March 2019 48° North

CHARTER ISSUE

36 BUSINESS AND PLEASURE

OWNING A BOAT IN A CHARTER FLEET 40 PROSECCO AT 4 KNOTS

CRUISING THE VENETIAN LAGOON

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48 CHARTERING A RACE BOAT ABROAD

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36 Mixing Business with Pleasure

A look at the experience of charter boat ownership.

By Kurt Hoehne

40 Cruising the Venetian Lagoons

Chartering a canal boat can be a brilliant way to travel.

By Mark Bunzel

44 Joy Ride’s Sidney Hobart Adventure, Part I

The PNW-based J/122E crosses the Pacific for the famous race.

By Alex Fox

48 Charter Stories from the Race Course

This group of Seattle sailors loves to race-cation together.

By Steve Travis

COLUMNS 23 Artist’s View – Secrets of the Salish Sea

Surf Scoter: A diving specialist with a clam-cracking bill.

By Larry Eifert

24 Local Cruisers Abroad

Jeanne Socrates is setting circumnavigation record at 76.

By Kurt Hoehne

26 Halcyon Wandering

How a chartered sailboat started a life of sailing.

By Becca Guillote

28 Galley Essentials with Amanda

A guest chef and food-based game perfect for a cruising boat.

By Amanda Swan Neal

30 How-To: Keep Your Charter Boat Sailing

Troubleshooting common problems on charter boats.

By Alex and Jack Wilken

32 Lessons Learned Cruising

Charter like a world cruiser – destinations with real flavor.

By Jamie and Behan Gifford

52 48° North Race Report

Toliva Shoal, Winter Shaw, Frigid Digit, and more.

ON THE COVER, An idyllic reach in a charterer’s paradise – Toba Inlet in Desolation Sound. Photo by Katy Campbell of Sea to Sky Sailing, www.seatoskysailing.com, aboard her X-Yacht X372, Paragon.

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CONTENTS MARCH 2019

FEATURES

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Editor THE MANY MEANINGS OF CHARTERING

The word chartering, to me and perhaps most of us, brings to mind a pretty specific picture: a Caribbean seascape; shorelines lined with soft sand, rugged rocks, and swaying palms; a hefty white-hulled sailboat bobbing on a mooring ball; and smiling sun-kissed faces toasting rum drinks or jumping into bathwaterwarm water. It’s a great picture, of course, but it doesn’t tell the whole story.

48° North has been doing a charter-themed issue for years, and I’ve previously shared on this page why I think it’s important that we do so. Never before this year, however, have I been so aware of the various roles chartering can play in a sailor’s life.

For some, like Behan and Jamie Gifford describe on page 32, it is a means to an end – a way to experience the distant cruising lifestyle before taking the big leap of faith and sailing away. For others, like Becca Guillote’s parents (page 26), chartering is the end goal; their preferred mode of sailing and vacationing for more than 30 years. Chartering is almost exclusively aboard sailboats when it is written about in 48° North, but that too is an assumption that this issue proves incorrect, as a local group charters canal boats to slowly eat, drink, and cruise their way around the waterways of Venice (page 40). Chartering isn’t even only about cruising, as Steve Travis and his Seattle-based crew have discovered by chartering race boats around the world (page 48).

There’s one more default expectation we ought to undermine, and that is the expectation that chartering takes place in far away destinations. For many local sailors, who either don’t own a boat or aren’t keen to spend precious vacation days in transit, their version of chartering involves a boaty vacation aboard a chartered vessel in the Salish Sea: in Desolation Sound or the Broughtons, in the San Juans or Gulf Islands, or even in south and central Puget Sound. Traditionally, 48° North has used pages in this magazine to list charter companies based in the Pacific Northwest. You can now find all this information on an interactive map at www.48north.com.

However you define chartering, I hope you’ve got some planned in 2019!

For me, this year’s charter plan involves a 48° North and Northwest Maritime Center flotilla along the Dalmation Coast of Croatia in September (Sept. 21 Oct 3), which you can join: nwmaritime.org/croatia-flotilla/. If you're still looking for a way to spend your sailing vacation time this year, you could also consider chartering a boat from one of the local companies and come sailing with us on our our Cascadia Cruising Rally in August. It runs August 3-10, begins and ends in Anacortes, and will take us through the San Juans and into to the Gulf Islands.

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Dear Joe (and Andy), Thanks for the article. You covered the important stories very well, including the ill-starred ventures of my youth which I did not tell the grandsons about for fear that they might try to repeat them.

After reading the piece, there were couple of errors or additions we didn’t catch. I was appointed to Justice by the Eisenhower Administration in 1959; then after JFK’s election in 1960, Robert Kennedy appointed me as an Assistant US Attorney.

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Thanks, Doug Fryer S/V Night Runner Anacortes, WA Reaction to 48° North’s New Look Dear Joe, My partner and I, both Vancouver sailors, love your magazine.

I picked up a copy at the marina today not even noticing it was your magazine until I was at home.

We appreciate your effort, but we were both deeply disappointed by the new design. I know there are people who like it, tastes are different. We think there is not much left here in the Northwest, especially around Vancouver, BC, that has the old charm. Beautiful buildings get torn down, development, cold design and modernization are everywhere. Great music stations disappearing; life is more and more fast-paced, cold and anonymous... The old-fashioned style and wonderful charm of your magazine was one of the reasons we loved it so much, and I know this is true of many fellow sailors. There was something warm and artistic about it that was truly special.

We fully agree with Fred Fraser’s letter in your February edition: “You lost what set you apart from everyone else out there... I looked forward to different interesting styles of artwork each month... Your new cover looks like every picture.”

You had something unique, and you destroyed it. Another great thing gone. Why does everything have to “go with the times” and need a “fresh look”?

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Hey Joe, Just read the responses to the new 48° North look. That one guy ripped it up! Ouch. I think it looks great. I particularly like the February cover. I leave it laying out just so I can keep looking at it.

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Hi 48° North Crew, The printed SARC calander is great! The new look for the magazine is also excellent.

Unfortunately, I noticed that the SARC lists the Around Bainbridge Race on May 18th. We are not holding that race this year. If you do periodic updates please remove that event, if not don’t worry about it, we will note something on our website to alert anyone trying to sign up.

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Calendar

March 2019 2

R Blakely Rock Race, 1st race of the Center Sound Series www.cycseattle.org

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C The Essential Mariners First Aid, CPR & AED Course, at the Wagner Education Center at the Center for Wooden Boats, northwestresponse.com

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C The Cutting Edge: The Artfiul Sailor’s Blade Sharpening Workshop, Port Townsend, (360) 344-8120

2 & 9 C America’s Boating Course 2 days in Oak Harbor, presented by Deception Pass Sail & Power Squadron, frenchsailor@comcast.net 3

R CYC Edmonds Frostbite Series #2 www.cycedmonds.org

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C Coast Guard First Aid at Sea Course, sponsored by the Washington Sea Grant and Port of Seattle at Fishermen’s Terminal, (206) 543-1225

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T Teaching the Next Gen How to Fly Across the Water, presented by Peter Nelson from Multihull Youth SAIL sponsored by NW Multihull Assoc., held at the Puget Sound YC, (206) 795-2111 www.nwmultihull.org

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E Coast Guard Meeting at 48° North, 6:30-8:00pm with a social hour at 6:00pm, (206) 789-7350

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20-21 R Puget Sound Spring Regatta (Large Boats) presented by CYC Seattle www.cycseattle.org

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T Sailing Fast and Voyaging Far in Traditional Proas in the South Pacific, presented by Dr. Mimi George from vaka.org, held at the Puget Sound YC (206) 795-2111 www.nwmultihull.org

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E 48° North & Fisheries Supplies Swap Meet, 1900 N Northlake Way, Seattle, (206) 632-3555

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C About Boating Safely (Bainbridge) Taught by USCG Auxiliary. Get WA State Boaters card. Eagle Harbor Congregational Church. Contact Loretta, (360) 779-1657

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E 13th Annual Swap Meet and Jamboree By The Sea sponsored by Deception Pass Sail & Power Squadron For Swap Meet , contact Mark Casteel (360) 240-1546 for Jamboree, email: Ted Mihok, tedmihok@yahoo.com

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R Spring Single/Double Handed Race www.cyct.com R Spring Race Series begins, South Sound Sailing Society www.ssssclub.com

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R Vendovi Island Race presented by Bellingham YC www.byc.org

R Islands Race Part 4 of the South Sound Series, Gig Harbor YC sailchair@gigharboryc.com

16-25 C Captain’s License Course in Sequim American Marine Training www.americanmarinetc.com 17

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C Coast Guard First Aid at Sea Course Sponsored by the Washington Sea Grant and Port of Seattle at Fishermen’s Terminal, (206) 543-1225

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C Coastal Winds: Sea Breezes, Corner Effect, Dirty Air, and More!

NW Maritime Center, nwmaritime.org C Boat Handling Course Deception Pass Sail & Power Squadron email: frenchsailor@comcast.net C Piloting Course Deception Pass Sail & Power Squadron email: frenchsailor@comcast.net

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C Outboard Maintenance Course, NW Maritime Center, nwmaritime.org

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20-21 R The Wood Open One Design Race Open to wood sailboats large and small, presented by The Center for Wooden Boats, www.cwb.org

R Scatchet Head Race 2nd race of the Center Sound Series www.cycseattle.org

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25-5 C Captain’s License Class, Tacoma Flagship Maritime www.flagshipmaritimellc.com

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13-14 R Tulip Cup Race Anacortes Yacht Club www.anacortesyachtclub.org 13-14 R Puget Sound Spring Regatta (Small Boats) CYC Seattle www.cycseattle.org 13-14 R THRASH (VIRS 2) www.rvyc.bc.ca 19-21 R Southern Straits Race (VARC) West Vancouver YC www.wvyc.ca 13-22 C Captain’s License Course in Sequim American Marine Training www.americanmarinetc.com 16

C Gusts and Lulls: Helm and Trim Response Class, at NW Maritime www.nwmaritime.org

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R Spring Regatta presented by Milltown Sailing Association www.milltownsailing.org

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R Pursuit Race presented by Three Tree Point YC, www.ttpyc.org

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R Rich Passage Ramble #3 contact West Sound Corinthian YC www.scyc.net

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R COB Challenge presented by Small Yacht Sailing Club of Oregon www.syscosailing.org

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E Royal Victoria YC Opening Day www.rvyc.bc.ca

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R Poulsbo Invitational Race #4 presented by Port Orchard YC www.poyc.org

27-28 R Kitten Cup presented by Royal Vancouver YC www.royalvan.com 27-28 R East Sound Spring Regatta presented by Orcas Island YC www.oiyc.org 27-28 R Protection Island, Tri Island #1 first in the three-part series www.seattleyachtclub.org 30

C Weather for Cruisers Class, at NW Maritime, www.nwmaritime.org

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E Seattle YC Opening Day www.seattleyachtclub.org

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R Race to the Straits presented by Sloop Tavern Yacht Club www.styc.org

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R Hobie Fleet Race, Cultus Lake, BC www.hobie.org

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9-12 R Oregon Offshore presented by CYC Portland www.cycportland.org 11-12 R Mallory Cup (High School DoubleHanded National Championship) hosted by Sail Sand Point www.sailsandpoint.org 11-12 R Vashon Island, Tri Island #2 second in the three-part series www.seattleyachtclub.org 11-20 C Captain’s License Course in Sequim American Marine Training www.americanmarinetc.com 13-24 C Captain’s License Class, Tacoma Contact Flagship Maritime, www.flagshipmaritimellc.com 25-26 R Swiftsure International Yacht Race presented by Royal Victoria Yacht Club www.rvyc.bc.ca 31-2 R Classic Mariners’ Regatta presented by Port Townsend Sailing Association and NW Maritime Center www.nwmaritime.org

August 2019 3-10 E 48° North/Ullman Sails Cascadia Cruising Rally, beginning and ending in Anacortes, headed to the Gulf Islands www.48north.com/rally MARCH 2019

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low tides >> Nino Johnson of Sail Sand Point Receives Outstanding Program Director Award from US Sailing

“One of the strengths of Sail Sand Point is creating firstgeneration sailors,” says Nino Johnson, who received the Outstanding Program Director award from US Sailing at the end of January in Jacksonville Florida. Johnson can point at himself as an example of just how successful that program is.

The local Seattle-ite did not come from a sailing family. When he was about 10 years old, he was drawn to it and started out sailing in Seattle Yacht Club’s Optimist program. When Sail Sand Point was in its infancy, he began sailing with the program that would become central in his life. Since then, he became one of the early race team members, started coaching, and for the last few years has run Sail Sand Point’s expansive program. Along the way he led his University Prep high school sailing team in the burgeoning scholastic racing scene.

“It’s like Seattle itself. The program has grown so much, so fast,” Johnson explains. He credits much of his success to the strong team that helps him on a daily basis.

For Johnson and his friends from around the West and even the Midwest, this recognition is important. US Sailing is often East Coast centric, and any light being shined on programs “out west” helps them in their efforts to grow, and growth is vital.

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The second biggest challenge, Johnson says, is building awareness. “A lot of the sailing community doesn’t understand what we do here,” he says, citing a familiar refrain. Whether through outreach programs, adaptive sailing, kids camps, adult education, or just inexpensive access to the water, “We’re good at getting families and youth involved that are traditionally not involved in sailing,” Johnson says. Volunteerism is at the core of the center's success, and a real feeling of community is building there. Johnson is committed to growing their racing programs with a focus on keeping kids engaged and having fun so that they don’t get “turned off” by racing, which so often happens in sailing programs. Sail Sand Point is at the center of the amazing high school sailing scene in the area.

Sail Sand Point is facing a new era with the departure of Mary Anne Ward, who’s served as Executive Director for several years, and the arrival of Seth Muir in that role. A new capital campaign is under way, and with the national recognition of Nino Johnson’s program and dedication, it’s off to a great start.

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Events

She Tells Sea Tales

Grand Opening Celebration for Wagner Education Center at Center for Wooden Boats The public invited to this free, weekendlong celebration!

March 23 & 24 After more than four decades of operating from its tiny boathouse on the shores of South Lake Union, The Center for Wooden Boats (CWB) is proud to announce that its new 9,200 square foot Wagner Education Center – named after founders Dick and Colleen Wagner – has completed construction and the programs and exhibits have settled into their new home.

The stunning new facility (located between the old facility adjacent to MOHAI on the Lake Union waterfront and Valley Street) will allow CWB to offer more programs and classes, preserve more boats, and host larger events. The existing floating boathouse and boatshop will continue to offer waterfront programs and exhibits.

In addition to the opportunity to tour and experience the Olson Kundig-designed facility and view boat restoration projects, complimentary activities will include: • Ribbon Cutting at 10:00am on Saturday • Free Boat Rides: get out on Lake Union with volunteer skippers on sprit boats, steamboats, electric boats, schooners, ketches, yawls, and other historic yachts • Sign a Sail: make history by signing a commemorative sail which will then be kept on display at CWB • Classic Yacht Exposition: a collection of classic wooden yachts – many built on Lake Union – will be on display and open to tour • Canoe Carving Demonstration: Saaduuts Robert Peele, canoe carver and member of the Haida tribe, will be carving a traditional canoe all weekend long • Toy Boat Building, Model Boat Building, and Paddle Decorating for kids ages 3-9

An evening of sea stories told by female mariners in support of the Girls Boat Project, at Northwest Maritime Center March 9, 7:00pm The Girls Boat Project students gain skills and have fun in the maritime trades, both on and off the water. They learn woodworking and boatbuilding techniques in the fall and winter and receive longboat training in the spring. The program is led by female role models skilled in boatbuilding, woodworking, and sailing from the Northwest Maritime Center staff.

