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FEATURE 30 Choose Your Winter Cruising Adventure Quiet Nights at Destination Docks. By Andy Cross

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34 Top 25 Race Boats of 2019

Recognizing the region’s best and most consistent racers. By 48° North Staff

38 Augmenting Righting Moment

An overview of water ballast, canting keels, and side foils. By Paul Bieker

42 Sowing Seeds of Speed While Fostering Fun

Influential PNW coaches and the high school sailing boom. By Julia Soes

46 Dan Kaseler Reflects on Sailing Speed Record His sail designs helped set the world record in 2004.

By Joe Cline

COLUMNS 22 Lessons Learned Cruising

Route planning - oh, the places you’ll go! By Behan and Jamie Gifford

24 Galley Essentials

Ukulele and hot cakes in the South Pacific. By Amanda Swan Neal

26 Tech Talk with SeaBits

A life of boating and fascination with technology. By Steve Mitchell

28 Close to the Water

Go north to go south - getting underway at Port McNeil. By Bruce Bateau

50 48° North Race Report

TTPYC Duwamish Head and STYC Iceberg Regatta.

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SPEED

ON THE COVER, Erik Kristen and crew aboard the J/105 More Jubilee trim up around Blakely Rock on their way to second-place in that Center Sound race and a first-in-class finish for the series. This win helped them secure the top spot overall in 48° North’s Top 25 for 2019! Photo by Jan Anderson.

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Editor SPEED MATTERS

At the risk of sounding hypocritical after months of telling you how taken I am with cruising speed and the cruising life, I want to talk about speed—how it matters to me, and why I think it matters to all of us. As sailors, we must first acknowledge that movement requires at least some speed, not only for steering control in the rudder, but also because water flowing past our underwater foils enables us to translate the power being generated in our sails into efficient forward motion on points of sail other than a dead run. In most sail-able conditions and configurations, those foils only become more efficient the faster water passes by them. In my experience, cruisers are often as concerned about speed as racers. Fractions of a knot add up on a 30- or 60-mile travel day, let alone an ocean passage! Cruising sailors frequently have to work hard to stay above the speed threshold of efficiency to actually get where they want to go under sail, lest they fire up the iron genny. For cruisers under power, speed is always a desire, usually tempered by the conflicting desire for fuel efficiency. However you get there, a cruising reality doesn’t have be hurried to want it to be efficient. We all know cruisers still like to go fast. I should know, I’m becoming one and it’s true for me! For racing sailors, speed is everything. It’s also relative. I know people who are crazy fast in a San Juan 24 or Thunderbird. And I’ve felt dog-slow on a TP52 a few times. Speed in racing means you’re better able to go the right direction. If you’ve got a half a knot more boat speed than your competitor, you can get the shift or the current relief first, or you can translate that into a few more degrees of point if the situation calls for it. Downwind, speed means soaking for most boats, velocity made good (VMG)—sailing deeper angles and getting more quickly to your destination. That’s true unless you’re on those extra-fun boats with planing potential, then speed means planing, and planing means even more speed, often at angles not that different from the soakers, thanks to the apparent wind vector moving forward... which, you guessed it, is due to that speed increase. The longer I’ve devoted myself to the activity of sailboat racing, the more certain I become that fast looks a lot like smart. It is only on boats when we’re pretty sure we can figure out a speed advantage over our competitors, via sail trim, boat trim, rig tune, a faster bottom, or the like, when racing feels like something a sane person would try to be good at. Those types that look like savants are typically sneakily good at making boats go fast first. Using their sixth sense to sniff out the next shift is amazing, but many of those greats will tell you boat speed is always the first priority. Outright speed, however, that feels like kind of a unifier. Going fast is fun, for nearly everybody, in nearly every activity or vehicle. Control clearly must be a component of it, but the appeal of speed seems near universal. It’s not an original thought, but I am compelled by the oft-used argument that youth sailing has more potential if we help kids sail faster boats earlier in their sailing careers. I think of it like skiing or biking. It may be scary at first, but not long after learning—whatever the activity—there’s an understandable thirst to go faster. Helping kids have pathways to sail fast boats remains a personal priority, along with ensuring access to amazing, remote water-borne wilderness adventures. As long as you govern the parameters of your own comfort, and retain a sense of control and respect for others, I think speed and boating logically go hand in hand. Seeing the possibilities is pure inspiration, like with some of the record-setters out there (page 46). Experiencing fast (per your own definition) is pure exhilaration. Speed matters. Be safe as you pursue it. Now, go have fun! I’ll see you on the water, Joe Cline Editor, 48° North (Visit us at the Boat Show in WEST 21) 48º NORTH

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Terry has always felt a sense of pride in helping to keep our local waterways clean. Terry will be providing pumpout boats to Pumpout Seattle, which will attempt to support our customers in the fresh water with a for-profit business. We hope that our customers will continue to do the right thing, and use fixed pumpouts or a paid service. Thank you for your support over the years. Your donations to the program have enabled us to really make a difference to water quality in our area. Contact the State Pumpout Program via Rob Sendak: Rob.Sendak@parks.wa.gov, boatpumpouts@parks.wa.gov Sincerely, Terry Durfee In response, a reader shared his letter to his legislators: I just learned that WA Legislators are stopping the flow of federal funds designated for the 1992 Clean Vessel pumpout grant. In particular, the funded pump boats that serve thousands in the boating community. This is bad news and smacks of ignorant disregard for our state’s waterways’ environment. While it’s appealing during election seasons to claim pro-environment, it’s not so cool when their committee’s actions are contrary... While pump-out boats can continue as a pay as you go service, it’s unlikely this will be nearly as effective for preventing water pollution. I’d like legislators to explain: motive for this decision to eliminate this effective water protection program; the committee’s understanding of the Clean Vessel Act (the Fed Grant); if and how this decision was communicated to the boating public (and the Duwamish Tribe); and how the Fed Grant dollars will be reallocated? Responses respectfully requested, Craig McMinn King Co. WA Leg. District 34

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I reached out to Rob Sendak, requesting a response to these letters, which he duly offered: Thank you for the opportunity to share information about the Washington State Parks’ Clean Vessel Act (CVA) Grant Program and our decision to end the pilot program providing free mobile pumpout services to recreational boaters in Lake Washington, Portage Bay, the Duwamish, Gig Harbor and Liberty Bay. In 2013, we awarded federal grant funds to Terry & Son’s Mobile Marine Pumpout Environmental Services for a pilot program. Effective March 1, 2020, we will end this pilot program and the grant agreements with Terry & Son’s. In 2019, we began assessing the CVA Grant Program. This included publishing a Request for Information (RFI)—seeking input on expanding free or low cost mobile pumpout services—and a desk audit with our federal funding partners at U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

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Based on our findings, we determined the pilot program’s service model was not financially sustainable for these reasons: • Since 2013, the pilot program has accounted for an average of 15 percent of the federal grant funds we’ve received. At its peak, the pilot program served an average of 8 percent of the estimated recreational boaters who have holding tanks. • The average market rate per pumpout is $25-$35. The perpumpout cost of the pilot program’s service is $40-$50. • There is a demand to expand free mobile pumpout services to high-density recreational boating areas, including South Puget Sound, Hood Canal and the San Juan Islands. • The pilot program’s geographic service area is limited, and the state’s CVA Grant Program lacks funding to provide similar services in other areas with limited pumpouts. We want to remain competitive in the national grant process and demonstrate that we spend funding equitably and support the needs of all recreational boaters. We are exploring alternate service models that would provide free mobile pumpout services in areas across Puget Sound and the Salish Sea. We will share information as it becomes available on our website at https://parks.state.wa.us/657/Pumpout. In the meantime, pumpout services are still available. We continue to support ongoing operations and maintenance of more than 140 stationary pumpouts and dump stations and free mobile pumpout services at 10 marinas. We encourage recreational boaters to visit PumpoutWashington.org to find a map of CVA-funded stationary pumpout locations and free mobile pumpout services at select marinas, as well as forprofit mobile pumpout service providers in their area. And a point of clarification: Washington state Legislators are not stopping the flow of federal funds for the CVA pumpout grant.

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February 2020 1 R Henderson Inlet Race Presented by the South Sound Sailing Society. www.ssssclub.com 1 C US Sailing Coaches Clinic Presented by US Sailing in conjunction with The Sailing Foundation and NW Youth Sailing, at Mt. Baker Rowing and Sailing Center. A varied program that is beneficial to coaches, program directors, junior sailing volunteers, instructors, college sailors, etc. Special guest Jen Guimaraes is coming out from US Sailing HQ to present. www.thesailingfoundation.org/ 1 C About Boating Safely (Bainbridge) Taught by members of the USCG Auxiliary. Get your WA State Boaters Card. gawsail@sounddsl.com 4 E Auction of Sailing Gear Facilitated by NW Multihull Association, but non-members always welcome. Bring your used gear to sell and bid on some great new-to-you stuff! Dinner at 6:30, meeting at 7:00, Auction at 7:30. At Puget Sound Yacht Club. www.nwmultihull.org 5–9 E Vancouver International Boat Show The Vancouver Boat Show’s two great locations – an indoor venue at BC Place and Floating Show at Granville Island – offer show-goers of all ages and expertise an unparalleled experience. www.vancouverboatshow.ca 7 T Family Cruising in the Arctic and Beyond - Graeme and Janna Esarey and Their Daughters Talia and Savai Social hour at 6pm, presentation at 7pm. $5 entry for non-members (please preregister), and $10 for dinner with a no-host bar. www.cycseattle.org 8 C Marine Wiring Workshop Presented by Washington Sea Grant, this is for boat owners who want to upgrade their vessels’ electrical systems. Topics include safe wiring practices, selecting wire sizes, circuit breaker and fuse ratings, cable routing and labeling, shore power circuits, battery charging circuits, corrosion protection circuits, and engine instrument systems. 9am - 4pm at Point Hudson Marina, Port Townsend. sfisken@u.washington.edu 8 R Harbor Series #2 Presented by the Corinthian Yacht Club of Tacoma. www.cyct.com 8 R Snowbird #4 Presented by the Shilshole Bay Yacht Club. www.shilshole-bayyc.org 9 C Diesel Engine Troubleshooting Workshop Presented by Washington Sea Grant. The workshop will cover troubleshooting and the maintenance of various systems within marine diesel engines, including fuel, lubrication, electrical, cooling, and exhaust. 9am - 4pm at Point Hudson Marina, Port Townsend. sfisken@u.washington.edu

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Colleen Wagner, cofounder of The Center for Wooden Boats, passed away on January 2, 2020, in the presence of her family. Colleen and Dick Wagner started a small wooden sailboat livery at their floating home on Lake Union in the 1960s. Out of that grew The Center for Wooden Boats (CWB), a fixture in South Lake Union. After Dick passed in 2017, Colleen remained active at CWB. She cut the ribbon at the Grand Opening of the new Wagner Education Center, named in Dick and Colleen’s honor. She helped organize CWB’s first annual Lake Union Wooden Boat Festival, and has been a presence at every Festival since. Colleen was feverishly passionate about maritime heritage, wooden boat building and repair, and hands-on learning. CWB will honor Colleen with a tribute "Sail Past" event on Lake Union on April 11, 2020. www.cwb.org

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The Port of Allyn in the North Bay of Case Inlet in south Puget Sound has secured a boating infrastructure grant to purchase the last piece of privately-owned property bordering its Waterfront Park. The port will utilize the space to construct a two-lane staging area for their launch ramp, which will alleviate traffic and parking constraints on busy summer days for both boaters and shore-side park visitors. Cruisers, fisherfolk, and small boat enthusiasts around the south Sound should be pleased.

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Hundreds of thousands of seamounts exist in the oceans, most of them occurring in the Pacific Ocean. Among spectacular marine life they harbor are cabbage coral and Venus flytrap anemones.

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There are thought to be well over 100,000 unmapped seamounts under the oceans. Only about a thousand have been mapped.

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We have more detailed maps of the surface of Mars than we do of our ocean floor.

The Emperor Seamount chain stretches 3,700 miles from Hawaii to to the Aleutian Islands.

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Thousands of new species have been discovered on seamounts in recent years. The Shipwreck Coast of Victoria, Australia, stretches for about 100 miles from Cape Otway to Port Fairy, and includes the Twelve Apostles, a collection of large seastacks. In the Lofoten Islands of northern Norway, the Rost Reef, discovered in 2002, is the world’s largest deepwater coral reef, built by Lophelia corals. The world’s deepest marine trench, the Marianas Trench, is half as deep as Mount Everest is tall. The Java Trench off Indonesia, at 1,600 miles long and 50 miles wide, is the world’s longest trench. More than 90 percent of the world’s oceans are more than two miles deep. If you stacked 24 Empire State Buildings, it still would not equal the total depth of the Pacific Ocean’s deepest point.

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Seamounts are undersea mountains, many of them extinct volcanoes, that lie below the oceans. An official seamount is classified as at least 3,300 feet(1,000 meters) higher than its surroundings.

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NOAA recently announced that it will begin phasing out paper chart production later this year. For saltier-than-thou sailors, this news is, apparently, like announcing that rum is going away forever. There’s even a petition started by a Canadian mariner to pressure this American scientific agency within the US Department of Commerce to get on with the business of printing charts. Supporters proclaim electronics are doomed and so shall mariners be without “foolproof” paper charts. Personally, I don’t understand the sentiment, since NOAA charts will be available to download and print or purchase from third-party vendors. Also, suggesting that paper charts alone are foolproof is foolish. Paper and digital charts are tools. Both imperfect, and only part of safely going somewhere by boat. Safely and efficiently sailing from point A to B takes a plan. A simple or familiar trip may only need a rudimentary plan, but going unplanned or with a faulty route plan is the cause of many tragedies. Route planning divides nicely into three parts. To help understand these, let’s bring in the Doctor — Dr. Seuss, that is — from Oh, the Places You’ll Go! 48º NORTH

PART 1: BIG PICTURE “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.” Choosing places you want to sail is part of big picture routing, but, as the doctor also said, “I’m sorry to say so but, sadly, it’s true that bang-ups and hang-ups can happen to you.” Big picture routing starts by picking annual or seasonal destinations, then reviewing features of the journey and destination to create a sensible trip framework. Review features include weather, security, legal, and practical. Weather defines life on a boat. Thus, a trip up the Inside Passage sounds fine in July, but not January. Or how about that sail through the Caribbean in search of the last bottle of rum? Not happening during hurricane season. Cold and hurricane limiters are obvious, but there are other weather seasons to consider based on your location: gales (higher latitudes), lightning (Central America & SE Asia), squalls (tropics), and monsoon seasons. Monsoonal regions

