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CONTENTS

MARINERS THAT NEED WORK DONE RIGHT COME HERE. Coast Guard cutters. Offshore racers. Cruising yachts. Commercial vessels. Trusted across the waterfront for expert repair, maintenance, and refit.

between the sheets

calendar

letters

loose lips

sightings

master mariners regatta

duxbury lightship m.o.b.

pac cup — who's on first?

max ebb — hot tub hydro

racing sheet

changes in latitudes

classy classifieds

eight bells

advertisers index

Ken Inouye helms Makani Kai on the way to second in division, and the Kermit Parker perpetual trophy for fastest elapsed time in Gaff II Division. See coverage of the rest of this year's Master Mariners Regatta starting on page 50. Photo: Makani Kai Copyright 2026 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Since 1977

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f the first weekend of summer sailing on the solstice (the Sailstice) didn't get you ready to sail more, the July issue, the 4th of July, the Pacific Cup and the welcoming arms of the Delta should help you discover ample reasons to spend more time on your boat. This issue includes the second installment of Jonathan Livingston's balls-to-the-wall account of a doublehanded Pacific Cup race to Hawaii. Then there's a story on why anchors are a central feature of the sailing life and why Clipper Cove is the perfect place to use them. Letters launches with a story of a death-defying sail to Half Moon Bay in a 26-ft Thunderbird 44 years ago. Luckily, he lived to write the tale. Then there are letters on alleged sexist writing, the West Marine bankruptcy, the fire on Santa Rosa Island, and the shallow end of the pool at San Francisco Marina. If you're betting big on the Pacific Cup on Polymarket, we have Andy Schwenk's definitive guide on who the winners will be. He knows his way there and back and works with a reliable crystal ball with a clear vision of the future. Andy Newell recounts the story of his MOB rescue in the Duxbury race when he and two other crew went over the side of Ahi. Latitude editor John Riise puts together a colorful essay on the 2026 Master Mariners Regatta. To the best of our knowledge, all of this was written by human beings. We can't say facts weren't looked up or spelling wasn't corrected with the help of some kind of tech but we do our best to have a human-to-human connection amidst the ridiculously over-hyped world. We hope you can slow down enough to relax and enjoy a read, and also relax and enjoy a sail. Have a great summer of sailing.

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CALENDAR In the Tropics July 3-6 — Tahiti-Moorea Sailing Rendez-vous. Info, www. tahiti-moorea-sailing-rdv.com. July 6, 7, 10 — Pacific Cup Starts. San Francisco to Kaneohe, Oahu. PCYC, https://pacificcup.org. Oct. 2 — Little Ensenada International Yacht Race, San Diego to Ensenada. SWYC, www.southwesternyc.org. Nov. 2-14 — Baja Ha-Ha XXXII. Info, www.baja-haha.com. Please send your calendar items by the 10th of the month to calendar@latitude38.com. Please, no phone-ins! Calendar listings are for marine-related events that are free or don't cost much to attend. The Calendar is not meant to support commercial enterprises.

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After abandoning their plan to enter their summer home port of Santa Cruz Harbor, seen above in early 2023, Wick Beavers and crew made a perilous — but ultimately successful — attempt at entering Half Moon Bay 40-plus years ago.

But the yacht surfing at 15 knots was exhilarating. The boat was even kind of comfortable. My crew continued trying to convince me that getting in through the slot opening in the long jetty that protected the man-made Half Moon Bay Harbor was possible, though visibility had just shut down as flying spume and heavy spray marked the jetty we were surfing toward. "We got this, Wick. See the blinking red light? Now you got the green?" As we jammed forward, under bare poles now, I suddenly noted the red light I was aiming the boat to the left of was inside the jetty! As 10-foot waves were being thrown at the rocks by the 45-knot breeze, I yelled at Chuck to take the tiller and head up, hard over, into the wind for enough time for me to get the new Bruce anchor and 30 feet of chain out of the forepeak. I hove it out, wrapped the 3/4-inch threestrand nylon around the cleat I'd installed with a huge pad under the deck, and the boat fell back fast — stern feet away from the rocks.

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We're not sure who needs to hear this, but it's not always a death-defying passage to Half Moon Bay, seen here in 2014.

The anchor came up hard, but held. We watched the bow duck-dive under wave after wave as her stern seemed to dance in the yawing void of endless troughs crashing into the rocks on the jetty. "Channel 16!" I'll tell you, I stopped by the marina — by car — many times afterward to thank the harbormaster. He brought out his mooring boat and threw us a line. "Drop your anchor line now!" he yelled as he throttled that boat forward into the seas. I never let that anchor go. We dragged it all the way into Half Moon Bay Harbor, where I was able to yell, "Ahoy! Leave us here. We will come in to the marina in the mornNew picture ing," which gave me the time to make sure the anchor was still attached to the foredeck cleat. "Well lads," I asked my crew hypothetically, "would you have swum to the jetty or tried swimming down the length of the jetty to the beach?" Wick Beavers Latitude Nation ⇑⇓ "OVERBOARD ALL THE TRADITIONAL SEXIST CRAP"

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Once prized as the gold standard for yacht decking, teak is facing increasing scrutiny as environmental regulations, supply-chain concerns and rising costs reshape how boats are built. Check out the article "Teak, Yachts, and the Changing World of Boatbuilding" in the May issue of Latitude.

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My experience in the boatyard repair business offers a slightly different perspective on the use of plantation teak for exterior applications. Time and again, we see boats less than 10 years old with exterior teak decks and trim already in need of replacing. The issue is not a difference in tensile strength between the two wood varieties, but rather, weatherability factors: oil content, grain tightness and dimensional stability, which are all reduced in plantation teak. To put it bluntly, plantation teak does not last as long as old-growth teak for exterior applications. Some owners of newer boats may prefer the gray "weathered" look of their exterior teak. If, however, they are interested in prolonging the life of their teak, a high-quality sealer (not oil) should be used on walking surfaces, while toe rails and trim should be varnished annually. Rob Conzett ⇑⇓ DISCUSSING OUR PRIORITIES FOR THE BAY It is wonderful that the Sea Scout building in Palo Alto was restored after years of falling into disrepair. It is now the Eco Center, and the restoration was a fantastic example of restoring some significant heritage. The original building was designed by Birge Clark, who designed many remarkable buildings in Palo Alto. I met him at his 50th Stanford reunion and asked him if he remembered my grandmother, a classmate of his. "Oh yes, twinkle toes," he responded. I never knew. Anyway, all this is wonderful, but why did they refuse to let the Sea Scouts use the new building to hold a meeting a few years back? That would have been so easy, and a nice recognition of the heritage of the building. We need to have some serious discussions about our priorities as this wonderful article points out. Allen Edwards Papoose, Lapworth 36 Palo Alto Allen was commenting on the May 13 'Lectronic Latitude: Can You Name the Biggest Park in the Bay Area? That article explained that San Francisco Bay, which is often called the Bay Area's largest park, was saved from massive fill-and-

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⇑⇓ HERE IS WHERE IT GETS EXCITING: A MASTER MARINERS RECAP We left our berth in Alameda at 10 a.m. and headed down the Estuary for the Cityfront with a 1255 start time and no motor, thinking, "We should be fine." But the wind was 4-6 knots at times, but mostly 1 knot, and we could not have made it out of the Estuary without a tow from our mate Michael Tocci, who was taking friends from out of town for a boat ride to the Golden Gate Bridge. Once we were out of the Estuary, the wind filled and we thanked him for the tow and sailed for a bit, but the wind died and we had to call him back. But soon, we were sailing!

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We realized we would not make the start time and continued to follow the course anyway. The wind was now beginning to howl and we had the #1 genoa up for the light wind of the Estuary. After a sail change, we headed for Little Harding. The sail across the Slot was exciting as always — and was actually just the calm before the storm. After we rounded the BH mark, we immediately popped the chute and were now DDW moving at 10 knots and picking up speed. Here is where it gets exciting. We were DDW, sailing at 10+ knots and the sun was shining when it happened: A 90-degree wind shift and a gust to 31 knots. The spinnaker pole slammed into the forestay. The boat took a 61-degree heel angle and buried the boom. (We have a camera mounted at the end of it). It all happened so quickly. We recovered the spinnaker from the water and raised it immediately when another gust rolled us back to the 61-degree angle — the second time in less than two minutes. We regained our composure, raised the spinnaker for the fourth time in 10 minutes, and kaboom! That was all she wrote! The fun thing: There was no yelling or panicking, just sailboat racing on the Bay. Roger Nunez Alameda ⇑⇓ MASTER MARINER MEMORIES We were in the S.F. Bay area for over 35 years and were fortunate enough to enjoy Master Mariners from the water many times. Once, when we were anchored in Treasure

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LETTERS Island Cove [aka Clipper Cove] we took the dink out to the finish line. The photos were amazing from water level, but the crew enthusiasm was a memory we will have forever! Sail on S.F. Bay sailors! Bob Wilson Bob was commenting on the May 27 'Lectronic: Wind and Wood Always Make the Annual Master Mariners Regatta Wonderful. ⇑⇓ THE DELTA DITCH RUN AS SEEN FROM A NATIONWIDE PERSPECTIVE The DDR is an interesting event. Reading of your joy down here in San Diego, I am reminded of fun times back East, or in Texas, or actually anywhere. Thank you for letting me read about the event up in Stockton. I hope there's a lot of wind and everyone has a fun experience. David Emerson Stotler

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⇑⇓ 'AHI' SKIPPER SHARES DETAILS OF DRAMATIC DUXSHIP RACE RESCUE In the May 22 'LL with the same name as this letter, skipper Andy Newell recounts the harrowing events from the Duxbury Lightship Race on May 9, when his Santana 35 Ahi was knocked down by a pair of large waves in building offshore conditions. Three crew were swept overboard, including Andy, who became separated from the boat. While Ahi's crew dealt with a broken boom, damaged sails and a The aftermath of 'Ahi's Duxship race was a fouled propeller, fellow broken boom, a few drenched sailors and competitor Shaman as- extreme gratitude for fellow racers who came to the aide of a stricken vessel. sisted the stricken yacht and competitor Zaff successfully recovered the skipper from the water. All crew returned safely thanks to a coordinated effort involving nearby racers, the Coast Guard and the Bay sailing community. Read all about it on page 56 of this issue.

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⇑⇓ WEST MARINE DECLARES CHAPTER 11 BANKRUPTCY. MOST OF OUR READERS WERE NOT SURPRISED It's sad to see West Marine file for bankruptcy. When I first discovered sailing and had moved our boat to Point Richmond, I would often shop at the West Marine there — it was convenient and on the way to the boat. Once the Point Richmond store closed, I mostly shopped online and often picked up the merchandise at the nearby West Marine. Their pricing always seemed a little higher than others which made me more selective in looking for the best deal online before making a purchase. After reading this ar- Originally known as West Coast Ropes, ticle, I will soon head to West Marine's first ad appeared in the inaugural issue of Latitude 38 in 1977. Founded the local store and hope- by sailor Randy Repass in his Palo Alto fully find that unique garage in 1968, the company grew into a item I am now searching dominant force in recreational boating. Its story mirrors the rise of California sailing, for. Dale Land as well as the challenges posed by changing demographics, online retail and private Richmond equity ownership.

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⇑⇓ SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT A CHANDLERY When I bought my first boat in 2000, my first trip to West Marine entailed a shopping cart for all the parts and pieces I needed. It was expensive, and exciting. Over many years, thee boats, a Ha-Ha and sailing in Mexico and the South Pacific, I've left a lot of dollars at West Marine up and down the West Coast. They even shipped me a very specific and important part when we were stuck in Bodega Bay on the way down the coast. It was disappointing when they began switching their focus from sailing/boating supplies to clothing. The last time I walked into a West Marine, fully half of the store was clothing. Still, there is something special about wandering through West Marine or the local chandlery that no billionaire-owned private equity corporation understands. For them, it is only about how much money they can extract before they close it down. Sandy Edmonson Faith, Morgan 41 Portland, Oregon ⇑⇓ A GLORY THAT ENDED ABRUPTLY I remember buying my first pair of sailing gloves at West Marine's Palo Alto store when I was sailing Hobie Cats as a teenager. I also remember the huge banks of catalogs they kept to special-order whatever oddball part you needed for your boat. Their staff used to bend over backward to ensure that customers' problems were addressed before they left the store. Those days ended abruptly when they went

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⇑⇓ DAY-OF SHOPPING I raced my two Schock 35s throughout Southern California for 14 years. West Marine was my go-to store for equipment I needed for that day's racing. It was comforting knowing that, regardless if I was in Marina del Rey, Redondo Beach, Long Beach, Dana Point or San Diego, I could find a West Marine store close by to buy what I needed. It seems to me part of our problem is the difficulty of getting young people involved in sailing, especially since soccer has morphed from after school to now include weekends. How do we develop the next generation of sailors? I learned a great deal from my five decades of sailing, from my first boat opening up a seam at the mast step and sinking, to great charters in exotic waters, to high-end Schock 35 one-design racing, where I learned from nationally recognized sailors. This type of experience builds solid citizens. It would be great if we could revitalize sailing and sailboat racing. How do we do that? Fred Young ⇑⇓ MACRO ECONOMICS I have been sailing for more than 60 years. When I started, my dad said, "If you have to ask how much, you can't afford it." I was part of the boating boom of the late 1960s and '70s. People started buying boats on credit, and businesses started doing the same. Just look at the national credit card debt. Sorry to say it, but our status as a debtor nation has been more than 50 years in the making. I still only buy a boat I can pay cash for, which is why I have only a 26-footer. But I truly enjoy it. Young people today are having trouble just paying dayto-day expenses. What I do now is take as many young people sailing as I can. Of course, at my age that's not hard to do — most people are younger. JJ ⇑⇓ THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES Latitude Letters editor Tim Henry here —Thanks, everyone, for the variety of comments about West Marine's rise and apparent fall. You reminded me of a forgotten memory.

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In the late '90s, I worked at the Navy Sailing Center in Point Loma and was passionate about all things sailing. The NSC had a fleet of brand-new Lasers that I sailed as often as possible. My first West Marine purchase was a spray top. When I went to the Shelter Island store, I felt as though I'd "arrived" as a sailor in some small way. I don't remember if the half-red, half-white top — which smelled gloriously of neoprene and chemicals — was a Musto or a Gil, or maybe WM's house brand, but I loved stepping into this world. It felt both niche and mainstream, and it felt like it catered specifically to me. I proudly wore the spray top on the precious few days windy enough to merit its use. Fast-forward nearly 20 years when I was looking for a fuel-line fitting for my Honda outboard. I remember lots of kayaks and racks of clothes. The employees at the parts counter were extraordinarily friendly and did their best to help, but most of them just looked up parts on the internet, echoing my own searches and inadequate knowledge. (To be fair, it was a surprisingly rare part.) I finally went to the Outboard Motor Shop in Oakland to get what I needed. I never went to a West Marine again. It wasn't out of spite — though for years, I'd heard people claim that the company had put their favorite Mom-and-Pop chandleries out of business. It was, perhaps, capitalism in its purest form. I made a choice as a consumer to find the place that best suited my needs. Tim Henry Point San Quentin

In mid-May, a Southern California sailor lost his 54-ft boat when it ran aground and caught fire on Santa Rosa Island. Attempting to signal for help, he fired a distress flare that ignited a wildfire that ultimately burned 18,379 acres — roughly one-third of Santa Rosa, the largest island in California's Channel Islands chain. After seeing the smoke from the fire, the captain of a charter fishing boat called the Coast Guard, which sent a helicopter to rescue the sailor.

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LETTERS have been a great choice. Given the weather, he was lucky a fishing boat came by. If I'm right about the spot where he was found, he was near, but not in, a designated or typically used anchorage, so my guess is that he did not end up on the rocks due to dragging his anchor. It certainly would have been better if he had a handheld VHF, EPIRB or PLB, or sat phone, and used them, of course. All we know is that he had flares and he used those. Perhaps that is all he could grab on the way out as the boat hit the rocks. Eventually, we'll find out and can glean lessons from it, but, for now, those of us who love that island are in a state of shock and mourning for every inch that is burning. Don Litton Pythagorus, Columbia 29 Channel Islands Harbor

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⇑⇓ IF YOU'RE OUT THERE, YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN. AND THAT'S EXACTLY THE POINT The last time I was sailing the Channel Islands, there was no cell coverage on Santa Rosa or Santa Cruz, including Forney, Coches Prietos, Smuggler's Cove, Fry's or Pelican Bay. The Channel Islands are a formidable cruising grounds, but unbelievably beautiful. For me, the main attraction is there's no cell coverage and no moorings. You're basically on your own. It's easy to armchair quarterback someone else's experience. Sorry about the fires, but I'm glad no one was killed or injured. Brian Sweeney ⇑⇓ WHATEVER CAN GO WRONG, WILL GO WRONG And they say Murphy was an optimist! Anonymous ⇑⇓ REACTIONS TO THE EXTREME SILTING, AND FAILED INITIAL DREDGE, AT SAN FRANCISCO MARINA It's interesting to see that while Rec and Park is blaming the Department of Public Works for the delay, Latitude's article makes it clear that DPW said it is not responsible for dredging the channel in the West Harbor. It seems that, once again, city politicians have proven that they're really good a finger pointing, but not so good at actually getting things done. This is why I often say that the SF Marina Harbor is mismanaged by the "Wreck the Park" department. Another classic example of why Phil Ginsberg might need to find another job? Paul Manning

The sand at the entrance to San Francisco Marina's West Harbor at the end of April was — to understate it — a challenge for boaters. A failed dredging project was followed by a successful dig, but the fact that conditions have deteriorated this badly at the Bay Area's most expensive marina has left many slipholders (to understate it) frustrated.

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LETTERS ⇑⇓ WE'LL GET IT DONE WHEN WE GET IT DONE Before retiring, I worked in financial services, and we were forbidden to use the term "as soon as possible" at our company. The term was considered an absolute no-no and taboo. Why? It doesn't mean anything. Worse than being vague, it's totally noncommittal, lacking any specificity. Instead, we were required to always provide a timeline — because an estimate is better — such as "by the end of May" or "to be completed no later than (give date)." Try it sometime, especially if you're a service provider. Your clients will appreciate it. It also frames the City's communication in a more realistic context. In other words, I wish y'all the best of luck. Kirk Denebeim

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⇑⇓ NOTHING FOR SOMETHING We all get the feeling that every agency in California wants the revenue from yachting without actually providing or allowing access to yachting. Certainly there are enough barristers at St. Francis YC to sort this out. David Barten Ikani, Gecco 39 San Diego Latitude racing editor Fritz Baldauf digs

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⇑⇓ DITTO TO THE WEALTHY LEGAL TYPES MAKING SOME WAVES Good lord, aren't there enough billionaire sailors at the St. 'Frantic' and GGYC to scare the living crap out of [the city] to get this fixed? Nick ⇑⇓ YOU DON'T GET WHAT YOU PAY TOO MUCH FOR Since the City has elected — with the help of nature — to close the harbor for an extended period, it seems to me a fundamental breach of contract with tenants. There should be remedies offered in "good faith" before someone starts with litigation. Just saying. John McNeill ⇑⇓ JUST DO IT RIGHT IN THE FIRST PLACE This could cost the city much more than a proper dredging job would have cost to begin with. Alberto Rivera ⇑⇓ PROPOSED FLOATING DOCK SYSTEM GETS APPROVAL IN SAUSALITO This is generally good news, unless the city once again privatizes and monetizes the waterfront. The slipway has been full of potholes for years with nowhere to park a car and trailer. There has been no public access for dinghies or trailer-sailors on the Sausalito waterfront, which is a disgrace for a city with this level of maritime history. Please provide affordable or free parking for

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LETTERS — it stops most of the sea lions. Previously, I had to move a 450-pound bull sea lion off my dock with those big wooden body shields that Pier 39 provides its boaters. Grant Jake Jeffries ⇑⇓ LOOKING FOR A SAILBOAT FOR A GOOD CAUSE I'm not really a sailor, I'm "motorized," as my friend puts it. But he is definitely into it, and has a "skiff" that he uses to teach disabled veterans how to sail. What we'd both like to do is find larger boats to teach on. He can take up to four people and I can take eight. He's a big guy (6'8"), so he has to duck a lot. I am looking at a 53-ft Hattaras for my needs since it has both the main bridge and an exterior sky bridge where I can teach six people at once. Most of the sailboats we look at down here are still skiffs, or huge, or in the process of sinking. I have been working on gas engines since I was 8 and diesels since I was 15, so I have no problem with motor work. We have another guy who does fiberglass and wood work on boats for a living, so there's no problem with repairs there, either. The fiberglass guy and I are thinking about getting a sailboat for the other guy that he can carry more than four people at a time and not worry too much about knocking people overboard. We looked at a 63-footer after taking a little tour on Elyssa, which is very large at 100+ft — much too large to teach from, and be efficient. Do you have any suggestions? Chuck Perry

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On a related note, young people interested in an excellent, unique and affordable educational experience should investigate the Coast Guard Academy — as well as the federal maritime academy at King's Point, and the US Naval Academy at Annapolis. Note that the Coast Guard Academy — unlike the rest of the military academies — recruits through the regular college entrance process rather than through Congressional appointments. I went to Cal. Chris Barry

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to get on the keel!" And so we did. Out of the cockpit, over the side and onto the keel. Literally standing on it, like it was a sidewalk and not the submerged, normally invisible part of a boat that you only think about when something has gone deeply, profoundly wrong. I remember looking up — sails thrashing, rigging screaming, the boat shuddering as if it were a rag doll. And through the hull — because sound travels in ways that feel inappropriate at times — you could hear the faint, absurdly cheerful echo of Ghostbusters still playing and the hull vibrating with the deep bass. I looked at my crewmate, both of us clinging to the toe rail like misplaced ornaments. "What the hell are we doing?" I shouted, which felt like an excellent question for that

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After the call to Carl Schumacher in part one of this story, which ran in last month's Latitude, things got even more insane. (Stuff that Chuck would not publish.) Here is a sample of the stupid shit we survived, and why I could not send it to Chuck: We were, by any reasonable land-based definition, completely out of our minds! A thousand miles from land and any other meaningful obstacle, Gary Clifford and I were racing an invisible opponent called "the Squall Lord," who, as far as I could tell, had both a cruel sense of humor and an advanced degree in personal humiliation. The scoreboard — yes, we had a scoreboard — was scrawled in grease pencil on the cockpit bulkhead. On one side: the Squall Lord. On the other hand, our noble, questionably managed vessel, Light'n Up. At that moment, we were ahead, which felt less like victory and more like a clerical error. The wind had been building from 30+ to 40 in the squalls, the kind that starts as a suggestion and escalates into a ball-busting threat. Then the squalls began marching toward us — tall, bruised-looking things, like bad ideas you should have declined earlier in life. We named them as they approached, because nothing says "good decision-making" like anthropomorphizing weather systems in the middle of the Pacific. We'd just finished tangling with one we'd christened "Double-Dicked Debbie," named for reasons that made perfect sense at the time and none whatsoever in retrospect. Debbie had taken her swings; we'd come out ahead. Scoreboard didn't lie. Then we saw the next one. "Oh shit, Cliff. Look at what is coming!" I said, as if I were seeing a thousand Trojan soldiers running at us. We cued up the war music on the cassette deck — the Ghostbusters theme, naturally — because if you're going to be assaulted by weather, you might as well do it with a soundtrack. There's something deeply reassuring about hearing "Who you gonna call?" while staring down a wall of black cloud that looks like it eats smaller clouds for breakfast. We named the badass squall "Panty Raider" and it did not disappoint. The Squall Lord sent its Jedi master to kick our arrogant asses and teach us who da Big Kahuna was. It hit harder than Debbie, like she'd gone home, lifted weights, and come back with friends. The boat went over, laid flat, as in, "We appear to be sailing sideways now." Is that normal? The kite was still up, flapping like a bedsheet in a hurricane, everything snapping and cracking in a way that suggested the boat had strong opinions about our leadership. Then I noticed something subtle, but concerning: We were sliding sideways and the sea was close to the hatch opening. Gulp! This, it turns out, is what happens when your keel — the part of the boat specifically designed to prevent this exact situation — is no longer in the water doing its job. Instead, it was somewhere above us, minding its own business, while we performed what I can only describe as a nautical impression of a tipped-over shopping cart — and Cliff and I were in the parking lot upside down. This is the moment where a sensible person might say, "We should have stayed home." Instead, we said, "We need

Jonathan Livingston has had a long and exciting life of sailing. After an epic shakedown sail to Hawaii in 1984 in his 20s, he sailed his Wylie 39 'Punk Dolphin' — which he's now owned for 4 years — through the South acific in 2003. 'Bird' has also done his share of Bay Area racing. Top right: The Doublehanded Lightship in 2008. Bottom middle: 'Punky' in the Westpoint Regatta.

