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“I’m almost always doing something, and when I’m not I should be.” - Glann Stewart

Desiree’s Great Lakes Adventure The Pleasures of Passage Making Hurricane Matthew There’s This Place - Milos, Greece How Life at Sea Changed My Life Landlubber to Liveaboard Hui Wharram Rendezvous The Cruising Outpost Staff Dinghy There’s This Place: Lake Ponchartrain Latitudes & Attitudes

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Attitudes

What’s the definition of a will? Come on, it’s a dead giveaway!)

B y B ob B itchin

We gotta be nuts ... I mean think about it. We cram all that we love on a sailboat, hoist what most people think is a bedsheet, and cast off to sail the world. A lot of us think about doing it, but there are only a very few who are nuts enough to do it. We that are crazy enough to do this, and who think that with just the wind we will someday see landfall, are the lucky few who will have these exp eriences.

About 3 5 years ago, I sailed out of Southern California aboard a topsail sq uare-rigged schooner called Stone W itc h. She’d been built and was captained by Alan Olsen.

This was no lux ury cruise. Stone W itc h had no motor. We used four 22-foot oars as her aux iliary power and ran under kerosene running lights. Hauling the anchor by hand was almost as much fun as raising the huge sails without winches. D uring that voyage we got to drink tepid K ool-Aid, eat canned corned beef, and over the nex t three months discovered that we loved every damned minute of it.

I learned something on that trip. In fact, I learned a lot. Enough to change my life completely. But times change and people do, too.

One of the main things I’ve learned since is, at 3 0 drinking tepid K ool-Aid and eating canned corned beef was not so bad. I actually came to enjoy it! But now, at over 7 0, when I board a boat I want some “decadence.” I want to be comfortable

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Now, in my opinion, L ynn and L arry P ardey, who are good friends, are nuts. They like to sail the way I did back in the ‘ 7 0s - no motor! I, on the other hand grew to en oy a nice ice filled drink in a glass as I crossed the eq uator. “I cannot recommend decadence as a way of life, but it works for me,” became my mantra.

L ynn and L arry may substitute additional storage for engines, but in the intervening 20 years I’ve learned that lux uries like TV, digital video recorders and players, SSB, radar, autopilot and a microwave are not ex tras. They are necessities! At least for me.

In my alleged mind the man who invented the watermaker is a god. So is the man who came up with GP S, solar panels and the icemaker.

For 3 5 years I lived aboard sailing vessels and cruised well over 100,000 miles. There is no way to ex plain this to the people who think we are nuts. And ya know what? I don’t want them to know how nice it is. Then it will get too crowded out there!

The best years of my life were ex perienced during hundreds of nights at sea and in small gatherings on beaches around the world. And ya know what? I still get to go out there, where adventures still await those of us who go to the sea in ships!

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Desiree’s Adventure Two Old Friends Sail on Unsalted Waters

By Jessica Zevalkink

0ne 55-Year-Old Classic Sailboat Two Young Ladies Who’s Ages Total 55!

K atie was on the bow. I was in the cockpit. We had not seen each other in q uite a while, so we didn’t waste time with small talk and preferred to catch up on what was i ortant A A the first word that o s into your head ga e.

“Scorpion.” “Cotter pin.” “Gemstone.” “Earwax .” “P ancakes.” “Wood.” “U ncle u . aran wra . orea. Beyonce. ta le. his was a ty ical conversation. re e ered what it was like to be on a boat with K atie Ariel ith. ysterical.

It had been q uite some time since she and had een on a oat together ut one would have assu ed no ti e had passed. We operated the boat in our own

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C aptain K atie and h er puppy D uppy , t el l ing stories about “ that one time...”

language which req uires very few words.

We naturally fell into what we are and always have been most fond of - myself at the helm and K atie telling me where to go.

Our time sailing the “Great L oop” in the past aboard our Cal 27 w as not rain ows and utter ies. ’ve ade strong pursuits to convey that via my previous word vomit. But this most recent trip a oard y ather’s the Wi ard oot classic yawl was different… n othing went wrong. Not even a stubbed tow. On edge day after day under the q uiet pressure of delivering the shi unhar ed throttled my mind-set in preparation for ultimate disaster, just in case. Because to my knowledge, nothing ever goes your way on the water. atie and sold our oat a ter co leting A erica’s reat oo and now occasionally steal the Wi ard’s Pearson nvicta. And y occasionally ean this was the very first ti e and

A ttempting to sail of f the mooring bal l in N orthport B ay

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am still shocked he allowed his youngest daughter to borrow his pride and joy. K atie, her puppy “D uppy” and myself have just spent a week sailing the Great L akes to M ichigan’s U pper P eninsula. It was freaking perfect. It actually was rain ows and utter ies. was sweating chocolate she was shitting glitter and D uppy was barking Adele. L iterally, nothing went wrong. ( Ex cept for that morning we pulled up the anchor and were drifting towards rocks and when I went to steer us towards deeper water, I had forgotten to put the steering wheel back on after taking it off the night e ore . Aside ro that a still ystified at the ease of our delivery and can’t shake the thought that I was undeserving of such a sunshiny week. I kept waiting for something to blow up. he nvicta was the first fi erglass hull to win the Rhode Island to Bermuda race in 19 64.

There were only 21 of these hulls ever built. M y sister and I grew up as leisurely and obnox ious passengers on hull no. 8 . D esireé was purchased by the Wizard in his early 20s. Took him years as a diesel mechanic to pay off D esireé before he and his best bud “Hawk” took off down the M ississippi in 19 7 5 to travel “America’s Great L oop” … hence the reason K atie and I had the wild hair to repeat that trip.

The rest of the Wizard’s cruising years were spent exp loring the Great L akes with friends, family, my mother, and eventually my sister and me. Over 20,000 miles logged, this boat is a brick shit-house.

Now, at 27 y ears old, the Wizard trusted K atie and me, of all humans, to sail his boat on our own. M indoggling. was airly confident atie and I were capable of delivering D esireé from A to B unharmed with no broken bones. However, our exp erience felt similar

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to when we took off on L ouise. We had never anchored, only docked a handful of times and sailed the boat twice, which paralleled my ex perience on D esireé . This time we were just tacking on another 10 feet and 20 thousand pounds and hoping to sort it out along the way.

The differences in helming this yawl were endless, but there were two articularly note worthy the first one being… everything worked. Every button pressed did as it was told. Anything that spun, spun freely the right direction. Gauges operated in their proper zones. The plumbing worked. The stove worked. The water pump worked. The autopilot worked. Battery life was abundant.

The engine turned over smoother than cracking a Budweiser. Gadgets and gizmos galore that we could actually rely on that alone was like a five star hotel. For two gals mentally prepared for all possible malfunctions, we lived like q ueens for one week.

The second notable difference… was the curious bystanders stopping in their tracks to admire. We didn’t know what these people were looking at, cause surely it wasn’t K atie and I. We have aged.

Gotten paler. Rounder. L ost our charm and

L etting the autopil ot take care of business so C aptain K atie coul d gr oom her dog, w hil e Je ssie coul d set up her camera’ s sel f timer

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ability to ex ude enthusiasm about most things in life unless it involves eating or sleeping. But D esireé has aged like fine wine. Bo arded with uestions a out every inch o her uestions we were not used to answering this was odd. acce ted strangers adoration awkwardly as it was not y oat. did not work or it like the Wi ard had. did not varnish all o that teak only a s all corner . did not ut in that ti e oney nor years worth o re fitting. But it ade e reali e that wanted to and a high eak o a reciation had een et. We were used to driving around in a ast less sail oat that casually s it out lack s oke which looked like a yard sale and ost ystanders were con used so ewhat concerned that we were even a oat. was so ocused on aking sure wasn’t going to onk D esireé into anything that genuinely locked out the act that was helming an incredibly sex y boat. kay you understand how eel a out this classic a e. es a allowed to have a girl crush and no it is not on atie ut gosh she akes e laugh. was keeled over or a week straight. We worked together like ia ese. We didn’t run into any une ected weather. We didn’t hit any rocks docks or

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Je ssie hal y ard swinging, anchored at B eav er I sl and

boats. We didn’t drag anchor. We didn’t break anything. It was, in fact, the greatest and most outstanding sail I have ever had.

So one of two things has happened here - either K atie and I were really lucky for seven days and a handful of karma has circled back around, or we actually learned a few things during our two years cruising and might possibly know what we are doing. M aybe it’s a little of both. Or maybe it’ as simple as every once in a while - every sailor deserves a perfect sailing trip.

C ockpi t camping in the L es C heneaux I sl ands of M ichigan’ s U pper P eninsul a

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The Pleasures of

A frigate bird wheels overhead as the hazy dawn light is mirrored back by the water. The sea is absolutely still, more like a lake than an ocean, blurring the horizon so that the sky bleeds into the water. Slowly, gently, a large, old leatherback turtle wakes up from his slumber on the surface of the sea and coax es his limbs out of their long sleep. He stirs sluggishly, sighing heavily as his legs wave about in the swell. “M orning,� I say to him cheerfully, and wave back as the sound of our engine and closeness of our boat startle him into more purposeful movements.

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PassageMaking B y Je ssica L l oy d- M osty n

Ahhh, the joys of being on the road again. Well, the watery road at any rate. Now, for those of you who aren’t aware, the passage north to M ex ico u the Pacific coast o Central A erica can e a it o a ga le as ar as wind is concerned. Generally, the current is eant to e in your avour u to the Gulf of Fonseca, which is where Nicaragua, Honduras and El alvador eet. But the wind can e a fickle istress

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plus there are certain zones where the ‘ gap winds’ can give you a pounding.

We decided to take a route that goes q uite close to the shoreline, as you can take advantage of any little bit of land or sea breeze here, plus certain wind acceleration zones around capes and headlands can give you a push if the base level wind isn’t giving you uch. ur first assage would take us on al ost every point of sail as we made a big U southwest, then west, then northwest in order to get around the ‘ lump’ of P anama, where P unta M ala is. The nex t run was up the majority of the Costa Rican coast, from P uerto Jimenez to Bahia Samara, around 265 miles.

But, this is all simply just setting the scene. What I really want to talk about is the wildlife.

The cons of an unpredictable wind are that you may well be becalmed, have to use your engine, or drift along so slowly that you make very little rogress. he definite ro o oving anywhere so slowly is that you are greeted by such a vast array

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plus there are certain zones where the ‘ gap winds’ can give you a pounding.

We decided to take a route that goes q uite close to the shoreline, as you can take advantage of any little bit of land or sea breeze here, plus certain wind acceleration zones around capes and headlands can give you a push if the base level wind isn’t giving you uch. ur first assage would take us on al ost every point of sail as we made a big U southwest, then west, then northwest in order to get around the ‘ lump’ of P anama, where P unta M ala is. The nex t run was up the majority of the Costa Rican coast, from P uerto Jimenez to Bahia Samara, around 265 miles.

But, this is all simply just setting the scene. What I really want to talk about is the wildlife.

The cons of an unpredictable wind are that you may well be becalmed, have to use your engine, or drift along so slowly that you make very little rogress. he definite ro o oving anywhere so slowly is that you are greeted by such a vast array

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500,000+ Kids Join Race Around the World

November 6th was the start of the Vendee Globe, a nonstop single-handed race around the world that’s so tough it’s also known as the “Everest of the seas.” One of the entrants, 66-yearold Rich Wilson, a former math teacher, will be “accompanied” by over 500,000 students who will follow him online. His motivation to participate in the race was to engage and educate students around the world, and schools in 45 countries are participating in his educational program and tracking his progress. You can track him too at www.sitesalive.com.

Wanna Share the Sail?

It was 20 years ago that Bob and Jody started “Share the Sail,” a concept now known as Flotilla Chartering. Over 1,000 people sailed in places like Tahiti, the BVIs, Greece, New Zealand, Tonga and dozens of other great locations with us.

Well, it looks like we will be starting to do these great events again. But first we need to know who wants to go where! Bob is opting for Tahiti, Jody kinda likes the BVIs, and there is always the Pacific Northwest in August during our Pacific Northwest Cruisers’ Weekend!

So it’s up to you. If you’ve been thinking you might wanna join us on a Share the Sail, email bob@cruisingoutpost.com and let him know where you’d like to go! We will see if we can’t get this going again!

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so we were motoring along in a ripple-less sea when saw the first fins. o egin with we thought they were feeding as there was a clear circle of them within which they lea t and so ersaulted to their hearts’ content. et as we got closer not only was it clear that they were ust laying and ractising their acro atic skills ut we egan to reali e ust how any o the there were easily over a hundred in one great ig od. We saw huge ones and tiny a ies all inging the selves errily sideways i ing out o the water u ing twisting and s inning.

With no other oats or hu ans in sight and a degree at hori on you cannot hel ut eel incredi ly hu led and rivileged to lay audience to such a sight o nature at its very est and ost oy ul.

And it’s o ents like that which definitely take the sting out o urning a it o diesel to get where you’re going.

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F arewel l to a F riend and B rother

It is with great sadness that I have to say good-bye and farewell to one of my oldest and closest friends. Al Saunders died of cancer a couple months ago. He was an avid sailor and a class iker o the first order. e rode or over 25 years with the Na K u Ana M C in Hawaii. I first et hi in at the turgis otorcycle Event. Years later, when he “retired” from the club, he started cruising. In the “off season” he helped build the Bitchin Ranch ( Cruising ut ost ead uarters When he finally uried the anchor he and wife Swan moved into a cabin he built on the ranch and helped to create Cruising Outpost M agazine. In the beginning he was the P resident of Cruising Outpost, and over the past four years has been my sounding post for ideas, while Swan helps with the day-to-day running of the magazine. I will miss the Saturday mornings when we would sit on his porch overlooking L ake Oroville and solve all the problems of the world.

To say he will be missed is an understatement.

The date of his birth and the date of his passing are not important. What is important is what’s between the dates. That dash represents his life, and he had a very fat dash! Al, I loved you brother, and I look forward to the day we can “sail off” once again and ride into the sunset.

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How long, you ask? Oh, just a mere 5,500 miles across the P acific Ocean. And why would anyone want to swim that far? Well, Ben L ecomte became the first man to swim across the Atlantic Ocean back in 19 9 8 , and now he wants to swim across the P acific to contribute to oceanic and medical research along with bringing awareness to sustainability issues facing the Earth. D ubbed “The L ongest Swim,” L ecomte will be escorted by D isc ov erer, a 67 -foot steel-hulled sailing yacht with a crew of eight.

They will help mark his GP S location when he completes his eight-hours of swimming each day, and return him to the ex act same spot to resume the following morning. A team of researchers from 12 scientific institutions, including NASA ,will conduct studies during his journey, collecting data to learn more about the oceans and how the human body reacts in ex treme conditions. The L ongest Swim is ex pected to take six months and can be followed online via Facebook, Twitter, Instagram YouTube and the L ongest Swim website.

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Australia’s Great Barrier Reef has been rapidly declining, and 40% of that decline is directly related to crown o thorns starfish C . he C are one o the biggest breeders in the ocean with one of the biggest a etites. hey igrate in record nu ers consu ing everything they co e across and destroying the ree s.

Fortunately, researchers in Australia have developed an underwater ro otic vehicle called the C ot which is roving very success ul in attling the C .

While navigating a ong the ree s the ro ot has shown an outstanding a ility to detect the C which are ca ou aged a ong the coral. A ter finding one it ad inisters a atal in ection into the C . he goal is to kill the C while avoiding istaking any other creatures or a C and so ar the C ot has een e tre ely recise.

Because there are other issues, such as water q uality, which are threatening coral reefs worldwide, the researchers are now working to trans or C ot into angerBot a ulti ur ose ulti unction ro ot or onitoring a wider range o issues. angerBot could have the sa e i act on ree conservation that drones have had on land conservation.

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Scuttlebutt E v er Wonder Why ?

Why does Superman stop bullets with his chest, but ducks when you throw a revolver at him?

Join U s at the D ark & Storm y Reg atta and the C ruisers’ P arty Af ter!

Join Bob & Jody and a bunch of boaters in the BVIs over the weekend of M arch 3 rd to the 6th. The registration party will be at M arina Cay from 18 00 to 2000 on Friday evening, and again from 08 00 to 09 3 0 on Saturday morning before the start of the race. There will be a Cruising D ivision! Boats are encouraged to pre-register to compete in the event, and they will get $ 10 off the entry fee. P re-registration can be done via email. No fees will be due until the boats check in at M arina Cay. The email address is < westendyachtclub@ gmail.com> The course will be from the start line near M arina Cay, to Anegada, leaving the D og Islands to port.

