Latitude 38 February 1985

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Call for your complete charter brochure.

[^Sailboat Shop] 2639 Blanding Avenue, Alameda, CA 94501

(415) 521-5900

Dealer For:

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The Year of the Pineapple The new year brings us a fresh racing season — and with it a renewed sense of competition and comradery. ' We can see to it that you start the season (and each race!) with the best and fastest sails possible. Whether you want sails for a new boat or new sails for your present boat, we offer the latest in sailmaking developments, as well as sound advice and superior service.

Let’s start the year off right — with plenty of Pineapple Power!

Jim & Sue Corenman’s new Nordic 40 “WILD GOOSE”*

Bob & Carol Evan’s new Olson 25 “HONEY’S MONEY”*

WINTER DISCOUNT NOW IN EFFECT DEALER FOR: Henri-Lloyd Foul Weather Gear • Headfoil 2 Sails in need of repair may be dropped off at: Svendsen s in Alameda West Marine Products in Oakland • Boaters Supply in Redwood City

SAILMAKERS (415)444-4321 v

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Richards and van Heeckeren SAILMAKERS AT 123 SECOND STREET; OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA 94607 (415)444-4321

YACHTS TO MAKE YOUR â–

LOA: 39'5"

LWL: 33'5"

Beam: 12'8"

Displacement: 22,771 lbs.

Ballast: 8,500 lbs.

Draft: 5 9

PASSPORT 40 The PASSPORT 40 is Robert Perry's most successful cruising machine with 100 boats sold in less than 3 years. The 40 's popularity is due to superb sailing manners and solid wood interiors designed for LIVEABOARD comfort and finished to a standard that is literally breathtaking. The PASSPORT 40 is one of a kind; A "must see" for those seeking a truly blue water liveaboard cruiser.

$119,500

AT PRICES THAT PASSPORT 37, 40, 42, 42 Pilothouse, 47 Center or Aft Cockpit, 51 Center or Aft Cockpit

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HEART BEAT FASTER. . .

LOA: 43'8"

LWL: 36'3"

Draft: 7'3"

Displacement: 18,600 lbs.

Ballast: 8,700 lbs.

Beam: 13'2"

BENETEAU 42 The BENETEAU 42 by German Frers is a bold sailing machine with all the comforts of a luxury cruising yacht. Trim her sails and feel the tremendous exceleration as she pulls away from the fleet.

What's more, the standard 42 comes so fully equipped, she has the rest of the fleet beat on value, too. '

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$114,750

SOOTHE THE NERVES. . .

BENETEAU 29*, 305, 325* 38*, 42*, 435, 456, 8.8, 11.5, 13.5, nRST^CLASSj^lO^ONETON_

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SELECT BROKERAGE

ISLANDER 36 A fine example of the popular Islander 36 class. Built in 1976.

Equipped with full spinnaker gear, backstay adjuster, windspeed, point, autopilot, dodger, 5 sails, safety gear and Atomic 4. Never abused and ready to race or cruise.

TRADE IN/OFFERS

DREADNOUGHT 32 KETCH—NEW This seaworthy yacht is a replica of the famed Tahiti ketch 'Adios".

She comes equipped with four tanbark sails, a Saab diesel engine, and diesel stove. She is beautifully finished in solid oak and teak plus parquet cabin sole. $79,000

BB-1Q —1982 This handsome family racer has established an outstanding record in Danish waters plus Atlantic crossings. Sound, seaworthy, and handsome, she will bum up the race course or provide delightful daysailings. Loran, auto-pilot, and teak decks. $45,000

* 23' RANGER 23, 1972, Epoxy undercoat, TWO, FROM 11,000 * 24' COLUMBIA CHALLENGER, 1967, New sails .

6,500 * 25' CAL 25, 1972 .-. 11,900 25' MERIT 25, 1979, New L.P.U., 14 sails. 16,900 26' INT'L FOLKBOXT, 1978, Wndvn, RDF, Spinn. Dodgr 23,000 26' BALBOA 26, 1969, Roomy family boat REDUCED . 9,950 * 26' PEARSON 26, 1975, TWO, FROM. 13,500 27' SANTANA 27, 1971, Diesel, spinnaker . 18,000 * 27' ERICSON, 1976, THREE, FROM. 21,900 27' CAL T/2, 1973, Fast, sweet sailer . 15,500 * 27' CATALINA 27, 1973, TWO, FROM. 15,200 27' CAL 2-27, 1976, Popular one-design class. 22,500 * 28' PEARSON 28, 1977, Exc. condition, nice equipped . 31,500 28' NEWPORT 28, 1978, Diesel. 26,500 28',0'DAY, 1979, Wheel steering, Diesel . 32,000 28'ERICSON 28+ , 1980, Diesel, wheel . 38,950 * 28' HERRESHOFF 28, 1950 Ketch, Very nice, unmodified 17,000 * 29' FARALLON 29, 1979„ Full keel cruiser, TWO, FROM 36,500 * 29' CASCADE, 1965, Diesel, nicely maintained . 22,500 30' BENETEAU 30ES, 1983, Full race rig TWO, FROM .45,000 30' 'ALBERG ODYSSEY YAWL, 1969, Gd Cruiser Clean 38,950 * 30' SANTANA 30, 1976, Loran, dodger, new sails. 33,000 * 30' PEARSON 30, 1973, Very clean . 28,500 * 30' ERICSON 30+ , 1981, Spacious. REDUCED. 45,900 30' ISLANDER 30, 1973, TWO FROM. 28,900 30' FISHER Pilothouse Ketch, 1973, Bristol, REDUCED 49,950 30' NEWPORT 30, 1979, Volvo Diesel.. 35,000 32' COLUMBIA 9.6, 1976, Allen Payne design . 39,500 * 32' VANGUARD 32, 1963, Alberg full keel cruiser .... 29,900 * 32' WESTSAIL CUTTER, 1977, Wndvn, clean, REPO .. 55,000 * 32' ISLANDER 32, 1977, TWO, FROM ..

49,500 32' DeFEVER 32, 1963, Compl. restored wood beauty . 32,000 * 33' YAMAHA 33, 1979, as new, stiff bay sailer RED. .. 46,000 * 33' TARTAN 10, 1979, race equip, well kept REDUCED 27,500 * 33' WYLIE 33, 1979, Custom cold molded . 75,000 34' WYLIE 34, 1980, race equipped, Loran C . 59,000 34' CAL 34, 1968, Dinette model, Loran C. 36,500 * 35' ERICSON 35, 1975, THREE, FROM. 44,500 * 36' ISLANDER 36, 1974, THREE, FROM . 53,000 36' PEARSON 36, 1973, ocean ready, life raft .•... 61,000 36' COLUMBIA 36, 1968, Clean, roomy, rebuilt-engine 37,500 36' MARINER POLARIS, 1973, Perry designed cutter .. 78,000 36' ISLANDER FREEPORT, 1979, U-shaped galley .... 90,000 37' TARTAN 37, 1982, Loran, single side band, bristol . 95,000 * 37' PEARSON 37, 1982, Rod rig, loran, beautiful. 84,000 37' GULFSTAR 37, 1979, TWO, FROM . 80,000 37' ISLAND TRADER KETCH, 1977, . 63,000 37'ALBERG 37, 1972, Loaded liveaboard, REDUCED . 65,000 38' C&C LANDFALL, 1980, hood seafurl, combi, reduced 88,950 38' MORGAN 38, 1978, Loran C, AMS autopilot, clean 88,000 38' FARALLONE CLIPPER, 1960, Great cond., diesel .. 40,000 39' BENETEAU 1 TON, 1984, Sore rigged. 155,000 * 39' CAL 39, 1971, TWO, FROM .. 67,500 * 40' SWIFT 40, 1982, Center cockpit, Lloyd's certificate 139,000 40' FARR, 1984, First Class E, Clipper Cup . 165,000 40' KETTENBERG, 1961, wood. South Pacific veteran . 45,000 41' PERRY 41, 1979, Perkins, whl, teak’deks, beauty . 159,000 *41' MORGAN OUTISLAND, THREE, FROM. 74,500 41' CT 41 KETCH, 1975, TWO, FROM . 63,000 41' ERICSON 41, 1969, Dinette, Sausalito berth . 60,000 42' GARDEN KETCH, 1975, Wood. 130,000 * 42' GOLDEN WAVE, 1981, Lk new, SATNAV, Autohelm 138,000 43' ENDEAVOR, 1979, Center cockpit ketch. 149,000 45' EXPLORER, 1979, Center cockpit ketch. 114,500 45' BENETEAU 456, 1983, Full race, 12 sails. OFFERS 50' GULFSTAR KETCH, 1977, So. Pac. veteran . 185,000 52' CHEOY LEE MOTOR SAILER, 1981, twin diesel . 250,000 54' S & S CUSTOM, 1975, Aluminum, Luxury . 400,000 56' STEEL KETCH, 1979, Onan, loaded, outstanding . 195,000 Jack Woida, Broker ‘Located at Brickyard Cove

NEW LISTINGS INVITED 1220 Brickyard Cove Road, Pt. Richmond, Cal. 94801

415 236-2633 -

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CONTENTS

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calendar subscription letters loose lips sightings trip north clockwork connection kicked out islander bahama presidential cruise sore preview z-town collegiate soiling max ebb dunlop angel island loss of the salee b the racing sheet changes in latitudes classy classifieds advertiser's index brokerage

23 33 41 81 88 106 114 118 120 124 128 132 140 146 150 154 160 164 168 179 190 190 •

56' CUSTOM STEEL KETCH—1979 Australian built to provide strength and ease of handling for husband and wife in safety and comfort. Successful 5 year cruise. All amenities with thoughtful, proper execution. SATNAV. Vane. A/P. ONAN. Freezer. Washing machine. Outstanding condition. $195,000

FUJI 32 SLOOP—1976 Spic and span bluewater quality cruiser equipped with diesel, Loran C, hot & cold water, shower, cabin heater, windlass, Avon, dodger, and four sails. Satin teak interior makes for a desirable liveaboard.

Ready for distant shores. $45,900

CASCADE 29—1978 Surveyor's remarks: “This is a fine Cascade 29 that has had excellent care. Good heavy construction." Handsome wood cabin top protected by a full boat cover. Fiberglass hull. 1978 Yanmar 2 cylinder diesel. Lectrasan head. 3 anchors. RDF. Dinghy.

OFFERS/$22,SOO

COVER PHOTO: RICHARD The Morning Commute under the Golden Gate Bridge Graphic Design: K. Bengtsson Copyright 1985 Latitude 38 Publishing Co., Inc.

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1220 Brickyard Cove Road Pt. Richmond, CA 94801 (415)236-2633

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The boat show is over, but the “sale-ing” is just beginning! Join the other new boat owners who are experiencing the Express legend. We’ve already sold a five-boat one-design package and are working on others.

See the boat soon - you’ll discover why this one is so special. (We also have an Express 27 package.)

You saw some 30 footers at the boat shows, and - admit it - the Newport 30 III was the best value, wasn’t it! Don’t deny yourself the pleasure of this yacht any longer. It’s built especially for Mariner Square Yachts and San Francisco Bay. Come see it again -use our Comparison Worksheet - andvyou’ll forget you ever saw the other 30 footers.

(Newport 28, 33 and 41 also available.)

nei^oort 30 in

OLSON 25 Another George Olson high-quality yacht! And you can sail this one away for a lot less than you think. There’s already 10 on San Francisco Bay so your fleet is established. We have them in stock at our dock. Come down and take another look - you’ll sail away too. (The 30 and 40 foot Olson’s are also available at Mariner Square Yachts.)

HUNTER 34 POST BOAT SHOW SPECIAL This 1983 Hunter 34 has all the standard equipment you saw at the boat show PLUS a 150% genoa, storm jib, genniker, knotmeter, fathometer, log VHF, batter charger, shore power and MORE! We have a motivated seller ' (buying an Express 37). Call Paula Blasier for an appointment to see this post-boat show special today!

CALL ABOUT OUR EXTENSIVE BROKERAGE LISTINGS!

MARINER SQUARE YACHTS 2415 Mariner Square Drive Alameda CA 94501 .

(415)521-7030

Express 27 • 37

Olson 25 • 30 • 40

Sparkman & Stephens 40 • 47

Chris Corlett Paula Blasier

Soverel 33 • 39

Newport 28 • 30 • 33 • 41

Gil Guillaume

Moody 34 • 41

Endeavour 35 • 38 • 42 • 51

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The Nation’s *1 Boat Financing Source... ...has landed in the San Francisco Bay area.

Yegen Marine proudly announces the opening of our Alameda office, at 2415 Mariner Square Drive Alameda, CA 94501 415-523-7301

NEILL YURTS The Reliable Ones?

The best from the boat show to you!

YOUR DEALER FOR Moore ' Express Olson , Holder Hobie Cal The New EXPRESS 37

and the

The New OLSON 25

Mercury Class Sloop A

Cal 2-25,1979: Incrediblevalue; customer must sell; new boat arriving end of January. Excellent shape.

122 hrs. on the diesel, rollerfurler jib, signet knotmeter, wind point windspeed, cockpit cushions.

Yours for $19,500.

Santa Cruz 27: This is it! A Bill Lee boat, including tandem axle trailer, outboard, excellent sails and in bristol condition for only $18,900.

Selected Brokerage: Size Manufacturer

SAIL Size Manufacturer

25' 25'

Price

1979 1979

19,500

16,500

Year

Price

1974 1983 1964

2,800 8,500

25'

Coronado

26'

Pearson Ariel (2 from)

4,995

26'

Pearson Commander

1966

9,500

27' 27' 27' 27' 28' 30'

Cal Cal 2-27 (like new) O Day Santa Cruz (2 from) Mair Chuck Bums

1971 1979 1976 1982 1981

16,500 29,000 23,900 14,000 28,500 35,000

30' 31'

Olson (2 from) Cal 31 (2 from)

1982 1979

25.000 42,500

19' 20' 20'

Rhodes Holder [like new) Cal (new sails)

20'

Cal 20 (totally restored)

6/995

21'

Burns (reduced)

21' 21'

San Juan Balboa

1976 1978

11,900 6,600 6,500

23' 24' 24' 25'

Pearson Electra Moore (2 from) Columbia Santana 525

1961 1976 1964 1980

7,850 15,500 7,500 15,500/

I’NEIIL YACHTS

SANTA

Catalina Cal 2-25

Year

CIUZ

(reduced)

9,500 10,000

At the Santa Cruz Yacht Harbor 2222 East Cliff Drive Santa Cruz, CA 95062 i408i 476 520o

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Size 34' 34' 35' 37' 38' 40'

Manufacturer Dash Islander Erickson (loaded) Swan Farallone Clipper Olson f/2 interest)

Year 1982 1980 1972 1972 1957 1983

Price 49,950 47,500 62,500 89,000 65,000 69,950

40'

Yawl

1958

72,200

50'

Columbia

1966

109,000

50'

Santa Cruz

200,000

POWER 24' 25' 26' 47'

Skipjack - turbo Carver Shamrock - turbo Monk • ,

1980 1974 1980 1962

40,000 22,500 37,500 95,00

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Boaters Supply February Safe Prices good thru 2/28/85

HIGH SEAS0* YS 4000 Foul Weather Suit

= RAY JEFFERSON = Compare the features & prices - you’ll find Ray Jeff Electronics are the best value on the water. Now save on Boaters super everyday low prices!

CHEETAH WINDLASS “Powerful 1200 watt 12 VDC electric for boats from 35-48 ft. Rated lift 1100 lbs. @30 ft./min. incl. waterproof foot switch & handle for emergency manual operation. Chain pipe optional.

Specify chain type & size from 5/16” to Vi”.

HE-1100 List $1825

Sale $1395

Spin-on Fuel Filter/Water Separator Racor’s Patented design and process removes virtually 100% of the damaging water & solid contaminants from diesel fuel.

Unique pre-cleaning stage accumulates most liquid & solid contaminants at the bottom in the see-through bowl-giving a visual check of fuel condition & extending element life. Includes built-in primer pump.

Recommended for diesel engines up to 80 H.P.

Model 220R List $75.00 Sale $59.50

Micro-Mini VHF-FM Radio Combines micro processor circuitry with miniature size and all the most wanted features. Mini size, only 2 Vi” H. x 7” W. x 8” Deep.

‘Fully synthesized - all U.S. & nine weather channels.

‘Instant channel 16 overide button.

‘Front mounted speaker for clear, unmuffled reception.

Bright Halogen bulb & new patented Polaroid dimming system are far superior to red filters that wash out red lettering on charts Includes swivel base, dual mounting brackets & 3' Flex cord.

List $38.85 Sale $25.95

The new two-peice YS 4000 has all the latest innovations in foul weather gear to provide maximum comfort, durability, and 100% waterproof protection. This impressive suit invites comparison with other state-of-the-art, high tech suits such as North and Henri-Llovd at a much more affordable price.

STOP ENGINE ROOM NOISE WITH TUFCOTE NOISE BARRIER

Model 5000M List $449.95 Boaters Only $199.95

Marine Batteries Strong one piece polypropylene cover and case construction, increased plates and blended oxides produce maximum capacity and longer life. Deep cycle models are recommended for running accessories.

Chart Light

Boaters Introductory Special Full Suit only $179.00

Model

List

XH-24M T27M

97.30 122.00

Sale 69.00 89.00

Composite noise barrier bonded to engine room bulkhead cuts engine noise & vibration.

Special floating sound barrier sandwiched between outer sound absorption foam & inner vibration isolation foam assures maximum sound deadening. Protective aluminum facing keeps out oils, dust & moisture.

1V4” x 32" x 72” (16 sq. ft.) sheet.

Sale $67.50 Per sheet Yachtsman Four-in-one Screwdriver

l/VESTT SV5TE41.

We stock a complete selection of West System® Epoxy and fiberglass supplies.

This high quality screwdriver is the most practical tool we've seen - it has two Phillips and two straight blade tool steel tips in one reversible handle. There are dozens of uses afloat or ashore. Includes slip-on vinyl

cover List $8.50 Sale $6.79 BERKELEY

Redwood City Boa±*" 635 Bair hi. Rd Supply

(opposite Peninsula Marina)

\(415)36}-7874 BAIR ISLAND RD

PETE S harbor

PENINSULA MARINA

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Now—Two Convenient Locations Open 7 Days A Week

Mon - Sat 9 - 5 Sun 10 - -4 Thurs eve. till 8.

EMERYVILLE MARINA.

Emeryville 1290Powell St.1

(entrance on Beaudry St.)

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ISLANDER 32

FREEDOM 33 s The 'cat-ketch'. A 2-masted version of Freedom dsgn ingenuity not currently in prod. This one in particular is extremely well-equipt. Owner’s comment: “I can honestly say everything Garry Hoyt claims about the Freedom rig is true.”

TRAVELLER 32

We have three. The one pictured is a veritable V floating catalog of equipment. $54,900.

Enter her In a beauty contest anytime. Unabashed bragging rights, standard equipment. Most of the sensible options are here, too. Terms possible at $59,500.

VANGUARD 32

WESTERLY RENOWN 32

ORION 27

A cruising veteran. Some day this classic will have to be dynamited, because it’s Just too tough to go quietly. Umpteenth refurbish sould be complete by the time you read this. She’ll be all dressed & ready for the next ball.

We know that some folks will go a long way to find a huge interior in a 32’, proven cruiser. This 1 is in Italy. If you want to make friends in the Mediterranean/Aegean this summer, go with this yacht. She knows all the ports o' call.

Pacific Seacraft’s reputation continues to grow as the products age with grace. Notable features on this clean one include Simpson-Lawrence windlass, 200’ chain, insulated backstay & more smart cruising gear.

Brokerage 20’ 20’ 21’ 21’ 24’ 25’ 25’ 25’ Full keel, trailer, completely cruise equipped. Even 25’ to see is not quickly to believe this custom in¬ 26’ terior. New baby blue LPU. $23,000.

26’ 26' 26’ 27’ 27’ 27’ 27’ 27’ 28’ 28’ 28' 28’ 28’ 29’ 29’ YAMAHA 25 30’ Sleek little bullet with new Norths & Pineapples.

Owner has an eye on the big boat and is motivated.

Meaning investigate this one soon at $19,500.

McGLASSO N BAHAMA 25

Ranger w/trlr.

Santana.

Norwest.

Wilderness.

Gladiator.

McGlasson Bahama custom....

Pacific Seacraft....

Buccanner.

Yamaha.

Bruk sloop.

Columbia MKII. Excalibur.

Pearson.2 frm Sun sloop.

Nor Sea. Fin Gal. U.S. Morgan.

Islander.2 frm H-28.

Cape Dory.

Columbia.

San Juan.

Bristol.

Columbia.

Wilderness.

$11,000 Offers 12,900 15,500 8,000 23,500 22,000 13,500 19,950 16,500 11,500 7,950 10,500 27,900 37,900 15,500 29,500 22,500 39,500 17,000 35,900 17,500 24,950 54,900 19,500 Offers

30’ 30’ 30’ 30’ 30’ 30’ 30’ 31’ 32' 32’ 32’ 32’ 32’ 33’ 33’ 33’ 33’ 33’ 33’ 34’ 34’ 34’ 34’ 34’ 34’ 35’ 35’ 36’ 36’ 36’

O’Day. Fisher.

Islander Gypsy.

Columbia.

Odyssey.

Rawson.'

Hunter.

Mariah, anxiousWestsall, anxious...

Southwlnd.

DeFever.

Islander.3 frm Ericson..

Yamaha.

I.O.D. Moore.

Buccanner.

Tartan.

Norwest.

Cal. Garden.

Wylie.

O’Day. Hans Christian.

Peterson.

U.S. M.S. Coronado.

Cheoy Lee Clipper..

Islander.

Freeport Islander...

47,000 49.500 60,000 31,250 25,000 26.500 31.500 61.500 55,000 49.950 32,000 54,000 32,9^0 51,000 22.500 27,900 39.500 85,000 64,000 55.950 41,300 59,000 59.950 79.950 69.950 85.950 45,000 64.500 55,000 107,000

36’ 36’ 36’ 37’ 37’ 38’ 38’ 39’ 40’ 40’ 41’ 41’ 41’ 42’ 42' 42’ 43’ 44’ 45’ 46’ 46’ 47’ 48’ 48’ 50’ 20’ 29’ 40’

Cape Dory.

Pearson 365.

Union. 76,000 Angleman.

Endeavour.

C&C. Hans Christian, .frm Hans Christian p.h...

Stevens (power)....

Challenger.

Morgan O/l.

Morgan O/l.

Freeport Islander...

Westsall.

U.S. Williams cutter.

Hans Christian.

LaFItte drastically reduced..

Trawler.

Sloop, ‘Pegasus’_ Garden ketch.

Boatel.

Alden ketch_....

Mapleleaf, reduced..

Gulfstar.

NEW LISTINGS Fllcka.

Farallone.

Seawolf.

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105,000 89,950 i

63,000 79,000 97,000 105,000 149,000 25,000 83,000 95,000 79,000 139,000 90,000 98.500 79,900 125,000 195,000

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57.500 125,000 125,000 1 25,000 1 168,000 195,000 190,000 j

21.500 1 38.500 85,000

Now Available % Financing at 11.5% Ask about our CHARTER SERVICE

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Boat Show Chronicles Being Our Reply To All Our Friends Who Have Called To Ask, “How’d The Show Go?” VINDO 34 Maintenance, maintenance .. did E.F. Hutton st say wood means maintenance? Hundreds of f waited in iine up to a half hour to board the Vlndo and say She’s beautiful... but what mainSo we explained that to get her spiffy for the show (after 6 months sailing), took about a day. From the looks we got you’d think we said she comes equipped with dancing chickens. Well yes, honestly, teak decks do ask for a little care, tike real grass lawns .. . hardwood floors ... good cotton shirts ....but consider one more thing: Have you ever tried to restore an oxidized geicoat deck?

THE ELITE 32 From the salesperson’s point of view, this Elite was a vacation at the show. The boat showed off her own fine points with little or no explanation.

“Yes, thank you, that is a lovely interior. Yes, I like the cockpit layout, too.” One subtlety we had to point out is the metal truss framwork that distributes the chain plate loads around the hull. And yes, financing arrangements are currently very attractive. $729 per month?

THE FREEDOM 21 After hoisting and dousing spinnaker and main 3,027 times, a peculiar paranoia sets in: “i wonder if they really believe it?” if it looks that easy it has to be a con. This guy’s got the sailing edition of snake oil. Weil yep Virginia, there is a Garry Hoyt and, nuts as he is, his brainstorm works. Our toughest job is to get the customer onto the boat in the water. From there on, the boat speaks best for itself.

And the concept works up and down the whole Freedom line. Ask Steve Weick. He sailed a Freedom 21 ... now he owns a Freedom 39.

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The “Washington s Birthday Freedom Revolutionary Special” is February 22, 23. Call for details or just drop in.

Hails &

REPRESENTATIVES FOR •

Vindo • ELITE *

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Dover Dory • Hot Foot • Vindo • Elite

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OWEN & COMPANY

DIRK KRUIDENIER 2415 MARINER SQUARE DRIVE ALAMEDA, CA 94501 (415) 522-5424

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YACHT & SHIP BROKERS New Construction • Yacht Insurance • Charter • Donation SAUSALITO, CA 94965 320 Harbor Dr (Clipper Yacht Basin) (415) 332-5311 Telex: 69-2405 Fraseryot

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SAN DIEGO, CA 92106 2353 Shelter Island Dr. (619) 225-0588 Telex: 18-1739 Frasercal

SEATTLE, WA 98109 1205 Westlake Avenue (206) 282-4943

58’ HERRESHOFF Fabulous cold-molded construction, 4 double staterooms, Ford diesel, SatNav, etc. To our minds the finest wooden sailing vessel available on the West Coast. Recently reduced to $495,000.

The world famous VARUA. 73’ Starling Burgess/William Robinson brigantine schooner. Rebuilt in kauri in 1978.

Composite construction. A rare offering.

40’ British cutter, 1951 vintage. Very stoutly constructed, charming old world interior, Saab diesel.

Owner will consider trades, property, etc. Asking $48,000.

44’ Schooner. A rare and stunning 44-ft fiberglass hull schooner with two double staterooms, stall shower, antique fireplace, etc.

Must be seen. $168,000.

85’ Steel DeVries Lentsch motoryacht. Twin dsls, II 00-mi range @ 11 knots. 4 dbl staterms w/3 heads/showers. Captain’s stateroom & accomm. 3 crew. Located in Northern California.

Asking $795,000.

48’ Schooner. The craftsmanship of N.Z., Italy & the U.K. merged in W. Africa where “teak-like” tropical hardwood, kusia, grows in abundance.

Winneba Ship Yard will produce for you the readyto-sail yacht of your dreams, outrageously equipt., for a base price of $2,200/ft (incl’g round-trip visit to yard).

SUNQUEST II. 62’ New Zealand-built ketch. Two steering stations, Gardner diesel, generator, coldmolded construction. A true passagemaker in fine condition. $395 <600.

1979 Galvanized Steel Hull 54' Schooner. Antique European hardwood, porcelain and leather upholstered interior, four watertight bulkheads w/hatches, etc. Perfect North Pacific cruiser. $285,000. Contact Steven.

Harken Jib Reefing and Furling Systems are the ultimate headsail handling systems. They incorporate innovative design features, quality materials, and state-of-the-art manufacturing techniques that no other systems can match. Compare these features point for point with any other units and you’ll see that the Harken system is clearly the best: Simple to assemble; Easy to ship; Accepts many wire and rod terminals; Built-in turnbuckle; Superb reefing, not just furling; Converts quickly for racing; Makes sail changes easy; Fits over headstay; Low maintenance bearings; Worldwide service; Finest materials and construction; Five year warranty.

Easy to Assemble - Designed, for owner installation with simple hand tools.

Easy to Ship - The seven foot foil sections remain disassembled for shipping ease while the headstay is completely assembled and swaged on both ends.

Adaptable to Swage, Rod, Norseman or Sta-Lok Fittings - JThis unparalleled versatility allows you to choose the type of rigging and terminals you prefer.

Easy Length Adjustment - A built in turnbuckle makes installation easier, corrects for minor measurement errors, compensates for wire stretch and allows mast rake to be adjusted.

Slips Over Your Headstay - The aft facing, double grooved foils ride over your present headstay, which saves you money.

Superb Reefing—Not Just Furling - It uses a double independent swivel system so the head ' and tack of the sail are attached to separate swivels. As you start to reef, the center of the sail starts furling first which reduces the draft. Makes furling easier and neater.

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Eagle % Yachts & Faralkme Yacht Sales Inc MORGAN 46 Queen of the Show Thousands saw her at the Cow Palace.

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1978 Catalina 30. Atomic 4, 5 sails, autopilot, knotmeter, d.s., VHF, Loran C, dodger, & more. $36,000.

1981 Catalina 22. Fixed keel, VHF, Honda 7.5, two sails, galley, clean. $6,800.

1979 Catalina 25. Fixed keel, electronic start, 3 sails, compass, depthsounder, VHF. $14,800.

1979 H-27. European built, nice Inside, Suzuki o.b., main/jib, 125, 155 genoa, spin., VHF, knotmeter, boat like new. $14,500.

1972 Islander 36. Palmer eng., main/jib/genoa, Barient winches, fed. steer'g, d.s., knotmeter, VHF. $55,000.

1974 Challenger 40. 50 hp dsl, ped. steer’g, full elect., offshore ready. Strong/ roomy, great liveaboard. $79,000.

1981 Nonsuch 30. Westerbeke 27 hp dsl, 12v refer, ped. steer’g, dodger, full elect, incl’g radar. $69,000.

1974 Westsall 32. Volvo dsl, 2 sets sails, dodger, radios, Loran C, autopilot, windvane. $59,500.

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The Right Way to Make Saits The Wedge gives us what other sailmakerspromise, but can't deliver. The sails are stronger, lighter, and faster. The Wedge cut genoa actually flattens as the wind comes up, giving you Heavy #1 shape in a breeze and Med HI, in lighter air, saving money yet going faster.

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Lon Woodrum 415/435-5970

□RAGING CONTROVERSIES Although I have enjoyed the ass kicking contest over knots and knots per hour, I am glad it’s ov.er. It reminds me of the argument that went on for a number of months, several years ago, in one of the national advice columns. The urgent concern was, should the toilet paper be hung so that the end was toward or away from the wall. I don’t recall the outcome, only that the most important point was missed.

Since sailors seem to enjoy picking the fly shit out of the pepper, especially in the season when there’s not a lot of sailing going on, let’s start another brawl over flag protocol. I believe a burgee should fly at the masthead, yet they are most often flown like a courtesy flag on the starboard spreader. The American flag is flown from any handy spot and other national flags are seen all over American yachts. I saw a big sportfisher come into Mag. Bay flying a huge courtesy flag on the satne halyard and over the U.S. flag. Perhaps Mexcican fishermen had captured that boat in single ship combat on the high seas and were bringing it in to be sold at a prize court!

If Latitude 38 is up to controversy, then perhaps that will keep things stirred up until good sailing w,eather returns.

I have enclosed a stamped envelope for some information I hope you can provide. I need the times and frequencies of the Pacific ham nets such as the Cabo, Manana and Pacific nets. This is for a book being published in the east this summer. Any information will be much appreciated.

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Fortunately, Art, Chapman agrees wholeheartedly with you in regard to the proper placement of a burgee and the U.S. Ensign.

It is noteworthy that even Chapman maintains that flag etiquette is governed only by custom - sort of like language - and that there are no laws to enforce the proper use of flags. This, of course, is unfortunate. We at Latitude 38 have always felt that those captains who run the crew’s meal pennant up where the U.S. Ensign belongs should be taken posthaste to the nearest dinghy hoist, strung up by their Topsiders, and flogged with long strips of worn out mylar sails.

And the punishment should be double for those whose mis-flown flags are dirty or tattered. If we sailors only put a little teeth in our flag etiquette, we wouldn’t have the bungled flaggery so prevalent today.

In fact Latitude 38 supports legislation that would prohibit the operation of a vessel by an individual who is either drunk or who can’t tell an absent pennant from an owner’s private signal.

Moving on to other questions, r there are <at least 26 different maritime ham nets operating in the Pacific. We’ve sent you a list , provided by Johnson-Hicks Electronics of Santa Cruz.. And to put an end to confusion about the placement of toilet paper in the holder, Chapman says that the end tissue should always face away from the bulkhead - at least in the northern hemisphere west of the 40th parallel. In all other locations just the opposite is true, except when double ply pink paper is used, in which the reverse once again applies. □ CAN’T GET SATISFACTION - EVEN FROM 38 page 41

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LETTERS

Q I just heard via a Christmas phone call from home that you had published one of my letters to you concerning my problems with Zodiac and that you had blasted me for being a complainer. I know I shouldn’t be so thin-skinned, but I feel really deflated. Although 1 appreciate the forum, I’m not a fist-shaking, cage-rattling person.

I also shouldn’t say anything without reading the actual letter and response, but I am unlikely to be able to do so in the near future.

You, who are able simply to pick up the telephone, may not understand the intense frustration of being forced to deal by letter to companies who do not respond. Hell, there’s nothing you can do to them from 5,000 miles away, so why should they care?

I am only complaining about two companies, having been trying to obtain tome satisfaction from them for the past six months: Kettenburg — I paid for a faulty repair six months ago, they kept a display board spare I sent them, and they do not reply to my letters. Bad business, this ignoring reasonable customer correspondence. My fitst letters were very nice. Zodiac — I paid $1,800 for an item with a fiveyear guarantee that broke down in less than one year. Seven months (and several hundreds of dollars in repair expenses) later I am still trying to get any kind of satisfaction.

Is this complaining too much? I’m prepared to get my hand slapped if I’m being excessively bitchy, but I feel like I’ve been very reasonable. Am I just supposed to roll over and forget it? (I’m not wealthy — I can’t afford to! We need a dinghy that floats!)

Are warranties worthless to cruising boats?

After attempts to get answers from the companies involved, I let you in on the situation, hoping that the respect in which Latitude 38 is held may prompt some action. If you choose to support the two offending businesses by labelling me a chronic problem I’ve clearly come to the wrong place. For the most part I agree wjth your editorial opinions and appreciate your forthright approach. Of course you realize that your opinion carries a lot more clout than that of a mere reader and consumer. I hope your support does not encourage customer relations practices as negligent and as frustrating as those I have encountered.

Enough already. I will restrict further correspondence to the parties directly involved.

P.S. I do write nice letters, also, where compliments are due. And Tony at Tradewinds Marine in Suva, who has replaced more Zodiacs than he has sold, due to problems such as ours, is being very helpful.

Wendy Robinson Yacht Seafarer Royal Suva YC Suva, Fiji Wendy — Our response to your letter was not made lightly, nor was it an attempt to “blast you”. Having not a single piece of unbiased information to go on, we simply made the only factual observation available to us: that you have made more written complaints to us about marine products and businesses than any other boat in the history of our publication. From thi»we concluded that either, 1) you had the misfortune to deal with a lot of bad businesses and select poor products, or 2) that you tend to complain more than most cruisers.

There is no way for us to know which of these two is true.

While not saying that your complaints may not be 100% justified, let us cite a couple of things that lessened our empathy for your position. You state that you have only complained about two companies; that doesn’t gibe with our recollection. Besides Kettenberg and Zodiac, we’ve also received complaints from you about a Bay Area boatyard and a bottom paint manufacturer. We should also note that

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LETTERS Ml Universal •

ATOMIC 4 the one company we spoke with, Kettenberg, gives a different picture of the depth sounder dispute. Finally you claim that you are reasonable, yet we recollect that you were going to sue the boatyard unless they provided you with new bottom paint and paid to have your boat hauled in Mazatlan. In all honestly we don’t think a reasonable person can expect a boatyard to fly a person 1,500 miles to check everyone anytime anyone has a complaint about bottom paint — at least anymore than you can expect a local garage to send a man 1,500 miles to check and see if a complaint about their work is valid.

Are warranties worthless to cruisers? We’re not going to go that far, especially since some companies provide excellent long range service (which is why we encourage folks to add to our “good guys” list). Nonetheless, we think the closer the proximity to a manufacturer or distributor or very large retailer, the more powerful a warranty is. And this is not because a factory is necessarily saying the hell with you — although that regretably may be the case from time to time — it’s simply recognition of the fact that long distances makes things very slow, complicated, expensive, and difficult. That long distance to remote areas is a huge obstacle is something we know from our own experience in trying to provide service to people.

We wish you the best of luck in reaching a satisfactory conclusion with all your difficulties. To future cruisers we can only recommend that if you’re heading to the boondocks you not only buy the best gear, but bring or be prepared to obtain backups for all important gear. A contingency fund for the unexpected gear problems is only prudent.

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□WHERE ARE YOU? I can’t find anybody to go sailing with rne some days. I find that situation to be less than fully satisfactory. In an effort to remedy this problem, I have decided to try using your Crew List.

Therefore, please send me a copy of the magazine containing the 1984 Crew List. I think that would be the April, 1984 issue. I have enclosed .the fee of $3.00 with this note.

Let me say thank you in advance. I am sure that the Crew List will be the answer to the burning question, “Who wants to go out on a J-24 during a winter storm when the 49’ers are on TV?” David Howard San Francisco David — Who? A lot of women want to go sailing on the Bay when the 49’ers are playing, storm or not.

We’ve sent you a copy of last year’s Crew List, but be sure to fill out one of this year’s Crew List applications also.

□ SAILING AND BUCKS As you are involved with the publication of the adventures of Andrew Urbanczyk, I address this to all Latitude 38 readers and to Andrew himself. I say don’t come crying the blues to us! Andrew, you knew the problems, the dramas, and the long nights in gales that were out there waiting for you. Now that you’re back, why should we — who never left our sofas — give any recognition to you?

Now you can join Dan Byrne and John Neal making money from armchair sailors who need your advice before they can head out to sea on their own adventures. Go ahead and join the bandwagon of trying to make money from an industry that has been restricted to the rich for so long and only dreamed of by the rest of us. In our free enterprise society you have to learn all the marketing skills for yourself.

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Hawaii, but have never gotten anyone to give me a boat to play with.

1 knew of the investment in time, money, and loneliness before 1 left, and haven’t written about any of it. I have since been asked to talk at a yacht club (for free) and tell of my offshore experiences. I knew that if I didn’t charge for this information, nobody would believe me.

I grew up in America so 1 know what the game is all about: money!

If you can sell what you have, you are a success. If you keep your mouth shut and let the rest of the boating public go on uninformed, you have done everyone a disservice. So I say learn those marketing skills and sell, sell, sell! The dream and the reality are both out there, and both are for sale.

In conclusion, I hope I’m not out of line with these comments so that they don’t get published. I have read many of the other Letters and hope mine is not too negative.

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Doug Mueller Ventura Doug — It’s almost impossible to get out of line in Latitude 38.

□ “THE” PLACE ON THE WATERWAY Enclosed is a check to renew my subscription. A friend of mine from San Francisco sent us a year’s worth as a gift and we love it!

While we are armchair sailors right now (we’ve done some cruising in the Bahamas), but we are looking forward to a boat next year.

If any of your readers cruising the East Coast are in the Norfolk, Virginia, area, they should be sure to dock at “The Waterside”, right across from the Intracoastal Waterway on the Elizabeth River. There are no dock fees! The Waterside is a marketplace with delightful shops and great food; and your readers should stop by the kite shop to say “Hi”. *

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John — We’d be tickled pink — in a manner of speaking — if you’d drop us a little Changes in Latitudes note on any California boats that stop in at The Waterside.

□ RADIO MAUI Say you are making a landfall on Maui and decide to get on the VHF and call that lover you so happily sailed away from. You examine your credit card number, grab the mike, and a lei will be waiting on arrival. Right? Wrong.

The range of Channel 26 (Maui) is phenomenal at times. Even 27 (Honolulu) is not bad. But if you ever monitor them you will be moved to tears by the truly heartbreaking special-circumstance stories that cruising sailors come up with in their attempts to persuade the operators to take the call. And always in vain. The operators will not accept any call unless you have a Baker number assigned by RadioCall, the operating company.

RadioCall is not affiliated with any telephone company. Radio charges cannot be billed to a credit card, third party or collect, but only to your account with RadioCall. On the other hand, if the call terminates outside Oahu, the long distance portion of the charges must be billed to a credit card, third party or collect.

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We have always kept it varnished — but it is ready for an AwIGrip job to bring it up to 100%. If you are interested in seeing the Vagabundo it is here in Newport Beach. Call Charles Thomas do: Odyssey Sailmakers, 2972 Century Place, Costa Mesa, CA 92626 (714) 557-4073. The price on the boat is $137,000 with all her gear.

Like most boat builders I wanted to have a boat built for myself — my specifications and improvements. The time came during the years I was president of Jensen Marine.

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In the past we’ve used some of the stateside private phone companies to make VHP calls (once we were next in line behind actor Donald Sutherland — oh wowI) not really understanding they weren’t part of the old monolith. But all the ones we’ve dealt with were very good about sending out bills or making collect calls.

□ STARTING THE YEAR OFF ARDENT Taking a moment from New Year’s day to complete my December issue of your fantastic magazine, I just noticed the feature called Santa’s Sailboats. I would have liked to have gotten in my request for what I wanted Santa to bring me from the sailing world.

Although I have a 37-ft sloop, 1 would take any size or type of boat if John Bertrand came with it. What a hunk! And a talented one at that.

Do you suppose I could be the first with my request for Xmas 1985?

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A. A. — Before we go any further, you’re going to have to clarify things. There are two well-known John Bertrand’s in the sailing world, both of them very talented.

There’s Australian John Bertrand, who having won the America’s Cup for Australia will never have to buy his own beer again. And then there’s California’s John Bertrand, winner of the Finn Silver Medal at the last Olympics, and possibly destined to go up against the other John Bertrand in the next America’s Cup. Unfortunately, whichever Bertrand you pine for, it’s like Jackie Collins says, the world is full of married men.

□WHO MAKES UP THE “PUBLIC” Sieg Heil.

If the BCDC is supposedly the “guardian of the public trust”, ensuring accessing to public waters and open space, why does it exclude people who wish to liveaboard and/or anchor out as part of the public? These people have an equal right of access to various public waters and should be left alone.

It looks like a simple case of “Newspeak” to me.

What other restrictive actions are they now going to try and implement in other parts of the Bay? 1 would be glad to send them swastika armbands if they choose to continue with their pet form of facism. Or shall we all bow our heads to the “might of the state”? Sieg Heil BCDC! F.S. Incidentally, I am part of thg “group” most in favor of access to open space (male, under 50, more educated, income over 20K, living in the West), but find the recent BCDC actions regarding the waterfront a mockery and a sham of the concept of public access.

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Supporters of the recent BCDC actions have made no bones about the fact that they wish to eliminate virtually all liveaboards and houseboats on the Bay. Some have also stated they wish to export these policies to other regions of the state. You have to understand that careers are built on issues such as these.

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over the use and access to public lands and waters. But like you we share a grave concern that in an attempt to preserve access to open space they are inadvertantly curtailing it — especially for those who have more than a Sunday afternoon interest in it.

□ ITINERARY WANTED I am enclosing $15 for a one-year subscription to Latitude 20.

Also I am very interested in your Mexican Itinerary series. I have Part Ill; would it be possibe to obtain Part I and Part II? I think they appeared in the September and October issues of last year.

Thank you very much, I’m looking forward to my new subscription .

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□ HAS THE COAST GUARD VIOLATED ANY RIGHTS? This is the fifth year I have spent living aboard my boat; it’s finally beginning to really feel like home.

Even the wet and cold winters are becoming bearable. The boat is my only residence, so when I am boarded by the Coast Guard the 29th of December at 2220 hrs, 1/4 mile east of the Golden Gate Bridge, I feel that my rights as a homeowner have been violated. The Coast Guard entered my home without a search warrant.

In addition, as a sailor I expect the same courtesy and seamanship that I would give another seaman. On that December night when the Coast Guard announced they wanted to board me, I informed them that I was singlehanding and that I was trying to make a changing tide. I said that I would jibe and head toward the side of the channel and they could board in calmer winds and water. Needless to say, the C..G.’s did not wait. I knew that my boat was not in violation; she is well rigged for cruising and all systems were working.

After introducing themselves, I was informed that I was being boarded for a safety check. I was infuriated. Not only did they board in conditions that were risky (they,aborted two attempts to board because they were having trouble matching boat speed), but just for a safety check. If the C.G.’s would have waited 20 minutes, I would have been in sheltered water with no risk of property damage.

Now keep in mind that after boarding the boat, I was to turn the helm over to the “Boarding Officer”, who was pay grade E-4. Then I was to accompany another boarding officer into my cabin to show my registration, safety equipment, etc. I have spent 21 years in the Navy Reserve and I know that an E-4 in the Coast Guard isn’t even dry behind the ears yet — and I’m to turn over theTielm on my 35-ft sloop? Right! page 51

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But, if you’re going to board my boat because you suspect other violations besides safety violations, then, sailor, say it, anjd show me a search warrant.

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I must emphasize that with proper precautions you can safely work and play in areas where tropical diseases abound. As a senior medical student I spent two months in North Africa working with a population that was stricken by a multitude of infectious and parasitic diseases. Living among these people I was daily in contact with T.B., Typhoid, Meningitis, Rheumatic Fever, and Schiztomiasis without any untoward symptoms except diarrhea (which was more of an embarrassment in a country with little indoor plumbing).

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LETTERS □ DID YOU SEE IT? Was it my imagination or did anyone else notice the poor turnout of sailboats at the Moscone (Northern California Marine Association) Boat Show?

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Some of the advertised boats were not there. The overall showing of sailboats was poor at best. There were many more sailboats at the Cow Palace (Sports & Boat) show, but nothing really new.

Are some of the sailboat manufacturers being shaken out of business? Where are the trailerable sailboats disappearing to of late?

Ken Fairbrother Sacramento Ken — We don’t think it was your imagination, there'was a disappointingly small number of sailboats at the Moscone show. We don’t know the exact reason why, although some potential exhibitors were unhappy with the show dates right around the New Year’s holiday.

Historically, Northern California has had a very clouded boat show picture, with competing shows going head to head several times a year. In this confused state everyone — buyer and seller — loses.

Although we don’t have figures, we’d guess there are probably about the same number of sailboat manufacturers today as five years <jgo, but less big ones willing to go all out at boat shows. It’s a tough, tough business.

As for trailerable sailboats, we frankly don’t know that market well enough to comment intelligently.

□TOILETS AND KNOTS I usually get in on the tail end of things, such as the Oram’s toilet controversy, but if you are determined to keep the knot issue going forevdr, I’ll put in my 22 cents worth.

You are right, but partly for the wrong reason. The original term “knot” came from the use of a chip log. This was a piece of line with knots tied in it at predetermined intervals. It had a board or chip tied on the end like a sea anchor. As it was tossed overboard, a sand glass was turned. The number of knots that slipped through the sailors’ fingers during the period of time it took the glass to run was the speed or knots per any desired period of time.

This system of measuring speed was probably also used in cultures that did not measure distance in nautical miles. For instance Spanish ships used leagues, so the original meaning of knots did not come from nautical.

Considering that the usage has changed at least once, this supports your theory that English is a living language. It is important that technical terms change slow enough that it does not interfere with accurate communication, but it does all change.

Ernie Copp Orient Star Long Beach Ernie — If we were right for “partly the wrong reason”, why don’t we think positive and say we were right “partly for the right reason”?

Sounds a little better on our resume.

Frankly we knew it was only a matter of time before the older, wiser hands came out in support of our “knots per hour is O.K.I” position. Hell, next thing you’ll know a veteran surveyor like Frank Bilek will be writing in supporting us.

□ SAY, HERE’S A LETTER FROM FRANK BILEK NOW As a professional mariner, when someone uses the term “knots per hour”, I immediately know the stage of ignorance of the speaker, and so I downgrade the nautical vocabulary I use with them accorpage 55

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□THE TROPICS: LIFE IS EASY, THEN YOU DIE Thanks to the Crew List, we’re having a great time in Kauai!

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□WHAT A DISASTER! Enclosed is a subscription for John Webb of Florida, who is now convinced there is windsurfing on the West Coast. He is even contemplating a visit to check it out.

While I’m writing, I’d like to say that I enjoy your magazine thoroughly, but were you in a “Bah, humbug!” holiday mood when you put together your December issue? It was most sobering to see shipwrecks and boats aground on pages 98, 99, 100, 101, 105 (keel only), 106-107 (article on Panda), 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, and 140, 141, 142, 144, and a listing of wrecks on page 143.

The boats sunk or aground come close to outnumbering the boats afloat pictured in the entire issue. Was there an editorial message or theme? # Roberta Butler Port Townsend, WA Roberta — Until you mentioned it we simply hadn’t beeen aware of the preponderance of wrecks in that issue. But in checking, we find that it’s all very legitimate. Many pleasure boats had gone aground locally for a variety of reasons, the Puerto Rican had just blown up, Panda and Must had been torched in the Caribbean, and then there was the horrible disaster from Klaus ip the Virgins. We printed all the wrecks because, sorry to say, they were the legitimate timely news' stories of the month. page 57

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20% OFF The only story that didn’t have time value was the one on commercial wrecks of the Golden Gate, which in retrospect we probably should have saved for a later issue.

As far as wrecks go, we feel it’s important to publicize them so sailors can learn from them. We once had an argument with the then editor of Sea magazine, who contended that death and destruction don’t really belong in sailing magazines. We disagreed then and have not changed our opinion.

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□AFTER THE STORM IS SOMETIMES AS BAD During a recent visit to our associate office in Santa Cruz, Joseph W. Rodgers, ASA, Principal Surveyor, brought to my attention the recent article regarding hurricane Klaus’s visit to the Eastern Caribbean [Volume 90, December], As surveyors and loss adjusters representing New York and London Underwriters, we dealt with many of the claims.

Mr. Stryker’s article was very complete with few exceptions.

The vandalism and looting was almost beyond belief; however, another aspect that owners and Underwriters were faced with was the piracy carried out by the salvors and boat yards that took maximum advantage of the catastrophic conditions.

Some salvage companies and yards did their best to assist and act responsibly. However, in one case, salvors, in collusion with a yard in Sint Maarten, charged thousands to provide a tow from the beach, caused extensive damage to the vessel, quickly hauled the vessel against owner’s wishes, then held the boat in ransom for the pirated fees.

Like tow trucks prowling the freeways looking for misfortune, these self-designated salvors and Windward Island yards reaped bountiful ill-gotten gains at the expense of the general boating public.

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E.S. Geary, ASA Group Principal Surveyor Fajardo, Puerto Rico Readers — The arrival of Klaus proved Mr. Geary sagacious. A year before he told Caribbean Boating that it was not a case of “if” a hurricane was going to hit the Virgin Islands, but “when”.

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□PRIMA DONNA YACHTIES 1 have enjoyed your magazine very much, but now I must say something about one of your articles. In the January issue [Volume 91] there is an article titled The. Americanization of Cabo San Lucas.

The writer of this article complained because he didn’t find Cabo San Lucas the way it was then. Now there is television, the L.A. Times, car washes, a launching ramp and the utmost of Americanization, more paved roads.

I have done business in Mexico for the past six years and have cruised the lastiour years from San Francisco to Acapulco and all stops in between. So 1 am not a novice on Mexico. It upsets me to hear that the Mexican people don’t have the right to better themselves, because the prima donna yachties that come down for two or three months out of the year don’t like all the conveniences they now are slowly getting.

My suggestion to these people is to stay out of Mexico because they are creating an “Ugly American” attitude for the rest of us. If these people like to rough it why don’t they start at home? Get rid of your television, automobile, indoor plumbing, daily newspaper, etc.

— but do it for 12 months, not for just two or three.

T. Delano San Francisco T — We think you misunderstood. The complaint was that most of the new facilities are being built with yachties in mind, many of whom have sailed to Mexico in an attempt to live — if even briefly — a less materialistic and more spiritual life. For many people it’s a tough readjustment, and all the American goodies just make the transition all the more difficult. It’s only in that sense that we think it’s unfortunate.

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No me gusta!

Many good things remain, however: taco stands, flour tortillas at Gloria’s, snorkelling at Santa Maria, and some cruising people who really know how to enjoy life. Special mention to Jim on Isla who made our stay in Cabo such a delight.

All in all, Cabo’s probably good for about one more year. Anyone need crew for the Newport/Cabo Race?

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□ SMELT IN SAUSALITO You guys just break me up. In your Letters column, January edition, there’s this letter from a Pacific Beach couple who had panga’d to a beach near Cabo where they photographed four people “butt surfing”, as your snappy little byline pointed out. Great.

1 browse on to your double-page spread photo, pages 136-137 in the same issue (different article, different author, also on Cabo), and whoa, what’s going on here? Even an untrained photo-interp guy like me can see that, unless something is smelt-like in Mill Valley, you people have run out of precious drivel like the great, involuted knots/knots-per-hour garbage as filler, and have resorted to dummying up your own fan mail. Were those “different” photos snapped moments apart, or weren’t they? Fess up, now . . .

By the way, lest you get the idea I’m down on your mag overall, nothing could be farther from the truth. It is the greatest! Keep at it!

Phil Gioia San Francisco Phil — Butt surfers, because they more than occasionally get piledriuen head first into the sand, frequently develop split personalities.

