Latitude 38 December 1982 by Latitude 38 Media, LLC

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VOLUME 66, DEC 1982

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__ Concept 44. A quality yacht at a realistic price. Asking $125K. At our docks. -W*

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40’ Garden ketch. Over 85 custom installations, an im¬ maculate cruising yacht. $100,000. At Our Docks.

Cal 31. 79, due to transfer, owner must sell. Ask’g $56,000. At Our Docks.

78 7/8 Rig Pearson 31. Full elec., spin, gear w/sail, dsl. eng. & dodger. Very well-equipt litely used cruiser. $48,000. At Our Docks.

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J/24. ’81, race ready„sailed less than 12 times since new. Offer. At Our Docks.

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32'Challenger, 76... 47,500 32’Targa, 78.59,500 32’ Pearson Van, ’66.. 35,0001 32’Gulf, 74., .59,000( 32’ Vahguard, '66.35,000 33' Banger, 78.59,500 33’ Ranger, 78.59,500* 33’Morgan, 73.48,0001 34’ Peterson %T, 76.. 49,5001 34’ Peterson, 78.65,0001 34’Cal, '68.38,500 3-34’Cal, 77.56,500 34’ Coronado, ’67.... 31,950 34’ Coronado, ’69.. . .35,9001 35’ Megellan, ’65.49,5001 35’ Bandholm. 88,7501 35’ Coronado., 73.... 47,500, 35’ Ericson, 75.55,000' 35’Santana, 79. 36’S2, 79 (aft cabin). .73,5001 36’ C&C, 79.94,500 36’C&C, ’80.81,500 36’Yamaha, 78.99,500 36’ PJ Standfast, 76. .84,750 37’ Hunter, ’81.69,000 37’ Islander, 72.52,500 38'Laurent Giles, ’47.25,000 38’C&C Landfall, ’80.99,250 38’ Down East, 76.. . .80,000 39’Cal, ’82.112,000 39’Cal, ’80.97,500 39’Cal, 71.76,500 39’ Cal Cor., 79.107,000 39’Westsail, 79_115,000 40’ C&C Custom, 79.112,500 40’ C&C, 79.139,500 40’Swift, 79.118,500 40’Mariner, ’68.100,000 40’Fuji, 78.139,000 41’ King’s Legend, ’8196,000 41’Morgan, 78.105,000 41’ Morgan Ol, 78.. .105,000 41’Coronado, 72.... 63,000 41’Morgan, 79.120,000 42’ Spencer, ’66.79,000 44’ Peterson, 75_117,500 45’ Hood, ’62.110,000 46’Sutton, ’56.95,000 ■ 47’ Olympic OS, 74. .145,000 50’ Force, 73...... . 125,000 50’Kettenburg, ’63.. 130,000 50’ Gulfstar, 77.169,500 58’ Custom ktch, 75.275,000 68’ Custom Voy., ’54.385,000 POWER 23’ SS 235 Cuddy Cab., 77.. .10,500 28’Stamas, ’65.10,000 32’Trojan Sedan, 75.39,500 33’ La Paz Trawler, 7242,000 42’ Grand Banks, 75. .90,000 57’ Chris Connis, ’57.167,000 64’ Chris Romer, 71.395,000

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firm. Coronado 25, family cruiser.$9,750 25’ Teak Gaff Sloop, ’62, beaut, maintain.&equipt, dsl.. .35,000 25’ Fisksatra double ender. completely equipped.$29,900 Columbia 26, 1970, Johnson, well-maintained, very roomy. .$14,000 26’ Frisco Flyer, by Cheoy Lee, fast, able small cruiser.. $14,900 American Mariner 27, stable family boat.$13,500 Catalina 27.2 from $15,950 Nor’Sea 27, sloop, ready for cruising.39,000 29’ Soveral, keel-centerboard, fine sailing cruiser.$16,500 Ericson 29, 1971.25'000 30’ Spidsgatter, wood classic, fast and comfortable.$39,000

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Bermuda 30 Ketch, by Cheoy Lee, 1964, good shape but needs some varnish.$29,500

31’ Cheoy Lee Offshore. 1969.$39,000 Aries 32, ‘77, very able sea boat, well equipt, owner financing.$43,000

Offshore 40, by Cheoy Lee, 1974, tri-cabin interior, beautiful, fast, able... .•?.79,000 CT 41,1971, nice shape, priced to sell.$72,500 41’ Morgan Ol.Repo 41’ Formosa, 1975, ready to cruise. .$69,900 41’ Swan, 1976. Loaded, possible owner financing.Offers Gulfstar 41 sloop, 1974, newly renovated center cockpit cruiser. 89,750 King's Legend 41, 1981, new, sail-away equipped.96.000 48' Steel Ketch, ’81.$125,000 48’ Custom ketch. $175,000 50' Force 50 Ketch, William Garden-design, well-equipped for long distance cruiser, priced for prompt sale.125,000 52' Cheoy Lee M.S., ’80, hardly used, like new... .$329,000

Luders 30, by Cheoy Lee, ’75. Cruise-equipt, HI vet.$45,000

Catalina 30, 1976.35’°°0 Independence 31, very complete equipment.$45,000

35’ Finnclipper Motorsailer, very able.49,500 37’ Staysail Schooner, wood. $67,500 38’ Wood Sloop, fast and beautiful Farallon Clipper.35,000

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36' Stephens 1955 w/new twins. Full galley, plush interior, full canvas. Delta & Alameda covered berths. Absolutely mint condition. Trades/financing. Drastic price reduction for quick sale. Bring offer. $27,500.

30' Golden Gate 79. Dsl., good offshore boat by designer Chuck Burns. Hot water, refrig . custom woodwork & more. Trades considered & financing possible. Asking $44,950.

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35’ Ericson 7Q Diesel. VHF knot, fath, SSB, full spinnaker gear, Avon, propane. Original owner has maintained boat extremely well. Very clean. Asking $44,500.

34’ Hans Christian 77. The beautiful condition of this ideal cruising yacht reflected owner's pride. Complete w/custom canvas Dodger, awning, rail covers, cabin heater, Zodiac w/O.B. to name a few of the many extras. Asking $84,950 or might trade for a small boat.

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LETTERS □ DETAILS FROM THE WINNER Thanks for all of the great coverage of our singlehanded race this summer, and also for clearing up (a little better), how Pegasus lost her mast at Sauza Cup. More on that later. In the September issue however, there are a few points in the Sin¬ glehanded TransPac Debriefing that I would like to correct or ex¬ pound upon. The first is my “workhorse” chute was the 1.8 oz. full size chute, not the 75 oz. Although perhaps a minor point, in light of the fact that in 30 knots of breeze the boat was rock steady speaks highly of Tom Wylie as a designer. Even more impressive was that Tom sacrificed none of the boat’s light air performance. Tom, I think, is one of the country’s most talented designers; just about anyone who has raced his boats will agree. ' The second point is the Dorlon foul weather gear 1 have is really excellent, (as is the Helly-Hansen gear), but the reason 1 prefer the Dorlon over the others is its vastly superior stretch. With Dorlon you can get snugger fitting gear without it binding. The third point is the matter of ships at sea. Chuck Hawley stated he only got a radar alarm after he called the ship on radar (identical to my experience). After checking with some other people with radar detectors, it seems to be pretty common that ships turn off their radar at sea and only about half of them answered a call on the VHF. In other words, you’re on your own — if you didn’t know that before. Fourth; for a boat that was strictly for the purpose of singlehanded or shorthanded racing or cruising, I would recommend hanks on jibs. When a halyard is released it’s still attached to the boat in a fashion that will not hold water should it go over. A continuous luff support jib, however will tend to pull all of itself into the water once any part is in. Much the same is true of a main with slugs. However if 1 were to be asked to change my boat, I would decline; the boat is designed as a fully-crewed race boat and I started the race knowing its short¬ comings as a singlehanded boat. I didn’t have any trouble with sails going in the water during a drop because I threw the halyard over¬ board; the drag on the line stopped the sail from sliding all the way down out of control. Finally, 1 did have a windvane. In the first part of the race, I figured it was too light to work — and didn’t want the drag of an extra blade in the water. However when my starter on the engine started to die — it was subsequently fixed — I figured 1 better get the vane on and cut down on power consumption. I got the vane to steer, but because it had not been used* on the boat before the course was erratic. The problem however was minor — the blade was too high — and not the fault of the unit. It’s a pro¬ totype of a production unit that Nova-Mar is producing in Alameda; it’s an extremely rugged unit and it is amazingly light. While I only used their unit briefly, Dick and Sandy and Don Lewis busted their butts to get the unit to me on time. It was nice to know I had the vane in case the power or Autohelm 2000 failed — which too, was ex¬ cellent. Obviously this letter was not so much to offer rebuttal, or issue retractions, as it was to give more details and give credit where credit is due. 1 found Dorlon, Pernika, Autohelm, Nova-Mar windvanes, and Horizon Sails all to have functioned exceptionally and be a good value. Further, without the help of many people towards the end, I would not have made the race: Kim at North Coast Yachts, Dee at Horizon Sails, Dick, Sandy and Don at Nova-Mar, and Tom and Cindy Wylie. All made it possible for me to do the race this year. In most instances you hear about who got jilted, who got the shaft, how so-and-so was ripped off; perhaps people writing in could tell really went out of their way to help. Perhaps in this way people new to the area or people who were not satisfied with past services could get together with those that are willing to go the>extra mile. I know I always feel better hearing about someone that really helped, rather than someone that got away with doing a job half-assed. With a little page 25

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LETTERS positive input perhaps those people that are really exceptional will rightfully bear the fruits of their labors a little sooner. Thanks again to Latitude 38 and all the people that made this sum¬ mer possible. 1 Dan Newland Yacht Pegasus Alameda Dan won elapsed time and corrected time honors in the Singlehanded TransPac with his Wylie 34.

□ MORE ON THE CRUISING EDUCATION For seven years, my husband and 1 lived aboard a small sailing vessel, cruising the north Atlantic, Caribbean and the /Pacific west coast of central and North America. During this time we raised our first daughter and gave birth to a second, retiring shortly afterwards because of financial constraints. A certified teacher, I came across large numbers of cruising children in the course of my cruises, and was fortunate to act as tutor to some. In no way did I find their education lacking, and I frequently found it to be of superlative quality owing to the direct one-to-one in¬ volvement with parents, the superb quality of many correspondence courses, and the educative nature of the cruising way of life. Handson learning was afforded children in geography, history, the natural sciences, foreign languages and cultures, mathematics (through navigation), oceanography, mechanics, and reading. Most sailboats carry a large and varied library, and in the absence of T.V. and other distractions cruising children tended to read a great deal and often read well above grade level. 1 have had close contact with a number of ‘cruising children’ who have had no difficulty re-entering formal education at grade level, and some have gone on to receive higher degrees. I am currently the Director of Cascade Canyon School in Fairfax. I am always prepared to offer support and assistance to families who take their children voyaging by land or sea, and am always prepared to act as co-ordinator in their education while away from school. If 1 can offer any further assistance, 1 would be glad to do so. Please do not hesitate to contact me by phorte at (415) 459-3464, or c/o: Cascade Canyon School, 14 Park Road, Fairfax, California 94930. Anne-Marie Barar Fairfax

□ READ ME TWICE When hauled out, I found a small chocolate brown abalone living with a horse mussel colony on my rudder. Knowing that brown abalone are rare, 1 took it to Dr. Freyd A. Ney, the Spanish marine scientist. He kept it for years and it grew very large in his sea lab, and it actually learned to respond to a dip net and came out of the water daily to be measured and weighed in exchange for a rewarding snack of algae. Dr. Ney had never seen a brown abalone before and for lack of a mate decided to clone the brown. Cloning was a total success except that all the clones had big green eyes. The clones even retained the net training of the original and c!t the second dip of the net they would attach for an algae snack. To this day I still hear people talk about Freyd Abalo Ney and double dip chocolate eyes green clones. W.T. Hatch Alviso IV. T. — Both urchins and the eyes green clones are delicacies in the Orient.

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LETTERS when you let it. All yacht racing is on an honour system. There is no inspection before or after the race, therefore it is up to a protest system to police all the rules. It is my opinion that if one knows of an infraction of the rules, it is their responsibility to file a protest so the Race Committee can act on if. There was no protest on the Buc¬ caneer 28. Therefore there was no action taken. It seems to me that “not Boreasing again” because you did not comply to Y.R.A. rules is your problem. The Boreas Committee has tried to overcome the finish line pro¬ blem for sometime; however the recorders take times for some 20 or more hours. Having someone in a boat not underway in the open sea is more than we have been able to accomplish. Recording times is not one of the most thankful jobs going. If you or anyone would like to volunteer for the job, contact Elkhorn Y.C. at P.O. Box 45, Moss Landing 95039. Further, this has been the finish line for over 30 years without incidence. Next time speak up. Ronald Williamson Race Committee Chairman Staff Commodore E.Y.C.

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□ RUSH TO JUDGEMENT Let’s call this letter a personal opinion. Have you ever been temp¬ ted to edit some of the commercial advertising you carry in your in¬ formative little magazine? Certainly many of us have grown wary of exaggerated or downright false claims. While I believe most adver¬ tisers are honest, I catch one on rare occasion red handed in a big, fat untruth. It is common in the ads of sailmakers pursuing the business of rac¬ ing sailors to make long lists of victorious boats carrying their sails, or of regattas won by their sails. There’s nothing wrong with that if the lists are accurate, and reasonably current. Your attention is directed to last month’s (November) Latitude 38 (perhaps this month’s too), wherein pages 8 and 9 carry a two-page ad for DeWitt sails and page 39 offers us the advantages of Horizon Sails. The DeWitt ad — with my permission — prominently (and ac¬ curately) features my Moore 24 Flying Colors (currently for sale in your Classy Classifieds) as one of the championship boats that recently benefited from the wholesome advantages of wearing DeWitt sails on the race course. The ad cites a partial list of our vic¬ tories over this past season, including 2nd place in the Moore 24 Na¬ tionals, held in L.A. way back in July (for the record the 1st place boat wore Pattison sails, a local L.A. shop). Now as for the Horizon people: I cannot speak for their sails, but they would seem to have problems making good lists; because their ad claims that their sails took both 1st and 2nd in the Moore 24 Na¬ tionals!! A bit shocked and puzzled, I perused the Horizon ad further, only to find another inaccuracy right next to the first one: “2nd — J-24 Worlds”. Now I also happen to know that fellow club member John Kostecki, just this past October, took the 2nd place honors in that event at the St.F.Y.C., and he was using Norjh Sails! This was too much, so I called Horizon to talk with the manager. First I pointed out that their ad was inaccurate. page 31

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LETTERS

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WINTER RACING Response: Oh, it’s just a list of everything we've ever won. Still trying a reasoned approach, 1 said: “Then why don’t you at least list the years, otherwise it’s just tired ‘old business’. Worse, it’s false advertising because it clearly implies that sailors with your rags are the current champions in these regattas!’’ “People in the market for sails want to know who’s winning now, not two seasons ago!” Then, refining this pure logic further: “Hell, why not list everything your sails have done back to 1965! If you used display sized type you could fill half the magazine!” Finally I suggested they withdraw this obviously misleading adver¬ tising. They refused. I felt I had no choice but to bring the matter to light. Not only because it is an insult to the hard work and sportsmanship of my crew (and my sailmaker, for whom I have high regard), but bepause I per¬ sonally believe it is just not right — like somebody over there never took no course in basic ethics (or worse, flunked!). Bryce Hayes “Past” President (1980) Moore 24 National Association Bruce — VJe feel an individual or company ought to be given a lit¬ tle bit more benefit of the doubt before they are damned as being ethically bankrupt. So while we can fully appreciate your ire for believing your thunder had been infringed upon, we think you jumped the gun. As we see it a good deal of the problem is that you’ve made a false presumption. As was clearly stated, the ad on page 39 was for the local Horizon loft, which has only been in business for two years, not since 1965 as you claim. Given the short time they’ve been in business, the manager’s response that the ad was a list of everything — or at least some of the more well-known regattas — they’ve ever won, doesn’t sound unreasonable to us at all. If you still have doubts about Horizon’s intentions, you’d certainly have to wonder why their list of wins starts with the TransPac, an event most every sailor knows was held in 1981, not 1982. If it had been their intent to mislead readers you’ve got to believe they would have buried that one further down the list. Furthermore, the 1982 J/Worlds hadn’t been completed by the deadline for that ad. Of course we’ll agree with you that the misunderstanding — and that’s exactly what we feel it is — could have been eliminated had the years been included in the ad. Why weren’t they? Chris Corlett, who did the original layout, decided to leave them out when they ‘crowd¬ ed’ the art work on the right hand side. Professionally speaking, stuff like that is done, so we wouldn’t read too much into it. But this instance aside Bruce, we don’t think ads are really meant to be gone over with a fine tooth comb for possible misleading im¬ plications. A good example is the Classy Classified you ran in your last issue, in which you claim Flying Colors is “Gold Plated". Obvi¬ ously we know you didn’t mean this in the literal sense, but a survey of five sailors revealed that none of them felt any Moore 24 ever could fit their conception of a figurative ‘gold plater’. But should we jump to the conclusion that you’re trying to mislead, lie or deceive? Hell no! But should there be any lingering question, let us confirm that Bruce Hayes indeed took second in the 1982 Moore 24 Nationals with a suit of DeWitt Sails, and that John Kostecki took second in the 1982 J-24 Worlds with a suit of North Sails. Congratulations and continued success to both of you.

□ THE OTHER SHOE What a sweetheart you are! All the stuff in Latitude 38 about Sweet Okole has been super — as usual, your rag has provided support and encouragement and we all appreciate it. Just a couple of things, though — you were waiting for the other shoe, weren’t you? My name, also as usual, is misspelled. It really page 33

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LETTERS was spelled Suzan and it really is pronounced Susan. Lorraine is not pronounced Quiche. Secondly, as crazy and wonderful as the Swiftsure crew is, they cannot have initial credit for the knee-pad number. That one goes to one of the characters from Jumpin’ Jack Flash who was traded to us for one of our crew before Swiftsure boarded us. If anyone’s,in¬ terested in the knee-pads, they’re up for grabs. I’m getting a thicker pair — it gets rough racing out there! Ah, yes, one more thing. Except for one obnoxious older ‘gentleman’ who kept calling me Toots’ with one of those lecherous sneers (if he’d been younger . . . maybe), the sailors in the BBS treated us like sailors — at least until 10 pm — and that was, for me, the most exciting part. The competition was more intense and ex¬ citing than I ever expected and as a result it brought out the racer in eafch of us to full form. We were pushed and loved it! The value of this experience will be used all next season to get ready for next year’s Big Boat Series — because whether we do an all-woman crew or are sprinkled throughout the fleet, none of us could stand on shore watching again. Thank you all who helped us raise money, screamed and yelled for us on shore, and to those we beat on Wednesday — well, better luck next year, boys. Suzan Lorraine Sweet Okole, Foredeck Tiburon P.S. A very special thanks to Glenda — a good sailor, writer, photographer. Suzan — We certainly feel the Big Boat Series was better for hav¬ ing an all-woman team. And we’re pretty sure another one — or maybe three or four — would be welcomed next year.

THE RADIAL HEADSAIL Don 9t leave port without it. . . When you leave for far away horizons, you’ll find one of the things you’ll miss — besides sourdough French bread, fine restaurants and the ballet — is a good stiff 20 knot breeze. If you don’t want to replace your entire sail inventory with light air sails, or bother with the expense and trouble of a spinna¬ ker, you should serious¬ ly consider the Radial Headsail. It’s the one sail which can provide the most versatility in light and medium ' conditions with the least amount of bother.

□ USE AN ACCORDIAN, GO TO JAIL. IT’S THE LAW! San Francisco was our first landfall this September after an 18-day sail from Vancouver, B.C. Our engine overheated and seized just outside Cape Flattery. We rode out a 50 knot storm off Cape Men¬ docino and due to calms, took five days to go the last 120 miles. We were sure glad to finally see the Golden Gate on our stern. We’ve found the people in the Bay Area to be among the most friendly and helpful we’ve met anywhere. One of the first people we met when we tied to the dock at San Francisco yacht harbor loaned us a battery charger so we could use our lights. Another sailor drove us way across town to refill our propane tanks and run other errands. The Harbor Master in San Francisco kindly let us stay at the ‘sanidock’ for the 2x/2 weeks it took to get our engine fixed, during which time the showers at the St. Francis and Golden Gate Y.C.’s were welcome indeed. We’d like to express our appreciation and thanks to. all these people and give a special ‘thank you’ to our mechanic who was as concerned about getting our engine running as we were. We met many other friendly and helpful people and discovered Latitude 38. What a pity it doesn’t get to Vancouver. Any thought of sending bulk copies to yacht clubs or the Blue Water Cruising Association for cost of postage? The cruising articles are particularly good and of interest to the many Canadians who head south each year. • It was the article in Latitude 38 that made us decide to stop at Marina del Rey. Generally we found it to be everything promised. However, we had one disturbing experience. The day we were to leave we had an offer to go to Disneyland, and returned that night exhausted. We hadn’t paid for that night but figured we would on the way out. We were awoken at 2 am by lights shining through the ports and the Harbor Patrol wanting to know why we hadn’t paid. There were other people at the transient dock awakened in the same man¬ ner. Since all of us had registered and paid for previous nights, in¬ cluding a key deposit of $5 (our nightly fee was $5.60), it really seemed undue harassment — especially at 2 am. page 35

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There certainly doesn’t seem to be any consistency in the way the harbors are operated here. In San Francisco we paid for a few days in advance and settled up when we left. Friends paid in advance at Santa Barbara and could not get a refund when they wanted to leave earlier. At Catalina if you pay for two days, you get five free (in off¬ season), but they don’t tell you that at Avalon. The police dock in San Diego has a very clear policy, which is a relief after so much variation and confusion. Many of us cruising south of Pt. Conception for the first time were baffled by the crackling in the water. It was strongest at Marina del Rey and reactions and theories varied from a fire in the bilge, bottom paint cracking, to micro-organisms in the water. The latter seems to now be the consensus, but a technical explanation would be in¬ teresting because those who live here are so used to it they never think about it or think to warn the visiting sailors. Thanks again to you all, hope to see you in Vancouver someday. Betty & Richard Bower Vagabundo Betty & Richard — We think the ‘harassment’ you received in Marina del Rey is becoming more common in some southern Califor¬ nia marinas, and is a by-product of the extreme pressure some patrolmen feel. The TV show CHiP’s, glorifying the every movement of two motorcycle cops, continues to be a blockbuster smash in southern California. As a consequence many guys wearing a badge are waging desperate battles to live up to that television ideal of Erik Estrada — and the whoever the other guy is. It’s kinda like the pressure some women feel when confronted with a Playboy foldout. So we feel that what sometimes happens is that ordinarily genial patrolmen have gotten confused, and have begun to put less impor¬ tance on serving the boating public than maintaining a glamorous countenance and behaving officiously. We’re not being facetious, either, for we were not the only in¬ dividuals who were made to feel like miserly supplicants just for wanting a transient berth for a couple of days at Marina del Rey. This at the hands of gentlemen who were resplendent in the most im¬ maculately pressed harbor patrol uniforms you’ve ever seen, with gold badges brilliant enough to blind, and polished shoes that reflected like mirrors. Most sported sidearms, handcuffs, billyclubs and radios. The only thing they lacked was a lifejacket; and that’s too bad because should one fall into the water all that gear will take them right to the bottom. Don’t get us wrong, we don’t mind patrolmen gussied up to look like 8’s and 9’s, as long as their service is up to the same general stan¬ dards. But what we — and others — object to is being subjected-to inexcusable doses of officiousness instead of assistance. It took us, for example, over five minutes in a roomful of primping, joking, and Hill-Street-Blues-type-bantering, and otherwise unoccupied patrolmen to get a seven line registration form filled out. And Eins¬ tein could have explained the Theory of Relativity in less time than it took two patrolmen to determine that three nights at $7.80 a night totals $23.40, from 'a chart in front of them. This is not an isolated instance, either. A boat from Oakland reported similar difficulty at Channel Islands Marina - where just as at Marina del Rey any attempt to fill but your own registration form is seen as a gambit for the patrolman’s power. This even though the patrolmen could not spell the word ‘Vincent’, and even had an equally difficult time copying it. We don’t go looking for evidence to support our ‘CHiP’s theory’; it just keeps hitting us in the face. Early one Saturday morning in Oc¬ tober we watched a Marina del Rey harbor patrol boat scream down the basin to take a nearby boat in tow. There was nothing wrong with that, had they not been so obnoxious as to turn on a shrieking siren loud enough to wake residents for miles around. Afterall, was it really necessary to use a siren in a virtually empty 900-ft. wide channel? page 39

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□ DON’T BE COOL Regarding Ernie Copp’s Letter to the editor, “No Nit-Pickers Allowed” in the November issue, 1 can offer some clarification as to the difference in letting a small marine diesel engine idle versus the practice of idling large equipment diesels. The large equipment diesel requires a fairly long warm up time to come up to operating temperature (180-200°F) and does not devel¬ op maximum torque output or pulling power until it achieves this op¬ timum operating temperature, which results in more efficient burning of the fuel thus more power. Also these types of equipment use hydraulic and compressed air as a source of power to control all of their other functions, i.e. brakes, lifts, etc. It also takes time to build up the pressures in these systems and is therefore not feasible to shut them down every time they stop. The temperature control on the large equipment diesels is also much more elaborate in that they have thermostats in the engines to control water flow and also thermostatically controlled shutters over the radiators to control the air flow or cooling efficiency as well as manual flaps for blocking off part of the flow in cold climates. The amount of idle time experienced by these large diesels is also a very small percentage of their total operating time, thus keeping build-up of deposits to a minimum through usage and temperature control. The small marine diesel does not have these elaborate tempera¬ ture control systems to keep the operating temperature up; plus, the amount of low RPM usage that most small marine diesels see com¬ pared to the amount of usage at a good operating RPM is much higher, thus more carbon and varnish deposit build-up. In fact the seawater-cooled marine diesel is never allowed to come up to its optimum operating temperature but operates at approx¬ imately 140-150°F at low RPM and 155-165°F at operating speed under load (approximately 2/3 — full throttle). The thermostat which controls the water flow through the engine usually opens at 140°F to prevent the engine warming up above 155-165°F, causing salt crystallization within the engine which plugs up the water passages in time. , The plight of the small marine diesel can be improved greatly by the addition of a fresh water cooling system (heat exchanger), so that the engine operates on a closed loop with heat transfer taking place in the heat exchanger between the fresh water side (engine) and the sea water side. A fresh water cooling system can be added to prac¬ tically any marine engine in use today. This allows the usage of a higher temperature thermostat in the engine allowing it to operate at the optimum operating temperature (approximately 180°F) , thus providing more efficient burning of the fuel and less deposit build-up in the combustion chambers producing fewer injector problems and sticking valves. page 41

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Another problem associated with excessive low RPM usage is that of piston ring and piston ring groove damage. Over a period of time the cylinder wall becomes worn as a result of the rings riding against them, thus leaving a ledge or unworn part of the top and bottom of the cylinder where the piston/ring travel stops. When the RPMs are finally increased, the ring slams up against this ledge causing it to wear excessively around the edge and causing wear or damage to the groove in the piston. In severe cases it will even break the ring. The wear and resultant damage will usually occur on the top ring due to the abrasiveness of the combustion by-products, and a lack of lubrication. It is therefore recommended that one should operate his/her en¬ gine for a reasonable period of time (15-30 minutes) at half throttle or more under load when motoring in or out of the marina, rather than the usual five minutes. On seawater-cooled engines it is also imperative that the zincs in the engine be checked and replaced if needed on a 6-12 month basis; if the engine is fresh water cooled then the zincs in the heat ex¬ changer must be checked. If your engine or heat exchanger does not have any zincs in them, it would be a good idea to install some. As Ernie stated, the worst things for a marine diesel are contamina¬ tion or water in the fuel and low operating temperatures. I would also like to add corrosion and lack of use to that list as well. Gene O’Riley Voyager Marine P.S. We are a full servicing dealer for Volvo Penta and Yanmar Diesels as well as Isuzu and others. If anyone has questions or needs advice, please feel free to call — (408) 263-7633.

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LETTERS we should stay away. Obviously a height of eight-feet every nine seconds is a lot tougher than two-feet every thirteen seconds but where do we avoid? / Pete Woodward , Tiburon Pete — We try and give everyone a free rein here at Latitude 38, so while we’ll suggest the topic to Max and Lee, we can’t offer any guarantees.

□ FROM: DANA BUNDY. SUBJECT: CRUISING We leave tomorrow! For San Diego then south to the Canal, Caribbean, “Tantra coastal” to Norfolk: then the “Pond” and all of Europe! “Vous wois”! , Who has got time to write! but for a fabulous haircutter-single-ladysailing friend (I give her my oldies!) I’d take the time. She’s ready to sign up on your Crew List and she’s loaded with talent — plus all Montana Avanue will scramble for these copies! Thanks. We’ll keep you posted, Dans’l, Hans Christian 36. Bob and Dana Bundy Los Angeles Dana — Who has time to write clearly? We can hardly figure it out. Anyway, as much as we’d like to make Virginia’s Hair Styling on Montana Avenue in Marina del Rey a distribution point, they just don’t fit the criteria of a ‘target location’. Tell the girls to slide on over to one of the distribution points in Marina del Rey about the 5th of each month.

□ 13 BUTTON WOOL PANTS For several years I have done business with the firm of Dee Bee s Tailor Shop at the Coast Guard Support Center, Government Is¬ land, Alameda. They have now opened another store off-base for the general public, bringing their low prices, fast service, and exper¬ tise they have been offering the military for the past 30 years. What is unique about Dee Bee’s Tailor Shop is the wide variety of services they provide besides tailoring and cleaning of men’s and women’s clothing. They also carry Navy surplus clothing items such as P-Coats, 13 button wool pants and jumpers, dungarees and chambray shirts. They have a variety of specialty items also: em¬ broidered logo patches, personalized hats and T-shirts, jackets, engraved plaques — you name it, and they will do their best to supp¬ ly it. Dee Bee’s Tailor Shop’s new location is on Livingston Street in Oakland. I think your readers would appreciate knowing about this P*aC6’

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of Baltimore, Smith intends to build the ship in an entirely authentic manner, as a living, working approach to maritime archaeology. Not destined to be just another idle museum ship, her plans include a three year, 76,000-mile world cruise retracing the traditional routes of the clippers. (In fact, her “shakedown” cruise will follow the Gold Rush route around the Horn.) All of the exhaustive research has been done: a complete set of lines, scantlings, and sail plans have been made and an eight-foot ar¬ chitect’s model has been built. Actual construction should take two years. Several Eastern cities are being considered as her building site, but growing local interest may lead the Sea Witch to the San Fran¬ cisco bay. Presentations have recently been made to several large corpora¬ tions for initial funding. However, like her predecessors, the Sea Witch is intended to be a viable, self-supporting enterprise. Once afloat, revenues from port tours, commemorative cargoes, film and merchandising rights, and schoolship use could well exceed $25 million. No person alive today has even seen an American Clipper Ship (or any other, for that matter) in all its working spendor. The purpose of Project Sea Witch is to change that state of affairs. Interested readers are encouraged to write to learn more about this remarkable offer. ,

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□ EVALUATION OF MY PERSONALITY As a subscriber to Latitude 38, I am certainly getting my money s worth. Not only do I get a fine sailing magazine, but lately each issue has included an evaluation of my personality. I liked your description of me as a nice person [Volume 62]. Then came Mike Kane’s contention that I am a forgetful, crotchety old man [Volume 63]. And now, with Volume 64,1 have Charles K. Chiodi’s labelling of me as a deaf, blind, mindless, prejudiced jerk. If this is selling magazines for you guys, I ought to get a free Latitude 38

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□ CALLING ALL LADIES I am in the process of gathering information on the 1 eak Lady design of small wooden sloops for the purpose of writing an article concerning their history, construction and adventures. My col¬ laborator in this project is Rusty White, Secretary of the Ancient Mariners Sailing Society here in San Diego. We have a favor we would like to ask of you and your readers. We would very much like to hear from anyone who has owned a Teak Lady or has had contact with these fine small craft. They were built by Ah King Slipway in Hong Kong in 1939 (and possibly other page 47

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years as well) to a Thomas (‘Ted’) A. Kilkenny design. They are full keel and carvel planked with dimensions of 18-ft. LOA, 6-ft. 4-inch beam and 3-ft. 4-inch draft. To date we have gathered some data on hulls number 4, 14, and 18. At this writing we think there may have been as few as twenty or so of the design built. What we would like to know from your readers is data such as hull numbers, dates owned, previous owner’s names and addresses, who they sold the boat to as well as general notes on hull color and condition, interior layout, nature of auxiliary power, and any notes on and rememberances of memorable voyages. Of course any pictures would be greatly ap¬ preciated, copied and returned. We have been singularly fortunate to have obtained a great deal of support and data from Mrs. Eleanor Borden of Spindrift Point, Muir Beach, and Sausalito, California. She is the wife of the late Charles Borden, author and seaman first-class, who sailed his Teak Lady hull 4 (Confucius) from Monterey, California, to Hawaii in June of 1940. Mrs. Borden has provided us with many newspaper clippings and photos as well as line drawings and details instructions for building a Teak Lady. 1 am sure many of your readers may have known or heard of Charles Borden as he sailed extensively in your home waters. If you would be so kind as to make our request known to your readers we would be most grateful. Please have interested persons drop me a line at 3204 Felton Street, San Diego, CA 92104, or P.usty at 528 Savoy Street, San Diego, CA 92106. Thank you for your help with our efforts. Jim Boulter Teak Lady Hull 14 Different Drummer Jim _ We’re pleased to be able to put the word out for you. If we remember correctly, back in 1980 we met a couple down in Mexico that had sailed one down from Alameda. We II try and check on that for you.

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□ALL THE SHIPS AT SEA As a serviceman I’m exposed to some of the most exotic daysailing possible as our ship pulls into various ports. I owe much of this pleasure to your magazine for starting my interest in sailing. The interest has spread and now I’m plagued each month by peo¬ ple wanting to read off my subscription. Would it be possible to get in on the distribution point deal? I know I can move at least 25 copies to my fellow sailing buffs — if so, begin sending 25 copies a month to: 01 Division USS Sacramento EW2 Donaldson FPO San Francisco EW2 — Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth, set up your own lend¬ ing library and charge the “buffs” a quarter each to page through your subscription. More seriously, we’d like to send copies to all the ships at sea, but it just isn’t economically feasible.

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LETTERS □ 6:30, DECEMBER 17TH Because Latitude 38 is so voraciously read in Ventura — witness¬ ed by the fact that tall piles of papers are here one day and gone the next — there can be no better way of initiating a new idea, or an old idea with a new twist. A group of Ventura sailors have taken upon themselves to create a type of ‘Sailors Theatre’, drawing talents and help from the water¬ front. The first of these attempts will be on December 17, to help br¬ ing in the holiday season. The Theatre, or perhaps better described as an organized evening of sailing friends gathering together to share their various talents, their sea songs and wit and humor and music, will be an evening of sailors tales and woes! The Fisherman’s Quay at the South end of Ventura Harbor, on the waterfront, is where it will happen on December 17th. Starting at 6:30, in the courtyard, grog time starts with the Sailors Theatre com¬ mencing at 7:30. The success and the future possibilities of an infor¬ mal witty Sailors Theatre of this kind will be because of the involve¬ ment and the participation of the sailing community. There will be no admission, and wine and beer can be purchased. Your laughs or participation are welcome, one and all. If you send Spike Africa down, we’ll buy the drinks. Jack Tar The Sailors Theatre 1198 Navigator Ventura, CA 93001 (805) 654-1218

□TWO TO GO, HOLD THE MAYO Please send two 8x10 prints of Margaret Rintoul III from page 83 of October 82 issue. It certainly captures everything big boat racing is all about. My hat’s off to you for capturing this on film! I will have each of these photos on display at Cal Marine Discount in Seattle and Portland. Thank you! Brian Gallagher Seattle Brian — Thanks for the kind words. The shot is due to appear as part of an upcoming North Sails national advertisement. A lot of folks asked us how we got such a timely shot. The truth of the matter is that just about anyone could have done it given moderately good equipment — a Nikon FE with a Nikon 80—200 zoom is what we happened to use. The only really difficult thing was getting a ride out to the course, and the Pan Am Clipper Cup folks took care of that by giving us ‘Colby of Amfac’ as our driver. All we had to do was wait to be in the right place at the right time, which in itself requires nothing more than waiting in the wrong place at the wrong time for 99.9999999999999 percent of the time.

□ WHICH ISSUE ARE WE ADDRESSING? I think the issue in these child custody and cruising cases you have had in your Letters column is less cruising than custody and visita- _ tion. I speak as a father who gets to see his daughter once or twice a year because of the various tactics of his ex-wife. If she ever got the idea of cruising, I guess I might see my daughter occasionally after she grew up and left home. I am philosophically opposed to the legal coercion used in the cases you printed, but grudgingly I must admit a bit of gladness that at least some mothers with custody of children have been inconven¬ ienced in their plans to cut the kids’ fathers out of their lives. As for cruising as an experience, great! 1 hope to be doing some myself. Correspondence courses, they’re fine too. Also the kids could get a real handful of reality in sailing and navigating a small boat to places we believe accessible only to 747’s. Consistently I see mention in your magazine of couples and children voyaging page 55

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sally together. These custody cases are different. The issue isn’t cruising, it’s fairness to the parent who doesn’t have custody, only “reasonable visitation rights”. Name withheld by request San Mateo N.W.B.R. — We wouldn’t have touched the ‘education while cruising’ question with a ten-foot pole had we felt it would have adversely affected the visitation or custody rights of either parent. For the most part we think the letters in response did not address that subject. Indeed, it seems to us that the testimonies worked both ways, ben¬ efiting equally a father or mother who wanted to take a child cruis¬ ing. (The obvious inequality is that usually the mother has custody for a greater percentage of the time than the father.) Actually, the ‘testimony’, will probably be of most value to happily married couples trying to decided if they should take their children cruising.

□ATTN: CRUISE DIRECTOR A few days back 1 sent in a plea for crew to be published in your November ‘Classy Classifieds’. Since then, several people have men¬ tioned that you keep a list of aspiring voyagers seeking crew posi¬ tions. Hence, this letter. I’ve just arrived in Sausalito, having left home port of Vancouver, B.C. a month ago for a year (or two) in Mexico, Polynesia and — who knows, perhaps way beyond. We enjoyed good weather and made lazy time for the first two weeks through our Gulf Islands and down the Wash. & Ore. coasts. Then we were zapped by the storm that I’ve heard — now they tell me! — tends to permanently prowl off Cape Blanco. As a result, we decided to coast-hop — good fun as it turned out, but it shot our schedule all to hell, and alas, crew’s time ran out. So, here I find myself in an unfamiliar port looking for a new crewmate and, short of a pub crawl, not sure where to start. I’m writing in hopes that one of your staff might have a seawise young lady in mind or that perhaps I can gain access to your crew list? At the very least, maybe you can point me elsewhere — is there, for example, a cruis¬ ing club locally, or perhaps a crew placement service that can help? A few details: The vessel is Amaryllis, a custom-built Tom Gillmerdesigned ketch, double-ended, 7 tons, 36 ft. overall, presently an¬ chored off the Sausalito Y.C. Her skipper/owner is an architect, mid-30’s, bit of a romantic, with interests in the performing arts, an¬ thropology and all things marine-ish. I’m looking for a female companion with the rare combination of sailing skills — preferably offshore experience — plus compatible, arts-oriented interests. Wishful thinking perhaps? I’ve taken a tem¬ porary address here so can be reached at Box 432, 1001-J Bridge way, Sausalito, CA 94966. Bob Hassell Amaryllis Bob — Sorry, but neither Cruise, Director or Cupid is our game. The best we can do for you is publish your Classy Classified and wish you the best of luck. Applications for Latitude 38s Crew List are published in the January Boat Show issue: the results of which are then published in the March and April issues. A lot of good that does you.

□ SAFE SAILING You must be getting letters from dozens of people who have hap¬ pily taken their children sailing to foreign places. My son has already written to you to say that he is sure he profited by growing up aboard a sailing ship. He thinks his mother should tell you how she feels page 57

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about it. I agree that a sailboat is an excellent way to “bring up” children. Nowadays it must be the safest way and the healthiest. It is also a great way of learning shared responsibilities. The sailing of the boat, the travel experience, meeting people, all are good providing there’s a competent skipper and a sound boat. My guess is that a mother wise enough to use Calvert School and to appreciate life aboard a small ship would be wise enough to make a sound decision as to boat and skipper. My daughter feels the same way about her life at sea — and she is getting Calvert School for her son because they live in China. Gwen Tompkins Sebastopol

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For the last 18 months, 1 have had the honor of acting as the Com¬ modore of the Singlehanded Sailing Society. In that time we, as a society, have accomplished many of our goals and have benefited yachting in general and singlehanding in particular. Among those functions I believe have been beneficial, 1 would, include: 1) The supervision of four local races, including the popular Sin¬ glehanded Farallones Race; 2) A lecture series over an eight month period on assorted topics of interest to sailors; and 3) The coordination, with help from the Oakland and Hanalei Bay Yacht Clubs, of the 1982 Singlehanded Transpac to Hanalei, Hawaii. So what is on the agenda for 1983? Well frankly, not much. Its not that we don’t have the races, lectures or members — we do, as well as having a solid niche in the sailing community. Our problem is burned-out officers for the most part, and I am to blame for that situa¬ tion. 1 am extremely fortunate to work with six very hard-working people: Bonnie and Fred Joyce, Mike Rettie and Jeanie, and Robbie and Dolores Robinson. Without them, the Society would have come to a screeching halt. What we need now is a shot in the arm in the form of four new officers. A love for sailing is the only prerequisite, and the rewards are many — primarily the satisfaction of contributing to the sailing community. Our next meeting will be at the Oakland Yacht Club on Wednes¬ day, December 8, at 7:30 pm. 1 would like to encourage all members and interested folks to attend. The SSS will buy a beer for the first 50 people who attend (maybe two). Thanks to everyone who contributed to the success of the SSS in the last 18 months, and good luck to all members in the future. Fair winds and lucky shifts. Chuck Hawley Commodore SSS Skipper, Yacht Charlie

□ NAME GAME A Star To Steer Her By, by Ann Gash (Angus & Robertson Pub¬ lisher, Australia 1980) mentioned in Latitude 38, Volume 65, page 63, used to be available from the Armchair Sailor Bookstore in New¬ port, R.I. They advise, however, that it is now out-of-print. Every Folk'boat sailor should have a copy. Ditto every woman sailor. Wasn’t it Ann Gash who said she couldn’t understand anyone having anything except a lapstrake boat because of the sound of the waves against the hull? Page 67 — it’s Lin Pardey, not Lynn.

