Latitude 38 September 1985 by Latitude 38 Media, LLC

VOLUME 99, SEPTEMBER 1985

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Fish’s Perspective

QUADRANT* Winner of the 1985 Stockton-South Tower Race

Once a year a school of fiberglass fish swim in a strange zig-zag pattern downstream from Stockton Sailing Club to a mark near the South Tower of the Golden Gate Bridge ( a chilly, turbulent place where the Pacific Ocean collides with San Francisco Bay). Then, to illustrate the futility of their journey, they simply circle around this mark and head straight back upstream to Stockton. No one knows why they do it, but some say the whole idea was spawned over several beers at the Stockton Sailing Club Bar and 1 have even heard it said that onfce you try it you are hooked! (Editor’s note: This year’s Stockton-South Tower Race was won by John Notman’s Cal 2-30, “Quadrant,” who, along with his wife, Jeannette, inspired the above story. John’s Cal is fully equipped with PINEAPPLE SAILS and his success on the race course is no fish tale! For more information about this great race, call the Stockton Sailing Club. For more information about superb sails, call us!)

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LOCAL CRUISERS SOME RACE EQUIPPED rr 22' SANTANA 22, With Trailer if 23' RANGER 23, 1972, Epoxy Undercoat THREE FROM nr 23' SANTANA 23, With Trailer, Very Clean if 24' MOORE 24, Trailer, Excellent Condition if-24' COLUMBIA CHALLENGER, 1965, New Sails 25' MERIT 25, Trailer, LPU, 14 Sails if 26' INTERNATIONAL FOLKBOAT TWO FROM 26' BALBOA 26, 1969, Large Interior if-26' COLUMBIA, New Engine, Auto-Helm 1000, Nice if 26' PEARSON 26 TWO FROM if 27' ERICSON 27 TWO FROM 13- 27' CAL T/2, Excellent Sailer TWO FROM if ^27'CATALINA 27 TWO FROM if 27' VEGA 27, Swedish Cruiser, Diesel if 27' CAL 2-27, Great One-Design THREE FROM if 28' PEARSON 28, Excellent Condition 28' ISLANDER 28, Diesel, Teak Interior 28' ERICSON 28+ , 1980, Diesel, Wheel if 29' ALBIN CUMULUS, 1982, Swedish Yard, Diesel rr 30' S-2, 9.2A, Dodger, Wheel, Diek‘1, LPU rr 30' NORTH STAR, S&S Designed, Canadian Built 30' YAMAHA, Diesel, Loran, Windvane, Raft 30' OLSON 30, Good Shape, LPU rr 30' 30' CATALINA if 30' PEARSON 30, 1973, Very Clean if 30' ERICSON 30, Teak Interior rr 30' NEWPORT 30, Diesel, Wheel, H&C WaterTHREE FROM rr 30' ERICSON 30 + , 1981, Loaded rr 30' WYLIE 30, Cold Mold Race Equipped rr 30' ISLANDER 30 TWO FROM 31' CAL, Diesel, Wheel, Spinnaker if 32' ERICSON 32, 1973 32' COLUMBIA 9.6 TWO FROM rr 33' TARTAN 10, Race Equipped MAKE OFFER rr 33' WYLIE 33, 1979, Custom Cold Molded Beauty rr 34' WYLIE 34, Race Equipped TWO FROM rr 34' C &- C, 34, Beautifully Equipped rr 35' ERICSON 35, Very Clean TWO FROM rr 35' CORONADO 35, Center Cockpit, Immaculate rr 36' ISLANDER 36, Diesel, Dodger THREE FROM rr 36' LANCER 36, 1980, Loaded, Montgomery Dinghy rr 36' COLUMBIA 36, Roller Furling, Dodger, Wheel

Big boat at a small price. Cruised East Coast and Carribean. Center cockpit provides two private staterooms. Perkins engine rebuilt 1980. Roomy liveaboard cruiser. $62,500

BLUE WATER CRUISERS — LIVEABOARDS 7,200 10,100 14.900 18.500 6,000 16.500 13.500 9,950 12.500 13.500 19.900 15,000 15,200 17,000 22.500 31.500 28,000 38,950 29.900 41,000 18,000 38,000 27.500 32,750 26,800 24.500 32.500 39.500 25.500 26.500 47,000 35,000 39.500 27.500 65,000 59,000 64,000 43,000 42,000 54.500 58,000 36.500

27,000 22' FALMOUTH CUTTER, Diesel REDUCED 29,900 tF 32' DEFEVER, 1963, Wood, Restored 38,000 32' ARIES, 1974, Diesel, Inflatable Raft sf 32' DREADNOUGHT KETCH, 1978, As New, Diesel 64,900 if 32' CHALLENGER 32, Large Interior, H&C Water, Refer 39,000 of 35' ALBERG, Auto Pilot, Radar, Dodger 45,900 37' CREALOCK, Satnav, SSB, WX Fax, Watermaker 120,000 36' MARINER POLARIS CUTTER, By Perry, Teak Decks 78,000 36' PEARSON CUTTER, Cruise Equipped 89,000 o- 37' PEARSON, 1982, Loran, Rod Rigging 78,000 of 37' ISLANDER, 1970, Factory Interior, Great Cruiser 45,000 of 37' IRWIN, Ketch, Center Cockpit, Aft Cabin 67,000 Q- 37' ALBERG, Diesel, Classic Cruiser 62,000 37' GULFSTAR, Pacific Veteran TWO FROM 80,000 o- 37' TAYANA PILOT HOUSE v 86,000 37' ISLANDER TRADER KETCH, Many Upgrades 63,000 o- 38' C & C LANDFALL, 1980, Rod Rigging, Hood Furling 79,500 38' MORGAN, 1978, Loran, Auto-Pilot 88,000 S 38' FARALLONE CLIPPER, Wood, Diesel, Very Clean 40,000 39' LANCER MOTOR SAILER, Twin Diesels 110,000 39' CAL 39 TWO FROM 67,500 of 40' KETTENBURG, Wood, Cruise Experienced 40,000 o- 40' S&S YAWL, Classic, All Teak Construction 58,500 40' PERRY, 1979, Teak Decks 159,000 o’ 41' WHITBY, Center Cockpit 62,500 41' MORGAN OUT ISLAND, Center Cockpit TWO FROM 74,000 o* 41' CT KETCH, Teak Decks 60,000 42' GARDEN STYS'L KETCH, Gorgeous Custom Woodie 125,000 of 42' GOLDEN WAVE, Cheoy Lee, Satnav, Auto Helm 5000 124,000 43' COLUMBIA, Bristol Condition, Cruise Ready 73,000 of 44' PETERSON CUTTER, Ctr Cockpit, Loaded, Forced Airl32,000 45' VAN DE STAT 59,500 of45' EXPLORER KETCH, Center Cockpit, Radar 114,000 of 46' WINDJAMMER SCHOONER, 1980 Wood, Equipped 145,000

46' 48' 52' 56'

CAL 2-46, Loaded 132,000 CUSTOM CUTTER, Lloyds Spec., Gen., Loaded, Wood 112,000 CHEOY LEE MOTOR SAILER, Twin Diesels 250,000 AUSTRALIAN STEEL KETCH, Onan, Loaded 195,000 OF COME TO BRICKYARD COVE TO SEE THESE BOATS

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1978 S 2 9.2A (30')

TAYANA 37 PILOT HOUSE

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CONTENTS

BENETEAU Takes Excellence Two Steps Further.... BENETEAU FIRST 375

subscriptions calendar letters loose lips sightings big boat preview boy cruise: china comp computer aided design hons&corl bcdc: another perspective express 27 max ebb give me an ultralight marine insurance interview: dana prentice basic maintenance transpac weather racing sheet changes in latitudes classy classifieds advertisers index brokerage

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The best value in 37 feet!

Beneteau’s 100 years of boatbuilding experience shows throughout the new First 375. The interior provides perfect cruising comfort and real liveaboard potential. Her sleek exterior provides exceptional ease of handling and real rac¬ ing potential. Unmatched ver¬ satility and beauty in 37 feet. $89,500 sailaway.

BENETEAU FIRST 435 Designed by German Frers after the famous Admiral’s Cup Yacht Shockwave”, the First 435 has inherited the wonder¬ ful balance, the sensitivity, the power... Perfect construc¬ tion, prestige accommodation, the choice between one or two aft cabins... here is how a dream yacht is born. $139,400 sailaway.

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10.950

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Tartan yawl

24 500

Nor Sea

27'

Dufour.

27'

Coronado ..

12 000

Sun.

27.900

28'

Tat Pan.:......

24.950

San Joan.

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23 950

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28'

Herreshoff Rcrinante . , .

19.500

big 30 footer, owned and properly maintained by an airline

survey spec's. A fine example of Tartan quality standing the

28'

Cape Dory.

34.900

pilot. $43,950.

test of time. $49,900.

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30' S-2 92.C.

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Classic lines, huge interior.

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priced to go. $68,500.

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Westerly 36.

A huge English 36 with thousands of passage

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Sovereign. Freedom.

53.900

Sun Wind.

34.900

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Islander MKIf...

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Farallon.

39.500

30'

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25.000

30'

Mull Custom.

29.500

30'

Tartan.

37.500

30'

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Ericson.

28,000

30'

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32'

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Westerly Renown.

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32'

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32'

Westsail.

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32'

Aries.

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33'

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33'

Peorson Vanguard

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33'

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34'

Garden kch.

43.000

34'

Hans Christian....

79.500

O'Day .

59.950

34'

Tartan .

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34'

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59,000

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Union ...........

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36'

Westerly.

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Cheoy Lee Offshore

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Cheoy Lee luders.

55,000

Pearson .

55.000

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Hoilman Custom.,

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44 000

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120,000

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Hans Christian Mkll trad

120,000

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Hons

105,000

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Popular Alberg design equipped for Bay and

pocket cruise. Very motivated seller prices this one to move. $16,000.

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Hans Christian P.H.

149,000 105,000

40'

C&C.

Hinckley Bermuda yawl..

97 500

40'

Trintefla..

129 000

Gulfstar.

75,000

42'

Garden ketch.

129,000 125,000

Westsail.

42' 43'

Atkin ketch.

87,000 offers

Hans Christian cutter.

43'

Hans Christian kch trad.

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Peterson .

89.500

44'

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Explorer ketch.

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Custom Whiting cutter.

45'

Van de Stadt.

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Columbia.

139,000

Custom:..

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Cape Dory 25.

79 000

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21.900

28'

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$11,500

59,000

195 000

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Magnificent 85-ft Steel Motorsailer. Don Brooke design w/(4) luxurious double staterooms plus al! comforts. Superb equipment including bow thruster. Truly an impeccable world-class sailing and cruising yacht . . . When only the very finest is good enough! Asking $1,350,000.

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SEND YOUR YACHT TO STANFORD The Stanford University Sailing Program is seeking motor yachts and sailing vessels for its instructional, recreational and competitive programs. The DONATION of your boat is TAX DEDUCTIBLE. While most boats can be used by our sailors, others will be sold to help finance these educational offerings. All donations will be handled in a timely and effective fashion. You will be surprised how attractive donating your boat to Stanford can be.

For more information please contact: Joe Petrucci — Director of Sailing (415) 497-2811 Marine Development Office 375 Santa Teresa, Stanford University Stanford, California 94305

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Selected Brokerage: Size Manufacture

Year

Price

22'

Santana

1974

23'

Pearson Electra

24'

"Quality listings wanted” Size Manufacture

Year

Price

6,500

28'

King's Cruiser

1956

9,200

1961

7,850

29'

Cal 2-29 (Diesel)

1976

29,500

Moore (never raced)

1983

21,500

30'

Olson (Double spreader) 1984

29,995

24'

Bristol

1976

19,000

30'

J-30 (diesel)

1981

47,000

26'

Ranger (w/trailer)

1980

14,500

31'

Cal

1979

46,600

27'

Catalina

1971

12,450

32'

Fuji (diesel)

1977

47,500

27'

Catalina

1977

16,000

35'

Erickson (bristol cond.)

1972

49,950

27'

Cal 2-27 (spinnaker)

1976

25,950

38'

Farallone Clipper(reduced) 1957

40,000

27'

Cal 2-27 (50-hours)

1979

27,250

40'

Pacific Yawl

27'

Express (3 from)

1982-'84

27,500

50'

Santa Cruz

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EXPRESS 27. Simply a jewel of a boat. It’s not just performance that made the Express 27 a le¬ gend. No one has ever built a boat of this size with such impeccable workmanship. From the fairness of the hull, keel and rudder, to the finest materials available, to outstanding “human engineering”, this Carl Schymacher design is a joy to behold.

MAGNUSSEN 36. 1984. Swan quality and ap¬ pearance on this beautiful custom-built Swedish yacht stops traffic. She’s fully Outfitted for shorthanded cuising, excellent sail inventory, heating system, refer, electronics, much more — excellent condition. $74,500.

SOVEREL 33.

OLSON 25.

Compare her with anyf other boat in her size range for interior volume and layout, stiff¬ ness, ease of handling, workmanship, and one-de¬ sign fun, and you, too, will choose the Olson 25.

Ask anyone who has sailed her. Her perfectly balanced helm, upwind performance, downwind stability and speed are remarkable. Be¬ fore you buy a 29’ to 34’ performance cruiser/ racer, sail the Soverel 33.

CAL 2-27. This is the best example we’ve seen of this popular cruiser/racer. Excellent condition. Complete sails and electronics including Loran. Ready for ocean or Bay — cruise or one-design race. (One-design fleet has 16 boats this year.) $33,900.

CAL 9.2. 1983. Ron Holland designed cruiser/racer. Sleek European styling, like new cosmetics, diesel, Signet 1000/2000, VHF com¬ pass. Owners have new Express 37 coming, so Cal is priced significantly below market. $34,500.

EXCLUSIVE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA DEALERS FOR EXPRESS YACHTS • SOVEREL • OLSON • SPARKMAN & STEPHENS

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AFFAIR, IT’S A MARRIAGE ... MATCHMAKERS IN TOWN But more importantly, we’re professionals. We offer solutions based on in Northern California. You name it, we’ve probably sailed it. We’ve done We’ve developed international charter placement programs, and tracked in these workhorse situations. will meet your requirements with the most appropriate solution — nor insufficent. love after the honeymoon is over.

EXPRESS 37. In only her 1st year in production she’s become a classic. Because of her ease of handling, superb construction, sta¬ bility, and unique interior, over half of our owners have purchased her exclusively for cruising. We also have 12 owners in the onedesign fleet.

SPARKMAN & STEPHENS 47.

Grace, elegance, and uncom¬ promising engineering standards are the hallmark of every S&S design from their racer/cruisers to Swan, custom designs, or this blue water cruising yacht. She is impeccably and thoroghouly outfit¬ ted. Compare her equipment’ finish, engineering, and seakeeping qualities, we don’t think you’ll find her equal.

Selected Brokerage 83 ’81 ’81 79 79 '82 ’82 '81/2 79

RANGER 33. 1979. The best 33 we’ve ever seen. Outfitted for coastal cruising or liveaboard. Loaded — diesel, self-taiiers, full spinnaker gear, km, fatho, log, wp, ws, wheel steering, VHF, Espar diesel heater, much more. Professionally maintained true bristol condition. Must see this great Gary Mull design. Only $48,500.

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Soverel 55. . Shadow. Santa Cruz 50. . Lonestar. Santa Cruz 50. . Oaxaca . Peterson 43... Wings .. •. .. Irrational. Peterson 41. . . Frers 40. .. High Risk. Olson 40. .. completely equipt. .. immaculate. Endeavour 40 Newport 41. .. reduced to. Cal 39 Schumacher. . Wall Street Duck. Morgan 38. .. owner anxious. Esprit 37. .. motivated seller. Magnussen 36. .. Swan look-alike. Santana 35. .. priced to move. Wylie 34. . . Unlikely. Ranger 33. .. great cruiser. Custom 3T. .. Third Reel. Wylie 31. . . Gemini II. Kiwi Custom 1/2 ton. .. Illusion. Hawkanson 30. .. Mercury. Hawkfarm. .. great one-design racingHawkfarm. .. race or cruise. Express 27. .. everybody’s favorite. Cal 2-27.*. .. best outfitted on the Bay.... Schumacher 26. .. Summertime Dream. Santana 22. . incredible value, w/traller..,

$5oo,ooo 187,500 200,000 110,000 120,000 100,000 160,000 121,500 81,000 60,000 125,000 79,000 93,000 74,500 45,000 52,500 44,000 Offers 39,500 39,000 44,000 25,000 26,500 30,000 33,900 21,000 6,000

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CHARTER PLACEMENT dRGKERAGE CUSTOM PROJECTS DONATION SPECIALISTS

TERESA PAXTON

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YEAR 1984 • LENGTH 47.12’ • BEAM 14.47’ • DRAFT 5’6” UP/9’5” DOWN This is a very rare opportunity to purchase a Swan 46 centerboard that is just 1 Vz years old. This vessel was fitted out at no expense spared for a short-handed around the world voyage. Many items have been customized, both in the wood¬ working and in the machinery of the vessel. All equipment and systems are of the highest grade. The spare parts on the vessel are too numerous to mention. A Swan 46 centerboarder just won the Jamaica Race Week which tells what fine sailing vessels they are. The vessel will be located in southern California for a period of time and is ready to go anywhere in the world in total comfort and safety. The owners plans have changed and he has the vessel very realistically priced. For in-depth details, please give us a call or drop a line and we will supply complete specs.

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CALENDAR

SAIL GREECE With Cass’ Marina Nonrace

August 30 — Full Moon. September-October — Various J-World week-long sailing and racing courses. (401) 849-5492. September 6 — Women’s Racing Assn. Barbeque, 6:30 p.m., Sausalito Cruising Club. $3 for salad and BYOBBQ. Auction of berth at J-World in late Sept. Suzanne Sylvester 444-4093. September 7 — San Francisco Fair and Exposition, featuring a lighted and decorated boat contest (theme: Shanghai Kelly’s Barbary Coast) at twilight off City Front. Bruce Block, 989-6352. September 8 — The Marine Swap Meet and Boat Sale, Marin County Fairgrounds, San Rafael. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. New and used goodies. 459-1998. September 9 — Debate over the burning and disposal of toxic wastes at sea, Exploratorium, 7:30. Wine, cocktails at 6:30. 431-5411. September 12-15 — Southern California Used Boat Show, Lido Marina Village, Newport. (714) 673-9360. September 14 — Delta BBQ Extravaganza. The press release says this is “absolutely the classiest, most outrageous, most fun event in the 1,000-mile Delta.” Seeing as how you can win a cow, they may be right. Tower Park Marina between Lodi and Rio Vista. (209) 948-1712. September 14 — New Moon. September 14-15 — WRA’s fall/winter racing season begins with a two-day regatta hosted by the Encinal YC. Other dates are Oct. 19, Nov. 17 and Dec. 1. 444-4093. September 17 — Coastal Navigation and Piloting, the first in a series of nautical science courses, begins at UC Davis. Call early to register. Dottie Moore (916) 752-3098 or Macey Casebeer (916) 756-3152. / September 17-18 — Coastal Piloting and Navigation evening course begins on the 17th; Celestial Navigation Course on the 18th. College of Alameda, Room D119. Linda Weber-Rettie is the instruc¬ tor. 522-7221. September 20 — Past and present Monitor wind vane owners are invited to come celebrate the birth of the Monitor *1000 baby vane. 5:30 at the Monitor assembly shop, foot of Coloma, Sausalito. 332-3233. September 21 — First Annual Wooden Boat Show, Mendocino. Sponsored by the Ft. Bragg/Mendocino Coast Chamber of Com¬ merce and Mendocino Business and Professional Council. 964-3153. September 18-22 - Newport In-the-Water Boat Show. Lido Marina Village, Newport. One of the big ones in SoCal. (714) 673-9360. September 21 — Santana Fleet *1 Cruise to Ayala Cove, Angel Island. All Santanas welcome. Nancy or Al, 657-8161 or 657-8234. September 21-22 - Ancient Interface Symposium for the heavy thinker types. Joop Sloof, theorist behind Australia II and originator of the Zoot Suit Sloop, will discuss winged keels. David Binz, (206) 237-5557 (W) or (206) 878-1112. September 21-29 - Bay Area Boat Show, Marina Village, Alameda. Carol Ramey 436-4664. September 23 — Equinox. The sun crosses the equator and day and night are of equal length everywhere in the world. As far as sum¬ mer is concerned, it’s all downhill from here. September 26 — Latitude 38 Cruising Kick-Off Party. 6-9:30 p.m. at the Sausalito Cruising Club. Chips, guacamole and lots of people interested in going South for the winter. (See Sightings for more information.) / September 28 - South Beach Harbor’s “Berth Day” Party. page 31

Sept 14-Sept 30. $1710 (includes airfare and 14 days sailing) By popular demand another boat has been added to our sailing trip. Only two berths left — first come, first sail! Sail the Saronic Gulf, including the islands Poros, Hydra, Aegina, Methana, Spetse and many more. Call now for details. (415) 332-6789.

More Trips Planned For The New Year by Cass’ Marina Where 20,000 People Have Learned To Sail ... • Beginning Classes • Performance Classes • Offshore Classes • Night Navigation Classes Bridgeway & Napa, Sausalito

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If you’ve ever spent hours motoring from one side of the Bay to the other, or crawling at a snail’s pace up your marina’s ac¬ cess channel, you owe it to yourself to look into South Beach Harbor, San Francisco’s newest marina. Apply now, and you’ll be among the first to pick a berth at our September 28 Berth Day Party. It’s located one-half mile south of the Bay Bridge. At Pier 40. That means convenience to all racing and cruising destina¬ tions. And direct access to deep water, even at lowest tides. What have you got to lose? Send for an application and all the details today. Occupancy is expected to begin in Summer 1986.

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CALENDAR Come on down to Pier 40, half a mile south of the Bay Bridge, and pick your berth (for occupancy summer ’86) at this new marina. For more, contact SF Redevelopment Agency, 400 Van Ness, Rm. 67A, SF 94102. September 28 — Melody Class Association picnic, Shell Beach Parking Lot, Inverness, 11 a.m. A 35th-anniversary celebration for all past and present Melody owners. Bob Wing, 669-7402. September 29 — Full Moon. October 26 — San Francisco Bay Chapter of the Oceanic Socie¬ ty hosts its 4th Annual Fleet Rendezvous at the Richmond YC. Din¬ ner, dancing, sailing. Nonsailors welcome. 441-5970 M-Th. October 26 — Plastic Classic Regatta Flea Market and Concours D’Elegance. For late ’50s, early ’60s fiberglass boats, their admirers and the general public. John Super, 824-5531 or 826-8370. November 1-3 — American Sailing Association Instructor quali¬ fying clinic, Olympic Circle Sailing Club. Learn to teach sailing the right way. Rich Jepsen, 843-4200. November 14-17 — San Diego Bay In-the-Water Used Boat Show, Chula Vista Marina. 11 to 6 weekdays; 10 to 6 weekends. (714) 673-9360. November 20-24 — San Diego Bay In-the-Water Power and Sailboat Show, Chula Vista Marina. 140 power and sailboats 30 feet and up and more than two acres of accessories ashore. (714) 673-9360. January 24-February 1,1986 — Pacific Marine Exposition. San Mateo County Fair and Exposition Center. Carol Ramey 436-4664.

Dean and Patty returned this July from a 9,000 mile cruise through French Polynesia and Hawaii using a complete set of our sails. They found the 90% jib to be the real workhorse and usually went from the 90% to the 150% genoa without using the 120% When they returned the only repair necessary was replacing three jib hanks on the 90% jib! Not too shabby.

Racing August 30 — Second Annual Sausalito Cruising Club Night Race. Come out and sharpen up those nightnav skills. 332-9922 or 332-9349. August 31 — Windjammers ocean race from S.F. to Santa Cruz. Kirt Brooks, 284-1778. August 31 — Singlehanded Sailing Society’s Great Pacific Longitude Race. Singlehanded or doublehanded. Sail out about 200 miles, cross a specified longitude and sail back. Tony Smith 454-2312 days; 472-3428 eves. August 31-Sept. 2 - Wylie Weekend ‘85, a gathering of Hawkfarms, Wylie 34’s and Wylie Wabbits pursuing international fame. Party Saturday night at Richmond YC. Rick Schuldt, 235-4191, or Kim Desenberg, 523-8330. August 31-September 2 — Santa Rosa Sailing Club Labor Day Regatta at Marshall Beach on Tomales Bay. Steve Skold at 5306 Yerba Buena Rd, Santa Rosa, CA 95405 or call (707) 539-1782. September 4-11 — Little America’s Cup match races for C class catamarans. They may be smaller than 12 meters, but they’fe three times as fast. (212) 315-8000. September 6-8 — Bill Flicker Match Race Series, Long Beach YC, (213) 598-9401. September 7 — San Francisco Perpetual Challenge Cup. Two boats, one race: the Balboa YC against defending champs St. Fran¬ cis YC, winner takes all. 1 p.m. off the City Front. 563-6363. September 7-8 - Last IOR regatta of the season. Party and free beer Saturday night. HDA racers invited. Come warm up for the Big Boat Series, 771-9500. September 15-22 - St. Francis YC Big Boat Series. A meeting of the grinds. 563-6363. September 21 - Islander Bahama 1985 Fleet Championship and Cruise-In. Ballena Bay YC, Alameda. John Super 826-8370(h) or 824-5531 (w), or Mike Sheets 278-0824. September 21-22 - Multihull Racing Association’s 8th Annual page 33

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purchased in any Woolworths or Long’s Drug store. In it you can record the daily happenings of your voyage in any way you choose. All cruisers are individualists, and no preprinted log book is adequate for all. We also keep a second composition book labeled ‘Details’, wherein we record engine hours, fuel consumption, contents of lockers, spares aboard, lengths and sizes of rigging, and hundreds of small items pertinent to our little ship. A third book is kept listing all the charts and pilots that we have aboard. One item that we feel quite strongly about is ‘breathable’ foul weather gear. If it breathes you’ll get wet; perhaps not at first, but you. will after extended use. This type of gear may be fine for wearing while racing around the buoys on a Sunday afternoon, but I’d like to strangle the manufacturer who advertises such gear for cruising. He should have the pleasure of spending wet, cold nights shivering in¬ side them. Another item that we feel is greatly overrated is the Read Sailmaker sewing machine. This is an off-brand Japanese machine with the Read labels stuck on. By no means is it a heavy duty machine capable of making or repairing heavy sails. The machine will sew four thicknesses of 8 oz. sailcloth with much difficulty. While it is possible to insert a large needle for heavy thread, the bobbin will not handle the same weight of thread. We feel that the Read is vastly overpriced, as an ordinary zig-zag home sewing machine — with the addition of a hand crank — will perform the same functions at one half or less of the price of the Read. Now that we’ve thrown a few brickbats, here’s some equipment that has worked extremely well: The Aries wind vane can’t be beat from our experience. It has steered our 43-foot heavy displacement cruiser on every point of sail for six years and nearly 50 thousand miles of cruising. A wonderful shipmate that only requires a daily dose of machine oil. The Nilsson V 3000 anchor winch is another super item. We replaced a Simpson-Lawrence 555 with the Nilsson winch five years ago and have had trouble free service ever since. The 555 was not constructed rugged enough for the use that we required, although it too might be fine for occasional use around the Bay. The Magnovox 4102 Sat Nav is another trouble free item. The company is also quite good about updating their equipment and answering queries. Our little Honda EM-300 generator has been putputting along for six years, supplying 110 volt power whenever it was needed, mostly for running power tools. It too, is in the super category. No list of equipment that is better than average would be complete without mentioning the Bruce anchor. We have the 30 kg or 66-pound model and have retired our 60 pound CQR to secondary use. The best asset of the Bruce is its ability to take hold very quickly and ‘set’ in a short distance. It works well in every type of bottom ex¬ cept perhaps rock, where practically nothing works well. We could go on for pages or even write a book about this of that marine accessory. Maybe someday we will — but for now the above items have either annoyed or pleased us to the point of writing about them. We hadn’t seen a copy of Latitude 38 in nearly two years and are pleased to say that it is good as ever, and really can’t be improved upon. Charlotte and Conrad Skladal yacht Wisp Cairns, Australia

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Sherill Sampsell Miller (415) 331-2508 Sausalito Sherill — A number of years ago one of our readers designed just such a gimballed crib — but darn if we can find the issue it appeared in. Maybe one of our readers cut it out and saved it. We ourselves are the owners of two little animals. It was our ex¬ perience that until the first became mobile at nine months, sailing with her was no sweat. This included one rather rough trip up the Delta and back. Whenever we wanted — or needed — we just put her in a car seat in the bottom of the cockpit well. At the age of nine months, however, our little girl became bound and determined she was going to walk. Unfortunately, we happened to be staying on our boat at roily anchor in Cabo San Lucas at the time. The mother has no fond memories of that vacation; our little girl fell down and bumped her head so many times there is no way she could remember it at all. With the arrival of our little guy a year and a half later, we never really made the attempt to sail with them. Partly because both are ex¬ tremely active, reckless and show little inclination to obey their parents. We do know of other parents who have sailed with their child(ren) all through these ages with little difficulty. Our kids are now four and a half and two and a half. Last month we dragged them down to the boat for the first time and it was terrific. They’re still very active, reckless and dqn’t obey their parents, but it all worked out great. Except, that is, when Lauren peed on the veeberth cushions. Are there more of you out there sailing with infants? We and Sherill would be delighted if you’d take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us.

□WHAT DO THOSE DOTS MEAN? Thank you very much for a typically excellent job of reporting on the 1985 Honolulu Race. I would, however, like to add somewhat to the depth of your story and correct some minor inaccuracies. As navigator for Mick Shlens on the Express 37 Blade Runner, I was responsible for all sail/wind combination decisions. The last night before we finished, all three boats were headed by a Kona blowing relatively from the island of Molokai to us. As Cliff Stagg on Secret of NIMH and I both know, Molokai can be a very racedestroying area. NIMH elected to keep their chute up and sail 20-30 degrees low of rhumb-line, while we ©n the Blade set the reacher for six hours until the wind faired and lightened in the lee of Molokai. While sailing along under reacher, surfing to 18.50 knots, we sighted a boat abeam and to weather. However, the red light was showing all the way around on their starboard side — a communist entry? A floating bordello? No, it was NIMH, We found out later that their tri color had been ripped off in a crash. They crossed our bow by a quarter mile and disappeared off our leeward beam. The next day we sighted them to leeward, where they reached up in front of us with a better angle and finished twelve minutes ahead. All three 37’s sailed a great race to take the top three spots (both page 45

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NIMH and Blade Runner beat the Frers 51 Tomahawk boat for boat, and they gave us 18 hours). That last night, however, we never “took a knockdown” and averaged ten knots the whole evening, so if NIMH put eight miles on us in one hour, they must have averaged • • • ; then we must have averaged .

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□ CHRYSLER BUCCANEER First may I compliment you on publishing the finest sailing magazine available. You guys do a great job and I never miss an issue. ' I am trying to locate owners of Chrysler Buccaneer 18’s. It seems there are a few in the Sacramento Valley as I received a three day notice of a fun-time get-together for owners of the boats last June 23. Despite the short notice, somehow I managed to make it. We had seven boats in attendance, and a great time was had by all. So great in fact that we did it again a month later. I know other owners will have read this way too late to have participated, but I would like them to contact me so they won’t miss any other future get-togethers. We have been using Woodward Resevoir for races as it has wind and is close to the greatest number of owners. We race very informal¬ ly; the race fee is beer to the race committee and the winner has to organize the next race. For further information on our activities, call or write Bill at 12180 Llagas Ave., San Martin, California 95046. (408) 683-2917 or (408) 683-2001. Bill Huckins San Martin

□ TO SWING OR NOT After several years of sailing catamarans and chartering big(ger) boats, we recently purchased a Catalina 25. Since our boat is berthed at a lake twenty minutes from our home, she has proven ideal for us and our young children. While we are having loads of warm water fun this summer, we’re already finding ourselves feeling a little claustrophobic (“Shall we sail to the dam tonight or shall we sail to the dam?”). Since we both have summers off, we’d love to spend this time cruising the California coast. Our boat is trailerable but too cumber¬ some to pull from port to port. She’s stable, having proven herself in several still weather excursions to the Channel Islands from her previous (Oxnard) berth, but she carries a swing keel — not our ideal, it came with a terrific buy. Our notion is to put her in the Delta or the Bay at the beginning of the summer, cruise downhill, explore every port and adjacent beach along the way, haul her out at Dana Point (or some point south), and trailer her home. Assuming both the boat and we possess the right stuff and we keep a suspicious eye on the summer weather, our question is this: is this sensible in a swing keel? When we recently asked this question of the Catalina dealer in Santa Cruz, he told us that swing keel 25’s outsell fixed keels five to one (just the opposite here — only one other swing keel on the lake), but he couldn’t tell us how much coastal cruising they do. We know the rule of thumb espoused by you guys is generally, “Hey, it’s your neck!” We can also hear the legions of sailors forpage 47

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LETTERS tunate enough to berth their bona fide cruisers near open water (“What if the son of a bitch falls off?”). So we know the dogmas; we’re just looking for a few honest words. We’re also sending a copy of this letter to a 1984 list of Catalina 25 fleets around Northern California. But in case we’re too far out of date, we would appreciate any opinions, war stories, etc. you or your readers may have. P.S. Latitude 38 is great vicarious stuff for many of us here in the valley. Thanks for keeping us dreaming. Doug and Gerre Jones Fresno

Doug and Gerre — We’re not authorities on Catalina 25’s or swing keel boats, but we’ll venture a little advice anyway. We recommend that you trailer your boat to somewhere in San Francisco Bay and spend the early summer sailing the Bay, up the Delta, and down to Santa Cruz and Monterey. It’s great up here at that time of year while the Southland shore is usually foggy as hell. When you’ve had your fun in Northern California and want to head south, we’d suggest you pick up your trailer from where you left it in the Bay and take it down to Santa Cruz or Monterey and pick up your boat. From there you can drive it down to Santa Barbara, drop the boat in again, and commence your cruise of Southern California. The advantage of this system is that you’ll spend most of your summer cruising, not trailering the boat. Yet you’ll also avoid what would be the most dangerous part of your trip, from Monterey to Point Conception. We don’t imagine there’s any reason to believe that a swing-keel Catalina 25 couldn’t make the trip down the coast, but seeing that you’re not the most experienced ocean sailors in the world and it’s not the first choice of boats to take offshore, why push it? If you develop a lot of confidence in the boat and your sailing, there’s always next year. The big risk you take in making the run down the coast from Monterey to Pt. Conception is that you’ll hit 35 to 40 knots of winds and big seas — perhaps while shrouded in fog. Top sailors who have spent a lot of time in the ocean would be able to handle this with little problem — probably even if the swing keel — for some completely unforeseen reason — fell off. We’re pretty certain you’d be able to handle it also, but in so doing you might become so terrified you’ll never want to step on your boat again. Our advice is not to take on too much too soon. The idea is to en¬ joy yourself. You’ll have all the adventure you want doing the other parts of the trip anyway. We must issue you one strong warning however, one akin to the old ‘how you going to keep'them on the farm when they’ve seen Paris’ saw. If you do indulge in a great-sounding trip as this, it’ll be hell to ever be content sailing on the lake again.

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□AS YOU LIKE IT I’d like to offer one correction to an otherwise fine article in the August 1985 issue covering the TransPac race. The article describes the Montgomery Street crew as: “good, but by no means great”. The casual reader would, I think, have trouble believing that a Cal-40 could win the TransPac with merely a “good” crew. But having had the pleasure of sailing to Kauai in 1982 on Sy Kleinman’s Swiftsure with Chris Nash and Joe Guthrie, I can confirm with complete confidence that in fact these guys are great sailors! And from what they tell me, the other fellas on the boat were on the same level! At the expense of perhaps reading between lines, I think it is ap¬ propriate to re-define the distinction the article makes between racing sailors. The choice of words was “good/great”; and I guess I’m tak¬ ing issue with this. There are many, many sailors who have proved they have the right stuff to go ocean racing and win, but still consider sailing a hob¬ by, a sport, and a non-working activity. Or, if they do earn their liv¬ ing from the sailing industry, they do so quietly, away from the limelight of the rock star-studded IOR sfcene. I sensed that the article actually was making this point, but I know from personal experience that at least forty percent of the Montgomery Street crew are not merely “good”, and I think those guys have earned a more esteemed designation. Kirk Denebeim San Francisco

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□ SO THAT’S WHERE DAD IS Upon returning from spending some time cruising down in the Channel Islands on my Freya 39, Ventana, I was both surprised and delighted to see the gorgeous picture of my boat on page 178-179 of your July issue. Certainly that is the finest picture you have ever published — no doubt about it! I’m wondering if I can purchase an 8x10 copy or the negative — whatever. As you know, I went on to blow the rest of the First Timers Singlehanded Race. But thanks for .not taking me above the mark! If I get the picture, at least my kid will know what I do when I disap¬ pear on those windy weekends. Jon Hunt San Francisco

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□ MORE ON CANS Since we resolved what to do with plastic waste offshore, I’d like to comment on what to do with your aluminum cans. Simply put, take them back ashore. Last year I had occasion to visit Tinian. Its harbor is perhaps one of the busiest with the clearest water in the world. The bottom is clearly visible at 40 feet, but what is also visible are thousands of beer cans which are swept by currents into pockets between the coral heads. The only thing happening to those beer cans is erosion from rubbing together. Most of the paint is worn away, but nowhere visible is some half “dissolved” can. Islanders generally agree that the sea does not dissolve cans. And please remember that salinity and temperature are much greater at Tinian than San Francisco. So, please do the same thing with your cans that you do at the beach or High Sierra. If you pack them in, pack them out. Regarding seasickness, sometime ago a company offered a wrist accupressure velcro bracelet. The idea is certainly not new. What is even easier and less expensive is a wad of cotton in one ear. A Navy pharmacist turned me on to it after nothing seemed to cure my seasickness. It also works great for kids on curvy roads. The Navy “bones” suggested that the semi-circular canals get into some kind of an argument and leave the stomach alone. Anyway, it does work. Norman L. de Vail Elk, CA Norman — We haven’t chucked a beer can in the ocean or Bay since we got the authoritative information on the subject a month ago. We don’t plan to ever throw them in again either.

□TOUCHY SUBJECT IN BENICIA I have a few comments on your article about Benicia Marina in the July issue. On the plus side, it is true that the marina is very nicely situated as a gateway to or from the Delta. It is also true that the marina is within walking distance of some of the finest restaurants in the Bay Area. I think sailors ought to know, however, that there is a charge for overnight berthing even if you are part of a club. We paid $9.75 for a 36-ft boat. This is not out of line, but considering the depth problems in this particular marina, it didn’t sit too well when we arrived on Saturday, July 6. The gates in the marina require a key to get out as well as in, and there is a $25 per key deposit which they refund to you upon receipt of the key. You can drop the key off in their drop-box if you leave before their opening time of 8:30 a.m. They then mail you the deposit refund along with a very polite letter thanking you for your patronage. The drop-box for the key, however, is on the gas dock. The morning we left, it was entirely taken up with overnight guests. My husband tpok the key over whil§ I held the gate open so he could get back in. Our impression of the marina staff is that they were somewhat con¬ fused on Saturday, July 6. Although our cruising chairman had made specific reservations (boat names, lengths, and arrival times, confirmed in writing one week in advance), they seemed surprised that we were coming in. It was about two hours after a (-0.5) low tide when we arrived at 1:30 p.m. outside the entrance channel on our way down from the Delta. We called the office on channel 16; they switched to 68 and gave us berth B-93. They signed off before we could ask them where page 55

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AMERICA’S CUP it was located. One of our group, another Islander 36, had gone in first and contacted us to let us know that there was a 36-foot sloop hard aground mid-channel half-way down the entrance. When others in our group contacted the office for berth assignments and directions, the harbormaster never mentioned the boat aground in the entrance channel. We had to keep each other informed. Other boats not with our group were just S.O.L. and got to discover the problem on their own. We came by the grounded boat on the east side with our fatho showing five, four, then three feet of water. We draw six feet. (I don’t believe the three and four feet either, but I do believe the five feet because we have dragged our keel through five feet in Port Sonoma, San Rafael Channel, Fig Island, and Vallejo). When we got inside the harbor, we stopped at the gas dock to ask directions to berth B-93. To our chagrin it turned out to be three in from the shore. Oh, boy! We dragged our own channel again, all the way in. The Islander 36 at the dock behind us hadn’t been so lucky; he had been assigned the berth closest to shore and was hard aground half-way into the berth. Our observations suggest that the harbormaster’s office staff is unaware of the relationship between shallow water and keel boats, which is often a ‘touchy’ one. And, that they have not surveyed the depths in their berthing areas. Four hours after low tide, we showed eight feet in our berth. We think they might better serve the boating community as well as their own image if they were to request boats’ drafts as well as length when making berth assignments. It may mean they’ll have to turn some away, but they’ll convey an image of genu¬ ine concern which is worth a bit in PR. And if some boat is aground in their channel or harbor, they should take pains to alert those entering and certainly not mutter under their breath — as one bronzed young son of the sea did in front of us — anything negative about a grounded boat not doing “what he was told”. Anne Kelty Alameda Anne — From your description it sounds as though the Benicia staff could have been a little bit more on the ball, but we think it’s worthwhile to remember that this was one of the lowest tides of the month and also one of the busiest boating weekends in the year. Given a deadly combination like that, we'd try to be as understanding as possible. The folks at Benicia have a big investment there, and we’re certain they’ll try to eliminate the- inconveniences noted in your letter. Give them a shot next time you’re headed to or from the Delta and we bet you'll come away satisfied. And while we realize it’s not always possible, it certainly puts the odds in your favor when you enter and leave river and Delta marinas during medium to high water. If you’ve got to enter during low water, we’d certainly prepare the boat for mud running.

□PROFILES IN CRAFT We are beginners in the field of sailing craft, so this question may appear a bit more than stupid to old hands, but I need to ask it. To your knowledge is there any publication, (catalogs, books, boat directories, etc.) that would show the profile (keel, rudder, stern, etc.) of the various makes of boats offered in the brokerage ads of Latitude 38? The various names — such as Pearson, Cal, Ericson, Islander, Cheoy Lee, and many others — give me no idea 6i the underwater design and configuration whereby I could make a decision whether page 57

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□ BOAT LICENSING On the subject of licensing, everyone seems to know that if a boatowner accepts a gift of food or drink, he is carrying passengers for hire and must be licensed. The source of this universally understood truth seems to be Chapman’s. The question is, while Chapman’s is unquestionably authoritative in the areas of small boat seamanship and navigation, is it equally authoritative on questions of law? The question is of interest to me because I routinely organize groups of participants to share the cost of bareboat chartering in the Southern California offshore islands. I recently wrote the com¬ mander 11th CG District, asking for a formal ruling on whether what we did constituted a valid bareboat charter. I received a very polite letter advising me they didn’t rule on such questions except as part of an inquiry, and suggesting I contact an admiralty attorney. I called every admiralty attorney in the LA' area phone books and found not one who admitted knowing a thing about CG licensing regulations. They all seem to be personal injury attorneys specializing in shipboard injury. Does anyone know an attorney who really does know this field? I’d be happy, as well, to read some case law myself at the county law library, if anyone knows how to go about finding cases interpreting obscure sections of the Code of Federal Regula¬ tions. If I discover anything useful I’ll write another letter. In the meantime I’m stuck relying on a single sketchy paragraph in Chapman’s, relating to agreements to share the cost of a bareboat charter. Somewhere there must be fuller information than Chapman’s has summarized. Don Keeler El Segundo Don — Our source was not Chapman’s, but the Coast Guard. The spokesperson there said if there was any valuable consideration in¬ volved, no matter how small, technically it was a passengers for hire situation. Now we can tell you for sure that the Coast Guard has neither the time, inclination or budget to has§le people over small amounts of valuable consideration that might technically constitute a charter situation. However the same cannot be said for an attorney working for a contingency fee in a wrongful death suit where a defendent has got some dough. So there is good reason for wanting, as you do, to be careful. Having said all that, let’s take a few steps back and say that the en¬ tire issue of chartering is an extremely complex one. There are more rules, classifications and special exceptions to it than there are fish in the Bay. What may at first glance look like an illegal charter situation page 73

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LETTERS may be a perfectly legal variation. It takes an expert — and countless hours of research — to be sure. Chris Barry, who brought this whole issue up, has written a momumental response to our response to his initial letter. He thinks we’re not well informed on the subject; we agree with him, yet share a mutual feeling about him. Since neither of us is a professional in these matters, and that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, we’re going to withhold his next letter and see if we can’t get some profes¬ sional answers on the entire matter of chartering. Hopefully, we’ll have it for you next month.

□TWO CENTS WORTH Hi Folks! I’ve been reading your super mag for about the last six or seven years. I guess at some point in time a large percentage of your subscribers want to get their two cents worth in, responding to your Letters section. Over the second half of this decade, I’ve done a lot of sailing on Lake Tahoe and in the Bay. I make this statement because most of your readers probably think that Nevadans ride horses or gamble. My reaction to Mr. Barry’s lengthly letter on the charter business was sooooo extensive. Who is he trying to bust? I went on a charter for a week out of Sausalito last summer on a Hardin 45 and had a ball! We had a properly documented boat, captain and cook. If Barry has so much time to do all this research, why doesn’t he get involved in some other areas that need help. For example, water pollution, drunk captains or water/boat safety. Better yet, get in¬ volved with the St. Francis YC in getting the Cup back. Joyce Drechsler Reno

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LETTERS I, for one, am grateful for the use of the toilet, because at that point I had to go. The point of this letter, if you haven’t guessed, is that this was an Inter Club regatta, of some importance to the major clubs in Northern California, and St. Francis boats were participating. I really think that this display of elitism from a particular yacht club is not in the best in¬ terests of Corinthian spirit, which supposedly governs most of our yachting activity. I am also aware that the St. Francis is a private club, and can do as they choose. Where a yacht club has been honored with having a major regatta held at its facility, the visiting yachtsmen should be made welcome no matter where they come from. 1 recommend that the P1CYA strongly consider holding their event somewhere else, where the participants would be made welcome by the hosting yacht club. That, unfortunately, would be any club in the Bay Area with the exception of the St. Francis. Roger L. Paine Yacht Spindrift Roger — There’s nothing as deflating as being turned away is there? We still haven’t forgotten a similar incident at the San Diego YC — and that was about seven years ago. Yes, we think it would be great if all the entries in the PICYA championship races had full guest privileges at the St. Francis. Ap¬ parently that had been the case for the last four or five years. Nonetheless, we think it’s incorrect of you to make such a presump¬ tion — particularly since the race announcement specifically said that if you planned to even tie your boat to the docks you were to make your own arrangements with the St. Francis. Did you do that or did you just show up and expect to be taken care of? We know just about everybody does the latter — ourselves included — but is that fair? We also think it’s important to look at the situation from the St. Francis’ perspective. Because of their location and outstanding facilities, they are continually “honored” with major regattas — and the attendent bills. You don’t hear racers clamoring to start and finish races at many of the other 74 PICYA clubs do you? No, just about everybody would be happy to start and finish their races at the St. Francis, as well as use the bar, dining room and docks. Especially if it’s free. But how’s that going to work out? Not only did three of the PICYA races use the St. Francis start that weekend, so did the Island .YC for the Silver Eagle Regatta. Flow would it have been had the 130 boats of the combined fleets shown up for dock space the night before, and their 600 crew members wanted bar and dining room privileges? Someone has to draw the line somewhere, and whereas you and we may not think the PICYA championship regatta is the place to do it, apparently somebody in authority there did. It’s our understanding that they may have been swayed somewhat in their decision by a Channel Two film crew, who apparently arrived on Saturday morn¬ ing and treated the club as if it were their own private lounge. It’s easy to bash the St. Francis as being elitist; they’ve got a lot of wealthy members and many of thim belong to the club primarily for business and social reasons. But we think the more you know about the behind the scenes and organizational aspects of sailing on the Bay, the more you see the relationship between the St. Francis and the general sailing public as a symbiotic one. It was the St. Francis membership that coughed up the $150,000 to fix their docks that we all use so often. It s the St. Francis that gave the PICYA championship regattas the use of the Starting Line Room for free. It’s the St. Francis that let’s just about everybody use the race shack and starting line that they maintain privately. And the latter has page 79

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LETTERS not been cheap. It’s our understanding they recently had to fork over a large cash settlement to the family of a sailor who died hours after using their starting line. The St. Francis didn’t host, support or spon¬ sor the race; they just lent the use of their facilities and had the ‘deep pockets’ to pay for the damages. There’s also the use of the club’s physical plant. They freely give use of their best-in-the-Bay meeting facilities to countless boating organizations that may only have the slightest connection to the St. Francis YC itself. More than any single club we’re aware of, the St. Francis subsidizes boating for the general public. It’s a thought worth remembering before knocking them too hard. Incidentally, we are not a member of their club. ■

□ MISSING AT POTATO SLOUGH On August 6th, while anchored in Potato Slough in the Delta, we lost (had stolen?) two windsurfers. One, a white standard Windsurfer sail number 211305. The other, a custom black, red daggerboardless board with a pink batten sail. If anyone stumbles across them I would appreciate a call. Point of information; our home insurance requires a separate policy since they are considered a sailboat. Bill Maudru (415) 369-5011 Redwood City

□LOST IN THE FOG I and several others want to say “thank you” to a fellow sailor, and your magazine is our only vehicle of communication. We sure hope he is a Latitude 38 reader. On August 1st at 0430, seven Catalina 30’s, one Catalina 27, and one Catalina 36 lifted anchor in Stillwater Cove and set sail for San Simeon under overcast pre-dawn skies. The first ocean sail for all but two of the Catalina’s was met with excitement, in spite of the visual limitations. As the day progressed the overcast developed into a dense fog; those that chose a course within two miles offshore en¬ joyed intermittent sunshine. But the fog was to prevail. By 16:00, no matter what the chosen course, none of the Catalinas could see its own foredeck. The eight with Lorari’s reached the supposedly lighted San Simeon buoy thanks to Loran’s no-sight-needed electronics. But how does one enter an unfamiliar harbor? While monitoring channel 68, a beautiful motor yacht named Dream Trader heard our concerned conversations and offered radar assistance to all for har¬ bor entrance. Dream Trader directed the eight Loran-equipped Catalinas into San Simeon’s crowded but safe harbor. The Catalina 36 in our group was not equipped with a Loran unit. Dream Trader made contact with another motor yacht with radar five miles north of San Simeon, and not only directed them off-shore but into their long awaited safe anchorage with the rest of us. Without the assistance of Dream Trader and Agustine (a commer¬ cial fishing vessel that gave up a much needed night’s sleep to assist), the fog would have won. Motor sailors and sailing sailors-are supposedly adversaries. Not true — a sailor is a sailor, and if a brother is in need they help. Dream Trader and Agustine are names that will always remind me of this. To Dream Trader and Agustine, a sincere thank you from nine Catalinas lost in the fog. Julie Stone Capricious Alameda Marina /

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And all this time we thought Latitude 38 was a family magazine! Your centerfold in the August issue, “Max Ebb Exposed”, certainly was revealing. How do 1 explain this to my young, vulnerable daughter who regularly reads your magazine? P.S. I hope Max used some sunscreen lotion. Bea Wilder Tahoe City Bea — Why don’t you tell your little girl what we’d tell our daughter? We’d explain that after being cold and wet for several days racing on the ocean, nothing feels better than removing one’s salt dampened clothes, taking a bucket shower on deck, and then letting the tropical sun warm and dry your body. Furthermore we’d explain that sailing the ocean on a small boat entails forfeiting a certain amount of one’s privacy, and that on most cruising and racing boats seeing another person partly or completely naked is no more out of the ordinary than a windshift. We’d also ex¬ plain that a mature person also respects another person’s privacy — unless, of course, there’s a camera handy and they could get a good shot to titillate Latitude 38 readers.

□ SO THAT’S WHERE DAD IS Upon returning from spending some time cruising down in the Channel Islands on my Freya 39, Ventana, 1 was both surprised and delighted to see the gorgeous picture of my boat on page 178-179 of your July issue. Certainly that is the finest picture you have ever published — no doubt about it! I’m wondering if I can purchase an 8x10 copy or the negative — whatever. As you know, 1 went on to blow the rest of the First Timers Singlehanded Race. But thanks for not taking me above the mark! If I get the picture, at least my kid will know what I do when I disap¬ pear on those windy weekends. Jon Hunt San Francisco Jon — We’re glad you liked the photograph, few things delight us as much as being able to surprise a boatowner with a good picture of his or her boat in the mag. While we rarely sell the negatives, we do sell prints. Call Karen at 383-8200 for prices and details.