In fact, they rarely know who they are. The entire picture is complicated in the case of one butt surfer journalist who often takes color pictures with the camera in his right hand and black and white pictures with the camera in his left hand — all the while wavering back and forth from the persona of a journalist from the United States to that of a butt surfer on the circuit. Given the possible permutations, you’re lucky it wasn’t much worse.

Actually “butt surfer’s brain” (BS brain) is a much more prevalent problem that society wishes to recognize. For example, a recent issue of Butt Surfer Magazine featured just one photograph printed 86 different times credited to 43 different photographers. And that’s only the half of it; it turned out to be the*largest selling issue of Butt Surfer in history.

Untrained as you may be, you are still very perceptive. Don’t butt surf and you’ll stay that way.

□ OH NO, IT’S AN ONO! 1 was so sorry to read the story about Dave Wall. I have known Dave for many years, but only saw him when he would sail to Hawaii. It is sad to hear such things happening to your friends and even worse when your read about it rather than hearing it from a page 63

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□ NOT A NEW SPECIES 1 have caught, seen and eaten mahi mahi (or dolphin, not the mammal) in both the Atlantic and the Pacific. None of them looked the slightest like the one pictured on pages 148-149 of your January 1985 issue. Wahoo or barracuda maybe, but not mahi. Keep up the generally good work.

Robert D. Halem Chocolate Ship Robert — We’ve caught and eaten mahi mahi also and you know what, ours didn’t look a damn bit like the one pictured on pages 148-149 either!

But we can explain everything. It wasn’t a mistake on our part at all, what happened was that a disgruntled former employee, drugged

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□ NO YOU YAHOO, IT’S A WAHOO! My face is red! You’re going to have a hundred phone calls saying that mahi mahi don’t look like that. The photo in your mag subtitled “Mahi mahi, the best eating fish . . etc., etc., is a bloody kingfish or barracuda or something. The caption you published is for another slide, the one with the real mahi mahi and the stalk of,bananas in the cockpit. The captions got twisted, perhaps by your printers?

Mahi mahi are a marvelously shaped, beautifully colored fish whose bright colors fade soon after they are brought aboard. Another name is dorado. The one in the photo is being butchered to put in jars. And it isn’t a mahi mahi! And it doesn’t look the least bit like a mahi mahi. But it does look like a kingfish, which we also enjoy eating.

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Kamakaze Surfer is the street name for my boat Surf. Surf (alias Kamakaze Surfer) is a modified Sprinta Sport rated by the I.O.R. as a mini-ton rather than a quarter ton level boat. Surf won the Sausalito Cruising Club’s Duxbury Lightship Race, as well as the Sausalito YC ' Drake’s Bay Regatta.

I extend my thanks to all my fellow ASH skippers over the past four seasons for their competition — and especially to the founder of ASH, Hans Vilhauer. Over the past five years I have enjoyed/suffered the dubious privilege of . sailing the smallest boat in both the ASH and the MORA fleets. I would like to encourage greater participaton of mini-ton midget ocean racing yachts in races in the Gulf of the Farallones. If any would-be singlehanded mini-ton midget ocean sailors have any interest in racing offshore or would like to discuss the possibilities, please contact me at (415) 359-2442 (evenings) .

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Sausalito, Ericson Yachts used the hull mold to build their Ericson 35, Mk 1. They didn’t use the same cabin, however. I’m told 25 of these were built.

But even the Alberg’s built by Pearson differed amongst themselves. If you look at any ten of them, all would be different in some way, from pulpits to spreaders, the arrangement of the head to the size of the rudder stock — things like that. In the last 50 boats, they changed the caprail to the same configuration as the Vanguard and the front of the cabin was squared off as in the Vanguard.

Our Peti Babe was built in 1963 as a 1964 model. Hot and cold running water were standard, as was the shower. She was originally purchased in January of 1964.

I have to agree with Perry that they are great cruising boats. We love ours and wouldn’t go to sea without it.

I’d be happy to help you with information on the boat when we fly back to the West Coast sometime in 1986.

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Although I didn’t sail with anyone from the Crew List last year, I must say that I have in year’s past and have met some really neat people. ' What I’m going to do now is issue a challenge to those women who really want to sail. My usual trip is for a weekend and goes like this: depart Vallejo on the ebb tide and sail to Tiburon or Sausalito, have dinner and party hearty, then return to Vallejo on the flood tide on Sunday. I find these kinds of trips and sailing in the Carquinez Straits very invigorating.

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Last year I had 30 such trips, including two to Half Moon Bay. Five of the 30 trips were singlehanded. Too bad ladies, you missed some good ones. Any takers now? Look for my name in the Crew List.

Fred Quigley Vallejo Fred — Thanks fcr the nice comments, and good luck to you — and the ladies — this sailing gear.

You know we bet that lots of people would think that making the same trip, such as from Vallejo to Tiburon and back every two weeks, would be really boring. From our experience, however, we’ve found that it’s often more interesting than going to a new destination each time. About five i/ears ago we used to sail around Angel Island once a week. It was a wonderful habit, for it was only from the constant repetition were we able to appreciate how different this same little course could be. You never really know a place until you’ve sailed it many, many times — as no doubt folks with boats down the Oakland Estuary can attest.

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I’m too old to be considered ‘'“youth”, but I’m an avid sailor and would love to spend a vacation- really working on a classic old ship.

Christine Bassett San Francisco Christine — You can write them at P.O. Box 23, Mercer Island, Washington. Ijyou don’t want to wait, you may phone the organiza-. tion at (206) 232-4024.

Youth Adventures, Inc. tells us they’ll be sending down a copy of their schedule for next year, so look for it in the next couple of months.

□WHAT GIVES? Since your excellent magazine isn’t a book, I don’t expect a full meal in each of your articles. However, occasionally one of your articles is more of an “appetizer” in terms of my own hunger for more information.

One such article was in Volume 88, October, page 103. It was about Ariel, a Santana 35 that apparently struck a submerged rock off Baker’s Beach last August.

My concern is about the location of this submerged rock. I do a lot of sailing in the outer Bay — west of the Golden Gate — and if there’s an uncharted submerged rock I’d sure like to know about its location. On the other hand, if the “rock” is charted or so close to shore that boats shouldn’t be there, are we actually talking about questionable seamanship or bad judgment?

As a former race car driver, even though different from this case, car insurance was financially out of the question, yet any car “accident” was investigated to determine the cause, i.e., driver error, mechanical failure, etc. Do boat race officials have similar investigations?

I’d appreciate your comments on all of the above issues.

Larry Wonderling San Francisco Larry — The rock Ariel struck is not charted. The boats were sailing to a mark at Baker’s Beach from inside the Bay during a flood tide when the Santana 35 struck. As far as we know, nobody knows exactly where the rock is.

It’s hard to fault the judgment of the skipper of the boat, as there were four other boats directly in front of him and two behind him. If we were in the middle of such a pack we ’d feel pretty safe. Yet Ariel was the only boat that struck.

Except in the cases of huge tragedies like the Fastnet Race, there are rarely any detailed investigations of boating accidents. If there are deaths or serious injuries the Coast Guard enters the picture, but to our knowledge investigations are almost never done by race committees.

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Water Confused San Francisco W.C. — We’re not authorities on water makers, but we did a little checking around for you. Everyone we spoke with — and some carried both reverse osmosis and desalinator systems — said the reverse osmosis was more reliable. And that was just the first of its advantages. They are also much less complicated; bolt it down, attach two hoses, give it juice, and start drinking. Desalinators require hoses running all over the bloody engine room, and take some mechanical smarts to operate. Reverse osmosis systems are pushbutton affairs.

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Their offer was 12 issues for $19.98 with a “free” carryall bag. This was to my subscription address (office). Two weeks later, at my home address 1 received a new subscriber offer of 12 issues for $16.97 including a “free” duffel bag. A much better deal.

The masthead of the magazine publishes a one-year subscription rate of $18.00 per year. Their renewal offer was more than the published rate!

Naturally, free offers don’t really mean you get something for nothing, but the moral seems to be don’t “renew”, start over again for the better rates.

Bob Prosin San Jose Bob — There’s a very logical explanation for all this. The guy in charge of figuring out what Yachting charges for a subscription is an old butt surfer.

□ GETS RESPONSE! In response to our letter concerning consumer responsibility regarding the Colemans, our office received 37 letters and calls concerning, defective Atlantis weather gear. You may find our investigative results to be interesting.

Seven complaints were not about Atlantis weather gear, although some were gold in color.

Twenty-six complaints were no less than four years old, and some were six and seven years old. None of these complaints, even with the most liberal perspective, qualified for the warranty.

Four complaints were found to be within or close to the warranty period, and were resolved to the satisfaction of each person involved.

An “E” for effort to the individual who sent us the gold jacket made by a competitive supplier with an Atlantis sales receipt. Nice try, but no cigar.

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□ IMPRESSED WITH ATLANTIS 1 was astounded to read Jack Laurain’s response concerning our faulty Atlantis foul weather gear. His dates were correct, the first time we really used the gear was during the return sail from Mexico — five years after their purchase. Upon our return, I wrote to Atlantis to find out if something could be done to stop the leaking. The suits were still in like new condition and we didn’t want to throw them out. We ended up spraying them with water repellent after Atlantis examined them and told us they were irreparable.

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□ MONTEREY WINTER WHIRLPOOL We thought we might bring to the attention of those, boaters who don’t know about it — we didn’t — a condition we encountered at Monterey last November.

We were delivering a boat from San Diego to San Francisco when we decided to make stop at Monterey since the weather was kickingup and we decided it would be nice to see the new museum. After spending the night at the marina in the inner harbor, we were preparing to leave the next morning when some local people told us about the condition at the marina entrance. Seems when there’s a swell running following a winter storm, there is a currrent that runs across the extremely narrow entrance. This current is quite strong, at times forming whirlpools which we are told have spun boats full circle.

We stood on top of the pier side of the entrance for about a halfhour watching the current and boats attempts to-make the entrance.

We watched a 70-foot fishing boat carom off the pier by mistiming his entrance.

This current has a slack time when, by standing off and observing with binoculars, you can judge the best time to make for the entrance. The current turns mainly from the concrete jetty towards the pier, so you must start your run favoring the jetty side to avoid being carried into the pier. We made a full throttle run within a 35-foot heavy displacement sailboat, and even during a relatively slack period we were pushed well qver tbwards the pier.

I’m glad local knowledge had been shared with us, which allowed us to “size-up” the situation before we were committed to the entrance. We have found no documentation of this current in either the Coast Pilot or the Boating Alamanac, but will write them as well.

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266 EAST "B" STREET • BENICIA, CA 94510 □ DEAR TAD TIMOROUS: In regard to the letter from Lake Tahoe’s Don Newman of the Windjammer’s YC at South Shore, I think that your comments about sailing at Lake Tahoe in the wintertime are a tad timorous. You are missing out on a lot of good sailing by not sailing there in the wintertime. Having lived at Lake Tahoe for 25 years and having sailed during the winters there, I know just how much fun it can be.

I just recently returned to the Bay Area after spending the Christmas holidays in Lake Tahoe where the weather was as warm during the day as it had been here in the Bay Area. This can be verified by listening to any marine weather forecast.

Regarding the picture of the Lake Tahoe sailboat that you saw frozeh in place at a 25° heel, had you read the article you would have noticed that the boat was aground, washed up on the beach by hurricane-force winds and 8-foot seas.

During the three years that I crewed for Stan Preston on his C&C 25 at Lake Tahoe, the Windjammer’s Yacht Club did not, to the best of my knowledge, conduct PHRF racing during hurricane-force winter storms. I, for one, would be happy to crew for Don Newman and appreciate the cordial invitation extended by Commodore Newman of the Windjammer’s Yacht Club to sail on any sunny Sunday.

Fross T. Balls Richmond YC Fross T. — The caption on the photo we saw stated that the sailboat had frozen in place, heeled over. It just goes to prove that you should be very skeptical about the stuff you read in print.

Your recommendation makes us a little more inclined (excuse the pun) to try Tahoe winter sailing, but we still have some reservations.

We spoke with one fellow who was on such a sail and had to take a leak. Being polite, he went below to use a stainless steel Porta-Potti.

Son of a gun if his ... his .. . well his “unit” didn’t freeze to the side of the head. It wasn’t until much later that the crew was able to obtain a bowl of warm water so that he could get unstuck. Although he suffered no permanent injury other than to his pride, he claims he won’t winter sail Tahoe again. “I’d like to have children”, he told us.

□ SO DUMB! You guys are doing a very clever job of publishing. I’ll bet most readers are not even aware of fhe subtle insertions, month after month, designed to prompt controversy and irate letters. Like the “knots per hour” business. Brilliant! And one which hasn’t paid off yet — but it will, never fear. That’s the one allowing at least one letter per issue using the “S word”, thus assuring the continued readership of the macho, repressed-childhood category of readers. The “Bull....” letters don’t count in this, being more socially acceptable and thus possessing less childish sfiock value.

And now, your latest. Appealing to the better educated, of course, but obviously part of a plan. I’m referring, of course, to the announcement of the projected “Circumnavigating the Sierras” articles in your answer to Don Samuelson of Grass Valley [Volume 90], Magnificent! Every fifth grader in California knows there is no “S” ever added to the word “Sierra”. The word itself is plural, as every beginning Spanish student knows. Also John Muir, Stanton Delaplane, Harold Gilliam, Margot Patterson Doss, etc. Well, you sons of a gun, you succeeded. Here I am writing, just as you planned page 77

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LETTERS it.

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P.P.S. Now that guy from Tahoe repeats the error in Volume 91.

Oh well, what can you expect .... you’ve seen what they’ve done to that area of the Sierra.

Daniel Webster Mill Valley Daniel — You gotta think big or your name will never go down in history! We not only plan to circumnavigate the Sierra Nevada, but when possible the Sierra de Juarez, Sierra Pinta, Sierra San Pedro Martir, Sierra Vizcaino, Sierra de la Giganta, and of course the Sierra Madre Occidental. Everyone in our fifth grade class collectively referred to these as “the sierras”.

Can we squeak out of it with that excuse?

As for the “s” and even the “f” word, well those controversies just died of natural causes years ago.

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□TWO YEARS AFTER THE MAST We discovered your great magazine two years ago, just after moving aboard our Yorktown 39 in Long Beach. We built the boat ourselves from a bare hull and deck, beginning May 1981. Our first shakedown was an eight-week jaunt to Cabo and back in the spring of 1983.

After re-rigging the boat — now a cutter with a 53 ft mast — we made another cruise last summer, this time to Newport, Oregon arid back.

Now we’ve quit our jobs, sold the house and condo (no more condo-bondage!), and put the business on ice. February 2nd is our departure date, that way we can sail with the Puerto Vallarta race fleet for a little while.

First we go to Mexico, from there we’ll either go to the South Pacific or through the Panama.

We would be happy to distribute Latitude 38’s in Cabo and the Sea of Cortez area if you can send them down to us by the 1st of February. Our copy of Latitude 38 goes to my brother in Vacaville, hopefully, he’ll send those along as we get further away from the homeland.

Although, we’re not Bay Area sailors, there is an incredible amount of good information in the magazine. In addition, it has helped us keep track of folks we met on our previous trips.

Thanks for sending the magazines — I’m sure the yachties will appreciate it. We’ll probably see you at Race Week, we’re the tall rig, Denali, with the Australian Shepard, Sophie, on board.

Darlene and Chris Buckley Anaheim Darlene and Chris — Were delighted for you folks and will count on seeing you at Sea of Cortez Race Week. It’s going to be very big this year.

As for the magazines, we’re sending you down a couple of boxes of the most recent issues. They should be good for a couple of drinks and friendships along the way.

Drop us a note from time to time, will you please?

Due to an unprecedented number of letters received this month, we were not able to include all of them in this issue. Those that did not make this volume will appear next month.

Latitude 38 appreciates all letters regarding sailing; they need not be in response to articles or news stories in the magazine. page 79

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LOOSE LIPS The PAHA finds more mud.

The Palo Alto Harbor Association (PAHA) is still waging its battle against both the silt in their harbor and resistance from some sectors of their community to continue their dredging. Recently, a complaint filed with the state against the city for obstructing a navigable waterway has created additional pressure. John Walker, PAHA president, is optimistic that they will eventually win their longstanding battle.

Ninety years ago there was 48 feet of water in the harbor, according to Greydon Wellman, who filed the complaint. Wellman himself has been sailing there since 1942. Over the past two decades, however, city projects such as an airport, golf course, dump and sewage treatment plant, have diverted the freshwater creeks that flushed the area out. Shoaling has become an increasingly severe problem, with current access to the harbor only during certain hours on either side of high tide.

PAHA had worked out a deal in 1980 with the city to dredge the harbor, using berthing fees to fund the project. They offered to pull out 20,000 to 40,000 cubic yards of mud during their September to March dredging schedule. Estimating that the silt was coming in at up to 10,000 cubic yards annually, they figured they would eventually have a deep body of water again. They were willing to sell the dried out mud to the city to use as clean fill in the dump — at half the price the municipality was spending elsewhere.

Negotiations were under way in 1984 to extend the PAHA’s dredging agreement with the city past the cut-off date of 1986. In July, however, Wellman lodged his complaint with the State Attorney General’s office and other state agencies. He alleges that the diverting of the fresh water creeks helped destroy a navigable waterway, which violates state law.

Wellman’s complaint has obviously cooled the city’s willingness to cooperate with PAHA’s dredging program, which requires city council approval in order to continue. Walker feels there is an active force working against the boatowners, an individual or group of people who want to see the harbor cease to exist. The silt would eventually fill it in, creating what Walker refers to as prime land for commercial development, although he has no proof that that is the long range plan.

David Adams, director of public, works for Palo Alto, says the city officials feel they have done nothing wrong, that permits were obtained for all the public projects near the harbor. He says that Wellman’s claim about the original depth of the harbor was probably in error, and that the depth in the early part of the century was more like six feet.

Not only does PAHA’s dredging lease run out in 1986, but so does the county lease for the Palo Alto YC. According to Adams, the club has been considering a move to Redwood City or establishing a new facility on a pier at the entrance to the harbor, farther east than their present location. With the PAYC gone, that would be one less group using the harbor. With dredging discontinued, the harbor would continue to close up. Adams says the area is designated city park land, and could only become commercially zoned if the citizens of Palo Alto vote to change its designation.

Walker and PAHA continue th£ir fight against the mud, the city council and time, the last of which seems to be the first two’s greatest ally. Walker adds that the issue is becoming a politically hot one, though. U.S. Senator Alan Cranston is now involved, and at least one respondent to our calls at the city offices said they had been instructed not to comment on the case. Walker feels that PAHA will eventually win their battle, but as in all confrontations, funding is a problem. “We’re up to our ass in debt,” he says. He appeals to the Bay Area boating community for help, and can be reached at (415) 494-1860. page 81

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LOOSE LIPS Historical hazards to navigation . . .

It has nothing to do with sailing, but why spoil the beauty of an item with the logic of it? History books, especially local history books, are often full of gems. We found the following in Harold Gilliam’s 1957 book, San Francisco Bay. “In 1928, as the result of an argument between the late horserace impresario Bill Kyne and restaurateur “Shorty” Roberts of Robertsat-the-Beach, Kyne bet Roberts $1,000 that a horse could not swim the Golden Gate. Shorty took the bet, gave swimming lessons to a 12-year-old harness horse named Blackie, and piloted the animal successfully across the Gate in 23 minutes by hanging to its tail.”

More on the Soldauna ...

Back in December [Volume 90], we reported on the yacht Soldauna, a Landfall 39, breaking loose from a public mooring near the Ferry Building, in San Francisco. Northerly winds carried the 13-ton yacht onto a concrete breakwater, where her keel was damaged before those onboard could winch her off. A Coast Guard rescue vessel arrived on the scene quickly, but did not help pull the vessel off, an inaction which angered several who witnessed the event.

Our report of the Soldauna case brought a letter from Captain W. F. Merlin, Coast Guard Chief of Staff for the Twelfth Coast Guard District. He contends that in many cases where vessels are pulled off the rocks without an assessment of the damage, they sink. The decision rests with the coxswain of the rescue vessel, and they are told, basically, that unless their actions will improve the situation then they should just stand by until a commercial salvage vessel arrives. This is what happened with the Soldauna. When the boat did get free on its. own power, the Coast Guard vessel provided pumps to bail water.

Merlin adds that once a boat is aground, it is often better to leave it there unless conditions threaten the lives of those still onboard.

Again, the decision of when and how to act falls on the rescue vessel’s skipper. In the case of the Soldauna, Merlin feels the right actjon was taken. The boat did not sink, and although serious, the situation was not life threatening.

Fulling a boat off the rocks also exposes the Coast Guard to a certain liability, especially if it does sink. Merlin says there have been many suits filed against the Coast Guard recently in these situations, which tends to make them even more gun shy. So like the Boy Scouts always say, be prepared when you go out there!

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RBOC took positions on 57 legislative measures at the beginning of this year. The key ones and positions taken are as follows: 1. Opposing the Attempt to Take Boater Gas Tax Money — The Legislative Analysts recommended to the Legislature that $1.8 million be transferred from the Harbors and Watercraft Revolving Fund (which consists primarily of boating fuel tax dollars) to the Department of Parks and Recreation. Those recommendations were incorporated into the State Budget bills for the 1984-5 fiscal year. Recreational Boaters was successful in removing those provisions from the two budget bills — thereby protecting the integrity of the boater’s fund.

2. Amending a Bill That Would Limit Boat Money Loans — AB 3715 was introduced in the Legislature in an effort to place severe restrictions on the ability of the Department of Boating and Waterways to loan boating gas tax dollars out of the Harbors and Watercraft Revolving Fund for the construction of public marina facilities.

As introduced, the bill would have provided private marina owners with a veto power over these loans to public marinas. Recreational Boaters stepped in to delete this portion of the bill prior to its first hearing in the Legislature, again protecting the beneficial use of boating gas tax money.

3. Supporting Protection of the Boater — Recreational Boaters quickly moved in to be the key supporter of SB 2273, legislation aimed at protecting the boating public by setting up a framework for the licensure and regulation of boat towing businesses. Recreational Boaters was actively involved in the several meetings that were held as the bill developed, to ensure that the bill would provide sufficient protection for the boater. The measure has been signed into law.

4. Removing the Boater from the Oil Discharge Bill Recreational Boaters worked closely with the author of SB 2131 to remove the boater from provisions of that bill that had the potential of imposing civil liability on boaters who accidentally discharged hazardous substances, wastes or petroleum products into the water. Negotiations led the Senator to place a letter in the Senate Journal that showed his intent that the bill not apply to small accidental fuel spills by recreational boaters.

5. Working Towards Providing for Boater Needs in the Delta — A number of bills were introduced in the Legislature that concerned the rehabilitation of the waterways in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and increasing the transfer of water through the Delta to agricultural interests and Southern California. Recreational Boaters worked to ensure that any legislation that would pass in this area would protect and enhance the interests of boaters using the waterways of the Delta. The delta issue died late in the session, but may be revived in 1985. ' L , . . , Who finances the legislative watchdog activity? The sole financial support comes from voluntary contributions from over 35,000 boating families who are members of the 145 boating, sailing, and yacht clubs in California. These contributions average out to about $7.50 per family per year. If you’re not a member of a club or organization, you may want to send along your own contribution to RBOC, Suite 220, 925 L Street, Sacramento, California 95814.

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SIGHTINGS bring in 1985 You could tell the folks who knew how to get 1985 off to a great start; they were the ones who spent January 1 out sailing on the Bay instead of being cooped up indoors glued to the boob tube watching a bunch of collegians chase inflated pigskins around southern stadiums.

We counted about one hundred or so sailboats out that first day in January, a pretty decent show. One of them is pictured below, Hank

Above, ‘Yucca’ greets the new year. Right, Horseshoe Cove.

Easom’s 8-Meter Yucca, captured as it sailed north past Yellow Bluff. Conditions to start the New Year weren’t bad; a gentle breeze but rather cool.

Naturally most boats spent New Year’s Day in their berths or at their moorings. Such is the case with the Coronado 25 in the spread, moored at Horseshoe Cove in the shadow of the Golden Gate. She looks sweet there, with the birds flapping around and The City in the background.

Speaking of Horseshoe Cove over at Fort Baker, now that the area has become part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, is there any reason why boats can’t go in the cove and drop the hook for a couple of hours or overnight? Assuming, of course, they don’t block the channel or otherwise interfere with anybody else.

a survivor’s tale Without a doubt, the easiest gear to put off buying and installing on a boat is that bulky and expensive safety gear — easy, that is, until you meet a guy like Lyle Winters. Without one of those bulky and expensive inflatable liferafts, he would not be alive today.

Lyle left Alameda aboard the Islander 36 Zalophus on December 28, bound south for some R&R in Monterey. A yacht broker for six years and sailor for more than twice that long, Winters has had extensive sailing experience aboard hundreds of boats. Zalophus, owned by Brian Daniels and Vicki Learner, was one of his favorites. He crewed aboard the boat on last year’s TransPac, singlehanded it back home, and borrowed it whenever he could for short trips around the Bay. Zalophus slid through the starlit night at a steady 7V2-8 kts. The main was vanged out to one side and the 150 genoa on the other. “It was a beautiful night,” Lyle said “I was having a fantastic sail.” He planned to have breakfast in Monterey before noon.

About 5:00 am., that plan faded with a shuddering lurch. “What it felt like was punching through heavy seas in gale conditions,” Winters says, “except it was more violent and there was a sharper sound. I remember looking up at cont'd on next sightings page

no wonder they have all The Coast Guard announced that in 1984 they seized 2.5 million pounds of pot. That’s up slightly from the previous year.

The resident experts here — all reformed potheads, of course — inform us there are 16 lids to the pound and between 30 to 50 joints per lid, depending on how many limbs, branches, and seeds are in the load, and how thin or fat you roll them. Figuring

SIGHTINGS those safety inspections an average of 40, though, that works out to 640 joints per pound.

All right, 640 times 2.5 million is 1.6 billicfn joints — or about six for every man, woman and child in the entire country. And that’s just what the Coast Guard has seized — it doesn’t count what landlocked law enforcement agencies have confiscated. Think of what’s getting through.

survivor’s tale — cont’d the mast and going, ‘Christ, how can it still be standing?’ The movement threw me into the wheel.”

Within seconds, Lyle heard the bilge pump start, “And I realized that there was more than just the mast to worry about.” A quick look below confirmed his fears — water was swirling over the floorboards.

“I thought at that point that the boat was scooping water, so I dropped the sails to slow it down.” He went below to see if he could determine the location and extent of the damage, which he assumed was caused by a collision with some unseen object, but in the debris and water-filled cabin he says all he could feel was water — lots of water — rushing in. Lyle grabbed the VHF cont'd on next sightings page

SIGHTINGS survivor’s tale — cont’d mike and managed to get off a “mayday”, but before he could give the Coast Guard a position, the water sloshed over the batteries and the VHF, lights and everything else electrical went dead. “At that point,” he says, “I dropped the mike and decided I’d better do what 1 could.

“I’ve always been amused at how many times I’ve heard about liferafts that don’t work,” says the 34-year-old Suisun City man. “1 thought I’d try the one on board to see how amused I’d be.” Fortunately, the Avon cannister unit, repacked within the year, inflated as it should, and Lyle made one more trip below to get Zalophus’ emergency pack with its EPIRB, flare gun and flares, first aid kit and so on. He also grabbed a couple of lifejackets, some food from the galley and the portable VHF. By that time, the boat had begun to settle by the head.

“I don’t swim and I didn’t want to be on the boat any longer then,” se\ys Lyle. He transferred to the liferaft and started sorting through his gear and his options. (Although his sense of time had become distorted by the urgency of the moment, Winters reported that Zalophus sank “pretty fast” after he got off.) Winter’s options did not look encouraging, especially once he discovered that the handheld VHF was gone — it had apparently dropped into the water when he transferred gear. He also found that the raft had a small leak in its upper portion, which included the supports for the canopy.

This necessitated pumping every half hour through the ordeal, which made sleep all but impossible. (Lyle didn’t feel that the raft was necessarily faulty on this count. He recalls it hitting the steering gear of the Islander during the confusion and feels that the leak may have resulted from that contact. The bottom ring “never gave a hint of leaking.”) Finally, he was wet and cold. He knew if he wasn’t rescued that day, he would be even more uncomfortable that night.

Fortunately, the sun soon appeared and Lyle stripped off his foulies, seaboots, leather gloves, levis, watchcap, polypropylene underwear and bunting jacket and set them all atop the raft to dry — he hoped. “The polypro and bunting were the only ones that dried, though,” he said. “I just tossed cont’d on next sightings page

double Boy, you never realize how many folks actually read this mag until you put something wrong in it. Then everybody in the world lets you know about it. This time, though, we’re going to pass the buck. We ran those wrong phone numbers for the January 8 and 9 boating safety classes exactly as we — and several other Bay Area publications — received them from the Coast Guard Auxiliary.

notin The more time you spend at sea, the more you see things you thought you’d never, ever see on the water.

For example, we were spinnaker reaching our way down the Pacific coast of Baja when we spotted the tanker pictured below coming our way. Now most tankers go at a pretty good clip out on the ocean, but not this guy.

We picked up the VHF and asked what the story was.

After about two minutes the radioman — or whatever he was — came on. He explained that they were the Exxon Benicia, and their normal run was taking crude oil from Alaska down through the Canal to either one of the Gulf states or to New York.

Yeah, but why so slow?

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SIGHTINGS whammy For the record, the correct phone number for Les Anderson’s January 7 (not 8) class is 531-3480; Wilfred Hodgkin’s correct number for the January 9 class is 523-3226.

Please don’t call the other numbers if you’re a late comer: one is no longer in service and the woman at the other says she’s tired of answering the 10 to 12 calls she receives every night at the dinner hour.

a rush He laconically explained that since there was a shortage of cargo they didn’t have a whole heck of a lot of work waiting for them.

So instead of racing back to Long Beach where they would be rebunkering, the com-, pany ordered them to proceed at lxh knots, which is just a little bit above steerage. The slow speed was no doubt driving the crew up and down the steel-plated walls, but it was saving Exxon a heck of a lot of money in fuel.

So that explained that. Now if you’ve ever seen a cruise ship turn in tight circles in the middle of the ocean, flares popping and sirens ringing, don’t pay it any mind. We’ve seen one of those before, too, arid it’s nothing but man overboard practice.

survivor’s tale — cont’d the levis in the corner.”

A Coast Guard spokesman we talked to said that once the Winters’ “mayday” was received, an urgent marine broadcast was put out to all ships on the West Coast (since they never got a position) to be on the lookout. Winters had his doubts as to how many ships actually heard it, though. He said three went by within one or two miles of the raft that day, and though he used up all but three of his flares, and made noise with his horn, none saw him, nor did the fishing boat he saw in the late afternoon.

Lyle became really concerned about his predicament toward nightfall, when the temperature started dropping. “I thought I was going to freeze to death,” he said, describing the night as “ultra cold” — so cold he couldn’t have slept even if he didn't have to pump the raft up every so often.

Whenever he would try to rest, the inflatable canopy supports would lose air and start to collapse, and then a wave would hit the raft and drench him further. Lyle’s main concern that night was not the air leak, however, it was maintaining his body warmth. To do that, he had to stay off the floor of the raft.

“The water was about 55 degrees and 1 could just feel my body heat draining away when I’d get next to the bottom of the raft, which was only about an eighth of an inch thick.” So through the night he would curl up into a fetal position and try to balance himself on the two lifejackets to insulate himself from the floor.

By morning, the swells had moderated, and just before it got light, Lyle spotted the lights of another ship. He fired off two flares — only one remained — and waved a handheld flare. This time the ship turned toward him.

The 650-ft Phillips 66 tanker World Freeport came up to within 75 yards of the little raft and began maneuvering, slowly and carefully, toward him with its bow thrusters. Winters was so elated at being rescued that when he first stepped aboard the ship he refused the helping hands of crewmen and threw off the blankets they wrapped around him. “Then I realized that I couldn t walk without help and I let them grab me again.”

Winters had spent nearly 26 hours in the liferaft. The World Freeport had picked him up ten miles south of where Zalophus had sunk. Had he drifted another day, he would have been out of the shipping lanes and the chances of rescue would have been that much more remote. That was a moot point, though, says Lyle. “Because 1 wouldn’t have survived another night.”

Winters was taken to a hospital after the ship docked in Martinez. There he was found to have suffered from both hypothermia and trenchfoot, a painful condition caused by prolonged exposure to wet and cold. He was ordered to stay off his feet for two weeks or risk permanent damage to his feet. Fortunately, the prognosis was good and when we talked to Winters he was well on his way to a complete recovery.

We asked Lyle if he’d learned anything from the experience that could benefit other sailors who might one day find themselves in a similar situation.

“As far as the boat, there’s nothing 1 could have done,” he said. “I would supplement the emergency kit, though, with additional clothes, and maybe space blankets — something that can get wet but dry out immediately — and an air mattress to insulate you from the cold.

“And I’ll tell you, I’ve sailed for 12 or 14 years, most of the time without a liferaft. I never cared before. But ill never go offshore without one again.”

the japanese, the armadillo and the horn It’s astounding to learn how many fine sailing achievements remain unknown to most of the sailing world. This is because daring voyages are often the handiwork of people who punch their own tickets, people who don’t need public recognition to validate their accomplishments. And so it was we only recently learned of a Japanese fellow who twice rounded Cape Horn in a 26-ft boat.

The gent’s name is Masata, and he made his first rounding in the late 70s. cont’d on next sightings page

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Japanese, armadillo, horn — cont’d It turned out to be such an easy rounding — because of uncommonly fine weather — that he felt cheated. It had not been a challenge.

Encouraged to make a second rounding by a Japanese radio station, Masata topped off his provisions in South America. During the stop someone presented him with an armadillo, the plate covered mammal so beloved by Texans.

Masata took the armadillo on his second rounding of the Horn, a rounding that provided all the challenge the Japanese and the armadillo could ever

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Back in the old days we took pride in our work. We all cared about the jobs we did. In fact it was widely believed that the quality of your work mirrored a person’s spiritual purity.

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hope for. Because of the horrible weather conditions it was virtually impossible to stay dry in the 26-ft boat. Masata even built a little tent inside the boat to try and keep the water off him. As for the armadillo, a tropical animal, he frequently slipped beneath the singlehander’s foul weather gear and up his leg so that he wouldn’t freeze to death. Masata didn’t mind — in fact he took comfort in the companionship. The only exceptions were when the armadillo peed on him. The little animal had not been house-trained, and had he been, it is likely that he would have rejected his education given the sea conditions.

Despite these problems, the boat, its skipper and its armadillo survived the difficult rounding and proceeded on to South Africa. There Masata met Leah, a Brazilian woman. The two didn’t have a common language, but were able to communicate sufficiently well to understand that she wanted to have his baby.

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It’s unknown whether this new romance distracted Masata from the armadillo or not, but it is known that the armadillo fell overboard at Capetown.

Apparently the shock of the cold y^ater stopped the little feller’s heart, for he died on the spot.

It’s a recognized fact that shipmates who round the Horn — even if they are a man and an armadillo that pees on his leg — retain a special bond for life. And beyond. So it was that Masata couldn’t bear to part with his fellow Horner. The solution was plain: the armadillo was stuffed and given a permanent place of honor on the boat, right above the chart table. To our knowledge he remains there to this day.

kesterson reservoir The past year has been a pretty good one for the Bay Area: the Democratic National Convention, the baseball All Star Game, the Super Bowl. One news item, though, has been lurking in the background, casting a distant shadow over those living by the Bay. The focal point of the issue is a two-mile square body of water known as Kesterson Reservoir. While the victims so far have been birds, fish and other animal life, there are those who say the problem could be an environmental time bomb that will have far reaching effects.

Briefly, Kesterson Reservoir is a small part of California’s huge water'project which, among other things, irrigates the once arid land on the western cont'd on next sightings page

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SIGHTINGS outrage! tion! Disgusting. If his work is reflection of his soul, you know where he’s headed straight for. " < Drugs, pot, women’s lib, Sandinista’s, rock ’n roll; we didn’t have ’em back in my day but then we didn’t have boat bottoms that looked like lepoaras or modern art either.

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kesterson — cont’d slope of the San Joaquin River. In 1960 the U.S. Congress authorized construction of the San Luis Unit of the Central Valjey Water Project, which then fed water into the region and created hundreds of thousands of acres of valuable farmland. Up to a quarter of the nation’s farm produce is now grown in this area.

The hitch in the project has been the need for drainage. The clay soil in the western San Joaquin Valley prevents water from seeping downward. Instead, the water level builds and eventually waterlogs the crops.

Part of Congress’ provisions for building the San Luis Unit was that adecont’d on next sightings page

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kesterson — cont’d quate drainage would be provided to prevent this problem. The Federal Bureau of Reclamation, an agency of the Department of the Interior, drew up plans for a 207 mile drain running parallel to the aqueduct from Kettlemen City in the south to a discharge point in the western Delta region.

From 1968 to 1975, the Bureau constructed 85 miles of drainage canal from the town of Five Points to Kesterson Reservoir, just east of Gustine, before it

Bet you’re still wondering what that article on commercial wrecks in the November issue had to do with sailing on the Bay. Well, X aside from historical interest, not much perhaps. But it did pave the way for an upcoming — we hope — article on recreational boat wrecks, and we can all learn a thing or two about staying out of harm’s way from that one.

The trouble is, we’re having a hard time coming up with a comprehensive who’s-hitwhat-when list for the last five to ten years.

There’s a ton of documentation and newspaper clippings for commercial wrecks, but not much on modern sailboats. In other words, help!

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With the drainage plan short-circuited, Kesterson became an evaporation pond for the drainage water. The man-made marsh also attracted water fowl, hence becoming a National Wildlife Refuge. The irony of that later designacont’d on next sightings page

Up at Folsom Lake, home to some 600 sailboats just east of Sacramento, things have been getting a little uncomfortable.

Cold weather and lack of rain in December and January have dropped water levels to a little over five feet at the Brown’s Ravine marina. Owners of fixed keel boats were requested to pull their boats out during the first week of January and those with swing keels were asked to raise them to reduce their boats’ draft.

A man-made lake completed in the late 1950’s, Folsom supplies water to the city of Sacramento as well as the American River.

SIGHTINGS search know of a comprehensive listing of recreational boat wrecks, let us know where. If you remember a particular wreck (for the purposes of the article, let’s define “wreck” as any boat that sinks, rolls over or strands on a beach), let us know about it with as many details as possible — boat name, owner, size, location, circumstances, date and so on. We’re going to limit the area to the Bay waters and the entrance bounded by the Farallones, Drakes Bay, Half Moon Bay and the Golden Gate.

We came up with about a dozen boats right off the tops of our heads, and hope to double or triple that with your help. Address all information to Wrecks, c/o Latitude 38, P.O. Box 1678, Sausalito, CA 94966.

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The cold weather has prevented snow from melting upstream, forcing the Bureau of Reclamation, which is in charge of releasing water, to pour more out to keep the salmon spawning beds covered in the American.

Variable water height is nothing new to those who sail on Folsom Lake, site of the popular annual Camellia Cup regatta. Steve Galeria, a lake veteran, says when the lake is low, you have to walk down several dozen steps to get your boat. In May, though, after the winter rains and the Sierra snows melt, the most you have to climb are eight to ten steps. “It’s really nice then!” he says.

kesterson — cont’d tion is that the water collecting in the reservoir was loaded with salt from the soil, as well as concentrations of selenium, boron, arsenic and other toxic goodies.

The headline grabber has been selenium, which occurs naturally in the soil and is necessary in very small amounts for humans. The irrigation/drainage process, though, leaches the selenium out and concentrates it in the water. In large amounts, the element causes cancer, birth defects and other diseases.

Since 1983 neighbors of Kesterson have noticed many of the birds were dead, deformed or terribly ill. Rather than a haven for wildlife, the reservoir turned out to be a hell hole.

The hue and cry over this catastrophe has turned a lot of heat onto the Bureau of Reclamation’s' Pacific Regional office in Sacramento. In December, 1984, the State Water Resource Control Board issued a proposal to have Kesterson closed or lined in such a way that the poisonous water could not seep out and contaminate the nearby San Joaquin River. The Bureau has argued against that scenario, claiming that the rate of seepage from Kesterson is so low that there is no immediate danger. “Fixing” Kesterson, they say, would be a very costly short range solution that could have strong adverse impact on the farms serviced by the drain and the economy of the region. * Jason Peltier, the regional liaison officer for the Bureau, adds that Kesterson effectively serves only 8,000 acres of land. Some 70,000 acres of San Joaquin farmland are now draining into the surrounding grasslands and the San Joaquin River already. There are also some 300,000 acres of land that share the same drainage problem! The good news, if we are to believe the Bureau, is that Kesterson is not as dangerous as many say it is (although the ducks may disagree); the bad news is that it’s just a drop in the bucket. Long range solutions are needed as badly, if not more so, than short range ones.

The Bureau, along with several other Federal agencies such as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the U.S. Geological Survey, are currently undertaking a five year, $30 million study of the drainage problem. They will attempt to determine exactly how the selenium is affecting the biota (plant and animal life of the region), as well as what to do about the situation.

Various treatment options are available to reduce the selenium levels, as well as several alternatives to disposing the water. Among them are dumping it in the San Joaquin River, the Delta Estuary near Martinez, or the ocean at Morro or Monterey Bay. “By law,” says Peltier, “discharge water can’t harm the receiving waters, so there would have to be a combination of treatment and disposal methods.”

Others, such as Bill Davoren of the Bay Institute of San Francisco, argue that the selenium discharge may have already done damage beyond Kesterson. The Bay Institute is a non-profit research organization concerned with the decline of San Francisco Bay as an estuary. Daveron, a retired U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employee, recently studied samples of liver from striped bass taken from the San Joaquin River in the past few years. While not yet totally confirmed, the results show significant amounts of the selenium present.

The decline of the Bay and Delta striped bass population is a well known phenomenon. Since the 1960’s, levels have dropped almost 80 percent, and as many as one out of every two prespawning adults is afflicted with lesions, parasites and deformities. At least four other factors, including lack of food and eggs being sucked in the aqueduct pumps, have been thought to cause this decline. Daveron suggests the presence of selenium is yet another nail in the fishes’ coffin. And if that is true, could it not also partially account for similar dimunition in the Dungeness crab population? And what about shellfish, chinook salmon, sturgeon and other creatures, humans included, who use the Bay and Delta waters?

The completion of the San Luis Drain to Martinez would only make things worse, says Davoren. A KQED-TV special report on Kesterson aired last October estimated that by 1995 the drain would be discharging the sewer cont'd on next sightings page

SIGHTINGS kesterson— cont’d equivalent of six million people. Furthermore, this waste water would be harder to clean up than human effluent because of the salts and other chemicals. And one final irony to add to the list: much of the increasingly poisonous drainage water gets sucked into the California Aqueduct, where it goes back to the San Joaquin farms and also south to Los Angeles and San Diego where people drink it.

“This is another fine mess you’ve gotten us into,” as Hardy used to say to Laurel. The stakes in this game are huge indeed, not only for the farmers in the San Joaquin, but for most of the residents of California.

On February 5th, the State Water Control Resources Board will make its decision on what to do about Kesterson. It will also establish for the first time agricultural discharge standards for the San Joaquin River. This is obviously just the first step. There are legal cases pending that involve neighbors df Kesterson against the Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife and even Governor Deukmejian for criminal conspiracy and gross negligence. The California Aqueduct and the San Luis Drain are proving to be parts of a very sharp double edged sword. ' What can you do? Bill Daveron suggests you contact your Congressman and ask for a Bay/Delta/Valley conference to gather testimony from all those affected by the situation. Also, request an investigation of the financing and operation of the San Luis Unit or the Central Valley. (There is the possibility that the Bureau of Reclamation knew of the potential hazards but went ahead with the drain anyway.) Write to your local newspaper and let your feelings be known. You can reach the Bay Institute at 5080 Paradise Drive, Tiburon, CA 94920, or by calling (415)435-5922.

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Masashi Sato, in a homebuilt 28-ft gaff-rigged cutter, drifted into San Francisco YC on a listless afternoon breeze January 14 after a 59-day crossing from Osaka, Japan.

There is something strange, and very possibly heroic, in the Japanese psyche that causes that country’s cruising sailors to do things the hard way.

boat, boat, who If you were one of six hundred boatowners who keep a boat in Sausalito, a letter from Stanford University’s Joseph Petrucci was tied to your lifelines last month. What x does Stanford want? They want your boat.

Boat donation programs are excellent money makers for an institution, be it thq Boy Scouts or the California Maritime Academy. The donor receives a sizable tax writeoff and the institution gets a boat they can use in their sailing program and later sell.

Because of the uncertain changes in 1985’s tax law, boatowners considering donations kept local offices busier than usual last month.

Each donor program is a little bit different.

At Stanford, all money that the donation generates goes back into the sailing program.

“We use some of the boats in our sailing classes. [ButjOne of the first boats we received, a 46 ft Bertram, was liquidated and those funds actually created the sailing program here,” said Petrucci, director of Stanford’s sailing program.

One of the largest donor programs, that generates in excess of $100,000 a year, is the California Maritime Academy Foundation In Vallejo. They were the recent recipient of Scarlett O’Hara and in the past have been given Hawkeye, Fun (the forerunner of Great Fun) and Baruna.

rainy day The National Maritime Museum, which is currently featuring the “Families at Sea” exhibit, has new hours. They are open Tuesday through Sunday, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The new Museum hours are in effect until July 8, at which time it will again be open on a daily basis.

can you figure out

Masashi Sato, lone Japanese voyager.

Remember in 1963 when Kenichi Horie sailed from Osaka to San Francisco in a 19-ft Kingfisher sloop called Mermaid? That voyage took 92 days. Horie, according to Mr, and Mrs. Joe Knowles of the SFYC, is still sailing and still pursuing his dream, whatever it may be these days.

Sato is a bit different. His trip to the Bay is only the first leg of a planned

OK, folks, here’s the Latitude 38 quiz of the month for you. Can you guess what this item is? Actually, we should tell you that this is really the mold for the final piece, which is made out of fiberglass and is a custom fitting for a racing yacht. If we give you any more clues, why we’d be giving it away.

Actually the chances of getting 'this one right have to be on the low side (we certainly didn’t know what it was), so we’ll give one prize for the correct answer and another for the most creative. The winners get a Latitude 38 T-shirt and a couple of our nifty Latitude 38 bumper stickers. On your mark, get ready, start guessing!

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“We are a user foundation”, said Capt.

John Keever. “We race in intercollegiate series with the smaller boats and in the Big Boat Series, TransPac, Long Beach Race Week and as much of the Bay series as we can get into. People see us and that’s how we can get most of our boats.”

Besides local universities, organizations like the Boy Scouts also encourage boat donations. “We use them in the Sea Scout program,” said Larry Abbott of the San Mateo County Council of Boy Scouts of America. “Boats are usually kept from six months to three years.”

All donor programs accept power and sailboats and just about any size from Lasers on up. One word of caution — potential donors should make sure- they contact directly an organization with a tax-exempt status.

“There are a lot of less than reputable consulting firms, mostly Florida based that get a percentage of the gift, some as high as 80%,” said Petrucci.

Check out who is really getting your boat.

Don’t be afraid to contact the Better Business Bureau or get references.

A second word of caution, the IRS has said it will soon require appraisals for all boats donated with values of over $5,000.

— glenda ganny carroll

activity The Hyde Street Pier facility, with its historic ships and buildings, remains open daily from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

The National Maritime Museum is located at Polk at Beach Streets. It’s a great place to spend a few winter hours that are too cold or rainy for sailing.

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across the pacific — cont’d round-the-world jaunt that staggers the mind. On an old National Geographic map of the world, he pencilled a route that will take him to the South Seas, around the Horn, across the Atlantic three times, through the Mediterranean, Suez and Southeast Asia — singlehanded.

Learning details about Masashi’s voyage is difficult. The young sailor’s English is halting and my Japanese is atrocious. It has taken days to glean information from him that would have taken hours with the aid of a translator, but so far one has not been available. This is what I was able to understand from our conversations during the week he was a guest of the SFYC. A member of the O.Z.U. Sailing Club of Osaka, Sato decided to voyage around the world while working as a boatbuilder and driver. The “driver” part was a series of gestures'that could mean anything from taxis or buses to limousines or race cars. I don’t know. My Berlitz should be scrapped.

Anyway, he constructed the Hyakki Maru in his spare time.

When finished, the little gaff rigger had no engine, no head, etc. A solar panel provides power to the battery that funs the radio and an alcohol stove heats up the rice. A 13-foot oar powers the boat in a calm — Lin and Larry Pardey would be proud. Thus equipped, Sato loaded his boat with water and provisions and'sailed off into fhe winter sunset. “It was snowing,” he said of Osaka when he left.

It wasn’t snowing in the Pacific, but it was blowing. Masashi rode out five storms, an average of one every five days. During the worst one, he hung on a sea anchor for 30 hours. What did he do dhring these times? With gestures and broken English, he indicated that he strapped himelf into the quarter berth and locked the hatch. One just did not go into the cockpit, he said.

Masashi plans to tour the Bay until April,, when he will set sail for Easter Island. Our conversation went something like this . . . “Mexico,” he said, “not good now?” To which I answered in my G.I. Japanese, “You’re damned right. Storms and more storms.” I gave him a chart of the Bay Area (he didn’t have anything but the entrance) and told him how to get to some of the yacht clubs around the Bay. His friend Shoji Nagayama of Richmond, will help him around the area.

From Easter Island, he’ll meander through the South Seas Islands to New Zealand, then go back across the roaring 40’s and around the Horn to Africa.

From there, he’ll go back acros the Atlantic to Puerto Rico and New York, then back across to England, the Red Sea, the Indian Ocean and home to Osaka. He figures the trip will take five years.

It’ll be longer.

— rnichael knerr Mike has agreed to keep us updated on Sato’s wherebouts. We hope Latitude 38 readers make him feel welcome wherever he goes in the Bay — you can’t miss the blue-hulled Hyakki Maru — and wish him fair winds for the long trip ahead.

lnb gets new power plant If you were coming up the coast in January, you may have noticed that the San Francisco Approach Lighted Horn Buoy, also known as the LNB or the Lightbucket, was without a radiobeacon. That’s because it had been replaced by a temporary lighted whistle buoy. If all goes well, by the time you read this, the LNB should be back on station and everything will be back to normal.

Built in the early 1970’s, the LNB has been standing guard dutifully through wind, rain and rough seas. There’s a one cylinder engine onboard that powers the radiobeacon, strobe light, RACON radar reflector, horn and fixed passing light. After a dozen years, the engine has tired, though. The Coast Guard tried fixing it on station, but those working in the belly of the buoy found it pretty uncomfortable to roll and pitch with every wave while trying to effect repairs. That’s why they brought it into Yerba Buena Island where they could do the job right. corn'd on next sightings page

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Inb power - cont’d Navigators might also take note that some of the U.S. Navy Satellites have

For those wanting more definitive infor¬

been experiencing errors recently. There are six NAVSAT SPATRAKS up

mation on exotic seafare (we blew a couple

there currently, with plans for 18 eventually, and they are used for SatNav

of picture captions in an article of the same name by Jane De Ridder in the last issue), Vwe offer the following.

The illustration below is that of a wahoo, also known as the ocean barracuda and Pacific kingfish. Wahoo average 15 pounds, although back in 1962 one surprised fisherman

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Wahoo are said to be the swiftest fish in

the water and it’s been suggested that the name is derived from the happy exclamations made by fishermen who get one to strike. Wahoo make excellent eating when the light meat is separated from the dark.

The one thing a wahoo doesn’t iook anything like is the dolphin fish, which is known in California and Hawaii as mahi mahi and Mexico as dorado. No matter where you catch it or what you call it, mahi mahi is one of the very best tasting fish in the world. An average one weighs six pounds although the record is a 76-pounder caught off Acapulco.

As you can see from the illustrations beThis is what the Lightbucket looks like up close and personal.

low, the male and female mahi mahi look rather different but not a darn bit like a

readings. According to a Coast Guard spokesperson, the Navy hasn’t got all

wahoo. Nonetheless the two species must be

the bugs worked out yet, hence the problems.

These two examples illustrate a point the Coast Guard recently made in their “Local Notice to Mariners” (which you can get for free by writing to

message in

Building 51-3, Government Island, Alameda, CA 94501, or by calling 415-437-3506). Briefly, the Coasties want you to know that aids to navigation depicted on charts comprise a system of fixed and floating aids with vary¬

Have you ever been out sailing on the

ing degrees of reliability. They urge you not to rely on any single aid,

ocean and put a note-in a bottle and let it drift

especially if it’s floating. Buoys are subject to innumerable conditions which

with the currents. We did it on our trip to

can affect their position and reliability. “A prudent mariner,” states the

Mexico, which reminded us of the only time

bulletin. "... will also utilize bearings from fixed objects and aids to naviga¬

we ever heard of anyone getting a response.

tion on shore."

And one final buoy item: the Coast Guard is considering discontinuing

The guy who threw the bottle in was the much

South Channel Bell Buoy 4 located off Ocean Beach in San Francisco. The

Wilde. He said he threw one in somewhere

reasons given are that the construction of the San Francisco Sewer Trestle

out in the Pacific and a couple of months

has effectively blocked the south channel, and that the buoy is often dragged

later he got a letter from a guy on an island

off station by strong currents and surf. Vessels using it to navigate run the risk

who found it. The guy asked Doug to send

of coming too close to the surf line as a result. Public comment was requested

fish hooks, leaders, and other little valuables.

before January 31st, and well keep a lookout for their final decision.

