July 2019 48° North

THE OFFSHORE ISSUE 34 MANAGING MAL DE MER SEASICKNESS TIPS FROM AN MD AND SAILOR 38 PREPARE YOUR BOAT FOR OFFSHORE

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30 BETTER THAN ADVERTISED A CRUISING COUPLE'S FIRST OCEAN PASSAGE

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FEATURES 30

Better than Advertised!

The story of a couple’s first big offshore passage.

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Managing Mal de Mer

An physician and sailor’s advice about seasickness.

By Ken Fabert, MD

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Preparing Your Boat for Offshore

With ocean sailing and safety, “Luck favors the prepared.”

By Andy Cross

COLUMNS 21

Artist’s View – Secrets of the Salish Sea

Blood Star: An elegant, red carnivore in our waters.

By Larry Eifert

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Halcyon Wandering

Planning for the Middle: Halcyon’s recent Pacific crossing.

By Becca Guillote

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Galley Essentials with Amanda

Passage life and cuising aboard Mahina Tiare.

By Amanda Swan Neal

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How-To: Keep a Ship’s Log

It’s simple, effective, and necessary for offshore navigation.

By Alex and Jack Wilken

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Lessons Learned Cruising

Evolutions and advancements of offshore cruising tools.

By Jamie and Behan Gifford

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48° North Race Report

R2AK, Swiftsure, Van Isle, and more.

ON THE COVER, The Valiant 40, Halcyon, with spinnaker flying sails into a double rainbow in the midst of her recent Pacific crossing. Photo courtesy of John Guillote.

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CONTENTS

By Barry and Kathy Constant

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Editor OCEAN MUSIC

Sailing offshore is an exercise in constant motion. The waves, the wind, the tides and currents, and the reaction of your tiny boat universe to all of these inputs. The movement is never easy at first. It's the functional opposite of land life, and can be startlingly different than sailing inshore. Even salty veterans get caught off guard by a wave or a gust, or the two in combination, stepping quickly backward or grabbing hold of whatever is nearby to restore balance and fulfill every sailor's primary duty offshore: stay on the boat.

Yet, in time, a sailor finds patterns within that relentless motion—rhythms of the sea. They aren't perfectly consistent, but they allow for adaptation. Like rhythm's role in music, these patterns in offshore sailing are the foundation upon which a sailor may learn to work and play along with the variables of the ocean environment; developing synergistic collaboration, some predictability, and even harmony. There is no fighting these rhythms. Their beat dictates yours.

Go with the flow.

The big wave sets tend to come in threes. The tides change every six hours.

And the wind state is always, ALWAYS temporary, whether that reality evokes comfort or caution. Even when there is no wind, the boat is still improvising actively with the seemingly calm water and a new, irregular rhythm is created.

"Thwap! Crack! THWONGGG!" The slatting of sails in swell never quite finds a steady tempo, but creates a drone that you learn to ignore until the worst of the THWONGGGs rattle your rigging and your confidence that the rig will stay up. Each of those spasmodic slams, of course is a self-fulfilling prophecy—the outcome of waves but no wind is the guarantee that you won't attach flow to your sails in order to sail away from the random drumbeat.

When the breeze is up, the patterns are more metrical. It could be the sonorous pounding of a close-hauled course into the swell mingling with the singing of the wind in the rigging aloft. On other points of sail, where the motion is gentler, the boat still adds to the song with the percussive creaking of spars or the drum-roll of a jib that needs its leech cord tensioned. If you're lucky enough to be sailing with the waves and the wind, the sailors might add some "whoo hoos!" or "yee haws!" to the harmonic texture. Even the actions of the boat find a repetitive groove, especially if you've got a boat that can surf: turn up a little, feel the wave pick up the stern, drive down on it, trim on, enjoy your surf ride... repeat, repeat, repeat.

Beyond that, you have the human rhythms of it all, more apparent when sailing 'round the clock than at any other time on a boat. On watch, off watch; when you need to sleep, eat, drink, reapply sunscreen, put on another layer, or go pee. When the hours become days, sailors inevitably find a necessary, yet often comfortable, cadence. We understand someone better when we've sailed with him or her on the ocean. The bonds created in this symphonic environment are strong, at least in part because we are entirely reliant upon our shipmates at sea.

This is all top of mind, of course, because this issue is our Offshore Issue. In addition and more personally, I just sailed the Pacific side of Vancouver Island in the Van Isle 360. It was a fabulous experience, one that will reverberate in my sailing world for a long time.

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Letters Response to Marty McOmber’s Article, “Alaska: You Can Do It!”

Hi Joe, I have always been an enthusiast about boating to and in Alaska, and I enjoyed Marty McOmber’s article in the June issue, which provided encouragement and some guidance on doing so. I have cruised Alaska several times and agree with everything Marty wrote. That being said, I feel there were a few things not said which deserve some attention by anyone planning a trip up north. A couple examples: most boat insurance policies do not extend that far north, therefore a special rider is usually required; Another might be to be sure you have all the needed charts (both paper and electronic) for the area being visited. Some readers may recall that I wrote an article in 48° North detailing some of these issues in the magazine from September 2015. While no article can be a singular, comprehensive resource, I thought that older article might be a good complementary read for anyone who enjoyed Marty's article and is considering their first trip to this magical, but challenging, region. (Editor's Note: Find both articles recently republished at www.48north.com)

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Hey Joe, I enjoyed Kurt Hoehne’s account of PSSR Small Boat in the May issue. I wanted to remind you guys and your readers that, in addition to the classes in the article, there was also a Hobie 16 class. I was the only boat out, but you know I’m passionate about seeing Hobie sailing grow so I've got to represent!

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We had a most bizarre line of results. On Saturday, we only had two races. We were over early in the first race. In the next race, we rounded the leeward mark outside of a J-24 and when we got out of their wind shadow, a big blast knocked us over. So we had an OCS and a DNF!

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The following day, we rolled off a solid string of bullets. I like to think it had more to do with our sailing prowess than the fact we were the only boat in our class. Geoff and his merry makers on YC5 gave us the following line of scores for the day’s five races -- BFD, DSQ, ZFP, SCP, and RET. I went home and cooked up a big pot of alphabet soup!!!

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Sincerely, Peter Nelson Hobie 16 #44

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Letters Bumper Sticker Fun

Hello Joe, Nice job you’re doing remodeling 48° North! Your ‘Bumper Sticker of the Month’ on page 62 reminded me of one that my wife and I saw while visiting Rhode Island many years ago. It read, “Frankly Scallop I don’t give a clam!” Over the years, my wife and I found opportunities to use that, always followed with laughter!

Happy Sailing, Chris Minard

Good Reading on the Beach at Blakely Rock!

Hey Joe, We enjoyed perusing the new Alaska-themed issue of 48° North while the cruising group from Corinthian Yacht Club celebrated our annual Blakely Rock Low Tide Brunch.

This year we had about a dozen boats. We enjoyed brunch on the beach and had fun exploring the rock we normally only get to sail around! The tide was only minus 2.2’ this year (compared to some years when it gets down to minus 3.1’). You really get an idea how huge Blakely Rock is when exposed like that. You can understand why people find it with their keels, and we have a tradition of looking for marks from the two groundings we know of during races this year.

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Calendar

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R NO Duck Dodge www.duckdodge.org

E Happy 4th of July!

R Pirate Night at Duck Dodge Summer fun on Lake Union www.duckdodge.org

R 50th Anniversary Transpac Begins The granddaddy of Hawaii races is turning 50! There’s a big fleet, and some excellent PNW representation https://2019.transpacyc.com

E Catalina Summer Rendezvous Telegraph Harbour Marina, Thetis Island, BC. Open to all Catalinas, all sizes.

Old or new. Potlucks, wine/beer share, dinghy races, prize drawing. Contact Rob Johnson sailorguyrob@gmail.com E Ericson Rendezvous Cap Sante Marina, Anacortes, WA www.ericsonyachts.org

R 29er US Nationals Presented by Columbia Gorge Racing Association www.cgra.org

R Women on the Water Presented by Bellingham Yacht Club www.byc.org

R Women in Wind Race Presented by Royal Victoria Yacht Club www.rvyc.bc.ca R Maclean Memorial Race Presented by South Sound Sailing Society, www.ssssclub.com R Summer Regatta Presented by Portland Yacht Club www.portlandyc.org

R Summer Regatta (VARC) Presented by Vancouver Rowing Club www.vrcracing.org

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R One Design Regatta Presented by Royal Vancouver Yacht Club, www.royalvan.com

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R Sucia Island Race Presented by Bellingham Yacht Club www.byc.org

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R WIND Youth Regatta Presented by Columbia Gorge Racing Association www.cgra.org

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R Whidbey Island Race Week Race, party, and play one more time in Oak Harbor. Relive the great memories and make some new ones before the event moves to Point Roberts in 2020! http://whidbeyislandraceweek.com/ R Laser Blowout Presented by Columbia Gorge Racing Association, www.cgra.org

R Columbia Gorge One Design (CGOD) Presented by Columbia Gorge Racing Association www.cgra.org

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R Gibsons Regatta Back after almost 20 years! Presented

by Sunshine Coast Yacht Club www.scycsailing.ca

R Welcome to the Jungle Night at Duck Dodge Summer fun on Lake Union www.duckdodge.org

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R Pajama Night at Duck Dodge Summer fun on Lake Union www.duckdodge.org

R Christmas in July Night at Duck Dodge Summer fun on Lake Union www.duckdodge.org

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E Friday Night Sail Fest Begins Presented by Sail Northwest, runs the first four Fridays of August at Shilshole Bay Marina.

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C About Boating Safely (Bainbridge) Taught by members of the USCG Auxiliary. Get your WA State Boaters Card. At Eagle Harbor Congregational Church. Pre-register with Grant Winther, gawsail@sounddsl.com R Double Damned Race Presented by the Hood River Yacht Club www.hoodriveryachtclub.org R Cowichan Bay Regatta (VIRS 9) Presented by Cowichan Bay Sailing Association, www.cowbay-regatta.ca

R Down the Sound Race Presented by Sloop Tavern Yacht Club, summertime double-handed companion to Race to the Straits, www.styc.org R Bellingham Youth Regatta Presented by Bellingham Yacht Club www.byc.org

E 48° North/Ullman Sails Cascadia Cruising Rally, beginning and ending in Anacortes, headed to the Gulf Islands. www.48north.com/rally E PNW Cruisers Party in Everett this year. Tropical rock, boat judging, blind dinghy racing, tallships, and more! www.facebook.com/ groups/166530590653986/

R Moore 24 National Championship Presented by the Corinthian Yacht Club of Seattle, www.cycseattle.org R Shaw Island Classic Presented by the Corinthian Yacht Club of Seattle, www.sjiyc.com

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R Northern Century Race presented by Anacortes Yacht Club, www.anacortesyachtclub.org

R Vashon Island Single/Doublehanded Presented by Corinthian Yacht Club of Tacoma, www.cyct.com R Jack - Jill Race Presented by South Sound Sailing Society, www.ssssclub.com R McCurdy Cup Jr. Team Race presented by Seattle Yacht Club, www.seattleyachtclub.org E Bob Perry Rendezvous Port Ludlow Marina, WA. www.perryboat.com

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R PNW Hobie Championship presented by Hobie Division #4 www.hobiediv4.org

R Singlehanded Race Presented by South Sound Sailing Society, www.ssssclub.com

R One Design Regatta Presented by Royal Vancouver Yacht Club, www.royalvan.com

E Beneteau Rendezvous Brownsville Marina, Bremberton, WA. www.signature-yachts.com R Pink Boat Regatta - Bellingham Presented by Bellingham Yacht Club www.byc.org

R Single-Handed Race Presented by Sloop Tavern Yacht Club www.styc.org R Junior Olympics Regatta presented by Seattle Yacht Club, www.seattleyachtclub.org

E Victoria Classic Boat Festival Presented by the Maritime Museum of BC, this is the 42nd annual festival in the Victoria Inner Harbor. wwww.mmbc.bc.ca R PITCH Presented by Bellingham Yacht Club www.byc.org R Maple Bay Regatta (VIRS 10) Presented by Maple Bay Yacht Club, www.mbyc.bc.ca

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C Captain’s License Class, Tacoma Contact Flagship Maritime, www.flagshipmaritimellc.com

R 48° North Tropical Night at Duck Dodge It’s your favorite night on the water. Don’t miss this Seattle summer sailing classic. http://www.duckdodge.org

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E Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival Bring your wooden boat, volunteer, or join the hoards who live for this weekend! www.nwmaritime.org R Pink Boat Regatta - Seattle Presented by Elliott Bay Marina www.pinkboatregatta.org

C Captain’s License Class, Tacoma Contact Flagship Maritime, www.flagshipmaritimellc.com

E Boats Afloat Show Lake Union It’s the 41st annual edition of the West Coast’s largest floating boat show. Find a boat for every budget; or enjoy free sailing or power boat rides, seminars, and women’s docking classes. www.boatsafloatshow.com R TransPuget Race Presented by Shilshole Bay Yacht Club www.shilshole-bayyc.org R Pink Boat Regatta - Tacoma Presented by Elliott Bay Marina www.pinkboatregatta.org

C Captain’s License Class, Sequim Contact American Marine Training Center, www.americanmarinetc.com

R NW Harvest Benefit Race Presented by Seattle Singles Yacht Club www.seattlesinglesyc.org R Dale Jepsen One Design Regatta Presented by Bellingham Yacht Club www.byc.org

E 48° North/NW Maritime Center Flotilla in Croatia, The trip is presently sold out. Keep your eyes out for more fun international travel in the future! www.nwmaritime.org/croatia-flotilla/ JULY 2019

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News & Events

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It has been the pillar of summertime sailing in the Pacific Northwest for 37 years. Surely, you’ve heard the event is going to change venues next year, but there’s still time to get up for one more of week of sun and sailing and some of the best postrace parties you’ll find anywhere, in the event’s native habitat.

Whidbey Island Race Week is having its swan song before it heads north to a new and exciting future in Point Roberts, and you don’t want to miss this one! Whether it’s an all-time fave or you always meant to make it to a Whidbey but never got around to it, this is your chance.

In response to feedback from last year’s participants, this year’s regatta will run races from Wednesday through Saturday, allowing the following Sunday for deliveries home. Moorage is available beginning the weekend prior to racing for those wishing to avoid extra vacation days for the delivery. A stellar kick-off party rings in the annual event on Tuesday evening.

Racing begins at noon, and racers tend to be back on the dock around 5:30pm. Civilized!

On the water, the racing experience has always been premier, and Penn Cove remains a jewel for sailing ‘round the buoys. Its flat water, current patterns, and thermal westerlies off the Strait of Juan de Fuca offer unique conditions, and if the breeze is slow to arrive, there’s ice cream in Coupeville to distract you while you wait. The racing is again under the capable leadership of PRO Charley Rathkopf. The race committee does a great job of managing that many boats in a limited space with various courses and two finish lines.

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Whidbey Island Race Week 2019 July 23-27, 2019 crew at Oak Harbor Yacht Club. They’ll be taking care of racers beginning with breakfast and ending with the parties that take place after racing from 6:00pm to 8:00pm. Great music lineups have been a tenet of the current event producer, Schelleen Rathkopf. This year’s line-up will feature some new-to-Race-Week acts including Marty Malloy and the Stranded Dogs, Broken Banjo, Lion of Judah for reggae night, and The Whateverly Brothers.

Nestled among the new bands is perennial Race Week favorite, Gertrude’s Hearse, led by lead singer and sailor, Ray Hines.

Race Week continues its efforts to be as family- and budgetfriendly as possible. CSR Boatyard is this year’s generous sponsor which ensures the Marine Kid’s Camp will make a return for 2019. And if hotel accomodations for your crew are inconvenient or cost prohibitive, the traditional camping offering is available right across the street from the yacht club.

If you haven’t attended Whidbey Island Race Week before, it’s just plain fun, on and off the water. New traditions are being started all the time, including themed costume nights and the pre-race Yoga in the Park.

For me, and I know for many of you, Whidbey Island Race Week has helped develop, even possibly define, us as sailors. I’m really thrilled about the possibilities for growth and evolution at the new Point Roberts location, but it’s profoundly bittersweet to think of closing the Oak Harbor chapter of this event, considering the lifelong friends and memories so many of us have made sailing around Penn Cove and goofing around at the parties.

The final Whidbey Island Race Week promises to be a great sailing event and a fabulous time. The fleets are coming together and there’s still time to register. Don’t miss it!

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One Last Oak Harbor Hurrah!

(Editor's Note: Find both articles recently republished at www.48north.com)

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Books

COMING ABOUT: THE BLISS AND BANE OF COASTAL SAILING

By Lawrence W. Norton, MD, $24.99 Coming About tells stories of a couple’s adventures sailing in coastal waters, primarily in the Pacific Northwest. Among their blissful experiences are sailing to Alaska to explore Glacier Bay, observing differing Native American arts and cultures, and enjoying such exotic sites in British Columbia as Princess Louisa Inlet and The Island that Trembles. On the baneful side, they encounter grounding on rocks, engine failures, incessant rainfall, blinding fog, and being charged by a whale. The book describes amateur coastal sailing over long distances, a subject seldom emphasized in sailing literature. It is a sometimes amusing depiction of the challenges involved in live-aboard sailing in coastal waters, set against a required learning curve for amateurs.

Lawrence Norton, MD, is Emeritus Professor of Surgery in the University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver. He sailed a 16-foot sloop on Colorado lakes until he and his wife, Ann, sailed on the ocean for the first time. Thereafter they cruised increasingly lengthy portions of the Pacific Northwest and chartered sailboats in international waters.