She Tells Sea Tales presenters to include Margie McDonald, Hali Boyd, Rachel Slattery, Michele Boroski, Nahja Chimenti, and Kat Murphy among others. Doors are at 6:00pm, event starts at 7:00pm. Tickets are $20. www.nwmaritime.org

In the Biz Seaview Boatyard Announces Policy Changes With the advent of the new year, Seaview Boatyard has made a couple of business changes to the yard policies and procedures.

All bottom paint products, work, and related activities must be provided and performed by Seaview Boatyard personnel. Also, anode replacement must be performed by Seaview personnel, though customers may supply the anodes.

Bottom paintwork and anode replacement directly affects Seaview’s stormwater runoff. By no longer allowing commercial associates, third parties, and “do-it-yourselfers” to perform these tasks, Seaview is ensuring these waste streams are handled properly. Seaview says that continuing to provide environmentally conscious boatyard facilities is one of the key components to their success. www.seaviewboatyard.com

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Book Reviews

SUPERDOCIOUS! RACING INSIGHTS AND REVELATIONS FROM LEGENDARY OLYMPIC SAILOR RODNEY PATTISSON

By Rodney Pattisson and Barry Pickthall, $31.50 Rodney Pattisson MBE – the three-time Olympic medalist and world champion in dinghies, multihulls and offshore – is an iconic figure in the world of sailing.

A perfectionist when it comes to preparation, and passionate about speed on the water, Rodney’s successes stem from a selfless focus on the end goal, a ruthless desire to win and an unquenchable thirst to succeed in everything he does.

His previously untold story not only charts his own trials and tribulations in becoming one of the best sailors in the world, but also reveals the double standards, deceit, political and sporting interference and outright cheating he faced along the way. Superdocious! is an explosive commentary, with a foreword

by Sir Ben Ainslie, on a lifetime of remarkable achievements in an international sport that Rodney made his own. His story will shock, amaze and inspire not just today’s young sailors looking to realise their own dreams, but every sportsman and woman around the world.

DON’T TELL NOBODY NOTHIN’ NO HOW

By Rick James, $32.95 Don’t Never Tell Nobody Nothin’ No How: The Real Story of West Coast Rum Running is a lively volume in which maritime historian Rick James separates fact from fiction, taking an authoritative look into the West Coast’s rum-running past. Contrary to public perception, rum running along the Pacific was usually carried out in a civilized manner, with an oh-so-Canadian politeness on the British Columbian side. But there were indeed shootouts, hijackings, and even a particularly gruesome murder associated with the business.

Don’t Never Tell Nobody Nothin’ No How is impeccably researched, and James draws on first-hand accounts from the old-time rum runners, the often-sensational newspaper coverage of the day, and his expert knowledge of the various vessels that speckled the coast – from beaten-up fishing boats to ocean-going steamers. In addition, he offers astute commentary on the parallels between the prohibition of alcohol and the regulation of recreational drugs such as marijuana.

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few years ago it seemed electric outboards for dinghies might push their gas outboard counterparts to the side.

Electric made sense; no gas cans hanging around, light weight and very little noise. Battery technology was improving and solar power was becoming commonplace on cruising boats.

Sure, the range wasn’t great, and the top end power wasn’t what one might hope for, but surely those challenges could be mastered.

Alas, the trend stalled. It wasn’t quite as easy as it looked.

When the electric outboards were working, people loved them.

The German-made Torqeedo, a leader in the field, was one to suffer problems. “There were warranty and longevity issues,” explains Larry Butchart of Fisheries Supply, which introduced the brand about 10 years ago.

Whatever questions there were about electric outboards are now being answered. Sailors and manufacturers still see the huge advantages in the basic technology. New manufacturers are coming to market, each with a new feature in an everchanging landscape.

“We brought back Torqeedo a couple years ago, and it’s a more robust and reliable product,” says Butchart. “The Travel 1003 series equates to a 3 HP gas outboard, so it’s suitable for small tenders and smaller keelboats. With the removable battery pack, it’s only 33 pounds. The Honda 2.3 HP gas outboard weighs 31 lbs and the 4 HP version weighs 60 pounds.”

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Carry, however, is only equivalent to about a 1HP gas outboard in power, and offers two hours at half throttle.

Increasing weight pays dividends in power and run time.

The E-Propulsion Spirit 1.0, for instance, offers the equivalent power of a 3HP gas outboard and a run time at half throttle of four hours. At 24 pounds with a 19 pound battery, it’s not quite as easy to move around as some of the other models.

The running time, of course, varies greatly with the running speed. It continues to be a major concern, especially for those wanting to zoom in and out from shore often. Battery capacity continues to improve, and there is often software that can tell the user how much time/distance is left in the battery.

Torqeedo’s options includes a soft solar panel that offers some charging while the outboard’s in use.

Perhaps the biggest advantage to electric outboards is that they’re virtually maintenance free. Gears are often water lubricated and there are no carburetors or plugs to clean. And they’re sealed to protect electronic components! Of course, if there’s a software update and you’re anchored in the middle of nowhere, that could present a problem. Look carefully at the warranty. Most are about two years. One hopes not to have to use it, but remember this technology continues to evolve.

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Crossword and Trivia

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Charles Darwin spent years studying barnacles while developing his idea of evolution.

The Columbia River was named after a ship. It was named after Captain Robert Gray’s ship, the “Columbia.� He was the first explorer to sail up the river on May 12, 1792.

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French physicist Augustin Fresnel developed the Fresnel lens in 1822 that was eventually used in almost every lighthouse.

The first Fresnel lens was imported from France in 1841 and used at Navesink Lighthouse in New Jersey.

George Meade, US Army engineer and general who led Union forces to victory at Gettysburg in the Civil War, was previously a lighthouse engineer and built many lighthouses in Florida and in other states.

The oil used in early 18th and 19th-century lighthouses was sperm whale oil.

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Christopher Columbus’ uncle, Antonio Colombo, was a lighthouse keeper.

Many lighthouses were damaged or destroyed during the Civil War.

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George Vancouver joined the British navy at 13, and at 15 joined explorer James Cook on Cook’s second voyage (1772-1775). He was a midshipman on Cook’s third voyage.

A day before Cook was killed by native inhabitants in Hawaii, Vancouver had survived an attack by them.

Bristol Bay in Alaska was named by Captain James Cook in 1778.

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After Sir Francis Drake’s circumnavigation of the world in 1580, the profit from his voyage in spices and other goods was estimated at 4,600 percent.

DID YOU KNOW?

It was not until the 1920s that electric light was used in most lighthouses.

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Artist View

Imagine, if you will, a glance in the morning mirror and you’re greeted with this face. It may be rough enough in your human reality, but this guy is truly remarkable, don’t you think? Surf scoters (sounds like ‘boaters’) are large birds – bill-tip-to-tail almost 24 inches. They are one of three scoters here in the Salish Sea during the winter, and spend their summers in the Arctic. I often see the three together, congregating on shallow bays where they dive for shellfish. As diving specialists and heavy birds, their long migration is particularly impressive.

Both genders are dark in color - the male is black and has one or two white head patches; the female is closer to brown and has dull whitish coloration on her face. If you study that large bill, it’s easy to understand how nature has evolved here. While scoters feed on herring smolt and other foods, they are really shellfish

Sketches and story by Larry Eifert

specialists – and that bill certainly could crack a clam, couldn’t it?

By early spring, surf scoters are off to their northern nesting grounds near freshwater lakes and wetlands in the Arctic. After breeding, males gather along the coast for feather molts when they grow a fresh set of clothes – and then head south to visit us again. Here, they build hidden nest depressions on the ground that are lined with down, and usually produce about seven eggs. In general, lots of eggs often means high mortality, fewer eggs mean successful reproduction – and seven is about in the middle. The female abandons her chicks before they can even fly, however, so I guess this proves they do okay.

Scoters went through a large population decline last century, probably due to pollution and hunting, but populations now appear stable.

Larry Eifert paints and writes about the Pacific Northwest from Port Townsend.

His large-scale murals can be seen in many national parks across America, and at larryeifert.com.

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JEANNE SOCRATES SETTING CIRCUMNAVIGATION RECORD AT AGE 76 by Kurt Hoehne

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hile Jeanne Socrates officially calls Lymington, England, home, we in the Pacific Northwest also get to claim her. In 201213, she completed a nonstop solo circumnavigation – starting and finishing in Victoria, BC – setting the record as the oldest woman to do so at age 70.

She is currently in the midst of another circumnavigation at age 76, which would set the oldest age record for both women and men (solo nonstop), again starting and finishing in Victoria.

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Victoria’s famous water taxis. Nereida is well-traveled, but is basically a stock boat. She was built in 2006.

48° North caught up with Socrates via satellite phone at 40° South, 014° East (just about to the Cape of Good Hope).

Though virtually out of sight of land for nearly a year, Socrates is remarkably plugged into communications technology via email and Iridium satellite phone.

Socrates’ daily blog is comprehensive, detailing the trials, tribulations and triumphs along the way. There have been many equipment trials, as there are with virtually any offshore voyage. Imagine, if you will, a 76-year old woman, tackling the following repairs: Genoa Overboard – In December, her genoa furling line broke loose from the 24

drum. While dropping the sail, the genny went overboard (still attached at the corners, but collecting large amounts of seawater). By the next day she was able to get it completely back onboard when seas subsided, and soon had the furler repaired and the sail re-hoisted.

Mainsail Leech – This ripped in midJanuary and, as of early February, required removing the main to belowdecks where she can stitch and reinforce the leech.

“Probably the most annoying problem,” Socrates says. “That sail has given me a lot of problems, and it’s almost new!”

Generator Water Pump – Had to be replaced in the first few days.

Solar Power – Remade all the electrical connections to get it working again. Only 1-2 years old.

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Midway through the genoa overboard experience.

And she's tough. Wrestling a 38-footer's genoa dragging overboard at night in big seas would be a massive physical task, at any age.

This time around, Socrates has a lot more support and a lot more communication.

Thanks to her digital connections and detailed information about her progress and daily life, including the posts on her

Jeanne and “Nereida” sailing away from Victoria, BC.

Instruments – Corrosion also took down all the instruments and required a complete overhaul.

Boom Vang – Surprisingly, the boom vang rivets broke loose from the mast.

Socrates’ solution was an elaborate lashing arrangement.

There are many more items on her list.

While her preparations for this trip were thorough, she’s quick to point out that given more funds or more time, some of the problems could have been avoided.

Like all experienced singlehanders, she’s amazingly self-sufficient.

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blog, there were even parties at Royal Victoria Yacht Club when she passed Cape Horn and Cape Agulhas (near the Cape of Good Hope).

“Mature” sailors are rightfully getting a lot of press these days. The recently concluded Golden Globe Race was won by 74-year old Jean-Luc van den Heede, and septuagenarian Robin Knox-Johnson’s competitive IMOCA program in recent years has also turned heads. Interestingly, Socrates had consciously avoided the weather system that pitchpoled and dismasted GGR competitor Susie Goodall.

Her voyage is also raising money for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (UK). A donation page is on her website.

As this issue of 48° North goes to press, Socrates is disappointed she’s three weeks behind where’d she’d hoped to be thanks to a long Doldrums transit and a storm in the North Pacific. But as always, she’s positive and looking forward to finishing up this round of the planet at the end of May or beginning of June in Victoria.

Follow Jeanne Socrates at svnereida.com/ blog, and facebook.com/jeanne.socrates.

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THE CHARTER THAT LED TO A LIFESTYLE

by Becca Guillote

48° North readers know Becca and John Guillote as young international cruisers that sailed away from Seattle on their Valiant 40, “Halcyon,” in August of 2016. Like most boat-lifers, however, Becca has family charter sailing experience that not only predates her Halcyon cruising days, but that also gets credit for drawing her into the sport of sailing.

So, while she and John are living their version of a dream, cruising their own boat aboard, she still has immense fondness and appreciation for what charter sailing has given her.

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hen I was still just a twinkle in his eye, my dad inadvertently picked up a sailing magazine and flipped through it idly. He and my mom had grown weary of their annual holiday at the beach, so he was on the hunt for exciting vacation ideas. At the back of the magazine, there was a small black and white advertisement promising an adventurous week aboard a sailboat in the Caribbean. It caught his eye, but perhaps it was too drastic an outlier to their familiar life, because soon he tossed the magazine in the trash can.

The next day, quite uncharacteristically, my dad dug through the trash for that little black and white promise on the last page of an improbable magazine. Without consulting my mom first, but after washing the garbage from his hands, he called the number at the bottom of the ad and launched our family into the world of sailing.

That year, instead of going to the same house with the gaudy 70s décor on the same stretch of beach, my parents joined a young couple on their 48’ monohull for 9 days. In classic “dad” fashion, he did not sit still and sip cocktails all week. Instead, he set out to learn as much as his hosts were willing to teach him.

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It is endlessly satisfying to hand over the keys at the end of the week, along with a list of items that need maintenance or repair.

By the end of the week, he and my mom were hoisting sails, navigating, and anchoring while the owners sat back with the cocktails.

My parents were completely hooked. Soon, they had enough knowledge – and more importantly, confidence – to bareboat charter. Throughout my childhood, they would regularly fly to the Caribbean or the BVIs or the Greek Isles and charter a sailboat. Occasionally, my sister and I got to join them. They were always truly memorable vacations. In fact, the earliest vacation I remember was the first time I went sailing. We had flown to Florida, where my parents adeptly dropped my sister and me off with Grandma while they sailed the coast on a 34’ Catalina. After a week of reprieve from “real life” and kids, they sailed by and picked us up for the last three days of the charter, opening my eyes to life on the water for the first time.

Years and years later, when I had “grown up” and moved to Seattle, someone asked me if I wanted to go sailing in a race.

I quickly agreed, confident from my several weeks aboard charter boats throughout my life that I already knew how to sail. I did not, actually, know how to sail in a race. There were no spinnakers or mark roundings or sail trim fanatics on our charters. There was barely even upwind.

As I grew up, my parents grew into seasoned charterers.

Today, they know where to anchor and which vendor sells the best lobsters. They can navigate through the shallow passes in the reefs of Belize and know just when to fire up the engine to reach the anchorage in time for cocktail hour. They always try to book at least nine days on board, not including travel days, because less than nine days makes it hard to fully melt into boat

Becca’s parents have been toasting the chartering lifestyle since they discovered it more than 30 years ago.

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life. They know to keep the schedule light and simple to account for unforeseen issues or opportunities. My mom maintains a detailed packing list for charter weeks to make life onboard easy. Her never-forget items include clothes pins, ziplock bags, bungee cords, a few favorite spices, a wine opener, and a full set of koozies to keep the beer cold (she has her priorities in order).

Most charter boats are relatively new and therefore come with only minor or inconvenient issues. When I join my parents, I always carry a Leatherman to fix a loose shower head or tighten a door latch. For people who are mechanically inclined, it would be advantageous to pack a small basic tool kit. Because you never know when you will be sailing across the Bequia channel on the first day of a two-week charter and the steering cable will snap, leaving you and your jet-lagged crew steering back to port with one person in the aft locker manually moving the rudder back and forth with his feet in response to directions relayed through three crew members, like a sweaty and stressful game of telephone.