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Doug hadn’t anticipated it would cost money to engage in such a whimsy.

sometimes, bigger is better A couple of years back Latitude 38 reported on the solo circumnavigation Patrick Childress made in his Catalina 27. Patrick, who started and finished this noteworthy cruise in the Virgin Islands, indicated that it really hadn’t been that difficult at all.

Anyway we were reading the most recent newsletter of the Nawiliwili YC, in which there was an account of another bottle dropping and finding. Apparently Jim Saylor put the note in a brandy bottle while helping sail the Swede 55, Temptress back from the Pacific Cup Race to Kauai. Specifically the

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SIGHTINGS from a wahoo almost equally fast in the water; the same reference book that said the wahoo “is termed the fastest fish that swims” also reported that mahi mahi is “considered the fastest fish that swims.” You figure it.

Wahoo usually travel in small packs, never too far from land. They are renowned for being ferocious predators with razor sharp

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bigger — cont’d It’s hard to understand what motivates people, but Patrick’s not had enough yet. In fact he’s already set out on a second solo circumnavigation.

Normally you’d assume he’d be going in a little bit bigger boat, but the 33-year old gentleman is doing just the opposite. His new boat isn’t even half as long as the the Catalina 27, in fact it’s a mere 11 feet and 10 inches!

Slippery Turtle is a hi-tech little boat. Built of a combination of S-glass and/or 1/8” ply over a 1/2” honeycomb core, there are no interior frames.

However, the tiny boat has a collision bulkhead up forward and three watertight lockers in the cabin sole. Chris Barry will be pleased to note that Slippery Turtle has a positive bouyancy of 200 pounds.

The little boat with the long bowspirit weighs a mere 660 pounds — or not quite as much as a good heavyweight wrestler. And this includes the 165 pounds of lead in the hollowed out 4-ft keel. With a complete payload of 870 pounds, she’ll displace 1,530 pounds.

The little circumnavigator-to-be was designed by Steve Callahan, whose name may ring a few distant bells in readers’ heads. A couple of years back

teeth. Mahi mahi usually travel in pairs, one male and one female. Equally aggressive as the wahoo, it’s said that if you catch one mahi mahi you can probably get its mate, too. They just can’t resist the bait. Mahi mahi are caught throughout the Pacific and are one of the most common fish to be pulled upon troll lines in mid-ocean. Even when close to shore, mahi mahi have never been known to cause ciguatera poisoning, so you folks cruising the South Pacific can eat with abandon.

End of fishing lesson.

a bottle bottle was dropped at Lat 30 17 N; Long.

151 43 W, on September 4, 1982.

Two years later the bottle was found on Midway, and Jim received the following note: “Hi, my name is Rick and I am the Officerin-Charge of the U.S. Naval Facility on Midway Island. Just thought I’d let you know that your letter in a brandy bottle dated 4 Sept 82 washed up on the beach next to my facility. I found it while I was walking on the beach looking for Japanese fishing floats on Sunday November 11. Hope this note finds you in good health and I wish you fair winds and following seas on any future sailing ventures.”

Pretty neat, eh?

If any of you folks have had successful bottle droppings, we’d enjoy hearing about them.

Patrick Childress, inset, and his Callahan 12.

Callahan left the Azores in his 22-ft boat, hit a whale, and had to take to his liferaft. In an incredible story of survival, he managed to stay alive in the raft until it drifted up on the shores of Guadaloupe 76 days later.

We wish Patrick, who has already made it to Panama, the best of luck. At cont'd on next sightings page

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bigger — cont’d the same time we’d like to discourage other sailors from fermenting similar dreams. Long ocean voyages in very small boats have become something of a rage in recentyears, but regretably not all of the folks taking to sea in such small boats are returning. Bill Dunlop, who is written about elsewhere in this issue, apparently is just one such example.

oyster point rehabilitation On January 18, the California boating and Waterways Commission approved a $1 million loan to rehabilitate the West Basin of the Oyster Point Marina. Among projects that come under stage two of that rehabilitation are: raising the old parking lot as much as five feet above its present level; undergrounding of utilities begun in phase one (phases one and two and stage one have already taken place); finishing the leachate control also begun in a previous phase; and the replacement of berths. This last is not a renovation but a complete reconstruction. The 289 existing berths will be torn out and a similar number rebuilt.

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If you’ve ever wondered how hard it might be to get a marina built in Sausalito, consider what Gordy Hansen of Zack’s is dealing with. For over a decade, Zack’s, Inc. has been trying to put in a facility near their restaurant between Pelican Harbor and the Napa Street Pier. For the last two years they’ve been in the permit process. A couple of months ago, Gordy thought they were getting pretty close, and he had hopes of beginning dredging in March after the herring season ended.

The latest hitch has to do with leasing streets. Not the ones on land, but the ones underwater. Several of Sausalito’s streets extend out into the Bay and belong to the city.

Zack’s owns the lots over which the marina is

Below, Oyster Point Marina.

SIGHTINGS or jayswimming? to be built, but they don’t have title to the streets. In order to get their proposal approved by the Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC), Zack’s has to work out a lease with the city so people can cross those streets!

Gordy was hopeful something could be worked out by the next BCDC hearing on February 7th. If so, dredging could still begin this spring and the 200-plus berths could be in place by next fall.

And in case anyone thinks we’re taking sides here, we’d disagree. There’s a strong anti-development element in Sausalito, and they’re entitled to use any weapons at their disposal. This episode would indicate that indeed they are!

oyster point — cont’d Oyster Point’s Ron McClellan, “and we’re just in the process of selecting an engineer for the project now.” By the time new designs are finalized and approved, Ron figures on an April 1 start.

A completion date is harder to call. “It depends on when the money comes through,” says Ron, “and on next year’s budget.” He’s confident, though, that there won’t be any more lengthy interruptions. “The work should progress right through to completion,” he says.

no more radio checks Starting January 25 routine radio checks to the Coast Guard on Channel 16 — VHF, the Distress, Safety and Calling Channel — will be prohibited. ' When a person requests confirmation from the Coast Guard that his/her radio is working, that person is asking for a radio check and is also interfering with the Coast Guard’s ability to respond to emergencies by taking up valuable time.

Early last year the Coast Guard requested a change to Federal Communication Commission (FCC) rules to alleviate this congestion by prohibiting routine radio checks. The FCC approved the rule change for two reasons: the radio check’s interference with the Coast Guard distress watch and the availability of other ways to ensure a radio is working. Boaters can still check their radios by calling other boaters, marinas, or public coast radio stations.

However, FCC representatives, qualified radio technicians and ship’s personnel installing equipment or correcting deficiencies in the station’s radio telephone equipment will continue to be allowed to call the Coast Guard on Channel 16 (156.8 MHz) for radio checks.

roe, roe, roe their boats The herring, as you might have noticed, are back. If you haven’t noticed, take a glance out toward Sausalito or Richmond, or around Yerba Buena, Angel or Treasure Islands some weekday. Those are the most popular spawning areas for herring and therefore the most popular gathering areas for the 120-boat herring fleet presently plying their trade.

The current herring season, actually the second of two, began January 6 and runs through March 15 — weekdays only. No fishing is permitted fron? noon Friday until sunset Sunday. The reason we’re telling you all this is so that those of you who are lucky enough to escape to do a little weekday sailing don’t go and get yourselves into trouble. The Coast Guard and most of all the fishermen themselves request that you give the fleets a wide berth. Those 30-ft long, 15-ft wide monofilament nets are hard enough to work with without worrying about them being fouled by curious yachties. Be aware that those nets can wreak havoc on an unsuspecting propeller and a disgruntled fisherman’s fists can wreak havoc, on the owner of said propeller’s nose.

Don’t say we didn’t warn you.

And now fbr this month’s trivia question: What the heck do those hardworking fisherfolk do with the slippdry little buggers once they catch them':3 Answer: They sell them to the Japanese. Seems the roe (eggs) of the sardine-like herring is prized in a caviar-like, sushi-related dish called kazunoko. In fact, buyers determine the exact per-ton price by removing the roe from small (about 10 pound) samples of fish. The higher the percentage of eggs, the higher the price. This year, herring are going for about $1,100 a ton. By the way, once they get the eggs out, the rest of the fish is usually ground up into pet food.

Fishing for herring can be very lucrative or it can be screamingly frustrating.

Like all fishing, it depends a good deal on luck. A few years ago, fishermen had a lot of luck. Not only were the herring more abundant and roe-rich than corn'd on next sightings page

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roe, roe — cont’d

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fishermen, some of whom come from as far away as Alaska, and many lost their proverbial shirts.

So far this year, though, everything looks as though it’s back to normal.

The schools are above average in size, the fishing is good and the prices are fair. San Francisco Bay is living up to its description by the Department of Fish and Game as “containing the largest concentration of spawning areas in the lower U.S.” And you thought the Bay was only good for sailing.

guts oflois Many sailors have asked the question: What do you do with a racing boat after she’s past her prime? In the days when racing boats had interiors and amenities, it didn’t take too much to turn them into cruisers. In recent years, though, the demands of competition have led to stripped out Grand Prix yachts that might make it as steam closets for the local health spa and little else!

For San Francisco’s Bill Erkelens, the solution has come in a different form, so to speak. His varnished 40 footer, Lois Lane, once the cream of the crop on the Bay when she won Big Boat Series in 1978, is undergoing a transformation. Instead of an around the buoys racer, Lois is being optimized for downwind races such as TransPac and the Mexican classics.

Making the change involves a fair amount of work, which Bill is conducting over at North Coast Yachts in Alameda along with the help of Richard Hodges, John Groen and Lee Smith, among others. Designer Tom Wylie, who drew the boat originally, has given them the plans for fairing in the underbody aft; a new, heavier and deeper keel; a house for the cabin to allow more space for a full nav station; and a four foot taller rig.

“We’ll have both fractional and masthead spinnakers,” says Erkelens, “with poles to match. The big chutes will be for light to moderate air and when it pipes up we’ll set the fractional kites and still keep our optimal speed.

It’s sort of like having an oceangoing Aussie 18 where you can shift gears to match the conditions.

Bill realizes he probably couldn’t have attempted the alteration if Lois wasn’t already light for a 40 footer. Most IOR boats her size weigh around cont’d on next sightings page

Experienced offshore cruiser John Neal of Washington will lead a two-day seminar on cruising during the weekend of Febuary 16 and 17. An acknowledged expert on the South Pacific, John will be joined by sailmaker Carol Hasse of Port Townsend sails and Sue Frederickson, R.N. Each ses-

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sion runs from 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Tiburon Lodge. Cost is $95 per person, $145 per couple, and includes a 170 page notebook. For more information, contact Mahina Cruising Services, Box 800, Friday Harbor, WA 98250 or call 206-378-2393.

guts — cont’d 15,000 pounds, but the cold molded beauty tips the scale at a relatively dainty 11,500. That’s still half a ton heavier than the ultra light Olson 40, but Bill has hopes of being the first 40-footer to Honolulu in this summer’s TransPac, which starts in Los Angeles on July 4th. Besides those mentioned above, Bill will have his son Bill along to crew, as well as Mark Rudiger, who will navigate. Mark won the singlehanded TransPac last year, so he’ll be familiar with the territory. In any case, it’s nice to see there’s new life for old boats after all, especially one as pleasing to the eye as Lois Lane.

Erkelens, left, and Richard Hodges working on ‘Lois Lane’.

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I’m not an overly superstitious sort — until it comes to sailing.

low was the last week of October. Any later, 1 was assured, and Mother Nature would probably close for the duration the sevenday window of good weather we needed.

Jamie and I delved into the project with an enthusiasm we’d not had since crewing together on a 60-ft yacht in the Mediterranean in the mid ’70s, and the trip soon outgrew Below, the best bunk in the house was the cabin sole. Right, gear failures were more bothersome than dangerous.

being one more “delivery”. It was now a mini-vacation, a mini-cruise; it was back to nature and back toThe basics; a recapturing of youth perhaps, a rekindling of an old friendship hopefully and a retesting of some rusty navigation skills assuredly. Finally, and perhaps most importantly, it would serve as respite from the routine we once swore would never rule our lives, and as the rejuvenation of two civilization-frazzled'souls.

I allotted five days for the trip, about the same amount of time it takes me to get home from work on 101. The estimate was based on an average speed of five knots, which is slightly faster than I go on 101. Because it was roughly a 450-mile trip, that meant we would have at least two overnight legs. I bought charts and worked up a detailed itinerary while Jamie planned and bought food.

A couple of trips down south and many more to the marine hardware during the next weeks had Rosebud, my Bristol 29, as ready as she was going to be for the journey. About the only things that femained to do were clean the bottom and hook up the tiller extension.

After the nine-hour drive, we arrived in Dana Point late Thursday to discover that the marina office, which was closed, had changed the locks on the gate, which was locked, and the head, .which was also locked.

Now I’m not an overly superstitious sort — until it comes to sailing. Ever since the time we were holed and nearly sunk on that 60-footer two days out of Malta, I have never departed for any trip on a Friday, never allowed any loved ones to wave me out of sight and kept alert for any sign that could, in the most' oblique way, be considered a bad omen — like being unable to get onto the dock to get to my boat. Fortunately, a kind soul with the right key let us in, and I was much too tired to worry that night. I barely unrolled my sleeping bag before I was out like a light. The next day dawned sunny and beautiful and the key situation was quickly resolved with the office.

In fact, things were progressing so smoothly by nopn that I was tempted to get an early evening start. Then again, it was Friday.

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e bid Dana Point adieu on a misty Saturday dawn'and pointed Rosie’s bow toward King Harbor (Redondo Beach), our first stop. At five knots, my carefully calculated itinerary called for arrival there about 4 p.m. However, along about 2 or 3, as we were ghosting along on the remains of a dypage 108

NORTH grilled up two of the best steaks I’ve had in years. Of course, I’m sure the ambience of the stars, breeze and gently rocking boat helped. Then we cleaned up, swapped a few lies and dropped into an exhausted sleep.

We were on our way and everything was right with the world. It was going to be a good trip.

I’d planned the next leg to take us up past

Everything you’ve heard about Pt. Conception is true, except how the point got its name.

ing northwester, I realized that my speed estimate was on the generous side and that we’d be arriving in King Harbor after dark.

Exactly when after dark I couldn’t be sute because soon after leaving Dana Point I found that I’d left all my navigation instruments at home. All plotting as far as Santa Barbara was done with a hunk of cardboard, a plastic ruler, a playing card (the ten of clubs) for beam bearings and one very dull pencil with a fossilized eraser.

The second day, the sun was shining, the breeze was blowing, the ‘niners were winning and all was right with the world.

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We reached King Harbor, which I’d been into several times, about 7, paid our fee and anchored without incident. We immediately dragged out the little Magma grill, clamped it on the stern pulpit, fired that sucker up and On November 2, the big seas' put on quite a show near Santa Cruz.

Points Dume and Hueneme to Pelican Harbor on the lee side of Santa Cruz Island, another anchorage I’d visited before. But the day and the sail were so intoxicating that we started feeling overly self assured and flamingly optimistic. We didn’t nee,d to stop at Santa Cruz. We’d “put a little money in the bank” and go on to Santa Rosa Island — about ten miles farther west — where we’d have a clear shot at Point Conception in the morning. So with the genoa and main pulling us along at almost six knots, the chili cooking below and the cardboard showing us making tracks, we let Santa Cruz slip by to windward.

I3echers Bay, on the northeast side of Santa Rosa reminded me of that first bite

someone takes out of a sandwich — but not my sandwich. This is one place I’d never been to and though the chart showed a crescent-shaped bay with a wide, deep (about six to seven fathoms) and relatively danger-free approach, the thought of entering in the dark was less than appealing. Our earlier optimism had dropped with the sun and the

‘Rosebud’ takes a breather in Moss Landing.

it could find a bottom to register and kept it going all the way in. There are no aids to navigation on the east side of the island, but there is a cattle ranch in Bechers that had lights burning, and we saw what we thought were anchor lights, too. As it turns out, what we thought were anchor lights were actually ranch lights and what we thought were ranch lights was a fishing boat with enough candlepower going to light Oregon. I’ve been told squid are attracted to bright light, so maybe that’s what he was after, but we didn’t get to ask. The fishing boat was gone in the morning. We dropped the 35-lb CQR on the 7-fathom curve, let out about 150 feet of chain and went to bed. It was 4 a.m..

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The crip did plenty to sharpen rusty skills.

temperature, and 1 chalked the experience up to a lesson relearned — stick to the plan.

Now we were cold and tired, but there was nothing to do but play the hand out and go in.

1 started the fathometer ticking over before

heard about Point Conception is true, except how it got its name. Forget all that romantic stuff about Viscaino and his arrival on the “day of the immaculate conception”. The point’s name derives from the fact that no matter how nasty you’ve been told it is, you really have to go there to believe it. Or as Jamie observed: “I really had no conception ...”

Sipping hot chocolate in calm and beautiful Bechers Bay, it was hard to believe the weather service had issued small craft warnings from Point Pinos to Point Conception “with locally higher gusts around Point Con¬

ception”, but we tucked a reef in the main to be on the safe side. Once we’d cleared the lee of the island, I relearned another lesson: trust the weather report. By 11 a.m., it was time to pull down another reef and I fervently wished I’d bought that bargain storm jib at the swap meet. I also wished for about 20 or 30 more feet of waterline. A bigger boat would have made a lot more headway in a lot more comfort than was Rosebud with her 22-ft, 8-inch waterline. Still, we were making

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progress, albeit slow progress. The delay would throw another wrench in the itinerary, but we’d used more gas at that point than I’d planned to and couldn’t use the motor or

to Santa Rosa or Santa Cruz, but a fog bank had all but obscured even San Miguel, the island closest to us. So we jibed. Jamie found a northeast heading he could hold with rela-

Crisscrossing the shipping lanes meant keeping a shafp lookout night and day.

we’d run short of fuel if the wind died later on.

By 1 or 2, though, it was quite obvious that the wind was not only not dying, it was well past puberty and growing meaner by the minute. By 3, we were looking for a lull in the waves so we could turn around and run with it. When it came, we tried to head back

Drying out in Port San Luis.

Then boogie for Arguello. Once you round Arguello,” he said, “it will be like night and day.”

I never did buy him a beer for that advice, a regret I’ll remedy next time I’m in Santa Barbara. All I had time to do was thank him and shake his hand, because if we were go-

Anacapa sunset. It looked even prettier in color.

tive ease and Rosie ran for the mainland like a scalded cat while I grabbed my soggy cardboard and plotted a course for Santa Barbara.

As best I could tell, we got out to about longitude 121°30 west, just about abeam of the point on 310° true. That meant that the abort cost two days and about 80 miles. The next available buoy data from the area indicated 30 to 34 knots and 8 to 12-foot seas, which was about 30 knots less wind and 20 feet shorter waves than it seemed at the time.

We were bummed, humbled, defeated. At the time, being alive to tell about being bummed, humbled and defeated was small solace.

ing to make it around by dawn, we had to leave almost immediately.

I’ve always marveled at how much better rough weather seems at night when you can’t see what’s coming down oft you. The seas still seemed pretty big, but the wind had

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e scrapped the itinerary at that point, informing our families that we made what progress we could when we could. We paid for a transient slip in Santa Barbara, refueled, ate five lunches, took nine showers and slept for three weeks — or at least felt it.

The next day, Tuesday, I bought some new navigation instruments and went looking for someone who had the lowdown on how to sneak around that bloody point. I found him in the local marine hardware.

“Hug the coast,” said Eric Arndt of Coast Chandlery who regularly delivers boats to the Bay Area. Dragging out charts to detail the strategy, he said to round Conception about 3 or 4 in the morning when the wind is lightest, or tuck into Cojo (the small anchorage right below the point) until first light.

Cleaning the bottom was the last chore before departure.

diminished considerably as we-passed Conception’s light with the main up to steady the boat and the faithful Atomic 4 doing all the work. Our pessimism about the whole ordeal was beginning to diminish, too. I forget which one of us verbalized how much things

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were looking up, but about one minute later the engine died.

Sigh.

1 think 1 can safely say that I’m a “typical sailor” when it comes to working on engines: I don’t know a lot about them, I don’t want to know a lot about them and I don’t like working on them much — especially when I’m cold, queasy and not at a dock. Unfortunately, Jamie is even more of a typical sailor than I am, so he fell off on a starboard tack of sorts while 1 pulled off my foulies, lifejacket, harness and the engine cover and started in.

Let’s see, the propeller shaft is connected to the drive shaft . . .

I finally figured out that the engine wasn’t getting any fuel, and in remedying the problem, learned another valuable lesson: When you have to drain a fuel filter, don’t do it into a plastic drinking cup. Gasoline melts the damn thing and slops in to the bilge — not a good place to store gas. I finally eliminated the block, buttoned the mess back up (with the bilge blower running constantly) and poised over the starter button. Mustering all the stoicism I’ve read any good skipper should have, I calmly informed Jamie that if there was any spark in the bilge, we were history. Then I hit the starter, the engine roared to life and we swung once again toward Arguello.

Once around Arguello, the difference was indeed like night and day. In a literal sense the sun peeked above the horizon at almost the exact moment the light was abeam, and the wave action had decreased noticeably.

We shook the reef out of the main, put the genny and later the jib up, and began flopping back and forth on two-hour tacks for Port San Luis, arriving there about 4 p.m.

There was just enough time to string out nearly every article of clothing we owned to dry before dusk.

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rom there on until Monterey Bay, the trip was uneventful. Each hour farther north we got, the colder and drearier the weather

seemed to grow. Although the blower ran almost continuously and we pumped the bilge often, the reek of gasoline made staying down below for long periods difficult. We fueled up in Monterey and contemplated “going for it” all the way to the Bay, but a weather report November 2 indicated gale warnings were up for the area. Twenty to 40 knots of wind with big seas was forecast. Es-

The swells were so big that at first it was just like driving up one side, of a hill and down the other.

corted for a good 20 minutes by a school of Pacific whitesides dolphins — always a good sign — we pulled into Moss Landing, paid our $4.45 for the night, ate Mexican and went to sleep.

At that point, we had had three complete nights of sleep in the past six days, were both working on head colds and had both numbed slightly to the adventure of it all. Rain that night and fog in the morning only added to our low-key mood. The last chance we would have to ride a flood under the Gate in our schedule was Sunday morning, but as we motored out past the surfers riding near the Moss Landing breakwater on Saturday, the prospects of making it didn’t look good.

The swells that helped munch the Puerto Rican were so big — almost all stations were reporting 18 feet — that at first, we could hardly feel them. It was just like driving up one side of a hill and,down the other. But

when the wind came up to small craft velocity as forecast and the going got progressively worse, the thought of endurance sailing for 24 more hours was too much. We turned back for Moss Landing (avoiding the shoaling and breakers reported at the entrance to Santa Cruz), got our slip back for the week, called our wives and went home.

I n six days, we had made a little more than 350 chart miles west and north, and God knows how many through the water miles. (Taffrail logs are expensive.) We were disappointed, certainly, that we hadn’t made it all the way in one fell swoop, but rationalized that this way we’d just need clear weather for a weekend instead of a week.

And you know, when everything stopped rocking long' enough for us to think about it, much of what we’d expected, and some of what we hadn’t, had already come to pass.

The boat, which had not seen heavy use in the year I’d owned it, came through with flying colors: Gear failures were minimal and more of a nuisance than life-threatening. For the most part, my dead reckoning and coastal navigation was spot on — even with the cardboard; Jamie consistently produced well-balanced miracles from the galley; and the fact that neither of us required stitches, casts or major surgery must say something for our boating and seamanship skills.

At this writing, the bottle of champagne is still unopened and the slip in Richmond still empty, but we both feel a sense of accomplishment for what we’ve done and look forward to the last leg. A new dimension has been added to our friendship, a new chapter to the boat’s history and a renewed measure of pride and humility to two aging sailors’ lives. It’s been one of those trips that I’d not have traded for anything in the world, but one I’ll probably never do again — at least for free — because now I know that Dad and the others were right.

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bout ten years ago, Lee Otterson found himself In a desperate situation. He needed one more person to fill out his Cal 33 crew for the La Paz race, but no one seemed to be available. A friend recommended a young man who managed a marine hardware store in Alameda. He

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, ay Plngree’s parents took him sailing on their 24-ft Raven before he could walk.

He learned to sail an El Toro when he was

remember Ray trimming those sails hour after hour, making that boat go-, by inches. I was really impressed." didn’t know much about big boats, said the friend, but he was a skilled dinghy sailor.

That was enough for Otterson. Bring him along, said Lee. The small boat sailor turned out to be Ray Plngree of San Rafael.

Onboard, Ray was put in charge of sail trim. During a 12-hour stretch of almost no wind, his total concentration on keeping the boat moving through multiple sail changes and sail trim paid off as the Cal 33 crept past three other boats.

"I think there were eight of us on that trip,” recalls Otterson. “I remember Ray just sitting, trimming those sails hour after hour, making that boat go by inches. I was really Impressed.”

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hat first meeting was the beginning of a successful sailing relationship that extends to . this day and to Lee’s present boat, the eyepopping orange Clockwork, a Nelson/ Marek 41 that took the Keefe-Kilborn Division in the 1982 and 1984 Big Boat Series.

A successful businessman, the tall, grayhaired Otterson lives in Colusa, where he is active in industrial park development and agriculture. The view is nicer from the deck of his second home on Corinthian Island in Belvedere, though. There, the Stanfordeducated engineer can see the bright stern of Clockwork just across the way at the San Francisco YC. As business in Colusa keeps him from enjoying that view too often, the task of organizing the crew and making sure it is ready to compete falls to Ray. The payoff comes on race day. Pingree gets to drive, Otterson carts off the trophies — and both go home happy.

What keeps the "Clockwork connection” ticking along smoothly is the mutual trust and respect both owner and skipper have for each other. What makes it interesting is the different backgrounds both men bring to the boat.

five. By the time he was 15, he had cruised to the Channel Islands with his family a number of times, Ray’s first all-out racing campaign started In high school aboard a 505, a planing dinghy he and his father first spotted in a magazine.

"Up until we sailed one In Santa Cruz, everything we knew about the bo^t came from what we’d read,” says Ray. “On our first sail, we went upwind and didn’t even

use the trapeze. When we turned around and started going downwind, the thing took off and we almost fell overboard. We both looked at each other and started screaming, hooting and hollering. For the next 12 years, ! did nothing but sail and race 505s.” The dedication showed — in 1971, Ray and his crewman became the first Americans to win a race at the 505 World Championships.

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i @e Otterson, on the other hand, was over 50 when he started sailing. His motivation? Flying.

“1 got into sailing because I thought that someday 1 would have to give up flying.

Now I don’t know which I am going to give up first. 1 like them both.” A World War II pilot, Lee has flown around the world, to Europe and to Mexico, He and his wife, DlxWlth Plngree at the wheel, ‘Sloe’ powers after ‘Shockwave’ off Long Beach.

CONNECTION which we have to coyer as we go.

“He is also what we could call the coach.

He doesn’t always say much during a race, ie, who also flies, have owned a variety of planes over the years.

His sailing began aboard a 16-ft Chrysler on the lakes around Colusa: Lake Oroville, Clear Lake, Lake Berryessa. “I’d just trailer it up in the morning and go sailing in the afternoon,” says Lee. From the Chrysler, Lee moved up to the Cal 33 and started racing in the Bay, offshore and down to Mexico.

Meanwhile, after a three-year stint with Mitchell sails, Serendipity asked Ray to start a marine division that designed and constructed racing boats. It was Ray who sold Lee his next boat, a Serendipity 43. Otterson named the boat Sioc, after the last active chief of the Colusa Indian Tribe.

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A lthough Sioc was a successful racer, it hadn’t exactly been designed for flat out competition — it had a full interior with all the amenities, down to thermostatically controlled forced air heating. The best it could

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Ray Pingree and Lee Otterson were all smiles over their Big Boat Series class win in 1984.

do in the Big Boat Series (BBS) was second and Lee wanted to win. Weighing the possibilities of renovation versus a new boat, Lee, who puts 100 percent effort into everything he does, gave the go ahead for Clockwork. The Nelson-Marek 41 was launched only three days before the 1982 BBS. “Here was a brand new boat that none of' us knew anything about. We never had an opportunity to tune it up, practice or anything,” says Ray. “We sailed it for the first

but he watches everything. Afterwards, he and 1 get together with the tactician and figure out a game plan for the next race.”

If Clockwork’s 1982 BBS win was one you might expect of a brand new state-ofthe-art boat, the price for the 1984 win was more dear. It began last spring with a nightmare broach outside the Golden Gate.

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,t happened quickly,” remembers Ray. “We had been running with blooper, spinnaker and full main in 10 to 12 knots of wind. We knew a gust was coming but we

“I tried to steer out of it but the violence of the broach threw me out of the boat. time in the BBS and took the first three races outright. That was fortunate for me,” laughs driver Pingree, “because Lee was standing right behind me. Needless to say, he was very satisfied.”

IB esides being the owner and bill payer, Lee serves other important roles on board Clockwork. “He is very good at knowing what the handicaps are and the time difference between boats,” says Ray. “He figures out which boats we’re ahead of and

had no idea we were going to be hit by the lee. The gust came through at 50 knots. 1 tried to steer out of it, but the violence of the broach threw me out of the boat. When it came back up, 1 was picked up on the lifelines and Lee pulled me into the cockpit.

Before we could let the sails out, the boat went down again.”

With six feet of the leeward side underwater, the boat was down past 90 degrees.

When it came back up, the mast had snapped and was hanging over the side, the sails were gone and the rudder was bent.

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THE CLOCKWORK CONNECTION

In the long run, Lee felt that the broach worked to Clockwork’s advantage. The sloop got a new spar with discontinuous rigging out of the mishap, as well as a new set of sails and a new, larger rudder. As a result of the repairs and renovation, the boa^also got a second trip to the winner’s circle in the BBS.

IP ingree’s ten years in the marine business were also his most active in ocean racing. Besides local events, that included several Mexico races, four TransPacs and three SORCs. After awhile, though, the appeal of ocean racing waned.

"Now after two days on the ocean, I get really bored,” he says. “It’s a big time commitment. There are a lot of hidden things to ocean racing that people don’t realize.

Variables like current, wind conditions, proper navigation instruments. Many times a boat will be a mile from you and have a completely different wind and totally different current and there is nothing you can do about it. I enjoy the fast action of around the buoys sailing more now. I think it is much more challenging than the ocean. It is also nice to go home at night and take a hot shower,” chuckles Ray. Lee, who jumped into racing with offshore competition, echoes Ray’s thoughts. “I did ocean racing for experience. Now I almost

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have to say I don’t like it. Other people can sail around the world, but I have flown around it, so to spend 10, 12 or 13 days on a boat with no wind, like the La Paz race — every day no wind — there is nothing worse in the whole wide .world for me. The only thing that saves it is being out there with the crew. There is something very relaxing about that.”

few years back, relaxation began to be a rare commodity with Pingree. He found that “sailing for business” put a damper on his enjoyment of the sport. He was ready for a change. Two years ago, Ray left the marine business and moved over to West Coast Beauty Supply in San Rafael. The change has given him more time to spend with his two boys, Connor and Ryan, and his wife, Marty (who makes the sandwiches for the Clockwork crew) — and a chance to enjoy racing again.

“1 feel as though now I can even be a little more aggressive,” says Ray. “In the past, I was racing against my clients. Sure I’d race to win, but maybe I didn’t try quite as hard as I could. Now that is not a consideration at all.”

One thing that is under consideration by

both Otterson and Pingree, at least according to rumor, is the possibility of another boat. Lee, who has so many other interests, hasn’t made1 up his mind.

“I wonder if a person should go and beat his brains out trying to get a boat that will beat everybody. I don’t know. It’s pretty expensive and time consuming. And I do a lot of other things. Besides flying, I shoot skeet and trap, I ski and I’m a great duck hunter.

All that takes a lot of time, too.”

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hen it does come to sailing, though, there’s no doubt that Otterson feels very lucky to have come across Ray Pingree. Ray is willing to spend the time that Lee can’t on Clockwork, and he has the patience, determination and physical stamina to handle a race that goes on for 24 hours or more.

Ray and Lee’s desires and abilities to maintain a winning boat do not go unappreciated by the crew. They also value Ray and Lee’s ability to switch gears and relax in off-season racing. For example, during the Golden Gate Midwinters, Clockwork is packed with 15 to 17 people, picnic lunches and a portable television to watch football.

Of course, the bottom line is racing to win, something Lee loves to do. “Ray and I put our talents together and we have a winning team,” says Otterson. “It’s a natural.”

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he yacht Simoon has become infamous for being kigked out of Penrhyn in the Cook Islands. Here is my story.

After leaving Bora Bora last August 9 we made an out of the way tack toward

Penrhyn, as my wife Gail has wanted to visit for some time. Three days later, at the break of day, we arrived. As we headed to the village a panga came alongside and one of the men said he was Customs. He told us not to leave the boat and that he would be back that afternoon.' He said nobody was allowed to board our boat until then except for the agricultural inspector.

We anchored and waited until about noon, when the agricultural inspector came aboard and sprayed for rino beetles. He gave us a pearl and we reciprocated with a Simoon T-shirt.

About four hours later the Customs man, Henry Ford, came aboard accompanied by the local doctor. The doctor inquired what shots wfe’d had. We said, “None.” He told us there was very little fear of disease from the U.S.A., so we were cleared anyway.

Then Henry Ford, not to be confused with any of the car making family, told us the do’s and don’ts of the island, and gave us a list of them. He said trading for pearls was allowed as long as 40% duty was paid for the items traded. In that case, I told him, I would not trade with the people of Penrhyn. As part of clearing, Henry Ford took our passports to shore.

Two other boats were anchored here at the time. Charlie W6ERG on Bastante, and Bob from Alaska on Foolish Dreamer. Two days before we arrived they had experienced 40 knot onshore winds in the anchorage.

Bastante had wrapped her chain around a coral head, resulting in,very short scope for the six-foot chop that was created by the

Bob and Gail Jensen of 'Simoon', photographed in Sausalito prior to their fifth trip into the South Pacific.

fetch across the lagoon.. There is another viilage-across the lagoon that affords a much better anchorage (see map), but Henry Ford told both boats that they were not allowed to go across the lagoon. If either of the boats needed to leave the. island because of the winds, they would have had to do so without their passports.

fter we finally cleared in late that afternoon, Charlie from Bastante came by and said we were invited to Mata’s house for dinner. Mata is one of the Penryhyn islanders.

We accepted the ihvitation, had a great dinner, and enjoyed meeting his family.

During the course of the evening Mata invited us to go into the lagoon the next day and dive for pearls. Which we did. I thought the clams would be in deep water, but the shells were only three to six feet under. I learned it takes about 100 pippies to find one pearl. Mata found four golden pearls among all the clams we dove for that day.

Upon returning to the boat we were greeted by the Custom man, Henry Ford, who yelled, “You broke the law!!!! You broke the law!!!! You went into the lagoon without permission.”

I explained that we had gone at the invitation of Mata, one of the Penrhyn islanders, so we assumed it was all right. We further explained that the crew from both the other boats had also gone into the lagoon with Mata on two other occasions. Henry Ford said that it didn’t make any difference. He then accused us of taking pearls, which we had not. Mata had taken each one of them home with him.

1 then asked Henry Ford if I could go to Mata’s motu, which was located across the lagoon. We had been invited to go there with his family the following day.

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chance in the lagoon.”

I asked if there was anyone else I could talk with to get permission. He pointed to the chiefs house.

The following day 1 again asked Henry if 1 could go to the other side of the island to the motu. I figured that maybe he would change his mind, having had a good night’s sleep.

But I had no such luck. He told me to go see the chief, which I did. The chief responded positively to all my requests.

he would take my statement to the full council and see if he couldn’t get the problems I had with Henry straightened out for future visiting yachts.

Apparently he’ was successful. A few weeks later I talked by ham with two boats that had subsequently visited Penrhyn'. Jim W6GME qn Holokiki advised that Henry

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Bill N7CIS on Rc. was allowed to go ink there was a local man also anchored at the oth.. five days there. He said t. cellent anchorage with wl. unlike the other anchorage, heads. He said the folks were vt Another big improvement.

The conclusion seems to be that th. better now. We’ve heard of other

y\s 1 started to return to Simoon, Henry stopped me and asked that 1 accompany him to his office. When we got there he instructed me to get ail our papers ready because we would have to leave Fenrhyn immediately. He said it didn’t matter whether the chief gave us permission or not.

Henry told us that he had already radioed Raratonga and the authorities there told him to tell us to leave.

As we all had sailboats and there was no wind, 1 pleaded with him to let us stay. He would have nothing of it. He said we each had motors, therefore we would have to leave the next day, wind or no wind.

That evening I explained the sequence of events to the doctor, three other villagers and a man who had been on the local council for 30 years. The following day the coun: cil member came out to Simoon and had me write down what had transpired and to show him the list of rules that Henry gives to all the visiting yachts. He was surprised by the list and said he had never seen it before.

He asked me to the council meeting to be held the next morning, but as the wind had finally come up, Charlie, Bob and I decided it was time for our three boats to be leaving.

We picked up our passports from Henry and cleared, not staying for the council meeting.

I had ended up trading a few things with Mata for some pearls. 1 paid Henry 40% duty on the items 1 gave to Mata and the T-shirt I had given to the agricultural inspector.

I3efore leaving we discussed what had happened with people from the other two boats. We concluded that Henry was upset because we had traded with other people but not him.

The people of Penrhyn enjoy yachts visiting their island. This is one of the few contacts they have with the outside world.

Just before we left the council member said page 119

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vtfas still in charge of Customs, but that Holokiki was allowed to anchor at the village across the lagoon. That was a big improve¬

before us at Penrhyn that had the same problems we did, so maybe I was the guy that brought it to a head.

— bob jensen of the infamous Simoon

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ISLANDER BAHAMA

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he operative word in any description of the Islander Bahama is “durable”. For 20 years, these hardy little 24-footers have endured collisions, groundings, neglect, inexperienced owners — even the onslaught of the modern ULDB racers — to once again emerge as a viable one design class under YRA. The Islander Bahama owes its existence to San Francisco Bay. Using the basic lines from his Islander 24 design, Joe McGlasson gave the Bahama a heavier and deeper keel to keep it on its feet in our heavier weather. The first boat was built in 1964 and the class immediately gained a following. “It’s a sweet little seaboat,” says Ed Thrall, who sold 135 of the more than 500 Bahamas built before production stopped in 1970. “Joe is an honest designer and he built that boat right. It’s well balanced and strong.” Back then, a brand new Islander Bahama sold for $3995 — main and jib included.

Ed became one of the early rock stars in the class. In hull No. 1, he won two nationals and four one design championships in a row.

“You could do about anything with the boat,” he said. “You could tune the helm completely out of it if you wanted. Of course,” he adds, “I kept all that a secret when I was racing.” Now that that’s behind him, Ed let us in on one of the techniques he used to, ahem, smoke the competition — smudgepot tuning.

“We’d put this horrible looking smokepot on the foredeck, light it up and then sail up the estuary. People thought we were nuts. We’d get the smoke blowing through the slot (between the jib and main) and then adjust the sails until it was coming off the leeches clean.

We’d just tune until the turbulence was gone and it worked great. I’m sure there were better skippers out there, but I always had the boat speed because my sails were tuned.” He eventually detailed his gofast techniques for his fellow Bahama racers in a 13-page booklet.

The go-fast tricks have changed with the times. Though the class still races with working sails only (no spinnakers), almost anything

else goes, rigging and sail wise, including mylar headsails seen on a couple of last year’s competitors. The designed hull speed is “about six’ says Ed, although he says he remembers hitting ten once coming under the Gate with the spinnaker up, “just waiting for something to break.” page 120

That it never did is perhaps the Bahama’s strongest suit of all.

What the Islander Bahama lacks in blistering speed, it more than makes up for in, well, durability — a characteristic; that makes the boat appeal to both neophyte and experienced sailors alike. The strength of the hand-laid up hull is almost legend, and almost anyone page 121

who has ever sailed aboard an Islander Bahama has a story or two of just how tough the boats really are. John Super, the current Bahama race committee chairman and 1984 ODCA class champion, tells about a 33-ft sailboat that “put his bow right in our cockpit. The guy hit us so hard that I remember I was looking up at his bow. There’s

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still a mark on the main about two feet above the boom, but the only damage was a bent rail and a winch knocked loose. We put tape over the holes and went on to race that day.”

Mike Sheets, association president, remembers attacking a cement pier at Ballena Bay. “The boat knocked a three-inch chunk of concrete out and only got a few scratches,” he says. Ed Thrall smacked head on into one of those 15-ton channel buoys in ei fog and just scratched the chrome off a couple of bolt heads on the stem fitting.

When he dug one out to replace it, he discovered it was 5V2 inches

long! “1 asked Joe McGlasson why the hell he put so much glass in the stem and he said, ‘You didn’t break Ihe stem, did you?’ ” After a decline in interest through the ‘70s, the Islander Bahama class enjoyed a renaissance of sorts about three years ago when Dennis Newman — the present owner of old No. 1 — got hold of an old list and started calling past members. The main man these past couple of seasons, though, has been John Super. “If it wasn’t for John,” says Mike Sheets, “the fleet would have died last year.”

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petitive a boat as any racing. “Where else can you get into active fleet racing for $6,000?” asks Sheets. “If you put $2,000 or $3,000 more into the boat, you can equip it with state-of-the-art gear and the best sails imaginable.” In handicap racing, the boat rates 264 -- the same as the Cal 20 whose profile the Bahama resembles slightly. With that rating, says John Super, “Everybody in the world gives us time.”

John feels a proficient man and wife team could manage the boat fine in all but the most heavy weather races, when you might want another body or two aboard. (Ed Thrall never raced with more than one crewman — “But Harry Bruno was a hell of a crew, says Ed.) If racing is not your thing, extracurricular association events include barbeques,. cruises to Angel Island and the Delta, poker races and other just-for-fun events. Although at least a couple Bahamas have sailed as far as Hawaii, the boat is really too small for any serious long term cruising. On the other hand, it’s no Clorox bottle, either.

“You have to get off some of the newer boats to enjoy them,” says John Super. “On the Bahama, when you’re done racing, you can just go below, sit down and relax.”..

For more on the islander Bahama or the class association, call president Mike Sheets after 5:00 p.m. at 278-0824; race chairman John Super at 824-5531; or secretary Eve Hamburch at 489-9211. latitude 38 — jr

boats, nine of which race regularly. Mike calls the competition competitive but not cutthroat.” The class association runs race clinics regularly throughout .the season, and members are always willing to help each other out. For the spring warmup, for example, the fleet will race in the Ballena Bay Whale Chase series on February 23, and the top skippers will crew on the slower boats to hplp those owners sharpen their skills for the upcoming season.

If racing is your bent, another appeal of the Islander Bahama is its price: for about twice what the boat cost new, you can have as cornpage 123

Starting this month, “Latitude 38 Classics” will be a regular feature. Every ijionth, we’ll alternate between a one design class and a unique individual sailboat. Because the latter are sometimes hard to keep track of, we ask that any readers out there who know of deserving classics to drop us a line, either by mail or phone. Please include a brief description of the boat and sources where we can get further information and, just as important, profile drawings and possibly photos. Address letters to “Classics”, Latitude 38, P.O. Box 1678, Sausalito, CA 92966. If you call (415) 383-8200, ask for John Riise. To get on his good side, that last name rhymes with “pizza”, not “rice”.

PRESIDENTIAL

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ebruary is Presidents’month, with anniversary celebrations for Lincoln and Washington.

What better time to take a short midwinter cruise on the Bay, especially on the long weekend of February 16th to 18th? We took the

liberty of inquiring at a couple of Bayside eateries that would love to welcome you for a culinary visit. These two locations, Sam’s Anchor Cafe in Tiburon and L. J. Quinn’s Lighthouse in Oakland, both have docks for tying up while you partake of their offerings.

But first, a bit of presidential trivia: did you know that Washington en¬

joyed boating and sailing on the Rappahannock River as a young boy? That’s the same body of water across which he threw the famous stone. At 14 he wanted to join the British

Royal Navy, a plan his half-brother Lawrence hatched but that his mother squashed. His uncle suggested George would be better off as a tinker fixing pots and pans than going to sea. What did he know anyhow?

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ls for Lincoln, the encyclopedia reveals even fewer nautical adventures, although the first

A warm winter’s day, perfect for lunch on the deck at Sam's in Tiburon.

money he earned was for rowing passengers to a ferry waiting midstream on the Ohio River. He also travelled down the mighty Mississippi on a flatboat to New Orleans in 1831.

In any case, we know both George and Abe would have enjoyed a leisurely cruise on

the Bay, even if it was in the middle of February. The winds are usually milder than the average summertime fare. The cool mist or even a few puffy storm clouds perched over the San Francisco skyline provide a dramatic backdrop.

The two statesmen would also probably have relished a meal and some warm refreshments. If we were sailing the North Bay, we’d stop in at Tiburon,

where Sam’s Anchor Cafe offers two 110-ft docks between the ferry landing and the Corinthian YC. Space is available on a first come, first

The 'Potomac' undergoing renovation along the Oakland Estuary.

CRUISES

weather permitting.

You can eat brunch on Saturday and Sunday, as well as on Washington’s Birthday. Dinner is served every night of the week and the 6ar stays open “until whenever.”

The eatery is named after Sam Vella, a Tiburon businessman who owned the place for 41 years before Jim Bigelow took over in 1960. Steve Sears and Brian Wilson (not the Beach Boy) have been the proprietors for the past six years. “We’re real crowded in the summer,” says Steve, “so coming over this time of year is a smart idea.” Steve also

serve basis, and you can even spend the night, as long as you check in with the restaurant management to let them know where you’ll

be in case your boat needs to be moved.

am’s has a bar, dining room and a large deck that will be open,

L.J. Quinn’s Lighthouse used to mark the entrance to the Estuary.

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says the water under the docks was dredged a year ago and there is six feet of water even at low tide.

If we happened to be cruising in the East Bay instead, we’d want to sail down the Oakland Estuary, which offers interesting vistas of its own.

How about the giant “doggie” cranes labelled American Presidents Line?

George and Abe

container cranes owned by the American Presidents Line.

would get a kick out of that. Or how about the motor vessel Potomac, Franklin Roosevelt’s yacht, which is now being restored on the Oakland Embarcadero? And then there’s Government Island, which you leave to starboard in order to reach Brooklyn Basin.

PRESIDENTIAL CRUISES some berths available as well.

Fridays and Saturdays tend to be busy, so reservations for eating are recommended. You can eat dinner every night of the week in the dining room, or hang out at the bar upstairs.

There’s also a lunch deli upstairs that’s open until five p.m. every day.

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e should also point out that there are other restaurants, bars and shops within easy walking distance of both Sam’s and L.J. Quinn’s. The dock spaces we .have mentioned, however, are for patrons of the latter two. So, accompanied by the spirits of Honest Abe and

Winter sailing can sometimes be windless sailing, so make sure your auxiliary is working.

After lunch or dinner at Sam's, you can take in a movie across the street.

Rv JL \ ising above the masts on the Oakland side of the basin is L. J. Quinn’s Lighthouse, a restaurant and bar. Built in 1903, the structure served as the Oakland Harbor Entrance lighthouse until 1965 when it was moved from the entrance of the estuary to its present location. For the past 12 years it has been a restaurant. Last spring a new owner, L.J. Katz, took over and renovated the whole place.

“Just pull up to the dock and come on in,” says Katz,

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“You did make reservations, didrf’t you, George?”

who spent 33 years in the jewelry , business before becoming a restaurateur.

There’s 100 feet of dock space and

George “1 cannot tell a lie” Washington, go and enjoy their offerings.

Cheers!

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SORC CCT I T hat’s really fun to do at SORC,” VV says Peter Isler of Los Angeles, who started competing in the event when he was a junior in high school back in Connecticut, “is to have a few Mount Gay rums at the St. Petersburg YC on the evening before the first race and then go down to the docks.

It’s absolutely the ultimate boatshow — all the latest in hull shapes, masts, rigging, you name it.”

Now in its 26th year, the annual Southern Ocean Racing Conference has gone from a regatta where the yachts were painted white and most were from production molds,to a fleet composed almost entirely of custom, high tech entries .emblazoned with multihued graphics. Perhaps because it is the first series of the ye^r for American (and recently European) sailors, it features the newest of the new, the cutting edge of what designers, builders, spar and sailmakers have dreamed up in the past 12 months to give their products an extra edge. There are also reputations to be gained or lost here: 12 meter skipper Dennis Conner, for instance, has built an admirable record at the annual outing over the past decade, including a remarkable come from behind overall win in 1982.

This year’s series started January 31st on Florida’s west coast with the Boca Grande race, a 138 mile down and back course along the shoreline. Three days later, the fleet, expected to number over 60, will sail south around the tip of the state and up the east coast to Fort Lauderdale, covering’some 370 miles. A short race of less than 40 miles off Biscane Bay follows on the 8th.

^\fter a week’s break, the action resumes on February 16 with a triangle course off Miami, followed by a medium long distance jaunt across the Gulf Stream to Nassau. The finale is another shortie of under 30 miles in Nassau itself. In all the over 1,000 sailors from 30 states and 17 countries will cover almost 1,000 miles of ocean with a variety of wind, weather and sea conditions. For a testing ground of new ideas and products, that’s not a bad forum.

Bay Area sailors have been aq active part of the SORC scene for the past 15 years,' Tiburon’s Dave Allen travelled there in the early 1970’s with his light, fast, fire engine red 40-footer Improbable. “We were a pretty radical boat and crew,” says Santa Cruz’s Skip Allan, who was part of the dynarrjic crew. “Boats were still painted white in those days and several of us, including Tom Wylie, Ron Holland,' Dave Wahle and myself, were wearing ponytails and beards.” Dave Allen kept going back until he finally won in 1977 with the Holland 40 Imp. Two years later they would have won again but for a broken rudder in one race.

In 1983, another Bay Area boat and crew claimed the overall title although, due to the SORC scoring system, they lost class honors to their closest rival. Piedmont’s Monroe Wingate took his Serendipity 43 Scarlett O’Hara to Florida that year with several of the Bay’s hottest sailors, including Chris Corlett, Dee Smith and Dave Hulse, and battled

Mark Soverel’s 43-foot Locura from start to finish. Scarlett’s aggressive crew shut Soverel out in the final race to win the series, but Locura won their struggle in class standings.

With races of varying lengths, the commitee computes results differently for the longer

Randy Short, left, and Steve Taft will team up again on ‘Sidewinder’, a Reichel/Pugh 43.

heats, hence the possibility of such an oddity occuring.

o ay Area entries this‘year include two yachts which, barring the unforeseen, should do quite well. The larger of the two is

Bill Twist’s Reichel/Pugh 48 Blade Runner, which convincingly won class honors at last fall’s Big Boat Series. The boat will be under charter for SORC to Nick and Jane Heyl from the East Coast. This couple were instrumental in funding for the ill-fated 12 meter Defender campaign during the last America’s Cup. Not surprisingly, Defender skipper Tom Blackaller of Alameda will play the same role on Blade Runner. His crew list would make any IOR owner drool, with names such as Jim Pugh, Dave Hulse, Hank Stuart, Rhett Jeffries and Keith Randall. San page 128

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Francisco’s Twist will be on hand for the final three races to lend his driving talents as well.

“We don’t know if we’ll be the small boat in the big boat class or the big boat in a small boat class,” says Pugh, who co-designed Blade Runner with John Reichel, at their

San Diego office. “More than any major regatta, SORC can favor the small boats, since there is often a lot of reaching in light airs. Last year was especially light and Diva (the French 40-footer) won, which is one reason why there are so many boats that size this year.”

Pugh has been on the SORC winner three times in ten tries and says the key is keeping your confidence level up. It’s easy to get

Action from last year’s SORC.

discouraged if you’re not doing well after the first three races and you get depressed during the break. It takes good sailors to know you can come back, such as Conner did in 1982, recovering from a mid-fleet finish in the long around the state race to still win overall.

The other Bay Area boat is Randy Short’s Sidewinder, another Reichel/Pugh design that measures 43 feet. The handsome blue page 129

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yacht won her class at Clipper Cup last summer and was third in class racing against the bigger Blade Runner and Irv Loube’s Frers 46 Bravura in the Big Boat series. They are likewise loaded with talented guys like Steve Taft, Skip Allan, Scott Easom, Kent Massey, Don Jesberg and more. Taft, Allan and

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Jesberg were also involved with the Imp campaigns, so they’ve tasted victory before.

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1 ou learn little tricks over the years,” says Allan, who’s sailed the regatta 14 times. “The courses are pretty much the

SO RC PREVIEW same, but you have to keep your eye on the weather fronts moving through and remember what happened in the past ” Allan, who’s listed as the tactician for Sidewinder, says you need some luck, too, as well as good organization to win. Winning class honors is the first concern, and if you can do well in the fleet, so much the better.

