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ANTIPODISTE Wouldn't you like to know what that really means?

That white Corvette that is usually parked out by the 'E' dock at the Richmond Yacht Club on race days belongs to 'Dr. Mo'. In his professional life he is also known as Maurice Renoir, M.D., and is a handsome, polite, respectable, and gentlemanly member of the pediatric staff at Kaiser Hospital. He lives on the 'Richmond Riviera'.

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As you can see from his driving habits, 'Dr. Mo'' was never able to shake his childlike enthusiasm for toys. This may well be explained by his association with his youthful patients, and is certainly evident when you walk down 'E' dock, and see this funny looking half-tonner called 'Antipodiste'.

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And what does a conservative gentleman do with a toy like 'Antipodiste'? Well, of course the name starts with 'anti', and that gives us a hint that it is anti something or other. Maybe it is anti convention. Anyway, what happens is that 'Dr. Mo' puts on a childish grin, and goes out and terrorizes the race course.-That's what!

The day after 'Antipodiste' was launched she made her sea trials in the Silver Eagle Long Distance Race. She won not only her IOR class, and the overall IOR division, but the whole overall handicap division as well.

It is not unusual for 'Dr. Mo' to be finishing just about the time the second place boat is rounding the leeward mark.

When asked why such a nice quiet and conservative gentleman has such an unusual boat, he responds in Yankee with a French accent (or is it French with a Yankee accent): "but, you see, I prefer to win".

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LETTERS Latitude 38, The origin of the handshake welcome, I believe, was a sign of friendliness to assure the recipient that neither of you had a rock in your hand to hit the other fellow on the head.

I sincerely appreciate your publishing my recent letter as an attempt to organize a “Garden Club” for approximately 41’ Wm. Garden design ketches in the bay area . . . but you had a rock hidden in your left hand . . . your levity, and offer of a sixpack, appears to have acted as a deterrent. To date I have received a total of three replys.

We (4) wish to announce, however, our .... 1st annual Brown Derby Race, probably over the Memorial Day weekend.

The rules will remain as originally proposed . . . (my club, my rules), and we will be happyto accept your gift of a six-pack of Brown Derby as a “Commemorative first prize”.

Sincerley, Angel O. Colletto P.O. Box 746 Tiburon, CA 94920 Mr. Colletto — The only rocks we carry are in our heads. We apologize for our ‘sailorier than thou’ attitude. We do wish to support all sailing activities, yours included, in our endless attempt to be clever we lost perspective of why Latitude 38 exists in the first place, it is your dub, it is your race, and we certainly have neither the right or the credentials to pontificate over the details of your event. We wish your group a successful race and pleasant afternoon and we will be pleased to offer more than the six-pack in support of your event.

HOWEVER, we do wish to serve notice to all our readers that we are incorrigible smartasses, and all our remarks should be taken with this in mind. We do want to reserve the right to poke fun at everyone, ourselves included, who sails in northern California - but not to the point of being detrimental to anyones efforts to create an enjoyable event for sailors.

Latitude 38, Saint Peter and Satan were having some discussion about territorial boundary lines. They talked and walked, and decided the best solution would be to build a fence. They agreed on its location, and Satan told St. Pete to build the fence, and when it was done, let him know the price, and he would pay for his share. Peter did, and submitted a bill to Satan. A couple of millenia later, after several unsuccessful attempts to get Satan to fork up his share of the fence project, Saint Pete said “Pay up or |’|| sue”. Satan just laughed, and said, “Where are YOU going to find a lawyer?” - Sorry about that Mr. Munro.

Yes, I am frustrated - “I’D sue seems to be the thing to say, rather than “Let’s discuss it, and see if we can come to a mutually satisfactory conclusion.” I am panicked by the results of lawsuits and insane judgements by juries who are not technically competent.

Million dollar settlements for automobile accidents are ridiculous. A death in an aircraft accident on an international flight, has, I believe, a maximum payment of $57,000 to the beneficiary. But since the lawyer’s fee is a minimum of 50% of the award, they are going to go for everything they can get - and they do! page 9

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LETTERS A college roomate was in law school. Several years after graduation we met again, and he said, “Pete, don’t ever get in a lawsuit, because win, lose, or draw, the only person that comes out ahead is the lawyer.”

I would like Latitude 38 to play Devil’s Advocate and get in touch with the defense lawyers, as well as Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, and ask them how much conferring they have done with each other — let’s face it, they are a fairly small clique, and all know each other (Bruce Munro knows jim Michael is the PM&S lawyer involved), and what the fee split is going to be. Sorry again Mr. Munro.

Another interesting point — I did not know that PM&S were Admiralty lawyers, and since this all happened (the Spirit tragedy) out in the open ocean, well beyond any continental constraint, it seems to me that admiralty law, and not United States Statutes should prevail.

I am sorry if you have been bad mouthed for printing my letter, but thank you for doing it. Several friends have told me they liked what I said, but couldn’t write it themselves.

Yours truly, R.F. Peterson Stanford, Ca.

Mr. Peterson — As we stated last month, we share your frustration regarding the legal problems involved with the Spirit.

We also agree with you that personal injury awards seem to be getting way out of reason. Nevertheless, we don’t think this is the proper place or occasion to put the entire legal profession on trial. We have printed your letter because it contains a number of factual errors that require correction.

Your statement that “a lawyers fee is a minimum of 50%” is simply not accuracte. While the actual percentage is negotiated by contract, it is ‘standard’ for lawyers to get 35% of the award, and often 40% if the case actually goes to trial, if there are punitive damges, as in cases where there was ‘intentional’ harm, the lawyer may get 50% or more of that portion of the award.

Naturally there are scores of exceptions to the ‘standard’, but a 50% minimum is just false. AH of the above assumes, naturally, that the case is being tried on a contingency basis.

To say that lawyers form a small clique is to stretch the imagination. We checked the San Francisco phone book and guesstimate there are 5,600 lawyers listed in that book atone.

Pillsbury, Madison & .Sutro is such a large firm that Jim Michael may not even know that the case exists or that his firm has anything to do with it. in fact, Mr. Michael might be more concerned at this time that his sloop Sirona does not go to weather as well as he anticipated (see Feb. Yachting, pg. 62.)

You misunderstood Mr. Munro’s letter because Mr. Michael is not the lawyer involved with the Spirit case, nor did Mr. Munro say that in his letter. Mr. Munro merely suggested that Mr. Michael might be in a position to get information that might make the case more comprehendabie to our readers.

How does Mr. Munro know Mr. Michael? Perhaps in a professional capacity, but maybe more likely through yacht racing. Both gentlemen are active racers and Mr. Michael has been the past Chairman of the Offshore -Racing Council which supervises the I.O. R. The ‘racing clique is much smaller than the legal clique.

As you suggest, Mr. Peterson, we did try to get in touch with page //

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irinMISIS If© S1£A SPRING BOAT SHOW SPECIALS! the lawyers involved. The lawyers for the plaintiffs refused to speak with us. The lawyer for the Jacksons was most helpful and probably spent dose to 20 hours of his time trying to help us understand the facts of the case and a little bit about Admiralty Law. He made depositions available to us, played us a tape, showed us the recovered Hferaft, let us examine various photographs and answered scores of our questions. Without his assistance we would have almost no material with which to write our article. We might add that he was most courteous and patient and displayed a genuine concern for his clients and the feelings of all who were associated with the tragedy.

As of November of last year there had been several attempts to reach an out of court settlement on the case, but the plaintiffs would not accept them. Frankly Mr. Peterson, we are surprised' that you agree with the insurance company involved that attempts should be made to settle the case out of court, if it is true, as the defense lawyer apparently believes, that they have a strong case, why should they knuckle under and agree to any unwarranted settlement? We are disturbed by the fact that insurance companies are tending to try and settle out of court as quickly as possible, regardless of the merits of the case, it may be cheaper, but how can they ignore the principle involved, and does this not only fuel plaintiffs determination to hold out longer for higher settlements?

You might also want to consider the defense lawyer’s dilemma. Is it preferable to try and settle out of court even though you think you can win, or should you battle out to the bitter end subjecting the survivors and their families to have to relive the horrors all over again? it is not a pleasant decision to have to make.

We don’t know much about Admiralty Law, but are you sure you understand it yourself? We have been advised that any lawyer can try Admiralty Law, although many would rather pass the case along to a specialist in that field.

We are still of the opinion that the case is absurd, particularly because we feei those involved were aware of the risks involved.

We refuse to believe that the plaintiffs are evil or immoral people — we just think they are of the opinion that if someone gets hurt, someone has to pay — and that we don’t agree with.

Nevertheless, Mr. Peterson, we don’t believe that an assault on all lawyers, particularly an uninformed one, is of service to any of those involved with the Spirit or sailors in general.

Latitude 38, Being an unfrocked airline pilot (over 60) and a long time bay sailor, I read your radio log transcript (Vol. 11, March) of the “Countess” incident with more than the usual interest.

As you know, the National Transportation Safety Board publishes Airline Accident Reports which include similar radio transcripts. A good deal of vital safety information comes out of such material, and I think you did all us boaters a real service in publishing the conversations in such detail.

Keep up the great job you’re doing — and don’t change a thing!

Leo Kriloff Captain (Ret.) United Air Lines / San Francisco page 13

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Although my preparations for the 1977 Laser World began in the early partof the year, I left for Brazil on November 2, 1977. I first flew to New York and met up with the North American Laser Association charter flight. I had a few hours at the terminal to meet some new friends and to reminisce with some old friends.The Laser Class package then took over getting me to Brazil, and I must say as far as travel expenses the class got us a very good deal relative to what I’d have to pay if I’d gone it alone.

Special clearance at customs in Rio de Janiero allowed us no more delay than the time it took to stamp a passport. We boarded buses quickly and began the ground route to Cabo Frio. I have ridden buses in Mexico and fearing the worst about Brazilian bus drivers I chose to sit in the back of the bus — boy — did I make the right decision. My bus didn’t slow down for anything. I checked several times to see if the driver was wearing a crash helmet. In fact the only thing that slowed us down was the bus overheating when it broke “some” of its fan belts. When this happened we merely crammed two bus loads of people page 15

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Upon arriving at our hotel after twenty-four hours of travel I was a zombie. Fortunately John Bertrand, who had arrived a few days earlier, took me in his arms, pushed me to all the right sign in spots, to my hotel room, unpacked me (less sailing gear) and wisked me downstairs to a waiting car full of Brazilian girls (Wow!). We drove to the boat park and I had my boat completely Jeppesenized and sailing inside of two hours after hitting Cabo Frio (Thank you John). Other competitors spent the whole day getting registered in this, and for that, and for God knows what.

In Cabo Frio I shared a hotel room with John Bertrand at the Malibu Hotel. The whole hotel was in fact taken over by the Laser sailors. The regatta organizers did a good job preparing the hotel for us, everyone was quite comfortable. However, the hotel was not designed to hold two hundred plus Laser people.