Now that my husband and I are boat owners and full-time cruisers, when we do get the opportunity to charter a boat, it is endlessly satisfying to hand over the keys at the end of the week, along with the list of items that need maintenance or repair, before climbing onto the airplane for a nap. This is precisely why my dad is adamant he won’t ever own a boat; it is just too easy to charter them. He’s not hemmed in by maintenance and can spend a week every year sailing anywhere in the world (where there’s a charter business). He’s a smart man.

Becca and John, shortly after their engagement during a Caribbean charter.

Drawing a line through my past, I can link that little black and white advertisement printed before I was born to many of my best decisions and memories. I got engaged on a chartered catamaran in the Caribbean, surrounded by family and fresh coconuts and sea turtles. I fell in love with racing because of my chartering background. I met some of my very best friends racing, and some of them convinced John and I to buy our own sailboat. Sailing is now our lifestyle, our form of travel, and our passion. All thanks to an off-hand decision to skip the beach and charter a boat.

Becca and John are out of the marina now with a smooth running new engine! They are preparing for a Pacific crossing early this month. Follow their adventures at www.halcyonwandering.com.

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March Galley Essentials

by Amanda Swan Neal

HIGH SEAS HIGH TEA ASSASSIN

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’m excited to present this galley since I’m often asked for recipes that appeal to children. Recently, while traveling on the Sidney to Anacortes ferry, I met Jenn Sandercock, a professional game designer and author of the Edible Games Cookbook. I asked Jenn for a game that could be played on a boat, considering that sailboat cruising is a great opportunity to play games but storage space and playing area are limited.

She offered a game that is not only fun, but is perfect for the boat life. It’s called High Tea High Seas Assassin. Beware…. someone dies!

Beware.....Someone Dies

The Monarch and High Seas High Tea Assassin’s creator, Jenn, exhanging afternoon tea morsels. Will she die?

OBJECTIVE It’s British afternoon tea time for three players per course.

First, a Monarch is crowned. The Monarch then deduces who they'll trust after the (identities yet-to-be-revealed) Loyal Subject and Assassin plead their case. Delicate morsels are then exchanged but if the Monarch guesses incorrectly, they’ll die... by poison.

PREPARATION All you need is afternoon tea and a royal token, such as a mini crown, to be worn by the Monarch. For each round, in addition to cups of tea, create six morsels that look identical but contain three different fillings: 1. Monarchs: something appearing expensive or which has historically been associated with royalty – chocolate, meats, mango, carrots or egg yolks.

2. Loyal Subjects: something boring or bland – vanilla, caramel, cream, hummus, egg whites, banana, or no filling at all.

3. Assassins: something red to resemble poison – raspberry jam, ketchup, chili jam, tomatoes, or capsicum dip.

THE GAME The host/food-preparer announces the following: “Devour one of the two morsels before you to determine your role. If you're not the Monarch, keep your identity secret! The second

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morsel will be exchanged based on the crowned Monarch’s choice. If the Monarch exchanges their second morsel with the Loyal Subject, there are two winners because the Assassin dies.

But if the Monarch exchanges morsels with the Assassin, the Assassin wins all and the Monarch is dead from poison.”

1. After eating the first morsel the Monarch announces their royal name and a mini coronation ceremony is performed with shouts of “Long Live <name>!” Cheers and bows.

2. The Monarch then questions the other players to try and deduce who is their Loyal Subject and who is the Assassin.

Popular questions are: How will you prove your loyalty to me?

What will you do for me if I trust you? E.g. give me a massage, make me drink. Why should I trust you? Did you maybe take an antidote today? The Monarch can take as long as they would like and use prior knowledge of the participants, previous rounds, or other games played.

3. When the Monarch decides who they can trust, i.e. who they believe is their Loyal Subject, they exchange their second morsel with that player.

4. Everyone simultaneously devours their second morsel and either the Monarch or the Assassin dies; preferably elaborately and noisily.

A cruising sailboat is a great place to play games!

Photo courtesy of Seattle Sailing Club.

THE MORSELS Afternoon tea generally has three courses. The first course starts with a thin sandwich selection made with both brown and white bread with crusts removed. Fillings may include egg salad, a slice of ham with a smear of mustard, cheese and pickle or tuna.

Warm, light scones follow as the second course, either plain or fruit served with butter, jam or cream (or in this case, Ganache!).

Cake completes the final course, either slices of a large cake, small iced buns (known as “Fancies”) cupcakes, or tarts.

CLASSIC MINI CUCUMBER SANDWICHES 3 slices of bread – cut one in half ½ cucumber – thinly sliced ½ cup cream cheese – plus extra for Loyal Subject 2 mint leaves per round – for Monarch 1 teaspoon paprika per round – for Assassin Make six mini cucumber cream cheese sandwiches with crusts removed. Add secret ingredients being careful to keep them hidden.

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PROPER ENGLISH SCONES Proper English scones don’t keep very long, so are best eaten on the day they’re made. However, you can freeze the cut raw dough and bake them at the last minute.

4 cups self-rising flour 2 teaspoons baking powder ½ cup butter 1¼ cups milk – plus extra squeeze of lemon juice 1 cup whipped cream plus extra for Loyal Subject chocolate ganache – for Monarch jam – for Assassin Preheat oven to 430°F. Line baking tray with parchment paper.

Add lemon to milk to turn it sour. Mix flour, baking powder, and butter with your hands until mixture looks like breadcrumbs.

Add soured milk and stir until it just comes together. Pat out on a lightly floured surface until approximately 1-inch thick.

Cut into cubes. Place on baking tray and brush with a little extra milk. Bake 12 minutes. When cool, cut scones in half and create a well for the secret fillings by pushing down on the tops and bottoms. Fill scones with a little of the secret fillings then whipped cream to hide them.

GANACHE ½ cup heavy whipping cream 4 oz dark chocolate Place cream in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Remove from heat and stir in chocolate. Let cool 45 minutes then place in a piping bag.

MINI BUTTERFLY CHOCOLATE CUPCAKES CAKES ½ cup butter – softened ¾ cup self-rising flour – sifted 2 tablespoons cocoa powder – sifted ½ cup milk 3½ oz chocolate (milk or dark) – melted 1 cup whipped cream – plus extra for Loyal Subject chocolate ganache – Monarch jam – for Assassin confectioner’s sugar Preheat oven to 320°F and prepare cupcake tray. In a bowl beat butter and sugar until light and creamy. Beat in eggs, one at a time, until combined. Beat in flour and cocoa then chocolate, don’t overmix. Fill cupcakes approximately ¾ full and bake 15-20 minutes. Leave to cool a bit. With a sharp knife, slice off the cupcake tops at an angle. Make a well in the bottom half of the cupcakes using a corer or your thumb. For each round, fill 6 cupcakes a third of the way with appropriate secret fillings.

Fill the remainder of the wells with whipped cream. Slice the cupcake lids in half and place into the whipped cream to resemble butterfly wings. Dust with confectioner’s sugar.

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KEEP YOUR CHARTER BOAT SAILING

by Alex and Jack Wilken

Every professional charter company does their best to keep their boats in good working order. However, since boats are complex pieces of machinery in a hostile environment, they will still break down at inconvenient moments. In April 2015, our monthly column for 48° North was “How to Charter like a Pro.” We covered some tips on how to charter a boat and compile a minimal tool kit and gear lists. In this article, we will focus on some common problems that can arise and an expanded tool list to help you avoid returning to the charter base for repairs.

TOOL LIST “You can’t do good work without good tools.” We know a (now retired) boatbuilding instructor who can do beautiful woodwork, yet when this professional installed a hinge with a pocket knife and a flashlight, it became a bit of a hack job. While you shouldn’t need a whole woodworking tool set when you charter a boat, there are some tools to consider in addition to the minimum list we recommended in our previous article.

Our Standard Charter Tool Kit • 6” or 8” stainless steel adjustable wrench • knife • fid • multi-bit screwdriver with 3+ sizes of Phillips and standard Additional Charter Tool Kit Considerations • Allen wrench set • needle nose pliers • adjustable pliers • a multimeter • end wrenches • socket set • larger standard or Phillips screwdrivers You might want to bring several other tools, but you’re taveling and there are limits. Note that your charter vessel may already have these items or the charter company may be happy 48º NORTH

to provide them. It’s certainly worth it to ask first and perhaps save yourself the inconvenience of carting them around.

SOME EXAMPLE PROBLEMS What can go wrong on a boat? Everything, but let us focus on some simple and common examples. Some of the resolutions here can apply to other problems we might encounter.

Sail slide gate removal should be a simple task, but you must have the right tools to do it (Figure 1). You might need to do this to replace a broken sail slide, repair a batten, or in some cases do a sail repair. Various sail slide gates are affixed differently.

Some are a knurled knob meant to be turned with your fingers that may be corroded enough to need adjustable pliers to turn.

Other gates are held in with screws that can be a variety of heads, including Phillips, standard slotted, Allen... Whatever the type of screw, be careful not to strip the head or the screw.

Having the right size and shape bit is most important for this, particularly if it is a large standard slotted head.

Electrical problems cover a whole host of issues, but the fundamentals of diagnosing an electrical problem are always the same. There must be a complete circuit from the power source to the device for it to function. Step one is checking that power is arriving at the device. Take your multimeter, set it to volts DC or AC, depending on what you are diagnosing, then check for voltage at the device. If power is arriving to the device, then the circuit is probably broken inside the device. If there is no power, then step two is to check back to where you do have power (Figure 2), starting at the batteries if necessary. Step three, once you find where you do have power, check forward to the device until you find where you lose power. Then you will know where the broken connection is. It may be something as simple as a tripped breaker, a loose wire, or a blown fuse.

The throttle and shifter connections from the helm station can come undone. Reattaching a broken linkage like this should be a simple matter with the right tools (Figure 3).

Windlasses have a tough job and sometimes complain about being taken for granted. Problems with the electrical side of the windlass are dealt with as any other electrical issue, but there are some common mechanical issues. Windlasses need to be greased to run smoothly and some – such as the Lofrans Tigres – have an oil reservoir that need to be kept full (Figure 4). If the windlass is jammed, you can relieve tension on it with a line to a winch if the windlass handle does not provide enough leverage.

Remember to keep your fingers out of the chain.

The most common piece of equipment to break down on any boat may be the head (marine toilet). Or perhaps it merely seems so because of how much we love fixing them. Presuming you’re working with a standard flushing head (as opposed to a composting head which cannot clog), the solution to a clog is to disassemble the clogged section and clean it out, then reassemble. There is no shortcut.

“There are never enough people who do good work on boats” is a truism we have found to be consistent across the world. Part of what keeps it eternally true is that boats tend to break down in remote places where you may be the only person to do the good work. Therefore, the more good work you can do on your boat, chartered or otherwise, the better off you will be.

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For the DIY Sailor A QUICK FIX WILL KEEP YOUR VACATION AFLOAT

Figure 1: (A) This Allen head screw holds on the original sail slide gate. Make sure you use the right size Allen. (B) The new sail slide gate has a fast pin holding the gate in place that can be pulled out with your fingers.

Figure 3: (A) This shifter cable is attached to the transmission with a clevis pin and a cotter pin.

Figure 2: (A) Multimeter probe connected to a known ground. The other probe is connected to the point you are testing to see if there is 12v DC. (B) Multimeter set to Volts DC. (C) Multimeter reading 14.5 Volts so there is power at this point in the circuit.

Figure 4: (A) Oil level sight gauge. (B) Oil fill cap. (C) Insert for manual handle. (D) Chain and wildcat.

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

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CHARTER LIKE A WORLD CRUISER

by Jamie and Behan Gifford

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The Giffords think the Seychelles have the most beautiful beaches in the world. And they've seen a lot of beaches over 10 years of cruising!

“Brushed with a gloss of intoxicating freedom, these cruiser favorites happen to be places where a charter sailor can try the lifestyle on for size.”

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ruising is a chance to explore the beautiful, the distant, the exceptional, the dramatic. It allows us to get close to nature and experience different cultures, while sleeping in our own bed at night. It isn’t all rainbow-arced anchorages, of course: there is effort, every day, to keep life humming along on our magic carpets. From the mundane (laundry, groceries) to the maintenance (the head is clogged again…), it’s not a vacation.

For many sailors, chartering is how we first test the literal waters of cruising. Although it’s more holiday brochure than liveaboard reality, it allows the curious to try it on for size. Will you get seasick in ocean swells? How does a seaway feel in a catamaran compared a monohull? Do you need a high output watermaker to feel like you’re not camping, or do you delight in efficiently squeezing every gallon out of a tank? What’s your comfort level with provisioning in a remote locale? Carefully chosen, a destination charter will provide reality checks to inform big-picture plans, while offering unforgettable experiences.

We’ve anchored Totem in nearly 600 anchorages, yet only a few stops along our way around the world stand out as charter destinations that also offer a real taste of the best parts of longterm cruising.

LA PAZ This sleepy town around the bend from the southern tip of Baja is the jump-off point to highly accessible (yet remotefeeling) cruising. Anchorages are strung in a necklace of day sail distances, the first less than an hour from the dock. Backed by the dramatic Sierra Gigante mountain range, it takes some visitors a day or two to adjust to the drama of desert beauty – particularly Northwesterners accustomed to lush greens. Once your eyes adapt, it’s vibrant with life above and below the water.

Provisioning is easy in La Paz, whether you want the local experience of an open-air public market and small tiendas or the efficiency of more familiar supermarket shopping (there’s even a Costco). After that, you’re catching fish! Navigation requires attention: charts are often offset, and aids to navigation shouldn’t be presumed.

Holly Scott runs a professional charter and adventure travel business called Mahalo Sailing. She likes La Paz for her private charters because of the authenticity it offers compared to Puerto Vallarta or Cabo: “It’s Mexico without the tourist traps or chain outlets; by requiring just a little more work to access, you attract a different kind of traveler.” She especially likes it in the months after hurricane season, when precipitation brings wildflowers to the desert, and the nights are starting to cool, but the water is still warm from the summer.

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RAIATEA Tell anyone who asks you’re going to one of the more familiar Society Islands group – Tahiti or Bora Bora – for the flash of name recognition. Raiatea is about 100 miles northwest from Tahiti, and most “Tahiti” charters actually begin here. Start easy by staying within the fringing reef that encircles both Raiatea and Taha’a; the bustle fades quickly in the northern island. Test your reaction to ocean swells by heading out the east side of the reef for Huahine. During the weeks leading up to the annual Heiva celebrations in July, catch performances by dancers and drummers as well as canoe races in which local competitors seek national recognition.

Navigation here isn’t difficult, but requires knowledge and vigilance. Even cruisers with experience have come to grief by misinterpreting water depth in charts. With a good lookout and daylight, it’s impossible to miss those places where reefs leap up from a few hundred feet to just a few feet.

Captain Holly captures the spirit of it perfectly: “Polynesian culture is so rich, and ancient, and beautiful; even the language is musical. It’s a total immersion experience where you’ll use

A traditional kava ceremony in Tonga.

every sense you have, and they’ll all be overwhelmed.”

TONGA Tonga’s remoteness screens out all but the most dedicated travelers; the payoff is a charter experience similar to cruising.

Flights from New Zealand connect to the capital in Tongatapu, and then it’s a puddle jump to where charters run from the Vava’u group. Dozens of islands are sprinkled in an archipelago not even 15 miles square.

Provisioning has some limitations, as the remote location might suggest, but beautiful produce is grown here. The close range means your next anchorage is never more than a few hours away – and could be less than an hour. Eyeball navigation is required! Seaward reefs and islands protect coves from ocean swells; water clarity and marine life are spectacular. Immerse yourself in local culture with an island feast. You might be treated to a kava ceremony – for men, anyway, as cultural standards in Tonga limit women from the narcotic beverage.