Sunday is a lay day on Anegada and there will be usic oth nights. onday the eet will race ack to Nanny Cay M arina on Tortola for the Cruising Outpost Cruisers’ P arty! ( You do not have to be in the race to attend the Free Cruisers’ P arty!)

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Scuttlebutt T he N ew Y ork er L ik es to Sail!

The National Sailing Hall of Fame is pleased to announce it has an ex hibition showcasing the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sailing Covers from the New Yorker M agazineâ&#x20AC;? dating back to the 1930s . The exhi bition is online at www.nshof.org.

America was shaped by ex plorers who raced to get here, men-of-war ships that raced to defend her, clipper ships that raced to move their products to port, and watermen who raced to get their catch to market. Sailing has been inex tricably linked to the American ex perience.

The New Yorker Sailing Covers ex hibition is a re ection o that rich history.

The National Sailing Hall of Fame would like to thank Chuck Townsend and Becky M ickel for arranging this ex hibition.

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The Newport Boat Show is one of the largest in-water boat shows in the country. This year’s event brought over 600 ex hibitors from around the world, with an ex ceptional assortment of boats of every type and style, from 15 to 9 0 feet. It also featured a wide variety of accessories, eq uipment, electronics, gear and services for boaters.

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“Crew”- Heavy, stationary objects used on shipboard to hold down charts, anchor cushions in place, and dampen sudden movements of the boom.

P iracy D rop s, b ut C rew Kidnap p ing P ersists

P iracy activity in the third q uarter of 2016 declined compared to the previous q uarter. Southeast Asia and the East Africa and Indian Ocean saw drops in reported piracy incidents.

West Africa, notably, ex perienced a drop in severe incidents such as attacks and hijackings.

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T hink lik e a pr oton - stay pos itiv e.

Scuttlebutt H onda M arine D eb uts N ew B F 4 , B F 5 and B F 6 F our- Strok e E ng ines f or D ing hies

The new Honda engines are easy to start, easy to stop, and easy to carry. These new four-stroke engines are the right size for the right purpose. They feature a new internal fuel tank and new motor mounts to run q uietly and smoothly, while delivering the longest continuous running time.

The combination of light weight ( roughly 60 pounds) and new carrying handle design make these easy to transport and store. The tiller handle fully folds out of the way, making storage options even more convenient. You can see them at your local Honda M arine dealer or online at the Honda M otors site!

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Yes, it’s time to make your New Year’s Resolution. And in case you’re like most of us and ail to kee it here’s five ore New ear’s ays to start your resolution over again: Feb. 18 - Chinese, M arch 21 - P ersian, April 1 - Siamese, April 26 M ahammedan, and August 29 - Alex drine. Good luck!

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West M arine, the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s premier Waterli e utfitter announced its success ul colla oration with he euke ia y ho a ociety which took lace at West arine locations across the . . and Canada ro e te er . hroughout the onth they ran an in store ro otion where custo ers were encouraged to donate to the cause at check out y adding their na e to a a er sail oat or dis lay in store. uring the day undraiser ore than a er sail oats were signed y West arine custo ers and ore than was raised.

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radewinds adio is going to the ne t level as usic or the rest o us under the rand P y rate R ad io. he initial otley Pyrate crew includes ra y no inee erry cClain and the audio tea ro Nashville. Also on oard are cruisersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; avorite singer songwriter ric tone ick tacy o CB adio and teve endrinos on air ersonality at radewinds adio Network and the ock Network in Puerto ico. enni uckert one o the original radio irates in olland tro rocker teve all ro arathon ey and We adlo orning talent at he Bu in t. ho as will also e involved. he whole unch will e under the eye o Bo Bitchin along with Ca t. an orn and Paul rancis o radewinds adio. here will e ore in o co ing at www. yrateradio.uk

N ev er hold a D ust-B uster and a c at at the same time

P y rate Radio? Who Knew ?

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Getting rid of an old mattress that’s been used on a boat can be a real problem. But not any more!

Now there is a place you can go to recycle your old mattress and keep it out o the landfill. ust get on the computer and go to byebyemattress. com. They will tell you the nearest place to have your old mattress recycled! How kewl is that?

L et’ s T alk T rash

he reat Pacific Garbage Patch which is oating in the currents o awaii and Cali ornia is much bigger than anyone thought. A reconnaissance ight y the cean Cleanu oundation found the vast clump of mainly plastic debris to be much denser than expe cted. Initial estimates by an expe rienced observer indicate that over a thousand items were counted in a 2.5 hour time span.

D arw in Aw ard Winner

A cigarette lighter may have triggered a fatal ex plosion in unkirk N. A ay County an using a cigarette lighter to check the barrel of a muzzle loader, was killed when the weapon discharged in his face, sheriff’s investigators said.

The 19 year old died in his parents’ rural D unkirk home. Investigators said he was cleaning a 54-caliber muzzleloader that had not been firing ro erly. e was using the lighter to look into the barrel when the gunpowder ignited.

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Scuttlebutt F oresp ar 50th Anniv ersary

In April, 19 66, with modest beginnings, Robert Foresman founded Forespar P roducts Corporation by unveiling the co anyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first telesco ing whisker pole. He designed it on the family dining room table and manufactured it in the family garage. The family tradition continues under the management of Scott Foresman, Forespar P resident and COO.

T im e f or a P oem

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R oses are red, So is bac on, P oetry is hard, M mmm... bac on!

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(The answer to the qu estion on page 26)

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Kadey - Krog en H ap p y 4 0th Anniv ersary !

ince the first adey rogen ooter rolled o the asse ly line ack in they have een a little usy. n act they have uilt over yachts and have now introduced their newest designs the and oot cruisers as well as the new B. he rogen ’ tended Bridge odel arks an 197 e citing new cha ter or 42’ the co any. he care ully designed di erences uilt into the new rogen ’ B are ound in the details. ou can see it on ages o this issue!

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I used to be a pe opl e pe rson, but pe opl e ruined that f or me.

Scuttlebutt AC T I V E P I RAC Y RE P O RT - A N arrativ e of the M ost Recent Attack s ( as of p ress tim e) N ov . 3 , 2 01 6 - 03 1 2 L T , T ak oradi Anchorag e, G hana: An unknown number of robbers boarded an anchored L P G Tanker. The duty watchmen noticed one robber on the poop deck and raised the alarm. Seeing the alerted crew, the robbers escaped in a small boat with stolen shipâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s store. P ort control informed.

O ct. 2 5, 2 01 6 - 2 03 0, Around 6 2 nm N W of T anj ung Kidurong , B intulu, Saraw ak , M alay sia: Armed pirates in a wooden boat approached, boarded and hijacked a tug towing a barge laden with crude palm kernel oil ( CP K O) and took the 10 crew hostage. The pirates stole navigation eq uipment, crewâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s personal belongings and part of the cargo before escaping on Oct. 26, 2016 at around 1000 L T. The Incident was reported to the M M EA who dispatched their patrol boat to escort the tug and barge to a safe port.

SU SP I C I O U S C RAF T : T his incident w ill not b e included in the I M B statistics O ct. 2 5, 2 01 6 - 09 1 0 L T , Around 1 5. 7 nm South of L ag os, N ig eria: A product tanker underway was approached by two suspicious speed boats. Vessel raised the alarm and activated the SSAS, altered course, increased speed and crew mustered in the safe area. An urgency call was made via VHF channel and a Nigerian navy patrol boat responded to the call and chased the suspicious boats.

O C T . 2 0, 2 01 6 - 1 3 4 7 L T , Around 8 . 2 nm SE of Sib utu I sland, P hilip p ines: Six persons armed with guns attacked and boarded a general cargo ship underway. SSAS alert activated and all non essential crew retreated to the citadel. he unidentified ersons stole crew personal belongings, kidnapped two crew members and escaped. The IM B P iracy Reporting Centre relayed the incident to the P hilippine and M alaysian Authorities.

A P hilippine naval vessel had responded and boarded the ship.

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Another Way I don’t do Facebook, but almost everyone else does, so others let me know if a mutual acquaintance has posted something of interest. When Jay expressed pity for all his friends in the northern latitudes who had to start thinking about winterizing their boats, I was notified. His words made me shiver. Because he is right. I pitied me, and decided then and there enough is enough.

At the moment, I am on my boat getting her ready for a trip back to where she belongs. The sky is a wintry blue, and the sun descending ever more south casts longer shadows on shortening days. A northerly is howling through the rigging, the sort of chilly breeze necessary for escorting southbound rallies on their ways to the Caribbean. After two autumns of draining and running antifreeze through all the lines, dismantling bimini, solar panels, dodger, removing sails, paying for hauling, shrink wrapping and storage, and two springs of reversing the whole process, my boat is following the sun, too. But, because plans tend to evolve and change, she won’t be doing it with me.

Let’s back up a little. Almost three years ago, I bought a 32-foot sloop in St. Maarten for running away to sea. I had no meaningful, forward-looking relationship to keep me tethered, my immature young adult sons were driving me crazy, and being incommunicado on the ocean seemed like a good way to spend the year I turned fifty. Call it a mid-life crisis, but an urgent desire to pull away from fuss, away from being available to everyone for every need, started burning in me. Away and alone, to reconnect with the ocean and remember, dream and process the last halfcentury that had passed in one big blur. It burned hotly enough for me to plunk down some considerable savings on the boat that would provide means for escape.

I sailed her north from the Caribbean to Maine, where my sons were going to school at the time, assuming they would sometimes be available to help with upgrades and other older-boat projects. But, summer is the only time to be messing around on boats in Maine, which is

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also summer vacation, and the boys weren’t around, or interested in that kind of bonding. So, I did the work alone, or with friends who’d accompany me to the coast and pitch in for this and that. Three summers were spent cruising the Northeast coastal waters between Penobscot Bay and Long Island Sound. While it was lovely and I had tons of fun getting to know the area and the guy who was turning into the other half of a meaningful relationship, north of Cape Cod, the water was cold, very cold. And south of Cape Cod, the only slightly warmer waters were crowded, very crowded. Jam-packed with boats.

The new relationship matured faster than the boys, I no longer wanted to run away, but rather, tried to figure out a way to do some solo sailing that worked with his schedule so he could meet me in far flung harbors and sail the shorter hops. Simultaneously, however, another common mid-life occurrence arose. Thanks to birth order status, I started assuming more responsibility for my father’s affairs. Gradually, the sail plan got downgraded to spending a season in the Caribbean, until it became clear an absence of more than a couple of weeks at a time wasn’t possible anymore—bills, tenants, administration, doctors, becoming his backup memory bank, I was dealing with what many others of my age face with aging parents.

All this was fine, but I found myself precisely in the position I had counseled others against for many years— owning a boat without living on it or using it while being constantly on top of the care and feeding. They’re almost as expensive and demanding as kids, and for me, living inland as I do, something to worry about four hours away.

It was time to sell her, knowing that when and if the window of opportunity opened again, there’d be a million other boats available for another sailing adventure. A lady who’d done an offshore passage with me in the spring and said she was looking for a boat inspired the decision. She liked mine, but it was going to take her a minute to get funds together, and in the meantime, the idea of preparing for another winter was repellent. So, about a month ago,

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after hearing Jay’s pitying Facebook post, I called the broker and good friend in St. Maarten who initially sold her to me, asked if he wanted to list her in the event plans with the lady fell through. He said yes, and I started planning a shorter solo sail south.

Next came the task of lining up somebody who could mind the homestead for several weeks while I was gone. I approached the younger offspring who is between finishing up one last requirement for his diploma and deciding on a career path. This is how the conversation went: “Sam, I need to sail Domoi back to the Caribbean at the end of October. Can you take care of the house, cat, chickens?”

“I’ll do it.”

“Great.”

“No, I mean I’ll sail the boat down for you, if you like.”

“Really?”

“Yes, why not?”

Pretty casual about it, right? There’s nothing anyone can say to an almost 23-year-old male that he doesn’t think he already knows. Additionally, being raised alongside the story of a solo-circumnavigating mom has normalized the challenge, really making it no big deal. Few know better than me what an opportunity this will be. Soon, he’ll learn the perils of underestimating mom and telling her to stop worrying about the casualness. He’ll get wet, cold, scared, uncomfortable, hungry, tired, bored, thrilled, an audience of just himself, nobody else to blame for anything, in a place where all actions and reactions reflect on him alone. Why not? Only when he finally drops that anchor off a white sand beach under the hot Caribbean sun can he laugh at all the long johns I packed for him, and feel so very proud to have accomplished this safely.

Hopefully, he will have figured out how to strike a good balance between being cockier and more humbled than ever.

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know my home coastal waters, the venue for creating wonderful memories at the beginning of my first real adult relationship, and now, the gift of a solo passage for one of my children.

The first northerlies of the season are blowing, a mixed blessing. They’re the winds that will get him quickly south, across the Gulf Stream and into warmer waters. But, they’re also very cold. I sit here down below with everything closed up, typing with toes and fingers bordering on frostbite. He still has reserves of brown fat that help younger people stay warmer longer—the reason why kids never want to wear coats and opt for shorts in sub-zero temps. If the last three years have confirmed anything for me, inasmuch as it is possible to be absolutely positive about anything, I do not like sailing in cold water.

My sailing teeth were cut in the tropics, and from now on, that’s where they’ll stay. Bon voyage, Sam. Please get yourself and the boat there in one piece. And, take copious notes so I can follow up on this piece with a happy ending!

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Once again, “Hell Yeah!” on another great issue of Cruising Outpost, a shining star in the putrid mediocrity of sailing mass media. As one of the earliest subscribers to L ats & Atts and L iving Aboard magazines, CO is probably the only magazine that presently hits my doorstep and actually gets read. Add to this the bonus of running into you guys at various boats shows and grubbing some beer and pizza off you, and CO becomes an “ex perience” that doesn’t req uire a round of antibiotics or a bail-bondsman.

Notwithstanding the above brown-nosing, I’m writing to encourage you to print more “living aboard” content. This last issue eatured the rofile al eit very rie o s. cott living aboard her Flicka in Catalina. We need more stories about normal people, living normal lives, not necessarily in a mortgaged 3 / 2 single-family home.

In our present disconnected digital age, technology now permits remote work and living lifestyles, and yet society continues to frown upon those that live full-time at no fi ed address. hrow in a little class war are and politics, and you end up with the situation we face here in Florida; an aggressive effort to outlaw liveaboards on the hook in public waterways. The narrative is always the same: Homeless degenerate bum living aboard a derelict boat only feet from the seawall of the million dollar home, greeting each morning topside with coffee in hand and scratching his genitals to the terror o the aging lue hair walking ifi on her morning constitutional.

Whilst I don’t want to overly politicize the agnostic, if degenerate, pages of CO, it might further the cause to focus a bit more on those that choose to live life in a more deliberate, low impact and self-reliant manor. Not all of us are chucking our chamber pot over the side every morning, planning to urgle the li e si e ichigan tate statue in the ackyard or

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U nsolicited, but respectfully submitted, K enneth Weav er M aster - S / V O cean G y p sy

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Hurricane Matthew Bad News for Florida

B y L ea A nn R ock

It was time to start preparing the boat for M atthew. Wait a minute, haven’t I lived this nightmare before? Yes, several times on a different boat and with a different dog, but with the same wonderful husband/ captain, D avid.

Our last hurricane concern was Irene. That lovely lady hit while we were in the Oriental, North Carolina area. We weathered that storm at Wayfarer’s Cove M arina at M innesott Beach on our Island P acket, S/ V F aith. We stayed on the boat with Jazz, our Toy Australian Shepherd. That was a bad storm with a huge storm surge of approx imately 10 feet. We stayed on the boat to adjust lines for the surge and we escaped with no damage. I wrote an article about that little adventure.

Fast forward six y ears and here we are again. Jazz went to Fiddler’s Green last year on September 11th. Our new dog is a M iniature Australian Shepherd named Gypsy Jazz Rock. She is a pistol. We love her and her ex citement for life. Australian Shepherds are very good at feeling your emotions. Gypsy was picking up on our hurricane concerns. She responded in a very un-puppylike way. She became very calm and would take every opportunity to sit on a lap and provide a hug. She knew something big was about to happen.