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bring seasonally changing winds that blow in the right or wrong direction depending on your timing. Consequently, you must plan for weather patterns that make sailing easier on your boat and crew. Security during the journey and at the destination also requires research. Skimming along the coast of North America doesn’t carry much threat to personal safety, but it’s still good to learn if your outboard could sprout legs in a given anchorage. If venturing further, there are many resources online, such as the Caribbean Safety and Security Net, to help you avoid trouble spots. Where you go is a deliberate choice—choose wisely. Legal procedures for traveling to and from countries can be surprising, and limiting if not prepared. French Polynesia requires a long sail, but you’re limited to 90 days unless you get a long stay visa. This requires a trip to a French Consulate well before setting sail. In Samoa, there is a measles epidemic. Without proof of measles vaccination for each crew member, you’ll not be granted entry. Know before you go to avoid the frustrating “Whoa!” Practically speaking, a common mistake of new cruisers is a big picture route plan spanning an unrealistic range of places and time. Always being on the go can get exhausting. And stopping short can lead to a feeling of failure for not accomplishing what you’d planned. Overall, life at 6 knots is slow, so try not to plan a big picture route in the fast lane. PART 2: PRE-PASSAGE “You’ll get mixed up, of course, as you already know. You’ll get mixed up with many strange birds as you go. So be sure when you step. Step with care and great tact and remember that Life’s a Great Balancing Act.” Many sailors are dreamers, so dreamy big-picture planning comes easily. Pre-passage planning is, in part, a zoomed-in version of a specific leg of the bigger plan—detailing a trip from A to B rather than generalizing the whole season. A way to grasp the difference between these parts is that pre-passage plans presume starting into a real experience, which can be miserable, scary, expensive, or cruise-ending if done poorly. Let’s minimize those outcomes! Route making is the literal path set down on a chart from beginning point to end point. Mark those two waypoints on your chart, whichever type you prefer. If there are hazards between those two points, add waypoints to safely pilot around them. Now zoom in! To which paper chart lovers will chuckle, but same goes for them. A small scale (large area) paper chart may not show all details that a large scale (small area) paper chart does. Inadequate detail, regardless of chart type, was best demonstrated when the Volvo Ocean Race boat Vestas Wind sailed onto a charted Indian Ocean reef. It just looked like big ocean, so their navigator didn’t zoom in to reveal the string of reefs. Nobody was hurt, but there are other boats with tragic outcomes due to this failure. Once free of fixed hazards, consider all the moving hazards to avoid: strong current, overfall areas, shipping lanes, etc., to account for in the route. Research the route to reduce possible surprises. Are there any notices to mariners for the region? It’s good to avoid plodding into a military live-fire drill such as Whiskey Gulf in the Strait of Georgia. Notices to Mariners are broadcast on VHF Channel 16, 48º NORTH

and can be found online at navcen.uscg.gov. Research bailout destinations. You may be going from A to B, but sometimes C or D may be necessary. Also, research the destination, so you know what to expect on arrival. Is it a bar crossing with fair-weather-only entry? Speaking of weather, the term “weather window” gets thrown around a lot in boating circles to denote good enough weather to be underway on a passage. Weather is a whole other topic to cover, but here are a few tips: If you leave the dock because salty paper chart guy said the weather looks fine, and you go out to find otherwise, it was still your choice to go. You need to develop your own weather forecasting skills. Best not to start a trip in a weather window that slams shut because of bad weather following so near. With less time or distance to bad weather, the greater the risk. Build scenarios for slower than expected travel and where that puts you relative to risky weather. Plan your arrival to prevent entering an unfamiliar destination at night. Some trips have awkward distances that set up for a dark finish. Leave earlier, or later, or moderate speed for daylight arrival. The Float Plan is often waved off as old school in an era of easy communications. Even on small trips, it’s a good idea that somebody on land knows what your plan is. And big trips necessitate a comprehensive float plan held by people that understand what you’re doing. Should something bad happen out there, this will save valuable time in getting help. PART 3: ROUTING UNDERWAY “Congratulations! Today is your day. You’re off to Great Places! You’re off and away!” Once you get going, variables change and so, too, should the routing plan. Sailing from Australia to Papua New Guinea, the weather outlook changed for the worse three days into the 900 mile trip. Our plan was to reach the eastern Louisiade Archipelago and then cruise leisurely downwind through the islands. Robust conditions settled over us, and produced a lively sea state. A beam-on wave sent us skidding. We knew our course and the sea state were working against each other. We looked at options, but they were limited – Great Barrier reef to the west, upwind to the east, and stern Aussie immigration officials behind. A second wave sent us skidding again. Rather than making a big change, we started small. Just 10 degrees of course change to the aim for the western end of the island group eliminated control issues. Three days later, we arrived at a group of islands not surveyed for charts since the mid-1800s—back when they were all paper, and so inaccurate that a sailor’s skills counted for everything. With paper and digital, the tools exist; but common sense routing is not to be missed. It takes more than a dream, but the skills are learnable, you know. And with them: Oh, the places you’ll go!

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UKELELE AND HOT CAKES IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC by Amanda Swan Neal Lunch at Bill Marsters’ Country Club. I’m learning the ukelele, slowly. As it’s hurricane season in the South Pacific, my boat uke is safely tucked away on Mahina Tiare; but here at home on San Juan Island, ukelele tunes keep dancing through my head. Oh, how folks have made that uke sing and what a delight it is to spend time playing and singing over shared meals. Aboard Mahina Tiare, we’ve had numerous expedition crew who can also strum. Sue was the first. When she joined us on a quiet morning in Rarotonga’s small harbor, over John’s delicious eggs hollandaise breakfast, she promptly announced that she’d been taking uke lessons. By mid-morning, the wind had come around to the NNE— straight into the harbor—at 15 knots and swells began to build as the tide rose. We abandoned our safety briefing in order to stow the uke and scramble for departure. Our destination was Palmerston Atoll and we’d sent word out that we’d be happy to deliver supplies. As crew loaded the Palmerston cargo aboard I dashed to the market for fresh provisions. Upon departing Raro, we had a great reach in 18 knots, but we ended up motoring the last few hours when the wind diminished. Nearly en-route to Palmerston is Winslow Reef, located 80 miles NW of Raro. We’d first heard of it from our friend Kevin, a local charter captain, who’d taken divers there for incredible underwater marine life experiences. Our current charts only label Winslow as a 6-meter shoal, with the notation “1916, PA” (first reported in 1916, position approximate) but on older charts, it’s labeled as Winslow Reef. 48º NORTH

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Eggs with Hollandaise Sauce. We decided to check it out, and arrived at the charted coordinates as the sun rose over a undulating silky blue ocean only to discover no visible signs of a seamount. For two hours, we conducted a spiral search pattern. Finding nothing, we called the Rarotonga harbor master on the satellite phone, asking if he knew its location. He emailed a position from the British Admiralty South Pacific Pilot book, which placed the reef six miles east of the charted position, so we retraced our track and continued searching. Deciding that a spreader viewpoint would be best, I shot aloft to examine the dark sea depths for any color change. Smells from John’s hearty pancakes wafted up to my lofty viewpoint while the tinkling of Sue’s uke practice mingled with the engine hum... but still no seamount. By midday a slight breeze began disturbing the water making

it impossible to further gaze into its depths. Our six hours of scanning had proven fruitless. Winslow Reef remains a mystery, so Palmerston here we come! Palmerston has a colorful history. It was uninhabited when Englishman William Marsters, a ship’s carpenter and barrel maker, settled ashore in 1863 with his three Cook Island wives. Today, most of the 60 inhabitants are direct descendants of his 23 children. Palmerston’s administrator is Arthur Neale, a distant cousin of John’s. Tom Neale, Arthur’s famous father, lived a hermit’s existence on nearby Suwarrow Island, many say searching for buried treasure. Upon completion of our 200mile passage, Arthur greeted us outside the atoll’s fringing reef directing us to an anchorage. Ashore we were hosted by the Bill Marsters family. Having outgrown the yacht club, Bill recently added an impressive extension to their original homestead and it’s now called the “Country Club” as it displays an eclectic collection of flags, photos and paraphernalia from global visitors including vintage regalia from royal yacht Britannia’s repeated visits. After delivering boxes of books to the school, we gathered round the vast and laden dining table for a jovial lunch followed by ukelele dance sessions before partaking in more island adventures.

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“Rendevous” at anchor in Port Ludlow on a glassy evening. With the technology world constantly moving at a break-neck 311, and most recently, an Ocean Alexander 420. There have pace, the challenge for us as sailors is to figure out how to adapt been a lot of smaller stops along the way, but those are the true the speed of that change to the marine world without putting family members that have made a significant impact on my life. safety at risk. My last sailboat, Grace, a Beneteau 311, was a fantastic Technology has given us amazing ways to interact with nautical platform to explore the Salish Sea and beyond. I spent a lot of charts, enhance our safety and communication methods, make time upgrading the technology and electrical systems, with a more accurate weather predictions, and to remain connected focus on making my life simpler and more pleasant while out on wherever we are. the water. One of my favorite trips was to Princess Louisa Inlet When embracing new technologies aboard, I always try to where I was able to be more comfortable and stay at anchor focus on three questions before deciding to move forward with a project: Will it make my time on the water safer or me a more aware captain? Does it provide more comfort and enjoyment for my time on the boat? Does it allow me to spend even more time on the water and away from other commitments? I’ve lived in both the boating and technology worlds my entire life, and find it a constant and exciting challenge. I began sailing Lasers on nearby lakes through Boy Scouts and graduated to larger boats around Gig Harbor and Fox Island. I was fascinated with the melding of complex math and the “gut feeling” in both sailing and technology. Being able to see the math for how they work at the low level, but knowing the other half is a complete art that you could only feel deep within your bones. For most of my professional life, I’ve worked for high tech companies and traveled around the world. I’ve also spent a lot of time as a marine electrician, deep in the bowels of boats, usually working on undoing the previous owner’s “modifications” and learning a lot in the process. My boating journey has included stints with a Catalina 25, Bayliner 4788, US Yachts 295, Hunter 430, Beneteau Grace’s Victron LiFePO4 power system diagram. 48º NORTH

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Princess Louisa Inlet and Chatterbox Falls from above using a DJI Mavic Pro drone. longer because of the upgrades, all while single-handing her the entire way from Seattle and back. Technology plays a huge role in being more aware while on the water, and that is doubly apparent when singlehanding. My current boat, an Ocean Alexander 420 named Rendezvous, is turning out to be a fun platform from which to explore as well. Compared to my previous vessels, drones and ROVs are easier to deploy, crew are happier and more comfortable, and the space and systems have gotten bigger and more complex. I still look at everything I do as if I were on a sailboat—thinking about power draw, weight, space, and functionality—and probably always will.

In the next few years, I am interested to see the continued advances in a couple specific areas: I expect the lines between a chartplotter, PC, tablet and mobile devices to get even blurrier. Vendors are innovating to make sure you can use their products on all of these platforms, and solutions from smaller vendors are showing unique ideas. I’m excited to see continued advances in power technology, allowing smaller, lighter-weight, faster-charging batteries and devices to help keep us at anchor longer with shorter recharge times. Finally, the next year or two should be significant for internet connectivity, specifically for coastal cruisers. The rollout of 5G and new options like Starlink satellite, plus the wealth of devices and choices in the mobile market are going to make staying connected, and being away from shore longer, even more affordable and reliable. Technology on the water is always a good thing to have if you temper its speed with your needs and safety. My goal with the future of this column is to provide you with more awareness of these on-the-water technologies to make your life underway easier wherever you choose to cruise.

Steve is a long-time sailor, musician, and tech nerd who loves working on challenging problems. He is the editor of SeaBits.com and spends as much time as possible on the water, enjoying the smell of the sea and the sound of the waves.

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One of the beauties of a small boat is that you can take it almost anywhere. For me, that meant starting my Inside Passage voyage by hitching Row Bird to my friend Tim’s truck, then driving together from his home on Bainbridge Island to the Blackball ferry. Four hours later, we rolled out of the dark hold and up to the customs line in Victoria, BC. Tim handed over our passports. The agent gave us an icy stare. “Where are you headed?” “Port McNeil.” Her eyes darted away for a moment, and I imagined that she was mentally reviewing the geography of the island. Port McNeil is a little fog-bound town on the north end, nearly 300 miles from Victoria. “And what will you do up there?” she asked, seeming not to notice the boat attached to the truck. “Well, I’ll be dropping him off,” Tim said, pointing at me. “And then he’s going to sail back to the United States.” Her eyes turned to me. “You’re going to sail back in that boat?” I smiled and nodded. “And how long will that take you?” she asked, clearly trying to figure out if we were fooling with her. “I’ve never done it, but I’m guessing about six weeks,” I replied. At this, the agent looked even more skeptical. “And what kind of work do you do, that you can take six weeks off?” But to this question, I knew I had a believable answer. “Bureaucrat,” I said. “I’ve had my vacation capped, and my boss told me to spend it down.” She waved us through. We drove north, occasionally glimpsing vast stretches of open water in the Strait of Georgia. I could barely see the other side of the strait, and glancing back at the 18-foot boat in tow, it seemed so slight, so inadequate. Tim had offered to lend me his 22-foot pocket cruiser for my trip. With its 3-foot keel, cozy cabin (complete with a miniature woodstove), and a sculling oar, I was tempted. But when I’d sailed bigger boats in the past, I spent more time staring at the depth finder, wondering how much water was under the keel, than enjoying the scenery. I would stare up at the rigging, wondering which shroud or stay might part. And motors—is there one that is reliable in a pinch? In the end, I passed on Tim’s boat, deciding it was too big. Besides, I knew a sculling oar would be a challenge during the long stretches of still air I anticipated, and I hated the idea of having to fit the boat with a motor and listen to it roar for hours. No, despite Row Bird’s smaller size, she was the boat for me. As Row Bird slid into the water near Port McNeil, I was grateful that it was calm, because I was not. Nervously fussing and triple-checking my gear, I found myself sweating, despite the weather, which was a mild 50 degrees and cloudy. Rationally, I had little reason to fret; I’d followed my well-honed packing system, gathered extra safety gear, and I knew every inch of Row Bird intimately. But I couldn’t help thinking about the reefs, whirlpools, and roaring currents 48º NORTH

that could cause trouble in the days ahead. Oars have never failed me, I told myself as I rowed away from the ramp. I glanced back a few times to see what lay ahead, but once I was moving, the familiar motion generated a deep feeling of confidence. That night, at anchor, a voice called out from the shore. “Hey, out there.” I ignored it, assuming that someone on the beach was chatting. But the voice persisted, and I lifted the edge of my cockpit tent and waved my flashlight. “You’re in shallow water. You’re going to hit the bottom at low tide,” he called out. “I think I’m ok, thanks. I checked the depth. I only draw a foot.” “No, you’re going to bottom out,” he repeated, as I turned off the light. I awoke in the morning surrounded by water, fully afloat. Setting sail, I headed down the broad channel of Johnstone Strait, tales of endless wind and storms lurking in the back of my mind. It was a little bumpier and significantly wider than my home waters along the Columbia River, but happily I encountered no conditions I hadn’t seen before. I turned north into a river of current within a larger channel, then caught a beam wind as I began threading through the first rocks and islands of the Broughton Archipelago. During the planning process for this trip, I’d poured excitedly over my chart, with its hundreds of unnamed islands. Now, as the actual islands appeared ahead of me, I couldn’t suppress a giant grin of delight. Charted rocks and giant boulders became apparent as I got into the shallows, where the big boats couldn’t go. Each vertical edge hosted a fascinating community of sea creatures: twisted worms, shiny mussels, purple sea stars, luminescent anemones, and an earth-toned array of seaweeds. My oars scraped the occasional rock, but the water was so clear, that as long as a zephyr didn’t catch me, the rock gardens in the shallows would be safe and easy to navigate. In a small boat, I had the pick of anchorages, too. I could nose into a tiny cove or anchor adjacent to a shell beach. Sometimes I’d hang out with the big boats in a popular anchorage, but more often I’d find a calm spot, just big enough for a single little boat, and swing alone. Despite my nervous start, I slept easily over the first few nights, coming to realize that I could only worry about the challenges of the day ahead. Finding my way through dense fog, reading the chart accurately in a lumpy sea, or just staying upright in a gust, I was starting to truly understand what I already knew: with a dose of caution and good seamanship, a small boat can go almost anywhere. And I was going south next, through the current-riddled back channels along the mainland coast.

