June 2018 48° North

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J u n e 2018 20 Lake Union Seaplane Advisory Buoys

They’re not telling, they’re asking; and you don’t have to, you want to.

By Joe Cline

28 Pac-Cup Prep: Old Rad Ride, New Rad Adventure Offshore vets ready an Evelyn 32-2 for its first real ocean race.

By Joe Cline

32 Lessons Learned While Cruising

Circumnavigation Hangover: We closed the loop. Now what?

By Jamie and Behan Gifford

34 Getting Ready to Cruise...Away From the Dock Don’t let things not being perfect keep you from cruising.

By Carol MacKinnon

36 How-To: Install a Shower on Your Cruising Boat There are multiple options for location and set-up.

By Alex and Jack Wilken

39 Ocean Orientation

An avid sailor details his first offshore experience.

By David Jade

42 Balance and Flexibility When Shifting Gears

From the tropics to the Northwest Passage, these two live the dream.

By Becca Guillote

44 Galley Essentials with Amanda

A guest galley writer shares the culinary scoop on board Frannie B.

By Amanda Swan Neal

46 Ask the Surveyor: Backing Plates

On older production boats, they’re usually wood and might be soft.

By Tom Averna

48 Personal Passion Against Plastics

This cruiser is taking matters into her own hands to foster ocean health.

By Michele Rogalin Henderson

50 Artist’s View - Secrets of the Salish Sea Electric Ray: Yes, that electric ray lives here.

By Larry Eifert

51 48° North Race Report

Smith and Vashon Island, Race to the Straits, Oregon Offshore and more!

DEPARTMENTS

Editorial 6 Letters 8 Calendar 12 Lowtide 14 In the Biz 22 Crossword 24 4

Product News 25 Trivia 26 Books 27 Classified Ads 62 Brokerage/Listings 70 Index to Advertisers 78 June 2018

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This year’s SYC Vashon Island Race was an all-timer. 15-25 knots of breeze, sun, and warmth made for a pleasant and quick trip around (story page 52)! The red spinnaker belongs to Jim Marta’s, Eye Candy, who have a commanding lead after taking bullets in their class in both Smith and Vashon Island Races.

Photo courtesy of Jan Anderson.

This month’s cover, “Daysail”, is by Jennifer Branch.

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Knowledge Transfer This month, I am stuck on an idea that’s come up three times in the last few weeks. Two out of three were in the same context, and another was quite a bit different. The idea has to do with how good sailors are forward-thinking about the ways they share their knowledge, and more specifically that it must be shared and they revel in it.

The similar instances are products of recent conversations with offshore sailors - some very savvy ones (page 28) and one who is brand new (page 39). They each referenced and relished the knowledge transfer that inevitably happens during a watch change. When you’re on a passage, after your off-watch (during which you hopefully slept), you shake off the cobwebs, pull on your sea boots, and head up the companionway to take stock of the situation on deck. Inevitably, there’s a period of knowledge transfer from the sailors just finishing a watch to those just beginning one - it might be about trim, driving, sea state, navigation, or an array of more boat-specific subject matter.

I’m trying to imagine another situation in sailing where we have as regular an opportunity to teach each other, and to honor another’s perceptions of the ever-changing ocean variables. I don’t care if one is an Olympian and the other is a virgin passagemaker; if the Olympian has been asleep for the last four hours, the first-timer will have some bit of useful information to share.

Sailing offshore and ‘round the clock requires breaks and rotations at frequent intervals. Each of these rotations affords the same opportunity. You may have just been trimming main for 90 minutes and paying close attention to the motion of the boat, but when you switch to the helm, your first few minutes involve finding your rhythm through the waves, especially at night. During this time, you might get coached by the now-exhausted former driver about how they were picking their path and working with, not against, the swell. Whether the coaching is helpful to you or not, there’s no question that they were just doing what you are trying to do, and they want to help.

Those of us who sail short(er) distances for short(er) lengths of time ought to take a page from this book. Every sail is a learning opportunity, wherever you are in your development. Impressively, the third instance of active and intentional knowledge transfer came in just such an inshore circumstance: in the suddenlyrobust and as-fun-as-always fleet of J/80 sailors. They are making good on an idea that gets bandied about in one design fleets, but that I’m not sure I’ve ever seen anyone actually do. They are rotating crews between the fleet to share best practices and help get everybody up to speed. It sounds simple, but to actually form a plan and implement it systematically throughout the fleet is rare, and profoundly inspiring to me. The coolest thing about this kind of knowledge transfer is that it’s not happening within a team, as it does in the offshore setting.

This information is being shared from team to team and, to me, redefines the fleet as one big, multi-boat team that is invested in each others’ success. And hey, it’s more fun when the racing is tight!

While there are notorious examples in sailing of proprietary developments, intrigue, mystery, and misdirection - wing keel anyone? - the average sailor has absolutely no reason that I can see to be guarded with their information... basically ever.

Whether you race or cruise with your family or friends, it’s easy to assume the same roles on the boat and to default to the egocentric mindset that others are probably seeing, processing, and thinking the same things you are. Share the knowledge, share the love, and rotate positions. Everyone will benefit.

I’ll see you on the water!

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I’m looking forward to another season of sailing fun and that often includes heading out on Tuesday for Duck Dodge.

It’s still magical every time!

In my excitement perusing the Duck Dodge schedule and themes, I was surprised and disappointed to see that one of the themes was “Pimps and Ladies of the Night.” I sent a message voicing my disappointment about this to the Duck Dodge organizers, but also wanted to share my concerns with the broader sailing community.

In today’s standards, I don’t think this is an appropriate theme for a variety of reasons. There are male prostitutes as well as female, and many of the people selling their bodies in this manner are systematically discriminated against. The relationship between a “pimp” and his or her prostitutes can be abusive, demeaning, and demoralizing. That does not sound like the spirit of Duck Dodge to me.

I work in events and believe its very important for event organizers to be conscientious about the perception being promoted. The agenda/schedule/theme sets the tone and guests, on the water or off, follow that tone. As an advocate for women in boating, I feel this theme does not promote the kind of sailing community I hope women new to sailing engage in.

There are still instances where the boating community is intentionally and unintentionally unwelcome to gender, socioeconomic, and racial diversity. As a community, we can do better. It’s 2018 and the world is changing drastically.

What was acceptable once, may not be now. So, I urge the organizers to consider a new theme in this one’s place - one that is gender neutral, playful because it’s about having fun, and above all, welcoming to new and returning sailors, many of whom are women.

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It’s always good to hear from you and I think your concerns are totally valid. We discussed this briefly in our office, and noted that the name itself is already utilizing a euphemism to soften the name (at least it is euphemized from a similar party theme I was aware of when I was in college...). To us, that meant that the organizers were probably already guessing that it bordered on uncouth. I think your request is well reasoned, and I’ll be curious to know if the organizers respond, and/or change the theme. Of course, we love Duck Dodge too, and I would think that this is, at worst, an error in judgement and that there’s no malicious intent.

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I just read an article in your June 2016 issue by Margot “Penny” Mills about the work Mark Lehrdal did on the Winsome. Coincidentally, I was just reading another piece written by my mom from the 60s where she was describing my dad’s first trip on the Winsome in 1913 when he was just six months old. Winsome belonged to my grandfather Fred Stewart. In the 1980s, dad and I were driving down near Shilshole and he suddenly yelled, there’s my father’s boat!

She was behind a chain linked fence in dry storage so we never got inside, but now I’m wondering if this is the same Winsome?

Thanks, Merrie Stewart Hi Merrie!

Thanks so much for reaching out. There are many boats that share names, but the “Winsome” was launched in 1909, so it could be. Do you know anything else about it?

The length fits and the timing fits, and it seems a big coincidence that dad would ID a boat in that same vicinity.

My grandfather was Bill Stewart’s brother, Bill built the original Chubasco. Dad sailed all his life, his early years in Southern California, and his later years in PNW. I’m pretty sure it’s the same boat. Dad named his first Alden Winsome and he had Winsome Yacht Sales. I have a family member looking to see if she can find a picture of her.

All we can find so far is this picture (the boat pictured at the center of the photo on page 11) from a 1914 issue of Yachting magazine. It’s an article about yachting and racing in southern California at the time, and refers to the Winsome as a “fine 50’ yawl.” It would seem the date of construction and length do match up. Seems to be that my grandfather didn’t build her but owned her within a year after she was built.

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Bristol Channel Cutter was designed by the late Lyle Hess.

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At this year’s Popham Island Race, from the early morning crew of Mike and Dale who were there by 8:00am; to John, Keith, and Roger, who were responsible for the start line, arriving at 9:00; to the last minute phone calls to find a boat to drop the mark of Popham Island - committed volunteers make it happen. The committee boat was down with a destroyed engine, so a C&C 27 was made available. It doesn’t all go to plan.

Over a month earlier, we had started the Notice of Race and Sailing Instructions. A week before, we were still assembling the boats for the event. The equipment for the race was checked, including anchors, marks, flags, and line.

We went into sequence with 37 boats bravely facing a long day of rain and cold temperatures. Fleets 1 and 2 were dispatched for Halibut Bank under chutes, and Fleet 3 was sent off to Popham, followed later by Fleet 7. After lunch shifts, boats began to finish and Sophie took down the times.

Once all the boats from the shorter Popham course had arrived, Tom pulled up the Popham mark and returned it to the club. By 7:30pm all the boats were back and we headed home. By 9:00pm the equipment was put away and we had refreshments in the bar and sent results to Darryl. The O.R.C. course advice was given by Rich and the day was complete.

In all, it had been a thirteen hour day.

Without volunteers, events like this could not take place.

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Calendar

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Wooden Boat Foundation & Port Townsend Sailing Association Classic Mariners’ Regatta, http://maritime.org 2 About Boating Safely Class, Bainbridge Island, www.biparks.org 2 Seattle YC Blake Island Race, www.seattleyachtclub.org Tacoma YC Summer Vashon, www.tacomayachtclub.org 2 2-3 Port Madison YC Fal Joslin Race, www.portmadisonyc.org 2-3 Anacortes Waterfront Festival, https://anacortes.org 5 Duck Dodge, Zombies Night, www.duckdodge.org 5 Coho Seminar #11: Electrical Communications by Ryan Spott at Fisheries Supply, www.cohohoho.com 8 World Oceans Day, www.worldoceansday.org 9 Shilshole Boatfest at Shilshole Marina, www.facebook.com/events/609774759411846 9 Milltown Sailing Association Saratoga Sprint, www.milltownsailing.org Leukemia Cup, www.leukemiacup.org 9 9 Bremerton YC Blake Island WSSA #6, http://bremertonyachtclub.org 9-10 CYC Edmonds Mad Dash, www.cycedmonds.org 11 Seventy48 begins, www.seventy48.com 11-22 Flagship Maritime Captain’s License class, Tacoma, www.flagshipmaritimellc.com Duck Dodge, Disney Characters Night, www.duckdodge.org 12 Coho Seminar #12: Safety Equipment for Offshore by Jordan Hanssen of 12 Oar NW at Fisheries Supply, www.cohohoho.com 14 Race to Alaska begins, https://r2ak.com 15-17 Bellingham YC 505 Pacific Coast Championship, www.byc.org 16 Sloop Tavern YC Three Buoy Fiasco, www.styc.org 16-25 AMTC Captain’s License Course in Sequim, www.americanmarinetc.com 19 Duck Dodge, Mardi Gras Night, www.duckdodge.org 21 Triton YC Emerald Cup Regatta, www.tritonyachtclub.org

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PNW Jeanneau Rendezvous at Cap Sante Marina in Anacortes, call (206) 323-2405 CYC Tacoma 3 Hour Tour #1, www.cyct.org West Sound CYC Brownsville Race WSSA #7, wscyc.net Sail Northwest J/Fest, www.sailnorthwest.com Bellingham YC Bellingham Keelboat One Design Regatta, www.byc.org NW School of Wooden Boatbuilding’s Corrosion class, www.nwswb.edu Duck Dodge, Prom Night, www.duckdodge.org Basil Hobbs Memorial SIN Regatta, www.nanaimoyc.ca Hobie Division 4 Youth Sailing Camp at Corinthian YC Seattle, call (360) 310-0038 or email: tim.webb@yahoo.com Royal Vancouver YC Vic-Maui begins, www.royalvan.com CGRA 505 Heavy Air Clinic, www.cgra.org

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Coho Ho Ho Reunion for the Poulsbo Fireworks in Liberty Bay, www.cohohoho.com 3 No Duck Dodge, www.duckdodge.org 4 Happy Fourth of July!

7 Sailish Sails/Region Rookie Rally Day 7 West Sound CYC UnCruise Regatta, www.wscyc.net 9 Pacific Cup begins, www.PacificCup.org 10 Duck Dodge, Pirate Night, www.duckdodge.org 11-13 Hobie Division 4 Youth Sailing Camp at Lake Quinault, call (206) 992-6637 or email: nelson.peter1@live.com 13-15 Oak Harbor YC San Juan 24 Nationals, www.ohyc.org 14 Corinthian YC Tacoma 3 Hour Tour #2, www.cyct.org 14 South Sound Sailing Society Maclean Memorial Race, www.sssclub.com 16-20 NW School of Wooden Boatbuilding’s Electrical class, www.nwswb.edu 17 Duck Dodge, Pimps & Ladies of the Night, www.duckdodge.org 18 Bellingham YC Moore Invitational, www.byc.org

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CYC Tacoma Vashon Island Single/Doublehanded Race, www.cyct.com South Sound Sailing Society Jack & Jill Race, www.ssssclub.com Bellingham YC Moore Invitational, www.byc.org Seattle YC McCurdy Cup Jr. Team Race, www.seattleyachtclub.org Whidbey Island Race Week, www.whidbeyislandraceweek.com Emerald Cup Regatta at Fern Ridge Reservior in Oregon, www.tritonyachtclub.org Flagship Maritime Captain’s License class, Tacoma, check: www.flagshipmaritimellc.com Duck Dodge, Pajama Night, www.duckdodge.org Sloop Tavern YC Singlehanded Race, www.styc.org South Sound Sailing Society Singlehanded Race, www.ssssclub.com Three Tree Point YC Commodore’s Cup, www.ttpyc.org Bellingham YC Pink Boat Regatta, www.byc.org Seattle YC Junior Olympics Regatta, www.seattleyachtclub.org Santana 20 Nationals at Howard Prairie, Oregon, www.regattanetwork.com Columbia Gorge Racing Assoc. CGOD Race, www.cgra.org Island Sailing Club Laser Clinic, www.islandsailing.org NW School of Wooden Boatbuilding’s Hydraulic class, www.nwswb.edu Duck Dodge, 50s Sock Hop Night, www.duckdodge.org

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Duck Dodge, Augtoberfest Night, www.duckdodge.org San Juan Island YC Shaw Island Classic, www.sjiyc.com Bellingham YC Youth Regatta, www.byc.org Duck Dodge, 48° North Tropical Night, www.duckdodge.org Anacortes YC Northern Century Race, www.anacortesyachtclub.org Corithian YC Tacoma Vashon Island Single/Doublehanded Race, www.cyct.org South Sound Sailing Society Singlehanded Race, www.ssssclub.com Seattle YC McCurdy Cup Jr. Team Racing, www.seattleayachtclub.org South Sound Sailing Society Jack & Jill Race, www.ssssclub.com Flagship Maritime Captain’s License class, Tacoma, check: www.flagshipmaritimellc.com Duck Dodge, Toga Night, www.duckdodge.org 21 Happy Birthday Scott!

22 25 Sloop Tavern YC Single-handed Race, www.styc.org Three Tree Point YC Commodore’s Cup, www.ttpyc.org 25 25 Bellingham YC Pink Boat Regatta, www.byc.org 25-26 Seattle YC Junior Olympics Regatta, www.seattleyachtclub.org Corinthian YC Edmonds Holloween Series #1, www.cycedmonds.org 26 27-31 NW School of Wooden Boatbuilding’s Diesel Engines class, www.nwswb.edu Duck Dodge, Pink Boat Night, www.duckdodge.org 28

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Columbia Gorge Racing Assoc. Laser Pacific Coast Championship, www.cgra.org Hood River YC Double Damnde Race, www.hoodriveryachtclub.org CYC Tacoma 3 Hour Tour #3, www.cyct.org Sloop Tavern YC Down the Sound Race, www.STYC.org Cowichan Bay Regatta, www.cowbay-regatta.ca 48° North and Ullman Sails Cascadia Cruising Rally to the Gulf Islands, www.48north.com/rally

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Happy Birthday Benjamin!

Duck Dodge, Committee ReAppreciation Night, www.duckdodge.org Happy Appricaition Day Karen!

AMTC Captain’s License Course in Sequim, www.americanmarinetc.com NW School of Wooden Boatbuilding’s Corrosion class, www.nwswb.edu Flagship Maritime Captain’s License class, Tacoma, check: www.flagshipmaritimellc.com Happy Birthday Joe!

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n May 5th, Seattle Yacht Club’s Opening Day celebrated the 98th parade of boats through the Montlake Cut. The day was blessed with sunny skies and light winds.

Under the leadership of Admiral Randy Holbrook, Admiralette Jennifer Christenson and Vice Admiral Bob Brown, this annual event was the culmination of many hours by volunteers and Seattle Yacht Club staff to host the parade and many onshore activities.

The week prior to the parade, Seattle Yacht Club docks were the scene of people decorating boats and visiting with members of yacht clubs from around the Salish Sea. Prior to the Opening Day boat parade, the University of Washington and Windemere Real Estate hosted

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the 32nd annual Windemere Cup. More than 800 rowers competed in this prestigious event with teams from Canada (University of British Columbia), Great Britain (Oxford Brookes) and the Dutch National team.

This year’s theme ‘Ocean Crossings’, was selected for boaters to celebrate ocean crossings throughout history, from the early explorers to modern day crossings by ship or plane. Our Northwest heritage comes from a long tradition of crossings and exploration – from early navigators on the Pacific to the first peoples of the Northwest coast, to the European explorers such as Cook and Vancouver.

Parade participants interpreted the ‘Ocean Crossings’ theme with entries depicting everything from Kon Tiki rafts, Viking crossings, and television shows. Decorated boats used the theme to recognize the adventures of these great June 2018

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crossings and to celebrate with boaters their own crossings, great and small.

Thousands of spectators along the Montlake Cut and aboard boats on the log boom, viewed the Virginia V and the University of Washington Husky Band leading the parade, followed by more than 175 boats. There were boats in full dress, themedecorated, sailboats flying their spinnakers, classic yachts, dinghies, steam boats, amphicars, and commercial boats.

The Seattle Yacht Club was founded in 1892 and has been instrumental in establishing boating traditions and celebrations

by Jennifer Christenson photos courtesy of David R Ellis parade results: www.seattleyachtclub.org

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This annual event has something for everyone: an open-air car show, food vendors, arts and craft booths, children’s activities, giant slides, water balls, dinners and dances, live music and entertainment, wine and beer garden, and so much more!

The Anacortes Waterfront Festival showcases the best of waterfront activities. On Saturday, Quick & Dirty Boat Building teams build boats all day, and then test their floatability. Take a free boat ride (courtesy of the Anacortes Yacht Club) by registering at the gazebo at the marina’s main office. Festival hours: Saturday, 10:00am-6:00pm and Sunday 10:00am-5:00pm.

The Festival is located at Cap Sante Marina, 1019 Q Avenue. Check: https://anacortes.org/waterfront-festival

Get Out & Boat Fest June 9 Shilshole Boatfest June 9 Shilshole Boatfest is an event dedicated to getting new people into boating. This free Shilshole Bay Marina event invites the public to get out on a boat - learn how to get into boating; about boating safety; environmental practices, and to celebrate the Ballard community— boating and beyond.

Featured activities will include boat rides, food and drink, live music, kids’ activities, and a festival of Ballard community vendors.

The event will take place from 11:00am to 4:00pm on the Shilshole Bay Marina Central Plaza, nearby parking lot, and H & I-Docks.

Please check: www.facebook.com/ events/609774759411846/

Want to venture into the world of boating but don’t know where to start?

Looking for a lively way to spend a beautiful Saturday afternoon? Then come to the Get Out & Boat Fest!

Enjoy a FREE 45-minute power or sailboat ride around Lake Union and experience the thrill of gliding across the water. Attend boating seminars offered by marine experts. Stroll the docks and visit informational booths.

Canoe around the marina’s protected waterways before listening to live music. Kids can partake in wooden toy boat building with the Center for Wooden Boats before enjoying a treat from onsite food vendors.

Boat ride registration fills up quikly – please come early as rides tend to sell out. Please wear soft-soled or easily-removable shoes. Life jackets available at the event. Presented by the Northwest Yacht Brokers Association www.nwyachtbrokers.com

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Lowtide Crabbing 101 Seminar June 30 Learn how to catch Dungeness crabs in this free two-hour seminar at Oak Harbor Yacht Club, 1301 Catalina Drive. See how to rig your pot to catch more crabs, avoid equipment loss, and the different ways to catch crab from shore or boat. The seminar will include demonstrations and slides, and free coffee. A $5 donation to the Power Squadron Education Fund is suggested.

Jointly sponsored by the Deception Pass Sail and Power Squadron and the Oak Harbor Yacht Club.

Reservations not required. Call John Hudson (360) 240-2517.

MATE Underwater Robotics Competition June 21-23 Hundreds of students representing more than 70 teams from around the world will attend The Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) and its sister organization, MATE Inspiration for Innovation (MATE II) Center ’s 18 annual International Student Underwater Robotics Competition.

Students from K-12, community colleges and universities are challenged to design and build underwater robots, also known as remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), to complete missions

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Join us for the 31st annual Metal Boat Festival to be held at the Seafarers Memorial Park building on the waterfront of Anacortes at Cap Sante Marina. We will be covering a variety of topics during information-packed learning sessions. There will be a variety of speakers from metal boat designers, sail information, learning to splice, learning electrical information and about electrolysis, what are the latest electronics for your boat, we will even have a self detailing speaker for taking care of your boats.

Along with the learning sessions we will also have lots of fun and exciting times with: on the dock boat walk, raffles, BBQing on the float, a catered dinner w/speakers, a moonlight sail, and Festival t-shirts for all.

The Metal Boat Festival is for Metal Boat Society members or non-member alike. Just go to metalboatsociety.org and read more about us and get signed up to come. If you have any questions contact: Candy Larreau (425) 770-0785 rclarreau@yahoo.com or Curt Eckley (425) 223-6256 curt123@q.com

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Puget Sound Cruising Club Events

All Wauquiez Owners are invited either with or without their boats to Point Hudson Marina in Port Townsend.