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cruising kick-off party Taking your boat to Mexico and the South Seas this winter? Want to crew on a boat going to Mexico? Or just want to talk to people who are going to follow the sun? If your answer is ‘yes’ 1° any °f these questions, perhaps you should make a date to stop by the Sausalito Cruising Club on Thursday, , September 26 between 6:00 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. . That’s the evening of Latitude 38’s third (or is it fourth?) annual Cruising Kick-Off Party. It’s a simple event, really. Folks just drop by and sign in. It costs nothing. We hand out name tags; folks taking their boats down and looking for crew get red ones, while folks looking to get a ride south get green ones. We also dish out guacamole and chips at no charge. Folks get to

The UC Davis Extension program will be offering a wide range of nautical science courses this fail. Starting in mid-September, boaters in the Central Valley can attend classes in seamanship, coastal navigation and piloting, solar navigation, lunar and stellar navigation and meteorology for mariners.

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SIGHTINGS navigation classes The first course offered is Coastal Naviga¬ tion , which will be taught by the experienced world navigator Dr. Macey Casebeer, USN (Ret.). Registration is underway now for classes beginning September 17. For more information, contact registrar Dottie Moore (916) 752-3098, or Macey Casebeer (916) 756-3152,

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cruising party - cont’d wander around and meet other cruisers from Northern California and the Pacific Northwest who are heading down south to Mexico this season. You can compare notes on gear and itineraries or just shoot the breeze. The Cruising Club bar will be open; they dispense drinks at a very reasonable price. If there’s any interest we’ll show a few slides on cruising in Mexico and maybe offer some few tidbits of advice on where to stop on the way south — both in Southern California and Mexico. If anybody’s been to Mexico in the past and wants to stop by and rekindle that great cruising feeling, well by all means do so. Perhaps you’ll meet some old friends. So please, cruisers-to-be, mark your calendars. We’re extending a special invitation to you cruisers from Canada, Washington and Oregon — we’d , love to see you. If you’re coming by land, the Cruising Club is on the barge at the foot of Napa Street in Sausalito. If you’re on your boat, just anchor across the channel from the Napa Street Pier / Zack’s area.

mexico crew list What do you do if you can’t make the Cruising Kick-Off or want to make contact with other folks who can’t make it? The answer is simple, the Mexico Crew List Advertising Supplement. The Crew List Advertising Supplement lists boats going to Mexico this season that are advertising for crew. It also lists of folks advertising to get crew

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mexico crew list - cont’d October because there is still a threat of hurricanes. A few boats head south of the border early in November, the numbers pick up greatly toward the mid¬ dle and end of the month, and hit full steam in December. By the end of January and the start of February, most boats that are going down have gone down. The season lasts until early May, at which time people have started to go to Panama, Hawaii or the South Pacific. There are a couple of races worth noting. The Long Beach YC starts it’s race to Cabo on November 15th. We’ve done this loaded down with cruising gear twice and had a great time. If you race PHRF like we did, you get to start a day earlier than the lOR boats. Early next year there are races to Manzanillo and again to Cabo San Lucas, but for IOR machines only. The third annual Sea of Cortez Race Week, attended almost exclusively by cruising boats, starts on Easter evening. \ Realizing that everybody has different schedules, needs and desires, we’ve made the Mexico Crew List advertising forms as broad as possible. Fill one out as it pertains to you and send it to us with the $5 advertising charge. If we receive it by the 18th of September your advertisement will appear in the issue that comes out on October 31. If we receive it after the 18th of September but before October 18th, it will appear in the advertising section of the issue that comes out November 29. No advertisements can be ac¬ cepted after October 18th! We will also be making copies of the advertising supplement available — as up-to-date as possible — at the Cruising Kick Off Party in Sausalito on September 26. And if they’ll let us, at Pacific Marine Supply’s Cruising Kick-

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Off Party in San Diego at the end of October. Send your form and a check for $5 to Latitude 38, Box 1678, Sausalito California 94965. cont’d on next sightings page

sailboat It may not be as graceful as a maxi boat spreading her spinnaker and blooper, but the 103-ft Alcyone proved this summer that she has sailing potential. Powered by two turbosails — aluminum cylinders which generate lift by sucking air through a slot on the leeward side — the vessel completed her maiden voyage across the Atlantic in June.

SIGHTINGS mexico crew list - ccnt’d But before you send in anything, we want you to remember a couple of things. First of all there are a number of dangers involved. Putting your name and phone number out to the public is dangerous; sailing with people and on boats you are not intimately familiar with is dangerous; and just sailing is dangerous. Do not send in a form or participate in this advertising supple¬ ment at all unless you are willing to accept 100% responsibility for any of the misfortune that may befall you on account of having advertised in this sup¬ plement. And let’s all understand we could be talking about misfortunes like physical and psychological injury as well as death. We publish the advertising section for information purposes only. As the lawyers say, Latitude 38 does not make any warranty, guarantee or recommendation in regard to the character of the people who participate in the supplement, the boats they might have or you might sail on, and the act of sailing on the ocean itself. This list is for people dying for adventure, people eager to accept full respon¬ sibility for whatever risks they might encounter. Sorry we have to make it sound so gory, but we don’t want to mislead peo¬ ple. For those who care, last year 93 people advertised to crew to or in Mex¬ ico and 29 boats advertised as looking for crew. Right now you might not be too compelled to put your name on the list, but when freezing February rolls around and it’s been raining three weeks straight — well maybe then you’ll wish you’d have advertised now. So give it some thought.

fire sail How do you put out a fire on a sailboat? Very quickly, hopefully. Recently a couple of blazes on the Bay caused considerable damage, and led us to wonder about that question. One of the fires was aboard a 34-ft sloop sailing on San Pablo Bay. Dennis Gruidl was sailing back from the Delta on his father’s Buccaneer 295 when he noticed the smoke coming from a boat about a mile ahead. When he arrived on the scene, he discovered the lone sailor onboard in a liferaft. The man warned him not to get too close since he had just installed a propane tank. So they kept their distance and watched the sloop bum down below the topsides before the Coast Guard could arrive. The other conflagration struck in Sausalito when the One Ton sloop Ar¬ bitrage suffered what appears to be an electrical fire. Reports indicate there was quite a bit of damage inside the hull, which was unoccupied at the time, but little to the deck and sails. The racing craft is expected to be repaired in time to compete later this month in the St. Francis YC Big Boat Series. Like illness, the best cure for a fire is prevention, but given the realities of the world as we know it, that’s not always possible. It wasn’t in the above two cases anyway. How then do you put out a fire onboard? Since most boats are in water, there’s one good resource. Agua is still one of the best firefighters around, although the bigger the fire, the more water you need. An efficiently used fire extinguisher is more expedient than haul¬ ing in a series of buckets full of seawater. A fire hose from a dock or a rescue boat is also good. Boats, either wooden or fiberglass, are filled with lots of combustible materials, including the hull itself / It takes a lot of heat to ignite a glass hull, and if the fire is that intense you are probably going to bail out rather than stay

sans sails The famed seaman Jacques-Yves Cousteau piloted the vessel, which also has diesel engines to supply power when the wind speed drops. Cousteau was overjoyed at the ship’s performance and predicts the turbosail system could cut fuel costs on commercial ships by as much as 30 percent. C est / magnifique, non?. page 99

onboard. The propane tank mentioned in the first example is also a hazard. If the main valve is open, the gas could ignite and create a flame thrower effect. If the tank is closed and the heat really builds, it could explode. Neither one is nice to think about, and again if the fire gets that far along it’s not a good idea to stick around. Fumes and smoke aren’t sailor friendly either. You don’t want to inhale too much of the smoke from fiberglass and other burning plastics. The agents used to put out fires, such as Halon and C02 aren’t the greatest either, but the former is designed for use by a human in an enclosed space. The latter is cont'd on next sightings page

SIGHTINGS fire sail - cont’d more lethal and should be used with great care. So have plenty of fire extinguishers available if a blaze breaks out, use them aggressively, and be prepared to bail out if things get out of hand. s

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taking the plunge Getting married in unique locations is nothing new, but Phil Meyer and Beth Palaske pulled off a novel one on August 16th. They were hitched on the foredeck of a J-35 sloop during the middle of a Friday night race! Meyer, also known as Barnacle Phil the Diver, met Beth a year and a half ago on a St. Patrick’s Day race. Since then the pair have tacked and jibed their way through the emotional vicissitudes of a relationship and decided to cont’d on next sightings page

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Lighted and Decorated Boats to be held September 12 in conjunction with the San Francisco Fair. Trophies will be awarded for first, second and third place in each of three categories: power, sail and working craft. The best overall decorated boat will receive a special trophy sponsored by the National Maritime Museum Association.

SIGHTINGS plunge - cont’d decorated boats All vessels must be seaworthy, meet Coast Guard requirements and be decorated ac¬ cording to the parade theme, “Shanghai Kelly’s Barbary Coast”. The parade will start at twilight off Pier 39 and proceed up the City Front to Crissy Field. Judging will take place off Fort Mason. For more information or an entry form, contact Bruce Block at 989-6352.

make it official. Phil, who usually sails on the 1/2 tonner Illusion, arranged to have Don Trask drive the J-35 in the Encinal Friday night race. The race committee even agreed to make the first spinnaker leg long enough to per¬ form the service, which was led by actor/minister Bruce Parry. PhilBeth, as the sloop was renamed for the evening, rounded the weather mark a close third. After popping the chute, the crew gathered on the foredeck and witnessed the ceremony. May all th.eir mark roundings be smooth.

floating debris survey The San Francisco District of the Army Corps of Engineers is collecting in¬ formation about floating debris on the Bay. Working with the San Francisco consulting engineer firm of Winzler & Kelly, they’ve come up with a ques¬ tionnaire. If you’d like to take part, here it is: 1) What type of boat do you own? Size? Make? 2) Where is your boat docked? 3) Have you or anyone you know ever struck floating debris in San Fran¬ cisco or San Pablo B^y that caused damage to a vessel? What was the loca¬ tion? 4) If yes, describe the floating debris. 5) What was the extent of the damage? 6) Were vessel repairs necessary and if so, at what cost? 7) Any additional comments? If you have any questions about the survey, or want to provide additional information, call Mark Waldman at (415) 362-0151.

le bon voyage The world press had a field day on August 11th and 12th when Simon Le Bon’s Holland 77 Drum dropped her keel and capsized during the famous Fastnet race off the English coast. Le Bon, the lead singer of the rock band Duran Duran, was trapped inside the hull for 40 minutes along with five other sailors, including his younger brother. Royal Navy divers rescued the sailors, none of whom suffered serious injuries. Next to Lady Di, Le Bon is currently one of England’s most visible per¬ sonalities. Pictures of him being winched off the overturned hull into a helicopter were splashed across the Fleet Street papers as well as journals in the States and elsewhere. Headline writers ran amok with banners such as ‘Le Bon Voyage’ and ‘A View to a Spill’, referring to Duran Duran’s theme song for the latest James Bond movie. Soon jokes were circulating in the teen set about the renaming of the band to Durown Durown. There’s nothing quite like a pop phenomenon. How the keel of the $1.38 million dollar yacht, scheduled to compete in this fall’s Whitbread Around the World race, fell off is another phenomenon. The big sloop had been sailing in 35 knots of wind off Falmouth when there was a loud bang. The hull then just rolled over, tossing most of the crew on deck into the sea. One crewmember reportedly fnanaged to stay on the high side, and dragged the others b^ck on the overturned hull with his safety harness line. They heard the cries of those trapped below deck and notified the rescue team when they arrived. According to Skip Allan, who was racing on the San Francisco sloop Sidewinder in the Fastnet, Le Bon and his companions elected to stay in the air pocket. They were in danger, though, since battery acid had spilled dur¬ ing the capsize, mixing with the salt water to form chlorine gas. There was also a report that the generator continued to run, emitting exhaust fumes into the cabin as well .The Royal Navy divers led each of the six out of the hull, guiding them through a mass of lines and rigging, which Le Bon described to the press as ‘a great spaghetti.’ The 26-year-old Le Bon has been sailing most of his life, but Drum is his cont'd on next sightings page

SIGHTINGS le bon voyage - cont’d first long distance ocean racing yacht. He recently discontinued his perform¬ ing with Duran Duran to train for the Whitbread, and even with this setback, plans to repair the damage and continue. While some speculated that the loss of the keel may have been due to hit¬ ting a rock, that doesn’t seem to be the case. Before the Fastnet, Drum touched bottom in another race, breaking her rudder and perhaps weaken¬ ing the metal plate which holds the keel to the hull. Rather than the tradi¬ tional keel bolts extending down through the hull into the lead keel, Drum has a shoe welded to the hull and into which is bolted the keel. Drum’s designer, Ron Holland, may have to reconsider that configuration.

friday night TGIF has a special significance to many Bay area sailors. After all, what better way to end the week (or begin the weekend) than with a low-key race with friends around the buoys on Friday evening? During the sum¬ mer, the wind is usually just right around the dinner hour, and the setting sun adds that perfect dramatic touch unavailable to most weekend racers. The last of the Friday night summer series wrap up this month. And did we say “low

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SIGHTINGS key?” Well, bite our tongues. While Friday night races don’t generally carry the prestige of, say, the America’s Cup, they are definite¬ ly taken seriously by participants, especially when it comes to celebrating a victory. On the last race of the Sausalito Cruising Club’s Summer Series, series winner Tim Stapleton took Misfit, his Islander 36,on her “victory lap with five kinds of cheese, pate, crackers, a half dozen bottles of champagne — and 20 people.

boardsailing goes public Boardsailing, also known as windsurfing, came to the Emporium last month. Surely it’s a sign of some kind. This off the beach sport, a combina¬ tion of surfing and sailing, was invented in California but has flourished more in Europe for the past decade. The phenomenon is now beginning to enjoy a

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Susan Gedayloo, right, demonstrates sailboarding at the Emporium.

widespread popularity in its home state as well. The Emporium gig at the San Francisco and Southland stores was part of a promotion for Swatch watches and HiFly sailboards. On August 1st, the team of Suzan Gedayloo, Craig Yester, Dana Dawes and Richard Whyte were on hand to introduce shoppers to sail and board. The equipment was set up on a simulator, a device commonly used in,teaching novices how to stand on the board and hold the sail before they actually go out on the water. Gedayloo was the star of the etfent. The lithesome blonde from San Luis Obispo is a four year veteran of the international circuit and one of the top ten women on the pro tour. She and her team mates had been competing on the Stroh’s Circuit, a tour which started last March and included stops in Texas, California, Minnesota, Rhode Island and Oregon. “People have this image of being on the tour as glamorous,” says Suzan, “but it’s also a lot work to always be on the go.” She had spent the day before the Emporium appearance sleeping in the back of the team van, suffering from a. flu she had picked up during an event in Hawaii. A true pro — she says she earns a good living racing but wouldn’t say how much “because no one else does” — she rallied for the public. While a camera crew filmed and curious onlookers gazed, several folks cont’d on next sightings page page 103

SIGHTINGS boardsailing - cont’d took the opportunity to get up on the board and be coached by Suzan. A small fan provided what could be called a breeze, and there were plenty of smiles and giggles from those who dared the risk of making complete fools of themselves. Not a single crash, though. Gedayloo says she would like to see more schools and instructors available. “Once you get out there and start going” she says, “you're hooked, and you get better each time.” She says it’s an individual sport, but as more people get involved it becomes quite social. Also, the more people that enter the sport, the more large companies will be willing to sponsor rac¬ ing and special events, similar to tennis or skiing. Suzan, who’s 25, hopes to compete on the tour for at least two more years before retiring. Suzan was unable to crack the top three in the professional division of the Stroh Circuit national finals held August 11th off Crissy Field in San Fran¬ cisco. In the amateur division, though, local hero Bard Chrisman came out on top in the men’s division. Bard is one of those who sail regularly at the Bay’s hot boardsailing spots, such as Crissy Field, Coyote Point, Crown Beach in Alameda and Waddell Creek in Santa Cruz. The ranks of those enjoying these locales, among the best in the world for wind and surf, have been swelling. Last year the Crissy Field sailors, for example, may have numbered a dozen or so on a good day. This past month, though, there have been hordes of colorful sailboard sails zipping across the Golden Gate in the late afternoons. The increase in sailboarding activity has created concerns about safety, not only for the sailors, but also for other boaters using the same water. Writing in the July issue of City Sports magazine, Chaco Mohler urged his fellow boardsailors to carry some sort of signal device like a mini signal flare or smoke bomb. He also recommends sailing with a partner or group, not demanding the right of way over a bigger, less manueverable vessel, and keeping clear of commercial shipping at all times. The Crissy Field fanatics are also talking about organizing a group of certified sailors pledged to help others in trouble, sort of a ski patrol on the water. There is one boardsailor who won’t be out there in the future, however. Glenn Taylor of Redwood City, the doyen of one design Windsurfing on the Bay for the past 15 years, is hanging up his harness. “Sailboarding is becom¬ ing more fashion oriented,” he says. “It’s not related to sailing as much as it used to be. I still like to think of a board as a sailboat.” Glenn’s contributions to the-sport are notable: he founded the first Wind¬ surfing school in the U.S.; he patented one of the early simulators used to teach beginners; he designed one of the early high wind sails; and he authored the first Windsurfing book written in English. He also ran and organized hundreds of races on the Bay, including the classic Bay Crossing, a two way sprint across the Golden Gate. His Thursday night gatherings off the Marina Green in San Francisco are still popular, with dinner following at a nearby eatery. Glenn has always been a strong proponent of one design sailing as a way of developing skills. The current trend towards a variety of equipment turns him off, as does his perception that people are relying more on hardware than on their ability to handle different wind and sea conditions. “I’ve en¬ joyed the business and the people I’ve met,” he says, “but I think I’ll be doing something completely different in the future.”

radioactive boat show Keep your radio dial well oiled in September. A multitude of local stations will be broadcasting information about the Bay Area Boat Show, to be held at Alameda’s Marina Village from September 21st to 29th. They’ll also be offer¬ ing free admission tickets and prizes, including such items as a sailboard, yachting apparel, and a sailing dinghy. Reports from the sponsoring Northern California Marine Association in¬ dicate the show will feature a cornucopia of boats and accessories on site as cont’d on next sightings page

missing The 50-ft yawl Hummingbird was last seen in American Samoa on May 10 of this year. Tim and Teri Bonge were scheduled to have the green-hulled motorsailer in Ala Wai Yacht Harbor in Oahu by May 31, but as of this writing, they have yet to arrive. Families of the couple have notified both the FBI and the Coast Guard, but a low level air search of the area between Hawaii and the American Samoa has turned up nothing. “With this knowledge,” writes Gary Knedel, Teri’s brother, “we suspect piracy as a probable page 104

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well. Those companies scheduled to have their yachts on display include Swan, West Wight Potter, American Multicraft, Henri Wauquiez, Valiant, CS, Union, Pearson, Vindo, Freedom, MacGregor, Olson, Express, S&S,' Fairweather Marine, Catalina, Morgan, Nauticat, Sea Horse, Cape Dory, Panda,' C&C, Ericson, Neptune, Jeanneau, Hans Christian, Beneteau, Kind’s Legend and Queen Long Hylas. Of special note will be the premier showings of the Passport 37, Sabre 36, Celere 47 and Grand Soleil 39. Onshore you’ll find displays for accessories and clothing, as well as representatives of the Small Boat Racing Association, who will have some

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boaters cause for this disappearance.” Gary and the Bonge family are attempting to distribute the reward poster show/i here to the proper island groups, but so far have en¬ countered a lot of difficulty obtaining proper mailing addresses for islands in the region. Gary asks that anyone with knowledge of where he might get these addresses — or anyone who might know the whereabouts of the missing yachties — contact him at (916) 456-5353.

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boats on display and will be racing^on the water. There will also be a con¬ tingent of remote control boat racers competing near the show site on the weekends. For SAR (search and rescue) fans, the Coast Guard plans to demonstrate a helicopter rescue as well as opening one of their cruisers for display. Show hours are from noon to sunset on weekdays and 10 a.m. to sunset on weekends. You can find discount coupons, worth a $2 discount, in your newspapers and magazines, as well as at marine businesses and Liquor Barn stores. Adults admission is $6 without the coupon, and children under 12 are free with an adult. Marina Village is located off Webster Street in Alameda. (Take the first right after exiting the Alameda Tube and circle around to the site.) For more information, call (415) 436-4664.

SIGHTINGS a new trend? The days of sailing as a low profile past time continue to fade away. Con¬ sider the recent Scott’s to Scott’s race on Saturday, July 14th. Not only did the trans-Bay contest from the Scott’s Seafood Restaurant on the S.F. Embarcadero to a similar eatery on the Oakland Estuary generate over $3,000 in donations for the Alameda County YMCA, but handicap winners received impressive prizes such as a free trip to Hawaii for two. That sure beats the pants off the traditional pickle dish or the contemporary beer mug or wooden plaque! It also ups the ante for those out there on the race course. cont’d on next sightings page

return to Chuck Bassett of Mill Valley has a pair of V wire cutters to return, but he doesn’t know to whom. On Sunday, August 18th, Chuck lost his mast in the Oakland Estuary near the moored Coast Guard cutters. A very generous gentleman on a boat called Sabrina

SIGHTINGS owner tossed him the cutters as he sailed by, but Chuck couldn’t hear his name over the wind. He’d like to return them, so whoever the good Samaritan is should contact him at 167 Lovell Ave, Mill Valley, CA 94941 or call 388-8298.

new trend -cont’d Susan Backman, who helped organize the race for Scott’s, says their primary purpose was to raise money for the YMCA, which is building a new facility in Oakland. Instead of appealing to boating oriented businesses, which occasionally donate prizes, Susan says they pursued non-sailing com¬ panies which are used to giveaways. Hence the trip to Hawaii, helicopter tours, weekend car rentals and free dinners. Sailors on the 37 participating yachts were also treated to a fabulous seafood spread after the race, as well as beer, champagne and live music. These goodies were all part of the $50, tax deductible entry fee (although yachts with more than five crew had to pay an extra $15 a head for the party). Backman says the hope was to create a favorable impression among the sailors, both gung ho and novice, in order to draw them back next year. All reports indicate that the race fulfilled that goal. “I was overwhelmed,” said Ed Towle, overall winner on his Ranger 26 Mischief. “This has the kind of treatment you’d expect if you sailed on a maxi boat!” We can’t help but think that the lure of a junket to Waikiki may have col¬ ored the thinking of some of the participants. Now we have not only fame and glory to pursue out on the water, but more tangible (dare we say pro¬ fitable?) rewards. We also know that some of the sailors had definite priorities about the prizes. Lauren and Eric Carlisle on their Folkboat Windy finished nine seconds behind Mischief. Lauren was disappointed but also relieved to find they were third in class instead of second. The prize for the latter was a free dinner — for the former it was a helicopter tour, which she wouldn’t have enjoyed nearly as much!

gale warnings in court Have you ever been out sailing and found the weather to be not as the weather service has predicted? Sure you have. And while it may have made you mad as hell, there was nothing you could do about it, right? Maybe. Back in Boston an interesting precedent has just been set in which the Na¬ tional Weather Service was held liable for not forecasting a storm. The judge in the case ruled that the United States must fork over $1.25 million. The award is the result of a tragedy that took place back in late November of 1980, when three lobstermen lost their lives after departing Cape Cod to fish on the Georges Bank. The families of the three contend that the men would not have set out had the storm been forecast. The attorney for the families argued that the storm might have been predicted had a NOAA weather buoy not been in a state of disrepair for three months. The government’s defense was that the weather service provides forecasts, not guarantees, and therefore is not liable if they are not correct. They also claimed that the storm developed so quickly that it could not have been forecast to prevent the men from going out. The judge found in favor of the plaintiffs, which were the families of the men lost. It’s an interesting ruling because it obviously absolved the seasoned oceangoers of any responsibility for deciding to go out id the first place. This despite the fact that any lobsterman in the^lortheast knows that ferocious storms can develop quickly in November. This also despite the fact that anyone who has ever gone out on the ocean knows that the weather forecasts are not only sometimes wrong, but frequently wrong. Our first inclination is to bemoan that this ruling is yet one more in the long line of those which contend that everyone is entitled to health and happiness from cradle to grave — and if they don’t get it, some other individual, business or government with deep pockets is going to pay. The notion that anyone take responsibility for violating common sense — be it heading out to sea in the dead of winter, wolfing down ten drinks before hitting the highway, or gunning down someone in cold blood — is blasphemy in this country. But then we took a little time to mull the ruling over. We thought about it more while we downed ten whiskeys then drove over to our boat for an after cont’d on next sightings page

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SIGHTINGS warnings - cont’d noon’s sail in the Potato Patch. It was out in the Potato Patch that we wised up. Why go against the judicial flow when we can get rich? No we haven’t gotten killed out on the ocean because of an incorrect forecast, but we have experienced those two concomitants of big buck settlements: pain and suffer¬ ing. One of the first times we ever sailed out the Gate for Southern California, the wind was predicted to be 15 to 20 knots. In reality it was 20 to 30 knots more than that, and we were drenched, cold and miserable long before we reached Mile Rock. The weather service didn’t say a damn thing about it, but the south shoal was breaking. We’re reasonable people so well settle for $10,000 for the fear, $7,500 for the mild case of hypothermia, and $1.3 million for the reoccuring nightmares. Then there’s the time the weather service said there was 12 knots of wind at the Lightbucket as we rounded during an Aeolian Lightship Race. With such gentle wind, we naturally put up the light chute. It was actually blowing 35, but how were we to know? So it was the weather service that caused us to blow out our nearly new sail. We’ll settle for $1,000 for a new chute, pfus $10,000 in punitive damages, which if we remember right are automatically tripled for some reason. But that’s not all. Seeing our beloved new chute shread in that wind made something snap in our brain. You may not believe this (we hope the jury will), but just like the woman Melvin Belli represented in that famous cable car collision case, it made us a nymphomaniac. That’s right, we suddenly wanted to have sex with not just our wife but every attractive woman in sight. The pain, the anguish — you can’t imagine! We’ll settle for just 3.5 million, but the wife wants more. She’ll take $10 million, a new red car, a two week vacation every year in Tahiti and $10,000 to put in Rose Bird’s confirmation campaign. We can’t think of anything else now, but we’re kind of curious what kind of pain and suffering — if not outright damage you or your boat have suffered because of incorrect weather forecasts. Call your lawyer first, then drop us a line to tell us about it. Some of you might be a little bit hesistant to litigate, thinking it might bankrupt the treasury. The correct response to that is, ‘Who cares as long as you get yours?’ S,

stars and bars The jolly people pictured here were only a small part of those who celebrated the official opening of Richmond YC’s renovated bar. They were a famous part, though. Representing two of the top-placing boats in the re¬ cent TransPac were (left to right) Tom Horvath, Jim, Lois and Dave Denning and Chris Nash (with wife Dawn and son Nicholas), all of overall race winner Montgomery Street. The couple on the right are Dean and Wendy Treadway of Sweet Okole, which finished second behind Montgomery Street in Divi¬ sion D. Interestingly, Jim Denning sponsored the Treadways’ membership into RYC only two weeks before the race. The 20 by 26-foot glass-enclosed addition to the club really makes the area more of a cocktail lounge than bar, adding more capacity to the minimal seating of the old setup. The original bar was moved inboard to its present location along the back wall. The work, begun in early May, is almost done. All the area needs is a little finish work, some carpet and a few tables full of wet-haired racers swapping lies to look like it’s always been there.

toxic waste If you ha'd to name the 10 least suitable topics for dinner conversation, what would they be? Our list would have to include toxic waste. It would probably fall somewhere in between Josef Mengele’s experiments and Uncle Bill’s hemorrhoid surgery. If you aren’t reading this over dinner, just consider toxic waste for a minute. This is the stuff that deforms fish, sickens wildlife and contaminates the food chain. It’s nasty; made all the more so by the fact that it lasts about 1,000 years and people have cor¬ onaries if you even think of dumping any of it anywhere on the planet. So far the only viable alternative to dump¬ ing seems to be to burn the stuff at sea, and a rapidly advancing technology is growing up around the practice. While it certainly holds the potential of being a safe and economic disposal, however, some environmentalists

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disposal debate claim that insufficient research has been done on the biological impacts of ocean in¬ cineration. Additional questions include: What are the implications for disposing of hydrogen chloride gas in international waters? and, How are the public and our liv¬ ing marine resources protected in case of a disaster with a fully loaded incineration ship? (That sounds like it might be in the “worst topic” list, too.) These questions and more will be debated by George F. Nassos and William Brown, representing Chemical Waste Management, and Michael Herz, of the Oceanic Society, at the Exploratorium in San Francisco on September 9, 1985. A wine-cocktail hour begins at 6:30; the presentation at 7:30. A $2 donation at the door will get you in. Eat dinner after you go. For more information, call 431-5411.

jill race 50 feet or less on deck, and the fleet will be limited to 20 entries. For more information, contact Randy Mueller, 1733 NW 59th St., Seattle, WA 98107 or call (206) 784-5437 in the evenings. page 111

nice people and funny stories Dennis Roquet is a longtime friend of ours who has skippered boats all over the world. The ex-Seattle yacht broker is currently in Hawaii, preparing a 65-ft ketch for a cruise to the South Seas. While in Mexico last winter, he ran into Marty and Margarita, whose story he related in a recent letter. Their adventure was too good to keep to ourselves. “Marty had about six months boating experience when he got a job skip¬ pering a 41-ft ketch owned by seven people from Durango, Colorado. He and his girlfriend Margarita sailed the boat from California to La Paz, Baja, where they decided to get married. Their parents flew down and they had a big wedding. After the wedding, everyone flew home and they set sail for Mazatlan to pick up one of the owners. Since they had not yet had a night alone together, they stopped at a small island about 2 miles off the coast of Mazatlan, set the hook and settled down for the night. Or so they thought. “Right after dinner the wind came &p to 35 knots so they had to take turns standing anchor watch. Around 11 p.m., the wind was still blowing 35 and suddenly Margarita heard a faint cry of Help! She woke Marty and he came up and heard it, too. Despite 35 knots of wind, Marty jumped in the dinghy and took off in the dark to find the voice. What he found was a 30-year-old Mexican tied to a log going out with the tide. Marty got the guy in the dinghy and back to the boat. The guy told Mar¬ ty that he missed his boat back to the mainland and was trying to float back on a log. Then he started asking how to start the boat and if it was hard to sail. At this point, Marty started to feel uneasy: he’d picked a stranger out of the water, brought him home where there was only he and his wife, and had no gun or access to help from the outside. cont’d on next sightings page

1 SIGHTINGS funny stories - cont’d “Well, Marty told the guy, ‘Look, I don’t like you. I don’t want to throw you back in the water but I will unless you go into the aft cabin and stay there until morning.’ Marty lbcked the guy in the aft cabin and took him ashore in the morning and dropped him off. A couple of hours later, they saw the police take the guy away. It turns out he had escaped from prison, robbed a store and tied himself to a log to get away. “After that story, I became a firm believer in having a gun on board. But that’s not all. “They picked up one of the owners, a doctor-, and headed south. The se¬ cond day out at about 6 a.m., the doctor comes up on deck, looks at Marty and says, ‘I’m going to die in the next two to three hours unless you get me to a hospital.’ The boat is now 50 miles from any port, which at six knots istat least eight hours. Marty asks the guy, ‘How can you tell?’ The doctor explains that one of his eyes is dilated, which means he is hemorrhaging in his head. All Marty can say is ‘Uh, well, how do you feel?’

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On August 15th there was another public hearing by the BCDC relating to houseboats and liveaboards on San Francisco Bay. A crowd estimated at between 200 and 300 was present, virtually all of them there to witness their opposition to the recommenda¬ tion the BCDC Staff was making to the BCDC commissioners. Basically the Staff is encouraging the Commission adopt to new definitions of ‘houseboat’, ‘liveaboard boat’ and ‘moored for an extended period of time’. The defini¬ tions are such that it would give the BCDC

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SIGHTINGS funny stories - cont’d comment firm control not only over those who wanted to live aboard their boats, but over all boats in San Francisco Bay. Because of the number of speakers in op¬ position to the recommendations, the Com¬ mission agreed to hear further comment on September 5th, again in San Francisco. For an analysis of the August 15 meeting and one person’s opinion of how the Com¬ mission views the issue, see The BCDC and Liveaboards — Another Perspective on page 134 of this issue.

“To make a long three hours short, they finally figured out that the doctor put one of those little stick-on anti-seasick patches behind his ear and then touched his eye. The drug caused his eye to dilate. Anyway, he didn’t die. “Nice people and funny stories.” Footnote: On the subject of guns, Fergie Walker reports in a recent Seven Seas Cruising Club Bulletin that Mexico does not issue gun permits. The con¬ sulate informed, though, that you can have a shotgun aboard as long as it is in plain sight.

we haven’t seen the future, but it might look like this , First the BCDC Staff recommends that the Commission extend it’s jurisdic¬ tion from the present limits to 4,000 miles shoreward from any water of San Francisco Bay. After carefully evaluating testimony from the public, Con¬ gress and the President during a three hour session in which each speaker is limited to four minutes, the Commission goes along with the recommenda¬ tion of Staff. Once firmly in control of the country, the BCDC Staff requisitions pollu¬ tion monitoring and enforcement material for San Francisco Bay. This in¬ cludes a fleet of 14 nuclear powered aircraft carriers, 418 helicopters and the entire United States Air Force. Now suitably equipped, the Staff begins to use its much lusted after police powers and equipment. What you see in the photograph is such a BCDC SWAT team in action. The helicopters, now resting on the carrier deck, have just returned from a mission in which their sophisticated monitoring equip¬ ment determined that the people on the sailboat in the foreground washed the skin of an apple in their sink and — heaven forbid! — let the water flow into the Bay. Immediately the red ‘Graywater Alert’ button started throbbing on the console of the former Strategic Air Command plane the Staff flies over San Francisco Bay 24 hours a day. Once the button has lit up, there can be no going back. Four missleequipped jets have been called in to napalm the violating boat. Then the big carrier pulls up and the crew rolls a big old nuke off the flight deck down onto what’s left of the little sailboat. And for that perfect finishing touch, the in¬ dividual members of the BCDC Staff'pour small arms fire into the building mushroom cloud. Mission accomplished! That might happen in the future, but the photograph was actually taken during August 14th’s ‘40 Years of Peace in the Pacific’ observation. This was the solemn ceremony in which a parade of seven ships, led by the battleship New Jersey, steamed slowly around the Bay. Vice-President Bush made the keynote speech aboard the aircraft carrier Enterprise, which was anchored off Crissy Field. Other VIPs included Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger, White House Chief of Staff Donald Regan, Secretary of State George Schultz and the Navy’s top-ranking admiral, James Watkins. Ashore at the Presidio, veterans ceremonies were interrupted for a time by anti-war protesters who attempted to point out that, considering Korea, Viet¬ nam and nuclear testing, the last 40 years in the Pacific have hardly been peaceful. The vets rallied, a few punches were thrown, and the protesters retreated. Out on the Bay, several hundred pleasure boats came out to enjoy the go¬ ings on. Many, apparently not aware of the temporary restrictions — no boats allowed within 200 yards of the ships passing in review and a request to remain on station between 12:30 and 1:30 — were tersely reminded of those limits by patrolling Coasties who at times seemed to outnumber the observers. The ceremonies concluded with a prayer to the war dead. A wreath was cast into the Bay, a battery of artillery ashore fired a 21-gun salute, buglers played taps, and 12 jet fighters flew low in four-plane formations over the ship. The twelfth peeled off in the flyers’ classic “missing man” salute to fallen comrades.

1985 DIG BOAT SERIES

f it’s fall on the Bay, it must be time for the Big Boat Series. This 22nd gathering of the majestic ladies and the men and women who sail them is the jevX/el around which the rest of the sailing schedule is set. This year’s edition is expected to be no less impressive than those previous, with the appearance of some of the new, large ultralights that dominated this year’s TransPac race, several world class yachts in the 43 to 49 foot range and a pack of One Tonners, yachts rating 30.5 feet under the IOR rule and competing as a virtual one design class. There were hopes that the ultralights, known as “sleds” for their downwind speed, would arrive en masse. The prospect of half a dozen or more of these sleek 70 footers short tacking up the City Front to the delight of shoreside spectators was thrilling. The one time they all got together for buoy racing, at this spring’s Cal Cup in Southern California, bumps and bruises were the order of the day. You can take the hot racing sailors out of dinghies, but you can’t take the com¬ petitive dinghy racing mentality out of the sailors.

s of press time, the ultralights that are scheduled to attend the Big Boat Series, which starts September 15th and includes five races running through the 22nd, are Blondie, Kathmandu and Prima. The first two are Santa Cruz 70’s, designed and built in Soquel by Bill Lee. Lee himself will be on¬ board Blondie, which is owned by the Moniz family of Hawaii. Alameda sailmaker end current sailing coordinator for the St. Francis Golden Gate Challenge 12 Meter effort Tom Blackaller is also slated to be onboard. Kathmandu is owned by John Landon, a native of San Diego who now lives in Utah. Aiding his effort will be John Rumsey, a Big Boat Series veteran and crew on the TransPac winner Suiiftsure III in July, and Rob Maw, a top sailmaker/racer from Southern California. Both Rumsey and Maw were going to be on the Nelson/Marek 68 Swiftsure III, but owner Nick Frazee of San Diego decided to forego the trip in order to handle some business matters. Prima is a Nelson/Marek 68 which fin¬ ished right behind Swiftsure III in the TransPac. Owner Keith Simmons of Texas had talked about a charter with the Bay Area’s John Andron, but it now seems another deal has been arranged. It will be in¬ teresting to note how the different designs stack up against one another on a closed course as opposed to the TransPac, where Blondie and Kathmandu trailed behind

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if only those mentioned above show up and race for the prestigious St. Francis Perpetual Trophy, they’ll still provide viewing enjoyment. Given the normal westerly breezes, they will start to the west of Treasure Island and beat up to a mark off Crissy Field. An early afternoon flood means the shoreline should be favored and office workers near the San Francisco Embarcadero will be in for a thrill. Downwind the

sleds will take off, leaving all but the swiftest powerboat, or maybe a daring sailboarder, in their wake. While competing on a Big Boat Series en¬ try is one of the highest honors a sailor can achieve, there’s quite a bit to be gleaned from watching. Take it from Richmond’s Chris Corlett, who’ll be sitting out this year’s edition after many years of competition. Chris will be taking it all in from a Hatteras 58 powerboat. He’ll be out there for more than just the beer and chips, though. “I want to be on one end of the line or the page 114

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other to see how everyone lines up,” says Chris, who last year skippered the Nelson/Marek 55 Strider. “Then it’s fun to compare relative speeds on the first fgw legs. You can get a pretty good idea of who’s fast and who’s slow early in the race.” As the day wears on and the wind typically builds, he adds, the action on the downwind legs, especially the spinnaker runs into an ebb tide, become amusing. There are a few choice round ups and round downs every year.

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^Xnother long time Big Boater is San Rafael’s Bruce Easom, who will serve as tac¬ tician on Larry Harvey’s Nelson/Marek 49 Crazy Horse. He says his choice to watch the racing would be on Alcatraz. Most of the rac¬ ing revolves around the rock of the Bay, but since the Federal Government has always frowned on unauthorized visits there, we can’t endorse it either. His second choice would be to pick out one fleet and follow it around the course. There are enough legs of tine race that cross each other so you’ll end

up seeing just about everyone anyway. For spills and thrills, Bruce suggests Angel Island’s Point Blunt and the southern corner of Alcatraz during the downwind portions of the ebb tide. Also the close reach from Blossom Rock to the east side of Angel Island will make your heart pound when the wind’s up. Crazy Horse is just one of several fine yachts in the 43 to 50 foot range gathering for this year’s series. After failing to impress the fleet last year when she raced as Brooke Ann, this year’s version sports a new keel and rudder. Assuming they end up in the same division — the class breaks won’t be made until all the entries are finalized — she’ll be challenged by boats like Bill Twist’s Reichel/Pugh 47 Blade Runner from San Francisco and Stan Edwards’ new Frers 50 Margeret Rintoul from New Zealand.

1 or the star struck, the docks and St. Francis YC parking lot before and after each of the races, which run on Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, is sailing’s Hollywood and Vine. In addition to those heroes who have sailed on the Bay for many years, such as John Bertrand, who will be on Peter Stocker’s Frers 41 Bondi Tram, Steve Taft, the sailing master of Randy Short’s Reichel/Pugh 43 Sidewinder, and Paul Cayard, scheduled to appear on Jack James’ Frers 54 Jubilation, there will be outof-town dignitaries as well. Lowell North of San Diego, founder of the sailmaking com¬ pany and Olympic medalist, will be on the Nelson/Marek 41 Electro, while John Kolius, another sailmaker and skipper of the New York YC’s 12 meter campaign, is slated to sail on Irv Loube’s Beneteau 40 Coyote. Kolius will have his work cut out in the One Ton fleet, in which Coyote will be in¬ cluded. These 40 footers have become the rage of the IOR world in the past two years • and recently dominated the Admiral’s Cup competition in England. Coyote failed to qualify for .the American team at that com¬ petition, but she is one of the best One Tonners in the country. Joining the fray will be Liquid Sky, a Santa Cruz J/41 sailed by Bob Brockhoff with the assistance of Dee Smith and Don Trask, Glory, another Beneteau 40 recently acquired by Richmond’s Rod Park, Patriot, Maurice Bretzfield’s Joubert/Nivelt 40 from Southern California and Dark Horse, the new X 1 Ton owned by Dennis Surtees and Don Horn.

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the entries. If you can t get on a spectator boat, there are vantage points around the Bay such as Yellow Bluff in Sausalito or Crissy Field and the Marina Green in San Francisco. There are no lack of parties to at¬ tend, both formal and impromptu, starting with the Sausalito YC’s warm up regatta on September 7th and 8th. Both IOR and HDA yachts are invited to race, and there’s a free beer bash after Saturday’s heat at SYC. Call Gil Oliver at 986-1920(W) or 474-5769(H) for more information. Another party in the making, although not formally scheduled yet, is one hosted by the West Coast Racing Syndicate. Comprised primarily of accomplished Bay Area women

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sailors, this group has been sponsoring and competing in the past three Big Boat Series. For two years they participated as all women crews, the first in Bay Area big boat sailing, on the Farr 36 Sweet Okole and the Peter¬ son 41 Irrational. Last year they recruited a handful of men, including helmsman Chris Corlett, to help guide the Nelson/Marek 55 Strider to five straight elapsed time victories in their class. This year the syndicate, headed by Walnut Creek s Sherry Wilson, opted to forego com¬ peting in the fall series in order to broaden their financial and talent base to a national level. Sherry says they’re looking to campaign a maxi ultralight in one of the Mexico

races this winter. In the meantime, they’ll continue their support of the Big Boat Series with a party and perhaps the adoption of one of the entries on which they can lavish their considerable enthusiasm.

ot that the Big Boat Series needs any more hype, but as long as we’re on the sub¬ ject of sex, it should be noted that this is one of San Francisco s unabashedly heterosexual events. A stroll down the dock before or after a race will confirm that statement. In short, it s hot from just about any viewpoint. Don’t miss it.

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rank Quan is the last of the Chinese shrimp fisherman in San Francisco Bay. And he’s only half Chinese at that, In the 188Q’s his grandfather, Quan Flock Quock, was a general-store keeper at China home port to between three and five hun¬ dred people. In its heydey this settlement on ■

shop and a school. Similar camps stretched a mile and a half north along the shore as between 1870 and the turn of the century, the area resembled fishing villages found along the banks of China's Yangtze River. It s largely due to the Quan family — and their perseverance in the face of prejudice, harrassment and ecologically hard times for shrimp — that China Champ still exists at all. But it does, and today you can find Frank's sister, Georgette, running the snack bar at the center of China Camp State Park. Ghe of the things she sells are the grass shrimp

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that Frank catches on his boat, Grassy. Some say they’re the best you’!} ever eat. Others, myself included, think China .. big attraction is that it’s the best beach in the Bay to lay off of. inese immigrants are believed to have ..led the salt water .fishing industry in California in the eariy 1850’s, right after the start of the gold rush. The first encampment was at Rincon Point in San Francisco, which today lies in the shadow of the Bay Bridge. In 1853 there were 150 fisherman and 25 boats at the site. But by 1865 they had left for other camps, perhaps victims of the en¬ croaching city. Other significant early fish

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century the camps numbered 27. There are probably a combination of reasons why so many of the fisherman were Chinese. Many of them had been illegally imported as cheap labor to finish work on the Southern Pacific Railroad; when it was completed in the 1870’s they naturally drifted back'toward San Francisco. Others , were disappointed miners from the gold country, driven from the placers by the Foreign Miners Tax of 1854. And others were regular immigrants — many of who were from Kwangtung Province — who resumed their careers as fisherman in their new land.

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DAY CRUISE redwood cabins built on stilts out over the beaches and the water. Frank Quan says two or three families would form “their own little were used as fertilizer and animal feed. About $24,000 worth of shrimp was sold fresh locally, while a whopping $100,000 worth was exported to the Orient. Prior to the turn of the century, about 80% of the catch was dried and salted for export, a small portion of which went to Hawaii and Australia.

A tray of shrimp working on their morning tan.

community” around the communal cooking pot. The smallest villages might have only one or two dwellings occupied by eight to ten fishermen. The larger ones — fchina Camp was the largest — had several hun¬ dred residents as well as stores, gambling houses and a temple. Their method of fishing dated back thousands of years. Handmade nets, 25 to 40 feet long> were staked to the bottom of the Bay so tidal current forced the shrimp into them. The nets would then be hauled aboard sampans and junks that were tradi¬ tional in design but built from local redwood. The trapped shrimp would be harvested several times a day before the tide turned. A pound of fresh shrimp sold for 1.5 cents on the San Francisco market in 1870. It was a bargain by any standard, a result of the hard and efficient work of the Chinese fishermen. An average boat worked with 40 nets and had a catch of about 6,000 pounds. The fresh catch was immediately boiled in large kettles — Frank Quan still uses a smaller version — then put out to dry for two to five days. The dried shrimp were crushed, then fed into hand-cranked winnowing mills that separated the meat from the shell. In 1880, dried shrimp meat was con¬ sidered a delicacy as flavoring. The hulls

Lt may sound like it was an easy life, but it was not. The Chinese were visciously discriminated against and badly' harassed. For example in 1860 the anti-Chinese lobby persuaded the legislature to institute a $4 a month tax; this at a time when the average fisherman netted $20 to $30 a month. The tax was repealed four years later because of a suit brought by the fishermen and on atcount of the public outcry at the diminishing supply of available fresh fish. Yet that was only the start. In the 1880’s other ethnic fisherman wanted to eliminate the competition of the efficient Chinese, this at a time when there was increased public sentiment for conservation. Consequently a law was passed in 1880 that forbid the Chinese from using ‘bag nets’, which were

V staked to the bottom and caught not only shrimp but trapped other fish as well. Conservatiorrists supported the legislation because it was thought to contibute to over¬ fishing since the nets did not discriminate which fish were caught. The argument was also made that the stakes that held the bags were a hazard to navigation. The ‘bag net’ law would be declared un¬ constitutional in 1910, but by 1897 another discriminating law had been passed. This one prohibited the Chinese from fishing for shrimp — which they had turned to almost exclusively — during the best months of the year. Then in 1905 the legislature passed a law that made it illegal for dried shrimp to be exported, this knowing full well that this was the market for 90% of the Chinese catch. So by 1913 most of the Chinese had been forced out of the industry, leaving the rich pickings to politically better connected Italian and Portuguese fisherman. In 1920 the bag net was redesigned — a wing of sorts was attached to it so it could be trawled. The Quans were the only Chinese Sixteen

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family to adopt it and take up trawling. Addi¬ tionally, the law was again changed so that the traditional bag could be used in the South Bay. All this meant that their industry revived — somewhat — in the 38’s and con¬ tinued into the 40’s. When Frank Quan returned from the ser¬ vice after World War 11, he was surprised to see how busy things were at China Camp. As many as 14 boats a day were unloading, with as much as 5,000 pounds a day. The fishermen — none of them Chinese — often stayed overnight. But by the late 1950’s the industry disappeared as did the large population of shrimp. Some blamed the decline on over-fishing, others on the diver¬ sion of Northern California water to the South.

R ight after the war there was other ac¬ tivity at bustling China Camp. For example there were 60 rowboats available for bass fishing, which was quite good then. A few relics of this once large fleet still remain, but Frank says, “It’s no longer like the old days!” For one thing he can’t rent boats anymore because the insurance premiums have got¬

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ten too high. “We had been renting boats since 1927,” he says ruefully, “and never had a problem.” Franks says that this year’s weather has had an adverse affect on bass fishing as well as his shrimping. After the hard rains up until January, there has been “nothing”. That means less fresh water run-off from the rivers that feed the Bay, fresh water that shrimp need to thrive. “It’s so clear (meaning ocean water as opposed to the muddy river water),” he says shaking his head, “you couldn’t catch a thing in it. Clear as the ocean all the way to Point Pinole. It’s real scary to us. Another year like this and we’re back to ‘76.” In addition to what might be the beginning ^ of another draught, Frank says his shrimping is being hurt by the algae growing in the water along the Rodeo shore. When it gets too heavy it fills his nets and he can’t fish at all. Because of the lack of rainfall he’s been having to go all he way up to Rodeo to find shrimp, a two hour trip each way. In a nor¬ mal year he would be fishing just ten minutes from his dock all the way through the month of October. He shrugs his shoulders and looks out at the Bay again. There are only about a dozen shrimp fisherman left, most of whom fish for bait which brings more

Volunteer labor saved taxpayers $2Q0,000 on this pier.

come for the day and launch small boats like Lasers and Hobie Cats as well as sailboards from the beach. Generally the shore is rocky in the winter and sandy in the summer; this year the sand has liberally been sprinkled with rocks. The only problem with small boats here is that if you capsize or otherwise get in trouble, the prevailing wind pushes you away from shore, not toward it. China Camp has also become an increas¬ ingly popular spot with the skippers of bigger boats. On occasion I’ve had to share the spot with as mhny as ten other boats, but it’s never been a problem since the anchorage runs nearly a mile down to the southeast cor¬ ner of McNear’s Beach. The prevailing westerly puts the beach and anchorage in the lee of hills, so it’s a fine place to enjoy the sun. In addition, the wind that blows down is the warmest in the area, having crossed miles of warm Marin County. For those of you who are into synchronism, statistics or have never looked at a chart, the anchorage is almost exactly at latitude 38. The biggest drawback to China Camp as an anchorage is that the water is not very deep. You may have to anchor 200 yards

DAY CRUISE offshore so you don’t hit bottom when the tide has gone out. And even if your dinghy has a motor, you’ll probably have to row the \.two hundred or so yards northwest up the hill, there’s a grassy picnic table area with a panoramic view of San Pablo Bay. The traditional building next to the snack bar is the China Camp Musuem, a simple but effective presentation. It’s open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekends, and features exhibits, photographs and descriptions of the history of Chinese shrimp fishing on the Bay. The musuem is just one of several old buildings — others include those housing the shrimp drying platforms and shrimp cookers. These are being restored under aegis of the state park system with the extensive help of volunteers. For a chuckle, note the price of gas on the old pump. A hundred feet or so away from the museum is an old ways; atop it and above the high water mark is an old shrimp boat with lots of local history. She was built in 1912 for $800 “up the river in the Pittslast few feet in and perhaps wade, through some goo. Incidentally, you don’t want to try and tie your boat — or even your dink — to the 330-ft pier that extends out from shore. The problem is that it’s not in very deep water at high tide, and it’s completely out of the water at minus tides. Before you start complaining

Now retired, this boat put in half a century shrimp¬ ing on the Bay.

pumps and the shrimp are goners. China Camp is about nine miles from Angef Island or the mouth of the Petaluma River; it is eleven miles from Carquinez Strait. As such it’s a great overnight stop on the way up to or back from the Delta or Petaluma. It’s also great for a weekend. For those of you with fast boats, China Camp is a great desination for lunch qn a long daysail. And if you forget your lunch, Georgette’s snack bar is always open on weekends.

