle, good condition throughout. $29,000. Call John 239-0447 after 8 or Sun/Mon

USED GEAR WANTED for 30’ boat — circumnav. Anchors, chain, windlass, liferaft, in¬ flatable dinghy, O.B., Tafrail log, sextant, EPIRB, bilge pump, drifter, solar panels, charts for Mex/SoPac/beyond, scuba gear, fold.bike, etc. Reas, prices. Call Jack (415) 924-9698

78 HERRESHOFF AMERICA 18’ classic catboat, f/g hull, teak trim, E-Z loader trailer, 7.5 Honda o.b., head, sink, sail cover, hinged mast, nameboards. Exc. bayboat. Sleeps 2. Asking $9,500. Call Fred (d)(408) 743-0493, (e)(408) 258-9564

SILHOUETTE MARK II SLOOP Built in England in 1958 18’, mahogany plywood — in restoration process. Seagull eng. included. Avail, for viewing after August 15th at Log Cabin Boat Yard, Alviso. $3,000. 946-9328

LUSCIOUS LASER #47200, Tangerine, sailed gently by near¬ sighted blond in topsiders; with two mains, cover, car racks, carrying bag, spare parts and other goodies. $1150. Call Jocelyn Nash, (415) 234-4334 or 237-9380

CLASSIC 1955 BLUEJAY $3,000 & over 400 hrs. labor went into loving restoration. Race equipped; 3 new Jotz sails, lots of new, expensive gear. Best rigged, most beautiful Bluejay anywhere. Good race record. Hate to sell, but moving up. $1400. Bob 581-6141

1966 COLUMBIA SABER 32’ GRP SLOOP 3 sails, 6 hp Evinrude, sleeps 4, fast — fun — Cheap. $9800 438-4837 (408)438-2599

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The hottest Islander 28 on the bay is for sale. Completely re¬ rigged for racing. All 1981 North sails, dsl., custom cruising dodger. $32,950. Dealer 457-2002

“Saugeen Witch”, MD-2B dsl (OH 1980) w/many spares. Well outfitted for cruising, just arrived from Costa Rica. $39,000. BOB TEFFT CRUISING (415) 332-3690

YACHT TENDERS

8’ & 9’ dinghies. Hand-laid fiberglass lapstrake hull with teak gunnels and joinery work. Available in sailing and rowing models. Priced from $445.00. Call POPEYE DINGHIES — (916) 635-2042

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Complete cosmetics, Interiors & Exteriors — Gelcoat Repairs — Fiberglass & Woodwork - Spray & Brush Work — LPU — Emeron — Enamels & Varnish 15 Yrs. Exp. —Refs. — Michael Morris (415) 453-0895 page 147

ARIEL ENGINEERING CO. • Custom’Machining • Special Fittings • Stainless Mufflers for the Atomic 4 90 Glenn Way, #15, Belmont, CA 94002 (415) 593-7939

STARBUCK CANVAS WORKS THE Specialists in high quality, low-priced dodgers. Here are some examples of our low prices: Folkboat — $550 : Alberg 30 — $606 : Bristol 29 — $700: Westsail 42 — $790. Price includes 1” S/S frame, S/S hardware, zip open front windows, & win¬ dow covers. (415) 461-4936 Ask about our duffle bag offer.

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EDGEMTER YACHT SALES, INC. I 306 BRIDGEWAY SAUSALITO, CALIFORNIA 94965 (415) 332-2060