Bruce Bateau sails and rows traditional boats with a modern twist in Portland, Ore. His stories and adventures can be found at www.terrapintales.wordpress.com

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CHOOSE YOUR WINTER CRUISING Adventure QUIET NIGHTS AT DESTINATION DOCKS

by Andy Cross

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“Yahtzee” bounds northward from Blake Island on a brisk January day. Photo courtesy of Autumn Helling. FEBRUARY 2020

aint shafts of dull morning light filter through the port above my head, nudging me awake. My eyes slowly blink open and I lay for a moment taking in the scene. Not a hint of winter wind sings in the rigging and the boat is eerily— almost impossibly—still. Climbing out of my bunk, I work quickly to the companionway hatch and in a sort of double motion, slide it open while also pulling a hoodie over my head. A crisp air hits my face, and when my eyes focus, it’s brighter outside than I expect. SNOW! Everywhere. I gaze quickly from Yahtzee’s cockpit to the typically brown wooden docks and then down to where a vibrant green lawn stood just 12 hours earlier. Everything is cloaked in puffy pillows of white. Overnight, Blake Island has turned from a verdant forest hideaway to a winter wonderland piled with snow. After an impromptu snowball fight on the foredeck with our sons—Porter and Magnus—and a tromp through the woods, we carefully make our way off the dock and point Yahtzee’s bow south down Colvos Passage towards Gig Harbor. Just a whisper of wind greets us along the way, but the snow continues to fly. By the time we squeeze in through the harbor’s narrow entrance and make for the public dock, the air temperature is warm enough that the once thick frosty blanket melts rapidly. Within hours, the sun is out and it’s almost as though the snow never even happened. Such is life for the winter cruiser upon the Salish Sea. While cruising Puget Sound and the San Juan and Gulf islands for three consecutive winters without a permanent slip, our family reveled in this season’s uncertainties. All the while, we got particularly good at bouncing from port to port, dock to dock, anchorage to anchorage with a style that made the most of short days, empty spaces, and welcoming locales. In part three of my series on winter cruising, I offer some tips on our favorite places to tie up, other than conventional marinas (though we love those too), and some of the best of these happen to be Washington State Park docks. TAKE ADVANTAGE OF WASHINGTON’S MARINE STATE PARKS The numerous marine state parks that dot Puget Sound and the San Juan Islands are a truly exceptional and distinctive feature of cruising the Pacific Northwest. And while many of the state park docks are removed for the winter months, there are several left in place and maintained for boaters to use year ‘round. In part two of this series, I wrote about staying on the dock at Prevost Harbor on Stuart Island, and on the other side of the island the floats at Reid Harbor are available for use in the winter as well. Also, one dock in Fossil Bay on Sucia Island remains in place for winter visitors. Whether you only cruise to these parks in the summer or are an all-season mariner, I highly encourage everyone to buy a state parks Moorage Permit. If you plan to moor at docks, floats, and buoys in these fee areas multiple nights a year, you will likely save money by purchasing the annual permit, which is valid January 1 through December 31. One thing to keep in mind, however, is that all boats over 45 feet are not allowed to moor on buoys, only on docks and at linear moorage. The permit is $5 per foot per year ($60 minimum). Without a permit,

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overnight dock moorage is 70 cents per foot ($15 minimum) and overnight buoy moorage is $15. Here are three of our favorite marine state parks to visit in the winter. JARRELL COVE HIDEY-HOLE Case Inlet was whipped into a frenzy from a strong southerly breeze as we sailed north up the east side of Harstine Island towards Jarrell Cove. Having visited the cove before, I knew it would offer perfect protection from the winter wind and allow for a couple peaceful days for our crew to relax before working our way back north up Puget Sound. Turning into the cover from Pickering Passage, we found the little bay virtually empty and the breeze considerably calmer on this late February weekend. Accordingly, we had our choice of spots on the park dock and deployed our fenders while passing the mooring balls that line the middle of the cove. With Yahtzee set, our crew set off to register and take a walk through the tall trees that line the park. Visiting Jarrell Cove State Park was aptly described by one visitor (according to Washington State Parks) as, “a sensory extravaganza, with a chorus of bird calls, saltwater and conifer smells, dense tree stands and opal-colored water all around. Whether you're there for the peace or the sociability, a day or a weekend at Jarrell Cove will put a smile on your face long after you're back to the grind.” Having visited the cove in both winter and summer, the narrative definitely rings true. Jarrell Cove State Park is a 67-acre, marine camping park with 3,500 feet of shoreline in the South Sound with 14 mooring buoys and 650 feet of dock space. Jarrell’s Cove Marina is across from the park and has a small store and 200 feet of transient space if the park is full. If you’re looking for a truly serene winter cruising experience, this is it. TAKE A BLAKE-ATION Well known to Puget Sound boaters, Blake Island is a gem right smack in the middle of the sound and is an excellent place to visit when the days are short and a bit cold. With its close proximity to Seattle, the marine state park—which covers the entire island—is a welcoming spot for boaters and campers anytime of year, but we particularly love it in the quiet winter months. Twenty-four mooring buoys and numerous campsites surround the island, and the marina's 1,500-feet of moorage with power hookups can accommodate quite a few boats. We’ve spent numerous winter nights here when Yahtzee has been the only boat in the marina. During one late February Blake-ation, frost covered the ground when we started out on the island's 3.5 mile loop trail until bright sunshine burst through the towering treetops to warm up the day, burn off the ice, and have us shedding layers as we went. The trail reveals beauty at every turn and it always feels great to get out meandering its varied terrain and offshoot beaches. When we’re not hiking the trails or combing the beaches, our other Blake Island favorite is to grab one of the shelters to make a fire and cook dinner and roast s’mores. It’s always amazing to stand there in the glowing light and look at our boat sitting in the little marina then across the sound to the city of Seattle—such a contrast!

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A familiar winter sight at Blake Island, Yahtzee is the lone boat at the dock. SERENITY AT DECEPTION PASS Swirling whirlpools looped around and underneath Yahtzee as we were swiftly carried eastward with a flood tide towards Deception Pass. With mouths agape, our crew sat in the cockpit looking in awe at both sides of this incredibly carved pass. In the moment, it was easy to see why Deception Pass State Park is the most heavily used state park in Puget Sound. It’s stunning. Once through the pass, we made for the dock at Cornet Bay and found only a lone boat occupying the park float. There are also two 100-foot detached floats that are set parallel to the main float; both sat empty. Though the park is known for heavy use, we hit it right on a cold couple days in late December. Bundled up and with hot cups of coffee in hand, we set out to walk the trails and beaches that stretch east from the park dock. Not knowing much about this part of the park, we were pleasantly surprised by the beautiful walk east to Hoypus Point, where we found concrete ruins that are the remnants of the old Fidalgo Island ferry dock. We lazed away a couple days exploring various portions of the park and, though it is obviously bustling in the summer months, we were happy to find Cornet Bay to be a slice of winter serenity. PUBLIC DOCKS Besides marine state park docks, there are several other alternatives around the sound for inexpensive and unique moorage. The first is to use public docks in Gig Harbor and Eagle Harbor. Gig Harbor’s Jerisich Dock is named for early settler Samuel Jerisich, and is located adjacent to Skansie Brother's Park in the heart of town. The dock provides transient moorage for boaters and features a pump-out station, water, restrooms and power (water and pump-out may be restricted during cold spells). Boats are required to pay an overnight moorage fee that is 50-cents per foot (minimum charge of $10 per night) in the winter and $1 per foot (minimum charge of $20 per night) from the Friday before Memorial Day through Labor Day. At Eagle Harbor on Bainbridge Island, Waterfront Park features a 900-foot city dock that is open year-round and is first-come, first-served. The dock has moorage for vessels up to 70 feet and is 50-cents per foot for an overnight stay. Water and electrical hookups are an extra $5 per day. We love this dock for its close proximity to the park and playground, groceries, restaurants, pubs, and a variety of other businesses. 48º NORTH

YACHT CLUB RECIPROCITY In addition to park and public docks, we’re huge fans of having a yacht club membership, with a big perk being the use of reciprocal moorage. While some boaters turn their noses up at the thought of joining a yacht club, the stigma of stuffy clubs is misguided. There are dozens of welcoming and accommodating yacht clubs around the Salish Sea that range from small to large with a variety of activities and amenities included. And if cost is an issue, there are a handful of clubs with reciprocal privileges that are fairly inexpensive. Not only does reciprocal moorage allow you to utilize other clubs’ docks and facilities at a reduced (or complementary) rate, but it is also an excellent way to meet members of other clubs—certainly a win-win! Our favorite reciprocal docks around the region include Poulsbo Yacht Club, Swinomish Yacht Club, Olympia Yacht Club, Anacortes Yacht Club, Orcas Island Yacht Club, and Kingston Yacht Club, to name a few. GET OUT THERE While anchoring out can deliver the solitude many cruisers thirst for, many of the busiest dock-destinations around the Puget Sound provide a surprising amount of solitude, a little extra protection and comfort, and some on-shore intrigue during the winter months. Fortunately, whether you choose to sail near or far from your home harbor during the winter, you won’t be lacking in places to stop. That’s one of the things that makes cruising the greater Puget Sound area so appealing this time of year. The seasonal availability and accessibility of the many docks, marinas, anchorages, moorings, and ports from Olympia to the San Juan Islands—and beyond—truly offers a choose-yourown-adventure experience. Though not without its challenges, "off-season" cruising at anchor, tied to the dock, or underway is something we can't recommend highly enough. For our family, these voyages have been overwhelmingly positive and we hope this three-part series makes you want to set out and chart your own winter escapades.

Andy and his family recently sailed into Mexico after spending the summer cruising south from Alaska. You can follow their adventures at SailingYahtzee.com.

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BOATS More Jubilee

Erik Kristen J/105 CYC Seattle Score: 89.5%

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ith a mix of distance and around-the-buoy races, as well as single-race events and multi-race regattas, the qualifying races for 48° North’s Top 25 are a good representation of Pacific Northwest racing. Scoring is on a percentage basis depending on the size of the class: 0% (did not finish) to 100% (first in class), where the event score = (finishers – position + 1) / finishers. Overall scores are an average of a boat’s best five finishes. There is no minimum number of races required to qualify. Multi-race events (like the South Sound Series) are scored as single events. This year, the #1 boat goes to the J/105 More Jubilee, skippered by Erik Kristen. The More Jubilee crew is well known among the 48° North audience, having taken the top spot for 2017, and finishing in the top five of this list each of the last four years. So how do they do it? Well, for starters, they’re terrific sailors! They sailed a lot, but still only scored at five qualifying events (some others in the top five had seven qualifying events, of which their top five finishes were scored). Ultimately, More Jubilee’s consistency was rewarded—they took first place in three-ofthe-five events for which they were scored. When they weren’t on top of the podium they were nearly there. They sailed in two distance series and three buoy-racing regattas, taking wins in each format. They sailed very, very well. Congratulations! Everyone on this list sailed exceptionally well! It is always a privilege to present the list and offer our admiration and

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appreciation for those in the racing community who live it and love it, and sail so well. There’s a chance the list will mix up a bit more next year. We are adding four new races to the qualifying list for 2020—an offshore race out of Oregon, an around-the-buoys regatta in British Columbia, a single-day mid-distance event in the central Sound, and a distance-and-buoy regatta in Seattle. Happy racing, and good luck to all sailors! Here is the list of qualifying races for the Top 25 of 2020 (check www.48north.com/sarc for more details on when and where to go racing): • South Sound Sailing Society Southern Sound Series • CYC Seattle Center Sound Series • Sloop Tavern YC Blakely Rock Benefit Race • West Vancouver YC Southern Straits Classic • Seattle YC Tri-Island Series • CYC Portland PNW Offshore • CYC Seattle Puget Sound Spring Regatta • Royal Victoria YC Swiftsure International Yacht Race • Point Roberts Race Week • Cowichan Bay SC Cow Bay Regatta • Bellingham YC PITCH Regatta • CYC Edmonds Foulweather Bluff Race • CYC Seattle Puget Sound Sailing Championship • Seattle YC Grand Prix Regatta • Orcas Island YC/Friday Harbor SC Round the County Race

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2 Different Drummer Charles Hill Wauquiez Centurion 40s CYC Seattle Score: 88.2%

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Charlie Macaulay Farr 39ML CYC Seattle Score: 87.2%

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Rush Philip Dean J/80 Sloop Tavern YC Score: 86.4%

Jaded Chris Phoenix J/105 CYC Seattle Score: 85.4%

6 Insubordination Buckey Rezabek J/105 CYC Seattle Score: 85.3%

7 Lodos Tolga Cezik J/109 CYC Seattle / Sloop Tavern YC Score: 85.2%

8 Darkside Nicholas Leede Schock 35 Seattle YC Score: 85%

9 Elusive Jeff Whitney C&C 115 CYC Seattle Score: 82.9%

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Al Hughes / Shauna Walgren J/105 CYC Seattle / Sloop Tavern YC Score: 75.7%

Stuart Burnell J/109 CYC Seattle Score: 78%

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Brad Butler Sierra 26 Port Madison YC Score: 70.8%

Madame Pele Tom Andrewes Davidson 29 Lopez Island YC Score: 70%

Elixir Megan Kogut Aphrodite 101 CYC Edmonds Score: 68.1%

Vitesse David Steffen Beneteau First 36.7 Bellingham YC Score: 66.6%

Taj Mahal David Schutte J/80 CYC Seattle Score: 62.7%

Anarchy Tom Ward Flying Tiger 10M CYC Seattle Score: 66.4%

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18 Hamachi Dougherty / Andrews J/125 CYC Seattle / Sloop Tavern YC Score: 59.4%

19 More Uff Da Benjamin Braden Moore 24 Port Madison YC Score: 58%

21 Reckless John Sezer J/80 CYC Seattle Score: 56.3%

20 Crossfire Lou Bianco Reichel/Pugh 55 Sloop Tavern YC Score: 56.4%

22 Crazy Ivan Bryan Rhodes J/80 CYC Seattle Score: 55.1%

23 Dash Stephanie Arnold J/33 Orcas Island YC Score: 54.4%

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Iain Christenson Flying Tiger 10M Seattle YC Score: 53.2%

Kirk Fraser J/109 CYC Seattle Score: 53.4%

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RIGHTING MOMENT AUGMENTATION IN MODERN SAILING YACHTS

n the last year, two major events in the Pacific Northwest crowned champions that sailed vessels utilizing a system of enhanced or assisted ballastâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Team Angry Beaver won Race to Alaska aboard a canting-keel Schock 40; and the water-ballasted Riptide 41, Blue, topped the fleet of the biggest, fastest boats in a variety of conditions throughout the Van Isle 360. To help us better understand these systems, we are honored to have the help of world-renowned Pacific Northwest designer and the mind behind Blue, Paul Bieker.

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by Paul Bieker

Ultralight Displacement Boats (ULDBs) started making inroads into the sailing scene in the 1970s. This was partially driven by the new cored composite structures and improved engineering methods that allowed yacht structures to be significantly lighter than they had previously been. The first modern ULDBs that I am aware of were designed by John Spencer in New Zealandâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;the classic example being Infidel (renamed Ragtime). Incidentally, she was the first ULDB that I watched glide by us as I trimmed the blooper on a death48Âş NORTH

rolling two tonner back in the late 70s. The Santa Cruz scene followed the Kiwi lead, with designers like Bill Lee creating boats that excelled in the California downwind classic races such as TransPac. These boats were exceedingly fast downwind but pretty slow upwind in most conditions. As time went on, Bill Lee, George Olsen, and Carl Schumacher produced smaller ULDBs for the wider sailing public. These boats continued the pattern of downwind strength and upwind weakness established by their predecessors (with Carl Schumacher using

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more powerful hull shapes to improve the situation somewhat). Once sailors got a feel for the excitement of sailing a ULDB downwind it was a hard thing to walk away from. The answer to making a ULDB get around a windward leeward race course in reasonable form is to design the boats with a bit more hull form stability (more beam) than early ULDBs and to sail the boats with extra crew members that are only there as moveable ballast. Nowadays, most of the performance keelboats on the race course are sailed with a significant proportion of their crew acting as self-propelled units of ballast. THE ALTERNATIVES Sailboats that want to go fast on an upwind/downwind course are between a rock and a hard place. Downwind, minimum weight is the most important factor for achieving high performance and upwind righting moment (the resistance of the boat to tipping) is the most important factor. The problem is that righting moment in a monohull keelboat comes to a large degree from ballast weight, so improving upwind performance comes with a loss downwind and vice-versa. One solution is using additional crew as moveable ballast; the other is to use some other system for increasing righting moment without increasing the downwind weight of the boat. There are three methods that are currently being used to increase the righting moment of ultralight boats without compromising their downwind performance: water ballast, canting keels, and side foils (hydrofoils that extend off the leeward side of the boat to provide lift and righting moment). WATER BALLAST Water ballast systems are the lowest tech solution to increasing righting moment and they are what I have the most experience with (most of the boats that I have designed since 1995 have had water ballast systems). A water ballasted yacht has port and starboard tanks that can be filled as needed to provide righting moment when required for upwind sailing and reaching. The tanks are always empty for downwind sailing unless the boat is being forced up onto a tighter than normal reach. Some high performance offshore yachts also have aft centerline ballast tanks to help keep the stern down (and bow up) in heavy air downwind sailing. Water ballast systems usually require a pump (or pumps) to fill the tanks, however the other functions (transfer from one side of the boat to the other and draining) are achieved with the help of gravity alone. The extra power achieved with a water ballast system is significant, for instance our Riptide 41 design (Blue) carries 850kg (the weight of 10 people) of water ballast per side. This increases the upwind righting moment of the boat by almost 40% without giving up any downwind performance. Careful design allows us to do this while still passing all of the stability requirements for Category A offshore racing. The downside of sailing a water ballast boat is that the ballast is a bit slower to move around the boat than a typical crew. For instance, filling a tank typically takes on the order of 5 minutes and transferring water from one side of the boat takes around 20 seconds. This puts a premium on planning ahead on the racecourse and it makes tacking a bit 48º NORTH

more cumbersome and slow than on a conventional yacht. The upside is that you can sail with approximately half the crew as you would on a conventional ULDB designed for racing and you are significantly lighter downwind. Water ballast also has significant advantages when cruising. Boats are typically cruised with much fewer people than when racing. Typical modern racer/cruisers are quite tender when shorthanded, so cruising can be a bit frustrating on windy days. In contrast, a water ballasted boat has almost as much righting moment cruising as it does racing so sailing performance is relatively unaffected. Another advantage is that a water ballasted boat is significantly lighter than a conventional boat when unballasted—so speed and efficiency under power is better. CANTING KEEL The primary alternative to water ballast for giving ULDBs the power necessary to sail well upwind and reaching is canting keel systems. The first operational canting keel yacht that I am aware of was Fiery Cross, designed and built by Jim Young after being inspired by the imaginings of L. Francis Herreshoff. The first canting keel boat I was aware of was Red Herring, designed by David Hubbard of wing sailed catamaran fame. The first production canting keel yacht was the Schock 40—designed and built in Southern California around 2000. The system has become fairly common in offshore racing boats which are focused on outright speed.

