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our tax shelter is just another investment, you may be missing the boat...

Ipi A yacht that just sits in a berth somewhere really isn't doing you any good as an investment. The IRS wants your boat to be used! So does The Sailboat Shop. We have ttie most active charter fleet on San Francisco Bay — so active, in fact, we have, openings for selected yachts. Come talk to us about participating in our well-managed charter program.

And do it soon! This may be the last year you will be eligible for tax credits with yacht charters and we don't want you to miss the boat. See us at our facilities in Alameda on the Estuary or call us at 521-5900.

BULLETIN! Immediate placement and special incentives available for Merit 23, Merit 25 or the revolutionary new Merit 28! We're the. Merit dealers and we'll make charter placement and purchase easy for you so you won't miss the tax deadline!

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BENETEAU. . .PASSPORT. . .THE BENCHMARK

BENETEAU FIRST 435 Beneteau and German Frers adapted Frers’ highly successful Admiral’s Cup Yacht “Shockwave” to a production boat that maintains the stiffness, balance and power essential for good sailing and splendid handling characteristics.

In the Beneteau tradition, the deck gear is first-rate and matched to a high standard of below-deck appointments and finish comparable only to yachts twice the cost. Two accommodation plans are available to pamper even the most demanding owner. The First 435 is an excellent choice for your family or charter.

LOA: 43.6' LWL: 36.1' BEAM: 13.1' DISP: 21,825# DRAFT: 7.5'

BENETEAU FIRST 375 Express yourself withvflair and style with a new 38 footer from Beneteau designer Jean Berret. The First 375 has all the performance advantages of his design experience gained from the highly successful Beneteau One Tons—Coyote, Glory and Fair Lady. The First 375 is a superb example of perfect harmony between luxurious accommodation and outstanding performance—the trademark of Beneteau.

LOA: 37.1 ft LWL: 33.1 ft.

BEAM: 12.4 ft.

DISP: 14,000# DRAFT: 6.5 ft.

BENETEAU 26 • 29 • 305 • 325 • 345 • 375 • 405 • 42 • 435 • 456

FIRST CLASS 8 -10

TIME IS NOT ON YOUR SIDE! If you are considering placing a yacht in a charter program as your tax reduction strategy, this may be the best time ever. Potential tax law changes fey 1986 may greatly reduce tax benefits available to charter yacht buyers. Interest rates are the lowest in years, our inventory is good and full tax benefits are still available to you. Do your tax planning now... while the choice is still yours.

Remember—-December 31st is the deadline for placing your new Beneteau or Passport yacht in a charter program to recieve tax benefits for 1985.

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the Winner's Circle!

OF QUALITY, PERFORMANCE AND VALUEI

PASSPORT 42 The joy of cruising is getting there, and getting there in speed and comfort is what the Passport 42 is all about.

Her uncommon combination of features such as Airex cored hull, modern underbody, solid wood interior and custom accommodations, make her the right choice for serious cruisers.

LOA: 41'9" LWL: 34'10" BEAM: 12'10" DISP: 25,500# DRAFT: 6'4"

> See the new 42 at our docks with the newest interior arrangement!

PASSPORT 40 Performance, luxury and value! The Passport 40 is Robert Perry’s most successful performance cruiser.

With almost an unlimited choice of interior accommodations, she’s everyone’s first choice for cruising, living aboard, and just plain good sailing. Active owners’ association on SF Bay.

LOA: 39'5" LWL: 33'5" BEAM: 12'8" DISP: 22,771# DRAFT: 5'9"

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Aft cockpit model, Yanmar diesel, dodger, pressure water, cabin heater. This dark hulled beauty has been meticulously maintained. $41,000

LOCAL CRUISERS SOME RACE EQUIPPED

O- 22' SANTANA 22, With Trailer 7,200 o- 23' RANGER 23, 1972, Epoxy Undercoat THREE FROM 10,100 o-23' SANTANA 23, With Trailer, Very Clean 14.900 16.500 cr 24' MOORE 24, Trailer, Excellent Condition EF 25' CAPE DORY, Cruise Vet 15,000 o 25' CAPE DORY 25D, 1983, Diesel, Mint Pocket Cruiser 33,250 o- 26' INTERNATIONAL FOLKBOAT TWO FROM 13.500 0-26' COLUMBIA, New Engine, Auto-Helm 1000, Nice 12.500 O’ 26' PEARSON 26 TWO FROM 13.500 0-27' ERICSON 27 TWO FROM 19.900 cr'27' CAL T/2, Excellent Sailer TWO FROM 15,000 cr 27' CATALINA 27 TWO FROM 15,200 o- 27' VEGA 27, Swedish Cruiser 17,000 o’ 27' CAL 2-27, Great One-Design THREE FROM 22.500 o28' SAN JUAN, Diesel, Sharp 26.950 o 28' PEARSON 28, Excellent Condition 31.500 TWO FROM 28,000 28' ISLANDER 28, Diesel, Teak Interior 28' TRITON, Full Keel 17.500 28' ERICSON 28+ , 1980, Diesel, Wheel 38.950 o28' SOVEREIGN, Center Cockpit, Aft Cabin, Cutter 45,000 29' ERICSON, Clean, One-Owner 24.500 29' GULF PILOTHOUSE 32.500 o- 29' ALBIN CUMULUS, 1982, Swedish Yard, Diesel 29.900 o’ 30' S-2, 9.2A, Dodger, Wheel, Diesel, LPU 41,000 o’ 30' NORTH STAR, S&-S Designed, Canadian Built 18,000 30' YAMAHA, Diesel, Loran, Windvane, Raft 38,000 O’ 30' 30' CATALINA 32,750 O’ 30' PEARSON 30, 1973, Very Clean 26,800 o 30' ERICSON 30, Teak Interior 24.500 o 30' NEWPORT 30, Diesel, Wheel, H&C Water TWO FROM 36,000 O’ 30' WYLIE 30, Cold Mold Race Equipped 25.500 o 30' ISLANDER 30 TWO FROM 26.500 31' CAL, Diesel, Wheel, Spinnaker 47,000 o 32' ERICSON 32, 1973 32,000 32' COLUMBIA 9.6 TWO FROM 39.500 O’ 33' TARTAN 10, Race Equipped MAKE OFFER 27.500 o33' RANGER, All New Rigging, Harken Furling 42,000 o* 34' WYLIE 34, Race Equipped 59,000 34' CAL 2-34, Diesel, Wheel, Beautiful 45,000 o- 35' ERICSON 35, Very Clean TWO FROM 43,000 o’35' CORONADO 35, Center Cockpit, Immaculate 42,000 O’ 36' ISLANDER 36, Diesel, Dodger THREE FROM 52.500 O’ 36' LANCER 36, 1980, Loaded, Montgomeiy Dinghy 51,000 o38' CATALINA, S&S Design 54.900

1981 BOWMAN 49 STAYSA'L KETCH

British built. The Rolls Royee of blue water cruisers. She has just returned from Spain after a 10 month cruise. Your inspection will reveal that she is in top condition and ready to set out again. Teak decks. Bosch generator. Workshop. 12 bags. For the discriminating yachtsman. ' $245,000

BLUE WATER CRUISERS — LIVEABOARDS 22' FALMOUTH CUTTER, Diesel 27,000 o- 32' DEFEVER, 1963, Woodi Restored REDUCED 29,900 32' ARIES, 1974, Diesel, Inflatable Raft 38,000 o 35' ALBERG, Auto Pilot, Radar, Dodger 45,900 36' UNION POLARIS CUTTER, By Perry, Teak Decks 74,000 36' PEARSON CUTTER, Cruise Equipped 96,000 o 36' MARINER STY’SLY KETCH, U S. Built 74,950 o 37' PEARSON, 1982, Loran, Rod Rigging 78,000 o37 FLYING DUTCHMAN 70,000 o 37' ISLANDER, 1970, Factory Interior, Great Cruiser 42,000 o 37' IRWIN, Ketch, Center Cockpit, Aft Cabin 67,000 o 37' ALBERG, Diesel, Classic Cruiser 52,000 37' GULFSTAR, Pacific Veteran TWO FROM 80,000 37' ISLANDER TRADER KETCH, Many Upgrades 63,900 38' MORGAN, 1978, Loran, Auto-Pilot 88,000 o’ 38' BENETEAU, Twin Aft Cabins 95,000 , o 38' HANS CHRISTIAN MK 2, Dodger, Loran, Auto-Pilot 110,000 39' LANCER MOTOR SAILER, Twin Diesels 105,000 o 39' CAL 39 67,500 o 40' KETTENBURG, Wood, Cruise Experienced 40,000 o’ 40' S &• S YAWL, Classic, All Teak Construction 58,500 O’ 41' WHITBY, Center Cockpit 62,500 41' MORGAN OUT ISLAND, Center Cockpit TWO FROM 74,000 o 41'CT KETCH, Teak Decks 60,000 42' GARDEN STYS'L KETCH, Gorgeous Custom Woodie 125,000 o 42' GOLDEN WAVE, Cheoy Lee, Satnav, Auto Helm 5000 124,000 43' GULFSTAR, Center Cockpit, Liveaboard 99,500 o’ 44' PETERSON CUTTER, Ctr Cockpit, Loaded, Forced Airl32,000 45' VAN DE STAT 59,500 0-46' WINDJAMMER SCHOONER, 1980 Wood, Equipped 145,000 46' CAL 2-46, Loaded 132,000 48' CUSTOM CUTTER, Lloyds Spec., Gen., Loaded, Wood 112,000 cr49' BOWMAN STY’SL KETCH, 3 Trans-Atlantics, Outstanding245,000 52' CHEOY LEE MOTOR SAILER, Twin Diesels 250,000 54' SPARKMAN fr STEPHENS, Custom, Aluminum 300,000 56' AUSTRALIAN STEEL KETCH, Onan, Loaded 195,000

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subscriptions calendar letters loose lips sightings the clash 'santbna's 50th mex cruise primer port II the dewitt gift whitbreod race / mexico on $5.83 a day juniors max ebb winners mexico only crew list the racing sheet changes in latitudes classy classifieds advertiser's index brokerage

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ALBERG 37-1972 Excellent offshore cruiser and liveaboard. Comfortable accommodations. Fully equipped: 7 sails, dodger, windvane, refer, electric and diesel heater, stereo, autopilot, loran, Westerbeke diesel and much more. Very well maintained. MUST SEE! qqq

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25' CAPE DORY, Cruise Vet 27' ER1CSON, Very Clean

15,000 OUT OF TOWN OWNER 19,900

30' S-2 9.2A, Diesel, Wheel, Dodger, LPU

41,000

36' ISLANDER 36, Perkins Diesel, Dodger, Roller Furl

56,000

36' PEARSON 365 CUTTER, LiveaboardNO MONEY DOWN 96,000 37' ALBERG, Diesel, LPU, Classic Cruiser

REDUCED

37' LANCER, 1980. Loaded, Montgomery Dinghy

52,000 51,000

38' CATALINA, S&S Design, Loaded

54,900

41' WHITBY, Center Cockpit

62,500

42' GOLDEN WAVE, Cheey Lee, Loaded

124,000

43' GULFSTAR, Cen|er Cockpit, Liveaboard. Bristol

99,500

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1969 PEARSON ALBERG 35 Go anywhere in this classic cruiser. Volvo diesel, ground tackle galore, radar, auto-pilot and more. Just hauled and all she needs is to be stocked with provisions. $45,900

COVER PHOTO: LATITUDE 38/RICHARD Mexican Solitude Graphic Design: K. Bengtsson Copyright 1985 Latitude 38 Publishing Co.Jnc. page 7

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NEILL YACHTS Olson answers the challenge!

YOUR DEALER FOR

Olson Moore Holder Hobie

You wanted a yacht in the 30* class that was reasonably priced, and now you've got it.

The upcoming Olson 34 with all the quality of its predeÂŹ cessors now adds family comfort with a well balanced interior.

Olson, the innovator of contemporary boat design, delivers more for less.

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Now you can have your boat and sail it too!

This Years Best Seller: The OLSON 25!

Over 89 boats sold to date.

The Olson 25, giving the famÂŹ ily the comfort of a cruiser and the skipper the excitment of a performance yacht.

Give us a call today and join the fastest growing class on the bay.

The Olson 25, sailing is believing.

Buy a new Olson 25 now and get a slip with leasecharter agreement at the Santa Cruz Yacht harbor, (limited slips available, call for details.)

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Boaters Supply

NOVEMBER SALE!

DISCOUNT MARINE HARDWARE & SUPPLIES WINTER HOURS: Monday-Saturday 9-5 Sunday • 10-4

OMEGA “FROST BITER” FLOATVEST

SfE^toW GO°D • High collar to stop wind • Hand warmer pockets • Good looking enough to wear ashore, yet exceeds USCG buoyancy standards • Available in XS to XL sizes

• “Air tight” operation • Glass door allows you to see fire even when dampered down • 14” H x 9Vi” W x 9Vi” D LIST

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SUPER LUBE Multi-purpose, Teflonbased, waterproof grease

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RULE BILGE PUMP PACKAGE Includes 450 GPH pump, float switch, 3-way switch panel w/fuse, 10’ of hose, and thru-hull fitting!

SALE

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$56.95 DUCT TAPE - 2”x60 yards - NOW ONLY $4.79!

WE’D LIKE YOUR HELP! We're doing a marketing survey and would like to have your help — please complete this form and return it to us at 635 Blair Island Road, Redwood City, CA 94603, or bring it in to either of our stores. If you complete it and return it, you'll get on our mailing list of sale previews!

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What do you like least about Boaters? □ Location □ Prices □ Service __-_

Oo you take advantage of the advertised specials? □ Yes □ No What items do you have the most trouble finding at chandleries?_

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635 Bair Island Road (opposite Peninsula Marina) Redwood City (415) 365-7874

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Westerly 36.

If you want to sail the SoPac & you're ready to leave tomorrow, you won't find a more capable ride. She's been there & she's_ready & waiting to go again!

Tartan 34.

This '73 S&S design's a great example ot what Tartan quality means. "She sure doesn't look that old". When you hear that, you know it's Tartan, or our wives.

Tartan 33.

So clean we could sell her as new but for only little law. 13k in extra equipment. Featuring the exclusive "scheel keel" which is Tartan's answer to the Petaluma River. $69,000.

CSY 44.

75% transmogrified from gnarly cruising vet to concours showpiece. New LPU hull and deck, new bottom, engine and interior. $1 IS,000. sistership

C&C 40.

Perfect for the "gentleman's racing" circuit. A performance cruiser with comfort dimensions, speed, equipment. $10S,000.

Flicka.

Biggest little happy ship in the water. Or on a trailer. Underbody set for optional inboard engine. $25,000.

Hans Christian 34.

Full cruise equipment: 8 sails, vane, dinghy, dodger, 3 anchors, windlass, cabin heater, navigation instruments.

Morgan 38. Five sails: Hood, North & Sutter. Autopilot, vane, dodger. Equipped to cruise or race, but both is best.

Hans Christian 43. Popular cutter rig, impeccably maintained and completely loaded with liveaboord/cruise extras. $147,000.

Ericson 35.

The Ericson with Alberg lines. A stiff full keeler set up for liveaboard ond brought to survey specifications. $38,000.

Luders 36.

In yocht club talk you hear "classic . . ." and "good old . . ." Study the lines, sail the boat. She's "classic . . ." $55,000.

Paarson Aria).

A 26-ft version of the classic Triton, she wasn't designed with exactly our Bay in mind, ther must be someplace else just like our Bay. $9,500.

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Flkrko.(2) $24,500

23'

Ronger.

12,000

24'

Moore.

16,000

24'

Columbia Challenger.

6,500

25'

O'Day.

11,000

26'

Intemt'l Folkboot.

22,000

26'

Pearson.

15,500

26'

Pearson Ariel.

11,500

26'

Columbia.

10,950

27'

Ericson.

19,950

27'

H.

18,900

27'

Tartan.

24,500

27'

Nor'Seo kit.Bring Offers

27'

Coronado.

12,000

27'

Dufour.

21,900

27'

Sun.

27,900

28'

Taipan.

24,950

28'

Herreshoff Rozinante...

19,500

28'

Cape Dory.

34,900

28'

freedom.

53,900

28'

Sovereign.

49,900

29'

Columbia.

19,950

29'

Sun Wind.

34,900

30'

Islander Mkll.(2)

29,500

30'

US.

33,500

30'

Farallon.

39,500

30'

Tartan.(2)

32,900

30'

S-2 .

43,900

30'

Rawson.

25,000

30'

O'Day..

47,000

30'

Wilderness.

Offers

30'

Mull Custom.

29,500

30'

Ericson.

28,000

30’

Fisher Nor'Easter.

59,500

32'

Mariner.

39,500

32'

Aries.

38,000

32'

Ericson.

32,950

32'

Westsoil.

44,000

33'

Pearson Vanguard.... (2)

25,500

33'

Freedom.

98,500

34'

Garden kch.

43,000

34'

Hans Christian.. (2)

73,900

34'

O'Day.

59,950

34'

Wylie.

59,000

36'

Islander.

60,000

36'

Cheoy Lee Offshore.

43,500

36'

Union ...

69,500

37'

Tarton.

82,500

37'

Crealock.

120,000

37'

Gulfstar.

68,500

37'

Hollman Custom.

78,000

37'

Islander.

44,000

38'

Hans Christian Mkll. 120,000

38'

Hans Christian T. 105,000

39'

Hans Christian P.H. 149,000

39'

Cavalier.

65,000

40'

Trintella.

129,000

40'

Hinckley Bermuda yawl

41'

Custom stl cutter.

99,500

41'

Gulfstar.

75,000

42'

Garden ketch. 129,000

42'

Westsail.

125,000

43'

Atkin ketch.

Offers

43'

Hans Christian.(3) 125,000

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97,500

44’

CSY.(2)115,000

45'

Columbia. 139,000

48'

Mapleleaf.

50'

Gulfstar kch.(2) 149,500

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Kettenburg.

51'

Island Trader. 145,000

52'

Columbia. 150,000

52'

Garden-Monk ketch. 119,000

56'

Steel ketch. 195,000

64'

Herreshoff ketch. 375,000

195,000 115,000

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FREEDOM 39 LOA LWL Beam Draft, deep keel shoal keel Displacement Lead ballast Headroom Tankage, water fuel

39'0" 31'O'' 12'10" 5' 4'1" 18,500 lbs 5,300 lbs 6’2" minimum 160 gals 100 gals

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Ease of handling, graceful performance and spacious interior accomodations, make happy charter customers and busy charter operators. Freedom Yachts have a great charter record in the Bay, on the east coast and in the Caribbean.

FREEDOM 36 With designer Gar knowledge, the n July and the first

LOA LWl Beam Draft (deep) Draft (shoal) Displacement S.A. sloop S.A. ketch

's booming reputation, redoubtable skill and local will be a huge success on the Bay. #1 launched in are already soldi!

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The Tartan reputation for quality equipment is well known. Not so well known is the brand new Sparkman & Stephens design Tartan 34. She replaces the popular 33, as the latest in S&S performance-cruising technology.

' IF YOU KNOW THE DIFFERENCE YOU MAY ALREADY QUALIFY FOR THE LOWEST BOAT INSURANCE RATES IN THE BAY AREA.

OWEN & COMPANY

ROBIN WEST DIRK KRUIDENIER 2415 MARINER SQUARE DRIVE ALAMEDA, CA 94501 (415) 522-5424

JERE OWEN 1440 ETHAN WAY SACRAMENTO, CA 95825 (916) 924-3100

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SEAFUREor SEAFURL ID-

HOOD’S high technology introduces choice to roller furling.

When HOOD pioneered the first SEA FURL headsail furling/reefing system in 1972 we expected imitators. And we got them. But, until now, there wasn’t a less expensive furling system with HOOD quality.

Now, because of HOOD’s experience you have a choice; the extra feature SEA FURL for the competitive sailor or SEA FURL LD for the cruiser who wants a simple, effective furler/reefer without the expense of a multi-purpose system.

The key differences are that the SEA FURL is an integral part of your headstay and uses a Geminitype twin groove headfoil that is aerodynamically efficient and an easily removable collector drum so that you can go racing.

SEA FURL LD uses a line driver and endless loop line. The luff extrusion is round, so it is less aerodynamic but has a smoother furling action. And, because it fits over your existing headstay, you can install it yourself.

SEA FURL and SEA FURL LD Simply the most popular, best engineered and best made headsail furler/reefer hardware available anywhere. Couple either one with a StarCruiser™genoa and your foretriangle will be as high tech as you can get.

HOOD SAILMAKERS

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Sunset Yachts TktddVind4$ In every yachtsmans career, there comes a time when nothing less than a sound, spacious, all weather vessel will do! Combining performance and quality, with uniquely satisfying creature comforts,the Tradewind 43 is just such a cruiser.

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ERICSON 27.

sails, Westerbeke dsl, exclnt cond. Try $40,000.

CATALINA 38.

ISLANDER 36.

ERICSON 35.

CAL 34.

CNG stove, fireplace, h&c water, (5)

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$54,000.

69 ■ Gaff Rigged Schooner, 1911.i::

65' Alden. 192a 64-Herreshoff Ketch 1982

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44' Rhodes M/S, 1961.

44 43' 42' 41' 41' 41' 41'

Swan, 1979 Westsail. 1976 Mwrgffit, 1972..

Gulfstar, 1973.

Islander Freeport (2j Morgan 0/1 fob 1981 Perry. 1983 ■

40 Fomosa. 1979 40' folic. 1980 .

39' « 1971...... .

38' Downeost. 1976

Spinnaker,

wind instruments. Try $40,000.

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Islander, 1970.

Tayana Cutter, 1979 .

Islander 13} frtn Pearson 365, 1976 .

Cj.vio. 1471 Ou^ur, 1979.....

Ericson, 1970.

Pearson, 1981.

Sanfono, 1981...

120,000

38 37 37’ 37' 37' 36' 36' 35 35' 35' 35' 3S'

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34' Columbia 1973

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62,500 32'lapworth. 1961..

135,000 32' Islander, 1966.

55.000 32‘ Nantucket. 1971 ; ■ -5 ■ ::

38' Hans Christian Cutter, 1978.

sistership.

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25.500 Offers 27' Catalina, .1983. i3i frm 18,995 29.500 27' Cheoy tee.

15.500 44,750 27' Contest, 1972, 65.000 30' Center Cockpit 5-2. 1978 11,000 (2) frm 23,000 27' Coronado.

39,000 30' Columbia, 1973.

17,000 (3) frm .

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35,000 27' Muli Custom, 1976.

65,000 ' 30' Hunter, 1978... <.

45,000 __ 26,000 27'Mor'Sea, 1978,.., 65,000 30' tahcer, 1980.

11,100 35,000 26' Columbia, 1969. ..

43,900 30 Islander B-30, 1979 .

11,000 ......

32,000 26' Ericson, 1969.

79.500 -30' O'Day, 1978, .

15.500 : " ... .!. : 27.000 26' Int'f Fblkboat.

36,000 30' Pearson, 1977.

13,000 .

24,000 26'Ranger, 1972...., 65.000 30' Rawson. 1981.

9,000 (3) frm 33,000 25' Cal, 1969..

7,000 29,500 < 25' Cororsodo, 1969. .1.

75,000 30' OS, 1961 . ..o ....

26,000 ......

30,500 % ' 25' Ericson, 1980 .. .

13,950 ..

25,000 25' Kirby, 1979.

30,000 29' Alden, 1946 ..

15,000 .......

33,500 , 25' Lancer, 1969..

42.500 29 Buccaneer. 1979 Offers 25' Scidelman, 1979 .71!!ifv!7 14.900 65,000 29'Cal, 1971 733 27,950 25' US Yachts, 1982,. 7,......

58.000 29' Competition 1000, 1973 6,500 24.500 24' Gladiator, 1968.... ■ -. • 48,000 29' Jensen Col i973 7 :' 18.000 24' Islander, 1964.

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28' Cal, 1968.

11.000 to 500 24' Pearson lark, 1968 ....

25,000 28' Columbia. 1969 6,000 28,000 24' Venture.. - 33,000 ' 27' Aloto, 1985...12.900 28,000 23' Mark Martane, 1978.

31.500 25' Bayliner. 1980.

12.000 22,00023' Ranger. £12.300 III Cal, 1976.

4,000 Offers 22'O'Day. .(2) frm 73,000 27' Cape Dory, 1980

Pear‘.on. 1984.

175 OuU 95 3' 375,000 £69,000 135,000 149,500 128,000 134,900 49,000 250 COO 140,000 132,000

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Red bottom, blue trim, white sides and Dodger.

No vane, propane or raft.

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CALENDAR Nonrace November 1-3 — American Sailing Association Instructor qualifying clinic, Olympic Circle Sailing Club. Learn to teach sailing the right way. Rich Jepsen, 843-4200.

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February 8, 1986 - Plan ahead for the San Diego to Manzanillo Race. Entry deadline is January 10. For more, call the San Diego YC at (619) 222-1103.

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Racing November 8 — First of the Whitbread boats due in Cape Town.

November 9 — Seminar on multihull racing techniques. Olympic medalist Randy Smyth is one of the guest speakers at this MHRA (Multihull Racing Association) event. Peter Clutterbuck, 383-3756.

November 15*16 — Long Beach to Cabo San Lucas Race. An 800-mile slide to the end of Baja. PHRF classes start on the 15th; IOR on the 16th. Long Beach YC (213) 598-9401.

November 15*24 — J/24 World Championships at Atsumi Bay, Japan. Tomohiko Sekiguchi, (543) 5523.

November 17 — Corinthian YC/WRA (Womens Racing Association) Race. For all women crews. Registration form available at CYC, 435-4771. For more on the race, call Glenda Carroll at 454-6327.

November 21 — The second Singlehanded Sailing Society Transpac-prep seminars. This one is on self steering. Oakland YC. Tony Smith 454-2312.

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LETTERS □ NIMH SHARES SECRETS OF SUCCESS Transpac 85 was an incredible experience for me and there are many people I would like to publicly thank for their help, support, and kind words.

First and foremost, I would like to blame — that is — thank Gary Clifford, the instigator of the whole project. Without his insistence that 1 look at the Express 37’s and without his plaintive plea that “all we need is an owner willing to go on the race”, none of the subsequent events would have happened.

Chris Corlett and Paula Blasier of Corlett and Blasier helped make it possible with their constant input and encouragement throughout the commissioning and preparation process. And of course, a deep debt of gratitude to Carl Schumacher for putting such an incredible design on paper and for his help in our minor “modifications” of

NIMH. Bruce Powell and the rest of the crew at Sobstad went above and beyond the call of duty in delivering our sails. Their unmatched service and support of our effort not only here but in LA and Honolulu was invaluable. A debt of gratitude is also owed to Greg Paxton who spent late nights rigging NIHM and to Jon Gold of Gold Marine Services who worked tirelessly installing the electronics.

For their factory support and generosity in readying NIMH for the Transpac, Jerry and Peter Alsberg of Alsberg Brothers Boatworks cannot adequately be thanked. A heartfelt thank you is also owed to Jonathon Livingston, Laurie Timpson, and Intech’s Walt Kaelin for their efforts on my behalf.

I also want to thank Latitude 38 for their coverage of NIMH — you took some great pictures.

Last, but certainly not least, I want to, publicly thank my crew: Jim Walton, Cliff Stagg, Danny Miles, Terry Alsberg and Jim Maloney, whose skill and daring brought NIMH across the finish line first in class and fourth overall. Also, a sincere thank you to anyone I might have forgotten to mention — blame it on my water-logged brain.

Kent C. Greenough

Secret of NIMH Alameda □ BEST MARINA WE’VE EVER VISITED Having read so many articles/letters in both your publication and others about rotten marinas up and down the coast, we’d like to use you as a forum to inform other sailors about quite possibly the best marina we’ve ever visited — Peninsula Marina in Redwood City.

We had an extensive deck renovation project in the Marina — on Bob Patton’s Cimarron — and to avoid having to commute from Marin to Redwood City every day, we berthed our sailboat at the Peninsula for about two months. While most marinas frown upon outside contractors coming in to do renovation jobs, Peninsula was cordial and very accommodating to our needs. With a minimum of hassle, the harbormaster, Tom, located a berth for the project where it provided a minimum of fuss for other berth-holders. At the same time, he found a delightful spot for our boat. (In other marinas, we can remember getting on our kneqs and begging for an undesirable spot to park.)

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LETTERS more of us this winter. For those who can handle the slot, and wish to explore the South Bay, we heartily recommend visiting the folks at Peninsula Marina.

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□ GETTING THE LEAD OUT I’ve got a few thoughts in regard to ‘Doc’ Schmidt’s letter in the October issue about using unleaded gasoline in outboards. Basically it’s a question about leaded/unleaded gas and methanol.

Lead is used in gas to raise the octane and lubricate valves. In a 4-stroke engine, like a Honda, the valves are hardened to prevent valve damage. Methanol will also not be a problem.

Two-stroke engines are a another story. If the motor is an oil injection type, methanol will not be a problem. However, since most are premix, methanol will combine with any water in the tank and settle at the bottom. Thus anyone running a low tank could easily run out of oil and seize their engine. Two stroke motorcycles already have warnings voiding the warranty if methanol is used with gasoline.

On the bright side, unleaded is the best fuel for two-stroke because it doesn’t have the major cause of spark plug fouling: lead.

I hope this helps.

My questipn. Do you know of anybody who has foul weather gear for tall people? I’m 6’3” and anything with long enough sleeves has a 48” waist. Any help would be appreciated.

P.S. Is there anyplace in Santa Cruz that sells Latitude 38 Roving Reporter T-shirts?

Dave Emery Santa Cruz

/ Dave — Like the VegeMatic, Ginsu knives and Top Forty record collections, the Roving Reporter T-shirt is not available in any store.

But then neither is it “a special TV offer”. You can on/y get one by sending $10 to Box 1678 in Sausalito, 94965.

As to foul weather gear, we’re 6’4” so we understand your problem. Unfortunately we don’t have any solution for you other than suggesting you eat enough to develop a 48-inch waist. It’s a variation of the ‘shrink to fit’ concept in clothing.

In regard to the different fuels and engines, there still seems to be a great amount of uncertainty about what the effects will be. The one thing people do seem to agree on is that a methanol octane booster, as you say, is to be avoided at all costs.

□ MORE ON LEAD IN AND OUT OF FUEL Thanks for publishing my request for information about using nonleaded gas in outboards. Recently I went back to Wisconsin to sail my son’s O’Day 25 on Lake Winnebago. While back in that part of the country I took the time to call Mercury Motor Company — and now I know more about unleaded fuel and outboards.

They told me that regular leaded, low lead or lead free gas are all satisfactory for all Mercury engines.

Since then I’ve used unleaded in,my outboard with good results.

Actually, I’ve gotten better starts and I believe better mileage.

Oh yeah, I wanted to mention that my son’s boat is equipped with an Auto-Helm. Boy, that’s livin’! When you get tired of the tiller you just hook it to the Auto-Helm. I couldn’t stop marvelling at the little movements of the mechanism and how close it kept us on course.

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Put on the autopilot then open a can of beer and relax in the beauty of Wisconsin — it’s great!

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The Claytors’ hospitality is truly exceptional. Besides offering the facilities of their hotel free to all visiting yachts in the harbor, they often go out of their way to help people with problems. Sometimes they spend much time and energy in doing so. With at least ten or twelve yachts there most of the time, there’s always someone with a shipment hung up in customs, or a visa problem, or simply a crew change decided upon after the boat left Papeete. They’ll even drive yacht guests to and from the airport ferry landing.

All in all, they do more to make the cruisers welcome than anyone we’ve encountered in three years, except perhaps Captain Tom in Golfito. We most highly recommend the Hotel Oa Oa to any cruising yacht.

Paul and Susan Mitchell Schooner White Cloud □ GOOD ANCHORING IS NO FLUKE Regarding Trudi Lundin’s experiences with anchoring [Letters, October], we can all add an episode or two on the trials of anchoring.

Last year at Palmyra, after trying three sets with our CQR that has never failed to take hold before, we gave up and moored to a palm tree. The bottom was coral cobblestones and the CQR simply plowed through it.

There are some anchoring tricks, though, that could be applied to High Trim’s situation. First is to set the anchor under power, if you are a cruising auxiliary or power boat. An anchor that is firmly embedded will withstand moderate changes in scope due to tides.

Next, the amount of chain lead should equal the weight of the anchor, and its length is determined by the size of chain that is compatible with the size of the anchor. For example, a 35-lb anchor should have 35-lb of 3/8-inch chain, which weighs 1.66 lbs per foot. That makes the chain lead length 21 feet. No additional chain is needed to set the anchor and would only be useful if the bottom is particularly abrasive.

Another trick — and one especially useful in crowded anchorages — is to slide a kellet down the rode to make a rope rode think that it is a chain rode. West Marine Products makes an anchor rode rider which I have used for years; it is a dandy accessory to any ground tackle inventory. When it is slid down the rode a distance equal to the water depth, it steepens the rode to reduce the swining radius of the boat. It also improves (decreases) the anchor lead angle for better holding power. A 25-30 lb riding weight made from a ball of chain or scuba waist weights would be about right for a boat using a 35-lb anchor.

Anchoring is an art which improves with time, but you must first have the proper ground tackle elements on board.

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LETTERS because we had a little outboard runabout at our disposal. We had a great time fishing in the outer harbor and cruising Alamitos Bay to learn the fine points of girl watching.

One of our favorite ways to kill a couple of hours on the bay was running our boat over to Chrisman’s Fuel Dock, because there was a small cafe there that served great hamburgers and french fries.

Dennis and I pretty much lost contact with each other after that summer.

I first got into the boat business at the age of 30 when 1 took the job of commissioning new Hans Christians for the dealer at Alamitos Bay in Long Beach. It took me about a month to realize I was working in what had previously been Chrisman’s Fuel Dock and the cafe.

Perhaps the reason it took me so long to make the discovery is that as a child I’d only been there by boat. I finally pieced it together after I kept bumping into restaurant equipment and when I was introduced to the landlord, Jerry Chrisman! See how clever I am!

Anyway, one day a tall, thin guy about my age walks in and says he is looking for office space so he can re-start he old brokerage business. He says he has been cruising the Pacific and Indian oceans and the Med for a couple of years or something. We introduced ourselves.

“John Bousha?”, he says, “I used to run around with a guy named John Bousha, but he didn’t have a beard. And I said, “I used to run around with a guy named Dennis Roquet, but he was short and chunky. How ironic that after all these years we two meet once again at the location of our former hangout. > We had lunch and then dinner in the following weeks. Dennis got his office space and asked me to come to work for him as a salesman.

Never having worked on straight commission, it was an awful decision, but eventually I said ‘yes’. Within six months of my starting with Dennis, he got antsy and left for the Caribbean to rhn a 50-ft charter boat for the season. He left me to run the business. Until, that is, the gentleman he was renting space from turned in his lease and we had to move.

After the charter season Dennis moved to Seattle to restart his brokerage business again; I went to work for another brokerage in Southern California and later started my own company. Dennis and I have chatted occasionally and had lunch once in the intervening six years, but I haven’t talked or heard from him lately. I guess he’s been out cruising again.

So after 20 years we two childhood friends bumped into each other at our old childhood haunt, under totally unrelated circumstances, both doing some cruising, both in the yacht business. I think it’s a great story! The turd stops travelling for a couple of months, wreaking havoc in my life, (my family’s life as well since as a yacht broker I now beat them regularly), and then he sails back over the horizon, so to speak.

What cheek! By the way Dennis is a great story teller, as you probably know, and seemingly has an unlimited inventory.

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LETTERS on long weather legs to Yellow Bluff, everyone seems to just drive along ignoring the small headers that are experienced from time to time.

Racing dinghies, which can roll tack and thus don’t lose much ground, seem to follow any shift. Is there any rule of thumb concerning boats like Cal 20’s — particularly when it’s really blowing?

Perhaps Max Ebb or Lee Helm can give us some guidelines on how to sail the shortest course.

Confused in Richmond Richmond, CA Confused — When to tack or jibe with a shift is an excellent question. We remember going to a presentation given by Tom Blackaller in which he said something to the effect that a slow boat that hit 70 percent of the shifts correctly would almost always win. Using the shifts effectively is that important.

As for explaining how to be successful at it, we’ll leave that to Max, Lee or someone else who’s better at it than we.

If you just can’t wait, there are Some good books on the subject.

The North Fast Course covers the subject in detail as does J World and other racing clinics.

Actually this is a perfect time of year to learn about shifts, as the unpredictable winter winds make it far more important that you know how to take advantage of them. In the summer the winds are from a far more consistent direction and therefore things are more cut and dried.

□THREE THOUSAND MILES AWAY FROM HOME Having gear failure — especially in a marine environment — is something we have to live with. Nonetheless I wan) to let everyone know there’s a company out there that cares very little about their product after they get your money.

I guess I’ve been around boats as much as most people, and we qll know that reliability is 99 percent of any piece of gear once you leave ‘home latitude’.

Regrettably I bought a Shipmate SatNav only to find that it was not put together correctly. It didn’t work! I got it fixed but it was only good for 800 miles. I guess it wouldn’t be so bad if you could just tuck the unit under your arm and take it in for repairs, but I was in Mexico.

Not being able to fly directly to Shipmate repairs, I wound up with the problems of wrapping, shipping, insuring and dealing with the tax problems.

After I got it fixed, it lasted for about a year. But now that it’s broken again I’m 3,000 miles from home and way out in the sticks where I need it most. The factory in Denmark agreed to fix it — as long as I send it to them with $50. Naturally I’m responsible for freight both ways. By the way, they don’t bother to return phone calls. I understand that things go wrong with equipment, but I think their attitude is Shitmate.

I’m writing you because I think your magazine is well read — I haven’t missed a single issue in the last two years — and that you guys have got your heads on straight. Even if you do not print this, you had better not be standing on*the dock and in the market for a SatNav when I get home!

Jon Adams American Samoa/San Pedro Jon — We don’t know that Shipmate SatNav’s are any less reliable than any other makes. We know other brands that have conked out, and we know Shipmate’s that have worked well for years.

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□PARTS IS PARTS - OR ARE THEY? We recently completed our first qcean cruise, which took us from Alaska to Mexico, Hawaii and home again. While we had a great time, we did have an experience in Cabo San Lucas that you might want to pass onto others who will be traveling there this coming winter.

Our VHF radio broke shortly after our arrival in Mexico. We heard through the grapevine about an American by the name of Steve in Cabo who does electronic work. Shortly before our departure from Mexico, we took the radio to him for repair. He kept the radio for five or six days, “waiting on parts”, he said.

When we got the radio back, it was not repaired. But he made a great show of displaying the new part he had put in — and charged us $36 U.S. for the part and his labor. Then he proceeded to try to sell us a very old eight channel VHF for $300. We declined and left for Hawaii shortly thereafter.

While in Hawaii we took our radio to a repair shop in Honolulu.

This time it was an authorized repair shop. While the technician there could not fix the radio either, he did tell us that the “new” part we had paid for in Mexico was actually the old part which had been removed, turned around, and then soldered back into place. In other words we had been had.

So to all of you who might be heading down Cabo way this year, have a good time, great sailing, and beware of gringos claiming to be repairmen in Cabo.

Jean M. Kemmerer Quinnat Ketchikan, Alaska Readers — Anybody else have any experiences — good or bad — with ‘Steve of Cabo’?

□ CARRYING ON AFTER THE FIRE The Palo Alto Yacht Club lost one-third of its building in a fire several months ago. The damage to our sailing facilities was repaired quickly to allow all sailing activities to continue. We appreciate all the invitations from yacht clubs in the area to use their meeting facilities.

Thanks go to Coyote, Peninsula, Sequoia and South Bay yacht clubs for hosting us. Everyone seems to be helping us.

One of our whalers suffered outboard trouble prior to a major regatta. Even though the Johnson was several months out of warranty, the power section was replaced with no parts charge ($900 value). The work was done promptly so the boat was ready for our regatta. Thanks go to Lori Owens and Bern Juracka of Marine Market Place in Mountain View. page 57

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□PERTH - AND YACHT CLUBS In your August 1985 issue you had a letter from Richard Thomas of Pismo Beach who asked if anyone had sailed to Perth. Well, I just departed Perth/Fremantle after a most enjoyable week there. While I did “sail” there it was on a GGM (Great Grey Mother), not on your garden variety pleasure boat. However, I managed to get a good close look about, have dinner with a most interesting individual from the San Diego Sail America group (Mr. Sandy Purdon) and have a few bits of ipformation that some might find interesting. I am also enclosing a color brochure from one of the enterprises that has been developed to cater to the expected tourist trade associated with the Cup challenge. In addition to promoting their particular enterprise, the brochure also gives a decent amount of background color on Fremantle.

First, Fremantle and Perth are two distinct places. Fremantle is the port for Perth and is where the 12’s will be berthed. Perth, home of the Royal Perth Yacht Club, is some 12 to 15 miles up the Swan River depending on just where you are going. Fremantle is quite small when compared to Perth. However, when driving from one into the other, it would be hard to tell when you have left Perth and its environs and entered into Fremantle were it not for the signs.

Fremantle is more of a ‘period’ place; small, quaint, retaining the character it had 100 years ago. Perth, on the other hand, is a modern, highly-developed, progressive city. If you want to see what Southern California looks like without the smog and litter, go to Perth. Some say Perth is San Diego west!

The vast majority of the visible activity, which is considerable, is taking place in Fremantle. They are going balls-to-the-wall to construct the necessary facilities. To them the Cup series is a major event and both private enterprise and the local governments are doing what they can to ensure there are adequate facilities for both the participants and the spectators. In fact, it would be safe to say that the locals feel the spectators are as important as the participants. This is much much different than the attitude I found at the ’77 Cup series that my wife and I were fortunate enough to be able to attend.

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At the risk of suffering slings, arrows and sharp harpoons for saying so, 1 feel there are some positive aspects of the Australian victory in 83. One is that the whole thing has been made public. Why, even the Cup itself has become public. When I was there last week the Cup was on loan to the Perth Art Center. Any Joe Smuckatelle could walk in off the street and see it first hand, even have his (or her) photo taken standing next to it. Think that could happen in the New York YC? I, for one, like that. We, the common men, can feel a part of it now. The Aussies have made it a spectator sport rather than an aloof, rich man’s club event. I was able to stand on the pier about 15 yards from Australia II and South Australia and watch them go and come. I felt part of the scene instead of standing outside looking in.

Good on them for creating that kind of an atmosphere.

All kinds of facilities are being constructed for the upcoming sailing events, most for the land bound, although a considerable number of new boat slips are being built. With the exceptional amount of world wide interest, it remains to be seeri how many slips will be available for general use during the warm-up races, the eliminations and the actual series. From what I saw, temporary slips should be available.

In addition, there are a number of groups that are building charter or headboats to haul the spectators to and from the site of the actual races. I was able to go through one of Australia’s largest boat builders, Precision Marine, and get a first hand look at boats being built for this type of charter work — and also support tenders for the challengers and defenders. One prominent group who will be involved with the chartering of such boats will be Martin Box Marine if my information is correct.

As you mentioned in your reply to Mr. Thomas, .there are a large number of boats in the area and boat chandlers are numerous. The largest that I found was Roily Tasker Marine. If they don’t have it, you don’t need it.

As nice as the new facilities are, as complete, modern and functional as money can make them, the best thing about Perth and Fremantle is the people. I was overwhelmed by their hospitality, friendliness, their positive attitude towards visitors. They go out of their way to make you feel welcome. It’s the kind of genuine, warm hospitality that America was once noted for, but seems to have misplaced all too often now. It is hard to be alone in Western Australia!

All in all, anyone who can make it to Perth, regardless of the mode of travel, is guaranteed a most enjoyable, memorable experience, well worth the time and money spent. A note about the weather.

January and February can be hot\ No, I don’t work for the Western Australian Tourist Board or for any private group. I am an American naval officer and sometime sailor. I am stationed on the only American aircraft carrier homeported outside of the United State, the USS Midway stationed in Yokosuka, Japan. For the past five years my wife Celine and I have lived aboard our Tayana 37 Seaweed, that we bought in Taiwan and sailed to Japan. Seaujeed is berthed at the small boat facility on the base at Yokosuka.

During the infrequent times I am home, we cruise the local waters and have roamed as far south as Guam in the Northern Marianas.

Enroute to and from Guam we called at Chi Chi Jima in the Banin Islands. Talk about a premier, unspoiled, beautiful island! You would have to go far to beat Chi Chi Jima. Unfortunately, for most people it is on the way to nowhere — but that is another story. Sailing in and around Japan is also another story!

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1 have a couple of more years left in the Blue Suit Canoe Club before Celine and 1 cast off all lines and do some serious cruising. We are attempting to get as many things taken care of as possible before I retire, which leads me to ask one serious question concerning yacht clubs. In just about every sailing magazine I read, I see references to visiting sailors calling at various yacht clubs along their route. In fact, in a recent issue of your magazine a letter made reference to numerous stops at clubs along the way where the author was warmly greeted by the management.

Not having one bit of experience with yacht clubs, I am somewhat confused by the protocol. How d6 you go about using a club’s facilities on a temporary basis? Do most yacht clubs honor membership in another club for a visitor? How widespread are “reciprocal agreements”? For me, at the present time, the most important question is “how do I join one”?

Before you ask what planet I am on remember, I live in Japan. I have lived there for the past seven years, eight months and will be here for a while longer. I cannot make contacts in the “local” sailing community and I don’t have a number of clubs in the area to choose from. For a number of sound reasons I would like to join an established, recognized yacht club, either as an Outport, Associate, Cruising or as a last resort, Full member; but I don’t know where to go or who to see. My initial impression about yacht clubs is that they have waiting lists years long and cost an arm and a leg. I also have heard that they, must interview you and you must be nominated and seconded by members. Do you know of any clubs that have such memberships and that don’t require you to be a life long member of the community? Are such categories as Outport, Associate or Cruising Member treated as true members when it comes to using other clubs’ facilities?

I would appreciate any help you can give me in this area. I have enclosed a SASE for your use if you can find the time. I am also enclosing a check for a year’s subscription to Latitude 38. Your’s is the best sailing magazine I have run across yet.

Cdr. William Radican Seaweed/USS Midway Yokosuka, Japan William — Thanks for the interesting report on Perth. Incidentally we share your opinion that Australia’s winning of the Cup was the best thing that could ever have happened to the competition.

Your questions on yacht clubs and reciprocal privileges are very good ones. We wish we could give you specific answers to them, but policies vary tremendously. , It is a misconception that yacht clubs have long waiting lists and are very expensive. For a few clubs this is true; for the vast majority, however, nothing can be further from the truth. Many clubs are hurting for membership, and their fees, particularly for associate or nonresident memberships, can be very reasonable.

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LETTERS gent policies like that, there are five others that will accept anyone that isn’t an axe-murderer and can come up with the membership fee. And for many clubs the fee isn’t much more than a hundred dollars for non-resident membership.

We presume you’d also have the option of joining one of the many military yacht clubs. There’s one here at Treasure Island, there’s one at Alameda, Mare Island has one, San Diego has one, and we’re pretty certain there’s one at Kaneohe Bay on Oahu.

So we suggest you either join one of the military clubs or write to the yacht club of your choice and state your situation and ask if you might be allowed to join. A few clubs might turn you down, but frankly we wouldn’t care to join a club that wouldn’t be understanding of your circumstances.

The protocol for reciprocal privileges varies widely. Obviously the best of all possible circumstances is if a member of the club you plan to visit makes all the arrangements for you. If you don’t know a member of the club, the best thing to do is write or call well ahead of time and ask if you might visit'the club in question. Some clubs will allow you to visit, some won’t. Some will allow you to only if you’re a member of a reciprocal club, some will let anybody in. And in some cases it depends how crowded they are and what season it is.

As a very general rule, the farther you get from populated areas and the beaten track, the less restrictive clubs are about reciprocal privileges. You’ll find also that once you get out cruising, such information will be readily available. Yachties coming from the direction you’re headed will be able to give you the lowdown on how the yacht clubs — if there are any — treat transients. Often times you’ll bump into a member of the club, and he’ll be able to arrange things for you.

If we were in your shoes, we’d probably write the Hawaii and Waikiki yacht clubs and explain your situation and ask/if you couldn’t possibly join as a non-resident member. Our suspicion is that both of these mid-Pacific clubs are used to people with unusual circumstances and might therefore be receptive. Both would be good clubs to join, because they’re known pretty much the world over for accommodating visiting yachtsmen.

If you have any trouble, drop us another line and we’ll make sure something works out for you. It’s not going to be that much of a problem — and frankly, we think you’ll eventually find that yacht club membership won’t be a very big factor in whether or not you enjoy the cruising life.

□ BAY TRANSPLANTS Of course we want to renew our subscription! The magazine seems to know where to go but the subscription reminder somehow must have gone astray.

We sailed our Westsail 43 down the coast last year and have been exploring the Channel Islands when time and business permit. We found your articles to be a great help in many areas.

We are now berthed in Ventura West Marina, which means we have a 400-mile drive just to scrub teak. But the pleasure we derive from such a super place outweigh’s the distance disadvantage — not to mention the fact that even the fog is warm down there!

There are quite a few Bay transplants berthed in Ventura, and while we all miss the roaring rides past Alcatraz and anchoring off Scoma’s to stare at the tourists while popping champagne corks and gorging ourselves on dungeness crab, we sure don’t miss the winter woolies and frost-bitten fingertips in the middle of July.

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Fortunately, however, it is only a few who have reacted to us in such an unfriendly way, and we certainly intend to continue our longstanding practice of making.boating visitors feel at home.

F.S. Specifically, our policy is that we welcome all transient yachts to our docks and moorings when available. However, due to the laws concerning our license, we must restrict the use of the clubhouse bar and galley to those people with club affiliations. Except for Monday and Tuesday when the club is closed, it’s a good idea to call Felix about availability. The number is 332-7400.

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□ALBERTO AND RACE WEEK This letter is prompted by a recent letter in Latitude 38 about Sea of Cortez Race Week and Alberto Morphy.

I, too, was at the ’85 Sea of Cortez Race Week — as well as having been in and about La Paz wifh my boat from Christmas ’84 to June ’85 — and can only take my hat off to Alberto’s hard work and efforts in building a yacht harbor for we American “yates” to visit, get our boats fixed, and enjoy his warm hospitality.

He has overcome tremendous economic odds (inflation, shortage of material^, shortage of expertise in construction, etc., etc.) to put together a yacht harbor as well as the Race Week, almost exclusively for the pleasure of American yates. He contributed many hours during his “work week” — not vacation time — to set up Race Week.

His time, along with the time and energy of his paid-for staff (Claudia, et al), were critical elements to the success of Race Week.

As far as an accounting for the $12.50 entrance fee the Rainbow paid, my crew more than consumed that amount (ft wine and hors d’oeuvres on the opening night. As to the t-shirts, the same rule applies anywhere — caveat emptor.

All in all, I want to thank Alberto Morphy, the Mexican people and government for the warm and friendly relationship 1 have had with them over the past year’s cruise. It was great.

By the way, before we went on our cruise we had 250 Rainbow painters’ hats made up as gifts. These cost a little over a dollar to make and were great gifts for the fishermen, kids, as well as the Mexicans we came in contact with. I am enclosing one with this letter.

Jim Thompson Valiant 40 Rainbow Redwood City Jim ~ Having thought up Sea of Cortez Race Week, naturally we’re prejudiced, but we think it - and all of cruising in Mexico - is a pretty damn good deal. As for the $12.50 fee to be a race entry, if any boat can’t handle it, we at Latitude 38 will gladly pick up the tab for you.

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□SKULL SESSION I’m responding to Tim Thomas’ questions on sculling oars and their cross sections.

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The oar itself was an old Navy sweep that Roger had found or ‘liberated’ many years earlier. It was about six feet long and the blade of the sweep was nearly three feet long. There/was a slight bend in the oar which created a bit of an arc, with the high point of the arc up page 71

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when in use. In this position the blade would be horizontal. The bend may have been put in by Roger or perhaps it was there when he found the oar. In any case, it makes sculling smoother and such a bend could be steam bent if necessary.

Once in the oarlock, by moving the hand and wrist in a sort of figure-eight motion (it comes with practice), it’s possible to move along faster than by conventional rowing.

I checked with Jim Stevenson, and he advises that in cross section the blade should be symmetrical rather than cupped. In other words the same surface on either side of the blade. He approximated the cross section by suggesting one visualize two fairly thin triangular wedges with their short sides (bases) butted together.

By the way, Jim now lives in Soquel and is active in his 79th year.

This summer he helped take a 53-ft trawler from Santa Cruz to Barkely Sound, Vancouver Island and soon will be sailing back to San Francisco Bay with me. '

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□ MORE ON SCULLING I’m responding to Tim Thomas’ queries on sculling in the September issue. I have sculled dinghies since I was young and growing up> in New Zealand. There nearly every dinghy has a U-shaped sculling notch cut in the transom, and many of the sailing regattas feature sculling competitions.

A regular rowing oar is quite satsifactory for sculling a yacht tender. Narrow bladed spoon oars are a little bit better, but more fragile.

I recently built an 8-foot pram with sculling notch, and often scull around the San Rafael Yacht Harbor. People watchihg me often ask how to do it. I tell them the important thing to learn is the motion. It takes practice to be effective with it, but basically you make shallow saucer-shape motions in the water with the blade.

After a little practice you can make pretty good speed over short distances only, as your wrist won’t be able to stand it for long. After awhile, you can handle the longer distances.

I also have a 15-foot Bolger rowboat. Using both hands on a 8-ft 6-inch oar, I can move along at a reasonable speed.

Sculling oars for sailboats — as opposed to dinghies and rowboats — is something else. I think the correct name for such a thing is a ‘yulah’, which I believe comes from Arab dhows. It has two angles in the shaft so one can scull along without having to make the twisting motion with the wrist.