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too loudly, be advised that' volunteers brought the thing in at about $31,000, sav¬ ing taxpayers over $200,000 from the of¬ ficial bid. The chain link fence at the bitter end of the pier houses the tanks that Frank keeps his shrimp in. The water temperature and airation are vital to their survival; let their be a power failure or a stopping of the

snack bar >s an old-fashioned, funky place with great atmosphere. The two brands of beer prominently advertised on the building are Acme and Tacoma. Old photographs hang on inside walls, one autographed by John Wayne. The Duke had been on location here in 1954 for the filming of Blood Alley. The ice box — not a refrigerator — is strikingly decorated with Chinese dragons. The authentic decor is all in keeping with the state park restoration project. The snack bar is open on weekends from approximately 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., but Frank says they’ll sometimes open on weekdays if there are a lot of people around. The fare is the basic sandwiches, drinks and chips — except, of course, for the shrimp cocktails which are local and very fresh. Whether you buy your lunch ashore or brown bag it, there are plenty of picnic tables spread around. If you’re willing to hike just

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burgh, Martinez area”; her Corliss engine was made in Petaluma. She started life as a tug for nearby McNear’s Brick Yard, towing the barges. Frank Quan’s father shrimped with her for years; then passed her on to Frank. He shrimped with her until 1972, when she was too old to make sense to repair. Still in relatively good shape when brought on land for the last time, the park’s intentions of restoring her never came to frui¬ tion. She’s in pretty bad shape now. As Frank says, “With any wooden boat, if you don’t do anything to them they just kind of go back to the ground — eventually.” Rusting on the beach next to the old boat is the remains of an 88 horsepower Hicks engine, the one that used to power the ways. Park Ranger Pat Robards has been at China Beach State Park for five years. He says the park is “good duty”, not only because of the wildlife on the 1,640 acre

park, the heart of which is China Camp itself, but because of all the volunteers who have been associated with the park their en¬ tire lives. Their.work on the pier is just one example. “The Bay changes everyday,” he says, noting that it can also change very quickly in one day. Most of the on-the-water problems occur when boaters “get beyond their means”.

hina Camp is a surprisingly isolated and quiet find on the Bay. If you discover that it’s just too sedate for your urban pace, you can find relief by anchoring a little to the

Big wheels brings lots of San Franciscans to the McNear shore.

southeast and going ashore at McNears Beach. A good day here, the rangers say, means 5,000 people, many of them refugees from the streets of San Francisco. Their snack bar is open every day of the summer, as well as weekends in September, April and May. It is closed all winter. McNears also features a swimming pool, BBQ stands, and for those of you who carry racquets on your boat, two tennis courts. McNears is open 10 to 6 daily, and there’s an admission. If you come ashore by boat, however, you usually get lost in the crowd. This is Marin, so there’s plenty of good grass at McNear’s; it won’t get you stoned, but it’s not bad to lie on.

— larry sturhahn

COMPUTER AIDED

hings are a bit hectic these days at Gary Mull’s naval architecture office, a small converted garage perched over a red¬ wood valley in the Oakland hills. On a recent morning, Gary was explaining how he’s been using computers to design a 12 meter for the St. Francis Golden Gate Challenge. Designers Phil Kaiko and Bart Chadwick were busy close by working on drawings. An NBC camera crew and reporter were setting up for an interview, running wires around the furniture. Office manager Shelley Hayse and chief designer Peter Dunsford moved in and out, along with a large black Great Dane named Coffee. To add a little excitement, the sharp jolt of an earthquake briefly shook the building. Gary glanced quickly at the computers, and then went on talking. Time is precious in this environment, and so is productivity. That’s one of the reasons Mull has been investing considerable energy in developing CAD, or computer aided design, systems. Unlike his naval architec¬ ture forefathers, Gary is spending little time bent over the drafting table searching for the right hull shape. Seated at a keyboard, he inv stead feeds numbers into his Tandy 2000 computers and watches as the shapes reveal themselves on the screen. When he’s got one that looks good, a mechanical plotter prints out a drawing. No pencils, no erasers, no flexible battens or weights that look like

Gary Mull and Coffee make sure their 12 meter doesn’t turn out to be a dog.

miniature whales. We’re witnessing yacht design in the computer age.

T 1 his is not to say the accouterments of tradition are missing altogether. There is no clean leap from the past to the future. The battens and the whales are still there, but| now they have company. “I don’t think that we have to do things the way grandpa did them,” says Gary. “We’re doing the same stuff we did before, but just more quickly. Designing the 12 meter, for example, we generated over 500 hull shapes to choose from. If we had to draw them by hand, we would have been litnited to five or six.” According to Mull, yacht design by com¬ puter owes a lot to his longtime acquaintance John Letcher, a naval architect from Maine who wrote a program called Fairline about four years ago. Gary has been computerizing page 124

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that design. Instead he plotted out what he referred to as the “generic” 12. “This is what we show the media,” he said. The CAD system is more useful than just trying to regain the America’s Cup. Two of Mull’s latest creations, the winged-deck Moore 30 and the cat ketch Freedom 36, were also developed on the program. “We weren’t concerned with fitting any rating rules,” he said of those boats, “but we con¬ sidered some different shapes and tested them on the VPP’s looking for certain desired performance characteristics.”

AD systems were originally available

for the past year and a half, and has modified Letcher’s program with the help of Phil Kaiko, who used to do a lot of handicap computer work with the US Yacht Racing Union. How does CAD work? We’re still not ex¬ actly sure. Basically, you feed the computer coordinates for a three dimensional axis and using something called a B spline fit (which is the computer’s version of the flexible battens used by a traditional draftsman), the machine generates a hull shape. The designer can eyeball the result, make a change here and there and run out a dif¬ ferent version in a matter of minutes. Since all the pertinent coordinates are in the memory, it’s then possible to generate the full scale patterns needed to cut the frames. page 125

That’s what Mull did for the St. Francis Challenge 12 Meter, lofting a complete set of mylar patterns in less than an hour and a half.

I I ow were the syndicate brains able to choose one out of over 500 variations? Gary says some were easy to discard because they wouldn’t have measured in as legal 12 meters. The others were subjected to veloci¬ ty prediction programs (VPP’s), another set of computer programs that Mull has stored in his data banks. Two of the VPP’s are oriented specifically towards 12 meters. The hull shape with the best numbers, then, was the choice. Given the ultra-secretive nature of 12 meter design — remember Australia II and her winged keel that was kept under wraps all summer in Newport, R.I.? — Gary was loathe to reveal anything pertinent about

Mull’s Moore 30 was designed with the aid of CAD.

back in the early 1970’s only to companies with large main frame computers and over $100,000 to spend for the software. Prices and power requirements have both dropped to the point now where relatively small businesses with personal computers can plug into the same technology. Many applications are possible, especially for architects and mechanical drawings, and, as Mull has shown, for drawing boats.

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Mull’s work has also created interest in CAD vendors. Two companies, Sausalito’s Autodesk and Seattle’s MegaCad, have donated copies of their programs which will be used in modifying the first St. Francis Challenge 12 meter. These systems even have three dimensional capabilities, which allow the designer to “move around” the shape and get views from all sides. This feature will also allow the boat builder to see more clearly what the designer has in mind for the final product. (Autodesk spokesperson Matt Timberlake also mentioned that among other uses for their Auto CAD software, archeologists in Australia are using it to document the wreck of the English sailing ship Pandora. This vessel went to Tahiti to pick up some of the mutineers off the infamous Bounty, who were housed in a box — hence the reference to Pandora — on deck. Wljen the ship struck a reef in the Torres Strait and went

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freighters at a cost of millions of dollars. The only problem with moving the course, though, is that the 12 meters will be racing in rougher water, out of the somewhat protected lee of Rottnest Island, which is five miles west of the starting line. The challengers, including

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down, only a few of the mutineers were able to free themselves. The wreck was discovered a year ago. As the scientists un¬ cover relics, they map their locations using the AutoCAD to obtain a clear picture of the site.)

1—iven though Mull and the St. Francis Challenge group is utilizing the latest technology, they have no delusions that the other 12 meter campaigns aren’t equally well equipped. “Brit Chance (who’s co-designing a 12 meter for Dennis Conner in San Diego) probably has his own version of this,” he ad¬ mits. Just like the sailors who will be on the water when the trials for the America’s Cup begin in September 1986, the designers are looking for every edge they can find. Mull hopes he has one that will make a crucial difference. — latitude 38 — sve page 126

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I I ans, meanwhile, had been earning his Ph.D. in economics in Stockholm. With a scholarship from the Royal Academy of Science, he came to Berkeley, but his

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research into consumer behavior suffered in the face of more weighty matters; like girls and skiing and partying. It was at one of the latter that he met Hans, and a bit later they bumped into each other in a ski line. Carl stayed at Hans’ Tahoe house and volunteered to cook at one point. “He was really impressed that I put the chicken inside the oven to bake it,” recalls Hans. “I think that may have influenced him when he asked me to sail around the world.” The actual request didn’t come until a few months later. In the fall of 1969, Carl transferred to Michigan’s Institute for Survey Research, a place he unfortunately found much like Sweden. At the same time Hans was undergoing what he calls an early midlife crisis. “I was just collecting things,” he says. Acting on his “male intuition”, Hans called Carl in early December and told him he wa^ going to sail around the world. They had only seen each other three times, but Carl felt it was a serious proposal. Flying away from cold, snowy Michigan reminded Carl of leaving Sweden. Being greeted by sun and warmth in California helped make the deci¬ sion easy, even though he became, in the eyes of his professional colleagues, “a flake overnight”. f

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holdings, including real estate for Hans and stocks for Carl, the pair put together enough to buy a wooden 40-ft Alden cutter which had been built in 1936. They rented a one „ room apartment in Sausalito and set about fitting out, a process Hans felt took forever but actually only lasted five months. “It turns out that was fast compared to many others,” he says now. Having never been to sea before, neither knew quite what to expect. They were ad¬ vised, however, that once beyond the Golden Gate they would absolutely need a self-steering device. “1 didn’t believe it at first,” recalls Carl. The whole concept of such a device was still novel at the time, and great strides in self-steering technology have been made since. Carl and Hans still find, though, that ‘missionary work’, i.e. convinc¬ ing people that they really need something to steer the boat besides human beings, is a large part of their business. “Once you trust the device,” says Hans, “you can relax, you can stay in the cabin if it’s nasty out, you can navigate and you can do all sorts of things which are more produc¬ tive than sit there and steer the boat. Still, people will spend eight years getting ready to page 128

Hans, left, and Carl at sea on their Alden 40 ‘Fia’. Right, their friend Ani from the Cook Islands.

go cruising and then come to us with three weeks left and want to put on a self steering rig.”

For Fia, the Alden 40, Hans and Carl built their own vane based on one invented by British singlehanded sailor Blondie Hasler. Hasler realized a simple wjndvane wasn’t powerful enough to control the boat’s tiller, so he rigged it instead to an oar hang¬ ing in the water off the stern. With the boat on course, the vane was pointed into the wind, if the hull deviated from the correct heading, the vane responded, turning the oar’s blade and causing it to swing out away from the boat’s centerline. Trim lines from the oar to the tiller or wheel then corrected the heading and the oar came back to its original, vertical position. Unfortunately, Hans and Carl found out their self-steerer wouldn’t work after leaving San Francisco in November of 1970. Heading south to San Diego, they consulted the local experts at each stop, but none of

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them could pinpoint the problem. The night before they were scheduled to leave San Diego, “which is when you cut the umbilical cord” notes Hans, they noticed a boat com¬ ing into the dock nearby. Seeing the name Magic Dragon on the stern, they quickly ran to take the yacht’s line and help her tie up. The reason for all the excitement was that Hans and Carl knew Michel DeRidder, skip¬ per of the Magic Dragon, was the one person who could solve their problem. They were right. The next morning, Michel showed them exactly what was wrong and how to fix it. “It will work,” he told them simply. Fia s departure was delayed a week while the two

Carl tends to a sore on Tom Neale, the 70-year old South Seas hermit. (The sore was cancer and led to

Carl on ‘Fia’ with their self-made self-steerer.

Swedes junked their original version and completed the new model. Once they got out to sea, they were pleased with the new rig and radioed back to Magic Dragon with their deep thanks.

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It eventually cost us about $3,000,” says Hans, “and that was in 1970 before in¬ flation hit! Some people tell us now that they want to build their own self-steering device and we can only tell them that at best it will turn out to be a prototype!” The adventures of Fia’s crew would fill a volume in itself. The youngs sailors had more than their share of adventure, starting with their two month stay in the Galapagos Islands. From there they traveled on to the South Pacific. Motoring through a pass near Moorea with two lovely native lasses, their 19-year-old Gray Marine engine died and they found themselves essentially stuck in Tahiti. By now their funds had run out and they had to fend for themselves. “We both had the worst backgrounds to go out sailing,” says Hans. “We had been professional bullshitters and had no skills such as carpentry, mechanics or welding.” They did whatever they could, from exter¬ minating termites to assembling furniture. Their steadiest income came fr6m writing and recording interviews for magazines and radio stations in Sweden. Two of their most memorable subjects were Christian Barnard, the famous heart transplant surgeon from South Africa, and Tom Neale, the 70 year old hermit from New Zealand they found living happily on a small island between Tahiti and Samoa.

I I ans and Carl also learned to live by their wits. Their dead engine was eventually replaced by a new Volvo diesel with a hydraulic drive, courtesy of the chairman of the company. He had been strolling down the quay when he spotted the Swedish flag on Fia. Hans offered him an early morning whiskey and the rest took care of itself. Heading west across the Indian Ocean, the boat began to show serious signs of wear. They had been out to sea almost four years and in the strong trades they were alarmed to find the lower shrouds had given way on the leeward side. They jury-rigged and limped into Diego Garcia, an island south of India. The U.S. Navy was building a large base there at the time, though, so they kept going to the Seychelles, where they arrived with just $80 in the ship’s kitty. “We had some booze,” recalls Carl, “so we invested our money in cocktail mix and peanuts and just started partying.” Their nautical version of networking resulted in Carl -being hired as the manager of the local Lindblatt travel agency. His first — and only — act was to hire Hans as the captain of the company’s 123-ft charter schooner. Carl then retired to working on Fia while Hans spent the next 10 months sailing over 8,000 miles on a succession of one week cruises. “I learned that I never wanted to again be a charter boat captain,” he says now.

T 1 here were other facets to the trip as well. After the Seychelles, they went to South Africa. While the people were inRod Park’s ’Panache’, a Bill Lee 40, has hit speeds of 18 knots with a Monitor steering.

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credibly friendly, it was very difficult to be there with any kind of conscience. The con¬ ditions under which the non-whites lived were appalling, and the whites were visibly uncomfortable talking about “the problem”. Carl also noted that he had never seen so many large ferro cement boats under con¬ struction in backyards as he did in South Africa. Even 15 years ago, there was the

feeling that you might have to get out and take everything with you. And there were the good times too. For the two young, attractive males, there was no shortage of female attention. They even found what they consider a true earthly paradise, an island filled with women aching for male companionship. (Their menfolk must travel at length to find work of any kind.) Our heros did what they could to keep everyone smiling, and after three weeks they barely had enough strength to weigh anchor. Both are reluctant to identify this Shangri La, fantasizing that one day they’ll retire there! Finally, on Memorial Day of 1976, Fia sailed back under the Golden Gate Bridge. Just as they had been shocked by life at sea, returning to civilization was a harsh transi¬ tion. “We had to buy shoes,” says Carl “and that was very depressing.” They also pur¬ chased a 1956 Pontiac for $150 which looked so terrible, they say, hitchhikers would pull in their thumbs when they saw them coming!

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Hans, left, and Carl today.

very strong, but he knew if he spent another five years away from civilization he’d be a vagabond forever. They both wanted to establish an economic base from which to operate, and Hans was able to score a posi¬ tion selling Silva compasses from Sweden. Carl joined him, and then a friend offered them a dealership for Sailomat self-steering gear. They were reluctant at first. They didn’t think the vane was as well sea tested as it could have been. On the other hand, they saw that the market for such devices was wide open for the taking. “We knew that every cruising boat needs one,” says Hans, “and from what we had seen on our trip, most boats either didn’t have one or had one that didn’t work too well.” So in 1978, they took on the Sailomat line. Operating out of their storefront in Sausalito’s Clipper Harbor, Hans and Carl began to experience success. In 1980 they switched products, buying the tooling and rights to manufacture Monitor windvanes, a

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Southern California rig made almost totally of stainless steel to prevent the corrosion often found in vanes of mixed metals. Scanmar enjoyed increasing success in the follow¬ ing years, and they are about to celebrate the production of the 1,000th Monitor. This spring they also added the Saye’s Rig, a vane using a trim tab on the rudder. They also import the Navik wind vane from France for boats under 30-ft long.

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e’ve found you can’t force one type of vane on all boats,” says Hans. “Each one has a different stern, a different afterdeck, and different sailing characteristics.” Although many consider them a local business, Hans estimates they are the largest self-steering device supplier in the U.S., and only 10% to 15% of their business in here in Northern California. “We’re almost a mail order outfit!” he says. Besides the previously mentioned prob¬ lem of making cruisers realize that they need a self steering device, the Scanmar pair say that both the installation and operation of

their equipment (which hasn’t had a price rise since 1981) can be challenging. Mount¬ ing a large, bulky vane and oar on the stern, (sometimes directly over the boat’s name, heaven forbid!) requires a 30 page manual and sometimes persona! attention. Carl and Hans know that service is their biggest asset. Carl once flew to Hawaii at his own expense to straighten out one customer who claimed the gear didn’t work on the trip over from California. “It took five minutes to fix it,” he says, “but if we hadn’t ddne it, he would have bad rapped us for the next ten years.” There have been some smashing suc¬ cesses for Scanmar too. Seattle’s Mark Schrader used a Monitor during his 27,000, nine month circumnavigation around the five great capes of the Southern Ocean on a Valiant 40 in 1982-83. Mark brought the vane to the Seattle Boat Show after the trip and Hans simply polished it a little and putjt on display. Showgoers thought it was brand new. Other notables who’ve used a Monitor are circumnavigator Andrew Urbanczyk,

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grandmother Alice Hager, who singlehanded non-stop from S.F. to Japan in 1984, and blind sailor Hank Dekker, who soloed to Hawaii on his sloop Dark Star. SinN glehanded TransPac winner Mark Rudiger had a Navik system onboard on his 29-ft Shadowfox last year, too.

C ivilized life has not only brought Hans and Carl some measure of success, but also steady living partners. Carl married a fellow Swede shortly after returning from the trip, and Hans has been living with his girlfriend for almost seven years. They still don’t con¬ sider themselves completely domesticated, though. Carl has one tie, which he wears only when forced to, and Hans finds his old narrow ties are back in fashion, obviating the need for any new ones. And now that they’ve established that financial base they knew they needed, it’s not out of the ques¬ tion that they’ll go back to sea. Getting used to not wearing shoes again wouldn’t be hard to do. — latitude 38 — sue

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DANA PRENTICE The world of grand prix yacht racing is a small one. And no matter whether the finish is at Cabo San Lucas, the St. Francis YC, Honolulu, Manzanillo, the Long Beach YC, Nassau or Cowes, you tend to see many of the same faces. Almost invariably there is a similarity between these faces: they all have beards or stubble. One of the few exceptions is 29-year-old Dana Prentice of — when she’s home — Naples, California. In the last six years, Dana has sailed some 40,000 ocean miles. Given the number of cruising boats moving around the world, there are probably a number of women who have sailed that far or further in such a short period of time. What makes Dana unique is that she’s done almost all of it racing — or delivering grand prix race boats. . How did a nice girl like Dana get stuck in a world like this? Read on.

38: The obvious question, how did you get started sailing? Dana: Where do I start? Well, I was probably 21 years old before 1 even knew what a boat was. 38: Is that right? Well, where were you born? , Dana: You really want to know? (Laughter) My daddy was a baseball player, and I was born in Montgomery, Alabama — on the road. That’s how 1 explain to my mother why I travel so much, because 1 was born that way. But I’ve lived in Southern California all of my life, and about six years ago we moved to Naples, which is near the Long Beach YC. That’s where I started sailing. Before then 1 didn’t know what it was, how to do it, anything. Specifically I was out on a Hobie Cat trying to teach myself to sail. I was buddies with the guys on the beach and they’d let me take out rentals in the afternoons when it was slow. This was at a place called “Mother’s Beach”, (laughter) because there aren’t any waves and momma’s bring their kids. (Laughter). 38: (Laughter) That’s wonderful. Dana: So one afternoon in 1978 I was out in the middle of Alamitos Bay, a young blond, you know, and these guys came by on a sailboat and yelled, “Hey, come sailing with us, we got a race tonight.” I said I couldn’t because 1 had to work — I was a hostess at Bobby McGee’s, not really doing anything, wasting time, goofing off. Anyway the guy came by where I worked and 1 started checking out boats, especially the one he was on, the CF 41, Silverfox. The next thing I knew, it was a month and a half later and I was in Mazatlan. (Laughter). , 38: You were shanghai’d, or what? Dana: No, you see this guy, Stanley Gibbs — he was the BMW who yelled at me while I was on the Hobie Cat — introduced me to all this sailing, and whoa, it was a whole new thing. So I started help¬ ing him out working by for California Southwest Marine at the boat show. 1 became his assistant, able, willing, anxious — all that good stuff. (Laughter). 38: Selling boats? Dana: Not at all! Cleaning boats. Sure I’ll clean'a boat, it’s fun, let me have that rag. We didn’t even discuss money (laughter). In fact it page 157

was all so new and interesting that I didn’t even expect pay. But when it was over he gave me a plane ticket to Mazatlan for the work 1 had done. I wasn’t being asked to do a delivery back from Mazatlan, but I was flown to Mexico for . . . well 1 don’t know why, to tell you the truth. (Laughter). 38: Was it a round trip ticket? Dana: (Laughter) Oh no, no it wasn’t! (Laughter) Anyhow I sailed from Mazatlan to Cabo on Whippet, a CF 41 that belonged to Dick Pennington. So if you want to pinpoint the very beginning on big boats, and I’ve neve;: sailed anywhere on anything under 40 feet, there you have it. Although there were ten people going across to Cabo from Mazatlan, only four of us stayed on the boat for the delivery from Cabo back to California. There was Monica McCants who works for North Sails, Stanley Gibbs and Robert Petingil. Robert’s a real nice guy, but he was sick for four days once we passed the Cape. He couldn’t even get out of his bunk, and that’s where I stepped in. 1 had wanted to drive the boat, but I was afraid because of Stanley’s temperament — I didn’t want to ask to be yelled at. I mean that’s stupid, (Laughter). But with the one guy sick I had to steer, there wasn’t any choice. And, they couldn’t yell at me because I was the only one they had. So I stood watch. 38: And that’s where you learried to sail. Dana: I’m still learning! That trip across the Gulf from Mazatlan to Cabo was the first time I’d ever spent a night on a boat. I came on deck wearing a short skirt and my knee socks. They went, “Oh god!!!” (much laughter). “You’re going to be out here for hours, sweetheart,” they said. (Laughter) I’ll never forget that. But I was real tough, and I just kind of put my skirt over my knees and said “Is this what it’s all about? (Laughter). You see I thought I might like the guy I knew on the boat . . 38: That’s how it normally starts for women sailors, isn’t it? Dana: . . . but the thing is I knew right off the bat that he liked the boat a whole lot more than he liked me, (laughter) and there wasnt going to be any grace period. Fortunately, I’m the same way now. I’ve changed and I understand. (Laughter) In those days I used to

CHANGES

Reports this month from Coaster near Corsica; Foxy Lady II at Taiohae Bay; Beyond in Costa Rica; Windchild leaving the Galapagos; Empyrean in Fiji, Pearl at Neiafu; Antipodiste in Papeete; Tevake in the Delta after a circumnavigation; and cruise notes from all over the world.

Coaster — Peterson Schooner Stephen Royce and Crew Nearing Corsica (Santa Cruz) After ten months cruising Spain, we aboard Coaster are continuing our eastern heading and tomorrow should find Corsica on the horizon. There are now six of us aboard; two men and four women. For half of the crew, this passage is a first-time experience. One of the most pleasureable thrills for the captain has been to give the chance of sailing to those that never had the opportunity before. Even though neophytes don’t always know what’s going on or how to help, their eagerness and curiosity make up for their lack of experience. For them it is a first time

There's nothing like a small boats to encourage close friendships — aboard ‘Coaster’ in Spain.

to see dolphins play with the bow, to see nothing on an empty horizon but shades of blue and white and maybe an occasional ship. For them it is all new; not always fun and definitely a bit awkward. It’s certainly something they will never forget. It’s the next day. We have just sighted

land, although what we see happens to be Sardinia, not Corsica. One good thing about sailing here in the Med is that it’s almost im¬ possible to go too far without sighting some land. You just have to hope it’s not Libya, Albania or Lebanon. The other night we were hailed on the radio by an Iranian tanker that told us to stay clear of him because his vessel was not under command. We didn’t exactly know whaf they meant by that. And it turned out to be pretty hard to stay clear of him because his course was rather erratic and for a short period of time all his lights went out and we couldn’t see him in the black of night. As our speed was only a knot, there wasn’t much we could do to avoid him. He ended up coming very close to us before steaming off — still not under command. Later on the ship called us back on the radio to apologize for the scare and report that it had been a bit of a fright to them also. We never did find out what was going on aboard the ship; we were just thankful that we weren’t run down. Normally our nights are pleasant, warm and tranquil. For any friends of Latitude 38 that are planning to be in the Med this summer or fall, stop by and say hello. If there’s room you can also come for a sail. We can be con¬ tacted by writing Coaster, F.O. Box 869, Rancho Santa Fe, California 92067. As for future cruising plans, we are putting thought to circumnavigating Africa, one leg at a time. Presently, however, the Med has plenty to offer and we have only started here. There is much more for us to explore and see. Our current crew consists of Burke Mur¬ phy from Santa Cruz, Allyson Mallery from Carmel, Robin Ross from San Francisco, Carolyn Chandler from Boulder, and Laurel Beyel from Boston.

Northern California sailing friends in that part of the world is a treat, and possibility of going for a sail on this handsome traditional schooner makes it all the more enticing.

Stephen royce 6/12/85

Foxy Lady II - Ericson 32 Brian, Janet and Brian Jr. Caldwell Taiohae Bay, Nuku Hiva, Marquesas (Waikiki YC, Honolulu) We’re now living our dream, but what a start! We left the Ala Wai Yacht Harbor on June 20th for our extended cruise in the South Pacific. About 100 friends saw us off with all the usual fanfare. We and the boat were draped with" flower lei’s and Ti leaves (for good luck).

Readers — For any of you readers who might be in the Med this fall, we’d certainly write to get Coaster’s itinerary. Just to see

After years of careful planning, this is what happened on our first few days: □ We immediately hit 25 knot and more winds and had an exciting time transiting the

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he BCDC meeting on August 15 was quite a show, from the member of the public whose impassioned plea included the possibility of “Rambo-like” retaliation if the Commission approved and passed their staff’s report and recommendations; to the Commissioner who contemptuously waved a sheaf of Latitude 38 petitions, declaring them “worthless” because of the lack of ad¬ dress information by those who . don’t participate in our society . . .”, and grandly ignoring the good-faith effort of the many who signed to express their disagreement with staff’s position. Most of the public comments were per¬ sonal views, and some represented organiza¬ tions, such as the Audubon Society, the PICYA, and the Bay Boaters Association. Not all were accomplished public speakers, but it was easy to see that all had one thing in common — a sincere concern not only for themselves and their maritime livestyles, but also very much for the Bay and its en¬ vironmental well-being. One gentleman, with satirical logic rivalling Swift’s, pointed out that if the BCDC was successful in essen¬ tially declaring his floating home “fill”, then he will immediately, along with other boat owners, apply for a change in tax status from personal property rates to dirt by the cubic -yard rate — a strategy which should certainly empty local government treasuries of many millions of tax dollars! If the logic of this seems illogical, consider the logic of creating, by BCDC fiat, “fill” from boats . . . I estimated 300 to 400 people ^ who showed up to comment. That was in in¬ teresting contrast to the fact that apparently only about half of the commissioners were present. It didn’t appear to me that even a minimum quorum of commissioners was present throughout the hearing. Because of the number of people who requested time to speak, the chairman limited speakers to four minutes, but was not ruthless in enforcing this, and did allow plenty of time for ques¬ tions from the other commissioners, though no time for questions or amplification from any of the public. Staff took the position of not making any comment beyond their in¬ troduction of their findings, and of not answering any questions from the public. The Chairman was very firm in not allowing public outcry, or comments from the floor. While I personally agreed with his apparent objective of maintaining order and making efficient use of the time (the meeting ran from about 1:30 to 5:45), I do believe that the occasional expression of support or outrage by the group certainly did provide a useful barometer of the public’s opinion, and

as such, should have been instructive to the commissioners. Despite the limitations imposed, there was

How did I get involvedin this, anyway? still too little time to hear all those who had filled out speaker’s request cards, and the meeting was continued to September 5, 455 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, at 1:00 p.m. At this meeting, those who previously filled out cards will be allowed to speak. It was not clear if new speakers would be allowed, but the time for written commen¬ tary will be cut off on September 6. I came to this meeting with the attitude that perhaps the BCDC was trying to be ob¬ jective, and the staff report and proposed amendments might be simply a case of the uninformed trying to make rules in an area they knew little about. The view began to be eroded immediately, as I read the “Initial Statement of Reasons” prepared by the BCDC staff. This document used language like "... the proliferation of houseboats and liveaboard boats . . .”, and referred to those as "... problems ...” I wondered how “proliferation” related to the staff’s own estimate of only 2 percent to 6 percent liveaboards? Further on, the staff statement said that a liveaboard boat “can” create the same type of “problems” that a houseboat can. The staff report states clearly the staff opinion that the use of a boat as a residence “. . . contravenes the public trust . . .”, and “can” create pollution.

1 rior to the public hearing, I found myself reflecting upon some of the things which the BCDC has apparently allowed which really contravent the public trust. Such things as shopping centers and office buildings on waterfront property, even on tidal lands? Permanent fill and permanent structures? Simple logic dictates that no mat¬

ter how well constructed, any floating marina, houseboat, liveaboard, or any other floating construct of man can be moved with substantially less effort and cost than can land construction. Even simpler logic tells me that a shopping center or office park can be constructed anywhere. There is no need whatsoever to dedicate valuable waterfront property for such uses, unless incidental to a maritime-related activity. Why, I wondered, was the BCDC spending so much time and effort on such a negligible and impermanent problem as liveaboards? How did I get involved in all this, anyway? I don’t own or live aboard a vessel, nor do I own or live on a houseboat. I do sail, my father was a commercial salmon fisherman. 1 love the Bay, I love to see it used with vigor and respect, and I am active with programs which promote character development through sail training. (But my views, though shared by others, do not represent any organization’s official position.) I also have a strong background in finance, real estate, and marketing. I certainly do agree with those who believe the Commission seems to be expending immense amounts of energy on problems which are so minimal as to be negligible, and about which the Commission and its staff, after devoting two years to the issues, seems to have developed little infor¬ mation of real value. I had previously attended only one BCDC staff meeting in Sausalito, many months ago. At that meeting it seemed quite clear that the BCDC staff had proposed its recom¬ mendations prior to acquiring even rudimen¬ tary knowledge about the actual practice of boating on the Bay, or anywhere else, for that matter. Ordinary seamanship in the course of operating a boat seems to be of lit¬ tle interest to a staff which recommends an anchorage area in the form of a small square in a questionable anchorage. However, at that meeting there were a number of capable members of the boating public who anxious¬ ly shared their information with staff, and I left feeling that the staff report would be modified, based on their new-found knowledge that one does not simply put an anchor down directly beneath one’s vessel, and then sit securely in a single spot until the anchor is retrieved; that boats at anchor do not swing in squares, but in circles; and that in fact, today’s wonderful anchorage may be tomorrow’s trap for the unwary, based on tides, wind, surge, etc. Placated with the reasonable expectation page 134

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that the now-informed staff would pass on its knowledge, along with modified recommen¬ dations, to the commissioners, I paid little

stating clearly that staff acts at the request of the Commission, and that any report they produce has been so requested. Another

the place to solve the problem is not with the Commission, but the Governor and the State Legislature. There were intelligent, in¬ formed, and well-stated opinions offered from most members of the public at both meetings 1 attended. Some requested addi-

By now it seems the commissioners should be much better informed than

attention until Latitude 38’s “Five Percent Solution” article caught my eye a couple of days before the scheduled BCDC Commis¬ sion meeting on August 15th. Most people work unrelenting schedules, and I can ar¬ range mine, so I gathered up 26 names on the Latitude 38 petition, and showed up to be counted.

I-* atitude 38 deserves acclocades for its article bringing up the issues, and motivating many to attend. However, the publication also deserves some well-aimed brickbats for publishing, in its own irreverent and in this instance, irresponsible, style a petition which it led its readers to believe was worth signing, but which has no legal significance, and which left those of us who garnered names to do the job over again! On the other hand, the attitude of the commissioner who grand¬ ly dismissed it all on technical legal terms missed (or chose to ignore?) the message that this did at least represent the genuine concern of quite a number of citizens who couldn’t personally make the BCDC meeting. His statements to the effect that . . you people won’t even tell us where you live so we can find you,” did a great disservice to many. I personally gathered up 26 signatures in the day and a half 1 had before the meeting. Not one of those signatures was from a liueaboard, nor even from a person who owns or regularly uses a boat! There has been a popular sentiment that the BCDC staff is somehow separate from, perhaps even independent of, the Commis¬ sion itself — that staff prepares whatever report it darn well feels like, and then bam¬ boozles the Commission into accepting its facts and recommendations. One commis¬ sioner attempted to lay that rumor to rest by page 135

commissioner chastised the public’s attitude that staff has somehow slanted the facts and come up with pre-conceived or biased con¬ clusions, and expressed the Commission’s full confidence in its staff. There is also popular sentiment that the BCDC is attempting to garner power and to extend the Commission’s influence over other agencies and governments. Whether or not this is true wasn’t evident from the meetings 1 attended. What was evident was that there is clearly a predisposed attitude among Commission and staff to “do some¬ thing” about the “terrible, terrible trouble right here in River City” — downstream Sacramento River, that is. Despite any political interpretations, I think we should take the position that this Commission is try¬ ing to do a job as it sees it, but that its inter¬ pretations are not in agreement with the public’s views. Our job, therefore, is to gather all relevant information, lay out our conclusions as clearly as possible, and gather all possible support for those conclusions. By this, we may be able to either (1) convince the Commission that it should not exercise the power which it believes it has, or (2) to suggest acceptable alternatives to the restric¬ tions being contemplated by the Commis¬ sion. It does seem that all this should have been done more objectively by staff, but since they either don’t have, or haven’t acted on the in¬ formation available, we must now act, not as antagonists, but as additional staff .to the Commission. If the BCDC is truly trying to do its job, it will respond favorably to facts and logical conclusions. If, on the other hand, the actions of Commission and staff ultimately support the political charges, then

tional time. The Commissioners pointed out several times that the two years time for public comment has been more than ample. In view of this, there was a surprising amount of information presented to the Commission which appeared to be information to them. In all fairness, this time factor should work both ways. By now, it seems the Commis¬ sioners should have been much better in¬ formed than they appeared to be. There will undoubtedly be more public information presented at the extended meeting on September 5. If the Commission chooses to ignore this concerned and informed testimony, perhaps then will be the time for massive public outcry, lobbying, the cooperative efforts of' the various groups which are now working separately to get the staff’s report and the Commission’s attitude changed, and possibly the use of the public’s ultimate weapon, the Referendum.

espite some of the inflamatory and contradictory statements from both sides, there appeared to be some conclusions to be drawn from the August 15th meeting: 1. The Bay Conservation and Develop¬ ment Compnission genuinely feels that it has the power to regulate liveaboards. Whether or not this is true will undoubted¬ ly be resolved by court challenge in the event the Commission adopts the staff report. Short of legal instruction from the State At¬ torney General, which is the source of their perception that they do have the power, 1 view it as a practical impossibility to convince the Commission that they are not within their legal rights. If the Commission adopts the staff report without substantial modification, then will be time enough to mount a massive legal campaign. For now, the primary hope is to convince the commissioners through

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factual reasoning and logic, that their pro¬ posed plan is inappropriate. 2. Despite the public outcry, the BCDC feels that it has a moral mandate from authority on high to protect the Bay from the effects of houseboats and liveaboards, for the public good in the “protection of the public trust”. a) Some of the BCDC commissioners appear as impassioned as their detractors, in their self-image of themselves as heroic and dedicated protectors of the “public trust”. They see the liveaboards as people who are appropriating public lands for their personal use, to the detriment of the Bay* and the public trust. Before such commissioners will modify or reject the current proposals, they will have to be shown sufficient hard data to allow them to come to those changed posi¬ tions. Emotional pleas from the boat-owning public do not appear to sway them. What should work, and I believe will work, is infor¬ mation. It is up to us to get it to them, fast. b) What seems to be overlooked by the Commission is that the public trust en¬ compasses much more than just the Bay, itself. The typical liveaboard represents a unique repository of maritime skills, culture, and local knowledge. Thousands of years of hard-won rparitime information can be studied in museums, but it takes real people in a working environment to bring that infor¬ mation to life. The Commissioners and staff seem to believe that their own view of the world should be legislated upon both the boatowners and the non-boating public — that the public should be allowed to simply see boats in a marina, sterile, unused. In point of fact, it is the activity in a marina and on the Bay which attracts the interest of the public, not just the boats themselves. Every liveaboard is essentially an unpaid docent for the public, explaining, and showing, if not directly and intentionally, then by active and interesting example as he goes about his dai¬ ly work. Much of the maritime skills hired along the waterfront are done by those who live on their own boats, for the wages of such workers does not generally allow for owner¬ ship of both boat and house. Whether the liveaboard is individually recalcitrant or chat¬ ty, this group of unique people, and those who succeed them, are as much a cultural heritage in the public trust as is the Bay itself. For the BCDC to essentially regulate the liveaboards out of existence is in itself, an abuse of the public trust. I don’t know if any of these commissioners have hobbies. If they do, I wonder how they would feel if the primary information and skills resources they rely on were legislated out of existence . . .?

c) I got the feeling that Commission and staff think that if they don’t regulate, the Bay will somehow fill up with liveaboard

The Commission genuinely feels it has the power to regulate liveaboards. v boats, “from shore to polluted shore”. Despite the past years of evidence to the contrary, the commissioners seemed to feel that berths were virtually unavailable. They seem to want to ignore normal market and social forces, which over the years, have ef¬ fectively resulted in a liveaboard population which is substantially smaller than could easi¬ ly be accommodated, and which has not been a significant, or even a measurable source of pollution. Commission and staff also seem to demonstrate a clear lack of understanding of the physical factors and limitations of anchorage, moorings, etc. 3. The BCDC and its staff publically state that they are convinced that greywater and potential head discharge is a major source of pollution. a) From the proceedings, I’m not cer¬ tain that the Commission as a body really does believe this. What seems to be motivating the BCDC more, is the notion of protection of the public trust. (See 2.) Many convincing arguments about the negligible effects of liveaboard pollution were offered from the floor. In each case that a telling point was made, the line of questioning by the Commissioners shifted to the “private appropriation of the public trust property” argument.

ne analogy in vogue with the commissioners on August 15th went, “. . . if you visited a public park, and saw that some¬ one was living in a cabin there, wouldn’t you feel that was a misuse of the public lands?” The answer, of course, was yes, but when it was determined that a permanent cabin was somewhat different than a moveable boat,

the commissioners shifted their analogy to substitute “motorhome” for “cabin”. Even then the analogy just doesn’t hold up. If we were speaking of unauthorized use, we all agree that the public trust would be violated. However, as one member of the public pointed out, when a designated area is set aside for the parking of such homes, and when appropriate sanitary facilities are pro¬ vided (or, by inference when pollution is not a problem), then occupancy or non¬ occupancy makes no effective change in the use of the public trust. This argument, cogently presented by one person, seemed to be lost on the commissioners, who seemed to want to stick by their analogy, even when it was shown to be flawed. This last interpretation, perhaps some others con¬ tained in this report, may not be entirely fair to all the commissioners. It seemed that most of the comments and questions were by only a few of the commissioners present, and these seemed to be the ones who had already made up their minds as to the dire need for BCDC regulation of liveaboards. But I did have to wonder how this Commis¬ sion would fare if it tried to tell a bunch of legally-constituted RV park owners and their occupants that only five percent could be live-in . . .? V

b) There was ample testimony from people who have had plenty of liveaboard, and Bay monitoring experience. None of this testimony came from Commission or staff, none of whom have lived aboard, nor, it would appear, tried to find out what is truly involved. One wonders if any of them have even been out on the Bay on other than a tourist boat? It appears that the BCDC and its staff must believe that all liveaboard vessels have unlimited supplies of water with which to create greywater, and that all liveaboards suffer from constant diarrhrea. The point was amply made that in terms of pollution, the liveaboard is most likely the least source. He lives in the environment. He likes to swim in his marina. He often needs to go in the water for boat maintenance pur¬ poses. He will take great pains to keep that water clean! His use of greywater in a week is probably less than the average apartment dweller uses in a day! He uses biodegradable detergents. He walks to the showers and toilets in the marina, rather than pump his own head overboard, or create an undue amount of mildew-producing moisture aboard his boat. He is very much the custo¬ dian of his environment, pointing out to

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visitors, appropriate hygenic and en¬ vironmental procedures. It appears that BCDC should be trying to get more such

Whenever a marina operator, or person who had daily working contact with marina operations spoke, the commissioners

being enforceable, first at the level of the marina itself, and if necessary by enforce¬ ment proceedings based on fact, not opin¬ ion. This approach is rational, solves all of the Commission’s possible concerns about potential pollution from liveaboards, and

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sessions at any moment by act of the Commission. responsible citizens on our waters, rather than trying to limit them! In terms of his overall impact on the resources of our com¬ munity and our planet, compare the liveaboard, whom BCDC would like to regulate, with the non-liveaboard whom BCDC does not propose to regulate: the typical non-liveaboard occupies an apart¬ ment or a house. He probably uses his boat only once or twice a month, if at all. Ashore, he uses many hundreds of gallons of water per month. In short, while not on his boat, he is consuming resources at a comparative¬ ly enormous rate. When he does use his boat, it is typically with a whole group of people in weekend party mode, generating lots of waste, trash, and yes, that horrible grey water. That weekend boater probably puts more greywater in the Bay in two days than the liveaboard does in two weeks!

ow, this is not to malign the weekend boater. He has the right to live ashore, and to use the Bay, and he is probably quite responsible and sensitive to his environment. The point is, that when the non-liveaboard is on his boat, it is generally more of an occa¬ sion, and consumption goes up. When he is off his boat, he consumes elsewhere at a comparatively high rate, when compared to the liveaboard, who has simplified his lifestyle, and significantly reduced his con¬ sumption of resources. Why does the BCDC wish to attribute a lot of pollution, most of which is from other sources, to the liveaboard, who simply is not the fouler of the environment that BCDC seems to think he is! 4. The BCDC seems committed to the proposition that the way to deal with liveaboards is to set a maximum allowable percentage. page 137

seemed most interested in getting that per¬ son to state a percentage of liveaboards which would be acceptable. Despite the fact that nearly everyone who spoke rejected the staff’s recommendations (the two exceptions were the spokesman for the Audubon Socie¬ ty, and the Save SF Bay group, who seemed to be enamoured of the report, the staff, and the Commission), the commissioners were able to lead several speakers into percen¬ tages of about eight to ten percent. However, each such person who stated a percentage also stated that the control should be left to the marina operators, who are in the best position to judge. The clear statement was made over and over by those in the position to know, that the number of liveaboards is a dynamic percentage which varies with the location, the time of year, and other factors. The best judgements can be made by those who are on the spot with local knowledge and up-to-date information, not by a commission attempting to see into the future from a very distant perspective. A most coherent statement was made by one whose comments reflect Latitude 38’s more cavalier “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”, but from the perspective of marine biology v// pollution is the problem, the answer is not to set arbitrary, unscientific, and unpopular percentage limits. The answer is to objective¬ ly monitor water quality instead of legislating subjective percentages. When (if) water quality begins to change adversely due to liveaboards, then restrict further liveaboards until the problem is resolved, either by ad¬ ding shore facilities, reducing liveaboards thorugh attrition, relocation, or eviction. This solution has the advantage of being capable of being monitored, and therefore

allows the BCDC to get on about its real business, which should be centered around permanent misuse of the public’s trust from Bay fill of wetlands, non-maritime uses of the waterfront, and major pollution from local industry, development, and municipal run¬ off and treatment overload. 5. The staff report states that residential use is not needed to be on or in the water. Well, that’s only true if your home is not a boat! However, boat dwellers certainly do need to be on the water. Even if you do make your home on a boat, the point was well made that this does not mean perma¬ nent status. Boats are designed to move. They go cruising, often for years. New boats come in from other areas, other countries. ' The marinas are an active ongoing demonstration of cultural interchange and awareness of the maritime environment. Culture, ecology, the effective use of resources are all well served by this activity. 6. The Commission seems intent on set¬ ting definitions, and establishing some finite period of time, after which a boat in place would be considered as “moored indefinite¬ ly”-

N 1 i early all of the public comment was * against such definitions. A cruising kitty, many pointed out, could take months or even years to build up. The matter of fitting out, weather patterns which require waiting for the next season, and other maritime fac¬ tors was cited. Someone suggested 180 days. “That,” according to one commis¬ sioner, “seems too long”. The truth is that when compared to the more permanent nature of real landfill and land structures, 180 days, or even several years, is rather short. If a floating vessel becomes a real prob-

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lem, it can be easily moved! Land and buildings cannot! The logic of all this seems unassailable, yet virtually every commis¬ sioner who spoke seemed intent on legislating. It seems to me that the measure of wisdom in this case is the exercise of restraint in the use of perceived power. 7. The BCDC staff apparently feels no responsibility to respond to written com¬ ments. Having received commentaries, staff ap¬ parently does not invite responsible spokesmen to be a continuing part of the process. John MacFarland, of PICYA, stated that PICYA had received no acknowledge¬ ment on its written comments. One of the commissioners offered the comment that staff does not have enough time to respond to everyone’s commentary, and that “to be fair”, large organizations must be treated the same as individuals. If the commentary received by staff was so voluminous, it could be true that such limitations exist, but where an organization of thousands of members, such as PICYA, or hundreds of members, such as Bay Boaters, has made the sincere effort to make a reasoned and detailed presentation, this response seems a bit il¬ logical, if not high-handed. As it is, it ap¬ pears that what the Commission hears is primarily filtered through staff, and that staff sits as final judge of the findings, summaries and conclusions to be presented. There is no effective loyal opposition in the process, only the confrontational politics of public meetings orchestrated by staff, and subject to conversion to private sessions at any mo¬ ment by act of the Commission. Even then, there is no staff response during the public hearings. It seems to me that BCDC staff does have the responsibility to respond in writing to presentations made by organized groups, prior to the public meetings. 8. The opposition to the staff recommen¬ dations is not acting in a coordinated man¬ ner.

It appears that the information and con¬ clusions offered by the various organizations are at least uncoordinated, if not contradic¬ tory. Cooperative effort by these groups might help the Commission come to a reasonable decision. Prior to the next meeting, it would seem very helpful to have these organizations caucus. 9. The BCDC does not appear to be im¬ pressed or swayed by the arguments offered by those who liveaboard. It seems that if signatures are to be gathered, they should come from a wide

range of citizens, not just liveaboards. If I were designing a petition, it would seem to be a good idea to include the statement that the signers were not boat owners, but that they disagreed with the concept of un¬ necessary government intervention in the lives of those who are. The BCDC staff has been around for two years, asking questions and preparing this

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report and recommendations. Based on their findings, the BCDC wishes to exercise power it believes it has to add further regula¬ tion to the citizens of the state. It does not ap¬ pear that the BCDC has its priorities in order. Nor does the proposed regulation of liveaboards under Bay Plan Amendment 3-83 appear to be consistent with factual in¬ formation. Therefore, I would like to request that the following questions be addressed by staff and Commission, prior to any further action by them on this issue. If staff and Commission are not responsive to this written request for answers, that would seem to be evidence enough that the Commission has some objectives in mind other than those publicly stated. In that case, no alternative is left but to actively seek assistance from state legislators and through the Referendum procedure, with the aim of limiting and changing the funding and com¬

position of staff and Commission. 1. What are the top 20 environmental problems within the jurisdiction of the . BCDC? 2. What should be done about each of these problems? 3. What is the BCDC doing about these problems? 4. What, specifically, are the exact prob¬ lems perceived with respect to liveaboards? 5. Specifically, how will the regulations proposed by BCDC staff solve these prob¬ lems? 6. What has been the estimated cost to date, of gathering information, and prepar¬ ing the various reports on houseboats and liveaboards? 7. What is the estimated cost of im¬ plementing the proposed regulations? Of enforcing them? 8. Exactly how is the public trust dam¬ aged by liveaboards, as opposed to boats moored, anchored, or in a marina without liveaboards? 9. Is BCDC’s concern in proposed amendment 3-83 water pollution? Visual pollution? Creation of “fill”? If more than one of these, please rank in order of impor¬ tance. 10. Why has staff not commented on the written material submitted to them by in¬ terested organizations? 11. Given the option of setting subjective limits as to percentage of liveaboards and length of time aboard as defining liveaboard; or of instituting a cooperative, objective water quality measurement procedure with the marina operators, which option would BCDC prefer? If time and percentage limits are preferred, why?