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tie. The Squall Lord, it seemed, had a flair for the dramatic, and a fondness for laundry. Out there, in the vast, empty Pacific, it felt less like sailing and more like participating in some strange, wind-powered game show where the prizes were survival and the penalties were humiliation. And, for reasons that are still unclear, we were eager contestants. That was sort of the end of the kick-ass Jedi squalls. A day later, it was normal trade winds and a few less aggressive squalls. I have never seen squalls like that ever again. I was able to get a few celestial fixes and note where we really were. Thank God. — jonathan 'bird' livingston

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particular moment. We were a thousand miles from land. No life jackets. Standing on the keel of a sideways boat in the middle of the Pacific, listening to a movie soundtrack about paranormal exterminators. It felt, objectively, insane. Eventually — because even chaos gets tired — the squall eased just enough for us to scramble back aboard, sheet in, and get moving again. The boat righted itself with a sort of grudging compliance, like it was willing to continue but wanted it noted that it disapproved. We took stock. I shook off the squid and trimmed the kite. That's when we realized the cockpit was … lighter. Shorts gone. Swimsuits gone. Anything not aggressively attached to the boat had apparently been claimed by "Panty Raider" as tribute. We looked at each other, then at the scoreboard. A

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SIGHTINGS treasure island — Treasure Island isn't for everyone. Hit it wrong and you'll end up stuck in the mud, wondering why anybody ever recommended it in the first place. Misjudge the tide and you may find yourself sitting still a lot longer than you planned. But maybe that's exactly why I love it. There's something honest about an anchorage that demands your attention before it gives you comfort. Treasure Island has become my favorite spot in the Bay — not because it's easy, but because it rewards people who actually know how to use a boat. You hug close along the docks as you come in, stay alert, and ease your way into one of the best-protected anchorages in the Bay Area. Once you're set, the holding is fantastic. The current softens, the wind drops away, and suddenly the whole Bay changes character. The city lights begin to glow

around you while the Bay Bridge towers overhead like something out of a movie. My first date with Jac happened there. I took her sailing, dropped anchor, and we pushed our luck a little too far at low tide. We knew we were flirting with disaster. Then suddenly: mud. Hard aground. Instead of panicking, I shut everything down, tossed out more anchor, cracked a beer, smoked a joint and laughed ourselves silly while we made out and waited for the tide to come back. Well, we weren't exactly just waiting. Anchorages are where cruising actually happens. The older I get, the more I think anchoring is one of the deepest metaphors in boating. Anchors can be viewed as a burden, a ball and chain, but out on the water, the anchor becomes freedom. It becomes safety. Rest. Pleasure. It's knowing you can stop moving long

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Life on the hook in Clipper Cove off Treasure Island. "Anchorages are where cruising actually happens," wrote author Justin Jenkins, bottom right and left, with partner Jac. "The boat always looks best at anchor anyway." Top right: The 1970 Luders 36 'Sisko', looking her best.

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SIGHTINGS a treasure of an anchorage enough to actually enjoy where you are. The other day, I was sailing toward Treasure Island with a woman I'd been teaching to sail when the engine suddenly died. One of my dock lines had wrapped itself around the prop. We were drifting in the Bay with no engine, no wetsuit and freezing water below us. Before I even diagnosed the problem fully, I dropped anchor. I went below, grabbed a beer, took a breath and figured out what needed to happen, and then we made out for a while as the boat pulled gently against the rode. No panic. No drama. Just the sound of water against the hull and the skyline glowing around us. Then I stripped down, grabbed a knife, and jumped naked into the Bay without a mask. I cut the line free by feel alone, climbed back aboard, freezing, adrenaline buzzing through

my body, and then I got laid, and it was super hot. There's something deeply attractive about competence, about staying calm under pressure, stopping to assess the situation, and trusting your gear instead of spiraling into panic. Sailors have always understood this. There's a reason we carry anchors everywhere we go — and why so many of us get them tattooed onto our bodies as well. Raft-ups at Treasure Island have felt almost dreamlike this year — nights tied up with friends from KKMI, playing banjo at anchor, singing songs together while music echoes softly across the water, paddleboarding through the anchorage, and whales surfacing nearby with the skyline looming. And the whales — every single time I've sailed over there lately, I've seen them. Sometimes near Angel Island, sometimes right outside the anchorage itself. Giant living reminders that the Bay is still wild underneath all the ferries, waterfront condos and tech money. You can sit at anchor with someone beautiful curled up beside you while whales surface nearby, and realize just how special this place really is. Treasure Island also has a social energy I genuinely love. It's not one of those silent anchorages where everybody hides inside pretending the other boats don't exist. There are cruisers, yacht club people, Burner types, young sailors, old liveaboards and people simply escaping the marina for a night. Sometimes you raft up and make new friends. Sometimes you keep to yourself. Either works. But the anchorage always feels alive. After years of sailing and anchoring in different places, it's funny to realize some of boating's richest moments happen while standing still. Not offshore. Not charging toward the horizon. Just sitting safely at anchor while life unfolds around you. The boat always looks best at anchor anyway. Bobbing gently in evening light, stern facing the skyline, rode stretched tight into the mud below. There's a kind of peace in seeing your home floating securely where you left it. Treasure Island has given me adventure, friendship, wildlife, romance, solitude, hot sex, seamanship lessons, music and some of the best nights of my life. Come get your treasure! It's waiting for you! — justin jenkins

fall crew list/ha-ha party The Latitude 38 Baja Ha-Ha Fall Crew Party and Cruising Seminar will be held at Spaulding Marine Center — one of the Bay Area's most historic and culturally rich boating facilities — on September 10 in Sausalito. Thirty boats are already signed up to head south with the Baja Ha-Ha, many from the Bay Area and others from farther north. So far the boat from the northernmost point belongs to Tamar and Chad Van Omer's Manta 42 Tookish, coming all the way from Juneau, Alaska. In addition to the live crew networking opportunities, the Mexico Cruising Seminar will run in advance of the party. Make sure your name is on the Latitude Crew List — www. latitude38.com/crew-list-home — for all your sailing dreams. — latitude July, 2026 • Latitude 38 • Page 43

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The year 2027 is fast approaching, and as if it were a play from William Shakespeare, the 38th America's Cup is full of bravado and drama. The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron (RNZYS) has held the America's Cup since 2017 and has successfully defended it twice, most recently in Barcelona in 2024. The club hopes to do so again in Naples in 2027. That "defense" has become a tempest in a teapot! The RNZYS's racing team, Emirates Team New Zealand (ETNZ), accepted a challenge from the Royal Yacht Squadron "Limited" (RYSL) and together created a mutual consent Protocol for the 38th America's Cup. In doing so, they established a management organization called America's Cup Properties (ACP) to run the event. ACP will be driven by a new governance board, with each team having a seat, that will pursue commercial growth, long-term investment and continued technical development across multiple America's Cup cycles, which are now

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scheduled every two years. That evolution is already reflected in the AC75 class rules, which require at least one female sailor and replace grinders/cyclors with battery-powered systems. "As the three-time successive winner and Defender of the America's Cup and with the RNZYS as current Trustee, we feel the responsibility to continue to drive the growth of the America's Cup event," ETNZ CEO Grant Dalton said. "The America's Cup's Achilles' heel has always been its lack of continuity, so this transformation now gives all the teams collective stewardship, a new executive management team and an independent CEO." American Magic's team principal Doug DeVos stressed that teams must comply with the Deed of Gift while managing the event like a sports league. "There was so much history in the way that we had done it before, so now it's like a legacy startup — an unbelievable legacy, and it's trying to

SIGHTINGS america's cup — continued start all over again." This presents a challenge for organizers and teams in the modern sports world with maintaining sponsors, assigning exclusive rights to potential host cities, and most importantly, continuity. "The America's Cup has always been about technology — the latest, greatest thing you can possibly develop," DeVos said. "And you see that with the America's Cup today! Those boats are magnificent. The AC75 is an unbelievable platform." American Magic, which is largely owned by DeVos, confirmed in late 2025 that they would not sail in the 38th Cup and instead are pursuing a technical alliance with SailGP. Then came the purchase of the Danish SailGP Team. "We always wanted American Magic to stay in the sailing game, and if you're in sailing, you're in technology," DeVos said. "SailGP does a great job behind the scenes by making it a carnival atmosphere for everyone that attends, and all the feedback we get is that these are really awesome events!" The 38th America's Cup will introduce several significant changes, including a move to a two year cycle under a new governance structure. There will also be a shift from human-powered grinders and cyclors to battery-powered systems.

American Racing Challenger Team USA has acquired many of the former American Magic team's assets, including two AC40s and the AC75 Patriot 2.0. Led by CEO Ken Read and backed by cofounders Karel Komárek and Chris Welch, the campaign aims to return an American challenger to the America's Cup. (Sail Newport is serving as the official representative yacht club.) "Having the opportunity to represent the United States once again in the America's Cup is a tremendous honor," said Ken Read. "We're under no illusion about the challenges ahead and we're fully focused on building a team that can win the Cup." Australia will return to the America's Cup for the first time since 2000. Team Australia, representing the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club, is backed by businessman John Winning, whose Andoo Team Australia competed in the Youth and Women's America's Cup events in Barcelona in 2024. Olympic gold medalist and SailGP champion Tom Slingsby will serve as head of sailing, with Glenn Ashby leading performance and design, and Grant Simmer serving as CEO. As the Shakespearean world turns, the dustup between Sir Ben Ainslie and Jim Ratcliffe, who controls INEOS' America's Cup assets, has grown increasingly bitter and appears headed for court. Bay Area sailor John Sweeney has entered the fray as well, submitting a letter to the New York attorney general's Charities Bureau questioning the legitimacy of the America's Cup Protocol. At issue is whether the protocol governs only the 38th America's Cup by mutual consent between the defender and challenger of record, or whether it can also bind future editions of the event. Meanwhile, preparations for the 38th America's Cup continue. The second Louis Vuitton Preliminary Regatta is scheduled for Naples from September 24-27, 2027, but many hurdles remain before it's time to buy your plane tickets and book a room in Napoli. Among them are lingering construction plans and protests associated with converting industrial wasteland into a spectator village in the port of Bagnoli, located on the Mediterranean in the shadow of the volcanic island of Nisida. As the Brits might say, the proof will be in the pudding. If history is any guide, the battle for the Auld Mug will come with plenty of Shakespearean drama. — mark reid

good jibes As Timothy Leary said in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park at the Human Be-In in 1967, "Turn on, tune in, drop out." He wasn't anticipating that West Coast sailors would be tuning into our Good Jibes podcast, but many of them are. And for good reason. Tuning into our recent Good Jibes podcasts will help you tune out of the more fractious parts of life. These stories are all good listening: continued on outside column of next sightings page July, 2026 • Latitude 38 • Page 45

SIGHTINGS latitude 38's good jibes podcast — Karin Heck's Upcoming Wrong-Way Circumnavigation Karin Heck wasn't always a Bay Area sailor. But she's now teaching sailing at Spinnaker Sailing Redwood City while preparing to join one of the more challenging rallies we've ever heard of; Jimmy Cornell's High Latitude Challenge. This will take her sailing "around" the world following the rally route from Europe to Antarctica to Alaska and through the Northwest Passage. Not kid stuff! Karin grew up in Stockholm, Sweden, sailing the local archipelago. Her father put her through trial by fire when he bought a 25-ft boat despite knowing nothing about sailing. She only remembers sitting on the cockpit sole with water up to her neck after a knockdown. Dad's school of hard knocks, and the cold, wet, dark discomfort of the Baltic Sea only reinforced Karin's desire to sail. Dad and daughter sailed regularly across to Finland, using paper charts and celebrating when a lighthouse finally appeared. By 15 or 16, she was skippering the boat herself. After earning an MBA in Sweden and a graduate degree in arts management at Columbia University, Karin made her way to the Bay Area. A trip to Half Moon Bay cemented her desire for more offshore sailing, which became her quest. Two transatlantic crew positions, one aboard a Bavaria Vision 46 and a second aboard a Regina 43, added to her offshore miles. Apparently, the Caribbean was not cold enough for her Baltic Sea blood. Karin has been accepted into Jimmy Cornell's High Latitude Challenge and placed a deposit on a Garcia 52 aluminum centerboard yacht currently being built in Cherbourg, France. She plans to depart in 2029.

When not on his own boats, Jordi enjoys adventure voyages. In October, he's flying to Réunion Island in the Indian Ocean to sail with renowned offshore instructor John Kretschmer aboard his Kaufman 47 Quetzal. They'll round the Cape of Good Hope to Cape Town, rough-riding the famously powerful Agulhas Current against Antarctic winds the whole way down. Meanwhile, Jordi's looking for a Cabo Rico 42 or Nauticat 52 to keep in the Pacific Northwest.

Dr. Jordi Kellogg: Sailor and Brain Surgeon Dr. Jordi Kellogg grew up in Alhambra, California, where weekends meant his father would drive a Sabot to Alamitos Bay — and that was just the start. Somehow, Jordi's schoolteacher father managed to buy a house on Naples Island in Long Beach for $50k! The unlikely move suddenly transformed Jordi's life. They joined the Leeway Sailing Center and Alamitos Bay Yacht Club. By 15, Jordi owned his own Cal 20, which he kept in the marina and sailed to Catalina with friends before he had a driver's license. The not-so-secret world of Catalina Island became a major hub of Jordi's sailing life. Washing dishes at Catalina Island Camps at Howland's Landing led to a harbor patrol job at the Isthmus. That position caught the eye of a Scottish captain who offered the teenage Jordi the first mate berth on Laura, a yacht owned by actress Eva Gabor. Instead of starting at UC Irvine, Jordi spent a year sailing from San Francisco to Acapulco, which included Zsa Zsa Gabor's wedding and guest Merv Griffin. The sea time helped Jordi earn his USCG 100-ton captain's license. In an uncommon twist for professional yacht crew, Jordi went on to become a neurosurgeon. He worked on brains and spines, but he never stopped sailing. He owned a Lagoon 42 catamaran named Cetacea for roughly a decade, sailing it with his sons down the Baja Peninsula and later crossing the Atlantic on the ARC aboard a Nauticat 52.

Some recent Good Jibes guests, clockwise from top left: Karin Heck; Dr. Jordi Kellogg; Latitude 38 ambassador Gerry Gragg with wife Darby and grandkids; Kat Hartman and Sarah Kerley onboard 'Hell 'N Ready'.

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Gerry Gragg: Racer, Cruiser and Latitude Ambassador Gerry Gragg got serious about sailing later in life. His father had a powerboat, but Gerry learned some basics on a 12-ft Penguin through the Chicago Park District. At 40, he joined friends Karen and David on their brand-new Tartan 10, crewing for them and learning to sail in one of Chicago's most competitive one-design fleets. A formative moment came on a record-setting run in the

SIGHTINGS an adventure on airwaves Back in the Bay Area and now boatless, Gerry channeled his experience into service, starting with the Coast Guard Auxiliary and currently as our ace Latitude ambassador visiting sailing events around the Bay. He's made clear he won't do it forever, and is hoping someone will step up to carry on the work. Email general@latitude38.com if you're interested!

Chicago-to-Mackinac Island race, covering about 330 miles in 36 hours and averaging close to 10 knots under spinnaker. Gerry found himself on the helm at night, surfing down building waves at 17 knots with the chute threatening to collapse on every run. After a decade as part owner of a Tartan 10, Gerry and his wife, Darby, set their sights on cruising. His daughter, who lived in the East Bay, had given him a Latitude 38 subscription in Chicago. Seven months of searching the Classy Classifieds led to a Passport 42 in Vallejo. The Graggs spent five years in the Bay Area getting the boat ready before sailing out the Gate. They thought two years would be enough. It wasn't. They worked their way down the Pacific coast to the Panama Canal before taking the boat across the Atlantic and spending three years cruising the Mediterranean, eventually settling in Gaeta, Italy. COVID brought them home six years later.

Kat Hartman and Sarah Kerley: Team Hell 'N Ready, R2AK 2026 A 20-year kayaker, Kat Hartman, was living in San Francisco when she signed up for a Modern Sailing 101/103 course in Sausalito in 2015. It was crazy, but she and her wife fell instantly in love with the sport and bought a 1976 C&C 30 shortly after. Kat describes it as both the stupidest and best decision she ever made. An exhaust system rupture on her first solo sail introduced her to a stranger who jumped aboard to help. He became a long-term mentor. Somehow, it all led her to purchase a Columbia 10.7, currently berthed in Port Townsend, Washington, and ready for the Race to Alaska, aka the R2AK. Sarah Kerley's Navy dad started her sailing on a manmade lake in Orange County aboard Sabots. When she moved to the Bay Area in the 1990s, she took on dinghy sailing in Richardson Bay and then jumped into displacement mode, buying a Westsail 32. Going even bigger, she signed on as voyage crew aboard the bark Europa, a 190-ft Dutch tall ship, sailing 45 days from Tenerife to Argentina. This first offshore passage hooked her. Sarah and Kat met at a women's sailing seminar three years ago, where Kat was instructing. They've been sailing together ever since, and when a third party casually mentioned the Race to Alaska, both said yes before either fully understood what it was. According to the unique regatta's rules, they will race the 750-mile R2AK from Port Townsend, Washington, to Ketchikan, Alaska, with no engine, no support crew, and propulsion limited to wind and human power aboard the nowmodified Columbia 10.7 Hell 'N Ready, also their team name. They'll have a crew of seven with Kat as skipper. After the race, she hopes to sail the boat back down the coast to San Francisco. — latitude / ryan foland

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swim california This summer, Mill Valley athlete and sailor Catherine Breed is planning to cruise the California coast, though she'll be making the journey in a wetsuit rather than aboard a boat. She will attempt the first-ever staged swim along the coast, covering approximately 900 miles from Oregon to Mexico. The "Swim California" expedition is scheduled to start July 1 from a beach on the Oregon/California border. Breed holds eight open-water marathon swimming world records, is a Pan-Am Gold medalist, and was an NCAA swimming champion during her time as a Cal Bear. "Swim California is my love letter to the coast. I hope we continued on outside column of next sightings page July, 2026 • Latitude 38 • Page 47

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tell its story well, I hope we are brave in the attempt, and I hope we finish this journey as changed people," Catherine said. While Breed estimates about 90 days of swimming, the expedition is expected to last around 125 days due to weather conditions, crew health and safety, boat repairs and other unforeseen challenges that may occur. Of the 25-plus crew supporting Swim California, Matthew Sessions of the San Francisco Yacht Club is serving as lead yacht captain aboard the San Diego-based Beneteau 52 Catalyst. The flotilla of support vessels will accompany Breed for four to six hours of swimming each day as she works her way down the coast, with most stages expected to take place one to five miles offshore while the team manages navigation, safety and weather routing. You can follow the expedition's progress through a live tracker at swimcalifornia.com. — latitude / john

Hidden in a corner of Santa Barbara Harbor there lurks an antiquity from a forgotten age. It's nothing glamorous, nothing exciting and nothing fast, but it has a presence to still turn heads, even among the sleek carbon and fiberglass steeds of today. Snipe, a Broads One Design daysailer, was brought into the US from the UK some 10 years ago, and in May celebrated her 120th birthday. The Broads One Design class hails from the Norfolk Broads in eastern England and was designed in 1900 by Linton Hope — double Olympic gold medalist at the 1900 Paris Games and yacht designer to King Leopold the Second of Belgium. Snipe, the 10th hull built by the Burnham Yacht Building Company of Burnham upon Crouch, was launched in the spring of 1906 and very much conformed to the design image of the period — varnished hull inside and out, and varnished wooden spars.

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Indeed, so much wood on these boats was varnished that the class became known locally as the "Brown Boat." It is precisely this period look — a low, sleek hull of wood and varnish — that attracts so much attention now in Santa Barbara. Even on the trailer with her rig lowered during the launching and retrieving process, Snipe will halt the locals and visitors alike strolling through the harbor. However, it's with her rig and sails up that her true character and prettiness are revealed. Snipe is not by any means all original; while some of her is 1906 vintage, it's also fair to say much of her has been carefully replaced over the past century. After an unfortunate incident last summer in which she broke her spars, Snipe recently had a complete rig update. In an effort to keep her as true to her original character as possible, the new spars were handmade by South River Marine, a traditional

Top row: The Broads One Design daysailer 'Snipe' is no museum piece. The 120-year-old boat is sailed hard and frequently, including on Huntington Lake in the Sierra. Bottom row: Scenes from 'Snipe's early career. Middle: Yacht designer Linton Hope.