The Bay Area team will have their work cut out for them, though, since they will be up against boats like Lobo, a Reichel/Pugh with Dennis Connor onboard, and Bill Power’s latest High Roler, a Nelson/Marek 43 from Newport Beach.

Allan, now 39 years old, has seen enough in these races to give him a few grey hairs.

He started out sailing with Ted Turner on the 73-foot Bolero in the mid-1960’s, and says there are few taskmasters tougher than the hard-driving Turner. One incident stands out in Skip’s mind as an example of just how weird things can get. The year was 1969, just after Turner bought the 12 meter American Eagle, which he had begun modifying for ocean racing.

“It was during the long race around the state from St. Pete to Fort Lauderdale,” Skip recalls. “We got around Rebecca Shoals at the end of Key West and started heading north. A front came through blowing 35 knots and we had to go on the wind. The boat was like a submarine, plowing into each wave, and we had no way to reef since in the America’s Cup they always fly full sail. It was obvious, though, that we had to take something down.”

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e decided to lower the jib and just go under main. 1 went up on the bow with some others, but we were beaten back by the waves. Turner led the next charge forward and we managed to get the sail down. Then came the issue of what to do with it. I told him if we opened the forward hatch to stow

Mylar/Kevlar 150 percent jib for a 43-footer can cost up to $8,000! True, some people will do anything to win, and if your life or the life of your crew is at stake you’d toss it in a second, so it’s possible such a story could repeat itself. And that’s just one of a million stories the veterans of the SORC have to tell.

Peter Isler, now in his early 30’s, recalls another time near Rebecca Shoals when they were becalmed on a boat called Wind Quest. They put the anchor down to prevent

“I’ve got a whole garage full of jibs — just throw it overboard,” said Turner. it, we would sink from all the water coming over the bow. Turner said: “I’ve got a whole garage full of these jibs — just throw it overboard.” I couldn’t believe him, but he told us to just drop it over the side. And that’s what we did!”

It would be difficult to conceive of a 1985 boatowner jettisoning his headsail — a

losing ground to the current and noticed some lobster buoys nearby. After positioning themselves close enough, they pulled up to the pots and found eleven undersized lobsters inside. Figuring the owner of the pot couldn’t use them anyway, the crew supplemented their steak dinner with a round of seafood. “We had ‘surf and turf out in the

Jim Pugh, standing, will be aboard 'Blade Runner’, a Reichel/Pugh 48. Owner Bill Twist, driving, will be on hand for the final three races only.

middle of the Gulf,” says Peter.

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well known sailing competitor and teacher, Isler put in his time at previous SORC’s working on boats and doing all the last minute preparations. Now, however, he’s attained the “step onboard and go” status, a position he coveted from watching the CD’s —- ‘California Dreamers’ — who always arrived at the last minute. This year he’ll lend his talents to the Soverel 39 Virginia Leigh, with Olympic gold medallist Jonathon McKee and silver medallist Steve Benjamin onboard.

Yhe star studded list goes on and on, with old faces such as San Diego’s Conner and Lowell North (on the Nelson/Marek 42 Sleeper) and newer ones such as Seattle’s John, Bill and Carl Buchan on the Beneteau 40, Glory. It’s a high stakes game, and as the name of one entry this year points out, you need plenty of Lawyers, Guns & Money! to win!

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ZIHUATANJEO -p he people of Mexico have a saying, 1 . “la vida sin adventura es como amore sin besot, which roughly translates to “life

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kisses”. Not wanting to miss out on the good things in life or flaunt conventional wisdom, this January we took the boat down to Zihuatanejo, Mexico, in search of adventure, kisses — whatever we could get our hands x

Zihuatanejo - it s commonty referred as Zihuat or Z-own is located h y between Manzanillo and Acapulco, approx, mately 500 miles southeast o Lucas and 1200 southeast of San Diego. Being this far south, only a fraction of the cruisers that hit Cabo, La Paz, and Puerto Vallarta each winter make it to Z-town.

A WOMAN'S PLACE But those who don’t make it have only themselves to blame. Invariably it’s a light air trip from Puerto Vallarta requiring little more than patience, some light air sails arrd a functioning diesel. But the reward easily compensates the effort — if you can call three days on the tropical Pacific an effort.

This charming little fishing village — as it’s

often described — has long been a favorite not only with yachties, but also vacationers, fishermen, surfers, Mexican presidents, and even indicted former police chiefs of Mexico City. And small wonder. Except during the summer hurricane season, the mushroom¬

shaped mile wide bay offers a well-protected anchorage with good holding ground and plenty of space. The four beaches are of fine sand and the surf is gentle enough for in-

ZIHUATANEJO fants. Despite the summer rainy season, there are 225 days of sun a year. January water and air temperatures are in the 80’s — and that’s in the middle of the night.

Mountains towering to 7,000 feet back the small bay, and the hills tumbling down to the

ocean are fertile with mangos, lemons! papaya, coconuts and other fresh delights.

Zihuatanejo Bay itself abounds in red clams and oysters, and locals can be seen in the evening with throw nets casting for dinner.

Just outside the bay the Pacific teems with wahoo, dorado, bonito, rooster fish, yellowfin and marlin. Adelle Davis would have approved of eating here. .

Zihuatanejo has something else, too, an intangible feeling of serenity that is all pervasive. Only the most insensitive — for example the bikinied young drunken Canadian

A boat full of workers arrive at Isla Grande.

woman galloping a donkey up and down La Ropa Beach — don’t feel it.

Who knows, perhaps the tranquil aura is a vestige of the town’s matriarchal system of government in the pre-Cortesian days of the Cuitlalteca tribe. Zihuatl means ‘woman’; an means ‘place of’. The ejo ending was simply tacked on centuries later.

This is a town with a long and colorful

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history. After the demise of the Cuitlalteca ■'v ed by its inaccessability. It’s not close to any major population center nor it is easy to get tribe, one of the last of the Tarascans, King to. For example, unless they can afford the Calzonzin from neighboring Michoacan, 40-minute flight, Mexico City’s millions face a 9 hour drive to get here on a route that takes them by way of Acapulco 100 miles to the south. It’s true a new and shorter highway from the megalopolis has been built, but Mexicans we spoke with said they d still take the old road. As one J-24 sailor from Mexico City explained, the mountains of Guerrero are infested with banditos. It’s hard to believe that bandits control some major highways in the year 1985, but they do.

While far from undeveloped before, during the last two decades Zihuat has grown steadily. Vacationers who came often decided to return, and of course they would tell their friends of the discovery. Increasingly word got around to the Mexicans themselves, especially when former President Portillo — now laying low in Spain — took to keeping his boats here and had a modern airport constructed.

The beach scene at Ixtapa.

took a liking to the bay. In order to demonstrate his affection for one of the princesses, he had a stone reef built at Los Gatos beach to shield even the most gentle waves from her tender body. The reef is quite evident today, although the lagoon it created is silted in to the extent that the Army Corps of Engineers could be of service.

During the Spanish conquest, Zihuat became a port from which gold, silver, wood and essences were shipped back to Europe.

After the conquest it continued to function as a port and fishing center because of it’s natural harbor. The region also grew as an agricultural center.

A recent building that is sure to sustain Zihuat’s colorful history is the so-called Parthenon, built high on a hill with a commanding view of the bay and the Pacific. Modeled after its namesake in Greece, it was extravagantly built on federal land by the corrupt former Police Chief of Mexico City, who we understand is currently residing in a Los Angeles jail fighting extradition. The struc1 ture is off-limits to visitors, but is said to have gold-plated plumbing and countless other touches of opulence. As such it has become a monument to the abuse Mexican citizens have endured at the hands of some of their highest officials.

Despite its charm, through all the centuries Zihuat has been uncrowded and remains relatively so today. Much of this can be explain-

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stant international resorts at two locations.

One was Cancun on the east coast, the other Ixtapa, five miles north of Zihuatanejo. And develop Ixtapa they did, with eight highrise hotels; the Aristos, the Sheraton, the Rivera

“Lucky you were rolling Drum tobacco and not weed, son,” says the Mexican Marine with the submachine gun.

del Sol, the Presidente, the Dorado Pacifico, the Krystal y Castel Palmar and a ubiquitous Holiday Inn. You can imagine how amazed former President Portillo was when he first It’s not the Golden Gate, but hundreds of people cross it safely each day.

learned that all these hotels wanted to build on land he owned. Surprise, surprise.

Ixtapa is about as different from Z-town as the north pole is from the equator. Ixtapa simply didn’t exist eight years ago while we’ve already noted that Z-town has an interesting history. Rooms in Ixtapa go for $150 to $200 a night, while a pleasant bungalow or room in Z-town is a tenth of that. Ixtapa' is international jet setters and medical seminars, and while facilities such as the Sheraton are stunning, you could be in any of a dozen tropical hotel complexes around the world and not know the difference. On the other hand, Zihuatanejo is a real Mexican town, with farmers, shop keepers, fisherman, manual laborers, a mercado, a pool hall and its own personality. In the evening Ixtapians go to the disco while Z-towners stroll the town square of siesta on hammocks in front of modest homes.

Don’t misunderstand us, we like Ixtapa.

The sprawling orange Hotel Camino Real, for example, makes a great navigation target from as much as ten miles offshore.

Z-town is changing, however, much in the way Cabo San Lucas has been. There’s no way the village could not have been affected by the $150 a night visitors just five miles

away. Indeed it serves much the same function Sausalito does for San Francisco. As more and more tourists have come over the hill from Ixtapa, more upscale restaurants have opened to cater to their expensive tastes and thick wallets. In fact there are now more restaurants in Z-town then any place

Shucking oysters at the Almond Tree.

we’ve ever seen. Many of them are Americanized establishments, such as the Captain’s Table, Coconuts, or Ciao. You can pay $25 for lobster in Z-town, in fact many people do.

Naturally there are less expensive restaurants around, but cheap ones are harder to find than in many other ports. Ten miles out of Z-town weTe told you can purchase the traditional midday meal for about 25 cents; but figure on U.S. prices in town.

erhaps some of Z-town’s serenity is because there is relatively little to do there. The wind is quite light, so sailing is either very mild or not possible at all. Our efforts at spinnaker flying, for example, never quite lifted off the surface of the bay. However dinghy sailing here would be excellent, with a number of mini-destinations within the mile wide bay itself.

There is snorkeling, but we didn’t see as many colorful fish here as in other places,

ZIHUATANEJO nor is the water as clear as it is in the Sea of Cortez. How much of the latter is due to cruise ships inexplicably pumping their sewage in the bay is unclear. The waves are so very gentle that body surfing is sonorous at best.

neath your boat’s spreaders and into the sea. v years, but what else can happen?”

Frederico also gave us the first solid eviIt’s a soothing sight. dence that in some instances there are two Evening’s are for lining up at largia distandifferent prices for the same goods or sercia for phone calls back home, ice cream, civices in Mexico.

He explained that because gars, and sitting around the square convershe is blue-eyed and blond most businesses ing with locals. try and charge him the American or tourist We spoke with two especially interesting rate. When he convinces him he is indeed a young men while in Z-town. Street-educated native born Mexican he gets as much as Victor was the first. A savvy guy who makes 50% off. $60 a day operating a small fish boat, he Well, no matter if you’re talking, walking, .claims to have sailed on Sorcery and Kialoa, swimming or eating, the cruiser’s life in and to have travelled to South America and Z-town is warm, soft and easy. For sailors the Virgin Islands. He explained that life for getting on in years or just looking for a little business owners such as himself had been slow and pleasant place to get their faculties getting increasingly better with the growth of back intact, Z-town is the best we’ve ever tourism. This prosperity, he noted with geseen. nuine concern, is not trickling down to the very poor who are almost being priced out of the essentials of existence. He cautioned that e’re not quite ready to retire yet, so in poor ports, such as Puerto Escondido (6n we went out looking for a little adventure the mainland), we would be very wise to keep a close eye on all our possessions. Victor didn’t have any idea of how to solve these problems, but doubted there would ever be a revolution in his country. “We’re not communists,” he said.

How did he feel about America’s foreign policy in the region? He said he didn’t approve of Reagan having so much influence over the Mexican people, but figured somehow it was the unfortunate result of the Sandinistas “now having jet fighters that can bomb San Diego.” Victor couldn’t exactly explain how he came to this beliefs, but there is no doubt he held them.

The other fellow we spoke to was Frederico, one of the few blue-eyed, blond Mexicans you’re liable to meet. A former physics professor in Mexico City, he recently started his own solar energy company. For many years he sailed 470’s, but a month before he bought a J-24 he hopes to bring to Z-bay for a month a year with his family.

Frederico admitted that life was indeed becoming more difficult for those at the bottom of the ladder, and said “instinct” tells him that President de la Madrid Hurtado’s campaign to eliminate corruption is probably nothing but a big show. At the end of his term, he feels the citizens will get the shaft again.

What’s the solution? Frederico could think of none. The two opposition political parties are so weak that in the wildly unlikely event they ever won an election, neither would have the skills necessary to keep the government operating. “Someday,” he said with resignation, “there will probably be some kind of revolution. Maybe not in the next five

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Yet Z-town is delightful for easy R&R. Evenings the pond-like bay let’s you sleep like a baby. Mornings it’s a short walk across a rickety stick bridge to the Puntarenas cafe for terrific pan frances (french toast), fresh fruits and juices. Next comes a stroll through town and running errands. We can vouch that the barber shop on Cuauhtemoc street gives a close shave with a dull straight razor.

No wonder somebody made a cross out of thumbtacks on the ceiling above the chair.

To celebrate surviving this close shave we recommend oysters for lunch at the Almond Tree lunch stand on the beach. After taking your order the waitress walks over to the beach and starts shucking from a big bowl.

Want a coconut drink? One whack from a machete and you’re handed one as fresh as they come.

Afternoons in Z-bay are fine for swimming, laying on the beach, dinghy sailing, reading, and tending to minor boat maintenance. Late in the afternoon with cerviche and cerveza in hand at a La Ropa beachfront restaurant, you can watch the sun drop be¬

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and excitement. What better place to look than the local Club Med, some six or seven miles up the coast. It certainly seemed the

Captain Persson hits the beach with the Avon.

right place to go, especially since the spinny reach proved to be our best sail of the week.

Lots of folks sneak into Club Med’s, but deception has never been our style. So after threading the boat through the offshore rocks of Bahia de Isla Grande, we dropped

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Were we greeted by scores of slinky topless French girls fresh from the lustful streets of Paris? We were not, although a couple of Mexican security guards were kind enough to ask what the heck we were doing there.

We’d planned to jive our way through the situation and would have except we’re not fluent in Spanish. Thus we decided to leave right after making sure the facility was up to Club Med standards, which it was.

Although we’d been thrown out of better places, we were stung by the rejection. We vowed to get revenge the following day at nearby Isla Grande, where we would charm the wits from undoubtably lonesome Club Medettes who make day trips there.

Isla Grande is a fine little Alcatraz-sized island about a mile or so west of Club Med. There are three good places to anchor here, one of which usually will do nicely for the prevailing wind. There are five or six restaurants, a dive shop, and a t-shirt shop on the island to serve the Club Medies, the tourists from Ixtapa, and the Mexican vacationers who come by panga from Zihuat. Right in the center of the island there was a burned out circular building. Nobody needed to tell us what it had been or what happened to it.

Surely it had been a bullring disco that spontaneously ignited from passionate' dancing beneath the heat of a searing tropical moon.

Too bad we hadn’t been there.

Spending the night anchored off the island was not without deprivations. We were without cigars and learned none were sold there.

Then in the morning we discovered that none of the restaurants served our beloved pan frances. Life is tough.

We were nonetheless intrigued to watch an Isla Grande day unfold. First up are the panga fisherman, in fact they’d been up long before us. A little after dawn they returned to

ZIHUATANEJO shore with their catch in a typically macho fashion. The technique is to drive the panga at full throttle right at the beach, and only at the last instant tilt up the still tfirobbing outboard. Watching the fiberglass hulls screech up the sand beach was something to behold.

These guys don’t have a whole lot of need for bottom paint.

An hour or so later the restaurant crews begin to arrive in pangas that are so burdened that they were within inches of being swamped. Once at the shore, entire families disembark, then the day’s food is unloaded, then huge blocks of ice, and finally coconuts.

The women immediately go to work in the kitchens, the men chop wood and shoulder buckets of seawater, the old men sweep the beach and the youngsters set out tablecloths.

Families are a very tight unit in rural Mexico.

Not long afterward the brightly dressed and handsome Indian families arrive with the crafts they endlessly peddle along the beaches.

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inally in the distance we heard what we’d been waiting for, the first passenger bearing panga’s, no doubt equally loaded to the gunwales as earlier panga’s, but with nubile Club Medettes eager to be smitten by any daring yachtsmen who happened to be in the vicinity. Regretably the initial panga had not a one of these species. It was led by a 50-ish gentleman who wore a Brooklyn Dodgers t-shirt and appeared to be in the final months of pregnancy. Recognizing us as fellow gringos, he smiled broadly, threw up his hands, and in a genuine Jersey accent rhetorically asked, “I gave up a $200 a day hotel room for. this? Ha, ha!” Indeed he had..

After the second and third passenger panga’s arrived with not a trace of the

Medettes of our imagination, we upped anchor in search of regular old adventure. It’s not necessary, we suppose, to dwell on the

The Zihuat 'travel-lift' at the'Zihuat Boatyard.

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profound disappointment we experienced when we noticed that the only other boat in the anchorage, British singlehander Jonathan Selby’s Cal T/4, Telsa, no longer had just a single occupant. We observed that a woman, who had obviously swam out to his boat, was in the process of introducing herself. Who can figure women today, Telsa is a mere 24-footer!

Having foresaken kisses for good, we went in search of adventure, mostly in the form of probing the frequently indented rock studded shore for interesting beaches berefit of off-lying hazards. There are a number of these beaches to consider; P/aya Linda, Playa Carey, Playa Don Rodrigo, Playa San Juan de Dios, Playa Don Juan, and Playa Las Cuatas. We finally selected Las Cuatas as it had the least offlying rocks and the best looking body surf. The fact that there were three pairs of lovely young women, two on the beach and one in the surf, had no bearing on our choice, nor did our suspicion that the restaurant/bar on the hill was an annex of Club Med.

P 1 or those headed down this way, we give Las Cuatas a strong recommendation.

Although merely a day anchorage in the best of weather, we thoroughly enjoyed it. Dropping our hook in 25 feet of water some 100 yards offshore, we dove in and swam

ashore. Our first wave in was not heroically large nor perfect in shape, but it was certainly enough to make us not care who else was in the water or on the beach or what building was on the mesa. Let the body surfing and boogie boarding commence!

It would be futile to attempt to describe the pleasure derived from those modest waves, except to say that as body surfers accustomed to the chilly waves of Northern California, parboiling in this playful tropical surf was as though we had died and ascended to paradise. Not wanting to be selfish, we surfed a couple of fine waves in honor of those cruisers who ignored the Mexican Itinerary’s suggestion to go south early and were currently in the Sea of Cortez getting blasted by chilly norther after chilly norther. We wished they’d been down with us.

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We later made a side stop at hotel central in Ixtapa, anchoring off the pier. Like Las Cuatas, this is a day anchorage with no protection, but if you could stand the rolling you could probably stay on the hook here for three months. The surf was about a foot and The town square and basketball court at Z-town. A great place just to let time pass by.

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What they’ve done is made boat cradles from big scraps of wood. These cradles roll on wheels that are no more than slices of big tree stumps. Nonetheless they’re able to roll the simple but crude contraption into the water and beneath the boat they intend to haul. The boat is floated over and secured to the cradle, then about 73 Mexicans push, pull, grunt and groan — but soon enough the darn thing is high and dry up in the ‘yard’. What could be simpler?

There were quite a few pangas hauled out, a few powerboats, and just one sailboat.

The sailboat looked as though it might have been left behind by Sir Francis Drake and was in need of a little work. We gave a look of commiseration to the young man who appeared to own it. After looking at the boat and then back at us, he laughed and said something in rapid Spanish. We’re not positive, but we think he said, “La uida sin adventura es como amore sin besos."

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ah, rah, sis boom bah! Tack on them again, tack on them again, harder, harder! Sail to the left, sail to the right, come on team, fight, fight, fight!!

There’s nothing quite like intercollegiate sports, whehter it’s football, basketball or sailing, although the latter could never fill Cal’s Memorial Stadium with thousands of screaming fans. For the three Bay Area schools most involved in competitive sailing programs, UC Berkeley, Stanford and UC Santa Cruz, though, the rivalries are just as intense as for the kids who don helmets or high top sneakers. “What we really want to do this year,” says one member of the UC Santa Cruz team, “is kick Stanford’s ass!”

Now that’s the college spirit at its finest.

Although some teams date back forty years or more, local efforts have been weak compared to the East Coast. “Back east,” says Eddie Elliot, captain of the Berkeley team in 1983-1984, “they have fleets of 60 to 200 boats per school, they practice all year round and they hold multiple regattas every weekend. On the West Coast many schools are lucky to have two or four boats and we hcive one regatta every other weekend.”

Northern California inercollegiate sailing is improving, however. Stanford, Cal and Santa Cruz are beginning to crack the top 20

other schools, such as San Francisco State, Sonoma State, and the California Maritime Academy, have likewise upped their commitments and enthusiasm in response. East Coast powerhouses such as Tufts, Kings Point and Navy are not quaking in their Topsiders yet, but they are on notice.

Here’s a survey of the local college programs: Joe Petrucci, Stanford’s sailing coach.

ratings, which ranks over a hundred sailing schools around the nation. Stanford has had a full time paid coach, Joe Petrucci, for the past five years. His energetic guidance has resulted in more boats, more funds and more student sailors. Cal, Santa Cruz and

Stanford Down on the Farm they have a part time body of water called Lake Lagunita, or “Lake Lag” for short. When Joe Petrucci arrived for his first fall semester as Stanford’s Director of Sailing, Lake Lag was anything but wet. “This is great,” he told himself. “Instant sailing program — just add water!”

Dick Murray, UC Santa Cruz sailing coach, gives two of his team’s FJ’s a tow out of the Small Boat Harbor.

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L n 1967, the Stanford sailing team, in :e of its “stepchild” status with the school’s

Cardinals repeated their win in 1968, with Tom McCarthy skippering. Van Heeckeren recalls appealing to the college for varsity letters and sweaters for the sailing heroes and being told they could have them if they paid for them!

Respectability for sailing grew in the 1970’s during the term of Wim Steenbakkers, who worked closely with the athletic department on both the sailing team and lessons which were being given for physical education credit. Steenbakker’s departure in 1980 made way for Petrucci, who became the first full time sailing coach at a Northern California school, another indication of Stanford’s desire to improve their sailing program.

Petrucci’s tireless efforts had paid off. His first team had eight members; this year 100 students came out and there had to be cuts to get the squad down to 45. They have 17 Flying Juniors .at their disposal for sailing at their facility near the Redwood City turning basin, 11 miles from campus. Practices are held four days a week, and team members are required to attend at least three of them.

Stanford’s reputation has begun to draw talented young sailors from around the country. In addition to Tiburon’s Rich Bergsun and Seattle’s Tom Kuhnle, the team now has Maryland’s Doug Higgins and Massachusetts’ Jennie Swett, two proven sailors.

athletic department, went east for the national inter-collegiate big boat championships, called the Kennedy Cup. Driven by Skip Allan, the Stanford boat won, and the cup rested proudly in the trophy case where the Heisman Trophy would later stand. The

^^tanford also engages in big boat sailing, campaigning Stanford Stuff, Bill Twist’s old Chaser 33, for the past couple of seasons. Petrucci has been very effective in his boat donation program, of which Stanford Stuff is a part. Boats given to the University (for a tax write off by the donor) are then either used or sold for cash, which subsidizes the rest of the sailing program.

UC Berkeley’s victorious 1982 sailing team, which won the Northern California districts that year.

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UC Santa Cruz Perhaps not as aggressive as their Stanford counterpart, the UC Santa Cruz sailing program is nonetheles very popular and quite successful. “No one goes out of the Small Boat Harbor more than we do”, according to Program Director Dick Murray.

Tall and weathered, Murray (who also teaches tennis at the University) has been the driving force at Santa Cruz since he was hired in 1970. Assisting him with sailing classes for students and members of the community, and maintaining their fleet of over 50 boats,has been Phil Vandenberg.

Murray’s moment of intercollegiate glory came in 1976 when the UCSC team, led by Rob Wade, captured the keel boat sloop nationals in New York. His teams have fared less well in the intervening years, and they were down to only five team members last year. At the first meeting for the 1985 winter and spring quarters, however, they fielded eighteen interested racers.

Leading the pack are team captain Bruce Edwards, a ranking world Laser sailor, and Will Baylis, driver of the 1984 Moore 24 national champion entry. These two will most likely be the skippers for UCSC in the Northern California series leading up to eliminations for the Pacific Coast Championships in May. The PCC’s draw schools from both ends of the state, and the top two finishers go on to the nationals at Virginia’s Old Dominion College.

oublehanded sailing in the coHegiate Flying Juniors (which differs from the international model of the boat) places a premium on the skipper but requires a good crew to watch other boats and help the driver out. Women often fill that role since they usually weigh less, but not all of them have the sailing savvy. Edwards is fortunate to be

from one time a week to three, and Murray will have video equipment soon with which to tape practices and provide instant objective feedback. They also have two new FJ’s to add to their racing team fleet, which includes 10 Lasers, a pair of FJ’s and half a dozen Coronado 15’s for practicing.

The new boats are being paid for by a sail-

sailing with Laura Keefe, who comes from the sailing Keefe family of the St. Francis YC and whose brother is Ken Keefe, the talented big boat and one design sailor.

Buoyed by a top 20 ranking in a recent national poll published by Yacht Racing & Cruising magazine, the UCSC sailors hope to do well in the upcoming season. They decided to increase their practice schedule

a-thon, which is one of several popular fundraising vehicles for college sailing teams.

Members approach alumni, friends and family and request pledges based on the number of laps they sail in a six hour marathon over a short course just outside the harbor entrance. Their goal for this year’s sail-a-thon was $5,000.

A pair of collegiate FJ’s out on the course. ‘Zinfandel’ is a Sonoma State boat, financed in part by a local winery.

ther funds for the program come from boat donations — Murray has raised half a million dollars since 1970 — and club dues at $25 a college quarter. Unlike many other schools, the UCSC sailing program has to pay rent on their facility, located under the Murray Street Bridge near the Santa Cruz YC. That bill adds another burden to their finances, but they also have good relationships with many of the local sailing businesses. Recently they purchased four new Moore 24’s from Ron Moore’s Santa Cruz shop, which will be used primarily for instructional classes, as well as recreational sailing and racing in the local ULDB fleet.

UC Berkeley Like Stanford, UC Berkeley’s collegiate sailing activity dates back prior to World War II. Alumni who sailed for the school include sailmaker Lowell North and his son Danny, page 142

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During that time, though, he tirelessly promoted, among other activities, college sailing. Working with Jack Wood and Leonard Fowle of MIT in the 1940’s, he set up the Intercollegiate Yacht Racing Association of North America, which included schools in the U.S. and Canada. He also campaigned for a truly national collegiate championship, for East, North and West Coast schools, a dream which bore fruit in 1948. The first Nationals on the West Coast occurred in 1950, when Berkeley’s Bill Ficker tied for first with the sailors from Yale. .

America’s Cup skipper Bill Ficker, women’s champion Susie Klein, and Finn sailors Louie Nady, Craig Healy and Rob Anderson. While always strong in talent, Berkeley has lacked a full time coach to mold an ongoing program, a dilemma which still faces them.

Even without a mentor, the Cal sailors are optimistic about the current season. Mike Sentovich, their best sailor, is only a sophomore, and there are up to 40 people coming out for Wednesday and Friday afternoon practices. The team fleet consists of six Flying Juniors and a couple of Lasers, as well as a few donated boats. Women s captain Ruth Berkowitz hopes to use one of the latter, a 470 dinghy, to practice fpr the women’s doublehanded championships.

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e organize and run our program,” says Ruth: “which motivates us to want to do well.” She has also been an active fundraiser, working on a raffle in 1983 which netted $3,000 and a letter drive for the uppage 143

good friend of the legendary Cornelius “Corny” Shields, Allan was instrumental in the donation of several Shields class sloops to West Coast colleges. From this boost,-many programs were able to get off the ground at such places as Orange Coast College, UC Irvine, UC Santa Barbara, Stanford and UC Santa Cruz. Among his other donors were movie celebrities, notably Humphrey Bogart who helped coming season. The raffle money went to pay for a team trip to Texas for the team racing Nationals. “The best competition is back east,” says Ruth, “so we try to go back there for a regatta at least once a year.”

“If we could get every Cal grad who sailed here at school to donate $5 each, we d be in great shape!” says Carter Maser. Currently serving as equipment manager, he shares the administrative power of the team with team captain Dean Mansour and fundraiser Dan Jones. The $1,400 they receive from the University covers their rent, dues to the

finance boats for UCLA. “Sometimes 1 felt like the performer at the magician, show who spins the plates on the stick,” says Allan, who now splits his time between Carmel and Hawaii. “We would get things going at one school, then go to another one and then another. When we got back to the original one, we’d find things had slowed down and we’d have to get them back up to speed.”

Allan’s children all sailed at college. Scott attended USC and Skip went to Stanford.

Besides winning the national collegiate big boat title in 1967, Skip taught sailing in the Shields sloops. “We must have had 300 to 400 people using the boats in one season,” says Skip. Scott and Skip’s sister, Marilee, also participated in collegiate sailing while at Princeton in the early 1970’s.

In addition to the competitive aspects of collegiate sailing, Robert Allan has always, realized other benefits- “Most programs are student run,” he says, “which means you have to learn how to organize yourself and your teammates to do well. I d like to think that some of the lessons I learned helped me later in business.”

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. ie likewise saw that racing was one part of a triangle, with the other two points being recreational sailing and education.

Varsity team members, such as Skip, often help out teaching others how to sail. Dinghy , sailors learn about seamanship and the ocean on the big boats. “They all feed off each other,” says Allan.

And finally, a very personal experience opened Allan’s eyes to the possibilities sailing holds for all kinds of people. At a 1940 regatta between Stanford and Cal, Allan remembers carrying the paraplegic Cal team captain, Dick Lough, down to his boat. “This guy went out and beat the pants off the rest of us,” Allan recalls. “1 realized then that this truly was a sport for everyone.”

Pacific Coast Intercollegiate Yacht Racing Association and insurance. Everything else they are responsible for, and it s not unheard of for team members to clean up Memorial Stadium after football games to raise a few hundred dollars. ’

San Francisco State Operating on even more of a shoestring budget are the sailors from San Francisco State, who make do with less than $1,000 a year. They are part of the schools sailing

COLLEGIATE SAILING

Ruth Berkowitz, captain of the

1985 Berkeley

women's sailing team.

club, which runs an active recreational and instructional schedule on Lake Merced. Paul Rundell, a physical education teacher, serves as faculty liaison and tries to help the team as much as he can.

asically we just try and keep up with Stanford and Cal,” he says. He relies on the students’ enthusiasm for fundraising, with such events as sail-a-thons and even a rock concert. The musical event, organized by Pam Eldridge when she was a student at State three years ago, raised the money to buy two new collegiate Flying Juniors. Currently the student leaders are Andrew Minkwitz, commodore of the sailing club, and Mike Jankowski, team captain.

Sonoma State “If nothing else, our kids learn how to be entrepreneurs and hustlers,” says Frank oiroky, psychology professor and part time sailing coach at Sonoma State. Landlocked, the Sonoma Staters have a pair of Flying Juniors and a dozen or more sailors interested in racing. They practice at a variety of locations, including Tomales Bay, local lakes and sometimes with the Cal team off Berkeley. At one point they were sponsored by the school’s athletfc department, but about five years ago that money went over to spectator sports such as football, baseball and basketball.

ne of the team’s biggest benefactors has been the Dry Creek Vineyards of

powerboats are more profitable to sell, but the racing yachts are great fun for the students and the donors like to see their old Healdsburg. Company President Dave Stare boats out there on the race course. The most is a sailor and he agreed to donate the funds N recent addition was Monroe Wingate’s Peterfor one of the Flying Juniors. He also pledgson 43, Scarlett O’Hara, winner of the ed half the amount for another if the kids SORC in 1983 and a top Bay Area boat for raised a matching total, which they did the past couple of seasons. through fundraisers.

“Our budget is $60,000 a year,” says In spite of their small program, the Keever, “most of which goes to the big boat Sonoma State team has seen some good sailing. When you consider it costs $15,000 sailors. Peter Holmberg, from the Virgin to $20,000 to fund a TransPac, you can see Islands, led them to within two points of winthe money goes quickly.” • ning the Northern California championships About 10% of the budget goes to dinghy in 1982. He went on to represent the Virgin sailing, and the CMA has a fleet of three FlyIslands at the Los Angeles Olympics. Martin ing Juniors and ten Lasers. A little less than Paullson, a top Finn sailor from Sweden, half of the sailing club’s 50 members take also sailed for the team while studying here part in the small boat calendar, practicing in in the States. Currently the top prospects, the fall and spring on the waters of the according to Siroky, are Dan Brousseau, Benecia Straits and the Napa River. The anSpencer Wakeman and Scott Rowlands. nual CMA training cruise on the steamship Golden Bear from January to March cuts into the spring racing schedule, but little can be California Maritime Academy 1 done to fix that. Even so, top sailors Gordon The California Maritime Academy has one Clute and Danny Shea have done well. Last of the best big boat programs for collegiate year Clute won the Pacific Coast singlehandsailing on the West Coast. They actively ed title over Santa Cruz’s Bruce Edwards, campaign in the TransPac, Pacific Cup (San ancj the two traveled east for the Nationals.

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- Mixed Dinghy PCC’s at Redwood City.

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May 31-June 3 — Mixed, Women's, Team Dinghy Nationals at Oid Dominion College, Virginia.

Week, as well as the St. Francis YC Big Boat Series. They are also one of the most active colleges in accepting boat donations, some of which are sailed and others sold to generate cash for the program.

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any years ago when I first became a boatowner, I started a list of all the maintenance and improvement projects that I had to complete. The only, problem with this type of list, of course, is that it always gets longer. In fact, I know a number of other boatowners with similar lists, and their lists keep getting longer also. I seriously doubt that any boat project list has ever decreased in size.

Despite the obvious futility, I enjoy spending a sunny winter day down at the boat , working on my list of improvements. Except that the last time I tried, 1 had just barely taken my tools out of the dock boJc when I spotted Lee Helm, my naval architect friend, coming down the gangway. 1 resolved not to let her distract me for more than a few minutes.

“Good morning, Lee,” I said. “Going out today?”

“Sure, Max! Nice northeasterly blowing outside the harbor. What are you up to today?”

“Just some little repairs and improvements down below. What are you going out on?”

“One of the people I crewed for last year just took delivery of a new boat, and this is going to be its first sail! Why don’t you come out with us?”

I had seen the boat on the dock — a new design from one of the local builders, and I was very interested in checking it out.

UT1 1 hanks, Lee, but 1 really want to get some work done on my boat today.'These projects have been piling up for months.”

“Oh, come on, Max. You can’t waste such a perfect weekend in the middle of winter doing maintenance!”

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I located the small toolbox' (labeled “Racing Tools”) and opened it op the cabin table.

Some water had gotten inside, and the assorted pliers and screwdrivers were covered with loose rust. Next I lifted up one of the settee cushions to get out my medium-

"C’rmon, Max, you can’t waste a perfect weekend doing maintenance!’’

_ “I’ll survive,” I said. “Let me know how that thing sails.”

“Okay. See you later.”

Lee was off down the dock, and I picked up my big toolbox (labeled “Dock Box Tools”) and went below. After a quick search

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size toolbox (labeled “Cruising Tools”). But the underside of the berth cushion was soaking wet and covered with mildew, so I reached across the galley to tear off some paper towels. The roll was soggy, and when 1 pulled on the towels to get to some dry

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ones, the roll popped out of the holder and fell into the galley sink. I lowered the cushion back down onto the wet berth top, picked up the roll of towels, and then absent-mindedly sat down on the berth while I resumed my search for dry towels at the center of the role.

Squish! It only took a second before the water squeezed out of the soggy foam cushion to penetrate two thin layers of clothing.

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hile searching for the most appropriate expletive, I heard a sound almost like thunder coming from outside. On a cloudless day in January? I looked out one of the cabin ports and saw the top of a brand new mainsail being raised for the first time, the heavily resonated dacron flogging in the fresh, dry easterly breeze. While I watched I undogged the port light to let some more fresh air into the cabin, and got another splash of water as soon as the seal was cracked open.

That did it. I opened some more hatches

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and ports, propped up the cushions, and turned on the radio to make it seem as if someone was on board. A minute later I was on the new boat with Lee and her crew, casting off the last dock line.

“Which jib?” shouted a voice from below as we backed-away and fell off onto starboard tack, silencing the noisy mainsail.

“Might as well go straight to the chute,” said the owner. “We don’t get to leave this marina under spinnaker very often!”

It was a scramble to get the spinnaker rigged and set before we cleared the breakwater, but well " worth the effort. We flew past the yacht club and out into the Bay at an impressive rate of knots (sic).

Outside, the wind was even stronger. We took turns steering through jibes, tight reaches, a few spin-outs, and even “simulated” death rolls (that’s when everybody stands on the bow except the driver). We all liked the boat, but offered endless suggestions and advice about how the sail handling equipment should be set up, and what kind of gear should be added.

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touched, and there isn’t anything in the boat to throw them off by very much.”< “Don’t count on zero compensation in a new compass,” I advised. “I remember reading somewhere about a procedure for neutralizing the compensators in a new compass before installing it on the boat. It might be worth tracking that one down, if your compasses will come out easily.”

Meanwhile, Lee had disappeared below for a few seconds, and came back on deck with a calculator in her hand.

“Would you mind steering directly into the sun for a minute?” she asked the driver.

“Sure, why?”

“You’ll see.”

“Okay.”

The sun was low in the sky, and made a bright band of reflections directly beneath it.

It was easy to aim the boat right at it.

“Good. Now let me know each time we’re exactly,on course.”

“Mark . . . Mark, Mark ...” said the driver to indicate when the boat was precisely in line with the sun.

Lee read each compass, then her watch, then pressed a few buttons on her calculator.

“On this heading,” she announced after a few seconds, “the port compass is reading one degree too low and the starboard compass is reading eight degrees too high.”

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We must have spent 15 minutes just talking about the optimal placement of the yet-to-be installed knotmeter.

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he compasses had already been in¬

. ow did you do that?” I asked.

“Just a little program I wrote for my new programmable calculator,” she said. “I input the date and time, and it outputs the magnetic bearing of the sun as seen from San Francisco Bay. It’s much more accurate than running between two buoys, and much more convenient than trying to find fixed

how to set up the

stalled, and one of the crew made an interesting observation: “You know that your compasses don’t agree with each other by ten degrees,” he said.

“Really?” responded the owner. “The -compensators in them haven’t been

ranges that are identified on the chart when you need them.”

“But now we only know the corrections at one heading,” said the owner.

“No problem. Let’s jibe and sail at right angles to the sun.”

MAX EBB interior while we finished the sandwich, then moved on to cheese and crackers.

“About that program, Lee,” 1 asked, “I don’t have a hand-held computer, but s there’s a PC-type machine in my office.

Couldn’t I just write down the times and compass readings, and then use the computer the next day to determine the deviation?”

“Sure, Max. But it’s nice to know the results right away if you’re going to attempt any compensation of the compass. I’d suggest using the desk computer to generate a table in advance, giving the sun bearing'for, like, every minute during the time period you expect to be out.”

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V—' he pulled a folded piece of paper out

Right angles was a little more complicated, but by keeping the boat level and sighting from one shroud across the boat to the other shroud we felt we could be pretty accurate.

Lee pressed some more buttons, and had another set of points for the deviation card.

“This works especially well in winter,” she said, “when the sun is low and its bearing isn’t changing very fast.”

“What kind of calculator is that?”

“This one’s an HP-71, and it’s typical of the hand-held computers you can buy now.

I used a little book called Practical Astronomy with your Calculator by Peter Duffett-Smith (Cambridge University Press, 1981) to get the formulas.

“Couldn’t you also do that with dne of those navigation computers?”

“Sure, but I don’t have one. 1 mean, those things are expensive! For people who know what they’re doing a general purpose computer with the right software will usually be better and cheaper than a dedicated navigation computer.”

“What about for people who don’t know what they’re doing?” asked the owner.

“For adjusting your compass, a navigation computer would be, like, total overkill. I’ll give you a listing of this sun bearing program. Anyone with a little programming experience should be able to get it running on virtually any programmable calculator or computer with only minor alterations.”

T 1 he wind was fading, so we decided to raise a jib and head home. Even in the lighter air, sailing to windward was a lot cooler with the extra apparent wind. I went below to examine the cabin.

I don’t know whether boatbuilders use “new boat smell” spray or not, but the cabin

certainly had that dry, clean, and very orderly feeling about it that’s usually only experienced at boat shows. I leaned back on a leeward berth enjoying the sensations of the boat’s motion while Lee and her computer checked a few more compass headings.

Then Lee came below to put her machine away.

“Anyone up there ready for a sandwich?” she said as she opened the ice box.

of her jacket pocket and handed it to me.

“Here’s the program listing. I went to some trouble to do all the trig in radians instead of degrees, and I avoided the inverse sine and inverse cosine functions which many computers don’t have in their BASIC interpreters. I think you’ll also have to use double precision for most of the variables.”

I scanned the list of program steps. “Looks pretty straightforward,” I said, and I refolded the sheet and put it in my pocket. “You

it's nice if you want to compensate your in advance, though."

The crew was hungry, so she passed up several sandwiches and took one for herself.

“They’re huge sandwiches, Max. Split one?”

“Thanks," I said as 1 gratefully took half of a corned beef on kaiser roll. “Racing is one thing but daysailing like this — I know I’m supposed to bring my own.”

We discussed various features of the boat’s

know, my compasses never exactly agreed with each other either. I can’t wait to find out which one’s really more accurate.

It was mid-afternoon when we got back to the dock. On our way up to the yacht club I stopped at my bobt to turn off the radio and close up the hatches. The berth cushions were only very slightly drier.

“Calibrate compasses,” I thought to myself. “I’ll have to add that to the list.”

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SINGLEHANDINGTHE PACIFIC “He's mad, but it’s marvellous.”

Prince Charles, referring to Bill Dunlop

H

e must be crazy,” the tourist concluded, gazing in wonderment at Wind’s Will tied to the dock in downtown Papeete. “I mean, just look at the boat!

You’d have to be crazy to go around the world in a nine foot sailboat!”

For nearly three weeks Bill Dunlop, 42, had been a common sight along the waterfront in Tahiti, a chunk of a man in a widebrimmed straw hat, clean new Pepsi Cola T-shirt, and his patched and faded baggy blue pants held up by an old piece of line.

He ambled up and down daily, looking at the boats. For some reason he seemed a bit formidable and only the brazen were quick to strike up a conversation.

But once past the gruff appearance and seen the sly smile behind the wiry brown beard, Bill, a former truck driver and stock car racer, is full of entertaining conversation.

He is a no-frills person — opinionated, nononsense, no pretensions. Already a recordholder for his trans-Atlantic crossing in Wind’s Will, Dunlop is earnestly pursuing the world’s record for smallest-boat circumnavigation. His around-the-world trip was conceived with the record in mind.

Bill does not profess to a great love of sailing tiny boats, but hopes that the benefits from setting a new world’s record will allow him the freedom to go cruising with his wife

ISHESTILLALIVE? ' As of January. Bill Dunlop still had not arrived in Australia, and authorities now consider him lost at sea. (He u>a$ due in Australia on August 10, based on a 50-day passage from the Cook Islands.)

A flurry of hope had been raised last October when a margarine container washed up on Australian shores. A note inside read: ”Shipwrecked on island, no food, little water, time running out.” The note was dated 10/16/84. While Dunlop’s wife thinks the handwriting looks like Bill’s. Australian handwriting analysts say It is not his writing.

With no other boats lost during this period. for a few years in their “big boat,” which at 37 feet is four times the length of Wind’s Will. “This is a business trip for me,” he explains.

Bill left Portland, Maine, on July 31, 1983, stopping at Panama, then taking 96 days to reach the Marquesas. He was taking

a bit of a rest and doing a few repairs jn Tahiti before pushing on to Australia. Because his outboard motor had expired along the way, Suzuki had offered to donate an outboard to the voyage. It had yet to arrive, and Bill was getting impatient. “I’m ready to get out of here. If the motor doesn’t get here tomorrow, I’ll just leave without it.” (It did arrive in time, and although Bill is not very demonstrative, he was pleased with his shiny new engine.)

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hen Bill decided to embark on the project of breaking small boat sailing records, he first visited a local boatyard that specialized in fiberglass dinghies and explained that he wanted to build a nine-foot ocean-going boat. ' “Well, Bill, you have to have plans,” they insisted rationally. “You can’t just build a boat without plans. Why don’t you look around the yard for starters, and see if you find anything you like.” He looked around the yard and found a dinghy with a fat bow (“If you want a boat nine feet long and five feet wide, it has to get fat in a hurry!”), and asked if they could make up a six-foot bow section.

“1 suppose we can, but then what are you going to do?” *

some have concluded the note was a prank.

In December. Jeffrey Weinstein, a friend of Bill's, chartered a plane in Fiji to conduct a search. Given the 300 islands that make up the archipelago, the search was not very extensive nor was the weather very clear.

Weinstein concluded that Wind’s Will probably sank during a tropical storm last June in the vicinity of Aitutaki in the Cook Islands.

While considered lost at sea, some sailors have not given up hope. Wind's Will has been long overdue on other trips, and there are many islands in the Pacific. '

“I don’t know. Just make up the section and I’ll decide later.”

So they made a six-foot bow. “That looks pretty good,” mused Bill. “How about doing another one just like it?” Knowing better than to continue asking questions, the yard made another six-foot section. Per Bill’s instruc¬

tions, they “stuck ’em together”, making a dpuble-ender, then cut off one end to make a transom. Wind’s Will was born.

Weighing one ton and averaging fifty miles per day, Wind’s Will’s equipment is very basic. Bill does carry a radio powered by a solar panel, “but it hasn’t worked in a long

DILL DUNLOP

time.” As for navigation, Bill takes a noon position to get his latitude every five or six days; he also pinpoints the time of sunset each night, comparing the time from one night to the next to indicate how far he has gone relative to longitude.

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where there is room on the boat for him; when the boat is laden there is just not enough room for him to squeeze below! He carries 60 gallons of water, stashed about the boat in one-liter jugs, and catches a bit of rainwater occasionally. “I like to drink rainwater because it’s cold,” he says.

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He eats canned food, heated in the sun inside a black plastic bag. In the-morning and evening he usually has canned fruit or a snack, and at midday a heated can of something more substantial. He has run out of food before and it does not worry him in the least. “You just don’t notice after a couple days; with enough water and vitamins you can do without food for months.”

rocks (“No problem — 1 could just reach out V And I’m always getting hit in the head with and fend off if I got too close"), but the escort ftying fish. I don’t bother eating them; I’d boats were aghast to find that he was Out of have to clean them. Look at the boat — food. Daysailors all, the various boats tossed would you want to clean fish in your bed?” him their candy bars and snack food. “I ate Small fish are one thing, but Bill

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ften passing ships signal Wind’s Will, inquiring if Bill needs anything. One came by and asked, “Do you have enough water?”

“I’m OK.” “Food?” “Ran out.” “Out? How long?” “Can’t remember, no problem.” So the ship continued on.

On his transatlantic passage from Maine to England, Bill encountered.a flurry of curious well-wishers at the Lizard. Onlookers from the cliffs above gasped at his proximity to the

that stuff and I was so sick; I(thought I’d never feel better.” > " Of course one would expect that Bill would avail himself of the plentiful fish of the sea as a food source. “Oh, no,” he says firmly, “I have enough trouble keeping them out of the boat. Recently a four foot fish hit the main, then the jib, then went over the side.

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Papeete were happily holding his papers when he arrived in Tahiti. and played, feinting and dodging at the tiny boat. Aker dark Bill could hear him blowing in the distance. Suddenly, in the pitch black, the behemoth rushed from nowhere, erupting out of the water, sending an enormous wave against the boat. Then he gently glided back down, tail sliding quietly into the water.

He never caused any damage and Bill believes his attentions were just benevolent play. “The whale was being very careful,” he recalls.

ther giants of the sea, freighters and the like, may also be hazardous, but to date Bill has been lucky. Ships that sight him are often quite solicitious of his needs, and on one occasion he went aboard a ship for a meal and a stretch. When he attempted to

leave he found that he could not push Wind’s Will away from the suction of the ship. He kept being pulled in as if by a magnet. Anxiously his hosts watched from the deck above as Wind’s Will disappeared from sight under the stern. They stopped the huge propellor, unsure if the worst had happened. Crowded against the stern, they finally saw/ Wind’s Will emerge from the other side. Bill had gone between the propellor blades!

“Are you okay?” they called.

“I suppose so,” he answered.

Bill Dunlop has encountered his share of bad weather at sea, but he claims that his little boat is remarkably seaworthy. “If the weather gets bad I lie below and close the hatch, and the boat is something like a cork.”

With nonchalance he tells of being rolled six times in one night, with no damage to the rig. Bad weather does not faze him. Such conditions may be uncomfortable, but he expects Wind’s Will to bob and roll until the weather improves.

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The certain degree of notoriety he has garnered has allowed him some flexibility and freedoms not normally granted to cruising boats. He states frankly that he can go anywhere on no money because people just give him what he needs. Boat repairs and equipment are provided free — so are hotel rooms — and he is a guest at every meal in port. He is keenly aware of these financial advantages, and any endorsements Bill Dunlop engages in are by carefully negotiated contract. “Suzuki”, he says, “would have to give me more than just a motor if they want to use my name and picture for promotion.” Apart from the financial benefits, the red tape of visas, entry permits, and the usual reams of paperwork in foreign ports are usually cut for him. French Polynesia is renowned for its serious approach to paperwork, yet Bill left the Marquesas without picking up his exit papers. (“1 was ready to go; it’s not my fault the gendarmerie was closed for holiday.”) He had no reason for concern, as the officials in

speak to school groups when he" is home in New England. Repeatedly badgered to do a talk, he reluctantly agreed and found the , students to be responsive and interested.

Now he loves it and his school visits are one of his most enjoyable activites. His progress is faithfully reported in the Weekly Reader, and the students map his path. Geography teachers have told Bill that he is responsible for making that the most popular subject in school. And the attendance is nothing short of remarkable: a school he visits averages 150 students absent daily, but on the day of his most recent talk there were only three absent.

Bill doesn’t pretend, doesn’t pose, and he doesn’t preach. His message to the students is simple: you can do anything you want if you get a good education and you’re willing to try.

Bill Dunlop stood at the quay next to Wind’s Will. “Got myself a new awning,” he stated.

I looked at Bill and back to the boat.

“Looks the same to me,” I said, puzzled.

He tapped the brim of his new straw hat.

“New awning,” he explained.

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Cleats on the public dock are an endangered species, so watch your fingers tying up to the iron rings and rig plenty of fenders.

1 stuck pretty much to Perimeter Road, a 5.8-mile sometimes-paved, sometimes-not artery that circumnavigates the island' a few hundred feet above Bay level. Both the museum and visitor station were closed, so I didn’t get a map or tour pamphlet. And I’m glad I didn’t. It was really a thrill to just go and have some new ruin or vista or animal pop up around every corner. I learned later that some tour books recommend a clockwise route so that'you come upon the

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various ruins in a more or less chronological order. True to form, however, I did' it backwards — but, hey, that’s where the sun was at midmorning.

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formulated of Angel Island was how isolated the place was. It’s hard to believe that Racoon Straits could insulate the island so well from the hustle, bustle and hassle of mainland concerns, but I might as well have been a thousand miles from Belvedere and Tiburon rather than a few thousand yards.

The noise of those cities and, on the other side, San Francisco, was no more than a low background murmur to the birds singing, the wind in the trees and the sound of my own breathing. It was great.

There’s so much history on. Angel Island you have to watch where you’re going so you don’t smash into any of it.

Angel Island is not only alive with the sounds of nature: it’s alive with history. The island has at various times been home to a Mexican rancho, an immigration station, a quarantine station, a Nike missile base, h rock quarry, big gun emplacements, a couple of the Bay’s first lighthouses and fog signals — even a bordello! In fact, there’s so bloody much history in Angel Island you have to watch where you’re going so you don’t smash into any of it. You can explore several gutted buildings around the island, page 156

but most are off limits. Chain link fences keep the curious at a respectable distance.

Of course, the most interesting historical aspect of any place, at least to me, are the stories of the people who lived and worked there, and Angel has many stories to tell.

Among some of the more interesting: (✓'Don Juan Manuel de Ayala is generally considered to be the first European visitor to Angel Island. The discoverer and first surveyor of San Francisco Bay anchored his San Carlos in the cove that today bears his name in August of 1775. (Ayala Cove, officially named in 1969, was originally called “Raccoon Cove” for the British sloop of war, Raccoon, that visited Tn 1814, and later “Hospital Cove” for the military hospital located there.) He named the place “Isla de Nuestra Senora de Los Angeles” (Island of our Lady of the Angels). Since that wouldn’t fit on brochures, locals shortened it to Los Angeles Island, and then simply Angel Island. (✓Tn 1839, the Mexican governor of the area awarded the island as a land grant to one Antonio Maria Osio, who in short order made the place into a prosperous sheep and

A DAY AT THE PARK In the ’’what to do for a family outing” category, a day at Angel Island is hard to beat. It costs a fraction of Disneyland, is close by and you won’t have to buy the kids mouse ears they’ll never wear again after they go home. The park is open year-round from 8 a.m. to sunset, with the most active season starting in late April and running through early October.