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CAL full race Sausa :o berth.$ '5,500 FOLKBOAT — priced low, Sausalito berth.5,000 LANCER — 1975,.loaded.10,000 CATLINA — 1978, very roomy. 13,900 PIVER TRIMARAN - 1.975. , .5/000 BROWN TRIMARAN - 1974.I 1,000 DUTCH full cruise, sloop w/i.b.-engine.II ,000 STEPHENS JR. CLIPPER'— cruising sloop, i.b.7,500 STEPHENS JR, CLIPPER — loaded w/new gear.7,900 PEARSON ARIEL -- full keel, good shape.12,750 JONES DOUBLE ENDED — full cruising sloop. 10,000 NICHOLS BUCCANNEER — Sausalito berth.8,500 DANISH DOUBLE ENDER — fast cruising sloop.22,500 COLUMBIA MK!I - full keel.try 15,000 S.F. BAY BIRD Sausalito berth.8,900 LANCER — dsl. eng., cruise ready.29,500 SPARKMAN & STEPHENS NORTHSTAR - sloop .25,000 FUJI KETCH — better than new.59,000 COLUMBIA — cruising sloop, loaded. . .'.26,500 ERICSON MKII — full race and cruise. 49,000 ISLANDER MOTORSAILER — diesel, etc.49,000 IRWIN CENTER COCKPIT—dsl. eng., repo. offer STEPHEN FARROLON CLIPPER - dsl.52,950 NEW ZEALAND — steel yawl.' .ask 79,000 PIVER VICTRESS TRIMARAN.42,500 DOUFOUR MOTORSAILER - ketch, 1977, A-1.,219,500 COLUMBIA — yawl, fully equip, to cruise.94,500 GARDEN KE I CH — beautiful & cruise ready.75,000 LAPWORTH -- teak twin diesel motorsailer. 155,000

Charter/Leasebacks Available

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We Have Creative Financing Slips Available FEATURED YACHTS

37’ GULFSTAR —'■Gulfstar quality, outstanding price. Best charter boat on the bay. Buy for cruising or keep in the Seair Charter pro¬ gram. Enjoy sailing and making money from your boat. $78,000. %

— SELECTED BROKERAGE — — SAIL — 30’ 35’ 35’ 36’ 37’ 37’ 39’ 40’ 41’ 41’ 42’ 45’

Catalina, 1978, loaded — best anywhere!.$42,500 Willard, 8 Ton, 1978, F/G, dsl., dbl-ended world cruiser. 68,000 Pearson, o.w.c., owner desperate. 61,500 IsJander, 1978, loaded, race/cruise. 80,000 Irwin. 81,000 Hunter. 68,000 Cal, loaded. 99,500 Valiant,‘79, U.S.C.G./26 pass. Offers Freeport. 125,000 Morgan,‘78, exc. cond. 99,500 Pearson 424, 1978, good charter boat.129,000 Columbia.89,000

Property Trades Wanted Pier 39, Dock G, San Francisco, CA 94133

Brokers Of New Or Used

BROKERAGE 48’ TARTAN— '73, Custom racer/cruiser by S&S; loaded

135,000

47’ PERR Y CUTTER — ’80Caribe w/est. Charter biz/berth

159,000

42’ JVESTSAIL— ’76 Ketch; huge inven. of cruising gear

150,000

41’ MORGAN OUT ISLAND — ’78 Sip; roomy liveaboard/ cruiser 41

SAILS

$155,000

47’ OFFSHORE — ’73 Dsl. ketch by Cheoy Lee; huge inven.

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115,000

CHOA TE — '77, IOR hot rod! Full race equip. Super clean! 90,000

41’ ISLANDER/GURNEY — ’73 Sloop; beautifully equip. & maint. 89,000 40’ COLUMBIA —’65 Sloop; full keel, Charlie Morgan design

49,000

38’ DOWNEAST— ’75 Cutter; a comfortable offshore cruiser

79,000

36’ ISLANDER — ’75 Sloop with diesel and assumable berth

60,000

35' SANTANA

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’79, super clean; never raced; huge inventory

74,500

34 ’ PETERSON — ’78, fast & beautiful; clean & well equipped

RACERS: Stop hoard¬ ing your old sails — we’ll sell them for you.

CRUISERS: We have a large inventory of beautiful cruising sails — Stop by (or phone) and take a look, you’ll save lots of $.

32’ CHALLENGER 32’ ISLANDER

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'15, Diesel sloop; roomy !iveaboard/cruise45,0O0

'll Sloop; 2 boat owner must sell immediately!