Norfolk boatbuilder a mere stone's throw from where she was first launched 120 years ago. The new sails were commissioned from Jeckells, the seven-generation Broadland sailmaker founded in 1832 — the original sailmaker when the first Broads One Design was launched back in 1900. Moreover, to perpetuate authenticity, all the old hardware — gaff jaws, gooseneck fittings, saddles, bridles, mast bands, hounds and sheaves — were removed from the old spars and mounted to the new, even using the original brass and bronze fastenings wherever possible. Because of this continuous careful replacement, Snipe is in excellent condition for her age, but she's anything but a museum piece. Apart from breaks for the two World Wars, during which time there was no pleasure yachting allowed in the United Kingdom, she has been used year in, year out her entire life. Even now, at well over a century old, she's sailed and raced 40+ times each year. Snipe doesn't have the downtime to be a pampered museum display. In truth, despite her advanced years, she doesn't get used gently. While she may not be remotely fast — full keels with built-in rudders, long overhangs/short waterline lengths and low gaff rigs are no longer de rigueur or efficient, and Snipe possesses all the attributes of her era — she is still used very much for hard, coastal racing. She features prominently in the Santa Barbara Yacht Club's Wet Wednesday evening race series in the highly eclectic CHRF fleet, the slowest boat on the water "mixing it up," so to speak, with some of the fastest boats like the Corsair F31R and Corsair 760 trimarans. While she may be old-fashioned by today's standards, Snipe does add an element of character and history to the proceedings. For instance, she flies signal flag R at her masthead, and this represents part of the class's unique history. While the use of sail numbers to identify individual yachts had been introduced in England some 20 years prior to the development of the Broads One Design — in about 1880 — it was not a widespread practice, and that concept hadn't reached the class at its inception. Instead, from 1900, each boat was allocated a signal-flag burgee at launch to allow identification during racing. In 1906, Snipe was allocated signal flag R. This tradition has been maintained with each new Broads One Design built, even though the class adopted sail numbers from 1912 onward. Of course, sailing an antique wooden boat doesn't come without its own unique set of challenges, primary of which is the need for an old wooden boat to "take up" (swell) after being out of the water for an extended period. It is a source of amusement to the Santa Barbara racers who, each spring, frequently spy Snipe after a couple of months of winter maintenance, intentionally run aground on the sand bar at the harbor entrance with the owner frantically pumping the water back into the Pacific where it belongs. For her 120th anniversary celebration in May of this year, supported by both the Santa Barbara SC and Santa Barbara YC, Snipe raced in SBYC's Wet Wednesday race "dressed over all" and sporting her official signal flag R at the masthead. — nick mockridge July, 2026 • Latitude 38 • Page 49

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f we had to pick just one event on one weekend to represent the fun, color, spectacle and history of sailing on San Francisco Bay — not to mention some of the coolest people sailing the coolest boats — it would be a no-brainer: the annual Master Mariners Regatta, sailed as always on the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend (May 23 this year). And not just for the eclectic assemblage of classic schooners, gaffers, cutters and ketches — a few of them more than a century old — but also for the weather this event almost always seems to luck into: bright sun, whitecaps, spray flying and 20-25 knots of chilly westerly blasting through the Golden Gate and down the Slot into the Berkeley Hills. These conditions often send small craft scurrying for calmer water, but for the 40 boats entered in the 2026 Master Mariners Regatta, this is Nirvana.

— CLASH D'ELEGANCE This year's fleet ranged in size from the 23-ft Bear class up to the 132-ft brigantine Matthew Turner. The Turner took the ceremonial first gun in the (non-racing) Parade Class at noon. The first official start gun fired for the Bears — fielding five boats this year — at 12:15, with the rest of the 10 divisions following suit in five-minute intervals.

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'Fairwyn' and 'Water Witch' go mano a mano on the reach to Southampton.

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heading out for the SSS Singlehanded Farallones race, and 420s sprinting down the waterfront under spinnakers." Right in the middle of the whole dang show, "A Japanese coast guard ship passed right through the fleet." Below: 'Hurrica V' rounds Blossom Rock. Lower left: A trio of Marconi 1 boats works to windward. Below right: Andrew Edelston trims the main while Dad John (lower left) steers and Laurence Bekins minds the jib.

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ther oldies but goodies this year included Hans List's 32ft Hanna ketch Sequestor, built in 1940; Sandee Swanson's 32-ft Winslow sloop Black Witch (1949); and the oldest yacht in the fleet — and possibly the entire West Coast — Spaulding Marine Center's Freda, a 32-ft Cookson gaff sloop built on the beach in Belvedere by a saloonkeeper in 1885. Matt Zarem was at Freda's helm this year. In addition to the Bears, other "local talent" one-designs on hand included a couple of 25-ft Bird Boats — San Francisco's oldest "indigenous" one-design fleet dating back to the 1920s — and several 38-ft Farallone Clippers, many of which were built upriver in Stockton in the 1950s. The queen of the ball (well, one of them) was also back: For the 49th(!) year in a row, Terry and daughter Lindsey Klaus's mighty 65-ft Herreshoff schooner Brigadoon once again showed her heels to the Gaff I Division. Not bad JONATHAN KARPFEN

The mighty crew of Ken Inouye's 'Makani Kai' posted the fastest elapsed time in Gaff II.

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Latitude had a correspondent "embedded" in the fray this year. Publisher John Arndt sailed aboard John Egelston's spectacularly restored 56-ft P-Class cutter Water Witch, a "local girl" built in 1928 at the Stone Boatyard in Oakland. Now, John is no slouch when it comes to sailing. In addition to helming Latitude for more than a decade, he's helmed several of his own boats to racing victories in various events. How was this level of skill and expertise utilized aboard Water Witch? "My main role was rail meat," he says. The good news is that the rail turned out to be a ringside seat for recording the events of the day, starting with Water Witch's own start with the rest of Marconi 1, whose nine entries made it this year's largest division. "As the morning fog backed off and the wind picked up, the Bay was choppy with the soon-to-be-fading ebb," says John. "To keep it all interesting, the pre-start included dodging boats

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in 2017, qualifies for the same reason And speaking of history, no mention of this regatta is complete without a reminder of its origins. The first Master Mariners Regatta was conceived back in 1867 as an in-the-Bay race for commercial ships. The skippers flew the Below left: The Bear Boat 'Magic' (#65) and Bird Boat 'Cuckoo' both won their respective divisions. Below right: 'Brigadoon' crew waves a happy salute as they slide by 'Freda B'. Bottom right: 'Black Witch' and 'Fairwyn' round Southampton.

ack then, the course crisscrossed the Bay, with the home stretch being a run down the Cityfront from Fort Point (present day Blackaller buoy) to the finish off Fisherman's Wharf — where in pre-livestreaming days, half

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ll boats mentioned so far easily meet the requirements to become members of the Master Mariners Benevolent Association, one of the largest and most active fleets of classic yachts in the country: built to a traditional design in a traditional manner. So a newer boat, such as Ken Inouye's lovely 53-ft Angelman gaff ketch Makani Kai, launched in 1970, qualifies because she is a classic design built in the plank-on-frame manner. The Matthew Turner, launched

house flags of sponsors, and all money raised went to disabled sailors and the widows and orphans of sailors lost at sea (which is where the "Benevolent" part of "MMBA" comes from). Local businesses donated awards to winning ships in the form of a ton of potatoes for the galley, a cord of wood for the galley stove, or a set of crystal goblets for the captain's table. But the most coveted award for winning boats — then as now — was a silken, goldfringed banner displaying a strutting gamecock and the word "CHAMPION" emblazoned in big letters. (Second- and third-place boats got slightly less blingy versions.)

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Hans List's 'Sequestor' with a bone in her teeth.

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for a 102-year-old. Brigadoon was built back East in 1924, but she is so well kept that you would be forgiven for thinking she was launched last week. As icing on this year's cake, and thanks to those Small Craft Advisory winds gusting into the 30s in the afternoon, Brigadoon set a new elapsed time record for the Gaff 1 division, beating her own time over the same 17-mile course several years ago.

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the city turned out to cheer on their fa- ' cean ueen ' and ' urrica ' which fin- got swept off the boat. ished 1-2 in Marconi 1) rafted at the Encinal vorites. "We were moving fast, so we sepaThese days, the fleet follows a simi- YC for post-race festivities. rated quickly. She waved to signal she lar "Bay Tour" course, was OK, and as we including a parade maneuvered to line up AND THE AWARD GOES TO… down the Cityfront, a challenging recovbut the stretch run ery effort, a spectator In addition to Division awards, the Master Mariners fleet maintains a number of Perpetual is from Southampton powerboat shadowing trophies for various classes and boats. Here are this year's awards. Shoal to a finish line the race saw our sigoff Treasure Island. nals and was able to Gerry O'Grady (First to finish, Bear Class) Magic Tim Mahoney In the old days, capfollow our pointing to tains and crews would pick Elena up. They Farallone Clipper (First to finish, Ocean II) VIP Don Taylor spread out to saloons delivered her to the Homeward Bound (Fastest elapsed, Marconi II) Asolare Karnell Hillscan all over the waterfront. Encinal Yacht Club, These days, the fleet where we had an exLyle Galloway (Fastest elapsed, under 30-ft) Kaze Liz Diaz jams into the docks tra reason to celebrate at Encinal Yacht Club the day." J. Everett Hanson (First to finish, Bird Class) Cuckoo Bill Claussen to celebrate their vicOther than that, tories or drown their drama was minimal Long Distance (Farthest travel to start) Briar Rose Jack Sloan sorrows. this year. There were a few failed fittings — Kermit Parker (Fastest elapsed, Gaff II) Makani Kai Ken Inouye a broken block forced Freda to retire — but ack on board Billiken Trophy (Fastest elapsed, gaff rig over 30-ft) Brigadoon Lindsey Klaus no broken spars (or Water Witch, the race Dead Eye (Fastest elapsed, over 30-ft) Hurrica V Mark Sanders bones) and no shredwas going well until ded sails. Which, conthe last jibe around Aloha (Fastest elapsed, Marconi II) Eventide Greg MIlano sidering the condithe last mark. tions, is a testament "One of the features For individual class results, go to www.sfmastermariners.org to the designs, buildof the boat is that her ers and the "classy" elegant lines are undisturbed by lifelines, and her low free- Klein buoy, fellow rail-rider Elena Ste- owners of these classic boats. — latitude/jr, with special board keeps you close to the water," phens was caught by the deep water thanks to john skoriak says John. "On our jibe near the Bob running down the new leeward rail and

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aturday, May 9, was the date for two YRA Offshore races, the Bluewater Bash and the Duxbury Lightship. S.F. YRA Chair Joe Rockmore was our PRO for both races. The Bluewater Bash is a race from the St. Francis YC out to longitude 124 and back; 150 miles with an overnight sail. Six boats started the race at 9:15 a.m. and all were using the race as their qualifying voyage, required by the Pacific Cup. The Duxbury Lightship race is just what the name suggests. Start at St. Francis, around the Duxbury Reef buoy near Stinson Beach, then around the S.F. sea buoy (the Lightship), and back to St. Francis to finish, 31.8 miles. The Duxship is part of the S.F. YRA nine-race Offshore series, and has been run almost annually for decades. Sixteen monohulls between 27-ft and 50-ft, and two big 44-ft trimarans started at around 10 a.m. Wind at the start was less than 10 knots, but the forecast models called for 20-25 with higher gusts offshore. Ahi, a 1981 Santana 35 skippered by me, Andy Newell, has done this very race nearly every year since 2011. Aboard on that Saturday, from front to back, were Jason Kick, bow; Joe Dick, mast; Valerie Suzawa, cabin top; Liza Avdanina, Donald Dellis and Hemang Mehta on headsail trim; and Alexey Sobolev on mainsheet. All crew had

the required high-buoyancy PFDs with crotch straps, and most of the crew had tethers on their person. We continued on a beat with full main and #3 until we rounded the Duxbury buoy. By then the wind had built to about 20 knots, so shortly after rounding we reefed the main, as 19-20 is where we typically reef. Winds were now 20-22 with 6-foot seas from the starboard side. As usual, some of the waves were larger than 6 feet, but nothing crazy. Jason, Donald and Joe were on the weather rail, legs in. Hemang was below and Valerie was

before it hit, but once it did, I remember being among the water before I actually hit the water. After a few moments, my PFD inflated. I was not tethered to the boat. I struggled initially because I did not have my crotch straps tight enough and I was riding low in the water with the flotation around my ears. I tried to find the adjustment straps to pull the flotation down, but after a couple of minutes of trying, I decided keeping my face out of the water was a priority. I don't remember the usual cold shock when I hit the water, and I don't remember being cold at the time. At some point I saw Zaff coming toward me with their sails down, and I saw their Lifesling in the water. They made contact with the Lifesling and I grabbed it, but they were still moving and I was being towed underwater and had to let go. They quickly made a second pass and got the boat stopped, and they were able to pull me toward their open transom. They struggled to pull me aboard and eventually used a spin halyard attached to my PFD. During my recovery, I was not able to help in any way. I was completely exhausted. After a few minutes, I was able to sit up and crawl forward in the cockpit. They tell me I was in the water, which was in the low to mid-50s, for around 20 minutes. By now the USCG helicopter was overhead and I saw Shaman and Ahi in the vicinity. We did our best to

First pass on lessons learned: All crew members on deck should have been tethered to the boat. sitting on the ladder in the main hatch. Liza and Alexey were sitting on the rail above the cockpit, legs in. I was sitting lower on the cockpit seat for better leverage on the tiller. At around 12:45 p.m., Ahi was hit by a large wave, which broke over the boat. Before Ahi had righted herself, another larger wave broke over our starboard side, washing this writer completely overboard. The crew reports that Ahi rolled 90 degrees or more. Nearly everything at the top of the mast was lost or damaged. I don't remember seeing the wave

The aftermath: Broken boom and boat in disarray.

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'Ahi's repaired boom back in place.

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'Ahi' back in her slip, a little worse for wear.

let the boats around know that I was boat righted herself, Joe was pointing at the MOB, someone was helping Alexey back aboard. The fine folks on Zaff, skipper Tim back aboard, and several people were Roche and crew Rebecca Hinden and trying to get Liza back aboard. Hemang, Rowan Fennell, made sure I was OK still below, hit the DSC distress button and returned me to their berth in Al- on the VHF and the MOB button on the chartplotter. He then tried to do a quick ameda. The day after the incident, I asked each of our crew to write down what Berkeley Marine repaired the boom in under they remembered. Unsurprisingly, two weeks. there are some minor contradictions in the accounts, but here is a general account of what happened on Ahi. After the second wave hit, Liza and Alexey went over the lifelines but were able to maintain contact with the boat. Both of their PFDs inflated. Jason and Donald were tethered in and remained aboard. Joe managed to react to the waves and somehow hung on. Hemang was below and uninjured. Valerie was sitting in the main hatch and was thrown across the interior and against the galley counter. Once the

assessment of Valerie based on her getting slammed across the boat. The ship's VHF did not seem to transmit so he contacted the USCG with his handheld. The boom and tiller were broken, but the boat still had forward progress, making it difficult to help Liza aboard. Liza was having trouble hanging on, so she was given the end of the throw rope to hang on to and the other end put around a winch. She struggled because the boat still had forward motion, even with the broken boom and luffing sails, and she was getting dragged under. The main and jib were dropped, and they eventually got Liza aboard and below to warm up. Now the crew concentrated on getting back to Andy. The crew checked for overboard lines, and after some difficulty got the engine started, but soon after the prop fouled on something. It turns out that the #3 had washed off the foredeck and was under the boat. The Cal 40 Shaman got a tow line attached, but it broke. Ahi's anchor line was used and Shaman towed Ahi for a while. This was huge as it provided the crew with some physical and emotional relief. When the USCG 47-ft motor lifeboat arrived, they took over the tow from Shaman and towed Ahi as far as Raccoon Strait, where she was transferred to a BoatUS tow for the rest of the trip to Richmond Yacht Club (RYC). By the time I got to RYC, after a crew member picked me up from Alameda, the crew had already stripped and folded the damaged sails. Several members of the RYC community stepped in to help out any way they could, including a 17-year-old junior named Eliot Schiffman who volunteered to jump into the water and clear the #3 from the prop. Wow! On the Duxbury Lightship race, the trimarans finished at about 1330, and 16 monohulls finished between 1400 and 1530. All but one of the DNFs was involved in the rescue. Folks on the Bluewater Bash reported winds at 25-30 and 8- to 11-foot seas, with some much larger. They got to the 124 line a little after dark, and four finished between dawn and mid-afternoon Sunday. July, 2026 • Latitude 38 • Page 57

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New instruments secured on the masthead.

'Ahi' and her crew reunited on a shakedown sail, five weeks after the incident.

First pass on lessons learned: • All crew members on deck should have been tethered to the boat. While the race rules and equipment requirements don't specify when to clip in, our onboard policy is that we all clip in as soon as we reef.

• I should have had my crotch straps much tighter as a standard practice. My belief that I could simply pull them down while in the water was incorrect. I would suggest that any offshore sailor, as part of SAS training or not, experience being in the water in a PFD.

By the time this is published, Ahi will be back on the racecourse. Many thanks to Berkeley Marine for repairing the boom in under two weeks, and to the Ahi crew for multiple work days to get everything put back together. — andy newell

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he fleet is split between the PHRF and ORR, two different styles of handicapping designed to make racing fair for differently designed boats against one another. ORR boats are weighed and measured. The results are fed into a secret formula — not kidding here — and a rating is assigned. PHRF boats are simply assigned a handicap by a board of supervisors and are subject to change through an arduous process. Further, the fleet is split again between doublehanded and fully crewed; no singlehanding is allowed. A fully crewed 70-footer might carry 10-12 passengers. Most vessels have 4-6 passengers aboard.

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Stephanie Wilson, John Hansen, Dominic Marshal, Patrick Maher and Chris Maher, Olson 34 'Keaka'.

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These vessels are equipped with trackers and all kinds of Elon's latest gadgetry. They are also required to report their position twice daily. The racers are allowed to use this information to assist in choosing their course, along with myriad weather and associated pixel-slaying technologies. Of course, you could go old school with a sextant and a barometer, but I don't think anyone ever does that anymore. I've had the opportunity to cross this Great Eastern Pacific Whale Pasture over 60 times. I have had some success on a few occasions. My best friend Steve, from Ilwaco, WA, put it this way: "Andy, I have no idea if you are a talented sailor or not, but you seem to have an uncanny ability to find your way onto a winning vessel before the regatta starts." Although I don't know everything about each boat, and at the risk of losing what few friends I have, the following are my predictions from the murkiest crystal ball west of the Mississippi. If this bracket prediction holds up, I'm heading to Vegas with my newfound superpower, or Reno/Tahoe. I have heard it's very pleasant there.

ll right, let's do this thing. In the smallest division, due to depart July 6, Doublehanded PHRF Div 1, with three entrants, everyone wins a prize. I can safely say that Greg Ashby, RYC, by way of Arnold, CA, who singlehanded to Hawaii and back last summer, looks strong. Now with some help, I say he claims a narrow victory over father/ daughter duo Team Cheeseman aboard Bazinga. Surf claims third spot on the podium. I may regret betting against a Hobie 33, but they're all RYC, so I can predict the club built on fun will prevail. PHRF 2 is stacked with talent and terrific boats. I bet a Cal 40 will win. They always do, but which one? VIVA has just done fantastically since a recent refit. Commodore Quanci could play the bridesmaid, and my sleepy pal Chris on

'Lightspeed' pre Gilles Combrisson refit is ready to roll.

Keaka could be the sleeper in this class for third. As July 7 dawns, the second doublehanded class, this time ORR, will be on the line. In this star-studded affair, it's easy to pick another Cal 40; they nearly always beat me. They won Transpac, Singlehanded Transpacific and the last Pac Cup. Shaman, with fearless ferry captain Bart Hackworth at the controls, Jim Quanci's 'Green Buffalo' knows the way to Hawaii.

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id we win? Are we winning? These comments almost guarantee this individual is competing in a sailboat regatta. The Pacific Cup was first sailed to Hawaii in 1980, envisioned as "The Fun Race to Hawaii." It has easily lived up to this founding motto. The Pacific Cup (Pac Cup) has been held in every even-numbered year since, except for COVID-2020. It has provided folks from around the world an alternative to the legendary Transpac. Pac Cup is about 175 miles longer than Transpac, via the great circle route. Generally, it is more about precise navigation than straightline, hair-on-fire boat speed. Circling back to the introductory sentence. How can one know if they are doing well, or winning or losing? It is a race after all, isn't it?

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Dorado and the Kodiak Express? A North vs. South challenge before Canada becomes our 51st state. (Is that still a thing?) It will be a busy day on the start line as ORR 3 comes thundering across. TC, a Hobie 33 out of Seattle, has probably won every regatta I have seen her enter. These vessels were designed after the Santa Cruz 27. Hobie Alter actually purchased a SC27 and disassembled it to create building specs for the Hobie 33. Bill Lee thought that was cool and suggested that he purchase several more. In any case, as long as you can keep the bow up and the dirty side down, they are just deadly weapons on this part of the Pacific in the summertime. My father had a Santa Cruz 40, and I must have done an easy dozen Pacific crossings aboard, so Marisa or Quiver in second. Capt Buzz in the tiny 'IO for third.

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The Santa Cruz 50 'Oaxaca' will be sailing to Hawaii in the hands of the "kids" from Cal Poly Maritime.

several Pac Cups to a young man in his first aboard Recidivist. Capt. Gary on Ventana has won before and very well may again. The Dark Horse for second; Olson 30s may be second only to Cal 40s in their winning ways, and with some beginner's luck, the pirates aboard Recidivist could hold on for third. Also in the herd, starting on the 7th, are the folks who paid a little extra (read: a lot here) to meet the criteria for being rated under the mysterious ORR rule. In ORR 4 another RYC bad ass, Lightspeed, skippered by culinary wizard Gilles Combrisson, ably assisted by Bay Area naviguesser Mark Jordan, is not only the favorite but also a contender for overall glory. I owned an Express 37 and have seen what they can do in the open ocean. Probably the only design specifically designed to win this regatta. Why not another coin flip between

he race committee gets a rest before the final farewell party starts on the 10th. The competitors in this class are the meat and potatoes of this regatta. Fifty feet seems to fit the Pacific The Santa Cruz 40 'Quiver' will be picking up the pace for the Pac Cup.

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may shine again here. The Wolfpack will be dueling with the Turbo Camper in a coin flip. Looking at the lineup in this class is frightening; they are all capable of winning the whole enchilada. PHRF 1 is what the Pac Cup is all about. From a 51-ft cruising furniture factory to an ultralight 30-ft surfboard. From a veteran gentleman in his '90s, Flashgirl, competing in another of

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rollers, and these vessels, in the right conditions, are easily sailing over 20 knots, with rumors of 30 not uncommon. This start includes the college kids on Oaxaca; former sailing legends aboard Adrenaline; and the boys wearing the hats that came with their Swan 42 Free Bowl of Soup — the story goes back to the day these same co-owners had a J/24 and offered a sailing adventure, via a radio promotion, to support a local soup kitchen. Fast-forward 30 years: Hundreds of thousands of dollars have been raised for the charity by the Free Bowl of Soup team. She's my pick for this class and also a strong contender for the overall. Say the college students slip in for second aboard Oaxaca, and Freja out of my favorite yacht club other than Richmond for third. Interestingly, this same Sloop Tavern Yacht Club was once home to the Seattle Sea Scouts who won the prestigious Swiftsure Regatta in Victoria, BC, and their victorious homecoming was held in the parking lot, as Washington liquor laws do not allow minors inside the premises. Finally, here they come: the "no expense spared, our foulies all match, we have sea water flowing through our veins, and these vessels are capable of getting there in less than a week if the conditions are right." The newest,

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Dave Raney's just launched, Wylie-designed 'Gem' hurtles down the coast to make it to the acific Cup start.

largest vessel in the fleet, the Wyliedesigned Gem hailing from Portlandia, is sure to turn heads and turn in some impressive daily runs. The Disney clan with Pyewacket is the obvious favorite on paper and is my pick, but the race isn't sailed on paper, and when the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. Say

Bart Hackworth aboard the Cal 40 'Shaman' knows how to get it done.

