Latitude 38 January 1982 by Latitude 38 Media, LLC

THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA SAILING SHEET

■

uU CN

< hD CO

• IS) v

L. 55, JANUARY'82

K^vacht JPf/

UNITED See

Come join us at the International Boat Show at the New Moscone Center, \ San Francisco, Jan. 2-9

the MERIT and US 25 at the Moscone Center Boat Show

MERIT 25 RENT BUY

$75/day $14,495

BROKERAGE 1975 Venture. 1981 Lancer 25 (loaded). 1976 O’Day 25 (trailer). 1981 U.S. 25 (trailer). 1975 Chrysler 22. 1977 San Juan 24 (full race). . . . 1968 Islander Bahama. 1978 J-24 (full class sails). 1979 O’Day 30. 1976 Ericson 31 Independence.

.$ 6,900 .$15,500 .$15,950 .$15,750 .$ 7,500 .$13,995 .$ 6,900 .$14,995 : $47,500 .$54,995

US 25 RENT $75/day BUY $14,495

Slips Available Liveaboards

US 42 RENT BUY

US 33 $225/day $114,000

RENT $135/day BUY $59,995

US 30 RENT $125/day BUY $39,995

I/-:..

Sailboat Rentals No Membership Fee Required ★ A person may purchase his own yacht and include it in our charter program to pro¬ duce income and at the same time take advantage of certain tax considerations. JiitoiTi

(^7

21 T H

FRUITVALE AVt.

7NISH

2639 Blanding Ave., Alameda, CA (415) 521-5900

The Yankee Cup Is For Yankees In his professional life John Wright is noticed more by his ac¬ complishments than by his pronouncements at the bar. John's sail¬ ing is like that, too. His boat, Hurrah, a Yankee 30, is elegantly understated with a white hull, a medium sized rig, and blue trim. If you are into racing you know that Hurrah is usually up near the top of the fleet. Looking her over carefully you will appreciate how much time has gone into the preparation of Hurrah, but you will have to look carefully to see the degree of refinement in her deck layout. Like most of us John sails purely for enjoyment, and his crew reflects that. During the years they have sailed together they have become a proficient and cohesive group. And while the crew is good to John, John is good to the crew. John decided he wanted to win the Yankee Cup, the champion¬ ship race for the season champions of the YRA/HDA. John wanted the odds as much in his favor as possible, so preparations started in the fall. John and the crew.worked hard on the boat, and they did a thorough job. When Hurrah was ready she was ready, and so was the crew. John came fo the loft regularly to discuss sails, and we recom¬ mended the addition of the most versatile sails consistent with the inventory already on board. We suggested that specialized sails be omitted in favor of sails which work over a broader range of condi¬ tions. John agreed with our reasoning. A versatile sail does more good more of the time: for boat speed and the budget. In a race where everybody is already a champion, you must sail fast and smart if you are going to win. The competition is too good to permit tactical errors or inattention to sail trim.

Hurrah won the Yankee Cup in fine style finishing well ahead of the second place boat. John and the crew put all their best speed in¬ to this one race. Hurrah had superior boat speed, and tactically they sailed a superior race. When asked, on Monday morning, why he was smiling from ear to ear, John would simply reply that he had had a good time sail¬ ing. Some people just never will make it at the bar . . .

★ Hurrah finishing 1st in the 1981 Yankee's Cup )

We would like to thank John for his friendship, and for the con¬ fidence he has in our sails.

10% WINTER DISCOUNT THRU THE SAN FRANCISCO BOAT SHOWS Stocking Dealers for: Headfoil 2

SAILMAKERS

(415) 444-4321 Richards and van Heeckeren sai leakers at 123 second street; Oakland, California 94607(4/5)444-4321 * Powered by Pineapples

page 3

Let Us Show You Come Visit Us At The NEW MASON 43 is constructed of the most modern materials to Lloyd’s flOOAl specifications. A design of such obvious beauty requires superior craftsmanship in her execution. You will find MASON 43 quality second to none. MASON 43 SPECIFICATIONS L.O.A. 43’ 10/2 ” L.W.L. 31 ’3” BEAM 12’3'/2 ” DRAFT 6’3” DISPL. 25,000 lbs. S.A. (butter) 899 sq. ft.

NORSEMAN SPECIFICATIONS L.O.A. 44’7” D.W.L. ■ 37’6” BEAM 13’0” DRAFT 6’4” DISPL. 28,000 lbs S.A. 937 sq. ft.

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 excellent performance on all points of sail.

Gorman & Thomson, Ltd. 2415 MARINER SQUARE DR. ALAMEDA, CA 94501

(415) 865-3662

The Best In ’82! Moscone Center Boat Show, Jan. 2-9

CAL 39

SPECIFICATIONS

Bill Lapworth has never designed anything but allaround good boats. The CAL 39 is expensive, and looks it. It’s a powerful sailing platform, and looks every bit that as well. And in a world where money sometimes buys only disappointment, it’s both a satisfying dream and sound personal investment.

L.O.A. 39’0” L.W.L. 32T” Beam 12’0” Draft , standard 6’8” shoal 5’0” Sail Area 720 sq.ft. Displ 17,000 lbs.

GLOBE 38 The GY 38 Pilothouse Ketch is the latest design revision by William Garden. She’s a classic full-keel design with fine entry, ample beam and the timeproven Scandinavian double-ended stern. The solid teak interior and joiner work make the living ac¬ commodations exquisite. Necessary gear for com¬ fortable extended cruising is included in the attrac¬ tive sail-away price. The cutter rig and trunk cabin layout are offered on this same design as an owner’s option.

SPECIFICATIONS 37’4” L.O.A. 32’4” L.W.L. BEAM 11*8” DRAFT 6’ 32,000 lbs. DISPL. S.A. 928 sq. ft.

GORMAN & THOMSON QUALITY BROKERAGE ’78 ’57 ’75 ’69

’72 ’65 ’70 ’76 ’69 ’75

’76 ’80

21’ 23’ 25’ 25’ 25’ 25’ 2-25’ 2-25’ 26’ 26’ 26’ 26’ 26’ 2-27’ 27’ 29’ 29’ 2-29’ 30

BROKERAGE Northwest. Maya. Cape Dory. Ericson -1-. Cal. Bahama. Cal. Cal. Int’l. Folkboat. Pearson. Columbia.. Ranger. Ranger. Cal. Cal. Columbia 8.7. Ericson. Cal. Ericson.

$15,000 6,500 15,500 30,500 11,950 10,500 23,500 24,000 15,250 7,800 13,250 14,250 14,750 27,500 17,500 49,950 26,850 33,250 55,000

’80 ’78 ’79 ’76 ’79 ’68 ’70 ’66 ’79 ’76 ’76 ’69 ’78 ’77 ’73 ’66 ’80

30’ Olson. 30’ Ballad. 30’ Ericson. 30’ S-2... 31’ Sail Columbia 9.6.... 31’ Cal. 31’ C&C. 32’ Ericson. 32’ Pearson Vanguard... 33’ Tartan. 33’ Ranger. 34’ Peterson Vi Ton. 34’ Coronado. 34’ Peterson. 3-34’ Cal. 35’ Ericson. 36’ Mull. 36’ Cal. 36’ Cal. 37’ Luders.

37,500 30,950 45,000 55,00b 38,900 59,950 31,450 39,500 35,000 32,000 42,000 49,500 35,950 65,000 56,500 69,500 55,000 44,000 43,900 87,900

’76 ’77 ’71 ’80 ’80 ’79 .

’78 ’78 ’64 ’73 ’73 ’74 ’80 ’79 ’80

Gorman & Thomson, Ltd. 2415 MARINER SQUARE DR. ALAMEDA, CA 94501 page 5

Downeast. C&C. Cal. Cal. Freedom. C&C. C&C Custom Hull.. Anacada 40. Morgan. Morgan. Hanna Design ketch.. Mason. Coronado sloop. Gulfstar. Force. Monk ketch. POWER 43’ DeFever Trawler. 37’ Hcr sng ' 37’ Hei M.L'T'4/, twn..

38’ 38’ 39’ 39’ 40’ 40’ 40’ 40’ 41’ 41’ 42’ 43’ 45’ 50’ 50’ 5-8’

SOI t)

(415) 865-3662

75,000 79,500 77,000 97,500 150,000 139,500 123,000 65,000 99,995 105,000 59,000 165,000 88,500 185,000 140,000 275,000 180,000 64,900 75,000

Yachts Unlimited The ’82 Tartans are Here! Come See the Complete Line at the

January 2- 9

New Moscone Center Boat Show, , Jan. 2-9, 1982

We Specialize In Quality Yachts EXCLUSIVE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA DEALERS FOR:

ALBIN Sail

28’7” Cumulus; 35’ Stratus; 42’ Nimbus

ALBIN Trawlers

SAVE TAX $$$

36, 40, 43, 49 Sundeck, 49 Tri-Cabin

World class yachting. One of the world’s largest boat manufacturers, who’s name has been synanamous with quality and dependability for over 75-years.

BRISTOL

If your taxes are $5,000 a year or more,

29.9, 32, 35.5, 40, 41.1, 45.5

Considered by most to be the ultimate in traditional New England-built boats.

TARTAN

—

3000, 33, Ten, 37, 42

The second oldest yacht manufacturer in the United States. Designed by Sparkman & Stephens, classic lines, sensible designs and high quality.

LITTLE HARBOR

—

ss, 62. 75

Designed by Ted Hood, built on a semi-custom basis under full-time Hood supervi¬ sion. These yachts are of the highest quality — the 75-footer sells for approximately 1.3 million dollars .

WEST WIGHT POTTER

—

15,19

the 1981 Tax Law may allow you to own a boat in our lucrative tax shelter program! Let Uncle Sam help pay for your yacht. Any of our boats qualify — new or used!

Pocket Cruisers for the first-time buyer.

Unlimited

New Boats, Brokerage, Sail, Power, Tax Shelters, Creative Financing, Berthing, Lessons, Charters, Rentals.

■a. cult San Joaa)

YACHTS UNLIMITED WINDMILL ON TOP OF BUILDING NEXT TO VICTORIA STATION

Cove

45 Embarcadero Cove • Oakland, California 94606 %

(415) 436-5552

CONTENTS

Yachts Unlimited SELECTED BROKERAGE Sail

7 9 11 25 57 59 65 70 89 94 98 106 110 114 118 128 132 134 140 144 149 155 156

contents subscriptions calendar letters quotes loose lips changes in latitudes sightings max at the boat show porto sonomo san francisco 40 skipper's respect self-sufficient sailing in the patent office mid-winters cabo net cabo san lucas naval congestion apology gifts crew list classy classifieds advertiser's index brokerage #

COVER PHOTO BY LATITUDE 38 The Steven’s 49, Bimm, shot through the arch of Rhonda’s legs during the Cabo San Lucas Race. page 7

105 ’ Bermudian ketch.$ 1,400,000 75’ Little Harbor.NEW 70’ “Drifter”.240,000 62’ Little Harbor...NEW 62’ “Ragtime”. 185,000 55’ Schooner.48,500 54’ Steel Ketch.311,000 50’ Brigantine. 295,000 48’ “Azahara” .. 198,500 45’ Bristol 45.5...NEW 42’ Tartan 42. NEW 42’ Albin Nimbus sail.NEW 41’ Bristol 41.1.NEW . .Offer 40’ Bristol Custom. . .NEW 40’ Bristol 40. 110,000 40’ Islander. . .NEW 38’ Little Harbor. . .NEW 37’ Tartan 37. . .NEW 36’ Albin Stratus sail. . .NEW 36’ Bristol 35.5. . 44,900 35’ Coronado . . .NEW 34’ Tartan 33. . .NEW 33’ Tartan Ten. .34,000 33’ Tartan Ten. . .NEW 32’ Bristol 32. . 49,950 31’ Pearson. . 33,000 30’ Tartan. .19,995 30’ Islander 30. .52,500 30’ Ericson 30+. .46,950 30’ Ericson. . .NEW 30’ Tartan 3000.... . 26,500 30’ Coronado . . .NEW 30’ Bristol 29.9. . .NEW 29’ Albin Cumulus sail. . 18,500 28’ Lancer... .44,500 27’ Nor’Sea. . 24,950 27’ Ericson....,. .22,000 27’ Balboa 27..'. .20,000 26’ S-2 8.OB. .12,500 26’ Pearson Ariel. .22,500 25’ Pacific Seacraft II. .15,900 25’ Columbia 7.6. , .21,000 25’ Merit 25. . . 5,950 23’ O’Day. ..NEW 19’ West Wight Potter. .. 1,700 16’ 505 . . .NEW 15’ West Wight Potter.

M w

o\ I

c/l

POWER 55’ Chris Craft. 49’ Albin Trawler. 43’ Albin Trawler. 40’ Albin Trawler. 38’ Scarab . 36’ Albin Trawler.... 36’ Trawler “Galatea”. 26’ Fiberform. 26’'. Sabrecraft.

$85,000 . .NEW . .NEW . .NEW . 89,500 . .NEW . .Offer . 18,000 . 14,500

Call Us To Sell Your Boat! Berths Available for Brokerage Boats

Yachts Unlimited New Boats, Brokerage, Sail, Power, Tax Shelters, Creative Financing, Berthing, Lessons, Charters, Rentals. 45 Embarcadero Cove • Oakland, California 94606

NAME: STYLE:

CONSTRUCTION:

To start with let’s look at the name, NORDIC. The word refers to the North, where the boats are built in Bell¬ ingham, Washington and to the European heritage of the builder. A|i the NORD|C’s, both the 40 and the 44, are designed to be clean and crisp, not full of extraneous teak bits and old fashion protuberances. The hull design features a modern trapezoid fin keel with a deep bilge and a skeg mounted barn door” rudder. They are designed to be performance oriented cruising boats capable of short handed passage making and competitive racing. An example of Nordic’s attention to detail are the contoured cockpit seats and the provision for dodger installation with all halyards led aft. Rather titan pointing out the obvious quality of construction we invite you to inspect the not so obvious For instance the huil is fully insulated, and all the drawers are hung on rollers. State of the art bulkhead inmpnftn* • t electrical panel ment to superior construction.

that is easy to service are further examples of Nordic’s commit¬ u 1,11,1

LAYOUT: ILrMnrH-y0Uhthe in*erio,7“ ele9ant’ sensible’ artf“' a"d sensuous you would marry her. The layout of all the Nordic s have been designed by people who understand sailing and spending extended periods on board. Both yachts feature a private owners cabin with a double berth and both models have an enclosed separate staM shower. The deck plan is years ahead of its time with recessed non-skid, moulded in pads for hardware and an overall finish that is a work of art.

BOTTOM LINE:

P®"’* und_erestimate American craftsmanship in boat building today. It is time for people to see that they can own European quality boats without paying European prices.and above all do not sell yourself u.bK purchasm9 a boat built m the Far East with unskilled labor and poor materials the difference that might be saved will definitely cost you in the resale. We find it intriguing that there are’larqer and more ex

s:\br rrr ■but ,he nordic44 has been awoi"M ,he ^ - - »r,sss£

Foot of Laguna Street San Francisco, CA 94123 Tele: (415) 567-8880

SUBSCRIPTIONS

I WANT IT! We regret that we cannot accept foreign subscriptions.

r a

c A.

□ Enclosed is $15.00 for ope year Third Class Postage (Delivery time: 2 days to 2 weeks)

A // JA/fl >4*

□ Enclosed is $35.00 for one year First Class Postage (Delivery time: 2 to 3 days)

□ I have a distribution point in my area which • .—will distribute 25 or more free copies of Latitude 38. Enclosed is their name and street address (these copies are sent via UPS at no cost to the distributor).

NAME

amr. J . *.

EXPERTISE FOR EVERY SAILOR For the racer, cruiser, new boat owner or prospective buyer, PERFORMANCE SAILING provides expert boat perfor¬ mance evaluation. Call today for more information. Ben T. Choate III, Sailing Master

(415) 333-9432

ADDRESS

CHARTStOlcTHEflWORLta IN STOCI

CITY __

ZIP

Charts are our business . mmm

latitude

So our We carry Agency We also stock books

arid plotting charts are on hand.

Editor & Publisher — Richard Spindler Co-Publisher — Kathleen McCarthy Assistant Editor — Shimon van Collie

Ands.we sell sextants, chart tools, compasses, clocks, barometers, Chronometers, computers, logs and binoculars. Please call us for your requirements. ' We are at your service.

Advertising — Jaime Muniz Production Manager — Terri Wilder General Manager — Karen Bengtsson

P.O. Box 1678, Sausalito, CA 94966

(415) 383-8200

‘we go where the wind blows’ page 9

TRADEWIND INSTRUMENTS LTD. MARINE NAVIGATIONAL INSTRUMENTS

2540 BLANDING AVENUE ALAMEDA, CA 94501

(415) 523-5726

A Hans Christian 43 .. . Rugged, Graceful and Affordable Restless, pictured with over 2850 sq.ft, of sail up is comfortably at 10 knots. She will follow in the tradition of other I Ians ( hristian Yachts that have won such demanding ocean races as the Ivnsenada, ('ulx> San Lucas and Tri-Port, experiencing the I Ians ( hristian 43 is something no serious yachtsman should miss. Breed in the challenging North Sea with the ability to withstand even the most ttying of conditions with confidence. The one piece hull in solid fiberglass and weight of the boat easily overcome the waves so there is no noticable slowing when cutting through the water. Since she's a relatively stiff boat with a broad beam and lull bilges it is hard to put the rail into the wuter without being oversailed. The first mate will be pleased with the below-deoks. I his well planned all hand laid teak environment with berthing for eight will remind you of home. The large wraparound galley, salon with drop-leaf table, a head compart¬ ment with shower and a navigation station arc all features that make it a pleasure to suil or live aboard.

Visit us at the NEW

IPUQKA

LOA WL Beam Draft Shipping Wt. Dry

Flicka is an extraordinary offshore cruising yacht designed by Bruce Bingham, N.A. and heavily built to withstand the rigors of offshore cruising. Her popu¬ larity has been astounding, and reflects the trend of many sailors to smaller craft which are more affordable, easier to handle and easier to maintain. Flicka is all of these and more. She can be trailed, and her 8' beam and full 6' headroom give her more roominess below than boats 30% larger. She’s a sensa¬ tional sailer—fast, stable and responsive. Her performance and reliability have been proven by hundreds of Flickas now sailing all over the world.

20'0" (24'(T inc. bowsprit) 18'2"

8'0" 3'3" 4,500

Displacement Ballast (Lead) Sail Area

6,000

Standard Gaff Headroom

250 sq. ft 288'sq. ft 6'CT

1,750

Selected Brokerage Sail

Selected Brokerage Sail 21' Wilderness "Little Rascal”_$ 16,500 IT Chrysler— REDUCED TO - 5,950 22' Bristol __ 11,500 23' Columbia, w/trailer_ 8,900 23' Ranger —_ SOLD_Offers 24' Bahama___7,500 25' Folkhoat __4,500 25' Golden Gate_ 6,500 25' Cruising 25 by Mull _Offers 27' Coronado_ 14 500 27' Tartan Tawl_23,500 27' Vega- 26,500 27' Nor'Sea__from 33,000 27' Orion CTR 1__ 44,950 29' Ranger_ 28.500 29' Columbia 8.7_ 33,000 30' Hunter „_ 38,500 30' US Yacht_ 33,500 30' "Foreplay"_:_Offers 30' Baba _ 57,500 31' Southern Cross _ 44,000 3V Mariner Ketch_ 44,950 31' Mariah —REDUCED TO- M-9" 32' Islander-SOLD_49,950 32’ Southwind CTR_ 55,000 33' Nor' West _ REDUCED TO- ".500 33' Hansa CTR_ 89,500 35' Fantasia_ 59,950 35' Formosa Ketch_ 29,500 35' Finn Clipper_ 53,500 35' Ericson_ 44,500 36' Lancer_ 67,500 36' Hans Christian CTR_ 75.000 36' S-2_ 78,000

31' Mariner Ketch '69. Perkins Dsl. Vhf, Knot, Fath, Auto pilot, Refrig., Roller furling. This yacht reflects pride of owner in its meticulously maintained condition. Possible small boat trade. $44,950.

35' Formosa .Midshipman. Pop¬ ular Angleman design FGketch. No spars or rigging. Volvo dsl. In¬ terior complete. Rig yourself and save thousands! $29,500. As is.

22' Chrysler Perfect for bay sail¬ ing and weekend cruising com¬ plete with 3 sails, whisker pole, winches and O.B. Owner dispar¬ ate. $5,950 takes all!

35' Chris Craft Sea Skiff A fine ex¬ ample of versatility. Excellent for both offshore fishing and pleas¬ ure boating. Heavy lapstakewood hull with FGsuperstructure. Call for details. $28,500.

33' Hansa by Hans Christian '80. This is the new design. Isuzu Dsl., VHC. Combi, Diesel Heather. Must sell! Asking $89,500.

36' Lancer '79 Yanmar Diesel. This boat is in beautiful condition. Was used as show boat in 3 boat shows. Asking $67,500.

31' Mariah Cutter. '79 Yanmar dsl. knot, depth, Whf, hot & cold pres¬ sure water, Dodger. Extremely well equipped for cruising or live aboard. Financing available. Ask¬ ing $64,950.

Cheoy Lee 40 Midshipman. This popular offshore yacht has been customized specifically for com¬ fortable liveaboard With all poss¬ ible conveniences. Call for list of numerous extras andappt. to see. Offers.

37’ Gulfstar 38' Faralon Clipper 38' Downeast 38' Morgan 38' Alajuela CTR 38' Hans Christian. 40' Custom Ctr Cpt Wnnd 40' Rhodes 40' Cheoy Lee Yawl 40' Cheoy Lee Ketch 4V Newport 4T Morgan 42’ Pearson 424 Kntch 42' Westsail Ketch 43' Hans Christian Ketch 45' Explorer Ketch 45’ Custom Steel Schooner 47' Perry Caribe 47' Gulfstar 48' Maple Leaf

26' 34' 35' 35' 37’ 40' 42' 44' 46' 49' 57' 60' 6T 67' 70' 90' 98'

Cruising World Yachts representatives for

Nor'West

•

%ans Christian MTchts lR

2415 Mariner Square Drive, Alameda (415) 521-1929

•

.is non 48 500 89.950 Offers 79,500 95.000 149,950 I5n nnn 134 960 135,000 209.000 129,950 ?as nnn 195,000

Selected Brokerage Power Pacemaker $ 27,500 Hatteras 39 500 Eagle Trawler 48,950 Chris Seaskiff 28,500 C i L Trawler 97 950 Hunter _ 32 500 Matthews 39 500 Trojan ?4? nnn Chris HB 75,000 Alaskan Trawler ?ns nnn Chris MT 167 000 Stephens 175,000 Stephens 77n non Golden Meadow Trawler__150.000 Custom MY 98 000 Holland Trawler 695 000 luxury Yacht 900,000

• Hans Christian • Crealock 37 • Flicka • Orion • Dover Dory •

Roger & Barbara Wales

78 900 52 950 78 950 85 000 175 000

Pacific Pencraft

CALENDAR

Jan. 2 - North Point YC Mid-Winter, 825-6530. Jan. 2-9 — International Boat Show at the Moscone Center, 3rd and Howard Streets, S.F. Site of the George Moscone Outrageous Sculpture Contest. This is the brand new Boat Show with nothing but boats and boat gear! 11:00 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. daily. 521-0330. Jan. 4 — Winter classes start at the College of Alameda. Celestial navigation and meterology for mariners. College of Alameda, 555 Atlantic Ave., Alameda, CA 94501. 522-7221. Jan. 4 — Kimball Livingston at the Oceanic Society to share yarns and sign his new book, Sailing the Bay. 7:30 p.m., Building C, Fort Mason, Room 300. 441-1104. Jan. 8-17 — S.F. National Sports and Boat Show, Cow Palace. San Francisco. The traditional Sports & Boat Show. 362-2442. Jan. 9-10 — Metropolitan Mid-Winters. 284-1778. Jan. 10 — Coyote Point Mid-Winters. 574-0672. Jan. 16 — Sausalito Cruising Club Mid-Winters. 927-0220. Jan. 16 - Ballena Bay Whales Chase. 835-8737, 523-4420. Jan. 21 — Half Moon Bay YC sponsors Linda Webber-Rettie for an evening at the Half Moon Bay library, corner of Correas and Purisma. Linda will talk about her adventures on the way to Japan in last year’s singlehanded race from S.F. to Kobe. Ah so. Call Connie at 728-3479. Jan. 21 — Pre-TransPac seminar at the Oakland YC, with Nova/Mar’s Richard Clopton and Don Lewis. They’ll discuss self¬ steering problems for singlehanders, solar panels, and radar detec¬ tion at sea. The public is welcomed to attend. From 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., 332-0202. Jan. 21-24 — Fort Lauderdale to Key West Race. Primer for the S.O.R.C. Will Tom be terrific? Will Dave rise like a Phoenix? Jan. 22-23 — Lin & Larry Pardey present slides & stories of their adventures aboard Seraffyn. Friday, Jan. 22, 8 p.m. at Crosetti Hall, 2601 East Lake Ave., Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds, Watsonville. Saturday, Jan. 23 at 3 and 8 p.m. in the Lone Mountain Auditorium, USF. For tickets call (408) 297-7552 or (415) 835-3442. Jan. 23 — Corinthian YC Mid-Winters..435-4711. Jan. 25-29 — Wooden boatbuilders symposium, Port Town¬ send, WA. How to build wooden boats from stem to stern. $175 for the week, $50 due by Jan. 11. Wooden Boat Foundation, 644 Water St., Port Townsend, WA, 98638. (206) 385-3628. Jan. 26 — Voyager Marine seminar on interior decorating and layout for the amateur builder and outfitter. Free. 1296 State St., Alviso, CA 95002. (408) 263-7633. Jan. 30 — San Diego YC race to Manzanillo. Feeder race to MEXORC, the !OR fun and sun series. Santa Cruz 50’s will race for their world championship on the way south. San Diego YC, (714) 222-1103.

Feb. 5 — First Friday Flicks returns to the Berkeley YC! A racy double feature: Maximum Effort, about Kialoa’s 1981 SORC cam¬ paign, and Eye Deen (18) Footers, about the Aussie 18 dinghies, with plenty of SF bay action. Gourmet spaghetti dinner preceeding the flicks. Chow down at 1830, price $4.00. Donation requested for movie. Call Jeanne Troy for reservations or information. 521-1176

Feb. 12-20 — MEXORC in Manzanillo and Careyes. Caramba! Feb. 13-14 — Metropolitan YC Mid-Winters. Feb. 27 — Coronado 25 class association hosts Pineapple Sails’ Kame Richards for a racing seminar. Emphasis will be on bay racing and making your Coronado 25 go fast. At the Sausalito Cruising Club. Call Richard Everett, 332-0220. Mar. 24-28 — Newport Harbor In-The-Water Sailboat Show, Lido Marina Village, Newport Beach, CA. (714) 673-9360. Apr. 16-25 — S.F. In-The-Water Boat Show, Mariner Square, Alameda. Karen Thompson, 523-0940. May 26-29 - ‘Swan Pacific Cup”. For the discriminating cruiser and/or racer. Dick Seay, (714) 631-4836. June 19 — Singlehanded race to Hanalei Bay, Kauai, Hawaii. Take me back to that little grass shack. Call Chuck Hawley, 332-0220. July 4 — Crewed TransPac to Nawiliwili, Kauai. Feeder race for the Clipper Cup. Call Sandra Hansen, 939-6776. Sponsored by the Ballena Bay YC. Aug. 7-22 — Pan Am Clipper Cup, conducted by the Waikiki Yacht Club. The Sardinia Cup of the Pacific. Contact race chairman Ken Morrison or planning chairman Richard Gooch, Waikiki YC, 1599 Ala Moana Blvd., Honolulu, Hawaii 96814.

SEASYN DISTRIBUTING CO. FORMULATORS AND DISTRIBUTORS OF SYSTEM THREE • THE BOATBUILDERS EPOXY

YOUR SOURCE FOR. Cab-O-Sil . . . Microballoons . . . Quartz Microspheres. . . Chopped Glass . . . Milled Glass . . . Asbestos Microfibers . . . Epoxy Paste Pigment. . . Aluminum Powder . . . Foam Rollers. . . Roller Frames . . . Squeegees . . . Graduated Cups . . . Empty Caulking Tubes . . . Metering Pumps . . . Waterless Handcleaner . . . Disposable Gloves . . . S-Glass . . .’Carbon Fiber . . . Kevlar . . . Fiberglass Cloth . . . AND ..."•.

SYSTEM THREE THE BOATBUILDER’S EPOXY WRITE OR PHONE FOR PRICES . . . ORDERS SHIPPED SAME DAY RECEIVED

229 TEWKSBURY, PT. RICHMOND, CA 94801 (415) 236-4242

Downwind Designs custom bags, boat covers, awnings, cushions, curtains & repairs

or 477-5571, or Ruth Brooke at 526-4899. Feb. 6 — St. Petersburg YC Triangle. Opener for the SORC.

Feb. 6 — North Point YC Mid-Winter. Feb. 7 — Coyote Point YC and Golden Gate YC Mid-Winters, and Ballena Bay Whales Chase. page I I

20 Gate Five Rd., Sausalito, CA 94965

Jane Silvia (415) 332-9593 \

O’Neill Yachts, Santa Cruz. Where it’s happening fast. U.L.D.B.’s were born in Santa Cruz. O’NEILL YACHTS has been in the thick of things from the beginning. It all happened in our back yard.

So, if you’re thinking ultra-light and high-tech, think O’NEILL YACHTS, Santa Cruz. Where it’s happening fast.

We 're the dealer for Moore 24] Express 27, and Olson 30. We handle Boston Whaler, Cat-boats, O’Day, Hobie-Cat and Windsurfer, too!

An Olson 30 proving our point,

SELECTED BROKERAGE: Col. Sabre 32. 1966. $10,500 Cal 20. 1968. O.B.. $13,000 Santana 22, 1969, $7,200 Moore 24 (2), from $17,500 Wilderness 21, 1979, loaded, $12,000 Ranger 33, 1974, $45,000 Samurai 24, 1970, O.B., $9,900 Cal 25, 1979, Diesel, $24,950 Clipper 26, 1974, O.B., $5,900 Cal 2-27, 1976, Diesel, $26,000 Santa Cruz 27, (3) O.B., from $22,500 Ranger 30, 1978, Inbd., loaded, $44,500

Garden 30, 1961, wood, diesel, $19,900 Rhodes 32, 1938, wood, diesel, $29,000 Erickson 35, 1971, Inbd., $46,600 Bounty 44, 1979, Diesel, loaded, $145,000

Plus, 7 Trimarans and several power boats to choose from! Call for complete listings! v New Boston Whaler Montauk 17, 1981 Big Savings!

O’Neill Yachts.

EXPRESS . . . The fastest means possible, to the weather mark or that favorite cove. A new and well reasoned approach to high perfor¬ mance that allows you to travel the oceans in comfort at speeds never before possible in a keel boat of this size. Constructed of S-glass, vinyl ester resin & vacuum bagged balsa core to produce the finest glass composite structure. Care in design & finish shows throughout. A rare handcrafted yacht in an age of mass produced look-a-like boats. .

■

:■

'■)

■■

■,

Olson 30 . is easily trailered and can be launched with a Yacht Club hoist.

Moore 24 ... If a Ferrari could float, it would be a Moore 24. Enough said.

It is a precision built high performance racer with industry standard hardware, yielding a formidable foe on the race course and exciting sailing for those on board.

01llllLIYAC RTS SANTA

CRUZ

O’Neill Yachts At the Santa Cruz Yacht Harbor 2222 East Cliff Drive Santa Cruz, CA 95062 (408) 476-5202

the all new

Introducing

Star 460 v

Same World Class sea-kindly performance just improved to a new standard of excellence that will be a proper reflection of your good taste.

We think you’ll agree the most important consideration in a world class cruiser is that she be a well-constructed, safe yacht. High on your priority list would also be that she have sea-kindly performance. Sea-kindly means to us a yacht that will stand up in a heavy blow but, more importantly, will sail and tack in light air. A functional layout cannot be overlooked iji this ideal world class yacht. A pleasant, but certainly not mandatory, item would be the comfort a dual station pilot house affords for those a little less rug¬ ged than Christopher Columbus. We are happy to report that the Sea Star qualifies on all these important considerations. Six coats of hand-rubbed varnish and exotic woods do not im¬ prove the performance of the boat but, nonetheless, it is one of the subtle pleasures of life; in the final analysis, your choice in a yacht does make an important statement about you. In our fifteen years of selling cruising yachts, it’s our humble opinion that the Sea Star 460 is the finest all around cruising boat we have ever encountered; a bold statement. Please do come in and judge for yourself.

Ask about tax sheltered charter management of your yacht.

SEA STAR 460 Pilot House with dual steering * Aft cabin with private head * Ford Lehman 8 h.p. diesel * Aft' cockpit with bridge deck * Keel-hung rudder * Cockpit sail storage * Passive ven tilation system. LOA: 45’8”; LWL: 36.’36”; BEAM: 13’6”; DRAFT: 5’10”; DISPL: 33,500 lbs. BALLAST: 11,500 lbs.; SAIL AREA: 1,093 sq. ft.; WATER: 200 gal.; FUEL: 200 gal.; DESIGN Ted Brewer, N.A. ' '

PHONE: (415) 522-6800

FORMERLY CLIPPER YACHT

Ltd

Where Sailors

Save! marin

PHONE

marini marine (415) 332-5172-9 to 5:30,7 Days

VTM

300 Harbor Drive, Sausalito, Calif. 94965

1981 Prices! The advantage is yours — plan ahead for the new season.

Trophy Sailor’s Gloves A - Catamaran.. $12.50 B - Cold Weather $ 9.95

Reg 16.95

c/\\ari'vi

Sweaters ... save 25%

Entire regular stock ... now 20% off mfgr’s. list!

A - V.S.O.P. $51.50 B - Shetland... $39.50

ROMIKA

Reg 68 00 Reg. 52.00

The most popular Boot on the Bay!

Weather wear E)j Super Special., save over 20% Jacket.$95.00 Pants.$85.00

$29. 95

Reg.

120.00

Reg.

105.00

(40.95 Value)

ALL SALE PRICES LIMITED TO STOCK ON HAND Special offers for current publication cover date only , subject to change.

page 15

Reg 19.95

EJVLS.

MODEL BG25K. The basic instrument on all yachts for

MODEL

nav., sail trim & efficiency. This highly accurate k.m. re¬

BCI25AW

quires no power, only 2 wires from the turbo transmitter

wind.

Companion

quiring no maintenance. The turbo transmitter can be

MODEL BG25WS windspeed. A rugged, lightweight

removed while afloat for cleaning if necessary.

windspeed indicator that instantly tells of wind changes

drain. Wind direction is one of the most important fac¬ tors in achieving sailing efficiency & safety. List: $185.00

& weather trends, self-powered, complete, & easy to in¬

SALE: $138.75

stall. List: $150.00

SALE: $112.50

AL'S MARINE STORE \

PETE'S HARBOR, 1 year warranty on Parts & Labor

Foot of Whipple Avenue

RE0W000 CITY 364-0288

Comparable Savings on All E.M.S. Instruments

Opon 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. mvmrydmyl

Composite Epoxy Laminated Wood or Steel Boat Construction Complete Repair Facilities Haulout to 60 Tons Painting • Woodworking Metal Work • Electrical Mechanical • Refrigeration 65-ft. Mid-Water Trawler

Alerion Class Sloop

Boatbuilding and Repair (415) 236-6633

Marina Berthing Available Do-It Yourselfers Welcome

Sanford-Wood Marine 530 West Cutting Boulevard Richmond, California 94804

weight masthead unit & a minimum 12VDC .003 current

for hookup. Once installed it operates year after year re¬

SPECIAL SALE: $99.95

apparent

CI25KW or Q25WS. Sensitive, accurate with a light

#•

‘

Sailing Fish-Boat

Serendipity 43 the boat with the dual personality

“fTloonshadow’

Built as a performance cruising boat and sailed by Lowell North in the 1981 Big Boat Series, she was one of six Serendipity 43’s entered in the Keefe-Kilborn class. “Moonshadow” is now on her way to the British Virgin Islands to enter charter service.

mmsmm

silts

iiiiiiii

* i

sw'

ass

ortelt IffUI_

SsiiMiSVa:

m wmm

___

“Scarlett O’Hara”:

BMWWMB11 /

Skippered by Tom Blackaller, she is a leading contender for overall honors in the 1982 Southern Ocean Racing Circuit. She is one of six Serendipity 43’s entered in this year’s S.O.R.C. Serendipity: The Winning System

fefefldipityUbcht/ Internation Pier 9 / The Embarcadero, San Francisco 94111 (415) 986-8108 2733 Shelter Island Drive, San Diego 92106 (714) 226-2349 i

page 17

Manufacturers of Serendipity 43. Representatives for J.C. Rogers Contessa 39, J.C. Rogers O.O.D. 34, Bianca 414 Aphrodite 101

295 HARBOR DRIVE • SAUSALITO • 332-2320 1

BRIGHTON YACHTS — db1

Sprinta Sport

Both of these Brighton Yachts are from the Van de Stadt Design Team, and were engineer¬ ed by Dehler Yachts of Germany. Their light, strong construction is due to a unique com¬ bination of hand-laid “Kevlar® ” and fiber¬ glass laminated over aluminum stringers and frames. Race equipped as a standard, leaders in style and speed, these boats provide Euro¬ pean quality, in a state-of-the-art design. The db1 3/4 Ton promptly became the fastest 3/4 Ton production boat in the world.

CAPE DORY YACHTS

is one of the few companies building yachts today whose ef¬ forts and committments to their product can be considered painstaking. Over a period of about 20-years they have consistently developed a beautiful working concept of the cruising sail¬ boat. From the hand-laid full keel hull with at¬ tached rudder, to the extensive use of teak and custom-made bronze hardware and fittings, a Cape Dory Yacht will provide years of satisfac¬ tion and pleasure for the most demanding sailor. Ask any owner.

CS, CANADIAN SAll CRAFT is building some of the best series-production boats anywhere. The CS 33 & 36 are lovely to look at, and yet it isn’t so much the way a CS looks as the way that everything seems to be in just the right place, in just the right propor¬ tions. Every manufacturer wants to build a racer/cruiser with good accomodations. But there are surprisingly few who succeed. An or¬ dinary concept, perhaps — but CS has made of it something deserving close attention. A boat which will redefine your values and ex¬ pectations.

BROKERAGE — POWER & SAIL

SAN LEANDRO MARINA #10 San Leandro Marina (Exit Marina Blvd. West)

FACIFIC YACHT SALESSSSSSH page 19

2415 Mariner Square Alameda, CA 94501

A QUARTER OF A CENTURY OF SELLING THE BAY AREA’S FINEST YACHTS

See These Boats At The Moscone Center Boat Show Jan. 2-9 THE LANCER LINE PRICES START FROM: Lancer Lancer Lancer Lancer Lancer Lancer Lancer

L ANCER 25

25 . 14,95' 28. 19,5l‘ 29 . 31,49< 30 . 34,62: 36 . 54,54* 37_... 98,171 38 . 103.95C

LANCER 28

See These Boats At The Cow Palace Sports & Boat Show Jan. 9-18 Lancer 39 M/S ... Lancer 42 . Lancer 43 . Lancer 44 M/S ... Lancer 45 M/S ... Lancer 65 M/S ... Lancer 65 M/Y ..

LANCER 37

109,725 132,825 138,600 144,375 138,600 395,000 495,000

LANCER 38

BROKERAGE LISTINGS Lapworth 53 . Columbia 45 . Columbia 43 . Morgan 41 ... Challenger 40 Morgan 38 ... DownEast 38 . Freeport 36 . . Peterson 34 . . GLLFSTAR 44, 1979. Twin Perkins diesel, Onan, all

Cal 34.

appliances aboard, liveaboard or cruise.

Tartan Ten ..

$179,000

Ranger 33

CUSTOM 58’. World cruising ketch, just returned from Hawaii and is ready to go again.

$89,500

Traveler 32 ... Westsail 32 ... Westsail 32 ... Challenger 32 . Cal 31 . Cal 30. Islander 29 ... Hawkfarm ... Lancer 28 Excalibur 26 . .

fast, comfortable & safe passages. Autopilot, freezer,

Cal 2-25. Ranger 23

refer., washer, dryer.

Santana 22 ...

SPENCER 53. This custom yacht is fully equipped for $275,000

Cal 20.

CAL CORINTHIAN 39, 1979. Custom rig, complete sail inventory, VHF, full Signet

Comments from two singlehanding ocean racers. From Linda Webber-Rettie after her 6,300 mile Pacific crossing to Japan: “My deepest thanks to DeWitt for the extra attention in putting together an inventory that was perfect for my single¬ handing needs. After the 52-day crossing, all my sails were still in great shape, with only a few minor repairs. I*m proud to have the DeWitt team on my side - no one else could or would have come through in the final hours to complete the job as well!” Linda And from Doug McNaughton’s recent v harrowing solo Atlantic crossing in AMERICAN EXPRESS: “Thank everyone at DeWitt Sails for sails that got AMERICAN EXPRESS through Hurricane Emilie and 3,000 miles of gale-ridden North Atlantic. The racing main was fantastic even at

Force 12 with four reefs. Being able to adjust the leach line at each reef point saved me and the sail. Best of all - it ys still a good sail! Doug McNaught on Other successful singlehanded racers using DeWitt Sails: Amy Boyer, Jim Gannon, Don Keenan, Rod Park, Norton Smith - and more! Racing on San Francisco Bay or crossing the world’s largest oceans - you can trust DeWitt sails to perform. Call us today for our newest technical bulletins - FREE! • Using Telltales • Plying Sails • Kevlar • Easy Reefing

dewitt sails 1230 Brickyard Cove Road, Pt. Richmond, CA 94801

Phone 234-4334

iUEFOlNT MAIwe sum BOA1r SHOW SPECIALS

DEPTHSOUNDERS ;♦

SYSTEM 100 MK 151

DIGITAL KNOTLOG MK 267

MK 151 __MK 12 Reg. 995.00

Now 695.00

MK 267

285.00

$395.00

239.00

299.00

Other Models Available At Similar Savings!

Gemtronics GT-300 60-360 ft. Range Reg. 199.95

NOW 149.95

rule

OLIN Flare Kit U.S.C.G. Approved

BILGE PUMP 400 GPH

Now Horizon LTO Horizon USA Polaris MT-5500 Polaris NC 7200 with ADF & Scanner

239.00 339.00 299 oo

899.00

BENMAR Autopilots

12 Volt

Model 12 AL

20% OFF! REG. $26.99

REG. $29.97

NOW $19.98

LIFEJACKETS OFFSHORE VESTS

NOW $14.95

STARBRITE

30% OFF

THE BEST FOR LESS ALL MODELS

BLOCKS 25% OFF!

AK-1 REG. 9.95

NOW 4/23.95 Flotation Cushions: 4/29.95

MARINE POLISH

MARINE PROTECTOR

REG. 6.10

REG. 6.95

NOW 3.99

NOW 4.50

Schaefer, Nicro/Fico, Merriman & Harken

SALE ENDS JANUARY 31 — CASH OR CHECK ONLY ON SALE ITEMS

UP W. CUTTING Ml. TOIMT tiCHIM. ganfaisi

Horizon is Expanding! At HORIZON we are committed to provide the best possible service to our customers. With this in mind, we have added Chris Corlett to our staff. The addition of his broad ocean and bay sailing experience gives us the strongest service staff in the bay area. This assures you guaranteed on-time delivery; be it new sails or repair service.

General Manager Dee Smith, Chris Corlett and Alex Monson.

Come see us at the International Boat Show, Moscone Center,sbooth 144, and ask about our boat show discount.

HORIZON 2220 Livingston Street, Oakland, CA 94606 (415) 261-6556 SAN FRANCISCO

page 23

SPIRIT,

33-ft. Sparkman & Stephens sloop, hove to with the storm jib and the helm lashed down, in 60 knots of wind, 170-miles west of the Farallone Islands. ~~ 11 jios are a must tor the onshore and coastal cruiser and can be used to advantage by the inshore cruiser as well. Many yachts can go to windward with only the storm jib in heavy winds and when conbined with a trysail or deep reefed mainsail better balance is achieved without over powering the boat. The sail should be between 25% to 30% of the fore triangles area. The cloth weight should be heavier than that of the mainsail; it should be triple stitched and heavily reinforced at tack head and clew. In short, it should be bullet-proof and built like the proverbial brick outhouse. â&#x20AC;&#x2122; On older, narrow boats the sail can be sheeted to the jib or genoa track normally found along tne rail On the more modern, beamier yachts a special lead should be placed on a 10Â° sheeting angle. Another lead should be placed outboard just inside the shrouds to be used when the sail is used when hove to. We recommend all cruising boats replace their headstays with a full length stay, no turnbuckle . and tension the stay with the backstay turnbuckle. This allows the jib to come down to deck level when dropped and allows the storm jib to be more easily bent on above it. All cruising boat headsails should have over-sized jib snaps which allows the sail to be dropped quicker and without having to pull it down. Everything possible should be done to minimize ones time spent on the foredeck in heavy air and sea conditions.

We at Sutter Sails have experienced the use of storm jib and understand the importance of correctly shaping and cc ting them to properly carry out their job. * Please feel free to call Sutter Sails if you have any questions pertaining to cruising or cruising sails

Industrial Center Building, Harbor Drive, P.O. Box 927, Sausalito, CA 94966 (415) 332-2510

LETTERS

Don’t Be Misled By Imitations. See us at the one and only San Francisco

□ RULE 42.4 AND CHRIS HILL’S 720 Those of you who are still unclear about the application of rule 42.4 (anti-barging rule) to the reaching start situation described by Ted Fallas in the November issue should consult U.S.Y.R.U. Appeal No. 84. Although this appeal refers to “course from the last mark” for the purpose of establishing the proper direction to cross the finish line, the principle is the same. “Course to the first mark” clearly is in¬ tended to mean the course around large permanent obstructions that can only be passing on one side. 1 don’t see how there is any defi¬ ciency in the sailing instructions, as Mr. Feller suggests. Race Com¬ mittees should also be reminded that they most definately do not have the authority to write sailing instructions to modify rule 42.4, or any other rule of part IV. As for Chris Hill’s question about fouling another yacht and also touching a mark: According to Appeal No. 185, only the 720° turn is required if the foul and the contact are nearly simultaneous and are considered part of the same incident. Paul Kamen Berkeley

Sports & Boat Show, Jan. 8-17 at the Cow Palace

Jot

□ LOVE LETTER 1 just read your October Latitude 38 for the first time with great in¬ terest! A friend gave me your magazine because he said there were some good articles and ads in it that would interest me. I live in Seat¬ tle and he lives in Berkeley, CA. He read your article on the “Retort Pouch” and asked me, since I live in Seattle, to purchase some samples of the food for him to try. I, also, was looking to buy a good camera for my future cruising trip and your article on the “F/Top Fitgerald” mentioned the Fujica HDS waterproof camera 35mm with a built-in flash — guess what — 1 will go out and buy one. Your article answered the question for me as to what good camera to purchase for marine photograph. My goodness, this is neat, your magazine has met some needs of mind. Keep up the good work and different variety of articles. 1 enjoyed reading the article on crew connecting. Ellen Starks Seattle, WA

SINCE 1885 199 Second Street San Francisco (415) 986-2090

Free Parking, S. W. Corner, 2nd&Howard

DOWNTOWN MARINE SUPPLY 651 HOWARD ST., SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94105 (415) 543-7818

□ SAME BOAT, ONLY THE NAMES HAVE CHANGED If at all possible, could you please put this inquiry in your forth¬ coming January 1982 issue? With all the different types of sailboats and class racing going on out there in the bay, how about all of us owners of the Farallone 29’s, Bodega 30’s, and Golden Gate 30’s get together and start up either some type of club or have class racing on the bay, etc. If interested, please contact Owen P. Lurio, at (during the day) Area Code (415) 364-2926 or drop a line to the following address. Happy New Year. Owen Paul Lurio 1548 Maple St., #4 # Redwood City, CA 94063 Readers: Latitude 38 always encourages boatowners to form associations. Not only does it normally increase your sailing fun and knowledge, but an active association can ad 1000’s to the value of your boat.

□ IF KODAK PROCESSED IT, WE SUPPOSE WE CAN PRINT IT '_ page 25

Mid-Winter Racing Blues? See Us for the Latest in GO-FAST Goodies.

Introducing The Newest Addition To The Passport Line of Quality Cruising Yachts...

A stunning new yacht featuring luxury accomodations and owner s options for those who are not afraid of being spoiled, such as sauna, private study, or entertainment center. As with all PASSPORT yachts, the 51 is built to exacting standards with only the highest quality materials and craftsmanship. Our Complete line includes... PASSPORT 40 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Perhaps the ideal liveaboard-cruiser emphasizing performance and comfort. The spacious interior includes a unique captain s bed, gourmet s galley and plush saloon. All lines are led aft for ease of handling, to a comfortable, contoured cockpit. PASSPORT 42 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; An exceptional sailing yacht. This swift, canoe sterned cutter features two private staterooms, large.head with separate tub enclosure, and enormous storage capacity. PASSPORT 45 A fast, stable center cockpit ketch offering rear stateroom privacy, abundant storage space, and a luxurious interior executed in the PASSPORT tradition of quality and livability.

All PASSPORT yachts are designed to be fast and seakindly. Their modern underbodies provide the traditional virtue of directional stability but maintain maneuverability and speed lost in traditional full keel designs. You will never suffer the agonies of hobby-horsing in choppy seas, or the inability to sail safely away from a lee shore. The design concept behind all PASSPORT yachts results from years of liveaboard and cruising experience.

PASSAGE YACHTS 1232 BRICKYARD COVE ROAD, POINT RICHMOND, CALIFORNIA

(415 ) 236 2633

LETTERS Enclosed is a picture titled Apeus For-dicfc-us. It was taken on this year’s race to La Paz, Mexico. I promised that I wouldn’t tell who this was due the embarrasment it might cause his girlfriend, Donny, his fellow employees at Mariner Square, and most of all he doesn’t want

his fellow Santana sailors to know that his pole doesn’t fit the J angle. The truth to the story is that as the wind went light off of Cabo, our watch Captain decided to have us change to the .5 oz. chute. Due to crossed and fouled halyards he asked us to do it bare . . . well, being five days out and rather lonely — yes, Donny, he was lonely — he got alittle excited at his opportunity to top the pole. Great sailing sheet, keep it up — god knows our foredeck crew does. Fellow Crewmember Pericus Pericusians — Some folks don’t understand what your Captain meant by a bare change. Our typesetter, for example, blushed because she thought it meant your Captain was gay and wanted the crew to take their pants off. VJe could explain it to those who don't know, but maybe it would be more fun if they asked someone in the yacht club bar.

□ GOT A LITE? ARE YOU SURE? Standing in my galley last Sunday evening, I was skimming through your December issue when 1 just happened to read “Fire Update” on page 69. Since I was directly infront of my Shipmate kerosene stove (not lit) I reached over to check the hose. The coating crumbled in my hand; the hose had been almost burned through by a previous unnoticed small fire. It would not have taken much longer for the hose to fail leading to the “blowtorch” effect mentioned in the article. Instead of publishing this letter you would have been reporting another “Crispy Critter” incident, this one aboard'a “fiery Freya 39 . I replaced the burnt hose with fireproof aereoquip hose purchased from Patterson Parts on Folsom in the City. The entire cost for^ 28 leingth, including fittings, was only $6.84 — much less than the $15 per foot you mentioned. Thank you for printing that article which just possibly saved me and my boat. I hope all who read this will check their stove hoses page 27

SONOMA 30 Carl Schumacher Designed Ultra-Light with a Retractable Daggerboard

Specifications L.O.A. L.W.L. Beam Draft

29’11” 26’9” 9’0” keel up 2’0” keel down 6’0” Displ. 3000 lbs. Sail Area 340 sq. ft.

LIGHT FAST TRAILERABLE ► LAUNCHABLE FROM ANY BpAT RAMP

INQUIRIES TO:

GANNON YACHTS

P.O. Box 1058, Petaluma, CA 94953 (707) 762-2865

LETTERS RIGHT NOW! Yes, put down Latitude 38, gbt off your butt and do it

NOW! Matt Morehouse Corte Madera

□ OFFENSIVE AND INAPPROPRIATE I am an avid reader of Latitude 38. I particularly like your lack of editing thus maintaining the spirit and intent in your interviews and letters. Unfortunately it is this lack of editing that has prompted this note. In Latitude 38, Vol. 52 October 1981, page 113, interviewee Bob Bell responds to a question from 38: and in his response uses the term “boat nigger”. I think that in any context you will find that the word “nigger” is of¬ fensive to thinking people and is innappropriate in your publication, your dedication to integrity in reporting notwithstanding. Ted Weston Oakland Ted — We agree with you that the term ‘boat nigger’ should have become archaic years ago, but hasn’t. Why not? Probably because there hasn’t appeared a replacement term quite so descriptive. When folks like Bob Bell use the term these days, they sort of stutter and stammer up to it, not really wanting to use it but not finding a suitable replacement. A substitute is in order, but we haven’t heard a good one, and were open for suggestions. Boat pro? Too general a term, would in¬ clude rock stars. Professional skipper? No, many won’t and don’t have to do the dirty boat jobs. Boat go-fer? Doesn’t sound nautical enough. How about ship's seal? B.N., we’ve heard that. Let’s have some help on this. We may also want to change the term ‘nigger heads’, the bollards that line a wharf, which originally consisted of an old ship’s gun planted with the breech downward and an over-sized cannonball fix¬ ed in the muzzle. The term ‘nigger heads' is believed to have originated because the bollards had the general shape of a head and were normally painted black.