We changed boats in 2013 a nd now live on S/ V N omad, our Tayana 48 . The crew of N omad found ourselves in Titusville, Florida anticipating a direct hit from another hurricane. Tuesday, we looked at the weather one last ti e e ore aking our final decision. very stor is different. We have run from hurricanes before. With one hurricane, while living in Tex as, we left the P ort Aransas jetties and sailed through the night to reach the Tex as/ M ex ico border to weather the blow. On Tuesday, we decided that M atthew was too unpredictable to risk a run.

There was a slight chance that an offshore run to M iami might take us out of the path of M atthew, but it was risky. The storm could wag a little or speed-up. Additionally, the captain was concerned about an emergency offshore trip with me. Why? After all of our years of sailing, I am the perfect crew, or was. L ess than two months ago I was diagnosed with Type 1 D iabetes. Yes, this is what children get, but actually you can develop Type 1 at any age. At 55 years old find ysel taking insulin our ti es a day and odi ying y li e.

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n uesday avid worked on the we o lines that would hold N omad o the ilings re oved sails i ini windshield tied the wind generator and secured the dinghy and kayak. worked on acking our ersonal elongings into every ty e o ag we had on the oat.

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and whether it would stay in the truck or be moved into the hotel room.

On Wednesday morning, I called the hotel and asked what time we could start moving our personal items to our room. The staff was outstanding! We were given a downstairs room by the door.

We were able to park right nex t to our room. This made the many trips back and forth to move our “stuff” so much easier. The staff also accepted some emergency ice packets I had purchased to freeze for when the electricity went out.

We would have ice, but if it melted I needed to keep my insulin cold. They did not have a generator, but they had a freezer that froze my packets and kept them frozen. I would need these little goodies later.

Thursday morning, we awoke to an even worse forecast. I had not packed all of our belongings. I had made choices. We were back on N omad early and I packed everything I could reach that wasn’t covered in sails. I would estimate we had 9 0% of our personal effects off of N omad. Finally, it was time to head back to the hotel and wait. There was nothing more we could do for N omad. It was game day.

It felt so strange to be at the hotel and not on N omad.

I dare say that it felt wrong, but M atthew was a big storm, unpredictable and not to be taken lightly. If he chose to make landfall at Cape Canaveral, then we would probably not have a home. he final orecast tracks were calling for a direct hit at the Cape Canaveral area. I thought on that idea for hours.

The electricity at the hotel f lickered on and off around 1: 00 a.m. on Friday.

It did this again around 3 : 00 a.m. I got up and made a pot of coffee. Yes, I brought my coffee pot to the hotel and a thermos. Hey, we are sailors and know the value of a good cup of coffee in bad weather. At 3 : 3 0 a.m. the electricity went off for good. It would be almost 24

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hours before we had electricity again. Thank goodness we had those frozen ice packs for the insulin.

The hardest part of this storm, or any storm, is the wait. This was more difficult because we were waiting about six miles from our home. I had much time to think about our sailing lives and N omad. We had been marketing N omad for a few months and had decided, due to my D iabetes ,to increase our marketing efforts. As I sat in the dark thinking about our cruising life and our home, I decided I love being a cruiser, living on the water, moving to new places. I love N omad. She is the most beautiful and well-eq uipped boat I have ever seen.

M atthew helped me see that life wasn’t over because I have Type 1 D iabetes. I could still do anything. In fact, I had just unloaded a 48 -foot boat of personal stuff in two days. I decided to stop trying to market N omad and start living my cruising life differently as a Type 1 D iabetic. So, sorry to all, but N omad is off the market!

Finally on Friday, when the winds were down to a manageable level, we made the drive to N omad. Now that I had decided I could live this cruising life with the Big D diagnosis, I wondered if we would have a home. Would N omad e oating Would she have structural da age Would she even e there I didn’t know if my legs could carry me down the dock, but I did see a familiar mast. As we walked down the docks I could see our home happily bobbing in the slip. All of D avid’s lines had held and we didn’t have a scratch. N omad looked like a beautiful lady... our home!

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about check-out. I can’t tell you how supportive this group was during the storm.

We had a q uick breakfast and then headed back to N omad with our fi rst truck load. I began putting everything back in order on the inside and D avid took off lines and reassembled the outside.

We did our final run to the hotel and had a second breakfast. Hurricanes are hungry business! All of the staff wanted to know how N omad looked on the inside. Super, not one drop of water.

Not all of the boats at the marina were as lucky as N omad. We were on B dock. There was a sunken boat on A dock. On C dock, almost every boat had damage due to the northeast winds. In the boat yard nex t door, Westland M arina, one boat fell over and damaged two boats. There was one cruiser who had a tree fall on his vehicle. There was damage, but for

the most part, it looked repairable. No one was hurt or injured.

Sunday, we walked around taking pictures and looking at the aftermath. We were all so lucky in Titusville.

I personally felt stronger than I have since my diagnosis. I felt I could do anything. There is a bridge in Titusville and I love to walk and bike bridges.

There is such a sense of accomplishment in conq uering a bridge. I hadn’t been strong enough to walk the Titusville Bridge. Sunday, I felt my strength had returned. Gypsy and I decided to tackle the bridge like we tackled Hurricane M atthew. Success!

We walked up over and back to the marina. The crew of Nomad is back to 100% .

W e c ouldn’t run f rom this storm and had to stay p ut. O ur p rep arations were what made the dif f erenc e between damage and no damage. B elow are a f ew hurric ane hints:

Be Prepared

1. If you decide to ride out the storm in a slip, then there are never too many lines.

2. Tie to the pilings and not just to the cleats on the dock.

3.

Take down the sails and if you leave your main on, be sure to use lines to secure.

4. Fill your water tanks. After a storm the city water may be polluted or not available.

5. Tie off your wind generator.

6. Remove everything from your cockpit.

7.

Remove the bimini and windshield.

8.

Secure your dinghy and kayaks.

9.

Remove personal belongings, including boat and insurance papers, to a safe place.

10. Any breakables left in the cabinets or lockers need to be padded with towels, sheets or pillows. P repare the lockers as if for an offshore run.

11. If your cabinets do not lock well, then secure in another manner.

12. D o not leave anything on counter tops. All surfaces must be clear.

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13 . Fill your boat with fuel. You may need the generator after the storm or you may need to get out of D odge.

14. P ut your boat “to sleep” by removing all power and cutting off electricity. You will, more than likely, lose power or the power boxe s will go underwater with the water surge. Your batteries need to be strong to handle your bilge pump in case of emergency.

15. Be sure to have plenty of cash. The ATM and credit card machines do not work without electricity.

16. Be sure to take all medicines for crew and that includes animals. If your medicine needs to be kept at a certain temperature, then plan accordingly.

17 . If you need to leave your boat and go to a hotel, then talk to the hotel staff. They are there to help and even in a bad situation can assist with almost all your needs.

18. Have plenty of food and water for people and pets. The grocery store shelves go bare very qui ckly. . ave ashlights and atteries.

20. P ray! You have done everything possible and now it is out of your hands.

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Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Out There?

The Grand Soleil L C46 ( L ong Cruiser) is a uniq ue performance cruiser designed for those who want a little more speed in their cruising. In addition to having high performance characteristics built into the hull design, they have managed to build an interior that is both spacious and ex ceptionally comfortable.

The L C46 is designed to be sailed single-handed.

Above decks you have a self-tacking jib option, besides the standard genoa tracks for slightly larger overlapping sails, and all winches are at the helm.

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All of the tanks and batteries are located on top of the lead keel, putting the weight as low as possible for etter er or ance. ou will also find a lot o car on fi er arts used in her construction to reduce weight and help keep her a performance cruiser.

The woodwork on this vessel is all custom crafted by Italian craftsmen, while all the bulkheads are laminated to the hull for more safety at sea.

For more info you can visit the website and see what other features make this boat a viable performance cruiser.

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Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Out There?

L eopard Catamarans has gained a reputation for building a strong, bluewater catamaran and the new 45 shows that. This new model offers new ex terior styling and enhanced interior accommodations, plus loads o eatures cruisers look or in a cata aran to fit our lifestyle.

The naval architecture is by Simonis & Voogd with the ex terior and interior design by the world-class design team at Robertson and Caine. The ex terior

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design has an angular look, with a new saloon hardtop which ex tends from aft cockpit to forward cockpit.

The 45 is available in a three or four cabin layout with increased area aft, and an ergonomically designed open plan saloon and galley. It also features a larger forward cockpit and more onboard area.

So if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re searching for a good cruising cat, this is a boat you should take a close look at. For more go to their website at www.leopardcatamarans.com.

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LEOPARD 45 LOA 45’ LWL 42’11” Draft 5’ Beam 24.2’ Power 2 x Yanmar Diesel 45hp Fuel 185 gal.

Fresh Water 206 gal.

Displacement 31,967 lbs.

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What’s Out There?

The K adey-K rogen 58 ’ Ex tended Bridge was design to be a home away from home for cruisers.

For those looking for a great outdoor ex perience while underway or at anchor the e tended y ridge increases liveability aboard. She was designed with a large covered aft deck for dining and socializing, and increased open space on top.

The people who will appreciate this the most are those who have ex perience at sea. They will recognize the little things that make this a great boat for ex tended cruising. There are many standard items that you won’t find on other si ilar vessels.

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The interior offers great living space and the engine roo is an engineer’s drea . he dou le uel filter setu akes it easy to switch filters while underway. n act the fuel-switching system is so easy it’s a job the kids or grand kids can handle with little training!

The comfort level aboard this K adey-K rogen is also top drawer. The cabins are laid out with good storage and easy-to-access areas. n all i you are considering an ocean going trawler this could very well be the boat you are looking for. She is easy to handle, comfortable to cruise on, and she has all the space one could want.

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There’s This Place: If you’ve ever M ed moored in 3 5 knots, you know what a treat a M eltemi can be. As if it’s not hard enough to wiggle your stern into a gap you’d swear is half the needed space, this wicked Greek northerly wind added to the fun of our arrival at M ykonos.

Three days later, we were still there, partially due to a snarl on the marina bottom, somewhere under which, our anchor was fir ly stuck on a ca le. gh. h well it wasn’t the worst place to sit out the nasty wind as we continued our tour of the Cyclades Islands that are strewn about the southern Aegean Sea. We arrived in time to get a space on the q uay, the sun was shining, the wine was owing and see ingly the gods were with us.

M ykonos, where beautiful people come to eat, drink and

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generally misbehave, was fantastic but soon it was time for a more relax ed vibe and natural beauty, which we got in abundance on our nex t stop at M ilos Island.

We had a phenomenal sail south with the weakening M eltemi at our backs and arrived at M ilos and its small harbor of Adamas by late afternoon.

This island is where the famous Venus de M ilo( s) was unearthed by a farmer in 18 20, back when she may have had arms. There’s much debate as to how she lost the ro a ly in a scu e regarding ownershi between the French and the Turks. P ossession being 9 / 10ths of the law, today she’s housed at the L ouvre in P aris. ( Who knows how much of that is accurate.

We ound history to e uid and de ending on what we read or whom we asked, “facts” changed as did time frames and the spelling of names of towns and islands. That made navigation interesting.)

We tied up in M ilos with time to take a stroll before dinner. Every evening, the circular

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Milos, Greece B y Z uz ana P rochaz ka

town q uay is lined with vendors, some looking like Zorba the Greek, hawking ex cursions and promising unforgettable tours of the southern and western sides of the island, which are chock full of caves, rock formations and sheer cliffs. We walked from one handsome sunburned salesman to the nex t, eyeing their vessels, and learning about the must-see sites, while each assured us that his tour was better than his neighbor’s. he reeks have a it o a irtation with vessel ca acity li its and owners of 45-foot sailboats were promising full-day tours “with plenty of room for at least 18 p eople.” We were seven in 56 feet and that was plenty. The highlight of every vendor’s Oscar-worthy presentation was a photo of the amazing lunch that would be served along the way.

The more I listened, the more I realized that we could and should do this on our own. Sure, we didn’t know whether we would be able to anchor at each site or if there were private vessel restrictions ( which sounds silly now that I look back on it since Greeks are pretty mellow about most things) , but we would give it a try. I collected brochures with maps on the back and over dinner, we decided how to organize our own tour – a stroke of genius, as it turned out.

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Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s This Place: Milos, Greece The nex t morning, we waited for two hours after all the boats departed and then followed in their general direction, west and then south. With the delay, we arrived at each site just as the commercial boats were leaving for the nex t place so we had each cave, anchorage and lagoon to ourselves.

The first stop was Sikia, a cave rendered topless when its circular roof caved in a few centuries ago. The crystal clear pool within, lit by rays of sunlight streaming in through the hole above, beckoned. M oments prior, the place had been packed with raucous tourists, so our lone dinghy ride inside was positively sublime. It was peaceful, with nobody but our own echo for company. And lunch? Well, we put together our own, and it was more than amazing. We even took a brochureworthy photo.

Anchor raised and following the bread crumbs of our guides, we continued south to K leftiko, a movie set of an anchorage replete with arches, rock formations and caves you can swim through. The best part of the afternoon was spent dinghying inside the nooks and crannies, shooting video and taking hundreds of pictures. There wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a bad place to point the camera.

We completely lost track of time but a solution was at hand. K leftiko can only be visited by boat, so when all the tourist vessels headed back to town, we let out some more chain and made ourselves comfortable for a q uiet night at anchor. P rotected from the northerly wind by the steep white cliffs, the night was calm and q uiet, with no one near and nothing around but the stars above.

The wind was in the process of shifting directions from a northerly to a southerly. That left the nex t day with little breeze, so we motored east and then north, ducking into lagoons to check out beaches and the remnants of old mines.

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On the northern side, we headed offshore a bit to check out Glaronissia, a geological phenomenon where three islets were formed under such great pressure that they are entirely made up of hex agonal rock tubes. The islands seem to have tex ture with the vertical brown tubes jutting down into the surrounding blue water.

Nex t up was a true highlight, the beach of Sarakiniko, one of the most photographed spots in Greece. Sheer white cliffs fall into blue-green water, dotted by pink caves that beckon to passing boats.

We had a uniq ue vantage point as we were the only boat anchored off. That made us much-envied and often-photographed by the rest of the visitors who had arrived by tourist bus from Adamas.

M ade up of white and grey sand, tall cliffs and hundreds of caves, the moonscape of Sarakiniko is a spectacle in itself. Add the rusting hulk of a sunken ship in the clear water and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a snorkelerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s paradise. Young guys and gals were daring each other to jump off the 60-foot cliffs above but I opted for a long swim instead, wondering if Odysseus himself, might have been lured here by sirens.

That afternoon, we completed our circumnavigation and found one last space on the q uay for another M ed moor, this one ex ecuted in windless bliss. With hours of daylight left, we rented a car and visited the interior of M ilos.

The P laka is the old town, perched up on the western slope and full of narrow streets where tavernas are shoehorned into every whitewashed corner. Tucked way down below at sea level, is the fishing village of K lima that is the definition of a Greek seaside settlement. P ainted every color of the rainbow, the buildings are lapped by waves as the fishing skiffs ride out the breeze on their moorings.

Half way between P laka and K lima are ancient catacombs and an

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amphitheater with amazing bas-reliefs ( presumably from Roman times) . Once again, despite it already being June, there was hardly a soul around.

Trekking across the island, we found the tiny village of P ollonia from which you can almost see Glaronissia. It seems wherever there’s a sq uare meter of space, Greeks put down a table and chairs, thereby creating impromptu tavernas, each more colorful than the last. There were at least four crammed onto P ollonia’s little waterfront.

A short distance away, we stumbled across the K ostantakis winery and were invited inside for a wine tasting. M ilos is an arid island but somehow manages to have impressive vineyards. The scenery is less like that of the lush Napa Valley and more akin to the drier rolling hills of central California. Sipping a white wine on a bench, we had views that could have been stolen from the oenophile movie, Sideways.

We rolled back to town in time for preparations to be made for departure the nex t morning. We were headed back north toward Athens and the wind switched to the south – a minor miracle in view of the screaming M eltemi just a few days before. Sometimes, the gods are with you.

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Tay l or S wif t out boating.

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C huck and P atty R itenour/ R idgw ay sail ed into B oz caada, Turke y and ran across the high school gradu ating cl ass of 2016 - a photographer was taki ng pics on the waterf ront and they went ov er to take a pic. N ext thing they were tal ki ng with them and hav ing a l ot of f un - - this is why they cruise!