OFFERS

31 ’ CAL — ’79 Diesel; ped. steering; Stearns furling; Signets &more

52,000

30’ ERICSON — ’80 Diesel; very nice; Barents; Combi; lots more

49,900

30’ HUNTER — ’80 Sloop; very nice boat but owner moving up!

Offers

28’ SANTANA 228 — '78 Dsl. Sloop; custom rigged; looks new!

31,500

27’ O’DAY—’75 Sloop; I/B w/cruising inventory; 1 owner boat

24,500

27’ ERICSON — A ’72 Sloop & a ’74 avail. Popular bay one-design ea 22,000 35

PACIFICSEACRAFT—'78 Dsl. Sip w/teak decks & cockpit

24’ C& C— ’76 Sloop; superb Canadian construction 24 ’ J-24 — ’78 Sloop; very active one-design fleet 23 ’ RANGER — '77, Very clean; never raced; assume berth

Industrial Center Building No. 105 Gate 5 Road Sausalito, CA 94965 (415) 332-9515

59,000

19,900 14,950

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WIND CIRCLE SAILING YACHTS, INC. 1210 Brickyard Cove Rd., Pt. Richmond, CA 94801 (415) 234-1154

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28’ Original H-28 Sloop.

SELECTED LISTINGS 26’ Angelman gaff cutter, 1970, good sailing character.18,500 29’ Rhodes Ranger dsl. sloop, 1962, So. Pac. veteran.22,500 32’ Huber DE sloop “MARA”, 1954, dsl., clean & fast.26,000 34’ Fisher ketch, 1977, radar, A/P, omni, VHF, clean.98,500 36’ Halvorson DE sloop, “PEER GYNT”, Aries, great boat.65,000 36’ Lapworth L-36, dsl., Aries vane, 3V2 years So. Pacific.36,500 37’ Fisher ketch, 1977, vane, A/P, radar, VHF, beautiful.129,500 40’ Concordia MS, 1946, recent OH, good design, well-built.39,500 40’ Linderman sloop, 1967, Aries vane, aft cabin, veteran.69,000 40’ Alden cutter, MD-3B, just returned from So. Pac.58,500 41’ Kettenburg sloop #10, 1967, excellent sailer.63,000 42’ Alden cutter, 1940, recently refurbished, excellent.49,000 45’ William Hand schooner, 25,000 miles in 6 years.58,000 45’ Jakubenko steel sloop, 1964, needs some work, veteran.50,000 46’ Campos DE heavy ketch, 1949, big boat, excellent... .65,000 47’ Luders/Cheoy Lee ketch, 1973, 2 boat owner.Needs Offer Now 50’ Columbia yawl, 1966, veteran of 4 Tahiti cruises.94,600 52’ Mower/Wilbo aft-cabin ketch 1938, lots of gear. 65,000 53’ Lapworth aft cabin ketch, 1962, very experienced.155,000 58’ Alden schooner, 1929, CG licenced, beautiful, cleanest.120,000 SPECIALIZING IN OFFSHORE CRUISING BOATS — Over 100 listings Particulars are believed to be correct but are not guaranteed;

28' Kings Cruiser — diesel. 30’ Bermuda 30 Sloop. 30’ Mod. H-28 ketch, 2 from. 30’ Friendship sloop. 34’ Sea Spirit ketch. 34’ Scandinavian d/e sloop. 36’ S&S Sloop by L. Stone, dsl. 40’ Maine Schooner in Hawaii. 40’ Mariner ketch — radar plus. 41’ S&S Yawl — diesel. 46’ Alden Cutter — cruise vet. 50’ Force 50 — radar plus. 55’ Meese Ketch — cruise or charter.

— FIBERGLASS — 24’ Columbia Contender. 25’ Storefidra — cruise ready. 26’ International Folkboat. 27’ Bristol — equipped.° 28’ Great Dane Sloop — diesel. 34’ ’78, Cal Mark III — diesel. 34’ Islander — diesel. 35’ Coronado with diesel. 39’ Cavalier — 1980 Luxury. 41’ Challenge Ketch. 44’ Tiburon Ketch (Hardin).