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Prince George, Maryland Herr — Karin Jensen at the Island Hunter Bookstore in Ventura has a xeroxed copy of A Star Tp Steer Her By, if someone feels they absolutely must track down a copy. We know it’s Lin, notLyn, Liin, Lynne, Lyrie, or Lynn; just as we know it’s Soozi, and not Suzie, Suzi, Sooze, Sousi; just as we know it’s Herr, not Hair, Heir, Hare or Heer. It’s just the proofreaders don’t know. But we’re working on getting them to refer back to the ‘hard copy’ to eliminate such mistakes.

□ THE CHOCOLATE’S BETTER, AND THE GNOMES, BUT . , . Wow! Imagine my surprise when 1 went to the mailbox today and found the November issue of Latitude 38 waiting for tne. And im¬ agine my greater surprise when I looked inside and found not only Sojourner, the family boat, but also my brother ‘Blueboy’, the family centerfold! When I had the choice to either cruise to Mexico or spend the year in Switzerland, I thought I made the right choice. But sitting here in landlocked Zurich, reading about the latest coastal happen¬ ings, well . . . I’m beginning to wonder. Boy, talk about homesick¬ ness! Just wanted to say keep up the good work — I’m hoping someone on board is saving the back issues for my homecoming. Dana Shubat Zurich, Switzerland (Santa Cruz) P.S. By the way, my mom’s name is Nancy, and brother Blueboy is actually Milo. Dana — Everybody makes mistakes, so don’t be too hard on your¬ self. In regard to the family names, your Dad is still Vince, but we know Milo as Michael, and your mom . . . Well over burgers at Bol Weevil, your dad explained that your mother ought to have a more Mexican name than Nancy for south of the border. He tried Nancita, which didn’t quite cut it. Then he really took a liking to ‘Coachella’, until he learned that was a grapefruit. He was still working on it when we left. For a good photo of your mother and brother, check this month’s Changes in Latitudes.

□ QUITE A QUOTE “No man stands so straight as when he stoops to help a boy”, Father Flanagan. - ' When the father tore the boy from the mother; when the mother tore the boy from the father, the judge stooped and helped the boy. We had five small children. We lived on a bay. My wife chose to leave me, taking the children with her. Jim had hid so well that when I came home from work, he was there to greet me. He said, Dad when you die, I want to die too. We were salty. It wasn’t long before we put our belongings in one boat which we towed while rowing another. There was the little boy, maybe eight at the time. He made the decision. He lived in the rowboats during the summer, in the winter we lived in rooming houses. Jim went to school. , The initial tale and the following collaborations do not consider the child. Children invariably become adults but first they are children who want their parents to be capable of stooping to help their children. The sea is cruel — home is the shelter. A couple of months ago while browsing in Johnson & Josephs next to the Neptune Club, I found Latitude 38. A rewarding ex¬ perience. Thank you. The effort is wonderful. ' Gifford Beavins San Francisco page 61

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Have you ever seen that ad for the French restaurant, Chez Zelda, in Cruising World magazine? And then wondered what in the world a French restaurant was doing advertising in a national sailing maga¬ zine. It turns out that Chez Zelda is not only located below Cruising World’s editorial offices, but we’re told by their European editor that it’s also one of Cruising World’s businesses. Frankly it made us feel just a bit inferior not having a food sub¬ sidiary like the big guys, and we’ve decided to make amends. We’re about to install a soft pretzel and/or hot dog cart on the sidewalk in front of our offices so hungry folks coming in for Classy Classifieds won’t starve to death. For more information on this exciting dining experience look for the Three Hot Dogs (And A Pretzel) To The Wind advertisement in the restaurant section of next month’s CW.

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Pioneering singlehanded female racer Amy Boyer, would like everyone to know that she’s available to give slide presentations on her singlehanded races. You may recall she did the MiniTransit across the Atlantic and the Singlehanded TransPac to Kauai — both in Little Rascal, her Wilderness 21. Amy, not quite matronly at 24, is trying to raise money to get a radjo so she can resume singlehanding her little boat. What happened to the last one? She had to sell it to buy a plane ticket home from Antigua at the end of the MiniTransit. If you’d like to have her give a presentation, she may be contacted by calling 586-7385.

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More big boys all the time. If you think Condor and Kialoa might be the last of the great maxis, you’ve got a lot more thinking coming to you. Despite a slug¬ gish economy, some sailors have the money to go out and challenge the big guys. There’s Jake Wood’s new Gary Mull-designed Midnight Sun, a state-of-the-art maxi, coming right along, and if you saw Yachting magazine’s cover a few months back, there’s Marvin Green’s Dave Pedrick-designed Nirvana. While Jim Kilroy is gutting Kialoa for more speed, Mr. Green seems to have gone a little bit in the direction of comfort. The boat has stereos, color TV’s, video, an ice-maker, a bathtub, a washer/dryer, a refrigerator cooler, a trash compactor, a microwave oven, a water maker, and all that jazz. But she’s done very well rac¬ ing so far, setting a new Bermuda Race record, winning a weak maxi series in Spain, and doing very nicely in the Onion Patch Series. As you might expect the electronics on the boat are something else. There’s a Loran, SatNav, radar watch, radar, depthsounders, a Hercules system, an Apple computer, a weatherfax, and even a telex machine. You’d think with all this gear they’d be able to keep off the bottom, even though the 80-ft. Nirvana draws almost 14 feet. But no way, she’s gone aground twice already, at ten knots no less. As a pic¬ ture in Yachting World demonstrated, they once had to get her off with the aid of buoyancy bags. Now you might think with a boat like Nirvana you could load her up with food, head South, and find . . . well Nirvana. It’s not so sim¬ ple. You see it takes a lot of support to run a boat this big, and in the case of Nirvana that means a 40-ft. container that’s shipped wherever she goes. Notable items in the container include Nirvana s own Dodge van, a complete workshop, and a modular forecabin that’s dropped into the boat when she’s not racing. Since this stateroom becomes the owner’s cabin while in port, you can imagine it’s rather sumptuous. That’s an awful lot of boat for anyone to have when you consider how many poeple would be glad to settle for just a 50-footer with a single interior and maybe just $15 thousand in electronics.

There’ll always be an England. The marine electronics industry of the world welcomes the British to the 20th century . With a recent decision of the Royal Ocean Rac¬ ing Club, the Brits will now be allowed to use modern electronic navigation aids like SatNav and Decca in RORC races. They 11 also be allowed use of electronic aids which calculate VMG, true wind speed and direction, and other valuable information. Such electronic equipment has long been allowed in all the other major yachting events in the world. The Royal Ocean Racing Club has also recognized that the world ocean racing elite has just about had their fill of the facilities and courses of what had once been the world’s most prestigious competi¬ tion, the Admiral’s Cup. The only change thtf year will be moving one of the three inshore races from the Solent, and its horrendous page 65

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emeryviile Some berthers at the Emeryville municipal marina are upset with the 30% increase in fees last year and the proposed 23.5% in¬ crease scheduled for the beginning of 1983. They’re urging others who berth at Emeryville to join them at the December 7 meeting of the city council. The meeting starts at 8:00 pm at Emeryville City Hall on Powell St. You can contact Mike Sheridan at 655-0629 (after 4 pm) for more information about the berther’s position. Basically he feels the rate hike is too steep, and he cer¬ tainly doesn’t see a correlating improvement of services to justify the increase.

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olin - cont’d unrest The city’s point of view is slightly different. According to Giselle Wolf, operations manager for public works, the added revenue is needed for capital improvements, such as riprapping the shore, where erosion is a problem, and for maintenance dredging. She says that before the 30% increase last year (current rates are $2.70/foot for single pier, $3.35/foot for double finger), the rates are minimal and the marina was operating in the red. She adds that the municipal marina is not out to make a profit, but it is supposed to be self-maintaining.

Originally, the models were towed from straight ahead, the same as for ship models. In 1933-34 Olin designed a 6 Meter using results from tests con¬ ducted that way and the boat was a bust. They realized something was wrong. They then revised the tests so the models were tested with heel and side forces that would be present during actual sailing. The boats resulting from the subsequent tests were, very successful. Stephens is quick to point out that the model testing itself couldn’t spell the difference between victory and defeat for a racing yacht. There are too many other factors involved. What happened, though, was that after he and several other designers such as Phil Rhodes and Bill Luders got interested in the tests, they all started turning out good boats. The tests provided a quantitiative/analytical aspect to complement the “art” of hull design, the latter of which Olin still values higly. “There’s just something about having a nice, fair, clean shape,” he said. “Maybe it’s not as true as it used to be, but it’s still valid and I hope it’s true.” At this point, Olin fielded questions from the audience. Of interest was Stephens relationship to offshore rating rules which he worked on for many cont'd on next sightings page

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SIGHTINGS olin ” cont'd years. He served many years as chairman of the technical committee for the IOR, a position now held by Oakland’s Gary Mull. Olin says there are those who complain that he’s had an inside track on the rules development, which has given him an unfair advantage in designing boats, and vice versa. He points out, however, that he is quite disappointed at the way the IOR rule turned out. It encourages the building of boats, he says, that he doesn’t want to go offshore in; he prefers the types of boats that were popular in the early seventies. The present designs are too beamy and too flat on the bottom. The lack of a bilge offers no substantial base to which to attach the keel. He says there’s a constant tug of war for the rule makers between those who know the rule can be improved and those who know there’s a fleet out there that shouldn’t be disenfranchised all at once. Asked to give his opinion on ULDB’s and multihull craft, Stephens ex¬ pressed serious doubts about their seaworthiness in the open ocean. He’s afraid you can’t really get the required strength to weight ratios necessary to meet ocean conditions. While he has not sailed much in the past decade, he recalled being out on the sea quite a bit and admitted being scared. “I think naval architects ought to be scared once in a while,” he said. The audience chuckled heartily. As for the America’s Cup, he also had a few comments to make. Olin has been involved with the spectacle since 1937 when he helped design the super J-boat Ranger. He designed a string of successful 12 Meters, including Columbia, Courageous, Intrepid, and Constellation. While he has obviously invested considerable time and effort in the America’s Cup, he still doesn’t consider it the earth shattering event that others do. “I can’t see it being the highest point of yachting,” he said. “And I don’t know why the media makes it quite what it is. If you like catamarans or E scows or small one-designs, there you are. Personally, I think sailboats are the greatest thing to come along in years!”

American water torture There have been quite a few achievements in the miniaturization of elec¬ tronics in the last decade, but the folks in the Silicon Valley can hardly afford to rest on their laurels if they hope to stay ahead of ambitious sailors. For some sailors have gone, if we may use the word euphemistically, small. Gerry Speiss started modern sailing miniaturization back in 1979 when he sailed his 10-ft. Yankee Girl across the Atlantic Ocean. That was quite an achievement for the time, kinda like the room-sized Univac computer. Speiss was honored left and right, and became a featured speaker at boat shows. About that time Webb Chiles took off for a circumnavigation on a 17-ft. open boat, then thought to be a big thing. While Chiles was waiting out hur¬ ricane seasons and getting arrested in Saudia Arabia, Speiss decided to sail Yankee Girl around the world. Last we heard, he was down in the South Pacific about nine months ago. But if Speiss hopes to remain noteworthy, he better take a saw to the last 18 inches of his transom, because he’s sailing a floating condo by today’s standards. This summer Tom McClean, a 39-year old Englishman, broke Speiss’ record by crossing the Atlantic in a 9-foot, 9-inch boat. It only took him 51 days. But if McClean was looking for everlasting fame, he was having less luck than Speiss.For it was only two weeks later that Bill Dunlop of Mechanic Falls, Maine, pulled into Falmouth, England, on his 9-foot Wind’s Will, setting yet another record for crossing the Atlantic in the smallest boat. If there was an consola¬ tion for brief record-holder McClean, it was that he bested Dunlop’s time by almost a month, winning on ‘corrected [ho, ho] time’. As for Dunlop, he was the celebrity attraction at the Long Beach Boat cont’d on next sightings page

jib looks ok. Racing in the midwinters is a great time to get your crew work ironed out for next sum¬ mer. You can pull stunts like the crew of the Tartan Ten Plaid Pad did in the usually light page 72

SIGHTINGS torture — cont’d Show last month, where he announced that Wind’s Will was being refitted at North Shore Yachts in Maine in preparation for a circumnavigation to begin next summer. Presumably he’ll be singlehanding.

1983 san diego — maui race for classic yachts

Entry forms are now available for the Ancient Mariners Sailing SocietyLahaina Yacht Club 3rd Bi-annual San Deigo-Maui Classic Yacht Race. The starting date is June 12, 1983. Early interest indicates excellent participation. The San Diego-Maui Race is a unique event. It is the only trans-oceanic yacht race strictly for classic sailing yachts and the only major ocean race starting inside an area where spectators on shore can participate. Few people who witnessed the 1981 Maui race start inside San Diego Bay off Shelter Island have forgotten the spectacle. The San Diego Cannoneers, U.S. Navy Band, fireboats and dozens of classic spectator boats will again send the racers off in style. And the gala welcome by Lanaina Yacht Club will again provide the much needed fun and merriment as well as facilities and temporary slips for the finishing boats. Classes and handicaps are arranged to give all the diverse types of classic sailing vessels a good shot at a trophy. Cruising-style yachts are encouraged to particpate and have done very well taking 1st overall in both previous races. For those with classic ocean-racing yachts thinking about the L.A.-Honolulu Transpac — Go with us! We will have the competition for you with the large yawls and schooners that typically participate and you are not doomed to failure because of your rating. Come race against the boats your boat was meant to race against! The 1981 San Diego-Maui Race was won by Bob Sloan’s 61 foot schooner Spike Africa. First in Class B was the Flanagan’s 49 foot Alden Ketch Cybe/e. First to finish was Byron Chamberlain’s 51 foot Burgess Schooner Rose of Sharon which set a new elapsed-time record of 13d 5h 52m. For entry forms and more information, please cal! John Frost at (619) 222-1915 or write: AMSS, P.O! Box 6484, San Diego, Ca. 92106.

speaking of pump out stations Ill

but i can’t point winter breezes and not pay the heavy price that you would in a 25 knot summer wester¬ ly. Check the Calendar section for this / winter’s schedule. page 73

How come so few people are using them? That’s what Teresa Rumjahn, a sanitary engineering technician for the California State Regional Water Quali¬ ty Control Boat would like to know. Teresa says the Coast Guard estimates that nationwide there is only about 25% compliance with the MSD regula¬ tions now in effect. Here in California, it’s more like 15% compliance. After completing a study on the problem in which her organization talked to the Coasties, the EPA, boatowners and harbormasters, the answer seems to lie in, as Teresa puts it, “the boating public’s obstinancy in not using pump out facilities. They don’t want holding tanks in their boats.” And why don’t people want them? Well, here’s an example (which we got from The Practical Sailor): During the 1982 Newport, R.l. to Bermuda race, the holding tank aboard Frank Snyder’s Chasseur exploded. The head discharge system had a two way valve; one way the crap went overboard and the other way it went into the holding tank. The owner had never used the holding tank before (which you’re supposed to do whenever you are within three miles of the coast) but by having the holding tank he was in compliance with regulations. Evidently, two weeks before the race, a young fellow had been aboard to do odds and ends and he had turned the valve to the holding tank mode, and he never told the owner about it. After two days of the racing crew using the john, the holding tank failed and all the crap ran into the bilge. cont'd on next sightings page

SIGHTINGS pump out — cont’d Yuk! Teresa Rumjahn notes that there are three types of MSD’s. Boats under 65-feet in length can carry a Type 1, which allows treatment and discharge of effluents with no greater than 1000 most probable number (mpn) of fecal coliform bacteria per 100 ml. of fluid. The effluent must also not contain visible solids. This device has a macerator or grinder plus a chlorinator to deodorize the crap after it has been chewed up. Boats over 65 feet need a Type II device, which gives the effluent more treatment and can have more solids in it. Any boat can have a Type III device, which is a holding tank. Type II’s should only be emptied either when three miles or more off the coast or into the pump out station which leads directly to a sewer line. Another problem with getting people to use MSD’s is the simple fact that they cost alot. The Coast Guard has a list of certified MSD’s suitable for use on small vessels and the cheapest one is a five gallon Type II which costs $96. Most Type Ill’s are over $100 and a Type I can run as high as $2310! Even if you have one, you have to find someplace to pump it out. Of the 120 Bay Area marinas questioned by the Water Quality Control Boat about their pump out facilities, only 22 responded that they had one. The cost of using them ranged from free to an astounding $200, charged by Sausalito Yacht Harbor. Owner Herb Madden, when questioned, replied that he would pro¬ bably really only charge a nominal fee, but that he would do it as a courtesy and only if he felt like it. If the tank was a mess, he probably wouldn’t feel like it. Besides, he added, not that many people ask to use it anyway. On the other end of the spectrum, Port Sonoma Marina estimates they service 45 boats a month with their two pump out stations, charging 25C for five minutes. They predict they will be handling four times that number when their marina is up to full capacity. Teresa Rumjahn admits herself that the problem is literally a smelly one that has no easy answers. For one thing, she says, it’s hard finding MSD’s that are reliable. As for trying to enforce the regulations, they have to catch you in the act of dumping overboard in order to make a case. Finally, while acknowledging that vessel waste is important, Teresa is well aware that there are other water pollution problems, like unsewered houseboats, that need equal if not greater attention. “We have to strike a balance between prevent¬ ing discharge and pollution,” sh^ says, “and the resistance by boaters to hav¬ ing MSD’s.”

something rotten When they’re not sailing over in Alameda, they sometimes check the piers on the waterfront to see how they’re holding up. This is what they found over at the Alameda Marina on the Estuary — lots of rot that had to be rooted out. The scary part is that yacht dealers Gorman and Thomson had a big Norseman 447 cradled right next to this spot for several months.

the nameless race notes past (8b future Winter is the time to lick wounds from the summer’s heated battles, crow about victories achieved and plan for next season’s triumphs. Here’s a look at what’s already happened and some things scheduled and schemed for the future. The Small Yacht Racing Association (SYRA) announced their 1982 season champions. They are, by class: Electra — 1) Tamoroa, Bob Epstein, Lake Merritt SC; 2) Jenny, Frank Franet, LMSC. Venture 24/25 — 1) Aquasces, Frank Atteberry, San Jose SC; 2) Bonaventure, Bob Butler, Diablo SC. Santana 22 — 1) Seascape, Jim Lindsey, Richmond YC; 2) cont'd on next, sightings page

The folks down in the south bay have been trying to get a yacht racing association of their own going for some time now. A couple of years back they formed the South Bay YRA, but it folded due to lack of in¬ terest. Their spirit is undaunted, however, and their current effort is emphasizing a loose-knit approach. So far, sailors from Coyote Point YC, Palo Alto YC, San Lean¬ dro YC, San Mateo YC, Sequoia YC and Spinnaker YC have signed up for “The Nameless YRA”. Oyster Point YC is page 74

race notes — cont’d yra scheduled to add its name soon, and there’s hope Ballena Bay YC will also join up. The plan is for each yacht club-to host one race a year, providing the committee and support boats needed. Winners will get their trophies not from the host yacht club but from their own club, which should ease the financial burden for smaller clubs. Racing is scheduled to start in 1983. Anyone in¬ terested should contact the race committee at their club or call Nick Kluznick at 326-9763. page 75

Kemo Sabe, Vern Neff, RYC; 3) Tacky Lady, Charles Brochard, Corinthian YC; 4) Keelkicker, Bruce MacPhee, Sausalito CC; 5) Buffalo Honey, Lou Fields, Island YC. Cal 20 - 1) Great Egret, Ross Craig, Cal SC; 2) Min¬ nehaha, Nancy Delia Palmer, CYC; 3) Cracker Jack, Bert Rowe, RYC; 4) Samsara, Colin Gilboy, CYC. Wylie Wabbits — 1) Thumper, Tom Krase/Mike Rettie, RYC. Rhodes 19 - 1) *466, SFYC Jr. Program, SFYC; 2) Sinbad, Rony Chargin, St. Francis YC. Moore 24 — 1) Flying Colors, Bruce Hayes, St. FYC. Santana 20 — 1) Kane Mutiny, Geoffrey Gross, SYC.

The bay’s latest wunderkind, John Kostecki of Novato, came up a little cont’d on next sightings page

SIGHTINGS race notes — cont’d short at the 470 Nationals held November 5-7 at the Rush Creek YC near Dallas, Texas. After getting a 2nd and 5th in the practice races, John and crew Zack Berkowitz of San Francisco, were consistent but not brilliant in the 40-boat fleet, finishing 11th overall. Four of those boats were from other countries, so for John and Zack to be the 7th Americans in this Olympic class is actually pretty good. The pair plan to go to the 470 midwinter champion¬ ships next March in Florida, where the top American boat qualifies for the Pan American Games and the top four Americans earn a berth on the U.S. team and a trip to the 1983 Worlds in Weymouth, England.

nautical science The College of Alameda is offering several courses in nautical science during the up¬ coming winter quarter, which starts January 3rd. “Coastal Piloting” is a beginning naviga¬ tion course and should be taken before at¬ tempting celestial navigation. Linda WebberRettie will teach the Monday and Wednes¬ day section from 7:00 to 9:30 pm. Peter Jowise is the instructor for the Tuesday and Thursday class from 5:00 to 7:30 pm. Jowise is also teaching three other courses. “Meteorology for Mariners” meets on Mondays from 7:00 to 10:00 pm and is for cruising sailors who want to gain some expertise in short-term weather forecasting.

the godfather but only The Tahitian daily, Les Nouvelles, has finally scooped Rona Barrett. For it was two Les Nouvelles reporters that persuaded actor Marlon Brando, who lives on the island of Tetiaroa, to grant his first interview in 20 years. The thespian agreed to their request because “he felt at home in Tahiti” and because unlike the Chinese, the French, and American counterparts, Tahitian journalists are “not ill-intentioned”. V In fact Brando claims to have discovered that Tahitians possess a “cultural intelligence” the peoples of seemingly more advanced western nations do not. By way of

start your own private Several times in recent months we’ve been asked by folks where they can get the Calvert School course for their kids. The obvious answer is the Calvert School, Tuscany Road, Baltimore, Maryland 21210. Calvert’s ‘Home Instruction’ program is now in its 76th year. The kindergarten class is $80; grades 1 through 8 about $150, and that includes all textbooks, workbooks and

boat show While practicing for the nationals, Zack tried out his “moon boots” (see photo). If they look like something out of a Kiss rock concert, that’s exactly where Zack got the idea. They’re regular hiking boots with about 4” of hard foam glued to the bottom. When Zack gets out on the trapeze wire, the boots cont'd on next sightings page

With all the excitement over Thanksgiving and Christmas, • for goodness sake don’t forget the boat shows coming up in January. Once you learn the dates for either the San Francisco Sports & Boat Show at the Cow Palace or the Northern California Marine Association’s International Boat Show at page 76

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race notes — cont’d extend him that much farther out to windward and hence increase the boat’s stability. He wasn’t sure if they were totally legal (we’re not either), so he has sent a letter to the International Yacht Racing Union to see what they say.

“Celestial Navigation II” runs on Tuesday from 7:30 to 10:30 pm for those who have already studied some celestial navigation, either by themselves or in a classroom situa¬ tion. “Celestial Navigation I” on either Wednesday from 7:00 to 10:00 pm or Thursday from 7:30 to 10:30 pm is for those who can plot a DR track and now want to “shoot the sun”. The College of Alameda is at 555 Atlantic Avenue in Alameda. The phone number is 522-7221. Registration started November 15th and continues to December 17th. The classes are for Alameda county residents and are free.

Some other trapezers have been out on the bay recently as well. That would be the Aussie 18 sailors tuning up for an extended tour in Australia and New Zealand for the “down under” championships. The Stubbies/USA entry will be an all S.F. Bay boat with Jeff Madrigali, Jim Maloney and Trevor Baylis on the wires. Mike Turner, formerly of San Francisco and now living in Santa Barbara, has made arrangements to charter two new 18’s for the Australia’s Cup in Sydney on January 28-31. Turner will be sailing one of the boats along with American Flying Dutchmen sailors Cam Lewis and Scott Young. It’s not clear yet who’ll sail the third U.S. boat. Stubbies, O’Neill and Pacific Australia Direct Lines are sponsoring the Yanks on tour, and the Stubbies/USA 18 will represent our country at the world championships from February 18-27 at Okahu Bay, New Zealand.

finally speaks — Meanwhile, there’s talk of a couple of new racing boats due to be in the water for next spring’s opening races. One is a Peterson 41 that Bill Twist has on order from OB Boatworks in San Diego. The boat, as yet unnamed, will be much like Quintessence, the Peterson 41 which nearly nipped out Clockwork in last fall’s Keefe-Killbourn division of the Big Boat Series. It’s be¬ ing made off the same mold, but as Bill says, “this one will be different and better”. Bill formerly owned the Chaser 33 Stuff, which he raced with great success in the IOR B fleet. He donated that boat to Stanford University and it’s now referred to as Stanford Stuff. His new boat is expected to be in the water in January and will remain in southern California for a couple of mon¬ ths before migrating north for the Danforth series. Tiburon’s Chuck Winton has already taken delivery of his new NelsonMarek 41, built by El Cajon’s Geraghty Marine. He’s calling it Chimo, which was the name of his very successful Islander 36. Two years ago Chuck swore he’d never move up to the IOR fleet but he realized that if he didn’t do it now he’d get too old and never do it. So far he’s very excited and pleased with the boat and has a strong crew from the Islander to help him sail it. Slightly smaller but no less noteworthy is the new cold molded 31-footer that Colin Case is having built by Sausalito’s Berry Pearson. Colin was a part¬ ner in the Pyramid 30 Felony which was lost in last spring’s doublehanded Farallones race. He asked Carl Schumacher, who designed the Pyramid, to come up with a boat that would rate the same under the IOR rule (27.5 feet). Carl added a foot in length and a slightly bigger rig and thinks the 4400 pounder will also be a little faster. Pearson, who built the 1/4 tonners Suzi and Insatiable, thinks he’ll be done with the boat by January. Colin plans to race MORA and around the buoys on the bay as well as the long distance

to tahitians an example, Brando explained that a typical Tahitian is interested in the names of the fish at the bottom of his boat whereas the people from most other countries would only think of calling newspapers to alert photographers of Brando’s exact whereabouts. Be that as it may, Brando, after a pause, confessed that he’d gained some wisdom with his years: “I can now immediately recognize the sound made by a falling coconut, and 1 know how to take quick evasive action”. As far as Brando is concern¬ ed, in Tahiti that is wisdom enough.

school on your boat supplies for the school year. The ‘advisory teaching service’ is about another $70 for each grade. It sounds like an awfully good bargain to us. If you plan on going cruising with older kids, the University of Nebraska at Lincoln and the University of Florida at Gainesville both offer high school programs. No doubt

race to San Diego. And as long as we’re mentioning the long distance race, here’s a reminder from your friends at MORA about next summer’s version of the classic.

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boat show Moscone Center, it will be a snap to learn the other. That’s because they’re both scheduled for January 7-16. So get out your new date book (if you are expecting one for Christ¬ mas, write it on your hand) and make a note. Lots of boats, lots of equipment, lots of folks to talk sailing with you. page 77

It was just a plain night of terror! I got the worst case of boat butt possible! It took us six hours to do the last eight miles! on Earth would anyone deliberately put themselves through this? The midget ocean race in the world, of course! MORA’s San Francisco to

San Diego race will start July 2nd next summer. So, why are we telling you this now? Because winners plan ahead. Pick your crew, practice and start putting the boat together for the time of your t

life; in spite of the crazy way this race usually goes, racing fools keep coming cont'd on next sightings page

SIGHTINGS race notes “ cont’d back for more and the number of boats grows each year. Why? The phosphoresence of the water, the gray whales, the surfing, the teamwork - hell, the fun of it! And the T-shirts, the parties at the San Diego Yacht Club, screaming downwind in the moonlight — all this and much more. So, boys and girls wth boats under 31 feet, start thinking about it and

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If you don’t recognize this anchorage right away, it’s probably because you don t often think of dropping the hook on the west side

watch this rag for further details as time sails on!

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SIGHTINGS mazatlan race story ! of Angel Island. In the winter, though, with more northerlies and easterlies, it’s not a bad place to hang out.

The Santa Cruz 50 Samurai, owned by Richard Catlin of Monterey Penin¬ sula’s Stillwater YC, won the 1982 Mazatlan race. Team Monterey also took second overall with D. Kirk Erskine’s SC50 Earl of Mar from the Monterey Peninsula YC. Twenty-one yachts competed in the 12th version of this 999-mile race from L.A. to Mazatlan. Varied wind conditions made for an in¬ teresting contest and there were some terrific boat-for-boat battles along the way. First to finish was Harry Moloscho’s 69-foot Drifter, under charter to Cliff Tucker. Only five minutes behind was Bill Lee’s 67-foot Merlin. The pair had traded the lead continuously the whole race, with Drifter going ahead on the final heavy air close reach to the finish. Right behind them across the line were Samurai, skippered by Skip Allan, and Earl of Mar, who were also within sight of each other the whole way. Harvey Kilpatrick, Earl of Mar’s sailing master, says the two Monterey Bay boats were psyched up and really put each other to the test. After the first two days they were actually ahead of Merlin boat-for-boat before they got into high speed downwind conditions. Kilpatrick reports winds were light and flukey rounding Cabo San Lucas, but once they got into the jetstream crossing the Gulf of California, the wind and seas picked up. “You could actually hear the wind whistling in the rig¬ ging,” he says. Nights were pitch black and in the steep seas the boat would stop almost dead as they plowed into the back of an overtaken wave. Some of the crew sailing with Harvey were Dick Clark, Chris Corlett and navigator Don Snyder. There were five Santa Cruz 50’s in Class A and Larry and Joseph Burgin’s Oaxaca out of Santa Cruz YC ended up third. Class B featured a battle between two of the new Santa Cruz-based 40-footers. L.A. attorney Wayne Willenberg’s Olson 40 Revenge out of Pierpont Bay YC edged out Bill Wilson’s Santa Cruz 40 Mimi B of Los Angeles YC by a margin of five minutes boat-for-boat. Mimi B owed Revenge over an hour on handicap, so the latter corrected out to win class honors. These two boats were also within sight of each other the whole way, making for spirited competition. They also hit some hefty winds and seas, which made for ex¬ citing rides. Willenberg reports they had 45 second bursts of 25.2 knots. “And that’s no fish story,” he says. “We had three people out there watching the dial!” Dick Meine’s Choate 48 Brisa won class C and corrected out to third overall. In Class D it was Roy Disney’s new Frers 44 ketch Shamrock. Harvey Kilpatrick estimated that about a quarter of the fleet was less than two months old and with all the new sails flapping about at the start, it looked like a sailmaker’s convention.

pv preview If you missed the Mazatlan race, you don’t want to miss the next run to Mexico, the Del Rey YC’s acclaimed Marina del Rey to Puerta Vallarta Race. This 1,125-mile long-time favorite starts on February 19; the deadline for en¬ tries is January 2nd. If you decide to enter the race, chances are you won’t be among strangers. The host yacht club reports that almost half of the entry re¬ quests have come from northern California. The race is open to boats with IOR certificates. If your boat isn’t, get a bunch of guys — or gals — together and charter one that is. It would make a great Christmas present for yourself. The Puerto Vallarta Race has at least three great things going for it. 1) Sail¬ ing downwind in normally warm breezes sure beats ending the winter up here in the rain. 2) The yacht club has scheduled a full moon for the middle of the race. 3) Once you get to Puerto Vallarta, you’ll be right there for the March

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4th start of the MEXORC. For information on the P.V. Race or MEXORC, call the Del Rey YC at (213) 823-4664. These are great people and can answer all your Mexican

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SIGHTINGS sampson of sightings things to do when you can’t go sailing Allright, so two months ago things looked pretty nice outside, you couldn’t see going to Mexico when it’s warm and pretty here, and besides, no one in vited you on the Mazaflan race. But now it’s bloody December, you ve already used a half-cord of oak in the fireplace, it’s getting dark much too ear¬ ly, it’s too cold and windy to enjoy sailing in a bathing suit or worse yet, your boat is stuck in Santa Cruz, and you couldn t get out if you wanted to.

once is enough. Belvedere’s Dave Fenix had one hell of a racing record in 1982. First he chartered the new Frers 51 Retaliation and took it to the SORC, winning both in class and overall. X Then he took delivery of his long awaited

Now what do you do? 1. Buy a new boat. Or at least think about it. You could just run down to the local broker and do this, but the point is to take your time. Visit all the brokers, and pick up their literature. Send away all the magazine Reader Service” cards you can find, and circle everything; this will provide lots of reading material. You can also study the bank loan rates in the newspaper, and chart them against boat prices in the classifieds. This will help you decide the optimum moment at which to buy at the lowest price and lowest interest rate. These activities could easily drive you bonkers; but remember, you re not really going to buy a boat, you’re just studying the problem. 2. Build a boat. This project involves many of the elements of *1 above. It will also give you the satisfaction of working with your hands, and seeing a project from frivolous concept to money-burning fruition. If you’ve planned ahead, your new boat will be small and well thought-out, and you can sail it next summer. If you are more ambitious, you can start now, and this project will carry you through next winter as well. Note that if you build in wood, the scraps will be available for heat when PG&E shuts off your power (since you spent your last dime on boat-building materials). 3. Read a good book. Since it will be a long winter, your library should be well-stocked. Buy early — you shouldn’t waste valuable reading time stand¬ ing in Christmas lines. There is a great variety of sailing books available, so don’t concentrate on just one thing: start with Moby Dick, and when you tire of that, take a break with Tristan Jones. Just be sure to think tropical! That means avoiding Jones’ Ice!, David Lewis on circumnavigating Antarctica, or Shackleton. Try Tristan Jones’ Incredible Voyage: light a fire, turn up the humidifier, move a potted palm next to your reading chair, put Arthur Lyman on the stereo, and think tropical! 4. Do something only vagudly related to sailing. For instance: collect an¬ nual reports and financial statements, call your broker, and figure out how to make a killing on the stock market in time to buy the boat you were thinking about in #1 above. Sort your entire slide collection; you will probably find several slides you always meant to have prints or enlargements of. Do it. Now frame them. Get more prints for Christmas presents. Arrange them on your wall. Write notes about who is in which picture, where it was taken, when. This should keep you occupied most of the winter. Build shelves to hold all those books from item #3. Better yet, build shelves for your boat! Collect all the shackles you can find, and string them together according to size; then according to price; then according to manufacturer. Now, before you know it, spring will be here, it will be time to go sailing again, and chances are you won’t have done one bit of maintenance on your boat. But you can start a list for next winter!

members wanted At the very end of Pier 39, where only a sailor can appreciate the prevail¬ ing westerlies, where the island of Alcatraz looms in the hues of sunset, and the Golden Gate is enshrouded in the persistent fog, we rambl^towards the easterly side. There in the front is our destination, the North Point Yacht Club. Ahoy! The club is full of the not-so-grateful skippers and crews of this months’ race . . . Protest . . . the crew of sorry losers ... a flurry of concont'd on next sightings page

rex shields stalks It sounds like something out of a pulp detective novel, but nevertheless, Detective Rex Shields of the Los Angeles Police Department helped open the first crack in the case of the Freedom II. You may remember the story of the Force 50 ketch page 80

SIGHTINGS for now

members — cont’d

Bull Frog, the big, green Peterson 55, and scored bullets in the Long Beach Race Week and the Stone Cup here on the bay. From there it was across the pond to Hawaii for the Clipper Cup, where Bull Frog nursed a kinky spar to take a fourth in class and help the U.S. Blue team emerge victorious. Then it was back to the bay for the Big Boat Series and a convincing win in the City of San Francisco Perpetual. Not too bad for ten months of sailing! Bull Frog is now on the selling block, though (for a cool $795,000), and Dave wants to back off the hectic pace a bit. He says he was pretty accurate in guessing how much money the campaign would cost, but he underestimated the time commitment in¬ volved. Not only was he competing at the highest level of the sport, but he was also try¬ ing to keep up with his marine insurance business during a period of economic roller coasters. After the last race of a series he would jump on a plane to fly back to the of¬ fice while his crew, some of whom are pro¬ fessionals, took care of the yacht. Dave miss¬ ed the fun times of cruising for a few days or relaxing on a return delivery. Dave doesn’t regret the effort in any way — he considered it a once in a lifetime op¬ portunity and he met a lot of interesting folks along the way. But now he wants to get back to steering his own boat (Dave’s drivers in the past year were Dennis Conner on Retali¬ ation and Steve Taft and Tom Blackaller on Bull Frog) and doing some fun races, like the ones to Mexico. He also has plans to sail in the Star class with Doug Holme, who sailed with him on Bull Frog. He figures in the twoman one-design keelboat it’s about 90% crew work and 10% the boat. In IOR it’s more like 50-50, and the boats can be awful¬ ly high tech. Dave’s ready for something a lit¬ tle more simple now, although he does think it would be fun to try for the Olympics in the Star. There is a considerable time commit¬ ment to such a program, too, but after 1982, it’s comparative kid’s stuff for Dave Fenix.

gratulations . . . meet us at the door. “We’re the winners”, we claimed, as we headed toward the open seats at the bar. Toasting to our victory, and the competitive spirit of our fellow crews, we have a chance to pause and reflect on our surroundings. Although our crew were from other yacht clubs, we felt a warm welcome from the sponsors and the NPYC. We learned in the course of our conversa¬ tion that the NPYC is currently having their annual membership drive, look¬ ing for new members who will participate actively in the growth of this young club. Three of the membership committee (Bob Lapp, Barre Pearson, and Bob Wood) were expounding on the virtues of their facility: a full service bar; the view, the view (bridge to bridge); one of the three city-side starting lines (for all you racing fans and spectators); validated parking at the Pier 39 ' garage; access to all the fine restaurants at Pier 39 and the Fishermans’ Wharf area; and if you are coming by water, all you have to do is contact the Pier 39 Harbormaster (George Hagerman — they couldn’t say enough good things about George) on channel 16 for guest berthing. They were in the midst of explaining their reasonable membership fees (contact them for more infor¬ mation), when the dull roar of the club exploded into cheers. We found ourselves welcoming the Commodore, Rick Forker and the ‘Commodore of Vice’, Tom Ayres-Tigue, to our post race celebration. As the chaos declined, Rick informed us that their club facility could be rented for such functions as business meetings, small parties, films, lectures, or any other social functions for a nominal fee. Vice Commodore Tom, who was drowning his sorrows of a long lost love in a ‘straight grapefruit juice’, chided Rick for not mentioning that the NPYC was also looking for any of the “paper” yacht clubs in the area in need of a facility to contact them concerning joining forces. As Tom stated, “We have the facility — they have the members — let’s get together and talk. Contact myself or Rick for the details anytime”. With this Tom fell back to gazing into his fruit juice. For information on membership of the NPYC contact: Bob Wood (415) 573-7285, Bob Lapp (415) 826-4751, or Barre Pearson (415) 956-2925. For information on facilty rental or the joining of other ‘paper’ clubs, contact: Rick Forker (415) 986-0500, or Tom Ayres-Tique (415) 953-3767. The telephone number at the club is (415) 956-9184.

monterey not so special anymore The U.S. Coast Guard has announced that the special anchorage area at Monterey Harbor has been “disestablished”. Disestablished? Previously the area was under Inland Rules, which allowed such an an¬ chorage. But due to recent changes in International Rules, the demarcation lines dividing the seas have changed, and the area is now under International rules. And under International Rules, special anchorages cannot be esta¬ blished. So what’s this mean to you? Simply that if yqu anchor in what used to be the special anchorage area, you are no longer exempt from displaying an an¬ chor light. * There is widespread suspicion that a cartel of DC battery manufacturers were behind the change in rules so that more batteries would be run down and ruined, and therefore more would need to be purchased. While it seems obvious that’s what’s going on, nobody has been able to prove it yet.

the freedom 2 [Volume 54, December 1981) which reportedly sank off the Marin Headlands on November 12, 1981. Two men, Bob Dozier and John Paul Russell, claimed they had been washed ashore and that their two cont'd center of next sightings page

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next time use somebody else’s disguise ,

There was an interesting story by Jonathan Kwitny in the November 11, 1982 Wall Street Journal, the Navy has disbanded spy organization Ta$k Force 157, used to “shadow” Soviet and other ships; they also would “lurk cont’d on next sightings page

SIGHTINGS disguise — cont’d around critical marine bottlenecks such as the Straits of Gibralter and the Panama Canal” to gather information. To avoid detection the Navy vessels, heavily equipped with sophisticated electronic equipment, were disguised as “pleasure yachts”. According to the story, which nobody seemed to dispute, Task Force 157 more or less came to life under the Kennedy administration in 1962, lead by a huge intelligence officer by the name of “Smoke” Duval. After serving 10 years, Smoke became an employee for Bertram Yachts, the well-known manufacturer of large recreational powerboats. Smoke’s job was to rate the suppliers of electronic equipment; he also recommended using Bertram boats for intelligence work. So if you’ve got Loran, SSB, SatNav, VHF, and other antennas sprouting from your boat, and you get torpedoed by a Soviet sub while anchored off the Panama Canal, don’t take it personally. It was probably nothing more serious than a case of mistaken identity.