Hydraulic canting keel rams, like these designed by Cariboni, enable a canting keel to angle to windward up to 45°. Canting keel boats rely on a keel fin that is hinged at the bottom of the boat to increase the righting moment of the boat. The keel fin extends into the hull of the boat and is attached to a device (usually a hydraulic ram) which cants it relative to the hull. The maximum cant angle is usually on the order of 45 degrees each side of centerline. Keels on monohull boats generally serve two functions: they keep the boat from tipping over and they keep the boat from sliding sideways. The fact that a canting keel is canted significantly relative to the hull centerline means that it becomes less effective at keeping the boat from sliding sideways. For this reason, most canting keels are pared down to the minimum size necessary to carry the weight of the bulb and an additional foil (daggerboard(s) or forward rudder) is added to keep the boat from sliding sideways. This brings us to the first weakness in most canting keel installations: the keel fins are paired down to a structural minimum so that they

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are susceptible to cracking and intolerant of grounding. They are also dependent on fairly complicated electro/mechanical systems (except on small boats where block and tackles can be used). These factors make them a bit more suspect for cruising applications. SIDE FOILS The final alternative for providing righting moment on ULDBs is the use of foils projecting from the side of the boat and configured to provide a combination of side force and lift. The lift reduces the effective displacement of the boat as well as providing righting moment. The current IMOCA solo offshore racing yachts have pushed this to the point where they are effectively flying on many points of sail. The problem with this sort of arrangement for most boats is that the lift is proportional to the square of the boat speed and most boats just don’t go fast enough to get the foil into a range of operating speeds where they are effective. Even in large high performance yachts they are not effective at providing righting moment upwind (i.e. their effect on righting moment does not compensate for their added drag). _________ With the understandable challenges that come with side foils, we are typically left with two realistic options for making ULDBs perform well on reaches and upwind: water ballast and canting keels. Of the two options, canting keels hold the most potential, especially power reaching. On the other hand, water ballast offers relative simplicity and has the advantage that the

The Schock 40, like the one sailed by Team Angry Beaver to win R2AK in 2019, was the first production canting keel boat. boat is operating at a lighter weight downwind and in light air. This makes it a reasonable choice for light air and windward/ leeward sailing, which is why I have gravitated towards that solution for the boats I have designed for the Pacific Northwest.

Paul Bieker is the founder and owner of Bieker Boats, which recently relocated from Seattle to Anacortes. He has designed everything from the fastest International 14s in the world to the hulls of the most recent America’s Cup multihulls, and many things in between. See more of his work at https://biekerboats.com/

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INFLUENTIAL COACHES & THE HIGH SCHOOL SAILING BOOM by Julia Soes

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n a misty Saturday afternoon, I sit with one of the local island families in the Orcas Island High School gym watching their daughter in the basketball game against Sultan High, another small school that traveled hours to be here. While the Orcas girls are leading the game by a solid 20 point margin, I’m more interested in the blue and white felt banners hanging up on the gym wall—especially the one that says NWISA High School Sailing (Northwest Interscholastic Sailing Association), with years listed below. The other child in the family with whom I was watching the game had been part of the sailing team, and in 2017 they brought home the banner that says NWISA Team Race District Champs. His mother looks at the court and the banner, and tells me that when she realized her son wasn’t going to be interested in traditional sports like this, encouraging him to sail seemed like the perfect alternative. High school sailing is deeply important to another Orcas Islander, Burke Thomas. Thomas has been one of the most influential leaders in youth sailing around the Pacific Northwest. Central to the development of Orcas Island’s youth and high school programs, he cites many reasons for his appreciation of high school sailing: “It’s co-ed, it’s affordable, it attracts a lot of different personality types, and you don’t have to be the jock type to be good at it. It Burke and Barbara Thomas, requires more than that.” In a of Orcas Island. sport like sailing, schools the size of Orcas have a chance to compete against AAA high schools, and win. “When you can tell the community that the team is going to a nationals event in Florida, it’s a really big deal.” said Thomas. Despite being an avid sailor in his youth, Thomas describes his coaching career as almost accidental. He grew up sailing on Lake Washington beginning when he was four-years-old, and moved up to crewing for his brother and skippering in junior sailing programs in Cozy Cove when he was just six. In fifth grade, with help from his older brother Craig, Thomas put together a Smith Brothers El Toro, which he raced on Greenlake and the NW circuit. Thomas moved on to the Seattle Laser Fleet in the 1970s. He credits his brother and Dick Rose with being “great mentors of the sport.” After sailing all through high school and college, Thomas reduced the intensity of his involvement—joining the occasional keel boat race—around 1981 when he married his wife of the past 38 years, Barbara. In 2001 while he was devotedly raising his family and running his construction business on Orcas, someone on the island heard that he used to race sailboats and asked Thomas if he’d be willing to assist with part-time coaching of the new Orcas Island High School Sailing Team. Soon after his induction as a volunteer coach, the lead coach was called up for military duty, leaving Thomas with a full program to care for. After being away from the sport of racing for almost 20 years, he said that coming back to the water

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felt very familiar. It was a place to go to forget whatever worries he had back on shore. “Being on the water took the stress away and saved my life.” He saw it as a way for him to give back to the island community that had welcomed him in, and to pay forward the care and volunteerism displayed by those who had helped him learn to sail. The exact origins of high school sailing in the Pacific Northwest are about as clear as the waters in Portage Bay. Seattle Yacht Club has records of junior sailing programs dating back to the 1930s. Inter-club youth racing—done in Flatties in those days—involved high schoolers. By the 1960s, Sea Scouts was running a racing program for high schoolers on Green Lake. Yet, according to a 2005 Seattle Times article that Thomas showed me, it wasn’t until 1996 that the district officially was formed in the way we understand it today, with school-affiliated teams racing on a structured circuit of regattas. John DeMeyer, of Bainbridge, was the first District President. The small number of teams fluctuated, and when Thomas became NWISA President in 2005, there were only six active teams, including Bainbridge, Anacortes, Orcas, Friday Harbor, and North Kitsap. When Thomas stepped down as President in 2017, there were 56 active high school teams in the district, including his own. When the district was founded, it was almost entirely volunteer run, and Thomas was part of a small group of smart, generous volunteer coaches. The idea of paid coaching is relatively new to Northwest sailing. Parents and sailing enthusiasts who wanted to bring their sport to a community’s youth grew teams out of their own pockets and hard work. Steve Orsini of Anacortes was one such parent and enthusiast. According to Steve Orsini of Anacortes. Orsisi, he joined with Gray and Carolyn Hawken, Fred Abelman, and Tom Glade, to start the sailing program in Anacortes— calling it the Anacortes Sailing Club. Orsini credits the Hawkens with providing much of the capital to get the team started and off the ground. When asked why youth sailing was important, Orsini is enthusiastic. “Sailing is the original STEM course. Sailors have to sail in all kinds of conditions while striving for optimum performance. The sailboat race itself is like chess on the water involving strategic and tactical thinking,” and that, “When the dinghy leaves the dock, the skipper and crew are solely responsible for themselves. Sailing teaches self-reliance. Sailing is a life-long sport and skill.” It was a similar pitch from Orsini back in 2014 that caught my attention and drew me into the sport. As a high school sailor, I felt fortunate to be part of something so unique that allowed me to travel around the Northwest and meet all types of interesting people. While the Northwest was one of the smaller districts, there was a sense of camaraderie between teams that was rare in other 48º NORTH

sports. Races were competitive and highly-charged at times, but you could see sailors from other teams helping each other load boats at the end of regattas, congratulating other competitors on good starts, and sharing advice between teams and coaches. Burke Thomas recalled when another coach who has been central to the development of high school sailing in the region—longtime Bainbridge coach, Susan Kaseler—taught a Level One certification course on Orcas Island back in 2005. “She treated those 40 hours of instruction like the most important hours of her life and made my kids way better sailors.” The most intense race of my high school career was against one of Kaseler’s sailors, and at the end, both skipper Susan Kaseler of Bainbridge and crew congratulated us on Island. the finish. Despite its recent and fairly humble beginnings, high school sailing is now booming around the Pacific Northwest. Boasting a growth rate of about 150% over the last five years, NWISA has become a force to be reckoned with in the world of youth sailing. “I know for sure that it’s going to become more competitive,” said Orsini. He also emphasized that it is now up to the coaches to maintain the community values that sailing offers in abundance. Sailing, like any sport, comes down to the connections it builds. While it’s great to be able to go fast and win, there’s more to it than that. Crossing the line in first or thirty first doesn’t change a lot in the world, but having coaches and friends that you can rely on years after you’ve left the program can. On my high school team, we were not only taught which end of the finish line was favored after rounding the leeward mark, but we were also taught to say “thank you” to the race committee and “good race” to the boats around us when crossing that line. The legacy of coaches like Thomas, Orsini, and Kaseler continues to expand in the fastest-growing youth sailing district in the country; and the sense of community they built is evident and central to the positive experience of future generations of high school sailors. While it can take hours of practice, focus, and chalktalks to win, it takes almost nothing to return a bailer to a fellow teammate or to display good sportsmanship. When sailors are supported by their coaches, parents, and each other, and feel comfortable to make mistakes, it allows for a more productive environment for growth. When I pointed out that I never saw Thomas raise his voice towards his sailors, he recalled developing this peaceful perspective through the experience of having his own children—yelling just doesn’t work. The key to fast sailors is tiller time, and in order for kids to put that time in, they need to want to be there. Describing one of his jovial students who worked his way to the top of the fleet, Thomas said, “I didn’t know back in seventh or eighth grade that he was going to be a great sailor, but you could tell he was having a lot of

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fun, so I figured we’d start from there.” After spending four years as an active participant in NWISA, I remember a few of my races and moments of personal growth, and I gained a deep appreciation for the sport of sailing. However, what I cherish most are the connections I took with me. As my sailing career has progressed, I’ve ended up needing those friendships and people, and always found them there for me—whether that’s needing a boat for my college team at a race 900 miles from home or needing advice on how to sail through choppy water at an unfamiliar venue. I hope that today’s NWISA sailors are continuing

the tradition of care and community that will serve them long after their high school race days are over. If the ever-expanding pool of coaches follow in the footsteps of the coaching legends that brought NWISA high school sailing this far, the next generation will share the profoundly positive experience I had.

Julia Soes grew up racing with Anacortes Yacht Club and sailed for their high school program. She’s now an active member of the Western Washington University Sailing Team.

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CHASING THE SPEED RECORD

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Dan Kaseler’s World Record Sail Design Experience

by Joe Cline Smaller diameter masts and wider luff sleeves were aspects of the record winning sail set-up that remain in the marketplace today.

Most of the Pacific Northwest sailing community knows Dan Kaseler as an accomplished sailboat racer and the busy entrepreneur owner of Raptor Deck and the local Quantum Sails loft. What many may not realize is that in the mid aughts, he was involved in a successful effort to break the World Speed Sailing Record, with professional windsurfer Finian Maynard using sails Kaseler designed. The World Speed Sailing Record is presently held by the wild mono-directional proa, Sail Rocket, which posted an astounding 65 knots in 2012. But at the time Kaseler and his team began their chase in earnest, they were facing an Australian proa, Yellow Pages Endeavor, which had held the record for eleven years, the longest record run in the history of the World Speed Sailing Record Council (WSSRC). The records set on Kaseler’s sail designs set the World Record in 2004, and held it until 2008.

48° North: How would you describe your beginning days in the world of windsurfing? Dan Kaseler: I came from a dinghy sailing background on Bainbridge thanks to my parents. Somewhere in high school, my friend Matt McGregor—who lived a short distance from our yacht club—got this longboard windsurf setup; and I started 48º NORTH

to play with that thing and think it was pretty cool. It quickly became apparent that while dinghy sailing was cool, you can’t really jump a dinghy. So it was more the freestyle vibe and tricks that drew you in, rather than the outright speed? It was all there. It was tropical, there were girls in bikinis, people were going super fast compared to boat sailing. It was like everything I knew, but it had a cool factor. I was like, “I gotta learn how to do that!” What were the speed differences between an average sailboat and the average windsurfer? Even then, you were going at least twice as fast on a windsurf board than you could have on a dinghy. People were flat-out ripping. Laird Hamilton was dropping video edits for Neil Pryde—who knows how fast he was going, but I’m sure it had to be at least 30 knots. That wasn’t an era like today when we have all kinds of boats doing 30 knots, back then it was looking pretty fast. With that build up, you started getting into it? It all came first in the Gorge for me. I managed to windsurf

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across it once and crash on the other side. Then I’d windsurf back. I didn’t know how to jibe or really how to get in the footstraps and harness, but I could plane on a shortboard. I had picked up a Volkswagen bus for $700 and I lived in the bus at something called the Wind Ranch, which was this derelict commune of guys from all over the world who were all there to windsurf. It was a really fun time. I wasn’t even 21 years old yet. Were you exposed to speed sailing in this environment? It wasn’t really on my radar. Speed sailing was actually a very, very small part of my career and wasn’t what I was personally all about in the beginning. I was all about learning how to sail well enough that I could go to The Hatchery. That’s where all the cool guys sailed. There was this host of heroes who had just started doing double forward loops and back loops. There was a speed thing going on, though. The speed events were in the Lyle River mouth. There’s a sandbar and they’d get really flat water. It was mostly a group of national-level riders and I didn’t have a lot of interaction with them. The guys around the Wind Ranch were more concerned with who did the biggest trick or how incredibly windy it was. Were you gaining skills and knowledge of sail design, construction, or repair that paved the way for your future endeavors? Oh yeah, my job down there was at Rushwind. I worked for Dave Russell, who was arguably the most technologically forward-thinking guy. He was the first to make computer-cut sails using a Carlson plotter—there were no boat lofts that were building sails on a computer back then. As I evolved, I switched to work for Hurricane and designed a couple of ranges of sails. I would work my brains out during the season in the Gorge and then would come back and study Mechanical Engineering at the University of Washington during the off year. I dropped out to ski and windsurf more… don’t do that kids! A gnarly wipeout at Stevens Pass shattered my femur, and that was the big turning point in my life. With a broken leg, I bought my first computer. I started to build my own sails. And, I started firing off resumes everywhere trying to get a job designing windsurfing sails in the big leagues. And that’s what brought you to Hawaii? Yeah. I flew out there and still had to walk with a cane and couldn’t sail yet, but I managed to win the job working in Don Montague’s garage for Naish Sails Hawaii. Robbie Naish is the Michael Jordan of windsurfing. It was a tiny company at that time, but it was before kiteboarding was started, so windsurf was everything. Between Robbie, all his friends, and his paid team of riders, I was plugged right into basically the best people to ever do it at that point. At Naish, were the priorities balanced between speed sailing and freeride? Speed sailing is a very fringe thing. It’s not even part of the windsurf market, so to speak. There’s a professional windsurf association, and the disciplines are slalom races, foil races, 48º NORTH