World cruisers will dominate the sparsely attended anchorages; they’re probably happy to trade stories over sundowners! The best time to visit is during the annual humpback whale migration, which peaks in August and September.

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SEYCHELLES Breathtaking scenery, a mix of open-ocean sailing with protected anchorages, UNESCO heritage sights, the most beautiful beaches in the world (and we’ve seen a lot!)…these are a few of the reasons to put Seychelles on the charter map. A cultural melting pot from Africa, the Middle East, and Europe creates a colorful experience that is uniquely accessible because the multi-ethnic Seychellois speak English.

This was our first African cruising destination: it charmed beyond expectation. The yacht club on Mahé welcomes all sailors, and you might hear a different language coming from each table when the cruising fleet passes through (peaking July to September). The worn boulders of these granite islands give softly rumpled edges to powdery white sand beaches. Islands in day sail distance allow accessible exploring and ocean experience.

Provisioning was a European cornucopia of delight after our years in Asia: the location increased cost, but the range was startling. On shore, creole food trucks and small restaurants offered delicious fusion. Navigation here is straightforward, and charting accurate, but – as in many smaller countries – aids to navigation shouldn’t be expected. To enjoy the best sailing, avoid windless transitions between monsoons in April and from October to November; otherwise, the climate is cyclone-free and beautiful.

CAPPING THE EXPERIENCE Brushed with a gloss of intoxicating freedom, these cruiser favorites just happen to be places where a charter sailor can try the lifestyle on for size. And while you’re there, why not meet a few? They’ll be easy to find! Look around the anchorage for the telltale signs of a cruising boat: solar panels or wind turbine, perhaps UV-faded canvas, maybe a self-steering vane on the transom. Knock on a hull, and utter those magic words, “Would you like any ice?” to meet your new best friend.

This month “Totem” is cruising near La Cruz, Mexico, and prepping for the Annapolis boat show. Follow their adventures at www. sailingtotem.com. Thanks to Captain Holly, www.mahalosailing. com, for her thoughtful input!

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CHARTER BOAT OWNERSHIP – mixing BUSINESS with SAILING PLEASURE

by Kurt Hoehne

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ehind the idyllic photos of sternto anchoring in Northwest fjords, tradewind reaching in the Caribbean, and scuba diving in clear crystal waters, the reality is that charter boats have owners.

Some charter operations own their own fleet but, for the most part, when you’re chartering a boat, you’re using someone’s boat. That someone might even be making money off the boat, or at least watching it pay for itself. And – get this – they even get to sail it sometimes.

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When you own your own boat, it can be very difficult to hand over the keys to good friends, much less strangers. Boats, after all, are our babies. But through boat ownership programs, the chartering companies make it not only easy, but desirable, to hand over the keys and wave goodbye to your baby as it heads for adventures unknown.

There are two basic types of charter boat ownership. The first includes guaranteed monthly income, regardless 36

of how much your boat is chartered. The other is sometimes called a “performance management program,” which basically means more risk and more reward.

Either way, the owner can usually claim business tax deductions because, in fact, it’s a business.

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“No matter what, it can be a way to offset significant costs and get on the water.” included. There were many advantages SSC offered in this guaranteed-income model. Powers obtained his membership at a reduced rate, and while he could only reserve his own boat like any other member, he could also take it for a twoweek (however, only over one weekend) cruise in summer. He could also use any other boat in SSC’s fleet. “Sometimes you want to drive a sportscar,” Powers says.

As with any business, contract details

of charter boat ownership, particularly for the guaranteed income model. The owner needs a certain amount of financial reserves to do repairs. One can’t just delay repairs, do without, or wait for the kitty to fill before bringing the boat back into service.

For Powers, having the boat close at hand and being able to sail it (and other boats) frequently was important. “It worked out great!” he says. That said, he has since

Doug Powers has now owned charter boats in two different programs.

company, Seattle Sailing Club, and the charter ownership program there. The immediate appeals were guaranteed income and minimal expenses. Another clear benefit was having the boat in the neighborhood for his own use.

Powers ultimately bought his C&C 30, Totoro, and placed it in the Seattle Sailing Club (SSC), which obtained and paid for the moorage at Shilshole Bay Marina.

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are important. The agreement also required the owner make repairs in a timely manner. When Totoro needed repowering, it was on him. In fact, he personally took it on, finding a suitable engine on Craigslist and doing the repower himself. He’s quick to point out that not everyone is going to take on major repairs, and the costs can mount up quickly. By doing the work himself, he saved many thousands of dollars.

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decided to do more extensive cruising and upgraded his boat again – this time to a Jeanneau 409.

Other sailors prefer to keep their boats in, shall we say, a more tropical setting.

Mark Welsh lives in Pennsylvania and does a lot of sailing on Chesapeake Bay, but keeps his Lagoon 42 charter boat, Orion, in the paradise known as the British Virgin Islands with TMM Yacht Charters.

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The Welsh family's charter cat, "Orion."

The TMM Yacht Charter facility in the British Virgin Islands.

in the BVIs. While having an excellent vacation, the general consensus onboard was “How can we do this more often?” It became more than a boat or a vacation, soon evolving into a family project that culminated in a Lagoon 40 catamaran in the TMM performance management program. Welsh’s son does the marketing web page and his daughter manages the social media side of things. As a family, they decided on the new boat’s equipment.

This brings up another consideration of ownership. While the owner can equip his boat the way he or she wants, putting too many tricky (breakable) items onboard is probably not a good idea.

Charter companies that have to maintain all that “stuff” frown upon equipment that requires too much special attention.

The Welshes wouldn’t even let Hurricane Irma deflate that dream when she destroyed the original 40-foot Orion.

They were so impressed with how TMM owner Barney Crook handled Irma and the aftermath, they immediately replaced it with the new 42 which, incidentally, came to the Islands on her own bottom last year.

Irma destroyed Crook’s house, but he set dealing with that aside to work with insurance adjustors, transport companies, repair shops and the factory to make sure his owners were taken care of in the wake of the hurricane. Not surprisingly, most owners came back onboard with new or repaired boats.

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program. The performance model puts even more responsibility on the owner, with more potential financial upside if all goes well. Welsh pays for moorage, insurance (no doubt a bit higher for boats after Irma) and maintenance. He likes knowing that he’s paying directly for specific maintenance items rather than general maintenance.

With the performance management program, there’s no limit on how much one can use your own boat. The catch is, if you’re using it you aren’t getting any of the charter fees. Welsh’s three kids are 21-25 years old, and they treasure their family sailing vacations. “We spend a solid week with no distractions”’ Welsh says. “It’s about being together.” Welsh plans to use it about three times a year between family cruises, friends cruises and quick getaways.

They cruised it for the first time this January and were again struck by the catamaran’s strengths. “The space is just crazy,” Welsh says. One look at the layout and it’s clear. Each part of the family ends up with the end of a hull. “I heel over for half the summer on Chesapeake Bay. I don’t need to do that in the BVIs,” he says.

Back in the Northwest, as Doug Powers upgraded his C&C to the Jeanneau, he has opted to shift to the performance ownership model. His new boat, Spirited Away, will be based in Bellingham and be part of in the San Juan Sailing charter fleet. Initially, he was shopping for a 1015 year old Tartan or C&C (he liked the C&C 121) to put into charter, but San Juan Sailing doesn’t accept boats into 38

their charter fleet older than five years, so the search refocused on newer models and ended up with the Jeanneau 409.

Once in the program, however, the vessel can stay in charter service as long as it’s kept up to standards.

Powers was drawn to San Juan Sailing’s required extensive maintenance program.

“I’m anal on maintenance and upkeep,” he explains. Like Welsh, Powers now doesn’t mind the extra expense and risk involved with a performance program. He gets almost 2/3 of the $4,800/week charter fee.

There are other financial advantages as well. Deep discounts with chandleries, boat yards and repair companies are available to many charter company’s accounts. The maintenance costs and depreciation can also be tax deductions (check with your accountant, of course).

Powers will use Spirited Away for more extensive cruising than he did with the 30-footer he had with Seattle Sailing Club. The fact that it will be kept in Bellingham starting in March puts it much closer to the places he wants to cruise, and that will be a big plus. Over this past winter, he’s kept the boat closer to home at Seattle’s Elliott Bay Marina, giving him a chance to familiarize himself with the boat. Part of owning a boat in charter is making sure that charterers know exactly how to operate all the systems. The better educated they are, the better the experience for everyone. Powers spends a lot of effort preparing all materials (the “Instruction Manual”) so that charterers stay safe, can take care of the boat, and have a good time.

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Charter ownership can be a great way to get on the water in a boat you can call your own.

While there is no prototypical charter boat owner, there seem to be a few common traits. They have to have the means to buy in and a clear eye on the bottom line. They have to be able to effect repairs quickly, either through a bank account or elbow grease.

Above all, they also have to have confidence in the charter company. After all, the company is ultimately the one handing over the keys to the charterer.

Contracts need to be read and completely understood. And it seems charter boat owners are the kind of owners that want to stay on top of maintenance. Their charter boat, after all, is both their baby and a business.

Regarding the bottom line, few look at owning a charter boat as a net moneymaker. “The reality is that after five years you’ll end up with a boat that’s worth about as much as you owe on the loan,” admits Welsh, referring to guaranteed revenue programs.

With TMM’s performance management program he believes he can do better.

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For the charter boat owner who gets to sail his boat sometimes while breaking even or better financially, the memories banked can’t be counted in dollars and cents.

Kurt Hoehne grew up sailing in the Midwest, has written about sailing since the 1980s, and currently manages the sailish.com website. He shares a C&C 36 with two other families.

Happy sailors from Seattle Sailing Club.

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CRUISING THE CANALS OF VENICE and the Venetian Lagoon

by Mark Bunzel and Lorena Landon Underway on the Stella River, heading for Marano Lagoon.

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e have all dreamed about boating the canals of Europe, including France, Germany and the Netherlands, but did you know that the Venetian Canals offer a unique experience providing sightseeing opportunities, great food, warm people, and an unhurried pace? The Venetian area allows you to visit the colorful canals and island towns of Venice, Murano, and Burano. The river canal system that extends beyond the Venetian Lagoon meanders through quaint villages and beautiful farmland, showcasing old Italian mansions and thatched-roof fish houses built of reeds. Yes, lovely scenery, delicious food, and great wine – what is not to like?

Our dream trip on the canals of the Venetian Lagoon started with an overnight flight from Vancouver, BC to the Marco Polo Airport, just north of Venice. After checking into an Airbnb, we spent a day in the incredible city of Venice, walking the narrow corridors and visiting shops and historic churches. To reach the small village of Precenicco, our charter departure point, a van service was used for the 60-mile journey, stopping at a Supermercato for provisioning. All went smoothly, and we arrived at the Houseboat.it/LeBoat base for check-out and afternoon departure.

Our LeBoat charter was a four-cabin 47-foot Magnifique model, reserved for 11 days – enough time for a leisurely passage through the river canals, a stop at the city of Venice, and a return to the charter base in Casale, which is conveniently located close to the Marco Polo Airport. Traveling by chartered canal boat is pretty economical when compared to hotel prices.

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And you have the advantage that you travel in a unique area, seeing and experiencing things that others will never get to experience. Our charter was priced at $6,400 plus another $700 for damage waiver fee, a one-way fee and boat cleaning.

This is about $1,775 per couple for the trip of a lifetime. Special offers may reduce this further. Budget about the same for 9-10 days of dinners at wonderful local restaurants.

Charter canal boats are comfortable, although lacking in nautical equipment. We had no VHF radio, no navigation equipment, no depth sounder and only a few basic engine instruments. You really don’t need a lot of instrumentation for a 40 hp diesel boat with a top speed of 4-knots. Helm controls are located in the enclosed wheelhouse and also topside under the covered fly bridge, where most of our time was spent watching the world go by. Yes, it’s sit back, relax, and have a great time.

For navigation, we were supplied with a rudimentary map by the charter company, which depicts various sites along the way, allowing us to keep track of our location at all times. When in the area of the Venetian Lagoon, signage on poles point which way to turn, depending on your chosen destination. There were times we wished we had more visual cues to confirm the direction at a juncture of two or more canals – but it was workable.

From our starting point of Precenicco, we headed down the Fiume Stella (River) to a pleasant restaurant with al fresco seating right along the river just as the sun was setting. We were struck by the realization that we were in the Presecco wine 40

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“What to do when you run aground?

Open up a bottle of wine, prepare an antipasto tray, and wait for the tide to come up just a few inches until you are free.” region, north of Venice. Time to start off our dinner with a bottle of chilled local Prosecco. Dinner was fantastic and the restaurant provides free overnight moorage just a few steps away.

There is a notable difference cruising the canals of the Venetian Lagoon versus the canals of France and Germany. The shallow waterways of the Venetian Lagoon Canals are marked by wood poles. Stay in the channel or you may run aground – and you probably will, at least once. What to do when you run aground? Open up a bottle of wine, prepare an antipasto tray, and wait for the tide to come up just a few inches until you are free. The tidal range in the canal is only three feet and the bottom is soft mud. Keep life easy. Canal cruising is about relaxing and savoring the view and enjoying conversations with your cruising buddies on the covered fly bridge deck.

After our first full day on the water, we followed the signs to the town of Grado. The marina is located in the center of town, where we med-moored to the stone quay. The moorage is just a few blocks from the beach on the Adriatic Sea. There are plenty of shops, cafes, and coffee houses all around. “People watching” is a fun morning activity; the town comes alive with

folks going by the quay on foot, bicycle, scooter, or car heading to work or to the markets.

During our stay in Grado, we took a local bus to the ancient town of Aquileia, which flourished during the Roman period.

The Basilica and Bell Tower are available to tour and admire.

The mosaic floors are a must-see. Attila the Hun devastated the city and other Roman towns in the area in 452. Ruins have been uncovered and some restored for viewing.

We continued our canal journey the following day, stopping at the modern marina of Lignano, where we enjoyed dinner and a swim in the marina pool. Each village seems to have its own character and are all delightful to visit on foot or bicycle. Our river canal journey took us through locks and bridges that are operated by local staff. Some of these passages are closed at designated times. Information regarding hours and negotiating locks and bridges is provided by Houseboat.it/LeBoat.

We proceeded to Caorle, with its beaches and beautiful seawall for walking, and visited the basilica and its mosaics dating back to 1038. The evening dinner was in a small taverna; and as always, the food was exceptional with the owner providing us

Fish houses are seen throughout Marano Lagoon on the way to the town of Grado.

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with a special drink on the house – blended lemon sherbet and prosecco, delicious and refreshing – our new favorite.

While underway the next day, we received a text message from the Houseboat.it base. A storm was approaching and we were advised to hold up at a nearby marina in the town of Cortellazzo. This pleasant town had a beautiful fish market and a nice family-run restaurant right at the marina. The storm blew through during the night and we waited one more day before continuing on through the lagoon and the canals. Having rented bicycles with the canal boat, we used the time in Cortellazzo to explore the area.

Now we were getting closer to Venice. The island of Burano is like a little Venice with ornate bridges over the canals throughout the town in front of colorful buildings and shops.

The waterways and canals have more traffic here – boats are busy delivering freight, and the Vaporetto water buses are darting around, all keeping to their schedules. We moored against a rock wall marked for our canal boat company’s vessels,

(well worth it) to take us to the Doge’s Palace in St. Mark’s Square, and on a tour around the city via a beautiful polished classic wooden water taxi. Truly magnificent. The tour also included a private ride on a gondola, an ever-popular pastime in Venice.