XI. court reporter was present at the

September 5 meeting, and a no-cost sum¬ mary, prepared by the court reporter, will be available from staff “when ready” — whatever that means. The verbatim transcript of the proceedings might be more useful, and is available at cost. In a telephone conversaion with staff, I learned that their records are public. If you are interested in the facts in their possession, it would seem that their office on Van Ness Ave. is an appropriate place to begin. Since staff has not chosen to include much of the written commentary they’ve received in their reports to the Commission, perhaps a review of their files will reveal their wisdom, or lack of it. I plan on going down to take a look. How about you or your organization? — philip graf page 138

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n 1980 Santa Cruz was well on its way to becoming mecca to the pilgrims of ULDB racing. At six years of age the Moore 24 was the stalwart of the production genre; the Santa Cruz 27 faithful were busy surfing those indestructible coats into the record books; and, the rapierlike Olson 30 was nearing the pinnacle of its populari¬ ty. Cementing the ultralight displacement boat’s niche in the great scheme of things was Merlin, Bill Lee’s three-year-old and already legendary 67-footer, whose 1977 Transpac record crossing of 8 clays, 11 hours has yet to be broken. In the opinion of fledgling boatbuilder Terry Alsberg, however, the ideal production ULDB had yet to be built. “I saw the need for a boat in between the Olson 30 and Moore 24,” says Terry, whose appren¬ ticeship at Moore Sailboats taught him how to build quality sailboats. “1 felt the Olson was kind of a small, big boat. It had more of a big boat feel — you need a grinder and tailor on the winches and a large person for the foredeck. The Moore 24, while more nimble and easy to sail, I thought was a bit small for offshore racing. What I was basically looking for was the ultimate weekend warrior’s boat — a boat for the Bay or ocean with the room and comfort of an Olson 30 and the performance and ease of handling of a Moore 24.” Terry and his entrepreneur brother, Peter, commissioned Carl Schumacher to design the boat. “We started off with the idea of building a boat the same weight as a Moore 24, but two feet longer,” says the Alameda-based Schumacher. “But we eventually decided on the largest possible boat that could use a (single speed) Barient 10 for the jib winch, which turned out to be 27 feet.” Once that was determined, other design parameters began to fall into place: large V-berth, deck-stepped mast and its attendant subdeck support structures, chart table and simple

galley counter, comfortable seating for four; 6V2 feet of cockpit to allow sleeping — and enough room on the back for an aluminum lawn chair. Influences for the design came from many quarters. The Moore 24 s lines; Carl’s years of sailing Santa Cruz 27s (which were ceasing production about that time); and the design philosophies of L. Fran¬ cis Herreschoff were a few of the more significant ones. What he eventually came up with was a 27’3” fin-keeled sloop with V-sections at the turn of the bilge to improve stability, a fullness forward to prepage 140

vent submarining and an oversize rudder to keep the whole package under control'on all points of sail. The 9/10 rig carried a jib and sheet winch (production boats went with Lewmar winches) the same size as the Moore 24, which made it so a person with sub-gorilla upper body strength could efficiently work the foredeck. With its 8-foot beam and 2,450-lb displacement (about 400 lbs more than a Moore 24), the boat was easily and legally trailerable with a small car, and two people could easily raise and lower the mast. “1 was really pleased with how it turned out,” says Schumacher. page 141

So were the Alsberg brothers. In its sea trials, the prototype — the wooden-hulled #0 from which the mold was made is still sailing out of Stockton — fulfilled its promise in every respect. After going through about 100 different names, Terry finally decided on one that connotates “the fastest means possible”. He called the new boat the Express 27. Hull #1, Jr. Morgan’s Voojum, was launched in July of 1981 and the class has been growing at the rate of about two boats a month ever since. Actually, “growing steadily” doesn’t quite do the Express

27 phenomenon justice. Judging from the comments of owners and crew, the following the boat has developed in four short years boarders on a new religious cult. People are almost fanatical in their praise of everything from performance and ease of handling to the class organization and finish of the boat, and with good reason. Con¬ structed to the ABS (American Bureau of Shipping) scantling rule, the Alsberg brothers use vacuum bagging and vinyl-ester resin to lay up the foam and balsa-cored hull. Vinyl-ester, said to be dramatically stronger and much more elastic than polyester resin, has lived up to expectations in the Express boats. Gary Clifford (hull #3) has done

about every ocean race going in the last four years, and there is not so much as one stress crack anywhere on his boat This commitment to quality construction makes for a little more expensive boat — a sail-away Express 27 runs in the $33,000 range — but one that holds its resale value well The boat’s perfomance record over those four years speaks for itself: winner 1984 Pacific Cup (San Prancisco to Hawaii); winner 1985 MORA San Prancisco to San Diego Race; winner Rolex Cup, 1985 Antigua Race Week; and the list goes on and on. Says one en¬ thusiast, "It is one of the few one designs that can be sailed by non¬ page 142

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rock stars and at the same time be competitive under any handicap rule with any other boat.” Beyond handicaps, almost everyone who has sailed an Express has at least one story of how they kept up with or overtook bigger boats, often many times bigger. During Antigua Race week, an Express beat the 81-ft maxi Kialoa boat for boat on one race. In last year’s Pacific Cup, Gary Clifford remembers being only a couple of hours behind Merlin after four days at sea. Clifford, who often calls the shots from a lawn chair duct-tapfed to the stern pulpit, says Light ’n Up’s speedo doesn’t register above 12 “because the sensor comes out of the water about then,” but Merlin was re¬

porting 25’s and 27’s, “so we must have been doing that at least.” Their best day’s run on the 11-day crossing was 320 miles, which meant they averaged 13 knots for 24 hours. That wouldn’t be a bad showing for a 60-footer, let alone a boat with under 24 feet of waterline! While the prospect of scudding across the Pacific at such speeds — especially at night — might prickle the hairs on the backs of most of our necks, Express 27 owners take it all in stride. The hull design and that big rudder make for easy control on a plane. As Mik Beatie found out the first time he raced Beth!, however, the sensation takes a little getting used to. “On our first Bay race the wind was really blowing as we rounded the weather mark on the Berkeley Circle. I didn’t want to blow the brand new 3/4-ounce chute to ribbons, so I was all ready to just pole out the jib. Bill Clute and Donny Anderson, who had been sailing Expresses for awhile, were aboard though. They said, ‘You just hang onto that stick,’ so up went the spinnaker. That boat accelerated like death on wheels. I thought we were going to keep right on going up University Avenue. For the first couple minutes, it was sheer terror, but then I realized that here we were, doing about 13, and that boat was totally under control. It was a real eye opener.” So is the boat’s upwind performance. Paula Blasier feels the 27’s most remarkable performance is in very light or very heavy winds, and that contrary to what some people might think, they go to weather with the best of them. Nowhere, she says, were these qualities more evident than during the recent Coyote Point race where 30-knot winds and a contrary tide combined to do a real Cuisinart job on most of the competitors. While many of the boats were barely under control, says Paula, “the Expess 27s were charg¬ ing along like little soldiers. They might as well have been IOR battlewagons.” Beyond racing, though, beyond even the class organization and camaraderie, Expressophiles are enamored of the boat for itself. “My personal idea of a successful sailboat design,” says sailmaker and Ex¬ press 27 sailor Kame Richards, “is that, when you’re out sailing on the Bay by yourself, and there are no other boats around — and you’re still having fun — then it’s a good design. All the rest is just icing on the cake.” Normal crew complement averages five, says fleet captain Don Baker, although some boats go with four and he often carries as many as seven. Don’s wife Valerie, who does foredeck on Salfy Hotel, is one of many women who enjoy the manageable rig on the boat. There are currently close to 20 boats in the local fleet, about a dozen of which actively race in the class’ 13-race, three-throwout series. Other active fleets are in Tahoe, Los Angeles, Texas, and of course Santa Cruz. The boat is fast gaining a following on the east coast. The fleet also has a national championship, held this year in Ft. Worth, and enjoys £ large midwinters participation — as many as 20 boats — here on the Bay. “When Tahoe freezes and Santa Cruz silts in,” says Kame Richards, “everybody comes to sail the Bay.” The success of the Express 27 has certainly put the Alsberg Brothers on the Santa Cruz map. The 100th 27 is due for completion this month, and there seems to be no end in sight to the growth of the class. In four short years, the Express 27 has become the boat to beat in its size range, with every prospect of enjoying that distinction for a long time to come. Its appeals are many, its drawbacks few, its devotees fanatical. “Once they discover the Express,” says Paula Blasier, “people really become junkies.” For more on the Express 27, contact fleet chairman Don Baker at 894-3772. — latitude 38 - jr

MAX EBB

ever make the mistake of letting all your crew go ashore without you when you only have one dinghy! 1 was at my favorite weekend anchorage recently when I allowed myself to get into that unfortunate situation — stranded. It seems to happen at least once every time I go cruising with family and friends: They blow up the inflatable, pile in with about two more people than it’s supposed to carry, and row ashore to explore — losing all track of time, of course. Not that I particularly mind being left alone on the boat, but our plan was to motor over to a waterfront restaurant for dinner, and they were considerably overdue. And it was particularly frustrating because some familiar boats were also in the anchorage, and it would have been nice to pay a few social calls while I waited. But the dinghy was pulled up on the beach. Swim for it? No — water just a little too cold, and distance just a little too far. Nothing to do but sit in the cockpit under the deck awning and take in the scene. But then an old friend came to my rescue: “Max!” he said as his dinghy bumped alongside my hull. “How’re ya doing? Nice to see you out cruising again!” I had raced against him years ago in small boats, but he had gone the heavy displace¬ ment, strictly cruising route when we both moved up to bigger yachts. “I thought that looked like your boat over there,” I said, gesturing to a 35-foot wooden double-ender that was anchored nearby. “That’s my old boat!” he said, “finally switched to something easier to sail. Come on over, I’ll give you the tour.” “Okay,” I said, “but I’ll have to keep an eye out for the rest of my crew, if they ever find their way back.”

Multi-Purpose Dinghy Rig A: Yawl Mizzen.

in all around the gunwale as a rub rail. Very salty looking. I sat on the stern sheets and we pushed off. “It’s a little out of trim with two aboard,” apologized my friend, “bu,t it rows real nice with one or three.” I complimented him on his classic little yacht tender, adding something about it be¬ ing a fine expression of the boatbuilder’s art. “Built it myself,” he grinned back as he

“more likely by another yachtie than by a Mexican.” “Come on now,” I said, “we’ve all ‘bor¬ rowed’ a random dinghy at one time or another wh^n we really needed to get out to our boat, haven’t we?” “Well, maybe,” he confessed. “But we’ve also all been royally pissed off when some¬ one ‘borrowed’ our dinghy for something just as important. Anyway, if you want to en¬ joy cruising, you can’t have any emotional attachment to your dinghy. Got to be expen¬ dable — the cruising dinghy leads a very hazardous life.”

“No problem, Max. Hop in.”

climbed down into a beautiful old lapstrake dinghy, complete with mast step and centerboard trunk. The oars, thwarts, and trim were meticulously varnished, and a heavy rope-work fender had been working

rowed. “But that was the problem with it. I was afraid to take it on any of my trips to Mexico because I didn’t want to see it banged up against a pier or dragged over a gravelly beach or put through some other kind of abuse.” “Not to mention getting stolen,” I added. “Yeah,” he said with some cynicism,

.s he finished the sentence I pointed over the bow to an unoccupied mooring buoy that was almost directly in our path. My friend looked over his shoulder and made a slight course adjustment, then lifted one oar clear of the buoy as we glided past. “A good sailing dinghy is so important, though,” he continued. “Especially cruising with kids. Imagine how they feel, not being able to get more than a boat-length away from their parents for days at a time! Very, very necessary'to give them an opportunity to sail off in the dinghy as soon as the anchor goes down. You know, give them a chance to get into trouble on their own.”

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I nodded in total agreement. “And when they don’t want to sail off in the dinghy,” he added, “then 1 do!” “Where do you put it when you’re under¬ way?” I asked. “We used to hoist it on deck, and stow it upside down on the cabin trunk. For short hops in protected water, we just tow it. Either way, it’s a pain. In fact, I think dinghy stowage is the biggest problem in cruising

extra windage if you’re trying to get to wind¬ ward in heavy conditions.” “Do you think it’s worse than a dinghy up¬ side down on the cabin top?” “Stowed like that, yes. If you can lay them flat or find room for them below, that’s something else again. A friend of mine is building a boat designed around a forepeak large enough to hold a full-size sailboard!” “Isn’t that twelve feet long?”

without a ’back porch’/'

boat design these days. Next to ventilation, maybe.” “You could use an inflatable — or a smaller hard dinghy,” I suggested. “No way. Wouldn’t be any fun to sail or row. A boat like this is such a pleasure — we just didn’t have a good place to put it. That’s one of the reasons we switched boats.” I was about to ask him which boat he switched to, and how it helped solve the problem, when an inflatable with an out¬ board came zooming up alongside us. “Have you seen two kids on windsurfers?” hailed a rather distraught-looking woman. We shook our heads. “They sailed over this way about two hours ago,” she said. “Any idea which way they might have gone?” “Didn’t see a thing,” answered my friend, “but it might make sense to look downwind from here.” “Good idea. Thanks.”

S he sped off through the anchorage. “Now there’s a possible solution,” I said. “Two windsurfers and an inflatable.” “A lot of cruisers are going that route these days,” he said. As he spoke we slid past a large yacht with no less than four sailboards attached to the lifelines. They were held in place by special brackets, built for the purpose, that clamp to the lifeline stanchions. “But just imagine,” he continued, “all the

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“About that, yes. Of course his high-wind boards are a lot easier to stow. But the long boards are necessary for the conditions you find inside most good harbors. They also do some interesting things when they’re not used as sailboards.” “Really?” “He has a neat little rowing conversion that turns them into a very impressive rowing machine, at least for a makeshift conversion, that is. Perfect for quick personal transporta¬ tion . And also a collapsable frame that turns two of them into a catamaran that can sail or motor with six people on board!” I tried to visualize the contraption, but my attention was directed to another intriguing idea.

n older man in a yawl anchored a few lengths ahead of us had just lifted his mizzen mast out of its step, complete with sail, boom, mainsheet, and vang, and was posi¬ tioning the assembly over the bow of the dinghy which was tied to the yawl’s stern. We stopped rowing and swung our bow sideways so we could both watch as the man cast off the dinghy’s painter, stepped aboard, and snapped three rigging wires into the dinghy’s chainplates. Then he moved aft, lifted a rudder out of the boat and fitted it to the transom. He turned around and sheeted in the mizzen — er — main — and sailed away. “That’s a new one on me,” pronounced my friend. “Takes me at least 20 minutes to pdt my rig together and get this boat sailing.

That guy just did it in 30 seconds.” We started rowing again, but the man from the yawl — er — sloop — jibed over and steered to pass just astern of us. “Does that dinghy rig really work as a mizzen?” I asked as he sailed by. “Works better than the original,” he said as he luffed up alongside us. “You see, the problem with mizzen masts,” he explained, “is that they have to be built strong enough to heel the whole boat over. They figure you might be sailing under ‘jib and jigger’ in a real blow, as they used to say. So the mizzen mast and rigging has to be very big and heavy for a small sail. That’s just one reason why yawls and ketches get so little speed out of their mizzens going to weather. I can think of some racing boats that actually race with their mizzens furled!” He skulled his rudder a few strokes to hold position into the wind. “So I guess you just take that rig down in heavy air,” said my friend. “That’s right. And 1 get all the benefits of a mizzen!” “What are the benefits of a mizzen, anyway,” I asked, curious to see which of the standard answers he’s come up with.

MAX EBB

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said the old gentleman as he skulled a few more strokes on his tiller to keep some way on. “Number one, they make the boat ride better at anchor. Number two, sometimes they’re helpful for getting in and out of a dock under sail.” He was silent for a few seconds. “And number three — really the most im¬ portant of all — mizzen masts are perfect for holding up cockpit awnings!” ^ He let His boat fall off onto starboard tack, and sailed away towards the beach. We got underway again, but had to row around a large raft-up of power boats that was in our path. A few of them had generators running, and one particularly large boat had two jetskis tied to the swim platform. “There goes the neighborhood,” sighed my friend. “At least the raft-up is inter¬ denominational,” I said as I noticed one sailboat in among the stink-pots. They had a windsurfer on deck, and were also rigging a small sailing dinghy over the stern. But the rig they were setting up in the dinghy clearly came from the sailboard. “Why buy a sailing rig,” asked my friend, “when with the right mast step adapter and a sleeve that reinforces the mast up to the gooseneck, you can use the sail and spars from the nearest sailboard?” “Very clever,” 1 said. “It reminds me of a few small cruising boats I know that use their auxiliary outboards on their dinghies. Or car¬ ried to the extreme — keelboats like Stars or

Solings converted for cruising by using a dinghy as a cabin trunk! Now that’s t(ie ultimate dinghy stowage solution. And talk about bargain basement cruising! Those boats sell for almost nothing once they get too old or too sprung to be competitive.” I scanned the anchorage to see if any real low-budget operations were there. Nothing in sight, though. In fact, there were only a couple of boats under 30 feet.

inally we drifted to a stop near the stern of an ultra-light racer-cruiser, about 40 feet long, with a wide, open transom. My friend backed one oar so the dinghy slipped sideways up to the tip of the long, low, tran¬ som skirt. “Here it is,” he announced. I was stunned. “What happened?” I asked, still not believ¬ ing my eyes and ears. “You traded your beautiful old double-ender for a machine like this?”

“Got tired of winching up that gaff,” he said. “But the clincher was the design of this stern. It’s a swimming platform, a barbeque area, a place to rinse the dishes from, even a safe way to take a leak in heavy weather. And it’s a great place to store the dinghy. I’m spoiled now. I’ll never go cruising again without a ‘back porch’.” “Aren’t you the same person,” I asked, “who used to think that open sterns were unseaworthy because a following sea could wash right in?” “Hasn’t happened in thousands of miles,” he said. “And if it does, it’ll wash right out again. This boat is such a pleasure to sail compared to that old battleship.” We tied up the dinghy, and I got a tour. If his old boat had been the classic doubleender, this one was the definitive ultralight cruiser. The inspection would have gone on for hours, but I wanted to see if my crew had finally found their way back to the boat. “Take the dinghy yourself,” offered my friend. “I want you to see how nice it rows when it’s in trim. Just drop it off on your way to dinner.” I accepted the offer, and had a very pleas¬ ant row through the anchorage. t

ne boat that caught my eye this time was a very large light-weight cruiser — it must have been over 50 feet — that carried

The definitive cruising stern, including a back porch and dinghy garage.

the open stern concept one step further. This one actually had a dinghy garage under the cockpit! “Maybe it really is time to re-define the cruising stern,” I thought to myself as I pulled up alongside my boat. My crew was back, but when I looked at their faces the temperature suddenly dropped ten degrees. “Where have you been, Max!” they com¬ plained. “We’ve been waiting forever!”

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few weeks ago a 50-ft trawler, let’s call it the Good Samaritan, was on its way up the Delta when it was hailed by a sailboat that was aground in Suisun Bay. Not wanting to wait for the change' of tide, the sailboater asked for a tow. “My chart says it’s too shallow. 1 draw five feet,” said the skipper of the Good Samaritan, a little skeptical of the plan. But the sailboat assured the trawler that there was plenty of water, so Good Samaritan cautiously powered in, got a line on the boat and started to pull. That’s when the trouble started. The trawler had to change her posi¬ tion slightly and went aground, damaging the yoke on her rudder, the rudder itself and the propeller. In the end, the Coast Guard was called to assist both boats. You can bet one of the first people the owner of the Good Samaritan called when he returned home was his boat insurance agent. Like home and auto insurance agents, there are marine insurance agents all over the Bay Area and each one represents a variety of companies, or “markets” as they’re called in the business. Many agents can draw on eight to ten different companies. That way, when a client comes in the agent can figure out the best company for that person. U

he type of boat will clue me in,” says one Alameda-based agent. “If they have a Santa Cruz 50 or an Express 37, I’ll ask if they plan on racing and what kind of races they plan on doing in the next few years. If they are thinking about a raqe like the Transpac, I will try to put them in a market today that I know will write them. That’s not to say that the market might not change two years down the road, however.” But what if the market is just not interested in your type of boat? Older wooden boats, for example, have never been sought after by the insurance companies. If they can find coverage at all, owners of the old classics often have to pay enormous premiums. Largely through the efforts of one deter¬ mined wooden boat lover — who also hap¬ pens to be an insurance agent — one San Francisco agency is now the agent for the Master Mariners and Classic Yacht Association. She felt the wooden boats were getting the short end of the stick. “I was dismayed to find that the insuring companies didn’t share my enthusiasm for the old wooden boats. They assumed they were turkeys, not well-maintained or cared for. As a result, it took me many years of getting together a lot of profile histories about the wood boats before the companies agreed to put on a special program for them.

“ My insurance company? Old “With the Master Mariners, all companies were nervous about the rig. If any of those boats loses a mast, it would be a horrendous expense to replace it. But so far there hasn’t been one claim. Part of this, I think, is due to a certain amount of peer pressure. Nobody wants to submit a frivolous claim. They are

concerned it would reflect on the premiums for everyone else-in future years.”

O ften the agent works as an advocate for the boatowner. In the case of the Good Samaritan, his own insurance — minus the page 152

INSURANCE Some claims do have to be settled by a judge, and insurance people often testify in both federal and state court. “There is an old rule called the prudential rule,” says one such “expert witness”. “It says that in spite of all the other rules, you must take steps to avoid an accident. I find the most common claims for sailboats are race accidents. Many people who race sailboats get so involved with the race and the racing rules, they forget about the rules of the road. And very often, when it comes down to a point of conten¬ tion, the racing rules don’t apply. “For example, I had a race claim where my client was barging at the start. The other boat refused to give way and as a result pushed my client into the stern of the com¬ mittee boat. Since the other boat was the overtaking boat, he did not have right of way, so I insisted we look to the other guy’s insurance company. Although he was right under the racing rules, he had violated the rules of the road.”

England Life, of course. Why?” deductible stated in the policy — would cover the considerable haulout and yard bill that he will have because he tried to be a nice guy. But should the bill be forwarded to the sailboat’s insurance company? After all, they were the indirect cause of Good Samaritan’s misfortune. However, while they may be

morally responsible, they are not necessarily legally responsible. Although many insurance cases are cut and dry — hitting a submerged object or gear stolen from a docked yacht — there are times, like the instance above, when settling a claim is like preparing for a court case.

ost boats in the Bay Area are covered by what is called an “all risk policy”. It is sur¬ prisingly broad and includes coverage for just about everything you can think of, in¬ cluding owner negligence (if it is not malicious in nature or for the purposes of fraud). “There is coverage even down to latent defect,” says an agent for a Sausalito firm. “For example, and this is exaggerated, say an engine blows a rod right out through the side of the boat. Under the all risk policy, you are covered for everything that hap¬ pened (minus the deductible) except for the cost of the thing that was defective — the rod — and what it would normally cost to get in¬ to the engine to fix the rod.” The all risk policy also has a protection and indemnity clause which will cover the boater in other ways. “Let’s say your boat sinks coming into the entrance to Sausalito Yacht Harbor,” he continues. “.You are covered, obviously for the loss of your boat, but what about the liability you owe to the owners of the harbor because you are blocking their entrance? That’s where your yacht policy can protect you.” Just about all policies have a deductible, which is usually one percent of the hull’s value. For example, if you have a $50,000 boat, your deductible would be $500. When there is damage to your boat that costs $800 to repair, the policy owner would pay for the first $500 and the insurance company would pick up the remaining $300. The deductible can and will change

MARINE INSURANCE depending on where the boat is sailed. Most policies are written with standard navigation limits that include San Francisco Bay, its tributaries and 30-mile radius outside Mile Rock. “That will get you to the Farallones, Drakes Bay and Half Moon Bay,” says a San Mateo agent. “Nobody charges anything ex¬ tra for that. However, if a guy has no qualifications and has never been in a boat before, we probably want to restrict him to the Bay for a while — and he’s not given a lower rate because he is restricted.”

rested, a trial is quickly held and even though you say the fishing boat didn’t have any lights on and you couldn’t see him at night, the judge finds you guilty and asks you to pay for the damages. What if you then contacted your domestic insurance agent and he said, “Hey, this wasn’t your fault. The other boat didn’t have any lights. We’re not paying.” It would be “adios, amigo,” as you sat in the hoosegow

risk, and a boat with many claims may be ^ dropped by the insurance carrier at the end of its term. Unlike automobile insurance where high risk drivers are assigned to specific insurance companies for coverage, there is no such thing as assigned risk in boat insurance. So a boater whose insurance has been cancelled may not necessarily find another agent who will take him on. If he does, he will probably pay a considerably higher premium. There are some boaters who, once cancelled, just forget to tell a new agent about past claims. This is more than frowned upon by agents.

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That’s not to say that a new sailor* can’t get broader navigation limits if he shops around. Some agents, though, think that covering a new sailor who wants navigation limits from Oregon to Mexico is poor underwriting policy because it exposes both the sailor and the insurance company to unnecessary risk.

nee the sailor has experience and wants to try his hand at coastal cruising, maybe to Monterey, Santa Barbara or the Channel Islands, that’s when the deductible will increase. Normally the deductible is doubled and/or a premium charged. If the owner of our $50,000 boat with its $500 deductible plans a trip to San Diego, the deductible would become $1,000. Although doubling the deductible for coastal cruising and even to Hawaii, is pretty standard, some companies can be flexible depending on the sailor’s background. “We had one boat going to San Diego this weekend. They have made this voyage about 20 times. We won’t charge them a dime extra, but we will double their deducti¬ ble. It all depends on a person’s experience in the kind of voyage they want to take. Without experience there might be a $5fr or $100 charge,” says the agent. For yachts sailing to Mexico, nothing is more comforting than knowing they have the right insurance. Imagine you are in Mex¬ ican waters, and you hit and damage a Mex¬ ican fishing boat and hurt someone on board. Back in port you are immediately ar¬

wondering what to do next. “Since Mexico will not acknowledge any American policies,” says an agent, “you should have Mexican insurance. It’s very inexpensive and covers you for damages or injury to Mexican nets, piers, boats and peo¬ ple. If your boat is damaged, your domestic policy will cover that.” For sailors with aspirations for South Seas or worldwide cruising, the insurance broker will contact Lloyds of. London. Before Lloyds will cover you, however, there must be a thorough trip survey of both boat and crew. Many times Lloyds will insist on having at least three people on board for the long passages. “I think a lot of people go cruising outside of domestic waters without insurance because they feel it is too costly and they have heard horror stories instead of checking themselves,” says one agent. “Cruising in¬ surance is approximately three percent to four percent of the hull value. That’s be¬ tween $3,000 and $4,000 for a $100,000 boat.”

l although most insurance agents are anxious to take on new clients, they don’t accept everyone who wants coverage. They carefully check out the person’s experience, the condition of the boat, where it is located and if the applicant has had insurance before. The number of claims a client has had over a three-year period is a good in¬ dication of whether he or she will be a good

ithin the industry, there is a dif¬ ference of opinions about reporting small claims. One agent suggests to her clients that they use their insurance only for the large claims. “Little claims look real bad. The com¬ panies start to look at whether a client sub¬ mits more than a couple of claims. If they find ,they are losing money on someone who is consistently turning in claims, they may not renew. So only use it when you really need it,” she says. Another agent feels that if there is a $100 remaining on a bill after the deductible, the client is entitled to that money. He does agree, though, that an insurance company will begin to question the boater coming in with three or four small claims over a short period of time. That leads up to the changes happening in the insurance market in the last four months. Insurance companies are tightening their belts. For the past decade, competition for the marine dollar has kept rates low: 45b to 55C per $100. While this was good for the boater, it wasn’t for the insurance com¬ panies. Now some companies are getting out of the marine business completely, while ’others are raising their premiums to 65b, 70b or 75b per $100. It’s no wonder companies are looking closely at each and every claim they receive these days. Even though the rates are on the upswing, boat insurance can still be a bargain, expecially when you deal with a knowledgeable marine insurance agent. “Insurance is nothing more than plain good common -sense,” says the Sausalito agent. “The companies are there to do the job, to assume risk. They do and they pay off, but they can’t stay in business if they don’t underwrite carefully.”

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southeast trades at 5° north, and they never changed direction. We arrived at Nuku Hiva on July 16. Cur¬ rently there are about 20 boats here from all over the world. Contrary to what we had been lead to expect, almost all food items are available. They are, however, expensive. The gendarmes were very friendly, spoke English and tried to be helpful. Right now it’s the bond is just about $800 per person, plus a $12 per person 'tax’. You also must pur¬ chase visa stamps for $2 when you obtain your visa. We plan to be here in the Marquesas and then the Tuamotus for the next three to four months. Then we’ll be on to the bright lights of Tahiti. Our plan is to then meander through the South Pacific, Australia, New Zealand and eventually go on to Europe. We are on no timetable. brian caldwell 7/18/85 Brian — We’re glad you didn’t give up and sell the boat in Kona. The first couple of daps on any cruise seem to be the worst; if you can stick those out usually everything takes a big turn for the better.

Sharks — harder to land than they are to hook.

famous Hawaiian Channels. Everything got soaked. □ I burned up two brand new 12 volt bat¬ teries with my newest toy — a rheostat voltage regulator bypass. □The fuel lines plugged up with ac¬ cumulated gunk and the engine quit until I had a chance to clear out all the lines. □ I managed to stick my fishing pole into my ‘fast spinning’ permanently mounted wind generator. Immediately two blades were eaten up, causing such a vibration that we thought the whole unit would fall off. So much for my new toys. □ But the absolute topper was to come. With all of the above problems underway, the U.S. Coast Guard decided that we looked suspicious and so they boarded, in¬ page 181

spected and searched us. I can see how we might have looked like we were nuts, but certainly not suspicious. After all this we managed to limp into Kona, Hawaii, where I spent the next three days putting things in order and we all worked on convincing each other that we really wanted to go through with living our dream. On June 25 we departed Kona and had several great days of tradewind sailing. Since then it’s been a beat every mile of the way to French Polynesia, but except for a some doldrums near the equator and some tough squalls, it’s been a good trip. We caught one mahi mahi, one ahi, one aku and lost two sharks. We found it difficult to get our eastings for the Marquesas Islands. Anyone leaving Hawaii at this time on year on a similar trip should plan crossing the equator as far east as possible. Say 135°-140°. We got into the

Beyond — 43-ft Cutter Bill & Tori Wickland Oasis Del Pacifico, Costa Rica (San Francisco) In this day and age when safe and sane cruising grounds seem to be on the decline from an almost limitless supply, it’s nice to see an area reopen its arms to yachties. Puntarenas, Costa Rica is such a place. For the past few yedrs the officials at Puntarenas have been charging yachts upwards of $150 in fines, check-ins, and pilot fees. They might as well have stuck a quarantine sign at the entrance to the harbor. Unfortunately, some very nice and innocent people have been hurt from the greed of these few in¬ dividuals. Lucky, who owns and runs the Oasis del Pacifico ten miles from Puntarenas, immediately felt the isolation. “Normally, we’d have upwards of forty yachts here at this time,” he said, gazing out at the an¬ chorage which now holds three. “Hopefully, now you folks will start returning.”

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VV e’ve found you can’t force one type of vane on all boats,” says Hans. “Each one has a different stern, a different afterdeck, and different sailing characteristics.” Although many consider them a local business, Hans estimates they are the largest self-steering device supplier in the U.S., and only 10% to 15% of their business in here in Northern California. “We’re almost a mail order outfit!” he says. Besides the previously mentioned prob¬ lem of making cruisers realize that they need a self steering device, the Scanmar pair say that both the installation and operation of

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DANA PRENTICE The world of grand prix yacht racing is a small one. And no matter whether the finish is at Cabo San Lucas, the St. Francis YC, Honolulu, Manzanillo, (he Long Beach YC, Nassau or Cowes, you tend to see many of the same faces. Almost invariably there is a similarity between these faces: they all have beards or stubble. One of the few exceptions is 29-year-old Dana Prentice of — when she’s home — Naples, California. In the last six years, Dana has sailed some 40,000 ocean miles. Given the number of cruising boats moving around the world, there are probably a number of women who have sailed that far or further in such a short period of time. What makes Dana unique is that she’s done almost all of it racing — or delivering grand prix race boats. , How did a nice girl like Dana get stuck in a world like this? Read on.

38: The obvious question, how did you get started sailing? Dana: Where do 1 start? Well, I was probably 21 years old before I even knew what a boat was. 38: Is that right? Well, where were you born? Dana: You really want to know? (Laughter) My daddy was a baseball player, and I was born in Montgomery, Alabama — on the road. That’s how I explain to my mother why I travel so much, because I was born that way. But I’ve lived in Southern California all of my life, and about six years ago we moved to Naples, which is near the Long Beach YC. That’s where I started sailing. Before then I didn’t know what it was, how to do it, anything. Specifically I was out on a Hobie Cat trying to teach myself to sail. I was buddies with the guys on the beach and they’d let me take out rentals in the afternoons when it was slow. This was at a place called “Mother’s Beach’’, (laughter) because there aren’t any waves and momma’s bring their kids. (Laughter). 38: (Laughter) That’s wonderful. Dana: So one afternoon in 1978 I was out in the middle of Alamitos Bay, a young blond, you know, and these guys came by on a sailboat and yelled, “Hey, come sailing with us, we got a race tonight.” I said I couldn’t because 1 had to work — I was a hostess at Bobby McGee’s, not really doing anything, wasting time, goofing off. Anyway the guy came by where I worked and I started checking out boats, especially the one he was on, the CF 41, Silverfox. The next thing I knew, it was a month and a half later and I was in Mazatlan. (Laughter).

38: You were shanghai’d, or what? Dana: No, you see this guy, Stanley Gibbs — he was the BMW who yelled at me while I was on the Hobie Cat — introduced me to all this sailing, and whoa, it was a whole new thing. So I started help¬ ing him out working by for California Southwest Marine at the boat show. I became his assistant, able, willing, anxious — all that good stuff. (Laughter). 38: Selling boats? Dana: Not at all! Cleaning boats. Sure I’ll clean a boat, it’s fun, let me have that rag. We didn’t even discuss money (laughter). In fact it page 157

was all so new and interesting that I didn’t even expect pay. But when it was over he gave me a plane ticket to Mazatlan for the work I had done. I wasn’t being asked to do a delivery'back from Mazatlan, but I was flown to Mexico for . . . well 1 don’t know why, to tell you the truth. (Laughter). 38: Was it a round trip ticket? Dana: (Laughter) Oh no, no it wasn’t! (Laughter) Anyhow I sailed from Mazatlan to Cabo on Whippet, a CF 41 that belonged to Dick Pennington. So if you want to pinpoint the very beginning on big boats, and I’ve never sailed anywhere on anything under 40 feet, there you have it. Although there were ten people going across to Cabo from Mazatlan, only four of us stayed on the boat for the delivery from Cabo back to California. There was Monica McCants who works for North Sails, Stanley Gibbs and Robert Petingil. Robert’s a real nice guy, but he was sick for four days once we passed the Cape. He couldn’t even get out of his bunk, and that’s where I stepped in. I had wanted to drive the boat, but I was afraid because of Stanley’s temperament — I didn’t want to ask to be yelled at. I mean that’s stupid, (Laughter). But with the one guy sick I had to steer, there wasn’t any choice. And, they couldn t yell at me because I was the only one they had. So I stood watch. 38: And that’s where you learned to sail. Dana: I’m still learning! That trip across the Gulf from Mazatlan to Cabo was the first time I’d ever spent a night on a boat. I came on deck wearing a short skirt and my knee socks. They went, “Oh god!!!” (much laughter). “You’re going to be out here for hours, sweetheart,” they said. (Laughter) I’ll never forget that. But I was real tough, and I just kind of put my skirt over my knees and said “Is this what it’s all about? (Laughter). You see I thought I might like the guy I knew on the boat . . . 38: That’s how it normally starts for women sailors, isn’t it? Dana: . . . but the thing is I knew right off the bat that he liked the boat a whole lot more than he liked me, (laughter) and there wasn’t going to be any grace period. Fortunately, I’m the same way now. I’ve changed and I understand. (Laughter) In those days I used to

interview: listen to these people talk about the boats and I knew that 1 would never know what they were talking about. It was all Greek to me. But now I listen to myself and there’s been a great change. When I try to talk to my mom and my family — they care for me I know — I just talk this other language and it’s really hard to communicate. But I try. 38: Speaking of your family, what do they think about all your

I can honestly say made it tough, I couldn’t have done what I’ve done.

constant sailing around the world? Do they wish you’d get married? Dana: Sure! Dana wants me to get married, too. (Laughter) But I’m not pushing anything, I know my day will come. I’m still into sail¬ ing right now. Like I said, the first couple of years I didn’t know what I was getting into. It was something new and I happened to be available. The thing is that for a couple of years it was really tough and I was just taking long shots, just hoping to get on boats. 38: Getting stuck on leftovers? Dana: That’s a good way to put it. 38: What kind of leftovers were you getting? Dana: Well, it’s more that you don’t get treated very well, to be quite frank. For years I didn’t. And I think I really got in with a pretty good crowd. Stanley worked for Dennis Choate the boatbuilder, and I live in Naples, and they live in Naples, and the Long Beach YC is there — so I got into a main vein. But thefee guys just made it tougher than tough for me. 38: Is that right? Dana: Yes. But now I can honestly say that if they hadn’t made it tough for me, I wouldn’t have done what I’ve done. Them telling me I shouldn’t be there and that I couldn’t do it — that’s what made me do it. 38: What did they tell you that you couldn’t do? Dana: It isn’t anything they told me I couldn’t do, it’s just the way they treated me. Giving the vibes that ‘You shouldn’t be here, I’ve been doing this for years, I was raised on a boat; you haven’t and you weren’t’. That kind of thing. And they were right, I had just stumbled across sailing. But I thought, ‘hey, I think I’m onto something’. You see, I knew I could clean boats, and I followed Stanley around a bit when he was taking care of boats, and I saw that he was making some money. And after the trip up the coast I knew he liked the boat better than me (laughter), and I realized that was the way it was going to be. He kind of let go of my hand and thought I was go¬ ing to disappear from the sailing world, but I hung on. And I made a business out of it. I started doing maintenance work on boats. I enjoy it; it’s good hard work, it keeps me healthy, it’s outdoors and you get to meet people. The hardest thing for me was charging people money for the work; I mean it was pretty good being out there on the waterfront and all. 38: Do you still do boat maintenance?

Dana: It’s funny, I haven’t cleaned a boat in about a year. I’m still into it, I’m not lazy or anything, it’s just that other things have been happening. One thingTias been leading to the next. Here’s a good example. Dennis Choate was one of the people I was cleaning boats for, and one day I called him up and asked if there was anything that needed to be done in addition to the regular stuff. He said, ‘Listen, come into the office, my girl didn’t show up tocjay.’ This wasn’t unusual, girl’s run out on these kind of situations all the time. (Laughter) So I went into the office and I epded up there for six months. I did everything; payroll, banking, files, telephones — and I loved it because it was something different. But even when I took the job in January of 1981, I knew there was a problem. I had plane tickets to England for August and I wanted to sail in Cowes Week, on the Fastnet Race, all that stuff. 38: Wfjat were you going to sail on? Or were you just going to hop on a boat? Dana: Just hop on a boat. I’ve gone all over the world and got on some great boats — but no I don’t just hop on a boat. I have to in¬ troduce myself, and make someone want me on the boat. .38: What we’re asking is whether or not you had a prior arrange¬ ment to be crew on one of the boats over there? Dana: No. Never. 38: You just have the faith? Dana: ‘Hi, I’m here, anybody want to take me sailing?’ (Laughter) I wish it were that easy but it’s not. Things are getting better though, they really are. But at that time, before I was going to England, we had a problem in Choate’s office. The bottom line was that I couldn’t be a sailor and a secretary at the same time. Then this fellow came down from Santa Barbara to buy a 40-footer, and I left the office and went out sailing with him one afternoon. I showed the guy how to use the boat (laughter). The next day my supervisor said, ‘You went out sailing; you said you wouldn’t do that.’ I said, ‘Well, I had to do it. I couldn’t just let the guy go out by himself.’ But that was it. 38: The guy fired you? Dana: Pretty much. I said, ‘You can’t fire me, you didn’t hire me, Dennis did.’ Dennis was getting ready for Long Beach Race Week and TransPac on Arriba — which he won. It was a big year. I told the supervisor, ‘You can’t tell me to leave, you didn’t ask me to come here in the first place. Besides, I don’t know how to be fired.’ (Laughter).

38: Well where was Dennis? Dana: He was out practicing for Long Beach Race Week. , Actu¬ ally it was during Race Week — like the first or second year they held it. The thing was I wasn’t even going to sail in Race Week, I was go¬ ing to give that up because I worked for them. 38: To hold the company together. Dana: Right! So anyway I picked up my little boat pictures and my stereo from the office, and went down and did Race Week. Being fired wasn’t that bad, because I was planning to go to England real soon anyway. 38: What did you do Race Week on? Dana: Audacious, Mike Kennedy’s Choate 40. I didn’t have a ride for Race Week, and as usual everybody was trying to be real into their crew scene and everything. . . 38: What do you mean by that? Dana: Well no ‘outsiders’ — and especially a blond on the dock. (Laughter) Like it’s supposed to be easy for blonds on the dock. But what happened is that this one fellow I know, Byron, was bepage 158

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ing the smart-ass and putting all th^ blond’s he could on his boat — and I happened to end up (laughter) one of them. But we won a couple of races! We had a good time! 38: Who were the other blonds? Dana: 1 don’t even know. Just some girls they found. Girls that were waiting for guys off of other boats. We had a skeleton crew. This was after a full year of my sailing off Long Beach and off L. A. with Choate and Dick with Stanley — with whoever in the area would take me. I was never asked to do a thing, but they would let me come along for some reason, I was never sure why. Sit on the boat, sit on my hands, don’t touch anything — it was that kind of situation. And 1 loved it. It wasn’t like they told me not to touch anything, but I knew. I didn’t want to touch anything then because I didn’t know anything. I was just- happy to be there. I used to ask a lot of questions, and it didn’t take long before I realized that a lot of the guys on the boat didn’t know the answers to my questions (laughter). Maybe that’s why they would tell me to shut up (laughter). They didn’t know either. So they said, ‘Look, we’re going to get you a book’. So 1 said, ‘That’s fine’. I spent a good solid year just sitting before I touched anything. But that’s how I learned. 38: What was it that got you interested in going to England. Were all your sailing acquaintances going there? Dana: Somebody was . . . there must have been somebody I knew who was going. 38: Someone special? Dana: No, no, no, no. See, there’s no one special —. except for myself when it comes right down to it. And at that time as well, f realized that 1 was, unfortunately, either going to be a sailor or a girlfriend. But from the time of the deal with Stanley, I realized there were a lot of guys out there, and if I started going out with one guy and it didn’t work, and then another and it didn’t work, and another — well that might not look so good and become a serious image problem. So 1 decided to get involved with the sailing and not with the guys. The boats were already becoming very important to me. But there was one fellow I knew who was involved with a boat in England and — how can I put this discreetly — 1 was not actually told I could sail on the boat, but I was told I would have a place to stay. So, shit yes, 1 was on my way. Actually it was Ted Dietrich’s boat, the C&C 61, Triumph. I got to England and was living in the crew quarters, and went out and found myself a ride on a J-36, smallest boat in the whole fleet. It was a weird deal, but it turned out that our J-36 was in the same class as Triumph. Anyway I wanted to do the Fastnet, but I didn t want to have to ask. I almost had a spot — thanks to Rod Davis on La Pantera, a Hong Kong Admiral’s Cupper, but then that started to not look good. But then this guy working for Dietrich asked, ‘Would you do the Fastnet with us?’ (Long silence). ‘Really? Me:*’ I said. ‘But, he quickly added, ‘you have to be quiet about it because my girlfriend wants to go, too.’ 38: (Laughter) Did you get a lof of gas from the wives and the women who get left on the dock? Dana: Well the thing about me is that I’m constantly changing boats, because I like to get involved with different people. And every single time I get involved with a different group of people, it’s also a different group of wives. And then there’s a constan^battle between the men’s egos and the wives — and I m caught in between. It hap¬ pens every time. The wives say, ‘What is she doing on the boat?! Who is that blond. page 159

And then the guys on the boat go, ‘What’s she doing here? I’ve known the owner a lot longer than she has, I should be doing what she’s doing.’ That kind of thing. 38: Have you ever had any real bad experiences? Dana: (Long silence) Everything always works out. Probably the worst experience was when one of the very best owners in the whole

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world probably tried to made an advance on me (laughter) or something like that, when I thought he was the greatest guy. That’s the worst part — because you know they’re married. (Suddenly get¬ ting very serious). And you don’t mess around with them. You just don’t. 38: Do a lot of owners put the make on you? Dana: No, they don’t, but I think everyone thinks they do. I’ve even overheard people saying stuff like I’m sleeping with an owner or something. I don’t correct them. Great, let ’em think that if they want. The funny thing is that some owners think it’s cool, too. 38: It’s good for their ego? Dana: Yeah, (laughter) something like that. So fine, if they think that’s how I got there, well fine. 38: So going back to chronological order, you did get to do the Fastnet on Triumph? Dana: Yes, in 1981 and I just had a ball! We got in Plymouth at about 5 a.m. on my 25th birthday — I always seem to be sailing on my birthday. After Fastnet they asked me to go to Sardinia, and I was really torn. I flipped a coin — I do this very often as you know from Hawaii — heads I go and tails I don’t. In this case I stayed on land go¬ ing up to Scotland and Wales. I did watch the start of the Whitbread Around the World Race, and spent a week with some of the people on Alaskan Eagle. I knew Michael Farley, and Twice Around Ted Allison ... 38: So you knew a lot of people? Dana: I knew one guy, kind of (laughter), and that’s good enough for me. My mom was hysterical at the time because she won’t even go to the grocery store by herself, and here I was going to England sort of knowing one guy. But I did take my mother to Hawaii two years ago when I was bringing Charley back, and she got a whole new insight. She met the guys on the boat, she saw how good it can be. So now I don’t have a problem with my mother, she just wants to know where we are going next. When I told her I might do the Ber¬ muda Race last year she said, “Look, I’ve got this friend, maybe we 11 meet you there.” (Laughter) I mean, she’s changed, too! 38: What was next? Dana: Big Boat Series in San Francisco, I think I was on Ghost. 38: What was your job? You weren’t still watching were you? Dana: Just a good extra. Sail packer, gofer, clean-up, loose ends.

interview: 38: Foot soldier? Dana: Yeah, which is what you mostly need on a boat. I don’t know if they are hard to come by, I guess of lot of people don’t want to do that kind of work. 38: How many other women do you know do what you’re doing? Dana: Well, there’s Monica McCants, who was on the first boat

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delivery I ever did. She was very helpful to me, telling me, “One hand for yourself and one hand for the boat —don’t ever forget it!” Believe me, I remember it well. But in other ways she wasn’t very helpful at the time, like she didn’t get me on other boats. And that’s what’s really helpful, getting a person on boats. But then three years later she introduced me to the owner of Flirt of Paget, and I took it from there. 38: Taking care of your friends is getting them on boats? Dana: Except now I understand the entire scene: you are on your own, nobody can vouch for you. Then I ended up going to Mexico, I’m sure, although I can’t recall on what. I guess I worked at the Long Beach Boat Show in October. I m always home for it, I see all my friends there. 1 did an all-girl thing at the Clipper Cup in 1982 on High Noony Ginny Gategen had come into town, ar\d I needed to do something' at the time, which is the only reason why I did it. I like to sail with men, I’m not a women’s libber, so to speak, I can stand up for myself. The girls had a project going and they needed help, and I volunteered. I sailed the boat to Hawaii with four other girls — it was one of the best trips I ever had! Linda Rettie was the navigator, she’s a very interesting person and she was spot on. It was kinda funny because I didn’t know her thaj well, and I hadn’t been following her navigating. Then the day we were supposed to see the island she stuck her head up and said, “You know, we should be seeing this place pretty soon.” Then I started thinking, Gosh, I trusted this gal and we could be way off.” But it was a hazy day and we couldn’t see the island until late after¬ noon, but Linda had been spot on! Ami Bon was on the boat, Gini was on — there were just four of us, all about 24 years old. What a blast! Talk about boys getting rude . . . {laughter). But we had a good time, one of the best trips I’ve had. 38: What was it that made it so good? Dana: I think it was the good group of people, and that nobody was trying to prove anything to anybody. I mean you’re not trying to do that anyway, but you sure get that a lot on a maxi or a big boat. People are funny like that. On this trip we were going to Hawaii and that was all that mattered. 38: So did you like the Clipper Cup experience with the all¬ woman team?

Dana: It was fantastic because I learned so much. I was living and breathing High Noon. I was actually BMW-ing the boat. Part of the charter agreement wa^that we put a new Awl-Grip paint job on the boat, which was to be done at Amfac Marine. The thing is, most of the girls hadn’t even been in a boatyard, let alone knowing how to sand a boat down. I ended up having to do . . . I’d say 75% of the work. But I am a worker, and I love it. I was in way over my neck in a project, which is exactly where I love to be. And did I learn a lot. Unfortunately, we went out for our first practice, broke a lower shroud, and had to send the rigging back to California. When it came back it wasn’t done right, so we had to send it back to California ag^in. So. we really didn’t get to practice. And we didn’t have enough money, so when we weren’t sailing or working on the boat, we were trying to raise morejnoney. It’s an okay idea for a woman’s team, and I would probably do it again with the right boat. Unfortunately, High Noon had not been maintained to racing standards — and we found out all the places where she had not been maintained. For example, the mast was pounding through the bottom of the boat causing a leak we had to fix, making us miss the last triangle — which was also on my birth¬ day. But it was Friday the 13th, so I didn’t worry about it too much. {Laughter). V 38: And didn’t the rudder finally break in the Around the State Race? Dana: {Laughter). Yeah, the final deal was the rudder. Somehow we had gotten the boat back together, I don’t really know how, and we were going to do the big race. We didn’t care how we did, we just really wanted to do that race. But we got on the north side of Oahu and the rudder fell off. It was gone. It was just a bad luck deal. But again, I learned more from that experience than any other. 38: You always learn from adversjty, right? Dana: That’s right. We had twelve girls on a boat, and not a single one of us knew how to load the flare gun. (Laughter) But that’s how you learn. 38: We’ve never even tried one ourselves. We imagine we’d have to read the instructions several times. Dana: Try it sometime, it’s not that easy {laughter). And take the broken rudder. I’ve seen floorboards lashed to the spinnaker pole to make an emergency rudder', I’ve seen that whole thing. But you try to do it yourself and get the darn thing to stay down in the water — it’s not that easy! 38: How were you treated by the other boats? Did they give you gas? Dana: Not really. Actually we didn’t even have a prayer because we were broken most of the time. If anybody gave us any shit, they were just real punks. It wasn’t pity or sympathy we got, but an ‘I’ve got to hand it to you girls, you’re hanging in there’ attitude. Because it was a sad story, definitely a sad story. Actually I had done the Clipper Cup before, with Larry Harvey on Timberwolf. I had flown over to Hawaii and said, ‘I want to go sailing’, and ended up doing the series. 38: This another case of flying over there without any preset plans? Dana: Yes. I’ve never had a' ride befor'e a series. 38: Nobody ever pencils you in at the top of their list? ' Dana: I think# everybody assumes that Dana’s going to be there anyway, so why ask her to come? And it’s really a drag because I probably will show up. But it would be nice to know ahead of time for page 160

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once. In fact that was the year I was really worried about it. I said to myself, ‘This is ridiculous, you shouldn’t just be flying over without a spot. You just can’t go places and expect people to give you a berth.’ Well, I found a couple of fellows in the Lahaina YC that night, and somehow through talking to them, I got them to ask me to sail with them the next day in the Sauza Cup. This was on Bill Palmer’s Shenandoah. The guy who was running the boat at the time said, ‘Fine, come on down to the boat.’ So I go down and I’m actually standing on the boat, but I’m feeling like it’s too good to be true, right? And sure enough, one of the guys who they didn’t expect turned up. So Dana gets taken off to the side and told, “Listen, one of the guys showed up, we’re really sorry but . . .” I sat on the dock with my duffel bag, tears pouring down my face, watching them leave. I,mean nobody took me sailing that day. 38: They didn’t have room for one more? Dana: “Sorry, honey, let’s not this time.” 38: Did it make you bitter? Dana: Now ... I remember it, I remember it well. (Laughter). It’s just part of it. It’s definitely a man’s world and I understand that. I’m in it, I don’t mind, I love it. But . . . Another time I helped bring the old Tomahawk up the coast to San Francisco for the Big Boat Series with Doug Weber — he’s really a pretty good guy. He’s one of those I remember who really gave me a chance, who would take me sailing. 38: Who were some others? Dana: Robin Morgan at North Sails. Doug Weber. These guys were great. Some others were Dennis Choate, Dick Pennington — he’s great. He didn’t realize it, but his letting me go on his boat Whip¬ pet really started something. But like I said, other guys made me feel I shouldn’t be there by intoning I couldn’t do things. But that’s why I did it. Anyway, Burke Sawyer, who used to own Watts Sails, would be driving Tomahawk at the Big Boat Series, and Doug Weber told me to just hang out on the boat and everything would be all right, ‘I’m sure you’ll be able to sail with us, I’m sure,’ Doug said. Well, I thought I’d be nice — I am nice, I’m a very nice girl — so I decided to ask first. ‘Sorry honey, let’s not,’ they said. ‘Let’s not this time.’ Nonetheless, that turned out to be the very first Big Boat Series I did. After bringing the boat up the coast and being told ‘Sorry honey,’ I got off the boat — in tears — because they wouldn’t let me sail with them. Not visible tears, of course. (Laughter) But when I got off there was only one boat left at the dock, just one. I walked straight over to that boat, a Peterson 46, and I ended up doing the series on the boat! It was sort of a disaster — this was back in 1979 — but it was a start for me. (In serious tone) These guys just cannot tell me I can t do something; it just gets me all fired up. 38: Being told you can’t is often the best incentive in the world. It’s funny you mention Burke Sawyer. We did a feature on Elly Dowd, who quite a few years ago won the MORA season’s cham¬ pionship with a Cal 20. She mentioned all the gas she had to take from men, but said that Burke always backed her 100 percent — in fact, he was part of her crew. Dana: Is that right? Looking back, it was Burke’s better judgement — I can accept that now. This reminds me of someone else, who has both helped and hurt, Ed Lorence, who was an employee of Burke’s before he bought the loft. I had been in Hawaii and sailed to Califor¬ nia on the 41-ft Brooke Ann with good old Stanley Gibbs (laughter) — I mean he actually hired me to sail the boat to San Francisco for the Big Boat Series. 1 said, “Are you going to be able to put up with page 161

me?” And he said, “Me put up with you? I’m paying you because you have to put up with me.” (Laughter) Anyway I got to San Francisco and I didn’t know what I was going to do. I saw Illusion going out, Ed McDowell’s boat. “Have you got any room?” They took me out sailing, and Ed Lorence was driving. I asked if he thought I might crew for the series and he said, “Hey, you

the best 1 can, I’m not trying to piease anyone. If I’m satisfied I’ve done

can race with us any time, but you’d better ask the owner.” 1 asked the owner, and he said, “You better ask Ed.” So, hey, I was in there. Since then I’ve done a couple of Big Boat Series with boats that Ed’s been driving, just ’cause he likes me on a boat. That’s great, he’s been helpful. And that sort of ties in with Ben Mitchell, who has navigated on many of the best boats. Down on the beach in Cabo after a Mexican race, he asked me if I’d like to cook on a new 80-footer that was £>eing built. I thought, “Oh good god, cooking?” But 1 said, “Sure, let’s talk about it later.” I ended up cooking on Sorcery at the SO,RC in 1984. 38: How did you like being cook at the Circuit? Dana: I didn’t like it. I’m not a cook. I worked my ass off, but I still didn’t like it. The thing is I also had a position on deck, and there would be all this (imitating a male whine) ‘She can’t do this’. The guys couldn’t handle that I could do all this stuff. It was not allowed. The thing is I had plenty of money available to me, so I didn’t have to bake, I didn’t have to cook, I had everything pre-made and done. I mean, of course, I had to scramble eggs and stuff, and I would do that. But still, it was not easy, and I’m a hard worker. I did a good job, but I still couldn’t seem to please anybody any of the time. It was really a drag, and it took all the fun out of the Circuit. 38: Would people complain how the eggs were done? Dana: Oh yeah. But I wouldn’t take too much from them. 38: You got a lot of that? Dana: Hey, twenty-five guys. Are you kidding? There’s always a couple in the bunch, like 90 percent (laughter). They think it’s cute, they want me to remember them. 38: So what would you do, overload their sandwiches with mustard? Dana: No, I would do what I was supposed to do, and 1 would do it well. And I would just try to let all the remarks go. 38: And if they didn’t like it the hell with them? Dana: Right. I did the best I could — which is how I do everything. I do the best I can, and I’m not trying to please anyone. If I’m satisfied I’ve done the very best job I possibly can, that’s all that matters. 38: Then screw ’em. Dana: No. I don’t have a ‘screw ’em’ attitude, that’s not it at all. I

interview: want to get that straight; as long as I’m satisfied that I’ve done the very best I can, I’m happy. Anyway, come Clipper Cup this last year, Jake, the owner of Sorcery, didn’t seem very happy with me, a female cook at the Cir¬ cuit. I actually went to him and said, “What do you think, am I doing all right?” You know, I wanted to make him happy, but he was hard to talk to.