□ THEY USED TO CALL THE WIND MARI AH It’s neither Santana or Santa Ana. This offshore wind, deemed vicious by Southern California sailors is in reality just a healthy South Bay (S.F.) gust that prudent Northern California sailors rate onereef, that has gone south hoping to pick up enough strength to qualify as a good race wind. But I wander. The correct name is Sadden-Anna and was derived from the story Anna told when she was made tardy by this wind one summer afternoon when sails were cut square. The story is nonessential but the name lives on. Howard Wilson San Leandro P.S. — Do not confuse this with Sad Anna. Sad Anna was one of’ the unfortunate ones on the crew list last year. Howard — Calm days on the south bay are referred to, were told, as Santa Bluno’s after the nearby mountain.

□ THAT’S NOT FUNNY, THAT’S SICK If you want to get an idea of the mentality that generated the “Third Annual Marina del Rey Poodle Shoot and Barbeque”, simply page 29

When you’re making

Learn about the newest sail technology. North is the worldwide leader in sailboat racing. North technology also extends to cruising development. Great minds communicating from all the major sailing areas of the world. Sign your club up for a showing of “The Shape of Speed MK III”, North’s latest and most comprehensive sail trimming/handling movie. It’s free with or without a North representative. V

. "

Refresh your memory or augment your sail knowledge from our selection of North Informa¬ tion Booklets — FREE for the asking! Sign up for the all new North U. fast course coming to this area March 6-7. Get on the mailing list for our Two Newsletters — “Offshore” our newest for the cruiser, and “News from North”, for the racing sailor — free! Plan for the new season — racing or cruising. With our new loft facilities we're even better equipped to handle your sail needs. Stop by and let us show you how and why. Have a Happy New Year!

2415 Mariner Square Drive, Alameda, CA 94501 (415) 522-5373 North Sails Win More Races than Any Other Sails in the World —And Do A Lot of Cruising, Too.

LETTERS substitute the name of any racial minority for “poodle”. If you think it is disgusting, you are right. From now on, keep it to boating. J. R. Welch Sausalito

Enclosed find a Christmas subscription for my father. Dad’s in his 70’s now and just went back to school to get yet another degree, hence the U.C. Davis address. A couple of years ago I took my folks out on the bay aboard my boat and as we went under the Bay Bridge, Dad remarked “. . . y’know, I sailed the bay for 15-years, and this is the first time I’ve ever gone under a bridge . . .” They weren’t built yet; yes, he’s an oldtimer. . Recently (about a year ago) you carried a letter from another oldtimer who was responding to an article you evidently had carried about a schooner named Idialia or Idalia upon which Dad had sailed a lot. The writer supplied several pictures and a few sea stories which you also published in the Letters section. 1 never did find a copy of the Latitude 38 which carried the original article, but did give Dad the copy with the letter and pictures. Not only did Dad find the letter in¬ teresting, he devoured the whole edition . . . 'obviously the Old Man has taste! So 1 think a subscription is an ideal gift for him. If there is any chance that you could locate and copy the original article (it may have been in your March 1980 edition), I would be pleased to pay for the reprint so I could pass it along to Dad. Judging by the Letter-writer’s comments, the original article dealt, at least partially, with Idalia’s ultimate end. Dad really loved that schooner and I was raised on stories of the time he had aboard her. I know he’d like to know what became of her and would be very grateful for whatever information you could provide. Perhaps many years hence some younger sailor will be able to return the favor to yOu and tell you where the bones of a lost love of yours lie. Anyway, I’m sure Dad will get a lot of enjoyment from his subscrip¬ tion to the best yachting magazine on the West Coast. I know I cer¬ tainly enjoy the copies I pick up at Svend Svendsen’s in Alameda. Glenn Shelly San Francisco Glenn — We imagine what you are looking for is the two part “Last Voyage of the Idalia”, by Jan Mosure Tompkin$, a chronicle of Idalia’s sinking on the way back from Hawaii in 1954. The two part series appeared in Volumes 21 and 22, which was February and March of 1979. We don’t keep back copies, but lots of people do and you might try and scrouge them up.

PHOTO: DIANE BEESTON

□ NO BRIDGE OVER B.B. WATERS

ATTENTION ALL SAILS! Do you feel tired, wornout? Are you too full? Do you need a reef? How about your seams & batten pockets? Hogin Sails has a complete repair department offering full service in one week or less. Come in and see us this winter for repairs, new custom sails, or canvas work.

□ COMPETITION CONTEMPT I have always enjoyed design contests and I think yours is an ex¬ cellent idea for getting some interesting concepts out. However I would like to comment on some ideas implicit and explicit in your contest. This is not intended as a eriticism as much as a chance to point out some thoughts on commonly held ideas. First, I think that there is an overemphasis on big boats in general, both cruising and racing, in the yachting literature. This seems even less appropriate in this area as this is a primo daysailing area but not a spectacular cruising ground, especially as compared to New England or Puget Sound. This emphasis acts to the detriment of people seeking to enter the sport, who seem to get the impression that you rfeed a $50,000.00 page 3l

HOGIN SAILS In the Alameda Marina at 1801-D Clement Ave., Alameda, CA 94501 (415) 523-4388 Mon-Fri 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Sat 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

ONSTAN A RONSTAN DISCOVERY: BLACK HARDWARE DOESN’T HAVE TO DISSOLVE IN SALTWATER. Black anodized alum¬ inum looks great. But a scratch here or a rope bum there and you end up with raw aluminum exposed to the elements. And espe¬ cially in tropical areas, it doesn't take saltwater long to change it from hardware, to software. Worst of all, saltwater corrosion produces a powdery residue that jams sheaves and other moving parts tight. But now, Ronstan engineers have changed all that. They’ve developed a method of coating stainless steel with a highly scratch resistant, durable, black nylon finish. As a result, even if the protective coating is damaged . . . there’s good old reliable,

non-corrosive, hard-as-nails stainless steel underneath. So, no matter how salty the surroundings, sheaves continue to turn freely, cheeks retain their strength and beauty . . . and your peace-ofmind is improved substantially. No one can begin 7* to match the

San Francisco

Sports & Boat Show

Ronstan reputation for topquality, innovative marine hardware. See your local Ronstan dealer, or you can select from the world's largest range of sailboat hardware in our latest catalog.

•

Cow Palace Jan 8-17

THIS IS THE YEAR TO BUY YOUR NEW SAILBOAT CHOOSE FROM: ISLANDER" ! CATALINA WATKINS MORGAN NORDIC HUNTER NEWPORT PEARSON S-2 NONSUCH ERICSON J-BOATS SANTANA U.S. YACHTS OLSON Doors Open at 1:00 P.M. Mon-Fri 11:00 A.M. Sat-Sun

The World’s Leader In Sailboat Fittings! Telephone (714) 225-9529

Multihull Yachts

Available At The Following Chandleries; • Sailboats South • • C & T Sailboats • • Harbor • Marin

• Peninsula Boat Sales • Marine •

37' Brown 78 Searunner. Center cockpit, cutter rig. W.E.S.T. Volvo outboard. 5 sails. Sleeps 6. Propane. Holding tank. Professional quality Dependable cruising design. A dandy boat for a family on the move.

• Richmond Yacht Service . Marine < * Stockdale

SELECTED BROKERAGE LISTINGS 30’ Arthur Piver's Nimble #1 - Milestone in development. $ 31 ',,34', 37’, 40' Brown Searunners - Cruising machines • from. 36’ MacGregor Cat - Order new, or 5 used frorn . .... 36,37,38,39 Cross Tr-is - Lying Fiji to Florida - from 37' Williams '80 Tri Ketch ■ A Homey cruiser. 39' Kantola '80 Tri Sloop - W.E.S.T. Volvo diesel. Exceptional 40'Tristar 74 Sloop-Cross keel. Diesel... 42' Modified Piver 73 Tri Ketch - You’ve seen the Eggerts? 42 CSK 70 Cat Ketch - A home, a racer, a cruiser.

25,000 32.500 19.950 50,000 72.500 92.500 38.500 58.500 59.950 44 Mod.Cross1979TriSloop/Cutter-A'mong the finest. Must see!.. 170,000 58’ Mod. CSK 1972 Cat Cutter • Elegant world-cruising yacht. 200,000

Marine •

•The Mariner • •Vallejo

* Stockton Yacht Sales • Marine* * Svendsen’s Boat Works <

Particulars are believed to be correct but are not guaranteed. Subject to prior sale, price change or withdrawal without notice.

LETTERS

the Mariner boat to sail. Thus they either buy far too large a boat (which just sits) or are discouraged from even getting involved. This is the source of the idea the all yachtsmen are wealthy. Now many people could pro¬ bably have just as much fun in a small dayboat (which they could share with someone else) as they could in a globe-girdling cruiser. For the few weeks per year that a boat like that is useful, a charter is probably much more cost-effective. I feel that what is really needed are more simple dayboats well-suited to SF conditions, and the facilities to use them such as sailing clubs and storage and launch facilities. Also we need to let people know that sailing small craft can be very rewarding in its own way and that dinghies are not something you have to “grow out of’.

is proud to present

Wylie 24’ of fun in a fast trailerable sailboat

Second, a cruising boat of the type you discuss is about the last boat that needs to be mass-produced. After all — it’s not going to be a one-design class. Any cost savings from mass production would be eaten up by marketing costs. If someone needs a boat like that they are better off having it done custom. Of course this is not a direct comment on your contest — since this will most probably stimulate a lot of thought. Third, your basis for chosing a “winner” (of what?) is about as shakey as the basis most people buy a set of plans. How will you know that any of your specs are met without lines, hydrostatics, a weight estimate and structural calcs? Even if the structure is called out how does anyone know whether it is any good unless it is done to some recognized standard? The American Bureau of Shipping publishes rules for yachts in RFP and steel guidelines for offshore rac¬ ing yachts. Det Norske Veritas publishes a very good set of rules which are extensively followed in Scandinavia. Lloyds Rules are well-known. If a boat is to be evaluated at all, it must be against some code or standard, not just the inexperienced eye of recreational operators. Again, the major reason for commenting on this is that the lack of any sort of standard of evaluation is a serious fault in U.S. boating circles. It leaves the judgement of quality to the ad men. Both inex¬ pensive, low quality boats and high quality boats suffer, because there is no objective standard which a buyer can use to decide be¬ tween price and quality. Finally, you specify length. Length is a poor standard to measure size. It gives a clue to berth bills and speed but that is about it. A more meaningful size specification would be sail area (say 70 square meters), as this is a more useful measure of handling ease. Other ap¬ propriate measures would be gross tonnage, displacement or dead¬ weight. In particular, I would tend to go much longer and narrower than I think you would feel was normal for this vessel, say 16 meters overall by 4 meters abeam. In any case, thanks for the chance to make these comments. I will try to get something off my board — but I’ll just assume that you meant waterline length when you specified 12 meters. As noted in enclosed, your requirements are rather extreme. I’ll try in lapstrake (maybe) welded aluminum to DNV “tentative rules for construction of light craft” and to “nordic boat rules” where ap¬ plicable. Even at 12 M LWL the combination of beefy structure, safe ballast ratio and resonable (displacement/length ratio) is impossible. Your requirements will have to slip some, maybe. Christopher D. Barry San Francisco Chris — Perhaps — as you seem to be suggesting — the world would be better if it were square. It is, however,' still round. page 33

LOA . LWL .

. 20’0”

Beam .

Draft

5’8”

/ Displ.

.... 800 lbs

Ballast . S.A.

.... 400 lbs .. 175 sq.ft.

(Colored Sails)

Sail away for under $10,000 (w/trailer) and

Leave the fleet in 'Wabbit tracks! '

413 Lake Ave., Santa Cruz Yacht Harbot (400) 475-5411

III 24 30 36 Selected Brokerage

Asking

22' Santana, two from 24' J-24, S .F. berth, class racing sails 24' San Juan, clean '79 26' Int’l Folk Boat, excellent 26' San Juan 7.7 near new, well equipped 27' Newport 30' J-30, race and cruise ready 33' Ranger, loaded 35' Ericson, also loaded, race or cruise 36' Mark Spitz’s J-36, “Sumark”, has everything you can put on a racer

$ 7,500 . 13,500 17,100 18,500 20,000 -23,500 offer 49,900 46,600 112,000

the Mariner

(408)475-5411 413 Lake Ave., Santa Cruz Harbor

Hoge Bros. Harbor Marine — says — “Sail” into the New Year with a

thrilling

Laser.

YOU CANT BEAT , LASER.

jM Affordable Boating

big value jn a sma|| package

Super Packages being offered to “Sell-abrate” our New Dealership Laser Laser II ' Laser Blades Laser Sunsprint Boards Laser Rowing Shells All available now as well as complete accessories such as: Sweat shirts, Tee shirts, jogging shorts, & Laser Tote Bags in 3 sizes.

Don’t Miss this Great Buy! 495 LAKE AVE. SANTA CRUZ 408-475-3131

495 Lake Ave. Santa Cruz 408-475-3131

Now Available in the Bay Area —

LETTERS

NEIL PRYDE SAILS The Highest Quality

□SAN FRANCISCO, MAUI, CARSON CITY CONNECTION

Performance Sails at

I was given a copy of your magazine on a recent trip to Maui by a sailor who said it would be the best magazine for our requirements. Yqu see, my wife and I are recent sailing enthusiasts. We went to the Alameda boat show and even chartered a 30-ft. sloop (with skipper and crew) while on Kauai. The only thing is we’ve never sailed yet. We’ve been told to read all we can on sailing, learn to sail and go to all the boat shows we can. This one dog-eared issue we have was chock full of articles on how it really is. Here’s my check for $15.00. Please send us more.

Reasonable Prices

Mart Goodin Carson City, NV

□ CHECKS AND BALANCES Enclosed is my check for $25.00. Your gain is Yachting’s and SaiFs loss. 1. They repeat subjects.

NEIL PRYDE/SAN FRANCISCO

2. 1 don’t have to skip around the magazine to finish an article. 3. Latitude 38 is biodegradable.

108 Caledonia, Sausalito, CA 94965

George E. Farrar San Francisco George — We're not perfect. Bad photos, poor spelling, can’t even get the month straight — but we appreciate your support.

Call Jim Leech (415) 332-6167 The International Sailmaker Argentina Canada •’Denmark France Holland Italy Switzerland U.K. Uruaguay U.S.A. West Germany

•

• •

•

Lofts in Hong Kong & Eire

□ CRYPTICALLY SPEAKING Recognize this photo? Printed in anticipation of the Peripheral

lONITOR • STAINLESS CONSTRUCTION No other vane gear even comes close. Unequalled, electropolished stainless construction throughout. Light weight — great strength — freedom from corrosion — repair¬ able. The MONITOR looks like it be¬ longs on a cruising yacht — and it does!

See us at the Moscone Center Boat Show, Jan. 2-9, booth 130-131

• STAINLESS REPUTATION Superior professional design, refin¬ ed and perfected over 7 years of use by circumnavigators and single-hand¬ ed racers. Servo-pendulum system — the proven, simple and most pow¬ erful vane principle.

• SUITABILITY Fits practically any yacht from 25’ to 55’ L.O.A. — tiller or wheel steered. Easy and very strong installation. Factory assistance with customized attachments.

SCANMAR MARINE PRODUCTS

“We Specialize in Self-Steering” 298 Harbor Dr., Sausalito, CA 94965 _(415) 332-3233_

See the Boat Show on Us! Bring in your ticket stub & we’ll credit the admission price towards any purchase over $19.00* Extra Bonus: Visit our booth at both shows & pick-up a Boat Show Discount Coupon good for the month of January! Boyars

Redwood Cliy MUNI MARINA

Supply

See us at the

PETES HARBOR

PENINSULA ~ MARINA

to l BAIR ISLAND RD.

January

2-9

DOCKTOWN ' MARINA blomquist

TO iOSE

\0'

c,A*

101 TO S.F ""maple

San Francisco

Sports & Boat Show

M VErERAN s blvd

Supply

Come join us for the International Boat Show at the NEW MOSCONE CENTER. San Francisco

BOOTH 200

[Sale Items Excluded

635 Bair Island Road Redwood City, CA 94063

Cow Palace Jan 8-17 BOOTH 312,313

(415) 365-7874

—

Offer Good Thru 1/31/82

WINTER HOURS: Mon-Fri 9-5:30 : Sat 9-5 : Sun 10-2:30

DIGITAL KNOTMETERS LOW POWER CONSUMPTION

FIVE SELECTABLE DISPLAY AVERAGING TIMES

using the ship’s 12 volt system. The MODEL 5-LCD KNOTMETER can also be powered by a standard 9 volt transistor battery.

provide the smooth response required under changing sea conditions. The display aver¬ aging times range from a 2-second update—for a quick response when winds are lightto an update time of about 64 seconds—for smoothing the indicator response in heavy ocean swells.’ N

IMPROVED TYPE 5 SENSOR

SWOFFER MARINE INSTRUMENTS I IMS INDI'STRY DRIVE SEATTLE. WASHINGTON 98188 I S A 1206) ‘>"’VOI60

provides optimum low-speed performance. The paddlewheel has been redesigned for less magnetic “drag” and it allows readings beginning at 1/10 of a knot!

LETTERS

WHITBREAD UPDATE . . .

CREW OF CERAMCO ECSTATIC OVER

Canal . . . The sailing’s the shits so long as they are taking the H20, why not . . .! Sparkuhl, that mysterious limestone cowboy San Diego Cowboy — Geez, it took us the longest time to get it, but yes, sail¬ ing in “Southern California”. Most readers will recognize this shot of Ragtime (in front) and Kialoa Ill (sporting her old mizzen) and the Golden Gate Bridge, from a Big Boat Series about 5 or 6 years back.

□ IMO DOLLOPED OVER Wither the retort pouch? We are one of the lucky ones who has a friend who knows a friend who knows a grocer in Columbus, Ohio. Our friend (Pete) arrived last August with a suitcase full of “a la cartes” and we can testify to their seaworthiness. We found putting two of the pouches in water along with a bag of “Success” rice in our pressure cooker (lid on, but pressure gauge off) while bouncing our way down the coast in September was a seafar¬ ing answer to dinner on the rolling seas. The Beef Stroganoff was the favorite with IMO dolloped (as they say) over the top; but the Sweet ‘n Sour Pork makes a great dinner over chow mein noodles. The pouches were substantial enough to feed a hungry captain and con¬ venient enough to make the first mate (and dishwasher) happy. Our supply that was purchased in August is still used as a last resort when we run out of ideas here at the dock and are too lazy to drop a hook in the Petaluma — so the retort pouches live on! One added feature: they make great bartering items . . . and as long as Pete’s friend who knows a grocer doesn’t leave Columbus, we are set! Ralph & Susan The Trip 0 Port Sonoma Ralph & Susan — Thanks for the report and we hope you got the list of new sources we printed in the November issue.

□ MAX EBB, MEET GEORGIA MILLER Max should only know the difficulty an attractive woman has in crewing. He showed his own confusion when asking the woman, whom he knew to have limited daysailing experience, to do foredeck work on a race. Max, you’ve been in the sun too long if you think sex stays a number 2 priority for long — for the skipper or the rest of the (usually male) crew. (Men have had their share of conditioning, too.) The class and balance that women add to, the sailing gestalt is subtle. My sailing skills might be different today were the climate for women sailors different in the 60’s. Now I should easily throw off a great deal of conditioning and discrimination? Not easily, though I am in the process and it takes time,and work. Regarding gaining positions on the longer races, we have all paid our dues in different ways. Being attractive is some compensation.

Synthetic Fiberpile garments have been well proven in North Sea waters surrounding the British Isles & Scandina¬ via for many years. Their polyester fibers are light in weight, completely non-absorbent, and in¬ credibly warm. Offshore fishermen, oil riggers, and sailors have widely adopted pile as a substitute for wool in harsh, wet climates because of its unique performance. A BRENTON REEF BORGLITE™ Jacket, Vest or Pullover — worn by itself or beneath foul weather gear — will keep you as warm as conventional multi-layer garments, but with far less weight and bulk. Drys in minutes and is machine washable; zip fronts, pullovers, or vests available in Reef Blue or Buoy Red; See us at the Moscone Boat Show, -Jan. 2-9 — Booth 332

Available now in your favorite marine store!

So is being assertive. See you in Hawaii, Max. Georgia Miller Berkeley

□ KIDS ON BOATS - NO PROBLEMO 1. Captain’s word is law. “This is what we do on the boat, and the page 37

It has just been confirmed that the New Zealand entry in the Whitbread Round-TheWorld yacht race, Ceramco New Zealand, has arrived in Auckland, New Zealand. Line-honours went to Flyer, but Ceramco New Zealand, finished in 2nd place, eight hours after Flyer. Peter BLAKE, the skipper of Cermaco New Zealand, with his crew of 10, had been wearing the DORLON gear for the whole voyage, a distance of over 14,000 nautical miles, in some of the worst ocean conditions on earth. The crew of Ceramco New Zealand were asked how the DORLON FOUL-WEATHER GEAR had performed. Simply stated: they were ecstatic over Dorlon. We can with confidence relay to our customers, that DORLON is one of the best sets of foul-weather-gear produced. NOW AVAILABLE: Coast Guard Red & California Gold.

_ DOIHON The International Choice 312 Torino Drive, Suite 4, San Carlos, CA 94070 Paul Bridson, (415) 595-0108

THE WEST’S OfeDEST

PURVEYORS OF

YACHTING EQUIPMENT •

AND NAUTIGAI) GIFTS

496 Jefferson Street, San Francisco, CA 362-2710 61 Jack London Square, Oakland, CA 452-ilOO

LETTERS

professional:

'•99in9

reason is safety." “Duck” means duck, “move” means move

electrical

2. Man overboard practice. I was always ready, or had someone ready, to jump in after a child falling overboard. Never had to do it (their balance is terrific) but never went out when 1 wasn’t certain there was Skipper material on board. “Skipper material” meant someone who knew how to quickly (and alone) pick a person up out of the water. We practiced!!!! 3. Waterproof 'em. They don’t need to know how to swim; they do need to know how to survive (age 1 or so on). They do need training in non-panicking. They do wear lifejackets at all times when out of the cabin. My daughter (who started sailing at 8 days of age) went over only once — at the dock — age 18 months — lifejacket on — popped to the surface. No problem. About the cruising crew list. 1 have a great tale to tell about flying to Mexico to go “cruising”, but it will have to wait. For now I’ll say, I met a lot of men. They camefrom far and wide to meet me. Considering I was the oldest woman on the list, it was surprising. They were all nice; they were each gallant (except Mexico). They took me sailing (except Mexico) (tell Gilman McMillan 1 provided all onboard drinks and food), they took me out to dinner, or spent some time in just good conversation. All times were pleasant (except Mexico), but my repeated impression was that none of them or not any one of them wanted crew. Not any; not one. They were looking for that “signifi¬ cant other” in their lives, and when I wasn’t it; well, 1 just wasn’t it. The fact that I was a good sailor/skipper was noticed, but was very unimportant. Well, later . . . and thanks.

hydraulics woodwork brightwork leotherwork

BAY YACHT SERVICE fine yacht commissioning 3030 bridgeway sausalito ca. 94965 (415)332 4949

Mercedes See San Rafael Mercedes — We sure would have loved to have heard about your flight to Mexico for a cruise. Why? Because having just returned from 12 days in Cabo San Lucas, we can’t think of a single better place in the world to get a crew position. From now until at least March the boats are just pouring in from the north, south and east, and headed in all directions (see our Cabo map in this issue). Plus there’s the Cabo net each morning (see transcript, also in this issue) which puts you in direct contact with the vast majority of the fleet. It’s relatively cheap to get there; Aero Mexico from L.A. to San Jose del Cabo is about $135, and the taxi to the beach where you can camp with all the other Americans (just a snatch block’s toss from the yachts anchored out) is another $16. If you can't get a good position there, we just don’t think there’s any hope, and you’ll probably have to resign yourself to a slot on a '•$400,000 Hatteras or Uniflite. We'd far and away recommend Mexico as the best place to get on a boat; you’d say anywhere “except” Mexico; we sure wish'we knew why.

>—-—■

FINALLY! The End of ; Polishing

BRASS a coating that: Provides up to 2-Years Clear Protection Will Not Crack or Peel • Never Discolors

BR4SS

Available At: □ CAUGHT BETWEEN AN OCEAN AND A HARD PLACE '

Many Latitude readers have pr6bably seen this black and white converted life boat on or around the San Francisco bay which was last berthed at Redrock Marina in Richmond, California. Well, here it is at the San Luis Harbor just before the surf washed its dinghy overboard and crushed it. The buoy float can still be seen hanging from the starboard bow. The buoy line which was 1-inch polyurathane rope broke about 20-ft. below the buoy where it had been taped down to a smaller diameter with grey duct tape. page 39

Johnson & Joseph, San Francisco Cal-Coast Marine, Richmond Marine Sales, South San Francisco Marine Emporium, tietnel Island Anchorage Marine, Sausalito The Foredeck, Rancho Cordova Deckhands Marine Supply, Walnut Grove

John Beery Yachts, Alameda Sausalito Yacht Sales & Chandlery, Sausalito Marine Market Place, Mt. View & Emeryville Skipper Marine, Pittsburg Tower Park Marina, Terminous

Dealer Inquiries To:

BCB PRODUCTS — 195 CLAREMONT LONG BEACH, CA 90803

THE SPINNAKER SHOP WORLD’S FASTEST SPINNAKERS ONE-DESIGN—• OFF-SHORE

• RACER-CRUISER

£7:h

the u&rmm HARNESSES •TRAPEZE • SAIL BOARD • SOLING

ULLMAN SAILS

We also offer:

;

Covers, Turtles, Accessories

llpl

for One*Design and Off-Shore yachts gpaK/Recuts on all Sails

SPINNAKER SHOP • 921 E. CharlestonRc^^ak^lto^^430^^^^^^^^

SEA FURL Jib reefing and furling system

FOR CAREFREE CRUISING Absolutely the Finesf Jib Furling Reefing System Available Today And We Have Them! BAY RIGGERS Northern California Distributors SeaFurl II Gemini Headfoils Stowaway Masts

MAKE YOUR PLEASURE CRAFT A PLEASURE WITH STEREO MUSIC FROM PETER’S

v <j ,s

^ & A, <v e,

Holst the newest flag afloat... a red apple on white ... the signal for stereo happening here, and It means fun. So why wait any longer when you can have stereo in your boat as easily as in your car? We doboth with the best selection of mobile stereo components includlna the complete Sony line. Make stereo a part of your rigging. It’s a pleasure. Expert installation most anywhere in the Bay Area

CALL FOR FREE ESTIMATE

toy CO to

SALES, INSTALLATION, SERVICE

200 GATE 5 ROAD, SAUSALITO, CA (415) 332-5757

Peter^AutoRadk) 2106 LOMBARD at FILMORE S.F. SALES • INSTALLATION • SERVICE

An alternative to the common fiberglas 30 foot production boat. She has all the qualities of a custom built yacht, and yet allows you to participate m international class sailing. The Naja is the result of the combined efforts of Whisstock’s of England, world famous yacht makers for over fifty years, and the innovative French Naval Architect, Sylvestre Lange vin. Langevin is the designer of the Trans Atlantic World Record Holder ‘Elf Aquitaine! Swift, sure, and beautifully designed, the Naja is one of the finest wooden yachts made, at any price. With a waterline of over 27 feet, and a beam of IOV2 feet, she is competitive in terms of sailing speed and interior spaciousness with many larger boats. Her hull is triple chine constructed of African mahogany, and her laminated frames and wood work are excellent examples of premier European craftsmanship. The Naja is built with-, the ‘West System’™epoxy, and finished with linear polyurethane to eliminate wood maintenance prdblems. * Stiff and strong, she is the perfect boat to cruise the Virgin Isles or weather a tropical storm. From her specially'selected hardwood members to her solid teak deck, there has been attention paid to every detail. The Naja, however, is not a boat for everyone, because quite frankly not everyone can afford her. But, for those people who will settle for nothing less than the best, they should own the Naja. Available for owner completion. Send $2 for detailed specifications. Imported and assembled in the United States by A&T Marine Services.

In the United States and Western Canada contact: A&T Marine Services, Incorporated, Box 1423, 10111 South Tacoma Way, Tacoma, Washington 98401 206 584-8563 Telex: 32-7494 TACWOOD In Eastern Canada contact: Imago-Bee, Incorporated, 3730 St. Hubert, Montreal H2L 4A2 515 844-8246 page 41

Nike Lampe Yachts STEVENS

Dufour cu,STOM

Valiant^

SWIFT

by Sparkman & Stephens

1155 Embarcadero, Oakland, CA 94606 (415) 835-1134

VALIANT 47’. Cutter, LOA 47’, LWL 40’, Displ, 30,000 lbs., S.A. 1,100 sq. ft., Draft 6'3", Fast cruising cutter rig design¬ ed by Bob Perry. MLY is currently sea trialing vessel. Possi¬ ble leaseback & tax advantages avail. Sailboat of the decade heritage. Only 2 boats avail, in next 12 months. Base $236,000 w/$20,000 price increase soon.

VALIANT 40’. Cutter. Cruising boat of the Decade!! 3 avail, from $85K. Almost new 79 on Great Lakes, st winches, 55 hp dsl., full spinnaker, Signet 4000 sys. Owner motivated and price reduced to $148,500.

CHEOY LEE 44’. ’80, cutter rig, dsl., teak decks, Barient 55ST winches, VHF, LaFiell spars, full U.S. upgrades w/spin. gear. Owner bought new Swan! Exc. buy. $130,000.

VALIANT 32’. 78 cutter, Westerbeke dsl., Signet windpoint/windspeed, pedestal whl steering, several factory options. Hard to find 32’ in exc. cond. $64,900.

37’ FISHER MOTORSAILER. 77. Ketch, 80 hp dsl., British pilothouse luxury, owner has maintained vessel in new cond. Self-furl, Signet, refrig., VHF, extensive inventory for full world cruise. Offered at $125,000.

STEVENS CUSTOM 47’. Cutter, designed by Sparkman & Stephens. 14’3” beam, 250 water, 125 fuel. Sleeps 12 in 9 berths. Sold full sailaway w/electronics, self-furling.

PEARSON 323. 77, this well equipped cruising design from Bill Shaw comes w/a Volvo dsl., H/C pres, wtr., teak cabin sole, extra bow water tank, kero, stove w/an oven, dorade vents & a dodger priced well below replacement value — reduced to $45,000.

CUMBERLAND (STEEL). 72, sloop, sistership to “Iceburg”. Whenjt comes to strength, there's nothing like steel. This aft-cabin steel boat has been well maintained 8 equip’d. She has teak decks, Volvo dsl., 31’ overall & displaces 10,500 lbs. Asking $33,000.

SWIFT 40. Standard equipment includes: Lloyd's const, certif.; Volvo dsl.; Schaffer blocks & fittings; Bomar hat¬ ches; LeFiell mast; Yacht Specialties steer’g; Marinetic’s elec. sys. Best liveaboard value on the market today — $109,500 f.o.b. Oakland.

DOWNEASTER 38’. Cutter. 76, dsl., equipped for world cruise w/2 pages of extra gear. Bristol! Owner will finance on contract of sale. Offered at $84,750

SWIFT 33’. 79 & built to Lloyd’s specifications. She’s 32’9" on deck & 26 9 on the waterline. Her 11’3” beam provides a spacious main salon & galley area. The Swift 33 is avail, at $62,950 & comes complete w/the standard sailaway package.

ANNOUNCING San Francisco Yacht Chartering Management Company Call for Details.

LETTERS

—

Apparently these buoys are rented or bought from the harbor. The buoy patch is so close to the surf line that anchoring between the

buoys and the beach is at best dangerous. With Point Conception in the way of Santa Barbara and the weather nasty we had little choice as to what to do. With numerous unoccupied buoys we of course tied to one. We would appreciate any advice and comments. Boatless Brent and Debbie Baker Manteca

1894 Was A Very Good Year

Rudolf Diesel's first successful compression ignition engine ran under its own power in February of that year. His vision of an efficient and durable prime mover was on its way to becoming a household word. By 1900, the diesel engine had found its first transport role in marine propulsion. And in 1907, Penta produced its first maripe diesel. Since those early days, Volvo Penta marine diesels have become world renowned for durability, reliability, and efficiency. From 71 ■ to 384 shaft horsepower, Volvo Penta diesels are designed and built to meet your most arduous powerrequirements. At Eskelund Marine, in keeping with this tradition, the powering of your vessel receives conscientious and comprehensive attention to detail; from the determina¬ tion of your specific requirements to the maintenance of your investment at peak economy and dependability. We strive to offer these units at competitive and attractive prices. If you have a need for a diesel power plant, call today for details, and discover the quality and excellence of Volvo Penta.

Brent & Debbie - We don’t know what comment we could possi¬ ble make other than that there is no substitute for constant vigilence _ and even that doesn’t always work. In hindsight we suppose you might have been better off trusting your own ground tackle, which you knotu the condition of, as opposed to an unfamiliar anchor buoy. But in all honesty, we may well have done the same thing, particuarly if everybody else was relying on them.

page 43

ESKELUND MARINE (415) 523-7670 Alameda, California Authorized sales and service of Volvo Penta products

SEABREEZE YACHT CENTER THE COMPLETE MARINE FACILITIES

280 - 6th AVENUE

TON

TRAVEL

MARINE

feature

PAINTING BERTH

FEET

REPAIRS

140

832-4571

LIFT

RAILWAYS

FIBERGLASS HULL

OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA 94606

- L.P.U.

MARINA

YOURSELF

Z*Spar

WELCOME

Marine

Finishes

SEA SHIELD

Introductory offer

zincs

$3.50

ft. Includes: mat e ria I s

Haul

extra.

â&#x20AC;¢

and Launch

Pressure Bottom

Spray Painting

Offer Special

ends

thanks to

For your marine See

the now

custom

Dec. 31, 1981 -

A.B. Stevenson insurance

Peterson

availiable

for

charter

Travel

lift

only

Insurance

needs BROWN

call

Frank

SUGAR

28 4-29 68

763-4840

WIND CIRCLE SAILING YACHTS\

1210 Brickyard Cove Road Pt. Richmond, California 94801 (415) 234-1154 (206) 575-8356

The GOLDEN WAVE 42. A sensual mating of modern performance design, the finest hardwoods available, and hi-tech boatbuilding techniques. She is much too beautiful for words to describe! You must experience her presence first-hand. Of course, only the best goes into a GOLDEN WAVE — Navtec, Barient, Kenyon, Schaeffer, Goiot, & Perkins. See her. Sail her. Fall in love with her.

A true masterpiece!! She’s the Chance-designed GOLDEN WAVE 48. Her flush teak decks will become your playground in the sun & spray. Her huge Salon easily will party 10 or more, & with 3 double staterooms, comfort & privacy are assured. Like her little sister, the GW-42, only the best goes into her, & both are available with Lloyds cert. Speed, elegance, fun — This is the CjOLDEN WAVE 48.

BROKERAGE

41’ CHOATE. An impressive inventory and a beautiful teak interior make this Choate built lOR hot rod a real value for the racing skipper at $90,000. Impressive race record.

37’ COLIN ARCHER Dsl. ketch “URD” — Uni¬ que lapstrake steel construction. Extensive cruising inventory including Aries vane, B&Cj, instruments, and lots more! $72,000.

43’ MASON CUTTER, ’79. Beautifully maintained in New condition. Dickinson diesel range, Hood furling, 9 sails and much more. Below replacement at $130,000. Sistership.

35’ SANTANA ’79 — This popular One-Design racer/cruiser has been seldom used. A superb racing inventory includes 11 sails, Carnes hydraulics, Navtec rod rigging, etc. $66,500. Sistership.

48’ Tartan Custom Sloop ’73. 47’ Caribe Cutter. 44’ Peterson Cutter. 42’ Westsail Ketch ’76. 42’ Pearson Ketch ’80. 41’ Morgan O/I Sloop ’78. 41’ Gulfstar Sloop ’73. 41’ Islander/Gurney ’73. 40’ Mariner Ketch ’68. 40’ Linderman Sloop ’68. 40’ Columbia Sloop ’65. 38’ Doweast Cutter ’75. 35’ Fantasia Sloop ’78. 35’. Santana One-Design ’79. 35’ Finnsailer M/S ’69. 34’ Peterson One-Design ’78. 34’ Cal 3-34 Sloop ’78. 34’ Peterson Vt Ton ’76. 33’ Tartan Ten ’78. 32’ Cheoy Lee Sloop ’78. 32’ Challenger Sloop ’75. 30’ Baba Cutter ’78. 30’ Anastasia Sloop ’78. 30’ Ericson + ’80. 30’ Hunter Sloop ’80. 30’ C&C Mega w/trailer. 29’ Ranger Sloop ’74. 29’ Columbia MKI ’60. 27’ Albin Vega Sloop ’76. 27’ O’Day Sloop ’75. 27’ Tartan Yawl ’69. 27’ Ericson Sloop. 25’ Friendship Sloop ’75. 24’ Moore Sloop ’79. 24’ C&C Sloop ’76. 24’ J/24 Sloop ’77. 23’ Ranger ’75 (comm ’76). 22’ Columbia ’66.

COMING SOON! The Golden Wave 38 Designed by Dave Pedrick and available for delivery in the fall of 1982.

% page 45

Selling your boat? List your boat with us — we get results!

.$155,000 2 from 129,950 2 from 119,000 .150,000 .139,000 .105,000 . 89,000 . 89,000 .100,000 . 69,000 . 49,000 . 79,000 . 84,000 . 66,500 . 53,500 . 65,000 . 2 from 49,000 . 42,500 . 39,000 . 62,500 . 45,000 . 59,000 . 55,000 .. 49,000 . 39,000 . 25,000 . 34,500 . 16,000 . 25,000 . 24,500 . 23,500 .3 from 20,000 . 25,000 . 23,500 . 14,500 . 13,400 . 16,000 . 5,500

Is the high cost of borrowing money keeping^ou from your dream boat? * I ■’■44...

THERE IS AM ALTERNATIVE!

. ,

The FREY A 39, a fast cruising yacht, was previously available only as a completed yacht. She is now available in various stages of completion. Designed by Haivorsen Bros, of Sydney, Australia and built by Gannon Yachts in Petaluma, this fast cruiser has en¬ joyed a very successful racing career, taking top honors in the rugged Sydney-Hobart Race 3 consecutive years and recently plac¬ ing 2nd to Cabo. Her cruising career has pro ven just as successful, with many FREYA’s sailing throughout the world. FREYA 39 Hull and Deck Builder’s Kit Sailaway Kit

$22,820 $43,000 $75,100 with engine package

PT. BONITA YACHT SALES, INC 399 Harbor Dr., Sausalito, CA (415) 332-1130

LETTERS

-m

DTALOFA BOAT THEFT You guys have been swell about printing the ISBYC fun and games stuff in the past. But now I’m dead-assed serious; I’ve got a cause which needs a bit of public service ink. The trial [Mr. Leach’s schooner Talofa was stolen from Pelican Harbor last year, and ended up in the surf off Ocean Beach — Editor] comes up in January or February. The DA wants to pleabargain the defendant’s case from a felony charge down to a misde¬ meanor in return for a guilty plea. I’m enclosing 8-pages of background data to bring you up to speed, but it boils down to ob¬ vious guilt vs. the DA’s reluctance, for whatever reason, to put out the effort to try the case. I said “public service ink” because letting the guy off with a wave of the hand does all of us a disservice. Publicizing a felony conviction, assuming we get one, would have some deterring effect. If the word got out that you could take off with somebody’s pet piece of varnish and get only a jay-walking ticket, there’d be hell to pay. So, I’m asking you to urge 38’s readers to invest 20-cents by writing th'e DA (Jerry Herman, Room 155, Hall of Justice, San Rafael, CA 94903. RE: People vs Engelstadt, DA 4819) and telling him what they feel a proper punishment would be for theft of their boat and subsequent $20,000 damage to it. (One of the Committee members suggested gang-banging by the Raiders 2nd string line but, considering the source, that sounded more like wishful thinking than punishment.) In recognition of their civic responsibility, those writing will receive immunity from the ISBYC Death Squad on Opening Day, including a return address and immunity ID will be sent. John Leach Committee on Instant Justice Island of St. Brendan YC

line ngth of maximum current s of slack water ★ Sunrise & Sunset Jjj ★ Moonphase at meridian

with: ★ Bay tidal current charts ★ Tables of differences

J§p

^cyjjjj jgjjljjP .^illllllS

The following is a copy of the letter Mr. Leach sent to the D.A. in San Rafael objecting to the plea bargaining: ATTN: Joshua Thomas RE: People v. Engelstadt (DA 4819) Dear Mr. Thomas: Thank you for the witness fee, it helps somewhat. Regarding the suggestion you made at the Prelim., allowing a guil¬ ty plea to a misdemeanor in return for restitution of my out-of-pocket expenses, I must respond with a resounding NO, go for the felony charge. Let me outline my reasons for this: I do not know if I have the right to agree to your proposal; my insuror is the one who is most affected. I have written them about it but no reply as yet. Even if I had the right to decide I couid not in good conscience throw them to the wolves (there’s a 27-year relationship to consider.) Financially, I have little to lose by going for the felony. I can always go after him in a civil action. Assuming a felony conviction«and probation in return for full restitution, the pressure on the defendant to pay off is much

EACH $7.95 Calif sales tax

FOR EACH SAN FRANCISCO EDITION ^ ASK ABOUT OTHER EDITIONS GOLD LEAF PERSONALIZING AVAILABLE AT $3.50 PER BOOK MAIL IMMEDIATELY

guarantee that publicity._ page 47

' .

TIDELOGS TO: quantity

greater than that of a misdemeanor conviction. The defendant may pay full restitution over an extended period. The local deterrent effect of publicity about a felony for this type of offence would be quite beneficial, and I’m sure that Sausalito PD would bear me out on this. And I can virtually

.48

PLEASE ENCLOSE $8.43

name

address

city, state, zip

PACIFIC PUBLISHERS, P.0. BOX272, TIBUR0N, CA 94920

COOPER 353 Two-station steering and the comfort of a roomy cruiser in a sleek, modern hull.

L.O.A. L.W.L. BEAM

35’3” 28’6” 12’0”

$ 73,900 Duty Paid The Cooper 353 offers comfort in any weather. A tall masthead rig gives plenty of drive without sacrificing good sea-going manners that let a couple handle her with ease. There’s a foam sand¬ wich core hull, balsa sandwich core deck, first rate hardware and a warm, rich interior with an abundance of teak and fabrics. Plus, enough storage for an extended cruise or living aboard.

OtherCooperYachts. Cooper31’6” Cooper 41 ’6” Cooper50’8” Maple Leaf 48’ Maple Leaf 54’ Sea Bird MotorSailer37’ Sea Bird CenterCockpit37’

$ 52,900 104,900 210,000 155,000 195,000 74,750 77,250

Built: in Canada...

(408)727-4380

Enjoyed World-Wide

Building A New Boat Or Restoring An Old One? BRAND EPOXY

Investigate today what WEST SYSTEM Brand™ Epoxy can do for your boat. WEST SYSTEM Brand™ Epoxy for new boat construction and repair of wood, fiberglass, ferro-cement, steel or alumi¬ num. WEST SYSTEM products are be¬ ing used by the home builder, as well as professional boat builders throughout the world. Send for: • WEST SYSTEM Color Brochure — N/C • Boat Repair with WEST SYSTEM Products — N/C • The Manual, WEST SYSTEM — $2.00 • The Book, The Gougeon Brothers on Boat Construction

•TRADEMARK OF GOUGEON BROTHERS, INC., BAY CITY, Ml 48706 • GBI MCML

DISTRIBUTED BY: 531 N. Francisca Avenue, Redondo Beach, CA 90277

(213) 376-0469

20.00

— $

AUTHORIZED WEST SYSTEM DEALERS for NOR-CAL: LIGHTHALL MARINE 105 Bronson Street Santa Cruz, CA 95062 (408) 425-8155

RICHMOND BOAT WORKS, INC. 616 W. Cutting Boulevard Richmond, CA 94804

LETTERS

USED GEAR MOVE ‘EM OUT SALE

Although I have been unable to locate any individual in whom the defendant may have confided as to his intentions in stealing the vessel, it seems to me that the position and heading of the vessel at the time of apprehension (as can be confirmed by Mr. Chester Sims of SF, the person who spotted the vessel heading south off Ocean Beach and who contacted the Coast Guard) makes the intent quite clear. (If the defen¬ dant has been a former resident of Southern California, his in¬ tent would be even less refutable.) Even though I have little legal knowledge, I’m convinced that an informed jury will return a guilty verdict. There is no similarity between the act in question'and “joyriding”. Where does one draw the line at plea bargaining? Let me go over the actions which the defendant had to perform in committing this theft, almost all during darkness: Using a loose gearshift lever, he pried open a lock to gain entry to the cabin, where he turned on a marked ignition switch. To start the engine, he had to return outside and turn on a keyswitch and turn on a hidden fuel valve. To move the vessel out of the slip, three mooring lines and an electrical cord had to be removed. The vessel then had to be backed out of the slip and tuQed down an aisleway, a dif¬ ficult maneuver requiring turning in a tight circle to avoid a close obstruction at the rear. Here, the need to “back and fill” a few times is mandatory, unless he pushed the vessel out, turned it manually, and hopped aboard; hardly likely, given the prevailing winds at that time of year. The potential for hit¬ ting other vessels is large, yet none of the nearby boat owners have reported damage, and neither I nor the marine surveyor can ascertain the origin of all the damages. Once out of the marina, he had to steer the vessel down a 130-yard wide channel for Vi-mile. The tide tables show that, at 10:30 p.m. on 8/19/81, the water depth at the edge of that channel was between 5.1 and 6.1-feet, enough to ground the vessel if she strayed, because she draws between 5.5 and 6-feet. Since the vessel did not ground, it could be presumed (a) that the defendant knew of the channel either by previous experience in the area or by reading one of the charts on board, and (b) that the defendant could successfully maneuver the vessel. So far, it doesn’t sound like a drunken or a casual act. Remember, this took place during darkness. Insofar as the currents are concerned, there was a maximum ebb (outflow) on the 19th at 7:58 p.m. (4.0 knots), slack water (no current) at 11:29 p.m. and, on the 20th, a maximum flood (inflow) of 3.1 knots at 2:21 a.m., slack water at 5:26 a.m., and a 3.7 knot ebb at 8:17 a.m. Not knowing his route, (he could have made it to where he was apprehended, 7 nautical miles from the marina, in 2 hours, whereas it took him approximately 10 hours) it would be conjecture to say what difficulties he overcame in getting out the Gate. The above tides are of average strength. He transited the Golden Gate either during darkness or dur¬ ing the dawn and made his way south in open sea to a point where a trailing line fouled the prop and stopped the engine. This is a fairly hazardous journey in darkness, nobody I know does it, nor do they do it casually during daylight. What more does one need to show that the defendant was in com¬ plete control of himself during this period and that he intended to page 49

We’re Selling All Used Gear In Stock. It All Works and Is Warranted. „ WE HA VE: RADIOS V.H.F.’s S.S.B.’s A.D.F.’s R.D.F.’s

EPTHSOUNDERS flashers digital commercial flashers

OMNI Old A.M. Radios

Come By Our Stores & Get In On These Super Bargains! RICH WILDE'S

CAL-MARINE

ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 1424 LOMBARD STREET SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94123

(415) 673-2552

SALES • SERVICE • INSTALLATION

Our Jib Bag Protects Your Sail Face it — the jib sail can be a burden to store — especially if you're an active sailor. Now you can leave it in place all the time, ready for quick and easy hoisting. You’ll like our zippered bottoms, twist fastening forestay, and three webbing tabs (one for halyard lift, two for attaching to pulpit/lifeline to avoid chafing). Five jib bag sizes are available, manufactured from the finest acrylic. SIZE

FITS SAILS

PRICE

#2 #3 #4 #5 #6

To To To To To

$47 $52 •" $59

200 350 50Q 650 800

sq. sq. sq. sq sq.

ft. ft. ft. ft. ft.

$63

AVAILABLE COLORS

Black White Yellow

Blue Green Red Brown

$74

Order now . send check, money order, or VISA/M.C. Number. (Specify size and color; California residents add 6% sales tax)

B4IUWCK BAILIWICK, INC., ONE NORTH AMPHLETT BLVD. SAN MATEO. CALIFORNIA 94401 Phone: (415) 342-5625 Also available: sail covers, sail repairs, sun awnings and sail cleaning.

CONTACT QUENTIN LEWTON

TRUE ADVENTURE MOVIE PRESENTED IN PERSON & NARRATED BY JEROME & NANCY BORUCKI

(415)232-

QUALITY SERVICE FOR YOUR CLASSIC OR CONTEMPORARY YACHT Complete: Keel • Hull • Painting • Spars & Rigging • Electronics • Hardware • Engines Repair & Sales for: Universal Atomic Westerbeke • Pathfinder • Perkins

Volvo Penta

GLACIER BAY ALASKA A unique and magnificent 16mm, color movie comes to the Bay Area. Here is a rare opportunity to see the first feature-length, movie on spec¬ tacular Glacier Bay, Alaska. Jerome and Nancy Borucki, a dynamic film team, have fulfilled their long sought-after Alaskan dream adventure. Thrill to the awesome NORTHERN LIGHTS. Fly over stunning mountains, vast icefields, and ENOR¬ MOUS GLACIERS of the past Ice Age. Watch huge icebergs crash from a towering glacier wall. See WINTER CAMPING and winters special beauty. Kayak beautiful fiords. Discover marvelous wild¬ life and an abandoned GOLD MINE. Visit the Alaskan HOMESTEADERS. Come and enjoy this very special movie of a fascinating land of amaz¬ ing grandeur that the entire family can enjoy together. SHOWINGS

• SPANGENBERG THEATER, PALO ALTO JAN. 27&28 ■ 8:00 p.m. • MARIN VETERANS' MEMORIAL THEATER JAN. 30 - 8:00 p.m. • SAN MATEO PERFORMING ARTS CENTER FEB. 10-8:00 p.m. •WALNUT CREEK CIVIC ARTS CENTER FEB. 23&24 - 2:15 & 8:15 p.m.

ARDIC the by

better boat heater of Sweden

volvo

• 3650 Watt (12,500 BTU) • Minimal Demands on your battery 3 amps per hour • Complete Installation Kit & Thermostat includes 12 Month Warranty —

LORAN, RADAR, AUTO PILOT _34.00 advance $5.00 at door

Tickets: Send: Show Date, Check, Name & Address to: Seven Seas Productions 520 Walker Dr., #38 Mountain View, CA 94043 PLEASE ENCLOSE SELF ADDRESSED STAMPED ENVELOPE

Sales and Installation We Offer The Very Best Price For This Equipment Installed In Your Boat & GUARANTEED

Engine & Electrical Service BOB PINKUS MARINE SERVICES 522 B Street, San Rafael, CA 94901 (415) 453-8326

LETTERS EAST MEETS WEST

permanently deprive me of the vessel? She has made long voyages along the Coast before and was, at the time of the theft, fully loaded with 90-gallons of water and 60-gallons of gasoline, easily enough to get to Los Angeles. There is even a favorable current going South. There was canned food and crackers onboard sufficient for 2-days. The distance from S.F. to L.A. is 374-nautical miles; about 3-days, not including any stops. If you want witnesses to attest to the skill required to perform the 7-mile journey, I offer the individuals named below. All derive their livelyhood from boating; they are truly experts and they know the waters in question. David Wilder, (JSCG; marine accident investigator; James Robin¬ son, USGC-licensed skipper; Ned Martin, marina owner; Richard Klein, attorney; Robert Counts, marina owner; James Jesse, marine . surveyor; and Matthew Herron, vessel delivery. Regarding the monetary damages to date (the vessel is still under repairs), I am attaching a list. The last page contains a summary. The items marked paid are backup up by receipts. I have no way of knowing what the grand total will be, what what portion will be taken care of by insurance. All I’m asking for is JUSTICE. If you want any help, call me. John P. Leach Larkspur

If you don't order from our Foul Weather Gear 1982 Sale, we'll use a male model

Also included was a 4-page itemization of damages, totalling almost $22,000.

in 1983.

□ WELCOME BACK TO THE PRIMITIVE WORLD We haven’t seen a Latitude 38 since we left San Francisco last June to sail to the Puget Sound. There’s nothing like yqur magazine up here, they’re all too civilized I guess. Our first trip up here was loaded with firsts. It was the first summer we’ve ever spent wearing thermal underwear for one. We got beat back, bounced around, scared, cold, and wet. But, we made it. Now we plan to collect our wits, some gear, and more money and head south as soon as possible. This may take some time, so here’s $15 for a year’s worth of Latitude 38’s, the best sailing magazine in the country. Part of our success in making this dumb voyage is due to dumb luck. More than I really care to admit. I do want to let you know we are grateful for the services of a number of your advertisers: Hogin Sails and Tradewind Instruments in Alameda; Cal-Marine Electronics in San Francisco; and the folks of West Marine Products in Oakland and Sausalito. We look forward to our first copy of Latitude 38, oh, please don’t be late! George C. Hewitt and the crew of Amata Pea Port Orchard, Washington George — We’d like to hear more about the times and places of your ‘long underwear summer’. In fact, if there’s one geographical area we’d like to get more cruising stories on, it’s the Pacific Nor¬ thwest and Alaska.