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G reg P eterson on the Westsail 32 P rion, with pet porpoise

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How A Life At Sea Changed Me

by M onica R ae

As Trent and I approach our one year anniversary of living a life at sea, I can’t help but think a out how uch ’ve changed. Peo le ask all the ti e and it’s di ficult to ut y finger on any one thing in articular es ecially since it’s een so gradual in nature.

I ran across this q uote in my travel log book which sparked something in me to try and nail it down. M ary Ann Radmache said, “I am not the same having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world.” She’s right you know. Everything is different; I am not the same.

We decided to leave the rat race, sell everything we owned and moved onto a Fast P assage 3 9 ’ sailboat that we christened P ep p er er.. Our adventurous spirits have led us to believe that we can travel the world in our 3 0s. Trent took a simple sailing class over the course of two weekends and I had not an ounce of ex perience, but it sounded like a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Call me crazy, plenty of people did, but I “adopted” his lifelong dream. We went from zero to cruising in a matter of four months. That time was spent as toiling liveaboards in M obile, Alabama, getting P ep p er ready for our life a sea. We did everything ourselves trying to learn the ins and outs o our new tiny oating ho e ro sewing new cushions right down to the otto o . Now here I sit on P ep p er almost eight months later in the British Virgin Islands, plotting an overnight passage to Saint M artin.

I thought I had everything I ever wanted back home in Tex as. I owned my own home and vehicle, had the very best big, sloppy, golden dog a girl could ever ask for, a career, was a Chamber Ambassador and involved in a multitude

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of community organizations, had a agnificent oy riend that ew his own helico ter or a living and was also lessed to have incredi le riends and lenty o a ily around the corner. worked everishly to ay o y student loans ust two years a ter graduation and esides the ortgage and re aining car loan was de t ree. hat eing said no un intended it was ust ti e to rock the oat. was a solutely stuck in a rut and thought to ysel t’s now or never onica. on deciding to ursue this grand endeavor started to sell o y elongings. think every girl’s worst night are is to throw everything she owns out in the ront yard with a garage sale sign on it. ooking ack don’t know why didn’t ust o en u y house to these eager eaver thri ty strangers. t all had to go house included so why did kee the out

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o ake a long story short it ended u eing a terri ly rainy wet weekend and the car ort only artially rotected over years o y ac uired recious elongings. thought was going to ake thousands o dollars and have a good nest egg or y new li e on the water. eality sunk in. hese things that you work so hard to ac uire and s end so uch ti e researching and antici ate urchasing actually owned e. t took onths to sell it all o . owards the end got so sick o eo le trying to ake these ridiculous low all o ers and had etter things to do such as learn to sail that du ed the re ainder o it o at the non rofit thri t stores and took a ta deduction. ost girls would ro a ly cringe at the site o y now inch closet and iniscule wardro e i you can even call it that. he ti e s end on

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grooming has also diminished from an hour to about 10 minutes. I have better things to do!

Since I’m not drained from working at the hospital anymore, I work a lot on the boat by organizing, cleaning or making improvements. There’s no room for clutter on a 3 9 ’ boat so it takes a lot to keep her shipshape. I’d go so far as to say that I am also much more mechanically inclined since becoming a liveaboard. Just the other day, when I was up for a new challenge, I swapped out a block on the traveler. I admit to asking Trent what these things were called for the sake of writing about them, but I’m learning lots of new tricks and lingo!

In the spirit of “winging it” ( which has been this entire year) , and learning as I go, I wanted to learn about navigating so I took the

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helm when in the Virgins. I thought I’d start easy! As a pilot, navigating comes naturally for Trent, but I successfully got us through the Virgin Islands and went even further with my new role by checking us into Customs and Immigration as the Captain of the vessel.

I used to be a workout fanatic and Crossfit was y most recent craze. I couldn’t get enough of it! Not being in a routine or near a gym is something I loathe, but eventually got over.

Sometimes I have to get inventive with workouts and not count on sailing to keep me in shape, because we aren’t on the move daily and sometimes not even weekly.

Here’s a perfect ex ample of what happened yesterday, while at Anegada, that I counted as a workout.

After an hour and a half of snorkeling against the current for ex ercise and entertainment, our dinghy broke

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down on the way back to P ep p er, so we paddled it to shore. The sun was going down, so I voluntarily ran up the beach, approx imately two miles, with our young friend K aylee ( pictured on paddleboard) , while Trent waited with the boat, to borrow a VHF and ask a buddy boat for a tow. The mosq uitos will eat you alive if you’re out at sunset, so I had a good reason to run. That was a fantastic beach workout!

Beyond the random mishaps, projects and cleaning, I do lots of swimming or just treading water for time, bike riding ( on a fold-up marine-grade bike) , paddleboarding and lately, hiking the mountainous Virgin Islands. If nothing else, with a resistance band and a touch of creativity, I can do a pretty intense boat workout too. Then there’s always yoga. It’s easy to get in a bit of ex ercise since we don’t have a car and are always in search of fresh food or boat parts, because I don’t mind being the “runner.”

Needless to say I’ve grown accustomed to a new standard of grocery stores. Now I grow my own sprouts and eat lots of sprout/ cabbage salads. Cabbage keeps q uite well in our little boat fridge, but lettuce doesn’t have a

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chance. Being fearful of food poisoning is new to me as well. Once I saw a live chicken nestled in a pile of lettuce, which was on a dirt oor outside a ruit stand. ski ed the lettuce, but continued to shop because it was the only option and I was really craving something green. You can see why I miss having the availability of shopping at an American grocery store. I eat carbs like a teenager on the boat, but it doesn’t seem to affect me like I feared. There’s no television to cuddle up to when you’re feeling lazy and boat work is endless.

I make bread a couple times a week because it’s cheap, easy and also very delicious. Sometimes I feel like I’m in a dry sauna when I’m baking bread because it gets so hot. P ep p er does not have an air conditioner.

The oven heats up the entire cabin of the boat the instant the propane ignites. I wish I could say our mini freezer literally ’ is ull o resh fish ut we’re terri le fisher en and ust hold the record on catching the ost arracuda known as a trash fish though we did get lucky a ew ti es. love fishing and trolling o the oat when we’re underway.

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I admit to being a bit of a health nut. Okay, I admit that it was a big, obsessive part of my life and I’m glad I’ve learned, or rather have been forced into relax ing a little. It took visiting six c ountries, since our maiden voyage out of Florida, to comprehend how good this American girl had it back home. Access to healthy, safe, q uality food is something I’m always happy to spend good money on, but having the option to purchase it is not something I’ll ever take for granted.

L astly, I’ve grown to be much more appreciative of having grown up in Tex as, living with two employed parents. I have yet to visit another country like home, where anything is possible and it’s all at your fi ngerti s. ranted we are ust getting our eet wet. ’ sure we’ll fi nd so e rese lance o ho e along the way. But at home I never had to pay attention to how many watts my hair dryer ran on or what kind of power it took to charge up my laptop. The only way I am able to use my hair dryer nowadays is if I kick on the portable generator and that’s only for special occasions. P ep p er has some dated solar panels and a

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new wind generator, so we’re checking our batteries constantly, especially on cloudy days.

P ep p er can also desalinate water, which is another fascinating function of hers, but that, too, consumes a lot of energy. M ost sailors would probably agree that there’s nothing like a nice, long, hot shower after a big crossing. I kissed those days behind the minute I became a liveaboard!

Sometimes marinas will offer them if you buy a slip and that sure is a treat. M any of the marinas we visited in foreign countries, such as the Bahamas and D ominican Republic, didn’t even have hot water heaters and utilized rain water for the outdoor showers they offered. We’re usually at anchor because of the budget, so personally, I like to utilize the sun shower.

I can give myself a fresh water rinse and wash my hair on about 1.5 gallons of water.

Not only does the sun shower feel good and hot against my salty skin, but it’s an easy way for me to watch my consumption as well.

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Everything we need is right here on the boat, and it’s much more than most people have in this part of the world. That’s newsworthy to me. We’re ex tremely fortunate to have been given the opportunity to gain a new perspective on the rest of the world and ex perience it all on P ep p er, where we still have some comforts of home. Now I realize that I was so terribly privileged to have grown up never having to think about things like power or fresh, unlimited, running hot water and having the availability to shop at reputable grocery stores.

To be able to zip around in a car is incredibly lux urious too. I’ve never imagined hitchhiking so much in all my life as I have done since becoming a liveaboard. Not everyone in the rest of the world even owns their own vehicle.

Some families are lucky if they can share a single scooter between them. I’ve seen people on donkeys for goodness sake!

This is certainly nothing like home, where kids are given new cars before even obtaining a driver’s license,

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never having worked a day in their lives or having to understand the true value of a dollar. M ost people out here don’t even have their own washer and dryer to do laundry, which completely blows my mind. If I can’t fi nd a laundromat I end up doing it by hand with a bucket and a baseball bat in the cockpit.

Hello 19 3 0s!

Being completely self-sufficient on P ep p er is challenging at times, and I’d go so far as to say that it’s almost a full-time job making sure we have the things we need to be healthy and comfortable.

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I was not well traveled before cruising, so immersing myself in a vast number of other cultures, with my best friend by my side, has been completely eye opening.

So, Radmache was right. The moon’s not the same on this side of the world. I’ve only been on the water a year and can guarantee I’ve changed and will never be the same. I do believe this adventurous, eco-friendly voyage has changed me for the better.

I only wish everyone could see what I’ve seen. The world would undoubtedly be a better place.

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Landlubber to Liveaboard:

From Whim to Living the Dream Before purchasing Solstic e, I had never owned a boat.

In fact, most of my sailing ex perience was taking Hobie Cats out off the sandy beach as a teenager. I had only boarded a bigger sailing vessel a few times. Never once operated a power boat, not even a dinghy.

Why did I want to take the plunge and not only buy a sailboat but one that was capable of crossing an ocean?

And live on her? First of all, I am not a stuff collector. I know plenty of people that are in love with their material possessions, and I don’t fault them for that. It’s just not

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me. Secondly, I like to tinker with things. I was well advised by several friends that I would have plenty of tinkering time with a boat! Finally, my somewhat limited sailing ex perience taught me this jewel: It’s peaceful to be out on the water with no stink pot engine running. You can hear the wind and the waves crashing against the sails and the hull, like a feather blowing on the breath of God. Or maybe Freddie M ercury chiming in with, “any way the wind blows.” Okay, you get the picture. Just call the whole idea a whim.

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A man has reac hed old age when he is c autioned to slow down by his doc tor instead of by the p olic e.

A year before I bought Solstic e I started to look at options for my living arrangement. I never owned a boat before September 11, 2015 ( an easy date to remember) .

When I considered my opportunities it came down to throwing money away on an apartment, or living on a sailboat. To go the sailboat route I had to face the additional consideration o financing as didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a lot in savings. raditional financing ut o the uestion in y rice range as would have to find an older oat and lenders balk at funding boats more than 20 years old. So took the owner financed angle. would ake it clear with sellers that met my search criteria that I needed their financing. did so early on in the rocess so as not to waste anyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ti e.

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Landlubber to Liveaboard:

Nex t I needed to narrow down the sailboats that I would consider purchasing. There are a lot of boats on the market. L ots of opinions, too, on what constitutes a q uality sailboat. Talking with friends and reading forums was uber helpful here. Fortunately, lots of choices. I started off looking around in my backyard. There were several boats that I looked at and settled on two brands: M organ and Cape D ory ( and it’s predecessor, the Alberg, named for the designer Carl Alberg) . Both are known to make seaworthy vessels that hold their value. Several were on the market down the east coast of Florida. I made some phone calls and email q ueries and came up with a short list of maybe 10 that looked promising and the owners were willing to consider artial financing. ay!

I planned a trip, a couple of weeks out, from Jacksonville to South Florida. Heading out on Friday afternoon I looked at a 3 6’ Cape D ory and a 3 3 ’ M organ.

It’s amazing to me that some folks who are listing their boats for sale don’t de-clutter like one would when selling

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a home. The 3 3 ’ M organ was one of those - it may have caught my eye but it was looking pretty trashy. And the Cape D ory? She had just come on the market that week, so maybe this was God’s timing? Great looking boat, well pampered by the current owner. A bit pricey, I thought, at $ 60,000. Time to head on to Vero Beach to stay with my dad for the night.

The nex t day I stopped just down the road in Ft. P ierce to check out a salvage option. This was a 3 6’ M organ Out Island. She was on the hard and had seen better days. Apparently a Bahamian worker left the hatch open for several days, and she took on some rainwater. D on’t attempt this at home. That would eq uate to substantial work on the interior. The upside? She had a brand new engine. Hmmm…

On down the road I looked at a 41’ M organ Out Island. The owner met me at P eanut Island within the Intracoastal Waterway of P alm Beach and we tendered over to her. I loved the ex tra space, but this one was a

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fi er u er. Warning signs a ound tattered sails a leak in the a t erth. When entioned doing a survey the dude indicated the otto would need re ainting. ikes!

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to South Florida I was learning each of these options would be a give and take. It came down to getting the vessel in the best overall condition. The 3 6’ Cape D ory had only been on the market for a short time. M y timing was right, and I needed to act q uickly, so I shot the owner an offer the following day.

When you ask or owner financing you are losing a bargaining chip.

For me that meant I would be paying a higher price for the boat than I wanted to. The asking price was $ 60,000. M y best guess was $ 45,000. The owner’s wife was not coming o . he didn’t initially want to finance the sale. used all of this information tactfully during the negotiation process. We came up with an agreement within a few days: financed over seven years at . with a alloon ay ent at five years. he down ay ent was .

D one deal, assuming a good survey.

A couple of weeks later the surveyor met us at the slip.

He seemed reputable and knowledgeable. He and the owner tossed around a lot of boat lingo that was like a foreign language to me. I would q uickly learn to use these words like stanchion, lazarette, gunwale, and swage. There were many more.

The sailing vessel Solstic e was loaded with gear and gadgets: Garmin chart plotter with radar overlay, pro installed A/ C, two 250 amp hour house batteries with an additional starter battery, inverter, dinghy with 5hp propane outboard, an ex tra headsail, depth and wind direction instruments, just to name a few. The original engine was in good shape - a bulletproof P erkins 4.108 . The owner did not live aboard, so the boat was loaded with ex tra parts and supplies - all to go with the sale.

Overall, the survey turned out acceptable. The only issue req uiring immediate attention was a cracked swage at the top of one of the mainstays. The surveyor recommended replacing the stays in pairs, and that’s what we did. Five hundred dollars. No biggie.

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Nex t up, the insurance. This was a lot more work than I anticipated. L ots of q uestions, forms, and the dreaded underwriters. Fortunately, there were only a few players in this game. I made contact with an agent out of the Tampa Bay area who came up with the best deal.

Finding the right marina was pretty straightforward since there was only one that accepted new liveaboards in my neck of the woods. The slip seemed a bit pricey for $ 67 5 a month with water and electric. However, I knew this going into the proposition of purchasing a sailboat. M y thought process overall was that I would pay a little more than renting an apartment. However, I would also have the joy of sailing on a whim. orty five days a ter y outh lorida tri we were ready to close the deal. I was amazed at how everything fell into place. We met at the boat on a Friday afternoon and signed all of the paperwork for the transfer of ownershi and the oat ortgage. he Solstic e was a Coast Guard registered vessel so that documentation had to e filled out and filed.

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By: Eric Carlson

s it ossi le to ull o a first ti e sailing tri to Catalina sland a arriage ro osal a sur rise irthday arty and a wedding all in one week es it ha ened and we did it! et’s go ack a out si onths rior. While sitting in y ho e ar in the little town o o a Colorado y uture rother in law Beau and ca e u with this sche e. ast orward si onths and there we were ysel and y long ti e girl riend essie her sister Crystal and her hus and Beau standing on dock at ing ar or arina in edondo Beach Cali ornia. arina

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ailing hooked us u with a eauti ul unter which ha ened to e the er ect yacht or this grand sche e o ours. A ter a ew er rides we were ully rovisioned and ready or sea. ero hour a. . the ne t orning we eased her out o the sli otored down the long etty waved our arewells to the na ing sea lions who could care less o our adventure and ointed the ow south in search o the wind. he lan was would ulfill y drea o ro osing arriage on the ow o a sail oat at sea ut a ter a out our first hour wasn’t entirely sure the first

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part of this plan would materialize. After living for years in the western Colorado dessert, both Jessie and Crystal were trying to adapt to their new moving world and get their sea legs. I couldn’t very well propose marriage to the woman I love and then immediately thereafter, have her and her sister both puke over the starboard rail! So, I nervously waited while offering words of encouragement and rum.