I had a friend who built one of these. With it he could propel his heavy 35-ft Colin Archer design at about one knot. So I suspect that two knots is possible with a well-designed oar on a light boat.

Brian O’Donoghue Greenbrae

□ UNCHARTED MOTHERS Help! Quick!

Where are those rocks that the boats in the Big Boat Series were reportedly breaking keels and splitting rudders on? Near Alcatraz?

Assuming these guys would not sail between Alcatraz and the buoy just to the west, where are these unchartered mothers?

Please, let us know for safer sailing.

Gary Carter Mill Valley Gary — It would be incorrect to assume that Big Boat Series boats would not sail between Alcatraz and the buoy to the west — provided page 73

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LETTERS it was legal and would save them time. They’d take such a risk in a second, and after the first 50 or so boats smashed themselves up a little, everybody would have a pretty good idea where you could and could not go. But that’s not where the rocks in question are located.

The rocks are on the southeast shore of Alcatraz. During a flood tide, boats ‘play’ the flood-free ‘cone’ of Alcatraz to keep out of bad water. If you’re ballsy - as are most Big Boat Series racers - you do everything you can to stay out of bad current as long as possible. Part of ‘everything’ is sailing so close to Alcatraz that your bow pulpit is literally about to strike the island before tacking. There are several rocks in this area; these are the ones that the racing boats hit.

Regular sailors do not have to worry about these rocks, because never in a million years would you even dream of coming as close to Alcatraz as racing sailors feel is absolutely essential.

□ SWING KEEL CRUISING I read Doug and Genre Jones’ questions about cruising the California coast with a swing keel l?oat in Volume 99, and would like to make a few comments.

I am not a top-notch sailor, but have crewed on races in the Bay for a couple of years. I too, have visions of sailing down the coast in our Venture 24. I haven’t done that yet, but my wife and I have sailed our boat in the San Juan Islands of Washington. I thought perhaps that Doug and Gerre might want to consider that.

We trailered our Venture from the Bay Area to Anacortes. We made it a leisurely trip, taking three days to get there, seeing friends along the way and staying at RV parks living on the boat. This wasn’t too bad, although some folks were surprised to see a sailboat parked next to their motorhome.

We launched at Green Point ramp which is on the other side of Anacortes. The fee was $3.50 in and $3.50 out.' There was no charge for leaving the truck and trailer in a large parking lot for two weeks. They had a nice floating dock, and a cement one all the way to the low tide line.

Once in the water we motored across Rosario Strait to James Island State Marine Park. It took 2.5 hours With our 6 hp Evinrude.

One heck of a lot of tide runs through there as it does the entire area.

I should note that we had excellent help on our trip in the form of Gunkholing The San Juans by A! Cummings and Jo Bailey Cummings. We only used one NOAA chart, 18421, and got all the fine points from Gunkholing.

James Island was the beginning of eight days of sailing, loafing, looking, picture-taking and just messing around. And believe me, we were not alone up there. There are ferries and cruisers, all of them friendly. The wind is sometimes good and sometimes not; the water is great. We had great weather for our stay.

Getting a berth to spend the night is almost a no-no. It’s okay to moor some of the time, but mostly everybody just anchors. Anyone who visits the area by all means wants to take a small dinghy so they can shovel for steamer clams, crab net and good stuff like that.

Speaking of food, if you trail a fish line over the stern, you very well might pick up dinner.

To come home we simply hauled the boat out, lashed all the gear aboard and went back through Anacortes. We then took the ferry across to Port Townsend, down to Olympia, and then over to the coast for sightseeing on our way home.

The round-trip mileage was about 2000 miles of good highway driving — and yes we will go again, only farther and longer. It’s great!

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I recall that the shocks seemed like sharp blows to the hull.

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As for Max Ebb, we don’t understand the analogy of a cop being shot with his own gun. In fact we donJt think appearing in the photograph was akin to anything as much as it demonstrated having a good sense of humor and being able to endure a few smiles at one’s expense.

□ ISSUE-ORIENTED I have the June ’85 issue of your great magazine, and am rtow obtaining locally the September and October issues. Will you please send to me a copy each of the volumes 94,95,97 and 98? I enclose my check for $6 to help cover the expenses.

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□ PHILIPPINE INQUIRER Several months ago in Latitude 38 it was mentioned that there are between 25 and 50 cruisers in the Phillipines. Does anyone know where they’re likely to be?

My wife and I will be flying to the Phillipines for Christmas and 1 would like to visit some cruisers and find out firsthand which places to avoid and which are safe, to cruise. From previous firsthand experience I wouldn’t advise anyone to go to Mindanao; there are lots of communists and rebels there.

We’ll start our three week trip on December 15. First we’ll go to Bohol Island and visit Alicia’s hometown of Loay to spend Christmas with her family. Next we’ll go to Palawan. I’ve been told there are no typhoons dr pirates here and that it’s something of a last frontier.

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LETTERS □ MORE NOMINEES My candidates for the ‘good guy club’ — and the reasons are described below.

While moored at Ayala Cove early on the morning of September 15, we were awakened by the cries of Eric, our early-rising five-yearold. Getting up, we noticed that our Zodiac inflatable was gone; only the painter remained tied to the stern rail.

Our next 30 minutes were filled with alternating rage for the low life that undoubtably ripped us off and recriminations for not stowing our tender aboard. (Afterall, we had been warned by other unfortunates who had endured a similar loss).

Later new cries from Eric called our attention to a couple in a wellused dinghy towing our inflatable toward the dock in the cove. Then in response to our wild gesticulations, the couple rowed over to us and returned our wayward tender.

John and Holly of the ketch Dauntless had seen our untended Zodiac round the corner and head for the Gate about two, hours before. They retrieved it and were in the process of turning it over to the rangers when they heard/our calls.

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□THE LOYAL OPPOSITION I thought you might be interested in hearing from the “opposition” on Measure C, the “Dredging Initiative”, on ballot for the Palo Alto election on November 5th. Enclosed you will find my correspondence with Palo Alto yachtsman John Beahrs and others, written in an attempt to get two answers: 1. What plan does the Palo Alto Harbor Association propose to maintain the inner harbor and dispose of the dredged mud in a reasonable manner without the tax support now provided by Santa Clara County?

2. Since it is clear that berth fees will not cover the costs of dredging and maintenance of the marina, what source of monies — other than from taxpayers — does PAHA propose to cover the shortfall?

I learned that the Yacht Harbor Technical Report finds that an annual dredging of 39,000 cubic yards is needed for adequate harbor operation. I have also read City Auditor Northrup’s report stating that although PAHA has dredged less than half the recommended annual amount (only 17,000 cubic yards on average), it still “has not maintained the harbor on a user-supported basis during the term of its contract with the County.”

I think it is critically' important that your South Bay readers — Palo Alto voters and Santa Clara County taxpayers — understand the following: 1. Influential yachtsmen such as Mr. Beahrs think that the taxpayers should pay for harbor operations and maintenance (about $50,000 per year) without regard to the City Attorney’s impartial explanation that “the term ‘user-supported’ in this measure means that users and not the taxpayers are responsible for paying the costs and expenses necessary to keep the harbor open and maintain the harbor boating areas and facilities.”

2. Berth fees do not cover the costs of dredging and disposal, and there is no reasonable expectation that they could be raised to a compensatory level. No one has identified a source of monies — other than taxes — to pay for the hundreds of thousands of dollars shortfall.

There is no suitable place in Palo Alto to put the dredged mud at

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On the positive side, we need to note what will happen when Measure C is defeated: 1. Palo Alto’s launch ramp, the only part of the harbor serving the general public, will continue to provide access to the bay and can be used by the Yacht Club’s junior sailing program.

2. The Palo Alto Recreation Department’s sailing program and the Sea Scout and Mariner Scout programs can continue. (There is no plan to dispose of the Sea Scout base or Yacht Club building.)

3. All the public facilities — the Interpretive Center, launching ramp, dikes, boardwalks, and the duck pond — will continue to be available for the enjoyment of over 100,000 people every year.

4. The BCDC permit will be complied with and the Baylands Master Plan will be implemented. This means the berths and associated structures will be removed. Yacht Harbor Point will have at least four acres restored to marshland condition and other improvements made. The harbor will be allowed to take its natural course. / 5. Costly dredging and dumping will finally end, and the taxpayers will save hundreds of thousands of dollars.

I sincerely hope that you will take these considerations to heart and recommend a NO vote on Measure C on November 5th. If that is too strong a stdnd considering your readership, please at least let your readers know that there are two sides to the story.

Trish Mulvey Palo Alto

□THE PALO ALTO AD HOC RESPONDS:

HARBOR COMMITTEE

I thank you for the opportunity to respond to TrisM Mulvey’s letter on Measure C — the Harbor preservation initiative. First permit me to comment specifically on some of Mulvey’s points.

1. Berth fees are sufficient to cover the costs of dredging and marina maintenance. The income yet to accrue to PAHA is some $70-80,000, and the value of the dredge about $50,000 — well in excess of the $46,000 “loss” stated by the Auditor.

2. The 39,000 cubic yards is a conjured up figure.

3. The City Auditor used Councilman Renzel’s definition of usersupported rather than that of the City Attorney, because it suited the latter’s political aims.

Palo Alto is an asset to the City recreationally and Ecologically.

The Harbor is scheduled to close on July 1, 1986 unless Measure C passes in November. We have been told that maintaining the harbor is against nature, that it subsidizes a few wealthy, out-of-town yachtsmen, that no economical use for the mud exists, and that a harbor in the Baylands is environmentally unsound. Nothing is farther from the truth!

In 1923, the City of Palo Alto located our harbor at the confluence of the San Francisco Creek and the Mayfield Slough. Since then, the harbor has been the site for Sea Scouting and boating for thousands of Palo Altans. It is a valuable resource, adding greatly to the quality of life. Measure C provides a practical way to maintain the Harbor.

The current dredging is helping nature reverse the adverse impact of man-made development. Since 1981, fish, pelicans and seals have returned to the harbor. Waterways with some depth are necessary to maintain overall Baylands ecology.

Harbor users are Sea Scouts and average Palo Alto people. The myth of wealthy, out-of-town yachtsmen is part of anti-harbor folklore because it is difficult to make “bad guys” out of Sea Scouts and ordinary citizens. Harbor users range from teenage Sea Scouts, page 85

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0 Covi-nei S Mariners, and junior sailors and their families,, to retired people in their late 60’s.

The Sea Scout program has been based at the harbor for 55 years.

Civic leaders, such as Lucie Stern, have contributed to its ongoing success. It has flourished, in part, because the harbor is a quality facility — safe, sheltered water, only a few minutes from downtown Palo Alto.

Junior sailors and rowers use the calm waters of the Harbor on an ongoing basis. Again, these are hardly the epitome of wealthy, outof-town yachtsmen.

Harbor maintenance is a Minimal Cost to Taxpayers. During the past 45 years, public monies spent to keep the harbor open total $1.5 million — an average of $33,000 a year. Since 1980, the cost of dredging has been fully paid for by the users.

We applaud Palo Alto’s enlightened support of recreation. The city budgets over $4 million a year to support all forms of recreation — except boating. Our opponents think harbor acitivites should not be subsidized and that subsidies are bad, implying a waste of tax dollars. Compare the cost of dredging the Harbor (users $75,000 vs.

City $0) with just three other example: 1. $70,000 for tennis court resurfacing in 1985-86.

2. $198,000 capital costs for the Baylands Center and boardwalk as well as almost $60,000 annually in operating costs. $53,300 operating costs in 1984-85, and $59,400 in 1985-86.

3. $7.5 million purchase price for horse riding at Arastra Park. Of the 43 horses, only 9 belong to Palo Altans. Stables housing 43 horses were re-roofed at a City expense of $15,000. The net rent to the City is $125 per month.

The City pays $55,300 each year to lease the Cubberly playing fields, and $149,500 for the El Camino ball fields.

All Measure C proposes is that we keep some existing wateroriented recreational assets at no cost to the City. 6nce gone, the Harbor can never be brought back.

The mud has cost-effective environmentally sound uses. The City of Palo Alto’s own actual cost to move mud from Yacht Harbor Point to the dump in 1982 was $2.35 per cubic yard. Since then, despite Staff reports that the mud was suitable for both impermeable and intermediate cover, the Council chose to buy dirt from the Cupertino foothills and truck it 20 miles to the dump. Had the City chosen to use free spoils from dredging, it would have saved over $1 million in the last three years, based on the present cost of $6.17 plus tax per cubic yard!

Opponents claim that 39,000 cubic yards of spoils need to be dredged each year. This is distorted nonsense! Actual experience has shown that 15-20,000 cubic yards are adequate to maintain a modest, user-supported harbor.

In conclusion Measure C is reasonable because it will preserve 1. a valuable resource at user expense; 2. recreational activities of value, and an aquatic environment, ecologically necessary for the marshlands.

With Measure C, user support will be sufficient to modest non-commercial harbor. Vote YES on Measure J. Douglas Palo Alto Ad Hoc Harbor

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“Grant Harrison, 19 that summer, first came across.- on the west side of Peconic Bay, trying to sail his/her boat directly into an east wind to get home. He tried to explain about tacking back and forth, but he/she couldn’t get the principle. He/she kept pointing toward his/her home and saying ‘No, I want to go over there’.

All right, whose name belongs in the blank: Walter Mondale, Willie Nelson, Brooke Shields, Joe Montana, Albert Einstein, Jackie Collins, the Commodore of the St. Francis, Ferdinand Magellan, Nancy Reagan, Sting, Howard Cosell, Pat Benetar or Werner von Braun?

The correct answer is Albert Einstein, who according to all reports had a hell of a time trying to sail his 14-foot catboat, Tinif on Peconic Bay during the summer of 1939.

A story by N. Brooks Clark in the October 17 Sports Illustrated quotes one Robert Fisher as saying, “It was remarkable how he persevered in his sailing, and even more remarkable that he didn’t appear to be any better at it by the end of the summer than he’s been at the beginning.”

Since Einstein couldn’t handle the basics of sailing, we’re no longer going to feel the least big guilty that we can’t get to first base with the theory of relativity.

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Getting better — but not perfect.

It seems to us that the San Francisco Examiner’s been getting more interesting to read recently. They even had an item on sailing; too bad they got it screwed up.

In their ‘For the Record’ feature section, they mentioned that John Kolius had left the New York YC’s America’s Cup team over “philosophical difference”, thus elevating Tom McLaughlin and Northern California John Bertrand to positions as co-skippers. The Examiner then correctly reported that Kolius has had a change of heart and rejoined the New York YC effort, and thus McLaughlin has been named sailing director and Bertrand tactician.

So where’s the error? The Examiner illustrated the item with a photograph of John Bertrand, unfortunately it was the wrong John Bertrand. Their shot was of Australian John Bertrand, the gentleman who drove the boat that won the Cup and took it to Australia, not the American John Bertrand.

Lord knows we all make mistakes; we salute the Examiner for at least making an effort to get some sailing in their pages.

Motorboat update.

The statistics are in on the world’s most expensive boats to operate and surprise of surprises, our photo boat(s) came in second! Seeing as how the yearly operating expenses of each of the damn things would cover the national debt of three small countries, we had to find out who was crazed enough to spend more. The story you are about to read is true (the guy who told us swears it); no names have been changed because we don’t know what they were in the first place, and no one is innocent.

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Moby Humphrey . . .

Is that damn whale still around? Well, if he is, stop feeling sorry for him. The only thing wrong with Humphrey is that he has a giant chip on his shoulder, uh, fluke. As sailors, we think what’s bothering the big guy is as plain as the barnacles on his face: a classic case of the cruising blues.

Think about it. When he came through the Gate, he headed straight for the Delta. A lost or disoriented whale would have roamed indiscriminantly around the Bay, right? Then consider that this is about the last few weeks of the year that you can catch some rays and relaxation up Delta Way. When your next stop is Alaska for the winter, that has to be appealing. Then there are all those great restaurants and secluded sloughs. What better respite is there from life on the bounding main?

To confirm our suspicions, we phoned a few restaurants up around the Rio Vista area and sure enough, several reported receiving garbled phone orders for “10,000 pounds of raw crawdads, to go.” Most had to decline the order because crawdads are out of season and they didn’t deliver. One pizza place was seen dumping 400 “extra anchovy, hold the pepperoni” pizzas in the Sacramento River near Ryde.

But whales cannot live by pizza alone. In an attempt to check out the night life, Humphrey beached himself one afternoon. The only action he found was a lot of gawkers, though — you know how everybody seems to stare when you pull into a new place — so he slipped back in the water. By now he has to be getting a little irritated.

Here he was, all ready to get down and boogie, and all he had was heartburn and muddy water.

The straw that really broke the camel’s back, though, was finding a secluded slough to relax in — or trying to. No matter where he went, he couldn’t get away from the noise. If it wasn’t the racket from the Rio Vista bridge, concerned people in motorboats were buzzing nearby constantly. When he finally did manage to give them the slip for a few hours one day, the radio report said in effect that everyone was looking for the whale so they could leave him alone. Then there’s all that racket they’ve been trying to “scare” him back toward the ocean with. How would you like it if you went to the Delta for a little vacation and had to listen to killer whale recordings all day long? (The experts are holding out the most hideous sound of all — Barry Manilow’s greatest hits — as an absolute last resort.)

So Humphrey’s not lost; he’s angry. Like anyone with the cruising blues, he took the road less traveled by, it didn’t work out like he’d planned and now he’s mad. Since whales are basically pacifists, Humphrey is showing his dissatisfaction by sulking. No one can sulk like an angry whale. Since he’s not prone to do rash things like selling the Loran and moving to Nebraska like some disenchanted cruisers, we figure Humphrey will sooner or later accept that not all cruises are destined to be enjoyable and be On his way, no doubt giving San Francisco a wide berth the next time around.

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SIGHTINGS the grand plan for horseshoe bay At a meeting last month, the Golden Gate National Recreation Area Advisory Commission tentatively approved a proposed move by the Coast Guard to Horseshoe Bay on the Marin shore (see photo at right). The move only involves the ocean Search And Rescue facilities and craft presently located near Fort Point on the San Francisco shore.

Such relocation would clearly be in the best interests of the Coast Guard

and boaters, as it would allow for swifter and safer response on the part of the Coast Guard. The heavy surge at their virtually unprotected current location makes the rescue boats difficult to board and hard to work on.

Despite what one committee member called the “suppose-you-can-do-it type approval”, GGNRA and the National Parks Service are still concerned about the long range implications of the move and thus nothing is for certain.

Their perspective is ‘Who wants a Coast Guard base right in the middle of a public recreation area?’ “This is really prime public land,” said one official, “and the public should be the'beneficiaries.” \ Complicating the question is the fact that any near future Horseshoe Bay development will be limited to the small parcel of hilly land on the west side of the little bay. The deal is that any of the land here given up by the military reverts back to the Golden Gate Recreation Area; but the Army is only willing to give up a small slice at the moment.

As you can see from the long-range plans in the drawing above, the GGNRA has big plans for the six-acre parcel when and if the Army ever turns the additional land over. Noting the expediency with which the Army has been turning over the land in this area — which to our knowledge hasn’t been used for military purposes in about 30 years — total turnover should occur about the time of the Second Coming.

Whatever, the GGNRA’s Advisory Commission’s goal is to make whatever land they get as user-friendly as possible while retaining the natural beauty of the place and keeping out anything that would detract from the overall public use — like what’s automatically presumed to be an ugly Coast Guard base.

Another wrench in the gears is the proposed construction of a large ship berth where historic vessels like the steam schooner Wapama could be brought for repair and restoration. Such a plan could save thousands of dollars now spent on such projects in commercial facilities. Again, however, how aesthetically pleasing would such a large ship berth be in the little bay?

“There is sort of a ‘don’t give away the store’ attitude going on now,” says Doug Nadeau, Chief of the Division of Resource Management and Planning for the National Parks Service. Although tentative approval has been given, cont’d on next sightings page

gray market Those of you who follow the expensive imported car market know about the socalled ‘gray market’. This is where an individual or company that is not an authorized dealer goes, for example, to Germany and picks up a European version of a Mercedes or BMW or Porsche and brings it back to the United States. The cars are substantially cheaper in Europe, but they do require modification to meet Department of Transportation and California specifications.

Nonetheless, it has been estimated that as many as 40 percent of the new Mercedes sold last year were ‘gray market’ cars. Buyers of such cars are often warned that they may personally be liable for failure of such cars to be brought up to proper federal and local standards — and by accidents caused by

SIGHTINGS boats their having not been brought up to standard.

Although the numbers are minute by comparison, there has also been a certain amount of similar activity in boats, both new and used. As is the case with cars, there are certain warnings that have been issued over the legality and liability of importing such vessels.

In fact according to a recent issue of the Coast Guard’s Boating Safety Circular, the importer of a foreign boat must certify that the boat complies with the applicable Coast Guard safety standards and regulations. If it doesn’t, the “individual who imports a boat might have to make substantial alterations to bring the boat into compliance with apcont'd center of next sightings page

horseshoe - cont’d GGNRA and the Parks Service have asked the Coasties to expand the assessment they already did on building a breakwater at Fort Point and keeping their base there. As for the large ship berth, the commission is “maintaining the option” on that. Officials are now primarily concerned with finding out what — if any — of the proposed plans are in line with what the public really wants.

As you can see from the long-range plan, most of the use for the site would be geared toward landlubberly recreation: picnicking, horseback riding, hiking and so on. Plans specifically aimed at boaters include revitalizing the small boat ramp and possible installation of mooring cans. When and if the Army ever turns over the Presidio YC, GGNRA has plans for converting the buildings into a day care center/food service facility and making the docks available to all boaters for one-night berthing. We’re not so sure about that one. It seems as though they ought to give some priority to all the folks who have worked so hard to make the club what it is. Again, however, that’s something our great grandkids are likely going to have to hash out with their cont'd on next sightings page

SIGHTINGS horseshoe - cont’d great grandkids.

Be that as it may, now is the time to put in your two cents worth on the issue. Although you may have to reincarnate to enjoy the benefits of your suggestions, GGNRA is.at the stage where they are having to finalize some of the proposed plans and they want very much to hear from potential users of ' this site. If you have any feelings, pro, con or otherwise about all this, write them down and send them to: GGNRA Advisory Commission, GGNRA Ft. Mason, San Francisco, CA 94123. '

gray market plicable Coast Guard safety standards”. Furthermore, according to the article, “an individual who sells a foreign-built boat could be held liable for repairs to that boat for x substantial risk defects for a period of five

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SIGHTINGS boats - cont’d years after the boat was imported”.

This liability also applies to foreign nationals who bring their boats to the United States for the purpose of selling them.

boat show Alameda; big, handsome and virtually brand cont’d center of next sightings page

for the birds, by the birds The Audubon Society, in our opinion second only to the Marin League of Women Voters in sycophancy to the BCDC Staff, has announced that the Richardson Bay wildlife sanctuary was closed to boats on October 1 and will remain so until March of next year.

The area in question is the northeast section of Richardson Bay, virtually all of which is very shallow and infrequently used by boaters. If you stay southwest of an imaginery line between Strawberry Point and the northwesternmost tip of Belvedere, you’ll have no problem. The Strawberry Spit channel remains open to boats.

For each of the last 25 years this area has been used as a safe refuge for birds in the winter. It’s expected as many as 350,000 birds will check in this season. Latitude 38 requests that all boaters respect this sanctuary, certainly not for the sake of what we perceive to be the simple-minded leadership of the local Audubon Society, but for the birds themselves.

While on the subject, we further request that boaters leave as many other forms of wildlife to themselves as possible. For example, in the next several months Richardson Bay will also begin to. play host to hundreds more seals than normal. We’ve never been able to figure out exactly what they do in their tight little groups of six or ten, but knowing they’re polygamous we’ve got a pretty good idea. If you were having group sex you wouldn’t want some idiot motoring or sailing through your fun, would you? Seals feel the same way, so leave them — and all other forms of wildlife — the hell alone.

easter island emergency plans Did you read in the papers last month that the Chilean government has agreed to allow the United States to lengthen the runway to 11,000 feet at the Mata Veri airport on Easter Island? This is so the California-launched space shuttles, scheduled to begin next March, would have a place to make an emergency landing in that part of the world. By so doing, this has set up the possiblity of a wild juxtaposition of the very modern with the prehistoric.

Easter is one of the most isolated islands in the world. It lies 2100 miles west of Chile and 2100 miles east of Tahiti. The nearest populated island is lonely Pitcairn, and that’s 1200 miles to the west. Remarkable as it might seem, Easter Island is at least as intriguing as it is isolated.

A triangular island anchored in £ach of its three corners by a dormant volcano, the 72-square mile barren island is home to 600 giant and mysterious statues of uncertain orgin. There are all kinds of explanations of where they came from. Erich von Daniken claims they came from outer space; a few others suggest they are the last remains of a continent that has disappeared beneath the surface of the sea. Most experts believe the true explanation is somewhere between the two. Everyone agrees that the work on the statues was terminated suddenly; the quarry from which they all came has 200 new statues in various stages of completion.

The statues are known as aringa ora or ‘living faces’. Each is between 12 and 32 feet tall and weighs as much as 11 tons. How they were moved from the quarry over the rough lava island surface is just another mystery of Easter Island. Each ‘living face’ looks over the primary viflage and projects mana or protective power. All the statues rjest atop platforms, about six living faces to each platform.

Most of the fabulous statues were knocked over and defaced sometime between 1600 and 1800, although nobody is certain why. Thor Heyerdahl says it happened when Polynesians came over and defeated the native population which had arrived from South America long before. This is supported in some respect by the legend of the short-eared people annihilating the long-eared people. Baloney, say other experts who believe the original migration was from Polynesia. They postulate that the island became over populated, civil strife ensued, and the old order was overthrown. Sort of like the United States during the View Nam war.

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SIGHTINGS easter island -cont’d original settlers. On one hand they seem to be derived from the same roots as the Polynesian marae, but on the other hand they bear striking similarities to the Incan stone structures at places such as Machu Picchu.

Easter Island has other great mysteries besides the statues. For example there’s also the rongo rongo, which are ancient wooden tablets with figures carved on them. We were able to break the German and Japanese codes during World War II, but nobody has been able to decipher the tablets yet.

The rongo rongo are considered to be the most ancient form of writing in the South Pacific.

There’s another neat tradition that Easter Island had. Each year they had a swimming race to the furthest offshore island. The winner got to be Birdman, who not only had his image carved everywhere, but he was given supernatural powers until the day before the next race when he was transformed into a spirit. Women weren’t allowed to participate. In fact the virgins were often kept in caves to keep their skin as white as possible. Modern cosmetics are still hard to find on Easter Island.

This isolated little island has been known by many different names over the years. The first European to arrive was Roggeveen in 1772, who tripped over it while looking for a lost continent. If you had to guess which day he arrived, would you pick: 1. Labor Day; 2. Washington’s Birthday; 3. Memorial Day; 4. Cinco de Mayo; or 5. Easter. Hey, how did you guess?

Easter Island is a good enough name, but the original inhabitants had a much better one. They called it Te Pito O Te Henua, which translates to Navel of the World. Actually that wouldn’t be a bad name for a sailboat, would it?

Most of the learned members of Easter Island were kidnapped by Peruvians and put into slavery shoveling guano. After various protests they were returned. A lot of good it did them, as they brought back small pox which all but wiped out the population. Chile annexed the island in the 1880’s, and retains a large military contingent there. God knows why, maybe in case von Doniken’s outer space people come back looking for their old statues. The 1600 indigenous people who remain speak a Polynesian language and follow Polynesian customs.

What we’d really like to do is sail to Easter Island and watch the space shuttle make an emergency landing, while a space ship returned, and a couple of former inhabitants crawled up out of the sea. Rod Serling could be reincarnated to host the salutations.1' Fat chance of this happening, however, as Easter Island doesn’t have a single good harbor. Just a roily roadstead at Hanga Roa.

boat show new. The show, held last month, was the Northern California Marine Association’s 4th in-the-water show. ^ The new site and the old show were a

south beach harbor If Murray Baxter was the winner of the big lottery, why wasn’t his picture plastered all over the news? The reason’s simple; Murray didn’t enter the stupidity tax lottery in which millions of Californians toss away zillions of hard-earned dollars in the face of odds that would make a loan shark blush.

No, Murray won the lottery that gave him first choice of a berth at the San Francisco’s South Beach Harbor to be opened next July. The Pacifica resident chose Berth 2 on Dock D, a 30-footer adjacent to the promenade area.

Congratulations, Murray.

For those of you who haven’t been reading the ads in Latitude 38 closely, the 683-berth South Beach Harbor is a project of the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency. The harbor is at Pier 40, about a half mile south of the Bay Bridge. The accompanying photograph shows the demolition work that was going on last month to make way for the new marina.

Berths at South Beach Harbor will range in size from 30 to 50 feet in length. They’ll rent for between $185 and $430 a month. They’re available for reservation now on a first-come, first-serve basis. Call 771-8800 for more information. As of early October, 250 of the 683 berths had been reserved.

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SIGHTINGS - cont’d good combination. After a slow year ot sailboat sales, exhibitors came away from this show smiling. No doubt most will be back next year, same place, same time.

south beach - cont’d industrial area — at least not for long. The marina is the centerpiece of a new $1 billion residential and commerical neighborhood being built by the Redevelopment Agency. They’ll be 2,000 condominiums alone.

The wide road that currently fronts the marina site will be removed, allowing for the five acres bordering the harbor to be landscaped into a park with cont’d on next sightings page

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SIGHTINGS south beach harbor * cont'd picnic areas and a promenade. Other future plans call for the construction of specialty stores next to the site; marine hardware, fishing supplies, ice and groceries, a yacht club, a pump-out station and fuel dock — the works!

no shortage anymore It’s either feast or famine for those looking for berths in San Francisco.

When the yacht harbor near the St. Francis was the only game in town, you couldn’t get a berth in The City for your life. Pier 39 eased the shortage, but then their rubber-tire floating breakwater broke down. After spending $10 million to put in the real breakwater that was completed this last July, they’ve still got some 60 berths available on a 50-year lease. In addition, many other folks who purchased the Pier 39 leases are willing to rent out their slips.

Add to this the nearly 700-berths to come at South Beach, and you’re almost got a glut of berths in The City.

Interestingly enough, just last month the Cultural and Recreation Committee of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors came out with a recommendation that would prohibit boatowners in the Marina Yacht Harbor from passirtg on their slips when they sell their boats. The committee would rather have the slip lease terminated when a boat is sold, and the slip go to the next person on the waiting list. This proposal needs the approval of the Mayor and Board of Supes before it would go into effect; since they’re all wrestling over who gets to fly to Paris to sit on street toilets, it could be a while.

The Marina Yacht Harbor currently has a waiting list of 1200 names for the 721 slips. Waiting for your name to come up on the list has been the longest wait in town; people have died before their name came up. If you absolutely had to have a slip at Marina Yacht Harbor, you had to buy a boat that came with a slip. Savy berth-holders would jack the price of their boats up in the range of $2 to $10 thousand because of the slip.

Naturally those who own berths at Marina Yacht Harbor are furious at the committee’s recommendation. You would be, too, if it looked as though you suddenly dropped several thousand dollars. We suspect, however, that their anger is misplaced. Given the fact that the Marina Yacht Harbor facilities are an embarassment and that there are so many other berths soon to be available in The City, we think the value of Marina Yacht Harbor slips has already plummeted.

Sure, the location is ideal for racers and the rent is less expensive. We suspect, however, that these advantages will be offset by the fact it’s often freezing there when it won’t be at South Beach and by the latter’s better facilities. But what the hell, since there are so many berths, why not let the slips go with the boats for another three years, then change it to a strict waiting list system?

the road less traveled by Claude Briot was getting tired of the way his vacations were going. Every year, the French physician would fly somewhere, stay a month and fly home. The appeal of visiting other places by boat was great, and finally, in the late ’70s, he decided to make a long distance sail with a friend to see if he liked this kind of life.

He did. After two Atlantic crossings with the friend, Claude bought a boat, outfitted it, and in 1980, sailed away. He’s been going ever since.

“It is a good way to visit another country,” says Claude, who arrived in the Bay from British Columbia last month. “For some places, like Alaska, the South of Chile, the Chesapeake, a boat is much better than a car.”

Claude’s voyage has taken the 35-foot Spaciba about 70,000 miles in the last four years. He has Visited countries on the Baltic, in the Caribbean and along the Atlantic seaboard. He has weathered storms almost everywhere, but when he rounded Cape Horn the weather was benevolent enough to climb in the towed dinghy and take a few photographs of the boat rounding cont’d on next sightings page

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standing Normally, visiting sailboats come and go from the Bay with little notice from the general boating public. If you were out sailing in the early part of last month, though, you may have noticed one that was fairly out of the ordinary. At 112 feet on deck, Manutea is not likely to be lost in the crowd.

What makes the big schooner even more interesting is that she works for a living, hauling cargo and passengers. There are five staterooms in the stern for as many as 11 passengers, and her 50-ton, 5,000 square foot cargo hold can accommodate just about any type of cargo. Among the more interesting cargos hauled are hurricane relief packages to Tahiti, foodstuffs for the Northern Cook Islands, hardwoods from Samoa and diesel fuel to Pitcairn Island.

A Don Brooks design, the steel-hulled Manutea was built between 1978 and 1982 for South Pacific Energy Systems. She was originally conceived to deliver and service wind generators made by the company, but eventually ended up running cargo and

SIGHTINGS less traveled by - cont’d the infamous headland. One of those now hangs below near the navigation station. Among the more interesting stops he’s made thus far was the happy ending to a story that bears retelling.

On one of his preparatory trips, Briot lost his boat off Gibraltar. After 24 hours adrift in his liferaft, he was picked up by a Russian freighter and befriended by her crew. Before he left, he was invited by the shipping company to visit Leningrad if he was ever in the area. He made it one of the first stops on his itinerary when he finally took off from France aboard Spaciba, which means “thank you” in Russian. “I was the first and only foreigner I know of who was able to visit without a visa or papers or anything.” Of the visit itself, he only smiles and says “the Russians are crazy about vodka.”

Spaciba’s longest trip so far was a 7,000-miler from Africa, the northernmost port in Chile to Sitka, Alaska, a near three month marathon complicated by bad antifouling and an overheating engine. “Chilean antifouling is no good,” says Claude. “Before I leave, I put three coats on, and in 15 days, I have barnacles.” He figures he lost 25 miles a day because of bottom growth. Every bit as maddening was the overheating diesel. Claude said he spent many frustrating hours trying to figure out why it was happening, but he checked all systems over and over again and could find nothing out of order. In Sitka, he finally found the answer. At rest, water flowed freely through the raw-water throughhull. When the engine fired, though, and started sucking raw water, one of the long-necked barnacles near the throughhull bent around into the opening, restricting water flow and making the engine overheat.

The crowning blow to the overheating situation came within sight of Sitka: after 88 days at sea, the wind died. “I could see the city very well,” says Claude, “but I had no engine. It was Memorial Day and there were a lot of people all around me salmon fishing. It took 24 hours to sail the last 20 miles.”

Spaciba is an Ovni 35, designed by Phillip Briand. It is a multiple-chine aluminum centerboarder that draws only a couple of feet with the board up.

charters in the South Pacific. Whale research in Hawaii brought the ship northward, and a National Geographic Documentary on the Japanese occupation of the Aleutian Islands finally got the schooner to the West Coast. In her last few months up north, the ship served as a filming platform and dive station for underwater filming of war-era wrecks.

She arrived in the Bay the last week of September for a couple of weeks of R&R and PR before heading to Southern California and, hopefully, more cargo and charter work. Proposed long range possibilities for the ship and her normal complement of six include whale research for UC Santa Cruz, a floating base for a series of nature films by Disney, and serving as filming platform again, this time for the next America’s Cup. Although big and spacious, Manutea is no barge when it comes to passage making.

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Claude thinks it curious that there are so few aluminum cruising boats built in America. “It is the best metal for cruising,” he says; “no maintenance, no rust.” In France, the price of an aluminum boat is comparable to fiberglass.

To avoid electrolysis as much as possible, Spaciba uses plastic throughhull fittings. The topsides are unpainted. The only instruments Briot carries aboard are a depthsounder, compass, sextant and his own watch. He has no radio, sophisticated navigation system — not even a log. “I do not want things I have to fix all the time,” he says with a smile. cont’d on next sightings page

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SIGHTINGS less traveled by - cont’d The boat carries 10 sails, and Claude says the most used are the light air sails. “Generally, people think you need heavy weather sails. But I find more light wind.” Although he carries a spinnaker, his favorite downwind sail is a colorful “Boostar,” a sort of “one-piece” double-headsail. The big, diamondshaped, loose-luffed sail tacks in the middle, allowing its wings to be poled out on either side.

Claude plans to take full advantage of the boat’s shoal draft capabilities in his month or so on the Bay. He’s already scheduled trips up the Napa River and to the Delta. From the Bay, he’ll probably head down to South America again before hitching over to the South Seas, avoiding Mexico for the same reason he didn’t linger long in the Caribbean — “Too many people — not as friendly.” Briot definitely prefers the roads less traveled by both for the local people and other cruisers he meets there. “When you meet another boat (in some out-of-the way place), it’s very, very good.”

Beyond feeling that “eight years is about right” for his circumnavigation, Claude has no plans for going home as yet. “When people make trips like this, I think it’s important to have no times. If you have a plan, you do not have the opportunity to do something different. It is better to have no plah, and when possible, to take the uncrowded road.”

test piles, wave organs and cemetery stones They may look like some modern artist’s statement on the pitiful decline of human civilization, but those oddly placed pilings off Aquatic Park (opposite page) were there for a much more practical purpose. They were test pilings driven in by the Army Corps of Engineers. The pilings are for a breakwater that will extend from 150-ft west of Hyde St. Pier to Pier 45.

Test pilings, explained Dennis Thuet of the Army Corps, are used to test a variety of conditions before the permanent pilings are put in. They are driven to different depths to confirm geo-tech studies of bottom density and composition. They are monitored regularly to ascertain the effect of tides. Even the vibrations coming back up the post during pile driving are recorded and analyzed to make sure all is as it should be before the real piles are driven. It might all seem like a bit much, but you have to admit it would be pretty embarrassing to not cover all the bases and have a new dock or breakwater sink.

So whatever you thought they might have been — we personally leaned strongly toward a modern Stonehenge placed by off-course extraterrestrials — they probably weren’t. And anyway, they aren’t even what they really

standing tall voyage. Her other vital statistics:°96 feet on the waterline, 25 feet wide, 12 feet deep and about 146 gross tons. If you know of an organization that might be able to use the

long If you enjoy sailing to the different marinas in the Bay Area — as we do — you’ve no doubt noticed it’s difficult to find your way around. Regular charts will get you to the marina entrance, but where do you go from there? Usually you end up stumbling around, yelling for directions to somebody on shore who’s on vacation from the other side of the world. It’s a bit of a pain.

What Northern California needs is a good guide to all the yacht harbors and marinas.

They’ve got them for Southern California and most other parts of the world, why not here?

The good news is that now there is one.

Roger and Robert Dinelli of Bald Eagle Enterprises have written and compiled A Boater’s Guide to Harbors and Marinas of the San Francisco Bay Area and Delta.

It’s a simple book. It consists of sketches (not necessarily to scale) of 57 different harbors and marinas, including the location of

baja sea A couple of months back an Arizona reader wrote in and asked if we knew the status of the third edition of The Baja Sea Guide. This proposed new version of an excellent, if now out-dated, book had been announced last year. Money has been taken, but as yet nothing produced.

On October 7 we were able to get in contact with the man responsible, Leland Lewis of Carmel. Leland explained that updating

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were anymore. After about six weeks, the test pilings had served their purpose. They’ve now been removed and retired to wherever test pilings go to die. The Army Corps was sheduled to begin work on the real pile driving at cont’d on next sightings page

We know there are a lot of you space shuttle fans out there who have longed to watch a launch from the comfort of your very own sailboat. The only problem has been that to do so you would have had to sail your boat south to the Panama Canal and then up to Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Fortunately, the United States Air Force has taken sympathy to your plight. As a result they’ve spent $2.8 billion on the Vandenberg space shuttle launch facility.

Vandenberg Air Force Base is right on the Pacific, just around the corner from Point Arguello.

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SIGHTINGS • cont’d services of a real working sailing ship, you can contact her through South Pacific Energy Systems, P.O. Box 8739, Aspen, CO 81612.

piles, organs, stones - cont’d the end of October.

On a (barely) similar, but much more musical note, the activity taking place on the end of the San Francisco Marina breakwater is the work of an area ar-

overdue the harbomaster’s office, guest docks and restrooms. Also listed are the marina telephone numbers, the guest berth fees, the availability of fuel, the directions to the nearest grocery store and restaurant and other basic information.

When we say the volume is simple, we’re not being derogatory. It’s got all the necessary stuff yet isn’t cluttered with all kinds of unnecessary information. We think that’s smart. If you want more details, the Guide even tells you what page the harbor or marina is covered in the Pacific Boating Almanac.

The Guide sells for $13.65, handling and shipping included. There’s even an ad for it on page 51 of this issue. We’re certain you’ll soon to be able to find it in all local marine stores, also. We recommend it to anymore who likes to wander among the different harbors and marinas of Northern California.

guide the lengthy book was basically a “larger undertaking” than he’d planned. He advises us that in August he’d sent out letters explaining the situation to all those who expressed interest in the book.

What happens now? Leland says the book should be published about the end of this year. Let’s hope so, as we expect a lot of cruisers would enjoy it.

was originally scheduled for late this year.

Like a lot of proposed passages, however, it’s been postponed. The new launch date, for those of you planning to sail down for the festivities, is March 20th.

After being grilled in a hot, dark room with a bright light in their faces, Air Forc6 officials finally conceded that there is a second reason for the Vandenberg facility beyond ease of viewing for yachtsmen; the west coast site allows for north-south orbits, and thus for the first time will allow the shuttle to fly over every part of the world. It’s possible to orbit north-south from Florida, but not with the same safety precautions. page 107

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tist. When completed near the end of the year, says Assistant Exploratorium Director Peter Richards, that structure will become the first wave organ open to the public.

Wave organ?

A wave organ, Richards says, works on the same principal as a seashell in which you “hear the ocean”. He then went on to explain cont’d on next sightings page

SIGHTINGS piles, organs, stones - cont’d something about how ambient noise in the environment works and we lied and said we understood. Anyway, as part of the artist in residence program for the Exploratorium, Richards is overseeing the construction of a four-level, variable-frequency “sound garden” on the jetty, which will house the wave organ. Differing lengths'of pipe going into the Bay, different listening levels, changing tides and turbulence of water will all combine to treat visitors to a veritable symphony of ambient sounds. When completed, its “music” will be piped to the exploratorium and possibly Fort Mason.

Finally, while we’re kind of on the subject of breakwaters, here’s an item that we’ve been trying to track down for some time without much success. It has to do with many of the stones in the breakwater for the San Francisco Marina having come from an old graveyard. We’re probably not talking headstones here, but someone mentioned a “beautiful old arch” and other marble rubble he’d noticed. Other people have heard about the stones, too, but how or when they got there predates even the harbormaster who has been at the marina for 14 years. As completely as we could get the story, to make room for new construction, authorities transferred all the bodies from a cemetery in San Francisco to one in Colma and dumped all the stonework from the San Francisco one into the Bay. Does anybody out there know anything more about this?

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transpac For those who were around before the first one was held, it may be hard to believe that next June 14 will be the start of the fifth Singlehanded Sailing Society TransPac from San Francisco to Kauai. But it’s true.

In order to make the race as safe as possible for all contestants, the Singlehanded Sailing Society puts on a series of seminars on topics of interest to the participants — and perhaps a whole lot of other people. The free seminars are held between 7:00 and 10:00 p.m. at the Oakland YC (which is located in Alameda) on the dates given.

Why not check the following list of dates and topics and see if any are of interest to you?

You need not be planning to do the race to attend.

Thursday, November 21: Self-steering; vanes and autopilots.

Thursday, December 19: Electronics, Generating Electricity.

In Playboy they’ve got the Playmate of the Month. In Latitude 38 we could have the Busted Dope Boat of the Month.

Many of you readers will remember the photograph of Ocean Love that appeared in the October issue. The 71-footer was seized in Wake Island as a \ result of an east coast criminal action and later sold by Customs in Honolulu.

This month’s Dope Boat is Mir, what appears to be about a 65-ft sloop that was busted off the coast of California about a year ago. The story of this aluminum built Dick Carter design is the story of the great risks smugglers will take in search of the fabulous dope profits.

The boat was originally seized in yet another east coast criminal action, and impounded by Customs in North Carolina. While in the possession of the United States government, an obviously very enterprising and ballsy fellow stole the darn thing and sailed it south. Somewhere in South America he picked up 6.75 tons of weed^then headed north for the promised land of dope retailing, California.

Unfortunately for him, somewhere near the Channel Islands a Coast Guard helicopter did a fly by to check the name on the boat. You can imagine the chopper crew’s surprise to learn that the two-wheeled sloop had been stolen from their employer, the feds. Naturally other Coast Guard equipment was dispatched to the scene, at which time the boat was boarded and the pot discovered.

One has to wonder if the boat would have been busted if the thief hadn’t been so brave — or perhaps so stupid. For one reason or the other he never changed the name of the boat after he stole it, thus making the identification of it ridiculously easy.

Burned once, the government is not about to allow Mir to be stolen from under their noses again. Thus the boat has remained hauled out at Ventura Quay Boatyard for the last year. Such ‘insurance’ is expensive, however.

One local estimates that a boat that size would normally cost about $1800 a month to leave out of the water. As a taxpayer we breathed a sigh of relief when the spokeswoman at the boatyard revealed “we’re charging a special lower rate because it’s the government”.

Having held the boat for a year now, you’d think the government would get on with unloading it. After a year it’s not becoming worth any more money, what with the blind fastened teak decks leaking and the sun blasting down on the uncovered main. Maybe it will be auctioned soon, maybe it won’t. The woman at the yard said it had been expected to go on the block in cont'd on next sightings page

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SIGHTINGS seminars Thursday, January 30: Safety Equipment, Personal Gear.

Thursday, February 27: Setting up the boat for singlehanding, featuring a guest panel of three former singlehanded TransPac’ers.

Thursday, March 27: Jury-rigging and Spare Parts Inventory; Rescue Procedures.

Thursday, April 24: Medical Advice and Inventory of Supplies; Provisioning.

Thursday, May 22: Weather and Navigation.

For those of you considering entering the Singlehanded TransPac, remember these important dates: April 1 — Deadline for final entries.

May 15 — Deadline for completion of 400-mile qualifying sail.

June 8 — Deadline to have passed inspection.

June 14 — Starting gun.

dope boat - cont’d the middle of October, but for one reason or another it didn’t happen. Maybe next month — by which time we’ll probably have another Dope Boat of the Month for you readers.

sails on sale - and vice versa There’s a thrifty time to buy sails and there’s a not so thrifty time to buy sails.

To the sailor looking to save a buck and get the most personal service, just before and during the St. Francis Big Boat Series is not the smart time to order a sail. The reason is simple, the lofts usually have far more work than they can handle.

For example, just a day or two before the start of this year’s series, Roger Livingston, owner of Lobo, the boat that eventually won the Keefe-Kilborn division, decided he had to have a new blooper. According to Steve Jeppeson at the Sobstad loft, a blooper for a boat that size normally takes about 15 days. But because of the obligation the loft feels toward yacht racing and because it’s good business, the loft worked day and night to turn the sail out in a day and a half.

This is an attitude shared by almost all sailmakers, especially those who make racing sails. If it’s a heavy air race in the Big Boat Series, loft employees know they’re going to be burning the midnight oil making sure racers can hit cont’d on next sightings page

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SIGHTINGS sails on sale - cont’d the starting line of the next race with their best stuff flying.

As such, you can imagine what the reaction would be if you walked in the door during the middle of the Big Boat Series and requested that someone come out sailing on yo„ur Cal 20 because you’re thinking about getting a new main or jib. You’re going to get a sincere, “Geez, we’d love to help you, but right now we’re up to our ears in work”. That’s not a line, at the race-oriented lofts it’s the truth.

The best time of year to order a sail is right now, the last few months of the calendar year. The reasons are fairly obvious and legitimate. Less people sail in these colder months, less people race, and there’s less wind to blow existing sails to bits. The result is that sailmakers have more time available to devote to your needs than the rest of the year. They also have more free production capacity than the other months. Put these two things together and you’ve got great service and often great discounts at your beck and call.* A quick survey of local sailmakers revealed the following: Richards and van Heeckeren Pineapple Sails in Oakland have a 10 percent discount in effect thru the month of January. Like several other lofts, at this time of year they also offer group discounts for one-design classes aVid others.

Sutter Sails in Sausalito offers a 10 percent discount on sails from September thru December — and sometimes January.

Hood Sails, also in Sausalito, reports that they too offer a 10 percent discount on sails between September and December, although the exact dates can vary according to the number of sails they have on the books.

North Sajis in Alameda offers a 10 percent discount on racing and cruising sails between October 1 and December 15.

Ullmer-Kolius Sails in Oakland offers either winter discounts or 9.9 percent financing.

Eclipse Sails in Richmond reports they offer discounts on sails all year round to anyone who is not in a rush. A small loft, they report this flexibility helps them with the work flow so they’re willing to share the savings.

Leading Edge Sails in San Mateo offers a 10 percent discount on sails between October 1 and January 1. Like other sailmakers, Steve Toschi emphasizes that at this time of year there’s more time to go to a customer’s boat and check the inventory and discuss the boat’s short and long term needs.

Larsen Sails in Santa Cruz offers 10 percent off on storm and other sails under 95 percent instead of raising prices in January.

Hogin Sails of Alameda offers 10 percent off on new work until the first of the year and 15 percent off two or more sails ordered at the same time.

Sobstad Sails in Richmond has a 10 percent fall discount in effect. Jocelyn Nash suggests it’s an excellent time to order a 150 or a 3/4-oz chute, expensive sails that are good for both midwinters and summer ocean racing.

Haynes Sails in San Rafael prefers to work with discounts on a one to one basis with each customer.

Bailiwick Sails & Canvas in San Mateo handles Lam Sails and offers a 10 percent discount September thru December.

So it’s no hype folks, this is the best time of year to buy sails. If you act now, you can be sure your boat will have the present it wants most under the tree on Christmas Day. And at a reduced cost to you.

A new sail too much for your budget right now? This is also the best time to bring in your old sails for repairs to the damage wrought by the heavy winds of summer. Timely action now can help those sails get through another season of sailing. Wasn’t it a sailmaker who first noted that “A stitch in time saves nine”?

So if you’re needing sails or repairs, don’t procrastinate. Pick up that phone right now and get a quote on the dacron or plastic you and your boat need.

schoonmaker point marina For most of the last ten years it’s been easier to turn water into wine than

recreating Recreating historic ships really seems to be a growing area of interest these days. In the last decade or so, a number of new “old” sailing ships have been built, among them the coasting schooner John F. Leavitt, the full-rigger Bounty (for the latest movie of the same name), and the topsail schooners Pride of Baltimore and Californian. Tallships of the future include Clipper City, a 158-foot replica of the 1854 two-masted Chasseur that is now nearing completion in Florida, and the on-again, off-again plan to recreate the beautiful 1851 clipper Sea Witch at a New York yard.

The most recent addition to the tallship roster on the west coast is Globe, a 93-foot brig now in final stages of completion in Sacramento. Historically, the original Globe was one of the gold rush ships. She brought

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the globe a load of miners round the horn to San Francisco in 1849. They left, she stayed. Eventually moored along with 30 other ships off the Sacramento waterfront, Globe served out the next two and a half decades first as a storeship and later as the floating office for the California Steam Navigation Company.

Steamships running between San Francisco and Sacramento loaded and unloaded passengers on Globe’s decks. The 42-year old ship was broken up in 1875.

The recreation of Globe is parf of the master plan for the restoration of the Old Sacramento Waterfront. Under the direction of Melbourne Smith, who built both the Pride of Baltimore and the Californian, the Globe took shape quickly. The methods of building — steam-bent planks spiked to sawn cont'd center of next sightings page page I I I

schoonmaker - cont’d it’s been to get a berth in Sausalito. That’s changed. By next summer it will have changed even more.

The opening of Marina Plaza alleviated the shortage slightly; then last summer’s re-opening of Kappa’s Marina at the north end of town really altered the situation. Readers of ads in Latitude 38 know that Kappa’s still has some berths available.

We doubt if there’ll ever be a price war for berths in Sausalito, but supply will at least temporarily meet demand when the new 194-berth Schoonmaker Point Marina opens up next, July. This $7 million project, located about halfway between the Spinnaker Restaurant and the Clipper Harbor Fuel Dock, was recently approved by the BCDC on a 15 to 0 vote. The project, in the works for many years, had a much easier time with the BCDC than with certain political factions in the city of Sausalito.

In the last couple of years Schoonmaker Beach has become extremely popular as a boardsailing and small boat beach. Those of you who enjoy these activities should be delighted to learn that the 370-ft long beach will stay the same effective size and be improved. Such recreational uses of the area will continue to be encouraged.

Occasional visitors to Sausalito will also be pleased to learn that Schoonmaker Point Marina will be setting aside approximately 1000 feet of sidetie cont'd on next sightings page

SIGHTINGS schoonmaker - cont’d space for visitors. It won’t be free, but it will be the first substantial transient space available at this popular weekend destination. The sideties will not be protected by a breakwater, as such they are likely not to be useable during some days in the winter. The rest of the year they should be fine.

Schoonmaker Point will also be Northern California headquarters for the schooner Californian.