It had two 5 story sections, ten rooms wide facing each other across a courtyard and pool. This of course led to innumberable attacks on strollers by in “no man’s land”. Also various flying objects were seen shooting out of open windows across ‘no-man’s’ land. The hotel was complete with pool tables, foosball tables, a beer bar, a restaurant and a disco. Right next to the hotel was a small snack bar with outside seating and lots of girls. The snack bar was the most popular hangout for the sailors.

On Friday November 4th, ‘gate start’ practice was scheduled, but it did not accomplish much because only a small portion of the people participated. Most people were still burned out from the trip or still rigging their boat, making sure nothing would break and everything was legal.

The conditions that day were about what I’d expected, northeast winds of about five miles per hour with a big swell running northeast and a moderate chopon top of that. As these conditions are so difficult to sail fast in, I elected to practice my boat speed with a few other North Americans instead of hitting the practice start session. That evening was spent evaluating who was hot and who was not, with a few old friends.

November 5 — Practice Race The winds started out that day rather nicely at about 10 mph from south to southwest and again a heavy swell running northeast as it would throughout the whole regatta. After two tries a clean start was achieved. In all three starts I elected to start in the middle of the leeward end favored starting line and tack off as soon as possible. This worked out great — the first two times, the third time however, I got buried. I spent the race trying to move out of the forties in the shifting winds. My upwind speed was not too good and I didn t feel quite right — however off the wind i was O.K. 4 At the end of the first triangle John Bertrand was in first, Peter Commette was second, and I was around thirtieth. I elected to drop out and work on my upwind speed with Peter who had also dropped out - somewhere it is written that it is bad luck to do well in a practice race, and only 31 of the 107 boats finished that practice race.

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CflBO FRIO I’d done before the start with John and Peter it seemed that one had to stay to the left of the middle of the first leg. I started, at the leeward end of the line with about eighty or so boats to weather of me and needless to say had to stay left. Of course the wind went to the right about 20 degrees and left me hanging on in about 95th place. I did my best but could not get in tune with the shifts going the wrong way on three consecutive beats. I ended up 86th just ahead of Doug Bull my northern California counterpart.

The next race of the series was scheduled for the same day after a Brazilian box lunch. I ate what I could of my lunch while warding off Paul Cayard’s ‘attacks’ with what I couldn’t eat.

There was an hour break before the start of the next race so I sailed upwind some more to try and get something together.

After two tries at a start the committee elected to use the ‘gate start’. I got off 0,K. and my boat speed seemed adequate.

I rounded the first mark 10th, just ahead of the jam at the weather mark caused by all the even gate start. I held even with the leaders around the course but could not move up. Around the last mark of the shortened course (2 triangles) Bertrand had a two-minute lead. I was in 10th. On the last leg of the course the wind dropped completely and it didn’t seem as though the race would be completed before nightfall. New wind, from a direction 30 degrees to the left of where it had been, came up. I guessed correct and got three boats for a 7th — john guessed wrong and lost 19 for what was to be his worst finish.

The race finished well after nightfall and simply getting back to the harbor was difficult for many competitors. Fortunately the committee had the forethought to line up cars along the harbor entrance with headlights on and aimed out to sea. No one was lost, but the decision was made to hold only one race per day from then on.

November 7 — 3rd Race Rain, light southerly winds and the usual big swell were on the ticket for this day’s race.The fleet got off on the 1st sequence (a rare thing in Laser racing) and I found myself in the middle of the line moving well. I decided to stay close to the middle and not comit myself to a side of the course, and fifty boats who comitted themselves to the left were ahead of me at the first mark. My off the wind speed along with an increase in the wind on the last three legs of the course helped me move back to 35th. This race was important to me because I finally felt good sailing my bo^t and in the end of the race concentration came easy.

This race was also to mark the beginning of Bertrand’s dominance of the regatta, he finished 2nd in this race (coming from around 20th at the 1st mark) and would have surely won had the race been fifty yards longer.

November 8 — 4th Race This day was scheduled as a layday. However, because we were down to one race a day and had four races to go with only four days left in the series, we had to race.

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do well. I was faster and higher than anyone in sight, of course, I couldn’t see everybody! After about five minutes of sailing it was painfully evident that right was the correct side by a ‘hellava’ lot. I got over there as soon as I could, but it was a little late and I rounded the 1st mark in 30th. However, I was so confident of my spee.d and boat handling I felt I could still win.

At the end of the 2nd triangle I had moved up to about 1 2th and rounded just behind Ian Bruce and just ahead of John Bertrand. Right was the way to go on the other beats also, so I was going to stay on that side or the middle. The wind died and filled in 90 degrees to the left of where it had been and 50 boats behind me raced into the next mark on a starboard plane while I approached on a starboard tack, hard on the wind grinding my teeth. « I was really frustrated at this point because the ‘big’ shifts seemed to be out to get me. \ One thing that really kept me going in the race was Paul Cayard. He woke up that morning with a 104 degree temperature, with the aches and the shakes. Yet he was out there sailing, trying his hardest to beat me - he really looked awful. Seeing him inspired me enough to grind my way back to 37th on the last beat. Bertrand won the race.

That evening , when we got back, the whole troop went to Buzios Beach and enjoyed a good ol’ Brazilian feed.

November 9 — 5th Race The was the race that the locals started saying “it’s always like this, you should have been here last week”. The rain had stoppecf and the weather was beautiful. There was a 20 - 25 mph northeast wind blowing, with the swells and chop going in that direction also.lt took a while to get used to all of these elements on the race course moving in the same direction at once.

After four attempts at a start the ‘gate’ was used. I started well and made my way to the right - this is getting monotonous, but the wind wentjeft BIG and I again rounded somewhere in the 30’s but by the' time I’d reached the leeward mark I was 1 5th and it seemed as though I would stay there because of the gap ahead of me. I got a few boats on the next triangle and I finished 13th. Bertrand finished 2nd.

Meanwhile back on shore Paul Cayard discovered the cause of his illness, and infected cut on his leg. Hotel room surgery was performed by the resident doctor and a cup of puss was drained from Paul’s leg. Needless to say Paul was out for the rest of the regatta.

I prayed to KAHUNA (the San Francisco Wind God) that mgut before I went to bed.

November 10 — 6th Race With winds 30 to 35 mph this would be the windiest race of the series. I felt good from the start but it was the same old story - I went the wrong way very fast. I finished 10th and Bertrand virtually sewed up the series with a third.

This race had the most breakdowns, the greatest number of DNFs and was the most fun. The seas were huge and one did not surf down the waves, one fell off the top of the swell down into the trough. This race was one fun ride!

November 11 — 7th Race ‘Bertrand’s Race’. Ahead on the 1st triangle by one minute he increased his lead to nearly two and a half minutes and looked as though he thoroughly enjoyed the race.

I, however, did not fare so well. After hitting a right-of-way Laser while going through the gate I did a ‘720’. Ended up> on

CABO FRIO Yacht£) NOW AVAILABLE AT: a port tack about 10 boat-lengths behind a line of a hundred plus boats. While observing how far behind I was I hit another boat on starboard tack and proceeded with another 720’. Now 20 boat-lengths behind the line one boats, the only way I could find enough air to breath was to sail on a port tack against the grain until the air cleared. This however did not happen until the layline and when I reached it the wind went left 45 degrees (wouldn’t you know it). Needless to say I was a good four minutes behind the 2nd to last place boat.

1 caught Doug Bull who tipped over at the reaching mark — but I tipped over myself and together we decided to sail in. By the time we got our boats up Bertrand was on his way to the reaching mark for the second time; we stayed around to cheer him on then started the long sail to the beach.

The trophy presentation that night was a lot of fun with virtually everyone doing his time in the pool. Paul Cayard couldn’t take part in the swimming pool tradition. But, he did just fine with the harem of girls that had gathered around him to hear how the shark only got a little piece of his leg before he bit the shark to death!

For the rest of the night was out to win what was left to win in the Laser class. For the beer fight at the snack bar I teamed up with an Englishman and we closed the place down, putting down all challengers in doing so. After that I teamed up with Peter Commette to take 1st in the 1st Laser football worlds. It was a tough contest and not only did we win, but we threw all ' the losers in the pool after beating them. Lastly it was off to the Last Samba Party till just before dawn, and I’m not sure but I think we won that, too!

We got on the buses and began our trip back to Rio and wouldn’t you know it, the bus broke down!! We waited another hour for another bus and after fifteen minutes of swinging tiller extensions to kill cockroaches the new bus was safe.

The running of this Worlds was much different than 1976 at Kiel. The attitude of the organizers was that this should be a fun (experience for all competitors and I must say they did a great job in achieving their objective. Everyone came away smiling from this one.

I’d like to say (again) that the Laser Class has a worthy champion in John Bertrand - he planned, prepared, and also readied the best and he proved once again that he is the best.

I can’t say “Thank-you” enough to those who helped me attend this regatta - it is something I will never forget.

Sincerely, Steve Jeppesen Out of the fleet of 105, Steve Jeppesen finished 25th.United States entries took 6 of the top 10 spots; John Bertrand was first with 20.50 points, Peter Commette second with 46.00; Gary Knapp fifth with 76.00; Monty Spindler (weird name) was sixth with 82.00; and Craig Thomas ninth with 101.00.

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Gary had Phil Howe hoist him up to the top of the mast on the main halyard, where Gary began to take various measurements. As Gary worked, Phil went doswn below to use the head. The next thing Phil heard was a very, very loud ‘thump!’ and Gary was no longer at the top of the 50-foot mast.

What exactly happened up by the truck is not completely known.

Apparently in working Gary had twisted around causing the lip of the shackle to turn and either fail or pop open. Without a safety line he fell 50 feet to the deck where he bounced some three or four feet into the air and finally came to rest among the lifelines. Several people who observed the fall were sure he was dead except that Gary kept saying, “I’m allright, I’m allright”, and apparently he is. He suffered a badly bruised elbow and a small cut on the bridge of his nose from his glasses and that was it. We’re still trying to decide if it was his lucky day or not.

When the ambulance arrived Gary refused to go to the hospital.

Finally Phil Howe insisted taking him to one, when Bob Evans told of a similar incident where a individual had fallen and gotten up only to drop dead three days later. Apparently such a strong shock can cause an artery to be pulled from one’s heart.

Gary received extrordinary attention at the hospital where a number of the doctors are boatowners and who wanted to know what it was like. After he checked out as being free of major injury, Gary described the event.

He remembers being upside down, still in the chair, and pushing himself away from the rigging while falling. He let out with a mighty curse and knew the deck zooming up at him was going to kill him. He did not close his eyes, nor did his entire life pass before him. As he hit the deck he tried to roll with the fall and was shocked to discover that he was alive.

Gary called up the manufacturer of the shackle. A representative for the company offered to send him a replacement at. no charge. Later the president of the company called and expressed greater concern.

Gary went back up to th^ top of the mast twice the next day, and admittedly was paranoid,but lived through it.

Exactly one year to the day before he fell, Gary broke his back skiing.

everyone is going to hawaii, part II Most sailors are aware, by now, of the Singlehanded TransPac; lots of other sailors know that the Ancient Mariners’ Sailing Society is holding a TransPac for 'Master Mariner’ boats in June. Recently we’ve heard that Merlin and Drifter will be going at it again this year, too.