— STEEL — 36’ C&C Sloop -r- loaded. 48’ Custom Cruising Ketch.

subject to price change, prior sale or withdrawl without notice.

WE GUARANTEE A BERTH WITH EVERY BOAT WE SELL — NEW OR BROKERAGE 26’ BALBOA, 1974

$ 15,000

27’ ERICSON, 1974

$ 21,000

27’ O’DAY, 1979, DIESEL

$ 27,000

27’ C&C, 1979, DIESEL

$ 29,900

29’ ERICSON, DODGER, (5) SAILS

$ 26,850

30’ CATALINA, 1976, EXCELLENT

$ 31,000

32’ CHALLENGER, 1976, diesel

$ 47,000

32’ TRAVELLER CUTTER (U.S.), 1977

$ 53,500

35’ ERICSON SLOOP, DIESEL

S 44,500

35’ YORKTON PH CUTTER,1976

$ 54,000

35’ CHALLENGER KETCH, 1977

$ 55,000

36’ MARINER KETCH, 1979, DEMO, loaded, REDUCED $ 69,000 36’ “S-2” SLOOP, 1979

$ 78,000

36’ PEARSON “365”, 1978

$ 79,950

37’ TAYANA CUTTER, 1977

$ 78,000

40’ CHALLENGER CUSTOM SLOOP, 1972

$ 75,000

44’ ISLANDER SLOOP, 1975

$ 90,000

45’ FREEDOM KETCH, 1978

$190,000

50’ GULFSTAR KETCH, 1977,

$199,500 94,600

50’ COLUMBIA, yawl, full keel

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SAIL 42’ FELLOWS & STEWART ’38. Cutter, fir on oak. INQUIRE 41’ YANKEE CLIPPER. F/G ketch, dsl., lots of gear, for fast sale. INQUIRE 40’ CAL ’65. Wheel, auto., 7 bags, teak sole, very nice. $66,500 40’ ALDEN CUTTER ’35. Volvo dsl., 9 sails, lots of cruising gear. $58,500 39’ L.O.D. AFT CABIN’CUSTOM KETCH ’64. S.Crocker’s last design. Maine built by Reed. An immaculate wood cruising boat with all necessary gear $89,000 39’ CAL. ’80, Perkins dsl., Barients $95,000 36’ ISLANDER ’75. Dsl., wheel, Barients, 6 sails, super clean $62,000 35’ PEARSON ‘69. Bill Shaw; clean, organized cruis’g boat, dsl., extras $54,000 34’CUTTER.’34 double-ended, Mexican veteran $14,000 34’ TARTAN. ‘74, S&S keel, ctrbrd. design w/auto, windlass, lots more.$42,500 33’ PEARSON VANGUARD. Very clean. $33,500 32’ ERICSON '70. Wheel, refrigeration, pulpits, etc. $33,300 32’ ATKIN CUTTER. Saab dsl., vane, very creative financing. $26,500 30’ YANKEE. ’72, very clean with super rig $35,000 30’ DUTCH SLOOP. ’59, Mahogany on oak, San Francisco slip $19,500 30’ SPARKMAN&STEPHENS SLP. by North Star. Whl. steer’g. $25,000 30’ OLSON ’80. Gleaming and super fast/ INQUIRE 30’ WINDWARD ’67. F/G, roomy cruising sloop w/diesel. $22,500 28’ SANTANA ’78. Extremely clean, well equipped $33,500 27’ BRISTOL ’66. Strong Alberg full keel design $17,500 27’ SANTANA ’69. Spinnaker, 3 jibs, VHF, Evinrude o.b. 15,000 26’ INTERNATIONAL FOLKBOAT ’70. $15,000 26’ DAWSON. Aft cabin, shoal draft cruising ketch, inboard. $19,000 25’ SANTANA 525 ’77.Headfoil system, spinnaker, Volvo o.b. $13,800 25’ O’DAY. Honda o.b., 3 sails, & Sausalito berth $13,500 25’ PETERSON ’76. Like new, much gear & possible S.F. slip. $17,500 24’ BRISTOL ’68. Strong full keel cruiser with San Francisco slip 13,500 24’ MOORE. Super equipped, super clean, super fast. $19,500 SELLERS: If you own any well-built boat in gd. cond. & want an honest & capable person to represent you during the problems of negotiation, financing, sea trial, survey, title transfer, insurance, property tax proration & the inevitable bizzare Snafu, please call & list your boat.