Berths at the new marina will be on the large size. About two-thirds of them will be for boats 40-ft or longer. Berth rates have not been set, but they are expected to be in the $6 to $9 per foot per month range. Larger berths, because they use more square feet of space, will be more expensive per linear foot than the smaller berths.

Schoonmaker Point Marina is owned by a five-person partnership, all of whom have boating backgrounds and all of whom have lived in the area for at least the last 15 years. One of the partners is Dusan Mills, owner of the lovely Xanadu. In fact, he and another partner are planning to take the boat to either Hawaii or Mexico this February.

As you might expect from experienced sailors, the amenities here might be a little more pleasing than those found elsewhere in town. The Old Bounty Building, so named because the first fiberglass production boat, the Bounty II, was built in it, will be extensively remodeled. There will be lockers, showers, a sauna and a whirlpool bath. You can bet they’ll get good use after night and midwinter races.

The Old Bounty Building will also continue to house many small boats and several sailing clubs. The approximately 100 kayaks and 200 sailboards will be encouraged to stay, and other marine businesses will be welcomed. The old schooner Curlew that was being restored in the building has already been shipped to Bellingham, Washington.

Of significant interest is the fact that the BCDC has given permission for ten houseboats and ten liveaboards in the marina. The city of Sausalito, however, has yet to approve this use.

There will be more than a mile of pedestrian and bike paths on the property as well as a boardwalk. In order to provide “maximum public access”, the general public will be permitted to walk up and down all docks between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. If theft and other problems develop, this may be changed.

Maximum access; by 1990 that will probably be interpreted to mean that boatowners have to open their toilets and iceboxes to the use of the general public. *> Construction is expected to begin January 1, 1986.

globe frames — are the same as for the original ship, but several major modifications have been made in the design to suit the new ship’s intended purpose. Unlike Pride and s, Californian, the new Globe is not intencjed to ever sail. Instead, she will serve in the foremost capacity of the original ship — as .a floating dock, platform and shelter for visiting commercial vessels. To that end, the rigging and spars are purely decorative and

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Golden Gate Challengers Blackaller, Young, Mull: the best 12 is yet to come.

The celebrants above are Tom Blackaller, Ron Young and Gary Mull, three of the principal syndicate members of the St. Francis Golden Gate Challenge. What they’re celebrating is the launching of the boat in the background. No, it isn’t the 12-meter everybody’s waiting for. Zeus is a new cont’d on next sightings page page I 12

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Swan 39 that belongs to another syndicate member, Van Fowler. Curiously enough, it is a true 12 meters long, rather than the sixty-some feet of the “real” 12-meter.

The real thing, and we don’t mean Classic Coke, is progressing on schedule by all reports, and we hope to have a photo in next month’s issue.

Most estimates put the next America’s Cup contender sailing by Christmas.

Meanwhile, Alan Bond’s project manager is running a book on the odds for various America’s Cup challenges around the world. At 4:1, John Longley figures the New York YC has the best chance of challenging for the cont’d on next sightings page

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the bilge and ballast have been modified.

The ship will also sport a functional but aesthetically inconsistent roof over the deck.

At this writing, Globe is undergoing the plumbing and electrical work necessary to bring it up to city codes. It will be transferred to the now-building new waterfront wharf early next year and be open to the public in April.

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SIGHTINGS ace - cont’d olde mug in 1987. Newport Harbor YC at 5:1 and Yacht Club Italiano at 8:1 are next on the list. Longley gives Dennis Conner’s San Diego effort a 12:1.

The dark horses: Yale Corinthian YC, Secret Cove YC, Societe des Regates Rochelaises and, at 25?1 — The St. Francis YC! We’re not ordinarily gambling types — the blackjack tables in Tahoe cured us of that affliction a long time ago — but we’d be willing to wager more than a few quid on the Bay Area challenger at those odds. The Aussies are getting awfully cocky about this whole America’s Cup business; not to mention turning it into the nautical equivalent of “Monday Night Wrestling.” It would do us good to watch them eat crow and pay for it at the same time;

the gales In one of his most haunting ballads, “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,” Gordon Lightfoot sings about the Great Lakes ore x carrier sunk by “the gales of November.”

Our gales of November might not be so predictable or dependable, but they can be every bit as devastating. Remember the blaster that came through a couple of years ago and did all the damage? Whether you

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SIGHTINGS of november do or don’t, winter is here and now is the time to take a good look at your docklines and deck fittings. Replace chafed lines, install chafing gear (sections of garden hose work great) and fix any loose cleats: If you use an anchor or fenders, make sure they’re okay. Like most other things in life, a little preventative maintenance done now can save you a bundle later.

October mayhem It’s been a rough month on boats and boaters in and around the Bay. The first to feel the curse of October was Jacques deKervor of Berkeley who made the mistake of trusting a range and bearing he’d gotten from a fishing boat rather than his own dead reckoning. But there was heavy fog and he had no electronics — the better to play it safe and all that. The next thing he knew, he sailed his lovely 32-ft cutter Alia onto the beach near Mussel Rock in Daly City. Happily, neither Jacques, his girlfriend Sharon Sorenson or Alia sustained any permanent damage. The boat was removed from the beach on the next high tide by Parker Diving Services, who Jacques says did a first class job. Alia will spend the next few months at Richmond Boat Works undergoing repairs and recaulking.

Not so happily, another sailor is presumed dead after being hit by. the boom of his 22-ft boat. David Black was sailing with Keith Riddle when the accident threw him into Suisun Bay near Preston Point. Riddle, a novice, was unable to search for Black in the 20-plus knot winds. He flagged down a passing tug and when it got close enough, jumped in and swam for it. The tug notified the Coast Guard of the accident, but a rescue boat and helicopter were unable to find Black.

Finally, on the evening of October 7, another disoriented skipper drove the 50-ft trimaran Kismet (left) onto the rocks off Monterey’s Pt. Pinos. The skipper, whose name the authorities won’t release until they’re through investigating, called the Coast Guard at 9:03 to report that he could see a light but didn’t know which one it was. (It turned out to be the Pt. Pinos lighthouse.) Less than ten minutes later, while the Coasties were trying to figure out where this guy was, he radioed that he was aground and needed help. The two men and two women aboard reportedly received minor injuries in the mishap, but Kismet ended up a total loss. It might not have been if the sails had been dropped, the anchor deployed or some other action taken to prevent the boat from driving farther and farther onto the reef — but none were. A little hanky-panky at work here? Possibly. There are unconfirmed reports that the skipper, who was not the owner, had taken the boat illegally from the Bay, and the Pacific Grove Police became involved at some poiht. Since they’re as tight-lipped as other law-enforcement agencies, all we could get out of them was that no criminal charges were filed. Oh yes, they also said that a few days later, guys with chainsaws went in and extricated the remains of Kismet from the reef. >

more mayhem Robert Frazier wasn’t going to be taking out Oriana, his Pacific Seacraft Orion 27, the last weekend in September, so he went down that Friday to check her lines. The next thing he knew, the Coast Guard was calling him Tuesday to tell him his boat was on Baker Beach with its sails up, its engine running — and nobody on board.

“Apparently someone broke the hasp on the companion way to get in,” says the Sacramento man. “I keep the keys in the chart table, so it wasn’t too hard to get the engine started.” As the story developed, Frazier learned that the boat was in a near collision with another boat — manned ironically by two off-duty policemen — earlier in the day. (The grounding occurred at 1:30 Tuesday afternoon.) The Coast Guard then observed the boat attempting to was too rough, the people aboard — there were at least two then — turned the boat around and ran it onto the beach, boat around and ran it onto the beach.

The Coast Guard towed the vessel off the beach in fairly quick order and the only major underbody damage was to the rudder and prop. Inside, there was liner damage and everything below was wet from waves sloshing aboard while the boat was on its side. There was also missing gear — silverware, one jib, binoculars — but the electronics were all there. So was clothing and personal gear left behind by the boatknappers, which Frazier turned over to authorities.

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he official race name was the Monterey Peninsula Yacht Club — Plaza Cup Regatta, but it might have been called the “50-50-50” Regatta because 50 percent of the people said they came to enjoy sailing Monterey Bay, 50 percent for the Santa Cruz 50 racing and 50 percent for the party. When the first gun went off though, it was 100 percent race.

Monterey Peninsula YC and the Monterey Plaza Hotel joined forces to host 10 Santa Cruz 50s as the first players in what race z organizers hope will become an annual, in-,2. vitational event. The three-race series was Z held October 19 and 20 and both the g weather and social program fulfilled ail par- < ticipants’ expectations for exciting racing and a good time.

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Randy Parker drove hull number 1, Chasch Mer, while his son J.R. called tactics. Char' donnay’s owner, Jim Beauregard, was unable to attend himself, but he wanted his boat to participate. He put Jay Bennett and Pepe Parsons in charge of getting the boat together. Since Chardonnay is primarily used for passenger charter, they borrowed a couple of racing sails, lowered the Coast Guard regulation lifelines and gathered a group of Santa Cruz faithful to crew.

axaca, owned by the Burgin brothers, was driven by Jack Halterman with Don Snyder as tactician. The crew was the nucleus on Blondie for Big Boat Series.

‘Earl of Mar’s Harvey Kilpatrick.

The champagne party on ‘Allure’.

Below: ‘Chardonnay’ boils after the fleet. Above right: Fifty-foot boats acting like Lasers.

MPYC’s Race Chairman, Harvey Kilpatrick, started plans for a SC-50 race in Monterey once it was apparent the 50s would not be invited to this year’s Big Boat Series. The yacht club’s contact with Monterey Plaza Hotel brought eager sponsorship, and a first-rate event sprung into being. The support offered by the Hotel, one of Monterey’s newest and classiest, was a welcome help in organizing the event. They furnished a Boston Whaler to sport photographers around, assisted with publicity and commissioned a beautiful perpetual

Fortunately, the boat owners were able t6 work them out at an exclusive cocktail party the night before the racing began.

Taking the “as is” invitation literal^, boats showed up with their transom extensions, penalty spinnakers, 162 percent jibs and brand new sails. The updated SC-50 MKII (deeper keel, more ballast, taller mast, shorter poles) Earl of Mar was there to test herself against the original 50s. Designer Bill Lee explained that the modifications of the MKII were intended to make it a better upwind performer.

After 19 miles of racing, five of the boats finished within one minute and eight seconds of each other.

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he Santa Cruz 50s were invited to race on a boat-for-boat basis — no handicaps to be used. Owners agreed the boats would race on a “come as you are” basis and that no major buoy racing modifications would be made. This led to some lively discussions regarding equality the day before the race.

Lu Taylor of the San Francisco Bay Area was one of the first owners to commit to bringing his Racy II to the regatta and his enthusiasm was instrumental from the outset. Rolfe and Julie Croker, also from the Bay Area, brought Hano Ho with Jeff Madrigali to steer. Hano Ho’s crew are a group of Croker loyals who date back two boats previous — they’ve been sailing together for a long time.

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Cruz sailors. Jay Crum drove. The other two Monterey boats divided Monterey’s best sailors between them. Chris Corlett called tactics for skipper Harvey Kilpatrick on Kirk Erskine’s Earl of Mar; and champion Mercury sailor Dick Clark and Fat Bradley

T 1 he first race dispelled worries of any particular boat having an advantage. The 19-mile course had two upwind and two SUSIE SNYDER

Octavia’s owner, Stew Kett, recruited some of Santa Cruz’s finest for / the regatta, appointing Danny Miles to the helm and Don Radcliff as tactician.

Though Samurai is owned by Carmel’s Dick Catlin, she was also staffed with Santa

assumed the helmsman/tactician positions respectively on Chuck Jacobson’s Allure.

The day before racing began, most crews were busy changing halyards, going over lists and hauling sails on and off the boat. The scene aboard Allure was different, though — Chuck and crew were enjoying a champagne cocktail party complete with aproned champagne steward, steak tartare and smoked trout!

The award for coming the longest distance to attend the regatta went to Elusive, up from Redondo Beach. Owner Ruben Vollmer thought it sounded like fun, so he brought his son, who made the sails for the boat, his daughter and his crew of regulars.

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downwind legs, and at different times during the race any one of six or seven boats were in contention for the top three places.

Earl of Mar took the start in light wind, but Allure and Hana Ho, slightly to weather, were in position to hold onto Earl in the tacks up Monterey’s shoreline. Except for Elusive and Racy II, both of which were over the line early and had to circle back, almost all the boats threatened the three leaders at one time or another during the race. When the boats rounded the last mark, set their chutes and headed for home, though, it was Earl,

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seconds of each other. There wasn’t much more talk about boat differences; everyone realized it was basic strategy, tactics and crew work that were making the real difference.

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enjoy themselves and feel at home. Details of the regatta had been well planned and the schedule of events went as smoothly as clockwork. In addition to being good, the Monterey folks are just plain hospitable.

They arranged berthing for the boats, opened their facility for home-base use by the out-of-towners, provided spectacular hors d’oeuvres for Saturday night and a hearty brunch Sunday morning. Their warm

Above: Claire Jacobsen takes home ‘Allure's silver.

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Hana Ho and Allure.

Hana Ho and Ear/ of Mar shoved each other to the right and then the left corner of the course while Allure, slightly behind at the mark, made her stretch run. Trying to cover all bases, Hana Ho jibed back to nip Allure just in time and take first place. Eorl of Mor had to settle for third. The battle for the next two places was just as intense. Oaxaca, with Octdvio close behind, was closing fast and at the end the two split jibes, a mistake for Oaxaca as she sailed into less wind. Octovio got the breeze and a good knock that got them to the line before Oaxaca.

After 19 miles of racing, five of the boats finished within one minute and bight

morning and the fleet returned to the harbor.

Rumor had it that there would be an “open bar” during the regatta. Though the bar wasn’t exactly free, it was open and each crew member received several drink tickets good for Saturday night. That was enough to keep even the toughest foredeck boss happy.

The members and staff of MPYC did everything possible to help the regatta guests

Prerace preparation at the Monterey Peninsula YC.

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before the rain started. Race Committee Chairman Patricia Womble had already intended to add two short courses to the race instructions, and in anticipation of the front, they were wisely set up for a southerly. The weather mark was set inside, off Del Monte Beach, beside the pier. Fort Ord A buoy was the leeward mark.

Race number two started in about 5 knots of spotty, shifty southerly winds. The course

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Whether it blew a little or a lot, the SC50s were pretty evenly matched.

naker poles in the water, jibs half up and luffing, sheets fouled. To make matters worse, the southerly began to puff up, overpowering the number one genoas.

The last upwind leg became a drag race to the finish. The southerly continued to build, but no boats changed down since the leg was so short. Earl of Mar held onto the lead and finished first. Octavia pulled into second place and Elusive took third. Oaxaca dropped to fourth.

As the Race Committee moved to a new starting location, the wind increased and by the start of race number three, anemometers were reading 23 true with gusts over that.

About half the fleet either reefed, changed to

leeward mark rounding.

As the boats worked back upwind the wind lightened up slightly. Lighter weight spinnakers went up for the next downwind leg, perhaps prematurely for Chardonnay. A gust came through and blew up their 3/4 oz. chute. They very quickly got another spinnaker up, not losing much ground in the process.

Earl of Mar nailed down first overall with her first place finish in the third race. Oaxaca took second in the last race and second overall. Allure, which finished fifth, took third place overall.

Amazingly there were no protests filed in the regatta! Once the race committee came in, scores were posted and the trophy presentation proceeded promptly. MPYC’s Commodore Chip Wood and Monterey

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was a short upwind leg, short downwind, and finish upwind at the weather mafltk for a total distance of 6 miles. Earl of Mar was again first to the mark, followed by Samurai, Chasch Mer and Allure. Oaxaca hit her stride on the downwind leg, passing Chasch and Allure to challenge the leaders. A last minute wind shift at the leeward made the anticipated jibes impossible and the mark roundings were a foredeck disaster: spinpage 121

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number fours or did both. The water was flat since a southerly is an offshore wind in Monterey. The course was the same as before, except twice around.

The first upwind leg was short as crews geared up for the kind of downwind excitement that Santa Cruz 50s are all about. Once chutes were set, boats shot out planing as gusts hit. Earl of Mar was again in the lead and Hana Ho, who tanked the second race, was planing hell-bent right behind. Oaxaca charged up under Hana Ho and was able to hpld onto a second place position for the

Plaza Hotel general manager Csaba Ajan, were present to congratulate winners and hand out the beautiful silver cup take-home trophies. From the enthusiasm level of both organizers and participants, it was clear that everyone hoped the event would be scheduled again next year.

Fireworks going off after the presentation were a great parting touch. In all fairness, though, they have to be credited to the Monterey Bay Aquarium; it was celebrating its first birthday.

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here was an important golden anniversary within the Golden Gate October 24th, for that was the day Santana turned 50. The 55-footer, yawl jigged since actor George Brent converted her from a schooner in 1942, can date you. If you think of Santana primarily as a racing machine, you’re an old hand. However if you know her as Bogie’s boat or the circumnavigator, you came along later.

Well into middle age for a wooden boat, Santana is no dottering old lady. She can still win races if need be, and in recent years has had some spirited battles with other former ocean racers. And looks? Joan Collins would give anything to look like Santana at the half-century mark.

Built to a Sparkman & Stevens design at the Wilmington Boat Works, she’s Philippine mahogany planked over oak frames with Honduras mahogany trim. Her deck beams and deadwood are fir, her decks are teak and the spars are made of spruce. Launched as a staysail schooner in October of 1935, she had been commissioned by W.L. Stewart of the Union Oil company. She would travel far and wide as a racing boat, taking trophies in races along the coast of California and Mexico as well as in TransPacs.

While her Pacific Ocean victories were noteworthy, Santana really got the press when she went back east in 1938. Shipping a boat across country to participate in a race was unheard of at that time, as west coast boats stayed on the Pacific and east coast boats on the Atlantic. The Los Angeles Times heralded the unusual endeavor with, “Bill Stewart heads east . . . the west against the world . . . Santana against a fleet of forty of the finest yachts on the Atlantic seaboard

Above, designer Olin Stephens during an early sail on ‘Santana’.

remembered as Humphrey Bogart’s private yacht. Bogie owned her from 1945 until 1957, and loved her dearly. In her biography, By Myself, Lauren Bacall wrote, “When he bought that boat he was enslaved, and happily so, and truly had everything he’d ever dreamed of”.

Santana was a frequent visitor to Catalina and other west coast ports during Bogart’s ownership. The legends and rumors of what

Bogie was enslaved — happily so by ‘Santana’. in the Bermuda Race ...”

When the race was over, the only ones happier than W.L. Stewart were Sparkman and Stevens. For Santana had won the schooner division, while another of their designs, Barlovento had taken second. Furthermore, Baruna, an S&S yawl, had taken | overall honors. But Stewart, S&S and San1 tana — every sailor worth his salt knew of them.

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Local boatbuilder Babe Lamerdim recalls one such incident from the Bogart years.

Agreeing to help a friend “pick up a mainsail”, Lamerdin found himself at the Newport Harbor YC repossessing Santana’s main. Halfway through the repossession, an angry Bogie dashed out of the yacht club bar to find out what was going on. A loud discussion about money owed on the sail ensued across the deck of the yawl. A cash deal

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was quickly negotiated in the aft cabin, after which Bogie and his guests hoisted the main and took off .

One of Bogart’s classic looks is the one with a furrowed brow and sad eyes, a look

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captured in the illustration that accompanies this story, A man who had been an overnight guest on the boat and bunked in one of the small upholstered berths thinks he knows where the look came from. Rubbing his aching back, he tells his wife, “Look at Bogie’s Sad eyes, he looks like he just got out of one of Santana’s damned bunks.”

After Bogie, Santana had several owners.

One of the most active was Charlie Peet, now a wheel in the Caribbean charter trade.

In the mid-60’s he took Santana on a two year voyage around the world. Sausalito’s Jim Leach made the entire trip. He remembers Santana and the adventure this way: , '

“During the two year trip we covered 40,000 miles with only two major repairs.

One was a popped plank up forward. The second was losing the mizzen off Fiji. It was blowing so hard the day we lost it that you couldn’t even crawl on deck, much less try and get the mizzen down. In fact rather than risk losing a man, Peet ordered everyone to

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O he was a beautiful boat and we all loved her. My job was to keep her painted and varnished — and believe me, when we were in ports of call it was a full time job!

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stay below and “Let it go”. When it did, it took the dodger and bent the wheel. It would ’ have killed anyone sitting at the helm.

“When the weather calmed down, we went out and inspected the damage. The dismasting had gouged the transom but not seriously damaged it. We pulled the mast back aboard, and discovered the sail hadn’t even been torn. New Zealand was the next stop. We built a new mizzen mast there, the one that’s on Santana today.”

Leach can tell a million tales about the boat, as can Santana’s owners for the last 13 years, San Francisco twins and architects, Tom and Ted Eden. The two have been sail* ing and restoring the boat ever since they bought it — and they’re still at it.

The initial survey indicated that the necessary structural repairs would be difficult, time-consuming and expensive. But that didn’t deter them, and they report she’s “tight as a drum now”. To bring Santana back to this state, five thousand everdur bronze screws have been put in the hull,

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some mahogany planks have been replaced, the boat has been reballasted, some of the teak deck has been redone and 40 broken frames were sistered. To accomplish the latter task, the Eden’s engineered a'special type of bronze strapping.

I^.alph Lucas was hired as the project foreman, and he’s been working on Santana full-time ever since. Wanting Santana especially gussied up for her 50th birthday, the Edens had an extra three and six full time workers going at the boat during the month of October while she was at Svendsens boatyard in Alameda. Some of the big jobs tackled were sprucing up the interior, painting the bottom and topsides, caulking the decks and reupholstering the interior. She now looks great!

Several years ago Ted Eden told me his goal of some day stepping aboard Santana in white slacks, winning a race, then leaving the boat wearing a still clean pair of white slacks.

Actually the day of the ‘white clothes’ treatment came on October 20th. On that day Dan and Leslie Doyle got married aboard Santana while the yawl was under sail.

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Restoring the teak decks alone has required hundreds of man hours.

When Leslie disembarked, her brilliant white gown was as clean as new.

Weddings, picnics, daysails, races and fashion layout backdrop are just some of the many uses Santana gets put to. “It’s a full service yacht,” says Tom. The Edens do more than just keeping the

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boat looking good, they keep her in top racing condition. She’s always a threat in the Master Mariners Regattas, having taken several firsts and seconds in recent years.

She was third in this year’s reaching course.

Back in 1966 she was part of an interesting three race match series on the Bay with another grand old S&S design, Dorade.

With Tom Blackaller at the helm, Santana avenged her TransPac loss to Dorade 30 years earlier by winning three races to none.

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very boat that’s been sailed much has had her share of close calls, and Santana is no exception. Probably her closest brush with extinction came in San Leandro — of all places. There she was ultimately saved by an old Ford and an old Chevy — of all things.

It all happened at a boatyard where apparently the travel-lift didn’t have the capacity to carry Santana. She lifted out okay, the real problem started when the travel-lift operator kept trying to drive over a little bump in the pavement. Santana swayed

'Santana' was commissioned by W.L. Stewart, president of the Union Oil Company. At left, a drawing of Bogie at the wheel by Elena Garcia.

precariously in the slings while the driver repeatedly challenged the bump with his 20-ton load. With smoke from the clutch permeating the air, the boat wasn’t going anywhere, although the travel-lift wheels

SANTANA'S 50TH travel-lift and the travel-lift’s wheels were pulled together with a come-along and lashed. Then all three drivers simultaneously hit the gas.

There was a great deal more smoke, cussx ing and swaying, but the travel-lift made it safely over the shores. The launch was no less exciting, after which the foreman made it clear he’d be delighted never to see Santana at the yard again. Since then the grand old yawl has made use of Sven’s elevator and had no problems.

had splayed out 15 degrees and showed no signs of stopping.

Loggers turned boatworkers, Buddy Burner and Ralph Lucas surveyed the situation from a safe distance. “Ya know, Lucas,” said Buddy, “this ain’t gonna work”. So they

'Santana’s interior remains clean and bright 50 years after hitting the water.

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came to the aid of the flustered travel-lift operator with a ’53 Ford and an ancient Chevy. The two cars were hitched to the

A s I write this just four days before her 50th birthday, Santana is looking good, although her crew is working feverishly to complete the work in time for the big party on the 24th. If all went to form, we worked up until the midnight before the party to get the job done. But it’s only right, for Santana’s been getting the job done for half a century now.

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n Part One of the Mexico Cruise Primer we conquered fear and got you to San Diego — at least we hope we did. Now there are just a few minor details to take care of before heading south of the border.

The number one order of business is tak¬

It’s important you try your fledgling Spanish at the consulate; they consider it a friendly gesture and you’ll want some practice at hav¬

Waiting in line at the consulate in San Diego. It's only a few days between the chill of San Diego . . .

ing care of the paperwork, which means you have to go to the Mexican consulate in downtown San Diego. We could tell you where it is, but that would be unfair because now is the time for you to start learning how to be self-reliant — and to learn that asking fellow cruisers for information is a great way to make new friends.

Always call before going to the consulate.

One reason is because they seem to move frequently; another is that they observe many holidays you’ve never heard of. Be aware that on the days they are opeq, the consulate closes early — like 2:30 or something. You can always identify the veteran cruisers, they’re at the consulate early waiting for the doors to open so they don’t get stuck at the end of a long line.

When you go to the consulate, remember to bring your boat registration or documentation, personal identification (birth certificate or passport), and a passenger list (forms for which are sold in all Southland chandleries).

Remember also to always have plenty of copies of your passenger list in hand; five is not excessive. It’s also a good idea to bring any and all other paperwork relating to your boat and self; the more such junk you’ve got, the more legitimate you seem.

You won’t have any problem at the consulate though; just take a number when you go in and remember to smile. They speak Spanish, but you can get by with a vocabulary consisting of buenas dias; por favor, donde esta; cuanto es; and plenty of gracias..

If you don’t know those, bone up on your Spanish for half an hour before you go in.

ing people quizzically staring at you wondering what in the devil you’re trying to say.

If you remembered to bring the right papers, the consulate will issue a tourist card to each of the crew (free), stamp your passenger list and give you a copy to keep (free), and issue a custom clearance for your boat (usually about $10). That’s it. If you get there early it should take no more than an hour. If you come on a day they’re closed, you’ll have to wait until the next day because you don’t want to sail into Mexico without the proper papers. It would make a bad first impression.

I f you’re going to continue past Baja to mainland Mexico, you’ll eventually be required to get a Temporary Import Permit for your boat. Sometimes you can get them at the consulate, sometimes they tell you to pick one up in Cabo or La Paz. Either way is fine.

If you carry fish hooks on your boat, you’ll want to stop by the Mexican Fisheries Department. Call first; they move, just like the consulate. You’ll need a fishing permit for your boat and one for each member of your crew. The total cost will probably be between $25 and $75, depending on your boat and number of crew. Fishing licenses are also available in Cabo San Lucas and other major ports.

A word of caution. You’ve all heard about the great lobster and other shellfish you can find or trade for in Mexico. The unfortunate part is that it’s illegal for anyone but Mexicans

to possess such things — unless they’re on your dinner plate in a restaurant. Although the majority of American boats probably violate this law at one time or another — often with the expressed encouragement of Mexican citizens — we’ve only heard of a few second hand reports of cruisers being fined for it. Understand, however, that when authorities decide to enforce laws in Mexico they don’t fool around. Thus we suggest you either keep your nose clean or be very careful — preferably the former.

With your paperwork taken care of, you are just about ready to depart the good old US of A. Before you leave, you’ll want to top off the fuel tank and jerry jugs, hit the supermarket and chandlery one last time, and get the traditional goodbye half-pound steerburger at Boll Weevil. If you’ve still got time on your hands, you might take the red trolley down to San Ysidro and change a few dollars to pesos. We suggest you don’t change

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much, however. The poor peso continues to take a beating, so it’s likely your dollars will be worth more the longer you wait before changing them. For example, just last month it fell from 375 to the dollar to 440 to the dollar.

Oh yes, please don’t head south without a sail bag or two of clothes you or your friends no longer need. The people of Mexico have suffered great financial hardships in recent years, from both the drop in oil prices and mind-boggling thievery at the highest levels of government. Hard-working, proud and slow to complain, the people of Mexico nonetheless are in great need of things as basic as clothing and shoes. /

iAlllright, you’re all set, it’s time to cross . . . the blessed relief of sudden ‘squalls’ off the coast of Baja California Sur.

the border. There are a couple of general things you should know about the waters between San Diego and Cabo San Lucas. Perhaps the most important is that much of the area has current running toward shore, often times at speeds up to a knot. If you’re harbor hopping down the coast and get in thick fog, remember that 1 knot an hour adds up to 24 nautical miles a day. Each year a couple of people forget this and put their boats up on the rocks. Don’t let it be you; stay far enough offshore.

The offshore hazards on this part of the coast are few and well documented on the charts and in the various guides. The primary offshore hazards are the Sacramento Reef and Abreojos — both home to scores of wrecks. Once again the current can pull you off course, so steer well clear of these reefs.

Another big hazard is the heavy shipping traffic when shrouded in fog, particularly around ‘corners’ such as Cedros. Be lucky

and you won’t get run down.

Also be aware that Mexican lights are unpredictable. New ones are erected faster than they can be marked on charts and the ones that already exist only work when they feel like it. On our last trip down, for example, the light at Cabo Falso was illuminated;

it just wasn’t rotating like it’s supposed to. If you stay far enough offshore, you can’t see the lights and they won’t cause you any problem.

Once you’ve left San Diego, there are about 20 places you can stop on the way to Cabo San Lucas. There’s Ensenada, Isla San Martin, Cedros Island, Turtle Bay, Ballena Bay, Mag Bay, San Lazaro and about 15 other recognized anchorages. You can day hop if that’s, your style, but we personally recommend you do what you came for, and * that’s get south fast. ' Thus we suggest either sailing direct from San Diego to Cabo San Lucas — about a six or seven day passage for most cruising boats — or with just one stop at either Cedros or Turtle Bay. There are two reasons. The first is that you won’t be missing anything that great; the Pacific Caost of Baja is not that super, especially Ensenada. Secondly, such an itinerary gives you a nice, lengthy offshore passage. After living in the States for so long and working so hard to get your boat ready, a seven day offshore passage is just

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what the doctor ordered to put your head straight. It gets you re-acquainted with the sun and stars, your boat and the sea, your mind and your body. Give it some consideration .

No matter if you make ten stops on the way or none, the landfall at the Cape is a classic. Day or night you know you’re getting near when you see 600-ft Cabo Falso, usually at a distance of about 20 miles. You smell the land, your anticipation grows and those last few miles seem to take forever. You finally round Cabo Falso and are shocked to find nothing there. Yes, it’s another four miles east before you ultimately round the corner at the tip of Cabo San Lucas, afterwhich the bay and town open up before you.

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. f you arrive at night, you can either slowly work up to where other boats are anchored and drop the hook, or go straight north from the Cape and anchor in 15 fa-

nel 69. Moorings run about $10 a day. Lots of people were furious when they were installed a few years ago. It’s indeed sad the good free anchoring area is pretty much gone, but.it had to come. The mass destruction of boats in the 1982 blow clearly demonstrated the need for order and the secure mooring of boats.

Speaking of the VHF radio, the Cabo area is full of commercial and pleasure-boats, thus the VHF’s are used heavily. There are specific channels for specific purposes, and these should be adhered to. For example, 06 is for police”only; 12 is shipbroker Victor Barreda; 16 is for international calling and emergency (it is also monitored by two English speaking doctors); 21 is for Fonatur; 22 is for inharbor calling; 23 is the Baja Net; 68 is the hotel fishing fleet; 69 is the Hacienda Hotel moorings; 70 and 72 are for Mexican sportfishing fleets; 77 is for local residents; and 88 is for the U.S. sportfishing fleet.

So if you want to talk to another boat in Cabo, call them on 22 and then immediately switch to another channel. Because of the number of boats in Cabo, and because VHF is the main mode of communication, keep your conversations short. Also watch what you say; almost all channels are monitored by someone — including several branches of the Mexican government.

In other places around the world, when you arrive at a new port you drop the hook, put up the Q flag and then wait for government officials to come out to check you in.

gether and relocated all three offices at" the ■ main dock, there’s quite a bit of walking to be done. You may well want to take a taxi. If It’s Saturday or Sunday,; you can come ashore and not check in until Monday.

Once you’ve got the paperwork out of the way, fee! free to do whatever you like Getting rid of your trash is always nice. There are garbage bins near all the dinghy, docks and along the main beach. Sometimes Mexw cans in small boats will come along and pick up loads for 50 cents or so. A shower always i feels great; you can rent one near the southeast corner of the inner barb' r F r chow we highly recommend Patty’s BBO fact we salivate at the thought, if there’s af mariachi band ,at the Hacienda Hotel bar, that’s the place to celebrate your anival. Although it’s ridiculously expensive for certain drinks, the view and atmosphere are fabulous. For the rest of your stay you can tune in to the Cabo Net and find out which ’hotel has the best happy hour appetizers each night of the week.

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Do that in Cabo — or anywhere else in Mexico — and you’ll die of old age before getting to shore. The procedure is get in your dink and take all your papers to: 1) Immigration, 2) the Port Captain and 3) Customs.

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it’s best to jerry jug from Pemex. If you need a lot of fuel, you must get a permit from Customs and the Port Captain before you go to the old cannery pier. If you go this route, there’s a hose with good water at the dock.

What's behind the big rock? Cabo San Lucas. We’d show you photos, but want to save the surprise tor you.

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cruising boats. Virtually every boat that stops in Mexico stops in Cabo, as do probably two thirds of the west coast boats going on to Hawaii and the South Pacific. You’ll see a lot of your old friends from California and meet many new ones. Cabo also had direct air service from San Francisco (actually you fly to San Jose del Cabo, an $18 cab fare away), so it’s a great place to have friends fly down and visit. Don’t even think about the holidays, however. Given the value of the dollar in Mexico, everyone’s discovered it and the planes are packed.

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tional days of pot-luck gatherings on the beach for cruisers. In years past, the Hacienda Hotel has graciously provided tables for the food to be layed out. If you like solitude, you’ll want to move on; usually crews of a hundred or more boats attend.

Cabo has become more Americanized with each year. In fact for all we know they’ve finally got some U.S.-style berths and ten more American-style sallons. It’s a natural wonder, however, and you’ll love it.

Having taken our boat down there the last four years, we swore we weren’t going to do it again. Unfortunately, writing this article

has dredged up all kinds of wonderful memories. Thus we’re going to have to cut this article short so we can get the boat ready again. Adiosl P.S. What about the rest of Mexico? That will have to wait until next month. Just one quick bit of advice; do not go north into the Sea of Cortez later than the end of November — if that late. We don’t care if you eventually plan on leaving for the South Pacific from Manzanillo or Acapulco. If you head up to La Paz in early December you’re going to get clobbered with the chilly threeday northerlies that can blow your socks off.

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Francis, Jim would chat with the fishermen along the shore. When his dad went inside to tabulate the race results, Jim would follow him in and play the slots. Yeah, slot machines in the St. Francis. Somebody call the cops.

Somewhere along the line DeWitt developed a desire to sail himself, so while in high school he built his first boat, an El Toro.

This was just an early manifestation in what became a lifelong delight in what he calls “getting my hands dirty”. DeWitt campaigned the El Toro successfullydor several years on Lake Merritt and other SBRA courses.

After graduation from high school he studied for a career in advertising design, putting in three years at the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland. He then opened up a sail loft. After a year, however, he headed for Los Angeles where he would study another three years at the Art Center School.

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Sailor, sailmaker and artist, Jim DeWitt of Richmond.

Leonardo, and hundreds of others, but not a single marine painting by Richmond’s Jim DeWitt. Given France’s political and economic difficulties, it’s unlikely the Louvre will ever approach cleanliness again. As for its second problem, the French could acquire an original DeWitt at a surprisingly affordable price. For that matter, dear reader, so could you.

Most Northern California sailors associate the name DeWitt with sailing, not art. And for good reason. For most of the last 30 years he’s been among the very best skippers in San Francisco Bay. He also founded and operated the sail loft that carried his name until 1983. Both of these activities kept his name in the limelight. As for his art, most — although not all of it — was done for commerical clients.

Surprisingly trim and fit at 55, the darkhaired DeWitt got into sailing literally through the back door. His mom wanted him out of the house on Saturdays, so she’d send him away with his dad who just happened to be Race Chairman for the YRA. While dad monitored the races from the St.

hile working evenings at Lockheed to put himself through school, DeWitt bumped into UCLA student and Northern California friend, Duane Higby (who like DeWitt has continued to sail actively). The two decided to build El Toro’s. By chance their homemade project? were launched at Redondo Beach’s King Harbor on the day of the ‘Anything Goes Eight-Foot Dinghy Race’. Even though bowsprits and unlimited sail area were permitted, DeWitt bested the 75 other entrants with his stock El Toro.

The race officials were stunned that a ‘valley boy’ had beaten their best. Homers that they were, right then they changed the deed of trust so they could award the best trophy to a junior sailor. DeWitt had to settle for a lesser pickle dish. Well, it was an ‘anything goes’ race.

Actually DeWitt didn’t get to do too much sailing during his art school years in Los Angeles. He had to work to support himself and he was extremely busy developing a solid foundation for his commerical art career, which would primarily consist of making architectural renderings. Besides, this was back before the L.A. highway system had fully evolved. The trip from the San Fernando Valley to the ocean that now takes all day in freeway traffic then took all day on surface streets. So the best he was able to do was sneak in a Los Angeles YC race to the Channel Islands every now and

then.

After graduation from Art Center School in L.A., a fired up DeWitt enthusiastically headed for Detroit and a position with an art service. The Motor City made such a deep impression on DeWitt that in just a matter of months he was back in California working for page I 34

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‘Glory’, oil on canvas.

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did this bring him back home, but it brought him back to active sailing,

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Coast Championships back when that was significant. Then with Jake van Heeckeren and Jocelyn Nash as crew, Jim won the prestigious Mallory Cup. In a career that has included hundreds of regattas, DeWitt looks back at the Mallory Cup, sailed on the Chesapeake in Mobjacks,

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as one of his most satisfying moments. “It was one of those times when you’re smiled on and nothing can go wrong,” he says.

Sailing against many of the stars he’d only read about, DeWitt’s boat won the practice race, considered the ultimate jinx. However they also won the first race that counted and led the series from start to finish — although just barely. After a mediocre showing in the final race, it took five tie-breakers for the DeWitt boat to emerge as the Mallory Cup winner.

The country’s amateur sailing officials took note of the achievement and urged DeWitt to try out for an Olympic slot in Flying Dutchman’s with Don Trask. DeWitt and Trask were deadly in San Francisco style heavy air, but not so good in the light stuff.

Unfortunately the Olympic Trials were held on the east coast in light air. Buddy Melges won it and got to represent the United States — and win the silver medal — at Tokyo in 1964.

In 1960 DeWitt made the major career move. He gave up the security of his job to open a sail loft and to do commerical art on a freelance basis. Fortunately commercial art clients were always seeking him out, because in the beginning he sometimes needed the funds to make ends meet at the loft.

The loft — to which he devoted about half his time — provided DeWitt with endless opportunities to try and see things new ways and to get his hands dirty. He’s proud of his many innovations in sail design^ He developed a ‘rule beater’ Snipe main that quickly resulted in the class rules being changed. He was the first to make ‘small chutes’, building them with less than maximum mid-girth for better reaching. He developed the umbilical cord spinnaker take down system. He was also first with what might be called the ‘topless blooper’; others later added the upper portion for what has become the blooper as we know it today.

By this time, of course, he was driving on many of the top boats on San Francisco Bay — and elsewhere. To date he’s done four TransPac’s, two SORC’s, one Clipper Cup and a sail bag full of Mexican races. He recalls doing an Acapulco race on this year’s TransPac-winning Cal 40, Montgomery Street with, among others, owner Elly ‘World War III’ Dowd, Commodore Tompkins and a high school kid named Tom Wylie.

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ging rights for the Bay. Starting in the mid-60’s DeWitt virtually owned that trophy.

In 1965 and 1968 he drove Irv Loube’s Bounty II, Mutineer to victory. In 1969 and 1971 he won with Sandpiper, a boat he designed himself. When the Richmond YC — who he’d been sailing all these Lipton’s for — looked to another skipper in 1976, DeWitt drove Rolling Stone for the St. Francis YC. He won. The Richmond YC brought him back in 1977 and 1979 with Black Magic and Front Page News. Both times he took the cup. The 1979 victory was particularly sweet, for he beat Chris Corlett in a Santana 35 Corlett had been using all year but rejected in favor of another.

In the 1980 Big Lipton, DeWitt was tactician on Les Harlendar’s Mirage, in one of the most stunning upsets on San Francisco Bay. Harlendar’s aged C&C trailed Dave Allen’s lengendary Imp through the entire course until mid-way in the last weather leg.

For whatever reason, Imp’s outstanding crew didn’t cover Mirage’s sail selection, and soon the Harlender’s black-hulled sloop was catching up. Not wanting to give Imp the opportunity to shift gears by changing sails, DeWitt called for a tacking duel. This got Mirage the lead, so that even though the wind went light again they were able to “camp on Imp’s face” and hold the great green boat off to the finish line. It was such a stunning upset, DeWitt remembers, “that the word had reached the east coast and Europe by the time we got back to the dock”.

By the early 80’s DeWitt began to tire of the pressure to win races. Is winning races that important to selling sails? “Shit yes!” he says with uncharacteristic emphasis. The problem was that winning had never been the most important part of racing. Sailing fairly, for example, had a greater priority.

DeWitt tells the story of a race he was in against Hank Easom. During a crossing DeWitt, on port, thought he could take the starboard tacking Easom. But DeWitt was wrong and Easom had to bear off to avoid contact. Having committed a foul, DeWitt immediately bore off to retire. Easo.i'h took notice and urged him to forget the foul and stay in the race. For a sailor who’s always enjoyed and taken great pride in his tactics, it would have negated much of why he sailed, and was thus unthinkable. He perfunctorily completed the course, but only for the sake of the crew who’d gone to all the effort to make the race.

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DeWitt at his Brickyard Cove studio. A genuine loft, you climb a ladder to get there.

not for business. Seeing the writing on the wall, DeWitt sold out to Sobstad in 1983. He still races several times a week in the summer, and was local knowledge for Lowell North on Electro in the Big Boat Series. The intense pressure to win is gone, so the fun is back. This also means he doesn’t have to race and can pursue other interests.

D eWitt’s chief interest these days is art.

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Not commerical art, but art for his own satisfaction — and commissions. He’s not dabbling either, having constantly taken courses during his adult life to grow and expand artistically.

While many artists tend to specialize in one medium, technique or subject, DeWitt, as always, prefers variety. As such he paints in oil, acrylic and water color. He sometimes makes one medium look so much like another that dealers have been confused. He also sculpts, using bronze, clay and even bondo. He draws, using pen and ink, charcoal and probably even Bic disposable pens.

THE SPECIAL His subjects include portraits, landscapes, nudes, still life and marine topics.

Sailors who have been in and out of yacht clubs have probably seen a number of DeWitt’s works. The Stockton YC has a moody oil of Windward Passage and Blackfin match racing. The Richmond YC has a huge Big Boat Series-type oil modeled after Bravura and Triumph; lithographed versions were also sold. DeWitt also has samples of his work hanging in the St. Francis and San Francisco yacht clubs as well as many others. Additional marine paintings were commissioned by individuals and hang in private homes.

If you win races, you’re also likely to be familiar with DeWitt’s work. The winning trophy for the 1984 YRA season was a limited edition, nine-color DeWitt lithograph featuring a racing fleet beating up the Cityfront with the Balclutha and a muted Transamerica pyramid in the background.

For the Ranger 23 class he did a small oil of a Ranger 23 for the champion, and then different color wash variations for each participant. For the Plastic Classic Regatta held this month, he did an elegantly simple charcoal sweep.

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IBecause DeWitt does so many things with so many materials, it’s impossible to categorize his style. Much of his earlier paintings, such as of Irv Loube’s Columbia 57, Concerto, or the Newport 30, Harry, are fairly representational. A few, such as the S&S 51, Gloria are more impressionistic.

He’s even got a windsurfing beach series that seems to stylistically owe something to Leroy Neiman. Graduates of a course in art appreciation, we even dectect a little Monet in a spinnaker and blooper oil he did in 1963.

While it may not appeal to the general public, our favorite DeWitt is what appears to be a slightly punk influenced 40 x 40 inch oil — with a little pencil — titled 50 Seconds to Prime Time. The painting was inspired by an anxious 1983 TransPac in which two Olson 40’s, Spellbound and Prime Time chased each other all the way across a windy and rough Pacific.

It’s a bold and some might even say wild work, in which much of the lower half of the canvas is blank — except for drippings. The single boat depicted is racing across a black, green and possibly blood-stained sea. There was an uneasiness on the boat during the race, a discomfort reflected in the illusion that the boat and ocean might suddenly collapse into a white nothingness. The fear also comes through in the diminutive size of the boat on the large canvas, and the canted

DeWitt with an oil of ‘Mirage .

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Our favorite, ‘50 Seconds to Prime Time', loses all its impact in black and white. Oil on canvas.

cross of darkness against which the hull and sails are silhouetted.

It’s a daring painting for the staid world of marine art, made even more so by the penciled inscription on the lower left side: “50 Seconds to Prime Time”. All the way across page 139

the Pacific Prime Time had been fifty seconds behind Spellbound, the boat depicted in the painting.

An imaginative and powerful painting, it’s ond that only a genuine sailor could have concieved and executed. It brings up the

question whether DeWitt’s two careers — art and sailing — had any mutually benefical qualities. DeWitt thought for several moments before deciding that they probably did. He figures that as an artist his trained eye ‘sees’ a little different than most people.

This 40-ft mural based on 'Sorcery' covers the entire wall of a real estate sales office at Brickyard Cove.

When he looks at a face, for example, he is aware of more than just a first glance impression. He sees how shadows change the tone of colors, how eyes reflect the light — things like that.

1^ eWitt believes this heightened visual

awareness helped his sailing. It probably made it easier for him to pick out tide lines and see subtle changes in sail shape before others. Similarly, he feels this heightened observation while sailing probably helped him ‘see’ more thoroughly for his art projects .

Are you looking (or a spectacular gift? If

so, you might want to consider a DeWitt original of your significant other’s boat. If you’re more of'a daring person who really likes to knock his or her mate off their socks, you might want to hire DeWitt to do a mural of the boat across the walls of the giftee’s office.

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DEWITT GIF dant feelings of satisfaction, but they are considerable. We’ve always wanted to have a work of art to recapture and spark those pleasant memories. But obviously a photograph wouldn’t do. It’s a cold medium, would recall just a single rounding, isn’t possible at night — and besides there was nobody there to take one. The only — and best — alternative is a painting.

What materials would you need if you wanted DeWitt to do such a painting? You need some kind of artwork of the boat for him to work from. A color photograph or slide is best, preferably on pretty much the point of sail you want to see in the painting.

For example, you don’t want to provide a picture of your boat carrying a spinnaker and blooper and ask for a painting of it blasting to weather with a storm trysail. DeWitt could handle an assignment like that, your pocketbook couldn’t.

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not red, it’s been changed to coordinate with the other colors in the room.

Photos of boats are fine gifts and less expensive, but for some situations they’re just not satisfactory. For example, we’ve carried the chute around the corner of Cabo Falso onyfull moon night’s for three of the last four years. It’s impossible to describe the atten¬

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N—Jome things, however, are easy to change. The background, for example. If you want your boat taken out of the Bay and put in the ocean, that’s no problem. Want to change it from sun overhead to silhouetting?

That’s not a big problem, either. And don’t worry if the sails are poorly trimmed; a former sailmaker, DeWitt can trim on canvas to perfection. You can specify that you want the work to be as representational or as impressionistic as you want.

It’s difficult to say how much such a painting would cost until you’ve discussed the project with the artist. It depends on the size of the work, the medium, how many changes there need be, and the detail. For example, with human portraits, a head and shoulder work might cost x dollars; if you want the entire upper torso and difficult-todo hands included, it might cost double. Just as when ordering a new boat, ordering a painting involves deciding on many options.

Once the decisions are made, you’ll have a pretty good idea of what the work will cost.

An average marine painting takes a couple of weeks to a month to complete. Naturally it depends on the artist’s schedule and backlog of work. Just remember that Christmas is just around the corner.

All the variables and uncertainties notwithstanding, if you go ahead with such a project you can be sure of two things: The Louvre doesn’t have what you have, and secondly, that your painting will be kept in a cleaner environment than found in France’s most famous gallery.

If interested in further information, Jim DeWitt’s studio number is 234-8192.

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WHITBREAD 'ROUND tCTt’s a much different race than round1 the-buoys . . . pushes your mind to a new place ... I’m ready.” These were the' few words I got from Skip Novak, the American skipper of the English entry Drum, two days before he was to hit the starting line for the 1985-86 Whitbread Round-TheWorld Race. Seven weeks previously his boat, Drum, had capsized when the keel fell off during her first heavy weather race. Had that happened to any of us gumshoe sailors, we’d probably figure that we were down for the count — but then most of us don’t play for the same stakes as these guys. We’re talking heavy duty commercial stakes and heavy duty backers behind most all of the Whitbread entries.

Drum was towed upside down through 70 miles of ocean to the yard in Plymouth.

There, it was totally stripped of all its gear.

The mast was beyond repair — so the boat got a new one. A new, lighter keel was attached five inches forward of the old one’s location. Finally, the boat was resupplied with electronics and all the other lost gear re-

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quired to run it around its next course — the 27,000-mile, seven-month long Whitbread.

And not a day too soon. 1 was onboard the day before the race and found the boat crawling with people stowing food, putting grommets in sails, drilling and tapping new fittings into the mast and so on. The boat and finger pier was a spaghetti farm of electric cords, lines, sails, hand tools, as well as wellwishers and teenagers hoping to get a glimpse of numero uno financial backer, rock music star Simon Le Bon. By the morning of the race, the same harried looking crew had everything looking pretty organized. For this crew the real race, getting to the starting line, was over; they had won one and could now go to the next.

ovak is the best known American in this year’s Whitbread. He started out sailing in the Great Lakes, but has lived and sailed in England for the last nine years. Two years ago at the ripe old age of 31 he convinced

Simon Le Bon, then 24, to give up the idea of entering the Whitbread with a Swan 651 and to build a maxi instead.

Le Bon and his syndicate partners even-, tually bought a Ron Holland-designed hull, and deck in separate pieces last January from the original sponsors. Novak, hired to lead this challenge (ironically while he was in the mid-Atlantic under contract to train the

Simon says 'Drum' will be ready for the Whitbread’ — and ‘Drum’ was ready.

young Finnish crew of Fazer, a Swan 651) has been instrumental in picking and overseeing the crew, especially during the last few frantic months.

One of those, Bill Biewanga, is also from

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experiences for the racing scene are two years as a Marine, graduate school at Northwestern — and several years as a concrete contractor. “No tension like that . .

For several years he has been commuting to races (Flyer in the last Whitbread, Matador in

the SORC); ^ind has skippered such big boats as Thursday’s Child. His goal.is to participate in the BOC Singlehanded race around the world. “This race,” he says, “is just more experience in that direction.”

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Now as an aside there were pickets outside the Camper and Nicholson boatyard where all fifteen entries were tied up for the four days before the race. Their signs reminded one and all that Peter Kuttel originally hails from South Africa and made his fortune there in commercial fishing before moving to the U.S. They further reminded that he still spends 40 percent of his. time there, built the boat there, and has seven South Africans from his previous Whitbread campaign (Xargali in the ’81-82) crewing on Portatan. I suspect the point the pickets were making was that only a flip of the coin would be required to make this boat South African.

Big time stakes and important backers attract big time issues.

Portatan’s Jim Lutz is politically acceptable. He hails from Los Angeles, went to UCLA, and is on an extended overland trip around the world. He landed five years ago in South Africa intending to work north to Cairo. Like many an honest traveler he ran out of money and stayed on to work as a laborer around the Royal Capetown Yacht Club. With that as a base, he got into several ocean races and trips (26,000 miles so far), including a singlehanded voyage from Uruguay to South Africa. On Portatan he is the cook. Between helping with sail changes at anytime and cooking for 17 — “They eat all the time” — Jim will be a busy man.

Beyond the race, he has no particular plans other than to keep going around the world overland if he doesn’t get locked into sailing.

The third American on Portatan is

31-year-old Eric Soper from Norwalk, Connecticut. Eric’s years of fulltime involvement with boat repair, wood boat building, and sailing should prove particularly valuable. In the past, journeyman skills like these have proved critical to the finishers. In fact, these are what got him into maxis in the first place.

He had a joinery business for eight years, and now he has SORC, Big Boat and other series under his belt. He modestly points out he is No. 3 on the foredeck and a long way from getting back to the stern. But when 1 talked to one of the US Syndicate members from New Jersey, he reminded me that Eric

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was chosen from more than 200 applicants who applied for the few crew positions still open once Peter had the people aboard he knew and wanted.

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skipper of NZI Enterprise, Digby Taylor, said he had an unlimited number of volunteers for his boat. Of all the entries, this one seems to have the broadest popular financial support. Digby’s is a calm but magnetic personality and it takes no imagination to see how everyone connected to his challenge is fired up. Designated as conavigator/ electronics bug/helmsman on this boat, American John Jourdane has the unique honor of being the only foreigner on an all-Kiwi crew.

John is the only other west coast sailor in the fleet. Long Beach High School, UCLA, a stint in the Peace Corps, and USC graduate school led to a career teaching biology and science for nine years in Honolulu High School. His involvement in sailing — Lasers in school to local ocean racpage 143

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ing around Hawaii — finally took him away to fulltime racing and boat delivery on the side. His list of races reads like a guide to the biggies — SORC, Fastnet, Big Boat, Transatlantic, Sardinia, and so on — many of these several times. This is his first Whitbread, though. “You feel a kind of intoxication being on the longest race,” he says.

