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Sailboat Shop Charters • Yacht Sales • Brokerage • Sailing School 2326 Blanding Avenue Alameda CA 94501

(415) 521-5900 page 2

Myles Ringle

Winning Fraze-ology

The name of Bud and Gloria Fraze’s Capo 26 says it all: “UNITY” — ocean racing a small boat unifies the crew (after all, who wants to be dropped off at the Farallons?). “UNITY” — Bud often races the boat in single-handed competition (that’s the ultimate crew cut!). “UNITY” — overall winner of the spring MORA series (she could have missed the last race and still taken first place honors!). And there is nothing like a well thought out PINEAPPLE sail inven¬ tory to tie it all together, adding to the “Unity” of a singularly winning effort!

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 *Powered by Pineapples

Richards and van Heeckeren SAILKAAKEPS AT 123 SECOND STREET; OAKLAND, CALlfiORN/A 94607 (415)444-4321 page 3 /

1978 S 2 9.2A (30 )

FARALLONE 29

Aft cockpit model, Yanmar diesel, dodger, pressure water, cabin heater. This dark hulled beauty has been meticulously maintained.

Full-keel blue water cruiser with keel-stepped mast and bronze ports. Sistership has round-tripped to New Zealand. Nicely maintained with fresh varnish and LPU paint. A bargain at $32,000

LOCAL CRUISERS SOME RACE EQUIPPED

BLUE WATER CRUISERS — LIVEABOARDS

0-23' RANGER 23, 1972, Epoxy Undercoat TWO FROM 10,100 Q"23' SANTANA 23, With Trailer, Very Clean 14,900 o-24' COLUMBIA CHALLENGER, 1967 New Sails 5,500 24’ MOORE, TYailer, nice 18,500 25' MERIT, New LPU, 14 Sails, A Winner

16,500

r^26 INTERNATIONAL FOLKBOAT TWO FROM 26' BALBOA 26, 1969, Large Interior rr26 PEARSON 26, TWO FROM rr27’ ERICSON 27 TWO FROM o-27' CAL T/2, 1973, cr27 CATALINA 27, TWO FROM rr27' O’DAY 27, 1976, Nice Starter Boat REDUCED rr27’ CAL 2-27, Great one-design boat THREE FROM r' 28' ISLANDER, Volvo diesel, teak interior

14,000 9,950 13,500 20,900 15,000 15,200 18,000 22,500

28,000

rr28' PEARSON 28, Excellent Condition

31,500

28' 28' 29' irv29’ o-30’ o-30' t?-30' o"30' cr30’ 30’ 30

O’DAY, .1979, Wheel Steering, Diesel ERICSON 28+ , 1980, Diesel, Wheel ALBIN CUMULUS, 1982, Excellent condition CAL 2-29, Diesel, wheel, autohelm, dinghy CATALINA V TWO FROM PEARSON 30, 1973, Very Clean ERICSON 30+ , 1982, Loaded ISLANDER 30 TWO FROM SANTANA 30, Diesel, new sails, new LPU paint S2, 9.2A, Dodger, nice shape BENETEAU 30 ES, Half Ton Winners, TWO FROM

32,000 38,950 29,900 33,000 32,750 28,500 45,900 26,500 30,000 45,000 45,000

31’ CAL 31, Diesel, wheel, spinnaker i r 32’ ERICSON 32, 1973 32 COLUMBIA 9.6 tr r33 TARTAN 10, MAKE OFFER i ' 34’ WYLIE 34, 1979, Custom cold molded i '34’ CAL 3-34, 1979, Diesel, H&C water, Hood furl a '34’ C & C 34, Beautifully equipped

47,000 35,000 39,500 27,500 75,000 59,500 68,500

“ '35’ ERICSON 35, Very clean a 36’ ISLANDER 36 ) '36' COLUMBIA 36, Dodger, Roller Furling

THREE FROM 43,000 THREE FROM 47,800 TWO FROM 36,500

Be sure to see our new boat lines —the Beneteau and Passport fine yachts— at our docks In Point Richmond. _

22’ FALMOUTH CUTTER, 1980, Diesel o-29' FARALLON 29, Diesel 0-32' VANGUARD, 1963, Alberg Full Keel

$ 27,000 32,000 25,900

o32' 032' 32’ o35’ 36’

DEFEVER, 1963, Wood, Restored REDUCED DREADNOUGHT KETCH, 1978, As New, Diesel ARIES, 1974, Diesel, inflatable raft ALBERG 35, A/P, radar, dodger PEARSON CUTTER, cruise equipped

29,900 69,900 38,000 45,900 89,000

36' o37' o37' 37' 37' » 37’ tr?'38' 38' 38'

MARINER POLARIS CUTTER, By Perry, Teak Decks PEARSON, 1982, Loran, Rod Rigging ALBERG, Loaded GULFSTAR, Pacific Veteran TWO FROM ISLANDER TRADER KETCH, Many Upgrades TAYANA PILOT HOUSE C & C LANDFALL, 1980, Real Estate Trades MORGAN, 1978, Loran, Auto-pilot FARALLONE CLIPPER, Wood, Diesel, Very Clean

78,000 78,000 65,000 80,000 63,000 89,000 79,950 88,000 40,000

39 CAL' i '40' 40' 41’ t^4U 41’ 41’

TWO FROM 67,500

KETTENBURG, Wood, Cruise Experienced 40,000 PERRY 41, 1979, Teak Decks, 159,000 MORGAN OUT ISLAND, Center Cockpit THREE FROM 74,000 CT KETCH, Teak Decks, TWO FROM 63,000 WHITBY, Center cockpit 65,000 MORGAN OUT ISLAND, Center cockpit . TWO FROM 74,000

42' GARDEN STYS’L KETCH, Gorgeous Custom a r42' GOLDEN WAVE, Cheoy Lee, Satnav, Auto Helm

125,000 124,000

43’ r?44’ 45’ J'45' 46’ 46’

COLUMBIA, Bristol condition, cruise ready PETERSON CUTTER, Center cockpit, loaded, forced air VAN DE ST AT, Cruise ready OFFERS EXPLORER KETCH, Center Cockpit, Radar CAL 2-46 BUCCANER SCHOONER, 1980

85,000 132,00 59,500 114,000 132,000 145,000

CUSTOM CUTTER, Lloyds spec., generator, wood CHEOY LEE MOTOR SAILER, Twin Diesels SPARKMAN & STEPHENS, Custom, Aluminum AUSTRALIAN STEEL KETCH, Onan, Loaded

112,000 250,000 400,000 195,000

48’ 52' 54' 56'

«? COME TO BRICKYARD COVE TO SEE THESE BOATS

1220 Brickyard Cove road

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RED BROKERAGE

C&C LANDFALL 38

1969 PEARSON ALBERG 35 Go anywhere in this classic cruiser. Volvo diesel, ground tackle galore, radar, auto-pilot and more. Just hauled and all she needs is to be stocked with provisions. $45,900

★ ★ ★

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BEST BUYS * MOTIVATED SELLERS WANT YOUR OFFERS 27’ ERICSON, Very clean

c?29' FARALLON, Diesel, Vane, Life Raft

aW SANTANA, Diesel, LPU, Loran, Loaded o-32' WESTSAIL, New Varnish, Very Clean 0-37' ALBERG, Diesel, LPU, Loaded 41’ WHITBY, Center cockpit, cruiser

This highly respected cruiser from the C&C design group features a . spacious, seaworthy interior with aft berths. Rod rigging, external lead keel, Hood sea furl, refer. A pleasure to sail and own! $79,500

2 OFFERS

35,500

OFFERS 30,000 BANK REPO' 55,000 OFFERS 65,000 65,000

★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ We have cruising boat buyers waiting In line for your boatl Our brokerage boats are selling fast and we need more clean, reasonably priced boats.

With standing headroom, teak interior and the latest improved cabin layout, she provides comfort and fine sailing characteristics. Popular

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Timeless tradition exemplified in this highly regarded cruiser. You will appreciate her full keel ride and no nonsense cruising potential. See her at our docks. $14,000

ISLANDER 30 - 1971

CAL 2-27 San Francisco Bay one-design fleet.

INTERNATIONAL FOLKBOAT

$24,000

Extremely popular Bay boat with strong fleet. Six winches, four sails, all lines led aft, spinnaker gear, stereo, cockpit cushions and much more. Tremendous value at $27,500

305

First

LOA: 30.6 Beam: 10.6 Disp: 8242

First

325

LOA: 32.5 Beam: 11.0 Disp: 9885

First 345 LOA: 34.6 Beam: 115 Disp: 12,651

,ine/jup&.

First 375 LOA: 37.1 Beam: 12.4 Disp: 16,975

First 38 LOA: 38.6 Beam: 12.8 Disp: 17,920

Since 1884, Beneteau has ranked among Europe's premier builders. The standard of engineering, construction and finish are faultless. All Beneteaus come equipped with the best hardware available. See all of these exciting yachts at our docks in Pt. Richmond.

AFTlER ICC Y IEXCIEI.LIENQ! BIECCMIES A HABIT.

1320 Brickyard Cove Pt. Richmond, CA

{415} 236-2633 page 6

CONTENTS

subscriptions 17 calendar 27 letters 45 loose lips 91 sightings 100 delta debut 118 tronspoc preview 126 folkboot Wednesday nite 132 steve taft 134 clipper cove 138 charter management 144 have foulies will travel 148 french connection 152 so.cal sail guide 154 old trophies 162 lee helm 166 iod 168 belize 172 the racing sheet 176 changes in latitudes 182 classy classifieds 192 advertiser's index 205 brokerage 206 COVER PHOTO: TIM STAPLETON Delta Daze Graphic Design: K. Bengtsson Copyright 1985 Latitude 38 Publishing Co., Inc.

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FORESPAR BOAT HOOK

Durable pre-shrunk canvas w/brass grommets & braided tie. The more you wear it, the better it looks; Cool natural cotton in small to X-large sizes. LIST $16.50 SALE $11.4t

BOARDING LADDER

Holds six AKI adult jackets. Constructed of heavy vjnyl with noncorrosive nylon zipper. LIST $18.95 SUPER SALE $9.95

31 41

0#K Stops

HANDHELD VHF-FM MARINE RADIO Now an all channel hand¬ held radio for under $250 complete - no extras! Model 878 LIST $449.94

DRINK HOLDER Unique suction-cup bottom keeps cans, glasses or bottles in place. LIST $3 SALE $1.99 each (in gift boxes of six or $2.49 individually)

LIST SALE

3 step $36.00 $24.95 4 step 42.00 28.95

Puts an end to hot stuffy cabins & sleepless nights. This versatile windscoop can be hung from a halyard or boom. NEW POWERBOAT VERSION AVAILABLE! MODEL

291 295

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RAY JEFFERSON

Twice the cooking area of kettle types ★ choice of propane or charcoal models * all stainless steel construction with brass trim and hardware for rail mounting ★ PROPANE measures 15” dia. x 19" ,SALE $169 long. iCHARCOAL SALE $89

Makes boarding easy & safe ★ 11” hooks fold flat ★ varnished oak steps ★ floats MODEL SIZE

This is the toughest, most versatile boat hook you can buy. Fiberglass telescopic pole w/hard anodized alum, utility tip that accomodates optional mop or brush. Extends from 4’-8’ — corrosion proof — non-conducting — floats. BHTF4-8 LIST $30.40 SALE $10.95

life Jacket STORAGE BAG

This compact Loran C from II Mor¬ row, a leading maker of aviation electronics, has the accuracy and features of more expensive Lorans at an affordable price, such as Cur¬ rent LAT/LONG & LOP, 100 waypoints in LAT/LONG & LOP’s with continuous memory; point-to-point bearing & distance, anchor watch, as well as bearing, range, ground speed, ground track angle, time to destination and much more in¬ cluding a two-year warranty! Made in USA. list $1095 Boaters $B49 f/X

CAPTN HCi)K

TYPE

LIST

SALE

Sail $29,955 Y 9.9# Power 42.95 28.95

DRI-KEM HOLDING TANK DEODORANT

FORESPAR PERSONAL RESCUE LIGHT

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★ Dry granules packaged in 2 oz. water tight foil packs ★ Works instantly ★ Controls odorsv ★ Biodegradable Box of six $4.69 SALE $3.99

HIGH INTENSITY STROI ★ COMPACT DESIGN * CAN BE WORN ON ARf< SAFETY HARNESS OR FOUL WEATHER GEAR USES TWO INEXPENSIV “AA” BATTERIES (not included) RL-1 LIST $23.50 SALE $16.95

PRICES GOOD THROUGH JULY 31, 1965. COME IN NOW - DON’T MISS THIS SELLABRATIONt

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TWO GREAT LOCATIONS TO SERVE THE ENTIRE BAY AREA! 1290 Powell Street (Entrance on side street) Emeryville (415) 654*7572

635 Bair Island Road (opposite Peninsula Marina) Redwood City (415)365-7874

TRANSPAC, MORA

CATALINA RACERS* CHECK OUT THESE SPECIALSI

DMORROW/SHARP AUTOPILOTS QUICK LAUNCH RESCUE SYSTEM Man overboard package includes: * New Forespar flexible float horseshoe buoy 12’ man overboard pole Automatic strobe light Whistle Dye marker Floating line Drogue Stainless steel launcher If purchased separately, list price is £374.

SALE $260

FOUL WEATHER GEAR

he new Easywheel & Easytiller are uesigned for boats up to 42’. More powerful & more features than the highly promoted Autohelm 2000 or 3000. Two models for wheel or tiller

Your Foul Weather Friend We guarantee the YS-2000 is the best value you will find in foul weather gear!

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SAVE OVER $100! EASYWHEEL LIST 894

SALE

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The new YS-4000 has all the latest innovations to provide maximum comfort, durabil¬ ity, and 100% waterproof EASYTILLER

LIST $695

SALE $460

protection. As advertised in Sail magazine.

HANGING DRINK HOLDER

All stainless steel ★ hangs from lifelines ★ very practical. LIST $7.50

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SPECIAL S4.06

ASSAGE MAKER AFETY HARNESS Exceeds ORC & TransPac standards Color-codes, heavy-duty 2” nylon webbing Crossed shoulder straps prevent slipping 6’ lanyard w/exclusive 17-4 s/s positive locking hook Substantially exceeds 3000 lb. 'safety limit’ Two sizes insure proper fit: Medium — chest sizes 24-26” Large — chest sizes 36-50" ST $69.80 SALE $46.70

SUPER SAVINGS ON

VISUAL DISTRESS SIGNALS

TYPE C

Handheld orange smoke 3/pack SuDMy LIST $24.96 SALE $11.05 Cannister Refill — Contains: 3 ea. 12 ga. red meteor flares, 3 ea. Han¬ dheld red flares. LIST $24.60 SALE $14.05

COASTAL EPIRB MODEL CLOSEOUT Get found fast * transmits directly to Coast Guard ★ no delay in relay¬ ing signal ★ darkness activated flashing light ★ watertight & self-bouyant RLB-17 LIST $279

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25mm red meteor flares, 3 pack LIST $21.84 SALE $0.05 25mm red parachute flares LIST $24.66 SALE $11.05

CLOSEOUT SPECIAL S130.60

12 ga. gun w/3 red meteor flares LIST $24.60 SALE $16.40

PRICES GOOD THROUGH JULY 31, 1985. COME IN NOW - DON’T MISS THIS SELLABRATIONI A

TWO GREAT LOCATIONS TO SERVE THE ENTIRE BAY AREA! 1290 Powell Street on side street)

635 Bair Island Road (opposite Peninsula Marina) Redwood City

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20’ 20’ 24’ 24'

Cstm Cold-Molded Whiting 45 Quote '81 survey: .. con¬ stantly impressed by the obvious care & expertise used during const . .. without reservation the finest vessel of her class I've had the pleasure to survey.” $195,000.

CSC 40. This yacht reminds us of a college buddy who was so proud of his immaculate old Packard that he used to make coffee from the radiator. Well, you could bathe a baby in the bilge of this yacht. $115,000.

Peterson 44. Loran, a.p., speed/log, depth, radar, propane stove/oven, freezer/refer, windlass, self-tailing primaries, jib furler, double spreader, 2 pvt heads, private aft state¬ room . . also very clean. Just reduced $99,500.

Hans Christian 43 Mkll. Rare version: Mkll interior w/marble dinette, performance keel, kch rig, fold'g prop, Pineap¬ ple sails, a.p. Commissioned wf’gentleman’s racing" cir¬ cuit in mind, performed quite credibly. $125,000.

Cheoy Lee Offshore 36. Sold last year to a sailor with a plan: buy, sail to Mexico, play, fix 'er up, come back & sell. She's back & ready. Striking feature: 6’8” headroom. ..■j rm- ■

$46'°°0'

Pearson Vanguard. Thousands of miles in the log, equip¬ ped accordingly. 11 sails, solar charging, wind vane, 3 an¬ chors . .. the list goes on & tells the story. These boats were built to take it & this one has stood the test. $36,900.

25’ 25' 25' 25’ 26’ 26’ 26' 26’ 26’ 27' 27’ 27' 27’ 27’ 27' 28' 28' 28’ 28' 28' 28' 28’ 30' 30' 30’ 30’ 30’ 30’ 30' 30' 32’ 32’ 32' 32' 32' 32’ 33' 33’ 33’ 33’ 34’ 34' 34' 34’ 36’ 36’ 36' 37’ 37’ 37’ 38' 38' 38' 38’ 39’ 40’ 40’ 40’ 40' 42’ 42' 43’ 43’ 43’ 45’ 45’ 45’ 45’ 48’ 50’ 52’ 64’

Ranger. try Flicka. Farr 727. Moore. O'Day . Yamaha. (2) Pac. Seacraft... reduced Freedom. Int'l Folkboat. (2) Pearson. Pearson Ariel. Columbia MKII. Excalibur. try Tartan. Nor'Sea, kit. Orion.reduced

$9,950 28,500 12,950 16,000 14,000 19,950 19,000 27,500 16,500 15,500 11,500 10,950 7,000 24,500 19,500 49,500 16,500 27,900 27,900 39,950 23,950 34,900 15,500 60,000 29,950 53,900 1 45,000 33,500 49,500 25,500 47,000 Offers

Catalina. Dufour. Sun. Ericson 28+.SOLD San Juan, anxious. . Cape Dory. Columbia. Sovereign. Islander. Freedom. Bristol 29.9. .. .reduced Islander MKII. Fisher. Rawson . O’Day . Wilderness. ' 25,000 Odyssey. 28,000 Ericson. 30,000 DeFever sloop. try 39,500 Westerly Renown. .. 39,500 Buccaneer 325. Islander. 49,500 32,950 Ericson. 39,500 Westsail. • (2) Buccaneer. 39,900 Freedom. 98,500 IOD Custom. try 16,950 51,000 Yamaha. Garden kch. 43,000 Flans Christian. 79,950 59,950 O'Day . 59,000 Wylie. Islander. 59,500 Cheoy Lee ClipperSOLD 58,000 58,000 Union. •(2) Endeavour. 72,000 Gambier by Vindo.. . 98,500 Gulfstar. 75,000 Morgan. 79,000 C&C. 97,000 Hans Christian T MKII. . 120,000 Hans Christian T.. . . 105,000 H.Christian p.h. 149,000 C&C. 115,000 Adams stl sip. reduced 49,500 Trintella. 129,000 Cheoy Lee OS Yawl. 84,500 Garden ketch. 125,000 Westsail. 90,000 Atkin ketch. Offers Hans Christian kch MKII 125,000 Hans Christian cutter 139,900 Explorer. 114,500 Cstm Whiting cttr... 59,000 Van de Stadt. 139,000 Columbia. 139,000 Mapleleaf. 195,000 Gulfstar. 190,000 Garden-Monk ketch. 129,000 Herreshoff ketch.... 375,000

Catahna 27. Clean & ready version of the best seller, she's prepped & priced to sell & sail Reduced — $15,900.

Dutour 27. Further proof that it's buyer's season. Well kept, kind sailing yacht with a lot of interior. Can it be only SZP&00 $21,900?

Islander 28. Another case of squeaky clean. Equipped for Bay & Delta cruising: DeWitt 110, 150, drifter. Stern ladder, Bimini, shorepower, etc. $29,950.

Yamaha 25. Again, here’s buyer’s market: well-built, great sailing, great looking, i.b. diesel.-$4^500 $15,000.

Cape Dory 25. Popular Alberg design. This one has day-sail pocket cruise equipment. Built 1980 by a solid company, she's sound investment in Bay/Delta fun. $16,000.

Power Brokerage 23' 30’ 34’ 34’

Vashion. Trojan Flybridge twin Fiberform. Marine Trawler.

24,950 33,500 62,500 69,000

Sovereign 28. Big private aft stateroom, center cockpit, two pages of factory & owner installed extras. Reduced — $49,900.

Ask about our CHARTER SERVICE

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FREEDOM 39 838 sq ft of sailpower, split in two well-balanced units, easily controlled from the cockpit. Reefing each sail from the cockpit, this rig can be adjusted for any wind condition, any point of sail, by a crew of two. This is modern cruising. Going swiftly and safe¬ ly in comfort and,style, free from the necessity of lining up crew.

VIN DO 34 Thirty-four feet of Swedish craftsmanship, the re¬ sult of 50 years of VINDO yacht building experience. The quality execution of teak, mahogany and gelcoat finish is unmatched. Cored hull for strength and insula¬ tions. African mahogany for stunning beauty and superi¬ or varnish adhesion. Burma teak for natural non-skid. The way she looks is the way she sails ... beautiful.

ELITE 37 Fast, fast and creamy sleek. Continential interior of unmistakably persuasive French accent. And a secret plus that sailboats can rarely brag about: we were startl¬ ed to find that this boat, under auxiliary diesel power, handles like a roadster. Backing into a tricky slip is an easy first try bullseye.

100% FINING i AVAILABLE HERt STILL REPRESENTATIVES FOR •

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IF YOU KNOW THE DIFFERENCE YOU MAY ALREADY QUALIFY FOR THE LOWEST BOAT INSURANCE RATES IN THE BAY AREA.

OWEN & COMPANY

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

JERE OWEN 1440 ETHAN WAY SACRAMENTO, CA 95825 (916) 924-3100

NEW CONSTRUCTION INSURANCE CHARTERS DONATIONS

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NEWPORT BEACH, CA 92663

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320 Harbor Dr (Clipper Yacht Basin) (415) 332-5311 Telex: 69-2405 Fraseryot

3471 Via Lido—Box 2268 (714) 673-5252 Telex: 69-2405 Fraseryot

2353 Shelter Island Drive (619) 225-0588 Telex: 18-1739 Frasercal

1205 Westlake Avenue North (206) 282-4943 Telex: 69-2405 FRASERYOT

Vadura — 91-ft teak ketch. A magnificent Classic completely outfitted for world cruis¬ ing. 6-71 GM diesel. A steal at $395,000.

54’ Skookum kch. Terrific value. Massive f/g const. 6-cyl Westerbeke, 7.5kw Onan & Cruis¬ ing Gen, SatNav, a.p., radar, washer/dryer. U.S. built vessel, 3 dbl cabins; exclnt charter boat. Estate Sale — Price slashed to $175,000.

Fair Sarae 103’ Staysail schooner. To our knowledge the largest sailing yacht on S.F. Bay. Composite construction 2!4 teak planks. Recent 8V-92 GM diesel. A Must See Yacht! Call Joe Rinehart at (415) 332-5311. $670,000.

53 75’ Sparkman & Stephens midship cockpit custom cruising ketch. Spacious world-class luxury yacht in superb condition. A standout in any harbor! $575,000.

Seagull 52’ Schucker 40 M/S. The roomiest 40 footer we’ve ever encountered — a great Delta or Coastal cruiser! Perkins dsl., gen., furling rig. In Bristol cond. Original owner has mov¬ ed ashore — very motivated to sell. $149,500.

; 52' Laurie Davidson sloop. Refined version of legendary speedster Jumping Jack Flash. Just launched; full hyd, 18 bags Flood sails, Sat¬ Nav, handsome oak interior; she’ll eat SC 50’s to weather, equally fast downwind. $255,000.

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if Sirona 48’ Swan. Nautor quality, new diesel, SatNav, Barient grinder. A superb yacht in fine shape. Reduced to $219,000.

lodeuse. Striking antique interior. Steel hull v/watertight bulkheads, launched 1979. tecentlv arrived in S.F. $285,000.

Lady Fair 67’ Garden/Fellows & Stewart. Macho ocean cruiser. Upgrade in 1985. 5,500 mile cruising range. Must see! $500,000.

41' Cheoy Lee Ketch. A bristol Bob Perry design! Radar and Loran. This boat shows ex¬ cellent care. We feel she is a fine buy at 110 000

Clover. 60’ Massively-built British cutter. Boat has sailed virtually everywhere. Recent refurbishing restored her original lustre. Cat dsl, long leaf yellow pine planks. $165,000.

Xanadu 50’ Rhodes classic. One of the Bay s favorite yachts. Just undergone thorough cosmetic refurbishing; looks as pretty as ever! Make room on your shelf for next year’s Master Mariner’s Trophy. $120,000._

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a 12-volt refrigeration system or are

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Selected Brokerage: Size Manufacture 18'

Year

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Price

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26'

Pearson Commander

1966

9,500

5,495

27'

Cal 2-27 (spinnaker)

1976

25,950

27'

Cal 2-27 (like new)

1979

29,000

28'

King's Cruiser

1956

9,200

30'

Olson

1984

29,995

30'

J-30 (diesel)

1981

47,000

31'

Cal

1979

46,600

35'

Erickson (reduced)

1972

55,000

38'

Farallone

1957

40,000

40'

Yawl

50'

Santa Cruz

Price

20' 20' 21' 22'

Santana

1974

6,500

23'

Pearson Electra

1961

7.850

24'

Moore

1976

15,500

25'

Santana 525 (reduced)

1980

10,500

25'

Coronado

26'

Ranger (w/trailer)

Mermaid Sloop Cal (new sails)

1960 1964

Burns (reduced)

4,995 9,900

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CALENDAR Nonrace June 28-July 7 — International Multihull Festival at Annapolis, MD. Exhibitions, races and the finish of a Trans Atlantic race. Charles Chiodi, (617) 328-8181. June 29 — Islander 30 Mkll Association membership meeting and cruise at Berkeley YC. Spend the night on your boat or drive over. Jeanne Tash (707) 448-9176 or Dudley Peters (408) 258-3967. June 29-30 — Third Annual Catalina Rendezvous, Isthmus Cove, Catalina Island. Includes luau, stage show, door prizes and lots of socializing. A real fun in the sun event. For more, write Catalina Rendezvous, P.O. Box 989, Woodland Hills, CA 91367. June 29-30 — Bethel Island Boat Show. Miss California and live crawdad races. Off Rte. 4 past Antioch. July 2 — USCG Auxiliary boating and seamanship class, Oak Knoll Naval Hospital, Oakland. James Lucas 444-1259. July 2 — Full moon. Watch out for sailing werewolves. July 2, 1895 — Joshua Slocum departs New England aboard Spra\;. Three years and some 46,000 miles later, the first‘solo cir¬ cumnavigator returns to Newport, Rhode Island. July 4 — Fourth of July spectacular on and off Waikiki, Hawaii. Includes tallship parade, fireworks, sky divers, etc. Hawaiian Islands Tallship Parade office (808) 523-5817 can tell you more. By the way — happy 209th, America. July 4-6 — Master Mariners Fourth of July Cruise to Petaluma. Berthing provided. Terry Klaus 523-4230 (H); 271-1158 (W). July 17 — New moon. July 22-28 — On the water sail training aboard the 101-ft schooner Adventuress. Part of the 1985 Port Townsend Summer Youth Sea Symposium. For more, write Director Mary Dietz, c/o The Wooden Boat Foundation, 637 Water St., Port Townsend, WA 98368. July 23, 1588 — The “Invincible” Spanish Armada — 128 ships and 30,000 men — sails for England where they’re raked over the coals by Francis Drake, the English Navy and bad weather. Only half the ships and a third of the men survive to return to Spain in October. July 27 — Islander 30 Mk II Cruise to Treasure Island. Nonmembers welcome, but reservations essential. Dudley Peters (408) 258-3967 or Jeanne Tash (707) 448-9176. July 28 — Gene and Josie Evans present their adventure sailing film 600 Days to Cocos Island at the Walnut Creek Civic Arts Theatre (415-943-5862). Also July 30th at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium (408-429-3444). August 11 — First Annual Foc’s’le Swap Meet, Loch Lomond Marina, San Rafael, 8 a.m. to whenever. 457-2460. August 17-18 — Second Annual Wooden Boat Festival, Rich¬ mond Marina, featuring sail, power and rowing craft. For more on showing or participating, contact the Wooden Boat Foundation, 320 W. Cutting, Richmond, CA 94804 or call 237-8295. August 19-30 — Junior sailing camp sponsored by Seabird Sail¬ ing Center, Berkeley. (415) 548-3730. August 31-September 2 — Santa Rosa Sailing Club s Labor Day Regatta, Marshall Bay (West Shore of Tomales Bay). Steve Skold, 5306 Yerba Buena Rd., Santa Rosa, CA 95405. September-October — Various J-World week-long sailing and racing courses. (401) 849-5492. September 21 — First Annual Wooden Boat Show, Mendocino. 964-3153. Racing June 28-29 — Stockton South Tower race, a river run to the page 27

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BANK REPOS Bristol CHRYSLER 22 With Tandem Axel E-Z Loader Trailer $5,900 An adorable little boat with a big boat personali¬ ty .. . Sleeps 5; Fixed keel; VHF; two com¬ passes;

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lights & anchor lights; Main with reef points, 110% jib, spinnaker; Surge brakes on trailer; Full lifelines.

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CALENDAR Golden Gate and back to Stockton. Larry DuQuette, (209) 384-3333. June 29 — El Toro Estuary Madness race for Bullskippers over 18 years of age. Dan Ouellet, 865-5905 after 7 pm. June 29-30 — Laser Slalom off the Cityfront. Bring your wet¬ suits. 563-6363. June 29-July 7 — Tahoe Sail Week, with one design, PHRF and beer can racing. Shoreside activity as well! (916) 544-4224. June 30 — 13th Annual Golden Gate Crossing for sailboards. For prequalified sailors only. Bay Windsurfing, (415) 595-2285. July 3 — Midget Ocean Racing Association Long Distance race to San Diego. Surf city! John Dukat, 522-1396. July 3-7 — One Ton Class Pacific Championship, St. Francis YC. The first in a series of four annual events that include the North American Championships in 1986. 563-6363. July 4 — Boreas Race from S.F. to Moss Landing. A classic. Joan Powell, (408) 425-1458 (weekdays), (408) 724-3857 (weekends). July 4-7 — Santana 22 Nationals at the Santa Cruz YC. Arnold Wechter, (408) 423-3103. July 6 — Folkboat Nordic Cup team races with BBQ at Golden Gate YC. Eric Carlisle, 433-3547. July 8 — Catalina Race starts off the Oakland Estuary. Up to 70 boats are expected on the increasingly popular race. Metropolitan YC, 832-6757, or Bill Xavier, 828-9138. July 13 — Midnight Moonlight Maritime Marathon, an evening’s race from Tiburon to Vallejo and back. Jack Air, 331-2791. July 13-14 — Moore 24 go faster seminar for Moore owners and crews. Roger Paine, 444-5353, or Doug Sheeks, 979-8587. July 13-14 — Adam’s Cup Quarterfinals for women skippers and crew at the Corinthian YC. Linda Corrado, 452-7875 or 381-5571. July 14 — Scott’s Potomac Cup race, a benefit for the restoration of FDR’s old yacht. Win a trip to Hawaii! Susan Backman, 444-3002. July 15-18 — Catalina 22 Nationals at Huntington Lake. Bill Joyce, (209) 436-1135. July 20 — Silver Eagle long distance race inside the Bay. Chris Peterson, 763-9605. July 20 & 21 — West Wight Potter Regatta, Encinal YC. Barbara Simpson, 254-2621 or 254-0010. July 20 & 21 — Racing for the PICYA Big and Little Lipton, Larry Knight and CHISPA trophies. Open to member yacht clubs. Defend your honor! Dianne Chute, (415) 332-6086 (H) or (415) 331-5770 (W). July 20 & 21 — J/24 and Merit 25 fleet championships on the Berkeley Circle. Hosted by Diablo YC. 634-1423. July 27 — 1985 Fatty Knees Worlds, Huntington Lake. (209) 224-0203. July 27 — Fourth Annual Island to Island Race, hosted by An¬ dreas Island YC. Start at 1100 hours at light 41, San Joaquin River. PHRF handicaps. Donna, (916) 777-6084. July 27-28 — Roaring Twenties and Division III championships for Hobie fleet 20 at Coyote Point. Mike Ettl, (408) 997-6615: July 27-28 — Burns Nationals. For the Burns-Wilderness 21 and Nor’West 33. Hosted by Encinal YC. Emily Hogan 523-4388; 523-0173. July 27-28 — Snipe Pacific Coast Championships. Huntington Lake. Packy Davis 595-8420. July 30-Aug. 1 - Day Sailor Pacific Coast Championship at Fernlake, Oregon. James Skeen, (503) 689-2190. August 2 - Santa Barbara to King Harbor race, an 81 mile off¬ shore contest. Bill Deardorff, (805) 487-7801. August 8-10 - Santa Cruz 27 Nationals, Anacapa YC, Oxnard. /

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CALENDAR CHARTS OF TFIEi WORLD Gold Cup courses plus a long distance marathon around Anacapa Island. Roger Sturgeon, (408) 476-6375 (H) or (408) 942-8800 (W). August 9-11 — Ranger 23 Homecoming regatta for current and past R23 sailors. Dave Thompson, 788-0255, or Gary Manners 222-3598. August 10 — 8th Annual Classic Yacht Race. Sponsored by the Pacific Corinthian YC, this inverted handicap race will take place be¬ tween Ventura Marina and Channel Islands Harbor. Dick McNish (805) 985-1771 days; (805) 482-3349 evenings. August 10-11 — Gold Country YC Regatta at Scotts Flat, Nevada City, Ca. All boats welcome. Chad Williams, 214 Mill St., Nevada City, CA. 95959. August 17-18 — Frank’s Tract race at the Bethel Island Boyds Marina. Open to all sailboats and sailboards. Carl Bauer, (916) 489-4255, or Karl Petersen, (916) 334-8597. August 18 — “Day on the Monterey Bay” regatta at the Santa Cruz YC, a benefit for the United Way of Santa Cruz County. Lots of prizes, including a raffle for an Express 27! SCYC, (408) 425-9800, or United Way, (408) 688-2082. August 19-23 — Moore 24 Nationals, Lake Tahoe. Two divi¬ sions this year will vie for the national title. Fleet President Roger Paine 444-5353. August 20-24 — USYRU Boardsailing Nationals at the St. Fran¬ cis YC. 563-6363. August 27-28 — Island to Island race from the Delta to Alcatraz and back. Bob Harford, (916) 489-2291 (W) or (916) 482-0805 (H). August 31 — Windjammers ocean race from S.F. to Santa Cruz. Kirt Brooks, 284-1778. Oct. 13 — Monaco to New York race, a new 4,000 mile ocean hopper, with $100,000 in prize money! Call Prince Albert in Monaco. Spring Series - Encinal YC - 7/12, 523-0293 or 522-3272. Summer Series — Ballena Bay YC — Series 1 — 7/12; BBYC Series 2 - 7/26, 8/9, 9/6, 9/20, 523-5438 (H) or 869-2780 (W). Encinal YC - 8/2, 8/16, 9/6, 9/20, 523-0293 or 522-3272. Berkeley YC/Cal Sailing Club — Every Friday through October 25, 540-7968 or 939-9885. Sausalito Cruising Club — 7/12, 7/26, 8/9, 8/16, 332-3380. Corinthian YC — Every Friday through 8/30, (707) 585-0742 or 435-4771. Sausalito YC - 7/30, 8/13, 8/27, 9/10, 9/24, 986-1920 (W) or 474-5769 (H). Golden Gate YC — 8/2, 8/16, 8/30, 9/6, 851-3800 (eves) or 346-BOAT. Folkboat Wed. Evening Series - 8/7, 8/14, 8/21, 8/28, 9/4 433-3547. Palo Alto YC - 7/14, 7/28, 8/11, 8/18, 9/1, 368-4039 or 851-0575. Fall Series - Palo Alto YC - 9/15, 9/29, 10/6, 10/13, 10/27, 368-4039 or 851-0575. All of the above races are open to the public. Some clubs have their own series for members only, so check with your club’s race chairperson. Please send your calendar dates by the 18th of the month to Latitude 38, P.O. Box 1678, Sausalito, CA 94966. Send early, send often, but please only one announcement per page! page 31

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LETTERS I 1 EVERYONE WAS JUST GREAT How great to find such good coverage of this year’s Master Mariners’ Regatta in your June issue. Super pictures and quality text — or is it the other way ’round?! You must have worked very hard and fast considering the regatta was May 26. However, there is the last paragraph ending with, . . bottle of rum type stuff. Nothing serious like a barroom brawl ... but fun on the upper end of the decible.” This conjurs up images of years long gone. I have participated in and coordinated quite a number of events in the past, including Master Mariners’ for the last three years. I can only repeat what I told that wonderful crowd during the awards presenta¬ tion, “I have never met a more mellow, friendly, considerate, cooperative, congenial and really enjoyable group of people.” Everyone was just great! Many people worked very hard to make this year’s regatta the most successful event so far. This included the raft-up, 40 boats, almost 500 dinners, who knows how many drinks, the trophy presentation and dancing at Encinal Yacht Club. Andy Moyce’ Dix¬ ieland Band provided the perfect touch: quality, class and tradition. That goes for Master Mariners and Encinal Yacht Club. P.S. It occurred to me that if sniffing varnish and sawdust has something to do with being so nice, let’s all become wooden boat junkies. Chris Kafitz Master Mariners Encinal Yacht Club □TRYING TO CATCH HELL Yesterday afternoon, June 16, we were sunbathing at the south end of Sausalito on a hill overlooking the striped buoy, Yellow Bluff, that is often used as a marker in local sail races. At about 12:30 p.m. a party fishing boat, Bass Tub, motored over and lines were dropped about 300 yards north of the marker. Shortly thereafter a fle^t of a dozen sailboats began approaching from Angel Island, at which time the skipper of Bass Tub said to his passengers over the loudspeaker system, of which we heard every word, “Well, what should we do about these approaching boats?” He then pro¬ ceeded to motor toward the mark, stopping approximately 25 yards east of it, directly in the path of the approaching boats. As the sailboats neared to clear the mark, the Bass Tub skipper maneuvered in such a way as to clearly block the tacks of the ap¬ proaching boats, and as three and four boats at one time came dangerously close to colliding in an effort to miss each other, Bass Tub, and the mark, the Bass Tub’s skipper repeatedly said over his loudspeaker, “What do you expect me to do? What the f— do you want me to do here? J—- C-, where am I supposed to go?” After the second group of three or four sailboats went through the same thing a few minutes later, the Bass Tub motored away back to its spot 300 yards north of the mark. Ten minutes later the second fleet approached, and again the Bass Tub motored over to the mark just in time to be an obstacle to the ap¬ proaching racing boats. Again the same scene took place, complete with obscene narration. However, after this group of sailboats cleared the mark, Bass Tub did not return to its spot 300 yards north, but motored away towards the Golddn Gate Bridge. As outside observers to this incident, and recognizing that fishing boats do have rights when lines are dropped (and they were, but they were reeled in and then dropped again after Bass Tub had motored over to the marker in front of approaching boats), we can only ex¬ press our abhorrence at the lack of courtesy and sensible seamanship on the part of Bass Tub’s skipper. It’s bad enough trying to trust the other drivers on the roads, but when it’s obvious there are people out page 45

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Ranked #1 there trying to make life difficult on the water (for many, one of our last refuges), it can be quite depressing. We sincerely hope Bass Tub’s actions were not the norm, of either its skipper or other party fishing boat skippers. There’s room on the Bay for everyone.

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□ OCEAN LOGS I do believe it would have been better if Barbara Seitz had waited until she had more experience at both cruising the big ocean and in courts of law before writing her first letter to the editor. Since I’ve had a lot of experience at both — plus being the guy that designed the log book that “Log-it-all” is a replica of — give me a chance to reply. First, on the court issue, anyone that has been there knows that sometimes a memo on a piece of scratch paper can be very impor¬ tant, while on the other hand a fancy bound volume may not be of any value. As your lawyer said, all evidence needs to be authen¬ ticated. Plus, if it is crucial, it must weather the opposition’s objec¬ tions. It is also obvious that if a person was inclined to redo a single page, that for more money in a bigger case he could redo the whole book. As long as it is the work of one person, as most cruising logs are, this is the main weakness in using a personal log book or diary as evidence, since it is not verified at the time as correspondence might be, or as is a log book on an ocean liner signed by various officers. And, if you have used the typical log book on long cruises, you will not wonder why they are all bound. It is because of the grade of paper they use; the pages would fall out of a loose leaf binder. After a few long cruises, I was totally disgusted with the available log books, which usually only covered 100 days, and which did not hold up well in the marine environment. Five years ago I put together, for my own use, a log book of the best grade of moisture resistant paper, enclosed in the most durable vinyl, 22-ring looseleaf binder that I could find. I printed in only the daily information that a long cruiser actually uses, and came up with a reasonable sized book that covered 400 days. In actual practice, since many days are spent in harbor, this book easily covers a 2 year cruise. On our cruise to New Zealand, so many people admired the log that Pauline decided to make this available to the public. While I think it is a good log book for the long distance sailor, and it has been very well received by experienced sailors, it is not for everyone. For instance, a Newport Beach motorboater told Pauline it was no good because it did not have a printout for generator maintenance records. Another person, who was not a ham, said it absolutely had to have a radio log or he would not buy it. I certainly do not think anyone should buy it that does not like it, but I also do not think people should criticize something if they do not know enough about the subject to make an intelligent appraisal. But, most of all, I guess I just feel sorry for someone who, when they go to buy a log book or anything else, has as their most important concern a fear of whether or not it will be admissable in court. Ernie Copp v # Orient Star Long Beach

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□ SEASICKNESS CURE FROM THE FAR EAST For the past three years I have been seeing a doctor for inflamation in my ankles which is brought on by running. After being treated for gout and taking various drugs, I found that my condition was worsening. On the advice of my old world Chinese mother, I began accupuncture and accupressure treatments through a surgeon from Beijing, China who emigrated a year ago. After two weeks of being pricked, poked, pinched and elec¬ trocuted, I was totally cured! The doctor told me, “Go run, you no problem?” I ran IV2 miles that night and to my amazement felt no pain or swelling in my ankles. When 1 saw him again, he asked if 1 would take him sailing as he had never been on a sailboat before. When 1 asked him whether he was susceptible to seasickness, he said he never worried about nausea as it could be easily controlled through accupressure applied to an area near either wrist. To find the correct location, for example, on your right wrist; with

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11 REQUEST FOR TWO WORDS In the past year or so I have heard many good things about Hank Decker, the brave blind sailor who sailed to Hawaii singlehanded. Hank showed us a lot of courage, and all of us who knew him before he became brave and famous admire him for it. We would be delighted to congratulate him for his deed — that is, if we got a chance to see him again. You see many of his friends at Pier 39, where he made his home; at the Eagle Cafe, where he used to hang out; and elsewhere, in¬ cluding myself who lent him my boat for a week so he could have his publicity shots taken, helped him in every way we could, small or large, to pursue his goal. To name a few, there are Bob and Sue Whaley, who organized a benefit cruise aboard one of the Blue and Gold ships for Hank; there is John Stiltz, who lent him his whisker pole; and Vince De Carolis and Tim Donnelly, who did some $3,000 worth of work on Hank’s boat, the Dark Star. And there is Dave Coocalong who lent him his radar reflector, and Steve Thorton who let him use his RDF. There were others. We are his friends — or should I say were — the ones who sat with him over a beer at the Eagle or at Swiss Louis talking about our dreams of cruising the Seven Seas. Well, he realized his dream, part¬ ly with our help, but mostly with his great courage and determination. We-, his friends, admire and respect him for his accomplishpage 55

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LETTERS ment, however I would like to say that we would all have more respect for him if he would only show up once just to say two simple works: “thank you”. Aldo N. Salvato Moonglo Pier 39, San Francisco

□ HAM OPERATOR HELPER I want to thank you and ham operators, Bo and Joe Knowles, for helping me locate my long overdue sailing friends on the Yehudi. Just hours after Joe put out the word on the net, 1 received a phone call that the boat and crew were spotted anchored in a small cove 60 miles from Nuka Hiva! It was comforting to know. These ham operators deserve a big hand because I’m told that his was not the first time that they have come to the rescue. Terese Schwartz Sausalito Readers — Terese had called us because friends of hers were 47 dags out of Cabo San Lucas for the Marquesas. That’s a reasonably long time for immediate family members not to have been advised of a safe arrival. We’re glad to have been of service by directing Terese to some ham friends, and even more delighted that her friends were found safe. There’s a bit of a comical twist to this, however. The ones who first called Terese to ask why nobody had heard from Yehudi was the Canadian government in Ottawa. They had given Yehudi an EPIRB to take along to test. They were able to follow his progress via the EPIRB signal for some 19 days, about to the equator. But after that, nothing. Apparently for the next 27 days they merely assumed something was wrong with the EPRIB and not Yehudi. That’s quite a daring assumption for a body with the resources of the Canadian government.

□WHAT ABOUT ALUMINUM Now that the discussion is opened on what constitutes evironmentally safe sailing on the Bay, I’ve got a question. Does, or does not, aluminum dissolve with exposure over time to salt water and wave action? I sail with a friend who maintains it does, and that therefore sinking our cans over the side does not pollute the Bay, but enriches it. (No, he does not work for Alcoa.) I harbor certain doubts about this theory, but haven’t expressed them strongly because, first, I don’t know, second, my friend knows far more about the Bay and sailing than I’ll ever learn, and third, I en¬ joy sailing with him too much to argue with him without the facts. Please advise. Finally, I’d like to suggest a new term of measurement: Nuts. Definition being: A unit of volume of correspondence received in a twenty-four hour period concerning an issue of arcane, academic or minor importance; as, “Letters gusting to 30 nuts, decreasing to 5 nuts within two months’ time.” Fred Walter San Francisco Fred — We don’t know the afiswer to your question about aluminum cans, but we sure would like to. Can anybody with factual information help? If not, we’re going to put an aluminum can in a bucket of salt water and go into the environmental testing racket ourselves.

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□ BANGLADESH, THE NEW TAIWAN? A salaam aleikum! I’ve left the ‘Cultivate Understanding’ poster business with a friend since U.C. Berkeley sprung enough research money to get me here to Chittagong, Bangaladesh and live for six months as a minor potentate at $300 per. Officially I’m h visiting scholar researching estuarine management in order to write a dissertation. Bangladesh is unexpectedly rich in mangroves, estuaries, fresh shrimps, and has a waterborne transport system that’s partly early diesel and partly arabian nights! I’ve been taking pictures of tjie boats, of which none smaller than 50 feet are motorized. No kidding, every workboat in the local economy is powered by muscle and/or sail, with an assist of a six-knot total cur¬ rent 80 miles upstream. On the whole, Bangladesh has gotten a bad rap. It’s an entirely beautiful country, mostly low and deltaic. Yes, there are too many people and many of them are desperate, but giving a coin to every beggar who asks only costs 4 cents a day. That’s assuming 12 to 20 requests and granting a few poishe each. You see one dollar equals 30 taka, and one taka equal 100 poishe. Tourism, while officially encouraged by an astonishingly unhip na¬ tional tourist board, is virtually non-existent. I’d guess that right now in this country of 100 million there are maybe 50 full-bore tourists, most of them British yuppies. And there’s no shortage of adventures. For example, the 28-hour trip on a sidewheeler that was built in Calcutter in 1926 (and regrettably dieselized recently), followed by a layover in Barisa! ‘the Venice of Bengal’, and then an overnight trip on the coastal steamer, M.V. Alvaddin costs only $19! And that in¬ cluded two nights at the Hotel Nupur, Barisal’s finest. Since recent radical changes in river current and sedimentation patterns have washed away the former steamer landings in much of coastal Bangla, all loading and unloading, including cattle and steerage passengers, is by lighter with the coastal steamer lying off over two anchors. This is open roadsteads with wind and swells. The lighters are usually oar-powered skiffs — it’s unimaginable that it’s all still happening. The people I’ve met are amazing, particularly on the waterfront and waterways. It’s a pretty orthodox muslim country and most peo¬ ple are cosmically inclined. Total strangers call me ‘brother’ and ‘friend’, sometimes sincerely and sometimes exploitatively but usu¬ ally with a mixture of both. If I stop to exchange greetings, the conpage 59

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LETTERS NELSON/MAREK YACHT DESIGN, INC. 2820 CANON ST. SAN DIEGO, CA.92106 LICENSED YACHT BROKER (619) 224-6347 ity, as well as foundaries and machine shops. There is also local teak at about a tenth of its U.S. cost, as well as capable woodworkers, ship’s joiners, and traditional boatwrights. Wood boats here are typically made from a rot-proof mangrove call shundri’. Framing is quite light in smaller craft and planks are edgefastened with clenched iron staples and no caulking. Larger wood hulls are more conventionally constructed; lumber barges (to be rowed!) are massively framed, all joints are pinned mortises. My idea, which I’ve discussed with well-placed people in the ship¬ building industry here, would be to have steel sailboat hulls fabricated on a custom basis in Bangladesh, to lines or plans supplied by the client. Japanese or Chinese diesel engines would be installed at the yard as would be a simple fitted teak interior as well as teak hatches and other items. (They use teak here for cheap apartment house doors). The hulls would then be shipped out as deck cargo. Spars and rigging would be bought and fitted at the delivery location. Ob¬ viously there is no yacht hardware available in Bangladesh, but there’s a million machinists ready to produce it. I have just about enough money available to capitalize the first boat — obviously nobody’s going to order a Bangladesh steel yacht without a finished sample for inspection! As far as I know, I’m the only boat freak in Bangladesh, and what I don’t have is decent plans or line drawings for any steel sailboat designs in the 30-36 foot range. What I’d like Latitude 38 to do is either print enough of this letter so that interested readers might contact me to negotiate my acquisi¬ tion of plans or to discuss my proposal more generally. I’ll be in Bangladesh for surely another four months and likely intermittently afterward. People can write me c/o Dhaka YMCA, P.O. Box 2041, Dhaka-2, Bangladesh. Alan Potkin Dhaka, Bangladesh

□THE NAVIGATOR’S BALLS Thank God someone has finally had the guts to come out publicly and admit that he’s had problems with right handed spark plugs backing out upon reaching the equator. I’ve found that all of my cruising friends flatly deny this problem when queried over a beer or two on some Pacific atoll. However, Mr. G. U. Libel is to be commended for writing you in the May issue about his problem. As an ex-shipmaster I have com¬ manded freighters all over the world and I can attest to this problem. All seafaring people know that when a large steel vessel crosses the equator into the southern hemisphere the Flinders Bar mounted on the forward side of all magnetic compass binacles has to be turned end for end to properly compensate for changing magnetic forces. Of course the Navigator’s Balls mounted on either side of the com¬ pass must never be touched in this instance. This equatorial ritual proves that there are strange magnetic and rotational forces afoot when one starts changing hemispheres. Having just returned from our first trans-Pacific voyage, I thought our experiences might be helpful to all those planning to sail “down under”. Our vessel is a 30-foot wooden, gaff rigged cutter, having a diesel auxiliary engine. After leaving the Panama Canal, one day flowed into another with no problems until reaching Lat. 3® 18’S when I suddenly became aware that our shrouds and backstays were slack. I tightened them and then started the diesel to charge batteries. It sounded as though a hundred hammers were at work on the engine. I found the spark plugs hanging on by just a turn. Also the cap screws on the main and connecting red bearings had backed off. Fortunately I had torqued down the head bolts to 550 ft./lbs. before leaving the Canal. We solved our problem by sailing into Nuki Nuki Atoll where some page 65

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LETTERS natives had set up an Anti-Rotationa! Service Center to help passing yachties with this problem of Magnetosis. All it cost me was a dozen fish hooks and my last bottle of Barbados Mount Gay rum. Sorry I can’t pass along their names and address because the Coast Guard swiped their business card during my last “safety in¬ spection” off Mexico. Robert T. Saxton S/V Tusitala West Sacramento

□WHAT DOES COACH WALSH HAVE TO SAY ABOUT ALL THIS? A final word on the Volvo Penta. I appreciate the suggestions and informations from Messrs. Eskelund and O’Riley [May ’55] concerning the problems with the impellers and pricing of the starter on my MD3B. Since I am the builder and mechanic, I think 1 can answer the questions concerning the installation^of the engine, strainer, hoses and intake. 1. All remains of old impellers are always cleaned out from hoses and pump housing. 2. There is no sign of scoring or scratching on the surfaces of the pump housing. 3. If the shaft wobbles, I don’t know. 4. No elevated strainer, no kinked hoses, the intake is cleaned once a month from barnacles, etc. 5. The impellers are coated with grease at installation in accor¬ dance with instructions in the Volvo Shop Manual. 6. No leaking seals. 7. No sand or other particles noticeable in pump housing or anywhere else. 8. Installation of the impellers is done according to the shop manual. As a final comment on the impellers, I have talked to several boatowners in Mr. O’Riley’s own Alviso, and they seem to be of a similar opinion that Volvo diesels eat impellers. As far as the starter price, I don’t know much about tariffs but I assume that Volvo is not the only one to pay tariffs. My Mercedes mechanic friend tells me that the Bosch starter used in Mercedes diesel cars is basically the same as the Volvo diesel starter. If this is true, then the fabrication of 20,000 starters for Volvo should be ab¬ sorbed in the 500,000 made for Mercedes. The special seals, to pro¬ tect from ignition of combustible vapors Mr. Eskelund mentioned, I did not find when we took the starter apart, but I would assume that a similar protection would be necessary on all diesel starters. Of Mr. O’Riley I would like to ask; show me a reputable repair shop between Ensenada and Cabo San Lucas and I will be happy to take my starter there to be rebuilt. For his information, the starter was mickey-moused together, not by a “Mexican capacity for improvisational repair”, but by a fellow yachtie/mechanic who, I think, did a hell of a nice job fabricating springs and new insulators from wood, etc. The point is, when Mr. O’Riley gets ready to go cruising, will he sail around the Mexican nowhere with a starter that maybe works? Volvo might be a good engine (other than my impeller problem, it seems to work fine), but their prices are not exactly known to be modest, be it for cars or marine engines. As a further example, the brush holder with 4 brushes and 4 springs lists for $160.00. Since Mr. O’Riley is selling his new MD3B’s or equivalent size for around $4,900,1 am sure somebody has to pick up the tab by paying for over-priced spare parts. Kent Amberson Periplus Puerto Escondido page 67

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□THE LAW AND YOUR BOAT Occasionally one needs to work to support one’s boat. In the pro¬ cess of doing just that, 1 have recently come across some legal developments that may be of interest to your readers. In a recent case the U.S. Court of Appeal for the Ninth Circuit (which includes the west coast of the United States) held that a boarding and subse¬ quent search of a sailing yacht, the Orca, upon the high seas, was legal. The court reasoned that, since the Orca was in the North Pacific (she was 2000 miles west of Alaska), the Coast Guard had an “interest” in ascertaining that the vessel was “safe”, and therefore the government needed no real reason whatsoever to board. Once on board the Coast Guard could check the head (MSD; remember, though, all of this was 2000 miles offshore) wherein the dope was discovered. [U.S. v. Humphrey (1985) 85D.A.R. 1555]. Now that you know the government can search your boat anytime it likes on the high seas, how about at your dock? In California v. Carney (1985) 37 Crim. L. Rpfr. 3033, the U.S. Supreme Court, overruling California’s own Rosie and the Supremes, held that you are wholly unreasonable in expecting privacy in your motorhome merely because you happen to live in your motorhome. This is because a motorhome (not unlike a yacht) is mobile. The high court left open the question of whether or not its new rule would apply to a mobile home without wheels and up on blocks. Thus you may have a right to privacy in your boat if it’s on the rocks. Yet another case of interest to yachties is P. u. Roehler (1985) 167 Cal. App. 3d 353. Mr. Roehler took off in a small, hard, rowing dory after anchoring his sailboat off the east end of Santa Cruz Island at Little Scorpion Anchorage. It was January and he was accompanied by his wife and stepson. The next thing known for sure is the crew of the yacht Sound of Music pulled Roehler, who was clinging to the comatose bodies of his wife and stepson, from the water. Roehler, an ex-Navy SCUBA diver and a very strong swimmer, was so weak he had to be pulled from the water with one of Sound of Music’s winches. Roehler testified that he was attempting to photograph his wife, stepson and the family dog against the background of Bird Rock, a protruberance inhabited by many sea birds, when the dog at¬ tempted to jump into the water after the birds. Everyone jumped after the dog and, in the ensuing confusion and panic, the dory over¬ turned, trapping Roehler underwater for about a minute. When Roehler reached the surface, he found his wife and stepson in the water but could get no response from either. He stayed with them until being rescued by Sound of Music, which fortuitously happened by. The Sound Of Music crew testified that Roehler immediately page 69

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LETTERS asked them to summon emergency aid and tried to reassure his un¬ conscious wife and stepson (Roehler was “very cold”, probably hypothermic) that they would be all right. They weren’t. They died and Roehler was convicted of murdering them and is now serving a sentence of life in prison without parole. How, one might wonder, could such a thing happen? , Well, the Roehlers, like many (most?) boating families, were in debt. They had recently taken out substantial life insurance policies, naming each other as beneficiaries. But that alone hardly seems to be proof of double murder beyond a reasonable doubt. There was more. The Santa Barbara County district attorney conducted tests in July, using a man, a woman and a boy (no dog), and concluded that there was no way a small, hard, rowing dory could be overturned in the ocean. The trial judge declared the deputy sheriffs who con¬ ducted these tests to be experts (there was no indication they’d ever been at sea before) and further instructed the jury that the July test occurred in the worst possible sea conditions. (July was calm; in January, at the time of the deaths, there was a Pacific storm resulting in a considerable swell.) The court does not identify the dory by designer or builder, but I sure would like to know where to get one of those invincible little buggers. One can only presume none of the jurors has ever tried to handle an overloaded small boat in the Chan¬ nel Islands in January. In any case Mr. Roehler will have lots of time to think it over. Next time you sail by San Quentin you might dip your ensign to him. He’ll be there. In another case, one whose holding is hard to dispute, the Ninth Circuit held a body of water to be non-navigable. Alaska u. U.S. (1985) 85 D.A.R. 820. The body of water? Slopbucket Lake. Finally, because all this high class legal analysis deserves a t-shirt (XL, please), I must tell you that your silly “knots per hour” debate has apparently infected the California courts. In a lawsuit involving an inadequately performing seagoing tug, Division Three of the First District Court of Appeal (right here in San Francisco) described “ ‘Valerie F.’ which had a 25,000 dwt cargo capacity, configured to carry lumber, bulk liquid chemical, phosphate rock and rice; developed 16 kph speed and propelled by diesel engines capable of burning heavy fuel.” While the only time a real seaperson would use the phrase “knots per hour” is in describing the speed of fishnet makers, there can be no doubt that that is not the concept Judge Anderson was attempting to communicate with the abbreviation “kph”. May his dory never capsize. Roy Dahlberg Sacramento

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□THE WAY I SEE IT I would like to respond to Andrew R. Fleishers May 1985 letter about Race Week; and, the 12 cruising questions. I’ve only been cruising a few years, which doesn’t make an expert, but I would like to pass on what I’ve learned so far. I agree that the fees for Race Week were very unreasonable. The cruisers asked Alberto Morphy several times, “What is the fee for?” He always tried to talk around it and avoid giving a direct answer. At one committee meeting he said, “I feel that the people working on Race Week should receive some kind of bonus.” He must have only been referring to NAO Yachts, because the trophies were donated by local businesses and the committees were volunteers from the cruis¬ ing fleet. Alberto Morphy also had the souvenir concession for Race Week. At $4.00 for a Race Week patch, $5.00 for a Race Week t-shirt, $7.50 for a Race Week t-shirt with the La Paz Yacht Club logo (La Paz Yacht Club and NAO Yachts are the same outfit), and $8.00 for a burgee, all items were of poor quality, Alberto did a good job of ex¬ ploiting Race Week. All this money stuff takes away from the spirit of Race Week. 1 thought the idea was to get together with a bunch of cruisers, party, have a few informal races and games and have a potluck on the beach. Not to make some guy a big shot with his government and help him get rich. I could go on about Alberto Morphy and what he’s done to yachting in La Paz, but that would mean writing an article. • I’ll answer the .12 cruising questions by number: 1. Definitely propane for fuel; as soon as I can figure out how to mount a refillable propane burner to my Seaswing, 111 junk my kerosene stove. 2. I prefer body heat to stay warm; proper clothing can make the difference between misery or comfort. 3 & 4. Think of things the people lack in the areas you’re going to trade in. Avoid alcohol, tobacco or dirty magazines. A jar of peanut butter or a canned chicken brings you more and doesn’t corrupt the local’s lifestyle. 5. With electronic equipment, it’s a matter of personal preference what is the best way to navigate. But I wouldn’t feel safe without gpod knowledge of coastal navigation and a sextant when going off¬

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LETTERS most expensive food to find. 10. There always seems to be work for people in the boating in¬ dustry, especially sailmakers. 11. Gringo Greenbacks have been popular everywhere I’ve gone. 12. American Express travelers checks and credit cards have always worked for me as a way to get currency. I have an American Express credit card in my survival kit, so in case I get shipwrecked and make it back to civilization, I have some way to get home. 1 hope this helps Andrew. While these ideas work for me, they may not be ideal for everyone. Marc Hightower

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Marc — We don’t think you’re being fair to Alberto Morphy. You say he’s changed yachting in La Paz, but he was not the first to put

moorings in the harbor. And judging from the fact that his mooring and pier facilities have been jammed every time we’ve been there, lots of yachties appreciate the services he is offering. In regard to Race Week, we were the ones who convinced Alberto to drop the entry fee to a reasonable $12.50 and to let all non-racers participate for free. We did it by recommending that he make the money in selling t-shirts and the like, which gave everyone the option of spending money or not. If you think anyone could possibly get rich off of Race Week, the batteries on your calculator must be run¬ ning low. We’re not nominating Alberto for sainthood or anything, but we think you’re slow to appreciate some of the things he has done for yachties and the amount of work that goes into being the hometown shaker and mover behind Race Week.