After a few catnaps and a great lunch in the cockpit, the ladies finally got their inner ears on the same page with their eyeballs, and the party started. Right about the time that Jessie and Crystal started stretching their legs, so did the big Hunter as the north wind increased to 15-18 knots off our starboard beam. So now, my nex t dilemma was to somehow get Jessie and I ( the only ex perienced sailors onboard) up on the bow while somehow keeping the boat rocketing toward Two Harbors, Catalina.

After setting us up on a beam reach and giving a twominute sailing lesson, I turned the helm over to Beau who became an instant old salt and kept us on course perfectly. The idea was to have Beau and Crystal just snap some random photos of Jessie and I up on the bow with Catalina as our backdrop. It was then that I dropped to one knee and made the perfect sailor’s proposal on a healing and pitching deck, and with shaking hands somehow managed not to drop the ring and watch it tumble down to D avy Jones locker.

About an hour after Jessie said “Yes” and Crystal’s tears subsided, we furled the sails and a new nervousness came over me. I had read many horror stories of mooring at Catalina Island, but after bringing 20,000 lbs. to a stop right at the pendant, the crew lifted it on deck, and after a few taps in reverse we were uneventfully moored in beautiful Two Harbors. “That was a big deal?” I thought to myself.

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ur first ti e here we were all very e cited to in ate the dinghy and head to shore to ex plore and celebrate our engagement. After an awesome dinner at the Harbor Reef, a few cocktails, shots, and a walk, we returned to the boat and watched the sun fade over the mountains.

Two Harbors is a great destination which is uncrowded during the week, has good but slightly ex pensive food, a small store for supplies, ice, trash disposal, shower rooms, mechanic service, and fuel dock. Also, we found the Harbor P atrol to be ex tremely friendly to first ti ers and very hel ul.

The nex t day we all awoke to a beautiful Catalina morning and the start of the nex t surprise. Today was Jessie’s 40th birthday and I had prearranged for some friends of ours to surprise her later that day in Avalon. After breakfast onboard, we dropped the hawsers overboard. We were reluctant to leave Two Harbors, but we again headed south. The wind had already filled in and we had a nice, two-hour downwind run to Avalon. As the old, famous, Casino landmark came into view when we rounded the point at Buttonshell, I knew this drea o sailing here was finally real.

We were very ex cited, to say the least. This time, after dodging mega yachts, ferries, kayaks, and dinghies we once again, surprisingly, moored with ease. I had arranged some of our friends to be on the island for all the festivities, so I suggested we board the dinghy and head to shore to find that noisy ar in Avalon that Cros y Stills, and Nash made famous. Since L uau L arry’s was packed full of mid-week cruise ship clientele, our friends set up camp at El Galleon. Jessie was shocked and happily surprised as we walked through the door to see our awesome friends had made the journey all the way out here from Colorado to help her celebrate her birthday.

Avalon is another great sailing destination, although not as low key as Two Harbors. Although we arrived mid week, the harbor and town can get a little crowded,

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especially when the cruise ship is in port. However, after they leave we found this little seaport village to be a great place to hang out. With plenty of shops, restaurants, and bars, we always had something to do. Avalon also has great amenities for visiting boaters and like Two Harbors, Avalon Harbor P atrol was always very friendly and helpful.

There is also a ferry service from the mainland for the nonsailors who would like to visit.

After my shaky proposal at sea 24 hours prior, I suggested we go ahead and get married while on the island, since we were already on the vacation of a lifetime, and with Beau and Crystal, it was the perfect time and setting. Jessie, of course, agreed and after being surprised y ore good riends the i o wedding even ade more sense. L ittle did Jessie know I had already secretly lined up M ark Alft, who owns Wed on Catalina, to o ficiate and already had the license ready to go. e et us down on the water ront that evening to finali e the paperwork. We had a great birthday, engagement, bachelor and bachelorette party that evening as the sun set on our

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boat in the harbor. D oesn’t get much better than that!

The nex t day, standing on a walkway overlooking D escanso Bay, while the guys were jokingly criticizing the sanctity of marriage and the girls lovingly crying, we were happily married during our dream wedding ceremony. That evening we once again sat in the cockpit, just taking in the sights and sounds of Avalon at night. I must say, it was pretty damn romantic and a wonderful honeymoon.

The following day we had fun ex ploring the island by rented golf cart, ( these are the standard mode of transportation in Avalon) , snorkeled in clear water and finally went out or a sunset sail which turned out to be not as good as envisioned. With a q uick but sketchy stop at the fresh water dock to top off, we headed out. With little wind and uncomfortable seas, we elected to go out to the legal distance and do the romantic task of emptying the holding tanks. We did enjoy wine and snacks in the cockpit with friends anyway, and anytime you’re on a boat is a good time in my opinion.

We returned to our mooring and said goodbye to our friends after dropping them off at the dinghy dock.

M orning once again came and the four of us were pleasantly surprised to see a boat alongside delivering breakfast and fresh coffee. This is a normal daily service at Avalon Harbor and although not very cheap, ex tremely convenient, especially on departure day. We were all sad to leave and as we vowed to return again, we set the sails and this time headed north on the return leg to Redondo.

It couldn’t have been more perfect

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sailing. With a fresh 10-knot breeze, this time on our port beam, we hurtled toward the mainland. What could have made this trip even more spectacular than it already was? How about the 50plus pod of dolphins that swarmed the boat bidding their approval.

Nosing the boat gently back into her slip at K ing Harbor, we once again found ourselves standing on L dock as the U ber pulled up, Sadly, our sailing vacation was over, but we knew the journey had just begun.

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Going For It!

By Lindsay Bindman

As a young adult in 2016, it is q uite clear what society ex pects of me: get a degree, secure a career, get married, have children by 3 0 and so on. M any people don’t even realize the countless ways in which we are pressured onto this pre-approved path.

I don’t buy it. I’m choosing not to subscribe. Education need not take place within the four walls of a classroom. I learn more by immersing myself in new cultures and gaining the privilege of understanding how different people approach life.

With each island we travel to, I make at least one new friend that teaches me something new. I believe that everyone knows something you don’t. In St. John, U SVI, I met Josh, who took me on a date and shared with me his philosophy to never treat anyone like a stranger.

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In Tortola I made a friend named Gia, who shared with me her view about working. She is only 21 and has had more jobs than I can count, believing that it’s important to love what you do. A job shouldn’t feel like being in prison for 40-60 hours a week, hanging on till Friday in hopes of having some semblance of a life for 48 hours before starting over again on M onday.

M arriage is a personal choice, but should not be done because you feel pressured or because that’s what everyone else is doing. L ast night I met Shawn in Virgin Gorda, who showed me true kindness and the importance of always respecting one another.

Back in Toronto, in a society driven by money, material wealth, and status, the choice to q uit my job, give away my

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elongings and ook a one way ight to sail the Cari ean on a sail oat certainly turned so e heads. o what li estyle do su scri e to oday woke u at a. . and oked y head out y hatch to re ind ysel where we were anchored. ade co ee in our rench ress and got out the addle oard. A ter a addle around avannah Bay in irgin orda tied y oard ack to the oat and elected to do y orning e ercises on it. A ter a long swi dried o in the ha ock e ore going down elow to record so e ideas or a novel that had ust co e to e. n the a ternoon layed ettlerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s o Catan with our guests e ore hel ing y ad to chart our ne t destination.

We are in the rocess o aking a docu entary a out our adventure ho ing to answer such uestions as what drives so eone to de art ro North A erican society and what ualities does it take to sail around the world n addition to ather and daughter we are now director and roducer. We cooked a delicious risotto or dinner en oyed the sunset with a glass o wine read y ook or an hour and ell aslee e ore . .

What is a shi o uote ack arrow sure itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a keel and a hull a deck and sails. But what it really is is reedo .

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Flotsam & Jetsam

FIRST SAIL

By Barbara Anne Kirshner

Towering white sails inhale and ex hale against an ex pansive cerulean sky. The grand sailboat gracefully skims much like a swan wafts over water. Reverberating waves massage the boat lulling me to a carefree state leaving all concerns on shore. Isn’t that what you envision of a sailing ex cursion? For me, the vision was q uickly doused with a strong sense of reality.

Good friends, L aurette and Bill, invited me and my husband, Gregg, to join them for a sailboat trip. They own a 45-foot Hunter. The captain’s q uarters are at the stern, the main salon with kitchen, table and benches is center, and another cabin with bathroom is at the bow.

For this novice sailor, I couldn’t imagine the challenges awaiting me. I wasn’t concerned for our safety as Bill, our captain, has clocked over 45 years sailing ex perience and his first ate aurette over years e erience. aurette suggested ack a du e ag ut y “necessities” req uired a large suitcase for our four-day trip.

Big istake! y first hurdle was getting that ag on oard.

Thanks to Bill and Gregg, who wrestled it downstairs into the guest ca in where the narrow uarters agnified this onstrosity. oisted onto a ench it was finally out o the way. Note to sel ack the du e ag ne t ti e.

L aurette introduced me to the bathroom, or as she ex plained, “The nautical term is head. Head is an old Navy

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term. Sailors would go to the forward part of a ship to relieve themselves. There was a grate through which the waste went into the ocean.” I’m thinking that’s a bit too much information for me, thanks anyway.

L aurette demonstrated the pumping toilet. “When you go, turn the lever to the left to release water into the bowl, then pump to get it down the toilet.” naively asked ow do ush here’s no ushing. A ter you go turn the lever le t to get water into the bowl, then pump to get rid of waste. e e er to i the lever ack to right to kee the owl ro filling u with water. you orget it can over ow.

I was contemplating not going to the bathroom for the nex t four days.

Nex t L aurette directed me to the shower and I’m not sure which was more disconcerting for this landlubber, pumping or showering.

“When showering, pull the curtain so the vanity won’t get wet.”

M y vacant stare spurred further ex planation. “Just pull the curtain.”

I was dumbfounded. I’ve gone camping, so it isn’t as if my only trips have been to the P laza Hotel, but for me, all this u ing lever i ing and soaked athroo was too uch.

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The most confusing was how to press the spigot, shampoo and rinse off simultaneously. ro Bill’s oat lan it was a short five hour e cursion from P ort Jefferson to M attituck Inlet. If I could wait to pee at attituck arina wouldn’t have to u .

Ropes were uncoiled, Skipper Bill backed the sailboat from the slip and we headed into L ong Island Sound. L aurette perched on a bench at the stern while I sought refuge in an enclosure near the hel . As the sail oat glided over waves made rough by the P ort Jefferson Ferry and speed boats, I was glad I didn’t opt for the other bench at the stern. But before we moored at M attituck Inlet, I lathering myself with SP F 7 0 sunscreen and joined L aurette at the stern bench, the est view on the oat. regg a or er Navy an was in his ele ent assisting Captain Bill. Gregg and L aurette were either throwing weights which later learned are called enders over oard or pulling them up. I helped by staying out of the way; I’m good at that.

We arrived and e lored e ore dining at the ld ill nn. Back at the oat we en oyed the su er evening on deck until it was ti e to retreat to our res ective ca ins.

Now for the dreaded spigot shower. I pulled the curtain, ressed the s igot handle sending water over y ody lathered and s rayed. es! ade it through y first sail oat shower, though I didn’t wash my hair.

The bed was raised so Gregg and I had to hop up. What had been described as a q ueen size bed felt more like a full.

Gregg curled up near the wall and I had the edge.

Now one ore thing a out y co ort level need coolness when sleeping. D roplets of sweat soon formed, then drizzled across my body. I tossed, then fell asleep only to wake up drenched.

When I awoke, Cheery L aurette asked, “D id you sleep comfortably?”

I was about to detail my woes when Gregg whispered, “D on’t complain.”

After breakfast I had another go at the spigot shower and even anaged that toilet owl with the lever ushing and pumping.

Back on deck we enjoyed a leisurely morning, coffee in hand when a s all otor oat arrived. Peeking out ro the side of the boat was the most adorable snout. When he circled the deck, I could tell from his long white fur speckled

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Flotsam & Jetsam with shining copper colors that he was a Brittany spaniel.

“L ook how adorable!” I pointed toward him.

This little fellow, whom we soon learned was appropriately named K opper, was in his element, enjoying the sail as the wind i ed his ears.

“What kind of boat is that?” I asked.

Bill just looked at me and said, “It collects the waste.”

The delightful image of this gorgeous dog happily cruising with his owner suddenly took on a pall. But I imagined K opper simply found it a fun day on the water, never giving thought to his owner’s chores. Soon they motored away with the Brittany’s tail waving like a ag in the wind.

L aurette planned a great itinerary, complete with a full day tour of the vineyards by a knowledgeable guide who ex plained the different processes of wine

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making from Chardonnay to M erlot. She even took us to a goat farm, a highlight for this animal lover since we got to pet the most adorable animals.

Back onboard, Bill realized the air conditioning wasn’t cooling the salon.

D read set in. If the salon wasn’t cooling there was little hope for a comfortable night’s sleep, and I was right. Yes, I was drenched in sweat again come morning.

By day three I wanted to scratch my hair out of my head from not washing it.

“I think I’m going to use the marina bathroom.”

“Why?” L aurette asked. con essed can’t figure out how to wet my hair, shampoo then spray all that shampoo out.”

“You can use our bathroom,” L aurette offered. It was as if a light bulb ashed overhead.

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I asked, “You mean you don’t have a spigot and lever?”

“No, it’s a regular shower in the captain’s q uarters.”

Just then Bill detected the air conditioning was only blowing hot air. He walked into our cabin, was hit by heat and said, “I’ll check the pipes.” Sure enough, the pipes leading to our cabin were packed with ice making it impossible for the cool air to circulate.

L aurette insisted, “U se our bathroom.” She opened the door leading to the captain’s q uarters and as I stepped over the threshold I do believe I heard a choir of celestial angels hailing my entrance with, “AAAAAHHHH” It was Heaven, the air refreshing, the shower perfection!

And to think, Nirvana had only been a few steps away.

On our last evening, we dined on board to enjoy more sailboat time. About 2: 00 a.m. I woke to a rumble of thunder, then lightning. A loud burst brought hail accompanied by strong winds. The boat rocked, then with a resounding boom, it felt like the boat lifted out of the water and slammed back down.

Bill and Gregg rushed on deck to ensure we were still docked. I stayed in bed. I didn’t hear L aurette stir, so I figured everything was fine.

Nex t morning at breakfast, Bill, Gregg and I co iserated over the raging stor only to find out L aurette slept through it all. So that’s why she never stirred.

We learned this storm wreaked havoc on land, downing trees and causing major power outages. o that was y first sail. ade it through the toilette challenges, hot air and an angry storm. On the way back to P ort Jefferson I fearlessly perched on the stern bench opposite L aurette.

Two best friends who share a history together, now added another chapter to our respective life’s books. We are now sailing buddies.

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Flotsam & Jetsam

The Day

By Jesse Krawiec

Today we sailed the western coast of Eleuthera in the Bahamas. We cleared out of Hatchet Bay, between the two cli s that define the entrance to the har or.

Bobbing in the beautiful blue water 500 feet from the limestone shore line, with its reefs and caves to ex plore, my bride raised the mainsail. We unfurled the headsail about three q uarters of the way. The engine was silenced and we set out on a course of 150 degrees by our compass.

We trimmed the sails and had Smitty well balanced with a slight lee helm.

In the 10 to 15 knots of southeast trades we cruised along at six knots. We could have unfurled the rest of our genoa and tried to make our 7 .2 knots of hull speed, but everything was too perfect. Smitty would gently

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come to weather with a puff and then fall off after, keeping at her sweat spot of 10 to 15 degrees of heel with barley a touch of her leather wrapped wheel from the helmsman. Besides, today was too perfect to rush it to e over. he engine was truly silent or the fi rst ti e in a thousand nautical miles. The only sounds to be heard were the wind and the waves. We didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even want music to disturb this day.

A half an hour into our journey a pod of dolphins joined us. Summer scrambled to the foredeck to bark and play with the dolphins. The interaction between the dolphins and our dog is an amazing thing to witness. The way the dolphins will roll on their side and watch her as she leans over the side to watch them. They will then dart

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off to do a circle around the boat, challenging Summer to chase them. And she does. Then, with a last splash in our bow wake, they dash off to continue their day. Another pod joined us around noon. This pod had a mother and her calf. The mother appeared to be teaching the young dolphin how to swim in our bow wake.