Hear, hear.

The last American crewmember, Kent

I’m sure you race committee volunteers would like to know the proper British way to start one of these races. Well, it begins at the Portsmouth Guildhall in a room covered with red velvet and oil paintings of 400 years of English sailing battles. Rear Admiral Williams, Royal Navy, Commodore of the Royal Naval Sailing Society, stands at the podium. Around him are a team of men in charge of communications, weather, race day procedure, etc. He welcomes the skippers and navigators to the pre-race briefing and goes over the sailing instructions with them in some detail, aided by projectors and other audio-visual equipment. The weatherman gives his pitch for the first week satellite pictures and long-range forecasts for the coasts of Spain and Africa. The communications man reviews the daily positions reporting and rotation of radio watches required to be maintained by one boat in each groTip. The ARGOS satellite positions system required on each boat is reviewed. This $4,500 item independently reports the position of each boat, via satellite, to the computer and plotter located at race headquarters in Portsmouth. This newscenter of the race, incidentally, is manned 24 hours a day by volunteers.

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Cassels, is aboard Norsk Data-GB, a boat labelled full-length with the advertising of its backers. He sailed some Lasers in junior college in Florida and once singlehanded a used Cape Dory Typhoon around the Bahamas. “I got on GB by writing the committee and writing every boat entered and then writing some more,” he told me. Well, he’s on the foredeck around the world, and he has to be the classic case of how persistence and “being there” is the way to get on. That’s it folks. Six Americans out of 269 crew members.

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mit der battons and incomprehensible commands give a marching band performance in the square below the Guildhall. The Lord Mayor gives a speech entreating fellowship and the majesty of the sea. Finally, there is a champagne reception for crew, race officials, and anyone else who looks official and thirsty.

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10-knot breeze and a fog bank throughout the Solent: a downwind start on a two-knot ebb. There was a large Navy cruiser on one end of the line and a three-masted training vessel 800 yards away on the north end of the line. Couldn’t see one end from the other a good part of the time. Then there

were four patrol boats marking a “no-go” area behind the line so that the starters could cat and mouse with each other in peace and quiet; and nine zodiacs with Marines dressed like terrorists running around trying to keep the line clear. At least that was the plan so carefully explained at the Guildhall.

What did we get? Ten thousand boats of all sizes and shapes running around in all directions gawking at each other and at the poor starters. There were many collisions and endless near collisions. The Belgian entry, Rucanor Tri Star, took a three foot long, three inches high, gash about two feet above

BEHIND THE WHITBREAD The epic Whitbread had its beginnings in 1967 when Sir Francis Chichester sailed Gypsy Moth singlehanded around the world. Along with many other awards and accolades, the 66-year-old Chichester received a supply of Whitbread Pale Ale for the feat, and the brewer’s relationship with sailing began.

This is the fourth round the world race.

The first was in 1973 and ther others in 1977 and 1981. the stories of the determination, glory, heroism and tragedy surrounding each could fill a book. As in the past, this year’s Whitbread is actually four separate races. The first leg goes from the start at Portsmouth to Cape Town, South Africa, a distance of 7,010 miles. The leaders are expected to arrive there about November 8.

They will restart from Cape Town on December 4 for the 7,101-mile run to Auckland. Then it’s 6,030 miles to Punta Del Este, Uruguay, and 6,149 miles home to Portsmouth. Boats are expected to begin finishing about the first week in May. There are 15 boats in three divisions entered this year. As we go to press, NZI Enterprise is the leader in Division A; Fazer Finland in Division C; and Rucanor Tri Star in Division D. the waterline from a spectator boat. They fixed it underway and kept going. It was absolute and total pandemonium: Opening Day on the Bay multiplied 20 times and everybody trying to get in position to see the boats start their run from Portsmouth west and south around the Isle of Wight and into the ocean.

Our press boat, run by an ex-fighter pilot named Capt. Jim, had one collision and two vdry near misses. With 50 people on board

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we had to be reminded more than once not to all go to one side. Press photographers are a fearless (heedless?) lot, though, and by the end of the day we all had wet feet from water sloshing through the scuppers during quick turns.

tart postponed. Admiral Williams got on channel 11: “All boats, all boats, all boats. All boats clear the starting line and no go area. We cannot start the race. Move now. Marines, clear all interfering vessels.”

Twenty minutes later they were racing. ’ Cheers from all boats, and the chase begins.

It was a downwind start with the wind now up to 20. The lead boats are making 13 knots. Helicopters also making 13 and all kinds of wind and spray. Cote D’Or, skippered by Eric Taberly is waving off the TV choppers as his chute begins to collapse. All kinds of powerboats making 13 to 15 in a weaving criss-cross pattern in front of the racers, alongside of them, behind them.

Screaming in French, German, Flemish, Swedish, Italian, Spanish. More bottles.

More beer. Stuff sailing through the air. Is this the worst you’ve ever seen, Jim? “Oh no. During the Fastnet you could walk to shore on the boats out here.”

The fog lifts. The sun pokes through for a while. After two hours, Drum leads the fleet into the ocean with Novak at the helm and Le Bon in the chase boat. After their last two months this was only poetic justice — and the English boat at that. Finally, the hangars on, the dreamers, turn away for the long pull back to Portsmouth, now 25 miles back against the five knot ebb.

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budget. I have a few provisioning tips to share with people planning to cruise into the Sea or Cortez who are also concerned with stretching their pesos.

First, a little insight to our mode of cruising. We are non-meat eaters. We eat seafood and sometimes chicken. We provide 99 percent of our main dish entrees direct from the sea by snorkeling and fishing. As we sail all summer rather than “hurricanehole out”, my categories will reflect areas on the Baja side of the Sea of Cortez, all of which are north of Puerto Escondido. We like little-known anchorages and remote areas best of all. Thus we stock up so that we only need to reprovision, re-beer and rewater every three weeks.

Most often the village stores are so few and small that I find it best to make a quick buzz through them without buying anything.

This gives me an overall picture so 1 don’t end up buying tomatoes that run thru my fingers in one store, while the one down the street has good ones. If the town has a Conasupo — a government-run grocery chain — you’ll probably find the best overall prices.

Conasupo, however, has the worst record for availability.

l' he following items are readily available most places at prices usually much lower than in the United States: Canned and packaged beans such as garbonza, green, refried, and black. Corn.

Mangos. Mushrooms. Peas. Peas and carrots. Peppers. Pineapple. Tomato sauce.

Peanut butter. Corn starch. Baking soda.

Big towns like La Paz have 'ConasuperY.

I f a company has a factory in Mexico, the prices are much lower because import duty doesn’t have to be paid. Some of the wellknown brands at lower prices are: McCormick, Kraft, Campbell, Kellogg, Nestle and Del Monte. Paper goods are available at prices comparable to the U.S. west coast.

Some are U.S. brands like Alcoa and Kleenex.

Toilet paper is 19 cents a roll. Paper towels are 37 cents a roll. You can also find: wax paper. Aluminum foil. Plastic wrap.

Napkins. Tissues. Coffee filters. Beauty products. Shampoos (many U.S. brands).

Hair colorings. Hair permanents. Very basic make-up items. Sun oils. Hand/body lotions. Toothpaste (Crest/Colgate).

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Gelatine. Honey. Vegetable oil. Pancake mix. Vegetable shortening. Sugar; powdered and white. Syrup: maple, chocolate, and karo. Yeast. Soy sauce. A-l sauce. Buillon. Catsup. Jam and jelly.

Mayonnaise. Mustard. Salad dressings.

Tomato salsa. Vinegar. Coffee. Cocoa mix.

Tang. Tea. Rice. Pasta. Instant Ramen.

Cereals (Kelloggs). Jello. Milk (canned Nestles). Soups (Campbells). Juices. Tuna.

In villages you only find ‘Conasup's’.

expensive, however.

L-J nder the heading of ‘rare finds’ are those items that are hard to locate and/or terribly expensive if you do: Cocktail olives. Cocktail onions. Pitted olives. Canned peaches. Canned pears.

Fruit cocktail. Pickle relish. Pickles. Canned spinach. Canned asparagus. Water chestnuts. Bamboo shoots. Canned nuts.

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LJ ntil last month’s devaluation of the peso, our total monthly living and boat expense came to $250 U.S. per month. We’re getting 340 pesos per dollar now, which reduces our monthly expenses to $175. This figure includes all food, lots of beer and tequilla, and about two restaurant meals per month. Also included are all boat expenses

Some cruisers consider us big spenders. such as diesel, oil, filters, zincs, etc. Not included — obviously — are such albatrosses as boat payments, kids in college, insurance, trips home to see Mom and phone calls to the stockbroker.

Our diet of clams, lobster, scallops and fish may not appeal to everyone. But for us, it’s what we wanted to eat when we lived in Sausalito but couldn’t afford. Given a couple of months of practice, anyone can easily have all they can eat here and live on what we do — or even less. We even know some

Eating out every now and then is a pleasant treat — and can be relatively inexpensive.

Canned seeds.

Many kinds of sealife are in plentiful supply in the Sea of Cortez.

Items I haven’t found in two years: Whole canned tomatos. Tomato paste.

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Brown rice. Molasses. Tuna in water.

Kidney beans. Cranberry sauce. Cranberry juicre. Canned pumpkin.

cruisers who think we’re “big spenders”.

I hope my availability list aids some people now in the planning stages. Even better, 1 hope we see less and less boats coming down with a two year’s supply of toilet paper or toothpaste because they heard it was unavailable here in paradise.

— barb apple Westsail 32, Shoestring

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and lasted until late in the afternoon.

Although the eight to nine instructors out following the dinghies in crash boats were excellent sailors themselves, they taught something else besides sailing.

“We are trying to give the kids a chance to exercise their judgement and develop responsibility. I think we are doing a lot more than teaching sailing. You get a ten-year-old out there in a boat alone — he Cctn’t call for his Mom or Dad. All of a sudden he is in complete control,” said Jeff Stong, co-lead instructor.

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“We get each kid to sail the boat to weather and on a reach. We try to develop their tiller ability in a bigger more stable boat — something more forgiving than a dinghy.

That afternoon, the boy or girl (the SFYC usually is divided almost equally between male and female students) goes out with an instructor in an El Toro — and it’s just one on one for a while. By the end of the day, the kid can sail the boat,” said Jeff.

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Like most things, learning a skill from a parent or a spouse can kill any spark of enthusiasm. Luckily for all of us with kids, nieces and newphews who we would like to see enjoy the sport of sailing, junior programs are available and flourishing.

Last summer on a quick tour of Richardson Bay, I saw three junior programs underway simultaneously. From Cass’s Marina where kids go out in Santana 22’s, to the Sausalito Cruising Club and Sausalito Yacht Club both using Lasers with crews of two or three, youngsters were learning how to sail a boat and how to handle themselves on the water.

Probably the largest junior sailing program in the Bay Area is run by the San Francisco Yacht Club. Last summer 196 kids registered for the SFYC ten week program. What makes it even more amazing is that each day during the week 120 kids would show up for sailing instruction, that started in the morning

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Whaler. I found out they were afraid of capsizing. I got in one of the boats and just rolled it over. Then I got it back up and showed them it was no big deal.” said Jeff.

Racing starts after one week of instruction and continues at every level. This summer, while 16 of the kids were in Oregon at the El Toro Nationals, two FJ’s were closing in on the finish line after a quick race in Belvedere Lagoon. Finishing within a fraction of a second of each other, the racers were loudly cheered by their teacher anchored out on the line.

T 1 he growth of the SFYC program dates back 20 years when, Hilly Stong, Jeffs

juniors learn to take responsibility and care of the boats they use.

“Mainly, it’s just putting in the time — helping them develop their sailing ability.

You have to be very patient and eventually you get the reward. For example. I had a few kids in El Toros that were having problems.

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Besides the instructional racing that takes place, students get a chance to compete against junior sailors from other clubs. If competition appeals to the sailor, as it did to SFYC Junior Sailing graduates Jeff Madrigali, Pam Poletti and Gordon Clute,

father and then a new club member offered do work with the junior program.

“When I first raised the possibility of getting involved, I was advised that it wouldn’t be appropriate because I wasn’t a great sailor. I replied that the junior sailing program didn’t need a great sailor, but it did need somebody that could see it ran,” said Hilly.

Hilly developed the check sheet and rating system for each student. That way the kids can progress throughout the summer at their own pace.

Although the junior program is sponsored * by the yacht club, anyone can sign up. This is slightly different from the popular Richmond YC junior program. At RYC, the club requires that the young sailors have a junior membership which is very nominal and that they bring their own boat.

Usually 50 kids, ages seven to nineteen sign up for the classes which run every Sunday from October to mid-April. The young sailors are divided into beginner, (a six week course) intermediate and advanced classes.

“We start them off in the morning with a chalk talk, going over what we want them to

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learn,” said the new director of the junior program, Steven Frain of El Sobrante.

“Then it is out on the water where we put what we have tried to explain into use.

There’s a lunch break, another chalk talk to explain what was and wasn’t going right and then it’s back on the water until three or four in the afternoon.”

The Richmond program is run'100 percent by volunteers. As you might imagine, most of those volunteers are parents of the kids in the classes. To make sure that Dad or Mom don’t put too much pressure on their own kid, the parent of a student, let’s say in the advanced class might help out with the beginners or intermediate sailors.

Like beginners everywhere, the young Richmond sailors are afraid of getting wet.

But they are given an incentive to end up in the water.

“We have the beginners sail around for the first couple of weeks. Right close to the docks, whenever they feel comfortable, each kid tips over his boat. We are right there with the crash boat, telling them how to get the boat back up.

“At the end of the day, they are given a Guppy Award, a patch of sticky spinnaker cloth cut in the shape of a fish that they can stick to their life jacket,” said Fain.

“The advanced kids are really into racing.

We keep it in good spirits, but once competition starts, it gets intense,” said Fain. And often, the graduates like John Kostecki, Craig Healy, Dennis George, Billy George, Susie Klein and Poppy Truman, keep at the racing long after they are juniors.

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Seabird Sailing Junior Program, students are able to get their feet wet, so to speak, in the calm environment of Berkeley’s Aquatic Park. Although primarily a summer sign-up program with one week of instruc¬

tion on El Toros and one week on Lasers, Seabird often works with high schools in the East Bay or various community organizations in the Fall and Spring.

“We don’t go through a lot of preliminaries. Classroom time is kept to a

minimum, ’ said Gene Harris who has taught at Seabird for six years. “I find that the kids need very little instruction. They figure out how to do things and aren’t afraid to experiment. If something is not working, they try something else.”

Although many of the kids sailing in a yacht club junior program come from boating oriented homes, that may not be the case in the public junior programs. So the school becomes a source of information about Bay sailing, racing and yacht clubs for the new sailor.

One of the oldest sailing programs in the East Bay is taught at Lake Merritt in Oakland. This was the sailing school for both Jim DeWitt and John Beery. Apart from the standard sailing instruction, Lake Merritt has a Junior Sailing Club that meets throughout the summer and into the early Fall. The club’s director is Bill Butler, a special education assistant who has sailed for 20 years,

Today’s junior, thjs^young lady just might be an Olympic entry in the year 2000.

mainly on small boats.

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“It’s really a shame, the way our sailors have to travel, especially abroad. The small boat sailors often have to sleep in their boats “I try to show the kids that the ancient people learned how to first play in the water, then found logs and dug them out and made canoes; then they learned to sail. It happened in that order, surfing, canoeing and sailing. So we take the kids out on Saturdays to do those things. We went on a surfing trip to Half Moon Bay. We’ll be going on a river run, and we do try to get the kids out on big boats on the Bay whenever possible,” said Bill.

Although many of the junior programs are geared to summertime and vacation from school, there are some like the Sequoia Yacht Club Junior Program in Redwood City that operate during the Fall and Spring.

Although most of the programs use small boats, Cass’s Marina in Sausalito uses larger boats for their instruction.

“We usually get three or four kids out on a Santana 22,” said instructor Benson Bell.

“Every kid gets his chance at the tiller and they soon get into informal races with our other boats. Most kids tend to equate thrills with speed. Well, boats don’t go very fast, so racing is a way to keep their enthusiasm and concentration level up.”

Many of the larger junior programs can take a beginning seven-year-old — and if he or she sticks with it for another seven years — they will turn into a confident sailor. Let’s say Jeri and Jason Junior Sailor have spent their weekends or summers in a junior program, have graduated to the small boat race circuit and are doing well — well enough in fact, to start participating in out of town regattas. Mom and Dad who were happy their kids had taken to the sport, now wonder where the money is going to come from to keep them on the water.

I I elping out with the financial end is the San Francisco Bay Sailing Association, an organization that has been funding sailors for

This is a small program with usually 12 kids, all beginners meeting for the first and third Saturday over a four month period.

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20 years.

“Our function is to help fund youngsters particularly in out of town regattas. They are very expensive. I never realized how expensive they could be until my son started participating. He’d say Mom, I need a $100 or $200,” said Donna Sargent of SF Bay Sailing Association whose teenage son is now doirfg the Laser circuit.

The 2001 U S. Admiral’s Cup team? It’s probably more possible they themselves believe.

or on lawns, while sailors from other countries that are subsidized by the government stay at nice hotels and then come out in their blue blazers. They look pretty spiffy,” said Donna.

What most people don’t realize about the SF Bay Sailing Association is that grant recipients don’t have to be top sailors or belong to race oriented yacht clubs. But they do 'have to show potential, a real dedication, and sincerity for the sport.

In the past, the Association has funded Russ Silvestri, John Kostecki, Bob Billingham, Zack Berkowitz and Steve Jeppeson and many others whose names you may not know. They even subsidized John Bertrand’s first Olympic effort. Recipients of the funds have travelled to regattas in all corners of the world.

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association is run solely on con* tributions that come in from all over the country. Grant applications are available by writing to San Francisco Bay Sailing Association, P.O. Box 1801, Mill Valley, CA 94941.

For the new young sailor, the opportunity to become a good sailor is close at hand.

Junior programs are scheduled throughout the year, in all locations, and in every price range. Getting good and going fast take time to learn — and the best time to start is when you are young.

— glenda ganny carroll

MAX 4 i ' I ' he best practice for racing is racing!”

1 I insisted. “And the best way to train new crew is in a Friday night series, or some of the less competitive special events or midwinters. You can’t do it by going out sailing on the Bay all by yourselves!”

“We won’t be all by ourselves, Max. There’s another boat going out to tune against us. Why don’t you come out with us?

I think you’ll be able to contribute something.”

“Tuning against another boat isn’t what you need either,” 1 responded. “It’s the close maneuvering, the starts, the crowded mark roundings, and especially the pressure on the crew to work out the sail handling problems — problems that never seem to even come up during practice. You only get that in a real race!”

My adversary in this little debate was trying to get me to come out on his boat for a practice sail. Two of his regulars had had to cancel, and it was obvious that he needed lots of help breaking in his new crew, some of whom were close to being absolute beginners. It was also a beautiful fall 'afternoon with 10 knots of wind, and I was out of excuses. Besides, his boat was a very modern and fast racing machine, and I was interested in finding out first-hand how it sailed. “I’ll hold out for a better offer,” I thought to myself.

“Okay Max,” my friend finally conceded, “I’ll trim the mainsheet, and you can drive.

The important thing is to give this crew a good workout.” v “Well . . .”

“And wait ’till you see what we have for lunch!”

“All right,” I said with transparently phony resignation.

A half hour later we were casting off dock lines. With my friend on mainsheet and me driving, we would be down by one person from the full racing complement for this boat.

But we were badly short-handed. More crew were missing.

“Aren’t you going to give them at least a few extra minutes to get here?” I asked.

“Nope. We leave the dock as scheduled.

You see, here’s where I establish credibility for the rest of the season — they have to take departure times seriously! (But don’t worry, I’m going to wait near the gas dock just in case.)”

Sure enough, as we drew abeam of the gas dock two women carrying new seabags came running down the gangway, waving their arms and shouting the boat’s name.

“Sorry I’m late. 1 brought my roommate,” one of them explained as they scrambled

over the lifelines. “She’s never been sailing before, but I think she’ll pick it up real quick.”

“Great!” said the owner, “that brings us up to a full crew.”

I was skeptical, but the skipper didn't seem to mind a rank beginner. Our first exercise was tacking practice, just to get warmed up. But first we had to explain that we

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needed three wraps on the winch, then we had to explain what a wrap is, then we had

The best practice for racing is racing!"

to explain what a winch is! Finally we got to advanced concepts like “clockwise”.

Despite these minor difficulties, after four or five tacks we had made significant progress with the new string-pullers. So we set-

tied down on port tack to give them a rest and look at sail trim.

But then we saw our trial horse, the other boat we were meeting to practice with, approaching on starboard.

“We’ll pass in front of them at this rate,” predicted the owner. “But that won’t be any fun. Let’s dive to leeward a little and set it up so that we tack under their lee bow.”

I moved down to the leeward side of the cockpit to where I could see our approaching rival, and bore off until the background range was holding constant, creating a collision course situation. Then at about five lengths distance, I bore away some more to make it clear to the other boat that we would keep clear — as if we were going to duck their stern. At three lengths I started to come up again.

“Ready about!”

“Ready leeward!”

“Ready windward!”

“Helm’s down . . *. Release!”

“Release!” yelled the owner, not satisfied that the leeward sheet was being cast off soon enough.

The turns flew off the leeward winch and the sheet ran out. But meanwhile our beginner, poised to tail in on the new sheet, had apparently gotten her timing mixed up after the short delay between tacks. She threw off all of her turns also, and jumped across to the old leeward winch, handle in hand. The other boat steamed over us as we sat there , with our jib luffing.

“That was a good lesson in ‘which winch is supposed to be doing what when’,” said the owner to the very embarrassed crew once we were underway again. “Good thing this isn’t a real race!”

“But you see how much more difficult it becomes when you add another boat and a little pressure,” I said.

“We have ways of putting the pressure on,” he assured me.

O ur next exercise, which had been prearranged with the other skipper, was the close-hauled speed trial. The other boat sailed on a beam reach to the true wind, and we followed right in their wake. They had to luff a little to let us close to within a boat length. Then on signal — a whistle from the lead boat — we both hardened up to closehauled and went for speed to windward.

“This maneuver really comes into its own when you have a large fleet of boats out for a practice. If the lead boat chooses an accurate beam reaching course, then as many as ten boats can get a very even ‘start’ each time.

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tacked with them, but ended up almost x. Don’t sheet in beyond this unless the knotmeter shows that our speed’s starting to abeam and to windward. Now they had clear come back up after a tack. The next mark — air, and started to suck up under our lee these double stripes — is the ‘fully trimmed’ bow.

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They all sail to windward for two or three minutes until some of the boats have a clear advantage (or until a wind shift -ruins it), and then when the lead boat blows the whistle again, everybody flops and falls back in line on a beam reach going the other way. The new lead boat now gives the signals until the

next tack.”

It was a good exercise, even with only two boats. Only problem was that the'other boat was consistently just a little bit faster than us.

“Don’t worry, Max,” said our skipper. “They usually have a slight edge in light to medium air. It’s not your driving!”

Whatever the reason, sailing the slower boat was not much fun. So I was relieved when they crossed below us and suggested a different exercise. “We’ll tack right in your bad air,” they said, “and see if you can keep us from getting out!” v This sounded like much more fun, especially since they were giving us the upper hand. Both boats tacked over to cross each other again, and they tacked right into our bad air as promised.

“Crack off an inch,” I instructed as I sailed a little low to put them right in the worst of our wind shadow, directly down the apparent wind from our masthead. “But be ready to tack!”

T 1 hey sailed in our bad air for about 30 seconds, dropping back noticeably.

“They’re tacking!” shouted one of our foredeck crew when he saw their boat start to swing.

“Ready about — helm’s down!”

Our tack was sloppy, and we were a little slow to accelerate. The other boat was now marginally forward of our wind shadow, but we still had them covered.

“There they go again,” said our owner.

Our next tack was smoother, and put us square on their wind. But we were hardly wound in when they spun a third time. We

“We’ve got to work on our acceleration out of these tacks,” said the owner. He made some temporary crew reassignmients, and brought back the more experienced foredeck crew to call trim.

By now the other boat had clearly established their breakaway, so they bore off and then tacked to cross our stern again.

“Here we go again,” I said. “Stand by!”

This time it took about seven tacks for them to get away. Our tacks were actually getting smooth, and I was learning exactly where to place the boat,so I could give them bad air equally on both tacks. And the new crew was catching on fast, as promised.

“No one ever told me that sailing was this much work!” she remarked.

“We need a time out,” said the foredeck crew. “These sheets have to be marked.”

^3 ur skipper blew three whistles, the agreed-upon time out signal. Meanwhile the crew member took out a marking pen and started to put a series of black stripes on the

“No one ever told me sailing was this much work.”

jib sheet.

“This single mark,” he explained to the sheet trimmer, “is tl\e ‘accelerator’ position.

position. Of course, in different wind and wave conditions, you’ll be sheeting a little on one side or the other of these points.”

We tacked over and he started to put the same markings on the other side.

“There’s going to be a problem with these marks,” I said. “The sheets are tied onto the sail with bowlines. Every time you rig, the marks will end up in a different spot.”

“Don’t worry, I’m putting marks on the bowlines also. There’s a way to mark them so that it’s easy to make the length come out the same each time, even if the size of the loop varies.”

We reached down to our trial horse, and tacked on their wind one more time.

The fight was on again, and this time it was no holds barred. They started with the three-tacks-in-a-row technique, but this time we matched their tacks perfectly and even gained some distance. Whatever they tried, we had them under control. So they just kept tacking, waiting for us to make a mistake and let them get through. We were actually starting to look good (although the crew were gasping for air). They even tried a fake tack on us — but we spotted it just in time.

Finally they tacked ahead and to leeward of a big cruising boat that was out for a daysail. As usual we plopped right on their wind, but suddenly realized that we were pinned. The big yacht was driving over us, sailing a little faster and much lower. As soon as it was impossible for us to tack, our rivals got away.

“That’s not fair!” we yelled. But actually we were just as happy to see the duel end.

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“Pretty good simulation of the real thing, huh Max?” “Not bad,” I allowed. “It’s amazing what 30 tacks will do for a new cockpit crew — if they’re still alive when it’s over.”

ext on the agenda was spinnaker work. We set at a convenient mark, with the usual yelling and screaming about what should go up, in, out, or down.

“At least your halyards are properly marked,” noted the foredeck crew with some good-humored sarcasm as he put his marking pen back in his pocket. “I was ready to give you a lecture about that.”

“Set up for a jibe,” said the owner.

After some scrambling around the boat and last-minute instructions to the sheet and guy timmers, the cockpit and foredeck called back that they/Were ready.

“Prepare to jibe!” was the final warning.

The skipper signaled me to start the turn.

“Square back!” he yelled as the boat swung downwind. “That means you!” He pointed at the guy trimmer. She fumbled with the winch handle. “No, just pull! It’s unloaded once we turn downwind!” But it. was too late. The sail collapsed as it became shadowed by the main.

“Trip!”

The pole was released. I held the boat dead down as the main was pulled across, and then came up slightly on the new jibe.

was trimmed in, and eventually the big sail popped open.

“The real secret to a good jibe,” instructed

It's amazing what 30 tacks will do . for a new crew — if they’re still alive ' when it’s over, the owner, “is to square back on the pole all the way before the trip. You have to get the spinnaker clear of the main and over to the new leeward side of the boat. It’s especially important on a light boat like this one, because in heavy air we can’t tolerate holding the main on centerline.”

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he next few jibes were a lot better, but we were still having some problems getting the pole positioned. Meanwhile the other boat was jibing twice every time we jibed once, alternately passing ahead of us or behind on a higher reaching angle.

“It’s all up to the driver and the trimmers,” said the skipper. “You have.to.learn to fly the sail through the jibe, and keep the boat

marking pen.

He had us sail slightly by the lee, and then ease the sheet to where the shackle could almost, but not quite, touch the forestay.

Then he put a black stripe on the sheet where it left the winch drum. We jibed, and he put the same mark on the other side.

“Now, all you need to do is ease both sides to these marks as soon as the pole is tripped. The chute will stay full and give us just enough slack to get the pole in.”

This worked fine, as long as I kept the boat nearly on a dead run until the pole was made.

Leeward marks were the next problem.

“This is the most difficult part of the race, as far as sail-handling is concerned,” warned the owner. “And it’s the maneuver that gets practiced the least, for obvious reasons.”

Our first try proved his point. We ended up with part of the spinnaker wrapped around the jib sheet winch with a double override in the sheet tying everything in. Fortunately, we didn’t need the knife to clean up the mess!

Fifteen minutes later, after re-packing, restringing, and re-setting, we were again approaching the same leeward mark for a practice douse. This time the chute came in unobstructed, but the jib trimmers couldn’t reach their winch because the spinnaker gatherers were in the way. We rounded the mark with the jib luffing, and four people fighting for elbow room on the leeward side.

“You see what the problem is, Max,” said ,the skipper as we sailed to weather to get into position for another try. “It takes 15

The multiple-boat cueing exercise. As many as ten boats can simulate an even start with no race committee.

“Made!” yelled the foredeck crew.

Half the spinnaker was folded over and had blown between the forestay and the mast. But it slid out slowly as the new sheet page 155

under it at the proper angle.”

“What we really need are some ‘full ease’ marks on the sheets,” suggested the foredeck crew, once again pulling out his

minutes of cleaning up for each 15 seconds of practicing this maneuver.”

“But in the meantime we’re getting a lot of practice doing sets and jibes,” I said. “In fact,

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Anyone can go out and do ten jibes in a row, and the tenth one is going to look great. It doesn’t necessarily mean the crew really understands how to fly a spinnaker. I do them mainly as a confidence builder for the new crew on board.” We set the spinnaker again, and a few minutes later we were approaching our leeward mark for a third attempt.

“Let’s try something different this time,” said the skipper. “Leave everything hooked up to the chute after the douse, and leave the pole topped.”

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e performed the rounding with, problems similar to the previous try. But instead of cleaning up and re-packing, we just sailed to windward for two minutes while one of the crew ran the tapes to check for twists, then bore off and set the spinnaker again right out of the hatch. In another minute everything was ready for'a practice drop at an imaginary leeward mark.

This went on for at least five more tries, then we jibed and did at least five more in thex opposite direction, the last one using the same mark we had been rounding originally.

By the end of this exercise we had worked out a technique for cross-sheeting the jib to the windward winch, leaving the leeward side clear for the gatherers, and keeping the jib grinder and tailer on the high side and clear of the spinnaker.

“That should do it for today,” announced the owner. “Let’s have lunch!” He served a very impressive selection of goodies. Starting with a vinagrette salad, we went on to crab salad sandwiches and a large tray of sushi.

There were chocolate truffles for dessert.

The owner had taken back the helm so I could eat, but I noticed we were not sailing directly back to the marina. Instead, we were close reaching further out into the Bay. “I’m setting us up for a dead-down approach,” he explained. “There’s just one more exercise we need to do.” As soon as one of the crew had finished his sandwich, he instructed him to drop the jib, hook the spinnaker to the pulpit, and attach the sheets and halyard.

“Forget the pole,” he said. “We’re going to free-fly it.”

We bore off to a dead run, sheeted in the main flat on centerline, and hoisted the chute with the two least experienced trimmers on the sheets. After a little trial and error, the trimmers had the sail flying nicely.

“That’s a good trick,” I observed. “It

demonstrates how well a spinnaker can fly without a pole.”

“Just wait,” he said, and told his trimmers to let out a few feet on -each side simultaneously.

“Now start easing the,halyard, Max.” I popped the rest of a tfuffle in my mouth, and let out a few feet of halyard as requested.

T 1 he process continued, and by the time the skipper was satisfied with the trim, we had the spinnaker flying like a kite well forward and considerably above our masthead!

For the next half hour, we flew the spinnaker all over the sky. Up, down, left, right, around in circles . . . (we couldn’t quite coordinate a figure eight). The purpose of all this was clear — we were turning two novices into expert trimmers — and it was happening as we watched.

“The benefits of this kind of practice really show up during the second half of a jibe,” our skipper explained. “Too many people try to force the spinnaker pole to fit between the spinnaker and the mast. If the trimmers really know how to control the sail — and if the driver cooperates — they can float the sail around so that the pole exactly fits between the clew and the mast.”

We turned a few heads at the gas dock as

we sailed into the marina with our spinnaker a mile up in the air. They didn’t know whether we needed help or better drugs, as one onlooker suggested.

“We’ve done this in light air by anchoring off the stern,” added the owner. “It’s a little safer because you can’t run over the sail if you make a mistake.”

“And if the wind comes up, you can go spinnaker flying,” said the foredeck crew.

We finally pulled .the sail in and coasted up to our berth.

“Thank you so much for the fantastic sail,” said the newly indoctrinated crew. “I had no idea sailing could be so . . .” she was unable to suppress a very large yawn “. . .exciting!”

“Or so tiring!” added her friend. “But she really did have a good time. Let us know when you’re going out for another practice!”

They both yawned again, grabbed their new seabags, and were off.

I had to admit, the afternoon had been very worthwhile. But something disturbed me about this. Here was a woman who had never been sailing before today, and already she understood more about spinnaker trim than about half of rpy own regular crew. And the first midwinter race was just two weeks away.

I wonder how many of my crew would be available next Saturday ...”

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SEASON CHAMPIONS

SANTANA 35 “Hurly Burly”

NEWPORT 30 “Topgallant”

CATALINA 30 “Class Action”

9ICH SAVOY CAL SAILING CLUB

FRANK HINMAN SAN FRANCISCO YC

DEAN DIETRICH ST. FRANCIS YC

Rich Savoy was once a mild-mannered recreational sailor here on the Bay. Then one day about six or seven years ago, “Some fool invited me out on a Tuesday night race.” That was all it took, and he’s been one of the hottest competitors out there in two of the hottest classes — he owned an Islander 28 before the Santana — ever since.

Much of the credit, says Rich, goes to his crew, Ken Moore, Hunt Conrad, Judy Schilling, Ted Wilson, Mike Devries, Paul Akagi, Gary Eisenhart and Rich Crosby. He feels the right tactics run a close second to crew work, and credits tactician Wilson with making a lot of the right calls in that department. Finally, says the specialty bookstore operator in the City, the boat did her part.

“We definitely seem to be the fastest hull out there,” says Rich, “which makes it easier to come back from mistakes.”

Of course, some mistakes are harder to come back from than others — like running aground. Hurly Burly and several other boats hit a shoal that had shifted from its normal location during the Coyote Point race.

The mishap caused some leaking around the keel, necessitating an unscheduled hatflout.

To bridge the gap, Rich chartered Wayne Moscow’s Northern Light for the next race while Hurly Burly was being repaired.

Consistency and concentration are the keys to winning sailboat races, says Newport 30 season champion Frank Hinman; consistency in maintaining boat speed and concentration on what you, the weather and everyone else is doing.

Frank is well versed in concentration. As a professor of urology at UCSF, he often spends four or five ours a day in surgery “where you can’t divert yourself from what’s going on.” On the water, he and three of his crew have spent the last seven or eight years developing their consistency. Before the Newport, Harry Humphrey, Phil Fleishman and Charles McBurney helped Frank sail his old Pearson Triton to one YRA season win and three national championships. This is their third season win in a row on Topgallant. Rounding out the crew this year were Carl Fleming and Scott Loring.

Frank has a unique way of spreading the wealth around and getting out of making sandwiches at the same time. On his crew masterlist, he assigns each person lunch detail on a rotating basis. In return for providing chow, whoever brings lunch gets to take home whatever award the boat wins that day. When you realize Topgallant was only out of first or second place once the whole ODCA season, it’s a good bet Frank’s crew’s mantles are just as crowded as his.

It might seem odd that one of the biggest fleets in the Bay — 140 boats at last count — has only just qualified to race one design under YRA. But as 1985 champion Dean Dietrich explains, most people who buy Catalina 30s are more interested in cruising than racing. He and a small but growing group of faithful have been holding an informal summer race series the past few years, ihowever, and finally, by allowing working sails only (no spinnakers), they were able to get enough boats together to become an official YRA fleet.

Dean has also raced the boat in HDA. “I never found handicap racing very satisfying, though,” he says. “You can’t look around to see where you are; there’s no covering other boats. You just sail the course on your own and hope you win at the end.” In fact, the situation was getting frustrating enough that at one point Dean actually planned to put the boat up for sale and get into a more com(petitive one design fleet.

Now, of course, all that’s changed. The season was such a success that more Cat 30s have expressed interest in taking part in ODCA racing next year, spinnakers may be allowed, and the class is even planning a racing clinic or two. Dean thinks it’s all great, and really doesn’t see any of this as a threat to his chances at another top spot. “I’ve got a really motivated crew,” he says. “They get really mad when they lose.”

2) Celerity, Ted Hall, STFYC; 3) Wide Load, Jim Bonavich, BBYC. 15 qualified.

2) Danville Express, Andy Hall, EYC; 3) Roquefort, 6ob Marshall, SCC. 14 qualified.

2) Blophilia, Dave and Charles Gallup, EYC; 3) Friday’s Eagle, Rich Kling, Ballena Bay YC. 12 qualified.

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ODCA/WBRA J/29 “Black Lace’’

ISLANDER 28 “Shanghai”

TRITON “Mentaka”

ERLENETANKERSLEY AND HOWARD MACKEN SAUSALITO YC n

KEN AND CAROL JESMORE SAN FRANCISCO YC

GERRY BROWN PALO ALTO YC

The owners of Black Lace have a “yours, mine and ours” type partnership says Erlene Tankersley, marketing rep for a computer consulting firm. She got the boat for the ODCA series, co-owner Howard Macken got it for the IOR series, and they often raced together, sharing driving duties. When IOR and ODCA dates conflicted, ODCA won out — and so, in the end, did Black Lace.

Linda Beck, Peggy Kashuba, Rotyn West and Herb Hendrickson were the principal crew on board this season. With so many women, Howard Macken feels the boat was light in some races. But they more than made up for the lack of weight in the talent department. Preseason practice helped define what each person did on each leg of the race, at mark roundings, even where each sat on the rail. “The crew work,” says Macken, “was just dynamite.”

Of course, even the best crews need to be humbled at least once a season. For Black Lace, that time came on the last race. They’d overtaken five or six boats on the downwind leg to grab the lead, but when they rounded the leeward mark and dropped the spinnaker, “It went right in front of the boat and we drove right over it,” says Howard, of Sausalito’s Sutter Sails. The boat came to an abrupt halt as the errant chute wrapped around first the keel, then the rudder. “By the time we hauled it back in — over the stern rail — three boats had passed.”

It’s taking the champion 49ers a few games to hit their stride in the new season, but the 1984 Islander 28 champions knew their season was going to be a good one by the very first race. “We just did everything right,” says Ken Jesmore, “and beat the second boat in by about 10 minutes.”

They pulled out another 10-minute victory on a windy third race when none of the other boats carried chutes. From there on out, it was as though they could do no wrong — which is not to say they had no competition. The rest of the fleet, notably Jose Cuervo and Sagitta, did their best to keep the Shanghai machine honest. Despite their efforts, Ken, Carol and crew Vince Casalana, Steve Manning, Don Ahrens and Bill Paratore had won the ten-race, twothrowout series by the eighth race. The Jesmores crewed for their crew on the ninth race and sat out the last.

Ken and Carol are one of the true racing couples on the Bay. Both are well-respected sailors in their own right. In addition to ODCA racing, for example, Carol sailed Shanghai to a class victory in the Womens Racing Association (WRA) spring series.

When they race together, Ken usually drives while Carol calls tactics and handles mainsheet trim. Consistently good crew work rounds out the winning formula, says Ken, a San Francisco attorney. Now if the 49ers could just get their act together.

If Gerry Brown threw baseballs like he sailed his Triton, he could pick his team and name his price. In the parlance of that game, he has gone 12 for 12 — he’s won every race in the season — for the last two years running!

Like most successful racers (and baseball players), Gerry’s paid his dues to get where he is. He’s been sailing the Bay for more than 20 years, first on Victories, then a Columbia 5.5, and finally on Pearson’s venerable old Triton. He’s owned Mentaka for eight years now, slowly working his way up through the ranks against stiff competition in this old but still very active class.

Gerry’s crew — Bruno Carnovale, Henry Meline, Tom Ranweiler and Jackie Ruggles — have been with the boat-for a good half that time (although Jackie had to take off the second half of this season to have a baby), and Gerry credits their expertise for Mentaka’s phenomenal record. Generally, he drives and depends on the crew to trim sails and call tactics. Ashore, everyone pitches in during haulout to make sure the boat is race ready. Bruno, Henry and Tom, all certified divers, take turns cleaning the bottom before races. “It’s really a group effort,” Gerry says.

2) Blazer, Mike Lambert; STFYC; 3) Maybe, John Williams, SYC. 12 qualified.

2) Jose Cuervo, Sam Hock, SYC; 3) Sagitta, Fred Conta, TYC. 12 qualified.

2) Sleepyhead, Paul Wells, Point San Pablo YC; 3) Andiamo, Sandy Imlay, SYC. 12 qualified.

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SEASON CHAMPIONS CAL 2-27 “Sundance II”

J/24 “Storm Trooper”

KNARR “Huttetu”

LEIGH BRITE RICHMOND YC

DIN NY WATERS SAN FRANCISCO YC

GEORGE RYGG ST. FRANCIS YC

There was a bit of deja uu in the Cal 2-27 results this year: The same three boats finished in the same 1, 2, 3 order as last year; the winning boat had the same skipper and crew; even the point spreads bore an eerie resemblance. One thing the stats didn’t show, says once-again champion Leigh Brite, is how much the class has improved overall. “Winning is getting tougher all the time.”

This year marks Leigh’s fourth consecutive championship in the fleet — and the fourth year in a row he’s given the lion’s share of the credit to his crew: Allan Achilles, Rhys McDonald, Reed Neubert, Ed Fenolio, Mike Neal and last but never least, Alice Brite, his wife. Once again, they not only pulled all the right strings at the right time, but put in a lot of between-race hours maintaining the boat in its typical ready-for-anything condition.

Leigh’s “We don’t break” comment of last year wasn’t quite as applicable this time around, though. Along with several other boats, Sundance II dropped ner mast during the Coyote Point debacle in May. Leigh came back to win the next race with a loaner mast — a spare Dick Horn had in his gdfage — and got a second with the untuned new mast two weeks later. What was that he said about it getting tougher to win all the time?

Storm Trooper’s victory in the 41-boatstrong J/24 fleet is the culmination of a three-year effort. Owner Dinny Waters takes care, though, to point out that he was only one small cog in that process. The others were Jim Barton, Mark Hinshaw, Chris Perkins and Mark Rastello. But for the serendipitous meeting with Hinsaw, he says, it might never have happened at all.

The two met after Waters had spent two sporadic and disappointing years trying to race the boat with an inexperienced crew.

“Mark was really the catalyst that got us going,” says Dinny, regional sales manager for a computer firm. Hinshaw introduced him to Jim Barton, and before long, they were all out there almost every weekend “sailing and learning a lot.” In fact, for the next three years, Storm Trooper sailed year-round in every race Dinny could enter her in. “The more you go out,” says Dinny, “the more you learn and the better you work together’.’

In 1983, the first year the three sailed together, Storm Trooper started in the lower half of the fleet and ended up seventh.

(Doug Forester helped round out the boat’s normal five-man complement.) In 1984, with J/24 veteran Chris Perkins aboard, the finished second. Mark Rastello replaced Chris this year, and helped Dinny steer the boat to first place in YRA’s largest one design fleet. Dinny’s thought it for a long time, but this year the sentiment carries some weight: “We have the best crew in the whole fleet.”

The Knarr fleet is one of the largest and most competitive one designs sailing the Bay, and if you want to do good in it, says season champion George Rygg, “You have to make fewer mistakes than everyone else.”

This is the fifth time in the ten years he’s owned the wooden Huttetu that George and his crew Mike Walsh and Steve Shaffer have won the season championship. And this year was one of the toughest. In fact, the competition was such that if the 22-race, three-throwout season would have been any longer, either Bob Fischer on Lykken or George Sayre on Second Wind would probably have had their photos in this spot, says Rygg, an internist. “Both those boats were coming on very strong at the end.”

George and crew spent quite a few weekday evenings in the preseason preparing for the series. They went out with several different sailmakers and other “experts” and experimented quite a bit with different trim * settings. Ideally, this was with other boats out there to compare against. “But even being out there alone is better than not being out there at all,” says George, adding that lots of sailing time gives you a real feel for how the boat is doing. Once they reached the point that “We didn’t have to think about what we were doing with our hands,” they were able to maintain a balanced boat speed, keep close track of the competition — and wait for someone else to make the mistakes.

2) Summer, Neil Ross, RYC; 3) Con Carino, Gary Albright, RYC. 13 qualified.

2) Deja Vu, Chris Perkins, STFYC; 3) Darvon, Harry Allen, STFYC. 41 qualified.

2) Lykken, Bob Fischer, STFYC; 3) Second Wind, George Sayre, STFYC. 33 boats qualified.

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ODCA /WDRA SEASON CHAMPIONS ue to space considerations, we are unable to feature all the season winners. These are the results from classes qualifying fewer than 12 boats. To qualify, a boat has to race five races or half the season, whichever is smaller. A class must qualify five boats to continue to race as a one-design under YRA.

Killer Rabbit, Bill Cloverdale, STFYC; 3) Zephyros,

Excalibur 1) Howlin' Owl, Ray and Jo Mann, PYC; 2) Merlin, Adam Gambel/Susan Connolly, STFYC; 3) Perezoso, Jeff Nehms, STFYC. 8 qualified.

Express 27 1) Desperado, Mike Bruzzone, RYC; 2) Friday, John Liebenberg, RYC; 3) Keeper, Robert Chester, SYC. 9 qualified. i

Gladiator ODCA Ariel 1) Sin Bin, Wally Graham, SFYC; 2) Jubilee, Don Morrison, RYC; 3) Tempest, Bill Healy, SFYC. 7 qualified.

Cat 25 1) Cinnabar, Ed Shirk, BYC; 2) Amistar, John Speh, SFYC; 3) Blue Goose, Jeff Kurtock, CSC. 6 qualified.

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1) Windjammer, Ferd and Scott Voelker, RYC, 2) Nina, Chris Kiteas, RYC; 3) Minerva, Bill Johnson, OYC. 5 qualified. \

Golden Gate 1) Sanderling, Tom Anderson, SFYC; 2) Pajarita, Robert MacDonald, CYC; 3) Fledgling, Mike Bonner/Jim Geagan, (no club). 6 qualified.

Dennis Andrews/Nancy Rogers, SFYC. 8 qualified.

Newport 28 1) Reflections it, Athol Fahey, IYC; 2) Stithy Tove, Ryan Gaskin, IYC; 3) Sophica II, Fred Soderer, Sequoia YC. 4 qualified.

Ranger 23 1) Twisted, Don Wieneke, SYC; 2) Impossible, Jodie Newberry/ Gary Kneeland, SYC; 3) Kinship, Ken Frost Jr., SFYC. 8 qualified.

Ranger 26 1) Onager, Mike Creazzi/John Wales, SYC; 2) Mischief, Ed Tolle, IYC; 3) My Toy, Dave Adams, Presidio YC. 8 qualified.

Tartan Ten 1) Spartan. Robert Potter, SFYC; 2) QE3, Richard Bates, SFYC; 3) Gammon, Randy and Ann Broman, SCC. 6 qualified.

Hawkfarm 1) Mercedes, Jay Vincent, RYC; 2) Eclipse, Fred Hoffman, MYCO; 3) Cannonball, Rick Schultz, RYC. 10 qualified.

1) Dona Mia, Van and Donna Sargent, SYC; 2) Eveready, Mark Cheney, STFYC; 3) Boog A Loo,

Dave Oliver, IYC. 7 qualified.

Islander Bahama

Thunderbird 1) Conception, Seann Coty, GGYC; 2) Ozel, Mike Sheats, CSC; 3) Crazy Jane, Doug Carroll, GGYC. 9 qualified.

Cal 34

IJConstellation, John Lincoln/John Super/Sandy Harris, HMBYC; 2) Artesian, the Speer family, CSC; 3) Alternative, Mike Sheets, PAYC. 9 qualified.

1) Anne, George Gazulis, SFYC; 2) Intrepid Fox, Tim Fitzmaurice/ Ken Richards, CSC; 3) Perennis,

Islander 30 Mkll

Bear

1) Current Asset, John Bowen, IYC; 2) Antares, Larry Telford, BYC; 3) Elmer Fudd, Bill and Susan Nork, BYC. 9 qualified.

1) Smokey, Josseiyn Robertson, STFYC; 2) Trigger, Scott Cauchois, SFYC; 3) Circus, Bob Jones, SCC. 7 qualified.

Dave Smith, STFYC. 4 qualified.

Catalina 27 1) tl-Shay, John Jacob, STFYC; 2) Catalyst, Ed Durbin, RYC; 3) Stacked Deck, Parker Booth, CSC. 10 qualified.

Challenger 1) Shay, Rich Stuart, SCC; 2) (tie) Osprey, Jim Adams, SCC; and Rurtk, Norm Carter/George Gromeeko, Los Gatos YC. 5 qualified.

Coronado 25 1) Naressia, Bobbi Tosse, BYC; 2) Ventura, Ernie Dickson, RYC; 3) Our Boat, Frank Lossy, CSC. 5 qualified.

WBRA

Bird

Merit 25 1)Twilight Zone, Paul Kamen, CSC; 2) Chesapeake, Jim Fair, CSC; 3) Half Fast, Ron Landman, IYC. 10 qualified.

1) Puffin, John Diani, CYC. (Results for second and third not available at press time.)

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Moore 24 1) Tinsley Maru, J. Bruce Hayes, STFYC; 2) Wet Spot, Mike O’Callaghan, STFYC; 3) Popeye, Jerry Huffaker, RYC. 9 qualified.

Olson 30 1) Naked Aggression, Perry Matthews, CSC; 2)

Folkboat 1)Galante, Otto Schreier, SYC; 2) Volker, Jerry Langkammerer, GGYC; 3) Windy, Eric Carlisle, GGYC. 11 qualified.

IOD 1) Assagai, Mark Heer, STFYC; 2) Quickstep II, George Degnan, STFYC; 3) Undine, Bob Grigsby, STFYC. 9 qualified.

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f you’re still looking to crew or for crew for Mexico, here’s your last and most complete chance to take advantage of our 1985 Mexico Only Crew List. This is the same basic listing we ran last month, just updated with folks who sent their names in before the absolute deadline of October 18. Once you understand the codes, just let your fingers do the walking through the appropriate column (s) and pick up the phone. It’s as easy as that.

Well, almost. As soon as you dial that phone, you are on your own. If there was some way we could guarantee that everything was going to work out peachy for everyone who uses this list, we would.

Realistically, however, there is a certain amount of risk involved.

People — either the ones on boats or the ones on shore — are not always what they might seem and nobody can second guess mother nature. If you can’t handle the (hopefully remote) possibility that using this list can get you in more trouble than you can handle, please just turn the page and enjoy the rest of the magazine. For the record, this advertising supplement is for informational purposes only.

Latitude 38 does not make or imply any warranty, guarantee or recommendation in regard to the character of any of the individuals listed here or the condition of their boats. You must judge those things for yourself.