□ ISSUES AND ANSWERS Recently received our May issue, and can’t resist responding to some of the issues raised. I guess being landlocked four hours from

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□WE DIDN’T THINK WE’D GET A LETTER LIKE THIS In your last issue I read about the Barbary Coast Yacht Club. So now San Francisco has a gay sailing club. What’s their motto . . . “one hand for yourself and one for, your hip ’? No offense intended. Shawn Kerri Schooner Enchantress Shelburne, Nova Scotia

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□ MISCAPTIONED IN THE CHRON Contrary to the caption that appeared beneath the picture of my boat in the May 27th San Francisco Chronicle, my vessel Outrageous is neither old nor wooden. The paper did correct themselves in a later edition, but my apologies to all Master Mariners for stealing some of their thunder. I did like the picture.

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□ IF NOT ‘HOVE TO’, PERHAPS ‘THROW UP’? My, my. Imagine your re-opening the “knots” versus “knots per hour” controversy after all of your previous protestations of impa¬ tience with the subject. At least you have traded in Descartes in favor of Bowditch in the perpetration of your linguistic obfuscations. Your nautical stature waxeth ever greater! 1 must say, that was very clever attempting to legitimize the im¬ proper use of the term “knots per hour” by confusing the term describing the process (counting knots on a log line relative to elapsed time) with the term describing the result (speed expressed in nautical miles per hour, or “knot”). How about going to the Ashley Book of Knots for the number of “knots per hour” a good sailor can tie? I’m sure that somehow you could make that work for you. In any case, you are determined to have your last laugh so why not open another can of worms for a change. How do you feel about the statement “The Coast Guard came alongside and asked us to hove to”. Another current favorite in the new vernacular. Just a hint; the reference to the Coast Guard is only in there to throw you off. Keep diggin’ in those musty archives for other dated morsels that might appear to support your untenable position, and remember, “The early bird gets the stitch in time! John Pumphrey Naples, Florida John — Your proof is as exemplary a case of begging the question as we’ve ever seen, but as we told Mordecai, have it your way. If you ever get out this way, we’ll be glad to treat both of you to lunch at

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□ CORNERS, INNER & OUTER We just received our first issue of Latitude 38, and very pleased with the publication. One thing — why not put the page numbers on the outside corners of the pages rather than on the inconvenient in¬ ner lower corner? Can you furnish me the current address of the BUC, which used to publish a manual listing the vessels for sale, similar to the blue book for automobiles? Enclosed is a currently valid one dollar bill for an extra copy of the June issue which I would like to send to a friend in Suva, Fiji. We will get off a personal ad for the next issue to try to find a South Pacific cruising couple in need of retired partners who need cruising experience prior to purchasing their own vessel. If such a situation comes to vour attention prior to that keep our needs in mind. Clifford R. Koester Electric City, WA Clifford — We don’t have the exact address of the folks at BUC In¬ ternational, but we believe they’re out of Fort Lauderdale. Do not, however, treat the BUC book as a bible. Relative to cars, so few boats are sold that.the BUC book can only be used as a very rough guide. As for the location of our page numbers, we prefer the inside cor¬ ner because it’s long been known that page numbers not only do a better job but are pyschologically better adjusted when they are closer to staples. All publishers know this, but precious few give a damn about page numbers. Fortified with this knowledge, we’re certain that you and all the rest of our readers are gladly willing to put up with a little inconvenience to keep the page numbers, which serve us all so well, happy and employed.

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You may have noticed the results for the Master Mariners race in the Chronicle on May 27th. After listing the Ocean Racing and Gaff divisions, the Sporting Green presented the top finishers in the “Mother” fleet. Now, we know a few boats and crews we’ve referred to that way (“That mother barged us at the starting line!”), but never an official fleet designation. The mystery was solved when the Master Mariners sent out the of¬ ficial results and the following explanation. The sports department reporter was doing fine with “Ocean and Gaff, but didnt quite understand “Marconi.” “That’s M like in Mother A-R-C-O-N-I,” said Patrick O’Daniels, the PR volunteer for the Master Mariners. Yeah, right, mother. The Oakland Tribune picked up the Chron’s mistake as well.

Naval architect Bob Smith of Mill Valley got a pretty plum design commission with the new 43-ft IOR racer High Risk. Bob has sailed with owner Jim Mizell of Sacramento for a couple of seasons on the latter’s Frers 40 of the same name. Mizell wanted a slightly bigger boat, good for buoy racing and able to compete on the ocean as well. Bob took the opportunity to try a few things he’s thought about for a while. Most notable is the positioning of the helmsman, who will sit forward of the traveller. The driver is usually positioned aft of this

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fewer bodies in the way as he looks forward and he also has a clearer view of the luff of the jib. It makes sense to us.

Reshuffling radio navigation systems . . . Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger

and

Secretary

Transportation Elizabeth Dole recently signed a joint DOD/DOT policy statement delineating the future mix of federally funded radio navigation systems. Here are some of its high points. Radio Beacons: Maritime and aeronautical radiobeacons that serve civilian users will remain part of the radio navigation mix well into the next century. LORAN-C: LORAN-C, provides navigation for both civil and military air and surface users. In preparation for more widespread use of the developing Global Positioning System (GPS), DOD will phase out military use of overseas LORAN-C by 1992. The U.S. will discontinue LORAN-C transmitting stations established for military use that do not serve the North American continent. The LORAN-C system serving the continental U.S. and its coastal areas will remain a part of the navigation system mix into the next century. OMEGA: OMEGA is a global navigation system serving maritime

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SAILING CENTER

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although the system will remain part of the radio navigation mix until at least the year 2000. GPS: The Global Positioning System is a DOD-developed, worldwide, satellite-based radio navigation system that is scheduled to be operational with three-dimensional coverage by 1988. The GPS Precise Positioning Service (PPS) will be restricted to the military. The GPS Standard Positioning Service (SPS) will be made continuously available to all users worldwide. As currently proposed, GPS SPS provides more accurate fixes than LORAN-C.

It does not, however, have the capability of

LORAN-C in the repeatable mode, and it cannot provide as accurate a fix in all locations as LORAN-C. When development of GPS SPS navigation reaches equivalent accuracy, it will eventually replace

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Better late than never . . . Here are a couple more class organizations that would like to make themselves known to potential members: Catalina 30 Fleet 28, of Monterey Bay, Herb Lundin (408) 438-6550, ext. 2605, and the

Catalina 38 Fleet of San Francisco Bay,

Peter Solle,

763-7460. Anybody else out there who hasn’t been counted?

What happened to Mickey Lowell? The well known Tahoe sailor and businessman disappeared ott San Diego last Thanksgiving and hasn’t been seen since. According to a report in the San Diego Log, Lowell’s 34-ft powerboat was found drifting in San Diego Bay with no one aboard. An empty box of body building weights and a new knife hanging over the transom were also found. Suicide was suspected, but it was also discovered page 93

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that he had recently taken out a large insurance policy. Lowell’s Sunnyside Resort in Tahoe had been in financial trouble prior to his disappearance.

by Gene Evans, a cameraman for the famous TV movie “ROOTS”. a couple on a small boat along

Odd lots . . . Bound copies of Latitude 38 are now available at the San Fran¬

MEXICO ENTgAl AMERICA

cisco Main Library in Civic Center . . . Georgina Candelaria has opened a studio gallery devoted to marine art at the Agricultural Building, Suite 128, 101 Embarcadero South at Mission in San Fran¬

ISLANDS

cisco. The gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through

• COCOS ISLAND

Friday and the phone number is 982-8995 . . . The Slocum Society lost their founder Richard Gordon McCloskey on May 14th. He died at his home in Bothell, Washington just a few days before his 72nd birthday. Multi-talented and a world-traveler, McCloskey collected information on singlehanded sailors, which led to the formation of the Slocum Society in 1955. Among his other achievements, “Mac” introduced rugby to the U.S. west coast and was the amateur golf champion of Chili.

Where to go? According to a survey of the very active members of the Tiburon YC (formerly the Paradise Cay YC), the favorite cruise destinations are ranked thus: Encinal, Vallejo, Napa River, Berkeley, Benicia, and Petaluma.

O Pays To COCOS ISLAND beautifully done sailing documentary film. . . iri vivid color. Gene and Josie Evans sail their small boat down the coasts of Mexico, Central America, and offshore islands, com¬ pleting a two-year voyage of 10,000 miles. See SPERM WHALES, a GIANT WATERSPOUT, SEA TURTLES laying eggs, DOLPHINS Don’t miss this new,exciting film. ... is a

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SALE $5.50 Sail Buoy — Model 162578 For cans and bottles, hangs from lifelines. List $7.95 100420

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OVERBOARD RESCUE SYSTEM • Allows one person to rescue another heavier person • Simple to learn and use • Dangerous close-in boat maneuvering eliminated • 20 lbs. flotation is delivered to M.O.B./M.O.B. not required to swim to flotation • Mounts on stern rail. System consists of storage bag. Lifesling Flotation collar, 150' of floating line. Model 220475 List $174.00

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SALE $45-60 B. C. Deluxe Cat Eye — Brown. Model 159376 List $70.00

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SIGHTINGS twisted tale If dead men tell no tales, how can a prosecutor convict a couple suspected of murdering another cruising couple on a lonely tropical isle? Circumstantial evidence is the answer, the very one used last month in San Francisco to convict Buck Duane Walker for the murder of Eleanor ‘Muff’ Graham on Palmyra island back in 1974. According to the case built by Elliot Enoki of the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the 47-year old Walker and his 38-year-old companion, Stephanie Stearns, were anchored at Palmyra, a small island 1,000 miles south of Honolulu. This was August of 1974, when the two were in a pretty bad way. Not only had Walker fled from Honolulu on drug charges, but they were forced to barter for food. His 27-ft wood sloop Ioia, To Life’, which he had purchased in Maui for $3,000, was leaking badly. It was then that Eleanor and Malcolm Graham arrived aboard their wellequipped 38-ft ketch, Sea Wind. Experienced world travellers, the Graham’s kept weekly radio contact with mainland friends. However, following a transmission on August 28, 1974 in which they said Walker and Stearrfs were coming over that night with a goodbye cake, the Grahams were never heard from or seen alive a^ain. In October of 1974 Walker and Stearns turned up in Honolulu with the Graham’s boat, which had been altered in appearance and was sporting a new name. Walker did not report the disappearance of the Graham’s to the authorities, who were nonetheless alerted to the suspicious situation by friends of the Grahams. During 1974 and 1975 trials on drug and boat theft charges, Walker ad¬ mitted stealing Sea Wind, but steadfastly denied having killed the Graham’s. He and Stearns claimed that nobody had been aboard Sea Wind the night they arrived with the cake, and they later found the Graham’s Zodiac over¬ turned-in the lagoon. They could only assume the two had gone overboard and had drowned or were eaten by sharks. Walker and Stearns contend that they later lost their boat trying to leave Palmyra, and decided to take the Graham’s. Without the bodies, Walker and Stearns could not be tried for murder. Nonetheless, Stearns was sentenced to serve two years in prison on boat theft charges. She was released after seven months and reportedly became a very successful manager of a hi-tech firm in Southern California. Walker was sentenced to 13 years in prison for the drug and boat theft charges, but 42 months later escaped from the McNeil Island, Washington prison. He was recaptured in Yuma, Arizona in August of 1981. Then in 1983, a South African yachtswoman discovered what has since been identified as Mrs. Graham’s partly burned skull. Apparently it had washed up on Palmyra after all those years. Given a body, the U.S. At¬ torney’s Office felt they had what they needed to proceed with a murder trial against Walker. In the recent San Francisco proceedings against Walker, the prosecution maintained that Mrs. Graham’s body had been placed in a metal box — which was found on shore with corresponding burn marks — set afire, and thrown into the ocean. Prosecutor Enoki claimed that, “Only two people had the opportunity to commit the murder, only two people on earth”. Those two were Walker and Stearns. Enoki also produced an inmate who had been behind bars with Walker, one Noel Ingman, who testified that Walker had boasted of making Malcolm Graham “walk the plank” and later “blew away” both the Grahams. No trace has ever been found of Malcolm Graham. Given the circumstantial evidence and the testimony of Ingman, the San Francisco jury deliberated for a mere two hours before arriving at a guilty ver¬ dict. Walker was to be sentenced late last month, and could receive a lif.e sentence. His lawyer, however, has announced that he will appeal the guilty verdict. Murder charges are still pending against Stephanie Stearns, who is ex¬ pected to be brought to trial shortly. Update: Although we haven’t been able to confirm the reports, we’ve been

600 days to If you’re looking for a first hand account of sailing off to paradise, plan to attend Gene and Josie Evans’ presentation of their film 600 Days to Cocos Island, coming to Walnut Creek and Santa Cruz at the end of July. Both Gene, a successful Hollywood cameraman, and Mexican-born Josie, a real ^estate saleswoman, left their careers for a two year cruise down the coasts of Mexico and Central America and west to the Cocos and Galapagos Islands. The 90 minute color film documents this voyage, which included

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SIGHTINGS cocos island a stormy crossing of the Gulf of Tehuantepec, an intimate encounter with a herd of sperm whales, and wondrous excur¬ sions on Cocos and the Galapagos. Showings of the film will take place at the Walnut Creek Civic Arts Theatre (415-943-5862) on July 28th at 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., and at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium (408-429-3444) on July 30th at 7:45 p.m. Tickets are $5'in advance, $6 at the door and $3 for seniors.

twisted tale — cont’d told there have been two major developments in the case. The first was that the boat theft charges against Walker were overturned on appeal. The se¬ cond is that shortly after his murder conviction, Walker escaped from authorities in Colorado and remains on the loose.

yeah, but do you really know for sure? We were down in Redwood City the other day when we took this photograph of the boats berthed at the Municipal Marina. The tall white piles in the background make an atypical marina background; usually marinas are

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SIGHTINGS know for sure? - cont’d surrounded by condos, boutique businesses, restaurants — things like that. As most South Bay residents know, the big white piles are salt that belongs to the Leslie Salt Company. But that got us to thinking, does anybody really know, or is everybody just assuming it’s salt? After all, have any of you ever tasted the stuff? Maybe a couple of officers ought to mosey on down there and have a lick just to make sure it’s salt like we all think. Cause what if everybody is wrong and it turned out to be coke? Remember a year or so ago when San Jose discovered that their risky investments had cost the city something like $750 million? If you think that was embarassing to the region, imagine the image problems there would be if it was discovered that South Bay authorities had 200 million tons of pure coke sitting right under their noses for twenty years and never knew it? Yeah, better send a couple of black and whites down just to check.

new from santa cruz Two brand new boats w^t their keels in Santa Cruz recently, the Moore 30 and the Olson 29. They represent some novel thinking on the part of designer/builders Ron Moore and George Olson, two of the originators of the ultralight scene. The Moore 30 was actually designed by Oakland’s Gary Mull and built by Moore. It features two fold up wings on which the crew perches while sailing upwind and on reaches for greater stability. Mull also incorporated a winglet keel, with a pair of lead fins on the bottom of the blade. His purpose for this configuration was to get as much ballast as low as possible, again for addi¬ tional stability. The first Moore 30, called Wing and a Prayer, was launched May 29th with a crowd of 200 watching the champagne celebration. Santa Cruz sailor Peter Costello managed to snag one of the first rides and here is his enthusiastic report: “What a trip! We towed to the middle of the channel, raised the main and VAROOOOOM, we were gone! Two powerboats came out to watch and take pictures, and they were hooting and yelling — one guy said we were keeping up to him at 20 knots, but everyone agreed his knotmeter needed adjusting. We were probably topping out at 14 knots, if that. Sailing it was simple: one person drives and another pulls the mainsheet. Buzz Ballenger (the spar builder) kept a curious eye on the really tall mast. “Before we left the dock everyone asked what happens when the wings go in the water? Do they come off? Fold up? Does the boat do a brodie? Well, it just keeps going, albeit slower, but it’s just a matter of a momentary traveller adjustment and you’re off again. “Tacking the first time was hysterically funny. Remember, there were 10 or 11 of us onboard, seven of whom were out on the wing, and the boat is tippy. Moving across was an every-man-for-himself affair which was later re¬ fined to: “Rail sitters on your marks!” “Get set!” “Tack!” Like sprinters coming out of the starting blocks, we’d run way across the deck. Several of us joked that they should install pop up seat backs on the wings, sort of like air brakes on jetliner wings. They would fold down for the tack and you could just tuck and roll. “There is a great view from the helmsman’s position down the gap be¬ tween the boat’s regular outline and the wing sitters. It’s easy to see where you’re going. The same is true for the rail sitters. You get a neat view of the bow. If they could make the wings out of clear plastic you could see the water rushing past the hull — sort of like sitting on air. “We didn’t have time to try out the spinnaker — that is really going to be a ride!!” While not as radical as the Moore 30, the Olson 29 nevertheless represents some significant thinking on the part of designer George Olson. For the past seven years, his Olson 30 has proven itself to be a very capable ocean racer.

Above left, Gary Mull and the winged keel. Above right, the

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SIGHTINGS santa cruz - cont’d Its performance around the buoys, though, could be improved, and that’s what George hopes to accomplish with the 29. The 29 has a stronger, 15/16th’s fractional rig (the Olson 30 is masthead) with double spreaders for improved upwind performance, as well as elliptical rudder and semi-elliptical keel. These blade shapes are the latest thinking in aerodynamic efficiency, which should also help going to windward. The deck layout is almost the same as the Olson 30, but the sloping stern and open cockpit are new. Down below the boat is simple, with a V-berth up for¬ ward, a chart table and few other amenities. The first boat has been launched and raced with success in both Santa Cruz and on Lake Tahoe. In its first Santa Cruz Wednesday night race, the 29 lost only to a Santa Cruz 50. Olson plans to be in full production of the boat by August. They will continue to make the Olson 30 as well.

in the name of the public trust July 18 is to be another noteworthy day in the Longstanding battle between the BCDC (Bay Conservation and Development Commission) and boaters who support liveaboards and unlimited use of their boats. On that date at 1:00 p.m. in Room 1194 of the State Building at 455 Golden Gate Avenue in San Francisco, the BCDC Staff will present a revised Staff Report on Houseboats and Liue-aboards to the BCDC Commission, a revised report they hope will become part of the overall San Francisco Bay Plan. A public hearing on the matter will be held August 15, 1985 at the same time, in the same room of the same building of what will still be San Fran¬ cisco. The BCDC Staff is going to recommend that amendments be made to the broad San Francisco Bay Plan, based on their revised Staff Report on Houseboats and Liveaboards. The possible amendments include: 1. New definitions of houseboats and live-aboards. 2. A statement indicating that the public trust precludes new houseboat marinas and, for the most part, substantial increases in the numbers of houseboats at existing marinas and live-aboards at existing recreational boating marinas. 3. A clearer description of when and where houseboats may be allowed as minor additions to existing houseboat marinas. 4. A description of when and where liveaboards should be allowed in recreational boating marinas, including a maximum percentage of live¬ aboards allowable and provisions for' accommodating existing unauthorized houseboats and liveaboards in existings marinas; and, 5. A more complete statement of the conditions that must be met by houseboat and liveaboard projects. If you have any question about what effect these amendments are in¬ tended to have, the notice of the meetings makes it quite clear by stating: “To the extent that this may reduce the number of new houseboats or liveaboards, future residential use will shift more toward on-land residential units. There may also be adverse social and economic impacts on builders of houseboat marinas and houseboats; in some cases, on persons who wish to buy or rent houseboats or liveaboards; or on persons who wish to find and rent slips for houseboats or liveaboard use. •’ The BCDC Staff notes that a number of changes have been made to the staff’s original report on houseboats and liveaboards “in response to the oral and written comments received”. They do not note that almost all the changes are in direct opposition to the written and oral comments of boatowners. Nonetheless, the major changes, as they see them, in the Staff Report on Houseboats and Liveaboards, are: 1. A new definition of ‘houseboat’ and ‘liveaboard’. 2. A more detailed description of local government ordinances related to these uses. 3. An inventory of liveaboards in Bay Area marinas. cont’d on next sightings page page 103

SIGHTINGS public trust - cont’d 4. A more detailed analysis of local, state, and federal authority over vessel wastewater discharges. 5. Separate findings and policies for houseboats and liveaboards; and, 6. Findings and policies concerning new as well as existing but unauthorized houseboats and liveaboards situated in existing marinas. All this follows several months on the heels of the California Coastal Com¬ mission’s 7 to 0 approval of the San Diego Port District’s Bay Wide Small Craft Mooring Plan, a plan which calls for the 625 permanent and transient seaworthy vessels to be accomodated at moorings in 8 anchorages in San Diego Bay. Ironically, what many feel will be the BCDC Staff’s bashing of houseboats and liveaboards at the July 18 Commission meeting will come just weeks after the first tenants will have moved into the very attractive and well-conceived Laurel Street anchorage in San Diego. It’s difficult to say what will happen if the BCDC Staff gets its way and really clamps down on liveaboards, but what’s been considered in relatively liveaboard friendly Oceanside might give you some frame of reference. Down there it was proposed that the 10 percent liveaboard population be reduced by attrition to 5 parent (there somebody’s interpretation of state law limits public harbor to limit liveaboards to 2 percent of berths under the threat of losing public funds and grants) and a system of ‘hotel passes’ be instituted. Ten such passes would be available in the 835-berth marina, which would allow a person to stay on his or her boat for up three weeks at a time — this in addition to the weekend and two-weeks per year overnight privileges he or she already enjoys. The first time you’re caught illegally on your boat without a hotel pass or approved liveaboard status, you’d be fined $50 and given a citation. We’re not sure if there’s a death penalty for a second violation or if this Oceanside proposal ever passed, but neither would come as a surprise. Have we really come to the point where visiting the boat you own in the marina you rent a slip from is a privilege and not a right? It’s certainly begin¬ ning to feel that way.

eriscon alive and A number of years ago, a person we thought was a well-informed source told us Ericson Yachts was about to go bankrupt. In one of the most irresponsible acts we’ve ever committed with this magazine, we reported the rumor as truth. It’s thus been no small N delight to us that the Irvine-based company, under president Gene Kohlmann, has been doing just fine, thank you very much. In a sense, the continued success of Eric¬ son is the story of a local boy who did good. Kohlmann grew up and learned to sail in Northern California, and at one time owned Albatross Sailing Center, which is now NorCal Yachts, in Alameda. He’s been at the helm of Ericson for the last seven years. CML Group, Inc., Ericson’s parent com¬ pany, recently announced that it has ar¬ ranged a leveraged buyout of Ericson by Kohlmann and Bruce King, designer of Eric¬ son’s product line for more than 20 years. CML, which went public about 18 months

benicia Benicia Harbor officially opened to boaters on June 30 of last year, and the har¬ bor has been steadily filling ever since. About two-thirds of the 178 Phase I slips are now occupied, and one-third of the 143 Phase II

SIGHTINGS coast guard plans base move

well in irvine

If the Coast Guardsmen at Fort Point were to choose a theme song for their base, the Lena Horne classic “Stormy Weather” would be a strong con¬ tender. Ever since the Coasties occupied the base near the South tower of

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ago, decided on the move because the cyclical nature of the sailboat market “no longer met their long-term objectives,” and because very few sailboat manufacturers have done well as public companies. Massachusetts-based CML, a specialty retail¬ ing firm, also owns Boston Whaler, Sierra Designs and the Nature Company. Ericson, which began in 1964, is probably best known for its venerable 35, one of the most successful yacht designs ever put on paper. Readers who followed Andrew Urbanczyk’s solo circumnavigation in Latitude 38 will recall that he chose an Ericson, a 30 + , for that voyage. Currently in produc¬ tion are the Ericson 26, 28, 30, 32, 35 (a new design as of 1982) and 38. “Ericson,” says Kohlmann, “is alive and well.” Our congratulations and wishes for con¬ tinued success to Ericson. Can we take our foot out of our mouth now?

Horseshoe Bay.

update slips, due to open shortly, have already been reserved. Benicia’s location, on the North side of Carquinez Strait between the Carquinez and cont’d on next sightings page

the Golden Gate in 1915, equipment and personnel have taken a battering from the surge in the area. Now plans are afoot to move the base across the channel to Horseshoe Bay, the small harbor at Marin County s Fort Baker. Up until 10 years ago, things weren’t as bad. The Coast Guard boats were pulled out of the water in between missions. With the new boats, two 44-foot and one 30-foot motor lifeboats, that was impossible. To protect them from the often strong surge, those boats are secured bow-to the dock, with their sterns tethered out. To board two of them, personnel have to actually walk the mooring lines while holding onto manropes. The third can only be safely boarded from an inflatable. In addition to endangering personnel, this ar¬ rangement has made maintenance difficult. “We’ve been seeking a solution for the last 10 years, says Commander Dave Spade, chief planner of the move. “We actually had a breakwater designed (for Fort Point), but the environmental assessment showed that it would have a negative impact. Besides having to fill in more of the Bay, it would have a Visual impact’ from Cpssy and, by interrupting the sand sup¬ ply, could cause beach erosion.” Relocating the base in Horseshoe Bay would solve most of the Coast Guard’s problems, but they want to make sure it won’t create problems for the public, local governments or the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA), under whose jurisdiction any unused parts of Horseshoe Bay fall. (As part of Ft. Baker, Horseshoe Bay is Army property, but federal law allows for other government use of any property that is declared excess.) “It’s a very scenic spot,” says Spade. “Whatever we plan has to blend in and be compatible with the surroundings.” The Coast Guard originally proposed the move before a citizen’s advisory commission in April, and has since met several times with GGNRA officials and the GGNRA Marin Advisory Committee. The first of a series of public hearings are scheduled for early Jply, although at this writing no specific dates had been set. To become official, the move needs the approval of the various local agencies, the GGNRA and the Secretary of the Interior. It’s a little early to speculate on the success or failure of the proposal at this point, says Commander Spade. “It depends on the people of the San Fran¬ cisco Bay Area, especially the people of Marin County.” Except for some of younger, unattached personnel, the Coasties at Fort Point are all for the move to more protected water. “I guess a few of the single guys might prefer the San Francisco side,” says Commander Spade. cont'd on next sightings page

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SIGHTINGS benicia

coast guard move - cont’d For the record, we at Latitude 38 support this move. Boats from this sta¬ tion are the ones designed to take search an'd rescue missions outside the Golden Gate (thus the need to be close to it), and a move to Horseshoe Bay would only increase the effectiveness of these operations.

- class struggles Thunderbirds are back! We were the competitive, noisy fleet that was hard to miss in Vallejo at the Opener. We had reason to celebrate, though: with 11 boats on the line, T-Birds are among the stronger fleets in ODCA. The 1985 season seems in many ways to be a miracle recovery from the

'Sneaky Pete's crew is out to get a leg up on the rest of the Thunderbird fleet.

Suisun Bridges, puts it at the gateway to the Delta — or the gateway to the Bay, depend¬ ing on which way you’re going. “If you said it’s still in the Bay or it’s still in the Delta, you’d both be right,” says Marina Manager Bill Zerbe. Either way, it’s a convenient place X to stock up on ice and last minute items before going east or west. The marina has a modern, new gas dock, convenience store, public launch ramp, hot showers and guest docks for overnighters. Two-thirds of the 30 restaurants in town are within walking distance. In response to reports we’ve heard of

Left to

right, Gloria Brittain, Pat Frey, Cheryl Knapp, Joyce Newport and Femie Doodeman.

three boats we had out in 1984, but it is actually the product of five years of promotion, competition, near harassment and not a little hype. Owners of older boats have common problems maintaining a strong fleet identity. We are not just talking about a large starting line. We are talking about owners who are proud of their boats, who sail together and who enjoy sharing information on making their boats go. In 1981, there were three (Thunderbirds racing ODCA. Not too exciting, but the rebuilding was already underway. With a YRA yearbook, an out of date fleet roster, a number of trips down to the docks to write down CF numbers and a friend in the DMV, our telephone and letter campaign began. “Do you still own your T-Bird?” “Would you come to our next meeting?” “Can we put you on our mailing list?” If the boat had been sold, “Could you give us the name of the new owner?” Thunderbirds are helped by having a strong international organization, but the real work has to be done locally.The late nights spent in Austin O’Briery’s office as he, Jim Graham, Jim Newport and I pasted up the newsletter (before our word processor), added to our mailing list and called up prospec¬ tive new members began to pay off. In two months, we had located 70 T-Birds between Sacramento and Monterey. Notices in Latitude 38 and handbills in yacht clubs and chandleries brought out a few more joiners. Many were surprised to hear that .there even was a local organization. Since then, we’ve had several fund raisers, including organizing our own boat show, which resulted in the sale of a boat and its addition to the racing fleet. Our next boat show is scheduled for July 20, from 1 to 6 p.m. at the San Francisco Boat Works. If your local fleet has organizational problems, stop complaining — get together with three or four skippers still racing and reorganize it yourself. It takes time, headaches and some late nights, but it’s fun. jvfcCamv “Bird of Paradise” page 106

SIGHTINGS update shallow water in the marina, Zerbe says “We did have problems for a short time right at the entrance, but they’ve been corrected. Our channel entrance is now 6.2 feet at mean low water and we have bids out now to dredge it to 8 to 10 feet. Silting will be a problem as long as there’s water going by out there, but we’ve had no problems with groundings in the channel. On opening day, an 82-ft Coast Guard Cutter came in. If there were any humps left, I’m sure he knocked them down.” For more on the Benicia Marina, call (707) 745-2628.

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one tons on the move Grand Prix racing goes through phases. A few years ago, for example, the hot size racer was 43 feet. Currently, though, the boat of choice is the 40 footer rating 30.5 feet under the International Offshore Rule (IOR). Generically called “One Tonners”, they are becoming popular both interna¬ tionally and locally. Pictured below are two of the most active San Francisco boats, Bruce Stone’s X One Ton Arbitrage, left, and Bob Brockhoff’s J/41 Liquid Ski;, right.

One Tonners are drawing sailors from both larger and smaller boats. Stone used to sail larger IOR yachts and finds One Tons much more responsive and manageable. Brockhoff traded up to his boat after owning a Santana 35. One Ton activity on the Bay will be increasing in the next couple of years, with the world championships here in 1988. This Fourth of July, they’ll meet off the City Front for a Pacific Coast Championship, a grueling affair with three Bay races and a 150 miler out in the ocean.

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Fun at Minimum Price? Look at the new Jeanneau Sunkiss 45. : offers an immense amount of comfort 1 performance for a not so immense aunt of dollars (thanks to the strength of dollar vs. the franc). Besides her huge ler’s suite (that’s right, suite!), there are 2 st cabins, a large saloon and a galley itting her French origin. Lest you think all luxury adds up to not-so-hot perform:e, we should mention that a stock Jeanu 45 won both her class and 1st produci boat to finish in the grueling-Atlantic ible-Handed Race. : the new Jeanneau Sunkiss 45 strikes your cy, but you would like some help making

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SIGHTINGS jessica cup 1985 The Jessica Cup, originally displayed at the New York YC, now resides at the St. Francis, bearing the name Santana, What does it take to get a piece of antique furniture around the cans first? A lot. A lot of people, work, time, money, beer, talent, sweat, occasional blood, tears and two enthusiastic owners. Santana was built as a schooner in 1935 for W.L. Stewart, Jr., son of the founder of Union Oil. For 10 years, Humphrey Bogart owned the boat, rac¬ ing and cruising her to Catalina every chance he got. Under owner Charley Peet, Santana went on a two-year circumnavigation. Her entire 50 years, both before and after her conversion to a yawl, have been punctuated with memorable races and trophies. Eden and Eden Architects bought the legendary Sparkman and Stephens yawl more than 10 years ago, and began a grueling renovation. Craftsmen from around the Bay joined project foreman Ralph Lucas and Tom and Ted Eden themselves to replank, refasten, repaint and replace parts from the masthead fly to the bottom of the keel. Today, as she approaches her golden anniversary, Santana is in the final stages of restoration. Racing Santana has changed little in 50 years. The Edens have added some new technology, but it still takes the same big crew and concentrated orchestration to successfully campaign the 55-ft, 20-ton mahogany yawl. This year, for the St. Francis invitational Jessica Cup, Santana’s competition came from two other vintage S&S yawls, the 59-ft Od\jsse\) and the 65-ft Adios. Practice began two weeks before the race. Fred Doster’s champion Santana 35, Take Five, supplied the core of the crew. It took another 10 guys to fill the remaining positions. Tom Eden would take the helm and Lucas called tactics. The first practice was pretty sloppy. By second practice, everyone had a job description and at least a brief introduction to most of Santana’s antique gear. Each succeeding practice went smoother than the last, and by Friday night’s race the enthusiasm was electric. The start was clean, and Santana’s lead increased on the first beat while point man Mike Roth checked gear. The bearaway set was good, but not flawless. If someone goofed up once, the Take Five core guys would jeer and yuck it up; but do it twice and Lucas got into some tongue lashing: “Pay at-

‘Santana' on a spinnaker run.

tention, meatball, or I’m gonna start charging admission!” The confusion cleared up quickly and Bruce Schwab on spinnaker trim soon had sweat pouring from his grinders, Fred Doster and Fred Anderson. As Santana bore away from the mark, Od^sse^i was still beating to 16 with her foredeck ascurry. When she passed, someone yelled “Hey, you guys aren’t supposed cont’d on next sightings page

hello Some of you may remember last winter when we said it was a great time to buy a sailboat. Indeed it was, but now it’s even mo’ betta. Here’s a couple of reasons why: Lower interest rates. Rates have been coming down a lot in the last couple of years, and the trend has continued in the last couple of months. Not everyone appreciates how much this can affect the cost of owning a boat. For example we knew a guy who owned a Olson 30, which he had purchased three or four years ago with a 17% loan. He financed $24,000 of the cost, which on a 15 year loan resulted in payments of $368 a month. With boat loan rates as low as 10.75% these days, that same 15 year loan would have required monthly payments of only $268 a month. Heck, that’s cutting the monthly tab by more than one third! Do banks want to loan you money for a boat? Well when walked past the Sausalito branch of the Bank of America, they had this banner hanging from the side of building (see photo) proclaiming their wish to have you call about a boat loan. When’s the last time you’ve seen something like that? A second factor that makes now a good time to buy a boat is that boat prices that leveled off a year or so ago are still down. And with what’s been a cyclical slowdown in sailboat sales recently, both dealers and in¬ dividual owners are more than ever willing to listen to offers and deal. Just call and find out. But what about tax reform? Frankly we’re not experts about taxes, except paying them, so we don’t know. However we did read the following in the Marin Independent Journal by Gannet Newpaper Chain tax expert Lynn page I 10

SIGHTINGS jessica cup - cont’d to use spinnakers.” Lucas’ reply resounded off the seawall: “BULLSHIT!” Eden looked amused, but drove on without comment. Santana was so far ahead at the finish the handicap didn’t matter. Originally, there was not to be a handicap. The races were boat for boat. The day before the race, though, a gentlemen’s disagreement — which eventually included owners, commodores, managers, mates and chairmen — took place. It resulted in an amendment to the sailing instructions: Adios would be scratch boat; Odyssey — 15 seconds/mile; Santana 20

goodbye Shaw: “Anyone who is thinking of buying a car or boat or any other big ticket item should do so in 1985, while you can still deduct sales tax”. If you’re considering buying a boat that you’ll use in a charter situation, now is not only a good time to buy, it may be the last good time to buy. For one thing a big feature of almost all tax reform talk is repealing the investment tax credit, which is worth as much 8% to 10% of the purchase price of a boat. Secondly, if you get your business go¬ ing before the end of the year —■ the first date anyone sees a chance of tax reform being passed — you may get many other benefits of such a business ‘grandfathered’ in. We know that we’ve now got some of you so fired up you’re going to run out and buy such a big boat that you won’t be able to af¬ ford sails for it until later. Heck, if you’re one of those we got some good news for you, too. Over at Ulmer-Kolius Sails in Oakland they’re instituting a program whereby you can finance sails. That’s right, finance sails, the white things you run up with halyards. But even in this case, you don’t want to wait long. Introductory finance rates are 9.9%, but by the end of the month they increase to between 15.5 to 19.5 percent. If financing sails sounds like a strange thing for a sailmaker to do, just remember Arthur Mur¬ ray. He didn’t get rich on dancing lessons, he got rich financing them. If you need any further encouragement to make a move on that boat you’ve been ey¬ ing, just remember Socrates final words to Aristotle: “It’s better to be sailing in debt than rich on shore.” Socrates Smith the boat broker said that t<

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seconds/mile. Od^sse^i gave Santana a run for the money in the second race. During some gear bumbling, Roth was hit with the spinnaker pole and rolled to the gunwhales while mastmen Dan Doyle, Mike Robello and Schwab from the cockpit took over to clean up the pointy end. But Santana didn’t lose any time; Roth called the lifts and headers from his blood puddle on the rail. He was taped back together on the beat and resumed his puff patrol. His weren’t the only war wounds. Torn knuckles, bruised shins and the general feeling of having been run over by a train was shared by everyone on the crew. Even the biggest grinders, Paul Van Bastalaar and Russ Boudreau, looked like they were about to puke after Santana short tacked up the City Front. Casualties notwithstanding, the boat took another first. Back in the slip between races, the men lunched, groaned and drank to each others’ remaining health and the upcoming final race. All hands looked a little drained as Santana motored out to the start. By the time the big yawl was running the line, though, the adrenalin was once again pumping. Again, Odyssey stayed close, but not close enough. Tom Eden doesn’t talk much when he drives, but he grinned real loud at Santana’s third bullet, only to be drowned out by a rousing cheer from the crew. Back at the St. Francis, the exhausted but jubilant crew demolished the food and champagne, toasted the Edens, then dribbled home to rest up for the Master Mariners Parade the next morning. Lucas, pocketing a list of repairs to be made, was one of the last to go, leaving a pair of proud owners who know what it takes to get an old lady around the cans first. — elena garcia

finish this race and live! If the humdrum of croissants and Trivial Pursuit has got you down, and the idea of sliding downwind to Hawaii doesn’t really get your juices flowing, how’s this as a big challenge: on March 21st, 1987, the Nippon Ocean RacMajor Tracks of Extratropical Depressions

Tracks of Typhoons

ing Club (NORC) is sponsoring the Yamaha Osaka Cup, a doublehanded race from Melbourne, Australia, to Osaka, Japan. It will be the world’s first yachting contest of a longitudinal Pacific crossing. The course covers 5,500 miles and there are quite a few obstacles in the way. The continent of Australia is one of them, as are the islands of cont’d on next sightings page

SIGHTINGS maritime

finish this race — cont’d Melanesia, Micronesia, Mariana and Bonin. And then there are the ex-

Given the fact the United States govern¬

tratropical depressions and typhoons that like to traverse this stretch of water

ment has been operating in an increasingly

as well. While the latter (see diagram) aren’t too prevalent in April and May,

bankrupt fiscal manner, it should come as no

the time frame for the race, the former can be. In fact, the Japanese even

surprise that the House Interior Committee

have a name for the first storm of spring: Haru Ichiban. Same to you, pal. Unlike the NORC’s 1981 singlehanded race from San Francisco to Kobe,

unanimously

approved

legislation

that

would establish admission fees for the Na¬

Japan, (in which Alameda’s Linda Webber-Rettie successfully competed),

tional Maritime Museum in old Bagdad by

the Melbourne-Osaka race is a two person affair. There will be one division

the Bay.

for cruising yachts and two for racing types. Each entry that successfully com¬ pletes the course will receive 1,000,000 yen (about $4,000) from the spon¬ soring Yamaha Motor Co. There will be no handicapping; whoever gets there first, wins. The way we look at it, whoever gets there, wins. If you want more infor¬ mation, call Dave Miller at California Sailing, 331-1080.

amcup One of the great trials of our life was “making the squad” of our high school basketball team. Out of the 30 or 40 guys who tried out each fall, only 12 would survive the winnowing out process. Psychologically, the process was nerve wracking, to say the least. The challengers, including American and foreign, for the America’s Cup, now in the possession of the Royal Perth YC in Western Australia, are undergoing their own version of making the squad. Twenty-four syndicates from eight countries originally expressed interest in vying for the Cup, which for the first time in 136 years will be defended by a non-American yacht. That number had been reduced to 17 by the beginning of June, and at a recent meeting of the challengers in Sardinia the number dropped to 13. None of the eliminating so far has been done on the water, but much of winning the America’s Cup has little to do with sailing. There are organiza¬ tional, technical, logistical and most importantly financial hurdles to clear along the way. At the Sardinia meeting, for example, the challengers had to either deposit $20,000 with the Costa Smeralda YC, the club in charge of running the elimination trials — or prove that they had made berthing ar¬ rangements in Fremantle, the ocean port near Perth, Australia, out of which the 12 Meter yachts will be sailing. Five American challengers made the grade, as did two each from Canada, France and Italy, and one each from Britain and New Zealand. The elimination trials will start on October 1, 1986 and end January 25, 1987. The winner will face the Australian defender. The American syndicates still'in the running are the St. Francis Challenge of San Francisco, the New York YC, the Newport Harbor-Eagle Syndicate, San Diego’s Sail America and the Yale Corinthian YC syndicate. Most active to date — in terms of sailing — have been the NYYC’s America II syndicate and Yale’s Courageous group. The former, skippered by John Kolius with San Francisco’s John Bertrand serving as tactician, spent last winter sailing off Fremantle and are now testing their two 12 Meters in Newport, R.I.

Courageous, which has been updated with a winged keel, spent the winter training off Bermuda and recently moved north to Boston for the summer. It s interesting to note that two of the three U.S. skippers who competed in the last America’s Cup, Dennis Conner of San Diego and Tom Blackaller of Alameda (Kolius is the third), have not yet started their sailing programs. Conner, as you may remember, wrote the book on long, time consuming training regimes for America’s Cup sailing in 1980 and 1983. Blackaller, who joined the fray as skipper of Defender in 1983, complained about Conner’s approach, but still had to emulate what appeared to be a winning approach. Conner’s loss of the Cup to Australia II, however, may have defused the myth that the only way to win is to spend more time on the water. “A long program may not be the best,” says Blackaller, who is in charge of the St. Francis Challenge sailing program, including the building of two new 12 Meters. “How much can you find out in two years of sailing the same cont’d on next sightings page

The

Maritime

Museum is part of the

Golden Gate Recreational Area, and con¬ sists of three different things. The first is the traditional museum at Aquatic Park, which contains

artifacts,

paintings

and

ship’s

models of west coast maritime history. A se¬ cond part is the five ships at the Hyde Street the three-masted schooner C.A. Thayer, the steam ferry Eureka, the twomasted schooner Alma, the steam tug Her¬ cules and the steam tug Eppleton Hall. Of Pier;

SIGHTINGS museum

amcup- cont’d

these only the Alma and the Eureka may be

boat?” he asks. He also points out that technology will probably be the key to

boarded. The third part of the Maritime

the 1987 America’s Cup racing, which will be held in the heavy winds and

Museum is the Balcutha located at Pier 41.

seas off Perth. “Match racing in those conditions is bare ass simple: whoever

As it stands now, Maritime Museum is free

has the fastest boat wins.” The success of the winged keel Australia II blew the lid off conventional 12

except for the $2 adult and $1 child’s admis¬

Meter design philosophy. Blackaller is willing to spend extra time on the

sion to the Balcutha. It’s likely that the new legislation will in¬ stitute similar charges for the other parts of the museum, the revenue of which would be used to restore the ships as well as the newly acquired coastal steamer, Wapama. The bill sponsoring

the

legislation

was

Con¬

gresswoman Sala Burton of San Francisco, who generated some taxpayer anger recent¬ ly when it was learned her airfare for a roundtrip $10,000

flight

Europe

cost

citizens

— approximately $9,400 more

than a common Pan Am fare more popular with her constituents.

design of their boat instead of rushing off on a sail training program. Naval ar¬ chitect Gary Mull of Oakland, working with scientists from NASA-AMES, Lawrence Livermore Lab, UC Berkeley and Stanford, recently completed the drawings of the first boat. According to Blackaller, this design will attempt to be slightly faster than present 12 Meter technology. A second boat, de¬ signed with data gathered from the first, will attempt to be revolutionary. “Who knows?” says Tom with a realistic shrug, “We may find the first one is faster, though.” Mull’s plans, along with 12,000 pounds of aluminum, were delivered in the third week of June to Stephens Marine in Stockton. Known as one of the finest custom aluminum boatbuilders in the U.S., Stephens will become the first yard to ever build a 12 Meter west of New York. Stephens president cont’d on next sightings page

Stephens president Richard Dunn surveys the lofting table to be used in building the St. Francis 12 Meter.

SIGHTINGS paha takes it

amcup - cont’d Richard Dunn says they’ve even purchased a Eckold Former, which stretches

The battle over Palo Alto harbor con¬

or shrinks aluminum to a desired shape, to assist in the job. Kenny Keefe, a

tinues.

Defender crewmember and experienced boat project manager, will monitor

Association,

PAHA,

the

Palo

the construction for the St. Francis syndicate. Completion is scheduled for October.

signatures, almost twice as many as needed, to put a measure on the November election

No one is saying whether the new boat will have a winged keel or not.

ballot. If passed, the measure will require the

What worked so well for Australia II off Newport, R.I., in 1983 might not be

city of Palo Alto to take all reasonable

recently

Alto

Harbor

gathered

4,000

as effective off Perth in 1987. Blackaller is assembling his crew and says they

measures to keep the harbor open as long as

may practice against the Eagle Syndicate from Newport Harbor, which is cur¬

the cost is borne by the users.

rently using a winged keel on Magic, a 12 Meter designed for Dennis

PAHA president John Walker predicts the

Conner’s 1983 campaign. The 12 Meter Worlds are scheduled for Perth in

fight over the measure will be quite heated.

February of 1986, but Blackaller isn’t sure if would be worth the time and

PAHA has been dredging the harbor since

money to travel down there. Among the projects that need to be handled

1980,

before that is the selection of a helmsman. Although Blackaller is the official

Negotiations to continue the dredging past

using

funds

from

berthing

fees.

“skipper,” he feels there are two or three younger sailors who could do a

1986 were underway last year, but broke

great job driving the boat. Another matter that needs attending to is raisihg

down when a complaint was filed against the

the remainder of the estimated $8 to $10 million that will be needed to finance the campaign. That,breaks down to about $400,000 a month, which is a lot of fundraising to do!

hey! how about replacing

Other America’s Cup notes: Blackaller, sailing with Ed Bennett, Hank Stuart, Tom Ducharme and Ken Keefe, steered the 6 Meter St. Francis IX to victory over the New York YC’s Glen Foster on June 7-9. Foster, an Olym¬ pic bronze medallist in 1972, had a winged keel entry, which may be fast in heavy air, but couldn’t match the more traditional St. Francis design. Ken Keefe says there wasn’t much wind for the best of five race series on Long Island Sound. Blackaller won 3-0. Back home, members of the St. Francis syndicate greeted Blackaller’s win with jubilation. Even popular S.F. Chronicle columnist Herb Caen ran a blurb on it. Bob Cole, vice chairman of the St. Francis syndicate and a suc¬ cessful yachtsman and race car driver from Hillsborough, particularly enjoys the notion of cutting the East Coasters down to size. “I absolutely revel in the notion of blowing their doors off, their money notwithstanding,” he says. “And that’s what we’re going to do on the 12 Meter.” Down in San Diego, the Board of Supervisors have proposed donating $25,000 to Dennis Conner’s Sail America syndicate. The money would come out of the city’s hotel-motel tax revenue. If Conner were to win the Cup, the Supes figure, jt would be a boon to tourism for the city. The pro¬ posal still has to get official approval. Has anyone thought of asking the S.F. Supervisors to kick in to the St. ^Francis effort? We know they’d rather have a 12 than the Missouri.

rip The California Department of Boating and Waterways released its report on 1984 boating accidents and fatalities last month. Although the number of people killed decreased slightly from previous years, the number of reported boating accidents increased almost 20 percent according to Boating and Waterways Director Bill Ivers. In 1984, a total of 791 recreational boating accidents, 337 injuries and 93 deaths were reported to the Department. Where fatalities were concerned, men had a definite edge over women. Better than 90 percent of those who died in boating accidents were males between the ages of 36 and 50, aboard boats from 16 to 26 feet in length. The most common causes of boating accidents involving fatalities were boating in hazardous water; improper weight distribution or overloading; faulty equipment; and operator inattention and carelessness. About one-third of the reported fatalities occurred in Northern California. They broke down like this: San Francisco Bay — 9; Delta — 7; Lakes — 5; Ocean — 3; Monterey Bay — 7. Most involved open boats. Deaths were at¬ tributed to falling overboard; operator inattentiveness; strong currents or rough water; or collision with a submerged object. Only four involved cont’d on next sightings page

page I 14

SIGHTINGS j

to the people city for diverting the fresh water creeks that

rip - cont’d sailboats. In the first of those, a 57-year-old San Mateo man drowned while

used to flush the harbor area. An airport,

trying to swim ashore from a disabled sailboat anchored off Ocean Beach.

golf course, dump and sewage treatment

The second sailboat capsized off Santa Cruz, throwing its 50-year-old owner

plant have all been built in the area around

into the water. The causes of the third and fourth sailboat fatalities, one off

the harbor over the last 20 years. Silting has

Berkeley Pier and one off Santa Cruz, are listed only as “equipment failures.”

become an increasing problem, with boaters

Ivers attributed the increase in the number of boating accidents to an in¬

able to leave or enter only during certain

crease in the number of boats, and an increased awareness among boat

hours on either side of high tide.

owners and law enforcement officials of the state accident reporting re¬

Walker feels PAHA’s fight is also the fight of boaters around the Bay, and support will

quirements. State law requires a boat owner to file a written boating accident report with the department when: 1) A person dies, disappears, or is injured

be greatly appreciated. The heat of the cam¬

and requires medical treatment beyond first aid. 2) Total damage to all

paign will take place from mid-September to

vessels involved and other property is more than $200, or where any vessel

election day. Call Walker at (408) 987-0784 or Derk Vyn at (415) 856-1444 to find out

is completely lost. Accident report forms are available from the Department of Boating and

more.

Waterways, 1629 S Street, Sacramento, CA 95814, or from any sheriff, police or harbormaster’s office. By law, all reports are confidential. Ivers applauds the efforts made by boaters and officials, adding, “It is important

that catalytic converter?

that we receive accident reports so we can assess accident trends and initiate appropriate action in time to minimize boating problems.”

SIGHTINGS just when you

new yacht club in the works By the time you read this, the new Alameda Yacht Club should be an

Remember a few years ago when “Jaws”

almost full fledged entity in the world. They have an office, a commitment to

came out? Lots of otherwise levelheaded

dock space and a clubhouse, a small but growing core of members, a bank

people

account and a phone number, says organizer Bob Austin. All that remains is

thought to swimming in the ocean have not

the official reading of the bylaws for incorporation that will take place on July 13 at 10 a.m.

gone

The new club is located at 1535 Buena Vista in Alameda, in the Fortmann

who

had

since.

never given a second

Well,

sometimes reading

about unreported hazards to navigation in ^ the Local Notices to Mariners evokes some

Marina (the old Alameda Yacht Harbor). Its organization is part of a program

of the same feelings. For example, this item

by the new owners of that marina to attract more boaters. The marina has

appeared in the May 30 notice: “A sub¬

committed to a 3,000 square foot clubhouse to augment the small office cur¬ rently on the site, and to dock space.

diameter has been located in the south fork

merged

log approximately

14 inches in

Initiation in the new club is $100, and dues are $25 a month. Anyone

of the Mokelumne River in mid-channel, ap¬

wishing to be a charter member, says Austin, can do so by applying before

proximately 1 mile east of B&W Marina. The

the July 13 reading of the bylaws, or by showing up on that day to join. “The great thing about forming a new club is that it doesn’t have to be like other clubs,” says Austin, who helped form Oakland’s Sea Breeze YC. “W*e

log appears to be fixed to the river bottom at one end. Mariners are urged to used caution when transiting the area.”

have the prestige of the name (Encinal YC held rights to the “Alameda Yacht

Caution is right. Do you know what a

Club” name until 1982), a|id we’ll become a part of PICYA and probably

14-inch log would do to a 1/4-inch hull? It

YRA, but the members will decide tlie direction the club wants to take. So

brings to mind visions of a couple of real-life

far, we’ve had requests for everything from dinghy racing to fish cleaning facilities.”

that occurred last year. The first was the loss

dramas concerning “unreported

hazards”

Membership will be limited to 400. For more information, or a member¬

of the 60-foot catamaran Double Bullet,

ship application, call 865-KNOT. “We’re not trying to reopen the controver¬

which capsized and broke up in the Atlantic

sy,” adds Austin. “This ‘knot’ has nothing to do with speed or distance measurement.”

after apparently hitting an object just under

varuna rebuild Up in San Rafael there’s a crack crew of wooden boatbuilders completing a

the surface. The second involved the sinking of an Islander 36 off Half Moon Bay last winter. reported

Its

singlehanded

that

the

boat

skipper apparently

also hit

major rebuild of the Alden 45 Varuna. Owned by sports announcer Bill

something under the surface. Although no

“Holy Toledo!” King, the handsome yawl has travelled in the past to Hawaii

lives .were lost, two boats and a lot of expen¬ sive gear was.

and Canada. Bill plans to do some extensive cruising in the future, and had originally wanted the hull and deck just refastened and recaulked. “We had completed the deck,” says project leader Jim Linderman, “and were working on the hull when we found the refastenings weren’t holding in

One of the most lethal hazards out there has to be logs. When waterlogged, they usually weigh darn near as much as a small yacht and float just out of sight below the sur¬ face. These vare especially prevalent on the

bad news Reports from Mexico indicate that the 70-ft schooner Stone Witch, which sank after striking a reef near Tenacatita Bay last February, will not be salvaged. Owner Alan Olson, who built the ferro cement boat in Alviso back in the early 1970’s and sailed her actively on the Bay and throughout the Pacific, had successfully raised the damaged hull from 140 to 35 feet of water, with plans to float her and effect repairs on the beach at Melaque, located between Puerto Vallarta

fireworks on Jim Linderman gives 'Varuna' a healthy dose of TLC.

the frames.” They told Bill they needed to pull a plank, and upon doing so they found most of the frames were fractured. After some long discussions, they reached the decision to go ahead with a major rebuild, which started last February.

Lots of fireworks demonstrations are planned for the Bay Area this fourth of July. Benicia, Martinez, Oakland, Redwood City and San Francisco are just a few of the cities planning to light up the night skies. Although most shows will be visible from the water, the Redwood City and San Francisco displays should offer main Bay boaters the best viewpage I 16

SIGHTINGS yaruna - cont’d

thought it was safe...

Working with Jim have been his son, Jim, Jr., Charlie Parker, Bill Pool and Bruce Northrup. The first three are veterans of Alameda’s W.F. Stone Boatyard, and have been involved in several wooden boat projects such as the rebuilding of the schooner Wander Bird (along with Jim’s dad, John). In 1983, Jim, his son and Charlie rebuilt the Alden 55 Evening Star. The Varuna project was quite similar. The work involves exposing the lower half of the hull, cutting out the bad sections of the original Phillipine mahogany frames, replacing them with laminated Honduras mahogany ones, and joining them together with sister frames. New floor timbers were also needed, as well as iron fastenings and some additional keel bolts. Jim says they used plenty of cuprinol to preserve the wood and red lead paint to prevent rust. After recaulking the hull, they 11 Delta after heavy rains or tides. Containers that fall off container ships — not as unusual

fair and paint it. Jim has a rigging job to tackle in the South Pacific after finishing Varuna,

an occurrence as you might expect — are

and his son is currently a bosun on the tallship Californian. They find a

another bad one for ocean cruisers. We

rebuilding project like

remember a local notice a while ago that

challenge,” says Jim.

the

Varuna particularly satisfying.

It s a

real

cautioned boaters to be on the lookout for 13 of the big metal boxes that had fallen off one ship during heavy weather.

hell bent for oil

Finally, as you can see from this photo,

What do Hamilton Air Force Base and offshore drilling off the coast of

not all unreported hazards are in the water.

Northern California have in common? That’s easy — although numerous at¬

Be aware that if you sail or moor anywhere

tempts have been made to develop both, neither seems to have a snowball’s

near farmland, which is most places in the

chance in hell of gaining public approval. The latest test of this was the unveiling of Interior Secretary Donald Hodel’s

Delta, you might encounter low flying crop dusters. Fortunately, sailboat masts are as flying

five-year plan to sell oil drilling rights in coastal waters, and the May 9 EPA approval for the drilling of 32 test wells off Humboldt, Sonoma, Marin, San

airplanes are to you and it’s usually not to

Mateo and Santa Clara Counties. Opposition could not have been quicker or

hard to avoid hitting each other.

more vehement if the government had decided to make Viet Nam the 51st

Like we said, lumped altogether like that it kind of makes you a little paranoid about the

state. “The Reagan administration is hell-bent on offshore drilling and has lost all

whole thing, doesn’t it? We’ve cleaned our

its concern for public opinion,” said Representative Barbara Boxer, adding

binocular lenses, and we’ll be doing an arti¬

that “citizens all across Northern California expressed unequivocal opposition

cle on positive flotation in sailboats in an up¬

to the permit.” State Senator Gary Hart (D - Santa Barbara) called Hodel’s

coming issue.

plan “James Watt revisited.” Offshore drilling proponents,

much

hazard

them

low

But we still haven’t gone

swimming in anything but a pool in years.

like Marin

Supervisor Bob Stockwell,

pointed out that the EPA approval was for test drilling only. “I am pleased

for stone witch

that we may perhaps settle once and for all the issue of how much oil and gas

and Manzanillo. After diving to assess the

drilling, he added, “then clearly we won’t have to worry about oil rigs off the

condition of the vessel, Alan found that the

coast of California.” Not-good enough, said growing public opposition. Even the test drilling

hole was larger than originally thought and that the hull couldn’t be saved. Merlyn Storm, a regular member of the

exists out'there,” said Stockwell. If there isn’t enough to warrant full scale

would pump 35,000 pounds of toxic drilling mud per well into the environ¬ ment. And then there was the danger of an oil spill cause by accidental

Stone Witch crew for the past two years,

penetration of an oil pool. Two weeks after the EPA announcement, a coali¬

says they plan to get another vessel to con¬ tinue their sailing training program. She also

tion made up of the Natural Resources Defense Council, Sierra Club, Save Our Shores in Santa Cruz, the Whale Center in Oakland, and the En¬

plans to have a report on the salvage opera¬

vironmental Coalition on the Outer Continental Shelf (which itself is made up

tion as far as it got. The new Stone Witch of¬

of a nationwide coalition of 22 environmental groups) filed suit in federal

fice number in the Bay Area is 392-6778.

court to have the drilling stopped. A couple of days later, State Attorney

the fourth

was followed by challenges from nine Northern California cities and counties,

General John Van de Kamp filed another lawsuit to stop the drilling. That

ing. In Redwood City, the rockets’ red glare

and commercial fishing interests. At this writing, a federal judge in San Francisco has postponed the test

will emanate from the end of Whipple, near

drilling, which was supposed to begin June 12, until at least September 1.

the Pete’s Harbor area. The bombs bursting in air above San Francisco will come from

On October 1, an extension of the moratorium on offshore oil and gas leas¬ ing off the California Coast, approved by a House appropriations subcom¬

Crissy Field. Both shows start at dusk, which

mittee, takes effect. “I think they took a look at the claims we were asserting

seems to be falling around 9-9:30 p.m. these

and thought they ought to take some more time worrying about them,” said

days.

an attorney for the nine cities and counties.

DELTA It was the third of June, another sleepy, dusty Delta day. . .

Bobbie Gentry “Ode to Billie Joe”

ell, it was June 8-11,vbut the rest applies. Hot, windy, friendly and

homey also apply. If you’ve never been to the Delta, you are missing one of the truly unique experiences in boating anywhere. I was one of the less fortunate until last month. It’s funny how you can live in one place for so long and never realize the adventure that lies right in your backyard; sort of like living in Anaheim and never go¬ ing to Disneyland, I guess. Well, I had heard so many stories about the Delta from friends and acquaintances that I knew I l^ad to go soon or risk falling from their graces. So I got the books and the maps and the recommen¬ dations and sat down to plan out a four-day trip. This is not as easy as it sounds. We’re talk¬ ing 1,000 miles of waterways here. There are 47 sloughs, five rivers and who knows how many cuts and canals in this 45 by 50-mile chunk of real estate to the north and east of San Francisco Bay. And every one of them offers its own blend of anchorages, restaurants and scenery. I finally decided to

If you've never been to the Delta, you're missing a uniques s, $ experience.

pick three definite goals using the following criteria. “Sacramento” was one of the first songs I ever learned on the guitar, so I wanted

see

the

“banks

the

Sacramento”; I’m half Italian, so 1 had to eat at least one meal at A1 the Wop’s; and I wanted to spend one night at the Meadows just because it sounded like a neat place.

recommend to virgin Deltoids like myself or

Rosebud for the duration, so I went fairly

Letting my fingers do the cruising through

seasoned river rats who have from four days

light on the munchies, intending to pare

Hal Schell’s book and map, I was happy to

to (preferably) a week or more.

down

discover that, at first glance, the trip could be choreographed around these constants pret¬

P 1

the

necessities, reparation commenced like most trips,

spare

tire

tad.

