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Latitude 38
• June, 2017
⇑⇓ FAKE NEWS OR FACTUALLY CORRECT? I just caught up on the April issue of Latitude. I hate to be the guy, but on page 81 — part of the 40 years In Review feature — there is a picture supposedly from the 1988 Big Boat Series, supposedly of Windward Passage, with "dozens of Aussies serving as rail meat." I'm sorry to say, but that is not Windward Passage. I'd been on Windward Passage during the old Clipper/ Kenwood Cup era. That is most definitely not Passage. The photo is of a boat with twin helm stations and a centerline grinder station, neither of which Passage had. Don't be fake news. Stephen Balcomb Moonshadow, Catalina 42 San Diego Stephen — We hate to be the guys, but that photo is from the 1988 Big Boat Series, there were "dozens of Aussies serving as rail meat," and that really is Windward Passage. Well, Rod Muir's Windward Passage II, a Frers 80 he had built to replace the original Passage, the legendary Gurney 72, which he also owned and you'd been on in Hawaii. You may remember that 1988 was the epic year of the Big Boat Series, with a large group of maxis over fresh from the Clipper C u p, i n c l u d i n g Jim Kilroy's new 'Windward Passage II', with a rail full of Aussies, Holland 80 Kialoa in the 1988 StFYC Big Boat Series. IV, which had been dismasted in Hawaii. The Big Boat Series maxi winner, however, was Raul Gardini's Frers 80 Il Moro di Venezia, with Paul Cayard's local knowledge and Aussie Ian Murray calling tactics, carrying the day over the likes of Passage, Kialoa, Jake Wood's Mull 80 Sorcery, Huey Long's 80-ft Ondine V and others. There hadn't been a Big Boat Series like it before, and there hasn't been anything like it since. Since we're talking about old-school maxis, let it be known that the S&S 79 Kialoa III, which was always Jim Kilroy's favorite, had seven firsts and one third in this May's Antigua Sailing Week. Just like old times! — rs ⇑⇓ BOAT DOCUMENTATION SCAM I want to alert Latitude readers to a recent scam by an outfit that is trying to sell you a renewal process for federally documented boats. What this company — uscgdocumentation.us — does is send an email to boatowners timed to arrive just before their official snail mail renewal letter from the Coast Guard. And their website is designed to mimic the official government website. Only in very small print at the bottom of the page does it admit they are not affiliated with the US Coast Guard. They charge you $75 to renew your document, something you can do yourself for $26 at the real Coast Guard website. It's actually easier to renew on the official website than use their service, so this is nothing but a scam. Ray Durkee Velera, Tartan 37 Alameda
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