That said, we again sincerely hope and wish everyone here finds the ideal boat or crew and has the time of their lives down Mexico way. Buena suerte. x

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MEN WANTING TO CREW IN MEXICO John Marchael, 37, (805) 985-0152, Vintage Marina, Oxnard, Channel Island Harbor wants 1,6,7 / has 3,4,6(charter crew, 4,000 miles delivery experience, some racing) / offers 1,2,3 George Henlus, 32, (714) 821-3245 after 6 p.m., P.O. 682, La Jolla, CA 92037 .wants 1 / has 6(local coastal) / offers 1,3,4 George S. Fenstermacher, 34, 665-7090, 1950 33rd Ave., San Francisco 94116 wants 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8(So. Pac, Latin Am., etc.) / has 2,6(Atlantic coastal) / offers 2,3,4,5b , Maury Brooks, 25, (415) 885-2738,1451 Vallejo St., San Francisco 94109 .wants 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 / has 2,3,5(Mexico) / offers 1,3,5b Ralf, 21, (707) 875-2652, c/o Clark, 4915 Coneh Ave., Star Route, Bodega Bay, CA 94923 .wants 1 / has 2 / offers 1,3,4 Max K.J. Mosesj 32, (213) 822-2506, P.O. Box 9833, Marina del Rey, CA 90295 _wants 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8(passages south, west, east) / has 3,4,5,6(Merchant Marine, delivery skipper, navigator four years)/offers 1,2,3,4,5b Mike Gaylor, 38, (707) 874-3680 eves., P.O. Box 717, Occidental, CA 95465 .wants 1,2,3,7,8(west into So. Pacific or Hawaii) / has 3,4,5,6(Caraalen; Stonewitch raising) / offers 1,2 Alan Swan, 25,1-(702) 423-4813, 50 N. Bailey St., Fallon, NV 89406 .wants 2,3 / has 2,3 / offers 3,4,5b Andrew May, 24, (213) 430-3088,12292 Topaz St., Garden Grove, CA 92645. .wants 1,2,8(all the above) / has 3,5,6(100-ton ocean operator license) / offers 1,2,3 Pascal Slsich, 26, (415) 326-6336; (415) 322-4811 .wants 1,2,5,6,8(on to Hawaii and beyond) / has 2 / offers 3,4,5b Ken Ritchie, 46, (408) 356-8764, 300 Bel Blossom Way, Los Gatos, CA 95030 .wants 1,2,3,4,6,7 / has 2 / offers 2,3,4 Sherwin Harris, 47, (415) 967-2187, 253 Arriba Dr. #9, Sunnyvale, CA 94086 .wants 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 / has 2,3,4(30 years worth) / offers 1,2,3 (first aid) Jerry A. Nelson, 48, (408) 241-8194, 2654 Kentworth Way, Santa Clara, CA 95051 .wants 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 / has 2,3,5 / offers 1,2,3,4,5b Jim Carlisle, 39, (205) 854-6063 .wants 1,2,3,7,8(trans Pacific) / has 5 / offers 2.3,4,5b Jeff Styrt, 23, (408) 257-0779, 22543 Woodridge Ct., Cupertino .wants 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8(continue on) / has 2,6(sailing class) / offers 3,4 Don Morrison, 55, 787-2389 .wants 5,6 / has 3,4,5,6(6 Mexican & Hawaiian races) / offers 1,2 Frank Wallace, 41, (209) 369-2815, POB 167, Victor, CA 95253 .wants 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 / has 2,3 / offers 1,3,4,5 Rod Teter, 33, (415) 428-2114, 7 Captain Dr. #301, Emeryville, CA .wants 1,2,3,6,7 / has 2 / offers 2,3,5b

Broc Stenman, 37, (408) 373 4632(h), 852 Lighthouse, Pacific Grove CA wants 6 / has 2,6(Monterey Bay, some So. CA) / offers 1,3,4 Bill Lutkenhouse, 58, (415) 841-8729,1809 Fourth St., Berkeley, CA 94710 ^ wants 1,4,7,8(whatever, wherever) / has 2,3,4,5 / offers l,z,d,4 Chuck Lamoureux, 35,>15) 321-3116, POB 61043, Palo Alto, CA 94306 ..wants 1,2,5,6,7 / has 2 / offers 1,2,3,4

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Roger M. Miller, 48, (916) 427-1579 u H . „ „, .wants 1,2,3,4,5 / has 2,6(smalI boat) / offers 3,4,5b Joe Colton, 38, 751-4192, 216 4th Ave. #12, San Francisco 94118 .wants 1,2,5,Changing out) / has 2,6(B.V.I. cruising) / offers 1,3,4,5b Paul White, 28, (415) 369-2332, 35 Flower St., Redwood City, CA 94063 .wants 1 / has 4,5,6(references) / offers 1,2,3 William Brugler, 40, (415) 563-0105, 2656 Webster St., San Francisco 94123 .wants 1,4,5,7 / has 2,3,5 / offers 1,2,3,4 Bob Bilbs, 35, (408) 462-6245, 3109 Scotts Valley Dr. #105, Scotts Valley, CA 95066 .wants 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 / has 3 / offers 1,3,4,5b Joseph Heinen, 30, 346-2753, 2380 California, San Francisco 94115 .wants 1,4,5,8(as far South as you’ll go!) / has 2,3,5 / offers 1,2,3,4 Vic Thiry, 45, (415) 520-3600, Box 5107, San Ramon, CA 94583 v..wants 1,2,4,5,6 / has 2,3,4,5 / offers 1,5b Phil Cummins, 24, Geology Dept., U.C. Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720 .wants 8(available 12/20/85-1/30/86) / has 2 / offers 1,3 Ben Spiler, 40, (415) 826-6250; 285-0209 .wants 1,3,5,6,7,8(deliveries) / has 2,3 / offers 1,3 Mike McClintock, 42, (805) 498-5394,865 Cayo Grande Ct., Newbury Park, CA 91320 .wants 1,2,3,4,7,8(from Mex.-So. Pac. area) / has 3,6(Lake Tahoe sailing, 15 yrs.)/offers 1,2,3,4,5b Randy Brown, 30, (213) 592-3057,6951 Warner St. #225, Hunt. Bch., CA 92647 .wants 1,2,3,4,6 / has 3 / offers 1,2,3,4 Bruce Schwegler, 42, (503) 245-9085, 7208 S.W. 19th, Portland, OR 97219 .wants 1-8 / has 6(Col. River & Puget Sound, 8 yrs.) / offers 1,2,3,4,5b Rick Nicastro, 33, 665-8982,1262 35th Ave., San Francisco, CA 94122 .wants 1,2,3,8(any time space is avail.) / has 2,6(short coastal) / offers 1,3,5b Bill Koontz, 35, (415) 321-0982 .wants 1,7 / has 2,3 / offers 1,2,3,4,5b Curtis Buyser, 24, (213) 379-5826,1127 7th St., Hermosa Bch, CA 90254 .wants 1,2,3,8(So. Pac.) / has 3,6(100-ton ocean operators license) / offers 1,2,3 John Stein, 36,924-7041 .wants 1-7 / has 2,3, / offers 1,2,3 Ben Spiler, 40, (415) 826-6250; 285-0209,3274 Mission St., San Francisco, CA g4110.wants 8(cruise, racing, deliveries, day sails) / has 6(educator, quartermaster, Loran opr., student navigator) / offers 1,3 mmm ■:

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Jane Gover, 27, (415) 388-5408, 387 Lowell Ave., Mill Valley, CA 94941 .. wants 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8(deliveries) / has 2,3,6(2 So. CA coastal long distance races) / offers 1,3,5a Mary Martinez, over 35, (415) 553-0261 message, P.O. Box 534, Sonoma, CA 95476 . wants 1,3,4,5,6,8(points warm!) / has 2,6(Great Lakes) / offers 1,3,4,5a Mary Ducharme, 36,934-5144 .wants 5 / has 3,4,5 / offers 1,3 Yvette Erbach, 37, (707) 923-2876, Star Route, Redway, CA 95560 .wants 1,2,3 / has 1 / offers 3,5a Sheila Conway, 33, (408) 688-4478, 227 Rio Del Mar Blvd., Aptos, CA 95003 .wants 1,2,7,8(open to suggestions) / has 2 / offers 1,3 Susan, 30, (415) 454-1011, 55 Bothln Rd., Fairfax, CA 94930 .wants 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 / has 2,3,5 / offers 1,3,4,5a Pam Gaylors, P.O.B. 1163, Haleiwa, HI 96712 .wants 2,3,6,8(sometime in March, April or May) / has 3,5,6(Mexico & brought boat up in ’83)/ offers 1,3,4(paying my own way) Helen Thomas, 50+ , (415) 967-7527 Iv. msg. .wants 1,2,3,4,6,8(and beyond) / has 2,3 / offers 1,3,4,5a

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Rob and Margie Paige, 33/32, (503) 536-3326, 51929 Blackpine Way, La Pine, OR 97739 .wants 1,2,3,4,8(cruising preferred anywhere, unlimited time) / has 2,5,6(Gulf Coast, San Juans & BC, So. Cal, FL, lakes)/offers 1,2,3,4 Robert and Jennifer Teytand, 40/32, (707) 578-9362, 4449 Bennett View Dr., Santa Rosa, CA 95404 .want 1,2,3,4,7,8(further Pacific passage) / have 3,4,5,6(Robert is USCG lie. captain, former cruising instructor; Jennifer is R.N.)/offer 1,3,4

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Dana E. Hill, 34, (408) 462 0639, 370 Fifth Ave., Santa Cruz, CA/95062 .wants 1,3,7 / has 2,3,4,5,6(Bilingual) / offers 1,2,3 Mark Berwanger, 30, (805) 962-6313, P.O. Box 3421, Santa Barbara, CA 93130 .wants 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 / has 6(Santa Barbara channel) / offers 1,4,5b Greg McCarthy, 28, (408) 253-5475, 20975 Valley Green Dr. #228, Cupertino, CA 95014 ..wants 1,2,3 / has 2,6(Great Lakes cruising) / offers 3,4

WOMEN WANTING TO CREW IN MEXICO Ann, 26,271-7033 .wants 1,2,3,4,5 / has 2,6<short coastal) / offers 1,3 Sally, 28, (805) 643-4736, P.O. Box 24372, Ventura, CA 93002 .. wants 1,4,8(destination: Yucatan) / has 3,6(deck hand & naturalist on 55-ft powercruiser, galley exp.)/offers 1,3,5a Joan Rennick, 50, (619) 565-7796,2733 Shelter Island Drive #115, San Diego, CA 92106 .wants 1,4,5,6,7 / has 4 / offers 3 Michelle Javrotsky, 30, 330 Johnson St., Sausalito, CA 94965 .wants 5,6,7 / has 2 / offers 3,5a Sally Jackson, 41,834-8921, Oakland .wants 7 / has 2,3 / offers 4 Teri S., 28, (415) 922-5799, P.O. Box 535, San Rafael, CA 94915 .wants 6,8(Perth & So. Pacific in '87, Jan-?) / has 2,8(Sea of Cortez ’85) / offers 1,3,4,5a Nicola Ferguson, 27, (805) 652-1891, 736 Cedar Place, Ventura, CA 93001 .wants 1,8(Marquesas, So. Pacific) / has 3,4,5,6(racing instruction) / offers 1,2,3 # Kathleen Saxer, 26, (415) 331-1024, 330 Johnson St. #1, Sausalito, CA 94965 . wants 1,5,6,7,8(Charter Stewdess/Chef) / has 2,4,5,6(Carribbean, Bahamas, So. Am., mausuese, chef)/offers 1,3,5a Beth Weissman, 29, (415) 681-8695, 787 Clayton St., San Francisco 94117 ..wants 1,2,3,4,7 / has 2 / offers 1,3,4 Dorey Clayton, 23, (415) 968-2093/494-6660, 850 San Antonio Rd., Palo Alto, CA 94303 .wants 2,3,6 / has 2,3 / offers 1,4 Mara Binkley RN, 28, 922-7715,2120 Pacific Ave. #309, San Francisco 94115 .wants 1,2,3,5 / has 2,3 / offers 1,3,4 Terese, 30’s, (415) 331-2406, POB 1231, Mill Valley, Ca 94942 .wants 1,2,3,4,5,6,8(Panama Canal?) / has 2,3,6(Mexico) / offers 1,3,4,5a page 165

PERSONS NEEDING CREW IN MEXICO Jack Storer, 60, 45’ ketch, (415) 547-8267 .for 1,7 / has 1,2 / wants 1,2,5 Dirk Sears, 37, 37’ Islander sloop, (805) 995-3564, POB 1311, Morro Bay, CA 93442 .for 8(Mexico & beyond) / has 2 / wants 4a/b,5 Michael Durkin, 39, LaFitte 44, (213) 822-9073, 237 Howland Canal, Venice, CA 90291 .for 1,2,3 / has 4(Mexico 2 winters) / wants 4a Morty Priament, 30, NorSea 27, (619) 287-9430, 5757 College Ave. ‘Q’, San Diego, CA 92120 ... for 1 ,A,6,7,8(or to Hawaii) / has 2 / wants 1,2,3,4,5,6<any) Jim Marco, 41, Crealock 37, (415) 233-1315, 320 W. Cutting, Richmond 94804 .for 1,2,3,4,6,7 / has 1,2,3,4 / wants 3,4a,5,6 Jack Clarke, 45,40’ sloop, (619) 222-1186 . .for 1,2,3,4,6,7 / has 2,3,4/ wants 3,4a,5 Dennis McCarty, 63, sail, POB 4253, Stockton, CA 95204 .fori,2,3,4,7,8/ has 1,2,5<Delta)/ wants 1,4b,6 Craig, 41, 46’ ketch, 653-0528, Box 3311, Berkeley, CA 94703 .for 1,2,3,8(So. Pacific and ?) / has 1,2 / wants 4a,5 Skipper Hank, 62, CT 41 ketch, (805) 644-2750,3600 S. Harbor Blvd. #395, Oxnard, CA 93030 .for 8(So. Pacific & beyond) / has 3 / wants 4a Jerry Czember, 43, 44’ Rhodes sloop, 474-1782,1782 Union St., San Francisco94123 .for 1,2,3,4,7,8/has 1,2,3,4,5/wants4a/b,6 John Spencer, 54, 30’ ketch, (415) 783-3488 h; (916) 355-2690 w, 29055 Berkeley Rd., Hayward, CA.for 2,3,6,8(So. Seas & beyond) / has 2,3,4 / wants 4a,5 Steve Joaquin, 48, San Juan 28, (916) 345-1842, POb 3511, Chico, CA 95927 .for 1,2,3,4,7,8(to trailer boat to San Felipe) / has 1,2 / wants 1,4a,5,6 Wendell Williams, 46, 37 cutter, 937-4313 days; 937-1693 nights, Walnut Creek .for 1 / has 2 / wantsl Jack Vaughn, 55, sail 38’, (714) 898-8522; (213) 594-4731 or (213) 590-9086, 12812 Valley View St., Suite 9, Garden Grove, CA 92645 . .for 1,2,3,7,8(Bajacoast, Mazatlan, Puerto Vallarta)/ has 1,2,5 (17 years sailing) / wants 3,4,5,6 Jack Storer, 60, sail 45’, (415) 547-8267, 335 Corte Madera Ave., Mill Valley .for 1,7 / has 2 / wants 2,5,6 Pat Curcl, 41, ketch 40’, (619) 298-9469 (0800-1200 hr, M-F) _for 1,2,3,7,8(pass. Cent. America) / has 1,2,3,4,5(20,000 mile, 4 yr. cruise.

This is 3rd Mexico trip.)/ wants 3,4a Laurie Thomas, 60 + , 50’ ketch, Ham call WDGEUM, BAJA or Manana nets almost daily, P.O. Box 60214, San Diego, CA 92106 .for 1-8(poss. cruising beyond) / has 1,2,3,4,5(5yrs. in Caribbean) / wants 1,2,3,4a&b,5 (if poss., not mandatory for right person[s]) 6

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With reports this months on the new High Risk; the IOD worlds, the Soling Pacific Coasts, the Moore 24 Nationals, the Pacific Cup, the Nimitz Regatta, the Vallejo Champion of Champions, the Veeder Cup, the upcoming Cz|bo Race, the Yankee Cup, the Hans Christian Race, the Women’s Racing Association, more on Mid-Winters, the All-Islander Regatta, the Paisano Race, and who knows what else.

Risky Business The photo you see at right is of the new High Risk as it arrived late October at Anderson’s Boatyard in Sausalito. The 43-footer was built by Geraghty Marine in San Diego.

The winches and other deck hardware will be put on over the winter here in Sausalito.

Given the least bit of luck the boat should be ready for spring racing on the Bay. The boat is owned by Jim Mizell of Sacramento. His previous High Risk was a Frers 40 that he raced on the Bay, at Long Beach Race Week and at the Clipper Cup. Mizell’s new boat was designed by Bob Smith of Mill Valley. This all-out racer is the largest racing boat of Bob’s to be built to date.

IOD Worlds Abraham Lincoln would have approved of the International One Design. Although it came along just short of four score years after his untimely demise, here is a fleet in which all boats are created devoutly equal.

That’s so the people that race them can determine how unequal they are: If th^ boats are all the same, only skipper skill can make one go faster than another. On October 6 through 12, a dozen of the best skippers and crews from eight fleets around the country and the world met in San Francisco to decide who was the most unequal of all.

The 13 boats — one was held in reserve — belonging to members of the San Francisco Bay IOD fleet were so evenly matched that all the sails were cut by the same sailmaker out of the same batch of cloth. The crews, all champions of their own fleets, came from as far away as Norway, Scotland, Bermuda, and the east coast of the U.S. The seven races were held on the Berkeley Circle and the City Front in a variety of conditions typical of early fall on the Bay: too little wind, too much wind and a few typical 20-25 knot afternoons.

Crews changed boats after every race and no one was allowed to sail his own boat. By the end of six races, Bermudan Eugene “Penny” Simmons had the win sewn up. But the battle for second was a toss-up right to the end. Gear failures on two boats Thursday forced the retirement of one of the Bay

Area contenders. By the rules, 1985 San Francisco fleet champion Mark Heer could have pulled rank and claimed the boat from under Bay teammate George Degnan. Instead, he chose to withdraw for the day and let the eight-time IOD season champion Degnan carry the torch. Degnar\, who is 72 this year, rallied to the cause, sailing to second place on Friday and second overall.

Third place went to six-time world champion William Widnall.

Soling On Ice > The Soling Pacific Coast Championships held at Berkeley Circle early last month, were no contest. John Kosteski and his crew of Bob Billingham (middle) and Will Baylis (bow) won the first five races and then elected to sit out the last race and use it'as their throw-out.

Maurice Rattry bested the remaining 12 boats to win the series finale.

Kostecki figures there are a couple of reasons his boat was able to win with relative ease. The first is that the other teams don’t have as much time in the Soling as Kostecki and his crew. The secortd is that the local Soling fleet isn’t consistently strong, so the locals don’t get the type of competition they need to improve.

What do Kostecki, Billingham and Baylis do for competition? They travel to all the important Soling regattas. And we’re not talking driving to Sacramento or Santa Cruz.

We’re talking the rest of the country and the world.

For example, they started in April of this year with the Soling Nationals in Houston where they got second. This was an important success because it qualified them for funding to travel internationally. In May they journeyed to Hungary for the European Championships where they were fourth.

June was the North Americans in Milwaukee; they were second. September was the Soling Worlds at Sarnia, Canada where the outcome was in doubt to the last beat of the last race. American Dave Curtis and Brazilian Torben Grael nipped them, so the Kostecki team finished third.

It’s important to note that they just don’t sail these events, but spend the week prior to

The new ‘High Risk’ arrives by truck.

the regatta tuning up against the best competition they can find. After a summer of battling the best Soling sailors in the world, it’s understandable that the Pacific Coast Championships would be fairly easy pickings.

Why the “hard core” effort? John, Bob and Will are dead serious about getting the U.S. Soling slot for the next Olympics, and this is the kind of effort that has to be made.

They’ve got a real shot at it, with their biggest competition expected to come from World Champ Dave Curtis. Curtis is the only American to beat them in a regatta this year.

Given this background, second in the Pacific Coasts was no minor achievement.

That honor went to Gil Smith’s team from Santa Cruz, which barely nipped Ron Jewela of- British, Columbia.

Moore 24 Nationals This report is a case of better late than never, since it was lost and didn’t make last issue. Sorry folks. page 166

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things like that.

Entry fee for the race is $500 if you act now. After May 1 it goes up to $750. Requests for an invitation to the race are only $10; get one by writing the Pacific Cup Committee, Bailena Bay YC, 1124 Bailena Boulevard, Alameda CA 94501. Or just call (415) 521-RACE. The Pacific Cup Committee has decided that 1986 is the year the Pacific Cup is going to establish itself as a major race. To that end they’ve already staged a major publicity campaign to generate an unprecedented number of entries. To date they’ve received over 50 requests from potential skippers for further information.

Some great boats have done previous Pacific Cups: Merlin, Zamazaan, Great Fun, Kotick II and others. Isn’t 1986 your year to do the Pacific, to declare your personal independence from a hum-drum existence?

Yes, it is.

The granddaddy of Santa Cruz ultralights, the Moore 24, held their National Championship at Lake Tahoe way back on August 19-23. Thirty-one entries came to the Windjammer YC from throughout the United States for the seven race series. In a unique format, the boats competed in two divisions; the gold division for owner-driven boats and the silver division for all-comers.

Silver division winner and Moore 24 National Champ was the Baylis/Weiss boat, Tonopah Law from Santa Cruz. Greg Dorland’s Elena from San Francisco was second, and the Hodges/Walecka Adios from San Cruz was third.

Gold division winner was Alan Wiertnan on Foamy from Santa Cruz. Michael O’Callahan on Wet Spot from San Francisco was second and Frank Vaughan’s Ruby from Los Angeles was third. f

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starting line of a race that will finish in Kauai, the Bailena Bay YC’s Pacific Cup. Sure it might sound a little far-fetched right now, but isn’t it time you make a bold move and carve out a little bigger space for yourself in this world? Unless you’re Shirley MacClaine you only live once, so go ahead and dream the big dream — then make it a reality!

You can be picky, too, because this isn’t the normal Los Angeles to Honolulu TransPac where you have to race under the 10R rule and within some relatively narrow parameters. No, in the Bailena Bay YC’s Pacific Cup you can do your own thing.

Want to race IOR? Fine. Want to race PHRF? Wonderful. Want to sail ‘unrated’ in something less than 85 feet and with a beam of between 12 and 25 feet? The Pacific Cup is your race. Want to go doublehanded? No problemo!

Basically you can race just about anything under 85 feet that has a PHRF rating of less than 180. Of course there are some additional equipment requirements, the standard Category 1 requirements of the Offshore Racing Council; a SSB radio, an EPIRB,

The Nimitz Regatta Berkeley YC marks the end of the regular racing season with the Nimitz Regatta for all YRA and SYR A type boats. The 13.3 mile course that took the fleet from the Berkeley Circle to Harding Rock and back drew a nice fleet, probably half of whom are so young they associate Nimitz with a freeway, not World War II. For the record, Chester Nimitz commanded the U.S. Pacific Fleet during World War II. Overall winner of the race was Jim Walton’s Pyramid 660, named Six Sixty.

The boat displaces about 900 pounds, about what the winches weighed on his previous boat, a Swede 55. Walton is allowed to use a trapeze on the boat as part of an experiment with the YRA. Winners of the other divisions were as follows: A. Foghead, Express 37, Chris Corlett. B. Six Sixty, Pyramid 660, Jim Walton.

C. Capriccioso, Capo 26, Lois Lutz. D. Rolling Stone, Catalina 22, Dave Stone.

Also noteworthy in the race was that fact that the Olson 30, Suommu lost their foredeckman overboard. The individual involved, who prefers to remain anonymous, explains that they were jibing at the time and he had both hands on the spinnaker pole. A wake hit the boat and suddenly there was no deck beneath him. Knowing he was going in

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Champion Of Champions Vallejo YC Style If you think the only active racing programs in Northern California are in the main Bay, you are mistaken. Consider the Vallejo YC’s racing program. On the average they get about 50 boats a year to sign up for a program that consists of 37 races. Yes, 37!

Of these, 25 are Wednesday evening races and 12 are weekend races. Giveh the large number of races, entries are allowed a correspondingly large number of throw-outs; seven Wednesday night races and three weekend races.

About 30 boats, fairly evenly divided into an A and B fleets, hit the starting line for any given race. Naturally the Wednesday night races are on the short side, but the weekend events are 15 to 20 milers. The Vallejo YC’s big race of the year is the Great Bay Race. A 51-miler, the GBR takes the fleet down to the main part of San Francisco Bay, and around Treasure, Alcatraz and Angel islands before returning to Vallejo. This year’s race was held on August 11th in a blow; Kim Harbeck and Dave Lastufka’s Cal 40, Ariel took that one by a narrow margin.

It’s been a good year for Ariel. She not only won the season’s championship in the A fleet (John Donavan’s High Jinks, a Pearson Commander, took the B fleet), but also won October 6th’s Champion of Champions race. The C of C race in Vallejo pits the season’s top six boats from the A fleet and the top six boats in the B fleet in a 18.75 mile free for all.

Winds for the Champion of Champions were fine; 20 knots for most of the afternoon. It allowed for what’s known in that part of Northern California as a “good old San Pablo Bay slog”. Second A boat was George VanDolson’s Newport 30, Zinfandel. Pat Lane’s Newport 28, High Appraisal, was third.

B fleet honors went to Atreuid , Bill Switzer’s Columbia 26. The Slack/Coleman

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the drink, he managed to grab the guy. Thus he was never completely free of the boat. He was quickly dragged back aboard, and equally as quickly put on his dry clothes.

How could it have been prevented? It couldn’t have, he says, it was just “one of those things”.

The victorious Cal 40, ‘Ariel’.

Dufour 24, Latent Image was second, and High Jinks, John Donavan’s season-winning Pearson Commander was third.

The action never stops at the Vallejo YC. They race once a month in the winter, with November 24 and December 15 as the first two dates.

The big question that comes to our mind is how do they do it? Most racers know that the YRA season-opening race to Vallejo features the biggest and wildest party of the year. According to our source at the Vallejo YC, “It’s like that after every race up here.”

The Veeder Cup One of the most important races on Monterey Bay is the Veeder Cup match race competition betweemany two of the areas

four yacht clubs; the Monterey Peninsula YC, Santa Cruz YC, Elkhorn YC and Stillwater Cove YC. We’re told the competition was conceived

by Tim Condon and a wealthy Pebble Beach woman, Grace Veeder, who wanted to get her grandson interested in sailing. The record does not show if the grandson took to sailing, but the yacht clubs certainly took to the Cup. Since the two day, three races competitions started back in 1964, a lot of different weapons have been used, among them Olson 30’s, Cal 29’s, Cal 36’s, Shields, Santa Cruz 50’s and Mercury’s. One of the more interesting years %was 1967, when the Santa Cruz YC challenged the Monterey Peninsula in Columbia Sabres. It was a blowout as the Santa Cruz boat featured five guys out on trapezes. Another great year was 1979, when the Santa Cruz YC’s Merlin defeated Monterey’s Drifter. page 168

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This year the Veeder Cup was sailed in Santana 35’s; Dick Clark drove Shockwave for MPYC while Bob Brokoff drove Time Out for the Santa Cruz YC. To eliminate any advantage due to local knowledge, the races were moved a couple of miles offshore, outside Monterey’s normal racing triangle.

October 12’s first race saw Dick Clark’s Monterey boat taking honors. She dominated the start of the race, covered well, and lead all the way.

The day’s second race was late getting started because the committee boat dragged.

As the line was re-set, the swells and wind both grew; the wind to 18 knots, the swells to a reported 18 feet! Santa Cruz’ Shockwave again controlled the start, and maintained a one minute lead on the twicearound six mile windward-leeward course.

On the last downwind lead she rounded up on a jibe, allowing Time Out to slip into the lead. Time Out lost the lead, but then regained it near the end to even the series at one apiece.

Sunday’s racing was held in more favorable conditions, with 8 to 10 knots of breeze and moderate seas. Dick Clark and crew from the Monterey Peninsula YC took charge from the outset. With fine starts and errorless boathandling, they took two straight to retain one of Monterey Bay’s most coveted trophies.

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The Cabo Race If you’re cruising to Mexico the middle of November, you’re going to want to keep glancing back over you’re shoulder so as not to get run down by the Long Beach to Cabo San Lucas fleet. Not only is it the biggest Cabo Race fleet in history, if there’s any breeze it’s also likely to be the fastest.

The Long Beach YC’s race to Mexico is unusual in that it allows IOR entries, n9 matter how high the rating. The TransPac and other Mexican races limit entries to boats rating 70.0 or less. Thus this race has attracted boats like the 84-ft Christine and a harbor full of MacGregor 65’s. The latter rate in the 90’s under IOR. But these boats are fast; Joss, a MacGregor 65, set the all-time Puerto Vallarta record last year, just nipping Christine.

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BOAT Christine Miramar Winterhawk Saga Prima Merlin Cheeta Citius Anthem Joss Lean Machine Kathmandu Longfellow Cheval Ragtime Whistlewind Strider Super Nova Brisa Mini-Express Immonette Insatiable Precarious Geog Undes Jest Bladerunner Defiance Chicken Lips Aleta

TYPE Preiss 84 79 Ketch Farr 68 N/M 68 N/M 68 Lee 67 Peterson 66 Santa Cruz 70 MacGregor 65 MacGregor 65 MacGregor 65 Santa Cruz 70 MacGregor 65 MacGregor 65 Spencer 62 Farr 55 N/M 55 Swan 51 Peterson 48 Peterson 42 N/A C&C 41 Baltic 42 Express 37 J/36 Express 37 N/A Andrews 36 Peterson 46

IOR DIVISION SKIPPER Fred Preiss John Scripps Hal Day Doug Baker Jeff Chandler Don Campion Dick Pennigton Don Clothier Laura Maves Dick Daniels Tom O’Keefe Tom Tilton Donald Stewart Mark Ross Pat Farrah Mike Choppin Michael Michael Steve Pauley Sandy Martin Frank Chambers Richard Cottrell Tom Armstrong Arnold Nelson Reese Lane Ray Jarecki Mil Shlann Mike Wathen Bruce Anderson Warren Hancock

Pericus Grand Cru Bolero Promotion Gypsy Warrior Re-Quest Invictus Wind Sprint Ariel Hetaria

Offshore 47 NZ 45 Tradewinds 40 Santa Cruz 40 Freya 39 Express 37 Islander 36 J/35 N/A N/A

PHRF DIVISION John Williamson Mike Campbell Tom Stevens Randy Repass Rick Gold Glenn Issacson Hugh Lamson Mike Whalen hjugh McIntyre Scott Atwood

thinking they’ve got a good shot at linehonors. Nelson/Marek, Peterson, and Lee maxi’s among them. Names like Citius, Kathmandu, Ragtime, Winterhawk, Saga, Cheetah, Merlin, Prima and perhaps Blondie. In all there will be 17 or more boats over 55 feet!

The course record in the Long Bfeach to Cabo Race is 4 days and ten hours. (The course record from Newport Harbor to Cabo San Lucas is 3 days, 16 hours.)

The Long Beach race also features a PHRF division. Noteworthy among entries is John Williamson’s Pericus from the San Francisco YC. This will be something like John’s 16th Mexico race.

PHRF boats will start from Long Beach on November 15th, the IOR fleet a day later.

Unlike previous years, there will be no full moon during the race. The Long Beach YC wanted to get those dates, but it meant the boats would have arrived in Cabo at Thanksgiving. There would be nothing wro'ng with that, except the Solmar Hotel — which doubles as the finish line — was

YACHT CLUB Pacific Marina San Diego YC Bahia Corinthian Long Beach YC Balboa YC Santa Cruz YC Long Beach YC Long Beach YC Bahia Corinthian Long Beach YC Capistrano YC San Francisco YC Corinthian Tacoma Cal YC Long Beach YC Long Beach YC Balboa YC Balboa YC Los Angeles YC Long Beach YC St. Francis YC Cal YC Del Rey YC Cal YC Los Angeles YC King Harbor YC Capistrano Bay YC Capistrano Bay YC Newport Harbor YC

Lahaina YC Long Beach YC Voyagers YC Santa Cruz YC San Rafael YC San Francisco YC Long Beach YC Long Beach YC Cal YC Alamitos Bay YC

already booked up for those dates. Full moon or not, it’s going to be a great race.

See the accompanying chart for a list of paid-up entries. It’s expected there would be another ten boats signing up prior to the November 1 deadline.

The Yankee Cup There were 140 entries in the Handicap Divisions Association of YRA this year, how in the heck can you determine the top boat? * Easy, you take the winners of each division, hold a three race regatta in October, and call it the Yankee Cup. Paul Kaplan’s Laser 28, Si//y Goose proved to be the top HDA boat, taking the Yankee Cup with two firsts and a second.

Second went to the Wichter/Rau Wavelength 24, Magic Jammies.

John Demeter’s Cal 33, Wavelength was third.

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ning: no matter how hard and long you plan something, some larger event happening on the same day will almost always overshadow it. Remember the first woman to fly the Atlantic solo? Neither do we, because the day she did it was the day the Titanic sank.

Eleven boats entered the Second Annual Hans Christian Race scheduled for October 12. Six showed up and five finished the course. There would have been eight, but two couldn’t get through the logjam watching the Navy’s Fleet Week. The one guy that did arrive 15 minutes late gave up when the wind went from some to almost none.

For awhile, it looked like there might not be enough breeze to get the rest of the heavyweights around the Berkeley Pier, much less complete the 11-mile course around Little Harding, Southhampton and back to the Estuary. At least the entertainment was good — the racers had ringside seats for the Blue Angels show.

The wind finally filled in shortly after noon, and Bill Patience drove his HC43 Vouvray to the win. Bill, you may remember, missed overall corrected honors on the Oakland to Catalina Race on the same boat by less than one minute. In second was Leo and Jeannie Brodeaur’s'A///nity, also a 43, as was Steve Smale’s Stardust, which got third.

Women’s Racing Association The level of participation in the Women’s Racing Association continues to surprise just about everyone. The October 19th race, hosted by the Berkeley YC and sailed on the Olympic Circle, featured 32 starters! We doubt there’s another women’s racing assocation in the country that can match this type of activity.

For those of you women interested in participating with your own boats or as crew, call Liz Ferrier at 567-9314. The next race is November 17, and a new five-race series starts in January.

The results of the 8.8 mile October race were as follows: Division A. 1. Lipstick, Express 27, Marcia Schnapp. 2. Kittyhawk, Sonoma 30, Rhonda Fleming.

Division B. 1. Sweeny Todd, J-24, Liz Menis. 2. Hot Chocolate, Newport 30, Mary Lou Oliver.

Division C. 1. Two Bits, Cal T/4, Marcine Osborn. 2. Rapid Transit Jr, Ranger 23, Suzanne Sylvester.

Division D. 1. Ragtime, Santana 22, Nancy Farum. 2. Sweet Breeze, Cal 20, Mary Coffey.

The Great Pumpkin Regatta Buoyed by the popularity of their spring Big Daddy Regatta, the Richmond YC suddenly put together a similar weekend long one-design invitation appropriately called the Great Pumpkin Regatta. With parties on Friday and Saturday nights as well as a trophy presentation on Sunday, sailors actually get to meet their competition face to face off the course for one of the few times during the year. It’s a winning format, and nearly 60 boats gathered despite the short notice.

Not only was the racing good, but so were the parties. We’d planned on telling you who

drank too much and who was fooling around with who, unfortunately we’ve only room for the following results from the three race, two party regatta: Cal 2-27: Temptation, Rollye Wiskerson.

Etchells 22: Libra II, John Dreyfous. Express 27: Locomotion, Roy Falk. Express 37: Foghead, James Brown. J/24: Deja Vu, Perkins/Kostecki. Olson 30: Naked Aggression, K. Marshall. Ranger 26, Consultation, Grover SAms. Santana 22, Hot Ruddered Bum, Bill, Fieberling. Soling: Delusions, Bob Baldino. Thunderbird: Conception, Sean Cody. Wabbit: Mr. McGregor, Melinda Groen.

More Midwinters In last month’s preview to the major Northern California midwinter racing series, we neglected to mention that of the Sausalito YC. Actually it really wasn't neglect, we just hadn’t received the information as of press time. j-jge 170

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There are four races in the Sausalito YC series: November 17, December 15, January 12, and February 9. There will be spinnaker and non-spinnaker divisions, as well as one-design racing if there are five or more entries of the same design. Races are held in the Yellow Bluff / Angel Island vicinity.

For entry forms call the YRA office at 771-9500. The entry fee is $25 if you enter before November 6; $35 if you enter after November 6. Yacht club membership is not required.

Don’t forget the other four major midwinter series; the Corinthian, the Metro, the Golden Gate and the Sausalito Cruising Club’s. The dates of the respective races can be found in the Calendar section at the front of this issue. Entry forms for each of these series can be obtained from the YRA office by calling 771-9500.

Remember to dress warm, bring friends new to sailing, and above all, have fun.

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‘Risque’.

All Islander Regatta Participating in an event like the All Islander Regatta makes you wonder why all manufacturers don’t encourage such get togethers, especially when it comes off as satisfying as this one. The October 5 and 6 event was open to all boats made by Islander. One design starts were designated for the 36s, 30s, 28s and Bahamas, and the remainder raced under PHRF ratings. Thirty boats in all showed up for the 11 a.m. start Saturday off Paradise Cay, home waters to the Tiburon YC. The 36s, at nine boats the largest of the five fleets, and the 30s had their starts in a light Southeasterly and headed out toward channel marker 10. By the time the 28s were due to start, the wind had started to clock, so the race committee — decked out in identical white suits and blue blazers — postponed the start, moved the starting line and sent' the next three fleets off toward the regular weather mark. While this would nor¬

mally be no big deal, it made for an interesting finish. “The two groups ended up finishing at the same time — from opposite directions!” says Race Chairman Ron Berger. “One group finished under chutes, the other on a beat.” The wind came up for the second race and both the races and conditions were begun under more normal circumstances.

The Islander people made short work of the complimentary Mai Tais at cocktail hour that evening, and equally as short work of nearly 200 steak dinners. After dinner, the awards for the Saturday racing were handed out and videos taken during the day’s racing were a big hit well into the evening.

In contrast to warm, sunny Saturday, Sunday dawned overcast and drizzly and stayed that way pretty much the whole day.

Interestingly enough, says Berger, the competition for the long Sunday race was keener than ever. After 12 miles, for example, less than two minutes separated the four Islander 30s at the finish line. When it was all over, Eric Warner’s Prima Donna capped off her ODCA season win by sweeping the Islander 36 division. Larry Telford, last year’s Islander 30 one-design champ, emerged at the top of that fleet on Antares. Sam Hock on Jose Cuervo was first in the Islander 28s.

Both Ken Speer on Artesian and Bob Willsow on the Islander 29 Gypsy earned straight bullets in the Islander Bahama and PHRF fleets respectively.

Ron wanted to extend special thanks to Mike and Caroline Fitz-Gerald for their help, and to Jeff Samuels for the use of the Pearson 40 QV1 as a committee boat. Everyone went away happy from the annual event. A different yachtclub normally hosts the regatta every year but, says Berger, “We at the Tiburon YC felt it was such a success that we’d be willing to host it again next year.”

The Paisano Race Would you be interested in a madcap relay race, involving male and female El Toro skippers, a mid-course wine tanker, an exchange of skippers in the Monterey Bay surf and a finish line at a wine table halfway up Del Monte Beach? Enough people have been to keep the Monterey Peninsula YC’s Paisano Race going for 23 years.

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unusually fun for the spectators. For example, this year Paul Fuge was in the lead when he had to pickup the wine bottle (containing the secret number to be matched with that of a female on the beach) from the tanker; lines tangled between the two boats, he shipped back five places. Fremont Sailing Club members A1 Anderson and Ron Locke faired even worse, capsizing off Lover’s Point, subsequently finished next to last and last.

The most hectic part of the race is in the surf line, when it’s time for the men and ladies to find their partners and exchange sailing duties. The smart money was on switching positions beyond the waves, which required many of the women to wade as much as 100 yards offshore in the chilly water.

Mid-way through this fleet transition it was discovered the group was one-woman short.

With forceful coaxing and a bra, Hans Wolff became Henrietta Wolff and all was well again.

The winning team consisted of Bonnie Rankin of the Fremont Sailing Club and Dennis Silva of the Richmond YC. Their prize was the exact same thing as the next nine finishers — participation is the top trophy. The other 21 entries also received prizes — you just can’t lose in the Paisano.

— /yn hayes

Vallejo 1-2, a singlehanded race from Treasure Island to Vallejo on Saturday and a doublehanded race back on Sunday. Thirtyfour entries participated this year.

Usually in a race to Vallejo you want it to blow like stink for the run up and to lighten up for the beat back. When singlehanding it’s not so bad when it’s reversed. Jibing a boat singlehanded in 20 knots of wind is more than hard; in our experience it’s impossible.

At any rate the winds cooperated, blowing light, actually too light, on Saturday, and briskly on Sunday.

Overall winner of the two day event was Bjarne Junge in the Morgan 27, Nidaros.

Shirley Temming was his crew. Second by just one minute after two full days of racing was Brian O’Donaghue on the Cal 27, Wildflower: His crew on the way back Sunday was not listed. Peter Jones took third with his Yankee 30, Emerald. Peter decided to sail singlehanded both ways.

Do you think I’m sexy? Hans Wolff's good nature kept the Paisano Race going by doning this top.

The Vallejo 1-2 One of the more popular races in the Singlehanded Sailing Society schedule is the

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Race Notes With Tom Blackaller at the helm, Petrified was the hottest thing on the Bay at the 1977 half-ton worlds. The Chuck Burns cold-molded 30-footer won that series, and went on to race heavily for the next couple of seasons. Then the boat simply

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Always a tough rounding, the wine marker at the Paisano Race.

dropped out of sight. The owner lost interest and Petrified petrified in her slip for the next four years. Keep reading, this story has a page 173

happy ending. Partners Joe and Jeff Moss and Dan Levin bought the boat early this year and are in the final stages of a thorough restoration at North Coast Yachts. They expect to have the boat in the water in the next six to eight weeks, and tuned for MORA by next season.

The Royal Perth YC has asked the Western Australia Tourist Commission to withdraw an America’s Cup promotion poster circulating in this country. The 2,500 copies in print depict a koala bear (what else?) and the following copy: “What’s the difference between the America’s Cup and a boomerang? The boomerang comes back.”

RPYC thought it was demeaning to the cup and in bad taste. We think they’re losing their sense of humor.

After six years of trying, Charles Dole of Hawaii sailed to victory in the annual Masters’ Regatta. Richmond’s J.D. Vincent came in one point behind to get second.

All skippers in the masters must be over 60 and all crews over 50. The event’s first woman crew, June Vynne of Seattle, crewed on Dole’s winning J/24. No sexism in previous races; it’s just that no woman before had been willing to admit her age.

Bravo June!

Sporting the only winged keel in the fiveboat fleet, Glenn Foster’s Cappricio led at

every mark to take the first race in the Six Meter Nationals. As we go to press, however, St. Francis IX, helmed by Tom Blackaller has taken over the lead after three ’races. Look for final results in next month’s “Racing Sheet.”

Jim Wondolleck and Jay Kuncl of San Francisco took fifth at the 505 Worlds recently completed in Enoshima, Japan. A tough class, that’s an outstanding performance from the two who had previously won the 505 Northern California championships. Australians Gary Gruniges and Greg Gardiner were first at the Worlds, fellow countrymen and defending champs Dean Blathford and Tom Woods were second. * Officials of the Singlehanded Sailing Society expect next years Singlehanded TransPac from San Francisco to Kauai to have a good turnout. They’re hoping for 25 to 30 starters. Past winner Dan Newland is gearing up to go; it’s likely he’ll be sailing Frank Dinsmore’s Francis Who?, an Olson 30 that’s already done the Singlehanded TransPac twice. Newland’s wife Linda is still looking for BOC Singlehanded Around the World race sponsorship. If it doesn’t come through, she’ll be doing the Singlehanded TransPac again, this time on the Hawkfarm, Predator.

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Saltflower — Hanna Gulfweed Bruce Westrake Re-entry to the Real World (Oyster Point) Surely one of the most painful things in the cruising life is having to stop. This is because once you stop cruising you have to re-enter what’s widely — although incorrectly — believed to be the ‘Real World’. The difficulty here is that to live in the Real World you must possess two evil things; one is an automobile, the other is a job.

The photograph at right is of Bruce Westrake just a few days after he returned from a cruise to the Hawaiian Islands. You can tell from the photograph that Bruce is reentering the Real World because he’s trying to fix evil number one so he can go out and look for evil number two.

Bruce bought the car from a “friend” in the used car business. Although it only cost $400, the friend assured Bruce that it was an excellent transportation car because it would certainly run everyday. At the time this picture was taken, Bruce had owned the^car for the better part of two days. The photograph shows Bruce in the act of disassembling the engine of his just-purchased excellent transportation car. He’s doing this so he can drill out a bolt so he can remove the head so he can replace the head gasket so the damn thing will run again. Ah, the pleasures of reentry!

As for a job as a tool and die maker, that will surely come in time. Unfortunately the pay is unlikely to be as good as it was before he left.

So why did he come back at all? Bruce says it’s only because he was running low on money, and because he knew it would be better to look for a job in the US of A than some little island in the middle of the Pacific.

Bruce, who lived aboard in Docktown for two years before moving to Oyster Point for three years, started his cruise three days after finishing this year’s Master Mariner’s Regatta.

His hard chine boat, built in San Pedro back in 1948, had no trouble qualifying for that race.

Bruce and a crew that consisted of Paul Rosenthal, Nick Mason and Nick Mason’s

lady, sailed to Ventura and Catalina before making a 20-day light air passage to Hilo.

Bruce found Hilo to his liking. As he puts it, “Gawd, it was friendly — just like a farm community”.

Perhaps the most friendly spot was the Harbor Light Bar, just across the container terminal at Radio Bay. After ordering a beer, the friendly woman behind the counter said, “You guys want some chicken and potato salad?” Hungry for lunch, the crew responded positively. Later she came \up with some smoked salmon she said they just

The friendly door of the friendly Lahaina YC on Maui.

had to eat. Realizing the woman had no intention of charging them for the food, they ordered another round of beers. By this time they were stuffed, but the jolly w.oman would have nothing of it. She whipped up some Portuguese sausage she decided they should eat. And since they had already bought two beers, she gave them the third on the house!

By the time they left the bar they were all suffering from high food pressure and in danger of exploding.

Those of you folks about to go cruising don’t want to be expecting scenario’s like this. If you stumble aoross one, just smile and

leave a great big tip.

Such friendliness was no isolated incident at Hilo, as several times the crew of Gulfweed were picked and given rides just because people saw them walking with backpacks. The old aloha spirit survives there because it hasn’t been smothered by the sheer numbers of tourists.

After a few other stops on the Big Island, Gulfweed set out for Maui. Eventually they anchored off Lahaina and checked in at the Lahaina YC. Bruce found the club to be an accomodating place; each day you show your yacht club card and sign in, after which you’re welcome to use the showers, bar and food service. With Beck’s beer going for a $1 a bottle, it’s a popular spot with cruisers. In fact Bruce met some old friends of his from Ventura as well as Rich and Kathy Williams off the Alameda-based Horizons. lTie worst thing about Lahaina has always been that you have to anchor in the roadstead. Much of the roadstead has poor holding ground, although Gulfweed made out fine with a Bruce anchor in 40 feet of water. What wasn’t so fine was all the rolling; the wakes1 of the many tour, dive and fish boats keep the area rocking.

Honolua Bay provided a much smoother spot to drop the hook, some great diving, and the latest issue of Latitude 38. The latter was just a chance happening. One of the folks on shore noticed Gulfweed had a San Francisco hailing port; as Bruce was walking along the rocks the person shouted, “Want the latest issue of 38?” Evaluating the pro’s and con’s, Bruce finally took it.

Eventually Bruce and crew left the Mala Wharf area at 5 p.m. bound for Honolulu.

Having a swift passage, they arrived off the Diamond Head buoy at 4 a.m. After lingering offshore until first light, they proceeded to Keehi Lagoon where they spent a week before taking a transient dock at the Ala Wai for six days. The beauty of the Ala Wai, in Bruce’s mind, is that it’s so much closer to the Hawaii YC. The Hawaii YC means running into all the folks who are out cruising as well as disco dancing on Friday and dancing to live music on Saturday.

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so surprising when you consider that Spam is an Island staple. Viva la difference, we always say.

After the Ala Wai Gulfweed made another overnight passage, this time to Nawiliwili. By this time the crew had either headed back to the mainland to do the Big Boat Series or* as was the case with Nick Mason, back to his home in Sydney. Bruce describes Mason as “as good a crew as you could have”. This is because the Aussie, who he met at the Berkeley YC after Mason had delivered Tsunami to San Francisco from Hawaii, was “easy-going, did all kinds of work without being asked, and was agreeable to all plans of actions”.

After sailing to Hanalei Bay with Carmelita Miranda, Commodore of Nawiliwili YC, former slip neighbor Rick Drain from Oyster Point flew over to help bring the boat back to California. They picked up an additional crewmember in the person of Friedemann Bender, a Kauai sculptor who needed a free ride to the mainland so he could hitch-hike his way across country to an art show in New York. Sure, why not?

The trip back covered a total distance of 3,100 miles and took 31 days. The big news .was that the Auto-Helm that hadn’t worked a lick on the way over worked perfectly all the way back to Ventura. Bruce said figuring out how to tune it — basically do exactly the opposite of the instructions — made all the difference in the world.

Originally from Southern California, Bruce plans to spend the next few years in the Southland. If he ever gets his car going, he plans to get a job, and if he saves enough money from the job he plans to re-enter the cruising life as soon as possible.

- latitude 38 10/15/85

Ham Test Alert Carl & Leona Wallace Yate Malaga Sea of Cortez If you’re ‘heading south to Mexico and didn’t get time to finish all the studying and practice necessary to get the ham radio license you wanted, you’re in luck. Once again Carl and Leona Wallace, on behalf of

Bruce Westrake re-entering the Real World.

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SANDARC/VEC, will be giving ham radio tests for boaters in the Sea of Cortez.

There are three different dates and locations. The first test will be February 20 in La Paz. The second will be April 17 at Puerto Escondido. Third will be June 20 at San Carlos Marina near Guaymas.

All you have to do is bring your study materials along with you, study your little dots and dashes off, then ten days before the test date send in a complete 610 form, a copy of your present license, your boat name and the way in which you can be contacted to: yate Malaga, Carl and Leona Wallace. The address to send this depends on which test you plan to take.

If you’ll be taking the test in La Paz, send the material to them c/o Capitania de Puerto, La Paz BCS. If you’ll be taking the test at Puerto Escondido, write them at Tripui, Box 100, Loreto, BCS. And if you’ll be taking the test in Guaymas, write them c/o Marina San Carlos, Apto 565, Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico.

On the test day you’ll need to bring your license, identification, sharpened pencils and a big smile.

A number of folks got their licenses during similar tests last year, thus saving themselves the trouble of having to come all tfre way back to the States.

La Fiesta de Las Cucacrachas Alex Hardy and Sheila Van Guilder Puerto Escondido, Mexico (Newport Beach) The weekend beginning Friday, September 13th — how appropriate — was one of great excitement in Puerto Escondido, Baja California Sur. For this was the start of the first annual La Fiesta de Las Cucarachas at the palapa adjoining the docks. The main events — other than the consumption of alcohol — were the crowning of the Queen on Friday night and the running of the cockroaches on Saturday night.

The Queen contest featured such international beauties (?) as Max from Con Todo, ‘Marilyn’ from Rebecca, and ‘Cutie’ from Flying Cloud. Nonetheless, the winner was the voluptuous ‘Tanya T’ (sometimes known as Doug) from Tamaru.

Had it not been for the copious amounts

of alcohol de cana and seas of beer and wine consumed, the sight of Doug in his jungle costume was enough to make strong men quiver and brave women faint.

Then ... on Saturday night there was the first truly international cockroach race held against a backdrop of mass confusion and sheer idiocy. Winner in tjqis biggest jewel in the crown of cockroach racing was a handsome three year old roach by the name of El Roacho. The victor was owned and trained

by Jay Ramos of Hay Chihuahua. His winning time was a sensational 5.2 seconds. El Roacho’s victory came at the feet of field of high-quality cockroaches from as far away as Columbia, Maui and Humboldt, California.

The victory celebration was briefly interrupted when Erotica’s Terry demanded a drug test. El Roacho, however, passed his urinalysis test with flying colors.

El Roacho’s owner then declared that the cockroach would soon depart on a triumphant tour of the United States, probably beginning with a visit to the offices of Latitude 38.

Those of us still at Puerto Escondido have now settled back to bask in the reflected glory of the great cockroach and await next year’s La Fiesta de Las Cucarachas.

Incidentally, Alex and I left Newport Beach on February 28, 1985 aboard Con Todo, a Mariner 40. We have been cruising Mexico since, having gone as far south as

The Roach Queens; from the left, Cutie from 'Flying

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‘Tamaru’; Marilyn from ‘Rebecca’.

Acapulco. Our plans for 1986 are to cruise the Caribbean.

— alex hardy & shelia van guilder 9/20/85

Foxy Lady II — Ericson 32 Brian, Jan & Brian Jr. (10) Ahe, Tuamotus (Waikiki YC, Honolulu) After a 25 mile sail from Nuka Hiva, we arrived at Haka Hetau, Ua Pu in the Marquesas. It is by far the most beautiful and majestic island we have ever seen. It covers 30 square miles and has basalt peaks that rise to 4,000 feet.

We were the only boat there. The local people are very friendly and have kept us in lobster, fruit and fresh vegetables. A local farmer/artist by the name of Phillipe sells tomatoes, lettuce, onions, cabbage and eggplant. The local bakery is a wood-fired clay oven in someone’s backyard. The bread is 70 francs for a huge loaf; if tastes great.

Haka Hetau was to be a one night stop for us. It was a week, however, before any of us mentioned anything about continuing on.

We attended a service at the catholic church and heard the widely acclaimed singing.

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The people here are very curious and love to exchange gifts. Clothes of all types, including t-shirts, are very welcome, as are shoes. Earrings are popular with women of all ages and boys, so if you bring some costume jewelry you’ll be able to trade for a variety of things. Many of the local teenagers have attended school in Tahiti and therefore know some English. They love to practice.

Typically the anchorages in the Marquesas are roily. Our last night here, however, was a real gem. We rolled so bad I thought we’d put the spreaders in the water! I’m sure the Pardey’s would have continued varnishing, baking bread on their un-gimballed stove and serving wine, but we were scared s—less!

Our last stop in the Marquesas prior to heading to the Tuamotus was Haka Hou, Ua Pou. The new breakwater makes it an excellent place to stop before jumping off on Tuamotus or Societies. When we arrived there were only four boats, ours the only one from America.

The stores here have an excellent selection of goods, but they are expensive. There is also a bank, post office, international phone capability, a restaurant and lots of fresh fruit. There is also good water here, which is more than can be said for Nuka Hiva.

On August 18 we departed the Marquesas for the Tuamotu Archipelago. We arrived at our first pass after four stormy days and nights, the last two of which we spent trying to slow the boat down.

Our first attempt at a pass in the reef was exciting to say the least, this partly because of reports from Tanaka a South African boat we’d been in radio contact with on the trip down. They were washed back out of the pass by the current, during which time their knotmeter read 6.5 knots. We must have hit the pass at a more propitious time, because even though our knotmeter ony read 5.5 knots we still made it in. I figure our speed over the bottom going through the pass was only about 1.5 knots. Timing is critical for entering these passes; we worked off variations of the Apia tide tables found in Fred Doehme’s cruising guide.

Things just keep getting better! That’s all we could say after stopping at the beautiful atoll of Ahe. The people were friendly and the diving, shelling and fishing were great. page 177

Things have not been that good for Ahe, however. The atoll was heavily damaged two years ago by the El Nino hurricanes.