On a peak summer weekend, 6,000 to 7,000 people might visit on a single day.

If you take your own boat to the Island, mooring to one of the cans in Ayala Cove or near Quarry Point, or grabbing a slip at the public dock is on a first-come, firstserved proposition. Either choice will run $2 a day ($4 a day if you take up two slips). The slips are more convenient but you have to leave at sunset. You can hang on a can or anchor — the Rangers recommend Winslow Cove, just west of Ayala, for anchoring — all night. There are 30 mooring buoys in Ayala Cove, three north and 25 south of Quarry Point, and 36 slips. The slips are 20 to 40 feet, with a maximum overall boat length of 48 ft allowed.

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cattle ranch. Around about 1859, Osio •made the mistake of pledging his allegiance If you want to leave the driving to someone else, the Tibyron ferry ($2.75 per person /SO' for bikes) operates every day during the summer and on weekends ihe rest of the year. Call 435-2131 for times: The Red and White Fleet ferry (about $6 per person/bikes free) runs

There are only a few steep hills to negotiate for bicyclists. Resting places are plentiful.

from San Francisco on weekends starting in April. Call them for times at 546-2815.

If you want to stay ashore overnight, you must make reservations in advance.

Open-air campsites feature barbeque grills and running water. You need to bring your own sleeping bag, tent, grub and charcoal to cook it with — Rangers

to the losing side in America’s war with Mexico, and the bluecoats gave him the boot. No trace of the Osio rancho exists today. (✓Tn the 1830’s, a young sailor named Richard Henry Dana spent a day and two frown on wood gathering these days and open fires are not allowed. For more information, call 456-1286.

Another overnight alternative for the really adventurous — no, not the bordello, it burned down in 1867 — is part of what the Park Service calls the “environmental history program.” In this program, you spend a day and night in one of the old barracks living exactly as would a Civil War era soldier, even down to baking bread in period manner. For more on that program, call Bob Noyes at 435-3522. For information on a similar program geared toward groups of schoolage youngsters, call 456-1286.

Finally, in season the museum runs a multi-media show on the flora and fauna of the island; trail maps and other informational pamphlets are available at the ■Visitor Center and Rangers and volunteers conduct nature walks. The venerable old tour tram finally gave up the ghost last year, but Rangers hope to have a bus operating by this summer to help move people where they want to go on the island. If you have any other questions, call the Parks Service at 456-1286 or the Angel Island Ranger Station at 435-1915.

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rainy,, cold and altogether miserable nights (the bordello was still about 20 years away) on Angel Island gathering firewood, immortalizing the experience in his Two Years Before the Mast. The wood gathering continued at such an accelerated rate, especially during the Gold Rush, that when Dana returned to the area 23 years lafer, he

IN THE WORKS You might be the only visitor to Angel Island on a winter weekday, but you won’t be the only person there. In addition to Rangers and other park personnel, construction workers are presently engaged in several improvement projects. Due for completion by this summer are the stabilization and restoration of several period buildings in and around East Garrison, one of which will serve as the new visitor center; new landscaping; “returfing” of the ball field and the construction of new restrooms.

More long range plans (due for completion in 1986 and 1987) include the installation of a second ferry landing in East Garrison, the construction of two new “people mover” busses and a new sewage treatment plant. Stabilization and preservation of existing structures on the island is an ongoing process.

wrote that the island “was clean shorn of trees.” >

Battery Ledyard once housed huge coastal defense guns. Early boaters took care not to tick these guys

•At the turn of the century, most fog __ signals on the Bay consisted of bells, which particular contest was that Johnson was the were rung by mechanical strikers. When the author of an apti-dueling law that had been striker at the Point Knox station failed during passed by the State Legislature four years a heavy fog in 1906," Juliet Nichols, one of earlier. The precipitating argument the few female lighthouse keepers, pounded concerned slavery, a real hot potato in the the bell with a hammer every twp minutes for late 1850’s, and neither man would back nearly 21 straight hours. down. The disagreement became so boista-ous and the insults so vehement that ne obthe most interesting footnotes the gauntlet was finally thrown and acto Island history occurred just before the Civil cepted, and the^duei arranged.

War. Along with everything else, Angel On August 21, 1858, Johnson and Island was a popular dueling ground in the Ferguson met, pistols in hand, on the East days of yore. The last duel to occur there side of the island near Point Blunt, and the was between U.S. Commissioner George second great irony emerged. George and Penn Johnson and State Senator William I. Bill had been good friends and drinking partFerguson. The first «of many ironies in this ners for years, and now, with the heat of the

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The first Japanese prisoner of World War II was interred at Angel Island, and prisoners from another time and place once farmed vegetables for their fellows on a high plateau still known as “Alcatraz Gardens”. The huge stands of eucalyptus trees were planted by the military as windbreaks in the 1880’s, and visiting sea captains and sailors helped refoliate the island with exotic plants. The descendants of many varieties of wildflowers

work it out over martinis at the club, but neither man would apologize to the other, so they decided to have one more go at it. This time, neither man missed. Ferguson took a slug in the right thigh and Johnson in the left wrist. Satisfied, they shook hands and returned to San Francisco. It turned out not exactly tq be a tie, though. Johnson’s, arm healed but Ferguson’s leg became worse.

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When the mechanical striker failed in 1906, Juliet Nichols pounded on the fogbell with a hammer for 21 straight hours.

The distance was reduced ten feet. They both missed again. By the time two more volleys thundered harmlessly into the bushes, the two protagonist/friends were practically in each others’ laps.

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from the Spanish-American War and both World Wars. A like amount of Chinese immigrants suffered through strict and sometimes brutal immigration procedures during the same period. From 1892 until the end'of World War II, Ayala (then Hospital) Cove housed a quarantine station where

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For me, Angel Island was a real treat. The panoramic views alone are enough to make me want to go back, and all I did was go once around on the main road. There are also 12 miles of hiking trails to various points, including Mt. Livermore, the island’s highest peak, as well as a small museum and many beaches. If, after all that, the diehard sailor in your group still wants one good reason why he should spend the day traipsing around Angel Island when he could be sailing, I noticed that it is also a superb vantage point from which to study tide and wind patterns on the Bay while mom and the kids check out the butterfly exhibit.

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around the harbor from our vantage point in the cockpit. I noticed that the cruise ship Fairsky was in port, joining the six or seven recreational boats at anchor.

I’d gone below for just a moment when Gino yelled, “Come up quick, look at that!” I jumped up on deck to see that he was pointing at the smoke and flames coming from the aft deck of the Nauticat 38, Salee B., which was lying about 100 yards aft.

“My God, she’s burning,” I said, stunned and trying to figure out the- best immediate

the deck of Salee B. with a loud hissing — a propane tank 1 presumed.

Grabbing our two buckets and ''an extinguisher, I jumped aboard the panga. Approaching the boat, the fire didn’t seem so bad; I figured we had a chance. Two other pangas quickly arrived and we all began bucketing like crazy. The fire extinguisher I’d brought was useless — too small.

^\fter a while we seemed to be getting the flames under control, but we couldn’t see the inside of the saloon and forward part of the boat because of the darkly tinted ports and the high coachroof. Then smoke started pouring out the top of the hatch — apparenty the rubber insulation had melted and air was getting in to fuel the fire once again. We needed something to smash the ports with so we could get at the fire.

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this time Gino had arrived in Contrary’s dinghy and I yelled at him to fetch a boat hook to do the smashing. The Mexicans were already trying to heave a small anchor through the big ports, but with little luck. Then the panga driver spotted his heavy fish gaff, and passed it forward. Totally disregarding his personal well-being, a Mexican jumped aboard and smashed a big port. other Mexicans followed him and

smashed the remaining ports. I was impress_ed by these very brave men who were risking course of action. 1 noticed there was no serious injury to go all out to try and save the dinghy tied to Salee B., which meant boat of a gringo they didn’t even know, everyone was probably ashore and no lives That’s when 1 noticed the jerry jugs filled were in danger. Just then a Mexican panga with gas and diesel. I yelled for them to be roared up and the driver yelled for buckets. cut loose and thrown down. They were, by As I reached for them a flame shot up from which time it was clear the fire was complete-

he heat had gotten very intense as the coach roof burned out of control, and the hull was on fire almost down to the waterline. There was another loud explosion and flames leaped very high into the air. It was really time to give up and we picked .up the last Mexican, who had finally jumped overboard to escape injury.

Helpless, we watched as the mizzen mast wavered, then fell forward, almost in slow motion. I distinctly remember watching the shiny white radar dome slip into the water.

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to dangle grotesquely from the roller furling fitting.

All during this time the Fairsky’s shoreboats merrily ferried their passengers to and from the cruise ship to shore. One of the boats had cruised over briefly — at a time when I believe one of their high speed pumps might have saved the boat — but then returned to the important business of ferrying passengers. Now another longboat came by, this one with all the Fairsky rank aboard. They looked around for a moment and then returned to their ship. 1 guess they have a policy of non-involvement except — I hope — when life is in danger. This was in great contrast to the Mexicans, who had dropped whatever they were doing to try and be of assistance.

Although the fire didn’t look bad from the outside, it was unstoppable despite valiant efforts by the Mexicans.

^\nother panga approached, this one carrying Vic and Salee Berman, the shocked and grieving owners of Salee B. The two of them — they are perhaps in their late 50’s — had purchased the boat two and a half years ago and had sold everything they had — their birth clinic, house, cars — everything in preparation for this planned three year voyage. Fortunately they were insured for what the boat was worth, well over $100,000. But they weren’t insured for all the extra gear they had: dive tanks, electronics, and other items. They were helpless to do anything but sit and watch their boat burn.

Finally Larry and Marj from Prima Donna took them aboard and tried to console them.

Oh how I felt for these people! 1 was sick watching the devastation of their dreams and all they had worked for. It wouldn’t have been so bad if they were 30 or so, but it’s

harder to take when you’re older.

Someone freed Salee B.’s anchor and she was dragged onto the beach. An attempt was made to tip her over to extinguish the flames, but it failed. So she continued to burn on the beach for hours.

The fire turned a luxury cruising yacht into a pile of worthless rubble.

I talked to Vic the next day as he picked 1 through the hulk. The thing that worried him was how the fire started — because he was adamant they were getting another boat, and he didn’t want the same thing to occur.

He figured the only possibilities in the aft cabin were a 12 volt fan, the cabin lights, a radio speaker, or the SSB turner — all of which had been turned off before they went ashore. Vic also kept a loaded flare gun beneath his pillow, but the thought of this going off by itself or starting the fire seemed ridiculous. > It was later learned that two young Mex >■ ican boys had been seen jumping off the boat, but nobody knew if they had been there before the start of the fire or arrived later with everyone else. Could they have gotten there before, slipped into the aft cabin, and in typical boys’ curiosity done something that had started the fire? It was a possibility perhaps, but equally unlikely as all the others.

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Later Salee was down at the hulk salvaging what she could. Some of the men who helped fight the fire returned to help again.

So she supervised, trying to keep the endless curious kids at bay. Throughout she maintained her -sense of humor, cracking jokes from time to time. When they carried out the fridge, she asked, “Hard-boiled eggs, anyone?”

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I had to leave the next day, so 1 never found out if they joined Tamara or not.

They’re great people, I just wish these brave and spirited two the best of luck in whatever plans they decide to follow.

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THE RACING GOLDEN GATE YC IOR A — 1) Wolf pack II, Peterson 48, Leland Wolf, CPYC, 2) Ghost. Peterson 46. D. Marion/D. ■Stiles. StFYC, 3) Hawkeye. King 48, Don Herndon, This month we have news of Carl Schumacher’s new design project, the Singlehanded Sailing Society, pre-

Congressional Cup, mishaps to Bay sailors, a design contest for singlehanding around the world, changes at the

Clipper Cup, upcoming races including the Ano Nuevo, Olympic Finns and a report on the Sydney-Hobart race.

IOR B — 1) Coyote, Beneteau One Ton, trv Loutae, StFYC; 2) Tsunami, Castro 40, John Cains.

BYC; 3) Bandi Tram, Frers 41, Peter Stocker, StFYC. IOR C — 1) Abracadabra, X-102, Dennis Surtees, StFYC; 2) Black Lace, J-29, Howard Macken, SYC; 3) Second Offense, Schumacher 30, Colin Case.

SFYC. Olson 40 - 1) Prime Time, Bob Lund, EYC.

PACE NOTES Here’s news for observers of the IOR scene: Alameda’s Carl Schumacher has been commissioned by San Jose’s Sy Kleinman to do preliminary drawings for a “flat

Class winner ‘Carnaval’, a Santana 35 owned by Bill Keller, Sr., during last year's Ano Nuevo race.

out racing boat’’ measuring 51 feet. The yacht will rate in the 40.0 to 41.0 foot range, similar to John Arens’ Frers 51 Tomahawk, which won last year’s Big Boat Series thanks in part to some rating work Schumacher performed for the Southern California craft.

Carl started work on another 50-footer a year ago, but the project had to be abandoned. Kleinman’s boat will be a development of that design and will offer Carl a chance to spread his wings a bit. His 26-ft Summertime Dream and 38-ft Wall Street Duck have both excelled on the local IOR circuit. The new boat will be aimed at the 1986 Clipper Cup in Hawaii, a showcase of speedsters from around the world. Kleinman has competed in the past two Clipper Cups, a biennial event, in his Frers 59 Swiftsure.

After mentioning many of last season’s winners, we realize it wouldn’t be fair to leave out Peter Jones of San Francisco. A yacht broker by trade, Peter has been sailing low budget for the past two decades, but last year he pulled enough dough together to compete in the Singlehanded Sailing Society season. Campaigning his Yankee 30 Emerald, Peter won the Drake’s Bay and Half Moon Bay races and scored enough Points to be the season champion, an honor he’s quite pleased about.

Peter’s plan for this year again includes the "SSS schedule, which started on January 27th with the Three Bridge Fiasco. Then there’s the Farallones race in April, a long distance race in September and the Vallejo 1-2 in October. SSS members can pay another entry fee for the YRA schedule of events also, starting on April 20-21 with the Half Moon Bay race. To find out how you can get in on the fun, call.Frank Dinsmore at (916) 962-3669 or Tony Smith at (415) 454-2312.

And don’t forget the reception at the Corinthian YC on February 15th for past participants in the Singlehanded TransPac race.

This will be a combination reunion/pep talk, with plans being laid for the race in 1986.

Come find out what all the excitement is about.

Jeff Madrigali had hopes of competing in this year’s Congressional Cup, the annual match race contest held in Southern California. To qualify, though, he had to compete in the Ficker Cup, an elimination series at Long Beach YC starting January 4th. After three days, the Tiburon sailor and his crew stood at three wins and one loss, tied for second. The regatta was continued on January •12th and 13th, but then it blew too hard.

“We went back in and waited, and then ended up driving back to San Francisco that night,” says Jeff. “It shot the hell out of the weekend.” He did get in a good nine rounds of golf during the wait, though.

As for mishaps closer to home, Don

PHRF II — 1) Blazin' J, J-27, Don Trask, StFYC; 2) Hot Plash (protest), SC 27, Bren Meyer, GGYC; 3) U.S.A., Soverel 33, Steve Jeppesen, StFYC. PHRF III — 1) Rosy Option, Esprit 37, Richard teute. BBYC; 2) Surprise, Hunter 34, Jon Rolien, PYC; 3) Bad Bunny, Wylie Wabbit, Colin Moore, RVYC. PHRFIV— 1) Predator, Hawkfarm, Linda WeberRettie, IYC; 2) Magic Jammies, Wavelength, C. Witcher/N. Rau, RYC; 3) Crinan, C&C 30, Bow Rodgers, SMYC. PHRF V — 1) Confusion, Yamaha 24, Ron Stout, RYC; 2) Jambaiaya, Ranger 26, John Riutin; 3) 3 Sheets, Sprinta Sport, Tony Soter, CSC. PHRF VI — 1) Cibola, Coronado 25, Patrick Broderick, IYC; 2) Irish Lady, Columbia 26 tl, Denis Mahoney, CYC; 3) Spirit, Ericson 23, Dennis Drobisch, BVBC. PHRF NS — 1) No Name, Columbia 30, Bruce McHugh; 2) Sf. Brendan, Pearson 323, Paul London, GGYC. Tartan 10 - 1) Midnight Flyer, Steve Trimbie; 2) Abba-Zaba, Matt Copenhaver, SFYC; 3) Sportln Life, Greg Pfeiffer, CSC. 100 — 1) Quickstep, George Degnan, RYC; 2) Accounts Payable, Richard Pearce, SFYC; 3) Whitecap, Tom Allen, StFYC. Islander 36 ■ 1) Dakota, Van Selvig, TYC. J-24 ■ 1) Resolute J, Peter Bennett, RYC; 2) Muffin Monster, J. McTavish/T. Moody; 3) Salsa, Phil Myers, SCYC. Knarr ■ No Finishers.

Catalina 27 - 1) Catalyst, Edward Durbin, RYC; 2) Double Expresso, Alex Fisenko, SYC. Santana 22 ■ 1) Gusty, M.Bykoff/B. Sandkula, RYC; 2) Inshallah, Shirley Bates, SYC; 3) Dupper, Joseph Schmidt, SJSC.

RICHMOND YC (Current Standings) El Toros Junior — 1) Brandon Paine, 2) Vaughn Setters, 3) David Albright.

El Toros Senior — 1) Dennis Sitva, 2) Steve Mitler, 3) Hank Jotz.

Chandler had one on January 5th. Chairman of the Sausalito Cruising Club’s midwinter series, he had trouble with the crash boat’s engine. It died as they were about to set a mark at Yellow Bluff. They dropped it anyway as they drifted out towards the Gate. Rescue arrived and took them back to the committee boat and the races proceeded. Unfortunately the mark they had set also decided to head for Japan, page 164

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RICHMOND YC — CONT’D 1) Partridge, 2) Roger Payne, 3) Lou

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Wabbit — 1) Broen, 2) Keefe, 3} Mohr, Laser II — i) Jason Fain, 2) K. & H. Mdrokami, 3) Dean & Ty Finley.

International Canoe — 1) Del Olsen, 2) Carl Schumacher, 3) Chris Maas.

Thistles — 1) Dave Reran, 2) Ron Smith, 3) Wade Hough.

Windmill — 1) Scott Rovanpera.

Flying Junior — 1) Korb, 2} Gary Gremaux, 3) Mayers/Brewer 505 — 1) Maioney/Gilmour, 2) Wondolleck/Kunci, 3) Mtiler/Heckman.

470 — 1)‘Ping, Sih, 2) Ed Gatlaher.

Snipe — 1) W. Wheaton, 2} D. Blodgett, 3) J. Kelly.

International 14 — 1} A. Lafiin, 2) Kers Clausen,, 3) Chris Benedict.

Fireball — 1) Rick Eno, 2) Chip Heftier, 3) Lynn Huntley Etchells 22 — 1) 8.J. ErkeienS, 2) Oliver, 3) J. Dreyfous Lightning — 1) Mike Molina, 2) Timothy Barnes, 3) Bob Gustafson Laser — 1) Patrick Andreasen, 2) Rodreguez, 3) Dias METROPOLITAN YC

Saturday PHRF 1 — 1) Bella Donna, Olsen 8.23, Dan Woolery, RYC; 2) USA, Soverel 33, Chris Corlett, StFYC; 3) Special Edition, Wilderness, Eric Sultan, IYC

Santana 35 — 1} Hurly Burly, Richard Savoy; 2) Capital Gains, Dick Wilson; AYC; 3) Riff Raff, Jack AirSFYC.

Express 27 — 1) Frog in French, Kame Richards, RYC; 2) Friday, John Liebenberg, RYC; 3) Tamen, Ralf Morgan, EYG. J/29 — 1) Violation, Noel Rodes; 2) Smokin’ J, John-Williams, StFYC; 3) Power Play, Peter Cunningham, PAYC.

Santa Cruz 27 — 1) Hot Flash, Bren Meyer GGYC; 2) Variety Show, Rob Schuyler, SCYC; 3) Fugawi, John Bosche, RYC. PHRF II — 1) Bad Bunny, Wabbit, Colin Moore, RVYC; 2) Zotif, Choate 27, Bob Hrubes, CSC; 3) Unity, Capo 26, Bud Fraze.

PHRF ill — 1) Ei Gavitan, Hawkfarm, Jocelyn Nash, RYC; 2) Catch 22, J/22, Dave Hankel, StFYC; 3) Magic Jammies, Wavelength 24, Nick Rau, FLYC. Merit 25 — 1) Tattoo, Guartarone/Stolz; 2) Not Yet, Jim Fair, CSC; 3) Half Fast, Ron Landmann, IYC

j/24 — 1) Waverider, Patrick Loomis, IYC: 2) Dejavu, Chris Perkins, StFYC; 3) Hackworth. SFYC.

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so the race had to be abandoned. A re-sail is scheduled for March — the date will be announced soon.

And John Kostecki, Richmond’s whiz kid racer, ran into some lack of wind problems in Florida at the J/24 Midwinters in early January. “It never blew over five knots,” says John, “and it shifted all over the place.”

Sailing Ray Delrich’s American Beauty, John ended up 13th in the championships page 165

METROPOLITAN YC - CONT’D

Newport 30—1) Cygnet, Nick Abitsch, RYC; 2) Roquefort, Bob Marshall, SFYC; 3) Harry, Dick Aronoff, StFYC.

Cal 2-27 — 1) Con Carino, Gary Alright, RYC; 2) Zephyr, Bruce Nesbit, RYC; 3) Party Line, Barnhill Graham, RYC. Coronado 25 — 1) Naressia, Bobbi Tosse, SYC; 2) Passage, Margaret Hickman, BYC; 3) Ventura, Ernest Dickson, RYC. !

Thunderbird — 1)Conception, James White, GGYC; 2) Lyric, Newport, OYC; 3) Ethel O, James Graham, SRYC. PHRF IV — 1)’ Freyja, Catalina 27, Lawrence Nelson, RYC; 2) Double Espresso, Catalina 27, Alex Fisenko, BYC; 3) Madman Across Water, Santana 20,-Mike Whalen.

Santana 22—1) Ms. America's Pie, Frank Healy, RYC; 2) Diana, John Skinner, RYC; 3) Dupper, Joseph Schmidt, SJSC. Sunday PHRF A — Race 1: USA, Soverel 33, John

METROPOLITAN YC - CONT’D Bock, RYC; 3) Catch 22, J/22, Tony Chargin, StFYC.

Cal 29 — Race 1:1) 20/20, Phil Gardner, EYC; 2) Gusto, George Neill, RYC; 3) Boog-a-loo, Nancy Rogers, SFYC. Race 2: 1) Impulse, Fioyd Rector, SYC; 2) Fantasy, Doug Clark, ICY; 3) Eveready Mark Cheney, StFYC. PHRF E — Race 1:1) Wild flower. Cal 27, Brian O’Donoghue; 2) 3 Sheets, Sprinta, Tony Soter, SCS; 3) Don Wan, S 28, Don Kunstler, TYC. Race 2: 1) Antares, Islander 30 II, Larry Telford, BYC; 2) Breezin, Cal 2-27, Rod Sievers, RYC; 3) Current Asset.

PHRF F — Race 1: 1) Naressia, Coronado 25, Bobbie Tosse, BYC; 2) Ah Wilderness; 3) Oz, Santana 20, Robert Brennan. Race 2: 1) Neressia; 2) American Pie, Sabre, Jack Hammer, RYC; 3) Ah Wilderness.

Ranger 23 — Race 1; 1) Twisted, Don Wieneke, SYC; 2) Nightwind, Richard Sloan, IYC; 3) Snow Storm, George Morris, CSC. Race 2:1) Impossible, Gary Kneeland, SYC; 2) Twisted; 3) Nightwind.

Kostecki, StFYC; 2) Bella Donna, Olsen 8.23, Dan Woolery, RYC; 3) Smokin’ J, John Williams, StFYC. Race 2: 1) USA, 2) Bella Donna, 3) Blazin’ J, J/27, Don Trask. StFYC.

PHRF G — Race 1: 1) Bantana, Santana 22, Lloyd Banta, RYC; 2) Jubilee, Ariel, Don Morrison, RYC; 3) Great Egret, Cal 20, Ross von Ehrenkrook, CSC. Race 2:1) Bantana; 2) Jubilee; 3) Keetkicker, Santana 22, Bruce MacPhee, SCC.

Olson 30 — Race 1: 1) Animal House, Akrop/Lezin, SCYC; 2) Naked Aggression, Perry Matthews, CSC; 3) Saint Anne, Richard Heckman, IYC. Race 2: 1) Saint Anne; 2) Animat House; 3) Sundance, Zevanove/Magoon, StFYC.

Foikboat — Race I; 1) No Name, Kaereste, Roger Rapp, EYC; 3) Clymer. Race 2 — 1) No Name; Michael Waldear, GGYC; 3) Windy, GGYC.

PHRF B — Race 1: 1) Loose, Custom, Jerry Fisher; 2) Fugawi, SC 27, John Bosche, RYC; 3) Anticipation, Race 2: 1) Loose; 2) Fugawi; 3) Flyer, Peterson 33, Dennis Robbins, RYC. islander 36 — Race 1:1) Juggernaut, Frank Tomsick, SFYC; 2) Prima Donna, Eric Warner, RYC; 3) Blue Streak, D, Schumacher, SFYC. Race 2: 1) Windwalker, Richard Shoenhair, IYC; 2) Prima Donna; 3) Juggernaut.

Wabbit — Race 1: 1) Bad Bunny, Colin Moore, RVYC; 2) Ricochet, Gene Harris; 3) Mr. McGregor, Kim Desenberg, RYC. Race 2; 1) Bad Bunny; 2) Ricochet; 3) Mr. McGregor.

Moore 24 — Race 1:1) Snafu U, Mark Berryman, SCYC; 2) Adios, Hodges/Walecka, SCYC;-3) Presto, Howard Wright, LAYC. Race 2: 1) Luna Sea, Schrum/Seward, SCYC; 2) Adios; 3) Ebony, Mitch Allen, WSC.

Tom Reed; 2) Emma, Gary 2) Folksong, Eric Carlisle,

WOMEN’S RACING ASSOCIATION

Div. A — 1) Lipstick, Express 27, Marcia Schnapp, Oakland; 2) Blue J, J/24, Suzi Madrigati, Tiburon; 3) Farrbetter (protest pending), Farr 740, Sue Stagg, Alameda. '

Div. B — 1) Legacy, Ranger 29, Susan Hoehler, Tiburon; 2) Shanghai, Islander 28, Carol Jesmore, , Sausalito; 3) Rapid Transit Jr., Ranger 23, Suzanne Sylvester, Oakland.

Div. C — 1) Pau Hana, Santana 22, Ann O’Rourke, Alameda; 2) Lyric, Thunderbird, J. McPherson, Oakland; 3) Jose Cuervo, Islander 28, S. Hock, Sausalito.

PHRF C — Race 1: 1) ZotH, Choate 27, Bob Hrubes, CSC; 2) Unity; 3) Magic Jammies, Wavelength 24, Charles Witcher, FLYC. Race 2:1) Farr Better, Fan 740, Susan Stagg, BYC; 2) Unity; 3) Pearl, Olson 25, William Riley, TYC.

SYC; 2) Jeito, J/24, Gordon Smith, SYC; 3) Black Lace, J/29, Howard Macken/Earlene Tankersley, SYC.

PHRF D — Race 1: t) Half Fast, Merit 25, Ron Landmann, IYC;-2) Twilight Zone, Merit 25, Paul Kamen, CSC; 3) Not Yet, Merit 25, James Fair, CSC. Race 2; 1) Not Yet; 2) Stewball, J/24, Jim

Class B — 1) Gatante, Foikboat, Otto Schreirer, SYC; 2) Toujours, C + C30, Jim French. SYC; 3) Jose Cuervo, Islander 28, Stephanie Hock, SYC.

fleet, which wasn’t great, but the fact that current world champion Dave Curtis of Massachusetts finished 40th did provide some solace. That’s why the expression “you can’t win ’em all” is a truism — sometimes you just can’t.

Yacht designers, either professionals or amateurs, should know that the organizers of the BOC Challenge Around Alone race,

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Class A — 1) Donamia, Cat 2-29, Van Sargent,

the singlehanded circumnaviation contest, are offering a design prize. They’re looking for the best boat that could win the 27,000 mile enduro which takes nine months and has stopovers in South Africa, Australia and Brazil. Five hundred dollars goes to the winner of each class — boats from 50 to 60 feet and from 40 to 50 feet.

Essential factors to consider in your submission are simplicity, safety, seaworthiness

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and speed. Entries must conform to the racing rules and conditions of entry. To get your official entry form, write to the BOC Challenge Race Headquarters, Goat Island Marina, Goat Island, Newport, R.I. 02840.

Deadline for submissions is September 1, 1985.

Also related to the BOC, watch for the award winning film, “The Ultimate Challenge’’, a flick about the 1982-83 race, coming this spring to the Public Broadcasting System. The first network showing is slated for March 13th. Watch your telly listings for details.

Pan Am Clipper Cup racers will be glad to hear that the host Waikiki YC has announced changes in the points scoring system. The middle distane Molokai race will now be weighted 1.5 times more in points instead of twice as much as the triangle races. The Around the State race will count twice the triangle heats, instead of the^previous triple weighting. This will hopefully assuage those who felt the “crap shoot” aspect of the 775 mile State race jumbled the overall standings too much.

Also of note about the Clipper Cup is that the original schedule for 1986 of July 19 to August 3 has been changed to August 2-16.

The 1985 racing season starts in earnest this month here on the West Coast with the Marina del Rey to Puerto Vallarta race, which begins on February 2nd. Next month features the Newport to Cabo San Lucas race starting March 9th, followed by MEXORC, the Mexican Ocean Racing Circuit.

Here in Northern California, ocean racing kicks off with the Ano Nuevo race, also starting March 9th off Monterey. The 80 mile up and back event appeals to both high tech and family racers, and can provide any number of wind and weather conditions. One favorite of those who’ve done the race before is a mild westerly in the morning as they beat north 40 miles to the Ano Nuevo

Lighthouse, with a freshening sea- breeze once they turn the corner for a sleigh ride home. * This year’s race will feature the regular prizes for handicap racers, as well as new ones for one design classes that pre-register four or more boats. All entries will race under the handicap system, which means one designer can really bring home the loo^ if they do well. For more information about the race, contact Bill Keller at (408) 461-7119.

V Those young, athletic sailors who have an eye toward the next Olympics should know that there are six singlehanded Finn dinghies available for use this summer. The U.S. Yacht Racing Union’s Olympic Yachting Committe offers the 14-footers for sailors interested in giving this strenuous boat a tryout. The six sailors will be selected in early March so they can participate in the Finn Midwinters on March 28th. to 30th in Mississippi. Applications should be mailed to Jonathan Harley, USYRU, Box 209, Newport, RI 02840. Include your name, address, phone, age, height, weight, sailing experience, regatta results and a statement of purpose. Finns are tough boats to sail, but offer some of the sweetest sailing characteristics you can find anywhere.

SYDNEY—HOBART For the past 40 years, ever since the end of World War II, Australian sailors have celebrated their post-Christmas holidays by competing in the 630 mile Sydney to. Hobart race. Much of the rest of the sail-crazy nation keeps an eye on the proceedings, and this year they got a real bang up show.

Over 150 yachts started the race, which proceeds south down the Australian coast, across the Bass Straits and then to the island of Tasmania. A series of southerly weather

fronts blew through the area with winds in the 40 to 50 knot range. Countering the wind, though, was a three knot current, which created confusing seas. Many ocean racing veterans said it was actually the worst conditions they had ever seen. “It was like driving a lorry (truck) out the third story of a building and hitting the road below,” was the quote in the Melbourne Sun attributed to Peter Blake, skipper of the Holland 79 New Zealand.

The toll on the'fleet was tremendous, with 107 boats dropping out due to gear failure or just plain exhaustion. Six yachts lost their masts and at least ten had to shore up their bulkheads to make it back to port. Crash and burn stories abounded. The Gambler, a Farr page 166

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One sailor didn’t come back, the first fatality in the history of the Sydney-Hobart. Wally Russell of New South Wales was 70 years old and had plans to retire after the race, his page 167

15th. Described as a “good yachtie,” Russell was coming on deck to serve his watch when a wave washed him overboard before he had hooked in his lifeline. The others onboard tried four times to pull'him out of the water, but failed.

Russell’s death and the large number of damaged boats led to a hue and cry among the media, which focuses a great deal of attention on the Sydney-Hobart. Veteran sailors say the press over-reacted, probably due to the fatality. They point out that most of those who dropped out did not have structural problems. They also admit that the conditions were perhaps worse than even th^ killer Fastnet Race storm in 1979, off the English coast, which claimed more than a

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First to finish honors for the race, which after the storms became a pleasant affair, went to Blake’s New Zealand, an entry in this fall’s Whitbread Around the World race.

Their time of three days and 11 hours was no where near to Kialoa’s 1975 record of two days, fourteen hours. Corrected time honors went to the Farr 40 Indian Pacific, owned by John Eyles and Gunter Heuchmar of New South Wales, followed by Lawless and Jon Sanders S&S 34 Perie Banou.

Sanders recently sailed solo around the world twice without stopping and plans to go for three circuits alone starting this year. Another Farr 40, Prime Suspect, ended up fourth overall.

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With reports this month from Artemis in Acapulco; Maria Elena at Isla Isabella; Swan in the Maldives; Flying Gull in Hilo; Tara at Cabo San Lucas; Peti Bebe in Papeete; the Hotel Oa Oa on Bora Bora; Stone Witch in Baja; Mischief at Islas Tres Marias; Antipodiste in San Diego; Vingilot in Whangarei; Beche de Mer at the Ala Wai; Prelude in La Paz; Softwind in La Paz; Contrary to Ordinary at Las Hadas; and Cruise Notes.

Artemis — Peterson 51 Gregg Wrisley, et al Acapulco (Mill Valley) Artemis is a Big Boat Series entry from the East Coast that I’m helping take through the Canal and up to Florida. The skipper is Chris Lee, who like crewmembers Diane Tipton and David Forbes is from England. Chris Jones is from Australia; I’m the only Yank from Marin County.

I joined the boat in Marina del Rey where we departed on Thanksgiving Day for San Diego and the business of paperwork. Lots

Out of marine stores and on to adventure — Gregg Wrisley luxuriates with a beer at Cabo San Lucas.

of people believe that you can’t take firearms to Mexico, but it’s our understanding that you can if you have a permit. It takes about two weeks to get a permit, although I don’t know what kinds of firearms they allow.

Our trip to Cabo was a 4V2 day spinnaker run. We enjoyed Cabo except for the hassle

of trying to get the Temporary Import Permit necessary for going to the mainland. We discovered that you must have a^ letter from the owner, be it a person or a corporation, stating that the skipper is authorized to operate the boat. Boats without the permit, or so I was told by one owner, have been seized by the Mexican government.

After Cabo we sailed directly to Acapu^o and put in at the Club de Yates. The Club is very nice and features all the amenities.

While we were there the city was celebrating the pre-Christmas holidays so it was very festive.

Just before entering our next port, Puerto Madero, we were boarded by the Mexican Navy for a “routine inspection” . From what I could understand they are having a few border problems with Guatemala.

Once inside the harbor we tied up to a shrimp boat in the east basin. In return for a six pack we got more jumbo shrimp than the five of us could possibly eat. The Immigration and Customs officials came aboard as soon as we tied up, the first Mexican officials that had ever come on the boat. We were the only pleasure boat in the harbor.

The following morning we cleared with the Port Captain who is located in the north basin, and then set out for Tapachulla some 18 kilometers away to shop and arrange for the delivery of some fuel. We weren’t able to arrange for fuel on such short notice, and to make it even more depressing the taxi back and forth cost $18! Beware. The bus is much cheaper.

The best local transporation here is on red and white pick-ups, which run between the north basin and Puerto Madero which is actually a small beach town several miles away from the harbor. The town has a few restaurants, bars, a grocery store, but no bank. The town has not been affected by tourism.

There is good water on the shrimper pier from a large rubber hose. Bottoms up!

After Puerto Madero we sailed between 50 and 150 miles offshore to Costa Rica.

Crossing the sometimes boisterous Gulf of Papagayo we got 20 to 35 knots of wind forward of the beam for 2’/2 days.

We arrrived at Puntarenas, Costa Rica on Christmas Eve and were apprehensive about clearing in here after some of the reports in Latitude 38. Within a couple of hours pf seeing the boat off the pier, a boat carrying the Port Captain, Customs, and Immigration officers came alongside. It cost us $90 to clear in, $20 each American and Australian for passport stamps, $10 for each official and $20 for the boat that brought them out.

For those following us, I suggest calling Ramon on Channel 16 when you’re about to arrive. For $50 he will clear you in and out, pilot your boat, around to the fuel docks, open the fuel docks (which all seem to be closed), and in general provide all necessary information and expedite anything you need to get done. We didn’t hire him and ended up spending far more than $50 in time and hassles. page 168

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Puntarenas is the beach town for San Jose. It looks similar to many Caribbean towns, with corrogated tin shacks, brightly painted western-style buildings and stucco shops. Dollars are not normally accepted, but travellers checks can be exchanged for better than the bank rate of 50 colones to the dollar at the barber shop on the central street. You can find almost everything you need to reprovision in town. If you need to go to San Jose, the big city, it is a scenic two hour bus ride that costs $1.50.

We ended up spending very little time in Puntarenas because the Gulf of Nicoya offers many secluded anchorages in the lee of its many islands. The Gulf is a lot like San Francisco Bay in that it has a stiff afternoon page 169

breeze and lots of current generated by the steep chop. The big difference is that the air and water temperatures are in the 80’s here while in San Francisco they’re not.

I’ll have more next month.

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close to them. The Magnavox SatNav made the adjustments easy, but those without SatNav need to be aware of the set and to take it into account.

About 40 miles from Isla Isabella, at 3:00 a.m. and in complete darkness, we encountered some small lights. We steered well clear of these only to find a 20-ft panga, without lights, directly in front of us. The two fishermen were apparently asleep. We spun the wheel and glanced off the panga with little damage to either boat. Beware of Mexican pangas at night!

Isla Isabella is now a bird sanctuary and you must obtain permission to land. Three or four months out of the year the shark fishermen are allowed to have a fish camp in the island. They dispose of the unwanted parts of the shark in the anchorage, so we decided that swimming was not a good idea.

A University of Mexico biologist gave us permission to land, so we got to explore part of ’the island. It is of volcanic origin with a salt lake in the center. The island really belongs to the majestic frigates, boobies and marine iguanas.

Our next stop was San Bias. The river has been , dredged and you can get far enough

Maria Elena — Out Island 41 Bob & Marlene Allen Isla Isabella, San Bias, Chacala (Mill Valley) After spending five weeks in Cabo San Fucas, we felt like we were leaving home again. Now that Chris and Nedra Wagner had joined us for two weeks, it was time to move on. We sst our course for Isla Isabella, about 225 miles from Cabo. We had a variety of weather, ranging from no wind to 35 knots with beam seas. A note of caution for those transiting this area: there is a significant set toward the Tres Marias. We had to keep adjusting course to keep from getting too

Puntarenas, Costa Rica, a popular destination for Panama-bound cruisers.

up river to anchor just past the town. The area had been sprayed so we didn’t have any bug problems. Those who anchored at Mantechen Bay reported that they were eaten alive. We had New Year’s dinner at a good restaurant called Fa Familia. We later

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took the jungle ride from the bridge (about 1 km out of town) to the headwater of the river. This is a beautiful trip with many birds, turtles, alligators and flowers to see. At the end of the river is a restaurant and a clear swimming area. The markets in San Bias are good and provisioning is easy, but we skipped taking on water.

We left San Bias for Chacala, a small bay about 22 miles away. Chacala can be identified by its “barber pole” lighthouse — if you can find the lighthouse among the trees. The beach is beautiful, but the anchorage is a little roily. There are many palm trees, several open-air restaurants and a couple of small shacks that sell vegetables and fruit. The water is OK for washing, but not suitable for drinking. There is a Port Captain who wants to write on your papers.

1 can’t emphasize enough how wonderful it is to have a ham license. It isn’t just the camaraderie, but the safety. I monitored the rescue of Esparanza Viva which needed a diver 45 miles out from Cabo. They had gotten a line in their prop while attempting to rescue the sailboat Three Passions during a storm. The rescue was organized through the 80 meter Sonrisa Net. Esparanza Viva got the help they needed and were able to get underway again; Three Passions was escorted into Cabo.

— marlene alien (1/10/85)

Swan — Garden Porpoise Kellogg & Diana Fleming Furana Lagoon, Maldives Indian Ocean (San Francisco) Our Pacific cruise ended in August with Swan's entry into the Arafura Sea after three months on Australia’s Barrier Reef. The Queensland coast gave us some of the finest sailing of our trip, with fair skies and 20 knot southerly winds for most of its 1300 mile length. After all this daysailing it took some readjusting to stand night watches, but we did it happily on a gentle six-day run to Dar¬

Kellogg and Diana — looking anything but peaceful on the Pacific.

win.

“Yank” boats are as scarce as Latitude 38’s once one passes Torres Straits, and we shared the generous sociability of the Darwin Sailing Club with scores of Aussie sailors.

Many of them remembered and admired Andy and Kristina Urbanczyk from their visit last year.

Almost 5,000 miles later.we find ourselves in the Maldives after calling at Christmas Island, Cocos-Keeling, and Sri Lanka. We enjoyed the cheerful company of Doug Gottslisch and Oakland sailing instructor Claudia Gregory for that lengthy passage. In exchange for showing her the mysteries of navigation (“Once you find the bouncing ball just screw it down to the horizon, once you find the horizon”), Claudia showed us the mysteries of sail trim (“Just let them out ’til they start flapping.”)

Fabulous diving in a Tuamotu-like atoll environment will hold us here until Christmas, after which we will point Swan north to Oman and call at Raysut and then Aden prior to entering the Red Sea in late January. During this next passage we will pass our halfway longitude and start sailing toward San Francisco instead of away from it, a point we view with mixed feelings. We love San Francisco and dearly miss our friends back there, but our cruising has been a superb adventure and we’re not yet ready to accept the necessary reality of its end.

— kellogg and diana (12/18/84)

Flying Gull John & Debbie Dye Oxnard & Hilo We are now very landlocked in Oxnard, California after sailing Mexico and the South Pacific, and thriving on Latitude 38’s (late issues of course) for the past two years. John is now building a 90-ft dive boat that takes all his time. I am studying real estate in hopes of joining the working class again, and the Flying Gull is very m.uch out of her element on the hard in Hilo, Hawaii.

After living on her for seven years, John and I both feel guilty climbing on a plane and leaving her behind, but when you’re out of money it becomes necessary'to become part of the real world again.

Since all boats should be loved and floating, we have decided to try to find her a new home. Please run our ad in your Classy Classified.

— John and Debby Dye

Tara Darryl Thomas Cabo San Lucas (New Zealand) I’m writing while sitting here in Cabo with all the other cruisers. I want to thank Latitude 38 for your Crew List services as my crew coming down here was obtained entirely through your magazine. They are Helen and Philip Koch and Paula Camacho.

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Bay. The big event was being boarded by the U.S. Coast Guard for a “safety inspection” one day out of Cabo. The inspection was conducted while Tara was running wing on wing with a Navik vane steering in about 15 knots of breeze!

I’m currently working on the boat in the inner harbor, planning to head to La Paz in the near future.

Again, thank you for your services.

— darryl thomas (1/12/85) Kellogg and Diana again, this time saner looking — 4

Pcti Bebe — Alberg 35 Richard Perenon Papeete, Tahiti (San Francisco) In the last three months I have read two very good articles in Latitude 38 on passports and visas in French Polynesia.

People should realize, however, that things ‘Tara's crew, from left: Helen and Philip Koch, Paula Camacho and Darryl Thomas.

and with friends at Christmas Island.

change here overnight.

We, meaning the Admiral and myself (the Captain), obtained our visas in Hawaii. In order to get a six-month visa one has to give a financial statement, then upon receipt of the visa post a $590 interest free bond. Since it takes almost two months to obtain the visa, the authorities have plenty of time to check you out.

The French Consulate in Honolulu was very competent and left our date of arrival open; it was filled out by the immigration people in Papeete.

Every time you cash a traveller’s check, get money from Visa, or exchange U.S. dollars for francs, you have to show your passport. When you take the ferry over to Moorea you have to give your name. The end result is that the authorities here know how much money you are spending and, between the Harbormaster and the gendarmes, who check at least once a week on your location, where everybody is.

There is a good side to this. If, for some reason, family or friends should have to get ahold of you, the gendarmes know where you are. And I’m sure they would pass a message along to you; they have been most courteous to us in every way.

In regard to visas, both articles in Latitude 38 say the French don’t renew visas. They don’t, but they do issue new ones. We wrote the High Commissioner six weeks before our visas were up. We received his answer and

took it to Immigration along with two pictures and 250 francs — and received new six month visas. Two other boats received their new visas at the same time. I would suspect that the filling out of a good financial statement would have some bearing on getting a new visa.

So many yachties had told me that the quay in Tahiti was an expensive place to berth. 1 don’t agree. We paid $83 a month for our Alberg 35, which included the berth, electricity, water and garbage. That’s less than we paid in California, Hawaii, and Oregon. After 45 days at the quay they double the rates. I suppose that’s to get people to move on and give other boats a chance, as there are only about 55 berths with electricity. If you go elsewhere in Tahiti or Moorea for a week and then return to the quay, you get charged the initial lower rate for another 45 days.

At this writing the Bank of Indo Suez on Moorea — across from the Bali Hai Hotel — will not give cash on Visa cards. But the Bank of Tahiti — across from the Club Bali Hai — will. American express — which is Tahiti Tours — will cash Bank of Hawaii checks in Papeete. I know because they ve been doing it for six months for me.

The people at Tahiti Tours are just great.

They also will receive mail for you and will hold it until you or someone with a note from you comes to pick it up. Mail days are Monday, Tuesday, and Friday; we only go on Tuesdays and Fridays since the people there have other things to do than sort through the mail.

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Speaking of mail, I had to send my NCS SatNav back to the factory for repairs. It was the second time since I purchased it in 1982.

In the process I found out that there is no postal insurance down here. It’s a little scary sending such an expensive piece of equipment with no insurance, but we know of three other boats that had sent theirs back and had them return safely. So we’ve got our fingers crossed.

Regarding SatNavs, out of 24 boats I talked to, nine of them had sent theirs back for repairs at some time or another. The brands involved were Walker, NCS., and Magnavox.

Everyone knows that to cruise without a

'Peti Bebe- in Honolulu prior to her jump to the South Pacific.

dinghy would be for the birds. But folks should realize that the type of dinghy is also important. We have an Avon Redcrest, a good dinghy that is almost indestructible. It’s powered by a 2 h.p. Johnson. The drawback to this combination is that it takes forever to get anyplace. And a lot of anchorages are far from stores, banks and restaurants. If there is any kind of wind or current, you need something faster. So for

anyone going cruising, we suggest giving the dinghy and motor a lot of thought. We suspect a hard dinghy is best, but a lot of boats just don’t have the deck space.

Besides a Sun Shower, we have a Sear’s garden sprayer for a shower. I painted it black and. it has been on deck for over two years and on the boat for over seven years.

It’s still in great shape. We have hot showers in the cockpit everyday.

We also have a hammock, which I string up on the foredeck under our awning. It’s made us a local tourist attraction, as our picture is taken by tourists almost everyday.

Once I was even woken up so I would pose for such a picture. Over in the lagoon to Cook’s Bay, the Bali Hai tour boat would circle our boat so the tourists could take pictures from the rail. We sure have it tough.

At this writing there are 14 boats in Cook’s Bay and the lagoon to Cook’s Bay, Moorea.

There are 92 boats at the quay and the beach area in Papeete Harbor. By the way,

Sky-walking on the ‘Stone Witch'.

we were the only boat in Papeete that had Christmas lights on her.

I’ve found that being retired makes it much nicer to cruise. We can take our time and really see French Polynesia and the rest of the South Pacific. I feel sorry for some of the yachties we have met, as they are on time schedules and really have to push it. This has created some problems for them. It’s unfortunate, because this is a trip that some of them have dreamed about for years.

The boating world is a small one. While in French Polynesia we had the pleasure of meeting two fellow Encinal YC members, and also meet Bob Jensen of Simoon. I’d never met Bob before, but learned that for 25 years I had been stopping off at his place of business in Ukiah.

Let me close by saying something on the subject of calling San Francisco “Frisco”, a page 172

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Hotel Oa Oa Bora Bora Polynesie Francaise We would like to say “Mauruuru Roa” — thank you very much to all the yachts, owners, crew, and guests who have stopped at the Hotel Oa Oa this year for making it such an enjoyable time for us.

We have good news for those planning to come down in 1985; we now have ten moorings just for you, all of them 6,000 pounds or more down in our 90-foot depths!

And we tune our VHF to Channel 16 when we see you coming through the pass, so talk to us! We are just one mile south of the lagoon entrance, just look for the masts.

Of course, we will still offer the hot show¬

Stone Witch is in Mexico and I miss her. 1 did

get to go sailing for two weeks in Baja so I can report on this year’s expedition. Eight people were onboard November 23 for the outbound tack. They sailed through the usual storms that seaman encounter outside the Gate in the winter. And in keeping with our usual winter experiences the winds were southerly. Several worried people called to find out where the ship was during the storm. From my comfortable barstool in the Eagle Cafe at Pier 39, I speculated on their progress and figured Alan would call me soon enough. So when they landed in San Diego on November 30, I got reports on who was seasick on the way south. That’s

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controversy that has appeared in your magazine. I was born in Berkeley and raised in Alameda. I lived in the Bay Area for all but nine of my 57 years. During W.W. II, I was in the merchant marines, sailing out of San Francisco. I had malaria, was beached for a year, and worked for Harbor Tug and Barge. All of us that worked and sailed out of San Francisco called it “Frisco”. There was even a brand of jeans on the market called Frisco Jeans; they were black and had a red triangle on the side down at the cuff. Frisco wasn’t thought of as derogatory.

Keep up the good work — you have the best sailing magazine for yachties out. On second thought, make that the best magazine period. richard perenon — (12/16/84) Richard — The magazine is good on/y because of fine contributors like yourself.

Thank you.

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Chris & Jean Overley Clayton & Chantal Anderson & Baby Richard & Carol Prince Roland & Marilyn Therrien Paul Glimcher & Dana Nicholson Vern & Rock Len Rose Willi Aumeyer & Riki Grohmann Mike & Annie Laurie McEvitt Elmo Franklin Mike Campbell & Owen Cornfield Bruce & Pat

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the kind of stuff I like to hear when I’m warm and dry on land during a blow.

I flew down to Mexico to join the Stone Witch in Scammon’s Lagoon on December 9. Everyone onboard was doing great. I heard the stories about how big the waves were, how big the fish were, and about the usual good times onboard. By now several people had returned to the Bay Area for jobs and other commitments, so we had a crew of five to sail on down to Cabo.

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We had two weeks to get there so we stopped at Cedros Island for fresh water from the springs. That’s an all day job including hauling it out of the arroyos in 5 gallon jugs, then ferrying it out the Witch in the dinghy. Meanwhile the crew onboard negotiated for lobster dinners from the local fishermen.

We had strong winds for the next two days and beautiful sailing while surfing on ten foot waves with our topsail set. The power of the sea and the winds had us all psyched and no one wanted to stop. So we travelled south to Magdalena Bay and anchored in Bahia Santa Maria for a few days.. Alan and I make up a work list and a lot of projects got done. It’s easy to work for hours on the deck, doing carpentry and sail repair with beautiful scenery all around and the beach just a short dinghy ride away.

I managed to bake a lot of breads and desserts to keep everyone happy. Three teenage fishermen adopted us. They took some of our crew lobster fishing'* and prepared a dinner for us including lobster ceviche that was nothing short of sensational. We moved to a new location at Bahia Magdalena to finish up the work projects.

There we met the crew of the Pilgrim from the San Juan Islands. Ed, Deane, and Doug are great people and we saw a lot of them in Cabo later on. They’re on their way to New Zealand this spring.

Then it was time to join the fleet in Cabo San Lucas. On our last leg to Cabo we caught the biggest fish in the history of the Stone Witch — a 100 lb, six foot wahoo!

Alan proclaimed: “We eat meat!” And we did for several days. We dried some of it, too. We arrived two days before Christmas, where five new crew members joined us for the festivities. These included a pizza party Christmas Eve and a ten course Christmas dinner onboard the ship.

I left the ship in Cabo to lay on a beach in Yelapa for a few days before returning to San Francisco. The Stone Witch sailed onto La Paz for New Year’s Eve and has been sailing north into the Sea of Cortez during

Dr. Bob celebrates his arrival in Nova Scotia with naturally chilled champagne.