Dana on ‘Annabelle’ in the Big Boat Series.

Anyway, Jake decided he was going to have one of his old friends cook on Sorcery for the Clipper Cup. And I want to tell you there has never been one time — that I can remember — that I have not been asked back on a boat! But after Sorcery on the Circuit, I wasn’t asked back. Ed Lorence would be driving the boat at the Clipper Cup and Ben Mitchell — whose idea it had been in the first place — was navigator, but I wasn’t asked back. 38: You get along with Ben? Dana: Just fine. I bought him lemon pepper just like he asked and Lipton Iced Tea. (Laughter) The Circuit worked out okay, but still something was missing. So anyway Jake decided he was going to have his old friend be cook at Clipper Cup. But I wasn’t told, “Thank you very much, see you later, good-bye”, after the Circuit and it kind of hurt. I mean I worked my ass off (very emphatic), and I knew other girls were getting paid thousands of dollars to cook on these boats. Heck, I was just doing it so I could have a spot on deck when I wasn’t cooking. I must have it all mixed up! (Laughter Well, come Clipper Cup, their male cook didn’t happen. So they came back to me and said, “Will you please come and cook on our boat?” And I said, “Right. Oh sure!” 38: But you did get on High Noon again — with a Seattle group — for this last Clipper Cup, working the bow. Wasn’t that a duffle bag on the dock deal? Dana: Of course! I sailed the new Brooke Ann over to Hawaii from Long Beach, but I knew I wasn’t going to race on Brooke Ann, because those guys were heavy into it. I mean I wouldn’t even ask. Anyway I gashed my leg during one of the races. Then the boat had problems and couldn’t race. I had recuperated pretty well by the start of the Around the State Race, and got on Winterhawk, a Farr 68. So I had another birthday out on the ocean, although we were beating and it was kind of shitty. But anyway, after the race, these guys took me off to the side, gave me $50 and said, “You did a great job, sorry we didn’t get to buy you a birthday present, thanks for coming.” I’ll sail with those guys anytime. I’m just not a cook, although I cook a lot on my deliveries because I can make more money. 38: Speaking of money, how do you survive?

Dana: I don’t go anywhere for nothing. I can’t make a heck of a lot of money, but I’ve been working myself into situations where I’m flown places and being taken care of while I’m there. And I might make a little bit of money on a boat job. Not a lot, though. There are so many people going, ‘Take me, take me, I’ll pay you to just let me go.’ That’s all fine and everything, but owners should know it really does pay to have experienced people on the boat. All sensible owners know it. If they don’t know it, I don’t want to have anything to do with them — unless it’s someone I want to go out of my way to sail with, someone I can learn from. I’ve al(so got a fantastic working relationship with West Marine Products.' I do their boat shows and travel throughout all the stores helping out. It’s working out great. So that’s what I’m doing, I’m a racing sailor, not a cruising sailor. I want to go certain places, sail with certain people, and then I’ll prob¬ ably be done. But as far as money goes, I can usually come home with some dollars in my pocket. 38: Where do you live and how often are you home? Dana: I was home maybe twenty days last year — believe it or not. My mom has a house in Naples, and I pay rent to her whether I’m home or not. She takes care of my bills, my messages. 38: Do you like living out of a duffle bag? Dana: Right now it’s fine. I don’t think I’m going to want to do it later. 38: What is it about racing that you like? Dana: I guess the challenging aspect of it — and the idea it will be over soon. I can do anything for a short amount of time — and then it’s over. I like to see an end, it gives me something to work really hard at — and then you know you can stop. 38: We suppose your longest trip was crewing on the delivery of Bimbiegumbie from Hawaii to Hong Kong this last summer. How long was that, 29 days? v Dana: No, it was 38 days on a 42-foot DuBois design. And as soon as I got there — it’s funny because I didn’t know what I was go¬ ing to do when I got there except buy my pearls — there was a fellow down on the boat borrowing something for this race the next day. I was introduced to him as a racing sailor, and I must have opened my big mouth, because later I was walking down the dock and this guy, almost under his breath, mumbles, “So how much of a sailor are you?” Of course he was challenging me. He said, “We’ve got our first offshore race today, why don’t you come?” So I had to. So after 38 days at sea, one night in Hong Kong, I was out on an overnight race. 38: What races haven’t you done and what people haven’t you sailed with that you want to? What’s next? Dana: I just want to do things I haven’t done before. I haven’t done the Vallarta Race or the MEXORC. After the MEXORC I’m going to do the Cabo Race. Then I want to do the TransPac this year; I’ve sailed across a number of times, but never raced, f need a boat for that; I’m very interested in a big boat. Then I think I’ll do the Southern Cross and the Sydney to Hobart Race at the end of the year. Somehow, although J don’t exactly know how or on what. 38: What about England this summer? Dana: That’s something that came up last night, that this is an Ad¬ miral’s Cup year, Maybe I’ll end up there, but I want to do the TransPac more. I need to do everything once so I can tell what I want to do again. 38: How many years more can you do this? Dana: I got at least a couple of more good years in me. page 162

dana There was another time when me and one guy were going to take Whippet up to Del Rey for a little series there. And outside of Pt. Fer-

38: Then what? Dana: There is no, telling. 1 want to have a dog someday and 1 want to do a lot of normal stuff, too. I’d like to ski, maybe live and work on a mountain. That’s later, I can hardly think about it now. There are other things, this sailing thing just got me and I know I’m in way over my head, but it’s okay for now. I’ll always be boat related, I know that. I’ve been on the beach since I’ve been tiny, and I love the ocean and I love the sun. Sunrise and sunsets. [Editor’s note: the

min we had about 60 knots of breeze and the main halyard parted. When that happened the mainsail pulled out and was like everywhere. I remember planting myself in the cockpit and thinking that nothing else mattered but staying on the boat. The other guy was trying to drive the boat, but there was no way in the world I could

taping of this interview was delayed one day because Dana had to drive to Stinson Beach one afternoon for the specific purpose of watching the sun set.]

38: You don’t want to sail across the Pacific, wandering around for a couple of years? Dana: No. I’ll probably be a skipper and then I’ll be done. I used to think, ‘You be the skipper and I’ll work for you.’ But lately, seeing some of the guys I’ve had to work for, it’s not worth it, I’ve got to change that. I’ll probably become a skipper — just because it’s the next step. And then. . . 38: How many women skippers — really active — are there around. Besides Lu Dale? Dana: She’s the only gal I know. In fact ever. As for girls that are active racing — delivery types, I don’t know of any. Except for Lu Dale, but she doesn’t really race. She does long distance deliveries. I almost did a trip with her, but she didn’t pay, so I didn’t do the trip. I’m starting to get really picky. (Laughter). I love it! 38: Well it is what you do, right? Dana: That’s right. So if I have to sit one out, what the heck. 38: Is there any single worst experience you can recall having sail¬ ing? Dana: Bad experiences . . . well the stuff on the dock has always been worse than on the water. I can handle anything that comes up on the water. 38: Thb bad weather and cramped quarters are okay? Dana: Right, that’s all part of it. But the stuff you get on the dock, being a girl, it’s really tough. As I think back, nothing stands out that really hurt me except for all the bullshit and all the guys who have not let me sail with them for whatever reason. It’s silly. And it’s been very, very hard. You know when I think about it, nothing stopped me — like I say, when it gets that way I get stronger. But it’s been tough and it’s not fun going through that. 38: What’s the worst weather you’ve had in all your sailing? Dana: The worst I can remember, besides the typhoon we got in¬ volved with on Bimblegumbie going to Hong Kong, was coming into San Francisco from Honolulu in 1982 on Brooke Ann. The last three days we had like 50 knots of breeze with the meter pegged out, and big — like 20 foot — seas. I know there was one time when the only part of the boat I was on was the tiller. Other than that I was no longer in contact with the boat. I remember that wave. (Laughter) It was terrible but true. It was one of those things where your face hurts so bad from the wind and the rain-and the spray. 38: This was worse than the edge of the typhoon? Dana: I think that coming into San Francisco was worse. Probably because it went on longer; we were only in the typhoon for about 18 hours because we had a weatherfax and were able to figure out how to get down below it. And we saw blue skies again. The other thing lasted much longer. We had to sleep, but didn’t get much of it. ‘What’s a nice girl like Dana doing out here on this stormy ocean? I kept thinking to myself. page 163

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Dana on ‘Sorcery’ in the SORC.

have got that sail on the boat. No way, no how. 38: What was it, a Santa Ana? Dana: I don’t remember. I just know we didn’t have any business being out there. After about twelve hours we were back in the slip in Long Beach. What we did was go back the other way and we were finally able to drag the sail aboard the boat. That was probably the most frightened I’ve ever been. Weather doesn’t really scare me, it’s just something you have to ride out. But something like a flogging main where you can get hurt — that does scare me. 38: What are the best things you get from sailing? Dana: I just love being out there so much, it’s unreal. Nobody else in my family is a sailor, I don’t know how to say it exactly, but I don’t like to put up with people on a daily basis (laughter) so maybe that’s why I like it out there. 38: Yeah, but isn’t it worse having to put up with your crewmates on a daily basis on a small boat? Like 38 days with five people on a 42-foot racing boat? Dana: That’s no problem, I like people. I love people. That’s why it’s so hard to put a finger on what I like ... I just like being out there, that’s as best as I can explain it and 1 always know we’re going to be someplace soon as well. Of course I do like people on land, too. As for places, I can honestly say I like Mexico better than Hawaii and be¬ ing able to travel so much is nice. 38: Why is that? Dana: I just like it, the beaches, that there’s nothing to do. It’s me being on the beach*, that’s me. Hawaii I ve always had a hard time with because you need a lot of money, you gotta know people, it s kind of clique-y. Now that I’ve been there five or six times I’m finally figuring it out. Last time I did have a great time and maybe the future will be easier. It’s beautiful in Hawaii, it’s wonderful, but given the choice I’ll take a trip to Mexico. I guess I like the mostly fair weather sailing of Mexico, although actually I really do enjoy it when it gets a big rough. It gets the blood stirring a bit, it’s good for you. 38: Any advice you can give to women sailors following in your footsteps? Dana: You know, I think there are a lot of women sailors out there, I love it. There’s definitely more now than there was before.

The only thing 1 might say is that a lot of the gals seem so quiet. You’ve got to be that way for a while, but later you’ve got to really stand up and go for it. Confidence is the main thing, but of course it is hard to come by because it is a man’s world. But that’s the way it should be and 1 would never want to change that. 38: Why not? Dana: Because 1 like it just how it is. But I also don’t want too many women to be doing what I’m doing because then it will be tougher on me. Even tougher than it’s been. (Laughter). 38: How do you . . . how do you . . . well how does it work with boyfriends or whatever? Dana: Oh my relations, my public relationships? 38: Afterall you’re only home twenty days out of the year. Dana: Well, like I told you in the beginning, I realized that I was either going to be a sailor or a girlfriend. I’ve lived by that for a lot of years. Things are a little different right now, because I feel like everybody knows what I’m in it for now, so I can do both. I can have a relationship and I can sail. 38: But how can you do that if you’re always gone? Dana: Well I’d hate to say relationships aren’t important to me,

but they’re not that important. I’ve got to figure out what it takes to make me really happy before I can work on somebody else. I’m basically really easy to please and I’ve had a couple of relationships, convenient types, but otherwise really nothing. I’m really funny, because I’m pretty old-fashioned. Even in this day and age I believe in marriage, and I know that my day will come. But for now, I’m just going for it, doing all I can for myself. I kind of was taught that I would be provided for one day and you know, I don’t really want to be a career-oriented type gal. What I’m doing is fine, but eventually what I want to do is make somebody happy Talking about all this now takes me back over these years . . . and I realize I have met and sailed with some of the most wonderful peo¬ ple in the world. That’s a big part of it — the friendships that have developed all over the world were just meant to be. It’s an ongoing thing and something I don’t think I could live without. I feel I’m a real lucky girl! 38: Thank you, Dana.

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espite what you may think, the dental and medical professions don’t suggest regular checkups so that more doctors and dentists can drive Mercedes. The very solicitous and logical reason is that, through regular’ checkups, small problems can be stopped before they become big problems. In a sense, boats are the same way. A few simple checks and routine upkeep every time you are down at the boat can save big bucks — not to mention somebody’s life — later. The routines that follow are second nature to cruisers whose continued well be¬ ing depends on a sound boat, and they may seem simplistic to most seakmed boaters. We see so many boats with frozen throughhulls, out of tune engines and frayed, corroded rigging, though, that we thought it might be appropriate to review some of the basics. We banged our heads against the itell for the most basic checks the owner of a small fiberglass sloop should make a part of his life, and the following is what we came up with. We’re not saying these are the only things you should check, or that they only apply to small fiberglass sloops, but you,have to start somewhere. Some should be done every time you are at your boat, others depend a lot on the boat and how often it is used. We’ve included general guidelines where applicable.

Fresh Water Washdown This one is so basic that it’s hard to ima¬ gine that anyone doesn’t do it, but we could

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tell you stories . . . Anyway, the fresh water washdown after every sail does a lot more than just remove the spilled beer, smashed peanuts and the stain where Uncle Bob didn’t quite make it over the side while relieving himself. Those are just the side benefits. The primary value of a washdown is to remove as much salt from the boat as possible. Any salt left aboard greatly ac¬ celerates the corrosion of metal parts and the aging of paint and varnish. Modern stainless steel and anodized aluminum is pretty amaz¬ ing stuff; so are modern paints and var¬ nishes, but nothing lasts forever. Given the proper care, they can last for years. Fresh water washdown is part of that proper care. Washdowns can be as simple or as in¬ volved as the wife and kids will tolerate. Most of the time, a simple rinse off — including sails when possible — should suffice. If it’s been a while, a wild party, or if the seagulls have taken a liking to your masthead, a scrubdown with brushes, sponges and cleaner (dishwashing detergent works fine) is in order. Then it’s Miller time.

Sails The worst thing you can do to a sail is stretch its fibers against one another. The second worst thing is to ignore any chafe, unseaming or holes. The third worst thing is to leave a salty sail uncovered to bake in the

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sun. Fortunately, all three can be easily avoided by proper sail care and inspection every time you come back from a day on the Bay. To avoid unnecessary stretching, as well as to take up the least amount of space, headsails should always be folded and bagged; mainsails should always be flaked/ furled; and any sails left on spars or stays should be covered. The sails should be free of salt before you stow them — dried salt crystals make dandy miniature razor blades — but they need not be dry unless the sight and aroma of mildew is really offensive. While you are folding, furling or packing, look for any potential trouble spots; chafe, tears, loose stitching, missing battens. It’s a lot less expensive to get little stuff fixed than to replace blown panels. While you’re at it, a little WD-40 or equivalent will loosen stub¬ born jib hanks. Although commercial sail cleaning ser¬ vices and detergents are available, many sailmakers are of the opinion that the less nonsailing stress you subject a sail to, the longer it will last. One went so far as to say laundering a sail is the worst thing you can do to it. If those marks where the sail rubs the shrouds really bother you, try periodically cleaning the shrouds with mild detergent and a sponge.

Running Rigging Simply put, all blocks, travellers, jibsheet cars, outhauls, downhauls, halyards and the like should work like you always imagined they were supposed to: smoothly, quietly

Whether your engine is inboard or outboard, it’s still going to need regular fluid checks and maintenance.

and without binding. If they don’t, they need work or replacement. Deck-level hardware is easy to check as you’re setting up for the day. Anything above boom level should be incorporated into your yearly foray up the mast. Candidates for replacement include worn, cracked or perennially sticky parts. Most of the time, all reluctant block sheaves need is lubrication * Although-Super Lube, a spray that turns to grease, is one of the more popular lubricants at the moment, almost any type of lubricant will work. You just have to take more care with some so that they don’t run and stain the paint. Frozen or hard to move travellers or other track items might be the result of nicks or bends in the track or car; frozen sheaves are caused by bent axles or worn bearings, uneven pressure caused by lines not lead fair, or just old age and neglect. Use it or lose it was never truer than for boat hardware. While you’re at it, make a quick check of working lines as you’re coiling and stowing them. A little wear isn’t usually anything to worry about, but serious chafe is. You can usually get away with end-for-ending worn jib and main sheets once, but replace them after that. The same goes for nylon anchor rode. Line ain’t cheap, but then neither is paying someone to drag you off the beach. And remember, you won’t be losing a jib sheet or an old rode, you’ll be gaining a new set of docklines.

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wear, swelling, corrosion, chafe and so on and replace as needed. Include shaft log packing and engine intake and exhaust hoses and fittings in this check, if applicable. Many cruising boats have two hose clamps at the end of every hose; and almost all carry spares of every hose clamp used on board — both excellent ideas. So is running a couple of tablespoonfulls of dishwashing detergent through the head every once in awhile. It kind of lubricates everything and forestalls the most dreaded of all maintenance jobs — disassembling and cleaning the head. Even veteran cruisers put that one off as long as possible.

Engines Underwater zincs should be checked at haulout and periodically through the season.

lured the throughhull casing while trying to free it with a hammer. Serious seizure usual¬ ly means disassembly, cleaning, lubrication and reassembly. This is most easily done out of the water, but can be effectively ac¬ complished afloat once a soft wood bung has been banged in outside. Don’t forget to take it out when you’re done. As far as the general plumbing through the boat, check all hoses, hose clamps and other fittings — both salt water and fresh — for

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Whether your auxiliary is inboard or out¬ board, check its vital fluids before each use. On four-cycle motors, including diesels, change the oil, oil filter and fuel filter at the intervals recommended by the manufac¬ turer. On outboards, change the lower case oil as recommended and pay particular at¬ tention to mixing oil into the gas in the pro¬ per proportion. Finally, delegate at least one or two days a season — more if you motor a lot — to tuning up whatever type of engine you have! The usual points, plugs, con¬ denser routine will suffice for most gas engines, and it’s okay to farm out this job to a pro if you’re all thumbs. After all, we are talk¬ ing about sailing here: no ragman worth his salt likes to work on engines. For anyone brave enough or poor enough to have to do i it himself, there are engine manuals aplenty out there that will get anyone reasonably competent with a can opener through an engine tune up. Diesels, of course, need little more than a change of oil and oil and fuel filters on a regular basis. While you’re checking the oil, run over all belts for wear and proper tension, and fuel and cooling lines (with a flashlight, if necessary) to make sure none are leaking. Many boaters with gas auxiliaries turn the fuel off at the tank when they come into their slips, and let the engine run its lines and car/; buretor dry for an extra measure of safety. You can also disconnect the lines from outboards and let them run out of fuel before storage, an especially good idea if the engine is stored on its side. Then drain the water out; a few pulls on the starter cord will help insure that you don’t get a big puddle down below, if that’s where you stow the engine. If it’s staying on the transom, lock it there somehow and make sure the drive unit is out of the water. Modern outboards don’t usual-

ly need to be flushed with fresh water after each use, as should older engines, but a quick rinse of at least the outside isn’t a bad idea. If you’re going to stow the engine for the season, flushing it with fresh water is definitely recommended. Finally, to your spares compartment, add a half dozen or so shear pins, the nautical equivalent to “For want of a nail... the war was lost.” There’s nothing more maddening than having a viable outboard with a prop that won’t turn when you need it.

Standing Rigging You should plan to go up the mast at least once a year. The start of the season is a good time. If you are only going up tjiat one time, be merciless about any wear, cracking or binding you find. When in doubt, replace. Starting at the masthead, check welds, tangs, bolts, shackles, sheaves, pins and

They may not all be easy to get at, but throughhulls need to be serviceable to do you any good.

anything else up there. Make sure cotter pins are secure and that shackles are moused. Masthead sheaves should be free, halyards and upper shrouds well swaged and without meathooks. On wooden masts, check for discoloration or paint that has pulled away, both indications of rot. Although not part of the rigging, turn on the running and spreader lights before you ascend and make sure they work. Again, if you’re only plan¬ ning on being up there once, you might just as well change any bulbs whether they need it or not. Also check the VHF antenna, its bracket and the coax for chafe, cracking and corrosion, and repair or replace as necessary. Moving down the mast, check the sail track for potential problems and the shrouds and stays for any kinks, broken strands or other abnormalities. (Depending on use, stainless steel rigging can last anywhere from

BASIC MAINTENANCE 5 to 20 years but, says one professional rig¬ ger, generally speaking “If your rigging is 8 to 10 years old, you’re living on borrowed time.”) Give the spreaders a thorough in¬ spection. Particular problem areas are the ends where those nifty little rubber boots are. Those have a tendency to trap water, turning the ends of aluminum spreaders to white powder and the ends of wooden spreaders black with rot. Plan on replacing the spreaders if you find either condition. Bubbling under fittings on an aluminum mast is probably the most common problem you’ll encounter. It’s caused by the differing galvanic properties of aluminum and the stainless screws used to attach the fitting. The proper way to deal with it is to remove the fitting, clean and paint the aluminum, then reattach the fitting, bedding it well with 3M 5200, Sikaflex, Lifecaulk or a similar compound. Make sure the threads of the

the hands, arms and chest — the tailer broke one hand — when an old, rarely serviced sheet winch let go one day and the genoa sheet pulled them into the windmilling handle. Winches should be serviced at least once a season, more often if you race a lot. Each type is different and manuals are available to detail the proper maintenance procedure, but in general, servicing means removing the drum and cleaning and lubing tl^e bearings and pawls — the little ratchet guy$ that pre¬ vent the winch from spinning backwards. The most common cause of winch failure is cakey grease. Although the better grades last longer, all grease in a marine environ¬ ment eventually gets cakey. If it gets cakey enough, it can override the spring tension

Ignoring winches can have painful consequences.

Running Lights Realizing that sleaze on the tanker narrow¬ ly missed you the other night because he couldn’t see you is not a good way to find out your running lights aren’t working. You should check deck-level running lights every time you go out — or at least whenever the remotest possible chance exists that you may be out after dark. It only takes a second and can save you the stress of being both illegal and dead if you’re in the wrong place at the right Time. It’s a good idea to replace the bulbs in mastmounted lights, whether they need it or not, during your yearly inspection of the mast. If you see condensation inside any lenses, that’s also a cause for concern as trapped water, especially trapped salt water, makes short work of electrical fittings. Dry the inside of the light and lens out thoroughly 'and in¬ stall a new gasket or fortify the old one with a light coating of silicon sealer when you reassemble.

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screws or the rivets are well coated, too At deck level, go over chainplates, turnbuckles, clevis pins and so on as often as possible and replace any that show signs of cracking or wear. While you’re at it, check all the fittings on bow and stern pulpits and lifelines.

Winches Frozen or binding winches are not a bothersome inconvenience — they are a serious accident waiting for a place to hap¬ pen. Both the grinder and tailor on a large yacht we know of suffered painful injuries to

A folded headsail lasts longer and takes up less room.

that forces the pawl against its stops, causing the pawl to stick in a nonlocked or partially locked position — and ultimately to fail. To remedy that situation, all you usually need to do is hit the pawls with a little oil now and then — never grease. For a really bad case of caked grease on the pawls or winch bearings themselves, plan on dissassembly, cleaning in mineral spirits, greasing and reassembly. Most marine stores carry a water-repellent type of winch grease.

Although neglected zincs do not usually pose any serious threats to the health or safe¬ ty of those aboard, they can cause costly problems. Zinc, that least noble and sacrifi¬ cial metal, draws corrosion away from a number of expensive to replace parts like bronze propellers and the insides of engines. If it’s not there, those parts corrode quickly. Depending on where your boat is docked and how much electricity other boats around you put into the water, your zincs could last as long as two years or as little as six months. Generally, a once a year replacement when you haul out is sufficient for shaft zincs. Where applicable, you should check engine zincs, or at least a representative one of them, every time you change oil. They are usually easy to get at, simple to replace and cheap. Consult your owner’s manual for the exact locations of engine zincs.

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erkeley's Paul Kamen was the navigator of Sy Kleinman's Frers 58 Swiftsure Muring the recently completed L A. to Honolulu TransPac race. While not new or of the much heralded ultralight con¬ figuration. the stately blue sloop turned tn an impressive performance, finishing second in Class B and 15th overall in the 63 boat fleet. Much of the credit goes to Kamen, who spent considerable time studying weather terns in the weeks leading up fb the race.

he TransPac has always been thought of as a “navigator’s race”. And for good reason — the 2,225 mile course allows for tremendous %ariatjbn in routing strategy. This strategy |s usually controlled by the disposition of the Pacific High, a 2.000 mile wide mass ot sinking air typically centered at about 38° north by 151° west. Air tends to flow out from the center of this high pressure Region. but the earth’s rotation j§F which i» very fast compared to atmospheric motion — deflects the wind into a clockwise Circula¬ tion around the High. In the middle of the High it can be flat clam. Along the sbdthern ige of the High are trade winds, strongest e the pressure gradiant is steepest. The jreat circle route from L.A. to Honolulu cuts a big slice of potentially very slow ig Of course, the position, shape, and strength of the High are always changing. Some years it pays to detour south, some years it doesn’t. Tven before the start, the 1985 race was iing up as a very unusual one. Thjteptire iaffern half of the High was replaced by a large area of lows, and the tradewinds were practically non-existent over most of the •urse. But a small area of high pressure just iff the coast was keeping the offshore northwesterlies working, and the usual thermal trough inland was expected to produce nor¬ mal seabreezes. It looked like a normal departure, then slow going unless the Pacific High re-materialized. The morning of the start on July,4th found the Southern California coast in the middle of what’s known as a “Catalina Eddy”. Ap¬ parently the thermal low had slid offshore, giving the TransPac fleet an uncharacteristic spinnaker start in a moderate southeasterly. It was a port-tack reach to Catalina, then a close reach as the wind went more to the south outside the islands. Where, everyone wondered, were the north westerlies?.

he Catalina Eddy never really ap¬ peared on the weather maps — it’s con-

sidered a local phenomenon. But the maps and forecasts did show the High broadening to more of its normal shape, filling in most of the low pressure areas. However, the 500 millibar chart — that is, the chart showing | pressure contours at dp altijude of approx¬ imately 16,000 fe.et — indicated that the Pacific High was nor quite ready to come back to its usual configuration. This 500 millibar data proved to be par-# ticularly useful, as it’s not subject to many of tH§ inaccuracies of surface forecasts. ¥et there is a strong correlation between upper air features and the weather on the surface. From the 500 millibar charts broadcast dur¬ ing th| first few days of the race, it was clear that the surface low fyould persist in some form. And that’s what ha] ened. Although the High intensified to much as 1,032 miljg^psun strength, continued to west,| oving even farther1 west on the fifth and t days of the race, The boats that had g e north — probably expecting to be the st to reach the new w'eather system with fresh breezes — were but good, j

1 vl eanwhile, the boats that their way south in the northw< f. filled in late in the second day e going only slightly faster. For three e wind speed varied between threes e knots on a glass-smooth ocean, the low moved west, allowing an eastern lol of high pressure to move out from the coast and spill down over the course, breathing life back into the trades. The winning strategy was simple — c the south side of the fleet. In classes A B, this jbok class pinners Swiftsure III and cle. In classes C and D, where Secret of Nimh and Montgomery :l|§|eet both found they could steer dead downwind to advan¬ | tage, they had less freedom to reposition themselves north or south once the wind filled in. They only went 100 and 130 miles south of the great circle route. Several tropical storms appeared on the charts during the race, but they had a minimal effect. With the sea surface temperature slightly lower than average. 1 there was good reason to believe they would 1 lose st|am quickly if they swerved north. Another benefit of the slightly cooler sea surfac<| (only about 1 ° f) was a definite redu£#j|j tion'irt'squall activity.

as it a navigator’s race? opening moves, definitely. There w< enalties to be paid for going too '" ’* ' ' er classes, where

Iegame.it was crucial to be headed jibe while working just far en the south. But on the smaller boat; much narrower jibin matter of speed once the win

THE RACING

This month we look at the Admiral’s Cup, Adams Cup, 470 North Americans, the Prince of Wales Cup, and more.

RACES PAST Admiral’s Cup This year’s Admiral’s Cup, a five race series off the coast of England held biennially for the best ocean racing yachts in the world, was not America’s finest hour on the sea. In short, we got hammered, finishing eighth in a field of 18. In 1983, we placed third. The West German team, winners in that series, repeated their victory in 1985. Each team fielded three entries'for the series, which ran from July 31st to August 14th and included three inshore races, a

The Admiral’s Cup fleet lead by ‘Pinta’, right, of the West German team.

middle distance contest to the French coast and back, and the 605 mile Fastnet race. The Americans were represented by Bill Power’s High Roler, a Nelson/Marek 43 from San Diego, Lowell North’s Sleeper, a Nelson/Marek 42 also from San Diego, and Randy Short’s Sidewinder, a Reichel/Pugh 43 from San Francisco. While the U.S. yachts were totally stateof-the-art and manned by some of the best sailors on the planet, they were no match for the 40-foot One Tonners from West Ger¬ many, England and New Zealand. On the

numerous reaching legs of the courses, the smaller yachts were able to sail as fast or faster than many of the larger yachts. They were also well tuned after just completing their world championships priof to the Admiral’s Cup. Steve Taft and Skip Allan were two of the crew on Sidewinder. They were impressed with the winning teams, but also pointed out the Americans suffered some bad breaks as well. In one of the first inshore races off Cowes, Sleeper ran aground and was stuck for 10 minutes, dropping her to last in fleet. In the same heat, High Roler’s propellor wouldn’t close properly and she ended up 30th.

Sidewinder’s grief came in the second in¬ shore contest. “We were short tacking off the beach,” says Taft, “and bouncing off the rocks, which is what you have to do in those races.” The fleet was closely bunched and at one point Sidewinder, which was on star¬ board, waved the port tacker Amazing Grace, a C&C 44 sailing for Canada, to pass ahead. At the perfectly wrong moment, Sidewinder’s tiller extension broke in helmsman Paul Cayard’s hand and the boat rounded up into the Canadian yacht. The Americans were disqualified for the race. The 220 mile Channel race to France and back featured some 180 miles of reaching, a point of sail which suited the One Tonners

well. “At one point we were hitching a ride on the wake of a 40-footer,” says Taft. “On a jib reach, they were awesomely fast,” echoes Skip Allan. It wasn’t until the triangle race on Christchurch Bay that the Yanks showed their stuff as a team. High Roler placed third, with Sleeper fourth and Sidewinder just one second behind in sixth. Things went sour again in the finale, the page 174

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‘Gatecrasher’, a C&C 41 on the racing edge.

infamous Fastnet Race. In 1979, a killer storm struck in the middle of this heat, which takes the sai|ors across the Irish Sea where strong winds can create confused, dangerous seas. Fifteen people died in the race that year. A similar weather scenario

developed this year, with Force 9 gale winds of over 40 knots blasting the fleet shortly after the start. Not only were the Admiral’s Cuppers sailing the race, but so was another fleet of over 200 yachts. The storm forced 130 of them to retire. Seven AC entries broke their sticks, including North’s Sleeper and 24 failed to finish the race, among them Sidewinder. High Roler was able to finish

seventh, the only non-One Tonner in the top ten! Some observors in the states have been harsh with their criticism of Sidewinder’s DNF. They argue that, given that Short and his crew were part of the American team, every effort should have been made to com¬ plete the race. Taft says they discussed their options at the time. He and Skip had both

THE PACING

Haute cuisine on the high seas: 'Sweet Okole's Dean Treadway whips up a meal on the 1985 TransPac.

already a losing cause. Right or wrong, they now have to live with that decision.

been in the 1979 Fastnet on Dave Allen’s Holland 40 Imp and knew what the condi¬ tions would be like is such a storm. They also had been experiencing trouble keeping Sidewinder’s mast from inverting, which in the heavy seas could have led to a dismasting. Well before they had cleared the English coast they made up their minds not to risk the boat or themselves in what was

Adams Cup Pam Poletti of Ross successfully steered her way through the quarter and semi finals of the 1985 U.S. Women’s Championships, also known as the Adams Cup, in July. Pam, sailing with Louisa Sims, Rebecca Ravizza and Peggy Kashuba, earned the right to represent Area G (California) in the finals at the Belmont Harbor YC in Chicago

Pam faced stiff competition from Tiburon’s Susie Madrigali as well as Newport Harbor YC s Vicki Sodaro. Less than two points separated the trio after the semi finals, a six race round robin series. Pam s edge came in sailing a smart series. Instead of trying to win every race no matter if they drew a fast or slow boat, Pam’s crew concentrated on doing at least one boat bet¬ ter than Madrigali and Sodaro had done in the same boat. 'It was a new approach to racing for me,’ said the UC Irvine junior. ‘We raced against the slow boats when we had one and didn’t get psyched out. Of course,

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■SULl Semifinals — .1) Pam Poletti, 1,2,1,4,1.4=12.75 pts.; 2j Vicki Sodaro, NHYC 2,3,4,2,2,1 = 13775 pts>; 3) Susie Madrigal i, ;7 %' Ait* 14.50 pts.; 4) Marcia Peck, 5,4,3,5,4,3 = 24.0 pts.; 5) Janie Wuilbrandt. S'vtS&fi* 4,8,6,3,pts.; 6} Laura Waves, 6,5,5,6,3,5 = 30.0 pts. , 470 NORTH AMERICANS * 1) Johnny Lovell, Bruce Levy, New Orleans, : 2,1,1,2,1,2,DNF = 9 pis.; 2} Eiians Fierro. Yon Beiaustegujgoitia, Mexico, 5.2,5,1,2,1,1-16 pts; 3) Herman Mergenthaler, Gerrit Gentry, 111 Mexico, 1,5,2,3,5,3,3,1=30.1. pts; 4} Ethan Berkowitz, Garth £>.F., 3,3,4,4,3,8,2 = 36.1 1 'pts; 5) Lisa Niece, Jay Leon, ; Seattle, : 10,4,3,9.6,4,7 = 61.4 pts.; 6) Sarah Steel, Libby Johnson, Seattle,4,7,7,6,7,9,6 = 70,4 pts.(1 stall women): 7) Pam Poletti, Loretta Maloney, Boss, 9,8,8,ret,4,7,4 = 72B pts. -

BURNS NATIONALS Wilderness 21 — t y Ah ■Wilderness!, Jim Gibbs, Palo Alto; 2) Milady, John Barker, Santa Cruz; 3) Goldrush, Paul Wasnburn, Placervilfe. ; Nor’West 33 — 1) Sunshine, Einer Etbeck, Pinole; 2) Falcon, Fred Fago, Alameda; 3) Wither Thou. Gene Haynes, Alameda.

DAY SAILOR PCC’s 1} ten Flock, Santa Cruz; 2) Chuck Wiison. Santa Cruz; 3) Wince Lyddane, Palo Alto; 4) Richard Peterson, Portland, OR; 5) John Fieid. Santa Cruz-, 6) Jim Skeen, Palo Alto; 7) Ed Grisetti, Santa Cruz; 8) Thom Meyers, Indiana: 9) ivan Busch, Palo Aito; 10} Russell Breed,

* SMALL YACHT RACING ASSOCIATION Santana 22 — June 22 — 1) Seascape. Jim Lindsey, RYC; 2) Kamo Sabe, Vern Neff, RYC. 3> Bantana Lloyd Banta, RYC. July 13 (Race 1j — 1} Seascape: 2) Sundance, Wrn Weiman, ||! RYC; 3} Kmlkicker,; Bruce IMacPhee, SCC. (Race 2) — 1} Seascape, 2) Tacky Lady, Charles C Brochard, GYCl 3) Keelkicker, July H — i) Seascape: 2) Tacky Lady, 3) Diana, John Skin¬ ner, RYC. |||f || Cal 20 — June 22 — 1; Loafer, Kevin Friel, ■ SYC; 2) mm Pau, M. Foote/V. Meyer, IYC; 3) Great Egret, Charles Gay. CSC. July 13 (Race 1) — 1) Loafer, 2) Whammy, Michael LaHorgue, 3i

the pressure was still on when we had a fast boat.1 Pam and her crew will have to adopt a new strategy in Chicago, however. All the boats will be equally matched and equipped with new sails. If they were smart enough to figure the preliminaries out, though, we think they’ll do all right in the finals. They’ve also received a boost with financial backing from the West Coast Racing Syndicate, a women’s sailing group devoted to team development. 470 NORTH AMERICANS Of the twelve entries in the 1985 North page 177

SYRA-CONT’D. Hana Pau. (Race 2) — 1) Whammy: 2) Loater. 3) Great Egret. July, 14 — 1) Samsara. Colin. .Gilbey, CYC; 2} Hana Pau: 3) Great Egret. ; Rhodes 19 — Jyjne 22— 1)SFYC Junior Sail¬ ing. July 13-14 ~ 1} Sinbad, Tony Chargin. StFYC. Catalina 25 — June 22, July 13-14 — 1) Big : Venture, John Mangney, SJSC. 1;: : Venture 24125 — July 13 — 1) Windsong. Darryl Coe. DSC, July 14 — 1) Misadventure, John Kaplanis. CSC. ::1 HDA MIDSEASON STANDINGS Division,F — 1) Foghead. Express 37, Chris Corfett, 5,50 pts.; 2) Re-Quest, Express 37, Glenn Isaacson. 6.75 pts.; 3) Tres Equis, Beneteau. Rick Lowrey,■9.50 pts.; 4) Cannibal, Boss 930, Gary, Caroline & Juli Russell, 18.00 pts.; 5) Wild Goose, Nordic 40, Jim & Sue

Cplpmaf*, 21,00 pts. Division H — 1) Sidy Goose. Laser 28, Paul & Chrissy Kaplan, 5 50 pts , 2) ZotH Choate 27, Soh Hrubes, 11.00 pts.; 3) Gold Rush. Martin 24, Pat Regan. 15.00 pts.; 4) Magic Jammies, Wavelength 5 24.. Nicholas Rau/Witcher. 18.50 pts.; 5) Humboldt Pie, Humboldt 30, Gilbert Sloan. 20.00 pts. Division J — 1) Storm Rider, Aphrodite, Greg Warner, 6.75 pts., 2) Panacea, Cal 40, Merv Shenson, 9.75 pts,; 3) Thera, CaC 41, Clarence Raed, 12.75 pts.; 4) Chamade, Aphrodite, John • Stocker, 18.50; 5) Wavelength, Cal 33M, John Demeter, .19.00 pts. Division K — 1} Mist li, Columbia 36, Bay Sieifer. 11,50 pts,; 2) Quessant, Faraildn Clip¬ per, Frank E. Buck, 13.00 pts.; 3) Sonata. Lapworth 39, Frank Lockwood/Donn Weaver, 14.00 pts.;. 4) Susurrus, O’Day 34, John Webb, 18.75 pts.; 5) Rainbow,, Ericson 35, Craig Brown, 16.75 pts. Division L — 1) Contusion, Yamaha 24, Ron Stout. 5.50 pts.; 2) Sheba, Ndrthsfar 727, David Mischel, 13.00 pts.; 3} No News, Newport 28, Dana Sack, 15.75 pts.; 4} Legacy. Ranger 29. William Koehler, 17.00 pts.: 5) Suzi, Odvid, son/2. Rodney Eldredge, 17.00 ots.:77-lCiC|ii| Division M — 1) Du'cinea, Killer Whale, Mike Mathiasen/Pritchard. 3.00 ots.; 2) Can Cap,' Custom, Bruce Block, 12.75 pts.; 3) Neblina, Cal 28, M Mosher/H. Carter. 15.00 pts.; 4) Mona. Inl'l Polkboat Gerald Crane, 18,00 pts.; 5} Angel Ann. Ericson 27, 17.00 pts.

American championships for the two person 470 class; held August 1-5 at the St. Francis YC, five were helmed by women. Two teams were entirely female, a precursor to * the 1988 Olympics where the 15-ft 470’s will break new ground by having one division for men and one for women. The latter is a first in Olympic history. At the North Americans, the women handled themselves well. Johnny Lovell and Bruce Levy from Louisiana won the series, followed by Mexico’s Eliane Fierro, a very talented young sailor from south of the border. Eliane first sailed on the Bay in Lasers in

1979, and had a rough go of it. With three years experience in the 470, she and her male crew Yon Belausteguigoitia have become a creditable team. In fact, Eliane may decide to move up to the 19-ft Flying Dutchman so she can stay with Yon rather than switch to a woman on the wire. The issue of choosing between sailing with two men or two women was a hot item of discussion at the North Americans. Pam Poletti, who sailed with crewmember Loretta Maloney, thinks the separate class will in¬ spire more women to keep competing after

>AN DEVINE

ADAMS CUP — CONT’D.

They both go six knots, but the Steed in the fore¬ ground leaves more than bubbles in her wake.

college, which is when many move on to other pursuits. She also feels sorry for sailors like Eliane, who have found great success sailing with a man. POW This sex stuff goes both ways, you know. One man who’s found it not only fun but ef¬ fective sailing with a woman is San Mateo s Steve Toschi. He and his wife Anne have become a top team in the International 14 class, a two person trapeze bombshell of a boat. A decade ago Steve was one of this coun¬ try’s best 14 sailors sailing with a male crew He even won the prestigious POW Cup, a marathon buoy race held annualy in England. But his sailmaking business

THE PACING

% beckoned him to big boats and he began put¬ ting in more time on the lead mines. Life as a rock star paled, though, especially when he was faced with rounding up ten or twelve guys every time there was a race. Steve never forgot his beloved 14. The class organization, led by American west coast sailors, recently allowed double trapezing, which makes the sloop quite suitable for male/female teams. Steve, at 180 pounds, and Anne, at 130, are a perfect weight com¬ bination. They’re also both very talented, and have done well on the west coast circuit. During the last week of July this year they loaded Steve’s home built Bounty Hunter on a Canadian Ward Air jet (which flies dinghies over to Europe and back for the price of a coach fare) for the 1985 POW. In the 50 boat fleet, Steve and Anne were the only non-Britishers except for Alameda’s Chris Benedict. The Toschi’s took a 13th in the Team Mexico at the 470 North Americans in San Francisco.

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special race for the POW, the prize being a trophy donated by the Prince himself back in 1927. They also ended up in the top ten overall for the week’s racing. (Chris Benedict, sailing a borrowed boat didn’t fare so well.)

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Steve already has plans for another home built 14, which he will complete this winter after travelirtg to therl4 worlds in Canada in August. The hull will be more narrow aft (14’s are a development class, which means designs can vary within certain wide parameters) for better upwind speed. He’ll also continue sailing with Anne. ‘We get along real well on the water,1 he says. ‘Sometimes better then we do on land!’

RACES FUTURE

The Bay Area Day Sailor fleet will hold their Perry Deaton Memorial regatta at Palo Alto on August 31st and September 1st. This venerable 16 footer, designed by England’s Uffa Fox, is one of the few one design fleets still actively racing out of the Palo Alto harbor. Campaigned with a main, jib and spinnaker, there are 40 active racers locally, most of .which are concentrated in the South Bay. Russ Breed, captain of the Palo Alto fleet, reports that the boat has a new builder, Precision Boatworks of Florida, and that they are looking for a west coast page 178

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Coast Guard station in San Francisco. Last year’s edition featured being buzzed by the Blue Angel jets celebrating Navy Day. Race coordinater Larry Nord can’t offer the same excitement this year, but notes that the Big Boats will be out on Saturday, which should offer some entertainment. Call him at (415) 349-2558 for more information.

ItMBdKfr-— r.— City Front. The defender doesn’t have to

Daysailors hit the starting line off Palo Alto.

ih> _ c

choose their entry until a few minutes before the start. Look for the Duck, a Schumacher dealer. After 27 years, the sporty sloop still

38, Bondi Tram a Frers 41, or Coyote a

makes a lot of sense! You can talk to Russ by

Beneteau 40. Come warm up for the Big Boat Series at

calling

(415)

972-4637(W)

574-2251 (H). The Singlehanded

(415)

the

Sausalito

YC’s

IOR

Regatta

will

September 7th and 8th. Courses will be set

hold the first Great Pacific Longitude

off Angel Island, with Saturday’s race ending

Race

close to the host club. Guests can raft up at

doublehanded entries over 20 feet long, the

the SYC dock or anchor out and come

August

Sailing 31st.

Society

For

solo

contest will be to sail to a predetermined point of longitude and return to San Fran¬ cisco. Your “tag” point is determined by your handicap, i.e. faster boats will have to go farther out before reversing course. An Express 37, for example, would have to sail a total of 509 miles while an Ericson 27

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ashore on the special harbor service that will be provided. There will be videos of the rac¬ ing and free beer, plus a $10 a head dinner. Handicap Division Association yachts are also invited. Take the opportunity to rub

Some days you win, some days you lose and some

shoulders with the IOR hot shots! For more

days you just get wet.

information, call Gil Oliver at 986-1920(W) or 474-5769(H). All Islander Bahamas are invited to par¬

And Southern California sailors can look

ticipate in the annual fleet championship and

forward to Sobstad Race Week, which

S.F.

BBQ on September 21st at the Ballena Bay

should actually be called a weekend since it

Perpetual Challenge Cup on September 7th against the yacht Impact, an Andrews 40

YC. There will be three races starting at 11

takes place on September 27th and 28th.

am. Contact John Super at 826-8370(H) or

Entries are open for PHRF racers rating from

824-5531 (W). Multihull sailors should note the Presidio

50 to

from the Balboa YC in Southern California.

would only have to cover 400 miles. First one back to the finish off the City Front is the winner. The St.

Francis will

defend the

This is a one race, winner take all affair, which was won last year by the St. Francis

Wall Street Duck under the helmsmanship of John Bertrand. Start time is 1 p.m. off the page I 79

174 as defined by the PHRF of

Southern California. The racing venue is

Invitational, an open regatta scheduled for

Long Beach and you can get more informa¬

September 21st and 22nd. Launching will

tion by calling (213) 371-3511 or (213)

take place on the Presidio Beach near the

822-8584.

CHANGES

Reports this month'from Coaster near Corsica; Foxy Lady II at Taiohae

Bay;

Beyond in Costa Rica; Windchild leaving the

Galapagos; Empyrean in Fiji, Pearl at Neiafu; Antipodiste in Papeete; Tevake in the Delta after a circumnavigation; and cruise notes from all over the world.

Coaster — Peterson Schooner Stephen Royce and Crew Nearing Corsica (Santa Cruz) After

ten

months

cruising

Spain,

land, although what we see happens to be Sardinia, not Corsica. One good thing about sailing here in the Med is that it’s almost im¬ possible to go too far without sighting some we

aboard Coaster are continuing our eastern

land. You just have to hope it’s not Libya, Albania or Lebanon.

heading and tomorrow should find Corsica

The other night we were hailed on the

on the horizon. There are now six of us

radio by an Iranian tanker that told us to stay

aboard; two men and four women. For half

clear of him because his vessel was not under

of the crew, this passage is a first-time experience.

command. We didn’t exactly know what

One of the .most pleasureable thrills for the captain has been to give the chance of sailing

pretty hard to stay clear of him because his

they meant by that. And it turned out to b^ course was rather erratic and for a short

to those that never had the opportunity

period of time all his lights went out <md we

before. Even though neophytes don’t always

couldn’t see him in the black of night. As our

know what’s going on or how to help, their

speed was only a knot, there wasn’t much

eagerness and curiosity make up for their

we could do to avoid him. He ended up

lack of experience. For them it is a first time

coming very close to us before steaming off — still not under command. Later on the ship called us back on the radio to apologize for the scare and report that it had been a bit of a fright to them also. We never did find out what was going on aboard the ship; we were just thankful that we weren’t run down. Nortpally our nights are pleasant, warm and tranquil. For any friends of Latitude 38 that are planning to be in the Med this summer or fall, stop by and say hello. If there’s room you can also come for a sail. We can be con¬ tacted by writing Coaster, P.O. Box 869,

Northern California sailing friends in that part of the world is a treat, and possibility of going for a sail on this handsome traditional schooner makes it all the more enticing.

Rancho Santa Fe, California 92067. As for future cruising plans, we are putting thought to circumnavigating Africa, one leg at a time. Presently, however, the Med has plenty to offer and we have only started

There s nothing like a small boats to encourage close friendships — aboard 'Coaster' in Spain.

to see dolphins play with the bow, to see nothing on an empty horizon but shades of blue and white and maybe an occasional

here. There is much more for us to explore and see.

It s the next day. We have just sighted

We’re now living our dream, but what a

Our current crew consists of Burke Mur¬

start! We left the Ala Wai Yacht Harbor on

phy from Santa Cruz, Allyson Mallery from

June 20th for our extended cruise in the

Carmel, Robin Ross from San Francisco,

South Pacific. About 100 friends saw us off

Carolyn Chandler from Boulder, and Laurel Beyel from Boston.

with all the usual fanfare. We and the boat

—

Stephen royce 6/12/85

ship. For them it is all new; not always fun and definitely a bit awkward. It’s certainly something they will never forget.

Foxy Lady II — Ericson 32 Brian, Janet and Brian Jr. Caldwell Taiohae Bay, Nuku Hiva, Marquesas (Waikiki YC, Honolulu)

were draped with flower lei’s and Ti leaves (for good luck). After years of careful planning, this is what

Readers — For any of you readers who might be in the Med this fall, we’d certainly write to get Coaster’s itinerary. Just to see

happened on our first few days: □ We immediately hit 25 knot and more winds and had an exciting time transiting the

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southeast trades at 5° north, and they never changed direction. We arrived at Nuku Hiva on July 16. Cur¬ rently there are about 20 boats here from all over the world. Contrary to what we had been lead to expect, almost all food items are available. They are, however, expensive. The gendarmes were very friendly, spoke English and tried to be helpful. Right now it’s the bond is just about $800 per person, plus a $12 per person 'tax’. You also must pur¬ chase visa stamps for $2 when you obtain your visa. We plan to be here in the Marquesas and then the Tuamotus for the next three to four months. Then we’ll be on to the bright lights of Tahiti. Our plan is to then meander through the South Pacific, Australia, New Zealand and eventually go on to Europe. We are on no timetable. brian caldwell 7/18/85 Brian — We’re glad you didn’t give up and sell the boat in Kona. The first couple of dags on ang cruise seem to be the worst; if you can stick those out usuallg evergthing takes a big turn for the better.

Sharks — harder to land than they are to hook.

famous Hawaiian Channels. Everything got soaked. □ I burned up two brand new 12 volt bat¬ teries with my newest toy — a rheostat voltage regulator bypass. □ The fuel lines plugged up with ac¬ cumulated gunk and the engine quit until I had a chance to clear out all the lines. □ 1 managed to stick my fishing pol,e into my ‘fast spinning’ permanently mounted wind generator. Immediately two blades were eaten up, causing such a vibration that we thought the whole unit would fall off. So much for my new toys. □ But the absolute topper was to come. With all of the above problems underway, the U.S. Coast Guard decided that we looked suspicious and so they boarded, in¬ page 181

Beyond — 43-ft Cutter Bill & Tori Wickland Oasis Del Pacifico, Costa Rica (San Francisco) In this day and age when safe and sane cruising grounds seem to be on the decline from an almost limitless supply, it’s nice to see an area reopen its arms to yachties. Puntarenas, Costa Rica is such a place. For the past few years the officials at Puntarenas have been charging yachts upwards of $150 in fines, check-ins, and pilot fees. They might as well have stuck a quarantine sign at the entrance to the harbor. Unfortunately, some very nice and innocent people have been hurt from the greed of these few in¬ dividuals. Lucky, who owns and runs the Oasis del Pacifico ten miles from Puntarenas, immediately felt the isolation. “Normally, we’d have upwards of forty yachts here at this time,” he said, gazing Out at the an¬ chorage which now holds three. “Hopefully, now you folks will start returning.”