This time however, it will be in the Victoria to Maui race. Paid entries had been recieved by race officials for both boats. Merlin is reportedly being chartered by a Seattle Syndicate while Drifter will be chartered by a Lahaina syndicate..

If both boats do go at it again it could prove to be a more interesting duel than the TransPac. The TransPac is basically a short beat, a little reaching and lots and lots of downwind screaming. The Victoria to Maui Race, on the other hand, is much trickier. There are long stretches of variable winds areas, and the deadly Pacific High must be reckoned with before the Tradewinds are hit. More tactics than raw speed — it should be interesting.

sailing photographs sailing photographs, sailing photographs f/stop Fitzgerald, noted photography critic tells us that Diane Beeston will be having a one woman photo show of her sailing photographs at the Whiteside VGallery.

The show will run the entire month of April and will feature both black and white and color prints. We recommend that you stop and have a look; it will give you a good idea how great her photographs look before we and our printer get around to mutilating them.

The Whiteside Gallery is at 6 Charlton Ct. which you will never find on any map. Just remember it's across the street from Perry’s in San Francisco on Union St. Or call the gallery at 346-1414 for help.

mile rock on drugs We don’t know about that, but we have been told that the Coast Guard will be “rehabilitating” the Mile Rock Strpcture. That sounds like'an odd thing for them to do until you realize how expensive it would be to ship the darn thing over to the Delaney St. Foundation, and then haul it back after it had been ‘rehabed’.

Anyhow, the Coast Guard has received requests that the structure be painted to aid mariners during times of limited visibility. The CG is not considering doing a Salvador Dali or Frank Frazetta number on the rock , but will color code it or color band it if there are enough requests.

Like God, the Coast Guard likes to hear from you at times other then when you are in grave danger.

it is not over Latitude 38, like most all of the California yachting publications grieved the defeated of AB 130, the bill ro reduce personal property taxes on boats.

Apparently the battle is not over. We have only gotten, sketchy details, but legislation evenNbetter than AB 130 is going to be introduced soon. Don’t give up on getting those boat taxes reduced.

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Because she didn’t have to dump a bucket of water over her head, that’s why.

Claire Henselyn got on our case a while back when we neglected to list the MORA Long Distance Race in our special events calendar. She wanted publicity for the event, possibly due to the fact that she was on Claire offered to make up a T-shirt and dump a bucket of water over her head ‘for effect’ so we could get an eye-catcher to go with the announcement. Being true professional journalists we grabbed our camera with our sweaty palm and ran right over to Alameda. Somehow the bucket of water never materialized, but we do trust that this photo has been sufficient to attract your attention.

This year’s MORA Long Distance Race - the longest in the world will end up in San Diego at the San Diego YC, a club whose reputation for hospitality is renowned up and down the coast. The race starts July 1, and there will be a trophy dinner, rafting up, suitable hoists for hauling boats, as well as all kinds of good.Tun for participants in San Diego.

You may enter if you have a boat 31 ’ or less in length and can meet MORA mimimum safety requirements. You do not have to be a full MORA member', an inexpensive Associate membership will suffice. It has not been decided at this time if the boat will race under IOR or

why is this man smiling?

Not for the reason you think, creep.

Hank is as pure as the driven snow and is smiling because he has just launched his new cruising boat. See page 46.

PHRF. Will bigger boats be allowed to go? Why certainly, says Claire. The race to San Diego has sparked such interest that a special start for larger boats wanting to race under PHRF will be given.

If you’re going south this summer, why not join the race and have some MORA mucho funo. Call Claire Henselyn at 521-1961 or Franz Klitza at 707 642-1 589 or 707 644-0456 for further details.

SIGHTINGS Christopher harry is a naval architect As everyone knows by now, Christopher Barry is a naval architect.

What sailors may not know fs that Mr. Barry is offering free lectures on sailing yacht theory. The lectures are free and held at his house each Wednesday evening. The lectures are semi-technical “like the technical articles in Sail magazine”. If you would like more information, call Christopher at 922-0337 evenings or during the day at 362-1092.

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The marine hardware business is a growing and competitive field, and retailers are trying to give customers better service all the time.

Stealing marine hardware is a growingbusiness too,and in the interests of better serving their customers, several local ‘steal to order’ operations have turned up.

One such operation was reported in Sausalito where one poor individual was plagued by the fact that everywhere he had been boats inexplicably turned up missing gear. Some folks got angry and flattened his ‘residence’. He apparently moved to Marshall. But alas, his affliction seemed to follow him, for again marine hardware turned up missing wherever he went. We have been told this individual is back in Sausalito where reports are circulating that his health is in grave danger.

Protecting the hardware on your boat is a difficult problem. It doesn’t take much talent, and even less scruples, to remove a winch or compass in a dark and silent 10 or 15 minutes. At several hundred dollars a ‘strike’, you can figure that a good night’s work.can really amount to something — even if the goods are eventually sold at a tenth of their retail value.

Boats in the water, hauled out at a yard, or sitting in front of a dealer’s office all seem equally vulnerable. They get hit a lot more than most sailors realize, for most marine thefts are not reported. The problem is complicated by the fact that many boat owners have independent riggers doing work on their boats, and even if the neighbors are there, who can be sure if they are working or stealing?

How also, can you tell if someone is ‘casing’ a boat or is someone like ourselves who, as a general rule, are more fascinated and intrigued by boats than women?

What can you do about it? An officer with the Alameda Police Department, who recently had his outboard ‘permanently borrowed’ insists that yachtsmen engrave their driver’s license number on all the gear they possibly can. A second deterrent is to phone any police department with the serial numbers or descriptions of any gear you are offered ‘at a steal’. If such a suggestion gives your seller the willies, you ought to think twice about buying the gear and once about reporting the individual.

Being nosy about what goes on around your boat and your neighbors boats is helpful, too.

Nobody wants a police state atmosphere, but nobody wants a day of sailing ruined by finding their winches, compass and electronics missing either. Some people feel it’s allright to steal from the wealthy and that all boat owners are wealthy. It’s not, and they’re not, as most of us know.

he asked for it The line drawing above is the 92’ cold molded ketch that is the dreamboat of Phil Long of Santa Monica. Whitehawk is sort of a larger Ticonderoga up-dated by Bruce King.

lorelei Don’t forget the Sausalito Cruising Club’s Lorelei Race for women on April 1st. Recently we received a call from one woman who gave us the ‘what for’ wanting to know why there was a man in charge of the race. Please don’t call and ask us questions we have no answers for.

For information call 861-7685 - last month we printed the incorrect number.

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SIGHTINGS not lost at sea A couple of months ago we recieved a message on our tape machine informing us that Lin and Larry Pardey were lost at sea. That was the message we got before our tape ended and we didn’t know what to make of it. The Pardey’s are full time cruisers in their 26’ Serrafyn, and are authors of numerous articles and books.

We’re here to tell you' that they were not lost at sea although they did sail through the outer fringes of a cyclone in the Indian Ocean which eventually left 2 million people homeless in India. The Pardeys said they did hit winds up to 50 knots but that damage was limited to some tears in the sails.

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he got it Phil Long dreams of having Whitehawk challenge all the fabulous records of the clipper ships.We think that’s just about the greatest dream anyone has had in a long time.

women sailors and crew. Only keel boats will be allowed for the PHRF race on the Olympic Circle off the Berkeley waterfront.

Is there an entry fee? Yes, it is five dollars, but you need not have any club affliation. Will there be dinner later. Oh yes, at the club and you can pick between burgers and steak.

So give it a shot ladies, steal the family boat, round up your lady friends and make it a date. Call Mary Quigley at 5387460 or Sheila Duke at 658-6948 for further details. There will be a male race committee. page 2t>

Small sailboats have been having their problems in the bay recently.

Fortunately there has been no loss of life, although there has been more than one loss of boat.

It was reported that Don Trask lost his Star boat during the midwinters off the San Francisco waterfront when rammed by a fishing boat that came surfing down a rather large wave. Contact was reportedly made right where Jeff Trask had been sitting, but neither were injured and climbed on the bow of the fishing boat. There was probably an interesting conversation that took place about that time.

But the Stars shall rise again. Apparently Trasks boat resurfaced several hours later and was sighted sailing unmanned off the St. Francis Yacht Club and finally sailed ashore. But alas, alack, by the time help had arrived it had been smashed and cracked. We’re not sure how much of this story we believe, and you may believe as much as you wish.

Another Star casualty was Doug “do you know this man” Flolm who dipped his pole in a swell and lost his mast. Since Doug distributes masts our condolences will be held to a minimum.

no deposit, no return Everyone dreams of sailing offshore in the glorious pollution-free blue waters. So much for dreams, the truth is that there is a lot of junk out there.

Prepackaged lumber for example. On February 11, approximately 2 million board-feet of it was reported lost overboard from a freighter.

Since that time it has been sighted from Monterey Bay to 15 miles southwest of the Piedras Blancas Light. The Coast Guard advises mariners to keep a sharp lookout and navigate with caution.

While your’re keeping your eyes peeled for prepackaged lumber, you might also keep an eye ou't for one or two of the Coast Guard’s light and whistle bouys which might seem- to be out of place. During the heavy weather this winter a number of them have been lost, and while the Coast Guard is replacing them, they wouldn’t mind having the old ones back.

The problem of lost navigation aids is also true in the bay. Among others, San Pablo Light Structures Nos. 8 & 10 arc both missing in action and have not been found.

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The Ladies Hawkfarm Regatta consisted of two races on Saturday and one on Sunday, and while there were numerous ‘stage-door Johnnies’ cluttering up the course, there was still enough room for some excellent sailing by some of the best women sailors on the bay. And while the competition was keen, the camaraderie was important too, we X-

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Second place went to Jocelyn Carrick who sailed her own boat El Gavilan with Millie Bratenahl, Jonna Stratton, Joanna Weir, Trish Heidersbach and Georgia Johnson. Jocelyn does not like to come in second and is planning to take her vengence' out on male sailors in the Singlehanded Race around the Farallons — and yes, guys — you still have a few days to drop out of that race.

Big Bird was sailed to third place by Alex (obviously female) Monson with Rose Harbrecht, “Moots”, Cindy Walsh, Mary Roberts and Erika Weiss as crew. In the first race Alex was running neck and neck with Susie Klein in Mercedes when Alex noticed that her neck was passing on the wrong side of a mark. With some sharp work Alex and the crew snuck Big Bird around without dropping the chute. Big Bird is owned by George Craemer.

Donna Cardoza took Bill Patry’s Manface to 4th, and Joan Burns sailed Kris Kringel’s Bad Co. to tie with Laura Palin in Robbie Robinson’s Courageous for fifth.