□ MAS EL VIETO DEL NORDE Enclosed is the latest “explanation” of “Santana” vs “Santa Ana” winds as requested by Loose Lips in Vol. 54. you will note Pat page 51

If that doesn't sway you, these prices will... LINE 7

LIST

Jacket

JT s SALE

120.

96.

Smock

95.

76.

Pants

105.

84.

Atlantis-Ultimate Jacket

98.

Pants

59.

78.40 .

.47.20

Romika Boots Navajo

40 95

29.95

No charge for shipping anywhere in continental USA. Cash, checks and major credit cards accepted. Offer expires January 31,1982. Name

____ Phone_

Address_ City_State_Zip_ JTs Ship Chandlery 364 Thames Street, Newport, Rl 02840

(401) 846-7256

CREW FOR SALE

• • v^utsing

y^yousins from Lyle Hess' family of little ships a royal pair designed for fast, safe ocean voyaging. -

BRISTOL CHANNEL CUTTER 14,000# Displacement 37'-9" Length Overall 28' - 1” Length on Deck 594 Sq. Ft. Sail Area

FALMOUTH CUTTER 7,400# Displacement 30'-6” Length Overall 22' - 0" Length on Deck

Built to Customer Order only to highest standards of quality - fully or partially completed. —

Cifarrt 'am

0%orse L o.

1626 Placentia Costa Mesa, CA 92627 (714)645-1843

VMM1MWNHID 11Til HCII

^4©^

SEA 209 Marine Radio

ORDER blank y T-Shirts Captain First Mate Crew

First Mate Crew

TOTAL

U L) I J (3 LJ ! .1 L !_1 <a> [ J LJ I i I i <3> S

J [J

With

9.00 ea =

Navy Trim

9.00 ea =

Only TOTAL

Color

14.00 ea =

□

14 00 ea = 14 00 ea =

TOTAL

LJ @

Color

16.00 ea =

□

@ 16.00 ea =

First Mate Crew

@ 16 00 ea = SUB TOTAL

Sweatshirts and Collar Shirts available in the following color combinations. til Lt Blue/Navy ink #2 Navy/White ink

White Shirt

9 00 ea =

[ J IJ l J U @ □ U U U@ I ] U U U<®

Hooded Sweatshirt S Captain

I J

Collar Shirts Captain

#3 White/Lt Blue ink #4 Yellow/Red ink

TAX (6.5%) 1 95

T-Shirts available in white with navy trim only.

SHIPPING (U.P.S.) TOTAL

• 1024 Channels in Memory • Built-in pre-set or fully automatic Antenna Coupler • Works well with Alden Marinefax • Suggested price less than $2,000!

NAME

WHY SETTLE FOR LESS

ADDRESS CITV/STATE BOAT NAME Please Spell & Punctuate Boat Name Specifically Send Check to

PACIFIC COAST SCREENPRINTING 816 Charcot Avenue San Jose, Calif 95131

Johnson Hicks

MARINE ELECTRONICS Allow 2-3 weeks for delivery.

M C and Visa phone (408) 946-6500

543 Seabright

Santa Cruz

(408) 423-2309

LETTERS

New 43’ Motorsailer arriving January!

Royce uses the word “we" in his article but signs it just himself. I never trust anything that doesn’t give credit to “we” and tell who “we” is, except for Charles Lindbergh and he’s dead now. Looking back in historical time it’s about a toss — here’s some quotes: 1. ) Kurtz, Emil: Meteorologist in charge of San Diego office of Na¬ tional Weather Service up until 1973: SCYA Year book “a short course in So.Cal weather.” “Santa Ana”. 2. ) Elyse Mintey: Sea Magazine Aug. ’76 “the Santana’s Evil Ways” says “the Santana, or Santa Ana (it’s official designation) . . . So have fun! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, keep Latitude 38 coming to us in NO WIND LAND.

Cheoy Lee Motorsailer. Robert Perry-design. Luxurious full width owners cabin. Two steering stations. Two guest cabins. Two heads. 120 h.p. Ford diesel. 600 gallons fuel. 300 gallons water. $159,000 sailaway.

Aloha, A1 Nelson Newport Beach Cheoy Lee 41 Ketch. One of the most successful boats on the market today. Fast & comfortable, this one is completely teak paneled inside & loaded with Cheoy Lee extras. At our sales dock. Special sailaway price. $99,000.

Mr. Nelson included Patrick Royce’s column from the December 1981 issue of Yachting News in which he reports: “Santa Ana is derived from the Indian term Santana meaning Devil Wind, while the early Spanish called it “El Vieto Del Norde’’, or Devil Wind of the North. Many times we hear radio and TV an¬ nouncers equally state the term to be Santa Ana winds because one of its funnels flows roughly along the Santa Ana river valley . . . though the strongest of these winds flow down the Santa Clara river valley. ” That’s Royce’s explanation, and it sounds like a pretty good one to

Cheoy Lee 44 Mid-Cockpit. This is the one you’ve been waiting for! Robert Perry-design and Cheoy Lee quality in state-of-the-art cruising, comfort and performance. At our sales dock. Cheoy Lee/Wittholz 53 Ketch. First one arriving in May. Sleeps 12 in 4 cabins. LOA - 53’; LWL - 41’; Beam - 14’6”; Draft - 7’9!/2”; Displacement - 20 tons-: 80 h.p. Ford diesel. Introductory Pricing: $219,000.

BROKERAGE

Cheoy Lee 28. Pressure water w/shower, Volvo dsl., all Barient winches, 4 sails, radio, depthsounder, exc. cond. Bring all offers.

Cheoy Lee 35 sloop, ’79. Perry-design, fast cruiser, 3 sails, pres, wtr w/shower, Volv.o dsl., VHF, man-overboard gear, very clean. $67,500/offer.

★ SPECIAL ★ Sontpnos funnel through the mountain pastes.

us. Incidentally, we’ve included a diagram of the funnels drawn by Royce. Patrick Royce, incidentally, is the author of numerous in¬ structional books on sailing, and we think they are perhaps the best around.

Cheoy Lee 44 ketch. We sold this vessel new in 1979. It is one of the best equipped 44’s on the west coast. 5 bags of sails — all like new. Perkins dsl., h&c pres, wtr., 2 heads, 2 showers, shore pwr system, battery charger, 2 anchors, VHF, digital d.s., RDF, Richie compass, k.m., log, wind point, wind speed’ stereo, man-overboard gear, auto & manual pumps, custom teak interior. Possible creative financing. Replacement cost over $150,000. Try $110,000. •

40’ Offshore yawl, 1974, excellent.:.... $86,900 30’ Cheoy Lee Bermuda.Make Offer 27’ Reined Sloop, family boat.Take Over Payments

Have you got something to say to the sailing world? Advice,.com¬ plaints, comments, or just ordinary old observations? If so, say it through ‘Letters’. Address yours to Latitude 38, P.O. Box 1678, Sausalito, 94966. page 53

(415) 457-2002

175 Loch Lomond San Rafael, CA 94901

See Us for Quality: Dodgers Full Boat Covers Awnings Sail Covers Boom Tents Hatch Covers Weather CurtainsWinch Covers

We are proud to be the exclusive agents for the sale of the classic auxiliary cruising ketch, Tanaquill. Built in Germany by Abeking and Rasmussen in 1953, Tanaquill recreates the majes¬ ty and quality of construction found in old world sailing yachts. She was constructed to the highest of standards using greenheart frames, double planked teak hull, double planked teak trunk cabin and bronze screw fastenings. She features a classic warm and comfortable interior of solid, varnished teak. Specifications: 51’ LOA, 38’3” LWL, 12’4” beam, 7’6’ draft, 54,000 lbs. displacement, GM 371 diesel, Onan, water maker, full electronics, auto pilot and much more—inquire for full details.

Family Owned & Operated Since 1969.

Offered at $189,000, exclusively through

210 HARBOR DR., SAUSALITO, CA (415) 332-3339

HEDRICK, CARSON, & HAYNIE 6315 Seaview Ave. N.W., Seattle, WA 98107

783-9469

BLUE DOLPHIN YACHTS

BALLENA BAY, 1120 Ballena Blvd., Alameda (415) 865-5353 DEALERS FOR (SAIL) — Freedom — Gulfstar — Irwin 1 DEALERS FOR (POWER) — Gulfstar — Bluewater — Californian

Ort Display at the Moscone Center Boat Show

Irwin 46

California 38

Bluewater 52

—

BULKHEAD COMPASS & INSTRUMENT COVERS

WINDSURFING the ultimate ..sailing experience. *

Protect your expensive bulkhead compasses and in¬ struments from the damaging effects of the sun with easy to use snap-on covers. Simple to install and inex¬ pensive. Now at your local dealer

ONDRY ENTERPRISES

WINDSURFING MARIN Lessons and Sales Wetsuits Provided. Ted McKown (415) 332-2777 383-1226 1306 Bridge way, Sausalito

640 Glennan Drive Redwood City, CA 94061 (415) 368-9786

South Bay Boat Works, Inc 1450 MAPLE ST., REDWOOD CITY, CA 94063 Phone for Appt. (415) 369-0150 Complete Boat Service

—

Haulouts to 12 Tons

(approx. 40-ft.)

Mid-Winter Special

Z*SPAR, Pa'nts Haulout, Hi-Pressure Wash Set-aside Paint & Relaunch Featuring

—

at $6.00/ft. including

FREE BOTTOM PAINT

Your choice of: fsupertox B-70, B-71

Z*ODA D J dfrill \ MARINE

FINISHES

Viny,c°P p'32> p'33 Colortox B-41, B-42 \Milultitox B-50, B-51

(substitutions af50% off list price)

Do-It-Yourself Available — limited numbers at $4.75/ft. (haul, wash, owner paint)

with Bottom Paint at 50% Off List Price JAN. 4TH THRU MAR. 1ST, YARD LABOR SPECIAL: $29.50 PER HOUR Closed December 25th-Jan. 3rd page 55

SAN JUAN 33S

SJ 7.7 & 34’ NOW IN STOCK

FAST — SLEEK — FUN

Specifications:

LOA LWL Std Racing Package Including: Beam max (2) Barient 18A Primaries Draft (4) Barient 10PA Secondaries Displ (2) Spinnaker Halyards, Spinnaker Ballast Pole & Track w/Slider Top’g P Lift, Downhaul & Sheets • I Internal Halyards Led Aft J E

STANDARD EQUIPMENT INCLUDES: Rog Rigging Fractional Rig Sandwich Cored Hull Self-Tacking Jib System Bow Pulpit, Stern Pulpit, & Full 24” Life Lines 12V Electrical Systems Boom Vang

■>

The incredible ballast to weight ratio (around 60%!) will keep the SJ33S sailing flatter and with more sail area than her ultra-light competitors. The self-tacking jib will allow you to ease the jib leads outboard for heavier airs, and the fractional rig will allow you to “de-power” the mainsal with ease. The heavy air upwind speed will be truly awesome, and her relative overall light weight will provide excellent light air speed both upwind and downwind.

'Lampe ^^JVTartin cYachts 1330 Marina Way South (Off Hoffman Boulevard)

Richmond Marina — Richmond, CA 94801 (415) 671-6825

CRITICAL MASS

Is For Sale Designed and built by Alameda naval architect Dave Mancebo as his personal yacht, CRITICAL MASS is stoutly built and equipped for the rigors of ocean and bay racing without overlooking the comforts of cookie sailing. Excellent singlehander. Includes trailer, 11 sails, outboard and full MORA safety gear. Financing Available. BARGAIN PRICED AT $14,500 call JOHN (415) 533-5831 or DAVE (415) 865-7314

Take this woody surfin’"

.it

%&'

■;

/. v.

-i. '■$.^$"4

QUOTES

Espar takes the chill out of cold weather boating eih

Quotes from Lowell North, a.k.a. “the Pope”, on his life as a sailmaker . . .

Diesel Heaters can make your cabin a cozy and dry retreat from those harsh yachting elements. On the move or tucked in at the marina — your Espar central heating system will make all the dif¬ ference to your valuable time afloat.

“I had learned to win races in the Star boat early on by taking a sail apart and putting it back together until it was a little faster, and this is really the way we won races.” “1 had preconceived ideas of what shape was fast, and this was really a detriment. It took me about five years to learn that 1 hadn't the least idea what a sail should look like, or what was fast.” About the success of his numerous North lofts around the world . “I learned the formula for success . . . just find a person like Peter Barrett (an Olympic silver medallist in Finns and Lowell’s crew on a Star when they won a gold medal) and help him and turn him loose and let him do a good job.” “I did take up hang gliding, and I crashed on my first flight with a new hang glider . . . cracked my collarbone, and broke a rib. So since then my urge for hang gliding has cooled off and I haven’t done much . . . I’ve been up three times since then.” From an article on Ldwell North by Brownie Lewis in the company newsletter News From North.

Lowell, a graduate of UC Berkeley, is a member of the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate YRA Hall of Fame, as are UC grads Glenn Waterhouse ’18, Bill Ficker ’51, and,Stanford’s Bob Allan, ’42.

“I have proven this concept in the face of universal skepticism, and I am not shy about admitting that I know more about it than anyone else. My prediction is that within 10-years the majority of new boats will favor free-standing masts.” Gerry Hoyt of Freedom Yachts talking about his cat-rigged ketches with free-standing masts

“As one of the berths was permanently occupied by the third

EDINGER MARINE SERVICE Sales & Custom Installation 399 Harbor Drive, Sausalito, CA 94965 (415) 332-3780

Refrigeration — Electrical — Corrosion Control

BAYTROIMICS CORPORATION MARINE ELECTRONICS

2230 Livingston Oakland, CA 94606

Phone: (415)533-5300

pa^g.

hand, who always got toothaches once we crossed the three-mile limit, our cruise home again saw myself and the other fit member working a curious watch routine. Up in the Arctic, it took so long to get on all the foul weather gear that we gradually extended the wat¬ ches, the unwritten rule being that you had to do a watch at least as long as the one before. There being no darkness, this trend lost touch with reality, ending up with sixteen hour watches . . . From the column “Cruising with W.M. Nixon" in Yachting World

Why do you continue to live in Argentina? “I had decided years ago when the kids started going to school what to do. I finally decided to stay there. I think it’s going to be a good country in the future; besides, I like it. My kids are there. They have their lives. I’m not about to interrupt their lives, and I’m not about to leave them, either. In a way I feel like a peculiarity. I don’t know if it’s beneficial or not, but I just get a kick out of being Argenti¬ nian and designing boats for the British and the Americans. In a way I feel proud that I’m doing something for this country that I really like.” v

German Frers, on why he chooses to continue to live in Argentina, from Nautical Quarterly, Winter edition, 1981. page 57

Come to the experts in marine electronics!

See Us At The Cow Palace Boat Show, Jan. 8-17

WHAT IS A PRACTICAL SAILBOAT FOR TODAY S LIFESTYLE?

LEADING EDGE SAILS Your Full Service Loft on the Peninsula

1125 North Amphlett San Mateo. California 94401 (Across 101 from Coyote Point)

FINEST IN CUSTOM RACING AND CRUISING SAILS Boat Storage Available —

(415) 347-0795 Call Steve Toschi For Sails

Call Paul Sinz Rigging Service

It would be great to walk down the gangplank to your private yacht. But have you checked the cost of today's berth space, if you can even find one near your favorite sailing grounds? T^ie berth plus in-the-water maintenance add up to a sizeable fee in today's mone'y. Trailerabilitv is "in" and our style of trailering offers an ability to manuever freeways or mountain roads with ease & flexibility and to keep the boat at dry dock, in your back yard or a storage area. Our 2,000 lb. displacement is not strain for a standard American car. Most public launch ramps are adequate for launching by a single sailor, whether it is in the Oakland Estuary, Santa Cruz Harbor, Tahoe, or your secret waterhole. Performance & Safety in today's lifestyle should not be compromised- Our uni¬ que retractable daggerboard system offers a 500 lb. bullet of lead on the bottom of a 270 lb. piece of stainless ... the weight is where it isVieeded. With 5 knot winds or a 30 knot blow, the system and design offer stability and handling you won't beftpve until ypur demo ride. While flotation is not added to most 25-ft. boats, small celled polyfoam adds to the safety factor needed to ours ... because safety should not be compromised. A sailboat should be sailed, to fit in with today's practical lifestyle. While it is nice to sit below with drinks or food, our 25-ft. length with a 7'/rft. colorful cockpit allows mdre people to spend a greater percentage of their time doing what they came to do ... sail together. Bunks for 4 below offer a respite when needed. Quality at the best price . . . includes handlaid fiberglass, machine swedging on all rigging,'custom workmanship, classic elegant lines ... all for under $14,000 in¬ cluding trailer. Why have our 1980 sales doubled in the first 6 months of 1981? Because we of¬ fer a practical, high performance sailboat for todays lifestyle . . . THE CROWN 25

SEA CROWN MARINE, INC.

381-D Laurelwood Rd., Santa Clara, CA 95050,

(408) 988-7605

Makers of fine marine architectural, and personal canvas products THOMAS J. BARKES

(415) 461-4936

ALDRED B. CHIPMAN

1565 Vendola Dr., #22, Santa Venetia, CA 94903 In the Design Center, China Camp Complex.

WEST :L

System

Epoxy & GRAPHITE Fiber

Voyager Marine\ Start your project today! WOOD-GLASS-EPOXY SATURATTON-C-FLeT All types of boatbuilding supplies and discount hardware WEST SYSTEM, STA-LOK, BOMAR, ENKES, VOL\)0 LEE FAMET PATAY, FULLER & TAYLOR

P.O. BOX 123, 1296 STATE ST. ALVISO, CA 95002 (408) 263-7633

LOOSE UPS

SELECTED LISTINGS 24' Cutter, Seraffyn of Victoria. Designed by Lyle Hess and built by Lin and Larry Pardey, she is exceptionally well constructed and maintained. Equipped as she was for her circumnavigation.Serious Inquiries Only.

Two out of three ain’t bad.

31' Dolphin sloop. Designed by Knud Reimer. Beautifully restored

Last month we mentioned that we were aware of only two manu¬ facturers of EPIRB’s. That would be NARCO — which actually has stopped production, and ACR. It turns out we were only two-thirds right. Martech, Inc., a 17-year old company out of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, has been making such a product also. It’s called the Mako and goes for about $300 complete, according to the brochure sent to us by Del Olsen of Redwood City’s Offshore Marine, the company which coincidentally happens to distribute the product. A nice feature of the Martech’s Mako is that you can purchase a replacement battery every 18-months (for $44), thereby keeping the unit up to snuff without having to send it anywhere.

sistership to Adlard Coles' Cohoe. Copper riveted on oak frames. New diesel engine and sails.$34,000 32' Westsail cutter. This classic Westsail was launched in 1977. She has the extensive design improvements incorporated on the late model YVestsails. She has a custom teak interior and comes cruise equipped. Very clean inside and out.$53,000 33' Alajuela cutter. This Ray Richards design is an ideal criuser for two people. She is fast and extremely strong. Exceptionally clean and well equipped with the finest in hardware.$75,000

Make that two out of four.

Just today we got a letter from A1 at Commins Sailing Charters in Livermore, who said that he’d received a brochure for an Ebco B-CON EPIRB. A1 said he didn’t know how good they were or how much they cost, but said they did use D-cell batteries which you can replace yourself. Ebco Products is located at 8912 152nd Avenue, N.E., Redmond, Washington, 98052.

40’ Panda cutter, BABA. This Robert Perry design is fast becoming a

About 200-miles ‘high and dry’. Yesterday we got a phone call from Steve and June Taylor, who in years past have used the bay area as a launching pad for cruising adventures to the south Pacific, England, the Caribbean, and most recently the east coast of the United States. For a while Steve and June thought they’d settle down in the Carolinas, but the lure of nor¬ thern California proved to be just too powerful. Considering the time and money, the Taylors decided to truck rather than sail their 41-ft. Gauntlet to the west coast where they hope it will command a better price. The Gauntlet is a heavy English sloop made of teak, and when Steve saw the truck that was to haul it, he figured it would never make it across country. He was right. Sure, it made it through all those lumpy back roads of the south, but damned if it was going to get past Erik Estrada and the California Highway Patrol. Yep, that truck and Gauntlet were nailed just out¬ side Banning for carrying a load that exceeded the legal weight of the truck and load combined. As we ended our conversation with Steve, the trucking company had made the simple request that he come and pick up his boat so they could have their rig back and be done with the whole deal. Fat chance, unless there’s a high enough tide to cover most of California.

cruising classic known for her beauty and speed in a full keel design. Perhaps the finest Panda built, she is very well equipped and comes with a one year new boat warranty.

She is priced well below

replacement.$135,000 41' Morgan sloop. This extremely comfortable yacht is a Caribbean veteran and is in beautiful condition. Ownef will deliver it to any U.S. port. Her extensive equipment list is available on request.$100,000

41' Custom Freeport Ketch. Built to uncompromising standards, she j

was just launched after two years in construction.

She has the

perfect live aboard or chartering layout with sleeping for nine in four staterooms. A listing of her extensive equipment is available upon request.. ...$179,000

48' Yawl, TYPEE. Designed by Rassmussen and built by old world craftsman in 1946 at Aberking and Rasmussen. She is constructed with the finest materials, teak on oak. Since 1977 she has undergone an extensive reworking throughout and comes very well equip¬ ped...$104,000 1 >. ■■1

What ever happened to radar love? Over the years some south bay folks have used the abandoned radar tower on the northern end of San Bruno shoal to get their bear¬ ings. Apparently they can’t anymore because the Coast Guard reports the tower has collapsed and is missing. Its dangerous remains may still be in the area however, so if you remember exactly where it is, don’t go there.

Commercial thievery. In the last six months or so there have been 4 bre^k-ins or attemptpage 59

—

■ —

. i.

If you are serious about finding a well built reasonably priced cruising yacht, power or sail, and do not see it here, give us a call. We will do our best to find it for you.

San Francisco Cruising Center, Inc. 108 Caledonia Street, Sausalito, California . (415) 332-3375

1982

Boat Show Specials O’NEILL’S

VALLEJO MARINE

YACHT CENTER v 11373 Folsom Blvd. Rancho Cordova, CA '

2222 East Cliff Drive Santa Cruz, CA

Tue.-Fri. 10-6 — Sal. 9-6 — Sun. 10-5

Everyday 9-5

(916) 635-1932

2430 Sonoma Blvd. Vallejo, CA

Tue.-Sal. 9-5:30 — Sun.-Mon. Closed

(707) 643-7179

(408) 476-5200

iSs^rule BILGE PUMPS

MARINER

/hZccw®

"The Oldest Name in Boat Horns"

LIST $59.99 $26.99

1750 GPH 400 GPH

SPECIAL $44.99 $12.99

MODE SH-2M

$4.95

FC-4

$25.95

SH-2M

Mtfl ’

Mansfield

High performance fire protection for boats, engines, galleys and other areas where, flammable liquid Class B fires (gasoline, grease, oil, etc.) or live electrical Class C fires may occur. Coast Guard Approved.

by Kidde

List *17.95

ONLY

3-HAND DIGITAL RDF LIST $399.95

*1UM8lNGf>MOOUCTS

SALE $299.95

WcOASTAL NAVIGATOR 3-Range Depth Sounder

PORTABLE PUMP STURDY ABS CONSTRUCT #164

24" $11.99

$7.59

#167

LIST

36" $13.99

SALE

$8.95

WITHOUT HOSE

FOR ONLY

$69.95

TELESCOPING BOAT HOOK

LIST

SALE

*449<ir,

$3ig95

HAPPY HOOKER PASSES AND RETURNS A LINE THROUGH A MOORING EYE

Model #1000 — Flag, pole & strobe 2 piece sectionalized, 1 per carton Shipping weight 11 lb.

S23 00

ONLY $1750

■>

MAN OVERBOARD POLES

Made of high tensile anodized aluminum tubing with a strong die-cast aluminum head, protected with vinyl tips. Complete unit telescopes from approximately 3Vi feet to 8 feet when fully extended. Can be locked at any length between. Comfortable white safety grip is used as handle.

MODEL 55170

Jisr.

FC-4

$389 ONLY $l 795

SAN I POTTIE

10BC UL Rated 10-B:C

| UST$ 19.95 SALE $15.50 BASIC DESIGNS INC.

LIST $189.00

SALE $139.95

SOME QUANTITIES LIMITED (THROUGH JANUARY 31)

$099

LOOSE LIPS

ed break-ins at marine stores, and marine electronic stores. The in¬ teresting thing is that the mode of entrance has always been through an outside wall, from the wall of an adjoining building, or from below. Never by breaking through a door. We don’t know exactly what measures would have to be taken to prevent such an entrance, but they might be worth it. So far losses from such entrances have amounted to many, many thousands of dollars.

What do you do if you have something stolen from your boat? Naturally you should call your insurance company and the local police as well as telling your harbormaster. What you might also do is drop us a line at Latitude 38 and describe exactly what was taken, when and from where. For free we’ll gladly publish it in hopes that perhaps the thief can be apprehended trying to sell the goods or at least will be faced with trying to fence it to a wiser, more suspicuous sailing public. Just drop us a line to ‘Stolen’, c/o: Latitude 38, P.O. Box 1678, Sausalito, CA 94966, and we’ll be sure to get the word out. Free.

Are we not all familiar with the expression ‘born with a silver spoon’? While today it connotes anyone born to wealth and privi¬ lege, back when it was coined the expression referred specifically to young men who were able to enter the English Navy without taking an examination. They were jokingly have said to enter the Navy “through the cabin window.” But did you also know that there was a name given to those men who weren’t born with a silver spoon and who were forced to work their way through the ranks by merit? Well, it’s true, for these men were said to have been “born with a wooden ladle”, and entered the Navy through “hawseholes”.

If you think plane reservations are tough to come by during peak periods, it’s even tougher to nail down a hot-rod racer. Next year’s star-studded Mazatian Race — with all the maxis expected — is still 11 months away, but already Bill Lee’s Merlin has been chartered. A couple of years back Mariner Square’s John Norheim fold us a Mexican Race on Merlin was a sailing treat not to be missed, a senti¬ ment also expressed by those who raced her to La Paz in November. Merlin is next available for charter in the spring of 1983 for the Puerto Vallarta Race; it may seem like a long ways away, but as Bill told us, “it’s never tod soon to start planning.” Bill also told us the P.V. will be the last one at “the old prices”, which for a Mexican Race is $14,000, plus insurance, plus pick-up and return to Santa Cruz.

Neil Bergt, owner of the Whitbread Around-The-World race entry Alaska Eagle, has had to give up sailing on his boat due to business demands. On December 8, debt-plagued Western Airlines named Bergt their chairman, and he immediately plunged into his new posi¬ tion. His first challenge is to cut Western’s labor costs from $385 million to $270 million a year, a move that the labor unions are none too pleased with. Bergt completed the first leg of the Around-The;World race from page 61

PHOTO: MIKE MONAHAN

FOR THOSE WHO CHERISH —\ FINE DESIGN /— AND WORKMANSHIP

2517 BLANDING AVENUE at stone boat yard ALAMEDA, CA 94501 mark heckman (415) 521-7755

cAdventure Film by Kari Begrich, producer of ‘Escape Under Sail.’

Masterpiece of Cinematique Technique

—

CKVU TV

story

u Amo

rhe feel of the sea in every frame

—

Steve Carl man, Boating Editor mmm

and all I ask^is a tall ship and a star to steer her by l Documented in the Canadian Gulf Islands and aboard the TALL SHIP “EAGLE” in the Pacific. It records boat building.racing,cruising and... L.A Squarerigger Spectacular; including film footage from the top of » a 195 mast in galeforce winds and a rescue attempt of a 23* yacht!

JK?d\Jfn- 13’

P-m- Palace of Fine Arts

(3301 Lyon/at Bay ■ San Francisco)Tickets at BASS and all major ticket agencies!

,-Satj Jan. 16, 8 D.m. Marin Center

san Rataei

[Tickets at Marin Center Box Office, BASS, Ticketron and all major ticket agencies;

Sun. Jan 17, 8 p.m. Paramount Theatre Oakland Tickets at the Paramount Theatre, BASS and all major ticket agencies _Ggngraj_Admission $4.50 (Advance Tickets)

$5. ■ at the door

OpenFoairTîftenh^'howîtTrKarrBegncinrêrson.

iGet your tickets early to avoid disappointment.!

LOOSE LIPS

Portsmouth, England, to Capetown, South Africa. He had to forego the second leg to help his wife deliver their premature baby boy, but intended to resume the race on the New Zealand to Mar del Plata, Argentina, segment. Those plans have now been scrubbed. Alaska Eagle will continue the race with Bergt’s full financial and emotional support; Mike Farley and Skip Novak will be in command the rest of the way. After two legs, Alaska Eagle stands 8th overall. Leading at the halfway point were Andre Viant’s Kriter 9, a Frers 62 from France, followed by fellow countryman Alain Gabbay on Charles Heidsieck III, a Vaton 65. Third overall and first-to-finish on both legs was Holland’s Cornelis von Rietschoten’s Flyer, a Frers 76. Ceramco New Zealand, which won the second leg on corrected time, stands poorly overall due to a broken mast on the first leg.

Paul Kaplan at City Yachts has an interesting kind of listing on Pendragon, John MacLaurin’s Laurie Davidson-design. MacLaurin thinks his Geraghty-built boat is so certain to win some kind of trophy in either the next TransPac or Clipper Cup Series, that he’s offering

Everybody needs an ego boost from time to time. Ours, came last month when Sally Lindsey of the Spinnaker Shop in Palo Alto forwarded us a letter she received from a sailor in San Diego. The letter began: “Hi. If you advertise in Latitude 38, you must know what you’re doing! How much for a Cruising Spinnaker ...” We’ll take that for our Christmas present.

In Yachting World a few months back there appeared an article by David Glenn about a group of Englishmen chartering a Morgan OutIsland 42 to Florida and the Bahamas. What made it so interesting to us was the few comments that revealed the way the English perceive our country, particularly in terms of crime. Early in the article, for example, he reports: “The DC-10 was crammed full of sun-seeking British, all in a frenzy about using their powerful Sterling but a touch apprehensive about kicking off their an¬ nual holiday in the so-called crime capital of America, Miami.” The group had some minor problems with the boat, but in general enjoyed themselves. Their apprehensions about the crime capital, however, had been with good reason: “But be careful where you eat in the area (Fort Lauderdale). Our editor’s secretary, Margaret Ryle, tried a similar holiday earlier in the year and ate at a Pancake House just up from the marina. The whole party was held up at gunpoint halfway through the meal and Marga¬ ret and her crew were robbed of money, passports, credit cards, and jewelery. And it was their first day of their holiday. Insurance, therefore, is of prime importance. It is wise to carry only a minimum of cash with you. Use travellers cheques whenever possible.” Regarding traveller’s cheques, Karl Malden advises us, “Don’t leave home without them.” Maybe we shouldnt stay home with them either. Held-up at gunpoint in a Pancake House? #

San Francisco lawyer Ronald Lovitt has been elected chairman of the California Boating and Waterways Commission, an office he will serve for one year. Lovitt was originally appointed to the commission in 1978 by Jerry Brown, our governor. He specializes in maritime law and teaches Admiralty Law at Hastings College of Law.

Bring home the silver or get $10,000 back. page 63

to refund $10,000 to anyone who buys his boat and comes back without any good souvenirs. Any catches? Not really, other than the fact that the nearly new boat is a 45-footer and lists for $235,000. If that sounds a bit much, just remember it comes with a new $8,000 kevlar/mylar mainsail from Tom Blackaller, a Ben Mitchell ‘black box’, all kinds of other jazz — and the $10,000 guarantee, of course. Nicknames please. This is a Latitude 38 contest, with no prizes except recognition and adulation for the winners. It was inspired by Rita Gardner of Rich•

mond. You know how many cities have nicknames or secondary appelations to boost their identity? San Francisco, for example, is where lit¬ tle cable cars climb halfway to the stars; Boston is Beantown; Mill Valley is where people want it all now; Seattle is the car wash; Las Vegas is where the action never stops; and Los Angeles is where the stars mingle with the smog. In signing a note she wrote us, Rita closed it ‘Rita Gardner, over here in Richmond where the chemicals meet the sea’. Richmond, where the chemicals meet the sea — we like that, like it a lot. Now that got us to thinking, how many other local sailing communities have their own little names or mottos such as that. That’s where you folks come in, you tell us how the waterfront locals affectionately refer to such places as San Leandro, Alviso, Bel Marin Keys, Benecia, Tiburon — anyplace and everyplace on the water. If such an area doesn’t already have a nickname or motto, here’s your chance to give it one. Pencils .ready? Start now!

Santa Cruz Yachts See us at the

See You At The Cow Palace Boat Show, Jan. 9th-17th v

San Francisco

Sports & Boat Show Cow Palace Jan 8-17

We Will Be There With:

SANTANA 23’__ 351 391

NEWPORT

\ in stock at the boat show in stock

in stock : the boat show

C\ ■

at the boat show §3^

\Kn.

^ \

/B-1Q.S

New York 36

At The Boat Show

We Are Ready To Give You A Boat Show Special — & Also Take Your Boat In Trade *

Santa Cruz Yacht Harbor, 480 Lake Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA 95062 _

MICHAEL SCHWEYER, LICENSED YACHT BROKER

(408) 475-5280

CHANGES IN LATITUDES

Baby talk. Last month we wrote how much fun it had been sailing with our lit¬ tle 9-month old, Lauren. We spoke too soon. We had her on our boat in Cabo San Lucas for 10 days last month, and because of her the boat stayed put and we didn’t head up the coast to anchorages at Los Frailes and Muertos. The big problem was that the little bilge rat had suddenly learned to walk, and didn’t want to do anything but walk. It was hard enough on the sand beaches, but the rocky boat proved just too much. Either she couldn’t get up, or when she did, she’d end up getting tossed on her coconut. She The Little Bummer. was frustrated! A ray of hope shone through when Marilyn Simpson on the Carib¬

grateful if you cruisers and friends of cruisers kept us posted on your comings and goings. We’d really appreciate it.

bean 50 ketch, Harmony, out of Alameda graciously offered to babysit for an hour or so. We gladly took her up on the offer, but poor Marilyn, the kid screamed like a banshee for an hour. After about a week Lauren did get something resembling sea legs and did learn to hang on tight at all times. Nonetheless you couldn’t ever really take your eyes off her. The wife became exhausted; it had become an ordeal in paradise. We suggested to her that next year we might bring a baby-sitter along (we’re not about to give up). The wife thought a better idea was to leave the kid with her grandparents for a week. Great idea! There was one consolation, because all babies are a big hit with the Mexicans. Women everywhere spontaneously picked the kid up, and even the most gnarly-looking macho Mexican fisherman at the dinghy dock couldn’t resist coming over for a “gitchy-gitchy goo”. No two ways about it, it was a bummer this year. But there’s always next year, and she’ll be a little older and more used to the boat by then. In the meantime, we’re going to have to hook-up a ‘Sail Seat’ as described by Mark and Debby Mendelson in Volume 52 of Latitude 38.

Ensalla — Maurice & Lucy Baldwin — Novato A note on a yacht from the San Francisco area that we ran into in Noumea. The yacht is Ensalla owned by Maurice and Lucy Baldwin from Novato. They were berthed in Treasure Island marina before leaving in March of 1979. Since their departure they have cruised through Mexico and central America, Panama, Columbia, Venezuela, Grenada, Virgin Islands, Marquesas, Tuamotas, Tahiti, Bora Bora, western and American Samoa, Tonga, Fiji, Vanuatu and Loyalty Isjands and were in New Caledonia in the beginning of November 1981. They said that they had at least 25 different people onboard as crew during the trip. Summer of 1981 they headed off for New Zealand with a possible stopover in Norfolk Island. They intended to stay in New Zealand for up to four months to visit friends for Christmas. This will be the first year they haven’t gone home to see their family for the holidays. They were waiting to see how they like cruising in the colder weather before deciding where they are going next. They may head up the Barrier Reef off Australia then on to the Med and Great Bri¬ tain, or possibly continue to cruise in the Tropics, especially the Caribbean. They had a particularly good time while in a small bay in Fiji when they were invited to a party of an Indian (India) cane farmer, who was offering his daughter for $22 in a planned marriage. Their worst experience was when one of their crew fell overboard while trying to get into St. Croiz anchorage after 6500-miles. submitted by gail albin

Skookum — Bodega 30 — Pat & Gail Albin To give you some background on Skookum. She is a Chuck Burns design, 29’$” fiberglass sloop. We had the hull and deck built, completed the cored hull (balsa) and ballast and bulkheads. We completed the boat ourselves. We have added addtional reinforcement throughout the boat during the construction. We were told during construction that we were over-building the boat but so far we have not had that feeling at all. We have broken nothing on the voyage so far and that is very very unusual from what we have seen in the boats cruising out here with us. She was launch¬ ed in October 1978 and we left San Francisco in October 1979. We went from San Francisco to San Diego and left Mission Bay in San Diego on December 1, 1979. We went to the Marquasas, Tahiti, Moorea, Bora Bora, Tonga, Fiji, New Zealand and New Caladonia, and many small islands in between. We are equipped fairly well for a 29-footer in that we have all the regular cruising equipment like Aries vane, qannister raft, dodger, 10 bags of sails, butane stove, Avon dinghy, solar panel, RDF, depthfinder, 2 sextants, VHF, ham radio, and broad band receiver. The

As you can see by the following entries we’re trying to get the Changes in Latitudes section back to serving one of its earliest func¬ tions — to document the comings and goings of cruisers with any sort of tie to our geographical area. We’ve got five entries this month, and certainly hope there will be as many next month. Not only we, but all our readers would be most page 65

things we don’t have are a head and an engine. The reason for no head or engine is not because we are purests but because we tryed to make the boat as free of repairs as possible. Both the head and engine have caused problems on previous boats so they seemed to be on the list of things to get rid of. The only problems we have had by not having an engine is charg-

BOAT SHOW SPECIALS FUJINON

Built to military specifications, here is a favorite of pro¬ fessionals and serious sportsmen involved in yachting, commercial shipping, aviation, and competitive sailing. Tested by Japan’s defense agency, FUJINON binocu¬ lars were immersed in 2 meters of salt water for 2 weeks. At the conclusion of the test, the binoculars were ex¬ amined and found to be totally intact. The only thing that can get inside is light.

List: $340.°

Special: $269.

I Extra-bright 7x50 for low light conditions. I Center Focus I Exit Pupil 7.1mm I Field 373x1000 yards I Height: 6-3/8” I Weight: 30-1/2 oz.

BUSHNELL

I Includes Case and Strap

Rubber Armored sportview®

List: $104.°

Sale: $74.

SeaWood, Inc.

115 Tunstead Avenue, San Anselmo, CA 94960 (415) 453-4322 Hours: Mon-Sat: 9:00-6 Mail Orders O.K. Shipping/Handling Charges Extra —

Looking for Blocks? Look to Nicro/Fico. Nicro/Fico has steadily expanded its range of blocks to now include 6 different series: Offshore, Bosun, Regatta, One Design, Dinghy and Mini-Glide. Pictured here are just 3 of the more than 100 blocks available. There’s a Nicro/Fico block for every application from maxi ocean racers to dinghies. You can choose from a variety of head fittings, from the famous Nicro Trunnion Snap Shackle to the Universal 3-way head. Each block is designed and constructed for maximum ruggedness with stainless steel load straps, flared cheeks to prevent chaffed lines, and a # choice of Delrin or metal sheaves. Ultimate strengths range from 1,000 lbs. in the Mini-Glide Series to 9,000 lbs. in the Offshore Series, with sheave diameters from 1to 4!' Vk See the complete range of Nicro/Fico blocks at jiL your local Nicro/Fico dealer today. While you’re there, ^ 1 pick up your free copy of the 1981 catalog. Or send 1|| us $1.00, we’ll mail you both a catalog and a Y# “Basic Sailing & Rigging Guide.” / Nicro Corp., 2065 R West Ave. 140th, JKr A ] San Leandro, CA 94577. ■ ■

CHANGES IN LATITUDES

ing batteries. We have just purchased a Honda generator so that we can give them a boost every once in a while. The solar panel is just not quite enough. Other than the batteries the sailing has been no problem however we do notice that people with engines do tend to pick up anchor and move for water or weather where we portage water or lay out another anchor. Our plan is now to leave Noumea for Australia and then figure out which way to go. We have found that by this point in the trip most yachts are not sure of where they will go after Australia.

Tortuga — Gulfstar 41 — Ballena Bay Dauntless — Endeavour 32 IHola! A note to let you know we missed you in La Faz. Tortuga, our Gulfstar 41 from Ballena Bay, Alameda, left home Nov. 1. Our crew to Cabo San Lucas included Rick Oliveira (owner), wife Marilyn, daughters Merryn (6) and Lauren (1), Nancy Stout and Rolf Stribott. Dauntless, an Endeavor 32, buddied down with us — their crew included Jack McKenzie (owner) and Klaus Kutz, with Mike Bonano and Rick Osborne to San Diego and Stan Tice from San Diego to Cabo San Lucas. The two boats intend to spend Christmas in Conception Bay. Dauntless will then be moored in La Paz until spring when Jack will • bring her home. Tortuga will “practice anchoring techniques” in the Sea of Cortez before returning to Alameda in May. hasta manana, rick & marilyn oliveira

Willa Gene — 40’ ferro ketch — Berkeley We received your November issue from the friendly folks at Pacific Marine in San Diego, and this letter is in response to your request for information from cftjjesrs. We left the Berkeley Marina at 0500 on Oct. aboard the Willa Gene, a 40’ ferrocement ketch my husband made in his backyard in Oakland. “We” are Eric Thorsen, wife Barbara, and “Miss Piggy”, our cat. I write this at a rocky and roily anchorage in Baha, namely Puerto Santo Tomas, waiting for some extremely high winds to pass. We will eventually go to the Mexican mainland, Costa Rica, transit the Canal around February?, then the San Bias islands, Bay Islands, Belize — over to Florida and up the Intercoastal waterway. Whew! mind boggling. Eric keeps telling me we’re having fun, so I guess we are! We thank Peter Jowise everday for the excellent navigation skills he taught us, especially after meeting some very untogether people in that respect. Maybe I’ll get it together to write more — barbara thorsen Gene and Barbara made Cabo, we saw them there in early December before they pushed on for the mainland.

Mexico is a foreign country, chapter 347. On Wednesdays there’s only one flight a day out of San Jose del Cabo, the airport that serves the yachties in Cabo San Lucas, for Los Angeles. We caught one of those such flights in the middle of December, and bearded the plan way, way early. Lucky for us we did because the damn thing took-off 15 minutes .ahead of schedule. page 67

We can’t understand what Aero Mexico was up to . . .we suppose it was their way of making up for all the times they take off late (95%) of the time. Despite all the warnings that planes to and from the Cape are load¬ ed this time of year, both our flights down and back were no more than 10 per cent full. That’s probably fortunate for the reputation of Aero Mexico. On our return flight the young cabin crew thought it would be neat if the plane had music, like the Mexican busses do. So they held a little cassette player up to the P.A. system and turned the volume way , way up. Viva Mexico! Nonetheless, it was an educational flight. We went- right over Cabo, getting a great view of our boat, the rest of the fleet and the Cape from about 5,000 feet. We then flew up close by Punta Tosca where the C&C 61 Triumph had gone aground and put out a mayday just the week before. But the most educational of all was flying over Puerto Escondido and Loreto about halfway up Baja on the Sea of Cortez. For years Puerto Escondido has been the most popular hurricane hole in Baja, with as many as 40 boats sitting out the hurricane season there. It’s also been a favorite with campers and trailerboaters who share Escondido and mix over beers at Don Polo’s little palapa near the so-called “waiting room”. For years there have been rumors that Puerto Escondido would be greatly developed to serve the town of Loreto, about 12 miles to the north, which Mexico has earmarked to be the tourist center of both Baja Alta and Baja Sur. Once a ferry terminal was built just outside Puerto Escondido, but the ferry never came. Later there was talk that a marina was either planned or being built adjacent to the ferry ter¬ minal, but that it was a useless effort because it wouldn’t be protected from all weather. Well, from our perspective in the sky, we can now confirm that there is a small boat marina in Puerto Escondido, and it’s inside the bay where it is completely protected from the weather. That marina, combined with the recently completed jet airport near Loreto, means that capital ‘T’ tourism has come to the area for real — and it will never be like it was. Way back in history, Loreto was a big deal. It was the capital as well as the center of the Jesuit and Franciscan mission chain that stretched all the way up to Sonoma’s mission here in northern California. The town receded in prominence and became a rather sleepy little place for years and years. It’s becoming be a boomtown again, with the Mexican government’s fabulous optimists predicting half a million visitors by,1990. That’s half a million in a town whose entire population is now 7,000. Until the recent completion of a 250-room El Presidente hotel, the town only offered 130 rooms. As you might expect, several more luxury hotels are planned, as are the obligatory condos, golf courses, tennis facilities, and all that goes with them. By 1990 the area around Loreto is expected to have a population of 38,000 and 3,000 hotel rooms. What’s the attraction? Well, the winter climate is fabulous, but many fishing experts acknowledge it to be the very finest fishing grounds in the entire world. This development explosion in the area will certainly bring conveniences such as fuel, ice and other goodies closer to the yachties at Puerto Escondido, but we doubt many of them would gladly make the trade for all the crowds, noise and con¬ gestion it’s sure to bring with it. But that’s progress for you.

w w

sale ends 1/31/82

DANFORTH

MERIDIAN SATNAV from NCS The Meridian Satellite Navigator makes it pos¬ sible for yachtsmen and fishermen anywhere in the world to-find their precise location in any con¬ ditions—at a price that is very attractive. The Meridian draws only 0.5 Amp/hr at 12VDC. The illuminated LCD display is easy to read, with an easily comprehended format. You can learn the whole system in 5 minutes. Guides you through every step with tutorial readouts. The 16 key keyboard, clearly labeled, is simple to use. List

Boat Length (Ft) 10,16 17-24 25-32 33-38

$3995.00 stop in or call for our low price

List $

SaleS

$24.00 $45.00 $72.00 $120.00

$14.95 $25.95 $39.95 $69.95

PRICE, SELECTION, QUALITY

Model 162008 V*" 7700 lbs break strength. Good for vessels to 2 tons List $32.40 Sale $23.95 Model 162016 W chain, 14000 lbs break strength. Good for vessels to 6 tons. List $41.75 Sale $29.95

Danforth Standard Anchor

prices subject to quantity on hand

STANDARD ANCHORS

12-GAUGE *»

NORFLOAT FENDERS Designed for pleasure craft as well as fishing boats, these tough fenders are made of PVC. All fenders feature a super-strong ropehold and a unique valve with screw plug fitting. The valve enables the fenders to be partially filled with water to keep the fenders in position. White with blue ends. 5 x 23 List $23.10 Sale $15.50 6x25 List $24.65 Sale $16.50 8 x 25 List $33.75 Sale $22.60 10 x 27 List $40.10 Sale $26.95 12x35 List $55.35 Sale $36.95

ALERT/ LOCATE

LOW WINDAGE 6 dB SAILBOAT ANTENNA

Model 147553 List $29.97 Sale $19.95

List $54.95 Sale $39.95

^ West Marine Products

SI-TEXC

PETER STORM PVC FOUL WEATHER GEAR

SPEPPV TOP-S/DEP®

PADDED COLLAR OXFORD

Dual-range sounder with audible alarm.

Sperry Topsider has another winner with this rugged, handsewn oxford. Features a padded collar, smooth water resistant leather uppers — oiled for smoothness and durability and the famous Sperry non-skid bottom. List $61.00 Sale $48.95

These tough, waterproof garments are made of PVC blended into a nylon backing. The Jacket sports raglan cut shoulders for comfort, contoured hood with visor to keep water off the face and welded seams for watertight integrity. Chest high trousers are made of same tough waterproof material. Held up by colorful elastic braces (suspenders) and waist drawstring. JACKET List $59.00 Sale $49.95 CHSTHI List $44.00 Sale $36.95

• Two range scales; 0-40 feet, 0-120 feet • High contrast white numerals on non-glare black dial.

ECOMOMY LOCK-IN WINCH HANDLE

• High intensity neon bulb flasher

List $18.95 Sale $13.95

• Adjustable audible alarm plastic transducer List $259.00 Sale $219.95

‘DUCHESS” KEROSENE HEATER List $155.00 Sale $112.00

“GOLDENROD” HEATERS 12 18 24 36

INCH INCH INCH INCH

List List List List

$22.75 $24.50 $27.25 $29.50

Sale Sale Sale Sale

many more sale items in our 3 stores...

$15.95 $16.95 $18.86 $20.50

wk (dsmiir<tmA*K€ dtfCcwifc Discount Stores in Oakland, Palo Alto and Sausalito Open Monday through Wednesday and Friday 9-6, Thursday 9-8 PM "toy

OAKLAND

. 23-d *»*

2200 Livingston Street Oakland, CA 94606 (415) 532-5230

^To San Jose

WMP" ^

Saturday and Sunday 9-5

PALO ALTO

SAUSALITO

850 San Antonio Road Palo Alto, CA 94303

200 Gate 5 Road Sausalito, CA 94965

(415) 494-6660

(415) 332-0202

■ Middlefield

Send for Free Discount Catalog

Satisfaction Gua'ranteed or Money Back

^ West Marine Products ,t

page 69

■ ■

SIGHTINGS

recipe for success Raymond Schwartz of Groveland, California submitted the following recipe to us. He’s a professional forester in the mountains near Yosemite,who completed a round trip sail to New Zealand during 1976-1979 in his 51-ft. trimaran. In the course of the trip he encountered 1 hurricane, 1 cyclone, a few gales, and many calms. Naturally the trip did not take him three full years; in between he taught school in New Zealand for 1 Vz years, and in Guam for V2 a year. Mr. Schwartz hopes to head back to the south Pacific with his family in 1984, and is currently earning money with that goal in mind. Recipe for Successful?? North Pacific Crossing! Well, we got here . . . While in Saipan, Northern Marianna islands, combine, one each: 1 51-ft. trimaran, a New Zealander, a Montana cowboy who had never sailed before cont'd on next sightings page

According to legend — and who else would you trust with such an important mat¬ ter — it was Pallas Athene, known as Miner¬ va wh^n vacationing in Rome. Many of you folks know that Athene was the Greek god¬ dess of wisdom, war, and all the liberal arts. But perhaps some of you didn’t know that she was also the patroness of shipbuilding. You bet your adz she was. Mythology doesn’t record the name of her first ship, but certainly her most famous was Argo, which college graduates might remember as the vessel the Argonauts used in search of the Golden Fleece. Actually, Athene didn’t bufld the boat, because god¬ desses weren’t too keen on getting their hands dirty. But she supervised its construc¬ tion, which was actually done by Argo, the

SIGHTINGS recipe - cont’d and swears he never will again, and a lonely skipper whose pregnant wife flew home 10 months earlier from Guadacanal. To this add the following in¬ gredients: 28 cases of beer 4 cases of Coke 3 dozen avocados 1 dozen coconuts 2 dozen grapefruits 2 dozen apples 3 dozen oranges 24 irg. cases of fruit juice 15 fifths of scotch, brandy, etc. 20 lrg. jars of nuts 20 lbs. spaghetti 20 cans of chili con came 3 dozen dried eggs 12 lbs. of macaroni 8 packets of dried fruit 2 gallons of detergent 30 lbs. of onions 40 lbs. of flour 3 dozen tins of spam

8 lrg. jars of kosher pickles 10 tins of hot peppers 8 - 1 lb. salami’s 110 gallons of water 50 gallons of diesel 1 case of toilet paper 60 packs of instant noodles (ramen) 12 cake mixes 10 dozen eggs 20 dozen dried milk 20 lbs. of cheese 2 gallons of wine 50 lbs. of potatoes 8 lbs. of popcorn 8 IV2 lbs. canned hams 12 artificial lemons 2 pizza mixes (only?) 4 dozen tins of corned beef

1. Store contents well and prepare for mixing under the following prescription. 2. Bast the contents well with beer, stuff with hot spiced guacamole and roast in 90° sunshine with wind aft and average 198 nautical mile/day for 5

Athene most renowned shipbuilder of the time. Argo's bow was painted Vermillion, apd her hull was made of Mt. Pelin pines, famous for never rotting. A longship, she had sail, but also 50 oars, one for each of the Greek heroes who manned her. At the time she was the largest boat ever built. Athene added her own personal touch by equipping Argos with something that served to function as a forerunner to today’s SatNavs and Lorans. It was a piece of oak plac¬ ed on the prow, which, because it was holy and came from Dodona, assured that Argo would never be lost. Wish we could find a piece of that ourselves. That’s this month’s culture paragraphs, dedicated to the belief that there’s much more to life than Laverne & Shirley.

page 71

days. 3. Then toss well for 48 hours with 14’ head seas, 30 knot winds and adverse currents. 4. Baste well in beer for 48 hours in high temperatures and flat calm. Con¬ template reducing excess water to lighten mixture. 5. Now slowly reduce temperature to 52°-56° F, raise relative humidity. 90%. Decrease the visibility to 200 yards and bring the cool moist air from 70° off the bow for 11 days and average 160 NM/day. Decrease temperature and increase humidity to precipitation point for 28 days to guarantee the cold wet irritable nature of the participants. 6. Now to ensure a good mix, undulate mixture slowly and simultaneously in a 14’-16’ NW swell, 3’-4’ SE chop and a 2’-6’ E swell. Alternate the for¬ ward speed from 70-170 NM/day. To ensure alternation, blow out the spare genoa and drop the spinnaker over the side. Continue this treatment for 18 days. 7. Change the beer basting to brandy soak treatment to compensate for temperature change. Contemplate throwing the beer over the sides as excess ballast. 8. Next, prepare the contents, 3 wet, cold, irrate men, for the final basting. Stall the foreward motion, decrease temperature, and increase humidity. To activate contents somewhat, vary foreward motiop from 25-180 NM/day for the next 8 days. 9. Now to add that final glaze k/eyes, add a large quantity of 50-60 knot winds and 30-35:ft. waves while the vessel is in a dense fog within 15-miles of Point Reyes, California, with a broken rudder. Glaze should last for 3 or 4 days. Two days should do nicely. 10. Finally, pour 2 bottles of Scotch into glazed contents within 1 hour, and slide entire concoction gently under the Golden Gate Bridge 5,600-miles and 36V2 days from start. For further recipe instructions, search the mountains of California or Mon¬ tana to locate the 3 still glazed crew who 6 months later are still eating left over stores and wondering why we carried all that water. — raymond schwartz

SIGHTINGS u.s.c.g. auxiliary boating classes United States Coast Guard Auxiliary Boating Classes are informative, free, and may even reduce your boat insurance premiums. The classes — there are two kinds — will be offered 47 times this Winter and Spring, some start¬ ing as early as January 6 and some as far down the road as April 7. One class is titled Boating Skills and Seamanship, and depending on the location may take anywhere from 6 to 13 sessions. Topics covered include marlinspike, seamanship, maneuvering, aids to navigation, rules of the road, charts and compasses, legal requirements, and weather. The second class is called Principals of Sailing, and consists of 13 sessions. It covers basic sailboat handling, sailing terminology, lines and knots, rough weather procedures, and handling emergency situations. Classes are held each week, and usually begin at 7:30 in the evening. There is a slight charge for text materials. The complete list of classes in nor¬ thern California is printed below; dial the number of the city closest to you for starting dates and locations.