Dan Kaseler: sailor, entrepreneur, world record sail designer. freestyle, and wave sailing. So, speed is not a sanctioned discipline. In speed sailing, you’re just trying to get the holy grail—the 500 meter. There are a lot of other measures, but the big one is who can be the fastest of all time over 500 meters. The people chasing that tend to be a very eclectic and eccentric group who often get obsessed with a quest to break that thing. And they often work in their own sandbox somewhere. It’s not industrydriven at all. At Naish, we used the speed sailing results as a marketing tool to sell our regular inline products. I was head of R&D for windsurfing, and while the speed thing was very fascinating to me, it wasn’t where we made our bread and butter. So it was purely rider driven? You’ve got to start with the history. First, it was Crossbow I and II. Then, the windsurfers got a hold of the record and were able to beat the boats. It went around a few times; they’re all interesting stories themselves. Then, down in Australia, they made Yellow Pages Endeavor, a proa with a fixed wing. They were able to blow the windsurfers out of the water. The record at that time was kind of like Sail Rocket’s now—people just thought, “Well, that’s it, nobody’s going faster than that.” Yellow Pages Endeavor held the record for eleven years, and nobody had ever done that. From my point of view, they didn’t even really have anyone chasing them, until Bjorn Dunkerbeck—who was then the winningest windsurf racer of all time—started getting into speed sailing. Bjorn created a speed sailing event with RedBull, and he invited his friends to come and try to get fast times. My boss, Robbie Naish, was one of the guys who got invited, and that was what started my involvement. It began as, “Hey, let’s build some sails for Robbie so he can go do this with his buddies.” The best part of the story is that there was one guy who was pretty interested in speed sailing, a younger rider named Finian Maynard. He was very fast in a straight line and he really, really wanted to do something with speed sailing. However, Bjorn wouldn’t let him enter the event because of some complicated feelings between the two after competing on the slalom tour.

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I also think the event was set up in such a way that Bjorn was perhaps supposed to win it, and Finian was probably the only character that had an honest shot at beating him. The crazy thing was that Robbie invited Finian to be his rig caddy, flew him to the event to carry his gear from the truck and to rig it up for him. Finian has a beast-mode mentality, and he was forced to sit on the sidelines and watch other people try to break his dream. That lit a fire under Finina that ultimately resulted in him getting the record. He was as upset and motivated as a man can be. When I built those speed sails off the plotter for Robbie, I was serious about it, but I also knew Robbie had no shot because he was too small. Everybody knew he was too small. So Robbie had no shot. Finian had a real chance to beat Bjorn. Is it all body size in that world? First, you’ve got to be huge and strong. And then you’ve got to want it. Finian was probably 6’3” and 255 lbs, and Bjorn is just yoked. These are big men, big athletes. Finian wanted it, and that set the wheels in motion. He got an ex-speed-record-holder, Eric Beale, to advise him and started talking to the town in France, Saintes Maries de la Mer, where you can dig a trench. At that point, all the records fell at the French Trench, Namibia wasn’t on the map yet. You had to talk to the local authorities about where you could dig or enlarge this trench in the mud. You also had to get the timing equipment placed and set-up, and then you had to sit there and wait and wait for the conditions. I’m talking months at a time, just sitting there waiting for the right day. Finian was in a unique position in life where he was disconnected. He had the desire, he corralled all the forces, and he camped out there. There were maybe a couple of riders around the world who might have had a chance, but at that moment, Finian had all the magic. He was driven. He was big. He really wasn’t afraid of falling. He was only afraid of failing. Were you there with him? No. I had a lot of other work to do. And no one from the Naish team was there either, although Robby did make visits and do some runs. It was really all Finian. We would get footage back and, even though it was pretty crappy video, we’d use that and his feedback to build another round of sails. Keep in mind this went on over a couple of seasons. We built a lot of cool and interesting stuff during that window. We were putting in a solid effort, but we were on a very small budget. That’s something very unique about what we did. Yellow Pages Endeavor had been done with a massive budget. Even with Sail Rocket today, they have Vestas, a multi-billion-dollar energy company, supporting the project. We were more-orless working out of a guy’s garage with a plotter and a roll of plastic. We looked at that situation and thought about ways to beat the record. We had a very bright computer programmer from Brazil on the team as well, Dudu Mazzocato, so I had some super special design tools, but in general terms, we were a very small team. 48º NORTH

We were able to put it together: the right guy, the right venue, the right day, and the right equipment to get a WSSRC ratified record. The truth is that, in so many ways, I was just a small little cog in that record. My part of it was just the sail; and I don’t really consider the sail to be the key factor to setting that record. It all had to work together. So while I’m proud that we set the record and that I made that sail at that time, the sail that actually set that record was a refinement and culmination of ideas that were widespread in the market, rather than a giant innovative leap. What else can you tell us about the sails that broke the record? There are different ways to attack the speed record, and we came after it in a very crude and brute way. There’s sailing efficiency now where you can do three or four times the wind speed, I think it was only blowing 25-30 knots when Sail Rocket set the record, so they’re going 65 knots in 25 knots. We just attacked the problem by shoveling a ton of wind onto the equation, and that also works. With this approach, you’re almost less concerned with aerodynamics and more concerned

Irish windsurfer and former world record holder, Finian Maynard, blasting down the French Trench with one of Kaseler’s sail designs.

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about whether the guy can hold onto it, or how comfortable it will be when he’s going down the trench. Can he push through his footstraps on his fin hard enough? Can he make the bear away to begin the run (every trench run begins with a bearaway because you have to get up on a plane on a reach before you can go downwind, and it was true with Sail Rocket as well). I felt some negativity coming from some of the leading minds of sailing, that we were just a bunch of dumb guys who were taking advantage of that equation and just piling on more wind and not worrying about efficiency. At the end of the day, we beat all those guys, so there was some redemption in that. I think the focus on rider comfort was the biggest difference between me and the other designers. My logic was that if the rider is comfortable, he will push harder and go faster. We tried to make it rideable when it was really really windy. We built a lot of crazy stuff, but some things stuck in the marketplace. For one, we set up the sail with a smaller diameter mast. We thought it would be better aerodynamically, but we also like the way those smaller diameter masts felt. That played right into my theory of the correlation between comfort and speed. This type of mast is now very common on smaller slalom sails. Another idea was wider luff sleeves, which some other brands were experimenting with as well, but is now commonplace. We built some speed sails that had very wide luff sleeves, which is like a longer, larger aerodynamic fairing. Nowadays, all the race sails look like that. You give a little up because it’s a little heavier, but you gain a little in top-end speed.

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During the record attempts, Finian was within a tenth or a hundredth of a knot of breaking the record, so little things like that start to play into your mentality. You’re so close, you’re looking for anything that can give you just a tiny bit more. We played with inflatable battens to save weight, as well as full carbon wing sails and double-surface sails similar to what you see in today’s America’s Cup. In the end, something very traditional set the record. What did this whole experience mean to you and your career? It was huge for me. Nobody thought Yellow Pages was going down. It was only a few months later that I was getting hired to run R&D at Gaastra, which was the second biggest windsurf sail company in the world. I had done a lot of great things, but when you break the world speed sailing record, people notice. Would you ever pursue a speed sailing record again? Honestly, I’d love to take a shot at it again. The opportunity hasn’t presented itself yet. If I were to go after the record right now, I think I would start with a pretty blank piece of paper, even though I’d look very hard at what worked for others. I am particularly interested in captive kite rigs, and other solutions that minimize or eliminate heeling moment.

Dan Kaseler is the owner of Raptor Deck, Quantum Sails Seattle, and Avanti Windsurfing Sails. Joe Cline is the Managing Editor of 48° North.

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Southeast winds ranging from 6-12 knots greeted the fleet for STYC Iceberg Regatta on Shilshole Bay, the official kickoff of the 2020 Sloop Tavern racing season. The race committee set the long course from Shilshole to West Point, over to a temporary mark at Skiff Point, then to Spring Beach and back to the finish off of the Shilshole breakwater. A long single port tack was the name of the game for the majority of the fleet as they left the start and sailed toward West Point buoy. Most boats chose just to bear away to the heading for Skiff Point. Some of the sprit boats were first to set kites, on a roughly 60° apparent wind angle. Regardless, it was a quick trip across the shipping lanes to Skiff Point before the rounding had everybody jibing around the temporary buoy. Another long close reach back across the sound, with the wind oscillating back and forth between south and east. Spinnakers went up and down and back up again all across the course. After a tack around the Spring Beach buoy, it was another long port tack back towards Meadow Point. Then the wind lightened and turned more southerly for a while before swinging back east, rewarding the boats who had stayed inside after Meadow Point, where they also may have found a bit less of the outgoing tide. The three J/105s started in a tight group somewhat away from the other boats in Class 4. On Creative, we stretched out 48º NORTH

a little bit up to West Point then even more on the two tight reaches. We held off a good charge by the Insubordinates over the last mile. Peer Gynt rounded out the 105 finishes. From our point of view, the experts on Poke and Destroy and Rush played the last mile very well indeed. Grayling was trucking along all day, particularly on the close reaches. Elixir showed again what another old boat can do when updated and sailed well. It was a bit of an adjustment for us to be back at fleet racing instead of a one design start. For the Creative crew, it was another outing that was great for most of the course, before misreading the winds or tides cost us a lot in the last bit. To add insult to injury, a total brain cramp right at the pin had us in circles with competitors razzing us and even had the race committee confused at what was going on. We track our performance with an app called RaceQ, and I think that the track will be very interesting. We still had a lot of fun and most of the fleet was back at the dock by 2:00pm, leaving plenty of time for the first post-race party of the year to match the first race of the year. By Al Hughes Photo by Lizzy Grim Results on Page 54

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DUWAMISH HEAD 2020 FUN FOR ALMOST EVERYONE

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Duwamish Head is the second race in the yearly winter tradition called the South Sound Series. When I think about the race, it conjures up images of high wind adventures like the viral video of Bill Walton’s Farr-Ari blasting along to Led Zeppelin’s Immigrant Song so many years ago; or the super carnage of boats just trying to make it out of the marina. It also brings up memories of extended drifting, especially the “old days” when it was rare to shorten course and we spent hours drifting in the general vicinity of Des Moines well into the dark hours of the evening. In recent years, Duwamish Head Race has often meant hearing the roar of the crowd in Elliott Bay from CenturyLink Field as the Seahawks battled through the playoffs. This year, we got an ideal day for winter racing on Puget Sound. There was a convergence zone in the central sound with a northerly at the north end and a southerly at the south end and less wind in the middle. We had a solid 15+ knots at the start that tapered off to 10 knots or less around Alki and built back up to a steady 20 knots at the finish line. At the start, it was too close of a reach to hoist the kite right away in those conditions. It was also a bit too windy to maneuver safely in the starting area with the #1 up. On Lodos, we considered starting with a more manageable #3 to swap out later, or to save the headsail until the final approach and go straight to the #1. As with most of our fleet, we opted to start with our #3. It worked for a while but became inevitable that we needed the extra horsepower of a #1; and then almost as soon as we started we were ready for a kite. It wasn’t long before the sleds powered through and we were pointed directly at Alki. On the radio, we suddenly heard a distress call going out to the fleet. Miss Mayhem lost their foredeck crew overboard and were not able to get him back on deck. Sonic was first to respond, followed by Dark Star, and Jan and Skip on the photo boat. Sonic has a handful of crew members that are well practiced in Safety at Sea crew overboard (COB) rescue. Lizzy Grim in particular is recently trained as a member of the Clipper Race Team Seattle. In the end, the Sonic crew used their own foredeck guy in his harness to rescue the COB and physically lift him onto the deck. Lots of conversations have occurred since that event, and happily it has resulted in plans for positive changes and increased safety in our sailing community. Fleets and yacht clubs, including my own Anacortes Yacht Club, are currently scheduling COB practice days. There were many different opinions shared about how to best rescue a COB, and in the end it seems like it’s really about doing it on your own boat with your own equipment with a trained expert leading the practice, in a situation where you can safely practice until everyone is comfortable and competent. Be on the lookout for events later this year when it warms up a bit. After the rescue, Miss Mayhem made it safely back to Des Moines and the crew member was transported quickly by Jan and Skip while the rest of us carried on toward Duwamish Head. The wind clocked back to more of a true southerly and there were many more tactical choices involved in tide changes and localized wind shifts. You had to throw in some jibes, and you had to plan your jibes to get to the beach when the angles were good while still avoiding the new tide that was lined with big logs and storm debris. 48º NORTH

It was a scary, but thankfully successful, rescue of the bowman overboard off of a San Juan 24. Special thanks to TP52, Sonic, for their quick and effective assistance. It was an uneventful reach to Duwamish Head after Alki, with the best course being the most direct one. After rounding, it was a fetch to Blakely Rock, with some accounting for tide change. On the way back to the finish, early boats had more of a true southerly and put in some tacks upwind. As the afternoon continued, the wind went more and more westerly until we eventually cracked off for Three Tree Point. I was a believer in staying high, and not giving up any lateral until it was obvious that we wouldn’t need to tack, and I think I was right but I’d listen to someone argue that point! I haven’t verified this, but I’ll bet it was a record year for elapsed finish. With positive tide and solid breeze all day, it would have been hard to beat that one. All boats finished early, and many boats opted to turn and burn for Seattle after dropping off crew. Thank you to the volunteers at Three Tree Point Yacht Club for a great race and a fantastic day on the water. And thank you to Skip and Jan for coming out to take photos and ultimately rendering assistance to a fellow racer (something they have done on numerous occasions). Congratulations go out to John McPhail’s JAM in the big boat Division 2, and Iain Christenson’s Flying Tiger Izakaya in Division 3. PHRF Division 4 featured 12 boats with only a three second differential, with six of them being J-35s and three boats registered for the Pacific Cup race this summer. The win in Div 4 went to Tolga Cezik’s J-109 Lodos, yay team! In Division 5, it was Jeremy Bush’s Antrim 27 Goes to 11 for the top spot. Division 6 went to Matthew Gardner-Brown’s J-105 Dulcinea, and J. Rosenbach’s Beneteau Bodacious won Division 7. In the end, it was my favorite little south sound boat, Mark Harang’s Evelyn 26 Nimbus for the win in Division 8 and overall for the day. An honorable mention in second place in Division 8 went to Cherokee, with an impressive entourage of family and fans at the after party at Anthony’s. Cruising class went to Roger Deitz’s classic Cal 40 White Squall. Next up is Olympia—time to rally your crew for a trip to Toliva Shoal in February! By Stephanie Campbell Photos by Jan Anderson Results on page 54

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RACE RESULTS

TTPYC DUWAMISH HEAD SOUTH SOUND SERIES #2 Pos Boat

Skipper

CLASS 2 PHRF 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Ret-BF

JAM Constellation Dark Star FLASH Sonic Crossfire Absolutely

Izakaya Kahuna String Theory EQUUS McSwoosh korina korina

Iain Christenson John Leitzinger Robert King Dean Conti Clark McPherson Jon Knudson

CLASS 4 PHRF 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Lodos Tantivy Grace E Great White Altair Darkside Intrepid The Boss Rock Paper Scissors Perplexity