The ladies all wanted to give special thanks to all the Hawkfarm owners who donated their boats. Credit-also goes to Alex Monson who got the event rolling, Jocelyn Carrick who pried open the Richmond YC facilites, rom Wvlie who created the ‘obnoxious’ course for Sunday, and to Mary Roberts who despite having a foggy memory did get us a free dinner. Women’s racing is certainly growing since as one woman observed, racing is a lot more worthwhile than voting drinking, and swearing all wrapped together. _ , . on

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So what does just one race prove? In the case of the recent San Diego to Manzanillo Race it proves that (1) older production boats do have a fighting chance under I.O. R., (2) that northern California sailors can hold their own against their counterparts from down south, and you never can tell about the weather or (4) used car salesmen.

Considering the scheduling conflict with the SORC, the San Diego Yacht Club’s second annual race to the Manzanillo resort paradise of Las Hadas featured a strong fleet. The newer ultralights Merlin and Drifter were there, as was the older lightweight Ragtime. There was also the new 84’ Christine, Socery the C&C 61, a hot new Peterson 41, a Mexican-owned variation of Imp, several Farr flyers and a number of Southies in their CF 37s and 41. All in all, there was an unexpectedly good turnout of hot slicks in the 40-boat fleet competing in the event that has replaced the Acapulco Race.

So which boats came out smelling like roses? Your vintage southern California production designs, that’s who, the same boats owned by thousands of Sunday afternoon luffers all over the country.

Top fleet honors went to an Ericson 35, design vintage 1970; second to a Yankee 38, designed in 1971; third went to a Cal 33, designed shortly after Cleopatra’s Barge; fourth went to another Yankee 38.

Additionally startling was the fact that these four boats constituted a good percentage of the ‘everyday’ boats entered in the race.

After the oldies turned goodies, fleet honors went to Merlin in 5th, and Tinsley Light, a Mull 36 in 6th, followed

by CFs Cottontail, Jefferson Steamship, and Vector, C&C 40 Mirage took 10th.

Northern California showed superbly in the race. In fleet honors William Chapman's Bones V took 3rd, Lee’s Merlin 5th, Henry Grandin’s Tinsley Light 6th, Les Harlander’s Mirage 10th, Robert Cole’s Regardless 12th. That’s 5 of the top 12 in a fleet of 40. Only two other boat representing northern California yacht clubs entered; Hall Palmer’s Champagne finished 30th and Geoffery Eisenberg’s new Santa Cruz 33 dropped out due to rig problems.

Merlin took the first-to-finish glamor spot by a wide margin, made wider when Drifter fell into a hole near the finish. In

Class B Harlander’s Mirage was 1st, and Cole’s Regardless 3rd. In Class C, the class that dominated fleet standings, Chapman’s Bones V took 3rd.

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coast around Cabo right over to the mainland and ride the countercurrent south that flows within 10 miles of shore.

Not everyone went for that tactic, but those that did suffered when southerlies

up to 50 knots hit the boats forcing them to short tack down to Manzanillo with all their nylon snug in the sail bins.

Bob Cole and Jim Jessie on Regardless decided to take a flyer 150 miles off the

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match, ending in a dead heat — a Mexican Standoff as it were. Merlin had no trouble with the storm, weathering it out in Manzanillo, having finished before it hit.

The most fascinating boat in the race was the varnished 84’ cold molded Christine. She was designed, built and had her deck hardware and 100 foot mast constructed by Fred Preiss, whom we are told is a used car salesman. Everyone agreed she was sweet in both design and execution, and would have done better with more than a four-sail inventory.

Merlin was Merlin, often absent from the boat lineups at the start and finsih in the interest of doing some day sailing.

When in port lounge chairs lined her deck and a sign was hung from her'transom that read “Free Diesel — Inquire Within”.

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coast, all by their lonesome, and did a lot of blast reaching when the storm hit.

Mirage, on the other hand, sailing a rhumb line course for almost the entire race and almost always had company — some with radically different ideas on the fastest way to the finish. A couple of days out, while sailing the rhumb line, Saeta passed Mirage’s stern heading almost 90 degrees off her course. Only a short time later Arcadia passed Mirage’s stern at about a 90 degree angle - but in the opposite direction of Saeta.

When the southerly storm hit, Mirage was able to reach with her sheet cracked just a bit and finally turned up in a fleet of about 10 boat just north of the finish line. Mirage was offshore of all the other boats and having a little better wind skunked them all but the bigger Secret |Love. Secret Love and Mirage finished [the almost 1,200 mile race in a luffing

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members of the crew, all going to prove you can take Merlin out of the country, but you can’t take the country out of Merlin.

Participants were apparently not .dissatisfied with the accomodations at

MANZANILLO Las Hadas. Upon arrival each boat was greeted by mararchis, and coconuts filled with rum and flowers, and then tied stern to at the 400 yard long dock. Crew members found little fault with the marble floored suites at this fabled resort.

The pools were also something else, they were so big that some had bridges over them, some had islands with parrots, and most had the mandatory in-the-water bars.

They take care of you at Las Hadas.

There are four employees to each guest.

When some of Mirageâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s crew had their reservations bungled, they were placed in $200/day suites. Knowing a good thing when they saw it, they stayed am extra week. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Latitude 38

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CHARACTERISTICS OF THE EXPERIENCED OCEAN RACER? 1) . He is sitting down on a Barient winch chair, requiring far less energy than standing up. His portable chair enables him to move from winch to winch for proper sun/shade for comfort.

Notice however he does not .put the chair on a mast-mounted winch.

2) . He is wearing an official MEXORC hat, all the best to protect himself from Mexican sun.

3) . He is wearing good sun glasses, making it easier to spot the finish in a glare.

4) . He is wearing sailing gloves, protecting his hands from rope burns which might prevent him from comfortably grasping a beer can.

5) . He uses his foot for a cleat, which requires less energy than bending over to use a real one.

6) . He is smoking a pipe - enjoying yourself is the key to winning.

We congratualte the ‘experienced ocean racer’ on his fine finish in the Manzanillo Race, and hope he doesn’t mind our jest.

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0 LESSON LEARNED Sometimes it takes a shocking event to make us think abouMhings we take for granted. A brief, but violent storm we encountered February 6th while returning to the Berkeley Marina from Angel Island prompted us to carefully reconsider our relationship with the sea.

The overwhelming power of that storm, the obvious disregard the wind and sea showed for our boat quickly made us realize we were merely uninvited guestsln a potentially hostile environment.

Afterwards we started thinking about the casual attitude we and others displayed and decided that we San Francisco Bay sailors might very well have a collective superiority complex. After all, in what other major sailing center do skippers routinely ignore small craft warnings all summer lest they give up sailing until the fall? For these reasons, we San Francisco Bay sailors regard ourselves as a breed apart from those who sail more tranquil waters. Still, our large dose of heavy air experience can create a real but unnoticed complacency, and even worse, obscure the basic truth about the sailors’ relationship with the sea.

The sea will encourage you to believe that you have everything under control, that your craft is as tough as the advertisements claim, and that your crew is ready for the worst of weather. After several or more seasons sailing in and around the bay, it’s easy to start thinking you and your mates are pretty rugged if nothing else. The fact remains that this sort of confidence can lead to a false sense of security. The sailors’ relationship with the sea is a tenuous one; the sailor is nothing more than a guest.

Sooner or later every skipper will encounter a storm that has a far greater punch than had been expected or prepared for. Unfortunately, it’s at the'point when conditions deteriorate far beyond your worst expectations that you realize

that thinking about and planning for such an occurance should have been done earlier. Way, way earlier.

When we left Angel Island on February 6, we had no reason to expect a thunderstorm. We had not considered the possibility of encountering 65 knot winds, zero visibility and lightening in our rigging. We really didn’t think it could happen to us — but it did. We were prepared for a wet and windy day, but only marginally prepared for what happened.

We gambled that day and won. Sailors are gamblers; they gamble on tired rigging, inadequate ground ’tackle and untold other shortcomings. I think that sailors gamble not out of ignorance but because they want to believe that today won’t be the day. On that same day in February at least two boats were capsized between Angel Island and Richmond, at least eight people went overboard, at least two being injured seriously enough to require medical attention. They gambled and lost.

The truth is, if you sail often enough (without even having to leave the bay), you might someday sail into a situation that will be far more challenging than you had anticipated. One day in the future you may sail into a situation where your survival is threatened. Your normal margin of safety will be quickly, coldly and perhaps completely eliminated. The sea will find ’ and exploit whatever weaknesses you and your vessel might have. At times like these, the safety gear you didn’t purchase might be essential and the little maintenance jobs you kept putting off may haunt you.

Obviously there is no way of predicting when the sea will demand that you put you cards on the table, but we discovered that if you aren’t ready, the elements sure won’t wait for you and your vessel to get your act together. /.

—Larry Blake

Only several .days after we received this article, it was reported that George Phoenix was lost overboard in the Point Conception area. George had spent 1 T/i years building Agape, his*36’ Alden-designed boat, in Redwood City. Fie had left Redwood City only a few days before the incident.

Apparently George had gone forward to check the sails during the night and went over. A bouy was thrown to him and he was seen swimming toward it. When Agape was brought about by the three crew still on board, George had disappeared. The Coast Guard came out and searched, and later offered Agape tow into port. The tow was refused and Agape drifted in the area for three more days, in an unsuccessful attempt to find Mr. Phoenix. page 43

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SINGLEHflNDED It’s not Halloween, so just what the hell is going on here George Siegler?

Maybe after testing your safety designs by drifting to Hawaii for 56 days you have spent too much time at sea. Maybe you’ve developed a better way to get stoned, to better survive the rigors of life ashore. Maybe it’s your ‘think tank’. Or is it just a subtle hint that you’d like to be left alpne?

Actually, we think George is probably just meditating on the upcoming singlehanded races of which he has been the instigator. The second annual around the Farallons Race starts at 0800 on March 25th, and the first Singlehanded TransPac starts on June 1 5, ending at the Club Med at Hanelei Bay, Kauai.

The natural inclination is to wonder why anyone would be crazy enough to suffer through one of these races. If we asked that question we would get the standard psychological excuses like: ‘my Mother wouldn’t let me have a boat when I was a kid’, or ‘I have saltwater running in my veins’, or ‘it’s a chance to get away from the wife and kids’. Well, don’t believe any pf those explanations, the real reason is that the entrants have seen what happened to the top finishers after last years race.

Look what happened to Bill Lee and Merlin after ' he won the race. He went on to destroy the TransPac record, place first in the La Paz race, and just recently take first-to-finish in the Manzanillot Race. Nobody has caught him yet.

Also consider what happened to second place finisher Paul Slivka on his 30-foot trimaran Harmony. If you’ve been reading Latitude 38 you know that Paul is now lolling about in the Marquesas with his wife Mary and daughter Amy. People don’t enter these singlehanded races because they’re crazy, they’re just catching on to what happens to those who do enter. We know what Bill Lee and Paul Slivka have done since last year, what have you done?

It’s true we haven’t done much of anything this year ourselves, and we would certainly have entered the Farallons Race this year if we didn’t have prior plans to do our laundry that day.

Michael Dobrin, who is handling the publicity for both races has given us the following information on the entrants: Neil Moore, a structural engineer from Belmont is entering his Rawson 30,

Jamber, Palo Alto truck driver Robert Groff will race in his French built Regent 27, Arcane.