We tore ourselves away from Venice as it was time for one last overnight stop at a small Italian village before we returned our boat to the charter base in the town of Casale.

We thoroughly enjoyed our time floating through the Venetian Lagoon. While our boat was simple, it had everything we needed and offered comfortable overnight accommodations. We often had our breakfasts of fresh fruit and delicious bakery items on board, or at small cafes in the towns we visited. Lunches were on board, Italian style, with fresh bread, many cheeses, fruit and tomatoes garnished with a leaf or two of basil. The views were not to be missed and the antiquity of Venice left us in awe. The people are warm and friendly. While we had one crew member who spoke Italian,

Overnight moorage space for Le Boat charters makes visiting colorful Burano easy.

and walked to the old part of town in search of another great Italian restaurant.

The next day as we worked our way closer to the island of Venice, the traffic on the waterways got very busy. We could see the famous buildings of Venice on the horizon, adding to our excitement. While we were not allowed to take our canal boat into Venice and the Grand Canal, we were close enough.

We navigated to the south end of the island into the beautiful new Marina S. Ellena, where we had a reservation for two days, allowing us to be tourists and see the sights of Venice by water bus. Marina S. Ellena is in a quiet residential part of the city with local family-run restaurants and is a short ride on the Vaporetto to the center of the city. We had pre-arranged for a tour guide 48º NORTH

we probably could have gotten by with a few Italian phrases and by listening carefully and observing body language and cues. Would we do it again? – YES. In fact, we may just take a Waggoner Guide group in 2020. Want to join us?

Ciao!

Mark Bunzel is the Editor and Publisher of the annual Waggoner Cruising Guide for boaters of the Pacific Northwest, and Waggoner eNews. Lorena Landon is the Co-Managing Editor of the Waggoner Guide. You can read a complete blog of the trip with plenty of pictures by going to Lorena Landon’s blog report on the entire Canal Boat Trip to Venice at: waggonerguide.com/the-canals-of-italy-a-different-west-side/ 42

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ithout a doubt, the Rolex Sydney Hobart Race is on many sailors’ wish lists. For eight “Joy Riders,” myself included, that box has now been ticked. Most Pacific Northwest racers are familiar with John Murkowski’s dark blue J-122E, Joy Ride, from regattas around the Seattle area and British Columbia during the past four years. 2018 was a year for Team Joy Ride to push beyond local races. First, the team competed in the Vic-Maui Race. This was followed by some of the team, led

by Bron Miller, delivering to Australia via Fiji. The delivery was a massive effort, and was much appreciated by the rest of us who arrived on the continent by more conventional means.

Committing to a challenge like the Sydney Hobart is no small thing and, in reality, it’s both daunting and unlikely for any boat based in North America. Like many racers, I’ve been a fan of, and dreamed of competing in, the Sydney Hobart for a long time. I’m not exactly sure when the notion first became real for owner John, but I do recall our first conversation about it during the early stages of another great race, the 2017 Van Isle 360.

After a day of pounding upwind through Johnstone Strait, the fleet was rafted up at the fish farm and our team was enjoying a beverage and rehashing the day’s highlights. At some point, the conversation turned to future race possibilities, like taking part in Vic-Maui 2018. OK, that sounded good! Sydney Hobart?

Oh yah, sure, why not?! Talk is cheap, right? How about we get through the rest of this Van Isle first, let’s see how that goes.

Turns out it all went very well, so I suppose that’s when the wheels were actually set in motion, a full year ahead of our VicMaui and 18 months before the Rolex Sydney Hobart. It was an ambitious plan indeed!

Bron and the gang had spent a month in Australia checking off the lengthy list of jobs and alterations required to meet safety requirements, including: new rudder bearings, HF radio installation and operator’s license, modifying the stern pulpit, adding extra lifelines across the transom, and so on.

December 17th was reunion day in Sydney for Joy Ride’s full Vic-Maui crew. That gave us a little over a week to get reacquainted, practice, and prepare to compete in one of sailing’s great races. The clock was ticking!

The Joy Ride sailing team has evolved over the years, but a core group has remained intact. Owner, skipper, driver, and conavigator, John, is, of course, the driving force in every way.

We’re all truly grateful for the adventures, especially this oncein-a-lifetime experience, John has made possible.

Bron Miller is at the hub of the program. As captain and delivery skipper, he is responsible for most of the preparation, maintenance, logistics, plus whatever else he can squeeze into a day. Once the sailing begins, Bron is also our primary navigator, boat whisperer, and fills in at pretty much every other position on board.

Maaike Pen, also Bron’s better half, is our communications lead, diligently making sure we comply with all the required safety check-ins and radio monitoring. Maaike is also an A-1 trimmer and pit master. No doubt the most organized Joy Rider, Maaike keeps all of us on task, always making lists.

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Robin Slieker is another cornerstone of the program: bowman extraordinaire, driver, delivery first mate, 80s music aficionado, and political pundit. I would be remiss not to mention Robin is also the top speed record holder on the helm at 22 knots!

Erik Sjogren fills many roles onboard Joy Ride including trim, pit, and voice of reason; as well as meal planner, head chef, and chief joke teller. Erik has also done more than his share of delivery miles, including the hop from Hawaii to Fiji.

Byron Meseroll is our onboard engineer, designer of the emergency rudder system, and drone pilot when allowed (no drones allowed in Sydney Hobart). A primary helmsman and trimmer, Byron is also the keeper of good candies, treats, and spare dry socks.

Shipwright Quill Goldman joined the team in the fall of 2017, and has been an invaluable addition. Quill’s the first to go up the

much at stake, we carried on that theme checking every clevis, split ring and cotter pin, checking again and taping everything.

We also added additional lifeline netting at the bow, a chafe guard on the bobstay, and a new backstay. We lubricated the halyard sheaves, cleaned and lubed the winches and replaced a couple of suspect lines. You get the idea.

Even with all the boat work, there was time for practice sailing too. We managed to get out for three good sails before race day – less than what we’d hoped for, but enough to get a good feel for Sydney Harbour and the exit through the Heads. This was really our first full-team sail since the Vic-Maui finish back in July. We used the time to practice reefing drills, sail changes, and every possible type of maneuver while checking out the sails and reengaging in our roles. We were definitely shaking off some rust. Maui seemed like such a long time ago!

The “Joy Ride” crew, from left: Quill Goldman, Robin Slieker, Maaike Pen, John Murkowski, Bryon Meseroll, Erik Sjogren, Bron Miller, and Alex Fox (author).

rig, out on the sprit, or to just sort stuff out. A fearless foredeck and ravenous reader, Quill devours novels and volumes of reading material in his off watch.

That leaves me, a self-described sailing nut. I try to share what I’ve learned in 50 years of racing, keeping us going fast and hopefully the right way, with soft and gentle encouragement.

With the crew assembled, days were eaten up prepping the boat. The project list on the whiteboard was brainstormed each morning and tasks were divided. Items were crossed off, only to be replenished with a new list the next day! We got the race sails back on board, inspected them for wear and potential issues, reinstalled the battens in the main and headsails, and went over the spinnakers for minor holes. The code zero was sent off to the loft for a little refresh. We needed to resolve anything that Bass Strait might reveal as questionable. With so 48º NORTH

A big part of any offshore race, of course, is weather routing and planning. We looked at different models each day in the week leading up to the start, plus we were very fortunate to receive daily pre-race reports from Seattle weather guru Bruce Hedrick. To describe the Australian weather as volatile would be a supreme understatement! One day, after our practice sail, the clubhouse was bombarded with hailstones the size of golf balls! Pre-race crystal ball prognostications had our likely elapsed time fluctuating somewhere between three and six days, with a weather picture that was slowly coming into focus.

Race day finally arrived and we felt prepared! The Sydney Hobart begins on Boxing Day (December 26), and it dawned with a much better outlook than we’d been expecting: sunny and hot with a building nor’easterly.

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surviving the start! The start of Sydney Hobart has all the fanfare and excitement that one would expect. The first task was a sailby, checking in with a designated committee vessel with both of our orange storm sails hoisted. We’d worked hard as a team to come up with a practical setup for rigging and deploying these sails, so there was a sense of pride as we passed this final hurdle in the pre-start sequence.

All we had to deal with now were the 40+ boats on our line, restricted waters, a large spectator fleet, helicopters buzzing overhead, and a big reef right in the middle of the track. That was all! Our goals were simple: get away clean, avoid the congested part of the line, no contact, no fouls, no drama! Our start line was the deepest into the harbor, aligned with Shark Island, offering us a good view of the potential minefield that lay ahead. As the sequence began, the stomach butterflies were in full flight.

‘Keep things simple. Don’t get drawn into the temporary insanity in play at the slightly-favored committee boat end,’ we reminded ourselves! With a couple of minutes to go, we were on port reaching towards the bulk of our fleet jamming the committee boat on starboard. “Tacking now!” We didn’t want any part of that, and managed to find a nice clear lane a little further than half-way down the line. We were on time, with speed, as the canon sounded! Great start everyone! Don’t forget to breathe!

In the Sydney Harbour melee, clear air is very much a relative thing. With the two fleets of larger boats starting directly

The storm sail sail-by – a Sydney Hobart requirement.

“We were in it, with Australia to starboard; open ocean and Antarctica to port; and the infamous Bass Strait, Hobart, and much unknown straight ahead!” upwind of us, it was mostly about managing our lanes the best we could, while jostling and positioning with our own fleet. Our initial thoughts were to leave the Sow & Pigs Reef to starboard, and exit the harbour through the western channel.

You know what they say about best-laid plans! The wind was shifting to the east and we migrated that way in good shape.

As we approached our first turning mark and the right turn out through the Heads, everything went a bit pear-shaped for our entire fleet. The nice 10-12 knot breeze seemed to exit with the bigger boats and the spectator fleet, now in a full flight pursuit of the super maxis.

We smaller boats faced less-than-ideal conditions with leftover, chopped-up air and an even more confused sea state. It was slow going. Random puffs would suddenly appear from each side of the course then disappear just as quickly. We finally rounded our mark in a tight pack, looking for the final mark before exiting the Heads. Good luck with that! Our marks were white, MARCH

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pretty much invisible in the waves and mostly white-hulled spectator fleet. Eventually, we spotted it... arrghhh, overstood by a bunch of boat lengths. It was time for the A-3 spinnaker in the building 12-15 knot breeze. What a great feeling to have breathing space, free of the washing machine that lay behind!

Step one was complete, and the spinnaker and staysail drawing nicely. We were all a little adrenalin-spent by this point and the boat was pretty quiet. We were in it, with Australia to starboard; open ocean and Antarctica to port; and the infamous Bass Strait, Hobart, and much unknown straight ahead!

More to follow in the next issue, stay tuned!

Alex Fox manages the sailing shop at Trotac Marine in Victoria, BC. As a racer crew he's won Swiftsure, Whidbey Island Race Week and Vic-Maui, T-bird Regionals and the Canadian Match Racing Championships, among others. His monthly column "The Favored Tack" appears in Pacific Yachting Magazine.

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CHARTER STORIES

For Cowes Week 2012, Travis chartered this Ker 40 "Keronimo." More recently, he chartered the TP52 "Conviction" and won his class at Les Voiles de St. Barth's last year.

FROM THE RACE COURSE

by Steve Travis

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here are plenty of reasons to charter a racing boat in faroff waters; sail a new boat, learn a new venue and sail against different competition top the list. Our team tends to want to travel to new places, vacation, and throw in some racing. We’ve had some wonderful experiences doing just that over the past few years.

In the past couple of decades, we've chartered in Ireland, England, and the Caribbean.We’ve seen plenty of new places and won some races along the way.

It all started in 2000 just as a search. With some help from people in my London office and some other UK sailing friends, I chartered a Sydney 40 for the Round the Isle of Wight Race. It turned out there were 1,800 boats in the race (150 in our class) and I had no idea when we crossed the starting line! The boat worked well and the experience was a good one, so we went from there.

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As far as the actual charter goes, we always start with the basic questions: In which event would you like to participate? There are events all over the world that have charter boats. It is sometimes harder to find charter race boats at the top events, but they can be found. Pick the event first.

The second is to determine your goal for the event. Are you there to participate and enjoy a more laid back race event while still being competitive within its class? Or are you there to compete against the pros? Realize that at the top end of the event, most boats have fully professional crews. Plan expectations accordingly.

Another consideration in determining the way you want to participate is the cost. While the boat charter may be the single largest expense, accommodations (depending on size of crew) are right up there and can even run more than the cost of the 48

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boat charter. Travel costs, if you have found an out-of-the-way event can also add up! If it is a family vacation, or a group of friends and family, the boat may not be the most important part of the event. In some cases you can mix the two together, some can sail and some can sightsee or just plain relax. It goes back to your goal, and your crew's goal, for participation in the event.

The next issue is the actual charter of the boat itself. What are you expecting and what are you getting? Are you expecting a fully race-ready competitive boat in the class you are racing?

This needs to be understood at the beginning of the discussion.

At the top events the owners who are racing their own boats will have newer sails, their own regular crew, possibly all pros.

They are doing what is called “pot hunting” in the UK. Can you be competitive with them? I would say sometimes. However, in the long run they will win. At one event we attended, I watched a complete inventory of brand new sails, nicely boxed, get delivered to a competitor's boat for the first race.

Who you charter from is also critical to the overall enjoyment of the event. After that first charter experience and demonstrating we knew our way around the racecourse, I found the right charters through word of mouth and racing friends.

From personal experience, I would attempt to stick to charters from English companies. The English follow the rule of law and

you can sue for breach of contract in small claims court in the UK and get rapid results. Other countries do not follow this and you basically are out your charter costs.

Except for one time when I had to revert to small claims court, every UK charter was above and beyond my expectations. The time I did go to small claims court I received all my money back and indeed chartered from that group again. It seems that once they realized that I could figure out how to work the system, they were very cooperative. Indeed, this may have helped in future charters as the word had been spread.

I have chartered in Italy and it was an unmitigated disaster.

The list of things that went wrong would dwarf this article.

We sailed, enjoyed the weather and the venue, and left. Never again.

Our last charter was a TP52 for St. Barth’s Race Week through Sail Race Crew (sailracecrew.com). Everything worked fine, although by the end of the event a few new headsails were needed. I would charter from them again without hesitation.

While not having chartered from this company, I have met representatives of Performance Yacht Charter (now known as LV Yachting, lvyachting.com), and will consider chartering from them in the future, depending on the event, boat type, and availability.

"Keronimo" on Day 4 of Cowes Week 2012. Travis credits his crew for his consistently solid performances.

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The course for one of the races in the 2009 Cowes Week kept the navigator busy.

Travis chartered the DK 46 “Dark and Steamy” for Cowes Week 2009.

Given how far we in the Northwest are from everywhere, it is essentially prohibitive to take your own boat just about anywhere.

If it is small enough, you can trailer it down the coast. However, once you start thinking of the East Coast and beyond, charter!

Here are some of our favorite places and memories.

CORK WEEK 2002 Our first charter was a Sydney 40 in 2002 for Cork Week in Ireland. We received the boat and promptly went for a sail. We came back in after practice and commented to the charterer, tongue in cheek, how smooth and shallow the bottom was in Cobh Harbour - five feet everywhere! They had installed a new keel bulb and forgot to move the depth sounder, so it was reading the top of the keel and not the seabed! It took a few days to get a new depth sounder, carve out core, and move the transducer. This same charterer told us, “Here are four mains, 15 headsails, and 20 kites, you pick the ones you want to use!”