Events include a wine tasting, an appetizer contest, open boat, regatta, and potluck and awards banquet.

Special speakers this year are around the world sailors Bill and Janet Wickman who will share stories of their world cruise aboard their Centurion 42.

Registration packet contact: WauquiezPNWR@gmail.com

Washington Sea Grant and Port of Seattle Fishermen’s Terminal are co-sponsoring a Coast GuardApproved First Aid at Sea workshop at Fishermen’s Terminal, Seattle. Learn how to effectively treat hypothermia, near drowning and other incidents while on the water.

To register or for more information, https://wsg.washington.edu

June 15: Boating the Great Loop with John and Laurie Gray. From Florida, up the InterCoastal Waterway, through the Erie Canal and Great Lakes, down the inland river system to the Gulf of Mexico, then back to Florida.

June 23-24: Annual Salmon Bake in Hidden Cove Park, Port Madison.

For more information, check: www.pugetsoundcruisingclub.org

PNW Jeanneau Rendezvous June 22-24

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Join Marine Servicenter & Jeanneau America for the 18th annual event. This ultra-exciting party for all Jeanneau owners will be held at Cap Sante Marina in Anacortes. A welcome party, seminars, fantastic catered dinner, doorprize extravaganza and more. Contact: (206) 323-2405 or info@marinesc.com

Earn your Boater Education Card in the eight-hour “About Boating Safely“class taught by members of the Coast Guard Auxiliary at Strawberry Hill Park, 7666 NE High School Rd, Bainbridge Is. To enroll, call (206) 842-2306 x118 or www.biparks.org

Perry Rendezvous August 17-19 The 2018 Perry Rendezvous will be held at the Port Ludlow Marina.

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Lake Union Seaplane Buoys They’re not telling, they’re asking...

And you don’t have to, you want to!

In late May, a line of five advisory buoys were installed on Lake Union.

They are intended to raise awareness among recreational users of the lake that a seaplane takeoff or landing is imminent. While they don’t legally require you to move, when the buoys are illuminated, that’s a request for cooperative courtesy - asking boaters to move out of the area, if they can safely do so.

Some of you will be aware of my opposition to previous seaplane lane proposals. I do not feel as strongly in this case. In fact, I’m actually quite positive about this plan. Nonetheless, I’d like to tell you about what I’ve learned about these buoys, and what I think it means for boaters on Lake Union. By the end of this article, I hope that you will feel better informed about this situation, and that a spirit of cooperation will guide you this summer. I also hope that, if you have concerns about the plan or your experience on Lake Union this summer, you will utilize various feedback mechanisms to let your voice be heard and get involved so that we may all find the most equitable solution going forward.

The buoys are a summerlong pilot program, but are the manifestation of years of planning and effort on the part of a couple of key players, mainly the City of Seattle and Kenmore Air. Going as far back as 2010, a seaplane lane has been a part of the discussion.

As South Lake Union has experienced its developmental boom, building codes have protected a flight corridor, indicating a commitment to seaplane use on Lake Union.

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with recreational traffic of all kinds, particularly human-powered craft with the increasing popularity of stand-up paddleboards. As the traffic on the lake has increased, it has gotten more difficult for the seaplane operators to take off and land. Thus, those seaplane operators, and specifically Kenmore Air whose operations account for the majority of flights on Lake Union, feel increasing pressure to ensure a way to safely fly in and out of the lake.

Here is where it gets a little complicated. Seaplanes don’t have a lot of rights when it comes to their interactions with boat traffic. The US Coast Guard Navigation Rules have a seaplane in flight at the bottom of the pecking order, and specifically indicate that seaplanes may not compel a vessel on the water to alter its navigation. Even when they are on the water, seaplanes

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do not have rights over sail or human powered craft. According to John Moriarty, the acting chief of waterways management at the District 13 office of the US Coast Guard, “These buoys do not change the regulations in any way. They cannot be enforced. They do not reorder the right of way. They are purely there to raise awareness.”

The US Coast Guard is fully aware of their intended usage, and has approved these private navigational aids for this short-term trial.

So, if they don’t bring a regulatory requirement, they represent a request of the boating community, made by the City of Seattle on behalf of the seaplane operators. Seaplane pilots have the discretion to activate (or not activate) the buoy lights. If the lake is crowded and they’re concerned about their ability to takeoff or land, a pilot will activate the buoys three-to-five minutes prior to landing or takeoff. When that happens, they ask that boats near the buoys move away (200 feet east or west) to give a pilot a safer and less congested place to land or takeoff. The tone from the Harbor Patrol, which is a division of the Seattle Police Department, indicates the following on a safety flier distributed to the lake-side marine businesses: “When the buoys are lighted, we recommend you stay 200 feet east or west of the buoys.” The USCG waterways management folks are less suggestive, stating that the buoys were only there to raise awareness.

I encourage all of you to do your best to comply. I don’t know a single boater, myself very much included, that wants seaplanes off the lake completely. Given that context, I see this as a fair example of

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The analogy that comes closest, in my mind, is that of a bicycle on a two lane street. That cyclist has the legal right to use the entire right lane, and he or she should absolutely do so if that is the safest choice. Most of the time, however, a cyclist is perfectly happy and safe to ride off to the righthand side of the lane to give car traffic behind him more ability to pass. It’s not required, but if it is safe and easy; why wouldn’t you help out your fellow citizen? The buoys should function similarly, with boat traffic in the role of the cyclist and seaplanes as the car.

I want seaplanes to remain a viable part of the Lake Union maritime ecosystem, and that’s why I’m keeping an open mind about this trial. Yet, as you might expect, I have some concerns.

Few of them are likely to become a reality during this summer’s test run, but I think they’re worth pondering.

I’m concerned about the potential increase in flight traffic. Presuming this plan works, and seaplanes are able to fly in and out of Lake Union with greater ease and safety, I think it’s fair to wonder if there will be eventual increases in traffic. Kenmore Air ’s President, Todd Banks, has committed that there will be no increase in flights in the summer of 2018, but was not willing or able to make any statements about flight plans in the future. Banks did tell me, “With the seasonality of our business and our limited dock space, we couldn’t increase our operations much beyond our current levels.” Even with a steady number of Kenmore Air flights, the newly-minted partnership between Kenmore Air and Harbour Air (a Vancouver-based seaplane company) begs the question of whether Harbour Air might soon be flying into Lake Union. As I understand it, Kenmore Air is presently operating all of the direct Vancouver flights.

Looking forward, if the buoys become a mainstay and boaters are constantly vacating the area, it could begin to feel like carte blanche for the seaplanes. I think it’s right for boaters to make the effort to observe the buoys as they are intended and accommodate

the seaplanes as they are able to; but if we make that compromise, I also think it’s fair to discuss the possibility of flight traffic limits. Since I believe that boaters are likely to adapt to these buoys quickly and yield some space for the planes, I’m concerned that if traffic were to increase, the area around the buoys could feel functionally closed to boat traffic. It’s even scarier to think that such a functional closure could one day lead to a regulatory one. I’ve been reassured by all parties - Kenmore Air, the City of Seattle, and the USCG District 13 waterways management team - that this is not on the table.

A lot of the rhetoric I’ve heard and read highlights that these buoys will increase safety on the lake. I think that’s true, but I want to reframe that narrative a bit. It is every boater’s responsibility to use their boat in a safe manner. However, as I understand the regulations between seaplanes and boats, the burden of safety still falls primarily to the seaplanes, with or without the buoys. No one wants an incident on the lake, but I’m struck by the notion that this increase in safety is dependent on the willingness of the boating community to make an elective accommodation of seaplane traffic.

In spite of concerns like these, I believe this is a really positive step toward a reasonable compromise that ensures that the recreational gem of Lake Union will continue to be as diverse and vibrant as it ever has been. Lake Union is a public resource, owned by the state of Washington. As Washington residents, we have a right to use it recreationally, and I’m passionately committed to keeping it that way. Plus, it is a supremely important asset to the boating community because of its limited size; its speed limit of seven knots; its flat, warm water; and its location and inherent visibility to the non-boating public. It’s the perfect place for a beginner to try a new sport.

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Kenmore Air, the City, and the US Coast Guard district office, I genuinely believe this lies on the order-advancement side of the spectrum, giving some predictability to the sometimes chaotic shared space. I also believe that all the involved actors, especially the two governmental bodies, are invested in keeping the lake free and available for recreational usage in perpetuity.

All the parties I spoke with invited public feedback. I think this will be particularly important in the late summer and early fall when the City of Seattle will be reviewing the success of the trial. The city’s official invitation says, “In the fall, the City will evaluate whether the warning buoys were effective in supporting public safety on the lake by providing boaters a visual indication that seaplanes were about to land or take off. If folks have a perspective they want to share, they can contact Jim Holmes, Office of Planning and Community Development at (206)684-8372 or Jim.Holmes@seattle.gov.”

Kenmore Air is also inviting active feedback, and has created a designated email for anyone to share their opinions or concerns: lakeunionbuoys@kenmoreair.com.

Kenmore Air also encourages boaters to check out their FAQ page about the buoys: www.kenmoreair.com/buoys.

Finally, the USCG 13th District waterways management branch invites you to share your experiences too. Please contact the Private Aids To Navigation Manager with your comments at D13-PATON@uscg.mil.

I look forward to spending quality time on Lake Union this summer. I intend to vacate the buoy area when they light up, and encourage other boaters to do the same. Whether vacating the buoy area or not, boaters need to keep their wits about them on a lake as busy as this. Safety should be everyone’s top priority. And while I think we all should cooperate this summer, if you feel that your boating enjoyment was affected by seaplane activity or the buoys, I encourage you to participate in the conversation about if, how, and when the buoys may be used in the future.

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Lowtide Stories from a Circumnavigation July 12

Lake Union Wooden Boat Festival September 29-30

When Behan and Jamie Gifford turned left out of the Strait of Juan de Fuca in 2008 they anticipated cruising for a two to five-year sabbatical. Nearly a decade later, they’ve completed a circumnavigation, continue to cruise the eastern Pacific, and have a litany of stories to tell! You’ve read lessons learned afloat in the cruising column they write for 48° North for years; now meet them in person as they share inspiring images and stories from their adventures sailing for “Ten Years Around the World.”

The event is at Seattle Yacht Club, at 7:00pm, and open to the public. There’s no charge, but registration is required.

Contact SYC at (206) 325-1000.

The Lake Union Wooden Boat Festival celebrates the history, craft, and culture of traditional wooden boats.

It’s an old-fashioned, down-home, waterfront event where everything is fun, and most things are free: classic sailboats & motorboats available for boarding; skippers sharing sea stories; tours of Lake Union on our historic fleet; hands-on games for the entire family; educational exhibits; maritime retail vendors; live music all day; beer garden; and a fine array of Seattle’s famed food trucks!

After 42 years on July 4th weekend, this year ’s Festival is moving to September 29-30. That means even more on-the-water fun activities, including small wooden boats available for rent.

Come join us to celebrate and explore our unique PNW maritime traditions, and climb aboard. More info at http://cwb.org/events/festival

The new Gig Harbor Brewing taproom is in the heart of downtown Gig Harbor — next to Skansie Brothers Park and the water — along Harborview Drive. They serve their five flagship beers, Giggly Blonde, Round Rock IPA, Sturdy Gertie Dbl IPA, Racing Rooster Red, and GH Imperial Stout.

The taproom will also serve a variety of exclusive barrel-aged and specialty beers created specifically for the Harbor Taproom and the Tacoma Taproom & Brewery.

The new space is located at the Gig Harbor Marina & Boatyard at 3155 Harborview Dr. right next door to Trolley Restaurant. You’ll find the Trolley’s menu throughout the taproom, and several of the Trolley menu items use Gig Harbor beer in their recipes.

The Harbor Taproom is open seven days a week — just like their Tacoma Taproom and Brewery — Monday Saturday, 2:00-9:00pm; and Sunday, 12:30-6:00pm.

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Lowtide The Charles Darwin Research Station, on Santa Cruz Island in the Galapágos, was founded in 1964 to promote research and conservation.

It houses a nursery for the breeding of giant tortoises.

Isabela, the largest island, is bigger than all the others combined.

Darwin was on a five-year aroundthe-world voyage when he visited the Galapágos in 1835. He was 26 years old. His sole purpose on the trip was to chart islands. The ship he traveled on, the HMS Beagle, was launched in 1820 as a 10-gun battleship. Not called to action, she was adapted as a survey ship and sent to chart the coasts of South America in 1826. Her captain committed suicide along the way. Even lesser known is that his successor, Robert FitzRoy, took command to continue unfinished work with Darwin. He, too, later committed suicide.

Darwin suffered from seasickness on the Beagle, and traveled overland from port to port on much of the voyage.

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On the 100th anniversary of Darwin’s book, On the Origin of Species, in 1959, the government of Ecuador declared 95% of the Galapágos a national park.

Three major ocean currents converge in the Galapágos, resulting in a rich and diverse variety of marine life.

The Galapágos has recorded 541 species of fish, but new ones are being discovered every year.

The world’s rarest organism is the Pinta Island tortoise of the Galapágos, with only one known remaining specimen, a male named Lonesome George.

About 75 percent of the land birds in the Galapágos are unique to the islands.

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About one-quarter of all marine life in the Galapágos is endemic to the archipelago. Thirty-five percent of marine invertebrates and 17 percent of fish are found nowhere else in the world.

Found on the islands are swallowtailed gulls, the world’s only nocturnal sea gulls.

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actually, that said, “consider trade for a trailerable boat.” I texted the owner, who I had sailed with before, and offered my Santa Cruz 27 for trade, jokingly. Before I knew it, we had traded, basically straight across.

NB: It wasn’t just any Santa Cruz 27, it had a trailer and all the sails you built for it.

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Poke and Destroy’s Pac Cup Prep (Part I) 48° North Interview by Joe Cline

There are many things in sailing that will draw my attention this summer. One of the most exciting is the significant contingent of boats and sailors from Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia that are participating in this year’s Pacific Cup Race to Hawaii. Among them are boats large and small, being sailed double-handed or fully-crewed. I became interested in this interview as I’ve watched Alex Simanis and the “Poke & Destroy” team (including Elishia Van Luven, Skyler Palmer, and Nick Bannon) spend several years doing repairs and refits to get Alex’s Evelyn 32-2 ready to go to Hawaii. It’s a cool, older design that sails well to its rating, but it’s not a boat that many would think of as an offshore racer. I love the idea of getting a comparatively inexpensive and un-fancy boat ready to go to Hawaii, and I am thrilled to have had the chance to sit down with the whole team to discuss their extensive preparations.

48° North: When did you guys start thinking about going to Hawaii on this boat?

Skyler Palmer (SP): Basically every boat Alex has ever stepped foot on, he goes, “Oh, this would be a cool ride to Hawaii.”

Elishia Van Luven (EVL): We really locked in on the plan about 18 months ago.

Alex Simanis (AS): Yeah, after the keel sump repair, we were really impressed by how strong the boat was everywhere other than the keel sump, which was newly reinforced. We started to see that this was a boat we could actually do an ocean race on.

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would have been double-handed. With a 32’ boat, we could take our friends to Hawaii!

Tell us about your boat.

AS: It’s a 1984 Evelyn 32-3 called Poke & Destroy. The boats were an experimental, very lightweight design aimed at winning under the MORC rule on Long Island Sound. I always knew it needed a lot of work to go to Hawaii, but it’s a very good design.

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Did you have personal experience with the Evelyn 32 at that point?

AS: I knew of them because I had met John Fries, our sail designer, at Key West in 2005. He won the overall that year in his Evelyn 32. Our previous sail designer, Doug Christie, sailed with him on that boat and thought highly of the design.

What have you learned about the boat from sailing it locally, and what does that knowledge mean for your expectations or preconceptions about what it’s going to mean to go to Hawaii on this boat?

SP: One of the things I noticed right off the bat is that the boat almost always sails to its rating. It doesn’t really have weaknesses, but there are times when it exceeds its rating - that 6-8 knot range, light air upwind, it’s kind of a weapon in that stuff. And then, it’s so stable in the downwind planing mode. When it’s sporty conditions, you can win through attrition by going fast enough but keeping the boat on its feet when others eat it.

NB: That was the thing that was surprising - you think this is a light upwind boat and then it can actually go downwind.

SP: And the benefit that we have is that, Alex being a sailmaker, he’s able to fine tune to suit our strengths and shore up any soft spots in the design or the inventory. The reaching inventory is a good example - the A3, A5, Code 0, and Jib Top. We’re trying to toy with every idea we can. We’re thinking a lot about having the right sails for the first two days of the race, because you expect to start upwind and then slowly crack off. We don’t want that to be a

sticking point where we lose our lane or our position and have to play catch up.

It’s pretty interesting to think about how you guys might be sailing this boat differently than it might have been sailed when it was designed. Not just with the advent of asymmetrical sails, but also rigging it to fly a staysail.

AS: It’s true. I’m not aware of another Evelyn 32 with a staysail setup. But we’re still sailing with a pole, and the boat does run well. But it really likes to be pressured up. And one thing I like about this boat in particular is that it sails a lot like a Moore 24 downwind.

It has a very short, squat rig plan. So when it gets windy, the boat doesn’t get tippy and overpowered. A lot these masthead boats get dragged around by the spinnaker and are hard to sail when it’s windy. This rig is so squat and the sails are so low to the centerline that it just goes faster and doesn’t get squirrelly.

It doesn’t have that Moore V-shape in the hull, does it?

AS: No, its rounder than that, but

it’s pretty flat aft (from the keel back). It doesn’t look like it but it is. It’s very easily driven.

It’s a good hull.

SP: It’s a pretty interesting design in that it has an almost entirely flat sheer line. So it almost looks like it is always Alex at the helm during this year’s Southern Straits Race. trimmed bow down. It’s fairly modern, flat and wide like Alex said, rowdy conditions and it was fully but then it goes to a pin tail kind of manageable.

AS: Elishia and I went 17.5 knots awkwardly. coming home from Straits in the middle With the short rig, is it also like the of the Strait of Georgia.

EVL: Then we decided it might be Moore in the way it stays bow up and a good idea to take it down! buoyant to avoid stuffing waves?

AS: But the boat was totally in AS: I think so. It doesn’t seem to control. The only worry that I had was get driven underwater. jibing with just two people.

SP: It’s even pretty dry upwind.

NB: The boat goes where you want NB: We’ve had some doublehanded deliveries with kites up in it to go.

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SP: It made the boat a lot better.

You can really see it in the trim. You get more backstay tension now. The boat is just not bending.

All four of the capable crew have been involved in preparations. Here, Elisha is prepping the galley area.

Does the boat get into a proper, steady plane?

AS: Yeah, in flat water.

SP: Definitely does.

AS: It’s only about 4,800 lbs.

You mentioned a keel sump repair, tell us about that.

AS: It’s a pretty common issue with these boats. It’s pretty crazy, considering that it was built on the east coast in the early 80s, but there’s carbon fiber in the keel sump.

We were doing Swiftsure a few years ago and the boat felt goofy going upwind. I thought it was a loose outboard bracket. We actually won our class and sailed the boat home in 30 knots of breeze. Just after that, I pulled the boat out to paint the rudder and the keel was moving back and forth like crazy as the boat sat in the slings.

It was squirting water out of the sump.

It was fully terrifying, especially after just sailing Swiftsure.

We figured out a plan to save the boat, because the repair was way more than I could afford. Insurance covered part of it, and we did a lot of the work ourselves. We ended up doing a pretty extensive refit because the boat was already in the shed. Once we rebuilt the sump and the deck, we knew we had a good platform to do this on. We also rebuilt the mast step and put a ring frame in to stiffen that area of the boat.

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Tell us about other changes or upgrades you’ve made to the boat in preparation for this race. I know you’ve updated the rudder.

SP: We started thinking about the rudder as soon as we started looking at the boat. You can see a lot of thought went into the boat, but, there’s a surface area maximum for a rudder under MORC. It looks like they made the surface area max and then cut it off right at the bottom. It almost looks like an afterthought. It was one of the first things you notice when you’re driving the boat too, you turn the boat in light air and it stops.

AS: It’s actually quite a good rudder. It worked well, but two things motivated me. First, so many boats have rudder failures offshore, and I don’t want to have that. The original rudder was 34 years old and had an aluminum rudder post that was pretty corroded. To me, that’s a stupid thing not to invest in.

The other thing is, like in a Swifture race, you’d be reaching along and the boat wouldn’t spin out, but the rudder was like steering in a milkshake. We’d be doing 14 or 15 knots and I could move the rudder back and forth and the boat wouldn’t change direction.

That can’t happen in the ocean.

I looked at some other options, but naturally I just called Paul Bieker.

He did all the calculations. And Simon Miles built the rudder, and he did a killer job. He put the rudder bearings in the new tube. It all just gives me a warm and fuzzy feeling.

SP: My first race with the new rudder was Winter Vashon. It was really light and flukey. Right away, we could tell it was a performance benefit.

AS: Paul nailed it. It’s positive without being heavy. It wasn’t cheap, but it’s a pretty good insurance policy.

It makes me happier to sail the boat.

We’ve all driven the boat before and after, and it’s night and day. Plus, I believe in things being built locally.

What was your process with Bieker as you discussed designs and priorities?

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one with tubercles.

SP: We’ve never had cavitation issues, so we felt comfortable with the traditional option that was easier to build and had less drag.

AS: I asked Paul what the biggest benefit of tubercles was, and he said it was high angles of attack at high speed.

Our boat is a soaking boat, and we like to go downwind. So, he recommended we just shed some wetted-surface. The boat was a little weak downwind in light air, so that was perfect. It makes the boat more slippery. It’s only like 6% less wetted-surface, but it’s deeper and has a narrower chord. It still has the spirit of the original - it was a very balanced boat and still is.

And did I see that you guys installed different clutches?

AS: We put in constrictor clutches.

SP: We’ve liked those so far. We’d never had them on our boat before.

Garry Greth on Muffin had put them in. A lot of us had seen them on Volvo boats and Open 60s.

AS: I like the idea of very little chafe potential, no moving parts, and a bigger load-bearing surface. Once you get the bungees worked out, it works really well.

SP: It was a little tougher to weave the line through the clutch.

AS: We’re confident enough in them that we won’t bring any replacements on the race, other than the bungees.

SP: We could always run halyards to a winch.

Tell me about your sail inventory?

AS: We’re going to take a lot of stuff to San Francisco with us. We have A0-A5.