January.

The expedition is going great and I wish I were back in Mexico doing all those things I love — night watches, baking cookies, running dinghies through the surf, and teaching people how to live on and .sail the Stone Witch.

— merlyn storm (1/15/85)

Stay Clear!!!

Islas Tres Marias Mexico Again and again we’re getting word that it’s very unwise to go near Islas Tres Marias, the prison islands 50 miles northwest of Banderas Bay. At last count four cruising boats had been stopped and required to follow patrol boats to the island headquarters for interrogation.

One of the more recent boats required to stop was Mischief, Chris and Susan Speer’s Catalina 36 from Ventura. About 8 miles off Islas Maria Madre, a fishing boat approached about 0530. Susan woke Chris, at which time the men from the fishing boat, all dressed in black and heavily armed with M-16’s and revolvers, boarded their boat. Speaking only in Spanish, after one hour they made Mischief turn around and head to Isla Maria Cleofas.

Upon arrival, Mischief was required to anchor on a lee shore in 25 knots of wind and four foot seas. .Sue was left aboard while Chris was taken ashore. He returned later with the Commandant and his girlfriend,

who instructed Mischiefs owners to take them to Isla Maria Madre.

The Speer’s had understood that when they got to Maria Madre they would be let go. During the rough trip between the islands Mischief was searched, but when they reached Maria Madre they were not released.

Chris was again taken ashore while Sue motored up and down the island waiting for an hour or so. Chris finally met with the Consulate General, filled out some depositions explaining why they were so close to the prison islands, and was finally released.

It’s Latitude 38’s understanding that no cruisers have been held more than an afternoon; nonetheless we strongly urge everyone to give these islands a wide berth.

Who needs the hassle?

Those who have been ashore say it’s not a very pretty £ight. There are some 5,000 to 6,000 prisoners on the islands, most of them apparently drug smugglers. Eye witnesses say that some of the prisoners are tied to stakes and left out in the sun. They don’t coddle prisoners in Mexico, in fact some folks say they simply lose track of who is in there. Once on the island prison, it is said, you may be forgotten and left to rot there indefinitely.

So what the hell, why not stay 25 or 30 miles away from all these islands? As for you folks doing the Puerta Vallarta Race, uaya con Dios if you don’t take “the great circle” route.

— latitude 38

Vingilot — Westsail 32 Burwell Taylor Whangarei, New Zealand (San Francisco) , Herewith is my application for the Crew List. 1 did not participate in the List last year as either a listee or a responder; I was too busy getting ready to make and complete the passage from Cabo to Nuka Hiva. It was a slow but otherwise unremarkable trip that took 34 days. page 174

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I had my middle son with me, his first open ocean passage (and my first long one).

He was great, keeping his eyes and ears open and using his head more than his mouth. He did a lot to restore my faith that there are good crew persons around and that my numerous failures may not be the sole responsibility of the skipper. It’s too bad he’s my son as you may mistake my praise for fatherly doting, but there is a second in the series.

Another son, Mike, has been with me since August (Moorea), although he too had never sailed before. We re not sure how long he’ll be staying; it depends on which of three things come about first; his airline ticket to Australia expires; he finds a yacht going to Australia; or I get ready to go someplace.

But he’s been quite a crewman — at least he does things my way.

Our route since Nuka Hiva has been standard: Takaroa (Tuamotus), Papeete, Moorea, Huahine, Raiatea, Bora Bora (all in French Polynesia), then Aitutaki (Cooks), Neiafu (Tonga), Levuka and Suva (Fiji) before finally arriving in New Zealand at the end of October.

French Polynesia was expensive and not very friendly, although 1 did have a good time in Tahiti and Moorea because of coinciding vacation visits by two groups of friends. Raratonga was closed to yachts, so we went to Aitutaki where the people were very friendly and generous. That was in September, an exciting month for me.

I had a brush with a freighter outside of Aitutaki. Despite it being broad daylight, the freighter hit me while 1 was at anchor in an open anchorage. Even so the company denies any responsibility. Then leaving Aitutaki, I went aground on a sandbar ifi the narrow, shallow, tortuous passage through the reef. I kedged off smartly, thanks to the Danforth anchor I have always kept rigged and ready on the stern pulpit. Then in Bora Bora, where I anchored in 70 feet of water to avoid entanglement in the coral heads, 1 nevertheless couldn’t get my anchor up. Uspage 175

'Mischief', glad to be away from Islas Tres Marias.

ing the scuba gear — which paid for itself that day — 1 found the bottom to be nothing but white coral sand as far as they could see.

Except, that is, for what looked like an old anchor buried halfway up its shank and sticking out at a 60° angle. My anchor chain had wrapped around it three times! Since then, no mishaps.

The passage to New Zealand was fine.

The waters in the region have a stormy reputation, but we had calm when we first spotted the North Island and had to motor for the last 36 hours into Whangarei. From the first contact by radio to the Whangarei Port Authority, to being met at the Town Wharf and directed where to tie up by the Customs and Immigration man, through the official business with him and the Agriculture man. I’ve had nothing but courtesy and help from “official” New Zealand. This happy state of affairs has. continued through my dealings with the Harbormaster’s office here in the matter of obtaining berthing space, and with all the New Zealanders I’ve met around yachts and onshore. My only negative experiences have been with a couple of non-Kiwi yachties and with a New Zealand diplomatic service representative in Suva.

Most of the yachts I knew in Suva that continued on to New Zealand stopped in the Bay of Islands where there is great sailing. I elected to continue on in order to have work, done on Vingilot at Whangarei before the rush.

T)his is a wonderful town at which to have work done. It’s a bit of a long trip up a well

marked river channel, but the remarkable thing is that the Town Basin, beyond which sailboats cannot go, is right near the center of town. AH the goods and services one needs are no more than a ten minute walk away, the only exception being the place where you get the chain regalvanized.

Most things here are priced below U.S. prices and become great bargains for us fortunate few whose financial base is in U.S. dollars. At the moment the exchange rate is about two to one, the U.S. dollar being the stronger.

There are good yards here and competent workers. I plan to have some work done: a haul out, modification of the mast, straightening of a boom bent by an accidental jibe, and a coaming built in the cockpit in an attempt to keep my arse dry.

— burwell taylor (1 5 '85)

Antipodiste — Farr 30 Chuck Warren and Johanna San Diego (San Frarfcisco) My friend Johanna and I were blown into San Diego last week on a NW gale, and have been trying hard to get out. Right now we're besieged by southerlies, and pestered by the lack of guest accommodations.

Tomorrow — unless we can leave — it's back to the Harbor Police dock. Ugh. But better than anchoring.

The police have a 10-day limit and are very rigid. Southwestern YC and Silver Gate YC have little space and 3-day limits. San Diego YC has no space because of dock construction.

We hope to be gone before we learn any

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- chuck (12/20/84) Wintering on Oahu Carol Post of Beche de Mer from San Diego sent us the following report of cruisers spending the cool California winter months keeping their bodies tan at the Ala Wai Yacht Harbor in Honolulu. They are: Emu Export, a Vega 27 that Breffni McGeough and Jodee Schwenck of Monterey sailed to Hilo back in September of last year. Their crossing, which took 24 days, was described as being “excellent” although it was alternately warm and extremely hot. Highlights to date have been the whale visitors and two weeks visiting the Big Island.

Emu Export will leave for the Socieites in June, its ultimate destination being Perth, Australia. Right now, however, Breffni is cruising on another boat on its way to Japan.

Murigen, Rory and Stephanie McGeough’s Cal 29, also from Monterey, left California the same day as Emu Export, but arrived in Hilo four days earlier. Murigen will depart in March for Perth, Australia, its home port.

Peer Gynt, a Centurion 32 built in France, was singlehanded to the islands from Boyton Beach, Florida by Larry Marquis. He left Florida in May of 1984, and arrived in Hawaii in October after stops in Jamaica, Panama, the Galapagos, and the Marquesas.

Gypsy Spirit 11, a 32-ft Contessa from Canada, is on its way back from a tour of the South Pacific. Owners Tom and Darren Weiss made their last stop at Christmas Island before the ten-day passage to “L. A. of the Pacific”. Their next port of call will be Sitka, Alaska.

Romeo-Brauo, with Rene Boesch and Monique Rosset from Zonas, Panama, just returned to the Islands from Western Samoa. The 25-day passage was always on the wind, what little wind there was.

Auanga, James and Nancy Haney’s Pan¬

One of the bigger sailing vessels in Mexico this season, the 'Markson'.

da 40, recently sailed in from Majuro, Marshall Islands. Auanga is on its way back to San Diego.

Windshadow, Kelly and Edna Grismer’s 34-ft sloop crossed from Neah Bay, Washington after a swift 15 day-crossing.

The Maple Bay, British Columbia based boat will be heading to Victoria in the spring.

Galaxie, a 44-ft steel ketch built in France, arrived after a 20-day passage from Papeete to Lahaina. Francis Angst„was accompanied by his five-year old son. Their next port of call is uncertain.

Juniper, another boat arriving from the South Pacific, is a 34-ft lug schooner. Dan Haggbland, Jim Rackman and Steve Fielden arrived on her from Tahiti last August after a 29-day passage. They reported an excellent trip with moderate to strong SE winds south of the equator and moderate NE trades north of the equator. They encountered no storms, but lots of squalls. Juniper is believed to have made a record passage from Neah Bay, Washington to Papeete last July, having spent 100 days at sea. Having provisioned for 90 days at sea — that’s three months!

— food and water were getting scarce when they finally did arrive.

And finally, Beche de Mer, Carol Post’s 37-ft pilot house sloop arrived from San Diego with crewman Jim Nein and Bruce Miller. They left last August 4 and arrived in Hilo on the 25th of that month after a very light wind crossing. The boat will remain in Honolulu until April when Jodee Schwenck and two “male type” crewmen will head

toward the Socieites, with a stop enroute at Palmyra.

— carol post (1/9/85)

Prelude — Islander 36 Christmas in La Paz Sharon Schultz The next best thing to being at home with the family for Christmas was being with 150 people on the beach in La Paz for a Christmas Day celebration. After weeks of cloudy, windy, chilly days, Christmas greeted us with more of the same. Yet this didn’t dampen the warmth of the Christmas spirit of anyone.

Judy Arnold, aboard a 1928 Elko power boat, Aldene Arnold, and Jean Turrentine, who lives in La Paz, did most of the planning and organizing. The cruisers voted over Channel 22 to have a potluck and gift exchange on the beach to celebrate. The party was attended by 150 people, including cruisers, journalists, restaurant owners, and Raphael, who is the official dinghy watcher, and his family. The El Taste restaurant donated the use of tables and delicious hors d’oeuvres. The food was abundant with a variety of potluck dishes that would delight a gourmet.

There was a gift exchange which was great fun. Each person brought a gift worth about 500 pesos ($2.50). After the gifts were opened, at the Blowing of a whistle chaos began as everyone was instructed to exchange their gift for anyone else’s gift they might want. You had to give up your gift to anyone who requested an exchange. When the whistle blew again, three minutes later, page 176

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you had to keep the gift you had at that time.

Gifts varied from fishing lures to flashlights and T-shirts to tequila.

Children and teenagers were a delight to watch as they filled their plates with desserts (what kid wants vegggies and meat?). They joined in the gift exchange, trading their bottles of wine or plastic egg cartons for games and toys.

Christmas lights decorated the streets along the beach each evening. Several boats including Californian, Aldene Arnold and our boat, Prelude, were decorated with Christmas lights. The anchorage was a beautiful sight during the Christmas season.

— sharon schultz (12/26/84)

Softwind — Cheoy Lee Lion Don Mollet La Paz, Baja Sur (Santa Barbara) After many delays, Softwind has sailed. 1 departed my homeport of Santa Barbara 14 months ago, but it wasn’t until December 1, 1984 that I sailed into Mexican waters.

Originally I ran into some light wind (two days to Ensenada), and later some fast, exciting conditions (Mag. Bay to Cabo San Lucas, 169 nautical miles in 26 hours, a 6.5 knot average). 1 hit a lot of rain and high seas enroute, the wind, high seas, and rain all coming at once.

On the way south I spent four delightful days in Turtle Bay. There I met Raoul, a local fisherman, who showed Randy and Russell off of C Joy and myself a lot of the town we otherwise would not have seen.

Cabo was much more civilized, but'still a lot of fun. There is an excellent anchorage, althought the Port Captain ran all the sailboats out of the inner harbor after an altercation between some anchored sailboats and a large sportfisher. That’s a long story in itself.

I left Cabo just before Christmas, heading for Bahia de Los Angeles way up in the Gulf.

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‘Gazelle’ — from tbe Oakland Yacht Club but shown here at Manzanillo.

passing freighter confirmed 45 knot winds and 20 feet seas near Isla San Jose. Now I’m sitting in La Paz waiting for some dry weather to continue my trek into the Sea of Cortez.

I’ll be spending the winter here looking for a cruising mate before heading for the South Pacific'in the spring.

— don mollett (12/27/84)

The Las Hadas Report Manzanillo, Mexico Here at Las Hadas you moor Med-style in the marina, and there are helpful dock boys to catch your lines for you. It’s a wonderful setting and the cleanest marina I’ve seen — and I’m a Swede! The white docks are in great shape and they are scrubbed each morning. There’s lots of marine life in the water, too.

Eric Jorgenson runs the marina, and he’s really a great guy. He’s been at it for five years now and can give you good advice on how to get things done quickly around here; where to go, who to ask, that kind of thing.

His Danish heritage is reflected in his strong desire for cleanliness and efficiency — and it really shows.

There are many improvements coming about in the marina. In two weeks time the marina showers will also have hot water.

They are being refurbished and locks are being installed; each boat will receive a key as they pay for their dockpass. Of course you’ll have to pay for lost keys.

A really terrific improvement will be the new fuel dock. At present a truck comes and gravity feeds fuel into your boat from 50 gallon drums. Eric is having an electric pump installed — it should be ready by the time you read this. This fuel dock will make Las Hadas an essential stop for boats travelling down the mainland.

What do you pay for a good dock, clean fuel, hot showers, and the convenience of getting supplies — to say nothing of the cache of Las Hadas itself? The very , reasonable rates are 60 pesos per foot per night at the dock. If you want to anchor outside and still use the facilities, it’s 30 pesos per foot per night. It’s a bargain!

Boats currently at Las Hadas include Gazelle, Chuck and Ava Jones’ Espirit 37.

Members of the Oakland YC, the Jones left in October and sailed straight to Cabo and then came straight here to Las Hadas.

They’re headed up to the Sea of Cortez and will be at Sea of Cortez Race Week.

Jim and Susan Austin were in Las Hadas on Whisper, one of the great old Cal 40’s.

They also will be at Sea of Cortez Race Week.

Biggest pleasure vessel in Las Hadas — and probably Mexico — is the M.Y. Markson, a five-year-old 98-ft auxiliary island trading cargo ketch that was built in Fiji.

Owners of the 179 gross ton vessel are former hoteliers Bill and Natalie Reed. Crew consists of sweet old Charlotte Chaffin the cook, Michael Funk, Fijian Joe Wong, and Chacha the dog. Charlotte, a former school teacher, is giving Joe English lessons. The boat leaves for the Marquesas in March.

And finally there’s Pam and John

CHANGES IN LATITUDES

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Faulker’s Windchild, a Mariah 31, from Oregon. They’re on the start of a three year cruise that will next take them-to Acapulco, the Galapogos and the west coast of South America. Two cats are aboard; chief cat is Casey Jones, his young assistant, Dudley Jones, is six months and teething.

— uibeke persson 1/24/85

Cruise Notes There are some strange things that happen out on the ocean. Like one sailboat towing another most of the way from Panama to Puerto Vallarta. It all started to come together when a German woman, Jana Juchser, sailed from Kiel, Germany to Brazil in a 60-ft fish boat that had been converted into a gaff cutter. In Brazil she bought a 26-ftsailboat, Jason, equipped with a gas engine that would move the boat at no more than two knots. An old wood boat that some describe as being in “shocking condition”, Jana nonetheless sailed it up to French Guiana, Martinique, and eventually Panama.

In Panama she met up with Buzz Dakan, an American who was close to completing a 51/2 year circumnavigation in his 35-ft boat, Reve Mouille. Because the wind was so light, Buzz ended up towing Jason almost all the way to la Cruz de Juanacosta, which is just north of Puerto Vallarta.

Jana was never alone in her 26-ft boat, because she had two German shepherds aboard, Maya and Miscka. It should be noted that Maya, who is Miscka’s mother and who left another offspring in'Panama, is blind. j So what’s next? Both are going to head up to California where Jana will temporarily leave Jason so she can return to Germany and sail her father’s 60-ft gaff boat to Greece.

Then she’ll take her own boat — and dogs — to French Polynesia and the Phillipines, where restrictions against dogs aren’t as severe as in New Zealand and Australia.

[Editor’s question: Does anyone know about the policy in

regard to dogs in

French

, As for Buzz, he’s going to make some deliveries from the Caribbean, after which he’s not sure what he’s going to do.

West Meyine Products de Baja Sur? Not quite, but Promotion, West Marine Products’ Santa Cruz 40, has departed Long Beach for Cabo San Lucas and La Paz. Making the trip south are Chris and Suzzane Goldfinger, Claudia and Edward Mueller, Mark Ammen, Jean Lum and Dory Clayton, most all of whom work for West Marine. This group will leave the boat in La Paz where another contingent from the 11 West Marine stores replaces them. This rotation will continue through Sea of Cortez Race Week, and constitutes one hell of a fringe benefit.

Also heading south for Mexico is Ruby, Josh Pryor’s 65-ft sloop. It better be a fast trip as he just applied 19 gallons of epoxy primer to the bottom* Many people recognize Ruby as the green charter boat on the Bay that has a “telephone booth” for a doghouse. Josh will be taking a lot of his friends down, including the two women bartenders who usually work the boat, Liz and Kit. Bob Daniels, who crewed for Josh when Ruby won the Doublehanded Farallones Race a few years back, is also expected to join them.

Josh is one of the few cruisers who has ever told us that Mazatlan is one of his important stops. “I love Mazatlan — it’s great!” he says. Apparently he’s got some good friends and a lot of nice memories hanging around down there. After Mazatlan Josh will head up to La Paz and is planning on being at Sea of Cortez Race Week to terrorize all 'the smaller boats made of weaker materials.

Then it’s back on San Francisco Bay in May when his charter cruises will be going full blast.

Speaking of Sea of Cortez Race Week, Frank Lara of the Hans Christian 38, Amistad, reports that he and Judy will return for the second Race Week in Baja.

Polynesia?]

Frank was a superb head honcho for the last event and we’re delighted he’s going to be returning.

Don’t have a boat for Sea of Cortez Race Week? Latitude 38 is currently making inquiries with the Mexican authorities to see if people without boats will be allowed to camp ashore. A small group of folks did this last year, all of whom were able to find berths on boats during the races. We’.ll let you know as soon as we get the word.

Anyone remember Dr. Bob LeFevre? He writes from Modesto to say that his Mason 43,' Blue Sky, finally did make it to Nova Scotia from the Bay Area. He neglected, however, to report on future plans.

We discovered that there is a port fee in Manzanillo of 50 pesos, which at 25 cents is no big deal. But the Port Captain there is a bit of a stuffed shirt, ultimately requiring five trips between his office and Immigration.

Eric, the splendid Harbormaster at Las Hadas, suggested we could have eliminated the hassle by clearing from Zihuat to La Paz with punta intermedios. A great idea to save a lot of useless running around.

Seen south of the border: Mel and Rose Crawford in Puerta Vallarta on Ramblin Rose, a Polaris 36. They’re bound for the Caribbean.

Not going anywhere are Charlie Steneken and Carlos Fitzjarrell on Simpatico, a Columbia 8.7 in the marina at Puerto Vallarta.

Simpatico has a permanent berth in the marina and Charlie and Carlos run a marine store out of the boat. They make marine supply runs to the States each month and will be happy to take your order. You can find them on the boat.

Also seen in Puerto Vallarta was Megan Ann, a Columbia 34 from San Francisco with Dan Donnelly. Singlehander Dan went home for Christmas, but upon his return was planning to head for Costa Rica, Panama and the Caribbean.

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GRACEFUL 43’ MOTOR SAILING YACHT STOVE Kenyon 3-burner kerosene stove and oven for sale. Fuel tank and pump included. Hardly used. $400.

(415)857-0247.

O’DAY 27. F/G, working sails plus 2 jibs, 6 winches w/2 oversize, depth & knotmeters, shorepower, berth, 10 hp/IB, new transmission, stereo, full galley, 2 anchors, compass, VHF, plus other exras. $20,000/offer or partner.

(415)631-0332/(916)265-5357.

135 hp Westerbeke diesel, 5 sails, electronics, SS rigging and tankage, teak deck, dual steering, power and manual anchor windlass $69,000 or $895 per month. Liveaboard with small down.

873-8008 eves.

WYLIE 34 1980 Fast as hell. A winner. Excellent condition. Loaded. Brand new main & No.3. Asking $60K. Will take smaller boat in trade (415)852-7530 days; (415)326-9763 nights.

32’ COLUMBIA 5.5 METER

MORGAN O.l. 41 1973

Fast, handsome, well maintained, open cockpit racing sloop.

Sausalito berth. 6 hp outboard. $8,000/B.0.

415-359-1579.

Sloop rig, dodger, VHF, Westerbeke diesel, dinghy. Ideal liveaboard cruiser. Consider small sailboat in trade. $72,000.

(415)345-2984.

SPARS FOR SALE

CLASSIC MOTOR YACHT/LIVEABOARD

'h share (or whole), excellent cond, Sausalito berth, '83 7.5 motor, good sails. Reduced for winter. $2,500 for 'k share.

Eves best or leave message, 641-4661.

30' Alum mast w/rigging, most fittings, 5" section $500; 10’ heavy-duty alum boom w/fittings, 6" section, $200; 9'8” alum boom w/gooseneck, etc., $150; 40’ laminated wood rotating wing mast. Best offer/ All good cond. 332-9231 message.

1931 Fellows and Stuart 38' tri-cabin. Rebuilt V-8 engine & hull.

Cedar on oak, bronze fastened, teak cabins. Excellent liveaboard potential. Needs refurbishing. $5,900/offers.

332-9231 message.

CREW. 32 yr old jack of all trades seeks crew position. Inex¬

GOLDEN GATE CLASS SLOOP (VIREO GG7). 25’, built 1932.

1981 CATALINA 30

perienced, extremely fit, quick learner. Well travelled, financially sound, easy going, humorous. Available anytime, sail anywhere.

Very athletic, Danish girlfriend (22), interested in joining in June Bob (415)753-3784.

Recent restor; 30 laminated oak sisterframes, bright mahog afterdeck; modern traveller, blocks & rigging, overhauled Seagull O.B. Clasic Bay boat, stiff yet agile. Friendly one design class. Berk, berth. $4500/8.0. 540-6345x110 or 652-5036.

Diesel, VHF, depthfinder, traditional galley, stainless steel oven/stove, pedestal steering, two anchors, new bottom paint, good shape, Pier 39 berth at SFO. $33,000/offer.

(415)362-4880.

SANTANA 22’

RANGER 29 1963 CENTURY RESORTER 17’-0” ’’Resorter” mahog & oak. Completely restored, Ford interceptor, 240 hp engine. Velvet drive, all original fittings refurbished, has to be seen to be believed. Owner is reluctantly anxious to sell prior to relocating to Europe $9750 or first reasonable cash offer! Mike 415-945-8758.

Good Bay boat; 3 sails; stove with oven, Atomic 4, 2 batteries, VHF radio, sounder, wind dir, depth sounder; one owner. Owner will finance with good credit ref. $24,995 or offer. Alameda berth. (415)340-9363.

ERICSQN 30 “LODESTAR" F/G, beautiful teak trim, headroom thruout, Inboard engine, lots of equip. AVON, OB, El Toro, VHF DS KM, Knot/Log, incl head, More! Anxious! $25K. Harry (415)367-0660 Lv.Msg. P.0. Box • 1201. Redwood City, CA 94063.

EXPERIENCED PROFESSIONAL COUPLE Mid-30’s, want to cruise South Pacific on your well-found boat.

He is veteran coastal/offshore skipper/navigator, 30 yrs sailing experience and good mechanical skills. She is emergency nurse who has circumnaviagated. Together, we are into windsurfing, squba, new friends, and fun in the sun. Available April 1, will be in Cabo mid-March. Willing to share expenses. (408)426-6770 and leave messaage or write: Cruising, 323 Cleveland, Santa Cruz, CA 95060.

MARINE SWAP MEET

SANTA CRUZ 27

AT Cal-Coast Marine on Saturday, March 23, 1985, 310 W. Cutting Blvd., Richmond. Individual exhibitors welcome. Bring your old or new gear to sell or swap. Call Judy for space reservations.

No fee. (415)234-7960. Also Chandlery discounts.

Good condition. $19,000. With Trailer (Hull No.120).

Call Lu Lee (408)462-1367.

NEVER MISS A CALL OR MAIL If you live on a boat, go on cruises, run a business or just want a safe, reliable place to receive your mail and phone calls, try THE REMOTE SECRETARY. Mail/Phone forwarding/enquiry, pagings, etc. From as low as $7/month.

Call 540-6345.

MARINE SURVEYOR Doug Shotton P.0. Box 2257, San Francisco, CA 94126 ' (415)931-4384

DISCOUNT PRICES ON CRUISING EQUIPMENT

Zeiss quality German Sextants, $325; Seafarer Fathometer, digital & flashing, reads to 600’ in ft, mtrs, fathoms, $289; SolarStill for liferafts, $88; Redwing Wind/Trolling Generators,$165-$795; Pfaff S’lmaker Sewing Mach., $600; 451b CQR-$250. Booth 581 Moscone Boat Show, or mail order from: MAHINA CRUISING SERVICES, Box 800-L, Friday Harbor, WA 98250. (206) 378-2393.

STORM JIBS Triple stitched, 7-8 oz. Bainbridge Dacron, stainless rings, tack pennant, bag. 100 percent guarantee. / Call NOW we'll ship IMMEDIATELY! Box 606, Charlevoix, Ml 49720.

Gleason Spinnakers

TOLL FREE 1-800-253-5504.

INVENTORY CLEARANCE AND SWAP MEET Cal-Coast Marine, Saturday, March 23, 1985, 310 W. Cutting Blvd. Richmond. Clearing some stock at rock bottom prices in conjunction with our swap meet. Also one day 10% discount on all chandlery items.

BOAT “DOC” A General Practice of Sailboat Maintenance and Repair Dockside service, reasonable rates, free estimates. Serving Bay Area & including Carquinez area Edward D. Boggs, Owner (415)798-4134.

CHARTER 46' Sea-Star cutter with wheelhouse fully equipped with dinghy sleeps 10 located in Marina Village, Alameda. Special introductory offer. $150/day.

Lee Stephens Yachts Ltd. (408)996-7050 Evenings.

SALES - MARINE SUPPLY STORE For South Seas San Francisco. Must have 5 years sailing experier1CecSrJ^n9atO873a40494 Previous sales experience helpful. Excellent opportunity, pay, benefits.

Call John at 873

JR. FOLKBOAT 19 FT MAHOGANY LAPSTRAKE SLOOP Built 1957 Denmark 70% restored, solid hull, new decks, cockpit, cabin top, stays, etc. Needs new loving owner, has Sausalito berth, sleeps 2 with inboard motor. $1,500/80.

383-4337 check it out!

1/2 PARTNERSHIP - RACER/CRUISER 40' BBS and Clipper Cup Racer. 13,000 lbs of Cedar/Kevlar/Sglass (WEST) made in New Zealand in 1982, Cruising interiorsix berths. 17 sails. Full electronics. 11% loan!

John Shirley, 421-0174 days, 820-1552 eves.

OOWNEASTER 38 IN NEW ZEALAND Extended job obliges sale in Auckland. After investing $130,000 plus for fabulous trip down, $70,000 will buy excellent ocean boat. Send $3.00 for full information. Tom Hall, c/o Rationalisation Project, Otago Hospital Board, Dunedin, New Zealand.

SOUTH PACIFIC VET. Resting in Hawaii, 30' Hartley sloop, Brunzeel Mahogany Plywood, Perkins 4-107, Magnavox 4102 Sat. Nav., Monitor windvane, Givens 6-man liferaft, dinghy and moter, cruising sails, 300' chain, 4 anchors, all canvas, much more, $23,500.

805-985-5256.

31' SEARUNNER TRIMARIN Beautifully constructed with best of materials. 8 S.S. barients; 7 sails incl. spinnaker and pole; 10 hp Volvo longshaft O.B.; & much more. $35,000 invested. BaGk operation forces sale. $25,000 or B.O. (408) 246-3194 or (408)946-5061

FOR SALE - 1981 RANGER 20 Suzuki outboard, full cover, cuddy cabin w/dodger, Delta berth.

Asking $6,000.

Call Scott (415) 945-6541, eves or wknds; 945-6988 days.

CATALINA 30 1978 new condition; wheel; CNG stove & oven; North sails/ main, 150,110, 90 on club foot; Barient winches; Signet wind speed, wind point, knot & log, digital depth; folding prop; VHF; refer; AM-FM stereo; much more. $31,000.

897-5837.

FLICKA — $19,000 FAST PASSAGE 39 1981 Cutter. Meticulously maintained. Custom teak interior, 6 'Looking for a home for my friend, Nasi Liber. She's loaded with North sails, Hood sea furl, Signet instruments, finest equipment equipment: Navik steering vane, poleless spinnaker, furling headsail, RDF, 2 anchor systems, Bruce/Danforth, much more. throughout. Performance, comfort and safety. Must be seen.

(916) 486-9840. Leave message. $128,000. (604)727-6198.

RANGER 33 — GREAT LEASING DEAL For qualified skipper, Lease (1/3 time) this highly regarded yacht for half present day costs. Fast, safe, seaworthy; every creature comfort and sailing amenity. Sausalito berth. $250/mo. Don Norwood (408) 735-8511 (e), 733-1136 (d).

ISLANDER 36 San Francisco one-design. Auto-pilot, refrigeration, rollerfurling, and new covers. Just hauled, sanded and painted.

Located in San Diego. Will deliver to Santa Barbara. $52,500/OFFERS. Tom Hirsh 619-291 -9568 or 298-4967.

SANTANA 22 OWNERS Enjoy your boat more by belonging to the Santana One Design Association (SODA). Monthly newsletter, racing, group cruises, seminars and other social activities-. To receive information, call 415-521-1020 and leave your name and address.

CRUISING GEAR Decca 801 Sat/Nav $1,850. Kenwood TS4305 ham transeiver, $700. Westsail 32 main, jib, staysail $850.

916-842-2955 days, 916-842-1169 eves.

NAVIK WINDVANE l=OR SAL*E Good condition, $600.

Has electric & manual controls.

Call Dave before 7 a.m. or after 11 p.m. or anytime weekends at 461-8576.

GLADIATOR 24 One-design class, excellent Bay boat, flush deck for racing, pop top 6 ft head room cruising. Berkeley berth. $6,800.

948-5623

PEARSON 30 75 FG/SLP $29,500. Atomic 4, just serviced. 4 sails, whisker pole, club jib, dodger, VHF, KM/depth, stereocas, wheel, hauled surveyed, bottom painted 9/84, alcoh stove/icebox, sleeps 6, 2 batteries, Sausalito berth, courtesy to dealers.

(415) 435-0848.

SAILBOAT PLUS INCOME. 42’ sloop plus $500/mo income. F/G ocean vessel, new condition, electronic navigation, radio. 2 large double staterooms, sleeps 7. Large saloon & galley. Down payment negotiable, will carry paper, reduced to $110 K. Fantastic tax shelter. Contact Jim 201-234-1197.

48 FT 1921 CLASSIC MY — AS IS: $9,000/OFFER Nautalex, beautiful — tired, neglected. Few things work, probably fixable. 2 Chrysler Royals, tiled bath, 2 heads, El Toro, outboard, microwave. In Redwood City, must move.

Bob 415-856-3515 (leave message).

1981 J-30 5 Ulmer sails, Category 1 safety equipment, Micron 33 bottom, Force 10 cabin heat, shore power, dodger, many extras. Excellent racer/cruiser. Boat is in Seattle, WA. $41,500.

509-782-4174.

80% OF USE FOR 20% OF COSTS!!!!

Fantastic partnership opportunity available: loaded Islander 36, race and cruise equipped. $6,000 cash plus $250 per month.

Other partners rarely use the boat due to extremely busy schedules.

Call Jim at 415-893-9196.

470 Must sell my Olympic class racing dinghy, a 151/2 ft Parker 470, immaculate & garaged for 2 yrs. Includes main, jib, extra sails, boat cover, compass, trailer, etc., etc. $1,950/B.0.

415-566-1615 eves.

ISLANDER 36 Fully equipped, Barient winches, Palmer engine with less than 300 hours, Coyote Point berth. Best maintained 1-36 on the Bay. Great cruising/racing boat. Original owner. $52,000 (415) 574-1208 eves.

40’ WELL-KNOWN CLASSIC WOODEN SLOOP Danish-built, beautiful condition. Diesel engine. Full sail inventory and electronics. Handles beautifully. Sleeps 4. Berthed in Richmond, CA. Partnership would be considered. $30,000 or B.O. 415-552-7707 days; 415-339-3385 eves.

EQUIPMENT Main boom, 19.5’, wood, for a 50’ boat, with hardware & roller reef, $200 or best offer. Seaswing stove $50, two cabin lights cerocene $50.

After 6 p.m. 415-522-1561.

THREE COLUMBIA 5.5’S Fully equipped for racing, take your choice, $6,750 each.

Stockton. 209-466-7973, 464-5400.

20 FT TORNADO CATAMARAN 1972 fiberglas Panther Craft, Smyth sails, Harken gear, trailer, $2,500.18' Swampscott style dory, multi-chine plywood, West System construction, trailer, cover, $1,250.

415-329-0663 evenings.

VENTURE 23 1978 F/G Pilot Cutter, swing keel, new 10 hp Evinrude w/tandom wheel trailer, sleeps 5, great boat in good condition for Bay & lakes. Rigged fof singlehanding. 2 boats too many. Sacrifice at $6,000. Call after 5:30 M-F, (707)526-6722, anytime wkends.

CATALINA 22 \ 1977 Swing keel, Odyssey sails, Porti-Poti, galley, Johnson O/B, trailer, fully equipped. Boat is in beautiful cond. Very little salt water use. $6,500.

(707) 823-2224 weeknights.

S.F. PELICAN New, just completing, sailed once. Glass over wood, epoxied inside and out, bronze fastened. New trailer, new sails, roller reefing, custom rigging, SHP outboard. See to appreciate.

(415) 830-1094 eves; (415) 786-2350, (415) 832-6400 mess.

S DOWNEAST 38 Excellent condition, roomy, 1979 ketch with quarter-berth cabin and forward cabin, teak interior. Fully equipped with jib furling, sails in good condition, windlass, knot-meter, wind direction/speed, depth-sounder, VHF, stereo, Universal dsl.

Outstanding value at $82,000.

Call Charles (415) 329-1046 evenings.

CREW WANTED To assist owner to sail Swan 51’ from Caribbean to San Francisco early March. Call 415-829-5353.

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Write Armchair Sailor, Lee's Wharf, Newport, Rl 02840.

Call (401) 847-4252 (9-5 EST).

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Brochure.'PYZEL NAVIGATION & CRUISING, 86 Olive Mill Rd„ Santa Barbara, CA 93108.

(805) 969-4195.

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SAIL YOUR TAX SHELTER. High charterer demand allows opening in W. Coast's finest Charter Mgmt Prgm. Homeport San Diego shines with enjoyable sl’g conditions yr-round — temps in mid-70's w/12k winds. Progressive agency^can place many nationally known '85 models. Act now & let Uncle Sam pay for your San Diego escape. HARBOR SAILBOATS, 2040 Harbor Island Dr„ San Diego, CA 92101. (619) 291-9568 or (800) 854-6625. Atn: Tom Hirsh.

Comfortably-equipped Morgan 01 28 available for bareboat charter. Located 35 air miles from Juneau & only 4 hrs by boat from Glacier Bay National Park.

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'Newsletter”, Westsails For Sale; Free Info, George Bachman, P.O. Box 112, St. Mary's City MD 20686.

Kendall owners welcomed - would-be owners also. page 180

X-102 “ABRACADABRA" Bay’s most successful %T cruiser/racer. Twice winner Stone Cup & Bay championship. Kevlar/Carbon hull. 14 Mylar/Kevlar sails. Rod rig’g. Fully instrumented. Trimble. VHF, etc.

Cruise/race equipt. Sleeps 8. $59,000/offer. 415-941-6633.

US-30 — 1981 Excellent condition, VHF, AM/FM cassette stereo, knotmeter, depth sounder, hot/cold pressure water, 110V shore power, 13 hp Volvo diesel, new bottom paint. Great liveaboard; $32,000.

(415)785-8040 ext 190 days; (415)797-8370 eves. Ask for Bob.

PARTNERSHIP ISLANDER 44 Beautiful sailing boat berthed at San Francisco Marina has 1/5 share available at $12,000 ($4,500 down and $220/mo for all expenses). Partners are busy professionals, boat has almost unlimited availability. 415-983-9019 days; 547-6616 eves.

STAR-TRAC The best Satellite navigator 25% off brand new in sealed box.

Regular price $2400, you pay only $1800!!! Sleep mode (’A ampere consumption). Continuous position; route planning; self test, etc.

(415)728-5046

SAILING EXPEDITION SURPLUS! 25%, 33%, 50% off. Brand new, new, used sailing equipment: STAR-TRAC, E-27 and E-30 sails, towing ropes, sheets, halyards, water tanks, storm jackets.

Navigational, emergency, signalization, racing. More! For detailed list send SASE: P.O. Box 1099 Montara, CA 94037.

ISLANDER 30 II Racing equipped 7 sets sails, 7 winches, safety gear, all usual electronics, atomic 4 engine, holding tank, tape deck, Delta sunshade, new bottom paint. Berkeley berthed. $26,500. 524-7723.

ANNA 1926 ALDEN KETCH 65’. This classic lady has been

rebuilt inside and out for Bay or cruising comfort. Call for pictures and spec sheets. Asking $95,000. Terms.

Ken 916-758-0741 home; 415-685-1230 ext 3222 work.

12’ F/G SAIL, ROW, POWER DINGHY ' New! $1,600/Offer. 3 KW diesel generator. 110 or 220 volt power for mountain home or large boat. Used 2 hours $2,600/offer. 10’ Ampal inflatable. Little use 2 summers. $525.

Tom or Sally (408)425-3723

30’ CUSTOM WYLIE Only $2,500 down payment! That’s right. Get five partners $2,500 cash requirement each, assume existing comfortable mnnthly payments Full race equipped excellent condition, verv competitive IOR & PHRF. Horizon sails, Hulse rig, new rudder & keel. Owner moved.

Call 526-4555 or 207-846-9344.

Boat in Alameda, won’t be around long.

MENDOCINO ACREAGE TRADE/SALE Incredibly beautiful share of 160 redwood acres, river-meadows, creeks-barn workshops & 2 story cottage w/river frontage. Harbor nearby — 125 miles north of San Francisco — $145,000.

Trade for liveaboard power/sail/house.

(415)654-8101.

PARTNERSHIP FORMOSA 36 Alameda berthed classic kch (’81) fully cruise equipt incld’g 2 sets of sails, Loran, VHF, d.f„ Fatty Knees dinghy. Lots of teak; boat has tender loving care. All this for $15,000 for 1/5 share. Exc. financing. $4000 down & under $225/mo for all expenses. 415-254-7560 or 547-3040.

EQUIPMENT FOR SALE. EPIRB $150, Sextant $75,14 foot spinnaker pole $150, DT4 raft $500, Danforth H-20 $75, Hooker 18 $50, Horizon 50 VHF $150, Windvane $150, Spinnaker YC membership $250, Fenders $10, Anchor light $30, Whale gusher $10, Miscellaneous. Must sell. 408-749-8180.

PEARSON TRITON 29’ SLOOP. 66 Bristol BLT. Beautiful cond.

Recent LPU paiht hull/deck. New dbl pulpit, pushpit, lifelines, fore peak finished in Philippine mahog. Head hang locker in white oak. Press water stereo, etc. Comes with San Francisco Marina berth. $19,000. 681-6033 after 6 p.m.

DON’T MISS THIS ONE! 21 ’ F/G sloop, fin keel, in beautiful cond. New bottom paint, new LPU topsides, 7.5 hp outboard, Porta-Potti, new sailcover and access, anchor, etc. Berthed in Emeryville. $4,500.

(415)376-3218.

OLSON 30 Excellent condition, 1980, 7 bags North sails, o.b., Barient 23’s ST, 22’s & 18’s, Loran, VHF, Datamarine depthsounder and speed/log, VDO wind instrument set, custom Imron paint (gold & black). $26,000/offer.

(707)964-6433.

APHRODITE 101 33’ f/g sloop. Great sailing, beautiful and sleek, Autohelm, selftacking jib, spinnaker, Signets, diesel, completely finished interior. Ideal for short-handed cruising or racing.

Absolutely like new. (415)962-0613 eves.

CATALINA 30, 1984 Liveaboard/cruise. Main 110% jib, CNG stove/oven, refrig, diesel convection heater, 24 hp diesel, canvas boom tent, wheel, new bottom. Dave (415)424-2583 or Maureen (415)856-4062 weekdays. $41,500.

ETCHELLS 22 Ready to race. Winning history. Latest sails, trailer & many extras. $5950 down & $144 monthly payments.

Call 415-548-4159 days; 415-547-0685 eves.

WANTED: TRADE Santa Monica condo north of Wilshire, ocean view, for new, used 40-50’ yacht. 1-4 years old Morgan, Swan, etc. $140,000 range. Swap debt no boot? Del, Box 394, Mt. View 94042.

(408) 736-9184.

ARIES 32 Beautiful Bay and offshore cruising sloop. Fiberglass hull with warm and bright teak interior. Over 30 Aries in Bay Area. Diesel.

Well equipped. Excellent condition. Sausalito berth. Partner(s) also considered. $38,000.

Owner (415)383-8215.

FUN CRUISE SHIP/CELESTIAL TRAINING/SEXTANT 600’ cruise ship, Los Angeles, San Diego, Ensenada, Los Angeles. Four nights. Next departure Arpil 22,1985. Cruise includes individual instruction, food, entertainment, lodging, reduced air fare with transfer to ship. You keep Mark 15 Sextant, computer, plotter, dividers, charts, forms, certificate. Total Price: $595 (reduced air fare and prot tax extra). For info write: Windmill Travel Bureau, 4703 Manzanita Ave., Carmichael, CA 95608 or 916-486-8747.

1 WANT TO RENT, LEASE, OR LEASE OPTION Your 35’ plus sailboat. I’m a prof man 36 years old with reasonable experience on the Bay. I’m responsible and won’t do anything real stupid. I’ll take care of her. 1 will be aboard about 3 or 4 days per week, max. Sausalito berth would be perfect. Let’s work something out. David, P.O. Box 626, Taimage, CA 95481.

707-462-4347.

CAL 20. Ideal Bay boat, large fleet. Exceptionally clean. Low hours Johnson outboard on transom bracket, navigation lights, storage battery, compass, jib furler, new jib, jiffy reefed main, spinnaker, anchor, porta potty. Vallejo berth. $4,400.

(916)421-5245.

RANGER 23 1976 - 2 sets North sails, one set new. Race rigged with all controls to cockpit & internal halyards. This Ranger is one of the nicest on the Bay, Brickyard Cove berth. Must see! $12,500/offer. 524-2856, 234-9566 Bob.

CLASSIC 29’ ALDEN SLOOP — 1946 Built by Hinckley. Peabody Maritime Museum plans aided restoration now 98% completed. Lots of teak and Honduras Mahog.

A gorgeous, sound yacht, a pride to own.

Inquire (415)557-5937 days; 686-2643 eves.

CREW MEMBER AVAILABLE For passage to Hawaii/Polynesia.

Young and strong. Reliable and determined.

Ready to leave any time before mid-March.

Pete 653-2380; 654-7388.

64’ CATAMARAN Superstructure for sale. Call before 3:00 p.m.

(408) 246-8951. $45,000.

S2 9.2 C Aft cabin sloop with Walkthro’, completely equipped for liveaboard with slip available. Price reduced $1000 per month until sold or 1 lose courage. $42,950.

Owner (415)536-1408. Keep trying.

’ LAPWORTH 36 Cruise equipped. Live aboard comfort. Excellent sail inventory.

Stainless tanks. Full cover. Bristol. Owner.

(415)237-8384. $40,000.

HUNTER 34 1983, excellent condition, VHF, AM/FM cassette stereo, Datamarine instruments, Dodger, refrigerator, windlass, 150% Genoa, whisker. $59,500. (415)785-8040 ext. 190 days; (415)797-8370 eves; ask for Bob.

HAVE SECRET WILL SELL Beautiful Mariner 40 ketch. 1968 mahogany hull. Cruise or liveaboard. Fully equipped. Diesel, refrigeration, H/C pres, water. $59,000/B0/Trade. 213-549-8608.

RANGER 23 Loaded racer/cruiser with Barients, all lines led aft, lifting gear, new cushions, 6 hp o.b. and much more.

Interest in trailer included. $11,000.

(415) 479-9606.

H-28 — MODIFIED, DBL PLANKED KETCH Rigged for safe, easy sailing. 29’5” LOA, 8’11" beam, 3’9’ draft. Copper fastened. White hull, masts. Brightwork cabin sides, coaming, bowsprit. Beaut, varnished wood joinery, spotless accommodations ’tween decks. $32,000. (415)820-0748.

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ISLANDER 36 — CHARTERS

Hull No.33 Is available for March delivery. Complete with Yanmar diesel and sails. $33,000. Commissioned. NEW WAVE YACHT CO. Mailing address: No.3 Gate 5 Rd„ Sausalito, CA 94965.

(415)331-2393 for info. 30 page Study, Plan book with photos. $12.50.

Sausalito (415)331-6234.

YAMAHA 30 CHARTER A LITTLE FREEDOM ON THE BAY $60/Day Call 865-2511

NEW YAMAHA 37 State-of-the-art yacht features luxurious interior, exceptional performance, and legendary Yamaha quality. First boat scheduled for early March delivery. Reserve now and save a full 10%.

Call for more information, ' California Sailing (415)331-1080. page 181

Save $$$ Thousands on our new demo boat. This is your chance to get Yamaha quality at an unbelievable price. Start with a base of $41,900, load up the gear, and make an offer.

Incredible value.

California Sailing (415)331-1080.

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PIVER 25 Piver Mariner Trimaran 25, 95% completed. Includes all new rigging, new winches, 3 new sails, interior, new 4 hp Evinrude, West-system. Sleeps 2. Great boat for a little work. $6,500.

(415)381-5452.

MOORE 24 Completely equipped and in excellent shape. Ready to go for ocean racing or performance cruising. Includes all MORA equipment. Asking $16,500.

Call Brian (408)245-2877eves.

20 FT SLOOP With a fiberglass hull, teak deck & mahogany cabin. Sleeps 2.

PortaPoti. Galley area. 4 hsp engine. Many more extras. A pretty boat in excellent shape, with recent survey. $4,950 or B.O. 478-2295.

OLSON 30 CARINA. Launched Nov '82. ‘83- 84 YRA Season Champion. Barient 18/22/23 ST winches, Signet 1000/1500, 2 Plath compasses, Horizon VHF, AM-FM cass stereo. DeWitt Dacron main, No.3&4, Mylar No.1, 100% & 85% spinnakers.

New Ulmer—Kolius inventory used 5 times. Main, Kevlar No.1 & No.3, Vi oz. 100% spinnaker. 4 hp Eviprude, all safety gear.

Very clean/excl cond. Owners transferred to Alaska. Avail w/o Kevlar jibs. $36,000. Jeff Gething, 620-2635w 332-7028h.

RAWSON 30 SLOOP Documented with hydrovane for ocean cruising,, new diesel and new tanks. Roomy for living aboard. VHF, RDF. Club jib for single handing; 22 lb Danforth, line and chain. $26,000. Call 343-3704. Berth available. And much MORE.

ALBERG 35 Blue water classic, 1967, strong and well-found, expertly maintained, extensive inventory, outfitted for ocean passage, diesel, dodger, Avon. $45,000. P.O. Box 17297, Seattle 98107.

206-362-1491.

LIVE YOUR DREAM ON PSYCHE. We did. Now it's your turn.

Blue water, tropical isles, eternal sunshine, Psyche will get you there with comfort, speed and safety. Well found bristol condition Pearson 365 Ketch. All the amenities, electronics and self steering to boot. Well equipped for world cruising or Bay Area liveaboard. $78,500. Will consider possible partial trade for San Francisco area home. Hurry and call 415-362-4423 before the ' urge hits again and we're off to chase the sunsets.

OLSON 30 Immaculate 1980 Monterey Bay boat with custom Imron cabinsides, 9 bags of sails, new Johnson outboard, VHF, knotmeter, RDF, battery charger, man overboard pole, float cushions, & ground tackle. $27,500/offer. (415)523-4485, (408)462-4285.

20 HP YANMAR DIESEL 2 CYL New still in crate. $3,000.

2-Barinet 28 self-tailing winches* Black anodized drums. New $800/each.

Ken 453-0177.

1982 BALBOA 24 Trailerable, 2 cabins, head, galley, sleeps 4 comfortably, 6.5 HP outboard, VHF, depth/knotmeter, safety equipment, sail & winch covers. Available with Richmond berth and trailer. Brand new condition, original owner. $14,650.

415-938-9599.

WIN MORA 1984 Santana 30/30 Gran Prix, ‘84 National Champion, MORC & PHRF speedster. Loaded with new sails and equipment. Super financing, Diesel, etc. Will trade down to J-24, Merit, Moore, etc.

Excellent buy $15,000 under retail.

619-481-3003.

ULTIMATE WESTSAIL 32. Truly cruise ready & bristol. New electronics including RADAR and SATNAV. Factory built but many professionally built custom features. Avon raft, Epirb, Vane, Refrigeration, Auto Pilot. Charts Hawaii-SoPac. Everything needed. Ready to go. $65,000.

(415)687-5239.

RANGER 33 Very fast racer/cruiser, priced for quick sale, immaculate condition; 90%, 110%, 150%, wheel with autopilot, windpoint, windspeed, knot with log, depth, VHF, 2 burner kero with oven, $42,000.

Rick (415) 961 -2017 eves.

MONTGOMERY 17 1984 vest pocket cruiser, 2 sails, most factory options, other extras, trailer, $9,400. Want: Cal 20/trlr, US-22/trlr, etc.

208-678-2602 after 6 MST, or write Dennis Schwarlz, Rt 2 Box 2111, Heyburn, Idaho 83336.

CAPABLE COUPLE AVAILABLE SEA BLOSSOM For extended cruising with experienced skipper. Mexico and Junk rigged Nor'Sea 27 custom layout, So. Pacific vet, Monitor trans-Pacific experience. No time restrictions. South Pacific • vane, Yammar, 4 anchors, Avon w/OB, ham radio, scuba, more. destination preferred. Will rendezvous. Dave/Jackie, 2005 W. Ready to cruise $35,900/B.0. Pictures (213)472-9428. 19738 Balboa Blvd., No.141, Newport Beach, CA 92663 (714) Gilmore, Woodland Hills, CA 91367.

675-9357.

MOORE 24 Loaded, in bristol condition. $14,000.

Call 209-533-2600 or 533-3040.

GULFSTAR 43 CTR CKPT 1978 SLOOP Cruise, livea'board, or charter. Documented, well equipped, heat, freezer, full dodger, much more, and clean. Lease or purch at 11 '/2%. Best offer over $98,000.

Owner 415-331 -8252.

CT-41 GIVE AWAY Moving, must sell my beautiful boat. Full keel F/G. NevV: interior/exterior brightwork, LP hull, topsides/mast paint. US S/S rigging (tuned by Bay Riggers in Nov.). Excellent Survey (83).

Perkins 4-107 w/less than lOO .hrs. Upgraded elec/HC pres, water. 2 new batts. Hailer/auto fog, VHF, RDF, new digital fatho, solid fuel stove, full cover. So Pacific vet ready to go again. Great liveaboard, stall shower. 8 bags sails. Much more! 64K 332-5400 Day, 383-2261 eves. Rand.

37’ CRUISING SAILBOAT Cedar on oak, flush deck, Volvo aux., Loran, VHF, fathometer, kerosene stove, diesel heater, sailing dinghy, anchor windlass, roomy interior. $29,500. Call Jack (415) 364-6453 days, 321-0570 eves. % PARTNERSHIP AVAILABLE ERICSON 32 Mint Condition. Well equipped for Bay-Delta cruising. Downwind slip, Berkeley Marina. Convenient to Yacht Club 916-966-1297.

READY TO CRUISE IN COMFORT 1980 Passport 45, queen of Seattle floating boat show. Midcockpit ketch, mint inside & out. All systems heavy duty. Luxury teak interior, sleeps 6, 6’3” head room thruout. Includes boat cover, tender, roller-furling headsails, elec windlass, full electronics plus Loran-C. Must sell, all offers, considered.

206-584-6954 eves or write M. Nelson, 10701 Rembert Ct. SW, Tacoma, Wash 98498.