Boat

Skipper

CLASS 5 PHRF John McPhail Ronald Holbrook Jonathan McKee J McKay Marek Omilian Lou Bianco Charlie Macaulay

CLASS 3 PHRF 1 2 3 4 5 6 Ret-BF

Pos

Tolga Cezik Stuart Burnell Brian White Dan Wierman Jason Vannice Nicholas Leede Patrick Robinson Chad Stenwick Hans Seegers John Wilkerson

1 2 3 4

Goes to 11 Dos Passion Seabiscuit

Jeremy Bush Ian Beswick Michael Johnston Andrew Norton

CLASS 6 PHRF 1 2

Dulcinea Sidewinder

Matthew Gardner-Brown Mike and Brad Jones

CLASS 7 PHRF 1 2 3

Bodacious Chinook Slick

J Rosenbach jj Hoag Christine Nelson & Paul Grove

CLASS 8 PHRF 1 2 3 4 Ret-BF

Nimbus CHEROKEE Blue Max Solitaire

Mark Harang Pat Stewart Charles Hendrick Chris Caudill

CRUISING CLASS NON-FLYING SAILS 1

Koosah

Dave Knowlton

COMMODORE CLASS FLYING SAILS 1 2 3 Ret-BF

White Squall Steamy Windows Miss Mayhem

Roger Deitz Laura Sullivan Melissa Davies

Pos

Boat

Skipper

STYC ICEBERG REGATTA Pos

Boat

Skipper

CLASS 2 - FLYING SAILS

CLASS 4 - FLYING SAILS

Grayling

Duke H Phan

Poke & Destroy

Alex P Simanis

Lady Too

Damon Darley

Anarchy

Tom Ward

Mata Hari

Jeff Blyth

Creative

Al Hughes

Impulsive

Ulf Georg Gwildis

Insubordination

Buckey Rezabek

Midnight Escape

Borge Ellingsen

Freja

Jonathan Cruse

CLASS 3 - FLYING SAILS

Solution

Tyson Varosyan

Elixir

Megan Kogut

Peer Gynt

Sara Billey

Rush

Phillip Dean

Hyperion

Geoffrey Wolf

Ruby

Jessica & John Aguilar-Kazaras

Zap

Don Sarin

Jolly Green

Ryan Porter

Uproar

Morris Lowitz

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FEBRUARY 2020

RACE ANNOUNCEMENTS INTERNATIONAL 6 METRE NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP Point Roberts Race Week will host the International 6 Metre North American Championships July 13-17, 2020. Yachts from Canada and the USA will include both Modern and Classic (designed pre-1965) 6 Metres racing as a single division on windward leeward courses set on the Strait of Georgia. "We’re looking forward to a great event,” expressed Nigel Ashman, appointed liaison representing the U.S. and Canadian Associations. “Given the caliber and experience of the race management team provided at Point Roberts Race Week, we know the 6 Metre Class will be in very capable hands.” The 6 Metres will participate in the five-day championship and compete for the Bill Gooderham Canadian–American Trophy, awarded to the overall championship winner; and the Olin J. Stephens II Trophy awarded to the highest placing Classics winner. Additionally, a new trophy will be awarded to the highest placing ‘transitional’ Modern, defined as a boat built between January 1, 1966 and September 15, 1979 with an unmodified keel shape. The International 6 Metre was first conceived as a Class at the 1907 meeting of the International Yacht Racing Union (IYRU), now known as World Sailing. The same rule governs 6, 8, and 12 Metre yachts, with the 12 Metres gaining world renowned status as an America’s Cup competitor from 1958 to 1987. www.pointrobertsraceweek.com

EXPAND your WATERWAYS Travel opportunities in the new year!

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CRUISING RALLY

US SAILING COACHES CLINIC February 1, 2020 Presented by US Sailing in conjunction with The Sailing Foundation and NW Youth Sailing, at Mt. Baker Rowing and Sailing Center. This clinic offers a varied program that is beneficial to coaches, program directors, junior sailing volunteers, instructors, college sailors, etc. Special guest Jen Guimaraes is coming out from US Sailing HQ to present. www.thesailingfoundation.org US SAILING RACE MANAGEMENT SEMINAR March 7, 2020 in Renton March 14, 2020 in Portland Learn skills to help out as a part of a race committee that may one day lead you to certification as a race officer. www.ussailing.org/competition/rules-officiating/race-officers

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US SAILING SAFETY AT SEA SEMINAR February 29-March 1, 2020 A rare and important opportunity, this seminar is required for a percentage of crew on any offshore race. This seminar is made possible by The Sailing Foundation, and is taking place this year on Bainbridge Island. www.thesailingfoundation.org 48º NORTH

Sail with us this summer! Group sailing offers more than just camaraderie. Dates, pricing and details: nwmaritime.org/travel 55

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CLASSIFIEDS

BOATS FOR SALE

MALO 38 - $55,000 USD Moored in NZ, LARK is looking for a new owner to take her cruising. With NZ import tax paid and a favorable exchange rate, it’s a perfect location for coastal cruising or preparing for an offshore voyage. Swedish built in 1989, hull #169 is sloop rigged with aft cockpit and a 44 HP Volvo diesel engine. Spacious mahogany interior, maximized storage, comfortable accommodation for 5. Teak decks removed and replaced with Awlgrip nonskid 2018. Well maintained, we’re offering her “as is”. For full specs and recent survey reports email wde5505@hotmail.com

26’ THUNDERBIRD SAILBOAT PRICE REDUCED. One of the original Thunderbird class of sailboats designed/built in the Pacific Northwest. Hull #117. Full refit/West System epoxy hull, excellent condition, measured racing sails, set up for cruising, current survey, lots of accessories. Excellent boat for young family or new or downsizing sailors. Asking $4,500 OBO. Located on Vancouver Island, BC. Additional information and photos available. Contact Paul at (250) 755-5151 or via email at p_steele@shaw.ca

SAN JUAN 24 This 1973 San Juan 24 has a very good 9.9 HP motor and a trailer. New halyards, new porti-potty, new Richie compass. Good hull and deck: no blisters. Good Trinidad bottom paint (1 season). Newer Main, good 150 (the “go to” sail), spinnaker, 110, and 170. Bruce anchor. Solid boat, on trailer ready for inspection. $1,500 OBO. Brigand85@yahoo.com for more info.

37 TARTAN 2002 - $165,000

FRASER 41 CUTTER RIGGED SLOOP 1984 Custom built, located in Guaymas, Mexico. $37,000. One owner, nice condition, fast mover. Loaded with equipment: VHF, windlass, Aries vane, new CPT autopilot, new batteries, solar panels, Max-Prop, teak interior, fridge, stoves, new upholstery. Sails & canvas good. Sleeps 5. Standing rigging good. 35 HP Izuzu 3ABI diesel, 800 hours. Rebuilt Yamaha OB included. For info, email dryrotlinda@yahoo.com or call (622) 183-9907.

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1996 HYLAS 46 Kokopelli is a unique Hylas 46, set up for extended long distance cruising. In-boom furling main, full batten. Added forestay with a huge Code O drifter. All foresails (Code 0, Genoa and Staysail) on Schaefer foiled furlers. Lines run to the cockpit, color-coded. 1000 watts of solar, watermaker, 2 autopilots installed, etc. etc. This one is ready to go on the Puddlejump, with just a trip to the grocery store. $295,000. Currently in Hawaii. For more info, contact briblack@earthlink.net

Well cared for Tartan 3700. Features LeisureFurl boom; working jib and 130% genoa; and Facnor spinnaker furler. Yanmar 40HP with sail drive (new SD60 in 2019). diesel heat, electric head with fresh/ saltwater option. Charger / inverter, solar panels. Newer Raymarine plotter, HD radar, AIS, autopilot. 9' Avon dinghy with 5HP OB. Recent vessel survey and "normal" oil analysis. Priced at survey value!

San Juan Sailing - Bellingham, WA brokerage@sanjuansailing.com 360-671-0829 FEBRUARY 2020

BOATS FOR SALE

1974 WESTSAIL 32’ Factory offshore layout. New sail suit. Cutter rig. New Lewmar skylight, updated propane system. All necessary items. Ready to be used and enjoyed. Presently on hard in Anacortes. Perkins 4-108 runs fine. Hurth, dripless. Owner since '01. Ready to be used, loved, & enjoyed. $24,000 OBO. Dan at (360) 202-8611 call/text or via email at danjuan.sanjuanenterprise@gmail.com

1989 PACIFIC SEACRAFT 37 Proven blue water cruiser, Anna Marie, located In Portland, Oregon. $107,500. Newer Lifeline AGM batteries; Xantrex 2kw inverter/charger; Balmar 100 amp alternator; wind generator; solar panels; watermaker; liferaft; knot, depth, wind instruments; Alpha Spectra auto pilot; Garmin radar, AIS, chartplotter, VHF; ICOM M802 SSB; Pactor III; computer; EPIRB; Monitor windvane steering; Yanmar 40 HP; 40 gallons fuel; 80 gallons water; MaxProp; custom carbon-fiber whiskerpole; 8 sails; standing/running rigging replaced 2013. robert.curry@yandex.com or (904) 728-9199.

CRUISE READY CAL 31 1979 Cal 31 in excellent condition. Elixir II has cruised the Salish Sea for many years and is ready for many more. Newer sails, engine, and electronics. Perkins 21 HP M20 installed in 2000, 4 berths, forced air diesel furnace, 50 gallons water, 20 gallons fuel. Raymarine chartplotter, radar, autopilot, and wind instrument. Sails include full-batten main, genoa, jib, and cruising spinnaker. Find details, more info and contact us at www.tinyurl.com/31CalSale $21,600.

SAN JUAN 28 1980 Clark San Juan. At the dock in Port Ludlow, WA. Recent service of diesel engine. Roller furling on the jib, sails in good condition. Great, fast, easy boat to single handle. OBO, obviously, this is an older boat! Still in great shape at a great price. We do not know the engine hours. 6' head room. $9,000. Contact Fritz at (360) 316-9453.

J.M. FINOT 39 STEEL SLOOP 1985 39' steel French design cruising sloop; Reve d'Antilles; hull #151 to this design. 1 of 11 built in Nanaimo BC by High Seas Steel Yachts. US documented. Ak/ Mexico/Hawaii vet. Flush deck, hard dbl chine, fin keel, skeg, fixed wheel 16x9. Hard dodger. 2 inches insulation. Lee sails, spin/sock, Profurl, Aries, AGM, solar, reefer, propane stove/oven, radar, plotter, VHF, HAM, Dickinson heat, new Yanmar and all running gear in 2018. Lying Hood River, Oregon. $68,900. (541) 490-1022 or charlesshuster@gmail.com

J24 - LUCKY JIM $7,000 - 1982 International J24. Extensive sail inventory. All in good condition, a Ray Marine autopilot and a galvanized tandem trailer. Lucky Jim is a proven race winner and ready to go One Design or PHRF. Two Genoa Lopez lead blocks, GPS, digital depth sounder, Pro Start and mast bracket. 5HP Tohotsu outboard motor. Located in Oak Harbor, Washington. For info, please contact Jim McAlpine at (360) 679-4825 or via email at Melusine@hughes.net

Kettenburg PC32 -$8,900 Launched in San Diego in 1948, Orion #68 underwent a large restoration by Baird Boat Works of Port Townsend WA in 2006. Orion is as competitive today as she was 60 years ago. Mahogany planks--some new, over steamed oak frames--all sistered. Updated rigging with Schaefer and Harken blocks. Lots of bronze hardware and varnish. Very minimal systems, but she makes up for it with volumes of class. Needs paint, varnish, and a new halyard to be out racing again.

(360) 503-8874 kris@nwmaritime.org 48º NORTH

1998 SAGA 43' CRUISING YACHT Cantamar is a 1974 53’ GB Alaskan Pilothouse w/ flybridge. Recently professionally overhauled and extensively updated. Twin John Deere 6404 diesel engines, completely rebuilt. Engines have only 55 hours. New Magnum MS2012 inverter/charger, new house batteries, newer gen-set, new high output alternators, Wabasto heat throughout, bow thruster, propane stove, diesel fireplace. Queen Master stateroom ensuite head w/tub, V-berth, captain's quarters, guest head, huge salon, spacious galley. Much more! Owner retiring. $369,500 OBO. For more info, please contact (253) 722-7998.

1999 BENETEAU OCEANIS 381 Hard to find 3 cabin, 2 head layout, Great condition, 42 HP Westerbeke, Raymarine chartplotter/radar, wind instrument, 2500 watt Inverter, cold plate refrigeration, Webasto diesel heater, wheel pilot, new house and start batteries, fresh bottom paint and hull wax, dodger/ bimini/connector, newer North vertical batten furling main sail, asymmetrical spinnaker with sock, Zodiac dinghy, full inventory of pots/pans/dishes/silverware. Many mechanical updates. Asking $88,000.

FEBRUARY 2020

BOATS FOR SALE

TOM WYLIE CUSTOM CUTTER 45 45ft custom built Tom Wylie designed cutter. $69,500 OBO. Hand built by a furniture maker as his dream boat. It is overbuilt in all the best ways, beautiful woodwork, cold molded, gorgeous laminated beams, there is no other boat like it. The builder and owner passed away and we are looking for a home where the boat can be appreciated by someone new. Requires some repairs/updating. Survey available. Vallejo, CA. More info: jsilverman7@gmail.com / (510) 634-0866.

GULF ISLAND 29 Stout and simple. Launched in 1968 by builder Chine of Vancouver, B.C. 29' X 8.5' X 4.5'. 8,300 lbs. LWL not known. FWC 4 cylinder Ford gas engine. There are a lot of benefits to a gas engine! Main with 3 reefsvery good, jib, lapper and genoa are good said the sailmaker who inspected them. Traveler installed, so too 2 speed winches. Recent survey. Laying Blaine, WA. Michael Owen: (360) 220-0962. $5,000. WA registered.

1972 YANKEE 38' , IOR HULL #5 Pretty Sparkman & Stephens design in good condition for $26,000. Good racer/cruiser: beefy solid fiberglass hull, balsa core deck and all new standing rigging. Re-powered: 27 HP Yanmar 3GM30 and Max-prop. Includes: three Lidgard mylar jibs and roller furling. Lidgard/North spinnakers (graphite pole, strut), full batten main, staysails and storm jib. Mahogany interior sleeps six: 6ft+ headroom, gimbaled oven/stove, shore power, GPS, instrumentation, furnace, dodger, Balmer alternator, Lifeline batteries(4), Livingston(8'), Fortress anchors(2). Steve at (206) 462-9026. Olympia, WA.

TRAWLER CAPE DORY 28 (1985) Caper is a well maintained, sea kindly, semidisplacement, down-east style cruiser w/ a lobster boat profile & heritage. 100 HP diesel engine. Cruising speed 7 knots. Original gelcoat. New fuel tank, Wallas stove/heater, cushions/upholstery, Lewmar windlass, Shark Skin non-skid on decks, Trojan batteries and Pro-nautic charger in 2015. Perfect all season Pacific Northwest cruiser for a couple or small family. Price $43,500 USD. Located in Victoria, BC. Contact Bill at wjmarshall2555@gmail.com or (250) 882-5471 (cell).