mystery of the bell 2 There’s another nautical mystery waiting to be solved by some salty sleuth. On October 20th at 1645, the San Francisco Coast Guard got a series of calls from ham radio operators about a distress call from a 36-ft. sloop called the Bell II. The boat was reportedly 100-miles west of San Francisco and sinking. There were three people onboard who were abandoning ship into either a liferaft or a small boat. The Coasties dispatched two search planes and the cutter Pt. Chico, which searched throughout the night. On the 21st, two planes went out again, but returned when fog and clouds cut their visibility. The Coast Guard also got word that a ship in the area had had contact with the Bell II, but lost it. Things got weird, however, when the C.G. checked out the call signs for the Bell II. The numbers belonged to a man in Alaska. He said he hadn t us¬ ed the call sign in a week and he had never heard of the Bell II, Without a home port and any way of knowing the Bell II ever existed, the Coast Guard decided to end the search. They did put out an all points bulletin for boats in the area to watch for any vessel in distress.

because it’s different When a landlubber asks which end is the bow of the boat, it’s com¬ monplace to reply, “the pointy end”. In the case of double-enders, that may

rex shields — women companions had been lost in the stormy seas. Russell and Dozier said they were on their way to Tahiti,-when a tanker hit them off the Golden Gate and the boat went vdown. The story got weird when Dozier and Russell disappeared and police investigators began to suspect that the Freedom II was in reality the Inspiration, another Force 50 that had disappeared from a Los Angeles harbor on May 18, 1981. The two men aboard at the time fit the description of Dozier and Russell. Douglas Reinertson, the chief in¬ vestigator of the Las Vegas public defender’s office, was the registered owner of the In-

it really does ruin During a recent midwinter race on the Berkeley Circle, we found out how true the expression “A collision at sea can ruin your whole day” is. We had just rounded the leeward mark and were headed up the se¬ cond beat, cleaning up the spinnaker mess as we went. We had rounded with the group of boats, most of whom had gone off to the right while we were playing the middle in the light, shifty breeze. We tacked back to port to stay with the fleet. The middle man in the cockpit asked how things were going on down below v I thought he meant in the cabin where another crewmember was repacking the chute. I peered down the hatch, when all of a sudden there was a tremendous crash on the starboard rail just forward of the shrouds. Luckily, the collision didn’t cause any ma¬ jor damage and no one was hurt. All of us, on both boats, were extremely surprised though. We both were sailing with 150% jibs, which effectively block all vision on the forward leeward quarter unless someone is

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only be half true, but as a rule, the pointy end of a sailboat is the bow. Walking the docks in Santa Barbara we spotted the perrenial exception to

The Singlehanded Sailing Society will hold its annual membership meeting on December 8 at 7:30 p.m. Where’s that? At the Oakland Yacht Club. Where’s that? In Alameda betwenn the Galleon Restaurant and Travel Lodge ^Motel. Slides and movies will be shown of this year’s Singlehanded TransPac. In order to get folks to watch these vacation movies, there will be free beer and munchies to the

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SIGHTINGS cont’d spiration and collected $110,000 insurance money when the boat disappeared. Rex Shields, L.A.P.D., found eyewitnesses who said they saw Reinertson aboard the Freedom II a week before it left San Francisco Bay. Based on that and other evidence the police were able to arrest Reinertson and charge him with insurance fraud. Similar warrants have also been issued for Dozier and Russell, but they are presently at large. The pair has been seen in Las Vegas, Oregon and, up until November 1, living in a condo in Hawaii. Dum da dum dum.

your whole day stationed to leeward to watch. By the time they saw our bow emerging across theirs it was too late. The bang took a chunk of gel coat out of their bow. Our boat suffered a busted toe rail (aluminum) and some damage to the hull and topsides. We also poked a hole in the genny at the spreader. Since we were so obviously in the wrong — we toyed briefly of charging them with failure to avoid a collision — we dropped out. It was a quiet sail in, and we regretted missing out on a fine sailing day. The sun shone throughout the afternoon and the breeze filled in a bit to make it superb sailing weather. The moral of the story is: Watch out! Especially in crowded racing conditions like the midwinters where many different types of boats are all going around the same marks at the same time. Another good idea would be windows in your jibs, which is standard procedure for most dinghy and one design racers. You get a little preview of what’s coming.

meeting first 50 arrivals. Important orders of business will be elec¬ ting new officers, whether t6 have a doublehanded division in the singlehanded

different ~ cont’d the rule, a boat with a squared end a bow and a pointy end for the stern. The owner was not around, so we weren’t able to inquire why it was designed ‘backwards’. The exceptional shape of the hull, however, certainly congruous with the rest of the design, featuring as it did a triple extrusion ‘A frame’ rig. Perhaps the most shocking feature of the boat was that it did have a rudder.

boc challenge The BOC Challenge, the 27,000 mile singlehanded around the world race will be well into its second leg by the time you read this. Fourteen singlehanders left Capetown, South Africa, on November 13 bound for Sydney, Australia, across the treacherous Southern Ocean. The third leg will ' take them to Rio de Janeiro and then back to Newport, Rhode Island, where they started this ultimate marathon on August 28th. In the big boat division, with boats from 44 to 56 feet, the runaway winner for the first leg was Frenchman Philippe Jeantot sailing Credit Agricole, a 56-foot cutter. He finished on October 14, some 900 miles ahead of his closest competitors. The eventual second place finisher was South Africa’s Bertie Reed sailing the 49-foot sloop Altech Voortrekker. England’s Richard Broadhead steered his 52-foot cutter Perseverance of Medina to third. Jeantot, a professional diver by trade, suffered a ruptured water tank on the trip, which caused him to consider making an unscheduled stop in Brazil. He used a steam cooker to distill seawater, though, and persevered. He finished with 35 pints of fresh water and a tremendous thirst. He also gave up smoking during the race, but he couldn’t resist a Gauloise with his victory champagne. He averaged 150 miles a day for the 7,100 mile leg. Winner of the small boat division, with entries from 32 to 44 feet, was another Frenchman, Jacques de Roux and his 41-foot cutter Skoiern III. Yukoh Tada of Japan in the 43-foot sloop Okera V was second, and American Francis Stokes sailing the 39-foot sloop Moonshine was third. Stokes also received the special Altech Communication Award for helping other yachts with radio problems keep in touch with race headquarters. Dan Byrne of Santa Monica took 66 days to complete the first leg in his Valiant,40 Fantasy. He placed 12th overall. Approaching Capetown he was just ahead of Richard Konkolski, the Czecholslovakian competitor who asked for political asylum shortly after the start in Newport. Somehow Konkolski slipped by Byrne in the stormy weather of the last three days. Byrne was among the starters of the second leg, but had to return to port after only 100 miles due to a loose water tank, main halyard problems and a jammed alter¬ nator. He is expected to continue, however. The biggest surprise may come from David White, one of the co¬ originators of the race. White had to stopover in Florida after cracking the for¬ ward bulkhead on his brand new Gurney 56 Gladiator. It took two weeks to ^ affect repairs in Miami, and then he took off in furious pursuit. Claiming an average 180 miles a day for the next 53 days, h'e finished hours after the fleet had left for Sydney. He predicted it would take only three days for him to restock the boat and make minor repairs before heading off again. He fully expected to catch the fleet within ten days, saying Gladiator was capable of reeling off 220 miles days. His only fear is hitting an iceberg at 14 knots, which would presumably doom his fiberglass hull — and probably himself as . well.

races, and to decide how many races to schedule in 1983. If you have any interest in shorthanded sailing, please plan on attending this meeting.

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INNOCENTS ABOARD A vacation? From Tahiti? You’ve got to be kidding! We weren’t kidding. After a month in the big city we were itching to get off to quieter, more secluded anchorages. Where do the French on Tahiti go for a vacation, to Moorea, of course. Moorea, 10 to 15-miles, depending on which ancho¬ rage, across the Sea of the Moon, is clearly visible from Tahiti and its many spired moun¬ tains make it one of the most beautiful is¬ lands in the world. It is a nice three-hour reach across and has lots of good ancho¬ rages. We chose Vaiere Pass, the opening closest to Tahiti in the reef that fringes Moorea. It leads into a sheltered lagoon and a right turn toward the schooner, now a disco, moored off the Kia Ora hotel, lets you anchor in 6 to 7-ft. of crystal clear water on a white coral sand bottom. In true Polynesian fashion we were wel¬ comed by a topless wahine who came out to greet us. However, instead of a dusky beau¬ ty in an outrigger canoe, this particular one was a blonde tourist on a windsurfer.

I took advantage of the shallow water to clean the anchor chain. I put out all 200-ft. and let the sand scour it clean. Even though the windlass was still broken from our dif¬ ficulties in the Tuamotus, recovering the heavy 3/8” chain 7-ft. at a time was no pro-

“If you haven’t been aground, you haven’t been anywhere.’’ blem. Since we were trying to get away from it all, the hotel, the glass bottom boat and the rental Hobie cats and windsurfers were not what we wanted. About 3-miles south we could see Motu Ahi, a small palm-covered uninhabited island. We had heard that the channel between us and the Motu inside the reef was a bit iffy but we decided to try it. Af¬ ter all, where there were channel markers, there must be a channel. After

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pad. Like most other people, when we started cruising we thought we would “live off the sea” or at least get a substantial part of our food from it. Also, like most other people cruising, we aren’t doing it. In the Sea of Cortez in Mexico, where there are very few people and the water is swarming with life, it’s possible and we managed fish, clams and lobster almost whenever we wanted them. In Hawaii, the Marquesas and the Societies the local people have taken all the stuff that is easy to get and it requires a lot of skill to catch a meal. Since we don’t have a lot of skill we spend much more energy catching, cleaning and cooking anything than we get back eating it. But that’s okay because fishing, diving, and reef combing are fun in themselves even if you come home emptyhanded.

Lovely crew from another boat joins Betty and Larry on a Moorea waterfall expedition.

sounder reading 5-feet, exactly what we draw, and touching lightly a couple of times, we decided that with the wind behind us if we hit solid it would be hard to get off. So we turned around and headed north around the island to Cook’s Bay. Cook’s Bay has got to be one of the most photographed spots in the world and it de¬ serves it. It is a deep cut running back be¬ tween mountains and spires usually capped with a rain cloud or two and is your idyllic South Seas anchorage. Not without a wind¬ lass though, because you have to anchor in 60-ft. or more and that’s more than I can handle with Dove’s heavy gear. We motored around inside the bay then went back out and anchored on the inner edge of the outer reef in about 7-ft. among a dozen other yachts.

An exception to this is the Trochas shell, a 4 to 6-inch spiral shell, striped like a barber pole. There are hundreds of these on the fringing reef around Moorea. Betty cooks them five at a time, all that will fit in our pressure cooker, and after tapping them with a hammer to loosen them, I pull the meat out with a fork. Each one yields a piece of fine white meat about an inch in diameter and about two-inches long along with a lot of

Fringing

FTs we swung, our anchor chain scared up a few small flounder, 4 to 6-inches or so. Having eaten and lovedlflounder on the East Coast, I grabbed my spear and snorkel gear and soon had six of the little sand-coloured fish. Cleaned and cooked there wasn’t much to eat and what there was was full of small bones. Something like trying to eat a Brillo

miles from Tahiti, and only a ways farther from Raiatea, Huahine, and Bora Bora. page 86

ON VACATION

picture of the yacht anchored here with the stern tied to a palm tree. It’s a very sheltered anchorage and would be safe in any wind.

“gooshies” that are discarded. Sauteed in garlic butter they make a delicious hors d’oeuvre. Moorea is also a great place to add to your shell collection. Betty has become a “demon sheller” and had been swimming under

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Dove, anchored, in front of a Motu.

ledges and poking her head in holes in the coral looking for them. This is the hard way. Kathy on Cayuse out of Portland told us to look for trails in the sand and dig at the ends. This is the easy way. We now have a fine collection of miters, augers, cones and cowries. Betty enjoys the hunt and never knowing what you may find at the other end of the trail.

^^atching live shells also requires getting the beast out. There are many methods: let ’em rot, boiling and trying to pull them out, burying them in the sand, killing them and hanging them over the side in a net bag, etc. Despite what the collector will swear, they all result in a mighty stink. There is nothing like a bucket of water full of rotting shells tipping over in the lazarette to test a relationship. Don’t anchor close downwind behind Dove for awhile. The other major anchorage on Moorea is in Papetoai Bay, two-miles down the coast from Cook’s. This is similar to Cook’s, deep in the inside, shallow anchoring on the reef. It also contains the famous Robinson’s Cove deep in the bay on the west side. Almost every cruising book I have ever read has a page 87

We chose the breezier, shallower anchorage on the reef. Motu Ahi still beckoned, and on a subse¬ quent trip to Moorea with , my visiting son aboard as crew we went through ummarked Tupapaurau Pass and anchored in 60-ft.

"A vacation? From Tahiti? You’ve got to be kidding!” close behind the island. It is a beautiful spot. On the inside of the island is a small sandy beach and the outside is a shallow coral reef. We spent several days laying around and one memorable night walking the reef with flashlights. The reef really comes alive at night. The sea urchins come out of their holes — I didn’t even know they could move — and wander around. Poisonous lion fish, clown shrimp and eels abound. It is fascinating.

INNOCENTS ABOARD

Polynesian buoyage system. We made a dinghy trip into the small village two-miles across the bay to buy that delicious french bread everyone is addicted to and made the mistake of asking the gen¬ darme if we had to check in. Since he didn’t seem to have anything to do at the moment of course he said yes, which cost us a fourmile dinghy round trip to get our papers. We should learn to keep our mouths shut. Betty had been studying the chart and lik¬ ed the looks of a little bay down the coast called Aharoa. It looks nice coming in and has a small wharf at the head. But the coral reefs come in close on either side and don’t give much swinging room. We tried anchor¬ ing three times, but didn’t feel safe, so sthe fourth time we dropped the hook and tied the stern to the wharf. Of course the wind was blowing hard into the bay and there was no way to keep the stern from swinging close to the coral. When it got two-ft. away I reluc¬ tantly decided we had to leave. Up came the anchor again. Back to the Motu. We missed the one small spot where you have swinging room at the Motu and had to do it again. That made six times we had pulled the 35-lb. CQR and 150-180-ft. of 3/8” chain that day, all by hand since the windlass was still broken. Betty’s, my son’s, and my backs were all pulled out and aching. The next day, stiff and sore, we decided to try the inside passage up to the Kia Ora hotel anchorage again. Even though we couldn’t get there last time, it had been so close, and besides now it was high tide. We figured with the wind light on the nose, a soft sand bot¬ tom, and water so clear you could see the small coral heads, running aground would be no big deal.

^-Jure enough we hit. When we didn’t blow right off I put the engine in reverse. Af¬ ter a terrible series of clunks it stalled. In the sudden silence you could hear water rushing into the boat. The gentle breeze was now pushing us out of the little channel onto more coral heads. We emptied tons of gear out of one of Doves big cockpit lockers and saw water pouring through the stuffing box. With Betty pumping on the big bilge pump we could contain the water. So I decided to swim out the small 12H Danforth and kedge us to deeper water and stop the grinding on the coral. I thought once off, we could sail to a safe spot, reanchor and work on stopping the leak. We weren’t sailing anywhere. When I put the engine in reverse the prop must have been up against the coral and since it couldn’t turn either the coral or the boat, it pulled itself and the shaft far enough out to jam against the rudder. Can’t motor, can’t sail, taking water, hard aground, and three sore backs. Damn. I swam the anchor out to the end of a 100-ft. line and Betty and Larry Jr. ground it in with the sheet winch. After ten or twelve trips like that we were in 7-ft. of water and had a little swinging room. I tried to hammer the prop and shaft back in from under water but couldn’t budge it^Finally we had to take the flange off from the inside, pull the shaft further out to free it from the rudder and push it back in. The water stopped immedi¬ ately. The shaft had been out just far enough for the keyway to be inside the stuffing box and let the water in.

After all was repaired I tried to take some comfort from a quote I had read somewhere: “If you haven’t been aground, you haven’t been anywhere.” But it didn’t help. We did learn one valuable lesson though. With a quarter-inch hole in the boat, it took 30 strokes every five minutes on our big Edson Ipilge pump to keep even. That doesn’t sound like much, but with our normal crew of two we would sure get tired if we had to keep it up for very long. An electric bilge pump is now high on our list of priorities.

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next couple of days were spent resting up, renting a car to drive around the island and taking a hike though the jungle to one of the high waterfalls and swimming in its pool with the crew of another boat. Then we moved back to Cook’s Bay and met Doug and Nancy on Delphinus, a Rafiki 37 from San Francisco we had first seen in Ho¬ nolulu. Since we were both going back to Papeete for Bastille Day the next day, we got up an informal race. Dove was a late starter because the engine wouldn’t run. We said screw it, we’ve had enough trouble on this trip, we won’t worry about it. We’ll sail back to Papeete and fix it there. The race was inconclusive. We got ahead at the start, they caught up, we pulled ahead and sailed into a hole and stopped. After of¬ fering us a tow and us turning it down, they motored on to Papeete. The wind returned as it always does and took us right to the har¬ bor mouth where it quit as it always does. With a reef on either side of us, it was no place to fool around so out came the Avon and Seagull and we ignominiously towed Dove into the harbor. — larry rodamer page 88

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A few weeks ago I got a phon.e call from the owner of a boat that I crew on occa¬ sionally, asking if I had any plans for that weekend. The summer racing season was over, the midwinters hadn’t started yet, and I wasn’t planning a cruise, so I naively said that the weekend was wide open. The result was that 1 spent a dreary, over¬ cast day in the boatyard, removing old bot¬ tom paint and then laboriously fairing and smoothing the hull in preparation for a new bottom. “Delightful”. (I would have come up with an excuse, but the thought of all those great meals that had been served on board deterred me). Actually it wasn’t really all that bad. Most of the crew showed up, and once the old paint was off (we used a special paint remover designed for fiberglass hulls), the work on the little bumps and dimples with sanding blocks and fairing compound wasn’t all that unpleasant.

We were taking a short break while another batch of microballoons and resin was being mixed, when the travel-lift came rumbling through the middle of the yard. The boat hanging from the slings was about 40 feet long, well-known in the local lOR fleet, but no longer considered very com¬ petitive. v “Now I see why that boat is such a roller!” said the resin mixer, looking up from his bucket of goop. “Look at how abruptly the wide hull necks down to a very narrow stern.” It does pinch in rather badly,” I said. “I can see how the water would have a hard time figuring out how to flow around it. But that’s what all the ‘IOR sterns’ looked like a few years ago. Most of them still look like that, only not so extreme. The Rule seems to like that pinch-in look.” “What do you think the people who wrote the IOR had in mind?” he asked. “It doesn’t make sense for a handicap rule to encourage a shape that’s slow and handles poorly.” “It makes a lot more sense if you under¬ stand how the Rule measures length,” answered the owner, who had some experi¬ ence with IOR measurements. “They start by locating the maximum beam of the boat, and

then go down the hull from the deck edge on each side by a distance equal to one:'sixth of the maximum beam. The beam measured at that point becomes ‘rated’ beam. Then they use rated beam to locate two longitudinal positions on the boat called ‘girth stations’. The forward girth station is the point where the girth, that is, the distance around the hull along the hull’s surface from deck edge to deck edge, equals one-half the rdfed beam.

The after girth station is where the girth N- equals 3/4 of rated beam. The distance bet¬ ween girth stations, after some corrections for overhangs, is the length used in the basic IOR rating formula.” “So if you can get the girth stations closer together,” I said, “you have a shorter length A new bottom, weekend of work.

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and a lower rating.”

“So the designers try to make rated beam as wide as possible, and then make the ends as narrow as possible. This gives rise to the classic IOR shape — wide beam and fine ends, with a pinched stern right at the aft girth station.”

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the Rule. At a panel discussion during lunch, he said that the IOR is purely intended to assess the speed potential of a yacht, and has nothing to do with seaworthiness or comfort.” “That’s ridiculous,” I responded, “The Rule is full of requirements for watertight decks, self-righting ballasted hulls, lifelines, a long list of safety equipment — how.can any¬ one say it’s only concerned with speed?” ‘I think his point was that the requirements for equipment and eligibility are often con¬ fused with the speed-assessing sections of the Rule. The two are closely related, but have very different purposes. Now, I don’t know much about yacht design, but from what I’ve been reading, it seems to me that the girth measurement is a perfectly valid method for estimating the speed potential of a hull. If it leads to lumps or hollows, it just indicates that more points need to be mea¬ sured. I suspect that somewhere there must have been a conscious trade-off made against the increased cost of measuring at more stations.” “Did they say anything about the capsizing problem?” asked the resin mixer, pouring some more microballoons into his brew. “Yes, that came up quite a bit. I think the consensus of the panel was that something needs to be done about light structures, deli¬ cate rigs and stability.” “As it is now,” said the owner of the yacht, “The IOR penalizes a low center of gravity. That’s only proper because stability is speed producing. But if capsizings really are occuring because of inadequate ballasting, then I think the Rule is not doing one of its jobs of insuring that yachts are seaworthy.” UT I T

“But why would they want to encourage a shape like that?” I asked. “Do you think it could have been a reaction to the full-ended boats built under the old Cruising Club of America Rule in the late ’60’s?” “I’m sure that contributed. But the philo¬ sophy of the IOR seems to be to produce boats that will be good cruisers, at least in terms of hull shape and rig, when their rac¬ ing career is over. In this respect, the IOR page 91

the conversation with some interesting infor¬ mation . “I attended a symposium on sailing technolgy co-sponsored by the professional society I belong to,” he said as he tried to peel globules of hardened resin off his plastic gloves. “The Chair of the International Technical Committee that oversees the IOR / was there, along with a very well-known de¬ signer who was one of the original authors of

ell, as I remember from the panel discussion, the center of gravity correction was included in the IOR only because work¬ able rules or guidelines for yacht structures were not available at the time. I guess they reasoned that if high stablity was penalized, then there’d be no incentive for making hulls dangerously light and putting all the weight in ballast. Of course, they didn’t deal with the pitch inertia problem, which also provides a big incentive to make the hull and rig very light. There was some disagreement over whether a scantling rule, as they call it,

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should be incorporated into sthe IOR, possibly replacing or modifying the center of gravity factor.” “I’m curious about what was said about capsizing,” I said. “Did they think it was just a simple case of not enough stability at large heel angles, or were other factors mention¬ ed, like keel shape or freeboard?” “There were some excellent papers deal¬ ing with those effects, and one in particular described some model tests which gave very surprising results. Apparently, keel shape has almost nothing to do with it. In fact, a model with no keel at all showed almost the same susceptibility to capsizing as other models with keels of various types. It seems that during a wave-induced capsize, the mo¬ tions are such that the keel is a kind of trailing edge splitter plare and has very little hydrodynamic force on it. The one single parame¬ ter that made the most difference was roll moment of inertia.” “It’s ready,” announced the mixer, and we all lined up with our paper cups and putty knives for some freshly mixed fairing com¬ pound. We went to work on various sections of the hull. “Tell me more about this moment of iner¬ tia stuff,” I said as I worked some compound into a nasty gouge on the bottom of the keel. Our engineer crew explained that “mo¬ ment of inertia” referred to an object’s resistance to rotational acceleration, or in other words, how hard you have to twist to start something turning. In the case of the yacht models being capsized by waves, higher roll inertia, that is, greater resistance to initiation of roll motion, made a very significant improvement.

X ou could increase a yacht’s roll moment of inertia considerably,” he con¬ tinued, "by raising an appropriate amount of weight to the top of the mast, and possibly reduce its chances of being capsized by a breaking wave.” “That doesn’t sound right at all,” said the owner. “A weight at the top of the mast would reduce stability tremendously.” “Not necessarily,” he responded. “As you go higher, you get more increase in inertia for less loss of stability. That’s because inertia

is a function of distance squared, while center of gravity just depends on distance linearly. I remember some examples I work¬ ed out: If you had a 10,000 pound boat, and added 100 pounds of weight 20 feet up, you’d gain almost 40,000 lb.-ft.2 of intertia and raise the center of gravity by 0.20 ft.. 50 pounds 40 feet up gives you 64,000 lb.-ft.2

is still underway and he couldn’t tell us how ^much weight might be desirable, if any. U.S.Y.R.U. is helping to sponsor the study, so we should be able to get copies of the final report easily enough. It will be interesting to see what they come up with!” We worked silently for a few minutes. I thought I felt a raindrop, but it was probably just wishful thinking. I asked the aerospace engineer if the designers at the symposium had any more interesting observations.

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“A weight at the top of the mast would reduce stability tremendously,” said the owner. “Not necessarily . .

and raises the center of gravity by 0.16 feet. And 20 pounds at 60 feet up increases iner¬ tia by almost 72,000 lb.-ft.2 while costing on¬ ly 0.12 feet of center of gravity rise. So you can see how for a very high weight you might come out ahead, especially if inertia is as important in capsize resistance as those model tests suggest it is.” “So you think there’s a situation, in which you might make your boat safer by hauling some plastic bottles full of water up to the masthead?” I asked. “The author of the paper says that when a yacht is in dangerous breaking seas, most crews would prefer to send the owner up there!” Everyone but the owner laughed. “Actually,” continued the crew, “the study t.

me,” he answered, “was how disenchanted the panel members were with the state of big-boat racing in general. One even sug¬ gested (not seriously, I don’t think), that measurement rules be banned altogether! And they kept referring to inadequate ac¬ comodations, and the terrible fact that if a modern ocean racer isn’t broaching three times an hour, then it’s not being sailed hard enough to win.” “They can’t blame that on the IOR!” said another one of the crew. “Last time I did an ocean race on an ultralight, one that was designed without any regard for rating rules whatsoever, we must have broached 10 times an hour and ate off our laps and used a bucket for the head.” 3 “Maybe racing is just getting that much more competitive,” I speculated. “If the racers were really so unhappy with handicap racing, they'd find one design fleets to sail • »» in. “Some of them do,” said the owner, “but our local IOR fleet is as strong as ever.” A few more raindrops fell, and now it was unmistakably starting to rain. We packed up the tools, expressed our deepest regrets that we couldn’t spend another three hours com¬ pleting the job, and took off before the rain had a chance to stop. So if you get a phone call from a boat owner around this time of year asking what your plans are for the weekend, find out what they have in mind first before you answer. And if it’s a boat maintenance party, and the food on the boat was good, and you want to keep sailing on the boat next season, you better say that you’re free!

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SAILOR'S GUIDETO THE SEA OF CORTEZ

After a month in Cabo San Lucas, you find yourself becoming jaded with the con¬ tinuous run of beach parties. Your keel is growing a beard, the free marlin filets are starting to taste like cat food, and a mild cynicism pervades your thoughts. You are

ready to escape this Coney Island of the desert, escape the endless revelry, the con¬ stant drone of outboards, and the Jimmy Buffet tapes. It is time to leave all this in your wake, for after all, ahead of you lies the coastline of your dreams — a succession of headlands, bluffs, beaches, reefs and greenv water coves. Although you should certainly be self-suf¬ ficient on a voyage up this coastline, it is not entirely desolate between Cabo and La Paz. In fact, inspired development has dotted the shoreline with luxury hotels. These hotels serve as excellent points of reference, and you can navigate almost as well with an AAA booklet as you can with the laconic Coast Pilot, which describes most headlands as either “prominent” or “bold and rocky”. The first headland you pass is both promi¬ nent and bold and rocky. It is Punta Cabeza Ballena (so named for its strained resemblance to the head of a whale), located three miles from the Cape. Beyond this point IV2 miles, you will pass a somber reminder to watch the weather: a rusting Japanese fishing vessel that was thrown up on the beach while poaching one night, caught by a September chubasco.

^^ix miles from Cabo, there is a small horseshoe-shaped cove, Bahia Santa Ma-

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ria. Although I would not recommend it as a night anchorage, it is fairly well protected from the residual Pacific swell that follows

The inner harbor at Cabo San Lucas, 'cruiser central'. It's offseason, and a southerly wind and swell enter the bay.__

around the tip of the peninsula. The diving is excellent, the water as clear as tequila. Con¬ dos line the beach, and you are within walk¬ ing distance of the well-heeled Hotel Twin Dolphin, which overlooks the ocean to the southeast. Puerto Chileno lies a mile north of Bahia Santa Maria. Anchorage can be taken off a beach bordered on the southeast by a rocky exposed reef that runs east-west, and on the north by a rocky outcropping which rounds out to a point on which the colonialstyle Hotel Cabo San Lucas is located. A sportfishing fleet is usually moored behind the reef; behind the beach and fronting the reef is a private boatyard. Punta Palmilla, six miles past Puerto Chileno and 29 miles from Los Frailes to the north, is a popular stopover during a transit of the coast. The point itself is easily iden¬ tified by a verdant stand of palm that shades the white-washed Hotel Las Cruces Palmilla. The lee of Punta Palnjjlla offers adequate protection from the prevailing breezes of winter and spring, although it is wide open to the south and east. A surf-laced reef bisects the anchorage, extending from shore several hundred yards. A reduced swell often sweeps the anchorage, and most of the local

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sportfishers are moored x/3 mile from shore in depths of five to nine fathoms; smaller boats anchor closer to shore in two to four fathoms. On the west side of the reef, an¬ chorage in three to six fathoms can be taken, but the swell breaks on the reef and the sub¬ sequent roily water can make it more un¬ comfortable than farther out.

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is a small boatyard ashore that services the fishing fleet. This is also a good landing place if you wish to drink margaritas on the terrace of the hotel and watch the guests play croquet. If you land by the boat¬ yard, beware of the owner’s dogs — they are bravos. In Mexico, when a dog is called “bravo” it is not a term of endearment. It means that, if given the chance, the dog will take your leg off. Some gringos under dog attack feel they can fall down on their knees and, with out¬ stretched arms and a radiant smile, prove that they are ‘friends’. Be warned, these dogs are hounds from hell. When walking in residential areas or near isolated homes, it is a good idea to carry a pocketful of rocks. If you are on the beach and your only weapon is a handful of sand, at least pretend that you are picking up a rock. This will usually intimi-

Left, the light at Pt. Arena. Above, a somber reminder to watch the weather.

date all but the most determined of attackers. 'A wild battle cry sometimes helps. Between Punta Palmilla and Punta Gor-

da, a flat-topped point nine-miles to the northeast, lies the open, blue-water bay of San Jose del Cabo. Two hotels have recently been built alongshore, and two more are now under construction. A thick swell generally runs unaltered through the bay, breaking smartly on the beach, render¬ ing any landing a risky challenge. Due to an underwater canyon that runs up to the shore, a milder shorebreak can be found about a mile northeast of the freshwater lagoon, in front of a small settlement called Barrio La Playa. You will see pangas on the beach. A wet landing can be made here in fair weather when it would be suicide 200 yards to either side.

ixbout 4V2 miles southeast of Punta Gorda there is a rocky seamount rising to eight fathoms; two and a half miles to the southeast is another. Together they com¬ prise the Gorda Banks. If you cross these banks as the sun rises off the horizon, throw out a lure and try for wahoo, a missile¬ shaped member of the mackerel family, con¬ sidered by some the finest of seafood. Bask¬ ing sharks, the world’s largest fish with some measuring to 50-feet, are also plentiful around these banks from spring through til September. My first encounter with this docile fishshark came late one night while I was drifting

over the banks. A phosphorescent mass, much longer than my Folkboat, appeared a few feet away. Its fin, towering higher than the wind vane, swept back and forth in a lumbering mechanical fashion, each sweep threatening to brush against my boat. As the

SAILOR'S GUIDE caudal fin disappeared into the darkness, the word “Disneyland” beat like a drum in my head. From Punta Gorda to Los Frailes, the coastline runs north-northeast 12V2 miles to the lighthouse at Boca de Tule, which rare¬ ly works, then northward 8V2 miles to Los Frailes. The intervening coastline offers no sheltered anchorages; and is a bare spot on the heel of the peninsula. Because of its location and excellent pro¬ tection from northerly winds, Bahia Los Frailes has been a popular anchorage since the days of Cabrillo, who named this granitic promontory Punta California, the first use of the world ‘California’ as a place-name. It is the easternmost point of the peninsula, as well as the shortest distance to Mazatlan, about 160-miles. Los Frailes is unmistakeable when approaching from any direction: a grey rocky bluff 410-feet high, with a 775-foot hill behind it; low land lies between the headland and the nearby coastal range.

^\.nchorage can be safely had as close to shore as you feel secure. The water is stepto, reaching depths of 10 fathoms V4 mile of¬ fshore before disappearing into the sub¬ marine canyon. There are a couple of fish camps located at Los Frailes, and every few days trucks travel the coastal dirt road to load up with oyster, scallop, clam, red snapper, cabrilla, conch and mullet. There is a small ranch which occasionally sells cigarettes and

a few vegetables. Fresh water can be obtain¬ ed at the fish camp. If you want a cheap underwater thrill, walk over to the southwest side of the bay, past the fish camps. Swim out 100 feet and watch the sand bottom give way to a deep blue abyss, the beginning of an underwater can¬ yon that cuts down to 900 fathoms. It is a

fine place to let the imagination play with your vision as you try to identify the large shadows that are circling about. From Frailes northward, you are apt to find it hard going. The coastline above Frailes runs close in line with the northwest slant of the peninsula, and the weather and wave patterns are against you. From No¬ vember to May, northerly winds usually reach their highest speeds in the early after-

Above, Gulf fisherman going for bait.

noon, and cairn down shortly after sunset, when a much weaker offshore wind often occurs. Fair weather predominates except when a weak storm system, known as an equipato, moves through from the south-

Above, most work is labor intensive’ in Mex¬ ico, add boat launching at Los Frailes is no dif¬ ferent.

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ounding the promontory of Frailes, you will see several rocks set close to shore.

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At Cabo Pulmo you usually have the entire beach to yourself.

Below, the rock sand beach fronting the clear blue water of Cabo Pulmo.

west, or when a noreste roars down from higher latitudes. These northers can blow for days on end with gale force. The seas divide up into merciless steep walls of water against which it is nigh impossible to sail. Often times it is a real challenge to get from Frailes to La Paz.

These are the “frailes”, or friars, a name given indiscriminately to offshore rocks by the Spanish navigators. On the north side of the headland, x/z mile offshore is a 12-foot rock; deep-water surrounds this pinnacle. At this point you are coasting Bahia Pulmo, a shallow indentation rounded out by Cabo Pulmo, 2V4 miles to the north. While this bay is mostly foul with reefbuilding corals, the diving is superb. Entering the bay

takes special precautions. The coral reef, which is the only living coral reef in the gulf (although small aggregates are seen else¬ where) , extends in a northeast direction from the southern end of the bay, and projects V2 mile east of Cabo Pulmo. To anchor on the south side of Cabo Pulmo, approach from the north, and round the point 75 yards off¬ shore in depths of three to four fathoms. After bending around the point, anchorage can be taken in two to three fathoms, 100 yards from the beach. Caution: 20 yards southeast of the point is an underwater pin¬ nacle that comes to within five feet of the sur¬ face. (In anchoring situations where you have a premonition that your boat is about to be skewered on a renegade rock, it is conve¬ nient to tow a person over the side with a face mask and approach at low rpm). In years past Cabo Pulmo supported itself with a pearl fishery. But with the pearls gone, the few families left now support themselves by fishing offshore. A seasonal population of vacationers have built cabanas along the shoreline. There are no facilities except for water. Punta Arena lies seven miles north of Cabo Pulmo, a sandy spit, often hard to see, that extends IV2 miles from the general run of the coast. North of the point, the water shoals rapidly, and it is a good idea to stand half a mile off when rounding the point. More than one skipper has complained of an onshore set in this area. The south side of Punta Arena offers good protection in northerly weather. You can an¬ chor on a sand bank two to four fathoms deep 75 to 200 yards from shore. Low-lying devil’s claw (you’ll recognize it as soon as you step on it), burr-grass, wind-stunted elephant trees, arid copal makes for adven¬ turesome hiking ashore. The beach is as wide and long as a boulevard, and the sea wrack is strewn with the polished shells of bivalves: lucines, cockles and surf clams. A 40-ft. lighthouse on the point is manned by a keeper, making it one of the more reliable beacons in the Gulf. A detachment of marines is stationed at the lighthouse as well — for whatever reason they themselves would like to know. Punta Colorado lies 3V2 miles northwest of Punta Arena. On its south side stands the two-story Hotel Punta Colorado, and an¬ other V4 miles back is a well-organized boat¬ yard with a machine shop and carpenter’s facilities. A small fleet of sportfishers anchor south of the hotel, leaving each day to pur¬ sue the coxcombed roosterfish through the

shoals that front this section of coastline. Although wide open to north winds, this an¬ chorage provides the only protection from southeasterly winds between Cabo and Pun¬ ta Arena de la Ventana, 35 miles to the nor¬ thwest.

^^eyond Punta Colorado is £ahia de las Palmas, bordered to the north by Punta Pescadero, 16-miles distance. Along the northern shore of the bay deep water lies im¬ mediately offshore, while along the southern reaches the water is less deep with shoaling

near the shore. Instead of sheltering these waters, the northern and southern arms of the bay seem to embrace all unruly winds and seas. North¬ ers kick up wild chop and last year a tropical storm deposited most of the sportfishing fleet up past the beach. The openness of the bay has resulted in anxious nights when we have anchored here, and even with the weather settled, my stomach often was not. About 5V4 miles from Punta Colorado, you can glimpse a “Pemex” sign from seaward. La Ribera, a small community, is located here, where you can purchase food and fuel. A shoal extends out 200 yards along this section of coast. At the head of the bay, less than ten miles

'Los Muertos" at Los Muertos.

CABO TO MUERTOS northwest of Punta Colorado, there are two fishing resorts with a private boatyard. The anchorage here is open roadstead, although the sportfishers that are anchored here regularly ride out the fresh onshore breezes. If you want to anchor here, be careful of the submerged rock lying 75 yards offshore on the southwest side of the anchorage; it is usually bouyed. Two miles farther is the village of Los Barriles, where you can purchase limited sup¬ plies. Water can be had at the Hotel Palmas de Cortez that fronts the village. Anchorage can be taken in front of the hotel. The depths increase dramatically 100 yards offshore. South of the hotel two palapas were blown into the water in 1976; they still foul anchor rodes. A hotel sits on the bluff near the south end of Punta Pescadero. A nice lunch stop can be found 3/4-miles south of the hotel, where you can anochor in two fathoms, 100 yards from the beach. Ensenada de los Muertos lies about 13 miles to the northwest of Punta Pescadero; it is a semi-circular basin that slopes gently down from the sierras, giving protection from the southwest around to the northeast. When entering, be careful of the reef running off the northeast side of the cove, as well as the gill nets that are often set just inside the reef. You can anchor anywhere in one to five fathoms over a sand bottom. Be careful though of an iron bar that extrudes from the bottom about 150 yards southwest of the rock mole in about four fathoms. One boat stayed firmly attached to this extrusion for three days, the skipper unwilling to give up his CQR, and equally unwilling to stimulate the local economy by accepting a Mexican diver’s offer of help. The ruins you see scattered about this bay were built by a French company in 1924 to serve as a port for the nearby mines of El Triunfo. If you are snorkeling around the rock mole, keep your eye out for the massive anchor.

The 'barberpole' light at San Jose del Cabo. Some Gulf lights work, many don't.

«os Muertos means “the dead ones”. Who they are is a point to ponder during a quiet night at anchor, for this bay has an in¬ teresting necrology. In 1863, a swindled group of colonists arrived here from San Francisco expecting to find an oasis. Within months, many died of hunger. The less ob¬ stinate walked up to the nearby mines to beg for work. Twenty-two years later, a boatload page 99

of Chinese drifted into this bay, suffering from yellow fever. They all died, and were buried above the high tide line, their graves covered with rocks to discourage hungry coyotes. You can still see two wooden crosses amid a scattering of rocks behind the beach. A local fisherman told me that these "indeed were “los muertos”. But seeing the name “Muertos” applied to this bay on charts

as early as 1777 makes me wonder about the power of words in the shaping of events. Perhaps this bay inspires tradegy.

T 1 he coastline between Cabo and Muer¬ tos gives us a good introduction to the gulf,, but the best is yet to come. Ahead lies the raw economy of a coastline less frequently touched by man, delightful offshore islands, the cities of La Paz and Loreto. — Charles kulander

According to yacht broker and sailor John Beery, Jr., the Ranger 23 was conceived in the early 1970’s as being a step up from the popular Santana 22. Both were designed by Oakland’s Gary Mull, who adds that the whole idea was to come up with a “little yacht” that would appeal to east coast traditionalists as well as laid back Californians. The result was a fast, smart little racer/cruiser that has flourished. Of the 800 Ranger 23’s built (they went out of production in 1978), 130 reside here on the bay. They have one of the most ac¬ tive one-design fleets in the YRA, not to mention a strong class organization which promotes both cruising and racing. At 3500 pounds, the 23 is a sturdy boat. Almost half of the weight resides in the lead keel, making her very stiff. With a fine bow, the boat can punch through the bay’s chop and they’re known for being extremely quick upwind in a blow. Downwind a 23 wont plane, which puts considerable strain on the masthead rig (the boat can t go faster than hull speed). Under spinnaker they’re known to be a challenge, but the big spade rudder and fin keel give the skipper good control and the boat’s weight gives the crew time to react. Class rules allow only a 125% jib, main and spinnaker for racing. This limited inventory provides a great deal of flexibility. Even cruisers feel comfortable with the lapper in everything from 5 to 30 knots of breeze. Down below, the 23 is pretty plushed out with four berths, a head, room for a small stove, 2 hanging lockers and “full sitting headroom”. Ray Durkee and Judy Krowley, who own Barbados, are ardent cruisers and say that even though there’s room for four, it’s much more comfortable with two. Of course, two people and three dogs is another possible configuration which is known to work. Don and Cynthia Wieneke regularly take their Whippets, Veronica, Duke and Tandem, out, even on the ocean. Barbados and the Wieneke’s Twisted both participate in the class cruises, which range from the Petaluma River and the Delta to Tomales Bay and Half Moon Bay. The latter was the locale for this fall’s big cruise, which drew 11 boats and 30 sailors.