SP: Plus the staysail. We will also have an AP #1 genoa and a #4 jib. We have a storm jib, and maybe a jib top (which is a big reaching genoa).

AS: We just have to look at the weather when it gets a little closer.

There’s a definite possibility that we’ll leave a bunch of sails in San Francisco.

You’ve got to look at your headsail inventory, that’s just dead weight after two or three days.

Can you stack sails in this race?

AS: You can and we will.

SP: We have access to a lot of space

in the back of the boat, and it’s a big part of our storage plan. It’s going to be tight just fitting all the sails and the people on board.

AS: We’ll probably vacuum-bag a bunch of our spinnakers, and leave things out that we’re very confident we’re going to use. We’ll open the bags as we go. That way, you can save space in the boat.

SP: The only sail we’re doubling up on is an A2 spinnaker.

NB: We should get a bunch of miles on that sail. It’s good to about 18 knots.

AS: We also have a really good A4 that is actually full size, so at 18, we have to be diligent and swap.

I’ve worked with our designer pretty actively to make sure we have what I think is going to be a good inventory.

Without giving away the shop secrets, what are some of the specs and design principles that are specific to this boat?

AS: This boat’s game is running deep. So we have some good running asymmetrical sails. We’re not even going to take a symmetrical kite. After sailing the boat for the last five years,

we’ve realized that the asymmetrics are faster in a straight line. And we won’t have to jibe that much in this race. I’ve worked hard on the A2 and A4 kites to ensure that they’re good running kites, that they work well when you’re in soak mode, and that they are versatile in a broad wind range.

I just built a jib top, and we’re leaning more toward bringing that than the A0 because the boat is pretty tippy.

Having an A3, an A5, and a jib top, the useful range of the A0 is pretty small, especially without full crew weight.

The jib top is smaller in size than the A0, but it’s still pretty big, about 150%.

NB: When that A0 has worked, we’ve had between five and eight people on the rail.

SP: And it’s kind of a finnicky A0, it has a floating luff and it needs to be projected to windward. When you let it get behind your center of effort, it collapses.

AS: It was kind of experimental, and I was going to build a new one.

But as I was talking to Bill Erklens from Wolfpack (the favorites to win Pac Cup overall), they find the jib top to be the

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more useful sail. Plus, we’ve had a lot of success reaching with our A3. So, it really is only a few degree window where the A0 would be the right sail.

SP: And, other than the main, the A0 is our heaviest sail.

AS: We have two mains that are reefable, and we’re still deciding which to bring. We have a dacron main that is really nice, but it’s fully battened and the big downside is that it is heavy. If it looks like it’s going to be a lighter race, we’ll use the lighter main.

I’ve always been curious, where does the name “Poke & Destroy” come from?

AS: When we got the boat it was called Planet Claire.

EVL: Which is a B-52s song.

AS: Our last boat was Little Blue Dune Buggy, which is a Presidents of the United States of America song.

So we stuck with the theme; Poke & Destroy is another Presidents song.

Thanks to the “P&D” team! In the next installment, we’ll cover safety gear and systems, race planning, competition, and what they’re looking forward to.

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LESSONS LEARNED WHILE CRUISING Jamie & Behan Gifford

The Circumnavigation Hangover We did it! We did that thing: sailed a continuous loop of the globe to complete a circumnavigation; achieved an impressive goal which many set out to realize, and few ever accomplish; took on the elements, overcame the challenges, disproved the naysayers. It took commitment and effort and cost.

So why, in the weeks following this success, do I feel like a deflated balloon? Where is the high? Isn’t this the time to celebrate?

The goal to circumnavigate only emerged during the last couple of years of our decade cruising, an outcome of evaluating our bigger picture plans after arriving on the US east coast in 2016. Our oldest, Niall, was 17 and contemplating college; we were visiting campuses in New England and expecting that within the year he’d be a freshman somewhere. Meanwhile Totem’s anticipated path would wind through the Caribbean and the Panama Canal. We pointed out that our canal transit might line up neatly with Niall’s winter break, when he could join us as

a line handler. Speaking the words hit home the simple truth that if we stayed on this timetable, the circumnavigation we were inevitably inching toward would be realized without one of our crew. This wasn’t acceptable to anyone.

At that point, circumnavigating became a stated goal and our plans shifted around completing it as a family, including postponing Niall’s college applications for a year.

During the days leading up to crossing the line (and there was a line, winking out from our chartplotter screen, showing exactly where we’d finish in Zihuatenejo, Mexico), euphoria built. As the hours ticked down, emotional highs that this awesome milestone was in sight spiked me to tears more than once. We shared our exhilaration that evening through a Facebook Live event, answering real time questions from readers and reflecting on the experiences in a nearly 50,000 nautical mile wake.

Elation buoyed beyond the sunset that night, casting the vibrant pinks and

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ochres and turquoise hues of homes on the scrubby hillsides in shades of liquid warmth. But in the days and weeks to follow, a niggling hollowness grew, widening a gap with the satisfaction I expected to continue resonating inside.

What was going on?

Fatty Goodlander penned a heartfelt article about the emptiness he felt upon completing the circumnavigation after he and Carolyn voyaged on Wild Card.

His reaction stemmed in great part from the culture shock of coming home only to find the harried inhabitants of a consumer-driven landscape were foreign to him. He missed the frisson of a different energy found at sea and in the welcoming smiles on a new shore.

Perhaps it’s why they’ve now embarked on their fourth circumnavigation!

I looked for solace in his words, but our loop wasn’t closed in those circumstances. The reverse culture shock of experiencing newlyunfamiliar US soil hit us when we landed in Connecticut a couple of years ago. It isn’t a factor in this melancholy.

So why, then?

Searching for answers, I asked a friend: what does circumnavigating mean to him? As a hopeful long-term cruiser, he responded that it feels at once achievable (quite a few people do it) and daunting (as a newer cruiser, he has fresh appreciation for the difference between YouTube and reality). He dives to the numbers, estimating how many complete a loop annually. Did you know it’s only a fraction of the number to summit Everest in most years? But this line of thinking skewed off track from my dilemma. We’re not keeping score of the numbers. We’re not in a race or seeking a notch for a lifetime bucket list.

Feeling let down on the heels of an achievement’s euphoria is documented across a range of disciplines with different explanations for the blues.

Professional athletes crash following emotional exultation from physical success. Then what? Training for the next record, the next medal. A book I recall from business school about how to retain momentum in an organization recommended fostering motivation by

defining a visionary goal – the BHAG, Big Hairy Audacious Goal, because “people like to shoot for finish lines.”

Yet, when the goal you’ve been striving for is reached, then what? The remedy is repeated: set the next big objective, a vision for the next finish line.

We sailed around the world. Now what? This question continues to come our way as my misgivings fester. It’s as if despite my repeated claims to the contrary, the assumption is that this was the point, as if the return to familiar waters signaled our intention to be done.

“You’re only as good as your next adventure.” These words were posted by a friend after reaching his goal to sail across the Pacific. Notes of boardroom bravado turned adventurer’s hubris, this is the antithesis of our ethos.

Yet, it helps me connect to the reason that closing the loop isn’t a wholly ecstatic event. In my unconscious processing, the frequent query seeking our version of “what’s next?” is at the core the problem. It gives weight to the accomplishment I’ve been unwilling to grant.

Why? Partly because it is possible to be a largely pay-to-play event, just like Everest. Partly because anyone can (and many do) tag themselves up as #SailingAroundTheWorld when they’ve yet to leave the coast or spend a night at sea. Partly because some crow Global Circumnavigation Achieved! when they didn’t (shipped to Red Sea, did not cross track, what’s a few thousand miles or an ocean between friends?). I don’t entirely begrudge their excitement because there is generally very meaningful achievement attached, regardless of whether they got most of the way around the world or just broke out of the expected path of a prescribed life of working ‘til retirement and then playing golf. We’re not doing this to get the t-shirt. It just waters down the actuality.

In large part, it chafes because the focus incorrectly assumes we are writing the last paragraphs in this chapter of our lives. Relief from the land-based folks who can only imagine cruising as an interlude, if not a stunt, and don’t fathom that life at sea could be preferable to a life on land. And yet for us, that is exactly what it has

become. Jamie joked about pulling a Moitessier as we approached our outbound track and the Big Moment that we’d close the loop. He wasn’t entirely joking.

When we began cruising, a mix of limited funds and societal expectations lead us to anticipate a sabbatical adventure for two to five years. That changed along the way as we grew to appreciate how positively cruising impacted our quality of life. It has fostered tight relationships with and between our children. It has allowed us to live with a lighter footprint, closer to the natural world. It has enabled our children to learn about issues that matter from climate change to social justice through first-hand experience.

Continuing to cruise after completing a circumnavigation was never a question; the line is a milestone we’re proud of, and that’s more than enough.

In one important way, this does close a chapter. These are the final weeks we expect to have all three of our children making their home on board Totem. In the fall, Niall starts freshman year in college at Lewis & Clark. It’s an

exciting new chapter for our academic kid sure to be full of new features like a capacious dorm room (his cabin is smaller than most suburban closets) and temperatures below the 70s (there will be socks!).

The last day of our approach to Zihuatenejo held deep meaning in anticipation of The Line, but was mostly just like any other “day in the life” on Totem. Dolphins played in the bow wake, zipping underneath to pop up and flick a tail splash on observers leaning over the pulpit. Watchkeeping for traffic meant keeping an eye out for turtles in the glassy calm, playing cards in the cockpit, or sprawling in the shade of the bimini with a book. And then, this last great experience to share on the cusp of Niall’s transition: a time to hold each other close and celebrate completing the circle together.

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Getting Ready for Cruising Season...

Away from the Dock

by Carol MacKinnon The month of April usually entails a “Spring Cleaning” of our boat. On a warm, sunny day, I head down to the marina with my serious cleaning supplies and a “real” vacuum cleaner that is a refreshing alternative to the battery-powered one resident on the boat. This annual activity is just plain drudgery; and I certainly would never undertake the work in the rain because I’d be unable to hang things over the boom that I wanted to freshen up in the sun.

Last year, Memorial Day was about to arrive and the boat still had not been cleaned since the previous October, at the end of cruising season. She’d also been raced pretty hard in the Southern Sound Series. Winter Vashon had been especially rainy and a great deal of moisture had been brought below by the crew. By the time of the Islands 34

Race, there was actually a spot or two of mildew on the ceilings of the salon and on the walls of the berths, right near where our faces would be when we laid our heads upon our pillows.

Ugh! But life happens... For various reasons, almost the entire month of May passed and Integrity was in the same shape as she was in April, except that many spots of mildew were turning powdery and I could see the spores were about to contaminate everything in our “second home.”

Nonetheless, I still didn’t want to give up a mini-vacation for the Memorial Day weekend. Fortunately, in my quest for a long weekend cruise, I had the support of my teenaged daughter who was seeking three days on the boat so she could just sleep late and curl up with a book or two, with June 2018

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no one to want anything from her.

My husband was supportive and we were able to carve out a few hours to wipe down cabin walls in preparation to sleep on the boat if we ultimately decided to spend Memorial Day weekend at sea.

Despite the fact the beds weren’t even made up (all the bedding was still in plastic bags/boxes with “cedar balls”), on the last Friday of May, we departed with a favorable current on a three-and-a-half day cruise to Cutts Island, a favorite remote spot in the southern Sound (on Carr Inlet, near Kopachuck State Park). My daughter and I were able to make up the berths while we motored south, assisted by four knots of flood current. Since I had to actually get into the berths to tuck in the sheets, I suddenly was in a position to notice mildew on the ceiling of the

captain’s berth, and a thick layer of dust on every horizontal surface. The more I looked around, the more mildew I saw; no wonder my asthma was acting up!

By sunset, we were tied to a mooring buoy and I was in the galley, where I discovered my hot mitt had mildewed, and there was mold growing on the outside of my spice bottles. Ugh! The objective of the “get-away” weekend had been to just “cocoon” together: read and hang out on the boat for a few days. My husband and daughter remained content to do so, but on Saturday morning, I experienced an epiphany. My Spring Cleaning routine will never be the same because it feels so good to rock gently at anchor and be away from the dock.

My husband and daughter were captivated by their Kindles, but I couldn’t stand the dust and mildew.

I could not remember the last time I had completely emptied some lockers/ cabinets. I started with the ceiling at one end of the boat and systematically wiped down every non-wood interior surface with something that would kill any living pathogen. The wood I wiped with cedar oil, because it probably

The products I found most helpful are: Citrus II (by Beaumont Products) and Cedar Wood Closet Enhancer (by Enviro-Magic); plus a roll of paper towels, a soft bristle tooth brush, and a damp chamois. would retard mildew and certainly would repel moths all summer long. I remembered reading an article about the advantages of every year or five, removing everything from the boat and then only reloading the things you actually use. Of course, I had never done that because it was all I could do to just “Spring Clean” dockside sometime around April. This time, I practiced that principle, removing everything from the cupboard or shelf that I was cleaning. It actually felt good to throw some things away and bag others to take away from the boat.

I ended up cleaning all Saturday afternoon and all day Sunday. My husband and daughter stayed out of

my way, but we were still together below deck so I had companionship.

That was a pleasant change from my normal cleaning routine. It turned out to be fun to deep clean the boat away from the dock, rocking gently, out in the fresh air, with no one around, out in the middle of nowhere, with the sky and water and my family. The location really helped me keep going at cleaning as if I were a person with obsessive compulsive disorder. Bottom line for me: the perfect “first-of-season shake- down cruise” is to go someplace pretty, anchor off, and clean the boat from stem to stern.

There’s no easy way to say this. In the time since she submitted this article to us, Carol MacKinnon passed away after a hard fought battle with cancer. We are saddened to learn of her loss, and extend our deepest condolences to her family. We are, nonetheless, happy to celebrate her adventurous spirit and zest for the sailing life by publishing her article.

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By Alex and Jack Wilken

For some, a bucket thrown over the side is all they need for a shower on deck. For the rest of us, we need a source of water and a way to get the water overboard. Many boats have showers built into them. They are not always well-designed for heavy use. In this article, we will go over the details of the two basic necessities of showers and how to improve or install them.

First, let us look at a water source.

There are, of course, gravity-fed showers, the old classic being the black bag of water with a hose that you hang up in the sun. They have a valve you can open, and voila! - you have a couple of gallons of hot water. If you’re looking for a shower experience that’s not quite so limited or rustic, you will want a pressure shower, and you’ll need a pump for a pressure water system.

Most pumps for water systems start at around 3 gallons-per-minute of flow and about 35 pounds-per-square-inch (psi) of pressure. City water pressure is normally between 40 and 45 psi; so be careful about using domestic shower

heads, instead of those intended for marine or RV use, as they are designed for higher pressure. You can use stronger pumps for more pressure. The cost of the pumps goes up by flow rate and you must also make sure that the water system can handle the increased pressure.

The other consideration for the water source is where the water is coming from. It could be from water tanks for fresh water or a thru-hull for raw water. The size of the water tank can be a limiting factor on showers. If you’re showering a the dock, you might utilize a dockside hose. However, don’t just hook up a hose from the dock directly to the water system, because the pressure may be too great and cause leaks. If there is a leak, you could sink your boat with the water pouring in from the dock. You can set up a hose ready to fill the tank with a valve shutoff that can be easily reached (Figure 1) so that filling the tanks is less of a chore.

If you wish to have the option to use both raw water and fresh water,

Figure 1: ‘A’ - Shower head with on/off valve. ‘B’ - Two separate mixers, one for fresh water, one for raw water. ‘C’ - Valve for filling water tanks that can be reached through porthole in galley or from the cockpit. Tanks can be filled while doing dishes or taking a shower so you won’t run out of water.

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you will need two pumps. Some sailors like this option because you can use the fresh water only at the end to rinse off the salt, conserving valuable fresh water. Any raw water pickup should have some sort of filter or screen on it to protect the pump. One way to be able to switch from raw to fresh is to have one shower head but two sets of taps, one for raw and one for fresh (Figure 1). Another way is to have a switch controlling solenoids for raw and fresh with one temperature mixer (Figure 2).

Once you have dealt with the source of the water and how to pressurize it, you need a delivery method. You can, of course, use a shower head mounted on the bulkhead if that is appropriate.

Hidden plumbing requires enough room behind the bulkhead for the plumbing to run, which is often not possible on boats, since bulkeads are typically no more than ¾” thick.

Another option is to have a flexible hose with the shower head on the end mounted on the wall or use a sprayer for the sink faucet and have that be the shower head (Figure 3). Being able to mix hot and cold and easily turn the water on and off is essential given a limited fresh water supply. Ondemand hot water heaters on boats are limited by how much they can raise the temperature at a given flow rate.

Sometimes, to get hotter water, you need to slow it down. Having a single control to mix and adjust flow rate is one good way to achieve all of this (Figure 1, ‘B’). Depending on how your shower is set up, it may be easier to shut the water on and off with a valve at the shower head (Figure 1, ‘A’).

Depending on how your boat is laid out and where you want your shower, getting the water (and soap, and dirt, and hair) overboard can be trickier than bringing it in. The easiest places are the deck, and, if you have one, a cockpit, as they are, by necessity, already both waterproof and drainable (Figure 1 & 2). If this is too exposed, you must then make some interior part of the boat waterproof and drainable.

On many boats this was done by having a grate, typically teak, and having the water go into the bilge.

Unless you are cleaning out the bilge every time you take a shower, this is probably not a good idea. In addition to the smell that can develop from sitting

Figure 2: ‘A’ - Switch controlling the solenoids for fresh or raw water. ‘B’ - Shower head with the temperature mixing controlled by twisting the top. ‘C’ - Storage tube for shower head and hose. gray water, centrifugal bilge pumps do not deal with hair very well. If your boat already has a shower pan built in (Figure 3), so much the better. You still should check the shower sump to ensure it is adequate. The shower sump we often run into is a box with an unsealed top, and a submersible centrifugal bilge pump and float switch inside. There is normally some sort of filter on the inlet to trap the hair, so it doesn’t get in the pump; but this set up is not intended for continuous use and

in a liveaboard situation can last less than a year. If the pump fails, because of the unsealed top it will overflow into the bilge and you may not know it is broken until a smell alerts you.

Our preferred shower sump pump is a diaphragm pump designed to empty bait wells and holding tanks; it should have no problem with hair and dirt. The down side of this pump is that if it is not pumping, the shower will not drain. One way to deal with this is to have a switch with which you

can simply turn the pump on if you are about to use the shower and turn it off when all the water is out. Whale has one of these pumps that comes in a kit with a sensor that will turn the pump on automatically when it senses water.

To set up this sensor, one hose must go from the shower drain to the sensor, one from the sink drain to the sensor, and one from the sensor to the pump.

The hoses to the two drains allow the air to escape from one while the water fills the sensor through the other. If the sink already has a drain to its own thru-hull, you can tee a hose from the sensor into it to allow air to escape.

You can also run a hose from the sensor way up so that water can not escape it and secure it behind cabinetry leaving the end open for air to escape. One of the advantages of this sump pump is that if it stops working you will know immediately as the drain will backup.

If your boat does not have a shower pan built into it where you want it, then you will have to create one. This can seem a daunting task as you need to not only create a waterproof area up several feet at least but it also needs a drain at the lowest point that the whole surface drains to. Sealing the walls and cabinetry is not particularly challenging. Life caulk or 4200 sealant (refer to our article on sealing from the January 2018 issue of 48° North) can seal joints, and paint and varnish can make wood waterproof. The biggest troubles are the pan and any doors or openings. If the door to the head opens

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in, then you should be able to seal it well enough with weather stripping.

If it opens out, you may be able to still do this depending on the frame, but the best solution may be a shower curtain to keep the water off it.

Access to the hull, bilge wiring and plumbing are always important Figure 4: ‘A’ - Waterproof wooden frame that drains to to maintain. In center, used to have a teak grate inside the frame. ‘B’ - Deepest one shower we point under new shower pan where the new drain needs to go. installed, the shaft ‘C’ - Covers for openings to access shaft-seal and thru-hulls. seal and a thruhull were both under the floor of the staving off the ravages of sun and shower, so we had to make waterproof water. While installing or servicing access to them. We did this by having shower equipment aboard might be a frame stick up around the opening, characterized as boat maintenance, so water could not flow into it, then showers are all about maintaining putting a cover over the opening ourselves, in many ways not simply (Figures 4 and 5). The shower pan itself physically. What kind of shower can be made of several pieces of wood you need for your maintenance is glued together at slight angles so it all particular to you, and most cruising drains down to a drain. You could also boats can successfully accommodate make a mold of the shape you would one, whether it was designed to be part like and lay up a fiberglass pan from of the boat or not.

On deck or in the cabin, by bucket the mold. Another and perhaps easier way is if you can make a waterproof or bag or pressured water, a good frame around the shower pan, then shower after a long day of sailing is one find a house shower pan that is big of life’s great pleasures. enough and has the drain in the right Alex and Jack Wilken are professional place, so you can cut the right size and shape out of it to fit and seal it into the shipwrights, lifelong cruisers, USCG licensed captains, and are the owners of boat (Figure 4 & 5).

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Ocean Orientation: My First Offshore Experience

By David Jade

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round six years ago, on a whim, I enrolled in a sailing class. I thought it might be a fun weekend and didn’t give it much thought beyond that.

What I didn’t know at the time was that it would be the start of a new passion for me: sailing, cruising, racing, boat ownership, and, most recently, offshore sailing. A friend of mine calls his very similar experience “the most expensive Groupon ever.”

I can’t say the Oregon Offshore International Race was ever really on my bucket list, but when a trusted skipper and friend recently told me he was entering this year and looking for crew, I was intrigued. I didn’t know a whole lot about the race outside of its reputation, but it was a chance to do something that I honestly never expected to be able to do.

While I’ve done Swiftsure a few times, the Oregon Offshore was, by all accounts, going to be something different. How different I could only

imagine, but I’d heard a few stories: crossing the notorious “bar,” the potential for high winds and big seas, the wild outer Washington coast and the Graveyard of the Pacific, and, of course, the race’s reputation for making everyone seasick—usually before even crossing the start line. Digging a little deeper, I was surprised to learn that the average wind conditions for the race were only about 10-15 knots, usually from the north. Still, I had flashbacks of once hearing a boat broker answer the question, “When is the best time to sail a boat up the coast?” with the deadpanned answer, “When the next yacht transport ship leaves.”

However, it didn’t take me long to come around before I was all-in.

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already been out almost half a typical race day. Coupled with the skipper’s meeting at a local pub the night before, the crew is likely already starting with a bit of sleep deficit.