CITY

DATE

PHONE

Alameda Alameda Alameda Berkeley Berkeley Brentwood Bountiful Carmichael Clearlake Oaks Clearlake Oaks Capitola Carson City Carson City Eureka Fairfield Fairfield

11 11 07 12 13 05 06 20 03 04 07 20 21 10 13 13

JAN JAN JAN JAN APR JAN JAN JAN FEB FEB JAN JAN JAN FEB JAN JAN

(415) (415) (415) (415) (415) (415) (801) (916) (707) (707) (415) (702) (702) (707) (707) (707)

278-5859 334-3184 998-1485 998-1485 475-5410 882-1538 882-5998 442-7709 425-4532 425-5289

Fort Bragg Fremont Hayward Moss Landing Napa Napa Oakland Oakland Oakland Oakland Oakland Ogden Petaluma Pittsburg Pleasant Hill Pleasant Hill Sacramento Salt Lake City

05 07 05 06 18 12 30 30 05 05 11 12 13 05 06 06 08 05

FEB JAN JAN JAN JAN APR MAR MAR JAN JAN JAN FEB JAN JAN JAN JAN MAR JAN

(707) (415) (415) (408) (707) (707) (415) (415) (415) (415) (415) (801) (707)

937-4359 489-0425 782-5709 728-4740 226-5264 226-5264 832-6446 444-1259 832-6446 444-1259 530-4457 773-1805 762-4047

(415) (415) (415) (916) (801)

432-6843 687-7454 687-7454 334-3184

CLASS 523-8090 531-3480 865-4238 893-9095 893-9095 684-2041

278-5859

cont'd on next sightings page

BS&S SAIL SAIL BS&S SAIL BS&S BS&S SAIL BS&S SAIL BS&S BS&S SAIL BS&S BS&S SAIL BS&S BS&S BS&S BS&S SAIL BS&S SAIL BS&S BS&S SAIL BS&S BS&S SAIL ’ BS&S SAIL BS&S BS&S BS&S

zaca Last month we had a fine article by Annie Sutter on the History of the Nunes Brothers Boatyard. We also had a copy of this photograph of Mr. Crocker’s Zaca on the day she was launched from Nunes; but for some reason we didn’t run it. Jerry and Mary

SIGHTINGS boating classes - cont'd San Francisco San Francisco San Leandro San Leandro San Mateo San Mateo Santa Cruz Sausalito So. San Francisco So. San Francisco Stockton Sunnyvale Ukiah West Valley City

26 JAN 03 FEB 06 JAN 07 APR >fiUAN VT^JAN 05 JAN 01 MAR 04 FEB 04 FEB 04 FEB 25 JAN 16 FEB 16 FEB

(415) (415) (415) (415) (415) (415) (408) (415) (415) (415) (209) (408) (707) (801)

981-1796 981-1796 782-4230 782-4230 345-6711 345-6711 338-4448 456-9303 355-4736 55-4736 578-4123 738-5521. 485-8882 278-5859

SAIL BS&S BS&S SAIL SAIL BS&S SAIL SAIL SAIL BS&S BS&S BS&S SAIL BS&S

There is also a sail class in Mountain View starting January 26. Call 961-2875.

an open letter to the herring fishermen We can’t say with certainty that the biggest thieves in the world come from the ranks of the herring fishermen. We can’t say with certainty that everytime a herring fisherman leaves town he has a sailor’s SatNav, Loran, radar, or VHF stuck to his fingers. We can only say that that’s what a lot of local recreations yachties suspect. And with some justification. Every winter and spring you guys come into the area, and suddenly a crime wave begins on marine electronics and boat gear that would be of use to you. And generally speaking, the incidents of theft increase dramatically just before you herring folks are about to pack it up and leave town. We’d like sailors to get along with you herring fishermen, so we’re en¬ couraging them to stay well away frqm your boats as you work the traditional herring spawing areas along the shores of Sausalito, Angel Island, Yerba Buena, Treasure Island, and Richmond. In return, we’d like you herring folks to make sure you and your buddies only leave town with the electrqnics and boat gear that rightly belongs to you. And because of the terrible ex¬ periences in the past, local sailors will be watching you just in case you.forget. As for our readers with sailboats — and powerboats — you should be more aware than ever of who is wandering your docks during this season of theft. Particularly at night, and particularly those who arrive in small boats at night. And don’t feel you are safe if your boat is locked in a dry storage area. At the end of the last herring season some 15 or 20 boats had gear ripped off in a single night. You should understand that you are dealing with serious, knowledgeable thieves who will be taking your electronics gear to Oregon, Washington, and Alaska where there is virtually no chance they’ll be caught or you’ll that you ever get your gear back. And generally you’ll be out the full amount of what’s stolen because of the deductibles on marine insurance

zaca Warren of Pittsburg brought their copy of the photo to our attention, which is why ours now runs. Zaca, of course was later owned by Eroyl Flynn, and many unspeakable acts took place both on deck and below. page 73

policies. If you want to know when to start worrying, the time has already passed. A number of the herring boats have arrived, and the first half of the season ac¬ tually ended December 29th. The second season started on January 3, and will run until March 31 at noon. As we’ve said, sailors and pleasure putt-putters should stay well clear of cont'd bn next sightings page

SIGHTINGS open letter - cont’d these boats and their nets when’ these guys are working. Most of them are hard-working, honest guys who work all year for good paydays like this. If you screw them up, their gear or their catch, you can understand why they’re going to be fried at you — about as fried as you’d be if they ran off with your VHF. To make it easy fbr sailors to stay clear, the Department of Fish and Game has prohibited herring fishing from noon on Fridays until sundown on Sundays.

union point marina If you’ve got about 2 and-a-half years to spare while waiting for a berth for your boat, perhaps you might want tq consider the Fort of Oakland’s Union Point Marina. On December 4th, the state Boating and Waterways Commis¬ sion approved a $1,000,000 loan to help develop the 126-berth facility. Union Point Marina will be just to the southeast of Government Island on the Oakland Estuary and, if all goes well, it will be operational by mid-1984. At this point, the location, east of the c&useway to Government Island and west of ConAgra, doesn’t even have an access road. The Port of Oakland has an additional $1,000,000 to build a rPad. The state money will go for constructing 86 of the berths, dredging the basin, removing timber piles and developing shoreline protection, as well as a parking lot, restrooms, land¬ scaping and utilities. The other 40 slips will be built by private sources for commercial boats. Don’t wait to sign up for a possible berth though. Joyce Washington, the Port of Oakland’s marina manager, says it takes up to 2-years for some slips in the 25 to 40-ft. range to become available. If you register now, you might just be on time! How to do it? Call Joyce at (415) 444-3188, extension 217, or send her a postcard at P.O. Box 2064, Oakland, CA 94604-2064 (one of those new, nine-digit zips). She will send you an application. You have to pay half a month’s fee (about $3.00 or $3.25 per linear foot) to apply, which is refundable only if you remove your name from the waiting list before they offer you a berth.

rollygo

sss sf to kauai Singlehanded from San Francisco to Hanalei Bay, Kauai in 13 days, 2 hours, 34 minutes, and 26 seconds. That’s the time you’ll have to make it in if you want to beat Norton Smith’s 'Singlehanded Sailing Socie¬ ty’s TransPac monohull record which he set back in 1978 with Solitaire, his Santa Cruz 27. If your boat has more than one hull, you’ll be shooting for the 10 day, 19 hours, 19 minutes, 13 second record set in 1980 by Michael Kane (photo at right) of Newport Beach in Crusader, a 52-ft. tri. Your chance to set a new record will be June 19, when the Singlehanded Sailing Society starts its third 2,120-mile TransPac. To be an entry you must fork over $400.00; you must do a qualifying sail of 400-miles; and your boat must be over 20-ft. if a mono¬ hull, and over 50-ft. total of length and beam if a multihull. You also must be one of the first 50 to sign up; that’s all the entries that will be allowed because residents at Hanalei Bay fear that the fleet is ruining their environ¬ ment. Tjhe race is sponsored by the Singlehand¬ ed Sailing Society, and co-sponsored by the Oakland and Hanalei Bay YC’s. Entry appli¬ cations are now available from Mike Rettie, Race Chairman, at 637 Taylor St., Alame¬ da, CA 94501. Mike also has instructions, rules, inspection criteria, and other neces¬ sary race information available for a mere

only the name One of the places in the Delta we’ve always gone to or near is Bruno’s Island

How fast Whitbread Round-The-World Entry Ro//yGo? Ro//yGo slow without mast. But look at what a nice jury rig job. Better luck next leg.

Yacht Harbor, on Brannan Island, just off the San Joaquin River just this side of Little Potato Slough. It s always been a convenient place to trade crew, leave your boat for a week, and use as home base. One of the

SIGHTINGS

$10. The Christmas rush is over, so get to the mailbox today!

has changed nice things is that it caters primarily to sailboats and has very few power putts. Harbormaster Helen Herbaugh reports that on December 5th they had a big celebra¬ tion in which the name was changed from Bruno’s to “The Island”. Why they did this we’ll never know since Bruno’s had such a distinctive flavor. But they did, and had a hundred ‘Islanders’ and friends stop by for a B-B-Q and beer during the afternoon. David Snodderly, who’s president of the corporation that owns The Island, said that 100 hybrid eucalyptus trees have'recently been planted, and next spring the longawaited slips will be added to the 128 which are already there. We’ve always enjoyed the hospitality at The Island, and you folks might think about making it one of your stops next summer.

speed thrills Each year, sailing speed enthusiasts gather for Speed Week at Portland Harbour’s Castle Cove on the south coast of England. This past year, some 42 entries of all descriptions and characters, descended on the site. They compete over a measured distance course for the fastest time in their respec¬ tive divisions. Since this year’s sponsor was Windsurfer builder Ted Cate, it was no sur¬ prise over half the contestants were sailboards. Many were of the “kinetic stability variety — they were so small that the skipper could only mount them once they attained sufficient speed and lift.” The speed trials is one of the few opportunties for some of the outer fringes of the sailing world to show their stuff. Multihulls of all shape and form dash¬ ed — and often disintegrated — across the gusty waters adjacent to the English Channel. Some, like the famous Crossbow, can only sail in one direction! Jacob’s Ladder, a Toronado catamaran powered by flexi-foils, or kites, provided one of the thrills of this year’s speed trials. While clipping along at over 20-knots, one of the twin hulls became airborne to a height of 30-ft. The skipper, eschewing the gallant tradition of his nautical forefathers, opted to bail out, while the crew gamely stuck with the ship. He returned to earth with a splash, one that would no doubt have done an astronaut proud.

SIGHTINGS ye ancient interface xii No, that doesn’t mean an old computer. What it does mean is anyone with some new ideas about hull designs, rigs, racing and cruising technology, commercial sailing vessels, boatbuilding or yacht design and analysis, had better start thinking about the 1982 Ancient Interface Symposium. This year’s meeting, sponsored by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME), Stanford’s Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, UC’s Department of Naval Architecture and Offshore Engineering, the YRA of S.F. bay, and the Oceanic Society, will be October 23 at the St. Francis YC. The first thing to do is send your .500 word abstract to any one of the three chairmen listed below, or call them with an idea for a paper. The abstracts are due April 1, 1982; the final papers should be in by July 1. Think radical! Send your ideas to: i

a touch of humor In a Volume 54 Sightings item on the up¬ coming SORC, we mentioned that Dave Fenix’s chartered Frers 51, Retaliation, would be “draped” with Tom Widden’s Sobstad Sails. That particular description brought images of Sonoma counties’ chur-

C.A. Marchaj, Chairman of Papers Committee, 4 Shayer Road, Southhampton SOI 5JZ, England; Alan Adler, Chatrman for SNAME, Stan¬ ford University, Design Division, Stanford, CA 94305 (415) 493-5231 (eves); or Lewis Peach, Chairman for AIAA, NASA Ames Research Centfer, MS 210-9, Moffett Field, CA 94035, (415) 355-1723 (eves).

more remedies Here’s yet another cure for seasickness, sent to us by Leonard Hunter of the yacht Avante in Brickyard Cove. From the “D.D.S. ” on Len’s letterhead, we assume he’s a dentist (either that or a dead drunk sailor), and knows of what he speaks. We cannot, of course, guarantee that any of the cures presented over the last several months are sure-fire. We only offer them to you as ideas that might work. Please be sure to check with your own doctor before swallowing anything you don’t know too much about. In any case, here’s what Len has to say: “I have noted still another sea sickness remedy in the October issue and my guilty feelings force me to share “The Cure” with all who read these pages. “Some friends and I recency experienced our first blue water sailing in Prevail, a Cheoy Lee 44 out of Glen Cove. We made a fantastic passage from Newport, Oregon to San Francisco. Next we helped take Kala Ana, a 39-ft. Atkins Ingrid ketch out of Brickyard Gove from San Francisco to Eureka. Great trip. On both cruises I was ship’s cook and allowed to sit at the chart, table but not touch anything. “We took the magic bullets for motion sickness all through both trips. Not a severe test as boats over 40-ft. have no motion at sea. Flowever, while per¬ forming fine tasks below decks requiring concentration, such as peeling beans for chili, preparing fluted mushrooms to garnish the pate, etc., never once did the most susceptable of us succumb! No, I lie; the patient seagulls were rewarded once. One man forgot to take his medication and inspite of also wearing a Transderm V behind the ear (suspenders and belt), he had to rush to the rail. “And so, what is this elixir? A common drug with many uses is the active item. It’s been around a long time and is prescribed by physicians and dentists to allay anxiety, relieve allergies or produce light sleep. It’s called Phenergan, made by Wyeth and yes, it is a prescription item in the U.S. though not in Canada. We took it in combination with Sudafed, a non-prescription an¬ tihistamine to counteract the drowsiness the Phenergan might produce. Side effects? In the low dosage required for motion sickness, a mild drowsiness. cont'd on next sightings page

CCie*> Afj

F0* (20

ches and coastline covered with Christo’s plain cotton, to the fertile mind of sailor Peter Costello. l Forcefully inspired, Costello conceived this cartoon, which we think is mighty funny, but for all the wrong reasons. The hell with the ‘draperies’, look at the graceful opulence of the vehicle the crew uses for transport to

probably a This is for you radio enthusiasts. On our VHF radio — and all the other synthesized ones we’ve ever seen — you’ve got weather channels 1 and 2, then you have channels 6, 7,8,9 and so forth right up to 28. After 28 there’s nothing until you get to 65, where it continues 66, 67, 68 and so forth right up to channel 88.

curiosity Don’t let it kill you. The U.S. Coast Guard warns that more and more “exotic” chemi¬ cals are being transported in drums as deck cargo on big ships and freighters. As more such barrels are being transported, the CG is receiving more reports of barrels that have fallen overboard. You are thus warned that such barrels may contain residues which are extremely hazardous to toi^ch and smell, and

SIGHTINGS remedies - cont’d (A beer or a glass of wine or two produced no untoward effects in us but the manufacturer warns against use with alcohol, barbituates or morphine.) Also, a subtle spacy feeling, but I get that from bobbing around in a boat for three days with or without medication. The most notable side effect is a dry mouth. “Word is that this combination was developed by the U.S.C.G. and NASA and found desirable for minimal side effects. I got the recipe from Bev Moglich, the owner’s wife on Prevail. Many prayers have been offered up for her from rolling boats and swaying Greyhound busses since. “What I found most impressive about the stuff is that you can take it after you start to feel ill (the five swallows per minute stage) and, if you can hold it down, you’ll start to feel better. “Dosage: We adult males of average, lean, hard body mass took: Phenergan, 25 mg. tablet, one every 12 hours. Sudafed, 30 mg', tab, one every 6 hours. Check with your own doctor. It was totally successful for seven out of seven individuals on these two trips and too good to keep to ourselves. Enjoy!! 7

Olympic trouble A iTH

QfiAT' paA^eb sob*?*+/<-&

the dock. How true! How true! Pity the pen¬ niless boat owner. Costello also wonders if Retaliation’s crew — with names like Ribes Potts and Blaine Wise — is being paid for with old money. Probably is, because only Oklahoma running backs and old money folks get names like that.

naive question So what the heck happened to channels 29 through 64? We see that the frequency designations go up each channel by .025’s, and that by order of frequency designation it goes: channel 65, channel 06, channel 66, channel 07, etc. Why do they do that? We’ll take our answer on the air.

killed the cat that some of them have even have vapors that are explosive. # If you come upon any such derelict drums, the CG’s want you to consider these dangers, and the likeliihood that correct identifing labels may have been washed off. So if you see one, you might want to notify the Coast Guard rather than trying to salvage it as a B-B-Q pit. page 77

After the blowout at the 1980 Olympic Games, when the U.S. and other nations boycotted the event for political reasons, there’s been some question as to how successful the 1984 version would be. The summer games are planned for Los Angeles. Since this spectacle has a way of running way over budget (Montreal went deep into the hole with the 1976 Olympics), the Angelinos are a little wary about the whole thing. Not to mention the incredi¬ ble security precautions that will be needed to keep terrorists and the like out and to assure the communist countries that their teams won’t defect en masse. Trouble has already started brewing in the sailing portion of the games. During their annual London meetings this fall, the International Yacht Racing Union (1YRU) chose the German-made Windglider to be the official sailboard at the 1984 Olympics. This would be the first time that sailboards would be part of the proceedings, joining the Finn, 470, Flying Dutchman, Star and Soling classes. Unfortunately, the people who make Windsurfers down in Torrance, California (a stone’s throvL away from the waters off Long Beach where the racing will take place) claim that Windglider can’t bring their board into this country. The two firms signed an agreement several years ago stating that Windglider would sell only to the European market while Wind¬ surfers would control the American market. The debate over which board to use in the Olympics is not new. At the 1980 London meetings, proponents for both firms tried to convince the IYRU, which advises the International Olympic Committee on all sailing mat¬ ters, that their board should be picked. The Windglider won that round, despite the possible problems with trade violations. The IYRU recommended their board and decided to wait a year to make the final choice. Hoyle Schweitzer’s Windsurfer organization has been particularly zealous about protecting their rights. Even though Schweitzer, a southern California surfer, got the whole concept launched (along with sailor Jim Drake), the sailboard phenomenon really took hold in Europe much more so than in the U.S. Competing manufacturers have sprung up like weeds on the continent, much to Windsurfer’s disdain. Schweitzer has the patent on the sailboard mast’s universal joint construction, and wants everyone using that idea to pay royalties. The litigation involved with pursuing the claims has been enor¬ mous. Rival companies could turn out enough boards to make a profit and disband before they could even be brought to trial. cont'd on next sightings page

SIGHTINGS calling all Olympics - cont’d The Windsurfer/Windglider Olympics controversy is the latest chapter. Even with the trade agreement violations and the close proximity of the Windsurfer factory to the 1984 Olympic site, the IYRU still voted for the Windglider as the officiakboard. The Windsurfer people feel it was a political decision, pushed through by the Eastern block nations. Windglider, mean¬ while, has tried to override the trade agreement by filing a temporary restrain¬ ing order. The order was denied. The International Olympic Committee has given the IYRU and the Windglider class until February 3 to resolve the legal problems. If things are still screwed up then, they will drop the sailboard event from the 1984 games. Aren’t amateur athletics fun?

The Thunderbird is back! So say the new fleet officers, who are determined to revive this ancient and noble bay boat. Seven boats are pledged to race YRA next year, and plans are being laid for cruises, potluck din¬ ners, and technical and tuning sessions. The

help our There’s a rum called Pusser’s, that comes from the Virgin Islands. Now Pusser’s has been around a long, long, long time, and

pardey time Lin and Larry Pardey, noted sailors for their voyages in their small boat Seraffyn, will be in northern California for three presentations this month. The first date is Friday, January 22, at 8 p.m. at Crosetti Flail, 2601 East Lake Ave., at the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds, which just so happens to be in Watsonville. Saturday, January 23rd they will give two presentations at USF s Lone Mountain Auditorium in San Francisco. Starting times are 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. During a telephone conversation last week, Lin told us that she and Larry originally promised themselves they’d never get into this kind of thing, but when a few small presentations at yacht clubs proved pleasant for both them and the audiences, they decided to continue. The accent is on having fun, however, and Lin says she and Larry keep a tally each night to see who gets the most laughs. About 200 slides of their extensive voyages will be shown and accom¬ panied by narration. After that will follow a 45-minute question and answer period. These are good folks who embrace some of the old values (see their “SelfSufficient Sailor this issue), and were sure you’ll enjoy their appearance. Tickets are available through the BASS ticket agency by calling 415-835-4342 or 408-297-7552. Incidentally, the Pardeys, who are in the midst of building a boat similar in style to Seraffyn but slightly larger, have just had another book released by W.W. Norton called “The Self-Sufficient Sailor”. You might want to read it before the lectures.

the 3rd pan am clipper cup The dates of the third Pan Am Clipper Cup series in Hawaii, conducted by the Waikiki Yacht Club, have been announced as well as the individual race co-sponsors. What well may be the greatest ocean racing orgy in history con¬ sists of 5 races this August 7 to 22 off Honolulu. They are: The first Olympic Triangle race, sailed off Honolulu on Saturday, August 7th. Michelob Beer is the co-sponsor, and like the other two Olympic courses, the race will be about 30 miles long. A second Olympic Triangle race will be held on Sunday, August 8th and sponsored by Johnnie Walker Red Label. Monday, August 9th will be the Molokai Race, co-sponsored by the Kalua Koi Corporation. Originally it was schedule to be the Kalaupapa Around the Island Race on the 10th, but that has been scratched. Coca-Cola sponsors the third Olympic Triangle race on Thursday Auqust 12th. The grand finale is the 700 + mile Around the State race on August 15th, cont'd on next sightings page

corkett trophy midget Scott Schock at Schock Boats in Newport Beach wants all northern California MORA Sailors to be aware of the 1982 Corkett Trophy Midget Ocean Racing Champion¬ ship to be. held at the Newport Harbor YC February 26, 27, and 28. The regatta consists of five races, including one distance race. Wonder of wonders, there is no entrance fee, and the Newport Harbor YC dockmaster will arrange boat and trailer storage. The club will even host a par¬ ty that Saturday night with complimentary beer and wine. The. club hosted the regatta for the first time in 1981, and had a very successful turn¬ out with 20 entries. It’s anticipated to be a big hit again this year, as many boats will be us¬ ing it for a tune-up for the MORC Interna¬ tional Championships to be held off Marina

SIGHTINGS thunderbirds! next meeting is Feburary 2 and any Thunderbird owners who are out of touch should contact fleet captain Austin O’Brien at (415) 657-5520 or secretary/treasurer Jim New¬ port at (415) 339-0261.

clipper - coat’d sponsored by the Hilton Hawaiian Village. The awards banquet is Sunday, August 22nd at the Village’s Tapa Ballroom. Races listed as feeders for the Series include the Australian Southern Cross

pusser’s over the years the British Navy has drank its share. In fact the British Navy drank it during the Battle of Ordordness in 1666, at Barfleuer in 1962, and then again at Quiberon Bay in 1759. ' And who could forget the British Navy guzzled it at the Battle of the Saints in 1782, and at the Glorious Fist of June in 1794. And heck, the list keeps right on going, the Nile in 1798, Traflagar in 1805, the Falkland Island in $914, Jutland in 1916, and the North Atlantic all during World War II. In fact, Pusser’s and the British Navy had a relationship for over 300 years, from 1666 to 1970. Aye, and there’s the rub! What we want to know is exactly what happened in j 1970 so that the British Navy boys no longer found Pusser’s on their palates. You know after 300 years there had better be some ex¬ planation for the termination. If you’ve got that explanation — somebody must have it — we’d like to know about it. We’d also like to have a taste or two of it. Apparently it sells for $14 in the Big Apple, about double its price in the Virgins.

ocean racing championship del Rey in August. Northern California small boats race under the MORA rule, which we understand is slightly different from the MORC rule, so we’re not certain what — if anything — has to be done to re-rate the boats for MORC. However Scott Schock reports that standard MORC ratings may be acquired without measurement; contact Glenn Reed at (213) 339-1294. This sounds like a heck of a good oppor¬ tunity to develop some north/south small boat rivalry in the state. We sure hope that a couple of local boats go down for the series, or maybe a couple of owners pool their bucks and talents for an effort. For further in¬ formation concerning the regatta, contact Scott Schock at (714) 673-2050 or Kevin Riley at (714) 673-7730. And good luck!

page 79

M<Sf& VSSW’tf-O fWiWSfX) ZK.V. Scxzm

(hosicM cava ifcfta-fcwsfcjfi Oo<»rr<t«*

Swjontf Otvmpic "tonyto <oc*

JtfWU* W0&« H«K3 too* • W©». AuButf t*v toy

csywwnxi Knfva K0»

Iftw* Ovrf**; t'Kinaw A»SMf

AIOWVJ t** 5KJK> Survm AUfilVtl

tf,

Mowotxy. Vtfuig* AytfJK# Su''<J0y. Avtfutf 2Jrxv

►«*on HSJwoiton vttofr*

‘Wi

.‘•ttyrr*

GWWS KX»

Max;* 11. mi NOSC CSwWttO K- fyfc,<Q

Wov*o& <y

•ttt S’/dxsn.'&Mt Kkm me* n ■ite ff&rP-u'Jv roco, *Xx>

Waikiki Yacht Club »f«.n ■: O'**;*

Oft Kv

sfox-'s-.o

r$w AO MO»>0 4v« X’KT.

* tw VlQKtsj M&J rjoa ;«(y A 19BJ 30* fKjntfJGO-fefcX* «y-i> SCRUO Cu0 Ujroino AlV jv Wit «r> <fy«o',v

Kowoaiiw' TcAxna***!

»«***■•

M&x* \>n i?

W»

kxXsto&KW'

i^rsi Atvt The Off-eta* Ccmter

Series, the China Sea Series between Manilla and Hong Kong, the Nippon Ocean Racing Club’s Okinawa to Tokyo race, the KB Sydney to Suva race, the Nippon Ocean Racing Club’s Tokyo to Honolulu race, the Victoria to cont'd on next sightings page

PT. BONITA Y, fast, fast, fast, a. Moving with great speed; swift; rapid. Firmly fixed; closed; steadfast; faithful; not changeable; lasting. Devoted to pleasure; easy. Ahead of its true time.

Dealer for Freya 39, Olson 40, Olson 30, Ravage 36, Express and Moore 24. ’

..v.

•

*»'

'• *. •: v.v.\ ■

Vv '

THE ONLY HIGH PERFORMANCE SAILIN' Melinda Laudy _

399 Harbor Drive, Clipper Yacht Harbo

CHT SALES, INC.

We invite you to find out about fast firsthand Visit us aboard the Moore 24, the Express and the Olson 30 at the Moscone International Boat Show, January 2-9.

FULL INFORMATION ON THE NEW OLSON 40 IS AVAILABLE NOW.

ENTER

GOING FAST IN SIX SIZES Brian Saunders

Lsalito, CA 94965 <415) 332-1130 page 81

SIGHTINGS clipper - cont’d Maui race, the San Francisco to Kauai race, and Lahaina’s Sauza Cup. With so many feeders you can see why it’s expected to be such a big series with a truly international fleet. The same goes for the ‘follow-on’ race, the St. Fran¬ cis Big Boat Series. If you plan to enter your boat in the Clipper Cup Series, as many local sailors are, it’s high time to get your campaign in gear. In fact, you’d be trying to catch up with folks like Clay Bernard, who’s already printed up his Great Fun T-shirts!

sore update Some big boat efforts make it and some don’t. At last count, the number of bay area entrants in the upcoming SORC — the first race is February 6 — has dropped from two to one. Bruce Seymour’s Freestyle, which was to have featured locals Dee Smith, Clay Bernard, Dave Ffulse and Jeff Madrigali, has been scrubbed. Ac¬ cording to Smith and Bernard, Bruce ran into some scheduling problems and decided to pass up the Florida cir¬ cuit. He sold the Frers 41, built by Tom Dreyfuss’ New Orleans Marine, and ordered another one like it to be delivered in. March. After outfitting here in the bay area, Bruce will presumably campaign the boat in the spring series, race to Kauai and do the Clipper Cup and then return for the Big Boat Series. k

3rd world

5 D

Tom B|acka,|eri in form

Freestyle's demise leaves only Monroe Wingate’s Scarlett O’Flara to carry a local yacht club’s colors in Florida. On December 18th, Monroe’s wife Linda christened the white-hulled Serendipity 43 with a bottle of champagne across the bow. Monroe’s Metropolitan YC hosted the bash, with much of the crew attending, including skipper Tom Blackaller. His usual ebullient self, Tom was obviously psyched for the circuit. He wanted to make it clear that Loui¬ siana Crude, the boat he drove to an apparent victory last year, was not dis¬ qualified as we had indicated last month. “There was no protest and no DSQ,” he said emphatically. “We were simply removed from the SORC ten months after the finish of the last race! That’s terrible!” Monroe has pretty much turned over Scarlett to Tom, and the boat was even “Blackallerized”. There are special foot rests and a custom tiller exten¬ sion for his driving duties, and there s a digital readout computer mounted near his bunk down below so he can check the boat’s progress at all times. Monroe’s job onboard will be whatever Tom tells him to do. “He certainly knows what he’s doing,” says Monroe. The remainder of Scarlett’s crew is pretty firm, but Gary Jobson will not be along as originally planned. Hank Stuart, a member of the 12 Meter Clippercrew, commissioned Scarlett, just as he did Louisiana Crude last year, and corit'd on next sightings page

If this tri looks more like it belongs in Pago Pago than the inner Richmond Harbor, you’re thinking along the same lines as the guys who designed it. This craft is the Simple SIB 32, 1400 pounds of simplicity and speed. Recently Hugh Foulke, who builds these boats up in Ferndale, Washington, passed through on his way to Mexico. He was trying to drum up a little business and then go cruising in Baja. The intention behind the Simple SIB (Small Is Beautiful) 32 is that it’s to be.a true “people’s boat”. Three years ago some of the best multihull minds — Dick Newick, John Marples, Jim Brown, Phil Weld (1980 OSTAR winner), and the Gougeon Brothers — got together to come up with a working sailing craft. They noticed a lot of Third World folks were losing the large logs they used for dugouts to the lumber industry. Newick, Maples, and the rest wanted a boat that could be built in pieces and shipped all around the globe and then assembled with simple tools. The result of their efforts is the constant camber method of hull construction. Essen¬ tially, they glue thin veneers over a large mold, building in two curves. The veneer sandwich is then cut into long sections. Two of these sections are stapled and glassed together to form a hull. They can even use another section to form decks for the outrig¬ gers. The main hull has a couple of bulk-

SIGHTINGS circuit - cont’d

will be part of the crew. Ray Booth was scheduled to measure the boat on December 29, after which it will go by truck to Florida. Following the SORC, Monroe plans to campaign the boat in the spring series on the bay and go to Hawaii for the Clipper Cup. There is one other bay area connection to the SORC. That’s Dave Fenix, who’s funding the Frers 51 Retaliation with Dennis Conner at the helm. The boat hit the water in early December in Connecticut, where it was also to be measured. The boat has been guarded in some secrecy during the building state, but Fenix did reveal that they used some titanium in the hull for extra strength and lightness. The first full crew practice is January 20th in Fort Lauderdale.

$100,000

yachting heads to handle the stress of two unstayed masts. Two large cross beams hold the three hulls together, and they are quickly released to break the boat down for trailering. Foulke’s boat is a more refined version of the workboat model. The cross beams-are curved like wings and the freeboard is lower, giving it a racier look. The sailing rig can be whatever suits the owner’s taste. Sailors in the South Seas would probably have a different idea of what works best than someone from Africa. Foulkes version has a lungstrom rig (two identical sails that are trimmed together up¬ wind and opened up downwind) on the for¬ ward mast and a cat rig on the aft mast. The speed potential of the SIB 32, like most trimarans, is great. With 330 sq. ft. of sail (495 sq. ft. downwind), the boat ghosts well and in a breeze takes off. Foulke says it’s not really designed for over 25 knots, which makes long ocean passages a risky venture. The 17-ft. beam gives lots of stability, not on¬ ly for cargo carrying, but also for taking all your friends for a ride. With the canopy strung between the masts, the SIB 32 becomes an overnightet. She can also be beached easily. We’re not sure the Simple SIB 32 is your answer for the dream daysailer, but we do like the idea of a simple boat that serves both a function and recreational purpose.

page 83

One of this country’s hallowed documents — is it the Bill of Rights or the Constitution? — guarantees each American citizen the right to the 'pursuit of happiness’. That’s ter¬ rific if you want to be a hobo or something where the achievement of such happiness is almost always as easy as the pursuit. But what if you are 24-year old Gini Gatejen, and your pursuit of happiness is to captain all-women ‘Wahine Team’ in this August’s prestigious Pan Am Clipper Series off Honolulu? And what if you don’t have the boat yet? Or the crew? Or even the money? In that case you don’t need the Bill of Rights as much as you need a corporate sponsor willing to hand you a suitcase full of $100’s. Gini Gatejen Like one thousand of them. Acquiring the boat, the crew, and the money for a full-fledged Clipper Series effort might seem like an overly ambitious goal for a Sacramentoraised Honolulu woman with only five years sailing experience. And maybe it indeed is. However, there is something of a precedent. During the last Clip¬ per Series in 1980, A 'Wahine Team’ lead by the then 21-year old Sooze Dannals, raced the Wilson 36 Ruffian throughout the series. And the team did it without digging into their own pockets. The media darlings raised bet¬ ween $10 and $20 thousand in sponsorship through various local promo¬ tions. Gini Gatejen was a member of that team. That initial effort, however, was many boatlengths shy of a success, both in the standings and crew satisfaction. Disorganization and lack of crew ex¬ perience, Gini decided are two reasons singlehander Amy Boyer replied “No way!” when asked to join the team. Since Ruffian s entire crew vowed to never take part in another such'endeavor at the series conclusion, Amy wasn’t just shy, she was sagacious. According to Gatejen, Ruffian suffered mostly from “girl problems” — the majority of which sounded like normal old qew problems to .us. Apparently there were far too many situations when one woman was told to ease off the outhaul, for example, and would reply, “you do it, I did it last time.’ Such problems lead to apparently endless screaming matches, all of which culminated in the black of night off the Big Island’s potentially treacherous South Point during Around the State long distance race finale. Groggy and \

cont'd on next sightings page

SIGHTINGS $100,000 - cont’d naked from just being roused from the sack by an ‘all hands’ headsail change, Gini looked back from the bow and observed a punchout in the cockpit. The issue of who was supposed to be driving. Some women were embittered by the sailing experience, others more imbittered by what was apparently going to be their lack of recognition at the awards ceremony — until sympathizers took the situation into their own hands. The wahine team,.believing themselves to be the first all-woman team in an important ocean racing series, felt their presence — if not performance — rated some acknowledgement from the podium. Despite all the turmoil, Gatejen found the entire episode a valuable learn¬ ing experience. Nonetheless the notion of fielding another ‘wahine team’ didn’t rear it’s head until several months ago, long after a luxurious cruise from Hawaii to the south of France, had faded the worst memories. Gini got her first sail 5 years ago from the Singlehanded Sailing Society’s currentCommodore Chuck Hawley in Santa Cruz. She was 19 at the time, and says of the experience, “It was all over, all I wanted to do was sail.” Inex¬ plicably she then took a long-winded skiing trek across the United States before entering college in Sacramento. A successful student, she attracted enough educational grants to finance a summer vacation in Lahaina for herself and a girlfriend! Lahaina was the designation because Gini knew there was a harbor there and figured there would be sailboats too. After a summer of working in a dive shop, she was hired on the Columbia 43, Impulse, working as a charter boat out of Lahaina. Her job was to be cook, and using that position as a spr¬ ingboard, she could pick up as many sailing skills as she wanted. It was on Impulse that she started to log the hours of sea time necessary for her 100-ton Coast Ghard license. One entry into the sailing world is usually all any young woman needs, and that was true of Gini. She did the graphics on Impulse NS when it was hauled in Honolulu and was offered similar graphic jobs. She remained in Honolulu and that spring was invited to become part of the ‘Wahine Team’ that includ¬ ed Susie Dannals, Kim Greenhow, Jonelle Gilette, Linda Young, Susan Bacon, Beverely O Connor, Nancy Broadwell, and a couple of other women for the round-the-buoy races. After the Clipper Series she sailed the Sauza Cup and bumped into Larry Harvey who used her as crew on his C&B built Farr 38 Timberwolf in the 1980 St. Francis Big Boat Series. That winter it was back to Honolulu, where she really struck gold on a French-owed 85-ft. Camper-Nicholson headed west from Hawaii from south of France via all kinds of great places like the P'nillipines, the Straits of Mallaca, Sri Lanka, Djibouti, Egypt, Malta, Corsica, and all kinds of great stops in between. The only American among Cana¬ dians and Europeans, Gini was one of two deckhands in a paid crew that also included a maid, a chef, a skipper and an engineer. Even when the owners were not aboard — which was frequent — it was still the same old routine: tea at four, cocktails at six, and a chef prepared meal at eight featuring elegant foods, linen tablecloths, cut glass, wine and all the treats a franc can buy. Later there were video goodies, they had all the toys. After France she landed back in Honolulu, passing up the TransPac in fabor of trying to get her 100-ton license, what with all that sea time just under her belt. She passed on the second try and just in time to meet the 1981 TransPac fleet. Gini raced Sauza Cup on the Davidson 44, Sister Diuine, but declined a berth on the delivery trip back to the mainland when she was offered no more renumeration than a plane ticket. A few weeks later she received a phone call from Tom Harney, the owner of High Noon, then in Kauai. cont d on next sightings page

lookin' for someone to Stepping Stones, a growth center for children with retardation in Oakland, started Project Boat Jobs a while back and it’s work¬ ing well. Those in the program have become skilled at washing boats, doing brite work, oiling teak, and even doing some small re¬ pairs. Others have been doing work at some of the local sail lofts, their duties including tracing, cutting and sewing. Companies so far involved in the program include NorCal Yachts, Cruising World Yachts, Mike Lampe Yachts, Olympic Cir¬ cle, Skipper’s Yacht Sales, Yachts Un-

longer hours, more Under current practices, the Highway 12 Bridge over Little Potato Slough at Terminous is operated 9 hours a day during the months of July, August and September — with 4 hours notice required at all other times. The Coast Guard wants to know if you folks would prefer to have the bridge opera¬ tion extended to 16 hours a day, between the months of May and October — with 4 hours notice at all other times. Frankly, we think it’s a great idea, as we’ve been turned back once or twice because

b.a.m.i. The Bay Area Marine Institute has established a library of computer programs for naval architecture and yacht design. The codes in the Naval Architecture Analysis Li¬ brary include programs to predict stability and damage survival, to perform seakeeping analysis, and to numerically loft fair and hard chine hull forms. Additional programs will be added as they are developed. The purpose of NAAL is to make sophisti¬ cated programs available to small design of¬ fices and boatyards. The library is intended to be used “over the counter” through the Control Data Corporation Cybernet System so that users need not own any hardware such as terminals or computers (though ac¬ cess by remote terminal will be possible). Costs for typical runs of seakeeping or stabili¬ ty range from $5.00 to $50.00 (depending on the size of the job). Numeric lofting is

SIGHTINGS $100,000 - cont’d

keep your boat clean?

Harney had struck out to California wth Harold Upham and two others. But Harney needed a replacement for a crewman who’d suffered a serious head injury from the J-lock of a flogging genoa clew. After fee negotiations, which would include a High Noon position during the 1981 Big Boat Series, Gini made the crossing back to California. People do a lot of talking on Pacific crossings, and it wasn’t long before Tom found out about the ‘wahine team’ and encouraged her to field another one for 1982. And what better boat to use than Tom’s own High Noon? (List

limited, Club Nautique, and the Lake Merritt Boathouse. Also Pineapple, Hogin’s and Horizon sail lofts. If your yacht brokerage on the east side of the bay has opportunities for these deserving folks, why not give them a call at 834-3990. We’re not sure if they do similar work on in¬ dividual boats, but some of you people might want to give them a call or find out if a group of your neighbors would like to set up a regular washing and maintenance program. Good workers are always hard to find, and these folks are reported to be very good.

only first 50 that come to mind.) $100,000 is the amount of money Gatejen feels a Wahine Team needs to be competitive in the 1982 Clipper Series. That includes a first class boat, a brand new set of sails, a full time coach, air fares and lodging for several crew from Californa, insurance, and all the other expenses. That’s a real high roll¬ ing figure on a high rolling sport, but Gatejen is adament. “I won’t do it with $50,000, I won’t do with with $75,000; it’s $100,000 or nothing.” What Gatejen needs right now is $100,000 so she can start on schedule at the end of January. If the money comes through, she’ll be looking for the most expert women sailors available. If you’re one of those women — or one of those folks with the $100,000 for promotion — you can reach her at 1138 Swanston Dr., Sacramento, Ca 95818. There’s a 43-page brochure that’s all

months at little potato? we’d come a little early in the season to get through. And the junction there between Lit¬ tle Potato Slough and the South Fork of the Mokulumne is made all the more important by the excellent modern facilities at Tower Park Marina at Terminous. If you folks agree it’s a good idea to extend the bridge’s normal operating hours and months, forward your opinion to the Com¬ mander (oan), Twelfth Coast Guard District, 630 Sansome Street, San Francisco, CA

ready for your examination. There’s life, there’s liberty, and this is one example of the pursuit of hap¬ piness.

what do women want? Perhaps we shoudn’t say this in print, but we’re beginning to wonder about some women sailors these days. Especially those with the least experience, be they racers or cruisers. What disturbs us so much is that many of them seem to be walking around in some incredible Cinderella dream world. The message we keep getting from women lately is that they’ll take sailing on a first class basis or they’ll not take it at all. And as you might expect, many

94126.

aren’t getting taken at all. A few months back one woman working as paid crew wrote that she ob¬ jected having to eat with the help. We’re still trying to figure out how she

computers

could object to that. A number of other women we’ve talked to recently maintain they are dy¬ ing to get positions on cruising boats. But geez, you’ve never heard such picky requirements in your life — and from ladies who have neither money,

generally more costly. CDC also makes a wide range of programs in the field of engin¬ eering analysis available to account holders including finite element analysis techniques and advanced computer graphics. Users can also write their own programs, since advanc¬ ed FORTRAN and BASIC compilers are available on the Cybernet System. A class on using the NAAL is offered January 13-27 at the Bay Area Marine In¬ stitute. Direct assistance can also be arrang¬

sailing skills, or sailing experience to contribute. To cite just a single example, one woman we spoke with didn t want to take up one offer because the boat involved was a Westsail 32. A Westsail might be a little slow, and it might not have the accomodations of a Swan 76, but its a damn satisfactory boat to start out on. Seems to us it s like turning down a free ride to the airport because the car is a Buick and not a Mercedes. We may be wrong, but if inexperienced women are going to hold out like that, they might be better off kissing frogs and hoping for a sailing price with a silver sloop. And even take Gini Gatejen. She’s insisting on getting what would no doubt be the biggest Clipper Cup budget in its class, all because she feels that a lack of money in the last ‘Wahine Team’ caused crew problems and rendered them non-competitive: Somehow we feel its always the easy way out to blame problems on money, because as any old sailor will tell you a good, aggressive crew can make a boat go faster than money can. Remember that old saying, “It’s not the boats, but the men in them that

ed. The Bay Area Marine Institute is a non¬ profit educational corporation -engaged in apprenticeship training, continuing educa¬ tion, research and computer software deve¬ lopment. For further information contact either Tay Vaughn or Chris Barry at the Bay Area Marine Institute, Pier 66, San Fran¬ cisco, CA 94107, (415) 552-4500.

cont'd on next sightings page /

page 85

SIGHTINGS women-cont’d counts.” Isn’t it the same for women? The overriding irony of the whole thing is that the women who demand the most — “just treat me like a man” — usually would merit little more than a grunt position on a Cal 20 in a Friday nite race. Now mind you we’ve got nothing against women reaching for the stars, but we feel that if so many ladies keep losing touch with reality it will only serve to hurt the chances of the women that follow. Too much of that and all men will end up believing all women have noting to offer but looks and bodies. We’d be willing to wager that the best sailors — be they males or females, racers or cruisers — were pretty much willing to prove themselves wherever and whenever they could get a slot. And for many great sailors, that meant a position on some miserable old scow that would barely stay afloat or buildingone’s own little dinghy. Anything for the chance. Take a look at Amy Boyer for example. All she wanted was a chance to prove herself. When denied a chance in the first SSS TransPac, she bought the biggest boat she could almost afford — 21-ft — and singlehandly kicked butt across the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. The result is that in no time at all Amy goes from being a nobody to someone who is turning down positions on Clipper Cup boats. Then there s Linda Rettie who made it singlehanded to Japan with Suntory Whiskey’s $20,000 and couldn’t have gone without it. But she had at least that much of her own money invested in the project. And how did Lin¬ da get on her first Transpacific crossing? On the spur of the moment she join¬ ed Robert Whitney in Monterey after he’d been knocked out of the TransPac, and sailed to Hawaii. If we remembered correctly, she left her husband home. We think the key to the success of almost all women sailors is that they made the best of whatever opportunities they could get at the time, and used that experience to propel them to greater heights. Anne Gardner took an older non-competitive boat and a crew of women through all of last year’s SORC races. She and her crew knew they didn’t have a chance, but you can bet they are all the more valuable for the experience. In 1979 Terri Clapp took a group of women in the TransPac in an old Cal 40 in much the same situation, as did Jan Cassel in 1981 with her husband’s Warrior. Gini Gatejen is now touting Terri Clapp as an example of the kind of crew the wahine team can get. Now we re not suggesting any of you women have to go out and do what Amy Boyer did, but we do think you ought to be far more willing to consider crew positions more commiserate to what you have to offer. What makes a person valuable crew more than anything is experience, and you get ex¬ perience out sailing, not putting up crew position wanted flyers and looking gift horses in the mouth. Maybe we’re wacko, maybe you think we hate women, but that’s the way we ve been seeing it lately. Your comments are invited.

barebreast As we might have expected, the husband of the bare breasted chicken hawk (see Latitude 38, Volume 54, December Sightings) called up after the issue came out and he was plenty pissed. Oddly enough, though, it wasn’t about the printed display of his spouse’s ample charms, but rather that “you dumb sailors don’t know the difference between a Chris Craft and a Hatteras!” It seems the vessel carrying the chicken hawk, who was wearing a genuine Cherokee Indian headdress, and her half-hearted hairy transvestite friend, who was not the same man who called, was a 58-ft. Hatteras, not a Chris Craft as we had written. We figure there were enough distractions at ,

cont'd on- next sightings page

why is this

SIGHTINGS barebreast - cont’d the time to keep us from properly identifying the boat. In any case, the caller, who declined to identify himself by name, asked for a print of the photograph. He said they wanted it as a souvenir of their Hallo¬ ween outing. He says they especially like Opening Day, when the bare breasted chicken hawk becomes an Indian squaw and dances up a storm on the cabin top. The sailors aboard the reviewing ships and the flyboys in the helicopters above are particularly grateful for the show. Their photograph was in the afternoon mail,' with a note extending our best wishes and asking that we be kept abreast of any new developments.

whale chase Instead of watching the whales race, the Ballena Bay Yacht Club wants to invite you to four winter Whale Chase races in the south bay. The dates are January 16, February 7, March 6 and April 3, with starts at noon each day. You can fly your chute or not, but registration is still $3.00 per race. You can also spend the night — maybe then you can watch the whales race ... as long as you make advance registration. For more information, contact the Ballena Bay YC, 1124 Ballena Bay Boulevard, Alameda, CA 94501, (415) 523-0612.

smiling Because his name is Tom Dreyfus, who is beyond a doubt the most color¬ ful and outrageous character in sailing. Why even at his wildest, Ted Turner s behavior was absolutely presidential compared with Dreyfus. You want an example? Well, at the last St. Francis Big Boat Series he was the only guy who wore more than one concealed weapon in the yacht'club. One was a pistol on an ankle holster, the other-well the other is a clever little thing and if we gave it away we’d lose Tom’s confidence. Some folks think that Tom, who lives in New Orleans and owns New Orleans Marine, builder of the Serendipity 43 hulls and the Frers 7000 Series, is still battling the war between the States. As evidence, they site Tom’s $5 million suit against the.USYRU. The basis of the suit is that the USYRU took away Louisiana Crudes SORC title without cause, thus depriving Dreyfus, who co-owned, built and sailed the boat, valuable business, free advertising and other losses. We drove Dreyfus and all his guns to the airport after the last Big Boat Series, during which time he said he wasn’t bitter, that the lawsuit was just a fact of business, and that he still had his sense of humor. Apparently he does. According to the latest issue of Yacht Racing/Cruising, Tom will be sailing a new Frers 43 he built in this year’s Circuit. The boat will be called Your Cheatin’ Heart, with Your painted on the port side, Cheatin’ painted on the transom in the middle of a big red heart, and Heart on the starboard side. To disgust his adversaries even more about last year’s rating controversies, he’s going to have a two-foot wide yellow measuring tape painted on the hull amidships with the numbers all out of order, “So anyone can measure the freeboard.” But if anything, Tom can carry a joke all the way to its outer limits. Your Cheatin’ Heart’s van will have two 10R certificates painted on the side: “IORvan full” and “IOR-van empty.” This is in reference to the question of whether or not Louisiana Crude was overloaded when measured for her cer¬ tificate last year. Tom Dreyfus, watch out for his jokes — and his guns. We’ve got an inter¬ view with him on tape and we’ll see if we can run it in the next month or two.

man laughing? see right page 87

WEATHERWEAR

FASHIONABLY DESIGNED HIGH PERFORMANCE FOUL WEATHER GEAR X

Whether you want a two-piece for cruising or a one piece for racing. Well fit your needs as well as we’ll fit you.

THIS MONTH SPECIAL Gore-Tex® One Piece NOW $16500 offer good thru Feb. 1, 1982

Reg. $20500

★ Double stitched seams ★ Factory heat sealed tape seams ★ Double storm cuffs Elastic inner cuff Velcro-closure outer cuff ★ Double zipper closure with inner stprm bib and velcro closure outer flap ★ Roomy chest pockets ★ High wrap-around collars, with a hide-a-way hood

Shipping

Total

$ $

City_

Please Allow 4-6 Weeks for Delivery

.State.

Zip

Phone Number

Weatherwear. Inc., 105 Water Street. Stonington. CT 06378 (203) 535-1721

-for further information write for our brochure

bin tx $

•<T

x u UJ Z

o CN

33 + 33 + 45 +

33 34 36 38

32 33 39-41 33 35

Address.

CN CN

T CN

+ o -rr

Connecticut Residents Add 7'/'• Sales Tax

36-38

Subtotal

ui < £

30-32

Name

Date _

33 35

□ Mastercard

27-29

Signature_:

MED -1 M—WIDE

□ Visa

Expiration Date.