From the beginning, the Ranger 23 has done well competitively. John Beery sailed Incredible to a MORA divisional win in 1972, followed in 1973 by Jim Truman in Impossible. Truman won the long distance race to San Diego in 1974 and William Riley did like¬ wise in 1975 with Red Fox. In 1974 the class started sailing one-de¬ sign on the bay and has consistently been one of the most populous page 100

fleets. They’ve averaged 18 to 25 qualifiers year after year; this year they had 19, fourth best for all the ODCA classes. All the boats racing one-design on the bay use the short rig, which offers less sail area to the summer westerlies. The tall rig is found in other areas of the country, such as southern California and the East Coast. One of the strengths of the racing fleet has been the consistency of page 101

its members. When the boat was new, some of the “hot” sailors jumped in, but then moved on to the next new design (a common phenomenon). Those who stayed with the boat and those who have joined since have formed a strong nucleus. The most successful team has been Fred Paxton and Chris Penn, co-owners of Moonlight. They’ve won the season one-design crown for the past five years, as

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well as winning the 50-mile Midnight Moonlight Maritime Marathon classic in 1977 and 1982. Two of the class jesters are also high finishers. Robin Klaus, owner of Red Breast, has been season runner up for the past four years. He’s also the originator of the “Green Death” award, bestowed an¬ nually on the Ranger 23 that pulls the most bonehead moves in one race. The “Green Death” refers to the case of Rainier Ale bestowed upon the recipient. “When taken in large doses, this brewmasters delight seeks a seemingly unrelenting revenge,” quips Robin. The first winner was A1 Finley and his Road Runner. In the 1978 Vallejo Race, A1 and his crew 1) were spotted sailing under spinnaker 180 degrees away from the finish line, 2) took a record number of stern shots to relieve their hard working bladders and 3) after firing up the engine to reach port before dock, ran out of gas. That kind of performance deserves recognition, and the “Green Death” award fills the need. Gary Manners, owner of Alchemy, has been third for the last three seasons, and has also earned his niche in the Ranger 23 character book. Gary, a chemist by profession, annually picks out one YRA race to get dressed up in his “Captain Alchemy” costume. The ensemble consists of dyed green long underwear, yellow gym shorts, a yellow cape, green trimmed handball glasses, a green hat with silver wings and a yellow “A” emblazoned on his chest. Gary exhorts

his crew from the foredeck before the start of the race, expounding his alchemist theories on “turning gold into fiberglass”. With thesecharactersjeading the way, it’s not too hard to see why the Ranger 23 class has maintained its high level of participation. There are many couples sailing the boat, and each year they have a mixed doubles race for male-female teams. Each spring the class hosts a seminar on some aspect of sailing the boat — this year they had sailmaker Steve Taft talk about his specialty. Besides cruises, they also have a class picnic on Angel Island every year. And if you think you’ve never seen a Ranger 23 before, you may be wrong. When Gregory Peck shot the movie Dove about Robin Lee Graham’s solo sail around the world, he chose to use nine Ranger 23’s with which to film. Graham’s actual boat, the Lapworth 24 Dove, was considered unphotogenic, so they substituted the Ranger 23’s. Director Peck shipped the boats around the world to shoot on location and they even cut up a couple of them to do the in¬ terior shots. So one can accurately say that the Ranger 23 has movie star good looks, and owners will vouch for their fine performance. The current prices range for one of the “little yachts” is between $13,000 and $15,000. For more information about the class, contact Chris Penn at 521-7449 or Bill Gage at 328-7240. — latitude 38 — svc

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THE LATITUDE 3B INTERVIEW

DAWN GASTON The D’Marie III, a Magellan 36 ketch, left Sausalito this July bound for the Hawaiian Islands with a crew of two. Just about the time the Coast Guard u>as deciding to declare her ‘lost at sea’ some 70 days later, the boat was spotted a few miles off Kauai by a military plane, and later tow¬ ed into Nawiliwili, Kauai [Volume 64, November], Owner of the boat and skipper for the trip was George Short, a 55-year old real estate developer from Sacramento. His crew was Dawn Gaston, a 29-year old fashion designer living in Bear Valley. The two had met only a few days prior to departing; neither had been to sea before. Although they’d run out of water, both survived the ordeal in quite good health. Short told ihe press that the trip, which should have taken about 20 days, took vso long because they’d been blown off course by storms and had trouble sailing back to the Hawaiian chain. He was quoted in the San Francisco Examiner as saying, ‘‘I felt confident and positive all the way. I knew P could make it.” Dawn Gaston, interviewed in the following pages, doesn’t quite remember it that way. What follows is her version of why the trip took so long. (We’ve tried to contact Mr. Short in the Islands for comment, but have not been successful.)

38: How did you meet Mr. Short? Dawn: I have a girlfriend who’s almost like a sister to me, who I hadn’t seen for a long time. I was living up at Bear Valley working on my designs when she called and said she was going to be in the bay area to meet a guy and see if she wanted to go on a cruise with him. As a cook on his boat. “If there’s any way you can swing it, come down and see me,” she said. I said “Sure,” because I didn’t know when I’d see her again. She’s kind of a gypsy like me. So I went down and met her and this guy. Then something came up with her mom and she had to leave. She said “I can’t go. Dawn, you’ve always wanted to sail, this is your perfect chance. Everything is already set up, all you have to do is cook. There’s two other crewmen, they’ve been to sea a lot, so you’ll just have this smooth cruise to Hawaii. It’s a good boat. I’ve checked it out, and it’s seawor¬ thy.” 38: When was that?

Dawn: That was the first of July. Everybody was getting all rigged out for parties on their boats on the Fourth. I’d never been around sailboats before in my life; the closest I’d been was crossing on the ferry from Vancouver to Victoria in B.C. So I was excited. It looked interesting, fun. I’ve done a lot of adventurous things, so when my girlfriend Goldie suggested.I go, I really considered it. I talked to the guy. He said, “There’s been a lot of ladies come down here and want to be on the boat. You look like a really nice person, somebody I could really learn something from. Just from the way you handle yourself, I think you’d be a good person to go.” I told him if I could work it out with my business thing, I would see if I could go. The people where I was sending my samples said “You’ll have three weeks where you can’t do anything because your samples will be in Hong Kong being made up.” So I figured I was .supposed to go. page 104

interview: I went back to see him, and he said, “Fine,” and told me to go and get my things together. I bought a seabag and all this stuff that you need (laughter) — 1 didn’t know what 1 needed — and returned to the boat. I had gone up to Bear Valley to get my things, and when I

He said, “I’m going anyway. You’re still welcome.” That made me feel better. So I got on and away we went.” came back, he said, “1 decided not to take the other two guys.” Oh, I forgot, we had gone out on a test sail. When we were out he didn’t do anything, he just discerningly watched these other two guys do their thing — jibe back and forth. We went out around Angel Island or whatever that little island is on the bay. 38: Alcatraz? Dawn: Yeah. I was impressed. I thought “Wow, this is fun!”(Laughter). And I didn’t get sick. When we got back and the other two guys got off, he said, “Well, I think they’re pretty good at what they do.” That’s all he said, so as far as I knew everything was okay. When 1 came back the day before — it was the evening before we were to leave actually — it was a last minute rush. I had to go buy all the groceries and do all that kind of stuff. 38: Were you to get paid, too? Dawn: Uh-huh. The deal was that he would pay for the food and all that. When I got to the other side, he’d give me money to have a good time for a few days in Hawaii and a plane ticket back. That sounded allright to me. It was his attitude that he was giving me a good deal just by taking me. He said there were people who would pay to go with him. I don’t know if that’s true or not. Anyway, I got down there and he said, “I decided that these guys want to get there for the Clipper Cup, and they’ll want to race all the way to Hawaii. 1 just don’t want to have somebody telling me what to do.” Also we had the opportunity to take Bernard Moitessier with us. George said, “No, I know Bernard will be telling me what to do all the time. 1 won’t learn anything. 1 want to learn it by myself.” “If you still want to go,’ he said to me, “that’s great.” I kind of look¬ ed at him and said “What’s going on? I don’t want to head out alone with somebody I don’t know. Not only what might people think, but what might happen?” He said, “Oh no, there’s nothing like that go¬ ing on.” I said, “If it’s a sexual relationship you want, then take somebody else because I’m not really into it.” He said, “Nope, I’m going anyway, you’re still welcome to come if you want.” That made me feel better, like it was probably allright if I went. So I got on and away we went.

38: Do you remember what day you left? Dawn: July the 10th. I stayed on the boat and slept up in the forepeak that first night. The next morning we got up early and had coffee in the little cafe in Sausalito. 38: The Cafe Trieste? Dawn: Yeah. We headed out about nine motoring all the way out to where the groundswells were. I remember looking back and seeing the Golden Gate Bridge getting farther and farther away. I was so ex¬ cited! (Laughter). Oh boy, another adventure in my life. He took pic¬ tures of me steering and I laughed about that afterwards. Good heavens, if only I’d known how many hours I would have to stand there not enjoying it. We headed straight west, maybe a little bit south. He didn t keep track at first. He just said we had to head out and get away from the coast so we don’t have to be afraid that we’d run into anything at night. That sounded good to me. (Laughter). 38: W$s there anything you picked up at that point, aside from the thing with the two other guys, of what lay ahead? Dawn: No, he seemed like a complete gentleman. He had a Dut¬ tons, all the almanacs, and HO 249. He had a good directional radio finder — it looked like he was under control to me. About 4 p.m. the wind came up, and that was my first experience with those big rollers. I still maintained, but I was starting to wonder if I had done the right thing. I wasn’t scared, but I realized that I was totally out of my element, in the middle of nowhere, and hardly knew this guy. That night turned into a pretty big gale. One time he told me to go down and look at at the wind meter. It was going from 50 to 60, just buzzing back and forth. He said, “Wow, that’s a little more than I bargained for the first night out.” So we reefed down. It was really miserable with the waves breaking over the top of the boat. I found out later that the Coast Guard thought we bought it right there. That’s why they were looking for us So much on the west coast, even a month after we left. They were hoping to find pieces of the boat, or somebody who had seen us, or somewhere we had pulled in. I had never packed stuff before in a boat, and everything I had stowed was roaring around in the cupboards. One of the cupboard doors came open, and the dry soups and junk went all over everywhere. (Laughter) I was going, “Oh, my goodness!” That was my first experience with a storm, and I was scared. I felt like I could have bought it right there. He didn’t look as worried as I did, but he was obviously concerned. He got up several times in the night and went out to see that we hadn’t had any damage. In the morning the wind was letting down, and the sea was starting to calm a bit. But it was still pretty heavy and confused. A lot of white spray was flying around, you know, more than white caps. Every wave had a big whitish thing of flotsam or whatever that flew all over you. But at least you could come up and look around and see daylight. I felt a little bit more secure. I decided, “Yeah, sailing is still okay.” (Laughter). I made breakfast that morning and had the first run-in with the stove. You had to use alcohol to bring the kerosene up to the right temperature before it would light. In the night one of the knobs had gotten turned, and the kerosene had beea seeping out into the tray under the stove. I lit the stove and — phoof! This was my second day, right? (Laughter). First day was one of the biggest storms, and the second day I had this incident with the stove. Fire at sea is about the worst thing that can happen to you besides capsizing. So immediately I said, “George, we’ve got a fire!” He ran page 106

gaston down and grabbed the fire extinguisher and he got all carried away. He squirted that white stuff all over the whole kitchen. The whole galley was full of junk, so I spent the rest of the day cleaning that up. I was thinking, ‘Oh, how fun’. But I did enjoy cooking, and I did enjoy just being out there. I think the whole awesome adventure side of it was keeping me high on being there. At that point 1 had no worries at all about his sailing abilities. We’d made it through the storm allright. It was a pretty good show. But as time went by during the first two weeks, I started getting concerned. Bernard Moitessier had been there the last day before we left, and I remember him saying to George, “Be sure you take a sun shot every day you possibly can, and keep a running fix.” He didn’t ever take any sun shots. (Laughter). After two weeks I asked him if maybe we shouldn’t do something about that. That is how' the con¬ frontation between us began. Once he felt that I didn’t trust his ability, everything between us changed. He talked really gruff — well, he cussed at me a lot. All of a sudden he was like Jekyll-and-Hyde; the whole trip all of a sudden became a real nightmare. I thought, ‘Not only am I in trouble because this guy doesn’t know what he’s doing, but there’s no rapport be¬ tween us’. I felt we ought to be pulling together as a team and we weren’t. Every time I would mention something, I was wrong. He didn’t want to hear anything that I said. Then I flashed back to what he had said about* “I just don’t want them telling me what to do all the time.” And I realized what kind of a person I was with. I felt sorry for him — and I’m not putting him down. He was the way he Was, and I’m the way I am, and 1 should have known better. As time went on, I proceeded to get more and more anxious and fearful about making it. I’m sure my state of mind was anything but pleasant. I tried to be nice to him, but I came to the realization that I was better off not saying anything — just to keep my mouth shut, just to do my job. Oh — and the morning after that first storm, we looked back there, and the steering vane was just snarled up. It was a goner. 38: Were you sailing the boat, too? Dawn: We were taking shifts, because after this vane broke, it had to be manually steered all the time. We started out with four-hour shifts. As time went on, especially after the batteries were gone and there was no light at night . . . 38: When did the batteries go? Dawn: Are we going to try and do it chronologically, or . . .? 38: Okay, let’s not forget that point . . . Dawn: Oh, we won’t forget. (Laughter). We started out with fourhour shifts and that made it hard. In the middle of the night you had to wake each other up, and you just don’t sleep right. About every four days we would just heave-to for a night so we could get a good night’s sleep. We realized we couldn’t go on like this all the way to Hawaii, and at one point I asked if maybe we shouldn’t put in at San Diego. It was a lot of work, especially when a heavy sea would come up. I’d be hanging on to the wheel with both hands and my foot up against it — it was difficult to hold it on course. After three weeks we got down to warmer weather, but he was still just heading south. He said, “I’m just going to head southwest and the current is going to carry me over to the islands; we 11 pick up the trades and head in.” It all sounded so easy. It sounded too easy to me. I knew something was wrong. He wasn’t doing any work wtih the books. I’d ask him and he’d say, “Well, I just don’t have time, or “I dpn’t feel I need to.” Inside I came to the realization that I was go¬ ing to have to get on top of this fearful attitude that I was developing. page 107

The only way that I could do it was through faith. We can talk about that later. So we spent several weeks just heading south. Finally when he took the first sun shot, he discovered we were at 14 degrees. The Big

“Inside I realized I was going to have to get on top of this fearful attitude that I was developing.” Island is way back up at about 18. It was hot and we were in the doldrums. For ten days we didn’t go anywhere. I mean there was no wind, absolute zero. Lots of dolphins and fish, though. In the doldrums they really get it on. Those were anxious, depressing times for me, because going nowhere is really going nowhere. Finally he took some sun shots and figured out the latitude. It was hard for him to determine what the longitude was because he hadn’t been keeping a running fix, so that was more or less a guess. We did have the radio and we could pick up Hawaiian stations at night. He decided that we had to go north northwest. So we started to head north and we spent another two weeks barely going anywhere; there was just no wind. 1 38: At what point are we now chronologically — how far into the trip are we? Four or five weeks? Dawn: This would have been the first week in August, three weeks. All this time when we didn’t have any wind, we motored. But he misjudged the amount of diesel he had, or misjudged the amount he was burning or something, because despite keeping track of how much we used and how many hours we motored, all of a sudden, putt, putt, putt . . . phfft — no more diesel. So we were stuck there for a long time. I have the thing written down here [looks at her log reconstructed from notes scribbled in the dark on odd pieces of paper, such as pages .of Latitude'38’sJ. We would go like zero, one knot, zero to two„.zero to two — I mean that’s nowhere. In a ketch that means you’re hardly even moving. That went on up to August 19th. . ' We had this gale August 24th and 25th, and we were still down only about 14 degrees, maybe 14 degrees 20 minutes. The first good wind we got turned out to be gale winds (laughter). So it was like from the frying pan into the fire. We had a lot of southwest current, too. Somewhere along the side of the boat it was leaking. I think it was between the railing on top of the gunwhale, and it flooded all the cupboards with the cans. Everything ran down into the bilge. Since we were out of diesel our batteries were gone by August 10th, so there was no automatic bilge, right? 38: You had a manual pump?

interview: Dawn; No, the manual pump for the bilge didn’t work, so we went down in the bilge with a little cup and a bucket. When it calmed down the next day, he caulked the leaking area and it seemed to do the job. But it was good to be sailing again. I remember that feeling of ‘Wow, we’re moving’. We were cutting a pretty good lick, like 6 or 7 knots, and that’s fast for a ketch, because it has a heavy, full keel. Definitely a slower boat. 38: Did you handle the sails much or did George set them? Dawn: Oh, I’d pull in the sheets and do stuff like that, whatever he yelled at me to do. But he decided what should be what, how the sails should be rigged, and what set to have. At that point he still knew more about it than 1 did. 1 was still going for it. I would do whatever he told me to do — a lot to avoid confrontation too, even if I didn’t think that was right. 38: The papers reported that you stayed below the whole time. Dawn: I don’t know what paper that was. 38: The S.F. Examiner. Dawn: It must have been somebody he talked to afterwards. I couldn’t have stayed below the whole time, he didn’t pull 24 hour shifts steering. (Laughter). That’s why I’m disappointed in the man a lot, I’m disappointed because I feel he didn’t learn anything inside over the whole trip. He should have done some soul searching and a little bit of growing within. But to get to the other side of this, and to say crap like that if he really did, that’s not right. At least we were moving and heading in the right direction. But there was still this confrontation about how to use the radio direction finder, and he became really confused with his sunshots. He didn’t know if he was doing it right anymore, even when it came down to how many hours the time change was. So there were just a lot of little things. I was scared because I thought he was incompetent — not as far as a person — but just as being a sailor. It made me sad to think ‘Boy, I might just pack it in right here and now, just because I didn’t check it out before I left’. By this point, August 31st, I’d say, “Well, when do you think we’re going to be there?” He’d say, “Two more days. Two more days.” Then it would be two days and he’d say, “Two more days. Two more day.” (Laughter). I was doing a lot of praying by this time. 38: Are you religious by background? Dawn: Yeah, I definitely had a faith and believed in God before I went on the trip. I wasn’t a born again Christian or something like that, but I don’t think I ever realized how strong my faith was, and what it could do for me as far as surviving. Boy, I really depended heavy on it. All along we hit a lot of heavy weather and the opposite extreme for a sailor is no wind at all, which is just about as bad. 38: Worse, sometimes. Dawn: Worse because of the mental anxiety — especially if you’re lost. Lost, going nowhere, and knowing you’re drinking up the water. We were in a lot of thunderstorms down there and caught all the rain water that we had the capacity to hold. So we did the right thing. We didn’t waste any water either. We didn’t have baths. When a good rainstorm came over, we just took our clothes off and washed — it really felt good. Gradually he decided we needed to go north and we went north. Then he decided we needed to go west. 1 don’t what what was his reasoning, because he didn’t want me to play any part in the naviga¬ tion. He said that my having any kind of opposite thoughts on the direction would confuse him. I can understand that. It should be one person under control understanding everything. But if that person

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doesn’t understand everything, maybe he should ask the other per¬ son, or at least listen to what they have to say. We started to make headway from August 25th. From that point on we went northwest. But by going northwest instead of going straight north, we completely missed the islands again. We went south of them on an angle — we went up towards the Midway chain. By then we were already on rationed water and starting to wonder, you know, what is going to happen here? I forgot to tell you that we saw two boats on September 6th. They were the first boats we’d seen in a month. 38: No freighters or anything? Dawn: Nope. In July we saw one freighter, but that was way off in the distance. We weren’t desperate then. When we did see the two boats September 6th, I was at the wheel. I just screamed and raised right off the seat. “George, there’s two boats out here!” He came running out and grabbed the flare gun and said, “Okay, this is it, we’re going to do it.” We waited till they got up a little bit,closer where we figured they could see us. 38: Were they sailboats? Dawn: I think they were Navy ships on maneuvers or something, because they were way out there where no other boats probably would have been. There was a little one and a big one, they were meeting or something. After we fired all the flares they turned around and went the other way! The big boat went one way, and the little boat went the other way, and they were gone. 38: How close were you? Dawn: We could see the full outline of the boat, so they must page 108

gaston Dawn: No, I never did. Like I said, he wasn’t my type and he didn’t approach me in that way. It wasn’t even considered, which several people have asked me about. They say, “That’s remarkable, you’re young, you’re pretty, and he never asked you, or came over to you or anything?” No, he didn’t. We’d made a deal and he stuck to it.

have been within a couple of miles. I was surprised they didn’t see the flares. I know they must have seen a sailboat, they probably just figured we weren’t in trouble because we were under sail. What would anybody think? We looked like we were headed somewhere. 38: You didn’t have a radio at that point? Dawn: No, the batteries had been gone for a long time. We had no lights either. So when they disappeared over the horizon, 1 wrote a poem about it. 1 said to myself, ‘Okay, if it wasn’t my time to be rescued yet, Thy will be done. I must stjll have more to learn’. I was sad about it, but I didn’t get depressed. I think I cried a little bit inside. I didn’t cry out¬ wardly because 1 don’t think that would have done any good. 38: Were you having conversations during this time? Dawn: No, we barely talked. 38: Did you see each other much during the day? Dawn: Some. He didn’t like to sail during the night, so I’d pull a 12-hour night and he would do the day. It was hard. It was lonely, but I still didn’t talk to him very much. After 70 days of a stressful situation, any relationship was probably going to be trying and fall apart. We never really screeched and screamed at each other, we just didn’t say a whole lot. Conrtmunication was to get the basics done, like ‘I need this’, or ‘It’s time to eat’, or ‘This is how much water you’ve got left’. Which was sad, because there could have been a whole lot more come out of it, a growing experience for both of us. There never was any physical relationship between us. Maybe that would have helped in the situation. Neither of us were into it, but I do see where two people who were in love or something like that pro¬ bably would have gotten along a lot better. 38: Did you consider that as a way of maybe making things work better? page 109

So anyway, we first saw land September 12th, and it was Niihau. Niihau is closest to Kauai, but having no bearings or not knowing where we were, we didn’t know which island it was. It could have been Necker, the next one up. It was so spectacular to me. I didn’t even know what land was go¬ ing to look like when I saw it. (Laughter). I had never come up on an island at sea before, but you knew it when you saw it. It was just a big rock. At first when we saw it we were a little hesitant because we’d seen so many dark clouds that looked like land on the horizon. This one definitely turned out to be land, but because of this hesitancy we went up farther on the north side. And because of the trades and cur¬ rent, we couldn’t get to it. It was really hard to go northeast, especial¬ ly east to get back over to an island or anything like that. So we had to start tacking. We saw a beacon one night, I thought it might have been a boat, but it wasn’t. We went up and got north of the island and then we came back down on the other side. At this point we were out of water, so the main idea was to get a close look at the island. We came up really close to it because we wanted to see if there was any way we could get water. One look at the island — it was just sheer rock cliffs with big breakers crashing all the way around — told us we couldn’t. It had a lot of birds and the whole island was just covered with guano — it was white. So you knew that any water there was probably contaminated anyway. 38: Is that an inhabited island? Dawn: No. It turned out one of the reporters knew all about Niihau because it’s a bird sanctuary. He said, “It’s a good thing you didn’t waste your time, because there’s not one drop of good water on that island.” Anyway, George made a decision to go on. He said, “I’ve made so many mistakes on this trip, I can’t afford to make another one.” I respected him for that statement, I really did. It was one of the first things he’d said for a long time. I looked at him and thought, ‘Somewhere in there is a better person than I’ve seen’. I tried to look for the best things about him. I realized it was important for me to try to build him up and keep him strong as a part of the team. There was nothing to be gained in trying to cut him down all the time. At least we now had some kind of bearing. He had been able to get a rough estimate of the longitude from the fact that noon for us was so much later than it was for Hawaiian time. Obviously we were too far west. I think it’s four minutes for every degree, when your sun is at its highest p'bint. So we figured we must be over at 162 or something like that. Kauai is between 159 and 160. Our noon was like 10 or 12 minutes later. 38: You got that from the sun sight? Dawn: yeah, I know a little bit. (Laughter). It turned out that I knew a lot more than I thought. I know how to find latitude anyway, that’s pretty easy. All you have to have is a nautical almanac and find out what your declination is, and find your zenical distance from your sun shot, the difference, and then do a simple procedure of adding and subtracting. Longitude is a little more difficult. 38: Were you navigating at any point? I remember you saying you had studied the books. At some point did you start navigation yourself?

interview: Dawn: Not totally without him being in there. But gradually as he became more confused, he accepted my opinion — especially at the end. I couldn’t go along not knowing anything any more. I had to be in there reading the books or it would have driven me crazy. 1 could

“On the morning of the 18th I went up to the bow . . . and on the horizon is this — Ahh — land!’’

take a sun shot, get the latitude, and do that kind of thing. Although he didn’t like me to; he was wanting to be totally under control all the time. Anyway, we were obviously too far west. We’d passed the islands once, and again we’d passed the islands (Laughter). We had to start coming back east and just a little bit south, which was hard, because it meant going into the trades. The trades were heavy so there was a lot of tacking to be done. But at least I felt — this was the first time we’d seen land and had something to take a bearing off. 1 felt better than I had for the whole trip. The second day after we went out of sight of Niihau, I saw a styrofoam cup float by, and I went, Wow, a little bit of reality! A little touch with land.” It was the most beautiful garbage 1 had ever seen. 38: Were you physically beginning to have trouble? Dawn: Yeah, we were tired. 38: Were you losing weight? Dawn: Definitely. I had been losing weight ever since we didn’t have enough water, I guess I still weighed about 90 pounds, which was light for me. (Laughter). 1 usually weigh like 105 or 107. By this time he had figured the proper way to use the radio, because it was obvious that the islands were southeast. It’s kind of a bassackwards way to figure it out, but it worked. It took from the 15th to the 18th on those long tacks to make it back to the same longitude as Kauai. But all this time we were being dragged south by the cur¬ rent. On the morning of the 18th I went up to the bow to go to the bathroom, and I looked out and on the horizon is this — Ahh! — land! And it wasn’t Niihau. We hadn’t been making a circle or doing anything like that, although nothing would have surprised me at that point. This was obviously a different island and obviously a small island. I figured from our DR that it must be Kaula Rock. Kaula is a little rock down off Niihau. It is marked on the chart as being a restricted area, but neither of us knew what it was a restricted area for. So we just kept heading for it. As we got closer then we could see Niihau off to the north, and we decided to try and go bet¬ ween Kaula Rock and Niihau, but the wind was zero. We were going between zero and one knot and the wind force was like five. Five

wouldn’t move that boat, not even with all the sails up. That morning George didn’t feel good. When I called him, Land! There’s land!” he didn’t seem in a hurry to get up. When he finally did, we went up to the bow to put the lapper up. It was the biggest sail he had for light wiped. As we were putting up the lapper, he fell backwards, and one of the stanchion posts for the lifeline hit him in the center of the back. He didn’t get up fast, so I immediately went over to him. I asked him if he was okay, and he said, ‘ Yeah, I m okay, I’m okay. Get back to your post.” He was being really hostile. He moved very slowly and awkwardly. I finished putting up the sail. He went back and sat behind the wheel in the stern of the boat. After I finished stowing and getting all the rigging squared away, I came to the back qf the boat, and I said, “Are you okay? . He said, Well, I think one df my legs is going numb.” I thought, Oh no, he s pinched a nerve or done something really bad in his back . I have a fair medical background, my ex-husband was in the medical field. I couldn’t fqel any discs that were abnormally bulging out or anything like that, so I got some cushions and 1 propped him up behind the wheel. I told him I just had to get an hour of sleep, because I was gone. I couldn’t even think and land was coming up. This was going to be a time to get the anchors out and do some moving. We were both real¬ ly weak by this time, and now he’s incapacitated. I said I’ve got to get just an hour, even if I just lay down. It was difficult for me to sleep on the trip, my anxiety level was so high — 1 probably slept like two hours a day: I’d lay down, and my eyes wouldn’t close, they’d be wide open! (Laughter). , Then I heard this plane. He yells at me, “Dawn, there’s a plane coming over, and it’s low!” Through the whole trip we saw three planes, but they were always way up there. They never did hear the radio or never did see us waving. I ran up and grabbed a red sailbag. 38: In the newspaper they said it was red flannel underwear. Dawn: That was the little flag 1 made for him — they were just baggy pants like you wear on a boat. I tied them onto a boathook and gave him that and said, “Here, wave this!” (Laughter). So 1 was up in front of the mainsail, because it was easier to see with the white background, and just started waving like a crazy woman. This was the lowest plane that I had seen. It turned out that Kaula Rock is a restricted area where they test bombs! (Laughter). When I found that out afterwards, 1 thought-, ‘Wow, now wouldn’t that have been something to have survived 70 days and then gotten blown out of the water!’ (Laughter). 38: (Laughter). Then you would have known that the message was real clear. Dawn: Yeah, right. “You weren’t supposed to make it.” But dur¬ ing the trip the message was clear that I learned everything that I was supposed to learn while I was there, before 1 was rescued. The plane came by and I was waving like crazy and George was waving the boat hook with the pants on it. And he went on by, just Zoom! Gone! 38: Was it a jet or what? Dawn: It was a Navy observation plane or a bomber or something. They were out on a mission to bomb the island for target practice. When he kept going straight,. I plopped down on the dinghy, which we had tied upside down on top of the boat. 1 was stunned. “Oh, wow. There goes another chance. Thy will be done.” I just got the words out of my mouth and the jet went, “Yeeowww!” — I mean he did a donut! Just did a circle in the air and came back and circled the boat three times. He came down low the fourth time I’m sure he was checking the name on the back of the boat. All page I 10

gaston this time I’m still going, “AHHH! OHHH! We need help!” (Laughter). I m sure he saw D’Marie III and radioed the Coast Guard, then came back one more time and tipped his wings at me. I went, “Thank God, Hallelujah! This is it!” /

We were going like 8, 9 knots, the fastest the D’Marie III had gone in a long time. I put my raingear on, and I sat down at the bow and let all the salt water just drench me. I didn’t care. I felt so good. I felt like a wino, I had this jug between my legs, and I would just have a

At this point we were out of water and for days had been drinking a half a cup of salty water from cans of green beans. But it was better than nothing. There hadn’t been any rain for ten days, and we’d us¬ ed up everything we had. There were two cans of green beans left, and it turned out one of them was bad because when the bilge flood¬ ed all the cans started rusting — after 70 days everything was starting to go to heck. Fortunately it was such a great boat and really well constructed. Anything less and we probably wouldn’t have made it. It did go through a lot — a lot of storms and a lot of heavy seas. Anyway, the plane. When the plane tipped its wing my heart jumped. I knew that was the sign that he’d seen us. Then he flew over the island, to accomplish his mission or whatever, and bombed it. (Laughter). He just shot off this whole streak of red — ratatatatat! It was pretty, actually. It made all these smoke plumes go up in the air. At the time I thought it was just some kind of acknowledgement for us. About 30 minutes after that I could see this little black dot getting closer and closer. It wasn’t a plane — it didn’t have wings. It turned out to be a big red, Coast Guard-like military helicopter with all these flashing lights. The five or six guys were all rigged out like a SWAT team, with helmets and black glasses. One guy came over the loud speaker and said, “We understand you have a problem.” Just like that. And I went, “A problem!” They couldn’t hear me because of the noise, but I was yelling, “Yeah, we have a problem!” He said, “Are any of you injured?” I go, “Yeah, he’s injured.” They said, “We’ll lower the basket. We’re going to dip it in the water first to get the static electricity off it. Don’t touch the basket till it dips in the water.” So they did that and I swung it into the gunwhale and said “C’mon George.” He was naturally ecstatic at being rescued too. I helped him over to the basket and he got in. So they airlifted him and he was gone! (Laughter). I was relieved, I’ll say that, and not only to be rescued. Everything was going to be okay. They said, “Can you sail the rest of the night?” I looked back and there were some big black clouds over Niihau and shoot, I didn’t want to sail the rest of the night because I felt like I had been rescued. But I said, “Yeah.” I’m sure George said, “She’s made it this far, don’t let her take the chance of going through another storm.” But they said there were fishing boats on the other side of the island, and they told me that the Sue Pat would sail with me for the night, but the guy wanted to finish fishing. I said, “Okay, that’s fine with me:” Meanwhile I scurried around, tried to clean my act up a little bit, comb my hair and do all those things that I hadn’t even thought about doing for weeks. Now all of a sudden here’s reality — civiliza¬ tion again. I felt like I ought to be a little bit more presentable. Eventually the Sue Pat came over and there was two guys on it. I never did find out their names, and I would really like to so I could thank them. They said, “We’re going to tow you towards the Coast Guard boat because they have to come from Honolulu.” They didn’t have a big enough boat in Nawiliwili. All the time I’m going, “Water, water! Do you have anything I can drink?” They said, “Okay, we’ll get that, but let’s get this tow line on and rigged up.” It was getting dark, so I dropped the jib and got everything squared away. Then they took a one gallon jug they had — it had had strawberry syrup in it or something, and sent it over. I yelled back to them, “This is better than the best wine I’ve ever tasted!” And it really was. page I I I

Dawn and the D Marie III at Nawiliwili harbor, Kauai, three days after being rescued.

sip off it every once in a while. They yelled back at me, “You’d better clean up your act. There’s going to be reporters and TV people there.” I’m going, “Oh no.” I know I looked anything but great. I was weathered, underweight, and hadn’t anything to wash my hair with but salt water. I had really long hair on the trip, down to my butt. I got it cut off when I'came back here because it was so wrecked. About 2:00 a.m. I decided I’d better lay down. I had been enjoy¬ ing looking at the stars, which had become friends of mine since I was the night navigator. After we ran out of power we had no lights for the compass, so I used to flick a Bic lighter to look at the compass and then pick some stars to keep a bearing on. So the stars were my friends. I just sat there — I was in heaven, I really was. When I laid down it was the best sleep I’d had, even though the boat was just jumping out of the water because they were pulling it so fast. I tied myself in and wedged my sleeping bag — wadded it up so I had this little narrow thing so I wouldn’t fly around. But that was the best sleep I’d had in 70 days. I woke up in the morning and had about a quart of water left of what they’d given me, so I had a bath in a quart of water. I washed my hair in salt water and then rinsed it in the quart of fresh water. We met the Coast Guard boat about 8:00 that morning, I could see them coming on the horizon. The guy from the Sue Pat came upclose and said, “Hey, you don’t look bad for 70 days at sea!” He said all the right things and made me feel real good. “How about breakfast in Honolulu, baby?” (Laughter). You know that kind of thing. I just laughed. I was beginning to realize how great it was to be alive. I was so glad to be back, in one piece and healthy. Anyway, this little Avon dinghy, just like the one we had on our boat, comes flying across the water. Three Coast Guard guys get out and say, “Wow, we were ready to take you off in a stretcher, but you look pretty good!” (Laughter). They were a couple of young guys and they also said all the right things that person needs to hear when they haven’t seen a friendly face or heard a friendly voice for that long. Really congenial and comforting. Aside from it being their job, they were good people. They brought breakfast over. It was pan¬ cakes and eggs and milk. I couldn’t eat it, you know, because my

interview:

stomach was about the size of a pea. I knew I couldn’t eat that kind of food. But 1 did eat a pancake just because it tasted good. 1 put syrup all over it. Then 1 told them I needed some fresh fruit or something lighter weight. Anything crunchy, That’s what I wanted, anything

“I didn’t look anymore on the horizon for that island for my strength. I looked for my island within.” crunchy that was fresh. They took us under tow, and about halfway to Kauai they decided to put all the sails up and sail because it was good wind. One of the guys on the boat had his own sailboat, a racing boat. It was his sug¬ gestion. He asked me if I’d like to put the sail up for one last time and I said, “No, you go for it. I’d just like to watch somebody else do it!” (Laughter). All the way along they were telling me what had happened in the world, the news and things like that. All the people who had died. Henry Fonda had died, you know that kind of thing. I didn’t know anything that had gone on. The whole Beirut thing with the war and the massacre had happened. They told me George had been taken to a hospital and had been released, and that he’d probably be there. He was the last person on earth I wanted to see. Anyway, when we came up to Nawiliwili there was a lighthouse on the corner. They said, “Well, this is it. This is the big turning point where you know you’re going to make it to land. This is the lighthouse.” So we went around the lighthouse and there was the harbor. We came up to the dock, and I could see George standing there. Actually, 1 was glad that he was okay. We had both survived, we both had made it through. We hadn’t done it with a heck of a lot of style, but we made it to the other side. So we pulled up and he immediately said, “Get your stuff together right now.” I was a little disappointed. There was no hug or anything that said, “We did it! We did it together!” There was none of that. He said, “Here’s the money I owe you. This is probably more than enough.” He gave me $300. But it was funny because here I had found land, but inside I still felt a little bit lost. Like, “Where do I go from here?” I made it, now what do I do? It turned out there was a lot of reporters and people taking pictures, then a woman came up and said, “Do you know Goldie? I’m her sister and this is my husband, we’d like you to come stay with us.” So I stayed at the Waiohai Hotel, which is a beautiful hotel at Poipu beach, until I could get it together. I also went to the clinic and got checked out. I was very under¬ nourished and dehydrated, really run down as far as vitamin B and

vitamin C. The doctor checked out the elasticity of my skin and that kind of thing. He gave me a bunch of vitamins and told me what to do. He said, “You’re in remarkable shape for the things that happen¬ ed to you. It’s really lucky you didn’t have any cuts or anything like that because you woulcNhave had a problem with healing.” I was covered with bruises. If you sail at all you’re always bashing and crashing into stuff —■ everywhere I was covered with bruises — and they wouldn’t go away because of the vitamin C deficiency. But this is another example of how remarkable the human body is — within three days of heavy doses of vitamin C, they went away. Every one of them, except for a couple of major ones. 38: You didn’t have salt water sores or anything like that? Dawn: I had the old sailor crud — little bumps on my butt from being wet all the time, but I never got any open sores. I watched it pretty well. At the end all we had was really salty corned beef and some really hot chili. I didn’t eat it because there was no water, I just thought I’m better off not eating. I knew I wasn’t going to die from starvation, I had at least another two weeks. The lack of water was my major concern. But George ate it and he survived too, so who s to say? I really don’t want to — I’m not hostile towards the man at all. That’s why I don’t want it to be presented that way in the article that I was hateful to him in any way. It was just a matter of — who knows, perhaps 70 days at sea with anybody and you’d be at their throats. He was just a very eccentric person that really didn’t want to listen to anybody else. Had I known him better I don’t think I would have gone with him. I could have Saved myself that whole — I thought several times that it would be fantastic to be out there with someone you loved or with someone — you know if you were newly married or something like that. Sailing would be a blast. This trip would have been a blast if someone had known where they were going. That whole feeling of being lost and that anxious state of not knowing where you are except in the middle of a huge ocean on a 36-foot toothpick — it was a very fearful situation to be in. I was able to over¬ come that, like I said, through my faith, which we can talk about if you want to. 38: Sounds like it’s the next thing up. Dawn: Yeah, that’s it, what I learned to survive. Faith was the whole thing that kept me going. After the 30-day mark, I came to the point where I realized I was going to lose my cool if I didn’t change my attitude. I was getting more upset, mistrusting of him and especially of his ability. I knew I had to come to grips with it in some way. I knew I couldn’t let myself — for one second —■ doubt I was going to make it. After those 30 days I said, “Well, I’ve just got to give it over to You, the burden is too heavy. I can’t carry it.” I did have a Bi¬ ble, and I had some scriptures that I fell back on, and once I did give it all over to Him and had that faith to survive on, I was so much stronger within. I didn’t look anymore on the horizon for that island for my strength or my security. I looked within, for my island within. The Lord was my rock, He was my island. He’s the one I steered by, and the one I survived by. I really came to find out — I had always heard that the Kingdom of Heaven is here on earth, but I didn’t understand that it was right there in me. Once I found this unshakable faith that He had given me, I realized that the Kingdom of Heaven for me, out there, was just having the peace of mind and that blissful consciousness that I didn’t have to worry anymore. I wasn’t fearful of dying. Although it was hard for me, giving up control, because I have always run the show in my life. page I 12

gaston George was the boss, of course, he said what to do and I did it, so I didn’t have any control over what direction I went or what I did, or what time I slept or what time I did anything. So that kingdom of Heaven came to me as being a<state of mind, that peace of mind. And I had to have that because J was about to lose it. I was really say¬ ing, “Where can 1 go? What can 1 do?”

titude that I used to survive. Another reason that I wanted to talk to you is so that some other naive person doesn’t go off on a sailing adventure like this without first checking out the captain, his sailing experience, and what equip¬

So physically lost out at sea, I was spiritually finding myself, com¬ ing to know myself as a person. 1 had never really taken the time before to look at myself and say, ‘Why did you do that?’ or, ‘Why do you think about doing this and that?’ ‘Who are you? What are your goals? Your guidelines? What do you believe in?’ All of a sudden I had all this time. I’d wake up in the morning — for three mornings in a row this little voice or something within me said, ‘Know thyself. Know thyself.’ ' 1 became stronger through finding out who I was and what I believe in. I believe more strongly in myself. I believe more strongly in my God, and I think those two things go together. The more 1 did that the more all the basic things became black and white, like what’s wrong and right, how I should treat a situation. I looked at George differently. I said I should be more forgiving, I should be more helpful. You know, Bless them that curse you, love thy enemy, just get along. 38: At what point did that little voice come? Dawn: This was right after 1 said, “Okay Lord, I give it to You. The burden is too heavy, You’ve got to help me carry it.” It was right about when we ran out of diesel, so it must have been around August 10th, which would be about 30 days into the trip. I knew when we ran out of diesel that it was pretty messed up. (Laughter). 38: It couldn’t have helped. Dawn: I decided at that time that if I could maintain my faith and when 5 did get to the other side there was a book here and that I would use it as a testimonial to how my faith helped me survive. That’s part of the reason I’m talking to you. Lots of sailing people will read this, people who might be in similar situations — I hope they’re not — who can use faith to overcome their ordeals. Since my case is an extreme. I think people might notice it and say, “She used that to survive.” Also, I used a lot of positive affirmations to survive. I couldn’t let myself think I might not make it, so I had a positive affirmation. I would say, “I will make a safe landfall or be rescued soon.” Doubt is a destroying factor, I knew that. It would blow my little world apart if I doubted that I would make it. It was a positive statement that wiped out all the negative, and it made me feel good and secure. That was important, because I was able to function better and I could think clearly. I was able to enjoy all the beautiful things out there, like all the whales and the clouds. It was fantastic being at sea, I’m not against sailing at all. I would go sailing tomorrow. But the whole situation of being lost and the confrontation with another per¬ son — I wouldn’t wish it on anybody else. There’s easier ways to get to know yourself, (laughter) than having to be out there. But since I was, and those kind of things came about, I’m really glad that I was there. The survival attitude — fear is the greatest hazard. Just do anything to keep yourself from being fearful. I even daydreamed a lot. I had a page of goals I was going to do when I got to the other side. I’m going to do this, and I’m going to make this much money doing this, and I’m going to go on this adventure over here, and I’m going to meet this super person. Sure they were all dreams, but dreams will get you there. These goals, havingthem written down, looking at them, repeating them — they were a major part of the at¬ page 113

ment he has on the boat. Make sure he knows how to operate it. Go out on a test cruise. Meet him, be around him a little bit, find out what his personality is, what his character is. Talk to friends of his and see where he’s at. It’s a long time to be alone with someone when you’re crossing an ocean. Fortunately he wasn’t hostile and I wasn’t hostile, so we never came to blows or anything like that. But out there anything could happen. I could have thrown him over and said the sea washed him over — he could have thrown me over and said, “Oh, she must have fallen over during^er watch.” And also nail down what your responsibilities are on the boat. I was only supposed to be cook, and all of a sudden the day before we left everything changed, the two other crew members were gone. I still had time to get out at that point — it was my decision — I’m the first one to say I made a dumb move. But nail down what your responsibilities to be so you know what’s expected of you. If it goes over the line then you have some ammunition where you can say, “Well, that isn’t what I was hired to do.” I was really ecstatic when you guys first called me at the hotel. That’s what went through my mind, the reason why I should contact you when I got back. I know a lot of people read your magazine. It’s a free magazine and they all grab it and they notice all the adventure stories and they'read them. I think it will make them think twice before they go out on a cruise, if they don’t know what they’re doing. Now that I look back on it — and it’s easy to say this on dry land — I’m really glad it happened to me. Fire tempers steel, and I’m really a stronger person for it. I think I’m more able to deal with the trials of this world. I was recently separated before I went into this thing, so I’m finding out the world is not the easiest place to live in. But now I feel like I can handle anything. That’s all I wanted to say — that I was glad that I got to go. This book is going to be the good thing that came out of all the negative things, all the ordeals. It’s going to be called, On a Sail and a Prayer. 38: Congratulations, good luck with the book, and thank you. — latitude 38 — sue

OYRA AND MORA

November is banquet time for bay and ocean racers, an opportuni¬ ty for victorious skippers and crews to gather around dinners of chicken (generous portions but a bit overcooked at the Ocean Yacht Racing Association’s banquet) and beef (also hefty servings at the Midget Ocean Racing Association’s feast). Here’s a rundown of who won what and how. OYRA DANFORTH (SPRING) SERIES IOR I: 1) Bravura, Frers 46, Irv Loubc, Piedmont. Crew: Dee Smith, Ron Bartowski, Steve and Eric Baumhoff, Mark Olson, Nick Cibbens, Phil Quartararo. 2) Scarlett O’Hara, Serendipity 43, Monroe Wingate, Piedmont. 3) Wings, Serendipity 43, Roger Hall, Orinda. Winning the Danforth was a long time coming for attorney Irv Loube. In 1971 he led the series by 19 points going into the final race, but tanked badly and ended up losing by 1/4,of a point. A year later, according to Irv, they led by nine points entering the finale, but again they faltered and couldn’t pull it out. This year featured great competition, with Scarlett O’Hara, Wings, Leading Lady and Great Fun all close behind the blue hulled Bravura. “This is the best IOR racing we’ve had in years,” says Irv, who went on to capture a truckload of silver in the Clipper Cup and Big Boat Series later in the summer. He says there is so much good and bad fortune in this type of racing that it was fun to finally win. IOR II: 1) Salt Shaker, Peterson 39, Lee Tompkins, Hayward. Crew: Paul Kaplan, Jim Jessie, Jim Mahaney, Jim Stockholm, Herb Hofendahl, Pam Eldredge, Judy Sharf, Diana Green, Joe Hanson, Delores Brode, Dave Wilson. 2) Quadri, C&C 38, George Giandandrea, Corte Madera. 3) Moonshadow, Wylie Custom, Stan Behrens, Tiburon. \ Lee Tompkins, who owns an auto wrecking yard in Hayward, is a relative newcomer to the IOR scene. In his first full season with his own boat, he figures he made 54 starts! The Danforth was the boat’s shakedown: on the Lightship they broke the keel step and in the Montara/Farallones they tore out most of their sail inventory. They learned fast, however, and they found that the more people they had onboard, the faster they went. They started with seven and ended up taking 10 to 12 each race. Lee says the key to doing well was not giving up. As an example he cites the Buckner Race, when Salt Shaker pushed hard to get in the Golden Gate before the wind died and then corrected out first. He also found it inspiring to race against the IOR I boats. So inspir¬ ing, in fact, that he’s looking at getting a two tonner for next year and going head to head with Bravura, Wings, Leading Lady and the rest of them. HAL NELSON SERIES PHRO I: 1) Temptress, Swede 55, Jim Walton, Pt. Rich¬ mond. Crew: Matt Blake, Mike Monahan, Bill Albers, J.R. Buck¬ ingham, Susan Tanner. 2) Racy, Peterson Two Ton, Robert Magoon. Alameda. 3) Tinsley Light, Mull 35 Custom, Henry Grandin, Jr. Jim Walton and his long, low Temptress are no strangers to the victory circle in Performance Handicap Racing in the ocean (PHRO).