I will say that crossing the Bar was surprisingly uneventful—I think I was down below at the time and didn’t even notice. Maybe there’s some truth to the old saying, “Don’t cross the Bar in months with R.” As with most things sailing-related, it’s all about the timing.

Bobbing around the start line in ocean swells and waves was different from the typical race start within protected Puget Sound. At least one crewmember succumbed remarkably fast to seasickness—with ocean swell coming from two different directions, sailing becomes a different experience.

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The “Fortuna” crew get off the start line cleanly just outside of Astoria.

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Photo courtesy of Maria Swearingen. driver, I would take over the mainsheet for an hour-and-a-half or so and then helm for an hour-and-a-half, followed by three hours of rest. Then, rinse and repeat (actually, the rinsing usually came free with the driving). This was to be the shift schedule for however long it took to get to Victoria, BC. My team was first up, so that meant I would be helming for the first time on the open ocean in just a few short hours.

Now, I’ve done a lot of helming both in racing and cruising and have seen some rough conditions, but ocean swells and waves were a different beast. The wind seemed to have a different quality on the open ocean as well. I remember thinking early on that 15-20 knots of wind offshore felt a bit different that 15-20 knots in Puget Sound—it seemed to have more punch.

For this race, though, we seemed to be experiencing a bit more than the typical 15 knot race conditions. Waves were also larger than I expected. I think waves are as notoriously easy to over-estimate as the one that got away; but conservatively I’d say they averaged around 10 feet throughout the race and some were often half again larger. The wave period, from the boat’s perspective, was often about 6-8 seconds from crest to crest. The view alternated between a completely disappearing horizon and an open ocean for miles. Another new experience was dealing with the small, passing squalls which came with 40

both quick wind shifts and changes in velocity, although not of the magnitude of tropical locations.

Having never helmed under those conditions, I spent my first shift at the mainsheet absorbing as much as I could on how the helmsman was choosing a path through the waves and keeping the boat moving fast. To say it was a crash-course would be an understatement.

Close-hauled becomes closehauled-ish as you alternately foot off a little to build speed to take on large waves and veer at the tops to not pound the boat on the downhill side on every wave. It’s a constant job of seeking the cleanest path through the waves while trying to maintain the best possible boat speed. Tacking takes more forethought as well as you search

for a good wave set to tack on.

Then night falls and everything changes because you can no longer see the waves. Everything happens by feel and instruments. It’s hard to get it right 100% of the time and after a while you start to feel guilty when you don’t.

I found myself apologizing for the occasional unintended hard landings and the ocean spray that usually accompanied them. After a short while, though, it became easier to maintain target boat speed as I got into a more natural rhythm. Helming was certainly physically demanding, but I think it was even more mentally demanding.

I felt mentally fried after just an hour or two.

While land was nearly always in sight, looking west, I couldn’t help but wonder just how far left you could go before making landfall again. Where would a really big left turn eventually land us? My guess was Russia—but only after about 4,000 miles of open ocean. We joked about not pointing the boat towards Russia for too long on our tacks away from the coast.

It wasn’t until the northern coast of Washington that we started staying closer to land, planning our rounding around Cape Flattery and the one and only race mark, the Duntze Rock light (which was non-existent except for its virtual AIS position). Race veterans had told us to not swing so wide that others can cut inside us and shave distance off the course. As we approached the cape, we were close enough that I could recognize some of my favorite coastal locations— it was surreal to see places like Shi Shi and Point of Arches from the other side.

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Unfortunately, as we neared the cape the wind started to die and we began making little headway. Normally with only 3-5 knots of wind, we would still be able to make some forward progress but not with the leftover 10-12 foot seas that kept the sails constantly stalling as they filled and backwinded on nearly every passing swell. It would be hours before the wind came back with enough force but, once it did, we had a roaring ride down the Straits all the way to Race Passage. I believe we made it from Cape Flattery to Race Passage in a little over eight hours and saw the highest boat speed of the entire race.

The challenges in the race were greater—but also different—than what I expected. With plenty of experienced racers onboard, the challenging boat handling was the easy part. In many ways, it was the little stuff that made it tough: moving around the boat; eating; resting between shifts; dealing with gear everywhere, seasick crew, and cold and dampness inside as well as outside the boat; and trying to use the head in rough seas (something they don’t ever tell you about in the sailing

brochures). You can often power through a whole Swiftsure on a fast boat while ignoring a lot of this, but when you’re offshore for days, it all adds up quickly. You have to find a rhythm.

Now that the race is over, it’s taken a few days to process what it really meant for me. There were moments during the race when I questioned why I was doing it. I don’t recall thinking it was The crew of “Fortuna” are greeted with Champagne as they “fun” during the race, at finish in Victoria, BC. Photo courtesy of John Price. least not all the time, and During a recent conversation with it certainly wasn’t comfortable. But it also wasn’t as anxiety-producing as a friend, he summed up experiences I thought it might be. For that, I give like this with an analogy about large thanks to the boat, the skipper, climbing tall mountains: it’s likely not and the rest of the crew. Now, looking all that fun on the way up – it’s hard, back a few days post-race, it was an exhausting work. It’s a bit more fun incredible experience and opportunity. reaching the peak. But the most fun is Not to mention, I now have this looking back at the accomplishment strange urge to helm a sailboat in the and the retelling of the journey. That’s dead of night, through waves I cannot why we do this.

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often reference our “boat yoga” practice, the upside down, squinched-up, wrongsideout positions we commonly find ourselves in to retrieve a dropped tool or pull through a new wire or just check the engine oil. We reached a new level of yogi last week, though, as we put Halcyon away for the season. With the full boat cover in place for sun and rain protection and a small AC rigged up to keep the boat dry, it was an adventure just to leave the boat.

After sliding the hatch open and climbing up three steps as usual, I had to then stay ducked under the dodger while simultaneously using my hand to physically lift my right leg high enough to clear the

dock. To get off the boat, I needed to execute a well-timed leap, avoiding 2 spring lines and an oversized cleat without d r o p p i n g whatever I was carrying into the sea, and still stick the landing on the dock. Arms up, feet together, ta-da!

T h e s e inefficient, limbentangling, uncomfortable situations are inherent in our cruising lifestyle. Grocery shopping often takes the better part of a day; to park our “car” (read: dinghy), we often have to land it on the beach between swells then drag it through soft sand to lock it to a tree; boat projects have us 60’ up in the air or upside down in the bilge or scrunched into the engine room; and our home regularly tips dramatically side to side.

I like these unusual and uncomfortable situations. They remind me that we have not chosen the easy path, and we are stronger for it. They challenge me to be patient and slow down, because moving faster may result in a stubbed toe, but not a quicker exit from the boat. And they remind me to stay flexible, both literally and figuratively.

These lessons are particularly compelling for me right now, as we shift focus away from casually cruising in the tropics and towards adventuring in the arctic. With Halcyon tucked in

Maintaining Balance and Flexibility While Shifting Focus

By Becca Guillote

window AC unit awkwardly jammed in the companionway. Once my other leg followed suit, I crouched and waddled up and over the cockpit coaming, while pushing the heavy-duty boat cover up with my back to make enough room to stumble, hunchbacked, down the side deck. After three or four “steps” like this, being mindful not to slam a toe into anything pointy, I could finally stand up fully in the small opening of the boat cover.

But the acrobatics didn’t end there! Due to a fair amount of swell rolling through the marina, Halcyon bobbed a full 2-3 feet away from the The mighty “Halcyon” all buttoned up for the season.

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under her sun- and rain- protective cover with an AC to keep her cool and dry through the humid Panamanian summer, John and I are joining Graeme, Janna, Talia and Savai Esarey aboard their Open 60, DogBark! for an expedition from Seattle to Greenland through the Northwest Passage.

I am trying to comprehend this dramatic shift, and the adaptability and fortitude it will require. We have been cruising through 85 degree days and snorkeling in 80 degree water. Now, we will be donning foulies and dodging icebergs. We sailed leisurely about 1,500 nautical miles this season, from southern Mexico to Panama. Now, we will have four months to cover nearly 6,000 nautical miles. Except for the occasional guest on Halcyon, there are two of us. Now, we will have six, and at times seven or eight, snuggled up on DogBark!. And while our timeline is always at the mercy of the weather, the stakes are higher with the combined effect of ice, winds, cold temperatures, and a short sailing season.

For me, the prospect of sailing up the Inside Passage, around Alaska, through the Bering Sea, across the ice-dominated arctic and down to Greenland is both intimidating and captivating. I wonder about my ability to withstand the cold, endure the storms, minimize the mishaps, and to hold on to that patience, purpose and flexibility. And then I get giddy about

the opportunity to observe narwhals, sail in the Arctic Circle, explore the tundra, witness the incredible fortitude of those living in the Arctic, and share these moments with others.

We will be documenting the journey through words, photos, and videos to try to understand this new opening passage not as a disheartening byproduct of climate change, but as the implicit reality for the rising generation. As we sail and check ice reports Talk about a transition, this pair is leaving the tropics and dusting and meet locals, off the burly foulies to take one of the world’s toughest, coldest, we will also and least-traveled passages, the Northwest Passage. They’re be seeking to sailing with the Esarey family on the Open 60, “Dogbark!” understand how this area is changing. Are new Pacific animals journey. But it is hard to imagine such a s w i m m i n g huge adventure. I am confident it will through to be life altering, though, including the the Atlantic amazing moments and the challenging along with moments and the many moments in us? How are between. The best I can do to prepare is communities to practice that patience, purpose, and a d a p t i n g ? flexibility every day. That way, instead Will the sight of feeling overwhelmed and caught of our boat off-guard as I make the transformation be curious from bikinis to foulies, I can be present or boring or to soak up these amazing experiences conspicuous? and have the presence of mind to tell I don’t you about them! think I can comprehend all that we You can follow Becca and will get to John’s upcoming adventures in the learn.

Northwest Passage both at their blog, I try to www.halcyonwandering.com, and on picture in my the Esarey family’s fabulous blog which what includes posts from all four family members, It might seem a little counterintuitive to a sailor in the Pacific head Northwest, but in the Panamanian heat and humidity, you actually life will be https://saildogbark.com/ like on this have to leave your boat with the AC running! www.48North.com June 2018 43

Galley Essentials with Amanda Carol and Ned Backus sailing their Outbound 44, “Frannie B.”

Carol and Ned Backus introduced themselves upon our arrival in Falmouth, UK. They’d originally met John when they took the Mahina Offshore Seminar, way back in the day before I came on the scene, and they eagerly invited us aboard “Frannie B” for afternoon tea and fresh scones, served with strawberries and cream, so we could trade Scottish cruising notes and so Carol could be a guest cruising chef for “Galley Essentials.”

Ned and I sail aboard our Outbound 44, Frannie B. We’ve owned her since 2006 and have cruised the Pacific Northwest, Alaska, Queen Charlotte Islands, around Vancouver Island, and south around South America.

Having just crossed “The Pond,” we’re now looking forward to exploring Scotland.

The boat is named after Ned’s mother. She always wanted a boat named after her and Ned, as a child, said that he would name the boat for her if she bought it for him. Fifty years later, she is gone but got her wish.

We’ve both been sailing virtually our whole lives.

I learned in Connecticut on Sunfish and Ned took lessons at Corinthian Yacht Club of Seattle as a child.

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The Galley of “Frannie B” Amanda Swan Neal though not so much anymore. If he does he doesn’t take anything for it.

My galley priorities are a good stove and adequate counter space.

Carol showing off her fresh baked English scones served with fresh strawberries and clotted cream.

Annika’s Fish Dinner

Our galley layout is the standard Outbound setup: large U shaped galley to port of c o m p a n i o n w a y, stove on the left, fridge forward of stove, sink athwartships with wraparound drawers. If I was to change one thing, it would be to make the bottom of the freezer an inch higher, so I could reach it more easily. My one “must have” galley item is a good cup of coffee. I freshly grind coffee beans, use a $30 AeroPress and Aerolatte steamed milk frother.

For passages, I make as many meals as I can in advance so while we’re adjusting to sleep and the sea or if the weather is rough, we still eat well. Pasta dishes and pre-made burritos that can be heated in the oven or microwave are the norm, as well as eggs. Store bought rotisserie chickens, which we’ve nicknamed “Big Chicken” are also generally really yummy (especially in Mexico) and go a long way for the first few days of passages.

Uses for our “Big Chicken” Day 1: big pot of rice and fresh green veggies.

Day 2: bone what’s left of the bird and make a big Caesar salad topped with chicken.

Day 3: Throw the carcass back in the pressure cooker half filled with water cook for an hour. Salt and pepper to taste. Add noodles, rice,

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veggies to make soup. Serve with crusty homemade bread.

Baked Breakfast Eggs 6 eggs 9 strips of bacon - partially cooked Preheat oven to 350°. Grease 6 cups in muffin tray. Bend 1½ bacon strips around the edge of each muffin cup (think bacon instead of muffin paper).

Crack in an egg, top with cayenne pepper or Tabasco and a little butter.

Bake to your liking: runny or crispy approximately 15-30 minutes.

Ned’s comfort food is peanuts, mine is anything chocolate and although I don’t have any food concerns, Ned worries that he’ll run out of food and that there’ll never be another grocery store. We used to can food but no longer. Both of us do the cooking, cleaning, and provisioning.

When crew come along, we assign a day to each person and rotate: if there’s three aboard you get a full day of prep and clean up then two days off. Our favorite food at sea is probably pasta, and our favorite recipes tend to be one-pan or one-pot items like chicken stir-fry, noodles, or pressure cooker mushroom soup. If we catch a fish, t hen I get creative. Otherwise hunger, and maybe sometimes boredom, inspires us to create meals.

Chinese Noodles This is a good first night out at sea or a lunch snacky thing.

1 ⅛ lbs. rice vermicelli noodles ¼ cup soy sauce 2 tablespoons hot chili oil 2 teaspoons sugar ¼ cup vinegar ¼ cup pine nuts or nuts of your choice 3 green onions - diced Cook noodles and drain. Combine soy sauce, chili oil, sugar and vinegar Pour sauce over noodles. Serve garnished with nuts and green onions.

Pressure Cooker Chicken, Rice and Mushrooms This chicken dinner tasted great when we were finally safe, warm, and dry after three miserable days from Christchurch around the East Cape of New Zealand.

1 chicken whole or chopped 1 cup rice

1 can cream of mushroom soup ½ cup water 2 onions - chopped 2 celery stalks - chopped 2 carrots - chopped *extra vegetables of your choice: peas, mushrooms, asparagus, peppers, corn In pressure cooker, brown chicken in oil. Add rice, water, and mushroom soup then pressure cook according to your pressure cooker instructions for chicken. At the last 10 minutes of cooking add more vegetables*.

We don’t have a special in-port dish other than going ashore to eat as soon as we get in, and not cooking until we leave. We do love a fancy breakfast. We don’t really have a favorite cookbook, although we enjoy Seattle’s Pasta & Co cookbooks.

Now that we’re much older, we eat and provision with less than we used to when we circumnavigated with our son and daughter on Plain Jane, our Cal 39. One time, when we were in Tahiti, I took the bus with a four- and six-yearold to Euromarche. I loaded our West Marine trolley with all our groceries

and then had to run across the busy street to the bus with two kids in tow.

I tripped and the whole thing crashed over sending cans and bottles rolling.

Traffic stopped, kids screamed, and the bus couldn’t move because my food was strewn all over the street.

I’ve cooked local exotic food aboard such as conch, plantains, and tapioca, but our most interesting meal ashore was in 1993 with Piri Puruto “The Coconut King” of the Cook Islands. At 65, he easily climbed 75foot coconut trees to get fronds and coconuts. While Piri cooked chickens, wrapped in leaves, in an earth oven, we made bowls to eat from and cushions to sit on from the palm fronds. It was a memorable meal!

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ASK THE SURVEYOR Tom,

by Tom Averna

What can you tell me about backing blocks? I had a survey done on my boat for an insurance renewal last week. The surveyor found what he called “soft” backing blocks under a few thru-hull fittings. The backing blocks are wood and they are very soft and wet. The rudder stuffing box backing block had a layer of white powdery substance the surveyor called electrolytic decay. That backing block wasn’t as wet, but it was fiberous and soft. Do you think I need to replace them?

Alan Johnson Arlington, WA

Plus, a backing block on a thru-hull fitting has a larger surface for bedding the fitting.

For the sake of this column, I will talk about the wood thru-hull backing blocks that are commonly found on older fiberglass production boats.

There are other types of blocks made from fiberglass, GPO-3 polyester/ fiberglass, stainless steel, aluminum, and other materials.

Wood backing blocks were both solid wood and plywood. My opinion is that a marine plywood backing block is preferred over a solid wood block. A solid wood block is more likely to split, degrading the block and inviting an early failure. I wouldn’t use anything but marine-grade plywood.

If it’s just regular plywood, it might have voids between the laminate layers that will weaken the block. Mahogany marine plywood provides good compressive strength and, if sealed properly by coating with epoxy, lasts quite a while. It will not last as long as the actual bronze thru-hull fitting, of course.

When you’re inspecting the backing blocks, you might notice that they are discolored and fuzzy looking.

If so, probe the block with a sharp instrument and see if the block is soft, wet, or fibrous. In some cases, the block is encased in a layer of fiberglass. If that’s the case, Backing blocks come in all shapes, sizes, and materials. tap the block with a small They are commonly made of wood on older boats. hammer the best you can. A

Alan, Without seeing the blocks I couldn’t say one way or another. What did the surveyor recommend?

Usually, if there are any indications of deterioration, it’s time to replace them. Backing blocks (also called pads) are used when installing various fittings like sea valves, deck hardware like stanchion bases, and other components that require added strength at the mounting flanges.

In the case of thru-hull fittings, backing blocks create a larger load surface to adequately install the sea valves. If you were to try and open or close a stubborn valve you could cause damage to the fiberglass laminate surrounding the thru-hull penetration.

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solid backing block will have a sharp solid sound to it. If there’s a problem, you might hear a dull thud. In the worst case scenario, it will sound like tapping a sponge.

When I do a survey, the backing blocks are on my inspection checklist, especially on older boats. It’s difficult to get to some of them that are buried in the bilge. A good example came up last week, when I surveyed a boat that had wood backing blocks encased in fiberglass supporting the rudder stuffing box. The backing block was massive, three times the size as the stuffing box housing flange.

The rudder was a spade rudder without any kind of support skeg. The owner said he hit a good sized log a few days before the survey and had a diver go down to inspect the rudder because he noticed water in the bilge.

The diver told the boat owner he didn’t see anything unusual and that the rudder appeared straight and true. The owner thought he escaped damage and that the water leaking in to the bilge was the rudder stuffing box leaking a little more than normal.

Climbing down to reach the rudder stuffing box housing was like doing a headstand with a flashlight in one hand and tools in the other. I was almost vertical with the blood rushing to my head and my glasses about ready to slide of my face. I’m not a young guy anymore. It took some doing, but I did manage to access the rudder stuffing box and the backing block after removing lifejackets, a barbeque, a boat hook, tools, and a bucket. I needed one of those pens that writes upside down,

like in that Seinfeld episode. You’d be surprised how often I take notes when I’m head-down and vertical.

The rudder stuffing box was leaking a steady stream of water. I didn’t find that unusual because I have found leaking and corroded rudder stuffing boxes on quite a few boats, mainly power boats. It’s another one of those out-of-sight, out-of-mind components that does not get a lot of attention.

But in this case, and on closer inspection the backing block that the stuffing box flange was bolted to was significantly depressed along the forward portion and leaking under the flange; most likely from the collision with the log. It appeared likely the rudder and stuffing box housing was forced forward-end-down from the log impact. I then probed the backing block, first tapping it with a small hammer. Wow! The block was totally soft. It had absolutely no more wood left, only the fiberglass covering which was now a shell.

While I was still aboard the boat, the owner drilled a hole in to the block and came up with mush. Soft, wet wood.

A repair in this situation means dropping the rudder, removal of the old backing block, and building a new one; which was long overdue anyhow.

In retrospect, I think that it might have been a good thing the block was soft in this case.

It acted as a sort of shock absorber and gave way before any other These plywood backing blocks are encased in fiberglass. damage incurred.

If the block was solid, the owner could or just servicing your own, always be faced with a bent rudder, cracked look at what you can’t see. Even if the and damaged fiberglass at the hull component is hidden from view and penetration, cracked fiberglass at the buried under mounds of stuff. It is thru-hull bolts for the stuffing box, or important that every once in a while maybe even damage to the stuffing box you inspect everything, and backing housing. Even going along at six knots blocks are no exception. Make a and hitting something is enough to maintenance plan and stick to it!

Tom Averna has been a professional cause damage to vulnerable areas like marine surveyor since 1983. He specializes spade rudders.

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Some of the refuse from a recent beach clean up.

A Personal Passion Against Plastics

By Michele Rogalin Henderson

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few years ago, my friend Paul Shoemaker wrote a book entitled, Can’t Not Do: The Compelling Social Drive that Changes Our World. Naturally, when someone you like and respect writes a book, you just buy it. I read through it and found it well written and the stories inspiring. It wasn’t until we reached New Zealand that I fully got the message. The phrase “can’t not do” kept bubbling up in my brain. I realized that I can’t NOT do whatever I can to promote plastic-free seas. My intention here is not to get up on a soap box and tell you how bad you are, but rather to share some information with you and offer you the opportunity to come along on this plastic-free seas 48

journey with Noj and I. We went to the beach recently, and after the requisite cleanup, I sat near the sea and had a good long think about the state of our oceans.

World Oceans Day is coming up (June 8th), and I reflected on what we encountered on our voyage, as well as recent research that has emerged. The news in the last month has been pretty depressing. Plastic has been found in the Marianas Trench (the deepest part of the ocean) and at Point Nemo (the most remote part of the ocean). It’s officially ubiquitous. It’s so easy to remove ourselves from those stories, to think that those issues are somehow separate from us.

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One of the biggest challenges, I think, is this awareness. Just as a brief exercise, put the magazine down for a moment and look around you. How much plastic do you consume? I’m not talking about the storage containers that you use and reuse forever, but the plastic bags and wraps and bottles and packaging that is tossed out after you use it. It’s really difficult to avoid, isn’t it? That has been our experience.

