IN LATITUDES an ad in Latitude, my 10-year search is over. Most of the Iroquois 32 MKs are in England, Europe or the East Coast. I think I have the only one on the West Coast. I've researched all the catamarans, and the Iroquois is the only one, besides the Edel 35, with just 15 inches of draft. With less water resistance, they push through the water easier, and would be more compatible with electric propulstion powered by an array of solar panels. I'll let you know how the project turns out." We hope you will. Rob and Lorraine Coleman, who are originally from Berkeley, but who have been based in Honolulu for the last eight years, have finally headed south aboard their wood Angleman ketch Southern Cross. After four years of cruising in Mexico and the South Seas, the couple sailed to Hawaii where they were shorebound by family illnesses and other issues. Now they are free. Their destination? "Anywhere between the Marquesas and Suwarrow, depending on the wind." As can be expected for anyone
who has been ashore for a few years, the first few days were rough. And as for anyone headed from Hawaii to the South Pacific, it wasn't an easy trip. Actually, they haven't even made it to the South Pacific, as they made landfall at Fanning Island, 250 miles north of the equator, when they spent six months on their last cruise. "We got our you-know-whats kicked badly again in the ITCZ on June 18 and 19," reports Admiral Lorraine. "But then we caught a 60+ pound yellowfin tuna at the south end of Fanning on our way in. It was a gift from the gods and goddesses. I'm ecstatic with the sailing, navigation and the fish — which was almost as big as me. The accomplishment, the fatigue, the magical atoll island where we spent
When it comes to cruising boats, 'Southern Cross' is about as 'old school' as you can get. She's got everythng but a gaff rig.
six months on our previous cruise — I have tears in my eyes from the awesome blessings." The summer cruising season is in fully swing, so we'd really love to here from you, no matter if you're in Alaska, down in Ecuador, over in Europe, doing the east coast of Australia, hanging out at Santa Cruz Island, up in Halifax or even in the Caribbean.
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