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MINDING THE HELM: AN UNLIKELY CAREER IN THE U.S. COAST GUARD

By Kevin P. Gilheany, $24.95 As a boy growing up in New York City, Kevin P. Gilheany dreamed of joining the Coast Guard and learning to play the bagpipes. But by the time he finished high school he was overweight, had a drinking problem, and couldn’t swim.

Undeterred by the doubts of the folks at home, he decided to enlist in the Coast Guard anyway.

With great determination, and some divine intervention, he passed the swim test and graduated from boot camp, thus beginning an eventful and diverse twenty-year Coast Guard career in the 1980s and 1990s Coast Guard. He set a goal for himself to get command of his own patrol boat, and along the way he was involved in capturing drug smugglers, rescuing hundreds of Haitian migrants at sea, recovering Space Shuttle Challenger debris, surviving a “hooligan navy” experience on a Coast Guard workboat, coordinating search and rescue during the famed “Perfect Storm,” and leading armed boardings of ships following the terrorist attacks of 9/11.

This memoir chronicles his experiences on and off the water, including founding the U.S. Coast Guard Bag Pipe Band.

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Product News For offshore sailors, the biggest benefit of new technology is increased safety on the ocean.

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Dolphin therapy is often used successfully to treat handicapped children.

Porpoises have been trained to recognize their reflections in a mirror.

Dolphins have a varied repertoire of noises, including whistles, moans, squeaks and barks Dolphins have been seen to leap out of water and chase butterflies flying overhead.

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Among the roughly 2,000 different species of sea stars in the world’s oceans, about 30 live in our part of the North Pacific.

The blood star is one of them. This is a very long-legged and graceful sea star, but it’s not just that... it’s their color! Painters foment for models like this. These stars are a little less than 4” wide and it’s a good thing—imagine that much red on something bigger. They’re found from the low tide line down to about 1,300 feet deep. Five slender arms have two rows of sucker-tipped feet along the undersides of each – and each star has hundreds of these where sensory neurons are. They can feel or ‘sense’ light, touch, and chemical changes in the water.

Blood stars don’t have other sense organs except a red ‘eye’ at the tip of each arm that can ‘see’ changes between dark and light and possibly movement.

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by Larry Eifert

Sea stars are carnivores, and some are top dogs in their food web. Blood stars aren’t big enough to challenge bigger stars for dominance, but instead live a milder life of trapping small bits of food with slimy saliva on the undersides of their legs. Food gets passed along to their mouths, which are located where their arms come together. As with other sea stars, the blood star can extrude or push its stomach out through its mouth to consume the food. Yes, you read that correctly.

Breeding customs are also interesting. Females brood their eggs in a little pouch under the mouth by arching that specific arm. After the eggs hatch, the kids escape through skin pores in the arm. Blood stars are valuable animals to an ecosystem. With a tough exterior, little threatens blood stars except one thing, people collecting them because of, obviously, their color. Don’t!

Larry Eifert paints and writes about the Pacific Northwest from Port Townsend. His large-scale murals can be seen in many national parks across America, and at larryeifert.com.

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Halcyon Wandering

PLANNING FOR THE MIDDLE

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PACIFIC CROSSING

by Becca Guillote

48° North readers know Becca and John Guillote as young Seattle-based cruisers exploring the world aboard their Valiant 40, Halcyon. This month, they completed an iconic endeavor for any sailor — a safe passage of the Pacific Ocean on their own boat.

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ailing, especially sailing across an ocean, requires a high level of self-sufficiency. There is no turning back if you forgot the mustard, there is no quick trip to Home Depot for more screws, and there is no YouTube to illustrate how to fix it. As we prepared for our Pacific crossing, we knew we would need to carry enough food, water, fuel, knowledge, and equipment to sustain three people and a persnickety old boat for more than 30 days. But how much is that, exactly?

Our preparation over the weeks and months (years) leading up to crossing the Pacific revolved around a long list of hypothetical questions. What if we blow out our jib? What if our primary water tank fails? What if someone breaks their leg?

What if we lose our rudder? What if we run out of peanut butter?

When we visualized these scenarios (often with a shudder), we were really contemplating how we would handle the disaster when we were in the middle of the passage. If something happened in the first two weeks, we could turn back or stop off in the Galapagos for help. And if something happened in the last week, we would only have to hold on a few more days to 48º NORTH

reach civilization.

All of our planning, all of those nightmarish hypothetical situations revolved around that one week in the middle, when we would be 2,000 miles from anywhere, when we would be too far gone to turn back but with a long way still to go. We did our math based on that week. What medical supplies should we carry and do we have two weeks’ worth of antibiotics? Which moving parts are most likely to fail and how many spares can we afford? How much fresh water do three people need and what happens if our main supply fails? We calculated, changed variables, recalculated, measured storage spaces and calculated again.

Before we knew it, it was time to go. The boat was loaded down with provisions, water, fuel, spares, medical supplies, emergency equipment, and an anxious and excited crew. We left from the Pearl Islands in Panama with a strong northerly breeze escorting us away from mainland and nothing but a big blue ocean ahead.

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every single sunset.

Soon, we were halfway there. We had sailed 2,000 nautical miles and had another 2,000 to go. It was a strange sensation to finally reach the week we’d been thinking about so much.

We threw a halfway party, complete with silly hats, a toast to Neptune, and gifts pre-stowed from friends and family. I spent a good part of that day reflecting on what it took to get us to that point, and how grateful I was that both Halcyon and her crew were healthy. I felt relief and excitement; we had made it to the middle and it was all downhill from there.

Water is by far the most commonly discussed resource aboard Halcyon. We do not carry a watermaker and have a single large fresh water tank. Our tank holds 135 gallons, but likes to spill some portion of the first quarter tank into the bilge when we sail, so we only rely on about 120 gallons. In our first month of cruising back in 2016, while motoring down the west coast of Vancouver Island, we experienced a mighty wakeup call when a fitting worked itself loose and dumped the entire contents of our single water tank into the bilge and overboard. Leaving Panama, we knew we had to have enough water isolated from our main tank to sustain all three of us for several weeks if that happened again when we were in the middle. We carried an additional 40 gallons in jerry cans stashed wherever they would fit – strapped to the rail, shoved under the bed, lashed to the table, and buried in the lazarette.

The clouds make for a free and relatively hassle-free water maker. We did not rely on collecting water, but it was always exciting when we passed under a squall and added to our diminishing supply. In our third week at sea, when the trade winds disappeared and the remaining miles stretched out in front of us in long light spinnaker runs and hours of drifting, we sailed straight into the mother of all squalls. Knowing it held an abundance of fresh water, we aimed right at the middle of it.

Like a light switch, day turned to night and stillness to tempest.

We were ready. With sails reefed down tight, the 30-knot bursts did not faze Halcyon. With buckets, hoses and funnels already in place, we collected the water streaming off the mainsail as fast as we could. We filled our tank, three jerry cans, both solar showers, and soaped up while we were at it. In less than an hour, we had eliminated all worries over our most stressful diminishing resource.

The rest of the passage was slow; we never saw more than 10 knots of wind. But we were comfortable, happy and healthy. We had made it through the middle, and only had a few days to go.

The crew was healthy and Halcyon was in great shape, with only a few scrapes and bruises. With our water surplus, we showered daily without guilt.

After 36 days at sea and on our last nine gallons of diesel, we motored into the picturesque Gambier Islands. We had prepared well and Neptune had been kind to us. After a celebratory meal and a long night’s sleep, we awoke in a calm turquoise bay at the base of a lush green island halfway across the world, ready to explore.

leaving. Fortunately, it was only for Bandaids. There are a thousand things on a boat that smash toes and scratch shins, especially while those toes and shins are still adjusting to the perpetual motion of a passage. We had a beautifully strong wind our first few days, but it was accompanied by uncomfortable seas that pitched us about dramatically. It caused a shortage in our Bandaid supply, but otherwise the crew weathered it well.

The med kit, mercifully, remained otherwise intact for the rest of the passage.

After two days, our fast Panama wind dissipated and we were left only with the lingering swell. Without any wind to hold us steady, the choppy swell easily pushed Halcyon around, backwinding the sails then filling them again with a soul-crushing ‘THWAP!’ We flogged our way slowly south, using every possible sail configuration to minimize the motion and accompanying jolt while maintaining some form of forward progress without depleting our very limited diesel supply.

On day seven, the day we crossed the equator, we were flying our light air asymmetrical spinnaker with the main down and flaked neatly, when Halcyon suddenly had enough of the flogging. The boom dropped off of the mast with an unfortunately appropriate, ‘BOOM.’ The bolt holding the gooseneck to its brackets on the mast had eaten right through the metal, and the incessant back and forth motion was the last straw.

My first thought, after processing what had happened, was relief at how close we still were to the Galapagos. If we couldn’t fix it, at least we could make an emergency stop in the islands and order a new gooseneck. It was a comforting thought, but unnecessary in the end. We were able to reattach the gooseneck by drilling a new hole for the bolt further down the metal plate.

It was a strong enough fix to easily last us through the passage.

Within a few hours, we were once again underway, shaken but safe and bolstered by the crew’s swift and effective action.

That was the only thing in what we call the “mission critical” category that broke on our Pacific crossing. We did not carry a spare gooseneck, though perhaps that is something we will have in the future. Our satellite phone stopped accepting a charge in our second week, which eliminated our ability to communicate with friends and family, but it just barely missed the “mission critical” list because we also have an SSB. After that, our regular SSB nets became our only tether to the outside world. We now have a spare battery and two separate ways to charge the satellite phone.

In the “not mission critical” category, the list of breakages was predictably long for a month at sea. Electronics take the hardest hit in the perpetually humid and salty air. Countless iPad chargers corroded through, the GoPro went on the fritz, and one computer stopped charging. We chafed through the end of a spinnaker halyard, broke a stanchion at its base, shattered our glass French press (debatably “mission critical” if not for our spare single-cup French press), and clogged the head... twice.

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Equatorial Encounters

by Amanda Swan Neal

July 26, 1900 hrs, 13.48 S, 147.08 W Barometer: 1016.7,Temp: 80 F, Sea Water: 80.8 F True to form, our weather forecasts for sailing from Oahu to Tahiti saw Molokai and Maui projecting large wind shadows with confused seas, while small craft warnings for the channels including the notorious Alenuihaha delivered exciting conditions that kept our new crew on their toes. To add to our evening’s entertainment, the annual US-Navy-sponsored RIMPAC military exercises were in full swing and, although we were buzzed by helicopters and Star-Wars-looking craft, we rarely needed to alter course. The following afternoon when LaVerne plotted our noon to noon position, she calculated we’d sailed 154 miles in the varied conditions, something we were all thrilled with.

The two professional weather routers we work with both recommended sailing a rhumb line to our planned landfall of Rangiroa. Our strategy was to decrease the chance of ending up close-hauled, so instead we chose a more easterly point to aim for, just south of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ, aka doldrums) where the wind normally clocks from ENE to ESE or SE. As instructors, we always value the way the ocean sailing experience looks when viewed through the lens of our students. A week into the passage, our crewmember Jean wrote the following: One of my goals was to learn about steering and sail trim through squalls. Well, we’re now around 10 degrees north and the squalls are here and we’re learning. Luckily, the first squalls were during daylight. These small localized cells can be seen from a distance like a raincloud approaching over a prairie. They contain a noticeable directional wind shift, plus an increase of 48º NORTH

5-10 knots. So in response, we’ve been following the wind angle to honor the sail configuration. Sometimes we’ve also shortened sail. If there are rain showers, brilliant rainbows from the bottom of the clouds to the sea surface appear.

Following our forecasters’ advice, we’ve eased sheets, shaken the reefs out, and are heading directly south to cross the ITCZ at its narrowest; zooming along at 8 knots with flat seas. Yesterday’s conditions allowed for our first jump in the ocean. What an amazing experience to swim off a yacht with water temperature above 80 degrees. I’m not sure how to place it in words, but the world feels right. Life aboard has fallen into structure, giving free time to read. We’ve all improved at the helm and staying on course within a few degrees on the compass is becoming second nature.

A very benign ITCZ provided a smooth and fast transition, after which we had to sheet in to maintain our easting in ESE winds with, surprisingly, little southerly component. Squalls abounded, packed with rain and gusty 25-knot winds. Bouncy, hot conditions prevailed below and even wetter ones on deck.

In spite of it all, we discovered we had several spirited singers and they frequently created rousing sessions following dinner to lift our spirits. At our combined equator crossing and halfway party, King Neptune kindly appeared so our six pollywogs duly underwent their grueling initiation ceremony. As for meals, light fare was the unanimous request, with the accompanying recipes being highly rated.

Yesterday, frigate birds flew overhead proving that land is nearby and at dawn this morning we had only 153 miles to Tiputa Pass, Rangiroa, so we’re now trying to keep our speed below 6 knots as entering the lagoon in the dark would be unwise. Oh, how we love the challenge of a passage, but a tropical landfall is certainly exciting!

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TROPICAL TOFU POKE ½ cup sesame oil ½ cup soy sauce 4 tablespoons pineapple juice 2 tablespoon rice vinegar 2 teaspoons freshly grated ginger 2 teaspoons sesame seeds 1/2 teaspoon chili garlic sauce 2 limes - juice and zest 2 14-oz blocks firm tofu - diced 4 cups brown cooked rice 2 cups chopped pineapple 2 avocados - sliced ½ cup sliced cucumber 2 carrots - grated 2 tablespoon sesame seeds

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1 cup extra-virgin olive oil fresh ground salt In a mini food processor, combine first four ingredients. With the machine on slowly drizzle in the olive oil. Season with salt. Makes 1¼ cups.

6 slices fresh tuna 3 orange slices - halved citrus zest 6 tablespoons aioli 1 tablespoon chopped parsley 2 teaspoons capers Assemble tuna on oranges slices, top with aioli, parsley and capers Amanda is currently dodging the SPCZ on passage from the Cook Islands to Samoa via Niue and Tonga. Details on www.mahina.com

In a bowl, whisk together first eight ingredients. Gently add tofu. Spoon rice into four serving bowls. Evenly top with remaining ingredients and drizzle with tofu marinade. Garnish with sesame seeds.

GRILLED SHRIMP WITH TOMATO FONDUE & PEA SALAD 1½ lbs shrimp - tail on, peeled and deveined 3 tablespoons lemon juice - divided 7 tablespoons olive oil - divided 1 shallot - minced 3 cloves - chopped 1½ lbs tomatoes - peeled, seeded and chopped 2 tablespoons lemon zest 3 tablespoons basil leaves - chopped 1 tablespoon fresh marjoram leaves 1 teaspoon chili flakes ¼ cup peas ½ cup sugar snap peas 2 tablespoons fresh mint - chopped salt and pepper to taste Brush shrimp with olive oil, season with lemon juice, salt and pepper. Grill on both sides until done. Sauté shallot and garlic in 2 tablespoons oil until translucent. Add tomatoes, zest and salt.

Cook 8 minutes, fold in herbs and chili.

Blanch peas in a boiling pot of salted water then shock in ice bath to arrest cooking. Toss peas with mint, remaining oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper. In four bowls, arrange fondue, peas, then shrimp.

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by Alex and Jack Wilken Ship’s Log: July 30, 2018, 13:30 Left dock with all aboard, 13:45 pass University Bridge, 14:00 pass Montlake Bridge, 14:30 sails up on Lake Washington... This is an excerpt of our cruising logbook from a local voyage last year. It seems really simple, right? But why do we keep a log like this? And how?

Any device that measures and tracks the speed of a ship is known as a log.

Clearly, the logbook is where those measurements are recorded, whether from the ship’s log, or historically from the chip log (a device for measuring a boat’s speed through the water in the age of sail). The chip log was tossed off the stern of the boat with the log line attached to it and the sailors counted the number of knots that passed through their hands in a given time to determine the ship’s speed.

Many historic logbooks are highly valuable. Drake’s logs from the Golden Hind were a matter of national security to England. The logs of Cook, Columbus, Magellan, Vancouver, and Amundsen were of similar import for their countries, as well as being of great scientific importance. Resources like the Wagoneer Cruising Guide are almost certainly a compilation of many years of logbooks.

Court cases have hinged on the contents of logbooks. Your logs may not carry the same gravity, but it’s a practice in which every sailor should engage.

Today’s ship’s log has grown to contain many other types of information and is a record of operational data relating to the ship, such as: weather conditions, times of routine and significant events, crew complement, or what ports were docked at and when.

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Though they have their roots on the sea, many other fields have adopted the practice. Pilots log their air and simulator time, divers their dive time, the military keeps many official and legally binding logs of the time of an event or action of significance.

Even within ship’s logs, there is a great deal of specificity. There are logs for sailors for their sea time or racing performance. A US Coast Guard Captain’s License requires a log showing at least 360 days at sea to become a captain and another 360 every five years to renew the license.

In last month’s article, we mentioned maintenance logs, which are essential.

Keeping the limited space of a boat organized is a challenge, and a gear inventory log of what is on board including where everything is stored, particularly spare parts, can be the difference between safety and negligence, between sanity and madness.

Before GPS became so common place, keeping the ship’s log was of paramount importance to knowing where you were, especially offshore. This practice should be continued for the very same reason.

Electronics fail; and when they do, having a hard-copy of your position is invaluable.

Then there are all the little things you don’t necessarily think of that come from the log. For example, the first year we kept a complete log of our engine run time and fuel purchased while sailing in the San Juans. From that data, we were able to figure out how much fuel we used per hour of run time.

In addition to these tangible functions, there is simply something satisfying about being able to go back over a full logbook and see all the places you have been and how you got there. With this in mind, let’s discuss some of the options, details, and best practices of keeping a log.