Nearly all processed food is packaged in plastic. Let’s say we are really good about carefully sorting and recycling it. Then where does it go? I have to admit, I didn’t really know the answer to that question. I knew about several post-consumer uses for plastic, but I didn’t know that we shipped most of it to China until they stopped taking it. Most countries have simply relied on China to take their plastic recycling and have no infrastructure in place to handle it. Currently there is a mad crisis around the world as governments work out how to deal with the rapidly towering rubbish that is collecting with no end in sight. Since most of the plastics in the sea end up there because they aren’t disposed of properly on land, this will only exacerbate the problem. Clearly, we need to make some changes. The positive note here is that the current crisis offers a pretty amazing opportunity for moving away from single-use plastics and toward a circular economy (wherein items are manufactured specifically to be reused).

You may be wondering why there is such a big fuss. The stuff breaks down eventually, right? Well, yes and no. Plastic “breaks down”... into smaller pieces of plastic. And then smaller pieces of plastic. These smaller bits, called microplastics, and nanoplastics, are eaten by everything in and around the sea. You may have heard stories about whales washing up on shore with massive amounts of plastic in their stomachs, or seen documentaries about far flung atolls where the birds are starving because they mistake microplastics for food.

Did you know that plankton, the basic food source for everything in the ocean, eats nanoplastics? Everything that eats plankton, and everything that eats the things that eat the plankton, and everything that eats those things,

are building up plastics in their bodies.

As an example, let’s talk about a PNW favorite: salmon. Salmon eat herring. Herring eat wee fish. These little fish eat plankton. By the time you are putting a cedar plank on your grill to cook your freshly caught salmon, plastics have bioaccumulated (concentrated in the tissues) fairly significantly. While there isn’t enough data yet to determine the precise health effects on humans, here is what we do know: there are chemicals in plastics that cause disruptions in hormones, cancer, and immune dysfunction, and these chemicals are being found in humans. It’s a scary thought, right?

Especially for those of us that feed our families with the fish we catch.

All is not lost. We can still turn this around, if not for ourselves, then for our children and their children. As seafarers, the first thing we can do is not throw rubbish in the sea.

When we arrived in New Zealand we arrived with heaps of recycling and some trash (food scraps went overboard). I was a bit chagrined and apologized for having so many bags.

We were shocked by the response from the Customs official. He was thrilled that we had so much (and that it was washed and sorted). He said that he is often dismayed that vessels show up with nothing, because they have thrown it overboard. We had quite a chat about how much plastic is in the ocean and how we can all do our part.

Talking about it later, Noj and I couldn’t believe that anyone could cross the Pacific and throw their plastic overboard. Over the course of our voyage, our relationship with the sea deepened to one that is intense and intimate and respectful... we simply can’t get our heads around it. Hopefully I’m preaching to the choir here.

Another thing we can do is tidy up our beaches and collect rubbish from the streets before it ends up in the water. We do a beach cleanup once a

How will you honor World Oceans Day?

It’s hard to believe that this pristine beach is where they picked up that rubbish. week and pick up rubbish (especially plastics) daily. You may be wondering if it even makes a difference. We wonder that too, sometimes, when we feel overwhelmed. It does matter. What you do makes a difference. Especially when we all do it and share our experiences with others, and inspire them to do it.

Every plastic bottle or bag you save going into the Salish Sea is preventing hundreds of thousands of microplastic bits from being disseminated into the waters that you sail, boat, fish, and swim. It really is that big of a deal.

In honor of World Oceans Day, maybe go out on the water, or sit by the sea, and give some thought to the ways you use plastic. What one or two things could you change that won’t really disrupt your day all that much, but moves you away from single-use plastics?

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end up reading up on the subject and talking to your friends about it and getting them involved. It could change your community. You don’t need to turn into a hippy, treehugging, envirogeek to do it. You can just be a sailor that loves the water and cares enough about it to make a few changes.

We are working on a few projects here in New Zealand, one of which is the World Oceans Day Kiwi Cleanup, a weekend-long country-wide beach cleanup. We will be speaking at a kickoff event on World Oceans Day in Auckland about plastic-free seas.

The other project we’re working on is going plastic-free for the month of July. If that sounds crazy to you, it does to us too! Really, we are just a couple of sailors that love the sea on a can’t-notdo journey to make plastic-free seas a reality. Want to come along?

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The Artist’s View – Secrets of the Salish Sea Sketches and story by Larry Eifert

Pacific electric ray, a fish that everyone knows about, but few actually see. Yes, this is THE electric ray, and they live here in the Salish Sea. Electric it certainly is, as it uses powerful electric jolts to subdue prey and drive off predators. A solitary and nocturnal fish, it’s electric blast can knock a person down. Their scientific name is “Torpedo californica.” Torpedo is certainly on the mark and it’s the only natural (endemic) electric ray on the West Coast. Found from Baja to British Columbia on sandy bottoms in shallow water and around kelp beds and rocky reefs. At 4 ½ feet long, it’s a sizeable predator and nothing to be messed with. Females bear litters (yes, that’s what they call them) of upwards of 20 ‘pups.’

So, here’s the electric shock part. An electric ray has two pairs of organs, ‘battery banks’ in muscles filled with a jelly substance. They are hard ‘wired’ in parallel to amplify the output and a large ray can generate up to 45 volts of electricity with an output of one full kilowatt – a lot! And, they can do this at a rate of 150 to 200 pulses per second. They have the capacity to put out over a thousand pulses before the batteries are depleted, more than enough to send any attacker fleeing - if it even survives at all.

Most ray “hunting” is at night when they rise towards the surface to attack anything they find swimming, salmon among them. On the other side, there’s a record of an orca consuming one off Southern California. It’s an interesting fish swimming beneath your keel.

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 www.larryeifert.com.

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he conditions coming into Smith Island, the first of Seattle Yacht Clubs Tri-Island Series, were forecasted to be light wind. I would imagine most boats made all the appropriate adjustments to lighten up their boats and shorten crew if needed.

Darkside, a Schock 35, being one of the slowest boats to do the long course, did not lighten up on the crew but made sure we had all the appropriate provisions to go that long of distance in a light breeze: warm meals, hot beverages, and a happy crew that got to nap.

The light southerly at the start was nice but quickly transitioned into a light northerly, which is perfect for a Schock 35 to go upwind with the light air #1 and crew placement just a touch forward and leeward. Initially, it was a race to get past Point-NoPoint before the adverse current, which would last the majority of the race. However, most of the boats did not make it before the wind shut off, except the ORC class, which ended up drifting not far past the point.

The lack of wind made for another infamous Pacific Northwest restart.

You could hear the chatter of what boats wanted to do, or were trying to do, as people put up spinnakers and drifters, trying to do anything to get attached flow on their sails.

One boat even anchored in 500 feet of water, which was one of the more impressive “sets” I’ve ever seen - I just didn’t envy the crew when they had to haul up all that rode as the wind filled.

And fill, the wind did. It only took the majority of the big boats in the ORC class to grow inpatient and retire from the race. Shortly thereafter, a smooth 12 knots built from the north and made for a fun battle with Lodos, the J/109, exchanging short tacks for a while as they slowly extended their lead. As we reached Admiralty Inlet, as you would expect, the breeze started clocking to the west and turned into what was a nice power reach to Smith Island. It doesn’t get much more champagne than smooth seas, 12 knots and a tight beam reach with a Barber-hauled jib and a bowl of chili, watching the sun set. Don’t forget a cold beer or two to wash

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Shortly after the rounding, we put up the kite and enjoyed a nice reach, until the wind slowly started to die before we even reached the south end of Marrowstone Island. One would only be so optimistic that the wind would take us all the way to the finish line. Silly us. Not only did the wind die but it started pouring rain around 3:00am.

That’s when I was standing at the helm, a hand warmer in each hand, with Adrian sitting next to me. We were exchanging wonderful stories of times past, trying to distract ourselves from the conditions and only slightly jealous of our four crew members down below sleeping.

There was a couple of times where I couldn’t help but think, ‘what are we doing out here in the pouring rain, in the middle of the shipping lanes, watching commercial traffic come down on us?’ What if I just put it into gear and got the boat to Shilshole before the crew even woke up. Would they be happy with the decision?

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force, with the current pushing us a cool two knots, those evil thoughts of retiring faded and a southerly filled with a beautiful sunrise. As I replaced the hand warmers with a hot cup of coffee and a breakfast burrito, I knew I made the right decision.

As I finally got a chance to sleep below, Josh took the helm and the wind held long enough to bring us home. Even if we were the last boat to finish,we ended up second in class out of five registered. Sadie Mae was the last ORC boat to retire at 09:00 Sunday morning, trying her best to get down the course, but got stuck at Marrowstone Island in a hole. Tip of the hat for the effort boys.

Smith Island is the last overnight distance race Seattle has to offer. It’s a battle of one’s mental stamina and patience and after almost 24 hours of sailing, going through that finish line felt great. All in all, it’s still one of my favorite races. What’s better than 90 miles of good times, sharing stories with your friends and family?

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A beautiful day as “Crossfire” sails down Puget Sound with a spectacular view of Mt. Rainier.

he forecast for the Seattle Yacht all crazy enough to get off our butts Club’s Vashon Island race, was so early in the morning to endure for breeze, building as the day went unknown racing conditions. On this on, but in the marina, it seemed quite day around Vashon Island, thankfully, calm as we all mustered to get Mist, the morning was a treat with blue and a TP52, ready for the race. Last fall, open skies and a warmth that carried we moved from White Cloud, saying us throughout the race. farewell to a boat that took us, as a The fleet seemed eager to give crew, on many adventures. We have space to the bigger boats, and the been working tirelessly for the past start went off flawlessly for our six months getting Mist ready. class, all heading toward Vashon on Every time we left the dock though, a steady breeze. There was a haze a new problem would arise, testing over Seattle as we went by, and we our abilities to adapt and continue our quickly passed Blake Island. We had journey. The move hasn’t come without setbacks In Class 8: “Al-Hiin”, and a steep learning curve, “Puffin” (first in class) but we moved forward and “Appa” heading together and persevered, south towards continuing to work on her, Vashon Island. practice our techniques, and learn about this new racing vessel that has given us as much joy as it has questions! Same crew, new boat, and lots of fun getting to know a TP52!

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14 crew on our boat this time, a bit more than we usually would have.

We quickly noticed that things were much smoother with the larger crew size, and we were keeping steady in the middle of our fleet.

Our class effortlessly pulled away from the rest, but we noticed there were stopped boats up ahead. The breeze faded as we approached Point Robinson Park. There were paths of breeze, but it proved difficult to keep wind in our sails along the bottom of Vashon Island. As the fleet approached behind, some took to the shore and managed to find a nice path pushing them along the inside. They started catching up, passing those of us out in the middle of the doldrums. Heading toward Point Defiance, you could see the color of the water deepen and stiff peaks blowing off the top of the waves. We started to see 25 knots off the top of the mast and knew we were all in for a ride!

Tacking upwind through Colvos Passage was the quickest I’d experienced, and with the steady wind

that lightened slightly at the top of the island, we made it around the island and to the finish within six hours and thirty minutes!

What a great day of racing, challenging conditions, beautiful weather, and great winds! A perfect day for the racing community, reminding us why we love sailing and giving us a reason to keep loading up on these boats early in the morning, coming out to challenge each other, and keep our racing community vibrant.

“Constellation”, “With Grace”, “Firefly” and “Tantivy” enjoying a fabulous day sailing around Vashon Island.

Brad Bulter’s Sierra 26, “Uno” flying past Magnolia Hill with the Seattle skyline in front of them.

This was our first win against the other TP52s and a huge victory for our crew. After working so hard to get back to normal after moving to a bigger, faster, and challenging boat, this win was the best validation we could ask for! As always, a big thank you to my skipper, Steve Johnson, for bringing me and the crew along for the best sailing in the Puget Sound.

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other lane is so fast, but you’re not fast enough to get in it! You can see it, but there is no way there from where you are. Wear your sunscreen, you’ll be out there all day. Relax, there is always a way back to the fast lane.

And if not, well it’s just a race.

So, if the race is a bit like Tacoma traffic, then the Point Hudson Marina is a bit like a frat house. Everyone is all squashed into the same small space, stomping back and forth across each other ’s boats spilling drinks and competing over stereo volume. The party isn’t over until the kegs run dry. Dinner is served up by the scoopful to the masses who are willing to stand in the lunch line. That being said, it’s a unique experience that everyone should try at least once. If you own a boat, just go already!

Specifically this year, we had a 10-15 knot northwesterly on Saturday

the boats keep getting bigger and faster over the years. Without the trouble of coordinating crew and moorage, only two did not show!

123 boats started the race on Cinco de Mayo this year, which is full capacity. Try squishing all those boats, with lots of big ones into the tiny Point Hudson Marina in Port Townsend. We all love it, and the race is so challenging! So much tide! So many variables! So many moments of glory, joy, hope, satisfaction!

So many moments of frustration, confusion, despair, horror! Always exhausting and never boring, many of us have faithfully participated since the beginning and count it as one of our very most favorite-est events of the year.

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with mostly positive current after brief flood at the start for the little boats. Many boats had a hard time picking a headsail. 10-15 knots is pushing a #1 even with a full crew, and definitely a stretch with short crew. Little boats like mine with hanks had the hard choice of going bare-headed for a while swapping sails out. In the end, I was happy with my #3, but some people swore by their AP. I’m sure it made a difference what size people you had on board.

Perhaps big headsails and short crew are to blame, but there was all kinds of excitement on the course this year. Boats crashing into each other, getting honked at by tankers, even a run-in with a whale on Sunday!

Line honors for Saturday went to Kirk Utter, racing his house, Teaser II! On Sunday, the forecast looked pretty ugly in each of the models.

The tide was against us right up until it was nearing cut off time. The wind was predicted to go from a light northerly to a light southerly, with an inevitable frustrating transition hole in the middle of the course.

The little boats were destined to park and wait for the rest of the fleet at some point in the day. You needed to pick a side of the course, but not too close to the shore because you’d run out of breeze and

you’d possibly run out John Bailey’s “Sir Issac”, sailing in front of downtown willing to test the time of water as well. Some Port Townsend. limit, and eventually if boats chose the east you waited long enough shore and never left it! for the southerly to fill Most boats started on the in then it didn’t really Marrowstone shore and matter which side you picked what they thought chose for most of the race! was the best opportunity to All in the good fun that cross. On Wild Rumpus, the is the Sloop Tavern Race boat decided for herself! to the Straits.

The soft shackle on the Honor Roll for the guy let go in a puff and weekend, winning each the kite actually found a division goes to Dogbark, path through the upper Latitude, Moonshine, and lower shrouds, and Three Ring Circus, Teaser, we found a way to give it Thumper, Tonic, XVIII, a couple more wraps for Kiwi Express, Sir Isaac, good measure. The genoa Kinetic, Poke & Destroy, had to go up. If the genoa goes up, followed! It looked great! A Matson Eclipse, Shearwater, War Canoe, Grace you have to head up. If you have ship was barreling down the sound, and Madrona. Valedictorians for the to head up, then you might as well and before long the door shut on weekend were Madrona, Ocelot, and cross. So, there we were at Bush crossing. If you had big boat speeds Shearwater in that order overall.

Point. At least not alone! At some and waterline, you made it to the west Honorable mention goes to the point, our whole fleet was there, side unscathed. If you were a little Banana Stand, last boat to finish in swapping gybes and positions over boat, it was ugly. The east side was the time limit! Thanks to the many and over until we finally shot the gap money. Boats that never crossed the awesome volunteers! at Double Bluff! Lead boats Anarchy Sound fared much better than boats

by Stephanie Schwenk and Madrona made a beeline across who gave it a go. Ultimately, the photos by Jan Anderson to Point No Point. Like lemmings off wind died everywhere. Two hours results on page 60 the cliff, most of us in the vicinity of drifting happened to anyone

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The course will be posted on the committee boat. For information, check: www.duckdodge.org June 5: Zombies June 12: Disney characters June 19: Mardi Gras June 26: Prom Night July 3: No Duck Dodge July 10: Pirate Night July 17: Pimps & Ladies of the Night July 24: Pajama Night July 31: 50’s Sock Hop night Aug 7: Augtoberfest Aug 14: Tropical Night Aug 21: Toga Night Aug 28: Pink Boat Night Sept 4: Committee ReAppreciation

June 9: Bremerton YC, Blake Island June 23: West Sound Corinthian YC

Brownsville Race Contact (360) 769-8303, wscyc.net

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Seattle Yacht Club Events June 2: Blake Island Regatta and Awards Party at Elliott Bay June 9: Leukemia Cup Check: www.seattleyachtclub.org

Leukemia Cup Regatta June 9 The Leukemia Cup Regatta is an annual sailing event that takes place in Elliott Bay. As the kickoff event of Elliott Bay Marina’s Downtown Sailing Series, the Leukemia Cup Regatta is a casual race meant to bring sailors together over their love of boating and their commitment to fighting blood cancer. Check: www.leukemiacup.org/wa

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Saratoga Sprint June 9

The Saratoga Sprint is the middistance feature race sponsored

by MSA. The Race begins in Port Gardner with long and short courses, then heads north from Everett into Saratoga Passage to Camano Head and Langley, or to the Baby Island buoy in Holmes Harbor. For more information and to register: www.milltownsailing.org 56

In its fourth year, Race to Alaska is the longest boat race of its kind in North America; starting in Port Townsend, WA, and finishing 750 maddening miles later in Ketchikan, Alaska. For info contact Anika Colvin at anika@nwmaritime.org

Whidbey Island Race Week July 19-22 “Adult Summer Camp” is coming soon with a brand new format: four days of racing (Thursday through Sunday) with an opening night party and skippers meeting on Wednesday night, July 18th! Choose from One Design, PHRF, or the NEW Casual Cruising Class (giving cruisers one casual and fun distance race per day).

Plan ahead for Pink Boat Regatta night, Gilligan’s Island night, or fleet parties. Race, party, and play at the best sailing event of summer!

Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned pro, you’ll have fun and become a better sailor at Race Week in Oak Harbor. Check: whidbeyislandraceweek.com June 2018

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Sloop Tavern YC Three Buoy Fiasco June 16 This is a pursuit race (each boat will be assigned a GPS start time based on rating) starting in Shilshole Bay, after which a series of three race marks can be rounded in any order, in any direction! There will be an awards party following the race. Sign up for this summer ’s fiasco at www.styc.org

J/Fest Northwest June 23-24 Sail Northwest invites you to join us for the return of the original J/ FEST. This two-day regatta (with a Friday night PHRF fun race) is open to all J/Boats owners and crew. Starts will be provided for One Design, PHRF, and cruising classes. The on the water activities are hosted by Sail Northwest and CYC Seattle.

Shoreside activities will be in the Courtyard west of the Port of Seattle building (Shilshole) on Friday night and at the CYC Seattle clubhouse Saturday and Sunday.

For information call Sail Northwest, (206) 286-1004.

Basil Hobbs Memorial SIN Regatta June 29-July 1 Our SIN Regatta offers great racing, serious fun, fantastic value, and a GREAT way to celebrate Canada’s birthday. Racers will have divisions and courses tuned for different boats. A Cruiser/Racer division is planned for boats that are not fully race prepared and crewed, but want to participate in a race regatta. One-designs are welcome!

Multihulls and faster monohulls will have new course options this year, we may even have a long-distance courses around Halibut Bank.

Check: www.nanaimoyc.ca

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he inaugural East Sound Spring Regatta (ESSR) may have started small, but had all the items to be destined for future greatness. The wind filled in enough to get in six races, the scenery is jaw dropping awesome, and the venue is four star luxury.

However, that does not explain what made the ESSR such a fun event. I believe that the element which defines all of the most popular Northwest events is the fun factor.

My favorite events all begin and end in small basins where everyone is packed in together like sardines. As we rolled in to the Rosario Resort on Friday night, the harbor was already full of friends wandering around. We headed up to the resort together to make merry for as long as they would tolerate us, and then socialized back on the dock late into the evening. We caught up with old friends and laughed for hours until we hit our bunks.

Saturday morning featured raindrops on the cabin top, dang it! There was gourmet breakfast at the Mansion, followed by a little bit of drifting and waiting for breeze.

Our first race should have earned creativity points, and eventually was abandoned. After that, we got off three races and called it a day! Post racing, we again found friends and made our own fun! I met people that I have seen around for years but never talked to until that night!

Sunday morning, our friends from OIYC fired up breakfast burritos.

Some of us have a bright future at Taco del Mar, and others should keep

our day jobs. We moved the course deeper into the bay, and found a much steadier breeze. All day long, we were at the top end of the #1 and most of the time we kept in the flattening reef. We got in three more races, and eventually the sun made a welcome appearance! We even got in a race all the way past Indian Island in East Sound, and West Sounders Chris and Betsy had an epic kite battle to end all. PRO Chuck Tidrington kept us scrambling all day!

The Bailey’s doublehanded the beautiful Sir Isaac to first in Division 1, followed by a small army of Lytle family members on the Catalina 27 Peacekeeper. Division 3 also featured divergent top two boats, with Todd Koetje’s J/109 Hraven fastest and finishing first, and Vaughn Ploeger ’s Merit 25 Paradigm Shift in second with familiar faces of the Roser ’s on board. Division Two could have been the Martin 242 one design fleet, but

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they graciously included the Santa Cruz 27s for one big happy family.

Chris White took back the top spot in his Martin 242 Crazy I’s, and Wild Rumpus took the two spot.

My take away from the weekend is how much I love racing in a small venue, and how important it is to foster a community. Events like this one, as well as Cow Bay, Round the County, and Race to the Straits are popular in part because of the same appeal. Nothing like being rafted three deep to make a new friend! There are more events up north this summer, and OIYC is hosting a Round Orcas race for the first time. I promise that your yard looks fine and you have enough clean socks and underwear, so blow off your chores and go have some fun! Thanks a million, Orcas Island friends! We’ll be back! story and photos by Stephanie Schwenk results: https://oiyc.org/race_book/ RoundOrcas/roundorcas.html

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Oregon Offshore International Yacht Race Congratulations to overall winner “Raindrop”, a Cascade 36, with the youngest racer this year, 14-year-old Piper, daughter of skipper Joby Easton.

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very year right as the weather on our Northwest coast begins to switch from a southerly wind pattern to a northwesterly wind pattern, there is a very special regatta put on by a small Corinthian Yacht Club 100 miles up the Columbia River. The race is Oregon Offshore and it is this little yacht club’s one big event of the year and it is a big event. It is one of the longest races and the only Category 2 race on the coast (requiring an extensive list of safety equipment like liferafts and special “solas” flares and pages of other requirements). It’s also a “feeder race” for the Swiftsure in Victoria, B.C., and something of a rally for cruisers from the Portland area getting their boats up to the San Juans for the summer. All in all, there is something for everyone of varying interests and experience levels. That was particularly true on my Cal 40 crew, which was made up of three sailing students and three instructors.