30 32

Total

Size

Account Number_

X—SM

Quantity

□ Cash/Check

Item

+01

Please send me the items specified below. For shipping please add $2.50 per piece.

Custom tailoring & custom colors available

| chest]| SLEEVE 1 INSEAM i ANKLE 1

Handwarmer pockets, suspenders and other custom designs available at extra cost.

CN CN

o -1 1 X

MAX EBB

I can never go to the Boat Show without running into someone I know, and this year’s trip was no exception. In fact, I had just entered the main exhibit hall when I heard a familiar voice coming from behind and above. “Max! Up here!” I turned around to see Lee Helm, my young naval architect friend, waving from the deck of a 25-footer. “I’m not surprised to see you here!” she

said. “Buying a new boat?” “Give me a few minutes, Lee,” I shouted back. “How’s the show this year?” She stepped off the boat and came down the stairs to floor level. “It’s pretty good — some interesting peo¬ ple to talk to. Just get here?” “Walked in a second ago,” I said. “Are you here alone?” “No, I came with a bunch of friends. But I like to split up and walk around by myself. It’s a lot like a museum — you have to be free to go through at your own pace, passing over the boring stuff and spending time when you hit something good. It’s no fun at all going around with people who need ever¬ ything explained to them.” “I don’t know if you include me in that category,” I said, “but if you haven’t seen everything yet I’d like to look at a few boats with you.” “Oh, I didn’t mean you, Max! Sure — I have an hour until I rendezvous with my friends, and there are lots of boats I still haven’t seen yet.” “Great. Let’s start with that big doubleended cruising boat over there — I’ve been curious to see how they’re set up inside.” “Oh, you mean that crab-crusher over there?” I nodded. “Okay, let’s go.” On they way across the hall I noticed the outboards were not on display in their usual spot. “What happened to the outboards?” I said with dismay. “But Max, I though you haated out¬ boards?” “I do, but I always stop at the outboard ex¬ hibit first to get an up-do-date price list.'Pro¬ bably a habit I picked up years ago at the New \ork boat show, whert the outboard brochure came in a folder that was good for putting all the other brochures in!” “I guest the outboards aren’t being pushed so hard these days, especially in an area with so much sailing,” she said. “Anyway, I al¬ ways bring a backpack for all the literature. Also lunch and a tape measure. It leaves my hands free for climbing around.”

We ascended the stairway up to the yacht’s deck, and I asked her why she had tailed it a “crab-crusher”. page 89

“Because heavy boats like this are so much work to sail,” she answered, “that they spend most of their lives tied to the dock crushing crabs. It’s also a convenient phrase that suggests slowness and clumsiness.” “Sounds like you don’t think very much of the type,” I ventured. “Some are better than others, of course.” We stepped aboard just in time to hear the dealer deliver his pitch for the virtues of the double-ender: “This design has all the good features of the Colin Archer-type North Sea rescue life boat, which is still considered to be the most seaworthy type of hull ever designed. It’s strong and seaworthy because it’s heavy and solidly built — and won’t broach in a follow¬ ing sea like those boats with big flat tran¬ soms. Yes, this yacht is built to take the big blue ones head-on!” As we went below I asked Lee what she thought of the Colin Archer hull. “What very few people seem to realize,” she answered, “is that in addition to rescue boats, Colin Archer also designed yachts, | and he designed them with transoms!” “Really?” “Sure — lifeboats are always doubleenders for two very good reasons. They have to be able to maneuver well ahead and astern, and they have to be able to come alongside a larger vessel without exposing a sharp corner, like the edge of a transom, to damage. Also, Scandanavian boats are tra¬ ditionally double-ended because in lapstrake construction, which uses no caulking, a tran¬ som adds a lot of unnecessary complica¬ tions. None of these reasons really applies to fiberglass sailing yachts.” “But round sterns do have some advan¬ tages,” she went on. “For one thing, they’re easy to build, because the mold doesn’t have any sharp corners that might be difficult to get the fiberglass into.” “They’re also good for anchoring stern-to in gusty weather,” volunteered a very salty looking older man who had been inspecting the forward cabin. “I used to anchor like that all the time ‘til I put a vane on my boat.” “That’s another problem,” said Lee. “Every cruising boat these days is going to have self-steering, and the installation can be difficult on a double-ender, especially one of the real traditional types with a boomkin.” “The only thing that really bugs me about this boat,” said the old salt, “is the way they

MAX EBB MEETS LEE HELM do the interior woodwork. Suppose you were going forward, and the boat got hit broad-on by a breaking crest. You reach for this rail to hang on, right?” He put his big hand around a delicatelooking fiddle rail with turned posts, and lur¬ ched backwards, stopping himself with his hand on the rail. CRACK! He stopped just short of actually ripping the thing out. “You see?'A week at sea and I bet every one of these cutesie little rails would be gone!”

We agreed that they probably weren’t strong enough, and retreated back to the companionway.

“What about seaworthiness?” 1 asked Lee as we climbed back up to the cockpit. “I’m sure the above-water part of the stern is one of the less important design parame¬ ters,” she answered. ‘'Especially for a heavy displacement hull, where the crest of the stern wave is never going to be very far aft of the aft end of the waterline. That is, it will never go much faster than so-called ‘theore¬ tical’ hull speed. But for a medium or light displacement design, which can be pushed well beyond hull speed, the water likes to have a sharp corner where it can leave the hull cleanly.” t “So if you expect to sail fast,” I said, “a round or pointy stern is a liability.” “I think so. Except maybe on narrow boats with fine lines and long aft overhangs, like that 8 Meter you see out racing on the bay, or that 34-footer over there.” She was pointing to a 34-ft. double-ender that had been attracting quite a bit of interest. “What do you think of that boat, Lee?” “Well, it’s not very practical for any of the usual use patterns, especially in an area where boats are kept in marinas and berthing cost is proportional to LOA. But you have to consider what the real purpose of a boat like that is.” We stepped off the heavy cruiser back on¬ to the boarding platform, and started to go down the stairs. “You see, Max, if boat owners were ho¬ nest with themselves, I think many of them would discover that the true purpose of their boat is to make all their friends at the yacht club say ‘gee, you sure have a nice looking boat.’ So the aesthetic considerations sometimes- outweight the functional ones — and they should, if that’s the purpose of the boat. That boat is built by a yard with a very good reputation, and seems to sail reasonably well, so I’d say you need an art critic, not a naval architect, to evaluate it any further.”

away from the boat, two kids would run in, one to the mainsheet cleat and one to the stern. The one on the sheet would slack the sheet a few feet while the other grabbed both parts of the mainsheet at the traveler block ^pd looped them under the deck edge cor¬ ner at one side of the transom. Then the other one tightened the sheet so it would re¬ main stuck where they left it, and they disap¬ peared. A minute later the salesperson walk¬ ed back and nonchalantly corrected the snag, with an expression that told m? this game had been going on for along time. Needless to say, the kids were back again a minute later. Finally it was our turn to go aboard the yacht. Lee kicked off her moccasins, but I had to bend over to untie my lace-up topsiders. “You should always wear moccasins to a boat show, Max,” she said. “And if you’re worried about looking too preppie, you can forget it!” (I had no idea what she meant by that remark.) “Looks like a good cruising boat,” I said, scanning the decks. “But it doesn’t seem to have any stowage space accessible from the cockpit.” “That’s a common problem for this type of boat,” Lee said. “I like to call them ‘aircraft carriers’ because of the high freeboard and nearly flush decks. They have beautiful acco¬ modations, but with the aft cabin, walk¬ through galley, engine room and all the other stuff that you might think of as representing very efficient use of space, there’s very little room left for stowage of any kind.” “So are you saying, then, that inefficient use of space results in more stowage space?” “In a way, yes. Which means that the space isn’t really being used inefficiently, is it?”

“I’ve already been on the 34-footer, Max. What would you like to look at next?” “How about that 41-ft. aft cabin flush decker on the other side of the hail?” “Okay, let’s go around this way.”

“Anyway,” she continued, “ boats like this do have some very good features for cruis¬ ing. Shallow draft is always a big plus, and the long keel should take grounding nicely. You know, the center of gravity of the ballast in a long, shallow keel can be just as low as in a short, deep one. I do like to see a centerboard retracting inside the keel for good windward performance, though.” So does this one get your stamp of ap¬ proval?” • '

When we got there we had to wait in line for a short time, which was when I noticed a fascinating game in progress at the Laser ex¬ hibit Whenever the salesperson walked

“Well, I think boats have to be a bit larger, high forties or 50-ft., for the ‘aircraft carrier’ concept to work. Otherwise the freeboard is just too high and the stowage situation is in-

I see, I said absently, asking • myself whether I had ever bought a boat because I thought my friends would think it looked good and made up other requirements to ra¬ tionalize the selection.”

AT THE BOAT SHOW tolerable.”

IIt was too crowded to go below,

so we decided that turn around the deck would suffice. “I’ve had some bad experiences with roller furling,” I remarked. “I hear the new systems work a lot better than some of the old ones, Max. Anyway, the anchor handling arrangements look good.” As we walked back around to the cockpit we came to a middle-aged woman sitting on the coaming, probably waiting for friends who were looking around down below. “How could you possibly enjoy cruising,’’she asked rhetorically, “in a beauti¬ ful, new, expensive boat?” Lee and 1 both looked at her, a bit confused. “I mean, what about the first time you an¬ chor in Tropical Paradise somewhere, and some locals come out in an old skiff to sell lobsters? Crash! They never even heard of rubber fenders down there.” “I see your point. The last thing you want to cruise in,” 1 said, “is a gold plater. Especially if you’re the owner!” “Right,” the woman answered. “My hus¬ band and I used to go to Mexico in our Cal-40. That’s still one of the best buys in cruising boats around. They’re rugged, fast, the rig is simple and not very tall, and there’s plenty of space for two people and all their junk! Best of all,” she continued, with ob¬ vious nostalgia for her old boat, “it was already old and beat-up when we bought it, so we didn’t worry if we beat it up some more. We were having fun in town while the other yachties were oiling teak! And even when our anchor dragged one time and we slammed irito a trawler, it was only a minor disaster. Just a few hours with bondo and touch-up paint. I hate to think how I’d feel with this boat in the same situation!” “Yes, there’s a lot to be said for retired ocean racers as cruisers,” added Lee. “1 know someone who bought an aluminum 44-footer for cruising around the Pacific. He’s been doing the ocean racing series as a shakedown, which is aiso a smart move ff

“I know that boat!” the older woman inter¬ rupted. “You couldn’t find a better boat for the purpose. Cosmetically, it was in poor shape. But very strong, moderately heavy, shallow draft with a centerboard, accom¬ modations very comfortable but no fancy page 91

paneling or decoration. And fast! It even won the SORC one year!” “Sounds like a real find,” I said. “Know of anything else like it that’s available?” “Boats like that appear on the market pret¬ ty often. I heard a rumor that an old Santana 37 with a very impressive local racing record is coming up for sale.” “I guess anything that hasn’t come un¬ glued after so many years of being driven hard on the ocean has got to be pretty strong,” said Lee. “You know, even with a new boat, probably the best indication of quality is to see how boats of the same class are holding together out there.” We made our way back to the stairs, and again Lee had to wait for me to deal with my shoes after she had slipped into her moc¬ casins. We decided that the next boat would be a medium size cruiser/racer, which Lee in¬ sisted on calling a “bleach bottle”. On the way over, though, we stopped at some ac¬ cessories exhibits to escape the crowds for a few minutes. “At a good boat show,” said Lee, reaching into her backpack, “the accessories can be more interesting than the boats. Like an ap¬ ple?” After our snack (the apple was just what I needed — and saved me from one of those awful concession stand hot dogs), Lee wanted to get some information on a new VMG computer from one of the electronics dealers. Meanwhile I went to look at naviga¬ tion instruments, and overheard an interest-’ ing conversation. “Look at these plastic sextants!” said one of them enthusiastically. “They even have field mirrors and special horizon prisms now. I’m amazed that so many people still insist on using heavy metal sextants for everything.” “I’m not!” scoffed his friend. “A good sex¬ tant has to weigh at least four or five pounds, otherwise it’s too difficult to hold it steady. You also need to have good optics for dawn and dusk sights.” “Okay, maybe there are infrequent situa¬ tions where better optics are worthwhile, but light weight is always an advantage Have you ever actually used one of the plastic jobs?” “No, and I don’t plan to, either! Somehow it just doesn’t seem appropriate to take something as time-honored and traditional as a sextant and make it out of ‘space-age’ plastic. The difference in age between the in¬ strument and the material is too great!” / “Oh, don’t be an old fogey! I’ll lend you

one for your next trip ,and I guarantee you’ll be hooked on plastic after a couple of days.”

^od appeared with a handful of elec¬ tronics brochures, which she stuffed into her backpack as we pushed throught he crowds to the next boat. We climbed the ladder and again had to take off our shoes. “You know, I think they make us do this so it seems like the boat has more headroom,” I suggested. “I wouldn’t put it past them,” said Lee. “Let’s see what’s down below.” We entered a cabin with deep pile carpet on the sole, velour upholstery on the berths, and a plush fabric lining on the overhead.

AT THE BOAT SHOW “Squish,” I said as I took a step, sug¬ gesting wet carpeting. “It looks like the whole interior is made from a single one-piece liner pan,” observed Lee. v “Is there anything wrong with that?” I ask¬ ed. “Not really. It’s easy to build and can add a lot of strength to the hull if it’s done right. But it’s very inconvenient when you need access to the hull for any reason. Ever try to install a knotmeter or fathometer on a boat like this? Or fix a small hole in the side?” “Looks like all this padding on the over¬ head would get messed up if you decided to add a new winch or something on the cabin top.” “Yes, they seem to go to great pains to cover all the fiberglass work.” She pulled back a quarter berth mattress and lifted the cover from a stowage compart¬ ment in the berth. “vNow you can see why they cover it.” I looked inside. Even I could tell that the glass work was nothing to brag about. “I’d rather look at good quality lay-up than

BOAT SHOWS SAN FRANCISCO INT’L. MOSCONE CENTER JAN. 2-9 V A SPORTS & BOAT SHOW COW PALACE JAN. 8-17 SEE CALENDAR FOR DETAILS fancy upholstery anytime,” said Lee. I poked around up forward, looking inside some more lockers, and noticed that there was a space between the structural bulkhead and the hull, and pointed this out to Lee. “Actually, that’s how it should be done,” she explained, “as long as the glass tape that holds it on is sufficient. Contact between the bulkhead itself and the hull would cause a ‘hard spot’ that might crease the hull. It’s best to use a small trapezoidal strip of foam to fill in the space and help transmit shear, but a cap is acceptable for glassed-in bulkheads.”

We sat down on the plush seats for a while to rest, and could hear the salesperson in the cockpit going over a list of options with a customer, apparently in the process of clos¬ ing the deal. “You’ll need a compass, and I suggest the 5-inch model here,” said the dealer. “Oh, I don’t think I’ll need a compass just for the bay,” said the new owner. “I think you’ll find it comes in handy — you know we do have very thick fog in the bay sometimes.” “Oh yes, fog — okay, I’ll take the 5-inch compass.” » “Now for winches, you should have a se¬ cond set if you’ve going to use a spinnaker.” “Are they that unreliable? I mean, do I have to worry about having a spare set if these break down?” We listened to some more discussion along the same lines, until finally they added everything up, signed some papers, and the boat was sold. The new owner was no longer aboard when we came out on deck, so I asked the salesperson how he felt about selling a boat like this to such a complete novice. “I used to think that yacht brokers were terrible for doing things like this,” he confid¬ ed. “In fact, I used to say that they were in the business because they weren’t honest enough to be used car dealers. But now that I am one, I can see that we’re caught in the middle between the buyers who can’t tell quality when they see it, and the large manufacturers who seldom turn out quality products. They make more money by build¬ ing a cheap boat and putting the big push in¬ to advertising and promotion. The ads usually show a woman in an evening gown, and the copy is dripping with words like ‘elegance’ and ‘luxury’, and then they outfit the cabin like a Victorian cat-house. What am I supposed to do? If I tell them to buy a used Santana 22 and learn something about sailing, I’d starve!” “I guess you might,” I said. “Actually,” he continued, oblivious to the implications of my comment, “a boat like this isn’t such a bad buy. For drifting around the Delta or Long Island Sound, I don’t think you could beat it at this price. Now, we also carry a line of much higher quality boats, but they don’t sell. Can’t compete pricewise. Personally I’d go smaller and better built, but that’s an idea that you can’t sell these days.” “Don’t you think the sailing magazines could take a more active role in educating the consumers about these things?” I asked.

“Nah, why should they? The glossy mags, and a lot of them are owned by big publish¬ ing companies, are in it for the money just like everybody else. They’ll never print anything that steps on an advertiser’s toes.” x “I’ve read some articles that give a badly distorted picture of what it’s really like out there,” added Lee. “Sailing in the ocean is not for everyone. But from some of those artices in the national magazines you’d think it was just like loading qp the RV and driving to a campsite.”

vJome more people came onboard, so we decided to leave our yacht broker friend to do his work. “Well, so far, Lee, we haven’t been aboard anything that really got your stamp of approval,” 1 said as we stepped back down to floor level. “Don’t worry, Max. This place is full of great boats. I’m sure I can find things I don’t like in every one of them, but that doesn’t mean that they don’t serve their purposes reasonably well. Meanwhile, I’ve got to be on my way — it’s almost time to meet up with the rest of the group I came with.” “Are there any boats here that I should be sure not to miss?” “Don’t miss any of the ultralights from Santa Cruz. I’ve always had a lot of respect for those boats, and there are some hot new ones here to* check out. (By the way, you can have some fun on the Moore 24 mea¬ suring the distance from the mast to the rail.) And don’t miss the new Wylie ultra-ultra light — it’s an amazing boat. There’s also a very high-tech 14-ft. singlehander with an 80 pound carbon fiber hull. The builder is an aerospace type from way back and he’s one of the few people here that really knows what they’re talking about.” “Any unusual seeing?”

cruising

boats

worth

“Sure. Wait in line to see the 54-footer. They put some very innovative features into it. And that 30-ft. catboat is worth a look. Ask the dealer what you do if the single halyard gets lost up the mast. He’ll say ‘start the motor!’ Then there’s an exhibit where they’re actually building a boat during the show, and of course you could spend a whole day just looking at sailboards — or at least 1 could!” • “Okay, Lee. Thanks for the info. It was fun going around with you.” “Sure thing, Max. See you out there!”

— max ebb

page 93

PUERTO

“If we’re going to paint the house this weekend, why are you looking at the tidebook?” I quizzed him suspiciously.' “Aren’t you tired of the fog?” he said. “Wouldn’t you like to go someplace warm for the weekend?”

“Like where?” I asked him from behind my muffler and beneath my stocking hat. “Mexico? The Caribbean? Tahiti?” v “I was thinking about the Petaluma River,” he said. “1 wasn’t.” “No, really,” he continued. “We could go to Port Sonoma. We’ve never been there, it’s not very far, they’ve recently dredged the harbor, and it’s warm!” Four perfectly good reasons in one breath. It was late Fall, and the bay had been socked in for ten straight days. “Promise me anything but give me sunshine!” I said. “If it isn’t warm there, you owe me a ticket to Acapulco.” It’s difficult to pack for a trip of this sort. I knew it would be 40° in Sausalito, but the newspaper reported temperatures up near the 80’s in Sonoma County. “How ‘bout a bathing suit under foul weather gear,” somebody suggested.

T 1 he

winds were Fall-to-Winter fluky and the dampness of the fog was penetrating

All photos by Sue Rowley

as we headed north, bolstered by hot coffee and an occasional slug of sherry. Our lips were stiff and our noses red from the cold. There were fog horns and sea birds and

Where is Port Sonoma? Right next to Bel Marin Keys. Where is . . .

other boats that could be heard but not seen in the creeping mist. We ghosted along, piercing the silent whitenes's with an intermit¬ tent warning blast from our horn. As we neared the Richmond-San Rafael bridge, the fog thinned out and the sun ap¬ peared, first as a white circle behind a curtain of mist, then a glittering reflection on the placid bay. A gleam bounced off the Brothers lighthouse. “Wow, Dad, what is that peculiar yellow light in the sky?” remarked one smart aleck kid. “Come on up here, wise guy,” Dad re¬ plied. “We’re going to hoist the chute.” And sure enough, minutes later, up it went, lifting gently in the 5-knot breeze. It looked funny, though, upside down with the head stret¬ ching back toward the stern. “Oh, !**&!**!, drop the halyard!” he bellowed to the 8-year old as he gathered in the billowing fabric. “I wonder who packe'd this thing?!” “You did, Dad, remember? During tfie last race, right after you spilled your hot buttered rum.” Soon, though, we were basking in shirt sleeves and sharing a beer while the 10-year

SONOMO old played the spinnaker sheet. “Now this,” I said, “is cruising.” We returned to working sails as we entered the dredged channel into the Petalu¬ ma River, knowing from experience that the markers curve more and more to weather. Jon Trout's junk-rigged ketch sails out of Port Sonoma, which is home to a number of big boats.

Above, looking down on the far west end of the Port Sonoma Marina from the Black Point Bridge.^ Below, cranking the chute up toward the Petaluma River.

By the time you reach #13, you are usually close hauled with 20-knot winds on your nose. This time we were reefed and ready for it as the spray began to fly. We drove past a couple of other boats whose crews were scrambling to shorten sail. We clawed to weather in the warmish breeze until we could no longer risk tacking in the narrowing chan¬ nel. Finally we dropped sail as we approach¬ ed the Black Point railroad bridge, gateway to the bucolic Petaluma River.

^^otoring to starboard just past the bridge, we entered the oasis known as Port Sonoma, home of the Port Sonoma Marina; Shellmakers, Inc., a dredging firm which created and owns the harbor; and Port So¬ noma Yacht Club, 60 members strong and growing at the time we were there. We chugged up to the fuel dock and re¬ quested information of accommodations for the night. Phyllis Crowley, the harbor master (mistress?) located an empty berth for us. There is no guest dock, but the marina dwellers form a close community here, and

PUERTO SONOMO

'comings and going are well monitored. The overnight fee is $7 unless you are in an organized reciprocal yacht club group, or promise to write a “story giving them lots of publicity. After settling into our cozy berth and changing into shorts, we set out on our ex¬ ploration of this neighborly harbor. The snack bar down near the water stocks all kinds of things you’ll need, from candy bars to batteries. If it’s closed, a note on the win¬ dow instructs you to “come to Barbara’s boat if you need anything.” Nearby are the spa¬ cious and immaculate restrooms, with showers, which earn a Latitude 38 gold star for excellence.

cludes the steep bfidge over the riber. You could also row across and risk leaving your dinghy at the public launching ramp directly across from the harbor. The yacht club, Phyllis said, currently meets in the garage near the tennis courts where they plan an active social calendar of

four blacks and one white engaged in blatant segregation. When we threw bread in their direction, the black ducks ganged up and angrily chased the white one away. When they swam along, the white duck followed Tquite a safe distance behind the others. When they napp6d on the dock, the white duck always stayed on separate finger from the others. We never did find out whether it was racial or sexist discrimination. Ultimately, we pointed our bow south¬ ward again, toward a horizon still shrouded in white billowy clouds of fog. It had been a mini-delta trip, with all the comforts of a snug, well equipped resort. And to complete the delta image, the trip down the channel was as murky, brown and sloppy as the no¬ torious Middle-Ground, only in miniature. The wind was southerly now, churning up the shallow corners of San Pablo Bay, and as we bashed past good old channel marker 13 under power, the indicator registered 31-knots of wind. The short chop subsided at last, as the

A stroll along the waterfront toward the chandlery took us past some stakes marking the future site of the Chart House Restau¬ rant, a welcome addition to this rather isolated corner of the bay. We stopped by the boat sales office in search of Bill Hunter, the owner of Port Sonoma, but he was off arranging big boat deals. After popping into the chandlery long enough to see that it seems quite complete, we went to the marina office to thank Phyllis for arranging our berthing. “You could ask for Phyllis practically anywhere on the Petaluma River,” she in¬ formed us. “There’s a Phyllis in charge here at Port Sonoma, at Miramonte, and at Lake¬ ville.” She encouraged us to use the tennis courts nearby. “You can even play at nightr Just put $.25 in the light switch.” She also told us that in the summer it was possible to get to the Renaissance Pleasure Faire from the marina. That is, if you’re into hiking. It’s 3/4 of a mile up the road, according to a highway sign in front of the harbor. “Up” in¬

left, segregationists?

barbecues and cruises, and raise money for their building fund. They encourage group cruises by arrangement, and welcome invita¬ tions for reciprocity from area clubs. After our tour, we spent the remainder of the weekend doing what cruisers are suppos¬ ed to do. We napped in the sun and had lei¬ surely meals in the cockpit. We chatted with the locals, sailed the dinghy, and fed the ducks.

depth increased. We completed the trip with long sweeping tacks from the Marin shore to San Pablo and back before disappearing again into the fog near San Rafael.

But we returned to our Sausalito berth with one status symbol nobody else could boast: we were the only ones on the mistshrouded dock with sunburned noses.

Port Sonoma Yachts

262 SEARS POINT ROAD

PETALUMA, CA 94952

(415) 892-1657

OLSON 30 All In good fun it beats boats, not rules. The OLSON 30 rates 96 PHRF and 31.5 IOR and still takes home lots of silver.

FROG 21 — Light and simple, fast and fun. Now available for inspection and de¬ monstration at our sales dock. Sloop or cat rig. — POWERBOAT LISTINGS — — Sailboat Listings, Continued —

— SAILBOAT LISTINGS 26' Ranger, ’80.$18,000 27’Ericson, ’72.28,000 27’ Nor’Sea, 77.38,995 28’Newport, 77.35,000 31’ Bombay PilotHouse, 78.45,500 30’ Islander, 72.32,500 30’ d-30, ’80. .48,000 32’ Kendall (flush deck), 73.67,000

32’ 32’ 34’ 34’

Ericson, ’73. ... .35,900 Westsail, 76.58,000 Fantasia, 76.60,000 Peterson % Ton (Ravishing Ruby), 76. . 39,500 39’ Crocker ketch, ’64.86,000 41’Challenger, 75.98,000 46’ Formosa, ’81.135,000

ON TOP OF THE BAY • • • • • • • • •

Slips Available Now Sailing Lessons New Boat Sales Yacht Brokerage Complete Chandlery Fuel Dock Tennis Court Bait and Tackle Located 19 miles north of Sausalito on'Black Point Cutoff (Hwy. 37 & the Petaluma River)

24’SeaRay, 77. $17,500 24’ Reinell, 78. 17,500 24’ Chris Craft, ’64.........6,750 30’ Fjord Cust., w/twin air cooled dsls. .69,500 30’ Chris Craft, ’64.offers 35’ Hunter, ’64. .26,000 38’Viking, ’69.49,500 40’ Cruise-A-Home hduseboat, 72.41,500 41’ Performance Trawler, 79....77,500 44’Trawler, 77.120,000

SAN FRANCISCO 40 DAVE MANCEBO LOA 40'0" LWL 32’9"

What we've got here are the 10 entries we've received in our first-ever San Francisco 40 design competition. Actually, it’s a bit of a misnomer to call it a competition, because we don’t plan on announcing a winner. We hope everyone will be a winner as a result of the exposure and reader feedback. The idea for the com¬ petition emanated from the left side of our brain after noticing that Bob Perry seemed to be the designer of every other non-racing boat built these days. We also realized that no local designer has ever drawn a mass selling cruising boat. We were inspired to attempt changing the status quo. The parameters we set for the San Francisco 40 were formulated from the needs and wants express¬ ed by folks we’ve met in our various trips to Flawaii and Mexico, as well as speaking with other returning cruisers. We discovered that peo¬ ple living at anchor for long periods of time want the following: A boat that carries lots of fuel and water, like 250 gallons of each; that has room for 4 people; that can carry lots of oversized ground tackle and anchors; that is beefy enough to ram most flotsam in the ocean, that has plenty of storage area; and that has sufficient buoyancy to carry all the junk people like to drag around the oceans with them.

Mexico this winter, we’ve seen nothing to change our opinion.

Beam I2'6” Draft 5' I I " Displ. 22,000 lbs. Ballast 10,000 lbs. S.A. 783 sq. ft.

We anticipated that not all the designers would like these parameters, and we were right. Some, in fact, declined to participate because of them, but most just voic¬ ed displeasure. Because of these objections and the fairly short notice of the competition, we decided to be flexible about adhering to the parameters. We hope you folks will enjoy this feature, and are as eager for your comments as we’re sure the designers are. Please share your opinions with us. and if you’d be so kind, include the approx¬ imate number of nights you've spent on boats away from the dock. Thank you. DAVID T. MANCEBO

mersibles. /

j David T. Mancebo is a professional yacht de¬ signer who recently left Thomas Wylie De¬ sign Group to design yachts on his own. Dave has been in the marine industry for 10 years working as a boatbuilder and a commercial marine designer. His design experience has in¬ cluded cruising and racing sailboats, high

Naturally it’s not the kind of boat every cruiser would choose, but it seems it’s the kind more people want thdn any

performance dinghies, recreational power¬ boats, commercial

other. After two trips to

vessels and deep sub-

This 40-ft. cruiser is de¬ signed primarily for a crew of 2. The aft saloon is incredibly comfortable and roomy, and the for¬ ward area can be very private. For anyone who spends a lot of time aboard, this is a good combination. There is plenty of room to stretch out and relax, even with a few guests. The boat is practical for the short-handed crew. The inside steering is handy and reduces fati¬ gue because it is sheltered and near the coffee pot. There is a modest rig with roller furling yankee and staysail. All of the sails are of a manageable size, and there is no staysail boom to flail about, or

running backstays, the bane of cutters. There is plenty of sto¬ rage. The forepeak is 12-ft. long to store an¬ chors, rodes, and other gear. Huge storage lockers throughout make it possible to balance the boat to its lines with vir¬ tually any load. Weight is one of the most important parame¬ ters. This boat is heavy enough to be comfortable at sea and less sensitive to over-loading than lighter boats. Steel, fiber¬ glass or any other materi¬ al can be used for con¬ struction. The hull is very strong to resist ground¬ ings and collisions. Top speed under power will be over 7-knots. A big diesel with a two to one reduction gear is lo¬

cated under the chart house sole. The engine has plenty of- work space around it for maintenance and repair. It can also be easily removed thru the companionway. The interior is well-lit and has good ventilation. The aft cabin is backlight¬ ed to give the feeling of spaciousness and there is a special flush, nonskid skylight over the hydro¬ ponic garden (or shelf). The chart room has 360° visability and the forward saloon has 4 parts. For ventilation, there are 3 hatches, 4 dorade boxes apd a myriad of opening ports. This would not be a cheap boat because of its weight. However, there are ways to make it less expensive. For example.

DESIGN COMPETITION

most mechanical devices are spaced close together, the propeller exits out of the back of the keel, and so on. Dave Mancebo, Marine Designer, 434 Central Ave., *112, Alameda, CA 94501 (415) 865-7314 STEVE LUENGEN Steve Luengen is an independent naval ar¬ chitect specializing in sailing yachts. After t receiving a master’s degree in naval ar¬

chitecture from U.C. Berkeley, he worked for Britton Chance, Jr., and Gary Mull. Three years ago he opened his own office and, as he puts it, “joined that elite group of hungry bay area yacht designers.” As you can see, my philosophy is that a cruis¬ ing boat need not be slow. This is a moderately light boat but has every bit as much ability to carry provisions as heavy

displacement, full keel boats. It incorporates a folding bulkhead which allows the owner the op¬ tion of having a private stateroom or opening up the area to the rest of the boat. I do not believe that a good cruising boat need necessarily tie a full keel' heavy displacement type. The arguments in favor of the full keel yachts are overstated. On the aver¬ age, fin keeled boats are 80% faster than full keel¬ ed boats, which means

that when crossing an ocean they may arrive weeks before the slower boat. The argument that the older boat is more seakindly is a fallacious. Studies have shown that sea motion is almost in¬ dependent of hull form for sailing yachts. For the same length the principal factor is speed. At the same speed the lighter fin keeled boat has better sea motions than the heavy, full keeled boat. Hence the fin keel boat can be just as seakindly in rough weather by simply slow¬ ing down. Also, directional stability i.e. the ability of the boat to track well, can be achieved with a moderate sized fin without the need of going to a full keel. Other arguments, such as a heavy displacement boat can carry more pro¬ visions or has more in¬ terior volume, are simply not true. However, the tombstone of heavy displacement boats is that cost is directly propor¬ tional to weight — a $150,000 boat weighing 20,000 lbs. would cost $225,000 if it weighed 30,000 lbs. Luengen & Co., 6925 Pinehaven Rd., Oakland, CA 94611 (415) 655-8859.

BOB SMITH dob Smith. 29. got his rhechanical engi¬ neering and naval ar¬ chitecture degree from UC Berkeley in 1974. He worked for both Gary Mull and the Wylie Design Group, the latter for 5 years. He’s had his own of¬ fice for the past 2 years and does con¬ sulting work for com¬ mercial firms in San page 99

r **

Francisco. He also managed Easom Boat Works for a year. Sailing-wise, he’s com¬ peted in everything from Lasers to Big Boats, all with suc¬ cess. The San Francisco 40 is a modification of a 40-ft. drop-keel cruiser/racer I am designing for a client in Annapolis. His require¬ ments were for a club racer for their local M.H.S. handicapping that, when it came time for cruising, could lift its keel to 3’9” draft for ex¬ ploring the cruising grounds of the Chesa¬ peake. The San Francisco 40 is a slightly heavier version with a modern, skegged rudder and modern fin keel still shallow enough to allow venturing into all cruising waters of western North America. The SF 40 sleeps 6, but is perfect for extended cruising for 2 couples at opposite ends of the yacht. Because it displaces almost half that of heavy designs of this size, it’s fast, easier to handle, has smaller sails, is less expensive to build, and is more economical to operate. At 6 knots powering speed, the SF 40 has a powering range of over 1000-miles on 50% less fuel than heavier boats from its Pathfinder 50 diesel. The SF 40 has anchor lockers both forward and aft as well as large cockpit lockers to port. Stowage

DESIGN BOB SMITH LOA 40'4" 32’6" I2’6" 6'6"

12,500 lbs. 5,600 lbs. 712 sq. ft. water, and e\/en a 27 cu. ft. refrigerater/freezer and a large locker for stores. The most appealing part of “Judy Ann" is the way

she provides for a cruiser’s basic needs of eating, sleeping, naviga¬ tion, and relief. Her pilothouse is equipped

BILL KINCH LOA 40' LWL 38'4” Draft 5’9”

below includes wet and dry hanging lockers. 13/16ths rig insures easy short-handed sailing with small jibs and chutes. Double, swept-back spreaders mean no runn¬ ing back-stays. Bob Smith, N.A., 22 Frustuck, Fairfax, CA 94930 (415) 457-2177 BILL KINCH Bill Kinch, 33, is a former police officer

from North Highlands, a suburb of Sacramen¬

to. He was trained as an applied physicist in the Air Force, where his job included design work. Sailboat design started as a hobby for him, and he now pursues it parttime along with his canvas and sail repair business. He’s cruised the coast in his Cal 28 and races Banshees and remote-control model sailbots.

“Judy Ann" is a hard chine steel design. She can be rigged as a cutter, schooner or brigantine. A combination full keel and center board provide for shallower draft and better windward performance and turning ability than many other heavy 40-footers. She can carry 250 gals, of fuel and

-Sr -^1^ A

U l yj r" n »«

HUS* ******

Hit' i

»•

#c>««*+£

—

a «

«y*T«*

COMPETITION

with 2 large berths, a

top with side curtains will transform the cockpit into an additional interior space. Roller furling main and jib simplifies sail handling and eliminates the ritual sail folding at the end of the day’s sail. Jim Donovan, 5226 Garfield, Alameda, CA 94501 (415) 452-2226.

31/‘»-ft.x41/4-ft. chart table, and an electronics station. Stores, galley, and head are only a few steps away. The settee area is convertible to a cargo hold while the forecastle is reserved for guests or crew. Bill Kinch, 3840 El Oro St., North Highlands, CA 95660 (916) 332-6435

JIM ANTRIM Jim Antrim, 31, is a

JIM DONOVAN Jim Donovan, 24, got his design education

1972 graduate of Webb Institute of Naval Architecture with a B.S. in Naval Architecture and Ma¬ rine Engineering. He spent 8 years working with Dick Carter, Britt Chance and Gary Mull

from “the school of hard knocks”, much of that on '/• to 1 Ton boats and 14 years of sailing on the bay. He’s spent 3 years working at North Sails, and has worked in the offices of Chuck Burns, Newport Off¬ shore, Ltd., and Gary Mull, where he is cur¬ rently employed. The San Francisco 40 is a new breed of motorsailer, combining an effi¬ cient sailing hull with a large auxilary that pro¬ vides economical motor¬ ing at 8-knots (1500-mile range!). The hull is of moderate displacement with a long fin keel and separate rudder behind a generous skeg. The sec¬ tions are full aft for added stability, while a slight flare to the topsides for¬ ward will keep the decks dry in a seaway. page 101

Below decks, the inside steering station/naviga¬ tion station & galley pro¬ vide a panoramic view of the great outdoors through the large deckhouse windows. A double stateroom is to starboard aft, while a wet locker and teak slatseat are immediatly to port of the companionway lad¬ der. The engine room door exposes the 70 hp Pathfinder diesel for maintenance and the lockers to port keep tools and the necessary odds

settees and lockers P&S and a drop leaf table on centerline. The starboard settee extends inboard forming a double berth. The large shower/toilet compartment to starboard is separate from the sink basin, counter and medi¬ cine cabinet to port, allowing use of the sink if the shower or toilet is oc¬ cupied. The forepeak has two guest pipe berths over stowage bins. On deck, anchoring is well provided for; an an¬

and ends secure. Forward

chor platform with dual anchor rollers allows two

of the “pilothouse” is a conventional saloons with

anchors to be stored for immediate use. A power

windlass is hidden under flush hatches with a hauser tube leading the anchor chain to a chain locker beneath the forepeak cabin sole. A large foredeck hatch ac¬ cesses the forepeak, and two ventilation hatches are located over the saloon. The large U-shaped cockpit is over 10-ft. long, with the steering station forward to keep the helmsman snug behind the dodger in blustery weather. The removeable cockpit table makes the cockpit much more useable for lounging and dining, while a bimini

before opening his own office in Novem¬ ber, 1979. This 40-footer was de¬ signed for the serious off¬ shore cruiser. Large en¬ tertaining salons, multiple staterooms and double berths so popular in boat shows were sacrificed in favor of seagoing accom¬ modations. Some of my design goals were a fore and aft oriented U shape galley, an inside steering station, and a general philosophy of simplicity of function. The centrally located en¬ gine offers several advan¬ tages. The walk-in engine

SAN FRANCISCO 40 t

hatch. This is a great improvementTn clearness of deck and in weight posi¬ tioning over the normal setup. Choice of rig and sail combinations are owner’s preference items but I en¬ vision a couple of unusu¬ al features. One is a selftacking setup used for either the genoa staysail or a working jib. Another is the location of genoa and staysail tracks on the house top. This allows the house to be wider and at the same time greatly cleans up the run of sheets by eliminating the problem of getting the sheet from deck level through an angled turning block to the winches at coaming level. Jim Antrim, 4018 Ar¬ chery Way, El Sobrante, CA 94803 (415) 223-9680 RICHARD BLACK Richard Black, 40, is v an L.A. County proba¬ tion officer who be¬ came “obsessively

and cruises to his credit. His 28-ft. cat ketch Shearwater was his first design, which he helped build. Since Shearwater's launch in April, 1981, he’s been working on a 40-footer and a 50-ft. motorsailer. First, the sail plan: a catketch with free-standing carbon-fiber spars and

room has excellent ac¬ cess, and the prop loca¬

milarly proportioned cruisers.

tion is well-protected, and gives low drag under sail

Aft of the inside steering station and chart table is a single quarter berth at sea, easily convertible to a double in port. This area can be closed off to

as well as unobstructed shaft removal. In shifting the engine forward (im¬ proving weight concentra¬ tion), I was able to slide the ballast aft to be in the very bottom of the keel rather than stacked in the forward half as in most si¬

form a private stateroom. In order to give tubes and wiring a short run, a secondary “engine room” is located aft of the

galley. This would con¬ tain refrigeration unit, generator, hot water heater and the like. Also in this space around the cockpit is a lazarette and propane tank locker. The windlass is hidden in the anchor well for¬ ward and chain runs aft through an angled tube to be stored in a chain locker under the fore¬

compulsive” about yacht design while still ii\ law school. He read the L.A. public lirary dry and started designing in 1975 while living aboard a Cal 40. He’s been sail¬ ing since 1968, with ocean races, deliveries

wrap-around sails. Unlike most cat-ketches, this one uses conventional booms with powerful vangs to in¬ duce mast bend, improv¬ ing sail trim over a range of conditions. All halyards and reefing lines are led afbto the cockpit. The rig is so big (sail area/dis¬ placement ratio of 23.5) that the mizzen staysail will be flown for pleasure,

DESIGN COMPETITION

down, too. The boat is open inside with ringframes to provide tor¬ sional stiffness. The fur¬ niture doubles as struc¬ tural elements. The daggerboard case is located amidships and is utilized as one side of the head. As shown, the head is located in a large changing room or sho¬ wer. The toilet is nestled behind a partial bulkhead in such a way that one’s body is well braced on either tack. In the galley the cook will be able to brace against the mast and daggerboard under any conditions. Kick-up rudder drawing

but is not essential to make the boat move smartly. Line drawing — Moder¬ ately narrow beam, but with a wide waterline beam for form stability. This shape is in complete opposition to the racingoriented ultralight boats

boat from 50% to 35% ballast gives 1500 lbs. ad¬ ditional payload, always welcome on a cruiser. The 35% ballast is divided up with '/3 on the bottom of the daggerboard and.2/3 as a lead plate on the bottom, mounted externally to

out of Santa Cruz in which the beam waterline is kept narrow to reduce wetted-surface. This com¬

take the abrasion of grounding. (This boat is

pounds the inherent lack of stability in the ultralight

shipyards!) The boat will have strong self-righting characteristics, even when the daggerboard is raised for downwind sailing

boat and requires 50% of the displacement as lead ballast, mounted low to give the boat sufficient power to use its sail plan. The heavy keels acts like a pendulum over the boat and contributes to a harsh, snappy motion, even in the larger sizes. Reducing a 40-ft. light page 1,03

beachable and can be owner-serviced without

(2-ft. sticking out.) Interior drawing — To carry decent tankage and payload, it is necessary to ruthlessly simplify the in¬ terior to keep the weight where it belongs. How¬ ever, this keeps costs.

— To permit beaching the boat or to protect the rudder from forward im¬ pact, the rudder kjcks up in a box, like a centerboard case. It has a shear pin made of 3/8 dowel that can be withdrawn to allow intentional kicking up. The rudder continues to steer, even when floating on the surface. Some owners might wish to have a skeg in front of the rudder and this could be done as a rather minor modification. The spade rudder gives excellent steering under autopilot with little current draw. Construction will be 2 skins of cold-molded

wood on the inside; W’ Klegecell foam for stiff¬ ness, insulation and unsinkability; and an outer skin of unidirectional fiberglass. Richard Black, 2385 Palmar Ave,, Ventura, CA 93003 (805) 648-1966 CARL SCHUMACHER Carl Schumacher, 32, took his B.S. in ar¬ chitectural engineer¬ ing at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo. He took part in an apprentice¬ ship program at Jensen Marine, builders of Cal and Ranger boats, and

SAN FRANCISCO 40 TOM WYLIE LOA 40.08' LWL 32.50'

spent summers work¬ ing at the southern California sail loft of

LOA A ketch, rig was chosen to keep the sizes of the individual sails down to as small as possible. Also, since the boat has a large engine and propellor, windward performance was not given a top priority. It is assumed the owner will sail off the

Baxter & Cicero. After the Navy he spent 4-years with Gary Mull, and in 1977 opened his own office. In 1979 he designed and built Summertime Dream, with which he won consecutive •/» Ton North American championships in 1979 and 1980. He is the designer of the Py¬ ramid 30 and the 27-ft. Express. This Motorsailer was originally designed for a local yacht broker as a production boat for the / discriminating yachtsman. Unfortunately, the business climate did not allow it to go beyond the design stage. However, a lot of the details have been solved and the result would produce a nice sailing home. Originally the boat was to be between 41 and 42-ft. LOA. Once I roughed put the interior, I estimated the weight this interior would require. Then I worked backwards to find a waterline length that gave a displace¬ ment/length ratio of 250. Since this produced a stubby-looking boat, the stem and stern were rak¬ ed a little more with a corresponding increase in

wind and power to wind¬ ward. While the boat has enough windward ability to be safe, the ketch rig is at its best reaching and running. Carl Schumacher, 1815 Clement St., Alameda, CA 94501 (415) 523-2580 TOM WYLIE Back in the 60’s, Tom Wylie, 35, tried

to get into 2 of the best naval architecture offices — Sparkman & Stephens and C&C, but was turned down. That didn’t stop him, though, as he put his knowledge of drafting and construction into Nightingale, his first boat. After winning a season’s champion¬ ship he went on to the Animal Farm 2 Ton Series and has been busy drawing boats ever since. He’s a ve¬ teran of Admiral Cup winner Imp and her predecessor Impro¬ bable, and has won over 50,000-miles of ocean delivery ex¬

perience. His latest design is the 24-ft. Wabbit. Latitude 38’s good-

“yo ho ho and a bottle of rum” sheer line, check

the next port.

and see how this yacht

3. ) Fuel is a mere 40 gallons, but with the

meets the challenge:

BMW 35 engine, she’ll

1. The interior has a for¬ ward stateroom for har¬ bor living of 1 couple

power about 350-miles at 8.3 knots.

natured challenge caught my eye and struck a smile because the design we are presenting is in fact a modern ULDB cruiser-racer. Just the op¬ posite of what one would expect. This yacht was

2. ) Water capacity of 200 gals is under the set¬ tees and pilot berths. By

designed and built for a client on Lake Superior

keeping the weather tank full until the end of the

who had the same basic requirements set forth in the challenge. Although everyone expects that you need a heavy dis¬ placement yacht with a

voyage you heel less and go faster without needing a wet gorilla on the rail. Fast is most fun when

amount of junk. If more

conditions are miserable and you are longing for

capacity were required, we would suggest a Win-

with 2 pilot berths and 2 double quarters for sea work.

4. ) Because the hull shape is narrower, with good deadrise, this yacht will easily carry all sorts of ground tackle and gear without changing the handling characteristics and safety. At 10,700 lbs. day sailing trim, this hill! form can easily han¬ dle 3,500 lbs. of cargo — that s an embarrassing

DESIGN COMPETITION

nabago with pontoons. 5. ) The hull construction is 2 diagonal layers of fir on either side of 5/8” balsa. At 1-1/8", this hull makes a superb ram for whales and logs. 6. ) $$: This last chal¬ lenge is the principal reason we are designing lighter boats. You just plain get more room, safety, comfort and per¬

formance from light boats because all the materials are priced relative to their weight. A 5,000 lb. keel costs '/? of a 10,000 lb. keel, and more impor¬ tantly, a 35 h.p. engine will power it as effectively as a 45 h.p. engine will power a 10,00 lb. keel. That’s real economy! Tom Wylie, 1924 Willow St., Alameda, CA

seat. Outboard from the seat is an open bin that drains to the shower sump, a place to put wet clothes when coming off watch or after a swim. Opposite from the head is a large stowage locker, just aft of which is a bur¬ eau, and wine and spirits locker. The main saloon

94501 (4J5) 521-3272 LEIF BEILEY Leif Beiley, 32, ma¬ jored in mechanical engineering and indus¬ trial design at the University of Hawaii and Chi State, Long Beach. He then work¬ ed in the design de¬ partments of several boat companies, in¬

cluding Islander Yachts “where I had the good fortune to work with Robert Perry.” Beiley decided to hang out his own shingle in 1977. Since then, he’s specialized in custom high perfor¬ mance cruising yachts and IOR racing de¬ signs. The magazine’s require¬ ment is for a “Family Freighter”, 40-ft. long, with a great big diesel engine and enough tank¬ age and stowage space to take you and your best friend to Tahiti and back. To that 1 add my own re¬ quirements that the boat must be abie to sail to weather, not need half a gale to get moving, and be pretty enough to love. This design will have a respectable displace¬ ment/length ratio of 282 and sail area/displacement ratio of 16.23. With her fine bow and power¬ ful stern, 1 think this will be an exceptionally fasf cruising yacht. The rig shown is a moderately sized cutter, which offers flexibility and simplicity. Starting in the bow, the chain locker is located under the V-berth, which can be converted to a double with a filler cush¬ ion fitted on top of the work bench. The head is large and has lots of stowage space and a se¬ parate shower stall with

includes a large “L" shaped settee to port with a sturdy dropleaf table, and a settee berth is located to starboard. Be¬ neath each settee is a stainless steel 90 gal. fresh water tank. The gal¬ ley is equipped with refri¬ geration, propane stove, double sinks, pressure hot and cold water and a manual sea water pump. Opposite from the gailey is very complete naviga¬ tion station. The aft cabin is designed to be the owner’s haven. It is equipped with a large hanging locker, vanity with mirrored door, lots of drawers, and a large double berth. Over the berth is a bookshelf for your current reading. Light and ventilation would be provided by an overhead hatch and 2 ports which open into the cockpit. Aft of the vanity seat would be an addi¬ tional 70 gal. stainless steel fresh water tank. The engine, a Westerbeke 40, which develops 37 h.p. is accessible from 4 sides and the top. The 250 gal. fuel tank might be better described as a bunker, filling the entire keel and leaving just enough space at the after end for a bilge sump. Leif Beiley, 4213 Morningside Ave., Santa Ana, CA 92703 (714) 638-1435

SKIPPER

Mike Benedict is about 40-years old, 6T\ 200 lbs., and one of the best sailboat delivery

in them and around them. We’ve suffered busted boom fittings after a violent wing ‘n

Aboard Travieso, a 44-ft. Nelson-Merrick En Route — Lahaina to San Diego. skippers around. Now to be perfectly honest, I can’t say there are many skippers 1 can compare him with; this being my first deli¬ very and Mike being my first delivery skip¬ per. But hold on a bit and listen awhile, and after I’ve said my piece, see if you don’t agree with me. A lot has happened since we began our bluewater sailing trip out of Lahaina, but I’ll fill you in on that later. Right now, let me tell you about the crew. There are four and a half of us. Head honcho Mike is co-owner of the San Diego Rigging Co. He’s been running the outfit for better than a year now since migrat¬ ing from Massachsetts after 16-years in data processing. He’s married and has two daughters. One of them, 11-year old Mandy, is the half member of the crew. Besides being our mascot, she does little odd jobs for the crew. The number two man is Dave Bishop, ag¬ ed 35. Dave’s an architect in San Diego, but would rather sail than do most anything. He’s raced and delivered boats with Mike before. Mainly, they’ve plied the waters be¬ tween San Diego and Mexico. Dave’s mar¬ ried, has no children, and in the midst of rag¬ ing squalls can be heard screaming for “more sail!!” Robb McAllister, aged 38, is 6’4”, weighs in at 230 lbs., and is co-owner of a real estate company in San Diego. Robb is married, with two children, and signed up to crew on this trip after cruising a 36-footer to Catalina Island. The sailing bug bit him good on that one and he’s had it ever since.