Vitesse is second, and Zeus, the only vessel with a fancy foil, is third. When I was a green weenie before crossing the equator to be welcomed by King Neptune and his court, a friend of mine chartered Ragtime and brought her north from New Zealand. Only she wasn't Ragtime in those days, she was Infidel, and her tiller was 14 feet long and took at least two burly sailors to handle in a blow. The one thing that hasn't changed is her rivalry with Merlin. Probably the best side bet in the race.

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e wish all these sailors fair winds and following seas. The Richmond YC that hosts the pre-race parties and Kaneohe's legendary luaus at the finish make every sailor feel like a winner, and many will prove me wrong by becoming winners this summer. Double-check the antibiotics, don't take anything you don't need, and saw the handle off your toothbrush. If you get a chance to drive, keep the bow under the kite and wear sunscreen. Remember, you're in the fun race to Hawaii. As they say on Molokai, "Smile, it no broke your face!" — andy schwenk

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'm old enough to retire, but for some reason my company goes to great lengths to keep me coming back to the office. One of their incentives, along with generous vacation time, is to give me first dibs when our industry's professional society holds its annual conference at a really desirable venue. I still enjoy the travel — they always spring for business class — and I can even schedule a day or two extra to visit the local maritime museum or check out the nearest yacht club and hop onto a boat for a beer can race. The problem is, even in a fabulous resort location, the inside of one hotel lecture room looks the same as any other, and some of the presentations will inevitably bore me to tears. The last time this happened, I escaped during the afternoon break, and after a quick change in the hotel room I found an inviting hot tub under the palm trees by the pool. Best part was that I had the tub all to myself. "What a great job I have!" I thought as I settled into the perfect 104-degree water and closed my eyes. But a short time later, something or someone poked me in the ribs, and the mood shattered. An attractive female body in a bikini was in front of my face, and when my gaze finally moved up I realized that I knew this person — although without her usual foulies and life jacket, the visuals took a few moments to process. "Lee Helm!" I gasped. "Of all the hot tubs, in all the resorts, in all the world, how did you end up soaking in this one?" "My department at the university thought I should, like, attend this

conference on computational fluid dynamics," she explained. "And you? Are you in that big Engineering Management Society meeting?" I confirmed, and while Lee was complaining about being stuck in a middle seat on her long flight to the conference, and the cheap hotel she was booked into, a family of vacationers, including two pre-teen boys, joined us in the tub. After introductions, the dad asked if it was okay if the kids brought their bathtub toys into the hot tub.

Favorite hot tub toys.

"Of course!" I answered immediately. But Lee had conditions: "Only if I can bring my favorite bathtub toy also." The parents agreed, naturally, and Lee was off to fetch it from the small carry-on bag she had left on a nearby lounge chair. Meanwhile, another hot tubber joined us, another woman from the computational fluid dynamics symposium. She was one of the presenters, all the way from Australia as it turned out. She had communicated with Lee on meteorological simulations, but they had never met face to face.

"Great answer to that question from the audience," Lee complimented our new tubmate on her talk. "Fair dinkum," she said. "They wanted to know why the winds aloft follow the isobars exactly, and aren't deflected a few degrees from high pressure to low, like the surface winds. No worries; I answered the easier question: 'Why do the isobars adjust themselves to be parallel to the winds aloft?' That's a much more intuitive concept to grasp, mate." The kids had a wind-up scuba diver with flipping fins, and a sea turtle with paddle-wheel fins. But Lee had produced a wind-up submarine with active dive planes. The kids were impressed. "The propeller blades, like, don't have the usual twist to maintain constant pitch along the radius of the blade," she complained, "but it still works okay. Plus, it's not in correct trim out of the box. You have to carefully add ballast to get it to dive and surface again, following the mechanical programming of the wind-up motor." We all had fun with the toys, but the hydrodynamicist from Down Under could not stay out of professor mode for long. "Let's make standing waves!" she suggested, and then explained to the kids: "A standing wave doesn't move in any single direction. The crest of the wave just goes up and down, alternating from being the crest to being the trough. Between this high-low point, the water moves sideways, alternating left and right. But no celerity — that is, the waveform doesn't progress left or right." As she spoke she held her hands about 8 inches apart, palms facing each

When you make a standing wave between your two oscillating hands When you make a standing wave in a hot tub or pool, the outer wave in the bathtub, the bathtub walls reflect the waves to produce two more trains propagate wave energy away from your hands, re uiring more standing wave systems. Most of the wave energy remains in the system. energy input.

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The bigger the pool, the bigger the toys.

other, and tried to find the frequency that would produce a standing wave of one wavelength. But the kids were not impressed; it was hard to get the relationship between length and frequency just right. "This is dodgy," she observed. "Hard yakka. This demo works much better in the bathtub." Lee only had to consider this for a few seconds to explain why. "It's like, in the bathtub, you really make three standing waves. There's the wave between your two palms, and there are two more standing waves on either side, between the backs of your hands and the tub sidewalls. So like, most of the wave energy is trapped in the system. Take away the tub sidewalls, and the wave energy propagates outward. It's a good way to feel how much energy a boat can lose to wave energy. I like to challenge my sailing students to try this in a bathtub and then in a hot tub or pool, and compare."

"Good on ya!" the older scientist agreed. "Want to do an internship in my department next semester? It'll be summer Down Under." Lee didn't stop to ask if this offer was serious. "The really cool part of doing this in the bathtub," Lee continued, "is that your hands will automatically find the correct relationship between spacing and frequency, like a marble rolling to the low-energy position. That's why it's so easy to make well-formed standing waves in the bathtub, and like, kind of hard in the hot tub or pool." Lee passed me the submarine so I could have a turn. "Careful not to over-wind it," she cautioned. "And like, let it run for a sec before you put it in the water, so the bow planes go to the dive position while there's still room in the tub for it to surface after the dive." After one successful dive, I passed it to the kids, who immediately set up a race with the scuba diver and the frog.

"I got my first real hydrostatics lesson in a neighbor's pool," Lee remembered. "It was one of those aboveground deals, 24 feet in diameter and 4 feet deep. I decided to build a 5-foot snorkel so I could swim along the bottom without coming up for air." "Trouble. Trouble defo," said the professor, with her hands on the sides of her head. She seemed to know how this story would end. "Good idea!" said the older child. "I'm going to make one." "Um, better not to try this at home," Lee warned. "I built the snorkel extension out of plastic tubing and some wood molding to hold it straight up. It worked great on land, hardly any losses to air flow down the longer pipe. But when I swam down to the bottom of the pool… surprise! I couldn't breathe! But like, to my credit, at 9 years old, I knew immediately what was wrong." "Why didn't it work?" asked the dad. "Pressure," said the professor. "The snorkel tube, and everything connected to it, including the inside of Lee's lungs, were at surface pressure. The outside of Lee's chest was under the extra pressure of 4 feet of water." "Oh of course!" said the dad — although I'm not sure he really understood the concept. "And a year later, I learned to sail in that pool," Lee added. "They had a very cheap little Styrofoam sailboat, maybe 10 feet long. But it had a centerboard and a rudder and a mainsheet and a clear plastic sail that actually worked. The game was to see how many circles you could sail without touching the sides of the 24-foot-diameter pool. My record was three circles, thanks to the wind shifts and turbulence behind that house. I'm still proud of that achievement." "Good on ya," the Australian prof agreed. The kids eventually became bored with the self-propelled toys, so the mom decided to continue the science lesson, taking advantage of the two experts present. "Is it true," she asked, "that the bathtub drain whirlpool turns the other way in the Southern Hemisphere?" "In theory, yes," answered the professor from Down Under. "But that's a myth from bogans with roos loose July, 2026 • Latitude 38 • Page 65

MAX EBB in the top paddock. It's a very, very small effect. You can introduce much more powerful background vorticity by stirring the water clockwise or counterclockwise when the tub is full, and that will usually persist long enough to control the direction of the vortex at the end of the draining cycle. It's just conservation of angular momentum: Water moves toward the drain, the radius becomes shorter, so the water has to rotate faster to keep the angular momentum the same." "And that's why the wind around a low-pressure system in the atmosphere is strong," Lee added. "Surface air is flowing in toward the low pressure, like the bathtub drain. The air speeds up as the radius around the center of the low shrinks. But in a high-pressure system, the air is flowing out, like filling the tub, so there's no singularity with high wind speeds like there is around a low-pressure storm system." "Here's a hard one," the professor added. "Can anybody explain why loose brisbane-hh-04-23 brisbane-hh-06-23 brisbane-hh-09-24

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tea leaves in a stirred cup of tea collect in the middle?" The Aussie professor was still in teaching mode. "Centrifugal force makes the pressure at the edge of the cup higher than in the middle, as if local apparent gravity is deflected outward. The tea leaves, being denser than the tea, and spinning with the tea, should go to the outside. Then why do the little blighters collect in the middle of the cup? Try it and report back at brekkie tomorrow." The older boy had lost interest in the puzzle and was trying to squirt his brother by compressing water in his

fist. But he was not quite getting it right. "It works like this," Lee instructed as she sprayed a thin stream of hot tub water about 3 feet up, right out of her hand. "How'd you do that?" the boy asked. "Look very closely," she said, and waited till his face was at point blank range, then fired. This touched off a major squirt war among Lee, the vacationing family members, and the Aussie scientist, whose technique was even better than Lee's. "Let's go to dinner," I said to Lee, before the hotel staff had time to throw us all out of the tub. "My treat." My meal allowance would easily cover a dinner for both of us, even at the pricey hotel restaurant. Lee, on a starving-student budget, accepted graciously, but it took half the meal for me to understand her explanation of the tea leaves puzzle. — max ebb

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THE RACING July's edition of the race sheet highlights an escape into the warm Delta waters

via the 2026 Delta Ditch Run, a West Coast legend's win in the Spinnaker Cup, and some J/105 and Express 37 drama at the EYC One Design. We then visit Santa Cruz and the I-14 fleet's continued revival, the Farallones for a singlehanded race, and highlight two Bay Area yacht club teams who will be representing the West Coast in Northern Germany via The Sailing League. We hope you enjoy the July 2026 Racing Sheet. Sail fast! The 35th Delta Ditch Run On June 13, 111 boats across 12 different divisions competed in the 35th edition of Stockton Sailing Club’s (SSC) Delta Ditch, the annual distance race from San Francisco Bay more than 60 miles east and inland into the California Delta, finishing at SSC. While we would like to hear about every boat's Delta Ditch story, we have only so much space in the Racing Sheet, and we have a number of other exciting regattas from the past month to highlight. Here, we are highlighting the Delta Ditch stories of two of the division winners: Don Jesberg, who won the Heavy +2 Division in his Cal 40 VIVA (SFYC), and William Erkelens, who won the 28-boat Moore 24 division (the largest by far) aboard Flying Circus (RYC). Don Jesberg, VIVA, Cal 40, SFYC: "This was the lightest winds I have experienced on average throughout the Ditch," Jesberg tells Latitude. "With three to four knots of current, even a 10-knot breeze feels very light. We were using this race as our crew practice for the upcoming Pac Cup. "We sailed the first 20 miles with an asymmetrical spinnaker, which proved to be very fast and left the two other Cal 40s (Green Buffalo and Duende) well back in our wake. After trying to jibe

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Don Jesberg's Cal 40 'VIVA' won her division, though they did run aground on the return delivery. Happens to the best of us.

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the asym, we opted for a symmetrical spinnaker for the rest of the race. "Once we got into the river the 'sprit’ boats had a tougher time. On the Cal 40 we just square back the pole and drive down the middle of the waterway…. After a short stop at the SSC, we opted to motor home. Unfortunately, by 10:00 p.m. the winds had really kicked up and we motored into 25-30-knot headwinds all night. "The navigation was also challenging, and we put the boat aground on my watch. I was afraid to wake up our navigator John Bonds to help with the charts. As it worked out, he woke up when we hit the bottom and we had to find our direction back to the deep-water channel. We arrived back in sunny Belvedere at 7:30 Sunday morning." William Erkelens, Flying Circus, Moore 24, RYC: "For the first big call, we rounded the Brothers to port, and we stayed low after the islands to hedge against the boats that went the other way around the Brothers," Erkelens tells Latitude. "Like last year, Rowan and Vikki [Fennel] sailed fast and the shortest distance, and they reached the Carquinez Bridge well ahead. The boats that stayed low against the San Pablo Bay channel came out strong, mixing in with the leaders on the right. "There was good, tight racing to Benicia; we passed a few boats and got passed by a few. Our big break came at the approach to the Benicia Bridge when we took the big puffs down and put ourselves closer to the Martinez shore than the other boats. By doing that, we avoided the lee of the large ship and managed to get a bit more flood in the deep water of the channel. "We played the right side of Suisun Bay and worked our way to the top three.… On the long reach approaching the Antioch Bridge we

sailed low against the lee shore. We stretched a little on the reach to Mark 19, then put up a big jib. As the breeze got lighter after the barges, we gained back what we lost on the windy part. "We held the lead until we entered the last long run to the finish, when [Painkiller] started to come on strong. The race became a battle of traffic management. We struggled to get around several boats on the last five miles but each one we managed to get past [Painkiller] also had to deal with. We were able to sneak ahead to cross the line in front by seconds. It was a great day with amazing racing. I'm already looking forward to next year." — fritz 35TH DELTA DITCH RUN, 6/13-14 EXPRESS 27 — 1) Get Happy!!, Brendan Bush; 2) Wile E Coyote, Dan Pruzan; 3) Godzilla, Stephen McCarthy. (7 boats) HEAVY 1 — 1) Sir Edmund, Burns 49, Andy Schwenk/Cyril Kollock; 2) Golden Moon, Express 37, Michael Spitz; 3) Raven, C&C 115, John & Alexis Kernot. (8 boats) HEAVY 2 — 1) VIVA, Cal 40, Don Jesberg; 2) Green Buffalo, Cal 40, Jim Quanci; 3) Duende, Cal 40, Philip Lavelle. (8 boats) HEAVY 3 — 1) Can O'Whoopass, Cal 20, Richard VonEhrenkrook; 2) Allegro Non Tropo, Alerion 28, Rex Malott/Mike Quinn; 3) Sketch, Olson 25, David Gruver/John Collins. (7 boats) LIGHT 1 — 1) Looper, Melges 24, Duane Yoslov; 2) Tinka, Melges 24, Kathrin Wagner; 3) Chop Chop, Melges 24, Matt Hamilton. (7 boats) LIGHT 2 — 1) Rooster, Melges 20, John Oldham; 2) Spirit, J/70, Andy & Kat Dippel; 3) Colibri, J/70, Sherry Sybertz. (13 boats) LIGHT 3 — 1) Furthur, SC27, James Clappier; 2) Sophie, SC27, Pat Barry; 3) Wild Bunch II, Wylie Wabbit, Aaron Sturm. (9 boats) MOORE 24 — 1) Flying Circus, William Erkelens; 2) Painkiller, Sam Corso/Eric Villadsen; 3) Paramour, Rowan Fennell; 4) Topper II, Conrad Holbrook; 5) Space Toaster, David Gee. (28 boats) CRUISING — 1) Dream, Sceptre 41, Robert Ward; Stink Eye, Laser 28, Jonathan Gutoff/ Christine Weaver; 3) Toucan, Tanton 43, Kevin Belcastro. (5 boats) CRUISING 2 — 1) Flying Machine, Alerion 28, Eric Haesloop; 2) Syncopation, Sabre 36,

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An armada of Moore 24s make their way into the Delta through the Carquinez Strait.

'Merlin' Wins 2026 Spinnaker Cup On May 23 and 24, 23 boats departed San Francisco Bay and turned south toward Monterey to vie for the 2026 edition of the Spinnaker Cup, the Northern California leg of California Offshore Race Week. The event is often used by boats that will be racing in the Pacific Cup or Transpac (depending on the year) as a warm-up event for the crossing to Hawaii a month later. This year's edition of the event was won by a fan favorite: Merlin, Chip Merlin's Bill Lee 68 custom. The majestic white-hulled ocean-racing yacht finished the race in 17 hours, 24 minutes and 10 seconds of elapsed time. That wasn't enough to claim line honors, but it was enough to win the event on corrected time. (Merlin corrected out to one day, 26 minutes and change.) "Who says Merlin can only go downwind?!" Merlin emphatically tells Latitude. "Our success in the Spinnaker Cup was a result of Merlin being a recent regular participant in the Rolex Big Boat Regatta every fall. Bill Lee

never made Merlin to race around the buoys in San Francisco Bay. "We nearly won the race outright when the wind died at the finish," Merlin continues. "It was a thrilling race after the start and a lot of patience with almost no wind at the finish. The win is proof that Merlin is still relevant in its 49th year." The first three boats to cross the finish line ahead of Merlin were all massive sport boats. Along with Merlin, the top four finishers on corrected and elapsed time all came from the five-boat PHRF 1 division. Line honors went to Zeus, an Australian Inifniti 52 skippered by Michael Firmin that bested Merlin in the ORC A division of last year's Rolex Big Boat Series. The massive blue semi-foiling boat finished 21

minutes ahead of Merlin in real time, but over an hour behind in corrected time (which also put the Aussie outfit in fourth overall). Another boat that competed in the regatta was Sun Dragon, a Sun Fast 3300 sailed by Frank van Diggelen and Sergei Podshivalov. "With a southerly forecast, this promised to be the 'Jib Cup,' and indeed it was," van Diggelen tells Latitude. "That is, until the wind died altogether, around 2 a.m. on Saturday. While wiser crews motored home for breakfast, the stubborn drifted around Monterey Bay until midday Sunday when zephyrs finally filled in, and with only an hour to go before the race cutoff time, spinnakers were finally seen billowing proudly on southbound boats."

'Merlin', a West Coast legend, starts to windward of 'Zeus', an Australian Infinity 52 that won the ORC A division of the 2025 RBBS.

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LEFT & UPPER RIGHT PHOTO: STEVE GREEN; BOTTOM RIGHT: STFYC MEDIA

THE RACING

Clockwise from above: Three hulls equal a quick trip down to Santa Cruz; A reef even before leaving the Bay; 'Zeus' (right) accelerates off of the start at the Spinnaker Cup.

Now that the Spinnaker Cup is in the rearview mirror, over half of these boats are now turning their attention toward the main event in West Coast ocean racing this summer: the 2026 edition of the Pacific Cup in early July, when they will once again depart from San Francisco Bay and turn south (but a little more southwest this time) and head toward Oahu and the Hawaiian Islands. — fritz CORW SPINNAKER CUP, 5/23-24 PHRF 1 — 1) Merlin, Bill Lee 68, Chip Merlin; 2) Meanie, TP52, Tom Akin; 3) Vitesse, RP52, Thomas Furlong. (5 boats) PHRF 2 — 1) Javelin, J/125, Daniel Murphy; 2) Argo 40, J/125, John Vincent/Kenny Kieding; 3) Rufless, J/125, Rufus Sjoberg. (6 boats) PHRF 3 — 1) Orca, J/90, Ian Rogers; 2) Recidivist, Custom Schumacher, Rob Reis; 3) Defiant, J/133, Shane Riehl. (8 boats) PHRF 4 — 1) 'io, Antrim 27C, Hill Blackett; 2) Envolee, Figaro 2, Nathalie Criou. (7 boats) PHRF 5 — 1) Latency, J/99, Camille Moussette; 2) Shark on Bluegrass, J/99, Falk Meissner. (6 boats) PHRF 6 — 1) Flexi Flyer, Soverel 33, Mark Merritt. (4 boats) PHRF 7 — 1) Shaman, Cal 40, Barton Page 72 • Latitude 38 • July, 2026

Hackworth; 2) Azure, Cal 40, Rodney Pimentel. (7 boats) EXPRESS 37 — 1) Spindrift V, Lisa Wilson; 2) Loca Motion, Mark Chaffey. (5 boats) MULTIHULL — 1) Flux, Seacart 30, Jeremy Boyette; 2) Bottle Rocket, Seacart 30, David Schumann. (2 boats) DOUBLEHANDED — 1) Sun Dragon, SunFast 3300, Frank van Diggelen. (3 boats) Full results at www.offshoreraceweek.com

'Blackhawk' and 'Golden Moon' Victorious at EYC One Design Encinal Yacht Club (EYC) played host to its 2026 One Design Invitational Regatta on June 6 and 7, hosting 23 J/105s and six Express 37s on the Berkeley Circle for the event. Each fleet sailed three races each day, with five buoy races and the third race on Saturday a Bay Tour-esque race around Blossom and then downwind into the Alameda Estuary with a finish off the EYC docks. The J/105 fleet was won by Ryan Simmons and his team aboard Blackhawk (SFYC), the first regatta win of the season for the veteran and generally dominant program. Blackhawk recorded a sixth-place finish to start the regatta, and then finished outside of

the top two only once (a fourth in race four), winning the race into the Estuary on Saturday and the final two races of the event Sunday, and recording a second in race two. Their 15-point total put them two ahead of Jeff Littfin's Mojo (NoYC). Maggie Bacon, who was skippering Randy Hecht's Niuhi while Hecht raced his Knarr of the same name at Knox, finished third with 30 points. "The highlight of Saturday was without a doubt the final race of the day, which took us from the end of the Berkeley Pier, upwind to Blossom and then downwind all the way to the Encinal Yacht Club," Simmons tells Latitude of Blackhawk's win. "The downwind leg started with a high-powered blastreach from Blossom to the Bay Bridge in 20 knots of breeze. This year's race down the Estuary was unlike any we have experienced: There was consistent light to moderate breeze and no holes or jibes all the way across the finish line. "Sunday featured ideal San Francisco Bay conditions, with a building flood all day," Simmons says of Sunday's racing. "There were square start lines and minimal wind shifts put a premium

TIMOTHY EAKER

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Clockwise from top: A panorama of spinnakers; 'Golden Moon' was dominant in the Express 37 fleet, nearly recording a picket fence; Ryan Simmons and his team on 'Blackhawk' turned in a classic performance to win the J/105 fleet at the EYC One Design.