Before the cyclones there was a population of 180; it’s now down to 40.

While there is a store, the best shopping is to be had when the copra boat pulls in every two to three weeks. The vessel anchors out and opens up a well-equipped shop. It’s not like going to Safeway. While Jan scaled the ladder and then crawled over 55 gallon drums to do the shopping, I circled with the dinghy in rain and chop. I made good use of this rare opportunity to photograph this exJunior Leaguer and docent at Iolani Palace climbing the side of a copra boat with empty fuel cans in her arms. Items sell on the boat for the same price as on shore, and there is a good selection.

There is no water available at Ahe, so a good rain catcher is a must for an extended stay.

After years of planning, one month living aboard in Honolulu, three weeks in passage and two months cruising, I have made the following observations: f^Why did we wait so long? tilt’s good to know a little French. We used Berlitz tapes on our passage. ^ Bring plenty of trading items such as costume jewelry, earrings, t-shirts, balloons and whiskey. ^Bring a Polaroid camera. If you do

El Roacho; after he won they broke his legs and mailed him to ‘Latitude 38’.

you’ll be invited everywhere by the locals who love to have their picture taken. <^Be patient. Islanders move at their own pace! Frankly, it’s a more sensible pace than most Americans are used to.

As we indicated in our last report, our plan is to remain out here as long as it’s fun. We’ll keep you posted.

— brian, jan and brian jr — 9/15/85

Peti Babe — Alberg 35 Richard Pernon Hawaii to S.F. Crossing (Encinal YC, Alameda) I had said that I would never come back to the mainland; I found out that either I am * mellowing or that I speak too soon.

Our trip from French Polynesia to the Ala Wai in Honolulu took 26 days in our Alberg 35. The winds were light with the exception of a storm at 7° N 149° W. During the storm we were under bare poles for 7 hours; for the next 2.5 days were sailed under storm jib alone. The winds were 50 knots and more, but the boat handled it like duck soup. That’s one thing about Peti Babe, she is a seakindly boat.

We spent five weeks in the Ala Wai. With so many friends there it was difficult to get

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any work done on the boat. We were also at the Ala Wai when the TransPac boats arrived, and in fact had a front row spot at the Texaco fuel dock. We visited with fellow Encinal YC member Rodney Holt of Sir Issac, and having an older glass boat ourselves, we were delighted to see Montgomery Street win.

Our trip from Hawaii to San Francisco was a long, restful trip. It took 38 days. We had only eight days in which we did 100 miles or more; the first four out of Hawaii, and days 26, 27, 28 and 29. Our worst days were 25, 30 and 35 miles. We went up 160° W to 45° N before east to get around the high.

Our only problem on the return trip was an old one I thought that I had fixed for good back in Papeete; the shaft backing out of the flange of the transmission. It’s happened three times in the last two and a half years.

Each time I had the boat hauled and pulled the shaft to be checked. Sometimes you

'Peti Babe' at the Ala Wai's Texaco dock, preparing for the passage home.

don’t see what you’re looking at or your head is in the clouds. 1 watched as I had the yards do the work, and now 1 realize that they never pulled the flange or checked the engine for alignment. When you think about it, if the stainless steel shaft wears the flange,

which is just steel, it’s going to wear faster.

Then if the engine is out of alignment . . . oh, forget it.

So 1,400 miles out of Hawaii I was running the engine for the freezer and to charge the batteries when we spotted a glass float. I put the engine in gear and mitored over to the float, put the transmission in reverse and — you guessed it! — the shaft backed out.

Since our rudder post is in the way, the shaft could never come all the w&y out, but it could come out far enough to interfere with the steering. Thank god it had not come out quite that far. To keep it from coming out any farther and interfering with the steering, 1 put some vice grips on the shaft right next to the stuffing box. * As a result, we could still steer and we could run the engine to charge the batteries and freeze the food, but we coulchnot use the engine to propel the boat.

As I said, the trip was restful, and I read 14 books during the crossing. I also got more sleep than on any other passage. Since we had plenty of food, drink and best of company, what more could we ask for? We saw more ships this time due to crossing the shipping routes of San Francisco, Portland and Seattle to the Orient, Hawaii and other points west.

Our plans are to sell Peti Babe, then go to Europe and buy a boat and do the Med. If our boat doesn’t sell, we’ll go to Mexico then on through the South Pacific to finish in New Zealand.

The cruising life is our cup of tea. As to passages — they’re our R&R. We’ve found tnat if you take a little longer the boat doesn’t take such a beating, you’re not standing on your head and it makes for a more enjoyable trip.

After talking to many other boats, we have found that we have had less breakdowns than average. My wife also spends less time in the galley than most. There’s a simple reason for this. Before each, crossing she cooks 25 to 30 meals, puts them in Seal-aMeal bags and freezes them. So at sea it’s just a matter of heating up our meals. If she takes half an hour to prepare a meal, that’s a very long time. We do have a cold plate freezer with a spill over for a refrigerator. It’s powered off the engine and by AC. It sure is nice having ice in your drinks whether out at sea or at anchor.

I have to admit, it’s nice to be back home here in Northern California. But it is a culture shock coming back to all the traffic and noise.

After being in the tropics for two years, I have to say the trip from Hawaii to San Francisco is a cold one. After wearing foul weather gear for three weeks you begin to smell like an inner tube.

We have sailed 5800 miles in the last four months. Three thousand three hundred and twenty one of them from Hawaii to here. All the miles were enjoyable.

— richard perenon 9/1/85

Taleisin of Victoria - Hess 30 Lin & Larry Pardey “Our own Special Island in The Kingdom of Tonga” (Wherever The Boat Is) Surely one of the most maligned ports in the South Pacific is Pago Pago. We’d heard such bad reports about it that we almost sailed right by. Fortunately I needed to page 178

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'Taleisin of Victoria' reaching along near Huahine.

renew my passport, which is why we gritted our teeth and stopped at what all gossip had assured us would be dirty, lawless, unfriendly and ugly Pago Pago. Much to our delight, we were completely unprepared for what we found. < Pago Pago must be one of the safest anchorages we’ve found in the South Pacific, it’s completely land-locked and once you are west of the pier and moored boats has excellent holding ground of sand and mud in seven fathoms.

And once we got ashore we were overwhelmed with hospitality. For' example the local yacht club invites all sailors to come to the Friday night cocktail hour where drinks are only 90 U.S. cents. There we met overseas workers and locals, all of whom encouraged us to sign up for the cruiser race to be held later that week. The race was great, with eleven entries of all sorts trying their best over a 14-mile course. Afterwards there was page 179

a BBQ. All the other local people treated us marvelously as we shopped for stores in excellent markets that had U.S. and New Zealand products at prices only a few cents higher than their mainland counterparts. Actually, after French Polynesia everything seems cheap.

We also found some nice cafes where the meals were of good quality and the prices less than in the States.

Every local wanted to know where we were from and where we were going. The general atmosphere was like that of a small U.S. mining or logging town.

The mostly idle tuna clippers added to the atmosphere of this admittedly commerical harbor, but several skippers made it clear they welcomed visitors. Yachties who come to Pago Pago for repairs are usually surprised to find excellent people to help them.

The tuna fleet is responsible for the availability of good mechanics, welders, instrument repair technicians — there’s even a shop that rewinds electric and starting motors for

sailors.

Several sailors had been able to get jobs here at about stateside wages, especially nurses, teachers and mechanics. However, if you wish to work here, it is best to apply from the States by going to the Samoan overseas offices. That way you can often get higher wages and a contract that gives you special privileges if you promise to work for an entire year.

We found that Samoan Tours — the American Express office — in the Lumana’L Building in Pago Pago is willing to hold mail even if you do not have an American Express card. After you leave, they will forward your mail for a $4 fee.

Of course everything in Pago Pago isn’t all wonderful or those nasty rumors about it would have never gotten started. Make no mistake, this is a cannery town and if the wind is from the wrong direction you’ll constantly be reminded of it by the odor wafting across the anchorage. From time to time their are diesel spills from the tuna clippers; when we left we had to spend an hour with a rag and dishsoap washing our topsides. And the rain can be overwhelming. It rained at least once every day we were there.

The water in the harbor looks terribly dirty because it’s reddish brown. However a local marine biologist said this was caused by a semi-permanent type of red tide. The red tide is apparently caused by warm bacteria filling the water, a result of waste from the tuna canneries. Whatever the cause, it’s not nice for swimming. So in hot, humid weather you have to take a bus a mile or so to find a clean beach outside of town.

Lastly, a few of the waterfront bars have a rough reputation. It’s said to be well-earned as a result of fhe fights between Korean and Samoan fisherman. But then every working port has those kinds of problems.

Our two weeks in Pago were very successful. The immigration office gave me a letter of identification that extends my passport for five years — for only $10! We also bought some special stores, made some nice friends, and left with a very warm impression of the local Samoans.

The islands of Western Samoa were a warm and pleasant treat, with clean and beautiful harbors, and lovely fresh water streams in which to cool off. But then everyone writes the praises of these islands

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We are presently in Tonga and soon expect to see the King complete with crown.

We just wanted to rush this off quickly as a sort of thank you to all those people in Pago Pago who made us feel so welcome: John and Jill, Kelly and Edna, John the Port Captain, Roger and Maureen, and a list that would fill another paragraph.

— lin pardey 9/25/85

Southbound — Fantasia 32 Stephen Brown Moorea, French Polynesia (Santa Cruz) I thought I’d celebrate the first anniversary of my singlehanded cruise to Mexico and the South Pacific by scribbling a (ew lines to Latitude 38.

Although not an ultralight, Southbound was completed from a hull and deck in little over two years at Ron Moore’s boatyard in Soquel. I left Santa Cruz in the summer of 1984 and made various stops along the coast of California. I’d advertised in the Crew List, but by the time it came out I was in San Diego and things were going fine solo. By the way, I had never singlehanded the boat until my day of departure. v I headed south from San Diego immediately after recovering from Pacific Marine Supply’s cruising kick-off party. I had to skip many of northern Baja’s anchorages and sail non-stop to Cedros since Simon, a late-season tropical storm, had kicked up some big swells.

About sunrise one morning I was ghosting along with an early-morning land breeze under a poled out radial head drifter when the C.G. cutter Laurel pulled alongside.

Soon the Avon came alongside and an armed officer and another crewmember boarded. While the vane continued to steer my boat, I offered them some coffee. They declined and proceeded with the all too familar ‘safety check’.

When they asked if I had any “hazardous materials” in the bilge, I had to ask ‘What’s that?’ I also had to plead no comprendo when they asked if I had a “courtesy plaque”. I honestly had never heard of such a thing.

As they left I requested that they radio back a SatNav position for me. “We can’t af-

This little guy couldn’t get a berth at the Crew List Party because he’s not toilet trained. His sister found it amusing.

ford one,” they replied. For that matter neither can I. For a while I tried to calculate the daily cost of operating a 200-ft cutter; then I remembered I was going south and ceased to bother with it.

I had the pleasure of meeting Lin and Larry Pardey on Taleisin in Turtle Bay Later we would have several informal races down the coast of Baja. On the Mag Bay to Cabo leg Larry graciously spotted an hour in consideration that he had Lin to help crew.

Thanks a lot! Taleisin finished the 180-mile slide a good four hours ahead of me. Their boat really sneaks along in light air considering the tons of Lin’s home-canned food aboard.

Lin was very thoughtful, however. Knowing that I would be making the Mexico to Marquesas jump alone, she supplied me with a box of Baja’s finest aphrodisiac tea.

For my reading pleasure, Larry supplied me with a slightly used copy of Brothel’s of Nevada, “the saga of a mining town prostitute”. A year later I’ve still not been able to swap that one.

While in Cabo Peter Sutter on Wild Spirit graciously invited me to share their Thanksgiving dinner — after his wife Annie got a positive response to her “There’s only one of you, right?” question. It was a great dinner as one of their guests had that very day hand-carried a stuffed California turkey

down on the plane.

Next on my itinerary was La Paz for the holidays. Taking a Latitude 38 recommendation, I spent a night at ‘the singlehander’s retreat’, El Ferry Mi Ranchita. It was gaily decorated for the occasion with a brightly illuminated tree in the courtyard.

Early in 1985 I rode a northeast gale over to Mazatlan, easily the dirtiest harbor on mainland Mexico. Isla Isabella was a photographic paradise, although I know of at least one boat that had to leave quickly because of southerly weather. San Bias is very quaint, but it’s also the bug capital of Mexico. Puerto Vallarta has tourists like San Bias has no-no’s. Other anchorages in Banderas Bay were nice; Huanacaxtale, Punta de Mita to name two.

I pulled into Tenacatita Bay the day after Stone Witch sank at the western tip. While at Phil’s Restaurant in Melaque I suggested they name the submerged pinnacle Roca Stone Witch, not knowing her owner, Alan Olsen, was sitting at the next table. Sorry Alan. Subsequently I sailed around that point a number of times, but I never saw it break. Other cruisers have. Beware everyone, it’s 15 feet deep all around the rock!

After a delightful stay in the Las Hadas anchorage at Manzanillo, I headed across to the Marquesas. As I sailed I reflected that during my five-month sojourn down the Mexican coast I had almost 100 percent positive encounters with the officials and the people. The fact that immigracion is always on the opposite side of town from the capitano del puerto only gives one the opportunity to know the place a little better. I only had two small things stolen, both of which I had left in my unattended dinghy.

Two hundred and fifty miles out I had trouble with my windvane and had to return to Mexico. When I asked the Manzanillo officials to clear me back into the country they ' said, no problemo. Then they asked, “Why did you want to leave in the first place?”

An overnight bus ride to Guadalajara got me to a place that sold the necessary stainless steelshaft for my auxiliary vane rudder. Then an excellent machine shop in Manzanillo turned and welded up a new rudder post for me in just a day’s time. Soon Southbound was retracing her steps on a 220° course to the South Pacific. I’ll tell you page 180

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about it next month — Stephen brown 9/10/85

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TYPE SKIPPER, CREW HOME BASE BEST. & DEPT. Unruley Olson 40 Ray Krummen Los Gatos South 12-85 Osprey 26-ft cutter Gordon & Annie Mexico 2-86 Shearwater 36-ft sloop Lyman & Jeanne South 12-85 Bella Donna Baba 35 Robert Morey Minn.

Mexico 9-30 Julie Ann 1936 PIC Steve Knutson Sausalito Mexico 10-85 Aegaeon Caulkins 40 Kruckenbergs Portland Mexico 2-86 Magic Cloud Islander 36 Gles Middleton B.C. Marquesas Hale Lana Tayana 37 Bob & Norma Leach Anchorage South 10-85 Windy Tayana 42 Warren & Dee Glaze Mexico 10-85 Sugar Blues / Trimaran Derek Sores South Perkee II Pearson 42 Don Perkins San Jose South Marama Bollard 56 Paul & Jenny PemingtonSydney, Aust.

South (N/A) H. Christian 38 Wendell Williams Walnut Creek Mexico Gone Troppo 34-ft Cat Rod & Very Waterhouse — Mexico 10-85 Silverwind Custom Dave & Debbie Morley Mexico 1-86 Naomi Tayana 37 PH Glen & Gloria Worstell Santa Rosa Mexico 1-86 Korora Ketch Tom Page San Francisco Mexico 1-86 Essence Searunner 34 G. Shilling, L. McDaniel Sea of Cortez 11-85 Free Child Baba 30 Robert & Yvonne Davies Sausalito Mexico 11-85 Wavesweeper Reliance 37 Anne & Byron Stewart — Mexico, Panama, Europe Moondrift 40-ft schooner Lynne Robertson Europe Bear Cub 33-ft Spray . Paul Weich Mexico Arikaree Nor’Sea 27 Russ Darr Denver Mexico Picaroon Santana 35 Dave Reed Mill Valley Baja 10-85 Zeus MacGregor 65 Ben Choate Mexico Hoki Brandiymr 41 Tom Morking Vancouver Mexico Odin IV C&C 35 Bruce McDonald Victoria B.C. Mexico Albin 30 Donatas (N/A) Alaska Mexico 10-85 Spacibo 35-ft ketch Dr. Brio France South America Prism 41 -ft cutter S. Seagull, D. Gilson Washington Hawaii Taranui II Van de Stadt A. & M. Noonyen Mexico Lapworth 54 Nalu II Jerry & Susan Oyster Point Mexico & on Taeping Clark 39 M. & J. Ferdinando B.C. Mexico Entity 49-ft Gordon Veneable Mexico & Alaska Toucan II Jim White Mexico 10-85 Freeport 41 San Francisco Mexico 11-85 White Storm Young Sun 35 Lee & Beryl Richardson Alberta Downeast 38 Bob Fleming Med 85-86 Pacific High Santa Cruz La Paz Solitude Crabtree & Anderson Wyoming Panda 38 Mexico 10-85 46-ft ketch Dave Wilson Oyster Cove Aura Dana deGroat Baja Spencer 44 Port Townsend Larki Mexico 11-85 43-ft ketch Daniel Estrada Newport, OR Spirit Mexico Companion Cape Carib 33 Jeff Halt & Mary Smith Everett Mexico Chuck & Lucky Conrad Olympia Spencer 42 Moonlite — Mexico Harriet & Tiber Taller 35-ft Cat Baja Mexico 11-85 Dick Galvin Victoria Ericson 32 Lara Mexico D.C. & Gail Hill Tulsa, OK C&L36 Silverheels Mexico Jim Marco Richmond Intention Crealock 37 South Don Hart Santa Cruz Golden Sun Whitby 42 South soon Santa Rosa E. Vogel Panda 34 Cingar Sausalito Mexico Jerry Czember Tobermory Rhodes 44 Alaska Mexico 11-85 P., P. & S. Strong , Chinook Wind Brewer 43 —

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John Skoriak Porte de Sete, France (Sausalito) I’m in France now, in the midst of delivering a sailboat from England to Gibralter. We left the southern coast of England at Poole (adjacent to Southampton and the Isle of Wight) on September 7 and sailed across the English Channel to Le Havre, France. There we un-stepped the mast and prepared the boat for the long journey through the rivers and canals of France. We ascended the Seine (down geographically) to Paris in about five days, with delays caused by mechanical problems as well as barges barricading the river against thru traffic as a strike manuever against the government. In all, there were four times that the barricades plagued us before we actually entered the canal system a little bit south of Paris.

We did spend a few days moored in the center of Paris. Then we took the Seine River down to the village of St. Mamrnes where the canal system began. This first canal, called the Bourbonnais Route, runs through the heart of the French Burgundy region and we passed through some lovely vineyard and wine-growing regions.

After about two weeks of this — and 167 small manually operated locks at which we had to help the lock-keeper, we entered the Saone River. We descended down it to Lyon, a fascinating place to enter by water.

At Lyon we met the Rhone River and went down to the ancient city of Arles, where we picked up the Canal du Sete. This was a two-day journey in which we passed through medieval castles built for the Crusades as well as through the famous wild swamps of Southern France known as the Camargue region. The area is noted for the fact that wild horses roam freely almost everywhere.

Presently we at at the Mediterranean port of Cap d’Agde, where we are recommissioning the boat so that we may sail down to the Spanish coast of the Med to Gibralter. We hope to arrive there by November 1.

Travelling through the rivers and canals of France was fascinating — and at some of the locks, physically exhausting. I found that speaking French, as I do, was a tremendous asset, especially since most of the trip was through rural areas. Having a 100-ton license also proved to be a bit of an advantage at several crucial points.

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The terrific exchange rate on the dollar enabled us to buy good — at least decent — wine at 50-70 francs a liter. Bread, cheese and vegetables were also very reasonable, particularly when we bought the vegetables and eggs from country lock-keepers.

I would highly recommend this trip to anyone seeking an interesting route from Northern Europe to the Med. It took us approximately 3.5 weeks with several delays.

Aside from the food, the only expense was diesel fuel, which is reasonably priced.

For the record, the boat I’m delivering is a 32-ft Westerly Renown, an English boat that is built to Lloyd’s specs. The owner, who has not been present on this stage of the trip, is Edward Carmichael of Palo Alto. The boat is reasonably comfortable and equipped, but

The 'Inland Passage' from England, through Paris, to the Med.

does not have enough water or fuel capacity.

Neither commodity, incidentally, is readily available along the rivers and canals. The normal facilities as we know them are very rare and in fact non-existent on the Rhone

and along the canals. During the 1,400 kilometers we covered from Le Havre to Sete on the Med, we were only able to get fuel at dockside twice! You have to have a self-sufficient boat or carry a lot of jury jugs.

We’ve found that most guides and charts are not up to date — when available at all.

As such we’d be delighted to field any questions by Latitude 38 readers considering a similar trip. Send the questions to the magazine.

— john skoriak 10/7/85

Seeadler — Cascade 42 Harry & Curt Braun .

Pago Pago, American Samoa (Encinal YC, Alameda) Harry and Curt sent a very long letter to their friends, most of which we can only summarize.

Their second time to Tahiti in recent years, the two report they’ve become inured to topless bathing customs but not the anchoring habits of the French yachtsmen. “They must all read the same ‘How to Anchor’ book, for they all drag their anchors all over the place at full speed, reverse or forward, and with complete disregard for any mooring lines or ground tackfe that might be in their way”. Their favorite story is of one French boat that kept trying to get their anchor to hold with no success. The problem was the skipper did not realize his anchor had come off and that he was trying to set a couple of links of chain.

One of Seeadler’s missions on this trip was to deliver cargo to the U.C. Berkeley Biological Research Station in Moorea. Having done this they were given the red carpet treatment, which meant being able to tie up at a dock with water, ice, showers, washing machines and transportation. Unfortunately some nearby coral heads made the tie-up a risky proposition and the Braun’s took their boat further up Cook’s Bay to the Bali Hai Club where they got a good mooring.

They expected a relatively nice trip to their next stop, Raiatea, but ending up having the worst weather of their trip. Having grown accustomed to the soft shore life at Moorea, it was a painful transition. The only good thing was that they arrived off the island right at dawn and were tied up at a marina just two hours later.

This was followed by a pleasant stay at Bora Bora’s Hotel Oa Oa and and a subsequent departure for Mophelia. Visiting this latter island has been a lifelong dream of Harry’s, his goal being to visit this site where the original Seeadler had gone aground in 1917. Unfortunately the weather around Mophelia when they arrived on August 20 was terrible due to a big storm in the Cook Islands. So after two attempts to enter the pass in the face of 6 knot current, Harry and Curt took a distant look at the old wreck and the more recent wreck of a Korean trawler, and then reluctantly headed off to the 1100-mile distant Samoa. It had been the briefest of visits, but with no anchorage outside the pass or lee shore, they had no choice.

Discretion proved to be better than valor, for shortly after making the decision a gear shift lever in the engine room broke and prevented the engine from going into full ahead or reverse — which meant it would have been curtains entering or leaving the pass in the reef. As it was Seeadler was very rapidly blown all the way to Samoa at near hull speed with just a storm jib or a lapper.

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work as a galley girl. What a difference there is cooking in a galley with stand up refrigerators, freezers, microwaves, two ovens grills, etc. after cooking in Gull’s small galley for seven years.

John and I are both going over to Hawaii in November to help a friend repair the damage suffered when his boat was rammed in the Ala Wai yacht harbor two months ago.

In December we’ll return to Oxnard and put Gull up for sail, longingly watching all the cruisers pass through on their way south to Mexico. Happy cruising to all you folks headed out this season!

— john & debbie dye 10/10/85

they never bothered with the main.

Normally yachts on their way from French Polynesia to Samoa stop in the Cook Islands. Harry reports that this is no longer the case now that Rarotonga has been closed to yachts.

Actually both the Brauns found Pago Pago very much to their liking. They had an easy time with the friendly officials, they met old friends, and “discovered a different world in which telephone calls are 10 cents, the bus is 25 cents and -a dinner at the yacht club is only $1. With half the world’s tun? fleet out of business and anchored in the harbor, it’s become the ideal place to have all the repairs made for the potentially rough passage to New Zealand.

Harry reports that the Honda generator has been an extremely useful piece of equipment, giving them the 110V power necessary to operate power tools for lepairs.

The least favorite item has been the 2 hp Johnson outboard. According to Harry, cruisers all over the South Pacific have found that the little engine’s ignition system is poorly designed and thus “eats J6J plugs like crazy”.

— excerpts from letter of 9/85 page 183

Bo Hudson and his wife recently sailed south on their Freya, ‘Lionwing’.

Flying Gull — Hartley 30 John & Debbie Dye Gull Home from the Islands (Oxnard) Flying Gull just arrived back in Oxnard after a horrible 40-day crossing from Hawaii.

Bob Simms and Bob Pitchford, two old-time cruisers, delivered her home to us.

During the trip they experienced 60-70 mile per hour winds accompanied by 22-30 foot seas for two full days. Then for the next two weeks they never had wind less than 40 miles per hour. Evidently they were caught in a 700-mile long tropical convection caused by hurricane Ricki. They were also met by the aftermath of hurricane Terry.

September, it seems, was not a good month to make the crossing back to the mainland.

Fortunately the Gull and the boys made it back in fine shape. We are now hard at work making the boat pretty again after three years of the cruising life.

During the last year John and I helped finish Vision, a 90-ft dive boat that operates out of Santa Barbara. Occasionally I do relief

Cruise Notes: Peninsula-based Gary Hoover dropped us a card from Apia, Western Samoa. He’s in the process of delivering Blast Furnace a Laurie Davidson designed racing machine, back to New Zealand. The boat sailed in the 1984 Clipper Cup and was later brought to San Francisco for the purpose of being sold.

No buyer was found, thus it is being returned to Kiwiland.

Hoover, one of the few Northern Californians who has raced around Cape Horn, wrote as follows: “The three Kiwi crew and I arrived here on September 11, fourteen sailing days out of Kona, Hawaii. We made a four-day stop at Fanning Island — a great place! The sailing has been good all the way from Kona, with only one tack and lots of spinnaker reaching — yee ha!!!! Apia is a fine place to stop. We’ve made many friends already, although we must leave on Tuesday for Auckland. Lin and Larry Pardey of Taleisin send their best.”

Incidentally, Hoover has written a fine article on converting a racer/cruiser to a long distance cruising boat. We hope to run it in the next issue.

Another Northern Californian helping on a South Pacific delivery is Chuck Warren.

On his postcard he wrote, “Pago Pago — pronounced ‘Pango Pango’ — is rainy, grey and dirty; it reminds me of Ensenada. The holding ground is bad, especially for CQR’s.

But the people make up for it all. I have to start back to Hawaii soon on my own boat, but I want to come back and spend more time here, even if it means anchoring in Pago Pago harbor.”

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Chuck’s own boat is the Farr # 30, Antipodiste. He left it in French Polynesia while he did the delivery job.

Also in Pago Pago is Glen Alborn on Harinui. While he figures out what to do next, he’d like to “thank all my friends in California yachting circles who made my extensive stay on the west coast such a good one”. He’ll either try and get work in Pago or find a safe place to spend hurricane season.

We’ve also heard word that West Marine Product’s Santa Cruz 40, Promotion, will be heading south to Mexico again come the first of the year. The boat’s expected to be based at the marina at Las Hadas, giving the West Marine employees a great chance to fly down and become intimate with the products they sell. Nice fringe benefit, eh? Why not see if your employer will set up a similar program.

Pacific Marine Supply of San Diego was the first organization on the west coast to hold a fall Cruising Kick-Off Party for all the boats headed south. Their’s was and is held on the last Saturday in October. We at Latitude 38 shamelessly copied the idea and have held our cruising kick-off party on the last Thursday of September.

This year a third cruising kick-off party has sprung up in California. The latest one is sponsored by Sara’s Marine Salvage of Newport Beach, which is owned by Jim Hicks and Lynn McDonald. About 200 people, most of them cruisers, showed up at the store mid-October to meet each other and down chili dogs and beer — presumably the last junk food most of the crowd would be eating for a while. People were there from all

The hotels of Ixtapa; the bigger they are the harder they fall. y

over the world — and would be going all over the world.

One of the more unusual itineraries was announced by Don Homan and Gail Carpenter on the Tayana 37 pilothouse, Gone With Wind. Their plan is to sail to Florida where they will meet two canoeists and then accompany them to Venezuela, Buenos Aires and around Cape Horn. May Providence be with them on this most horrible-sounding endeavor.

Sara’s Marine Salvage intends to make their cruising kick-off party an annual event, to be held each year in the middle of October. That Way, they figure, cruisers can hit all three kick-off parties on the coast without a scheduling conflict. Now, when is the party going to be announced for the Pacific Northwest?

We should also mention that there was a big Cruising Kick-Off Party and Hurricane Survivors Bash in La Paz on October 12.

Apparently this was a joint effort on the part of Bill Robertson’s Tevake and Jeannie of Munchkinland. It’s also intended to be an annual event.

Looking to lose a little weight? Cruising’s just the thing. Wild Spirit’s Peter Sutter is said to have lost 18 pounds on the Mexico to Marquesas crossing earlier this year, and never regained it in French Polynesia. His old friends think he looks a little lean and are intent on fattening him up while he spends the South Pacific hurricane season back here in Northern California.

Shortly after last month’s strong earthquake damaged Mexico City, there were reports that a number of large fishing and merchant ships had been lost. These same reports said seas had been up to 65 feet high off Acapulco. Little has been said about it since.

We were more than a little skeptical about the reports, and so, apparently, was the Coast Guard. But they finally sent a plane down and circled the waters for 12 hours. As we understand it, there was no trace that any such thing had happened, or that there had been any problem.

To the best of our knowledge, the only serious damage to the coast of Mexico was at the high rise resort town of Ixtapa, about 150 miles north of Acapulco. There are seven modern high-rises on the beach at Ixtapa, at least one of which still had sections closed from the damaged caused by the 1978 quake. It’s our understanding that three of' the seven hotels at Ixtapa were extensively damaged — although we can’t say this with certainty. We’re unaware of any damage at Zihuatanejo, the little village five miles to the south that is such a favorite with cruisers.

If anyone has any details on earthquake damage to coastal towns, we’d appreciate hearing about it.

We just received an anonymous news flash from Tonga, which reports that the first annual Neiafu Snafu cruising sailboat race was conducted on October 5. Fourteen boats from all over the world competed, each one ponying up the entrance fee of two cans of beer. The race was organized with a reverse handicap start, which means the slower boats started first and the faster ones later. The course began in front of Neiafu Village, kept Kapa island and all the reefs at the south end of Kapa island to port, and finished at Lisa beach on Mala island. The time limit was seven hours and spinnakers were not allowed.

First place was won by Calypte, a Swan 44 from an unspecified port in the United States. Kurt Braun’s Seeadler, a Spencer 42 from Alameda, was second. Lin and Larry Pardey’s Hess 30, Taleisin of Canada was third. Much more of this and the Pardey’s will be trading up to an Santa Cruz 50.

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Experienced owner/skipper and first mate (Cordon Bleu chef), both with international racing, cruising backgrounds to provide for your comfort and safety. Departing Texas early December for Yucatan, exploring Bay Islands. Stopping Jamaica end January on route to cruising grounds of Windward Islands. Contact Jill at (408) 425-5211 for information and bookings.

SANTA CRUZ 27 79 National champ. No. 105. $18,500.

Peter, days 546-1384; nights 653-3366.

OUINTESSENCE Allied “Princess” 36. 1977 model. She’s a roomy (great liveaboard), full-keeled ketch. Call for a list of equipment.

(415) 591-4879 eves.

CATALINA 30 All the stuff for sailaway.

Look at this price: $27,500. v (415) 948-7865.

VIKING — SANTANA 525 Custom rigged for racing. Exc. cond. New Pineapple sails, VHF, km, compass, am-fm, Evinrude 4.5. Custom interior. Lots of extras. Successful racer — fun weekend cruiser. $14,500/O.B.O. H: (415) 368-7232; B: (408) 735-3827 Matt.

WANTED E0UIPMENT Wind generator (high capacity). 45-lb CQR plough anchor, Bo’suns chair. Charts; Yucatan peninsula & Bay Islands.

Generator: 2 kilowatt 110 belt-driven. Anchor, windlass.

Phone Tom (408) 425-3723.

J/24 One of the biggest Bay Area one-design YRA classes. Race rigged, new sails. Price reduced to $10,500.

(415) 332-4104 days.

CREW POSITION WANTED Female, 32, sail exp., SCUBA cert., enthusiastic, non-smoker, great cook, seeks passage from Yucatan to West Indies begin.

March ’86. Share some expenses, work & fun!

Mary (408) 375-5752 until mid-Jan. ’86.

CHEOY LEE OFFSHORE •*( — BEST ON BAY Radar, VHF & SSB radios, Loran-C, autopilot, stereo system, 40-105 amp hour batteries, 3-banks Mariner automatic battery charger, freezer & refrigerator, complete spinnaker gear, Hood roller furling, Monitor self-steering, 3/8” Lexan on all hatch covers, Avon dinghy, Seagull motor & Zodiac liferaft, plus much, much more! Downwind equipment & Barient self-tailing winches make her easy to handle. She sails equally great on the Bay and in blue water. You’ll be surprised at the many pages of equipment, much of it has never been used. Nearly $30,000 was spent this year alone! This ketch has everything to take you anywhere or to just liveaboard. Would also consider partnership and financing.

(415)661-7257.

30-FT RANGER A Gary Mull designed sloop. 7 sails including spinnaker. Universal diesel, Signet cockpit gauges, wheel, radio, depthsounder, sleeps 6. Very nice teak interior. Asking $33K. Hans (916) 753-6121.

ERICSON 27 $18,750.

Must see to appreciate.

Jib, genoa, km, ds, Atomic 4, tiller, VHF and more.

589-2474; 728-3552.

C&C 40 — CRUISE IN STYLE Fantastic performance/cruise.r, loaded, 7 North sails, 12 winches incl. Barient 32’s 3-spd., Navtec rod, Signet electronics, new int. cushions, refrig. 160K value. Asking $105,000. Will send photos.

Will or Dave: 521-1930 w, 923-1403 h.

ISLANDER 30 MKII Pristine racer/cruiser. Spinnaker, 110,130,150,6 winches aft, radio, depth, speed, tape deck, speakers. New cockpit cushions, Delta awning, Electra-san. Superb design, truly comfortable in all conditions. $29,500.

Call Dale (415) 376-5100.

TRADITIONAL SHIPWRIGHT SINCE 1950

WINTER STORMS ARE COMING

Major restoration & repairs in wood. Interior fine works, Oacum & cotton caulking.

Professionally done by me. All works guaranteed.

Just name it and I’ll fix it. Lift available to yard.

Pelly (415) 483-8435.

Time to check your dock lines.

1 have high quality 3-strand and braided nylon. 1 will custom make dock lines for you.

Low prices.

Call (415) 881-0546.

NO MORE NOISY GENERATORS! Solar electric battery chargers provide quiet constant charge for your boat electric system.

30-watt panel priced under $400.

PHOTOELECTRIC, Energy Products Co. P.O. Box 907, Glen Ellen, CA 95442. (707) 935-0287.

MARITIME ATTORNEY Resolution of Construction, Repair, Collision and Lien Disputes for surveyors, owners and builders for over 20 years.

Over thirty-six years of Bay racing and cruising!

William E. Vaughan, Esq. 17 Embarcadero Cove, Oakland 532-1786

INFLATABLE BOATS

ROBERTS SPRAY 36 (STEEL)

1985 models year-end close out sale.

Nationally advertised Brand Name.

9’10": $449.

11’6": $649.

Call (408) 476-4725, Mr. Martin.

Constructed as a bare hull kit. Owner lost interest in yachting. Includes 33 hp Vetus diesel, Bronze porilight package, Wench package, deck hardware, sandblasted, metallized and epoxy primed. 38K+ invested. Asking 28K. SIERRA YACHTWORKS. (415) 684-0202, leave message. page 186

AQUARIUS 21/TRAILER — $3,500 Sleeps 4, head, galley, CB, stereo. Shallow 12" draft with swingkeel up for easy launching and beaching. A great family boat for the Bay. 488-9273.

CATALINA 25 Exc. cond. Fixed keel, full sails, fathometer, compass, km, cockpit comforts, pop-top. Full safety equipment. Well maintained Honda 7.5 o.b./alternator. Sleeps 5, galley, stove, head. $14,750. Larry (415) 954-2635 days; (415) 592-7618 eves.

“ELMER FUDD” Purchase of a larger boat forces the sale of our beloved Fudd.

This stiff, professionally maintained 1971 Islander 30 MKII has won the YRA one-design championship (A&B divisions), all Islander-regatta, many midwinters and has cruised us from Santa Cruz to the Delta in complete safety and comfort. If you are thinking of spending around $30,000, you owe it to yourself and your family to getfi/dd’s 6-page list of cruising, racing and safety gear.

Days 772-0421; nights 339-2694.

CATALINA 22 Complete with trailer. Swing keel, 4 hp Evinrude engine.

Lifelines, bow pulpit, forward and stern vents. Vinyl cushions throughout. Dinette. Lots of storage space. Leaving area. $4,900.

Call (415) 728-3521 evenings.

HUNTER 30 BRISTOL 1977 sailboat, jiffy reefing, club jib, cabin top main sheet traveler, TW lifeline gates, painted mast, S/S boarding ladder, diesel engine. Will trade for smaller boat as part payment. $25,000 firm.

(916) 486-0589; (916) 484-0232.

RANGER 23,1974 Excellent cond—clean. North sails, Lewmar racing gear, SignetRitchie elect. Haul 10/84, bottom stripped/repainted. Wiring o.h.

6 hp Evinrude, extras, if you know R23’s you'll love this one. $12,500.

Steve (415) 592-7550 (w); (415) 366-9343 (h).

COLUMBIA SABRE 32'. Many extras. Honda 7% hp o.b. Berkeley berth. $8,250.

(415) 284-7730 evenings; (415) 283-8111 days.

O’DAY 25 Fast fixed keel Bay boat rigged for enjoyable day & weekend sailing in any weather. List of improvements & extras includes 9.9 o.b. w/elec. start & i.b. Ctls., km, ds, Autohelm, main & jib w/double Jiffy Reef, 150 genoa. $16,500. (408) 269-4434 eves.

LIFE RAFT Avon 8-person liferaft in valise. Unused (model MS4H).

Replacement cost: $2,900. Asking: $1,850.

Bart 548-3730 days; 428-0395 eves.

NEWEST, PRETTIEST WESTSAIL 32 ON THE BAY Factory finished in November 1979. 5 Tanbark sails, Combi electronics, Barients, teak decks, hot/cold water pressure, 3 cyl.

Volvo (185 hrs), EPIRB, all Channels VHF, 6 man Avon. $78K invested. Asking $58K. (916) 673-3599.

COLUMBIA 26 MKII Very comfortable Bay cruiser/racer. Recent haul and survey.

Good condition. Fully equipped with many extras. $10,400.

Bob (4; 5) 876-1688; eves. 887-8839.

SUGAR — 1957 FOLKBOAT 25-FT In good condition, for sale at only $6,000. Ready to sail, full canvas boat cover, 7 hp Evinrude outboard engine. Located in Monterey Marina. Owner will help in relocating boat to San Francisco.

Call Kelly Morgan (408) 375-2002.

NOR-SEA 27 Green hull, aft cabin, dodger, monitor windvane, Tillermaster, insulated hull, VHF, fatho, 4 anchors, 250’ chain, dsl, fully galley, all required safety equipment, maint. records, excellent condition for cruising or liveaboard. $37,000.

(415) 871 -9286.

EXPRESS 27 Sailed one season. Hull no. 61, excellent condition. Incl: full compliment of Larsen sails, MOB gear, 2 Plastimo compasses, Signet km, 4 hp Evinrude o.b., anchor package & Trailrite trailer.

Will consider reasonable offer or lease/option. (415) 593-4339.

SAIL ANYWHERE! 1972 Balboa 26 on trailer has sailed Mexican, Canadian, Gulf Coast, and Norfolk to Key West waters. Now for sale with full equipment including VHF, new Johnson outboard & many extras. Top condition. $10,950/offer.

(415) 493-4619.

m ACE OF CUPS Ridiculously fast. Twice 2nd in NA’s. Top ten in Worlds. Truly race ready. Faired hull, keel and rudder. Brand new mast & rigging. Two suits sails. Tandem axle trailer. $16,000.

Mickey 526-4555.

DUTCH CRAFT 23 Fiberglass sloop wanted (Florida built ?) or any information where one can be found. (707) 263-5726 days; (707) 263-6019 evenings and weekends. Ask for ‘Swede’.

CATALINA 27 1981 i.b. diesel, dinette cabin with port center 2-burner LPG stove, 3 sails, compass, VHF, km & sounder. Blue hull trim, very clean boat. In Alameda slip.

Contact Ron: home (916) 392-0425; work (415) 635-3500. ’81 TAYANA 37 P.H. $79,500. Bristdf conattlonreftitse equipped. Replacement cost over $100,000. Leaving for Mexico if not sold by mid-November.

Call for equipment list and information.

(707) 538-8311.

BRISTOL 29.9 1979, one owner, beautifully maintained, great ocean/bay cruiser, diesel, radio, knotmeter, depthsounder, main, jib, flasher w/sock, dodger, much more. Haul out & survey 7/85. $45,000.

Don: (415) 772-1532 days.

PETERSON 30 IOR 21.5 Winner 1974 1/2-Ton Worlds. 16 sails by North & Sobstad, 8 Barients, new micron bottom. Valid 1985 IOR certificate. Fully equipped for Class 1 ocean racing inc. liferaft. $20K/O.B.O. (707) 431-7299 eves.

GEAR FOR SALE OR TRADE 6-man Toyo liferaft (softpack), good condition: $350 or trade for light air drifter, 36' boat. 10 Solar distallation kits, never opened, excellent condition: $20 each. Wanted, manual self-steering, drifter, for 36' boat.

(916) 372-0260.

22-FT CATALINA WITH TRAILER Excellent condition, swing keel, lifelines, 6 hp, galley, lots of extras. $5,000 or best offer.

Call 930-8689 evenings.

BIRD BOAT 30-ft classic wood sloop in nice shape. Built in 1924 & nearly totally reconstructed. A former season champion in active racing class. Asking $5,900 and will consider terms and trades.

Eves, and weekends: (415) 456-2706.

EXPRESS 27 Fresh-water boat new in the area. Tandem trailer w/extendable tongue. All Kevlar sheets. North Mylar 155, Larsen Mylar 130, North main. Loran, RDF, digital compass, stereo cassette, motor.

Bart 548-3730 days; 428-0395 eves.

Asking $27,000.

COLUMBIA 26 MKII —NITRA Emeryville berth, recent hull paint beige w/burgundy stripe, recaulked keel, recent bottom paint & survey, new lazarettes, Johnson 7'k excellent condition, inflatable dinghy. $9,000 or trade for real property.

826-0527.

24-FT COLUMBIA CHALLENGER Outstanding condition. New white LPU hull, standing rigging and ■ windows. Excellent running Johnson 6 hp. Head, galley, stove. 2 mains, 3 jibs, % oz. spinnaker. Too much gear to list. Priced to sell at $4,500.

(415)846-3536.

CUSTOM BUILT 40-FT CRUISING KETCH Center cockpit, aft cabin, fiberglass, all wood interior. Lehman Ford diesel, VHF, depthsounder, autopilot, refer/freezer. Butane oven/stove, windlass, many extras. $98,900.

(916) 447-0406.

O’OAY 22 Excellent condition, well built sloop. New Forespar mast, Johnson 6 hp o.b. Sleeps 4. Good Delta & Bay cruiser, fixed minikeel, blue deck, white hull, stainless steel bow pulpit. Single axle trailer. $6,500.

Call (916) 372-0260 days.

TWO SPRUCE MASTS 51-ft and 36-ft, box construction, at a very reasonable price.

Contact Eric Borchers P.0. Box 52031, Pacific Grove, CA 93950.

CHEOY LEE OFFSHORE 27 Fine small cruiser in excellent condition throughout. F/G hull, teak over F/G cabin and deck, white aluminum spars, Volvo diesel, 6 sails. Traditional beauty on deck and below. $21,500.

383-1543.

WET BOTTOM CHARTERS Come let us spoil you aboard our Ericson Independence 31 for a day sail on San Francisco Bay with crew. A great gift idea!

Randy & Darlene Giovannoni. (209) 226-0310.

ISN’T IT TIME YOU LEARNED To fix your own engine problems!

Hands on, theory, debugging.

(415)934-6159

SAILING CLUB SEEKING SKIPPER/BOAT OWNERS If you have a boat 25-ft and larger, and want to carry paid passengers for social Bay sailing events for fun, income, tax deductions, call (408) 738-8412.

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30-FT MOD HERRESCHOFF KETCH ARONJA Completely refurb. after 2 yrs cruising Mexico. New dsl. prop & shaft, new elect., dodger, mast steps, LP hull & new paint inside & out, extensive ground tackle & custom int., ready to cruise.

Must see. Gd liveaboard. $28,500 O.B.O? (805) 984-0865.

STEEL CUTTER 32.6 overall, 30-ft on deck, 10-ft beam, 4.6 draft. Windows, hatches, bow & stern rails, deck fittings, furniture & bulk head framing. Epoxy painted, place to work & possible liveaboard berth. Call John (415),364-9422. $12,000/offer.

Sanding, vanishing, painting, general maintenance, minor engine repairs and servicing. Gas or diesel.

Master Mariner, 20 years experience, references Free estimates Call: Clark Arquette — 525-S087

NEED A S.F. BERTH FOR WINTER SERIES? S.F. Marina Green berth for boats up to 26-ft. Free and available parking, close to shopping, city activities. Available immediately 'till March 1,1986.

Call (408) 738-8412.

MARINE ENGINE SURVEYING Power and sail; two year repair outlook: oil analysis computer comparison. (415)934-61 by.

CREW AVAILABLE PEARSON TRITON 29-ft full keel sloop. This late model east coast Triton is in bristol cond. w/many extras & modifications. She also comes with a S.F. Marina berth. $19,500 O.B.O. Call 922-8671 or 753-1142.

CLASSIC CHRIS CRAFT—FOR SALE BY OWNER 34-ft cabin cruiser, twin V8's recently overhauled. Built 1948.

Basically restored. Ideal Delta or river boat. Priced for quick sale.

Owner must move to Arizona. Santa Cruz slip.

Call collect (602) 827-8243 evenings.

Aust., male 6’1”, 28, healthy, grad., mech. skills, speaks German, Greek. Sailed Caribbean, Med., Eastern Australian Seaboard. Asset in heavy weather or good times. Seeks yacht heading SW dir. from U.S. Jan. ’86 on.

Mark (415) 928-0824.

C&C 30 Fast cruiser/racer with new main and 150 genoa for midwinters.

Very roomy cruising accommodations. Incredibly well built to C&C’s high standards. Polyurethane paint on mast and topsides.

Seven sails including spinnaker. Eight Barients. Autohelm. 1974 boat. Five years in fresh water. Sausalito berth. Replacement value in excess of $50,000. Priced at $31,500.

(415) 331-6331 days, 332-3969 eves. Ask for Bob.

DREADNAUGHT 32 FOR $29,999 90% complete new, 4 cyl. Westerbeke diesel, stove, icebox, pressure water, mast & boom complete w/rigging, sails (5 bags), mech. windlass, CQR anchor, winches, VHF, RHF. (707) 545-4955 days; 575-0536 nights.

SANTANA 35

31-KETCH

New 15 hp Volvo, 11 sails, speedo, depth, w.indpoint, windspeed, VHF, fm/cassette. $44,000. Will deliver. (714) 494-1530. Large functional interior, port and starboard quarter berths. Consider cruising a performance boat.

Fiberglass hull, liveaboard w/6’6” headroom, new gear and elec., owner presently living aboard in Redwood City, boat is in 'good cond. Asking $34,500/B.0.

Call Doug: (415) 856-7020 days; (408) 379-3092 nights.

CHEOY LEE FRISCO FLYER 26’ well maintained, recent haul-out & survey. F/G hull, teak decks, stainless rigging, Atomic 4 eng, sleeps 4,2-burner stove, 25 gal water, ds, bow pulpit & full canvas cover. $15,000 or best offer.

(707)887-1906.

24-FT WOOD SLOOP Excellent sailer, very fast, sleeps 2. $2,500 or possible trade for van.

(415) 332-5478.

LEARN SAILING Navigation, etc. on 56’ ketch leaving Nov. 30 for Costa Rica via Mexico. We have lots of amenities/electronics & are veterans of a 6-year Pacific cruise. No experience necessary. $250 per week. Join us anytime.

Ph. (415) 548-5257; 828-2999.

ALBIN BALLAD 30-FT 78, Swedish built, 2 mains, 110,130, storm jib, tri-spinnaker, autopilot, dodger, depth, knot, wind instruments. AM-FM cassette, VHF, Zodiac w/outboard, new Volvo Penta diesel. $30,000/Best Offer.

865-9141; 254-0685; 522-3878.

1981 MOORE 24, HULL NO. 90 Sailed Vk months in freshwater only. Excellent condition. 5 North sails, E-Z Loader trailer, Kenyon knotmeter, Headfoil II, lifelines, foredeck hatch, outboard, 4 winches. Complete ready to sail. $17,300.

Call Warren Cassell (415) 531 -1731.

ALL-TIME BEST BUY Sloop. 43’ headturner. 29’ LWL, 8' beam, 6’ draft. Honduras mahog., Everdur refastened, 8000-lb lead keel. Clean engine.

Unmatched racing record. 40 years TLC. Less than 1/4 replacement cost. $24V2K. 435-1791.

BRISTOL 29.9

TRADE EQUITIES

Halsey Herreshoff design & Bristol quality. Expellent condition.

Diesel, wheel, electronics, 4 sails, dodger, lots of other equipment. $39,500 firm. Will consider trades.

(408) 244-0722 days; (415) 490-3011 eves.

Have fast 40-ft ocean cruiser/liveaboard.

Want income or convertable property.

(415) 824-6226 res.; (415) 965-6105 work.

C & C 36

x Cruise, liveaboard or race and win. Diesel powered 1979 sloop.

Fully equipped. 11 Barients (4 self-tailing), 5 bags Pineapples sails, spinnaker gear, rod rigging, 2 anchors with chain and rode, bow roller, stern boarding ladder, Avon Redcrest, hot/cold pressure water, shower, gimballed brass lamps, customized teak interior fully stocked, stereo, VHF, Nav station, Signet KM, WP, WS, Impulse DS. Maintained and upgraded to better than new. Bristol condition. $64,500.

(415) 435-1207.

KEVLAR

RANGER 29 — OWNER WILL FINANCE

SAILORS ALERT

ZEELAND YAWL 36-FT

Looking for the perfect cruising & racing boat for the Bay & Delta? A Cal 2-27 in super shape at a terrific price.

(209) 477-3979 or (209) 944-0944.

A very strong safe, cruising boat designed to go anywhere in comfort. Built to highest standards of Cor-ten steel in Holland.

Full keel with cut away fore foot. Beautiful, completely refinished interior of African mahogany, with stained, leaded glass. Masts fold down for European canals. New teak decks in 1984. Bilges sandblasted and epoxy coated in 1984. Hull painted inside and out with ‘sterling’ linear polyurethane. Spare Volvo diesel included. Slip available.

(714)646-7829. $33,000.

COL. 2611 **

Good condition, well-equipped, new interior, o.b., 110AC, VHF, main, jib, 150% genoa, Pier 39 berth. $11,000.

Contact: Warren 921-2411.

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MOORE 24

1974 ERICSON 27 Palmer inboard, full instrumentation, marine VHF radio, 150% genoa, excellent condition, lots of extras, double bunk, bell, man overboard gear, life lines. Alameda berth available. $22,950.

(415) 865-6151 or (408) 395-4210, please leave message.

GOLDEN HIND 31 Well-known British bluewater cruiser. 1979, cutter, tall rig, fiberglass. Exceptionally well planned & built for serious cruising. Beautiful cond. Diesel, vane, Autohelm, 5 sails, RDF, VHF, depth, km, dodger & more. $39,000.

(619) 746-3851.

65-FT ALDEN MARCONI KETCH Beautifully renovated ageless classic seeks a new owner/or partner. Modern facilities incl. Fireplace. Excellent liveaboard & sailer. Motivated seller, flexible, willing to negotiate price/ or terms.

Call Marian or Ken (415) 527-5569.

CATALINA 27

72,2 mains, 110,130, storm jib, knot, depth instruments, VHF, AM-FM cassette, Atomic 4. $25,000/Best Offer.

865-9141; 254-0685; 522-3878.

Building a boat?

Over 1200 sq. yds. of 13.6 oz. (386) woven roving.

Worth over $20,000. A steel at $8,000.

(805) 984-6989.

A fun boat!

Make offer!

456-7347 or 454-8645.

J-35 — 1983 RACER/CRUISER $72,000. (415) 956-0321. Midnight blue. Meticulously maintained. Yanmar diesel. Full electronics, Signet 1000/1500, Horizon VHF, Harken hyd. backstay & Gemini headstay. Rod rigging. Like new Norths. Teak cruising interior, many extras.

1981, hull no. 91, excellent condition, new LP dark red hull & white bottom paint, Trail-rite trailer, Mylar main & headsails 150, 130, 110, Daisey staysail, Dacron main, % oz. & % oz. spinnaker, VHF, 3\z hp, loaded. $15,000 firm. (805) 984-6989.

J/29 Try your skill & have fun on one of the fastest boats for its size.

Active Bay Area fleet. Race equipped. Excellent condition.

Buy or lease — flexible terms.

(415) 321 -4074.

MORGAN 38 WANTED; 36'-50' CRUISING SAILBOAT We are offering our Columbia River waterfront home as full or part trade for a cruising sailboat. The property has an exceptionally nice 14x70 mobile and a separate building that can be used as a cabin. Property fronts a 15-mile-long reservior in the Columbia Basin in Washington State. Waterski, golf, swim, airstrip, tennis, etc. We own free and clear. This property currently rents year round.