Flag Etiquette. You could, of course, keep a digital log on an electronic device, but what if the battery dies, or it crashes, or is dropped overboard while you are trying to take a picture... Plus, it is best if the ship’s log can be updated by whomever is on watch, so a personal phone isn’t ideal.

Buying a logbook gives you a readymade format that can save a lot of time, presuming its layout has includes all the information you wish to log. You can also create you own logbook layout and print it out for yourself as needed (Figure 3). If you simply use a notebook, a waterproof one might be the way to go (Figure 1).

With regard to what information should go into the log, that depends a lot on the captain and the boat. The maintenance log, the cruising log, the on-deck log, the navigation log, the helmsman’s log, the ship’s manifest, the passenger list, the crew list, the list of ship’s stores ­— these are all different names or aspects of what could be included in your ship’s logbook.

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logbook, while others have a separate logbook for each set of information. The goal is to make it as easy as possible to clearly record as much accurate and useful information as you can.

There are things such as the ship’s manifest which have a clear and official meaning; it is the list of all crew, passengers and cargo for use at customs, and recording it in the ship’s log can help you be prepared for the inspection at a foreign port.

The maintenance log can keep track of not just when service or checks are made but what spare parts are aboard and where, the specs and drawings of the onboard equipment, and what repairs have been or need to be made. Some of this information, such as engine checks, may also be kept in the on-deck daily log.

Recording the same information in two different places may seem redundant, but so long as it is recorded somewhere you can update the other logbook when you are filling that one out.

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various courses and speeds arriving in Poulsbo at 14:00” is an entry in a cruising log. “Position 47.6866 N 122.4057 W, course 275m, speed 5.5k” is an entry in a navigation log. They can be kept in the same book and can describe parts of the same day, but the information is different. The radio contacts, radar contacts, ships, wildlife, or land masses sighted, changes in weather or any of the other events you might also be included in a cruising log. As with any specific log, The more complete the record, the more useful it is.

How to log: Keeping a log is like writing a book. Consistency and setting good habits are key. So that your effort may be useful in the future, logs should indicate the title or type of information, the boat name, and date of first and last entry on the first page or cover. Numbering your pages can also be a good idea.

It can be wise to keep the logbook near the helm so the person recording information may do so underway without having to go below. Keeping the log as you are on watch helps keep you focused

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on watching important information such as engine temperature and RPM if you are motoring. By logging course and speed changes as they are made, you keep better track of your position and progress. If you prefer not to carry the logbook on deck, you might consider a different small notebook or even a dry erase board where one can make notes which might then be transferred into a log book after your watch.

Do not be discouraged if you miss a log entry. Fill it in as you can after the fact.

Incomplete information is better than no information, and, as you keep the log, you will get better at being consistent and keeping track of the important stuff.

The big thing is to get started! Write down whatever you observe and go from there. You will only discover what is useful for your personal ship’s log by starting the record and learning from it.

Alex and Jack Wilken are lifelong cruisers, professional shipwrights, USCG licensed captains and are the owners of Seattle Boat Works.

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OFFSHORE Dreams, OFFSHORE REALITIES

by Jamie and Behan Gifford

This month, the Gifford family aboard Totem offers insider info about some ways that offshore cruising is evolving, and shifting conventional wisdom and expectations.

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Passage days aren’t always so perfect; the moment isn’t taken for granted. But over time, experiencing safe and comfortable passages has gotten easier, or less stressful. Part of that is knowing what to expect. Part of that is improving our passage preparation, which has come with experience. Another meaningful difference is the increased efficacy and accessibility 48º NORTH

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(a measure of volatility) and gust are valuable measures for interpreting a forecast, and ocean current GRIBs significantly influence our offshore passage decisions as well.

For a long time, ECMWF (aka “the European model”) was only available to professionals and meteorologists. Now mere mortals have access to the model through popular apps. It offers not just a different algorithm (to compare with GFS and consider the probability of forecast accuracy based on whether they agree), but ECMWF gives models in higher resolution than GFS which afford significantly more information, particularly unique and important for near-shore forecasts.

These evolutions and advancements to an offshore sailor’s weather information reach their apex in the way they come together in weather routing tools. These tools were formerly limited to high-end racing crews and were exceptionally expensive; now they’re in reach of the typical cruiser. Disparate elements —wind, gust, CAPE, and ocean currents — are blended in tools like PredictWind to provide recommended vessel routing.

The richness of information available is truly powerful. Is it necessary? No, of course not, and some cruisers still go without.

But it makes passages safer, and crews more comfortable.

cellular signal booster antennas, or both. Devon weighs in again with an informed recommendation: “It depends on the cruiser and the location, but the cell booster typically offers the best value for internet access. It has a longer range: depending on land station and mast height, it’s possible to pick up a signal up to 30 miles from a cell tower.” Devon knows of what she speaks, after cruising the North American west coast with her family on their sloop Mobert. Devon, like our family, readily accesses a signal 10-15 miles offshore thanks to a cell booster.

Some bemoan tech’s arrival and influence in “paradise.” For connected cruisers, choosing to engage (or not) is an important consideration with as many right approaches as there are sailors on bluewater yachts.

FORMALITIES International clearance and routing options got a big boost in flexibility in recent years as French Polynesia made longstay visas easy to access. Now, a relatively simple process — advance application and a few weeks without your passport ­— means cruisers can easily stay a year. It’s no longer necessary to consider the challenging passage to New Zealand, long a default first-season end point. Instead, cruisers can weather hurricane season in French Polynesian island groups like Gambiers and Marequesas which are relatively unaffected by severe weather.

It’s a game changer for South Pacific routing to have the luxury of exploring these far eastern islands at a slow pace.

COMMUNICATIONS OFFSHORE Most cruising boats headed offshore today include a satellite device, a meaningful shift from a decade ago when High Frequency Signle Sideband (HF-SSB) radio was the standard.

Satellite devices offer similar functionality at a lower cost for most cruisers, and some particular advantages. Chief among those advantages is the ability to send and receive data 24x7, instead of during favorable windows for radio propagation.

Cruisers looking for more robust functionality, such as the ability to download GRIB files, send emails, and update blogs or social media opt for an Iridium GO or similar “Sat Fi” device. Lower cost options, like Garmin’s InReach, scale back on transmission capability, but retain automatic GPS tracking capabilities which display on charts viewable online by friends at home. Given these benefits, and the relative value, the growth in use isn’t surprising.

Does this mean that HF-SSB isn’t relevant? Not at all! The proprietor of a marine tech supplier in Puget Sound, Devon Thurtle Anderson, indicated HF-SSB radio sales are slower but still have a dedicated market. She said, “We sell SSB systems to boats with an eye on long-term cruising since, when you amortize costs over time, it’s a higher value solution.”

IS IT EASIER? As one friend related, sailing thousands of miles across open ocean in the Pacific is a real adventure. While tools and tech have increased our opportunity to tackle that safely, it’s still a very real challenge. It takes planning and skills; it takes knowing your boat and active preparation.

Is it easier? Yes. Yet, it is also far from uncomplicated, even if YouTube gloss-overs make it seem that way. Pragmatic planning means not just taking time to learn how to use the tools you have, but how to use them well. We have known several boats that made ill-fated, last-minute decisions to install Iridium GO devices or fail to really test them until the cusp of departure.

We have watched others fail to use the tools they had, and sail into wind holes or foul current or mistime their Intertropical Convergence Zone crossing. That is not much fun. Downloading a GRIB in the middle of the ocean is great. Interpreting it still takes experience and competence.

The perception of an easier adventure might prompt action in positive and negative directions. It certainly can cause the less experienced to feel they have a handle on the undertaking when they don’t understand the scope of what’s truly involved.

On the other hand, increased ease and better tools are reassuring and inspiring even for us. As always, all of this is better when mixed with gratitude for what we can achieve, and the recognition that we’re standing on the shoulders of those who went ahead of us.

COMMUNICATIONS ON ARRIVAL Getting online after landfall no longer means seeking out snail’s-pace WiFi in a muggy cafe. Instead, it’s available as soon as the cell tower of a new country comes into range. Cruisers have options: WiFi is widely offered, and most phones have international capabilities. Some cellular plans (like Google Fi) promote border-hopping ease as a primary feature of their offerings. Even distant islands like the Marquesas are seeing the arrival of submarine cable with internet speeds belying the remote location to support WiFi and cell towers.

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Our First Offshore Passage Aboard Blue Oasis

by Barry and Kathy Constant

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y wife, Kathy, and I share a dream of sailing to warmer places and pursuing all the adventures we can stand.

Two years ago, we said goodbye to our corporate jobs in Seattle, Washington, sold our home, and moved aboard Blue Oasis, for a new life of retirement. We are now happily cruising in Costa Rica, but the journey began with our first big offshore passage together. It remains one of our fondest sailing memories and gave us a deeper appreciation for the ocean, for our boat, and for each other.

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Aboard Blue Oasis, we have a life raft, at least five sources of navigation using different GPS inputs, a Garmin satellite vessel tracker for friends and family to always know where we are, AIS, and radar. For long-term cruising we also have a watermaker, fishing equipment, shower, forced-air diesel heater, icemaker, 30

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Our first night on the ocean, the wind came up to 18 to 20 knots behind us and we were sailing wing-on-wing with a full main and a fully unfurled, poled-out genoa. We were flying! a former race captain, I am always looking for ways to keep our boat sailing as fast as possible, and the new headsail helped us do that brilliantly. We anchored or moored each night, often in very remote locations. All systems were “go” except our sixyear-old house batteries, which we replaced in August before heading to San Francisco with the Coho Ho Ho rally.

On August 9, we picked up our San-Francisco-bound crew of some of my sailing pals from back in the Great Lakes: Bob and Kathy Nutter; and Barry ‘Boris’ Van, a longtime friend and fellow Detroit sailor. We celebrated locally and all climbed into our bunks for a good night sleep. We have three cabins and two heads on Blue Oasis, so accommodating a crew of five for a week of round-the-clock sailing on passage was doable and comfortable. The next morning we managed a super-fast sunrise delivery up to Port Townsend with the help of a 4 knot current at Admiralty Inlet that got us to 12 knots over the ground! We spent the rest of the day doing some last minute provisioning, getting extra fuel, and enjoying a crew outing to see a Pink Floyd tribute band.

On Sunday August 11th, we rose early and started the delivery out the Strait of Juan de Fuca, about 100-miles to the First Nations reservation at Neah Bay. Once again, weather and currents blessed us with a great day. With clear weather, a bit of a westerly swell, and no wind, the experience was so pleasant that we even decided to have dinner on deck. We made such good time that, instead of mooring overnight in Neah Bay as we had planned, we slipped into the fuel dock, topped off the tank, bought some chocolate and licorice, and set sail for the open Pacific and the Big Left Turn. Literally, we turned left, from a bearing of 270-degrees on the compass to 180 degrees. Next stop: San Francisco!

The North Pacific run is best completed in August or September for the most favorable northerly winds down the coast, which average 20 to 25 knots.

After our cruising experiences, during which we had mostly stopped each night, the mileages when ocean sailing seem pretty enormous. The first course of our passage from Seattle to San Francisco—all-in-all about 850-nautical miles as a straight line delivery—was a constant bearing for 465 continuous miles.

Our first night on the ocean, the wind came up to 18 to 20 knots behind us and we were sailing wing-on-wing with a full main and a fully unfurled, poled-out genoa. We were flying!

Over the next 36 hours, the breeze built to a steady 25 knots.

We reefed the main and reduced the headsail to a handkerchief, but by the time the wind started to die down, we were all pretty exhausted.

We coined a phrase on our passage that became commonplace by the time we crossed under the Golden Gate Bridge: “Check that off from the brochure.” Visiting crew Kathy Nutter would joke, “Maybe we could fish?” Next thing you know, we had

refrigerator, and freezer aboard. Our boat is outfitted with a large dodger and the largest Bimini possible for our cockpit with quickly removable connectors and side panels.

I learned to sail on the Great Lakes and was very involved with what is still my home yacht club, Bayview Yacht Club in Detroit.

I went on to race sailboats for over 20 years, including being captain of Sassy, once the largest racing sailboat in the Great Lakes. I relocated to Seattle as a young man. When Kathy and I got together back in 2009, she had limited sailing experience and only on a Sunfish. We joined Seattle Sailing Club, and she quickly took to both the skills and the lifestyle even though our first sail together found us in 20 knots on a J/24—an experience about which Kathy says, “I thought I would die. But I also loved it.” By the time we were done with our first big cruise, she was sailing the boat more than I was. We have a habit of flipping a coin to choose a captain for the day.

We had heard about “The Big Left Turn” since we purchased Blue Oasis four years ago. Most commonly, The Big Left entails a round trip through the Pacific islands ending up back in Seattle in a couple of years. But each cruiser’s definition is unique, and that traditional route wasn’t quite what we had in mind.

We love Puget Sound, British Columbia, and Alaska and we weren’t in a hurry to leave these beautiful cruising grounds.

And our intention is to transit the Panama Canal and explore the Caribbean and beyond.

We are profoundly amazed by the opportunities we have had and the great people we have met during our cruising adventures around the Pacific Northwest and Southeast Alaska.

How about catching a 33-inch-long king salmon from the back of Blue Oasis, in a washing machine of surf just off Baranof Island south of Sitka, Alaska? Or gliding up to a glacier and using our fishing net to scoop up 2,000-year-old chunks of ice for cocktail hour? Or soaking in natural hot springs, bubbling from a 5,000-foot-deep crevice in the earth, while watching our beloved vessel swing lazily on her anchor out in a beautiful bay?

We experienced all this and so much and more while cruising the Pacific Northwest.

After exploring the marvels of Southeast Alaska in 2016 and putting 2,500 nautical miles under the keel of Blue Oasis, we started thinking about our next adventure. We decided to sail the Baja Ha-Ha. For those Pacific Northwest sailors who might not be familiar, the Baja Ha-Ha is a large flotilla that takes sailors from San Diego to Cabo San Lucas every year around Halloween.

The trick is, you and your boat have to be in San Diego! So, after two years of planning and preparation, off we went.

To pretest our systems and get a little Pacific bluewater practice with our new #3 jib top (a reaching sail that’s designed to maximize performance with the wind on the beam, compared to an eased-out standard genoa), we double-handed a 1,000mile circumnavigation of Vancouver Island in July 2018. Being JULY 2019

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Barry and Kathy toast their boat, their voyage, and their good fortune.

rigged up a pole and lure, and I dropped the line over, hopeful for a bite. Thirty minutes later, the line screamed off the reel, making us all jump. My Kathy soon netted a big black fin tuna!

“Sushi tonight,” Bob yelled! We feasted accordingly.

The next day, Kathy Nutter says, “It would be cool to see a whale.” Later that evening, a sea of humpback whales surrounded us off Cape Mendocino. It was magical. “Check that off too!”

“You have a spinnaker?” says Nutter. In no time, a perfect 8-10 knots come up off the quarter…up goes our chute, which we call Big Red. It was all better than advertised; the “brochure” experience was complete.

How much did we sail over the six days and 886-miles between Seattle and San Francisco? As much as possible! We used all the sails we have: main, #1 genoa, #3 jib top, and our asymmetrical spinnaker. In the end, roughly half of our time was spent sailing, the other half we motored or motor-sailed.

We consumed about 50 gallons of diesel fuel from Neah Bay to San Francisco Bay. The most challenging part was driving at night, wing on wing, with large following seas at the quarter and 20-25 knots of breeze. With no stars, no moon, and no other boats for reference—nothing but the compass—it was disorienting at best. Try closing your eyes and steering a course, it was tough.

The most surprising part was the number of lost and exhausted birds that we saw more than 50 miles offshore flying around the boat. They would follow us and cautiously try to land on the Blue Oasis. At night it was a bit eerie; here we were so far our in the ocean and all of a sudden we’d hear a bird flitting around trying to decide if it can land to rest on the 48º NORTH

transom or rigging.

The most amazing part was when a large finback whale, perhaps 60 feet in length, came to check us out and swam around the boat. This guy was close. He made me really nervous when his back broke the surface to breathe; his exposed back was wider than Blue Oasis and surely he was wider than that underwater. Fortunately, this large whale decided we were harmless and went on his way.

We had left Neah Bay on Sunday evening, and we crossed under the Golden Gate Bridge with champagne chilling at noon Friday. Gazing up at our mast and the bridge above as we cruised into the Bay was exhilarating and exciting. We took a celebratory sail around Alcatraz before raising a glass to a safe and successful passage from Seattle. With our reciprocal yacht club privileges, we checked into the St. Francis Yacht Club for happy hour and some well-earned rest.

The first part of our journey and our first offshore passage together on Blue Oasis took a lot of planning, but it was so rewarding to begin realizing our dream, especially since we got to share the experience with dear friends. There were learning experiences for everyone, but for our first passage, it was more enjoyable and more fun than anyone expected. Surely, not every passage will be the same, but it felt great to start our big adventure by checking off so many wonderful things from the brochure.

Barry and Kathy Constant and “Blue Oasis” are on the Pacific side of Costa Rica. They are readying themselves to transit the Panama Canal later this year.

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MANAGING MAL DE MER

Seasickness Prevention and Treamtment Tips from a Doctor Who is Also an Avid Sailor

by Ken Fabert, MD,

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f you happen to be one of the few lucky mariners who has weathered storms and violent sea states in vessels that are less than sea-kindly without a twinge of queasiness, you probably won’t understand the misery of the age-old nemesis of humanity at sea: seasickness. Even if you don’t suffer from seasickness, don’t just stop reading; someone you sail with probably does. For the rest of us, even if we’ve never suffered from the scourge, we probably have a visceral awareness that it’s possible under the right circumstances. We understand the reality or at least the threat embodied in the bad local pun when people refer to the Strait of Juan de Puka. And if you’ve ever been truly seasick, you will truly understand the old joke: “I was so seasick it was only the hope of dying that kept me alive.”