COWES WEEK 2003 In 2003, we chartered a Ker 11.3 for Cowes Week. The owner was a member of the Royal Yacht Squadron and invited us for drinks on the lawn (not inside the club). We still needed ties to enter! One of our wives had to search the second hand stores to buy us all ties so we could go in. There’s more to that story for another time!

COWES WEEK 2006 In 2006, I chartered the Farr 45 Cutting Edge. On our first or second practice day we asked the boat captain, who was crewing with us as the pit guy, why the depth sounder read shallower than the charts. After some hemming and hawing he agreed that he had put in a little safety factor of a few feet to keep us from getting too close to shore!

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the meat since several of the crew are great barbecuers, if they would provide the drinks. The afternoon of the event, my wife called and said there was a truck in our driveway unloading cases of booze. It turned out all the guys on the boat were former rugby players looking for a new competitive sport. We were carrying bottles on the boat for the next five days! We had a great time.

COWES WEEK 2009 In 2009, I chartered a DK 46 called Dark and Steamy from a competitor friend we had been racing against in previous events.

He was doing the Fastnet race but agreed to charter to us for Cowes Week. Our class had two TP52s and a new Kerr 46. After the third day, the TP 52 Rio, owned by the owner of Vodafone, had won every race and expected to continue to do so and thus win a prestigious overall event for the IRC boats called the “black group.” Unfortunately for them, on day four they did not think the race would start due to light air and they were tied to a buoy with sails below. We were ready to race. At precisely 11 AM the race committee fired the warning, which meant the boats had one minute to use engines. It turned out the start was favored a long ways from where they were. We ended up winning the race on corrected time, costing all the pros the glory of winning black group and for the rest of the week they would not talk to us!!

Needless to say we were happy!

COWES WEEK 2012 In 2012, I chartered what was then a state-of-the-art Ker 40, Keronimo. Probably a little faster than we were used to! We were, however, able to win the start on day four, in what turned out to be a parade race around 15 buoys and 25 miles. We came out victorious. This gave us the prestigious Queen’s Cup, which is awarded to the winner of the class selected by the Royal Yacht Squadron on one day of racing at Cowes week. And it entitled us to be invited to the Royal Yacht Squadron for awards. This was the only way we could actually get inside the club house!

Steve Travis owns and skippers the TP52, “Smoke.” Previously, he owned the 1D48 “Flash” and he spent many years sailing with John Buchan on various boats in events including the Clipper Cup, San Francisco Big Boat Series and Southern Ocean Racing Circuit.

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TOLVIA SHOAL Southern Sound

The Southern Sound Series this year, of which Toliva Shoal is the third of four races, has been defined by unseasonably light winds. You might think it easy to complain about that, but remembering that the 2018 edition of Toliva Shoal brought a gear-busting 40+ knot storm, 2019’s 5-7 knots of breeze with little rain, a bit of sun, and a rainbow made for gorgeous conditions in which to go boat racing.

Thirty-three boats took to the waters of Budd Inlet for the race that snakes its way through the south Puget Sound to the Toliva Shoal buoy. The forecast didn't produce any grins, but race day dawned with a light-to-moderate southerly and most of the snow was even melted from the decks of the race boats.

Dan Wierman, owner of the J/35 Great White, described the conditions as surprisingly good. “We were chasing wind and current, but there were no big holes. The fleet never stopped completely, as sometimes happens down there.” The current was adverse to start the day, but soon into the race switched to the ebb to aid the fleet in the outgoing leg of the race.

Several racers confirmed that while it might not have looked like very exciting sailing to spectators at Dofflemyer Point Lighthouse, “It was a sailor's day!” Spinnakers were up most of the race, though Wierman noted that it got to be a pretty tight reach up near Johnson Point. “It was a lovely run down Dana 48º NORTH

Passage. And the racing was close in our class. GraceE and some of the other J/35s increased their lead after Johnson Point when they stayed out and we were closer to the beach. They must have found more current where they were,” Wierman commented.

Lots of boats were having fun duking it out. Photographer and sailor, Sean Trew, told me that every time he looked back, the order seemed to be changing – a bunch of great light air battles.

The race committee made the probably-prudent choice to shorten course at the Toliva Shoal half-way mark, yielding a very civilized four hours of racing. It was a courteous shortening, considering the delivery distance and the fact that the competitors were looking at a long afternoon of waning breeze and an increasing ebb to contend with to get back to Olympia.

The competitors were spread across nine separate classes, but the overall podium went to Kyle Reese-Cassal's Antrim 27, Redline, Clark McPherson’s McSwoosh, and Brad Butler’s Dos. Elsewhere in the country, folks might think our winter racing is a bit insane, but participants agreed, it was a wonderful day on the water. And, “well worth the effort!”

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Winter Classic You just have to be there and experience it for yourself!

The Winter Shaw Island Classic is always a favorite because of the scenery, hospitality and, almost always, the breeze. Given snow on the ground and on the boat decks, plus an unstable wind forecast, we didn’t know exactly what to expect! Nonsailing friends think we are slightly nuts. It can’t be explained, you just have to be there and experience it for yourself!

It was a perfect day on the water in February, even with a dubious start with heavy rain showers 45 minutes before the race began. Light winds at the start and a change in navigation

by WSF Hyak allowed the event to start on time and made sharing the water easy and uneventful. The yearly Shaw Island races always start around the mercy of the Washington State Ferries – bless their hearts, they have a big job to do! After the start, we all chased wind and current lines and favored the beaches. With new bottom paint on my Santa Cruz 27, Wild Rumpus, it’s nail biting to hug the rocks along the shore!

Turning the corner down Upright Pass, it was more favorable to leave the beach and stay in the breeze. Spinnakers went up and down, but there were no drifters! Passing Friday Harbor on the run, it seemed everyone flew a kite. Wasp Passage delivered on mixing up the fleet, allowing for some big gains and losses.

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On Rumpus, we were just a bit too greedy cutting the corner and watched our competition sail around us. As the day went on, sun and breeze came on strong. At the finish, the 10-gauge sounded off with the line honors for each class. A 911 call in response to the blasts spurred a visit from the local sheriff (note made for next year). We had an early finish with time to tidy-up boats and prep for the Orcas Hotel’s buffet dinner. Festivities had a full house, with a few stories, some history, birthday wishes for yours truly, and awards.

Congratulations go to Shearwater and then Time Bandit in the battle of the J/120s in Division A, followed by a crowd favorite, the gollywobbler-hoisting Sir Isaac. Justin and Chris Wolfe and crew on Shearwater also won the overall, their first time receiving this award. Division B honors went to the Rosers on Chinook, and then the Snoopy-kite fliers on Celebration, and new-to-the-fleet WIP. Division C went to event organizer Chris White on Crazy I’s, thanks to his wiley moves in Wasp Pass!

Second went to Wild Rumpus and third to local favorite, Betsy Wareham’s Purple Martin.

If you love the Round the County race, consider some other events at Orcas Island Yacht Club. It may require some effort to get there, but it’s always worth it! story and photo by Stephanie Schwenk results on page 56 53

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he Frigid Digit regatta earned its name in the 1970s when it was a Lasers-only event held every January with scores of sailors from around the region braving the cold in a very wet boat. In the last few years, the regatta has been pushed later in the year. Last year it was in late February. So when it was changed back to January, there was some fear that the earlier date would scare dinghy sailors. Such was not the case.

In a winter that seemed to bounce from Perfect Sailing to No Way Am I Headed Out, this year’s Frigid Digit hit one of the luckiest weekends at the end of January. Bright sunshine, decent winter temperatures and gentle yet consistent breezes were perfect on Saturday. While the sun took Sunday off, the breeze held for more great racing. In the end, 50 boats from five classes participated in the event now managed by Corinthian Yacht Club-Seattle.

The only two-person class, the Tasar fleet had arranged among themselves for it to be a one-day regatta. At the front of the frighteningly talented six-boat fleet was Jay Renehan, who won all four races entered.

Renehan and fellow Tasar skipper Jonathan McKee returned Sunday to have some fun in the biggest class, the 21-boat RS Aero fleet. But it was Dalton Bergan who won the regatta and the last three races in Sunday’s lighter air, with Dad-in-law Carl Buchan coming second. Third was Mike Johnson, one of the more recent Laser-to-Aero transplants, who is clearly getting the hang of the lightweight Aero.

As was seen during the Turkey Bowl / Laser Districts last fall, the Laser class is definitely seeing a youth movement in the region. And, as if right from the brochure, it was growing young men making the move up from the smaller Radial rig to dominate the Standard rig. Owen Timms, Max Doane and Kit Stoll all made the switch and were sailing at the front of

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the fleet all weekend. It was David Brink, a bit older but not that far removed from the Radial, who won the weekend and had his name written on the back of the trophy (for the second time!). His boat name, TCB, stands for Taking Care of Business.

That he did.

In the Laser Radial class, Seattle’s young Erik Anderson came up with a convincing victory over Bob Ennenberg of the Jericho Sailing Association of Vancouver, BC. Ennenberg had a smile on his face the entire time, and proved that the Radial is a great place for smaller adults or those that don’t want to risk the wrath of the standard rig if conditions deteriorate. Three Radial sailors made the trip from Bellingham.

There were also three brave Optimist sailors on the course as well, and without a doubt they had the biggest smiles all weekend. Sam Bush won all the races except one.

This regatta showed that singlehanded sailing, and dinghy sailing in general, is alive and well in Seattle. The RS Aero continues to attract a large group of top-flight competitors and the Lasers are the premiere boat for young people moving up the sailing ranks and honing their skills.

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RACE RESULTS

TOLVIA SHOAL RACE

Place Boat Name Rating Skipper

PHRF-1-Multihull 1 Pax the Space Spider -10 Rod Tharp PHRF-2 1 Jam 0 Bill Fox PHRF-3 1 McSwoosh 66 Clark McPherson 2 Anarchy 57 Tom Ward 3 Korina Korina 66 Jon Knudson 4 Equus 63 Dean Conti PHRF-4 1 Grace E 72 Brian White 2 Flying Circus 72 David Mark Elliott 3 Altair 72 Jason Vannice 4 the Boss 72 Chad Stenwick 5 Great White 72 Dan Wierman 6 Rock Paper Scissors 69 Hans Seegers PHRF-5 1 Redline 90 Kyle Reese-Cassal 2 Dos 81 Brad Butler 3 Zig Zag 75 Aaron Schofield 4 Lightly Salted 84 Mel Schaefer 5 Dash 93 Stephanie Arnold PHRF-7 1 Bodacious 129 J Rosenbach 2 Folie`a Deux 135 Jeff Johnson 3 Asylum 126 Jeremy Bush PHRF-8 1 Cherokee 156 Peter Stewart 2 Djinn 153 John Martens 3 Pandora 165 Bob Connolly Commodore-FS 1 Blue Max 141 Charles Hendrick 2 Inati 201 Richard Bergholz 3 White Squall 132 Roger Deitz Cruising-NFS 1 Koosah 177 Dave Knowlton 2 Emma Lee 225 Robert Butts 3 Jolly Rumbalow 135 Richard Bigley 4 Earth's Edge 225 Denis Vannier 5 Desert Sage 147 Alberto Napuli

SHAW ISLAND WINTER CLASSIC Place Boat Name

Class A 1 Shearwater 2 Time Bandit 3 Sir Isaac 4 Fourth Watch 5 Makika 5 Keet Class B 1 Chinook 2 Celebration 3 WIP 4 Hula 5 Allelu Class C 1 Crazy I s 2 Wild Rumpus 3 Purple Martin 4 Blackfoot 5 Off Constantly 6 Snork Maiden 7 Cassandra 48º NORTH

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Overall

Christina Wolfe Bob Brunius John Bailey Bryan Colwell Nige Oswald Mike Powell

1 3 6 16 17 17

Jimmy Roser Jim Bottles Evrard Martens Bill Stange Christian Chesley

5 10 12 14 15

Chris White Birthday Girl Steph Betsy Wareham Mick Corcoran Jeff Hume Benjamin J Kaas Rick Rhoads

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FRIGID DIGIT

Place Boat Name Sail Number Skipper

Tasar 1 2916 Jay Renehan 2 Scotts Boat 80 Miles Johannessen 3 Dr. Beverly 2597 Jonathan McKee 4 The Happy 1601 Scott Wilson /

Paul Stewart 5 TBD 2268 Lucy Jones Space Force 2397 Ian Beswick 6

Laser Radial 1 TBD 162344 Erik Anderson 2 Spaghetti Popsicle 194474 Bob Ennenberg 3 199929 199929 Natalie Serbousek 4 Laser 206165 Emma Powell 5 Full Throttle 204477 Sammy Farkas 6 NA 59 Delaney Hammer 7 Celestia 210707 Ria West

RS Aero 1 Loop 2024 Dalton Bergan 2 Shearwater 2019 Carl Buchan 3 Zahir 1377 Michael Johnson Jr. 4 1384 Dan Faulk 5 Vanilla III 1872 Derek K Bottles 6 SNR 1127 Todd Willsie 7 Couch 2484 Scott Malone 8 First Timer 1380 Matt Pistay 9 2082 Jonathan Mc Kee 10 Corvair 2228 Jim Barrett 11 Mid-line Crisis 1481 Daniel T Herron 12 1976 Jay Renehan 13 Sticky Wicket 1726 Jacques Garrigues 14 Aero 1248 Andy Schmidt 15 Rapid 2020 Craig Horsfield 16 Small Enough 0 Keith Hammer 17 Mojo 2483 Mark Reed 18 Atolyrn 1973 Glenn Wisegarver 19 Rungood 2081 Douglas Stumberger 20 1859 Lois Madrid 21 1643 Dieter Creitz

Laser 1 TCB 212595 David Brink 2 Laser 208821 Owen Timms 3 Laser 200129 Max Doane 4 Rusty 210692 Jay Leon 5 Megatron 9 Kit Stoll 6 Mark Ross 209072 Mark Ross 7 Etude 212132 Rob Hodson 8 194598 Dave Jursik 9 Stormy Daniels 200192 Kurt Hoehne 10 Streaker 210668 Jay Winberg 11 Blue Bear 80 Jim Santroch 12 Kronosaurus 185899 Tate Higgins 13 Pace Maker 175068 Zach Cooper

Optimist 1 13215 Sam Bush 2 ZZZZAP 20694 Alex Zaputil 3 Optimist 19146 Alan

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27’ TUMLAREN Knud Reimers designed Tumlaren. Cold molded, new sails, rigging, electrical, bilge, cushions, canvas, Torqeedo, Tohatsu 6 HP outboard and more. Complete refit 2016. See www.tumlaren4sale.com for more info and pictures. Contact Mark (206) 852-2278. Offered at $29,000.

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36.5’ STEEL SLOOP Beautiful, strong and proven Franz Maas Dutch built sloop. Excellent condition after complete re-build from ‘03 - ‘05. 3cyl Yanmar, Monitor windvane, SSB/Pactor/radar, plotter, AIS, watermaker, 5 solar panels, refer, windlass, EZ Stack on main, Harken on jib. Aluminum inflatable w/ 6 HP Mercury & much more. Lots of well thought out storage.

Lying Puerto Vallarta/La Cruz Marina. See photos and specs at www.begonephotos.shutterfly. com Awaiting your inspection in Paradise (the fun side of the wall). teridonm@hotmail.com Call 011 322 274 2421 (Mexico).