This was the kind of day I would daydream about back in y o fice during cold and snowy Boston winters. t was perfect, sailing 40 nautical miles down an island coast in turq uoise blue waters on my boat with my beautiful bride and Summer.

Stac ey and J esse are a 4 0 -year-old c oup le that q uit thei offi e o s, sold thei ho se and eve ything else that wo ldn’t fit in thei Catalina and sta ted ising in e tem e of With thei dog, mme , they c ruised Smitty down the ast Coast of the , ossed to the B ahamas and are headed towards a new lif e in the Ca i ean ea

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Bermuda Adventure

By Ed Anderson

M y buddy has a Hylas 56 and asked me if I wanted to crew on his boat for the 2016 Newport to Bermuda Race. was all in. o o to New ort y eeting u with the rest o the crew to start re aring the oat or the race.

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As the start date approached the weather forecasts egan to deteriorate with redictions o to knots o breeze from the northeast and 15- to 20-foot seas in the ul tea along with a ossi le low that could eco e

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a tropical depression. After a few days of meetings with the weather gurus and no changes in the predictions, we decided not to do the race and instead to take a cruise. ur first sto was Cuttyhunk on the li a eth slands. ur second sto was Nantucket then Block sland and finally ystic C . Not wanting to iss a good sailors arty we le t the ylas in ystic and gra ed ights to Ber uda. his is when ound out that walking around Ber uda made the challenges of trying to cross the Gulf with 15- to oot seas see like a cake walk. he ollowing is the adventure y wi e vonne and had on the eauti ul island of Bermuda renting a Scooter. vonne and woke u on our first day in Ber uda at a out a. . which is way weird since we never get u e ore the dew has dried. We had a ew ite s on the o o L ist. First, get a Scooter so we could ex plore the island. Y u ed in the shower and u ed on the internet to find a near y scooter rental. ound a lace called leander Cycles and gave the a call. es they had scooters availa le. did a uick a uest and ound out that leander Cycles was . kilo eters away. Not eing u on the etric syste did another uick oogle search and ound that it was . iles away. a thinking ca . vonne walked out o the shower and told her that leander was . iles away. hould we take a ca or walk he o course said letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s walk. should have said . k since it sounds arther and she would have gone or the ca which would have saved us a lot o hassle ut we would have issed a good eal as you will find out . hings started o well. We walked down the sidewalk ad iring og Bay Park and the eauti ul ho es along the

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Flotsam & Jetsam shore, realizing how lucky we were to be in paradise. As we continued on we began to notice that the sidewalk was getting narrower and the cars a lot closer to us. Then, all of a sudden, there were NO sidewalks. No big deal. Yvonne and I ventured on to M iddletown Road. There were a few close calls every now and then, but in general there was plenty of room for us to step off the road and make room for the very aggressive local drivers.

Then we came to a part of the road that no longer offered us an escape route. It was a sheer rock wall that ran from the curb up about 20 feet on both sides of the road. Even given the hazardous conditions, we continued to forge onward. Then I saw that we were coming up on a bend in the road and these crazy drivers were not going to see us as they zoomed around the curve. So, with vonne ehind e it’s the first ti e she did not want to lead) , we started around the bend crab-walking along the rock wall. I decided to fully ex tended my one ar straight out with ho es that the onco ing tra fic would see my arm before they hit us. At that moment a motorcycle zipped around the bend and saw me with my arm at the height of his face. At the last moment he over-corrected and almost took a fall. As he barely got by me he gave me a look like, “What the hell are you doing?

Are you out here trying to clothesline people?”

Yvonne and I soldiered on and after a q uarter mile of several more sphincter moments, we reached a convenience store. Yvonne ( who did not believe I knew where a going agged down a local and we told hi we were trying to get to the Reef Hotel Resort. This gentleman said, “Just get on the # 7 b us.” The problem was, we didn’t have bus tokens. The gentleman that he was ( as he stared at Yvonne’s breasts) suggested that the convenience store may sell tokens, so into the store we went. Once inside we found the tokens were a no go.

I said, “L et’s go.” Yvonne asked for a bottle of water.

Getting frustrated and still a little peeved that we were not in a cab I gave an emphatic, “NO, let’s just get the hell out of here and get the damn scooter.” So we headed back to M iddletown Road hoping for the best.

Conditions had improved. We now had about 12 inches of grass to walk on and if we ran from one side of the road to the other, depending on which way the curve went, we made progress.

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Then a truck almost hit us. We called it q uits, crossed the road and hit the railway trail. It was at that point I started trying to make it seem like we were having a great adventure. I pointed out the lovely foliage, seaside mansions and a dead rog with ies swar ing around it. vonne wanted no part of the Chevy Chase Family Vacation B.S. he wanted water and she was going to find it.

We saw a bus and I was ready for anything that would save my dehydrated wife, so I knocked on the door and asked for directions to the Reef Hotel. The bus driver said, “Hop in and I will help you get there.” We ex plained that we have no tokens. She said, “No problem.

So, our kind bus driver ( and if she would have had ottled water vonne would have thought she was a aint got on her radio and found out there was a staircase that would take us to our destination. L ittle did we know that the journey would be more arduous than we ex pected We began our trek up the steps ( and holy crap there were a lot o the and when we got hal way u it said Not a hrough treet. vonne wanted to turn ack.

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the wrong track, but true to my male nature I refused to acknowledge potential defeat.

Coming out of the jungle, we began to see daylight and one last ight o stairs. thought was going to have to carry my girl up them, but she sucked it up and made it to the gift shop inside of Gibbs L ighthouse which sold water.

Once again we were told that the Reef Hotel was only 15 minutes away ( we had been hearing this same thing for the last three hours . As we rounded a end we saw enry’s Pu . hank you a y esus. vonne ay have gotten her water, but I was way ready for a beer. Turned out the place was well known for its sushi and oh boy, did we enjoy that.

We fi nally ound the ee . here we were issued a scooter that was in need o so e aintenance and two helmets that smelled like bowling shoes.

It took about a day to get used to driving on the opposite side of the road, but once we got the hang of it we had a wonderful week in Bermuda. After this whole adventure we found out they will deliver the scooter to you. I would strongly recommend delivery unless you are a brave heart and a little crazy.

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Life Aboard On the Hard, In the Yard, In the Jungle!

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ninth boat. We bought her in 2008 i n Charleston, South Carolina. She’s a tough, steel boat built for conditions in the North Sea, powered by a M ercedes 402 V8 2 20 horsepower engine, and holds 660 gallons of diesel. Her top speed is 7 kts and burns about 2.5 gallons per hour at that speed.

C ruising O utpost: Where are you two originally from?

G reg and C arol : M anitoba, Canada. We also lived in Yellow K nife in the Northwest Territories for many years.

C ruising O utpost: How did you end up in P anama?

G reg and C arol : After getting D utc h D reamer ready to go, we headed to the Eastern Caribbean with our two sons, Brett and D yllen who have now grown up and moved away. We cruised down to Grenada for hurricane season, then across to Colombia before spending a couple of months in P anama’s San Blas Islands. We were anchored out in P ortobello and came into Shelter Bay for

If it weren’t f or “c raz y” I’d nev er go anywhere.

When we pulled into Shelter Bay M arina near the Caribbean entrance to the P anama Canal, we needed a consult with a diesel mechanic. The morning net advised us to go and talk to Greg, also know as the “Engine Whis erer. When we heard that to find hi we were to cross the yard to the edge o the ungle and find the big, yellow, steel motorsailer with the staircase, we were curious about this big, yellow motorsailer on the hard.

Was it his shop?

We knocked on the hull and met Greg and Carol Van Wyck ( the Engine Whisperer and his wife) . Greg told us that he and his wife actually live aboard the boat on the hard, in the yard, in the jungle. We knew right then that we needed to hear more about this liveaboard lifestyle!

C ruising O utpost: What is this big, yellow motorsailer?

G reg and C arol : It’s D utc h D reamer, a 50-foot, 19 7 9 H aak motorsailer built in the Netherlands. She’s our

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E d itor R obin S tout A board M erm aid

my dad to visit. Our plan was to stay two weeks, but that was back in January of 2011 and we still havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t left.

C ruising O utpost: Why have you stayed so long and how did you end up living on the hard?

G reg and C arol : When we first arrived reg started working on the ex terior of D utc h D reamer and we realized that there was a lot of work to be done. We realized we were going to be here a long time so we decided to go back to work. Before we went cruising reg was an aircra t structural engineer. e had a lot o ex perience working on many different systems and knew his way around a diesel. There was no mechanic in the arina at that ti e so it see ed a fit or reg. Carol has worked several jobs over the years including running the marina store. We lived aboard in the slip for a few years, but we had lots of leaks and needed to haul out to address them. The plan was to be on the hard about a month. We removed the teak deck and went to work on the leaks. Of course, once we got started we found other issues. One thing led to another and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re still working on them two years later. he first si onths we oat sat on another boat in the marina, but when the owners returned we moved to the yard aboard D utc h D reamer.

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climb up the trees and get delicious coconuts. The jungle is a beautiful place to be.

C ruising O utpost: : D o you miss being on the water?

G reg and C arol : We miss the sounds of the water lapping at the hull as well as being rocked to sleep at night ( it is very still on the hard) . We miss being at anchor and being able to move.

C ruising O utpost: How did you become known as the “Engine Whisperer?”

G reg: The name was given to me by an Aussie who was so happy I was able to find and fi the issue that he had been pulling his hair out working on. I work on engines, refrigeration, fuel polishing, hydraulics, and outboards and just about anything mechanical that can break on a boat. In the busy season I have more work than I can handle. Boats coming in to prepare to go through the canal or boats who have just transited and are preparing to do ex tended cruising always have issues.

C ruising O utpost: What are your long term plans?

If it’s true that we are here to help others, what are the others doing here?

C ruising O utpost: What is it like living aboard on the hard in the yard?

G reg and C arol : It is a lot like camping and it’s a good thing we love camping! For water we have a garden hose that runs in and hangs above the sink with a bucket under the sink for a drain. We usually shower in the marina showers just a short walk from the boat, but sometimes we shower from the garden hose outside the boat. Because of the heat you get just enough warm water for one shower. We have no batteries at this time and have an ex tension cord from a plug in the yard to the boat for a refrigerator, lights and a fan.

This is why it is called living on the “hard.” But while there are inconveniences, there’s nice things as well. We really enjoy the wildlife of the jungle that’s just outside the boat. In the evenings the monkeys come and watch us from the trees right by the boat. We hear the howler monkeys in the jungle every day. There are all kinds of birds singing around us. We see lots of iguanas and lizards. Our son D yllen used to

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G reg and C arol : The plan is to be back in the water ne t year. We have to fi the hull deck and lu ing e ore we can go ack in. We would like to return to the io ulce in uate ala and live on the hook. here is lots o work there. We like helter Bay ut we iss the snorkeling diving and cruiser co unity o the io.

C ruising O utpost: What advice do you have or oaters who ay need large o s that will take ti e on the hard G reg and C arol : ou get used to the inconveniences and donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even notice the a ter a while. ou have to like ca ing ecause that is asically what we are doing.

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The Hui Wharram R

Tiki, P ahi, Nari, Tangaroa, Hitia and other exot ic sounding names…G ods of the sea? L adies left behind ailing adventures Places in the Pacific slands We know them as names for James Wharram boat designs.

A Hui Wharram or Hui-O-Waa-K aulua-Wharram is a group or gathering of two-hulled James Wharram designed “canoes”. Wharrams are mostly owner-built wooden boats crafted from a set of plans and range in size from 14’ to 63’ . P olynesian-style, lashed-together, open-

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This 2016 venue in North Ft. M yers, Florida ( Gulf side) was a good venue to meet, greet, tell sailing stories, and i i e the nectar o the ods coconut avored o course. The weather was perfect. Clearly the gods of wind ( Tawhiri) and sea ( Tangaroa) smiled on us. There was a temporary tide issue. Even Wharrams with their famous shallow draft still need a little water!

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The Hui Wharram Rendezvous

Every year there are awards given for things like the fsrthest trailering, M ost U nique , etc. This year the awards went to the following boats and people.

1. Furthest Trailering: M arge and Omar Rashash, Hitia 17 “ M arvin” from Wilmington, North Carolina.

2. M ost U nique Rigging: Floyd M arsden for his Santana 21 half-boat ( monohull) “Funnybones”.

3. B est Restoration: Jim Beyer for his work on “Windchime”, a Nari 42 M K IV. 4. Best Graphic D esign: K evin Collins, for the tattooing of a Tiki 31 “ Tiki Thomkat”. . he y Boat Will efinitely Be ere Ne t ear award to haun West and Casey i erley and their angaroa .

6. M ost Consistent Attendance at the Hui and All Around Wharram Ambassadors: Greg Russell and Barbara D avis from P anama City, Florida with a P ahi 31 “ Surfrider”.

7 . P revailing in the Face of the M ost Obstacles Ever Thrown at a Hui Event Organizer: to Thom D elForge who prevailed.

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Who Are You Calling Dinghy?

One of the most asked q uestions we get at cruising seminars is about the dinghy. There’s a lot to consider when you select your dinghy, and a lot of the things you look for are self-cancelling.

“L ike what?” I hear you ask from the back of the room.

Well, let’s take a look at what it is we have a dinghy or in the first lace... Convenience. kay now that we have that figured out what akes a dinghy convenient? For the answer to this I get to go back thru the ast years o living a oard a oat and cruising.

I have to tell you, some of the funniest stories I have concern dinghies. et’s talk a out the ti e was on a large ’ ower oat a riend o ine had. We went to Catalina on her ( burning more fuel in a minute than I usually burn in a year or a uick tri o iles. nce there y riend ave lowered the ’ in ata le using an electric crane ! and soon it was ready for shore duty. It was a great dinghy.

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Plenty o roo a nice rigid fi erglass otto and an out oard that ut it u on a lane in a ew seconds! B it see s we had a ew too any eo le a oard to ake it ashore in one tri . saw another dinghy u on the u er deck and we dro ed it in the water as well. Now this dinghy was one o those with an in ata le oor. t was a out eight eet long and used oars. volunteered to take it with a cou le o the other eo le on oard and row it in to the dock.

As ste ed o the swi ste and into the iddle o the dinghy, the bottom was “a little soft” and the dinghy olded u around e like a enus ly ra eating a y. tried to atten it out ut to no avail. ound ysel climbing out of the water. he laughing went on all weekend. he eo le a oard all knew that I had sailed the world, and I guess that made it all the funnier.

But wait there’s ore!

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he first ti e sailed to uahini in the ociety slands had a ’ in ata le that had another ty e o in ata le oor. his one had tu es that ran ro the ow to the stern and had interlocking oor oards that ke t it rigid. We had a nice h out oard on it and it was retty good. ntil one o y crew e ers who had een artying or the a ternoon ashore returned to the oat in the evening and as he was cli ing the oarding ladder noticed the dinghy was ull o water. Now a little water in a dinghy is nor al ut the dinghy was a out ull. honestly don’t know how he anaged to get it ack to the oat. But he didn’t notice the water. hat was ro a ly due to a cou le ottles o ru that he’d e tied ashore.

Anyway when ointed out the water he u led so ething a out fi ing it in the a. . and wandered o to crash in his unk. n the eanti e re oved the out oard and hooked the halyard u to the ainter and hoisted it slowly out o the water letting the water drain. nce out ound a our oot gash across the otto . t see s he’d cut across the su erged ree and cut it a it too shar . ong story short in the a. . y erstwhile crew e er had disa eared along with the return lane ticket had to uy hi when we entered rench Polynesia. or ost o that day searched the island or enough P C glue to try and fi the oat. ound it at one o the hotels that used P C i e or their lu ing. hat fi ed it te orarily! .

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So what did I learn from this, you ask? I learned that whenever I got a new dinghy, I wanted one that has a rigid fi erglass otto etter known as a RIB. And so it was, when we started looking for a good dinghy we had a criteria we were looking to fill. We wanted a good strong fi erglass otto . We wanted a oat large enough to e co orta le while eing small enough to hoist on davits when needed. Oh, yeah, and it had to get up on a plane with at least three people in it.