So, who gets seasick? Even the most seasoned salts are not really exempt, because given enough pitch, yaw, and roll, everyone gets sick. And contrary to some myths propagated mostly by those fortunate enough not to have experienced seasickness, the condition is not caused by psychological or constitutional weakness. It is merely a function of what physiologists call “sensory incongruity,” or conflicting inputs that confuse the brain. Despite recent advances in neuroscience, a clear understanding of just what happens when one gets seasick remains elusive. Nevertheless, some patterns are clear.

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there are special groups. People with damage to their vestibular apparatus, or inner ear, which helps control balance often are less likely to develop motion sickness. People who are blind can still develop seasickness. Finally, it appears that people with classic migraine headaches are far more likely to develop seasickness, which has implications for possible new treatment approaches.

For the vast majority of us, prevention and, if need be, treatment are what we need to understand. Because the circumstances, symptoms, and severity of seasickness are so highly variable, a myriad of folk remedies, empirical treatments, and downright superstition have been invoked over the years. And while there are still any number of myths and misunderstandings that surround seasickness in our modern era, we should all be grateful that we are able to view this ancient scourge utilizing at least some of the tools of modern science. Examples of historical attempts to deal with seasickness include the following from the first millennium in China: drinking the urine of young boys, swallowing white sand-syrup, collecting water drops from a bamboo stick, or hiding earth from the kitchen hearth under the hair.

Early European approaches were no better. In the Shetland Islands, they included such recommendations as: a drink of water in which a stone found in the stomach of a cod is placed.

From Iceland, it was ingesting the turf from a graveyard. In many cases, if all else failed, copious amounts of alcohol seemed to be the remedy of choice.

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common sense, there is more hope for the seasickness sufferer than in past eras.

The best approach is prevention. When seasickness is the topic, the discussion immediately zeros in on specific measures and interventions that are deemed helpful. We lose sight of the big picture which includes considerations such as the planning of a voyage or maneuvers taken underway to improve the motion of a vessel. For example, sailing upwind into a windversus-tide situation may be asking for trouble. Or if you are on a close-hauled course and the crew is getting green, changing the point of sail can work wonders. As is always the case when cruising or voyaging, schedule flexibility can often prevent all manner of problems.

On the individual level, there are also a number of commonsense things that are helpful. Getting a good night’s sleep and avoiding alcohol prior to departure are always a good idea; as is a protein-rich meal before going on the water. Another important consideration is what can be called pre-hydration. One of the more worrisome complications of severe seasickness can be dehydration. Being hydrated prior to departure may mean an additional inconvenient trip to the head, but it provides a well hydrated starting point should vomiting develop.

in one’s non-dominant ear. No doubt you have heard other suggestions as well, some of which even make you wonder just which millennium we live in!

Other preventative measures involve pharmacology. Ginger root, raw or in a more palatable candied form, has been well researched and found to be reasonably effective. Ginger beer (non-alcoholic) can also help.

There are several over-the-counter motion sickness prevention medications that can be beneficial for many people. They are all anti-histamines. (For the sake of the following discussion, I will refer to all medications, OTC or prescription, by their chemical or generic names with US trade names in parentheses). Of these medications, meclizine (Bonine, Travel-Ease, Dramamine Less Drowsy) and dimenhydrinate (Dramamine, Driminate, in Canada: Gravol) are most readily available. Cinnarizine (Stugeron) which is not available in the US or Canada has an almost cult-like following in some sailing circles, but in clinical trials it has been shown not to be superior to other antihistamines. (Its lack of availability here could enhance its placebo effect, however!)

All anti-histamines can induce drowsiness, so care needs to be exercised when you or a crew member are using them. It should be noted that non-sedating antihistamines like loratidine and cetirizine are not effective in the prevention of seasickness.

Even the most seasoned salts are not really exempt, because given enough pitch, yaw, and roll, everyone gets sick.

Another example of folk wisdom being confirmed by science involves what is known as vestibular habituation, or in plain English, gradually increasing motion prior to setting sail. The old recommendation to sail as much as possible and sleep at anchor prior to departing on a voyage has been shown physiologically to have merit. In fact, there are now specialized therapies that employ habituation exercises that can result in significant improvement in the amount of motion that can be tolerated. This makes sense when you think about it because, after all, this is exactly what happens when the seasickness sufferer miraculously develops their “sea legs” after hours or days.

The next level of prevention kicks in while underway. There are any number of simple, time-honored things to do—and to avoid—which reduce the odds of seasickness developing.

These include remaining on deck or in the cockpit, gazing at the horizon, avoiding reading or near-vision tasks such as charting, avoiding strong odors (most notoriously diesel and exhaust fumes) and if possible, taking the helm. All these interventions are simple, safe, well-known, and effective. There are also other safe and simple interventions that are less rigorously researched but that have their passionate advocates. These include acupressure wristbands and inserting an earplug 48º NORTH

The most commonly prescribed prescription preventative is scopolamine. It is found in a transdermal delivery system (Transderm Scop, and in Canada: Buscopan) that is applied behind the ear 8-12 hours prior to a voyage. It can be changed in 72 hours. Side effects include dry mouth, blurred vision, confusion and urinary retention. It should be used with caution by sailors over the age of 65 or with a history of prostate trouble. Anyone with narrow angle glaucoma should never use scopolamine.

For prevention of seasickness, these two groups of drugs have pros and cons. Scopolamine is marginally more effective but has more side-effects, some of which can be serious. It also requires a prescription and is relatively expensive. The antihistamines are easier to adjust due to more rapid onset and frequency of dosing and are readily available. Much of the choice depends on the duration of the exposure to an active seaway. On a short daysail the short-acting antihistamines make more sense.

In the event that antihistamines and scopolamine have previously proven ineffective for prevention, a prescription anti-emetic called promethazine (Phenergan) can be used.

While it is less researched for prevention, it’s efficacy for treatment of seasickness is well known (see below).

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Finally, for those who get migraines, preventative treatment with one of the triptan class of medications such as rizatriptan (Maxalt) which is commonly used to abort or treat a migraine, may be a possibility. Research is scant but evolving.

If efforts at prevention fail and the sailor begins vomiting, treatment strategies come into play. The severity of seasickness can vary considerably. For some people, a little chumming to Neptune occurs and that’s it. They can actually feel better afterward. For others, the vomiting becomes frequent and potential complications can develop. The most significant problem is dehydration. Many seasickness sufferers are reluctant to eat or drink between bouts of throwing up. It seems counterintuitive to do so but is important. Even sips retained for a few minutes can be absorbed. What to drink? Initially, anything that is palatable is fine, but over time, electrolyte deficiencies can develop. The best bet is to give your sick crew member sodium-rich broth like bullion, instant noodle soups and the like. “Electrolyte” drinks are often deficient in the very electrolytes they purport to replace. Alternating salty and sugary drinks is also a good way to go. What you really need is water, salt and sugar. If you are keeping an eye on a vomiting crew member, take note of when/whether they need to urinate.

If after a few hours they don’t, it can be a sign that they are getting behind in fluids.

Medication is a mainstay of treating seasickness. There are several options, but the best researched and most frequently used is promethazine (Phenergan). It is available by prescription in tablet form as well as suppositories, which is an excellent way to get medication on board without having to worry about keeping pills down. Aside from the “yuck” factor, any seasick sailor can master self-administration, given a little privacy. Promethazine is the drug of choice in the US Navy, Royal Navy, and among cruise-line docs. Side effects include drowsiness, but this can, if necessary, be countered by taking pseudoephedrine (Sudafed). Another medication option is prochlorperazine (Compro, the “Compazine” trade name has been discontinued), but it is less well researched, and it is in a class of drugs called phenothiazines, which were developed as anti-psychotics and which can have rare but very troublesome side-effects. Disappointingly, drugs like ondansatron (Zofran) which are highly effective when used for post-op or illnessrelated nausea and vomiting, are ineffective for seasickness.

One final aspect of treating the seasick sailor segues into a closing discussion on how to integrate a sick crew member into the new reality on board. By far, the best position for an actively ill sailor is the supine position (lying down, face upwards). This is physiologically proven. Compelling a sick crew member to continue to keep watch is unhelpful and invites subsequent problems. He/she is probably apathetic from the motion sickness, sedated from the anti-emetics and for all intents and purposes, pretty much useless and in the way. The risk of an additional injury or crew overboard scenario is increased.

It makes no sense to court disaster. Besides, in many cases, with active treatment utilizing anti-emetic suppositories and horizontal rest, the crewman will recover faster than soldiering on. Show some flexibility and compassion and be glad it’s not you!

It’s been said that sailing is a sport that self-selects for those who are less prone to motion sickness. It is true that someone who routinely gets seasick with very little provocation will not enjoy time under sail. But most sailors can and will get seasick under certain conditions. It is not a sign of fear or weakness.

A scientific, non-judgemental approach to the malady may make our sport more accessible to many who may hesitate to become sailors for fear of becoming seasick. After all, some of the greatest mariners of all time—think Admiral Lord Nelson— were frequent sufferers. For many of us, seasickness is just the price of admission to a world of wonder and joy that keeps us coming back for more!

Post script and disclaimer: The foregoing is general medical information only. It is not specific advice for any given individual or situation. If you have any past or current medical conditions, are taking any prescription or over-the-counter medications regularly, or have any questions regarding the above information, please consult your family physician.

Ken Fabert, MD, is a recently retired primary care physician who sails the Salish Sea in his 39’ Nauticat pilothouse sloop, “Vega,” undeterred by his extensive personal experience with many aspects of the prevention and treatment of mal de mer. He is the physician presenter for the local US Sailing Safety at Sea seminars.

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PREPARING Your BOAT for OFFSHORE

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flashlight situation, so those went on the list too. And speaking of knives, one should be secured somewhere in the cockpit or on deck where it is easily reachable by all crew. In addition, a high-powered spotlight should be readily available.

Personal Locator Beacons (PLBs) are not currently required, but are encouraged by many experts in the field and should be seriously considered for every crewmember. We now have them.

The boat should have jacklines rigged to allow the crew to clip on before coming on deck and to unclip after going below.

There should also be adequate places for on-watch crew to clip into the cockpit; permanently installed padeyes are the most common choice.

A LifeSling™ or equivalent device should be stored on deck and ready to use at a moment's notice, as should a 50-foot throw rope. In addition to that, boats are required to have a man overboard pole and flag with a lifebuoy, a self-igniting light, a whistle and a drogue attached. A self-inflating Man Overboard (MOB) module such as a MOM-8, Dan Buoy, or similar device will satisfy this requirement and they should be tested and serviced in accordance with the manufacturer’s specifications.

These items should be stored on deck, ready for immediate use, and affixed in a manner that allows for a quick release. It is a good idea to stencil the boat’s name on all safety gear and life raft. In the instance of gear like life rafts and MOM-8s, you’ll have to do this when you have it serviced next.

Our life raft, which is packed in a valise, fulfills all requirements and is kept in a stern lazarette that is easy to get at in the case of an emergency. While sailing offshore, life rafts should be stored in such a way that they are capable of being launched within 15 seconds. We also have a fluorescent green ditch bag that, at a minimum, contains an EPIRB and waterproof VHF, which can also be counted as part of the ship’s gear.

he quote “Luck favors the prepared” gets thrown around a fair bit when sailors wax poetic about going to sea; and for good reason. The underlying sentiment is that when our boats and crew are properly prepared for the rigors of the ocean, we may be more capable of handling potentially dangerous or unexpected situations while underway. At the very least, the chances of having a problem are greatly reduced on a well-found vessel with a competent crew.

Before I delve too deeply into a subject in which books have been written, I’ll acknowledge that no article can completely sum up every variable of making a sailboat ready for sea. For the purposes of this article, we must assume that the vessel being prepared is designed for ocean sailing and has been maintained to a seaworthy standard by her owner.

Fully understanding that every boat and owner are different, and that no single approach to ocean prep is necessarily “correct”, here’s how my wife, Jill, and I prepared ourselves and our 1984 Grand Soliel 39 Yahtzee. With a goal to compete in distance races around Puget Sound, the Oregon Offshore Race and Swiftsure, we knew we needed to go through all of our boat’s safety gear with a fine tooth comb. Primarily being liveaboard cruisers, though, we also knew that properly preparing for these races would set us up well for our own offshore and coastal sailing adventures in the Salish Sea, Alaska, and beyond.

To efficiently and thoroughly accomplish the task, we downloaded the Safety Equipment Requirements (SER) from the Oregon Offshore Race and Vic Maui, and then crossreferenced those with the latest U.S. Sailing Safety Equipment Requirements & ISAF Offshore Special Regulations. And we each attended a U.S. Sailing Safety at Sea Seminar.

What we learned from comparing these safety lists to our boat’s gear is that no matter how prepared we thought we were, and whether items are “required” or “recommended”, there was always room to improve or upgrade our onboard safety equipment and seamanship skills. If you’re planning to head offshore or up the Inside Passage to Alaska, I’d highly recommend doing the same. Here are some of the things we learned along the way.

EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS There are more options for onboard communications than ever before and many offshore events are requiring multiple devices and a way to send and receive email, and access weather information. We decided to get a Delorme InReach, for which we can activate the service whenever we need to or through a yearly plan. Having a satellite tracker like this allows us to send and receive 160-character text messages, send out an SOS and track our voyage, plus it easily pairs with the Earthmate mobile app to make communications easier. That said, we’re beginning to outgrow it and have put an IridiumGo on our list.

VHFs should have a permanent connection to the masthead as well as a backup antenna. It is recommended that all radios have DSC capability (more on this in a moment), have an antenna of at least 15-inches in length, be connected to or have an internal GPS, and have the assigned identification number (called an MMSI) that is unique to the boat programed into it.

In addition to a fixed-mount VHF, you should also have a watertight handheld VHF radio or one with a waterproof case. Like the ship’s radio, it is recommended that the radio have Digital Selective Calling (DSC) and GPS capability as well. This DSC functionality is important, because it will be tied to your boat’s specific MMSI. When paired with GPS, DSC

CREW SAFETY Personal safety is paramount when the boat leaves the dock, and it’s more than just the old maxim, “one hand for you, one for the boat.” Every crewmember needs to have a safety harness and tether. Tethers should be no longer than seven feet and should have a means to allow for a quick disconnect under load. Lifejackets are obviously a must, but they should be specific to the wearer, have a leg or crotch strap, a whistle, a waterproof light, be fitted with marine-grade retro-reflective material, and be clearly marked with the boat’s or wearer’s name. They should also be compatible with the wearer’s safety harness if one is not built in.

We didn’t have crotch straps for either of our PFDs and a light for only one of them, so we grabbed a SEE-ME Personal Locator strobe from Fisheries and put the straps in our cart. A waterproof flashlight for each crewmember is also required; and it is a good idea for everyone to have a knife and headlamp as well. We needed to upgrade our knife, headlamp and JULY 2019

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can let the authorities know exactly who you are and where you’re located. We have a waterproof handheld VHF, and in the interest of safety and redundancy, we decided to upgrade to the Standard Horizon HX870, which has an impressive list of these functions including Class D Digital Selective Calling with a separate receiver for Channel 70, a WAAS-enhanced GPS receiver that can store 200 waypoints and 20 routes, and the ability to double as a MOB beacon, to name a few.

Depending on the list you’re referencing, other requirements or recommendations could include, but are not limited to: an AIS, HF Radio, cellular telephone housed in a waterproof case, Satellite phone housed in a waterproof case that can be operated from down below using an external antenna, and a means of obtaining weather information other than through a VHF. On top of all that, boats should be equipped with a 406MHz EPIRB that is properly registered to the boat. The best practice is that this device should have either an internal GPS (selflocating) or be connected to a continuously functioning external GPS. This EPIRB can also accompany you in your life raft if the need were to arise.

HULL OPENINGS & PUMPS I’d be remiss here if I didn’t mention the need for high quality, high volume, manual bilge pumps and the ability to drain the cockpit in a sufficient manner. Having a permanently installed manual bilge pump of at least a 10 gallons per minute (GPM) capacity that is operable from on deck with the cabin closed and with the discharge not dependent on an open hatch is a must.

Unless a bilge pump handle is permanently attached to the pump, it should be attached to the boat with a lanyard or catch.

Also, the bilge pump’s discharge should not be connected to a cockpit drain and should not discharge into a cockpit unless it opens aft to the sea. You should also have a second manual bilge pump of at least 10 GPM capacity that is operable from below deck and meets the same criteria as above. And the old saying holds true that, “there is nothing more efficient than a sinking sailor with a bucket.” As such, two sturdy two-gallon buckets with lanyards are a must.

Along with being able to pump water out, you have to keep it from getting inside the boat in the first place. Companionways need to be watertight and if you have interlocking removable washboards, as we do, they must be attached to the boat with a lanyard so they cannot be lost overboard.

Thru-hull openings below the waterline are an obvious incursion point for water, and each should have an appropriately sized bung secured to it. Another requirement that is helpful in general is to have a posted waterproof placard denoting where all thru-hulls are located, along with the vessel’s safety equipment. We have a thorough diagram of Yahtzee’s interior, with all of these locations color-coded and numbered, that is mounted on a bulkhead at the nav station.