SERIOUS OFFSHORE CRUISERS Ingrid 38, $18,500, Westsail 32, $14,500. Columbia. 50, C & C 36 $26,500, Westsail 39, $19,000. Hull, deck, and rudder. Build Cruise, liveaboard or race and win. Diesel powered 1979 sloop. your own boat and save. I’m doing it, with no previous ex¬ . Fully equipped. 11 Barinets (4 self-tailing), 5 bags Pineapple perience. Call Dennis (415) 724-6254. sails, spinnaker gear, rod rigging, 2 anchors with chain and rode, bow roller, stern boarding ladder, Avon Redcrest, hot/cold pressure water, shower, gimballed brass lamps, customized FREEPORT 41 MOKELUMNE A real year around liveaboard. Well equipped for Coastal, Bay teak interior fully stocked, stereo, VHF, nav station, Signet KM, WP, WS, Impulse DS. Maintained and upgraded to better than and Delta cruising. Good condition. $110,000. new. Bristol condition. $78,500. (415) 435-1207.

(415) 228-6734 days, 232-7891 eves.

NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT Tamaya NC-2 navigation calculator, $100. Sextant $25. Stop watch timer $10.

(408) 688-2984 eves 738-2888, ext. 4785 days.

1/4 PARTNERSHIP IN RAFIKI 35 Sail every other weekend on beautiful 79 offshore cruiser. Well maintained, conscientious partners, Sausalito berth. $6,000 buy-in, expenses including mortgage $275/mo.

(415) 658-1159.

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SANTA CRUZ 33

CATALINA 22

You won't find a better buy! Race or cruise equipped - Radar, Loran, autopilot, spinnakers, Perkins deisel, blue hull, teak/oak interior and more. Sail away for $62,950.

Call David (707)445-0075 home, Eureka, CA.

Custom ULDB designed by Bill Lee. Standing head room, full galley w/propane, refrigeration, BMW diesel, 2 compasses.

Signet 1000,5 good sails. $35,000.

(408)476-0100 or Box 1118 Soquel CA 95073.

Fixed keel model with 2 yr old Honda 714? outboard & 4 sails.

Sails include new North main & jib. Good Bay boat and Sausalito berthed.

Call 415-332-4645. $6,100.

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US 277. Excellent race record. Competitive sail inventory. Danforth 5" compass. Faired bottom and keel. Harken equipped. Active local and international fleet. Very clean. Ready to race. $15,500. Call owner: (415)388-6755.

Bear No.39 Nunes Bros, built Sausalito. Excellent 23’, 2V2 ton Bay sailor. Fully equipped classic one-design wood sloop.

Asking $3,950.

Call Geoff or Marc at 563-6610 or 664-7035.

Attractive mid-30’s salty, slightly rusty sailor with a few barnacles seeks female companion/playmate (25-40), levi & T-shirt type for cruising lifestyle. Send photo & resume to “Skipper" 221 SW 153rd, Suite 207, Seattle, Wash 98062.

1952 BERMUDA YAWL FOR SALE OR TRADE R.E.

SOUTH PACIFIC ADVENTURE The schooner Scorpion returning from Tahiti — Bora Bora to Hawaii — Seattle now accepting applications for crew. Must be able to pay your own expenses. Prefer non-smokers w/ocean sailing experience. Leave USA May 1. Depart Bora Bora June 1, arrive Hawaii July 1. Depart Hawaii to Seattle Aug. 1, arrive Seattle Sept. 1. All dates approximate. Planefare home from Seattle paid.

Call 206-246-9317. z Or Write Rick, Box 954, Seahurst, Wash. 98062

SANTANA 35

50’ Phil Rhodes design built by Abeking & Rasmussen in Germany. Volvo diesel, live aboard slip. Ten bags of sails; Datamarine depth & speed. More. $115,000.

415-872-3881.

Outstanding racer/cruiser & proven winner in finest, most active large boat one design class in No. California. 1984 ODCA champion (Bay & Ocean Series). Race rigged w/huge sail inventory (17 bags) & extensive extra equipment list. Full digital instrumentation, Loran, VHF, Autohelm, Volvo diesel, 6 berths, NAV station. Boat has been superbly maintained & is in immaculate condition. Elegant graphics make this the most beautiful 35 on the Bay. EXCELLENT FINANCING AVAILABLE. Priced to sell now by owner.

415-687-0111 (weekdays).

34’ GARDEN KETCH 4-107 Westerbeke 4 cylinder diesel. Good cruise boat. Oyster Point Marina. $45,500.

For more information, call (415)369-4899 or (209)892-2230.

SANTA CRUZ 27

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Launched 1983. $20,000.

For information sheet call Carl (408)475-9181 days, (408)475-6301 after 5 p.m. and weekends.

Experience in Quality Yachts desirable. Must be available for work middle of February.

Call 521-5636 for appointment.

Sea Jay 6-man emergency inflatable with full ocean/TransPac equipment. Valaise container for easy storage. Certified 1982.

415-687-0111 weekdays.

FOR SALE Diesel heater/stove. Has hot plate for cooking. Includes “Day tank filter & fuel meter. $350.

Call Paul after 7 p.m. at 368-0724.

SALE OR TRADE UP Inti Folkboat, 1969. Perfectly maintained and loved. Larger family forces sale. Want 30 footer of traditional design: Alberg, etc.

Bud (415)465-4742 days; (707)938-3419 nite.

COLUMBIA 26 MARK II

CATALINA 38 BARGAIN

First $10,500 takes this fully equipped boat. Sleeps 5, inboard engine, tillermaster, avon, spinnaker, 2 jibs, 2 mams, 2 batteries, delta awning, cockpit cover, RDF, speedlog, solid teak cockpit seats & grating, deluxe inter. 707-987-3741/415-435-5206.

Late 1981, $20,000 of extras for cruise and race. Immaculate condition. Rush sale by 2 boat owner. First offer over $61,000.

Ask for Jane. (408)724-2097.

TEACHER WANTED

PIER 39 SLIP FOR RENT

WSF, 39, will exchange lunch/work for beginning lessons from patient, experienced sailor with access to boat 21 ft or larger.

R. Baker, 3324 Johnson Road, Lafayette 937-2458 message -days.

50’ slip on new east side of the Pier. Great location for sailing.

Discount parking available. $325/month.

Call John (408)247-9324.

1977 35’ FANTASIA SLOOP

DOMINATE PHRFI NEWPORT 30 II '81. With VHF, depth, pedestal steering, hinged mast, diesel, two head sails (150 Genoa and 110). $36,000.

(408)429-5016.

FREYA 39 Hull, bulkheads, deck, rudder, Volvo engine, ballast. $25,000 or offer.

707-778-8670.

Repossessed 32’ ULDB ocean racer. New sails, rig, loran, VHF, App wind, knot meter. First $22,500 takes.

(408)475-9590 eves.

Center cockpit, Aft cabin, sleeps 6. Teak decks and interior. 40 hp diesel. Equipped for blue water cruising. Perfect for liveaboard couple or single. Located in Redwood City, California. $65,000. (916)583-0079.

1980 CATALINA 30

ETCHELLS 22

Less than one year in salt water. Diesel, 72 channel VHF, CB, stereo, digital depth and knotmeter, SS oven, 110 and 150, boom vang, backstay tensioner, forward traveller, built-ins. $32,000. 381-6045.

Get ready for the E22 World’s plus plenty of competitive sailing on the Bay. Fully equipped, includes trailer. $10,500. 332-7240.

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'l971 pop-top (very quick), North Sails, Barients, VHF, KM, NuMar Charger - $16,500. Will take trade to $7,000. (TD’s, property, trailerabie boat, aircraft, or ?.) I’m flexible.

Bill 415-726-4084.

Diesel, well-maintained. Possible tax savings by continuing in present Sausalito Charter Arrangement. $68,000.

(415)331-6266, ask for Wayne.

38’ or 43’ Han Christian 1980 or newer. Will pay $90,000 to $100 000 cash for right boat. We are very serious buyers with cash.

Call (415)946-9198.

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COLUMBIA 26 MK II -1970 Good condition. New Honda 7.5 hp,0/B. 5 sails including new main and cover. Includes VHF, stereo, D/S, KM, dual batteries, etc. $11,000.

Evenings Bob (415)573-0861.

Must sell, one owner, good condition. Sleeps 6, VHF, WS, DF, speedometer, 130% Jennie. $25,000. Choice 36’ berth, Pier 39, San Francisco. $40,000.

Walt 994-4466 - eves. 871-5715.

My beautiful, fast comfortable boat needs a new home! F/G sloop, bristol cond! New head, all pumps, Barients, rigging, 0/B, S/S sink/icebox, 4 bunks, Ig. cockpit — new everything!!

Sausalito berth, Bargain at $12,250.

(415)332-7543 (after 6).

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BEAUTIFUL 1980 ISLANDER 34

$12,000, Hull No.1778, race ready, faired keel, new North main 9 bags sails, Companionway spinnaker launcher, 3.5 hp lohatsu

Vane, Dodger, diesel, pressure water, wheel steering, propane stove, windless, and much more. Hawaii vet. Excellent condition. $43,000. Will consider trades. (408)372-7806.

outboard, Harry Lutz.

(415)423-2968 days; (415)846-5494 eves.

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CATALINA 27 Excellent Bay sailer in very good condition, traditional dinette interior, wtih new cushions and curtains. Inboard gas with VHF, DS, KM, RDF & many extras. Asking $17,900. Call (415)268-6169 days or (415)283-3503 eves/wknds.

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RANGER 33 1977, very good cond. Brand new Yanmar diesel inboard. 5 bags of sails, with a new North 150%. VHF, Knotmeter, depth, stereo, masthead, tri-color w/strobe, 2 anchors, all safety equip. All reasonable offers considered.

415-451-7000.

MOORE 24 — “Flying Circus” — $15,500

ERICSON 30 1969 Excellent condition, ideal Bay and Delta boat, sleeps 6, 6’1 ” headroom, well equipped, best offer.

(415)325-5400.

GEARY 18

1977 PACIFIC SEACRAFT 25

1 need a wooden mast for Geary 18 (also known as Flattie). If you have a mast or a set of plans, please call Jeff at (415)969-8505 eves.

Doubled ended, full keeled sloop with inboard diesel, sleeps five.

Compass, knot meter, VHF, depth sounder, full life netting. Great cruiser for family with small child. Ballena Isle berth. Asking $22,000. Call 415-671-9518.

RANGER 37

Dutch Maid is a pure-alloy flush-riveted canoe-stern steel cutter.

38’ x 9’6" x 5'1”. Built Rotterdam 1937. Completely new oakpaneled custom interior. Go anywhere in safety, speed, and style.

Information: Dan 234-8194.

PICTURE OF POWER — BEAUTY Fast, stiff and sturdy racer/cruiser. Proven ocean yacht with complete sail inventory, overbuilt hardware, rod rigging, SSB, Loran and other electronics. Cruising amenities include teak interior with enclosed head, 3 burner CNG stove with oven. Lots of usable sea berths. Extras include dodger, full boat cover, custom seat covers, etc. Power is supplied by a Volvo MD2B diesel. Boat has Edson wheel steering. Price $56,000 firm. Will consider trades-

254-1306.

COLUMBIA MK II Excellent condition. Depthsounder, knot meter, compass, 5 berths, galley, enclosed head, carpeted, shore power, 6 hp 0/B. Berth in Delta. $9,950.

415-634-6004.

ERICSON 39 1971 flush deck cruising sloop. Over 6’4” headroom, wheel steering, Signet instruments, Barient winches, pressure water, halon system, Tiburon berth. $59,000. 415-669-7393, P.O. Box 861, Point Reyes Stations, CA 94956.

BRISTOL 20 \ Long keel GRP sloop. Stiff Bay boat. Main, jib, genoa, spinnaker.

3 hp outboard. $2,950 or best offer.

Call John 364-9422.

76 CAL 2-29 SLOOP Super cruising boat w/S.F. Marina berth. Loaded with gear.

Ready for someone who has priced new boats with equivalent gear. Original cost of boat and equipment $33,800.

Call Eve 415-342-4921.

WANT A BOAT BUT DON’T KNOW HOW TO SAIL?

COLUMBIA 26 MK II One design class racer/pocket cruiser. San Rafael berth, 6 sails, includes spinnaker. 9.9 hp Johnson w/electric starter. Inboard tank, VDO knotlog, VHF. $11,500. 454-8645 or 456-7347.

HELP! BOATS WANTED

WILL TRADE FOR 30’ TO 40’ SAILBOAT

Buy our Erickson 30+ and we'll teach you. Lots of equipment.

Fairly priced $49K. Dave or Audrey 843-4589.

ATKINS 30’ KETCH CLASSIC BEAUTY RDF. VHF. New Knotlog, Depthsounder & bunk cushions.

110/12V refrig. Full covers. Recent overhaul. 2 boat owner asking only $16,000. No reasonable offer refused, (805)984-0841.

The Berkeley High School Sailing Club is looking for boats to sail on, energetic students with varying skills need your help! Any type of boat will be terrific. For information please call Mike Linhares 843-5946 eves.

Large 2 br 2 ba home on scenic N. Umpqua River, approx 360’ river frontage, 2 barns, irrigation system, fenced, lots of trees, M.H. rental, all on 22.92 acres. Assumable loan. Ideal miniranch. $260,000 (503)496-0269.

SANTANA 22. Sails soundly, smartly, sparkles! Stainless thru bolts, chain plates; ugraded rigging, annodized spars, halyards lead aft, adjustable backstay; Barients, compass, knotmeter, Windex; pulpit, lifelines; 4 sails; Evinrude svcd 10/84; surveyed '82. MORE! $6500. Eves 538-0626; days 881-3161.

Complete, competitive, fully equipped for one-design or ocean racing. Sails, motor, trailer, radio, much more. This boat has been actively campaigned and is realistically priced. Must sell.

Roger (415)387-4590; (415)681-4150.

FOR SALE BY OWNER Finest Morgan 38 on the Bay. Far too much gear/equip to list here. For details call: 707-527-2271 days; 707-778-7956 eves $125,000.

YANKEE DOLPHIN 24’

NEW OWNER WANTED To race & cruise this beautiful custom designed 27-ft slobp.

Built in Europe to Lloyds standards, you must see craftmanship to appreciate it. No expense has been spared in equipping for family sailing on Bay, ocean or Delta. Winner of its division 2 years running, she's ready to race w/7 winches, internal halyards & 12 sails. For cruising she sleeps 6 in full size berths.

Navigation is a snap w/full nav station & full B&G instrumentation. Call for complete equipment list. Owner anxious. Assist w/finance or you name it. $20,500/or B.O. 415/326-6484.

RANGER 23

44’ STEEL CRUISING KETCH 1966 flush deck, center cockpit, w/lg. aft cabin, watertight bulkheads, fully insulated, nice electronics, S-L windlass, new dodger, Perkins dsl, new L.P. paint, well equipped strong cruising boat. $38,500.

(619)222-1186 No.4 (leave message).

Now that you've seen at the boat shows what you have to pay for a new 25-footer, compare with this used, but wellmaintained Sparkman & Stephens full-keel, centerboarder.

Loaded. Reduced to $12,750. Phone (916)481-3608.

ROBERTS OFFSHORE 38 Plans, patterns, templates, completed steel frames, all framing steel, and all keel plating (%" steel). Will deliver within 75 miles of Sacramento. Call (916)331 -6501. $1,000 or offer.

TIDEWATER 24

SANTANA 22

Loaded racer/cruiser with Barients, all lines led aft, lifting gear, new cushions, 6 hp O.B. and much more. Interest in trailer included Make offer.

(415)479-9606.

64 sloop in very good condition. F/G hull, fixed cast iron keel. A fun day sailer with roomy cockpit and cuddy cabin. Trailer and Seagull O.B. included. B.O. over $3,000.

408-688-9384 eves.

7% Honda O.B. 2 mains and 2 jibs. Whisker pole, pulpit, life lines, anchor and rode. Life jackets. Main traveler Boom Vang Very dry hull. $5,5«0.

583-6152.

PEARSON 28 ‘ DESIDERATA’' Excellent cond. Great Bay cruiser. Roller furling, Atomic 4, 5 sails incl. spinnaker, autopilot, VHF, DS, knotmeter, elec, refrig., custom teak/mahog. interior, stereo, dual batt., charger, shore power, raft. Alameda berth. $26,500. 521-3849, 869-3038.

30’ Custom ULDB. All the advantages of ownership but none of the hassles. Includes: insurance, berthing, maintenance Fully equipped.

TIMESHARE

415-564-2755.

UNION 36: SALE OR TRADE 1982, beautiful liveaboard cruising cutter, black hull, teak decks, Perkins 4-108, d.s., VHF, shower, windlass, 7 Lewmar winches, 3 burner/oven, trade down for boat worth $25,000 or less or sell $72,000/obo.

David 415/857-6575(d), 328-5258(e)

ERICSON 30 Please help! I've got a good boat with plenty of equipment and sails. She’s had lots of TLC but my job conflicts with my time with her. Please call for info and price.

415-569-3654 eves.

ERICSON 27

PARTNERSHIP AVAILABLE

Very good condition. New bottom paint, new propeller, depth sounder, knotmeter, V.H.F., jib, genoa.

y* or % share in new cold:molded 30’ racer/cruiser. Inventory includes sails, outboard, fully commissioned to Coast Guard requirements.

415-564-2755.

$19,500.

Call day 589-2474

eves/wkends 728-3552

OLSON 40

CHARTER STRIDER

TransPac Veteran. Fourteen North sails, B & G electronics. VHF/SSB radios, SatNav and Loran.

Lowest rating at 39.8. $110,000 or submit offer or trade. Also available Olson 30 and Express 27 These boats are equipped and ready to go! Must sell!

Geraghty Marine 619-562-8282.

Nelson Marek 55’ ULDB How often have we all said, "If 1 only had a "Hot Boat" 1 would have ” Take the oonnrtunitv experience Stnder yourself. Still available for Cabo March 9th and 1985 Big Boat SerieTstew 619-291-5353.

SAIL SEA OF CORTEZ

PRACTICAL SAILING CHARTERS

40’ Morgan "Out Island”. Bareboat or skippered. Equipped with everything. Zodiac Windsurf Hand dinghy with 9% hp. From $125 per week. 10% off second time. ’ Bob Moore. 415-892-0340.

Cape Dory 36 (at Brisbane $150/day Wright Allied 36 (at Brisbane) $150/day Cape Dory 30 (in San Diego) $120/day Call (415)591-4879 eves.

PROUT CATAMARANS / WEST COAST DEALERSHIP The cruising sailor’s only alternative. The NEW Quest 33 CS now available.

Snowgoose 37 & Quasar 50. Used Demo Snowgoose 37 for sale. Best prices USA ENSIGN MARINE 625 Spruce, Berkeley, CA 94707 / (415) 527-3752

MARITIME ATTORNEY Resolution of Construction, Repair, Collision and Lien Disputes for surveyors, owners and builders for over 20 years.

Thirty-six years of Bay racing and cruising!

William E. Vaughan, Esq. 17 Embarcadero Cove, Oakland 532-1786

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WOODEN BOAT REPAIR

20 years experience. Top quality repair, refastening, caulking, refinishing, conversions, also new Bruce Northrup 415-332-9114 evenings.

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SCANDINAVIAN YACHTING CONSULTANTS • Personalized Yacht Procurement

* Custom Chartering Arrangements Please contact Lowell Richardson at (916) 635-1932. page 184

PERFORMANCE, PRESTIGE = ACE A swift, sleek 43' classic sioop of exotic beauty. Excellent cond.

Finest materials. Easy handling. Less than 1/3 replacement cost!

Old salts genuflect to this 4-time SF Bay Perpetual Challenge Trophy winner. $29,500 incl Sausalito berth. 415-435-1791.

CLASSIC CUTTER “ORIGINAL FANTASY” L 42’ B 12’ D 7’. LOA 47’, Blanchard built, 2" cedar hull, teak trim, 3 priv cabins, firepl, refrig., shwr, electronics, 5 sails, sailing dinghy, equipped liveaboard cruiser, documented, must sell, make offer. Motor home, smaller boat part trade.

408-423-7636,

BALBOA 26 THREE PARTNERS IN 1981 CAL 39 NEEDED Three professional men are looking for three more partners to take an equal share in their fully equipped sailboat. We have owned the boat from new and limited sailing time forces the introduction of new partners. No down payment is required and all expenses will be equally shared. Est cost is $350/month. The boat is located in Alameda. For details call Brian.

415-783-4096 days; 415-523-1465 eves.

Trailer, 15 hp Johnson, double reef main, 150 Genoa, storm jib, new radial drifter, compass, knotmeter, Windex, l.p.g. stove, swim ladder, cockpit cushions, much more. Must sell. $10,500. 209-526-5604.

KETTENBURG 40 1961, outfitted for cruising. Good condition. Aries, Faryman diesel, 30 hp, Avon, S/L. Windlass. Plenty of navigation & safety equipment. Wood boat. $38,000.

Derek 485-6776.

T1MESHARE — IT’S FOR YOU!

CATALINA 27

Have you thought about the advantages of timeshare membership? $160/mo buys you 2 weekend days & 5 weekdays of hasselfree sailing on San Francisco Bay. $200 annual fee.

Alameda slip.

Deb or George (415)969-9992.

Great Bay boat, perfectly maintained. New: sails, spars, rigging, lifelines, engine, batt., cushions, paint, more! Recent haulout/survey. VHF, fathometer, autopilot, extras. Paradise Cay berth. $18,900. Looking for a Catalina 30. Dave 415/383-7537.

ISLANDER 28’ VALKYRIE. 1977. Like new cond. Full teak interior, pedestal steering, DeWitt main, 150, 110, Drifter, VHF, Depth, Knot/log, Atomic 4, Heater, Auto Bilge, 5 Winches, Ground tackle, 2 batts. Cockpit cushions, double lifelines, shore power. All sail covers. $33,000. (415)254-4240/547-5199.

30’ CHINESE JUNK

26’ INTERNATIONAL FOLKBOAT. '69 Swedish built full-keel

1971 Fanlamkee. All teak wood. Complete sails. 4 cyl Perkins.

Full new canvas. Ship Shore radio. AM FM cassette. Depth finder. Small galley. Toilet. 3 burner stove. Sleeps 4.

209-835-9660 days; 415-449-4867 eves.

cruising sloop. Rigged for single handing. 4 sails, spinnaker, spray Dodger, RDF, knotmeter, 2 compasses, 2 stoves, sextant.

Needs minor rudder repair and outboard. Must see. $10,000 or 1 st reasonable cash offer.

835-8522.

1984 CATALINA 30. Price slashed for quick sale! Fully loaded.

Leading Edge main & 2 jibs; CNG stove; wheel steering; 25 hp diesel; h/c pressure water; s/t winches; VHF; knot meter; depth sounder; mascerator & more. $39,000. (415)364-6900, 363-0382 (Will consider smaller boat trade-in.)

37’ TAYANA CUTTER DIESEL

1978 ERICKSON 27

GETTING MARRIED — ONE DREAMBOAT AT A TIME

1981, like new & loaded with equipment. A.P., Radar, Loran VHF, Stereo, Dodger, Dingy, D.S., Knotmeter w/log. Much more.

Change of plan forces sale. 87K. Owner.

(415)465-1411 Leave Message.

Good condition. Fully equipped. Wheel, diesel, knotmeter, depthsounder, spinnaker. VHF, stereo, new bottom paint. Alameda berth. Transfer forces sale. Must sell. Asking $22,000 O.N.O. 415-783-4096 days; 415-523-1465 eves.

Partially completed 30’ Bodega for sale. Interior refit in progress. Rigging, hardware and lots of materials necessary for completion. $25,000. Little-used lake-sailed LASER with trailer $1300. Prices negotiable.

(707)944-8656 eves.

CHEOY LEE LION 35' SLOOP ISLANDER 36 WITH SEX APPEAL

1966 F/G with teak overlay. 25 hp Volvo diesel. Full instrumentation incl Loran C & autopilot. Central diesel heating with pressure hot water. Many extras. Excellent condition. $56,960.

(415)654-1822.

Priced to Sell Now! Only $52,750/offer. My boat is the least expensive fully equipped 1-36 in the Bay and is in wonderful condition. This superb and powerful ocean cruiser is complete with , full liveaboard accommodations including heater, AC & tel system, pressurized H/C running water w/shower, s/s galley and much more! My boat includes a full sail inventory w/spinnaker, complete electronics including SSB and full instrumentation

CREW WANTED The crew of Wind Rider is planning 2nd ocean cruise. Destination Marquesas, Tahiti, May 25.1 am the only female, prefer not to remain so. Experience not necessary but enthusiasm a must.

We don’t need a cook. Steve (415)869-2780 work, 6:30-3:00.

w/RDF. Call (415)563-2111 or 532-0747.

STEEL KETCH ROUNDBILGE 49’ L.O.A. Built to the highest standard by New Zealand craftsmen just two years ago, no expense spared. Inventory includes: Ford diesel 80 hp. Missubishi diesel 9 hp generator, 8 sails, 8'6" F/G sailing dinghy. Yamaha outboard, 4 anchors, Autohelm 5000 autopilot, self-steering, SSB VHF SatNav 3 burner stove, coal range, 6 man life raft, plus numerous spare parts, loads of cruising gear, safety equipment, etc. Beautiful liveaboard and ready to go cruising.

931-4384 or 331-1229

ANTIQUE BRONZE 8 INCH PORTHOLES

PEARSON 30 78

SEEKING CREW FOR SOUTH

Atomic 4 Edson wheel, 3 headsails, VHF, Deptho, stereocas, alcoh stove, icebox, 110V shorepower, 2 batteries; freshwater berthed last 6 yrs; excellent condition. Price includes 1 year free slip in Delta. $29,500.

(916)678-4216.

Pacific cruise on 32’ Islander. 1 male or 1 female or couple. On or about 6/1 /85. Share expenses.

213-306-0181.

Circa World War I. Excellent condition. 8 portholes - $125 apiece if you take all eight. Three oak captains chairs, good condition. $50 apiece.

886-4939 eves or 582-8477 days.

RANGER 23 — $8,450 0 DAY 25

WOODEN BOAT — QUICK SALE

Beautiful dark blue hulled sloop, five sails, custom interior, new OMC inboard saildrive, rebuilt and freshly painted trailer, many

28' Sloop fast design. Excellent hull. Cash or trade for?, has San Rafael berth. Call Jack Rosenberg 332-5373.

other extras. *14,500.

(408)426-3211.

49 FT MONK POWER BOAT Moving to Hawaii. Must sell. Rebuilt turbo charged Perkins •diesel. New mahogany decks. Completely refurbished inside & out 1984 cruise or liveaboard. Located at Peninsula Marina Redwood City. $45,000.

415-964-3164 Dave.

ISN’T IT YOUR TURN TO ESCAPE?

32’ DEWITT DOUBLE-ENDED CUTTER

I’m leaving in July for the islands and the Far Beyond. A congenial crewmate (male or female) would be welcome indeed.

Write J. Slocum, P.O. Box 613, Freedom, CA 95019 and tell me about yourself.

Built 1939 Sandstrom yard. Cedar on oak. Excellent cond. Re ent survey $35,000. Sell for $20,000.35 hp diesel. New sails, rigging hatches, galley, berths. Channel Islands Harbor.

805-966-5727.

j/24 —JUBILANT. Daughters who crewed have flown the nest.

27 RACER CRUISER SLOOP

Hull No.1833. Original owner. Excellent condition. Dry sailed.

Trail-Rite single axle with dolly. Fully race equipped. 5 bags sails Mercury 4Vz hp. 35 lb outboard cruises at 5 kt, $14,500/8.0. 415-435-4085.

Diesel, F/G, 7 winches, halyards to cabin top for single handing, VHF RDF, stereo, fath. 6 sails. $15,500.

339-2891 339-3858.

RARE OPPORTUNITY

New 22’ wooden Culler designed center board cat schooner

• Hinklev 41 F/G sloop. Ready for cruising. Motivated seller. $78,000. 415-331-2665.

UNIQUE, TRADITIONAL

2’6" draft. Cuddy cabin. $24,500.

Call (415)332-9114.

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Have your next meeting or office party on Trans-Pac record holder. AVAILABLE FOR DAILY BARE BOAT CHARTERS. Cal1 Lu Lee- (408)462-1367.

DOCK FOR RENT New commercial grade deepwater dock for large boat to 80 ft Tomales BaV Priyfe h0™’ $2.85/ft.

(415)663-8403. (

DON’T BE STUPID 1 YEAR FREE BOAT SUP Buy my 25’ Coronado w/DS, VHF, 4 sails & much more 8‘'J.For for 1 year. No down payment! What’s your excuse now? $9800/B.0. 236-5136/588-1903. details call Norm.

NEWPORT 30” 1979.

Immaculate condition. Low mileage. Fully equipped: Volvo diesel, spinnaker, Whl, H&C shower, deluxe interior. Asking $33,500. Berthed Coronado, CA. (415)457-0612; (619)435-5316.

Security West ,331-5002.

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SAILOR RDF With hand bearing compass $450. Heath sextant used by British Merchant Marine $500. Wooden boat magazines, books and assorted boat hardware and electrical.

332-1171. Box 438. Leave message.

CHARTER “MERLIN”

YACHT SECURITY SYSTEMS Custom

Rigged for singlehanding. Cockpit reefing system. Auto-Helm 2000. Stowe digital knotmeter w/log - Sat-Nav interface. 5 bags including storm jib. Spinnaker pole. Inflatable. Danforth 13H. VHF Johnson 6. New sail cover. Atoms windvane optional. Excellent cond. (213)822-2816 days. (213)827-9764 eves.

MARINE SURVEYOR BRIAN O'DONOGHUE (also Sailboat Consultant) Phone (415) 461-6347

24’ YANKEE DOLPHIN

INFLATABLE TENDER

Mahogany bottom, teak deck, 3 foresails, main, no engine, fixerupper, slip available for rent or lease. $4,000/or best offer.

Call after 7 p.m. (415) 673-6247

Zodiac Tender IV complete with motor mount, bag, patching kit and oars. 2 year old. $300. home 415-342-4626; office 415-864-1297.

VOLVO MDS 7 HP DIESEL

24’ WYLIE WABBIT

77 CATALINA 27

New, in factory crate with propeller, extra belts, tool kit, etc. $2,950.

Days 415-456-1860.

Eves 415-479-8612.

Ultrafast (PHRF=150). Mint condition.

Five sails, outboard, galvanized trailer.

All offers considered. Located in Berkeley.

(415)486-1781 home; (415)642-9154 work.

30’ BRITISH CRUISING YAWL

Dinette interior, Atomic 4, VHF, depth, compass, Speedo, W/pole, grnd tackle 150, 120, storm jib, Spingear.

Much more. $19,000.

Trades considered 415-865-2184.

32’ DORY TYPE FIN KEEL CRUISING YACHT

Fiberglass, teak decks, aluminum spars, Saab diesel wheel or tiller. Offshore equipped, including Avon Redcrest, 11 sails and more. A very high quality boat in good condition. Asking $29,950. (415)254-6546.

FAST OLD LADY Ruby II. Built 1910 by Pop Stevens in Sausalito 39’ x 11' sloop.

Race rigged with aluminum mast and stainless rigging. A graceful clasic. Needs some work and TLC. $15 000/Neg 465-2522.

DRASCOMBE SCAFFIE 15' open boat camping cruiser with galvanized EZ Loader trailer, 3 hp Seagull and extras. $3750.

(415)381-8238. Marin County.

BRISTOL 40 SLOOP Custom built in 1982, Limerick-ll is truly a one of a kind sailboat. This blue hulled centerboard sloop sleeps 6 and features solid teak interior, black slate countertops and custom fabrics, 5 sails, dinghy e/w 15HP outboard, Loran-C, Rahteon 1200 Radar, VFIF, Oata Marine wind, depth, KPH, log, Battery Volt meter, and hazardous gas alarm. Westerbeke Diesel,, windlass, 2 anchors and much, much more. Asking price $105,000. Call (415)964-1223 days; (415) 573-7023 eves.

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PEARSON ELECTRA Great buy at $5,000.

Dual axle trailer; 3 sails, 2 anchors 233-1638; 533-82600.

SEWING MACHINE (INDUSTRIAL) Dbl needle Singer, straight stitch with puller. $1200/B O 332-2510 days.

26’ TWIN KEEL CUTTER Newly built plywood fiberglass cold-molded construction. Epoxy N sealed. New Yanmar engine. New complete set of sails. Sloop v W/upwind Berkeley berth. John Letcher, Jr. designed A/e'urfcacomplete with 8 sails, 2 whisker poles, Radcliff wind rig. Must sell AS IS. Asking $10,000. vane, 6.5 Fiat outboard, 2 anchors with chain, fluorescent & 663-9069 weekends-eves; 663-1332 weekdays. kero lighting, stove, Hy-Gain VHF, Compass, etc. Upright beacning, less rolling on downwind runs. Easy solo sailing. Dbl CAL 24 spreader cutter rig with club-footed stays, running backstays, Great Bay boat, new paint on bottom and sides.Johnson 6.6 outtwin headways, twin backstays. Low maintenance. $7,000!! board. Roller furl. Jib. Extra sails., (1969). $6,500.

Theresa 408-356-3107 days; 415-638-6438.

Mary Lee 415-937-4963 eves.

WESTSAIL 32

ALLIED SEAWIND 32’ CATCH

Hull 653, flush deck, has made two offshorevpassages, needs lots of work — no motor. Very roomy strong and seaworthy.

Slow- but steady, comfortable cruising or liveaboard. $17,750/Offer. John (415)376-4706.

Remember Robin, who singlehandedly cicumnavigated the earth? His second Dove was also an Allied. Bristol condition, ready to cruise. Good sail inventory, electronics, lots of extras $72,000. 707-422-5052.

IDEAL POCKET CRUISER, Lyle Hess designs. Falmouth cutter -quality constr by Sam Morse. For those who know what they want. BMW diesel, Barient ST’s, LOA 22’, LOD 30', Draft 3'6”, Disp. 7500 lbs. Tanbark sails. Protected Sausalito berth. More.' $31,000. Serious only. H 381-4363; w 864-6450 Steve.

Coronado 25 — Fully equipped for racing & cruising. Nothing more to buy or do. Upwind Berkeley "0" dock berth. Must be seen to be appreciated. Transfer to Spain forces sale. $7900.

408-268-8576 before 3 p.m.

GOODIES — Vz Price \ Avon life raft 6 man in cannister, Dickinson four burner propane stove, Dickinson fireplace with stack, both gems! 110 cords, phone cords, flash water heater everyone should have one Express Danforth compass, electronics include Raytheon Ray 88 VHF radio telephone, Si-Tex Loran 757-C longitude and latitude with all cables and ant, NAV 5 package including wind speed, direction, depth, knots, and two stations, Benmar RDF, international running lights with strobe, three boat gun cabinets, many lengths of teak battons, 1 coil of % braid, 400', 4 hp Evinrude $100, battery charger list $410. Now $175, three step dock steps teak, one Davis sextant $75. Etc. etc. etc. We're decommissioning a 50' ocean ketch! Call now for a complete list (415)332-6405.

JOIN THE STONE WITCH IN MEXICO Limited openings from 2 to 8 weeks: Mazatlan February 1, Puerto Vallarta February 15 Manzanillo March 1, Acapulco March 15 and Puerto Angel April 1. Learn seamanship, navigation windsurfing, piloting, sailor's arts. Brochure (415)431-4590.

OUTSTANDING BUY

PROFESSIONAL MARINER. USCG licensed to 100 GT sail or motor. Offshore navigator, some mechanical skills, will work with hands, wants paid billet on 50 plus foot yacht. Terms negotiable. Resume & refs available. Charter work OK. P.O. Box 33, Clayton, CA 94517.

415-672-3279.

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SEWING MACHINE (INDUSTRIAL)

Singer 107 zigzag with puller, $700 or B.O. 332-2510 days.

COLUMBIA 40 New diesel and Transmission with low hours. New standing and running rigging. Ten Barient winches. All new electrical panel and wiring. Documented. This boat has excellent cruising potential. $59,000.

1 233-1638:689-7688.

THIRD REEF

32’ CUSTOM RACER

— Wpn almost everything on Mon terey Bay. Beat the “big boys” for under $26,000. J-30. '81 sharp and loaded. Fast, comfortable a nd roomy. Recent survey, new bottom. Milt Gold 408-462-2338.

“HOW TO FLY CRUISING SPINNAKERS”

YUGOSLAVIA Sail the Islands on the crystal clear Adriatic 30’ Sloop available for charter June-Sept bare boat or with captain sleep 6; head & shower; for information call Walter Pajalich 415-222-7432.

THE RIGHT BOAT??

An experienced, accredited marine surveyor, boatbuilder, international, offshore, and around the buoys yacht racer, liveaboard, cruiser can help you decide. Call Tom Lauritzen at (408)425-3723 or write to me at 2912 Daubenbiss Ave. Soquel, CA 95073, Very reasonable.

FREE

— Gleason Cruising Spinnakers can give your boat great speed without complications. Our booklet gives easy instructions for setting, reaching, running, dousing and more! It’s FREE yours for the asking. Just call or write. Gleason Spinnakers, P.O. Box 606, Charlevoix, Ml 49720 or call Toll Free 1-800-253-5504

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CHARTER A NEW PASSPORT 40 Sail the San Juan Islands. Fast comfortable 40’ sloop, dinghy, propane stove w/oven, refrigeratioa VHF, stereo, head w/shower, two private staterooms, full instrumentation roller-furlinq headsail, and much much more. Call (206)821-1208 for more information.

MARINE SURVEYOR

USED SAILS & HARDWARE 1 yr old North sail jib with roller furling buff tape J=16', 1 =45’ 6”, LP =15' 3". $900/offer. Fico traveller system 3 x 1 Schaefer blocks, car, and 6' 6" track. $150/offer. Call (408)354-6784.

PIERCE MARINE

^na’an^Ac v'(SautanCr^Z i33,3™1 40 kitS' We are now otferins BiN Lee’s famous Santa Cruz 33 and 40 s AS kits. Hull, deck, keel and rudder are $21,550 for SC-33 and $33 800 for SC-40 You can buy just a hull or we can send you all the parts for a complete boat. Please call or write for details. Pierce Marine, Box 1118, Soquel, CA 95073 (408)476-0100.

GUNKHOLING THE SAN JUANS Just published, this fun, informative and up to date title is a must for island cruising $12 95 ' postpaid includes your 1985 Tide Guide too! CAPTAIN’S CABIN, No.2 Harbor Mall Bellingham

WA 98225.

206-647-BOAT. VISA/MC OK. US & CANADIAN CHART AGENTS

APPRAISER

MARINE ENGINE SURVEYING

JACK MACKINNON

Power and sail; two year repair outlook: oil analysis computer comparison. (415)934-6159.,

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CAPT. HARRY G. BRAUN, P.E. (U.S. Coast Guard Lie.) Yacht Delivery

CAL 39 — PRICED TO SELL NOW — $72,500 2814 Van Buren St. Alameda, CA 94501

79 model, Polaris scanning radio, knotmeter, sonar, 50 hp Perkins diesel. Champagne hull luxury teak interior. Ideal racing/cruising boat. Excellent condition.

Sausalito Yacht Sales - 332-5000.

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CATALINA 25 “1984"

MATE WANTED

Moving up, must sell. Fixed keel, 10 HP Honda, dinette interior, marine head w/holding tank, dockside power, self-tailing winches, full galley, DS, cockpit cushions, and more. $15,500.

(415) 458-2734 eves/wknds.

35 yr sailing addict seeks like addicted unattached mate to share cruising lifestyle. Non-smoker & prefer nights at anchor under starlight to city lights at dockside. If you've a calling in that direction, let's talk.

Paul (415)852-4730W (415)366-8096H.

RAWSON 30 CRUISER. Spectre of impending poverty requires sale. Really excellent condition, overhauled Atomic 4, Dodger tillermaster, many extras. Blue water boat, check other Rawson prices and steal at $16,800. Cash or trailerable sloop trade.

Serious buyer please. " Dick (707) 823-5755 eves.

FLYING JUNIOR

240 HP FORD CRUSADER INBOARD ENGINE

Vanguard, 3 suits sails, incl. new Pineapples. Trailer, top and bottom covers. All Harken. Measured w/certificate. Very clean and very fast. $2,200.

283-0394.

Also Mercury Long Shaft Outboard, $475.

352 C.l. complete engine and B.W. 1 to 1 Velvet drive trans.

Monitor pumps, mufflers, less than 100 hours. $1,800.

(415) 342-9475 eves.

ERICSON 30 “ASTREA”. 1968 fiberglass sloop, 5 sails plus spinnaker, Albin engine (12 HP), 12V/DC, 110V/AC, VHF, Depth, RDF, compass, full galley w/refrig, safety equip, self contained head & shower facility. A bargain at $27,000, MUST SEE TO APPRECIATE. Call (415) 577-5186 or 521-5216.

1958 NEWPORTER 40 KETCH Overhauled, mint condition, liveaboard, cruise equipment; 10 sails; autopilot; SSB; VHF; hailer; Mercedes dsl; custom dinghy; propane stove/oven. Extras! Divorce settlement. $79,500/6.0.

(415) 229-2574.

CLASSIC

“SOUTHERN COMFORT" 79 CAMPER it NICHOLSON 303

AFFORDABLE! GREAT FOR DELTA OR BAY! 24' 1979 Sunrunner Fly Bridge Sedan Volvo Pinta I/O. Bristol condition, perfect for fishing, skiing, or just pleasure. Sleeps four. For more information on this fun craft, call 456-6247.

Ron Holland design, from England. 30.2' x 24.7' x 10.25' w/5.66' draft. Like new. Yanmar 2 cyi. 14 HP diesel w/alternator, charging 2 batteries. Sails: Main, Lt. Reacher, No. 1 Genoa, No. 1 Jib & Storm Jib by Butler Verner. VHF, B&G Homer Heron RDF, B&G Log/Speedo, amplified speed, wind speed, wind direction & close-hauled indicator. Seafarer Echo Sounder, Autohelm. New 6 man Beaufort liferaft & Zodiac Cadet inflatable dinghy. Spinnaker & all gear incl. twin poles & addtl. sheet winches. $44,500. (604) 537-5871/(604) 383-0750 Saltspring Isl. B.C.

CORONADO 25 Popular Bay sailboat. White/It blue exterior-interior, extremely clean thruout, vinyl It blue cushions in & out. New Evin Electric Start 15, battery, survey, bottom paint '83. Before you buy a Coronado 25 see this Tiburon boat, $9,800/offer. 707-542-2323.

J-24 Race-ready and competitive. New North main and jib.

Johnson 6 hp O.B., K.M., dark blue poly. Oakland berth.

521-6153 eves.

Paul. $10,000/offer.

OUTSTANDING SANTANA 37

WYLIE 34, LOADED FOR RACING

1969. Extensively refitted and equipped for world cruising since 1981. Over $50,000 invested in improvements, replacements, and new gear. $73,500/offers. Will send detailed information on request.

(805) 486-8333 days (805) 985-2740 eves.

But seldom raced by too busy owner. 3 spinnakers, 2 mains, 6 jibs including Mylar jib. 55K, will consider trade for power boat or cruising sailboat and cash.

415-644-2116 days, 415-644-1128 eves.

1980 ERICSON 28 PLUS

COLUMBIA 26 MKII 1969 NO. 457. More than just a starter yacht. This boat has been upgraded, includes custom bow, stern pulput, Navik self-steering vane, custom tiller, shore power, newly painted hull, "LPU” double life line, new north main. A must see much more. $14,500.

415-471-5741 Robert.

EXCELLENT FINANCING Winning 40 ft "State of the Art” custom yacht. Win a IOR/PHRF championship or ocean race/cruise. 100% financing with credil back to qualified buyer.

(415) 237-7300.

PROPERTY FOR BOAT Camper, Truck, Car & misc. storage and work space. Any size lot is available. A small office building is on the land.

Call 536-5546.

Double life lines, wheel steering, KM, DS, VHF, electric bilge pump. Hot and cold pressurized water system, shower, 11 HP diesel. Main and 100x jib. $34,950.

415-443-4823.

1981 J-30 5 Ulmer sails, Category 1 race safety equipment, new Micron 33 bottom paint & fairing, Force 10 cabin heat, shore power, dodaer many extras. Excellent racer/cruiser. Located in Seattle, WA ’ $41,500.

509-782-4174.

J-24 1982, new bottom, 7 sails. VHF, solar panel, lake sailed with trailer. $19,500 or B.O. (209)226-7611.

TOYS IN THE ATTIC •

Hull No. 43, 1979.

Trailer outboard, VHF, Speedo, North sails, etc. Clean and pretty. $15,700.

(408) 475-0239 eves.

Superb pocket cruiser, aft cabin, excellent condition, Yanmar diesel, luxurious interior, VHF, ds, stereo AM/FM cassette, many extras Owner can assist in financing. Richmond berth. Asking $37,900.

Call (415) 843-0429.

PEARSON 30 FG/SLP 1975 $29,500! Atomic 4 just serviced, 4 sails, Whisker Pole Club Jib, Dodger, VHF, KM/Depth stereocass, wheel, hauled, surveyed, bottom painted 9/84. Alchl stove/icebox, sleeps 6, much safety equipt, 110V shorepwr, 2 batts 12VDC, Sausalito berth. 415-435-0848. 435-4173.

ISLANDER 30 MKII 541 1976. Immaculate condition - must be seen. Volvo diesel, Pedestal steering, 2 year old double reef main and 110% lapper, 90% jib, extra main, VHF, windspeed, knotmeter, depthsounder, AM/FM stereo cassette, 3 burner alcohol stove w/oven, shorepower. Many other extras.

Emeryville berth. $33,500.

(415) 421-9440 days , (415) 824-2573 or (415) 574-4534 eves.

EXCHANGE

ISLANDER 36. Excellent cond, well-maintained cruising yacht.

Fifty foot, 1978 Herreshof fibreglass Ketch. Bountifully equipped for cruising, US documentation. Lying; French Riviera. For: Real estate or larger vessel. Will pay or take difference.

Contact: Johnson 408-425-1766.

79, fireplace, gimballed alcohol stove, shower, 9 winches, diesel engine, Loran, knotmeter, depth sounder, wind speed & direction indicators, elec bilge pump, 2 anchors, more. Don Miller 408-732-8770 day; 408-266-3253 eve. Asking $82,000.

CABO SAN LUCAS

C & C LANDFALL 35

Extraordinary house for individual of taste, 2800 sq. ft., conceived in stone & palms on landscaped % acre, view Palmilla Bay, 1 min. walk to beach, close to own mooring, $149,000.

Collect 503-226-6258 wkdays.

2 years old, like new condition.

Spacious cabin, well equipped and excellent for cruising.

Phone 415-462-8838 for more information.

YANKEE DOLPHIN 24

1980 WYLIE 31

A respected Sparkman and Stephens design with full keel/center and board traditional lines. Inboard gas, 5 sails, new rigging and extensive cruising equipment. An exceptionally good sailing boat. $13,000. (805) 966-0007 for info and equipment list.

Cold molded, diesel, full race including Trimble, Lewmars.

Harken, current sail inventory. Excellent record including Straits race 1st and 3rd, Great Equalizer 2nd and 1st or 2nd season champion every year.

(604) 266-9116.

SANDRA K. HANSEN P.O. Box 3069 Lihue, Hawaai 96766

(808) 742-6059

YACHT DELIVERY CAPTAIN ROBERT CARMAN of Operation Maritime. Personally delivering yachts throughout the Pacific Ocean. 100,000 miles experience. 24 hour phone (503) 271-4262.

Box 675 Winchester Bay, Oregon 97467.

ATTENTION NEWPORT 33 OWNERS All owners interested in starting an association in Bay Area, please contact David.

326-3772 (Days) 728-5178 (Eves)'

page 187

1941

NOR'SEA 27

ON-THE-WATER LIVING Elegantly appointed custom home located on San Francisco Bay. City, Bay and Marina views, extensive decking, and piers for 50 ft deep water dock.

Offered at $385,000.

Inquire at 415-376-5151.

BEST OFFER. OR TRADE

— GARDEN KETCH —

MOORE-24

SALE 1/2 PARTNERSHIP Islander 30 MK II fully equipped successful racer, good crew. $6,000 (possible terms) plus $291 per month your share payments and berth.

454-7617 eves.

36-ft Ketch. Fiberglass hull. Documented. Mercedes diesel.

Emergency raft and steering, sailing dinghy. Aires vane, 4 anchors, rode chain 100' 3/8", nylon 300' 5/8”, windlass 2 speed, 2 bilge pumps, 5 berths, VHF, RDF, log, depthsounder, San Francisco berth possible.

Quest (415)471-2377.

46'

Strength and classic beauty describe this well-known Transpac veteran. Port Orford cedar on oak, Volvo Penta diesel, only 140 hrs. Will pass any survey. Own this historic flyer in wonderful condition. $80,000/offer.

(415)676-7645.

For the Highest Quality, Dependability and Lowest Prices in Marine, Automotive and Industrial Batteries Call San Rafael Welding Supply (415) 457-0550

HANDS-ON INSTRUCTIONAL CRUISES Enjoy learning heavy weather sailing, anchoring, navigation, spinnakers & cruising skills. Join Solo TransPac skipper Mike Pyzei on a personally tailored 3-5 day live-aboard instruction cruise in Santa Barbara's offshore islands. Brochure. PYZEL NAVIGATION & CRUISING, 86 Olive Mill Rd., Santa Barbara, CA 93108.

(805) 969-4195.

THIRD REEF — 32’ CUSTOM RACER Won almost everything on Monterey Bay. Beat the "Big Boys" for under $26,000.

J-30 - '81 sharp and loaded. Fast, comfortable & roomy. Recent survey, new bottom. Offers.

Milt Gold 408-462-2338.

25’ FOLDING TRI Full cabin, very well built. 14' beam folds to 8'. With trailer, 9.5 o.b., 4 bags, extras. Emergency sale at $6500. Surveyed at 10K. (707) 643-9249

“REDRAWN" — HANS CHRISTIAN 43 KETCH We love her but need bigger boat. Some features inch Perkins 4-236 dsl, full sail inventory (8), Aries windvane, Benmar a.p., SatNav, Performance keel, lead ballast; radar; knotmeter/fathometer; wind instruments; VHF radio, Icom ham •radio; SSB radio; refer/freezer; trolling generator; wind generator; cannister liferaft; (2) EPIRBs; propane oven & stove; cockpit dodger & awning; Lee cloths; teak'decks recaulked ’84.

Redhawk is ready to go now — you won’t even have to fuel her!

She is a safe & fast proven world cruiser. Phil 435-5489. $129,950.

WANT TO BUY Private Party, $35,000 Cash, Looking for Cruising Liveaboard (213) 828-0804

HELP! TOO MANY BOATS! For sale, one and all.

44’ Cherubini ketch, diesel, 8 sails, sleeps 8, classic, “baby ticonderoga $150,000. 19’ Classic Chris Craft, mahogany .speedboat, all original, w/trailer & cover: $4,000. 13’ Boston Whaler w/35 hp Evinrude, w/trailer & cover: $3,500. 13’ Avon S-400, Sportboat w/40 hp Merc., waterski!: $2,500.13’ Laser, 1 year old, sailed 6 times: $1,500. Anchor chain 400’ 3/8 galv. proof coil: $800.

Call evenings: (415) 897-9111

ISLANDER FREEPORT 41 1977, fully cruise equipped aft cabin ketch, meticulously maintained. Chrysler-Nissan 6-33 dsl main, Onan dsl generator, Wood-Freeman a.p., Plath windlass, dual freezer/refrigerator, holding plate systems, downwind stays'Is, mizzen stays’l, mule, 'four roller furling working sails, 12 winches, full dodger' enclosure, 7 storm windows, teak and oak interior, butane stove & tanks, SatNav, SSB, sounders, speed logs, VHF’s, radar, wind indicators, spare parts. $130,000 cash or trawler.

Frank Fahey, Box 6642, San Diego,' CA 92106 (619) 224-3833

78 ISLANDER 36 $48,000 (415) 592-5924 Loran, ADF, VHF, full instrumentation, Benmar a.p., 10 Barients, 6 bags, Micron 33 bottom, fold prop, dsl, dodger, stereo, internal halyards, new boom, bulkheads, hull beefed-up, storm-tested, kero heater, refrg., cstm galley, new rigging.

ERICSON 28+

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1982. In new condition, diesel inboard, VHF, d£pth, stereo, anchor. All safety equipment, wheel steering, sleeps 5-6.

Asking $45,000. (415) 451-7000

I have a dream to sail thruout the world. Would like to find attractive, non-smoking, 30-45 F who shares the dream. I’m 40, attractive, fun-loving, thoughtful, into reading, environment, holistic health. Let’s support each other in La Paz, Bora Bora, Sydney, wherever. Jim, Box 5361, Berkeley, CA 94705.

HELP WANTED Rapidly expanding Marine Co. in Alameda needs person with knowledge of marine products, especially sailboat applications.

Position entails invoicing, assisting with changeover to a computer system, Data Entry and customer service. Computer experience helpful but not required. Contact Bret or Ralf (415)522-7860.