on starts, boat speed and fleet management, especially at the weather mark. We went into the sixth and final race tied with Mojo. We were able to get a better start and led them at the first weather mark, which we subsequently hit! Luckily we had just enough of a gap to complete our 360 before they rounded, allowing us to soft-cover the rest of the race and secure our first regatta victory of the year." Outside of Blackhawk's win, there was no shortage of excitement (and unfortunately some boat damage) in the J/105 fleet. The race to Blossom and then EYC to end the day on Saturday saw a dramatic T-bone between Roulette and Juju, with the former hitting the latter while on port after an ill-advised tack and putting a massive hole into Juju's rail. It was the type of damage that will certainly keep Juju out for months at best, and likely the full season. That is, if the boat is salvageable. Naturally, Juju was not able to continue the regatta. Roulette raced on Sunday. That same race did see plenty of excitement in the Estuary. While, as Simmons noted, the Estuary didn't feature the normal 15 to 25 jibes, the

southerly wind angle was such that in the final few hundred yards boats had to make the decision whether to drop their kites or aggressively tightreach. Most were able to make it work one way or the other, but Jabberwocky got caught low with their kite up and crashed into the dock in the last halfmile of the race. Only egos were damaged, thankfully. The first two races on Sunday were largely uneventful in the J/105 fleet, but the final race saw multiple boats retire. Most notably, Donkey Jack had their tack pole snapped off by Prima on an offset leg. Ne*Ne, who finished fourth in the event, dramatically shrimped their kite during the final race, but were able to recover and finish. The Express 37 fleet was won in dominant fashion by Mike Laport's Golden Moon (StFYC). The team on the Moon had a picket fence going for the regatta until the final race, in which they finished second behind Bart Schneider's Expeditious (StFYC/ SFYC), who finished second in the regatta. "Team Golden Moon is grateful to EYC for putting on another fun regatta — our thanks for their hospitality,"

Golden Moon crew member Isaac Chaput tells Latitude. "Our experienced skippers drove tight races, with all boats right on the line at every start. Lots of position changes through the six races made for great racing on the Bay… Good foredeck work with fast spinnaker sets, jibes, and douses allowed breakaways from the pack. We also had some fun match-racing moments as pairs found themselves close together on a few legs." The Encinal One Design had a bit of everything, from tight racing, to dominance, to collisions, and a sailor overboard (who was safely recovered). The regatta will certainly give boats from both fleets something to think about as they go forward with their seasons. — fritz EYC ONE DESIGN INVITATIONAL, 6/8 (6r/0t) EXPRESS 37 — 1) Golden Moon, Michael Laport, 7 points; 2) Expeditious, Bartz Schneider, 17; 3) PHat Jack, Jack Lugliani, 18. (6 boats) J/105 — 1) Blackhawk, Ryan Simmons, 15 points; 2) Mojo, Jeff Littfin, 17; 3) Niuhi, Randy Hecht, 30; 4) Ne*Ne, Tim Russell, 35; 5) Donkey Jack, Justin Oberbauer/Rolf Kaiser, 37.2. (23 boats) Full results at www.encinal.org July, 2026 • Latitude 38 • Page 73

SCYC Hosts I-14 NorCal Championship Santa Cruz Yacht Club (SCYC) hosted the International 14-ft Skiff NorCal Championship on June 6 and 7. Conditions were epic, with 18 to 25 knotsplus on Saturday and 15-20 knots on Sunday. The fleet of 11 boats was challenged keeping the bow from digging and the stick in the air in sizable ocean swell just outside Steamer Lane. Needless to say, even the most experienced teams in the fleet had their fair share of getting rag-dolled around the forestay. Regardless of a few spectacular pitchpoles, the fleet as a whole is making huge improvements, with all eyes set on the I-14 World Championship this year in Cork, Ireland. This summer 11 boats will load up in a container, following the Nationals in San Diego, and head to Kingston, Ontario, for three days of 4v4 Team Racing Worlds, and seven days of fleet racing for the I-14 World Championship. This weekend in Santa Cruz proved to be excellent training for the famed venue. The USA I-14 fleet is a tight-knit group of enthusiasts who take pride in their rigging and composite work as well as their beer consumption. Friday night was no different than most: foils freshly wet-sanded, and a good few beers shared around the fire pit. Saturday morning teams rigged up, anxious for the 12:55 start with a big forecast headed our way. The first race had a competitive start: John Clark and Page 74 • Latitude 38 • July, 2026

GEOFF BORASTON

JEROD SILVA

MIKE ANCTIL

THE RACING

Clockwise from left: "STARBOOOOARD!"; Who says sailboats can't pop wheelies?; Down the wave we go!

JV Gilmore won the pin end, closely followed by Brad Reutenik and JP Barnes. Up the course breeze built to a steady 20 knots-plus, and by the top mark rounding, more than half the fleet was upside down and unable to finish. Michael Pacholski and I rounded first, closely followed by "Polish" and Evan Sjostedt. Both boats sent it hard on the downwind leg, hitting 18 knotsplus before jibing on the layline around the mile buoy. On the second upwind, Polish and Evan overtook #1202 and held onto their lead with some expertly executed heavy-air jibes on the second downwind to the finish. #1200, Reutenik and Barnes, rounded out the top three after battling back from an early capsize. The first race set the tone for the regatta. #1204 clearly had pace and experience in the big breeze. Honorable mention to AUS #681, Cameron Puckey and Max Roth, as well as #1177, Daniel Roberts and Marcos McGee, for finishing while the rest of the fleet called it for the day. Race two saw 28 knots at the windward mark, which made the bearaways feel like the old days before T-foils. Only four boats finished after multiple capsizes for each team. A huge thank-you to the SCYC support boats for helping out boats with breakdowns and getting everyone in safely. If you've never sailed in Santa Cruz, you've probably never been to Brady's Yacht Club, where most regatta nights

end. In classic 14 fashion, the fleet numbed their bruises with a few drinks and shared stories from the day. On Sunday morning, the race committee opted to move up racing by an hour to try to get some good competitive races off before the breeze built too much. We had three epic races in spectacular conditions. The term champagne sailing doesn't quite work in a skiff, but Sunday was the closest thing to it. Twelve to 15 knots in the first race building to 15 to 20 knots in the latter two, along with ocean swell, gave the whole fleet the buzz we've all been chasing. The more manageable conditions meant tight racing. More often than not, four or five boats were getting to the top mark all in a line and setting simultaneously for the glamour runs. #1204 Mikey and Evan proved themselves at this regatta with a picket fence, and set the tone for the rest of the fleet. We have some work to do in the big breeze to catch those guys. Safe to say we are all looking forward to the next one here in Santa Cruz! — patrick wilkinson I-14 NORCAL CHAMPIONSHIP, SCYC, 6/6-7 (5r/1t) 1) The Green Bastard From Parts Unknown, Mikey Radziejowski/Evan Sjostedt, 4 points; 2) Blue Balls, Michael Pacholski/Patrick Wilkinson, 8; 3) Sweet Jane, Marcos McGee/ Daniel Roberts, 17. (11 boats) Full results at www.scyc.org

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CHRIS RAY

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Clockwise from top left: SFYC will be competing for a world title in Kiel in October due to their win at the Sailing League Regatta; A crowded start, with some boats likely OCS; The SFYC team holding up their ticket to Northern Germany; The RYC women's team punched their ticket to Kiel.

SFYC and RYC Win Sailing League Regatta, Book Tickets to SCL Final in Germany On May 30 and 31, the third annual San Francisco Sailing League Regatta was sailed at St. Francis Yacht Club (StFYC). The regatta was not sailed in your traditional fleet-racing style, but rather in a club-vs.-club-vs.-club short-course racing style that has become incredibly popular and exciting in Europe with the Sailing Champions League. Seven clubs competed in the event, which saw five clubs at a time race against one another on short, twolap race courses as two teams sat out each race. While scoring was a normal low-points system, the fewer boats in each race, shorter courses, and need to match scores from races in which one did not participate brought elements of team and match racing into your typical fleet racing. "Sailing League brings a fresh and highly engaging format to the sport by embracing a simple and familiar concept: club against club," Felix Weidling tells Latitude. Weidling, originally of Kiel, Germany, is StFYC's racing director and one of the key driving forces behind the push to grow the format in the United States. "Much like in traditional team sports such as football or baseball, this structure creates strong team spirit, clear rivalries and an exciting spectator experience."

The winner of the event would book their ticket to the 2026 Sailing Champions League Final in Kiel, Germany, in early October to compete against the top clubs from many European countries as well as Australia and New Zealand. The top-finishing women's team would similarly book their ticket to the Women's Sailing Champions League Final, also in Kiel in August. The event was won by the San Francisco Yacht Club (SFYC), who never finished worse than second in a race, and won five of their 10 races. The SFYC team was composed of Nick Sessions, Will Foox, Caleb Yoslov and Aaron Ziegler, with Sessions as the skipper. Sessions is not a stranger to the format. After the SFYC youth team qualified for the 2025 Youth Sailing Champions League Final by winning the 2025 Sears Cup (also hosted by StFYC), Sessions filled in for Sears Cup-winning skipper Mark Xu at the Youth Sailing Champions League Final last November in Spain. He guided SFYC to a second-place finish at that event, coming one race away from winning the whole thing. The title ultimately went to the team from the Norddeutscher Regatta-Verein from Hamburg, Germany.

Behind SFYC on the overall podium was Richmond Yacht Club (RYC) in second with 20 points and the home team from StFYC with 25 in third. Tied with StFYC on points but losing on tiebreaker was the first of the three women's boats, from RYC. The RYC women's boat, which also punched their ticket to northern Germany, was composed of Lucy Wilmot, Renee Corpuz-Lahne, Julia Paxton Liebenberg and Christine Dubuc. "We are proud to see clear pathways emerging for top-performing teams," Weidling said of the growth of the format on the West Coast, and highlighted his excitement at the the Bay Area's key role in hosting the Sailing League Regatta for the past three years: "[It] underlines the city's key role in driving the international development of league sailing. "Looking ahead, organizers are actively inviting additional yacht clubs to host events in 2027, with the goal of establishing both West Coast and East Coast conferences," Weidling continues. "The long-term vision is bold: to build a nationwide club league system culminating in a true 'Super Bowl of Sailing.'" — fritz SAN FRANCISCO SAILING LEAGUE REGATTA, StFYC, 5/30-31 (10r/0t) 1) SFYC, 15 points; 2) RYC, 20; 3) StFYC, 25. (7 clubs) Full results at www.stfyc.com July, 2026 • Latitude 38 • Page 75

GREG ASHBY

THE RACING SHEET

The view of the Farallones from Greg Ashby's 'Akumu'. Inset: A competitor making their way out toward the Farallones (though pictured in front of Angel Island).

The 50th Singlehanded Farallones Race On May 23, 12 boats sailed out past the Golden Gate Bridge toward the Farallones in the 50th edition of the Singlehanded Sailing Society's (SSS) Singlehanded Farallones Race. The 12 boats were separated into five different classes, though two classes had only one boat competing. (The non-spinnaker division initially had three signups, with Ken Roesler's Friendship being the only boat to compete, and Clifford Shaw's Rainbow the only boat in the multihull division.) Both the Spinnaker A and Spinnaker B divisions had four participants. The fastest finish in Spinnaker A and among all competitors in both elapsed and corrected time was Scott Easom's J/100 Eight Ball (SFYC), finishing in seven hours, 23 minutes and 49 seconds (and correcting out to 7:38:22). "What a great day! Ebb [current] out and flood coming back in," Easom tells Latitude. "I left the Bay with a large tug and barge to my starboard side; unfortunately we were doing the exact same speed. I tacked either four or six times just trying to stay clear of the tow even though I was easily laying the island. With the sheets eased and a nice 1014 knots of breeze the fleet was making great time toward the island. Page 76 • Latitude 38 • July, 2026

"The wind direction and strength really did closely resemble the forecast, which called for the south breeze in the teens all day," Easom continues. "About five miles from the island as the breeze direction lifted, I was able to deploy the Code 0 to the island. With the wind from the south, I tacked around the island and re-deployed the Code 0 and sailed all the way back into the Bay with 13-15 knots of wind and a nice 2.5-knot flood behind me. The Farallones looked nice and green, and there wasn't the foul smell usually associated with being that close. Shout-out to Bob Johnston, who sailed a great race and pushed me hard all day. Also thanks to the race committee and all their hard work." As mentioned, Bob Johnston finished second in Spinnaker A aboard his Alerion Express Surprise! (RYC), finishing 15 minutes behind Easom in real time, which corrected out to a difference of just one minute and 13 seconds. The Spinnaker B division was won by Donald Martin's Crinan II (IYC), a Wyliecat 30. Martin finished in just under eight-and-a-half hours of real time, correcting out to 8:09:11. The two-boat Sportboat division was won by Jefferson Franklin aboard his Olson 30 Dark Horse (SSS). Greg Ashby's B-Boat B25 Akumu (RYC) was second. "I almost didn't race Saturday,"

Ashby tells Latitude. "Friday evening while preparing Akumu I discovered that I had left my Dan Buoy at home! After [I tested] a couple friends at RYC, Bob Johnston on Surprise! came through. He was borrowing one and had another one available, so we both got to race. Keeping to the ebb on the way out and staying clear of commercial traffic. Once past Point Bonita it was a close reach on port to the Rockpile by noon and one tack to get around by 1300. The starboard reach back had the breeze too forward to get a kite up, and I eventually swapped the #3 jib for a 125 reacher. I made it back in the Gate to finish at 17:48. Big thanks to the RC volunteers!" — fritz SSS SINGLEHANDED FARALLONES, 5/23 SPORTBOAT — 1) Dark Horse, Olson 30, Jefferson Franklin; 2) Akumu, B-25, Gregory Ashby. (3 boats) SPINNAKER A — 1) Eight Ball, J/100, Scott Easom; 2) Surprise!, Alerion Express, Bob Johnston; 3) Lionheart, Express 37, Dennis Rowedder. (4 boats) SPINNAKER B — 1) Crinan II, Wyliecat 30, Donald Martin; 2) Galaxsea, Nauticat, Daniel Willey; 3) Uno, Wyliecat 30, David Herrigel. (5 boats) NON-SPINNAKER — 1) Friendship, Hanse 388, Kevin Roesler. (1 boat) MULTIHULL — 1) Rainbow, Crowther 10m, Clifford Shaw. (1 boat) Full results at www.jibeset.net

ILCA MASTERS PCCs, RYC, 5/23-24 (6r/1t) ILCA 6 — 1) David LaPier, ACSC, Great Grand Master, 13 points; 2) Chris Boome, StFYC, Legend Master, 17; 3) Charles Thomas, PCS, Great Grand Master, 24. (8 boats) ILCA 7 — 1) Duncan Pearce, Royal Vancouver YC, Grand Master, 24 points; 2) Julian Soto, Charcuterie YC, Apprentice, 26; 3) James Espey, StFYC, Apprentice, 28. (11 boats) Full results at www.richmondyc.org YRA SPRING BAY RACE 1, 5/30 MULTIHULL — 1) Tri Jolie, Corsair 880, Rafi Yahalom; 2) Caliente, Explorer 44, Truls Myklebust; 3) Peregrine Falcon, F-27, Marc Larhette/ Giles Hinchcliff. (3 boats) SPINNAKER 1 — 1) Swift Ness, J/111, Nesrin Basoz; 2) Nuckelavee, Melges 32, Mark Kennedy; 3) Frequent Flyer, Farr 30, Stanleigh Phillips. (6 boats) SPINNAKER 2 — 1) Lindo, J/109, John Kalucki; 2) WYSIWYG, Olson 30, Hendrik Bruhns; 3) Mintaka 4, Farr 38, Gerry Brown. (8 boats) SPINNAKER 3 — 1) Cuckoo, Bird, Bill Claussen; 2) Current Affair, Express 27, Seth Clark; 3) Crews Nest, Catalina 34, Ray Irvine. (4 boats)

BOX SCORES RACE 2, 5/30 SPINNAKER 1 — 1) Swift Ness; 2) Jubilant, J/112e, Ross Warner; 3) Bodacious+, 1D48, John Clauser. (4 boats) SPINNAKER 2 — 1) Wowla, J/100, Lori Tewksbury; 2) Mintaka 4; 3) Lindo. (5 boats) SPINNAKER 3 — 1) Cuckoo; 2) Current Affair; 3) Crews Nest. (4 boats) Full results at www.jibeset.net MPYC SPRING SPLASH, 5/30 (6r/0t) TERA — 1) Elliana Emerson, 10 points; 2) Seth Haskins, 12; 3) Dietrich Rassbach, 17. (6 boats) Full results at www.mpyc.org YRA DOUBLEHANDED SERIES, 5/31 SPINNAKER 1 — 1) Checkered Past, Wyliecat 39, Kim Desenberg; 2) Lilith, Wyliecat 39, Tom Paulling/Mike Mannix; 3) Basic Instinct, Elliott 1050, Memo Gidley/Bob Braid. (9 boats) SPINNAKER 2 — 1) Can O'Whoopass, Cal 20, Richard vonEhrenkrook/Chris Cassell; 2) Nancy, Wyliecat 30, Patrick Broderick/Doug Ford; 3) Hygge, Borresen BB10, Don Ringer. (4 boats)

NON-SPINNAKER — 1) Sapphire, Alerion Express, Michael & Aruna Chammout; 2) Iolani, Hughes 48, Barry & Sylvia Stompe; 3) Grande Cuvee, First, Chris Stump/Eric Olson. (4 boats) ALERION EXPRESS — 1) Zenaida, Fred Paxton/Tim Knowles; 2) Chesapeake III, James Fair/BJ Price. (2 boats) MULTIHULL — 1) Wind Traveler, C28, Terry Smith/Jim Struble. (1 boat) Full results at www.jibeset.net SPRING CLASSIC BOAT INVITATIONAL, SYC, 6/6-7 (3r/0t) FOLKBOAT — 1) Polperro, Peter Jeal, 4 points; 2) Thea, Anderson/Horsch/Schafer/ Strumph, 5; 3) Faith, Mark Slichter, 11. (5 boats) KNARR — 1) Kuliani, Jonathan Perkins, 6 points; 2) Tree Boys and a Girl, Chris Perkins, 9; 3) Niuni, Randy Hecht/Russ Silvestri, 10. (14 boats) Full results at www.regattanetwork.com SFYC WOMEN'S SPRINT INVITATIONAL, 6/6-7 RS21 — 1) Emily Sherer, 19 points; 2) Katie Maxim, 21; 3) Rebecca Hinden, 36. (7 boats) Full results at www.sfyc.org

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t's Pacific Puddle Jump time! This month we have reports from Kehaulani's "relentless and magical" trip to the Marquesas; Aisling's postBaja Ha-Ha adventures; Hemisphere Dancer's Pacific crossing; and even some PPJ-related Cruise Notes.

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who crewed our Seattle-San Francisco passage, and Jeff, a new face. They met us in Cabo for an early April departure. (Interestingly, Cabo is one of the shortest routes to the Marquesas — second only to San Diego.) With the boat provisioned for 40 days, and a weather window opening up, we set sail on April 3, heading west into the blue Pacific. One aspect that made our passage peculiar was the range of extra activities our crew was engaged in. Peter and Jeff had been working on a web-based business venture for nearly two years. The testing and go-live phases of their launch were due to happen at the same time as our scheduled passage. Not wanting to miss the opportunity, they decided to proceed while at sea. Meanwhile, Tami was nearing the completion of a lifelong goal: a degree in government. With her final semester coinciding with our passage, she had to attend classes and complete finals while underway, which proved no easy feat. I handled the boat while the crew hammered away on keyboards, held meetings, attended class, and filmed videos for assignments. Once clear of the coast, the sailing was pleasant. Mild and sometimes elusive winds accompanied the customary and unpleasant North Pacific short and steep swells. As pollywogs — sailors who have yet to cross the equator — we had learned about squalls from books, movies and online videos. It was somewhere around the fifth parallel of north latitude that we spotted an oddly welldefined cluster of ominous clouds rapidly

KEHAULANI

Kehaulani — Caliber 40 Chris and Tami Fratini Believing in Magic Kingston, WA If pressed for a single word to sum up a monthlong ocean crossing, "relentless" is the one I would choose. But "magical" would run a close second. This is the story of how my wife Tami and I sailed our Kehaulani from Cabo San Lucas to the Marquesas IsBefore doing the PPJ, lands. Chris and Tami spent 30 Tami and I years sailing the Pacific are not comNorthwest. plicated people — give us a solid boat, open water, and a destination worth chasing, and we're happy. Best friends for nearly 40 years and married for almost 10, we spent 30 of those years sailing in the Pacific Northwest. Having long dreamed of a big sailing adventure, we acquired Kehaulani, a stout bluewater cruiser and veteran of one circumnavigation, in 2023 and spent a year preparing her to cruise offshore once again. With new rigging and plenty of other upgrades, we sailed her out of Kingston, Washington, in September 2024, headed for Mexico, with San Francisco as our first stop. We continued down the Pacific Coast to the Sea of Cortez, where we spent a year. We loved the people, the places, the food and the remarkable cruising community. It was an unforgettable experience, and we were reluctant to leave — but we were ready for more. In October 2025, we began planning our South Pacific passage. As the storied gateway to the South Pacific, and a place Kehaulani's former owners had loved deeply, the Marquesas were the obvious first stop. After the customary repairs and upgrades, by March 2026 we were as ready as we could be. We engaged a couple of sailors to crew with us: Peter,

Clockwise from right: 'Kehaulani' underway; Tami and Jeff taking care of business en route; mid-Pacific sunset; "Land ho" in the Marquesas. Inset right: PPJ crew Peter and Jeff. Left: boobies are infamous for defiling solar panels.

approaching from the northeast. Not wanting to turn into George Clooney in his famous nautical film, we shortened sail and braced. Within minutes, a wall of wind hit us like an angry elephant, and our quiet afternoon of lackluster sailing turned into an epic downpour in a moderate gale. Thanks to the "reef early, reef often" mantra, we rode out the squall on a comfortable broad reach while taking the soaking of our lives as a warm horizontal river of rain tore through the cockpit from port to starboard. Half an hour later, as abruptly as it had arrived, the squall passed, and we settled back to light and variable winds. The cockpit

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remained animated for some time — childlike reenactments, and everyone laughing hysterically. Glad to have that first one behind us, and suspecting it was the first of many. Beyond the coast, progress slowed considerably. When we finally reached the northern edge of the Intertropical Convergence Zone, it had expanded to 400 miles with little to no wind in the foreseeable future. The dreaded doldrums. Having worked out our fuel consumption, we decided to motor sparingly and sail whenever winds offered any forward progress.