The start of the race is between buoy 2 and a Committee Boat that holds station against the outflow of the Columbia River. The swells were about four to six feet. Wind was west -by-northwest at 10 to 15 knots. It was forecast to pick up to 25+ the first night.

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a plan to get out for a little more pressure. The sea state made for challenging driving as we had the residual seas from the southerly that preceded the start with a mixture of NW and westerly seas. It was hard to get into the groove.

Between sunset and sunrise, you want to be further offshore. This is because the wind on the coast shuts down at sunset and the seas are more confused closer to shore. Plus, there are a lot more crab pots in close. It was like a mine field at one point before we tacked out. Back Bay, the Cal 39 and our main competition, learned this the hard way and got caught up for a bit.

The wind picked up and we put in a reef. We noticed our other competition on Raindrop did as well with a jib that sheeted inboard,allowing them to out point us.

The approach to Flattery is a hard one because that’s where the wind dies. The sailing instructions call for rounding Dunce Rock Buoy to starboard, but it wasn’t there. We arrived as the ebb began, but we got though just before the wind totally shut down. Unfortunately, those behind us did not. We stayed on the US side until slack and crossed just after Clallam Bay to lay Race Rocks.

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finds there, we had very light breeze.

This is when it is best to approach your goal of the finish at Victoria Harbor entrance like you’re really just going to the San Juans, and at the last minute turn to port 90° and sail along the beach. We didn’t do that and we should have known better. The pressure seemed good and, against our better judgement, we split the difference with the J/105 Abstract: they got away from us. As we drew near the finish, the current started to pull us away from our goal. Our ¾ oz kite was soaked with dew and we had two knot puffs come and go with less than a mile to the finish. Three hours after parking, I awoke to our high clewed nylon headsail pulling on the sheet I had fallen asleep holding.

Minutes later we were across.

One of the great things about this race is getting to catch up with the sailors on the other boats as we waited for the awards party at the Royal Victoria Yacht Club. I used this time to run a little survey on a few different subjects to find out how other boats and crews prepared for and dealt with the challenges of this race. I asked a number of different sailors about what food they ate, if they were seasick, what worked and didn’t, if they had any equipment damage and if so how they dealt with them, and more. Here is some of the good advice: Stay dry. Once you are wet you are screwed …even if water dries out of your clothes the salt in the material will absorb moisture as soon as the humidity raises again…at night. Bring spare socks and a hat and a fleece in case you do get wet.

Just say yes. The seasickness meds of choice were “Transderm Scop” and, for those that brought it down from north of the border, Stugeron or Gravol. There were those that went the natural way about it; swearing by magic bracelets, one earplug, ginger candies, and aroma therapy.

Get to sleep! A wise old sailor told me once that “sleep is work” and it’s hard to get enough when you are transitioning into a new sleep pattern.

Food. Bring food that is easy to make and talk about who is going to cook it. For those of us that don’t

subsist on trash panda gourmet and can’t live on pizza, M & Ms and Gummy Bears alone, cook things up beforehand and just plan to heat it up underway. If you do get adventurous and have a cook with an iron stomach think about a pressure cooker or other one-pot meals.

Two words: “Mid-layer.” I always tell my crew that haven’t been offshore or sailed through the night in the Northwest before, that they should dress for the chairlift,

like chapstick, sunblock, headphones, earplug(s), multi tool, toothbrush, toothpaste, phone, iPod, my private reserve of hot sauce, sea sickness meds, and last but not least, a knife.

This way when the weather is nice and you take your big boy pants off you just unclip and reclip your “hip bag.”

Tools. Fortunately most of the damage on this race happened during the delivery there and that is a testament to the value of a good shakedown.

Fresh and Clean. I have never been made to feel so negligent about my oral hygiene as sailing this last weekend.

Also wet wipes. Wet wipes are key. Every time you go below decks after a watch it is amazing how refreshing it is to be able to wipe the salt off your face before you hit your pre-warmed bunk.

Clip on. Your safety aboard isn’t just your responsibility, so wear a PFD and harness and clip on when you are on deck. The more time you spend being clipped on the better you are at moving around on the deck at night when the $#it hits the fan.

Practice. The majority of crews I spoke to that did well, sailed together before the race…a lot.

Big thumbs ups to the The author and the crew of “Journeyman.” cruising class and their even then, most folks get cold. You stamina, that’s a long way to go can’t underestimate the importance without a spinnaker. The big clam of being well dressed and staying award goes to the Express 27 Spar Trek dry. I wear two pairs of long-johns, for doing this in the smallest boat this polar fleece pants, with my bibs over year. Thank you Hana Mari for mixing those. Then I wear a synthetic long- things up a bit. Congratulations as john shirt and two polar fleece coats well to the OOS virgins on the J/30 and an offshore sailing jacket with a Taku for repping Bellingham and high collar on all of that. I also wear a taking the PHRF C class. Congrats neck tube that I can pull over my face to the overall winner Raindrop, a for sun, wind and cold, it also works Cascade 36, with the youngest racer as an eye cover when I’m sleeping this year, skipper Joby Easton’s in the day. daughter, 14 year old Piper! Here’s Your stuff. Know where it is and to the committee from CYC Portland, don’t spread out. If you can’t find the people that wake up at 3:00 am to your headlamp you probably can’t greet racers with champagne and hot find anything else and turning cabin towels, and most of all, here’s to the lights on is going to piss off your brave few that will test their mettle shipmates. I like to wear a stylish “hip on next years Oregon Offshore. bag” for keeping all my personal kit

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Corinthian Yacht Club P.O.D. Regatta

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his year ’s staging of the P.O.D. (PNW One Design) regatta was slightly lower in attendance than in years past, but certainly not in the quality of races and competition.

A total of 30 boats, in six one design classes, competed over the pre-Memorial Day weekend in primarily light to moderate northerly breezes off Shilshole Marina. CYC’s veteran RC staff, ably led by long time PRO Geoff Pease and his team of volunteers, managed to complete nine races for each of the six classes (10 in the case of the RS Aero) .

Saturday’s racing was principally in shifty north easterlies and a significant ebb that made mark rounding an adventure at times.

The competitors’ briefing at the CYC Clubhouse included dour discussions of no racing all day, so the eventual day of racing was welcome!

Sunday dawned with the promise of a filling northerly, replacing the receding southerly. The RC attempted to run a race only to blow it off as the carpet, cool but consistent, filled from the north. Eventually sunshine and solid 10 knots ended the weekend.

Wi n n e r s i n c l u d e d D e r e k DeCouteau and crew in the Stars, Jim Barrett in the RS Aero, and David Brede in the Melges 24, 12 Happy Thoughts. In the closely fought, and growing, J/80 fleet, Lek Dimarucot prevailed in Underdog (on a tie breaker, and despite a broken main halyard in the final race!)

Finally, in the always competitive J/105 class, past CYC Commodore Jerry Diercks and the crew of Delirium won the weekend.

Coming up next is the newly revamped JFest, as well as ongoing weeknight racing on both the Sound and Lake Washington. Sailboat racing is in full swing here in the Northwest, so get out and enjoy it!

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Seattle Yacht Club Smith Island Race Pl Boat Type Skipper Class 1 1 Eye Candy Farr 395 Jim Marta 2 Sadie Mae Grand Soleil 40 Justin Beals Class 2 1 Bravo Zulu Beneteau 40.7 Denny Vaughan 2 Grace J/122 Andy Mack 3 Freja Aerodyne 42 Jonathan Cruse 4 With Grace J/120 Mark Liffring/Chris Johnson Class 3 1 Lodos J/109 Tolga Cezik 2 Darkside Schock 35 Nicholar Leede Class 4 1 Izakaya Flying Tiger 10M Iain Christenson Class 5 1 Helios Beneteau First 36.7 David James 2 Overtime Ross 930T Ed Snyders Julie Renick 3 Charlotte Quest 30 Al Johnson Class 6 1 Panic J/105 Chuck Stephens Class 7 1 Madame Pele Davidson 29 Thomas Andrewes 2 Kiwi Express Farr 1020-2 Reinhard Freywald 3 Elixir Aphrodite 101 Megan Kogut 4 Nor’wester C&C 38-2 John Neesz Class 8 1 Lightfoot Beneteau First 345 Tom Leonard 2 Mata Hari Catalina 36 Mk 2 Jeff Blyth 3 Runaway Norlin 34 Phil Calvert Class 9 1 Final Rose Catalina 36 Mk 2 Jean Higgins Sloop Tavern Yacht Club Race To The Straits Pl Boat Skipper Type Class 2 1 Dogbark Esarey/Hughes Boc 60 2 Slipstream Joe Burcar 1979 C&C 36 3 Boadicea Simon Ffitch Ericson 32-3 4 Grayling Duke Phan Q-Class 5 Stardust Dave Stromquist Jeanneau So 40 6 Blue Lullaby John Endresen Newport 28 7 Iolani Will Sugg Catalina 8 Inara Michelle Mathison Catalina-30 Class 3 1 Latitude Bill Gibson Jeanneau 409 2 Different Drummer Charles Hill Wauquiez Centurion 40S 3 Sadie Mae Justin Beals Grand Soleil 40 4 Great White Dan Wierman J/35 5 Rock Lobster Trent Piepho San Juan 7.7 6 Mer Brandon Durham Hanse 415 7 Wholesome 30 Jan Thijssen Olson 30 8 Mola Mola Scott Bass Ericson 25+ 9 Namaste Kevin Callahan J/80 Class 4 1 Moonshine Bill Fraser Yankee 30 2 Water Street Mark Jackson Cal 2-24 3 Necessary Evil Kirt Hegerberg Catalina 30 4 Aquavit David Sinson International Folkboat 5 Lekker Helgi Felixson San Juan 28 Class 5 1 Three Ring Circus Dieter Creitz Olson 25 2 Flyer Scott Galbraith J/24 3 Selchie Kwadwo Copeland Thunderbird 4 Tailwind Kirk Schroeder Catalina Capri 25 5 Little White Rabbit Bill Wood Merit 25 6 Nimbus Mark Harang Evelyn 26 7 Cuatro Vientos Michael S Tunney Thunderbird Class 6 1 Teaser Kirk Cal 33 2 My Diana Jesse A James Irwin 31 3 Northern Light Peter Nolasco Ericson 32-200

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Race Results 4 Wandering Star Sara Schroeder Catalina 320 5 Bardo Greg Davenport Catalina Class 7 1 Thumper Erik Hauge Express 27 2 More Uff Da Ben & Jennifer Braden Moore 24 3 Zipper Alexia Fischer Santa Cruz 27 4 Morphine Kandace Farley Moore 24 5 The Banana Stand Adam A Yuret Santa Cruz 27 6 Wild Rumpus Stephanie C Schwenk Santa Cruz 27 7 Amorillo Clint Tseng Moore 24 Class 8 1 Skana Ii Philippe Lindheimer Sabre 386 2 Elixir Jarred Swalwell Aphrodite 101 3 Mara Greg Barckert Buchan 37 4 Distance Kevin Dolan Buchan 37 5 Tir Na Nog Hugh Macmenamin Tartan 3700 6 Sol Pacifico Randall Barnes Catalina 470 7 Otava Jerry Nuernberger Jeanneau 38 Sunshine 8 Tonic Mark Peterson 34 Class 9 2 Blue Martini Laney Gale Olson 911 3 Wizard Leo Morales J/27 4 Reckless John Sezer J/80 5 Impulsive Ulf Georg Gwildis J/30 6 Taj Mahal David Schutte J/80 7 Underdog Lek Dimarucot J/80 8 Bravo Cranston Riely Santana 30/30 Class 10 1 Kiwi Express Reinhard Freywald Farr 1020-2 2 Slick Christine Nelson J/29 3 Rogue Alex Krawarik Melges 24 Od 4 Dire Straits Conor Harkins Olson 30 5 First Edition Robert Alexander Humboldt Bay 30 Class 11 1 Sir Isaac John Bailey Custom Schooner 2 Caelestis Michael Pack Wauquiez Centurion 49 3 Corsair Gary Seibert Hanse 411 4 Innamorata Robert Morton Islander 40 5 Gusto Beth Miller Swan 441 6 Slow Loris Adrien Felon Choate 40 7 Oxomoxo Douglas Frazer Swan 8 Kinetics Bradford Greene Nordic 44 Class 12 1 Kinetic Vincent Townrow J/105 2 Moose Unknown John And Leslie Aitchison J/105 3 Last Tango Jim Geros J/105 4 More Jubilee Erik Kristen J/105 5 Corvo 105 Tom Kerr + Serhad J/105 6 Paladin Mason Killebrew J/105 Class 13 1 Poke And Destroy Joe Grieser/Alex Simanis Evelyn 32-2 2 Hook Bill & Darlene Stange Hobie 33 3 Tipsy Gypsy Wendell Gregory Soverell Tad Fairbank J/100 4 Selah 5 Eos Dan Thrush Pogo30 6 Zig Zag Aaron Schofield Tartan 101 7 Karma Ken Orlob Dash 34 8 Dangerous When Wet Bryan Agnetta Davidson 30 Class 14 1 Eclipse Kirk Fraser J/109 Reed Bernhard J/109 2 Mountain 3 Darkside Nicholas Leede Schock 35 4 Lodos Tolga Cezik J/109 5 Tantivy Stuart Burnell J/109 6 Solution Tyson Varosyan J/35 Class 15 1 Shearwater Chris & Justin Wolfe J/120 2 Gray Wolf Evgeniy And Jeanne Goussev Rm 40 3 Beauty Jim Fletcher/Dana Clark J46 4 Monte Solaro David Dumont Beneteau First 44.7 June 2018

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5 Bonnie Max Callaghan Miller 44 Class 16 1 War Canoe Michael Goldfarb Farr 30 2 Anarchy Tom Ward Ft 10 3 Nefarious Dan Randolph Farr 30 4 Bat Out Of Hell Lance Staughton Farr 30 Class 17 1 Grace Andy Mack J/122 2 Wicked Wahine Brent Campbell & Simon Miles Melges 32 3 Kahuna John Leitzinger Aerodyne 38 4 Such Fast David Garman 1D35 Class 18 1 Madrona Carl Buchan Custom 2 Ocelot Ben Glass Schooner Creek 3 Jedi John Tenneson J/145 4 Kyrnos Frederic Custom 57 5 Freja Jonathan Cruse Aerodyne 43 6 Tachyon Jack Yinger Farr 39 C/R 7 Artemis Tom Muir Andrews 53 Class 19 1 Aliikai Dougie Barlow Corsair F28r 2 Freda Mae Vincent Depillis Corsair 31R 3 Escape Yury Palatnik Corsair F-27 Seattle Yacht Club Vashon Island Race PL Boat Type Skipper Class 0 1 Mist TP 52 Steve Johnson 2 Smoke TP 52 Steve Travis 3 Glory TP-52 John Buchan 4 Crossfire Reichel/Pugh 55 Lou Bianco Class 1 1 Eye Candy Farr 395 Jim Marta 2 Hamachi J-125 Shawn Dougherty 3 Dark Star Custom 44 Jonathan McKee 4 Jedi J-145 John Tenneson 5 Ocelot Fox 44 Ben Glass/Jen Glass 6 Sadie Mae Grand Soleil 40 Justin Beals Class 2 1 Firefly Morris 45 Bob Strong 2 Madrona Custom 40 Carl Buchan 3 Absolutely Farr 39 ML Charlie Macaulay 4 Constellation J-133 Ron Holbrook 5 Bravo Zulu Beneteau 40.7 Denny Vaughan 6 with Grace J-120 Mark Liffring/Chris Johnson Class 3 1 Tantivy J-109 Stuart Burnell 2 Red Sky Wauquiez C45s Will Blakemore 3 Zig Zag Tartan 101 Rafe Beswick 4 Kinetics Nordic 44 Bradford Greene 5 Lodos J-109 Tolga Cezik 6 DarkSide Schock 35 Nicholar Leede Class 4 1 Izakaya Flying Tiger 10M Iain Christenson Class 5 1 Different Drummer Wauquiez Centurion 40s Charles Hill 2 Charlotte Quest 30 Al Johnson 3 Helios Beneteau First 36.7 David James 4 Overtime Ross 930T Ed Snyders Julie Renick 5 Karma Dash 34 Ken Orlob Sierra 26 Brad Butler 6 Uno Class 6 1 Last Tango J-105 James Geros 2 Jaded J-105 Chris Phoenix 3 More Jubilee J-105 Erik Kristen 4 Delirium J-105 Jerry Diercks 5 Panic J-105 Chuck Stephens 6 Avalanche J-105 Jeremy Boynes Class 7 1 Kiwi Express Farr 1020-2 Reinhard Freywald 2 Madame Pele Davidson 29 Thomas Andrewes 3 Elixir Aphrodite 101 Megan Kogut

4 Blue Martini Olson 911 Laney Gale/Mark Mazeski Class 8 1 Puffin Bavaria 38 Jim Medley 2 White Squall XCal 40 Roger Deitz 3 Seoladh Ranger 33 Dave Ferguson 4 Runaway Norlin 34 Phil Calvert 5 Lightfoot Beneteau First 345 Tom Leonard 6 Mata Hari Catalina 36 Jeff Blyth 7 Appa Wauquiez 42 Marcus Reichert 8 Al-Hiin Dehler 34 Dan Rees Class 9 1 Velella Wylie 31 Ryan Helling 2 Catnip Nonsuch 36 Mike Milburn 3 Final Rose Catalina 36 Jean Higgins 4 Nooka Ranger 33 Doug Bourlier Corinthian Yacht Club of Portland Oregon Offshore PL Sail # Boat Skipper PFRF A1 1 79026 Hana Mari Ged McLean 2 46960 Riva Scott Campbell 3 69830 Rage David Raney 4 28642 Velocity Tom Keffer 5 52082 Salient Christof Marti 7 79093 Anam Cara Tom Kelly PHRF A2 1 459 Abstract Doug Pihiaja PHRF B 1 29274 Rain Drop Joby Easton 2 169 Journeyman David Rhys Balmer 3 74454 Turnagain Travis McGregor 4 8939 Back Bay Peter Schoenburg PHRF C 1 59926 Taku Theo Singelis 2 23723 Cool Change Frank Noragon

Corinthian Yacht Club of Seattle P.O.D. PL Boat Sail # Skipper Hobie 16 1 Time Warp 44 Peter Nelson Laser 1 Streaker 210668 Jay Weinberg Star 1 8156 Derek DeCouteau 8184 David Branch 2 Puffin 3 7462 Dave Watt 4 Miller Time 8195 Foss Miller RS Aero 1 Corvair 2228 Jim Barrett 2 Sticky Wicket 1726 Jacques Garrigues 3 1384 4 Rapid 2020 Craig Horsfield 5 1732 6 1250 Melges 24 1 12 Happy Thoughts 675 David Brede 2 Pickled Beets 623 John Rahn 3 Apex 725 Kent Picknell 4 Scruffy!

332 Brian Tyrrell J/105 1 Delirium 272 Jerry Diercks 2 More Jubilee 114 Erik Kristen 3 Last Tango 212 Jim Geros 4 Moose Unknown 89 John Aitchison 5 Jaded 299 Chris Phoenix J/80 1 Underdog 85 Lek Dimarucot 2 Crazy Ivan 151 Bryan Rhodes 3 Jolly Green 1 Mike Poole 4 Raven 68 Mike Gridley 5 Stellar J 546 Alan Ross Dns, Dnc, Dnf Not Shown

Pacific Cup Starts July 9

Emerald Cup Regatta July 21-22

Go to: PacificCup.org

Join Triton Yacht Club and the sailors of the beautiful Fern Ridge Reservoir for the Emerald Cup Regatta! Sailors from across the region will aim to win their classes as they vie for the coveted Emerald Cup. Others will be raced PHRF/ Portsmouth. Registration available at www.tritonyachtclub.org

Hobie Youth Sailing Camps Hobie Division 4, in conjunction with MY SAIL Foundation, will be hosting two, three-day, Youth Sailing Camps this summer. The camps are a great way to introduce youth and young adults between the ages of 13–21 to a catamaran sailboat.

The two camps are scheduled: 1) June 29–July 1 at Corinthian Yacht Club, and; 2) July 11-13 at Lake Quinault on the Olympic Peninsula.

Both camps have limited availability and pre-registration is required.

At the camps, the kids will learn points of sail, how to make a boat go fast and stop, how to change direction, and how to capsize the boat and right it. The class will use the Hobie Wave and the Hobie 16 to teach with.

All boats and gear will be supplied, though participants are encouraged to bring sailing gear they may have.

For more information contact: Tim Webb – (360) 310-0038 or tim.webb@yahoo.com Peter Nelson -- (206) 992-6637 or nelson.peter1@live.com

Ullman Sails San Juan 24 North American Championship July 13-15 The Oak Harbor Yacht Club is proud to host the 2018 Ullman Sails San Juan 24 North American Championship, www.ohyc.org

HRYC Double Damned August 4 The Hood River Yacht Club welcomes sailors to the “Double Damned” race from Cascade Locks to the Dalles, Oregon. Questions, check: www.hoodriveryachtclub.org www.48North.com

June 2018

Santana 20 Nationals July 27-29 2018 Santana 20 Nationals Class Championship will be held in Howard Prairie, OR. Check: www. regattanetwork.com

Sloop Tavern YC Down the Sound Race August 4-5 Sign up soon at STYC.org to participate in this double-handed race to Arabella’s Landing in Gig Harbor.

The first leg is from Shilshole to Gig Harbor. Stay the night for the party and race back to Shilshole on Sunday!

Check: www.STYC.org

Cowichan Bay Regatta August 4-5 Join us for the 38th Annual Cow Bay Regatta Contact: www.cowbay-regatta.ca or email: cowbayregatta@gmail.com

2018 SARC Changes Check our online calendar and www.48North.com/SARC Added: June 14: Race to Alaska June 23-24: SNW J/Fest October 6: OIYC Benson Cup Updated: October 21: Sloop Tavern YC Race Your House Seattle Area Weekday Series 5/8 - 9/4 Duck Dodge (Tuesdays) 8/3 - 8/24 SNW Friday Sail Fest 61

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1959 OHLSON 35 YAWL One owner since 1986. Mahogany on oak, sitka spruce spars, Westerbeke auxiliary. Extensively rebuilt. Vast sail inventory, full-boat cover. AEOLIA is a capable cruiser, veteran of 1,000 races including 11 Swiftsures and still racing in the Seattle area. Owner is now 80 and needs to slow down. Recent survey available. $22,000.