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Andy and Jill's Consolidated Offshore Checklist ON DECK

WEATHER & ROUTING Route plan A, B, C

Inspect rig

Downloaather charts, GRIBSs

Rig jacklines

24, 48, 72 hour forecasting

Rig running backstays

File float plan

Rig inner forestay Rig Preventer

TOP UP

Check reef line setup

Water tanks

Setup Windvane

Diesel tanks

Secure or stow anchor

Water, diesel & gas jerry jugs

Secure dinghy, SUP, kayak

Dinghy gas tank

Stow outboard

Propane

Check running lights

ENGINE CHECKS

SAFETY GEAR

Oil

EPIRB(s)

Tranny fluid

PLB(s)

Raw water strainer

One PFD with harness p/p

Fuel filters

Tether p/p

Belt tension

LifeSling (or similar) secure

Coolant level

Throw rope secure

Spare parts list

Type IV PFD

BOAT CHECKS

Flares in date

Test Radar, AIS, VHF, SSB and Sat Comms

First Aid Kit sorted

Inspect and pump out bilge

Fire Extinguishers serviced

Dog all ports and hatches

Backup VHF functional

Test bilge pumps

Inspect lifelines

Test seacocks

Emergency tiller location

Charge VHF & GPS, flashlights, tablets, phones

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No single approach to ocean prep is necessarily “correct.”

parachute flares and four SOLAS red hand flares.

SEAMANSHIP SKILLS From what I can tell, every offshore race and many coastal races in North America require at least 30 percent of a boat’s crew, including the person in charge, to take an approved Safety At Sea (SAS) seminar. There is a reason for this: they are informative, well run, and will greatly improve the overall safety of everyone aboard in the event of an emergency. These seminars are not just for racers, either! Seminar attendees participate in teaching and taking these courses and—from pyrotechnics to storm sail handling—there is a ton of great info to be gleaned from a SAS seminar whether cruising or racing.

It is a requirement that a boat carry an appropriate emergency tiller and that all crewmembers know where it is and how it is fitted and used. But the crew is also required to be aware of multiple methods of steering the boat with the rudder disabled, should have chosen and practiced their preferred method of steering the boat with the rudder disabled, and be prepared to demonstrate this method of steering both upwind and downwind. We have an emergency tiller, but we also have a Hydrovane, which works independently of our main rudder and can be used as an emergency rudder.

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crew shall practice man-overboard procedures appropriate for the boat’s size and speed. This practice should consist of marking and returning to a position on the water, and demonstrating a method of hoisting a crewmember back on deck, or other consistent means of reboarding the crewmember. When was the last time you practiced a crew overboard maneuver?

After thoroughly going through Yahtzee’s on-board equipment, it became quite obvious that while we have the vast majority of the required or recommended items, especially some of the big-ticket items like storm sails and life raft, there were definitely some holes to be found. We were able to fill some of them right away and are now looking at a list that isn’t too daunting to complete.

The above represents only a portion of the requirements and recommendations we considered from various lists. So, whether you are competing in an offshore race or cruising rally, or just setting out on the ocean on your own, I would highly recommend downloading one of these checklists and letting it guide you as you prepare your boat. You might be surprised what you find…or don’t. Heck, you might even get lucky.

Andy Cross is currently cruising Alaska with his family aboard their Grand Soleil 39, “Yahtzee.” He is the editor of Three Sheets Northwest and is a broker for Swiftsure Yachts, and is presently acting as a guest editor for 48° North.

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Eventual victors, Team Angry Beaver (left), chase Team Pear Shaped Racing (right) early in the R2AK.

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A PEAR SHAPED RACE TO ALASKA The Seattle-based crew called Team Angry Beaver have won this year's epic Race to Alaska, and major congratulations are in order! But Race to Alaska is as much about struggle as triumph, it's more about adventure than competition, and it is founded on a principle of "Type II Fun." This year's R2AK is still in progress, but past-R2AK-finisher Mark Aberle got the run-down from the team who finished just behind Team Angry Beaver and brought home the steak knives, Team Pear Shaped Racing. True to brand, their R2AK was a smorgasbord of struggle, adventure, and Type II Fun—you might say things went a bit pear shaped at times.

by Mark Aberle photos Drew Malcolm

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019 Race to Alaska. More participants. Faster competition. Bigger boats. And a hell of a lot more wind.

There are already so many stories to tell, and 48° North will do so over the ensuing months, including an upcoming feature on the victorious Beavers. But at the time of this writing, there are still racers on the course and, as such, any attempt to sum up R2AK 2019 in full would be incomplete. Our coverage will begin by reviewing the race from the perspective of the proud new owners of some nice R2AK steak knives, Team Pear Shaped Racing.

This race was profoundly different than 2018’s relatively mild and slow race. Walking the docks the evening before the race started, I was thankful we had picked last year to enter, sail and pedal our Santa Cruz 27, Wild Card, to a third place finish. What a lot of great boats and great sailors in this fleet!

Last year’s champions, the amazing women aboard Team Sail Like A Girl, were back in 2019 sailing their Melges 32.

As impressive as this boat and team were in their winning effort in 2018, they upped their game even further this year with the addition of top-notch sailing talent. Unlike last year, though, R2AK 2019 presented much stiffer competition for the returning champs to sail against­—faster boats loaded with accomplished sailors.

Team Angry Beaver’s Schock 40 was brimming with skill, and it was fun to watch them chew up the tracker (when it was working) en route to winning the $10,000 grand prize for being the first boat to Ketchikan. Their crew of Matt Pistay, Brent Campbell, Simon Miles, Gavin Brackett, Alan Johnson, and Mats Elf are some of the most experienced performance sailors in the Puget Sound region. They know how to make hot boats go fast, and their unique vessel with a canting keel (to better accommodate short-handed sailing with lots of sail power) is lightning quick especially in the wind extremes— very light and very heavy air. Leg one from Port Townsend to Victoria showed them that in a close-reaching drag race in solid breeze, the multihulls could be faster, but the Beavers’ boat and crew proved more up to the variety of conditions and rigors of this year’s run to Ketchikan. They sailed brilliantly.

Team Pear Shaped Racing was made up of Duncan Gladman, Guy Rittger, and Tom Kassberg. Duncan, the skipper, with the glint of R2AK-steak-knife steel not yet in his eyes, had scoured the globe for the perfect R2AK vessel and found it in New Zealand. Their 1997 Chris Cochrane 10.6m custom trimaran was shipped to British Columbia and completely overhauled for this 2019 endeavor. Whereas the Schock 40 had a canting keel, his trimaran, Dragon, had a canting mast. The fact that these two teams took first and second, respectively, is no surprise.

The impressive fleet didn’t stop there, though! Team Shut Up and Drive’s Beneteau Figaro 2 looked awesomely fast, too, with talented sailors and four bikes mounted on the stern driving two propeller shafts. They eventually sailed into third place. Teams Givin’ the Horns, Narwhal, and Trickster also looked several cuts above anything we saw last year. Even Mac, from Team Ketchikan Yacht Club had mounted twin drives on his Santa Cruz 27, Kermit.

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The second stage of the 2019 R2AK (which is the true beginning of the race to Ketchikan) started out in light winds from Victoria. With a single pedal drive, TPSR could maintain around 2.5 knots, compared to Angry Beaver's 3.5 with two bikes and two propellers. When the wind filled, however, Team Pear Shaped could hold the lead. Choosing the inside route and intending to head through Porlier Pass, they were in the lead as they passed Active Pass. By their own admission, they got greedy when they chose to head for Porlier, only to have the wind die shortly after passing the Active Pass entrance.

Second guessing their decision, they reversed course and spent a fateful 45 minutes getting back to Active Pass allowing the Angry Beavers to take to the lead. Unbeknownst at the time, that 45 minutes could have been the difference between a win and what was to come. Such is life on the R2AK. Once in the Strait of Georgia, they regained the lead and headed for the first official waypoint, Seymour Narrows, just north of Campbell River. By the time they arrived at the 46

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First place team Angry Beaver– Skiff Sailing Foundation

the first log strike was, surprisingly, above the waterline—as if they had come up under the log. It was significant, but not race ending. The game pressed on.

Pear Shaped held the lead through Bella Bella, and then it got windy. The wind built and built and built and at one point they hit 27 knots of boatspeed. As Guy said, “It was a good sail. Until it wasn’t.” The waves grew to 8, 10, then 12 feet, so the team slowed Dragon down. Duncan was on the helm, seemingly secure in the driver’s seat, but was nearly washed out of it on three separate occasions.

As Duncan described it, driving a trimaran is a higher stakes game than a monohull. If a monohull broaches, it (usually) comes back up. If mistakes happen, things might break, but the hull remains upright. On a trimaran, a mistake can result in flipping the boat. The need to be absolutely ‘on’ when driving in high wind and big seas is stressful. That stress, hour after hour, takes its toll.

They got around Price Island with just the jib up, then

narrows, the ebb had just ended and the flood had begun.

They took three runs at bucking the building current; but after about 30 minutes of worthy effort, the tidal gate was locked shut. They had missed getting through the narrows by, you guessed it, about 45 minutes. For the lead team, it was a frustrating moment. A difference of less than one hour turned a what could have been a nearly insurmountable lead into an effective restart of the race.

As the current turned that night, Givin’ the Horns (whose rudder would break later on in the race) was first through the narrows with Angry Beavers in pursuit and Pear Shaped in third.

Not too long into Johnstone, however, Pear Shaped again had the lead. The seas began to build in Johnstone and the team described the waves as, “mind-boggling.” With short stacked seas created by wind against current, the trimaran hit a log, hard. This would be the first of four they would hit before finishing, and tangles with logs would become a defining part of their R2AK experience. The damage to the port ama after JULY 2019

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The need to be absolutely ‘on’ when driving in high wind and big seas is stressful. That stress, hour after hour, takes its toll. changes, jibes, hard racing with short course tactics all the way to Ketchikan. In their minds, they were 20 again, racing for all they were worth.

All agreed it was the best day of sailing during the entire race. They continued the sprint, as they described it, that started in Victoria.

Four days, six hours, and 23 minutes and they were the winners of the steak knives.

Duncan, Guy and Tom are not only high quality sailors, they are high quality people and they wouldn’t let me go without two huge shout outs.

Most notably, they became ardent and vocal fans of the slower boats still on the course. They insisted that I share their support, encouragement, and wishes for safe passage with the teams yet to come into Ketchikan on the smaller boats. Each of them knew what it was like to race and suffer for 4 days, 6 hours, and 23 minutes and they had heartfelt admiration for those that were racing far longer than that.

The second shout out was one I am intimately familiar with.

Each had a deep appreciation for the support of spouses and family, along with another key support friend, Ryan Wegwitz.

Ryan had been an integral part of boat preparation and is helping bring the boat back to Sidney, BC, after the race. The Pear Shaped crew were awed by the challenge of preparing a top tier boat for this race. For over a year, the thousands of details required to bring a complex boat like this to a race ready state requires sacrifice from those surrounding the racers, either by helping directly or taking care of all the other tasks of everyday life. As I know firsthand, words cannot adequately express the gratitude.

As it is every year, when we look back on this R2AK 2019, we will remember the boats that finished last as much as the boats that finished first. I echo the Pear Shaped crew’s good wishes to all racers still on the course, and I congratulate everyone that has made it to Ketchikan in conditions that were so much wilder than I experienced last year on Wild Card.

Major props are, of course, in order for the first-finishing Angry Beavers, whose time of 4 days, 3 hours, and 56 minutes not only won them this race but beat the monohull record previously held by 2016’s Team Jungle Kitty by more than nine hours.

As for Duncan and Dragon, they are sailing south after making some repairs, and I have a feeling we may not have seen the last of Pear Shaped Racing.

ducked inside of Aristazabal Island to get some relief. The waves softened, but the wind rose. Even with the significantly reduced sail plan, they were still hitting around 15 knots.

They continued through the night.

To this point, they had been sleeping in fitful 20 minute breaks. This was day three. At around 0200 hours, Duncan went down for a short break with Tom and Guy on deck. They were using their autopilot and had eyes glued to the chartplotter as they navigated the narrow channel. They were considering a jibe, and then doing a sail change. Mid-discussion, at around 0230, the boat jarringly stopped­—in this case, that meant going from 10 knots of forward momentum to a sickening and immediate full stop. From down below Duncan said, “What is going on?!” (but not in those exact terms).

Going forward, they realized they had struck a giant tree.

As they described it, the boat rose up and over the tree as if in some ancient mating ritual. The tree was massive. The boat wasn’t moving. As they deliberated about how to get off, the tree started to sink. At that point, going down wind, their daggerboards were, serendipitously, pulled most of the way up;­ and not quite as suddenly as it had happened, they were off the tree. Miraculously, the rudders were spared.

At that point, Duncan was on deck and with bare poles they tried to assess damage in the dark. They struck another log. Then another. Surrounded by unforgiving darkness and unable to see, were they in the middle of a log convention?

The team decided to continue to ride under bare poles for the next two hours until first light. Damage assessment continued, but seemed to be confined to the port ama. No water was coming in. Their electronics, however, had died.

They had no chartplotter or depth sounder.

As dark melted into dawn twilight, the mood on the boat was grim. They assumed that Angry Beaver had passed them as well as Team Sail Like a Girl and Team Shut up and Drive.

As frustrating as missing the current window at Seymour had been, this was worse. Spirits were low. Very Low. The race seemed over.

At that point, Guy and Tom credit Duncan for asking a simple question. He posed the choice, “We can cruise to Ketchikan, or we can double down and end this.” The four of them, Guy, Tom, Duncan and the boat, decided to send it. Leave it all out there. They drove the boat hard. Navigating with only a tablet.

Duncan credits Tom and Guy for collecting themselves and said for the next 10 hours they raced harder than at any point earlier on in the race. Even the boat, which had been so meticulously prepared, seemed to tell them, “This is just a flesh wound, I’m Ok. Let’s do this!” They pushed the boat and themselves to levels they didn’t know they could. Sail 48º NORTH

Mark Aberle lives aboard in Seattle, WA. He is an R2AK finisher and an avid tracker junkie. He is an occasional contributor to 48° North and a frequent contributor to Three Sheets Northwest.

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Second place finishers Team Pear Shaped Racing

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The rule-bending start of Swiftsure 2019.

Photo courtesy of Jan Anderson.

SLOW, SOGGY, SWIFTSURE

It Was A Driftsure For Sure, And There Were Only 15 Long-Course Finishers In A Fleet Of More Than 130. At Least One Crew Had A Great Time.

This is the story of the Ericson 38 Balder 2 in the 76th Swiftsure Race. We sailed the Cape Flattery course, starting off of Victoria, BC, and going northeast to Neah Bay and back to Victoria, a distance of 102 miles. We won our division, and I owe it all to the crew: Rick “McGyver” Antles, Rich “Strong and Steady” Wells, Alan “McGyver Jr.” Hoffman, Dick “Analyze this” Binns, and 48º NORTH

Grant “Mr. Focus” Tibbetts. Almost all are members of South Sound Sailing Society or Olympia Yacht Club.

At the start, the wind was so light there was a postponement to allow the first fleet to clear the line. Our start wasn’t much cleaner but we cleared the line and the melee. What commenced was eight hours of a bit of increasing wind, and a whole lot of heavy rain… a 50

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Our advancement toward Neah Bay was slow, but steady. We made a tuna casserole for dinner, but a couple of crew were too seasick in the rolly–polly seas to enjoy it. We ran two shifts for the overnight sailing, each having a twoand three-hour shift. We climbed up the American coast toward the mark.

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at 8:15am on Sunday, 4th in a fleet of 13 boats. Then began the calculations.

The time limit is 6:00am Monday… at our current rate of 2 nautical miles per hour, it would take us 24 hours to finish.

Should we forget Victoria, and just pull into Port Angeles, where one of the crew had a car parked? Nah, it’s a totally gorgeous morning!

We short-tacked the American shore to avoid opposing current. With the tide changing to our favor, we headed out for the middle of the Strait, sometimes advancing, sometimes not. By 2:00pm, the wind shifted south and increased in intensity. We were soon clicking along at 6 knots under the big genoa and main, heading for our next significant waypoint, Race Passage.

Early in the evening, the wind went light, and we were struggling again. I said to the crew, “The ONLY way we can finish this race is if the typical westerly comes in, and we can sail straight to Race Passage under spinnaker.” Around sunset, that came to pass—5 knots of wind from the west. We quickly set the spinnaker and enjoyed the downwind run. We opted to sail outside of Race Passage for safety and current. The wind built to 15 knots. The scariest part of the race for me was sailing past the blinking green buoy, knowing that just inside there was a deathly-shallow rock bottom. I breathed a tired sigh of relief when we got past Race Passage, and made the 60 degree turn to port for Victoria, a mere 9 miles away.

The wind continued to build; we saw 20.4 knots true. It was a wild ride.

The Ericson 38 has a big spinnaker, and things get crazy while flying it in a very fresh breeze. We were all pumped knowing that this long, long, race was nearly done.

This plan came crashing down as the wind quickly subsided, and went to zero a mere 1.04 miles from the finish! We floated aimlessly, trying everything in the book to make the boat go, including genoa up, then down, and even trying to sail under main alone, trying the theory that with so little wind, the two sails interfered with each other.

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suddenly gave us a Winston Churchillstyle speech of not giving up, giving our all, and we did not come all this way to quit. We were inspired.

Finally, a few knots of wind came up.

We started tacking to the finish. Trouble was, to stay in the breeze we could only just catch the landward end of the line, a little shack with two blinking yellow lights in a tiny cove surrounded by rocks.

We had to drift into this cove, right up to the rocks, in order for our 38 feet to be fully over the line. The finishing judges, just 100 feet away, stood watching. Once

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This race will stand as one of the most momentous events in our racing careers.