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RAFIKI 37 Diesel cutter, 1977; 6 bags of sails, custom interior; vessel is in perfect condition and priced to sell!! Listed at $78,500. 17' MONTGOMERY w/trailer. $ 6,000 20’ NEWPORT..2 from 4,000 20’ BAY LADY..V.3,450 20’ PETERSON MERMAID.4,500 20’ CAL.6,000 21’ BAYLINER BUCCANEER.6,000 21’ VENTURE w/trailer.2 at 4,000 21’ RUSSELL MARINE.5,000 21’ VICTORY w/trailer... .2,500 22’6” RANGER.8,350 22’ REINELL SLOOP with trailer.5,750 22’ CATALINA.6,200 22’ SANTANA.7,000 22’ TANZERwith trailer.9,000 22’ BRISTOL.6,500 22’ COLUMBIA...\2 at 5,500 23’ HANNA GULFWEED SLOOP.6,000 23’ RANGER.12,000 23’ CLIPPER MARINE.5,900 24’ BRISTOL SLOOP, dsl.16,000 24’ J-24.2 from 13,779 24’ FARR 727, 'A-ton sip.14,500 24’ ISLANDER BAHAMA.3 from 6,700 24’ COLUMBIA CHALLENGER.6,000 24’ BRISTOL owner carry.12,500 24’ COLUMBIA CONTENDER.4,000 24’7” SANTANA 25’ V« TON.13,900 / 25’ TANZER 7.5 Auxiliary sloop.13,000 25’ SPITZGATTER OFFSHORE CRUISER, dblend, dsl., sip. V 13,950 25’ CORONADO.2 from 8,700 25’ LANCER, dsl.16,900 25’ SEXTANT, 1969, dsl., f/g.asking 11,500 25’ VENTURE.2 from 5,500 25’ CATALINA.16,500 25’ SEILDMANN DSL SLOOP.23,500 25’ SANTANA 525.2 from 14,000 25' TRIMARAN.4,500 25’ NORDIC FOLKBOAT.2 from 6,500 26’ COLUMBIA MARK II.11,500 26’ CHEOY LEE, dsl., sip.18,000 26’ EXCALIBUR RACING/CRUISING SLP.9,500 26’ PEARSON ARIEL.15,000 26’ PEARSON ONE-DESIGN...17,500 26’ PEARSON COMMANDER. 10,500 26’ GRAMPIAN.15,000 26’ RANGER.16,300 26’ S-2 aft cockpit sip.20,000 26’ INTERNATIONAL FOLKBOAT.2 from 14,800 27’ NOR’SEA aft cabin sip., dsl. .45,600 27' CAL 2-27.28,500 27’ ISLANDER.14,500/offers

NEW PETERSON 34 (sistership) — AT OUR DOCKS — Call for Details.

NEW 34’ AFT CABIN FORMOSA SLOOP — Volvo dsl., walk-through to aft cabin! Lots of teak, fully equipped. $72,000.

Special of the Month! 39’ ALLIED MISTRESS DIESEL KETCH, 1977. Fully Equipped. South Pacific veteran. AT OUR DOCKS!! Owner anxious. $93,500. 27’ 27’ 27’ 27’ 28’ 28’ 28’ 29’ 29’ 30’ 30’ 30’ 30’ 30’ 30’ 30’ 30’ 30’