CHANGES

Puntarenas is the largest, and quite possibly the most important natural harbor in Central America. Located conveniently for yachts passing up and down the coast, the town offers the most extensive haul-out facilities and supplies to be found. Two months ago, with the increasing interest in tourism, the government of Costa Rica canned the few greedy officials at Pun¬ tarenas and started anew. Here’s how to check in: First; anchor outside the ice house with your ‘Q’ flag raised — even if you have already checked into the country at Playa de Coco or Golfito. Then the captain should dink ashore (watch the tides, a motor is usually necessary) and meet the officials who will probably come out to meet you, take them aboard for a quick once over, and you’re in. Pilotage is not required, so don’t even accept a lift to the dock via a pilot boat. They will charge you $20.00. And there is no license required in Puntarenas to be a pilot, so if he runs you and your boat onto or into anything, he’s not liable. If that seems too complicated, here’s an even easier way. Coming south, mo^t peo¬ ple check into Playa de Coco, located at the entrance to Culebra Bay. Lilly is the Port Capitan and the immigration official there. She speaks English and bends over backwards to help. If you wish to stay longer than 30 days, she will even write the necessary letter in Spanish on your behalf to get an extension visa good for three months ($6.00). From Playa de Coco, Liberia is an hour and 60 cents away; San Jose is five hours and $2.50. Most important, your boat and dinghy are safe. If you are in need of fuel, Portrero Marina is ten miles down the coast from Coco on the way to Puntarenas. Diesel only may be obtained there for $1.75 a gallon. Looking at these high fuel prices here, let’s momentarily review Puerto Madero, the last port in Mexico and the land of milk and honey when it comes to fuel prices. Puerto Madero still has its now famous mordida (demands a bribe) Port Capitan. Expect to pay $25 to check out of the country there whereas checking out at Acapulco is free. However Puerto Madero is almost 600 miles

After the race; TransPac’ers spinnaker flying at Hanalei Bay.

from Acapulco and diesel is only 55 cents a gallon delivered if you need 250 gallons. Or, jerry-jugged with local help for even less. So it may be worth stopping there to top off with lower fuel prices (even with the mordida) and at the same time rest up for a few days. Remember to check the zarpe he gives you and ask for a receipt for the mordida. That shakes him up a little. Also, for much of the time between Acapulco and Panama, unless you like looking at the same scenery day after day or if a Tehauntepecer is blowing, you’re going to need fuel. If you want to visit Puntarenas and enjoy the area and avoid the new officials, simply load up with go-go juice at Portrero and then sail directly to Oasis del Pacifico with stops, if you like, at Ballena Bay or Nicoya. The latter is an excellent hurricane hole, although ac¬ cording to the records here the last hurricane and the last brontosaurus came through at just about the same time. Once you get to the Oasis del Pacifico you’re in for a treat. A Las Hadas it is not; rather an inn complete with animals and flora of the area which compliment the

natural beauty of the land. Your boat an¬ chors for free and each person who wishes to use the facilities pays a dollar a day. You can careen your boat off the pier for 40 cents a foot, with water and electricity available. Ice can be ordered and the restaurant has good food, reasonable prices, and probably the best and friendliest service we have found thus far. A ferry will shuttle you back and fourth to Puntarenas for a dollar per per¬ son, complete with a snack bar. It takes about an hour. San Jose is then a two hour bus trip away. If you are needed back in the states, Lucky and his crew will watch your boat and run the engine for $3.00 a day — small price to pay for peace of mind. Showers, laundry facilities, a pool, horseback riding, and hammocks under palapas are all included. Also, we’ve noticed that this area is in a window from the daily thundershowers received in the rainy season. All in all, it’s a a nice place to sip a rum drink and watch hurricane season go by. Further south is Golfito in the Gulfo de Dulce. However, since the unemployment rate there has risen drastically with the clos¬ ing of United Fruit Growers banana planta¬ tion, so has the crime rate. Also the farther page 182

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south you go during the rainy season, the more rain you get: 5 meters of rain in the south compared to 1.5 in the north. So once again the green flag can be raised in the minds of yachtsmen for Puntarenas. The ambiance of Costa Rica calls to cruisers who enjoy the puzzled stares of the locals, who have seen tourists but aren’t really accustomed to them. — bill and tori 7/12/85 Pearl — Cross 40-ft Tri Dave Dexter, Robbi Jardine, Debbie Cherniak Neiafu, Vava’u Good friends of ours, Jo and Darryl Saunders on Russet have just arrived here from Pago Pago. The last time we saw them was in Bora Bora. After swapping stories on our past miserable trips, they asked us about our bar bill at the Hotel Oa Oa in Bora Bora! It seems that after we left, Greg of the Hotel Oa Oa told the owners of Russet and a few other boats that we had left without settling our bar bill. Here’s what happened. When it came time to leave, we went into the hotel to square up the bills. Elaine, who operates the Hotel Oa Oa with Greg, totalled up our bill page 183

and we put the whole thing on our Visa card. Later, but before we left, Elaine found another tab for Pearl which she had missed. Both Debbie and Robbi offered to pay it — about $8.00 U.S. — but Elaine replied, “No, it’s my mistake, don’t worry about it, you can consider those drinks on us”. Debbie and Robbi tried to insist on paying the bill, but Elaine was equally insistent that they forget it. So it was left at that. After we had left, Greg of the hotel told Jo and Darryl on Russet that we hadn’t paid the bill. Jo and Darryl asked for a receipt so that they could pay the bill for us, but it was not forthcoming. Greg seemed to dismiss the matter, yet he still claimed that we had left an unpaid bill. As we on Pearl are not in the habit of leav¬ ing unpaid bills, the handling of this matter has really pissed us off. We are very disap¬ pointed that Greg and Elaine would spread such rumors about us. But apparently we aren’t the only ones. A guest of the hotel by the name of Ross Robertson was promised a cheaper tariff, but when he came to pay his bill they reneged. After he left, Russet and Firelight were told by Elaine and Greg that

he screwed them by not paying his full bill! Enough said, we’re just plain disappointed in the hotel and will definitely not recom-

mend them to cruising friends if Greg and Elaine continue with this attitude. Since we last wrote from Nuku Hiva, we’ve had all kinds of weather, including favorable breezes to the Societies. We found Papeete to be as expensive as ever. Stocking up there is not for the thrifty. On our way from Bora Bora to Suvarov we had the pits for weather; the wind was from all over and there was lots of rain. In fact we had our worst day yet on that passage, a net gain of 31 miles! Suvarov was great, however. It was our second time there and we enjoyed it as much as the first. I only wish we could have stayed longer. On our way to Pago Pago we had a freaky experience — a waterspout passed about three to five miles in front of us. It was very scary. We just dropped our sails and watched it in awe as it thundered past. After Papeete, stocking up in Pago was a treat. The prices were fairly reasonable arid there was a slightly better selection. Most foodstuffs were half what they cost in Tahiti

Cotton balls, a sure sign of good tradewinds.

except for fresh Hawaiian milk, which was $3.55 a half gallon, Before coming to the Vava’u group, we

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made a sight detour to Nuiatoputapu. This is one of Tonga’s most northern islands, and lies about 205 miles southwest of Pago. It was a great experience stopping there for a week, so good it made the miserable trip on to Vava’u worth it. We were treated to Tongan feasts, a kava party and were taken by the locals for a night dive. What a friendly island. We’re now in Neiafu where we sit amongst hordes of boats, mostly from New Zealand and Australia. The weather has cooled down a bit, so now we sometimes use a sheet — or even a blanket — at night. We plan to stop in the Ha’afi Group before heading on to Suva. Our advice to anyone heading to French Polynesia is to stock up with as mhch food as you can safely carry. Mexico was really good for coffee, long life milk and pastas. Also, if you have room for another propane tank, squeeze it in. At Ensenada a 10 kg bottle was less than a dollar to fill — including bus fare! Down in Tahiti, Pago and Neiafu we’re pay¬ ing $12.50 per bottle. In closing we’d like to wish all those setting out on voyages a safe passage and may the wind always blow on your arse. \ — dave dexter & robbi jardine 6/11 /85 Dave and Robbi — It’s kind of hard for us to sort out the tiff you have with the Hotel Oa Oa from so far away, and it seems a little bit like a tempest in a teapot. We’re certain you folks pay your bills, but we’re also certain that Greg and Elaine — who have gone so far out of their way to help sailors over the years — wouldn’t do anything to hurt yachties or to jeopardize their relations with them. There’s got to be some misunder¬ standing.

Windchild - Mariah 31 Pam and John Faulkner, plus the cats Casey Jones and Ms. Dudleigh Atuona, Hiva Oa (Portland, Oregon) This letter really ought to appear in a Changes in Longitudes section for reasons that shall soon be apparent. You see, when we left Acapulco for the Galapagos in mid-

‘Coaster’ as she was at the Master Mariners Regatta in the early 80’s.

April, our course was to also take us' to mainland Ecuador, Peru and Chile. So right now we should be at 9° S and 78° W — not 9° S and 139° Will The Galapagos Islands were a study in contrasts. It was expensive to enter and clear; $16 each way. Yet it was cheap to eat; three course lunches and dinners were $1.20. It was also cool and damp — can you believe jackets and socks at night on the equator? But the people were warm and friendly; they even spoke Spanish clearly and slowly amongst themselves as well as to gringos. Parts of the islands were barren, with cacti trying to grovt) through the lava rock in the midst of a drought. Yet it was also lush, with zillions of birds, iguanas, tortoises, seals, etc. We loved it! For the two weeks we were in Academy Bay, Windchild was the only U.S. vessel around. There were two British boats, one Australian, one Swiss, one Belgian, one Canadian, one Swedish and three German. There were also eight French boats, the re¬ mains of the 200 boat fleet that had raced from Casablanca to Guadaloupe Island last November. I guess these folks didn’t want the fun to end in Guadaloupe, and are scouting out the possibility of adding a se¬ cond leg from Panama to Tahiti. All of these foreign boats had a passing acquaintance with each other, having met before at the Panama Canal where negotiations for shared crew is the top priority. None of this explains why we are now in French'Polynesia instead of somewhere be¬ tween Callao, Peru and Bahia Moreno, Chile. How did the change of plans come about? Well, there are these currents around

the Galapagos and even stronger ones be¬ tween the islands and the mainland that are offshoots of the Humboldt Current. We first hit them 100 miles north of the northern¬ most island of the Galapagos group, and they pushed us in a northwest direction so that we had to make easting for six more days in order to set a course to Academy Bay on Santa Cruz, one of the southernmost islands! We had to put 1750 miles on the log to cover 1200 miles on the chart, and that’s too much like work. If we had known how strong the currents are and how far their influence is felt, we would have made easting right after depart¬ ing Mexico. As it was, we were beat from beating and took the unanimous advice of everyone to go west. So we borrowed a chart of the Marquesas, bought a bunch of bananas and hit the road. We left with all the other boats in the Galapagos, and must have fanned out like a posse because we never saw anyone or heard anyone on the VHF during the whole 27 day trip to Hiva Oa. We set no speed records, but at least we could be content to know that when we were becalmed, we were at least drifting toward our destination. Like ol’ man ribber, we jus’ kept rollin’ along. Here in Atuona we’re parked next to Bob on Armorel who we met last summer in La Paz. Bob is learning to play the bugle. During our year in Mexico we learned that all an¬ chorages near populated areas have military bases where the first priority of the day is for bugle students to toot out a muscial salute to the rising sun. Sq Bob’s practice made us feel right at home. It’s time for me to make a run for French bread, so I’m going to wrap this puppy up. To those who are keeping track of Windchild, what can I say. We just had a change

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Empyrean — 32-ft Cutter David Hatch Lautoka Harbor, Southwest Fiji (San Ramon) There are several gringo boats in the 40 to 50-ft range here in the harbor — one real beauty from Seattle is the furthest out in the roadstead. Nonetheless there is nothing to recommend the harbor, given that it’s been raining for the last 24 hours. It’s the dry season, you know. Then there’s also the ground fog and low clouds that obscure so much. A huge produce storage shed dominates the dock area, giving a feeling that is neither exotic or cozy. This, however, is just one of the many islands of this former British coloney. There are more than 300 others scattered over the geo-political area that is Fiji. The two largest islands are Viti Levu and Vanua Levu. There are another 20 significant islands around these two main ones, and another 25 to 30 significant others to the south and the west. ' A serious problem in sailing these waters is the staggering number of irrationally placed coral reefs. The distribution of these comes as quite a shock after the predictable regularity of the atolls found in the Tuamotus and Societies. Even though the first effort of the independent Fijian military — continuing the work of the British and New Zealanders combined with maritime and aerial reconnaisance — has resulted in a local chart, much of Fiji remains unsurveyed. And a little bump in an otherwise straight appearing reef can make all the different in the world, as the standard salvage charge of 10 percent of the gross market value of a wreck, in situ indicates. Since the small number of main islands represent 85% of the land mass of the total of 300 islands, you can guess at how poorly some of the remote islands are charted and what a challenge it becomes to sail among them. Yet the Mamanuca and Yasawa groups have exquisite lagoons of Bora Bora

Cruising kicks: careening in Costa Rica.

azure as well as four tiny coves in which to hide from cyclones. Incidentally, there were four cyclones in the season just ended. In open areas these cyclones took out four foot thick raintrees and ripped whole tops off scores of coconut palms. November through March is the summer, which also means it’s wet, cyclonic and a dangerous time to sail. Those summer months — it’s late winter now — have slight¬ ly higher temperatures, more humidity (it’s fine right now), stronger trades, and they say the tropical downpours are even more severe than those we are experiencing now. Here at Lautoka we are in what is cheer¬ fully referred to — both orally and in print — as the dry zone. This even though there is a unyielding grey deluge. Suva, the port of en¬ try on the east coast, and the southern coast are supposed to be the wet zones all year round. I don’t know what Taveuni, Vanua, Balavu and Kadavu — the largest of the smaller islands — are like, but if they resem¬ ble Yasawa and the Mamanuca complex, they must be gorgeous. We’ll get on to them in due course — no pun intended. The Royal Suva Yacht Club (which like the Royal Papua Yacht Club has a name from the pre-independence days) is located at Korovov on Viti Levu. There are moor¬ ings here which go for $12 a day including the bathing and toilet facilities. If you’re singlehanding, it’s only $8. The bar is de rigeur. They have their regatta scheduled for September 15 — about the time we head for Hawaii. There is also the Fiji to Vanuatu race which starts on September 21; 30 entries have signed up so far from places such as New Zealand, Australia, the U.S., Vanuatu,

the United Kingdom, and of course, Fiji. Then there’s also the three day race from Suva to Musket Cove. dave hatch 7/26/85 Editor’s note: For those o/you not familiar with Fiji, perhaps we should say a few words. The remarkable Captain Cook was the first European to drop anchor in these islands, and he marvelled at the giant Fijian double canoes. These were capable of carry¬ ing as many as 200 men, and according to Cook hit speeds of a much as 20 miles per hour. Another well-known European, Cap¬ tain William Bligh, also passed through through Fiji on his way to Timor. He, however, was in a much smaller boat, hav¬ ing just been chucked off the Bounty by Fletcher Christian. The ocean that separates Fiji’s two largest islands is still known as Bligh Water. The truculent Bligh didn’t hang around because the Fijians were not only noted war¬ riors — they subsequently served with great valor in the Solomons, Malaysia and even Lebanon — but cannibals, too. One chief is said to have consumed a total of over 900 ‘long pig’, as the human meals were euphemistically known. Miss Manners will be 'delighted to know that the proper Fijian never let his bare fingers touch cooked long pig — thus explaining the intricately carved ‘cannibal forks’. It has been noted that the Fi¬ jians were extremely friendly to visitors and prisoners they did not consume. Actually Captain Bligh might have braved the thought of warrior-cannibals had he known who would follow him through this island group just four months later — none other than the bane of his existence, Fletcher Christian aboard Bligh’s old command, the Bounty. Christian was on his way to Pitcairn.

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In the mid-1800’s, Fiji was home to just 450 Indians. Now the Indian population is 316,000, or more than 50 percent of Fiji’s total. It’s considered the most pluralistic society in the South Pacific, and despite the fact Indians aren’t allowed to own the land they farm, there is relative harmony among the races. Indians first arrived on the islands as indentured workers for the cane crops; many never returned home. With such a large population, Fiji is home to many Indian cultural and religious customs. You can get curry dishes anywhere and there are Muslim, Hindu and Sikh temples spread throughout. The biggest temple on Lautoka is that of the Hare Krishna Movement — during the sing¬ ing and dancing held on Sunday nights you’d swear you were back on Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley during the 60’s. Fiji gained full independence from England in 1970. Antipodiste — Farr 30 Chuck Warren & Johanna Papeete, Tahiti (San Francisco) \ We’re still here in Papeete. Bastille Day isn’t as big a deal since ‘autonomy’, but the French still get out all their white uniforms and a small brass band. The really big deal has been the Festival of Arts, with exhibits of all sorts of crafts and dance shows every night. We went over to Moorea last week and ran into Peter and Annie Sutter several times. The Hotel Kaneka there has a lobster pool. One of the little beggars ran over my foot while attempting an escape. I figured that since he didn’t eat me, then I’d be nice and not eat him either. Cook’s Bay is one of the major yacht destinations because of the presence of the hotels, stores and services. But you have to anchor in 70 to 90 feet of water; there are no shallow shelves deeper than three feet. We anchored on the reef in ten feet. The water was pretty, clear and warm. It was great for swimming and snorkeling. Nor was it a long walk to the things we needed at the Bay. Moorea is to Tahiti what Angel Island is to San Francisco Bay; so close that there’s no

excuse for not going. chuck and johanna 7/17/85

Tevake — Traveller'32 Peggy and Frank Kottmeier Temporarily in the Delta (Santa Cruz) As way of background, we were the founders and operators of a sales rep organization in the electronics field until we retired a number of years ago. In May of 1980 we trucked our boat from the South Bay Boatworks to Waukegan, Illinois for the start of a four year cruise. We sailed through the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway to Sorel, Quebec, then up the Richilieu River to Lake Champlain. We then took the Champlain Canal to the Hudson River as far as Sandy Hook, New York and then sailed down the Atlantic to Cape May. We took the Cape May Canal to Delaware Bay, and the C&D Canal to Chesapeake. Then the InterCoastal Waterway to Jacksonville, Florida. Subsequently we sailed 800 miles due east before taking a right turn to the Virgin Islands, all of which turned out to be a 14 day passage. We ended up spending three years cruis¬

ing the Caribbean (even though we still can’t spell it right!). Most of our sailing was in the Leewards and Virgins, as well as Martinique and the more southerly islands. We returned to Florida via the Bahamas, arriving in April of 1984. Two months later the boat was trucked back to the South Bay Boatworks. She has since undergone an engine transplant and is preparing for a winter in Mexico. Meanwhile we are enjoying the warm Delta waters for a couple of months. It was with great interest that we read Kealoha’s report on their Regatta Week in Georgetown, as we had attended a similar but more localized regatta there in March of 1984. It was called the Annual Georgetown Cruising Regatta. Having just fought our way from the Dominican Republic to the Exumas by way of the Turks and Caicos, Aklins and Long Islands, we were hardly in the frame of mind for a day of racing. But we decided to attend the Skipper’s Meeting and cocktail party anyway. Possibly as a result of the lat¬ ter, we came ^away to find that Tevake signed up in Class Z, for boats 30 to 36-ft that wouldn’t be carrying spinnakers. The entrants were mostly long term cruis¬ ing boats, loaded to the gunnels with extra tanks, gear and what all. Hardly ULDB page 186

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The ‘Big Boat’ event was followed by boardsailing races and dinghy races. The lat¬ ter consisted of a blindfolded helmsman aided by any number of crew shouting direc¬ tions at him as he threaded his way through the anchorage while swilling beer. As there was no class in this category for an Avon with a Seagull engine, we contented ourselves with drinking beer and watching the fun. There were cocktails and awards after the event at the Peach and Plenty — better known as the P&P, a local hotel. The day was completed with a large party given by the governor, to which all were invited. It in¬ cluded an open bar and a Bahamian dinner provided by the local ladies. It was a very memorable occasion — compensation for some of the other not-so-memorable ones you get cruising. — peggy and frank 7/9/85 \

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racers! Because in many cases the boats and i their contents represented most or all of their I worldly possessions, and because many I boats were either uninsured or not insured at all, the rules were revised to minimize the -. risk of damage. For the start we were all lined up, anchors I down and engines running. At the gun an{ chors were weighed and engines — honor bound — were to be shut down as soon as : you were established on the first tack. From then on it was a race around the course j (twice) to the finish line. To make the regatta even more interesting i to everyone in Georgetown, hotel guests ) were invited to sign up to crew for any skip: per who wished extra hands. Our normal c complement on Tevake is two; for the regat¬ ta were were joined by a delightful Canadian couple on vacation. They had some small boat experience, including racing, which was helpful in renewing our memory of the raci ing rules which had been somewhat dimmed j by four years of cruising. It was a fun race i with very few protests. We even came in ' seventh among 13 boats.

Cruise Notes: Last month we reported the disturbing news that Janet and Frank McNeill of San Diego were overdue on a passage from Fiji to Australia. The last that had been heard of them was a radio report that they were losing their rudder in heavy weather. A subsequent search by the Australian Air Force was unable to locate their 40-ft cutter, Isle of Barra. We concluded our report with the hopeful observation that it’s a big ocean and perhaps they were just slowly drifting toward land. We’re delighted to report that our fondest hopes came true; Isle of Barra arrived safely in Australia on July 6, almost three weeks after they reported being in difficulty. It’s true they had taken 48 days for a two week passage, but they weren’t complaining. Things had gone sour early on the passage. Five days out of Suva, Fiji, High Seas Weather in Honolulu was calling for 10 to 12 knot winds and moderate seas on the area Isle of Barra was sailing. The prediction was way off, for the McNeills found themselves amidst what’s known in that part of the world as a Southerly Buster. Isle of Barra clocked a steady 70 knots, and they weren’t getting the worst of it. Amateur radio

operators on boats to the east were reporting 100 knots of wind. After struggling away from the reefs and atolls that pepper the waters between Fiji and New Caledonia, the exhausted McNeill’s felt it was safe to hove-to. However in the pro¬ cess of going bow to wind, a huge wave washed over the boat, smashing in the port side of the cover that completely encloses the cockpit of their boat. After getting things back to some semblence of order, they finished heavying-to and went below. When they came back on deck, they found that the steering pedestal had been twisted backwards and that the rudder was swinging from side to side. Damage to the hull was a distinct possibility. Frank McNeil was able to secure the rudder and get the windvane to steer to a very limited extent. With their ham radio unable to transmit and their engine seized, they were unable to quickly get to shore or call to announce they were still alive. They could, however, hear the broadcasts declaring that they had been declared missing at sea and presumed lost. So for 35 days they just endured. Almost six days of this time was spent hove-to in storms; one day hove-to because the wind shifted direction every hour; 15 days were spent totally becalmed, and 10 days were spent making an average of 30 miles a day. After 43 days out they spotted land 175 miles north of Sydney, and for the next three days drifted a total of 75 miles south. There they were finally spotted by a Norwegian freighter, which radioed authorities that they were safe. The McNeills declined an offer of a tow to Newcastle. After another night of gale winds, a Kiwi naval vessel and then a frigate stood by until Isle of Barra was taken into Sydney by Water Police. Since 15 dif¬ ferent organizations had participated in a search for the McNeill’s a complete media at¬ tack squad was awaiting them at the dock. In a long account of the passage sent to the San Diego Log, Janet McNeill reports that they never felt their lives were in danger or that the boat would not make their destination. Consequently they never re¬ quested assistance or sent out a Mayday.

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While some of the media thought their sur¬ vival was quite an accomplishment, McNeils advised “these two senior citizens never doubted that our voyage would end suc¬ cessfully”. From time to time in Changes in Latitudes we’ve had contributions from people in which they refer to American yachties who behave badly in foreign countries as ‘ugly Americans’. The expression comes from the 1958 novel, The Ugly American by Eugene Burdick and William J. Lederer. The irony of using the term ‘ugly American’ in a negative way is that the ugly American in the book was — in the jargon of the 60’s — a beautiful person. Only in the physical sense was he ugly. When French, Vietnamese and American diplomats meet with engineer Homer Atkins, the ugly American, they were all dressed to the nines and smelled of aftershave. He wore torn khakis, old marine boots and smelled of the jungle. Although a heavy con¬ struction man by trade, he aggravated the gathering of western diplomats by insisting the way to defeat communism in Vitet Nam was not by building military roads, dams and other huge projects, but with small agricultural projects, with brick factories and canneries — small self-reliant projects that would have immediate beneficial effects on the lives of citizens. Of course he was given the boot. Despite his failures with authorities and the millions he had sitting at home in the bank, he chose to stay in Vietnam with his wife. He lived among the people in the countryside, eating their food and speaking their language. He developed a pump mechanism to alleviate the inefficiency of ir¬ rigating hillside rice crops, but deliberately did it in conjunction with a native handyman who shared in the enterprise. He insisted it be made only of materials that were readily available locally; pistons from old pumps, bamboo ‘piping’ and powered by bicycles that weren’t otherwise in use. He further¬ more insisted that plans for the pumping system be made available free to anyone who didn’t want to buy a finished version. His wife was no slouch, either. Without

fanfare or credit she cured many of the cases of painful stooped back in the region. The result is that no matter what your political persuasion, liberal or conservative, you’d have to agree that the ugly American was a tremendous asset to the country in which he lived — as well as to America. So if you’re trying to ridicule disgusting behavior on the part of a fellow yachtie, it would be a complete mistake to call him an ‘ugly American’; for that’s exactly what he’s not. We recently received a letter from Rick Anex in New Caledonia. Rick, some of you may remember, wrote the June article about Penguin, an extremely rough homemade boat that’s being partied around the world by Northern Californians Jim Urdahl and Charley Daley. Rick explains that after writing the article he got a job delivering an old workboat to Vanuatu and then another job navigating a traditional 60-ft schooner to Bundaberg, Australia. And who would you imagine Rick came across while entering the Bundaberg rivermouth? Who else but Jim and Charley on Penguin. They only had time to exchange greetings and mailing addresses. Jim later wrote, saying that he and Charley had broken down and put a diesel in Penguin as well as a coat of thick green paint. Yet some things were still the same; they were broke, happy and had convinced two young French girls to come along with them. Their itinerary calls for them to continue on to South Africa “by way of all the forbidden Indian Ocean dives they can find”. As for'Rick, he’s now in Noumea, New Caledonia. He reports that the normally crowded Bale De La Moselle at Noumea’s elbow has only three boats parked in it, of which the one he is on represents one third. He says that other yachts have been scared off by the “convoluted” struggle for in¬ dependence. But what’s it really like? “Fan¬ tastic and mellow”, says Rick who is at this very moment preparing an article for Latitude 38 on the subject. After a hard beat up the coast from Mex¬ ico, crews arriving at the customs dock in San Diego are understandably eager to get the hell off the boat and to a shower and a

burger joint. If they arrive at night the wait can be almost intolerable, as a customs agent has to be called in. What’s the penalty for not checking in or off-loading passengers who haven’t checked in? We don’t know the maximum fine possible, but on July 16 the customs service firied the 90-ft Blackfish a total of $5,500 for violations. Thebreakdown is as follows: $1,000 fine for the boat not reporting in, and $500 per person for failing to report their arrival. It’s not only a legal requirement that you check in, it’s also a matter of thrift. Rich and Kathy Williams from Ballena Bay and the Encinal YC write that they’ve been enjoying cruising the Hawaiian Islands since May of this year. They made the trip over from Cabo in 24 uneventful days on their Traveller 32, Horizons. Having been to Hawaii, Lanai, Maui and Oahu, they expect to be back in San Francisco Bay sometime in September arid' are eager to see their old friends again. Those who were at Sea of Cortez Race Week will remember that Kathy Williams was elected the Queen of all the festivities. Also writing from Oahu is Gary Hoover of

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Belmont. He was a watch captain on the Serendipity 43, Prism in the TransPac, which took 10th overall and was the top Hawaiian entry. He says he was delighted to see the Northern California boats do so well. Gary went on to do the Sauza Cup off 5 Maui on the Nelson/Marek 55, Strider. He i reports that it was a fun series, but lightly at¬ tended because of the hurricane scare. Gary is now readying Blast Furnace, a veteran of the 1984 Clipper Cup, for a return voyage to New Zealand. Have a pleasant voyage! Bill Vaughan, who is largely responsible i for having revived the Master Mariner’s Race, indicates that he was applying to'get ; his 54-ft Alden/Herreshoff yawl, Evening i Star, on display at the Classic Boat Festival in Victoria, British Columbia. Previous to i that, Evening Star was based in Pender Har¬ bor and had made side trips to Princess «Louisa Inlet and Desolation Sound. After the ■Class Boat Festival, Vaughan will bring the boat back to San Francisco Bay. Wayne Prosser would like all his friends to page 189

know they can reach him at his Tucson ad¬ dress — which he neglected to give us. If his friends haven’t heard from him lately, there’s been good reason. Way back on May 13 his 20-ft Flicka, Darlin’, struck the reef sur¬ rounding Bellinghousen Atoll in French Polynesia. The boat was a toial loss and many of its contents — including his address book — were lost. Wayne reports that getting off a sinking boat “isn’t as easy as we all think”. He suf¬ fered two broken ribs, a broken collarbone, and was stranded on the lonely atoll from May 13 until June 8th. He’ll be glad to share the details of the experience and his thoughts on it to those who write him at the Arizona address. Emily Kopec writes from Texas that it is still possible to go cruising in Indonesia. On her way back to the States from Meander, she stopped in Bali and saw four U.S. cruis¬ ing boats with cruising permits. “Only one of them,” she writes, “used any special pull”. More boats are said to be on the way. Emily wrote because several months back we published a report from Ty Knudson saying it was no longer possible to cruise there.

Emily, incidentally got off of Meander just in time to let her husband, Dave, have all the excitement. He writes from Pusan, Korea: “On July 22 the American yacht, Meander, was unintentionally shelled by the Korean Navy during routine target practice. The boat was undamaged during the 15-minute exercise. Radar-directed weapons tracking a nylon and wire aerial target locked onto the sailboat at a range of two miles. The incident occurred eight miles from the nearest target area and 18 miles south of the 1988 Olympic Games sailing venue. It happened at 10 a.m. An investiga¬ tion is being pursued by the Korean Navy.” We don’t know what has happened since then, except the story has gotten much deeper. Dave, who has been writing the Beyond the Milk Run series for Latitude 38, sent another note a few days later. It read: “The story I wrote on the incident has been completed with the exception of a possible addition or further fiasco. I have been ad¬ vised not to allow it to be published until I am safely out of Korea. Only the possibility that I might write a favorable article is preventing retribution. This all sounds a little bizarre, even to me. But very reliable sources insist I am in considerable danger at this moment. I would leave tomorrow, but the boat has been damaged to the extent that it is at pre¬ sent unseaworthy. I will leave within three weeks and mail the article after I am certain I will be leaving. For my own protection I must withhold this story. Rest assured it will be on your desk before September 15.” The letter was dated August 7. Sounds interesting, doesn’t it? * If any of you are heading south, or are thinking about trying to get on a boat going south this winter, remember the Cruising Kick-Off Party we’re throwing at the Sausalito Cruising Club on Thursday, September 26 at 6:00. There’ll be free guacamole, chips and other goodies. We’ll probably show a few slides, but primarily it will be a chance to get together with other folks that will be heading south this season. If you’re not headed south this season, stop by anyway. The Sausalito Cruising Club is on the barge located at the foot of Napa Street in Sausalito. We’ll see you there!

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CLASSY CLASSIFIEDS & Personal ads: $15 for 40 words maximum / $30 for 80 CREW POSITION WANTED words maximum Female, 32, some experience, lots of enthusiasm, looking for (Personal property you are selling; help wanted) adventure w/team-spirited persons to So. Pac, N.Z. ? Hardwork¬ ■ Business ads: $30 for 40 words maximum ing, flexible, reliable, fun, lots to offer. Objective: Improve sailing (Service(s) or business you are selling; charters) skills, see/exp. all that 1 can. Jill (805) 967-1564. ■ Ads taken through the mail or in person only (No ads accepted over the telephone) ■ Money must accompany ad. No Classified billing. FREEDOM 33 (Check, cash, or Money Order; No credit cards.) 1981, centerboard, carbon fibre spars, wishbone rigged cat ■ P.O. Box 1678, Sausalito, CA 94966 ketch. Excellent condition. Recent survey. $84,000. ■ Street address: 15 Locust, Mill Valley, CA (408) 867-4284. ■ $3.00 for postage & handling for individual issues requested ??? SELL OR TRADE ??? 39' cruising sloop, New Zealand, Balsa core CRP, teak deck/int., Sabb diesel, new main, spinnaker, h/c pressure, galley/head, windlass, 300’ chain, freezer, etc. $89,000 Offers/deals. (415) 332-1273. Box 5412, Mill Valley, CA 94942.

SAILS FOR SALE One 470 and three Laser sails. Will sell separately or altogether. Call for price. Best offer. Call Sarah at 540-7313 before 12 noon. Must sell immediately.

I’LL SHOW YOU MINE IF YOU SHOW ME YOURS Have Ranger 29, looking for something more portable. If you have a 20-24' trailerable sailboat and want to move up, maybe we can both save brokerage fees. (415) 383-4970. FORCE 50 William Garden Design cruising ketch. Fully ocean going equipt. Radar, SatNav, Loran, watermaker, Solar, etc. U.S. reg. Loc. Australia. U.S. del. poss. $10,000 credit for Aust. del. free & clear. $180,000/trade for real estate. (415) 986-5733. CLASSIC CRUISER 35-ft mariner ketch, classic lines, extremely well maint., com¬ pletely equipped for liveaboard/cruising. Volvo dsl, 5 sails (good cond.), new galley, transmission, sail covers, batteries. Mexico/S.F. Bay vet. Now Newport Beach. $35,000. (714) 645-5525.

SHARP CO. AUTOPILOT For tiller or wheel. Will steer apparent wind or compass course. Up to 40-foot boat. Never used pr installed. Tech manual. $280. Fred 521-7030.

EL TORO Fiberglass El Toro, race rigged, mahogany centerboard, rudder & tiller. Main swivel cam cleat, vang. Good condition. Sacrifice. $500. (415) 922-1941 eves, or days.

SWAN 43— PURSUIT by Nautor, 1971 Fast, comfortable, and clean. S&S design. All the goodies for cruising and racing. Deal of the decade! $88,000. Call Dave at 332-4049 or 435-3240.

ARIES 32 Leaving the country, must sell. Fiberglass double-ender, 4 cyl. dsl, ds, k/log, VHF, Shipmate stove, cabin heater, stereo, charger. A beautiful boat, well maint. Owner will carry some financing. Saus. berth. $45,000. 331-2204 (e); 469-1550 (d).

ATLANTIS 36-FT KETCH Lie. & equipt for commercial salmon fishing & ocean voyaging. Well built hard-chine double-ender. Plywood with f/g sheathing' Victor Harasty design. Isuzu dsl, electronics, Avon, Montgomery dinghy. Berthed in Eureka. Will deliver. (707) 445-5918 eves.

CAL 20 Sausalito berth. Excellent condition. New sails and rigging. 5 hp Evinrude motor. Custom cushioned, interior. $4,000/Best offer. (415) 854-7714: 361-8002.

FREYA 39 1980 Excellent liveaboard—world cruiser. Volvo MD 17, Sitex radar, VHF, autopilot, depthsounder, VDO log, 8 Barients, Lefiell spars, electric windlass, heavy ground tackle, fiberglass dinghy, Dodger, HiSeas heater, propane stove/oven, refrigeration, pressure H&C/shower. $107,000. Full details—E.C. Carder, Box 1288, Friday Harbor, WA 98250.

LET'S MAKE A DEAL 1 own a beautiful wooden boat with a lot of panache. Unfor¬ tunately, 1 really must sell her. She is 50’ long, 11'5” at the beam. You will especially love the way she sails; 2 people can handle her. the boat was built in Germany in 1928 and made her way here via Grenada, the Virgin Islands and Miami, where she was restored by a cabinet-maker in 1979. She is a great liveaboard; 1 know, 1 lived aboard for 2 years. My price is very

22-FT INTERNATIONAL TEMPEST RACING SAILBOAT With trailer. No Sails. $800. (415) 364-4759. RANGER 29 1971, Atomic 4, 10 sails including 2 spinnakers. Mainsail & standing rigging 2 yrs old, batteries & exhaust header 1 yr. Barient winches. Lots of gear. Loch Lomond berth available. $24,000 or best offer. (415) 383-4970. (SUNDER 28 Exc: cond. Recently hauled, painted & surveyed. All lines lead aft for short crewed sailing. Race ready. New North sails. Tiller. Volvo dsl. Sleeps 6. Boat blessed every year! Owner has new boat and must sell this beauty. $30,000. 332-6294. 30-FT CHINESE JUNK, 1963 Teak, and yacal. Volvo diesel, microfor, VHF, stereo, tanbark sails. Extensive renovation, upgrading in past year. Attractive, sound, well-equipped, comfortable Bay & Delta cruiser. Sleeps 2 in luxury, 6 if you’re lucky. $28,000. Rob/652-9095.

survey. Please call for all the glorious details. (415) 728-3331 or (415) 821-6066, leave a message.

23-FT CLIPPER MARINE Come see why boaters love their Clipper Marines. Well built 1977 sloop in excellent condition. 7.5 hp Johnson. Spacious pop-top cabin, sleeps 5, galley, porta-potti, stereo. Many extras. A super Bay boat. $5,750. (415) 961-2501. LICENSED CAPTAIN 100-ton USCG license, fifteen years experience world-wide in sail and power. Seeking part-time day charter or relief captain yvork. 34. Call for resume and references. Joseph 457-1352.

EQUIPMENT FOR SALE Benmar CS21 autopilot w/mechanical drive, purchased 9/84 as spare, never used: $650; Kenwood R-600 Comm. Receiver, 150 KHZ-30MHZ, new 4/85: $250; Bruce 33 anchor: $175: Heavy bronze chain stopper: $75. (408) 354-8792.

ISLANDER 36 WITH SEX APPEAL (Priced to Sell Now!) Only $42,750/trade: my boat is the least expensive fully equipped 1-36 on the Bay and is in wonderful condition. This superb and powerful Bay and ocean cruiser is complete with full liveaboard accommodations including heater, AC & tel system, pressurized H/C running water w/shower, s/s galley & much more! My boat includes a full sail inventory w/spinnaker, com¬ plete electronics including SSB and full instrumentation w/RDF. Call (415) 563-2111 or 532-0747.

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.

NEED A DEPENDABLE 3 HP MOTOR? Evinrude in perfect running condition. Carefully maintained. Has never failed me. $325 or Best Offer. 525-5862.

ANTIQUE OUTBOARD MOTORS 1935 Johnson Vk hp: $100; 1936 Johnson 1% hp: $125. Both run. (707) 746-0570. CATALINA 30 1981. Diesel, km, ds, VHF, am/fm cassette, wheel steering, stove/oven, 2 sails, whisker pole, shore power. $35,500. Best offer. Jerry (415) 837-9082 days; (415) 837-3900 eves/wkends.

WOMEN SKIPPERS WANTED Women's Racing Association Fall Race Series: Sept. 14,15; Oct. 19; Nov. 17; Dec. 1. Contact Liz Ferrier: (415) 567-9314.

ENDEAVOR 32 FOR LEASE Comfortable cruiser with Delta package, gallery, head, shower, roller furling jib. $100 day; $225 a weekend or one weekend and 4 weekdays per month $350. Call RIC Charters, days 463-1227; evenings 846-0794. page 191

RETIRING — LOOKING TO TRADE Equity in my two-story redwood 5 bdrm, 2 bath, gameroom, lakefront home in Auburn, CA at Like of the Pines "a private recreational community”. For a well-equipped ocean-going liveaboard sailboat 35 -45’. Call after 6 p.m. (916) 269-2256. *

-WON LIFERAFT FOR SALE OR RENT 4 man, cannister, E-pack, new 1/83, certified 4/85. (415) 931-4384.

EXPERIENCED MARINE WOODWORKER 40. Looking for liveaboard situation, 6' mos. starting Oct. 1. Prefer Sausalito, will consider elsewhere. Leave message. 381-4589 or write "Liveaboard”, P.O. Box 1503, Sausalito, CA 94966.

— A-1 BRIGHTWORK SERVICE — Professional quality brightwork at very reasonable rates. No job too large or too small. Satisfaction guaranteed. References available. Michael Heiner (415) 868-1720 (home); (415) 331-8149 (message)

22-FT CATALINA / TRAILER

CORONADO 25-FT

COLUMBIA CHALLENGER 24-FT

2 sets of sails, very clean, 6 hp. Must sell. $6,500 best offer. 345-9755; 820-5038.

Great Bay boat, well maintained, brand new bottom paint, 6 hp Evinrude, spinnaker, extras, berthed at Presidio YC. Priced to sell now! $5,000. (415) 567-0740 after 6 p.m.

Swing keel, galley, head, cover, boom vang, pulpits, life lines, whisker pole, life jackets, 6 hp, compass, wires for VHF, Barients, etc. Excellent condition. Must sell. $5,300 or best offer. Call 930-8689 evenings.

SANTANA 22

BALBOA 26

HUNTER 25

Great condition. Berkeley berth. New rigging. Main, 2 jibs, outboard. $5,400. (415) 322-2503.

Sleeps 5, VHF, knotmeter, swing keel, 3 sails, 7.5 hp outboard, porta-potti, 2 burner stove, sink with water pump, ice box, carpet and drapes. Delta slip. Excellent condition. $9,800. (916) 483-0505.

1982. Pacific coast veteran. $18,500/060. Includes Hood System 3, full galley, electric head, Honda 7.5 o.b., safety gear, 2 anchors. Must sell! Call Mark (415) 887-6020.

BEST TRAILERABLE BOAT ON THE BAY

21-ft Victory, fixed fin keel, new mas't, 4 hp Mercury (low hours), trailer. $3,250. Days (408) 338-4609 or leave message.

CAL 34 CRUISER/RACER

1969. Sleeps 6. Near new headsail furling and main (2 reefs). 3 spinnakers with gear. 10 Barient winches, VHF, windguide, depthsounder, anenometer, knotmeter, backstay adjuster. Gimballed alcohol stove. Tiburon berth. $32,000. (415) 435-2777.

NORDIC FOLKBOAT

1982 SPRINTA SPORT

European designed 23-ft racer/cruiser with galvanized tailer, outboard, 6 sails. Equipped for ocean racing. $13,500. ^ 548-0456 days or 841-8054 evenings.

Good condition. Good Bay boat. Upwind Berkeley slip. Asking $5,300 but will consider all reasonable offers. (415) 530-0501; (415) 846-6899.

CAL 20

BERTH & HOUSE

Great Bay boat, excellent condition, stern mounted Evinrude out¬ board, Sausalito berth. $3,600. Eves. (415) 527-1114 or (415) 331-5292.

3 bdrm, Vk bath luxury townhouse with Bay view plus 30-ft deepwater berth. Best location in Sausalito. $1,650/mo., 12 month lease. Bob 332-9214.

FARR 30 FAST CRUISER/RACER

1978 BUCCANEER MODEL 285

HIGH QUALITY LINE

Superbly maintained, fully equipped for cruising, racing. Com¬ plete inventory race condition/quality sails (including 3 new Sobstads plus full set excellent cruising sails. Highly successful Southern CA, super in Northern CA. $27,500. (213) 877-9815.

Center cockpit, wheel steering, diesel, dual batteriesj,2 headsails with roller furlfhg. Shipmate cabin heater, habin fan, boarding ladder, depthsounder, holding tank, 3-way valve, macerator, trailerable. $9,500. (206) 866-2852 Olympia, Wash.

Various sizes and lengths of nylon, dacron and polypropelene. Double braid and 3 strand. Also nylon and cotton webbing for sail gaskets and tie downs. Call (415) 881 -0546.

ORION 27

Pacific Seacraft cutter rig, full keel cruiser. Yanmar diesel. Beautiful interior, excellent condition. Great buy at $37,900. Call Harry Reynolds for details at-(415) 332-9100.

FAST IS FUN

38-FT CHRIS CRAFT TRI CABIN

21-FT AQUARIUS SLOOP. $3,300.

1964 in good condition. Priced for immediate sale. $35,000. Call Harbormaster at (415) 981-1796.

Trailer, 7.5 hp outboard. Sleeps 4, head, galley, C.B., stereo. Shallow 12” draft with centerboard up for easy launching and beach partying. A great family boat for the Bay or Delta) 488-9273.

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 see! She’s beautiful! Will mail info. Bill (415) 321-0982.

CRUISING MAINSAIL

PIER 39 36-FT SLIP

8-FT DINGHY

Sailing or rowing Herreshoff design heavy fiberglass construc¬ tion. S/S skeg plate, oars, sails, spruce spars; $350. Zenith transocean receiver, 9 band R7000, new: $300. Davis MK25 sextant with prism level, new in box: $100. (916) 961 -3580.

SANTANA 21

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

ROWING BOAT

16’9”x3’10” Herreschoff/Gardner design. Shown in “Classic Small Craft II”. Double-end. All wood. 8-ft spruce oars. $1,700. (415) 388-0900. t <

O’DAY 25

IRWIN 37, MARK IV

Very good condition. Trailerable, roomy cruiser. Tandem Trailrite trailer, shoal keel/CB, Johnson ,9.9 electric start. 3 headsails, compass, 2-burner stove. Fresh- water berth Lake Berryessa. $14,000. (707)935-1532.

1982 Center cockpit ketch. VHF, km, ds, diesel, h&c water, LPG oven, 2 staterooms w/heads, refrig, sailing dinghy. Great for cruising or liveaboard. Low down-assumabie loan. $75,000/8.0. Call Dave, days (408) 998-7300; eves (408) 286-4312.

CAL 25

Singlehanded TransPac veteran, over-rigged, 5 sails, including storm jib and drifter, VHF, depthsounder, 2 anchors, plus chain for each, new marine battery, new head, 7'/2 hp Honda outboard. $8,500. (707) 765-1107 eves.

KETTENBURG 40

10 oz. Dacron, 49’0” luff, 18’6” ft. Good condition: $450. 5 hp outboard: $150. Heavy anchor windlass, other boat gear. Doug, eves. (415) 924-9098.

Upwind slip, prime location, move forces sale, far below market price. $29,000. Lowest price on pier for fast sale. Tom (415) 777-3800 ext. 256 or (415) 771-8163 eves, or (617) 631-4928 after 9/13/85.

Excellent condition, never raced, freshwater only. New Schock sails, 1-year-old 7.5 hp Johnson o.b. New bottorrV paint, trailer. $4,000. (209) 478-0956.

NOMAD — PROVEN BLUEWATER MOTORSAILER Eldridge-Mclnnes Ketch 44’ on deck, launched 1966, center bockpit, Lehman-Ford 120 hp diesel, spruce masts, mahogany hull, rest teak, 4 kw gen., all-channel VHF, 12-mi Radar, 160-F (recording) & 40-F depth finders, autopilot, mech. refrig/freezer w/110 unit, butane stove/oven, radarrange, washing machine, 3 anchors, 250’ chain, rode for all anchoring conditions, mech. windlass, 7 sails, many other extras/features. Located La Paz, Mexico. Asking $100,000. Marta Sutton (818) 888-1056.

Santa Cruz 27.6 North sails, 5 Barients (2 self-tailers), km, ds, VHF, digital start timer, tape deck, excellent condition. 7/85 bot¬ tom job. Race ready. $16,500. (415) 967-4171 nights or (415) 464-1873 days.

FISHER 25-FT SLOOP

41-FT CHEOY LEE KETCH FOR SALE

1977 with 25 hp diesel. Make offer on this beautiful boat. Evenings (805) 985-6372. Located at Channel Islands Harbor, Oxnard, Calif.

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.

FAST AND FUN F.J. NO. 3561

BALBOA 24

Great for all levesl of sailors. 73 Vanguard with trailer. In very good condition. Always kept indoors. Race legal and ready with 2 sets of sails. Has active local racing fleet. $1,800. Greg (408) 749-1238.

1981 immac. maintained, fully contained roomy sailboat for Bay sailing or Delta cruising. Loaded w/extras for comfort & safety. 6 hp Chry, steering wheel, enclosed head, VHF, gauges, & much more. Sails easy. Slip avail. After 6 p.m. Mark (415) 229-4163.

CHART PORTFOLIO SERVICES

NAU.T.KOL,m

Chart Reproductions & Cruising Guides, covering entire Pacific Coast thru Panama, Caribbean,, French Polynesia, Hawaii, New Zealand, etc. Guaranteed satisfaction for 1/5 original cost! Sample chart $2, free Portfolio Index. Bankcards welcome. MAHINA CRUISING SERVICES, John Neal Box 800-L, Friday Harbor, WA 98250 (206) 378-2393.

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

MARINE REFRIGERATION

NOR-CAL COMPASS ADJUSTING 1. Boat Remains in Berth. Dick Loomis

Magneutotm System Exclusively 2. Owner’s Presence Not Necessary. 3. Eliminate Deviation. (415) 453-3923 days or eves.

CHARTER A SEA STAR Beautiful 46-ft cutter with wheelhouse, 2 staterooms, 2 heads (sleeps 9). Fully equipped, Loran, Autohelm, stereo, TV, dinghy/o.b., refrig, microwave oven, more. Fantastic Emery Cove location (Emeryville). $250/day. Specials mid-week, weekly, monthly., Lee Stephens Yachts (415) 655-6489; (408) 996-7050.

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(415) 742-9024

400 OYSTER PT BLVD SUITE 109 SO 'SAN FRANCISCO. CA 94080

DISCOUNT PRICto JN CRUISING EQUIPMENT „ «„™n oc¬ 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. page 192

!! SURVEYOR SAYS II Best Catalina 30,1978, at a price you won't believe, 1 have seen in the Bay Area. Excellent condition, full canvas, long list of equipment. Dodger, wheel, upgraded int. Marin slip included. (707) 762-1899.

32-FT TRAVELLER KETCH World cruiser, 80% restored to like new condition. Need finishing touches. $49,500. (916) 487-5201.

1975 COLUMBIA 23 Excellent condition, shoal keel, great for Delta, lots of extras, sleeps 4, new mast & o/size rigging 1982. Could be trailered. Bought bigger bpat, must sell. $6,000. Owner could finance part. Donna or Rowland (415) 659-1859.

1974 RANGER 33 9 sails include 2 spinnakers, club jib. Hydraulic backstay, jiffy reefing, Loran C, knotmeter, windspeed, windpoint, radio, depthsounder, refrigerator, LPG, pressurized water, other extras. $39.5K. Must sell. (408) 730-8723 eves; (408) 982-8119 days.

DRASCOMBE LONGBOAT Traditional design f/g yawl w/varnished masts, tanbark sails. 21’9” LOA. Larger version of open boat sailed 7,000 miles across Pacific by Webb Chiles. Trailerable, almost new 7.5 Johnson o.b. Asking $4,800. Bob 459-6955. MORGAN 38 $10,000 under comparable fair market value! Excellent condi¬ tion. Ready for Bay sailing or ocean cruising. Well equipped. Priced right for quick sale. $75,000. (415) 321 -4074.

STEEL SAILBOAT 30-ft. x 10-ft. x 4’/2-ft. Strong, spacious, cruise, liveaboard. Steel work completed. Needs interior. Call John (415) 364-9422. $12,000 offer.

1969 MacGREGOR VENTURE — 21-FT Equipped for Bay sailing, Jiffy reefing, 75 & 150 jib, knotmeter, fathometer, 81 Evinrude 4 hp and trailer. $2,950. (707) 557-5739.

COLUMBIA 29 MKII Sparkman Stephens design, fully equipped for cruising. Km, ds, VHF, dodger, RVG windvane, 3 anchors with chain & nylon, 4 sails, other features. Best Sausalito berth. $22,000. Call Bob 332-9214. P-28 SLOOP Beautiful Swedish woody in top shape, 28-ft, mahog. on oak. Re¬ cent spars and Atomic 4 engine. Full cover, 3 sails. Has standing headroom, enclosed head. Located San Rafael. $12,500. 388-9452 or 457-3538.

O’DAY 25 Fast fixed keel Bay boat rigged for enjoyable sailing in any weather. List of improvements & extras includes 9.9. o.b. w/elec. start & i.b. Ctls., km, ds, autohelm, main & jib w/dbl Jiffy reef, 150 genoa & more. $18,500. Call (408) 269-4434 eves.

IS YOUR BOAT GLUED TO ITS BERTH? Don't let the barnacles grow. 6 year boat owner, top references, selling out, seeks to maintain and manage a quality yacht for busy or out-of-town owner in return for occasional use. (415) 826-0527.

NEW ON MARKET Allied “Princess” 36 is a well-built cruising yacht by Wright Boatbuilders in Catskill, NY in 1977. This is a full-keel ketch designed by Arthur Edmund. L0A=39’0". LWL=27’6". Disp=16,500 lbs. Headroom: 6’2”, sleeps 6', storage space & tankage. 40 hp Westerbeke dsl eng, 3-burner kerosene stove/oven, h/c water & shower. Datamarine “wind machine” anenometer, Datamarine knotlog/speed, VHF, ds & 5" Richie compass. Lawrence windlass, 45-lb plow anchor w/chain & line, 12 H Danforth w/line, 4 sails. $72,000. (415) 591-4879 eves.

YOU WANT IT — WE GOT IT Perfect first boat — family cruiser. Laguna 26,1983, sloop rig, ready to sail, lots of gear, lessons included if desired. $19,900 or small down and take over payments. (415) 382-8469 Also selling 1984 BMW 3181. COLUMBIA 26 MKII — NITRA Emeryville berth, recent hull paint beige w/burgundy stripe, recaulked keel, recent bottom paint & survey, new lazarettes, Johnson 71/2 excellent condition, inflatable dinghy. $9,400 or best offer. Yacht Columbia 26, P.O. Box 1678, Sausalito 94966. CHEOY LEE OFFSHORE 27 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. $24,000/0ffer. 527-2685.