From the south bay, there are two entries from San Leandro, Harold Upham in his Columbia 8.7 Joshua H. and Cal State Hayward professor Robert Whitney on his Ranger 29, Gypsy. Whitney, a member of Island Yacht Club has extensive coastal cruising experience and has sailed Gypsy to Hawaii and back.

Upham is also entering the singlehanded race to Hawaii, with his doctor’s blessings despite two heart bypass operations.

The first multihujl entry came from Paul Mazza and his 22’ Tremolino, Rush.

Paul is from Castro Valley. Bob Sammons from Union City, an insurance adjuster, is entering his classic 44’ Stephens sloop,

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San Jose entrants are Robert Sleeth, an electronics engineer, who will sail his Cal 2-30 Rampage; and Michael Mathiasen in his 25’ Killerwhale Dulcinea.

Marin competitors include San Rafael electrician Michael Lingsch in Odyssey, his 30’ Odyssey yawl; Sam Vahey, a Mill Valley contractor in his Ranger 37,Odyssesusj Mill Valley investor Norton Smith, winner • of the singlehanded race to Drake’s Bay last year, will race in his Santa Cruz 27, Solitaire. Both Norton Smith and Sam Vahey will be taking the same boats on the Singlehanded TransPac, and Sam intends to keep on cruising in the south Pacific.

For the north bay: Barry Parkinson, a

lawyer from Petaluma with his 30’ trimaran, Chac; Novato entrant and Indian Valley College art instructor Kent Rupp with his 29’ Triton, Nereid; Sebastapol’s Rick Gio will sail his Island 32, Tai Ping II. East Bay and Contra Costa: U.S. Army Master Sergeant John Robinson in the 28’ Hawkfarm, Courageous; Alameda resident Mike Barret in Islander 30, Misty II; Orinda real estate executive Roger Hall in Elysium, a Columbia 36, and Lafayette’s Paul Boehmke will race in his Columbia 24 Contender. Roger Hall finished 4th in last year’s very rough race, and described changing headsails during the race as ‘‘a bitch, one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to do in my life”. Roger was one of only 15 in a fleet of 63 who finished, and the only one to fetch the Farallons in just one tack.

From Pacifica, Jim Bellan is entering his Santa Cruz 27, Anklebiter. Anklebiter finished 8th last year under the helm of Cliff Stagg who earned the respect of fellow sailors who could see daylight at times between the bottom of Anklebiter’s keel and the rumbling ocean.

Other recent entries include Hans Vielhauer from Penngrove in Mach Schnell a Scampi 29; Al Moglich, Benicia in Islander 30, Prevail; John Sander, Saratoga, Ericson 23, Skua; Harold Nelson, Alameda in the 50-foot Axel-Heyst — Harold was one of many who were turned back by the rough weather last year.

Also entered are Melvin Richards of Alameda in Gossip, a 46’ Kettenberg PCC, Andy Marken, Sunnyvale in Sybaris, a Challenger 32; Robert Hovey, San Rafael in Margaret, a 40-foot Concordia yawl; Clarence Nelson, San Francisco is the marvelously named Cal 40 Green Buffalo, and Dick Mitchell, Alameda in Blithe Spirit, a Pearson 36. Last year Dick finished 7th, only 20 minutes out of second place.

So far five of the 15 who finished last year’s event are back, including John Robinson and Mike Mathiasen. Others like Bill Lee, Don Carlson, Hall Palmer are either in Manzanillo or returning from the race there and may or may not make the race again this year. The entry deadline is not over, so it is expected that a number of the Santa Cruz sailing mafia, who dominated the event last year, will still be entering. Despite extremely rough weather last year, it was the ultra-light

We just learned that Jocelyn Carrick has entered in the Around the Farallons Race. No wonder George is doing whatever it is he is doing.

boats that did the best.

Several changes have been made in the race according to recommendations from those who raced last year. The start will be at the Golden Gate Bridge rather than Alcatraz, the reason being that last year it was howling at the bridge, but almost dead calm at Alcatraz and took the boats a long time to get good wind. The start will be at 0800, several hours earlier, hoping to get the fleet going before the expected heavy wind builds up, giving them a better chance to round the page 45

Farallons in daylight. The finish will be at Aquatic Park, in response to the several boats who managed to round the Farallons, satisfy their conscience, and then abandon the race during the last several miles when the winds in the bay and Oakland Estuary were so light that the tide was pulling them back out.

A wine and cheese party for entrants and their guests will be held aboard the committee boat Friday nite, March 24 at 7:30 at Aquatic Park - the nite before 'the race. Shore boat service will be

provided by the Singlehanded Sailing Society who sponsors the event.

Last year the Society held two races — the one to Drakes Bay was a drifter, the one to the Farallons was so rough that many sailors literally pissed in their pants because they couldn’t take leave of the helm.Ultra heavy weather and drifters are both pissers in their own right, so Latitude 38 is ordering up 15 knot winds, 2 to 3 foot seas, and clear skies. We’l soon find out if we have any influence around here.

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Hank Jotz’s friends must think he’s getting old and fat. Afterall, didn’t they hear that after 17 years of superb racing in 505s, El Toros, and Finns, that Hank had gone ‘heavy displacement’ on them with his new cruising boat? As one matures the inclination toward greater

stability with females and finances might be understandable, but boats? .... Aw sheeeeeeeeeeeeet!

• c Fear not, Hank has hardly gone heavy or grown old. While it’s true that his new boat is the heaviest he has ever owned, it

GOLDEN YEARS can only be considered heavy displacement from the dinghiest point of view. Compare Hank’s new cruising boat with the Moore 24, which many folks think is laid up with helium resin. The Moore 24 displaces 2,100 lbs., Hank’s boat is almost two feet longer yet at 1,600 lbs., it displaces almost 25% less.

What kind of guy, readers will wonder, builds a cruising boat that displaces less than just the ballast of most similar length production boats? If you guessed the kind of guy who would name his new boat “The Golden Years Retirement Bear Grotto”, partly in deference to the recent and lamented demise of Smokey the Bear, you have hit it right on the transom.

Actually “Golden Years” is both as intelligently designed and well crafted as as it sounds biz.zare. She is a lovely litttle vessel, astoundir.gly roomy and elegant in simplicity. She might sound and look somewhat different than what most people expect in a cruising boat, but that’s because she was built for the specific desires and talents of an experienced sailor who knew exactly what he wanted and what he was capable of handling.

“Golden Years” was designed to fit Hank Jotz like a pair of old Levis.

Jotz, a San Francisco sailmaker, wanted a boat he could trailer to the San Juan Islands, a boat he could.fish from, a boat he could sail with a couple, of friends, a boat that he could cruise without giving up the thrill of dinghy sailing. Many of the ideas for ‘Golden Years’ evolved from bullshit sessions during coffee breaks at Jotz’s sail loft.

After the rough drawings were complete, Hank took them to fellow sailmaker Jake van Heeckeren, who also works as a naval architect and consultant for California Yachting Technology. Jake did the final drawings for the boat and spars.

Hank began construction on his ‘Golden Years’ in April of 1977 in his loft, and was eventually assisted by Mark Heckman, Bob Zolli, Dave Leach, and Harriet Minkwitz - all of whom have worked and sailed with Hank.

‘Golden Years’ has four distinct chines on each side and nine bulkheads. The hull is made of 1/4” Bruynzeel plywood imported by Wylie. Epoxy resin and glue were used for all the joints and the bulkheads were glassed with resin and page 47

mat cloth. Fore and aft stiffeners are built into the hatch runners, the genny lead tracks, and the toe rails. The deck is supported by two hollow box beams.

Just because the boat is light doesn’t mean the boat isn't strong, according to van Heeckeren. Jake says that most boats bend because the sections deform; they shouldn’t in ‘Golden Years’ because the nine bulkheads are all actually ring frames.

Naturally there are some trade-offs in the strength of such a light boat. The thin plywood skin is more susceptible to puncture than if it had been built heavier and thicker.Then again, the light displacement reduces the momentum that can be built up to actually precipitate such a puncture. Strut wire, running from the chainplates to the mast step inside the boat are the only small bit of extra rigging required that would not be necessary in a heavier built boat, but they are only the most minor inconvenience.

So what is so super about ‘Golden Years’? Simplicity is one thing. She was launched, her mast stepped and rigged, and she was out sailing with her spinnaker drawing in less time than it takes us to undo our dock lines, shore power, and telephone cord. Simplicity on the interior where there are no thru-hulls save the cockpit scuppers, and where there is easy access to every inch of the interior Simplicity because there is no built in head, or sinks, or pressure water, or bilge pumps — and that means less money and fewer potential problems.

‘Golden Years’ is also incredibly roomy. Oh lordy, you could hold a bridge tournament and an orgy at the same time in the space under the cockpit called a double berth. The deadlights and the all wood construction make the interior both light and warm. The engine of course is no engine at all, and when extra power is needed going to weather Hank can always slip out on the trapeze where he’ll feel right at home.

So when does the boat go into production? It doesn’t. ‘Golden Years was designed as much to Hank’s well-honed sailing skills as it was to his interior requirements.

Jake van Heeckeren says if somebody wanted him to design another boat like it, the guy would first have to convince himself that he could handle the boat, then he woulc have to convince Jake._—Latitude 3L

STEVE & JUNE In last month's Latitude 38 we published a letter from Steve and June Jones that was written in December / January of 76 - 77. Where are they a year later? Read on, the following letter was sent out to friends for the 77 - 78 holiday season. Next month we’ll take you on an even greater time warp, with the search for Syrinx in the summer of 1976.

Virgin Islands Christmas Card

A YEAR LATER Dear Friends, Greetings from the crew of the good ship Syrinx. Our writing case is pregnant with a couple of fistfulls of very far out letters from all points which were received with great pleasure. Many have remained unanswered due to extreme negligence on the part of the ship’s secretary who hereby offers her humblest iapologies.

1977 has been truly a year of contrasts for us - frustration, terror, joy, triumph, exhaustion, confusion, fulfillment, companionship, boredom and peace — all were woven into the fabric of our days.

Steve’s mighty struggle last winter to Ibecome seabourne again finally paid off ,when Syrinx (our 40’ teak cutter) nosed

her way out into the English Channel on on the dark and rainy evening of January 4th. We expected to get one hell of a shakedown as the North Atlantic in midwinter tends to be a bit inhospitable. We headed SW for searoom and then South, making for the tropics with all speed.

The passage from Falmouth to the island of Madeira off the NW coast of Africa took 2 weeks. The weather was as bad as any we have experienced, but it could have been worse. At least the gales we encountered were going our way!

Syrinx displayed her seakindliness and fine sailing abilities. The Aries steering vane never let us down and our little kerosene heater kept the cabin cosy and

made dry clothes possible. Steve made countless sail changes and I spent hours & hours in our wildly gyrating galley. We stood our watches four hours on and four hours off — maintaining sanity through the worst.

Our ten days at Funchal in Madeira were a celebration. The island is Portuguese and beautiful in the most recklessly romantic way — towering cliffs, plunging valleys painstakingly terraced, whitewashed walls covered with rioting bougainvillaea, wildly painted curvacious fishing boats on beaches. .