30’ COLUMBIA 35’ S.F. Gashouse Cove slip. New equipment in ’84, depthfinder, tri-color w/strobe and anchor light, k.m., log, “B" EPIRB, RDF, Loran, autopilot, folding prop, thru hulls vinyl hull paint. Standing rigging. Also . i. 3 head sails and spinnaker, inflatable, davits, AC/DC reefer, hot/cold shower, stove w/oven, Class IV head, 25 lb. CQR, 35 lb Danforth, and more.

459-8630 (sailing lessons as necessary)

ALBERG 37. MK II for comfortable cruising/liveaboard. Incl 8

41’ SEA TIGER FORMOSA KETCH,-.1971

LIGHTWEIGHT DIESEL - WINCHES

bags of sails, windlass, 3 anchors, self-tailing winches, auto pilot, refrig., heat, Loran, VHF, knot meter, log wind speed indicator, dodger, weather clothes, sun shade awning. More!

(415)538-2051.

Fiberglass hull, excellent condition, well-equipped for liveaboard, full galley, 4 cyl. diesel, dodger, autopilot, liferaft, too many extras to list. $59,000.

(415) 592-2626 at work call Werner (415) 876-4780

15 hp 2 cylinder all alum diesel engine. Perfect auxiliary for racing sailboat. Completely rebuilt, like new cond $1,950. Also 2 new Barient No.24 alum winches $360 each or both for $680.

Matt Morehouse 415-986-4410 days; 415-986-4410 eves.

PEARSON 26’ PARTNERSHIP Must sell 1/3 share of 1976 very clean, well equipped sloop, boat now used only once per month, will demo for serious buyer, Brickyard Cove berth, first $3,800 cash takes it, maint. just $60/mo. For details call Walt 305-556-1985 days.

HERRESHOFF H-28

CORONADO 27’

28 ft ketch in bristol cond. 1985 survey. Just .hauled. Beautiful yacht built in early 50’s. Fast and balanced. Very complete gear & electronics. New cover. Must sell. Will accept reasonable offer. Asking $17,000. (415)525-0279 eves.

Sleeps 5, 9.8 hp electric start Mercury O/B, working sails & spinnaker, maple whisker pole, new cushion covers and curtains, anchor, battery charger and much more. Very clean. So. S.F. berth. $12,900.

(415)349-8281.

TARTAN 30 CHARTER

PELICAN YACHT HARBOUR

Winter Rates!

Stiff, dry sloop, inboard, pressure water, VHF, depthsounder, knotmeter, sleeps 5-6, enclosed head, galley. $75.00/day 339-3288

Is accepting applications for berthing. Classic wooden sailboats preferred. Slips from 35 to 80+ ft-

' Loren Luke, Harbormaster *

415-332-0723.

P.O. Box 475, Sausalito, CA 94966

CULLEN MARITIME SERVICES, INC. MARINE SURVEYORS — APPRAISERS — CONSULTING ENGINEERS COMMERCIAL AND PLEASURE Members National Association of Marine Surveyors Since 1975 2480 Fifth St., Berkeley, CA 94710 Telephone (415) 849-3041 /Telex: 34395 CMS INC BERK

ISLANDER 28 Fresh water boat. OeWitt sails & spin., big self-tailing primaries, dodger, TillerMaster, etc New bottom & race package. Definately worth a call.

KMY (503) 2^1-0015

EXPRESS 37 “PRIMA”'

CHART PORTFOLIO SERVICES

Just commissioned with the Mazatlan Race undeKher belt. All the “right stuff” including 14 kevlar/mylar North sails & state-of-the-art electronics. Only $139,000 or submit offer or trade GERAGHTY MARINE (619) 562-8282

Chart Reproductions & Cruising Guides, covering entire Pacific Coast thru Panama, Caribbean F^h<fo° yn6Sn' Rawa"'New Zealand' ?c- Guaranteed satisfaction for 1/5 original cost! Sample cnart $2, free Portfolio Index. Bankcards welcome. MAHINA CRUISING SERVICES John Neal Box 800-L, Friday Harbor, WA 98250 (206) 378-2393.

OFFSHORE CRUISING SEMINARS

will help planning your dream cruise + save time, money and hassles. Weekend seminar covers: boat selection, outfitting, tropical medicine, coral piloting, anchoring & much more. Lectures, movies, slides, charts, 170-pg seminar notebook. Tiburon: Feb 16-17; Seattle: Feb 9-10. $95/single, $145/couple. MAHINA CRUISING SERVICES, Box 800, Friday Harbor, WA 98250 (206) 378-2393 sail

CUSTOM YACHT SERVICES

ASSISTANT HARBORMASTER Part time job in Sausalito. Two days per week. Includes minor maintenance.

Phone (415) 332-0723 for interview or send resume to' Loren Luke, Harbormaster, P.O. Box 475, Sausalito, CA 94966.

POWER

Engines: diesel, gas. Electric: installation, trouble shooting.

Finish: bright work, interiors, bottoms.

Scheduled Maintenance Services for all your boating needs.

On location ... Jim Roberts 759-5296

OCEAN SAILING CRUISES *r i fy 'fTRUCTI0NAL CRUISES, N. Cal. Coast. 47 foot luxury ketch MARISOL . Winter Rates: $100/day/person. Call 415-457-9525 or write Joe McGovern Harbor Leasing Co.. P.O. Box 639, Ross, CA 94957.

DISCOUNT PRICES ON CRUISING EQUIPMENT Zeiss quality German Sextants: $325. Seafarer fathometer, digital & flashing, reads to 600’ in

JibV«™crS,pSLh^lS: f89' * * * * S 6 * *°larStil1 f°r liferattS: $88’ Redwin9 Wind/Trolling generat

4598250 lb CQR:(206) $25°-Maii °rder ,rom: mahina CRUISING SERVICES, Box 800-L, Friday Harbor, WA 378-2393

MARINE SURVEYOR — CONSULTANT Design

MICHAEL McCLURE

Construction

P.O. Box 232. Moss Beach. CA 94036 (415) 728-3914 NAU»T«KOLt-m.

MARINE REFRIGERATION Custom-built marine refrigeration. Systems designed to your specifications. AC/DC & engine driven systems.

Sales * Service * Custom Designs * 20 years experience.

Schoonmaker Point (415) 331-7661 Sausalito

CAL 39 FOR CHARTER Skippered Bay and Delta Cruises. $300 per day including lunch Special rates for extended time (6 persons maximum) _(415) 342-4921 (eves)

NOR-CAL COMPASS ADJUSTING

RAFIKI 37 — The Edward Bernard

56 Castlewood Drive San Rafael, California 94901 (415) 453-3923, Dick

°c.ea"c/u'ser’aomf°^elivabrd-incl'8LpGstove,heater,dodger,VHF,chronmeter,d.s radar

PIRVP".T'

cS?600k;'Vfi°9n Noraft’ f/0 din9hy’ 35 lb CQR' Dan,orth 22S' 300' 3/8” cnain, buo 5/8 nylon rode, windlass, 8 sails, original owners. $87,000 THE FOREDECK (916) 635-1932 page 188

C ft C 39 Recent $10,000 price reduction to $47,500. Canadian built, 1972. Dsl. Racer/cruiser. 14 Barients. VHF, Omni, ham radio, stereo. Hot/cold pres, water.

Cstm RVG windvane, masthead strobe. Bimini top. Open layout, dbl quarter, 5 single berths. Nav station.

(805) 644-9665.

AKKA

BARIENT WINCHES

A simply superb blue water cruising sailboat! $53,000 (415) 658-1194.

New, in the box, with covers, 1/27 self-tailing, 4/26,1/21, all stainless or chromed bronze. 1/3 off list price.

873-8008 evenings.

ELEGANT LIFESTYLE FOR SALE ERICSON 33 SAILING TIMESHARES $260 per month gets you 10 weeks exclusive use of this high performance IOR yacht each year for the next 2 years! There’s no down payment, no financing hassles: just flexible, reserved access to a quality sailing experience. Her race-tested gear and luxurious cabin add up to safety, speed and comfort for you and your guests.

Call owner at (415)482-4222 for complete information.

43-ft professionally restored classic motor yacht built in 1931

by Stephens Brothers. Completely cruising equipped as well as all the comforts of home. 2 bedrooms, 2 baths. $78,000. 415-331-1550.

MULTI-PROFESSIONAL, CAPABLE COUPLE (42) Non-smokers, pleasantly disposed. Available to crew for long term cruise. Looking for sailboat of sufficient size that our services be compensable with an easily negotiated gratuity. Navigation, scuba, mechanical, superb cook. Call 415-530-6545.

CREW NEEDED FOR MEXICO

RANGER 23

A MUST SELL DEAL

1976. 5 Barient winches, 4 north sails, spinnaker gear, knotmeter, compass, 6 hp. Evinrude motor. Excellent condition. $14,250. Call Sy (916)752-2844 days or (916)753-2001 eves & weekends.

Beautiful Ed Monk 25 sloop. Cedar on oak, in great condition. Set to go, electronics, etc. Surveyed at $1 OK, must sell now! $6.5K. (415)453-1029, or (415)232-3567.

BEST CATALINA 30 ON THE BAY Shows like brand new! 1982, loaded with goodies, including propane stove, AC refrigeration, etc., etc. Call for long list of equipment. Over 44K invested, you get it for 39K. (707)255-8897.

Possibly extended cruise to South Pacific on Rhodes 44 ft sloop.

Leave Sausalito late Feb or mid March. Share food expenses ft final prep.

(415)474-1782 332-2366.

LEASE MY J-24

MORGAN 38 PARNERSHIP 1/5 share available in beautiful, bristol condition. Morgan 38 w/Sausalito berth, furling jib, refrig., propane stove, great stereo & more. Low down payment. Busy professionals looking for 1 more. All maintenance & upkeep contracted.

(415)332-6424.

FAMILY MEMBER FOR SALE Newport 30 phase 1 almost new diesel, dodger, auto pilot, VHF, liferaft, km & log, wind, delta awning, custom interior heavy duty batteries, fireplace, depth sounder, CNG stove, 4 head sails, 3 spin, drifter, custom rudder, cockpit cushions, Electra-san, lots of gear. Asking $29,000. days 459-6811 eves 435-9078.

El Toro $300.

COLUMBIA 36 Price reduced. Illness forces sale. Boat in excellent condition.

415-751-4182.

Lease to buy my J-24 in excellent condition. All class sails, Micron 22 bottom. EZ tandem trailer. Low down and easy monthly payments.

Call 415-932-2900, ask for Don Young.

ALASKAN CREW AVAILABLE

26' PEARSON ARIEL

Young couple available immediately and indefinitely to crew for you! Offering five years commercial fishing experience, excellent cooking abilities, cheerful company and hard working devotion! Please write: CREW, P.O. Box 2503, Kodiak, AK 99615.

Classic Alberg full-keel sloop, stiff and fast. Spinnaker, four jibs, good main, low-use Yanmar. Lots of gear, Monterey mooring available. Race one-design or go cruising. $14,650 or near offer.

Tim, 408-375-2067.

1982 CATALINA 27

SANTANA 20 $5,000 FIRM

CAVALIER 39’

With canvas cover for all her teak, she looks like a brand new boat! Dinette interior, Atomic 4, VHS, depth, whisker pole, grnd. tackle, jiffy reefing, safety equip, and more. $22,000.

(408)257-5268.

Main, 3 jibs, spinnaker, fully race equipped, all internal halyards and controls lead aft to cockpit, lifelines, Lewmar winches, Harken and Schaefer hardware, outboard motor. Schock trailer.

All good condition. (415)728-5021.

1976 New Zealand F/G sloop. Fully equipped: 8 sails, SSB, VHF, 8 man liferaft, wind vane, diesel, S/S stove, auto pilot, mahogany interior, plus much, much, more. $49,500.

John 415-967-7144.

32 CUSTOM WORLD CRUISER

TRANSPAC 49. Quality F/G cruising ketch, like new,

45-FT SLOOP

Beautiful, F/G cutter, teak deck, fully equipped. Just back from Hawaii, ready to go again, must be seen. Asking $65,000 or partial trade. Dirk 415-457-4417. P.O. Box 97, Mill Valley, CA

documented, custom interior designed for spacious family cruising or liveaboard. 600 gallon tankage, cruising refrigeration, sharp autopilot, well equipped. Terrific bargain from anxious owner, financing available. (714)493-6300 or (805)922-5015.

1974. All fiberglass Van de Stadt design. Center cockpit. The perfect fun and cruising boat ready to go anywhere in the world.

9 bags sails and too many extras to mention. She's a beauty.

Sacrifice at $60,000.

(916)342-2772.

94942.

SEARUNNER 31

DAWSON 26 KETCH Center cockpit. Wheel steering. Aft cabin. Electronics. Ground tackle. Head. Galley sleeps 5. Ready to go. Make offer.

415-388-1367.

MORGAN 38 Beautiful bluewater cruiser also makes a great Bay and Delta sailer. Good for liveaboard. Excellent condition. Includes many extras New spare main & jib, stereo radio, etc. $78,500/offer. (415)321-4074.

1974 DUFOUR The finest 27-ft sailboat on the Bay can be yours. Built when Dufour was famous for quality, this boat is built to withstand the rigors of offshore cruising and has a beautiful mahogany interior with French attention to detail. Well maintained. 4 headsails, inboard Volvo diesel, VHF, RDF, depth, 4-man Achilles, 2 anchors. $25,500.

Stu or Ann, 415-494-8900 work, or 408-259-5624 home.

LANCER 29

TAKE ME I'M YOURS

1980 Sloop loaded and in bristol condition. $32,000. Must sell as new boat has arrived. Great beginner boat for Bay or Delta.

Attractive terms to qualified buyer. Delta berth available.

(916)933-2792 eves.

Pearson Triton No.91, new sails, rebuilt engine, depth & knot log, heater, stoves, dodger. I've cruised SF-LA-Hawaii-Panama & feel great. Owner has other responsibilities & wants me to have a good home. 415-459-6099, make offer he won’t refuse.

CAPRI 30 ‘84 Norths, BMW Diesel, Navtec-Kenyon rig, all top quality and fast. Winner, Tahoe sail week, double hander, etc. Trophy producer will deliver CA. $25,000.

Lee days 916-895-6464 eves 916-891-8736.

CAPE DORY 36 Excellent condition. Only $88,000.

(415)591-4879 eves.

CATALINA 25. Swing keel, poptop, 10 hp Honda. Full custom canvas cover, varnished teak. Heavy/light air sails. Lewmar dual speed winches. Electronics/safety equip. EZ loader tandem axle tailer. Rigged with tabernacle mast. Very well maintained — never raced.

(408)728-2336 724-7771 eves.

LIVE YOUR DREAM

FOR SALE - 38’ F.C. HULL

Aboard classic motor sailing yacht, 10 min from downtown San Francisco. $695 per month inclusive slip and utilities. Deposit and references required. Option to buy, small down.

873-8008.

One of the best ever built. Will make an excellent cruising ship.

Very eager to sell. Best Offer.

Call Mark eves or weekends at (408)438-5426.

PELICAN CANVAS CO CAM*** CA,. iJVK, 1/CA,' AO*-

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8118

Sea^Bedl[Scujtmbuljhutf foryturboaP M3 775-3154 WOODEN BOAT REPAIR 20 years experience. Top quality repair, refastening, caulking, refinishing, conversions, also new work.

Bruce Northrup (415) 332-9114 evenings. page 189

Mini-keel Skeg Rudder A-frame. Propane stove & Paloma hot shower. C.B. Fath. RDF. Two anchors. Stereo. Main & jib. Outboard. A well made boat! Moss Landing. $18,000. Possible financing.

408-663-4101.

SAIL SEA OF CORTEZ 40’ Morgan "Out Island”. Bareboat or skippered. Equipped with everything. Zodiac, Windsurl, Hand dinghy with 9% hp. From $125 per week. 10% off record time.

Bob Moore. 415-892-0340.

PRACTICAL SAILING CHARTERS Cape Dory 36 (at Brisbane) $150/day Wright Allied 36 (at Brisbane) $150/day Cape Dory 30 (in San Diego) $120/day Call (415)591-4879 eves.

NEED YOUR BOTTOM CLEANED? CALL JOSH WILSON — 566-7826 Complete Diving Services

<d5 uufour, 81. 22.750 27' Ericson, 73,78.2frm 22.500 27’ Santana, sip, 71, f/g. 18,000 28' Dufour, 79, f/g, dsl. 41.500 28' Spirit, 79, f/g, dsl.,32,000 29' Cal, 70,72,74,74.. .4 frm 24.500 29'Cal 2-29, 74, f/g, dsl... 33,000 29' Cascade, '67, f/g, dsl. 35,000 29' Columbia, sip, '65, f/g..18,000 29' Gulf 29, sip, '81, f/g. 32.500 29' Ranger, 72, f/g. 22,950, 30' Ackerman, ctr, ’41, wd. 21.750 30' Baba ctr, '80, f/g, dsl. 69,000 30'Cal 2-30, '68, f/g, dsl. 28.500 30’ Cal 3-30, 75, f/g. 29.500 30' Ericson, ’67,'68s,'69s. 4 frm 27,950 30' Fisher Northeaster MS, 76 61.500 30' Olson, sip, '80, f/g. 29,000 30’ Newport, sip, 76, f/g. 35,000 30' Rawson, sip, 74, f/g. 37.500 30' S-2 9.2A, sip, 78. 39,000 30' Tartan, sip, 78, f/g. 41.500 30' Yamaha, sip, 79, f/g. 41,900 30' Wylie cstm %, 76, f/g, dsl. 40,000 31’ Cal, sip, 79, f/g.

47,000 32’ Columbia 9.6, sip, 77 45,000 32’ Endeavour, sip, 79, f/g. . . . 55,000 32’ Ericson, 70,74.2 frm 29.500 32' Islander, sip, 77, f/g. 45.500 32’ Marieholm, 74, f/g, dsl. . . . 44,000 32’ Targa, sip, 78, f/g. 47.500 32' Westsail, (2)’74s.2 frm 47.500 33' Morgan PH, '80, f/g_ 84,250 33’ Ranger, sip, 74, f/g... .

42.500 33’ Windward, sip, '47, wd.

21.500 34’ Cal 2-34, sip, 76, f/g....

49,000 34’ C&C, sip, '81, f/g.

69.500 34' Dash, sip, '82, f/g.

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34' Farr, sip, ’83, f/g.66,000 34' O'Day, sip, ’81, f/g.66,000 34’ Wylie, sip, ’80, f/g.59,000 35' Cal, sip, '80, f/g.71,000 35’ Cheoy Lee Lion, sip, '65, f/g45,000 35’ Ericson, sip, 79, f/g.65,000 35’ Fuji, kch, 75, f/g.69,900 35’ Rasmus, sip, 73, f/g.65,900 35' Reimers, ctr, '57, wd.35,000 35’ Santana, 79,'80.2 frm 70,000 36’ Columbia, sip, 70, f/g.48,000 36’ Islander, sip, 71, f/g.44,995 36' Yamaha, sip, '80, f/g.72,000 37* Islander, kch, 77, f/g.63,000 37' Pacific Seacraft, ctr, 78, f/g61,500 38’ Downeast, sip, 76, f/g.74,000 38’ Ericson, sip, '80, f/g.87,500 38' Farallone Clipper, sip, '55. .50,000 38* Farr, '80, '83.2 frm 88,000 38' Morgan, sip, 78, f/g.87,500 39'Cal, 79,’80.2 frm 95,000 39' Hess cstm, sip, '48, wd, MS52.000 39’ Yorktown, -80, f/g, dsl.75,000 39’ O’Day, sip, ’82, f/g.83,500 40’ Acapulco, ctr, 78, f/g... .119,500 40’ Lady Helmsman, sip, 79. . .35,000 40’ Raina, dsl.105,000 40’ Herreshoff, ctr, '38, wd. . .. 74,500 41' Islander, sip, 76, f/g.109,000 42’ Cooper 416, sip, f/g.127,500 42’ Spencer, sip, '66, f/g.69,000 42’ Westsail, 76,77_2 frm 125,000 44' Peterson, sip, 78, f/g.129,000 45’ Explorer, kch, 79, f/g.114,000 46’ Grdn cstm, kch, 70, wd. . . 125,000 47’ Garden Vagabond, kch. . .139,500 48' Mapleleaf, sip, 76, dsl. .. .194,500 50' Columbia, sip, ’66, f/g.99,000 50’ Gulfstar, 77,79_2 frm 176,000 58’ Stone cstm, kch, 75, dsl. .270,000

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ADVERTISER'S INDEX Marine Market Place.36

Americana Coastal Cruising School.23

Sanford-Wood.39

Mariner Square Yachts.8

Sausalito Marine Salvage.38

Maritime Lawyer Fred Harris. .76

Sausalito Yacht Sales.45

Edinger Marine Services. . . .82,84

McDonald Electronics.^40

Scanmar Marine Products . . 72,73

Far West Charters.56

McGinnis Insurance.68

Seabird Sailing School..84

Farallone Yacht Sales. ..21

Milano Yachts.196,197

Seagull Marine.53

Fifth Avenue Boatyard.42

Monterey Bay Fiberglass.49

Semaphore Technology.50

Foredeck. The.36

Monterey Bay Yacht Club.... I 31

Ships

David Fraser Yachts.

15

Motorcycles Unlimited.51

Singlehanded Sailing Society... 131

Friendly Foam Shop. The.68

Myerchin Marine.67

Slocum

Dave Garrett Yachts.33

Nadalin Yacht Sales.194

Smith & Co.74

General Yacht Ex.195

Nicro/Fico.80

Sobstad

Gianola & Sons.80

NorCal

Yachts.100,101

Spinnaker Shop, The.81

Glen Cove Marina.53

North Coast Yachts.38

Stanford University.145

Golden State International.... 31

North Sails.22

Starbuck Canvas Works.69

Gorman & Thomson. ... 149.190

Ocean Yachts.62

Stockdale Marine & Nav.194

Chandlery.82

Yachts.117

Sails.37,72

Harbormaster Services.82

Odyssey

Sailmakers.48

Sunset Yachts.35

Harris, Joe, Clothing.59

Offshore Medical Services.... 82

Sutter Sails.47.84

Hatler. Don, Yachts.67

Olympic Circle Sailing.145

Svendsen’s Chandlery. . . 16,17,83

Hawthorne

Engines.44

O’Neill’s.10

System Three Resins.49

Haynes Sails.82

Oswald Machine Equipment... 60

Brickyard Landing.31

Tedrick-Higbee Insurance.42

HCH Yachts.113

Jack Otis Yachts.26

Bob Tefft Cruising.192

Brisbane

Hogin Sails.57

Owen & Co.14

Thumper Marine.70

Marina.40

Marine.63

CalCoast.79

Homebase Inc.84

Pacific Delta Insurance.42

Tompkins

Anderson, Steve Woodwork’g I 17

Cal-Marine Electronics.65

Hood Sailmakers.24

Palo Alto Harbor Association . . 82

Associated Yacht Brokers. .193

California Maritime Academy , . 68

Tradewind Instruments Ltd. . . .25

Hudson Boats.194

Parker, Kermit, Yacht Sales. .191

California Sailing.66

TransPak Insurance.32

Bailiwick. Inc..

J/Boats

Passage

Ballena Isle Marina.58

Capital

Insurance.54

J.A.L. Enterprises.41

Peninsula Marine Services.70

Vallejo

Barr. Jack. Yacht Sales.28

Capitola Bay Marina.84

Basin Boatworks

Carefree

Anchorage

81

West.19

Yachts.4,5,6,7

55.51

Ulmer Kolius Sails.27 Marine.36

Jefferson Marine.113

Pier 39 Marina.46

Cruises.70

Ventura West Marina.77

Johnson Hicks.29

Bob Pinkus Marine.60

Cass' Marina.69

Voyager Marine.78.145

Bay Pacific Yachts.38

Jones, Peter, Yacht Brokerage 192

Pryde

Celestial Navigation

Walnut Creek Honda.54

Bay Riggers. Inc.43

Jones, Steve. Marine Services. 190

Railmakers.41

West Marine Products.86,87

Benicia

72

Marina.77

is Easy.82

Sails.42

Lake Tahoe Windjammers. ..113

Repo Hotline.198

Berkeley Marine Center

84

City Yachts.199,200

Western Chrome Plating.... I 17

Lanocote.75

Richards & van Heeckeren.3

Black Box. The

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Cruising World Yachts.12,13

Westwood Sails.117

Le Walder Boom Brake.71

Richmond Boat Works.45

BMW Marine.

Whale Point Marine.76

64

D'Anna Sailing Co.194

Leading Edge Sails.33

Richmond Yacht Club.131

Boater's Friend.55

Detco Marine.80

Wilson, Don, Yachts..*..34

List Marine Enterprises.113

Richmond Yacht Service.64

Boaters Supply

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DeWolf Yacht Sales.25

Willard Marine.59

Marin Custom Boat Repair... 113

Rochester Instruments.20

Boating Assistance Corp.

127

Dickerson. R.E., Insurance. . . . 74

Windships.60,61,195

Marin Yacht Sales.52

Sailboat Shop, The.2

Bock. Chris. Instruments.

85

Downtown Marine.44

Woodrum Marine.41

Marina Bay.64

S F. Bay Boat Brokers.192

BottomSider Cushion Co

75

Downwind Designs.190

World Yacht Center.18

Marine Alert.71

San Francisco Boatworks.56

Boy Scouts of America

76

Eagle Yachts.21

Yacht Registry.84

Marine Engineering.20

San Francisco Yacht Sales. ... 163

Brickyard Cove Marina

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Edge water Yacht Sales.191

Yacht — Freedom.194

Marine Heat Corp.84

San Francisco Yacht Service. . .82

Yegan Marine.9

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EDGEWATER YACHT SALES 1306 BRIDGEWAY

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KERMIT PARKER YACHT BROKERAGE (415) 456-1860 San Rafael Yacht Harbor, 557 Francisco Blvd., San Rafael, CA 94901

32’ FUJI

Cutter. 1977. Fully equipped. Diesel.

Teak interior. 1 Try $38,500.

30’ FISHER.

Pilothouse. 1973.

Fiberglass. Diesel.

Full cruise electronics. Rue. Radar. Electronics. Refer., shower, fireplace.

60’ STAYS’L SCHOONER .Built in U.S. 1958. Classic.

BMC dsl. Tremendous possibilities for cargo or charter. $45,000.

MR? « ™ 55’ PETERSON COASTER II Built locally in 1980. Diesel.

A gem!

Asking $118,000.

Try Offer of $45,000

38’ VIKING.

Flybridge cruiser.

1970. Twin diesels, 5kw generator, radar, autopilot, loaded with added equipment.

45’ BURNS KETCH Comfortable cruiser. Perfect cond.

Solid construction — Kauri.

Try $90,000.

FREYA 39 Completely cruise equipt; engine just overhauled; cruised extensively. Loaded & ready to go! $118,000

37’ ANGLEMAN KETCH Very roomy cruiser. Excellent liveaboard. Owner anxious. $59,000./0ffers

35’ CORONADO Very comfortable liveaboard.

Center cockpit. Wheel steering.

Try $36,000.

33’ WINDWARD Pretty and fast, all ready to go cruising. Owner anxious.

Try $27,000.

32’ WESTSAIL Best Westsail buy in the Bay Area.

Ready to cruise anywhere.

Try $39,900.

Try offer/$26,500.

36’ STEPHENS.

Classic beauty, teak & cedar, twin engines, just refastened & painted.

Try $10,000.

SAIL - PARTIAL LIST CATALINA, clean.

CUTTER with inboard engine.

GLADIATOR loaded w/equipment.try SEXTANT new inboard.reduced to CAL 2-27 loaded w/equipment.

NICHOLS sloop, loaded.

FARALLONE CLIPPER diesel.try STONE schooner, diesel.asking MORGAN Outlsland. trY GULFSTAR loaded w/sails & electronics.

COLUMBIA cruise ready.,.try SCHOONER diesel.only asking POWER — PARTIAL LIST DANISH cruiser, Volvo eng. ask CARVER Santa Cruz Turbo diesel.

ALBIN aft cabin cruiser.. .*.... • try MAGNUM offshore, new engines. only LUHRS flybridge seaskiff.

L.C.M. diesel, ideal liveaboard.

GRAND BANKS twin diesel.try CHRIS CONNIE EXPRESS. • MATTHEWS sedan with bridge, mint.• try TRAWLER ocean cruiser/liveaboard.

LAWLEY classic, diesel.on,y page 191

5cnnn 6,000 6,000 3,500 20,000 11.600 35,000 45,000 55,000 130,000 95,000 45,000 2.800 16.500 15,500 11,500 0.800 8.000 39,000 11>500 45,000 49.5000 39,000

29’ COLUMBIA Full keel, inboard. Great potential for cruising. A great buy.

Only $13,000.

25’ McGLASSON BAHAMA Full keel, cruise equipt.

Recent haul and bottom o.b.

Trailer available. $11,500

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Master Mariner “Grampa Gilmer Auxiliary Ketch..

Farallone Clipper.

S & S Bermuda Yawl. ....

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Kettenburg K-40.

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1960..

1953 .. .

1960 . . .

1961 . ..

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.. 12,500.00 frm. 19,000.00 .. 39,500.00 .... 3,000.00 .. 99,900.00 .. 40,000.00 .... 65,000.00 .... 67,000.00 .... 45,000.00 .Inquire

24’ 30' 32’ 38’ 63’

Reinell.

Pacemaker Sportfisher.

Chris Craft.

Pacemaker Sportfisher.

Tuna Jig Fisherman, fig.

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1978 1965 1966 1965 1984

.... 15,500.00 .... 14,500.00 .... 16,000.00 .... 39,995.00 .. . 375,000.00

Santana.

1969 . . .

Falmouth Cutter. 1979 ...

Tremolino Tri, trailer.

Bristol.2 available. '67, ’78..

Frisco Flyer II. 1963 .. .

Columbia MKII. 1971 . . .

Santana.

1968 . . .

Albin Cumulus ,1982.. .

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.6,000.00 .. . $24,900.00 5,600.00 frm .. 8,500.00 .... 19,500.00 .... 12,500.00 .... 12,500.00 .... 33,000.00 . 29,900.00 . 12,500.00 42,000.00 39,500.00 39,500.00 34,500.00 63,000.00 75,000.00 79,900.00 .. 90,000.00 .. 62,000.00 . 122,500.00

THERE IS NOTHING — ABSOLUTELY NOTHING — HALF SO MUCH WORTH DOING AS SIMPLY MESSING ABOUT IN BOATS." . .

PETER JONES YACHT BROKERAGE (415) 386-5870 BUYERS: If you’re looking for a boat & don’t see it here, or if you don’t know which boat among trie 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.

37’ TARTAN ’78. Well maintained, deep keel version of this well-known Sparkman & Stephens design. Equipped with dodger, VHF, depthsounder, 4 cyl diesel, pulpits and lifelines, etc. Offered at a reasonable $70,000.

36’ CHEOY LEE CLIPPER KETCH ’70. Extremely well-equipped boat in good condition with lots of cruising gear including Aries vane, Avon liferaft, hard dinghy,-.Walker log, M.O.B. and much more. Offered with a San Francisco Berth at $58,000.

33’ NORWEST ’80. This is a beautiful example of the hard to find Chuck Burns design. With a custom interior. Combi instruments. CNG stove and Yanmar diesel, she is ready to go. $55,000.

33’ VANGUARD ’64. This famous Rhodes design is in remarkable shape with new standing rigging, new diesel engine, new spinnaker, autopilot, and lots of extras. $35,000. , 33’ PEARSON 323 ’77. Offered by the original owner, this Shaw designed sloop has teak and holly cabin sole, opening ports, hot pressure water, Volvo dsl & more. Excellent for Bay sailing as well as coastal cruising. $55,000. > 32’ LAPWORTH DASHER ’60. This strip planked sloop was built by Hank Easom and is in remarkable shape with a recent complete re-rigging. She is fast and stiff and is a lot of boat for $25,000.

38’ MARIAH ’78. Built by Pacific Seacraft, this sturdy cruising cutter has been to Mexico and Alaska and is ready to go again. $52,500.

30’ SANTANA ’77. Shad Turner designed sloop with wheel steering, Volvo diesel, good sail inventory, and clean interior. Ready to go at $36,000.

30’ YANKEE MKUI ’73. Sparkman & Stephens sloop with headfoil, diesel, Monitor vane. Excellent racer cruiser for MORA, Bay or Mexico. $29,500.

30’ NORTHSTAR 1000 ’73. Sparkman & Stephens sloop built in Canada. VHF, depth and wheel steering. Owner must sell and has dropped the price to $18,000.

28’ ISLANDER ’76. Nicely cared for popular one-design sloop with diesel, excellent sail inventory, and recent LP paint. $33,500.

26’ RANG'ER ’71. A well-rigged example of this popular Mull one-design.

Owner has moved up to a larger boat and wants to sell. Offer.

CALL FOR MANY MORE LISTINGS SELLERS: If you own any well-built boat in good condition & want an honest and capable person to represent you during the problems of negotiation, financing, sea trial, survey, title transfer, insurance, property tax proration & the inevitable Snafu, please call & list your boat.

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46’ McCURDY & RHODES Cstm Alum. Stays’l Kch, ’65, completely outfitted for long distance cruising, successful circumnavigation to her credit $110 000

SELECTED LISTINGS 30’ Garden double-ended gaff cutter BULL FROG, 1947, neat_$34,000 30’ Atkin Litte Maid of Kent schooner, 1962, character.33,000 32’ Contessa sloop, 1976, vane, new diesel, excellent.42,000 32’ Traditional Block Island cutter, 1923, good sailer.29,500 32’ Atkin custom Eric ketch, SAAB diesel, recent survey.44,000 32’ Westsail cutter, 1975, vane, TillerMaster, good gear.54.000 33’ Alajuela cutter, 1978, Aries, A/P, SatNav, loaded.62^500 34’ Seagoes yawl, 1967, sister to famous ISLANDER, strong.25,000 34’ True North cutter, 1976, vane, Mexico veteran, heavy.60,000 35’ van de Stadt steel sloop, 1963, loaded singlehander.53,000

36’ Herreshoff Nereia ketch, 1955, excellent sailer, neat.42,000 36’ Atkin/Lange Cape George cutter, 1974, has everything.!. 89*000 37’ Garden Wanderbird ketch, built by Fung 1967, great.45^000 38’ Atkin Ingrid new custom construction, excellent.89*000 39’ Westsail/Custom built new cutter, absolutely outstanding.... 98*000 40’ Concordia yawl, 1957, built/maintained to high standards_75*000 40’ Caraff/Custom steel cutter, 1979, recently sailed here_ 89 000 42’ Schock/Dittmar schooner WHISPER, 1927, very fast boat.45,000 43’Garden/Fung Porpoise, 1975, Hawaii veteran, beautiful.130,000 46’ Archer/Custom heavy ketch, commissioned 1973, clean.130,000

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46’ GILES/MOODY F/G Kch, '74 to Lloyd’s 100-1A specs, sailed here from England, fully found, inside steer'g, aft cabin, beautiful. $165,000.

42 WHITBY Aft Cabin Ketch, 1975, vane, VHF, SSB, 7.5 KW, A/P, many other extras, cruise veteran. $99,500.

mnnmcn rxeiun , vane, Avr, Loran, ouirit ted for long distance sailing, shows well. $77,501

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Bahama sip, dsl sip, d3l. kch, dsl. sip, gas, clean.. ‘ sip, dsl. sip, gas. sip, gas. sip, gas. sip, dsl.

Ten meter, gas. sip, gas. sip, dsl. kch, dsl. sip, gas, loaded. sip, dsl. sip, dsl. sip, dsl. kch, dsl. kch, dsl. cutter, dsl. cutter, dsl. kch, loaded, dsl

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46’ MT-46 (Sea Star 460) ’82, completely outfitted for Circumnavigation! $170,000.

32’ERICSON 70 to 74. Several At Our 31’ CHEOY LEE '67, new varnish,. 46’ EAGLE NEW Pilothouse cutter, Docks. From $31,000_Barients, rig’g, well-maint’d. $39,500.

Stan Huntingford design. $129,500.

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NEPTUNE with trailer. $2,850 VENTURE with trailer.4,990 RANGER never raced.10,500 S-2.9,800 LANCER . .N,.9,700 PIVER TRIMARAN must see.16,950 CORONADO.9,300 CAPE DORY full keel.12,500 NEWPORT.22,900 CAL T2-27.16,000 COLUMBIA. 23,000 RANGER race equipped.24,500 RAWSON full keel.27,500 ERICSON.24,900 CATALINA like new.36,900 HANS CHRISTIAN.74,900 CAL 3-34. 56,900 CHEOY LEE cruising liveaboard.

65,500 FANTASIA.65,000 PEARSON. 49,000 ISLANDER.54,900 PEARSON 390 cruise ready.84,950 CHALLENGER. 83,300 HARDIN.125,000 DOWNEASTER spacious liveaboard.Make Offer FORCE FIFTY excellent condition.145,000 POWER STAN CRAFT SPORTFISHER.27,500 BAYLINER VICTORIA.22,500 TROJAN SPORTFISHER very clean.52,500 CALIFORNIAN. 75,000 PACEMAKER.; . . 79,500 BELL DBL CABIN TRAWLER.87,500 CHRIS CRAFT COMMANDER. .159,000 PENINSULA MARINA, REDWOOD CITY, CA 94063

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’78. H/C equipt for cruising, Loran, refrigeration, etc.

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Partial List SAIL Pearson. try.

J/Boat. try.

Columbia, i.b.try..

Cal.sharp. try.

Catalina.try.

C&C.sharp.

Cheoy Lee.try.

Pearson. current survey..

Fisher.try.

Fuji ketch.2 from.

Hunter, bristol. 10% down.

Ericson. racer.

Islander. loaded.try Cheoy Lee ketch.try.

Gulfstar Sailmaster.. bristol, terms... .Cstm built kch.New Zealand...

Columbia. trade ?.

Motorsailer. sharp!.

. $6,000 . . . . . . . . . . . .

11,000 10,500 18,000 15,000 26,000 19,000 27,500 52,000 44,500 48,900 50,000 55,000 140,000 . 80,000 245,000 110,000 395,000

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Try $195,000.

’74 ’84 ’71 ’81 ’65 ’79

30’ 40’ 42’ 42’ 43’ 43’

POWER . . . Partial List Chris. _ (2) from.

Nova Trawler..

Grand Banks... .twin dsl.

Northern. .... exlnt liveabrd.

Mathews.

Viking MY.... boat trade.

’79 ’81 ’69 ’50 ’54 ’69

44’ 45’ 47’ 50’ 55’ 60’

Marine Trader.

Lancer MY....

Chris Cmdr....

Stephens.

Chris Conn....

Pacemaker ....

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Pristine condition. $93,000.00

SELECT LISTINGS 25’ CORONADO sloop, 1967, fixed keel.

$5,500

26’ COLUMBIA sloop, 1970, 6 sails, spinnaker.

10,000

26’ CHEOY LEE sloop, 1959, “Frisco Flyer”.. •

10,000

27’ CORONADO sloop, 1971, Yanmar diesel.

16,000

28’ LANCER sloop, 1976.

16,000

30’ FARALLON sloop, full keel, Universal diesel.

Offers

34’ NASSAU cutter, 1985, full keel, dbl ender, 33 hp Yanmar

65,500

35’ ERICSON sloop, 1970.

44,950

36’ MOODY ketch, 1968, strong English-built boat.try

69,000

37’ HUNTER cutter, 1979, aft cabin, Yanmar diesel.

55,000

37’ TAYANA MKII cutter, 1983, pristine, loaded: w/spray.

94,000

dodger, tanbark sails, autopilot, plus much more!......

42’ TAYANA VANCOUVER cutter, 1985, center cockpit... 126,950 Hood furling jib, staysail, Perkins diesel, electronics.

Beautiful!.

48’ MARINER ketch, 1980, Perkins 4-236, autopilot, aft... 145,000

. 18,000 110,000 . 95,000 110,000 . 55,000 195,000

135,000 110,000 115,000 _ loaded. 120,000 .gorgeous interior .. 110,000 _ Coast Guard. 245,000 cert, for charter.

280,000 Hatteras MY...

150,000 . .just hauld/surveyd .. ..

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52’ TAYANA cutter, 1984, Robert Perry design, Loran C... 298,000 Nav 5, autopilot, radar, SatNav, 7.5 kw, central heat,... central vacuum. Too much to list.

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40’ ACAPULCO CUTTER A TecUCarpenter, stiff sailing, full keel cruiser that includes SatNav, Ham, Autopilot, forced air heat, dodger, dsl, propane, reefer & freezer. Sleeps 8. : $ 119,500

WESTSAIL 32 Don't buy a full keel cruising boat until you’ve seen this new listing. Roller Furl Jib Wind Vane, RDF, Dsl Heater, EPIRB, 5 Sails full instruments, Liveaboard or Cruise in comfort. $60,000

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★ 29.9 BRISTOL Wheel, Custom Dodger, Electronics . . . 49,950 ★ 35’ RAFIK! 35 Diesel, Generous teak, spacious cruiser 67,500 ★ 35’ FANTASIA Cutter, autopilot, by appt. only. 68,000 ★ 35’ PERRY CUTTER Dsl., lots of teak, spacious. 75,000 ★ 37’ ANGLEMAN KETCH Diesel, teak decks. 40,000 37’IRWIN Cnt-cockpit Ketch, LOADED. 67,000 37’ GULFSTAR New sails, new interior, has cruised . . . 80,000 ★ 38’OHLSON Swedish quality, many sails.

53,000 38’DOWNEAST Cutter, Diesel, 4 cruising sails. 74,000 ★ 38.8’ BRISTON Windmachine, VHF, K/M, D/S. 119^000 ★ 38’ ERICSON Tri-cabin, Diesel, late model, sacrifice 87 500 ★ 39’YORKTOWN CC, loaded.

65^000 ★ 39’ CAL CORINTHIAN Rod rig., dsl heat, 12 winches .

99^500 ★ 40’ACAPULCO Sat-Nav, ham, auto-pilot, dsl. 119,500 ★ 41’ BRISTOL Center Cockpit, Loaded, REDUCED .... 169^000 41’ CHEOY LEE Radar, Auto Helm, Loran.105,000 44’ ALDEN Cutter, GORGEOUS.325^000 ★ 47’ CHEOY LEE OFFSHORE 47, Honolulu Vet.115,000 48’MAPLE LEAF CCV Full ele, loaded. 194,500 ★ 50’ GULFSTAR So. Pacific Vet., loaded, better than new 159,000

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This Canadian built Alberg includes a dsl, 8 sails, full electronics, auto pilot Ratcliff Vane, Sail Dink, + more. Totally cruised equipped, this Alaska Vet is a comfortable liveaboard. $32,000 GREAT STARTER — CRUISING BOATS — IB & OB 20’ CAL Great Bay boat, large 1-design. 3,500 ★ 23’ ERICSON New instruments, new main, clean.

7,000 ★ 24’ WINDARD SLOOP Full Keel, good sailor, classic . .

7,900 ★ 24’ BRISTOL Roilerfurling jib, sh. pwr, elec St. 14,000 25’ SAMAURI Strong, pocket cruiser.

10,000 ★ 26’WINDROSE.NEVER SAILED. 9,500 ★ 26’ ISLANDER Sun cover, 4 sails, bristol.

25,000 ★ 26’ COLUMBIA MK II Lg. 1 design fleet, 4 from. 11,000 26’ INT. FOLKBOAT Classic Scan, design, 2 from. 15,500 ★ 26 CONTESSA fk, auto pilot, Lloyd specs.

17,500 27’ SANTANA Diesel, 5 sails inc. spinnaker, lines aft . . . 18,000 ★ 27’ ERICSON IB, good buys, 3 from. 20,500 27’ MORGAN BMW diesel, 5 sails, spinn. new wiring . 20,250 . A27’ COLUMBIA 8.3 Inbd. NOT GOING ANY LOWER 20,500 27’ SUN Inboard, Bob Perry design, very clean ....... 27,500 ★ 27’ CATALINA 3 Sails, ready to go. 3 from. 16,000 ★ 27’CORONADO Needs a nice home.OFFER 29’ SANTANA Dsl., 5 sails, good buy.

18,000 ★ 29’ SUNWIND Diesel, 3 sails, European quality, reduced 34,900 29’ COLUMBIA IB, 7 sails w/2 spinn. 18,000 MOVING UP — COASTAL CRUISERS ★ 29’ ISLANDER fk, inb., New sails, vane, dodger.

24,500 ★ 30’CORONADO Riller furling, Inb. 22,000 30’ ISLANDER MK II Pedestal, dsl, great sails.

33,500 ★ 30’ISLANDER BAHAMA Wheel, Signet, clean. 44,500 30’ ERICSON Well equipped, 3 sails, Inboard 27,000 30’ S 2 9.2 C Center cockpit, aft cabin, Diesel. 42,000 ★ 32’ ENDEAVOR Easy to handle, good sailer, 2 from 50,000 32’ERICSON Inboard, well kept. 34,000 36’ ISLANDER Inboard, Tiller.54,000 ★ 36’ HUNTER Dodger, Dsl, s/t winches, R. Furling .... 65,oou CLASSIC CRUISERS ★ 26’ FRISCO FLYER glass hull, teak decks, PERFECT ★ 30’ CHOEY LEE KETCH Diesel, shorepower, teak★ 30’ BALTIC CRUISER Inboard, Wood w/fiberglass over ★ 31’ DASHER Easom bit., L-32, new rig, clean.

30’ KNARR International One Design, Classic.

31’ ANGLEMAN Ketch, wd, dsl, propane, vane.

35’ MARINER KETCH Wood, dsl., Inst.

36’ CHEOY LEE Clipper Ketch, loaded . . . ..

36’ ANGLEMAN KETCH Dsl., pac, vet, ready to go 4 5 ’ CUSTOM NZ KETCH Center cockpit, extensive gear ★ 46’ GARDEN KETCH Loaded, 6 sails, diesel, proven ★ 60’ GAFF RIGGED SLOOP APPT, ONLY.

21,500 26,500 13,000 24'^® OFFb 35,OOU 40,000 5»,oou 48,000 108,000 125,000 175,000

& C % Ton New North Kevlar main & #3 (110%) to be included for the lucky buyer. Just frosting on the cake of this super custom boat and equipped * */z tonner. Rod Rig, extra mast and much more.

Very competitive YRA & Mora. $37,500

40’ C & C 1979 An excellent example of a lush, comfortable interior surrounded by a state of the art, powerful, high performance racing hull.

Very well equipped for racing or cruising with the right gear for the job. Full winch inventory with Barient #32-3 speed primaries, 7 sails. ___ *115,000 C & C’s GALORE — RACE OR CRUISE ★ 30’ C & C '/z TON 12 Sails, rod rigging, custom 37,500 ★ C & C 35 MKI Very clean.REDUCED 49,950 ★ C & C 35 MKII Lots of gear. 64,500 C & C 36 Custom rig, loaded, Loran C. 89,500 ★ C & C 38’ LANDFALL R. furling very clean. 88,950 C & C 40’ As new, spinn., good elect. Reduced .

99,000 SWING KEEL OB — TRAILERABLE — STARTER BOATS ★ 17’ LEISURE Twin Keel, English sloop, new sails.

4,500 ★ 20’ NEWPORT 6 Sails, Cockpit Cushions.

5,500 ★ 20’O’DAY W/TRAILER Ready to go anywhere . 5,500 ★ 21’ NORTHWEST Diesel, Pocket Cruiser, Delta Special 10,000 ★ 21’SPRIT 6.5 w/Trailer Clean, simple, family fun.

6,500 EXHILERATING HIGH PERFORMANCE - RACE READY ★ 24’J 24 Class Sails, Spinn., priced right. 11’300 25’ SANTANA 525 Go fast, one design. 2 from. 15,500 ★ 29’ BUCCANEER 295 ’84 ‘SSEAFIRE” Farallones Winner 39,000 29’ BUCCANEER 295 Spin gear, 4 sails. 32,500 ★ 30’J 30 Very clean, lots of sails, ready to go. ’3,500 34’ WYLIE 34 Class sails, good electronics. 60,000

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24' ISLANDER BAHAMA.9,000 24' NIGHTINGALE.14,500 24’SAMOURAI. OFFERS 25'DAVIDSON. 25 000 25’FLEUR BLEU.5,900 25’MERIDIAN 126..

12 000 25’ YAMAHA 2o|o00 25’PACIFIC CLIPPER. 13 000 25' CHEOY LEE (FRISCO FLYER).19,500 25' PETERSON.3 from 15,000 25'FREEDOM (CAT RIG).27,500 25' NORDIC FOLKBOAT.9,000 26’ARIEL by PEARSON.13,500 26' INTERNATIONAL FOLKBOAT. .

18,900 26’ CONTESSA 30,000 26' EXCALIBUR.2 from 13,900 27’ ERICSON 27,000 27’ CAL 2-27 sip 2 from 22,500 27’ SANTA CRUZ.12,500/B.O. 27’ MULL CUSTOM.2 from 10,900 27’ NEWPORT 27 S II.16,600 27’CATALINA.3 from 17,000 28’ HALBERGH SLOOP.11,500 28’ATKINS ENSENADA (F/G).29,900 28’ MAIR SLOOP 7/8th sip.24,500 28’ NEWPORT.OFFERS/26,500 28’ LANCER.OFFERS/25,000 28’ SAN JUAN.29,000 29’ CAL.3 from 26,500 29’ CASCADE.22,500 29’ RANGER.2 from 24,500 29’ SUNWIND RACER/CRUISER.34,500 29’ BRISTOL 49,950 30’ PACIFIC.11,000 30’CORONADO.32,000 30' OLSON. 29,950 30’ NONSUCH. 69,500 30’ ISLANDER MK II.3 from 25,000 30’ NEWPORT (PHASE II)..35,000 30’SHIELDS CLASS 8,000 30’ TARTAN. 37,000 30' COLUMBIA.31,500 30’ FISHER MOTORSAILER.61,500 30’ WYLIE 3/4 TON. 38.000 30' PEARSON.29,500 30’ BURNS % TON.OFFERS 30’ US. 36.000 31’ PETERSON.OFFERS/TRADES 32’ WESTSAIL CTTR.2 frm 49,900 32’ ISLANDER MARK I.39,500 32’ ISLANDER 49,950 32’ ERICSON. 32,000 33’ TARTAN 10 29,950 33'APHRODITE 101.49,500 33’WYLIE.75,000 34’ WYLIE 59,000 34’CHRISTENSON.13,000 34’ HUNTER. 56,000 34’ CAL.3 from 33,000 34’ C&C.59,000 35’ CORONADO.44,000 35’ ERICSON . . 42,000 36’ ISLANDER FREEPORT.2 frm 99,500 36’ ISLANDER.4 from 49,995 36’CHEOY LEE LUDERS 76,900 36’ CHEOY LEE CLIPPER. . . v.64,500 36’ COLUMBIA! ... .39,500 36’ ERICSON 89,900 37’ TAYANA .

90,000 37’ISLANDER TRADER 63,000 37’TARTAN SLOOP.98,500 37’ RANGER.60,000 38’ FARALLONE CLIPPER 3 from 40,000 38’ MORGAN.2 from 79,000 39’ ROGERS‘SALT SHAKER’.99,500 40’ ONE TONNER ‘FEVER’.155,000 40’ C&C.99,000 40' TRINTELLA IV.129,000 40’OLSON ‘FAST BREAK’. ,.129,950 40’CHEOY LEE OFFSHORE.79,500 41’COOPER 416.127,500 41' FREEPORT ISLANDER 120,000 41’ MORGAN OUT ISLAND 89,500 42' DUBOIS. 149,000 42'PEARSON 424 131,500 42’ STEWART.89,000 43’ SWAN. 99,500 44’CHEOY LEE.162,500 45'FREEDOM 45 KCH.OFFERS/145,000 45’COLUMBIA M.S.98,500 46’ CAPE CLIPPER 135,000 47’VAGABOND KETCH.139,500 47’ OLYPMIC KETCH.121,500 50’ COLUMBIA.85,000 50’ SANTA CRUZ 187,000 50’FORCE KCH M.S.140,000 50’ GULFSTAR.190,000 51’HARLEY KETCH.105,000 60’ MARCONI SLOOP‘SHAMROCK’ 90,000 62' SCHOONER.. 1200,000 75’ ‘ SHAITAN’’ ONE-DESIGN KCH .850,000 * SAN FRANCISCO BERTH INCLUDED

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C & C 34. Equipped with gear for Racing or Cruising. Used very little and in very nice condition. Estate sale, must be sold as soon as possible. Bring all offers.

SWAN 43. Classic Sparkman & Stephens design, teak decks, refrigeration, windlass, furling system, dodger, ready for cruising and priced way below market at just $99,500 this is a steal! Swan quality for under $100,0001!

ROGERS 39. Ultra competitive racer with a comfortable interior.

B&G instruments, full sail inventory with many new sails, hydraulic system. Win IOR on the Bay and ocean with a state-of-the-art boat for only $99,500 or charter.

ISLANDER 32. Designed by Bob Perry, whl steer’g, Loran, a.p., shower, stereo system, exc. cond.

Seller motivated. Asking $49,950 but is willing to listen,to any offer.

26’ INTERNATIONAL FOLKBOAT. Sturdy and stiff Bay boat, superb condition, dodger, inboard diesel, owner financing available. Priced reduced to $18,900.

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