CLARK SAN JUAN SAILBOAT, 24' Vintage 1973 Clark San Juan sloop, 24ft. Good condition; needs a little TLC. Sails in marked bags in dry storage. Oregon registration, tabs good through 12/2020. $1,000 OBO; cash or PayPal. In gated marina, Portland, OR. Buyer to arrange lift out, tow, or moorage. Contact Shiela at (360) 852-7101 (voice, text) or via email at Tehillah_Singer@hotmail.com

SOUTHERN CROSS 31 IN MEXICO This classic double-ended cruising yacht was built in 1979. It is located at San Carlos, Mexico, at a great marina with excellent dry storage. The cruising season is the winter. The boat is simple, but very utilitarian. Heavy ground tackle, Westerbeke 30, new through-hull fittings. Needs new sails. The perfect single-handler or for a couple who is ready for a sea adventure. Very flexible at $15,000. Jock@sopris.net

45' CUSTOM ALUMINUM PH 2006 - $239,000

LASER 28 SLOOP DU JOUR Bottom stripped and refinished with 3 coats VC Offshore burnished to 320 grit with new waterline accent. New lexan windows and front hatch, stronger stanchion bases. New standing rig, Harken Carbo race foil and boom kicker. Full inventory of cruising & racing sails. New Evolution main, lapper, carbon genoa & 1/2 oz spinnaker. Bukh diesel & drive leg rebuilt. $25,000 CDN. Includes trailer, spare BNIB Gori prop, TackTic, etc. For more info or details, please reachout to sailem@shaw.ca

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Professionally constructed in BC, cruise loaded with electronics, 100 HP Isuzu Diesel, 500 gal fuel, 250 gal water, watermaker, solar panels, windvane, AP, lot of upgrades and spares. Newer sails w/ furling mainsail and genoa, new RIB dinghy and OB w/ davits, liferaft, hydraulic windlass, refrigerator w/ freezer, two cabins. A great NW equipped, long range cruising pilothouse. San Juan Sailing - Bellingham, WA brokerage@sanjuansailing.com 360-671-0829

1988 38’ CALIBER SAILBOAT Proven bluewater cutter rigged sail boat, cruised Seattle to Australia and back. Great local cruising, offshore or liveaboard boat. Highlights: Enclosed cockpit, hard dodger, Raymarine chart plotter and autopilot, Yanmar diesel (4000 hours), sails-main, trys’l storm sail stays'l, jib, spinnaker, 2 heads, holding tanks, 2 staterooms, comfortable main salon and galley, Force 10 propane stove, Alder Barbour fridge. Please call for pictures and more details. For more info, please contact (360) 917-5168. $95,000.

FEBRUARY 2020

BOATS FOR SALE

1976 CHEOY LEE 33' CLIPPED KETCH Classic Bill Luders design, lying in Hope, ID at Kramer's Marina in Lake Pend O'Reille. In fresh water since May of 2003. Yanmar diesel(3 cyl. 27 HP 3GM30 with 252 hours). New genoa and jib(Doyle), full 3 piece winter cover, hull is exceptionally clean and strong. Laminated box Sitka Spruce spars, stripped base, examined and completely refinished during last haulout in 2018. Asking $30,000 OBO. For more info, contact John Murphy at (870) 371-2782.

18 FOOT CAPE COD CATBOAT Built by Marshall Marine in 1986. Sanderling Model, LOA 18'2" Beam 8' 6" Draft 19" board up, & 44" board down. Sail Area: 253 sq. ft. Displacement: 2200 lbs. Ballast: 500 Lbs. Gaff Rig. 2014 Mercury 5 HP outboard. Asking $10,000. Call (206) 660-5766.

EUROPEAN OCEAN GOING 41' SLOOP A Rebel 41 designed by Van de Stadt, built by Southern Ocean Shipyards in UK in 1968, in excellent condition. Solid layup construction, integral lead long fin keel, Aries windvane, diesel heater, autopilot, JRC radar,AIS, 90m chain, 60lb CQR, 44lb Bruce and rode, Muir windlass, full tropical awning, Force 10 stove, 400l water, 5 proper seagoing berths, 6' 6" headroom. Perkins M50 . A sea-kindly boat waiting to go again. isrebelx@hotmail.com for specifications. $59,000 CDN.

32' SLOOP 1988 Ericson 32-200 sloop. KNOTTY OTTER. Very good condition. Asking $35,000. Berthed at John Wayne Marina, Sequim, WA. Berth F-31. Call for details or to make offer. (360) 683-8921 or (360) 461-0216. Also for sale: Used 8' Boston Whaler Inflatable and 8' Quicksilver Inflatable. Make offer. Sail inventory; North Sails Main and 110% Jib on furler and Sobstadt Crusing Spinaker (used once). 30' LYLE HESS FALMOUTH CUTTER $60,000 OBO. Kirin is a beautiful example of a Lyle Hess designed Falmouth Cutter built in 1991 and restored between 2014-2017. The hull is bronze fastened Douglas Fir planks on double sawn riveted white oak frames. She has a fir backbone with new purple heart stem and mast step, and bronze floors. Kirin is much loved and is looking for a new caretaker. Please email Erik at gosailkirin@gmail.com for more info.

APHRODITE 101 Averisera, 101USA264, located in Chatham, MA and ready to race. Details at www.averisera.com We need a cruising boat or we'd be keeping her! $15,000. More info at (617) 678-4286 or nhmartin@outlook.com

CT41 KETCH LIVEABOARD Classic CT 41 Ketch (1974) liveaboard on Multnomah Channel in Portland, OR. Very comfortable ocean sailing vessel. Good fuel and drinking water capacity. Propane stove and very adequate galley. Lots of storage. FRP hull, teak decking, 75 HP Volvo Penta diesel (low hours), aluminum masts, windlass, shower, radar, VHF, 5 sails……$32,000. Call Bob at (503) 309-3097 or via email at aeallc@comcast.net

1977 37' TAYANA CUTTER 1977 37’ Tayana. $32,000. Robert Perry bluewater boat. Cutter rigged, custom solid teak interior, 36 HP Volvo engine. Autopilot, VHF radio, radar, 12 volt refrigerator/freezer, 110 volt hot water heater, 110 volt electric wall heater, diesel Adriatic cookstove, custom Woodland wood stove, Lorance chart plotter with US and Canadian charts, 100 gallon water tank, 90 gallon diesel tank. Moored in Portland, OR at Crown Point Marina. For more information call (360) 624-4295.

38' HINTERHOELLER NIAGARA 35 - 1980 Grand Marina, Alameda, CA. $42,000. S/V Gambit. Equipped for offshore. Volvo, SailDrive, nav computer, lazy-jacks, solar panel. watermaker, composting head, refrigerator and more. For sale "as-is". Info at schoonerbk.gmail.com or (925) 202-9092.

EUROPEAN CANAL BOAT - FRANCE MOVING ON - 41 Ft. 1986 Steel Dutch Cruiser $115,000. Classic, well maintained Super Lauwersmeer 12.50 AK, twin 120 HP diesel engines, located Corre France. Fully outfitted ready for the canals and rivers of Europe, just stop by the marché for supplies. This boat was designed and built for all of the canals of the Europe. Visit https://www.thorntonsjm.net/ for pictures & complete details, JoelSails@Gmail.com or via phone at (425) 495-6937.

48 TAYANA DS - 2002

The nicest on the market! Highly maintained with records. Many recent upgrades. CRUISE LOADED and turn key ready! Easily sailed by a couple. Located in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Cruise Mexico now and start your adventures. Surveyed, hauled and bottom painted. Boom furling, furling foresails, elec. winches, watermaker, gen set, custom hard dodger w/ full enclosure, 2 cabin & Contact Wes Koenig (360) 201-2459 heads. $319,000. Shown by appointment. Owner available for orientation. wes@sanjuansailing.com 48º NORTH

2013 ARCHAMBAULT A27 Super sporty and sexy 27’ keel boat! Similar to a J/88 or Express 27. Fully outfitted for double-handed ocean racing but also excellent as a casual weekend boat. The cabin is very spacious. Steering: Inboard Nanni engine N2.14 (14HP) Carbon fiber tiller, spinnaker pole and bowsprit. Can be sailed with symmetrical or asymmetrical spinnakers. B&G electronics: H5000 CPU, Zeus2 Charplotter, autopilot. Sails: 2 mains, 2 sym & 3 asym kites, 7jibs, 1furling code zero. $49,000. For more info, contact amkleha@gmail.com

FEBRUARY 2020

BOATS FOR SALE

PETERSON 35 Ready to cruise and race, Georgia Strait Gulf Islands. Low hours. Beta 25 diesel, Kiwi prop. 4-burner propane stove with oven, broiler, propane cabin heater, gas BBQ, inverter, 2-8D batteries, 1 large engine battery, freezer and cooler, tiller tender, chart plotter, Mylar #1 on roller furling, Mylar main, spinnakers , (2) like-new dacron #3, assorted other sails, 35# Bruce with chain and rode, Skipper age forces sale. Located Cowichan Bay. Asking $24,000 CDN. Email nb3992@gmail.com

33 ' WELDED ALUMINUM - $49,900 Built for whale watching, finished and launched in 2005 as a cruiser. 200 Yamaha gives trawler speed with economy. Change to larger engine or twins on pod for more speed. Sisterships travel at 30 knots with 14 people. Panoramic windows, queen berth, big galley, dinette for 3/4 in cabin plus possible 2 singles under pilothouse. Short sleeve traveling or happy hour in convertible pilothouse with twin pilot/copilot seats. $49,900 USD In Victoria. For more info or for pictures, please contact harlingpoint@gmail.com

FREEDOM 39 EXPRESS The Freedom 39 Express was designed for sailing ease. She's a fast, stable sailor and a great live-aboard. Read about Freedom construction quality in Ferenc Mate’s 'World’s Best Sailboats(Vol I)'. This one comes with lots of extras including radar, central heat, bimimi/dodger, microwave oven, rebuilt engine new transmission, etc. Priced competitively at $40,000. Contact Tom at (928) 554-1877 or email at tm@ketch-22.com. Or see all about Ketch 22 at www.ketch-22.com/4Sale.html

BOAT DONATIONS

2017 CUTWATER 30 COMMAND BRIDGE Northwest Luxury Edition. 425 HP Volvo. Impeccably maintained. 200 hours. Lower and upper helm. Loaded. Twin Garmin displays at main helm. Upgraded bow and stern thrusters. Upgraded packing replacement gland. Aft cockpit bimini w/sun shades new in 2018. Full array of canvas covers, windows, seats, etc. 2000 watt inverter. Built in ice maker & wine cooler. Inflatable dinghy, 4 HP Yamaha w/less than 5 hours. $260,000. No broker. Call Russ at (425) 418-9487.

DONATE YOUR BOAT TODAY! DE 38 KETCH 1977 Down Easter 38 ketch for sale asking $33,000. Boat is in Brownsville. Repowered, replaced all ports with NFM, replaced fwd hatch and added 3 more., Solar, wind generator, hard dodger, new windlass, forward sonar, garmin chart plotter with back up depth finder, radar, Alpha Marine 3000 auto pilot, composting head, all thru hulls removed, and replaced two below waterline, tv with dvd, diesel fireplace, newer sails. Email me for complete list and photos: travpdx@gmail.com

Contact Wes Koenig (360) 201-2459 wes@sanjuansailing.com 48º NORTH

for more info, or to donate, call (360) 714-8891 or email us at

31S RANGER TUG 2016 - $254,900

Like-new 31 Sedan, boathouse kept. Upgraded interior / cockpit cushions, new cockpit table and carpet runners. Equipped with NW Edition package. Features include 300HP Volvo D4 engine (~325 hrs), low speed trolling valve, bow/stern thrusters with remote, 2nd helm station in the cockpit, custom cockpit enclosure, Weaver davit with dinghy and 6HP OB. Diesel heat, Fusion system, charger/inverter, AGM batteries, solar panel, full Garmin navigation / pilot package, KVH SAT TV, cockpit ice maker, wine frig, underwater lights and recent bottom paint. Meticulously maintained and it shows. Possible charter owner opportunity, ask us how!

All donated vessels and equipment help raise funds that support CBC youth programs. Donated vessels and equipment are eligible for itemized charitable tax deductions.

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PARTNERSHIPS

1990 CATALINA 36 WT Cruise ready and meticulously maintained. Raymarine SL70C color chartplotter/GPS, ST60 Tri Data, Wind; Autopilot (ST4000); Windlass (Maxwell Freedom 800); Forced air heater (ESPAR D3L); Refrigeration with second control for custom enlarged freezer (Adler/ Barbour); Electric head (Raritan) with holding tank Watch 4; 440 AH house battery plus 100 AH starter with Link 10 monitor, 700 watt inverter. $55,000. Many more upgrades, call for details (360) 662-6293.

1980 CATALINA 30, NEWER ENGINE 1980 Catalina 30 ft. sailboat with $4,000 Yamaha gas outboard engine in addition to Atomic 4 engine. Most popular cruising sailboat ever sold! 50/50 partnership $5,900, OBO. Possible monthly payments with large amount down. Currently moored in Langley but may be relocated to mutual agreeable location. I just don’t use it much! Call Bill at (425) 248-0231 or Rowlands@whidbey.com

SAILBOAT PARTNERSHIP Experienced sailors looking for additional 1/4 interest partner for upscale bluewater sailboat 37-45 feet. Expected budget $130k to $200k. Please contact via email at SkiPilot99@msn.com or via phone at (206) 853-8811.

FEBRUARY 2020

MOORAGE

Full service rig shop serving the Puget Sound

ROANOKE REEF MOORAGE, EASTLAKE New 14' slip floating moorage on Lake Union, Eastlake, Seattle. Slip is open to the south. Length: 42' with 2' overhang. Beam: 13'+. Locked gate, power & pump out. Downtown views. Sorry, not a liveaboard slip! $600/Month + Electricity. Call Herb: (206) 909-0903.

Cliff Hennen (206)NW 718‑5582 6327 Seaview‑ Ave Seattle, WA 98107 www.evergreenrigging.com ‑ (360) 207‑5016

Phone (206) 789-7350 Fax (206) 789-6392 email jen@48north.com

LOPEZ ISLAND - SPENCER'S LANDING For immediate sublet starting November 1, 2019 - 50' open slip at Spencer's Landing, Shoal Bay on Lopez Island. $450 per month + electricity. For more info, please contact Jason at (206) 963-1414.

50' SLIP ON SAN JUAN ISLAND 50' slip available immediately on San Juan Island (Friday Harbor). Hard to find location and slip. Great location, just 5 minute walk from ferry terminal in Friday Harbor. Long-term lease possibility. Photos available on request. First and Last month rent required. $550 per month. Contact Mark at scheerlaw10@gmail.com

EQUIPMENT SPINNAKER This spinnaker is off of a tartan 37’ this boat had two spinnakers 1/2 oz and 11/2 oz almost 90% of the time the 1/2 oz sail was used. this boat sailed in the Great Lakes so this sail has never seen salt water. The mast hight is 52’ . This sail is a radial head spinnaker the colors are black yellow and white it looks beautiful I am asking $450 but will take offers. For more info or questions, please call (408) 718-1502 or send an email to Anthonyrittenhouse@gmail.com

OLSON 25 & TRAILER WANTED For a change of pace and space, I am looking for an Olson 25 with trailer. Both must be in good condition, and ready to go. With options, please contact Barney at (360) 640-0046. WANTED - HARBOR 20 I'm looking for a Harbor 20 sailboat. If you know of any available in the Pacific Northwest, please contact me at acstults@hushmail.com

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SLOOP TAVERN YACHT CLUB 2442 NW Market St. #94, Seattle, WA 98107 “Established in Ballard since 1976” $90 Annual Dues - Reciprocal Moorages High quality sailing at the lowest cost For more info call Mike at (206) 265-9459

MARINAS Nancy Anderson - Seattle 206/669-0329 • sureritesigns@gmail.com www.sureritesigns.com

1.5 inch =$60/month Business Classified ad V E SS E L issue M OV ING 2016 March PROOF No ocean too big, no trip too small, no ship too large, no mast too tall, sail or power, we move them all!!! When you are ready, give us a call. Professional service since 1967.