What do MORA winners do when they're not sailing? Dale Winlow and Greg Shoemaker, left, owners of the Santa Cruz 27, Move, work on BMW's, while Dave Sorrell, right, works in the front office.

They’ve won their division three or four years (Jim doesn’t recall ex¬ actly) in a row. They did have some trouble with Bob Magoon’s Racy, which is shorter but has more sail area. In light air and chop, Racy would take off, while Temptress shone in heavy air, especially downwind and reaching. Jim contends that sailing downwind in seas is where he, Matt Blake and Mike Monahan really excel, and where they make money on other boats that don’t take advantage of those four to six foot waves. “Pay attention!” he advises others. PHRO II: 1) Wavelength, Cal 33, John and David Demeter, Walnut Creek. Crew: Andre Levy, Tracy Dickerson, Dove Janney, Frank Petrie, Steve Woodall. 2) Mist II, Columbia 36, Raymond Sieker, Belmont. 3) Piscean, Ranger 33, John McKay, Vallejo. Wavelength won both halves of this year’s PHRO series, a testa¬ ment to the sailing talents of brothers John a'nd Dave Demeter. John points out that consistency in starting was crucial. They were the only boat to compete in all the races. They didn’t finish all of them, but in the blustery Montara/Farallones, neither did many other boats. They got within a quarter mile of the islands when their main blew out. They didn’t want to chance going around the rocks with just the jib, page I 14

WINNERS

quickly, which is its downfall on the bay, but once it gets going they really truck. IOR II: 1) Killer Duck, Wylie 34, George Creamer, Sausalito. Crew: Muts Arima, Mike Butler, Kim Desenberg, Jim Gregory, Tom Hughes, Jim Nichols, Chip Nielsen, Bill Travis. 2) Leading Edge, Wylie 34, Joe Starritt, Corte Madera. 3) Kindred Spirit, Peter¬ son 1 Ton, Dr. John Tysell, Pt. Richmond. Last year Killer Duck (named after a quote attributed to Ted Turner about his 1980 America’s Cup campaign) finished second to Magic Too, another Wylie 34. This year, with Magic Too off on the Transpac, Creamer, a computer marketer, and his crew were glad to fill their vacancy. George credits the win to a good boat and sails, and especially his crew. Obviously, the Wylie 34 does well in this series, but the difference may have been Killer Duck’s tenacity. The return of the Drake’s Bay race is a prime example. Coming in the Golden Gate to finish after a long, tiring race, they took down the chute in response to a windshift. When the wind came aft again, they could have just left the jib up and finished, but they summoned the energy to relaunch the kite. Their margin of victory in that race was one se¬ cond on corrected time!

so they headed in, but that was after most of the fleet had already done likewise. Wavelength’s competition came from Mist II, which John describes as “always being tough, although they lost 12 seconds per mile of rating this year and seemed demoralized.” Also tough was Piscean, which John says was sailed well but not too often, and the Esprit 37 Rosy Option. GULF OF THE FARALLONES (FALL) SERIES IOR I: 1) Scaramouche, Tanton Two Ton, Rolf Croker, Tiburon. Crew: Mel McCormack,'Joe Cronin, Frank Martin, Wendy Miller, Mark Dowdy, Rod Witzel, Jim Kerr, Scott Hamilton, Skip Bond. Rolf, who owns a title insurance company, had fun winning the series, even though he admits most of the tough boats were in Hawaii at the Clipper Cup. “We’ll take a victory any way we can get it,” he says. Their strongest foes were Chris Gasparich’s Monique, one of the few other regulars out there. The 20,000 pound Scaramouche, a 1977 IOR design, has a deluxe interior but is light in the ends and does very well in light air. It doesn’t accelerate too page I 15

GEORGE GESTER (FALL) SERIES PHRO I: 1) Coyote, Wylie 34, Nick Kluznick, Palo Alto. Crew: Tod McKelvy, Jon Hunter, Rick Rasmusson, Rocky Rockmore, Sue Thomas, Bill Alderman, Bob Gardner. 2) Meltemi Too, Cal 35, Bill Jonas, Santa Rosa. 3) Captain Neill, IP-40, Val Clayton, San Francisco. Although he was delighted to win, communication systems engineer Nick KJuznick says the victory wasn’t too much to brag about. The George Gester series wasn’t well attended and Coyote missed two of the four races. He wasn’t even going to race, having made plans to go on the Transpac. When that fell through, he regrouped for the Catalina Race, but a broken mast ended that. A first in the Ong triangle and a second in the Half Moon Bay race were good enough, though. Nick isn’t sure why more people weren’t out there, although the general economic slowdown is the obvious choice. But, he points, as long as he’s been racing, it’s always been hard to get boats out on the race course. PHRO II: 1) Wavelength,' Cal 33, John and Dave Demeter, Walnut Creek. 2) Trollop, Morgan 33, Ed Homer, Mountain View. 3) Scrapper, Islander 36, Ronald Jaffray, Hayward. ASSOCIATION OF SINGLEHANDERS (ASH) Slocum (Spring) and Chichester (Fall) Series: 1) Domini¬ que, Yankee 30, Jim Cate, Livermore. Jim was a runaway winner in the singlehanded division this year, due in part to his good sailing and also to the scarcity of opposition. “Throw off your shackles, throw off your crews and come out singlehanding!” he says. There have been a lot of nasty lies, he adds, told about how hard it is to go solo. “It’s hard being Eric Taberly (the famous French singlehander), but it’s not hard sailing alone around the buoys.” There’s also the phenomenon of finishing a race and feeling you did a good job no matter where you finished. Ever notice

OYPA AN D MORA Wl N N ERS

when you’re sailing with a crew that after you do poorly you always feel like dog turd? Jim wants that thought to rest in your mind a little

managed to consistently ^ull off 2nd’s and 3rd’s. John says the hectic schedule is beginning to get to him, and may opt for just the ocean

bit, because it doesn’t in his.

series next year.

MORA PETE SMITH (SPRING) SERIES Section 1 (Heavy): Mintaka, Triton, Gerry Brown, Sun¬ nyvale Crew: Jackie Bozal, Henry Mcline, Bruno Cranovale, Tom

Section 2: Slow Dancer, San Juan 24, Dennis Beckley/Er¬ nie Mendez, Benicia. Crew. Fred Braun, George Goodrich. Slow Dancer was one of the surprise winners of the season. They attribute it to dogged persistence and an ability to do well in light airs, which prevailed in the second half of the summer. We can t say it was just the sails,” says Dennis Beckley, “because we had one from just about every loft!” They won both the Duxbury Lightship and the Ocean Vallejo race, and going into the last race from Half Moon Bay to S.F. they'stood one point behind the Santa Cruz 27 Bloody Mary. By gutting it out in the light airs, Slow Dancer finished after Bloody Mary dropped out and thereby took the title.

Rainweiler. Gerry has been racing on the bay since 1963, and this year decid¬ ed to try the ocean in his Triton, a fiberglass classic. He had to invest about $4000 to get all the gear required for the ocean, but it paid off when they won the first half of the season in their division. The windy conditions favored Mintaka, and crew consistency and compatibility were key ingredients. Gerry and his gang spent a lot of time together, racing on the bay in their one design clas? as well. Next year they’re thinking of jumping to an even higher levdl: the MORA long distance

IOR: Summertime Dream

race to San Diego. Section 2 (Light): Hot Flash, Santa Cruz 27, Brenden Meyer, San Francisco. Crew: John Reese, Mike Schaumburg, Jim Coyne, Peter Jones, Bruce Bradfute. Meyer, a metal fabricator, says they had a lot of competition in the light division, the three Express 27’s, Friday, UXB and New Wave, were all right in there, as was another Santa Cruz 27, Move. He real¬ ly likes racing out on the ocean — after 20 years of competing in a Cal 20 on the bay, he got the Santa Cruz 27 with just that in mind. It’s less hectic out there, he says, and you don’t beat up the boats so badly. IOR and Overall: Summertime Dream, Schumacher 1/4 Ton, Rob Moore, San Francisco. Crew: Jim Bateman, Jack Ad¬ am, Carl Schumacher, Colin Case, Dennis Gruidl. Rob Moore, Jim Bateman and Jack Adam have been sailing together for several years now, sailing with Bill Twist on Stuff and then just the three of them on the Santana 20 Urban Guerrilla. This year they took on MORA and won not only the first half of the season, but also their division in the second half and season honors for IOR and Overall. Rob says one of the keys is having a moderate boat that can do well in all conditions. In his opinion, Summertime Dream is “an amazing boat”. He also had the designer, Carl Schumacher onboard, whom Rob refers to as “a balance of power person in MORA. When he’s on your boat, you tend to do very well.” GOLDEN HINDE (FALL) SERIES Section 1: Hurrah, Yankee 30, John Wright, Jr., Woodland. Crew: Jim Fair, Johanna Weir, Bud Froze, Michelle Profant, Bill Bridge. Even though the Yankee 30’s lost six seconds of rating this season, Flurrah was able to sail to her rating. Wright, a neurosurgeon, credits their success to the boat and particularly to the crew. Most of them have sailed together for the past three seasons, both on the ocean and the bay. Everyone knows all the jobs, and they frequently shift duties and thereby keep fresh. They never had blinding speed, but

Overall: Saint Anne, Olson 30, Richard Heckman, Castro Valley. Crew: Bruce and Mark Fleckman, Dave Fiankel, Donny Dixen, Jim Antrim. Saint Anne was the biggest boat and the only Olson 30 in the MORA fleet this year. According to Mark Heckman, that had both its advantages and disadvantages. In “big boat conditions” such as the light air start off Drake’s Bay in the Corlett series, they were able to break away from the mixed swell along the beach while the smaller boats got stuck there. Saint Anne went on to win that race. The pro¬ blem with being the biggest and fastest vvas that other boats tended to follow them and correct out, especially when the wind died as they entered the Golden Gate area. The oddity of Saint Anne winning the second half of the season while they lost to Summertime Dream in the IOR division is explain¬ ed by the fact that overall they were sailing under PHRF. Saint Anne pays a very strict price in IOR for being an ULDB, whereas in FHRF she sails under a slightly less weighty handicap. MORA OVERALL SEASON Section 1: Hurrah. Section 2: Tie between Hot Flash and Move, Santa Cruz 27, Dale Winlow and Greg Shoemaker, Mill Valley. Crew. Dave Shoemaker, Dave Sorrell, Ian Bower. Dale and Greg, both car mechanics, were new to MORA this year, but they had a hot crew, especially Greg’s brother Dave, who was tactician aboard Annabelle Lee in this year’s Big Boat Series. They all got along well and each specialized in one job to maximize their effi¬ ciency. Dale and Greg made it a point to treat the others well; they brought some pretty great lunches and lots of beer to keep everyone happy and healthy. They were impressed at how friendly the MORA fteet is. “You can abuse someone all day trying to beat them,” says Dale, “and still have fun rafted up next to them that night.” IOR and Overall: Summertime Dream. »

— latitude 38 — sue page I 16

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Craig Jungers is a 39-year old electronics whiz from Marysville, Washington. He’s cur¬ rently alternating between cruising in Mexico aboard his Westsail 32, Kibitka, with wife Susan and young daughter Kristy, and working when he needs the money and has the time. Craig has no BS degree, but his experi¬ ence qualifies him as an expert in marine electronics. He’s a licensed merchant marine radio operator, has worked on tankers on both coasts, served as an engineer and tech¬ nical writer for Western Gear Corporation, and sailed regularly on the Hughes Glomar Explorer. He also worked as a computer technician and sub-sea engineer on a dyna¬ mically-positioned oil rig. Not too long ago the cruising yacht carried nothing aboard that needed electricity. Kero¬ sene lamps provided light for dinner and navigation alike, taffrail logs gave the Cap¬ tain his distance run, and he used this and the compass readings to plot his dead-reck¬ oning position. Once a day a sextant was us¬ ed in conjunction with a spring-powered chronometer and government published tables to calculate his noon position. In fact, there are some yachts today that fit the above description. The Pardey’s boat, Serraffyn, springs to mind. But despite pro¬ tests from purists, electricity has taken over more and more jobs over the years; gradual¬ ly at first, but now the changes have come with machine gun rapidity. Electric lights, distance logs, wind instruments, radios, quartz clocks, radar, radio location devices, and computers, once the domain of mer¬ chant or naval officers, are now part of the equipment available to any yachtsman whether he crosses oceans or bays. And, while some still refuse to have anything to do with many of these devices, the fact remains that they’re available and, I can assure you, they will become more accepted as time goes by.

But why have electronic equipment aboard when it’s complicated, delicate, ex¬ pensive, and often takes some training to use? When Sue and 1 started building Kibitka we planned on using only a sextant and Rolex for navigation, and an RDF as a back-up. We planned on having amateur radio aboard but not marine SSB. We’d have an inexpensive VHF, electric cabin and naviga¬ tion lights (with kerosene back-ups), and a

Five-year old Kristy Jungers does her onboard homework using an HP-41C computer with an arithmetic teaching program. In the background is a T! "Speak and Read" computer.

depth sounder. Even though I was involved with marine electronics on commercial ships, in 1977 SatNav sets cost $30,000 and were too big to put on a 32-ft. boat; a Loran C set cost two months’ pay. And their reliability, as I knew only too well, wasn’t the best. I didn t want to spend all my time trying to fix broken electronic equipment without the proper tools or the spare parts. But today Kibitka sits in Mexico with two ham SSB radios, a synthesized VHF marine, three ham VHF units (including one walkie talkie for Sue and one for myself), a Loran C, a SatNav, two programmable calculators with marine navigation -inserts, a spelling

teacher for five-year-old Kristy that tells her when she’s made a mistake, an electric po¬ wered refrigeration system, a sensitive short¬ wave radio that can be set to the frequency of a station before the broadcast starts, and solar panels to help keep the batteries charg¬ ed. We also have a pocket-sized television set capable of receiving American, European or British signals, (they’re all different, you know).

^3bviously I changed my mind about electronics, but not all at once. Some of that equipment grew like Topsy when we trans-

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ferred our lives from shore to sea, but much of it was purchased for specific‘reasons.

^^afety was an important reason. I learn¬ ed that a depth sounder could be my most valuable navigation aid while running a com¬ mercial salmon troller off the foggy coast of Washington. There’s no way I’d take my family to sea in a boat without one. And when it came down to insurance or SatNav, the electronics won because an insurance policy couldn’t keep Kibitka off a reef — merely pay whoever was left what the com¬ pany thought she was worth. We bought a Hewlett-Packard HP-41C and its Navpak when we discovered its built-in perpetual almanac was good for the sun, moon, four planets and 57 stars. I no longer worry about passing a new year in an isolated place, unble to beg, borrow or steal a new almanac. Entertainment is another reason for using electronic equipment. While watching the SatNav acquire and track a satellite is boring, we use our Yaesu FRG-7 for listening to BBC World Service, Armed Forces Radio, and Radio Canada as well as for WWV time and NMC weather broadcasts. Our television set, with its lVfc-inch screen, gave us hours of pleasure in the Delta when we discovered a nearby public television station. Kristy uses my HP-41C for arithmetic tutoring, after I punched in a program provided by HewlettPackard as part of its application packages, Sue and I have been known to program in “Hunt the Wumpus”, a famous computer game HP makes available in their games book. .. Ham radio falls in both the safety and en¬ tertainment categories. Both Sue and 1 have a license and so we can use “two-meter” (146 megacycle) walkie-talkies to keep track of each other when shopping in mercados (Mexican markets), or to call the boat to get someone to come ashore in a dinghy and help carry groceries. In the states, these units can access “repeaters” (transceivers located to provide long-range communication), talk from the Delta to San Francisco, guide another ham-equipped boat to our an¬ chorage, or make telephone calls via “autopatch” repeaters using touch-tone pads on the walkie-talkies themselves. At our home port in Everett, Washington, we used two-meter equipment as our telephone since many of our friends were hams and could call us; those who weren’t we could call with the autopatch. page I 19

Top picture shows the Loran C, above, and the"FRG-7 all-band receiver, below. Bottom picture shows the ham radio cabinet with 5 watt Argonaut SSB on top and 100 watt ICOM IC-701 below, with antenna matcher to the right.

We use ham SSB to check into nets al¬ most every day allowing us to keep track of local and regional weather patterns, pro¬ blems with officials in ports we had planned to visit, where our friends’ boats are and how soon we’ll see them again, and to say linger¬ ing good-byes as other friends sail onward. I’ve been privileged to offer help on clogged fuel systems and to participate in the rescue at sea of a cruising couple in trouble, using ham SSB. We use it to keep Sue’s parents informed of our well-being almost weekly and let them share in the excitement of cruis¬ ing. I truly believe that a ham license and

SSB radio makes cruising more joyous than would be possible without it. And you can put a station aboard for another $500 (I’ll tell you how later).

T X he yacht captain and his or her family are the ones who must decide what equip¬ ment to take and why. Sue and 1 try to find at least two reasons for taking something and more than one use for each item. (Of course, a Loran C doesn’t do many things beside keep track of the boat’s position, and it only does that in coastal areas on the Pacific coast, but it does very well. I might

MARINE ELECTRONICS

note that it’s useful from the East Coast of the U.S. over to Europe and into the Medi¬ terranean Sea, and from Japan to Alaska and down to California, if your cruising tastes run in those directions). The electronic equipment available falls in¬ to three broad categories: navigational; com¬ munication; and entertainment. In the navigational equipment category we can divide it into active (Loran, SatNav, radar, Omega, RDF, depth sounders and logs) and passive (calculators, watches, com¬ puters, etc.) devices. Let’s take a brief look at the active types. ACTIVE NAVIGATIONAL AIDS Loran C Loran is a continuous navigational system. All you need to do is turn it on, wait a few minutes, and you have a position. What’s more, that position is where you are now, not twenty minutes ago up-dated by a dead¬ reckoning calculation. The units consume lit¬ tle power while on, and since you can leave it off until you need to know where you are, no power at all most of the time. Unfortu¬ nately, their range is limited and usually re¬ stricted to coastal areas. You can, however, go from Japan to California via Alaska and from New York to Europe and into the Med using Loran C alone. You can also use “lattice tables” (available from any large chart distributor) to combine two chains to extend Loran coverage. Brief¬ ly, Loran uses the difference in time between signals transmitted by a master station and a slave station to provide one line of position (LOP). These are printed on charts along with the time differences (TD’s) of the same master and other slave stations. The reason Loran C isn’t useful in Mexico is not the strength of the signals; it’s because the cross¬ ing angles of the LOPs are too small to give a reliable fix.

Now, if you could only combine an LOP from one master-slave with an LOP from another different master-slave com¬ bination, you could cover many areas of the world not covered accurately now. There are no charts that will let you do this, but lat¬ tice tables will. You are cautioned, however, that the lattice tables are raw data computed some time ago, and must be used cautiously or corrected by actual observation (often any error in an area can be assumed to be gener¬ al and applied in the same direction to all

Left to right, SatNav, EPIRB, and VHF all mounted above chart table.

subsequent LOPs). What you do with these tables is construct your own LOPs on regular charts using master-slave combinations you select. It’s best to do such construction before going to the area. I have found that I could get fixes that had an error of about six miles (uncorrected) in Mexico using the 9940 southern-most pair, and the Caribbean chain. My data repose aboard Kibitka some 2000 miles away so I can’t get too detailed. I probably shouldn’t give step-by-step instructions because, unless you understand what you’re doing, you could have problems. The lattice tables give very complete instructions and are available for each master-slave combination for every pulse repetition rate (such as 9940-W, 9940-Y, etc.). Some Lorans are equipped with a pro¬

gram which allows them to read out directly in latitude and longitude. Since this almost always costs a little more, and almost always has a built-in error over and above errors in the system as it stands, I doubt if I would spend more for it.

^^nd, speaking of errors, you should be aware of some errors in the system involving the TD lines drawn on charts that have not been resolved yet. For this reason, I would be very cautious about making a landfall on Loran alone. You should also know that land masses can cause Loran error and, for this reason, inland bodies of water such as San Francisco Bay are not shown on charts with overlays of TD lines. Of course, you could make your own. page 120

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You cannot just turn on a SatNav, or at least most of them, and expect it to acquire a satellite. Most units must be programmed with GMT, GMT data, an assumed position within about 60 nautical miles, the height of the antenna in meters, a factor known as “geoidal height”, direction of travel and speed. In some units the geoidal height is calculated. In the unit I have aboard Kibitka, an internal battery keeps all this information when the unit is turned off. Since it draws about IV2 amps on, I keep it off except when I want a fix. Before turning it off 1 ask it to give me data for all future passes of the satellites, and note down a convenient time (such as the one closest to noon) for another fix. Then either Sue or I turn the set on just before the predicted pass, update the speed and heading information, and wait for the next fix.

In general, however, a SatNav is a very convenient, reasonably inexpensive, fairly accurate system. Accuracy is almost never as good as the ads claim, however, and 1 have had them tell me I was ashore when I was tied up to a dock or at anchor. (In fairness, I must say that the error could just as easily been on the part of the chart). I have one, I like it, and I’d buy one again. t

ALL PHOTOS BY CRAIG JUNGERS

SatNav SatNav is not a continuous system, unless you count keeping a DR track automatically as electronic navigation. This system must receive a signal from a satellite, track the satellite a certain amount of time, and be able to calculate a position within so many calculations before it can give you a fix. It generally takes from 15 to 20 minutes after initially acquiring the satellite before you get a fix. That fix, by the way, will be from the certain point in the satellite’s orbit updated by DR information. With all the various criteria the fix information must meet, not every satellite will give you a good fix. Sometimes several can go by — sometimes many can — and you won’t have a “good” fix (we went 12 hours prior to a landfall in Baja with no good fixes — I used celestial). page 121

periodically. These ships usually stay as close to shore as they can to help conserve fuel on certain routes — Japan to Panama Canal re¬ quires hugging the coast all the way from Capa Mendocino — and the deck officers log the points as they go by 12 or 15-miles to one side. Many yacht captains do the same thing. I don’t particularly like radar though. It’s bulky, costly, devours power, and, worst of all, unless you have had some training, it can fool you with outlines of shore that aren’t that way at all. The Coast Guard requires all merchant marine deck officers to first take a course and pass a test for the endorsement of Radar Observer that is placed on whatever license is already held.

I guess if I were coastal cruising a lot be¬ tween San Francisco and Cape Flattery, or the west coast of Vancouver Island, the Queen Charlottes, or Alaska, I’d put one board. But I feel that, in a small, maneuverable yacht, knowing where you are via Loran — where available — or even SatNav, is a greater priority. If you put a radar unit aboard, please note that you cannot use that 48-mile range anyway — ev^n on the top of your mast you’d be lucky to see 20-miles — so you’re probably ahead with a smaller, cheaper, 16-mile version. The smaller one won’t consume so much power, but it will still eat enough so that you’ll probably want to have the engine on while it’s working, especially at night with nav lights on.

Omega This is another continuous system. A while back you needed to start your Omega unit at a known position (such as your dock), and you couldn’t turn it off until you arrived at another known point. Now, however, you can buy units that start themselves off. This means that sailors, with limited power available, can use an Omega like a Loran with the added convenience of virtual world¬ wide use. For some reason, perhaps the pro¬ blem of not having it turned off during a passage, ships have not taken to Omega as much as aircraft have. Since I’ve only limited experience with the system, I don’t feel qualified to go into detail and cannot give you any useful tips. The cruising boats I’ve seen with Omega have all been big, 50-ft. or more, and they all kept it on continuously even though most units could have been turned off. Accuracy is one mile at best.

Depth Sounder If someone told me I had to throw away all electronic nav aids except one, I’d keep the depth sounder and chuck the rest over the side. Fortunately, I don’t have to make that decision,_ but it illustrates how I feel about this inexpensive, reliable, easy-to-use device. Used in conjunction with accurate coastal charts, the depth sounder can tell you where you are, it can keep you outside any dangers, or lead you to a buoy in the fog. It is indispensable when anchoring in unfamiliar water, and some units can tell you if your an¬ chor is dragging either into shallower or deeper water. Best of all, it doesn’t use much power. Don’t leave home without one.

Radar , Aboard large ships, radar is used almost exclusively for coastal navigation even though Loran and/or SatNav are referred to

Electronic Logs I don’t have one, but I wish I did. Every time a fish that has taken the hook we tow astern, it tangles up in the taffrail log line, I

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swear to get one of those little paddlewheel driven devices. They’re so simple in design and in use, so easy to keep clean, and so ac¬ curate, that sitting here thinking about it, 1 can’t see how 1 have gone so long without one.

I3asically, the paddlewheel turns in the stream of water going by and a counter counts the pulses generated when the pad¬ dlewheel goes around. Another circuit inter¬ prets this in terms of nautical miles traveled, and the result is displayed for the navigator. Another readout can use the same pad¬ dlewheel to give you instantaneous speed through the water. Radio Direction-Finder RDF was one of the first electronic nav aids available for yachtsmen, and it has serv¬ ed yeoman duty throughout the years. I have a hand-held unit aboard Kibitka that

I’ve used maybe three times; only once to actually navigate and that was before we had Loran. The theory is simple, they use a directional antenna to determine the point at which the weakest signal is heard from the direction finding station. A line extended from the antenna at this “null’’ should point right at the station. Unfortunately, the line could also point directly away from the sta¬ tion. In practice, however, there is very little confusion.

Some people have difficulty identifying the station, which identifies itself in morse code, or in finding an accurate null point before the station goes off and another takes its place — marine beacons often share the same frequency and are timed so that each station has the frequency for only a minute; or so. Some people cannot tell when the null is reached and must use a meter, offered on many of the units sold. One severe problem

is translating the bearing obtained into a line ^hat can be plotted on a chart. Many fixed receivers can give you only relative bearings and the navigator must assume the helmsman is holding a good course. The navigator must then translate the bearing in¬ to a magnetic bearing using the compass course. This can all be somewhat tricky in rough seas. Hand-held models have a compass built in or on them and the navigator can simply sight over this compass to obtain the magnetic bearing. Some of these units don’t have a meter for accurate nulls, and a few use batteries in the handle which, if they aren’t pure zinc, can affect the compass adversely. We don’t use ours much, but we keep it aboard anyway. Next month we’ll talk about Passive Navigation Aids, Radio Equipment and Entertainment. — craig jungers

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If you’re buying or selling a sailboat in northern California, you want to be where the action is. The sailing action is at Latitude 38. In the November 1982 issue, for ex¬ ample, Latitude had 136 ‘sailboat for

sale’ classified ads. (All of them paid for,-too!) Brand ‘B’ had only 11, or less than one-tenth as many. Latitude 38 was also the most popular place for brokers to list their sailboats. In the November issue

there were over 500 more sailboats listed in Latitude 38 than in Brand ‘B’. So buying or selling a sailboat, if you want to be where the action is, you want to be in Latitude 38.

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CHANDLERY

The best thing about having a sailing fami¬ ly is the ease with which you can complete your holiday gift shopping. You needn’t suf¬ fer oppressive parking fees nor risk your health in the murky depths of the Union Square garage to shop at Neiman Marcus or Tiffany’s, there’s no dilemma trying to choose between an Apple or an IBM. There are no bicycles to assemble and no mail order fruit from Oregon. Lucky you can avoid all that hassle. You simply arm yourself with your plastic money and head for the nearest chandlery. Unfortunately, chandlery shopping is not all fair winds and smooth seas either. For one thing, there are no shopping carts. Can you ever recall leaving a chandlery with only one item? Neither can 1.

5o there you are at the register, two charts and a propane tank under one arm, 300-ft. of 5/8” line and an inflatable sportboat under the other arm, not to mention the 72-inch lifeline cushions sprouting from your back pocket, a pair of size 13 seaboots clamped under your chin, and a quart of teak oil pressed between your knees. And wishing you could lean over and pick up the latest issue of Latitude 38! I’d suggest that you take along a large seabag, but then I’d fee responsible if they nabbed you for shoplift¬ ing. My only other complaint about gift shop¬ ping at chandleries is they don’t offer gift wrapping. I used to end up with the weirdest shaped presents under the tree, and it was painfully clear that they were nautical gifts, because even when wrapped in a garbage bag and tied with a red ribbon, it’s difficult to disquise the shape of a 45 lb. CQR. So, in recent years, I have resorted to playing San¬ ta Claus; smuggling the boat gifts under the tree in the middle of the night, without bothering to wrap them at all. If you’re stumped for gifts this year, we’ve got a few suggestions. Of course, if there are items here that you’d rather receive than give, the more devious of you might want to slip the list, with appropriate items underlin¬ ed, into letters to wealthy relatives.

Foul weather gear — good foul weather gear — is always at the top of my gift list for

bay area sailors. If there is someone in your sailing family who does not own foul weather gear, including (especially!) your wife, look no further for a gift. A fellow once told me, “My wife doesn’t need foul weather gear be¬ cause she always stays below when the spray starts flying.” “Of course she does, you boob!” I replied, “Wouldn’t you if you didn’t have any wet weather gear?” And don’t forget the kids either. Seeming¬ ly reasonable parents who wouldn’t think of taking their kids skiing without the proper at¬ tire, neglect to invest in appropriate sailing gear for their children. Our kids think heavy weather sailing is more fun than a roller coaster ride, and it is, because just like us,, they stay warm and safe in their slickers, boots and harnesses. While foul weather gear for kids is not stocked in all chandleries, most can order it for you.

^3e sure the avid racer in your family has good wet gear, too. Racing skippers tend to forget when they leave the boat that their five-year old gear is leaky, and besides they’d rather spend their money on a new line or snatchblock. Several new brands and styles of foul weather gear have been in¬ troduced this year, so look around for the outfit that best suits the one on your list, as well as your pocketbook. If you’re a first mate looking for an escape from endless days of cooking in a cramped galley, try a stanchion-mount barbecue. Ac¬ tually, it’s a gift for both of you; he’s happy to get it and you’re free from galley duty for a few meals. At about $80, they’re more ex¬ pensive than the backyard variety, but that’s because they’re made of stainless steel. There are cheaper, non-stainless steel models, but they will soon rust and you’ll end up buying the expensive model anyway. I also recommend the stern-mounted model as opposed to any cockpit variety. They’re safer, more tidy, and don’t have to be stow¬ ed each time you move to a new anchorage in the Delta. Speaking of anchoring, I can think of few more considerate gifts, if you can afford it, than an anchor windlass. Anybody whose job it is to hoist the hook, while the person at the helm hollers orders,^would be eternally

grateful, maybe even submissive! And ex¬ pensive as a windlass may be, it’s still cheaper than hernia surgery. Along these same lines, remember things, the lack of which, drove you crazy up the Delta, and remedy them with a boat gift. May I suggest a useable boarding ladder? I stress the word useable. Be careful though, that impersonal gifts of this nature are gifts to the boat. A porta-potti, for example, no mat¬ ter how beautifully wrapped, is not going to make anyone feel adored.

ilccording to my sources, the most common gift items purchased at chandleries are rigging knives; brass objects such as clocks, barometers, and bells; and sweaters. These will be well-stocked by the marine stores for the holidays, so if your sailor has page 124

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graphs by Steve Simmons, is a welcome companion to the books and map of Hal Schell, long-time Delta favorite. While Schell writes about the practical aspect of boating in the area, Delta Country is a painstakingly researched volume on the area’s history; it's people, steamers, asparagus, tongs and mansions. There’s a lot of meat to this book, and reading it will make you more fully ap¬ preciate next summer’s Delta sail. Published by Presido Press, this volume also retails for $25.

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expressed a quivering desire for either of these objects, you’ve got it made. But an informal poll among my own yachting acquaintances revealed that the new sailing togs rate high on their wish lists. Starting closest to the body; polypropelyne long underwear, gloves, socks, and hats make welcome winter sailing presents. A lit¬ tle further from the skin are the polyester pile pants, sweater/shirts, and jackets with a nylon shell. Polyester pile is 'the wool substitute that has won lots of converts lately because it is warm but lightweight, stays warm when wet, and dries out quickly. Prices on pile garments range from $40 to around $80. Books make fine gifts, and one that sailors might not buy for themselves. There are dozens of new selections, on a wide range of subjects, and they’re easy to wrap! This year page 125

Our literary selection for the Christmas of

1983. I’ve seen new books by such well-known sailor/authors as Lin & Larry Pardey, Webb Chiles, Eric Twinane, Tristan Jones and William F. Buckley. I expected the most' from Buckley and got the least — especially in terms of effort. Two books I especially recommend are, Wooden Boat and Delta Country. Wooden Boat is a ‘best of book from the magazine of the same name. The 312-page volume is just what you’d expect from the editors of WoodenBoat, a beautiful, carefully layed out book, that’s plenty interesting for even the fiberglass boat owner. Retailing at $25, it’s a gift sure to make many a sailor happy. Delta Country, with narrative by Richard Dillion and gorgeous black and white photo¬

retail, are always a favorite. The stainlesssteel bulkhead thermos’ are such to warm hearts-stomachs. If none of these sound quite right, the chandlery staffs are all geared up to help you with other suggestions. If the above items are a little rich for your pocket book, or if you don’t like your skipper that much, here are a few items that say you care, but don’t put you into debt: A chart holder to keep those expensive charts dry and unwrinkled in a 40-inch by 3-inch plastic tube. About $8. Sailing calendars, in black and white, or color, at a variety of prices. Good for the home, office, or the boat, so you don’t have to worry if the recipient gets more than one. A stainless steel bracket that hooks on the lifeline to gimbal a wine bottle. About $8. Velcro products, from eyeglass to straps to mosquito screen kits. A variety of prices. A 25C tide book, if you’re real cheap. If you still need a cheap stocking stuffer, any racing sailor would appreciate a pair of kneepads. There are just too many cleats, winches, and blocks on deck to let your knees run around naked. Cruising sailors like them, too, for when they kneel down to pray for a break in the storm. Many chan¬ dleries don’t have them, so you might have to pick them up at a sporting goods store on the way home.

If you’re still stuck and you’ve got more money than imagination, a gift certificate is nice. Make it out for $100,000, and the reci¬ pient will have enough money to buy a boat and sail south with you, which isn’t a bad idea during the cold Christmas season, is it? — sue rowley

INTER-ISLAND CRUISING

Earlier this i/ear we ran Lessons Out of School, a somewhat critical article by a student who had dropped out of an Awahnee Institute sail in Hawaii. The folks at the Institute felt they had been unfairly portrayed, so we’re pleas¬ ed to give them an opportunity to describe their program from their perspec¬ tive. ALL PHOTOS BY CATHY NEIFING

We’re running late, as usual. Getting to¬ gether the last-minute odds and ends, the fresh food and supplies, always prevents a prompt departure. Gear gets stowed as we

1974 by Bob and Nancy Griffith, the Institute has sponsored voyages and scientific studies, as well as navigation and sailing classes. In 1978, Awahnee Oceanics expanded to in¬ clude cruising courses, both along the coast and between the various Hawaiian Islands. The philosophy has been to encourage lear¬ ning by doing, even at the expense of in¬ creased wear on gear and boats.

As we watch the sun set, sipping our rum punch, the students are getting to know one another, and are perhaps wondering how it will be with five strangers confined to such a small space for a week. Carol, with her genuine Tennessee drawl, brings aboard her southern charm. Ron and Sylvia live in Anchorage, where they both work for the state. They are part of the yearly spring migration of Alaskans seeking Hawaiian sun¬

Nancy Griffith, Director of Awahnee Oceanic Institute, and owner-captain of Nelly Bly, pic¬ tured at right. prepare to take off from the Big Island of Hawaii for seven days of inter-island sailing. Casting off always brings a sigh of relief as the shoreside circus fades astern.