C&C.29,900 CATALINA, '80.22,500 ERICSON.2 from 21,000 ALBIN VEGA.2 from 18,000 LANCER SLOOP.19,500 PEARSON.25,500 NICHOLS BUCCANEER.9,995 COLUMBIA 8.7.2 from 33,000 ERICSON. 27,000 CHEOY LEE BERMUDA 30, dsl. ketch. .. .28,000 RAWSON, diesel sloop.29,000 AMERICAN SLOOP, Nichols design.16,500 CAL. 25,000 H-28 MODIFIED KETCH.2 from 19,900 PACIFIC, Nichols design.14,000 ALBERG ODEYSSEY Yawl, dsl.. ..27,500 CLIPPER MARINE.2 from 15,000 RAWSON PILOTHOUSE sip., dsl.56,000

ISLANDER 44, 1975. Dsl.; want to sail to Hawaii in 13 days at an average of 10 knots? Come look at this gem & drool ... If you want an Offshore Vessel — THIS IS IT!! $89,000.

32’ CHEOY LEE MOTORSAILER, dsl. ketch.47,500 32’ WOOLACOTT DESIGN, dsl., aux. sip.22,000 32’ STEEL AFT CABIN sip., dsl.35,900 32’ ISLANDER.51,000 32’ CHALLENGER, sip., dsl.47,000 32’ PEARSON 323, dsl. aux., sip.59,500 32’6” PEARSON VANGUARD.2 from 35,000 33’ GAFF-RIGGED CUTTER.12,000 33’ RANGER AUX. CRUISING SLP.45,000 34’ TARTAN SLOOP.44,000 34’ FORMOSA AFT CABIN, sip., dsl.,’80.72,000 35’ PEARSON ALBERG.37,000 35’ S-35, diesel, sloop.23,500 35’ WILLARD aux. sip., dsl.78,500 35’ CAL.2 from 59,000 37’ GULFSTAR DSL. AUX. CRUISING SLP.78,500 37’ IRWIN MK V ketch, dsl.90,000 37’ RAFIKI, cutter, dsl.78,500 38’ FARALLON CLIPPER, dsl.50,000 39’ IRWIN CITATION, dsl.63,500 39’ ALLIED MISTRESS ketch, dsl.95,000 39’ INGRID DBL. END KETCH.55,500 40’ MARINER KETCH, dsl..85,000 41’ CHALLENGER KETCH, dsl.105,000 41’ YANKEE CLIPPER, dsl.75,000 4T MORGAN, aft cabin; sip., dsl.97,000 41' BENNETT FLUSH DECK, ketch, dsl.47,500 41’ CT 41’ aux., ketch, dsl.2 from 75,000 42’ FORMOSA SLOOP, dsl.81,000 43’ WESTSAIL, ketch,dsl.150,000 44' ISLANDER KETCH, dsl.89,000 44’ SEA WOLF KETCH, dsl.116,000 44’ RHODES MOTORSAILER, twin dsl.110,000 44’ HARDIN BOUNTY ketch, dsl.110,000 44’ PETERSON cutter, dsl.115,000 45' PORPOISE DSL. KETCH.175,000 45’ FREEDOM KETCH, dsl.j.. 189,500 45' SPARKMAN & STEPHENS M/S, dsl.55,000 45’ Franz maas ctrbrd. yawl. .110,000 46’ LIDO CTR. COCKPIT yawl, dsl.69,500 50’ HARTOG AUX. SCHOONER.26,000 50’ PEREGRINE (Contessa), dsl. sip.110,000 51’ FORMOSA PILOTHOUSE ketch, dsl.156^500 52’8” PASSAT, aux. ketch, dsl..120,000 55’ ROBERTS 550 ctr. ckpt. cutter, dsl.145,000 60’ HARTOG CUTTER (Hull).i ...20^000 60’ BURGER (Rhodes) CTRBRD. YAWL, dsl.200,000 61’ ANA MARIA gaff-rigged cutter, dsl..225,000

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ISLANDER 36 The most popular one-design in the bay. Diesel power, shower, electronics, very well equipt. Seller motivated.

CHEOY LEE 27’ — Offshore boat. Imcomparable blend of teak and fiberglass. Complete electronics. Selter motivated. Asking $23,000.