(206) 432-3927.

Looking for a comfortable, easy to sail Bay boat or a hardy offshore cruiser? Here's your ahswer. Well equipped. Excellent condition. Priced to sell: $75,000.

(415) 321 -4074.

PARTNERSHIP 1/3 interest available in well equipt Ranger 33’ to race or cruise.

7 bags sails. CNG stove. Atomic 4. Sleeps 6. Top condition.

Sausalito berth. $4m equity, $196 per month.

(415) 751-4182.

REEF RESPECT

— CURTAIN LOFT —

Voyaging management, real island life — you will get it all aboard our steel 58-ft Goodwind.

Sailing Hawaii, Fanning & Christmas Islands Nov. 26 — fly home Dec. 18. Fly to Christmas, sail Fanning & Hawaii Jan 1-23. $1,950 plus airfare. Awahuee Oceanics, P.O. Box 167, Capt.

Cook, HI 96704. (808) 328-2666.

New and replacement curtains for your sail or power boat.

Tailor-made!!!

Call for a quote.

1 N. Amphlett-B, San Mateo.

(415) 342-5710.

NEED YOUR BOTTOM CLEANED? Call Joss Wilson, 566-7826.

Now at Pier 39, too!

A CRUISING CONNECTION Don't leave the dock without it.

A United States address for mail forwarding.

A 24-hour telephone contact for family emergencies or parts. $105 per year.

For details write Fred Boehme, P.O. Box 1117; Haleiwa, HI 96712.

NATIONWIDE MAIL & MESSAGE SERVICE

PRACTICAL SAILING CHARTERS

We receive, hold/forward your mail.

Toll-free 800 number (for incoming message, not sales Info).

For details, write to: Group RBL, Box 23200, San Jose, CA 95153-3200. $15/month plus postage.

Cape Dory 36 (cutter).$150/day Wright Allied 36 (ketch).$150/day Cape Dory 30 (cutter).$120/day Ask about our annual lease arrangement.

(415) 591 -4879. page 188

SILENT AND WORKING PARTNERS To establish yacht timeshare club/business. $15,000 or more investment includes membership.

High potential.

John Laury 547-7152.

MERIT 25 Wife pregnant again.

This time the boat has to go. $14,500.

(415) 357-3485; (415) 483-2724.

OOWNEASTER 38' IN AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND Asking $65,000 for excellent 1977 cutter with huge ocean cruising inventory that cost me $125,000 for a great sail down in 1984. Am unable to sail it back so must sell for cost of coastal cruiser. Buy it in Auckland, do the S. Pacific or wherever, and then recapture most costs on return to the U.S. A great opportunity! Full details from: Tom Hall, c/o Health Dept., Box 5013, Wellington 1, New Zealand.

25-FT PACIFIC SEACRAFT SLOOP Pocket cruiser, classic double-ender, great Bay & Delta family boat. Sleeps 5, slide-away galley, bow sprit plus extensive inventory. $18,000.

(415) 594-0314 evenings or weekends.

ALBERG 35 — CRUISE EQUIPPED Classic fiberglass sloop. Just returned Caribbean. '83 Yanmar diesel. New oversized standing rigging, StaLoks. VHF, Loran, Knot-log, propane. Custom mahogany below. Located S.Cal. Delivery possible. $39,500/offer.

Msg. Paul (619) 942-5069.

SANTANA 22 OWNERS Enjoy your boat more by belonging to the Santana One-Design Association (SODA). Monthly newsletter, racing, group cruises, seminars and other social activities. To receive information, call (415) 521-1020 and leave your name and address.

LANCER 30

82 J/24 BEST BUY BY FAR

1980 new. Just hauled. Many extras. $29,000 negotiable. Courtesy to brokers.

Call (707) 745-4614 evenings.

7 sails, trailer, 7.5 outboard, radios, new bottom, lake sailed.

Reduced again to $14,150 or Best offer.

(209) 226-7611.

FOR THE GOOD GAY LIFE AFLOAT

1978 BRISTOL 24

The largest gay yacht club in northern California, the Barbary Coast Boating Club, welcomes both sail boaters and power boaters. For membership info, call: (415) 753-5017 or (415) 237-1213.

SAILS FOR SALE: CHEAP!

Yanmar diesel, 4 sails (main, 110% genoa, storm jib 7 small spinnaker), depth Guage, VHF. Excellent cruiser or first boat.

Sleeps 4, roomiest cabin of any 24 footer. Will include several lessons. A steal at $15,000.

381 -8536.

Two genoas for 27’-30' boat; one North sail with sheets and reefing point, both in excellent condition. One spinnaker (conventional cut) and pole. All sails hardly used and in fine shape.

Call Bill: (415) 321-0982.

COLUMBIA 26 MARK II $12,500. for this fully equipped boat. Sleeps 5, inboard engine, tillermaster, Avon, spinnaker, 2 jibs, 2 mains, 2 batteries, Delta awning, cockpit cover, RDF, speedlog, solid teak cockpit seats & grating, delux interior.

(707) 987-3741; (415) 435-5206.

CRUISING LIVEABOARD

FJ

32-ft Allied f/g ketch, 1977. H&C pressure shower, 4 cyl.

Westerbeke diesel, 6 bags, VHF, RDF, depth, knotlog, windvane, propane, dinghy, outboard. Excellent condition & ready to go. $59,000 O.B.O. (415)453-4791

13’3" racing sloop. Sail No. 4255. Cold mold varnished mahogany hull. Aluminum mast. Internal halyards. 2 sets sails (North), 2 spinnakers, 2 rudders. Measurement certif. E-Z loader trailer. Exc. cond. $2,000. (415) 820-3916; (916) 448-6582.

CATALINA 30 Extra clean and tidy! Diesel, VHF, ADF, km, depth, alcohol stove/oven, backstay adj., 4 sails, shower, AC/DC refrigerator, AC wired, Paradise Cay berth. $30K. (415) 459-4853 after 6 or leave message.

25-FT DUFOUR (1981) MUST SELL Immc. dbl-hullfid sloop berthed in Alameda. Teak int. Galley w/propane stove. Priv. thru-hull head/basin. Genoa, working & storm jib, spin., 6 winches, 2 anchors, VHF, compass, km, epox. bttm w/micron 33,10 hp Honda. $20,800. (916)482-0413 eves.

1963 SANTANA 30/30 G.P. NATIONAL CHAMPION Touche. Diesel, loaded for race, new Loran, new sails, new condition. Only $6,000 down & assume 12% loan, save $20,000.

May trade down. Must sell.

(619)481-3003.

1981 TANDEM WHEEL TRAILER

TIME SHARE

WANT TO TRADE

For 25' fixed keel sailboat. Adjustable, Buddy bearings, brakes.

6,000 lb. capacity. New condition. $1,950 O.B.O. (41$) 829-9246 eves., weekends.

Pacific Seacraft 25 sloop with 4 sails, new diesel aux„ San Francisco Marina berth. $810 per year pays all expenses including berth, insurance and maintenance. Call Tom (415) 771-2068.

Have: 3 bedroom, 2 bath lakefront mobile home, beach, boat slip, beautiful view. Want: sturdy cruising sailboat, 35-40 ft.

Let's talk it over.

(707) 279-0821 evenings.

1980 CAL 39

MARY T. PROVEN CRUISER, MEXICAN WATERS

Must sell! $100,000 boat will be sacrificed for $75,000 or best offer.

Contact Angel at (408) 288-6363.

U.S. 27 SLOOP

1981 Garden design 41-ft ketch. Excellent sail inventory, Perkins 45 hp diesel, Magnavox SatNav, all channel VHF, autopilot, 2 depthsounders, hydraulic windless, Honda 800 generator, Barlow winches, anchors: 66-lb. Bruce, 45-lb. Plow, 45-lb. CQR, 300’ chain, auto dinghy davits, 8’ Livingston with outboard/Shipmate stove/oven, custom cushions throughout, frig/freezer. Price: $70,000. Interested parties contact: Brent Bogdanski, P.O. Box 334, Guaymas Sonora, Mexico 85400.

Phone: (706) 222-1125.

Ham radio call sign: XE2MCF.

1982. Inboard diesel, wheel, h/c water, ACDC, stereo, VHF, knot, internal reefing. Great Bay boat. Owner will carry. Surveys $32M. $29.5/Offer. Gerry, d: (415) 348-5888; e: 345-9721.

NEWPORT 28 Ideal Bay, Delta & offshore sloop. Fast, stable & comfortable.

C&C design. 110,135 and Club jib. Atomic 4, Sounder, Speedo, VHF, RDF, etc. Alameda Marina berth. Race or cruise this beauty. $25,000.

Contact George Roman: (415) 284-9180.

HANS CHRISTIAN 34

PEARSON 323

Fully equipped & well maint. cruising yacht. Cutter rigged w/good sail inventory. Faryman dsl, Impulse ds, VHF, dodger & weathercloths, Autohelm windvane, km, propane stove/oven, stereo, & much more! $67,500.

Owner (415) 236-5215.

1979 French gray hull, Volv diesel, h/c press, shower, LectraSan head, 3 burner CNG w/oven, wheel steering, chrome hooded compass, dodger, VHF, kn/depth, cushions, custom upholstery, Coyote point berth available. $50,000/6.0.

(415) 369-0943.

35-FT CUSTOM W.E.S.T. SINGLEHANDER

BALBOA 27

Designed '82 to solo-circumnavigate, she's well-conceived, very strong, extensively equipped and ready to leave now! Replacement cost $130,000, $40,000 loan; asking $75,000/0.B.0. May trade of multihull.

Call for specs. (619) 481-9094.

Self-tailing winches, shorepower, trailer, outboard/internal controls, propane stove, marine head, Horizon 50, am/fm stereo, lots more. Moving forces sale. Possible assumable loan or will carry. Asking $14,500.

Fred or Jan at 357-0438.

EXPERIENCED Woman bluewater sailor seeks berth on sailing cruiser for Caribbean, Atlantic crossing, Mediterranean 11/85 thru 10/86. Share expenses, boat responsibilities.

(415) 931-3038.

WESTSAIL 32 Escargot. 1979. Factory finished. $55,000. Avedis Apostolo, Oakland Yacht Club, Pacific Marina, Alameda CA. 94501.

39-FT FERROCEMENT SCHOONER Good hull, epoxy sealed. Strong rig. Yanmar diesel, self-steering.

Roomy flushdeck. Federal document vessel in La Paz. Write: P.O. Box 425, Little River, CA 95456 for data. $15,000.

ISLANDER FREEPORT 41

BOC CHALLENGE

FAST IS FUN

Great liveaboard. Factory built 1976. Excellent condition both cosmetically & mechanically. Numerous custom improvements.

Equipped for ocean, Bay or Delta cruising. Asking $108,000.

Days 228-6734; eves. 232-7891.

Sponsorship requested for the BOC Challenge. Skipper and boat are qualified. Budget only $1OOK all or partial. More than nine months of media exposure in U.S,, Europe, worldwide. Inquiries write: Chuck Kite, P.O. Box 9181, Marina del Rey, CA 90295.

FJ US4103.1977 Vanguard w/Z-spars. All Harken with 3 suits sails including new Pineapples. Measured, stiff, fast, in mint condition. Trailer w/covers. Ready for Midwinters. Invest in fun for only $2,000.

(415)283-0394.

MEXICO — CHARLIE’S CHARTS — POLYNESIA

HOTEL MIRAMAR YACHT CLUB, GOLIFTO, COSTA RICA

The 1985 Mexico edition includes 24 pages by Janet Steele — just packed with helpful information. Mexico = $17.50 (U.S.). Polynesia = $24.50 (U.S.). See your chart dealer or write: Charlie’s Charts, Box 1244, Sta. A, Surrey, BC, Canada V3S 1GO.

Offers lighted harbor entrance, deep water anchorage, engine and boat repair, free hot showers, international telephone, finest restaurant and the coldest beer. Come see us!

APDO 60 Golfito, Costa Rica, America, Central. 75-01-43.

ELEGANT CHARTER Diabolique, a 44-ft luxury center cockpit sloop is available for charter. Berthed conveniently at Emery Cove. Daily, weekly, weekends. Don’t sail? Use as romantic retreat for the weekend.

Diabolique Charters. 926-0480.

LOW COST SOLAR PANELS Quiet, reliable battery charging lets you run your engine far less. For 60-page catalog of photovoltaic panels, batteries, inverters, DC links, appliances, refrigerators and more, send $3.00 to Alternative Energy, Box 339L, Redway, CA 95560.

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MORGAN 41 1978 Morgan 41 sloop. Performs better than ketch version because of larger main. Rebuilt Perkins 4-154. Shoal draft makes this the perfect Delta boat. Super liveaboard and great coastal cruiser. $72,950. (916) 481-4242, Tu-Fri. days.

MARINE BATTERIES For the Highest Quality, Dependability and Lowest Prices In Marine, Automotive and Industrial Batteries Call San Rafael Welding Supply (415) 457-0550

23-ft wooden sloop, classic Bay boat, active racing class, upwind Berkeley slip, new North sailsl, Seagull outboard. $6,000.

465-1514 or 841-4840.

150% HEAVY GENOA Watts 150% Genoa for 40-45 foot boat.

LP=24\ Luff 51.5', 5.5 oz.

Like new. $750.

(408) 756-1820 w; (408) 683-0373 h. Dave.

13V2-FT CHAMBERLAIN DORY

A STEALI HAGAR 28 — DALLIANCE

BEAR BOAT NO. 24 FROLIC

Launched 1981. Documented. 28'x8’x4.5’. Fiberglass cutter, aluminum spars, stainless rigging, Sta-locks, Dewitt drifter, Westerbeke 3 cyl. 21 hp diesel new 1984, VHF, Loran, depthsounder, S.W. receiver, knotmeter/log, EPIRB, extensive ground tackle, SL windlass, Fatty Knees sailing dinghy, Scuba equip., charts and lots of cruising extras, photos & inventory available.

Over 5,000 ocean-proven miles. Located Washington, D.C. Allowance for shipping. Asking $17,500.

(415) 366-4851.

Built by Rowing Crafters, 1984. Includes all optional features: sailing rig (jib & main), sliding seat, 2 pairs of oars, teak floor boards, name board, canvas cover. Magliner trailer. Beautiful performance, exc. cond. $3,450. Peter Pike (415) 454-6234.

RAFIKI 35 IN HAWAII Cruise the islands in a sleek 35-ft fiberglass sloop with teak interior. Six mo. Kaneohe Bay slip included. Cruiser equipped with many extras including refrigeration, SSB, Ham, Loran-C and autopilot. Sleeps 5. $65,000.

(808) 247-4389.

TAYANA 37 FOR SALE

CATALINA 36

1975 Catalina 27 with dodger. Knotmeter, compass, depthfinder.

New cushion covers, 2 anchors. $17,500. Carol Stukaio.

(916) 626-5726.

1983. Alameda berth. Excellent condition. Loaded. Must sell. $69.5K. Call John (408) 978-1757 after 5.

1976 cutter. Aluminum spar, steps. Twin poles. Monitor vane.

SatNav, knotlog. Propane stove. Autohelm. Cruise Gulf Islands ''then sail home or further! $77,500 (U.S.).

Victoria (604) 658-1288.

TAYANA 37

WANTED

CAL 29

A proven ocean cruiser in exc. cond. Perkins 4-108 diesel, Benmar autopilot, knotlog, fatho, windspeed, Shipmate propane stove/oven, Adler Barbour refrigeration, diesel heater, clock & barometer, windlass, VHF, Loran. $80,000. (916) 372-0564.

Women sailors with some experience in S.F. Bay to crew for me on a Cal 20 berthed in Berkeley. I'm into fun sailing and relaxation, not racing. Middle-aged preferred. Call Marilyn.

(415) 237-3210.

Nicest on the Bay! Atomic 4. Wheel steering. Depthsounder, knotmeter, VHF, 90%, 130%, 150%. Self-tailing Lewmars. New interior. Bristol condition. Look at ail the other 29's, then look at mine. $29,000 or best offer.

521-1090.

WATERFRONT PARADISE

SoPac vet. Equipped! Avon 6-man liferaft, Aries windvane, radar, Loran, SSB & much more. Newport Beach liveaboard slip.

New survey, just hauled, repainted hull & decks, bottom reepoxyed. $75K. Tradedown for pocket cruiser. (714) 760-6587.

ALAJUELA 38

NEW DIESEL ENGINE Isuzu 60 hp 4 cyl. Gages, panel, wiring harness, controls & cables, exhaust sys., motor mounts and more. $4,000 or best offer.

(415)648-3188.

25-FT YAMAHA 1978

Marin County—Novato! 4 bdrm, 2</z ba., frml. dining, large decks, & your own boat dock! Great yard, even RV parking. Pool & tennis availalbe. Terms. A must see at $199,950.

(415) 897-5837.

WILLARD VEGA 30

31-FT BROWN OPEN-WING’ TRIMARAN Proven bluewater cruiser. Built with W.E.S.T. epoxy, polypropelene cloth, Linear polyurethane paint & labor of love.

Call for equipment list. $29,500.

(805) 987-3963.

“NOMAD” — 44-FT BLUEWATER MOTORSAILER Fully equipped ready to go, many extras. Asking $85,000.

Located La Paz, Mexico. If sale results, will reimburse airfare.

Marta Sutton, 20360 Gilmore St., Canoga Park, CA 91306.

(818) 888-1056.

WANT LIVEABOARD Have: $4,000 down. Want: 30' liveaboard with 6' headroom, dsl inboard, owner financing for around $15,000. Rawson 30’ ?.

Reply: Boat, P.O. Box 1296, Aptos, CA 95001-1296.

Best looking on the Bay. New diesel, teak decks, spanker, VHF, ds, km. With Sausalito Yacht Harbor slip. $21.5K. 332-2243.

LADIES LOVE MY TEAK 30'x10’x3'6". Chinese Junk, 1963. Volvo MD2-A 1974, Microfor, VHF, stereo, 8’ Montgomery sailing dinghy, Tanbark sails, much carving, full cover, etc. Extensive renovation, upgrading past year. Attractive, sound, well equipped, comfy Bay/Delta cruiser. Guaranteed head turner. Sleeps 2 in luxury or 6 if you're kinky. Great party boat or liveaboard. Asking $28,000 or trade up.

Rob (415) 652-9095.

1974 cutter with pilothouse, dual wheel steering, Perkins 4 cyl. dsl, ds, VHF, freezer, radio, new sails, windlass. An exceptional cruising yacht. All in exc. cond. Recently hauled. $39,750.

Call (415) 937-5539 evenings.

STAR NO. 6438 Excellent condition. Custom-built in 1979. Hull, rig and all racing equipment is up to date. Full cover, galvanized trailer, Sobstad, North and Melges sails. Lots of extras. $5,500.

481 -1317.

WANT LARGE SAILBOAT

CATALINA 30

Will trade my excellent Pearson 323 sailboat plus cash to $50,000 for 38’ to 44’ cruising sailboat. Perfer aft cabin.

P.O. Box 394, Neskowine, OR 97149.

(503) 392-3493.

1977. Hull 649. New Atomic 4, wheel, roller furling, 2 sp. winches, VHF, FM tape/radio, shower, RDF, knotmeter, depthsounder. $27,000.

(415) 454-7215.

CLASSIC CHEOY LEE

BALBOA 27-FT 1980. Recently hauled, 1985. Signet knotlog, wind & depth instruments. VHF radio, battery charger, bilge pump, Victory heater, 3 sails, 2 anchors. Exc. heavy boat for Bay, Delta & coastal cruising. Exc. cond. $22,000. Ted (209) 862-4990 eves

Frisco Flyer 25’ sloop. Beautifully restored, low maintenance, natural finish teak. VHF radio, compass, head, zero hrs. on rebuilt Volvo diesel. 30-ft Monterey slip. $19,500/best offer.

Morning (408) 624-8366; night 375-0218.

36-FT SLOOP — WOOD A “wood boat man's dream”. Decks, mast, cabin need varnish or paint. Hauled/surveyed end of 1984. Wife says sell. All offers considered. Priced at a “give-a-way" for this beauty. Private owner.

(415) 522-2525.

42-FT BERTH No. 73 at the new Marina Bay Harbor, Richmond.

Available for long or short term, at $128 per month.

Phone (415) 626-1513.

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34-FT ANGELMAN Classic wood ketch, Japanese built, 7 sails, Bristol thru-out, Loran, depth, VHF, autopilot, refrig., Albin diesel, dinghy on davits, fully equipped, ideal liveaboard. Owner financing possible. $49,800.

(415) 254-0524.

V

KALIC 40 BY GARY MULL

MOITESSIERS JOSHUA SISTERSHIP. 40’x12’3"x5’6". Built in France. Galvanized steel hull, round bilge, launched 12/1972. Fine mahogany interior, 2 private cabins, saloon, 2 heads, 8 berths, Yanmar 3SME diesel 350 H., EMI Speedoloch, depthsounder, self-steering, autopilot, VHF, Zodiac, one owner, singlehanded around the Horn, 85,000 miles behind her. No rust. Insured aorund the world for $92,000, premium 1% per year, transferable to new owner. $68,000. Offers considered. Michel Riboni, Yacht FEO, c/o Hawaii YC, 1739-C Ala Moana Blvd., Honolulu, HI 96815.

This is the one you have been looking for. Never used, bristol condition. $60,000 in extras. Documentation and Emeryville slip included. Cost $155,000. Steal it at only $125,000.

Tony Mead 523-2900, owner.

FIBERGLASS MOLD For 15-ft deep-keel sloop.

Best offer.

(415) 525-8664.

SAIL SEA OF CORTEZ — MEXICO

ENJOY A YACHTING VACATION

41' Morgan "Out Island" bareboat or skippered, fully equipped Zodiac dinghy, Windsurfer, Snorkel gear, IVi outboard, etc. Sleeps 7 in 3 cabins — mid-cockpit.

From $700/week off-season to $1,225/week — 10% off on second time.

Nov. $1,000 — Dec. $1,000.

Bob Moore (415) 892-4210; wk 456-2913.

on the Bay or Delta aboard my beautiful 43-ft sailboat Compass Rose.

Sleeps six. Shower, refrigeration, stereo, instruments. $175/day midweek. $200/day weekends. Special weekly rates.

Call Jon (415) 427-5499.

LAW OFFICES OF CORY A. BIRNBERG, MARITIME ATTORNEY

EAST BAY SAIL CLEANING — ONE WEEK REPAIRS

Emphasizing Admiralty, General Civil Litigation, Vessel Financing, Federal Practice, Fisheries, Bankruptcy, Offshore Activities, Marine Insurance. 261 World Trade Center, Ferry Building, San Francisco, California 94111. (415) 398-1040.

(415) 523-9011 BOGART & GORING SAILMAKERS Alameda, California 94501

SEE PILLAR POINT HARBOR From a new apartment located within easy walking distance of the new marina. Panoramic views of the marina and the ocean. One bedroom, 1 bathroom, JennAire stoves, fire sprinkers, washer/dryer, decks. $1,000/mo., and $900/mo. lease, 2 units available on 10/1/85.

Marina Vista, Realtors. (415) 726-7533. ,

647 Pacific Avenue

(415)523-9011

STUART E. RIDDELL ILL Marine surveyor and consultant

(415) 332-9036

4L i-.ze 190

59-FT LO.A. SCHOONER RIGGED JUNK Perfect for Bay/Delta excursions or liveaboard. Incredibly spac., sleeps 8 comf. Beautifully designed down below w/all the amenities. 35 hp eng. Recently built. Honduras mahog. $97,500.

Michael T. Buschbacher (415) 479-3153.

CATALINA 22 Reduced to sell. $3,950. Excellent condition. 7.5 Honda o.b.

Porta-potti. New bottom paint and sail cover. Anchor, galley unit and swing keel. Built 1976. Sausalito berth available..

Call 459-2744.

1979 BRISTOL 35.5 SLOOP Cruiser-racer design by Ted Hood. Mint condition. Rigged for singlehanded ocean cruising with main, genoa and cruising spinnaker, plus Seafurl, whisker pole and self-tailing winches.

Four cylinder diesel. Dinghy on stern davits with outboard.

Hot/cold pressure water, shower, electric head and holding tank.

Refrigerated icebox. Automatic battery charger, autopilot, VHF, APWI and windspeed, depthsounder, knotmeter and log, hailer, RDF, spotlight/searchlight and more. Original owner, documented. $69,500.

Jim (714) 786-4440.

CATALINA 27 Anxious to sell (2-boat owner). Clean, well maintained, ready to sail. VHF, ds, compass, AC/12-volt, dinette int., and more. $12,000.

(415) 332-8399 or (415) 331 -5071.

YAMAHA 36,1981 Hand-layed fiberglass, rod rigging, Pineapple sails & spinnakers, h&c water press., gas stove, hydraulic back & baby stay & boom vang, Yanmar diesel, pedestal steering, S.F. berth. $69,500.

Call (415)922-1941.

ERICSON 30 Must sell. $25,500.

Also Autohelm 2000 (never used): $400.

HiSeas diesel heater: $125.

325-5400.

SURVIVAL RAFT 6-person American safety, aircraft-style survival raft. Certified 8/85 in cannister, also extra valise pack. Ideal for racing due to light weight. $900 or best offer.

456-6516.

SAILS FOR SALE Hawkfarm mainsail—used. In good condition for cruising — Pineapple built; Luff 36'; foot 10'6": $175. New cruising main for approx. 33' boat. Luff 36’2", foot 10’2”: $275.

Call Linda (415) 521-7172.

1986 CATALINA 22 New, never used. Modernized version of the classic Catalina 22: $6,750. Includes full warranty, sails, galley, lifelines, pulpits, swim ladder and internal halyards led aft. 3 available. Trailer: $1,450.

1 -800-237-1419 days; 1 -(916) 891 -8736 eves.

CORONADO 34 Ideal cruiser, dodger, autopilot, depthsounder, VHF, radio, pedestal steering, stabilizers, 6 sails, propane stove, diesel engine, much additional storage. $35,000.

(408) 867-3718.

ERICSON 39-FT Complete refurbished '71. 10 sails, diesel, radar, EPIRB, VHF, standard & handheld, 3 Dansforth, CQR, many other extras.

Ready for cruising. Excellent condition. Windspeed, knotlog, wind direction, depthsounder. $70,000.

Call (415) 651-6108.

CHEOY LEE OFFSHORE 27 Popular ocean cruiser and Bay boat. Teak cabin, cockpit & decks. Natural bright spars. Superior construction—Lloyds A1 F/G hull. Volvo diesel. Berkeley berth. Exc. equipment & cond.

Well maintained. $21,000.

527-2685.

LOOKING FOR LIVEABOARD Responsible, considerate man looking for liveaboard to rent, lease or buy in Alameda, Berkeley, Richmond or Sausalito.

Call Charles at 527-6677 days or 237-4525 evenings.

32-FT WOODEN DUTCH SLOOP "Sea Fury" class. Mass designed, Breskins built, 1956, Amsterdam. Strip planked African Mahogany on steel frames. New engine, new sails. Master Mariners trophy winner. 9/85 survey. $10,500.

(415)331-8008.

DISTRESS SALE — BROWN 31 VENT WING TRIMARAN Roller furling, wheel steering, kick-up rudder, Tillermaster, windvane, teak & mahogany int. Custom dbl. bed in forward cabin, cold-molded underwings, new o.b., anchors, chain. Must sell. $15,000/OBO. (213) 275-8330 after 6 p.m. weekdays.

TIMESHARE NOW AVAILABLE Discover the advantages of timeshare membership. $160/mo. buys you 2 weekend days and 5 weekdays of hassel-free sailing in a beautiful Hunter 31 on S.F. Bay. $200 annual fee. Alameda slip.

Deb or George (415) 969-9992.

HELPI Two-boat owner must sell Newport 20. Fast, fun, roomy, forgiving. Great Bay/Delta boat. Spinnaker, 2 jibs, dinette, galley, 6 hp o.b., many improvements. Sleeps 4. Lessons available. Will consider any reasonable'Offer.

(415) 655-7115 eves.

27-FT COLUMBIA 8.3 1977. New cond. Alan Payne design, wide body super cruising, Atomic 4, low hrs., teak int., very clean, VHF, ds, custom teak hatch, well equipped, 2 headsails, dual batteries. Reduced $6,000 to $22,500.

Alameda (415) 865-5259.

19-FT CAPE DORY TYPHOON WEEKENDER Exceptionally well-equipped & maintained. 4 sails plus spinnaker, dodger, pulpits, lifelines, VHF, new battery, o.b., ground tackle, full cover, compass, km, E-Z Loader trailer. $8,900.

Jim Rosser (415) 326-4930 days; (408) 265-7849 eves.

1982 CATALINA 25 Fixed keel, pop-top, VHS, compass, stereo, 7.5 Evinrude, boarding ladder, 3 sails, club jib, double reef points & much more. $2,000 trailer included. $15,000.

(707) 431 -2189.

CREW EXPERIENCE WANTED Have basic & intermediate training. Seeking to further sailing experience on San Francisco Bay on boat(s) sailing from San Francisco Yacht Harbor or Sausalito Yacht Harbor.

Ray (415) 325-0617.

ISLANDER 30 II Coyote Pt. berth. Set up for Bay & Delta cruising. Includes radio, depth, knot, pedestal steering, 5 winches, dodger, 150, spinnaker plus working sails. Dinette interior, cockpit cushions, Avon Redcrest & sun shade. $29,500. E:948-6935; D:365-0412.

SANTA CRUZ 27 Hull No. 64. North sails(6), main, 90, 125, 150, 2 chutes.

Barients(5), headfoil, km, ds, VHF, stereo, Pernika timer, compass, Harken blocks, 4 hp Evinrude, extras, clean & race-ready. $16,500.

(415) 464-1873 days; (415) 967-4171 nights.

WANTED 38-ft or larger sailing yacht suitable for liveaboard. Will trade $31,500 equity in Woodside, CA. home for all or part. 1/3 acre, 2 bdrm, 2 car garage, redwoods, no qualifying, breakeven rental.

(415) 325-0553; 851-1411.

54-FT SALE OR TRADE Ketch, ferro hull, launched 1981, cruise, liveaboard, interior 70% complete, 2 heads, shower, ref./freezer, 6 bags sails, much more. Consider trade for R.E., motorhome, smaller sail or power boat, etc. $50,000. Hal (415) 930-0930; eve. (415) 228-2277.

CHANTILLY LACE Beautiful 1983 Hunter 31 can be yours! Fully equipped, ready to cruise or race (PHRF 159). Currently part of successful timeshare program. Let us show you how to set up your own.

Great buy at $39,500.

George (415) 969-9992.

SANTANA 22 Keel bolts, chainplates & standing rigging replaced 1984 with SS. Has full Delta canvas. Sails new 1983.4.5 hp Johnson outboard, VHF radio, depthfinder, compass. Martinez berth. $5,900.

(415)689-1066.

CAL 25 Good Bay boat. Hauled 3/85. 7 sails, 9.5 hp Evinrude outboard, galley area, portable alcohol stove, berthed in Alameda. $8,200.

Call Tom (415) 865-6599.

CAL 2-30 1968 Lapworth design. Fast, comfortable. Ideal SF Bay boat. Excellent condition. Asking $26,000.

(415) 521-2160 eves.

FANTASIA 35,1980 World cruiser/liveaboard, displacement 22,000 lbs. 11-ft beam, 220 water, 110 fuel, diesel, aft cabin, center cockpit, dodger, frl. jib, stereo, VHF, fatho, km, anemometer, strobe & much much.

Better than new. $65,000.

(408) 867-0934.

STAYSAIL/MAIN BOOM 4%”x6"x7'1" Hollow Spruce. Including gooseneck, sheet bales and outhaul fittings. Excellent condition. $450.

(415) 523-8156.

'82 COLUMBIA 50 CUTTER SECOND WIND SatNav, VHF, Ham, radar. Custom teak interior with lots of storage. A fast comfortable cruiser handled by two.

Documented. One owner. All USCG safety equipment and more.

US built by American standards. 50'x13'x7'6 . Cruise ready! $139,000. For inventory list and details call (415) 872-2689 or 824-6654. Will consider part trade.

'l975 CAL 2-27 Immaculate. Volvo-Penta inboard engine. Full inventory. Sleeps 6. Ballena Bay berth. Highly active Cal 2-27 Association; outings heighten sailing experiences. Great Bay boat. Excellent family boat. $25,500/B.0.

(408) 735-0663.

FINISH YOURSELF FOR NEXT SEASON 28-ft custom wood cruising sloop near completion. Top specifications. Bronze fastenings, lead keel, spruce mast. Atomic 4. Sausalito location. $23,000.

(415) 388-2292.

CHARTER A SEASTAR

DOUG SJA OTTOS!

Sail one of the most sought after cruising boats on the Bay. This beautiful 46-ft, fully equipped wheelhouse cutter is ready for you. Still offered at the amazing rate of $250/day.

Lee Stephens Yachts. (408) 996-7050; (415) 655-6489.

MARINE SURVEYOR

ALAMEDA DEEP WATER DOCK HOMES, CONDO’S & INCOME From $175,000. Example: Gracious home (or 2 units), plus cabana & three docks; duplex with 2 bedrooms, 1 bath. Many others available.

Linda Grant (415) 865-0828.

ERA Alameda Homes & Investments. (415) 523-0133.

SINCE

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(415) T- O Box 2257

46-FT ALASKAN TRAWLER

BOAT LETTERING PINTAIL GRAPHICS 332*9100

MARINE FINANCING CECIL DUNLAP

(415) 499-o<:4U

San Francisco, CA. 94126

Two staterooms — two heads. Twin Ford Lehman 120 hp engines. Full fuel — ready to go — Only $89,000.

In covered berth at Napa Valley Marina, 1200 Milton Road, Napa, CA (707) 252-8011.

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931-4384

NOR’SEA 27

1982. Garageable shoal keel Bay boat. Custom sails and trailer.

Sleeps 4. 7'4” beam, 'new’ outboard. See at San Leandro Marine Center. Dave 351 -8800. $5,500.

OFFSHORE 27 — CRUISE-READY NOWI Cheoy Lee Offshore 27, f/g, Volvo diesel, in excellent cond., ready now for extensive domestic or overseas cruising. Equipment sample: RVG self-steering, hi-output solar power built into spreaders (by PDC Labs), 200 watt SSB Ham station w/communications revr (1-30 Mhz.), Avon liferaft/dinghy, custom spray dodger (stainless steel/Mariner II), refrigerator/freezer, pressure water (manual back-up system for all electrics), etc., etc. U.S. Doc. vessel. See now while out of water. $27,500.

(408) 379-5449.

ISLANDER 34 — MUST SELL

NEED BIGGER WINCHES?

Two boat owner. Diesel, windvane, autopilot, wheel, dodger, 4 sails & cruising chute, windlass, 2 anchors, knotmeter/log, depthfinder, propane stove/oven. Very nice boat. $27,900.

Two brand new Lewmar 44 self-tailing winches. Black anodized aluminum drums. Discontinued model replaced by Lewmar 43, which is smaller. $500 each.

(415) 435-9513.

Superb pocket cruiser, aft cabin, excellent condition, Yanmar diesel, luxurious interior, VHF, ds, stereo AM/FM cassette, many extras. Owner can assist in financing. Richmond berth. Asking $36,900.

Call (415) 843-0429.

BALBOA 16

FLASH! Young yuppies house hunting. Must first sell one year old Farr 1020 (34’). Buy the boat that's faster than a Santana 35 or Wylie 34, yet a comfortable cruiser, easy to single or doublehand. A bargain, fully loaded at $69,000. Eves. (415) 846-8149.

21-FT LUGERKIT Excellent first sailboat. Hull & deck totally reworked & painted.

New sail covers. Night lights added to mast. Real steady boat with torpedo ballast on keel. Call Marco (415) 237-0249.

Asking $2,500. Must sell.

26-FT DAWSON KETCH Swing keel—5’/2-ft to 22 inches. Aft cabin, wheel steering, inboard aux., galley, head, fresh water both cabins. Sistership sailed to Britain and Australia. Trailer optional. Make offer.

• (415) 388-1367.

COLUMBIA 29 DEFENDER — MUST SELL Equipped for cruising or racing. Perfect for Bay sailing. Atomic 4 eng., 5 sails incl. spinnaker, seat cushions, 7 winches, compass, etc. Excellent condition, just over-hauled. Original owner. $15,900.

Phone (415) 456-9817.

45-FT SCHOONER

TRADE 30-ft Alberg designed sloop for smaller boat, real estate or $19,500.

(415)537-9693.

Gaff rig. Wm. Garden Porpoise design. Ferro-cement hull & deck. VHF, fathometer, wood stove, propane stove, icebox, 60 hp diesel, 115 gal. water, 95 fuel. Good liveaboard. Cruised Mexico & Costa Rica '83-84. $26,000.

(415) 285-4530.

RANGER 26

COLUMBIA 31

1979 LANCER 28

Have the best of both worlds! Racer/cruiser in excellent condition. Super clean. Main w/jiffy-reef, 110% & new 90%. VHF, knotmeter, compass, depthfinder, 10 hp o.b. & much more. $15,000. / Call Mark (415) 345-8039.

Coyote Point berth, San Mateo. New fresh water cooled Atomic 4, 7 sails, autopilot, well-equipped for cruising. Exceptionally well-maintained, beautiful cond. Includes Zodiac w/new Evinrude o.b. Will mail info. $29,000/offer. (415) 570-6493.

28’ Shad Turner designed shoal draft sloop. Wheel steering, 9.9 hp o.b., stove, VHF, ds, 6'2” headroom & berths for 6. Berthed in San Leandro. $13,500.

Days (408) 721-6740; eves. (408) 249-3193.

NEWPORT 30-11

PIER 39

1973. Exc. cond. Atomic 4, alcohol oven, spinnaker, blooper, drifter, 170 genoa, new 150,130,120,85, main 2 yrs old, VHF, am-fm cassette, wind & boat spd, ds, 2 anchors, dodger. $26,900/B.0. J. Raube, 1264 Idyleberry Rd„ San Rafael 94903.

Upwind 36-ft slip for sale. Security, parking,-phone, H20, elect, dock box, laundry, showers, lounge, etc. Move forces sale far below market. Great investment $29,000.

Phone Tom (617) 631-4928.

HALF PARTNERSHIP

CENTER COCKPIT S2

28-FT Columbia Mark II. Well-equipped, she has made many ocean crossings. Sausalito berth. $10,000 & share expenses.

Call: 566-3284.

30-ft aft cabin with walk-thru. Hot and cold pressure water with shower and bathtub. Diesel, all lines aft. Ideal single liveajjoard and slip. $40,950. Best offer.

Owner (415) 536-1408.

SEA DREAMER 1978 BAHAMA ISLANDER 30 — $27,500 A remarkably well-maintained and exceptionally equipped sailboat. Launched at Lake Tahoe in late 1978 and only recently brought to salt water. Fully found, this boat is an exceptional value.

1-(503) 469-6629.

30-FT FOR $11,500

WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 50,000 FRAMES

Very clean Clipper Marine 30’ sailboat. Complete dodger, 4 sails, VHF, depth guage, dual batteries, 15 hp Johnson, galley, head, stereo, sleeps 5. Great Bay & Delta boat. Owner anxious, (415) 671-7203.

Of super eight film. 1983 and 1985 Big Boat races, we’re converting to Video VHS & BETA. Some stills also available.

For prices call (415) 567-1051.

1986 CAL-20 SAILBOAT FOR SALE Rigged for singlehanded sailing. Small outboard motor included with many other accessories. Price: $3,600. If interested, contact Daniel Lister at 751-6945.

VEST POCKET CRUISER Montgomery 17’ one of the best small boats in the world today.

Des. by Lyle Hess, comb, shallow keel & cntrbrd, Harken roller furler, 130% genoa, 109% jib & main, Suzuki 4, galv. E-Z Loader trlr. Ret. $14,000; sale: $9,000. (408) 475-7649;724-1024 Gary

ATKINS 33-FT SLOOP

YAMAHA 25 II

RAWSON 30/LIVEABOARD

Master Mariner Katika. A well-known Bay Area classic is cruise ready & waiting in Polynesia. Nothing needed except you & a destination. Only $39,000. Ed Johnson, General Delivery, Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799.

1979. Very clean. 3 head sails, foil, spinnaker & gear. Martec folding prop, VHF. Exc. boat for racing/cruising. Lack of time to use says sell at well below recent survey value. Convenient berth. $19,500.

930-6037 eves.

30’6”x9’x5’ solid, stiff, beamy fiberglass cruising sloop. Good condition. See at berth G4, Corinthian YC, Tiburon. Consider partial trade Santana 22. $22,000.

Lee (415) 541-1527 work; 334-4969 eves.

1985 MOURE SC

Great boat for Delta/Bay. 7.5 hp Honda. Main & working jib.

Refurbished cabin w/6' headroom & stereo. Richmond berth.

Lessons available. $7,500 or B.O. Ask for Brian. Please leave message.

(415) 620-4684 days; (415) 236-4585 eves.

SOUTH PACIFIC VET Flying Gull back in CA, ready to cruise again. 30' Hartley Stardrift, Perkins 4-107, fully cruise equipped, SatNav, Monitor windvane, all band receiver, dinghy & motor, cruising sails, dodger, etc. For complete inventory: (805) 985-5256. $25,000.

ISLANDER 28 — $27,000

LANCER 25

Owner buying a business, requires sale of striking red hull speedster. Dry sailed. Loaded plus trailer & motor. Mint condition. $24,500 or best offer. (714) 524-3203 eves, or weekends.

(213) 603-0403 weekdays. Ask for Ralph.

Must sell. Comes with Berkeley berth. 1981 model in excellent condition. Call (415) 763-1500 days; (415) 932-3465 eves.

Ask for Murray.

ROBIN BIRD 18 Well maintained member of famous SF Bay Bird Class. 30’ LOA, new sails (’84), good racing.record, berth available, extensive inventory, wood boat. $7,000. Call for fact sheet.

(415) 851-7601 eves; (415) 424-2896 days.

AL MASON KETCH 45-FT

PETERSON 25

WHITEHALL 17-FT

Steel hull. Built in Holland. Immaculate. Loaded, ready to go. $98,500. Will consider real estate trades.

San Diego (619) 425-9036.

Sleek flushdeck sloop. Good condition. 6 sails including 2 spinnakers. Inboard. Avon. Boom fent. VHF, RDF. $15,000.

567-8880 days.

Glass hull, mahogany seats & trim, built-in flotation. 3 rowing stations, centerboard, spoon oars, sailing rig, trailer. $2,200.

(415) 285-4530.

HANDS-ON INSTRUCTIONAL CRUISES Enjoy learning heavy weather sailing, anchoring, navigation, spinnakers & cruising skills. Join Solo TransPac skipper Mike Pyzel on a personally tailored 3-5 day live-aboard instruction cruise in Santa Barbara’s offshore islands. Brochure. PYZEL NAVIGATION & CRUISING, 86 Olive Mill Rd„ Santa Barbara, CA 93108.

(805) 969-4195.

BUILD YOUR DREAM HOME IN POINT RICHMOND Exclusive Brickyard Cove lot—plans for 3 bedroom home and dock included. Piles driven. $180,000.

Mason-McDuffie Real Estate, Inc. 526-5143.

MARINE SURVEYOR BRIAN O’DONOGHUE Consultant

Appraiser Phone (415) 461-6347

THERE’S A SCHOOL IN YUUR MAILBOX! Learn practical navigation directly from Solo TransPac vet Mike Pyzel. Home-study course has 8 concise, complete and enjoyable charting lessons.

SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. Brochure. PYZEL NAVIGATION & CRUISING 86 Olive Miii Rd„ Santa Barbara, CA 93108/(805) 969-4195.

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GAY CAPTAIN NEEDS CREW

SANTA CRUZ 27

Gay sailor, 41, seeks guys 18-30 for day/weekend trips on Bay/Delta. My 30' sloop is easy to sail, but it’s a lot more fun with compatible crew. Non-smokers only, please.

Phone (415) 588-0590.

Hull No. 97. First time on market by fastidious owner. Immaculate cond., 11 bags North Sails, Harken traveler, main sheet & vang systems, 6 Barient winches, Micron bottom, o.b., VHF, knotmeter, stereo & trailer. $17,750/B.0. (415) 347-6438.

CRUISERS/LIVEABOARD Willow Wren, a Nor’Sea 27 with a rare aft cockpit for more liveaboard space! Complete cruiser with many custom extras including matching dinghy, ap, propane, dodger & awning. Bristol!

Replacement value: $65,000. Asking: $46,500. (714) 494-3620.

CATALINA 27 Sacrifice, assume loan, nothing down. 1983, diesel, spinnaker, 150,110, main, VHF, 2 anchors, etc. Loaded. Berth available.

Contact: Roger Larsen (415) 376-2646.

$27,000 — GOOD CHEAP CRUISER

PEARSON 28

Customized Ericson 30.9 sails, 15 hp Yanmar diesel, 80 gallons water, alcohol stove with oven, 9 winches, RDF, windvane selfsteering device. Experienced boat for coasting or circumnavigations.

(415)865-3662.

'77 F/G sloop, Atomic 4 and in mint condition. Ideal for racing cruising or family outing. Sails, VHF, compass, knotmeters, depthfinder, etc. Rigged for singlehand sailings. $26,500. Must see to appreciate. Will take trade-ins.

(415) 254-5018.

CLUB NAUTIQUE MEMBERSHIP

COME TO HAWAII!

—• Save $800 — Must sell our family membership in the best club on the Bay. Why pay $2,500 when you can buy from us for only $1,700?

Call Morgan (415) 854-7550 (work); 851-0842 (home).

Sail back 7th Heaven, 1981 Hans Christian 33 world cruiser, cutter rig. Mint condition. Roller furling genoa, 40 hsp diesel engine, 130 gal. water, 90 gal. fuel. Recently hauled & surveyed. $92,000.

Phone 1-(808) 247-4058.

PLANS FOR CUSTOM METAL 32-FT BREWER CUTTER Complete building plans and specifications for aluminum or steel 32'x26’x10'5"x4’11”x12,000-lb cutter. Go cruising in a metal boat! $750.

(408)476-5018.

1974 RANGER 33

ISLANDER 28 PARTNER NEEDED

1974 ISLANDER 30 MKII RACER/CRUISER

9 sails include 2 spinnakers, club jib. Hydraulic backstay, jiffy reefing, Loran C, knotmeter, windspeed, windpoint, radio, depthsounder, refriqerator, LPG, pressurized water, other extras. $34K, must sell.

(408) 730-8723 eves; (408) 982-8119 days.

Become a full vested 1/3 partner in a beautiful, well-kept 28’ sailboat. Pedestal steering, VHF, depth, knot/log, many extras. $170 per month. Small down needed, days: 654-9175; eves: 254-4240.

$25K. Good terms. Must sell now. Buying house. Full sail inventory, spinnaker. Range oven, icebox, sink. VHF, flush toilet with holding tank. Sleeps 6. Decorator interior.

(408) 365-1600.

1974 CATALINA 22

COLUMBIA 22

CAL 2-30

Good condition. Swing keel, full lifelines, 6 hp o.b., depthsounder, compass, trailer, anchor. Other extras. $4,500 or best offer or trade for small travel trailer.

(408) 997-2892 after 6 p.m.

Black hull, 7.5 Honda, s/s bow, cockpit rails, custom cushions, heavy anchor gear, new flasher w/chute scoop, head, sink, Primus stove, kero and elec, lights, raft, compasses, good cruiser. $6,500.

(408) 462-6361 eves, 'til 9 p.m.

Must sell immediately! 1970. Great yacht for the Bay. Good condition. Will teach you how to sail if first time buyer. $25,000. Serious buyers only please.

Marc (408) 476-2370.

ISLANDER 36

SAILING PARTNER

CATALINA 30

Nearly new condition, fully equipped including Hook & Elliott sails and spinnakers, 10 Barient winches, Signet instruments, wheel, CNG, h&c pressure water., etc. $49,900. This boat is worth atrip to L.A. (213) 483-1446 days; (818) 336-9733 eves.

ABC lady, no experience necessary but must be capable, for weekend Bay sailing. Have 35-ft sailboat and don’t/can’t sail it alone.

Doug 583-6472.

NEW ZEALAND PICKUP

CL 16-ft all fiberglass, sails, trailer, 2 hp o.b. and extras. $1,900/B.O. Larry Erickson, weekdays 7 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

(408) 744-1882 or 744-1606.

RARE FIND Just arrived from California. Spencer 42, fiberglass sloop, diesel.

Bring your boat bapk through the South Pacific, just add yourself. It is fully equipt: 3 dinghys, SatNav, Ham radio, 3 autopilots, electric anchor winch, lots of sails, sep. aux. generator, tow gen., wind gen., solar panel, charts, sextant.

Terms. Trade, sacrifice: $69,000.

Info: (415) 522-1561.

FAST PIVER TRIMARAN 30-ft. Inboard 20 hp Lloyds, 8 sails! Her interior redesigned for cruising. Her exterior and rigging renovated. Must sell her before 1 move south. See her and make offer! 1 can't refuse!

Bruce (415) 681-5177.

OLSON 25 Distress sale, new boat. Never launched. Quality constr. Affrdbl racer/cruiser. Stiff for Bay sailing. Deluxe int. Growing 1 Design fleet. $14,447 F.O.B. Phoenix, plus 20% discount on new sails & equipment ordered w/ boat. David Henderson (800) 528-4071.

"GYPSY FIRE” Well known, cust. Morgan M382. Bristol cond., doc. & loaded. $78,500. The perfect blend of a successful, fast PHRF racing boat & a sound, extremely comf. cruising sloop. For details/appt: Eves. (415) 456-7986; 456-9755; days 882-2667.

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CRUISE MEXICO THIS WINTER Crealock 37. Completely outfitted and professionally maintained.

Just bring your provisions aboard and go! Universal diesel, autopilot, Loran C, depthsounder, refrigeration, ham radio, diesel furnace, SS galley stove, dodger, cockpit enclosure, full boat cover, life raft, sailing dinghy, windlass, self-tailing winches, six sails, anchors, chain, awnings, safety gear. Glorious MexicoHawaii cruise in 1982. Engineer-owner selling boat because it is so complete, he needs another creative project! $120,000.

For spec sheet & photos call (415) 964-9180.

CLASSY PRIVATE DOCK — FOR RENT

1983 F.G. INGRID CUTTER

Full cruising sails, electronics and ground tackle. 25 hp Volvo, monitor, Tillermaster, Avon. Recent survey. $89,000.

Phone (415) 236-4682.

SALE TO SATISFY TOWING & STORAGE CHARGES 40’ fiberglass hull & chrt. appears to be quality design and construction. (Sandwich 24 oz. rovings & foam core.) High bid received on or before 11 /7/85.

(707) 823-2789.

SEA OF CORTEZ PARTNER

Excellent condition. New bottom paint, varnish, rebuilt Atomic 4, VHF, RDF, depth & knotmeter, backstay tensioner, bowsprit, tallmast, genoa, jib, 2 anchors, holding tank & head. Will trade or make offer. $26,000.

(916) 728-5171.

Give your boat a beautiful home in Paradise Cay, Tiburon. Very secluded at the very end of the road to give you the best view and privacy possible. Will hold a boat up to 50 feet. $4-$5 per foot.

Leave message. (415) 381 -1023.

TRITON 28 NO. 360 1963 f/g sloop well-known for its seaworthiness, cruising comfort' & racing potential. New depthfinder, recent VHF. $20,000/offer. Must sell. Includes mgoring in Half Moon Bay at $13/mo.

Call Rob M. (415) 726-6014; (408) 293-6600.

ESPERANZA — YANKEE CLIPPER

1982 HUNTER 25

Westsail 32, factory finished 75. Cruise equipt by orig. owner.

Moving to Loreto, need partner/buyer to build "Sucasa” apts.

Secured by Mexican wife & Puerto Escondido Marina. Vz int. or dwnpmnt $26,500. J. Kelly, P.O.B. 4837, San Ysidro, CA 92073.

Equipped for comfortable, safe cruising. New standing and running rigging. New compass and knot/log. Many additions. Call for details. $16,700.

Eves. (415) 769-1381.

ATTENTION 1 CLUB NAUTIQUE FAMILY SAILING MEMBERSHIP

NOR’SEA 27 — AFT CABIN

Reduced rate. An excellent buy at $2,000. Includes transfer fee.

We moved & can’t use it anymore. Call Sheri or Ken. Leave message if we’re not home. 283-5552.

Hull, deck (bonded), ballast, engine, fuel tank, partially framed interior. Ideal for someone to finish and have a solid yacht.

Owner wants action. Make offer.

(707) 763-9758.

1977. 41’ f/g stays’l ketch, has cruised Pacific 6 years, is now offered for sale. Fully equipt for cruising and/or living aboard. $7c,000 cash/trade/terms. For details write: Fred Boehme, 1290-D Maunakea #248, Honolulu, HI 96817.

PIER 39 — BOAT SLIP — 36-FT San Francisco waterfront — rent a 36-ft upwind facing slip for $180/month, short or long term. Telephone connections, discounted parking, security guards, showers, shopping center, restaurants and a view.

Call (415) 523-9638 evenings.

TARTAN 30 CHARTER

QEEP WATER DOCK

Bay or Delta Pressure water, stove, head, inboard, VHF, depthsounder, knotmeter, sleeps 5-6. $125 per day weekends, $100 per day weekdays. $25 discount for consecutive days.

339-3288 evenings.

Executive home, easily maintained in the Napa Valley. 4 bd, 2 ba, professionally landscaped.