Absolute

and this is the voice of ex¬

perience talking now, for a Delta trip are: a

ty easily. I’d just play the rest by ear. The

although I packed more shorts and T-shirts

resulting

Carquinez

than polypro and foulies. (Don’t leave those

sunglasses and the strap thingie that holds

Bridge in) is one of the most enjoyable trips

home, though: you’ll need them for the trip

them on when you bend over; a sun awning;

I’ve ever taken on a boat, and one I highly

back). I’d be singlehanding my Bristol 29

an air horn to let the bridge operators know

60-miler

(from

the

good

sunblockN and/or

suntan

lotion;

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DEBUT the Carquinez Bridge, a state of mind and body called Delta Mode takes over. Off come pile jackets and out go the sails. The wind takes on a decidedly more benevolent nature and begins to warm up. By the time you pass Middle Ground it feels like you’ve come home, gone back and sidewheeled right into the middle of a Mark Twain novel. A cruise to the Delta is not one of Lorans, stormsails and man against nature. It is one of meandering, sunbathing and enjoying the people, places and sights along the way.

Once you pass the Carquinez Bridge, Delta Mode takes over.

I couldn’t help feeling a little intimidated, though. I was approaching my first stopping point, you see, and that meant anchoring the boat in a way I never tried before. All my sailing experience was on salt water where you set one or two anchors, with good scope and try to sleep while worrying that they might drag. In the Delta, though, as often as not you can secure one end of the boat to a tree on shore. I’d seen the pictures, I’d heard ,

the recommendations, I thought that I could do it; it just seemed somehow, you know,

unnatural. A river without islands is like a woman without hair. She may be good and pure, but one doesn’t fall in love with her very °ften

— Mark Twain

ayberry Cut is a really two parallel

north-south slices out of Donlan Island, one

of scores qf small islands that dot the Delta

region.

Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers con-

verge, Mayberry Cut is perhaps a half mile

Located just

east

of where

the

long and 30 yards wide, and I never saw the In the Delta, even gas stations can be picturesque.

you’re coming; bug repellent, a good set of charts, Hal’s $1.75 map and lots of fresh water. Optionals are a windscoop, dinghy, mosquito screens, and some of those light air drifters or reachers that are gathering dust in your garage. If you really want to blend in page I 19

charged metalflake dragboat to tool around the tules in in the afternoon. As with any Bay Area trip, it’s nice to plan your trip to coincide with the tide. I jumped

current run any way but south the whole time I was there. The drill, I’d been told, was to drop a stern hook about mid-cut, then nose into the bushes on the west side (of the

on the flood going by Richmond just before

west cut) and loop a bowline around one of

noon on Saturday and enjoyed a wonderful

the

beam to broad reach across vast and all but

sounded easy enough. I chose my tree,

empty San Pablo Bay. Once you pass under

many trees or bushes there.

Okay,

dropped the anchor opposite it and swung

DELTA the boat toward shore, whereupon I knew I was in trouble. The current was stronger than I anticipated and was going to do with the boat what it pleased.

Rosebud

the

as the next guy, I was glad no one had seen

much I could do in the few seconds it took

bushes slightly down from the branches I’d

made

her

contact

with

this particular show. Unfortunately, it was

the boat to complete its down-current swing,

been aiming for, and with decidedly less

not over.

s and since it hung there pretty comfortably —

finesse than I’d planned. There were lots of

the tree branch was an excellent drogue — I

snaps, crackles and pops and twigs flew

just went on with breakfast and watched the

everywhere as I dived into the fray with my

he next morning the spiders had set

Sunday morning skiiers zing by on either

bowline and looped it around a stout-looking

up housekeeping in almost every nook and

branch before the boat bounced back into

cranny on the boat and I now had about a

the waterway. I pulled my head out of the

zillion gossamer telltales sparkling from the

many

bushes to discover mangled greenery all over

shrouds. At least the flying beasties that at¬

waters and banks. Fishermen pull up striper,

the foredeck,

and

about a

million

side. The Delta is many different things to the different people

who frequent

its

little

tacked at dusk were gone. Was about to

catfish and sturgeon from its murky water,

spiders scattering every which way over the

scare up some breakfast when I heard a

and they say you can catch crayfish with a simple trap and perforated can of cat food

deck, jib, windlass and pulpit. Although I ap¬

crunch, crack, POW! and bolted out the

preciate the entertainment other'bo^ters pro¬

companionway see a good size hunk of the

vide outside the picture windows of any large

tree I had tied to come slithering out of the

Almost all the old steamboats, like the ‘Navajo’ are

waterfront restaurant or yacht club as much

underbrush and into the water. There wasn’t

gone now, victims of neglect, fire or the river.

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for bait. Swimmers and sunbathers abound,

There’s plenty of gold, so I’ve been told, on the banks of the Sacramento.

too, on sandy public beaches or on some isolated tule berm. Dogs like retrieving sticks

— “Sacramento”

from the local slough while some of their owners dig for clams at low water. Kids play

hooky from school by swinging from ropes above skiiers,

the

local

sailors,

swimming

houseboaters,

Water

1 n fact, it s been a major panorama ever

Jet skiiers,

since gold was discovered in 1848 at Sutter’s Mill, up where the Sacramento and

hole.

boardsailors and powerboaters ply the water¬ ways next to ferries, barges and deep laden

American Rivers come together. You don’t

freighters headed up the deepwater channel

get many panoramas of activity like the Gold

for Stockton or Sacramento. Life along the river is a never ending panorama of activity .

Rush anymore. Drawing on the rich texture of that era was Bret Harte, who became the sort of father of romantic western books and movies. In later years, Mark Twain, Jack London and Erie Stanley Gardner, creator of Ferry Mason, also lived and wrote in the

So blow ye winds, hi ho, for Californio;

area. The Delta also became one of early Hollywood’s most extensive backlots, form¬ ing the backdrop for such movies as All the

Downtown Locke.

King’s Men, God’s Little Acre, Cool Hand Luke and Bound for Glory. One of the best remembered among the old timers, though; had to be Steamboat ’Round the Bend. In

Bighorn: The place itself is the attraction. Located on Main Street just down from the

that 1932 production, five of the Delta’s best

River, Foster’s is the home of one of the

steamboats churned the Sacramento muddy

largest and most diverse wild game trophies

in one of the greatest races ever filmed.

this side of Nairobi. The story goes that Bill

My first civilized port of call was Rio Vista, which is about 25 miles up the Sacramento River from the Carquinez Bridge, and a little more than that below Sutter’s Mill. I wasn’t

Foster

apprenticed

under

foundryman

Henry Snow, who also happened to be the first big game hunter to bring movies of

there for gold; I needed ice, a shower and

African wildlife to the U.S. in 1918. Snow’s example so inspired young Foster that he

lunch, not necessarily in that order. The

shipped out as cabin boy in 1919 to see the

Delta Marine Yacht Harbor in Rio Vista is

Dark Continent for himself. When he came

Life along the river is a never-ending panorama of activity.

one

and

home, he started saving his pennies for the

modern marinas on the Delta. Facilities in¬

the

largest,

best

protected

return trip. The first of many big game safaris

clude a gas dock, showers, marine hardware

to all parts of the world came in 1928, and

store, transient docks; even a “dog head” — a small patch of astroturf surrounded by

Foster’s collection of trophies began. Foster established the Bighorn in 1931 as

fencing. The Point Restaurant there came

a place where the public could view the

highly recommended.

animals of the world. Although the premise might

draw

some

ire

from

naturalists

nowadays, there is no denying the unique¬ z o < CC VCT>

page 121

^5 o did Foster’s Bighorn, and I chose to|

ness of the place. Diners and drinkers are

walk the short distance into town to chow

stared down at by the lifelike eyes and often

down at this local landmark. The food,,

sinister expressions of more than 300 wild

though good, is not the big attraction at the

animals, birds and fish from every part of the

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Above, the local swimming hole. Left, sailing at sunset

Above, Bob and Kathy. Above left, a swinging bridge.

Above, hard aground on Middle Ground. Right dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s end.

Above, passing under the Carquinez Bridge. Below, the Boathouse

page 123

DELTA

globe,

including

wolverine

and

jaguars,

bear.

rhinoceros, world

record

moosehead (antler spread, 76 inches) is in the collection, as is one of the few mounted

trailered boats in neat rows and an aircraft-

the only meal served is steak, thick and juicy.

giraffe heads (and neck) and. the “largest

carrier-like elevator gets them the 50 or so

The lunch version, called steak sandwich,

mounted mammal trophy in any collection

feet to the water and back. It’s quite an

consists of a plate of sizzling New York and a

in existence”: a full grown African elephant

operation. At river level is a good sized dock

plate of cheese toast. Locals gob peanut but¬

that extends 13 feet out from the wall. Each

where you can gas up at one end and pay

ter and/or marmalade on the latter. Go

tusk weighs 110 pounds. Bill Foster died in

$.25 per foot to stay overnight at the other.

there hungry. Men in business suits bump elbows with truckers and farmers at the bar. A Westerntheme mural covers the back wall. They say

Moore's went through a minor crisis last year when the new owners > removed th\e collection of women’s panties that hung from the rafters. .

A1 used to have a small office behind it where he could go and relax. When someone came in and yelled for him to come down, he could look through a peephole — located under one of the horses’ tails — to see if he wanted to make an appearance or not. Overhead, the ceiling is papered with hun¬ dreds of $1 bills. It’ll cost you one more to find out how they get up there.

1963 and the Bighorn is now owned by Tony and Dorothi Brown and son, who

running by Locke, I was able to arrange my

have done a superb job of preserving the

spring lines so that the boat never touched

flavor, both in the food and the atmosphere

the dock all night. I also noticed an almost

of this unique eatery.

complete absence of bugs, a condition I at¬

With the combination of wind and current

tributed to the legions of swallows attending

/ can hear the bullfrog calling me home; Wondering if my rope’s still hanging to the tree . . . — John Fogerty “Green River”

their mud nests under the structure. The with jib and main

droppings on the boat the next morning

^3 ne thing you should not be on the Delta

winged out on a hot afternoon breeze, I con¬

From Rio Vista,

were small price to pay for an uninterrupted night’s sleep.

is in a hurry, especially on a slough as sleepy

tinued north and east on the Sacramento,

and gentle as Georgiana. This next leg of my

planning to cut over the Cross Delta Channel

Delta initiation cruise began as Rosebud

at Walnut Grove to the North Fork of the

entered

Mokelumne and procede to the Meadows for the night. Okay, I can here you river rats out there chuckling to yourselves. Salt water sailor that I am, 1 never dealt with bridges enough to know that some are too low for sailboats. The vast majority of the bridges on the Delta do open, but not the two on the

When I find a well-drawn character in fic¬ tion or biography I take a warm, personal in¬ terest in him, for the reason that I have known him before — I met him on the river. — Mark Twain

out until next time. I have since read, and it’s

spent the morning planning the next steps of the trip, I walked over for lunch at Al’s Place.

non-opening bridges on your charts in red

Locke has been known as “Chinese Town”

before you leave.

since its inception in the early part of the cen¬ Grove, a mile or two down the road, burned

few miles north to the anchorage at Steam¬

down in 1915, the people moved upriver to

or spend the

night at the

below

bridge. With just a headsail up, the warm wind and current carried the boat along at an ideal pace. This was Monday, and I only saw four or five other boats on the whole 11-mile

Moore’s Steamboat.

tury. When the Chinese section of Walnut

favorable of which seemed to be procede a boat Slough

right

1 he bleached bones of Locke are just a

few steps from the boathouse, and after I

Several other options were open, the most

Slough

Cross Delta Channel, so the Meadows was good advice, that you should mark low,

Georgiana

Walnut Grove, and passed by the swinging

start a new settlement on nine acres of

Boathouse at Locke. Not having any par¬

former pear

ticular aversions to docking for the night, I

Locke. In its heyday, Locke was home to a

chose the latter. An imposing structure from

dozen

odd

orchard stores,

owned gambling

George

houses,

any angle, the Boathouse was built in 1906

whorehouse or two, even an opium den —

as a fruit packing house for the Southern Pacific Railroad, which ran outside its land¬

and a profligate (but some say undeserved) reputation.

passage down this narrow slough. But there

ward entrance until 1950. Today, the belly

In 1930, former bootlegger Albert Adami

was plenty else to enjoy: the scenery, the

of the beast houses several shops, including

came up from Ryde, bought a building mid-

wind in the trees, the kids at the local swim¬

a dinghy-maker and a little store where you

Main Street in Locke and called it “APs

ming hole, the fishermen trying their luck

can get ice, beer and so on (there are lots of

Place”.

around

these all over the Delta); and lots of trailered

however, it’s been known as “A1 the Wop’s”.

Everybody waves to you on the Delta, be

speedboats. Old farm tractors arrange the

There are no menus at Al’s. Then and now,

they

Before

long

and

ever

since,

the

boaters,

remains bridge

tenders,

old

pier.

picnickers, page I 24

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farmers or drivers traveling the roads atop the levies. It’s great. My last stop was Potato Slough. In season, this is one of the more popular stopovers for sailors on the Delta. Now, on a weekday early in the season, there were people on only one of the four boats there. 1 could see them watching to see how I was going to do on my anchoring this time.

nee secure, I swam over to the occu¬ pied boat to say hi. All over the Delta, the cool water is a wonderful respite from the heat of the day. Bob and Kathy Camarena on Tule Frog were up from Stockton for the week, and we exchanged pleasantries and a beer or two. When sunset came, we headed over for a dinner at Moore’s Steamboat, another well-known Delta eatery located on

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Compared with Mayberry Cut, Potato wasn’t bad at all. There was little current to contend with and a quick look at the other boats secured bow-to the trees revealed the easiest way to do the job. I donned an old, dilapidated pair of tennis shoes, dropped the anchor over the stern and motored toward shore. A few yards out, I threw the engine into neutral and let the boat thunk into the mud. Then it was simply go forward, climb through the bow pulpit, walk (well, slog) over and attach the bowline to a tree trunk

climbed back through the pulpit, left my muddy shoes on the foredeck and went back and winched the boat out to a comfortable position with the stern rode. It worked like a charm. Wish I’d had more of an audience that time.

ANTIOCH MAYBERRY CUT

the Mokelumne around the corner from Potato. The Steamboat’s claim to fame is just that: it is the last survivor of 250 similar vessels that used to ply the rivers loaded with hay,' potatoes or whatever. In her day, the Sutter was a brute of a diesel river freighter, with 3-inch thick decks and a pair of Atlas directreversing diesels to turn the sternwheel. Against most advice, “Captain” John Moore bought the retired Sutter and moved her to her present position in 1961. He did most of the conversion and preservation work himself and the result is a unique restaurant accessible from either the land or water — guest docks can accommodate a dozen or • more small boats. A full menu is offered, but if you want a little of the true flavor of the area, order the crayfish, the little fresh-water lobster caught locally. Moore’s went through a minor crisis last year when new owners took over. They made the mistake of removing the collection of women’s panties that hung from the rafters. The regulars protested vehemently. In compromise, the new owners rehung the choicest examples over the bar section. The rest of the place is decorated with pennants from locai clubs.

Whoever tasted of the lotus plant wished not to see his native country more, but to re¬ main in this land forever. — Homer “The Odyssey”

he next morning, I said goodbye to Bob and Kathy, who had rafted onto Rosebud for the night, and headed back west via Washington Cut, False River and the San Joaquin. The drive home from any vacation is npt fun, but as I’m sure everyone has heard, the way out of the Delta is par¬ ticularly bad. Every word of it is true. The closer I got to San Pablo Bay, the harder and colder the wind blew and the more clothes I put on. Even the spiders headed for cover. By the Carquinez Bridge, the wind was about 20 right on the nose, the first salt spray hit and Delta mode dissolved pretty quickly. But some really pleasant memories linger. The Delta grows on you quickly. My next trip is already planned. Now that school is out and summer’s in, the place will definitely be more crowded, but that’s half the fun and besides, there’s plenty of Delta to go around. The best part is, it’s right in our own backyard.

— latitude 38 — jr

TRAN5PAC PREVIEW

uly 4th and TransPac: the two go together. This year over 60 yachts will gather off Los Angeles Harbor for the 1:00 p.m. starting gun. The 33rd edition of the 2200 mile contest, one of the oldest, regularly scheduled blue water-races in the U.S., will feature 13 maximum rating sloops ranging from 62 to 72 feet long overall, three split rig vessels including a light displacement schooner and two ketches, foreign entries from Japan, Australia and South Africa, and one female owner/skipper. For the con¬ testants there awaits adventure, competition and a tremendous party after the finish off Oahu’s Diamond Head lighthouse. Northern California sailors have always been active participants in the traditional downwind slide to the islands of paradise. In fact, the race was originally scheduled to start from San Francisco, but the 1906 Earthquake put a damper on that plan. The three entries, the 86-ft schooner Lurline, the 112-ft ketch Anemone and the 48-ft schooner La Paloma left from San Pedro in¬ stead. The first Bay Area entrant was L.A. Norris’ 91-ft schooner Seafarer, which took third in the 1912 race.

There’s a tremendous sailors after finishing off , Diamond Head. In 1923, Norris returned with the 107-ft schooner Mariner to set a new course record of 11 days, 14 hours and 46 minutes. Over the succeeding years that time would be whittled down. In 1977, another Northern California yacht, Bill Lee’s ultralight 67- footer Merlin set the current elapsed time mark of 8 days, 11 hours, 1 minute and 45 seconds. Merlin will return for this year’s race, although a rule change limiting speed induc¬ ing factors has seriously hurt her and other yachts chances of breaking the record. There should still be plenty of excitment, however, with all the big ultralights entered, including three of Bill Lee’s new Santa Cruz 70’s, five 68- footers from the drawing boards of San Diego’s Bruce Nelson and Bruce Marek, and

an assortment of others. While these speedsters vie for first to finish honors, the rest of the fleet will challenge for class and fleet corrected time honors. For all TransPac sailors, win or lose, there is the adventure of crossing the ocean in a small, craft, cut off from their daily lives. As Jack Smock, author of the book TransPac writes: “Life gets stripped down to a single objective: sailing the boat — as fast and as skillfully as possible. The myriad distractions and diversions of life ashore are left behind. After several days, the crew begins to feel as though they have been doing this all their lives . . . many a TransPac participant has come to feel a kinship with the old sailing hands who used to swear at the end of each voyage that they would never go to sea again but after a few days and nights ashore couldn’t wait to sign up once more.” Many veterans of the race do go back again. You’ll find several of them in the listing of skippers and crews of the Northern California entries for this year’s race. They want to find that magic out there yet again. latitude 38 — sue

Merlin Lee 67 St. Francis YC Skipper: Skip Steveley. Navigator: Lars

Skip Steveley. page I 26

DAY AREA ENTRIES

Blondie Santa Cruz 70 Santa Cruz YC Skipper: Bill Lee. Navigator: Don Snyder. Crew: Harvey Kilpatrick, Jack Halterman, J.R. Parker, Paul Hunter, Marty May, Zan Drejes, Will Baylis, Jay Crum. This is certainly a boat to watch. Lee, Kilpatrick, Halterman and Snyder were all

Randy Parker.

Bill Lee.

Making tracks in the Pacific. Imagine eight days of this!

Forsberg. Crew: Chuck Hawley, Steve Doty, Charlie Anderson, Kent Massey, Bill Leary, Bruce Burgess. Calling themselves the In Primis (In the first place).syndicate, this year’s Merlin gang hopes to give the newer generation of ULDB’s some headaches. The long, low, 1977 built sloop is lean on sail area, having shortened the forestay and the boom in order to make the 70.0 IOR rated foot max¬ imum. There won’t be any lead ingots bolted to the deck as was the case in 1983, but there will be 375 pounds of delivery sails locked in a box on deck as another rating reducing measure. Even with her handicaps, Merlin nearly won the last race and in a breezy, broad reaching race she could fare quite well. Steveley and Hawley were both on first to finish Charley, the Holland 67, in 1983, while Forsberg and Doty sailed Merlin. After eight years, this boat is still a sentimental favorite, drawing a big crowd when she hits the dock in Honolulu. page 127

on Merlin when she set the record in 1977, and altogether this group has as much ocean racing experience in ultralights as anyone alive. Blondie is actually owned by the Patrick Moniz family of Hawaii, but Lee will be in charge and predicts they’ll win. The boat has much more freeboard and beam than Merlin and has shown outstanding speed in the six months she’s been sailing. Even so, Lee doubts they can break the elapsed time record. “In 1977,” he says, “we were sailing at an IOR rating of 84.0. Now we’re limited to 70.0. It would be hard to go that fast now.”

Chasch Mer Santa Cruz 50 Santa Cruz YC Skipper: Randy Parker. Navigator: Randy Parker. Crew: Henry Bose, Boug Newman, Larry Weaver, Larry Stoner, John Blackburn, Chris Catron, Scott Conradson. “It looks like for the second time in a row,” says Randy, “my son will get there before me!” Parker’s son, J.R., is on the bigger Blondie this year and was crewing on Oaxa¬ ca in 1983 when Chasch Mer finished in the

middle of the pack. This is the fourth TransPac for Parker and his yacht, which hasn’t been modified very much. For the first time, however, they’ll go without the longer penalty poles. If it blows, the smaller chutes will be an advantage. Of course, if it’s light winds, the opposite is true. Nevertheless, Parker enjoys the whole campaign, “from the preparation right on through the parties at the end.”

Racy II Santa Cruz 50 St. Francis YC Skipper: Lu Taylor. Navigator: Lu Taylor. Crew: Russ Williams, Dave Taylor,

Lu Taylor.

TRAN5PAC PREVIEW Bren Meyer, Rich Weirick, Rich Fortiani, Mike Schaumburg. This will be Lu’s fifth TransPac, in addition to one Pacific Cup, and his first in the SC 50’s. He and the crew have been working on this project ever since Lu bought-the boat last August. Recently they put in a new rudder and mast. Russ Williams is the sailing master onboard, and Lu’s goal is to top the rest of the 50’s. “We’ve got a lot of excitement go¬ ing,” he says. The whole crew delivered the boat to L. A. in the latter part of June and will be ready to go on the Fourth of July.

Hana Ho Santa Cruz 50 San Francisco YC N Skipper: Rolfe Croker. Navigator: lan Moody. Crew: Mark Dowdy, Mel McCor-

our surfing,” adds Rolfe. Rolfe Croker.

mack, Jeff Madrigali, Vito Bialla, Ron Urmini, Mike Turner. This will be Rolfe’s sixth TransPac, but the first in his new “old” boat. Hana Ho, which means “one more time” in Hawaiian, was originally owned by Morrie Kirk, who sailed her in the 1981 TransPac. In 1983 she went as Miss Magic. Rolfe decided to rechristen the sloop with her original pame. He plans to take her on many ocean races now that he’s retired from the around-the-buoys contests. “She’s really fun and easy to sail,” says Rolfe, “and you can go out for a day sail, which is something we never did with Scaramouche (the IOR Tanton 41 he owned previously).” The boat will sport some new sails for the race, as well as a waterline lengthening scoop on the stern. “Theoretically it’s there to help us maintain

Allure Santa Cruz 50 Santa Cruz YC Skipper: Lee Faraola. Navigator: Bob Berry. Crew: Walter Olivira, Ray Handley, Mike McClellen, Lu Dale, Bob Dixon, Jack Gordon. Lee Faraola heads this group chartering the ex-Kathmandu, which broke her mast in the 1983 TransPac. The sloop now has a new stick, deeper keel and a new, swept back rudder, which proved very effective in the last TransPac on Class A winner Oaxaca, another SC 50. Faraola, who owns a Moore 24, sailed on the Columbia 50 Robon III in the 1971 TransPac. Bob Dixon has done the race 14 times in the past 28 years, and Lu Dale has sailed across the pond 25 times.

Lee Faraola. page I 28

DAY AREA ENTRIES Encinal YC Skipper: F. Rodney Holt. Navigator: Rod Holt/C.A. Derivas. Crew: Chuck Burns, Scott Atwood, Chuck Lance, Dan Woolery, Del Brandstom, Ray Lopez. “We’ve got more sail combinations than Carter has little liver pills,” is the way Rod Holt explains his options with his schooner rig. This novel yacht has two equally tall spars and a variety of jibs, staysails, spin¬ nakers and bloopers to fly from them. If they can get some heavy air reaching at the start of the race, they should be able to open up on the competition, such as Swiftsure and Tomahawk. Even though they’re on the light end of the medium displacement range, the hull has too much wetted surface to do well in lighter air. This will be Sir Isaac’s second race across the Pacific in as many summers: last year, still tightening the rig as they passed under the Golden Gate, they com¬ peted in the Pacific Cup.

Notorious Olson 40 Santa Cruz YC Skipper: Scott Pine. Navigator: Don

Sy Kleinman.

Honolulu TransPac. He sees tough competi¬ tion from the Soverel 55 The Shadow and the Frers 51 Tomahawk. “We’re gonna win,” he exclaims, “or we’ll throw the navigator overboard!” His goal is to make it in nine days, which would mean averaging over ten knots. They came close in the Kauai Cup, ending up with a 9.8 knot average. They had to reduce sail area on the last two days of that trip after cracking the mast in a knockdown.

Sir Isaac Burns 49 One of the best parts of the race is finishing. 1983 winner

Irv

Loube.

left,

and crewmember

Dan

Newland.

The crew has been practicing three times a week off Santa Cruz and will be racing with penalty poles, big spinnakers and 162 per cent jib, making it the highest rating of seven SC 50’s in the race. Scott Pine. ,i

< Swiftsure Frers 58 St. Francis YC Skipper: Sy Kleinman. Navigatpr: Paul Kamen. Crew: Dave Kettenhofen, Greg Dorland, Dr. Dave Oliver, Pete Swain, Lynn Huntley, Bob Casparian, Chick Hudson, Ike Manchester, Bob Johnson, Wayne Moskow. Big, blue Swiftsure won corrected time honors in the 1982 Kauai Cup race, but this is the first time Sy’s taken her on the page 129

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Rod Hole.

Radcliffe. Crew: Matt Lettunich, Bruce Vessey, Mark Bidelman, Jay Schumann. This will be Scott’s second TransPac with the ultralight Notorious, which placed fifth in Class B in 1983. This year they’ll drop down to Class C, where the competition will be against several larger boats. “We did it right last time,” says Scott, “but we couldn’t save our time on the IOR boats. This year we re taking more staysails and bloopers to keep our speed up all the time.” They’ve also in-

TRANSPAC PREVIEW stalled a new rudder bearing system, which makes steering much easier in heavy seas. Once they get to Honolulu, it will be time to either collect or pay off bets with cases of beer, a tradition they started in the last race. The crew of Mimi B, a Santa Cruz 40 they defeated, delivered the beer to them at the Waikiki YC — with all the bottles open! Aloha!

Secret of NIMH Express 37 Ballena Bay YC Skipper: Kent Greenough. Navigator: Jim Walton. Crew: Terry Alsberg, Cliff Stagg, Jim Maloney, Danny Miles. The story goes that Kent Greenodgh went sailing on an Express 27 one day in Rich¬ mond, and afterwards he was talking about doing TransPac on one of the new Express

Wild Women New Zealand 45 St, Francis YC Skipper: Walt Strycker/Gary Gebhard. Navigator: Keith Bainbridge. Crew: Mike

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37’s. The hot sailors were looking for an owner to buy one, and Kent happened to be looking for a slightly bigger boat than his Vindo 50, a 35-footer, to live on. They struck a deal and Kent is about to embark on his first racing venture in quite a while. The talented crew should set a fast pace on the way over, and coming back Kent will be joined by his wife Jan. Eventually their two kids will move aboard as well and life will get somewhat back to normal. The kids (an 11-year-old daughter and a six-year-old son) named the yacht after an Aurora Productions (not Walt Disney as stated last month) movie about some enlightend rats at the National Institute of Mental Health. “We feel it’s a ‘rat’-ical departure to go from our cruising boat to a racy one like this,” says Kent.

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After the race it's nice to relax.

Yarnold, Rhonda Chapin, Dan Matarangas, Ward Smith, George Blair, Carl White, Liz Stasio, Jim Cotrell. For Walt Strycker this will be a first time TransPac, but others onboard are quite ex¬ perienced. Gary Gebhard has done the race three times and Mike Yarnold four times, for example. The yacht is a true cruiser/racer, well out of the ULDB range, and with its am¬ ple beam actually does better upwind than down. They do expect to have a good time, though, and look forward to meeting up with some real wild women in Honolulu.

Montgomery Street Cal 40 Modified Richmond YC Skipper: James Denning. Navigator: Chris Nash. Crew: Jim Carrick, Tom Hor¬ vath, Dave Denning, Joe Guthrie. This will be TransPac number eight for Montgomery Street, one short of the record held by the 78-ft schooner Queen Mab. page 130

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nakers. “In light airs,” he says, “we’ll benefit from that.” Jim’s favorite part is getting there in one piece, which sometimes seems like an iffy proposition. They’ve actually become airborne in the steep seas coming down the Molokai Channel. They’re by no means hackers either: in 1983 Montgomery Street placed seventh overall and fourth in class.

Lois Lane Wylie 40 St. Francis YC Skipper: Bill Erkelens. Navigator: Mark Rudiger. Crew: Bill Erkelens Jr., Lee Smith, John Groen, Rich Hodges. For those who knew Lois as an 10R racer, she has been transformed into a ULDB by owner Erkelens and his crew. Among other changes are an extra three and a half feet of waterline, a new rudder located further aft, a new, deeper and heavier keel, a doghouse and a real cabin below decks, including a

Sweet Okole Farr 36 Island YC Skipper: Dean Treadway. Navigator: Dean Treadway. Crew: Ron Boehm, Mark Adams, Matt Blake, Alexis Monson, Steve “Boogie” Fletcher. With the lowest sail area to hull weight ra-

Bill Erkelens.

Unlike the big boats in the fleet, which have had to lower their ratings to 70.0, Denning had to figure out how to get his up to the minimum 30.0 10R rating. He did it by ad¬ ding more sail area to the main and spin-

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tion in the fleet, Sweet Okole needs the breeze to do well. In 1981 she got what she needed and corrected out to win the overall prize. Treadway is going with an older, more experienced crew than in 1981, a move he doesn’t feel bad about at all. The boat has a new, Farr-designed keel, new sails and a refurbished deck. Their game plan is to crack off a bit once they round Catalina Island and jib reach while the more weatherly boats go farther north. Dean will navigate with a sex¬ tant — “I like the purist approach,” he says — and predicts they’ll dip south of the rhumb line and then swing north for the final approach. One lesson he learned in 1981 was not to get too close to Molokai, where the wind can shut down near shore.

state-of-the-art navigation station. She also sports a six foot taller mast and one and a i half foot longer boom. All these changes have boosted her rating from 30.0 to 37.1, but that’s still substantially less than the Santa Cruz and Olson 40’s. “We’re going for overall and class victory,” says Erkelens, who’s spent the better part of the last year working on the boat in anticipation. If it blows, so much the better, since Lois is now in good surfing shape and would sail better than her rating in such conditions. Postscript: On June 14th, Lois Lane crumpled he/ mast sailing off the City Front. While taking part in the Lillith Cup, a fun race for lawyers and their clients, Lois rounded the Crissy Field buoy, popped her chute and rounded down on a weather broach. The mast gave way at the deck, above the gooseneck and just below the lower spreaders. Part of the deck at the mast was also damaged. Undaunted, owner Erkelens set about repairing the boat. He still expects to be on the starting line July 4th, with a new lower mast section and a healthy respect for the taller rig! Aloha!

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seawater from deck seams and the working of the carvel-planked hull make a couple of dozen strokes on the bilge pump mandatory on the downwind legs. The other thing is the camaraderie in the fleet. Most of these guys have been racing together for years, they all know and refer to each other by first names, and they don’t shout or cuss much. They converse: “I need room at the mark, tfyere, Jerry,” said one in a tone of voice he might use to say “pass the potatos.” “I can’t give you much, Bill,” said Langkammerer calmly. “George has me covered over here.”

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sailed the boat back to her slip as adeptly as he’d sailed her out. Not a bad performance for a skipper and crew (the third crew¬ member was hardworking Jason Langkam¬ merer, Jerry’s son) who hadn’t raced in eight months and who spent much of the race re¬ doing the rigging. The last one to sail the boat was a German competitor in the Folkboat Worlds, held on the Bay in April, and he removed or rearranged much of the | running gear into a confusing jumble. For more on the San Francisco Folkboat Association, contact Mickey Waldear at 521-2716. For more on WBRA or any of its | classes, call the YRA at 771-9500. — latitude 38 — jr

STEVE TAFT

ou could mistake Steve Taft for an English businessman. He has ruddy cheeks, liquid blue eyes, a very proper moustache and the carriage of breeding. The fact that he spends a good amount of his time with a bandana wrapped- around his head directing large crews on some of the fastest racing yachts in the world is a bit of an anomaly. Nevertheless, like gin and tonic,

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ing at Santa Barbara City College and then Steve’s life later on. transferring to San Diego State, where he graduated in 1970, majoring in marketing. here was other sailing during this During that time he sailed on Bill Wilson’s V time, especially with Dave Allen. In 1967, Rascal and Gerald Driscoll’s Nova, both Steve raced his first TransPac on Allen’s ocean racing yachts. He also crewed for 53-ft schooner Privateer, and the next year crewed for Dave at the Southern Ocean Rac¬ ing Circuit (SORC) on the Mull 30 Lively Lady. Two years later they returned to Florida on Allen’s hot 42 footer Improbable. /■’* %/'''v-fry >i mm By 1972, Steve had quite a few sailing t ' £ jst miles under his belt, many of them as sail trimmer. That reservoir of experience didn’t go unnoticed. Punky Mitchell, then at North Sails in San Diego, asked Steve to consider working for him. When Mitchell took over the North loft in Sausalito, Steve decided to take him up on the offer. “I did more selling Gerald’s son John on a 22-ft Star boat. The local fleet included many sailing heavies, of sails than making them,” says Steve. He also had an opportunity to jump into the such as Lowell North, Dennis Conner, Malin Burnham and Tom Blackaller. The names management end of things, an area he weren’t hard to remember, and the associa¬ found to his liking. Big changes occured before the year was tions would take on more significance in

“During one year I spent 28 weeks away from home sailing at regattas.”

Steve has blended his sailing talent and sail¬ ing acumen into a smooth working force. Currently the manager of North Sails Alameda loft, Steve Taft has emerged in re¬ cent years as one of the top “sailing masters” in yacht racing. Some of recent successes have been onboard the late Dave Fenix’s Peterson 55 Bull Frog, Nolan Bushnell’s Holland 67 Charley, and Randy Short’s Reichel/Pugh 43 Sidewinder. These yachts have been loaded with sailing talent, brought together in large part through Taft’s deft skill at organization.

T 1 he results have been particularly satis¬ fying. In 1982, Bull Frog won Long Beach Race Week, the Stone Cup, Big Boat Series and the S.F. Perpetual Challenge. In 1983, Charley won line honors in the TransPac. And in the last year, Sidewinder has won her class at the Hawaii Clipper Cup and qualified for the 1985 U.S. Admiral’s Cup team. Of course, the fact that these yachts have car¬ ried sails from Taft’s loft is no accident. That’s part of the deal, and the way most big budget race campaigns are run these days. “1 always figured Steve for a high caliber corporate executive,” says Dave Allen of Tiburon. Taft has sailed for Allen on several of the latter’s racing yachts, but it was as ear¬ ly as 1958 that Allen sensed something special about the then 11 year old. “He always had a facility for names of people and boats, and the associations between them,” says Allen. That talent, plus skills in sailing and marketing have resulted in success. Steve spent his early years in Southern California, and started sailing in earnest at the San Francisco YC after moving north. He went back down south for college, start¬

THE PROFESSIONAL APPROACH

out. Mitchell decided to split from North, and Steve became one of several partners in Mitchell Sails, operating out of Sausalito. For the next three years he immersed himself in the business of “sailmaker”. Much of that work involved cultivating clients, which was achieved through sailing and traveling.

1—/ uring one year, from 1973 to 1974,” he recalls, “I spent 28 weeks away from home doing TransPac on Improbable, the 6 Meter worlds with Tom Blackaller, the Intrepid 12 Meter campaign, SORC and other regattas.” Steve was one of the first peregrinating sailmakers, and the advan¬ tages to this approach were several. For one it kept him in touch with the latest in technology and techniques. It also provided him with orders for sails taken on the spot. And, back home, he was perceived as an Steve drives 'Bull Frog’ during the 1982 Long Beach Race Week.

“expert” by local sailors, having rubbed shoulders with the sailing greats they read about in the magazines. Steve points to two associations in par¬ ticular that benefitted his career. One was the 1974 Intrepid campaign, one of the early West Coast 12 Meter efforts for the America’s Cup. Intrepid, skippered by Gerald Driscoll and Bill Buchan, came close to being selected as the American defender, « losing out in the end to Ted Hoods Courageous. Driscoll recalls Steve playing a major role on the boat, acting as one of the two genoa trimmers. He worked closely with the helmsman, exchanging talk about boatspeed, trim and other factors. “He had the attributes of agility, quickness, in¬ telligence and the ability to concentrate total¬ ly for three or four hours a day,” says

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Driscoll. Taft went on to another West Coast 12 Meter effort three years later aboard Enterprise. Again they failed to make the final cut, but the experience, the exposure and the contacts proved valuable.

Likewise, Steve’s association with Dave Allen’s Imp was very fruitful. The program blended Ron Holland’s breakthrough 40-ft IOR design with an extremely talented group of Bay Area sailors including Skip Allen, Tom Wylie, Ragnar Hawkanson, and Bill Barton. The boat also broke with nautical tradition, sporting flashy, multi-hued green graphics on the outside of the hull and a tubular frame construction inside. “In 1977,

STEVE TAFT

business level we can be very effective.” An integral part of that effectiveness is Steve’s continued success in his sailing cam¬ paigns. In 1979 he was approached by Dave vFenlx to put together an IOR campaign. The Initial effort, Ron Holland’s 46-foot Pegasus, didn’t live up to expectations, but the second attempt, the Doug Peterson 55 Bull Frog proved to be spectacular. In addition to put¬ ting the crew together, Steve found it crucial not to overshadow Fenix. “You can’t park the owner on the rail and expect him to keep his enthusiasm up,” says Steve. Taft also holds no magic with steering the boat, a position which many equate with

'Pegasus', left and below, didn’t live up to expecta¬ tions.

says Steve, “Imp was very different and very visible. We got a lot of mileage out of her.” They also pulled off an uprecedented hat trick in 1977, placing first at SORC, the Ad¬ miral’s Cup and Big Boat Series. Professionally, Steve enjoyed continued success. In 1976 he switched back to North Sails, going to work for Tom Blackaller at the Alameda loft. In spite of their vastly different personalities, Steve found the ebullient Blackaller “one of the fairest and most honest people I’ve ever met.” The pair clicked as a business team, one taking care of managing the loft while the other travelled the globe. In 1979, Steve took over the offi¬ cial role as loft manager while Tom pursued first an Olympic Star campaign and then the Defender 12 Meter program. Today, Steve is the boss and Blackaller still fills in when needed. “One of the things I’ve learned is that sailmaking is a business,” says Steve, “just like any other. Sure we go to all these inter¬ national regattas, but without the local one design markets and supplying sails for the boat dealers, we couldn’t make it. The big time stuff grabs the headlines, but we’ve got 25 employees at the loft and we have to issue their paychecks on schedule.”

I n the past few years, Taft has seen other sailmakers challenge North’s position in the Grand Prix market, a development which is both bothersome and helpful. “The sail wars have been dirty,” he admits, but adds that the total market has expanded, so even though North’s percentage has shrunk, there’s more business to go around. “A lot of people can build fast sails,” he says, “but I know that when it comes to competing on a page 136

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overall control. In fact, he prefers to fill each position with the best possible person and let everyone do their job. Mixing roles and responsibilities can be devastating to a boat’s performance. “If I see that the helmsman is also calling tactics on another boat,” he says, “I know we can beat them. Ego loses more races than any other factor.”

ne incident he recalls in particular was the 1982 Big Boat Series on Bull Frog. Jon Andron, who Steve admires as a tacti¬ cian, was onboard. When the wind died dur¬ ing the last race, Andron went up to the bow to be by himself, away from the hubbub of the cockpit. Jon called for a long tack to the City Front, a move which got them to the

wind first and ended up with their winning the race by an hour and a half! “If I had had to make that call,” admits Steve, “we never would have done so well.” This is not to discount Taft’s tactical skills, which are considerable, but again he often has a wealth of talent to draw upon. The group on Sidewinder, for example, is rich in talent, with Skip Allan, Scott Easom, and re¬ cent addition Paul Cayard. “The buck stops with Steve,” says crewmember Dave Wahle, who also sailed with Taft on the Lee 67 Merlin back in 1977. Does all that seriousness take the fun out of sailing? Taft admits a lot of it is business, but he still gets his kicks out of racing with a top flight team such as the Sidewinder group. They will travel to England this sum¬ mer to represent the U.S. at the Admiral’s Cup. Another thrill he gets is going fast in the big ULDB’s, such as Charley in the 1983 TransPac, or his mount for this year’s race, the Nelson/Marek 68 Swiftsure III from San Diego. Originally he had hoped to team up with several of the other Charley gang, such as Jon Andron, Skip Steveley, Chuck Hawley and Stan Honey. Things didn’t work out, however, and instead they’ll be com¬ peting against each other on three different boats. “It’s going to be a drag race over there!” he says, hoping some of it will be spent at 30 knots, top speed for these big “sleds”, as they’re called.

Ak nd although he’s all business once the preparatory gun goes off, Steve does let his hair down after the race is over. In fact, he’s known as one of the fastest get-away artists on the sailing circuit. Bill Barton recalls that after the 1979 Fastnet Race in England, Steve jumped off the boat in Plymouth, caught a cab to the train and was on a plane page 137

‘Sidewinder’ shows her stuff.

to San Francisco before everyone else had gotten out of their foul weather gear. Another time in Nassau Steve and Bill lined up a powerboat with twin 75 h.p. engines to whisk them ashore after a cancelled race. “As soon as the cancellation gun went off,” recalls Barton, “we were off, doing 60 knots over the reefs and then to the airport.” Taft’s also known as a great raconteur and joke teller, and can sing old rock and roll

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songs as well as anyone. Sometimes his wife Lyle joins him for a race or a sail, but he says she maintains the option to stay home or go hiking if it’s too cold. For Steve, that alter¬ native rarely exists, a double edged blade that he accepts as part of his profession. “Business allows me to sail,” he states, “and it also requires it as well.” — latitude 38 — sue

BAY CRUISE

ooking for a great place in San Fran¬ cisco Bay to drop the hook for lunch or even overnight? May I then suggest Clip¬ per Cove, the body of water between Treasure and Yerba Buena islands? The causeway that connects the two' islands acts as a seawall and eliminates the normal Bay chop — and to a certain extent the chill of summer westerlies. This is not classic bikini country in the sense Southern California beaches are, but along with the lee of Angel

years ago notwithstanding, Clipper Cove is an open anchorage. This according to the naval harbormasters of the nearby Treasure Island Marina. Even when it was supposedly off limits to civilian boats, the cove was always heavily used by pleasure craft, and to my knowledge without incident. If you do discover live gunfire directed at your vessel,

drag in the middle of the night, you’d prob¬ ably just end up in the Emeryville mudflats. Thus it’s a great place for beginners to learn N the basics of anchoring. Narrow sand beaches rim the west and southern edges of the cove, providing great sunbathing before the westerlies fill in. Once the wind starts in earnest, it’s still often possi¬ ble to tuck up against the hill and fry in com¬ fort. Above the western edge and overlook¬ ing the entire cove is a pleasant picnic ground, guarded by trees against both the wind and sun. Access to the picnic ground is via either the beach or the causeway.

lipper Cove is also home of the Treasure Island Marina, which is for military personnel, be they on active duty, in reserves or retired, and for civil service workers with a Gold Card. The marina is very hospitable, however, and extends use

Island and Paradise Park, it’s the best San Francisco Bay has to offer. It would be only natural to assume the Clipper Cove name was derived from all the clipper ships that dropped their hooks here in the 1800’s after the long slog from the east coast via Cape Horn. But such an assump¬ tion would be wrong. The cove was named after Pan American World Airlines historic flying boats, the so-called China Clipper, that took off and landed in the cove between 1939 and 1945. A letter from the Navy to Latitude 38 two

don’t be too concerned or return fire unless you’re hit, because chances are it’s friendly fire. The source is most likely to be the Navy skeet shooting range on the cove’s north shore, a range marked by four buoys. When in use the skeet range is also marked by a red flag atop the trap houses. Half a nautical mile in length and 600 yards wide, the cove has an almost unlimited capacity to hold boats. Some 22 feet deep in the center, the bottom slowly shoals up near shore. The bottom is primarily mud and the holding ground is excellent. Were you to

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of the marina to everybody, civilians in¬ cluded. There are nine guest slips available at . 10 a foot per night, and they come with water and electricity. There is 11 feet of water beneath the slips at low water, so you don’t have to worry about getting stuck in the mud. There’s no food, drink, or fuel available at the marina, but there is an ice machine and a very small selection of chandlery items for sale in the office. The of¬ fice is open from 8a.m. to sunset every day of the year except for Christmas and New Year’s Day. The number is 765-5065/6. Treasure Island Marina extends cruise-in privileges to any Bay Area yacht club that re¬ quests it. In such cases dockage is free and visitors are offered privileges at both the Officer’s and Chief’s clubs. Yacht clubs should Thirty-five boats enjoying a fail afternoon at Clipper Cove; obviously there was room for plenty more.

send their requests to the Commanding Of¬ ficer, Treasure Island, 265 Special Service Office, Treasure Island, Ca 94130. For those with the military/civil service privileges, Treasure Island Marina has boats to rent. These include eight Rhodes’ 19’s, two 17-ft Boston Whalers, and one 25-ft O’Day. In addition, there is a Treasure Island YC. The clubhouse, across the parking lot from the entrance to the marina, is undergoing reconstruction at this time. It was hoped to be reopened for the 4th of July, but that now looks unlikely. The clubs’s commodore is Felix Conte. Until the club is reopened, the phone number is the same as the Treasure Island Marina.

all, Yerba Buena is the southernmost, the one with the hills, the one the Bay Bridge runs right through. Yerba Buena translates as ‘good herb’, an obvious choice for a name since the aromatic trailing vine grew rampant on the island. Indians used the vine as a healing poultice, while Spanish settlers

i^Vlthough the Yerba Buena and Treasure Island look completely different, a lot of sailors confuse the two. Once and for

The old lighthouse on Yerba Buena is now the Coast Guard Commander's residence.

flavored their tea with it. The island was called Yerba Buena when the first white men arrived, and it’s been called Yerba Buena for the last 54 years. Be¬ tween times, however, it was known by any number of names. For example in 1775 it was known as Isla de Alctraces for the large pelican population. The name stuck until 1826 when some erring cartographer mislabeled that rocky island further west, what we know as present day Alcatraz. For a while it was known as Wood Island (so was Angel Island), then Bird Island, and then in 1850 the first California Legislature gave it the official name of Yerba Buena. You’d expect that would have settled it, but it didn’t. You see back in 1836 Captain Gorham Nye had started raising goats on the island, which he sold for ship’s stores. Ignor¬ ing the act of the California Legislature, in 1895 the U.S. Geographic Board memorial¬ ized Capt. Nye’s efforts by giving it the name Goat Island. It remained Goat Island until 1931, a year that marked both the departure of the last goat and the culmination of Nellie van de Grift Sanchez’ 15 year crusade to get

DAY CRUISE the U.S. Geographic Board to officially name it Yerbe Buena. The island’s earliest settlers were bands of Ohlone Indian tribes. Archeologists have recovered some artifacts from a fishing camp and burial mound on the southeast side of the island. But a sad corollary of the Americanization of the Bay Area has been the almost universal and ruthless destruction of Indian sites.

uring the early days of development of San Francisco Bay, Yerba Buena was part of various Spanish and Mexican land grants. It was inhabited by the normal kind of squat¬ ters of the time: fugitives, heriqiits, and malcontents. Then in 1848, along with the rest of the territory, Yerba Buena was ceded to the United States. One of the most industrious new U.S. citizens was Thomas Dowling. He brought his family from the east and settled on the island until 1869 when the government evicted all private citizens. During his stay, Dowling developed a sand/rock quarry near the old Indian burial ground. One son drowned while another acted as the fer¬ ryman bringing supplies for the inhabitants and workers from the mainland.

Much to Mr. Dowling’s displeasure, Yerba Buena became something of a tourist destination in those gold rush days. It was reported that he acquired a foul-tempered bull to discourage the visitors. But with poetic justice the bull turned on Dowing’s own family; subsequently it was destroyed. With the explosive build-up of San Fran¬ cisco after the discovery of gold, the demand for wood was tremendous. Wood was

needed for homes, for business, and for fireplaces. Like much of the region, the former Wood Island began to look rather barren. So it was that in 1886, on California’s first official Arbor Day, school children and others from Oakland visited to reforest the island. A subsequent fire destroyed many of the good intentions, but it’s believed that the stands of eucalyptus and Monterey Pine on the upper slopes of the island trace their origin to that day. Yerba Buena has been an important island for shipping and boating for the last 100 years. As early as 1873 the island served as the U.S. Lighthouse Service Depot for buoys, tenders, and other equipment. It was in 1875 that the lighthouse, fog signal, and keeper’s quarters were constructed. Because it lines up with the lights at Point Bonita and Fort Point, before the days of SatNav, Loran, RDF’s, etc., it was an important range for a bearing between the Gate.

T 1 he handsome Victorian building that once was the lighthouse is today the residence of the Commanding Officer,

The Treasure Island Marina.

Twelfth Coast Guard District. And Yerba Buena is the biggest Coast Guard base on the Bay. Buoy tenders and patrol boats are moored to the jetties along the lee shore just south of the Bay Bridge. If you’re pulled from the drink in fairly good condition, you’ll likely end up getting a cup of coffee or two

here. Atop the peak of Yerba Buena is the radar equipment for Vessel Traffic Service (VTS), the system used to keep big ships from running into one another and over little sailboats. VTS communication is over Chan¬ nel 13. The island on the other side of Clipper Cove was no island at all when the first white man arrived. It first appeared on the chart of Canzinares as Yerba Buena Shoals back in 1775. Man-made Treasure Island was created to be the site of the short-lived Golden Gate International Exposition, a brainstorm of the time to celebrate the com¬ pletion of the Golden Gate and Bay Bridges. Of six sites contemplated, it was chosen because it was easily accessible from all over the Bay and because it was believed suitable for the future San Francisco airport. Building Treasure Island, which basically involved raising 400 acres 13 feet, took 14 months. It required 29 million cubic yards of sand and gravel, 258 thousand tons of rock, and 1.2 million man hours. But what a page 140

CLIPPER COVE uniforms, aircraft models, photos and paint¬ ings, weapons, and the Golden Gate Ex¬ position — are coordinated with a massive 6600 square foot wall mural created by Lowell Nesbitt. The work pictures a series of vignettes: “1846 Navy / Marines Capture the California Coast"; "1853 Commodore Perry Opens Trade With Japan"; “1900 Boxer Rebellion”; “1906 San Francisco Earthquake”; “1908 Great White Fleet”; “1942 The Battle of Midway”.

O ne display I found particulary in¬ teresting was that of the “code talkers”, the Navaho Indians who were recruited and trained as Marines during World War II to speak over the radio in their own tongues. During the campaigns in the Pacific against the Japanese, their little known languages imade U.S. radio communication pretty darn

One of the magnificent 'China Clippers' circles above her landing site at Clipper Cove.

bargain; it only cost $3.8 million, about what a good rightfielder earns a year. Because much of the island was created from Bay silt, much of which had come down the Sacramento River from the placers, many figured the landfill must con¬ tain precious tailings of the Mother Lode. So Gold Island was a popular suggestion for a name. Alas, it lost out to the less crass and more chic Treasure Island, from Robert Louis Stevenson’s book.

^3 nee the island was completed, con¬ struction on the Exposition began. Another 14 months and $50 million later, and it opened, dominated by the ‘Tower of the Sun’ and the ‘Enchanted Gardens’. Over 10 million people visited the first year, but with the onset of war in Europe, the Exposition seemed out of place in those dark days. The page 141

exposition closed in 1940 and the island was leased to the Navy for the duration of the war. Eventually the city of San Francsico traded its deed to Treasure Island for govern¬ ment land down the peninsula that is now the San Francsico International Airport. Some of the exposition buildings were made to be permanent, with the expectation of an airport. While the airport never came, some of the buildings remain. The Pan American Airlines Building, for example, currently houses the small yet intriguing Navy/Marine Corps/Coast Guard Museum. The museum is the only building on Treasure Island open to the public; it’s hours are 10 to 3:30 daily (765-6182). The museum was begun as a bicentennial project in late 1974, concieved to present Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard con¬ tributions to the development of United States policy and scientific accomplishments in the Pacific Ocean from 1813 to the pre¬ sent. The exhibits on the museum floor — /

This Fresnell lens at the museum- came around the Horn by clipper ship and was used at the Farallones for nearly a century.

secure. Also in the museum is the ernormous Fresnell lens that was crafted and shipped around Cape Horn for use as the Farallon Light. In use from 1855 all the way until 1951, the kerosene flame focused through the great bullseye of the lens and was visible for 24 miles. The slowly descending weight rotated the gears that turned the glass.

DAY CRUISE: CLIPPER COVE The museum also has a large scale, de¬ tailed model of the flying boats that flew out of China Cove. Flying to Hong Kong, Manila, and other cities in the Pacific and Far East in the tense pre-war years, these planes carried just enough fuel to spari the distance between one Pacific Island to the next. At night the passengers would sleep in island hotels while the crew would service the air¬ craft. Pan Am received support for their operations from the Navy, which knew bases would be needed across the Pacific. People in the know refer to clippers as she because in their day they were indeed thought of as boats that also happened to fly. Anchors, liferafts, running lights, even a ship’s whistle were all standard equipment on these ladies of the sky. Historically these would be the transition vehicle for crossing the ocean, coming between the ocean liners with their traditions of formality in First Class and whatever passes for that aboard the jets of today. Flying a clipper to Shaighai in those days was strictly a First Class proposi¬ tion; there was fine china, linen, and silver for the multi-course meals served by stewards in the dining salon! Remember, of course, that back in these days when the fare was $1,000 (and $1,000 was really worth something), it took 18 hours just to get to Hawaii.

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came to be known as China Clippers, even though Pan Am also had a large base in Florida from which they flew to Europe. Two of the China Clippers were caught out in the Pacific when war broke out on December 7, 1941. The captain of one was ordered to»return to Treasure Island by the safest route. In the Fiji Islands at the time, he decided the safest way home was to con¬ tinue on around the world. And that’s exact¬ ly what he did, hopping, with the flying boat’s limited range, between smooth bodies of water. From Fiji he went to Australia, across the tip of India to the Near East, spending a night on the Nile River, and eventually to New York via South America. Several months later he arrived back in Treasure Island with the clipper, having in¬ advertently become the first commerical airliner to go around the world. This was all only 40 years ago, when the 16,420-mile Far East round trip took about 123 hours — an average of 133.5 mph! Having seen the China Clipper exhibit, when you get back to your boat anchored in the cove, it’s easy to lay back in the after¬ noon sun and try to imagine was it was like to land on the Bay after a 60 hour return flight from the distant Pacific. A simple cove on San Franciscd Bay, who would imagine it was the site of the beginning and end of some magnificent journeys? — larry sturhahn page 142

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uch a deal. Put 20 percent down on the boat of your dreams, enter it in a program where someone else does all the upkeep and charter arranging, and let the in¬ come and tax breaks not only pay all the bills, but make you a little extra to boot. Sail the boat once or twice a month if you want, and end up, none the financial worse for wear, owning it outright in as little as five years. On paper, it can sound easy. In real life, changing tax laws, real chartering days, unplanned or miscalculated maintenance costs and a hundred other glitches make this scenario harder to pull off all the time. Not impossible, just harder. These days, you and your accountant have to really know what you’re doing. It was not always so. In the late ’70s, “paper fleets” came into vogue. These were usually high-volume, short-lived outfits that owed their existence to big-bucks people who on at year’s end found themselves with a huge surplus of cash they needed to shelter from Uncle Sam. One way to do this was to invest in a lavish ‘charter’ yacht. The brokers were happy because they’d make big com-i

PROPER MANAGEMENT missions by selling the yachts at full-blown retail, and the owners were happy because Uncle Sam didn’t get their money. Uncle Sam wasn’t particularly pleased though. Since Congress listens when Uncle Sam talks, new laws have put tighter restrictions on such programs and just what constitutes proper yacht management. The above may sound like an extreme ex¬ ample, but you get the idea. Nowadays, such programs are becoming fewer and far¬ ther between. To satisfy the IRS these days, yacht management really has to be yacht management. The key concept, as almost any tax lawyer or advisor will tell you, is to treat it exactly as you would any business venture. You still don’t have to be a sailor, but you must enter into the venture intend¬ ing to make a profit; actively solicit the yacht for charter; involve yourself in the manage¬ ment of the yacht; impose limits on personal use; and keep accurate records.

or those in the 50 percent tax bracket, yacht management can still be “a very attractive proposal”, says the general manager of

an Alameda-based chartering company. “But it can also be good for someone in the 20 to 30 percent range, too. Depending on the variables, by chartering you can pull as much as 10 or 15 percent — and usually more — right off the top of your taxes.” The owner of a legitimate charter yacht is entitled to an investment tax credit of 10 per¬ cent of the purchase price of the boat; an ac¬ celerated cost recovery system (ACRS) depreciation schedule roughly equal to 20 percent per year over five years (three to five years is the normal tenure of a yacht in a charter program); and the ability to write off maintenance, berthing, insurance and almost every other business-related expense. Three sections of the tax code that help define what the IRS considers a “legitimate charter” are sections 183, 212 and 280A. Here’s a short look at each. Section 183: Commonly called the “Hob¬ by Loss Rules”, this section is directed toward people who report their hobby as a business even though there is no way it can make money. It says that anyone who engages in a venture without expecting to make a profit can only take deductions up to page 144

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.. . OR DOES IT? the amount of the income from that activity. Obviously, the tax advantages here are few. If a charter boat does not make a significant profit in two of five years, and the IRS feels its owner did not do everything possible to make things otherwise, they can reclassify the venture as a hobby, effectively rendering that owner up the creek taxwise. Section 212. This one reinforces the need for owner involvement and proper record keeping. If an owner has been remiss in his duties, section 212 also says you lose your ITC and that your 5-year ACRS depreciation can be converted to a 12-year schedule. If that happens, any ACRS deductions you’ve accumulated — minus whatever the 12-year amount for those years — become taxable income. Ouch! Section 280A: This one is commonly called the “vacation home rules” since it ap¬ plies to vacation homes as well as boats. (Few of the pertinent laws and regulations address boats specifically.) Basically, it says that if you charter your boat 15 or fewer days per year, you don’t have to pay taxes on the income, but you can’t claim it as a business. This section also directs that your personal

use of the yacht cannot exceed 14 days a year, or 10 percent of the usual total charter days, whichever is higher. If you do, then you cannot deduct your losses over what you made in charter income. By the way, once you figure in the initial downpayment, even the most popular boats rarely turn a profit the first year. To keep everything as above board as possible, many tax advisors suggest that you do not use the boat for per¬ sonal pleasure at all during the first year, and sometimes not in subsequent years if the profit margin is shaky. However, you can and should visit the yacht regularly, and take it out occasionally for checkout. That’s part of what the IRS considers ‘owner involve¬ ment’.

I f you’re really serious about yacht management, the most important person to talk to before making a commitment is a good tax person, preferably one who knows both you and boats. Yacht brokers and the various chartering organizations around the Bay can usually provide you with a pretty accurate, though sometimes optimistic, /

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breakdown of income and expenses for the three to five-year period the boat will be in , charter. Now, replace that get-rich-quick gleam in your eyes with a healthy skepticism and take those projections to your accoun¬ tant with a lot of “what ifs.” For example, “What if the boat is not chartered the pro¬ jected number of days?” “What if maintenance turns out to be double this estimate?” Remember, on paper the Titanic was indestructible. Most companies have specific needs as far as size and make of boats they want in their fleets, and if after discussing the deal with your accountant you decide to take the / plunge, the next step is finding a charter company with which to place your invest¬ ment. Shop for a chartering outfit by com¬ paring facilities, attitudes and people. Check out how existing boats in the facility are cared for and what sort of screening test prospective charterers have to pass. Confirm insurance rates and the charter fee split (which varies from 50/50 to 60/40 in favor of the boat owner). Insurance rates are slightly higher for charter boats than personal yachts, but they shouldn’t be 300 or 400

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percent higher. High rates usually mean lots of claims. Check what days you can use the boat yourself. Understandably, most companies prefer that you do not use your boat on hightraffic holidays, but some are very explicit on the subject. Finally, talk to the people. Not only the ones who run the place, but to the owners of some of the charter boats.

Ai s for which boat, from an investment standpoint you obviously want a popular boat of quality construction that is able to handle heavy usage and (in the Bay) heavy weather. If you are looking to buy, consult

Unusual designs are harder to place in a charter pro¬ gram.

with the charter company you have chosen or its affiliated brokerage. Through ex¬ perience they usually have definite preferences and will narrow your choices down to a handful of proven designs. If you already have a new or near-new boat, it may be slightly harder to find a program that will accept it, but again, not impossible. Boats older than five years or really weird designs will be almost impossible to place. You should be aware that smaller boats, since they are rented more often, have a better chance of paying their way. Also, if you have planned properly, you can often opt for a larger boat than your expenses would nor¬ mally allow. One guideline suggests that “assuming you can afford it, buy the size you would like to own. From the point of view of maximizing the tax benefits a rough rule of thumb is to purchase a boat with a value equal to your annual income”.