Lolling in the hot sun we were reborn.

On the way to the Canarian island of Teneriffe, two days to the South, with a

STEVE & JUNE curly-headed young hitch-hiker named Kent aboard. There we spent the month of February sampling Spanish life. We hiked to the top of 12,000-ft. Mt. Teide, celebrated Carnival for a week, varnished our hatches and became devoted winos.

(At 30 cents a liter, how could we resist?)

Tenerife is a veritable vegetable garden for Spain. The markets abounded with the cheapest, most beautiful produce we have ever seen.

In the Canaries we joined the straggling end of the flock of yachts headed SW across the Atlantic. One of the most intense pleasures of this cruising lifestyle is to pull into a strange harbor and find already anchored there old friends from thousands of miles and months ago. I must be prejudiced, but it seems that the cruising fraternity is an unusually dynamic, varied, and fun-loving group of people. Spontaneous friendship and mutual assistance is the norm.

Conversations that begin along the routine “Where ya cornin’ from?” often develop along outrageous lines.

By the first week in March Kent had left for Morocco. We weathered a 5-day day desert sandstorm at anchor on the S coast of Teneriffe, stopped at the island of Gomera for a couple of days and then were off across the Atlantic.

After one day of light winds we picked up some strong NE trades and headed SW and then W. One could not have asked for more perfect passage-making weather. We rolled along downwind with the reefed main vanged and jib poled out ‘wing on wing’. Syrinx ate up the miles at a steady 5 or 6 knots. We missed the abundant sealife that had populated our Pacific passages — perhaps we were just moving too fast to notice. it. Steve stripped down the exterior of our lapstraked dinghy and we refinished it. I perfected my celestial navigation. We read and kept our watches. One night Steve provided some exitement by cracking his head on the main boom. It bled profusely, but healed quickly. After only 19 days we arrived at Barbados. * We found Barbados less than enchanting. The customs boats cracked our toerail coming alongside. The officials were insolent and port charges exorbitant. Fresh produce was rare and expensive. Flearing news of friends, we left for Bequia in the Grenadines.

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surrounding a fine large anchorage. The people are friendly black seafaring folk.

The bay was crowded with cruising and charter boats. (We have found this heavy concentration of boats to be the rule almost everywhere in the Caribbean.) Flad a happy reunion with Moondancer, a 45-ft. Hanna ketch. We had been in Heybridge' Basin in Essex together, suffering pre-departure blues.

The magic of the tropics descended upon usWe slipped easily into “Polynesian Paralysis” — just hanging out for a couple of weeks. We rode the interisland schooner to St. Vincent for supplies; hiked around Bequia; watched the local boatbuilders at work; puttered around Syrinx; danced at nite to Calypso rythms with the smell of frangipani and rum in the air...

Finally in mid-April we decided that it was time to get down to business and replenish our dwindling funds. We went S to Union Island for a quick haul-out and then headed North — quickly working our way up the lovely Windward and Leeward islands. The atmosphere of the French islands seemed particularly nice.

We stopped just long enough at each island to ask about work.

At English Harbor in Antiqua we lingered for a couple of weeks. As Antiqua Race Week had just finished, the place was jammed with boats. If we had been willing to leave syrinx alone on a mooring we could have had paid crew jobs on one of a dozen fancy yachts headed in all directions. This was all very exciting and tempting, but in the end we decided to stick with our old girl.

Another week of island-hopping brought us to St. Thomas in the U.S Virgins where we determined to stay until our finances became healthy. St. Thomas is not paradise, but the alternative of working in Florida was too repulsive to Steve, so we are here.

In early June Steve took a job as foreman at Borg’s Millworks, a cabinet shop on the water just W of the big town of Charlotte Amalie. At the shop they do all kinds of woodworking, with cabinets predominating. The crew changes from month to month. It consists of from 12 to 20 guys - half black, half white, including several boat bums. Steve started in with much enthusiasm organizing and improving the shop. He put in long hours — "some 85 hour weeks. Alas, he got little

encouragement or support from the alcoholic owner, so lately he has sworn off excessive work and begun to lose interest.

Meanwhile I have been playing homemaker andboat wife. Upgrading the rather deplorable condition of Syrinx’s finishwork is one of those ‘3 steps forward v and 2 steps backward1 propositions. It’s a bit discouraging.

I think that perhaps we will switch roles in the near future. I have a waitress job lined up and Steve has several projects that he would like to tackle on the boat.

One of these years we would like to rearrange and rebuild a major part of the interior so that it would be more suitable for us. The sooner this work is done, the longer we will have to enjoy it. The project would take several months and is not one we want to jump into in too much of a hurry.

Life in the Virgins is pleasant. Wages are low, the cost of living is high. St. Thomas is overpopulated. Deluxe hotels tower next to tacky government housing.

Families are large; welfare is rampant.

West Indian inefficiency dominates life.

All this is balanced by the incredible beauty of the islands and the balmy weather. We have fallen in with a good group of friends.

It is no secret that this area has some of the finest sailing in the world. The wind is steady, anchorages abound (as do charter boats). We have had several outrageous weekends sailing in local regattas with Syrinx and on a friend’s boat. Here the races and the parties afterwards are of about equal importance.

The other shop foreman at “Borg's” just happens to be a young white St. Thomian named Pat who is a champion diver. About once a month he borrows an open speedboat from one of his friends and we goroaring off to several of his hot spearfishing spots. Steve really enjoys his company in the water. I am still at the snorkel-about-on-the-surface stage. The water is clear and warm. r At the moment Steve is taking an intensive cram course for his Ocean Operator’s license.

Well, that is a good sampling of the news from here. Our heartfelt wish is that your new year abounds with joy.

Much love, June & Steve Jones St. Thomas, Virgin lslands|

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OUTRAGE! AT THE REDWOOD CITY MUNICIPAL MARINA What we have going on at the Redwood City Municipal Marina is an apparent outrage in which boatowners have been forced to subsidize a near doubling of their berth rates. While it'sounds ridiculous, it certainly appears to be the case.

While you may not have your boat in that marina you would be foolish to ignore what is happening there. It is the crazy kind of situation you are more and more likely to encounter as people are becoming increasingly cognizant of the fact that waterfront property, particularly with boats in view, is getting to be worth its weight in gold. It will come as news to no one that pepple and governments covet gold.

Just as with any government agency it is very difficult to get the relevant facts about a situation — and then understanding what you’ve got is often even more arduous. What we are presenting here is the way yachtsmen understand what is happening to them at the Redwood City Municipal Marina. While it may not be 100% accurate, it is the best information that interested yaphtsmen have been able to accumulate.

The Redwood City Marina is the home of the Sequoia Yacht Club, a small chandlery, a Charlie Brown’s restaurant, a dry storage area for boats, a boat ramp for trailerable boats, a fishing pier, facilities for the Stanford crew, and about 200 berths. While the facilities are good and the people gregarious, it is not the ideal location for a sailboat. It’s a long way to the best sailing waters of the bay, the channels are narrow and shoaling, nevertheless the people there have been happy and content with the situation for

wonder, that the marina is now broke?

After so many years of profit and developing such a surplus of funds, why are they being required to pay up to double the former rates? What could possibly account for such a reversal, particularly when the DNOD loan has been paid off and there is no ionger that drain of $30,000 a year?

The money crunch apparently hit when the marina was transferred from the parks and recreation department to the Port of Redwood City. The transfer was made shortly after $90,000 was taken out of the marina fund to pay off the DNOD loan early. Why pay off a low interest loan early? That’s a good question, one that has raised the suspicions of many boatowners.

Many boatowners feel that Redwood City and the Port have pulled off an alltime financial (and election year) coup at the expense of boatowners. By paying off the DNOD loan early, the city became free of that agency’s loan restrictions — free to dismantle various recreational facilities, perhaps free to ‘lift’ $100,000 from the marina fund to fortify the city and Port coffers. Currently that money is frozen, and one Port Commisioner assured boat owners that the money would be used for marina improvements.

Upon hearing this, the Port Manager jumped in to say that such a use of the funds was not required by law. The City Manager later remarked that if the JarvisGann initiative (Proposition 13) passes, “Who knows who else is going to try and get at those funds, like me”. One thing is clear - that boat owners have no reason to feel assured they will ever benefit from

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4 Now the marina is the home of a lot of angry boatowners, folks who have soured in the face of some questionable dealings with the city and Port of Redwood City.

Money has suddenly and paradoxically

the marina surplus.

Paying off the DNOD loan seemingly has allowed them to transfer the authority of the marina to the Port of Redwood City, an agency that seems as ambitious as it is broke. The Port has decided that the boatowners ‘fair share’ should be $150,000 a year. Boat owners are furious since previous rates brought in only $67,000, and at that rate time they were still paying $30,000 a year to DNOD and managed to come up with a

become a gigantic problem.

If the city figures have been read accurately, the marina has been making a handsome profit for the last “ten years: from a low of $12,000 in ‘68~‘69, to a high of $33,000 in ‘71-‘72.rhese are not bad figures, particularly when they represent a net profit after paying $30,000 a year to DNOD for loans. By November of 1977 the marina fund had a surplus of over $200,000.

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net profit of $22,500.

How cap the difference in expenses be explained?'When under the authority of the Parks and Recreation Department, the expenses were jsept to a minimum. ' For example, if some light carpentry

work needed to be done, an off-duty fireman would be hired to take care of it.

No more. A six-month expense budget submitted by^ the Port listed expenses such as $2,850 for fuel for vehicles! $1,400 for office supplies. $300 for promotion. (Promotion for a 200 berth marina with a waiting list?). $850 for the telephone service. The budget makes for humorous reading if they weren’t serious.

In return for paying increased rates, the boatowners get the royal screw-job.

For one thing, all the boats will be remeasured, from the farthest forward part of the boat, to whatever is hanging off the back. A Garden 41’ with a dingy might end up being a 60’ boat. Tenants also get to pay a months rent in advance — something they have never been required to do in the past. The Port would also like to bill tenants for electricity; unfortunately, the manner in which they wish to do so seems to be in violation of P.U.C. regulations.

What more could there be? Plenty, they work hard down in Redwood City.

For the increased rates, facilities will be reduced — something that almost certainly would have been in violation of the DNOD loan restrictions. There are several plans on file for the area, and what they share is the elimination of the following facilities that now exist: a ramp to launch boats, the dry storage for boats, the fishing pier, the facilities for the Stanford crew, and much of the parking.

Apparently the small boat hoist will remain, but it will cost $5.00 a shot to drop your El Toro, not the previous 1.50.

The plans call for the currently inadequate facilities to be replaced with badly needed boutiques, restaurants, gift shops and you know what. “Seaport Village” is the name given to the mini-Marina Del Rey that is to replace the recreatidnal facilities.

The supreme outrage of course, is this wonder future development has all been made possible by the former marina surplus fund and is to be subsidized in part by increased berth rates — although accounting procedures will probably obscure it.

The alternative has already been suggested by one official in Redwood City - j if you don’t like it, you can leave. Wordsi of wisdom akin to “if you don’t like ihej air quality, stop breathing’.