6495

2002 MALO 41/43 “The Other Swedish Yacht” offered by original owner. Aft cockpit, two staterooms, large salon, mahogany interior, great storage, two large lazarettes, Icom 805, fresh Icom VHF, Yanmar turbo diesel, ample power alternator, large tankage, sail inventory including Hasse cruising sails, cored hull with bulb keel on a stub. Fresh bottom paint.

Make inquires at KI6KNI@gmail.com. $325,000.

6494

1985 J/29 $12,000. Hauled out spring 2018 for bottom sanding and painting (Baltoplate racing paint).

Fractional rig. Large suit of sails; 2016 Ballard Sails AP Mainsail MAX Code 5 GPL 10 Carbon Tri -Radial (very good condition), two cruising mains (North & Lidgard), Ullman #1 genoa (good), two Lidgard #1 genoas, two #2 genoas (North & Lidgard, very good), #3 genoa (Lidgard, good), Ballard Sails .50 oz spinnaker (very good), .75 oz spin (good), .50 oz spinnaker (good). 8 HP Yamaha OB w/ electric start, power tilt, and built-in alternator. 2015 Harken carbon headfoil. Aluminum spinnaker pole. Four Harken winch handles. Spinlock tiller extension. Portable head, manual bilge. All rigging included, LifeRing and eight life jackets. Bose speakers. Located at Shilshole Marina. Email pderickson@yahoo.com or call (425) 750-7422 for further information.

6493

MARCH 2019

1992 CREALA 40 Designed by Crealock with lines similar to the Pacific Seacraft 40. Located in Guatemala. Cutter rig, aft cockpit, fin keel, Skeg hung rudder, 44 HP Yanmar. Offshore equipped. Very good condition throughout. Teak deck and teak interior in good condition. 2 cabin, 1 head. Liveaboard and cruising ready. Well maintained and cruised by one owner.

Organized inside and out. Clean and comfortable with pleasing lines. $88,000. Info and more details at tillsonds@yahoo.com 4505

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CLASSIC BEAUTY The well known and loved 38 M2 Klasse Spidsgatter, Pia, is looking for a new caretaker. I have owned and maintained Pia, a Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival regular, for 26 years. At 71 I hope to find someone to carry on. Finding the right person, an aesthetic individual with skills and a passion for wooden boats who will continue to maintain and love Pia is very important to me.

For more information and photos email me at copesetic65@gmail.com

6443

48º NORTH

Boats for sale

Boats for sale

Boats for sale

1971 OHLSON 38 SLOOP Veteran of both Atlantic and Pacific crossings.

Fully equipped with a suit of 7 sails, including storm jib and trysail. Full instruments and a communication package including VHF, SSB (802), Pactor Modem, AIS, chartplotter.

Powerful Raymarine EV100 autopilot. New 4-person Viking offshore life raft. 2016 out of water survey available. $60,000. Contact (778) 977-4642 or thewhistler@shaw.ca

2005 HYLAS 54 RAISED SALOON Single owner. Meticulously maintained. Offshore cruising ready, skip 3-week passage across Pacific, hop to Fiji. Center-cockpit, 3 cabin, 2 head layout, mattress in master. Bow thruster!

New within 2 years: Northern Lights generator, rigging, overhaul of 125 HP Yanmar engine, AGM battery bank, dodger, folding prop, solar panels, wind generator, A/C. All LED lights. Webasto heater. Fully loaded electronics. Includes AB tender, Honda 15 HP outboard, Winslow liferaft, ditch bag, extensive spare parts inventory. Sails in excellent condition, beautiful spinnaker. No broker, make offer. For more information please phone us at (425) 591-7111 or via email at davebrennan@gmail.com For more photos or specs go to http://sailinganila.org/forsale

1978 YAMAHA 33 - $35,000 Great family cruiser/weekend racer refurbished and ready to sail! Well-equipped and maintained lying Elliott Bay Marina, Seattle. This boat has standing headroom in a mahogany cabin with new upholstery and will sleep 6. Everything needed to make this a comfortable, reliable, responsive cruising or racing boat has been done. Could be a good liveaboard close to downtown and Amazon as well. Repowered with Beta Marine 20 HP diesel in 2009 (w/ very low hours) with new transmission and three blade Max-Prop feathering prop. New rigging in 2012 with Harken roller furling jib and Tides Marine sailtrack on main, and hydraulic backstay. New Quantum Sails in 2012 with battened main, jib and V3 asymmetric w/ very little use (additional sail inventory included as well). Lewmar self-tailing winches for primary and secondaries. Haul out and bottom paint in 2017.

Boat is dived and scrubbed with new zincs each quarter. Electronics include Raymarine gauges, Garmin chart plotter, Standard Horizon fixed VHF with GPS and handheld radios. Entertainment suite with 28” flatscreen TV with integrated DVD/ CD player and Fusion AM/FM/XM satellite radio and iPod dock. Boat comes complete with life jackets, deck cushions and chairs, sleeping bags for v-berth and main cabin berths. All sailing hardware and spares for rigging and engine. Full marine head with shower and full galley with icebox and gimballed 3-burner stove. Includes two inflatable dinghies with electric trolling motor as well. $35,000. Assumable Elliott Bay moorage. Call Kevin at (425) 283-6769 or email Kevin.Lane@pnwimage.com

6477

6499

PASSPORT 40 - 1983 World capable cutter rigged Passport 40. Sea friendly, head-forward layout. Large sail inventory, VHF, GPS, Aries Windvane, Dickinson heater, Forespar boom. Oversized rigging and 2 extra cockpit winches(large). 2000-03, new Yanmar 40 HP, 3 burner stove/oven, refrig/freezer, Spectra watermaker, Autohelm autopilot, Icom HF. 2010, new Furuno radar. 2018, power train refurbished at $20K cost; new heat exchanger, transmission, cutlass bearing, engine mounts and shaft. $136,000 US. Orcas Island, Washington. svlandsend@yahoo.com or call 360-632-8896 for more information.

10’ NUTSHELL PRAM New, never launched nutshell pram. Built using the best materials I could find. A new pair of spruce oars is included with the pram. Call for details: (206) 954-0066.

6501

6484

6412

NIMBLE ARCTIC 25 PH YAWL 1990 Brewer designed, quality built, pilothouse yawl with custom trailer. Steering inside or out.

Marine head with holding tank, Y valve, Dickinson heat, galley w/ sink and portable cook top. Yamaha 9.9 HP in well. Portland, OR. $18,500 for boat and trailer. Email whitneymarine@comcast.net with questions or for more information.

6471

48º NORTH

ISLANDER FREEPORT Illness forces sale. Owner built sailboat with excellent carpentry. Interior is in fantastic condition. Includes 4-person dinghy 10HP OB. Great liveaboard and ready to cruise. Roller furling with complete set of sail covers. Canvas covers for all external woodwork. Full cockpit enclosure. Engine is Nissan MN633. Farymann diesel generator. Maxwell electric windlass. Full set of tools included. Boat has not had any rough sailing. Radar R10X raster scan. Hot water heater and dryer. Sleeps 6. Anchored in Lake Union. $79,000. For more info contact or (206) 579-0187.

Alternatively via email at rexcnanw@msn.com 6469

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34 Gemini 105 mC – 2006

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

Extras include a secondary anchor, handheld VHF and spare starter/alternator. Professionally maintained. Recently surveyed and major findings addressed by the Owner. - $108,000

San Juan Sailing - Bellingham, WA brokerage@sanjuansailing.com 360-671-0829 MARCH 2019

Boats for sale

Boats for sale

Boats for sale

1983 CAPE DORY 30 CUTTER New Beta 20 engine (2012) w/only 70 hours and new three blade prop. All new since 2012: standing and running rigging, Raymarine chartplotter and autopilot, Blue Sea panels, lighting, mast light and wind indicator, data marine speed and depth, canvas, new North Sail main and staysail (2017) new North Sail jib (2018,unused), Harken roller furling, Harken self-tailing winches, standard VHF, Alpine Bluetooth CD, etc. and natural gas stove. Extras: new Achilles dinghy and Yamaha 4 HP four stroke, Viking raft. Reduced to $32,500!

Email with questions: oleattnys@gmail.com

‘84 KIRIE ELITE 32 TALL RIG RACE READY, COMFORTABLE CRUISER Blaine WA Hull Peeled and epoxied below waterline, bottom faired and keel faired to CompuKeel template, Vivid bottom paint, Volvo (18hp) raw water-cooled diesel, Kiwi 3-blade feathering prop, Raymarine i70 sail instrument package, Raymarine e78 chartplotter, Bose speakers in salon, cd/am/ fm player, Sailtech hydraulic backstay adjuster, Oversize 40” destroyer wheel, 25 Kg claw anchor with 30ft chain and 100ft rode. UK Racing #1, 2016 UK Racing Main with 2 reef points and cunningham cringle, North Dacron main with 2 reef points, FX Sails racing #2 – rigged for furler with UV cover, Dacron furling headsail, North #3 Kevlar, storm jib, UK drifter – 2016 North Symmetrical .75oz Spinnaker, 1.5oz spinnaker. MORE. Asking $38,900. Phone us at (360) 510-1005 or via email at ross@americannettings.com

CORONADO 25 This great 1967 boat has been extensively renovated. Hull refinished in 2012. New bottom in paint 2017. Deck painted in 2017. New deck hardware 2017. Has a 2017 6 HP Mercury, 4 stroke, outboard with lighting coil. No leaks. Dry bilge.

Located in a private Harbor Island marina, Seattle. $7,000 OBO. Call (206) 937-7177.

6473

6421

6497

1988 CUTTER RIGGED CALIBER 38 Excellent bluewater boat, great for PNW. Yanmar 4J with two Racor filters, autopilot/chartplotter upgraded two years ago, jib, spinnaker, staysail, mainsail, and trysail on own track. Call for more details: (360) 917-5168.

6492

1981 FREEDOM 33 CAT-KETCH New Volvo Engine (2011), four sails, two heaters, two anchors. Located in Seward, AK. $35,000. For more info, please email topsail@alaska.net

6500

43’ HANS CHRISTIAN KETCH 1982 43T ketch. Bradenton/St. Petersburg, FL. $205,000. Make your cruising dream a reality on this magnificent bluewater and liveaboard world cruiser. Calypso is fully refurbished and ready once again to cruise the seven seas in comfort and safety. She recently underwent a complete $100K refit replacing every mechanical, electrical, galley, safety system, including a complete refurbished robust Isuzu diesel engine, new Awlgrip paint on hull and masts, 20 GPH watermaker, A/C with heat, sanitation systems and electronics. Complete maintenance history and extensive spares are included. Call (262) 781-7162 or (414) 218-9781.

Email yachtcalypso@aol.com or visit our website at www.hanschristian43t-yachtcalypso.com 6353

moresby 3 - $29,900 Retired seiner with a long heritage, now converted to liveaboard and cruiser.

Maintains workboat character with added comforts of home. Extensive work done and she remains well found. Looking for people who will be her next stewards.

nwmaritime.org/boats/for-sale Contact Kris at 360-379-5807 kris@nwmaritime.org MARCH 2019

HUNTER 36 - 2004 Clean and well maintained, Yanmar 3YM 30, in-mast main, roller furling, all lines led aft, SH 2150 with AIS, Ray e127, 18” radome, bow thruster, 10’ dinghy, 5 HP outboard, cabin heat, full cockpit enclosure, Magnum 2000 inverter, 100 amp charger. Call (425) 478 5158 oe via email at wilsonorgeorge@gmail.com $89,500.

6480

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1989 CATALINA 36’ - TALL RIG Hardtop dodger, asymmetrical spinnaker, dinghy with 2 HP Honda and other accessories.

Engine: Universal 25 HP w/ 2,300 hours. Very clean, suited for liveaboard. Price: $34,900.

For more info call (253) 223-6934 or via email at fred@franwoodfloors.com

6465

48º NORTH

Boats for sale

BOAT SLIPS, ANACORTES, WA

65’ CENTER COCKPIT KETCH Classic Sparkman & Stephens aluminum motor sailer. Built by Derecktor in 1968, refitted 2017.

Awlgrip paint job. Under 650 hours on 200 Hp 6061 John Deere with Twin Disk marine gear and hydraulic shaft brake. Cruising at 8 kts. Northern Lights 8 Kw generator under 250 hours. Large sail and parts inventory. Located in dry storage in Anacortes. $385,000. Call (206) 550 0895.

6503

Great Opportunity to own premium slips in Skyline Marina Division 22, easy access to the San Juan Islands. Slip TDO90 Division 22, 48’LOA (44’+ 4’x18’) $150,000. TDN38 and TDN39 are 44’LOA (40’+4’x18’) $140,000 each. Full service marina w/ secure gate. Amenities include bathroom/shower, laundry, & parking. There are 4 contiguous boat slips available, if purchased together the waterway between & additional moorage dock space/crosswalk slip will be deeded.

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

SEEKING USCG INSTRUCTORS

Launched: 1948, Orion #68. Major restoration in 2006. Mahogany planks--some new, over steamed oak frames--all sistered. Updated rigging with Schaefer/Harken. Lots of bronze and varnish. Very minimal systems. Tons of class.

nwmaritime.org/boats/for-sale/ Contact Kris at 360-379-5807 kris@nwmaritime.org

San Juan Sailing, the premier charter company and sailing school in the Northwest, with over 35 years of experience is seeking USCG instructors to teach any of the following courses: ASA 101-106, 118, 114 and RPBA 1101, 1102. Competitive pay, flexible scheduling, and ongoing education and training.

Contact (360) 671-8339 or jermaine@sanjuansailing.com

CANAL BOAT IN FRANCE – 1/3 OWNERSHIP 1995 fiberglass Rialto 1140FB (11.4 meters) outfitted for cruising and located in the Burgundy region of France for 2019. Two cabins, each w/ head & shower, galley, salon w/inside steering & table for four, forward cockpit ideal for romantic dinners for two, plus flying bridge/sun deck with table for four or more. Each partner gets approximately a two month time period per year.

Ideal boat for one or two couples. €15,000 – other two partners live in Seattle. Contact Michael with questions – jmcollins86@hotmail.com

6476

48º NORTH

6496

CARBON MAST Made by Offshore Spars, built for Tartan 3700.

Suitable for 35-40 foot boat, up to 16,000 lb. displacement, 2 sets swept back spreaders, No rigging, email for details. $10,000. jackanaka@gmail.com or (206) 399-7040

6113

CASSENS & PLATH ULTRA SEXTANT Beautiful C&S Ultra Sextant. Original wood case and additional waterproof travel case. Approx 2002. $800. Anacortes. Come to inspect. For more info, please email barton.waring@gmail.com 6498

CluBs 1945

2019

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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CAPE HORN STEERING VANE Cape Horn integrated self steering system.

“Joshua” outboard version (boats 35-40+) with light and heavy air windvanes. System used for two hours on a 44ft sailboat. $2,995 OBO. For more info, call (206) 245-8080.

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Great location.

Restrooms, Showers.