I inancially, the boat’s owner is responsi- x ble for the purchase of the boat and all atten¬ dant taxes and interest; slip fees; capitol maintenance (bottom painting, new sheets, etc.); and a placement fee, which covers ini¬ tial advertising and paperwork and usually runs about 5 percent of the purchase price of the boat. The charter company, which in this capacity acts much as a property manage¬ ment firm, takes care of* “running maintenance”: cleanup, washdowns, wood care, buffing and so on. They monitor the boat on a regular basis and after every ^ charter to make sure all is as it'should be, Charter companies take care of cleaning and minor and keep in close contact with the owner maintenance. regarding the state of the yacht and any maintenance or gear it needs. “Even if a owner, having a boat in a charter program is charterer has lost a winch handle overboard an excellent way to learn how to care for it and paid to have it replaced, we’ll let the properly. owner know about it,” said one spokes¬ “It gives you a very good idea of how to woman. They also take care of soliciting care for your boat,” he says. “Following the business for the yacht, for checking out pros¬ charter company’s maintenance schedule pective charterers and for keeping all paper¬ really helps educate the owner about things work and bookkeeping in order. As most of the larger charter organizations are also sail¬ ing schools and clubs (which, incidentally, We ran into a charter boat in th generate much of their own business by bean once whose skipper bemo chartering to former students), most boat owners are also entitled to all club discounts, charters anymore. He’d once s activities and other privileges. allow a‘ film company to come film “Sea of Sin”, or something and ever since, the charters were never-ending drug, booze O kay, great. That’s how it works. Now, does it work? What kind of financial benefits ill do real owners see? The chances of that happening Three years ago, Nace Ruvolo put his charter boat here on the Bay are ] C&C 24 Turandot in a charter program tc pretty slim. For one thing, it’s r< because he thought it would be a great op¬ cold to get naked. For anothe portunity to recoup a lot of the costs of own¬ people who charter Bay boats ing a boat. “Also, I realized that I wasn’t go¬ the sailing. ing to use the boat all the time. I sail a lot with Charterers come from all walk other people and could therefore live with and all income levels. The young using it once every three weeks or so,” says charterer we’ve heard about was 18 anc the San Francisco lawyer. For Ruvolo, the the oldest, 74. Most charterers are stil arrangement has worked out well. “I never men, but the ratio of women has been in¬ really stopped and figured it out to the pen¬ creasing slowly over the last few years. ny,” he says, “but if the boat has not made Most charterers do it for the love of the money over the long haul, it has certainly sport and because they either can’t afford reduced the cost of boat ownership to a or don’t want a boat of their own.■ painless level.” Ruvolo points out that, George Hoxie of Oakland is 1 because they’re used more, charter yachts might call a typical charterer, hes often require more than average around boats_ since he was little, sail maintenance, and prospective owners college and has chartered boats in the should plan for that when they work things Virgin Islands. The last couple of years, out with their tax advisors. He also men¬ . tioned that, especially for the first time boat page 146

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he or she should be aware of. I feel I’m a much more competent owner because of that.”

teve Kimmey, who owns a C&C 35 that for three years has also been part of an East Bay chartering company, got into the chartering game, “hopefully fo make some money, but also, I have long term goals to semi-retire, get my license and actually charter the boat myself.” For this en¬ trepreneur, things have not come up as rosy financially as he had anticipated. The1 marketing rep for Sperry Corporation chalks it up to experience and to what he now realizes is an unfair comparison to his home, waters, Chesapeake Bay. “I put the minimum amount down and financed as much as I could, expecting to refinance eventually. Well, that hasn’t worked out and now my monthly bank nptes are higher than I planned them to be. So are the maintenance costs. I moved out here from sailing the Chesapeake and found out

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most of his sailing has been aboard chartered yachts here in the Bay. “i was chartering pretty much every weekend for a while,” he says. “I joined one of the sailing clubs, which give dis¬ counts on charters to members, and then what I would do is try to get enough peo¬ ple to go along that 1 could get the cost down to $20 per person.” For a boat like a Santana 39, that meant about a dozen friends and friends of friends. “It was crowded, but fun,” says George. Charter sailing is not without its prob¬ lems, though. More times than he would have liked, George ended up teaching in¬ experienced share-payers to sail instead of enjoying the boat. But it was the ques¬ tion of financial responsibility that led to his break with the club, less chartering and to sailing more with friends.lately. His problems illustrate the importance of owner involvement in the charter process

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very well. , “1 feel I shouldn’t have to pay for a bat¬ ten that flies out, a head that stops working or an electrical problem that 1 didn’t create — things that aren’t anybody’s fault, they’re deterioration problems,” says George. “I remember one charter where the whole traveler assembly just page 147

pretty quickly that there’s a lot more wear and tear on a yacht out here simply because of the conditions. 1 originally figured $50 a month for maintenance, but it’s running at least double that. Also, last year, the boat was out of commission while some major work was being done. The work was all covered under warranty, but of course the boat wasn’t able to charter during that time. Finally, the boat was not going out as much as I thought. Part of this was again a carry over attitude 1 had from the East Coast. In the Chesapeake, there are lots of places peo¬ ple can just go and anchor for a long weekend, but that doesn’t happen much out here. Most Bay charters are just for the day.”

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-----snapped off. If somebody had been in its way, they could have been killed. Then I found out that it had happened to the same boat before. “I think it’s very important that the owner of a charter boat be aware of the condition of his boat and his liabilities. The guys on the docks are outstanding, but they can’t see everything that’s wrong. It’s the owner’s responsibility to make sure that the boat is safe and that everything on board is ready to go. And it’s the charterer’s responsibility to really investigate contracts. Ask a lot of ques¬ tions and see just where that operator draws the line on who’s responsible for what-”

urrently, the boat pays about 60 cents out of every dollar Kimmey puts into the venture, and he’s worked hard to keep the whole venture on the up and up. “I can legally use the boat 14 days a year, but I probably take it out only three days a year, and then just to see how things are going, and that everything still works.” At the same time, he laughs, the chartering company is being almost too efficient. “A few friends wanted to charter the boat awhile back, but they couldn’t pass the qualification test!” Once the boat’s three to five year commit¬ ment is up, its owner has several options. He can keep the boat for his own personal use, sell the boat, or roll it over, either back into the charter program if that’s allowed, or as the downpayment for a bigger boat. Selling is the least desirable option from a tax stand¬ point because a portion of whatever you make over and above the ACRS deduction value of the boat at that point is considered taxable income; a state of affairs that exists until that normal 12-year period is up.

I f all this is as clear as mud at this point, don’t feel lonely. It’s a pretty tangled web, and getting more so all the time. In fact, much of the preceding may soon be moot depending on what if any form the tax reform that’s currently before Congress takes. Among suggested proposals are the elimination of ITC and a rejuggling of ACRS depreciation to depreciation based on .“useful economic life”. If these come through, and they may, it will be even harder to make yacht management work — but still not impossible. It also may make now the last chance to get into the program while the benefits are so good. The moral behind this story might be, “good things come to those who wait,” but a better one is “don’t look a gift horse in the mouth”. If you’re going to go into yacht management, go into it with a normal healthy skepticism, a businesslike attitude and a good tax person — and the rest should fall into place. But remember, nobody playing with a full deck buys a boat to get rich. If you’re willing to put up with the restrictions, it’s perhaps a viable way to help defray most of the costs of financing a new boat. As a money maker, boats never have been all that good of an investment. Or as one charter company general manager put it, “If you want to make money, don’t get a boat. Invest in tax free bonds.” — latitude 38 — jr

FRAN BIOLETTI

he place was okay, but the timing was all wrong. We arranged to meet Fran Bioletti for breakfast Thursday morning at the Tradewinds Hotel in Fiji, as her flight back home to San Francisco was leaving that afternoon. We had originally'met Fran in Yelapa, Mexico, when she was helping deliver a racing boat back to the Bay Area and we were on our way to the South Pacific. Now, a year later, she was in Fiji visiting some friends in Suva, and our own boat was anchored nearby. Sailors live in a very small world. Breakfast was not as lighthearted as planned. Cyclone Eric was at that moment hurtling toward, Fiji (with Nigel and Odette close behind). The bay outside the Tradewinds was bustling with boats and ships of all descriptions jockeying for “safe” anchorages. Anticipation filled the air, as well as a downpour, and Fran was con¬ cerned that her flight might be delayed. With all of us keeping one ear on the weather reports and one eye on the activity \ '

She’s a descendant of pirate Henry Morgan and has been a smuggler herself!

in the anchorage, we attempted to distract ourselves by finding out a little more about Fran, this unusual lady who is so well-loved in Bay Area sailing circles. For years she has been in demand as delivery crew for some of the best-known boats all over the world, and at age 68 she still insists, “I’m not really a good sailor. I put up a good front.”

S he certainly fooled rhe. A veteran of more boat deliveries than I can count, Fran could sail circles around me on one of my good days. She proudly claims to be descended from pirate Henry Morgan and she herself served a stint as a smuggler in Spain! Being just a bit unconventional seems to come naturally to Fran, who came to see San Francisco from the midwest in a Ford

convertible with three Englishmen, and ended up staying. Her boyfriend (they later married) was an aeronautical engineer and avid sailor. “1 was a yacht race widow for years,” she remembers. Fran was busy in her position as the curator of the India, Pakistan and Ceylon section at the Hoover Institute at Stanford when one of her colleagues at work bought Fiesta, a 72-foot gaff schooner built in 1936. Talk between the two couples turned to cruising and they decided to take a shakedown cruise to Sitka, Alaska in 1950. “We were all novices at long-distance off¬ shore sailing. It took three of us to get the main up — I’ve never worked so hard in all my life.” They all came home and went back to work, but before long everythirig was ready for the first long voyage. Fran quit her job at Stanford, her husband took a leave of absence, and they joined two other couples in sailing Fiesta to Tahiti. They started out with five cats and an airedale. Each of the cats was lost overboard and the airedale was later run over by one of the two garbage

Fran Bioletti.

“I’m just a little old lady in tennis shoes j^ho likes to sail,” is the modest way Fran Bioletti characterizes herself. She hasn’t counted up all the miles she’s covered since she started delivering yachts 12 years ago, but it’s more than most of us have put together! As a retired journalist who still writes an occasional story for a sailing magazine, Fran says the delivery business is definite¬ ly not a get-rich-quick scheme. “Some¬ times you get paid, sometimes you don’t,” she says. Expenses, such as air fare and money for provisioning, are covered by the owner, but beyond that, remuneration pan be minimal. Fran says the prevailing practice on the West Coast is to charge by the mile, with top dollar being about $1.25. Transactions are page 148

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trucks in Samoa. They buried him at Farmer Brown’s, where (so claimed Farmer Brown) he continued to howl every night.

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people aboard fared only somewhat better. Even though it was a good trip, by the time they got to Samoa the owner decided not to continue to Australia. He and his wife parted ways; she went home and he converted Fiesta into a copra schooner. Fran and her husband found another boat to crew back to San Diego. Having completed their sailing adventure, life returned to “normal”; and Fran resumed work at Stanford supplementing her ac¬ tivities by writing drama reviews for the San Francisco Chronicle. Life was calm until the owner of a 48-foot Alden ketch asked them if they wanted to join him in Spain to sail the Mediterranean. Would they! Packed and ready, they were enjoying a quick goodbye champagne with friends before heading to the airport when someone pointed out that the basement was flooding. They quickly called the building’s owner and, undaunted, went on their way. Three months around Mallorca was spiced up by a bit a smuggling luxury items from France to Spain (“mostly cosmetics and plastic items”). “It was all speculation,” says Fran. “Once we took on tons of French mustard, but so did another boat, and we ended up flooding the market with Dijon.”

1 ran’s life changed radically in 1972. “My husband left,” she says. “I can still hear him saying as he drove off, ‘Have as much fun as you can!’ ” She didn’t heed his advice for some time. Finally her friend Ted Bekins told her to stop feeling sorry for herself. He was going to Papeete on the Tahiti race and urged her to meet him there. Fran was waiting at the dock at Papeete when the boat arrived at 4 a.m. and then helped bring the

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FRAN DELIVERS made by cash and don’t on tax returns. Fran adds that the way ^ —— ~ to go to boatyards and marinas and start working on boats. She usually knows the skippers she sails for, but if you don’t have those connections you have to start from scratch. Cooking and navigation skills are in high demand on many boats, and bringing racing boats home from long distance contests is usually a fruitful market. This summer Fran has plans to deliver one of the ultralight 68-footers from the L.A. to Honolulu TransPac race back to the mainland. Little old iady in tennis shoes indeed! Here’s a partial list of yachts which Fran has worked her passage on over the

bleakest of galleys, for she never knows what she’ll find. One recent Thanksgiving in Mex¬ ico a blow came up and worsened. Fran was on her hands and knees in the galley, trying to hold the oven door closed and get the cranberry sauce ready. “Everyone had to eat standing up, but by God it was a real Thanksgiving dinner!”

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she’ll sail in practically anything as long as she likes the skipper. “I don’t like the Prus¬ sian types,” she says. “One had to have handdone potatoes three meals a day and I was glad when that was over. The demand¬ ing and screamer types can sail without me.” She has occasionally turned down jobs based on friends’ poor opinions of the skip¬ pers’ abilities. There is always an occasional odd crew, such as the fellow who locked himself in the head for an hour or two at a time and wouldn’t speak a single word to his mate ’ during a three-hour watch. Charter guests could also be a bit strange. One absentminded-professor-type, doing a documentary in Greece, dropped a Hasselblad camera overboard, fell through a hatch into the engine room, and had to be rushed to the hospital after drinking a big swig of petrol out of an old lemon squash bottle. Even so, Fran says, “I’d rather be sail¬ ing than anything else I can think of, so it’s worth putting up with the other things.” For Fran it*s all in a day’s work. Like cook¬ ing in a 12-meter on the way up from La Paz, wearing foulies because of the water pouring down the mast. Or shooting photos up through the skylight over the galley, while the crew showered on deck. “Everybody looks pretty much the same from that angle!” she says. Fran doesn’t mince words, but she is capable crew and always a lady. And I thought veteran women sailors were supposed to crusty old broads. Boy was 1 wrong in this case! — wendy robinson

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uring the middle of last month we were paid a visit by Daniel Charles of the French sailing magazine, Neptune. A resident of Paris, Daniel stops by our office every three years whether he peeds to or not, to trade stories and opinions on the state

How to get a multihull sponsor: Jack Petith grabs Andy Mele.

of sailing. We’d like to share some of those opinions with you, but first why not two of his little stories? The first story has to do with Bob Hanel and Double Bullet. Hanel is the Southern Californian who drove his 65-ft catamaran to a 7-day record crossing from Los Angeles to Honolulu. After that heady achievement, Hanel took his cat to Quebec to mix it up with the latest French monster multihulls in the Quebec to St. Malo Race. Well just prior to the big race they had some speed trials that the better French entries didn’t have the time or inclination to enter. Somewhat by default, Daniel says, Double Bullet took the $5,000 prize. Hanel then met with an ad¬ vance man for the Pope, and gave the money to him to be used for charity. He reportedly then returned to his crew and said

something to the effect that now heaven would be on their side for the race. The irony, of course, is that Double Bullet sank just ten days later during the early stages of the rhce, and Hanel and crew barely escaped with their lives. Daniel’s second story also has to do with shipwreck, this during the La Transat Des Alizes or the Tradewinds Transat. The race is from Casablanca to Guadalupe in the Carib¬ bean, and is for production boats only. You’ve probably never heard of tlie race, but 170 entries made the crossing and they had to charter four DC-8’s to get all the crews and families home! It’s something of a casual race, which Daniel illustrates by hoting one boat carried 60 kilograms of foie goie. That’s 6 ounces per day per man of the second most expensive food in the world. (Caviar, our French Connection tells us, is the most expensive).

T hat’s not the story, however. The deal is that the waters near Casablanca are ex¬ tremely rough because the shore shoals up rapidly. It just so happened that a catamaran accompanying the fleet got too close to shore, was entangled in breakers, and in desparation was driven up on the beach. As night fell local pirates had already started cut¬ ting up the cat, yet it’s masthead light still shone. Some distance offshore a lost Beneteau 35 saw the cat’s light and figured they were gaining on them. It wasn’t long before the monohull was caught in the surf, the last wave of which turned the boat upside down, driving in mast first into dry sand. Badly damaged, the boat was sucked back into the Force 9 wind and seas. She sank about a half mile offshore. Miraculously, the crew of Mae West was able to make it safely to shore, presumably wearing jackets of a similar name. Strange things happen at sea. When he’s not telling tales, Daniel likes to talk about the big multihulls the French are so proud of. You know, the 80 and 85-footers that regularly hit speeds of 25 to 30 knots. He assures us that all the hot ones will be racing in a new transatlantic race with the most unlikely of sponsors, the New York YC. Are you sure, we asked, that the staid old New York YC is going to get involved with something as radical as a multihull race, especially one that is as un-Corinthian as to offer $100,000 as prize money? Daniel assured us that’s exactly what the press releases have said.

The race is the Monaco to New York Race, and will also be sponsored by Prince ^ Albert (of Monaco, not pipe tobacco). Given that princesses Caroline and Stephanie are front page tabloid regulars for being naughty members of the last fashionable royalty in the world, the race is expected to attract unprecendented media attention. The race starts this October from Monaco, one of the most startlingly beautiful countries in the world. Monohulls sail straight to New York; multihulls are required to take Madeira to starboard; even so the first multihull is ex¬ pected to finish as much as five days ahead of the first monohull. All boats will be fully crewed.

l' he next big transatlantic event will be the May, 1986 Liberty Race from Le Havre, France to New York, to commemorate France’s gift of the Statue of Liberty to America. (Actually it may start with a power¬ boat race from Paris to Le Havre). A doublehanded race for multihulls only, some 40 boats are expected to compete for $100,000 in cash. Daniel hopes that one of the entries will be a 65-ft cat built by Andy Mele of Kingston, New York and sailed by Jack Petith, who

Taberly has the Right Stuff, and is the most popular sportsman. Daniel acclaims “the best big multihull sailor in the United States”. The idea is that the cat would be financed by private foundation to support the waterways of New York, but would have the full backing of the state of New York. Good luck. If all goes well, there would be a big multihull grand prix around New York after the Liberty Race. “What is it,” we asked Daniel, “that makes ocean racing so appealing to the French?” This after he noted that police estimated a crowd of 1,000,000 had packed St. Malo for the end of the Quebec to St. Majo Race. Daniel prefaced -his answer by noting the most recent Gallup Poll of the most popular sportsman in France named Eric Taberly as the easy winner, Eric Tablerly who has not page 152

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suggests, goes to La Route du Rhum, the 4,000 mile singlehander from St. Malo to Guadalupe which can be sailed in any type won a major race since 1976 and who does not strike Daniel as being the least bit sexy or glamorous. So why is he so much more popular than say tennis player Yannick Noah who earns five times as much? Daniel contends it’s because Taberly has Tom Wolfe’s “right stuff”. Time and time again he’s displayed incredible courage over a long periods of time, has done it with panache, and yet he’s always been ready to come back for more. And equally important, he’s abided by the code that says you downplay the danger you’ve faced. And Daniel insists there is plenty of danger to life and limb out on the ocean while a tennis player only faces danger to his reputation. ANDY MELE

L Is an example of the danger, he cites the case of a Frenchman who had gone to the masthead of a maxi during the middle of the night in a French assualt on the Transat¬ lantic record. The boat broached horribly, knocking it so far over that the man at the masthead’s boot’s filled with seawater. Fie nonetheless hung on until he completed his mission, and subsequently will recall the inci¬ dent only to the extent of laughing uproariously. For the average Frenchman, Daniel says, that exemplifies the Right Stuff. As for the average French cruiser, he could give a damn about this kind of behavior and the big multihulls in general. The name Taberly reminded Daniel of the topic of professional sailors and money. He says he’s stunned that American’s don’t realize how good they have it. Four years ago the commodore of one of the east coast’s premiere yacht clubs told him that there were about 700 to 1200 BMW’s (boat maintenance workers) in the United States. The commodore figured they hauled in an

The average French sailor could give a damn about the big multihulls. average of about $20,000 U.S. dollars a year. “Mon Dieu!” was about Daniel’s reac¬ tion, who claims to have seen Phillipe Jeantot’s contract with Credit Agricole for win¬ page 153

ning the BOC Around the World Race, a contract Daniel says was worth a mere $25,000. The very top, top, top level French profes¬ sionals, he says, pull in the equivalent of about $17,000 U.S. dollars a year. They can live fairly nicely on this in France, he says, but of course they would not own a home or car and would often board with friends. It therefore infuriates him to no end to hear Americans complain about French profes¬ sional sailors when top American amateurs rake in about four times as much a year. When we told Daniel we’d heard that the Marc Fajot and some of the others earn about $750,000 a year, he about pulled out the remaining hair on his head. And mind you, Daniel is a Belgian, not a Frenchman. Apparently the Right Stuff doesn’t pay over there anywhere near as the Ordinary Stuff goes for on this side of the pond.

^^riefly digressing onto the subject of cruising, Daniel suggests that American sailors not be so terrified of the Bay of Biscay. To Daniel’s mind, the Bay of Biscay, north of Bordeaux, offers some of the most beautiful country and sailing in the world. He notes that 2/3’s of French sailboats are in this region and Brittany, not on the Cote d’Azur. The southern part of the Bay of Biscay is shallow and can be awful. As he was about to take our leave, we pressed Daniel for the ranking of top races in Europe, as judged by the amount of play they are given in the media. Top billing, he

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or length of boat. It got off to a ding-dong start back in 1978 when Michael Birch nipped the second place boat by a mere 98 seconds! Like most big events in Europe, it’s only held every three or four years. The se¬ cond biggest event would be the previously mentioned Liberty Race to New York, although this is just based on anticipated in¬ terest. The third most popular is the Europe Race, sponsored by the European Com' munity. It starts this August, is only open to multihulls over 50 feet. Even the Belgians have chartered an entry. The race takes about a month, and features stops in Kiel, Germany; The Hague, Holland; Zeebrugger, Belgium; Torquay, England; La Rochelle, France; Lisbon, Portugal; Malaga, Spain; and either Marseille, France or Puer¬ to Cervo, Sardinia. “Everybody,” he says, ‘is crazy about it”.

ith that, Daniel took our leave and * headed off in search of Tom Blackaller. Noting that some new 12 meters may be very unstable boats — for example one English 12 might be outfitted with a trim tab on the front of the keel — Daniel was eager to ask the St. Francis 12 Syndicate’s bestknown helmsman if such 12’s — like many new military aircraft — could only be driven well by computers and not humans. Adios, Daniel!

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boats heading to Southern Califor¬ nia in the Oakland to Catalina and MORA San Francisco to San Diego races this month, what better time fors Latitude 38’s 15-minute guide to Southern California. A guide that will equally well serve those of you who will be lingering in the Southland after the races as well as those on their way through Southern California to Mexico this winter. The format is simple; we let fly with our personal opinions on the places you might visit in Southern California. We’ve been to all of these places more than once, some 10 or 15 times. We may not know all of them intimately, but we have developed a reasonable visitor’s feel for them. To make things easy, we’ll start from the north at Cojo, and work south to Chula Vista near the Mexican border. Cojo — When you’ve anchored here you’re in Southern California, having rounded Point Arguelto and the frequently boisterous Pt. Conception. The wind, waves and weather are all more user-friendly. Just around the corner from Conception, Cojo is a terrific anchorage in which you can ride out 35 knot northwesterlies in comfort. The coast in this area is like it was 100 years ago; mostly undeveloped and serene. While mostly private property, you are allowed to

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go as far up as the high tide line. It’s unlikely you’ll be alone here, as it’s a popular stop for surfers, fisherman, yachties and oil support vessels. Nonetheless it’s still perhaps the most spiritual plate on the California coast. If Cojo is too crowded for your liking, there are a number of slight indentations along the coast between here and Goleta that provide good anchorages in the calm conditions which prevail close to the shore during the summer. The most urban of these spots is Goleta Cove, nestled between UC Santa Barbara and Goleta Beach — and at the end of the Santa Barbara airport runway. You can dinghy ashore where there’s not

only a grassy park and picnic area, but a nice restaurant/bar that plays rock and roll half the night. Do anchor bow and stern into the gentle swell at Goleta Cove or you’ll gently rock your brains out. Santa Barbara — Guest berths were scheduled to be open once again this month, but we suspect vacancies will still be tight. If you can plan it, stop by on a weekend when many locals have headed out for Santa Cruz Island. Last time we visited the toilet and shower facilities were mediocre at best, The

harbor entrance is very confusing at night plenty of boats still go aground in the light of day. So take it easy and radio the harbor patrol if you get confused. It’s possible to anchor outside the breakwater for free, and lots of boats do. It’s roily, however, and flopper stoppers might make your life more pleasant. There’s plenty of visitor activities ashore, and there’s great singles action on Stat^ Steet. Try Joe’s or Rocky Galanto’s, the latter of which is home to the 50 cent hot-dog.

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East Beach is one of the volleyball centers of the universe, but in general the nearby beaches are waveless disappointments. San¬ ta Barbara is too gorgeous for its own good, consequently it’s overcrowded and tends to attract smug people who put on thick airs. Best thing in town is Aiellos’s market. Located at 324 W. Montecito St., they will pick you up and deliver you back to your boat for free. Ventura — Just 25 miles down the coast, Ventura is friendly and uncrowded, the facilities new and terrific. Beaches, one with gnarly waves and one protected by a breakwater, are just across the street. Surfing — board, belly, and body — can be superb when the waves are generated by the sum¬ mer hurricanes off Mexico. And except for being a little filthy, the nice afternoon breezes make the harbor a good place to learn to boardsail. A little bit isolated — the nearest grocery store is a couple of miles away — there are two good boatyards and enough places to eat to keep you satisfied. Hussings, a play on Hussong’s of Ensenada, is one local favorite. There are even a couple of spots to rock ‘n roll in the area. The entrance to Ventura Harbor can be hazardous, and you never want to enter for the first time at night. Always approach straight in from the outer buoy, never along the shore. Remember the northwest side of the breakwater is not an entrance, it’s a sandtrap, and last but certainly not least, do not hug the shore when sailing the 11 miles down the coast to Oxnard. You’ll end up in the shoals of the Santa Clara rivermouth just like all the others. If you get confused or

have a question, radio the harbor patrol; they’re the most friendly and helpful force on the coast. Oxnard — The facilities at Oxnard’s large and modern Channel Island Harbor are mostly modern and in good repair. It has a little more sterile feel than Ventura, but reprovisioning and all other needs can be taken care of kitty-corner from the guest docks. There are also many available slips for longer stays. The beaches are rather a long way fi;om the berths, but they are terrific and the water is clearer than at Ventura. Ox¬ nard has several good boatyards and special¬ ty shops for boats. There are several good places to eat, and even a little nightlife at a couple of the waterfront restaurants. If you’re a Raider fan and like to drink while watching scantily-clad youth frolic in the sand after volleyball, remember the Rudder Room on the northwest side of the breakwater. The entrance to Oxnard’s Channel Islands Harbor is safe and deep, but we strongly ad¬ vise against entering at night. Despite being familiar with the entrance, it’s here we came closest to losing our boat, nearly driving it over the south breakwater one black and confusing night. You also want to make sure that you don’t mistake Port Hueneme for Channel Islands Harbor; it’s been done. The Channel Islands — Santa Cruz is the most popular of the four islands that are a half day’s sail from Ventura, Oxnard and Santa Barbara.'Setting the hook can be dicey here; the anchorages are not the best in the world, they are often crowded, and the water is usually deep. It’s best to come page I 56

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here during the week as opposed to the more crowded weekends. Lot’s of folks find it easy to spend a month or two out here. If you obtain the proper permits, the hiking can be great. Nobody believes these islands are as large as they are until they try and climb one. Marina del Rey — This 6,000-berth ageold object of salty derision has always been home to a lot of fun for us. Granted, it’s strictly for urban cruisers and the authorities can be on the officious side, but we always get by with a smile. Bill and Heather Clute, former owners of Chiquita, High Noon and Annabelie Lee have taken up residence in the harbor on their most recent boat. You can rent bikes and ride the trails for miles that follow the curve of the shore. The beaches are great, with plenty of picnic and

park facilities. The swimming and waves are terrific. The nightlife is thick all over Marina del Rey, but just as at the beach, the singles competition is ferocious. The men and women are not only naturally beautiful, they also spend 3/4’s of their lives trying to im¬ prove on what God gave them. They say an L.A. seven is a 15 in San Francisco. Feeling homesick? Try the Sausalito South restaurant in Playa del Rey, it’s loaded with reminders of the good land to the north. Guest berths are usually available at a reasonable cost from the harbormaster, but

watch out for those crowded three-day weekends. LAX is only a few minutes and bucks away by cab. Redondo Beach — If the King Harbor folks can’t get you a slip, you can always an¬ chor behind the breakwater. With a SoCal Edison plant right over your head, this isn t the most scenic of spots. Beaches are fine, however, and the local nightlife is even a cut above Marina del Rey. San Pedro — Home of L.A. boat funk. Old wooden everything makes for a nice change after the dreary cement of the newer harbors. It’s on the industrial side, groceries and chow are^a long way away, and it’s out in the middle of nowhere. It’s no compensa¬ tion at all that guest slips are rarely available. Long Beach — Guest berth rates have traditionally been high at both the Alamitos Bay and new Downtown marinas, so getting a guest berth is usually only a problem on three day weekends If you’re on the cheaps, you can anchor out in a couple of 72 hour zones. Downtown and the main anchoring area are a long way from services, but the far end of Alamitos Bay is pretty close to everything. Beaches are poor and the facilities are getting a little long in the tooth. However, the area gets some of the better Southern California sailing breezes in the afternoons. Catalina — Like Marina del Rey, Catalina is often the object of scorn. In reality it’s a sensational destination for family sail¬ ing, whether the kids are 5 or 15. The near absence of cars makes it easy for kids to run free, and the beach at Avalon is safe with plenty of people overlooking the activity. Mooring at the Isthmus or Avalon is like parking in a parking lot, but it’s secure and shore boats relieve you of having to dinghy

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everywhere. The Isthmus only has one restaurant and few facilities; Avalon has everything you need from complete tourist amusements right down to a Safeway. Zillions of boats and people -smother the island, but to our way of thinking it’s superbly managed affording the rpost possible pleasure to he greatest number of people. And if it was good enough for Errol Flynn, it’s good enough for you. You can also anchor off Catalina, and we’ve seen it done in some of the strangest places. Most reasonable spots, however, are buoyed and reserved for specific groups or organizations. If you want to impress some non-sailing Bay Area friends with your boat atad sailing skills, a three or four day Catalina trip from Marina del Rey is just the thing to make them green with envy. Or mal de mar. Newport Beach — The harbormaster is just about always able to provide visitors with a berth or mooring, and at a surprisingly low cost. You’ll need a dinghy, though. When you come to Newport Beach, bring plenty of patience and money. Hour-and-a-half waits are common to get into the popular restaurants and nightspots, and th^y charge according to their great demand. Bikes and dinghies are the on/y way to get around this extraordinarily crowded area, where gridlock’s never more than a car or two away. The beaches are terrific, and there are two fun piers to meander out on. The people and car watching are the best on the coast. They say a seven in Newport Beach is an 18 in San Francisco. We’d once been told that Newport Beach had a Certain minimal appearance standards that you had

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to meet to be admitted within the city limits. We’ve been there three times in the last two years, so it can’t possibly be true. Newport Bay often has good sailing breezes in the late afternoon. And despite the poor environment, there’s an awful lot of very nice people. Many visitors end up spending several weeks here. Dana Point — Boats are packed in this marina like sardines, and the guest slips are

July thru * October is the best time to visit Southern California. often all in use. Fortunately you can anchor either inside or outside the breakwater. We suggest inside, so you don’t roll your brains out. If you do get a public guest slip, be prepared for mediocre facilities. The im¬ mediate area has the normal waterfront restaurants and shops. The Chart House

restaurant on the hill has a spectacular view of the harbor. The beach situation is not the best on the coast. Oceanside — Watch the entrance, boats have been lost and people killed. We’ve only visited here twice, and not at all recently. The staff was nice and guest slips were available. A decent enough place, but there was no great attraction to return. Oceanside certainly has a less urban feel than many southern California marinas. Mission Bay — Mariner’s Cove is a great 72 hour anchorage, except we don’t know where you can leave your dinghy without a good chance of it being stolen. Good picnic areas and ocean beaches are within close walking distance. Basic supplies are also nearby, although not big stores. The Islandia Hotel across the way sometimes has berths at a reasonable rate that includes use of their hot tub and sauna — whoopee! We don’t know if they still do, but over in Quivera Basin they used to charge $1 a foot per night for a guest slip. To hell with that! Santa Diego Bay — You can usually get a week’s stay at the Police Dock, and it’s a good thing because berths at Shelter and Harbor islands are tougher to find than reefed mains. However the Police Dock has no showers, a problem we’ve always solved with the inelegant but effective dock hosedown. vIt’s plenty warm for these in the summer and fall. Be advised, however, that it’s a very long walk from the Police Dock to anywhere, so have a bicycle, dinghy or ricksha ready.

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You can anchor off Shelter Island for an unlimited time, although it sometimes gets roily and the authorities have conspired to make it difficult for you to land your dinghy anywhere nearby. For example, don’t you dare try the beach right in front of the an¬ chorage. Shelter Island has everything you can want for a boat, and often the Standard fuel dock will allow you to spend the night if you promise to get your buns out by dawn the next day. Boll Weevil Steerburgers has an outlet on Shelter Island; most sailing meateaters make this their first and last stop when entering or exiting the country. Pretty easy going civilians down here, but the authorities tend to be authoritarian. The future looks good for transients visiting San Diego Bay, as the Port District has initiated an ambitious plan that includes generous provisions for visiting boats. Laurel Street anchorage in downtown is first step in the project and was expected to have been completed earlier this month. If you’re desperate for a San Diego berth, the Intercontinental Marina downtown almost always has room — but at a price. If we remember correctly they wanted nearly $600 a month for our 39-footer. We opted for the Chula Vista Marina, just seven miles down San Diego Bay, where the same berth goes for $232 a month. They do require a whopper of a safety deposit, however. Chula Vista’s facilities are brand new and ex-

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emplary. Being located an hour an a half from the heart of San Diego Bay is Chula Vista’s disadvantage, but at $350 a month less in rent, it’s easy to overlook. Scattered Thoughts: July to October is the best time to visit the Southland with a boat. It’s warm, occasional¬ ly has big waves, and is relatively free of fog. Early summer months are often disappoint¬ ing because of endless days of dreary over¬ cast. Light air sails are important for almost all of Southern California, although you won’t find exclusivly light conditions. Areas that tend to have light wind include Santa Barbara, Marina del Rey, King Har¬ bor, Newport Beach, Dana Point, Oceanside, and San Djego as soon as the sun goes down. You’ll find good wind more often at Ventura, Oxnard, Long Beach and San Diego. The Channel Islands can get lots of wind, Catalina is less likely to. Strongest Southland breezes — other than near Con¬ ception and San Miguel Islands are the 20 miles southeast from Oxnard, where you can often get 20 to 25 knots day or night. If you’re going to be cruising Southern California for any amount of time, try to find a fold-up bike for each of your crew. It ex¬ tends your land-based horizons and makes your travels far more rewarding.

hinking of leaving youf boat down south for a couple of months? The easiest nlaces to find a berth are Ventura, Oxnard,

and Chula Vista. Everywhere else can be awfully tight if not impossible to find a spot. Choosing between these depends on your interests. Ventura and Oxnard have more extensive facilities and great beach activities right there. Chula Vista is rather isolated and far from the open ocean. However, if you plan on commuting to your boat every other weekend or so, remember that there are plenty of $55 San Francisco to San Diego seats on planes, while coach fare from San Francisco to Santa Barbara (the nearest air¬ port to Ventura or Oxnard) is $108! And even then you’re still 40 miles from your boat. There is bus service to Oxnard and Ventura from LAX, but it takes about three hours and only runs several times a day. For friends flying down to meet you and your boat, convenient meeting places are Santa Barbara, Marina del Rey, Long Beach, and San Diego. Newport Beach is so-so; we once waited for two hours for a cab from the Newport Harbor YC, not only missing our flight but the one after it. Ven¬ tura, Oxnard, Dana Point, Oceanside, and of course, Cojo, are inconvenient places to make connections. Guest slips in the Southland can run anywhere from $7 to $40 a night for a 40-footer. And don’t believe that the $40 a night rip-off is any better than the $7 counterpart. A parting piece of wisdom; never go east of the Pacific Coast Highway. Never. Enjoy yourself sailing in the Southland, content in the knowledge that sailing is honestly the only sensible way to see this strange and smoggy part of the universe. — latitude 38

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OLD TROPHIES

very yacht club has them. They sit in the display cases in the entrance ways, on bookcases, in libraries, or even behind the bar. They are trophies, often handcrafted and made of fine silver. Some are updated and awarded every year, but a large number are left just to sit and be polished by the yacht club staff. However, the trophies of the past are more than just ornate dust catchers. They are symbols of the events and art styles

Above, Warren Vincent hold the trophy named for his father

Above center, the J H

Keefe trophy

Above right, the Cal 20 Perpetual.

of their day. Two of the most unusual yachting trophies in the Bay Area are 3-foot high eagles. One rests at the San Francisco YC, the other at the St. Francis YC. They were originally to be awarded for races held during America’s Centennial celebration. U

1 ack in 1976, we had dreams of grandeur,” says Bruce Block. “As part of the centennial, we were going to invite both the 12-meters and the unlimited hydroplanes to race on San Francisco Bay. Most of the old 12-meters on the West Coast, from Van¬ couver to San Diego, were willing to come and race around the buoys. I think we had about six or seven of them. Unfortunately, we weren’t able to put the program together, so neither race happened.” However, while planning for the races, special care was given to the trophies. Greg Higgins, an artist from Carmel, was commissioned to do the eagles. An expert in bird

sculpture, Higgins had gained natione recognition by creating the falcon that Kissin ger gave to Mao Tse Tung on the US visit ti China. “Higgins came up with great sketches. H wanted to do one in silver for $30,000, si the Hyatt—the Regency and Unioi

Square—decided to sponsor it. When that first eagle popped out of the mold in sterling silver, it was a s.tunner,” recalls Block. After the regattas fell through, the other two bronze eagles, whose $18,000-each tab was • picked up by the San Francisco Convention Bureau, were cast and deeded to the two page 162

NEVER DIE yacht clubs. They have since become the awards for the Heavy Weather Laser Slalom and the Women’s Laser Regatta.

ALL PHOTOS BY GLENDA GANNY CARROLL

here are times when an event is still run, but for some unknown reason, the trophy is not awarded. A case in point is the Lester Stone trophy that stands in the display case opposite the bar at the Corinthian YC. “It was designed to be given to the best performing boat overall in the Corinthian Midwinters,” says Warren Vincent, “but it hasn’t been awarded since 1980. The pic¬ ture of the boat on the trophy was Stone’s favorite, the Vaia."

Upper left, the Keefe-Kilborn punchbowl. Left, one of the Eagle trophies created for the bicentennial. Above, John Bertrand's Olympic Silver Medal.

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'Vaia',

Stone's

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across the trophy named for him.

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Another Corinthian trophy that hasn’t been given out since the mid ‘70s was named after .Vincent’s father. An avid Bird Boat sailor, the Ben Vincent Memorial Trophy was awarded to the winner of a match race for the Birds. Although this trophy is also no longer used, Warren can recall another award connected with his family that has been given out year after year. It is the Keefe-Kilborn Perpetual, a stunning Bavarian crystal punchbowl with

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Kilborn was my uncle,” says Vincent. “When he died, my aunt donated that bowl. It has an interesting story. My grandfather owned the old Ferry Cafe and had the concessions on the ferry boat. That old bowl sat on the back bar of his saloon. When the 1906 earthquake struck, the bowl was one of the few items in the saloon that survived.” The punchbowl’s luck didn’t run out there. When the St. Francis almost burned to the

Superbowl and World Series. “I was com¬ Bay today. We used to be able to race all the missioned to do something that would be ^ classes at one time. The Saturday and Sun¬ truly representative of the event, although at day event produced the fleet winners and the time, no one thought it would grow into Hearst gave first, second and third place what it has become. Then, it was just an in¬ trophies to just about every class that raced.” vitational regatta to bring big boats together Michaels, who raced Star boats at the and then go off to Tinsley Island. time, won one of those trophies. The low, “The trophy was just a giant piece of black award was 16 inches wide, 6 inches tall jewelry,” says Delmas. “There were so many and 3 inches deep and curved around a processes, the spinning of the silver, the small barometer. “In the course of moving from one home to another over the years, the trophy finally wound up being given to a salvage shop. The next thing I knew, some¬ one called me up and said, ‘Do you know

“I kicked over some old, charred timbers and there it was.”

ground in December, 1976, thousapds of dollars worth of trophies and artwork were destroyed, and Vincent was afraid the bowl was among them. “One of the first things I did after the fire was to call Bob Keefe, since it was his dad and my uncle the award was named after,” says Vincent. “I asked if there was any sign of the bowl. ‘No,’ he said, ‘I’m afraid everything is gone.’ A week later, he called back. ‘I was walking around the place and kicked over some old, charred timbers and there it was. The only thing broken was one of the mugs!’” Not all the awards were so lucky. The fire that did $500,000 worth of damage and took three lives also destroyed one of the club’s most valuable trophies: the original St. Francis Perpetual Trophy. U

hat was one of the most beautiful and creative trophies we ever did,” says Len Delmas of San Rafael. That is high praise from the man whose large trophy company has designed trophies for such events as the

Above, detail on the San Francisco Challenge Cup. Opposite page, the Harris Perpetual Star Trophy.

bending and casting of the pieces. The words ‘St. Francis Perpetual’ were 18 karat gold and had to be cut out by hand. Then there were the diamonds and the rubies.” Although the fire destroyed the trophy, the gems were recovered and placed in the shape of a burgee on the new St. Francis Perpetual Trophy now displayed in the entrance hall of the club. Since that very entrance hall was the area that sustained the most damage, trophies displayed in other parts of the club were less affected by the tragic fire. Some came through without a scratch, like the 1936 Ex¬ aminer Regatta trophy sitting in the Starting Line Room display case.

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1 n the ’30s, the Hearst organization put on a weekend regatta,” says Jim' Michaels of Tiburon. “At that time, we didn’t have as many racing yachts as we do on the

that one of your trophies is for sale in a quasi-antique shop on Polk Street?’ ” laughs Michaels. Like Michaels’ Examiner trophy, other old trophies also have a way of reappearing now and then, and some are even recycled. Recently, the Islander Bahama class re¬ ceived what will become their perpetual from Ed Thrall of the East Bay. “About 20 years ago, I won the Islander Bahama Nationals that were held on the Bay. The award was a large bowl with two figures on each side holding a reef. Well, that old trophy was not doing anything in my garage except decaying, so I dug it up and presented it to the class association. They were really tickled with it,” says Thrall.

ithout a doubt, the older trophies have an air of nostalgia and a sense of history about them. But today’s trophy chairmen and women often look at the awards with a mpre practical eye. They want something the boatowner can use. As a result, kerosene lamps, bosun’s whistles, mugs, duffle bags and pewter plates were among the awards given out last year. page 164

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“A lx 11 the leftover trophies are brought “Everyone who comes in to select trophies for a regatta or a series wants something practical these days,” says Bruce Block, whose trophy business services a number of yacht clubs. “The trouble with really practical gifts, like a handbearing compass, is that the winners probably already have one. That’s why art objects are also becoming popular.” For example, last year’s YRA season cham¬ pions received a limited edition serigraph, print by Jim Dewitt. The signed and numbered poster depicts a fleet of sailboats tacking off the City Front. Once the job of choosing trophies has taken place, the next biggest job is making sure they get where they are supposed to go. The YRA office at Ft. Mason, San Francisco, has a back room that at one time could easily have been called “the room of lost and forgotten trophies.” Although the larger 10R trophies are gone now, there is still a smat¬ tering of bowling league-type trophies with little boats on them, as well as plaques and pen sets.

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The task of making sure trophies get routed to the proper people and organiza¬ tions falls to, Kitty James, YRA secretary. She in turn depends upon the Trophy Swap held in November at the Berkeley YC.

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there and sorted out by chartered associa¬ tions. Hopefully, someone from each class comes and picks them up. I try not to bring anything back to the office with me. If I do, I send out three postcards over a period of three months. If the trophy is not claimed, tough luck. A whole load of them may end up at Goodwill.” When you consider that some of the grand old perpetuals are often ignored, it’s not suprising that some of the smaller awards are just forgotten. Maybe it can be blamed on sailor’s amnesia, that rare condition of memory lapse that afflicts many racers after a not-so-exciting finish. Maybe glory really is fleeting. But old trophies don’t have to stay forgotten. Most can be easily updated or even recycled at a fraction of the cost for a new award. Most fine old silver cups have room for another name and a little silver polish can work wonders. Think about that die next time your organization needs a new award. You may have only to look as far as the display case in the closest yacht club. — glenda ganny carroll

LEE HELM

otally unfair! Max goes off racing to Hawaii, and he expects me to write his article for him. I mean, like, what makes him so valuable as a crew, anyway? He’s just average as a downwind driver, and he can’t pay attention long enough to be a good sail trimmer. And I know for sure he can’t navigate his way out of a paper bag! Like, I don’t mean to sound immodest or anything, but I’d be a much better crew than half the people on that boat he’s going on. But could he get me a crew spot? “The owner just wants to sail with all his old friends,” Max explained defensively

“It was for 12 Meters,” I said, “but other¬ wise those boats are throw-backs. I mean, stone age. And the winged keel has very limited application on other types of boats.” “Especially boats that sail near kelp beds,” added Max’s crew. “But personally, I’m still disappointed that the America’s Cup is going to be raced for again in 12 Meters. They had such a perfect opportunity to change it to a more modern machine.” I agreed, of course. But I also pointed out that one valuable result to come out of the

Max can be a little, you know, / slow to pick up on abstract ideas. . when I confronted him about it at the yacht club after a Friday night race a few weeks before he left. “We’ve been sailing together on and off for years,” he said. “I tried to get you on, Lee, but there just wasn’t any way I could swing it.” I mean, here was the “good old person” network in full operation. “If I had spent more time drinking at yacht club bars and less time out racing,” I thought to myself, “I’d have friends like that too.” One of Max’s crew, who had also hoped to get a Transpac spot, took a different approach: “I’m glad I’m not sailing to Hawaii on that old boat,” he insisted. “It’s a terrible roller, and much too heavy to do any real surfing.” “You’re right,” said Max. “The boat’s a real handful downwind in a blow.” “I’ll wait for a good ride on an ultralight, thank you,” said his crew. “Wallowing across the ocean in a lead mine isn’t my idea of fun.” “I couldn’t agree with you more,” said Max. “It’s amazing how much the technology has advanced in just the last ten years.”

1 ^ his was a very transparent attempt on Max’s part to change the subject. “Ultralights, carbon fiber, winged keels . . . Just imagine what the next generation of 12 Meters is going to look like!” “Actually,” I pointed out, “a 12 Meter is a lot more like the heavy old IOR boat you’re doing Transpac on than anything else being built these days.” “Don’t you think the winged keel was a breakthrough?” asked Max.

12 Meter development is that more sailors now realize that a “breakthrough” is still possible in yacht design, even in a class as traditional and highly refined as the 12’s. “What do you think the next breakthrough is going to be?” asked Max. “Well, I wouldn’t'be too surprised if we see wings on the rudders.” “Wings on the rudders? Why? That’s hardly a breakthrough if they work just like wings on the keel.” “No, Max, their function would be very different.”

I realized that Max had been successful. He had diverted our attention away from Transpac crew positions, and gotten me started on a technical subject. But we’d get back to it eventually. “The speed of a heavy and relatively short hull is limited,” I explained, “by the so-called ‘hull speed’. That is, the speed at which the second crest of the bow wave corresponds to the first crest of the stern wave. The length of a wave is proportional to its speed squared. So if you go faster, the second crest of the bow wave will fall behind the first crest of the stern wave — and the drag caused by the stern will increase dramatically.” They seemed satisfied with this very simplified explanation, even though Max can be a little, you know, slow to pick up on abstract ideas. Anything involving the left hemisphere of the brain, for example. Ap¬ parently he and his crew were already familiar with the concept of hull speed. “Okay,” I said. “How could you increase a boat’s hull speed?” “Make it longer,” they both answered. “Or fuller in the ends,” I said. “The prob¬

lem is, we’re dealing with rating rules that put a very stiff penalty on additional length or fullness. So think about what the extra length or fullness would do to the water flowing N-around the stern, and what other device could be used to have the same effect.”

ow they looked confused. “Think of a hull that’s had some volume added around the stern to make it longer. What kind of force acts on this additional submerged volume?” “You mean buoyancy?” asked Max’s crew. “Right. Buoyancy pushes upward on the boat. You could also think of it as an addi¬ tional force pushing downward on the water. So adding volume and length to the stern will push down on the water with more force over a longer distance, and have the effect of suppressing the stern wave until it has moved farther aft, resulting in a faster hull speed. Now, what other device, I mean, other than adding volume to the stern, could you use to push down on the water?” It was, like, a softball question. They already knew I was getting at hydrofoils of some sort. “If you put wings on the rudder,” Max thought out loud, “you could angle them to

Above, skeg-foil combination on a barge. Below rudder foil as it might appear on a 12 Meter.

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deflect the water downward. Are you trying to tell me that this would increase the hull speed?” “Exactly. And it turns out that a relatively modest size foil can have a substantial effect on stern wave characteristics, especially at reaching and running speeds. Of course, the fins don’t actually have to be on the rudder • — that’s just a convenient place to hang them from. And they don’t have to angle down to-produce the downward force on the rudder — the water is already flowing up¬ wards from under the hull, so you can get lift and even forward thrust by setting the foils at a reasonable angle of attack.”

I made a sketch on a napkin, showing how the fins might be oriented to the local flow under the stern of a heavy boat. “Wouldn’t this tend to pull water away from the hull, and increase drag on the stern?” asked Max’s crew after studying the sketch for a few minutes. “It probably would,” I said. “But it’s the repositioning of the forces that counts. Remember this is a total rule-beater. Of course it would be more efficient just to add the required volume to the stern to make it longer and fuller. 1 mean, the idea is to make the hull measure like it’s short with a narrow stern, but have the water flow and wave pat¬

barge. It improves directional stability because of the skeg area, and the foil’s effect on the stern wave is enough to cancel out any increase in drag.”

“D o you know of any

12 Meter syn¬ dicates that are actually planning to use this idea? “No, I’m just guessing. It might even have applications for IOR boats, especially the older, heavier hulls. If the fins are added to the rudder, it shouldn’t jeopardize the oldage allowance at all.” “This next America’s Cup challenge might be more interesting than 1 thought,” said the crew. “Are there any other radical developments on the way?” “Watch for very low booms to make a come-back. They’ll have flexible flaps on the bottom that actually touch the deck, or cabin trunk, or a raised deck structure that’s been added for the purpose. Sealing off the air flow around the bottom of the boom could mean a dramatic improvement in pointing ability, because of the humongus reduction in induced drag. You see, if . . Now, Max has acquired a strong distaste for the words “induced drag”, so he cut me off before I could even begin to explain what was going on. “You’ll have to expound on it some other

Sealing off the air flow under the boom could dramatically improve pointing ability. tern act as though the stern was long and powerful.” “Didn’t Britton Chance try something like that on a 12 Meter in — what was it — 1974?” said Max. “Yes, the famous ‘fool the water’ square stern. And Paul Elvstrom ’ tried a bulbous bow. Neither was successful, and that’s part of why everyone thought that no new breakthroughs were possible — until 1983!” “So what makes you think this one will work?” “Well, for one thing, it’s already being used commercially, at least in one form. That’s also a problem for an America’s Cup challenger, because a Canadian research facility developed it and holds the patent.’ “The plot thickens,” remarked Max. “For sure. What they have is a skeg-foil combination that fits under the stern of a page 167

time,” he said. “I think they’re getting ready to announce the results.”

1*^ ut his crew was still very interested. “So the boat of the future will have rudder wings and a deck-sweeper boom?” he asked. “Not exactly. Remember the rudder wings are strictly rule-beaters for heavy boats. I think we may see some very different changes in the hulls and rigs of the high per¬ formance ultralights.” “Like what?” “Sailboard designers, after literally thousands of prototypes, seem to agree on some common design features that improve the performance of an ultralight .hull. First, they use concave surfaces effectively to en¬ train air into the boundary layer and reduce

Lee’s ultralight of the future with sailboard-like dou¬ ble concave hull, below.

frictional resistance. Second, they all agree that in the transitional and medium speed planing regimes, where a sailboard hull usu¬ ally operates, a very narrow stern with almost no rocker and sharp lower rails is fastest. Probably because of a better longitudinal distribution of dynamic lift. But, like, they’re designing totally by intuition, as far as I can tell. The state of the art is way beyond where it is for conventional sailboats, except maybe in the case of the International Canoe or the 110, which are the only boats I can think of with a true ‘pin-tail’ planing hull. So look for some of the modern sailboard hull features — and maybe even double luffed fully battened sails with ‘camber in¬ ducers’ — to show up on larger, high perfor¬ mance ultralights.” Meanwhile, the Race Committee was try¬ ing to quiet down the crowd so they could announce the results and give out the trophies. We were one of the last tables to comply. Max had managed a third place in his class, but he left almost immediately after picking up his new yacht club coffee mug. So Max is on his way to Honolulu, and I’m back here in the fog writing his article for him. Maybe I’ll spend more time at yacht club bars from now on. — lee helm

ny good boat designer is full of good intentions. And well he should be, for the physical form of a boat is only part of the overall picture. A good class boat, a lasting design, must not only look appealing, it must also fill a niche that sometimes only a good designer can see. Cornelius Shields intended to build such a boat in 1935. He was looking for a boat to replace the irtterclub class on Long Island Sound, a boat that could stabilize the variables prevalent in design and equipment, a boat that could emphasize the skill of the skipper and crew rather than the designer, the sailmaker, the supplier of equipment or the spender of large amounts of money. He found his inspiration in Bermuda: a new six meter, the 37V2-ft Saga built by Bjarne Aas of Norway. Saga was graceful and beautifully built. The seams in her fulllength, edge-glued planks were virtually invisible. Corny Shields thought a slightly smaller version might make the boat he was looking for, and contracted with Aas to build four of them. In December of 1936, the first four International One Designs were delivered to New York. Their pleasing lines, feel under sail and the strict one design con¬ cept excited local sailors. By the summer of 1937, 25 IODs, or “ICs” (International Class) as they are commonly known, were sailing the. Sound. The price for a new one—which included sails, spars, rig¬ ging, shipping and insurance from Norway—was $2,670. As if the growing popularity of the IC on the Sound were not grati¬ fying enough to Shields, sailors in other locales began to discover the graceful, reasonably priced 33 footer and within a few years the class became truly international. Fleets sprang up in Bermuda, Scotland, Norway and Sweden. In this country, fleets started up in Northeast Harbor, Maine; Marblehead, Massachusetts; on New York’s Long Island Sound and on San Francisco Bay.

The original design construction for the IC consisted of Oregon pine planking bronze fastened to oak-frames. The frames were on 10-inch centers with every third frame doubled. The ballast was lead and the mast, sitka spruce. In 1959, African mahogany, which looks spectacular when finished bright, replaced pine as the preferred planking. The expensive spruce masts eventually gave way to page . I 68

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aluminum. In 1972, the first fiberglass ICs were built. Except for the reduced maintenance, though, fiberglass ICs have no advantages over wooden ones. As a tribute to the class officers and builders, the wooden and fiberglass boats differ by no more than 40 lbs. There are now three molds for making the glass boats. They are in Maine, Bermuda and England. The state of the art in the production page 169

of glass ICs with their wood trim lends them to being virtually in¬ distinguishable from the wood boats when viewed from the water. That striking and graceful appearance has long been one of the boat’s major drawing cards. As YRA Chairman and IC racer Tom Allen observes, “No one can argue that they are one of the most beautiful boats around.” To Fleet Chairman Bob Grigsby, “The 1C

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ooks like a boat that’s made to go.” And it does. Anyone who has sailed one will tell you the 10D is one of the sweetest and most sen¬ sitive—“You really have to keep the lead rolling,” says Grigsby—sailboats you’ll ever grab the tiller of in light to medium air. Or perhaps “caress the tiller” might be a more accurate concept. According to class champion George Degnan, “Your touch has to be light. If you steer an IC she’ll never win a race.”

In the brisk winds of summertime San Francisco Bay, though, the four to five-man IOD racing crews really get a workout. The fine entry that allows the IC to drive through chop makes it a wet boat in a blow, and the tall rig becomes a handfull when the wind comes up. “The class rules do not allow for reef points,” says Tom Allen. “And the boat begins to get overpowered in about 15 to 18 knots. You have to start luffing the main to depower at that point.” When it page 170

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really starts to blow, ICers have to be as adept at playing the rig^T Paganini was at playing the violin. A few years ago, the class con¬ tracted with Hank Easom to design and supply aluminum replace¬ ment masts, and he’s called on regularly through the season^ Whatever the attraction of the International One Design dass—aesthetic appeal, tradition, performance, camaraderie-the class promotes a loyalty among owners almost unheard-of in other page 171

classes. Bob Grigsby has been sailing Undine, built in 1938, for nine years; George Degnan has had Quickstep II, built in 1935, for 13 ■ years; and Tom Allen has owned and raced the beautiful, brightfinished mahogany Whitecap since 1962—23 years! The story of class champion George Degan’s involvement in the class is as familiar, yet unique, as the boats themselves. “I’d always wanted to sail,” says George, an M.D. “And on my 59th birthday I decided it was time. I read through the classified ads, went over to look at a boat listed there and just fell in love. It was an IC. 1 bought it and went sailing the next day. “My first few years of racing weren’t too confidence inspiring. It used to be after dark when I finished, you couldn’t see the marks . . . it was terrible. When we’d race the woodenboat series, I’d race the IODs until they all passed me. When the Knarrs caught up, I’d race them; when the Folkboats caught me, I’d race them. I got to know the Knarr and Folkboat guys better than the guys in my own fleet! All through it, though, I was totally enthralled with the way the boat looked and sailed. After awhile, of course, things started evening out.” Evening out indeed: the now 72-year-old Degnan has been class champion for the past eight years running. There are now 23 ICs on the Bay; four are fiberglass. Twelve boats actively race. During the course of the racing season, skippers can qualify for three international events: a Worlds, Bermuda race week and a bi-annual North American Invitational. At all three events, skippers and crews are housed by local fleet members and the agen¬ da of racing and social events makes a great vacation. The IC fleet Has been a training ground for many of the better known names in sailing, including America s Cup contenders Mosbacher, Knapp, Sheilds, Hood, Luders and Bavier, who have all campaigned the boats. The class itself still attracts some of the greats of the world and the competition is keen at international events. On October 6-12 this year, the St. Francis YC will host the IOD Worlds. This will be a seven-race series with skippers and crews rotating boats each race. At this writing, the San Francisco fleet has purchased new and identical—down to being cut from the same batch of cloth—sails from Sobstad. The IC has endured. In addition to her beauty, sailing abilities and rigid class standards, the IC is well built and can stand up to about anything the Bay can sling at her. That does not mean that she is a multi-purpose boat, however. The IOD was built to race and amenities down below are sparse. “You’ve got to be able to piss and crap in a bucket” said one owner of the boat’s weekending capabilities—and he wasn’t exaggerating. Hardly any ICs have even a head aboard, much less any sort of galley. And they’re not well suited to offshore work. The fine entry, low freeboard and large cockpit portend disaster for extended forays out the Gate. Add to that the nonstop maintenance necessary to keep any wooden boat in top shape and you can see why they aren’t for everyone. On the other hand, no one buys an IOD for its ease of maintenance and cruising capabilities. As Cornelius Shields intended, a large part of the appeal of the IC still lies in its physical form and in the strict rules that equalize boats within the class. In a world full of light, nimble and easy to maintain one designs, though, the niche the IC occupies today has largely evolved from one of the head to one of the heart. The IC may not be the fastest or the driest or the easiest boat to work on out there, but when it comes to evok¬ ing the sense of romance of the sport we call sailing, few other boats even come close. — bob grigsby and latitude 38 For more information on the International One Design, call Fleet chairman Bob Grigsby at (408) 738-2060, or class secretary NannaLea Busby at (415) 929-8120.

JOURNEYTO

here is Belize anyway? This tiny country, formerly known as British Honduras, is located on the western shores of the Caribbean Sea, just south of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. It is bounded on the west and south by Guatemala. Yes, Belize is in Central America, but the only “hot spots” are the 76 to 84 degree water and the sun¬ drenched beaches. Political turmoil and strife are absent in this democratic country. In fact the police are un¬ armed. Belize was granted independence in 1981 — after 300 years of British rule. The official language is English, even if “Make to see where you're going, mahn?” means “Where do you want to go?” The most inviting reasons for heading to Belize are tradewind sailing in two;separate cruising grounds. Both areas are surrounded with pristine waters which contain a myriad of tropical marine life. Best of all, nothing is much further than a day’s sail away since the entire country is about the size of Massachussets. One area is the huge lagoon lying inside the 175 mile reef which parallels Belize’s north-south coastline. The reef, which ranges from 10 to 22 miles offshore, is the world’s second largest next to Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. Countless uninhabited coral cays (pronounced “keys”) dot the la¬ goon, and are ideal for secluded gunkholing.