Offshore a gentle Kona wind allows us to set the spinnaker as we run up the coast in the late afternoon. None of the students aboard had flown a chute before, so it takes a little time to get it set and drawing. Every¬ one lends a hand as we top the halyard and adjust the guys. Sailing, for us at the Awahnee Oceanic In¬ stitute, means helping others learn about sailing and ocean cruising. Established in

shine. All have their own expectations of the trip. Carol, who has never ocean sailed before, will certainly have her eyes opened. Ron and Sylvia hope to discover that they are ready to trade their daysailor for a cruising boat. The wind dies with the sun and we motor into Kawaihae harbor after dark. Although nobody enjoys night approaches, with local knowledge and careful navigation it is both possible and convenient. Kawaihae, a well-lit commercial harbor, is an ideal spot to learn. With a long range flashing white light, red

and green entrance lights, range lights, and a lit breakwater, it gives students a full scope of visual aids to compare with the symbols that appear on the chart. We follow the range lights to the anchorage and settle down for the night.

ancy and Bob Griffith had completed their three circumnavigations and numerous

AWAHNEE STYLE students learn to develop a feel for sailing and for the sea.

other voyages when I met them in 1977. Having cruised to Kealekekua Bay, where 1 recognized their cutter Awahnee on her mooring, 1 called the Griffiths and asked to meet them. They had been living the cruising life for over twenty years and were complet¬ ing work on their cruising book Blue Water Cruising (now in its second printing). Bob was planning another circumnavigation amidst finishing their house and developing their farm. The Griffiths would exchange food, shelter, and sailing for a little work on the farm or boat. Their place was always teeming with interesting people. After Bob’s death Nancy decided to ex¬ pand the Institute’s courses, and needed another boat and skipper. I thought a cruis¬ ing school would be popular as well as fun, and I wanted to make the final break from the straight life. So we commenced our asso¬ ciation and the inter-island cruising courses. The boats we use are Ne//y B/y, a beautiful 48-year old wooden ketch, and Gershon, a mahogany Lapworth sloop. Both reflect the value we place on simple, functional things. We rarely have gear failures, and when we do we’re usually able to make repairs aboard ship. The students help, thus gaining a valuable learning experience. Consistent with our outlook, money spent on the boats doesn’t go to fancy equipment, but to maintaining the basic integrity of the hull, to strong rigging, and to safety gear. Both Nelly B/y and Gershon are equipped with commercial lifejackets, liferafts, manoverboard poles, EPIRB’s, extra liferaft ra¬ tions, solar stills, and periodically updated medical kits. Nancy and I try and conduct the classes in the atmosphere of a personal cruise of our own. As such, it is understandable that our

clear dawn at Kawaihae reveals the three peaks of Hawaii, each displaying its unique silhouette against the backdrop of a

One of the simple pleasures of the sailing life, shaving onboard in the tropics.

pale horizon. After breakfast we discuss heavy weather sailing, knowing that beyond the abrupt windline lie the hearty trades of the Alenuihaha Channel. The main is dou¬ ble reefed. The storm jib is hanked on and lashed to the deck, ready to be hoisted if the working jib proves too big a sail. Once in the trades the main boom is prevented hard and the jib slightly oversheeted to ease the helm as we reach along at full speed. What a ride!

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_ values and personalities come aboard. Our rigs and sails, for example, are not fancy. It means more work for us, but we believe it’s more dependable that way. We use a lead line rather than a fathometer to sound an¬ chorages, because we feel it works better. Similarly we teach using the wind on a stu¬ dent’s face and simple telltales rather than * electronics to determine wind speed and di¬ rection. It’s all part of our attempt to let

Scattered clouds dot the sparkling tropical sky as white water foams beneath the bow. Each wave approached with a hiss: “I’m gonna getcha, getcha, getcha . . .” and then “next time, next time, next time” as it whistles past. Carol is amazed at how Ger¬ shon moves in the seaway, her stern always lifting above the approaching swells. To ease tensions we read aloud from Richard Henry Dana’s Two Years Before the

INTER-ISLAND CRUISING Mast, especially the section about a Point Conception gale. Sailors are high in the rig¬ ging, lashing up tattered sails, holding on in

a fierce wind . every finger a fish hook”. Reading the passage in our waterproof foul weather gear and from the comparative comfort of our modern boat with its stainless steel rigging, dacron sails and sheets, we more fully appreciate the relative ease of our situation. v Wheeeeeeeee! the fishing reel screams. There’s no stopping out here, just reel the fish in as it skips across the surface of the water. Sashimi, a nice treat.

I—«ast fall, in a bit of a change, Awahnee Oceanics sponsored an ocean cruising course aboard Gershon to Bora Bora and Raiatea. We had a hard and interesting trip, i§

Reefed main luffing, students on Nelly Bly learn hOw to get underway without the diesel.

cruising trips in which students learn by parti¬ cipating in all aspects of running the boat. We do not lecture or give tests. We do en¬ courage everyone to do everything, even if its a little difficult. We once had three women — all over 40 — haul up a dragging anchor while Nancy swung on a bosun’s chair in 35 knot gusts. It had all started after a rough sail into Kawaihae the night before, and the discovery the following morning of a cracked spreader.

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#ISM but all aboard became competent sailors. The students learned to navigate by the sun, moon, planets and stars. Everyone experi¬ enced the thrill of approaching foreign lands from seg, and felt the common humanity of a different culture. Additional ocean cruising courses to the south Pacific as well as south¬ east Asia are being planned for both Ger¬ shon and Awahnee. Our goal has always been to conduct

boat and were in the process of replacing the old one when a particularly hard gust sent /Ve//y B/y’s bow downwind toward another boat. Since I had to gp below to start the engine and there was no time to get Nancy down, it was left to the three women to haul in the dragging hook. Their adrenalin must have surged because the anchor was up in the chock in record time. The three women felt great, having saved the day.

AWAHNEE STYLE

and Gershon rounds up to windward as the hook sets. Dousing the jib on deck, everyone feels good about themselves. One of the

Left, Steve Kornberg. Above, Nancy's Nelly and Steve’s Gershon, the two boats used on inter-island cruising classes.

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e do hard sailing on our trips. The inter-island course is not for beginners, al¬ though we have had people with no prior sailing experience (the result of lubberly booking agents) do very well. Gale force winds are avoided if possible, but sometimes occur when tradewinds intensify during channel crossings. There is nothing unrea¬ sonably dangerous or imprudent about sail¬ ing a well-found boat, properly shortened down, in gale force tradewinds. All offshore sailors eventually encounter such conditions and should be prepared to sail in them. Con-

great pleasures of sailing is doing something as planned — and having it work. After our stay on Maui we set sail to Manele Bay on Lanai. The first part of the pass¬ age around Kahoolawee is typically a brisk sail — with good fishing. When Gershon and Nellt; B/y sail together, we often race, for both fun and additional sail handling instruc¬ tion. In the middle of ‘Lake Lahaina’, as the Kealekehiki Channel is called, we have a pi¬ loting exercise. Using hand compasses we plot our position from a number of different points. Even with four islands in view, we ex¬ plain the fix is not precise because of the in¬ accuracies that distance imparts. We discuss evaluating the quality of observations. HMHB|

H sequently, this is something we want our students to learn. The calm waters of Maui’s La Peropuse Bay provide a good place to learn how to anchor under sail. We sound the area with the lead, discuss the various options, and pick our spot. Her main dropped, Gershon sails downwind under jib alone. We let the anchor go, allowing the boat’s momentum to run the chain out. The rode is made fast,

Lanele Bay offers a welcome respite, with solar-heated showers, beautiful snorkeling, and beaching. Evening generally finds a community bar-b-que in progress. Many times students bring their own instruments and are accompanied by local talent. This is my vision of cruising — never too predic¬ table, enjoyable, and ‘real’. The next day we decide to have our per-

AWAHNEE STYLE son-overboard drill. This is done near the end of each course after the students have become sufficiently familiar with the boat to

During the trip the stars are smiling at us as we keep Antares and the rest of Scorpius in the weather rigging. One wave drives off the cabin top and around the dodger, baptizing Ron in “The Society For Enlightenment Through Dampness”, a fraternity with mem¬ bers worldwide.

Dawn of the last day usually finds us in Left, young Robert Griffith, Nancy's son, hands the mizzen.

benefit from it. We explain how to complete this important maneuver so that the person will be picked up from the lower lee side while the boat is hove-to, making the actual recovery easiest. We also explain the slightly different approach to be taken in particularly heavy weather. Everybody takes the helm and practices until they get it right. Then we discuss ways to bring an injured sailor aboard.

As we listen to the weather forecast the ‘graduation sail’ looms ahead. It’s an 80-miler from Manele Bay, then south of Kahoolawe to Kealekekua Bay back on the Big Island. Fifty-miles ctre to weather. Every¬ body is now confident, but Sylvia wonders how we’ll be able to see the waves during this sometimes rough night channel crossing. Soon she’ll learn that feeling the wave rapid¬ ly becomes second nature.

the lee of the Big Island, sailing the light morning breeze. We dry out; we’re tired, but otherwise feel fine. The beauty of the night, the steering by the stars, and feeling the ocean’s might against our own insignificance creates a unique experience. Those who shared watches during the night and spoke of life’s riddles have a closer bond in the morning. No longer are we strangers in a small space, but a group that has shared

Below, haven for salty sailors under the spreading keawe tree, Manele Bay, Lanai.

Laid back tropical rhythms on Lanai.

something special. Naturally the courses and crossings are all different. Sometimes the wind might be a lit¬ tle stronger than we’d like, others a little lighter. And of course the students are dif¬ ferent, too. Some people have found the trips a little too wet or rough. Some suffer from seasickness. Many come away with a sense of accomplishment deeper than aver¬ age pleasure; a few learn that ocean cruising just isn’t for them. Our final stop before a short sail home is Kealealuka Bay, the place of Captain Cook’s death. We talk about the great navigator and his times. Nancy has been a Cook enthusiast

cruise, as much depends on the initiative and the attitude of the students. Occasionally it gets a little old by the end of the trip, but other times lasting friendships are formed that spill over onto land. It’s been surprising to us how many different kinds of people en¬ joy sailing and how they can each get out of it what they want. We’ve had one or two people who have preferred floating condotype boats to our wooden dearies, but not many.

ancy and I are happy in the realization that after an attentive student completes one of our inter-island courses they have ex¬ perience enough to operate a sailboat with safety and perhaps confidence, opening the

_ for years; she and Bob even duplicated Cook’s second voyage by circumnavigating Antartica at 60 degrees South latitude in 1971. We explore the beautiful anchorage that was his final resting place and end the trip with a mild sail home up the Kona coast. The week has gone by quickly, but we have been isolated in our own time frame and re¬ turning to shore is always a little strange. We don’t always cover everything on each

way to more fully enjoy sailing in whatever form they chose. A few people have drama¬ tically changed their lives as a result of our courses, unable to return to their previous existence which suddenly seemed dull and unrewarding. Others go back to their busi¬ nesses and daily routines, but with a new perspective on the value of simplicity and holding close to nature. — steve kornberg

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THE SHIP! Searching for better winds, or rather winds at all, Nord IV ignoring the October Pilot Charts warnings, climbed higher and higher: 39N, 40N, 41N . . . But even here ready for Eskimo and polar bears, we had a wind shortage. Once again 1 found that all ef¬ forts (and expenses) to understand meteor¬ ology have the same results as in economy . . . tacking home in winds of 5 mph veloci¬ ty, 1 first abandoned dreams about a “Great Return”, then about promised 21 days, then about any return . . . Fortunately, we had enough food, water and stamina. Enough batteries for the tape recorder, kerosene for the cabin lamp and ribbons for the typewri¬ ter. So, not to worry about waist of time, I started crawl to East — trying to utilize my time as good as possible . . .

'rizzel, foggy. No wind or rather almost no wind, because masses of air al¬ ways are in movement; one mile per hour, one foot per hour, one inch . . . The sleep¬ ing bag is rolled for the day. The cat litter box (just used “all the way”) filled with new sand, water for “Water with Honey” heated the strobe — because of the rising sun-switched off. Morning like others . . . Nord is swinging under saggy sails (Main and Gennaker). The Genoa is resting under the deck after night watch. Thousand of water diamonds are sparkling from shrouds, hardware, ropes, canvas. October 16 . . . The ship!! Like a monster, like leviathan, a huge mass of steel, a real wall of darkness. It appeared from drapes of fog when, like always, I took a look over the horizon watch¬ ing it as often as possible. The ship!! Not los¬ ing any time I grabbed the microphone using other hand to switch the selector to Channel 13. “This is Nord IV, American sailing vessel, Whisky Charlie Fox 8744, calling any ship in vicinity . . . Do you see me? Do you see me? Over ... Silence. Silence . . . The steel wall is moving slowly before my unmobile ship. As slow, as close. Then the ship stopped.

I,Ln last days I saw still more and more ships passing Nord IV so the subject of

radiocomm^nication became the most fre¬ quent theme during meal conversation. Once again I read an enthusiastic article, carefully placed in my filings many years ago (From West to East via VHF/FM by Tay Vaughan, Sail, June 1975), in which I underlined with red marker a citation, “So the VHF is a tool not a gimmick . . .” and a dozen other stories. Then 1 put my tool to work. Every time I saw a sign of ship, plus several times per night, my Horizon Ltd. announced over the horizon “This is sailing vessel Nord . . Finishing with sacramental “Over and Stop”. But nobody answered . . . Primary, accord¬ ing to reference, I used channel 13 (Ship to Ship Navigation) but now sure that ships don’t answer I started to use Channel 16, always (safe is safe) ending with phrase “This was not an emergency call”. The results were the same. Don’t think that frustration grew in my heart. No, just the opposite. It was a firm feeling that, as I always suspected this was not a tool, this was a gimmick! Soon I started to make a kind of documentation: 1 noted date, position and estimated distance from called ship. Soon I had a dozen of records “Ships didn’t answer page 134

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my calls (Channel 13 and 16)”. Then, think¬ ing about unthinkable, I started to call all ships in Russian — same effect . , .

The huge, black hill of steel was stand¬ ing before Nord like a wall. “Do you see me? Do you see me?” — Silence. — Silence. Silence . . . My left hand switched the selector to Channel 16. “This is Nord IV. American sail¬ ing vessel. Whisky Charlie Fox 8744 calling any ship in vicinity. Do you see me? Do you see me? Do you see me? Over.’

— Silence. — Silence. — Silence . . . “This is sailing vessel Nord . . . “This is freighter Joseph Datrange. I see you clearly and I am passing by ... Do you need any help. Food, water, medical sup¬ ply? Over.” Nord IV: “This is sailing vessel Nord IV. page 135

21 days, singlehanded, from Hawaii. DestiJ nation San Francisco. Thanks for your care. We have all provisions and supply in excess . . . Did you see me on your radar? Since how long? Over.” The freighter slowly moved forward, pass¬ ing just before little Nord IV. Sometimes, I thought, one need^ a reference point to know what he is doing. My boat looked like a piece of sawdust floating in the jacuzzi of

Freighter: “Of course we will. Throw it. You really are sailing alone? Over.” Nord IV: “Yes, to be honest, with a cat. I will show you him and then I will take some pictures from the hatch.” Freighter: “Why you are sailing alone, skipper?” Nord IV: “Simple. Just because nobody like to go with me.” Freighter: “Ha, ha, ha. You must be crazy

Pacific. Freighter: “Nord IV, you are perfect visi¬ ble. We perceived you about eight miles on our screen. What kind of radar reflector you

guy. . .” Nord IV: “More than this.” Freighter: “Do you really have enough food? What you plan for dinner today?” Nord IV: “Positive, enough food and water. Today menu: Curry rice.” Freighter: “Curry rice with?” Nord IV: “With appetite!” Freighter: “Ha, ha, ha. You are crazy, Skipper. What we can give you? A bottle?” Nord IV: “No interest for bottle.” Freighter: “If no booze, what you like to have, Skipper? Over.” Nord IV: “If you so kind a woman soccer

have? It work great.” Nord IV: “You can see it on the top of my mast and call it Davis Instrument/UrbanczykDevice ...” Freighter: “Urbana. . .? What is that!” Nord IV: “Ignore this. Most important that it work.” Freighter: “You right. It work good . . .” Nord IV: “Where you are going?” / Freighter: “Vancouver.” Nord IV: “May you take my mail?”

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I left the microphone and cameras pushing Nord closer to the freighter. She was almost empty with a high, slightly rusted poop. Several figures went out from naviga¬ tion cabin to the bridge. Soon we could almost shake hands. Time was running out fast. Freighter: “Before we go, may we ask you one more question? Over.”

Nord IV: “For sure. Over.” Freighter: “You mention that you want a soccer team. Does your wife play?” Nord IV: “No. And she never did, but she is playing basketball.” Freighter: “Skipper, we can’t understand you! Absolutely!!!” Nord IV: “Captain, thank you for this statement. I have feeling that I am again on the dry land! I wish you good weather and will be glad to see you folks some day in San Francisco.” Freighter: “All best to you, cat, and your boat. God bless you. Over and stop.” Nord IV: “Thank you very much. Over and stop.” The freighter turned her body which now didn’t look so big to me — let us say 20 thou¬ sand DWT painted red, bright in rays and flashes of fresh sun. Now I was able to see her aft with fading Joseph Datrange in white. Maybe it is a good idea to have binoculars, I thought . . . Buuu. Buuu. Buuu roared her siren and the propellor, shallow submerged, stirred a maelstrom of whiteness. Piii. Piiii. Piiii responded my tin fog horn. I had enough time to grasp the hand bear¬ ing compass and shot her course: 20° magn. or 36° true, shot 1st picture and the

friendly freighter disappeared in the patches of fog covering the ocean north from us.

it was long, long time before I returned to my navigational desk. Our meeting shook me deeper than I was able to expect . . . There were hundred ships passing my boat in Pacific on the route to Hawaii, on the route to Polynesia, on the cold, rough Nor¬ thern route from Japan, passing by without a sign of interest, without a simple blow of siren. (How much it cost? A dollar?). So I ac¬ cepted this as something common, regular, obvious. Are there still people ready to waist their time to say hallo to a q-azy guy sailing alone the Pacific boundaries? Are there still cap¬ tains ready to ask someone what he will eat in his loneliness? Is there still somebody in a luxury cabin, paid thousands per month, who will chat with a person sleeping on water level? And not be scared to lose money? Because-such people still exist, not caring about their minority, I shouted this morning in the vast Pacific with full power of my lungs — Life is still magnificient. Just magnificeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeent!!!

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Red Feather George Hughes Hawaii (Oyster Point Marina) George Hughes and his tan-bark colored Red Feather seem like a mismatch. He is a big, raw-boned, gregarious fellow, while his boat is a real pocket cruiser, only 20-ft. on deck, with a short bowsprit and overhanging rudder> Nevertheless George made a ten year dream come true this summer, sailing Red Feather to Hawaii and back. An electro-mechanical engineer, George had mixed success getting itinerant crew for the trip. He originally wanted a woman crewmember, not because of the sexual pos¬ sibilities, but because he feels a man and a

George Hughes aboard his little charge, Red Feather, in Honolulu.

woman make better a travelling team. “Sex¬ ual relations on a 20-ft. boat in the ocean, unless you’re becalmed,” he explains, “are iffy at best.” He exhausted the Crew List without luck, finding that most women wanted bigger boats with more people on board. That left him to pick up crew as he went. In Santa Barbara he signed on a college ad¬

ministrator from southern California for the 30-day crossing to Hilo. As was to be the case with all the crew, George found the fellow to be honest but not without minor faults. He wanted privacy, for example, a scarce commodity on a 20-footer. So he shut himself up in the cabin while George was on watch, and would protest if George ever made noise or sang. George discovered his crews liked to “adopt” food; the fact that they found ration¬ ing a alien concept also got on his nerves. Even more aggravating was being awaken in the middle of the night to identify a large ball of light on the horizon as the moon. Nine enjoyable days were spent on Red Feather in Hilo, which had good security but no toilet paper or hot water — the latter of which wasn’t much of a problem in the tropical climate. A young California couple was then recruited for the four day trip to Lahaina. Although they had sailing ex¬ perience, both became seasick until they tried the Transderm V patches. It was a rough trip, to l?e sure, and the current near Lahaina was particularly strong. Like most sailors, George found Lahaina to be very commercial with many charter operations. There was little room in the har¬ bor for cruising boats, and the fuel truck only delivered twice a week. Anchoring in the roadstead outside the harbor was tricky because of the coral bottom. You need lots of chain for a secure grip. There’s surf, too. George once flipped his inflatable on the way out to his boat, dunking both his outboard and favorite camera. From now on he intends to use a solid dinghy and keep his camera in a waterproof bag. For the passage to Honolulu George found a young Gerrrfan college student for crew. Although he had no sailing experi¬ ence, the student tried to tell George the best way into the Ala Wai yacht harbor at night. Spurning the advice, George layed offshore until dawn, and was glad he did.

You can buy boats in Taiwan, but if you want silk worms you can get those, too.

The retujn trip to the Bay Area took 49-days and was made with a 26-year old construction worker. It was tolerable, George explains, “because there’s nothing you can do about it.” Folks learn a lot after a summer of sailing, and George was no exception. He’s learned he doesn’t want to, live aboard, although ‘long cruises appeal to him. He learned to like his boat. During one gale it was hit four times on the beam by large waves — with the crewman up the mast trying to free the main halyard. The crew was shaken up, the inside of the boat a mess, but everything held together. Goerge also learned he wants to try singlehanding. Next Spring George plans to incorporate everything he learned into a course on off¬ shore sailing to be sponsored by the city of San Carlos. It will be a seminar/discussion class limited to 20 people, and will feature other experienced sailors. George teaches'sailing for the city as well as the Sequoia YC. He learned to sail with the Coast Guard Auxiliary in 1973 and has been a safe boating instructor, a vessel ex¬ aminer, and control vessel commander. Red Feather is a Coast Guard Auxiliary vessel, page 138

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patrolling once or twice a month. Due to Red Feathers limited towing ability, George likes to practice preventative safety. “I prefer to keep people away from trouble rather than try to pull them out.”

Tropic Bird — Kings Legend 41 Brian Saunders — Inawa Smith Taiwan, Hong Kong, etc. Many of you will rememeber several Changes in Latitudes from earlier this year in which we reported on Brian and Inawa, who went to Taiwan to have a boat built, and who later planned to sail to the Med. with charter passengers. We had lunch with them recent¬ ly in the Bay Area and learned they had sold their boat. Had everything turned out a bum¬

Brian and Inawa were very happy with the manufacturer and their boat. The minor pro¬ blems, like teak decks splitting and sawdust in the fuel tanks, were things they expected. Since pleasure yachts are not allowed to sail Taiwan waters, they bid a tearful goodbye and immediately sailed to Hong Kong. It was during this passage that they had their worst weather of the entire trip.

pulsing, exciting city they really enjoyed. They were startled by the number of big IOR racing machines, figuring the fleet almost rivaled that of northern California. In outly¬ ing areas they were cautioned to stay clear of fishing boats that might turn pirate under the cover of darkness. They ignored the advice and spent many a wonderful evening with fishing families. In general, Brian and Inawa maintained a cavalier attitude towards pirates. They reasoned that all the murders and muggings didn’t paralyze them with fear while they liv¬ ed in the Bay Area, so why should a similar amount of pirate attacks in southeast Asia keep them from exploring. Of course some notorious areas were avoided, like Corregidor on the northern en¬ trance to Manila Bay in the Phillipines, which they visited next. They were told their chances of being attacked were 95% if they entered at night. The waters are generally acknowledged to be full of smugglers in the employ of high level elected officials.

mer? No way! What happened is they sold the boat for a profit in southeast Asia. They stayed briefly in the Bay Area to pick up gear for their next boat, another Kings Legend from Taiwan. They plan to cover the same ground again, a little more slowly, before continuing to the Med. In all they were gone nine months. The first two weeks were spent in Taiwan overseeing the last stages of construction on their boat. Although many people have been badly ripped off buying boats in Taiwan, page 139

Tropic Bird in flight off Malaysia.

They spent a month in Hong Kong at yacht clubs, various anchorages, side-tied, and at isolated coves. Hong Kong was a

While Phillipine waters, other than Manila Bay, were clear and good for diving, this wasn’t their favorite country. For one thing, the Phillipines are horribly overcrowded. Families of five and six are considered small; eleven or twelve children are very common.

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Begging is ceaseless, and all sixty million people seem to have to live off the streets by their wits. Compounding the problem is the temperature, which is always in the 90’s dur¬ ing the day and drops to only about 77 at night. And as Brian puts it, “Everything throbs with .humidity.” Although not wanting to sound too negative, Brian and Inawa were both especially disappointed in the populated areas. It was the only country they had to pay a bribe — $30 to get in the country. The big markets smelled so awful neither one of them could stand to enter them. Inawa said, “They were the dirtiest I’ve ever seen; Singapore’s are much better, Borneo’s are much better, all of Malaysia has cleaner markets.” So you’ve been forwarned. Grossest of all was the dining at the Manilla Bay YC, where only 10 feet away a huge open sewer dumped raw human sewage into

very small Sultantate on the northwest side of Borneo, the small government makes millions a day on interest in banks, and keeps pumping oil like there’s no tomorrow. San Francisco’s Bechtel Corporation, Brian reports, is in the process of completing a $600 million palace. A Moslem country , the population is called to prayer five times a day. Bruneis humidity is so great that a mist continually limits visibility. Tropic Bird continued across the east coast of Malaysia, where Brian and Inawa discovered both beauty and modern history. Pulau Aur, was “the best spot” they found in their nine-months of travel. Close by Pulau Tinggi was lined with the hulks of ships ran aground by Vietnamese refugees. Not wan¬ ting to be forced to return to their homeland, the Vietnamese would run the ships aground, make ropes from their clothing to pull the boats as high up on the beach as

the bay. Not surprisingly, Brian contracted hepatitus.

Bones of burned Vietnamese ships on Pulau Tinggi.

After the Phillipines, the following two weeks spent in Brunei seemed like heaven. According to Brian, Brunei is the wealthiest country in the world per capita. Actually a

they could, and then torch them. Now it is a U.N. supported resettlement area, and the home of 30-inch papayas.

Their last stop, Singapore, was fabulous. Just 23 miles by 27 miles, it has a socialist government that seems to work very well. Inawa says, “If that’s socialism, I’m not against it.” Unlike many cities in Asia, Singapore is very clean. If you drop a pack of cigarettes on the street, for example, the pack is considered one piece of litter and so are each qf the 20 cigarettes. The people or Singapore were very friend¬ ly and the food was both the cheapest and the best Brian and Inawa had tasted anywhere. Chinese food. Mandarin food, Indian food. And all dirt cheap. Like the Phillipines, it’s hot in Singapore. Winter and summer it’s 90 in the day and 75 at night. The countryside creaks from growing so fast. While in the Phillipines, Tropic Bird was sold to an American working on an oil rig and his Phillipino wife, who had just earned her Masters degree from the University of Vermont. Having enjoyed themselves and having made a profit, Brian and Inawa are now repeating the trip. Changes to their new boat will be minor; the biggest is the elimination of an inside steering station. Sailing conditions were generally very nice, with winds usually between 8 and 20 knots. A Bimini top was mandatory in the hot sun. There were plenty of good anchorages although the coral wore the galvanization off right off the chain, turn¬ ing it into a rusty mess. Sea snakes, yellow and black 3-footers, are all over the ocean. They’re poisonous, but are rarely deadly. These waters are well-charted, although page 140

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Island Belle — Block Island Schooner A1 & Michelle Taube Puntarenas, Costa Rica (Sausalito) This city smells of maritime history, of cof¬ fee beans, saltwater, crushed brick. Smells you can stretch out and feel at home in; smells you can wear like a cup of diesel in the pocket of your pea coat. Puntarenas is the tops’l yard, the weather brace, the sampson post of Costa Rica. It shines in the rain like polished red tile, with rain sweet as coconut milk. She pours coffee in the Hotel El Paseo cafe, her skin molasses, her eyes bittersweet chocolate. Another song, soft and yrgent, like windshield wipers and wet tires in the rain. A man without a chin carried a large snakeskin suitcase, his face built for speed, his nose knifes through the air — down the street — outta sight. Schooner Island Belle swings to her an¬ chor ten-miles away in a little bay. The scent of plumarias and coffee sail soft on the wind like a skyful of clouds, like great ships of the page 141

Barbara, your lee cloths are fantastic. Tried them out in the low pressure zone Peter Jowise told us to stay out of. Speaking of Professor Jowise, he is a magnificient teacher. His ability to convey knowledge is a

past with t’gallants, royals, stuns’ls; slow moving giants, white ibis, pelicans, and par¬ rots. Are there hurricane seasons in outer space? Do storm streaked ship hove-to and throw out a space anchor in the lee of a distance start, or dodge dead-head asteroids after a hard cosmic rain? Highest regards.

Blue Sky — Mason 43 Bachelor Bob LeFevre Bachelor Cy Eaton In transit to San Diego Bob and Cy finally split on Blue Sky. They left under the Golden Gate on October 24 in thick fog — using Harbor Control to keep posted on the whereabouts of ships and Blue Sky’s position. Despite the radar reflector and ability to periodically give known posi¬ tions, VTS could not pick us up on radar — definitely a sobering thought. Some fantastic people helped us prepare * for our first cruise: Obviously it is impossible to thank them all — but a few need mention. For supplies: Sea Power — they have their shit together; West Marine Products — 110% effort and cooperation; Peter at Svenson’s went out of his way to assist; chart assembly at Tradewinds resulted in a wealth of information beyond the stacks of charts; stainless welding and design at Railmakers is definitely first cabin. The firm of Gorman & Thomson from whom we purchased the boat — these guys

Blue Sky on a shakedown sail.

true art form. Take his course at Alameda College — it’s the best deal anywhere. Another artist — Max, the 78-year-old painter from Richmond. A steady hand, smooth stroke and a sense of humor makes the name Blue Sky more than just paint and letters. DeWitt Sails — our light blue drifter is a dream and thanks for your preventive main-

experience helping each other and sharing life. My thanks to them and Latitude 38.

Folksong — Folkboat Charles & Jil Kulander and baby Olivia Between Cabo and Santa Rosalia (Concord) Charles and Jil are the authors of the Sailor’s Guide to the Sea of Cortez, publish¬ ed in this issue. Parts II and III will be appear¬ ing in the following two months. We didn’t have space to include biograph-

tenance tips. Ruben, we are dry and have a dodger done with craftsmanship rarely found. Sorry to say Bob and Cy are still single — Mike & Michele from New Zealand are our terrific crew. Passengers or paramours may contact us through our answering service (209) 521-1815. — anna rossi

Menbihan — Steel Ketch Alex Ziegler lie Rousse, Corsica (Santa Cruz) Arriving in the tiny port of lie Rousse o'n the island of Corsica, the Menbihan, my gaffrigged steel ketch, drew the attention of an¬ other American boat. The owners came strolling by and when they saw on the stern ‘Santa Cruz’, one of them quickly exclaimed, “You’re not really from Santa Cruz — Cali¬ fornia!?” Although the Menbihan has never left European waters, one day she will, and Santa Cruz will be her home. So, reply: ‘You bet, why — do you know where it is?’ What became our newfound friends, Gary & Kerri Wood of Seattle and the Allways

The crews of Menbihan and Allways Ready, clothed in the topless Med mode.

Ready, indeed knew Santa Cruz. In 1978 he and several other Seattalites (pardonne) went to Santa Cruz to lease the Merlin for the Victoria-Maui race, which they went on to win and break the record. However, that became knowledge only during a gourmet lunch aboard Allways Ready some days later in Calvi, where we also sloshed through four bottles of Coriscan Rose — they are full quart-sized over there. Gary & Kerri have made a Hood 38 their permanent European home for two years and they don’t seem to miss much of any¬ thing in the U.S. except Latitude 38. Gary’s second question to me was: “You wouldn’t have a copy of Latitude 38?l” As I had just left Santa Cruz two weeks earlier, I just hap¬ pened to have the July issue which im¬ mediately became a ten-to-one bargaining tool for several issues of Yachting and a whole series of Hornblower. We spent about six weeks sailing the two boats together, throughout the Med. It really ‘made’ my vacation as this was a new kind of

Author-photographer Charles Kulander.

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have played a large part in my travels. Six years ago I bought a Folkboat, put on a wind-vane, and headed south towards Costa Rica. I didn’t get too far. I met Jil at the gas dock in San Diego, fell in love with her at Turtle Bay, and we were married a year later on Isla Espiritu Santo in the Gulf. She says she’s from Hermosa Beach, but she grew up in Australia and Sweden. For the past three years we have been working very seriously on a historical geography of the coastline be¬ tween Cabo San Lucas and Santa Rosalia, which we hope to turn into a book next year. Much of it will be in the form of a cruising guide, with all of the anchorages mapped out to scale. We are often interrupted in our work by our daughter, Olivia, now ten months old. She is a good sailor, and her eyes are as blue as the Gulf. She makes us very happy.”

Mistral — Hillyard 36’ cutter Brett & Debra Helton Puerto Escondido We’re celebrating the completion of the re¬ cent face lift of our aging wooden sailboat by writing Latitude 38. The old gal looks so grand now that all the rust streaks have dis¬ appeared under a new coat of paint. (We highly recommend the Mexican Interlux Blanco enamel by Mexicana de Pinturas In¬ ternational. Cost was close to $5 a liter in La Pax). But, the real gist of this communique is that all of our hard work has been done — free of charge — at Escondido’s mnarina. Much thanks goes to the friendly officials of Fonatur, the Mexican tourist organization which developed the marina and other na¬ tional tourist projects. The opening of the marina was perfect timing for us. The tail end of Hurricane Paul, October 1st, brought the hot, humid sum¬ mer to an abrupt halt. The northerlies started page 143

Jil and Olivia Kulander, the support team on Folksong. blowing, bringing us a pleasant touch of autumn. We had been waiting for just such a cooling trend so that we could comfortably start work on our many boat projects. We got all the encouragement we needed when Jay on Hai Chihuahua — the unofficial dockmaster — announced the marina was opening for all of us boaters to use. We were one of the first boats to tie up! Why free berthing? Rumor has it that the boats make the docks look good. I can’t im¬ agine why — most of us were in various states of scuz2iness when we first tied up. But evidently, the marina is a pet project of out¬ going President Portillio. He’s expected here in November to officially dedicate the marina and the newly completed trailer park up the road. There’s been a constant scurry of activity to get the finishing details done around here. When we first tied up there was neither elec¬ tricity or water and they had not begun erect¬ ing any of the buildings planned. Now, Oc¬ tober 28th, the buildings for the generator plant and for the restrooms/showers are nearly completed. They are just beginning on the new Port Captain and Immigration headquarters. Water and electricity will be available in a “few” days. It just goes to show ybu what can be accomplished even in ma¬

nana land! Only half of the marina’s slips are open for our use, since slips in our area were built for 20-25 foot trailerable-types. So we’ve had to tie up along the main walkways between the fingers. Our makeshift slips are a comfortable 40 to 50-ft. long, with big bronze ballards to tie up to. The docks are made of wooden planks screwed down to aggregate and foam. There are no pilings; massive chain and concrete blocks are used to anchor the entire system to the mud bottom. Since the price is right, we haven’t felt guil¬ ty about our leisurely working pace. The at¬ mosphere is very congenial, and often more time is spent helping our neighbors than do¬ ing our own work. Ten coffee (beer?) breaks a day are not unusual. All of us appreciate the convenience that the docks provide for our various sanding, varnishing, painting and engine projects. Some boats just pull in for the day to pick up water. Until a month ago we had to go fif¬ teen kilometers to the El Presidente Hotel. Now it’s just a short walk up to the new shower building. We’re getting spoiled by all the new luxuries! Dock life here also has a special flavor — barbecued dorado! With the dorado biting anything attached to a fish line right now, the supply of fish is never ending. Nightly barbe¬ cues approach a state-of-the-art fine dining. We have our own ambitious dockside sup-

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plier — fourteen year old Marty off Frey a. He goes fishing every day, supplying us as well as a dozen other boats. We’ve prepared dorado every way we can think of, cooking as many as seven at a time. The tantillizing aroma wafts out to our an¬ chored friends and tempts them to join in the feast. In general our social life has picked up since we dug out the fenders and docklines. How long the docks will continue to be open free of charge is unclear. With the of¬ ficial end of the hurricane season in sight, everyone will soon be on their way to separ¬ ate destinations. We’ll be going out to anchor soon; looking forward to a little more privacy than we’ve had this last month. Then our plans are to head south and to the mainland after the holidays. And as much as we like the cruising in mainland Mexico, we’ll be back up into the Sea of Cor¬ tez next summer. Happy Holidays to you all!!

Jazz — Freya 39 11 Peter, Robin, Tom, Steve Turtle Bay, Cabo, P.V. The first boat we know to reach Cabo this season is Jazz, arriving the second week in November after a six day sail down the coast, including stops at Turtle and Mag bays. Don’t hit the wrong button! Big event was a freighter that threw its engines in full reverse when Jazz’ strobe light was flicked on by accident. The pier at Turtle Bay was a scene of ma¬ jor commotion when Jazz pulled in. There were two California private dicks, three young men, and a whole host of Federales. Apparently a plush 50-ft. sailboat had been stolen from Long Beach,by the three young men. The owner hired two private detectives who flew to Cabo and then started working back up the coast. Spotting the vessel in Tur¬ tle Bay, they landed and alerted the Federales. The alleged thieves’ story that they’d leased the boat from a man they met in a bar, didn’t play too well.

Hot trading items continue to .22 shells and whiskey. The Federales enjoy whiskey and the fishermen like .22 shells with which they shoot rabbits to vary their fish diet. Ten sailboats were in Cabo when Jazz ar¬ rived, and lots of powerboats. The people of Cabo San Lucas were very friendly and there were no traces of animosity or antiAmerican sentiment. No rip-offs, either. A good dinner — except for lobster — usually ran $2.50 to $3.00 including beer. Most everyone was finding it cheaper to eat at a restaurant in town than preparing meals on the boat. Huevos rancheros were 80L Superior Beer was 60c and cheaper from the Depository across the street from Immigra¬ tion. A small black market operates for dollars in Cabo, trading at 90 to the dollar. That price dropped with heavy demand for cheap pesos. One problem. Mexicana is on strike which means there is just the 9a.m. Aero Mexico flight out each day. The $128 fare is o.k., trying to get on the plane is not so o.k. If you have a reservation and get there only one hour early, you may be bumped on a weekend flight. Crewman Tom Pillsbury struck out three days in a row before getting a seat; he got to the airport three hours early. Seats could really be tight if Mexicana isn’t back in service by the Christmas and New Year’s holidays. Phones usually work. The ferry is back in action, and the harbor is being redredged. There doesn’t appear to be any lingering problems from the hurricanes.

Samba Pa Ti — Columbia 30 Rob & Lorraine Coleman Puerto Escondido, Baja At the end of the hurricane season in the Sea of Cortez, Rob & Lorraine went on a end of season’ picnic with the other cruisers in Escondido. Wanting to continue cruising but low on funds, the two figured they had no choice but to return to California and

replenish the cruising kitty. Explaining their plans to friends Brett and Debbie, they were warned: “You’re nuts, you’re just going to go back hpme and get caught doing the same old things you used to.” Their words haunted Lorraine, who has a reputation for being something of a dynamo. Under the tutoring of mentors Lou and Jeanie off the 45-ft. Sea Witch gaff-ketch, Southern Cross, Lorraine had become “the best free diver in Escondido”, going down 25 feet for lobster. She was known throughout the anchorage for getting up at five in the morning and beginning projects on the boat. Nobody could keep up with her, and she couldn’t abide thought of hav¬ ing to give up cruising. So she told Rob she was willing to return home and work two jobs while he stayed on the boat and tried to earn money. Whatever it would take to keep up the life they’d only begun nine months before and had become so fond of. Finally it was decided she’d fly home and try and sell their home to the cur¬ rent tenants. Meanwhile Rob took a job delivering a boat back to San Diego. What if the house doesn’t sell? Cruising friends have advised them that something always works out. One guy, for example, found himself in the same low funds position six years ago. page 144

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Solita is now being set up as a studio, where he can do airbrush work using a SCUBA compressor, as well as pen and ink draw¬ ings. After careening the boat in the Gulf for bottom cleaning, they plan to head out on a 45-day passage down to Easter Island, an ambitious trip to say the least.

Lorraine Coleman, Len & Lisa Barton submit to a tongue check. They all have one, so it’s okay. He almost left, but decided to tough it out. He found various different ways to make money in Mexico, and has been there ever since. So right now Rob and Lorraine are liv¬ ing on faith, trying to make it happen.