Days later, after sailing at 2 to 3 knots for almost a week, we reached the equator. Exhausted but happy, we toasted Neptune, celebrated our promotion from pollywogs to shellbacks — and went for a swim in the bluest water we had ever seen. Three more days of light winds and strong westerly countercurrents followed before we finally found the southern trades. Once they arrived, we flew — full sails and broad reaching at hull speed or better. Our best three-day run covered 458 nautical miles. Spirits were high! Going from a warm bunk to a wet,

windy cockpit is rarely appealing, but one morning on the 3 a.m. watch, I settled in and in short order felt like a contented outside dog, hanging out and keeping watch on the house and its people. There was something simple and pleasantly purposeful about it. Even the extreme, constant rolling felt weirdly ordinary. The bioluminescence along the windward side lit up the hull like neon lights as we slid down each swell. It was magical, mesmerizing. The passage reminded us that long journeys like these are uniquely mindful experiences. Cruising, we concluded, is simply moving your house, with everyone and everything in it, from one amazing place to another. There are fun moments and hard moments. During the latter, the journey becomes an inescapable chore, but a prerequisite for enjoying the spoils. Relentless indeed. By journey's end, the damage list included boom vang bracket ripped out of the mast base during a squall; electric bilge pump float and alarm switch dead; a mystery saltwater leak somewhere midships; manual bilge pump diaphragm shot; engine-hour meter dislodged and lost somewhere in the lazarette; steering chain broken during another squall (this one took some doing to fix); and the genoa leech strip shredded during a botched furling job. There is likely more we have yet to find. Landfall on Nuku Hiva was unforgettable. About an hour from the bay entrance, daylight settled in, and as if on cue, the wind veered and kicked up, and the skies opened up to a downpour of biblical proportions. We were all on deck and laughing like children as we took another soaking in stride. As we entered the beautiful Taiohae Bay, the rain stopped, and a beautiful morning greeted our triumphant arrival. The scenery was worthy of Jurassic Park, the fragrance of the sweet, fertile soil overpowering. We were reminded of our arrival under the Golden Gate Bridge in 2024. The cast almost the same. A soft gaze. Deep, slow breaths. Eye contact with a mate crouching at the lifelines. The same quiet smiles and misty eyes. Twenty-eight days. 2,950 miles. A different hemisphere. A different time zone. From spring to fall with no summer in between. We bloody made it! — Chris 5/31/26 July, 2026 • Latitude 38 • Page 79

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Left to right: 'Aisling's Baja Ha-Ha crew Luis, Kate, Ed and Martha

Dutch Contest 46/48, out of Santa Barbara Harbor, her home for 10 years. We didn't know when — or if — she would see Santa Barbara again. Uncertainty is one of the allures of cruising, and except for trips to the Channel Islands, we hadn't "properly" cruised Aisling since arriving from the Chesapeake in 2015. Our first destination was Santa Catalina Island, 90 miles distant, and then San Diego to join the 31st Baja Ha-Ha. Joining us there would be my daughter Kate, who had crossed the Pacific with me in 1977 at age 3, and sailing friend Luis Araujo, now living in Todos Santos. Luis and I had helped each other move our boats between the Chesapeake and the Caribbean, and in 2010, he, his wife Teresa and I sailed their Mason 54 across the Atlantic. We were anticipating a happy reunion of crew. The plan after the Ha-Ha was to saunter down the coast to Golfito, Costa Rica, ship Aisling back to Ensenada, and sail her home. As we were to discover, that shipping route is at least temporarily discontinued. Unwilling to find ourselves stranded in Costa Rica with no clear path forward, we pivoted to exploring the Sea of Cortez. I had driven the Baja Peninsula in 1973 and made notes about returning by boat. We set out to explore from La Paz north through the islands and anchorages toward Loreto. At the southern end of this stretch, La Paz is a small, authentic Mexican Page 80 • Latitude 38 • July, 2026

city. Wander up from the waterfront and you'll find daily life unfolding: a cobbler, a tire repair shop, a hairdresser, a ferretería, a clothing store, the occasional bank. The irregular steps, broken concrete sidewalks, and mismatched driveways are a visual jungle and an orthopedic surgeon's dream — and the bright-blue handicap ramps at each corner a downhill skier's nightmare. Five blocks up the hill, Mercado Bravo reminded me of Philadelphia's Reading Terminal Market. Produce, fruits, baked goods, fish and meat fill tightly packed stalls, interspersed with locals lingering over tacos and smoky, grilled fare. Back down the hill, larger-thanlife bronze sculptures stretch along the 3-mile malecón. One in particular caught my attention: El Viejo y el Mar. Its sculptor, Guillermo González Macías, also a poet, wrote: "I have a paper boat… It is made from a page Where I wrote my dreams. It has no anchors, no moorings. I want to sail in it, In the seven seas; in the eighth, Where I know, I will run aground in the coveted Harbor. … has anyone seen the shining light from its Lighthouse?" Farther north, Loreto and Puerto Escondido became our intermittent links to shore — for provisioning, the occasional mechanical need, and memorable meals at La Brisa. Behind it all rises the Sierra de la Giganta, a mountain range that defies description. Sunsets here resist language; photographs do little better.

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Aisling — Contest 46/48 Ed and Martha Kaufman Given Limes, Make Margaritas Santa Barbara There was a twinge of nostalgia on October 30 as Martha and I nosed Aisling, our 1995 Dick Zaal-designed

We were soon joined by our daughter Betsy and our granddaughters Cora, 8, and Emily, 4. The usual concerns of maintaining a yacht faded beside the girls' enthusiasm for everything aboard. Up through the aft hatch, forward to the bow, down through the fore hatch, and back again — repeat endlessly. Over the side, swim to the sugar scoop, climb aboard, repeat. Masks on, faces in the water, discovering fish and color along the reefs. And at day's end, one "coconut" and one "fruit punch" asleep in the fo'c'sle — priceless. With 160 gallons of fuel, a watermaker, redundant charging sources,

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Above: 'Aisling' looking sweet. Left: Although "El Viejo y El Mar" translates to "the old man and the sea," Guillermo Gonzalez Macias' sculpture has nothing to do with Ernest Hemingway. Above left: The 'mercado' at La Paz. Top right: Awake or asleep, grand-girls Cora and Emily made 'Aisling's last cruise all the more memorable. Far left: Mobula rays put on a show off Isla San José.

ample storage and reliable refrigeration, we stayed out for extended periods, usually by choice, occasionally waiting out a winter "norther." Fortunately, the Sea offers shelter in abundance. Often it was simply a matter of moving from one side of an isthmus to the other — Agua Verde being a perfect example. Warm days, low humidity, cool nights — heavenly. Friends from Santa Barbara, Scott Stark and Brian Woolford, joined us

for part of the journey. Together we hiked the foothills and explored exposed anchorages when weather allowed, including the south end of Isla Catalán. For two days, the Sea lay perfectly still. To the north, a forest of cardón and barrel cacti rose from the desert, providing a spectacular backdrop. Squadrons of pelicans dove in formation alongside, their timing always entertaining. One took a particular interest in our breakfast; despite

its best efforts at begging, we sent it away without desayuno. At Mangle Solo, off Isla San José, we were surprised one evening by the muffled "pop-pop-pop" of what sounded like fireworks. Mobula rays! We could see and hear them leaping for miles in both directions, their antics continuing well after dark. The purpose of this behavior? Whether play, courtship or dislodging parasites, their presence was magical and brought the anchorage to life. As we completed our time in the Sea and returned to La Paz, I found myself thinking again of El Viejo y el Mar, perhaps because I am, in fact, un Viejo. I am in my 80th year. Martha is… well, let's just say, not far behind. Twenty-five years aboard Aisling have taken us from the Chesapeake to Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket, to Florida, through six winters in the Caribbean, across the shallows of the Bahamas, along the California coast, and into the Gulf of California. She has carried us safely, comfortably, and without complaint through all of it. There is still so much more to see. But after 50 years of ocean passages, we find ourselves turning toward home and other pursuits while we are still able. As we nose out into the Pacific once more, we'll likely be passing Aisling on to her next owners. Like el Viejo, we will keep scanning the horizon — and dreaming about Aisling as other sailors experience the joy of piloting her to their own 'eighth sea.' — Ed 3/27/26 Ed, Martha, Kate and one other crew sailed Aisling back north. She is currently in San Diego where, says Ed, "We are actively exploring the sale of the boat." July, 2026 • Latitude 38 • Page 81

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After years of planning and practice, including a Coho Ho-Ho and Baja Ha-Ha, Doug and Deborah finally jumped the Puddle.

cific started calling it the "Pacific Puddle Jump," a piece of tongue-in-cheek slang that intentionally minimizes the massive, daunting scale of the journey. At 3,000+ miles, the "Puddle Jump" is actually the longest nonstop bluewater voyage a cruising sailor can make, typically taking three to four weeks to complete. Doug and I were determined to go on this adventure. We'd already sailed down the West Coast of the United States with the Coho Ho-Ho, and subsequently participated in the 2025 Baja Ha-Ha rally. We enjoyed a season cruising around Pacific Mexico and we felt ready. We began the effort of planning, preparing, and provisioning for our next adventure: sailing to French Polynesia! Our trip would have us travel approximately 2,700 miles to land in Nuku Hiva in the Marquesas Islands. Our excitement levels increased. First, we organized crew. Doug's daughter, Devon Lombard-Henley, had previously sailed from Hawaii to Seattle with her father, so she was an instant in. Her friend, Ari Marks, rounded out our four-person crew and made the night watches easier. We planned three-hour watches starting at 7 p.m. and ending at 7 a.m. Daytime would be more relaxed, without designated watch hours. We evaluated the readiness of Hemisphere Dancer. After a setback in Page 82 • Latitude 38 • July, 2026

2024 when our boat and several others were hit and heavily damaged by a 70-ft fishing boat that hit the docks at a Seattle boatyard — destroying our mast and setting our plans back a full year — Hemisphere Dancer was in great shape, with the necessary oceancrossing hardware and software, tried and proven during our Mexico excursions. All that remained were a few final touches: getting the bottom cleaned and adding stainless steel racks to both the port and starboard rails for holding jerry cans full of extra diesel fuel. With 120 gallons of diesel in our main tanks and 100 more on deck, we felt we had enough to deal with the light and variable winds of the Intertropical Convergence Zone. The ITCZ, as it's commonly known, is a belt of low pressure circling Earth near the equator, where the trade winds of the Northern and Southern hemispheres meet. Sailors historically called this region the "doldrums" because the converging winds rise upward rather than blowing horizontally, leaving ships stranded for days or weeks with no wind. Additionally, as the warm, moist trade winds collide and are forced upward into the atmosphere, the constantly rising air creates a nearly continuous chain of massive thunderstorms, heavy rainfall and sudden, violent squalls. We departed Cabo on April 1 at 9:30 a.m. It felt surreal to watch the hills fade away over a few hours, as we sailed into the great blue yonder toward French Polynesia. Once we lost track of land, we encountered hundreds of flying fish. They'd rise out of the ocean, glide in a sporadic yet unified way with one another, and splash into a wave as the swell rose. It was beautiful to watch. It was the first of many such shows. In later flights, some would land on the In answer to occasional queries: No, boobies don't leave at night. PUDDLE JUMPERS/WHATSAPP

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boat two or three times a day. Whenever we heard them, we'd rush over to gently pick them up, trying not to damage their fin-wings, and toss them back into the sea. On the third day, we discovered a small squid on the dodger. We wondered how it had gotten up there. There were more after that, all about 4 inches long. We never did actually see them pop out of the ocean, but obviously that's what was happening. It became part of my morning routine to walk around the deck to remove any small squids and flying fish that had decided to hitch a ride overnight. One night during my watch, we encountered bioluminescence. That in itself is an amazing experience, but then I saw large flashes farther from the boat and I thought they could be dolphins.

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Above: PPJ crew (l to r) Doug, Deborah, Ari and Devon at the equator. Left: 'Hemisphere Dancer' underway in light air. Top left: Custom brackets allowed the boat to carry 100 extra gallons of fuel on deck. Top center: Squid and flying fish arrived almost daily. Top right: Lovely Nuku Hiva.

I started calling to them (yes, I talk to dolphins — I feel it makes them stay closer to the boat and jump out of the water more frequently). The flashes came closer and I repeatedly saw the back of what looked like a very large all-black dolphin, 12 to 14 feet long. It came within 10 feet of the boat and made me step back into the middle of the cockpit! In the morning, I researched and concluded that I had most likely met a false killer whale. Like real killer whales, they are part of the dolphin family, but lack the distinctive white patches seen on their bigger cousins. Speaking of wildlife, like all boats

crossing the Pacific, we had our own hilarious and aggravating encounters with booby birds. Although most of the time they land on pulpits or lifelines, any part of the boat or rig is fair game. And sometimes they will stay for days or even weeks. Boobies are entertaining until one has to clean up after them. While we were crossing, other cruisers began naming their visiting boobies and trading photos of the birds over WhatsApp, the cruiser's text communication application of choice. Our friends, Jim and Lisa Osse on Raven, had a booby land on — and break — their windvane! They had to wait for delivery of the new

vane, thereby delaying their departure and missing their best weather window. Jim decided to protect their new windvane by adding anti-booby-landing spikes to the new equipment. That delay had a real impact on Jim and Lisa as they got stuck longer in the ITCZ when wind disappeared during their later crossing. Our own ITCZ crossing showed wind evaporating behind us, but still some ahead. We worked very hard to stay in the wind. We did end up motoring one whole day through the ITCZ with zero breeze, then had a little wind, when we motorsailed with the engine at low rpms, which gave us an extra 1–2-knot boost to stay in the wind. We also had a few days of hard rain — which rinsed the salt off the boat and cooled down the crew. The weather was warm and the rain felt wonderful! We crossed the equator on April 13. We had a ceremony to pay respects to Neptune, attired in tutus and Jimmy Buffet parrothead hats with the music playing loudly! Apparently, Neptune was unimpressed with our gifts, because the very next day he sent us a squall to remember. It came out of nowhere. I was on watch and everyone else was sleeping. I woke up Doug, and by the time he was on deck, the wind was 25 knots. The rain was going through the cockpit sideways, and we were all drenched through to the skin within a minute. This was not a nice, cooling rain, this was a "someone is going to be hypothermic shortly" rain. With all hands on deck, we got the jib rolled up and put two reefs in the main. (The boat is set up so the first two reefs can be done from the cockpit; the third requires someone at the mast.) This helped a lot, allowing better control of the boat. We took turns going below for dry clothes, foul weather gear and PFDs. The wind increased to 45 knots. The seas were massive and rough. Doug hand steered for a couple of hours until the wind decreased to around 35 knots. Then each of us took a turn at the helm. First Ari, then me, then Devon. At that point, the boat was behaving well and easy to control in 35 knots. After five hours, the squall finally evaporated. The remainder of our crossing was July, 2026 • Latitude 38 • Page 83

uneventful. After 18 days and 5 hours, we arrived safe and sound in Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia — tired but very happy to finally drop anchor in the bay! — Deborah 5/23/26 Readers — For those not familiar, the Coho Ho-Ho mentioned earlier in this article is a rally to help Pacific Northwest boats get to San Francisco by mid-September — with plenty of time to then continue on to join the Baja Ha-Ha in San Diego in early November. (The "Coho" in the name is borrowed from the small anchorage just under Point Conception.) For more, see www.cohohoho.com. Cruise Notes • "Trading city life in the Republic of Georgia for the open ocean was a massive leap of faith, driven by a deep craving for adventure and marine life," writes George "Gio" Chomakhidze of Brizo, a Fountaine Pajot Athena 38 catamaran he bought, sight unseen, in Baja. With his only sailing experience

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being a brief stint in South Africa 15 years prior, he says, "I was essentially Gio is the first Georgian starting from abto sail solo across the solute zero." Pacific. Right: 'Brizo'. Gio spent three months working on the neglected boat on the hard in the Puerto Escondido Marina, restoring, "deep cleaning," and updating all systems, including an especially cantankerous engine on one side. The payoff was "immediate and unforgettable," he says. "The very first time I left the marina, two whales glided directly beneath my hulls, locking eyes with me alongside a pod of escorting dolphins. It felt like an official welcoming committee to my new life aboard." He named the boat Brizo, for the Greek goddess of sea and dreams. Gio spent the next year-and-a-half

sailing around Baja, making friends, learning the ropes, practicing relentlessly — and building up his courage. Then he set his sights, and sails, on the Pacific Puddle Jump. The passage to the Marquesas took 30 days. "The crossing tested me exactly as a solo ocean journey should," he says. "Gear inevitably broke but was quickly repaired. A broken halyard shackle resulted in a line wrapping around one of the props — at night of course." He also spent seven days completely becalmed in the doldrums, "stubbornly drifting rather than firing up the motors." When he finally made landfall in Nuku Hiva, and after three days of sleep, "The true magnitude of the passage set in," he says. "Beyond realizing my dream of reaching French Polynesia, I discovered after thorough research that I am the very first person from the country of Georgia to accomplish a Pacific Ocean crossing under sail, the first to cross the equator, and the first to do it all solo.

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the original genoa!" Look for more on this creative rigging job, whether it lasted the whole way, and other highlights of The Seahorse's Pacific crossing in the August issue. In the meantime, check out "Andries Bik" on TikTok. • Regular contributors Maddie Zug and Jeremy Snyder of the San Francisco-based Tayana 42 Tardigrade also completed a Pacific Puddle Jump — 23 days and nearly 3,000 miles from La Cruz to Hiva Oa. We'll have more on their trip in the next issue. In the meantime, we leave you with Maddie's description of what it's like reeling off the miles through the southeast trades in bumpy conditions: "My family has a saying that when something is the harder version of a task it's 'varsity.' For example, parallel parking in a tight spot is 'varsity parking.' Right now, with how much

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26 FT PEARSON COMMANDER 1965. Carl Alberg’s timeless design (he owned one himself), full-keel stability, classic lines, enormous cockpit, and a simple setup. She’s an amazing Bay boat, great in a blow, fits a lot of people, and gets a ton of compliments everywhere we go! New in 2022: main and headsails, Mercury 5hp long shaft, running rigging, bottom job, topside paint (Alexseal), nonskid, bronze hardware (hinges, chocks, fairleads, ensign socket, cowl vent and more). Brightwork fully restored, new teak handrails, rebuilt sliding companionway hatch rails. New tiller, custom full cockpit cushions, custom canvas covers. I have so many more pics and tons of videos. $13,900. Sausalito, CA mills.phil@gmail.com

27 FT EXPRESS 27 1982. ‘Chimo’, hull #35. High-performance one-design racer. New Honda 2.3 outboard, trailer. Freshwater boat, sailed on Clear Lake. Lightly used Quantum sails, 2 spinnakers. Lots of spare parts, and sails, and many extras. Priced to sell. $9,500. Kelseyville, CA (707) 277-9369 doliver923@yahoo.com

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26 FT FRISCO FLYER CLASS 1960. Teak wooden sloop built by Cheoy Lee. Large cabin and cockpit. Aluminum mast and boom. A great sailboat for a day on the Bay or the weekend. Very good condition. Asking $6,900 OBO $6,900. Richmond, CA stefroche916@gmail.com 28 FT LASER 28 1985. Designed by Bruce Farr, built in Canada by Laser International, ‘Sonata’ has a carbon fiber hull. She is fast and fun with a PHRF of 138 with small jib or 135 with class sails. She is equipped with Harken roller furling, and a Gori folding prop. The BUKH diesel was replaced with a ThunderStruck electric motor in 2020. ‘Sonata’ can also be used as a weekender. Accommodations include 5-ft 10-1/2-in standing headroom, double V-berth (6 ft 3 in), dinette is convertible to 6-ft 7-in berth, two-burner alcohol stove, cooler, marine toilet with holding tank. Currently in the water in Sausalito. A trailer is available. $15,000. Sausalito, CA shinn.alice@gmail.com (415) 272-0562

25 FT FREEDOM 25 1982. Catboat, galley, flush toilet, sleeps four, with new Newport NT600 4.4 hp electric motor (2026) never used, with self-contained LoPro iron phosphate lithium battery BMS and charger. Great daysailer or weekender. Fiberglass, needs TLC and varnish on exterior teak trim. New mainsail in 2022. Owner diagnosed with stage 4 cancer and must sell. $12,500 0B0. Alameda Captain.Hugenot@gmail.com (415) 531-6172 25 FT CATALINA 25 1986. Retractible keel with Trail-Rite 2-axle trailer. Sails in good shape, roller reefing storm jib and genoa. Pop-top cabin, 9.9 hp outboard, runs good. No leaks, CNG stovetop and propane BBQ. Tahoe only for last 15 years. Please contact Jim. $6,500. Grass Valley cedarsjim@gmail.com (530) 913-6540

29 – 31 FEET SAILBOATS

30 FT S2 9.2 1977. Draft 6 ft, 2-stroke Yanmar, 3-blade feathering prop, spinnaker, 120 genoa, self-tailing winches, documented vessel, water heater, cooler/freezer, stove, head, shower. $19,000. Owl Harbor, Isleton, CA moikit24@att.net (209) 981-2449

30 FT KNARR BY BORRESEN 2000. ‘Pegasus’ is a fast sailboat in all conditions. Transferable slip in S.F. West Harbor near Golden Gate Yacht Club (per harbor rules). Includes two sets of North Sails (practice/delivery and lightly used racing), new boat cover (2025), and new bottom (March 2026). Measured and weighed in 2023/24; fully compliant with Fleet/Class specifications (records available on Fleet website). Comes with 2 whisker poles, jib sheets, motor mount, and additional gear (no outboard). Ideal for racing or cruising on S.F. Bay. Check out Knarr.us for more information. $20,000. San Francisco West Harbor spmcmurray@gmail.com

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30 FT WYLIECAT 2009. Versatile, fun sailboat. Cat rigged, wishbone boom, tiller, Yanmar 2YM15 inboard diesel, dark blue hull. One sail, a fully-battened Hodges Square Top from Ullman Sails. Well-mannered; sail single- or double-handed. Easily sailed or tweak to win. Competitive lake, Bay or ocean-capable with downwind bursts to +15 knots. Or weekend cruiser with cabin, port and starboard couches/ berths, and stern berth, separate head compartment, galley sink, enhanced storage cabinetry and batteries. Second-to-last Wiley 30 out of the mold, hull #20. Hull solidly built, never modified. Always carefully maintained. Ready to race or cruise. US documented vessel. $65,000. Sequim, WA dbenjamin1.db@gmail.com (925) 3371680

30 FT PACIFIC 30 1982. Aka Roue’ 20. LOD 30 ft, LWL 21 ft, Beam 8 ft, Draft 4.5 ft. Displacement 4700 lbs. Designed in the ‘20s, built in the ‘80s in Nova Scotia of quality Canadian fiberglass, ‘Ramona’ is 30 feet on deck with elegant overhang that guarantees compliments every time she sails. The original “gentleman’s (or gentlewoman’s) daysailer,” ‘Ramona’ has everything you need, and nothing you don’t, for a memorable day on the Bay. Dependable two-cylinder Yanmar diesel (recent List Marine service), crisp Pineapple sails, new standing rigging (including topof-mast sheaves), new Harken furler, Dutchman rig, built-in cooler, rollaway head, and a great napping berth. Why sail a motorhome when all you really need is a sports car? $7,950. Richmond rgriffoul@sbcglobal.net 30 FT FISHER MARINE. Year not on documents. Project. Very reasonable to right person. Great sea boat. Charleston, OR kovexair@gmail.com

30 FT NONSUCH ULTRA 1984. Beautiful interior, comes with new canvas dodger, sail bag and rail covers, not installed. Garmin chartplotter, autopilot, wind, depth indicator, power halyard, electric windlass. $45,000. Stockton, CA cathyyochheim@gmail.com (209) 4190839