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In an attempt to find out, we taped lengthy interviews with Bill Erkelens and Dave Allen.

Bill Erkelens is the owner of Lois Lane, a Wylie deisgned and built cold molded 40 footer. She was launched last winter and is now engaged in the San Francisco Challenge Cup against Imp, where Lois trails 2 to 1 in the best of five series to be concluded on March 25.

Imp is Dave Allen's 40-footer, designed by Ron Holland and built by Kiwi Boat Works.

Imp stunnecLthe yachting world last year by winning both the SORC and the Fastnet Race, the latter as part of becoming the top boat in the Admiralâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cup. After playing the interview tapes over and over again, we defcided that Bill and Dave had two things in commonithey both liked to sail, and they both wore v-neck sweaters the day we interviewed them. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re completely serious, we really tried to find the answer.

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HARMONY FROM THE SOUTH PACIFIC We are still at Taiohae Bay. We should be here, or in the close I saw the boat and met the owner, Oz Ozborn, he was still in vicinity, for at least the next couple of weeks, as I have taken on somewhat of a state of shock. He had broken the mast a couple the job of building a 47-foot wooden mast. of weeks previous, about 2 degrees north of equator, and sailed There is a very adequate shop available for my use, and an here under a jury rig. acceptable amount of2x6” lumber, so the job will not be as I casually told him that I am a spar builder, and he about fell difficult as it may at first seem. out of his chair. At that point I began enjoying myself, and soon We have really been enjoying our first two weeks here. The was committed somewhere over my eyebrows. The old weather is perfect. Sunny most of the time, but usually not too ‘challenge’ and all, you know. As in the old sucker routine. My hot, due to the tradewinds. We all just about live in our initial recommendation was for having a new two piece swimming suits, as it the accepted attire ashore. I swim in the aluminum stick sent down. He didn’t go for that, for reasons bay daily, but Amy is reluctant to. She got stung by a jellyfish that I don’t consider entirely logical, so we decided to build and consequently fias lost some of her enthusiasm for salt water one. swimming.

I had also recommended all new standing rigging, as it was We had an excellent sail to a nearby bay the other day. We the failure of the Chinese rigging that had brought the stick went to look at a piece of wood for the mast, but it turned out down in the first place. Also much of it was severely strained to be unuseable. The crews from the other yachts came along, when the mast came down. It was my intention to have Bristol so we made a nice picnic of it. We managed to catch two tunas Fashion send down a rigging kit after he had laid out a healthy and a mahi mahi while sailing down. The bay, Taio hoa bay, is deposit, but. . . inhabited by a large family who have a farm there. The head of At the Xmas party held at the site of the broken mast, a the family is Daniel, a renowned wood carver. It so happened strange thing happened. As the liquor flowed, I found I wasn’t his chainsaw was broken, and I was easily able to fix it with my the only rigging expert there. Matter of fact rigging experts started coming out of the walls. Mr. 90-foot schooner would do socket wrenches.

They have a beautiful crystal cleat, cool stream that we all it this way.. ., and had spare parts aboard tocover the situation. went swimming in. We felt a little funny though, about an hour Mr. 70’ schooner happened to own a marine supply store in San Diego, and he would do it this way . . . (Mr. 90-foot schooner later when his pigs and a horse came down for a swim.

As we prepared to leave, Daniel gave us heaps of fruit, had a funny habit of calling blocks ‘pulleys’.)

The result was, Ozborn was swamped by all this generous including drinking coconuts, dozens of limes, papayas (big as talk, lost confidence in my rigging recommendations, and footballs), large avocados, etc. All and all, a real pleasant decided to follow the schooner recommendations and offers. experience for all of us.

Now, a week later, both big schooners are gone without so Our only complaint with the Marquesas are the no-no flies. much as looking, at the broken rigging, or giving Ozborn even a They are tiny enough that they are seldom seen and leave a bite cotter pin. So much for big talk! Needless to say, I’ve lost iike that of a mosquito but far more itchy. If scratched, and it’s enthusiasm for the rigging portion of the job, and have backed almost impossible to avoid it, they scab over and continue away from it entirely. itching for weeks. The no-nos have a preference for newcomers.

The mast is being built of 20’ lengths of 2 x 6” construction I think their body chemistry must be more appealing. The flies hardly bother the natives, and even the local whites are seldom ' grade fir. Pieces are edge-glued to the sides to get the desired widths. I have the use of well-equipped shop, one day a week, to bitten compared with the ‘new blood’. do milling work. The rest is being done by hand, and the stick We had a very nice Xmas. The highlight was the doll <& candy should be finished in about 10 days. given to Amy by her mother. Mary had hidden these gifts until One advantage to the mast job is the fact that it keeps us the proper moment and Amy was very excited upon opening here. As a result we are getting to know the locals better, having them. We went to a potluck dinner at the pavillion in town, a peep at their culture, etc. which included people from all the yachts in the bay. Almost 50 About once a week we’ve been taking groups of yachties out people in all. There was live music, plenty to eat and drink, and fishing for the day, occasionally catching tuna, mahi mahi, a nice time for all. barracuda, etc. Last time out we trolled a very heavy line, and Amy has a nice friend, Kristol aged I'A, off a Dutch boat, caught a big shark. It’s about 6/2 feet long and maybe 150 who she plays with daily. She speaks Dutch and English fluently pounds. I had 3 Aussies along who^are experienced shark and has some command of Portuguese. She piays cards like an fisherman, and they showed us how to land it. In short, one adult and is generally a good friend. We are hoping she will be works a noose down around the shark’s tail, then he is dragged an inspiration for Amy. backwards for one hour or so, until most of the fight is gone.

The ham net I tune to is the 15-meter band at 413 KC (?), Even after killing, cleaning and removal of the heart which 2300 GMT, Monday thru Friday. I listen about twice a week continued to beat, the jaws were still dangerous. The Aussies while in port, and almost daily if at sea. I don’t use the 20-meter have been smoking the meat for the past 2 days in a 50-gallon net because the rig won’t tune up to it properly. If anyone drum. There will be plenty for all. The Aussies claim it is good wants to get in touch, have them leave me a message on the 15eating. meter net, and I will get back to them. If conditions are ever Our impression of the Marquesas’ thus far has been most right I will make a direct (via relay) phone patch with some of favorable.

The scenery is spectacular and beyond description. you back on the mainland. But it isn’t likely while I am in port Our biggest problem is still the no-no flies. My legs look like I here because of the surrounding mountains. have the measles, all covered with welts. The itching is enough (excerpts from a later letter) to make a preacher cuss. yhe siivkas As I’ve already alluded to, I am building a mast for a Mariner 41 foot ketch. The stick is a hollow-box spaf 47 feet long. When page 59

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Sailor demonstrating “layed - back” position.

It was a typical winter sailing day when we shoved off for a weekend in Berkeley. The winds were fdint and fickle, the topsides sparkled from their most recent rain bath, and below decks there were ominous damp spots announcing the need for recaulking the stanchions and tracks. But not today.

As the light breeze puffed out our light air genny, we settled back to unwind. Though the distance to Berkeley from Sausalito is minimal, we knew it would take the better part of the day to get there: light winds plus strong ebb equals slow progress. But then we weren’t in any hurry, though the munchkins romping below inquired frequently as to our progress.

“Are we almost to Brocolli?”

We lost the battle with the tide in Raccoon Straits so after a determined effort, and the frustrating feat of slipping backwards toward the gate while sailing earnestly toward Richmond, we gave up and motored out of the straits.

Soon we were whipping along under sail again at a breathtaking two knots, with the added comical effect of sailing sideways as the ebb surged southward. No matter, it would eventually sweep us in just the right direction if only the wind stayed with us.

When our speed dropped to V/2 knots

and the sun popped out, we began the ritual of removing layers of clothing as the temperature rose. | began to wish I had packed more than just turtle neck sweaters and jeans for the weekend. But afterall, it WAS winter, and it WAS 49 degrees when we left home. I had long ago removed any contingency summer clothing from the lockers.

No problem for the children, they merely stripped to their underpants and continued their romp. No problem for my husband John, he simply took off his shirt and put on a visor and he was comfortable. So far I had removed my wind breaker, wool crew neck sweater, heavy knit stocking hat, wool gloves with leather palms, and knee high socks, but in a navy cotton turtleneck shirt and jeans I was still sweltering.

First I rolled up the jeans above my knees and that was an improvement, but perspiration trickled under my turtleneck shirt. I rolled up the long sleeves but that didn’t help much, nor did tying it up around my midriff in crop top fashion.

Next I tried removing just my arms from the sleeves, pulled up the back of the shirt., and tied the sleeves around the back of my waist exposing my back and shoulders to the sun. Adequate for awhile, but not entirely satisfactory.

Finally I removed the shirt entirely, tied my knee socks together, and improvised a cool, if provocative, strapless sun top. Of course five minutes later the sun disappeared behind the clouds and I had to get dressed again.

There are lots of games people play on slow cruises besides “Wardrobe”. Another is “Eavesdrop” where you pick your favorite channel and listen to the idiotic conversations dominating the VFIF. Oil pollution” is the sport of trying to find an oil spill to sail through so Exxon can pay for your next bottom job.

Then there’s “Floatsam” in which you vie to see who can retrieve the most valuable debris from the tideline.

However, my favorite is “Solitude” where I escape to the bow and read a paperback book or pretend I’m asleep, impossible with all the yammering going on ... ) “When will we be there?”

“Shhh, Mom’s asleep.”

“But why is she smiling?”

Arriving at last at Berkeley, we were pleasantly surprised to find a huge new marina with modern concrete docks. The

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There is a bar, with atmosphere worthy of the waterfront, with a spectacular view of the bay, and meals are offered on weekends by reservation. The only black mark against them is that they provide showers for men, but not for women.

Public restrooms nearby do have a shower in a cubbyhole at the rear, requiring a key.

An adventurous hike took us from the club along the breakwater to the Berkeley Pier where there were myriads of fisherman and women. (Fisherpersons?)

We took note of the two restaurants within walking distance; Solomon Grundy’s and His Lordship, and filed the information away until dinner time.

We probably altered the location of the breakwater a few yards by plunking hundreds of stones into the water.

And, when we left the concrete walkway and took a dirt path through the brush, the kids’ radar zeroed in on a small park complete with creative climbing apparatus and a few picnic tables.

Continuing our circle back toward the boat, we spotted the Berkeley Marina Harbormaster’s quarters where you can inquire about overnight berthing at $2 per night for boats under 30’, and $2.50 per night for boats over 30’. They monitor channel 16 or can be reached at 644-6371. The office closes at 4 p.m. after which there are only roving caretakers.

The Marriott Hotel is located on the east end of the marina and welcomes sailboats at their 200-foot guest dock on a first come basis. There is no charge, but also no shore power, and they discourage the use of their swimming pool and rest rooms.

A commendable Sunday Champagne Brunch is served at $7.50 per person and they accept sailing attire, but prefer sportswear at dinner.