In spite of and because of all of this, it was just a great time—a real endurance test! See you next year!

by Joe Downing There were too many great race stories this month to fit results in the mag! Visit 48north.com/raceresults for the scores from all of these events.

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VAN ISLE 360 T he Van Isle 360 Yacht Race has almost a mythical standing among racers around the Salish Sea. There is no shortage of folks who will tell you that this is their favorite race. Its nine legs take sailors around the rugged island for a total course length of roughly 525 nautical miles. The inside is divided into single-day legs. Leaving from Port Hardy, the Pacific portion may mostly be long single days for the fastest boats, or two or even three days for the rest of the fleet. It affords a thrilling variety of racing environments and conditions, with a backdrop of some of the world’s most stunning scenery.

This year’s Van Isle brought out 36 boats—a balanced mix of some of the area’s fastest boats, including multiple TP52s (four) for the first time ever in this race; and some of the more comfortable boats a person could choose to race, including a new Jeanneau 51, Iris, whose tongue-in-cheek complaint about the rainy, upwind offshore leg was, “It was tough, our satellite TV wasn’t working!”

The day racing on the inside of the island brought close competition, generally lighter winds, and a dominant theme of restarts when the wind dissipated. The experience ashore in these local communities is always a highlight of Van Isle, and the not-quite-on-the-shore overnight stay at the Mowi fish pens near Hardwick Island might have taken top honors for this year’s best party.

The Pacific-side experience was defined by the polar opposite experiences of the two longest legs. The long, 138nm leg from Winter Harbour to Ucluelet was enough to test the mettle of the hardiest sailors and remind us all that foulies have a timelimit of reliable effectiveness. The leg started in moderate upwind conditions and quickly built to 20 knots. The seastate was comparatively gentle, for an upwind ocean leg, with a northwesterly swell allowing for the occasional weird upwind surf-ride in a southeasterly breeze. Not long after sailing away from picturesque Winter Harbour, the rain started. And it poured 48º NORTH

BEAUTIFUL RACING. BEAUTIFUL LOCATIONS!

nonstop for 20 hours until dawn of the next morning. The boats with heaters declared those heat sources their most valuable crewmembers. The boats without suffered through one of the coldest, wettest nights of sailing we’ve ever experienced.

Navigators who chose a more offshore route gained a big lead until the wee hours, when the breeze petered out, progress functionally stopped, and there was a consolidation. Coaxing tenths-of-a-knot from your slatting sails ensued, as yard-sales of drying gear were spread out around cockpits in the soft dawn light. In the afternoon, a westerly filled, unexpectedly (at least on the boat I was on) nearer to shore than on the west side of the course. Boats positioned inside sailed to the win.

While the Ucluelet leg wasn’t what anyone would hope for in terms of conditions, the Victoria leg was pretty much perfect.

Boats started with spinnakers, and not long into the leg, there was enough breeze to be making good headway on a gentle spinnaker run. Around Swiftsure Bank, the westerly started to fill more solidly and it built as the fleet made their way east in the strait. The lead boats had an exciting, but manageable, 30 knots around Race Rocks with spinnakers still up. Boats a little further behind saw stronger winds in the middle of the night.

All stayed safe, but there were some white knuckles.

Overall honors go to the brilliantly sailed J/111 from Vancouver, 65 Red Roses, who won their class four of the nine legs. In the big boat class, the Bieker-designed Riptide 41, Blue, showed all four TP52s what’s up. Keep an eye on them in Transpac this month! Other class honors go to J/109 Serendipity; and GP 26, Wraith, who won their class as the smallest boat in the fleet. It was great sailing by all and an event worthy of the reverence it garners!

by Joe Cline There were too many great race stories this month to fit results in the mag! Visit 48north.com/raceresults for the scores from all of these events.

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eattle Yacht Club’s Blake Island Race, the final of the Tri-Island Series, mixes in the enjoyable element of a choice. Racers may either round the island to port OR to starboard.

Typically, and again this year, the smart money went clockwise (leaving the island to starboard) and it paid as it often does.

The day started in very light air with a heavy haze and foghorns sounding in the backgound.

The pin was favored at the start as everyone vied to bang the beach along Discovery Park for advantageous current and a wind shift. The beat stayed slow, but as racers made their way south toward the island, the marine layer burned off. By the time the fastest boats had hoisted kites, the sun was out and the breeze was up a bit. It was a good day to be a Farr 395. Each won their class.

Photo by Catie Plourde

Gay Morris' Thomas 35, "Francy" wins the pin at the start.

LEUKEMIA CUP LIGHT AIR, GREAT CAUSE

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inning isn’t always about crossing a finish line first ­– this event proves that.

The Leukemia Cup always plays far bigger than acknowledging the fastest boat, the smartest skipper, or the ablest crew. Instead, this regatta is about life itself, about humanity, about human kindness and conquering challenges, and meeting those challenges together in the spirit of “Can Do.” Given the no wind conditions, there wasn’t a lot of action, just a lot of love. Looking through my lenses, I am moved. Beyond sail shape, beyond the backdrop and the colors of the Seattle skyline, or even the expressions of the crew’s faces, this regatta is about commitment, resolve, love, care, and alignment on purpose.

Each is far more meaningful than “winning” some tin trophy. Kudos all around. Keep charging; heck, keep loving!

Photo and text by Jan Anderson

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northerly and cross the finish line. Special thanks to Mike Harter and his crew who did a great job organizing the event. Next year Mike intends to move the race back to its traditional date which will be the third Saturday in June. Results can be found at www. tacomayachtclub.org.

his year’s Summer Vashon race was a light-air fest. Racers started in a faint southerly and pushed toward Sunrise Beach to get into the northerly flow of Colvos Passage.

Once there, a fairly steady 5 knot wind allowed racers to set spinnakers and proceed up the course. About a mile or two short of the north end of Vashon the transition kicked in, and sailors had to fight to escape the ‘glue factory’ in order to get into the

by Brad Jones, “Sidewinder”

For results, visit www.48north.com/raceresults JULY 2019

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Classifieds

39’ DOUBLE ENDED AUXILIARY CUTTER WITH PILOTHOUSE & AFT CABIN Custom design, stripped planked red cedar on oak, 1968, by Derek Verhey, BC, Canada. Long Pacific coastal sailing history & 30 year live aboard.

Medical issues prevent proper care after 40+ years of ownership. Overall condition good, but cosmetic work required. Berthed in San Rafael, CA. Details & 27 photos at gregstach@att.net

NAIAD 18 DAYSAILER - $10,000 WHIDBEY ISLAND A Mark Ellis design based on the larger Nonsuch wishbone-rigged fiberglass catboats, this boat is one of 20 built by Luna Yachts of Ontario in 1986.

Included is a custom-built King galvanized trailer and 2 HP Honda outboard. More photos available. Specs at sailboatdata.com/viewrecord.asp?class_id=5962 Contact naiad18@whidbey.com

JEANNEAU SO 45.2 OWNERS VERSION - $149,500 Bristol condition, built in 2000, E97 Raymarine chartplotter, fish-finder, 20m color radar, sea talk, wind.

LaFabrica dodger, bimini, Strataglass windows, 316SS frames. Windows and winch covers, Teak cockpit table and stainless dorades. Harken winches, Mediterranean rear entry with twin leather covered helms, fresh Pettit Trinidad bottom paint, Prop Gold on shaft and folding Max-Prop. Extra sails, full-batten main, 130 Genoa, Tri-Radial Spinnaker email a64me@yahoo.com. Call (360) 306-0953 for more information and photos.

26 FT CUSTOM FLUSH DECK SLOOP 1978 sloop in Richmond, CA. $10,500 OBO. Great cruiser or racer. 2000 lb. Jake van Heeckeren design.

Built by Hank Jotz. Bruynzeel plywood and epoxy.

Always dry sailed and garaged. Nearly new condition.

Comfy varnished interior, gimbaled stove, double bunk under cockpit. 2 HP Honda, SS rod rigging, Barient winches, solar panel,VHF,depth,compass,10 ft Avon dinghy, trailer. Hank Jotz (530) 623 7830 or hankjotz@gmail.com for photos. Fast and easy to sail in all weather!

NOE MAR SEAGOER YAWL www.yawlnoemar.blogspot.com. 34 ft Seagoer Yawl Located at Port Hadlock, WA, slip B-7. $32,900. Reduced due to illness...Ocean Ready! Check the blog or email Sbirdscott@gmail.com

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PASSPORT 40 1983 World capable cutter rigged Passport 40. Sea friendly head forward layout. Large sail inventory, VHF, GPS, Aries Windvane, Dickenson heater, Forespar boom. Oversized rigging and two large extra cockpit winches. 2000-03, new Yanmar 40 HP, 3-burner stove/oven, refrig/freezer, Spectra watermaker, Autohelm autopilot, Icom HF. 2010, new Furuno radar. 2018, power train refurbished at $20K cost; new heat exchanger, transmission, cutlass bearing, engine mounts and shaft. $130,000 US. Orcas Island, Washington. svlandsend@yahoo.com or call (360) 632-8896 for more information.

FENIX MAXI 28' SLOOP 1984 Excellent racer/cruiser/family boat with Volvo Penta MD-3 sail-drive. Only 1446 engine hours. Fine teak interior, excellent upholstery, holding tank, auto-pilot, radio, etc. Original sails with genoa and self-tacking jib in good condition, no mildew or wear. Recent engine overhaul by Volvo specialist produced an excellent report. We are only selling the boat because of our advancing age. It's a strong, very well-built, quality European boat. (604) 883-2341. $22,000 CAD.

1990 ISLAND PACKET 32 Puffin is a lovingly maintained, Alaska proven, sea friendly, cutter rigged cruiser. LOA: 35'. Full cockpit enclosure, removable davits, 9' Avon w/ 9.8 Nissan. Full boat cover. Sails: 150, 110 & asymmetrical spinnaker.

Radar, chartplotter, 390 AH battery housebank, 40 amp charger & 100 amp Balmar alternator. Espar furnace.

33lb Bruce anchor w/ 200' 5/16" chain & 200' rode, Simpson-Lawrence windlass. Located: Bellingham, WA. $74,000. (360) 756-2230 or 2outsailing@comcast.net

45' JEANNEAU SUN ODYSSEY 1995 - $125,000

2002 BENETEAU 393 This well equipped sailboat is setup for cruising local waters or to Alaska and beyond. It features the spacious, very well designed two cabin, two head layout. A full enclosure and Dickinson heater extends your cruising season, keeping you comfortable in all weather. $110,000. For more info, call (778) 269-1012 or via email at sv.splendid.mane@gmail.com

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Rare four cabin model, 65HP Yanmar, classic main, furling jib, open salon interior, dual heads, Raymarine full electronics package, huge cockpit with bimini and dual helms, dinghy, outboard. Cruise ready, in charter currently with 2019 bookings, great revenue opportunity. Recently surveyed.

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RHODES 22 SAILBOAT The Roles Royce of 22 footers. Advertised as Nonsinkable, Non-capsizable under sail. Comes with a double axle trailer. Inner mast furling, 185 genoa. All lines lead to the cockpit. Keel – centerboard. Shoal draft 20”. Beach-able. Kick up rudder. Double Axle trailer.

Pop top Enclosure. Cockpit Enclosure, Cushions. Bimini.

Asymmetrical spinnaker. 20-gal water tank. Two burner stove. Porta-Potty. Shore power & Two 12volt batteries. $10,900. For more information call (509) 592-5321 or email caesarpaul01@yahoo.com

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BOATS FOR SALE

BOATS FOR SALE

CROWN 34 WITH GREAT RACE RECORD I’m selling a Crown 34 (made in Canada) I bought and repaired last July. It comes with lots of gear. 10 sails, radar, autopilot, Force 10 heater, fridge, VHF, SSB antenna, depth sounder, dodger, bimini, new running rigging, new bottom paint, and more. $18,500. For info, please call (360) 516-7175.

1979 DOUG PETERSON 46’ IOR RACE/CRUISER (FORMALLY KNOWN AS GHOST) Multiple headsails, triple reef 10 ply main sail, spinnaker, Perkins 4-108, 19” Max propeller, four blade feathering, solar panels (180 watt each), 4-man life raft, self inflating M.O.B Dan Buoy system, life jackets, lazy jacks, clips and harnesses, dinghy/outboard, Fuel(2)35 gallon Water (2)35 gallon tanks. Located in Sitka, Alaska.

(206) 730-3369 or via email at april_tori@yahoo.com

CT41 PROVEN CRUISER WITH EXTRAS Classic Bill Garden Ketch (Formosa, SeaWolf) made with modern materials and long equipment list. Cruise or liveaboard in this proven voyager. New masts, sails, motor, rewired, Garmin740 / radar sonar, VHF, Alpine, electric head, forced air diesel heat, 4 burner propane stove. Headroom is 7’4” in Salon with double settees, stateroom with Pullman berth forward. New samsons, chainplates, and sole make this a dependable gunkholer. Attractively priced, serious only please. adelorunbi@gmail.com for more info.

1981 CREALOCK 37 This Pacific Seacraft 37 is ready to go to Hawaii, Mexico, or Around. Solar panels, radar, chart plotter, heat, refir, Doyle Stac-Pak, windvane, autopilot and watermaker. Safe and strong cruiser in immaculate condition. Call Michael at (206) 940-8311. Pictures and specs available upon request. $89,950.

1980 IRWIN CITATION 30 Roller furling 3, headsails, cruising spinnaker, 15 HP Yanmar diesel, 9' inflatable with 4 HP outboard, fridge, propane, stove, and heater charger inverter. Hardtop dodger, solar panel, anchor, winch, autopilot. Safety equipment, harnesses, wet weather gear, charts and cruising guides for Tacoma to Cape Scott. 60 gallon water, 30 gallon diesel. Ready to cruise. $18,000. For more info, (250) 656-3188 or sailing for2@telus.net

HARBOR 20 - SWEET SAILING 2015 Harbor 20 #390 with blue hull and custom wood look transom. Toast canvas includes full boat cover, tiller, jib sock, mainsail, companionway. Elec motor, auto bilge pump, pop up cleats, full cushions.

Professionally maintained, clean and no damage.

Perfect day sailor for Lake Union, Washington, etc.

Located at Poulsbo Yacht club. One owner. $29,000.

Contact: garrywillis@gmail.com

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1981 CATALINA 30 Asking $14,500, Negotiable. CUSTOM solid teak interior. New roller furling, all new electric and panel.

Many upgrades! Anacortes moorage available. Tripolyurethane paint. Never a blister! CALL for details (360) 540-7070.

$45,000 - 1988 CASCADE 42 HS Built by experienced sailor William Niles and sailed extensively. Can be enjoyed now but needs a few upgrades for extended voyages. Contact propman@live.com for pics and info. Two years moorage included. Located in Astoria, Oregon.

CT 38 1986 TA CHAIO, WARWICK Aluminum mast, roller furling, Northern sails. 2-speed self-tailing Barlow winches (6). Fin keel. 11’6” beam.

Teak deck, beautiful polished teak salon with fine cabinetry, exceptional storage, 6’7” headroom.

Sleeps 5. Water: 128 gal S.S. (2). Yanmar 3QM30.

Diesel: 58 gal S.S tanks. $45,000. Newport, OR. Please text or call (503) 544-6908.

WHITBY 42 KETCH - 1975 Strong sailboat has had too many upgrades to be listed.

Completely equipped and ready for live aboard and cruise. Located in La Paz, Mexico. $109,000. Details at: sites.google.com/view/lovelysailboat or via phone at (503) 701-7822.

COMFORTABLE BLUEWATER SLOOP U.S. documented. 1982 Challenger hull, FRP/Carbon fiber. 40’x12’9”x 34 gross tons. Aluminum spars. good sails. Solid teak interior. Head. Force 10 propane.

Isuzu 60 HP main. Renault 10 HP auxiliary. Air/ generator. CQR and Bruce w/chain. McMurry anchor windlass. Hydrovane & Autohelm. Radar etc. Achilles HB inflatable. Survey. $40K. For more info or with questions, please call (360) 808-9085.

CAL-36 Equipped and ready to cruise the Salish Sea. LPG stove/ oven, rail mounted BBQ, 75 amp alternator, 1000 watt inverter/charger, 2-8D house batteries, H&C water, microwave, diesel cabin heater, holding tank, nice interior, Yanmar diesel, 140 genoa on Profurl, main w/2 reefs, E-Z Jacks, dodger, radar, autopilot, VHFw/ DSC&GPS, windless, 35# Bruce on 150' chain and 200' rode, Danforth stern anchor, stern tie on removable reel. Located on Vashon Island. $26,000. For more information email: svtaaroa@gmail.com

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S&S YANKEE 30 MK I (1971) - $13,499 Located in Puget Sound, Washington. Structurally sound, engine runs well. Interior needs paint and varnish. Interior cushions and fabric in great shape.

Exterior needs paint. All offers considered, have two boats now. New fuel and aft water tank. Iverson’s Designs dodger. Atomic 4 updated just short of overhaul with electronic ignition and new fresh water heat exchanger, propeller and much more. Call/text (360) 900-9909 for more info.

1974 50’ CHALLENGER PILOTHOUSE Heavy duty solid fiberglass. Washer/dryer. Thruster.

Electric winches. 2 heads. Shower and tub. Flat screen TV. Roller furling. 450 gallon diesel fuel. Aluminum mast/davits. More. Great headroom and layout. Stand up engine room. Excellent Northwest boat. Moorage in Bremerton next to Seattle fast ferry. Liveaboard friendly. For more info, call (253) 224-8538. $145,000.