Solita — 28-ft. Bristol Cutter Len & Lisa Barton Puerto Escondido, Baja Like Lorraine in the previous article, Lisa Barton isn’t a woman who had to be dragged kicking and screaming into the cruising life. As she puts it, “Cruising is the only way to live right now, because you get to have con¬ trol of your life. If you run out of fuel, you screwed up, not PG&E. You take the risk, you take the responsibility.” Lisa obviously relishes the independence. » For Len, however, the transition from the working to cruising life turned out to be a rude shock. For 11 years he’d been a suc¬ cessful airbrush artist in Hayward, painting funny cars and dragsters. He was good at it, people sought him out, he got recognition, and most of all, he had the creative outlet his personality required. But all this changed page 145

south of the border, where there are not many dragsters on Cedros Island. Without the creative outlet he began to feel stifled, bored, and anxious. Out of desperation he began writing articles for Yachting magazine, but even though they were published, Len still had the cruising blues. And the blues got worse as time passed and pressures began to mount. Their boat had been stolen in San Diego. They’d almost caught the Little Goose thief in Turtle Bay. In Cabo Len learned the whereabouts of a long-lost family member. Still everything just kept going downhill, including his getting sick in Mazatlan and having to ride out a nas¬ ty storm at a poor anchorage on Isla Isabella. By the time Solita got to Matachen Bay, Len was ready to turn the boat over to Lisa — who was almost ready to keep going alone' — and hang up cruising for good. Like always, after a little reflection and rest, things didn’t seem quite that bad, and together Len and Lisa planned a course of action to cure the blues. That involved a month long return to work in California, long enough to convince Len he didn’t miss the States. The real solution, they concluded, was not for Len to have to give up work, but for him to bring it with him. So the forepeak of

Tinus & Lois Holwerda Poppema Puerto Vallarta, Mexico This summer was unusually cool in Puerto Vallarta. In the home where we spent most of our time, we even needed a blanket at night. The few weeks we were onboard in the marina, however, were hot, airless, buggy and noisy (dredging the harbor started at dawn). Then prices jumped from $60 a month to $170 for a stern tie (or slip, when one became available) for a 36’ sailboat. (The government sold the concession but set the new prices). That was the push we needed. We had been told that all Banderas Bay is protected by mountains from the hurricanes that go by, so we decided to anchor out in the harbor with the other three liveaboards spending the season here. Even when hur¬ ricane Paul caused big enough surf to destroy a beachside restaurant, we just had one roily night — a night less uncomfortable than many nights we’d spent in the island coves neaj La Paz. The anchoring area in the harbor is more restricted than it was last spring, probably because of the size and number of cruise ships coming in. We’ve seen at least four a week in addition to the two ferries that serve La Paz and Cabo. Tropicale, the newest and biggest cruise ship, nearly nudged our mast its second morning here, even though we were in the official anchoring area. If our diesel engine had insisted on its 30-second warm-up, we couldn’t have backed up in time. Tropicale has done a better job of turn¬ ing since then, but if Sun Princess is already

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in the harbor, Tropicale comes right in and parks beside her. The prop wash last time strained out lines and relocated us, but we were the only sailboat anchored here that morning. When there’s a crowd it would be worth staying on board until all these ships are settled for their day in port. No one told us, when we checked in, that there was a designated area for sailboats. We just happened to see a ragged map in the lobby of the Port Captain’s office, on a coffee table where mail for sailboats is kept in a fruitbowl. We don’t know of anyone ever having been fined, but we’re already seeing people drop their anchors (not only on top of ours!) in the restricted area, then run into town without knowing that they might be in for worse than a fine. This morning some were rousted out by the harbor boat and told — as we were one midnight — “You got to move!” You can understand we tried to avoid being in this harbor more than necessary during the con¬ gested months last spring. Everyone’s favorite alternative is the little harbor at La Cruz de Huanacaxtle, a village midway between Pta. Mita and Puerto Vallarta. The stone jetty, with masts behind it, is visible as you go by. There’s a red flashing light at the end of the jetty which you’d take to your left. It’s crowded and dragging isn’t unusual, but the waters are calm and the people are friendly. It’s a good place to ar¬ range for buddy boats heading to Panama, the Marquesas, or Hawaii. Supplies in the village are limited, but the Miramar restaurant on the hill is reasonable and good. There’s a bus to P.V. from the park every morning at 7 or 8. La Cruz and P.V. are in different time zones in case you make plans with people in the “other place”. To return, hail a green Pacifico bus to Tepic at most any bus stop. They run almost every half hour. Be sure to ask the driver, before you board, if he’ll let you off in La Cruz de Huanacaxtle; then, at

the intersection where he drops you, you can usually hitch a ride the two miles into the village. Many just sail the two hours into P.V. and take a taxi or bus to the super¬ market. In Puerto Vallarta we’ve been buying al¬ most everything but vegetables at Rizo’s, but

we’ve heard that even beef is good at Wakakari’s meat market. Vegetable-shopping is easier and better at two vegetable markets a few blocks from Rizo’s, and fresher across the intersection from 7/11. Everyone has to go to Yelapa, so we’ll finally do it next week. We’ve been warned to anchor on the east side near the hotel, to beware of the surf when going ashore, and to expect a roily stay. Water is best in La Cruz. We jerry jug it

from the faucets in the park, but we treat it as usual with Clorox. [Flash — the water has been turned off the last few days. The rains were light this year, maybe the village is try¬ ing to conserve this year.] At the moment, the diesel connections may still be severed by the dredgers at the marina; it’s available, as well as gasoline, at the Pemex nearby. We only use the marina water for laundry. Bottled water can be ordered and trucked in. Ice, beer and coke are cheapest and easiest to get from the trucks that serve the fishing boats at the marina every morning between 7 and 8. Phoning the U.S. is expensive because of Mexican taxes. If you’re calling collect, the pay phone in front' of the port captain (or any other phone with the 09/02 option) will connect you with an international operator for 20 centavos. If 09 doesn’t answer, 02 usually will. Hotels charge about a dollar to place collect calls. The phone company and the bus stations have “larga distancia” ser¬ vices we haven’t used. If we’d known of the risk, we’d have got¬ ten typhoid/paratyphoid shots before we left the U.S. We haven’t been able to get them in Mexico, though we started trying in Guaymas when we heard there had been four cases on boats last spring. Fortunately, the red spots on my .chest were just heat rash, but we can now recommend Dr. Romo. He is fluent in English and German, his office is immaculate, and his training is quite recent. He’s across from the Sheraton Bouganvillas. page 146

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and living here. /

Cruiser’s Kick-Off party; most folks are inside.

Cruiser’s Kick-off Bash Pacific Marine Supply San Diego Pacific Marine Supply in San Diego, long a favorite with cruisers, held their annual ‘Cruiser’s Kick-Off Bash’ after the close of work on Saturday the 30th of October. Hun¬ dreds of cruisers, many of them from nor¬ thern California, attended. There were lots of great people, cold wine and beer, plus a little bit of chow. The party began about six

Chuck and Anna Cagle on the Fuji 32, Tinette; Vince, Nancy, and Milo on the Bristol 32, Sojourner; Robin and Peter on Jazz; and about 74 others from northern California whose names we don’t recall. Oh, how can we forget all the Valiant 40 people that were there, especially the nor¬ thern California ones that were on their way to Europe. That would be Manana Express with Don Gobert and Susan Selman, and Magic Dragon with Cliff and Barbara Kirkhart, and children Jennifer, 12, and Christa, 9. Doug Colton and Yvonne Hud¬ son’s Valiant 40, Tatoosh, which they

Whether or not they get sick and want to protect others, some feel as uncomfortable as we do pumping (or chucking) overboard into a clean anchorage. A scrupulous friend has taught us to “brown bag it”. With a few rocks to keep it from floating, and tied with string, it will sink to the bottom »and biodegrade. In a place like La Cruz, where the locals swim in the harbor all day, we row our deposits to the other side of the jetty. Now we’re going back to California to work for awhile and will moor the boat in San Carlos again. We hope all we said about San Carlos last March is still true. We’ve heard from friends who live there that the prices and arrangements are the same, but we haven’t had official confirmation. Devalu¬ ation and the change in government are like¬ ly to mean changes in everything we’ve re¬ ported. As I was typing this, a navy boat asked me to move. 1 asked if they could wait until Tinus returned from town or if they could help me. They came on board and did some line pulling with me, but decided they could wait over by the ferry until later today. Just then I realized .that 1 haven’t said anything about how courteous everyone has been. And even when money was funniest, the beer man and the office staff sought us out to give us the change they owed us from previous transactions. We’ve had a lovely time sailing page 147

Snuffy and Robin, full-blooded cruisers.

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Bacchus — 38-ft. steel yawl ‘Snuffy’ Smith & Robin Tanner San Diego on way to Costa Rica (Seabreeze Marina, Oakland)

Although she’s a northern California boat, we’d never crossed paths with Bacchus until we entered San Diego Bay together early one Sunday in October. And even then we didn’t get to meet her owners until the next night at cruisers happy hour at Humphreys on Shelter Island. As it was, we wished we could have spent more time with them, because did they ever have good stories to tell. Snuffy in particular, who has been adven¬ turing for most of his adult life and cruising the last 12 years. He has trouble remember¬ ing when he didn’t last reside at anchor. Originally from Hawaii, he has lived on all the islands, and singlehanded to the mainland and back in the 60’s, long before it became fashionable. Actually he was racing another guy singlehanding a Folkboat; each won one leg and a case of Heineken from the other. v A little over two years ago he and Robin, who is a nurse and owns half of Bacchus, lost their previous boat. It was midnight, and as Snuffy explains it, “we hit the last ten feet of the corner of Niihau”, the island just off Kauai. As soon as they hit he knew the boat was done for. Six foot tubular waves just kept pushing the boat farther and farther toward shore where she finally came to rest. They were able to save their lives, but salvag¬ ing from the boat was tricky. For one thing the native Hawaiians on Niihau don’t speak English, and it was hard to communicate. Then they had to get permission from the owners of the island to retrieve their equip¬ ment. Even with that, Snuffy had no shoes, virtually no pants, and little else. But something always seems to turn up, and it did. This was in the form of hearing about a job rigging boats at Cruising World Yachts in Alameda. Snuffy took the job and

for the next two years the couple worked for this time, when they are again cruising. Interestingly enough their boaf.was built in Germany and cruised here by a American couple. Snuffy and Robin didn’t have the resources to come up with the best offer or financing to buy the boat; but'the owners sold it to them anyway thinking they’d take better care of it and use it more. We’d bet on it.

Shandra — Swanson 42 Lewis & Betty Karlovic

38 Interview [Volume 63], In their two year circumnavigation of the Pacific, Betty has determined that Ahe in the Tuamotus is the best place of all. That part of French Polynesia has to her mind, the very best combination of clear water, fish, snorkeling, and isolation. Her least favorite place to date was L.A. Harbor. She’d like the yacht club they stayed at to know they were wonderful hosts. But the smell from the fish plant, well, it was the worst. Betty al§o loved Honolulu, although she had her worst experience at the Ala Wai Yacht Harbor. While her husband and son were delivering an ill friend’s boat from Tahiti to Honolulu, she was attacked in her boat at 10:00 p.m. by what she believed was a young Samoan. In a brief struggle the TV was knocked over, throwing the cabin into total darkness. Knowing her way around, Betty was able to scramble out the hatch and yell for help. Her assailant was pursued in the lagoon next to the Ilikai Hotel, where police — apparently not wanting to get wet — gave up the chase.

Aussies Lewis and Betty.

Pilot — Triton San Diego headed home (Sydney, Australia)

One of the nice thing£"about cruiser’s hap¬ py hours is that you end up meeting folks from around the world. Under such circum¬ stances we met Lewis and Betty Karlovic, who turned out to be good friends of Jim and Nelda Smith, the principals in a Latitude

The Far Side of Paradise Larry & Debbie Blank

Cruisers! Haven’t you always envied those lucky folks, that special breed of sailors that ‘take off”. You know them, your friends who sold their homes in Los Gatos and quit those high-paying, high-pressure jobs in the Silicon Valley. You watched them work fepage I 50

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Five sold their boats, never, in theory, to be replaced. Four are planning another cruise. Two are cruising again. Two have bought bigger boats. And two others got divorced.

"We quit our jobs!" Larry and Debbie laugh with pre-cruise euphoria.

verishly all summer preparing their racer/cruiser for blue-water, and preparing themselves for a new life. Then finally you see them sail out the Gate, headed for points south, vowing not to stop until the wind and water are warm. Cruisers like these have their adventures chronicled each month in the pages of Lati¬ tude 38. But haven’t you ever wondered what happened after the last landfall, after they got home? Here’s what happens then, a glimpse beyond paradise. Nothing Lasts Forever It’s true that the Roths, the Hiscocks, the Pardeys — as well as other uncounted and unpublicized adventurers, make cruising their life’s work. But for most folks who go cruising that’s hardly the case. The cold fact of life is that for most sailors cruising is a tran¬ sitory state of affairs. The cruise is antici¬ pated; it is experienced; and from then on it remains in memories, in the pages of photo albums, and in holes in resumes. What Ever Happened To? We were part of the Mexico ‘Class of ’79’. Recently we made a non-scientific analysis of what happened to a less-than representative, but nonetheless interesting, cross section of 16 couples we cruised with the fall of that year. Six couples relocated in a new homeport. page 151

Unexpected Pleasures on the Far Side of Paradise It was not very surprising that cold beer, hot showers, and readily obtainable cheese¬ burgers would excite ‘the sailor home from the sea’. But it was the little things that prov¬

high interest rates, low productivity, double digit unemployment, record business fail¬ ures, record real estate foreclosures, and a particularly serious liquidity crisis for cruisers having to sell their boats fast. Why Do People Sail Alone? Some cruisers lose their spouse, but keep the boat in post cruise divorce proceedings. This creates a vast pool of potential can¬ didates for singlehanded sailboat races and ‘female crew wanted’ ads. According to a re¬

ed to provide the unexpected pleasures. For myself it was book stores, the Sporting Green, and supermarkets, that made the transition back to the ‘real world’ much easier. After six months of shopping the vil¬ lage conasupo, the incredible size and selec¬ tion of a typical surburban supermarket was awe-inspiring. Sour Grapes, Not in the Supermarket Less than one year after returning from a highly, enjoyable Mexican cruise, an ac¬ quaintance declined to read a long letter from a mutual friend still cruising in Baja. With a straight face the acquaintance ex¬ plained that he just couldn’t relate to that scene anymore. But was something else really bothering him? Post Cruise Depression — Part I A state of mind. A temporary emotional disturbance characterized by moodiness, melancholy and alienation from the cruising scene. Individuals suffering from post cruise depression often display personality traits and attitudes directly the opposite of those suffering from another temporary emotional disturbance: pre-cruise euphoria. Post Cruise Depression — Part II The state of the economy, usually per¬ sonal but sometimes also national. A tem¬ porary economic disturbance marked by

The family that jokes together cruises together; Nancy and son Milo.

cent survey, fully 5.4% of all singlehanders got their start with a post cruise divorce. Cruisers Have Short Memories Although my wife and I did not discover Religion while bashing back up the coast of Baja to California, lots of different thoughts did enter our minds. When you make eight miles good in 12 hours of sailing during the middle of a 900-mile beat to weather in a 29-ft. boat, you develop a different perspec¬ tive on life. For example, much of what was

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once distasteful about 9 to 5 work began to seem appealing. But never fear, because cruisers have short memories and . . . Time Heals All Wounds Every traffic jam, every lousy day at the office, every evening news report, every ex¬ tra pound gained helps the beached cruiser forget those lonely night watches, the roily anchorages, and those endless months with¬ out a cheeseburger. After you’ve been home a year or so, the lines at the bank, post of¬ fice, supermarket, are not shorter than those at el banco, el correo, el conasupo. When the bad memories have become too dim and the bad days too regular, it’s time to say . . . We’ll Be Damned Almost two years after we came home and began to struggle mightily to resume our places in society, we’ve quit our jobs to em¬ bark on a second Mexican cruise in the same 21-year old boat. We won’t be thinking of coming home for some time. — /arry blank

Renaissance — Nor’ West 33 John & Judy McCandless San Diego (San Francisco) We left San Francisco about a month ago, heading South, and hit light winds, often from the Southwest. We made single over¬ night hops of about 18 hours each. With a full moon and fantastic sunsets, this part of the trip has been great. The dolphins were spectacluar and the phosphorescence made them look like torpedos. We had to motor a lot, and our Auto Helm, ‘Margaret’ did the job great when there wasn’t enough wind for the Monitor vane. We stopped at Monterey YC, where it was very nice but there is limited space. We rafted up to five boats. We didn’t expect the amount of traffic and

oil derricks in the area of Pt. Conception. At 3 a.m. the area was alive! Channel 16 was full of large and small vessels changing course to miss each other, a research vessel advising it was towing a 2-mile cable, and oil rigs explaining they had anchor leads out. It must be a real horror in a fog. A note on some anchorages and berths for our 33-footer. Santa Barbara $6 night; Cat Harbor, Catalina $11; Avalon $10; San Diego’s Shelter Island Police Dock (no showers) $5 a day for first five days, then $10 a day for maximum of ten days. At the yacht clubs, Morro Bay YC was $5 for raft up (space for maximum of six boats) or $4 for mooring (which still includes a shower). San Diego’s Southwestern YC was $6, and the Silvergate YC was $7.50. Cards or keys to showers in many places require $20 key deposit. Avalon shower costs $2.50. Cat Island moorings include bow & stern ties on the same line; it’s a real tug of war with any tide or wind, at least until you get the hang of it. We were disappointed in the Channel Islands. A local favorite, Pelican Bay, is large enough for only four boats with single hooks, and you rock and roll all night. The anchorages are hard to recognize since they are so small — then there’s the kelp flies and yellow jackets. We had an enjoyable — and expensive — week exploring Catalina, although it’s prob¬ ably a real zoo in the summer. A mystery to us and other people is the crackling, popping sound transmitted through the hull down here. It sounds a lot like fire or insects, but they say it’s grass shrimp. [Editor’s note: a well kept secret, the crackling sound is actually the molten core of the earth coming in contact with the damp ocean floor miles down. It’s a precursor of the volcanic activity that formed the Santa Ynez mountains.] We’ve met a lot of great people so far, about 60% of which are from Canada.

Children of all ages are being brought along. A couple of Bay Area boats we’ve met that you haven’t mentioned are Jim and Heidi Soderstrom’s White Wings from Napa, and Dick and Colleen Conner’s Elan. As previously reported the folks at Pacific Marine Supply are great, and their VHF and Ham radio assistance has been very helpful, particularly during the recent tornado watch when most folks couldn’t leave their an¬ chored out boats. Paperwork for going into Mexico is best done in San Diego as they don’t know what a ‘crew list’ is in San Francisco. For a sixmonth visa you need two (2) passport pic¬ tures each. Buy the crew list forms, and registration is $11. The real shock is fishing licenses; $20 for the boat, and $10 for each person aboard — per month! We hear they don’t charge to renew in Mexico — we hope not or fishing will be expensive. We hear it’s best to stock up on paper pro¬ ducts, snacks, good beef, and any specialty items. We’re taking Summit wine, sans box, as wine is expensive in Mexico. We store the wine in a plastic trash can in the bilge. We plan to bring canned meat to trade as well as the normal stuff. We bought pesos at the border — San Ysidro — at 120 pesos to the dollar, close to double the official rate in Mexico. The banks won’t even trade. We’re getting ready to go south in a few days. We’ve spent the last few days in Glorietta Bay’s Coronado YC, which is the best area in San Diego for facilities and beau¬ ty. We’ll be exploring the Sea of Cortez and return to San Francisco next March.

Just home: Returning to the Bay Area after almost 18 months in the South Pacific Lewis Seiler’s Redhawk. Making the 16 day passage back from Hawaii were Phil Howe, Doug Wilde and Jason of Lahaina. page 152

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BEAUTIFUL JAGUAR XK120, 1954 in excellent condition. For sale or trade for 22-26 foot late model fiberglass sailboat, preferably trailerable. $13,500. 457-8279 eves.

BABA 30 $61,000 with 20,000 down, launched 1980, teak decks and interior. VHF, many options, berth¬ ed in Richmond. Will consider 'A, V? or Vz part¬ ner. (916) 756-3654

CUSTOMIZED CORONADO 30 Must see this special Coronado 30! Teak trim¬ med ports, full weather canvas, safety manoverboard gear, VHF, all channel, RDF, knotmeter, wind direction & speed, Ritchie cockpit compass and digital depthsound, 12 V' & dockside water pressure, 12 volt & 110 electricity, custom interior, very clean. Call for more details. $25,000. (415)892-8332

PARTNERS WANTED South bay, want 1 to 3 partners for like-new Hunter 33. Well equipped, $400Q-cash required for 25% equity. Richard Riley (d)(408) 737-0124, (e)(408) 738-1780

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456-SAIL is now 331-SAIL Air, Sea, and Land Productions has opened a new studio at 12 Ebbtide in Sausalito. Douglas Keachie and Dianka Hunter of¬ fer complete photographic services for pleasure and business. Call before coming, we may be out on the water.

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(415)924 6562 Rid boat of mice, fleas, cockroaches, moskitoes, with UltraSonic Sound! 110 or 12v draws only 2 watts. No toxic chemicals, will not harm humans, dogs, cats, birds or fish. $49.95 with money back guarantee, dealerships available. For more info, call/write: Pest Mite, Box 203, Corte Madera, ^CA^ page 153

WANTED — RADIO SSB With at least five internal frequencies and 1200 mile range. Call 652-8097 Patrick Raffray.

31’ ENGLISH CRUISING YAWL Atlantic vet Nantucket Clipper built in ’71 to Lloyd’s 100A1. F/G w/teak decks, alum, spars, Saab dsl., Avon Redcrest dinghy, Avon 4-man cannister liferaft, Aries vane, wheel steer’g, 11 sails. $42,500. Jim (415) 254-8451.

. LIFERAFT Winslow 4-person liferaft with radar reflecting canopy. Packed in valise. Excellent condition. Perfect for coastal waters. $650 firm. Steve (415) 381-3537 eves

FRIENDSHIP SLOOP, F/G 40’9” OAL, 34’9” on deck, 10’6” beam, 5’6” draft. Gaff rigged, new Lucas sails, Volvo 22 hp dsl. Accomodate eight, owners double forward. Head/shower and galley, 6’4” headroom. A seaworthy yacht for the serious offshore cruising enthusiast. Allmost ready. Very fast in lite airs, plus stiff/dry in heavy weather when singlehand’g. $29,500/offers. Lv name/number. Phil (415) 368-4422.

AIN’T IT THE TRUTH “A man well at sea has little sympathy with one who is seasick; he is apt to be too conscious of a comparison which seems favorable to his own manhood.” — Richard Henry Dana,, Two Years Before the Mast

A SCHOOL IN YOUR MAILBOX? That s right! Learn practical navigation from Solo TransPac skipper Mike Pyzel. Easy to follow home study course contains eight com¬ prehensive & enjoyable charting lessons. Satisfaction guaranteed. Write or call for brochure. PYZEL NAVIGATION, 86 Olive Mill Rd., Santa Barbara, CA 93108 (805) 969-4195 (24 hrs)

HANDS-ON FUN! Have fun learning heavy weather sailing, anchoring, nav., spinnakers & advanced skills. Join Solo TransPac skipper Mike Pyzel on a personally tailored Ocean Training Cruise in Santa Barbara’s offshore isles. Write or call PYZEL NAVIGATION, 86 Olive Mill Rd., Santa Barbara, CA 93108 (805) 969-4195 (24 hrs).

NEED CREW? I’m a 29-yr. old A.F. navigator with some sailing experience looking for crew in the S.F. Bay area. Available most weekends. Frank: (916) 635-3155.

NEWPORT 30 PURCHASE/PARTNERSHIP Coyote Pt. Berth, 11 winches, internal halyards, spinnaker, 110 jib, 150 jenny, stereo, ' VHF, Atomic 4, red hull, mint condition, possble partnership and/or financing. $31,000. Wk.: (415) 697-3760; Hm.: (415) 361-8524.

HAM TRANSCEIVER Icom “720A” new, in box. 12 VDC, 100 watts output. SSB, AM, CW, Rtty. 1.8 MHZ to 30 MHZ. Marine bands (disconnect wire) $1050. Tamaya NC-2 Navig. Calculator, new w/AC adaptor & manuals, $190. (415) 332-1164.

25’ NORDIC FOLKBOAT #60, KESTREL Exceptional race record, 1-yr. old mast, boom & rig; 3 jibs, 2 mains, spinnaker, 6V2 o.b., full boat ' cover! Sausalito berth, $8,500. C£ll Bill Coverdale, 479-8195(e) or 472-3804(w).

ISLANDER 30 MARK II Cleanest 74 on the bay. KM, DS, Palmer 4. 3 bags of sails. Many extras. Never raced. Sausalito berth. $33,000. All offers considered. (415) 490-0758 or 326-0876.

1955 CRUISING FOLKBOAT Masthead alum, rig, self-bailing cockpit, 5 sails (spin.), Hasler self-steering gear, Seagull, galley, Barients, lots of stowage & misc. gear. Very sound hull. $7,000/offer. Eric, (408) 255-0900 x2842 days; (408) 286-6930 eves.

ALBIN VEGA 27 Lg. inventory. Spinn & all rigging, all lines run to cockpit for easy sailing or singlehand. 5 win¬ ches incl. 2 speed self-tailing. 5 sails, VHF, depth, vane, dinghy, dodger. $20K for quicksale. Exc. cond. 897-7191 or 897-3828 eves.

WILDERNESS 21 “Baby Blew”, 78 Nats champ, 9 sails, new trailor, full race. Best offer or trade for Santana 20 or liveaboard or ?. (415) 893-2550.

BEAR #59 Last Munes hull. Finished out on teak by Bill Hynes. Racing sails, new main. Cruising sails. Hauled, painted top-sides, bottom July. Full cover. ’80 Johnson outboard. $9,700. 332-4857 or 332-9100 for Jellif.

RANGER 23 - OWNER FINANCE 74 MODEL Extra sails, spinnaker and pole $12,000. Finance thru owner @ 12%. $2400 down. ' Peninsula Marina berth, Redwood City. Call Henry Parsons, (415) 376-2355 or leave message (415) 328-6848.

HARDWORKING, ENTHUSIASTIC, Energetic non-smoking Briton, male 31, w/some experience wishes to crew on race/cruise boat. Willing to help prepare for next season. I’ll even scrub your bottom! Please call Dal at 641-7412 anytime.

GROUND TACKLE FOR SALE 35# CQR $225, 300’, 5/16” BBB chain $810, 270’, 5/16” Proof Coil chain $575. All in very good condition. Call Phil (408) 423-0272.

BAREBOAT AVAILABLE — CARIBBEAN Cal-40 for May 1983, sail from Antigua to Tortolla. $2,500 & $1000 dep. (209) 723-2591 Mike.

ISLANDER 30 MARK II Exc. cond. Well equipt. 7 sails, 7 winches, wheel steering, VHF, w.s., w.d., k.m., d.s., com¬ pass, stereo, battery charger, new motor, new interior, new batteries, just painted & varnish¬ ed. Must see—Oyster Pt. berth. (415) 952-3184.

SANTA CRUZ 33 Successful race record, 17 North sails, SSB, VHF, trimble loran, Micron-22, bottom paint) Wallas heater, AIWA stereo, Avon 6 man raft, Signet 200 computer, race ready, $70,000. (206) 293-2315.

SAILING INSTRUMENTS EMS Digital Apparent Wind (RAD) & combina¬ tion digital knotmeter/windspeed (RKD) w/teak back cover. All for $225. Heathkit Flasher type depth w/alarm $30. John, after 4 (916) 383-1132.

A CHOICE CHEOY LEE DEAL Must sell Immediately. ’69 Offshore 31. In good shape (hauled 8/82) and is complete with wheel steering, roller reefing, furling jib, VHF, k.m., d.s., etc. Best offer over $32K. Bill (707) 942-0554.

MOULIN ROUGE — RANGER 33 — FOR SALE Most photo’d sailboat on Lake Tahoe. Fully equipt: cruising/racing. Partial inven.: 9 sails, km, deltascale, ds, VHF, 8 winches, Gori fold, prop, cust. uphol., bbq, teak ckpt. grates, more. $45,900 firm/no trades (916) 541-7614. ►

ERICSON 25 78 in excellent condition. 3 sails, electric start outboard, stove, ice box, completely equipped for cruising. $15,000 or trade up for Cal 29, Pearson Vanguard or similar. Call Pete (415) 983-8605 (w) or 672-7226 (e).

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WOMAN DOCTOR 59, experienced Bay sailor, agile, literate, fun¬ ny, needs new sailing companions for day sail¬ ing, lunch, conversation, weekend cruising. Prefer age and I.Q. over 40. Your boat or mine. Gina (707) 762-5215 evenings.

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STEPHENS CLASSIC 1926 40’ Stephens, Twin Chrysler 6 cyl., beaut, maint. in & out, excellent liveaboard. Sausalito berth. $39,000. (415) 861-0773, (415) 331-3079 (eves).

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KNARR 30’ Grmsykln builders, Norway '59, mahog. on oak, copper fastened, 1 of 3 long cabin Knarrs in Bay; 6 barients, spinnaker, race equipt, varnish¬ ed Philippine mahog. int./hull; full cover; immac. down to bilge; extras. $9,800. 726-7421.

SAN DIEGO J-24 PARTNERSHIP Recent arrival wants to sell 1/2 partnership in 1980 J-24. Fully equipped, trailer, motor, etc. San Diego Harbor slip. Excellent terms to the right party. Bryan McGowan (619) 483-5138.

CATALINA 27’ Conventional, outbd. 9.9 hp, electric start, main & jiffy reefing, sleeps 5, clean, 1974, $13,750. Call Bill (415) 824-5014 day/nite.

SANTANA 22 Hull #209, new mast with tabernacle, 6hp Johnson, 5 sails, 2 anchors, inflatable dinghy, tandem trailer and many custom extras. Clean and in good condition. (W) (408) 722-3484; (H) (408) 728-1585.

1980 47’ CARIBE BY ROBT. PERRY Sharp - Ctr. Cockpit Cutter with 3 pages of op¬ tions in rare Hawaiian berth. All offers con¬ sidered. $149,000. (415) 461-3740; (808) 329-2865.

NEED WILLING-TO-LEARN CREW? Male 38 yrs. with limited sailing experience looking for owner needing additional crew for weekend bay sailing. Also willing to help main¬ tain. Dave (415) 573-8475.

DIGITAL RADIO DIRECTION FINDER Aqua-Guide 712 Automatic by Aqua Meter In¬ strument Corp., mint condition, original box, retail $575. Will sell $300 or b.o. Leave name and number for Bud, ext. 1529, (415) 326-6997.

SANTANA 35 — 1/3 PARTNERSHIP Actively raced Santana 35 partnership for sale. Well equipped. $400 plus negotiable down. Berthed in Sausalito. Call Don Chandler (415) 845-5200 days; (415) 398-2728 evenings.

41’ RHODES BOUNTY II YAWL ’58, FG, new diesel, wheel steering, 15 sails, in¬ flatable, electronics, cruise ready. $59,000. After 6 pm (415) 332-7543.

505 US 7059 Still underwt. & unbeliev. stiff. Ballenger Kevlar/ Klegecell hull & rig. Rod rigging. 2 suits sails/2 rudders. Mainly Harken gear. Cover/ trailer. $4500 ono. John Turvill, 5008 Olive Oak Way, Carmichael (916) 920-1900(w)/972-0468(h).

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1980 FREEPORT 36 1/4 partnership $2500 & $330/month. 1/2 partnership $5000 & $660/month. Call Glen (415) 595-3476.

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J-24 — “RESOLUTE J” ’78, East Coast built, hull #348, burgundy hull w/white stripe, full race equipt, many extras $ good race record. Choice of single/tandom ax¬ el trailer, 6 hp. Must sell ASAP!!! $14,850/B.O. George 398-4100 days; 343-4031 eves.

FOR SALE 505 Sailboat — Must sell — Best offer (415) 883-4704 eves, and wkends.

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SANTANA 22 - FOR SALE Keel sloop, built ’68, excellent condition, sleeps 4, 3 sails, 6 hp Johnson o.b., self-bailing cockpit, rigged for singlehanding, lifelines. Call (415) 273-7470 for more info. Asking $5700/offer.

1981 MOORE 24 Slightly used, renowned for awesome speed/ legendary construction quality. 5 sails, k.m., o.b., new bottom paint. Superb cond. (just surveyed). Replacement cost $24,500. Asking $20,500/offer. (206) 392-8144.

THAILAND BOATBUILDING Relocating to Thailand within 1 yr., seek info, on feasibility of/experience in building/having built wooden sailboat (34' cutter). Appreciate any replys/ideas. Pat Moore, 1260 46th Ave., San Fran. 94122. (415) 564-9560.

FOR SALE - 48’ CRUISING KETCH ’75 Ferro cement, African mahog. & cedar in¬ terior, ctr. cockpit, recent refit, new bottom, liveaboard berth, autopilot, sailing dinghy, frig., heater, much more. (415) 346-4543. $84,900.

CAST YOUR TROUBLES To the wind, sip rum into the sunsets, catch the tropical breezes of the St. Martin’s Islands. One or two people wanted to join couple for bare-boating January 26 through February 6 on a 39’ Stevens. For more information (415) 621-0530.

Lady Cruising Companion Desired By 34 Yr. Male, bit. comfort, seaworthy 36’ cutter seeks aitractive/intel., cheerful/sincere woman (same age/younger) willing to assume financ./cruiseready assist, for 2-yr. cruz So. Pac.. So. Pac. Sail., Box 1093, Half Moon Bay 94019.

TRADE My 50K equity in a beautiful home 1/2 hour from Portland, Ore., for a 35 ft. up sailing coastal cruiser to 100K boat value. Call (209) 477-2671. Mr. Backer.

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rT®aiIkW®®(3h from B. AXELROD AND COMPANY Teak Lumber/Plywood By appointment only: (415) 626-4949 / 201 Florida St., San Francisco

EXCHANGE & FOR SALE Exchange: 32’ Monterey berth for same in Sausalito for approx. 6 mos. For sale: 1979 MB 450SL, white w/blue interior, $8000 cash and take over payments. Call evenings (408) 251-7635.

WANTED Catalina 22 sails, looking for well maintained used, class sails. Jib and possibly main. (415) 592-4680.

16’ BANK DORY 3/8” marine doug fir pwd, finished spar buff with royal blue gunwales, oars, 3" channel 16” wheel trier, nearby pond for a trial row, $800. (707) 942-5924 (ring long) Calistoga.

10’ CLASS D DYER DINK — #831 Sailing dinghy or tender. Coinp rest: lapstrake cedar on oak w/mahogany bright work. Cat rig, spruce spars/red cotton sail. Classic built ’49 by Dyer/Bristol R.l. Call for prospectus after 1500, (415) 865-2523.

SAILBOAT — 1978 CATALINA 25 Swing keel, pop-top, EZ loader trailer w/electric winch, ’81 Honda. 5 sails including spinnaker. Many extras for ease of trailering & sailing. ’66 Chrysler station wagon included as tow vehi¬ cle. $17,900. (408) 265-9823.

BRISTOL 30 Quality f.g. cruising sloop designed by Halsey Herreshoff. Exc. Bay boat & capable offshore too. Volvo diesel, teak interior, cabin heater, wheel steering, VHF, fathometer, sleeps 4, ex¬ tras. $31,500—must sell. Call (415) 326-6316(e). V

White tramp. tools, $4000.

HOBIE 18 sails with red stripe, grey hulls, blue Comes with E2 loader trailer and misc. Z trap harness, excellent condition. Chris after 5, (415) 254-8163.

CRUISING SAILBOATS Rafiki 35 sloop, 1981, Volvo diesel, teak decks, electronics, Ballenadock, asking $65,000. Also Tylercraft 24, twin keel sloop, 10 hp Mercury, trailer, sleeps 5, asking $6900. (408) 925-1295 days or (408) 867-9202.

FOR SALE J-24 #1777 North Sails, faired bottom, keel & rudder, Bose stereo, 2 Danforth compasses, Signet Digital knotmeter, spinnaker launcher — many op¬ tions. $14,950 Call (916)525-6806.

WORLD CRUISER \ Burns pilothouse ketch from New Zeland. Highest quality timbers, fastenings. 45’x13’6”x 6’6”. 100 hp diesel. Large aft cabin. All cruising gear. A substantial, beautiful boat,pnly 8 years old. Contact owner thru Peter (415) 652-2286.

TAHITI KETCH Classic traditional boat. Saab diesel, all sails, warm interior, 4 berths, recently hauled, cypress & mahogany hull, all spars reworked, $12,000/offer. C. Porner, Box 106, Keehi Boat Harbor, Honolulu, Hi. 96819.

BALTIC 39 Fully equipt for competitive racing & comfort¬ able cruising. 1981 Swiftsure race overall win¬ ner. Teak decks & interior, many amenities. In excellent condition. $125,000. P.O. Box 24951, Seattle, Wa. 98124. (206)747-7071.

COLUMBIA 24’ Motor, all equipment, excellent berth, $11,000/B.O. 332-3454 leave message.

CATALINA 27 INBOARD Atomic 4, 2 compasses, knotmeter, depthsounder, dual batteries, 3 bags plus some spin¬ naker gear. Dark blue topsides, tan decks, polyurethane paint. Berkeley berth. Sound boat for $15,000. (415) 236-7389.

CREW POSITION WANTED Hardworking, enthusiastic, novice racing sailor desires crew position for mid-winter series or bay racing. 2 years bay cruising ex¬ perience. OCSC trained. Call Jeff 461-7272 (days); 922-2159 (eves).

LOST 12’ SAILING DINGHY-Off coast nearMonterey or more south. Redwood Lapstrake, seats mahog., Ift wood w/high/low grain inside hull painted white outside, seats varnished maroon bot. paint, 4 new planks on bot. (415) 827-4664/934-0335.

, PERKINS 4—108 ENGINE Ready to install. 500 hrs. since major overhaul, new starter, $2200. Also 3 Barlow winches size #26, chromed bronze 2-speed, 2 w/winchers, used 3 seasons, 1 never used, $300, $550 pair, $800 all 3. (916) 383-2722 Claude.

RENT/CHARTER New ’82 28 ft. Albin Cumulus racer/cruiser, ber¬ thed in best Delta cruising area; 3 head sails; diesel; full galley; VHF, electronics; 5 full'ber¬ ths; 6’1” headroom. Offered by private party. (916) 753-4993.

WANTED Pair of jib halyard winches, brz. or stainless. Barient #10 or larger, will consider equivalent makes as well as 2 speeds. Also need fittings for rigging wooden mast and boom. (415) 934-3589 (evenings).

FAMILY LASER #90803 Light, stiff, scratchless, golden yellow hull. Hull & deck covers. 4 sails, M-rig, Z boards, alum, tiller, board bag, Harken ratchet, new lines, rudder, all fittings thru bolted. Only $1500. Bill Keller (408) 749-9234 after 8:30 pm.

PARTNERSHIP WANTED Young couple desires a partnership on a 30 ft. plus sailboat. Form partnership and then select a boat. Call (415) 574-8730 Jim or Ellie.

“BUDDY BOAT” WANTED Islander 36 leaving for Mexico early Jan. in¬ terested in finding ‘Buddy Boat’ for all/part of journey. May consider exper. crew person. Also seeking qualified persons to return boat to Bay in Feb. Mike (408) 733-1690/247-9780.

HUNTER 54 New 1982 Model. Commissioned with full factory equipment. Dealer must dispose immediately! Serious offers to: Sailmasters Inc., 2955 Westlake Ave. North, Seattle, WA 98109 (206) 282-8500

UNDERWATER SERVICE BUSINESS FOR SALE Established in South Bay. Extensive customer list, dockside hookah, etc. ' (408) 247-9481 eves.

CUSTOM BOAT CARPENTRY Minor repairs to complete interiors - exteriors Remodeling - Refinishing — Quality Craftsmanship — 14 years Experience - References Estimates (415) 346-4543

CREW NEEDED FOR WORLD CRUISE Approx. Holiday departure! Vessel is Ig. racer/cruiser with private and comfortable ac¬ commodations. This outstanding yacht now being updated to “state of the art”. Captain is looking for young men preferably with sailing experience and/or technical skills, especially wood-craftmanship, attractive offers will be made in exchange for svcs. rendered during refurbishment. Send particulars & recent photo: James F. Donnelly, c/o Pier 39 Harbor¬ master, Box MO-1, SF, CA 94133.

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LAPWORTH 24 - ALL OR PART New mast, stays, Pineapple sails, Stockton self-tacking jib, roller furling jib, genoa, slab reefing, recent LPU paint, 6 hp Evinrude. An¬ chors, compass, etc. Fast,keel boat in super condition. $7600/B.O. (415) 532-1626

BAHAMAS AND EUROPE Sail the Bahamas in Dec. and Europe in May in fast, beautiful 45’ cutter. Sailing experience re¬ quired for TransAtlantic crossing. Share costs. (415) 527-5523

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MORGAN 38 PARTNERSHIP LEASE Perfect coastal cruiser/dry, elegant Bay boat, Sausalito berth. Roller furling, propane stove, refrig., stereo, digital instruments, all cruising gear & ground tackle. Flexible arrangement is best financial deal on the bay. (415) 388-1500.

WYLIE WABBIT 24 Boat includes trailer, spinnaker & gear, 2hp outboard, motor bracket, boom crutch, genoa tracks, main & jib, motor bracket. Worth over $11,000! 1 will even deliver! Must sell! Tom (206) 289-7090 or 522-2623.

ISLANDER BAHAMA 24 Fully equip. Bay cruiser/racer. Clean, wood int., full galley, sleeps 4. Self-tending club & 115 jibs, 6 hp Evenrude, bow/stern pulpits, lifelines, VHF, inflat., anchor & more. Vallejo Marina dock D. $6,250. (707) 528-2815 (e).

MARINE DIESEL ENGINES & ASSESSORIES Volvo MDII 15.5 hp w extras, ex cond. $1800. BMW D-12,12 hp w/extras, unused $2500. Also, 1” Bronze shaft folding prop, strut, cutless bearing, hoses, wetlock manifold, fuel lines, & more. 332-2815.

FARR 36 - FAST Newer design of winner of '81 Transpac. New Zealand cold molded Kauriwood. Complete refit. New diesel, nonskid, micron 22, 18 sails, Beaufort raft and electronics. Must sell — trade for houseboat. (415) 357-8768.

HEY EL MILAGRO! Feliz navidad to Trevor, Justin, Joyce and Jerry. Happy '83 from Fast ’n Sassy’s crew, Jimmy-low, Mary & Jerry.

25’ PIVER TRIMARAN Cruise ready. Vallejo berth, very seaworthy. 12+ knots, heavy rigged mast, 7.5 hp o.b., wheel steering & kick-up rudder, 2 dbl. berths, 1 single berth, 2 main sails, jib & spinnaker. Asking $6,000. Trade O.B.O. (707) 745-4106

ATOMIC FOUR Rebuilt 1979. Many new parts. Listen to it run on my boat. $1500. Call after 1800 (415) 524-3727.

Responsible local physician Presently renting a sailboat, would like to rent a liveaboard motor yacht or motor sailer. No desire to take it out without the owner. Will pay up to $1,000/mo. North Bay berth. T. Collopy, M.D., 2023 Vale Rd., Ste. 115, San Pablo Ca

“GUAPA” 25’ Danish-built fiberglass double-ender sloop. Fast cruiser, eight sails, Sausalito berth. $11,000 or offer. (415) 387-5907.

38’ ALAJUELA CTR. MK II, ’79 World Cruiser, VHF, RDF, depthsounder, wind speed & direction, knotmeter, Avon & motor, sailing dinghy, full ground tackle & windless, H&C pres, water, cabin heater, much, much more. Days 282-9193 (Troy). $120,000.

32 FT. PILOTHOUSE CRUISING SLOOP By Gulf. Garden design with 3/4 keel, diesel, s.s. tanks, inside steering and autopilot. Custom teak interior w/much more. Sell or trade. (415)897-1428.

SELF STEERING VANE Chronomarine Hydrovane VX tilting head with rudder and course control winch. Can be used as an emergency rudder. Cost $4000; new must Must sell. Only $2500. (408) 423-3398.

SANTANA 22 — FOR SALE Hull #320 includes upwind Berkeley berth. Please call Lou Fields (415) 635-3752 or (415) 523-4660. $5500 firm.

ORCA 38 — 1982 Doubleended fiberglass cutter built w/finest materials available. Luxurious, comfortable, impeccably crafted & engineered for extended offshore sailing. Fully equipped. $155,000 Mark Yinger (206) 382-6636 weekdays.

59’ ALUMINUM MAST WITH BOOM Metalmast of CT., dbl. spreaders, outhaul, wir¬ ing harness. Polar deep s/s sink. Oval head sink. Faucets. Cabin lites. Bilge pumps. 120 hp Ford dsl. Instruments. Call for list. Andy (415) 982-1851, 834-2104.