Poulsbo, WA

360-779-7762 or 360-509-0178

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

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6506

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Yr Aux

18' Seascape & Trlr

15

Boat Type

Yr Aux

Price

Boat Type

Yr Aux

28,900

West Yachts

70

30' Baba

84 D

54,900

Yachtfinders 68

33' Nauticat PH

87 D

99,900

20' Laser SB3

08

19,500

Mar Servic

72

30' C&C MKII

88 D

29,500

Mar Servic

33' Soverel

85 D

19,950

20' Pacific Seacraft

83 D

32,500

West Yachts

70

30' Cal

82 D

9,900

Yachtfinders 68

33' Wauquiez

83 D

49,000

West Yachts

70 66

G

Price

Broker

Page

Broker

Page 72

Broker

Page

Mar Servic Sail NW

72 2

21' Marlow Hunter

15 O

33,500

Bellhaven

66

30' Catalina 30

81 D

14,500

Mar Servic

33' Hunter

11

D

99,900

Passion

21' Com-Pac Eclipse

18 O

44,900

Passion

66

30' Catalina Sloop

79 D

19,500

NWYachtnet

7

34' Beneteau First 10R

7

D

89,500

Signature

71

22' J/70

12

G

34,900

Sail NW

2

30' Catalina Tall Rig

80 D

17,999

NWYachtnet

7

34' C&C 34

80 D

29,900

ElliottBYS

67

22' J/70 New

19

G

~

Sail NW

2

30' Dufour Arpege

72 D

12,500

NWYachtnet

7

34' Catalina

87 D 47,500 Yachtfinders 68

22' Beneteau 1st 22 w/Tr. 19 O

Call

Passion

66

30' Fisher

79 D

34,500

Yachtfinders 68

34' Columbia 34

72 D

30,000

23,000

Sail NW

2

34' Dash

82 D

19,900

~

Sail NW

2

34' Gemini

05 D 115,000 ElliottBYS

23' Edey & Duff

81

16,900

ElliottBYS

67

30' Henderson

97 G

24' Hunter w/trailer

93 G

8,900

Passion

66

30' J/95 New

19

24' Martin 241

80/06

D

72

Price

Mar Servic Sail NW

72 2 67

O

Pending

Passion

66

30' Olson

84 G

15,000

Yachtfinders 68

34' Gemini 105 MC

06 D 108,000

San Juan

66

24' Nimble w/Trailer

95 O

13,900

Passion

66

30' Sabre 30 mkIII

88 D

39,500

Swiftsure

69

34' Hallberg Rassy

0

Swiftsure

69

25' Fisher Potter Ketch

99 D

29,500

Signature

71

31' Beneteau Oceanis

19

D 169,900

Signature

71

34' Hunter 340

00 D

54,900

San Juan

66

26' Hake

12 D 64,000 Yachtfinders 68

31' Cal Sloop

79 D

24,500

NWYachtnet

7

34' J/105 Shoal Daft

99 D

49,000

Sail NW

26' Kent Ranger w/Tr.

79 D

38,000

West Yachts

70

34' Jeanneau 349

19

189,942

Mar Servic

72

72

12,900

Passion

66

31' Cape George

81 D

G

28,900

Passion

66

32' Evelyn

85 D

17,500

Mar Servic

26' MacGregor w/Trailer 89 G

7,900

Passion

66

32' Irwin Sloop

87 D

24,500

NWYachtnet

26' MacGregor w/Trailer 12 27' Com-Pac 27

15

D

59,900

Waterline

65

32' Islander

77 D 29,000 NWYachtnet

27' Island Packet 27

89 D

32,500

Mar Servic

72

32' Islander

78 D

19,500

Mar Servic

D 155,000

D

2

34' Alsea Bay

85 D

59,900

Passion

66

7

34' Catalina

88 D

35,000

Passion

66

7

34' Hunter 340

O1 D

Pending

Passion

66

35' Alberg

64 D 19,000 Yachtfinders 68 89 D 45,000 Yachtfinders 68

72

27' Nor'Sea

91 D 89,900 Bellhaven

66

32' J/97e New

19

D

~

Sail NW

2

35' Beneteau

27' Pac. SeaCraft Orion

79 D

35,000

Swiftsure

69

32' J/99 New

19

D

~

Sail NW

2

35' CAL

83 D

34,000

West Yachts

27' Catalina

84 D

12,900

Passion

66

32' Westsail 32

79 D

22,500

Mar Servic

72

35' Cheoy Lee

80 D

41,500

NWYachtnet

7

27' Catalina 270

94 D

22,900

Passion

66

32' Cascade Cutter

71

D

24,900

Passion

66

35' Cheoy Lee

80 D

27,300

Yachtfinders

68

28' Freedom Sloop

87 D

32,000

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32' Hunter 326

O3 D

56,000

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35' Hunter 356

D

74,900

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95 D 44,500 Yachtfinders 68

32' PDQ Catamaran

OO D 109,000

Passion

66

35' Hunter Legend 35.5 90 D

44,900

NWYachtnet

28' Hunter 28.5

87 D

11,900

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35' J-35 Sloop Racer

84 D

28,900

Waterline

65

28' O'Day

82 D

72

29' J/88 New

19

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29' Carrera 290

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33' eSailing Yacht

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64,900

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13,900

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33' Gambling 34

74 D

29,000

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72

35' Jason Brewer 35

76 D

44,900

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33' J/100

7

76,500

Swiftsure

69

35' Nauticat 35

00 D 194,500

Mar Servic

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14,900

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66

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76 D

Bellhaven

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59,900

NWYachtnet

38' Alajuela 38

72 D

40' Islander Peterson

81 D

49,000

Yachtfinders

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88 D

39,900

Passion

66

38' Alerion

06 D 199,500 Yachtfinders 68

40' J 40

90 D

99,500

Mar Servic

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35' Beneteau Oc. 35.1

19

D

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Passion

66

38' Beneteau Oc. 38.1

19

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Passion

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40' J/121 New

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79 D

34,900

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38' Beneteau Oc. 38.1

19

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40' J/122e New

19

D

~

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36' Bruce Roberts Spray 01 D

69,900

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38' Benet. Oc. 38.1 3/1

18 D 249,900

Signature

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40' Lagoon 40 #39

19

D

529,854

36' C&C 110

04 D 110,000

ElliottBYS

67

38' Block Island

60 D 150,000

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68

40' Malo Sloop

10 D 392,500

NWYachtnet

36' Cape George

89 D

79,000

Bellhaven

66

38' Catalina

80 D 29,900 Yachtfinders 68

40' Nauticat 40

85 D 149,900

Mar Servic

36' Colvin Pinky Sch.

93 D

79,000

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94 D 39,000 Yachtfinders 68

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57 D

38,500

Yachtfinders 68

36' Islander Sloop

78 Coming Soon West Yachts

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38' Yankee

72 D 39,900 NWYachtnet

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81 D

115,000

Swiftsure

69

36' J/109

6

D 169,000

Sail NW

2

38' Catalina S&S

83 D

32,900

Passion

66

40' Perry Bella

94 D 120,000

Swiftsure

69

36' J/111 New

19

D

~

Sail NW

2

38' Catalina S&S

83 D

29,900

Passion

66

40' Schucker 436 PH

72 D

69,000

Mar Servic

72

36' Tanton 36

81 D

27,000

Mar Servic

72

39' C&C

86 D 64,900 Yachtfinders 68

40' Beneteau Oceanis

O8 D

Pending

Passion

66

36' Union Cutter

82 D

59,000

Mar Servic

72

39' Cal 39

71

D

44,000

Swiftsure

69

40' J/120

94 D

99,500

Sail NW

2

36' Valiant

85 D 99,000 Yachtfinders 68

39' Cal 39

78 D

35,900

Waterline

65

40' Mariner Ketch

78 D

69,900

Passion

66

36' Vancouver

81 D

Swiftsure

69

39' Jeanneau 39i

08 D 159,500

Mar Servic

72

41' Beneteau 411

0

D

119,900

Signature

71

36' Cascade

71

D

25,000

Passion

66

39' Jeanneau 39i

07 D 139,500

Mar Servic

72

41' Benet. Oc. 41.1 3/2

19

D 315,000

Signature

71

36' Islander

82 D

36,900

Passion

66

39' Malo

02 D 185,000 Yachtfinders 68

41' Benet. Oc. 41.1 2/1

19

D 317,000

Signature

71

37' Fisher PH

76 D

74,500

Bellhaven

66

39' Nauticat

37' Island Packet 370

08 D 275,000

Mar Servic

72

39' Beneteau 393

O2 D

D 265,000

Waterline

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35' Beneteau 350

3

46,900

Broker

35' Wauquiez

59,999

7

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7

Swiftsure

69

41' Buchanan Classic

63 D

49,750

119,900

Passion

66

41' Cheoy Lee

80 D

35,000

Mar Servic

NWYachtnet Bellhaven

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7 66

37' J/37C

89 D 79,900 ElliottBYS

67

39' Freedem Cat Ketch

83 D

65,000

Passion

66

41' Ericson

70 D 42,900 Yachtfinders 68

37' Nautor Swan

80 D

84,750

West Yachts

70

39' Pearson 39-2

87 D

Pending

Passion

66

41' Ericson Sloop

68 D

37,500

West Yachts

70

37' Pacific Seacraft

84 D

75,000

Bellhaven

66

40' Beneteau

94 D

93,500

ElliottBYS

67

41' Hunter 410

0

112,750

Swiftsure

69

37' Rustler

15

40' Beneteau 400

95 D

72,500

Mar Servic

72

41' Hunter 410

98 D 104,900

Mar Servic

72

37' Southerly 115

87 D

7

41' Island Packet SP

07 D 319,000

Mar Servic

72

37' Tartan Blackwater

71

41' Islander Freeport

79 D

64,900

West Yachts

70 7

Sail NW

2

89,900

Passion

66

40' Beneteau Oceanis

95 D

89,700

NWYachtnet

65 D

15,000

Yachtfinders

68

40' Fountaine Paj. Lucia 18 D

553,148

Signature

37' Truant 37

80 D

45,000

Mar Servic

72

40' Freedom

97 D 110,000

Yachtfinders 68

41' Morgan Classic CC

87 D

79,900

NWYachtnet

37' Bavaria

02 D

84,500

ElliottBYS

67

40' Hinckley

70 D 129,500

ElliottBYS

41' Morgan Giles Classic 87 D

86,500

NWYachtnet

37' Pacific Seacraft

99 D 145,000

Passion

65

40' Hunter

98 D 95,000

Yachtfinders 68

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89 D 169,000

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42' Beneteau 423

7

D 169,000

Boat Type

Yr Aux

Call

Passion Signature

Price

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45' Beneteau Oceanis

18 D 388,000

Signature

71

45' Bestevaer 45st

11

Sail NW

D 575,000

42' Catalina

89 D 79,900 Yachtfinders 68

45' Bruce Roberts

83 D

69,000

42' Catalina 42

92 D 110,000

Mar Servic

72

45' Beneteau Oc.

18 D

Call

42' Catalina 42 MK1

94 D

114,500

Mar Servic

72

46' Beneteau Oc. 46.1

19

42' Fount. Paj Astrea

19

D 662,000

Signature

71

46' Beneteau Oc. 46.1

19

42' Hallberg Rassy 42E

83 D 154,000

Swiftsure

69

46' CAL 2-46

73 D

42' Hinckley Sou'wester 84 D 230,000

Swiftsure

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46' Hallberg Rassy

42' Island Packet 420

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46' J/46

42' Catalina 42 mkII

O2 D

Pending

Passion

66

46' Jeanneau 45.2

00 D

42' Mermaid Garden

78 D

54,900

Passion

66

46' Jeanneau 469

15

43' Beneteau

05 D 119,500 ElliottBYS

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88 D

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80 D 145,000

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86 D

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185,000 Waterline

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Waterline

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49' Transpacific Marine 80 D

129,000 ElliottBYS

67

Passion

66

50' Baltic

99 D

499,000 Swiftsure

69

D 489,858

Signature

71

50' Beneteau

88 D

D 459,900

Signature

71

50' Farr PH

3

89,900

D

145,000 Yachtfinders 68 475,000 Swiftsure

69

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50' Jeanneau 50DS

11 D

339,000 Mar Servic

72

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50' Lavranos

90 D

169,900 Swiftsure

69

499,000 Swiftsure

69

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D 329,000

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D 324,900

Sail NW

51' Able Apogee

0 D

179,500

Mar Servic

72

2

51' Alden Skye Ketch

80 D

139,500 Mar Servic

D 359,000

Mar Servic

72

51' Beneteau Oc. 51.1

19 D

642,167 Signature

71

99,900

Yachtfinders

68

51' German Frers Sloop 87 D

49,900 Mar Servic

72

84,999

43' Hans Chr. (Christina) 86 D 109,000

Swiftsure

69

46' W. Indies Heritage

77 D

Signature

71

52' Santa Cruz

99 D

43' Hans Christian (Trad.) 78 D

Swiftsure

69

46' Beneteau Oc. 46.1

19

Call

Passion

66

53' J/160

3

575,000 Sail NW

2

46' Spindrift CC

84 D 138,000

Passion

66

53' Jeanneau

11 D

375,000 Swiftsure

69

43' Luengen Offshore

87 D

Waterline

65

47' Beneteau 47.7

05 D 189,000

ElliottBYS

67

53' Oyster

99 D

425,000 Swiftsure

69

43' Slocum

87 D 139,900

West Yachts

70

47' Beneteau 473

6

D 219,900

Signature

71

53' Spencer 53 PH

78 D

158,000 Waterline

65

43' Polaris Cutter

78 D

69,900

Passion

66

47' Catana 472

1

D 449,000

Swiftsure

69

56' Bruce Roberts

93 D

75,000 Bellhaven

66

44' Bruce Roberts

90 D

37,500

West Yachts

70

47' Chris White Atlantic 13

D 799,000

Swiftsure

69

56' Custom Morgan

81 D

195,000 Swiftsure

69

44' Bruce Roberts

93 D

49,500

Mar Servic

72

47' Garcia Passoa

5

D 375,000

Swiftsure

69

56' Herreshoff M. Polo

56 D

215,000 Waterline

65

44' Jeanneau 440

19

D

399,982

Mar Servic

72

47' Vagabond

84 D 82,000 Yachtfinders 68

58' Tayana CC

02 D

429,000 NWYachtnet

44' Jeanneau 44i

10 D

174,900

Passion

66

47' Vagabond Ketch

83 D 249,900

44' Ly. Morse Seguin

82 D 149,000

Swiftsure

69

44' Morris

95 D 375,000

Swiftsure

69

44' Nauticat 44

80 D 185,000

Mar Servic

72

49' Goetz/Tatlor

97 D 74,000 Yachtfinders 68

61' C&C

72 D

179,000 Mar Servic

72

44' Nordic

83 D

115,000

Swiftsure

69

49' Hunter 49

O9 D 299,900

Passion

66

65' Bruce Roberts NY

97 2D

329,000 Waterline

65

44' Spencer 44

73 D

40,000

Mar Servic

72

49' Jeanneau 490

19

519,796

Mar Servic

72

75' Custom Schooner

87 D

299,500 NWYachtnet

44' WorldCruiser

79 D 218,000 ElliottBYS

67

49' Jeanneau SO 49P

07 D 349,500

Mar Servic

72

83' Custom Schooner

34 D

250,000 Waterline

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395,000 Yachtfinders 68

96 D 99,400 NWYachtnet 7 89,500

D

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43' Hunter 430

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59' Outremer 5X

12 D € 1,190,000 Swiftsure

48' Chris White Atlantic 10 D 625,000

Swiftsure

69

59' Schooner Pinky

90 D

150,000 NWYachtnet

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Swiftsure

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60' Mariner

78 D

550,000 Yachtfinders 68

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EP Carry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Patagonia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Waterline Boats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Fisheries Supply. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Port of Port Townsend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

West Yachts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Flagship Maritime. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Port Townsend Rigging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Yachtfinders/Windseakers . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Gallery Marine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Sail Northwest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Yager Sails & Canvas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

GEICO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

San Juan Sailing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 & 66

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