30 FT KNARR 1983. ‘Penelope’ and her transferable upwind slip next to the Golden Gate Yacht Club in the San Francisco City Marina are for sale. Knarr US 132 was built in Vejle, Denmark, 1983 at Borresen by longtime fleet member. This boat is a fiberglass example that has had consistent upgrades and always has been a top performer in the fleet for decades; have won countless races. The mast was upgraded to aluminum with the fleet several years ago and all rigging was completed by GC. The epoxy rudder, rudder stock and Billet rudder head were all replaced four years ago with work completed by KKMI. The winches have been moved forward. Multiple sets of sails, ready to continue winning races. $29,500. San Francisco Marina c.griffith@ggsir.com (415) 672-3263

30 FT KNARR 1960. Built in Norway. Var nished. Aluminum mast and boom. Two suits of North Sails, two outboards. Stuff. Good racing record. Berthed in S.F. Yacht Club Harbor. $15,000. Belvedere, CA georgerygg@gmail.com (415) 596-6296

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RACER/CRUISER SLOOP. Selling ‘Williwaw’, my boat of 30 years. A great boat for getting into racing, cruising and voyaging. Safe, dependable and fun to sail, even singlehanded. Full sail inventory and spinnaker pole. Powered by a Yanmar 16hp 2GM20F diesel in good condition with new fiberglass fuel tank. Many updated amenities:, sail covers, hydraulic backstay, auto tiller, roller furling jib, halyards, personnel harnesses, anchor and rode, VHF, bottom paint, Autohelm and new wireless Garmin electronics. See URL for specs. $6,500. Santa Cruz South Harbor/Slip O18. vmartin@cruzio.com (831) 818-3108

30 FT YANKEE ONE CLASSIC WOODEN RACING SLOOP 1949. Master Mariners award-winning sailboat designed by William Starling Burgess and Stone-built. ‘Flame’ was totally restored in 2015. Varnished wood hull. Roller furling. Stainless outboard bracket. 2 spinakers. All new stainless rigging. More photos available. Complete survey in 2023 available. “A Sailor’s Saiboat.” Recently shown at the Master Mariner’s Wooden Boat Show. $39,900 OBO. Richmond stefroche916@gmail.com

29 FT ERICSON 30+ 1985. Well kept. Great sailing. Summer use on Tahoe 20+ years. Wheel steering. Solar. AutopilotRaymarine EV-100. M-18 diesel. Roller furling headsail, Schaeffer furler. Galley. Head. Three cruising sails (North) .Extras. Ready to view/launch. No trailer. $19,750. West Shore Lake Tahoe vabjrmd@gmail.com (530) 416-1183

30 FT OLSON 30 1982. Late model. Includes custom dual-axle trailer and very recent Ballenger double-spreader mast with corresponding rod rigging. Last 20 years in Portland (freshwater). Rigging, stanchions/lifelines, running rigging, winches in excellent condition. Boat has been thoroughly/completely gone through at well-known Elkhorn Composites: A. All three ribs at mast foot replaced with composite elements (boat has substantial jockstrap). B. Three small soft spots in the deck/ cockpit replaced w/composite core/ gelcoat. C. Bottom and keel completely stripped to the gelcoat and keel fiberglassed as necessary. D. Keel bolts torqued/updated. E. New lifting rod threaded end. F. Several coats barrier, two of Pro-Line antifoul (59% Cu). Mucho $$. Not splashed yet. Two good race mains, spinnakers, older jibs. $12,500. Morgan Hill mtown@att.net

32 – 35 FEET SAILBOATS

34 FT CATALINA 34 1986. Drastically Reduced! Sail-ready in great condition. Perfect for SF Bay or Baja Ha liveaboard. Sleeps 6. Mainsail and 120 Genoa. Like new cushions and teak interior. Rigged for solo. New Catalina sells for $200K+. Sacrifice $21,900. All gear and furnishings included. Can be seen at South Beach Harbor, SF. Contact Ed at baycat34@comcast.net or via cell at (408) 489-7511. Reduced to $21,900 dvineman@gmail.com (415) 515-3704

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33 FT SWIFT 33 1978. Beautiful classic bluewater cruiser. Sturdy build (Lloyd’s-stamped), great materials; will keep its value as long as it is lovingly maintained. New engine 2018 (550 hrs). New B+G wind instruments. New Raymarine autopilot, New Raymaine chartplotter. New self-tacking jib rigging. New DC and AC panels. 2X AGM 210 Ah batteries. Stripped and epoxied hull (2024). New windows (2025/2026). Integral keel/lead ballast. Beautiful teak interior. Refrigerator. Macerator. Will trade for camper van up to $80,000. $59,000. Point Richmond miglopra@gmail.com (415) 299-0263

35 FT 2005 JEANNEAU SO35 2005. In beautiful San Carlos, Sonora, Marina Real. Boat is in great condition with new electric head, 3-blade folding prop, new AC unit, Harken battcar system for the main, bottom paint late 2025, new dinghy and 5hp motor. Many more upgrades and maintenance so call me and ask me anything. $60,000. San Carlos, Sonora, MX Jbrooksbar@gmail.com (520) 548-3458

35 FT J/35 1984. Pacific Cup/Hawaii vet, well maintained, newish B&G electronics, batteries, cabin paint, cushions, shaft, motor work, solar charging. Comfortable in light air, breezy S.F. Bay, ocean crossing. Lots of extra gear, sails, anchors, etc. Designed as offshore one-design, great cruiser, listed in Sailboat Hall of Fame. Quick, stiff and safe. $35,000. Grand Marina, Oakland pratt42fairwinds@gmail.com (408) 2032922

34 FT CAL 1967. $10k Cal 34, but consider the B&G electronics, radar, depth, wind speed, direction. Solar with 600 Ah lithium house bank, AGM start battery with DC/DC charger, 3 kW inverter, Standard Horizon VHF with receive AIS, plus second VHF. Refrigeration, Benmar autopilot, Lewmar windlass, 2-speed self-tailing winches, Ullman main (2 yr), 125% genoa (1 yr) on Harken furler, asymmetrical spinnaker (2 yrs) on a top-down furler, all Ullman sails. Hard dodger with isinglass. Excellent running Atomic 4 (4 yrs old 850 hrs). Will take best offer, can’t load photos, will send upon request. $10,000 OBO. San Pedro Edgertonjack@Yahoo.com (310) 5917601

33 FT RANGER 33 1974. Summer Sailstice mothership. Atomic 4, running. Bottom paint in 1/25. Folding prop. Good electronics: wind, depth, speed and fishfinder. Nice stereo. USBs with A and C. Interior cabin lights. $20,000. Alameda wesleyinunez@gmail.com (510) 5895530 https://tinyurl.com/3se64p4z

32 FT CATALINA 320 1996. Excellent condition. Second owner since 1999. Cruised and sailed in S.F. Bay and the Delta. Great family boat. New sails in 2022 with very low hrs since. Westerbeke diesel 920 hrs. Hauled out and bottom painted in June 2025. New Batteries in 2024. No damage, no Catalina smile or gap with keel. Comes well equipped for Bay Area sailing and California Delta cruising. Selling for my parents due to father passing away. More images available upon request. $45,000 OBO. SFYC Belvedere, CA d1.davidm@gmail.com (435) 901-1013

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34 FT EXPRESS 34 1987. Considered one of Carl Schumacher’s finest designs! Race- or cruise-ready. PHRF slayer! Recent upgrades: new Ullman mainsail and carbon #3 (2025). New Garmin chartplotter, new upholstery, new anti-fouling race bottom (2025). Easom running rigging — tapered halyards and sheets w/Tylaska shackles. Sails include: 3 mains, 4 carbon headsails, 6 spinnakers (0.5 and 0.75 in great condition), 2 Dacron jibs: #3 & #4. B&G instruments and B&G autopilot. Yanmar 2GMF 18hp. Gori 2-bladed prop. Text Brad $39,500. Santa Cruz, CA mbsampson3@gmail.com (831) 2392602

36 FT SWAN 36-2 1989 / 90. 1989/90 Swan 36-2 for sale proven and just returned from a 3,000-mile Puerto Vallarta round trip. B&G instruments, autopilot, solar, radar, Starlink, inverter and more. Decks showing age. Ready for Baja Ha-Ha ‘26. $77,000. SF Bay Area kilbrid3@gmail.com (650) 288-8839

37 FT CREALOCK 37 1980. Veteran cruising cutter with wind vane steering, tiller autopilot, dinghy and outboard, life raft, VHF, HF marine/Ham, wind generator, 50 hp Yanmar, refrigerator, propane stove and heavy-duty cruising sails. Age forces sale. $65,000. Eureka, CA allingforeman@gmail.com (510) 5070209 35 FT FANTASIA 35 MK II 1979. In very good condition and ready to go. Most all systems upgraded including standing rigging and lifelines. Abovedeck Maxwell windlass, Profurl 4200 genoa furler, ComNav autopilot, Vector AIS, Dometic fridge in updated galley and full stand-up workroom are just some of the features that make so much in a 35-ft boat. Ten-inch pillow top mattress! Runs great! ComNav Commander P2 color autopilot, Octopus hydraulic steering ram, Blue Sky charge controller, new lifelines (2018), new rigging (2018), New Found Metals stainless ports, Garmin chartplotter, Vesper SP160 antenna splitter, Vesper XB-8000 AIS, Standard Horizon AIS/ GPS VHF w/remote handset in cockpit, Iverson freestanding bimini, lazy jacks, transom hoist. $39,000. Isleton CA carey.shine@gmail.com (541) 973-9562 https://tinyurl.com/ypssa9ue

39 FT CAL 39 1979. A classic, cozy Cal 39 with 6-ft 5-in headroom — perfect for exciting adventures on the Bay or beyond! LOA 39 ft. Draft 6 ft 8 in. Beam 12 ft. Ballast 7,000 lbs. Displacement 18,000 Ibs. Perkins 4-108 diesel inboard. $19,995 Or Best Offer! Brisbane, CA scottwallphoto@gmail.com (415) 2351123

36 – 39 FEET SAILBOATS 38 FT HANS CHRISTIAN 38T 1979. Traditional model, two-cabin, head/shower, Perkins 4-154 with extremely low hrs, propane stove, acres of teak below, solid bones, needs work and new sails. No negotiation. Please call. $16,500. Berkeley pfetherston@sbcglobal.net (510) 5080151

36 FT PEARSON 365 1976. Classic, capable coastal and Bay cruiser. Third owner. Upgrades include solar, increased storage, swim platform. This is a fixer-upper and priced accordingly. $17,000. Half Moon Bay thesaltycondor@gmail.com (415) 3186618 July, 2026 • Latitude 38 • Page 91

38 FT JEANNEAU SUN SHINE 1986. We sailed ‘Solis’ from Seattle in 2014 and have been enjoying the Bay Area ever since. This Tony Castro-designed sloop has beautiful lines with a sugar scoop transom (extending 36-ft to 38-ft waterline), 27hp Yanmar 3GM30 (low hrs), new bottom paint, folding prop, autopilot, GPS chartplotter, Furuno, radar, VHF, stereo, LED lights, diesel heater, 12V refrigeration, manual windlass, AIS, dodger, cockpit table and more. We love this boat and are sad to let her go. Pictures and documentation can be viewed at link. Please email. $47,000. Grand Marina, Alameda lilyandezra@gmail.com www.svsolis.com

38 FT AERODYNE 38 2003. Fast and fun racer-cruiser setup for daysailing on the Bay, YRA racing (PHRF is 48) or bluewater. Outfitted with a Forespar Leisure Furl boom (a $40k option) allowing the sail area and performance of a fully battened mainsail with the convenience of a furler, which makes hoisting, reefing, and dousing the main very easy from the cockpit with a Harken 2-speed electric winch. A large cockpit is great for daysailing with a group, or an aggressive racing crew. Includes two spinnakers. Full galley, head with shower, bow stateroom, stern bunks, well equipped nav instruments. Yanmar 27hp model 3GM30FC. $79,000 OBO. South Beach Harbor (B30) spencer@deepdarksee.com (650) 9220400 https://tinyurl.com/mt82sksj

38 FT CATALINA 38 1980. The boat you’ve been waiting for! Sparkman & Stephens/Frank Butler Catalina 38. Fine lines and superior performance! Many upgrades! Yanmar 3GM30 diesel, new upholstery, new dodger, mainsail and wheel covers, Raymarine autohelm, chartplotter, AIS receiver and instruments, Standard Horizon, Matrix VHF, 2 anchors, windlass and 150-ft chain, Isotherm refrigeration, 4 12-volt batteries, new electrical panel and more! $35,000. Alameda, CA gmwill2301@aol.com

36 FT ISLANDER 36 1980. Our beautiful 1980 Islander 36 is for sale. Sails include a 130 jib with roller furling, main, and an asymmetric spinnaker, used maybe twice. Newer Ballenger boom. It has a never-used Force 10 3-burner stove, a rarely used Magma stove. Adler/Barbour refrigerator/ freezer, Atwood electric water heater. The salon table seats six or folds up and slides out of the way, Oiled teak interior has a “like-new” head liner and cabin lights. Engine is a well maintained Yanmar 3JH2. Raymarine EV100 autopilot, 4 anchors, windlass. Never-used West Marine inflatable dinghy. $25,000 OBO. Alameda Marina rsamuelson@aol.com

40 – 50 FEET SAILBOATS 38 FT C&B FARR 38 1980. ‘Timber Wolf’ is a beautiful cold molded yacht. She is a very fast all-around racer/ cruiser in great condition. ‘Timber Wolf’ has won many races offshore and inshore. S.F. Bay PHRF 75. Always kept under a full cover for the last 28 years. Yanmar 3GM, updated Garmin chartplotter, AIS transceiver, VHF with DSC, Raymarine I70 and ST 80 instruments, autopilot with course computer, reefer/freezer, propane, stove/oven. 6 ft 5 in headroom. All-new Anderson winches. Sails: carbon main very good, Dacron main very good, #1 aramid good, #1 Pentex fair, #3 aramid good, #3.5 aramid very good, #4 Dacron old but never used, storm jib and trysail, S2 AIRX good, S2 Superkote very good, S4 .75 good, S5 1.5 oz. very good. $55,000 OBO. Richmond scsailsdh@gmail.com

36 FT X-YACHTS X-362 SPORT 2000. Meet ‘Nora’, a stunning cruiser-racer that’s ready for adventure. She excels upwind and handles like a dream. Quantum Fusion mainsail and jib plus spinnaker and additional sails. 27hp, 3-blade folding prop. Beam/draft: 11 ft 5 in/7 ft 5 in. $105,000. Redwood City, CA nora.362sport@gmail.com (510) 5166094 https://tinyurl.com/yc47xsy9

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39 FT CAL 39-2 1977. ‘Sea Star’ is a veteran racer in San Francisco Bay with many championships. She’s ready to win more! Full suite of sails and also cruising gear. Currently based in the Delta for freshwater fun, she’s ready to go back to racing in the Bay or beyond. See full details at tinyurl.com/ buyseastar, which includes links to more photos, inventory and videos. This is a boat for racing, but could be a cruiser with some modification. Email bob@bobwalden.com. *** PLEASE*** do not suggest getting a “boat history report”—save us both some time. $37,000 OBO. Stockton, CA bob@bobwalden.com https://tinyurl. com/buyseastar

39 FT FIRST 40.7 2000. New motor and saildrive only 250 hrs. North sails main and jib in good condition. Asymmetrical and symmetrical spinnakers. New bottom paint. $125,000. Sausalito, CA argo46933@gmail.com (415) 680-0183

37 FT PEGASUS NEWLAND 360 1992. ‘Pegasus’, a custom Newland ULDB veteran of many singlehanded and crewed Hawaii races, is for sale. Very good condition, carbon/foam-cored hull and deck, new custom Sjoberg carbon mast, carbon and aluminum spinnaker poles, Harken winches, Sailmon instruments, autopilot, B&G chartplotter, B&G VHF, internal Wi-Fi network, 4-person life raft, aluminum anchor, extensive sail inventory including new main, jib top, #3, symmetrical and asymmetrical chutes, Yanmar 2GM diesel, new batteries, racing and cruising propane stoves, stereo with on-deck speakers, PHRF and ORR rating certificates, last haulout February 2026. 95% ready for Pac Cup inspection, including paper charts and Transpac-length dock lines. Regrettably, illness forces sale. $65,500. Richmond Yacht Club stephenlewis1900@gmail.com (559) 217-9644

36 FT J/36 1982. Great racer/cruiser. 2021 Quantum Fusion M mainsail, #3 jib, and genoa like new. Raced one season. Forespar carbon spinnakar pole. B&G Zeus 3 chartplotter, radio with cordless hand unit. 2015 upgraded Yanmar 30 hp diesel with 400 hrs. Beam 11.75 ft, draft 6.6 ft. $25,000. Pt. Richmond, CA kmwino@gmail.com (707) 287-6397

50 FT HUDSON FORCE 50 1978. 50 Hudson Force 50 center cockpit ketch set up for comfortable living aboard. Spacious interior, solid cruiser, 80hp Ford Lehman with Yanmar 100A generator, good sails, lower teak decks removed for easier maintenance. $60,000. Berkeley, CA Tcparfitt@yahoo.com 7078612954

40 FT SANTA CRUZ 40 1983. 1983 Santa Cruz 40 for sale in Fiji. Watermaker, solar, fridge, dinghy hoist, bimini, anchor windlass, new paint. Stored in cyclone pit – pit reserved through 2027. $200,000. Vuda Marina, Fiji SVMetaphor@proton.me

42 FT BENETEAU FIRST 1984. ‘Page One’ is currently moored near the Tidelands dock in Morro Bay. Mooring and Portland Pudgy tender go as package deal. The Pudgy comes with a sail kit and two motors: one Honda 2.3 with under 200 hrs and a Temo electric motor that is equivalent to 1.75 hp. We’re asking $120,000 for the package. $120,000. Morro Bay, CA joesalino4927@gmail.com (830) 2651944

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43 FT HANS CHRISTIAN 1983. ‘Sovereign’. This once-loved beautiful ketchrigged classic needs a dedicated new owner to bring her back to her prime. Equipped with Mercedes Benz diesel engine, new batteries with only 2,274 engine hrs. Original sails, including newer spinnaker, have all been stored off the boat and are in good condition. Boat is moored in Portland, Oregon. Recent survey available, more photos upon request. $70,000 OBO. Portland, OR jan.petrella@gmail.com

42 FT PEARSON 424 KETCH 1980. Price Reduced! Classic, one of approximately 225 produced. Good main, mizzen and hank-on jib. VHF, depthsounder, windlass, claw anchor with 200 ft chain, 150 ft line. Washdown pump, 170 gal. water tankage, 80 gal. fuel. Diesel: Westerbeke 60 hp. Cockpit and midship companionways. Aft cabin double berth, V-berth. Walk-in shower. Galley: Propane 4-burner stove with oven. Double sink, under-counter refrigerator. Charming teak interior. Dedicated chart table. 2026 survey available. Priced for quick sale. Call or Email for more detail. $20,500. Alameda johnstapleton2010@yahoo.com (360) 333-8900

42 FT VAN DE STADT REBEL 42 1977. English-built boat, sailed across the Atlantic shorthanded with no problems. Great sea boat. New standing rigging and lifelines 2024, Perkins 4.108 diesel with BorgWarner V-drive, regularly maintained, works great. New slab-reefing mainsail 2022 and six foresails. In great sailing condition, needs modern electronics. Electric Lofrans windlass and self-tailing 44 Lewmar cockpit winches. Hydraulic steering with wheel. Recent lead acid batteries. Gimbaled gas cooker with oven. Manual and electric bilge pumps. $25,000. Channel Islands Harbor, CA

44 FT FELLOWS & STEWART ISLAND CLIPPER 1946. In the water and structurally sound for her age. Several maintenance, repair and refinishing projects are required to return to sailing condition. Needs repowering. Available without a purchase price under a range of options, with the intent that the new owner’s funds can be used for her upkeep. Good fit for a wood boat enthusiast with strong sailing skills and moderate DYI wood boat repair, maintenance and finishing skills. See website for more details and contact info. Richmond https://www.sfnirvana.com/blog

philip.vaughan@gmail.com (626) 4758522 42 FT SPINDRIFT 43 PILOTHOUSE 1982. Classic cruising pilothouse sailing cutter capable of sailing anywhere you wish. Heavy fiberglass construction with a modern cruising rig. Comfortable room for five to live aboard, plus a few occasional guests. $35,000 OBO. South San Francisco robert.schulke53@gmail.com (650) 245-0226

43 FT SAGA 43 2000. Sloop, original owner. Fast, comfortable Bob Perry design with excellent build quality and condition. 6 sails, Hydrovane, light use and low hrs. Email me for full specs and photos. $179,000. Newport Beach, CA Saga1108066@yahoo.com (949) 3507861

49 FT CUSTOM CHOATE PETERSON SLOOP 1988. Solid performance racer/cruiser. Spacious headroom, storage, large galley and main saloon, with roomy aft cabin and separate head. Rod rigging, great winches and running rigging layout. $70,000 OBO or Trade. Sausalito, CA libertyshipmarina@comcast.net (415)

39 FT KETTENBURG K-40 1960. ‘Zephyrus III’ is one of 40 ever built — hull #11 of the iconic K-40 class. Built 1960 at Kettenburg Boat Works, San Diego. Philippine mahogany on steam-bent oak. Lead keel. Spruce spars. She’s a proven, fun, enjoyable coastal cruiser and local regatta performer with genuine offshore pedigree: second in class, 1965 Transpac; fourth overall, 1965 L.A.-Mazatlán. From 1997 to 2026, her owners invested 2,000plus hours and a recent $50,000 in a 2023 South Coast Shipyards refit. Yanmar diesel w/450 hrs. Elliot Pattison sails. Profurl furling. She’s not a project. She’s ready for a new caretaker — after 30 years of same-owner stewardship. Contact Alan Peterson. $35,000. Alamitos Bay, Long Beach apeterson@go4tpg.com (949) 4668616

46 FT FELLOWS & STEWART YAWL 1931. ‘Cheerio II’, 1931 46-ft yawl, formerly owned by actor Errol Flynn. Three-time winner of her class in the Newport to Ensenada Race; first to finish in the 2024 McNish Classic Yacht Race; winner of “Best Represented Theme” in the 2025 Newport Beach Wooden Boat Festival. Google “Cheerio II” for photos, videos, and articles about the boat, a SoCal classic! Recent survey available. $100,000 OBO. Channel Islands Harbor jmcnish@earthlink.net (510) 846-4178 https://tinyurl.com/2bsw8djr

613-3665 42 FT GULFSTAR 1979. Owner is incentivized to accept any reasonable offer due to health conditions. Completely reupholstered with light gray leather and all-new drapes and dodger canvas ($10,000). New Force 10 propane stove, new Raritan toilet, and all thru-hulls replaced ($10,000). Complete complement of Raymarine electronics including: autopilot, radar, E7 MFD, depthsounder/fish finder. AIS send/ receive, 3,500 watt inverter/charger. Beta 4 Kubota diesel (55hp) replaced the old Perkins in 2017 for a total cost of $30,000. In-mast and jib roller furling. Stainless barbecue, swim ladder. Price has been reduced for quick sale. All reasonable offers will be reviewed and best offer will be accepted by June1, 2026 Vallejo Yacht Club, Vallejo, CA fcgmc@lmi.net (707) 330-7712