T A he other deep water area can be found 50 miles offshore, with the most enticing an¬ chorages at the three major atolls: Glover Reef, Turneffe Reef or Lighthouse Reef. There is only one other atoll in the entire Atlantic Ocean! Perhaps the most famous of Belize’s atolls is Lighthouse Reef with its 'Great Blue Hole”, a deep circular pit with a 1,000 foot drop off. Stalactites hang from what once was the roof of a subterranean

cavern Considered the Mount Everest of the diving world, this geographic phenomenon was documented by Jacques Cousteau in the early 1970’s. Also offshore are the islands of Cay Caulker, Chapel Cay, St. George, and Am¬ bergris, all located in the northern waters. Ambergris Cay is the largest, bigger even than the island of Barbados.

Sailing smacks on the Belize River in Belize City.

Little Water Cay. Water visibility can range as high as 200 feet in the waters off Belize.

These pearls are Belize’s key to tourism. Word has spread among divers that there aren t many places in the world where sealife is as untouched as in Belize. As a result, re¬ sorts, restaurants, gift shops, sportfishing and dive boats, and even two airstrips have been developed. Fortunately these out is¬ land dive meccas still maintain an informal, barefoot atmosphere, so going ashore for

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BELIZE in all the other anchorages, allow lots of time for snorkeling and swimming — there’s lots of fish activity around coral heads. Belize” routinely ferries boaters to and from Belize City.

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meals or renting scuba gear won’t bring on culture shock.

In addition to the waterway attractions, Belize’s mainland is considered a naturalist’s paradise. About 70 miles west of Belize City lies the Pine Ridge Forest/Mountains cover¬ ing 60,000 acres. This rainforest is dense with tropical pines and 250 varieties of or¬ chids; plus there are caves, rapids and water¬ falls, campsites, and a wildlife preserve with over 500 species of exotic birds and critters, including the rare jaguar. Remnants of the ancient Maya civilization are evident at num¬ erous excavated ruins. Between the 4th and 9th centuries-, six million Mayas lived here. While on the subject of land-based activi¬ ties, more than likely you’ll stop in the indus¬ trial hub, Belize City to check-in with cus¬ toms. Rather than entering the shallow, muddy Belize River, and tying up at the con¬ gested commericial dock, though, most cruising yachties spend the night at the man¬ made harbor in Moho Cay, 1,000 feet off¬ shore from Belize City. This cay has a marina from which the charter company, “Sail Belize”, operates. Besides having a handful of guest berths, it also has water, and a pub¬ lic fuel dock that sells gas and diesel. “Sail page 173

amenities and supplies can be found in Belize City, including a way for hauling boats up to 50-ft. A friendly, weather-beaten metropolis with no special appeal, Belize City has open-air booths in the Central Market Square. Grocery stores carry most staples and decent meat. You’ll also find banks (although the U.S. dollar is acceptable), gifts, clothing, shoe stores, ancf liquor shops that have great Belizian rum and beer. Wind up the day with a bacon and cheese hamburger at H&L’s, or a first class meal at the Fort George, Bellevue Hotel, Chateau Caribbean, or the Villa. Back on the water, the refreshing seabreezes are a welcome relief from warmer in¬ land temperatures. As mentioned earlier yachties have two choices of cruising grounds, either offshore, or inside the reef¬ line. Let’s say you leave Belize City and gunknole via the “inner-channel”, as you head southward 60 miles to the village of Placencia (spelled Placentia on charts). There are literally hundreds of in-between anchorages — Tobacco Cay, Carrie Bow, Pelican Keys, Colson, to name a few.

1^) avid Gegg of “Sail Belize” recom¬ mends heading to the barrier reef’s inner cays and making your first overnight an¬ chorage at the island group of Blue Ground Range. In reality this is a series of mangrove clumps. The best anchorage lies on the east side of the main channel, directly across from Sittee Point on the mainland. It’s a quiet little hideaway with a grassy bottom. “As the seabreeze must blow ya” (Belize for ‘as you sail’), remember the cays look alike from a distance and you’ll have to keep track of your position. Always be cautious when maneuvering around coral heads, especially because charts are not always ac¬ curate. And forget navigational aids — they are almost non-existent outside of Belize City. So pay attention as you continue on a short daysail to Pelican Cays which is due east of Jonathan Point. These cays are a cluster of eight sizeable mangrove clumps. There are two major cays on the east side of the group that offer a safe anchorage in any wind direction. The interior water in Pelican Cay is deep about 60 feet — like a small atoll. The holding ground is mostly clay. As

For a real taste of Belizean culture, plan on spending a few days anchoraged by your next destination, the village of Placencia. From the north, enter through the narrow but deep channel between the crescent¬ shaped beach on the peninsula and the tall palms on Placencia Cay. A convenient allweather anchorage with 15 feet of water lies south of the town pier (west of Placencia Cay) — just north of an orange buoy that belongs to a charter yacht. You’ll have to take the dinghy ashore since the commerical dock is reserved for the fishing fleet. This charming village is primitive, clean and safe. The locals here are 350 Creoles, which are tan-skinned blacks, descended from Africa. Their customs and language are distinctly different from dark-skinned Garifuna blacks (previously called Black Carib), descendants from Afro-Indians from St. Vincent. They live in the neighboring village of Seine Bight. Both cultures wel¬ come visitors “who come da town’’ and are genuinely friendly. Placencia is the only town in the entire country with a fishing co-op, complete with an electrical generator to run freezers. Drop in and pick up fresh fish, conch, and lobster at bargain prices.

A young Mayan Indian. His ancestors once num¬ bered six million in the area that is now Belize.

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about everything you ever wanted to know about the country. If you are in need of some local knowledge about land or sea condi¬ tions, he can be reached on the VHF, chanVv- nel 16. While in Placencia, if you have a need to get back to Belize City, there are two op¬ tions. Adventurous souls wanting to go na¬ tive, can take a daily passenger truck (not bus) from the nearby town of Independence to Belize City. Roads and highways in Belize are only paved near major cities, so be pre¬ pared for a lumpy, bumpy, and dusty 150 mile journey.

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ils you stroll through the mile-long town, walking single file on the narrow side¬ walk, you’ll pass Eiley’s mom and pop gro¬ cery store that sells meat, produce and other staples. Be sure and visit Miss Doris at the post office. In addition to handling mail, she operates the only public telephone in the area, and she monitors the VHF. And for entertainment you can catch a flick at the ag¬ ing Blue Angel Club, but there’s no guaran¬ tee what vintage the film will be. Placencia

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has some no-frill eateries such as the Jungle, Placencia Cove Resort, and Cool’s Cozy Corner where lunches and dinners are serv¬ ed, sometimes only with 24 hour notice. Another nearby dining-out option is Rum Point Inn (about two miles north of the vil¬ lage). It can be reached by walking along the beach, putting over in a runabout or sailing. The American owner, George Bevier, not only serves superb meals (with 24 hour no¬ tice) but offers escorted daytours to the ruins or other attractions. He has lived in Belize for 13 years, and is a walking encyclopedia

A alo Alto s Bob Perdriau recently chartered a new Irwin 31 for a week and a half of sailing in Belize. He concurs with Lynne Orloff-Jones that the sailing was great, along with the snorkeling, wind¬ surfing, fishing and scenery. As a get away vacation spot, he ranks Belize at the top of the list. “Charterers are allowed to sail in an area about 20 miles wide and some 140 miles long,” he says. “There are about 20 boats available from “Sail Belize”, the on¬ ly charter company in the country. In short, if you wish to cruise in company, you had b^st bring it with you!” Bob found the small village of Placen¬ cia charming, with excellent homemade bread available at an outdoor bakery. “The directions to get there are: Go down the sidewalk and take a left at the bread¬ fruit tree,” he reports. “Simple enough if you can recognize a breadfruit tree.” He also took on ice, although the water used to make it wasn’t potable. Getting fresh water involved a three hour expedition by plane to a creek on the other side of the Placencia Lagoon. It was easy to supplement the food supply with fresh fish. Bob recalls one evening in particular where he and his friend Kim caught a half dozen good sized grouper and barracuda. (He says there are no poisonous fish in the area so everything you catch is edible.)

T 1 here was only one unsettling ex¬ perience in thetpp, which Bob describes this way: “We had anchored at Little Water Cay

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BELIZING

However, if you need to get there faster, Maya Airway has daily service out of a small airstrip in Independence. As soon as passengers, pets, mail, produce, and any¬ thing imaginable is crammed into a six pas¬ senger propeller plane, you’ll take to the air for a 45 minute flight. After all this shoreside bustling, it’s pro¬ bably time to retreat to a secluded anchor¬ age. Getting underway again, you can con¬ tinue southward to the Queen Cays, which lie just under the reef. This group of tropical ii

BELIZE IT! (at the southern end of the interior reef area) shortly after lunch and were prepar¬ ing to do some windsurfing. Three or four fishermen were on the cay. Suddenly a motor launch appeared out of nowhere and approached us at high speed. They had used the surrounding cays to cover their approach, thus achieving maximum Surprise. “A very modern, welt maintained ma¬ chine gun was mounted on the deck and the crew had automatic weapons. The launch had no markings and those on¬ board wore no uniform clothing. They sped past our bow. dropped anchor and stormed ashore brusquely, rounding up the fishermen and questioning them. “It was, by now. obvious that the crew of this mysterious boat was a well honed team, It was also clear that they had no interest in us. After a short time, they put the fishermen aboard the launch, took their dugout in tow and left. That evening we learned from Radio Belize that several poachers from Guatemala had been caught fishing in Belize waters by police from Punta Gorda. “With the excitement past, we returned to the idyllic life and spent the remainder of our time entirely alone.”

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conclusion. Bob says there is plenty of beauty and solitude in Belize,,along with friendly people and a simple lifestyle. It’s also not that far from the United States. He can’t say it s a great vacation spot for you, but he plans to return. “I forgot to buy a ‘You Better Belize It’ t-shirt,” he says.

islands are every bit as imposing as their name. Wherever you drop your hook — Pompion, Hatchet, Gladden, Round Cay, etc. you’ll be in a scenic spot surrounded by little beaches fringed with palm trees swaying in the breeze. This is an ideal spot to string up a hammock and sip rum mixed with fresh coconut milk. After the Queen Gays is the southernmost anchorage at South Water Cay, situated right on top of the barrier reef. The ocean swell crashes across its rocky beachline to the east, while the anchorage in the lee is glass calm. Aerial displays of birdlife are continu¬ ous. And while you’re looking to the sky, don’t forget to stargaze at the Southern Cross. The southernmost port of entry in Belize is the town of Punta Gorda, but if you’re reluc¬ tant to enter Guatemala, then backtrack off¬ shore to the Yucatan Peninsula. By sailing in a northeasterly direction from South Water Cay, you’ll soon be at Glover Reef.

amed after the English buccaneer , John Glover, this island group lies 40 miles southwest of Belize City and runs 15 miles north/south, and is about 6 miles wide. More than 25 species of coral, including rare black coral, form the reef around the edges of a steep limestone plateau. If you’re anxious to explore the amazing Blue Hole, just proceed 13 more miles northeast to Lighthouse Reef. Be cautious since the reef is completely surrounded by its

Mayan ruins at Xuantunich on the Guatemala border. Partially excavated, the site appears in danger of being swallowed by the jungle.

own barrier which forms a lagoon, complete with several inner cays. Enter at the southern end, west of Half Moon Cay, where you will find a charming old lighthouse. The most wind-protected anchorage is Long Cay to the west. In the center of the reef is the Blue Hole. The third atoll in Belizean waters is Turneffe Islands (pronounced “Turn-f”) ’ which covers a 30 mile area. These low is¬ lands are very close together and an some points are linked by huge tree roots wrapped around each other. There are several en¬ trances into the interior channels and la¬ goons. At the southwest corner of the reef is a privately-owned tourist islet, Cay Bokel, where anybody can anchor offshore. Yachties wanting to dine at the Turneffe Island Lodge at Cay Bokel should inquire beforehand.

1 he last Belizean stop is Ambergris Cay, located at the southern tip of Yucatan. The main town of San Pedro has 25 resorts, along with other tourist goodies. It’s hard to keep good places a secret. If the thought of tradewind breezes and grand barrier reef exploration, along with protected anchorages sounds like a viable option — maybe Belize is “/u you". After all, seeing is Belizing! — lynne orloff-jones

THE PACING

This month we attempt to explain how to deal with knockdowns, plus reports from the Women’s Collegiate Championships, the Olson 30 Nationals, Long Beach Race Week, the Spring Ocean Series, and the SSS First Timers Race. Also, a look at some upcoming con¬ tests, such as the MORA Long Distance Race, the Catalina Race and the Moore 24 Nationals.

PACE NOTES This has been, to put it mildly,,a windy spring. During the June 15-16 IOft regatta on the Bay, we recorded 38 knots of ap¬ parent wind — and that was in the lee of Angel Island! All that breeze has led to several injuries on racing yachts and more than a few knockdowns, even by the socalled experts. We asked sailmaker Greg Dorland, who recently steered the winning boat at the Olson 30 Nationals, about what to do when the boat goes out of control under spinnaker. First off, rounding up into the wind is bet¬ ter than rounding down away from the wind. When the boat bears off and heels violently to weather, all sorts of bad things can hap¬ pen. For one, the boom will stand straight up in the air until the wind catches the leeward side and then it comes crashing across the boat and can literally kill someone. Also the outboard end of the spinnaker pole will stick in the water and exert tremendous pressure against the mast, often resulting in a brbken spar. So rule number one is: if the boat starts to get squirrely, head up a bit until it quiets; down. Don’t head up too much, though, because the spinnaker will drag you over to leeward. The best way to prevent that situa¬ tion is for the spinnaker trimmer to quickly release a few feet of sheet. Also have some¬ one holding the boom vang control line in their hand, ready to release at the skipper’s command. Greg says he practices knock¬ downs before major regattas, and assigns one person to the vang. “He needs to know by the degree of panic in the helmsman’s voice when to release the vang,” he says. It’s also OK to just let the main flog on a windy reach. The spinnaker alone will provide plenty of horsepower and you won’t have the leech of the main heeling the boat over. If you do dump to leeward, there are several things to do to get back under way. The spinnaker sheet should be released (but

never the guy!) and the helmsman can pump the rudder to push the bow tq leeward. Leaving a small jib up helps, too. By trim¬ ming it you’ll also be turning the bow down¬ wind. Jibing in heavy air is another fup filled ac¬ tivity. It’s crucial to have maximum speed as you start the maneuver: the faster you’re go¬ ing, the less the apparant wind strength behind you. Dinghy sailors always try to time it so they’re going down the face of a wave when they jibe. Don’t be timid either. Get the boom across quickly and the pole reattached to the chute. Greg suggests putting a loop of webbing on your trip wires for end to end jibes: you can grab them more easily than the wire itself. Also, keep the vang on at least partially during the jibe — you don’t want the main goosenecking its way into the sky! Speaking of hairy incidents, the US Yacht Racing Union’s Safety-at-Sea committee reports that the leading cause of breakdowns in major races in 1984 was steering failure. Dismasting was the second most common mishap, followed by rigging failure. The data from 1972 to 1983 showed rigging failure in first place, followed by dismasting and steer¬ ing failure. So, check you rudder, you mast and your rigging! And Kitty James of the YRA reports that there’s been some confusion about the S.F. approach buoys off the Golden Gate. The latest Gulf of the Farallones chart seems to be in error. Here’s the correct poop: The southern approach buoy is still “A”. It was orange and white but will be painted yellow and will also possibly be renamed South or “S”. The western approach buoy was “B”, but is now “W” West S.F. Approach Buoy. It’s yellow and flashes every 2.5 seconds. The northern approach buoy is still “C”. It too was orange and white but will be painted yellow. It’s new name will be Northern or “N”.

RACES PAST

WOMEN S COLLEGIATES West Coast women skippers JJ Fetter from San Diego and Pam Poletti of Ross dominated the Women’s Intercollegiate Na¬ tionals, held May 31st to June 3rd at Old Dominion College in Norfolk, Virginia. Fet¬ ter, sailing for Yale, was the top individual scorer in Fleet A for the 16 race, round robin, no throwout series, while Poletti, a junior at UC Irvine, took second. San Diego State’s Joann Norman topped Fleet B. In page 176

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team scoring, however, Rhode Island’s" Brown University took the overall title followed by Boston University. Ruth Berkowitz, skipper for the UC Berkeley team, which ended up* ninth, reports that the regatta venue, the con¬ fluence of the Elizabeth and Lafayette rivers and Chesapeake Bay, left something to be desired. “When it blew from the south where a sewage dump was located,” she says, “you wished you were home.” Winds ranged page 177

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from heavy (30 knots) to nonexistent. Fetter and Poletti are old sailing pals, hav¬ ing sailed together at the 1981 Women’s world championships. Pam had a shaky beginning in the collegiate championships, starting early and hitting a mark in the first race. She overcame her jitters and went on to take four firsts, including the last race,

which she won by one and a half minutes over the next boat — a big margin in short course collegiate racing. She then joined Fetter for a victory swim. Pam returns to the Bay Area to teach sail¬ ing this summer. She also plans to campaign a 470 dinghy with Jennifer Dunbar with the long term goal of representing the U.S. at the 1988 Olympics. These two, along with Anne Macentire and Louisa Simms will also be competing in J/24’s for the 1985 Adams

THE RACING

Cup national women’s championship.

WHISKEYTOWN Located 15 miles west of Redding, Ca., on Highway 299, Whiskeytown Lake has, for the past 21 years, hosted one of the prime inland regattas of the season. This year was no exception, with 270 entrants at¬ tending from as far away as Newport Beach to the south and Seattle, Washington, to the north. Margaret Fago, who has been a regular at Whiskeytown since the regatta started, says the oval shaped lake tucked in a valley offers a variety of wind conditions. There are also pine trees, plenty of sun, a national park (dedicated by President Kennedy) with camping and picnicking facilities, and on regatta weekend, wall to wall sailboats and sailors. Once just a centerboard affair, the fleet now also includes keelboats, catamarans and windsurfers. Handsome pint corn whiskey jugs mounted on a wooden base and filled with the real stuff are given as trophies. Above, Jon Hunt sails his Freya 39 ‘Ventana' in the SSS First Timers Race. Left, ‘Wall Street Duck' win¬ ning at Long Beach Race Week.

Those who missed this year’s version are urged to set aside next year’s Memorial Day weekend for a trip to Whiskeytown!

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OLSON 30 NATIONALS Race committee chairman Dave Wahle ran a tight ship for the Olson 30 national championships, held May 27th to 31st off Santa Cruz. There were no throwouts in the seven races series, the 22 entries had to squeeze through a narrow starting line, and individual boats were not hailed if they had started prematurely. “Consistency was the biggest factor,” says Greg Dorland, who steered Dave Oliver’s Zephyros to the title. Other members of their crew included Greg Jampolsky, Dennis Bassano, Jr., Scott Easom, Jack Halterman, Kevin Clark and page 178

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Paul Bancel. Unlike last year’s nationals, held in ex¬ tremely light airs at Lake Tahoe, this series had all the wind the contestants could han¬ dle, and then some. The long distance race from Santa Cruz to Davenport and back featured over 25 knots, with a number of wipe outs and ripped spinnakers. On Zephyros, Dorland and Jack Halterman debated jibing with the chute up or down. “1 told him if he could guarantee we could make it without crashing, we’d leave the chute up,” says Greg. “We took it down and left the #4 jib up instead.” Zephyros aver¬ aged 19.7 knots on that leg! Second overall went to Jeff Howe’s War¬ path with local expert Dave Hodges on¬ board. Jeff Jones’s Dr. Detroit from Santa Barbara scored three bullets but had to eat 22 points after helmsman Jeff Madrigali hit a mark and failed to reround it.

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LONG BEACH RACE WEEK Bay Area yachts fared well at the June 6th to 9th Long Beach Race Week, winning two classes out of six and placing third in another. Fifty nine entries, ranging in size from the Peterson 55 Checkmate to the Davidson 34 Pendragon, took part in the four race event. Heavy fog added an ele¬ ment of adventure to the first day’s racing, although clear visibility was restored for the remainder of the series. Wall Street Duck, the 38 footer designed by Alameda’s Carl Schumacher, dominated the small boat class. Duck took three firsts and a second to outdistance Mike Busch’s Nelson/Marek 36 Crackerjack from San Diego. Carl had been trying to get the Duck to this series for three years, but TransPac preparations in 1983 and damages from hit¬ ting a rock in 1984 foiled those attempts. Owner Jim Robinson turned the boat over to Carl and several of his friends, who collec¬

tively put up the money to make the trip. Living out of a motorhome and sleeping on the boat, the Duck group, which included Steve Jeppesen, Jim Walton, Rob Moore, Scott Owens, Billy Brandt, Hartwell Jordan, Dennis Gruidl and Jim Batemen, made the effort well worth their while. Also victorious was the N/M 41 Clockwork, owned by Lee Otterson and Ray Pingree of the San Francisco YC. Using a new medium weight #1 genoa, the orange sloop was able to break away at the start with good speed. They got lost three times in the fog during the first race, but overcame that with three bullets in the rest of the series. The last race win was reduced to a second later, though. Clockwork had been over early, but couldn’t hear the radio announcement to that effect because they didn’t have channel 72 on their VHF. Skipper Pingree argued successfully that since the race committee had been late in sending him the race in¬ structions (which noted the use of channel 72), he didn’t have enough time to install the proper equipment. A 30 second penalty was applied to Clockwork’s time, dropping her behind the N/M 41 Free Enterprise in the race but still ahead on overall points.

OCEAN SERIES The spring ocean racing series for IOR and MORA boats ended recently, with two new winners in each. Mercury, a Hakanson Half Tonner owned by Dave Allen and Dick Berridge of the San Francisco YC, won the Danforth Series for IOR racers. Unity, a Capo 26 owned by Bud and Gloria Fraze of San Ramon, topped the Midget Ocean Rac¬ ing Association’s Pete Smith series. Dave Allen is not new to winning the Dan¬ forth. In the 1970’s he triumphed twice with Improbable and once with the legendary Imp. Mercury was built a year after the latter, at Florida’s Kiwi Boats in 1978. After taking third in class at the Southern Ocean Racing Circuit that year, the boat came west. Allen and Berridge have sailed her off and on

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since then, but decided to make a concerted effort this spring. They added some lead to the keel to improve the boat’s heavy air per¬ formance and made a few other-changes. Their primary crew consisted of' Ragnar Hakanson, the boat’s designer who now teaches skiing at Squaw Valley, and Eric Berridge, Dick’s teenage son who handles the foredeck. “We were eager,” says Allen. “And we lucked out at times too.” Bud Fraze bought the Capo 26 Unify with an eye towards the 1986 Singlehanded TransPac. His plan was. to sail in MORA this year to learn how the boat sailed and then concentrate on doing it solo. For the Smith series he sailed with his wife Gloria, John Wright, Bill Bridge and Michelle Profant. Designer Carl Schumacher also made most of the races, and offered plenty of advice on how to sail the sloop, which is considerably heavier than Carl’s well known Express 27. “You can’t pinch the boat,” says Bud, “and

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OWNER Matt Morehouse Peter Bennett Alberto Perez Alex Finley Andy Hall Robert Prosln Dennis Hibdon

HOMETOWN Greenbrae Moraga Saratoga Pleasant Hill Alameda San Jose Long Beach S.F. Penngrove Stockton Belvedere S.F. Santa Cruz Alameda Fresno Woodland San Ramon Palo Alto Hayward Foster City Redwood City Tiburon Hillsborough Hawyward Alameda Watsonville Concord Mill Valley Alameda San Rafael Menlo Park

Hans Viefhauer Bill Chapman Alden Van Pelt Ryle Radke Steve DHback Hal Nelson Jack Sugamonian John Kiessetbach Leo Brodeur Robert Peterson Bill Patience Jack Halcom Steve Cooper Darrell Anderson Borne O’Brien Jim Forest Jerry Peters Stewart Kelt Fred Poster T.Brown/B.Choate Larry Clark Rudolf Schroder J.&S. Corenman

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Carl helped us learn how to tune the mast and rig to get the right groove for going upwind.”

FIRST TIMERS RACE T-shirt logo for this year's MORA Long Distance Race.

The Singlehanded Sailing Society (SSS) held their First Timers race on June 8th. The Bay contest, which featured a figure eight course ranging from the Cityfront fo Southampton and back, was designed to en¬ courage novice solo sailors. While most of the 20 boat fleet were experienced to some degree, Carroll Skov of Santa Rosa was on his maiden singlehanded voyage. According to race chairman Tony Smith, Carroll acquit¬ ted himself admirably, even when his main¬ sail blew out on the second to last leg. The skipper lowered the sail and put up a bigger headsail to finish the race. Some skippers elected to sail doublehanded, an acceptable alternative for the SSS. Top finisher in that category was Brian O’Donoghue on the Cal 27 Wildflower. He skunked many larger and faster boats on the leg from Knox Buoy off Angel Island to Crissy Field. While the others elected to sail across the Bay and short tack up the City Front in the flood tide, Brian went west to Yellow Bluff and shot across the Golden Gate. Paul Kaplan, who had gone the southerly route on the Laser 28 S/7/y Goose, popped a chute and almost caught Brian, missing out by one second on elapsed time!

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SHEET RESULTS SSS FIRST TIMERS Division 1 — 1) Sundowner, Buccaneer 33, Joe Therriault (doublehanded); 2) Tainui, Newick 40. Peter Hogg (dbl); 3) Watmea, Buc¬ caneer 33, Barry Parkinson (dbl). Division 2—1) Credit, Stephens 38, Bill Bel¬ mont (dbl); 2) Silly Goose, Laser 28, Paul Kaplan (singiehanded); 3) Ventana, Freya 39, Jon Hunt (sgl). Division 3 — It Wild!lower. Cal 27, Brian O’Donoghue (dbl); 2) Radical, Custom 24, Ran¬ dy Waggoner (sgl); 3) Whither Thou, Norwest 33, Gene Haynes (dbl). Division 4 — 1) Impossible, Ranger 23, Gary Kneeland (sgl); 2) Beautiful Noise, Catalina 27, Peter Veasey (sgl). Overall — 1) Sundowner, 2) Wiidflower, 3) Tainui; 4) Watmea; 5) Credit. LONG BEACH RACE WEEK Class A — 1) Crazy Horse. Nelson/Marek 49, Larry Harvey, CBYC; 2) Tomahawk, Frers 51, John Arens, BYC; 3) Brisa, Choate 48, Sandy Martin/Ron Love, LAYC. Class 8 — 1) Shockwave, Frers 43, Richard Cavalii, S8YRC; 2) Victory, Dubois 43, Robert Butkus, CBYC: 3) Momentum, C&C Custom 44, Peter Tong, L8YC. Class C — 1) Electra, HIM 40, Allan Simon, 3) Scarlett O'Hara, Peterson 43, CMA/Gordon Clute, CM A. Class 0 — 1) Clockwork, HIM 41, Lee Otterson/Ray Pingree, SFYC; 2) Free Enterprise, HIM 41, Richard Ettinger, NHYC; 3} Revenge, N/M 41, Wayne Willenberg, Class E — 1) Impact, Andrews 39, Ron Melville, BYC; 2) Passion 2, Briand One Ton, J.M. Warmington, NHYC; 3) Allegiance, An¬ drews 39, Wiliiam Ostermilfer, BCYC. Class F — 1) Wall Street Duck, Schumacher 38, Carl Schumacher, StFYC; 2) Cracker Jack, N/M 36, Mike Busch, SDYC; 3) Salsa, Frers 36, Leonard Nadler, DRYC.

WHISKEYTOWN - CONTD Anderes; 3) Andrew Pindar. 505 Class — 11 Jim Maloney. 2) Jeff Miller; 3) Chris Klein. C IS Class — 1) Larry Levin; 2) Craig Seavey; 3) Jeff Osterlund. El Toro — 1) Steve Brigman; 2) Ron Locke; 3) Pete Blasberg. Flying Junior — 1) Danny Kerb; 2) Tony Slocum; 3) Jim Kearney. Fireball — 1) Scott Rovenpera; 2) Craig Perez; 3) Steen Jensen. Laser — 1) Bruce Edwards; 2) Bruce Bralev; 3) David Shelton. Laser II — V George Pedrick; 2) Kenji Murakami; 3) Bart Harris. : ■-

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Koch; 3) Denis Hazelwood. Pelican — 1) Fred Smith; 2) Chuck Horn; 3) Dean Wix. Snipe — 1} Tom Hunt; 2) Aad Rommetse; 3) Robert Hunt. Int’l Canoe — 1) Del Olsen; 2) Chris Maas; 3) Erick Chase. Hobfe 16 — 1) Brian Reisser; 2) Nicole Kure; 3) Gary Westman. Townley; 3) Peter Godine. Santana 20 — 1) John Cusack; 2) Jane Schock; 3) Tom LaVine. ;

3) Gary Edwards. T

Jerry Duffy. BAUM MEMORIAL :

Mary Jo Foote; 7) Reid Casey; 8) Taylor/Fowler; '

J/24 REGIONALS Laffite; 4) Rasteflo/Waters; 5) Jeff Madrigali;6) Greg Dorland; 7) Ray Delrich; 8) Bill Claussen;

WHISKEYTOWN Open Multihull — 1) Nacra 5.8, Bob Story. Open Centerboard — 1) Flying Dutchman, M, Van Woerkom; 2) MC Scow, Walt Andrews; 3) Day Sailer, Steve Skold. Open Keelboat — 1) Moore 24, Joel Verutti; 2) Express 27, John Waigamuth; 3) Moore 24, M. O’Callaghan. 420 Class — 1) Ernie Bertram; 2) Steve

OLSON 30 NATIONALS 1) Zephyros, Ofiver/Dorland; 2) Warpath, Howe; 3) Dr. Detroit, Jones/Madrigali; 4) Animal House, Akrop/Lezln/Wade; 5) Fubar, Smith; 6) 30-30, Mtllslagle; 7) Spinner, Tellefsun; 8) Stray Cat, Kirk; 9) Saint Anne, Heckman/Hankel; 10) Dirty Thirty, Gro§s/Grass!Peterson.

those Fourth of July barbecues to attend as well! The calendar section lists the dates and locations for the races we know about, and we’ll mention specifics about some of them below. The Midget Ocean Racing Associa¬ tion (MORA) Long Distance Race to San Diego starts on July 3rd. This year’s fleet has at least 17 entries with some very experienced sailors onboard. Last gear’s winner Special Edition, a Wilderness 30 owned by Eric Sultan, has hot drivers Dave Hodges and lan Klitza. TransPac winning crew Greg Paxton will be on the Sonoma 30 Red Stripe, and Kame Richards, also a TP winner, is skippering the Express 27 Frog in

French. Eveyone in the fleet hopes for wind, especially after they clear Point Conception and head for Lotusland. On July 8th, Catalina Race entries leave from the Oakland Estuary with the help of the sponsoring Metropolitan YC. Race chair¬ man Bill Xavier has worked hard to gather a fleet from both Northern and Southern California, with both high speed racers and more sedate racer/cruisers. One entry of interest in the Catalina Race is the Santa Cruz 50 Emily Carr. Tom Brown and Ben Choate of Mill Valley have chartered the ULDB sloop under the banner of the “2 AM Club Yacht Racing Team.” Rock fans will recognize the 2 AM Club as

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the scene for the album cover of Huey Lewis’ hit record Sports. The bar, a hangout for Tom and Ben (as well as Huey), agreed to cosponsor them in the race along with the Golden Gate YC and DeMaistri Distributing of San Rafael. They’ll be having a big party for the crew on the Fourth of July at GGYC, including a raffle for a free trip to Catalina for two. If you want to buy tickets, call Tom (383-6302) or Ben (383-7006). The Moore 24 Nationals are slated for scenic Lake Tahoe from August 19th to 23rd. There will be divisions for both owner-, driven and open (read “rock star”)-driven entries, which should give the guy who pays the bills a better chance at the glory. Lester Robinson (916-541-7604) predicts this will

2AM Club Yacht Racing team members, left to right, Dave Reed, Ben Choate and Tom Brown.

/ be the biggest Moore Nationals ever. He may be right. The S.F. Bay Moore sailors will prepare for the Nationals with a seminar on July 13th and 14th. For only $30 per boat, you can get lectures on all aspects of going faster, video feedback on your performance and practice racing on the Oakland Estuary and Berkeley Circle. Call Doug Sheeks (979-8587) or Roger Paine (444-5353) for details.

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With reports this month from Squeaker in Tahiti; Sundowner in Whangarei; Salacia hauling out in Papeete; Maria Elena in Taiohae Bay; Kealoha at Regatta Week in Georgetown; Quetzal on the way to Jamaica; Enchantress in Nova Scotia; Quark in the Cook Islands; Antipodiste in the Marquesas; Tara of New Zealand on crossing to Hawaii; Shangri-La in Mexico; Popeye in Mexico; and cruise notes.

Squeaker — Farallone 29 Dean & Patty Wolfe South Pacific (Alameda) v Patty and I have been meaning to write since we left San Francisco in September of last year, but we’ve been so busy having new experiences that we kept putting it off until ‘tomorrow’; and there’s always a tomorrow. We spent the fall seeing all the California coast between San Francisco and San Diego that we hadn’t had time for in previous three week vacations. We stopped at a number of yacht clubs, including Morro Bay, King Har¬ bor, Newport Harbor and Dana Point yacht clubs and were treated royally at each. Not one bad experience! We spent the week after Thanksgiving at Avalon and were glad to see Catalina in the off-season. The mooring was

Dean Wolfe taking it easy at the quay in Tahiti.

cheap, the crowds were gone, and since there was no rush we were able to meet some of the residents and find out what it’s like living 26 miles offshore on a full-time basis. Speaking of Thanksgiving, we celebrated

ours with a 12-lb bird while tied to a public dock in Newport Beach. The turkey and all the fixings fit into our two burner stove/oven with just 1/8-inch clearance. It tasted great until we realized we had dirtied every pan, dish and plate on the boat. We’ve only got a 29-footer, but it took us four hours to do the dishes! With the approach of Christmas, we had to decide whether to visit our families or Mexico. Both of us had had the flu for six weeks, so we chose our families, travelling home on the Coast Starlight Limited. (If you’ve never made that train trip up the coast, you should!) Mexico will just have to wait for another time. Right after the holidays we set sail for the South Pacific. Two days out of Dana Point we had a close encounter with the aircraft carrier Kittyhawkl She was launching and landing planes, during which she was escorted by two other ships. I got on the VHF and offered to start my engine to get out of their way, but the officer on Kittyhawk said not to bother because they would alter course themselves! And so they did, a several hundred thousand ton ship with three thousand men and airplanes taking off and landing went around our 29-ft, 5 ton, 2-person sloop. The officer on the Kitty hawk was a pleasant fellow and wished us a good trip after inquiring where we were from and where we were going. It was fantastic! Our sort of close encouter of the third kind was yet to come. That same night our radar picked up a ship ten miles on our stern, a ship that continued to follow us but show no lights. Three hundred miles out at sea, this was spooky. As we were having coffee the next morning, the ship, which turned out to be the Coast Guard Cutter Me/ton, closed in on us. Still four miles off, I began to get im¬ patient that they hadn’t raised us on the radio, which we monitor while underway. So I called them. The officer who answered seemed surprised that we called — I guess they thought they’d been sneaking up on us undetected.

After we answered a thousand questions, they wanted us to heave to so they could board. I told them that would be fine, just to give us time to pull the log and other assorted stuff we were dragging behind. I also told them that we were only 29-ft and not to send an army. They only sent nine men in a launch that was nearly as big as our boat; fortunately only three of them boarded us. These three were courteous and polite. We showed them our lifejackets, bell, etc., and they filled out all their forms. All in all we found it to be a good experience. After the Kittyhawk and the Mellon, we didn’t see anything for the next 23 days. Not a ship, a boat, an airplane — nothing. Not even any garbage! There was a lot of wind and no doldrums for us — so there was no rest for the wicked. — dean & patty 5/7/85

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be avoided. He was unable to give a con¬ clusive list of such places off the top of his head, but mentioned that Mindanao as well as some spots in the Northern Phillipines weren’t so good. He also mentioned that In¬ donesia is pretty well closed to private yachts; the speculation is that they don’t want anyone to observe the genocide that’s being inflicted upon the native Papuans. In¬ donesia gained control over the eastern half of the island some years ago, and has ap¬ parently been conducting a starvation cam¬ paign on the western half to gain control. So while jet tour packages are still allowed to the region, yachts are not permitted to move at will. The last American vessel that Ty knows to have been in Indonesia was a year ago, and the people were virtually prisoners on their boat until they departed. Ty cautions cruisers not to expect to leave the world’s problems behind by sailing to the South Pacific, also noting the difficulties in New Caledonia. But things can’t be all that bad down there; Ty had intended to sail back to Alaska in 1981 and he’s still down there. — latitude 38 5/21/85

'Sundowner' gets a refit in New Zealand.

Whangarei, New Zealand (Sacramento) A lot of Northern California cruisers no doubt remember Ty Knudsen. Ty gave up his Sacramento restaurant, bought a Westsail 32 before they became popular, and after a long and well-documented cruise that was featured in a number of Westsail ads, ended up something of a sailing celebri¬ ty. Enough folks came specifically to him to buy Westsails that he was able to have a Westsail 43 built for himself. Ty’s calling was not selling boats, however, and he’s been out sailing the Pacific from Alaska t© New Zealand for the last 8 years. Ty’s a terrific fellow, and we were delighted to get a cal! from him late last month. Calling from Sacramento, Ty explained that he, Toni, and 11-year old Justin have had Sundowner hauled in New Zealand where they’ve spent six months and page 183

$10,000 giving the boat the once over. They’re replacing the engine, the exhaust, the plumbing, fixing a couple of small leaks in the caprail, and even though the boat shows no signs of needing it, they’re also epoxying the bottom. After eight years of non-stop use, none of these repairs are out of the ordinary, and most are being done because the Kiwi dollar is down to a mere 49 cents and because Sundowner’s about to head on for more sailing. While Ty continues to find life on the ocean fulfilling, he claims that his wife Toni and young Justin are even more en¬ thusiastic. The plan is to spend the next three or four years continuing around the world on a path that would take them back to the west coast. First stops include places like New Guinea, the Phillipines, North Borneo, the Straits of Malacca, and Sri Lanka — to name just a few. Ty admits that from time to time they hear reports of pirate problems in these waters, but believes that most of the “hot spots” can

Haul-out in Tahiti Salacia — 35-ft sloop Bob and Jean Rowe (Menlo Park) ’ This is our second article in an openedended series on boat haul-outs around the

'Sundowner' anchored off Australia’s Great Barrier Reef.

world (or as far as we get). We have been in¬ formed that the subject of our first report two years ago, a Mexican boatyard in

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Guaymas, has subsequently gone out of business. Too bad, it was an excellent yard. We hope we don’t become a jinx. We’ve since moved on to the South Pacific, where the only haul-outs available are found in the boatyards of, Papeete, Tahiti. From Papeete, the next y^ird would be American Samoa, as Raratonga is still closed to yachts. Two of Papeete’s three boatyards are open to the public. The largest of the two is the yard of the “Port Autonome de Papeete”. Located at Cale Halage, this yard is a short distance from the center of town. The second yard, privately owned and operated by Mr. Warren Ellacott, is located on Motu Ute. This is a fair walk from town and does not have a regular “truck” (bus) service that we were able to find. The Port Autonome de Papeete yard or

'Salacia' gets the hook in French Polynesia.

Cale Halage yard, as it is usually called, is owned and operated by the City and Port of Papeete. Ships up to two-hundred tons are handled at this yard on a marine railway that has available three side tracks. Mobile cranes

are available for boats up to twenty tons. General management of the Cale Halage yard is the responsibility of a Mr. Ciano and Mr. Nordoff. They try to arrange the yard schedule to accommodate the desires of each boat owner. However, this is not always possible due to the need to rearrange space for the “unexpected crises”. Thus the schedule for haulouts sometimes becomes confused and patience is required. Do not be surprised if you are hauled a day later, or perhaps even a week later. In order to help make a realistic schedule with the yard, carefully estimate the length of time you will need to complete all the boat work. This is very important if you are to be hauled on the marine railway, for if you only require three to four days for a simple bot¬ tom paint replacement, you do not want to be hauled and left in a position where a boat requiring three to four weeks is blocking your return to the water. With a clear idea of the length of time your repair work will take, the yard management will be able to work for your benefit. But even with the best of inten¬ tions and planning, it is possible you may have to readjust your work time. We saw one boat have to wait an extra two weeks to get back into the water; another that planned to be out three weeks was required to speed up the work to a single week or remain out of the water an indefinite time. If you are re¬ quired to remain out of the water “against your will”, so to speak, you are not charged for the extra lay days. Reservations are required for a haulout, so make them as early as possible. As the date nears, check back with the yard at fre¬ quent intervals, even up to the day before. In an emergency situation the yard will do all they possibly can to take you out of the water. If you are going to use the marine railway be aware that the blocking and placement of the boats on the railway is subcontracted to Mr. Warren Ellacott, who also has personnel for boat work and owns the high pressure wash down machine. The yard will take care of making arrangements with Mr. Ellacott. Electrical outlets are available in the yard in both 220 volts or 110 volts. However, the

110 volts is handy only to the marine railway side of the yard, and even here will require a long extension cord. The side yard, where most of the boats lifted by crane are placed, only has outlets for 220 volts.- The 220 volt system is standard throughout all of French Polynesia. If you are coming from the United States and your power tools are the 110 volt type you might consider the use of a small transformer. We were able to find one in Papeete, but it would probably be less ex¬ pensive to bring one with you. A 750 VA autotransformer will handle most power tools. Water is readily available and in sufficient volume for a good spray. The yard does have hoses if yours is not long enough to reach from the faucet to your boat. The Cale Halage yard does permit living aboard and showers and toilets are pro¬ vided. These showers and toilets — like many public facilities — could use more fre¬ quent soapings ahd hose downs. At no extra charge, cockroaches, spiders, and ants are provided. Those animals that can’t walk, crawl or creep into the boat are blown in by page 184

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Cale Halage is one of the biggest boat yards in the South Pacific.

the wind. Be prepared with lots of Boric Acid powder for every nick and crannie. J.O. Cowan and Sons, now under the third generaticm management of Ken Cowan, supplies the cranes and crane ex¬ pertise for the Cale Halage yard. One of these mobile cranes can handle up to twenty tons. But if the boat is heavier, awkward or balances poorly on two slings, two cranes will be used. After three weeks of watching the cranes handle the boats we have nothing but respect and admiration for the ability to the Cowan company and the operators who handle the cranes. Mr. Cowan supervises all crane work. The crane work does not include blocking the boat. As far as the yard is concerned the owner is allowed to do this himself. However, it is usually professionally handled by Mr. Ellacott. We were quite happy to use his skill and even more happy to see the boats placed next to us handled in the same manner. The arrangements for the crane page 185

and blocking will be made for you by the yard. Hauling by crane does enable you to have more flexibility in your yard time and frequently you are able to be scheduled for haulout at an earlier date. It is also sometimes possible to make arrangements for long term storage if the space is available. The second of the public boatyards is Papeete, privately owned and operated by Mr. Warren Ellacott. This shipyard is smaller, with a twenty-five ton marine railway. Mr. Ellacott uses a turn-tabie in connection with the railway, so is able to handle a number of boats at the same time. The yard is well stocked with a variety of equipment and sup¬ plies. Mr. Ellacott can also supply expert woodworking and general supplies if you do not feel the urge to sand and paint. Water and electricity are provided, and 110 volt as well as the standard 220 volt can be used. As far as boating supplies and other sup¬ plies are concerned, most items are sold in Papeete. The kicker is finding them; in this matter Mr. Ellacott can be a great help. Ar¬ rangements for using the Ellacott Yard can be made by phone to the yard or by contact¬

ing Mr. Ellacott in person. He usually can be found in the mornings at the Cale Halage yard. If you do not want to walk from the yard in Motu Ute to town, it is possible to use your dinghy, expecially if it is of the fast variety. We found hitch-hiking in the city area not too successful. The cost of a haul-out in Papeete at the present time — with the American dollar in good standing — is not exorbitant. For a thirty-five foot boat weighing ten tons, the cost for lay days at the Cale Halage yard ran 1227 CFP a day, which included electricity and water. For our haul-out, the total cost for the twenty-three lay days (including charges for crane and blocking) was 55,000 CFP; this was $340.00 U.S. at the then ex¬ change rate of 170 CFP/to one dollar. We were fortunate that the dollar was almost at an all time high when we paid our bill. The cost of the Ellacott yard is comparable to the Cale Halage yard both in hauling and lay days. We did not stay hauled out three weeks just to put bottom paint on the boat. Our main objective was to remove an ulcer — bur old engine — and repower with bigger and better. We have succeeded — and economically, too — but only with a lot of planning, patience and luck. However, repowering in Papeete is another story. We plan our next haulout to be in New Zealand, at which time we shall cure our topsides acne with a LPU paint job. But we will still take a quick look at what is available in boatyards between Papeete and there. — jean & bob rowe 4/10/85 *

Maria Elena — Morgan OI-41 Bob and Marlene Allen Rangiroa, Taiohae Bay (Mill Valley) It took us 26 days on Maria Elena to make the crossing from Manzanillo to Taihoae Bay, Nuka Hiva. We had mostly light air downwind sailing, so our MPS from Hood was a life-saver. We hit the usual line squalls; one took us from 3.5 knots to 10 knots in just several

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seconds. And then the wind backed around 180 degrees — which makes for a pretty good test of how fast you can release the boom vang. We were changing sail so often we were like a whore’s knickers, up and down, up and down — to quote an Irish lass. ^ Upon our arrival in the Marquesas we were fortunate to see an Easter passion play, all in Marquesan, with most of the town’s adults and children participating. The music and joy of the people were something to behold in the five hour performance, of which we lasted three. We visited the island of Ua Pou and Hakahau, the harbor at the NEtip. Although there’s a new breakwater here, it’s small enough that you still need to anchor bow and stern. We had more light winds — even calms — on our way to Rangiroa. We timed our ar¬ rival at Avatoru pass for slack water. We later spoke with other boats that didn’t, and they found current of up to 7 knots — and breakers across the pass. To find slack water, we used the formula given in the Pacific Islands Pilot. Using the Nautical Almanac for times and dat£, you’ll find the following: One hour before moonrise — slack water of very short duration; the outgoing stream begins. Three to fours after moonrise — slack water. One hour after moonset — outgoing stream begins. Three to four hours after moonset — slack water. One hour before moon’s lower meridian passage — ingoing stream begins. We are now anchored in front of the Kia Ora Hotel, along with the Pardey’s on Taleisirt, Free Spirit from Richmond, and Gilpie and Barbara from Minnesota. Kia Ora has the coldest Hinano beer and greatest bartender — Didi. The anchorage is more protected here than at Tiputa Village, although the latter has a store, bakery, church, school, and most important for checking in, the Gendarmerie. For all those who want to cruise, may I

The copra boat; public transportation for much of the South Pacific.

please plead with you to realize how impor¬ tant it is to have good mechanical knowledge of your boat. I don’t care how new or special your equipment or boat is, constant friction, use, atmosphere and weather all play havoc with everything. It’s essential to your hap¬ piness as well as safety that you know how to fix things while underway. Thank God for my clever husband, Bob! — marlene alien 5/15/85

Kealoha — Mason 43 A1 Baker and Sharon Moy Regatta Week in Georgetown (San Francisco) For the Bahamians, Regatta Week in Georgetown is like the Super Bowl, World Series and America’s Cup all rolled up into one. A water-oriented island community of about 900, the population swells to about 3,000 during the week. This may not be much by stateside standards, but it really strains the Georgetown facilities. People come in from the outlying islands and erect plywood shacks which for the duration of the week serve as restaurants arid bars. The menu consists of chicken, fish, mutton (goat) plus peas and rice. After a while you learn that all dinners in the Bahamas include “peas and rice”. For some folks, the income derived during Regatta Week represents their annual income. The Regatta entries, which are sailed,

towed or shipped from the other islands, are divided into three classes. A is for smacks 28 to 29.5 feet overall with up to 925 sq. ft of sail; B is for smacks 20 to 22 feet; C is for dinghies 14 to 17 feet. All boats have loose¬ footed, gaff rigged, canvas sails, and use ‘hiking boards’ which are shifted from side to side. If you can visualize 18 people on a 29 foot boat, most of whom are out on the hik¬ ing board, you can probably imagine the scramble at the rounding marks! We arrived in Georgetown after three months of cruising the Bahamas to find about 150 yachts in the various anchorages. Most are from the U.S. and Canada. After a long winter of what seemed like one norther after another, I can’t recommend this area for cruising in the winter. The strong winds make getting through the narrow island cuts quite hazardous. By April, however, the northers abate and the water temperature starts climbing to the 80’s. Regatta Week started on April 24, and the weather was perfect. Some random thoughts on cruising in the Bahamas: Shoal draft is synonymous with peace of mind. Our Kealoa, which draws 6’9”, is not the best boat for these waters. We have been working on grinding the keel down, however. Seriously, we’ve only had one bad incident, this when a coral head moved directly into our path when we were doing six knots (not knots per hour). The boat suf¬ fered only scratches, but it was uncomfor¬ table until the tide floated us off. It was, however, a beautiful coral head. Most of the cruising on the banks is done in 12 to 14 feet of beautiful clear water. Often the bottom is so visible you think you’re going aground any minute — and fre¬ quently you do. Getting to many anchorages requires careful piloting in depths of 8, 7, and even 6 feet. The Bahamas Chart Kit and Kline’s Cruising Guide to the Bahamas are indispensible. Loran, if corrected, works sur¬ prisingly well to Georgetown. Because of the short distances'between islands, SatNav is not too helpful. The sailing is very good, however, usually a reach in 10 to 15 knots. This is very page 186

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welcome after all the motoring we did in Mexico. The number of beautiful, secluded beaches is in the hundreds. They look just like the travel posters. All provisioning should be done in the U.S. Nassau does have some very good markets, but except for meat, they are quite expensive. Lettuce is $1.35 a head, small pineapples are $2.00, milk $1.05 a quart, and artichokes — yes they have them — are $3.80 each. In general, most items are 50% higher than Florida, and absolute essentials, such as potato chips, Fritos and popcorn are all double. Beer is $21 to $22 a case, although this is partially offset by cheap rum and vodka. Ice, mixes and soft drinks are high. Many of the outer islands have small stores where limited esentials may be pur¬ chased . In this regard it’s a little easier to get along than in Baja. Snorkeling, diving and fishing are all good. There are still plenty of conch and lobster to be had. Spear guns are not allowed, but pole spears and Hawaiian slings are legal. Fuel is plentiful throughout the islands. Diesel is $1.50 to $1.65; gas is $1.60 to $1.90. Propane and kerosene are both easy to obtain. Water — which is hard to come by — runs 10 to 30 cents a gallon. We’ve had little rain which to collect. Drug traffic is rather flagrant. The Cigarette and Scarab high speed boats go booming across the water to make their rendezvous with small planes at island run¬ ways. The rule is M.Y.O.B. — mind your own business. Locals wear a surprising amount of gold jewelry. Northern California boats we’ve seen in the Bahamas include: Shenanigan, Little Dollie, Nerissa (which is completing a cir¬ cumnavigation), Sunnyside, Starship, Nepenthe, Pacific High, Bradypus (Eureka), and Sea Lark (Mono Bay). Other west coast boats include; Zephyr from Seattle, Rainbow from L.A., and Second Wind from San Diego (they lost their previous boat in Puerto Vallarta). As for ourselves, we had an abrupt change of plans and had to abandon our cruise to the Virgins. We left the boat in Fort Launder page 187

'Kealoha's Al Baker.

dale for the summer. While here I’ve been getting my Latitude 38’s from Sharon and passing them on. It’s surprising how aware the east coast has become of the publication. — sharon and al 5/15/85

Acapulco to Jamaica, A Few Pointers Quetzal — 40-ft Finot Sloop C. Rothe Salina Cruz, Mexico — This is where you want to wait for good conditions in the Gulf of Tehuantepec. If staying overnight, you can anchor in the inner harbor on the north side. Nobody bothered us there as we an¬ chored after dark. But you’ll want to be up before dawn to start the Tehuantepec beach run at sunrise — or to anchor elsewhere for the day. Incidentally, there is a new breakwater one half mile long jutting out to sea on the north side of the harbor entrance. Watch carefully for it if you’re coming in at night from the north; it’s very hard to see against the harbor lights. The Gulf of Tehuantepec — Do not try and negotiate this stretch of water if warnings are up; it can be very mean. If the weather forecast is favorable, stay in close to shore, the five fathom line, anyway. But you must watch out for bars, which are marked on the charts. You must leave the coastline to go around the bars — which are off the open-

ings of all lagoons — before returning to shore. The wind in the Gulf is notorious for whip¬ ping up to 40 and 50 knots in just seconds. So if you see the sand blowing on the beach, get all sails down immediately except for the storm jib. If singlehanded, drop the hook to change sails, and do it right now! Don’t leave the beach or chances are you’ll be blown 300 miles out to sea. The waters here are shallow, so as little as one-half mile offshore they become unmanageable for most boats. The seas are what become the problem, not the winds. The bottom is clear along this stretch of coast except at the entrance to lagoons, so that’s no problem. The extra benefit of hugging the shore — and one you never read about — is how beautiful this stretch of coast is. Puerto Madera — This is the last Mexican harbor, and a good place to stop for provi¬ sions, fuel and ice. A small but neat fishing village, there is a good channel to the inner harbor; forget the outer harbor, it’s sanded in. You have to clear with the port captain here, there’s no sneaking in and out. Forget trying to get clear on weekends. Town is two ’ miles from the harbor, so you’ll need a cab for provisions and to carry jugs. Central America — We- decided to stay away from the war zones, and angled 60 miles offshore and then straight to Costa Rica. The shipping lanes are way offshore here, so you’ll be on your own for 500 miles. Just before Costa Rica you’re likely to be hit by Papagayos; you can expect 35 knot winds and confused seas, but nothing too bad. Costa Rican lighthouses, it’s been our experience, do not light up. Puntarenas — There are two musts here; " have a visa and get in touch with Ramon Ro¬ jas. If you don’t have a visa it’s going to cost you $50. As for Ramon, he will, for a welldeserved fee, pilot you through all scattered paperwork routines and steer you through the sandbars 3 to 4 miles up the river to the Costa Rica YC. This is a great place to stay ($5 night) with pool, showers, great food, and reasonably safe moorings (or you can anchor in the river, which has a very strong current). This is a good place to leave your

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boat while you go inland or visit home. Those who wish can reach Ramon at caseta Postal 144, Puntarenas, Costa Rica, Central America. More on Costa Rica, Panama and Jamaica next month. — c. rothe^/lO/SS ,

Enchantress — 58-ft Schooner Klaus and Ute Rabe Nova Scotia (San Francisco) We have survived a long and cold Nova Scotia winter, the worst on record since 1892, and are finally doing all the outside work on Enchantress between spells of rain and strong winds. Halifax had a snowstorm two days ago! However, Greenland had an exceptionally mild winter this year, and that is where we are headed at the beginning of June, via Newfoundland and Labrador. Then we go to Iceland, Faroe Islands, Nor¬ way, Sweden, and Denmark. We have been told that there are no charter boats to be found going this route! After that our plans are open. Both our masts have been removed for maintenance and inspection, and we are building a monkeyrail and stanchions. The boat has been winterized, and many other projects have improved Enchantress. We now feel that we are ready for anything. Long Tom Silver, the ship’s cat, is in seventh heaven here in the “fishy” Maritimes; he also loues to sail now. We are, however, sorry to report that we lost Minka, our dog. Soon our new crew will start to arrive; one male “landlubber” and several experienced female sailors from California, Maryland and possibly one from Nova Scotia. There may be more. Ed Drozek from Club Nautique will join us again with a couple of friends, but he can’t make it before Iceland. It’s been very interesting to spend the winter here in Canada. We met a lot of very nice people, ate fresh fish every day (occa¬ sionally also lobster, clams or periwrinkles) and fell in love with Nova Scotia. Here at the wharf are draggers, foreign freighters, Dept.

'Enchantress’ buried in Nova Scotia snow.

of Fisheries boats, research and Canadian CG vessels — so it is never dull. Enchantress was warm and cozy, and our berth was *well-protected at all times. Shelburne has one of the best natural har¬ bors in the world. Unfortunately there is no yacht club — or any kind of tourist activity except for an excellent museum. But the town is beautiful. They had fireworks at New Years and a royal visit in the summer of 1983! Many services are available; i.e. a blacksmith shop, a machine shop, a small boatyard and a large shipyard with haulout facilities for yachts. We just love it here! Some one gave us an excellent book and we recommend it to anyone who goes out on the water: Waves and Beaches by Willard Bascom, Anchor Books, Anchor Press/ Double Day, N.Y. Have a good summer! We will send you a postcard from Denmark! — klaus and ute 5/10/85

Quark — Bodega 30 Dave Symonds and Dianne Tirado Aitutaki, Cook Islands (Sausalito) I read with great interest your report, in the April ’85 issue, of Harry Braun’s plan to visit Mopelia this summer. Harry and I met in Cabo in January ’83, and again in Puerto Vallarta in February ’84. The news of his planned Seaadler pilgrimage came just as

Quark was about to depart Bora Bora for Aitutaki, and nothing would have it but that we stop in Mopelia and leave a note there for Harry. We did it! Harry is a ham and he’s hoping some other ham will read this and tell him ... as you enter the pass on Mopelia, there is a small stone monument on the shore to your right; quite prominent. I put a note in a bottle and lashed the bottle to a steel bar at the base of that monument. Harry’s assignment, should he wish to accept it, is to think of an even more off-the-wall way to respond. Maybe we can turn this into some kind of South Pacific treasure hunt. We’ve been in French Polynesia for the past year. Spent most of the time in Papeete chasing diesel engine problems and doing various refit projects including a haul-out. However, since last checking in, we have “done” all the major islands in the Mar¬ quesas, Makemo in the Tuamotos (where we rode out a 4-day gale anchored in 15 feet of water on a lee shore, and where our Zodiac got nailed by the aries windvane) and all tfre major Society Islands . . . Moorea, Huahine, Raiatea, Tahoa and Bora Bora. Now we’re in a westward mode. Prob¬ able itinerary from here is Suvarov, Pago Pago, Wallis, Tonga, Fiji, New Zealand. Then who knows? We’ll stay in touch. — dave symonds 6/5/85

Antipodiste — Farr 30 Chuck Warren & Johanna Weir The Marquesas, Tahiti (Oakland) After Antipodiste and I had been in the Marquesas for three weeks, Johanna came in on the copra boat from Papeete. She got here just in time for the rainy season. The other day a gully washer dropped a foot of rain in six hours! It took out the main bridge to town as well as the electricity and water. More important to ourselves, the river cur¬ rent had my stern anchor dragging. We have found the island of Ua Pou to be just great. The new main harbor is Haka Hou, complete with a new breakwater. There is good sand bottom about 20 feet behind this wall. But you have to stay left page 188

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when entering to avoid the ledge that pro¬ jects out from the point on the right. In Haka Hou you’ll find stores, a bakery, a restaurant and the gendarmerie. The gendarmes have been great, but even old high school French does come in handy. Visitors to these islands should remember that French is a second language for them, too. And they might now have even had high school French. Update. We left Nuku Hiva and had a sixday passage to Papeete. It was an uneventful trip except for a very heavy rainsquall that caught us in the strait between Tikihau and Rangiroa. We just held on until the sound of the waves breaking on Tikihau was well astern and there was no more smell of land from Rangiroa — and then we resumed course to Tahiti. Tahiti was not hard to find. From 60 miles out we could see the city lights reflecting off the clouds; from 30 miles we could see the island during the day; and the AM radio worked like an RDF. Papeete is a small town that tries to be a big city — and succeeds. But even by California standards it is expensive. 1 have yet to figure out how the locals get by with the low wages they earn. Our first stop was at the yacht club out at Arue. Having a quick-looking boat, we were immediately invited to stay and race — which we did. Unfortunately we didn’t do that well, taking 8th out of 13 boats in light and variable winds. The quarter tonners had the boatspeed. Apparently we just missed Enterprise New Zealand, which is one her way to Panama and England for the Whitbread Around the World Race. We did, however, meet a New Zealander who was trying to catch up with her with a new transmission. I heard he final¬ ly got a flight to Nuka Hiva, where the boat is waiting for the new parts. — chuck and johanna 6/12/85

Tara of New Zealand Darryl Thomas Hawaiian Crossing (New Zealand) page 189

Dave Symonds on his Bodega 30.

I started planning for my crossing to Hawaii right after Sea of Cortez Race Week. 1 backtracked my way down, stopping again at Los Muertos and Los Frailes, fighting headwinds most of the way. Upon leaving Los Frailes, I was asked to lend assistance to a vessel in distress. Both Tara and Esperanza Viva helped the injured sailor who requested aid. He was single¬ handing on Cochina out of San Diego, on a non-stop trip to the Marquesas. After suffer¬ ing an accident, he needed to come to shore but had no charts for Mexico. I ended up towing his vessel to an anchorage while Esperanza Viva gave medical advice and charts. 1 only mention this because earlier the Coast Guard stopped Tara for a safety in¬ spection, and later Tara ends up doing the Coast Guard’s duty. Ironic? I left Cabo for Hawaii via Revillagigedo Islands, specifically San Benedicto and Socorro. There was a strong current when I left Cabo, so I had to sail 15 degrees more to the west. Two days later San Benedicto was dead ahead! A volcano, Benedicto was ac¬ tive while I was there. In fact the fumes became so strong it was necessary to head off for Socorro. While at Academy Bay on Socorro, I lost my anchor in the chop, awakening to the sound of crashing waves, just 10 feet from the rocks and disaster! After that one uncom¬ fortable night on Socorro, I happily left for Hawaii.