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37' CUSTOM KETCH Classic Tom Gillmer-designed double ender for offshore or coastal cruising. Lying Salt Spring Island, B.C. $65,000 USD. New engine; complete refit 2010-2016; extensive teak and bronze throughout. For details and photos go to: www.sailboatlistings.com/view/71739 or contact Bob: hassell@saltspring.com or (250)537-4051.

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SAN JUAN 21 San Juan 21 MK II model- 1982. For sale in Denver.

Nearly new Yager main and furling headsail. A-1 condition, new bottom paint, on a trailer. Many upgrades. Contact: Roger Mattison at (303)475-4173 or mattirogbarb@yahoo.com 6336

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CAPE GEORGE 36 Millie is a fully yard built Cape George 36, launched in Port Townsend in 1978. She has been impeccably maintained with regular and substantial updates including engine, sails, standing rig, electronics, wiring, thru hulls, gel-coat and much more. Price is $120,000.

For full details, contact information and many photos visit: http://capegeorge36millie.weebly.com

1984 Pearson 385 - $42,000 Most spacious 38' sailboat made. Two large cabins, two comfortable heads, spacious aft cabin. New windlass, standing rigging and life raft, Hydrovane, lifelines, solar panels, and LED lighting. Ready to cruise to Mexico or Alaska. What's it gonna take to put you in this boat today? For more info, photos, and inquires contact Scott at captainstp@gmail.com

LORD NELSON 41 - $108,000 USD Classic 1985 blue-water cruiser. Has received two major overhauls, one in 1998 in South Carolina, and one in 2004 in Trinidad including new teak decks. Wellequipped and maintained by the owner for 17 years and sailed over 30,000 miles. Email for more information and details: decourcyspirit@shaw.ca

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1977 ISLANDER 36 - ONE OWNER Original owner. 37 HP Perkins 4-108; rebuilt transmission. Four battery charging system, electronics, wheel steering/pedestal, Harken roller furling, mainsail, full-length battens/lazy jacks, drifter/reacher, spinnaker ready. Propane 3-burner gimballed stove/oven.

3-speed Lewmar winches. Webasto heater, Sea-Freeze refrigeration, Electric cold water pump. ElectraSan, macerator and holding, anchor windlass. Cockpit foldup table. Sleeps six. Internal halyards, outboard motor lift, 20’ whisker pole, . Asking $26,000 or best offer.

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CAMPER NICHOLSON 31 1977 rugged English offshore cruiser. Five sails, life raft, Hydrovane, windlass, 18 HP Yanmar w/ 2500 hrs, 10 ft sailing dinghy, diesel heater, propane shower.

Two owners. Lying Vancouver Canada. $30,000. Call (403) 700-2350 6372

1976 WESTSAIL 32 Ready to sail. All systems functional. Engine has 1130 hours. Includes 6 sails and dinghy. Moored in Seattle.

Photos and details available upon request. $38,000 OBO. Please contact at bergermeistere@gmail.com 6371 www.48North.com

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Swallow is a custom designed and built Pocket Cruiser sailboat of impeccable craftsmanship.

Hull is strip planked red cedar, bronze fastened and epoxy coated. Beams and framing are laminated mahogany, and decking is cedar with fiberglass/non-skid overlay. Interior is locally milled northwest woods. Cabin has lots of storage space, efficient systems, port side galley and starboard settee--plenty of head space and is comfortable and cozy for cruising. Open cockpit has tiller steering and bench seating.

Contact Kris at 360-379-5807 kris@nwmaritime.org

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1974 WESTSAIL 32 #255 It’s time. She served as a fun, comfortable, and safe platform for our family since 2001. Daughter now in University and wife wants a tire yacht (will tow a motorcycle trailer :). New sail suit, plus. Perkins 4-108 runs fine. New Lewmar skylight, propane system, bowsprit, compression post and much more. Ready to be used. 7’ hard dinghy available.

Anacortes. $42,000. More info at (360)202-8611 or at danjuan.sanjuanenterprise@gmail.com Full specs available at westsail.com S/V Hunter.

1998 CORNISH SHRIMPER 19 $18.5K. Bristol condition. Gaff rigged tanbark sails, fiberglass hull/deck, 8 HP outboard. Retractable keel and easily trailored (have trailer). All new running rigging, new varnish 2016. Running lights. Porta Potty, and gimbaled stove. Said to be "Prettiest Girl on Lake Union." More info at (206)321-3441.

1992 CREALA 40 Designed by Crealock with lines similar to the Pacific Seacraft 40. Located Guatemala. Cutter rig, aft cockpit, fin keel, skeg hung rudder, 44 HP Yanmar. Cruising equipped and ready to go, very good condition throughout. Maintained and cruised by one owner.

Clean, comfortable, aesthetic. $88,000. Info and more details at tillsonds@yahoo.com

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48’ CATAMARAN - $125,000 1996 Nautitech 475. Complete structural refit to bare hull. Full Awlgrip exterior and Interprotect barrier coat bottom. Interior fully faired and primed, with some Awlgrip topcoat. Boat needs interior build-out and equipment installed. More details and photos at www.sailorsparadise.com or contact us via email at n475@sailorsparadise.com 6378

36’ CUSTOM CUTTER - 1977 Surveyor suggested asking $38K. You can own S/V with $20K down and take over payments. Asking $25K. A beauty - classy lines - interior updated. Portside double berth w/ bookcase. Single berth/settee/storage/ chart table starboard. Hard chine, fiberglass overlay.

Hanked on 100, 110, drifter, storm jib and main with jiffy reefing. First owner sailed 13 years single handed without engine. 18 years ago we installed Yanmar diesel engine. 700 hours. Lying Port of Poulsbo. Health forces sale. We have invested more than $60K updating and restoring in Port Townsend. Call (360)593-1461.

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JASON 35’ FULL KEEL CUTTER Melatar, Ted Brewer design, 27 HP Yanmar, 5 sails (main, furling yankee & genoa, hanked staysail, asymmetrical), solar panels, diesel heat, Force10 3-burner stove/oven, Isotherm refrigeration, radar, 100 gallon water tank, 70 gallon diesel tank. Great cruiser and liveaboard. $35,000. More information and photos at: https://sites.google.com/view/melatar Come see!

Contact Mark at (360)298-2295 or via email at marksmaalders@gmail.com 6365

SHOCKWAVE 43' FRERS 43' German Frers racing sailboat. Built in New Zealand

by Cookson for 1983 Admirals Cup. Voted fairest looking sailboat in past 30 years in October 1989 Sail Magazine. Exotic lay-up, carbon fiber. Large sail inventory, many like new. Includes trailer. $19,500.

Contact Mike for more info at mdseedall@gmail.com or (801)599-3047. Located in Salt Lake City.

44FT SPENCER 1974 Center cockpit. Offshore ready or live-aboard. Very good shape 85 HP engine, 7.5K W Genset, aluminum dodger, solar panels, watermaker. Many upgrades.

Hauled out June 2017. $59,000 Lying Blaine, WA. Call (604)536 5351 or email bjradlowski@hotmail.com 4531

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CATALINA 30 - 1985 Cruised in the Northwest since 1999 as a safe, well maintained sailboat. Over the last 19 years replaced the canvas and exterior and interior cushions, installed propane stove and tank to ABYC standards. New 25 lb CQR anchor in 2017. Has universal 25 diesel, roller furling head sail with 135 genoa, full battened main sail, self-tailing winches, all lines led aft, hot & cold pressure water. Boat hauled and bottom painted April of 2018. $24,000. For pictures and more information contact boblitbird@aol.com

1991 BENETEAU OCEANIS 370 In excellent condition and professionally maintained with too many upgrades to list. Never chartered (12 years fresh water). Bottom painted June 2017. Wing Keel 4’ draft. Includes 10’ dinghy and 6 HP Mercury.

Located in Brownsville, WA. Current slip available. $72,000. For more details and pictures please email!

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1973 29’ ERICSON Atomic 4 gas engine, 7 sails, 2-burner CNG range, sink, ice-box, sleeps 5 (2 double berths, 1 single), marine head, VHF, Loran, compass, tiller with autopilot. Had a lot of fun on this boat while kids were growing up.

Lost my sailor to cancer, need to find loving home for this great old boat. Moored in Kalama. $8,000. Contact Elaine at (360)450-9089.

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1981 CATALINA 30 Asking $24,900. CUSTOM solid teak interior. New roller furling, all new electric and panel. Wallace forced air diesel heater. Many upgrades! Anacortes moorage available. Tri-polyurethane paint. Never a blister!

CALL for Details! (360)630-7447.

CUSTOM 48’ SAILING CATAMARAN Taj is a professionally built custom catamaran built in Port Townsend, Washington to the plans of Australian designer Tony Grainger. She is thoroughly equipped, maintained, and ready for the South Pacific. Lying Marina Palmira, La Paz, Mexico. Price: $495,000. visit www.catamarantaj.com or contact in.the.wind@icloud.com

1981 TARTAN 42 Classic Sparkman & Stephens design, sloop/cutter rig, 50 HP Westerbeke, brand new full batten main along with jibs, staysail and asymmetrical spinnaker. All running rigging, cushions and upholstery new 1.5 years ago. SS ports, hatches and dorades. Garmin radar, plot charter x 2, autopilot, instruments (including wind and depth sounder). 500+ watts of solar power, self-tailing winches, propane and engine driven heat, refrigeration, freezer, and full cockpit enclosure. SSB high frequency radio & Pactor modem, 6-person Winslow liferaft, EPIRB, and 9'6" inflatable Achilles dinghy with 8 HP Yamaha OB. Proven cruiser including successful completion of the NW Passage. Turnkey boat ready to take off cruising again! Come and see her at Shilshole Bay Marina. Asking $125,000.00. For more info call Jay (305)619-2302 or email rhumlineservices@yahoo.com

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6327 Seaview Ave NW Seattle, WA 98107 Phone (206) 789-7350 Fax (206) 789-6392 2009 MACGREGOR 26 HPEmail Suzuki savannah@48north.com engine, aluminum trailer, inflatable

1980 Jaguar 22 Sweetpea is a Catalina 22 built in England with a heavier rig and shoal keel. She comes on a galvanized trailer with a 2016 long shaft 8hp Tohatsu Outboard with < 50 hrs. Featured in 48* North, February 2010 “Sleeping 5 on a Catalina 22”. Asking $5900. Contact for more information and photos at karangelen5@yahoo.com 7007

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50 dinghy w/ 2009 2 HP Honda. Engine has 60 hours, trailer under 500 miles, dinghy engine has less than 10 hours. Boat is equipped with virtually all factory options. All equipment in very good condition. For more info & questions, please call either (360)201-6715 or (360)392-7729.

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60’ Custom Motorsailer

Beautiful 60’ motorsailer conversion

by Dutch shipyard DeHaas. Originally designed for offshore fishing in the rugged North Sea, this Corten steel yacht was luxuriously converted in Holland in the mid-nineties to a ketch rigged motorsailer. Former owners sailed her to the Northwest from the Canary Islands. Strong, low hour Iveco 6 cyl. diesel, 16kw genset, Euro 230v/50hz. systems, rewired in 2008.

Bow thruster and hyd. stabilizers.

Extensive electronics and nav. setup.

Sleeps six in three staterooms. All of the original and conversion plans onboard. Finally planning that lifelong dream cruise to Tahiti?…call us! See one hundred photos and the full specs at pacificmarine.org. 206.225.3360.

40’ SPARKMAN & STEPHENS Haida, 40' S&S Design #1738. Built in Japan in 1965, double planked mahogany on oak frames, copper riveted. Extensively rebuilt. Sloop rig, fully battened main, many jibs. Propane stove. 100 gallon water, 40 gallon diesel, 30 HP Yanmar (475 hours).

Classic boat in great condition. More photos at: https://sites.google.com/view/haida. $40,000. Contact Mark for more information at (360)298-2295 or via smaalders.yacht.designs@gmail.com

COLUMBIA 50 PROJECT Go to Bellingham, WA Craigslist boats for sale. Search “50” for info and photos. $25k. Call for more details and more information: (360)319-0529.

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1974 32.5 IRWIN CC - $12,900 32.5 Irwin Center Cockpit. Must sell. Any reasonable offer accepted. John Wayne Marina, recent survey and new bottom paint (September 2017). New Main sail and main halyard. Many more upgrades. For more info please contact Harold at hmkkline@gmail.com 6361

1990 HUNTER 27 Yanmar diesel, furling genoa, standing headroom, marine head, alcohol stove, Ray Marine speed, depth, wind, boom kicker, removable doors, 30’ trailer. $26,500. Call (530)244-5702 or email for more info and details at wanda664@pacbell.net 6349 www.48North.com

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Kettenburg PC32 - $28,000 Launched in San Diego in 1948, Orion #68 underwent a large restoration by Baird Boat Works of Port Townsend, WA in 2006. Orion is as competitive today as she was 60 years ago.

Mahogany planks--some new, over steamed oak frames--all sistered. Updated rigging with Schaefer and Harken blocks. Lots of bronze hardware and varnish. Very minimal systems, but she makes up for it with volumes of class.

Contact Kris at 360-379-5807 kris@nwmaritime.org

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Boats For Sale 1979 WILDERNESS 21 Santa Cruz ULDB. Offshore equipped and/or race ready.

For more info, photos, and all the details call Bernie at (541)961-5314.

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LIDO 14 Lido #6132 - 2 sets sails 1 excellent Ulman racing, clean boat and trailer covered storage 5 years. $3,300.

(360)581-4164.

2000 TARTAN 3700 Gorgeous Tim Jackett designed cruiser in excellent condition. Professionally maintained. Tan deck and canvas over dark blue hull. Spacious interior with cherry cabinets and lockers over teak and holly sole. Yanmar 40 HP auxiliary. Lying Port Ludlow, Washington. For photos and specifications, please inquire via email at svblackacre@gmail.com or (360)931-5546.

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OFFSHORE PACIFIC PASSAGE Are you free August 13th-23rd 2018? Join us aboard our 72 ft, ex Global Challenge Race vessel on this adventure sail from Vancouver to San Francisco. We have places available for all levels of sailing experience, from the absolute novice looking to see what all the fuss is about and learn seamanship skills to the seasoned sailor, needing to build miles, experience crewing different vessels, or to practice celestial navigation and the use of a sextant. We offer expert tuition for all. Looking for something different, adventure? Book your place now! https://panexplore.com/2017/09/29/maple-gatecanada-san-francisco/ 6370

26’ BLANCHARD SENIOR CLASSIC Sweet boat with all new rigging including brand new sails. Put $12K in last summer. 1957; currently on Lake Union. $7,000 OBO. Info and more details available at (510)334-3333.

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AFFORDABLE LIVEABOARD Now accepting applications for next year in the Dave Ullin Openwater Marina located on Bainbridge Island, WA. These are moorings in Eagle Harbor. Be prepared to live off grid, the boat must be seaworthy and less than 60’ in length. Parking is limited, but it’s close to a major public transportation hub. Applicants must be approved by the City of Bainbridge Island. Text your email address to (425)417-4490 for application.

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LAKE COEUR D’ALENE Larger deep water sailboat slip on beautiful Lake Coeur d’Alene. PanhandleYacht Club. Enjoy all club facilities.

2018 membership dues paid. Only $16,000. Call today.

Casey Krivor at (208)290-6576.

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33% SHARE - HUNTER 456 Selling our 1/3 share in a beautiful 2002 Hunter 456.

Docked at Govt. Wharf Granville Island in Vancouver.

2/3 share owned by another couple. Available ASAP. Call (778)877-0690 for details and more information.

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1981 C&C 36 $33,000 CAD. Upgraded for cruising/live-aboard.

Rebuilt interior includes new galley, head and forepeak.

New electrical, electronics, heater. Upgraded rigging.

10’ dinghy. Located Sidney, BC. Contact Don for more info at don.bachinski@gmail.com or (250)893-5472.

45’ BELLINGHAM SUMMER SUBLEASE 45’ Sublease available in Bellingham WA. April to August. Squalicum Harbor Gate 3, FW-31, easy access at end of fairway, bow in port side tie. Contact for more info: (208)405-2093 or marina office.

1988 NORDIC 44 - BELLINGHAM Looking for a partner(s). Not using the boat enough and would rather partner than sell. Equity required. Serious?

Call Judy for more information: (206)963-3560.

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34’ BOAT SLIP FOR SALE Highly desirable 50 foot boat slip in Murphy’s Landing Marina priced at $175,000. Close to everything Gig Harbor has to offer. This is a condominium marina with Clubhouse, Laundry and bathrooms. The marina has a large parking lot for owners and guests. Slip can be used as investment property. Currently $300,000 in reserves. Also available a 34 foot and 40 foot slip.

Contact Raelene at (253)686-6105.

FORMER OWNER WANTS BACK IN! SEEKING PARTNER(S) 1984 40’ Ta Shing BABA Panda 40’. Classic sailorfriendly Perry design with museum-quality $300,000 Jespersen refit in 2008. Out-of-state former owner looking for viable partner(s) to get back into the yacht he loves. Consider 1/2 or 1/4 share. Cinnamon Girl is listed at Elliott Bay Yacht Sales, asking $189,000. Interested in partnering, contact Bob at bob@tonerport.com to discuss details.

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RACE READY J/24 This a well-maintained, much loved 1984 J/24 (hull #3747). For more details and more photos please see: https://j24forsale.tumblr.com. Inquiries and questions can be sent to: j243747forsale@gmail.com. $15,000.

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WANTED WANTED: SEA TIME WITH JUNK-RIG What’s it like to sail a junk-rigged boat? Experienced, helpful (some tools) crew wants to know. Day trip or short cruise in Pacific NW. Please call or text: (971)227-0478.

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34’ CATALINA PARTNERSHIP 1/3 share in well maintained 1988 boat. Recent upgrades.

Freshly hauled-out for biennial bottom paint. $12,500 includes 1/3 ownership of approx. $5,000 slush fund.

Call Larry (253) 312-0228 for more information.

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Equipment Zodiac Coastal 4 Person Liferaft 2006 Never been used coastal liferaft. Manufactured in 2006 but in good shape. Needs to be inspected. $400 OBO. Please contact wardc20@gmail.com

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Professional Services

Donate that Boat and Support Youth Sailing & Boating Programs!

To Learn More Call or Email (360)714-8891 • info@boatingcenter.org

The Community Boating Center Local Nonprofit • Bellingham, WA

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SAILRITE SEWING MACHINE Gently used Sailrite Professional Long Arm sewing machine with table for sale. Can deliver in Western WA state or pay 1/2 shipping and insurance within US. $3,900 obo. More info at (206) 354-6445.

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Full service rig shop serving the Puget Sound

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Marinas

Cliff Hennen - (206) 718-5582

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Annual moorage available now: 32’ to 80’ Open and 32’ to 60’ Covered slips.

In town rental slips w/security gates, mini storage, full service boat yard, fuel dock & pump out on site.

Anacortesmarina.com or (360) 293-4543

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Gateway to the San Juans 34’ - 50’ slips for lease/purchase Free Wifi, Pumpouts & Showers, Fuel, Store /Café (360) 371-0440 semiahmoomarina.com

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No ocean too big, no trip too small, no ship too large, no mast too tall, sail or power, we move them all!!!

When you are ready, give us a call.

Professional service since 1967.

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7001 Seaview Ave NW Suite 130 (Shilshole Bay Marina in Port of Seattle Building)

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SAIL ALASKA WITH THE EXPERTS Glacier Bay, Sitka, Petersburg, Juneau Now Booking for 2019!!!

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

We also carry an assortment of portable freezers and wine coolers for your entertainment needs on the go!

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Now Booking 2016, 2017 S/V BOB 7-10 day trips, 4 staterooms w/ private heads and showers. Licensed Captain FREE unlimited sailing on the club boats. and crew.