MULTIHULLS

4 0 F T F U J I 1 9 7 8 . B u l l e t p ro o f . Brand-new AGMs and autopilot, solar, watermaker, Yanmar w/1500 hrs. See link for details. Right boat, right place, right price. Get out there! $40,000. Puerto Vallarta, MX sellingmosaic@gmail.com https:// sellingmosaic.com

40 FT LAGOON 400 2012. Charter version, never chartered. One cabin converted in storage and laundry rooms. Watermaker. 1280 Ah solar, lithium-ion batteries. Dinghy, 2 outboards. New jib. New engine batteries. Anti-fouling Nov ’25. New stainless steel steering cables and sheaves. $265,000 OBO. Mazatlan Vy511@pm.me +52 (744) 241-7571 July, 2026 • Latitude 38 • Page 93

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16 FT NACRA 500 2012. With trailer. Very well equipped, great condition. Full cover. Newer main, rigging; carbon boom; 2 trapezes plus harnesses; righting system. In SD? Keep on trailer in current location next to boat ramp, rig up. $8,000. San Diego framegreg@gmail.com (415) 4056384 https://photos.app.goo.gl/66BnL8zwoohFztnr6

25 FT RANGER 25 SC 2016. Immaculate condition, fully equipped, turnkey ready and priced to sell. The perfect blend of classic tug styling, modern comforts, and efficient cruising. Lovingly maintained and lightly used, ‘Sea Spirit’ has been meticulously

PROPERTY FOR SALE OR RENT DELTA MOBILE HOME FOR SALE. 1984 mobile home in a small, quaint 45-home park. 2 bdrm. 2 bath. Completely remodeled. Almost everything is new. 1248 sq. ft. situated in a park directly across from the Spindrift Marina. Enjoy dining at the Spindrift restaurant, only about a 75-foot walk. Reduced rent for the first 12 months, at $514. Normally $674. Also receive 12 months of free berthing directly across the street. A fisherman’s dream! $160,000. Isleton/Delta graywolfproperties@yahoo.com (509) 671-4009

and professionally serviced. Volvo Penta D3 150 diesel, only 400 hrs, hull

27 FT STILETTO 27 1979. High-performance Stiletto catamaran with 2 berths, multiple sails, 10 hp Tohatsu motor with galvanized telescoping trailer and power winch. Dry-sailed all over Southern California, Lake Powell, Ensenada and out to Catalina and San Clemente islands. Newport Beach mooring available at market cost if desired. Very light and strong epoxy honeycomb and pre-preg construction. A very fun boat to sail! $20,000. San Clemente toknkok@aol.com (949) 933-4530

speed up to 20 knots, Garmin 7612 chartplotter, radar, depth, Autopilot, VHF, TV, AM/FM stereo, bow and stern thrusters w/wireless remote for easy docking; solar panel, AGM batteries and inverter, propane cooktop, refrigerator, microwave, fully enclosed head with standup shower, fuel efficient (2.5 gal @ 8 knots). $114,500. Loch Lomond Marina, San Rafael jimcolesailor@gmail.com (415) 5196250 https://tinyurl.com/msfxz369

PARTNERSHIPS

PREMIER WATERFRONT RESIDENCE. Made for boaters, designed for those who embrace the yachting lifestyle. Ideally situated on a protected deep-water channel, this 4-bedroom, 3-bath residence offers approximately 2,650 square feet of living space along with an impressive 65-foot deep-water dock providing effortless access to the Bay and beyond. $1,425,000. San Rafael, Ca ian@everynobody.com https://tinyurl. com/c4f773k5

BERTHS & SLIPS

AWESOME 50 FT SLIP PIER 39 SAN FRANCISCO. For sale: Stunning city views, 15-ft+ beam, 50-ft length. New cleats, dock box, power pedestal, and hose management. Perfectly located for entire Bay Area coverage and beyond. Very easy access, great maintenance team, parking, and more. $24,000. Slip G-32, Pier 39 Marina greg.rossmann@gjrcap.com (650) 740-0263 EMERY COVE BOAT SLIP FOR RENT. Berths for rent. Emery Cove Yacht Harbor 35-ft = $472.50/month C dock and 40-ft = $540/month E dock. Dockominium-run marina in Emeryville. emerycove.com. Brandnew docks, aluminum with Ipe wood deck, brand-new restrooms, beautiful grounds and just dredged. Great location center of S.F. Bay. Emeryville, CA studio6161@icloud.com http://www. emerycove.com REDWOOD CITY MARINA SLIPS AVAILABLE. Slips 30 -75 at great rates! Amenities: parking, bathrooms, laundry, pump-out, free wi-fi, keyless entry. Guest berths also available. Call for availability. 451 Seaport Court, Redwood City, CA 94063 crevay@redwoodcityport.com (650) 306-4150 http://www.redwoodcityport. com/marina

JOB OPPORTUNITIES

26 FT CUSTOM CATAMARAN 2000. ‘PAJA’, a custom-designed cata-

BENETEAU 473 PARTNERSHIP IN

maran, fun to sail and kept in fresh

PACIFIC MEXICO/BAJA. Great op-

Delta waters for 25 years. Corecell

portunity to cruise Mexico. Plug-n-play.

construction, aluminum crossbeams.

Third partner wanted, 2004 Beneteau

2023: new bottom/barrier paint; run-

473. Cruise-ready. This season San

ning rigging. $20,000. Rio Vista, CA

Blas to Manzanillo. Next season plan

PETER@THEALLENSITE.COM (916)

to return to Sea of Cortez. Davits,

538-1530

dinghy, outboard, solar, Starlink, dive gear, electric winch, two heads (one electric), radar, Westerbeke 63 hp diesel

31 FT CORSAIR F31 1996. The

with 2,400 hours, folding prop, separate

F-31 remains one of the most influ-

shower in head, fridge/freezer, well

ential production folding trimarans

outfitted and maintained. 1/3 ownership

ever created, beloved for its fast

$50,000. New bottom paint fall 2025.

yet accessible sailing experience.

Documented, surveyed, insured. Con-

$72,955. San Francisco/Brisbane

tact Greg (415) 407-0491, grw@gwilson.

mevered@gmail.com (415) 745-0384

com. $50,000. Barra de Navidad, MX

http://www.corsairf31.com

grw@gwilson.com (415) 407-0491

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PRICE REDUCED 50% & 50 FT SLIP ON THE SEA WALL WITH ALCATRAZ AND GG BRIDGE VIEWS! Price Reduced 50%. 50-ft x 18-ft slip on the coveted Pier39 G Dock. Move in immediately. Don’t miss this opportunity for some of the best views and most convenient slip on the San Francisco Bay! The slip is protected by the sea wall and offers easy access in/out launching across from Alcatraz. $7,500. Pier 39, San Francisco bserling@yahoo.com

GLEN COVE MARINA SAILBOAT SLIP. 55+-ft x 15-ft slip in a prime first-slip location offering excellent maneuverability and easy docking. Secure, gated marina with top amenities: power, water, laundry, restrooms, pump-out service and gated parking. Relaxed, pet-friendly environment with 24/7 access and quick routes to the Bay and Delta. One of the safest marinas in the area. Liveaboard option available for an additional fee (inquire for details). $650. Glen Cove Marina katiehenrich@hotmail.com (707) 3197268 https://tinyurl.com/5n7yaxc3

SEEKING EXPERIENCED BOAT CARETAKER/OWNER’S REPRESENTATIVE. Looking for someone practical, detail-oriented and experienced to help my father keep up two vessels in S.F./ Emeryville as he gets older. Responsibilities would include: 1) overseeing maintenance and refit projects; 2) coordinating with yards and subcontractors; 3) identifying issues proactively; 4) ability to tackle small but important detail work that often falls through the cracks at yards, including hands-on maintenance and troubleshooting; 5) opportunities to captain or crew these vessels depending on experience. One vessel needs a haulout here soon, and liveaboard accommodation may be available during the yard periods, so I’m open to someone from out of town! ateece16@cmc.edu (510) 604-7071

NON PROFIT

SEEKING CAPTAIN WHERE TOURISM MEETS REAL BOAT HANDLING. Want adventure? Interested in taking your RHIB boat handling skills to the next level on San Francisco Bay? Do big waves scare you? Good. Get paid to stop being scared while giving guests the experience of a lifetime. Bay Voyager captains run fast, maneuverable 12-passenger RHIBs throughout the Bay. We’re looking for captains with strong (or willing to train) boat handling skills, situational awareness, and personality. Ideal candidates: Enjoy telling stories. Speak a second language. Former USCG or military experience a plus. Available weekends. Requirements: USCG captain’s license. If you’re the kind of captain who looks at whitecaps and thinks, “This is going to be fun,” we’d like to hear from you. $40. Pier 39 charles@bayvoyager.com (510) 6121251 https://bayvoyager.com/ HARBOR MANAGER POSITION. Galilee Harbor Community Association is seeking a part-time Harbor Manager to provide administrative and logistical support to Sausalito’s working waterfront community of marine-related workers and artists. The Harbor Manager will be a central “hub” to our lively, highly “interactive” waterfront community. Please have proven administrative and project-management skills and maritime knowledge. To apply, please email your résumé and put HM Job in the subject line. galileeharbor@gmail.com https://www. galileeharbor.org/ JOIN OUR TEAM OF INSTRUCTORS. Spinnaker Sailing in Redwood City is looking for ASA-certified sailing instructors to teach out of our Redwood City Marina location. Part-time, flexible schedules, midweek and/or weekends. Please contact Rich or Bob by phone or email. Redwood City Marina office@spinnakersailing.com (650) 3631390 https://tinyurl.com/y7b2587w

EXPERIENCED SAILBOAT CAPTAIN. Looking for an experienced part-time sailboat captain in San Francisco with a valid USCG license 25T minimum? Please contact me, John Yelda at email below. email@sailingsanfrancisco.com

ADMINSTRATION ASSISTANT — SAILING SCHOOL. Administrative assistant and fleet manager. Both positions are part-time. If can do both, by splitting tasks, can be full-time. Afterguard Sailing Academy is full range+ ASA Sailing school in Oakland, c. 2003. Protected free parking. A fun family atmosphere. Main tasks include front desk, marketing and enrollments. Handle emails and phones plus coordinate what is needed for courses to run smoothly. If taking on fleet management, need to ensure boats are running smoothly, order what is needed, and check that boats are clean and ready for classes or charters. Days/hours are Tue 12–5 and Wed–Sun 9–5. Other side projects? Have building space, plus equipment, for canvas, upholstery and minor sail repair work. Also an area for engine work. 1285 Embarcadero, Oakland info@afterguard.net (510) 535-1954

LATITUDE 38 ‘AMBASSADOR’;. Latitude 38 is seeking an “Ambassador.” The ideal candidate is a sailor based in the SF Bay Area, is friendly, outgoing, well-organized and a self-starter with excellent communication skills. They are someone who can work independently as well as manage a team of volunteers. An ambassador encourages enthusiasm, understands the scope and goal of a project and is able to appreciate, respect and organize a team of volunteers to execute a project with efficiency and eagerness. This is an ideal position for someone who is financially secure and looking to stay active and social, and is excited to be part of our vibrant sailing community. Meet and greet the great people who help us distribute the magazine. Read about a few of them here: www.latitude38.com/ lectronic/meet-great-people. Email Penny with AMBASSADOR in the subject line. This is a volunteer position. SF Bay Area Penny@latitude38.com

SOUTH OF THE BORDER

MARITIME DAY AT GALILEE HARBOR AUG 1, 2026. Maritime Day is a family-friendly, admission-free celebration of the vibrant community of artists and maritime workers who call Galilee home. Enjoy free boat rides on the Bay, live music throughout the day, visits aboard open boats and historic vessels, delicious fish and chips, homemade desserts, and local artist booths. Galilee Harbor is a self-sustaining, low-income cooperative committed to preserving waterfront access for all. Maritime Day is both a celebration and a fundraiser to support this mission. Saturday, August 1, 2026, 10am-6pm 300 Napa St. Sausalito California galileeharbor@gmail.com https://www. galileeharbor.org/

DONATE YOUR BOAT. The Bay SPINNAKER SAILING S.F.. Spinnaker Sailing SF is hiring experienced sailors. Join one of the top schools on the West Coast. Modern fleet (Andrews 21s, J/80s, J/105s, Santa Cruz 50), tiny class sizes, expert crew. F/T– P/T, Flexible scheduling, Midweek/weekend work available. Teach, skipper charters, or sail team events on our well-maintained yachts. ASA instructors and USCG captains encouraged. TOP PAY, Great tips, build sea time, and work as much as you like. This is a FUN place to work! San Francisco staff@spinnaker-sailing.com (415) 5437333 https://tinyurl.com/ysh5k33a

EXPERIENCED SAILBOAT RIGGER WANTED. Rig shop in business for over 30 years is looking for an experienced rigger to add to our team. Excellent pay is available depending on rigging knowledge. Send a description of your rigging/boat work experience Sausalito southbeachriggers@gmail.com (415) 331-3400

Area Association of Disabled Sailors strives to make sailing accessible to people with disabilities. BAADS is PLAN YOUR MEXICAN GETAWAY NOW. At the gorgeous Cielo Y Mar condos. Located in Punta Mita, 35 minutes from Puerto Vallarta, available to rent from private owner. On the beach, 10 feet from the water, they offer spectacular views of ocean and mountains, the biggest infinity pool in the area, an endless beach, great surf breaks, great fishing, tremendous views of whales, bird life and the islands. While uncrowded and tranquil, just a five-minute walk to several waterfront restaurants. Choose from a spacious, beautifully furnished one- or three-bedroom unit, or an amazing two-story penthouse with lovely shade trellis on the top floor. To reserve, call or email Dona de Mallorca. puntamitabeachfrontcondos@gmail. com (415) 269-5165 PROFESSIONAL DELIVERY CAPTAIN SERVICES. Capt. Dave Brotherton, USCG Licensed Master — sail or power. Serving Southern California since 1996. Deliveries/instruction/ charter. Multihull specialist — any ocean. Catamaran dealer and yacht broker. Professional consultations. davidhbrotherton@yahoo.com (619) 913-7834 https://tinyurl.com/3htxy32j

always on the lookout for donated boats to support its mission. Help an all-volunteer organization while receiving a charitable tax deduction. boatdonations@baads.org (415) 5329831

GEAR

NEW VIKING LIFE RAFT. Brand-new Viking RescYou Pro* Recreational Life Raft 4 Person/valise, purchased a couple of weeks ago for $4,445.00. It does not fit my needs, so I’m selling it. Local. $3,800. S.F. Bay Area alexistavropoulos@sbcglobal.net (707) 953-8947 July, 2026 • Latitude 38 • Page 95

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Eight Bells

Michael Robert Schantin

ANDERSEN ELECTRIC WINCHES. Three new Andersen stainless 12V electric winches. One 52ST-E1 w/12V electric compact motor. New. Still in original factory boxes. New $5,776, sale price $3,770. Two Andersen 72ST-E1 with 12V electric motors. New. Still in factory boxes. Retail price $9,200 ea. or $18,400 pair. Sale price $11,960 for the pair. $15,730. San Diego HarryT1952@yahoo.com (858) 9676212 SEEKING SMALL INBOARD ENGINE FOR SAILBOAT. I am desperately seeking and happy to pay good dollars for a single- /twin-cylinder inboard saildrive marine engine for 26-ft Lake Tahoe sailboat. The perfect engine would be a 1980s MR2-50S, which was a Volvo Penta Saildrive with a 7.5 Honda twin-cylinder gasoline outboard powerhead. Total weight was 80 pounds. Any condition acceptable. Can repair/rebuild/replace engine if necessary. Seeking saildrive unit, engine, and mounting bed. Old single- /twin-cylinder Volva Penta, Yanmar, Beta would be considered. Would be happy to personally pick up anywhere in western USA. Also happy to pay any “finder” fees as well! Happy to trade for 9.9 Honda long-shaft outboard in excellent good condition. Email Gary. Western States CaliforniaKiwi49@frontier.com (916) 337-7029

JIM DEWITT ORIGINAL OIL PAINTING. This beautiful Jim Dewitt painting was a gift to my wife as a wedding present in 1987. The wife has gone but the painting remains. The painting “Into the Light” was taken from a photograph of the SV ‘Speedwell’, built for Carl Strom, commodore of the Aeolian Yacht Club, for Thomas Jennings commodore of the Corinthian Yacht Club from 1904–1906. The picture has some minor heat–related damage, which is reparable. Jim DeWitt’s paintings of this type are for sale for prices in excess of $15,000, which makes this painting a rare buy. $7,500. fool4flotsam@gmail.com (530) 9998655

TRYING TO LOCATE LOOKING FOR 24 FT PIVER TRIMARAN ‘NO NAME’;. We’re former owners of the plywood 24-ft Piver trimaran that sailed around the world in the ’70s. The boat’s last known location was San Diego. We’d appreciate hearing from anyone who might know the whereabouts of ‘No Name.’ wolfinds@mindspring.com(415) 8063334

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Michael Robert Schantin of Discovery Bay, California, passed away peacefully on April 10, 2026, at the age of 75. Born on February 18, 1951, in Oakland, California, Michael lived a life rooted in adventure, independence, and deep appreciation for the outdoors. He was happiest near the water, under sail, or sharing stories with friends and family. Sailing was not simply a hobby to Michael — it was part of who he was. He found peace, freedom, and community on the Bay and beyond. He also loved rock climbing, exploration, and the kind of experiences that brought people together through challenge, laughter, and connection. Michael will be remembered for his adventurous spirit, intelligence, humor, and the lasting impression he left on those fortunate enough to know him. Whether through quiet conversations, time spent on the water, or shared adventures, he brought authenticity and presence into the lives of many.

Born: February 18, 1951 Departed: April 10, 2026 He was preceded in death by his wife, Susan. He is survived by his sister Patricia Schantin-Kendall and her husband Lloyd Kendall; Christopher Kendall and his son Alexander; Taylor Evanson and her son Devon; Miguel Angel Gonzalez and Leonardo Gonzalez; along with extended family members and many longtime friends whose lives were enriched by knowing him. Michael’s family hopes he will be remembered in the same way he lived — with freedom, curiosity, and appreciation for life’s journey. Fair winds and following seas.

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ADVERTISERS' INDEX 36 Degrees .................................... 37 www.36degrees.nz Annapolis Sailboat Show................. 99 www.annapolisboatshows.com/sailboat-show Antioch Marina ...............................17 www.antiochca.gov/antioch-marina ATN ............................................... 26 www.atninc.com Bay View Boat Club ........................ 27 www.bayviewboatclub.org Benford Yacht Hat........................... 28 www.benfordyachthat.com Berkeley Marina ............................. 20 www.berkeley-marina.com Berkeley Marine Center .................. 26 www.berkeleymarine.com Boat Yard at Grand Marina, The...... 18 www.boatyardgm.com Boats and Brokers ........................... 58 www.boatsandbrokers.ai oats ain’s o r.......................... 30 www.boatswainslocker.com Page 97 • Latitude 38 • July, 2026

Boreas Race ................................... 29 www.elkhornyachtclub.org Brisbane Marina ............................. 66 www.brisbaneca.org/marina Canvas Works ................................ 32 www.thecanvasworks.com Coyote Point Marina ....................... 63 www.smcgov.org/parks/coyote-pointmarina Cruising Yachts ............................... 39 www.cruisingyachts.net DeWitt Studio ................................. 97 www.jimdewitt.com Doyle Sails San Francisco................ 21 www.doylesails.com/loft-san-francisco/ Emery Cove Yacht Harbor ............... 59 www.emerycove.com Fisheries Supply Co......................... 69 s ri ssu y o Gianola Canvas Products ................ 29 www.gianolacanvas.com Grand Marina .................................. 2 www.grandmarina.com

Harbor Island West Marina ............. 85 www.harborislandwest.com ut’s Marin r i ..................31 www.helmutsmarine.com Hood Sails........................................ 5 www.hoodsails-sf.com Hydrovane ..................................... 33 www.hydrovane.com KKMI - Full Service Boatyard ......... 100 www.kkmi.com KW Advisors- Keller WIlliams........... 28 www.kwsf.com in Marin .................................... 15 www.lindmarine.com ist Marin nt r ris s .................... 33 www.listmarine.com Marchal Sailmakers .........................31 www.marchalsailmakers.com Marina a a ........................... 37 www.marinadelapaz.com Marina El Cid ................................. 38 www.elcid.com July, 2026 • Latitude 38 • Page 97

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ADVERTISERS' INDEX – cont'd Marine Servicenter ......................... 36 www.marinesc.com Modern Sailing School & Club......... 32 www.modernsailing.com NAOS Yachts ................................. 23 www.naosyachts.com Napa Valley Marina ....................... 22 www.napavalleymarina.com Outboard Motor Shop .................... 34 www.outboardmotorshop.com ProFurl ............................................16 www.wichardgroupe.us/profurl Punta Mita...................................... 98 www.baja-haha.com Punta Mita Beachfront Condos......... 98 www.latitude38.com uantu a i .............................. 77 www.quantum.com Raiatea Carenage Services.............. 87 www.raiateacarenage.com Richard Boland Yacht Sales ............. 86 www.richardbolandyachts.com Page 98 • Latitude 38 • July, 2026

Richardson Bay Marina................... 27 www.richardsonbaymarina.com

Spaulding Marine Center ................ 84 www.spauldingcenter.org Safe Harbor ..................................... 3 Spinnaker Sailing of R.C.................. 34 www.spinnakersailing.com www.safeharbor.com San Francisco Boat Works ............... 87 Starboard Marine Surveyors ........... 96 www.starboardmarinesurveyors.com www.sfboatworks.com n s n’s ay Mariti .................. 4 San Francisco Marina ..................... 30 www.sfrecpark.org/1228/Marina-Yacht- www.sbm.baymaritime.com Swiftsure Yachts ................................ 6 Harbor www.swiftsureyachts.com San Francisco on the Bay ................ 35 Towboat US.................................... 13 www.sfonthebay.com/list-38 www.boatus.com Sausalito Boat Show ....................... 19 Ullman Sails San Francisco & Monterey Bay. www.sausalitoboatshow.com 25 Sausalito Yacht Group..................... 19 www.ullmansails.com/lofts/san-francisco/ www.sausalitoyachtgroup.com Ventura Harbor Boatyard ................ 38 Shearwater Sailing ......................... 37 www.vhby.com www.shearwatersc.net/ Westwind Precision Details .............. 38 www.boatdetailing.com Society of Accredited Marine Surveyors/SAMS ...................................... 35 Whale Point Marine Supply............. 14 www.marinesurvey.org www.aceretailer.com/whalepoint South Beach Harbor........................ 24 a t n rs in s a rs ............... 63 www.sfport.com/southbeachharbor ya t n rs in s a rs o

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