Ixs the fourth member of the crew, I’m contributing 14-years of S.F. bay sailing ex¬ perience, the last five in my Islander 30. For a living, I provide legal services to San Fran¬ cisco law firms. I’m 57 and have three grown children. Today begins our 16th day of the voyage, and all in all, it’s been an uneventful cross¬ ing. Oh yes, we’ve had our share of squalls,

wing jibe, blew and parted a couple of jib sheets in some fairly heavy weather — a typical trans-Pacific welcome. But why does everything always go at 3 in the morning? There have been some disagreeable household chores — like emptying and cleaning the entire sail locker when the fitting for the toilet blew out. The good news was that we discovered it only one day after it happened. Ordinarily, emptying a sailboat locker is no big deal, but when it’s the locker of a 44-ft. TransPac racing machine packing upwards of 15 bags of inventory — including 2400 sq. ft. spinnakers — you get some idea of the lugging, cleaning and disinfecting that went on. The discovery of the waste line break occured about five days out and it was the first display of uncoolness by Mike. He blew his top. Ranting, raving, cursing — he let it all go at once, just like the sewage. Up ‘til then, he was Mr. Cool, Mr. Efficient, Mr. Confi¬ dent. From the moment I first met Mike at the San Diego airport prior to our flight to Honolulu, I noticed his every move and ex¬ pression was deliberate and controlled. When I asked Charlou, his wife, how she felt about Mike making his first TransPac delivery, she replied she wasn’t at all wor¬ ried. She had a lot of confidence in his abili¬ ty. She obviously meant what she said be¬ cause she raised no objection to having her 11-year old daughter make the trip. And her confidence was well placed. Mike has raced, cruised, skippered, and navigated in almost every size of sailboat, powerboat, tugboat and ferryboat on both sides of the east and west coasts, since childhood. He can tear down and build up gas or diesel engines, rewire the electronics of a Mr. Rochester or Dr. Morrow’s Loran C; not to mention the magic he performs on rig¬

ill

•

■

!§§!! iiiiiff

mil ' §

ging, lines, gear and fittings. Having experi¬ ence and talent is one thing, properly apply¬ ing it is another. This is where Mike shines — and why he is one of the best skippers around. *

1v like never asks the crew to do any¬ thing that he won’t do, hasn’t already done,

EARNS RESPECT

Mid-Pacific sunset, during return passage

or can’t do. I mean like all the ungiamorous pissant jobs like washing dishes, scrubbing the deck, standing all watches, sponging the qabin floor, washing dish towels, emptying the bilge, sweeping the floor, cleaning the stove, and what really blows your mind is that he never talks about it. He doesn’t an¬ nounce it in advance, he doesn’t mention it when he’s finished, he just does it! page 107

Oh, he’s a cagey one. Very subtly, he sets an example for the rest of us in the crew. Without any orders or commands, each of

us has now automatically taken up these duties, and we do it naturally and willingly. You feel guilty if you don’t pitch in because even though the message has been sent and received, Mike still putters about the boat do¬ ing the menial as well as the major jobs. For example, after ‘hot-wiring’ the Single Side¬ band radio off a two-way Loran coupling while sweltering on his ass in a cramped

RESPECT

stern-well, he picked up a scotch brite pad and routinely started scouring the galley countertop without so much as a break for air. Or again, having replaced the'engine’s alternator after troubleshooting for amperage loss, all of which took at least two backbreak¬ ing hours, he segued into making plump tuna fish sandwichs as a midafternoon treat for the crew.

authority onboard supreme and inviolate,' you must rely on him. And along with reli¬ ance, it’s good to have confidence — and that’s where a great skipper like Mike excels. ‘ From the beginning when he sat down at the nav table, carefully unrolled the charts and meticulously refolded them so that each corner was in perfect conjunction with the others, he’s approached every task with precision and patience. And 1 underscore patience. As he moves about the boat, he is constantly working, never stopping. He’s re¬ arranging the reefer, making lemonade or milk, adjusting the runners, poking his head up the slider to check the windex or telltales, looking for a windline, adjusting the rpm’s on the engine. While he gets major assists from two of us on celestial navigation, he’s also the boat’s main navi-guesser. He plot’s our DR and Loran position every day, checks the gals/hour and engine efficiency for fuel conservation, and surveys our daily food and water inventory.

As a crew member who once skippered a round-trip from San Francisco to Los Ange¬ les, I’ve been particularly aware of the ab¬ sence of rules, regulations, orders, cautions, and how-to’s emanating from the Skipper. At once, you feel he respects your intelli¬ gence and your seamanship. Even though sailing experience was a prerequisite, Mike could’ve gotten upset at some of our goofups. I’m referring mainly to myself and Robb. We’ve had considerably less big boat sailing than Dave, who is an excellent sailor.

hile Robb and 1 have had years of cruising in small boats, anyone who’s raced or handled big boats knows you don’t ‘sail’ them, you ‘drive’ them. Travieso is designed to do only one thing — win races. Forget ' about comfort on this boat; although if you do, there are hundreds of poking thru-bolts to remind you. The variety of winches, 15 count ‘em, and placement of halyards, sheets, reefs, flatteners, vangs, running back-stays, plus the hydraulic support sys¬ tems are mysterious enough in the daytirde, let alone at three a.m. in dark, dirty weather. About the fourth day out — after we’d ploughed through the choppy, heaving, Mo¬ lokai Channel that drenched us — Mike reflected: “The two most important things on a long voyage are eating well and keeping dry.” At this pronouncement I flashed back to two days before departure when we were fitting out for the passage. One of my jobs had been to silicone and screw tight every stanchion — which are often the most fre¬ quent leak points — which in turn make bunk life miserable. That combined with lay¬ ing so much grey tape waterproofing this vessel — which could be called “Grey Lady” — have helped keep this boat dry. With great meals keeping us fat and sassy, and the boat staying dry, Mike’s preparations for a good trip are paying off. As smoothly as the trip has been thus far, there still are moments of boredom and ap¬ prehension. With nothing in sight for 14

Mike’s also alert around-the-clock, and in¬ stantly alert for any eventuality. If you ac¬ cidently trip the engine throttle, he’s in the cockpit questioning the loss of rpm’s. If you’re at the helm and a rogue wave blasts you, he’s up there looking to prevent an inci¬ pient tack. No matter what, he’s there. He’s so tuned into every sound and move of the boat, it s as though a network of sensors were strategically wired from stem to stern, masthead to keel, and then taped into his repository of adrenalin. Travieso barrels into Honolulu at the end of the 1981 TransPac.

days — not a ship, not a plane, but just two birds, it isn’t surprising to have your thoughts wander to possibilities of disaster in the lone¬ ly hours of a black, boiling dogwatch. The thought of the endless miles behind you and the endless miles before you can exact some trepidation. *

While you may have beaucoup selfconfidence and a personal sense of security, as a long voyage crew member, your fate is largely in the hands of your skipper. With his

ilnd as we witnessed these activities, it didn t take the crew long to develop the comfortable feeling that with Mike as skip¬ per, all was in control, nothing left to chance. It s obvious, that to Mike, driving a sailboat across 2,800-miles across the Pacific in three weeks is serious business. And if you scoff and think the guy sounds too good to be real, you should also know that on this crossing, with still a week to go, he’s lost two visors to the wind, a flashlight over the transom, awakened me 45-minutes early for a watch, burned himself making muffins, and banged his head so many times on hatch belts he’ll carry dents for long after this trip is over. But,then, nobody’s perfect. — joseph stamler [Note: Travieso made a dead on-themoney landfall at San Clemente Island, August 28, 1981 — one day early.]

WE CAN INSURE EVERYTHING.. .

Celestial Navigation

From Dinghies to the“Queen Mary IT Specialists in Marine Insurance

□ Yachts □ □ Commercial Boats □ Marinas □ □ Dealers □ • 25 Years Boating Experience! If It Floats, We'll Cover It & Save You $$

Fast Action: We Will Obtain Quotes for You From Four Major Insurance Companies Within The Same Day You Inquire.

Evening Class: Individual Instruction: for those who cannot meet the classroom schedule.

Correspondence Course in 15 Lessons with instructor’s review & comments after each lesson. Work in the peace, or furor, of your own home.

Classroom Course: instructor’s comments minute-by-minute.

Jim McGinnis

Learn your navigation BEFORE you start your cruise.

McGinnis insurance services, inc.

(We have a correspondent on Pitcairn Island. If you have an interest in how the descendents of the Bounty mutineers are making out, drop us a line!)

110 Barbaree Way, Tiburon, CA 94920

Call: (415) 388-5048 Day or Night — 7 Days a Week Call for Free Reprint of my recent article on “Cruising Insurance’’

FRANKLIN T. POTTER Dept. 39, 520 Taylor St., Apt. 505, San Francisco, CA 94102 (415) 441-8192 (4-6 p.m.)

In The Waters Demonstration February 6th & 7th Call for Details

LOA: 24’0” LWL: 20’0” Beam: 5’8” Draft: 3’6” Displ: 800 lbs. Ballast: 400 lbs. S. A.: 175 sq. ft. colored sails

the Wylie

1Wabbrt

24’ of Inescapable Fun in a FAST, TRAILERABLE Sailboat! COASTAL BOATS P.O. BOX 88, MOSS LANDING, CA 95039

(408) 724-8077 page 109

SELF-SUFFICIENT The Key to Successful Offshore Voyaging

| t

About ten years ago when we’d been out cruising Seraffyn for just over two years, we

f i

Saving money is one of the lesser rewards of trying to be self-sufficient

looked around at the 17 boats anchored at the Balboa Yacht Club in Panama and tried to .decided what their owners had in com¬ mon. At first it was difficult to analyze the answer. Each boat was different: sloops, cut¬ ters, ketches, schooners, 17-ft. long to 35-ft., light displacement, heavy, wood, steel, glass. The owners were all different as their boats: retired doctors, young craftsmep from various trades, people who’d built their own boats. Over the next nine years as we turned to writing about the interesting ideas we learned from other cruising people, the answer to our main question gradually be¬ came clear. The key to long term, successful cruising is found in a very old fashioned phrase, self-sufficiency. This is not what the average sailing magazine stresses as a key to cruising. This type of philosophy would be against the basis of their success, selling advertising. But we, and most other long¬ term cruisers have found that self-sufficiency offered many rewards. We also found it had its pitfalls. What surprises most people is that saving money is one of the lesser rewards of trying to be self-sufficent. When you simplify your sailing life so you can repair or rebuild almost everything you need on board, you’ll end up with much more free time. It’s amazing how long it takes to sail to a port where there’s a

__....]

m .

■If :

rtP -

m aims

This is a bow shot of the boat the Pardey’s are now building at Lake Elsinore in southern California. She s a slightly larger version of Serrafyn, designed by Lyle Hess.

SAILING

good diesel mechanic, locate him and ar¬ range for the work to be done. Then there is

tape in place, hoisted the sail, adjusted the tape a few times then stitched it in place. Our

The self-sufficient

Once you’ve

sailor can be

repaired your own

confident of finding

toe-rail, you’ll

work as he cruises

learn to come

from country to

alongside docks

country.

more carefully.

the wait for parts to be shipped in because the supply house rarely has them on hand. It’s not the least bit unusual to see cruising boats tied up for three months in steaming hot Singapore while mechanics swarm over the boat or don’t show up at all.

All Photos by Lin & Larry Pardey

i^k.dded to the time loss and cost is the frustration of putting up with service people who may not speak your language and defi¬ nitely will not respect your boat like you do. Even more frustrating is the insecurity of knowing someone else is controlling your fate. If you are stuck in a foreign port because of some breakdown you can’t repair yourself, any one of these frustrations can tip the load so you begin to wonder, “who ever said cruising is fun?” Once you decide for self-sufficiency, you can learn to grab hold of these same pro¬ blems and personally do something about them. You’ll make mistakes, you’ll get dirty, you may even lose money, but everytime you attempt your own repairs you’ll learn something new. When we first decided to try re-cutting a staysail that flogged at the leach, we proudly re-hoisted the sail and found we’d sewn the rape back on too loosely. It looked like a ruffled skirt edge. So we had to remove each stitch. But this time we used a regular desk type stapler, stapled the leech page 11 I

Looking aft at the framing. Completion is a year-and-a-half away. /

success on this job encouraged us to build our own 135% genoa from pre-cut panels supplied by a sailmaking friend at haif the cost of a finished sail. It’s this growing sense of self-confidence that makes successful offshore sailors. As you build your own boat, or learn to repair and outfit one you buy, you become aware of just how much work is involved. This leads to finding ways of preventing pro¬ blems. You’ll learn to change leads which cause chafe instead of constantly repairing chafe-related problems on woodwork, spars or sails. Once you’ve repaired your own smashed toe-rail you’ll learn to come along¬ side dock? more carefully. 1 know I rarely learn a lesson when I pay to have my mistakes repaired. But when it’s me that has to face up to the work of scraping away the damaged wood then building up the varnish coats, I remember to be more careful about where the far end of my boat hook swings. At the same time, we’ve learned that everything on board except the radio, chro¬ nometer, and compass can be repaired by one or the other of us. Our confidence in each other has grown as our do-it-yourself approach taught us to work together and showed just how far our own personal

SELF-SUFFICIENT

chain reactions could have lead to grave consequences. N Of course self/sufficiency has its draw¬ backs. Friends will turn to you and say, “Why didn’t you hire so-and-so, he would have saved you hours of work.” Then as they watch you simplify your boat, they’ll call you backwards, pre-historic, a stick-in-themud.

Looking out the transom. Larry told us if he could live forever he'd build a new boat every five years.

^^.t times being self-sufficient is hard work. It’s far easier to telephone your sailmaker and order a new genoa than it is to re¬ stitch all the seams on your tiny hand opera¬ ted sewing machine. It’s easier to have the shipyard handle your haulout while you simply write a check. Finally, if things do go wrong, you have only yourself to blame. The other side of this coin, and the fact that every sailor learns sooner or later, is that when you let other people do your work, things still go wrong.

reserve of imagination, determination or strength could stretch.

1 he people who take the time to learn sailing and all of the skills related to caring for their own boat, become valuable additions to the cruising fleet. There is a worldwide shor¬ tage of skilled riggers, ships carpenters, bosuns, mechanics and sailmakers. So the self-sufficient sailor can be confident of find¬ ing work as he cruises from country to coun¬ try. The pride you’ll feel as your skills develop can’t be easily described. The first time you sail your six tonner up to the dock so she stops within a foot of the cleats, the first hatch you build that doesn’t leak a drop, the first repair job you successfully complete, each is a triumph that will bring a glow to your life. Eventually this self-sufficiency will grow to be a sport. You’ll set new goals and reach them. Then someday there will be an ultimate test. We are convinced for every person that goes to sea for long periods of time, there will be once when your self-suffi¬ ciency will save your life or your boat. We feel that there are countless decisions made by confident, experienced sailors which seem small at the time but may be vital in the last analysis. Simple decisions such as keeping a night watch, changing a shroud

Serrafyn as she lay in Newport Harbor last year. She's been all around the world, and was once hauled at the Gdansk shipyard in Poland where the Pardeys became close friends with the manager.

because it looks weak, rebuilding a thru-hull fitting as a matter of routine, making a se¬ cond check on your navigation or moving to a slightly different anchorage may never cause a ripple in your life. But had you not made these decisions with the sub conscious knowledge gained by being self-sufficient.

In the final analysis, it’s you that is going out to sea. No shore-side mechanic or trades¬ man cares as much about your boat and your life as you do. So if your goal is enjoy¬ able, trouble-free voyaging, self-sufficiency is the answer.

— lin & larry pardey

An Evening with Lin & Larry Pardey Slide Presentation: University of San Francisco Lone Mountain Auditorium Saturday, January 23 Two Presentation: 3 p.m. & 8 p.m. OR Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds in Watsonville Crosetti Hall, 2601 East Lake Avenue / Watsonville Friday, January 22 8 p.m. $5.00 at Bass Ticket Outlets: $6.00 at the Door

\ \

Authors of such books asl • Care & Feeding of the Offshore Crew • Seraffyn'51 European Adventure • Seraffyn's Mediterannean Adventure and • The Self-Sufficient Sailor

•

Ticket Prices:

Question & Answer Session

Seraffyn of Victoria TICKETS AVAILABLE AT ALL BASS OUTLETS: Including Sears, Bullocks, and Record Factory stores. To Charge by. Phone Call: (415) 835-4342 ' (408) 297-7552 page I 13

OUT OF MY MIND

the most persistant inventions — over 10 thousand years in almost the same shape! Five thousand years ago, although newest discoveries suggest may be 8 thousand years ago, a wind catching piece of cloth started to propell our boats. We do not know the names of those great inventors, but if humankind would have to pay them proper royalties (plus interest of course) all the world’s money would be necessary. We do know who invented the centerboard (patented in USA, in 1811), but we are wrong if we think that Marconi rigging was invented by the famous Italian who in¬ vented radio (Marconi rigging was only nam¬ ed after him. because it reminds of tall radio towers). Same, Bermuda rigging was not in¬ vented by Mr. Bermuda.

Let us start easy, because this matter is serious and heavy. For beginners here’s an old anecdote from Europe — which is pro¬ bably known also in America: Two ladies are on a bus in Paris at midday. “What is oc¬ cupation of your husband, Madame?” “He’s an inventor, Madame.” “Inventor! What did he invent, Madame.” “Each day another ex¬ cuse when he is home late.” Well . . . But inventions are serious matters and our enterprise thrives on inventions. And we, all sailors, are inventors. And not Qnly just when we are too late home. How to splice steel with nylon without marlin spike? How to replace spinnaker pole using boat hook? How to sail with a broken rudder? How to get out if grounded? How to pay taxes, berth, sailmaker shop? How to persuade spouse to sail with us, or to stay home (and persuade someone else to go with us)? Sailing inventions started when men tryed “to sail” on floating logs — approximately 25

T 1 he very last big invention in sailing are |

probably: dacron (nylon or tergalon) sails, fiberglass hulls and synthetic rope. In¬ teresting, I was unable to find who is the in-

sa so good that best friend?) V

A service is provided for inventors by the U.S. Patent and Trademarlc Office—the* acgeptance and preservation for a limited time of T5isclosure Documents” as evidence of the dates of conception of inventions.

thousand years ago. Then came the paddle (an enlarged copy of a human hand), one of

ventor of self-steering devices. Wind-vanes were, for sure, used from decades to guide

IN THE PATENT OFFICE sailboat models during unmanned regattas. Probably the first well tested and widely used self-steering device was Chichester’s “Miran¬ da on Gipsy Moth III, but for sure it was not the first. For all engine enthusiast I like to compare the age of sails (5-8 thousand years old) against the combustion engine (it is 100 years old) . . . May be right, may be wrong . . . but in my opinion one of the biggest inventions is just

vented Valium — the world’s most frequent¬ ly prescribed drug! It’s been a true gold mine for its producers, but you sceptics are think¬ ing that Mr. Sternbach, who was a true Leo of chemistry and pharmacology, was not re¬ warded for his patent. Wrong! Leo Stern¬ bach was paid for the transfer of patent to his employer! How much? One dollar. But he was not a sailor and this is his own fault. And we are — and this is our fault.

So, before we shall have the opportunity to sit together and prepare our registers, let me tell several of my own suggestions: 1. Invent a source of energy. To power all (growing mushroom style) electronics to support lights, to heat metal, to cool (cocktails as well as meat), to run 101 gadgets, to propell boats in Equatorial Calms — fast, quiet and pollution free. Let us say 25 h.p., 24 hours a day. Weeks without

measurement purposes and with the emitted radiation being concentrated in the 253.7 mmu line of the mercury spectrum; a cadmium borate phosphor fluorescent plate disposed to receive radiation from said mercury vapor lamp, the excitation characteristics of said fluorescent

CDif}

mm®

A paper disclosing an invention and signed by the inventpr or inventors may be forwarded to the Patent and Trademark Office

687 coming under the sails — the solar cells. In the next 10 years they will be interlocked with sails forever. The sun and the wind have always something in common.

regardless of our efforts, the eagle of invention is not flying too well. Between 1971 and 1980 the total patents granted to Americans dropped 25%. “In the same period in Japan, Germany, England . . Yes, we know such sentences, boring, •frustrating and nowadays often repeated by mass media. “The figures make it abundantly clear that our position of R & D (Research & Develop¬ ment) leadership is slipping” (Arthur Bueche, General Electric.) “Industry is increasingly investing in short term objectives and in existing products” (AAAS — American Association for the Ad¬ vancement of Science). Hell . . . Please do not say that there is no sense in sailors making inventions because there are no financial rewards. I have before me a story about Leo Sternbach, a chemist. He inpage I 15

Before talking about inventions in sailing, I first looked in Webster’s Third New Interna¬ tional Dictionary and Seven Language Dic¬ tionary (3,000 pages and gold printed titles) for a definition of a sailboat. On page 2000 I read: “Sailboat: A Boat Propelled by Sail” . My conclusion: the first possible invention in the area of sailing could be less shocking definition of a sailboat.

refueling. Years without owner's bancrupty. 2. Super light rigging based on new

But getting serious, there probably is no branch which couldn’t be applied to a sailing vessel. Aerodynamics, hydrodynamics, statics, astronomy, astronautics (satellites for navigation, rescue, tracking, communica¬ tion^ etc., etc.), electronics. Chemistry, plastics, metalurgy, coatings, corrosion, etc., etc. Gastronomay, medicine, and physiology. Wood, optics, rubber, oceanography, biophysics, surviving — theory and practice, history and futurology. And more, and more . . . Even only such a list can make us dizzy. Because of so unlimited possibilities, to reduce chaos, most important inventions must be invented first.

JElach of us will probably add to the following list at least equal number of ideas.

Inventors arc also reminded that any public use or sale in the United States or publication of the invention anywhere in the world more than one year prior to the filing of a patent application on that invention will prohibit the granting of a patent on it.

URBANCZYK

metalurgy (crystal growing without structural defect). Such materials can be hundred times stronger, so all wire ropes can be hun¬ dred times lighter. Also masts, pulpits, spreaders. Lighter boat means faster boat and such are our dreams. 3. Variable weight ballast. Let keel of our boat change its weight accordingly to situation. Sailing with light wind our boat does not need as much ballast as when at¬ tacked by strong breeze from 90°. In such situation ballast becomes a real ballast, reducing our speed. Hell with that. Use gravity screens (read J. Verne classics), an¬ tigravity (Einstein lives). Go new ideas (let’s leave tunnel vision for Seikan drivers — Japan is going to soon open world longest undersea tunnel — as we see inventions work!). 4. Self-trimming backstay. Hell with old boring wheels and with leaky hydraulics, pressure-gauges and leaking mast boots. The miracle apparatus will extend or contract this precious wire, changing internal struc¬ ture and thus trimming the mast shape depending on the wind’s angle of attack, force, etc. 5. “Home Guide” — electronic naviga¬ tor/helmsman, guides boat home (just simp¬ ly recording her previous route and con¬ sidering present wind, current weather forecast, etc.). Precise, fast and safe — regardless of storms, opposite currents, and all skipper’s horrible mistakes.

But just here, flying on wings of im¬ agination, I became suspicious and my wings lost their life. Maybe, like always, we want too much, we ask too much. Yes it is true, and I was rightly suspicious. I was sailing too far. Hell with Point 6 (moveable mast, with variable height). There are many more simpler and much more im¬ portant inventions to do in sailing. Inven¬ tions everybody needs desperately. Voila! 1. Watertight hull! Can anybody ima¬ gine such a miracle? Never more wet clothes! Never more wet berths! Never more wet carpets! 2. Watertight storm jackets! Can you believe? Storm like all devils and your neck is dry, dry and for sure dry! Wind is blowing with unbelieveable speed, 25 mph, and you have no swimming pool in your boots! Night, and you have no ice cap under your bottom. Fantaaastic. Worth any money.

3. Failure free flashlight. When you need it, it works. Wet, cold, shocks, and this miracle is giving bright, steady iight. Even if you need it, lets say for such a long time as 5 minutes. Luxury to power six! 4. Working stove. Push the button and heat! Handfuls of matches are never more sulphonic acid, phosphoric anhydride acid chlo¬ ride. fuming sulphuric acid and sulphuric acid, in the presence of a body of the group con¬ sisting of sodium tungstate, and ammonium

necessary to activate it. Alcohol is no more sprinkling all over, including on your hair. Gas explosion is not blowing the hatch to ^Tahiti or Pango-Pango (very nice place). Your meal is hot fast (why not in 15 minutes)!) and you don’t look like a chimney sweeper after working overtime. Yes — dreams, but how nice dreams! We are waiting since decades for this. 5. Useable marine toilet (head), (head¬ quarters?). Simple, inexpensive, safe. Not just a hole inviting all oceans to visit your boat. Nor a volcano, flood, fountaion, or even worse . . . You would like it. Eh? 6. Non-corrosive metal. Lets call it “stainless steel”. Seawater, salt, dust — and this wonderful triumph of technology will be still smooth and bright. No more “Comet”, hell with polishing tyranny. Wonderful idea. Who cares about price if such metal will be available. 7. Non-destructive varnish. Sounds like an item from outer space. Can you imagine? Rain, spray, sun, heat and the surface is still without cracks, scratches, yellowing, etc. for a long, long time. How long, how long. Lets be plucky — a whole, whole season! 8. Gasoline engine which failures are not directly right proportional to dangerous¬ ness of situation. Engine which will never stop when you manoeuvre in front of a ship in calm, or when you are close enough to a windward lee? Shore in bad weather with just strips of sails left. Engine which will start in a couple minutes (lets say no more than 15) after crew member fell overboard and disappeared between monstrous waves. 9. Seasickness pills. Not necessarily useful in all cases, but at least helping some¬ one tortured by fury of the sea.

Lasted above inventions, obviously very difficult to create, would be no doubt, scored very high by all sailors around the world. And would, no discussion, bring more than a fortune to their producers (maybe inven¬ tors, too!)

A fee of $10 is charged for this service. Pay¬ ment must accompany the Disclosure Document when it is submitted to the Patent and Trademark Office. A check or money order must be made

In popular, proposed by Samuel Lilly (professor of University in Nottingham, England) scale of inventions giving score 1-10 (for example sound movie 1 point, jet engine 3, radio broadcasting 5, nuclear energy 10) lam giving each, from the listed above inventions, full 11 points. And I am waiting! — andrew urbanczyk

•

marexe market peace

•

MAKI.VE MARKET PEACE

m■a

14 channel crystal VHF with 2 weather channels and 6,16, 22A, 26,28,68 installed.

H U 3S

•

Ritchie Aew Helmsman

Original 821.95

Operates on all available 6J.S. marine channels. 4 weather, LED easy to read.

Ray Jefferson 5000

$63.95

Bulkhead Mt. 898.50

$4.99 829.50

• MARIXE MARKET PEACE •

Teak Rod Rack

Signet MK9 0 9 Knot meter

Mountain View

2024 Old Middlcfleld Wav (415)961-3940

$19.r).00

$159.00

• Johnson Outboard jij Sales & Service

$66.00

$49.95 Natural/Navy/Brick

San Diego 1214 Rosecrans (714) 226-8159

$349.95 1010H too ft/100 lath w/ulunn

• MARIXE MARKET PEACE

•

882.00

Safety Harness

Winches

$18.50

16A

All New digital'wind speed with wind direction.

841.00

$29.95

Adult 822.95

$64.95

x < Signet 1500

lackcl, Pauls in Carry Bag

MARINE MARKET PLACE

LEWMAR 7A

$429.95

Open 7 Days

Offshore Foul Weather Gear

8242.00

•

$189.95 40 AST

Jacket 8109.95

8486.00

$379.95

8895.00

$84.95

Winch Handles V>50-

>50. N

■'''A;,i.i.vV

International Standard Socket Size Red Grip Handles.

Bib Pants 869.95

Plain Alloy

$53.95

u Spar-Fly

1002 8"

810.95

•a

wuer

$8.50 MARIXE MARKET PEACE

page I 17

Lock In 10038"

America's Most Popular Wind Indicator

•

1368 10"

1369 10" •

$21.95 29.95 Sou’wester Greek Wool Salty Dog

$29.95 $54.95

MARIXE MARKET PEACE

•

817.95 14.95 12.95

$13.95 11.95 10.25

MARIXE MARKET PEACE

OMEGA

•

MARIXE MARKET PEACE

u u

MARIXE MARKET PEACE

<50 ft/60 1‘alh w/ularm 8449.95

A light weight rain suit at an attractive price.

Corner of Rosecrans and Shelter Island Drive

Open Sunday Closed Monday

<)(><)ii

Yacht Suit

•

Lots of Parking

H $749.00 U si

$12.75 15.30

Open 7 Days

Emeryville 5901 Christc Ave (415)428-2146

Coastal Navigator

8549.95

19X0

Crew Neck 100% Wool

In I lie “Market Place” Shopping Center Inland Side

Closed Sunday

815.65

Sweater

long Beach 6481 E. Pacific Coast Hwy. (213) 430-6696

Self powered

4 Rod 6 Rod

Complete Working Electronics Display at each Store

$199.95

MARIXE MARKET PLACE

8299.90

•

MARINE MARKET PEACE

< mi a.

$23.60

MARIXE MARKET PEACE •

Complete with one horn intercom -listing feature auto or manual fog horn.

Bowie Knife and Shackler With Leather Pouch

56.49

$69.95

$219.00

Knife

Floating flashlight. Rugged, heavy-duty waterproof. In Orange.

u 2 Power Hailer

$32

Flote-Lite

8499.95

•

$9.95

X X

$13.90

x x

H U

Intermatie Heater

Personal Safety Light A Gift for the Crew

a. H u

$119.00

829.95

8155.00

With USI)

•

MARIXE MARKET PEACE

8299.00

$16.95

$22.95

Bracket Mt. 889.50

$179.00

MAREXE MARKET PEACE

Kerosene Heater

Bearing

•

Hand

These compasses were designed to meet the growing demand for Ritchie accuracy, dependablity and craftsman¬ ship at an affordable price. Fully Gimballed Extra 45° Lubber lines Large 4" dial

MARIXE MARKET PLACE

MARIXE MARKET PEACE

a Sea-Hawk 14 w

•

page I 19

light air. The boats of summer re-appear with new gear, new sails, and new crew, sear¬ ching for that elusive winning combination. The most eager of all are the new boat owners who — after being promised delivery in July — finally have the chance to get their long-awaited licks in.

T 1 he

winter weather doesn’t resemble summer at all. Less afternoon fog. Less wind, less chop. The summer’s westerlies, as reliable and as relentless as taxes become ir¬ regular. They are replaced by mild easterlies, bone-chilling northerlies, and rain-bearing rip-snorting southerlies. But it’s unpredic¬ table. You can freeze in long-johns. gloves and watchcaps on Saturday, and prance naked as a jaybird on Sunday.

Of course a change in wind direction perverts San Francisco’s many ‘normal’ legs. What always is a summer beat up the City Front often becomes a broad reach in the Golden Gate YC Mid-Winters. The tradi¬ tional reach from Raccoon Straits to the San Francisco shore is often either a downwind run or weatherly beat in the Corinthian MidWinter Series. Similar peculiarities prevail in the Sausalito Cruising Club, Metro Oakland YC and other Mid-Winter series around the bay.

inter and Spring tides are more powerful than those of summer, far more so in this year of heavy rains. Their increased strength frequently throws them off predic¬ table summer paths, making wise navigators look foolish and fools appear sagacious.

They hold frustration for the skipper, too. Ebbs can literally sweep you out the Gate in the wink of an eye. And the last ten yards to an uptide mark can become an eternity in light winds, your boat moving like a rat on a

treadmill. The Mid-Winters are where the slip-slide artists inherit the silver.

any Mid-Winter races â&#x20AC;&#x201D; save the page 121

tide-protected Metro Oakland Series held in the Berkeley Circle â&#x20AC;&#x201D; are frequently less batÂŹ tles between boats than they are between your boat and a tide-induced DNF. Not always, but often. Many Mid-Winters are a crap-shoot, to which the more casual and relaxed pace of racing can be attributed. There are still some grimly serious skippers, to whom every starÂŹ ting gun signals a battle to the death, a chance to slay dragons, an invite to put one more notch on the tiller extension. But they are the minority. For most, Mid-Winter rac-

the normal number of female crew. Winter racing is more social, too. It’s dark when the races are over, the crews are a little lubed, and sitting in front of the fire at the yacht club bar with some new friends sounds more in¬ viting than anything.

he Mid-Winters are the yin to the sum¬ mer’s yang; the winter moon to the summer’s sun. They make the racing year complete. * Perhaps you think you’re too late for this year’s Mid-Winters and have missed out? Not true. The Ballena Bay YC starts a 4-race Whale’s Chase Series on January 16. Call Jim Hecht at 835-8737 or 523-4420 and let your ying hang out. — all photos, 38/shimon

ing alternates with weekends on skiis or in front of the football tube, and as such winn¬ ing just isn’t that bloody important.

i arty racing is common. A few cold beers, lots of hearty brandy, and more than

page 125

2560 NO. MAIN ST. WALNUT CREEK, CA (415) 943-1244 NEW

HONDA,

1982,

B.F.

CSA

Short Shaft, 7.5 h.p.

^StASY TO W REMOVE « SNAP BACK INTO PLACE

Regular $895.00

t40>N

□ 4 cycle □ Easy starting □ High torque for quiet smoke-free opera¬ tion □ 5 amp alternator for charging batteries □ Fuel tank with gauge □ Available in short & long shafts.

TENSION

ALSO AVAILABLE AT GREAT SAVINGS: M

V1/

TOUGH ^CORROSION FREE ACETATE

The Honda B.F. 7.5 h.p. long shaft

Note: The Honda B.F. 100 10 h.p. long shaft

NOW $955 We stock all models!

Reg. $1,065

HONDA

EM 500

QUICK & SIMPLE ASSEMBLY

Generator

Regular $399.

Special

Jjjt

Get ’em while they last. '

■

□ Only 39 lbs. □ 500 watts □ 4.5 Amps □ A/C - D/C □ Quiet 4 stroke operation.

For more than a decade Standard Communications has led the way with the best and most

complete line of marine VHF radios. For the 80 s, make your choice the Horizon Series,

Whichever modej^ leadership

vou choose, it bears the Standard Communications assurance of quality, and creative

in L

/the

marine communications industry — assurance supported by Standard’s flat rate Lifetime Service Warranty.

Standard Communications

Hori^pnUSA

Hori^pn Ltd

Great Value VHF. Twenty-four of the most popular channels, fully synthesized circuit. Plenty of quality com • munications at an outstanding price. List $349.00 Call or Write for Our Low Price

Affordable, fully synthesized. Gives you all major U S. marine, channels plus Canadian weather channel. Easy-to-rpad channel display List $499.95 Call or Write for Our Low Price

2* §2% _

OAKLAND , 2200 Livingston St (415) 532-5230

PALO ALTO 850 San Antonio Rd (415) 494-6660

*p0to

SAUSALITO 200 Gate 5 Road (415) 332-0202

Marine Products page 127

CADO SAN LUCAS

Radio nets, be they ham or VHF, can be of great assistance to sailors. Often times they are used for important matters such as helping boats in distress or providing emergency medical assistance and advice. Sometimes they just save time; finding out the routine on clearing into a port, discovering where the best and cheapest foods are to be had, and all the local knowledge. And sometimes they are used for frivolous stuff; locating buddies, organizing volleyball games, arranging drunks. To give you an idea how a VHF net works, we transcribed one while we were in Cabo San Lucas this December, hoping it would give you a better idea of how exten¬ sive the resources of a fleet are. The Cabo net operates every morning at 0800 on Channel 68 except for Sundays.

Liebchen: Good morning cruisers at Cabo San Lucas, this is the Children’s Hour. Barbara and 1 will be taking over the net from now on since Frank and Peggy on Shumari are getting ready to leave in the next few hours or days. I want to thank them very much for getting the net organized and thank them for the good records they gave us so we could carry on the work. We’ll begin at this time by asking if there are any emergency announcements, medi¬ cal problems or other emergency informa¬ tion. Bandit: Yes, this is Bandit here, I’d like to put out a request, over. Liebchen: Go ahead, Bandit. Bandit: Yes, ah this is the Bandit, a 50-ft. sailboat anchored in the far end of the harbor. We’ve been gone for 5-years cruising and seeing the world, and at the present time we’re on our way back to San Diego. I un¬ derstand a very good friend of mine, Paul Allblack, a Uniflite dealer, who is probably fishing the Waffle Stomper, a 42-ft. Uniflite, 1 understand he may be fishing on another boat. I wonder if anybody in the area knows where Paul is. Shumari: Info! Liebchen: Go ahead, info. Shumari: I think he’s on Cissy Sassy. Bandit: You’re garbled, can you spell it out close? Liebchen: I’ll pass it on, I believe he’s on the boat Cissy Sassy. Or Sassy Cissy. He’s anchored over in front of the Hacienda Hotel, over. Bandit: The Sassy Susie, is that it? Liebchen: Sassy Cissy. You can pro¬ bably reach him fishing during the day on Channel 71. Bandit: This Sassy Cissy, what kind of vessel is she, brand name and such. Shumari: It’s a Uniflite, about a 48-footer. Bandit: Roger, does anybody know if

he’s in this morning, over. Shumari: Well, he was in last night, because it’s his fault I’ve got a hangover. He’s with Ed Martin, if you know Ed. Bandit: I don’t know Ed, but if you’ve got a hangover, it sounds like Paul. Over. Liebchen: Allright, are there any other emergency or medical informations re¬ quired. Little Revenge: Little Revenge. Liebchen: Go ahead. Little Revenge: A guest on board strained or did something to her neck while swimming, and now it’s stiff. I wonder if anyone in the fleet has any muscle relaxants. Over. Ish-Ka-Bible: Little Revenge, this is IshKa-Bible. . Little Revenge: Go. Ish-Ka-Bible: I don’t have a muscle relaxer, but if you’ve used it or want any, I have some DMSO aboard. Little Revenge: That’s DMSO. I’m un¬ familiar with that. What is tffat, can you tell me? Ish-Ka-Bible: After the net I’ll explain it to you, it takes a bit of explanation. Tashtigo: Little Revenge, Tashtigo. Little Revenge: Tashtigo. Tashtigo: Yes, I have a stiff neck all the time, and we have a good supply of muscle relaxers. If you want to come over and pick up ten of them, that’s usually enough to do the trick. You can pick them up anytime. Little Revenge: Roger, Tashtigo, we’ll see you after the net. Tashtigo: Also, this is information. We’ve experienced a lot of little stings in the water when we’re swimming in the area, especially after southern wind when the swells roll in. The stings are from a small type jellyfish. Dwayne on Spanish Dancer had some information on how to treat the bites . . Dwayne, are you there? Spanish Dancer: This is Dwayne on Spanish Dancer, go ahead.

Tashtigo: Yeah Dave, go ahead. Tashtigo: We’re doing a little medical thing here this morning, we were saying lots of people have been getting small jellyfish stings, can you pass on the information you N.gave me last night to treat them? Spanish Dahcer: Yeah, the latest Sport Diver magazine came out with an article on stings and bites, and they say the best thing for jellyfish is to first flush the area with salt water, making sure there are no more jellyfish in the water. Then rinse it well in alcohol. After that dust it with either flour or baking powder, or.talc of some kind. Scrap that off with a tongue depresser or dull knife, and then flush it with fresh water and you should be fine. Liebchen: Great. Let’s go on with rollcall this morning, and we’d like to run through the entire fleet this morning. If you’re a boat that already checked-in, just give us your names and boat name. If you’re a new boat, we request you give your boat type, length, name of crew, home port, and a quick rundown and where you’ve been. We’ll start with A’s, any A’s? Amola: Amola here. ) Liebchen: Thank you Inger. Anymore A’s. Alcheringa, are you with us? Nothing. B’s and C’s. Bandit: Bandit here. Liebchen: Good morning, Bandit, we've already had information from Bandit, he’s a 50-ft. ketch, Louis, Chuck and Ron are crew, home port is San Diego. They’ve been all over Mexico, Costa Rica, Virgin Islands, Caribbean, Panama, etc. So after the net if anyone has a question about those places, give Bandit a call. Okay, any more C’s or D’s? Contrary to Ordinary: This is Contrary to Ordinary, with Kathy, Richard and Lauren. Liebchen: Thank you, Kathy. Consueno: This is Consueno, a new boat just in yesterday, with Sherry and Earl aboard. i Liebchen: Consueno, with Sherry and Earl. What boat and home port? Consueno: We’re a 34-ft. sailboat, home port is San Diego. Deseree II: This is the Deseree II. Dancer: This is the Dancer, out of Olym¬ pia, Washington, we’re just coming around Cabo Falso and should be in Cabo San Lucas in an hour or so. Liebchen: Good, what kind of boat are you? Dancer: We’re a Newport 40, we picked

CHILDREN'S HOUR up some crew in Santa Cruz (garbled) . . . Liebchen: For people who may not have copied, he said they’re a 40-ft. Newport out of Olympia, Washington; Ron, Diane, and Bruce. Anymore D’s or E’s, -over. How about you, Dark Star, up this morning? (Garbled): This is Ozzie, Dark Star doesn’t have 68. They’re ususally here listening, but they’re sleeping in this morn¬ ing. They’re still here, though. Liebchen: E’s or F’s. Erotica, are you there? Fabree: Good morning, this is Fabree. Francis L.: This is the Francis L., with Ron and Fran. Fiesta: This is the Fiesta, one man crew, Frank. Liebchen: By the way, Frank is looking for crew south, anybody looking to crew south or with suggestions, contact Frank. Anymore G’s or H’s. Hawaiian Punch: This is Flawaiian Punch, good morning. Roger and Silvie, we just left from Everett, Washington. Liebchen: What kind of boat? Hawaiian Punch: MacGregor 36-ft. catamaran. Liebchen: Then you should be ac¬ quainted with Spanish Dancer over .here, they have the other MacGregor cat. Any H’s, I’s or J’s. Garbled check in by somebody.) Liebchen: Good morning, Dawn. Journey: This is June and Kirk on Journey. Amola: This is Amola checking in for Jade, which has trouble transmitting. Jade is here with Phil aboard. Karana: This is David and Jan on Karana. Little Revenge: This is Lola and Walt on the Little Revenge. Odyssey: This is Odyssey out of San Diego, a Bristol 32 sloop with Ron and Patty onboard. Primadonna: This is Primadonna from San Diego. Tashtigo: Tastigo, here. (Garbled name): Larry and Dale. Tangarola: This is Tangaloa Dave, Lin¬ da here. Liebchen: Thank you, Linda, when is Paul coming back? Tangarloa: 1 don’t know. Safe Passage: Safe Passage here, with Don, Joan, Lynn and Mike. Shumari: Shumari here. Spanish Dancer: Spanish Dancer here. page 129

Track One: This is Track One, John and Marga. Liebchen: Is that a new boat checking in? Track One: VJe’re not a new boat, we’re here at the entrance to the harbor and have been here for a month. We went down to Puerto Vallarta and Mazatlan and just arriv¬ ed back last week. We’re Mexicans and pretty familiar with the area. If anybody needs help, we pretty 'much know everything that is going on. Okay? Liebchen: Excellent, we’re sure happy to have you here. You could probably help us a lot, and maybe we can do the same. Do you have the Peterson 44? Track One: Negative, I’m skippering the S3 Hatteras, the one at the entrance to the harbor. Turquoise: This is Turquoise with Neal and Beverely. Triumph: Morning, this is Vasco on the Triumph. Liebchen: Good to have you guys this morning, you are what, a C&C 61? Triumph: That’s correct. We apologize about yesterday, we slept in. Alcheringa’s crew is sleeping in this morning. At least half of them are, they couldn’t quite handle the pace of the party last night, could they? Liebchen: Those things happen, it’s all a part of racing, 1 guess. Triumph: We’d like to wish all the cruis¬ ing boats here a good, happy Christmas, and * safe voyages next year. We’ll be on our way up to San Diego this morning, hopefully get¬ ting in there Thursday of next week. This year we’ve been right across to Europe and back, and before we leave, if anyone wants to fire any questions about the Panama Canal or any parts of Europe we’ve been to,., we might be able to help and would only be too pleased to oblige. ft

[Triumph went up to Punta Tosca and an¬

chored that night, eventually going aground, and was even high and dry by the next mor¬ ning. She apparently worked off and con¬ tinued on.] Liebchen: Thank you, Triumph, maybe you could stand by on this channel and peo¬ ple can contact you after the net. Any other boats want to check in? Terroro: This is Ron on Terroro, over by the entrance, next to Track One. Velera Linda: This is P.J. and Patty on Velera Linda. Liebchen: Waves, are you guys in this morning? Anybody we miss? Alcheringa: Alcheringa here. Liebchen: Okay, if there are no more boats checking in, we’ll continue. Yesterday Frank from Fiesta went around collecting money to reimburse the Immigracion officer who had been stuck for about $29 by a cruis¬ ing woman who slipped away without pay¬ ing the money back for phone calls made on her behalf. Also Frank was taking the peti¬ tion around concerning the disappearance of dinghies. Can you give us a report, Frank? Fiesta: Yeah, the letter to the Port Captian I turned over to Shumari, I’m not sure where it is now, it may even be in the paper work he handed you. They are busy at the fuel dock now, we’ll check on it later. As for the fund, which I’ve named the Connie Wagers Christmas Fund in honor of the girl who ran off, the goal was to raise 735 pesos, not colonies as I mistakenly called them. We exceeded that by hitting 836.90. so we’ve got a little surplus there, we can either leave it there or make a beer fund out of it. I say that isn’t that much, why don’t we just leave it in as an additional token. I want to thank the boats I managed to find with people aboard, and apologize if I missed anyone. I’ll be taking the fund in in another hour or two, but you can still contribute if you come by. For now I’d like to especially thank the boats Amola, Spanish, Ish-Ka-

CABO SAN LUCAS Bible, Hawaiian Punch, Velera Linda, Tangaloa, Contrary to Ordinary, Willa Jean, Realm, Fiesta, Shumari, Journey, Francis L., Seuerence, Primadonna, Safe Passage, and Whisper. Llebchen: Thank you Frank,'you did a good job on that. And if you’re listening, Shumari, maybe, you can give us an update on the letter to the Port Captain about the dinghies.

Do we have anybody who went to the Port Office or the Port Captain’s office yesterday and has a report on which boats have mail waiting? Okay, we made it to the Post Office and didn’t see any boat names on the list, but we didn't make it to the Port Captain’s office. Allright, let’s move on to sale and swap, does anybody have anything they want to sell, swap, trade or buy? Ish-Ka-Bible: This is Dawn on Ish-KaBible, and 1 have an all transistor all-band Zenith Transoceanic radio that we re going to sell. About $60, it’s 15-years old, but works real good. We’re picking out a dif¬ ferent kind. Track One: Okay you guys, I have a

VHF, one of those Standard Communica¬ tions Horizon 25’s, and 1 want $300 for it and it s brand new. It’s got 12 channels, in¬ ternational mode, and all that jazz. In fact, I’ve got four of them here. Also my wife gives hair cuts. I’m quite a good diesel mechanic, too, so if anybody needs some help, I can help them out. Velera Linda: Break. Liebchen: Go ahead. v Velera Linda: This is the Velera Linda,

Track One can sell one of those radios if he goes up and sees Jill at the wash and wear laundromat, she wanted to pick up a VHF radio to get in on the net. (Garbled): We need one of the cargo hammocks, one 4 or 5-ft. long to hold vegetables and stuff. We looked all over town and weren’t able to find anything ex¬ cept human hammocks. Anybody want to get rid of one, over. Liebchen: No answer. Okay, are there any other swaps or trades. Spanish Dancer: Spanish Dancer here, we’re going to need a volleyball now that Shumari is leaving. Maybe we could use the

excess from that fund or take up a collection to buy another one. Yonder: Break. This is the Yonder, I missed the check-in earlier, but we have a volleyball onboard. Were going out Marlin fishing right now, but we’ll be back in this afternoon. Liebchen: Great,

you

guys

want

check in now? Yonder: Sure, we’re the Yonder from Rancho Palos Verdes. I’m owner Jim O’Brien, the crew is girfriend Ann, Larry and Mickey. We’re on a 70-ft. motorsailer. Karana: Karana with a swap. J’ve got a copy of the Baja Cruising Notes which we no longer need since we’re jumping across to Mazatlan, but it’s pretty informative for anyone going up into the Sea of Cortez. Terroro: I have many charts of all of Ba¬ ja, mainland Mexico, Central America, all

rapid moving back and forth off-course, and they say it sounds like your return spring was either tired or that the cord that wraps around the compass and goes to the return spring was possiblity greased. But most likely the return spring was the source. Odyssey: I’ll be darned, I’ve got all those parts so I’ll give it a whirl. However, I still do need a couple of those fuses. Marika: Sorry, but I don’t have any ex¬

tras. Also, we’ve got our diesel fixed and are just getting ready to take off again and need to get some quick information to Turquoise if he’s still there, over. Turquoise: This is Turquoise, go ahead. Marika: We tried to get ahold of you last

“This is the yacht Triumph, and two boys on the boat want to swap their bodies, they had a big night last night.’’

the Caribbean, some of Europe, Lake On¬ tario, Hawaii, Alaska, just in case anybody needs any of those. Tangaloa: This is Linda on Tangaloa, and I have some mast steps and a couple of new dock lines if anyone is interested. Odyssey: This is Odyssey and I’m having some trouble with my Tillermaster autopilot, and I m wondering if I could borrow or buy some slow blow TillerMaster fuses. Little Revenge: What amperage, over? Odyssey: I m not sure, let me check my

book . . . (Unidentified breaker): One and one-half amp. (Second unidentified breaker): Informa¬ tion! Liebchen: Go. Marika: This is Mike on Marika, we just

BREAK.’

ROGER."

came back in after losing our motor putting out here this morning. Ah, I talked to the fac¬ tory yesterday about the symptoms you describe in your TillerMaster, of the very

night, but we tore this boat apart yesterday afternoon looking for that one zinc we told you about, but I’ll be darned if I can find that thing. I can only figure that I threw it off the boat in San Diego before coming down here. Turquoise: Okay, thanks anyway, Dave says maybe we can find one at the hardware store in town and so we’ll check that out. Velera Linda: This is Velera Linda, and whoever is looking for the zinc can call me after the net and 111 see if I don t have what you need. v Liebchen: Turqouise, I’ve got a zinc plate you can have, it’s 6-inches by 6-incheS, by V2-inch thick if you want it.

Seeing that we’ve been through swaps, are there any repairs or parts that are need¬ ed, repairs or parts. We’re sort of into that anyway. I might start by saying I do electrical and light diesel work, so let’s go from there. Spanish Dancer: This is Spanish Dancer, and I have two of those IV2 amp slow blows left over from my old TillerMaster. Odyssey: Yeah, I’d like those. Liebchen: You can pick them up from

Spanish Dancer who is anchored over here by us, we’re down on the east end. Marika: This is Marika, and we’d like to buy or swap for a 13x13 propeller, ho, ho, with a 1-inch shaft. Needs to be a 3-blade. Triump: This is the yacht Triumph, and two boys on the boat want to swap their bodies, they had a big night last night. Over. Liebchen: Ho, ho, that sounds pretty good, ho, ho. Although we don’t know of

anyone here who will give you anything for

CHILDREN'S HOUR

"INFOR¬ MATION." them, though. Ah, let’s see . . . are there any an¬ nouncements anyone would like to make? Journey: This is Journey and we’re looking for some friends of ours on Sea Life that left San Diego about two weeks ago. They are Morty and Melody, they are ham operators, and I thought they might be talk¬ ing over the manana net. They have a CT-42 ketch. Bandit': Bandit here, yes 1 believe I was in contact with that boat off the general area of Salina Cruz. That was a week or two ago. Liebchen: How about Terry on Erotica, he monitors the manana net. Terry, have you heard of the boat Sea Life? (Unidentified): I don’t think we’ve heard of Terry this morning. Consueno: This is Consueno and I’m looking for someone who can patch a few holes in some stainless steel muffler pipe. Anybody with ideas? Bandit: Bandit here. Yeah, we’ve got some sutff on the boat here we call ‘green stuff, it’s a two-part epoxy that will fix anything. We’ve used it on many, many, many applications and found it’s the best thing since sex and beer, over. We’re in the far end of the harbor and you can pick some of it up, weVe the 50-ft. ketch with the motorcycle tied on the stern pulpit. Shumari: I have two of Admiral Lady s jury cans which I filled up with regular gas to go water skiing with, but I guess the water skiing never happened. I don’t need the gas, and I’d like to sell it to someone and get rid of, the jury cans. So if anybody wants 9 or 10 gallons of gasoline this morning for 5 bucks, give me a call and I’ll give them a call. Francis L: This is Francis L. and we’ll take that gas from you. We’ll contact you after the net, Shumari.. Liebchen: Frank, while you’re on, can you tell us what happened to our letter to the Port Captain? Shumari: Yeah, I have it- here and I’ll give it to those on the Francis L. when we make the fuel transfer. Sorry, but it sort of

laid here unattended the last day. Liebchen: Did we get any more signa¬ tures?

we’ll close out the Children’s Hour. Triumph: This is Katie on the Triumph calling Alcheringa, we have your daughters and would like to keep them for breakfast, over. Alcheringa: Just leave a few bones for us, but they are welcome to stay, over. Triumph: Great, we’re having French toast, you’re welcome to come if you like. Alcheringa: We’ve got bacon and eggs in the dinghy, over. Triumph: Over. Francis L.: Shumari, Shumari, this is the Francis L. Shumari: Shumari’s very busy right now at the fuel dock, we ll call you back in five. Little Revenge: Ish-Ka-Bible, over. Tashtigo: Little . Revenge this is Tashtigo. Little Revenge: Tashtigo. I believe you have the muscle relaxer, over.

“We tore this boat apart yesterday afternoon, looking for that one zinc we told you about . .

Tashtigo: Yeah, we’ve got enough to take care of your problem, I’ll drop them off on my way in to clear this morning. Little Revenge: I’d appreciate that. By

the way, my name is Walt. Liebchen: Where you guys going? Tashtigo: Los Frailes, we should leave Monday at the latest, Saturday or Sunday at the earliest. We’ve had a good time here, and we went into San Jose del Cabo yester¬ day and had a great time there. We’re eager to move on. Liebchen: That’s quite a bus ride to San

Jose del Cabo. Tashtigo: Yeah, I don’t know why they are so slow on their schedules, it certainly isn’t from a lack of putting the pedal down. But I’d recommend the trip for anyone for a change, and to get a good look at the coastline. Liebchen: The bus is no problem for

Shumari: There are a dozen or so.

those of us used to heeling over at 30

Liebchen: I guess that’s all for today, so

degrees.

page 131

Tashtigo: It’s no problem as long as you

make sure you don’t sit up front, and only look out the side windows, never the front windows. Bandit: Vessel moving out. Shumari: Yes. Bandit: It’s been 5-years since we’ve been here last, is the procedure the same, the office out at the far end of the road immagracion and Port Captain, and do you have to have an import permit to buy fuel, and what is the price of fuel at the dock now. Shumari: Immigration is down the road like it used to be, the Port Captian is a twostory building in town, Aduana, or customs is down behind the plaza in the center of town. You need a note from aduna before you can buy fuel, and fuel is 40 cents a gallon. Bandit: Do you have an import permit? Shumari: I understand it’s only required on the mainland, but you don’t need it for a fuel permit. Bandit: That’s a bargain compared to what it is in the rest of Mexico. If you’re an American boat it’s 6 pesos a litre, if you’re a Mexican boat it’s 1 peso a litre. So there’s quite a difference, over. Shumari: I understand. Oh, they wantU.S. currency, too — but you do get all the water you want. Glad to be of service. Unidentified: Shumari, I’d be interested in what you have to say to the Port Captain on that petition about the stolen dinghies. We don’t want to do anything too obnox¬ ious, they’ve already put guards down on the docks, 1 don’t really know what else they can do, but I’d like to hear what the petition has to say, anyway. Shumari: I’m all with you, Bruce. I’m passing the letter on to Francis L. and I sug¬ gest you get a hold of it to read and that the fleet take your advice on the matter. So its out of my hands. Liebchen: Realm, this is Dave^on Lihchen. Realm: Go ahead. Liebchen: I’m going to pick up the letter and will bring it by. Realm: Frank, have a pleasant trip, and maybe we’ll see you on the mainland. I should be in Manzanillo about February 10th.