SAN JUAN 28-FT Must sell quick! Reduced to $15,000 for quick sale, valued at $26,000. Racer/cruiser, excellent condition, 1978,4 years in fresh water. 30 hp aux. with folding prop., internal halyards led aft, 50% ballast ratio, very stiff deep fin keel sailer. Racing/spinnaker gear, 3 sails, 6 winches, main on trailer. Bow/stern pulpits, stern ladder, alcohol stove, 12v/110v power, shore cord, sleeps six, head with holding tank. Will consider all offers. (415) 254-9089 after 6.

FOR SALE 7-ft Fatty Knees sailing dinghy, sails, mast, oars, mint condition: $750. Also: SCUBA gear including aluminum tank, Scabapro BC, depth-pressure gauge, regulator & octopus, used less than 10 times: $600. Call David 435-9995 mornings.

PARTNERSHIP 1/3 share in well-found Ranger 33-ft. $4m equity & $196 monthly. Sausalito berth. For full details and inspection, call (415) 751-4182.

COLUMBIA 26 MKII Comfortable Bay cruiser, sleeps 5. Good condition, new Honda 7.5 hp o.b. New main and cover. VHF, ds, km, dual batteries, fireplace, many extras. $9,900. (415) 573-0861.

WANTED Mechanic familiar with Volvo 2 cly. gas motor. 221-8802.

FJ $1,000. 13’3” OF FUN 1974 by Flydutch. 2 jib, 2 mains (one with reefpoints). New stays and shrouds, spruce spars, well maintained. Trailer... new bearings, bearing buddies, spare tire. Call Dana Smith (415) 563-6577.

1981 MOORE 24 Hull No. 80 Trailer, class sails, outboard. Great boat. Great price. $14,500. 522-3762. ENTREPRENEUR VIDEO PRODUCER Looking for attractive sailboat 30'@ for one day's shooting late Sept., weather permitting. Drakes Bay for music video with Beacli Boys1 soundtrack. Charter price negotiable for exposure. Call Peter (415) 846-1523. Hollis Bascom Associates. • CATAMARANS

CATALINA 27 Bought house, boat must go! Expertly maintained, beautiful con¬ dition, long list of new equipment. A pleasure to own and sail. Priced below appraisal at $16,900. Sausalito berth available. Call for appointment to sail her. Dave 383-7537; 777-4811.

ERICSON 35, 1970 "Freestyle” racing equipped with nine bags. Well maintained. Owner since 1973. $36,000. Neal (408) 727-1754; (415) 948-4002.

ERICSCN 29 Maintenance throughout the years separates this Ericson 29 from the rest. Priced to sell. Plus an assumable Berkeley berth. $24,000. (408)286-9124.

CATALINA 22 Excellent Bay boat. Fixed keel, low time Honda 1'k o.b., 4 sails and Sausalito berthed. Call for more info: (415) 332-4645. Asking $5,600.

CLASSIC POWERCRUISER FOR SALE Spacious liveaboard. 30-ft, built 1931, many conveniences, 84 haulout, excellent condition, possible SF berth, no engine. $18,000. 928-6659.

BOAT CRADLE Adjustable steel cradle 35 to 65 feet. ' Manufactured by Nautor, with casters: $700. Never used Monomatic self-contained head: $90. Used heat exchanger for engine & 110V AC: $45. Bjorn (415) 948-5979.

BERTH FOR RENT Brickyard Cove, Richmond. 40-foot, private with outside access. Water and power at brow head. Telephone (415) 236-2888 after 6:00 p.m.

CAPE DORY 30 1982. $58,000. Excellent condition. Please call for list of equip¬ ment. We’d love to show her to you. Call (415) 591-4879 eves.

NEW AND USED

STOCKDALE MARINE Dealers for Prindle. 15’, 16’, 18’ and 19’ in stock. Used Nacra 5.2, Sol Cat 18, Hobie 14 and Prindles. (916) 944-1232. Carmichael.

NEED YOUR BOTTOM CLEANED? Call Joss Wilson (415) 566-7826 Hulls Cleaned, Zincs, Props, Recoveries Attempted

YACHT REPAIR POSITION Be a part of Olympic Circle’s professional maintenance team. Some sailing experience helpful, good attitude and commitment a necessity. Sailing privilege, wages based on experience. Call Doug or Rich at Olympic Circle Sailing Club. 843-4202.

ISN’T IT TIME YOU LEARNED To fix your own engine problems! Hands on, theory, debugging. (415)934-6159

WEST MARIN MARINE ENGINE SURVEYING Power and sail; two year repair outlook: oil analysis computer comparison. (415)934-6159.

Water View Lot Build your dream house overlooking Tomales Bay. 1.4 acres of wooded privacy, perked and ready to go. Walk to secluded beaches, windsurf, sail, swim. $85,000. Owner will consider trade for yacht. Call Daniel Simonsen at Coldwell Banker (415) 924-6440._

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EQUIPMENT FOR SALE "Cruising Design” roller furling system for 1-36 or similar: $250. Aries windvane, completely rebuilt with spare parts: $950. NCS SatNav, 1 yr. old: $1,175. (415) 521-9222 days.

CREW POSITION WANTED To South Pacific or Baja—West Coast of Mexico. Crewed CaboSan Diego in May. Responsible, hardworking, eager to learn, adventurous spirit. Refs avail. (307) 733-6097 or wr: Rene Shields, P.O. Box 1424, Jackson Hole, Wyoming 83001.

ERICSQN 30 Must sell. Best offer. 325-5400.

1969 STAR CLASS SAILBOAT 22-ft with trailer & equipment. 60% restored. 4,000 invested. No reasonable offer refused. Leaving area. (415) 331-2037. Please leave message.

TRADE MOTORHOME For bristol Columbia 26 or what have you. 1977 Winnebago, 23-ft, rear bath. Awning, Dodge 360, 16,000 miles. High book $14,000: low $11,000. (415) 787-1885.

SPIRIT 23, 1979 Great Bay & Delta sloop. Swing keel, new bottom, 4 sails in¬ cluding genoa & drifter. 10 hp Honda, Lowrance sounder. Spacious interior, sleeps 4, includes full galley, mounted head. N Tandem trailer. $7,900. Kyle (415) 647-7122.

MID SEASON SPECIAL Columbia Challenger. New rebuilt engine. Great fun on Bay. $4,450. 435-1585 days; 332-6570 nights.

PARTNERSHIP — 1/2 INTEREST CS. 36' sloop, 1979 Canadian built performance cruiser. Westerbeke 40 diesel, North sails, teak interior, km/log, windpoint/speed, VHF, stereo, pressure h/c water, all in excellent condition. Sausalito berth. Current sole owner with heavy travel schedule seeking responsible partner. $9,000 equity, $475/mo. berth and loan. Call 453-8721.

MUST SELL RANGER 26 Fast, comf. & well equipt '70 sloop. 6 sails, 5 winches & spin. Marine head w/holding tank. 110v & hook-up. Recently hauled, new bottom paint. Safety equipment, VHF, Sevylor dinghy w/3Vfe hp o.b. Asking $12,800. Lisa 982-1188 a.m.; 521-0338 p.m.

COLUMBIA 26 MKII Perfect family Bay sailer, exc. cond., new o.b., neat covers, carpet, valves, deluxe int., sleeps 5, galley, stove, enclosed head, VHF, stereo cassette, depth & knot meters, furling jib, many ac¬ cessories. Coyote Pt. berth. $11,500. (415) 592-5747.

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. $85,000/8.0. (707) 745-2797 or 745-0100.

ARIES 32 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. $38,000. Owner (415) 383-8215.

6 HP EVINRUDE Longshaft, new water pumpt & tune-up. Excellent condition, inch gas tank. $500, or best offer. ' (415) 592-5747.

CREW AVAILABLE Englishman, 32. 5 years own boat cruising, 1 transat. Healthy, intel., coordinated, friendly, aware. Can fly, cook, work hard, speak French. Seeking extended voyage or passage to Pacific & beybnd. Jeremy (415) 775-9914. BAYLINER BUCCANEER 210, 1975. Shoal draft. Roomy interior, standing headroom. Full galley. Very clean, many extras. Sleeps 5. Rigged for singlehanded sailing. 5 sails including cruiser spinnaker. RDF, ds, compass, 6 hp Evinrude. Recently hauled. $6,500. (415) 432-3985 eves. HAVE CABIN — WANT BOAT Getaway cabin & mobile home on 10 acres, off 1-80 at 3800’ elev. May take trailerable 22 -27' sailboat as down. May carry paper. Prop, has springs, orchard, timber & pasture. $65,000. (916) 346-6352. 14125 Frontier Ln, Grass Valley, CA 95949

38-FT MONK DESIGNED KETCH Pilothouse (2 steering stations), sleeps 8 in 3 cabins but sailed by 1 or 2. Volvo Penta diesel (overhauled 1984), Benmar autopilot & RDF, Morrow Echosounder, Mariner VHF, Sum Log, sailing dinghy, Avon inflatable, fridge, cabin heater. Owner has bought another boat & must sell. $36,000. Offers considered. Write Box 1615, Sausalito, CA 94966 or call (415) 584-7235.

LOO K The ideal cruiser. 41' on deck, c jtter rigged, < 2' beam, long fin keel with cutaway forefoot, strong skeg mounted rudder. Perkins 4-108 power. Teak decks provi de sure footing and teak trim classic beauty. The popular tri-c abin arrangement defines her interior. Extensive canvas work srotects you and her. Her 9'6” rowing, sailing dinghy with cent erboard mirrors her style. Excellent condition. Excellent value Don't be sorry you didn't see Call 655-4183 now. her before you bought the other b oat.

NEED A DEPENDABLE 3 HP MOTOR? Evinrude in perfect running condition. Carefully maintained. Has never failed me. $295 firm. Ocean ready foul weather gear, 7 line, heavy duty, medium size in perfect shape. $135. 525-5862. PEARSON 323 Partnership or Timeshare. 1982. Excellent condition. Volvo diesel, hot & cold pressurized water, dodger, VHF, km/depth. (415) 254-1892.

TRADE LEGAL HEAD Have used Danforth electric/chemical head that cost $900 new. Will trade for: a Honda generator, or an Inflatable boat, or a gas water heater, or $250. Call Tom or Barbara at (415) 653-8707.

OLSON 30 CODE BLUE Hull No. 172. Factory installed BMW inboard diesel. 7 North sails. Signet 1000/1500. Micron 33 bottom paint. Immaculate condition. $29,995. (415) 851-7065.

25-FT CHRIS CRAFT CAVALIER Good 283 engine, Delta canvas, depthfinder, marine radio, tape deck, 2 anchors, 3 batteries, alcohol stove, recent upholstery. 1984 survey value $5,000. Hull needs works. $3,500 or best of¬ fer. (408) 248-2492.

KETCH THIS 43’ Atkin ketch, cold mold mahogany. Volvo diesel, excellent liveaboard, not completed. 50K value. Any reasonable offer. Mary (916) 441-0918 days. V

SANTANA 22 New 1985 Pineapple class jib & main. New SS chainplates & rigging. Original mast. Hull No. 205. Seacocks & running lights. Race or cruise. $5,500/8.0. 392-3166 or 433-4427 leave msg. for Jacqueline.

COLUMBIA 50 PROJECT Hull, deck, rudder, ballast, diesel, sole, bulkheads, have been mostly completed. Easy financing, very reasonably priced. Mary (916) 441-0918 days.

49-FT ROBERT CLARK CUTTER Beautiful ocean racer/cruiser. A yacht of year in Britain 1965. Classic lines. Custom built to Lloyds 100A1 of teak/mahogany on oak. Three cabins. Fully equipped. Current survey. Mint con¬ dition. $100,000 O.B.O. (415) 826-9144.

NEW 20 HP DIESEL Fresh water, transmission, mounting frame. $1,500. (702) 246-5060.

SANTANA 23 Outright sale or will trade this exceptional performer for a cruis¬ ing sailboat in good condition. Main, 3 jibs, spinnaker and all hardware, depth meter, compass, Schook trailer, plus much more. Absolutely bristol condition. $17,900. (916) 758-4556.

30-FT RANGER A Gary Mull designed sloop. 7 sails including spinnaker. Univer¬ sal diesel, Signet cockpit gauges, wheel, radio, depthsounder, sleeps 6. Very nice teak interior. Asking $34K. Hans (916) 753-6121.

16-FT WINDMILL Just glassed seams and refinished with Epoxy paint. Trailer, whisker pole, centerboard, fast, stable. $1,000. (415) 787-1885.

CREW AVAILABLE Experienced chef, former paramedic, 34, friendly, avid card & boardgame player, seeks passage to Hawaii or farther west. Thomas (415) 474-9682 (h); 798-4811 (w).

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SANTANA 23 D/B 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.

MUST SELL 1984 demo. Fast 345. Camper & Nicholsen design by Ron Holland, built by Fast Yachts. $50,000. (415) 969-3317.

CORANADO 27 Excl. cruiser, completely equipt, sleeps 6, 5 -11 ” headroom, Berkeley Marina upberth, 110/12 volt electrical, newly rebuilt Volvo Penta diesel, refrigerator, Loran, VHF radio, depth finder, extra sails & more! Eves: Tom 537-6781; Mike 531-2572

31-FT BROWN SEARUNNER TRI, FIXED WING New mast & rigging, Paloma W.H. 4 new winches, 4 sails, 10 hp Honda o.b. with remote control. Fast comfortable boat. $26,000. (916) 644-4135 eves.

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.

BEAUTIFUL 25-FT PETERSON SLOOP S.F. Marina Green Berth $17,500. (415) 567-8880.

CLIPPER MARINE 32 Ketch rig w/aft cabin, Volvo dsl, 4 sis, VHF, knotmeter, depthsounder, berthed in Santa Cruz. $17,500. (408) 264-3778.

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.

TIME SHARE — PACIFIC SEACRAFT 25 A beautiful Pacific Seacraft 25. Fully equipped with 4 sails, new diesel auxiliary, etc. Berthed at San Francisco Marina. $810/year covers all expenses, including berth, maintenance and insurance. Bob (415) 825-4708.

LADY CREW WANTED By gentleman, 41, for cruise aboard my 40-ft ketch. Leaving Nov. '85 for Mexico, Central America. Need your help to sail, cook and share fun. Call Pat (619) 298-9469. Box 338, 4835 Voltaire St., San Diego, CA 92107.

1983 J/29 Storm damaged. Needs some work before finish. Sleek hull. Ideal winter project. Will ship to S.F. area for $6,500. Owner will carry With $3,000 down. (805) 528-7557 or 528-4027.

ISLANDER 36 Nearly new condition. Fully equipped, including 4 Hood sails & 2 Elliot spinnakers. 10 Barient winches, Signet instruments, wheel, CNG, pressure water, etc. $49,900. Call: (213) 483-1446 days; (818) 336-9733 eves.

COLUMBIA 26 MARK II $12,500. for this fully equipped boat. Sleeps 5, inboard engine, tillermaster, Avon, spinnaker, 2 jibs, 2 mains, 2 batteries, Delta awning, cockpit cover, RDF, speedlog, solid teak cockpit seats & grating, delux interior. (707) 987-3741; (415) 435-5206.

UVEABOARD 40-ft Piver Vigtress in water. 90 percent complete. Sacramento Delta area. Launched 1985. $14,950 or best offer. (805) 434-1693; (805) 434-2326.

MORGAN 41 78 Morgan 41 Out Island sloop. Sails better than ketch version because of larger mainsail. Super liveaboard & coastal cruiser. Great for the Delta because of shoal draft. Berthed in Richmond. $75,000 or offer. (916) 481 -4242 Tu-Fri.

ISLANDER 28 $30,500 firm. 1981. Excellent condition. 763-1500 (w); 932-3465 (h). Ask for Murphy.

SANTANA 35 Excellent condition. Fully equipped. Eleven sails, hydrolics, new Volvo Penta 15 hp. Urgent. $39,900. (714) 494-1530. Will deliver.

1964 26-FT PEARSON ARIEL Atomic 4, 5 bags of sails, 110 hook-up, battery charger, VHF, AM/FM, top sides recently repainted. Going to school. Must sell. (415) 583-2051.

INTERNATIONAL ONE DESIGN Beautiful recently restored wooden racing sloop. Pristine. Spinnaker. f|ew jib and mainsail. 7Vi hp Evinrude outboard. Peter Braunstein 525-3768.

P-21 SAILBOAT Fin-keel, trailer, full covers. Many extras. Moving, must sell. $3,200. Offer. Peter (415) 369-1961.

YAMAHA 33 — ICHIBAN 1978 3/4-ton racing/cruiser, fully equipt w/5 sails, full spin, gear, fresh bottom, new eng., hot water w/shower, shore power, stereo. Slip at Pier 39 also avail. $48,500/offer/trade + cash for 37-40-ft cruising sailboat. (415) 323-4888; (415) 325-7191.

J/24 Clean, new rig, good sails, offshore ready, Mariner radio, trailer. Serious about selling. Don (408) 943-6160 Rick (916) 355-3033

34-FT SCHOONER New 20 hp diesel motor. Cabin rebuilt. More work to do. Dr. told me to stop working on it. Most all rigging and sails and extras. $19,500. Owner Agent (408) 426-0701.

FREEPORT 36 This yacht is decked out for comfortable cruising or liveaboard. 6 sails, VHF, SSB, Ham, Data Marine, Loran, roller furling, Plath windlass, new dodger, new cushions. $75,000. 20% down, balance at 10%. Parnership considered. (707) 823-1151.

CAPE DORY 22 1981. Excellent condition. Fully equipped including VHF, depthsounder Autohelm. Fine daysailing and weekending in a quality boat. $21,500. Call (415) 939-1995 evenings and weekends.

CORONADO 25 Extra heavy bay rigging and many extras. An exceptionally nice boat. $9,500. 472-0263.

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.

28-FT PEARSON TRITON $13,000. Fiberglass sloop with upwind Berkeley berth. Has VHF radio, compass & 5 sails including spin. Races one design on S.f. Bay. Needs engine work and paint. Priced $4,000 below market. 829-0780.

NORDIC FOLKBOAT 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.

CATALINA 30 Extra clean and tidy! Diesel, VHF, ADF, km, depth, alcohol stove/oven, backstay adj., 4 sails, shower, AC/DC refrigerator, AC wired, Paradise Cay berth. $30K. (415) 459-4853 after 6 or leave message.

1979 CAL 2-25 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.

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.

MORGAN 32 1980 performance cruiser, fully equipt incl. diesel engine, fresh water cooled w/hot water heater, pres, water, shower, LPG stove w/oven, Signet 1000, Tillermaster, 7 sails incl. spin, sun awning, stereo & much more. $55,000. (707) 942-0557.

SPEEDY SANTA CRUZ 27' 1974, clean green hull, trailer, recent refinish inside and out. 5 sails, VHF, dry-sailed only. Excellent condition. Asking price $13,500. Call (408) 423-9902 or (415) 331-2451 eves. & weekends.

SAILMAKER’S SEWING MACHINE Singer 107W3 with puller, table, 11 Ov motor. Complete, reliable. 347-0795 Leading Edge Sails

NEW ITEM FOR CRUISERS AND CAMPERS 12 volt lightweight travelling iron. Teflon base, folds flat. $19.95 p.p.d. Please add sales tax if resident of California. Send check or money order to: Bayview Trading, P.0. Box 2398, Aptos, California 95003.

VANDAM 27-FT STEEL SLOOP Excellent condition, Sabb 2 cyi. diesel, fresh paint inside & out, good ground tackle, tabernacle mast. In slip, ready to sail. Eves. (213) 548-4883. 40-FT PIVER VICTRESS TRIMARAN Documented. Built as one unit. Light/strong/fast/safe family cruising. Foam flotation/insulation, sails, dinghy, diesel, VHF, RDF, ds, sumlog, radar, auto horn/hailer, freezer, refer, 2 heads, Haw. charts. $32,500. (209) 384-2742.

STUART E. RIDDELL Marine surveyor and consultant

(415) 332-9036 BMW CAR PARTS Discount mail order parts are OEM or equivalent: up to 40% below dealer list. 100 page catalog covers 273/5/6/7 series. Send $5.00 to: Investment Engineering, P.O. Box 2542, Martinez, CA 94553. Or call eves (415) 228-8828.

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CRUISING OR VACATIONING IN LA PAZ, MEXICO

41' Morgan “Out Island” bareboat or skippered, fully equipped Zodiac dinghy, Windsurfer, Snorkel gear, Vk outboard, etc. Sleeps 7 in 3 cabins — mid cockpit. From $700/week off-season to $1,225/week — 10% off on second time. Sept. $700 — Oct. $850 Bob Moore (415) 892-0340; wk 456-2913._

Dr. Martin Cruz can do your dental work. Same low prices visitors/locals. Office: 309-1 Independence, on the plaza. Phone 2-34-05. Honest work. English spoken. Ask around on arrival.

HIGH FREEBORDER Col. 26 II On this one you get wet only when it rains — come aboard! $9,900 or best offer. 454-8645 or 456-7347.

CAL 3-30 Fast, easy, comfortable, fully equipped to race or cruise on ocean, Bay or Delta. Asking $32,900. 342-5852.

14-FT FIBERGLASS BOAT East Coast design (Amesbury dory). Strong construction. Enjoyed on the Bay for 10 years... your turn now! Safe and stable. 1983 5 hp Suzuki. Get on the water for $600. 332-4049 or 435-3240. GREAT CRUISING YACHT Islander 36. Popular SF Bay yacht. 1979. Exc. cond., well equipt w/quality Islander standard features. Loran nav. system. Cruise in comfort.-Must sell immediately! $67,500 or offer. Consider trade. Don Miller (408) 732-8770 days; (408) 266-3253 eves. CHEOY LEE OFFSHORE 27 Fine small cruiser in excellent condition throughout. F/G diesel, 6 sails. Owner eager to sell and price reduced to $21,500. 383-1543.

C &*C 36 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.

CAL 20 CAL 20 CAL 20 April bottom paint, knotmeter, 2 anchors, Marine Survey, good shape, Honda 7.5, PFD's and all other equipment. Price $3,600. 924-8408.

CRUISING PARTNER Woman in her forties with 50-ft cruiser, inexperienced sailor, would like to sail off, open-ended cruising. Need partner who would like to do same, knowledgeable sailor who can do maintenance or learn and teach me both, has substantial money to invest and means to save for cruising kitty, is easy-going, likeable, good sense of humor and over 35. Leave message: Judith, 832-4427 ext. 166 or Box 166 484 Lake Park Ave., Oakland, CA 94610. X

CAL 21, TRAILER 3 sails, 4 hp o.b., 4 berths, head, keel fully retracts for EZ launch. Moving, must sell. $3,900. (408) 268-4898.

EUROPE » Move forces sale of my Santana 22. It’s in good shape, with a 6 hp outboard, spinnaker gear and 4 winches. Singlehanding is easy with all lines leading aft to the cockpit. Comes with Berkeley berth. $7,500 or best offer. John, eves (415) 856-4086; days (41 §) 858-2525.

PEARSON ARIEL $8,500. John 644-1968.

CUSTOM BUILT 40-FT CRUISING KETCH Center cockpit, aft cabin, fiberglass, all wood interio. Lehman Ford diesel, VHF, depthsounder, autopilot, refer/freezer, Butane oven/stove, windlass, many extras. $98,900. (916) 447-0406.

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. $23/B.O. Call Dick at (415) 239-4279. 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 VALIANT 40 — THE IDEAL CRUISING BOAT Westerbeke diesel, autopilot, Loran C, Datamarine depth¬ sounder, VDO wind point/wind speed/wind direction/close haul indicator, Hi-Gain 55 channel VHF, Refrigeration, propane galley, hot & cold pressure water, shower, sailing dinghy and more! $126,500. Also: Kenyon stove w/oven: $350; Walker log: $150; 8-lb Danforth. $20; Classical Guitar: $50. Tim Rogers (415) 332-4142 days; (415) 331-6378 eves.

FREEDOM 45 GAROEN 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.

CHEOY LEE BERMUDA 30 Full keel ketch, f/g hull, teak decks, cabin & int. 6’3” headroom, 6 sails, ap, cockpit reefing, VHF, ds, knot/log, oversized anchors & winches, 300’ rode, 2x105 Amqhour batteries. Exc. cond. A sturdy, seakindly beauty. $27,500. (415) 365-9429.

1980 SEIDLEMAN 37 SLOOP Moving. Must sell! Excellent condition. 24 hp diesel. Many extras, Call for details. $47,500. (415) 747-0234 weekends.

ISLANDER 30 SLOOP 1969. Atomic 4, full keel, fiberglass, flush deck, galley, closed head, sleeps 6, 3 sails. Good condition. $15,950. . Days (916) 944-1874; eves (916) 944-1606.

DRAGON Santa Barbara Fine class racing sloop. 27’9”. Oak frame, mahogany plank. Includes custom heavy duty trailer. Asking $1,750. Call July 8-5, Mon-Friday at (805) 961-2600.

SF PELICAN Rigged for camp/cruising. Large stowage boxes. New mast, stainless rigging, centerboard, roller-furl. Near-new tanbark sails, trailer, motor. $1,500. (415) 922-8594.

25-FT SANTANA 525 Very good condition, fresh water boat and trailer, ready to race. 5 jibs, 2 spinnakers, main w/2 reefs. Almost new 4 hp Mariner outboard. Anxious. $13,750. Days (916) 944-1874; eves. (916) 944-1606.

EXPRESS 27 The ultimate sailing machine. 90%, 110%, 130%, 155% Mylar, 3/4 oz. spinnaker. Tandem trailer, 4 hp o.b. This yacht is in outstanding condition and priced very reasonably at $25,500. Please call 862-2972 for any further info. Hurry! Won’t last.

CATALINA 22 — MUST SELL Superb condition. Pop top, swing keel, 125 jib and main in ex¬ cellent shape. Extras. Sausalito berth. Must sell, bought another boaL $3,500/best offer. Call daily 986-6886; evenings and weekends 922-1039. v

25-Ff MAC GREGOR 1982 WITH TRAILER Comes complete: 7V2 hp Mercury, 55 ch. radio, complete in¬ terior with all cushions, stove, head and all safety gear & extras. Super family boat. Always stored on trailer. $7,400/6.0. (415) 369-5470.

CONTEST 30 Fiberglass sloop built in Holland 1970. Volvo diesel, windlass, VHF, EPRIB, stove, etc. Recently hauled, beautiful mahogany in¬ terior, well thought out for cruising or Bay sailing. New addition forces sale. $19,500. John 239-0447 eves or Sunday.

KETTENBURG — K-40 Summer is here & interest rates are down. This is the time to buy the perfect boat at a great price. 40-ft sloop, ’64, new sails, very good cond., nice int., raft, 4 anchors, VHF, ds, windvane, &

SAIL FOR FREE We have a Columbia 40 and want someone to exchange time do¬ ing maintenance work for the use of the boat. Must have ex¬ perience sailing and working on boats. Boat berthed in Rich¬ mond Marina. 689-7688.

45-FT SCHOONER Gaff rig. Garden Porpoise design. Ferro hull and deck, 55 hp diesel, cruised Costa Rica 83-84. Spacious liveaboard. Hauled out in June. $26,000. Also 17' Whitehall, glass hull, mahogany trim.Sailing rig, trailer. $2,100. (415) 285-4530.

APHRODITE 101 New Swan arriving soon and anxious to sell. 33-ft fiberglass sloop. Great sailing and beautiful. Fully equipped with Autohelm, 2 jibs, spinnaker, Signet knotmeter and depthsounder, VHF, diesel and full cover. Little used and in like new condition. (415) 962-0613 evenings.

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DELTA SAILING CHARTERS Charter new Jeanneau 32-ft sloop for warm Delta sailing. Skippered day, evening and weekend sails from Benicia. Bareboat chartered to qualified skippers. DELTA SAILING SCHOOL AND CHARTERS (707) 746-5553.

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Divorce: 1973 factory-finished cutter, in San Diego. Autohelm 2000. New paint, hull, mast, and booms. Freshly overhauled eng. All new standing rigging. Teak deck. Dinghy. Recently returned from Mexico. Ready to cruise. $53,000. Ken (619) 263-1090.

Excellent condition. Includes trailer with surge brakes, Datamarine log and knotmeter, upgraded galley with on demand water. Honda 10 hp o.b., marine radio, many other extras. Call after 6:30 p.m. (408) 973-9143.

YANKEE DOLPHIN 24-FT

LET’S MAKE A DEAL 31-ft Searunner tri, A-frame. Built for cruising/lvabrd — plans changed! Quality inside & out. West epoxy, 8 Lewmars, Harken, Smyth sails, 10 hp Honda, extras. $19,995/smaller sailboat in trade, fin. avail., or ? I'm anxious & creative. (707) 442-6691.

WESTSAIL 42

30-FT ISLANDER SLOOP, 1974

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.

LOA 42 feet, 11 inches, B 13 feet. Center cockpit, aft cabin, ketch, Excellent. $99,999. (916) 893-9243.

Main, new jib, Barient winches, Volvo diesel, Delta canvas, teak & holly sole, VHF, fatho, knotmeter. ' 944-9892.

MERIDIAN 25-FT

ALBERG 30

POCKET CRUISER — MUST SELL

Phil Rodes design Dutch built "Baby” Vanguard. BMW D-7 diesel 5 bags sails. Custom covers. Yacht condition. Choice Alameda berth. Owner assisted financing to qualified buyer. $17K. (408)251-2106.

Factory delivered new in March 1980. Blue hull, 3 Dewitt sails, 4 winches, Volvo diesel, 13 hp speed, depth instruments, Icom radio, compass, teak interior. Great Bay boat in very good condi¬ tion. Asking price $33,500. (415) 462-6315 evenings.

Sparkman Stephens design Columbia 29 sloop. Full sail inven¬ tory. Club jib. 35 gal. s/s water tank, autopilot, windvane available. Gas/wood fireplace, shore power, ws, aw, ds, km, VHF, Atomic 4. $23,500/OBO by Nov. Call Glen (408) 980-8777.

EXCHANGE

Racer/cruiser, PHRF 174. Fresh bottom, 9 sails — North & Sobstad, all lines lead aft. Atomic 4 eng., sleeps 6,1 owner, very clean, launched 1978, hyd. backstay, many extras. $28,950. Call Jim Robertson, days 456-6100 Mon.-Sat.

FANTASTIC PERRY CUTTER FOR SALE Union 36 Cutter. Black hull, teak decks, bowsprit, pulpit. Sail her away (diesel too) $87,000. (916) 753-3293.

1978 SAN JUAN 30 GOLD STAR

40-ft covered berth at Village West Marina in Stockton for Saqsalito berth for one week in October. Call (209) 477-4947.

THISTLE AND GLOUCESTER GULL

WANT A WINNER???

LANCER 28

The light dory comes with trailer and sliding seat for $600. The wooden thistle day sailer and trailer is $1,700. (415) 447-2434.

Tartan Ten O.D. 33-ft racing sloop. 5 times season champ. 8 sails, speedo — windspeed and direction compasses. Diesel. Let’s talk, terms. / Evenings 388-4429.

1981. Sail anywhere, stored on trailer, wheel steering, VHF, i.b„ full instrumentation, marine head, macerator w/deck discharge, stove & oven. 2 spd winches, Jiffy reefing, dbl safety lines, '85 survey $30,000 rplcmnt cost. Asking $22,000 (707) 431-1166.

BMW MOTORCYCLE 1975 R905. A modern classic built for long distance sport tour¬ ing at illegal speeds. A bargain at $2,500 (that will not drop in price thru the years), or trade for BMW 2002 car. Steve (415) 372-6593.

CATALINA 22

FOR SALE OR TRADE 1974 Westsail 32. Fully equipped. $60,000 or trade for Nor-Sea 27 or similar, plus cash. Also 40 acres for sale or trade, Siskiyou County, CA. (916) 842-2955 (d); (916) 842-1169 (e).

26-FT CUTTER

CHRISTIAN MAN

Wooden double-ender with Seagull, SL windlass, roller furling jib, lots of teak, mahogany, oak and bronze. Very sturdy and comfortable, excellent condition. Good weekend cruiser. $5,000. (707) 552-8754 (Vallejo).

Has Thurs., Fri. & Sat. open for another job, or piecework. Prefer work on boats or around water, exc. swimmer. Have 21-ft Col¬ umbia in Pittsburg. Will consider full time work & relocation. Marc Strong, 1512 Pearl St„ Modesto 95350. (209) 575-4574.

Priced right to get you sailing S.F. Bay. $4,500. Excellent condi¬ tion. 7.5 Honda o.b., Porta-potti, new bottom paint & sail cover, anchor, galley unit, swing keel, built 1976. Sausalito berth available. Call 459-2744.

AFFORDABLE PARTNERSHIP 27-ft Ericson. Looking for new third co-skipper. Excellent condi¬ tion for only $2,500. plus $140/month covers all expenses. Richmond Marina berth. Todd (408) 241-3559.

INCREDIBLE OK DINGHY Discovered in a garage. Varnished marine plywood. New. Never sailed. Complete. Wood mast and boom. Aluminum centerboard. A real discovery. To see is to believe. $950.00. (707) 664-2377 days; 528-6499 evenings.

ARE YOU BUILDING A SAILBOAT? My 29-ft cutter hull is beyond repair. For $5,000 you get a 12 hp. BMW diesel (100 hours), 36’x4V2"x7” aluminum mast with steps and masthead lights. 11 ’ boom, 3 sails, 7 winches, SS rig¬ ging, head, propane stove, bilge pumps, Edson worm gear stearing, etc. Call (916) 372-5831.

EXCALIBUR 26 CAMELOT Beautiful fiberglass ODCA racing/cruising sloop. Completely equipped. See at Richmond YC. $9,500 firm or trade for airplane. Write or call Bill Barnum, 566 Winston, San Marino 91108. (818)792-0760. PALMER JOHNSON STANFAST 36 Fully equipped. Boat, rigging, all gear, exc. cond. Never been in salt water! 9 sails, 25 hp dsl. Electronics: Signet knotlog, depthometer, wind, VHF, RDF, Loran, autopilot. Much more gear. Fast, comfortable, cheap! $55,500. Russ (415) 587-1461.

SANTANA 22 63-FT WILLIAM HAND KETCH KRISTEN Built in 1941, she is mahogany planked on oak frames. The hull is newly refastened, recaulked & repainted. Masts were un¬ stepped, sanded, & varnished. She is powered by a 371 GMC diesel (newly rebuilt head). 6 kw Onan generator, Decca radar, new radio & depthfinder. 6 sails. Decks & interior need work. Berthed at Sanford-Wood in Richmond. Must sell as my plans did not work out. First $37,000 takes her. (907) 345-2709.

NORTHATLANTIC 29

CUSTOM WYLIE 34 Excellent singlehand, super in light air. Cruise interior, brunzeel panel. 4 jibs, 2 chutes. 3 page inventory. Over 75K. If built now 85K. Asking 63K. Flexible terms, trade, bring offer. Ray (415) 522-0562.

NEWPORT 30 PHASE II

COLUMBIA 10-7 (35’) 1978 Allan Payne design. Fast, stiff, dry, in heavy seas. PHRF 159. Comfortable, spacious, teak interior. Compares with 38-ft to 40-ft yachts. Headroom and oversized bunks for 6 adults. Large galley, stove/oven, storage, pressure hot/cold water. Shower. Nav. station, VHF, knotmeter, tach, auto bilge pump, depthsounder, pedestal wheel, low milage on dependable Yanmar diesel. Full safety package. Well maintained/clean. Will consider any reasonable offer. Leave message. Will return call. (707) 963-5629.

MARINE BATTERIES

JOIN THE CHALLENGE!

Beautiful cond. Dodger, ADF, Combi, VOR, VHF, km, ds, 2 an¬ chors, primary & secondary winches, spinnaker, blooper, drifter, new 85, 130 & 150, 2 older 150 s, 120 & 170. Main 2 years. Lots of other equipment. $29,500. (415) 479-5755; 372-9579.

BARIENT WINCHES NO. 28 One pair, self-tailing, stainless and two Nicro Marine 3” snatch blocks. $1,500. (415) 846-5672 wk; (415) 846-3173 hm.

MARINE SURVEYOR DOUG SHOTTON P.O. Box 2257, San Francisco, CA 94126 (415) 931-4384

ENJOY A YACHTING VACATION

on the Bay or Delta aboard my beautiful 43-ft sailboat Compass Rose. Sleeps six. Shower, refrigeration, stereo, instruments. $175/day midweek. $200/day weekends. Special weekly rates. Call Jon (415) 427-5499.

You can crew on Great American — the Hollmann 60-footer Georgs Kolesnikovs will race in the next BOC — without sailing around the world alone. Send for details: Great American Ultimate Challenge, 151-L Shipyard Way, Newport Beach, CA 92663.

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CENTER COCKPIT S2 30-ft aft cabin with walk-thru. Hot and cold pressure water with shower and bathtub. Diesel, all lines aft. Ideal single liveaboard and slip. $43,950 or best offer. Owner (415) 536-1408.

Hassler/Primrose design. For single or shorthanded sailing, seakindly and well-built. Fiberglass with transverse ribs, lugsail, spruce mast. Sailomat, Volvo 13 hp. Reduced to $45,000/offers. Call Frank at (619) 291-9568.

For the Highest Quality, Dependability and Lowest Prices In Marine, Automotive and Industrial Batteries Call Ban Rafael Welding Supply (415) 457-0550

P.O. Box 3069 Lihue, HI 96766

Hull No. 90,1966, 5 bags, 6 hp Chrysler long shaft, single axel trailer, boom tent, new porta-potti, winches & hardware. Fresh water boat, rigging for spinnaker. $7,500 M.B.O. (209) 299-5480 Bob.

'THE NAME (415) 521-5500

GAME

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BEAR NO. 46 YOGI 11 bags of sails, refastened 6/82, new running rigging, custom boom, beautiful to look at and sail. Harken blocks, Schaefer traveler, knotmeter-log, compass, new cushions, new interior paint and cabinets. 552-5580 wkdays; 585-2291 eves.

YANMAR

FREYA 39 VENTANA Best factory finished. Good gear, good condition. $122,500/offer. (415) 387-5907. 1940 Grove #4, S.F., CA 94117.

Yanmar 1 cyl. 12 hp marine diesel engine with 3:1 gear. Excellent condition. $1,300. 332-3690 9-5:30.

NORDIC FOLKBOAT NO. US49

1/3 PARTNERSHIP — SAN JUAN 24

1973 CONTESSA 26

25-ft. Danish built in 1955. Almost new mast and boom, new traveler and other equipment, but still needs some work. Alameda berth. Must sell, 1 bought another Folkboat! $4,000/offer. Evelyn (415) 339-0555 eves.

Clean, well-maintained pocket cruiser/racer. New equipment: ap, km, Honda 7.5 w/gen„ Barients & cushion covers. Recent haulout. VHF, ds, teak sole, lifting bridle. $1,995 equity; $100/mo. berth & mortgage. (415) 493-2499.

Sturdy f/g full keel sloop, English designed for North Sea. Dbl reef main, 4 headsails, spinnaker, 7 hp Vire i.b., VHF, Lewmar winches, 2 batteries & more. $17,500. (408) 649-8000 days. (408) 624-7643 eves. Judd, or (408) 646-8066 eves. David.

STEEL PILOTHOUSE JUNK

24-FT JOLLEYROGER Seven sails including spinnaker, CQR and Dansforth anchors, VHF, new Signet digital depthsounder^ dodger, self-steering vane, 7.5 Evinrude o.b. Complete and in excellent shape for your Bay experience. $7,500/offer. (415) 883-3659 after 6 p.m.

38-ft Scott Sprague custom design liveaboard cruiser. Beautiful, roomy boat built by certified welders. Finished except for owner completion of interior accommodations and Colvin style rigging. 6’4" headroom, diesel power. (415) 365-7519 evenings.'"'

SANTANA 22-FT W/TRAILER

CAL-2S 1968

10 sails incl: spinnaker gear & new 150% jib. Rebuilt 6 hp o.b. New LPU decks. Tabernacle mast. Adj. backstay, knotmeter, many extras. $5,300; $6,100 w/trailer. (415) 842-0358 days; (415) 228-1848 eves/weekends.

Hauled out 3/85, new bottom paint. 7 sails, galley, dinette, alcohol stove. Good first boat. $8,200. Call Tom (415) 865-6599 or 522-2171.

24-FT GLADIATOR Excellent condition, strong and safe. New winches, 7.5 hp Johnson, 5 sails, ship to shore radio, Sausalito slip. $7,900. Willing to sell Vi interest $3,950. Doug (415) 864-4119 evenings.

COME FLY WITH ME Experienced & highly successful ocean racing skipper has op¬ portunity to charter MacGreagor-65 Longfellow for Long Beach Cabo San Lucas Ocean Race. Need crew to race, cruise & share expenses. Boat has full racing inventory of hi-tech sails. Be part of a syndicate with excellent possibilities for first to finish. Ex¬ perienced sailors only — ocean racing experience not required. Don Stewart/Phil Roth 1426 S. Mildred #108, Tacoma, WA 98465 (206) 564-3705.

NEW ZEALAND SLOOP 36-FT — JUST ARRIVED

FOR SALE: 1/3 SHARE In a Rhodes 19-ft sailboat berthed in Sausalito (Clipper Yacht Basin). Good condition, new sails, 4 hp outboard, easy-going partners. $750 firm. ' 658-7760.

Beautiful Kauri cold-molded racer/cruiser, full complement elec¬ tronics & gear, exquisite handcrafted int., h/c press., shower, B&G instrumentation, Furuno SatNav, liferaft, 13 sails, 6-8 berth. Everything you ever wanted. $98,000. (206) 324-9416.

ISLANDER 30 II

21-FT LUGERKIT

MODIFIED H-28

Very clean. Set up for family Bay & Delta cruising. Includes radio, depth, speed, 5 winches, dodger, 150, spinnaker plus working sails. Dinette interior, cockpit cushions, Avon Redcrest and sun shade. Coyote Point berth. $31,000. (415) 948-6935.

Excellent first sailboat. Hull & deck totally reworked & painted. New sail covers. Night lights added to mast. Real steady boat w/torpedo ballast on keel. Call Marco (415) 237-0249. Asking $2,500. Must sell.

New diesel engine in this 30-foot mahogany ketch. Crossplanked hull, built by Far East Marine in ’63. Great boat for Bay or cruising, and beautiful as well. Full cover. Well-equipped. $29,900. (408)296-1159.

ERICSON 30

O’DAY 34

Buy now from anxious 2-boat owner. In great shape with many extras. Bargain price $23,950. (415) 968-1860.

Perfect Bay cruising & club racer. This spacious ’84 sloop is in excellent condition, H/C press, water, propane stove & oven, Bimini, electronics, dinghy, safety gear, legal head, many extras. $57,000. Richard Wade, days (415) 228-8400; 454-6466 eves.

S.F. WATERFRONT LIVING — S180/MONTH

FAST PIVER TRIMARAN

Your boat in a Pier 39 slip (36’) is like having a weekend home in the city! Rent short/long term. Telephone connections, discounted parking, security guards, showers. Call (415) 523-9638.

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. 17K or Offer! Bruce or Nori (415) 681-5177.

HAGAR 28 DALLIANCE Launched 1981. Documented. 28’x8’x4.5’. Cutter rig, C-Flex GRP hull, aluminum spars, stainless rigging, Sta-locks, Dewitt drifter, Westerbeke 3 cyl. 21 hp diesel new 1984, VHF, Loran, depthsounder, S.W. receiver, knotmeter/log, EPIRB, extensive ground tackle, SL windlass, Fatty Knees sailing dinghy, Scuba equip., charts and lots of cruising extras. Over 5,000 ocean pro¬ ven miles. Located Washington, D.C. Allowance for shipping. Asking $25,000. After Sept. 10. (415) 325-4380.

ISLANDER 24

33-FT P. RHODES SWIFT3URE

1976 ISLANDER 30-11

Full keel, 2 mains, 3 jibs, VHF, Evinrude 6, pop-top w/canvas cover, stove, sink, 15 gal H20, Barient No. 8’s. Just returned from second roundtrip to Channel Islands. Must sell. $6,000/B.0. (415)527-9368.

Classic fiberglass spirited strong keel centerboarder. 10-ft beam. Sleeps 6. Dodger, new main & jib, km log, VHF, ds, am/fm, batt. charger, Halon, etc. Ready to go. 33K. Eves. (415) 792-1566; days (408) 244-7911.

Wheel, Pineapples, Loran. $28,500. (415) 328-8983; (408) 945-8986.

1979 LANCER 28 28-ft Shad Turner designed shoal draft sloop. Wheel steering, 9.9 hp o.b., stove, VHF, ds. 6’2” headroom & berths for 6. San Leandro berth (0-15). $14,500. Leave a message at: (408) 736-3134.

26-FT THUNDERBIRD SLOOP ONE-OESIGN

Clean, well maintained, fixed keel, 4 sails, new Mercury 4.5 L.S. o.b., VHF, depthfinder, sleeps 4, bottom paint 5/84. Incl. possible 6 mo. sub-lease Santa Cruz Yacht Harbor. $5,900/Best offer. (408) 462-0369/462-0437.

ROBIN BIRD 18

Well maintained member of famous SF Bay Bird Class. 30’ LOA, new sails (’84), good racing record, berth available, extensive inventory, wood boat. $7,000. Call for fact sheet. (415) 851-7601 eves; (415) 424-2896 days.

14-FT O’DAY JAVELIN

YANKEE 30

CATALINA 27 PARTNERSHIP

Fixed keel, roomy cockpit daysailer, stiff, dry family boat, ex¬ cellent condition, trailer. Has been dry-sailed only. Asking $1,1 OO/B.O. (415) 591 -7839 days, eves, ask for Wayne.

Sparkman-Stephens f/g sloop exceptionally clean & loaded with 12 sails, VHF, km, ds, ws, aw, Plath, Autohelm, etc. $34,000/offer. (415)386-2070.

Beautiful CAT 27 inboard sloop in immaculate condition. New jib, km, VHF, ds, stereo, freshly varnished teak, 150 genoa, downtown Sausalito berth. 50 percent partnership: $8,000 plus 112 berth, insurance & maint. Call Stewart 731-1622.

NEWPORT 28 Ideal 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. Asking $27,777. Race or cruise. George Roman: (415) 284-9180.

WANTED: TEAK LADY SLOOP Please write or call: Phil Nevearez, 1004 Crellin Rd„ Pleasanton, CA 94566. (415) 846-3941.

MELLO PRECISION Marine hardware and accoutrements manufactured to your specifications. Prompt quotes, quality parts, and quick turnaround our specialty. Prototypes or short run. Contact: James or Daniel Mello at 338-7160 or 559-3800. P.0. Box 432, Aptos, CA 95001; P.0. Box No. HN, Los Gatos, CA 95031.

CAL 2-29 1975. Proven Bay & coastal boat, diesel power, spinnaker & gear, depthsounder, knotmeter, VHF, wheel steering, 6-ft headroom, Jiffy reefing, pressure water, shore power, am/fm cassette, bottom paint 6/85. $25,500. (408) 425-7502.

BAY AREA MARINE SWAP MEET & BOAT SALE Marin County Fairgrounds, Santa Rosa. Sunday, September 8.10 a.m.- 4 p.m. Space available: (415) 459-1998.

CHARTER — SAN FRANCISCO BAY

REEF RESPECT

Cruise aboard our luxurious Islander 32 sailboat. Bareboat or skippered. Berthed near Jack London Square (Oakland) restaurants, free parking. Sleeps six. Hot showers, stereo, TV, VHF, Loran. $60 to $125/day. Call now for details. Alan 800-221-3640.

Voyaging management, real island life — you will get it all aboard our steel 58-ft Goodwind. Sailing Hawaii, Fanning & Christmas Islands Nov. 26 — fly home Dec. 18. Fly to Christmas, sail Fanning & Hawaii Jan 1-23. $1,950 plus airfare. Awahuee Oceanics, P.O. Box 167 Gapt Cook, HI 96704. (808) 328-2666.

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.

CRUISE CHANNEL ISLANDS In a well found 42-foot cutter. Call (818) 360-9844 for rates and schedule. Bowers Charter and Development Co. page 198

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. $1 OO.OOO/Offer. Call (415) 832-2482 evenings & weekends. Call Elaine (415) 428-9191 days. 41-FT PHILLIP RHODES BOUNTY II

DREADNAUGHT 32

CIRCUMNAVIGATION? 25,000 mile 3V2 year dream cruise (Europe and Caribbean) completed in June. Re-out-fitted and ready to leave again tomor¬ row. Cape Dory 36: Extra sails, windvane, 2 electric autopilots, 2 VHFs, SatNav, Loran C, ham radio, life raft, sailing dinghy and more than 50 other extras.

Boat 90% complete. Plumb & wire it & go sailing. New 4 cyl Westerbeke diesel, stainless fuel & water tanks, Shipmate stove w/oven, Norcold ice box, pressure water system, complete mast boom w/club jib & all stainless rigging by Famet, 5 bags of sails! Mich windlass w/CQR anchor, brass winches, head, VHF, RDF w/antenna, stainless stanchions, elec, panel, battery switch' & on and on. Finish in my yard w/free rent. Boat located in Santa Rosa. Only asking $32,000. (707) 545-4955.8-6 daily, M-S.

Beaiitiful to look at, we belive our boat is in better than new condition, with everything needed for long-term liveaboard cruising.

40-FT GARDEN KETCH

1959 F/G sloop. Perkins 4-108 May 84, Hyde prop, electronics, wmdiass, 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.

$85,000 ($40,000 below replacement cost). (415) 234-7546 days; (415) 549-1439 eves.

AL8IN BALLAD 30-FT

WESTSAIL 32

'78, Swedish built, 2 mains, 110,130, storm jib, tri-spinnaker, autopilot, dodger, depth, knot, wind instruments. AM-FM cassette, VHF, Zodiac w/outboard, new Volvo Penta diesel. $30,000/Best Offer. 254-0685.

Flush deck style, one piece hull, has made 2 offshore passages. Needs lots of work. No motor. Very roomy, strong & seaworthy. Slow but steady, comfortable cruising or liveaboard. $15,950/offer. John (415) 376-4706 evenings.

Just returned from 3% year 30,000 mile So. Pacific cruise. 1967 wooden ketch built by Hardin in Yokohama, Japan. Press water, 3 burner/oven, brass Taylors heater, shower, workshop, writing desk, 150 water, 50 diesel, new Perkins 4-108, autopilot Aries vane, custom davits, ham radio, VHF, stereo, SW radio, depthsounder, Walker log, knotmeter, 4 comp, anchor system, Avon, spares for everything. Large inventory on request. Everything goes. Cruise ready. $61,500. (805) 644-3943.

RANGER 29 — OWNER WILL FINANCE

SPECTACULAR CUSTOM MILL VALLEY HOME

RAWSON 30 / LIVEABOARD

72, 2 mains, 110,130, storm jib, knot, depth instruments, VHF, AM-FM cassette, Atomic 4. $25,000/Best Offer. 254-0685.

3 years old. 2 bdrm suites, 2’/2 baths plus large office. 2500 sq. ft. plus decks, hot tub & sauna. Want to trade for boat. Worth 300K & have approx. 65K in equity. Please call 388-8147.

30’6"x9'5' solid stiff beamy fiberglass cruising sloop. Good condition. See at berth G4, Corinthian YC, Tiburon. Consider partial trade Santana 22. $22,000. Lee (415) 541-1527 work; 334-4969 eves.

AL MASON KETCH 45-FT

Complete with outboard and EZ-Loader trailer. Must sell. Asking $3,850. Call 388-8147 or 332-2177.

20-FT RANGER SLOOP

The hull is steel and was custom built in Holland in 1962. We have owned this lovely boat for over 6 years and spent most of that time getting her ready for a circumnavigation. Illness forced a change of plans. She is forgiving and sea kindly and can be handled easily by 2 people. We have $125,000 in the boat and equipment. Asking $98,500. San Diego (619) 425-9036.

13-FT BANSHEE

10 HP DIESEL

With sail and trailer. Good condition. $1,000. (707) 526-3897.

New Nanni (Kubota) 2 cyl., fresh water cooled, 2.7:1 drive, inst. panel, complete. $2,000/0ffer. Located Mountain View. (619) 273-4608 after 7 p.m.

WANT TO GO CRUISING?

Excellent Bay and family boat. Full headroom, sleeps 4 comfor¬ tably. 6 hp Johnson outboard. $5,600 upgrade in 1982. Priced for immediate sale. $8,750. (415) 561-5133 days or 922-2106 nights.

32-ft Columbia Sabre. $8,500. Call (415) 974-1666 days; 924-4385 eves.

25-FT F/G SLOOP FOR SALE

OWNER ANXIOUS

Rhodes design. Classic lines. She has a fine compliment of equipment & is well maintained. Do not make a serious offer on another boat 'til you see this one. Paul (415) 921-7917 nites; or leave message days.