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May 2018 Classified 2” @ $60/inch= $120

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 Shannon at (206) 510-3370

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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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3,500

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11,900

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9,900

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28,900

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99,000

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34,900

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20,000

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27' Island Packet 27

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89 D

34,900

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82

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52,000

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77

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53,900

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21,500

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45,000

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quality yachts from swiftsureyachts.com Liberation II Hallberg-Rassy 46 2001 • $379,000

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Farr PH 50 • 2003 • $550,000

Discovery 55 • 2007 • $650,000

53 Oyster • 1999 • $449,000

Outbound 44 • 2005 • $385,000

Pacific Seacraft 31 • 1997 • $104,900

41 Hunter 410 • 2000 • $104,000

Hallberg-Rassy 43 • 2004 • $360,000

Chris White Atlantic 47•2013•$859,000

Hallberg-Rassy 36 • 2002 • $189,000

Lavranos 50 • 1990 • $184,775

Hallberg-Rassy 42F • 1997 • $280,000

Cal 39 • 1971 • $48,500

73 Manuel Campos Ketch 1941 $475,000 70 Jensen Expedition 2004 $2,280,000 62 Ted Geary Schooner 1920 $95,000 60 Shannon 2014 $995,000 48 Tollycraft 1981 $229,000 48 Chris White Atlantic 2010 $790,000 44 Morris 1995 $415,000 44 Outbound 2000 Inquire 44 Amazon 1998 $295,000 43 Taswell 1988 $159,000 42 Catalina Mk 1 1993 $130,000

42 Hallberg-Rassy 42E 41 Sceptre 40 Ta Shing Tashiba 36 Lindell 35 Saga 34 MJM 34z 34 Hallberg Rassy 342 34 Red Wing 33 J/100 30 Hunter 28 Corsair F-28R

1983 1990 1996 2001 2001 2008 2008 2008 2007 1990 1997

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40' Valiant 1978

40' Valiant 1978

40' Panda by Ta Shing 1985

37' Nautor Swan 1980

36' C&C 34+ 1991

35' Cooper 353 PH 1982

34' C&C 1978

31' Catalina 310 2000

31' Fisher PH 1984

26' MacGregor w/Trlr 2009

25' Left Coast Dart w/Trlr 2013

46' Nielson Trawler 1981

36' Grand Banks Classic 1967

33' Kingfisher by Devlin 2017

27' Ranger Tug 2014

26' Chesapeake “Redwing” 2017

25' Surf Runner by Devlin 2004

24' Elliott Bay Launch w/Trlr 1983

22' Surf Scoter by Devlin 1993

38' Morgan 384 1985

37' Sancerre Sloop 1982

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77 D

29,900

Passion Yachts

31' Cal Sloop

79 D

24,700

NW Yachtnet

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7

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12 D

50,000

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11

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24,000

Cape George

www.capegeorgecutters.com

11

00 D

69,900

West Yachts

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8,500

NW Yachtnet

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7

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60,000

28' Corsair F-28R

97 G

53,000 Swiftsure Yachts

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95 D 49,000 Yachtfinders/Wind

www.yachtfinders.biz

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96 D

29,900

NW Yachtnet

www.nwyachtnet.com

7

(844) 692-2487

74

31' Cape George hull ~

www.passion-yachts.com

75

31' Catalina 310 31' Dufour 31

76 D

76

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28' Hunter

86 D

19,000

Seattle Yachts

28' O'Day

82 D

15,900

Passion Yachts

29' J/88

18 D

~

Sail Northwest

www.sailnorthwest.com

2

29' Alberg

80 D

24,900

Passion Yachts

www.passion-yachts.com

75

29' Gulf Pilothouse

84 D

27,900

Passion Yachts

www.passion-yachts.com

75

31' Freedom

88 D

30' Beneteau 30E

83 D

15,900

Marine Servicenter

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82

31' Hunter

84 D 24,500 Yachtfinders/Wind

30' C&C

88 D

35,900

Sail Northwest

www.sailnorthwest.com

2

31' Island Packet

88 D

59,500

Marine Servicenter

30' Catalina Tall Rig

80 D

19,999

NW Yachtnet

www.nwyachtnet.com

7

31' Hunter

O6 D

64,900

Passion Yachts

30' Henderson

97 G

34,500

Sail Northwest

2

31' Pacific Seacraft

97 D 104,900 Swiftsure Yachts

30' Hunter

90 D 32,500 Yachtfinders/Wind

32' Beneteau

06 D 74,000 Yachtfinders/Wind

www.yachtfinders.biz

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30' J/95 New

18 D

~

Sail Northwest

www.sailnorthwest.com

2

32' Evelyn

85 D

22,000

Marine Servicenter

http://marinesc.com/

82

30' Newport

71 G

22,000

Seattle Yachts

(844) 692-2487

74

32' Freedom

84 D

34,500

Signature Yachts http://signature-yachts.com/

81

30' Rawson

67 D

9,500

Seattle Yachts

(844) 692-2487

74

32' Islander

77 D

29,000

NW Yachtnet

30' Sabre

80 D

19,000

Sail Northwest

www.sailnorthwest.com

2

32' J/97e New

18 D

~

www.sailnorthwest.com www.yachtfinders.biz

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31' Fisher 84 D 65,900 West Yachts www.west-yachts.com 73 26,950

NW Yachtnet

Sail Northwest

www.nwyachtnet.com

7

www.yachtfinders.biz

76

http://marinesc.com/

82

www.passion-yachts.com

75

http://swiftsureyachts.com/

72

www.nwyachtnet.com

7

www.sailnorthwest.com

2

30' Bystedt

75 D

14,900

Passion Yachts

www.passion-yachts.com

75

32' Westsail 32

79 D

33,000

Marine Servicenter

http://marinesc.com/

82

30' Catalina

78 D

10,900

Passion Yachts

www.passion-yachts.com

75

32' Ericson

72 D

19,500

Yachtfinders/Wind

www.yachtfinders.biz

76

30' Catalina mkI

86 D

24,900

Passion Yachts

www.passion-yachts.com

75

32' Gulf

86 D

39,900

Sail Northwest

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2

30' Catalina mkII

88 D

24,900

Passion Yachts

www.passion-yachts.com

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73 D

52,000

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www.passion-yachts.com

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Boat Type 33' Beneteau 331

Yr Aux Price 01 D 68,000

33' Endeavour

85 D 24,500 Yachtfinders/Wind

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33' Endeavour

85 D 24,500 Yachtfinders/Wind

www.yachtfinders.biz

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72 D

69,000

Marine Servicenter

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08 D

62,900

Passion Yachts

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07 D

80,000 Swiftsure Yachts

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96 D

45,000

West Yachts

34' C&C

78 D

34,500

West Yachts

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81 D 25,900 Yachtfinders/Wind

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81 D

29,000

NW Yachtnet

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79 D

21,900

Passion Yachts

34' Cape George

99 D 155,000

34' Catalina

86 D

39,500

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Boat Type 34' Pacific seacraft

Yr Aux Price 90 D 69,000

Broker Seacraft Yacht Sales

Contact Page (206) 547-2755 77

76

34' TartanT34-C

78 D

34,900

NW Yachtnet

www.nwyachtnet.com

7

76

34' X-Yachts

89 D

39,900

NW Yachtnet

www.nwyachtnet.com

7

http://marinesc.com/

82

34' Catalina

88 D

39,900

Passion Yachts

www.passion-yachts.com

75

www.passion-yachts.com

75

34' Catalina

88 D

37,900

Passion Yachts

www.passion-yachts.com

75

http://swiftsureyachts.com/

72

34' Catalina 34

06 D 114,900

Passion Yachts

www.west-yachts.com

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34' Hallberg Rassy 342 08 D 183,000 Swiftsure Yachts

www.west-yachts.com

73

35' Allied Seabreeze

71 D

76

35' Beneteau

89 D 45,000 Yachtfinders/Wind

www.yachtfinders.biz

34,000

Seattle Yachts

www.passion-yachts.com

75

http://swiftsureyachts.com/

72

(844) 692-2487

74

www.yachtfinders.biz

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www.nwyachtnet.com

7

35' Cal Mark II

85 D

39,900

Marine Servicenter

http://marinesc.com/

82

www.passion-yachts.com

75

35' Carroll Marine

99 D

69,500

Yachtfinders/Wind

www.yachtfinders.biz

76

Cape George

www.capegeorgecutters.com

11

35' Cheoy Lee

80 D

34,500

Yachtfinders/Wind

NW Yachtnet

www.nwyachtnet.com

7

35' Cooper 353

82 D

49,600

West Yachts

www.yachtfinders.biz

76

www.west-yachts.com

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34' Catalina

88 D 47,500 Yachtfinders/Wind

www.yachtfinders.biz

76

35' Elan E4

17 D 249,900

Seattle Yachts

(844) 692-2487

74

34' Columbia 34

72 D

http://marinesc.com/

82

35' Ericson MkII

87 D

44,900

Yachtfinders/Wind

www.yachtfinders.biz

76

34' Dehler

88 D 29,500 Yachtfinders/Wind

www.yachtfinders.biz

76

35' Fuji Ketch

74 D

40,000

NW Yachtnet

www.nwyachtnet.com

7

34' Ericson

87 D 44,900 Yachtfinders/Wind

www.yachtfinders.biz

76

35' Hinterhoeller

81 D

41,500

Marine Servicenter

http://marinesc.com/

82

34' Gemini MC 105

02 D

99,000

Marine Servicenter

http://marinesc.com/

82

35' Hunter

90 D 49,900 Yachtfinders/Wind

www.yachtfinders.biz

76

34' Jeanneau 34.2

01 D

72,000

Marine Servicenter

http://marinesc.com/

82

35' Hunter 356

02 D

79,000

www.nwyachtnet.com

7

34' O'Day

82 D

38,000

Passion Yachts

www.passion-yachts.com

75

35' J/Boats

90 D

35,000 Swiftsure Yachts

http://swiftsureyachts.com/

72

34' Pacific Seacraft

89 D

68,000

Seacraft Yacht Sales

(206) 547-2755

77

35' Nauticat PH

87 D 119,000

http://marinesc.com/

82

34' Pacific Seacraft

94 D

84,000

Seacraft Yacht Sales

(206) 547-2755

77

35' Saga

1

http://swiftsureyachts.com/

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33,000

Marine Servicenter

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Boat Type

Yr Aux Price

35' Wauquiez

83 D

65,000

NW Yachtnet

www.nwyachtnet.com

Contact

7

37' C&C 37 sloop

84 D

24,900

35' Wauquiez

84 D

69,950

NW Yachtnet

www.nwyachtnet.com

7

37' Custom Carbon

92 D

~

35' Wauquiez

82 D

85,000

NW Yachtnet

www.nwyachtnet.com

7

37' Endeavour

80 D 34,500 Yachtfinders/Wind

www.west-yachts.com

73

37' Hunter 375

90 D

Signature Yachts http://signature-yachts.com/

81

(206) 547-2755

77

37' Island Packet 370 08 D 275,000

Marine Servicenter

http://marinesc.com/

82

www.capegeorgecutters.com

11

37' Nauticat 37

06 D 259,000

Marine Servicenter

http://marinesc.com/

82

http://marinesc.com/

82

37' Nautor Swan

80 D

93,000

West Yachts

st-yachts.com

73

79,000

PT Boat Co

www.porttownsendboatco.com/

77

36' C&C 34+

91 D

84,900

West Yachts

36' Cape George

75 D

49,000

Seacraft Yacht Sales

36' Cape George

78 D 120,000

Cape George

36' Cape George 36

77 D

64,500

Marine Servicenter

Page

53,500

Broker

Contact

NW Yachtnet Sail Northwest

www.sailnorthwest.com

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28,000

Cape George

www.capegeorgecutters.com

11

37' Newland Custom 92 D

92 D

69,500

Marine Servicenter

http://marinesc.com/

82

37' Pacific Seacraft

94 D 139,000

Marine Servicenter

36' Catalina 36 MK-II 95 D

74,900

NW Yachtnet

www.nwyachtnet.com

7

37' Pacific Seacraft

95 D 179,000

36' Catalina MkII

92 D

69,500

Seattle Yachts

(844) 692-2487

74

37' Pacific Seacraft

82 D

69,000

36' Colvin Pinky

03 D

99,500

Marine Servicenter

15 D 435,000

36' Grand Banks

74 D

69,000 Swiftsure Yachts

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~

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~

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23,900

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82

Seacraft Yacht Sales

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77

Seattle Yachts

(844) 692-2487

74

Sail Northwest

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2

www.yachtfinders.biz

76

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77

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82

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72

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24,900

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77 D

91,000

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76 D

69,500

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NW Yachtnet

Page

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82

74 D 29,900 Yachtfinders/Wind

www.yachtfinders.biz

76

98 D 139,000 Yachtfinders/Wind

www.yachtfinders.biz

76

06 D 215,000 Yachtfinders/Wind

www.yachtfinders.biz

76

36' Sabre 362

95 D 129,000

Signature Yachts http://signature-yachts.com/

81

38' Alerion

36' Tanton 36

81 D

29,500

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82

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82 D

59,000

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82

38' C&C

86 D 64,900 Yachtfinders/Wind

www.yachtfinders.biz

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84 D

64,900

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www.passion-yachts.com

75

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86 D

59,900

NW Yachtnet

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7

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54,950

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81

38' German Frers IOR 82 D

29,900

NW Yachtnet

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7

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82 D

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73

40' Malo

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76

81

40' Olson

84 ~ 53,000 Yachtfinders/Wind

www.yachtfinders.biz

76

76

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84 D 189,000

73

40' Panda by Ta Shing 85 D 129,000

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76

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71

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76

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72

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75

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82

40' Beneteau Oceanis 08 D 169,000

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72

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95 D 112,000

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www.passion-yachts.com

75

40' J/120

94 D 119,900

Sail Northwest

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72

41' Beneteau

01 D 124,900 Yachtfinders/Wind

www.yachtfinders.biz

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39' Nauticat

03 D 310,000 Swiftsure Yachts

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93 D 79,000 Yachtfinders/Wind

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76

41' Beneteau Oceanis 18 D 299,997

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81

40' C&C

02 D 129,900

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82

41' Hans Christian

87 D 109,000

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77

40' Elan Impression

17 D 284,900

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74

41' Hunter 410

00 D 104,000 Swiftsure Yachts

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81

41' Islander Freeport 79 D

40' Hinckley

70 D 139,500

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59,000

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72

74,900

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82

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71

41' Lord Nelson

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76

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64,900

40' J/121

18 D

~

Sail Northwest

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41' Sceptre

90 D 219,000 Swiftsure Yachts

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72

40' J/122

08 D 279,000

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86 D

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72

40' Jeanneau 409

12 D 229,000

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99 D 125,000

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40' Jeanneau 409

16 D 269,500

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82

42' Catalina MkII

06 D 179,900

Seattle Yachts

(844) 692-2487

74

78

June 2018

www.48North.com

~ Swiftsure Yachts

Brokerage Sail Listings

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88 D

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03 D 249,900

42' Westsail

75 D 69,500 Yachtfinders/Wind 99 D 105,000

42' Mermaid Garden 78 D

54,900

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47' Chris White Atlantic 13 D 859,000 Swiftsure Yachts

7

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72

47' Jeanneau 479

17 D 379,838

76

47' Kettenburg

58 D 29,000 Yachtfinders/Wind

74

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76

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86 D

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71

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72

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7

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72

50' Farr PH

3

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72

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76

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West Yachts

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78 D

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93 D

49,500

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D 550,000 Swiftsure Yachts 89,500

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76

www.yachtfinders.biz

76

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http://swiftsureyachts.com/

72

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82

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72

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76

www.passion-yachts.com

75

73

51' Alden Skye Ketch 80 D 149,500

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82

75

51' German Frers S

87 D

99,000

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82

http://swiftsureyachts.com/

72

52' Santa Cruz

99 D 495,000

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www.yachtfinders.biz

76

www.west-yachts.com

73

53' Amel Super Mar. 95 D 298,500

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82

Sail Northwest

82

53' J/160

03 D 575,000

81

53' Oyster

99 D 449,000 Swiftsure Yachts

44' Jeanneau

91 D 112,000

Seacraft Yacht Sales

44' Morris

95 D 415,000 Swiftsure Yachts

44' Nauticat 44

80 D 214,900

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05 D 385,000 Swiftsure Yachts

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00 D

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44' WorldCruiser

79 D 218,000

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77

53' Skookum Ketch

84 D 258,000

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72

54' Hunter

82 D 99,000 Yachtfinders/Wind

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82

55' Discovery

07 D 650,000 Swiftsure Yachts

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72

57' Beneteau Sense

18 D 869,950

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72

www.west-yachts.com

73

West Yachts

www.yachtfinders.biz http://swiftsureyachts.com/

72 81

72

60' Shannon

14 D 995,000 Swiftsure Yachts

71

61' C&C

72 D 222,000

45' Beneteau Oceanis 17 D 395,500

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81

62' Ted Geary

20 D

45' Beneteau Oceanis 18 D 399,900

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81

64' Roberts PH 64

88 D 298,000

Marine Servicenter

45' Bestevaer 45st

11 D 575,000

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2

68' Nelson Marek

84 D 175,000

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45' Hunter DS

08 D 179,988

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74

45' Sabre 452

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00 D 295,000

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76

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82

46' Cecil Lange

76 D

Seacraft Yacht Sales

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77

46' Formosa

78 D 85,000 Yachtfinders/Wind

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01 D

46' Hunter 430

96 D 109,900

NW Yachtnet

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01 D 350,000

Sail Northwest

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13 D 355,000

Elliott Bay Yacht Sales

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00 D 189,000

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88 D

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72

www.nwyachtnet.com

7

www.sailnorthwest.com

2

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71

Marine Servicenter

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82

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76

46' Tayana Pilot House 13 D 389,000

Seattle Yachts

(844) 692-2487

74

46' West Indies

77 D 109,950

Signature Yachts http://signature-yachts.com/

81

46' Spindrift CC

84 D 138,000

Passion Yachts

75

47' Beneteau 47.7

05 D 199,500

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(206) 285-9563

http://swiftsureyachts.com/

72

http://marinesc.com/

82

http://swiftsureyachts.com/

72

http://marinesc.com/

82

(206) 285-9563

71

Marine Servicenter

95,000 Swiftsure Yachts

76

http://swiftsureyachts.com/

www.passion-yachts.com

76

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(206) 285-9563

99,900

82

www.west-yachts.com

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Swiftsure Yachts

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~

76

www.passion-yachts.com

Marine Servicenter

44' Island Packet 440 07 D 375,000

49,000

82

www.yachtfinders.biz

Marine Servicenter

www.nwyachtnet.com

http://marinesc.com/ www.yachtfinders.biz

http://swiftsureyachts.com/

Elliott Bay Yacht Sales

http://swiftsureyachts.com/

NW Yachtnet

72

Marine Servicenter

http://swiftsureyachts.com/

02 D 155,000

http://swiftsureyachts.com/

Marine Servicenter

Passion Yachts

43' Atkins

74,900

Boat Type 47' Catalina 470

www.nwyachtnet.com

Seattle Yachts

42' Hallberg Rassy 42E 83 D 154,000 Swiftsure Yachts 42' Hunter 420 CC

Contact Page www.sailnorthwest.com 2

71

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Brokerage Trawler Listings

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22' Chris-Craft

08 G

37,000

Sail Northwest

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2

22' Surf Scoter

92 G

54,900

West Yachts

www.west-yachts.com

73

22' Wellcraft Coastal 15 G

79,900

Marine Servicenter

Boat Type

Yr Aux Price

Broker

40' Custom Trawler

83 D 179,500

NW Yachtnet

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7

40' Davis DeFever

83 D

54,000

West Yachts

www.west-yachts.com

73

40' Fathom PH

12 D 399,900

NW Yachtnet

www.nwyachtnet.com

7

http://marinesc.com/

82

40' Huckins Sportman 56 D

23' Ranger Tug R-23 18 G 110,000

Seattle Yachts

(844) 692-2487

74

40' MJM 40z

18 D

23' SAFE Boat Intl

www.sailnorthwest.com

2

42' Devlin Sockeye

00 D 349,000

http://marinesc.com/

82

42' Grand Banks

92 D 279,900 70 D

59,500 ~

NW Yachtnet

www.nwyachtnet.com

7 2

Marine Servicenter

http://marinesc.com/

82

NW Yachtnet

www.nwyachtnet.com

7

NW Yachtnet

www.nwyachtnet.com

7

(844) 692-2487

74

http://marinesc.com/

82

www.yachtfinders.biz

76

03 D

60,000

Sail Northwest

78,900

Marine Servicenter

24' Eilliott Bay Launch 13 D

~

West Yachts

www.west-yachts.com

73

42' Grand Banks

25' Bayliner

~

PT Boat Co

www.porttownsendboatco.com/

77

42' Striker SportFish 10 D 249,900

Seattle Yachts

25' Devlin Surf Runner 04 D 119,500

West Yachts

www.west-yachts.com

73

42' Grand Banks

99 D 394,500

Marine Servicenter

25' Ranger Tug

12 D

99,000

Seattle Yachts

(844) 692-2487

74

44' DeFever

99 D 219,000 Yachtfinders/Wind

26' Cutwater

15 D 144,800

Seattle Yachts

26' Red Wing

17 ~

West Yachts

59,900

27' Four Winns Vista 18 G 184,682

Marine Servicenter

27' Ranger Tug

14 D 145,000

West Yachts

28' Bayliner 285

09 ~

West Yachts

28' Cutwater

14 D 149,000

Sail Northwest

36,000

74,900

Page

www.sailnorthwest.com

Sail Northwest

24' Aegir Aluminum P 16 G 91 G

Contact

(844) 692-2487

74

44' Nimbus 405 Coupe 17 D 755,625

Seattle Yachts

www.west-yachts.com

73

46' Nielson Trawler

81 D 285,000

West Yachts

(844) 692-2487

74

www.west-yachts.com

73

http://marinesc.com/

82

48' Tollycraft

81 D 229,000 Swiftsure Yachts

http://swiftsureyachts.com/

72

www.west-yachts.com

73

49' DeFever PH

18 D 949,000

Seattle Yachts

(844) 692-2487

74

www.west-yachts.com

73

49' DeFever PH

04 D 499,000

Seattle Yachts

(844) 692-2487

74

www.sailnorthwest.com

2

49' DeFever PH

85 D 199,000

Seattle Yachts

(844)692-2487

74

29' Ranger Tug

12 D 169,950

Elliott Bay Yacht Sales

(206) 285-9564

71

49' American Tug

09 D 719,000

Marine Servicenter

http://marinesc.com/

82

30' Bayliner Avanti

90 G

19,900

Seattle Yachts

(844) 692-2487

74

50' Northwest

09 D 799,000

Seattle Yachts

(844) 692-2487

74

30' NorthRip

18 G

~

Sail Northwest

www.sailnorthwest.com

2

52' DeFever Euro

16 D 1,099,000

Seattle Yachts

(844) 692-2487

74

32' Bayliner 3388

98 D

67,500

Seattle Yachts

(844) 692-2487

74

52' DeFever Euro

07 D 565,000

Seattle Yachts

(844) 692-2487

74

32' Nimbus 305

16 D 329,000

Seattle Yachts

(844) 692-2487

74

52' Emerald PH

96 D 295,000

Elliott Bay Yacht Sales

(206) 285-9564

71

32' Nordic Tug

03 D 185,000

Seattle Yachts

(844) 692-2487

74

53' Eagle PH

02 D 495,000

Seattle Yachts

(844)692-2487

74

www.west-yachts.com

73

53' Skookum

78 D 159,000

Elliott Bay Yacht Sales

(844) 692-2487

74

55' Californian

90 D 230,000

West Yachts

33' Delvin Kingfisher 18 D 445,890

West Yachts

34' Charles Harris

20 D

19,500

Seattle Yachts

34' CHB

84 D

59,500

Elliott Bay Yacht Sales

34' Mainship 34 III

84 D

35,500

Marine Servicenter

34' MJM 34z 34' Red Wing

(206) 285-9563

71

56' Carver Voyager

04 D 424,000

Yachtfinders/Wind

http://marinesc.com/

82

57' Bayliner 5788

00 D

West Yachts

08 D 295,000 Swiftsure Yachts

http://swiftsureyachts.com/

72

58' Vicem Classic

05 D 879,000

08 D 115,000 Swiftsure Yachts

http://swiftsureyachts.com/

72

60' INACE Buccaneer 04 D 595,000

Seattle Yachts

60' Nordlund PH

79 D 199,000

NW Yachtnet

70' Alaskan

12 D 1,995,000

Seattle Yachts

35' Four Winns Vista 18 D 429,807

Marine Servicenter

35' MJM 35z

18 G

~

Sail Northwest

36' Grand Banks

67 D

49,900

West Yachts

36' Island Gypsy

83 D

45,000

Sail Northwest

36' Lindell

01 D 167,500 Swiftsure Yachts

36' Sabre Express

00 D 129,000

West Yachts

37' Bayliner 3587

98 D

Seattle Yachts

37' Fairway 370

18 D 449,000

92,000

NW Yachtnet

http://marinesc.com/

82

www.sailnorthwest.com

2

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