OVER."

t i-

?o per A)Pt;gmb<^g~

n cm roar £5

CflPTfirM (\j FifV H £(-PFOL 4 S?E^ E/OtfUSH}

hosPwal

TTTf

T fiOfl-

As*

is l-IS' AtTC

D OCXS. MtATlS

(PlTlrfr

Srr7w*R/(F

nanuM L.

A»rt~

t-AAL.1

LlA'lT*

AttAhft

CGmtAl'

aow CH<£!

MAP Pf

PL*ZA -TCLEPHP/JgS - PoP5>lt££ - ><2U£r<, -Wsjcera^i--.

c«?^r

CCXZTTZ-

Ob^

tic ret'

JJ/WML * AmawrC

iMEt-i

(A?rfjL''m

e?m&u4$ s

&ooi> PITI#

/viAam 'AHM-n/flao* iMWfirfrtTMfr W 5/tm TiJC’i^ 'eratut ITF&'.

CUBA'S

S7VI&

tcnesye"

?ow3? /vMprtta A)GVJ

1 *e/u*

v VP

CfllHoUC

I—I

BBT MrtAHET

•sa&totW& V'&MhV

K Fp«

fKHltKr

?rtpbOcE

✓VATSK/Kil^^

A*/& P*ic&

>W)M£r

cv&ty vrtorne

TElFWfrW

Pt>5T

EAH7 AT U&DnA^S

COrtrfC

«0W>A< JT

v, tpfiUtoMTOAfTJ

CH0v>J_>' B00<T

Dum? G^-V^XH

*£*»*><* yXFutir

mtfCtW*

Xa^£R HftABOR.

Jo ATT 4*> P&LA'i* YOO

•pot Ptfi'Hifib'

HMD

MOST V*C*4T£

illit cjwklry

UJ. VlCTtlZ 7WC

[iftoiCER

P|«/GUW DOCK

A*V(rf Ll&*rS

^■-:^iii£:

I^w . &OC*

PV.

ot-b ^-

Tgg/HiA AL

®C^ I) C 2

QW'l..

s&^?/

tbic

.■-.gg.MijMM''i^'iiWIMiJWi

(jmu&y , PACIFIC

oce4^

p^/teevts)/

fteiiwunr*

|2otft> TD “TObos wms

GtJL'i “jvOO (WfHJ

i,0 CA-bO

-ogyHtfVfS *4*

CeWTtfrft- CMYK&Hi*

■

Atcheringa; Retry 37, Vancouver ' Ktftenfeerg 38, San Diego Our Sloeen 804 Baltic Trader Sweden

C<^C>

454. moforsailer. Fort Lauderdale Mystic Coe*. Garden 41. Manna del Rey Haicyon; Pearson 365. Seattle

!l|H$0,5. Francis L; Yorktown 36. California Zviea; Columbia 24; California

40-ft. Sfx-jrthsh 36-ft. Sportflsh

. '

Stverence 604. Rhodes yawl, -San Diego

Huntress. 44 ft yawl, California

36, Long BeachMexican Shrimp Boat

Spanish Dancer, MacGregor 36 cat, California Consueno. Wander 34. San Diego

Marilyn It; Spencer 50, San Francisco jWarns; 554. ®|

364 Sportfbh

\Tarquoiac; Lapwortf, iDestiny; Brewer 46. Orcas Island

Art's Tope; 504. Fisher Maude t Jones; 484. horoebailt Finch sloop; Marina del

554 SporttWi Newport

l oar. ■

L ;

■;

■ ;

Veleralinda, Offshore 40, British Columbia

Amola, Newport 41 Santa Crux

Hot** Bell. 434 homebuih sloop, Vallejo — Unbelievable1

Jade, 45-ft ferro sloop. Moss Landing

■■ . ;p-

,;WV

■

S*epe If; 324. sloop; Los Angela;. lsh-ka-blble. Downeast 38. Homer. Alaska

' ■

.. 7B-h. t< '

■

iv v? -

;

; ?;■

'Cfytfe; Honebuiit 504 ketch. Los Angieles

:.,w i", 71

\frack One; S&ft.

CtMmm

sncisco f

iiliiii, $p<K0$sh ;i .

;:aCo.a

384. Sportfish X * s**) (Chinese) Magellan 36 ketch, Gaftfotnia 60-ft

Fiesta; Schucker 4ul San Diego 7ertero. blander 2V. Monterey

\ti 'crt*>yoo'

Airtvalu in one weekend:

$vT t.'(r€r€K lipworfh 36, A&mltos Bay

Shodowfox: Carbon 29. SausaUto JiSwa**; $wan 37, San Dleso - .

' Martm 454. ketch. Vancouver ! Pueuo Htrnaiei, Westsai! 43, Honolulu ' Sally Forth; Morgan 38. San Diego j l Chtuafwaha; Falmouth cutler, -Channel islands | Makat, Perry 50 ketch, San Francisco j Norms; Peterson 44, San Francisco

fgsrm^r.; <:«j /OcfifcO"?

I L0VS7& page 133

*Sc/*F cMr^ixfiS t ►£L5 6U«5^ . JUG' Et^b OF

NAVAL

Last month we talked about sbme of the issues involved with commercial and plea¬ sure craft on the Bay. As you moy know, there are rules of the road which govern all water traffic in the U.S. and international waters. Recently these rules were revised. Lieutenant Ed Page, an investigative officer for the Coast Guard’s Marine Safety office in San Francisco, decided to translate the brand new inland rules for readers of Latitude 38. Ed is a lifelong sailor. He currently owns a 19-ft. Cape Dory Typhoon keelboat and a Laser; he crewed for Bruce Munro on Wan¬ derlust, an Ericson 35. While at the Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecti¬ cut, Ed not only sailed on the school team, he also competed as a champion wrestler. He’s been a fry king at MacDonald’s and he’s qualified as an “Explosive Loading Officer” (a description of what he can do, not what he is!). Ed, a real renaissance man, for sure.

The inland rules of the road have recently been changed so as to be more compatible with the relatively new international rules of the road which came into effect in 1977. The objective of the new rules is to make things

Figure I: Traffic separation lanes.

easier on the boat owner and marine indus¬ try. After all, everytime you sail past Pt. Bonita to seaward you’re under international rules; everytime you sail inland from Pt. Bonita you’re under the inland rules.' It’s enough to make your head spin! Effective December 24th, 1981, the new inland rules went into effect. The changes aren t actually that significant, but do provide an opportunity to once again read the rules. This article is geared towards providing the average rag sailor enough information to get by with and will touch on “defensive driving”, i.e. avoiding collisions. It’ll also save you the effort of struggling with inter¬ preting the rules, which are of course written in bureaucratize. First of all, you must know some of the de¬ finitions. For instance, to be considered a sailing vessel under the rules you must be under sail only, without propelling machin¬ ery being used. So if you have power one, even if the sails are also drawing, you’re con¬ sidered a power boat and must comply. I’ll address your responsibilities when under power later. Now, forget the established bastardized in¬ terpretation of the rules of the road which says sailboats have the right of way. I’m go¬ ing to bust that bubble and show you in many cases we don’t. For example; A sailing vessel shall keep out of the way of the follow¬ ing: A. A vessel not under command, which means one unable to maneuver due to exceptional circumstances, like a broken rudder, lost power ... get the idea? B. A vessel restricted in ability to maneuver, including but not limited to vessels engaged in cable laying, dredging and vessels engaged in tow¬ ing operations which restrict the tow¬ ing vessel’s and/or the tow’s ability to alter course. C. A vessel engaged in fishing, but only one with a net, lines and other fishing apparatus which restrict maneuverability. This does not in¬ clude a fishing vessel with trolling lines which do not restrict maneuverability.

In addition, there is a “Narrow Channel

But Martha, sailboats have the right of way!"

Rule which states that “a vessel proceeding in a narrow channel or fairway shall keep as near to the outer limit of the channel or fair¬ way which lies on her starboard hand as much as practicable. This rule goes on to say that “a vessel of less than 20 meters (65-ft.) in length or “sailing vessel shall not impede the passage of a vessel that can safe¬ ly navigate only within a narrow channel or fairway and a vessel shall not cross a naf:

U S. COAST GUARD

CONGESTION

row channel or fairway if such crossing im¬ pedes the passage of a vessel which can safe¬ ly navigate only within that channel or fair¬ way.” Now, you might look out on the Bay and think there’s a lot of water out there and it’s a big free-for-all. If you look at the charts, however, you’ll see there are many spots where the water is less than 32-ft. deep, the controlling depth of most merchant vessels page I 35

entering the port. There are also traffic separation lanes, established by the Coast Guard (Figure 1) which are adhered to by larger commercial vessels, including tugs and their tows, merchant ships and Navy vessels. They stay on the right side of these fairways and generally turn in the precautionary areas. Sq although in your mind it may appear there are no narrow channels in the Bay,

there are. Most merchant vessels transit the Bay at 15 knots, a speed at which heavy dis¬ placement ships require about one mile to stop. That’s a tremendous amount of sea room. Larger ships and tugs with tows oper¬ ate in channels which are narrow relative to their size. Don’t get in their way because there’s not much they can do to move aside without crashing into someone else. Imagine the chaos a 700-ft. ship would create on a

NAVAL

Figure 2: "A" is sailing downwind on a.star¬

(C>

board tack and has the right of way over "B”, which is on port tack but must give way to "C", which is leeward of "A" — “B" should I. head up and pass behind "A" or, 2. luff sails, killing speed allowing "A" to pass ahead or, 3. come about. "A" should alter course to port and pass

Wmi weekend if it made a hard right turn while in¬ bound, zeroing in on Pier 39 to avoid one sailboat. It would wipe out 10! And the ship can’t stop for beans! The fact is, any sailor who keeps a good lookout should see a ship well in advance and can easily take early and substantial ac¬ tion to avoid a close encounter. The problem is that oftentimes one would rather keep on a good tack and press their luck! The one good thing about shipping traffic in the Bay is that you can pretty much guess where they’re go¬ ing, unlike us sailors who meander about to the whims of the wind. Take a look at the traffic separation lanes and you’ll see where you can anticipate a vessel will be turning. As for the Estuary and the Delta, it’s clear that the “Narrow Channel Rules” apply there and a sailboat crossing in front of a larger vessel, including tugs and tows, are violating the rules and playing with their lives. Not something to take lightly as the new rules in¬ creased the fine from $500 to $5,000. Infla¬ tion hits the waterways, if you haven’t notic-

Figure 4: Left: “B'1 is overtaking “A" and is burdened — if power vessel, "B” should sound I blast.

* .

ed.

sailboat is also burdened when over¬ taking any other vessel, including power. It can happen!! Clipping along with the chute up in a stiff breeze you could pass a power vessel and, in this case, you’re required to

behind "C"’s stern.

keep out of their way. As for confrontations between sailboats, everyone knows that the vessel on a star¬ board tack has the right of way over a port tacker. In addition, if on the same tack, the leeward boat has the right of way over the

JJT

berth! v

Now, if you’re under power, different rules apply, except for one thing: Don’t challenge large vessels, just get out of their way! Keep on the starboard side of the chan¬ nels. When you encounter another power vessel it’s preferred to alter course to star¬ board to allow for a port-to-port passing. Fig. 4. You should also signal your intentions via your whistle/horn. One blast.indicates “I in¬ tend to leave you on my port side.” Two blasts means “I intend to pass you on my starboard side.” The other vessel should res¬ pond in kind to your signal, acknowledging

4 Figure 3: “B" is leeward of

"A"

and therefore

''A'' is burdened — “A” should 1. fall off and pass astern of "B” or, 2. head up, luff sails and allow “B” to pass on starboard side or 3. come about.

windward boat. Fig. 2 & 3. Previously the rules stated that a vessel running free was burdened over other sailing vessels but this provision has been deleted. This probably

Right:

“B" should sound 2 blasts if under

power.

happened because it’s difficult to ascertain if a vessel is running free, broad reaching or beam reaching. It’s always easy to Spot if a boat is on a port or starboard tack! If running wing on wing, base the tack being sailed on the position of the mainsail. Don’t ask me how you handle a Freedom 40 running wing on wing. Don’t guess, just give her a wide

the agreement. If unacceptable they should give you the danger signal, changed from 4 to 5 or more rapid blasts. A cross signal, answering one blast with two and vice versa, is prohibited. If you get a danger signal re¬ sponse, give the alternative passing signal. The same signals are used when overtaking a vessel. Let’s face it though, most small boats don’t sound meeting or overtaking signals, but if they do, at least you know what they mean and can respond to them. When under power and coming onto a crossing situation the vessel on your star¬ board hand has the right of way. You’re re¬ quired to take appropriate action to avoid a collision, i.e., give way. Likewise a vessel crossing your course which is off your port -side is required to give way to you. Don’t assume, however, that the other guy knows the rules as well as you do and don’t wait un¬ til the last moment. Always take action to avoid collision. (Figure 5). Now, as for defensive driving . . . the key thing to remember is that if you have the right of way as sail or powerboat, you’re right of way extends up and until the point of colli-

CONGESTION «

sion but not through it. In other words, these rules “do not exonerate one from taking any precautions which may be required by or¬ dinary practice of seaman or by the special circumstances of the case.” If you collide with another vessel, even if you’re priviledged, 90% of the time you’ll be found guilty of contributory negligence for not maintaining a proper lookout and not taking evasive ac¬ tion. Take whatever action is necessary to avoid collsion. DON’T just expect the burdened vessel to take adequate action. To avoid collision, one’s action should be early and substantial. Minor changes in course

Figure 5: Left: "A" has all “B”s on starboard'

Right: “A'' is on starboard hand of all "B"sand

hand and is burdened.

therefore is priviledged.

in mind that a large vessel can easily steal your wind and leave you in irons, which is all the more reason to take early and substantial action. Additionally, don’t pass too close as you could get sucked into the ship. A large

~T 1 he same goes for barges under tow. They’re tremendously unwieldy and al¬ though a lot smaller than ships, they have similiar handling problems, sometimes much

Figure 6a: "A'' and “B” are on steady bearing, decreasing range collision courses.

and "C" will

and or speed should be avoided. “Any alteration of course or speed to avoid coll¬ sion shall, if the circumstances admit, be large enough to be readily apparent to the other vessel.” Whatever action you take should put you at a safe distance from the other vessel. Keep page 137

vessel is pushing a mass of water approx¬ imately 30-ft. deep and 100-ft. wide out of its way. This naturally creates a great deal of suction and pushing off, both of which can endanger you and your boat. Give ships a hundred yards and you’ll never have a bad day and the pilot won’t have to sweat it out.

worse. By all means be extremely careful when going behind a tug and make sure that it doesn’t have a barge strung out behind. It won’t be all that noticeable because the wire tow rope is often submerged. For some reason when I let someone take the helm on my boat, they tend to freeze

U S. COAST GUARD

NAVAL CONGESTION

when we come across another boat on a col¬ lision course. If one evaluates the situation according to the rules it’s a piece of cake to figure appropriate action. The first thing to do is determine if you are, in fact, on a collision course. Mates on larger ships watch the relative bearings of vessels which appear to be closing in; they check “bearing drift”. Here’s an example: Assume you first sight a vessel 45° relative, or broad on your starboard bow. You ob¬ serve it a couple minutes later and see that it is closer, on a different course than you and at the same relative position even though neither vessel altered course or speed. You have a constant bearing, decreasing range situation which'means you are on a collision course. Now, if the same vessel closes in but is just off the starboard bow, say 15° relative, it has left bearing drift and will pass clear of your bow. If it is sighted on your starboard beam, it has right-bearing drift and would pass astern. (Figure 6). After you’ve determined you’re on a colli¬ sion course, figure out who is burdened and who is privileged. If you’re burdened it’s almost always best to alter course substantial¬ ly so as to pass behind the other vessel’s stern, or to decrease speed by luffing and

allow the vessel to pass your bow. (Figure 7). If you’re privileged, maintain your course and speed as specified by the rules. Also, have an alternate course and/or speed in

you’ll always have time to get out of the way, so do just that! Go back to port before it sets in. You don’t want to be out there in a dense fog. If you do get stuck in the fog while under

Figure 7:, Sailboat should fall off and pass astern or luff sails to kill speed.

sail, sound signals as follows: At intervals of less than 2 minutes, 3 blasts in succession, one prolonged (4-6 seconds) followed by two short blasts (1 second). If under power, 1 prolonged blast every 2 minutes. If you hear someone else forward of the beam re¬ duce speed to steerage way and navigate with caution until danger of a collision is over.

mind. Execute it when you feel you are ap¬ proaching a collision and make sure your ac¬ tion is substantial.

That sums up the application of the new rules. The key point to remember is that you have certain responsibilities to avoid colli¬ sions when you’re out on the water. Follow the rules, sail conservatively and you’ll never end up in a collision. Any group wishing a Coast Guard officer to talk about Rules of the Road, boating safe¬ ty, or any other appropriate topic can call

556-4512. og: If you see fog roll in on the bay

— ed page

COLLISION AVOIDANCE RADAR DETECTOR

the naV shirt * introduced by

Our ‘CARD’ System is used worldwide by singlehanded sailors.

graphically striking accurate Yeproductions now a t»shirt showing choice locales of (NOS) nautical charts shirts available in Black with White imprint Blue with White imprint Cream or White w/ Blue Ocean & Black imprint 100% cotton S-M-L-XL $7.95, add $1.50/item for shipping Calif, residents add 6% tax

For further information call (415) 969-0220

PERNICKA

Charts available: S.F. Bay, Puget Sound (San Juan Islands) Hawaii, Cape Horn, St. Croix Complete Nav Shirt list w/purchase or upon request. Allow 2 weeks for delivery

CORPORATION

<450 EAST MIDDLEFIELD ROAD MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA 94043

send to

(415) 969-0280

topo«t*8hirt

THE NEXT BEST THING TO BEING ON THE WATER... is learning new boating skills or polishing old ones in evening and weekend classes. All classes are ongoing throughout the year. Call or write today for a free brochure.

470 Castro, #3282, S.F., CA 94114

geoffrey semorile CAMERA REPAIRS RENTALS • SERVICE • SALES SPECIALISTS IN UNDERWATER PHOTO EQUIPMENT

CAMERA TECH 1817 BALBOA ST. at 19th AVENUE SAN FRANCISCO. CALIFORNIA 94121

(415) 387-1700

BAY AREA MARINE INSTITUTE Pier 66 • San Francisco, CA 94107 • 415/552-4500

CABIN HEATER SALE Dickenson Chesapeake 1 —

Brass S/S • Brass

REG. 495.00 595.00 495.00 595.00

SALE 420.75 505.75 420.75 505.75

S/S Brass

420.00 470.00

357.00 399.50

S/S Brass S/S

255.00 329.00 425.00

216.75 279.65 361.25

s/s

Chesapeake II — High Seas Model 100C — Model 100C — Ratelco Cole — Cole — King Cole —

Voyager Marine y! \

1296 State St., Alviso, CA (408) 263-7633

WESTWIND 35 CUTTER

USE SAVE BIG by commissioning your own! Phone for details.

$61,500

H & (TYACHT SALES, INC. P.O. Box 232, El Granada, CA 94018

page I 39

LEE SAILS

— one of the world’s largest sail lofts. We offer exceptional quality sails at very affordable prices. Before buying your next new or used sail, check with us for the cost of a Lee Sail. Call or write for a quote.

(415) 533-6980 804 Kennedy St. Oakland, CA 94606

“We Service What We Sell ...At Our Own Loft”

Hull Designed by Robert Perry

Call or Write for Appointment to see this outstanding yacht.

, "OUR MARK OF QUALITY"

USED GEAR

BUILT BY YOUNG SUN

Fully commissioned & in the water including aluminum spars & internal halyards

ifllliS

CftGMI

Robert Cartwright

(415) 726-5932

We’ll Buy What You Have In Your Dockbox or Garage We Take Stuff On Consignment Or Trade For It.

THE BOATER’S FRIEND 1822 2ND 5 r. □ BERKELE TO (415) 848-4024

APOLOGY Did you screw up and forget to get a holi¬ day present for the sailor in your life? Shame, shame on you. Now you’ll have to buy something really expensive to get back in his (or her) good graces. Fortunately, we’ve got some good suggestions to make your apology gift shopping easier than ever. Now mind you these aren’t odd gifts of undetermined quality, but items which we’ve used and found to be terrific values, particuarly useful to the sailor. Selection One. The Casio W-100 water¬ proof “Time Machine”. To quote the adver¬ tising propaganda, the W-100 is: “Working for you from 100 meters deep to your office defek. These watches have 12/24 hour time, a 5-year battery life, unique 12-digit display which shows the time in every mode, elec¬ tronic calendar, daily alarm, time signal, countdown alarm, night light, and one-hour stopwatch with repeat.” The best thing about all this advertising hoopla is that it’s all true, which is the reason you’ll see these watches on the wrists of about every third sailor. They’re durable too. We’ve bashed ours around while sailing, surfing, and hot-tubbing, but it continues to pump out accurate time. We’ve come to feel naked without ours on. The only problem with the “Time Machine” is that the instruc¬ tions are too obscure for our unscientific minds and the damn alarm goes off every night at midnight — and we can’t figure out how to get it to stop. But that’s a small price to pay.

L Xnd you don t have to pay much for the W-100 either. Some chandleries carry them, you can find ads for them in the glossy sports magazines, or Macy’s, usually going for under $40. It’s a present that makes a strong hint to the skipper who is perennially late to the starting line. Selection Two. The Fujica HD-S water re¬ sistant camera. Yeah, we know, we touted this same camera A few months ago. But that was before we went to Mexico and discover¬ ed exactly how convenient and how usedful it really is. The truth of the matter is we took two of them; one loaded with slide film for family shots, and another with black and white film for magazine shots. Because of its 35mm for¬ mat and the decent lens, you get much nicer photos than you would with the 110 format of the bright yellow Minolta Weathermatic. The shot on this page, for example, was taken with the Fujica and typical of the crazy

GIFTS stuff you can do. While approaching Point Conception (center of picture) under spin¬ naker, we taped the Fujica to the boat pole, set the auto timer and held it off the side of the boat to capture this unusual perspective. While that tricky stuff is nice, the real outstanding feature of the travelling sailor is the camera’s convenience. If you’re jumping in and out of a soaking dinghy and have to bash around through the surf, you’re reluc¬ tant to and rarely will take a normal good camera — it’s just too risky. But with the Fu¬ jica you just chuck the sucker right into the dinghy and charge right through the surf, and you’re always ready for the spontaneous stuff that leads to goods shots. The built-in flash makes if complete. The cost? Most Fujica dealers sell the camera for about $200, but we’ve bought both of ours for $188 from the sailors and

advertisers at SeaWood Camera in San Anselmo. It’s a great present! Selection Three. Barient winch chairs. For folks who just daysail the bay, these aren’t really practical. But they do make superb gifts for folks who spend a lot of time up the Delta or sensational bon voyage presents for departing cruisers who will be spending a lot of the future on their butts.

1 Is most of you know, the Barient winch chairs fit right atop any Barient winch. As such they open up a cockpit to all kinds of new seating arrangements; and, if you’ve got deck mounted winches near the mast, the winch chairs make that area a good refuge from a crowded cockpit. On the La Paz race we found that sitting in a winch chair dangling over the rail (see next page) allowed you to steer with your feet and

APOLOGY GIFTS that s a big chunk of fun. And if you needed some amusement, you can rovolve in circles. While at anchor in Cabo they were even more popular, allowing you to stretch way out in the cockpit — something rarely possible on a boat. Problems. Our winch chairs were among the earliest made and weren’t especially stur¬ dy. Both required repairs, and one is for¬ evermore stuck in an overly 'laid back’ posi¬ tion. So this may not be the gift for the sailor over 180 pounds. Selection Four. We don’t know anything about this gear, but it comes with the full recommendation of Peter Sutter who claims it is ideally suited for radio freaks and cruisers to be. It is, however, our most expensive suggestion. It’s the portable ham radio rig, one that

Peter claims he could hook up in a dinghy. He took it down to our boat in Mexico and in 20 minutes he had it operating full bore. He talked with Australia, South Africa, the U.S. party stationed at the South Pole, the bay area, Honolulu, and a whole variety of other locations. ' X,

normal coax cables and battery leads necessary to piece it all together. About $30, Peter packs all his ham gear in custommade duffel bag and can carry it in one arm and his normal duffle bag in the other. This ham rig is the ideal present for you mothers who have sons sailing off to see the world and want to hear from them from time to time.

e don’t know diddly about such rigs, so we’ll just list off the gear Peter has and finds so effective.

Allright folks, those are our top picks for apology presents to placate the slighted sailor. But what if you did remember Christmas and just need a little birthday gift, or maybe your skipper is a grumpy bastard and you don’t want to give him much? Well, there are lots of great gifts at your local chandlery, and here are some favorites: Warm wool sweaters. Nobody in San Francisco ever has enough of them, summer

1. Kenwood TS-120 Transmitter. About $700. * 2. MFJ Versa Tuner IT About $125. 3. A Hustler Mobile Mount, and Mast. About $30. 4. 40 Meter, 20 Meter, and 15 Meter antenna traps. About $30 each'. Plus the

or winter. For those of you lovers, wool un¬ derwear expresses intimate affection. Buy it at Eddie Bauer.

I I

Sailing gloves are always good to have, and for the cold days and icy nights we par¬ ticularly like the full red ones with complete fingers and are available at most chandleries. These sailing gloves make you look like a sissy, but they are warm, and if it’s-cold enough who cares what you look like? How about a gift of genoa sheets? That will bring a smile to any owner’s lips. Celestial navigation lessons are a thoughtful present, particularly if you’ve experienced doubts about if your skipper’s ability to get you home. A safety harness says ‘I love you, please make it back.’ Many sailors can’t read, but those who can

At left, the Barient winch chair in action. Above. Peter Sutter about to fly out with his complete portable ham rig — just add battery power.

Sailing the Bay. Illiterates always enjoy the pictures in Diane Beeston’s new sailing ca¬ lendar, and navigators can really get into * Tidelog 1982.

I^oes your skippers’ feet smell? Might get rid of his old moccassins and try some of the new Timberland boat shoes. The vibram soles seem to last longer than the traditional sole on the Sperrys, and the shoe leather is much thicker. However, the leather is so darn thick and rrioist it discolors the first ten

‘pairs of socks you wear with them, so think twice about this gift. Plotting equipment is always a nice gift; dividers, protractors, triangles, parallel rules, and a couple of crayolas. A dodger is a great gift, so is a new outboard engine for inflatables. But if we’re talking big bucks, why not make a sailor really smile and buy him a whole new boat? Satisfaction guaranteed! But whatever you get, be it a whistle or a Westsail, remember to keep a healthy per¬ spective on the material things of this world. — latitude 38

LATITUDE 38 Oh no! It’s time to sign up for Latitude 38’s annual Crew List again! Like last year we’ve blank forms for skippers looking for racing crew and skippers looking for cruising crew. And we’ve also got forms for folks looking to crew on cruising boats and folks looking to crew on racing boats. And we’ve added something new for 1982, two entirely new forms. These are especially for the singles who are either look¬ ing for ‘significant others’ or just plain com¬ panions while they sail. One of the forms is for singles looking for a boat to socialize on while sailing, the other form is for you singles with boats .willing to host such group sails (and in doing so appear ever so wealthy, handsome, and outdoorsy!) Hopefully these 6 forms will fill the needs of everyone!

^r«AaHGBO« "SEK

l WANT TO RACE

nsPac (July)

3-)——ow- a* ^ '•)-

2.)-

5.)°!!^—' MexiC° (NW' 82' Feb M) \ PREFER

Boats over 30-ft.

Boats under^30Tt^3^-’

D-

here are rules to the Crew List. The’ first rule is that by filling out a form you ab¬ solve Latitude 38 from any responsibility for whatever trouble you get in. If you decide to sign on a boat and it runs into the South Tower and you break your leg, it’s your fault because you’re an adventure-loving, reckless rogue (or roguette), who can’t resist the lure of danger. You get killed somehow? It’s your damn fault! If you don’t see it that way, don’t pick up your pen. Rule Two. You don’t fill the form out very neatly, it goes in the trash. We’re real hard asses about that one. Rule Three. The completed forms must be back in our hands by the 15th of Febructry or else you’re out of luck until next year. Vou

EXPERIENCE

\ Mucho, years and year 3-)' Mother maintenance. Help with bott°^aadnto Btrieve halyard. G° t0 r^We got experience. Navigate ^ experience. Do foredeck g0-fer, and bus p,ay boat administrator, g

SO-

PM SINGLE

wS,™O0Md“°°s,NCLB daysail WITH-SEX’.

chance. Comments’..

ass for the Y

—

can try and bribe us if you’re late, but it’s go¬ ing to have to be something pretty damn spectacular to work. The results of the List will appear in the issue distributed during the first week of March. A suggestion to the ladies. You may only want to list a work telephone, as last year one or two women got a cails at weird hours. If thats impossible, you may want to tem¬ porarily sign up with an answering service — we’ll guarantee you’ll get plenty of calls. A second suggestion to the ladies. Lots of .men with boats who sign up for cruising crew or racing crew are also searching for signifi¬ cant others while they pursue their hobby. While that isn’t the expressed purpose of this list, its only natural. If you don’t want any part of the possibility of that, take it upon your shoulders to make that perfectly clear at

CREW LIST ^akHocrevv the outset. A suggestion to the men. If you think women should have to put out to get a posi¬ tion on your boat, you’re abusing the ser¬ vice. What you want to do is run an ad in the Berkeley Barb, not Latitude 38. This last suggestion is for everyone. And that is don’t fill out any of these forms unless you are genuinely interested — particularly those of you who want to crew. And remember, whether you want to race or cruise, there are times when sailing can be the most god-awful, miserable activity in the world — and if you don’t appreciate, or can’t accept that, leave your pen on the table.

ON A CRUISING BOAT name AGE'. AGE'.-" PHONE NUMBER: SAILING EXPERIENCE

the chance. i

None, b* « *>

>•)-

anywhere but

whfc being

on >

active and auf-

Lots, several ocean passage

.f you’re just not sure how unpleasant it can be, the article by Gail Albin that follows should clear the air. If everything still sounds good after reading that, send your applica¬ tions to Latitude 38, P.O. Box 1678, Sausalito, CA 94966 by the 15th of February. Then stand by your telephone.

I WANT TO CRUISE

Locally around the bay and up the, delta. Hawaii and points west this summer. ' Seattte and Alaska this^ win(er ' Mexico. late tbs spring or ea y ' Jupiter and the black holes. I

To share some expenses

The Sailing Life

'. Mechanical

What is cruising really like? That’s pro¬ bably the most common question we have been asked by our friends. It seems that most people, whether or not then plan on cruising themselves, still want to know if it’s really like our original expectations. It’s hard to describe what it’s like because, like most things, there is some good and some bad. There are real delights and very real agonies. Something that you think you are prepared for becomes very difficult to handle, and

N/\MS: AGE: TELEPEir

CAN offer ,prtronlcs, refrigeration.

skills'.

woodwork. 8. other upkeep.

Elbow grease for bottom w

' Navigation skills, proven.

Cooking skills. ’ Other (describe):.

RILLIN', o ur on.

then along comes an experience that makes it all worth while. We were sitting around a large table at the Royal Suva Yacht Club in Fiji discussing cruising with a group of about 15 yachties. Some of thse people have been out for 8 or 9-years and others for only a little over a year. It began as a light-hearted discussion but the more Fiji Bitter beer we drank the more involved the discussion became.

e were talking about what to tell your friends to do in order to prepare for their future cruise and how to get them to understand what it’s really like. First on our list was “never tell them anything bad." That seems to have been the trend in most of the books you read; and we agreed that if you really explained some of your experiences in

LATITUDE 38 detail, they might decide to stay home. After we all agreed on that point, we decided that the plan should be to give the people back home a training program. This would help them to understand a few of the small dif¬ ficulties as well as to get them in shape for the physical part of cruising^ After all, athletes train and it seems to work for them, so why not cruisers?

' ’SSSZSS? SEX'.

NAMEPHONENUMBER:

WHERE &WHEN pty boat is a.

On this date.

XIs you progress, you learn to do

1 p'an to Sa'' t0' Mexico, Hawaii, etc.)

v_^o the training plan started to take form. The plan should be something every¬ one can practice every day. So one of the first steps is to give up your car. Go every¬ where on public transportation. This is all in¬ troduction to the walking part of cruising. Everyone asks about what you do for excercise while cruising and believe me excercise is no problem. As a cruiser you walk miles every day at every port, you cover the entire island or town on foot. So you should begin your practice by walking at least a mile to your public transportation. If it’s less than a mile to the bus stop, walk to the next one or the one after that. But cover at least a mile before catching the bus. The distance should be increased as the program steps up. This must be done rain or shine and while walking you should wear a back-pack weighing at least 15 pounds at all times. After all, you have to carry groceries, laun¬ dry, camera, supplies, dry cloths, etc. So as a cruiser, you need to adapt to long walks with heavy loads. The next step involves your home life. While at home, you stop using running water. Carry all your water into the houSe in 5 gallon jugs. But don’t cheat and fill them on the patio and carry them in. Fill two 5 gallon jugs and carry them around the block before bringing them in. With practice you should be able to portage 40 to 100 gallons in this fashion. Our last water fill-up close to the boat was when we left the States. Next, quit using the washing machine. Now you get to use the cruiser’s Maytag; that s a bucket and a plunger. From now on, all your laundry must be done by hand, in cold water, hand scrubbed and then hung out to dry. The squeezing is the real chal¬ lenge here. It definately strengthens the fingers. Washing machines are very rare in the South Pacific and dryers even rarer. One those rare occasions when you do find one, the cost is astronomical!

looking for crfw

That is male.

P1Y CREW SHOULD Be willing to s^are ^ preparing boat.

Re drunkards.

Know celestial naviga

friendship

developingLook good m a bikin .

8.).

Comments;

without the refrigerator, freezer, electric cof¬ fee pot, dishwasher and all other electrical appliances. You use electric lights only when absolutely necessary because you must learn to save batteiy power. It’s really not hard to get use to kerosene lights, and this adjust¬ ment will happen fairly quickly. You will begin reading in the daytime and going to bed at sundown, but that’s not too bad. Never shower at home. From now on, go across town either by walking or by public transportation to a friend’s house ana shower there. You have to get used to the fact that a shower is a luxury. A real live shower becomes one of the small treasures of cruising that you just don’t appreciate until you have to either work for one or do without. Now, as your cruise gets closer, the train¬ ing steps up. You’ll have to increase your walking and the loads you carry. There are lots of days you will feel like a pack mule, but don’t worry, that’s normal. By now all groceries should be carried home from the grocery store. This should usually include at least two large heavy bags, a full back pack and ten pounds of potatoes or oranges. Be

sure that your loads are always just a little more than you have the ability to handle. This helps you to start using your brain to figure out some way to make the load a little more manageable. It’s amusing what ingen¬ ious ideas yachties come up with.

our wet laundry should now be haul¬ ed around the backyard two or three times, in the bucket, before hanging it out to dry.

CREW LIST You will need to haul your wet laundry from the shoreside spot you find to wash it, back to the boat. It’s amazing how heavy a 5 gallon bucket of wet laundry can be when you’re walking across a soft sand beach. Next is the confinement stage. You and your whole family should move into one room in your house; preferably the kitchen. You should each take all your personal possessions and necessities, just as though you plan to be there for six months. Just plan as though you can’t get much at the store and you’ll need to take everything you might need. This teaches you to select enough sup¬ plies to keep you going without actually run¬ ning out. It’s good experience learning to or¬ ganize just for survival. Don’t forget, that kit¬ chen is still a lot bigger than the living area on your boat.

SEX: MY BOAT IS A:

. Bay

' PLAN tO RACE

-Ocean

4')- Clipper

• '82 TransPac

, „•

- Mexican

6J-

Cup

Races

Nora

Who will con, fVVANT OREW Perlence, and shitless. ■ A. teas, a

PUt °ut l00% for °n 1 COmP,ain when cold h C

t0 get ex~ °r *ared

' Wi‘h °Ver 3 rS e"per2,cTPenenCe' ^>ty senoZl“a''r hr . Comments’’^

he next phase is for only the remaining hard core cruisers. These are the people who after all the above steps are completed, are still interested in cruising. This is the sleep training or better called the lack of sleep training. This step can be completed on your next two week vacation. It’s a real chance to discover some deep, hidden things about yourself. First you never sleep for more than 2 hours at a time. You take turns keeping each other awake and as soon as someone gets into a nice, comfortable sleep, you wake him up and make him run around the back¬ yard with the sprinklers on. Remember that you also have duties to perform while you are in this phase. You’ll have to do math problems. This is your prac¬ tice navigation. At this stage even simple ad¬ dition and subtraction will be sufficient to tost your ability to think clearly. It seems

■

name. AGE;

,he

relaXa"on-

of mind.

things that normally are quite simple with a clear mind, lots of sleep, and a comfortable environment, become quite difficult with a tired body and befuddled mind. Besides your math, you’ll still have to do the cooking. This should be done standing with one foot on a chair in order to keep your balance. There will be dishes to wash and a few other simple mechanical tasks. You will have sail changes, reefing, etc., to perform while you are in this confused state

if, at the end of this training period, you still feel excited about the cruising life and you haven’t smashed anyone in the mouth or gotten totally out of control, (a few tears and obcenities are acceptable), you probably will go cruising and have a great time. Anyone who can go through all this, and still have a good attitude has the primary ingre¬ dient for enjoyable cruising. This program is designed to give you only the things that seem to require adjustment or practice. The beautiful sunsets and sunrises, the people you meet and the feeling of ac¬ complishment are all things that anyone can enjoy and they don’t take training. That comes naturally. It’s interesting that of all the cruisers par¬ ticipating in the formation of this training program, everyone of them, is happy to be where they are, doing what they are doing. They all felt they were truly having a good time. Maybe that says something about cruisers’ personalities. They really are all an uncommonly special kind of people.

pasrn

— gail albin WTiV mif ^

‘

MARITIME ELECTRONICS MARINE ELECTRONICS SALES SERVICE CUSTOM INSTALLATION & REWIRING SAUSALITO

SAN JOSE

200 Harbor Drive (Clipper Harbor) (415) 332-5086

#From

1539 Winchester Blvd. (1 Blk. No. of Hamilton) (408) 378-0400

Service

YACHT

LEARN OCEAN SAILING ... with Singlehanded Transpac skipper Mike Pyzel aboard his custom Cal-28. 3-5 day instructional cruises in offshore conditions of the Channel Islands. Brochure.

\NSURANCrs

Imiboats

$*8U»"

Pyzel Navigation 86 Olive Mill Road Santa Barbara, CA. 93108

550

Exclusive Agent for the CLASSIC YACHT ASSOCIATION

LEARN COASTAL NAVIGATION A contemporary approach to a traditional subject. The only home-study course in practical coastal navigation, designed specifically for sailors. Personal tutoring and fast service via return mail. Brochure.

San ^raIJ.C^o4

Marine Insurance PHONE FOR QUOTE

R.E. DICKERSON & ASSOCIATES INSURANCE BROKERS 1941 O’Farrell St., San Mateo

(415) 341-2674 Specializing — Marir\e Insurance, Cruisers Sailboats, Yachts, Houseboats, Yacht Clubs, Ship Builders and Marinas. 27 Years Experience Sausalito Office at: Richardson Bay Insurance, Clipper Yacht Harbor

(415) 332-3855

SAILING THE BAY

DELAWARE INCORPORATION 1 Documentation • Ship's Mortgages ^ VRl con provide confidential, quality service for ourners who wish to hove the advantage of a Delaware corpo¬ ration. UJe oiso document boots with the U.S. Coast Guard and provide Delaware Registration, for quotes, and other information contact:

YachtcR$gi ■i—

P.O. Box 484 , ,.i UWImin9l°n. Delaware 19899

KIMBALL LIVINGSTON

Kimball Livingston, the sailing columnist of the San Francisco Chronicle, has written the first complete survey for the sailor of the unique marine environment of San Francisco Bav Il¬ lustrated $7.95. Available at your local bookstore or send $8.95 postpaid to:

Chronicle Baojts (302) 652-6532

870 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94102 (415) 777-7240 VISA and MasterCard orders accepted.

—N

1981 YANMAR DIESELS CUSTOM YACHT SERVICES

New World Engines LIST

SALE

1GM

7/2 HP

154 lbs.

2308.00

2077.20

2GM

15 HP

220 lbs.

2949.00

2654.10

3GMD

22/j HP

287 lbs.

3487.00

3138.30

3HM

30 HP

348 lbs.

3906.00

3515.40

2QM15

15 HP

320 lbs.

3100.00

2790.00

2QM20H

20 HP

419 lbs.

3616.00

3254.40

3QM30

33 HP

573 lbs.

4261.00

3834.90

RODNEY MORGAN & CO. (415) 521-5866 Dealers for

Twin Stay/Dyna Furl RIGGING SPECIALTIES

WOODWORK

ELECTRONICS

CRUISING — RACING

SURVEYS - CONSULTING

PREPARATIONS

WHERE QUALITY COMES FIRST

VOYAGER MARINE,

I29t, siace Sc., AM*,. CA (408) 263-7633

Gorgeous

f/f!

Yacht Upholstery

2415 Mariner Square, Alameda

(and all other marine canvas and upholstery)

STOCKDALE MARINE & NAVIGATION CENTERS TWO LOCATIONS ★

SUBURBAN SACRAMENTO 4011 CALIFORNIA AVE. CARMICHAEL, CA 95608

1120 BRICKYARD COVE RD. PT. RICHMOND, CA 94801 (415) 233-4883

(916) 944-1232 — 944-1874

— CHANDLERY —

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA DEALERS FOR

• PRINDLE and SEA SPRAY CATAMARANS • SEA QUEST SAILBOARDS • MONTGOMERY DINGHIES 15', 17' and 23'. SAILBOATS • VAGABOND 14, 17 s • NEPTUNE 24 • HOLDER 20 (In Carmichael only — Gulf Yachts and Newport 41)

CANVAS 8&®*p (415) 536-3666

Take 23rd Ave Exit ott Hwy. 17 to Alameda, left on E. 7th. Next to the Chronicle Bldg.

2763 East 7th Street, Oakland

POWER -79 40’ Trawler, twin dsl.. .$82,000 SAILBOATS

SAILBOATS — CON’T. ’77 37’ Rafiki cutter.$74,500 ’75 32’ Challenger.$45,000

’80 VLC. 39’ Cruis’g cttr. . $99,500 ’75 38’ Downeast cutter.. .$80,000

’78 27’ Balboa sloop.$17,500 ’77 27’ Nor’Sea sloop.$39,000

OTHER HNK SAILBOATS ANI) YACHTS — LISTINGS NEEDED

CLASSY CLASSIFIEDS $ 15 for a personal ad of 40 words. $30 for a business ad of 40 words.

Mail your copy & check to P.O. Box 1678 Sausalito, CA 94966. Deadline is the 22nd.

Effective &

-Economical AMPENERGY MARINE ELECTRIC

from B. AXELROD AND COMPANY Teak Lumber/Plywood By appointment only: (415)626-4949 / 201 Florida St„ San Francisco page 149

• Fast Troubleshooting & Repair • Engine Electrical Specialist • Charging & A.C. Generating Systems — Inverters — Solar • Systems Design — Equipment Selection Mobile Service To Your Dock (415) 523-2101

SANTA CRUZ 27 8 sails includ. almost new North main, .132%, jib, spin., Honda o.b., EMS knot/log, & trlr. New¬ ly painted June ’81 brite metal-flake blue. New custom interior w/2 additional berths, seating, storage. $21,950. Call (916) 969-7245 eves

FOR SALE Cal 2-34, 1976, 110, 110, storm jib, VHF, d.s., knotmeter, diesel, 25 hp., all safety gear, CNG, excellent cond. Very clean. $43,000. Call 521-9371, 445-7964 day, 331-2072 eve 1

CATALINA 27 Equipped for race/cruise. New 100% and main, Atomic 2, VFTFF, depthsounder, dinette. Berkeley berth. $17,000. Home 530-5245 Office 442-7542

SAILING THE PACIFIC IN SPRING OF ’82? Responsible, good-natured, reliable sailor desires to cruise with you. Experienced in off¬ shore and South Pacific islands. Steve, 105 Randall, Eugene, OR 97401 (503) 687-8527 leave message BRISTOL 27 — 1968 Dinette model, sleeps 5. Volvo-Penta 10 hp o.b. like new. 2 man raft, Jiffy reefing, Tota II head, Barient 16 winches, 360# of extra lead ballast cemented in. Upwind berth — Coyote Point $15,750. 341-1631 evenings.

BABA 30 FOR SALE Just like new condition. $60,000. Call Sherill Monday-Friday, 8-4:30 548-5311

MARINE ENGINE Pisces/lsuzu, 60 hp diesel, 1976, 450 hours, needs pistons/rings, otherwise good condi¬ tion. $1350 as is. Kurt Johnson, (415) 855-8160 or (415) 365-6596

SACRIFICE SALE S" 40’ wooden schooner, built ’18 & rebuilt ’77. Equipment incl. 58 hp diesel, VHF, fathometer, & much more. Recent haulout & survey. $20,000/offer. Good liveaboard, forced to sell. (408) 257-8535 or 462-2148

CLASSIC FRIENDSHIP SLOOP REPLICA $2,500 down. 25’ gaff rigged mahogany on oak, Volvo dsl., built ’75. Added whl. & external ballast, fine cond., great sailing performance. Owners bought larger boat but will consider reasonable offer and finance. Call 523-8090

WANTED: DAYSAILER 1 OLDER MODEL HULL For Sale: 15’ Aeolius Rowing Dory with Hickory spoon oars & sliding seat. Asking $350. Also for sale: 155% light air drifter for Balboa 26. Like new, $350. (916) 692-1504

SHARE COSTS RANGER 33 — GREAT DEAL • for exp’d/conservative sailing p^rty who will care for beautiful sloop as we do. Unbelievably equip’d, mint, fast, safe, Sausalito berth; Vi-time $350/mo, equal $500 value at today’s prices. (408) 735-8511 (e); (408) 988-0314(d)

FOR SALE — Avon 2.8 Rover, 1-yr. old, exc. cond., compl. w/oars, ft. pump, bags/manual, $700. For CT-41 ketch: new sails, storm jib $250,130% genoa $750, Eclipse sail cvrs (1-yr), blue $300. CQR-45 lb., 1-yr old $250. Terry (408) 737-2000 x482

Vs PARTNERSHIP - SANTANA 35 Mint, full equip, for bay/ocean rac’g. 12 sails, hyd. vang & backstay, VHF, Loran, Telcor windspeed, windpoint, k.m., Delta, log, digital depth., stereo. Ballena Bay berth. 932-3900(d); 521-9209(e)

BARGAINS Perko s.s alchohol stove 2 brn. w/tank like new, $90.00; Kenyon log system (4 pts) needs ser¬ vice, $95.00; 12 V ice to fridge conversion, $139.00; AM/FM cassette with speakers (new) $89.00. Jody 461-5560 days

NEED CREW? M, 25, $10,000 saved for travel. Have exp. 62’ cut. Pac. coast, So. America, central America, Carribean. Request position boat bound for S. or W. direction in spring. Bruno Blunk, Box 83, Inverness, CA 94937 (415) 669-1342

WANTED 2-folding bikes. 150-180% genoa for Traveller 32. Zenith trans-oceanic radio. Small 10-80 meter 12V xcvr. Call Terry (408) 737-2000 x432

1975 ISLANDER 30 MKII Sale or Vi partnership. $31,000. Mint cond., 3 hdadsails, VHF, RDF, windspd., windpt., k.m., log, dig. depth, Avon dinghy, Seagull. Ballena Bay berth. 932-3900(d); 521-9209(e)

EQUIP. FOR SALE Gen., Kohler 2.5 kw, gas, rebuilt, $750. VHF radio, Horizon dig., $350. Auto Radio Direction Finder, Aquameter #712 dig.(new), $290. Sextant, David MK 25 (new), $75; Ship’s clock & baro., brass (new), $60 ea. (415) 523-2101(d); 236-8863(e)

35’ MARINER KETCH Nicest one on the coast. Mahogany copper/bronze- construction, Perkins diesel, 6 sails, depthsounder, 2 VHFs, knotmeter, refrigeration, 5 man inflatable plus much more. Berth available. Also good owner financing to qualified buyer. (707) 552-4206 (broker)

/ \ RANGER 23 ’72, in excellent cond. 7 winches, 3-yr. ofd mast w/internal halyards, 2 mains, 2 class jibs, 1 working jib, spinnaker, 6 hp o.b., linear polyeurthane on hull, berth avail. $11,900. (415) 236-1301(e); (415) 236-1933(d)

1 HAVE A BERTH FOR YOU Trade my Richmond Brickyard Cove “PAID” berth for your trailer while 1 paint my Santana 22. Approx. 3 months as to weather. Gary Dew 935-2509. P.S. Humor has it, the Santana Fleet is looking to buy a trailer for member 'bse.

EL TORO FOR SALE — $800 Beautiful, varnished hull, mast & boom. New Hood sail & custom Bogart & Goring rac¬ ing/cruising bag. After 6 p.m. (415) 522-3244

S /

[

"t\ ;jrv\ ; 1

ERICSON 29 LEASE One year lease, renewable at year end $290.00 per month. Skipper must qualify. Berkeley berth. 455-6686 for details.

MOORE 24 Excellent condition, 6 sails, trailer. Call business hours (707) 762-2865

SAIL & COVER REPAIR One week service. Bogart & Goring 523-9011 Alameda

SAILAWAYS MARINE Unique New & Used Marine Equipment West Epoxy-Hard Sails-Pathfinder Engine Sailrider-Nicro/Fico-Perko-Ronstan Boat Repair-Sailboat Kits 32-ft. & Up 906 Elizabeth Street Alviso, CA (408) 263-1453

IN NEED? J r *£§)/

boat carpenty dry rot repair remodeling -refinishing estimates traditional quality comtemporary techniques FRANK SAYRE 454-9569

SELLING YOUR BOAT? List your boat with us. We have 30 brokerage berths available. We Get Results. Call lte Now! YACHTS UNLIMITED 45 Embarcadero Cove Oakland, CA 94606 (415)436-5552

FbR SALE: 12’ SAN FRANCISCO PELICAN Hull glassed marine plywd, painted blue. Floor¬ boards, deck & coaming, varnished mahog. marine plywd. Fasteners, s/s or bronze. Cond. like new, Price $1,100 including trlr. (415) 581-0485 after 6 p.m.

RACING SAILOR NEEDS INEXPENSIVE APT. In S. Marin. I travel during the week, race on weekends, home in between with children. Can not affort much at present but need to rebuild a home for myself after divorce. Member of SVC. Please call eves 332-0692

ERICSON 35 -J/3 PARTNERSHIP $7000 equity, excellent condition and equip¬ ment. Berkeley berth, Won’t Last! (415) 547-4144 eves

Classy Classifieds Personal Ads are $15. Business Ads are $30. The deadline is the 22nd of the month. You are welcome to submit ads after the 22nd, but we cannot guarantee placement in the next issue. Sorry, but we can't accept ads over the telephone.

CORONADO “27” Main, wrk’g jib, 150% genoa, i.b., oust, interior, VHF, CB, d.s., ckpt cush., 2 sets reef pts., 2 an¬ chors & rodes. Lifelines & pulpits, very comfy & roomy, berthed Emeryville. $13,500. Fleet Reduction Sale. Roy Dahlberg (916) 322-7442(d) (916) 361-1730(e)

I i i

CREWMAN NEEDED Foredeckman (tactician) &/or helmsman (tacti¬ cian) wanted on Islander 36 one-design for 1982 YRA season. Must be knowledgeable and experienced. (415)348-8316

34’ BROWN TRIMARAN, 1979 Equipt for cruising; highest quality materials & workmanship. Barient winches, auto-helm windvane, Tillermaster, 5 sails, much more. Write/call for details. Bill Baer, 425 Tustin Ave., Newport Bch, CA 92663, (714) 645-7491

OLSON 30 PARTNER WANTED For racing and/or financial assets. Approx¬ imately $3,130 down, $175/month. Sausalito berth available. Call Rob at (415) 765-4722 days, (415) 331-2520 eves.