Deep water dock in marina area. Many extras. Owner leaving state. Call Coldwell Banker.

(707) 546-8811 or (707) 963-2069. Ask for Anita. $295,500.

USCG LICENSED DELIVER^ SKIPPER & MATE

A CRUISING GUIDE TO FRENCH POLYNESIA

Delivery skipper and mate now available for yacht delivery to and from Baja this season. USCG licensed with 13 years experience. Navigation and sailing instruction available aboard our 47-ft ketch in So. Calif, or charter with us to Catalina and Channel Islands. Windships Expeditions, 2554 Lincoln Blvd., #412, Marina del Rey, CA 90291.(213) 306-6836.

By Fred Boehme 160 pages, 80 sketches with current information on islands, passes, anchorages, weather, etc.

Send $24.95 check or money order to author, 1290-D Maunakea St. #248, Honolulu, HI 96817 Allow 4-6 weeks delivery.

— A-1 BRIGHTWORK SERVICE — Professional quality brightwork at very reasonable rates. No job too large or too small.

Satisfaction guaranteed. References available.

Michael Heiner (415) 868-1720 (home); (415) 331-8149 (message) page 193

COLUMBIA YACHTS 22,26,28,29,32,33,34,35,36 and 41 feet.

Hunter 30,1980, diesel, wheel, sharp. All Offers.

Independent Broker will find the right boat for you.

JIM IRWIN (415) 883-9750

BALTIC CRUISER

COLUMBIA 50 PROJECT

Bit. Borressens, Denmark 1961. 30’ sloop, flushdeck, 3/4 keel, new mast, boom, rigging & sails. Internal Halyards led aft. $10.000/B.O. Good shape. Must see to appreciate.

(415) 392-3321 John.

Hull, deck, rudder, ballast, diesel, sole bulkheads, have been mostly completed. Easy financing, very reasonably priced.

Mary (916) 451-9410 eves.

MOVE ASHORE THIS WINTER

APHRODITE 101 33-ft F/B sloop. Great sailing, beautiful and sleek. Autohelm, self-tacking jib, spinnaker, Signets, diesel. Completely equipped interior. Ideal for short-handed cruising or racing. Absolutely like new.

(415) 962-0613 evenings.

House available in San Rafael for 3 months beginning Dec. 1.

Fully furnished, nice neighborhood. I'm going cruising and will rent for $500 per/mo. plus utilities.

459-4902. Leave message.

FARR 30 FAST PASSAGE CRUISER/RACER

PEARSON 365 KETCH 1979. Good condition. Westerbeke diesel, pedestal, compass, fathometer, VHF, pressure hot & cold water, stall shower, full galley, comfortable, roomy liveaboard/cruise. $57,000.

(415) 697-5977.

ERICSON 29 Excellent condition, original owner, VHF, am/fm stereo, compass, wheel steering, sleeps 6, all teak redone, new seacocks, Berkeley berth. $24,000.

(408) 286-9124

WILDERNESS 30 FOR SALE Hawaii on Oahu w/slip. Owner built, vacuum bagged balsa-core hull. Must sell. $20,000/best offer. Will consider charters.

(408) 684-0896.

ERICSON 30 Buy now from anxious 2-boat owner. In great shape with many extras. Bargain price: $23,500.

(415) 968-1860 or 961-2222.

KETTENBURG 40 1969. Outfitted for cruising. Good condition. Aries, Faryman diesel (30 hp), Avon, S/L windlass, plenty of navig. & safety equipment. Wood boat. $34,000.

Derek 485-6776.

63-FT HAND KETCH

"COURSER” The ultimate cruising yacht for 2 or more; big enough to live on, small enough to handle. Fast yet comfortable! 42’ Cascade Sip., custom tri-cabin. Roller furling jib & main. Electric windlass, 3 anchors, 3 extra headsails, 1 extra main, spinnaker, 2 poles, spitfire, RVG windvane, Benmar ap, Westerbeke 4107 dsl aux., 31/2 kw Yanmar dsl gen., 100 gals, fuel, 150 gals, water, 2 staterooms, 2 heads/1 w/shower, h&c pressure water/sw in galley. Extra gear, tools, spares. SSB, VHF, Him, Magnavox SatNav, HiSeas diesel heater, 110 & engine-driven freezer, Shipmate stove & microwave. Full oil & electric lights & lots more! $89,500. Full price. Owner may finance for resp. person. Will consider all realistic trades. Pres, at Ala Wai Yacht Basin, Honolulu, slip A-7. Owner aboard for inspeetion or call Frank Corser: (808) 944-9666 between 7-8 a.m. Hawaii time daily.

1940’s classic. New radio and depthfinder, recent engine and hull work. Needs additional work on decks and interior. Roomy layout. Priced to sell. $37,000 or best offer.

(907) 345-2709.

THINGS ARE GETTING DESPERATE 1 Fully equipped 34-ft cruising cutter needs new home. 1980 fiberglass hull with teak deck and interior. Lots of extras. Truly comfortable for cruising/liveaboard. Just add water and go.

March 1985 survey available. Price negotiable.

921 -2133.

PARTNERSHIP One-half interest in a well equipped Ericson 27 buys almost fulltime use to race or cruise. 7 bags of sails (incl. 2 spinnakers), knot, VHF, stereo, Atomic 4, Alameda berth. $10,000/offer plus split expenses.

(415)791-2471.

$29,9001

CATALINA 30

Junk rigged Nor'Sea 27, custom layout, So. Pacific vet, monitor vane, Yanmar, 4 anchors, Avon w/OB, Ham radio, Scuba, more.

Ready to cruise. Pictures, 19738 Gilmore, Woodland Hill?, CA 91367.

(213)472-9428.

A well kept and well equipped '81. Great boat for cruising or racing. Leading sails, 110,150, main & spinnaker. Data Marine instruments, Coyote Point berth & much more. $30,000.

(415) 593-1509.

ISLANDER 36-FT Priced to sell now. 1974. Volvo diesel. Hot H20, 3 headsails, good ground tackle, Berkeley Marina slip. Serious buyers only.

Any serious offer given consideration.

Call (916) 447-2240.

'82 MONTGOMERY 17

Superbly maintained, fully found for cruising, racing. Full invenNew condition f/g mini-cruiser complete with Trail-rite trailer, tory race condition/quality sails (including 3 1985 Sobstads) Johnson outboard, head, water, lights, VHF, ds, compass, jiffy plus full set cruising sails. Highly successful Southern CA, super-N reefing and other extras. $6,500.

(415) 521-1152. in Northern CA. $27,500.

(213) 877-9815.

RANGER 23 1976. Bristol condition, race rigged but never raced. One owner.

Classic boat for Bay. Knotmeter, compass, 5 sails, 6 hp motor. $10,500.

Call Sy Gold (916) 752-2844 work or (916) 753-2001 home.

CREW AVAILABLE Experienced couple w/medical & mechanical skills are eager to cruise again. We are willing to share expenses. Any destination or duration. Rob & Margie Paige, P.O.B. 731, Diablo, CA 94528.

(415) 820-4135

VERY CLEAN ERICSON 27

29-FT LAPSTRAKE Double-ender with dry rot. 12 hp BMW diesel, 160 hrs., 18 gal fuel tank. Aluminum mast with steps and masthead. Tri-color, anchor & strobe. 3 sails, 7 winches. S.S rigging, head. 2-burner propane stove with 5 gal. fuel, Marinetics propane shut-off valve. Edson wear gear stearing, Edson bronze bilge pump.

Depthfinder, S.R. Mariner knotmeter/windspeed and direction, 25 lb. CQR. Bilge blower, 2 marine batteries 4/85. $2,500/offer.

(916) 372-5831.

KETCH THIS

FOR RENT

43-FT Atkin ketch, cold-mold mahogany, Volvo diesel, Sutter sails, 85% complete, is liveaboard. 40K firm.

Mary (916j 451-9410 eves. v

36-ft upwind berth. $3.90-ft. Located Marina Bay Yacht Harbor.

Has electricity, water and telephone hook-up. Excellent parking and security.

Gall Al (408) 248-3580 eves.

74, inboard, Signet knotmeter, windpoint, windspeed, depthsounder, 2 anchors, main, jib rigging and sail. Dual batteries.

Must See. $19,950.

Jack (415) 856-1100; (408) 257-6194.

FOR SALE C.J. Hendry 6-man liferaft with EPRIB in cannister: $1500.

Walker 412 SatNav: $950. 250 amp/hr battery: $150.

Boom vang: preventer: $100.

(415) 881-4680.

BEAR NO. 46 YOGI 11 bags of sails, refastened 6/82, new running rigging, custom boom, beautiful to look at and sail. Harken blocks, Schaefer traveler, knotmeter-log, compass, new cushions, new interior paint and cabinets.

552-5580 wkdays; 585-2291 eves.

ISLANDER 36 1977. Perfect in and out. Black covers and furling jib trim.

Hauled and surveyed May 1985. $54,500/offer. Brickyard Cove.

Call Hal Underwood (415) 655-0378 for list oj equipment/ accessories and appointment.

TEAK LADY No. 21. Built Hong Kong 1958 by AH King. Teak on Bagak, copper fastened, finished bright and kept original. 6 hp Vire inboard, electric start, lights, full cover, clean and well-maintained. $4,500.

Steve (916) 457-5523.

HANS CHRISTIAN 38 1977 RAFIKI 37 Fiberglass Arexcore hull, cutter rig, excellent liveaboard, world cruiser. Volvo M.D. 3B (recently rebuilt), selftailing winches, heavy ground tackle, Aries windvane, autopilot. New dodger.

This boat sails fast & comfortable. Owner will consider trade for down payment and consider financing for right party.

Price $61,000.

Call for details. Days 655-7747, eves. 383-5037.

GIVE HAWAII FOR CHRISTMAS

A Perry designed cutter. Equipped to cruise. Priced to sell.

(619) 223-5401.

36-FT GAFF-RIGGED SCHOONER Alaskan yellow cedar. Excellent blue water cruiser or liveaboard in perfect shape.

Must see. Owner anxious. $58,000.

456-1860 Kermit Parker Yacht Brokerage.

1982 CATALINA 25 Two mains, two jibs, VHF, depth, compass, marine head, 10 hp Honda, complete safety package. Halyards lead aft, 2-speed primary winches. Wei! maintained. Many extras. $14,900.

799-0643 (leave message).

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Indulge yourself or your sailing friends and try cruising in Hawaii's warm waters.

Only $500 per person, includes food and licensed skipper for a week.

Write for brochure: DOVE, P.O. Box 29064, Honolulu, HI 96820.

HANS CHRISTIAN 34 — 1979

Custom designed interior for cruising or liveaboard. Exc. cond.

Has combi console, API, df, vys, constable system, VHF, stereo, etc. $92,000.

Call (415) 879-0579 eves/weekends.

Consultant, Appraiser (415) 435-2477

OFFSHORE MEDICAL SEMINARS Conducted by Dr. D.L. Hill, experienced instructor in Maritime Medicine — currently instructor at California Maritime Academy — former U.S. Navy physician — U.S. Coast Guard licensed ship's surgeon — small classes — personalized training.

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COMPASSES Used Danforth 6" ped. mount w/chrome base. New: $715. A steal at: $200. New Danforth 4” 'Overhead'. Retail: $325. Sell for: $215. New Danforth 3" Corsair flushmount (C-389-H) w/angle of heel. Retail: $145. Sell for: $100.

Gall 775-0157.

30-FT BIRD SLOOP Classic woodie complete with sails, outboard & extras. Boat is in good condition and priced to sell. $5,500. Write Steve Ardrey Classified, c/o P.0. Box 1678, Sausalito, CA 94966.

FOR SALE — THE SYRINX 38-FT MONK DESIGNED WOODEN KETCH Pilothouse (2 steering stations), sleeps 8 in 3 cabins but sailed by 1 or 2. Volvo Penta diesel (overhauled 1984). Benmar autopilot & RDF, Morrow Echosounder, Mariner VHF, Sum Log sailing dinghy, Avon inflatable, fridge, cabin heater. Owner has bought another boat & must sell. $36,000. Write Box 1615 Sausalito, CA 94966 or call (415) 584-7235.

1936. English built Gaunlet cutter. 41-ft. One of a kind! Teak planking, copper fastenings. New work on decks. Ex. cond!

Ready for cruising. $65,000. (415) 332-2150 eves. Moored at 300 Napa St., Galillee Harbor, Sausalito, CA.

BARTENDER 26-FT POWERBOAT Cabin w/v-berth, dinette, icebox, sink, head, stowage, Ig. cockpit new canvas top, cockpit cover, VHF radio. Great for sportfishing, overnighting. Recently refurbished, beautiful cond. Needs engine work or repower. Sacrifice: $5,000.

(415) 383-1760.

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1980 HUNTER 36 FOR SALE

NEED TRAILER

Very clean and well equipped sloOp. Elec, windspeed & dir., knotmeter & log & depth. Battery charger & VHF. Must sell! $52,500/0.B.O. 464-2590 or 871 -5374 John.

Will pay cash for Victory 21 -ft sailboat trailer. Approx. 2,000-lbs capacity. Will modify or clean up if necessary. Call Dave.

(415) 754-2036 days or 376-3218 eves.

Attractive bluewater gal, 40’s, searching for male counterpart with well found L or MDB leaving next spring. You want a committed relationship to share the adventure. Let’s meet soon. Picture appreciated. P.O. Box 6254, San Diego, CA 92106.

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Hull No. 102, Presto. In excellent condition. Fully equipt for offshore requirements as well as one-design racing. Extremely competitive. Includes trailer. Asking $18,500.

(408) 476-1800; (408) 476-0403. Ask for Howard.

Valise, E-pack, new 83/84, certified 10/85.

(415) 931-4384.

“ANIMATION"

1984. Like new. 8 winches, 4 sails, main & staysail covers.

Pedestal steering/brake & compass. Stern swim ladder. Kts., depth & log meters. VHF & am/fm cassette radios. Coyote Point Berth. $74K. (415)328-3424.

AVON LIFERAFT FOR SALE OR RENT

50-ft ketch, new engine, sails, rigging, winches, stove, etc.

Extensively equipped. Unfinished interior. 39K/B.O. (408) 688-5836.

CAPE DORY 31

Best international Folkboat on the Bay. Superbly equipped for ocean/bay. Lifelines, pulpits, dodger, VHF, ds, km, autohelm, windvane, 5 headsails, tri-color masthead, 6 hp o.b. and all C.G. required equipment. Picture and specifications in 1985 yachting yearbook. $15,500 or best offer.

(415) 441-1755.

—-i INCREDIBLE BARGAIN 34-FT Atkin ketch. Excellent condition. Full set sails. All new rig '84. Ready to sail. Perkins 4-107 runs great. Sleeps 4. Shipmate 3-burner w/oven. Ready to liveaboard. $14,500 or B.O. We're moving.

(415)673-6479.

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CATALINA 27 Are you looking for a great deal? How about an expertly maintained sailboat with new sails, spars, rigging, interior and more, priced below appraisal at $16,500! Call now for appointment to sail her.

Dave 383-7537; 777-4811.

1978 No. 22, due to ill health must sell. Excellent condition, engine less than 150 hours. Signet instruments, Barient selftailing winches, roller furling jibs, autopilot, VHF, RDF, lots of extras, all varnished teak interior. $89,000.

(408) 476-1485.

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ISLANDER 36 — FOR SALE

MAGNAVOX SAT-NAV

Blue hull, teak interior, Perkins 4-108 diesel. Radar, autopilot, Loran, 2 VHF radios, much more. Ready to race, cruise or liveaboard. Very good condition. Exceptionally equipped. $59,900.

(707) 445-0075.

Used just one week. $1,290.

35-lb anchor: $110. EPIRP: $150.

COMBI radar alert: $220.

(408) 353-3413.

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CATALINA 36, 38. ISLANDER 36 or similar sailboat, wanted by private party. Must be well equipped, diesel powered, 1976 or younger, 50K or less. Don’t mind if she needs some work!

(415) 940-7432 days.

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PEARSON ARIEL INBOARD Mexico? Brand new! Rig, rudder, epoxy bottom, LPU spar, Navtek, swoffer, Seafarer, Optimus, Evinrude. Atomic 4 pulled, recent survey. $11.5K. Terms? (707) 874-3018. Alameda berth.

$15,000. ? Approx, equity for real estate or notes or ? for Islander 37. UHF-RDF, knot & log, depthmeter, dinghy, roller, main & jib, good ground tackle, safety gear, sleeps 7, full mahogany interior. Nice!

(707) 539-6063; (707) 833-2101.

1982. Like new. Diesel. Quality throughout. Spacious interior, genoa, VHF, knotmeter, depthsounder. Look and feel of a much bigger boat. Bay or ocean. Own two boats, must sell. $32,950.

(415) 524-5791 or 237-9602.

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CHALLENGER 32 Excellent liveaboard cruiser complete with shower, h/c pressure water, 110/12v refrigeration, Hillerange w/oven, automatic battery charger, Force-ten heater, shorepower. Warm, roomy mahogany interior. 96 gal. s/s water, 40 gal s/s holding and 45 gal fuel tanks. 4 cyl. inboard, pedestal steering, club jib, 150 genny, M.O.B. pole, 2 anchors with rode. Seriously for sale. $32,000 or best offer.

Call Mark 525-1794.

MacGREGOR 25 CATALINA THIRTY 1982

Roller furling, two-speed, self-tailing winches, digital km with log. VHF, stereo tape deck, MOB pole and full safety pkg. Edson wheel, Ritchie compass. Spinnaker and gear. Hauled and surveyed June 85. Reefer, alcohol stove with oven. Sleeps six.

Easy sailing, stiff and dry. Good day sailer or coastal cruiser.

Surveyor appraised at $32,500. Offers considered. Slip sublet available in Santa Cruz.

(408) 479-1890 or (408) 462-5496.

Just back from San Juans, Desolation Sound, Sea of Cortez.

Fully equipped inch 9.0 Evinrude, galley, VHF, knot, depth, much more. Bristol condition. With trailer. $8,800.

(415) 383-0432.

A FAST LADY Moore 24'. 1980. Excellent condition. Extras include: trailer, VHF radio, outboard, 6 sails & much more. $15,000.

Call (415) 435-9341 or 435-1213.

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BRISTOL 27 Must sell this month! Partnership dissolving. Great Bay boat.

6,600-lbs disp. Full keel, new rigging 1980, new outboard 1983.

Offered at 2/3 price of comparable boats at $7,000. Make an offer! Sausalito berth.

(707) 996-3355; (707) 528-3715.

COLUMBIA 26 MKII Excellent Bay sailer, sleeps 5, 2-burner stove, new Johnson IVi o.b. Has compass, VHF radio, lifelines, etc. Excellent downwind Berkeley berth. $10,000.

Call (415) 284-7547.

1976 WYLIE 28-FT FOR SALE — HAWAII 45' Peterson designed fiberglass cutter (Peterson 44 sistership).

Recent survey states ‘‘sea ready”. $20,000 of cruising gear & electronics. Appraised market value is $130,000. Will sell for $117,000 or trade for home or lot in Cuptertino, Los Gatos area.

She’s in Hawaii; mooring fee is $18 per month! Sail Hawaii once a month for less than it costs to keep her on the Bay! She's a fantastic sailboat, easily sailed by my wife and myself.

Call (408) 773-0750* evenings.

Wylie '/2-ton. Completely equipped w/2 rigs: Hawkfarm fractional rig plus original masthead rig. New main and No. 1,14 bag sails, diesel engine and full race equipped. VHF, new paint, race winner, priced to sell.

Call (714) 631-1779.

SELL/TRADE My Aurora 21-ft sailboat. Excellent condition. Boat & equipment value: $2,800. Trade up, down, partnership, interest, or for ?

Let’s talk. Call Dave (415) 754-2036 days; 376-3218 eves.

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3. Eliminate Deviation.

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Awlgrip from mast to boat stripe. 1st in Marconi 2 1984 & 1985 Master Mariners Regatta.

Ingwe (means panther) is in beautiful condition with most of the gear for cruising aboard. 6’8” headroom in main cabin, teak and cedar interior. We’re having our second baby and need a bigger boat. Will consider trade up for 50-ft wood boat or $69K. Best things about Ingwe is the way she sails (she’s fast!), she’s a great liveaboard and her low maintenance (due to AwlGrip).

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Cal. 4,800 Santana 77 . 3,900 Catalina. 2 from 5,000 Falmouth Cutter.23,500 Santana. 5,500 Ericson. 2from 5,950 Ranger 76 . 13,000 Col. Challenger'64. 5,250 Lapworth '69 . 5,300 Farr'81 . 12,900 Kiwi 74 . 14,500 Vashon Trailer'80 .... 24,950 Yankee Dolphin’67 .. . 12,500 Capri'80. 9,750 Meridian'61. 12,000 O'Day 76 . 11,500 Yamaha. 19.500 Balboa 74 . 12,500 Catamaran 74 .3,900 Chrysler 79 . 13,500 Columbia 70. ....... 12,500 Folkboat 70 . 16,500 Lapworth. 15,000 T/4Schumacher 79 . . . Offers Bristol'65 . 10,750 Catalina. 2 from 16,500 C&C71 .. 19,950 Islander. 2 from 32,000

29' 30' 30' 30' 30' 30' 30' 32' 32' 32' 33' 34' 35' 35' 36' 36' 36' 36' 36' 39' 40' 40' 43' 43' 45' 45' 59' 64'

Sea Farer 74. 12,000 Pacific72..

12.500 Sonoma'82 . 31,900 Farr 78 . 26,850 Shields'68 . 7,900 Catalina. 34,000 Santana. 35,000 Aries'82. 45,000 Nantucket Clipper 71 . 29,950 Islander Cutter 75 . . . 38,000 Yamaha. 45,000 Peterson'81 . 66,000 Chris Craft 72 . 78,000 Ericson 70 . 38,000 Columbia'68. 39,500 Union Polaris 78 . 74,500 Ericson 77 . 79,900 Cheoy Lee 76 . 85,000 Islander. Call for prices Cavalier 77 . 79,000 Olson'83 . 109,500 Valiant 76 . 126,500 BluenoseSchooner’47 . 67,000 Westsail 76 . 144,000 Mason. 119,000 Omega 79 . . .. 107,000 Custom Ketch'81 ... 295,000 Herreshoff'82 . 375,000

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Why Buy From A Broker?

Don’t they cost a lot of money? No more than a good real estate broker “costs" money to find the right home for you 8s your family.

As in real estate, a good yacht broker will listen to your needs and apply his skill and resources to find the boat that you want to ’own.

Since we’re boating professionals, we spend every day dealing with boats. We can quickly and efficiently do the legwork that would take you weeks to do. And since we're in the business every day, we’ve come to know not only most boat designs, but a lot of individual boats that are on the market. Not only the mass-produced models, but also the obscure little gems that might be just the boat for you.

We can save you time, money, and frustration. Call or stop by soon and let us show you what we can do for you.

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TRADE-IN, and so is priced way below market value. New mail a Mylar 150% plus 5 more sails. Full electronics, Johnson O.B., and a cockpit that seats 8 in comfort. Nice interior a very clean. Compare at $13-18K, then buy this one for just $9750.

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32’ Atkin Eric ketch, 1962, Sabb diesel, maintained to perfection by a knowledgeable owner, great. $44,000.

45’ William Hand schooner, 1929, recently arrived from the Northwest, excellent sailer, heavily built. $50,000.

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Santana.7.

Falmouth Cutter.

S&S Yankee Dolphin.v.

Islander Bahama.

Cal 2-24.

Columbia MKII.2 available.

Santana.

Albin Cumulus.

28’ 30’ 30’ 34’ 40’ 40’ 40’ 45’

Hallberg P-28.

Friendship Sloop.

Spitsgatter. .»,,, Sparkman&Stephens Aux. Yawl SparkmanSStephens Aux. Yawl Kettenburg K-40.2avi Concordia Yawl Custom New Zealand Cruising Ketch.

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Chris Craft.

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GULFSTAR 50 Quality cruise-equipt, f/g & teak, Perkins, Onan 7.5 k.w., autopilot, Loran, VHF, ADF & ham set. Boat &equipment in perfect condition.

Only Asking $135,000.

42’ CHAPPELLE SCHOONER U.S. Built, 1981.

Absolutely Bristol. Call For Details.

36’ STEPHENS Tri-cabin flushdeck, twin GM diesels, covered berth y Try $37,500.

45’ ALDEN Schooner. Westerbeke diesel, well equipped, including spinnaker. Estate sale. Make Offer.

36’ ENGLISH Ketch. Fiberglass, diesel, sturdy cruise equipment.

Bank Repo! Try $49,500.

LAPWORTH 36. Full cover, has keep this beauty in perfect shape.

Owner wants her sold. Only Asking $12,000. page 201

34’ CALIFORNIA Trawler. Twin Perkins, low hours, loaded with equipment. Owner wants an offer.

Try $65,000.

37’ CHRIS CONNIE. One of Chris Crafts most popular models. She’s loaded & up to survey. Try $24,000.

23’ DONZIE. 1972. Rebuilt engine, new VHF & depthsounder. Lots of gear, nothing to buy. Only $8,500.

H-28 Original. New sails, vane, autopilot. New interior designed for cruising. Asking $24,000.

45’ LAKE UNION. Twin dsls, immac ulate classic w/covered berth. Pric ed reduced for quick sale. $45,000.

36’ SCHOONER "Sadie”. Absolutely bri stol! $58,000. >

33’ ALDEN-DUNNIGAN Sloop. Yan mar diesel, d.s., VHF, Sumlog. Barient winches. Asking $28,000.

HERRESHOFF 30 Sloop. F/G, N Z. built, dodger, vane gear, Yanmar dsl. $28,000.

38’ RHODES Sloop. New spars 76.

38-ft trailer, owner sick, must sell.

Just make an offer.

RAFIKI 37’. 79. Fully equipt for cruising with dodger, vane gear, etc.

6’5” min. headrm. Asking $79,000.

42’ WINTHROP-WARNER M/S. Sal mon license,, cat. Full electronics Owner wants to sell. Make offer.

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1972 35' Chris Craft Motor Sailer.

A beautiful yacht that sails superbly and has a strong 108 HP engine for motoring in heavy seas. Full keeled, yet highly maneuverable doing a 360° turn in her own boatlength!

Features 2 staterooms, 2 heads, and has a full galley with oven & microwave. Equipped with: auto helm, depth finder, knotlog, wind instruments, 4 sails plus roller furling, Avon dinghy, dodger, boat cover, windlass, 12v - 110v & 220v converter. This is only a partial list, call us for more information.

$69,000

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California Sailing

44’ LAFITTE ’80. Cutter rigged sloop. Extremely well-equipt and well rigged luxurious cruiser w/many custom features. 175,000.

44’ GULFSTAR ’74. This center cockpit aft cabin motorsailer is ideally suited for liveaboard and cruising with Perkins dsl, Onan generator, large fuel & water tanks, and good inventory. $85,000.

40’ KETTENBURG ’64. Sleek, fast wood cruising sip w/good rig. $29,900.

40’ CAL. The original ultralight, now a fast cruiser. Inquire.

38’ CUSTOM KETCH ’72. Roomy cold-molded cruiser, diesel, good ground tackle & sails. $39,900.

38’ MORGAN ’78. Totally cruise equipped, vane, etc. Inquire.

37’ TAYANA ’81. Very well equipped cruising cutter with Loran, autopilot, radar, refrigeration, shower, propane, dinghy, dodger and more. $87,000. • 37’ IRWIN MKV ’79. Aft cabin, liveaboard cruiser w/dsl. + S.F. berth.$67,000.

33’ NOR’WEST. Strongly built, fast, Burns design with nice interior, diesel, wheel, Rover dinghy and more. Ideal world cruiser. $49,950.

33’ PEARSON 323 ’77. Really nice w/brand new bottom & BARGAIN PRICE. 32’ DASHER ’60. Easom built strip-planked Lapworth sloop with recent aluminum rig. Standing headroom. A lot of boat for $20,000.

32’ VANGUARD ’65. Clean w/autopilot, VHF, cabin heater & more. $32,500.

30’ CORONADO ’72. Roomy with wheel, VHF, Palmer i.b., & spinn. $25,500.

30’ CATALINA ’78. Loaded with gear, whl, etc. Inquire.

30’ ISLANDER BAHAMA ’78. Clean/roomy family racer/cruiser. Inquire.

30’ NEWPORT ’79. Phase II with VHF, Loran, autopilot, knotmeter, wheel, dodger, pressure hot water, Volvo diesel, spinnaker and more. Inquire.

30’ SANTANA ’77. (2) of these racer/cruisers w/diesel & good gear. Inquire.

29’ CAT 2-29. Clean roomy Lapworth one-design. $29,900.

28’ BRITISH TWISTER '69. Repowered, re-equipt pckt ocean cruiser. $29,000.

28’ ISLANDER ’76. (2) available. Both with recent LP & diesels, good inventory. From $32,000.

27’ SANTA CRUZ ’75. Well equipped ultralight. Fast! $16,000.

24’ NIGHTINGALE ’74. Clean, race equipped, Wylie design. $11,500.

20-26 FIBERGLASS SLOOPS. I have a number of boats in this size range.

WOOD BOATS. Many sizes and many prices.

CALL FOR MANY MORE LISTINGS SELLERS: If you own any well-built boat in good condition & want an honest and capable person to represent you during the problems of negotiation, financing, sea trial, survey, title transfer, insurance, property tax proration & the inevitable Snafu, please call & list your boat.

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All Bay and Ocean class sails Loran, • VHF • WP • KM • Depth Complete safety equipment w/8 man raft Micron 33 bottom • Refrigeration And a long list of extras less than 1 yr old with reef to #4 tri-radial .75 oz. dynac radial head

7.4 oz. 130% .75 oz. 100% 8 oz 2.2 oz. 150% 8.5 oz. 80%

less than 1 yr old tri-radial, new main 3 area reefs CYT storm sail

Owner Anxious ... $45,000

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SAIL 21’Aquarius, ’72, f/g, w/trlr.$5,000 24’ Windward, '65, f/g, motor overhauled ’85.6,500 24’ Columbia, ’66, f/g, trunk cabin, “Contender".8,000 24’ S&S, ’66, f/g, spinnaker.6,000 25’ Frisco Flyer, '56, wd, mahogany planked.5,000 25’ Santana, '80, f/g, bank repo.. 13,500 25’ Catalina, '80, f/g. .2 avail frm 15,900 25’ Coronado, ’65, f/g, flush deck cruiser.8,000 26' Columbia, '69, f/g . 2 avail frm 10,000 26’ Meridian, '69, f/g, family cruiser.

6,700 27’ Catalina, ’82, f/g, trunk cabin. 19,000 27’ Westerly, ’70, f/g, ib dsl.16,700 27' Newport, '73, f/g, rac’g rig’d. .18,000 28’ Columbia, ’70, f/g.2 avail frm 18,500 30’ Catalina, ’83, f/g, ib dsl.36,500 30’ Lancer, '79, f/g.. . .2avail frm25,000

30’ Santana, '77, f/g, rac'g rig’d. .34,000 32’ Westsail, ’74, f/g.55,000 36’Islander, ’72, f/g.52,900 37' Tayana; '79, f/g, p.h.80,000 41' Gulfstar, 79, f/g, Irg inventory75,000 43’ Columbia, 72, f/g, rac’g rig’d.70,000 48’ Custom ketch, 78, concrete.45,000 POWER 23' Uniflite, '68, f/g, trlr, Delta canvas.12,000 25’Trojan, '64, wood.2 avail frm.7,800 28’ Fiberform, 76, f/g. 2 avail frm 23,400 28’ Bayliner, ’84, f/g, “Contessa”, anxious. 29,995 30’ Fjord, 73, f/g, twin turbo dsls33,400 31’ Silverton, 78, f/g, twin 225hp, 370 hrs.44,900 32’ Chris Craft, ’55, wood p.h... .16,900 35' Concorde, ’68, f/g, twin 300hp45,000 36’ Chris Craft, '62, wd, “Constellation”, bristol.43,900 42’ Grand Banks, '68, wd, tri-cabin.79,500

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Santana, 1978.

Newport, 1971.

Venture, loaded,.... with trailer All Ericson, strong.

Columbia Mk II. must see!

Folkboat, 1970.

Santana, Volvo dsl,.. much gear.

Catalina, outboard.. must see!

Bayliner, lvabrd..try Balboa.try Cheoy Lee. O’Day. Columbian 8.7.

Albin Cumulus.

Auxiliary sloop.

Ranger, G. Mull dsgn Pearson, 1978.... try Hunter, 1977, lvabrd.

Custom racer,.Ask’g “Kiwi” Whitby, 1966.try Cutter rigged sloop, 1947.

Tartan 3000, 1982. try

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Islander, loaded!....

Columbia Sabre, 1965 Gulf Pilothouse sloop Atkin ketch, cruiser,. diesel Columbia, center.... cockpit lvabrd Ben ford cutter.

Lapworth.

MacGregor cat, ’79..

Ericson, flush deck..

Fly’g Dutchman,.... racer/cruiser Tartan.

Ericson, 1980.

Catalina, 1983. loaded!

Hans Christian... try Westerly, Perry dsgn.

Irwin, fast.try Pearson, 1979.

Endeavour,. huge liveaboard!

Olson “Fastbreak”..

Endeavour, 1980....

Garden ketch, ’69...

CT cruising ketch...

Jomar-Roberts.

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S-2 sloop, ’78, full boat cover.

CAL sloop, ’80.

HUNTER sloop, ’76, new Evinrude.

FOX sloop, ’79, Gary Mull design.

US sloop, ’82, Autohelm, spinnaker & gear, loaded.

ISLANDER sloop, ’76, Perry design, Volvo diesel.

HUNTER sloop, ’83, dsl, pres. h20, shower, refrigeration, electronics. . . . Reduced COLUMBIA sloop, ’72, plenty of sails, with (2) spinnakers & gear plus much more. . . . Reduced CATALINA sloop, ’80, popular Bay boat. Very clean!

ERICSON sloop, ’82, this boat has been mistaken for being brand new!! Must see!!

FARALLON sloop, kit boat, 90% complete, Volvo dsl, full keel offshore cruiser. A fantastic buy at RANGER, sloop, ’78, diesel, electronics NASAU cutter, ’85, full keel, dbl-ender, 33 hp dsl, electronics, propane, dodger. Owner moving up. Try ERICSON sloop, ’70, CLEAN! MARINER cutter,’79, Isuzu dsl, + many extras ISLANDER sloop, ’79, dsl, furling jib, ST winches, dodger, bottom just painted, extra clean. . . .

Reduced TAYANA cutter, ’79, plenty of electronics, battery charger, dsl heater, safety liferaft, set up for cruising or liveaboard.

TAYANA cutter, ’82, Yanmar diesel, teak house, tanbark sails, very well maintained.

TAYANA MKII cutter, ’83, aft cabin, seperate shower, Loran C, battery charger, spray dodger.

CHEOY LEE auxiliary ketch, ’80, Perry design, electronics, new diesel, outstanding liveaboard.

MARINER ketch, ’80, center cockpit, wonderful aft cabin, Perkins 4-236, a.p., + much more. Spacious!

TAYANA cutter, ’84, Robert Perry design, Loran C, SatNav, 7.5 kw, central heat & vacuum, refrigeration, microwave — too much to list!!

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GULF 29’ PILOTHOUSE Starboard aft galley model that includes auto helm & roller furl jib. Seller out of country. Needs to sell this popular light & airy pilothouse. Asking $32,000 or best offer

GULFSTAR 50 This beautiful "50” has been to Tahiti and back. She has it all, from a complete navigation station to a dive compressor. Just provision her and she’ll be ready for the islands of YOUR dreams. $149,000.

DISTINCTIVE NEW & PRE-OWNED CRUISING YACHTS GREAT STARTER — CRUISING BOATS — IB/OB ★ 17’ LEISURE Twin keels, new sails.® 3,500 ★ 20’ NEWPORT 6 sails, SNG handled, LPU top’s. 4,750 ★ 20’ CAL Good starter, all led aft, active class.

3,750 ★ 21’VICTORY w/trailer, good starter.

2,500 ★ 22’ SANTANA Lg active 1. dsn.2 from 5,500 ★ 22’ MacGREGOR Trl., VHF. 6,000 ★ 22’ CATALINA Sk, 3 sails, trl..2 from 4,500 ★ 23’ CORONADO Fixed keel, v/good sails, o/b.

5,000 ★ 23’ ERICSON New o/b', trailerable, swingkeel. 6,500 ★ 24’ BRISTOL 1 w/dsl, late model.2 from.

15,000 • ★ 24’J24 Class sails, spinnaker gear, priced right.

10,500 ★ 24’ WINDWARD SLOOP Full keel, good sailer, classic 7,400 24’ YANKEE DOLPHIN 7 sails, very clean ..3 from 12,500 ★ 25’CORONADO Roomy starter.

5,600 ★ 25’ O’DAY Sk. 12,900 ★ 25’ CAL Honda OB, new sails, class.

7,800 ★ 25’ HUNTER 7 sails, spin, new o/b.

9,000 ★ 25' rilORTHSTAR 500 'At, lots of sails., .

14,000 ★ 26’PEARSON Ariel.>.

11,900 26’ CHRYLSER Sk, trl.

12,950 ★ 26’ DAWSON CC, dsl, wheel.

18,000 ★ 26’ INLANDER Sun cover, 4-sails, Bristol Condition . . 23,500 ★ 26’ CONTESSA fk, auto pilot, bit. to Lloyds specs. . . .

15,750 ★ 26’COLUMBIA MK II “The Perfect 26”.

10,500 26’INT FOLKBOAT Classic Scandinavian Design ....

15,500 ★ 26’ EXCALIBUR nice, spin, pop top, km, VHF. 11,000 ★ 26’ PEARSON Clean, 3 sails. .3 from 11,500 ★ 27’ISLANDER Recent survey.

10,000 ★ 27’ CAL 2-27 (Jig 1 dsn class, nice. 23,900 ★ 27’CATALINA 1 with inboard.2 from.

13,500 ★ 27’ ERICSON./.. . 2 from 22,000 27’ MORGAN BMW diesel, 5 sails w/spinn. 20,250 ★ 27’ NEWPORT Fresh water, good gear.2 from 18,000 ★ 27’ CORONADO Needs a nice home.2 from 10,000 ★ 27’ TARTAN C/B, S&S dsgn, good buy.

16,500 28’ COLUMBIA O/B, Spnk, dodger.

15,000 ★ 29’ GULF PILOT HOUSE Dsl., auto helm. 32,000 29’ CAL 4 sails, CNG, Lines aft, I/B. 30,000 29’ COLUMBIA 1/B, 7 sails w/2 spinn..

2 from 18,000 ★ 30’LANCER Dodger, wheel, wp/ws. 30,500 ★ 30’ SEIDELMANN dsl, tiller, dodger. 33,900 ★ 30’RAWSON Lots of room/w dsl4.3 from 26,000 30’ SANTANA Spin, dsl, CNG, wheel, reduced. 36,000 MOVING UP — COASTAL CRUISERS 27’ CHOEY LEE OS Dsl, Spinnaker. 27,000 y 29.9 BRISTOL wheel, custom dodger, electronics . . . 44,000 ★ 29’ GULF COAST 6’ + headroom, DS, VHF, Roller Furl 21,000 30’BODEGA Burns dsgn. 47,500 ★ 30’ PEARSON Autopilot, dodger, clean . . . NOW 2 from 26,000 ★ 30’ ISLANDER BAHAMA Wheel, Signet, 2 from. 41,500 30’ERICSON Well equipped, 3 sails, inb. 27,000 ★ 30’ERICSON Late model, dsl. 47,500 ★ 30’WILLARD 8 ton f/k, cutter, wheel, dsl.

55,000 i ★ 30’TARTAN Nice cond., owner anxious. 27,000 ★ 31’ PEARSON DS, WP, Spinn, will trade dn. 42,000 ★ 31’COLUMBIA 9.6 dsl, 4 sails, heater. 36,000 32’MARIEHOLM FOLK/BOAT Dodger. 41,000 ★ 32’ERICSON Inboard, well kept. 31,000 36’ISLANDER Full spin gear, avon. 47,500 C & C’s GALORE — RACE OR CRUISE ★ C&C 34 4 Sails, dsl, wheel.$ 65,000 C & C 35 MKII Lots of gear. 64,500 C & C 36 Custom rig, loaded, I.oran C. 89,500 ★ C & C 36 Dodger, Loran, all canvas. 79,950 ★ C & C 38 Full hydraulics, Loran C, New LPU .... 79,500 ★ C & C 40’ As new, spinn., good elect, full race . . . 120,000

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NOR SEA 27’ A center cockpit/aft cabin model includes diesel, roller furl jib, kero stove/oven, ST winches. This rugged Lyle Hess design is asking $37,500 EXHILARATING HIGH PERFORMANCE — RACE READY 29’BUCCANEER 295 Spin gear, 4 sails local loft 2 frm. $ 27,500 ★ 30’ CAL 2-30 Dsl, full race, lines lead aft.

25,000 30’ PEARSON FLYER BMW dsl, Spin gear, st.

38,500 ★ 30’ J 30 Very clean, lots of sails, ready to go.

41,500 ★ 30’ WYLIE CUSTOM Cold mold, 3AT, Hulse Rig. 35,000 ★ 30’ OLSON 8 sails, fast and light.

27,500 ★ 34’ DASH Fast Davidson dsn., 8 sails, Loran.

38,500 34’WYLIE Class sails, good electronics.2 from 56,500 ★ 35’SANTANA Class equipped.2 from 58,000 LIYEABOARD EXPERIENCED OFF-SHORE CRUISERS 32’ BRISTOL Full Keel, Hood dsn, very clean. $35,000 ★ 35’BRISTOL 35.5 Dsl., good inst.3 from 66,500 ★ 36’ GULFSTAR CC Refer, gd liveaboard.

65,000 37’ GULFSTAR Sloop, well equipped.

72,900 ★ 38’ CABO RICO Ctr. dsl, CNG, reefer./. .

97,500 ★ 38' ERICSON Tri-cabin, Diesel, late model.2 from 82,500 ★ 39’ CAL CORINTHIAN Rod Rig., Dsl heater.

85,000 ★ 39’LANCER m/s Roomy, great liveaboard. 105,000 40’ NEWPORTER KETCH Wood, Lot’s elec. & sails . .

79,500 ★ 41’ CHEOY LEE Radar, Auto Helm, Loran, Generator 99,500 43’ GULFSTAR CC AP Loaded.

99,500 ★ 45’BRISTOL 45.5 Outstanding. 205,000 ★ 47’ KAUFMAN & LADD Twin aft. cab, cutter. 149,000 47’ PERRY KETCH 80 hp dsl, aft cbn, reefer. 100,000 48’ CT PERRY KETCH Full keel, loaded. 175,000 CLASSIC CRUISERS ★ 23’ BEAR BOAT Full interior, clean .. $ 9,000 ★ 25’ NORDIC FOLKBOAT Full cover, new sails.

9,500 ★ 26’ NORDIC M/S FK Inside steering, Dsl. 25,000 30' BRISTOL 29 9 FK, I/B, Autopilot.

23,900 ★ 30’ ALBERG YAWL Wheel, Boat cover, I/B. 36,950 ★ 30’ CHOEY LEE KETCH Diesel, shore power, teak . . .

19,900 ★ 30' McGREGOR Wd, inb Automic 4 .

25,000 ★ 31’ ANGLEMAN KETCH Dsl. worm Gear st.

31,950 ★ 31’ CHOEY LEE KETCH Dsl, Roller furl.

30,000 31’ DASHER Easom built, L-32, new rig, clean.

20,000 32’ COLUMBIA SABRE 5 5 Spotless, points!.

10,000 ★ 33’WINDWARD Almost restored.

18,000 ★ 36’ANGLEMAN KETCH dsl., wd., pac, vet., ready to go 48,000 ★ 43’ KETTENBURG Aluminum hull, beautiful.

89,500 45’CUSTOM NZ KETCH Center eockpit, extensive gear 90,000 ★ 46’ GARDEN KETCH Loaded, 6 sails, ksl.

98,500 55’ALDEN C/B YAWL B&G inst., cruise equip. 120,000 ★ 60’ GAFF RIGGED CUTTER APPT. ONLY. 175,000 65’ALDEN KETCH Loaded. 95,000

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C&C 36 State of the art C&C quality. Equipped for coastal cruising. Cannister life raft, Loran C, EPIRB, and much more. $79,500

KALIK 33’ A. J. DeRidder design, yacht of the year'in Europe. Truly a dual purpose yacht. Fast and sea kindly. The perfect racer/cruiser.

Lots of gear, loads of teak.

CATALINA 30’ This very popular family cruiser is a late model with many extras including diesel, ST winches, head with macerator, plus much more. At our docks, this new listing is asking $38,000

wmmmmm 2V 22’ 22’ 22’ 23’ 23’ 23’ 24’ 24’ 24’ 24’ 25’ 25’

KERAGE - SAIL ’77 Wilderness $8,000 Chrysler ’75 6,495 Santana from 7,200 (2) J/Boat ’83 12,000 Sprinta Sport, ’81 14,500 reduced!!

Ranger ’76 12,900 Ericson ’74 7,900 Moore ’80 12,000 Gladiator ’68 6,500 J/Boat from 12,900 (3) Farr 727 ’76 12,000 San Juan ’79 21,000 Merit ’80 20,500

2415 Mariner Square Dr., Alameda, California 94501 (415) 523-8500

We have several beautiful J/30’s. Owners are sacrificing to move into larger J’s. Three in'mid-forties.

25’ 26’ 26’ 26’ 26’ 27’ 29’ 29’ 29’ 29’ 30’ 30’ 30’ 30’ 30’

American Excalibur Columbia Pearson Chrysler Cal 2-27 Columbia Sunwind Cal J/Boat Mair Lancer Wylie Santana Benford

’74 (2) ’70 ’76 ’77 76 ’68 ’82 73 ’84 ’84 78 77 79 ’80

8,000 from 7,950 10,500 15,500 19,000 24,950 16,500 34,900 29,000 36,500 offers/45,000 30,000 37,000 41,000 45,000

30’ 38’ 32’ 32’ 34’ 35’ 36’ 36’ 37’ 38’ 40’ 40’ 41’ 46’

BROKERAGE Tartan Brewer P.H. Pearson 323 Ericson Wylie Ericson J/Boat Hunter Ranger Downeast Olson Trintella Morgan O/l Cal 2-46

- SAIL - CON’T offers/57,500 ’82 offers/83,000 '83 50,000 ’79 ’74 32,000 59,000 ’80 38,000 ’70 from 90,000 (2) 58,500 ’80 ’73 60,000 67,000 ’76 from 109,500 (2) 74 Offers 1 ’78 125,000 128,000 ’73

A rare offering: Sparkman and Stephens design coupled with^a beautiful triple cabin interior. In NEW condition. $154,250.

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Our brokerage has clients for fiberglass powerboats in the 25’ to 40’ range.

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On the houseboat at Mariner Square.

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A service for smart boat buyers.

Santa Cruz ’81 170,000 Gulfstar 77 reduced 149,500 Alden ’26 offers/100,000 Gaff cutter ’11 175,000 BROKERAGE -- POWER Bayliner ’80 19,900 Welicraft ’80 27,500 Farallon from 29,500 (2) Trojan ’68 47,900 MMC Trawler ’84 115,000 Trojan ’66 68,500 Com. Fisher ’65 59,500 Chris Craft ’54 95,000

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Size Mfg 17’ TAHITI 17’ GLASTRON 25’ OREGON DOR 28’ BAYLINER 35’ HUNTER 52’ GOLDCOAST SAILBOATS 22’ RANGER 25’ SANTANA 27’ SANTA CRUZ 32’ ERICSON 33’ HUNTER 36’ PEARSON 38’ HOOD 41’ PETERSON PENDING RELEASE 32’ WESTSAIL 53’ CHEOYLEE 78’ CUSTOM PIRATE

Yr ’81 ’80 79 ’85 '64 79

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Location Alameda Antioch Richmond RdwodCty Alameda Alameda

Value 8,500 5,000 16,500 40,000 10,000 157,000

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Sold/Pending 4,000 34,000

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25'MacGREGOR 9,750 25’ PETERSON .3 from 15,000 25’CAL .2 from 9,000 25'YAMAHA. 15 000 25’NORTHSTAR 14 000 26’ ARIEL by PEARSON 2 frm 13,000 26’PEARSON COVMANDOR.12,500 26’ INTERNATIONAL FOLKBOAT.15,500 26' COLUMBIA .2 from 10,000 26'EXCALIBUR 13,900 26’RANGER 12,000 27' CAL 2-27 2 from 22,500 27’ SANTA CRUZ 13 500 27’ MULL CUSTOM 2 from 9,900 27’CATALINA 3 from 17,000 28’ HALBERG SLOOP 7 990 28’ATKINS ENSENADA (F/G) 29,900 28' MAIR 7/8th SLP.24,500 28' ISLANDER 4 from 25,000 29’ BRISTOL 45,000 29’CAL/BEST OFFER 25,000 29' RANGER 22,500 29’SUNWIND RACER/CRUISER 34,900 30’BIRD CLASS 2 from 6,000 30’ CORONADO 24,000 30' OLSON .2 from 25,000 30'NONSUCH 69,500 30' COLUMBIA 2 from 23,000 30' ISLANDER MK II 4 from 29,500 30' RAWSON 29,800 30' TARTAN . . . .. .2 from 24,000 30’ FISHER M/S 59,500 30’NEWPORT PH II 3 frm 28,000 30’ ALBERG 32,000 30' HUNTER 34,900 30'CHEOY LEE 22,500 30’ SANTANA 36,900 30' CATALINA 35,000 30' US 33,500 31’ CHEOY LEE.34,900 32'CENTURION 49,500 32'ARIES 38,000 32' WESTSAIL CTTR 59,900 32’ISLANDER MKI .38,000 32' MULL (COLD MOLD) 32,000 32' BENETEAU 4000 33' TARTAN 10 .2 from 24,900 33' APHRODITE.34,900 33’ COLUMBIA 5.5.10,000 33’ WYLIE 65,000 33'INTERNATIONAL ONE-DSGN 24,000 34' WYLIE 59,000 34’ HUNTER 59,900 34'CAL 2 from 34,000 35’CORONADO .44,000 35’ SANTANA .2 from 49,900 35' C&C 41,800 35' ERICSON 4 from 38,000 35' CUTTER 75,000 36' ISLANDER FREEPORT.2 frm 89,000 36’ ISLANDER 2 from 49,995 36' MARINER POLARIS CUTTER.74,500 36' RAVAGE.52,500 36’ERICSON .2 from 79,900 37' CREALOCK. 120,000 37’ ESPRIT.65,000 37’ IRWIN MKV KETCH 65,000 37’ISLANDER TRADER.63,000 37' FISHER M/S..99,000 37' RANGER.53,000 38' BALTIC 157,000 38’ FARALLONE CLIPPER 2 from 40,000 38' MORGAN . 88,000 38'ERICSON OFFERS/112,500 39' FREYA 120,000 39’ROGERS SALT SHAKER’.99,500 39'LANDFALL CUTTER.79,000 39'LANCER . .105,000 40' YAWL . 59,000 40' ONE TONNER 'FEVER’.85,000 40’ C&C.99,000 40’PEARSON .105,000 40' OLSON ‘FAST BREAK’ 109,500 40' KETTENBURG SLP BEST OFFER/29,900 41' NEWPORT. 70,000 41 COOPER 416.127,500 41'CT AUX KETCH.68,500 41’ ISLANDER FREEPORT. .

2 from 105,000 41' MORGAN OUT ISLAND 2 frm 79,950 41'PETERSON RACE SLOOP.118,000 42' DUBOIS . 99,500 42' PEARSON 424.119,500 42’ STEWART.89,000 43' GULFSTAR .98,000 44’ SWAN 441.2 from 185,000 44’ LAFITTE. 175,000 44’CHEOY LEE.162,500 45’VAN DER .59,500 45’ OMEGA.107,000 45’ MORGAN. 140,000 46’ FISHER MOTORSAILER 245,000 46' MOTORSAILER. 160,000 47' VAGABOND KETCH 2 from 125,000 47’SWAN, 1982 230,000 47’ PERRY 100,000 50' GULFSTAR .2 from 149,500 50'SANTA CRUZ.175,000 51' ISLAND TRADER OFFERS/145,000 59' PILOTHOUSE KETCH 295,000 65' SWAN 651.795,000 * SAN FRANCISCO BERTH INCLUDED

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OLSON 30. Excellent condition, full sail inventory with mylar, complete electronics including Loran, over size winches, etc. At our docks for $25,000.

LAFITTE 44. Immaculate condition, Navtec hydraulics, B&G instruments, radar, microwave, central head, autopilot, the list goes on and on! A must see — Asking $175,000.

SANTANA 35. Absolutely the best on the Bay! National Champion.

Loaded with sails and electronics.

Many custom features. Huge price slash to $49,900 — can’t be beat!

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PETERSON 25. Custom flush deck version, functional interior ideal for offshore sailing and singlehanding. Extensive sail inventory. Asking $15,000.

ESPRIT 37. Bob Perry design, full sail inventory including spinnaker.

Super low price of $65,000 is incredible!

FREEPORT 41 P1 ,ass< full electron^? Sai,s’ aboard. Larne ° cs’ Perfect live ®uperb forTon °,r?f0rtab'e yacht' anxious for offers.

^ps^ss^ra ISLANDER 28. Diesel, 6 sails including spinnaker, dinghy, selftailing9winches, huge price s ash to $25,000 is lowest anywhere..

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RANGER 29. Inboard, full sail inventory Including spinnaker, full safety gear. Seller will consider small power or sail boat in trade.

Make offer.

Dealers For: Moore, Laser 28, Nordic and Sceptre 41