60’ TRADITIONAL SCHOONER 2000 Sturdy coastal/offshore cruiser. 85 HP Detroit diesel (1,200 mile range.) 400 gallon water, solar panels, wind charger, deck engine with fire and bilge pump, Furuno radar, GPS. Comnav autopilot, 12 volt fridge/freezer. Sleeps 6. Ready to go www.graildancer.ca $159,000 CDN.

1982 CASCADE 36 Strong cruising boat commissioned for Northwest cruising. Great liveaboard, single hander, or couple’s vessel. Hard dodger and fully enclosed heated cockpit.

Solar and wind power. Radar, VHF, Ham, GPS, diesel heat, refrigerator, H/C pressure water. Monitor windvane, Link 2000 battery monitor, 3-stage charger/inverter, stereo, electric windlass, Yanmar YM-30 (approx. 2700 hrs). Dripless shaftseal, max prop. Headsail furling, removable inner forestay for cutter rigging, EZ jacks, cruising spinnaker, storm sails, staysail, yankee, and lapper. $42,000. (360) 317-5177 or (360) 378-7693 or at dtdestiny083@gmail.com

ISLANDER FREEPORT Illness forces sale. Owner built sailboat with excellent carpentry. Interior is in fantastic condition. Includes 4 person dinghy 10 HP OB. Great liveaboard and ready to cruise. Roller furling with complete set of sail covers.

Canvas covers for all external woodwork. Full cockpit enclosure. Engine is Nissan MN633. Farymann diesel generator. Maxwell electric windlass. Full set of tools included. Boat has not had any rough sailing. Radar R10X raster scan. Hot water heater and dryer. Sleeps 6.

Moored in Lake Union. $79,000. For more info contact or (206) 579-0187or via email at rexcnanw@msn.com

KELLY-PETERSON 44 - SAN DIEGO - $115,000 Classic and proven cruiser, last KP44 built. In very good condition w/ 75 hp Yanmar and many other upgrades.

This vessel is perfect for the HaHa or going on around the world. For more info, please contact via email at bnealsails@yahoo.com or (619) 519-1009.

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J29 MASTHEAD COMPETITIVE RACER 1984 J29 Masthead w/outboard - $12,500. Has been in an active racing program since 2000. Has performed very well and is very competitive. Head sail and spinnaker bought in 2015 used only for major regattas, #3 lightly used and new in 2013.

Main new in 2011. Standing rigging replaced in 2004. Located in Seattle. Contact Pat for more info (206) 719-1157. Info: themanwiththehex@gmail.com

AURORA 21 - 1965 Built by Wesco, hull #46, daysailer/mini-cruiser.

Trunk-cabin version of Victory 21 sloop racing design.

Many upgrades include new hardware, built-in cabin shelving, and 4 ports forward that allow inside piloting. 2 mainsails, 2 jibs. 2012 Tohatsu 4-cycle outboard. Moored at Shilshole Bay Marina. $5,000.

Call (206) 330-4731 or email blue_tarp@hotmail.com

1979 CAPE GEORGE 31 One owner. Well maintained. Dry dock 4/18. New sail made in New Zealand. Cruised extensively to New Zealand and Japan. Sabb 10 HP diesel.

Refrigeration, solar, steering vane, roller furling, self tailing winches. Call/email (808) 937-2423, Keaaurudy@gmail.com for photos, more info.

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1930 JOHN ALDEN SCHOONER - DAUNTLESS This classic yacht is 61’ on deck and includes a full complement of sails and equipment. In 2016 she had an extensive structural upgrade restoration including new stem, frames, floors, and chain plates. Located in San Diego, California. History, specifications, galleries, surveys and contact information readily available at www.schoonerdauntless.com

CLASSIC WOODEN BOAT Winthrop Warner design. 23’3” x 7’6” sloop. Cedar planks on mahogany frames. New EZ Loader trailer. 3 year old Tohatsu 6 HP saildrive outboard. VHF radio, depth sounder. Mantus and Danforth anchors. Main, jib: fair. Genoa, storm jib: good. 2 burner Origo cookstove, wood burning heat stove. 2 berths. Moored in Mystery Bay, Nordland, WA. $16,000. svchickadee@gmail.com for more info.

27' TUMLAREN Knud Reimers designed Tumlaren, cold molded, new sails, rigging, electrical, bilge, cushions, canvas, Torqeedo, Tohatsu 6 HP Outboard and more. Complete refit 2016. See www.tumlaren4sale.com for more info and pictures. Or with questions, please contact Mark (206) 852-2278. Currently offered at $26,000.

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WEST WIGHT POTTER 19 - 2000 19’ Potter w/ galvanized trailer, 6 HP 2-cyl outboard, roller furling jib, topping lift, mast raising kit, opening portlights, compass, cockpit cushions, battery, cabin lights, solar panel, Porta-Potty, potable water bladder, butane stove, docklines, fenders, and canvas storage cover. Stored near Sequim, WA, $4500. k7el@arrl.net

S2 6.9 RACER/CRUISER LIKE NEW Better than new, trailer-able, high quality!

7 instruments, 4 winches, 12 rope clutches, very good jib, genoa, main spinnaker. Lewmar hatch, Yamaha 6 HP, shorepower/battery charger, Autohelm, VHF, stereo, Porta-Potty, double tuffluff, 12v and manual bilge pumps, icebox, single burner stove, epoxy barrier coat, Vivid bottompaint, anchor and rode, stern ladder, lifesling, tiller extension, many extras and spares. Best 6.9 on the planet. Trailer. $7,500. (206) 605-2650.

Via email at tony.billera@gmail.com

FAST PASSAGE 39 - SEATTLE Pax Vobiscum is a Fast Passage 39 built in 1979 at Philbrook’s Boatyard in Sidney, B.C. She is a 39-footsix-inch cutter designed by Bill Garden to be, safe, sea-kindly, and easily handled by a couple. She is a well-maintained, fully-equipped blue water cruiser that has taken us from Seattle to French Polynesia and back. See https://www.fastpassage39.com for details and photos. For sale by owners at $82,000. fastpassageforsale@gmail.com, (971) 319-0850.

BOATS FOR SALE

BOATS FOR SALE

1992 CREALA 40

1981 38’ ERICSON SLOOP 4 cylinder diesel. 750 hours. 54 gallon fuel, 90 gallon water. Roller furling, full batten main. S.T. Winches, lines lead aft. Electric windlass, 200’ 5/16 Hi-test chain. Freshwater wash down. 33lb. claw anchor. New Garmin radar, Garmin Chart plotter, AIS, below deck autopilot. VHF. New AC panel, 2000 watt inverter.

Microwave, Force 10 stove/oven, double propane tanks.

New freezer/refrigerator. Head with separate shower.

25 gallon holding tank. Dodger, teak floors, Berthed at John Wayne Marina, Sequim, WA. $55,000. For more info, call (360) 774-0915 or (360) 774-0912.

Designed by Crealock with lines similar to the Pacific Seacraft 40. Cutter rig, aft cockpit, fin keel, Skeg hung rudder, 44 HP Yanmar. Offshore equipped.

Teak deck and teak interior in good condition. 2 cabin, 1 head. Liveaboard and cruising ready. Well maintained and cruised by one owner. Organized, clean, and comfortable. Located in the western Caribbean yachting community of Rio Dulce. $88,000.

More info at tillsonds@yahoo.com

AMEL SUPER MARAMU FOR SALE IN PACIFIC NORTHWEST, RARE OPPORTUNITY! Yacht en-route to Seattle and available for showing from April 8th. Full details https://www.boats.com/ sailing-boats/1996-amel-super-maramu-6969866

2005 35’ J/109 – $149,000 VIENTO is one of the cleanest and best-maintained J/109’s available. She is comprehensively equipped with many recent updates to her sail inventory (North 3Di), running rigging, canvas, and electronics. Her low hour Yanmar 3YM30 engine runs perfectly! VIENTO has been day sailed and VERY lightly raced making her a beautiful , exceptionally clean example of this desirable racer cruiser. Extensive equipment list upon request.

Call/text Mike at (503) 757-0358 or via email: mkfarthing@comcast.net. Or view our website at photos.app.goo.gl/3GtAQ2w37HuSF1aM7

J/35 FOR SALE The J/35 Taking Off is for sale. Put up the spinnaker in some big air and you'll think that you are "Taking Off". Too many details for this small ad, so contact me at engbrechtrj@gmail.com, if you're interested. Asking $18,000. Yes, I think it can still beat a J/109.

34' GEMINI 105 MC – 2006

23' CALKINS BARTENDER W/ EZ LOADER TRAILER Purchased from George Calkins in 2008. Fresh paint June 2018, surveyed, Sept. 2018. $68,000 replacement value. Asking $20,000. Call Bill at (559) 805-5445 with your offer. Please, serious inquiries only.

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PASSPORT 40 1985 Famous bluewater cruiser. 46 HP Westerbeke. All systems updated: electrical and refrigeration. TV/DVD, stereo with outside speakers. All new canvas: Stack Pack and full boat cover. New latex mattresses. Current Raymarine chartplotter/navigation. Hydrovane. Neil Pryde sails. Andersen electric secondary winch. 400 watt solar panels. 10-ft dinghy included. Maxwell windlass. 55 lb Rocna anchor. Currently located in San Carlos, Mexico. $120,000. Contact owner for more information at glouisiv@gmail.com or (707) 290-1637.

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A wonderfully nimble, stable catamaran with three staterooms, single head, central salon table, screecher sail / rig and fully enclosed cockpit.

Extras include a secondary anchor, handheld VHF and spare starter/alternator. Professionally maintained. Recently surveyed and major findings addressed by the Owner. - $104,000

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BOATS FOR SALE

1973 THUNDERBIRD 26’ SAILBOAT Has two sets of sails, Honda 4-stroke 9.9 horsepower outboard, custom trailer with hitch, instrument panel (boat speed, wind speed, wind direction, etc.). Previously was raced in T-Bird championships.

Boat has not been in water since applying gelcoat. $6,000 OBO. (541) 221-8373.

GAFF YAWL S/V AEOLUS Coolidge 1933 Puget Sound Gaff Yawl, s/v Aeolus. Local Puget Sound classic. Heavy scantlings, fir on oak. Gaff main. Westerbeke 21 diesel, new rebuilt transmission.

Contact for full set of pictures, plans, and video. Good condition...fully operational... Asking $12,500. For more info, call (206) 665-6718.

1989 PACIFIC SEACRAFT 37 Located Portland, Oregon. $115,000. Newer AGM batteries; inverter/charger; wind generator; solar panels; watermaker; liferaft; knot, depth, wind instruments; autopilot; Garmin radar, AIS, chartplotter, VHF; ICOM M802 SSB; computer; Monitor; EPIRB; Yanmar 40 HP; 40 gallons fuel; 80 gallons water; Max-Prop; 8 sails; running/standing rigging replaced 2013. Contact via phone at (904) 728-9199 or sv.annamarie@gmail.com

TRANSPAC 49’ MARK II 1986 KETCH SAILBOAT Fiberglass bluewater cruiser with AB 10’ tender and 15 HP Mercury. Warm teak roomy interior, 3 cabin, 2 heads, large aft master with 3 stern windows, separate shower, spacious teak decks, walk in engine room with bench, 135hp Ford Lehman, 5kw genset, roller furling jib, radar, VHF, chartplotter, Espar furnance, battery charger, 120v refer/freezer, masterflush, max prop, hydraulic steering $179,000 OBO. For more info, call (206) 387-6143 or pamelajgin@gmail.com

1981 CUSTOM FORMOSA 46' - $88000 The ESCAPADE. Escapade means to Escape with Adventure - this vessel has delivered. Why now?

The dream/passion is not gone but the season of life changes. My children are long from the nest and years have rolled along. Aliments of age, I do not have enough time and energy to devote to her. With heavy heart I must find her a good home. Doug Peterson Design. $88,000. For more details: (360) 385-4451 or https://sites.google.com/site/formosafortysix/home

CATALINA 22 MKII WING KEEL 2001 Catalina 22 sailboat with wing keel and trailer.

Sand blasted and 2 gal. of 2-part epoxy sprayed. 8 HP Honda, Boat of the Year in 2001. Autopilot, trailer raft, with engine, sails restored, 2 anchors, life jackets, flares, fresh bottom paint, led cabin lights, netting around deck, gin pole for raising the mast. Rolling fuller front genny. This boat is a cruiser. BBQ and many items for sailing. For info, please contact Scott at sailor28@frontier.com. Asking $8,500.

CONCORDIA 31 SLOOP Classic Yacht. Very good condition. Repowered Yanmar 30 HP low hours. Equipped to cruise the Inside Passage. Lying Friday Harbor - slip available. $30,000. Contact via phone at (360)378-5224 or via email at chms@rockisland.com for photos.

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FRERS 30 Sailing World Boat of the Year in 1988. Great racer cruiser. Comfortable with nice teak interior and 6 ft headroom. PHRF 132 is national average. New Sobstad racing sails, including carbon genoa in last two seasons.

Many older sails. On Flathead Lake, Montana. Always a freshwater boat. Fair bottom. No blisters or other problems. Transport in Pacific NW for cost of diesel and permits. Contact William Brown 406-240-5667 or email mthorsevet@gmail.com.

DOCUMENTED 1971 CASCADE 42

Center cockpit, aft cabin. Includes radar, gps, autopilot, marine radio and handheld. Inflatable tender and kayak Sleeps 7. 7' headroom. South Pacific veteran. Singlehanded rigging. $25,900 OBO. Call (435)772-5394 or (360)460-9671.

44-FT CATALINA-MORGAN 440 $235,000 -Fully equipped and meticulously maintained cruising DS sloop w/ AC/Heater, Yanmar 4JH3TE with 2,000 hrs, E120 plotter, Radar, ST60 instruments, auto-pilot, 270W solar, 8KW FP Gen, 8D AGMs, 3000W inverter/charger, Spectra 400 19gph, 9' Caribe HB, 9.9 Nissan, 6-person Winslow Offshore (cert 10/18), UK Flasher Spin, Icom 810 HF radio w/ Pactor Modem.

Leisure Furl main, hard dodger w Lexan windows. Many extras. In Mazatlán, MX. For complete inventory call (626) 353-3858 or email sailcub@gmail.com

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2000 TOMCAT 20' CATAMARAN Excellent condition. $25,000. Accommodates 8 Includes mainsail, jib, and genoa. Yamaha 9.9 HP outboard, dual rudders with wheel and tiller steering, bimini top, ST60 Tridata instruments, compass, trailer, anchor with chain and much more. Located in Lake Almanor, CA. For more info contact (650) 924-0849 or mjpboat.6.2@gmail.com

LAKE UNION FLYER 30

Cold molded, fast, fun, ultralight sailboat built on Lake Union! 30 Feet, 3000lb, perfect for dry sailing with double axle trailer and lots of sails! Set up for masthead spinnaker. Epoxy bottom, new Harken winches. Super fun on the runs! $9,500. Email brian@halanse.com

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REAL ESTATE

MOORAGE ROANOKE REEF - LAKE UNION MOORAGE New 44’ slip, max beam 13’6”. Floating dock. Gated, pump out. No livaboards. $750/mo includes power and water. On Eastlake in Seattle, open to south, downtown view. For more info, call Herb at (206) 909-0903.

EQUIPMENT 1968 COLUMBIA 36 Well equipped Columbia 36 raced and sailed around Puget Sound for years. Good overall shape.

Well equipped, GPS, VHF, radar, 33# Rocna anchor.

Equipment list on request. Slip is available with sale of boat. $18,000. For more info, contact Jim at rhaberler_5@hotmail.com

BC ISLAND HOME W/ OCEAN FRONTAGE For sale, beautiful BC Gulf Island home w/1000' ocean frontage. Lot A and B, 5 acres each. Deep protected moorage! To see photos and more information, please visit prevostisland.com

PARTNERSHIPS TARTAN 37 LIGHT #1 SAIL - $575 Light #1 headsail cut for a Tartan 37 . Sail is in excellent condition. It was cut for my boat. Sail is either Keylar or Nylar, don't know for sure. Sail specifications (approximate) for consideration: I=47 J=16 P=41.5 Sailboat specifications (approximate): L.O.A. 37' 3.5" beam 11' 9" draft 6' 7". Contact (425) 753-2128.

1991 HUNTER LEGEND 43 Excellent Condition. Full batten main with dutchman flaking system, electric winch uphaul. 50 HP Yanmar diesel, only 3800hrs, inverter, bow thruster, Maxprop, winged keel. Very bright and spacious, 6'6" headroom.

3 cabins, 2 heads. New DC system and holding tank.

Recent survey, rigging inspection and engine overhaul.

10' WB dinghy, 8 HP nissan outboard. $89,500. For info please contact dhallaran@gmail.com

HUNTER 340 PARTNERSHIP Boat partnership in a 34’ 2001 Hunter 340 sailboat now available. 1/3 share is $20,000 with approximately $250 per month for moorage and operational expenses.

Prospective partner requires US Sailing Basic Keelboat and Basic Cruising certifications or equivalent experience. This stable partnership has existed since 2007. Contact lrschultz@comcast.net

MOORAGE

44FT 10IN PEARSON COUNTESS John Alden design. Full batten main. Selden boom, Selden rodkicker with excellent reefing system.

Harken furling gear. 90 Yankee ,150 genoa geneker, all excellent. Autopilot 6000 and 4000. Radar Furuno 1800, two Garmin GPS, 8KW Northern Light Genset , 90 HP Ford Lehman engine, water maker. 280 gal fuel tank, Max-Prop, full canvas for tropics. Givens 6 man life raft and much more. $49,000. Call (253) 509-0699.