SWAN 43 — Classic S&S-design, outstanding cruiser w/jib furling, anchor, windlass, etc., beautiful cond., Nautor const., detail & value at it’s best. Asking $139,000.

PETERSON 34 — Incredible performance w/one-design racing. Super well equipt w/all the toys. New Royal Blue paint job. Priced way below market at, $59,900.

Paul Kaplan, Christine Kaplan, Mary Jo Foote

22 HOLLAND MINI TON.13,800/offer 23’ RANGER.10,950 23’KELS COASTER. 7,700 24' J 2 from 13,700 24’ NORTHSTAR.17,000 24’ NORTHSTAR offer 24'SAN JUAN 13,500 24' NIGHTINGALE.12,900 24’ ISLANDER BAHAMA .13,000 * 25’ CAL 7,900 25' JR. CLIPPER offer 25’NORDIC FOLKBOAT 6,000 25’ KILLER WHALE 13,000 26’ INTERNATIONAL FOLKBOAT 23,950 26’ THUNDERBIRD offer 26’PEARSON COMMANDER 10,000 26’ S-2 19,500/offer 26’COLUMBIA 2 from 13,750* 27’CHEOY LEE O/S 23,000 27’SANTA CRUZ 17,900 27’MULL CUSTOM 18.000* 28’ O’DAY.. . 28,900 28' WYLIE 27,000 29'CHEOY LEE 26,500 29’ HERRESHOFF 30,000 * 29’ COLUMBIA 35,000 30' IRWIN 45,000 30’ MORGAN 29,900 30’ HERRESHOFF 29,500 30’ BURNS % TON 39,500 30' PACIFIC 12,500 30’ CUSTOM C&C 35,500 31’AUXILIARY CUTTER offer 32’VANGUARD 31,000 32’ ERICSON 34,200 32’ ERICSON 33,500 32’5.5 METER BOAT 7,250 33’ CAL. 42,500 33’TARTAN 10 38,000 34’ PETERSON 59,900 35’ CORONADO 47,000 35’ PEARSON 59,000 35’ ALBERG 39,000 35'GARDEN KETCH 47,500* 36’ISLANDER 67,000 36’HERRESHOFF KETCH 54,900 37’FISHER KETCH. 149,000 37’ ERICSON 59,900 37’APACHE 42,000 37’ CF 59,900 37’ RAFIKI-CUTTR 78,500 38’ ALAUELLA 94,000 38'FARALLONE CLIPPER 38,000* 39’ CAL 99,500 39’SANTANA 105,903 40’ ISLANDER PETERSON 110,000 40’ TRINTELLA KETCH 140,000* 40’GARDEN KETCH 85,000 41’ NEWPORT 74,000 41’ CHEOY LEE 124,900 41’MORGAN 105,000 43’METER R BOAT 29,500 43’SWAN 139,000 44’PETERSON 115,000 45’STEEL KETCH 110,000 47’STEEL KETCH 75,000 50’SANTA CRUZ 200,000 50’ OFFSHORE SLOOP 150,000 55’STEWART KETCH 170,000 57’ SEA LION #1 180,000 59’ STAYSAIL SCHOONER 225,000 65’ MOTORSAILER 149,000 * BOAT INCLUDES S.F. BERTH

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NEWPORT 41S. Extremely well-equipped for cruising w/windvane, self-tailing winches, dsl. & full sail inventory. Mint condition. Asking $74,000.

ERICSON 37 — Bruce King design w/flush deck. Very well equipt for racing or cruising. Excellent condition. Estate sale, sellers very anxious, will consider all offers.

FISHER 37 — Fine quality English pilothouse ketch, less than 20 hrs. use from new, autopilot w/remote, k.m., depth., radiotele., etc. Owner anxious, will consider offers.

SANTA CRUZ 50 — One year old w/13 sails, full elec./hydros., first to finish Newport to Cor¬ onado etc., ready for one-design class in Big Boat Series. Asking $200,000.

Hank Easom, Andrew Pitcairn Rollo D. Dog

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