At one o the oat shows ran into e cCurdy ro AB n ata les. was telling hi a out one o y dinghy ex periences and he took me over to see the new ares . t is the newest oat in the AB n ata lesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; eet!

It looks like they rewrote the ook on lightweight economy console tenders.

The molded-in cushions offer actual seating for 4-6 adults. The way they have molded the console into the oor eans no water leaking into the otto o the hull as all the compartments are glassed in. t co es with uilt in navigation lights and a ilge u as well as a stainless steel steering wheel and gra handle. here is concealed stowage in the ow locker to hold anchors, rode, etc. he center console and i o en rear seat give instant access to other stowage.

The modest weight of this oot oat is a anagea le l s. our stainless steel davit lifting points are pre-installed for convenience.

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he eo le at AB n ata les suggested that we use a h otor. We talked with urt ardner

at Tohatsu and found the h 4-stroke motor with lectronic uel Injection) was ex actly what we needed.

The upper and lower motor cover make for easier access to regular maintenance items. Some of the features we found that helped us make up our inds were the canister style oil filter or easy replacement and larger capacity oil reservoir. It also has a tuned intake system for faster takeoffs and is ultra low e ission PA and CA B a roved.

It has a lower gear ratio ro . to . which gives you etter low end torq ue and the a ility to turn a higher itch ro or etter to end performance. Add to that the electronic fuel injection and the oating industryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first attery ree digital C ignition system for q uicker starts and large alternator and rectifier or su erior attery charging and you have a very nice package. t also has an ad usta le steering riction and tri ta or reducing steering e ort. We chose the electric lift version, which allows us to go into shallow water using the power trim and tilt remote control.

We ound it also had a uilt in resh water ush

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system on the lower motor cover for easy access. The throughthe-prop ex haust gave us a much q uieter ride, and the 6.6 gallon liter uel tank fits easily under the seat and allows for even more storage.

But that’s all technical stuff. As they say, the proof is in the pudding, so we were pretty ex cited to take her out and put her through her paces. he first thing we ound was how easy it was to start this puppy.

Tap the starter and it is running, and running q uietly. It’s actually q uiet enough to have a conversation while you are motoring around the harbor! How kewl is that?

The ride in the VSX 12 was smoother than exp ected. To “test it out” we brought it up to L ake roville which our o fices overlook in Butte County, CA.

L ake Oroville is a 12-mile by fourmile lake that the drought pretty much emptied over the past four years ut it iraculously filled during this season’s rains!

Okay, so the test results? Can you say Bitchin? Because that was how it took off. P ush forward on the controls and it jumps out of the water and heads for the hills.

D uring our “test” we had three people aboard. I had to drop Jody off ( at the foot of a waterfall!) to take the photos for this piece.

The weight of the boat and motor ( Boat 3 3 7 l bs.+ M otor 17 9 lbs. = total dry weight of 516 lbs) is manageable for our davits utilizing a set of Garhauer’s 6-1 blocks.

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Well Charted, Less Traveled Lake Pontchartrain and Its Tributaries

B y Tom Tasma

M any cruising boats pass by mile zero at the Harvey L ock that separates the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway ( GICW) from the M ississippi River. They traverse the short distance up or down the M ississippi River passing by the New Orleans Waterfront. They pass through the Industrial L ock and the Inner Harbor Navigation Channel. M ost of them are moving east or west on their way from one port to another. But just a few miles north of the intersection of the GICW and the Inner Harbor Navigation Channel is the pristine and uniq uely picturesq ue L ake P ontchartrain, with its q uaint, friendly towns, welcoming marinas, and endless tributaries with interesting sites around almost every bend.

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This is a great place for a boating vacation or long-term layover for a cruising boat. It is an ex perience to remember and a story to tell to family and friends for many years.

It is special. It is beautiful. It is different. The water is clean, however this is not crystal clear, blue water.

There is a sense of having traveled back in time, of island time, and southern hospitality.

The many bluewater cruising boats that have made a permanent home here are testimony to the allure and serenity of L ake P ontchartrain.

The weather on and around L ake P ontchartrain is se i tro ical. he area is in uenced largely y the

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Gulf of M ex ico. The typical pattern results in warm, humid summers and relatively mild winters. Occasionally, cold continental air pushes far enough south in the winter, bringing cold spells that can drop temperatures below freezing. Fog is most prevalent in the winter and spring, but seldom drops visibility below two miles. The hurricane season is M ay to November, but 45% of all storms occur in September. On average, hurricane re uency is once every five years. t is hot in the summer, but otherwise, this is an ex ceptional cruising area from April through November.

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o rance’s un ing ouis or whom L ouisiana is named.

L ake P ontchartrain is an ideal ody o water or oaters. t is elliptical in shape, 3 6 miles long, 22 miles wide, and 10 to 16 feet deep.

L ake P ontchartrain is not a true lake but an estuary connected to the Gulf of M ex ico via the Rigolets Strait and Chef M enteur P ass into ake Borgne. t receives resh water from the Tangipahoa, Tchefuncta, Tickfaw, Amite, and Bogue Falaya Rivers, and from Bayou L acombe and Bayou Chinchuba. This area makes up one of the largest wetlands along the Gulf Coast of North America.

The periodic tidal range is negligible with the ex ception of winds that can have an effect of up to four feet.

Salinity varies from negligible at the northwest end of the lake to nearly half the salinity of seawater at its eastern end near the Rigolets.

New Orleans dominates the southern shores of L ake P ontchartrain. The city has two, maybe three waterfronts: the south shore of the lake, the M ississippi iver and the nner ar or Navigation Channel. There are no

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boating facilities on the river. There are several marinas on the south shore of the lake and two marinas at the north end of the Inner Harbor Navigation Channel. One of these two marinas in the Navigation Channel is the newly renovated P ontchartrain L andings. They have a good q uality bar and grill on site along with a convenience store and ship’s store with minimal supplies. There are restrooms with showers and all slipshave power, water and cable TV. The marina runs a shuttle back and forth to Bourbon Street. For the traveling boater wanting a hyperdrive city ex perience, Bourbon Street and the French Q uarter are highly recommended. By day or by night, do not miss the opportunity to visit New Orleans.

Enter L ake P ontchartrain and head north back in time to the tranq uility and history of southern L ouisiana.

A dominant feature of the lake is its Causeway Bridge.

The Causeway spans 24 miles and is the longest bridge over water in the world. he first s an o ened to the public in 19 56, the second in 19 69 . There are multiple openings in the bridge with various vertical heights. L arge powerboats and sailboats will need to know the charted openings that can accommodate their vertical clearance.

On the north shore, immediately east of the Causeway, are short, marked jetties entering the uniq ue and fascinating Bayou Castine. The q uaint and beautiful city of M andeville stretches along the north shore to the west. Tie alongside the bulkhead or at the yacht club and take a walk. Enjoy the park on the shore of the lake, and the shops and restaurants of M andeville. Bayou Castine is uniq ue in the most beautiful way and can only be ex perienced by water. Some of the channels are very narrow, but most are 15 feet deep in unusual, unex pected places. L arge cruising boats pass through these channels and find sa e har or along the way on isolated docks and in peaceful marinas. Even though yachts over 40 feet

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On the north shore, eight miles west of the Causeway is the che uncta iver and ake Pontchartrain’s ost o ular weekend destination. he channel is arked ut stay in the lake and locate ashing red . ro there the lack and white lighthouse is visi le. ollow the channel. o not cut across the dog leg. nce in the river there is a good sandy each to star oard and a out one ile urther u river is the town o adisonville. he city will e on one side o the river and arina el ay on the other. o continue u river call the highway swing ridge or assage. A ulkhead e tends along a city ark in adisonville. Boats can tie to the ulkhead and walk across the street to en oy the sho s and restaurants o this s all town. arina el ay has transient sli s and e cellent a enities that include a fine restaurant. he che uncta iver is clean wide and dee . Boats travel u the river or any iles. here are arinas houses and other develo ent that ake this a very worthwhile tri . or the avid oater fisher an or e lorer ake Pontchartrain is large and rovides what see s to e endless o ortunity and adventure. he long tri to the ick aw iver ay rovide one o the ost e ora le e eriences. o reach the river oaters ust travel to the west shore o ake Pontchartrain. An overhead ower ca le runs along the west and southwest eri eter o ake Pontchartrain. Clearance is generally eet e ce t at Pass anchac where clearance is eet. Check charts and travel guides or ridges and other overhead ca les. n the west shore enter Pass anchac and travel the . ile assage to ake aure as. ake aure as is a resh water lake that is . iles long and iles wide. he ick aw

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L ake P ontchartrain and its tributaries make up a large area of water with seemingly endless sights, sounds and ex periences. It offers any type or style of boater a great time and memorable ex periences. When the wind is up it can get rough, but most of the time, most of the lake is easy to navigate and traverse. The lake and its tributaries o er great sailing e ce tional fishing and er etual ex ploration. Boats passing through the locks should consider stopping for a while. It is a great place to relax a nd recharge. For the small boating enthusiast it is a vacation destination that would take weeks, if not months to fully ex plore and ex perience.

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Cruising Outpost Event News If It’s Gonna Happen It’s Gonna Happen Out There Issue #17

Evening Edition

C ruisers and the D ark &

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This year the Outpost joins the “Dark & Stormy” for a true Cruisers’ Bash

This year’s BVI Cruisers’ P arty is going to be a little different and a lot more fun.

Why, you ask? Well it’s simple. This year the Cruising Outposters will be joining the sailors in the D ark & Stormy Regatta at the end of the event on M onday, M arch 6th, for the party of the decade!

You see, it’s the 20th anniversary of the D ark & Stormy Regatta. Jody’s father was very active in this event with his friend M arty

Halperin. To celebrate the two decades of fun we will gather at the finish line in Nanny Cay at P eg L egs, to celebrate this great event.

Cruising in the area? Join the Regatta. There is a cruising class! Sail to Anegada and back to Tortola for a real fun three-day event, or just oin us at the finish line!

N A PA C PA N A to oin us at the Cruisers’ P arty. And as always, our Cruisers’ P arties are free to all cruisers.

Winter 2016-17

B itchin G ets the B oot!

No... not like that! But he will be at the “BOOT.” Boot is the largest boat show in the world, held in D usseldorf, Germany in January.

We will be working with the good olks at N Charts to have, for the very first ti e a resence at this huge event.

If you are one of our uro ean readers e sure to stop by and say “hi” at the N Charts ooth.

The 17th Strictly Sail Pacific D on’ t M iss the P arties in C ruisers’ P arty Will Rock St. M aarten & the B V I s Building on last year’s event, this one will be Bitchin!

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L ast year, just as the Cruising Outpost Cruisers’ P arty was about to start, the rain came. But as cruisers are known to do, we “made it work” by renting the restaurant attached to the show, and the party went on as planned and in comfort!

Will we be looking at rain this year? Who knows, but if so we will be ready. The folks at Sail America, who put on this great show, are making alternate plans, so if the weather comes, we will be ready!

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It doesn’t get much better than this! Join with hundreds of other cruisers at the Third Annual Cruising Outpost, Tradewinds Radio Cruisers’ Bash.

It all happens on Feb. th on i sha Beach at the great Buccaneer Bar! Great music, good food and drink, and plenty of sand for dancing on one of the most beautiful beaches on arth! his is the one you will remember all your life!

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the Craneway P avilion last year, and the location was a great success. It’s location,

right across the bay from San Francisco and has one of the best views there is of SF. The whole south wall is glass and looks out over San Francisco Bay, Alcatraz and Angel Island. It’s a perfect location!

So make your plans early. Join us for the 17 th Annual Strictly Sail P acific Cruisers’ P arty. You will be glad you did.

Regatta ( see above story) and sail from Tortola to Anegada. Spend an evening or two there, and then sail to Nanny Cay or the ark & Stormy 20th Anniversary Cruisers’ Bash!

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16th Annual Pacific NorthWest Cruisers’ Weekend Event

It all started when 13 people sailed into Sucia Island 16 years ago for a L atitudes & Attitudes Cruisers’ P arty. From there, it moved every year. Cornet Bay, Oak Harbor, P oulsbo, and Anacortes are just a few of the ports that have hosted the L atitudes & Attitudes/ Cruising Outpost Cruisers’ Weekend parties. Somewhere along the line it turned into a pirate fest, and the pirate gathering became status q uo.

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This year was the second time the town of P ort Townsend, Washington, was host to this event. About 60 boats and 500-600 people sailed, drove and/ or f lew in for this, the 16th annual gathering of the Brethren of the Sound. The Brethren of the Sound was formed about 15 years ago to help organize this great event.

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As it has every year, the weekend starts on Friday when folks sail in from all over the P uget Sound area to join in the fun and games. The gatherings are always child-friendly, and this year was no ex ception.

Early on Saturday there was a pinata loaded with candies for the kids, and for the more adventuresome there was the blindfolded dinghy race. This is always a favorite with the cruisers, as the person rowing is blindfolded and their navigator has to shout directions to them. Of course, the shouts from the docks can be distracting!

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found the secret to keeping boaters happy... free beer! We had three full kegs on tap at all times from the local craft brewery, “D irty Bucket Brewing Company.”

D ave Calhoun handled the entertainment again this year, Friday afternoon and during the day Saturday, with his very popular “Trop-Rock.” He has been playing at this event for years and is a member of the Brethren of the Sound, as well as an active cruiser.

Saturday night it all came together at the American L egion Hall a block from the marina. It was a perfect location for the party, and on stage we had the D ana Osborn Band once again keeping people on their feet,

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dancing the whole night to their great rock & roll sounds. he ha y irates acked the oor.

There was a contest to pick the best dressed pirates, with the ladies’ contest being the hardest to judge. In the end M ichelle Trombley won the ladies competition with a costume she made herself from scratch.

The men’s competition was also hard-fought; there were so many great costumes. But in the end the “Aaayyees” had it and a winner was picked!

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hen it was ti e or the ra e. he roceeds ro the ra e were or the ducational all hi oundation. Pri es had een donated y s onsors ro the arine industry including a ortress anchor and our grand ri e which was ro the olks at ltra arine uickline who donated a uickline at ro e and reel stern anchoring syste . he winner o the uickline reel was Cathy helton who was with the Coho o o which is a art o this event every year or the cruisers who are heading south.

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Cruising Outpost’s

Book Review An Unlikely Voyage B y John Alm b erg

We have had a plethora of books submitted to Cruising Outpost this year for possible review. We cannot get to all of them, but when I opened the package to An U nlikely Voyage, and saw a drawing of Tom Gilmer’s B lue M oon wooden yawl on the cover, I was intrigued. Avid readers of CO may remember the inaugural issue, and my story of restoring a 19 3 8 W illiam Atkin’s yawl. I wrote that I must have caught that disease, Woodenboatitis, and though rare these days, I immediately saw that was not alone in y a iction.

As turned the first ew ages a drawing of John Atkin’s ( William’s son) design for Cabin Boy, a sailing dinghy, was staring me in the face and I knew which book to review nex t. It just so happened that back in the late ‘ 7 0s I built a sailing dinghy and used John Atkin’s Cabin Boy rig design.

The adventure starts with the long challenging task o finding ust the right boat. “I’ll know it when I see it,” says Helena, the author’s wife, as they scout the boat yards of L ong Island, New York. Soon, they are invited onto a wooden boat. “This isn’t a boat, it’s a museum,” our writer is thinking. L ittle did he know this was an early symptom of the disease that was about to totally consume him. Then Helena chimed in, “So why aren’t we looking at wooden boats?” With that, the die was cast, or should I say, the lines were lofted.

As the thoughts of a wooden boat take seed, we are treated to the building of the wooden dinghy, with the logic from the author, “If I can build a small wooden boat, I might be able to maintain a larger one.” The Cabin Boy was built with all the ex pected amateur boat builder trepidation, and then the hunt for the “right” wooden boat started in earnest. The author eventually purchased the B lue M oon on eBay, and then summed it up with, “Oh, my God. Now 160 Cruising Outpost

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M r. Almberg’s new boat was located in a lagoon off the Steinhatchee River in Florida’s upper bay area— over 2,000 nautical miles from his home on L ong Island. “No, I mean to sail her home,” he answered the obvious q uestion as he finali ed the urchase. With that we are o on the “U nlikely Voyage.”

Though single handling, we are introduced to the crew. There is the captain ( the author) , the crew ( the author) and their companion, Cabin Boy, who follows closely and whose advice is consulted regularly. Soon they were on their way. urning south! urfing over waves!” “Best day of my life!”