TAMAYA SEXTANT/CHESEA MARINE CLOCK Prof, model w/7x50 scope (tops for nite use). Accurate, A-1 cond. Previous owner was Japan¬ ese captain. $425. Also, non-striking clock in ship’s wheel mantel stand or bulkhead. Phenolic case. A-1. $175. (415) 333-3939.

CATALINA 27 $13,950 is a great price for a boat in good con¬ dition and worth $17,000. Rebuilt Johnson 9.9 plus extras. Loch Lomond Berth. 883-6215.

CELESTIAL NAVIGATION A 10 week course in practical celestial navigation with em¬ phasis on concepts, calculations and equipment which will prepare the mariner to navigate by celestial observation. Thursdays 7—10 pm at Fort Mason Ctr. starting 1/27/83.For in¬ formation package call (415) 945-6383.

ARIES SELF-STEERING New design, 15% lighter, all parts stainless or hard anodized, unequalled strength, superb construction, very simple installa¬ tion, and of course ARIES is the real thing. $1395 $1395 $1395 NOVA MARINE, 1801 Clement, Alameda (4,15) 865-6088 page 157

VENTURE 23 CUTTER ’79 Bristol condition. Sleeps 5, galley, potti, pop top, full cushions, anchor, lines, horn, jackets, etc. 4V2 hp o.b. S.F. berth. $5900. 728-7543 pm.

VANCOUVER 27 Modified for world cruising. Handlaid glass hull. Very well equipped. 21 horse diesel. Start your cruise in warm Hawaiian waters. Asking $25,000. (808) 667-6066. Pat McGuinness, P.O. Box 182, Lahaina, Hawaii 96761.

ISLANDER BAHAMA 30-FT., 1980 Volvo-Penta diesel, main, 90% & 110% jib, radial headsail, knotmeter, depthsounder, marine radio, ocean strobe, much more. Perfect condition. $39,900. John 849-3848.

74 CHALLENGER 32 70 hp disel, wheel, Dodger, hot/cold pressure water, shower, refrigeration, 3 br. ranger, oven, VHF, d.s., Sony 4 spkr. stereo, Sausalito berth. Call Broker Jim Irwin (415) 332-5000.

Our mobile crew cleans, details and maintains yachts of all Ddy Waterways. vvcu' shapes and sizes all over East Bay Services include: Scrub Downs • Teak Conditioning Waxing • Varnishing Small Boat Repair • Free Estimates BO&tWOriCS 1720 Adeline St., Oakland, CA 94607 (415) 834-3990

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WHITE LIGHTNING 30’ custom Kauffman design, 10 bags North sails/Yanmar dsl./Sterns mast/Rod rigging Navtec hydraul./digital k.m./oversize winches exc. race record, assum. low int. loan, $36,500. Loc. Tiburon (CYC). 788-1155(d); 435-3785(e).

HAVE: 34’ CHRIS SEDAN; WANT: 30’ SLOOP ’48 Chris Craft w/covered berth in Delta, repowed 74, very cared for. Will sell/trade for equity in 28-32’ f/g sloop w/berth Santa Barbara area, will consider all other locations. Call Sue (415) 521-1929 or Bill (916) 486-8200.

SHARE-A-SAIL Lease 78 Columbia 9.6 (32’) sloop. 2 head sails, k.m., depthgauge, compass, marine radio & head, 2 brnr.stove, 40 gals, water, sleeps 6. Berthed Emeryville. $140/mo. guarantees use of boat 1 full week/mo. (408) 245-0216.

ZODIAC LIFE RAFT - FOR RENT Brand new Zodiac M.P.U.S. - 6 man liferaft. Reasonable. Call Rich at (408) 476-9255.

CAL 40 — 1963 Pisces diesel, Aries windvane, Sutter dodger, electronics, Newport woodburning stove, Hillerange, 10’ Avon sportboat w/9-9 Evinrude, race sails, ready for Mexico, $59,000. (503) 765-2542.

WELLCRAFT 20’ FISHERMAN TWIN 50 hp Mercs less than 60 hours like new. Com¬ plete with new EZ loader trailer. Registered commercial fishing boat. Very fine deep V seagoing boat. Boat (415) 421-3423 or (916) 489-4226.

RANGER 26 • 1972 Outstanding condition. Just hauled, new bot¬ tom paint. '80 7.5 hp O/B. Dual compasses, k.m., d.s., One of the sharpest Ranger 26’s on the bay. $15,500. 461-5024; 453-3617.

CLASS “C” SCOW 1979 Melges 20’ scow, race equipt, 2 mains, trailer. Super fast, excellent for lakes or Delta sailing. Needs some work. $850. In Benicia, (707) 745-2415.

12 H.P. DIESEL YANMAR-STILL IN CRATE 526mm high, 671mm wide, 683mm long. Flexi¬ ble motor mounts & coupling, wiring harness, alternator, regulator, electric/hand start, weighs 263 lbs. Takes 16” prop. $2000 firm. Walt Orozco, Box 294, Adin, CA 96006.

TORNADO — US 390 FOR SALE Holt-Allan built of fiberglass with foam core decks. Clean, fast and strong. Tilt-up trailer. $4200. Call Mike (415) 533-3317.

EXPERIENCED SAILOR Desires crew position day sailing, racing or cruising. Am available and reliable. Call Paul (707) 829-0978 evenings.

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BEAR BOAT No. 39, 23’ wooden sailboat at new Richmond marina, berth 155. $4,500. Call Jenssen. (w) 526-2172; (h) 540-0754. v

NOR’WEST 33 Yanmar 20 diesel, 3 sails, 110%, 130%. Jibs, 3 burner kero stove w/oven. Much more. Main¬ tained in bristol cond. $50,000. Phone (707) 554-1158.

CREW WANTED Break away for a few weeks or months beL ween Nov. and June and sail with me in Mex¬ ico, share expenses. Contact Bernie Salles, P.O. Box 284, Coyote, CA 95013, (408) 578-9166 eves.

FINEST SEXTANT — C. Plath Classic Model Full size. Brass frame, lighted venier, 4x scope in lockable case w/accessories. Correction card states instrument free of error. Never us¬ ed, stored since new. Cost now over $1200, sell for $850. Dave Burch (415) 968-1044(e).

SEMPERIT INFLATABLE DINGHY Model A-330,10’ 9” LOA, wood floorboards and transom, pump and spares kit, takes up to 15 hp outboard, used only once, $675. (415) 956-2253 days.

BOAT WANTED - REVENGE 19 Call or write Gus, (415) 254-7131, P.O. Box 426, Orinda, Ca. 94563.

, FOR SALE Marine Singleside band HF radio 2-6 MHZ, Steven Engineering Assoc. SEA 103, 20 chan., 10 installed. New $1500/used 3 mos. trip to Hawaii. Now $1000/B.O./Trade. Also Airmarc MK100 HFSSB base rig $400. (805) 541-4663(e). t

SEEKING “IDEAL*1 MATE, WARMER CLIMES F, 20/30s, mentally/physically sharp, smart, open/indepen./honest/straight/dependable/ trust wort hy/funloving/handy/unJazy/AAA skipper, 47,40’ sailboat abuilding, leav. end 83, do you exist? Let's talk, 332-0145.

CATALINA 27 — 1975 Good cond., 4 sails, new Honda 10 adjustable, backstay, 4 Barients, k.m., head w/holding tank, stove, sink, icebox, many extras & custom features. Oakland berth. $14,500, poss. financing/trade/partnership. 828-4130 pms.

RAFIKI Perfect Christmas Gift — for the man who wants everything. ’80 Rafiki 37 Cutter, primo condition, fast & loaded w/gear. Magnavox satnav, Trimble 100A Loran C. $105,000 incl. perm, berth St. Francis. (d)(408) 423-2309/427-1495(e).

MODIFIED ATKINS INGRID CUSTOM BUILT Extra heavy fiberglass hull, loaded w/electronics, cruising gear, monitor windvane, quality teak interior/exterior. $100,000, half interest $50,000 - $10,000 down at 10%. End tie Brick¬ yard Cove, Richmond. (408) 458-1209/438-6567.

NEWPORT 30 Ready to race or cruise. In excellent condition with lots of extras for YRA racing or the delta. Call Jim Lindsey, 654-8570.

FOR SALE OR TRADE 27’ Albin Vega, 74 Swedish built sloop, full keel, diesel, clean, Dodger, VHF, RDF, depthfinder, k.m., compass, anchors, much more. Will consider smaller sailboat part payment. Richmond berth, $23,250. (415) 682-6390.

NEW!!! CANVAS BAGS BY BAILIWICK In Twelve Colors: Bink Bag (personal size zipper duffel) Lil tote (same duffel with handles) In Natural: The Burly Bag (heavy duty ice bag) All Under $18.00. BAILIWICK INC. SAN MATEO (415)342-5625

RETORT FOODS The spade-age food packaging is available now! 2 +year shelf life. No Freezing. No Preservatives. Wholesome. Delicious. Economical. U.S. & Foreign Distributors Wanted. For Information call or write: Speciality Marketing Services, 778 Calero Ave., San Jose, CA 95123. (408) 281-1042

NEED YOUR BOTTOM CLEANED? CALL: JOSS WILSON UNDERWATER SERVICES (415) 566-7826

GET SALTY IN HAWAII

(808)328 2666 Awahnee Oceanics presents instruction in Heavy Weather Techniques by Nancy Griffith, master mariner, 3-time circumnav. Not for faint of heart. 4 days live aboard 42’ ketch ‘Nelly Bly’, all incl. $630/berth. Dec. 26-29, Jan. 28-31, Feb. 25-28. AWAHNEE OCEANIC INSTITUTE Box 167, Captain Cook, HI 96704

CHALLENGER 32’ 35’ OWNERS Anyone have traveler 1 could see, have plans or want to share expense of having one design¬ ed? Owners wanting to share ideas write or call: M. Hicks, P.O. Box 221, So. San Francisco, Ca. 94080, (415) 588-2026.

26’ THUNDERBIRD Half interest $2250. Alameda berth. Great op¬ portunity to have as much sailing as you’d pro¬ bably want for minimal cost. Jerry (415) 792-8025 eves/wknds.

FOR SALE — RVG WINDVANE Sized for 35-50 ft. vessel. Perfect condition. Us¬ ed for 10 days in all. Readily adaptable to any transom. Installation manual included. $800. Art Shaw, (408) 988-2801 x.5280 days; (415) 521-1087 eves.

CATALINA 25 Excellent condition, S.F. berth, trailer, head, galley, new bottom paint, $12,500. No brokers, no offers. John (415) 271-7286, 945-7511 after 5.

BOAT TRAILER For swing keel Balboa or Windrose 22, may others. Good cond., fresh water use, no rust problems, $500. Also 2.2 02 North Genoa f0r J-24, 1 yr. old, $250. Call (916) 872-1146 eves.

PEARSON 26’ — 1/3 PARTNERSHIP Only $6,000 and $60/month gives you almost unlimited use of very clean 26’ Pearson sloop, Brickyard Cove berth, 3 sails, VHF, sleeps 4. For more info, call Charles (415) 376-5313 even¬ ings.

KNARR #124 30’ wooden racing sloop. Built ’66 by Borreson. Meticulously maintained by owner. Race ready. Cruising interior. Alameda berth. $11,500. Call 386-2238 eves.

OLSON 30 — MUST SELL Nine bags of sails, triple reef main outboard, Signet instruments. Good condition & recent haulout. $30,000/Make offer. 434-0553 days; 526-4015 nites.

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BALBOA 20 Trailerable swing keel mini-cruiser. Sleeps 4, head, 6 hp ob, 3 headsails, jiffy reefing, Barients & Schaeffer hardware, bow pulpit, ex¬ tras. 1 LOVE my boat but must sell her. Best reasonable offer. (415) 332-6518.

MORTEC III FOLDING PROP 12x8x1. Used only one season. $190.00. (415) 388-9291 or (415) 388-9605 eves.

MOORE 24 — FAST, FUN & STRONG The Ferrari of sailboats fully equipped for ocean/bay racing. 79 hull, new custom rig by Eriksson Spars, 10 sails, trlr., OB, VHF, etc. Seller can assist financing. $19,200. 825-7462; 433-6168.

NEWPORT 27S Well maintained roomy boat w/Atomic 4 in¬ board, 5 sails, autopilot, new batteries, sounder, compass, k.m., sailing dinghy, 2 an¬ chors and large inventory. Sausalito berth. $18,000. Ray (415) 731-8221.

ISLANDER 24 New sails, sail covers, 6 hp Johnson o.b., bow pulpit, lifelines; sink, head, 4 berths, depthsounder, full keel, Ballena Bay slip. A real stiff bay cruiser in excellent condition. $6800 or of¬ fer-must sell. 655-1963 evenings.

COMMERCIAL BLDG: 1/2 EQUITY No negative cash flow. Estimate value approx. $65,000. Exchange even for your F&C boat. Bob (707) 526-5626.

GRAND BANKS DORY

18Vz'x5V2’, 2 sets oar locks; 2 pairs oars; sliding seat; also Johnson 7.5 hp motor, life preservers; carrier, bit. by Aeolus Boat Co., Davenport CA. Mint cond. Price $3950. (415) 453-6250, 47 Pigeon Hollow, San Rafael, Ca.

BALBOA 22 Little use on this ’80 trailerable yacht. Comfor¬ table to cruise w/pop-top and galley. Pull w/most 4 cyl. cars. $8500 cash or $2200 and payments of $110 per mo. (916) 891-8736 or (916) 893-5878.

CAL 21 3 sails, pulpit & lifelines, o.b. motor. Ideal small family boat, speedy for racing, very well built. Excellently maintained. See at Dock 6, , Owl Harbor (Seven Mile Slough), then call (916) 756-8162. $4,000/B.O.

WANTED W/M friend/buddy/sailor/love, for bay/delta coastal cruising, etc. by fun female, 48. Chevy (415) 499-1905.

CABIN IN THE HILLS Architect designed cottage in Berkeley Hills — very small & very unique. Total privacy & seclu¬ sion w/incredible view. Fireplace. 1/2 interst in large adjacent lot includ. 80% fin. avail. $130,000. No agents. 434-0553 (d); 526-4015 (e).

SEAL’S SPARS & RIGGING Specializing

MODIFIED H-28 KETCH 30’ Wood classic, circumnavigator, decked over cockpit recent complete refit including $10,000 in new gear, sails, engine. $30,000 or will trade for larger boat. (707) 964-4048.

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•Meticulously built aluminum Masts & booms. • Hard to find replacement Spar parts ... for 20’ to 34’ ’60’s & ’70’s fiberglass sailboats. Give us a call, we’ll probably be able to help. STEVE SEAL ALAMEDA, CA. (415)521-7730

SELL & WANT i Sell: Montgomery sailing dinghy, good condi¬ tion, oars & sails included, $400. Want: Benmar or Bendix Autopilot, diesel central heating system. 459-1248.

LEARN COASTAL SAILING 45’ sailing ketch "Adventure” wants 6 sincere beginners or ad¬ vanced sailors to spend 2 intensive learning days & nights practicing offshore skills, ship handling, piloting, etc. Dec./Jan. reservations offered for an unforgettable cruising weekend. Ask about Channel Isles cruise. (415) 421-8389.

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Under $18.00, includes tax & shipping ^Colorful LH’Tote & Bink Bag, 5”x11” double pocket duffles, with/without handles. ^All natural Burly Bag, 7”x17”x13” #6 stury canvas tote, roomy pocket BAILIWICK INC. SAN MATEO (415)342-5625

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Holiday greetings to our valued friends and customers. GOING TO MEXICO? Have us install “NAUTI-KOL” before you leave. The best water cooled holdover system available. Jeff 459-4346. Free on-board estimate.

boat carpenty dry rot repair remodeling refinishing estimates traditional quality comtemporary techniques FRANK SAYRE 454-9569

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30’ BIRD “FALCON” Race record that is hard to beat. Season & Perpetual winner last 3 years. New spinnaker, 2 year old main, jib and barients. New deck — refastened & reframed. $7,800. Jim eves. (415) 523-5107.

ISLANDER 30 II 1975 Mint condition! All teak int. Dsl., VHF, RDF, API, WS, DS, log. 3 head sails, Avon inflatable, Seagull 3 hp. Lg. active class. Must sell—new boat has arrived. (415) 521-9209, (415) 932-3900.

FOR SALE Gaff rigged, St. Pierre Dory. 33’LOA, 28’LOD, 3’8” Draft. Enel, cabin. Sleeps 4. Recent haulout. Incl. 2 anchors (Danforth/Navy), alcohol stove, 20hp Merc. Longshaft w/2 tanks. San Rafael berth. $3950. 332-2509(d); 461-4936(e).

DIESEL MARINE ENGINE FOR SALE Perkins 4-107. Complete with exhaust system, fresh water oil cooler, Parsons 2-1 reducer. Engine runs but needs overhaul. First $1200 cash and it’s yours. Just overhauled-starter cost $150. Call Bob (209) 823-3405. •2k

1980 CATALINA 30 110, 150, Drifter, Jiffy reefed main, wheel, Dodger, VHF, DS, stereo, tape-deck, customteak interior, deluxe upholstery & cockpit cushions. Many more extras. Excellent condi¬ tion. $40,300. (415) 735-2812 days.

CREW POSITION WANTED Family sailing S-W in January ’83 aboard 53’ ketch. Willing to share work/fun. Help tutor 13 & 14 yr. old boys. Small salary possible. Send info, about yourself to “Harmony”, 4275 N. Chateau Fresno, Fresno, CA 93711.

ISLANDER 28: The perfect bay/ocean/delta Cruiser. Exc. cond., all teak interior, Volvo dsl. eng., VHF, DataMarine d.s./k.m., stereo/cass¬ ette, self-tailing Barients, Sutter sails, alcohol stove, active class assoc. $35,0Q0. (415) 254-6026. (707) 745-2529.

ERICSON 27 — 10% ASSUMABLE LOAN! ’78, excellent cond., Yanmar dsl., pedestal steering. Warm, inviting interior w/5 berths, alcohol stove, ice chest. This boat should take care of you under any bay conditions. $29,500. Call (415) 724-7148.

40’ COLDMOLDED CUSTOM SLOOP Dbl-endr, ctr ckpt, w/aft cabin, Irg eng. rm, gd tankage, ESPAR cntrl heat’g, Technautics hold’g plate refrig. Electroguard, VHF, Combi stereo, Racor, Zodiac Sportboat, recent haul/survey. 90K. 332-3780

SACRIFICE SPACIOUS 46’ KETCH'PESIGNED For living aboard/offshore cruising. Alum, spars ready to install, accommo. near comple¬ tion. Engine/steering operational. Lots best equip. Insured/ Documented. $45,000 (less than cost equip.)Will finance. (415)'684-3635.

34’ CRUISING BOAT Prof. bit. Corten steel Van der Stadt. Round bilge, Perkins dsl. teak decks, tabernacle, liferaft, Aries, VHF, RDF, fatho., htr., frig. & more. Valued $68,000. Priced for quick sale $55,000. J. Musgrave, Box 388, Sausalito 94965.

ISLANDER BAHAMA 30 '81. Bristol cond. North sails, Volvo diesel, spinnaker gear, halyards led aft. Signet knot/ log & D2D. 6 Lewmar winches, incl. 2 big sel(tailers. Must see to appreciate cond. & equip. $44,500. Joe (415) 837-4949, 838-1396.

MAINSAIL — COLUMBIA 43 Like new, luff 45’, ft. 15’, 3 reefs. Cost $1800; $900 Now. Martek III folding prop. LH18d-16p. Latest design. Backs like fixed blade. $290. S/S Wheel, 32” Elkhide cover $75. 825-7462. 433-6168.

CREW POSITION WANTED Student, moderate exper. Teach me navigation & sailing’s finer arts on way to anywhere; I’ll crew, child-care, tutor, cook. References. Ready to go after 8/83. Write S. Elkind, 2040 Tasso Street, Palo Alto

SEACOURSE AUTO PILOT For tillered boat. Sturdy unit develops 150 ft. lbs., easy installation. $375. 837-3592.

ISLANDER 30 II 110, 130, main & spin by Pineapple plus 150. New carpet, cushions & stereo. Dodger. Alameda berth. $25,500. Call 837-3592.

ERICSON 23 Great boat for the bay! Set up for singlehand. Has 6 hp Johnson o/b, 3 jibs, new VHF, bead, plus extras. Berth in Berkeley included. $6900 or b.o. Call weekdays only 577-6081.

1980 FREEPORT 36 Set up to cruise in comfort. 7 sails, roller furl¬ ing, autopilot, Loran, VHF, SSB, ham, refrig. Much more! Oyster Point Berth. Asking $99,500. Possible owner financing. Call Glen (415) 595-3476.

SAILING CHARTERS — U.S. 33 Performance sloop, Oakland estuary berth, teak interior, shower, sleeps 8, VHF, depth sonar, stereo, working w/130% genoa, 110v shorepower, pres, wtr., wtr. heater, alcohol stove/oven, Tiller steering, $130 a day. Sailing Club — Lessons: Dennis Salisbury 655-3220

TRADE HAVE ’75-6 American bit. 42’ f/g sailboat, cut¬ ter, dsl. (32hp), sleeps 8, teak int., full elec¬ tronics, beautiful white/blue trim, etc. WANT trawler, 40-42’, f/g, dsl. (916) 484-1340 wkdys; (415) 235-3442 wknds.

TOE RAIL Aluminum Toe Rail, 4—25’ lengths. $50 per length. Dimensions 13/4”x1-3/8”. Originally ordered for 50’ racing sailboat. Call (408) 476-9127 nights.

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 Road, Pt. Richmond, CA 94801

NOR-CAL COMPASS ADJUSTING Magneuto,m System Exclusively 1. Boat remains in berth; 2. Owner’s presence not necessary; 3. Eliminates deviation. Dick Loomis (415)453-3923 56 Castlewood Dr., San Rafael, CA 94901

FOR SALE — AVON REDSTART 10 FT. Inflatable dinghy good condition, newly in¬ spected with oars but no center seat. 350°. Phone Jill, Box 110, (408) 425-5211.

COMPASS ADJUSTING NAVIGATION CLASSES by tables or computer MIKE MAKAROUNIS (415) 939-5073

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43’ HANS CHRISTIAN. This beautiful cutter is well-outfitted to cruise w/extras like refrig., dodger, steer’g vane & much more. Owner anxious. Asking $139,000.

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36’ CASCADE.$43,500 38’ HANS CHRISTIAN . . .122,500 40’NEWPORTER KETCH.69,500 40’MARINER.93,000 41’ MORGAN Ol.. .2 from 80,000 43’ HANS CHRISTIAN . . .139,000 44’PETERSON 44.99,000 54’CT CUTTER.245,000 70’ BERMUDIAN KETCH . 295,000

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CHEOY LEE M/S '80 Ketch. Loaded..$299,000 FORCE 50 ’79 Kerch. Garden-design, pilothouse, loaded, beauty. ... 159,500 ,VU AN ’72, Sparkman & Stephens design, equipt.300,000 CARISE ’80 Cutter by Perry. Equip! for charter. Reduced. 149,000 A NO LEMAN ’37 Ketch. Very well-equipt. Rejurb. in & out. 69,500 MASON ’7? Cutler. Professionally Maint. Recent Survey.130,000 RINGS LEGEND. New. Pilothouse. 96,000 FORMOSA Ketch 75. Garden-design. Comfortable... 70,000 MORGAN O/Fs Stoop ’78. Nicely equipped.105,000 ISLANDER FREEPORT 76 Ketch. With liveaboard berth. 125,000 GUI.FSTARS (2). 75 Ketch & 74 Sloop, from.89,750 DOWNEAST 75 Cutter. Great cruiser/liveaboard. Anxious. 79,000 FA NLA SI A ’79 Center Cockpit Cut ter..Much gear, comfortable. 84.000 I INNCLIPPER ’69 M/S Sloop. Seaworthy. Price Reduced to. 45,500 PETERSON 1978 Diesel Sloop. REDUCED. 55,000 HUNTER, ’81 Sloop. Dank Repo — MAKE OFFER!.47.000' ISLANDER ’78 Dsl. Sloop. A/P, VHF, Knotmeter, w/lnstruments.. 49,950 PEARSON VANGUARD Sloops. By ALBERG (2) from. 34,900 INDEPENDENCE '78 Cutler. B. King-design. 45,000 CA TALINA 1976 Diesel Sloop. Roomy. 56,500 ISLANDER 1972 Sloop, Equipped. 32,500 SANTANA 1976 Sloop. Diesel, South Pacific Veteran. 38,000 COLUMBIA ’72 Sloop. Set-up for single-handing. 36,000 BRISTOL ’73 Sloop. Herreshoff-design. Diesel. Emaculate. Reduced. 31,500 RA H SON '62 Dsl. Stoop. Cockpit has been mod. Wheel. HA vet. ... 29,500 H-28 ’65 Ketch. Nice inventory. Meticulously maintained. 28,500 RANGER ’74 Dsl. Stoop. Good electronics. Sixsails. Anxious. 31,500 PEARSON RENEGADE ’67 Sloop. VHF. Red. 14,500 ERICSON 73-74 Sloops. We have three. Dsl. & gas. Pick one.. . from 17,500 CAL ’69 "Pop-top”— very clean.10,500 FRIENDSHIP ’65 Classic Schooner. Salty.22,500 SLONEHORSE ’81 Dsl. Stoop. Foam core hud. Wishbone. Quality.. 27,500

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20’ SANTANA '82. Nat’l champ, Over 15K invested. Trlr, o.b., 8 sails.$12,850 23’ SPRINTA ’81. Quality const., full race gear, 10 sails.21,500 25’ PACIFIC SEACRAFT 77. Cruise-ready, insulated. Mexico vet.30,000 26’ S-2 (8.0M) ’81. Roller furling genoas, o.b. w/hyd. bracket.25,000 27’ CHEOY LEE Offshore Sloop ’69. Dsl., teak decks & cabinsides.24,500 29’ CAL 75. Last 2-29 w/teak int. Whl., dsl. Full canvas keeps her MINT.31,500 30’ FISHER M.S. 79. Rod furl., VHF, radar, cbn & wtr htrs., dsl. w/lass.76,000 32’ RANGER 74. Dsl., 12 sails, w/s, w/p, VHF, fatho, knot/log, fold prop.38,500 32’ DREADNOUGHTS. Cutter (’80), ketch (78). Both have diesels. From.54,000 35’ SANTANA ’81. North sails, full race gear, maint. in xlnt. cond.75,500 36’ NEVy YORK ’82. Loran, Ham, 9 North sails. Replacement: $113,000.95,000 36’ UNION/PERRY Cutter W/lass, VHF, RDF, fatho, knot/log, H&C pres. wtr. .77,800 37’ TAYANA Cutter ’80. 65 ch VHF, microwv, raft & o.b., dodger, fridge.89,500 38’ DOWNEAST Schooner 77. One of 5 built. Loaded, Great liveaboard.85,000 41’ COOPER P.H. Sloop 79. Well-equipt. for cruising. Xlnt. cond.125,000 43’ COLUMBIA 72. A/plt., dinghy & Avon w/o.b., dive compress., fridge, 9 sails88,000 46’ ETCfHELLS-PEARSON 72. Custom racer/cruiser. Beautiful & fast.117,000 55’ MASON M.S. Unbelievably well-equipped.. . owners desire ranch property trade

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28i9BRioqiumr.surre. 20f.sfusauro.cM. 94965 SELECTED LISTINGS 36’ Vega Pilot House Trawler, 1966, new radar, good sea boat.. .$65,000 42’ DeFever/Lindwall Trawler, 1966, Cat., dry stack, great.95,000 78’ Feadship steel yacht, 1966, 5 staterooms plus crew.750,000 27’ Royal Viking sloop, 1963, lots of new gear, clean.15,000 30’ Modified H-28with lots of recent good cruising gear.30,000 30’ Windjammer cutter, 1978, aft cabin, loaded cruise vet.27,500 31’ Independence cutter, 1978, very clean and spacious.45,000 32’ Westsail(s). We have 3 at this time, good gear on all.55,500 35’ Rasmus aft cabin sloop, 1973, quality Swedish boat.. .68,500 37’ Rafiki cutter, 1978, cruise vet with lots of gear.81,500 37’ Alden/Dunnigan cutter, 1949, classic lines, sailer.38,000 38’ Downeast cutter, 1975, well-outfitted, serious seller.75,000 40’ Wright/Allied Sea Venture ketch, 1979, must be sold.99,950 40’ Mariner ketch(es). We have 2, both loaded, one needs work.. .68,000 41’ Gulfstar ketch, 1975, vane, Omega and lots of gear.105,000 42’ Atkin ketch, 1981, new wood construction, must sell.110,000 45’ New Zealand custom aft cabin ketch, 1974, ready to go.135,000 47’ Perry/Litton cutter, well-outfitted & ready to cruise.149,000 54’ Morgan custom sloop, outfitted for cruising, elegant.189,000 55’Al Mason ketch MS, 1964, teak hull, good gear & nice.235,000 SPECIALIZING IN OFFSHORE CRUISING BOATS — Over 100 Listings

23'Aquarius Swing keel, loaded with cruising gear.4,75o 24'Gladiator, just refinished. 4 sails. .try 5.000 25' O'Day 78. loaded, repo .try 10.000 26' American 78, full keel, repo.try 5,000 28' Lancer '82, loaded, repo. . .try 12.500 29'Columbia MKI, |ust refinished, full keel .try 13,500 30' Vega Motorsailer, diesel, dual steering 34.500 33’Yorktown, with diesel and full cruising gear . .26,500 34'Columbia MKII, rough, repo . ... ...... try 14.500 35'Spencer sloop, great buy. .24,500 35' Ericson MKII, repo. 35.000 36' Columbia, rebuilt, refinished, full cruise.37,500 38'Farallon Clipper. .35,500 41'Rudy Cheoy Cat, great charter boat. 7,950 POWER - PARTIAL LIST 21' Fiberform 79, center steering sportfisher. try S4.500 24'SeaRay 79, with trailer, only 138 hours .... .13,500 25'Apollo 79, nice cabin, priced low. . .9,250 26'Thunderbird Flybridge Sedan 79, repo. . ... try 19.000 28'Fairliner'66 twins, hartop, clean. . only 7,350 30' Vega Trawler 71, loaded, A-1 condition .34.000 32' Monterey with 3 cabins, dual controls, beautiful.20,000 34' Chris Sedan, great liveaboard ... 5.500 35'Chris Cav Tri cabin, with tub & fireplace .14,000 41'George Kneass classic tri cabin, A-1. .22,500 45' Tri cabin classic with GM diesel. try 12.000 50' Fellows & Stewart classic, twin diesels. . .60,000 63'Anderson & Christofani, classic, twin diesels try 40.000 We have many low priced liveaboard (pre-war and post-war) power boats

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BUYERS: If you’re looking for a boat & don’t see it here, of 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 decided on a specific boat. 44’ 41’ 41’ 41’ 40’

PETERSON CUTTER, ’75. Dodger, autopilot, gen., Signets.$117,500 GULFSTAR SLOOP, ’74. Center cockpit, shower, diesel.$89,750 CT 41. Very large inventory and well-maintained. 72,500 KETTENBERG ’67. F/G hull, VHF, fatho., knotmeter, diesel. 52,500 SWIFT CTR. COCKPIT KETCH, ’79. S&S-design, Lloyds certified. $118,500

40’ 40’ 38’ 38’ 37’ 37’ 36’ 36’ 36’ 35’ 35’ 35’ 34’ 34’ 33’ 32’ 32’ 30’ 30’

S&S LOKI yawl. Immaculate classic.120,000 COLUMBIA ’64. Dodger, 6 sails and more. 54,500 HANS CHRISTIAN CUTTER, ’78. Barients, refrig., electronics... $116,000 INGRED KETCH ’77. Cruising boat with much gear. 92,000 RAFIKI CUTTER, ’77. Great shape, dodger, auto, dsl heater.$81,500 ENDEAVOUR. Combi, Hood furling, financing available. 96,000 LITTON TRAWLER. New condition. 80,000 ISLANDER ’75. Barients, autopilot, diesel, spin. & more. 64,500 HUNTER ’80. Yanmar dsl., good gear, very clean. 64,900 MARINER KETCH, ’66. Much cruising gear, Volvo dsl., mahog.$45,000 ERICSON ’74. Barients, good shape, VHF, depth, WS, WP. 46,500 CHEOY LEE ’79. Volvo, dodger, refrigeration. 75,000 STEEL CUTTER, ’67. Van De Stadt-design. Well-equipt. cruiser-$59,500 COLUMBIA MKII ’71. Palmer, depth, speed. 30,000 TARTAN TEN, ’79. All Barients. Ready to race.$36,000 WESTSAIL. (2) of these strong cruisers.. 60,000 MARINER ’72. LPG, VHF, wheel, Perkins, etc. 44,500 TAHITI KETCH, ’61. Classic cruising boat. Dsl. & Avon.$30,000 HERRESCHOFF KETCH ’65. Beautiful condition. 28,500

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HAWKFARM ’78. 10 sail, diesel, LPU..,. ISLANDER. Race equipped w/halyards back, Volvo dsl & more. CATALINA ’76. Well-equipped, diesel. NEWPORT ’73. VHF, Atomic 4. ALBIN VEGA ’76. Dodger, 5 sails, diesel, very clean.

29,000 34,500 22,300 18,500 22,500

21’ WILDERNESS ’77. 5 sails and trailer.

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San Rafael Yacht Harbor, 557 Francisco Blvd. San Rafael, CA 94901 (415)456-1860 — WOOD— Cox sloop, Lapsjrake, cruise equipped, fireplace.$11,750 Nordic Folkboat, great bay boat, needs TLC.5,995 Vertue sloop, Laurent Giles-design, new rig.21,000 Roberts sloop, cold-molded, built ’82, beautiful.28,000 Rozinante Canoe Stern ketch, “Wizard of Bristol”.22,500 H-28, new Atomic 4, all teak interior.26,500 Holiday yawl, very nice cruiser, owner will carry.13,000 Winslow Ketch, 1936, Classic.29,500 Tahiti ketch, diesel, cruise equipped.35,000 Pilothouse sloop, Swedish-built double-ender.30,000 Sparkman & Stephens yawl, Perkins diesel.20,000 Crosby cutter, hard chine, double ply. hull.14,500 Herreshoff, Nereia ketch, diesel, teak, more.60,000 Farallon Clipper, totally re-built, fresh diesel.35,000 Gauntlet Bermudian Cutter, Fastnet Veteran Equipped.. .69,500 Custom ketch, strip planked, new diesel.78,000 Alden cutter, bristol, diesel, new interior.58,500 Force 50 Ketch, loaded.135,000 Maine Schooner, Marconi rig, Master Mariner’s ’82. 167,500

— FIBERGLASS — Cal Sloop, needs work, make an offer!.4,495 Columbia Sloop, nice condition, lots of gear. 5,000 Bandholm sloop, teak decks, fireplace, more.16,000 Columbia MKII, Mini-50, needs a good home.9,995 Rawson, Wm. Garden-Design, 1963 classic, re-built.33,350 Cheoy Lee Offshore sloop, teak interior.39,000 CT Custom ketch, fully equipped, cruise ready..72,500 Columbia, 1963 Boat Show Model, custom interior.87,500 Many Other Listings of Quality Boats Available

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CAL 39 ’79. The only comment said is WOW! What a boat — and for only $88,000. Come and make an offer for a nice cruising live-aboard. 23’ BEAR.$12,500 24’CAL 2-24.9-500 24’ COLUMBIA.7.500 24’ PEARSON AREO 24.5,500 24’ WINDWARD Sloop.8,900 24' FARR 727 Va-Ton sloop.11,900 24’ NEPTUNE 24K, 1980.21,000 24' ISLANDER BAHAMA.2 from 7,500 25’ CAL.10,000 25’ CATALINA.16,500 25’CHEOY LEE.14,500 25’ SANTANA 525. .2 from 13,000 25’ BAHAMA 25, McGlasson-design-2 from 15,500 25’ NICHOLS SeaHorse yawl.7,500 25’ CHEOY LEE CLIPPER.2 from 15,500 25’ CORONADO.3 from 9,200 25’ CONYPLEX SEXTANT.11,500 25’ NORDIC FOLKBOAT.2 from 5,400 25' SEILDMANN sloop...20,900 25’ SPITZGATTER O/S diesel crs., sloop.. .13,950 25’TANZER 7.5.10,500 25’ PETERSON 2-25 full race.13,000 25’ FOLKBOAT-BORRESON.10,000 25' LANCER.I4,000 25’6” FRIENDSHIP SCHOONER.2 from 25,000 26’ COLUMBIA 26 MK 1.2 from 12,000 26’COLUMBIA 26.11,000 26’INTERNATIONAL FOLKBOAT.27,000 26’ISLANDER EXCALIBUR.9,000 26’ BAHAMA.16,500

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43’7” SEA WOLF 44 DIESEL AUXILIARY KETCH, NEW — Sailaway $103,6801! Call for details (sistarship).

29’ ISLANDER, ’76. Very clean. $20,500.

26’ ISLANDER. 24,500 26’ PEARSON ARIEL.13,000 26’ RANGER.I6-300 26’ S-2 aft cockpit sloop.20,000 27’ HUNTER diesel sloop.26,500 27’ COLUMBIA 8.3.29,500 27’ CHEOY LEE OS.28,000 27’BRISTOL 27.17,000 27’ CATALINA SLOOP.17,000 27' ERICSON.21,000 27’CAL 2-27.25,950 28’ NICHOLS BUCCANEER.2 from 9,995 28’LANCER SLOOP.19,500 28’6" PEARSON TRITON.21,000 29’ DRAGON.- • -6,000 29’ ISLANDER 29.2 from 22,500 29’RANGER diesel.33,950 29’ COLUMBIA 8.7.33,000 30’ ERICSON racing sloop.2 from 27,000 30’ SCAMPI 30 MKIV dsl aux. sip.49,500 30’ RAWSON, diesel sloop.26,200 30’ AMERICAN sloop, Nichols design.16,500 32’ WAYFARER. 34,500 32’ WESTSAIL cutter.60,000 33’ WINDWARD 33.23,500 34’ PETERSON (NEW)...69,666 34' TARTAN sloop (S&S design).44,000 34’ FORMOSA AFT CABIN, sip., dsl., ’80.72,000 35’ ALBERG..34,000 35’ CORONADO aft cabin sloop.2 from 44,000

42’ FORMOSA. Clean, diesel. $79,000

35’ Mod. FRIENDSHIP aux. sip., gaff-rig, dsl. . .26,500 . 35’ YORKTOWN diesel cutter.48,500 36’ ISLANDER, diesel sloop.55,000 36’ LANCER, diesel sloop.79,900 37’ FORMOSA ovenseas, diesel ketch.55,000 37’ IRWIN MK V ketch, diesel.90,000 38’ DOWN EAST CUTTER, diesel.2 from 78,000 39’ IRWIN CITATION F/G, diesel.69,950 39’ CAL 39, diesel sloop.88,000 39’ ALLIED MISTRESS, ketch, diesel.80,000 40’ MARCONI Dsl. Aux. trunk cabin ketch.65,000 40’ CHEOY LEE OS yawl, diesel.89,500 40’ BLOCK ISLAND CUTTER, sloop rig, dsl-30,000 40' PIVER aft cabin VICTRESS, ’79 dsl ketch. . .90,000 40’ BOYD & YOUNG center cockpit dsl sloop. . . 35,000 41’FORMOSA ketch.79,000 41’ GULFSTAR 41, center ckpt sloop, dsl.89,500 41’ MORGAN, aft cabin, sloop, diesel.97,000 41’ CT 41' auxiliary, ketch, diesel.97,500 43’ WESTSAIL, diesel ketch.150,000 44’ RHODES MOTORSAILER, twin diesel.140,000 45’ EXPLORER 45 MK II center cockpit.105,500 45’ LITTLE HARBOR diesel centerboard yawl. 110,000 46’ FORMOSA Dsl. center cockpit cutter.122,000 46’ LIDO CENTER COCKPIT yawl, diesel.69,500 47’ OLYMPIC O/S cruiser, diesel ketch.145,000 50’ FORCE 50 PILOTHOUSE diesel ketch.159,500 51’ FORMOSA PILOTHOUSE ketch, diesel. .. .156,500 52’8” PASSAT, auxiliary ketch, diesel.90,000 60’ ANA MARIE gaff-rigged cutter, diesel.225,000

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THE PHILOSOPHY

The terms “dual purpose” and “racer/cruiser” litter the pages of yachting magazines, touting the race perfor¬ mance of 30,000-pound forty-footers with cat-ketch rigs or the advantages to your lower back when cruising on pipe berths. We are commited to building boats which are truly dual purpose. v

Given racing hulls, we have devised several ways to save weight without compromising comfort. We have op¬ timized the race potential by working with designers who do not depend solely on light displacement for speed. Balsa cored hulls and decks kre obvious ways to save weight, but we also make, as standard, cored doors which have a solid look and feel but which weigh far less than solid doors. As another example, boats ordered with teak decks receive special attention in deck construction, so that the final product weighs only a small percentage more than the standard boat with glass decks, thus achieving a full cruising interior and handsome deck without sacrificing performance. Beyond the inherent qualities of these boats, we also offer a level of flexibililty unusual in anything short of the custom boat market, and the design department now employs five persons full-time. This allows not only for specific changes to specific boats, but it allows us to react quickly to positive suggestions for changes in the standard boats. It has not been our policy to insult the buyer’s intelligence by trying to tell him to what uses he can put one of our boats. Rather, our aim is to build boats of such design and quality that an individual may gunkhole, cruise off¬ shore, ocean race or race around the buoys at his own whim. When you get right down to it, no one really needs to own a sailboat. They are afterall, “one of life’s luxuries”. So with that knowledge, why should one build something short of excellence when the reason for ownership in itself, is extravagance. Do not misunderstand us, we are not condeming lesser-made boats; after all, something is better than nothing. But after you have worked as hard as retakes to own a boat, why not go the extra mile and have the finest. That’s our philosophy.

Baltic builds yachts from 37 to 80-ft. Contact us today with your requirements.

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