CAL-30 with diesel. $14,750. (415) 345-9887.

FOR SALE Cal 20. Excellent condition, prime S.F. berth, 7 sails & spinn. Hobie 14 w/trailer. New Olympic diesel stove, new Barient 35STS, airless paint sprayer, 10 hp Faryman diesel engine. Call 236-9547 or Steve at 666-2464.

COLUMBIA 28 MKI

FOR SALE

But don't have $60K for a slow cruiser that sails on its side? On¬ ly $25K for my fast pro-built 31 -ft trimaran. Sail level & comfor¬ table. Cruise equipped, 8 sails, 2 dinghies, etc. May take car in trade. Message for Randy (619) 457-1510.

WILDERNESS 21-FT SLOOP FOR SALE 90,110 jibs, 85 Danforth anchor, 4 hp outboard, Sausalito berth, spinnaker pole. Beautiful and tender. $8,000. P.M.'s: 824-9391.

1986 CATALINA 22 Never used, new design of this classic yacht. Includes lifelines, pulpits, boarding ladder, sail, galley & cockpit controls. $6,750. Lee or Mike (d) 1-800-237-1419; (e) (916) 891-8736.

KAUFMAN & LADD 51, 1981 Racer-cruiser with highly comfortable interiors. A ketch rig, this boat is equipped with SatNav, radar, SSB, VHF, electronics, stereo & more. Perkins 75 hp engine, generator & 5 sails @ spinnaker. Accommodations include spacious double cabin aft and crew quarters up front, both with private head/shower. All is in excellent condition, professionally maintained. Asking $195,000. Must sell. John Lebrun (619) 223-3606. 1

16-FT GREAT PELICAN

TRIMARAN

Pocket cruiser, built 1980, excellent condition, rigged for singlehanding. Comes with roller furled jib, self-bailing cockpit, tabernacled mast and tilt trailer. $2,750 or best offer. Call Larry at (408) 248-3670 eves; (415) 857-4103 days.

40’ Kantola sloop. 26' beam. Cold-molded/epoxy. Finest design & constr. Vent wing, aft cockpit, singlehander, Volvo dsl, vane steering, Bomar hatches, Web trampolines, ap, VHF, RDF, log, ds, ext. cruis. inventory. S.D. $69,000/offers. (619) 585-3647.

PIER 39 — BOAT SLIP — 40-FT San Francisco waterfront. Rent a 40’ upwind-facing slip. Telephone connections, discounted garage parking, security guards, showers, laundry, shopping center, restaurants & view. Call Joe Loop (415) 556-9830 7a.m.-4p.m.; 388-7526 eves.

1982 CATALINA 25 CUSTOM

46-FT WHARRAM CAT

2 mains, 2 jibs, VHF, depth, compass, 10 hp Honda. Halyards lead aft, new upgraded stronger mast. New upgraded rudder allows boat to sail 80% better. Teak and holly cabin sole with standing headroom. Dan 799-0643. $15,000.

Ruggedly handsome, well-built "Polynesian catamaran" cruis¬ ing ketch. Dbl diag. ply with f/g. Documented, 5 sails, knot/log, dinghy, compass, anchors, etc. Dry docked. Needs some love. $14,900. Must sell. (213) 549-4149; (213) 941-2502.

BEAUTIFUL TAHITI DREADNAUGHT 32-ft cutter, 1979. Fully equipped for cruising and liveaboard. Too many extras to list. Possible sub-lease Santa Cruz Harbor. $61,850. Tel: (408) 426-2440.

18-FT HOBIE CAT & TRAILER 1983

MARITIME ATTORNEY

Excellent condition. $4,500. Best offer. Our trade ... Must sell. Jack Barr Yacht Sales. (415) 865-1035.

Resolution of Construction, Repair, Collision and Lien Disputes for surveyors, owners and builders for over 20 years. * Over thirty-six years of Bay racing and cruising! William E. Vaughan, Esq. 17 Embarcadero Cove, Oakland 532-1786

THERE’S A SCHOOL IN YGl'R MAILBOX! Learn practical navigation directly from Solo TransPad'vet Mike Pyzel. Home-study course has 8 concise, complete and enjoyable charting lessons. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. Brochure. PYZtL NAVIGATION & CRUISING

WE WANT YOUR YACHT — WILL TRADE REAL ESTATE Several Homes, Open Land, Condo's, Lots and Income Property Available. Call Karen, The Exchange Specialist at MGA Realty. (415) 865-3711.

86 Olive Mill Rd.. Santa Barbara, CA 93108/(805) 969-4195.

LAW OFFICES OF CORY A. BIRNBERG, MARITIME ATTORNEY 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. -

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HANDS-ON INSTRUCTIONAL CRUISES Enjoy learning heavy weather sailing, anchoring, navigation, spinnakers & cruising skills. Joi l Solo TansPac skipper Mike Pyzel on a personally tailored 3-5 day live-aboard instruction cruise in Sama Barbara's offshore islands. Brochure. PYZEL NAVIGATION & CRUISING, 86 Olive Mill Rd . Santa Barbara CA 93108. (805)969-4195.

32-FT ARIES Beautiful wood boat. 1973. Exc. cond., autopilot, MDII Volvo diesel, kerosene stove, Cole cabin heater, 2 ds, self-steering, km, windspeed, distance meter, President VHF, stereo, 4 sails, clock & barometer, boom tent. $35,000/offer. (415) 364-4759.

COLUMBIA 40

ALL TEAK CHEOY LEE ROBB 35

New diesel and Transmission with low hours. New standing and running rigging. Ten Barient winches. All new electrical panel and wiring. Documented. This boat has excellent cruising poten¬ tial. $49,000/Trade for ? 233-1638; 689-7688.

For sale by owner. $45,000. She’s pretty and well-built and has cruised the South Pacific. Berthed Ventura, CA. (805) 644-4387.

MEXICO CREW WANTED

INTERNATIONAL FOLKBOAT

YOU’RE NOT THE WORLD’S BEST SAILOR?

For fun in the sun on the Santana 35 Picaroon Nov-Mar. Limited bunks available. If you think you can fit in, Call Bob (415) 331-5043.

This Swedish beauty is fully equipped and ready to Bay sail, race, or cruise. Extras include Avon, Navik windvane, EPIRB, taffrail, generator, dodger, custom interior, and more. Anxious owner. $16,000 firm. Steve 528-2288.

Then get a boat that is! Easy handling, turns on a dime. Designed and built for windy SF Bay. Has won enough trophies to sink her. This sound, 43-ft beauty is $100,000 worth of yacht for $24,500 because she’s a wooden classic. 435-1791.

26-FT PEARSON ARIEL

, 30-FT BIRD SLOOP Asking

Good condition. Must sell this month! > Bring offers and checkbook. (415) 668-4155.

$6,500.

MOORE 24 Completely equipped and in excellent condition. Includes 4 jibs, all spinnaker gear, VHF, RDF, depth, knot, all MOB gear. Must see to appreciate. Price reduced to $16,000. Call evenings (408) 245-2877.

CORONADO 25 Look at the others, then see ours. Sleeps 5, Fathometer, VHF, log, 4 sails, 9.9 Johnson, dual tanks, covers, new pads & cur¬ tains, carpet, pulpits & lifelines. Very clean. $7,450. 755-0818 or 355-7543.

REDUCED TO $9,000 — 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)333-7543, after 6 p.m. \

CATALINA 27 — 1975 Totally loaded with new out-of-water survey. Atomic 4 inboard. Sausalito berthed. My loss — your gain! $20,000. 388-3038.

ISLANDER 26 Autopilot, km, ds, VHF, new sails, 3 jibs, inboard eng. $6,000 in new equipment last year. Stand up headroom. $22,000 or offer. (408) 249-4916.

FOR SALE — ISLANDER 37 SLOOP

WANTED

Good condition, sleeps 6, Club jib & spinnaker gear. Lots of extras. Ready to cruise or race. Bargain at $37,000. Call (415) 435-0811 or (415) 453-9254.

Drascombe Longboat. Douglas Knapp. 495-4812 or 332-9100 message.

3$ RED BREAST $$ '81 Santana 23. Pineapples: 110,155 Mylar, main, .75 oz spin, Kenyon dig. km, all lines aft for singlehanding, delux int. Multistripped hull. Bristol. Pres, at Folsom Lake. $13,495. Trailer avail, for $1,200. Consider local partnership. (916) 723-5731.

FOR SALE Alberg 35 sloop, hull 74, ’63, complete cruising package. Custom int., elec, refrigeration & new stove, re-powered Volvo diesel engine, all new rigging w/stay lock fittings, Ky Zee head stay system. Windvane & elec. ap. Serious only. 381-2654 msg.

CATALINA 27 1981 i.b. diesel, dinette cabin center w/2 burner LPG stove. 3 sails, compass, VHF, km, & sounder. Blue hull trim. Very clean boat. In Alameda. Contact Ron: H (916) 392-0425; W (415) 635-3500; Pager (415) 425-0636.

POCKET CRUISER Falmouth cutter, LOA 22’, LOD 30’, draft 3’6”, displ. 7,500 lbs. Clean, like new, haul 8. survey 6/85. Must sell now! Best offer over 20K. , 864-6450 (w); 381-4363 (h). Steve.

SAILBOAT RENTAL WANTED — REWARD Will pay $100 for information leading to a rental liveaboard situation on a sailboat docked with commuting distance of downtown S.F. Sailing unnecessary. Will pay from $300 to $700/month for minimum 2 month rental. Oceanic Society member with good sailing experience. Wish to buy own boat (maybe yours?) after rental period. Stably employed patent at¬ torney with established SF firm. 33 years old. Flexible. References provided on request. Call after September 2. Casey Heeg (415) 543-9600 or 989-6059. V

BOAT WANTED I’m seeking a mutually beneficial situation in which 1 could creatively buy/option a 32 to 40-ft sailboat. My last 2 years have been spent aboard a classic 40-footer which i restored for the owners. She is now selling, and is beyond my price range. 1 can offer a down payment, Sausalito berth, and excellent references. Boats that need work don’t scare me as long as the hull & rig are sound. 1 would prefer a wood or older glass boat with some character, but would consider a generic sailboat. Please call early a.m. or evenings. David Martin, (415) 332-7331.

ERICSON 29 & 40-FT TIBURON BERTH

1980 20-ft f/g Lapstrake sailboat, 4 bunks, head, 7.5 Honda. On trailer in Alameda. Ready to go anywhere. For $4,500. Call Pete (415) 865-7007, leave message.

COLUMBIA 29 DEFENDER Excellent condition. Well equipped. Racing record. 5 sails. Atomic 4 engine. Must sell. $16,000. (415) 456-9817. C&C 35 MKI Seaworthy, fast and fun. Equipped for Bay sailing. VHF, RDF, compass, km, ds, pedestal steering. Sleeps 6. Epoxy bottom. New mainsail. Easy qualifying for great terms. Assumable 1st at 12.5% APR. Call for appt to see & sail. (415) 755-6170.

RANGER 23 6 sails, including new North main & jib. 6 hp Evinrude, VHF, depthsounder. Excellent condition. $11,900. 459-6593.

WESTSAIL 32 — 1/2 INTEREST . 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 in¬ terior. Diesel heater. Shipmate stove. New Autohelm 2000 electrie autopilot. New Avon dinghy. Digital RDF. This boat has never been blue water sailed. You will not find a new, better, prettier Westsail 32 anywhere at any price. Sausalito berth. Asking $27,500. (415)332-2257. 1

BRISTOL 29.9 1979. One owner, beautifully maintained, great ocean/bay cruiser, diesel, radio, knotmeter, depthsounder, main, jib, flasher w/sock, dodger, much more. Haul out & survey 7/85. $45,000. Don (415) 772-1532 days.

V SATELLITE NAVIGATOR Magnavox MX4102,1 yr. old w/flux gate compass & knotmeter input: $1,850. Walker log: $275. 40# Paul Luke (never used): $260. Call Dean or Patty Wolfe at 523-6722 or leave message at 865-3386.

FOR SALE IN MEDITERRANEAN

1980 YORKTOWN 35 $30,000 after 9 September. Volvo diesel, new rigging. Evenings (415) 345-6711.

Great Bay/Delta boat. 2 jibs, Atomic 4, galley, head, wheel, km, depth, complete. Has not been raced. $25,000/best offer. 40-ft berth in Corinthian YC Tiburon. Best Marin berth. $27,000/best Offer. 453-8106:435-9384.

STURDY D/E DAYSAILOR

Popular Bay class sloop in ideal San Francisco Marina berth. Excellent for cruising or racing. New Hood sails. Knotmeter, VHF, etc. Have 2 boats. Must sell! $13,500 or offer. (415) 661-0888 or 589-0494. ' N

Buy our proven world cruiser at a substantial savings. 1980 45-ft fiberglass cutter. 80 hp dsl, 9 sails, 2 dinghies, liferaft, Sailomat, full electronics: SatNav, VHF, SSB, etc. Pages of in¬ ventory. Teak interior & decks. (415) 527-5523.

ATLANTIC CROSSING Starting in November we will sail from Spain back to S.F. via Caribbean, Panama, Mexico. Our boat is a fully equipped 46-ft cruiser. We seek enthusiastic crew for all or part of the trip. Share expenses. (415) 668-9743.

BEARFOOT VOYAGES

BRUNCH ON THE BAY SAILS Saturday/Sunday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m, from San Francisco. $20/person; includes brunch, free parking. Sailing Adventures & Education. (408) 738-8412.

Rental

BRISTOL FASHION YACHT CARE Restoration, Quality Yacht Refinishing and Comprehensive Maintenance Programs for wood and fiberglass. Members B.B.B. Free estimates. (415) 332-3009

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Sail the Bay! Bareboat or Skippered (415) 381-4363 Charter Lessons

HARDIN 45 KETCH Model of perfection in immaculate condition. Perfect to sail, cruise, or liveaboard. Lots of carved and hand-rubbed teak interior. Loaded with gear. Stockdale Marine. (916) 944-1232.

SAIL HAWAII •ADVANCED

Now chartering Dove in Hawaii. Learn to cruise from people who have been there. Two to three people, $500 per week each, includes food and licensed skipper. Write for brochure: DOVE, P.0. Box 29064, Honolulu, HI 96820. page 200

WESTSAIL 42

28-FT “GREAT DANE” FIBERGLASS

CAL 2-27

Masthead sloop. Folkboat under body, 25 hp Volvo diesel, 7 dacron sails, lead ballast, 1984 survey. Do the Pacific, time's awastin'. $20,000. (707) 544-8547. Self-steering Q.M. vane.

Very clean, inboard, knotmeter, opening ports, club jib, stereo, sun shade, double lifelines, cockpit cushions. Great buy. (209) 944-0944 or (209) 477-3979.

HANS CHRISTIAN 38-FT MKII SAILBOAT Fast heavy weather cruiser. Bristol cond. Ratheon VHF & Loran. Impulse fatho. (960’). Datamarine wind/speed/log system. CQRs (45#-60#). Dodger. Cust. cockpit rail. Wdbrning frplc. 4 sails. Whisker pole. 50 hp dsl. $119,500 (415) 757-3206; 757-3510.

1978 CAPE DORY 27

ANCHOR & CHAIN & PATHFINDER VANE Pathfinder self-steering gear for 35-ft boat. Excellent condition: $250. Danforth 225 anchor, new: $25. 35-ft heavy zinced an¬ chor phain with ftgs for above anchor: $25. (415) 898-1280.

SAIL THE SEA OF CORTEZ

1982 42-FT COLVIN GAZELLE

Cascade 29 sloop. Diesel powered, new mainsail, well equipt, ready to go. $26,000 CDN. OBO. Contact; Mel Moffat, Yate Fid¬ dler’s Reach, c/c Capitania del Puerto, La Paz, B.C.S., Mexico. Will deliver to Southern California.

Steel junk rig schooner. Completely equipped for cruising. $40,000 U.S. Delivered anywhere on West Coast. Too much equipment to list. For complete inventory please write: P. Dupre', 305 Cutler Street, Coquitlam, BC, Canada. V3K 5C1.

CHEOY LEE CLIPPER KETCH 36-FT

1974 FORMOSA 41-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. $59,000.

Ketch, fiberglass hull, teak deck & interior, sleeps 8, diesel (Perkins), excellent liveaboard, head with shower, LPG 3-burner stove with oven, microwave. Docked Freeport, California. (916)451-9283. $68,000.

1979 30-FT CUSTOM %-TON RACER/CRUISER Sistership to Mercury. Diesel, 16 bags, Signet 2000, VHF, log, RDF, DAD, W/P. All and much more in perfect condition SORC winner. Must sacrifice. Must see. $38,000/offer. Paul 533-2283; Eves 531-7793.

BLUE CAL 20 NEEDS WORK

WEEKDAY CREW

CATAUNA 22 SLOOP Very good condition, with trailer, sleeps 4, Evinrude 6 hp, whisker pole, pop-top, jiffy reefing, porta-potti, anchor, new bat¬ tery. $6,200/Best Offer. (415) 467-2274.

CATALINA 25

32-FT ATKIN CUTTER

1977 strong keel w/trailer. Thru hull engine. Pop-top, dlx interior w/upgrades. 2 North jibs & light air sail. VHF, compass, depthfinder. Priced to sell at $13,900. Eves (415) 321 -4480.

Needs completion, hull finished, deck framing, floorboards, bulkheads; incl. materials for completion, shop, cradle, extras. Must sell. $5,000/offer. Located Sausalito. (415) 237-1261 eves.

COLUMBIA 29 MKI

37-FT SEARUNNER TRI

CATALINA 27

1973. 25 hp Volvo MD2B, docum., 5 sails, a very complete cruising inventory. Located in S.Fi. Asking $36,000. Tel: (415) 935-0898.

Sacrifice like new 1983, diesel, spinnaker, 150,110, main, VHF, depthfinder, 2 anchors, etc., etc. Contact: Roger Larsen 376-2646.

For sale No. 555. Good condition. With cover and backing plates. Bud Smith (415) 283-2269.

EQUIPMENT Kevlar, 386 cloth (13.6 oz), over 1,200 sq. yds. and some misc. Kevlar & glass. Worth over $20,000. A bargain at $9,000 (805) 984-6989.

Old sails, no motor. $1,500 or best offer. Berthed at Richmond Yacht Club near Harbor Master's office. Dale Black 689-6326.

Couple, or two persons, neat and quick, non-smokers, who are available weekdays to crew on comfortable sailboat on Bay. En¬ thusiasm, energy and responsibility more important than ex¬ perience. For details write: P.O. Box 2802, Alameda 94501.

SIMPSON LAWRENCE WINDLASS

SAILBOAT Moore 24,1984, hull No. 91. 8 bags, trailer, Nu LP & bottom, excellent condition. $16,000. (805) 984-6989!

PARKER 505

PIER 39 — 50-FT SLIP FOR SALE

$4,995. Loaded with racing gear including spinnaker. Rigged for single¬ handling. SS keelbolts, chain plates, lifting-eyes, lifting bridle. No motor. May be seen in Berkeley berth J120. (415) 522-3679.

For the knowledgeable buyer, Carl Alberg designed full keel cruising sloop. Invest in a boat who’s value increases with time. By original owner, no broker fees to pay. $33,500. (408) 973-1530. Please leave message for Mac.

Very fast racing dinghy. Mahogany deck & trim. Excellent condi¬ tion. Full sails, spinnaker, trailer, much more. $2,900 complete. ' (415) 965-3671.

S.F. waterfront — new breakwater, view of G.G. & Alcatraz, 50 year ownership rights. Telephone connections, discounted park¬ ing, security gates, showers, restaurants & shopping center. $48,000. Call (415) 435-2277 evenings.

SANTANA 22

Fully equipped So. Pacific vet. Factory built, exc. cond., Aries vane, autopilot, refrigeration, 8 bags, dinghy, life raft, tr’i color strobe, mast steps, self tailers, 85 hp Perkins, many extras and spares. Sacrifice well below survey. $87,000. (213) 923-4244.

F.G. cruising boat with long keel, 6 sails, 2 anchors, barometer, clock, 2 whisker poles, boat hook, liferaft. 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.

EXPRESS 27 — LIKE NEW

CAPE DORY 25 D

Sailed one season. Includes full compliment of Larsen sails, MOB gear, 2 Plastimo compasses, Signet knotmeter, 4 hp Evinrude outboard, anchor package and Trailrite trailer. Asking $28,000. Call (415) 593-4339.

1983. Like new, diesel, full keel, VHF, knotmeter, depthsounder, genoa. Spacious interior, sleeps 4. Quality throughout. Can be trailered. Looks & sails likes a much bigger boat. $33,250. (415) 524-5791 or 237-9602.

CAL 34 SLOOP

WORLD CLASS OCEAN RACER

MERIT 25

New Atomic 4 engine, well equipped, new haulout with survey, ail new bottom, perfect shape hull. New paint freeboard & bot¬ tom. Many extras. Excl. cond. $38,000. Also avail. 36' slip for sale/rent. Both for $70,000. Best Offer. (707) 795-5801.

Peterson 1/2 Ton, 30 foot, PHRF162. Atomic 4 inboard, 10 bags of sails, rod rigged, hydraulics, custom paint, mint condition. A proven winner. Asking $34,500. Can deliver. Call (913) 422-7051.

1983, race equipped, sleeps 4, North sails, km, ds, motor, trailer. Excellent MORC, active one-design. Perfect for family cruising and/or racing. Much nicer than J/24 or Moore. Berkeley berth. $19,900/Offer. Eves. (415) 364-2169 or 547-4761 Bob.

CHELSEA BAROMETER Beautiful condition. Phenolic case. $85.00. Call (415) 368-6339 evenings.

ESTATE SALE 50-ft ketch. New Perkins diesel engine, sails, rigging, winches, stove, etc. Extensively equipped. Unfinished interior. Santa Cruz slip available 1 year. 39K/Best offer. (408) 688-5836.

CLIPPER MARINE 26 SWING KEEL

MERCEDES DIESEL

Fast, stable and roomy f/g sloop. Pop-top, trailer, galley, head, 4 sails (2 new), all new rigging, 7% hp Honda o.b. $6,500 or best offer. (408) 448-5571 or (408) 735-2717.

40 hp new: $3,000. 65 hp used: $950. Jay (408) 723-1697.

WOODEN SLOOP — 36-FT

14-FT SLOOP

A real classic "wood boat mans dream”. Mast and decks in need of varnish or paint. Hull in good condition. Hauled/surveyed end of 1984. Private owner must sell & will consider all cash offers. (415)522-2525.

Fiberglass sloop, new main and jib. Trailer, excellent condition. (Like a Lido 14.) $950/Best offer. Call Gordon 642-7332 (d); 566-7150 (e).

SAILING CLUB SEEKS SKIPPER/BOAT OWNERS Do you have a sailboat in S.F. or Sausalito? Are you interested in carrying paid passengers for income/tax deduction/fun? U.S.C.G. License training provided. Write to: P.O. Box 51334, PA, CA 94303 or call (408) 738-8412.

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Appraiser Phone (415) 461-6347

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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.

LORAN-C — $399 Brand new 100 WPT, full-function Loran-C’s. Compact, portable design for small boats and fishermen. No power or antenna installation req'd. Runs 50 hours on rechargeable battery. Display shows LAT/LON, TD's, COG, BRG, HDG, ETA, CTE, etc. Complete $399. American Navigation Computers. (702) 882-0300. j page 201

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If "Virgo" Could talk* .. . an open letter *Dear Sailor: As her owners, please let us speak for her. Those of you who have sailed in the Caribbean may recognize this picture of “Virgo"*, a CSY 44. The bow sprit merely accentuates her classic clipper bow. She has teak decks now and looks even more traditional than her original Peter Schmidtt design, which included traditional hipped hatches over the main salon and bronze opening ports. We brought her home from Tortola, British Virgin Islands in 1982, spent a ton of money on her and now circumstances dictate that we sell her. We have replaced vir¬ tually all the mechanics including the Perkins 4-154 power,- we've also added all top of the line electronics and all the items needed for a personal yacht. "Virgo" demonstrated the importance of her 38,000 lbs displacement coming up the coast from Panama, which was all dead into the waves. She is the most seakindly yacht of her size and amazingly dry; at the same time her tank tested hull sails very well. (Since most yachts her size displace 30% less you can see that her hull is nearly twice as thick and she is extremely strong.) Her true cutter rig with furling makes sail handling a two person job, especially now that she has Autohelm. The bowsprit receives a 900 sq ft two-colored light genny and 1300 sq ft genniker which keep her moving well in light air. There is so much more that needs to be said about this very special boat. She is seriously for sale at $125,000 plus any brokerage. She is at Emery Cove (A-5), and you can call us at (209) 485-2131 or Sunset Yachts, (415) 654-9185 and they will show her for their usual 5% commission. She will be in Sunset's In-The-Water-UsedBoat-Show at Emery Cove August 24-25. You may wish to buy her on a contract and utilize our $90,000 1 'A % over prime bank loan at $130,000. We want very much for some good people to benefit from our T.L.C. and do not ex¬ pect to get our costs back. Kindest regards, Dick and Judy Walters

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Year

Asking

1969 good starter 1969 good starter 1961 new sails 1967 recent survey 1961 1960 seven sails 1975 1971 cruise equipped 1976 includes trailer 1979 1976 1979 1971 Atomic 4 i.b. 1982 Atomic 4 i.b. 1976 Atomic 4 i.b. 1972 Volvo dsl i.b. 1977 1971 exclnt cond 1975 1974 (6) sails, (9) Barients 1977 Atomic 4 inboard 1973 1931 1980 (9) sails, racing machine 1964 teak, oak beauty 1976 make an offer 1976 1965 bristol, super bargain 1977 liveaboard cruiser 1978 clean racing cruiser 1978 (6) sails, one-design racer 1980 recent survey, cruiser 1969 1968 furling jib, cruiser 1^68 1972 priced right 1967 well-equipt cruiser 1976 bristol racer 1974 1970 1979 long range cruiser 1979 1978 1979 handsome liveaboard 1976 comfortable liveaboard 1975 long range cruiser 1983 (15) sails, trailer, bristol 1960 1981 bristol liveaboard 1978 trade for condominium 1951 proven ocean cruiser 1975 teak liveaboard cruiser 1979 loaded luxury cruiser 1979 electronics galore 1979 global veteran, loaded 1974 1979 customized and loaded 1980 full electr., world cruiser 1979 beauty, liveaboard/cruise 1979 bristol, comfy liveaboard 1971 1964 race or liveaboard 1976 liveaboard cruiser 1982 beautiful liveaboard

4,500 6,500 7,850 12,500 12,000 10,000 13,000 14,800 13,000 17,500 22,500 10,425 22,000 20,500 15,000 17,900 22,500 20,000 32,000 14,000 28,000 28,950 16,500 26,000 31,000 27,000 58,500 10,500 45,000 40,000 30,000 62,000 35,000 34,500 30,000 41,000 47,500 55,000 42,500 49,500 79,900 77,000 80,000 84,000 56,000 29,000 38,500 65,000 120,000 125,000 48,000 125,000 195,000 160,000 140,000 165,000 180,000 225,000 114,000 125,000 148,500 112,000 135,000 375,000

Normal View As Seen By Competition. Frers describes her as the latest in his long development line of 50-footers. Launched October 1984, she truly shows in as-new condition, with the Big Boat Series her international debut. On the exterior, her Porsche silver hull and no compromise deck layout means all business. But one look below creates a totally different mood as you enter into her finely detailed and appointed interior — an attribute seldom found on a grand prix racing yacht. We are extremely pleased to offer 'Margaret Rintoul IV' for $385,000. For further information and an ap¬ pointment to personally view her, please contact:

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*42’ Grand Banks, 1971. All wood, twin 120 hp diesel, ex¬ cellent cond., 10 year assume loan, and or owner financing. Asking $125,000.

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New Listings '24' Stone Horse, '81 ... $28,500 26’ Sloop, F/G, 75 . 26,000 28’ Islander, '81 .34,400 30' Baba, 30’ (3).52 K to 68K 28,000 30' Ericson, 30, '69 . . . 72,000 35’ Baba, 35, PH, '80 .89,000 *36' Islander, '80 At Our Docks

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28’ New Zealand Kauri cruising sloop, 1972, cruised 75,000 miles in the last 13 years, com¬ pletely outfitted and ready to go. $29,500.

44’ Garden/Fung aft cabin Porpoise ketch, 1969, Hawaii veteran, nicely outfitted and maintained. $125,000.

57’ William Hand/Nova Scotia-built ketch M/S, 1946; heavy-duty ketch has sailed thousands of miles; very capable, lots of good gear. $125,000.

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21,700 lbs 858 sq ft 80 gal 150 gal

Columbia sip, ’72. .. 29,900 Columbia cntr. 49,000 Lapworth. 29,000 MacGregor cat, ’79.. 42,000 Flying Dutchman.. . . Offers Tartan. 95,000 Islander, P.H. Offers Ericson, ’80. 87,500 Catalina, ’83, loaded. Offers Farr design. 79,000 Hans Christian... try 109,000 Westerly, Perry dsgn. 109,000 Irwin, fast.try 79,000 Ericson. Offers Pearson, ’79. 109,000 Endeavour, ivabrd. . 98,800 Olson “Fastbreak”.. 109,500 Morgan O.I. 89,500 Endeavour, ’80. 129,000 B'rown trimaran. 69,900 Casey ketch, ’33. 55,000 Garden ketch, ’69.. . 135,000 CT cruising kch. 169,900 Jomar-Roberts. 116,000 POWER BROKERAGE Bayliner with trailer. 18,900 Tollycraft, twins..try . 39,900 Albin, loaded. 68,500 Golden Star Sundeck 107,000 CHB Sedan. 125,000 Albin Style. 149,900

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PETER JONES YACHT BROKERAGE (415) 386-5870 BOYERS: 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.

44’ LAFITTE ’80. Cutter rigged sloop. Extremely well-equipt and well rigged luxurious cruiser w/many custom features. 175,000. 40’ KETTENBURG ’64. Sleek, fast wood cruising sip w/good rig. $29,900. 40’ CAL. The original ultralight, now a fast cruiser. Inquire. 38’ CUSTOM KETCH ’72. Roomy cold-molded cruiser, diesel, good ground

' 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 . . . BEAM . DISP. . . WATER

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LWL.27’9” DRAFT.5’6” KEEL.6,200 lbs FUEL.40 gal 32 h.p. diesel

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; NCS SatNav. 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/h< 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 securi¬ ties as part of the deal as I own her outright. I’ll throw in a 40’ slip in Monterey & will deliver her anywhere on the west coast or Hawaii.

Priced Reduced To $108.000 cash (415)331-1102

tackle & sails. $39,900. 38’ MORGAN ’78. Totally cruise equipped, vane, etc. Inquire. 37’ TAYANA ’81. Very well equipped cruising cutter with Loran, autopilot, radar, refridgeraubn, shower, propane, dinghy, dodger and more. $87,000. 37’ IRWIN MKV ’79. Aft cabin, liveaboard cruiser w/dsl. +S.F. berth.$67,000. 34’ HUNTER ’83. Wheel, WS, SP, dsl. & more. Inquire. 33’ NOR’WEST. Strongly built, fast, hard-to-find Burns design with nice in¬ terior, diesel, wheel, Rover dinghy and more. $55,900. 33’ RANGER ’78. Very clean example of this well-known Mull fast racer/cruiser with diesel, VHF, depth, wheel and more. $37,500. 33’ PEARSON 323 ’77. Really nice w/brand new bottom & BARGAIN PRICE. 32’ DASHER ’60. Easom built strip-planked Lapworth sloop with recent aluminum rig. Standing headroom. A lot of boat for $20,000. 32’ O’DAY ’77. Aft cabin, hot shower, VHF, RDF, dsl, WS, WP. $38,000. 30’'CAT ALIN A ’78. Loaded with gear, whl, dsl., etc. Inquire. 30’ TARTAN ’75. Super clean, well-equipt S&S. Inquire. 30’ ISLANDER BAHAMA ’78. Clean/roomy family racer/cruiser. Inquire. 30’ NEWPORT ’79. Phase II with VHF, Loran, autopilot, knotmeter, wheel, dodger, pressure hot water, Volvo diesel, spinnaker and more. Inquire. 30’ •SANTANA ’77. (2) of these racer/cruisers w/diesel & good gear. Inquire. 29’ COLUMBIA DEFENDER ’63. Original owner, spinnaker gear. $17,500. 29’ CAL 2-29. Clean roomy Lapworth one-design. $29,900. 28’ ISLANDER ’76. (2) available. Both with recent LP & diesels, good inven¬ tory. From $32,000. 27’ SANTA CRUZ ’75. Well equipped ultralight. Fast! $16,000. 27’ CAL 2-27 ’76. Clean boat, Atomic 4. Inquire. 24’ NIGHTINGALE ’74. Clean, race equipped, Wylie design. $11,500. WOOD BOATS. Many sizes and many prices. 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 problertis of negotiation, financing, sea trial, survey, title transfer, insurance, property tax proration & the inevitable Snafu^pleasecall_&hst_yourboaL^^

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SAILBOATS Freedom, '84, trlr. $17,500 Santana, 71, trlr. .. . 6,800 Wylie Wabbit, '82, trlr.. . . .7,500 Moore, ’80, trlr. . .15,950 Columbia, ’65, o.b. . . .5,950 Freedom, ’82. . .25,995 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 Tartan, full keel. . .16,500 Islander, 76, diesel... .34,000 Sun Wind, ’83. .. 34,900 Ranger, 72. . .22,000 Islander MKII, dsl. . .29,500 O’Day. . . 39,500 Garden, diesel. . .30,900 Buccaneer 305, diesel. .. 30,900 U.S. Yacht, '80, dsl.... . . 39,950 U.S. Yacht, ’81, dsl.... . .33,500

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U.S. Yacht, diesel, ’81. .. . 33,500 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, 79. .60,000 Wright Allied, ketch, 77. .72,000 Hans Christian, 79, cttr. . 99,000 Joubert-Nlvelt, Patriot.. 190,000 Ericson,’69, diesel. .69,500 Serendipity, 79. 105,000 Peterson, 75 cutter.... .99,000 Peterson, 79. 115,000 Sparkman & Stephens.. .82,000 Columbia, 73, m/s kch.. 135,000 Wellington, 72, ketch.. 175,000 Mapleleaf, ’81. 195,000 Baltic,’80, repossession . Offer Herreshoff, ’82, ketch.. . 375,000 POWERBOATS Bertram,'64. .25,000 Sea Ray,'83. . 99,000 Pilgram, motor yacht.. 136,000 Hatteras, FBMY. 295,000 Hatteras, YF..440,000

2415 Mariner Square Dr., Alameda, CA 94501

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EMEWTER YACHT SALES 1306 BRIDGEWAY

KERMIT PARKER YACHT BROKERAGE

SAUSALITO, CA 94965 (415) 332-2060

(415) 456-1860 San Rafael Yacht Harbor, 557 Francisco Blvd., San Rafael, CA 94901

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41’Freeport. Big, roomy cruis’g kch, long list of equip. Exc. cond., owner will consider trades. Try $80,000.

36’ Stephens. 1976. Classic twin engines, new paint, varnish & upholstery. Only $12,500

38’ INGRID KETCH. 1979. Atkins design, new BMW diesel, windvane. $95,000.

39’ FREYA. Fully equipped, the ultimate cruiser, just ask Latitude 38! $115,000. sistership

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42’WESTSAIL KETCH. Complete ’ roller furling sails, radar. $89,000. 40’ Owens Cutter. Diesel auxiliary, equipped for extensive cruising and ready to go. Asking $45,000.

32’ Chris Connie. 1959. Twin eng., enclosed whlhouse w/flybridge. Outstanding cond. Asking $12,500

50’ Gulfstar Ketch Rig. Loaded with cruise gear & electronics. All in excellent condition. Asking $135,000.

28’ Magnum. 1972. Offshore speed boat, twin Ford Holman & Moody 300 hp VH with low hrs. Try $14,000

34’ SUNSET SLOOP. Stone-built ’64, full length fir planking. Im¬ maculate. $24,500.

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ENGLISH ketch, D.E., cold molded. GLADIATOR, great first boat. CORONADO, 15 hp o.b., very spacious. PACIFIC SEACRAFT, Yanmar diesel. PEARSON, owner must sell. DAWSON ketches, two from. CATALINA, inboard diesel, wheel steering.... MULL sloop, exceptional value. MOWER sloop, owner anxious. TUMLAREN sloop, bristol, wood stove... OD CUSTOM schooner, “Sadie”, immaculate. ANGLEMAN kch, f/g, owner must sell. Bring In KETTENBURG extra diesel, new main.try BREWER ketch, 1-3/8” teak planked. E R MONTEREY trawler, dsl, VHF, d.s. ALBIN, aft cabin, diesel, full canvas. STEPHENS sedan, twin diesel. STEPHENS, original classic. CHRIS CRAFT CONSTELLATION, twin screw. COOLIDGE fantail launch, “Pintail”. SLIPS AVAILABLE AT OUR SALES DOCK

$1,900 6,000 8,900 24,900 Offers 16,000 17,000 12,000 18.500 22,000 69,000 Offers 27,000 85,000 13,750 17.500 20,000

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29’ Bell Sloop. 1979, fiberglass, Volvo diesel, loaded w/electronics, sails & equipment. Asking $15,000.

16’ Garwood Speedster. Mint condition, used only 10 hrs. 20M invested, Try offer of $10,000.

45’ LAKE UNION. Twin dsls, im¬ maculate, classic w/covered berth, price reduced fof quick sale. $45,000.

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24 Venluit wiiL wm. H berglass; clean, ideal family starter. Asking $4,500

90’.BLANCHARD. Fantail Launch. ‘Wanda’. Excellent charter vessel, radar. $135,000.

42’ LUKE MOTORSAILER. Commercial salmon licence. Offers.

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BRISTOL 35.5 Typical Bristol quality throughout. Westerbeke diesel, rollerfurling headsail, Combi instrumentation. One of Ted Hood’s most cohesive designs. $ 66,500

CLASSIC CRUISERS ★ 23’ MAYA Honda 7.5 o/b, good sails. 8 3,300 ★ 23’ BEAR BOAT Full interior, clean. 9,000 ★ 25’ NORDIC FOLKBOAT Full cover, new sails. 9,500 ★ 26’ NORDIC M/S FK Inside steering, Dsl. 25,000 ★ 28’ BUCCANEER Barney Nichols dsgn.2 from 4,000 30’ BRISTOL 29 9 FK, I/B, Autopilot. 23,900 30’ YANKEE Wood, M/M Winner. . 9,000 ★ 30’ ALBERG YAWL Wheel, Boat cover, I/B. 36,950 ★ 30’ CHOEY LEE KETCH Diesel, shore power, teak . . 22,500 ★ 30’KNARR Classic beauty, needs TLC.offers ★ 31’ ANGLEMAN KETCH Dsl. worm Gear st. 31,950 ★ 31’ CHOEY LEE KETCH Dsl, Roller furl ... . 30,000 31’ DASHER Easom built, L-32, new rig, clean. 20,000 32’ COLUMBIA SABRA 5 5 Spotless, points!. 10,000 ★ 33’WINDWARD Almost restored. 18,000 34’ ATKINS KETCH Only 2 months to Sell!. 28,000 ★ 36‘ ANGLEMAN KETCH dsl., wd„ pac, vet., ready to go 48,000 36’ LAPWORTH New I/B, new BP, beautiful. 31,000 ★ 40’ S&S YAWL Burmese teak hull, classic. 58,000 40’ PACIFIC 40 YAWL European quality, BMW dsl . . 74,500 ★ 43’ KETTENBURG AluminumMiull, beautiful. 89,500 45’CUSTOM NZ KETCH Center cockpit, extensive gear 90,000 ★ 46’ GARDEN KETCH Loaded, 6 sails, ksl. 98,500 55’ALDEN C/B YAWL B&G inst., cruise equip. 120,000 ★ 60’ GAFF RIGGED CUTTER APPT. ONLY. 175,000 65’ALDEN KETCH Loaded. 95,000 MOVING UP — COASTAL CRUISERS 27’ NORSEA CC Aft cabin, dsl.2 from $37,500 27’ CHOEY LEE OS Dsl, Spinnaker. 27,000 29 9 BRISTOL wheel, custom dodger, electronics . . . 44,000 ★ 29’ GULF COAST 6’ + headroom, DS, VHF, Roller Furl 21,000 ★ 30’ PEARSON Autopilot, dodger, clean. 27,950 ★ 30’ ISLANDER BAHAMA Wheel, Signet, 2 from 41,500 30’ ERICSON Well equipped, 3 sails, inb. 27,000 ★ 30’ WILLARD 8 ton f/k, cutter, wheel, dsl. 55,000 ★ 30’ TARTAN S&S design, new dodger, clean. 34,750 ★ 30’ TARTAN Nice cond., owner anxious. 30,900 ★ 31’PEARSON DS, WP, WS wheel, Spinn. 42,000 ★ 31’ COLUMBIA 9-6 dsl, 4 sails, heater. 36,000 32’MARIEHOLM FOLK/BOAT Dodger. 41,000 ★ 32’ERICSON Inboard, well kept.. 31,000 36’ ISLANDER Full spin gear, avon. 47,500

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This 1969 Alden centerboarder was designed in the Finnesterre tradition and built by Laliberte in Canada. A Swift cruiser with very comfortable accommodations. NEW on the market. $ 120,000 GREAT STARTER — CRUISING BOATS — IB/OB ★ 17’ LEISURE Twin keels, new sails.» 3,500 ★ 20’ NEWPORT 6 sails, SNG handled, LPU top’s. 4,750 ★ 20’ CAL Good starter, all led aft, active class. 3,750 ★ 21’VICTORY w/trailer, good starter. 2,500 22’FALMOUTH CUTTER Famous Hess Cruiser. 29,000 ★ 22’ SANTANA Lg active 1 dsn. 5,500 ★ 23’CORONADO Fixed keel, v/good sails, o/b. 5,000 ★ 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’ YANKEE DOLPHIN 7, sails, very clean.3 from 12,500 ★ 25’ HUNTER 7 sails, spin, new o/b. 9,000 ★ 25’ NORTHSTAR 500 'At, 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” . . 3 from . . 11,000 ★ 26’ INT FOLKBOAT Classic Scandinavian Design .... 15,500 ★ 26’EXCALIBUR nice, spin, popvtop, km, VHF. 11,000 ★ 26’ PEARSON Clean, 3 sails.2 from 13,500 ★ 27’ CATALINA 1 with inboard.2 from. 13,500 ★ 27’ERICSON All w/gas inboards.2 from. 17,000 . 27’ MORGAN BMW diesel, 5 sails w/spinn. 20,250 ★ 27’ NEWPORT Fresh water, good gear. 21,500 27’ SANTANA Diesel, 5 sails, good buy. 18,000 ★ 27’ CORONADO Needs a nice home.2 from 10,000 ★ 27’ NEWPORT Fresh water boat, try. 21,500 ★ 27’ TARTAN C/B, S&S dsgn, good buy. 16,500 28’ COLUMBIA O/B, Spnk, dodger. 16,750 ★ 29’ GULF PILOT HOUSE Dsl., auto helm. 32,000 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/w dsl.2 from 26,000 30’ SANTANA Spin, dsl, CNG, wheel. 41,000 C & C’s GALORE — RACE OR CRUISE ★ C&C 'ht 12 Sails, Rod Rig, custom . . REDUCED $ ★ C & C 35 MK1 Very clean. C & C 35 MKII Lots of gear. . C & C 36 Custom rig, loaded, Loran C. ★ C & C 36 Dodger, Loran, all canvas. ★ C & C 38 Full hydraulics, Loran C, New LPU . . . C&C 40’ As new, spinn., good el$ct, Reduced . .

33,000 42,000 64,500 89,500 79,950 79,500 99,000

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EXHILARATING HIGH PERFORMANCE — RACE READY ★ 29’ BUCCANEER 295 “Sea Fire” 84 Farallone SSS winner35,000 29’BUCCANEER 295 Spin gear, 4 sails local loft. 30,000 ★ 30’ CAL 2-30 Dsl, full race, lines lead aft. 25 000 30’ PEARSON FLYER BMV dsl, Spin gear. 38^500 ★ 30’J 30 Very clean, lots of sails, ready to go. 43,500 ★ 30’ WYLIE CUSTOM Cold mold, %T, Hulse Rig. 35,000 ★ 30’OLSON 8 sails, fast and light. 27,500 ★ 34’DASH Fast Davidson dsn., 8 sails, Loran. 38,500 34’ WYLIE Class sails, good electronics.2 from 56,500 ★ 35’SANTANA Class equipped.2 from 58,000

★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ MILANO yACHUS 30' C&C 30 Vi TON Custom built and equipped by C&C Yachts in Canada, flush deck with racing layout for all running rigging, accommoda¬ tions for a racing crew, extra mast, 12 sails, rod rigging. Still competitive, a perfect choice for someone looking to start a racing career. $33,000 LIVE ABOARD EXPERIENCED OFF-SHORE CRUISERS 32’ BRISTOL Full Keel, Hood dsn, very clean. $35,000 ★ 35’BRISTOL 35.5 Dsl., good inst.3 from 66,500 ★ 36’GULFSTAR cc Refer, gd liveaboard. 65,000 37’ GULFSTAR New sails, new interior, has cruised . . 80,000 ★ 38’ CABO RICO Ctr. dsl, CNG, reefer. 97,500 ★ 38’ ERICSON Tri-cabin, Diesel, late model.2 from 82,500 ★ 38’ DOWNEAST 38 Ele. windlass. 79,000 ★ 39’ CAL CORINTHIAN Rod Rig., Dsl heater. 85,000 39’ LANCER m/s Roomy, great liveaboard. 110,000 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 . 99,500 ★ 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 ★ VESSELS ON DISPLAY IN OUR HARBOR

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45’ BRISTOL 4$.5 Built for the discriminating sailor, luxurious accommodations for comfortable cruising and the speed and stability for fast comfortable passages, fully equipped and lavished with tender care, this aft cabin center cockpit Bristol 45.5 will please the most critical inspection. At our docks.

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BROKERAGE — SAIL $8,000 ’77 Wilderness 2,495 '68 Venture 6,495 Chrysler 75 from 7,200 Santana (2) 12,000 ’83 J/Boat 16,500 ’81 Sprinta Sport, reduced!! 12,900 76 Ranger 74 7,900 Ericson 12,000 ’80 Moore 6,500 Gladiator ’68 from 12,900 J/Boat (3) 12,000 Farr 727 76 9,500 Yankee Dolphin ’68

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BROKERAGE Pearson Pearson 323 Ericson Wylie J/Boat J/Boat Cheoy Lee Hunter Islander Islander Downeast Olson Trintella Dubois

- SAIL - CON’T 49,900 78 50,000 79 32,000 74 59,000 ’80 66,000 ’83 90,000 ’81 65,000 74 58,500 ’80 76 reasonable offer Offers 73 67,000 76 109,500 (2) 74 Offers!! 79 98,000

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San Juan Merit Excalibur Columbia Pearson Chrysler Cal 2-27 Sunwind Cal J/Boat Lancer Wylie Santana Benford Sprkmn/Stphns

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21,000 20,500 from 7,950 10,500 15,500 19,000 24,950 34,900 29,000 36,500 30,000 37,000 41,000 45,000 offers/57,500

Extended passagemaker in immaculate condition. Im¬ pressive gear inventory. Load your supplies and sailaway. $149,500.

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21 WILDERNESS .$8,000 22’ CATALINA.5,500 23' BEAR.9,500 23’ ERICSON.6,850 23’ RANGER BEST OFFER/13,000 23’CORONADO. 4,950 24’NIGHTINGALE. 14,500 24’YANKEE DOLPHIN.15,000 24’ VENTURE. 5 500 25’ DAVIDSON 25,000 25’ MERIDIAN 126.12,000 25’ PETERSON.3 Irom 15,000 25’ CAL. 10,000 25 NORTHSTAR .14,000 26 ARIEL by PEARSON.2 Irom 13,500 26’ INTERNATIONAL FOLKBOAT.15,500 26 EXCALIBUR.13,900 27 CAL 2-27.2 Irom 22,500 27’ SANTA CRUZ.2 Irom 13,500 27’ MULL CUSTOM.2 Irom 9,900 27' NEWPORT 27 S-ll.16,600 27’CATALINA.3 Irom 17,000 28' HALBERGH SLOOP 9,950 28’ATKINS ENSENADA (F/G).29,900 28’ MAIR 7/8th SLP.24,500 28’ ISLANDER.4 Irom 27,500 28’SAN JUAN.29,000 29’ CAL/BEST OFFER.2 Irom 25,000 29’ RANGER.22,500 29’SUNWIND RACER/CRUISER.34,900 30' BIRD CLASS. .3 Irom 6,000 30' CORONADO .2 Irom 24,000 30’ OLSON .2 Irom 25,000 30’ NONSUCH.69,500 30' COLUMBIA.23,000 30’ ISLANDER MK II.3 from 29,500 30 TARTAN.2 from 24,000 30’SAN JUAN.19,500 30’ FISHER M/S.61,500 30’ NEWPORT... .-..3 from 28,000 30’ ALBERG . 32,000 30’CHEOY LEE.22,500 30' SANTANA 41,000 30 CATALINA 35,000 30’ US . 33,500 32 WESTSAIL CTTR.59,900 32’ ISLANDER MARK 1.38,000 32’ ERICSON. 32,000 33' TARTAN 10 2 Irom 24,900 33 APHRODITE 101.34,900 33' COLUMBIA 5.5. 10.000 33 WYLIE.65,000 33'INTERNAT’L 1-DSGN.24,000 34' WYLIE .59,000 34 HUNTER .2 from 49,900 34 CAL 4 Irom 33,000 35 SANTANA. 2 Irom 49,900 35' CSC.41,800 35 ERICSON.4 Irom 38,000 36'ISLANDER FREEPORT.99,500 36' ISLANDER 3 from 49,995 36 MARINER POLARIS CUTTER.74,500 36' RAVAGE.52,500 36' ERICSON 2 from 79,900 37' CREALOCK. 120,000 37' TAYANA. 90,000 37 ISLANDER TRADER 63,000 37'TARTAN SLOOP 98,500 37 RANGER 60,000 38'FARALLONE CLIPPER OFFERS/40,000 38 MORGAN 88,000 38 ERICSON.OFFERS/112,500 39 ROGERS SALT SHAKER’ 99,500 39'LANDFALL CUTTER.86,000 39' LANCER 110,000 40 ONE TONNER‘FEVER’ 85,000 40' YAWL. 59,000 40'ONE TONNER‘FEVER’.85,000 40' C&C.99,000 40'TRINTELLA IV BEST OFFER/129,000 40' OLSON ‘FAST BREAK’.109,500 40' KETTENBURG SLP BEST OFFER/29,900 41' COOPER 416 127,500 41’ISLANDER FREEPORT.105,000 41' MORGAN OUT ISLAND 89,500 42’ DUBOIS . 99,500 42'PEARSON 424.119,500 42’STEWART 89,000 43’ GULFSTAR 98,000 44’ SWAN 441 195,000 44'LAFITTE 175,000 44 CH'E'OY LEE .162,500 45' VAN DER .59,500 45' OMEGA 107,000 46’CAPE CLIPPER.135,000 46’ FISHER MOTORSAILER.245,000 46' MOTORSAILER 160,000 47' VAGABOND KETCH 2 from 125,000 47’SWAN, 1982.230,000 47'PERRY .114,900 48' CUSTOM AUX. CUTTER.112,000 50’ SANTA CRUZ 2 from 187,000 51'ISLAND TRADER OFFERS/145,000 62’ SCHOONER.f200,000 64 HUNTINGFORD KETCH.230,000 65'SWAN 651 795,000 75’ONE-DESIGN KETCH.850,000$ * SAN FRANCISCO BERTH INCLUDED

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OLSON 30. Excellent condition, full sail inventory with mylar, com¬ plete electronics including Loran, over size winches, etc. At our docks for $25,000.

LAFITTE 44. Immaculate condition, Navtec hydraulics, B&G instru¬ ments, radar, microwave, central head, autopilot, the list goes on and on! A must see — Asking $175,000.

PETERSON 25. Custom flush deck version, functional interior ideal for offshore sailing and singlehand¬ ing. Extensive sail inventory. San Francisco berth included. Asking $17,500.

SANTANA 35. Absolutely the best on the Bay! National Champion. Loaded with sails and electronics. Many custom features. Huge price slash to $49,900 — can’t be beat!

C&C 35. Very sturdy family racer/ cruiser. Wheel steering, excellent sail inventory, full instruments, cabin heater, Barient winches. Ask¬ ing a very realistic $41,800. At our docks.

POLARIS 37. This beautifully main¬ tained cruiser is ready to go. Many extras including inflatable dinghy, electric windlass, refrigeration, stereo and much more. Asking $74,500.

Dealers For: Moore, Laser 28, Nordic and Sceptre 41

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