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34’ - 50’ slips for lease/purchase Free Wifi, Pumpouts & Showers, Fuel, Store /Café

Phone (206) 789-7350 (360) 371-0440 • semiahmoomarina.com Fax (206) 789-6392 Email calla@48north.com

LIBERTY BAY MARINA 40’ - 48’ - 60’ open slips. Great location in Poulsbo, WA Restrooms, Showers. 360-779-7762 or 360-509-0178

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Annual moorage available now: 32’ to 80’ Open and 32’ to 60’ Covered slips. In town rental slips w/security gates, mini storage, full service boat yard, fuel dock & pump out on site. Anacortesmarina.com or (360) 293-4543

SAILRITE LSZ-1 SEWING MACHINE Ultrafeed LSZ-1 sewing machine for sale. $600. Only lightly used. Plus a box of accessories and materials (webbing, zippers, thread, dvd's, balance wheel). Will deliver near Seattle/Tacoma. For more info, contact Margaret at mpaterson1@live.com

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FEBRUARY 2020

Brokerage Sailboat Listings Boat Type

Yr Aux Price

Broker

Boat Type

Yr Aux Price

Broker

15' Montgomery w/Trlr

14 O

17,900

Passion

33' Ranger

75 D

13,500

Yachtfinders 68

Boat Type

Yr Aux Price

Broker

38' Beneteau OC 38.1

20 D

Passion

16' Doughdish 12.5

29,500

NW Yachtnet 7

33' Tartan 101

20 D

199,900 Seattle Yachts 65

38' Block Island

60 D

119,500 Yachtfinders 68

18' I550 w/Trailer

16 O

7,900

Passion

33' Wauquiez

19' W. Wight Potter w/Trlr

97 O

7,000

Passion

33' Beneteau 331

83 D

49,000 West Yachts 70

38' C&C Mark ii

77 D

19,900

West Yachts 70

02 D

74,900

Passion

38' Catalina

80 D

29,900

20' Laser SB3 w/Trlr

19,500

Mar Servic

Yachtfinders 68

33' Hunter 33

11 D

99,900

Mar Servic

38' CT 38

84 D

68,500

20' Marsh Wren

99 D

33,900

Passion

Seattle Yachts 65

33' Hunter 33.5

92 D

39,900

Passion

38' CT Sloop

86 D

74,500

22' Catalina 22 w/trailer

77 G

4,500

NW Yachtnet 7

Passion

33' Saturna Offshore

81 D

36,900

Passion

38' H. Christian MK II

80 D

72,000

22' J/70

20 G

Mar Servic

Sail NW

33' Yamaha

78 D

21,900

Passion

38' Hans Christian

85 D

94,900

Passion

22' Marshall 22

06 D

55,000 NW Yachtnet 7

34' C&C 34+

90 D

64,500

ElliottBYS

38' Hinckley

69 D

79,500

Seattle Yachts 65

22' Capri w/Trailer

07 G

12,500

Passion

34' Catalina 34

88 D

41,500

ElliottBYS

38' Ingrid

78 D

47,500

West Yachts 70

22' US Yacht w/trailer

78 O

6,800

Passion

34' Catalina 34

86 D

14,500

Mar Servic

38' Pearson

66 D

75,000

Yachtfinders 68

25' Herreschoff

05 D

55,000 Swiftsure

34' Catalina Sloop

88 D

39,500

NW Yachtnet 7

38' Sabre 386

05 D

194,000 Seattle Yachts 65

25' Catalina w/trailer

87 O

6,900

Passion

34' Gambling 34

74 D

24,900

Mar Servic

38' X-Yachts

94 D

39,000 Yachtfinders 68

25' Hunter 25 w/trailer

09 G

23,900

Passion

34' Gemeni 105Mc

05 D

109,000 ElliottBYS

38' Yankee

72 D

29,900

26' Custom Dive Boat

92 D

74,500

Seattle Yachts 65

34' Gemini

98 D

77,500

38' Catalina 387

04 D

134,900 Passion

26' Hake

12 D

64,000 Yachtfinders 68

34' Hallberg-Rassy 342

08 D

162,000 Swiftsure

38' Catalina S&S

83 D

24,900

Passion

26' Tartan Fantail

19 D

69,575

34' Hunter 34

84 D

29,000 Mar Servic

38' Hans Christian

78 D

85,000 Passion

26' Hunter 260 w/trailer

02 G

20,900 Passion

34' Irwin

85 D

23,500

38' Island Packet

01 D

197,500 Passion

26' MacGregor w/Trailer

89 G

4,900

34' Jeanneau 349

20 D

192,490 Mar Servic

39' Beneteau 393

04 D

129,000 Seattle Yachts 65

27' Hunter

06 D

45,000 Seattle Yachts 65

34' Schock

89 D

44,900

39' Cal 39

78 D

27,500

27' Catalina

84 D

7,900

Passion

34' Tartan 3400

07 D

139,000 Seattle Yachts 65

39' Fast Passage

79 D

85,000 Passion

28' Cape Dory

79 D

29,900

West Yachts 70

34' Tartan 345

19 D

269,900 Seattle Yachts 65

39' Beneteau 393

02 D

109,900 Passion

28' Herreshoff

95 D

39,500

Yachtfinders 68

34' Alsea Bay

85 D

51,900

Passion

39' Catalina 390

02 D

84,900

Passion

28' Catalina mkII

01 D

38,900

Passion

34' Hunter 340

02 D

63,900

Passion

39' Freedem Cat Ketch

83 D

65,000 Passion

29' Ericson 29

77 G

6,900

Passion

35' Baba Cutter

79 D

62,500

Waterline

39' Fast Passage

77 D

75,000

Waterline

29' Hunter

01 D

29,900

Yachtfinders 68

35' Beneteau

89 D

45,000 Yachtfinders 68

40' Beneteau OC 40

11 D

169,500 Signature

29' J Boat

85 D

23,900

Yachtfinders 68

35' Beneteau

95 D

58,500

40' Beneteau Oceanis

94 D

85,000 ElliottBYS

29' J/88

20 D

Sail NW

35' Beneteau 35.1

18 D

179,900 Signature

40' Catalina 400

99 D

125,000 Seattle Yachts 65

29' Carrera 290

93 G

12,900

Passion

35' Beneteau First

83 D

49,500

Signature

40' Colin Archer Ketch

94 D

55,000 Sail NW

30' Baba

84 D

47,500

Yachtfinders 68

35' Cheoy Lee Sloop

80 D

33,500

NW Yachtnet 7

40' Cust. Acapulco Cutter

78 D

89,500

30' Beneteau OC 30.1

20 D

166,252

Signature

35' Contest Sloop

81 D

49,500

NW Yachtnet 7

259,900 Seattle Yachts 65

79 D

12,500

NW Yachtnet 7

35' Cooper

82 D

44,000 Seattle Yachts 65

40' Elan Impression Sailtime

17 D

30' Cape Dory 30' Catalina MKII

88 D

17,000

NW Yachtnet 7

35' Elan E4

17 D

223,920 Seattle Yachts 65

40' H. Christian Christina

86 D

149,000 Rubicon

30' Catalina Sloop

79 D

17,500

NW Yachtnet 7

35' Island Packet 350

01 D

147,500 ElliottBYS

40' J/121

20 D

Sail NW

30' Catalina Tall Rig

80 D

17,999

NW Yachtnet 7

35' Trident Voyager PH

78 D

59,500

Mar Servic

40' J/122e

20 D

Sail NW

30' Farr

97 D

35,000 Sail NW

35' Waquiez Gladiateur

81 D

35,000 Mar Servic

40' J/40

89 D

79,000 Sail NW

30' Fisher

79 D

19,900

Yachtfinders 68

35' Wauquiez

82 D

34,950

NW Yachtnet 7

40' Jeanneau Sun Odyssey

99 D

125,000 Swiftsure

30' J/95

20 D

Sail NW

35' Young Sun

86 D

63,500

Yachtfinders 68

40' Marlow Hunter

13 D

219,000 ElliottBYS

30' Yamaha 30 MKII

84 D

22,000 Rubicon

35' Beneteau OC 35.1

20 D

Passion

40' Nauticat 40 PH

85 D

119,000 Waterline

30' Catalina Sloop

93 D

5,900

NW Yachtnet 7

35' Young Sun Cutter

79 D

24,900

Passion

40' Nordic

94 D

94,900

30' Hunter 306

02 D

39,900

Passion

36' B. Roberts Spray

01 D

55,500

Waterline

40' Passport 40

84 D

149,900 Mar Servic

31' Beneteau

10 D

79,500

Signature

36' Bavaria 36

02 D

93,000 Mar Servic

40' Perry 41 Sloop

85 D

69,000 Seattle Yachts 65

31' Beneteau Oceanis

19 D

169,000 Signature

36' Cal

66 G

14,900

40' Stevens

83 D

79,500

31' Cape George

81 D

29,000 West Yachts 70

36' Catalina

89 D

55,000 Seattle Yachts 65

40' Beneteau Oceanis

97 D

90,000 West Yachts 70

31' Hunter

84 D

19,500

36' Catalina Sloop

90 D

56,900

41' Beneteau OC 41.1

19 D

315,000 Signature

31' Beneteau Oceanis

19 D

169,900 Passion

36' Cheoy Lee

85 D

25,000 Yachtfinders 68

41' Burnham & Crouch

69,500

Mar Servic

31' Hallberg-Rassy

75 D

39,900

Passion

36' Hunter

04 D

92,500

NW Yachtnet 7

41' C&C

86 D

49,800

Yachtfinders 68

32' C&C

80 D

29,500

West Yachts 70

36' Hunter Legend 35.5

90 D

47,900

NW Yachtnet 7

41' Ericson Sloop

68 D

37,500

West Yachts 70

32' Downeast Sloop

78 D

18,900

NW Yachtnet 7

36' Islander

79 D

34,500

Yachtfinders 68

41' Finngulf

03 D

210,000 Seattle Yachts 65

32' Dragonfly

16 D

295,000 Seattle Yachts 65

36' Islander Sloop

78 D

29,900

NW Yachtnet 7

41' Hunter 41DS

07 D

149,950 Signature

32' J/97e

17 D

199,000 Sail NW

36' J/111

20 D

Sail NW

41' Island Packet SP

07 D

265,000 Mar Servic

32' J/97e

20 D

Sail NW

36' J/112e

20 D

Sail NW

41' Islander Freeport

81 D

69,900

NW Yachtnet 7

32' J/99

20 D

Sail NW

36' Morgan

73 D

24,900

Yachtfinders 68

41' Islander Freeport

76 D

63,500

Yachtfinders 68

32' Nor’Star

86 D

38,000 Sail NW

36' Perry Custom Boomer

07 D

99,500

Seattle Yachts 65

41' Jeanneau 410

20 D

319,948 Mar Servic

32' Fuji Ketch

78 D

39,900

West Yachts 70

36' S-2

79 D

47,500

West Yachts 70

41' Morgan Classic CC

87 D

81,500

NW Yachtnet 7

32' Hunter 326

03 D

49,900

Passion

36' Catalina

91 D

58,000 West Yachts 70

41' Morgan Giles Classic

87 D

86,500

NW Yachtnet 7

33' Alerion Express

10 D

209,000 Swiftsure

36' Islander

82 D

29,900

41' Morgan O/I

87 D

59,900

Passion

33' C&C 99

05 D

82,000 Mar Servic

37' Beneteau

15 D

169,900 Signature

41' Neptune Ketch

79 D

69,900

NW Yachtnet 7

33' Freedom Cat Ketch

82 D

39,900

Seattle Yachts 65

37' Hunter 37.5

92 D

69,900

41' Tartan 4100

06 D

249,000 Seattle Yachts 65

33' Hans Christian 33T

84 D

79,500

NW Yachtnet 7

37' Hunter 37.5 Legend

89 D

535,000 ElliottBYS

41' Beneteau OC 41.1

20 D

33' Hobie

83 G

35,000 Yachtfinders 68

37' Nautor Swan

80 D

84,750

West Yachts 70

42' Barnett

86 D

110,000 Yachtfinders 68

33' J/100

07 D

64,500

Swiftsure

37' Pac. Seacraft Crealock

82 D

57,000

Seattle Yachts 65

42' Catalina Sloop

93 D

83,500

NW Yachtnet 7

33' Jouet 940 MS

85 D

39,900

West Yachts 70

37' Rustler

15 D

365,000 Sail NW

42' Catalina Sloop

92 D

99,700

NW Yachtnet 7

33' Legendary 33 Ketch

00 D

180,000 Waterline

37' Swan 371

85 D

69,500

42' Sabre 426

09 D

298,000 Swiftsure

33' Luguna GT

86 D

24,900

NW Yachtnet 7

37' Tartan 3700

02 D

165,000 San Juan

42' SK 42 Pilothouse

06 D

124,500 Mar Servic

33' Mason OS Cutter

86 D

79,500

Waterline

37' Tayana Cutter

84 D

53,950

42' Tayana Vancouver CC

82 D

130,000 Seattle Yachts 65

33' Nantucket

84 D

178,000 Seattle Yachts 65

37' Pacific Seacraft

99 D

145,000 Passion

43' Gulfstar

77 D

44,900

33' Nauticat PH

85 D

79,900

37' Tayana

78 D

65,000 Passion

43' H. Christian Christina

89 D

139,001 Rubicon

48º NORTH

Seattle Yachts 65 Passion

West Yachts 70

Mar Servic

69 66 66 9

Seattle Yachts 65

Yachtfinders 68 9

Yachtfinders 68

Yachtfinders 68 NW Yachtnet 7

Passion Passion

Mar Servic Signature

NW Yachtnet 7

Waterline

Seattle Yachts 65

Signature

Seattle Yachts 65

Passion

Yachtfinders 68 19

FEBRUARY 2020

• Sailing School • Guided Flotillas • Charters • Sales

San Juan Sailing

Bellingham, WA (360) 671-4300 • sanjuansailing.com brokerage@sanjuansailing.com

Start here, start now … CAPTAIN’S LICENSE TRAINING 32' Nordic Tug - 2010

FastTrack™ with Flagship !!!

Ready for comfortable cruising! Bow/ stern thruster & diesel heat. Dinghy with OB included! $245,000

38' oceAN AlexANder - 1986 Twin diesels, bow thruster, diesel heat, nice electronics, autopilot. $128,500

48' TAyANA ds - 2002 Cruise loaded, full enclosure, hard dodger, boom-furling sails. Priced below survey value! $319,000

45' cusTom AlumiNum PH - 2006 Cruise loaded, watermaker, Isuzu 100 HP diesel. Many upgrades, two cabin model. $239,000

37' TArTAN 3700 - 2002 LeisureFurl boom furling, spinnaker, diesel heat, dinghy with OB, nice electronics. $165,000

31s rANger Tug - 2016 Low hours, full enclosure, meticulously maintained. Charter owner opportunity! $244,500

(253) 905-‐5972

www.flagshipmaritimellc.com

Brokerage Sailboat Listings Boat Type

Yr Aux Price

Broker

Boat Type

Yr Aux Price

Broker

Boat Type

Yr Aux Price

43' Luengen 43 OS

87 D

69,500

Waterline

46' Formosa Cutter

81 D

77,000

Rubicon

50' Lavranos

90 D

169,900 Swiftsure

43' Saga 43

98 D

169,000 Signature

46' Hunter 460

01 D

149,500 Mar Servic

51' Able Apogee

00 D

449,000 Swiftsure

43' Wauquiez Amphitrite

84 D

132,500 Mar Servic

46' Hunter 466

02 D

145,500 NW Yachtnet 7

51' Alden Skye Ketch

80 D

129,500 Mar Servic

43' Polaris Cutter

78 D

69,900

46' Outbound

07 D

425,000 Swiftsure

51' Beneteau

93 D

89,900

44' Amazon

98 D

289,000 Swiftsure

46' Outbound

09 D

Swiftsure

51' Beneteau OC 51.1

19 D

639,900 Signature

44' Bruce Roberts OS

93 D

38,500

Mar Servic

46' Outbound

06 D

399,000 Swiftsure

51' Carius Steel Ketch

84 D

45,000 Rubicon

44' Bruce Roberts OS

80 D

45,000 Mar Servic

46' Beneteau OC 46.1

20 D

Passion

51' Formosa Ketch

78 D

147,000 Seattle Yachts 65

44' Cheoy Lee

80 D

129,900 West Yachts 70

46' Spindrift CC

84 D

138,000 Passion

53' J Boat

97 D

474,900 Yachtfinders 68

44' Island Packet

05 D

318,000 Signature

47.7' Beneteau

05 D

179,000 ElliottBYS

53' J/160

03 D

449,000 Sail NW

44' Jeanneau 440

19 D

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