(ERICSON 27’, EXCELLENT CONDITION 3 sails, VHF, bulkhead compass, 4 winches, k.m., d.f., windspeed, windpoint, 2 anchors, Atomic 4 i.b. eng., lifelines, pulpits, head, etc. (415) 593-0226 $23,950

NOVICE FEMALE RACING CREW MEMBER Serious (35) female wants ocean racing berth. Wants bay racing exp. as primer. Great team player w/strong desire to learn. Also could be interested in short/long range cruising. Call Darlene — 383-9347

i page 151

GAY SAILING CLUB Attention Gay Sailors; new club now forming for boat owners, crew, and all other interested persons. For information call Roy (415) 339-8329

ELEGANT-FAST-EXPERIENCED 40’ f/g tri-cabin yawl by Cheoy Lee to Rhodes -CCA design. Recommissioned after extensive Caribbean cruise. New L-P paint, upholstery, canvas. Refinished in/out. 10 sails, aluminum spars, vane, autopilot, holdplate, liferaft, sail dinghy, Seagull, VHF, CB, sounder, log, EPIRB, RDF, much teak and more. Call after 5 p.m. for listing (415) 669-1676 / 494-6783

55’ SCHOONER 1925 Benson, replanked & refastened in 1969, fully rerigged ’76, autopilot, main, propulsion & generator — gas, VHF, CB & RDF. Recently transitted Panama Canal. Recent survey — Aug. 81. $48,500. 522-8210

FOR SALE DREAM MACHINE Stephen Jones 44, IOR boat of the year, Van¬ couver & Briggs Trophy 1980. Large comfor¬ table 2-tonner is a proven winner. Raced Maui 1980, ready for 1982. North Sails, Lewmar win¬ ches, Stearns spar, Bar rigging, Isuzi diesel. Has cruising interior and room for more com¬ fort than most 50-footers. 43.7 LOA; 14.7’B, 7.7D, 18,000 lbs. Displ. IOR MK 111A 31.7 with 150% LP’s. High quality fiberglass with balsa core for hull and deck. Price: $135,000 U.S. Phone: Bus. (604) 596-6261 Res. (604) 263-6476

AVON LIFERAFT 4-man Avon, Cannister, needs to be repacked, $1,000. Call 332-3780

WANTED - V* PARTNER IN 45’ KETCH Well equipped — to circumnavigate beginning soon. Also new diesel heater and solid-state refrig, for sale. Call Dan, Eves 865-3561

MOVING DOWN Columbia 26 MKII, choice condition, with ex¬ tras. $6,000 + Catalina 22 with equipment (or similar trailerable). (408) 446-3195 Days, Tim, (415) 969-1257

PETERSON 34 Brand new 1981 model, cruise equipped, diesel, new sails, Alameda berth, will help finance. $59,850. (408) 377-2847

ISLANDER 29 - $20,000 New main, storm jib, 110, 150, 160, d.s. w/alarm, VHF, knotlog. Boat is in Delta, looking for 35-ft. or ? Also female 25-35 that is sailing nut. (916)422-2292

26’ INTL. FOLKBOAT #643 Super cruising boat, new sails, rigging, vane, ready to go — Santa Cruz berth. $16,500 Chuck Cannon (408) 988-3472 ext 6315 days (415) 948-5851 eves

CAL 30 — WELL EQUIPT For racing or cruising. Atomic 4,12/110 refrig., gimbl’d ale stove, dodger, spinnaker gear, 9 sails, chr. Lewmar 40s, ss bow roller, fathometer, etc. $6000 below replacement value at $24000. Call Mark eves (408) 426-5075

ALBIN VEGA, SOLID SWEDISH CONST. 27x8x3’10, has all the good stuff: 5 bags, depthsounder, Kenyon, stereo, autopilot. Alameda berth available. $21,500. (415) 581-9819(h) (415)986-3783(0)

Need a Congenial Crew Member? Sunny Aries lady, 30, would like to share cruise to Mex. &/or -beyond this winter. Offer some sail.exp., cook’g & provision’g skills; much laughter & high energy. Merlyn Wind Storm, 515 Beaver St„ Sta Rosa CA 95404 (707) 528-7635

FINANCIAL PLANNING —

Waterat Larry Tuttle

Tax Planning — Retirement Planning Mercedes See (415)883-2535 UNIVERSITY GROUP, INCORPORATED 79B Galli Drive, Novato, CA 94947

High performance sailboats. Custom foils Graphite spars 408-426-2026 220-A Benito Ave., Santa Cruz, CA 95062

ARIES 32 SLOOP — Comfort & Performance in the bay or beyond. Master-crafted top-grade teak provides warmth & ambiance down below. Like new & loaded, she’s easily singlehanded & ready to liveaboard. Choice Saus. berth. $43,000 Phone: 332-0372

SAILS FOR SALE From 37-ft racing sloop that had an 1=48.42; J = 15.56; P = 42.83; E = 11.67: 7.25 oz main $350. 6.5 oz staysail $250. 3.8 oz staysail $250. 130% genoa $300. 109% jib top 7.25 oz $600. (415) 582-4500 or 582-2082

NEED HELP? 23 yr. old marine student seeks practical train’g. Will volunteer a helping hand w/repairs, installations, gen. maintenance, const. & crew¬ ing. Very limited prior exp. Prefer sailing yachts. Call Tim between 9 am-11 am any day. (415) 474-1646

LADY WANTED TO HELP FINISH 42’ sailboat & cruise Delta, Pacific N.W., watch whales, etc. I’m 40, 5’8”, adventurous but cautious, intelligent, traditional values, nonsmoker. Need happy, one-man woman about 33 with common sense for lotsa fun. Call! “Dolphin” (415) 331-3457

1975 O’DAY DAYSAILOR II Hull #XDYD75600974. Includes trailer, o.b., paddles, cushions, P.F.D.’s, anchor & more. $2500/0ffer Call Harry (408) 476-0483 or 462-2463

SAN JUAN 24 1978, built in Seattle, perfect for the bay. Fixed keel, 3200 lbs disp., masthead sloop, halyards led aft, Barient winches, 110, 150, main, Ken¬ yon k.m., 7.5 Honda. She’s in exc. cond. $13,500 Berk, berth avail. (415)798-9190

ALARCITY 19 Twin keel f/g hull, exc. cond., new bow pulpit/safety lines, new 6 hpo.b., 3 jibs (1 new), 1 main w/reef points, head, stove, sleeps 4. A true blue water pocket cruiser. Both berth & trailer. $5,500. (415)343-2303

CREW MEMBER AVAILABLE Congenial Engineer, 52, competent sailor w/small boat exp., seeks to crew 3 weeks max. for race or cruise. Navigator, cook, fluent in Spanish/French. Call Etienne Rolin (415) 479-0844

TRITON 28, HULL #450, 1963 Fully equip, for racing/cruising. Maintained in top condition by owner of 15 yrs., w/records of engine & yard work, plus recent survey. Active bay class. Reduced to $17,500. (415) 622-6616 days (415) 435-2027 eves

LADY SAILING COMPANION/PARTNER Wanted If you’re mid-forty or younger, slender, in¬ telligent, easy-going personality, and love to sail and mess around with boats; then you might be interested in us. ' Skipper: 43, 5’b", 170 lbs., multi-talented craftsman, who loves/lives to sail. Boat: bit. ’48, 35’ LOD, 12’ beam, 57” draft, 26,000 lbs., ketch rigged, built to cruise anywhere in comfort & safety. Interested? Then call Bruce at (415) 363-2486 If I’m not in, PLEASE talk to my recorder — it has feelings, too.

FARR 740 SPORT Nice little yacht w/full racing & safety gear. 8 sails (main, 4 jibs, 3 tri-radial spinnakers), custom trailer & all available accessories. $19,500 Charles Beyor 986-8877

FINN aluminum spars 3 sails trailer $800 — (408) 426-1526 eves

ERICSON 35 FOR SALE This is a well-maintained boat. Berthing op¬ tional in Marin. Has pressurized hot/cold water, shower, many other extras. Asking $45,500. (415) 479-2974

AVON LIFERAFT 4-man Avon, Cannister, needs to be repacked. Call 332-3780

WESTSAIL 32 WANTED BY CASH BUYER Will be in California after Jan. 20 to see boats. Warren Johnston, 2419 SW 146, Seattle, WA 98166. Ph: (206) 464-5261 (d), (206) 244-5797 (n)

DELUXE STEREO BOAT/CAR/VAN Pioneer KE-5000 dash mount AM/FM/Dolby cass., sythesized, micro-processor controlled, seek&scan plus chnl. memory. Graphics equalizer 20 watts per chnl. 2-Radio Shack Minimus 7 speakers w/mount’g brackets. $375. Terry (408) 737-2000 x482 days

C/\L 2-39 - 1980 Performance, style, comfort. Exten. equip, beaut, cond., Barient S.T., North main, 80, 110, 150, Signet ws, wp, k.m., log, im¬ pulse d.f., VHF, stereo, NavTec adjustor, dsl., charger, internal halyards, CNG, Halon sys. Berth avail. (415) 854-2233 ——--" V

JOSS WILSON UNDERWATER SERVICES

(415)56^-7826 IN WINTERS LIGHT AIRS, YOU NEED A CLEAN BOTTOM

FD-12, 50’ CRUISING CUTTER, FD-12, world ocean capability. Full inventory, immediate STnnn ^T'®8N°V ’80’ S,eeps 7 in 4 staterooms. $215,000. Located S.F. Call Calif, dealer, PACIFIC AREA INTERNATIONAL ,415) 981-8468. A,so avail., from producllon, famous aft ckpt cutter & newest ctr ckpt, ketch version.

T. BURGESS

f^HT LETTERVVcl \

WITH STYLE

expert sign work on boats in or out of water 1

E SCHWALBE

/ names & reg. numbers gold ,eaf trailboards

332-y 6039

SF BAY WATERFRONT Spacious, 3 bedroom, 2Vz baths, Townhome with view of San Francisco. Has 45-ft. berth with immediate access to bay. Great financing. COLDWELL BANKER 339-1174, Joan Duffield, 531-2041

WANTED

—

COVER PERSON

Experienced in fitting boat covers & dodgers of all types. Per¬ manent position. Top wages. All applications confidential. Apply to BOX U, c/o: Latitude 38, P.O. Box 1678, Sausalito, CA 94966 “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 $2.00 for shipping, tax, handling. Dealer inquiries welcome. DARRYL COE ENTERPRISES 317 Quay Lane, Dept. 38, Redwood City, CA 94065

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 1230 Brickyard Cove Rd., Pt. Richmond, CA 94801

WOOD SHELL YACHT BLOCKS

Lignum Vitae shells, bronze straps & fit’gs. Bronze roller bushed sheave & pin — Full Selec. Avail. Great Prices — 4" Srig. Side Shackle Block $30.00 + tax/ship. Lignum Vitae Parrels — Green Heart Belaying Pins & We Carry a compl. line of trad, yacht hrdwr. at unbeatable prices Broch./Prices Write/Call Westrate Marine Eng. Svcs., Box 50337, Palo Alto, CA 94303 (415) 363-2486

MUST SELL; 2 BOAT OWNER - Classic Rhodes designed sloop, 27-ft., mahog. & oak. New covering board all around, new decks, new rig’g where needed. Needs motor, paint & varnish with Sausalito berth. Any reasonable offer considered. 420-9559 or 383-1050 Will

INTERNATIONAL FIREBALL High performance, low cost exciting sailing. 16’ trapeze racing dinghy. Up to date rig, full equip-, for rac’g. Spinnaker launcher, mast strut, lever vang, 2 suits sails. Active Bay area fleet. $1,500 (415)865-1946

FOR SALE Replace your old rusty porcelain enamet stove w/a S/S alcohol stove w/oven $280. Galley sink $20. Panasonic auto, telephone ans. system $100. Hi-Seas dsl. heater, copper w S/S tank $200. 435-3716 or 924-6475

Hey Lady! Look’g for a slow boat to every¬ where? STOP! 50’ tri. w/hyper., affectionate M, 42, seeks warm, slender, active, intelligent woman to help set up charters spring/summer ’82 in the NW. Then play So.bound to Australia. The tri.'s partner is into subs & supertankers, commercial diving to Pyramids, karate to flying & into the mind as well. Are we both look’g for a quality mate for fun in the sun? Contact Richaard, Box 10793, Bainbridge Islands, WA 98110. Ans. svc. (206) 842-6606 (mssg). Warm hugs to you even if you’re not interested. /

RHODES BOUNTY II YAWL FOR SALE Dsl. power, wheel steer’g, Aries vane* life raft, dinghy & much more. Buyers, for more info, write to: “Bounty”, P.O. BoxJ852, Sausalito, CA 94^66.

PAR.NTERS WANTED 24’ Lapworth f/g hull, f/g over plywood decks, L.P. paint, Pineapple sails, self-tacking jib, genoa, r.f. genoa. Complete & efficient running rigging. Danforths, compass, o.b., etc. Fast, solid keel boat in great shape. (415) 532-1626

BEAUTIFUL 41’ GAUNTLET Exc. cond., teak-oak-cop. fast. Live ab/cruz styie & comfort. Lg. equip, inv.-quality throughout. Please ruite for resume — will trade/deliver. $65,000. (415) 435-9204

WESTSAIL 32 - 1975 Cut. rig., full keel, heavy displ., dbl ender, 1 of the finest sea-going boats built. Beautiful mahog.&teak interior, all factory constructed. Equip’d for offshore cruis’g. Too much equip, to list. $67,000 (916)481-3963

CAL 24 FOR SALE 1000# keel + ctrbrd., o.b., spin., 2 jibs, trailer w/elec. brakes, lift’g eyes on deck w/lift’g sling, immac. cond., loaded w/custom extras. Alameda dry berth. Price $7777, (415) 858-4000(d); (415) 856-9146(e)

BABA 30 1 year old, bristol condition. Equipped for cruising, 35 hrs. on Volvo Penta diesel engine. Berthed in Vallejo. $63,000. Sale or charter. (707) 224-3102 days, (707) 252-3195 eves

CATALINA 27 Loaded with extras, incl. spinnaker, 150, 100, new main, VHF, d.s., k.m., new interior cushions, ’79 Johnson 9.9. Well-loved & main¬ tained. Rigged for singlehanding. Alameda berth. (415)574-5252

RANGER 23 5 sails, VHF, Signet k.m., d.s., Evinrude, 4 man liferaft, new compass, tape deck, man overboard, many extras, in excellent shape w/Alameda berth available. $13,000. (415) 943-6608

1 AM WILLING TO OFFER $3,000 CASH BACK to anyone who will buy or sell my “like new” Baba 30 for $59,500. Call Sherill, Mon-Fri, 9-4:30, (415) 548-1311. AND 1941 SeaBirb sloop, $2,000. Call Sherill Mon-Fri 9-4:30, 548-1311

VENTURE 22’ 72 POP TOP W/TRAILER 3 sails, 6 hp outboard, galley, head, stereo, Sausalito berth. $4500. (408) 244-9953 after 7

46’ CHRIS CRAFT MOTOR YACHT Rebuilt diesels, new carpets & drapes, extend¬ ed hard top, autopilot, ship-to-shore telephone, digital depthfinder, radar, hailer, wet bar, teak swim platform, dinghy, etc. A real steal at $81,950. 889-7495 481-2334

BAYS BEST BUY $3000 cash & $125 monthly to be sailing a wellequipped 1978 Catalina 30’ in a prime berth with excellent partners. 348-3911 for easy sailing!

MOD. FRIENDSHIP SLP 40’9” OAL, 34’9” on deck, 10’4” beam, Lucas sails, oversized rig., Volvo dsl, f/g hull, whl steer’g, sleeps 6, 6’5” hdrm. In wtr., 95% complete. $29,500/offers. (415) 763-2192, 6-7am/8-10pm wkdys (408) 996-2858 msg.

1 WANT TO SAIL ANY MORNING and/or occasional weekends with a mature, experienced skipper. Call Patricia 282-5809

1978 PARKER 505 'Wood deck, Proctor D spars, lots of sails, ex¬ cellent condition. $2,800 or best offer. 521-6489

AFFORDABLE OCEAN VOYAGING 40’ Wharram cat. ketch. Hawaii vet., 5 sails, S/S rig’g, f/g hull & decks, 30 hp eng., sleeps 8, full elec., generator, head, galley, 2 dinghys, ground tackle etc. Temp, berth avail. $13,000. (415) 479-2873

mrx/An

ADDDAIOCD

MARINE SURVEYOR

FRANK OLIVEIRA Available Seven Day* a Weak

Call Before 9AM or After 6PM

1415) 388 2239_

JACK MACKINNON Call anytime -

HARRIET’S SAIL REPAIR

READY OUTBOARD SHOP

repairs * cruising sails * custom canvas worK

245 Gate Five Road, Sausalito

555 Illinois St. S.F. 863-2945

NEW AND USED MOTORS

Agent for

Jotz Sails

AUTHOR — PARTY KIMBALL LIVINGSTON signing Copies of his new Book Sailing The Bay at LITTLE WILLOW BOOKSTORE 207 Caledonia St., Sausalito 332-3824

Thurs. Dec. 17th, 7-10p.m. i

(415) 276-4351

page 153

^9 1 ■y

Inflatable Dinghies and Tenders (415)332-5233 9-5 Tuesday-Saturday

•Oustom

purine

Order your durable "Dry Paint" - boat lettering, individually designed according to your specifications, selecting from over 400 color combinations on our convenient order blank. Registration numbers and speciality art too! A to Z Signs & Graphics, 104 G St., San Rafael, CA 457-1849

VALIANT 40 All the luxury items you would ex¬ pect on a fast, quality cruising boat — & more: from tapered spar to custom joinery. Recently completed 8000-mi. tropical odyssey & ready to leave again. Commis. spring 79. Below replac. at $163,000. (415) 967-8118

C&C MEGA 30 RACER/CRUISER 79 superbly engineered, prototype tested 1-yr before production. Trallerable. Keel retracted electrically, loaded w/equip. & North sails, all In new cond. EZ loader galv. trlr. Berth. $21,900. (415) 435-4192

LOSE YOUR CREW? Responsible, congenial couple (35,30) would like to experience a little cruising in Mex. or S.P. / Mar. 2-2V81. Husband: exp. blue wtr nav. Wife: strong, eager. Willing to share work/ex¬ penses to $800. (408) 438-3393

DON’T BLOW UP! Thinking of converting to or installing a safe, CNG stove? (CNG gas Is lighter than air). 1 have a 1-year old tank & regulator assembly, jets, etc. Call for sacrifice low price & details. Jack (415) 924-9698 --—

CHEOY LEE OFFSHORE 40 YAWL 73 Better than new, ‘E’ cabin mdl., dsl., autopilot, refrig., VHF, RDF, depthfinder, windlass, dinghy, plus more. Many custom features & a bay area berth. $85K. (415) 591-8130. Call even¬ ings or leave name & number.

Vi PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY: NOR’SEA 27-AFT CABIN Excellent condition. Full sail inventory, VHF, knotmeter, fathometer, Ritchie compass; Barlow self-tailing winches; full ash and teak in¬ terior; diesel engine. Full boat cover for low maintenance. Great partnership potential: we’re easy going, craftsmen & single. Price?: this is a bargain opportunity — flexible terms. Call (415) 626-9289, Cris or Gary

HONDURAS MAHOGANY Clean, kiln-dried. 3”x3” to 5”, lengths to 16’. Call 521-5170 9:30 to Noon ONLY, or 854-3975 eves. $3.95/bd. ft.

“ARIEL” 26’ Pearson fiberglass sloop. 6 sails, RDF, 6 hp Johnson, depthsounder & many extras not found on stock boats. Strong, full keehboat — active bay class. Exc. family cruiser. $13,000/ offer. 332-5054(d) 331-6037(e/wkends)

26’ STEPHENS JUNIOR CLIPPER, 1949 Seagull o.b., d.s. & k.m. w/log, 3A rig, genoa, 2 working jibs, spinnaker & new main, 31’ Oakland berth. Bottom needs some refasten¬ ing. Fin keel. $4800. (415) 921-1646, 397-307?

INSIDE/OUTSIDE SPACES AVAILABLE For Boatbuilding/Boat Storage In Menlo Park for boats up to 40-ft. Easy access to Docktown & Pete’s Harbor. Cal 1 Georg at (415) 365-9927 or Leila at (415) 324-5460

PROFESSIONALS IN BOATING INDUSTRY seek 35-ft. plus liveaboard sailboat to lease. If your maintenance costs are too high & your boat won’t sell, let’s explore alternatives. Will consider any boat, any condition. Melinda 332-1130

“AMATEUR HOUR” FOR SALE For comfort and David/Goliath fun there is no better boat around than this well built, wellmaintained Santana 37 +. Easy to sail, crews love her simplicity and commonsense layout for mistake-free races. Consistently Seasons Champion or runner-up. Trouble-free Westerbeke, freezer/fridge, oven, real beds, dinette, enclosed head. Large sail inventory, VHF, dodger, autopilot, liferaft. Bob Klein (707) 643-4468

SATISFY YOUR PLEASURES 32’ Block Island ctr., sail, cruise, &/or liveaboard.'Built to be a world cruiser, unusually strong const. Classic lines w/ctr ckpt. Mercedes dsl in exc. cond. Berth avail. Priced to sell, all offers con¬ sidered. (415) 284-1966, 376-7149; 228-1750

S-2 - 6.7 22’ — 1981 Sleeps 4, main, 110, 150, spinnaker, compass, knotmeter, bow pulpit, lifelines, 2 spd Lewmars, all lines lead to cockpit, 4 hp Merc., EZ load trailer, bilge pump & more. $13,500. Jim (415) 796-1219 after 6:00 p.m.

CAL 40 Exc. boat, fully rigged, Barients, 15 bags —• 10 working — 5 spinnakers. Partially converted for cruising but still very fast. Re-rigged & LP’d 1980. With/without Santa Barbara slip. (707) 829-2558 (805)962-1822

SKI CONDO FOR TRADE 2 bdrm., V/2 ba at Tahoe Donner. Excellent location & condition, $30K equity w(assum. loan. Desire trade for $30K-$40K cruiser. Bob (707) 526-7971

WANTED Smaller boat in trade on my Ranger 37. Winner of 1981 Chicago to Mac Isl. Race. 13 sails, new¬ ly rebuilt eng., exc. cond., cash price firm $50,000. Call collect (916) 891-8736

SEAMAN-NAVIGATOR Seeks marine project. World wide sailing ex¬ perience, Swedish licence, cruising-deliverymaintenance. References avail. CLAES OLSSON, 916 Lake St., San Francisco, CA 94118. (415)387-9968

SANTANA 22 Excellent bay boat, clean, race equip., spin¬ naker w/gear, 6 hp Evinrude. $6300. Call Ken Flink, days (707) 646-2331, eves (415) 935-7649

LET’S TRADE Jesse Allen painting, appraised at $90K. Sell or trade for heavy liveaboard/cruising sailboat, about 36’ LOD. Will trade down. Rob 841-6500 x 324

41’ GULFSTAR, CENTER COCKPIT Perkins pwrd dsl. sloop, epc. cond., incl. autopilot, radio tele., spinnaker/gear, 2 jibes, microwave, cabin heater, refrig., 2 heads, 2 separate staterms, exc. forcruising/liveaboard. Call Bill at (408) 295-1444 ext 588

J-24 “FAST BREAK” FOR SALE OR LEASE $16,500 or assume loan. Fully race & safety rig¬ ged & equipped. 6 racing sails, incl. 2 ’81 North sails, o.b., Tandem trailer, ’80 boat always drysailed. Exc. cond. Jim 981-3545 / Dan 653-3100 daytimes

SAILS FOR SALE:

MEDICAL TRAIN’G FOR OFFSHORE SAILORS

El Toro $60, main, new 29x11'6 $350, main 21’3x9’2” $150, main 3 reefs, 25’x10’5” $350, Spin 31x24 $200, 8 oz jib 27’x15’6”x21’9” $350 523-9011 BOGART & GORING SAILMAKERS

Course designed to give planned approach to the care of emergency ill¬ ness or trauma when profes. help is days away. Taught by practic’g emergency rm physicians & nurses. Mar.5-7,’82. Tuition $225. Brochure: Intensive Survey of Med. Emerg. Care, 25381-G Alicia Pkwy #104, Laguna Hills, CA 92653 (714) 831-3084

PATHFINDER SELF-STEERING VANES "Successfully Used For Years" Call Bill Paulson: 453-8722 4 54-9285 Western Sales Mfg. Co., San Rafael, Ca.

(415) 584-6702

ARSCOT MARINE ON THE DOCK SERVICE specializing in the repair of inboards, outboards, gasoline & diesel engines Serving San Francisco and Marin Counties

We Are Now the Northern California Stocking Dealers For Do-It-Yourself Mast Kits, 24’-50’

S .INDEX 16

Mariner

Claudia Mueller

Maritime Electronics

148

Mirror Class Dinghy

148

139

Neil Pryde Sails

North Sails

Nicro/Fico Corp.

Oceanic Yacht Sales

O'Neill’s

Ondry Enterprises

Bob Pinkus Marine

Passage Yachts

139 54 156

155 I2&I3

Performance Sailing

Pacific Publishers

Kermit Parker Yacht Sales

Point Bonita Yacht Sales

Pacific Yacht SAIes

149

Port Sonoma Marina

109

Port Sonoma Yacht Sales

148

Pyzel Navigation

148

Pernica

139

Peter's Auto Radio

I 57 80&81

Pacific Coast Screen

I 13

Quicksilver Sails

61 127

109

Rec-Mar Marine

148

Richards & van Heeckeren

139

Richmond Boat Works

Seasyn Distributing Co.

I I

Swoofer Marine

21 I I

Stockdale Marine

149

Sheridan-Merrick Insurance

148

37 157

Serendipity Yachts International Santa Fe Yacht Sales

17 I 56

Sutter Sails

Sail Boat Shop

I 58

Sea Crown Marine

SeaWood, Inc.

156

Spinnaker Shop

156

Santa Cruz Yacht Sales

159

Svendson’s

San Francisco Cruising Ctr.

Sea Breeze Yacht Center

Starbuck Canvas

Sam L. Mores

Sanford-Wood Marina

South Bay Boat Works

Sven Seas Productions

San Francisco Sports & Boat

139 23 60 <58

Topo-T-Shirt

Show

139

Tradewind Instruments

ERIKSSON SPARS 1237-50th Ave., Oakland, CA 94601 (415) 261-1237

Spars & Aluminum Fabrication Is Our Business

LANDFALL 39’ CUTTER Buy Direct from Importer & SAVE!

Sailaway

$75,000

/ | LOA 39’2 LWL 30'7‘ BEAM 11'6‘ DRAFT 5'7

Call or write for Specification and Appointment to see Boat

OCEANIC YACHT SALES

.YANKEE' F

302°

S-JAYSWC' t 7 B”

Bob Tefft Cruising

157

Trans-Pac Insurance

Voyager Marine

Weatherwear

Weft Marine Products

Windcircle Sailing Yachts

Windsurfing Marin

West Coast Yachts

Whale Point Marine

58, 149, 193

759 Orkney Ave. Santa Clara 95050 (408)988-1173 /

88 68,

69, 127

Walnut Creek Honda

Yacht Registry

148

Yachts Unlimited

Come by and see our inventory & fabrication facilities

Skipper Yacht Sales

t&5

• Rod Rigging • Swaging • Marine Hardware • Rope to Wire Splices: • Halyards, Sheets, & Guys • Marine Hardware

Strong, adjustable spreader brackets for 505’s and other high perfor¬ mance boats.

Scanmar Marine

155

Another ERIKSSON Innovation

149

148

And Performance Series

Also \\ Available '0

50’ Ketch Force 50 - $135,000

YACHT & SHIP BROKERS 25 Third St., San Rafael, CA 94901 (415) 457-9772

Gulfstar 41 Aft-Cabin Sloop

Absolutely the finest example of a Murray Peterson Coaster 111 that we have ever seen. Virtually all solid teak with a new Perkins 236, many new sails and new electronics. Call Jim Craig, 457-9772, owners agent.

Built in 75 for the present owner, she has been kept in like new cond. with constant up-grading of all systems & equipment. A comfortable & very functional interior makes her great under cruising conditions or as a live-aboard. Strong heavy const, w/quality fittings throughout, all lead internal ballast .& teak & formica interior. Large engine room, fully in¬ sulated, storage cabinets & access to all systems. Perkins 4-108 dsl. & Espar forced air heating system. Large sit-down nav. desk w/drawers, book shelves & racks. Main cabin has settee to'prt, solid teak drop leaf table to strboard. Extra teak cabinets & shelves thruout. 10 c.f. refrig., propaVie stove w/oven & gimballed. 2 heads, 1 w/shower & Electra-San san. unit. D.S., VHF, K.M., Log, W.S., Temp., Hum., Bar., A.D.F. & all eng. gauges. Color TV & tape deck w/2 speakers. Deck equip, incls.: 2 Danforth anchors, windlass, dinghy, full ckpt dodger, all 2-spd. Lewmar win¬ ches & more. Sails are: Main w/2 reef points & roller reefing, 1 heavy work jib, 115% lapper & a club foot jib w/reefing. Much more equip, which is listed on avail, specs, sheet. Berth avail. Asking $110,000. Intelligent cash offers could put you behind the Helm.

Call owner/broker Robert Toler (707) 552-4206 NEW FROM HOLLAND — Wayler — Sailboards Faster than the Wind $995

FANTASIA 35 ► Bruce Bingham’s fan¬ tastic Fantasia — the best accomodations & sailing characteristics in a 35’ world cruising boat. $76,900 out the door — very hard to beat!

TIFFANY JAYNE — 3rd in Class, Windjammers Race — & she’s pretty, too!!

NEW!

OCEAN 40

is a luxury ocean-going cutter designed by J. Krogen. Performance sailing characteris¬ tics have been com¬ bined with a large aft cabin configuration while maintaining a comfortable cockpit. $79,900 incl. DeWitt sails, & extensive safety package.

SANTA FE YACHT SALES 320 WEST CUTTING BLVD. • PT. RICHMOND, CA 94807 • (415) 237-3251

BROKERAGE, FOR SAIL 9V2’ Dolphin Nesting Dinghy $ 750 24’ Islander Bahama 7,900* 24' C&C Niagra — sharp 16,900 25’ Ericson, 1980 27,900 25' Friendship sloop Offers 26’ Columbia, 1973 11,900 26’ Raven (modified) ,. 3,500 27' Sun Yacht, Perry-designed 24,400* 28' Triton 17,600 28' Newport, loaded 35,000 30' Hunter.offers 30’ Tartan 34,000* 30’ Rawson 31,000* 32' Columbia 36,500 * 32’ Gulf Pilothouse 58,500 32’ Challenger 45,000 32’ Islander, 1977 52,000 32' Tahiti ketch (Dreadnaught) 42,000 firm 33' Ranger 59,500 35' Fantasia 84,000 35’ Rafiki 63,000 37/ Tayana offers * 43’ Polaris.. 7. 99,500 * 43’ 30 Sq. Meter 16.500 * 44’ Custom Schooner 209,000 45’ Matthews Cutter 29,500*' 47’ Perry. 120,000 53’ Lapworth ketch 155,000 28' 28’ 30’ 31’ 32’

BROKERAGE, COMMITTEE BOATS Luhrs, '70, f/g, dsl. $20,000 Bertram 36,700 Classic (diesel) 6,000* Seahorse Trawlers (NEW) from 43,000 * Luhrs,’70, F/G, dsl. -20,000*

★ AT OUR DOCKS NOW! Sensational New TIFFANY JAYNE $38,700

COMING SOON! Venus 46 Center Cockpit Ketch $129,000 complete

PETER JONES YACHT BROKERAGE (415) 386-5870

BOB TCFFT CRUISmC 44J-JJ2-J690

BUYERS: It you’re looking for a boal & don’t see it here, or if you don't know which boat among the many alternatives will satisfy your sailing needs, then please call. My listings change constantly, & I may have some suggestions if you haven’t decidet^on a specific boat.

SAIL 42’ FELLOWS & STEWART’38. Classic wood cutter.

INQUIRE

41’ERICSON.’70. Beautiful with much gear&dsl. 40’ ALDEN CUTTER ’35. Volvo dsl., recent refitting.

$69,500 $58,500

39’ CROCKER KETCH ’64. Aft cabin custom built by Reed.,Mahog. on oak, bronze fastened, dsl., cruise equipped & beautiful.

OFFER

39’ CAL ’80. Perkins dsl., VHF, log, knotmeter, Barients.

$97,500

38’ FARALLONE CLIPPER ’60. Beautifull equipped & maintained.

$52,950

36’ ISLANDER ’78. Dsl., Barients, CNG, shower.

$79,800

36’ HERRESHOFF KETCH ’57. Fir on oak, diesel.

$49,500

35’ ALBERG-ERICSON MKI ’64. Full keel cruis’g sloop, dsl & x-tras.

$39,500

35’ PEARSON ’69. Well organized cruising boat with diesel.

$54,000

34’ CUTTER ’34. Double-ended, Mexican veteran, inboard.

$14,000

34’ TARTAN ’74. S&S design, autopilot, windlass, very clean.

$42,500

33’ PEARSON VANGUARD. Full keel, good condition.

$34,000

33’TARTAN 10,’78. Full race with Signet digitals & 9 sails.

$31,000

32’ ERICSON ’70. Wheel, refrigeration, pulpits & lifelines.

$33,300

32’ ARIES ’77. Double-ended, full keel, diesel.

$47,500

30’ YANKEE ’72. Strong & fast S&S design, race rigged.

$33,000

30’ BALTIC CRUISER ’61. Fast Danish pocket cruiser.

$17,000

30’ OLSON ’80. Gleaming and super fast.

$34,000 ,

30’ WINDWARD ’67. F/G, roomy cruising sloop w/Volvo diesel.

$22,500

29’ CAL 2-29 ’76. Diesel, Barients, CNG stove, clean.

$33,500

28’ SANTANTA ’78. Diesel, Meissners, custom rig, bargain.

$30,000

27’ BRISTOL ’66. Strong AJberg full keel design.

$16,000

26’ DAWSON. Inboard, wheel, aft cabin, trailer.

$19,000

25’ O’DAY. Honda outboard, Sausalito slip.

$13,800

25’SANTANA 525’77. Meissners, Volvo outboard, spinnaker.

$13,800

25’ YAMAHA 2511 ’79. Very clean, diesel.

$24,800

25’ PETERSON ’76. Like new, much gear and San Francisco slip.

$17,500

24’ BRISTOL ’68. Strong full-keel cruiser with San Francisco slip.

$10,000

2829 BRIIXjiUWf,SUITE 20f,SBUSRUTO,CM- 9*965 SELECTED LISTINGS 27’ Norwegian Pilot cutter w/excellent equipment.$29,850 29’ Rhodes Ranger dsl. sloop, singlehanded veteran.22,500 30’ Herreshotf ketch, dsl., good sailer, 1967.22,500 30’ Yankee sloop, 1972, vane & lots of gear....32,000 30’ De Vries dsl. motorsaiier, very spacious.38,950 32’ Kendall cutter, 1972, the finest we've seen.67,000 32’ Pearson Vanguard, 1964, good gear, 2 boat owner.36,000 34’ Angelman Sea Spirit ketch, 1966, clean character.46,500 34’.Atkin ketch, 1955, very traditional, one owner.37,500 37’ Holcomb schooner, “SEA RUNNER II”, very nice.64,500 37’ Katy Burke custom cutter, 1977, like new...29,500 40’ Linderman sloop, 1967, aft cabin, Aries, cruise vet.69,000 40’ Alden cutter, good gear, clean and experienced.58,500 41’ Cheoy Lee ketch, 1978, recently returned, equipped.108,000 42’ Alden cutter, 1940, completely restored, beautiful.49,000 42’ Monk custom trawler, Cat. dsl., very elegant.160,000 45’ Brewer custom Pinky schooner, new wooden boat.110,000 45’ Hand schooner, cruise vet., must be sold now.58,000 56’ Brandlmyr ketch, 1973, 5 ton hold, rigged for fishing.95,000 65’ North Sea Trawler/Motorsailer, rugged beauty.200,000 SPECIALIZING IN OFFSHORE CRUISING BOATS — Over 100 Listings

SELLERS: If you own any well-built boat in gd. cond. & want an honest & capable person to represent you during (he problems of negotiation, financing, sea trial, survey, title transfer insurance, property tax proration & the inevitable bizzare Snafu, please call & list your boat.

EDGEtfATER YACHT SALES, INC. 1306 BRIDGEWAY SAUSALITO, CALIFORNIA 94965 (415) 332-2060

Particulars are believed to be correct but are not guaranteed; subject to price change, prior sale or withdrawl without notice.

/4k Insurance

22' Ranger, full race & A-1.only $7,500 24’ Tripp glass sloop, like new. 6,750 25' Danish glass double-ender, Volvo engine.II ,500 25' Folkboat, needs work.try 3,800 26' Stephens Jr. Clipper, up to survey.7,900 27’ Ericson, owner anxious. . .•.14,900 28' Pearson Triton, full race... 18,350 30’ Tahiti ketch with diesel, just surveyed.20,000 30’ Lancer sloop, diesel, cruise ready.. .29,500 30' Windward, clean, lots of gear.24,500 30‘ Northstar, Sparkman & Stephens.25,000 32' Buccaneer, diesel, center cockpit.40,000 34’ Columbia, outstanding buy at.26,500 34' Cal, '67, bristol condition & loaded.32,500 35’ Glass Friendship sloop.. .29,500 35' Dickerson Bugeye ketch.try 15,000 35' Norwegian D.E. by Lapworth.only 49,500 35' Ericson, 1974...try 40,000 37' New Zealand yawl, steel, diesel.try 37,000 37'Tayana, 1980.'.89,500 38'Atkin Ingred ketch, 1979. .asking 55,000 40’ Owens cutter, needs engine work.. . . try 17,000 41x14 Benford glass Ketch, '79, full cruise.try 120,000 45' Dufour motorsaiier.asking 199,000 48' Tartan cutter, full race/cruise.155,000 53' Lapworth by American Marine.155,000 55’ Canadian schooner..asking 48,000 mm page I S 7

KERMIT PARKER ^

YACHT BROKERAGE San Rafael Yacht Harbor, 557 Francisco Blvd. San Rafael, CA 94901 (415)456-1860

— WOOD — 24’ 25’ 28’ 30’ 31 ’ 32’ 34’ 39’ 40’ 50’ 50’ 55’

Gilmer yawl — classic.$19,000 Giles classic Vertue. .24,900 Classic H-28 sloop — refinished.>.19,000 Tahiti ketch — dsl., cruise equipped.35,000 Reiniers D/E sloop — diesel.34,500 “Overnighter” sloop.25,000 Kristoferson D/E sloop.27,000 Pilot House cutter w/aft cabin.45,000 Mariner ketch — fully equipped.79,000 Classic Stone yawl.58,000 Force 50 ketch...135,000 Custom Meese ketch.130,000 '■

— FIBERGLASS —

27’ Bandholm — sloop.21,000 27’ Tartan yawl.24,500 28’ Great Dane — diesel.29,000 29’ Columbia MKI.12,500 32’ Pearson Vanguard — original owner.34,000 32’ Kendall cutter.'..67,000 34’ Islander — full keel, cruiser. 45,000 34’ Cal —MKI11, 1978 w/diesel.45,000 48’ Sparkman & Stephens cruising yawl.135,000 50’ Columbia — superbly equipped.107,000

SKIPPERS

Yacht Sales

WE HAVE ONE OF THE LARGEST INVENTORIES IN THE BAY AREA

Select Brokerage Listings

TRAVELLER 32' Diesel CUTTER. '76. Designed by Phillip Rhodes for safe world wide cruising. Built by Wylie and famous Stone Boatyard. Well-equip. & Superbly maintained by Original Owner. Hull #28 was the Last & the Best Traveller built. Asking $63,000. 14' WEST WIGHT POTTER, sloop.$ 2,800 16'9” O'DAY day sailer w/trailer. 3,000 20' NEWPORT. 5,220 20' BAY LADY. 2,900 20'PETERSON MERMAID. 2,000 20' CAL.. . . .4 from 4,450 21’ AQUARIUS, with trailer.. . 6,700 21' ISLANDER.2 from 4,450 21' BAYLINER BUCCANEER. 6,000 21'VENTURE with trailer. 4,000 21' RUSSELL MARINE. 5,000 22’VENTURE 222 with trailer. 6,000 22' REINELL SLOOP with trailer. 5,750 22' CATALINA. 6,200 22'BRISTOL. 6,500 22' COLUMBIA.3 from 5,300 23' BEAR BOAT, rebuilt 71.12,500 23’CORONADO 23 MKIII. 7,500 23' ERICSON, sloop. 8,500 23'HANNA GULFWEED, sloop. 6,000 24' NEPTUNE 24K auxiliary sloop.21,000 24’ BRISTOL SLOOP, diesel.16,000 24’ J-24 . 13,779 24' FARR 727, Vt-ton sloop.14,500 24'ISLANDER BAHAMA. 7,800 24' COLUMBIA CHALLENGER.2 from 6,295 247" SANTANA 25' Vi-ton.13,900 25' BAHAMA.12,500 25' CHEOY LEE PAC. CLIPPER, dsl sip.20,000 25' FRIENDSHIP, dsl sip, reg. replica.25,000 25' WINDROSE, with trailer, ’80 sip.. rT.. 1,12,000 25’ PACIFIC SEACRAFT dsl sip..23,500 25’ TANZER 7.5 Auxiliary sip.11,500 25’ SPITZGATTER OFFSHORE cruiser.13,950 25’ SEXTANT, ’69, diesel, f/g.asking 11,500 25’ VENTURE.2 from 7,450 25' CATALINA.,.16,500 25’ SEILDMANN diesel sloop.20,900 25'SANTANA 525.13,000 25’TRIMARAN, custom. 4,500 25’ NORDIC FOLKBOAT.2 from 5,800 26' MARIEHOLM Int'l Folkboat.2 from 15,000 26'ISLANDER EXCALIBUR. 9,000 26’ CHRYSLER 26 with trailer, 78.17,380 26’ COLUMBIA MARK II. 12,000 26'CHEOY LEE, diesel sloop.18,000 26’ EXCALIBUR racing/cruising sloop. 9,500 26’ PEARSON ARIEL.15,000 26’ PEARSON ONE-DESIGN.17,500 26’GRAMPIAN.14,000 26’ RANGER.2 from 16,300 26’ S-2 aft cockpit sloop.20,000

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

gjMiiifii

llP'*

iilliililiiii

35.3' CORONADO 35 Diesel Aft Cabin Sloop: 1973. William Tripp Design. Vessel is Very Clean & has been Well Cared lor

. Asking Price — $49,500.

SPECIAL OF THE MONTH! COLUMBIA 43 1970-1979. Westerbeke Diesel Engine & Generator; Full Instrumentation! NEW Sails. MUCH, MUCH MORE!! Relocation forces Sacrifice. $56,000! I 26’ INTERNATIONAL FOLKBOAT..15,500 27’ BALBOA 27.19,850 27'BRISTOL 27.17,000 27’ CATALINA SLOOP.17,000 27’ ISLANDER SLOOP.'.11,900 27' NOR’SEA aft cabin sloop, diesel.45,600 27’ ERICSON.21,000 27’ALBIN VEGA. 23,500 28’ RANGER 28 diesel aux. sloop.33,950 28’ CHEOY LEE 28, diesel aux. sloop.36,500 28’ LANCER SLOOP. 19,500 28’NICHOLS BUCCANEER. 9,995 28’6" PEARSON TRITON aux. sip.2 from 18,350 29’ ISLANdER. . ..23,500 29' ISLANDER SLOOP.23,500 29’ COLUMBIA 8.7. 33,000 29' ERICSON. 27,000 30’ ERICSON racing sloop. .!..... SA.OOO7 30’ CHINESE JUNK. 7,500 30’ SCAMPI 30 MKIV dsl aux. sip.49,500 30’ SPARKMAN & STEPHENS sloop. 4,450 30’ RAWSON, diesel sloop.26,200 30’ AMERICAN sloop, Nichols design.16,500 30’ H-28 MODIFIED KETCH.,2 from 19,900 30’ ALBERG ODEYSSEY Yawl, dsl.27,500

33’ 1976 PEARSON 10 METER. Electronics include VHF, Depthsounder, Knotmeter, LIKE NEW!!! At Our Docks! Listed at $42,000. Sistership. 30’ CLIPPER MARINE.3 from 15,000 30’ RAWSON PILOTHOUSE sip., dsl.56,000 31' STEEL AFT CABIN sip., dsl.35,900 32’ ERICSON auxiliary slbop.29,500 32’ TRAVELLER 32 dbl ender dsl cutter.63,000 32’ COLUMBIA SABRE sloop.10,500 32' ISLANDER.51,000 32’ PEARSON 323, dsl. aux. sloop’..59,500 32’6” PEARSON VANGUARD.?..'35,500 33’ ALDEN 33 auxiliary ketch.21,500 33’ PEARSON 10M.. . .42,000 33’ MORGAN OUTISLAND 33 dsl sloop.57,000 33’ GAFF-RIGGED CUTTER, custom. ..12,000 33’ RANGER aux. cruising sloop.45,000 34’TARTAN sloop.44,000 34’ FORMOSA AFT CABIN, sip., dsl., ’80..72,000 35’ CORONADO aft cabin sloop. .49,500 35’ RASMUS center cockpit aux. sloop., dsl.. . .61,000 35’ Mod. FRIENDSHIP aux. sip., gaff-rig, dsl. . .29,500 35’ YORKTOWN diesel cutter.46,000 '37’ IRWIN MK V ketch, diesel.90,000 38’ DOWN EAST CUTTER, diesel.79,500 38’ FARALLON CLIPPER, diesel sloop.50,000 39’ ALLIED MISTRESS, ketch, diesel.95,000 40’ BLOCK ISLAND CUTTER, sloop rig, dsl_30,000 40’ VALIANT auxiliary sloop, diesel.148,500 40’ PIVER aft cabin VICTRESS, 79dsl ketch.. .90,000 40’ BOYD^ & YOUNG center cockpit dsl sloop. . . 35,000 41’ GULFSTAR 41, center cockpit sloop.89,500 41’ C&C REDLINE sloop — diesel.90,000 41 ’ FOMOSA diesel auxiliary sloop, ’80.79,000 41’ CHALLENGER ketch, diesel.105,000 41’ MORGAN, aft cabin, sloop, diesel.97,000 41’ BENNETT FLUSH DECK, ketch, diesel.47,500 41’ CT 41' auxiliary,, keth, diesel.97,500 42’ CASCADE 42 diesel ketch.81,500 42’ FORMOSA SLOOP, diesel.63,000 43’ HANS CHRISTIAN cutter, diesel.140,000 43’ COLUMBIA.57,500 43’ WESTSAIL, ketch, diesel.150,000 44’ RHODES MOTORSAILER, twin diesel.140,000 44’ PETERSON cutter, diesel.115,000 45' ANGLEMAN custom dsl aux. ketch.... red. 69,500 45’ LITTLE HARBOR diesel centerboard yawl. 110,000 45’ FREEDOM KETCH, diesel.183,000 45’ SPARKMAN & STEPHENS M/S, diesel.55,000 46' LIQO CENTER COCKPIT yawl, diesel.69,500 47' VAGABOND diesel ketch.125,000 50' FORCE 50 PILOTHOUSE diesel ketch.159,500 50’ HARTOG AUX. SCHOONER.26^000 51’ FORMOSA PILOTHOUSE ketch,diesel. . . .156,500 52’8" PASSAT, auxiliary ketch, diesel.120,000 60’ RHODES centerboard yawl, diesel.250,000 60’ ANA MARIE gaff-rigged cutter, diesel.225,000

BANK FINANCING AVAILABLE/BERTHS AVAILABLE FOR ALL BOATS

1535 Buena Vista Ave., Alameda No. 12 Marina Blvd., Pittsburg 3424 Via Oporto, Newport Beach

DEALERS FOR PETERSON 34

(415) 522-6500 (415) 432-8722 (714) 673-5200

SAIL

CUSTOM 45 S&S sloop, "INCA”. Winner of class in 79 Big Boat Series, 17 sails, B&G in¬ struments, teak decks, etc. Rare Quality at a realistic price $149,500.

20' CAL 22' COLUMBIA

$ 5,500 5,800 *

22' SANTANA 22' HOLLAND MINI TON

7,500* 13,800 12.500

23 BEAR 24'J 24' ISLANDER 24' NQRTHSTAR 24' NORTHSTAR 24’SAN JUAN 24’ NIGHTINGALE 25' JR. CLIPPER 25FOLKBOAT 24’KILLER WHALE 26'INTERNATIONAL FOLKBOAT

2 from 13,700 13,000 offers .17,000 13.500 14.500 offer 4.500 11,000 23,950 offer

26'THUNDERBIRD 26'EXCALIBUR 26' S 2. 27’MULL CUSTOM

.14,500 19.500 18,000* 28,900

28' O’DAY 28' WYLIE 'h TON 29'HERRESHOFF

27,000 30,000 * 33,000 45,000

30’ ISLANDER 30' IRWIN 30' MORGAN

OLSON 30 — Like new, sailed only on lake. Well equipped with all the go fast items. Solar charger, one-design racer, priced way below market at $29,500. NO WAY TO LOOSE★ 45’ Fractional Sloop Built in carbon fiber & epoxy. Full sail inventory (of course, includ. Kevlar/Mylar sails), Loran, WeatherFax, & a guarantee that it is unbeatable. Last year, "Pendragon” won the Miami-Nassau Race, San Diego Race & the Cal-Coastal. In the coming years the boat will bring home a trophy from the 1983 TransPac or equal race in 1982 OR a refund from the seller for $10,000. That s how confident we are that “Pendragon" is one of the fastest boats around. Designed by David¬ son (Great Fun, Shockwave etc.)__ Contact us to day for details.

30’ OLSON 30' HERRESHOFF

28,000 29.500

30’ BURNS 'h TON 30'CUSTOM C&C 31' AUXILIARY

29.500 .39,500 .35,500 offer

32' ERICSON 32' 5.5 METER BOAT 33’CHEOY LEE 33'TARTAN 10 34' PETERSON 34' PETERSON % TON

. 34,200 7,200 52.500 2 from 32,000 65,000 42,000

35' SANTANA 35’CORONADO

59.500 47,000* 59,000 39,000 .47,500* 53,000

35' PEARSON 35'ALBERG 35'GARDEN KETCH 36’ FARR... 36’HERRESHOFF

41' MORGAN 43' METER R BOAT 43' SWAN 44’ NORDIC 45' S&S 45’STEEL KETCH 50' SANTA CRUZ 50'OFFSHORE SLOOP 55'STEWART KETCH

SANTANA 35. Popular one-design class boat w/all the toys for racing. Hydraulic vang & backstay, complete sail inventory, stereo, etc. Priced to sell immediately at $59,500.

49.500 149,000 42,000 94,000

37' FISHER KETCH 37’APACHE 38' ALAJUELLA 39’CAL 39’ SANTANA 40' ISLANDER PETERSON 40'GARDEN KETCH

KETTENBURG 43 Sloop. Vet of Mex. & HI races & equip, now for long distance cruis’g. Very comfy interior, radar, B&G instr., autopilot, dodger, dsl. Sellers very motivated. Asking $66,500.

99.500 105,903

110,000 ....85,000 105,000 29.500 . 139,000 174,000 149,500

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.

110,000

.200,000

57' SEA LION #1 59'STAYSAIL SCHOONER

150,000 170,000 .180,000 225,000

* BOAT INCLUDES S.F. BERTH

MULTIPLE LISTING BROKER Closed Tuesdays FOOT OF LAGUNA ST. SAN FRANCISCO

(415) 567-8880 new phone number

CHEOY LEE 33 CUTTER — Roller furling, self¬ tailing winches, dsl. power, wheel steering, very well equipt. Seller asking $52,500.

Paul Kaplan, Christine Kaplan, Mary Jo ,Foote page 159

LAFITTE 44. Immaculate cond. w/only 90 hrs on eng. The equip, list is incredible: Radar, AutoPilot, Full B&G w/computer, microwave, refer., windlass, dsl. heater, 2 showers, VHF, Sea Furl. Call us & we’ll tell you more!

Hank Easom, Andrew Pitcairn, Rollo D. Dog

meissner winches FARR 740 SPORT . - - - *

FARR 740 SPORT Screaming Home from the Faraliones!

THE FARR 740 SPORT * More Fun to Sail * High Performance 24-footer * Fully Rigged — Ready to Race * Complete Accommodations * 100% Flotation * Trailerable, Keel Locked Down for Sailing * Meissner Winches

■

You Can Buy the Boats From: Expoerts International, Inc. 215 Leidesdorff St. San Francisco, CA 94111 Telephone (415) 986-8877

Dealer Inquiries Invited

You Can Buy the Winches From: Anchorage Marine, Sausalito, (415) 332-2320 Al’s Marine, Pete’s Harbor, Redwood City, (415) 364-0288 Gashouse Cove, San Francisco, (415) 567-3695.

For full details and trade information, please contact:

meissner international bv THE STANDARD BEARER

U.S. Distributor: International Marine Hardware Star Route 21 Woodside, California 94062 (415) 851-3060