The rest of the crossing was a long, slow, uneventful 29 days except for one chance meeting at sea. About 1,000 miles from Hawaii, during an overcast black night in which the only serious blow of the trip inten¬ sified, I altered course to let another sailboat pass just 30 feet to our stern! We hailed each other, as radio reception was badly broken, and I learned the vessel was Cancion, headed for Hilo. What an extremely unlikely meeting! I was glad to have had maintained constant watch during the crossing. Memorial Day found us flying by Molokai and soon after we docked at the Hawaii YC, 33 days out of Cabo. The hospitality at the club has been fantastic, so now I’m enjoying the warmth and delight of Oahu. The only thing that made the crossing worthwhile was being able to once again enjoy food, com¬ fort, fresh water, ice cold drinks, showers and all the other modern conveniences we take for granted. The following is a list of boats that passed through the Hawaii YC while I spent my two weeks there: Bill and Margarite on Mabuhi; Jerry and Sherry Bakke on Black Majic; Peter, Lore, and Gustav Mielke on Loree IV; Earl Foor, Don van Dyke, and Rick Burfeind on Princess; Dick and Beth Byerley on Aeolian; Bob Hussey on John T.; Ken and Jean Kemmerer on Quinnat; Paul, Sasha, Mareua Duprey and crew on Mareua; Dirk Winters and crew on Wind Job; Fred and June Kearney on Yeoman. And with other boats I met in Ali Wai Basin: Dale Long and crew on Long Run; Dan Sieffert and Joan Flemming on Gull Foss. — darryl thomas

Shangri-La - Rafiki 37 Jerry Meyer Marina San Carlos, Mexico (Oyster Point & Oyster Cove) Almost exactly a year ago — July 3, 1984 — Jerry Meyer left San Francisco for points south. He spent five months in San Diego, and then on the first of December left for Mexico. Having cruised much of Mexico, he’s now sitting out the hurricane season at Marina San Carlos, near Guaymas.

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A good one at keeping statistics, Jerry notes that he’s put 3,268 nautical miles on his log, and 558 hours on the engine. Since leaving San Diego he’s dropped the hook in

an isolated fishing village. The folks of Puer¬ to Gato seem to get along well with the yachties, for the night before 15 boatloads had come to the village, loaded down with

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Kaiewa Windra Elan Gullfoss Road Not Taken Cyanura Full Circle Cheha Pheffer Karet Sanctuary Earth light Walkabout Susanna IV Resurgam Nomad Kolea Esperanza Grace Merriman Stormstrutter

Honolulu San Francisco Cupertino B.C. West Coast Tacoma Newport Beach Calgary San Francisco Portland Vancouver Seattle East Coast San Diego Honolulu Honolulu Honolulu Honolulu Sausalito Vancouver

Finn Anonsen, Sigrid Brunei Bruce, Nancy, Damon McClain Dick Connors, Mary Reed Dan Sieffert, Joan Fleming Bonnie, Gary McGee Dean, Jay Nelson Mike Cooke, Joan Loch Don Cooke Joe, Queda Fritz Mike McKeown, Ardeth Lobet Jan Young and family John, Joyce Engle Gerhard, Susanne Weiss Webb Cliles, Jill David Putnam Gregory, Nancy Gillette Fred Boehme, Jo Lawlor Sandy, Sharon Fontwit Bruce Black, Pamela McManus John Samson

31 different anchorages. After just six months in Mexico his feelings about the people of Mexico have changed dramatically: “My perception of them (the Mexican people) is completely changed from the stereotype that one receives in th^ United States. They are helpful, kind and honest. I have walked the streets late at night in large cities and small villages, and have felt completely safe at all times.” Jerry’s also seen the Mexican perspective toward America: “The Mexican people have no real reason to love us Norte Americanos, I don’t supose. A tour guide pointed out to me that in the Mexican War of 1847, the United States took Texas, California, New Mexico, Arizona and parts of Colorado and Utah — half of its territory! I’d never really had it put to me that way . . . and the guide wasn’t being harsh, he was just stating another point of view.” His perspective is not the only thing that’s changed south of the border; so has his diet: “On a sight-seeing tour I ate raw cactus, fried racoon, mangoes and two or three other items picked off trees.” More traditional was the goat he and three other yachties were served by a Mexican family at Puerto Gato,

pot-luck items. After tequila, goat, fish, homemade tortillas and the pot-luck items, the local guitarists sang the traditional songs; “It was,” says Jerry, “great.” So the cruising life is just a bowl of cher¬ ries? Not exactly. “To me cruising is like any other way of life; you must make a conscious decision to work at being happy at it. After being out here almost a year cruising, I still don’t think I could adequately describe the whole lifestyle to someone just starting out. I’m happy with it, but I have met several unhappy cruisers. How’s his gear been? “I’ve smoked two alternators. I lost the one cylinder engine that drives the alternator that supports my reefer; so now I’m into advanced cruising, which means no refrigeration. My engine overheated, so I have to pull the exhaust manifold to clean out some cool water inlet ports. The remote display on the depthsounder went bad, so I got a warranty replacement. Now the master unit jumps in¬ stantly from 10 to 60 fathoms — at 3 a.m. and only a few miles from shore, when else? I check the SatNav and it puts me on shore — but then I learn that the marine chart is five miles off and there’s nothing wrong with

the SatNav. How about that?” How about that indeed? — latitude 38 6/6/85

Cruise Notes: King Richard and Sophia Norman of the DownEast 32, Ya*Sou, where are you? Your friends from Las Hadas during the ’82-’83 season, Ken and Ira Mueller of the O’Day 37, Sewickley, want to know. After leaving you in Mexico, they sailed to Florida where they now reside at 401 S. Beach St. in Daytona, 32014. They’ve always hoped they’d bump into you again in Florida, but it’s never come to pass. They’d love to hear from you. Gary and Janice Miltimore dropped us a line from Hilo, Hawaii where they report they are “now trying to buy Flying Gull” which they heard about in a Classy Classified page 190

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The Hawaii Yacht Club, just possibly the most friendly in the entire solar system.

and is now in drydock. We wish them the best of luck. Of interest to a greater number of cruisers is their other news, that “transpor¬ tation authorities plan to build a new marina south of Kawaihae on the Big Island”. Ap¬ parently the plan is for 295 badly needed slips at the marina. Before anyone gets their hopes up, however, they should remember that Hawaii has a long history of doing about-faces on proposed marinas. Ty Knudson of Sundowner, who was written of earlier in this section, recently stopped by our offices and got to talking about great gifts to give locals you come across in your travels. Ty reckons that one of the more enduring gifts was the one given to the people of Tonga by that most thorough of explorers, Captain James Cook. The gift page 191

was a Galapagos land tortoise, which the Tongans eventually kept in the pond of the royal palace. Cook gave them the tortoise a little over 200 years ago; the tortoise died only eight years ago! Talk about your gifts that kept on giving! Waterfront wits have always said that there’s nothing less useful on a boat than a wheelbarrow. We don’t know what is second and third, but popular wisdom says chain saws are right up there in uselessness. Ty, however, says that’s all wrong. When he gave up logging in Alaska — a huge tree fell on him, flattening his hard hat and literally scrunching-him an inch and a half — he took six chain saws on his boat to the deep South Pacific. And they’ve served him well. Not only has he used them to fell trees in Fiji for native dugout canoes, but a couple he’s given to the island folks. But that’s not all, about one month out each out of the last /

eight years, he’s managed to find very gain¬ ful employment, either doing contract work or employing himself as a tree surgeon and a clearer. While he still carries a couple of chainsaws on his Westsail, the boat has yet to acquire a wheelbarrow. We received a letter from Lin and Larry Pardey on Taleisin, who report French Polynesia is definitely different than anything we saw during our eleven years on Serafyn.” Not that it’s 100% to their liking, however. It turns out they’re not as fond of tropical weather as some of us; “we like a bit of frost occasionally, and some cool days for when the old work ethic strikes”. Yet they had to admit that their first six months in the tropics has “slipped by very easily”. To date the Pardey’s have been to the Marquesas where the “weather was horrid and Lin became allergic to some insects”; to the Tuamotus which were “stunning”; and after medical assistance in Papeete for an in¬ fection Larry got, on to Moorea. Authorities in Mexico said the cruising fleet was off 30% this season; in the Society Islands the authorities report the number of boats is half ,of what it was in 1982-’83 — making things pleasantly uncrowded. Jim and Gayle Hughes write that they left Ventura seven months ago, and have since “enjoyed 1,700 miles of cruising Mexico in our 22-ft Falmouth cutter, Popeye. They’ve hit most of the popular stops in the Sea of Cortez and are now berthed in the San Carlos Marina on the mainland. They report that 32-ft slips go for $130 a month while moorings are $55 a month. Since the wind supplies their power, keeps them cool and keeps the mbsquitos away, Popeye is on a « mooring. They plan- to spend the summer in San Carlos, with short journeys to the local anchorages. Phil Garcia from the Los Pelicanos Restaurant in Melaque, Mexico sent us a long list of boat that have stopped their dur¬ ing the summer. In fact with 39 boats, the list was too long to reprint. Maybe there’ll be room for some highlights next month. We also received another installment of “Mr. Mexico Cruises North America”, but that too, will have to wait a month.

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Fully equipped cruising yacht, diesel powered, windvane, dodger, Shipmate propane stove/oven, heater, ds, stereo, VHF, & much more! Well maintained & upgraded. Will consider partial financing or trade. Priced to sell. $67,500. (415) 236-5215.

R60/5, with faring, bags, backrest. 38,000 miles. Excellent condition. Asking $1,450. (916) 662-1586.

Excellent condition, newly refit, race or cruise equipped. Spin¬ naker, blooper, genoa, drifter, 3 jibs, 2 mains. New rigging. S.S. Keelbolts, 6 hp o.b. Trailer or berth. $6,000. (415) 932-4072. i

SAN JUAN 28-FT FINANCIAL DISTRESS SALE! 34’x11’2”x5’9” CONTEST Reduced to $16,000 for quick sale. Valued at $29,000. High quality Dutch built fiberglass sloop. Damage to starboard Racer/cruiser, excellent condition, 1978,4 years in fresh water. side. Complete with material and equipment to repair. Book 30 hp aux. with folding prop., internal halyards led aft, 50% ■value $70,000+. Health and change of plans forces sale. First ballast ratio, very stiff deep fin keel sailer. Racing/spinnaker' $18,000 takes all. This is an exceptional value! (809) 775-7676 gear, 3 sails, 6 winches, main on traveler. Bow/stern pulpits, Ed Dunn, P.O. Box 12377, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, U.S. stern ladder, alcohol stove, 12v/110v power, shore cord, sleeps Virgin Islands 00801. 6, head with holding tank. Will consider all offers. (415) 254-9089 home; (415) 768-4134 office.

MIX AND MATCH — SAILBOAT AND/OR TAHOE HOUSE Best equipped Santana 30 on the Bay berthed in Sausalito and Lake Tahoe Dream House with architectural flair in Homewood, ■ California. Will sell or trade either or both for cash, sailboat, real ■ property, houseboat, combination or ? Flexible approach for qualified buyer bearing creative offer. Call (702) 827-2000 days or (702) 826-1808 evenings in Reno, Nevada & ask for Bob Cox.

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Commissioned 6/79. Like new, less than 80 hours on Atomic 4. Wheel steering, all lines aft, extra gas tank, alcohol stove, VHF, ds, knot, fresh botoom, 3 sails, 150, 110 & 85. $29,800. (408) 251-4182.

Performance 28-ft, 7/8ths rig sloop, hull no. 7, diesel, mahogany interior, custom paint. $28K or serious offer. Principals only. Call Michael Land, 546-1399 wkdays; 435-3253 wknds, eves. Berthed at Corinthian Yacht Club.

WILLEY WABBIT 24' ultra light ultra fast. Full up with trailer, 7 sails, many extras. Fresh water, dry sailed only, little use. $7,000 or best offer. Call (209) 224-6437 or (209) 431-8222 after 6 p.m.

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.

$100 REWARD For reference to another rental liveaboard. Currently renting a 30-ft sloop in S.F. About to be sold. Flexible. Sailing unriec. SSCA & Oceanic Society member. Solidly employed engineer, 37, refs. David Hock. (415) 820-2000 x493.

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1972 Cal 29 w/spinnaker, Atomic 4, adjustable backstay, mid¬ boom traveler, weather cloths, VHF, stereo, TV, shorepower, telephone, safety gear, etc. Located San Diego. Can deliver to Bay/Tahoe, etc. $17,900. (619) 692-9865 leave message.

Full sail rig or rowing tender. Fiberglass lapstrake hull. Teak trim. Oars. Canvas cover. Bristol. $800. (415) 837-3054 eves.

A great boat. F/G doubleender, solid construction, teak heaven below. VHF, ds, knot/log meter, Shipmate stove/oven, cabin heater, stereo radio/tape deck, 2 anchors, radar reflector, charger, o/b pole & all that stuff. $45,000. 331 -2204.

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MERCEDES DIESEL 40 hp new: $3000. 65 hp used: $950. Jay (408) 723-1697.

32 OCEAN RACER Loran, VHF, new rig, new sails, very successful PHRF boat. No equity — payoff existing loan. (408) 475-9590 eves. best.

MORGAN 32 1980 F/G performance cruiser, fully equipped including diesel engine, fresh water cooled with hot water heater, pressure water, shower, LPG stove, Signet 1000, Tillermaster, 7 sails with spinnaker, sun awning, stereo, and much more. $55,000. (707) 942-6225. Ask for Keith.

SAILBOATS FOR SALE 41-ft 1979 C&C design, Capital Yachts quality American perfor¬ mance cruising vessel. Heavy f/g hull, teak int„ tall rig, 46% ballast, self-tailing winches, refer/freezer, liferaft, Loran, ap, dodger, much more. Sacrifice. $75,000. (714) 673-1761. ISLANDER 36 — 1978 Exceptional in both price & equipment. Excellent for cruising or racing. Diesel, autopilot, radar, Loran, much more. Blue hull, teak interior. $59,900 firm. Call David (707) 442-3794 days; (707) 445-0075 eves.

1968 SIROCCO 14-ft. Great little Bay sailer. Trailer and Chrysler outboard. $1,500/OBO. Harvey (408) 926-8116.

TUMLARE DOUBLE-ENDER 32,x7'6’,x5’10". Prof, restored classic woodie. Fast, very seaworthy. Beautiful new int., all new s.s. rigging, cstm mast tangs, new keel bolts, new canvas deck, new rails/sliding hatch, new pulpit/stantions, bow roller, 6' dinghy. Asking $25,000. (415) 459-3947 Kent Parker.

SUPER DORY 14-ft f/g McKenzie built by Clackacraft. Custom design permits larger engine, planing speeds. Excellent in Whitewater, lake or Bay. Package includes 15 hp Evinrude, galv. trailer, oars, many extras. Mint cond. $2,500. Call eves, 525-6872.

43-FT STEEL WORLD CRUISER $35,000 Built in Holland by Van Dam in 1966 — 2 circumnavigations. Sound but needs work due to 2 year dry storage. Perkins, Hassler vane, 8-main Avon L.R., 5 anchors, 9 sails, VHF, RDF, & more. (916) 346-6352 or 14125 Frontier Lane, Grass Valley, CA.

KETTENBURG 40 1961. Outfitted for cruising. Good condition. Aries, Faryman diesel (30 hp), Avon, S/L windlass. Plenty of navig. & safety equipment, wood boat. $34,000. Derek 485-6776.

CORONADO 25 Vallejo berth, 9.9 outboard, 85/110/150 jibs, spinnaker, Danforth anchor and rode, VHF transceiver, stove, sink, head with holding tank. Safe, stiff comfortable cruiser. $8,650. (916) 444-9116.

OLD TUGBOAT PROPELLERS Approximately 52” dia. Bronze and rare WWII cast steel: $295 each and 5 ’ dia. Net buoys: $75 each. (415) 332-4957.

ERICSON 27 Top condition. Deluxe inboard model. 3 sails, VHF, instruments (ds, wind speed, wind direction, km). Shore power, marine sanitation head. Upwind Berkeley berth. Dinghy & much more. $23,900. (916)967-3826.

SANTANA 22 Fully race & cruise equipt. Trailer, 5 bags sails, spinnaker, life lines, Evinrude Sailmaster 7.5, less than 30 hrs. Barients, new reinforced boom, recently replaced standing rigging, new marine battery, Richmond berth. $7,000/offer. (916) 638-1171.

TWO ONE-DESIGN WINDSURFERS 3 sails. Good shape. Will sell together or separate. Shimon, 383-5181 or 552-2508.

RANGER 29 1971, Atomic 4, 10 sails including 2 spinnakers. Mainsail, standing rigging 2 years old, batteries, exhaust header 1 year. Barient winches. Lots of gear. Loch Lomond berth available. Asking $25,000. (415)383-4970.

1977 NEWPORT 275 $14,990. $14,990. $14,990. $14,990. $14,990. Relocation forces sale of this beautifully maintained inboard sloop 4 sails, VHF, am-fm, head, etc. You'll look hard to find a better deal. (415) 648-0745; (805) 239-1588.

COLUMBIA 24,1966 Truck cabin model, full keel, sleeps 4, strong rigging, pulpits, lifeline, o.b., VHF portable, new head, gel coat hull, new bottom paint, lots of gear. Richmond berth, must sell. $5,900 firm! (916) 644-4264. PEARSON VANGUARD Great liveaboard or cruiser. New dodger, Aries vane, liferaft, recent haul, Atomic 4 gas, hull 259. $34,000. Call (805) 644-1546.

RANGER 23 Fully equipt racer/cruiser. Excellent condition. Huge sail inven¬ tory fresh bottom & topsides, o.b., km, Berkeley berth. $12,500. (408) 257-3448 before 1 p.m.

BRISTOL 20 Fiberglass, long keel sloop. Good mast and sails. Small outboard motor. Anchor. Nice varnished cockpit. Must sell. $2,250 or best offer. (415)364-9422.

WESTSAIL 32 Hull, ballast, bulkheads, lots more. Flushdeck model, has made two offshore passages, no motor, needs interior, very roomy and seaworthy, comfortable cruising or liveaboard. $15,950/offer or trade John (415) 376-4706.

STEEL Roberts 30-ft sailboat, hull and deck. All steel work completed. Nice fair, roomy hull with optional wheel house. Must sell. 2,500. Call John (415) 364-9422.

ISLANDER 28 Fast, comfortable, classic by Robert Perry. Immac. teak intr. VHF, AM/FM stereo. Depth, Knot, compass & masthead strobe. Hood Sea Furl sys/Dewitt sails. Bristol cond! BYC berth. $34,500 OBO. (916) 663-2444 aft. 6 p.m.

HOUSEBOAT FOR SALE (Not motorized). Quiet Redwood City location. Two-story profes¬ sionally built. Large bedroom with deck, fully furnished including washer/dryer, refrigerator, liveaboard berth included. Close parking. $45,000. Paul or Barbara (415) 368-0724 eves.

J/24 HERON $9,900. Hull 1778, race ready, faired keel, large sail inventory, companionway spinnaker launcher, lightweight 3.5 hp Tohatsu outboard. Dry stored at Alameda Marina. Harry Lutz (415) 423-2968 days; (415) 846-5494 eves.

CATALINA 27 VHF, KM, AM/FM cassette, CB, 6 sails, 6 winches, spinnaker gear, new 15 hp Chrysler, new interior & canvas, adj. backstay, jiffy reefing, vang, MOB pole, PFD’s, custom hatch cover, dinette interior, new bow pulpit. $13,500. (415) 726-5898.

MAGNAVOX 4102 SAT-NAV Brand new, in the box, with warranty. Rated most accurate, latest features, bought when we planned on TransPac 85. $2,500, sell for $2,000. Don't leave port without it. Call today! Bruce (415) 441-4001. DIESEL ENGINE Hercules DJXB 6 cylinder, 2 cycle with 2:1 reduction gear. Runs good. $800 or trade or hydraulic windlass or ?

ERICSON 30 Super Bay boat. Fast, comfortable and safe. 1968 f/G sloop with 6'1 ” headroom. Sleeps 6 comfortably. Wind curtains (a must for the Bay), 3/4 cover, cockpit cushions, propane stove w/oven, topside wood refinished, cabin in excellent shape, VHF, com¬ pass, i.b. Albin 12 hp, 3 headsails, knotmeter, whisker pole, safety equipment. San Leandro berth available. Divorce forces sale at $21,000/B.0. Gary (408) 984-5250.

GOT TWO YACHTS — ONE’S GOTTA GO CAL 29 at Brickyard Cove. Teak interior, VHF, depthsounder, knotmeter, CNG stove/oven,; 7 winches, lapper, 150% genoa, 170% drifter, spinnaker. New Atomic 4 and s/s muffler. Make Offer. (415)944-9555.

Vallejo Muncipal Marina, North Star of the Bay, has space available for your boat. A great facili¬ ty with reasonable rates. Whether you like sailing, cruising, or fishing — Vallejo is for you. Call (707) 648-4370 for details.

PELICAN CANVAS CO.

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FINISH IT YOURSELF 28-ft custom wood cruising sloop near completion. Top specifications, bronze fastenings, lead keel, spruce mast. Atomic 4. $23,500 firm. Sausalito location. (415) 388-2292.

BERTHS FOR RENT

52-FT STEPHENS MOTOR YACHT 3 staterooms, salon, all electric galley, sleeps 10,2 heads, stall shower, flybridge, 2 rebuilt 671 diesels, autopilot, 6 kw Onan, dinghy w/sail, outboard motor. New: radio, radar Loran 2 df, stereo, microwave. Many extras. Bristol. Reduced to $115,000. (415) 331-5027.

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Wooden Boats a specialty. Sanding, varnishing, painting, general maintenance, minor engine repairs and servicing. Gas or diesel. Master Mariner, 20 years experience, reference* Free estimates Call: Clark Arquette — 525-9087

ARIES 32

PARTNERSHIP IN ISLANDER 28

CHEOY LEE OFFSHORE 27

Beautiful Bay and offshore cruising sloop. Fiberglass hull with warm and bright teak interior. Over 30 Aries in Bay Area. Diesel. Moderately equipped. Excellent condition. Sausalito berth. Part¬ ners) also considered. $35,000. Owner (415) 383-8215.

Reluctantly selling 1/3 share of Islander 28 sailboat. Great Bay & Delta boat ready to race or cruise. Complete inventory of sails & equipment, in excellent condition. Congenial partners. Call 545-2603 days, 376-7365 evenings.

Seakindly fiberglass sloop w/teak deck, cabin, cockpit. Volvo dsl, 3 sails, knotmeter/lot, VHF, RDF, compass, depthsounder. Berkeley berth. Value at $20,800 on 1984 survey. Sacrifice at $18,000. Call Mark at (415) 376-4879 for details.

MORGAN 41 78 Morgan 41 sloop. Performs better than ketch version. Super liveaboard and coastal cruiser. Perfect for the Delta with shoal draft. $75,000 or offer. (916) 481 -4242 days Tu-Fri.

CAL 20 Like new, total overhaul inside & out. New main, mast & boom, 3 jibs, spinnaker, VHF, compass, knotmeter, Thruhull head, with trailer & o.b. motor. A very fast boat. Hate to sell but I'm off to the Vi's. ' (408)426-0308.

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PEARSON VANGUARD 33 Ocean rigged, offshore capable cruiser, full set of sail inventory, Atomic 4, etc. Great for Bay and beyond. $33,000. Call (415) 673-8187.

Coronado 27. Excellent cruise/liveaboard, diesel engine, new rig¬ ging, 4 sails, ready for Delta vacation. Will to trade equity for sailboat or powerboat with trailer. Price slashed to $14,750. Replacement cost $28,000. Call 540-8373

ERICSON 27

ISLANDER 36 SAILS For sail: main with 2 reef points, 150,135 and 110. These sails still have a lot of cruising left in them. Call and we can deal. (415) 331-6234.

Excellent condition. Atomic 4, Edson wheel steering, VHF, Signet ds & compass. Jiffy reefing, Mitchell sails. Bow & stern pulpits. Cockpit cushions. Inflatable & more. May be the cleanest 27 in the Bay Area. $24,900. (415) 883-0795.

SANTANA 27 D/B

MORGAN 38 Excellent condition, ready for Bay sailing or ocean cruising, well equipped. Priced for sale. $75,000. (415) 321 -4074.

1980. Bristol condition. Looks new. Race equipt. 6 sails. All spinnaker gear. Evinrude 6 hp o.b. 2 compasses, knotmeter, head. $17,500/offer. ' (415)837-0780.

PIER 39 SLIP Choice 36' slip (C-34) — upwind for easy docking. $215 per month; option to buy available. Shirley J. Cummins (415) 865-0910.

JOSUHA 40-FT MOITESSIER SISTERSHIP

37 RANGER

PEARSON 26-FT

Round bilge galv. steel ketch 72. Dbl-ender. Mahog. int., new 3 cyl. Yanmar 56 hp, 9 sails, selfsteering, ap. Sailed around the horn singlehanded. $78,500/offers. M. Riboni, Hawaii YC, 1739-C Ala Moana Blvd., Honolulu, HI 96815

14 sails, 14 oversized Barients, red rigging, Volvo dsl, new upholstery, just rebuilt skipper 8 Kenyan inst, just hauled, surveyed & new bottom paint. Unbelievably clean inside & out. $52,500. F O B. >(206) 822-5775.

Must sell 1/3 or whole boat, very clean 76 sloop, VHF, well equipped, Brickyard Cove berth, first $13,900 for all or $4,500 for 1/3, for details call Charles days (408) 255-5718, or Walt (305) 556-1984, will demo.

CHEOY LEE FRISCO FLYER 26’ well maintained, recent haul-out & survey. F/G hull, teak decks, stainless rigging, Atomic 4 eng, sleeps 4,2-burner stove, 25 gal water, ds, bow pulpit & full canvas cover. $17,000. (707) 887-1906 or (415) 924-5181.

26-FT STEEL SLOOP 1985 COHO

ERICSON 29

Commercial Salmon permit & fishing gear. Albin gas, aux., Hyd. gurdies. Recently hauled. Bodega berth. Good coastal cruiser. $22,000. 1(707) 874-2882.

Excellent condition, original owner, VHF, am/fm stereo, com¬ pass, wheel steering, sleeps 6, all teak redone, new seacocks, Berkeley berth LI 03. $26,000. (408) 286-9124.

1983 37-FT HUNTER, CUTTER RIG

1978 LANCER 25

30 hp diesel, electronics, LP stove, fireplace, dinghy, stereo, aft cabin, navig. station, head/shower, dodger-sleeps 7. Like new. Available immediately. $75,000. Negotiable. 751-8529 or 433-4427 eves/weekends.

Hardly sailed. Owe $8,000. Will take less. Many extras. Mark (415) 521-0950; (415) 466-1503.

SAUSALITO SLIP Tired of waiting lists? Prime location 32-ft Sausalito slip available immediately. Better call now before its taken! Dave 383-7537; 777-4811.

CATALINA 30 Hop aboard. Cast off. Great cruising for only $28,500. (415) 948-7865.

EXCELLENT RANGER 23 — BAY AREA Good sail inventory, Lewmar winches, Ritchie compasses, knotmeter, Johnson 6 hp outboard, new bottom, Trailrite trailer, Must sell. Sacrifice at $8,800. (415) 432-2448.

HOBIE CAT 18

CAL 30, 1964

With trailer and gear. Must sell NOW! $2,700/B.0. Call 540-8373.

Full keel. Just returned from Mexico w/lots of cruising equip. 7 working sails, 2 spinnaker, 1 tri-radial reacher. 3 anchors, CQR, Bruce & Fisherman. Aires windvane, new model. VHF, depth, speedo & log, bat. chrgr. $23,000 (916) 485-7017 Bob.

USER

CATALINA 30

Moving — must sell! Brand new Balko trailer, mast & centerboard. If you like a sailboat that points high, moves fast & tacks gracefully, then this is the boat for you. Call Randy at (415) 948-1420.

low usage. Well maint. 3 sails, dodger, ped. steering, depth, knot, windspeed/direction, VHF, gas Atomic 4. Prof. cust. teak int. w/spotlights. Year-old batts. Marine chrgr. Mast repainted last year. Ballena Bay. $32,500. (415) 523-5169.

SUMMER SAIL

J/24

1 have a fully equipped Ericson 30 ready to sail.- Require person(s) willing to take the challenge of parting with their hard earn $$$$’s in order to enjoy the sport of Bay & ocean sailing. Call for details; (415) 521-5216.

23-FT SLOOP RACER/CRUISER

1982, performance Sailcraft hull. no. 2372. Used only 2 seasons, drysailed. Includes trailer, 4 hp Evinrude, 5 sails, all racing gear. Good condition. Make reasonable offer. Call (415) 894-4551 days or (415) 386-1781 eves.

79 Mark 23, Boston built "Ranger Class”. Immc, fully equipt, Bay, Delta or Tahoe boat. 10 hp Merc, galv. trailer, 4 sails, spacious cockpit, lifelines, vang & covers, teak int., sleeps 4. $11,900. (415) 654-3992.

ISLANDER 36

41 -FT SAILBOAT

SAMPSON 54-FT SALE/TRADE

Well equipped boat in “like new" condition, excellent racer/cruiser, deluxe model with oak/teak interior, clean bottom, refinished exterior teak, willing to sell below market value at $59,900. (415)938-2969.

Fiberglass. Must sell. Emery Cove Berth. Call 655-4183.

Long range cruising/liveaboard, ketch launched 1981, new rig¬ ging 1983, ferro hull, stall shower, 2 heads, much more. Will trade for car, RV, real estate and/or carry back financing. 58K. Days (415) 930-0930; eves (415) 228-2277.

LEAD BALLAST FOR SALE

CAPE DORY 36 CUTTER

COLUMBIA 26 MKII IRISH LADY

Approx. 1600 pounds lead in various shapes and sizes, also approx. 100 pounds iron ballast’. Located in Redwood City.' Call Jack Becker (415) 364-6453 days; 321-0570 eves.

Well built, high quality, super cruiser. Carl Alberg design. Very, very well equipped. Dodger, AMS autopilot, stereo, HiSeas heaters, Metzler dinghy, Avon liferaft, VHF, ds, Perkins, strobe, etc. Original caring owner. $89,000. (415) 948-0958.

New Honda 7.5 w/alt„ speedo, wind pt. & wind speed, 55 ch, 110,130,155,3/4 oz. spin., stern pulpit, deluxe interior. Bristol good Bay/MORA national champion 1984. PHRF 228 $11 50o'

(415) 283-5547.

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ISLANDER 36 CHARTERS

Custom-built marine refrigeration. Systems designed to your specifications. AC/DC & engine driven systems, Sales*Service*Custom Designs* 20 years experience. Schonnmaker Point (415) 331-7661 Sausalito

Stiff, clean & fun. (415) 331-6234.

PRACTICAL SAILING CHARTERS San Francisco: Wright-Allied 36-ft ketch . $150/day Cape Dory 36 (cutter). $150/day San Diego: Cape Dory 30 (cutter). $120/day Call (415) 591-4879

BOAT LETTERING & GRAPHICS ABOARD THE CLASSIC YACHT PINTAIL

ALBERG 35 & COLUMBIA 8.3 35' Alberg, Pearson built full keel ocean cruiser, documented, loaded with gear, new Atomic 4 — $36,000. 27’ Columbia 8.3,1977, Atomic 4, low hours, well equipped, very clean — $25,000. Don Brunette Yacht Brokerage after 6 p.m., Alameda (415) 865-5259.

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WANTED: COAST GUARD SKIPPER WITH LICENSE For 6 persons to sail my 50-ft ketch. Must have considerable offshore experience, good references and be willing to work hard. Must be available to work at all times for Bay charter business. Call Rand 383-2261.

FOR SALE: 1978 30-FT ALBIN BALLAD

79 NEWPORT 30 MKII 1975 CAL 25 Great condition, new bottom paint (4/85), 3 sails, 10 hp outboard, fully equipped, sleeps 5. Comes with Berkeley Marina berth. Asking $8,900. (916) 485-0527.

Excellent condition, fully equipt incl. Volvo dsl, spinnaker, ped, Loran, press. H20. Located at Paradise Cay. Asking only $33,000. Call (415) 457-0612 after 3:00. Ask for Allan.

1975 ISLANDER 30-11

Swedish built. 2 mains, 110,130, storm jib, tri-spinnaker, auto pilot, dodger, mast steps, depth, knot, wind instruments, AM-FM cassette, VHF, Zodiac with outboard, new Volvo Penta diesel. $30,000/B,0. 254-0685.

Wheel, Pineapples, Loran. $29,500. (415) 328-8983.

CATALINA 22 — TOP CONDITION

FOR SALE: 1972 RANGER 29 Owner will finance. 2 mains, 110, 130, storm jib, knot, depth instruments, VHF, AM-FM cassette, more. $27,000/B.0. 254-0685.

Sacrifice at $4,500. Really clean swing keel Catalina w/new Honda 7.5 (10 hrs use), new motor mount. 125 jib & main in ex¬ cellent condition. Sausalito berth. Have bought another boat. Glenn — daily 986-6886; eves & weekends 922-1039.

LOOKING FOR CREW POSITION Going North or South. Have 3 years experience. Graduate Olym¬ pic Circle Sailing School. Can leave now for one year. Can share some expenses. Tom Colman (415) 647-4462.

TANZER 22

OUTBOARD

IDEAL LIVEABOARD

Great Bay boat. Fast, roomy, clean, fully equipped. New VHF, depth, knot, anchors, head, stove, etc. Outboard just rebuilt. Spinnaker, genoas. new jib, North main, lifelines, Berkeley berth. Baby daughter forces sale. $6,900. 526-9541 before 9 p.m.

1981 Johnson 4'/2 horse Iongshaft. Good condition, runs great. $400. Call Yale 527-1998.

1981 39-ft Lancer M.S., F/G sloop, twin diesels, full electronics, VHF, radar, autopilot, roller furling, refrig, stove/oven, hot/cold pressure water, stereo, teak interior. Excellent condition! $105K. (415) 367-7895 home; (415) 857-7552 work.

BRUCE ROBERTS 32

PEARSON 323

SANTANA 35

Partnership or Timeshare 1982 Excellent condition. Volvo diesel, hot & cold pressurized water, dodger, VHF, km/deth. (415) 376-6679.

$40,000 under replacement cost. Cruise or race. This boat is like new and is equipped with $$$ of extras including full digital electronics, VHF and large sail inven¬ tory for both cruising and racing. No boat is better equipped or maintained. Beautiful. 1984 Bay season champion. 1984 ocean season champion. Must sell now! Price reduced to $58,800. Excellent financing available. (415) 687-0111 days; (415) 689-2782 eves. & weekends.

GREAT BAY, DELTA BOATS! Cal 20: Lease $160 mo.; lease-option: $200 mo.; sell $4,200. In¬ cludes berth, outboard. Cal 2-25: Must sell! $7,000/B.0. for equity; assume $16,000. Many extras. Custom interior. Berth No.393, Alameda Marina. .(209) 526-2203.

NOR-SEA 27, SEA POD Green hull, aft cabin, dodger, monitor windvane, tillermaster, in¬ sulated hull, VHF, fatho, 4 anchors, 250' chain, dsl, full galley, all required safety equipment, maint. records, excellent condition for cruising or liveaboard. $37,000. (415) 871-9286

1979, strip-blank fir, bronze fastened, classic liveaboard cruis¬ ing ketch. 10’ beam, 4.5' draft, 13,000 lb. displ. Volvo diesel, heavy duty rigging, includes 9’ pram. Documented. $28,000. (415) 325-5649.

SANTANA 22 6 hp o.b., North sails, Barients, needs new mast, berth available. $2,500/0ffer. (415) 854-2043.

42-FT PIVER TRI

VENTURE 17

Professionally built. 50 hp Perkins, head, shower, stove, refrig. Inclosed wheei steering. Needs mast & paint. $14,000. (408) 578-7106.

Trailer, British Seagull outboard, main, 2 jibs, lifelines, whisker pole, all new running rigging. $1,950. Steve (408) 743-6218 days; (408) 246-2960 evenings.

1979 LANCER 28

AVAILABLE — TO A TRUSTWORTHY SKIPPER

CHEOY LEE OFFSHORE 31 — LIVEABOARD SLIP

Shad Turner designed shoal draft sloop. Wheel steering, 9.9 hp o.b., 2 burner stove, VHF, ds. Optional interior with 6'2” headroom and berths for 6. $15,250. Leave a message at (408) 736-3134.

A beautiful new Morgan 32, for a couple of weekends per month plus a couple of weeks per year on an annual basis payable monthly. 1 am flexible. Let's talk about a lease. Days (408) 943-6324, night (408) 267-8526.

Full keel ketch, f/g hull, teak decks, teak interior, 6'3” headroom, 5 sails, wheel, Barient self-tailers, Atomic 4, VHF, ds, k/l, Bruce anchors, boat cover, much more gear. Well maintained classic. Asking $31,000. (415)364-5193.

25-FT TRIMARAN

CREW/DELIVERY

16-FT LUGER DAYSAILOR

Modified Piver Mariner design, an excellent Bay boat, launched 1980, epoxy plywood, construction, excellent condition. 1983 7.5 o.b., 2 Bat System, VHF, Autohelm, ds, km & lots more. $20,000 invested. $12,000/offer (408) 266-7696 eves.

Amiable, labor oriented. Offshore experience, boat maintenance, repair, and cooking skills. Ready to sail anywhere. Available yesterday. Bruce Johnston, 3034 N. Goldie, Oak Harbor, WA. 98277. (206)675-1728.

Good rigging, sails, trailer. Includes life jackets, oars and anchor. Very good condition. $1,600 or best offer. 364-6808 evenings.

ACHILLES LS-4

28-FT MONTEREY FISHING BOAT FOR SALE

This great 4-man dinghy used only one season has inflatable keel, 8'6” length, 4 8-' beam, 924 lb capacity and Chrysler 4 hp o.b. This great package is yours for the incredible price of $750. Must sell. (408) 996-7050.

With 6 cylinder Greys gasoline engine. Both need some work. $5,000. Also 2 cylinder rebuilt diesel engine for sale. Call Merlyn at Stone Witch Expeditions. (415) 392-6778. Money to be used for Stone Witch restoration.

37' NICOL, COLD MOLDED TRIMARAN Sleeps six, 2 suits of sails, D.S., stereo, Twin OB, excellent con¬ dition, on Tomales Bay. $20,000. (415) 669-1576. 1

COLUMBIA 28

BEST BOAT

Excellent cruising boat with: new Yanmar diesel, new batteries, autopilot, knotmeter, depthsounder, VHF, stereo, full comple¬ ment of sails (including spinnaker), sleeps 6. $21,500/offer. (408) 688-7074 leave message.

20-ft fiberglass Bristol. Full keel, totally customized inside and out, 6 sail, steering vane, o.b., pulpit, anchors, etc. Extra heavy duty rigged for cruise and much, much more. Sails & looks excellent. $6,900/offer. Dan Temko 331-1446; 332-9100

INTERNATIONAL FOLKBOAT This Swedish beauty is fully equipped and ready to Bay sail, race or cruise. Extras include Navik, Avon Redstart, spinnaker gear, full electronics — and more! A steal at $18,000. Call Steve 528-2288.

APHRODITE 101 New Swan arriving soon and anxious to sell my 33-ft f/g Danish built sloop. Completely equipped with self-tacking jib, autohelm, spinnaker, VHF, Signets and diesel. Ready for short-handed cruising or racing. Great sailing, beautiful and in like-new condi¬ tion for $36,000. (415) 962-0613.

GEAR Tamaya Sextant, 7x50 scope, lighted, 6 filters, 1969, never used. Teak blocks. Bronze, 7/8” sail slides & old fashioned sail clips. Wire, 1x19 ss. Standing rigging, 1/4” Dia. Signal Flags, misc. (415) 325-5649.

MORE KNOTS PER $

R & C BAY CHARTERS

See 30 brokerage & 5 new multihulls on VHS. $50 deposit; $40 refunded on return of tape. Multihull Sales of the Northwest 2412 First Avenue South, Seattle, WA 98134-1422. (206) 367-0252.

Beautiful 50-ft ketch. $650 per day. Call Carey 383-2261

LAW OFFICES OF CORY A. BIRNBERG

SMALL SAILBOATS FOR SALE

Counsellors At Law and Prpctor in Admiralty. Emphasizing Admiralty, General Civil Litigation, Vessel Financing, Federal Practice, Fisheries, Bankruptcy, Offshore Activities, Marine Insurance. 261 World Trade Center, Ferry Building, San Francisco, California 94111. (415) 398-1040.

Looking for a small used sailboat like a Laser, Sabot, 505, or Flying 15? All these and more! New boats, sailboat rental, and lessons too. SEABIRD SAILING CENTER (415) 548-3730.

WORDS

Business letters, personalized form letters, forms, resumes, and reports typed for you at Mariner Square. Best view on the Estuary. I work while you look. Editing/ghosting, too. 2415 Mariner Square (behind Farallone Yachts) (415) 522-3355 page 195

PUBLIC AUCTION July 13,1985.10 a.m. Sausalito Marine Salvage, foot of Spring St., Sausalito. Complete inventory and shop equipment. Last day of business July 5th. Inspection dates July 13th, 8-10 a.m. Thousands of items plus boats, motors and vehicles. American Auctioneering, Belvedere, CA. Lie. #720. (415) 435-1118._

CATALINA 25 With berth. Trailer is available. Owner financing. This may be last year to deduct sales tax. Desperate owner has new boat. Make offer! (415)369-8055.

“0” INTEREST LOAN Col 2611, great condition, new rigging and engine. Knot & depth meters. Dodger & cover, AM/FM, VHF, autopilot, compass. Have new boat, must sell. B/O over $10,000—need $6,000—will carry balance interest free. Call Jay (415) 625-2162.

51-FT GARDEN KETCH (1981) — $99,500 F/G, teak int„ 5 staterooms, 10 berths, 2 heads/showers, refrig/freezer, 80 hp dsl eng., generator, autopilot, SatNav, furl¬ ing genoa/jib/main. Emery Cove Marina, Emeryville, Dock B — Slip 0 — anytime (owner liveaboard).

44-FT ALDEN SCHOONER Very comfortable cruiser. Last two owners have lived aboard with families. Easy to handle & efficient staysail rig. Good sails & rebuilt engine. $45,000. Creative financing by owner possible. David Cervin, P.O. Box 695, Balboa, CA 92661.

28-FT NICHOLS BUCCANEER 28' LOA, 21 '6” LWL, 7’8” beam, 46” draft, Atomic 4, jib, main, compass, 2 bilge pumps, head, classic S.F. Bay sloop. $5,200. Call (415) 944-9246.

LICENSED SKIPPER AVAILABLE This winter for Mexico. Would like a boatwatch position. Am available for trip up—down and will take care of boat while you commute. Ref available. Call Kurt 387-8294 eves, or mess, at 843-4200.

65-FT MOTORSAILER CatiPillar diesel, 3.5 kw diesel aux. Junk rig, blue dacron sails, some electronics, very roomy and a long haul sailor. Asking $60K. (415)331-8150.

VERTUE 25 OFFSHORE SLOOP Sisterships have sailed all over the world in safety and comfort. A stiff and forgiving boat. Built in 1965 of solid teak. In excellent condition and well-equipped. 6-ft headroom. $23 500 331-1080.

EXPRESS 37 PARTNERSHIP Obtain 50% partnership with an equity position of only $28,000. Afraid of partnerships, will make one year, month by month lease as you prefer. Want to race/cruise and have a good time. Call (415) 383-4390.

ULTIMATE LIVEABOARD Union 36 Cutter, berth at Pier 39 available. Free medical advice to buyer. All cruise gear, roller furl, diesel, full electronics, sleeps 6, inflatable, elec windlass, rewire 1984 and more. Ask $69,500. Call for Dr. John, 332-6109.

ISLANDER 36 SPINNAKER Used twice, 3/4 ounce, full, no problems, North. $1,400. (415) 383-4390. ‘

CREW WANTED Westerly Renown: England to USA via French canal system 4 months with Gonkholing, wine harvest time, priority to exp. sailors, French speaking high school or better, non-smoking, over 40, food share personal expenses only. (408) 730-8680.

BARIENT FOR SALE One 28ST stainless. Brand new. List approx: $1,700. Firm: $600. (415) 283-2269.

FREYA 39 Best factory finished. Good gear, good condition. $122,500/offer. (415) 387-5907. 1940 Grove/#4, S.F., CA 94117.

LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP For only $1,500 ($700 below the current cost), you can buy my single membership in the Club Nautique Sailing Club. A great hassle-free way to learn and charter on the Bay. (916) 334-5820.

ISLANDS R 30 MKII Reduced to $29,500/0ffer. 1976, Immaculate condition-—must be seen, Volvo diesel, pedestal steering, 2 yr. old do able reef main and 110% lapper, 90% jib, extra main, VHF, Windspeed, Knotmeter, Depthsounder, AM/FM stereo cassett e, 3 burner alcohol stove w/oven, shorepower. Many other extra s. Emeryville berth. (415) 421 -9440 days; (415) 824-2573 or (415) 574-4534 eves.

MATURE RETIRED COUPLE IN GOOD HEALTH WOULD LIKE to gain offshore sail cruising expr. as partners or replacement crew. Share exps. Boaters, expr. travelers, but not sailing. Chief interest S. Pac. Is—no time limit. Avail, for interview W. Coast aft. Sept. 1, '85. C.R. Koester, Box 56, Electric City, WA 99123.

26-FT CUTTER Wooden double-ender, with Seagull, SL windlass, 2 winches, lots of teak, mahogany, oak, and bronze. Very'sturdy, excellent condition. Good Bay boat and weekend cruiser. $5,000. (707) 552-8754 (Vallejo) PEARSON VANGUARD 33 Rhodes designed fiberglass sloop, dinette layout, new SS stand¬ ing rigging, Force 10 kerosene cabin heater, Taylor kerosene stove/oven, spinnaker gear, etc. $31,500. Fred (415) 857-1130 ext. 420. Message (408) 423-5893.

40-FT CUSTOM CHUCK BURNS ULDB 1982, 10,500 lbs., 70 sq ft masthead rig, PHRF 81, full race diesel, '84 Mylars, super race record, located Florida, 40% of replacement value. $65,000. Call Edd Broussard, (813) 596-3184 nights & weekends, (813) 870-2000 days.

CLAUDIA HALBERT June 18th was (is) your birthday. 1 didn't forget — just lost your phone number. Hope you had a good one. Would be good to hear from you. — Uncle Vance

BRISTOL CT-41 $55,000 — REDUCED $20,0001 Full keel f/g. New: int/ext. brightwork, LP hull, topsides/mast paint. US S/S rigging. Exc. survey (83). Perkins 4-107 w/less than 100 hrs. VHF, RDF, new dig. fatho, full cvr. Grt Ivabrd, stl shwr, 8 bags sails. 332-5400 days; 383-2261 eves. Rand.

BEAR NO. 46 YOGI 11 bags of sails, refastened 6-82, new running rigging, custom boom, beautiful to look at and sail, Harken blocks, Schaffer traveler, Knotmeter-Log, compass, new cushions, new interior paint and cabinets. 552-5580 weekdays; 585-2291 eves.

O'DAY 27 Excellent condition. Lots of extras. Roomy Bay cruiser. Must sell. $21,000 or best offer. Eves. (415) 658-6717.

PEARSON 33 1972 Pearson 33. Maintained in excellent condition. New engine & rigging, 12 bags of sails. A well found boat that sails well & fast. $36,000. (415) 459-3268 aft. 7 p.m.

NORDIC FOLKBOAT 25-FT U S. #65. All wood, perfectly maintained. Race ready or cruise. Full cover, tons of new equipment, incl beautiful new boom. Re¬ cent haul, paint and survey. Lots of TLC. Excellent Bay boat. Delta tool! $10,500. Richard (415) 522-6929

HELP WANTED Canvas seamstress: experience a plus. Call Bill at Pacific Coast Canvas 521-1829, Alameda.

SPEEDY SANTA CRUZ 27’ 1974, clean green hull, trailer, recent refinish inside and out. 5 sails, VHF, dry-sailed only. Excellent condition. Asking price $14,500. Call (408) 423-9902 or (415) 331-2451 eves. & weekends.

PEARSON 365 KETCH Good condition. Bargain price at $59,500. R Totman, 2505 Hayward Dr., Burlingame, CA 94010.

ISLANDER BAHAMA 24 Well maintained. '84 Honda 7.5 o.b., new rigging, head, galley, lifelines, jib, main, 150% genoa, sleeps 4, great Bay boat, lots of extra gear. Sausalito berth. $8,000/B.0. Will consider partner¬ ship. (415)334-0258.

STAR 22'8" Classic wooden Star, Swedish construction, excellent condition, all modern racing rig, North sails, trailer, cover white LPU paint with grey deck, floatation. $2,500. Rob (415) 989-8200 days; (415) 654-3121 evenings.

.s CATALINA 22 1975 swing keel. Trailrite trailer, 6 hp Johnson. DeWitt sails in excellent condition. Original sails too, anchors, Porta Potti, life jackets, battery, etc. Currently in use. $4,700 or best offer 843-9177 w; 524-1139 h.

DISCOUNT PRICES ON CRUISING EQUIPMENT Zeiss quality German Sex¬ tants, $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.

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PEARSON 30 1978. Excellent condition, main & 110, Atomic 4, pedestal wheel, knotmeter, fathometer, CQR on bow, VHS, double life lines, spreader lights, Kenyon alcohol 2 burner. Oyster Pt. Marina. $28K firm. Call Dick at (415) 239-4279.

CLUB NAUTIQUE MEMBERSHIP Lifetime family membership. $2,495.00 value. Sacrifice: $1,500.00. Call (707) 528-1392.

TRADITIONAL BOAT 17-ft Whitehall, fiberglass hull, teak trim, floatation. Very good condition. $1,850 or best offer. (9i 6) 666-9672.

48-FT MAPLE LEAF 1/8th time share of well organized 4-year-old partnership. $6,500 down, $280/mo. for all costs. Seeking mature individual, no financial lightweight please. Trades possible. (415) 865-2511

MARINE BUSINESS WANTED Experienced businessman wants marine related bus. Must net 75-100K per year. Consider partner. Income must be proveable. Contact: Michael Burk, days 9-6 (714) 821-4710.

LADY CREW WANTED Female partner wanted for cruise aboard 32-ft Pearson. Leave Oct. ’85 for Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama. Share food expenses and adventure. Ron (805) 527-7305.

FREEDOM 21 LEASE WITH OPTION TO BUY Available for long term lease. A boat with everything including EZ-Loader trailer. $215/mo. Option to purchase after 2 years. Surprise yourself... call for details. Gary (415) 865-2511.

SINGLE MALE — 31 Intends to continue extensive cruising. Loves travel and the sea. Currently living aboard his 38-ft cutter. Seeks female 25-35 with similar interests. Let's talk! Please send name and phone to Bob Box 312, Kentfield, CA 94904.

SANTANA 35 Must sell. $45,000. 11 sails, VHF, FM/stereo cassette, depth, speed, windpoint & speed, hydraulics, new Volvo Penta 15 hp! Excellent condition. Will deliver. (714) 494-1530.

MOORING FOR SALE Heavy duty mooring well-located in Pillar Point Harbor, Half Moon Bay. $1,900. (415) 462-7541.

10 HP HONDA One year old, long shaft, alternator, quiet, clean (burns straight gas): $800. 332-2994 eves.

CHEOY LEE OFFSHORE 27 1970 F/G, rebuilt Volvo diesel, depthsounder, ship/shore radio, wheel steering, binnacle compass, roller reefing, furling jib, cabin heater, galley, Berkeley berth and many extras. $27,000. Ray Cook, res. (415) 668-2423, bus. (415) 550-5174. FRESH WATER SANTANA 35 Race ready, many extras, ocean proved, great cruiser, Volvo diesel, Gori prop, Force 10 heater, extensive inventory for speed or cruising. 45K. (501)695-2397,(501)285-5116.

ORION 27 — 1/2 TIME USE 1/2 time use of Pacific Seacraft Orion 27 cruising cutter. Berthed at Berkeley. $250/month. Carl 321- 7778, eves.

BEAR NO. 41 Good condition. San Rafael berth. Masthead light, ground tackle, compass, excellent, Mercury outboard. $4,500. Days 459-3533 Gary 457-8045 eves.

IRS AUCTION 36-ft Pearson 365 1978. Westerbeke 4-cyl. ds! eng., 4 sails, dodger, shower, refrigerator, much more. Auction date:-July 25; minimum bid: $1,075. For more info call Revenue Officer Ed Sabrack in Oakland at (415) 273-4454.

SPECTACULAR G.G. TO BAY BRIDGE VIEW Point Richmond 2-bedroom house on beach for rent. Very private, quiet and clean. $1,275/month. 433-4000/864-5578 Anne.

1980 MOORE 24 Undoubtedly a classic. Still dominates every kind of winners list. Surf at 20+ knots. Fully equipped. New Larsen Mylar 6/85. Custom trailer. $15,950. (415) 865-2511.

INTERNATIONAL ONE DESIGN Beautiful recently restored wooden racing sloop. Pristine. Spinnaker. New jib and mainsail. 7% hp. Evinrude outboard. Peter Braunstein 525-3768.

ROWING BOAT 16'9"x3’10Herreschoff-Garden design. Featured in "Classic Small Craft II". Fixed seats. Two rowing positions. All wood. 8' spruce oars. 122 lbs. (415) 388-0900.

22-FT CHRYSLER 1979 Sailboat with trailer. Sails include main, 110, 150. Triradial spinnaker, Mylar racing sails used few times. Retractable keel, rudder, and Poptop with cover. Sliding galley, knotmeter, compass, and 6 hp Evinrude aux. $6,500/0ffer. (209) 299-4863.

CHANTILLY LACE Beautiful 1983 Hunter 31 can be yours! Fully equipt, ready to cruise or race (PHRF 159). Currently part of a successful timeshare program. Let us show you how to set up your own. Asking $42,000. Deb or George (415) 969-9992.

37-FT SEARUNNER TRI 1973, 25 hp Volvo MD2B, docum., 5 sails, a very complete cruising inventory, located in S.FL. Asking $36,000. Tel: (415) 935-0898.

COLUMBIA CHALLENGER 24 Fiberglass construction, stainless steel rigging, pulpit and lifelines. 4 full berths, head and galley. 4 new North sails, genoa and spinnaker. Aluminum bridge for controls, many extras. Mint condition. $6,000. 935-5140.

AVON LIFERAFT FOR SALE OR RENT 4 man, cannister, E-pack, new 1/83, certified 4/85. (415) 931-4384.

CAPE DORY 25D 1983. Like new, diesel, full keel, VHF, knotmeter, depthsounder, genoa. Spacious interior, sleeps 4. Quality throughout. Can be trailered. Looks and sails like a much bigger boat. $34,500. (415) 524-5791 or 237-9602.

YANKEE DOLPHIN 24-FT For sale or 1/3 partnerships. 1967 Sparkman & Stephens masthead sloop w/keel—cntrbrd. New mainsail & halyard, new 10 hp Honda o.b., f/g & teak recond., convenient Sausalito berth. $12,500. Contact Carey at Harbour Master Services. 332-2265.

CATAMARAN, 5.7 METER G-Cat with racing package, trailer and sailbox. Excellent condition. Used one year. $4,000. Evenings (415) 969-6761.

NEWPORT 28 Good Bay, Delta & offshore sloop. Fast, stable, & comfortable. C&C design. 110, 135 & Club jib. Atomic 4, sounder, Speedo, VHF, RDF, etc Fully equipt. Alameda Marina berth. $27,777 Race or cruise this beauty. George Roman: (415) 284-9180.

NORDIC 40-FT CHARTER Bareboat in the San Juans. Fast, comfortable sloop. All in¬ struments plus Loran, radar, all safety gear, 130 gal water, hot/cold pressure, shower, diesel engine. Beautiful warm teak interior, sleeps 7. (408) 867-9333.

40 HP OUTBOARD 1984 Tohatsu. Like new with manual and box. Too big for me — 1 need a 30 hp. Trade or $1,400 cash. Sonoma County to Santa Cruz. (707) 823-3776.

SANTANA 22 6 hp o.b., North sails, Barients, extras, berth available. $4,400/0ffer. (415) 854-2043.

1981 J/24 Tahoe boat, rarely used, well-maintained & stored winters. 2 sets of sails—one set new. Many extras incl. o.b. motor, stereo, companionway spinnaker launcher & tandem trailer. $16,500 or best offer. Call Niven evenings at (415) 572-8132.

ERICSON 30 — $24,500 Coyote Point berth, San Mateo. New interior, autopilot, spin¬ naker, inboard Atomic 4, singlehander. Well equipped, beautiful¬ ly maintained, terrific condition. Ready for Mexico or Bay racing: Must seel She’s beautiful! Will mail info. Bill (415) 321-0982.

50-FT DANISH GAFF-RIGGED KETCH, 1932. Oak on oak. Mahogany & teak interior. All maintenance records. 150 hp 400 rpm diesel. Sleeps 12.2 doubles. 14' sailing dinghy. VHF, RDF, radar, liferaft, central heating. Excellent world cruiser & liveaboard. (206) 762-5825.

COLUMBIA CHALLENGER 24 Fiberglass with fixed full keel, stainless steel rigging, pulpit & lifelines. Flush deck & roomy cockpit. 4 full berths, head, 3 sails. Recent gel-coat & haul-out. Low maintenance! Must see. $4,000. (415)641-5169.

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Beautiful 46-ft Seastar cutter, wheelhouse, 2 staterooms (sleeps 9), 2 heads. One of the best equipped boats on Bay: Loran, autohelm, stereo, T.V., dinghy, refrig, microwave, h/c water. Fantastic Emery Cove (Emeryville) location — 5 minutes into Bay. $250/daily. (408) 996-7050.

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CHARTER WASHINGTON SAN JUAN ISLANDS New Hunter 37 sailboat available this Summer from Anacortes, WA. Fully equipped, 2 staterooms, sleeps 7. $850 per week. Contact Arnie Seppi, 4163 Beach Dr. S.W. #201, Seattle, WA 98116. (206) 937-0241. page 197

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CHARTER — SAN FRANCISCO Cruise the Bay aboard our luxurious Islander 32 sailboat. Bareboat or skippered. Berthed near Jack London Square (Oakland) restaurants, free parking. Sleeps five. Hot showers, stereo, TV, VHF, inboard. $125/day. Call now for details. Alan, 800-221-3640.

PLAN TO HAVE YOUR DENTAL WORK DONE IN LA PAZ, MEXICO Dr. Martin Cruz speaks English, does fine work, and won’t overcharge. Cruise longer on the money you save. Office 309-1 Independence. Phone 2-34-05. Or ask on channel 22 net.

SANTANA 22 WITH TRAILER

MacGREGOR 25

CATALINA 22

10 sails including spinnaker gear and new 150% jib. New rebuilt o.b. New LPU decks. Stainless rigging, tabernacle mast, adj. backstay, knotmeter, many extras. $5,500; $6,300 w/trailer. Tom Bard: 228-1848 (h); 842-0358 (wk).

1978 w/trailer: many upgrades & extras including 9.9 hp Evinrude long shaft, VHF, stereo, self-tending jib, boom & whiskerpole, bow pulpit, head, cockpit cushions, knotmeter & compass, & much more. $7,000. (415) 726-3256.

1971 swing keel with Genoa, jib and reefed main, 6 hp o.b. and extras. Needs minor work and cosmetics- but sound and dry. Richmond marina. As is $3,500 or best offer. Jim, weekdays (415) 666-2360.

“SHAMROCK LADY"

WANTED TO BUY:

CATALINA 27

Cheoy Lee Offshore 41, ketch, 77, SatNav, HF Transceiver, weather-fax, VHF, depthsounder, vane, autopilot, ref/freezer, microwave, 3.5 kw gen., 10 sails, 2 dinghys, liferaft. Mint cond. $94,500 offers. Call collect (619) 226-6896.

Pr. men’s original light-weight rubber Sperry Topsider Sailing Boots. U.S. made about 1972, solid black, white squeegee sole & heel. Will pay $50 if reasonable condition. Med. or large. Write: 527 Wellington, Seattle, WA 98122. (206) 325-0723.

Beautiful condition. Atomic 4, many extras, berth. If you're look¬ ing for a 27-ft, 1 don't believe you'll find a nicer one anywhere. Moved to a Catalina 30-ft and must sell. $16,700. Evenings (408) 737-1119.

NOVA INFLATABLE

40-FT DOCK, PIER MARINA 39

CHEOY LEE OFFSHORE 27

8'4" sportboat, inflatable floor, wood transom, weighs 34 lb. Capacity 950 lb., max 5 hp. Good for diving or tender for small boat. Used once. $425/best offer. „ (415)655-3962.

Slip for sale or lease. Very good location. (213) 622-5033 R. Cheifer Monday thru Friday 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m.

Beautifully maintained F/.G, Volvo diesel, teak decks, white alum, spars. At home lounging in the Delta, bashing up the coast, and a fine day sailer on the Bay. Don’t miss this one. 383-1543.

ISLANDER 34

1980 YORKTOWN 35

1968. Ready to cruise. Aries vane, new dodger, 6 sails, 3 an¬ chors, km, log, ds, VHF, RDF and lots more. A great shorthanded cruiser & liveaboard. $42,000. Leave ijiessage for Craig Zimmerman (415) 865-3386.