“Out of the river and into the Gulf of M ex ico.” Over the course of the journey the author will have many “best days.”

We read along as he buys sponges from descendants o the reek fisher en in Tarpon Springs, runs aground on the Intracoastal Waterway, is followed by an alligator … tick tock, tick tock … and is given a show by the local dolphins.

P romising to be back in New York

by Thanksgiving, he decided to take the shortcut across Florida through the Okeechobee where he negotiated locks or the first ti e. Al ost crushed in a lock today … Best day of my life!” And what is a cruising story without the obligatory engine troubles? We have that too, with none other than a local who is a reader of M r. Almberg’s blog, coming to the rescue.

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was cut from the live oaks on Cumberland Island. It is also along this stretch, where the water opens up a little, that they bring a new crew member aboard. We are introduced to “Helmo,” the autopilot, which was the acting helmsman for much of the rest of the voyage.

“New crew member, even better steersman than the Captain. Best day of my life!”

“Fifteen days out of Jacksonville and getting in the groove.” This is what the captain calls the right mental state for the voyage, letting go of the typical American passion for doing more, going faster. That mind-set just didn’t work on the water. “I couldn’t go faster, and worrying about it didn’t help,” he says.

Anchored in Southport, he was invited to take part in a wooden boat show and it delayed his delivery by a day, but he had a great time. L ater in Oriental— the self-named “Sailing Capital of North Carolina,” he forgets about the rest of his crew and ex pounds on the advantages of traveling alone … the opportunity to meet people you would otherwise never get to know. However, his real lasting lesson came in Great Bridge, Virginia, where he meets Jan and Christina in a steel ketch with a utch ag. hey were heading to New rleans. A ter inq uiring about their longevity, Jan replied “Sailing …

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like we do … it is the secret to eternal life.” Interestingly, I had heard this same philosophy, though put another way... Every day you are on the water adds another day to your life. Either way, a lot of folks believe it to be true.

Soon they are into the Chesapeake Bay and sail past another Tom Gilmer design, the P ride of B altimore II, a replica of the famous Baltimore Clipper, one of the fastest sailing vessels ever made. Our captain had another “best day” sailing through the Chesapeake and D elaware Canal, musing about being smashed to matchsticks by the container carriers. Anchoring near the Salem Nuclear P ower plant he takes a page from Joshua Slocomb and scatters tacks on the deck before retiring, to keep the iant utant Crayfish ro co ing a oard and ravaging the crew. oon the air s ells like ho e and the final challenge is Hell’s Gate before entering the L ong Island Sound.

Yet the stars had aligned, and soon the crew was turning B lue M oon into Huntington Harbor … w here William Atkin had his boat shop 100 years before. As he promised his wife, he was home by Thanksgiving, arriving on his birthday no less. And, a happy birthday it was, too.

John Almberg’s charming book can be found on Amazon.com and is listed in Wooden Boat M agazine.

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By Lee Chesneau

REVIEW OF IDENTIFIYING KEY WEATHER SYMBOLS ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SURFACE PRESSURE CHARTS We begin with identifying what are “fronts” as depicted on a surface pressure chart ( incorrectly, at times, referred to as “weather fronts”) . “Fronts” need to be understood and recognized for what they are: “boundaries” at various stages of their development and decay that separate large differing bodies of air ( around 1000 miles in diameter) .

These differing bodies of air are called “air masses” and have distinct ambient temperature I nset A : S ummery values and moisture content.

“Air masses” acq uire their characteristics over source regions ( land or continental, ocean or maritime, high latitude or colder temperatures, and low latitudes or warmer temperatures) . They are labeled as either “m” for M aritime and “c” for Continental for its moisture content. The temperature values can range from Very Hot ( “T”) to Very Cold ( “A”) for well below freezing and ranges in between such as “P ” for cool or cold ( at or above freezing) as the “Summary of Air M ass Features” depicts in Inset A: As “air masses” originate over their source regions where temperature and moisture are stagnant, due to the dynamics of the atmosphere they usually will move away from their origins with the leading edge o the air ass as signified y the oundary or “front.” This, in effect, will precipitate changes in temperatures, moisture ( in the form of clouds, precipitation and visibility) , along with wind. It is also important to realize that the overall mean ambient air temperature values within an “air mass” are key to defining how strong the ront ay be, especially one that separates a second nearby air ass with significantly di erent a ient

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temperature and moisture content variability. For ex ample, if the average ambient air temperature of the air in an “air mass” is 28 degrees Fahrenheit and ex tends over a dry land mass ( e.g. the Ohio Valley to New England, southwest over the middle Atlantic states) and in another adjacent “air mass” where the ambient temperature is 7 8 degrees Fahrenheit and humid, centered over a nearby oceanic area ( e.g. the adjacent coastal of A ir F eatures and offshore waters along the U .S. East Coast) , it will have a strong horizontal surface contrast of temperature and moisture with a “front” lying in between. This is because the temperature is decidedly warmer and moist on one side of the “front,” over water, with colder temperatures and dry conditions on the other side of the “front,” centered over the adjacent inland land mass. Since the atmosphere holds more moisture in warmer temperatures than colder temperatures, in between, we will then have a “front” that separates two distinct bodies of air of dissimilar temperature and moisture content.

Furthermore, since land is not a source for moisture but the ocean most certainly is, it is important to note that moisture will have a key role in generating weather along and sometimes within the boundary itself. The more moisture within an air mass whose ambient temperatures are higher, the greater the likelihood of substantial clouds and associated precipitation will be. In general, colder and drier “air masses” are found at higher latitudes and warmer and moist “air masses” at lower latitudes. When there are significant “air mass” characteristic differences within a given

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geographic region ( e.g. the North Atlantic or North P acific Oceans) , it stands to reason that boaters take notice when one see various “frontal” symbols on surface pressure charts. The “front” will be either stronger or weaker depending on whether the “air masses” possess greater temperature and moisture differences. This will then result in weather and wind conditions that ex ceed comfortable limits when one does not pay attention to the big picture first.

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Talk of the Dock - What’s N The Sharing Economy Comes to Boating

You’ve heard of U ber and AirBnB, right? These are simple enough concepts that are mainstays in the sharing economy. It’s no surprise then that peer-to-peer ( P 2P ) “renting” has now come to boating. But taking out a boat isn’t like getting in someone else’s car or crashing at their place overnight. Boating is a whole other animal so I decided to take a look at the enefits and issues with P P boating for both renters and owners ( in no particular order) .

In the U .S., there are four P 2P boating organizations that have hung out a shingle in the last 1-3 y ears: Boatbound, Boatsetter, Sailo and GetM yBoat. They each have a website where you can sign up as a renter, owner or captain for hire, and some have apps to assist with mobile booking. e efit P P oating is not without its significant enefits.

Chief among them are: The ex pensive assets ( boats) get used more freq uently and there’s nothing a boat hates more than being neglected. wners can lighten their financial urden y offsetting ex penses. Heck, superyachts do it all the time.

The rental pool reaches way beyond traditional charter companies with thousands of boats nationwide so you can go coast-to-coast and rent nice boats without ever having to think about slip fees or varnishing.

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It’s easier to rent a boat at busy times like holidays ( for which you probably forgot to make a reservation with a traditional charter company.)

Newbies can try boating without a huge commitment.

M ost of these companies have apps for booking so you can reserve q uickly but be sure to manage your ex pectations because it still takes time to get a boat ready and find a ca tain i one is needed and o course there’s always the q uestion of weather.

The rental companies keep 28 -3 5% of the revenues.

Some deposit money payments.

The sweet spot for boats varies by market: center consoles eet are great or fishing in lorida foot motoryachts cruise in style and sailboats can make a killing in the summer in the Great L akes. A 42’ boat can cost $ 1,200-$ 1,400 per day plus a captain so it’s either a great way to pay your slip fees or an ex pensive way to celebrate your birthday. e Every rose has its thorns and P 2P is no ex ception because when you start talking about passenger-for-hire, then there are many issues to consider.

Insurance: Your recreational insurance won’t cover a commercial outing. And let’s face it, a lot of things can go wrong on a boat so you need insurance. Boatbound works with Geico( BoatU S) and Sailo with L loyds of

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L ondon to provide per outing insurance and they build it into the asking price. Boatsetter also adds a temporary SeaTow membership good for the duration of the outing only. Older boats may be asked for a recent survey for insurance purposes.

Tax ation: Commercial charters pay tax es, port fees, etc. and if you don’t, you’re likely to make some city’s radar, and not in a good way. Some of the P 2P organizations claim they have permits and are working with cities and ports as well as issuing 109 9 forms. Verify this for yourself.

L icensing/ Inspection: U nlicensed owners taking out paying passengers, even on their own boat, is illegal so your newbie renters may have to hire a captain. All the companies tout a database of licensed captains – covered under the same insurance umbrella as the overall rental. No one under 25 can rent a boat from any of the four companies without having a licensed captain. Also, it’s not just the size of the captain’s license ( 100T or OU P V) that determines legality.

Vessels carrying more than 6 passengers need to be U SCG inspected unless they’re chartered “bareboat” in which case the limit is 12 passengers plus crew. Be sure you and know the difference.

Every rose has its thorns and P 2P is no ex ception because when you start talking about passenger-for-hire, then there are many issues to consider.

Safety: Safety eq uipment and procedures are key ecause so uch can go wrong like fire collision in ury environmental damage and more. The captain is there to mange emergencies but the boat itself must be eq uipped to deal with every scenario.

M aintenance: U se of the vessel is good but ex pect breakage or at least a red wine spill on deck. Some of those hard-earned revenues will be put back into the care of the vessel.

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M arinas: M arinas may not be psyched about your parade of guests carrying their party gear down the dock every weekend and they may not allow a commercial venture on their premises. You may also have access issues and even upset neighbors who don’t like the transients shu ing ast their tied u a ies. Boatsetter has a revenue sharing program with marinas, which may ease the pain, but check to make sure you don’t cross your marina’s line.

Boater Education: Finally, there’s the issue of boater education and how more and more states are req uiring some sort of Vessel Operator Card even for owners themselves. There are many ex ceptions so it’s best to check with your state’s department of boating and waterways to see what kind of education boaters are req uired to have.

So What?

The 3 0-second soundbytes offered up online and on the evening news tout P 2P boating as a panacea. P eople wrap their minds around it with this description: “It’s like AirBnB for boats.” Ex cept it’s not.

P 2P organizations are so active in social media and other digital marketing that all but cave-dwellers must now be familiar with the concept. But will it grow boating? U ndoubtedly, it will ex pose more people to the idea or even to the actual ex perience. It will also allow many to participate occasionally for a lot less money than it takes to own a boat.

Will it grow boat ownership? M uch like shared bicycles in ur an areas once there is a su ficient su ly no ody needs their own. It’s possible that actual boat ownership won’t seem so appealing in the future, but who knows. It’s definitely too early to tell how P P oating will are in the long run. For now, my advice is to do your research whether you own or want to rent, and then maybe dip a toe in.

What happens after that? No one knows, Captain Ron, no one knows.

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Matching Teak & Holly Decks

If you have tried to replace part of an older teak & holly deck, you soon realize that the new teak & holly is not the same dimensions as older stock. Rather than mismatched decks or replacing all the old deck, we found a better way.

• Start with sound underlayment of 5/ 8 ” or 3 / 4” marine plywood, or M D O plywood.

• Epox y a layer of 1/ 8 ” mahogany veneer to the plywood substrate.

• Stain to match ex isting teak color. You may need to try several stains to get the right color.

• Route grooves in the mahogany to match the width of the old holly strips.

• Epox y strips of spruce or basswood in the groove. ightly sand and finish with your avorite deck finish.

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When we started Cruising ut ost the first thing we did was to cut the overhead or cost o doing usiness. Where other aga ines have nice o fices in e ensive laces like New ort and Boston our o fices are virtual. ur sta live on oats in oCal Puget ound lorida and the ierra Nevada ountains on a lake! . ur hone syste is virtual. hen we cut the sta to the are ini u one overly large and tattooed sailor and wi e to do the layout roduction and oat shows one slightly overworked Ad irector one retiring i we let her! ditor one overworked and under aid Art irector We aster Cartoonist and one i e A oard ditor who is sailing all over the world. o who writes all the stories he ost ualified writers in the world eo le who are chartering and cruising and using their oats! All o the stories in Cruising ut ost are written y our readers. hat’s where all the hotos co e ro too. h don’t get the idea that we are chea . We ay or the stories unlike a lot o the s all u s. o we get our hotos and stories ro oaters all over the world.

By cutting the costs o overhead y over we were a le to cut the cost o advertising so the s aller arine usinesses can a ord to ut their wares in ront o actual cruising oaters! ur ad rates are a out o what the other guys get and since we only rint uarterly they only have to advertise our ti es a year to hit the audience unlike the other ags that co e out every onth and have the sa e ads each onth. And we can a ord to stay in usiness due to our cuts in overhead. o i you wondered why C has so any ages and so any hotos here is the answer. t’s ecause we can!

When yo ’ e dead yo don’t now yo a e dead t’s only diffi lt fo othe s It’s the same way when you are stup id

i ty years ago when first got into the rint u lication usiness it was a di erent world. he hiloso hy was si le. et as any readers as you can and then charge the advertisers Big Bucks to advertise with you. his syste worked very well and as any o you know the wealthiest eo le around were u lishers like earst luge e ner. u ahead a ew decades to a out . hings changed drastically. All o a sudden the usiness you did N want to e in was rint edia. he internet changed the rules and ost u lishers didn’t reali e what was ha ening. ell ought to know ecause was one o the . Print was dying.

Who knew! hen add the act that the arine industry was one o the hardest hit in the allout surrounding the ank cave in. he iddle class disa eared and the iggest advertisers in the arine industry all ut went away as well. Co anies that used to have the two age s reads and were aying an issue or a s read in the largest circulation aga ines all o a sudden ound the selves struggling ust to stay in usiness. Co anies like unter Catalina and sland Packet who used to run ulti le age ads in ulti le arine aga ines were no longer a le to co ete and when their advertising udgets were gone aga ines ound the selves in ig trou le. ou see the iggest aga ines all ut gave away their su scri tions. ervices like Pu lisher’s Clearing ouse would ring in tens o thousands o readers ut the u lishers would get aid a dollar or two or these su scri tions. What they got were nu ers and very large nu ers at that.

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* Cruisians

I already k now I’m going to hell. A t this p oint it’s really go B IG or go home.

*A small, exclusive group of people who are mentally ill and feel, for some reason unbeknownst to anyone, that by getting on a small boat about the size of a jail cell and heading out into the most inhospitable place on Earth (the ocean), they will somehow enjoy themselves.

K athy & K evin have been cruising for many years on S/ V C hanc e, one of the nicest custom cruisers you will ever see. They liked the boat so much that they stretched it an ex tra 10 feet to make it a little more comfy. Not an easy task! We first met them in Grand Bay, Bahia Navidad, about eight years ago and since have run into them in the BVIs, M ex ico, and at a couple boat shows.

We first et ike tinson when he was skippering San B oom B a, a 7 2’ Ocean Alex ander, for D ave P arker.

The boat was sold to K urt Russell & Goldie Hawn, and M ike went with them to deliver the boat from SoCal to Seattle, which is where K urt’s son was playing hockey. He had fun!

Awhile back John & M ichelle Johnson sailed away from ayfield New ork to see how they would like the cruising lifestyle. Guess what? They liked it!

They are still out living the dream.

This photo was taken at the St. M aarten Cruisers’ P arty.

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Big John ran the Vessel Assist Northwest out of Cornet Bay for more years than he’d like to admit. He still gets his hand in at rescuing, but he also spends time on the river near L ake Havasu.

We met Brian and Annette P ane when taking a break from our booth at the Newport Boat Show. They became powerboaters on their 52’ Tiara. They are now refitting a sail oat to retire on.

It is named W anderer. It’s a real classic, and we wish them well!

P aul & Susan are cruising on S/ V C heorae, a Freydis 49 catamaran.

The trip to the BVIs from Fort L auderdale was so bad, Susan had four painkillers at our BVI Cruisers’ P arty and she’s still smiling. Susan is turning into a real good cruiser.

We met George at a place called “A Small Fishing Boat.”

We were working on setting up our new AB inflatable with a 3 0hp Tohatsu outboard, and he was the resident genius!

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