To much to list or email jeglumsaragasso@aol.com

HAYDEN BAY - COLUMBIA RIVER Two (2) slips of 30' available now! Each for $150 per month, or both slips together for $300. This safe, and extremely secure marina has views of the Columbia River. Utilities available, but no liveaboards. Call Nancy at (360) 904-8349 or Terry at (503) 799-3695 for more information.

SR 200 SEWING MACHINE Portable sailmaking sewing machine by Sailrite. Very stout machine that can sew storm sails with multiple layers of heavy sailcloth as well as light weather sails.

Zig zag and straight stitch. Excellent condition, was used to make full set of sails for a cruise to Mexico. $450. (206) 999-5957.

FORESPAR WHISKER POLE Forespar expandable whisker pole. 13-24 feet with end fittings. Never used. Still in cardboard tube. Value $3,500. Asking $2,500 in Richland, WA, or $2800 if delivered to Seattle. Contact at (509) 375-0224 or ed.mcclanahan1@hotmail.com

MOORAGE/ANACORTES, WA

WORLD ADVENTURE LIVE ABOARD 56' FRP Skookum Motorsail Ketch. Aluminum masts/ spars. New North roller furling sails. Eight 12-VDC Barient winches. Solid teak/mahogany interior. Queen master, two heads, separate large shower, full laundry.

1500 fuel-1000 water. Thompson anchor winch, stainless wire rope w/CQR plow, #12Fulfjord anchors.

Six man Elliot raft. $185K/offer Bob (360) 808-9085 or via email at bkmonty@nikola.com

JULY 2019

Great Opportunity to own premium slips in Skyline Marina Division 22, easy access to the San Juan Islands. Slip TDO90 Division 22, 48’LOA (44’+ 4’x18’) $150,000.

TDN38 and TDN39 are 44’LOA (40’+4’x18’) $140,000 each. Full service marina w/ secure gate. Amenities include bathroom/shower, laundry, parking, power and water!

Caroline Baumann - (360) 202-7327 caroline@windermere.com

Windermere Real Estate - Anacortes Properties

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C&C 110 MAIN & ASYM.SPINNAKER Midweight AIRFORCE cruising asymmetrical spinnaker I:51’ J:19’ red, white and blue tri-radial. Luff 50’10”, Leech 46’4”, Foot 30’7”. Great condition, no patches. $785. Boat came w/ 4, had to get rid of 2. Dacron North Sails double reef main great condition, no patches.

44’6”x15’3”. Battens not included. $325 OBO. Please call (360) 259-6524–text or leave message, night shift worker. Have a blessed day.

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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 ADVENTURE CHARTER COMPANY Aging owner of a well-established and profitable adventure charter company seeks retirement. Two classic wooden yachts. Totally turn-key, including training, seller work back with buyer, permits in Glacier Bay, SE Alaska and Baja California Sur, spare parts, client list, routes and shore support. See Wooden Boat 154 & 255, or visit our website at: www.pacificcatalyst.com Inquiries to: bill@pacificcatalyst.com

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MARINAS

Phone (206) 789-7350 to the San Juans FaxGateway (206) 789-6392 34’ 50’ slips for lease/purchase Email calla@48north.com Free Wifi, Pumpouts & Showers, Fuel, Store /Café

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40’ - 48’ - 60’ open slips.

Great location in Poulsbo, WA Restrooms, Showers.

360-779-7762 or 360-509-0178 DONATE YOUR BOAT TODAY! All donated vessels and equipment help raise funds that support CBC youth programs. Donated vessels and equipment are eligible for itemized charitable tax deductions. for more info, or to donate

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Offshore Sailing for Women Nancy Erley, Instructor 206.789.5118

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Anacortesmarina.com or (360) 293-4543

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The Best Racing in the Northwest • On the Lake or Sound • Active Cruising • Reciprocal Rights Corinthian Yacht Club of Seattle 7755 Seaview Ave. NW, Seattle, WA 98117 Phone (206) 789-1919 for information www.cycseattle.org

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MARINE EQUIPMENT

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We specialize in marine heat pumps, A/C systems, refrigeration, and watermakers.

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18' I550 w/Trailer 20' Laser SB3 w/Tr. 21' Com-Pac Eclipse 22' J/70 22' J/70 New 25' Fisher Potter Kch. 25' Catalina w/tr.

25' Hunter w/tr.

25' Seaward w/tr.

26' Hake 26' MacGregor w/Tr. 27' Pac. SeaCraft Orion 27' Catalina 28' Ericson 28' Herreshoff 28' Hunter 28.5 29' Island Packet 29 29' J/29 29' J/88 New 29' Kirie 850 29' Carrera 290 30' Baba 30' Catalina 30

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33' Hunter 33' J/100 33' Larson 33' Legendary Ketch 33' Nantucket 33' Nauticat PH 33' Tartan 101 33' Tripp Racing 33' Wauquiez 33' Beneteau 331 33' Hunter 33' Yamaha 33’ Freedom 34' Beneteau 343 34' Catalina Sloop 34' Catalina Sloop 34' Columbia 34 34' Dash 34' Gambling 34 34' Gemeni 105Mc 34' Gemini 105 MC 34' Hallberg Rassy 34' Hunter

08 D 69,000 NW Yachtnet 07 D 76,500 Swiftsure 07 D 79,950 Seattle Yachts 00 D 180,000 Waterline 84 D 178,000 Seattle Yachts 85 D 89,900 Mar Servic 19 D 199,900 Seattle Yachts 92 D 24,900 NW Yachtnet 83 D 49,000 West Yachts 02 D 74,900 Passion 11 D 99,900 Passion 78 D 21,900 Passion 81 D 24,900 Signature 07 D 85,000 ElliottBYS 86 D 36,900 NW Yachtnet 88 D 39,500 NW Yachtnet 72 D 27,000 Mar Servic 82 D 19,900 Sail NW 74 D 24,900 Mar Servic 05 D 115,000 ElliottBYS 06 D 104,000 San Juan 00 D 139,000 Swiftsure 98 D 54,900 Yachtfinders

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Ericson 34 1988 $58,900

Beneteau 393 2002 $114,900 Po r t l a n d

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34' Hunter 356 34' J/105 34' Jeanneau 349 34' Tartan 345 34' Alsea Bay 34' Catalina 34' Ericson 35' Alberg 35' Beneteau 35' CAL 35' Cheoy Lee 35' Contest Sloop 35' Elan E4 35' Hallberg Rassy 35' Hunter Legend 35.5 35' J-35 Sloop Racer 35' Jason Brewer 35 35' Nauticat 35 35' Trident Voyager PH 35' Wauquiez 35' Beneteau 350 35' Beneteau Oc. 35.1 35' Endurance PH 35' Young Sun Cutter 36' B. Roberts Spray 36' Cal 36' Cape George PH 36 36' Catalina Sloop 36' Catalina Sloop 36' Cheoy Lee 36' Colvin Pinky Schoon.

36' Hunter 36' Islander Peterson 36' Islander Sloop 36' J/111 New 36' J/112e New 36' Pearson 36 36' Tanton 36

02 D 78,000 Seattle Yachts 00 D 74,900 Sail NW 19 D 189,965 Mar Servic 19 D 278,655 Seattle Yachts 85 D 53,900 Passion 88 D ~ Passion 88 D 58,900 Passion 64 D 19,000 Yachtfinders 89 D 45,000 Yachtfinders 83 D 34,000 West Yachts 80 D 34,500 NW Yachtnet 81 D 49,500 NW Yachtnet 17 D 249,900 Seattle Yachts 89 D 115,000 Swiftsure 90 D 44,900 NW Yachtnet 84 D 28,900 Waterline 76 D 44,900 Mar Servic 00 D 179,500 Mar Servic 78 D 59,500 Mar Servic 82 D 59,900 NW Yachtnet 88 D 35,900 Passion 19 D ~ Passion 78 D 39,900 Passion 79 D 34,900 Passion 01 D 55,500 Waterline 66 G 19,900 Yachtfinders 73 D 52,500 Mar Servic 91 D 55,000 Seattle Yachts 90 D 57,900 NW Yachtnet 85 D 29,500 Yachtfinders 93 D 79,000 Mar Servic 04 D 97,500 NW Yachtnet 79 D 34,500 Yachtfinders 78 D 39,000 NW Yachtnet 19 D ~ Sail NW 19 D ~ Sail NW 75 D 19,500 Mar Servic 81 D 27,000 Mar Servic

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36' Union Cutter 36' Valiant 36' Cascade 36' Islander 36’ Hunter 37' Beneteau 37 37' Beneteau Oc. 37 37' Cooper 37 37' Endeavour 37' Hunter 37.5 37' Island Packet 370 37' Jeanneau 37' Nautor Swan 37' Pac. Sea. Crealock 37' Rustler 37' Tartan 37' Tartan Blackwatch 37' Truant 37 37' Pacific Seacraft 38' Beneteau Oc. 38.1 38' Beneteau Oc. 38.1 38' Block Island 38' C&C 38' Catalina 38' Hans Christian 38' Pearson 385 38' Sabre 386 38' Wilderness 38' X-Yachts 38' Yankee 38' Catalina 387 38' Catalina S&S 38' Catalina S&S 38' Hans Christian 39' C & L Europa 39' Cal 39' Cal 39 39' Jeanneau 39i

82 D 59,000 Mar Servic 85 D 99,000 Yachtfinders 71 D 10,000 Passion 82 D 36,900 Passion 04 D 98,900 Signature 15 D ~ Signature 13 D 155,000 R 81 D 42,000 Mar Servic 80 D 29,500 Yachtfinders 92 D 69,900 Passion 08 D 229,000 Mar Servic 99 D 89,000 Swiftsure 80 D 84,750 West Yachts 82 D 57,000 Seattle Yachts 15 D 365,000 Sail NW 77 D 34,900 Seattle Yachts 65 D 15,000 Yachtfinders 80 D 39,900 Mar Servic 99 D 145,000 Passion 19 D ~ Passion 19 D ~ Passion 60 D 150,000 Yachtfinders 86 D 43,999 Yachtfinders 80 D 29,900 Yachtfinders 85 D 94,900 Passion 85 D 49,900 Passion 05 D 209,000 Seattle Yachts 81 D 53,500 Yachtfinders 94 D 39,000 Yachtfinders 72 D 38,900 NW Yachtnet 04 D 134,900 Passion 83 D 32,900 Passion 83 D 29,900 Passion 78 D 85,000 Passion 79 D 49,000 Seattle Yachts 78 D 35,000 Sail NW 78 D 29,900 Waterline 08 D 159,500 Mar Servic

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39' Jeanneau 39i 39' Beneteau 393 39' Catalina 390 39' Freedem Cat Ketch 39’ Hunter 40' Beneteau Oceanis 40' Beneteau Oceanis 40' Colin Archer Ketch 40' Custom Acapulco 40' Elan Impression 40' Hinckley Bermuda 40' Hunter 40' Hunter Marlow 40' Islander Peterson 40' J 40 40' J/120 40' J/121 New 40' J/122e New 40' J/40 40' Jeanneau 409 40' Lagoon 40 #39 40' Malo Sloop 40' Morgan N. American 40' Nauticat 40 40' Nauticat 40 PH 40' Panda 40' Perry 41 Sloop 40' Perry Bella 40' Schucker 436 PH 40' Beneteau Oc. 40' J/120 40' Mariner Ketch 40’ Fount. Paj. Lucia 40’ Najad 405 CC 41' Beneteau Oc. 41.1 41' Cheoy Lee Offshore 41' Ericson Sloop 41' Finngulf

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• Sailing School • Guided Flotillas 2615 South Harbor Loop Dr. #1 • Charters Bellingham, WA • (360) 671-4300 • Sales www.sanjuansailing.com • brokerage@sanjuansailing.com

45' Jeanneau Sun OdySSey 1995 - $125,000 Four cabin, 65 HP Yanmar, with full electronics, recent survey, and charter revenue opportunity!!

47' Selene 2006 - $495,000 Desirable ocean trawler, full electronics, recent survey, charter revenue 2019.

34' gemini 2006 - $104,000 Three cabins, professionally maintained, full enclosure, priced below survey value.

41' Jeanneau Sun legende 1986 Upgraded engine, radar/plotter, rigging, dodger/bimini & MORE! Recent haul & survey - $44,500.

32' nOrdic Tug 2010 - $254,000 Ready for comfortable cruising!

Bow/stern thruster and diesel heat.

Charter revenue 2019.

Brokerage Sailboat Listings Boat Type 41' 41' 41' 41' 41' 41' 41' 41' 41' 41' 41' 41' 41' 41' 41' 41� 42' 42' 42' 42' 42' 42' 42' 42' 43' 43' 43' 43' 43' 43' 43' 43' 43' 44' 44' 44' 44' 44'

Yr Aux

Hatteras 67 Island Packet SP 07 Island Packet SP 09 Island Trader 77 Islander Freeport 76 Jean. Voyage 12.5 89 Jeanneau 410 20 Jeanneau Sun Legende 86 Morgan Classic CC 87 Morgan Giles Cl. 87 Morgan O/I 87 Passport 41 89 Sceptre Pilothouse 89 Tartan 4100 06 Beneteau Oc. 41.1 02 Beneteau 411 00 Brewer Pilothouse Cutter 85 Cabo Rico PH 03 Catalina 89 Catalina Sloop 93 Catalina Sloop 90 Island Packet 420 00 Tayana Vancouver CC 82 Catalina 42 mkII 02 Beneteau 443 05 Gulfstar 77 Hans Chrs. (Christina) 86 Hunter 430 96 Luengen 43 OS 87 Saga Sloop 98 Shannon 88 Wauquiez Ampritrite 84 Polaris Cutter 78 Bavaria 03 Beneteau 445 93 Bruce Roberts 90 Bruce Roberts OS 93 Bruce Roberts OS 80

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Seattle Yachts Mar Servic Mar Servic Yachtfinders Yachtfinders Mar Servic Mar Servic San Juan NW Yachtnet NW Yachtnet Passion Mar Servic Seattle Yachts Seattle Yachts Passion Signature Seattle Yachts Swiftsure Yachtfinders NW Yachtnet NW Yachtnet Swiftsure Seattle Yachts Passion ElliottBYS Yachtfinders Swiftsure NW Yachtnet Waterline NW Yachtnet Swiftsure Mar Servic Passion Swiftsure Seattle Yachts West Yachts Mar Servic Mar Servic

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44' Catalina 44' Jeanneau 440 44' Mason 44' Nauticat 44' Nauticat 44 44' Nordic 44' Spencer 44 44' Tanton 44' Worldcruiser 44' Nuaticat Pilothouse 45' Bestevaer 45st 45' Brewer 45' Bruce Roberts 45 OS 45' Hunter 45' Jeanneau 45.2 45' Morgan 45' Passport 456 46' Beneteau Oc. 46.1 46' Beneteau Oc. 461 46' CAL 2-46 46' Jeanneau 45.1 46' Kanter Atlantic 46' West Indies 46' Beneteau Oc. 46.1 46' Spindrift CC 46� West Indies 47.7'Beneteau 47' Catana 472 47' Chris White Atlantic 47' Garcia Passoa 47' Vagabond Ketch 48' Chris White Atlantic 48' J-145 48' Tayana 48' Waterline 49' DeFever Pilothouse 49' Goetz/Taylor 49' Hunter 49

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Seattle Yachts Mar Servic Seattle Yachts Swiftsure Mar Servic Swiftsure Mar Servic Swiftsure ElliottBYS Passion Sail NW Yachtfinders Waterline Yachtfinders Swiftsure Yachtfinders Swiftsure Signature Sail NW West Yachts San Juan Yachtfinders

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Passion Passion Signature ElliottBYS Swiftsure Swiftsure Swiftsure Mar Servic Swiftsure Signature Seattle Yachts Swiftsure Seattle Yachts Yachtfinders Passion

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Boat Type

Yr Aux

49' 49' 49' 49' 50' 50' 50' 50' 50' 50' 51' 51' 51' 51' 51' 52' 53' 53' 53' 53' 55' 55' 55' 56' 58' 58' 59' 59' 60' 61' 61' 63' 64' 65' 65' 75' 83'

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Jeanneau 490 Jeanneau SO 49P Transpacific TransPacific Marine Baltic Beneteau Beneteau Jeanneau 50DS Jeanneau 52.2 Lavranos Able Apogee Alden Skye Ketch Beneteau Idylle 15.5 Formosa Ketch German Frers Sloop Santa Cruz J/160 Oyster Simonis Tartan 5300 Tayana Tayana CC Tayana Cutter Rig Herr. 56f Marco Polo Tayana CC Tayana Deck Saloon Outremer 5X Schooner Pinky Mariner C&C C&C Mason Ketch Frers Bruce Roberts NY Sparkman & Stevens Custom Schooner Cust. 83 Stysl. Schn.

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Mar Servic Mar Servic ElliottBYS Sail NW Swiftsure Swiftsure Yachtfinders Mar Servic Rubicon Swiftsure Swiftsure Mar Servic NW Yachtnet Seattle Yachts Mar Servic Yachtfinders Sail NW Swiftsure Swiftsure Seattle Yachts Yachtfinders Seattle Yachts Seattle Yachts Waterline NW Yachtnet Seattle Yachts Swiftsure NW Yachtnet Yachtfinders Mar Servic Mar Servic Seattle Yachts Swiftsure Waterline ElliottBYS NW Yachtnet Waterline

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5O.5' JEANNEAU 52.2 (Farr) 2000 • $249,000

37' Beneteau oceanis 37 2013 • $155,000

San Francisco, CA • (206) 602-2702

San Francisco, CA • (206) 602-2702

2601 Washington Street • Port townsend, WA • (206) 602-2702 • www.rubiconyachts.com

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