$40,000 Volvo diesel, new rigging. Evenings (415) 345-6711

BROWN 40-FT SEARUNNER TRI Volvo MD-25, Barient winches, etc. Excellent condition. $50,000. (415) 797-0778.

PARTIALLY USED GENNY

PROVEN BLUEWATER MOTORSAILER

Sutter sail 7.2 oz jib, bolt rope for Hood roller furling, luff 44’5”, foot 227", leech 41’2", L.P. 20‘6”. Used 1 Vz summers. Excellent condition. Asking $700. (415) 342-1746 eves.

BRITISH COLUMBIA WATERFRONT PROPERTY FOR SALE

1965 Eldridge-Mclnnes Ketch 44’ on deck; center cockpit; Lehman-Ford 120 hp diesel new 1981; spruce masts; mahogany hull, rest teak; 4 kw gen, all-channel VHF, 1^-mi radar; 160-F (recording) & 40-F depth finders; autopilot; meeh. refrig/freezer w/110 unit; butane stove/oven; radarrange; washing machine; 3 anchors; 250' chain; rode for all anchoring conditions; mech. windlass; 7 sails; other extras/features. Located La Paz, Mexico. Marta Sutton (818) 888-1056; 20360 Gilmore St„ Canoga Park CA 91306.

Year round anchorage. Eight acres, 600’ on water. Cottage, or¬ chard, garden. Suitable retirement, or group use. $80,000. (415) 523-9011.

32-FT GRAND BANKS 1979 FIBERGLASS Flybridge, fully equipt, low hours, beautifully maintained, com¬ plete canvas including Delta & bimini. Raytheon 2600 radar and much more. $78,000. Business (415) 357-4840, home (415) 523-5716.

CHEOY LEE CLIPPER KETCH 36-FT Luders cruising yacht, fiberglass, diesel, 1984 survey, bristol condition. Teak decks, teak cabin overlay, full keel, pedestal, big equipment inventory. Owner (805) 984-6549. $65,000.

MUST SELL 1984 demo. Fast 345. Camper & Nicholsen design by Ron Holland, built by Fast Yachts. $50,000. (415) 969-3317.

WANTED

CAL 34

Used 120-125 or 130 No. 2 Genoa for Islander 36. Have you replaced one of these with a Mylar sail? Phone info and price to (916) 635-8810.

For sale/lease/rent. 1968. Roller furl headsail, new electrical 110/12 volt, Atomic 4, Unifridge, Loran C, Tillermaster, heater, VHF, ds, AM/FM cassette, more. $34,000/B.0. Will finance/trade for downpayment. Wayne 398-2485 days; 485-5412 eves.

FULL KEEL SLOOP

CORONADO 27

FOR SALE

26-ft Contessa. Excellent condition. $17,450/best offer. Ted (415) 521-7810, 522-8893.

Sail this summer—great Bay boat. 6'1" headroom, separate enclosed head, 3 sails, 6 hp Johnson electric start, like new. Electronics. Interior like new. Located Redwood City berth. $12,000/B.0. (415) 364-6403 leave message.

Half interest in 30’ fast, pretty, petite, racing cutter Starbuck. $9,000. Complete with new sails & sailmaker. Need partner with time, energy & desire. Age, sex, experience of secondary con¬ cern. Donald 523-9011.

1980 CAL 39

MYLAR GENOA

SEA BLOSSOM

Must sell! $100,000.00 boat will be sacrificed for $75,000.00 cash. Contact Angel at (408) 288-6363.

North sail 155% 4.9 oz. J=15'0; l=46'6". Cut for a CAL 35. Like new! $2,349 or best offer. Atlantis foul weather suit, large jacket & pants: $130. Womens size 9 deck shoe, excellent: $20 Call (415) 783-8173.

Junk rigged Nor'Sea 27, custom layout, So. Pacific vet, monitor vane, Yanmar, 4 anchors, Avon w/o.b., ham radio, scuba, more. Ready to cruise, $35,000. Pictures. 19738 Gilmore, Woodland Hills, CA 91367. (213) 472-9428.

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1974 CORANADO 35

FREEDOM 40

4 cylinder Westerbeke diesel. Teak interior, autopilot, CNG stove, Data marine instruments. Coyote Point berth. $44,500. Days (415) 592-1044. Eves (415) 349-4901.

Two cabin, center cockpit sloop. Excellent condition, diesel aux¬ iliary, anchor windlass, plow anchor w/200 ft. chain, self¬ tending jib w/150 spar jib, 70 gal water and diesel, self-steering vane. $42,500. (415)898-1280.

1981. Clean, fast* easy to sail. Good instrumentation/radios. Large aft cockpit w/large lockers. Staterooms fore/aft. Large saloon/galley area in between. Will provide haulout/survey before purchase. $128k/B.O. (415) 592-1567.

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PEARSON 28

GROUNDTACKLE FOR SALE

OLSON 30

75 lb. C.Q.R. anchor: $275; 200 lb. Danforth: $200; 60-ft 5/8 gal. chain: $100. Want 45 C.Q.R., Scuba gear (415) 332-1259.

11 bags sails, including 4 Mylar jibs, Signet instruments, 4 hp Evinrude o.b., VHF, Micron 22, bottom faired, race ready. Berth G20 Monterey. $25,500. Call (408) 375-4488.

78 F/G sloop, Atomic 4 & in mint condition. Ideal for rac¬ ing/cruising or family outing. Sails, VHF, compass, knotmeter, depthfinder, etc. Rigged for singlehand sailings. $25,900. Must see to appreciate. (415) 768-1732 days; (415) 254-4225 eves.

BALBOA 22, 1982

WESTSAIL 28

Perfect condition. Fixed keel, standard ds, Saturn compass, Lewmar winches, anchor locker, Jiffy reefing, ladder, running lights, pop-top, sleeps 5, sink, head. Stored on E-Z Load trailer. Good Bay boat. $9,950 or trade for powerboat. (415) 634-0149.

EXCALIBUR 26, 1966

Teak deck, fath., Autohelm 2000, solar charger, RDF, VHF, SSB, bonded, Avon raft, Avon Redcrest, windlass, 35 lb. CQR, 275' chain, storm sails, genaker, 23 hp Volvo. Cruise ready. $60,000 cash or real estate equity. (818) 792-3138 weekdays.

3 mains, 3 jibs, spinnaker gear, sleeps 5, full galley, enclosed head, 6 hp o.b., RDF, many extras. Well-maintained. Excellent, fast & dependable Bay or ocean racer/cruiser w/great PHRF rating. $8,000. 581-6141.

MEXICO $1,225/WEEK — 10% OFF ON SECOND TIME. OFF SEASON S99/DAY, $650/WEEK. 41-ft Morgan Out Island bareboat or skippered, fully equipped, Zodiac dinghy, Windsurfer, Snorkel gear, 7'h outboard, etc. Sleeps 7 in 3 cabins — mid-cockpit. Bob Moore (415) 892-0340.

GREAT BARRIER REEF CAIRNS One bedroom self-contained units. 7 days including one day sailing. $280.00 single; $360 00 double. Gray Whale Charters, P.O. Box 1823, Cairns, OLD. 4870 Australia Phone (070) 51-9249

CRUISE CHANNEL ISLANDS

SCENIC STEAMBOAT CRUISE

In a well found 42-foot cutter. Call (818) 360-9844 for rates and schedule. Bowers Charter and Development Co.

On the Petaluma River Authentic 38-foot long sidewheeler. Tule Princess Steamboat Co., Ltd. $25/person, 4/6 people. (415) 843-2523

37-FT BILL GARDEN MOTORSAILER SLOOP Wood lovers' delight. 3-3/8" thick mahogany planking, new Sitka spruce spar, teak int davit hung dinghy, 1977 Perkins dsl, stove, wheel steering & autopilot. Great liveaboard with aft cabin. Recent survey. A steal at $34,000. Multihull Sales (206) 367-0252 2412 First Ave South, Seattle, WA 98134-1422.

ODUS HAYES Marine Surveyor Wood — Glass — Steel — Ferro-cement 32 years in yachting — serving all of California — competitive prices 24-hour answering service. P.O. Box 1122, Sausalito, CA 94966 (415) 388-8034 page 198

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. CHALLENGER 40 SLOOP Full keel, diesel, Kenyon wind gauges, VHF, RDF, 2 refrigerators, depthfinder, shower, 200 gal water, 5 sails, all teak-mahogany interior, 7 Barlows, stove, oven, battery charger, lots more. Great shape. Firm. $75,000. (408) 353-1015. CAL 29’ers RACE OR CRUISE For great cruising and exciting one-design racing, join the CAL 29’s Association. Meet new friends, have good fellowship and learn more about CAL 29's. Call Phil Gardner (415) 865-2424

42-FT SAILBOAT 90% completed. New Ford Lehman 253 velvet drive. Reduction gear 2.5 to 1. Just needs sails. (619) 565-4507.

WESTSA L 32 Late model. Virtually new. Hull 4f734. Volvo 3 cylinder diesel engine (200 hours). Oversized Chrome Barient seif-tailing '< winches & lots of them. Beautiful ile and Hawaiian Koa wood interior. Diesel heater. Shipmate sto trie autopilot. New Avon dinghy. D gital RDF. This boat has never been blue water sailed. You will nr)t find a newer, better, prettier Westsail 32 anywhere at any p rice. Sausalito berth. Asking (415)332-2257. $63,000. Owner.

1980 CATALINA 25 Spacious & dependable Bay cruiser with ’82 BMW dsl. Fresh bottom paint Jan. 1985. Well maintained. VHF, ds, km, Windspeed, plus lots of optional equipment $19,500 or offer. (415) 829-1386; (415) 947-6848 (leave message). SEX Now that 1 have your attn., 1 have a 1969,23’ Ericson for sale. It has a 6 hp o.b., 3 sails, df, sink, icebox. Recent bottom paint & survey. Sleeps 4. Great Bay/Delta sailboat. Surveyed value $7,850. Nice cond. Asking $6,850. Weekdays (415) 665-5553. O'DAY 22 — HOBIE 16 1976 shoal draft with 3 sails, porta-potti, new upholstery and 6 hp Johnson o.b. Excellent Delta cruiser that sleeps 4 easily. Boat is in dry storage. $5,500 or make an offer. Hobie 16 with many extras $2,500. (415) 634-5488 or 4009.

41-FT PHILLIP RHODES BOUNTY II 1959 F/G sloop. Perkins 4-108 May 84, Hyde prop, electronics, windlass, fore & aft chain lockers, alum, spars, 5 sails, propane, Shipmate stove, U-shaped galley, h/c pres, wtr, shwr, inflatable, o.b. $45,000/offer. (805) 964-9905 or 964-1559 eves/weekend.

1984 SANTANA 30/30 GP TOUCHE' 1984 National Champion, loaded, Sobstads, Loran, diesel, Signets, grafite bottom. All the best. With $8,000 down assume $36,000 at 11.75%. Yacht in new condition. May trade down. (619) 481-3003.

34-FT ANGLEMAN CLASSIC KETCH Bristol condition, custom built in Japan, 8 sails, Loran, VHF, autopilot, depthsounder, dinghy, Albin diesel recently ■ over¬ hauled. Full boat cover, much more. Ideal liveaboard and berth. Owner financing possible. $55,000. (415) 254-0524.

CATALINA 36 1984 like new, ready for cruising from Hawaii to the Mainland or on to So. Pacific. Loaded over $40,000 in equipment, including SatNav, single sideband, 6 sails, etc. $79,000. (808) 235-1960.

37-FT CRUISING SAILBOAT Cedar on oak, flush deck, cutter rig, Volvo aux., VHF, Loran, fathometer, battery charger, sailing dinghy, diesel cabin heater, new 12V & 110 wiring. Redwood City berth. $28,000. Jack Becker (415) 364-6453 days; 321-0570 eves.

MINT ALBERG 35 1965—completely restored in ’84. New: LP, int., chrome, North main, batteries. 5 headsails, Westerbeke 4-107, Barient 27 ST’s, Espar heater, Edson wheel, ap, Icom, cold machine, windlass, full elec., extras. $59,500. (206) 365-3888 h; 241-1353 w.

43-FT WOODEN KETCH FOR SALE Center cockpit/aft cabin. 9 bags sails, fireplace. Hot water, new stainless water tanks, rebuilt Perkins 107. Excellent structural condition but still needs some interior finishing, some cosmetic & mechanical work. Priced accordingly. Jere Austin 234-3082.

CATALINA 27-FT 1977, inboard, with slip in Alameda. Good condition. Beautiful way to sail the Bay I $17,900. (415) 838-8003 days; (415) 837-1843 evenings.

CRUISE MAINE & NOVA SCOTIA Experience offshore and coastal sailing on Blue Sky — a Mason 43. Enjoy very economical share expense-type cruising. Call Bob LeFevre or Linda Dowd. (209) 524-1211.

31-FT SEARUNNER A-frame with tramps & deck grating, West System. Includes dodger, wheel steering, Barient self-tailing winches, vane steer¬ ing, 10 hp Honda on custom bracket, electronics, 7 sails & much more. Exc. cond. $32,500. Offers invited. (805) 647-9409

36-FT WOODEN SLOOP Built in Norway, owner will sacrifice to the right person. Reoent haul-out and survey. Make Offer!! Private owner: (415) 522-2525.

FOR SALE Loran C Trimble 100. The best way to find your way around the race course. (408) 371-1897 eves.

CATALINA 22 1977 swing keel, pop top, Odyssey sails, Porta-potti, galley, Johnson o.b., trailer, much more. Boat is in beautiful condition. Very little saltwater use. $5,950. (707) 823-2224 weeknights.

CLASSIC 1967 HOOD “BLACKWATCH 37" YAWL Sistership to Mimi & Dan Dyer’s Rabbit. Berths for 6, galley w/Technautics refrig., propane stove, press. H20. 47 hp Westerbeke dsl w/filters, spares, etc. 22 bags Hood sails. Loran, Ham, ADF, Fatho, VHF, knots, w.s., stereo, a.p., EPIRB, strobe. 35#CQR-300' chain, 3 others w/chain/nylon, S-L windlass & morel Avon Redcrest w/C02, canopy, flrbrds & 4 hp Johnson o.b. Trade up to Irg ersng boat or down to ? $70K. Currently ersng Sea of Cortez—will deliver. H. Stevens, 9568 Hamilton Ave. #169, Huntington Beach, CA 92646 for pics, specs, etc.

MOVING MUST SELL 37’ diesel custom ketch, cold-molded covered in F/G. 6 bags of sails, 4 anchors, new radio, wheel steering dinghy. Remodeled inside. Great Bay & ocean boat. Excellent condition. $39,500. Bill (415) 794-0305 eves.

80% OF USE FOR 20% OF COSTS!!!! Fantastic partnership opportunity available; loaded Islander 36, race and cruise equipped. $6,000 cash plus $250 month. Other partners rarely use the boat due to extremely busy schedules. Jim (415) 893-9196.

ERICSON 38 1984 Ericson 381 sloop. Dsl, h&c pres, water. Complete nav sta w/Datamarine instru. Pedestal compass & instru. Fully equipt w/upgraded winches & gear, & many extra amenities. Located at Marina Village, Alameda. (415) 769-8841 evenings. GLADIATOR 24 Lapworth design, active Bay racing class, Berkeley berth. Good condition. Pop-top design with 6-ft headroom. A fine boat for racing or cruising. $5,000 or best offer. (415) 948-5623.

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23-FT ERICSON

3 years old. Excellent condition. (415) 372-0755.

Built 1969. 6 hp outboard, 3 sails, depthfinder. Recent bottom paint and survey. Sleeps 4. Great Bay/Delta sailboat. Very nice condition. Asking $6,850. Weekdays (415) 665-5553.

BOATique CURTAINS —

MARINE SURVEYOR

EAST BAY SAIL CLEANING — ONE WEEK REPAIRS 647 Pacific Avenue

(415)523-9011

CHARTER Lee Stephens Reverie, beautiful 46-ft cutter available for spring and summer charter; fully equipped: autohelm, Loran, Nav Station, dinghy with o.b., etc. Rates $250/day. Special rates for mid-week, weekly and monthly charters. Lee Stephens Yachts (408) 996-7050.

THERE’S A SCHOOL IN YOUR MAILBOX! Learn practical navigation directly from Solo TransPac vet Mike Pyzel. Home-study course has 8 concise, complete and enjoyable charting lessons. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. Brochure. PYZEL NAVIGATION & CRUISING 86 Olive Mill Rd., Santa Barbara, CA 93108/(805) 969-4195.__ page 199

FOR THE GOOD GAY LIFE AFLOAT The largest gay yacht club in northern California, the Barbary Coast Boating Club, welcomes both sail boaters and power boaters. For membership info, call: (415) 753-5017 or (415) 237-1213.

C&C LANDFALL 35

We are back in the Bay Areal! Call for a quote for CURTAINS for your sail or power boat. CURTAIN LOFT AmDhlett-B, San Mateo (415) 342-5710

(415) 523-9011 BOGART & GORING SAILMAKERS Alameda, California 94501

MUST SELL Immac. Ranger 23. Race equipt, 2 chutes, VHF, new hull paint, lots of extras; Sausalito berth. Free sailing lessons or race coaching included. Must see! Best offer. 435-4902.

BRIAN O'DONOGHUE Consultant

Appraiser Phone (415) 461-6347

AMATEUR STEEL BOATBUILQING WORKSHOP ‘85 August 22-25,4-days of intense training covering all phases of building your own yacht of steel. All students will gain first hand experience in various construction techniques. SIERRA YACHTWERKS' Box 9951, Tahoe Valley, CA 95731. (916) 544-4933.

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 (4151849-3041 / Telep: 34395 CMS INC BERK

HANDS-ON INSTRUCTIONAL CRUISES Enjoy learning heavy weather sailing, anchoring, navigation, spinnakers & cruising skills. Join Solo TransPac skipper Mike Pyzel 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.

“FOOL'S GOLD I Olson 30. 7 bags North sails, o.b., primaries 23 ST's, Loran, IVHF, Datamarine, depth/speed log, VDO wind set. Must sell — I make an offer. (707) 964-6433 or (916) 893-3276.

J-30 RACER/CRUISER I Loaded with Loran, 55 ch VHF, autopilot, Datamarine instr. stereo, 12 bags sails (7 new in '83 & '84, 4 new Mylar head sails), teak sole & table, running backstays, many options, ab¬ solutely mint cond. $42K. Gary Chandler (714) 499-3775 nites.

FOR SALE: 24-FT JOLLYROGER

1979 PERRY 47 — SACRIFICE 47-ft ketch, built 1979. Designed by Bob Perry. Ideal cruiser, liveaboard, income charter. Teak decks, center cockpit. Beautiful, light, teak interior. 2 separate cabins, 2 heads. Aft cabin with separate shower and head. Pressure water, fridge, VHF, stereo, inflatable, outboard, much more. Engine and haulout surveys done less than one year ago. Must sell soon. $114,900/Offer. Call (415) 658-0606 evenings & weekends. Call Elaine (415) 428-9191 days.

SANTANA 22

FOR SALE — NEW

Full race rigged, 2 sets sails + spinnaker, Hull No. 61 is lighter than later models. Newly rebuilt 6 hp Evinrude, stainless keelbolts/chainplates. Emeryville berth, graphics, extras. New baby in family, must sell. $6,200/o.b. „ (415) 362-7673 days.

SC Solarcharger: $400; Achilles LT2D dinghy: $350; Combi Autohelm 1000: $300; Parachute Sea Anchor: $75. Used: Norcold 12/115v refrig: $300; IIOOw gas alternator: $350; 1 h.p. o.b.: $200; Zig Zag sailmaker: $125. (415) 349-8480.

Seven sails including spinnaker, CQR & Dansforth anchors, VHF, new Signet digital depthsounder, dodger, self steering vane, 7.5 hp Evinrude o.b. Complete and in excellent shape for your Bay experience! $7,500/offer. (415) 883-3659 after 6 pm

E-22 Competitively rigged, full sail inventory, excellent racing record $10,500. With trailer. John 388-6755.

ISLANDER 36 Price reduced to $49,000 on this well-maintained, fully equipped, popular class boat. Barient winches, low engine mileage, Coyote Point berth. Original owner. (415) 574-1208 eves.

STAR 6438

MERIT 25

Custom built for owner in 1979. Excellent condition, very fair and stiff, Harken throughout, all go fasts, full cover, galvanized trailer, Sobstad, North and Melges sails, lots of extras, nothing elsetobuy. 481-1317.

TOO MANY CARS, NOT ENOUGH BOATS

Ready to race. Comfortable family boat. $16,500. (415) 829-5069.

Sell or trade beautifully restored (exterior, interior, engine) red 1965 Porshe 36SC ($15,500) for all or part of your Tartan 10, Express 27 or other fast one design. Harry 388-6531; (707) 545-2470.

FOR SALE Club Nautique, Mariner Square, Alameda — Family Membership $2,000. Save $495. Membership includes lessons — Basic to Blue Water, discount charters, parties, seminars, clinics. Month¬ ly dues $25.00. Call weekends or after 6 p.m. (415) 939-9516.

TARTAN 37 Cruise ready — priced right. 4 h.s., 2 spin. Rigged for short handed sailing, Aries wind vane, Autohelm, dodger, all instr., pressure h/c water & more. Don’t miss this one. $78,000 — lets deal. Dajp (408) 245-9291.

FOR SALE Pearson Electra: Good first boat with room to grow in a 30-ft S.F. berth. Good condition. Call (415) 731-8022,

1982 CATALINA 25 CUSTOM Two mains, two jibs, VHF, depth, compass, 10 hp Honda. Halyards lead aft, new upgraded stronger mapt. New upgraded rudder allows boat to sail 80% better. Teak an<J holly cabin sole with standing headroom. Dan 799-0643 $16,000.

HUNTER 30 SAILBOAT 1977. Loaded. Jiffy reefing, club jib, cabin top main sheet traveler, heater, tw life line gates, painted mast, s/s boarding lad¬ der, low hrs on dsl & more. $5,000 of extras added. Steal for $25,000. Price firm. (916) 486-0589 or (916) 484-0232.

FIRE SALE (WITHOUT THE FIRE)!

CAPTAIN’S CHOICE

MUST SELL! Need the money. Beautiful, fully equipped, 34’ classic cruising cutter. Built in 1980, this fiberglass doubleender is in excellent condition. Equipment includes Yanmar diesel, digital depthfinder, digital KM, VHF, RDF, autopilot, rollerfurling jib, club-footed staysail, propane stove with oven and broiler, diesel cabin heater, stereo. Perfect for cruising or liveaboard. Must be seen to be appreciated. Recent survey available. Price negotiable. 921-2133.

Lovely, conscious, dark-eyed lady — savvy and sophisticated — would love to meet kind gentleman for big boat sailing on the Bay. Write: P.0. Box 620337, Woodside, CA 94062.

TAYANA 37 Cruise equipped bluewater vessel, excellent condition, 6 sails, SatNav, Loran, knotlog, VHF, depth, windlass, 3 anchors, 300-ft chain, 300-ft rode, monitor windvane, autopilot, dodger, EPIRB, much more. $85,000. (415) 522-2770.

LIVEABOARD KETCH FOR SALE

DEL REY 24

Price reduced on this 40-ft Newporter ketch, 1958, documented, cruise ready, just surveyed. Loran C, SSB, VHF, autopilot, hailer, fatho, stereo, fireplace, * elec, head, Mercedes dsl, immac. Must sell, divorce. $72,500/6.0. Eves. (415) 229-2574.

Full keel, good stiff boat for Bay sailing. Bow and stern pulpits, lifelines, wheel steering, two main sails, 2 jibs, self-tending club jib and Johnson 6 h.p. motor. $7,500/offer. (415) 471-5795.

BERTH — 36-FT PIER 39

MAST

Sunny side of D dock. Rent below market. Available immediately. 932-6678 evenings.

38-ft France spar for a 32-ft boat. New. Damaged in shipment but still useable. $500 or best offer. Can be seen at San Leandro Marine Center.

PIER 39 BOAT SLIP — 36-FT San Francisco waterfront — rent a 36' upwind facing slip for $215/mo., short or long term. Telephone connections, dis¬ counted parking, security guards, shower, shopping center restaurants, and a view! Call (415) 523-9638 evenings.’

FRISCO FLYER

FORESPAR 65-FT MAST

25-ft Cheoy Lee sloop. Farrymann diesel, drifter, twins plus etc. With berth No.1226, Coyote Point. $7,000 or best offer. Dan 591-9264.

New, sloop or cutter rig, triple spreaders, internal halyards (2 main, 2 jib, 2 spinnaker), tricolor masthead light with strobe, running back tangs, compression struts at spreaders. Blue LP. S4'500^. (818)348-6376.

TAYANNA 37-FT 1978 Beautifully maintained cutter rig, Perkins 4-108 diesel, autopilot, windvane, custom refrig, (engine driven), SatNav, Ham radio, dodger, decorator designed int., T.V., VHS, more. Cruise ready. Avail, in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. $84,700. (415) 834-2293.

CREW AVAILABLE Exp., enthus. couple desires to gain seatime for C.G. lie. We're well accomplished in the sailing arts & avail, for dlvry, maint. & pleasure cruising globally. Res/refs provided. Tracey & William, P.O. Box 1408, San Luis Obispo, CA 93406. (805) 541-5929.

CATALINA 22-FT 1975, trailer, swing keel, outboard (new), sliding galley, head, CB, tape deck, other extras — fresh water use only, perfect con¬ dition. $6,200. R. Borrelli (415) 838-2972 (h); (415) 946-0400 (w).

FREEPORT ISLANDER 36 Ideal cruiser/liveaboard 1978 sloop, excellent condition, full in¬ strumentation, refrigeration, SS oven, Barient winches, dodger diesel, roller furling, TV, VHF, stereo, electric windlass.’ $85,000/B.0. (707) 745-2797.

41-FT CHEOY LEE KETCH FOR SALE Excellent condition. Complete spinnaker gear; most Cheoy Lee custom equipment plus many extras; offshore sail ready; full custom teak interior; Avon 6-man liferaft w/full pack; custom cockpit cushions; custom stereo system; gas stove; 5 sails; have 3 pages of equipment & inventory list; all personal items incl. pots, plates, towels, utensils; will work with buyer on any extras they might want. $105,000. Sale by owner. Days (415) 221-8282; Eves (415) 383-4217 Seriously for sale.

CHARTER THE NORTHWEST: SAN JUANS, GULF ISLANDS inland waters of British Columbia Bareboat sail vessels: Cal 2-27, Catalina 30, Truant 33, Fantasia 35, Swan 371, CT 38 Passport 458. Bareboat power vessels available. Call: Sam Knapp c/o Jack Barr Sales’ Alameda (415) 865-1035. Write: Adventure Charters, P.O. Box 428, LaConner, WA 98257

TAMAYA NC-77 NAVIGATION CALCULATOR Got celestial navigation in your sights? This trusty instrument has seen me through many passages. It’s in great shape' $14500-

(415) 386-1812 eves.

ATOMIC 4 New, only 32 hours. Not broken in yet, zil reduction complete. $2,000 — Hurry and hear it run (415) 793-3218.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY BRANCHISE INTO MARINE CANVAS PRODUCTS Complete shop set up and training provided. Excellent opportunity for outdoor types and boat L°.v^,?.,Several locations available. Investment required. INTERESTED PARTIES CONTACT PACIFIC COAST CANVAS, 2025 CLEMENT AVE., ALAMEDA, CA 94501.

STILETTO 27 1979 high performance Catamaran with trailer, outboard motor and excellent sail inventory. Race ready, sleeps 4 with galley. Owner anxious $15,500/Offers. Stockdale Marine (916)944-1232

MARINE SWAP MEET Saturday, July 20,1985. 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Great bargains for all marine related items. Free Seller spaces — Call to reserve in advance. BALLENA ISLE MARINA, 1150 Ballena Blvd., Alameda, CA

SAILING INSTRUCTOR WANTED .Coast Guard License, ASA Certificate, or Teaching Experience Required To work weekends call (415) 363-1390.

n£!fAfi?THERS “?AN JUAN ,SLANDS & CANADIAN WATERS

7 7 night 8tt day weeks. Sleep aboard the night before; taRe those dollars & sail some more' Cal, Catalina 27's: $525; Irwin 30: $600; Catalina 30: $650; Mariner 36 ketch $850 Vahan (415) 523-5528.

5361 BeNinaham* WA 08997^’ 5361, Bellingham, WA 98227.

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CtaSXffpJS (206) 733-2125,24-hours.

P4ge JOO

NORDIC FOLKBOAT

LOOKING FOR A COMFORTABLE ROOMY LIVEAB0AR07

Restored. Good condition. New spar and sails. New rigging, full cover. Seagull o.b„ most hardwares new. Good Bay boat. Asking $6,750 but will consider all reasonable offers or trade for MGA. (415) 992-0332.

Lots of storage space, inside steering, h&c pressure water, teak interior, bright & sunny. 39-ft Pilothouse cutter, 60 hp Isusu engine, well-maintained. Perfect for cruising & serious sailing. $77,000. (408)988-1173.

BUCCANEER 18 AND TOYS

SINGLEHANDEO SAILOR'S 25-ft Cheoy Lee sloop, 1964 glass hull, teak deck and cabin, very fast, strong and pretty. Much cruising equipment inc. wind vane. Asking $13,500. Charlie, evenings (408) 372-2578.

C & C36

30-FT BIRD SLOOP New teak cockpit. Classic woodie. Good buy at $6,500. (415) 668-4155.

Liferaft Solar Still, never opened: $50. Fiberglass, Sabot sailing dinghy (complete): $380.110 lb. Danforth anchor, MKII for 60’ to 100’ boat, good condition: $250. Sea Chef stove, oven, pressure tank, works good: $60. Sacramento (916) 372-0250.

Cruise, liveaboard or race and win. Diesel powered 1979 sloop. Fully equipped. 11 Barients (4 self-tailing), 5 bags Pinapples sails, spinnaker gear, rod rigging, 2 anchors with chain and rode, bow roller, stern boarding ladder, Avon Redcrest, hot/cold pressure water, shower, gimbaled brass lamps, customized teak interior fully stocked, stereo, VHF, Nav station, Signet KM, WP, WS, Impluse DS. Maintained and upgraded to better than new. Bristol condition. $68,500. (415) 435-1207.

Very fast day sailor by Chrysler, incl. trailer: $2,500/offer. AMF TIGA sailboard, never used: $500. Light 170 Genoa 1=43, J=13: $300. Sailing dinghy, new 1985: $900. Lee, days (916) 895-6464; eves (916) 891-8736.

GEAR FOR SALE

J/29 1983

THUNDERBIRD BOAT SHOW

New outboard, fractional rig, built Contessa Yachts, UK. Depthsounder, Speedolog, full racing equip, including spinnaker pole & Kevlar sheets. No spinnakers. Main and 4 Genoas (Horizon). $37,000 Phone (714) 661-8007.

7/20/85 1-6 pm At SAN FRANCISCO BOATWORKS, 845 China Basin, S.F. See the most affordable 1-design & cruising yachts on the Bay. A racing fleet of 11, Delta & Bay & Ocean cruises. Info. 636-0607.

SAILBOAT

J/24

22-ft Venture & trailer. Bryan (408) 779-9074. $6,000/best offer.

Reduced again for quick sale. 1982 West Coast built. North sails, new bottom, solar, ship to shore, stereo, Trail Rite trailer,.7.5 hp Johnson. All $16,000. (209) 226-7611.

59-FT L.O.A. SCHOONER RIGGED JUNK Perfect for Bay/Delta excursions or liveaboard. Incredibly spac., sleeps 8 comf. Beautifully designed down below w/all the amenities. Saus. berth. Twin 35 hp eng. Recently built. Honduras mahog. $97,500. Michael T. Buschbacher (415) 331 -6131.

IDEAL CRUISER/CLUB RACER Tartan 30 sloop. Bristol condition, overbuilt & fast (PHRF 180). 4 sails. New Dodger, new upholstery & new rigging. 2 anchors & lots of extras!!! $37,000. (415) 331-1303.

COLUMBIA 22 Fresh bottom hull deck paint. 3 sails, VHF, 15 hp Johnson. New interior, must sell. $3,500. 759-7944.

A ROLLS ROYCE OF A SAILBOAT RANGER 37 Fast, stiff and sturdy. Rod rigging, oversize hardware, 3 speed winches, wheel steering. SSB, VHF, Loran, depthsounder, log, windspeed/point. Full cruise interior with enclosed head, 3 , burner CNG stove with oven, lots of extras. Volvo diesel engine with fresh water cooling recently overhauled. 3 pages of inven¬ tory. Professionally maintained. Owner will consider trades/financing down/all offers. Call 254-1306.

36-ft Robert Perry designed cutter, meticulously maintained, well equipped, dinghy on stern davits. Exquisite wood trim, teak decks, F/G hull, graceful pulpit. Just surveyed. An irresistible beauty. $86,500. (707) 253-7509.

1980 SAN JUAN 28-FT Top condition, new main, 85 jib, 120 Genoa. Tillermaster, whisker pole, reacher/runner with sock. Yanmar diesel, Signets 1000 and 1500. Fin/spade. Tiller. Sony deck. Alcohol stove, dinghy, fast, responsive. $30,000. (805) 871-1623 evenings.

FARR 30 RACER/FAST CRUISER

15-FT MUTINEER

Fully equipped for racing or fast cruising, superbly maintained. Complete inventory or race condition/race quality sails including 3 new Sobstads. Highly successful in Southern California, would be super in No. California. $29,500 (213) 877-9815.

Fast limited edition Chrysler sloop with trailer. Many extras in¬ cluding: roller furling, beaching rudder and centerboard, self bailers, electric motor, anchor and life jackets. Ready to sail! $1,600/8.0. (415)945-7166.

FANTASIA 35 1980. One owner. 46 Lehman diesel, dodger, TLC, furling jib, 220 water, 110 fuel.' $69,000. Documented. (408) 867-0934.

ETCHELLS 22 Ready to race. Winning history. Latest sails, trailer, many extras. $12,900 cash or owner will finance with $5,950 down & $144/month. Call (415) 548-4159; (415) 547-0685.

NAVIGATION

CHEOY LEE OFFSHORE 36-FT

Zuiho sextant, 3/4 size, 3x tele: $250. Walker KDO log: $125. Tamaya NC-2 celestial comp: $75. Narco “B" EPIRB: $30. Imperial survival suit: $100. All as new & prices firm. (415) 668-9607.

Great ocean cruiser or liveaboard. Teak cabin, cockpit & decks. Fiberglass hull. New windlass with 300-ft chain. Recently hauled. Extra sails & full boat cover. Great condition. $46,000/offer. Charlie Watt (415) 851-4160.

MONTEGO 19 NO. 122 A lot of boat for its size. Sleeps 4, sloop-rigged, Vk Merc. Tandem trailer. $4,950. (415) 856-9679.

OLSON 31 CARINA Launched Nov. ’82. ’83-'84 Y RA season champion. Barient 18/22/23ST winches, Signet 1 000/1500, 2 plath compasses, Horizon VHF, am-fm cassette sttsreo. DeWitt dacron main, No. 3, No. 4, Mylar No. 1,100% & 85°/ spinnakers. 4 hp Evinrude '83, all safety gear and many more e»Iras. Very clean and in excellent condition. Owners transferred to Alaska and must sell! $28,500. Contact Jeff Gething, 620 -2635 (w); 332-7028 (h).

27-FT 1973 F/G CAL T/2

SANTANA 21

GAY SAILOR NEEDS CREW

Swing keel, 2 mains, 2 jibs, whisker pole, portable head, o.b., new standing rigging, other extras. Clean. $3,000/best offer. (415) 339-8091.

Captain of 30-ft sloop seeks guys between 18 and 30 for day/weekend trips on Bay/Delta/ocean. Non-smokers only. Please call Tom. (415) 588-0590.

CATALINA 30 FOR LEASE

Loaded for comfortable cruising or racing. 6 Ulmer sails, spin¬ naker gear, 8 Barients, electronics, epoxied hull, Micron 33 bot¬ tom, much more. Better than new. Asking $95,000. (206) 567-4241.

1983 ERICSON 35

Cruiser equipped, diesel, wheel, etc. Emeryville berth. Seven days a month for $160 per month. Sound great? Call John at 229-2227 after 6 p.m. or Jim at 933-7900 from 9-5.

$10/hour USCG Skippered Lessons Free SUNSET CHARTERS (408) 251-1931 (e).

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$13,950 or trade for 5th wheel or motorhome. 5 sails, 2 spin¬ nakers, VHF, Fathometer, speedometer, apparent wind, com¬ pass, lifelines, galley, head, 1980 Honda 10 hp outboard, 6-ft headroom, sleeps 5. (707) 552-7118.

1982 CATALINA 25 Fin keel, tall rig, well kept, fresh water: $14,750. Like new 1983 trailer goes for $1,950. For long equipment list, write: Perry, 531 Ashland Ave., Turlock, CA 95380 or Ph: (209) 634-8810.

NOR-CAL COMPASS ADJUSTING

SAIL SAN FRANCISCO BAY Ericson 27 Estuary Berthed

TANZER 22, PYTHON* Canadian-built racer/cruiser. Cust. hrdwr thru-out. All new sails main/100/150/spin. Interna! halyards, ds/km, compass, stereo, int. teak trim. Over $15,000 invested, perfect cond., sacrafice. $8,500. Pier No. 9, slip No. 46 Alameda Marina (415) 228-3429.

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HAVE YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO SAIL FOR A LIVING? Move to Hawaii and become a working partner in an ocean-going sailing school. If this lifestyle appeals and .if you have $8,000 and sailing experience you could sail/skipper/instruct on the 58-ft ketch owned by a prestigious sailing school operating in Hawaii since 1978. Call evenings 332-5096.

1. Boat Remains in Berth Dick Loomis

Magneuto,m System Exclusively ’ 2. Owner’s Presence Not Necessary 3. Eliminates Deviation A (415) 453-3923 days or eves

NEED YOUR BOTTOM CLEANED? Call Joss Wilson (415) 566-7826 Hulls Cleaned, Zincs, Props, Recoveries Attempted

CRUISING SPINNAKER (POLELESS) Built by Buchan of Bainbridge. Rip stop 1.5 oz cloth in 6 colors for a Mason-43, this poleless spinnaker has been flown only 4 times by owner in the lightest of wind. Selling this beautiful & fun light air sail because he’s moved down to a 30-footer & it's too big for the new boat. $1,050. TATOOSH MARINE, 1120 Brickyard Cove Rd„ Pt. Richmond, CA 94801. 232-7778.

SINGLE SIDE BAND

49-FT TEAK CUTTER

Decca SSB150 complete with all frequencies. Includes automatic antenna coupler and antenna and mount. Works perfect. Ideal for race boat to meet requirements. 1 am going on a 4 year cruise & am upgrading. $925 complete. (415) 435-9088.

Rare opportunity to buy true classic, custom, British ocean racer/cruiser. Built ’64 to to Lloyds 100A1 by top designer/yard. Mint condition, current survey, 3 cabins, fully equipped. $1 OO.OOO/OBO. Must be seen to be apprec. (415) 826-9144.

USED INSTRUMENTS AND RADIO GEAR Sailor RT142 VHF: $100. Sailer R108 RDF: $100. B&G Hecta 600-ft depthsounder: $150. B&G Harrier knotmeter/log w/2 repeaters & 2 transducers: $225. Sims Anemometer: $100. Windguide: $50. (415) 435-9088.

DESPERATE — 2 BOAT OWNER, CAL 27 T/2 FOR SALE $18,500/0.B.O. DS, KM, compass, 5 winches, 120 & 150 jib , sheets, full main w/2 reef points, full spinnaker gear, auto bilge pump, press, water, ship to shore radio, amAm cassette, cockpit cushions, Volvo i.b. Milt Roskelley (415) 661 -6518.

P-28 SLOOP 28-ft, mahog on oak, built ’59, a Swedish beauty. Atomic 4, re¬ cent spars, 3 sails, full cover. A great Bay boat in great shape. $13,000. Located in San Rafael. 388-9452 or 457-3538.

WANTED

BUY/TRADE THIS BEAUTY

Rowing dory. Cash or trade. Royal-Enfield motorcycle. Bill (415) 345-1876.

48-ft cutter rigged sloop. Beautiful mahogany on oak. German built ’28, restored 79 by cabinetmaker. Gorgeous woodwork below. Sleeps 6, cruiser, Perkins engine. Recent haul-out, paint, brightwork. Asking 62K. (415) 728-3331.

TIME SHARE OR PARTERNSHIP What are you waiting for? 1 know you’re out there. If you’re in¬ terested in sailing a 40-ft sloop well equipped and good condi¬ tion, nice interior. Call Fred (415) 564-4452.

79 PT 38 TRAWLER SEDAN

CATALINA 22

S.F. BOAT SLIP 36-FT

Twn Ford Lehmans diesel, 24 mi. Foruno radar, 2 VHF radios, 2 depthsounders, Horizon speed log, 9-ft Zodiac, 1600 Honda generators, 44 & 33 lb. Bruce anchors. $75,000. Many more extras. Call (415) 457-9772 broker.

Excellent condition, clean, well equipped with VHF, compass, Porta Potti, galley, life line, 6 hp Evinrude just overhauled. Swing keel with trailer. Call-John at (415) 648:7132 (w) or (415) 930-8689 (h). $5,500. .Marina Bay slip.

Job change—MUST SELL weil below market. Exc. new berth, fully protected waters, all facilities avail. Most conveniently located Pier 39. $32,000, assumable loan, variable interest rate or new financing available. (415) 931 -4136 or 922-7503.

VENTURE/McGREGOR 222

LEWMARS

Ready to sail, well-maint., fresh bottom paint, 2 sails + 150 genoa, trlr, 6 hp Evinrude pop-top cab, swing keel, kick-up rud¬ der, cushs, glly, head, refrg, lights, battery, compass, anchor. In¬ spect at Saus brth. Bob, D: 928-1010; N: 924-0170. $5,200/b.o.

26-FT NAVY WHALEBOAT

2-48’s, 2-46’s, 6-40’s. All new aluminum self-tailers. Below wholesale. Bob 332-2507. «

Cedar on oak frames. Fairbanks-Morse diesel. $4,000. (415) 663-8403.

SHARE OWNERSHIP

YANKEE DOLPHIN

Ensenada 20 centerboard sloop wArailer, o.b., dry slip at Berkeley Marina. Comfortable cruising boar, sleeps 4, has spacious cabin w/sink. Exc. cond. Great daysailer for Bay, Delta or lakes. 113 ownership. $1,200. Mike, (415) 750-6364 days.

HELP WANTED — BOOKKEEPING

24-ft cruising sloop, classic Sparkman & Stephens design, f/g w/beautiful teak, new Hood sails, Evinrude 6 hp o.b., mahogany cabin, super condition, full galley, VHF, many extras, Sausalito berth. Must sell. $9,700. 664-3321.

Yacht sales company needs part-time help (2-3 afternoons per month) w/bookkeeping & accounting, monthly ledgers, P/L statements, payroll, taxes. Good pay, great atmosphere, free sailing. Flex, hrs/wknds best. Sausalito. Call Dave 331-1080.

' WESTSAIL 32 Custom int., Ig midship galley, designed & equipped for comfor¬ table living & serious cruising. Propane. Press, water system. Sleeps 5. New 10 hp Saab dsl. Custom sails, Barient winches, Aries vane, dinghy, more. $52,000 332-4929; 383-4522.

Immaculate, full race equipped. This yacht is better than new, with all the latest improvements. Double axle trailer, 41/2 hp motor. That sums-up this incredible opportunity to own “the ultimate sailing machine”. $25,750/offer. (415) 426-1373.

COLUMBIA CHALLENGER 24 Both pulpits & lifelines, Sausalito berth, excellent first Bay boat. $4,995. Negotiable. Call 435-1585 days; 332-6570 evenings.

NEWPORT 30-11 BICENTENNIAL SPECIAL 3 windows, 2 hatches, 6 sails, roller furler, spinnaker, ds, km, VHF. Mint condition. $32,500. (415) 236-2633, ask for Jack.

EXPRESS 27

OH HOW SHE SAILSI

PIC NO. 1

Classic Honduras mahog. sloop. 43 x29’ LWL, 8’ beam, 6’ draft, lead keel, Everdur bronze fastened. Excellent condition. Sausalito berth. "A thing of beauty, a joy forever.” $29,500/offer. (415) 435-1791.

Edson Schock designed & built in 1936. A sleek performer, 26’ LOD, 6’ beam, 4’ draft, 17’ WL. Refastened & recalked, lead keel, rod rigging, recanvassed deck, new dodger. Would be mint cond. if 1 didn’t own another boat. $4,800. Knutson 332-9100.

HUNTER 36

WINDWARD SLOOP NO. 8

1980 sloop, Hood drifter, 5 sails, VHF, hot water, galley, shower stereo. $59,500. Will trade equity for 25-27 ft. sloop. (415) 372-0875.

1950 Rhodes design. VHF, extra sails. Sausalito berth. Asking $14,000. 383-0418.

Full keel, fiberglass, double-ender, E-Z loader trailer, 1650 lb cap., roller system/winch. Seagull outboard, Bruce anchor, fully loaded, excellent condition. $3,500/Best offer. (415) 232-4753 eves; (415) 620-5487 days.

WESTSAIL 32

29-FT ERICSON & 40-FT TIBURON BERTH At Corinthian YC. Knotmeter, galley, fath., wheel, eng., 2 jibs, head, 6 berths, great Bay boat. $25,000 plus Bay berth $27,000. Sell together or separate 453-8106; 435-9384.

♦ 26-FT ARIEL Sturdy Pearson fiberglass sloop. Proven, comfortable Bay cruiser. Active one-design race fleet. Great S.F: Marina berth. New Hood sails, VHF, knotmeter, etc. $13,500/offer. (415) 661-0888 or 589-0494.

SONOMA 30 Schumacher designed ’83 mid-winter champion winner with trailer & full sail inventory. Excl. cond. Ramp launch, no crane necessary. Race/cruise. Bunks for 6. Separate'head area. Part¬ nership considered. Fun to sail. Call Bill (415) 967-8451.

16-FT SAILBOAT, NORDICA, CANADA

Late model. Virtually new. Hull #734. Volvo 3 cylinder diesel engine (200 hours). Oversized Chrome Barient self-tailing winches & lots of them. Beautiful tile and Hawaiian Koa wood interior. Diesel heater. Shipmate stove. New Autohelm 2000 electric autopilot. New Avon dinghy. Digital RDF. This boat has never been blue water sailed. You will not find a newer, better, 1 prettier Westsail 32 anywhere at any price. Sausalito berth. Ask¬ ing $63,000. Owner. (415) 332-2257.

INTERNATIONAL FOLKBOAT

KINGS CRUISER SLOOP 28-FT

This great Bay sailer was built in Sweden in 1978. Some new additions include: ash & mahogany tiller, new sail cover & jib bag, & new auxiliary wipch. Interest rates are coming down. Price $12,500. Call (707) 938-8490.

Swedish built 1962. African mahog. on oak. Copper riveted. Volvo dsl, ss rig. Needs about 60 sister ribs plus deck & cabin restoration. $3,000 complete, $2,000 less engine, or $1,500 hull only. Offers. Must sell. (415) 233-8166.

ISN’T IT TIME YOU LEARNED

CUSTOM YACHT SERVICES

26-FT NORDIC FOLKBOAT (ALL WOOD) Share(s) for sale. Upwind Berkeley berth, VHF radio, outboard, etc! Call: (415) 282-5188 (h); 323-8111 (w), Barry.

MARINE ENGINE SURVEYING

To fix your own engine problems! Hands on, theory, debugging. (415)934-6159 sail

FOR SALE — MOORE 24 Fully equipped ULDB, good condition. $14,500/make offer. Roger (415) 387-4590 or (h) 681-4150.

Power and sail; two year repair outlook: oil analysis computer comparison. (415)934-6159.

POWER

MARINE CHANDLERY & BOATYARD, ALVISO

Engines: Diesel, Gas, Repower. Electric: Installation, Trouble Shooting. Finish: Brite Work, Interiors, Bottoms. Scheduled Maintenance Services For All Your Boating Needs. On Location Jim Roberts 759-5296.

WE NEED REAL ESTATE - WILL TRADE YACHT Over 30 boats to choose from... examples: Frisco Flyer, Columbia 28, Odyssey 30 O’Day 32 Westsail 32, Fantasia 35, Ericson 35, Bristol 35.5, Pearson 37, Endeavor 37, Freeport 41,' Endeavour 43, Maple Leaf 48, Custom 50. See Sam or Karen Knapp, The Exchange Specialists at Jack Barr Yacht Sales. (415) 865-1035.

Established 14 years. 15K plus inventory. Call between 9-10 a.m. Monday thru Friday. (408) 263-1453.

0ND WOODEN BOAT FESTIVAL L

ANNUAL — AUG. 17, 18 415-237 8295 MARINA BAY-RICHMOND, CAL. EVES. page 202

CATALINA 27Looking for a great deal? Must sell this expertly maintained, well equipped Bay boat now! Priced below appraised market value at $16,900. Sausalito berth available. Don't miss it! Call Dave 383-7537; 777-4811.

1981 US 30

PEARSON 26

Exc. cond. New bottom paint, VHF radio, ds, km, am/fm cassette stereo, h&c water, shower, shore power, Yanmar diesel, wheel steering. Excellent liveaboard. A give-away at $29,900/OBO. Call Bob, days (415) 785-8040 ext. 190; eves. (415) 797-8370.

Clean condition, standard -equipment. 9.9 Johnson outboard, stereo, tape deck. Excellent Berkeley Marina berth. Bottom just cleaned and painted. $12,500. (415) 941 -6532.

INTERNATIONAL FOLKBOAT $13,959

7-FT FIBERGLASS & SEAGULL OUTBOARD Row or power. Perfect yacht tender. $600 or B/O. 522-4975.

METZLER TENDER II DINGHY And Cruise-N-Carry o.b.: $400. Danforth 15L and rode: $85. Seafarer band RDF: $85. Pair walkee-talkees: $20. Stainless BBQ: $45. Set signal flags: $75. Dispens-A-Drink: $35. Teak toilet seat: $20. (408) 738-2888, ext. 4785 days.

$1,400 down. $195 per month. Strong, sturdy, 26-ft, full keel sloop. Upwind Berkeley berth. (415) 837-1399.

REDUCED TO $11,000 — BEST DAMNED BUY ON THE BAYI 32-ft Columbia Sabre, 32' LOA, 6'4" beam, sloop. Fast, dry & stable. Bristol!! New head, bilge/water pumps, Barients, rigging, wiring, sail cover, all hatches. S/S sink/icebox, 4 Ig. berths, 10’+ cockpit. 7.5 hp Johnson outboard. BEST VALUE ON THE BAY. SAUSALITO BERTH. A JOY TO SAIL, POINTS HIGH, STAYS DRY & GETS THERE FIRST!! (415) 332-7543, after 6 p.m.

20-FT NEWPORT Race rigged, head, galley, sails in top condition, Seagull o.b., Berkeley berth. $4,800/B.0. 676-2014.

FAST PIVER TRIMARAN

ERICSON 30

27-FT BAYLINER BUCCANEER SLOOP $11,900

30-ft„ inboard 20 hp Lloyds, 8 sails. Her interior redesigned for cruising. Her exterior and rigging renovated. Must sell her before we move south. Sacrifice. 19K or offer! Bruce or Nori (415) 681-5177.

Sloop rig, fast becoming a classic Bruce King design. Inboard with spare engine, ds„ km, compass, VHF, pressurized water, electric & manuam, bilge pump, head with holding tank. $26,000/offer. (415) 961 -2222/968-1860.

1975 fiberglass, exci, galley, head, shower, radio, extras, sleeps 6, 6' headdroomm, teak/carpet, '83 o.b., inboard controls, stiff Bay & Delta cruiser, full keel, Berkeley slip. Must sell. Work (415) 848-4258; home 524-6532.

PERFECT FIRST BOAT

EXCELLENT LIVEABOARD KETCH

28-FT KINGS CRUISER

Fun, fast, forgiving, roomy Newport 20. Perfect for Bay/Delta. Very good condition, sleeps 4, galley, head, spinnaker, 6 hp o.b. Best boat in 20-22 ft. range. Lessons available. $5,000/B.0. Two boat owner, must sell. (415) 655-7115.

CT 41, 74 hull, Iszusu diesel, new sails, sailing dinghy, Avon, Windsurfer. Solid teak, unique liveaboard. Factory layout interior. So. Cal boat now in Berkeley. $65,000. Call Larry (415) 644-2791; (415) 671-6471.

Equipped $9,800. (408) 373-6245, ext. 233.

SANTANA 20 MADMAN Loaded! Knotmeter, windspeed, windpoint, compass, stereo w/cassette, 6 sails w/spinnaker, interior cushions, outboard, trailer & more. Looks great! $7,000. (415) 865-3219; (916) 635-8805.

PELICAN 12-ft sailboat designed for S.F. Bay, holds 4 adults Smith Boat built with upgrades, almost new Sutter Sails, sail cover, cockpit cover, mahogany transom and combings, EZ Loader trailer. $1,500/best offer. (415)883-8025.

BEAR NO. 41

MORGAN 38 PARTNERSHIP Get on board now for the 1985 season. One berth left. Beautiful, bristol boat w/Sausalito berth, furling jib, refrigerator, propane stove, great stereo and more. Low down payment. Busy professionals looking for one more. Note: All maintenance and upkeep contracted. You sail, not sand. (415) 332-6424.

O’DAY 22 1979 in top condition. Shoal keel, CB, E-Z Loader trailer. 7.5 hp outboard. Lots of extras: Porta-Potti, stove, VHF, 150 genoa, compass, all safety gear, etc. $7,700. Days (415) 932-8646 or (415) 938-7015 evenings.

Main, jib, club jib, compass, ds, mast head running lights, VHF, Mercury 4.5 long shaft, San Rafael berth. $4,500. Gary, 459-3533 days; 457-8045 eves.

FULL KEEL CONTESSA 26 — 1978

CLASSIC SLOOP

EL TORO

Ocean-going Contessa 26; cruise ready with windvane, sounder, VHF radio, knotlog, survival raft & EPRlB. Inboard Farymann diesel. Spinnaker, jib, genoa, main. San Leandro berth. $22,000/offer. 471 -2957, ask for Dick.

Beautiful 21' fiberglass sloop. Has fixed fin keel, new LPU topsides, new covers, outboard, Porta-potty, anchor, etc. Located Emeryville for quick access to Bay. Must sell! $3,500. Call (415) 376-3218.

Caballero hull. Dewitt sail. $900. 865-5986.

ISLANDER FREEPORT 41

MERIT 25

Great liveaboard. Factory built 1976. Excellent condition both cosmetically & mechanically. Numerous custom touches. Equip¬ ped for coastal, Bay or Delta cruising. $11,000. Days 228-6734.

1983, race equipped, sleeps 4, North sails, km, ds, motor, trailer. Exc. MORA, active one-design. Perfect for family cruising and/or racing. Much nicer than J/24 or Moore. Berkeley berth. $19,900. Call eves. (415) 364-2169 or 547-4761, Bob.

VS kitchen remodel, excellent cond. 71.7.5 Merc, VHF, depth, knotmeter, 2 mains, 150,110, 90. Berkeley berth. $8,500. For the loser. 486-0757.

BRISTOL CHANNEL CUTTER

18-FT MERCURY SLOOP

Passage proven Vagabundo is awaiting you in the So. Pacific. Completely equipt cedar/mahog int., bronze hrdwr, stern furling, EPIRB, ap, Ham/SSB, etc. Asking $60,000. Complete list of equipment available. Scotty (415) 837-1451 or (415) 838-0373.

VALIANT 40 — THE IDEAL CRUISING BOAT

Aluminum mast, trailer, good condition, good Bay sailer. $900/best offer. 832-6856.

COLUMBIA 29 MKII Sleeps 6. Race/cruise, self-tending sails. MORA ready. 5 sails, extras. $23,950. Eves. (415) 522-1826.

COL 26 MKII

Westerbeke diesel, autopilot, Loran C, Datamarine depthsounder, VDO wind point/wind speed/wind direction/close haul indicator, Hi-Gain 55 channel VHF, Refrigeration, propane gaily, hot & cold pressure water, shower, sailing dinghy and more! $126,500. Tim Rogers (415) 332-4142 days, (415) 331-6378 eves.

ESTATE SALE: 42-FT STEEL PINKY SCHOONER With Yanmar diesel. Needs interior, rigging & paint. Surveyed & appraised. $15,000. 101 W. Cutting, Richmond, CA. 234-6360.

1979 CAL 2-25

18-FT CATAMARAN

CHEOY LEE OFFSHORE 27

Fully equipped for local cruising. Yanmar dsl., digital ds, speedometer, 50 ch VHF, compass, self-tending jib, 130 genoa, alcohol/electric stove, shorepower, commissioned 1980. Delta berth. $24,000. Rich (916) 922-1792.

Unicorn (A-Class), Needlespar mast & boom, Una-rig, new sail & trampoline. Very fast, excellent race record, 1 owner, im¬ ported from England, fiberglass. Needs repair. $700 must sell. (415) 233-3305 or (415) 524-1160.

Popular ocean cruiser and Bay boat. Teak cabin, cockpit & decks. Natural bright spars. Superior construction—Lloyds A1 F/G hull. Volvo diesel. Berkeley berth. Exc. equipment & cond. Well maintained. $24,000/offer. 527-2685.

— FREE SAILING LESSONS —

BRISTOL FASHION YACHT CARE Waxing — Varnishing — Painting — Teakwork Free Estimates — Fast Service — Suitable References — Competitive Prices Insured — (415) 332-3009 — Bonded

Be a part of HORIZONS sailing club. SAIL—POWER—BAREBOAT CHARTERS , (415) 521-5370, Alameda.

HANDCRAFTED SOLID OAK

OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT

Towel bars, hooks, toothbrush holders, toilet seats, Kleenex tissue holders, switch plates, towel rings, soap dish holders. Great for home or boat. Send for free brochure. Capital Research, P.O. Box 81, Sausalito, CA 94965.

At Sanford-Wood Marina/Boatyard 530 W Cutting Blvd., Richmond (415) 236-6633.

23-FT CARL ALBERG DESIGN

WE WANT YOUR YACHT — WILL TRADE REAL ESTATE

Perfect Bay boat is landlocked in Colorado. Full keel, F/G, classic design, custom wood interior, trailer; like new, never been in salt. $18,500. Wanted: Used boats on trailers. The Anchorage, Box 578, Lyons, CO 80540. (303) 823-6601.

Several Homes, Open Land, Condo's, Lots and Income Property Available. Call Karen, The Exchange Specialist at MGA Realty. (415) 865-3711.

TRADE YOUR TURTLE FOR MY RABBIT

O’DAY 1984 222 Boat show special w/7.5 hp Honda. Redwood City slip included. $10,500. Call (415) 968-2466.

Nice Ranger 22 with trailer and motor. For your Catalina 22, or 20-ft cruising boat with trailer and cash. Call (408) 758-6743 late eves.

45-FT VANDERSTATT SLOOP CENTER COCKPIT All f/g, world class cruiser at a giveaway price. $55,000. Fully equipped for cruising. Needs TLC below. Try an offer or will trade for property in Northern California. (916) 343-6707; 342-2772.

ERICSON 27

26-FT PEARSON ARIEL

NEWEST, PRETTIEST WESTSAIL 32 ON THE BAY

Closest to new condition you will find. Outfitted with top quality equipment: Signet-electronics, oversized Barient winches, Mit¬ chell sails. Loaded. Sleeps 5, full headroom, inboard. Alameda berth. Call for fact sheet or appt. $20,950. (408) 248-6731.

Full keel glass sloop, superb sailer. Yanmar diesel, 6 sails, 4 new. Inventory includes anchors, stove, depthsounder, boom tent. Comes with Monterey mooring. Best pocket cruiser available. A bargain at $12,500. (408) 649-5704.

Factory finished in November 1979.5 tanbark sails; Combi elec¬ tronics, Barients, teak decks, hot/cold water pressure, 3 cyl. Volvo (176 hrs), EPIRB, all channels VHF, 6 man Avon. $60,000. (916) 673-3599.

CREW POSITION WANTED

40-FT SLIP FOR SALE

Female, 32, some experience, lots of enthusiasm, looking for adventure w/team-minded group to So. Pac, N.Z. ? Hardworking, flexible, reliable, fun, lots to offer. Objective: Improve sailing skills, see/exp. ali that! can. s Jill (805) 967-1564.

Pier 39, San Francisco. Located right on the channel. $36,500 cash. Financing available. Call (415) 326-8051 daytime.

HERRESHOFF ROZINANTE 28-FT DOUBLE-ENDED KETCH Port Orford cedar on white oak, bronze fastened, nicely finished below. Working sails plus spinnaker, mizzen stays’1 & storm jib. Windlass, hard dinghy, Seagull o.b., Tillermaster. Fun, fast, & beautiful! $19,500. Gary or Donna 521 -3078.

ERICSON 27 Jib, genoa, km, VHF, ds. Very clean, recently hauled-out. Must sell. 589-2474 days; 728-3552 eves. $16,950.

WISHBONE 34' LOA, 28’ LOD, x 8' x 5'6”. Colin Archer double-ended cutter. Built by John Bobonewich in Hollywood, CA 1934. Brisold con¬ dition! Hauled 6/85. New: bottom, top sides & deck paint, galley, upholstery, head, carpeting, int. paint, all bright work, bow pulpit and sail covers. 31 hp Grey with New: starter, alt., coil, volt, reg., battery, bilge blower and auto, bilge pump. Richmond berth. $19,500. Serious inquiries only, please. Harold: (209) 952-9435.

ISLANDER 37: OUTSTANDING VALUE AT $42K

LASER

Must sell to buy bigger. VHF, RDF, log & knotmeter, am/fm, A-4, dinghy, full mahogany interior, sleeps 7, Electro-san head, nav. station, safety & ground gear, much more. See it before you spend more for less. (707) 833-2101; 539-6063.

Excellent condition. Ivory hull, sail no. 101326. Not sailed for past 2 years. $1,090. Boat in Sausalito. Call 332-7488 weekend or 981-0440 ext. 763 weekdays.

20-FT CARANITA SLOOP 1959 Mahogany plank, oak frame, good condition. 4 sails, 6 hp Johnson o.b., excellent, cabin, compass, ds, bilge pumps, an¬ chor, 300' 1/2” rode. Extensively refit. Fin keel, new bolts. Solid & moves well. $2,400. Carl (707) 996-9701 or 996-2317.

COLUMBIA 26 MKII Versatile min-cruiser/racer with spinnaker, 9.9. hp o.b. with electric starter, VHF, sumlog, compass. Loch Lomond berth. $10,500. Phone 454-8645 or 456-7347.

FREEDOM 45 GARDEN DESIGN Fiberglass hull, 101 hp Detroit diesel. Center cockpit, teak decks and interior, spacious aft stateroom, new rig & sails, new winches, all new electrical, plumbing and force air heating system. Rigged perfectly for liveaboard or cruising in classic elegance and comfort. $145,000/offer. Full specs. Call (415) 332-6120.

HELP

28-FT KINGS CRUISER

O’DAY 25 Best in the West. Like new. Trailerable, roomy cruiser. Rebuilt Tandem Trailrite trailer, shoal keel/CB, Johnson 9.9 electric start, Horizon VHF, Richie compass, Signet knotmeter, 150 genoa, cruising spinnaker, stereo, 2 burner stove, recent micron b.p., fresh water Folsom Lake berth. $13,500. (916) 961-3580.

32-FT TRAVELLER

COLUMBIA 26 MKII

Double-ended cutter, USA built, full keel, teak decks & trim, Volvo 23 hp diesel, 6’+ headroom, great liveaboard, ocean tested. $49,800. Call for pictures and specs. Sacramento. (916) 381-8568.

Good condition. New Honda 7.5 hp o.b. 5 sails including new main & cover. Includes VHF, stereo, ds, km, dual batteries, etc. Many extras. $9,900. Bob (415) 876-1688; eves 573-0861.

CATALINA 22

YOKOYAMA 21-FT

Excellent Bay boat. Fixed keel, low time Honda Z'h o.b. 4 sails including 2 relatively new North sails. Recently hauled & painted. Sausalito berthed. $6,500. (415) 332-4645.

Built in 1978. Across the Pacific ocean in 1979. Plywood on mahogany, lead keel, spruce mast. Needs work. Best offer. (415) 528-0324.

MUST SELL! Hot sailing San Juan 34 fiberglass sloop, 1980. Loaded, spin¬ naker, rod rigging, forced air, hot water, wheel steering, Yanmar dsl, CNG stove/oven, etc. Sleeps 6. Sausalito berth. Existing loan $53,000. All offers considered. 332-9440 eves.

CATALINA 27 ’81

COLUMBIA 29 MKII F/G cruising boat with long keel, 6 sails, 2 anchors, barometer, clock, 2 whisker poles, boat hook, life raft. Transmission needs weld so take it for $17,000. Also buyer gets $3,700 cruising gear for $1,000. P.O. Box 121, La Porte, CA 95981.

BOAT- OR HOUSE- SIT POSITION WANTED Employed, meticulous, responsible w/refs. Female (38), ex¬ perienced long-distance racer/cruiser, looking for peaceful love¬ ly space w/access to telephone. Excellent w/plants/pets. Can pay $200/mo. Please contact: Joanna, 357-4124.

YANMAR DIESEL GENERATOR SET

HEAVY DUTY SAILBOAT TRAILER For boats up to 29-ft, up to 12,000 lbs. gross. Dual axel, heavy duty, elec, brakes. 6 adjustable pads. Designed for Cascade 29’. $2,450 or best offer. (415) 726-6749 leave message.

THREE INEXPENSIVE BOATS! Semprit Kayak, inflatable, hypalon, 12 chambers, 2 person, hardly used. Cost $600, take $250.24’ Hard Chine sloop. Pretty but needs work: $500.13' row/sail boat hull, fiberglass: $200. Nice lines. Dean 626-3439.

Tiller — Volvo DS — Race Equipped. Must sell — bought Crealock 34. Eves (415) 376-3181.

5 hp, llOvac, 2kw, 12vdc, 55amp: $2,000. Avon 6-man: $2,000. 650 sq.ft, genoa, 450 sq.ft, jib, by DeWitt, new: $1,500 for both. Alder-Barbour “Cold Machine" in box: $350. Shipmate s/s propane stove w/oven, 3-burner: $350. (408) 662-0382.

COLUMBIA 26 MKII ZEPHER CLASS SLOOP 20-ft Zepher. Good condition w/great trailer. New paint job. $1,100 or best offer. (415)726-6749.

CAPRI 30 — 1984

ISLANDER 28

1980 CAL 25 MKII Fresh water boat, Honda o.b., 4 bags & spinnaker, depth, knot, heat, stove, sleeps 5, fixed keel. Like new condition w/trailer. $25,000. Call (406) 284-3704. Will deliver.

Dinette int. Atomic 4, VHF, ds, W.S.I. sails incl. 150 genoa. Adj. backstay. Many extras. Everything Al condition. Must sell. (415) 593-3697.

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Full keel mahogany planking on oak frames. Alum, mast and boom project. Please only serious inquire. $1,500/trade. 485-1613 leave message.

NEWPORT 16 BY ENTERPRISE. SLOOP, 1971 Trailer, main & jib, accessories, modified Crosby rig, swing keel. Great S.F. Bay boat. Excellent condition. $2,100. Call (415) 894-1812 days; (415) 592-9654 eves.

Fast and comfortable way to win the silver. BMW diesel, Navtec hydraulics plus fresh Just launched Lake Tahoe. $25,000. Call Days (916) 895-6464; eves. (916)

18-FT BANTAM HARBOR TUG (LITTLE TOOT TYPE) Diesel engine. Almost finished, in the water. Best offer. (415) 521-2000.

DELTA SAILING CHARTERS Charter new fully-equipped Jeanneau 32-ft Day or vacation charters from Benicia. Qualified skippers only. DELTA SAILING SCHOOL AND CHARTERS (707) 746-5553.

Excellent condition. Sleeps 4. Galley with 2 burner stove, enclosed head, new 10 hp o.b. motor, compass, knotmeter, many extras incl inflatable dinghy. Richmond berth. $9,500 Eric (415) 930-6218.

RANGER 29 Norths, Kenyon rig, Balto plate bottom. Lee for test ride. 891-8736.

Safe, fast Bay racer/cruiser. Excellent condition. 2 spinnakers, 85, 110(2), 135,150, new main, depth, knot, stereo, etc. New rigging. Coyote Pt. berth. $22,500. Will trade for anything. Idaho (208) 385-9033.

WATERFRONT LIVING — WITH YOUR OWN DOCK! (1ST CLASS) Four exceptionally fine, prime pieces to choose from, with and without deep water. Mike Elvidge, Kane Realtors, (415) 865-6550; (415) 339-0277.

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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ELECTRICAL ★ PLUMBING REFRIGERATION

Repairs And Installation

HOMEBASE

Service for cruisers run by cruisers

30 Courthouse Square Suite 200 Rockville, Maryland 20850 Phone:(301) 251-3755

A Bonded c°mP°"Y

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Telex No.: 705196

Dockside Or At Our Shop

HOMEBASE: A comprehensive support service tor thoughtful cruisers, organized and run by fellow cruisers. You travel, cruise, and relax, HOMEBASE will serve as your single point of contact in the U S. We will do the following:

Monday thru Saturday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

• Pay your bills. • Forward your mail. • Store your surplus stowage. • Solve your medical emergencies. • Obtain and send you parts, sails, paint, etc. • Solve any cruising problem from your HOMEBASE.

MARINE ELECTRICAL SERVICE 635 Bair Island, Redwood City VISA

Contact HOMEBASE by telephone or cable. Our answering service tor tele¬ phone and telegraph is 24 hours per day.

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Haynes Sails.

California Maritime Academy

Aquabon & Fresh Mode. Bailiwick. Inc.

94 27 51 72 91 78 75 36 44 43

Barr, Jack. >1 1 88

Bilge Busters Boater's Friend Boaters Supply Bock, Chris, Instrumeni BottomSider Cushion C Boy Scouts of America Brickyard Cove Marina Brisbane Marina. CalCoast.

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92 150 California Sailboards. California Sailing. .26 Capital Insurance. .64 Capitola Bay Marina.... .86 Carefree Cruises. .88 City Yachts. 215.216 Coastal Trader. .84 Cooper. Hamon Group. .32 24.25 Corlett & Blasier. Cruising World Yachts. . . . 12,13 D’Anna Sailing Co. . . . .210 .71 Detco Marine. Dickerson. R E.. Insurance . .84 Downtown Marine. . . . 42 Downwind Designs. ....150 Downwind Marine. .80 Eagle Yacht Sales. .23 Eclipe Sails. .67 Edgewater Yacht Sales. . . . . 207 Edinger Marifie Services. . 150,160 Epifanes..30

,11 161 150 94

.23 Farallone Yacht Sales. Ferrari Boatwright Svcs. .160 , 66 Fifth Avenue Boatyard

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Film — 600 Days to Cocos Isle 95 Foredeck. The. .52

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David Fraser Yachts. . . . .15 Friendly Foam Shop, The .90

Hood Sailmakers. Inflatable Boat Sales J/World .

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Kensington .208 .61 Lake County Chamber of Commerce

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McGinnis Insurance. .58 Milano Yachts.212,213 Sam L. Morse Co. 86 Motorcycles Unlimited. .76 Nau*T*Kol. . 84 Nelson/Marek Yacht Design. .65 NCMA. . 35 NorCal Boatyard. 87 NorCal Yachts.108.109 North Sails. 60 Ocean Yachts. .90 Offshore Medical Seminars. . 160 Olympic Orcle Sailing. .81 O'Neill’s Yachts. 20 Owen & Co. . 14 Pacific Coast Canvas. .93 Pacific Delta Insurance. .62 Palo Alto Harbor Association . 161 Parker, Kermit, Yacht Sales. 207 Passage Yachts.4.5,6,7 Permalite Plastics. .78 Peninsula Marine Services. . . .66 Pier 39 Marina. .56 89 Pryde Sails. Railmakers. 150 Repo Hotline. .214 Richards & van Heeckeren Richmond Boat Works. Richmond Yacht Service.... Ruby for Charter. Sailboat Jjhop, The.

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. . 64 SAWCO. 58 Scanmar Marine Products. . Seabird Mast Steps. . .83 Seabird Sailing School. .93 Seagull Marine. 75,89

Seapower 44 Seattle Yacht Charters.208 Slocum Yachts.151 Smith & Co.80 Sobstad Sails.33 Spinnaker Shop. The 78 Stanford University.70 Star Marine Electronics 79 Starbuck Canvas Works. .69 Stockdale Marine & Nav.211 Sunset Yachts.19 Supercool.161 Sutter Sails.68 Svendsen's Boat Works.53 System Three Resins/ Montery Bay Fiberglass 88 Tatoosh Marine.208 Tedrick-Higbee Insurance 62 Bob Tefft Cruising 210 Chuck Thomson Yachts Ltd. .211 Tradewind Instruments Ltd 31 TransPak Insurance.8 U.S. Yacht Bureau.35 Vallejo Marine.52 Ventura West Marina.80 Voyager Marine... 74,94 Walnut Creek Honda 86 Weatherford BMW 41 West Marine Products. 96,97,98,99 Western Chrome Plating 161 Whale Point Marine.46 Willard Marine.92 Wilson. Don. Yachts.53 Windships. . > 92,209.210 Windjammer Sails.94 World Yacht Center .40 X Yachts West. 47 Yacht Registry.150 Yacht — Crealock 37 206 Yacht — Freya 39 82 Yacht — Gulfstar 37.211 Yacht — Tartan 30 211 Yegen Marine.9

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THE BOAT That’s how you would feel cruising in this 3-year old Pacific Seacraft Crealock 37.1 was ready to leave for years of cruising but alas, lust for a large schooner requires that I sell her. The quality of Bill Crealock’s design coupled with Pacific Seacraft construction and teak joinery have produced the finest performance cruising yacht available today. She is equipped with the best, has not been worn out by previous cruising, and is ready to leave now! LOA.36’11 ” BEAM.lO’IO” DISP.16,000 lbs WATER.90 gal Universal 4 cyl

LWL.27’9” DRAFT.5'6” KEEL.6,200 lbs FUEL.40 gal 32 h.p. diesel

An authentic CHINESE JUNK — sail or motor. New canvas. Seriously for sale. May be viewed at . . . \

JACK BARR YACHT SALES 1070 Marina Village Pkwy Alameda, CA 94501

(415) 865-1035

SAN FRANCISCO BAY BOATBROKERS 8AUSALITO.CA

(4181332-8794

22’ 22’ 23’ 24' 24' 26’ 27’ 28’ 29’ 30’ 31’ 32’ 32' 32' 32’ 34’ 36' 37’ 40’ 40' 40' 41’ 43’ 45'

! Bermuda 40 Yawi.... Ketch. Cheoy > Midshipman Ketch. North Sea Pilot Cutter FC Gulfstar 43 Sloop . ., Van de Stadt Cntr Ckpt!

28’ 30’ 34’ 34’ 40’ 40'

Hallberg P-28. Spitsgatter. Sparkman&Stephens Aux. Yawl.. Master Mariner “Grampa S&S Auxiliary Yawl.. Kettenburg K-40.

1960 . 1961 .

23’ 24’ 30’ 32’ 38’

Donzi Custom. Reinell. Pacemaker Sportfisher Chris Craft. Pacemaker Sportfisher

1972... 1978 ... 1965 ... 1966 ... 1965 ...

Santana Falmouth Cutter.2 available Tremolino Tri, trailer. S&S Yankee Dolphin. Bristol. Columbia MKII.2 available Santana Albin Cumulus. Cal 2-29. Catalina 30 . . .

1969 .. '79, '80.

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1982 1975 .

$5,600.00 24,900.00 4,500.00 12,500.00 19,000.00 12,500.00 12,500.00 33,000.00 29,900.00 38,500.00 30,000.00 163,000.00 11,000.00 159,500.00 139,500.00 134,500.00 65,000.00 63,000.00 105,000.00 72,500.00 85,000.00 60,000.00 109,000.00 59,000.00

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39,500.00 27,500.00 . 3,000.00 67,000.00 . . . Offers 7,800.00 15,500.00 14,500.00 16,000.00 39,995.00

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HER EQUIPMENT CREATURE COMFORTS H&C pres, water system; water is 110v AC & engine heated; Shower in head w/overboard discharge; Kenyon LPG 2-burner stove w/oven, electronic ignition & flame failure pro¬ tection.; HiSeas dsl-fired heater; Cold Machine refrigerator/ice maker; Captain's brass oil lamp in main salon; Magma s/s bar-b-q; Best of all! Seagold electric watermaker — you got it, fresh water showers at sea!; Custom dodger w/awning, sail covers, jib bag, utility covers, cockpit cushions; over $2,000 of spare parts. HER ELECTRONICS Horizon MAXI 55-chnl VHF; SI-TEX FL-5 color d.s. 100 fathoms; Tl 9000 Loran C; ICOM 720A HF Ham & Marine 100 Watt; SSB Transceiver w/MJB antenna tuner matching Shakespeare 23’ whip; Alden Marinefax weather chart recorder; Sanyo AM/FM cassette micro-processor controlled stereo w/(4) speakers. STEERING & INSTRUMENTATION RVG windvane; Autohelm 3000 a.p.; SR Mariner Apparent wind, windspeed, k.m. & log, mounted in pods on a Merriman Wheel Steering Pedestal; Emergency tiller; Ritchie 6” & Silva 3” compasses; Weems & Plath ships bell clock & barometer; Watrous temperature & humidity indicator. ELECTRIC POWER (2) 100 amp/hr starting batteries; (4) 120 amp/hr deep cycle service batteries; 105 amp/hr alternator w/Auto Mac high charge rate control unit; (2) 2.5 amp solar panels with regula¬ tor; Nautilus 15 amp battery charger; Marinetics 660 AC/DC circuit breaker power control panel. WIND POWER Horizon 2 reef point mainsail & 105% jib; Sobstad 155%; 3 color drifter; 145% genoa; 85% working jib & storm jib. RIGGING S/S 1x19, 5/16” dia, LeFiell mast; Singlehander package: all sheets & halyards are cockpit-controlled; All winches are Barient self-tailing. SAFETY EQUIPMENT (2) Kidde 10 ABC fire extinguishers; (1) Fireboy automatic Halon fire extinguisher in engine compartment; Electronic LPG control; ACR EPIRB class B offshore; Avon 6-man dbl floor liferaft, deck-mounted f/g cannister w/“E” pack; Rule 2000 GPH auto, bilge pump; Whale gusher cockpit-mounted manual bilge pump; (2) Stearns adult lifejackets; Survival Technologies MKVIB Man Overboard Module; Guest Tri-color masthead light w/strobe. ANCHOR GEAR (1) CQR 35 lb; (1) Danforth 20H; (1) Danforth 8S; 300-ft 5/16” galvinized proofcoil chain; 300-ft 5/8" dacron rode w/30ft of chain; Nilsson VO-700 vertical electric windlass with overload protection & chain counter. TRANSPORTATION Nova 80 inflatable tender with Honda 2 hp 4-cycle outboard engine. THE PITCH She’s not cheap but you owe it to yourself to come see her before you plunk down your hard earned cruising bucks. The boat will sell itself and we can decide the price. I think she’s worth $120,000, but I’m will¬ ing to listen to any offer and will consider real estate, notes or securities as part of the deal as I own her^outright. I’ll throw in a 40-ft slip in Monterey and will deliver her anywhere on the west coast or Hawaii.

(415) 331 -1102 page 206

KERMIT PARKER YACHT BROKERAGE (415) 456-1860

EDGEWATER YACHT SAIES

San Rafael Yacht Harbor, 557 Francisco Blvd., San Rafael, CA 94901

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43’ CLASSIC STEPHENS

Solid cruise equipt, loaded w/elec. incld’g ICOM Ham set, SatNav, all in exclnt cond. Try $75,000

Concourse condition, built 1930 of teak & cedar. 2 years labor & 30M spent restoring. Asking $49,000.

41’ HERRESHOFF YAWL

38’ CHRIS CONNIE

Diesel power, cedar planks, good sails, end. spinnaker. Barient winches. Try $10,000

Twin C.C200 hp. Full Delta canvas, ideal for comfortable living.

Only $17,500

$90,000 SAIL SANTANA_great sailing, great price. . . .(2) GLADIATOR.f. CAL BAHAMA 2-24. ISLANDER BAHAMA. CORONADO 25. SANTANA i.b. engine, nicely appointed. LANCER excellent condition..try HERRESCHOFF Rosinante beautiful. MOWER full head room, well kept. SUNSET full length planked, monel fastened.. KETTENBURG good value, owner anxious, .try BREWER teak hull, aft cabin. GAFF SCHOONER outstanding craftsmanship PETERSON COASTER III traditional appeal . TEAK KETCH Carribean charter boat w/cliental POWER MONTEREY trawler, f/g, diesel. VASHON TRAWLER as a kit, diesel GARBER quality restoration.try CHRIS CRAFT planing hull, super clean, .only STEVENS Sedan Cruiser Delta room,

36’ ENGLISH KETCH

34’ SEDAN

Fiberglass, diesel, sturdy cruise equipment.

Beamy, strong, completely refinished. F.W. cooled Chrys V8. Great liveaboard. Reduced: $9,950.

Bank Repo! Try $50,000

covered berth.

CATALINA 27

33’ CRUIS A LONG

1977. Well maintained, low hours, good sail & electronic inventory.

Twin Chrys V8’s, 3 KW Onan, dual stations, complete refinish job underway. Asking $18,500

Try $18,000.

45’ PORPOISE KETCH Raised panel interior, teak decks.

30’GAR.Y MULL DESIGN Excellent cruiser/racer.

42’ WESTSAIL Complete oiler furling ketch Aft cabin. $98,500

37’ ANGLEMAN KETCH New saiis. Financing at 11%. $49,500.

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16’ GREAT PELICAN

25’ YAMAHA.

Built 1980 w/trailer. Good value for the family starting in boating

1978. Inboard diesel, North sails, incld’g spinnaker. Barient winches

Asking $4,500.

Reduced to $12,500.

1983 OCEAN 38 Pilothouse Sloop

TXTODSH MARINE Featuring traditional cruising sailing yachts

Insulated hull, dual steering stations, roller furling, 120 gal. fuel, 140 gal. water. This almost new boat for just $83,000.

BABA-30, BABA-35, BABA-40, PANDA-34, PANDA-38 & PANDA 40 For greater needs: Tatoosh - 42&51 and Liberty -458 Experienced Yachts

JACK BARR YACHT SALES 1070 Marina Village Pkwy Alameda, CA 94501

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(415) 865-1035

CHARTERS POWER&SAIL. 23’to 85’ 25’ Bayliner.$125/day 32 ’ Grand Banks. $1050/wk

27’ Catalina.$400/wk 44' Peterson.... $1275/wk

Skippered day charters Alaska cruises.

Seattle yachts Jj Charters NEW ★MIRAGE YACHTS 25, 30, 33 by Perry 3123 fairview Ave. E., Seattle, WA(206) 329-3800

42’ Grand Banks, 1971 All wood, twin 120 hp diesel, ex¬ cellent cond., 10 year assume loan, and or owner financing. Asking $125,000.

1975 Down East - 38. This traditional styled cruising yacht is Bristol condition and is out¬ fitted for serious cruising. Ask¬ ing $79,900

New L stings 24’ 26’ 28' 30’ 30’ 35’ 36'

Stone Horse, '81 .$28,500 Sloop, F/G, 75 .26,000 Islander, '81 ..34,400 Baba, 30’ (4).52 K to 68K Ericson, 30, '69 .28,000 Baba, 35,P/H,'80 .72,000 Islander, ’80 .89,000

36' 37’ 37’ 38’ 40’ 46’ 46’ 30’

S2/11.0, ’80 .$82,000 CT-37, 75 .85,000 Tayana, 37 PH, 75 . . . .85,000 Morgan, ’83 .119,000 Panda - 40 PH, '82 . . . 134,950 Clipper 46, 75 .98,500 Hiller - 46, ’84 .139,500 Pleasure Tug, 71 ... 35,000

TATOOSH MARINE 1120 Brtcfcyid Cow PI. Richmond (415) 232-7778

Kensington

Yacht & Ship Brokers 1000 Bridgeway, Sausalito, CA 94965 (415) 332-1707, (415) 331-0292 ★

Charters A vailable★

47’ Vagabond, 1979. Better than new; liveaboard or cruise. $125,000.

24' Yankee Dolphin, 1967. Bristol, perfect starter. $12,500.

40’ Fast 40, 1982. With trailer. For the hot racer — 15 sails! $45,000. Asking

'75 26’ Pearson. '81 30’ Olson 30, 11 sails, race winner. ’64 30’ Teak Herreshoff classic. ’70 31’ Cheoy Lee Ketch. ’78 33’ Ranger. ’68 34’ Cal. ’76 35’ Ericson (race equipt’85). ’67 35’ Mariner Ketch. ’78 43’ Oulfstar Ketch... . ’80 ’47 Gulfstar Ketch. ’79 47’ Perry Ketch (a beauty!). Fantastic Two Months Of Sales — More Prime Listings Needed!

16,000 $26,900 31,500 32,000 38,000 34,000 55,000 45,000 98,000 170,000 114,000

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 the many alternatives will satisfy your sailing needs, then please call. My listings change constantly, & I may have some suggestions if you haven’t decided on a specific boat.

45’ VAN DE STADT Sip ’77. Well dsgnd/rig’d cruis’g boat w/much cruise gear, utilitarian interior; go anywhere boat. $59,000. 44’ LAFITTE. Probably the best Lafitte ever built. Many cstm featrs. Inquire. 40’ CAL. The original ultralight. $68,500. 40’ KETTENBURG ’64. Cruising sloop with good inventory. $34,000. 38’ FARALLONE CLIPPER ’60. Well maintd/equipt Bay classic. $40,000. 37’ IRWIN MKV Ketch ’79. Excellent liveaboard/cruising boat. $67,000. 36’ COLUMBIA. (2) of these roomy cruisers from $31,500. 35’ MARINER ’66. Roomy trad. Garden kch. Perkins dsl, dinghy, etc. $35,000. 34’ HUNTER ’83. Wheel, WS, SP, dsl. & more. $59,900. 34’ COLUMBIA ’70. A big boat for $31,000. 33’ NOR'WEST. Chuck Burns designed fast full keel cruiser. From $55,500. 33’ PEARSON 323 ’77. Offered by original owner. Shaw dsgn’d sip, teak/holly cabin sole, opening ports, hot pres, wtr, Volvo dsl, more. Exclnt Bay sail¬ ing/coastal cruising. $55,000. 32’ DASHER ’60. Lapworth dsgn, Easom built. Gd equip. Call for low price. 30’ U.S. ’81. Volvo dsl., VHF, hot water & more. $35,500. 30’ NORTHSTAR 1000 ’73. S&S designed sloop, Canadian built. $18,000. 30’ FISHER ’73. Sturdy M/S ideal for S.F. Bay winds, rain, and fog with FW cooled dsl, radar, & autopilot. Pleasant & comfortable below. 30’ SANTANA ’ll. Shad Turner designed sloop with wheel steering, Volvo diesel, good sail inventory, and clean interior. Ready to go at $36,000. 29’ CAL 2-29. Clean Lapworth racer/crutser. $29,900. 28’ CORSAIR ’60. Quality bit Danish sip. Mahogany on oak. S.F. Hrbr berth $25,000. 28’ ISLANDER ’76. Nicely cared for popular one-design sip with diesel, exclnt sail inventory, recent LP paint. $31,500. .27’ CAL 2-27 ’76. Clean example of popular 1-design class. Knot/log, RDF, depth, VHF. Call for price. 20’ CATBOAT ’81. Cold-molded immaculate Rudder design. BMW dsl. For the collector. $45,000. 20’ CSTM CATBOAT ’81. Bit from Rudder magazine dsgn. BMW pwr, coldmolded trad, gaff cat unblvable. For the connoisseur collector. $45,000. 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 JransferJnsuranee, property tax proration & the inevitable Snafu, please call & list your boat.

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WHITFSAIF!

JULY SPECIAL

CRUISING 35' Camper & Nicholson, “Celestine”.$ 65,000 40' Sailor, “Wayfarer”.$101,000 42’Clipper, “Cheoy Lee”.$ 76,590 42' Pearson 424,“Sail Diver”.. $ 99,500 44’ Dufour 12000ct.$ 96,000 45' Von der Stat,“Ariva”.$ 59,500 61' Camper & Nicholson Yawl.$ 57,415 65' Alden Ketch,“Ana”.$ 95,000 CRUISER/RACER 17' Venture.$ 8,500 23'Ranger, “Toad”.$ 11,950 27' Cal 2-27, “Windbob II”.$ 24,500 33'Ranger, “Decision”.$ 12,000 37' Farr,“Beautiful Swimmer”.$115,000 38' Farr,“Kurrewa”.$ 95,000 38'Farr, “Firecracker”.$ 89,500 40' Ross.“Ta RauparahaV.$113,000 44' Farr, “Blizzard”.$123,000 45' Mull NZ-45, “Wild Woman”.$215,000 54' Britton Chance Hydraulic Centre Board Ketch.$215,000

1981 TAYANA 37 MKI STANDARD CUTTER Robert Perry design. Autopilot, radar, Loran C, depth indicator, knotmeter, Volvo 36 h.p. diesel, spray dodger, dinghy and davits, refrigeration, battery charger. Reduced from $92,000 to $87,000.

SELECT LISTINGS

_RACING_

* 25’

FOX sloop, ’79, Gary Mull design

24'J-24,“Bolero”..$ 12,950 40' Farr,“Sundance”.$165,000 43' Serendipity,“Prism”.$125,000 44' Ross, “Blast Furnace”.$110,000

* 25’

US sloop, ’82, Autohelm, spinnaker

15,000

* 25’

CAL sloop, ’80

20,000

* 26’

RANGER sloop, ’70, 6 sails, spinnaker

14,000

* 27’

CATALINA sloop, ’72, i/b, full race rig, 6 sails,

18,000

Due to the current exchange rates in New Zealand and France, we have a number of superb overseas bargains

folding prop

* 28’

SAN FRANCISCO \ACHTS 415/436-0277. 45 Embarcadero Cove, Oakland, CA 94606

$12,000

ISLANDER sloop, Perry design, diesel auxiliary

28,000

CATALINA sloop, 1980, a true racing/cruising 31,000 yacht. CLEAN! * 30+ ERICSON sloop, ’82, Universal dsl, depth indicator, 50,000

* 30’

knotlog, VHF, immaculate!

30’

FARALLON sloop, kit boat, 90% complete,

Offers

full keel for bluewater cruising, diesel

35’

ERICSON sloop, ’70, CLEAN!

39,550

Reduced To Sell!! ’68 21’ Venture.3,900 ’77 23’ Ranger,View o.b., sails. .9,950 ’78 25’ Ericson, 15 h;p. Evinrude.19,300 ’70 26’ Columbia, a.p., dodgerl2,500 ’82 27’ Stilletto Cat.29,900 ’71 27’ Santana . ’72 27’ Cal.12.500 'll IT Catalina, i.b., stereo. .16,000 ’79 27’ CS, Yanmar 12 h.p... .28,500 ’58 28’ Harberg sloop, 12 h.p. i.b.10,500 ’81 28’ Albin Cumulus.2 from 34,900 ’79 28’ Dufour, extras.offers/43,500 ’81 28’ Ericson, Halon sys... .inquire 29’ Ranger, stereo.. .from 24,500 ’73 29’ Ericson, carpets/cushions.27,900 'll 30’ Hunter, cabin heater. .29,500 ’77 30’ Santana, wheel steering, .offers/44,500 ’47 30’ Cutter rigged sloop... .20,000 'll 30’ Sloop, cstm built racer.37,500 ’73 30’ Fisher M/S ketch.49,900 ’69 30’ Dufour, 13 sails, dodger.33,500 ’72 30’ Islander, a.p., boat cover.29,500 ’31 31’ Classic sloop- -15,900 ’78 32’ Traveller, dbl-ender, custom-62,500

’79 ’82 ’80 ’76 ’79 ’58 ’70 ’81

32’ Pearson. 59,900 32’ Gulf p.h., 4.5 kw gen.. 57,500 35’ Cutter-rigged sloop.. .44,900 35’Ericson, stereo.42,500 36’ McGregor Cat.try 29,000 36’ Capworth, exclnt cond29,500 36’ Cheoy Lee Clipper... .64,500 36’ CS, extras, electronics... .reduced 70,600 ’82 37’ Tartan, inflatable, S&S94,500 ’78 37’ Flying Dutchman.75,000 ’80 38’ Ericson, exclnt cond. .inquire ’57 38’ Farallcne Clipper.59,900 ’76 39’ New Zealand Cavalier.67,000 ’79 39’ Irwin, dodger/extras.try 79,950 ’79 39’ Westsail.reduced 85,500 ’48 39’ Hess design, p.h.78,000 ’71 39’ Ericson, inst/sails.58,900 ’82 40’ Olsen Fastbreak.109,500 ’79 40’ Pearson, electronics.. 109,500 ’75 41’ Formosa ketch, elect. .69,900 ’81 41’ Morgan, Outlslander. .89,500 ’80 41’ DownEast, M/S.69,900 'll 48’ CT ketch, ocean goingl74,500 ’80 55’ Roberts cttr, dsl. .try 117,000 ’37 58’ Cutter.350,000' ’70 70’ Bermudian ketch, charterer. 295,000 ’ll 70’ Gaff rigged cutter.... 157,000

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36’

ISLANDER sloop, ’79, diesel, 4 sails including furling jib, dodger 59,000 Reduced To Sell!!

37’

TAYANA cutter, ’79, sole owner spared no expense in 89,950 equipping this yacht. Must See!!

37’

TAYANA MKII cutter, ’83, aft cabin, head with

93,000

seperate shower,’ Loran C, battery charger, spray dodger, pristine condition!

40’

MARINER ketch, ’85, William Garden design,

82,500

will arrive in July. Perkins 4-10$, diesel, seperate shower, stove, priced to sell (plus commissioning)

44’ * 45’

HARDIN ketch, 1979, loaded CHEOY LEE auxiliary ketch, ’80, Perry design

Offers 125,000

electronics, 40 hp diesel, great liveaboard

* 48’

MARINER ketch, ’80, center cockpit, aft cabin,

139,000

Perkins 4-236, autopilot, much more. Very roomy!

50’

GULFSTAR MKII, ’79, aft cabin, ideal liveaboard, 175,000

* 52’

TAYANA cutter, ’84, Perry design, Loran C, Nav 5, 298,000 autopilot, radar, SatNav, 7.5 kw, central heat, central vacuum/. Too much to list!.

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SAILBOATS Freedom, '84, trlr.$17,500 Santana, '71, trlr.6,800 Wylie Wabblt,’82, trlr.7,500 Moore,'80, trlr.15,950 Columbia,'63, i.b.9,500 U.S. Yacht, i.b.15,750 Yamaha, '80, dsl.20,000 Santana 525, '78.Offer Merit, '80, trlr.17,750 Merit,'82, trlr.23,500 Lancer, 77.13,500 International Folkboat... 16,500 Clipper, 73, trailer.6,500 Santa Cruz, 76, trailer. . .19,900 Catalina, 77, diesel.22,000 Ericson, 78, diesel.22,000. Tartan, full keel.16,500N Islander, 76, diesel.34,000 Ranger, 72.22,000 Garden, diesel.30,900 Freedom, '81, diesel.29,000 Buccaneer 305, diesel. . . 30,900 U.S. Yacht, '80, dsl.39,950 U.S. Yacht, '81, dsl.33,500 U.S. Yacht, diesel, '81_33,500

30’ 30’ 30’ 34’ 36’ 36’ 36’ 36’ 37’ 38’ 40’ 41’ 43’ 44’ 44’ 45’ 45’ 47’ 48’ 64’ 25’ 34’ 40’ 53’ 58’

Palmer Johnson, 73, dsl.41,950 Rawson.23,500 Cape Dory, ’82, diesel.... 58,900 Hunter, '83, diesel.59,900 Cape Dory, '83, cutter... . 89,500 Islander, 73.49,500 Islander, 78.66,000 Wright Allied, ketch, 77. .72,000 Fisher, ketch.59,500 Hans Christian, 79, cttr. 107,000 Islander, 79.89,000 Ericson,'69, diesel.69,500 Serendipity, 79.135,000 Peterson, 75 cutter.99,000 Peterson, 79.115,000 Sparkman&Stephens, '8282,000 Columbia, 73, m/s kch. .135,000 Wellington, 72, ketch... 175,000 Mapleleaf, '81.195,000 Herreshoff, ’82, ketch... 375,000 POWERBOATS Bertram, ’64.25,000 Sea Ray, ’83.99,000 Pilgram, motor yacht.. .135,000 Hatteras, FBMY.295,000 Hatteras, YF.440,000

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73 OB 73 OB 73 OB 79 OB 79 OB '82 OB 71 NA 70 OB 74 OB '81 OB 79 IG '82 ID 77 '73NG '82 ID

$6,000 6,500 13,000 14,950 12,650 17,000 6,000 9,600 14,500 18,000 19,000 28,000 16,500 29,500 39,950

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San Juan 28. Tartan. Pearson 31. Coronado ...... Westsail 32. Tartan Ten. Ranger 33. Morgan. Ericson 41. van de Stadt, dsl. Morgan, dsl. lease option.... 65’ Alden ketch.

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38’ Farallon Clipper, 1957, varnished hull, one owner boat since new, maintained to absolute perfection, recent price reduction makes her even more exciting. $40,000.

40 Concordia yawl, 1957, quality Abeking & Ras¬ mussen construction, and beautifully maintained. $75,000.

Vagabond ketch, 1979, very well outfitted witn quality cruising gear, interior decorated in ex¬ cellent taste, maintained in Bristol condition. $125,000.

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The proper balance Ml between racing and cruising. Clean and airy interior. Priced

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$59,500.

JACK BARR YACHT SALES 1070 Marina Village Pkwy Alameda, CA 94501

SAILED ONLY SIX TIMES!! 1983. Immaculate condition. Low hours on the diesel engine. $66,500.00

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SELECTED SAIL ob Montgomery '75 trlr ob '82 Pearson . .. ob Neptune. . . '80 trlr ob Santana 525 '79 trlr d/ib trlr Balboa .... g/ib '69 Islander . . . g/ib '69 Islander ... g/ib 71 Columbia.. d/ib 72 Islander .. .

$5,650 18,750 11,950 14,250 18,750 17,500 34,500 33,500 95,000

MULTIHULL 76 trlr 79 trlr ob 79 trlr

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SELECTED BROKERAGE 20’ Cal, sip, ’63, f/g, gas. • • .$4,000 22’ Santana, sips.4 frm 5,000 23’ Pearson, sip, ’62, f/g, gas.7,500 24’ Cat T-4, sip, ’74, f/g, gas.8,000 24’ Islndr Bahama/ulr. ’65, r/g. . 7,000 24’ Island Bahama, sip, ’67, f/g... .9,000 24> J/24, sip,’79. f/g.9,500 24’ Laguna, sip, ’80, f/g.. 14,250 24’ Meridian, sip, ’64, f/g.19,950 24’ Nightingale/trlr, sip, ’78.16,950 24’ Venture/trlr, sip, ’69,’71, f/g.2 frm 4,900 25’ Cal 2-25, ’79,’81,.2 frm 23,500 25’ Dufour, sip, ’81, f/g..22,750 25’ Ed Monk, sip. ’47, wd.5,000 25’ Ericson, sip. ’80, f/g.26,400 25’ Ericson, sip, ’78, f/g.13,000 25’ Hunter, sip, ’84„f/g.19,950 25'O’Day, sip,’76, f/g.17.900 25’ Pacific Clipper, sip. '58, wd... .5,000 26’ Columbia Mklt, ’69,’70,’72... 10,500 26’ Columbia, ’69. f/g.12,500 26’ Chrysler, sip, ’77, f/g.14,500 26’ Pearson, sip, ’75, f/g.13,500 26’ Ranger, sips, ’72,’76.. • - 3 frm 12,000 26’ S-2 7.9, sip.’82, f/g.22.000 27- Cat 2-27, sips, ’74,’75.. .2 frm 27,000 27’ Albin Vega, sip, ’74.22.000 27’ Catalina, sips.2 frm 13,600 27’Cheoy Lee OS, sip, 72.!7,995 27’ Catalina, sip, ’77, f/g. .19,000 27’Coronado, sip,’72....13,750 IT Ericson, ’73,’79,’80.2 frm 22,000 27’ Schock, sip, ’71..18,000 27’ O’Day, sip, ’73, f/g.20,000 28’O’Day, sip, '79. f/g.32,000 28’ San Juan, stp, ’79.29,000 28’Spirit 28, sip,’79.32,000 29’ Cal, sip, ’70,’72,'72.3 frm 23,750 29’ Cal 2-29. ’74.27,500 29’ Cascade, ’67, f/g, dsl.35,000 29’ Columbia, sip, ’65, f/g.18,000 29’ Gulf, sip, ’81, f/g. ■ .32,500

30’ Bahama, sip, ’81, f/g.42,000 30’Cal 2-30, ’68,’71, f/g . 2 frm 28,500 30’ Dunningan, sip, '37, f/g.14,900 30’ Ericson, ’69’s.3 frm 27,950 30’ Fisher, M/S, ’76, f/g.61,000 30’ Cal 3-30. sip, ’74, f/g...34,600 30’ Rawsott, sip, '65, f/g... .25.000 30’ Sloop Hurricane, '47, wd.7,500 30’ Tartan, sip, ’78, f/g.39,500 30' Wylie cstm V*, '76, wd.40,000 31’ Cal, ’79's...2 frm 45,000 32' Columbia, sip, ’77, f/g.45,000 32’ Ericson, ’70,'74.2 frm 29.500 32’ Islander, sip.’77, f/g.45,500 32’ Cutter, ’29, wood, dsl.22,000 32' Valiant, cutter, ’77, f/g.69,950 32’ Targa, stp, '78, f/g.47,500 32’ Uniftite, sip,’77, f/g.69,950 33’ Ranger, sip, ’74, f/g.38,500 33’ Windward, sip, '47, wd.21,500 34' Coronado, sip, '69, f/g.34,950 34’ Dash, sip, ’82, f/g.47,500 34’ O’Day, stp. ’81, f/g.59,950 34’ Wylie, sip. ’80, f/g.59,000 35’ Cal, sips, ’80.80,000 35’ Rasmus, sip, '73, f/g.65,900 35’ Fuji, ’75, sip.69,000 36’ Islander, sip, '71, f/g..49,995 36’ Yamaha, sip, ’80, f/g.72,000 38’ Ericson, sip, ’80, f/g.87,500 38’ Farr, sips, ’80,’83.2 frm 88,000 38’ Morgan, sip, '78, f/g.87.500 39’ Hess cstm, sip, '48, wd, MS.. 52,000 40’ Herreshoff, stp, ’38, wd.65,000 40’ Lady Helmsman, sip, ’79.55,000 40’ Reimers, sip, '57, wd..... .35,000 41’ Islander, stp, '76, f/g.• .97,500 42’ Cooper 416, sip, f/g.127,500 44' Peterson, sip, ’78, f/g. 117,500 45' Explorer, kch, ‘79, f/g.114,500 46' Grdn cstm, kch, '70, wd.125,000 47’ Grdn Vagabond, ’73/35.139,500 48’ Mapleleaf, sip, ’76, dsl.189,000 50’ Gulfstar, ’77,’79.2 frm 149,000

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★ 17’ LEISURE Twin bilgekeels, English sloop.$ 4,500 ★ 20’NEWPORT 6 sails, SNG handled, LPU top’s. 5,500 ★ 20’CAL Good starter, all led aft, active class. 3,750 ★ 21’NORTHWEST dsl, delta special.NOW 7,250 ★ 21’VICTORY w/trailer, good starter. 2,500 ★ 23'CORONADO Fixed keel, v/good sails, o/b. 6,500 ★ 23’ERICSON New o/b, trailerable, swingkeel. 6,500 ★ 24’J24 Class sails, spinnaker gear, priced right. 10,500 ★ 24’WINDWARD SLOOP Full keel, good sailer, classic 7,400 ★ 24’ BRISTOL Rollerfurl. jib, sh. pwr, elec st. Evinrude 14,000 ★ 25’CAL 2-25 diesel, h&c p/w, Barient’s. 23,000 ★ 25’ ERICSON 25 + Headroom, dsl., family cruiser .. . 25,500 ★ 25’NORTHSTAR 500 141, lots of sails. 14,000 ★ 26’ ISLANDER Sun cover, 4 sails, Bristol Condition . . 23,500 ★ 26’ CONTESSA fk, auto pilot, bit. to Lloyds specs. . . . 17^500 ★ 26’ COLUMBIA MK II “The Perfect 26” . . 4 from . . 11,000 ★ 26’ INT FOLKBOAT Classic Scandinavian Design .... 15,500 ★ 26’ EXCALIBUR nice, spin, pop top, km, vhf. 11,000 ★ 26’LAGUNA Race or cruise, it’s equipped. 28,500 ★ 27’CATALINA 1 with inboard.2 from. 17,000 ★ 27' ERICSON All w/gas inboards.3 from. 18,000 27’ MORGAN BMW diesel, 5 sails w/spinn. 20,500 27’ SANTANA Diesel, 5 sails, good buy. 18,000 ★ 27’ CORONADO Needs a nice home.2 from 10,000 29’ CAL 4 sails, CNG, Lines aft, I/B. 30,000 29’ COLUMBIA I/B, 7 sails w/2 spinn. 18,000 30’ISLANDER MK II Diesel, pedestal, 4 sails. 29,500 ★ 30’LANCER Dodger, wheel, wp/ws. 30,500 ★ 30’ SEIDELMANN dsl, tiller, dodger. 33,900 ★ 30’ RAWSON Lots of room.2 from 26,000

55’ ALDEN YAWL This 1969 Alden centerboarder was designed in the Finnesterre tradition and built by Laliberte in Canada. A swift cruiser with vetfy comfortable accommodations. NEW on the market. $ 120,000 EXHILARATING HIGH PERFORMANCE — RACE READY

★ 29\BUCCANEER 295 “Sea Fire” 84 Farallone SSS winner 35,000 29’ BUCCANEER 295 Spin gear, 4 sails local loft. 30,000 ★ 30’ CAL 2-30 Dsl, full race, lines lead aft. 25,000 ★ 30’J30 Very clean, lots of sails, ready to go. 43,500 ★ 30’WYLIE CUSTOM Cold mold, 34T, Hulse Rig. 35,000 ★ 30’ OLSON 8 sails, fast and light. 27,500 ★ 34’ DASH Fast Davidson dsn., 8 sails, Loran. 44,000 34’ WYLIE Class sails, good electronics.2 from 56^500 35’SANTANA Class equipped.2 from 58,000 LIVEABOARD EXPERIENCED OFF-SHORE CRUISERS

C & C’s GALORE — RACE OR CRUISE

★ 30’ C & C 14 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 36 Dodger, Loran, all canvas. 79,950 ★ C & C 38 Full hydraulics, Loran C, New LPU .... 79,500 C & C 40’ As new, spinn., good elect, Reduced . . . 99,000 ★ VESSELS ON DISPLAY IN OUR HARBOR

32 BRISTOL Full Keel, Hood dsn, very clean. 35,000 ★ 35 VINDO Lovely & Loaded, FG, teak decks. 67,000 ★ 35 RAFIKI Diesel, Generous teak, spacious cruiser . . 55,000 ★ 35 PERRY CUTTER Teak Decks, Full Keel, Diesel . . . 67,000 ★36 CS High Quality, Canadian bit., below market . . . 75,000 37 IRWIN Cnt-cockpit, aft cabin ketch. 67,000 37^ GULFSTAR New sails, new interior, has cruised . . 72,900 ★ 38 ERICSON Tri-cabin, Diesel, late model.2 from 82 500 ★ 39 CAL CORINTHIAN Rod Rig., Dsl heater. 85 000 40 NEWPORTER KETCH Wood, Lot’s elec. & sails . . 79,500 ★ 41 BRISTOL 41.1 Center cockpit, aft cabin, loaded . . 159,000 41 CHEOY LEE Radar, Auto Helm, Loran, Generator . 105 000 ★ 44 ALDEN CUTTER Gorgeous w/everything. 325 000 45 VAN DER STATT Fully equip., Flex terms. 59 000 ★ 47 KAUFMAN & LADD Twin aft. cab, cutter.149 000 47 PERRY KETCH 80 hp dsl, aft cbn, reefer. 114 900 ★ 50 GULFSTAR So. Pacific Vet., loaded, like new .... 149,000 MOVING UP — COASTAL CRUISERS

TARTAN 30 S&S design ^ith new oversized SS rigging, this proven blue water cruiser and bay racer includes a new dodger, custom upholstery and matching cockpit cushions. Four bags of sails, good instruments and anti-corrosion control. In excellant condition. $37,000

27’ NORSEA CC Aft cabin, dsl.2 from 37 500 ★ 29’SUNWIND Diesel, 3 sails, REDUCED. 34^900 ★ 29.9 BRISTOL wheel, custom dodger, electronics . . . 44,000 ★ 29’ GULF COAST 6’ + headroom, DS, VHF, Roller Furl 25,000 ★ 30 PEARSON Autopilot, dodger, clean .... 32 500 ★ 30’ ISLANDER BAHAMA Wheel, Signet, 2 from ^ " . 41’soo 30’ ERICSON Well equipped, 3 sails, inb. 2^ 000 ★ 30’ WILLARD 8 ton f/k, cutter, wheel, dsl. 5S 000 ★ 30 TARTAN S&S dsn, Bristol cond. 37 000 ★ 30 TARTAN Nice cond., owner anxious . . 30 000 ★ 31’ PEARSON DS, WP, WS wheel, Spinn 45 000 ★ 31’ COLUMBIA 9.6 dsl, 4 sails, heater . . 36 000 32’MARIEHOLM FLK/BOAT Dodger . 41 non ★ 32’ ERICSON Inboard, well kept ... . 34 non ★ 36’ ISLANDER Full spin gear, avon . . . / 2 from. 47’5oo

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PEARSON FLYER Cruise or race, this 30 footer has it all. BMW diesel, spinnaker, Combi instruments. Spacious enough for family cruising with self tailing primaries, and comfortable enough for a MORA racing crew. $38,500 CLASSIC CRUISERS ★ 23’ MAYA Honda, 7.5 O/B, Good Sails. # 3,300 ★ 23’BEAR full interior, clean classic. 9,000 ★ 25’ NORDIC FOLKBOAT Full cover, new sails. 11,000 ★ 26’ NORDIC M/S FK Inside steering, Dsl. 25,000 ★ 28’BUCCANEER Barney Nichols dsgn. 5,000 30’ BRISTOL 29.9 FK, I/B, Autopilot. 23,900 ★ 30’ YANKEE Wood, M/M Winner. 9,000 30’ ALBERG Dsl., 8 sails, TOTALLY cruise equipped 29,950 ★ 30’ ALBERG YAWL Wheel, Boat cover, I/B 36,950 ★ 30’ KNARR Classis, needs TLC.offer ★ 30’ CHOEY LEE KETCH Diesel, shore power, teak 25,500 ★ 31’ CHOF.Y LEE KETCH Dsl, Roller furl 30,000 31’ DASHER Easom huilt, L-32, new rig, clean. 20,000 ★ 36’ ANGLEMAN KETCH dsl., wd„ pac, vet., ready to go 48,000 ★ 40’ S&S YAWL Burmese teak hull, classic. 58,000 40' PACIFIC 40 YAWL European quality, BMW dsl . . 74,500 ★ 43’KETTENBURG Aluminum hull, beautiful. 89,500 ★ 43’ KETTENBURG 11 sails, AP, new teak sole, dsl . . 66,000 45’CUSTOM NZ KETCH Center cockpit, extensive gear 90,000 ★ 46’ GARDEN KETCH Loaded, 6 sails, dsl. 125,000 ★ 60’ GAFF RIGGED CUTTER APPT. ONLY. 175,000 65’ ALDEN KETCH Loaded 95,000

36’ CS A very well built Canadian performance cruiser. Includes five sails, I.oran, WP, WS, stereo, propane, swim ladder + much more This late model is priced well below market value. $75,000

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C&C 36 State of the art C&C quality. Equipped for coastal cruising. Cannister life raft, Loran C, F.PIRB, and much more. $79,500

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CABO RICO 38 An impressive traditional full keel cruising vessel. Full aft cabin, wheel steering, cutter rigged. Aljthe amenities. $97,500

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This month’s specials

J/35. Upwind speedster with downwind stability! Beautiful cruising interior. Priced to sell. $66,000.

LUDERS 36. One of the best Cheoy Lee’s ever built! This BillLuders design is ready for cruisA ing. She has custom sails, spin., liferaft, custom canvas. Owner leaving country. MUST SELL. OFFERS!

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BROKERAGE - SAIL 21’ Wilderness 21’ Venture 22' S-2 22’ Chrysler 22’ Santana 22’ J/Boat 23' Sprinta Sport 23' Ranger 23' Ericson 24' Moore 24’ Gladiator 24’ J/Boat 24' Farr 727 25’ San Juan 25’ Merit 26’ Excalibur 26’ Columbia 26’ Pearson 26’ Chrysler 27’ Cal 2-27 27’ Vega 29’ Columbia 29’ Sunwind 29’ Cal 29’ J/Boat 30’ Islander Mkll 30’ Lancer 30’ Benford 30’ Sprkmn/Stphns 31’ Pearson 32’ Pearson 323

’77 ’68 79 75 (2) ’83 ’81 74 ’80 ’68 (2) 76 79 ’80 (2) 70 76 77 76 74 ’68 ’82 73 '84 76 78 ’80 ’82 78 79

$8,000 2,495 11,000 6,495 from 7,200 12,000 18,000 12,900 7,900 12,000 6,500 from 12,900 12,000 21,000 20,500 from 7,950 10,500 15,500 19,000 24,950 22,000 16,500 34,900 29,000 36,500 29,500 30,000 45,000 offers/57,500 49,900 50,000

Alameda, California 94501

33’ 34’ 35’ 35’ 35’ 36’ 36’ 36’ 36’ 371 37’ 38’ 40’ 40’ 41’ 43’ 44’ 46’ 50’ 50’ 60’ 60’

Ranger Wylie Ericson J/Boat Coronado J/Boat Cheoy Lee Hunter Islander Islander Ranger Downeast Olson Trinteila Morgan O.l. Gulfstar C.C. Swan Cal 2-46 Santa* Cruz Gulfstar Alden Gaff cutter

25’ 25’ 25’ 36’ 40' 41’ 42’ 42’ 50’

Bayliner Wellcraft Farallon Trojan Bell MMC Trawler Trojan Com. Fisher Chris Craft

74 74 '80 (2) ’83 (2) ’81 74 ’80 (2) 73 73 76 (2) 74 78 78 74 73 77 ’26 ’11

32,000 38,500 59,000 from 38,000 66,000 from 43,500 90,000 ' 65,000 58,500 reasonable offer Offers 60,000 67,000 from 109,500 offers 125,000 reduced 98,000 150,000 128,000 170,000 reduced 149,000 offers/100,000 175,000

BROKERAGE -- POWER ’80 ’80 (2) ’68 '81 ’84 ’66 ’65 ’54

19,900 27,500 from 29,500 47,900 75,000 115,000 68,500 59,500

A "race ready” ISLANDER 36. Full wind, full Pineapple sail inventory, custom Traveller, new custom spar & boom, epoxy bottom job — new non-skid. ANY REA¬ SONABLE OFFER. GULFSTAR 50. Immaculate. A South Pacific veteran, this vessel is the epitome of a proper yacht. Owner is ready for a new adventure. Rock bottom price is now $149,000. SPECIAL VALUE! Immaculate GULFSTAR 43’ SLOOP. (4) North sails, VHF, depth, RDF, knotlog, w.p., w.s., Loran C, SSB, Autohelm, cold plate refer, Perkins 4-108, automatic ex¬ tinguishers & much more. This Gulfstar is loaded & bristol. Reduced by $12,000. Now Only $98,000.

(415) 523-8500

June has been a hectic month We not only sold more boats than we took in. but we also moved to a new off,re ur new location is On The Houseboat” at Mariner Square, just down the gangway (rom our old oflice We are expecting a number of vessels in our pending release category within the next two weeks Sincerely. REPO HOTLINE (415) 523-8502

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24’SAMOURAI OFFERS 24’VENTURE.5,500 25'DAVIDSON.25,000 * 25'FLEUR BLEU 5,900 * 25’ MERIDIAN 126 12,000 25' YAMAHA 20,000 25’ PACIFIC CLIPPER 13,000 25’ PETERSON 3 from 15,000 25* CAL. 10,000 25’ NORTHSTAR.14,000 26’ ARIEL by PEARSON 2 from 13,500 26’INTERNATIONAL FOLKBOAT 15,500 26' CONTESSA 30,000 26’ EXCALIBUR 2 from 13,900 i 27’CAL 2-27.22,500 27’ SANTA CRUZ 2 from 14,500 27’MULL CUSTOM.10,900 27’NEWPORT 27 S-ll 16,600 27’CATALINA 3 from 17,000 28’ HALBERGH SLOOP.9,950 28’ATKINS ENSENADA (F/G) 29,900 28’ MAIR 7/8th SLP 24,500 28’ NEWPORT OFFERS/26,500 28’ISLANDER 31,500 28’SAN JUAN 29,000 29’ CAL/BEST OFFER 2 from 26,500 29’ RANGER 24,500 29’SUNWIND RACER/CRUISER 34,900 29’BRISTOL 49,950 30’ BIRD CLASS.9,000 30’ CORONADO 2 from 24,000 30' OLSON 25,950 30’ NONSUCH 69,500 30’ ISLANDER MKII.3 from 30,000 30’TARTAN 24,000 30’ SHIELDS CLASS 8,000 30’SAN JUAN.23,750 30’ FISHER M/S 2 from 46,000 30’ NEWPORT 29,000 30’ ALBERG. 32,000 30’ WYLIE 3/4 TON 38,000 30’SANTANA 41,000 30’ CATALINA 35,000 30' US. 33,500 31’ PETERSON TRADES/OFFERS 32’ WESTSAIL CTTR 2 frm 49,900 32’ISLANDER MARK I 39,500 32’ ERICSON 32,000 33’ BALTIC 52,500 33’TARTAN 10 29,950 33’ APHRODITE 101 49,500 33’ COLUMBIA 5.5 10,000 33’ WYLIE 75,000 33’ INTERNAT’L 1-DSGN (F/G) 24,000 34’WYLIE 59.000 34’HUNTER 2 from 49,900 34’CHRISTENSON 13,000 34’ CAL 4 from 33,000 35’CORONADO 44,000 35’ SANTANA 58,500 35’ERICSON 4 from 38,000 36’ ISLANDER FREEPORT 99,500 36’ ISLANDER 2 from 49,995 36’CHEOY LEE CLIPPER 64,500 36’ RAVAGE. 52,500 36’ERICSON 79,900 37’BALTIC 2 from 92,400 37'TAYANA 90,000 37’ISLANDER TRADER 63;000 37’ TARTAN SLOOP 98,500 37’ RANGER 60,000 38’ FARALLONE CLIPPER 2 frm 40,000 38’MORGAN 2 from 79,000 38’ ERICSON 112,500 39’ROGERS’SALT SHAKER’ 99,500 39’ LANDFALL CUTTER 86,000 39’LANCER 110,000 40’ONE TONNER’FEVER’ 155,000 40' YAWL 59.000 40’ C&C 99,000 40’TRINTELLA IV 129,000 40’ OLSON FAST BREAK’ 109,500 40’CHEOY LEE OFFSHORE 79,500 41’COOPER 416 127,500 41’FREEPORT ISLANDER 2 from 105,000 41’ MORGAN OUT ISLAND 89,500 42’ DUBOIS 99,500 42’PEARSON 424 119,500 42’ STEWART 89,000 43GULFSTAR 98,000 44’ SWAN 441 195,000 44’ LAFITTE 198,000 44’ CHEOY LEE. 162,500 45 VAN DER 59,500 45' FREEDOM 45 KCH OFFERS/145,000 46’CAPE CLIPPER 135,000 46' FISHER M/S 245,000 46’ MOTORSAILOR 160,000 47’ VAGABOND KETCH 2 from 125,000 230,000 47’SWAN, 1982. 114,900 47’ PERRY 112,000 48' CUSTOM AUX. CUTTER 187,000 50' SANTA CRUZ 175,000 50’ GULFSTAR 444,000 55’ BALTIC (200,000 62’ SCHOONER 230,000 64’ HUNTINGFORD AUX KCH 795.000 65’ SWAN 651 850,000 75’ RON HOLLAND KETCH « SAN FRANCISCO BERTH INCLUDED

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CLASSIC BLUEWATER 40’ YAWL. Sailaway on this seagoing 1970 McCune cruising yawl, Perkins diesel, dinghy w/outboard, autopilot, RDF and much more. S.F. berth included. $59,000.

Perfect world cruiser — 47’ VAGA¬ BOND KETCH. Built in 1979. This boat is in prime condition and pric¬ ed to sell at $125,000. Call us for details.

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SANTANA 35. “Fast Friends”, Bay and National champ. Full comple¬ ment of new North sails, total elec¬ tronic package, lots of custom rig¬ ging. Super low price of $58,500.

JL 64’ HUNTINGFORD Ketch, “Ozma”. More of a ship than a yacht! Incredible specifications to lengthy to list. Built for ultimate safety and comfort. Capable of be¬ ing at sea for months!

RANGER 29. Inboard, full sail insaflf^ ,nc,ud,n9 spinnaker, full safety gear, berth in Coyote Point I <nc «!?ed’ Se,,er motivated — Ask¬ ing $24,500. Slstershlp shown.

NEWPORT 30. Diesel, 12 sails, full electronics incl’g autopilot, loaded with gear for racing or cruising. [ Oflufppe^and2!, superb ^ W0"' Loran, full e!ec»rnnfert> concfltlon. I Very attractive price of $29,000.

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ISLANDER 30. Brand new, ne been sailed, ready to go with all 1 goodies. Special price too low coffpORT 41. Five sails, wind-| print — give us a call. fass luh electronics, perfect liveaL L Laroe comfortable yacht b oLrb loMona distance sailing, leher willing to listen to offers I Asking $105,000.

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SWAN 441 “Marjon” We are proud to present “Marjon”, a beautiful Swan 441. This Ron Holland-designed yacht was commissioned in 1980 and has receiv¬ ed light usage and been maintained to a very high standard. Her in¬ terior layout is not only elegant but functional. The accomodations include a forward cabin with two berths and sail stowage below plus an enclosed head. The main salon is quite large with a dining area that will accomodate eight, plus there are two additional pilot ber¬ ths. There is a generous galley with double sinks and refrigeration. The navigation station is fitted with full B&G instruments, SatNav and autopilot. There is an owners stateroom aft with a second head and sitting area. “Marjon” has a full inventory of North sails plus Barient winches and Navtec hydraulics. The asking price has been reduced by $50,000 and is now available at a very attractive level. Please call for a full inventory and appointment to view this fine yacht. Foot of Laguna Street, San Francisco, CA 94123 (415)567-8880