After our marina tour, we retired to the boat for cocktail hour and marveled at the kite flyers utilizing the brisk afternoon breezes to send their crafts astonishingly high. And we alternately cursed and envied the macho types who came storming up the crowded channel at full speed and sailed right into their slips.

For dinner we choose Solomon Grundy’s where we savored their superb black bean soup and hot french bread while watching the sunset and the sailboats running up from the City. The page 61

menu offers succulent seafood and beef entrees, and our party gave high ratings to the Boulliabase, French Fried Shrimp, Sole Almondine, and steaks we had selected. Sebastiani is the house wine and they feature “Grundy’s Grog”, touted as “a quart goblet full of rums, brandies, citrus juices, and exotic spices blended into a libation guaranteed to send shivers fore and aft.” Anyone sailing from as far away as Sausalito should have one to ward off scurvy.

They do not accept reservations, but a 30 to 40 minute wait by the fireplace with a Grundy’s Grog brought no complaints. Any reasonable attire is acceptable.

A few words of caution about cruising to Berkeley. First, they suggest you use the south entrance at low water. Second, if it is likely to be foggy during the night, be forewarned that there is a fog horfi perched directly on the point near the yacht club. When that thing emits a blast, you would swear it was right there in the cabin with you. Deafening to say the least. Fortunately it’s only turned on when visibility is minimal. Unfortuately, it is manned 24 hours and there must have been lotsa fog between midnight and dawn the night we were there. Pack your earplugs along with your kite. ' — Sue Rowley

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THE SEASON HAS JUST BEGUN

1 started; 7 boats dropped out during the the race. Eight or 9 Santa Cruz entries didn’t make the start because the heavy swell prevented them from leaving the confines of the ‘semi-shoaled’ Santa Cruz harbor entrance. Several San Francisco entries didn’t make it to the starting line on time when hit with the unusual southerlies.

Winds during the race were between 20 and 30 knots with some boats reporting gusts up to 40 knots. Seas were described as being 10 feet and larger. Lou Taylor’s Racy blew out two spinnakers and retired; Sundance, a 29-footer, and Conch, a Schock 28 both broke booms and also had to drop out. One. San Francisco boat had such a fine run up to Ano Nuevo they decided to keep going right back to the bay area rather than make the heavy beat back to Monterey.

While it may not have been a big fleet, it was certainly the fastest ever. Super performances were turned in by a San Francisco hard-luck boat, a couple of new guns in town, and by a couple of local toughs.

Chick Leson’s Peterson two-tonner, Incredible set an all-time course record, by averaging 8.2 knots for the 77.5 mile course. She smashed the old record, held by the 48’ S&S design Sirona by over two hours. Incredible had suffered some poor luck last year, first being dismasted in the TransPac, and then having a disasterous first race in the Big Boat Series which prevented her from giving Imp a real run for her money.

Despite Incredible’s fantastic run, it was a new boat in town, Sweet Okole, that took corrected time honors for the fleet.

Sweet Okole (the Hawaiian equivalent of ‘delightful derriere' or ‘fabulous' fanny’) is a Farr one-tonner that had won her class and was the toast of all Hawaii. Okole was recently purchased by Dean Treadway, and if all reports were believed, is under charter to half of the serious racers in northern California for events this season.

Bodacious, a CF 37, took third in IOR Class A. \

The Ano Nuevo Race — from Monterey to Ano Nuevo and back — is over, and that means the 1978 racing season has begun. The Monterey Peninsula Yacht Club sponsored the race for the 16th time, and while last years race was one of the lightest, many felt that this year’s race was the roughest ever — and the Ano Nuevo Race is traditionally a very rough race.

Generally tactics play an important part of the race, carefully working up the coast to Ano Nuevo against the northerlies before rounding the mark and running back down to Monterey. This year tactics went right out the window with the onslaught of strong southerlies.

It was raw boat speed that counted on the run up and the starboard tack back.

The fleet was decimated by the weather even before the race started. 44 boats registered, but only 28 actually

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Nevertheless, it was a local tough, the Moore 24, Wham Barn!, that lead all boats to the Ano Nuevo mark. Wham Bam!, racing in Class B started after the bigger boats, but still rounded the mark some 1 0 to 1 5 minutes ahead of the fleet.

Yet when it was all over, Wham Bam! and the other local toughs, the Santa Cruz 27s were bested by yet another new gun in town — the J-24 Miss Sweeny’s Red Salami Truck — a name so long it was shortened on the race program to a less illustrious ‘Red Salami’, MSRST arrived at Ano Nuevo some 30 minutes after the streaking Wham Bam!, and although she never did catch Wham Bam!, she finished only two minutes behind to win on corrected time. Wham Bam! reportedly averaged between 10 and 11 knots on the way to Ano Nuevo — MSRST averaged about 9/2! That’s really moving for 24footers and the battle lines are clearly drawn between those ultra-lights.

Mage Wind, the only one of three production Peterson 34s that actually made the starting line trailed Wham Bam! by almost 30 minutes at the end of the downwind mark, but was able to power back to weather to edge out the Moore 24 for second in Class B. Mage Wind is but one of several Peterson 34s slated to race IOR this year, and it will be interesting to see how they fare against jaren Leet’s new Ericson 34 racer, Wicked Witch.

Both PHRF divisions were completely dominated by either Monterey Bay designs or skippers. Santa Cruz 27s sailed

by Richmond Yacht Club members Norton Smith and Franz Klitza took first and second in Class A, with Bob Brockhoff of SCYC taking third in his Ranger 33, Mira.

Randy Repasse of SCYC won PHRF B in his Cal 29 Blew, followed by Monterey Peninsula YC members Sebastian Davi and Paul Fuge in Yankee 30 Manuia and Ranger 29 Patient .Lady.

An all-time course record bodes a great racing season, and so does the close rivalries that seem to be developing. Stay tuned.

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It may be too late for boatowners to win the battle of the waterfront in Redwood City, but it is worth your while to be aware of what’s happening where you keep your boat — the land and water grab is on.

— Latitude 38

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Licorice, Jack Chris and June at the Feather River.

flfter eighteen months of living aboard in the friendly environment of the Vallejo Marina and each working a full-time job (as well as working on the boat), we had made the decision to leave.

Jack and I decided to begin our cruising by sailing up through- Suisun Bay, the Sacramento Ship Channel, the Sacramento River, up to the Feather River. We felt this would be the best way to enjoy the last of the summer season as well as make some final adjustments to prepare “Oceanus”, our trimaran, for her first offshore shakedown from San Francisco to San Diego, with future plans for Hawaii.

We had thoropghly cleaned our 30’ Piver AA Tri, disposed of all but the essentials and loaded everything we owned onboard.

We filled the bilges with canned food, 10 dozen eggs, 20 qts of powdered milk, 4 qts. of mayonnaise, 6 lbs. of peanut butter, 3 lbs. of popcorn and lots of other goodies. We loaded the fuels; gasoline, kerosene and propane, then the tools, paints, spare parts, and lines. Then there was the ice chest, the reflector oven, fishing gear and crab traps, life jackets, safety harnesses, sail repair kits, charts, navigation aids, and a modest first aid chest.

It- was alot of gear, and we knew we would be making many changes when we got ready for the ocean passages when the time came.

At 0845 on August 13, we, and our dog Licorice left the Vallejo harbor feeling free-spirited and self-confident. It was a relief to be on our way after the last few weeks of quiting jobs, eliminating automobiles, loading supplies, and tending to last minute details. But, we had finally taken the big jump.

The cloudy and chilly weather didn’t dampen our spirits as the fresh breeze kept our main and genoa full running wing on wing through Suisun Bay. By late morning the breeze had become fluky and we secured a preventer to the main boom and reminded ouselves to be aware of jibing.

I stood at the tiller as Jack released the preventer and readied the ground tackle for anchoring at Decker Island. As we fell off around the lee side of the island I kept one eye glued on the

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main and the other on the approaching bank. A ‘swishing” sound caught my attention and I turned around to see Jack arise from a crouched position to get hit with the jibing main boom. I screamed but it was too late. His sunglasses had been knocked into the water, blood spewed, and he fell to his knees slumping over the lifelines. Jack weakly picked himself up as I pulled him into theNcockpit. A few minutes later Jack had the bleeding stopped and the sails down while I started our outboard. Securing the bow to a tree and setting a stern anchor we cleaned Jack’s wound and discussed the near catastrophe. We had learned a lesson the painful way, one we had known all along. Out first day cruising; the first injury of our sailing career.

The next day Jack wore a protective patch over his cut and purple eye, but we continued up the Sacramento River and then followed the Ship Channel through Cache Slough. By late afternoon the wind dropped and we motored into Lake Washington (west Sacramento) and anchored after 30 miles of pleasant sailing. Lake Washington offers a good overnight anchorage for shallow draft boats that can make it through the shallow entrance.

The next day was typically hot and we motored a short distance to the Locks. I had never been through them and was apprehensive, but Jack had been through before and knew exactly what to do. Following the operator’s instructions we motored into the lock and tied up to the huge floating cleats, and waited. The massive cement walls closed behind us and the walls forward opened and,let the water rush in. When the water level stabilized the forward walls reopened to reveal the grassy hill of Miller Park. We slipped our lines and motored on past the Capitol Avenue Lift Bridge, the Broderick Swing Bridge and couldn’t help but notice the increasing number of inhabitants along the shoreline. We anchored in 13 feet of water on the west side of Discovery Park where the*American River flows into the Sacramento. The high banks, and large trees gave good protection, and during our stay we saw several sailboats anchored with bow lines tied to the shore with a stern anchor set.

The Discovery Park facilities include a boat ramp, telephones, fresh water, and barbeques. Across the American River (just a short walk or dinghy ride) there are service stations, restaurants, a motel, and a small grocery store. Further upstream on the Sacramento (V2 mile) are several small marinas which have bar/cafes & block ice. During our stay here were were sometimes annoyed by powerboat traffic, but never immediately harrassed.

We enjoyed the 90-100 degree weather with slight breezes and swam constantly in the clear, comfortable American. We were delighted by the presence of neighborly ducks and birds and the occasional fish Jack caught. We were amazed to later learn that there were pollution warnings for the river.

By the 24th of August we were ready to move on, and motored 5/2 hot hours and eighteen miles up to the mouth of the Feather River. It was an enchanting passage, banks covered with dense trees and shrubs filled with ,birds, disturbed only by occasional ancient, ornate mansions or modern geodesic domes.

Because of the lack of rain all of the rivers were very low and we passed many conspicuous wing damns that were potential hazards. By evening we were anchored at the mouth of the Feather with the area seeming as inviting as we had hoped - and

FEATHER the days began ticking by.

The Feather is alive and exciting with nature. By day we lived in our bathing suits and became creatures of the water, exploring the sand bars, rocks, trees, and banks with their crane, pollywogs, driftwood and clam shells. At dusk we wore jeans and T-shirts as our world came alive with beaver, owls, and mosquitos. Jack, an aspiring hootist, communicated with the owls for hours.

We did manage to do some work planned on “Oceanus” and I had time for sewing and baking interests and Jack his fishing and reading. We cherished a number of cozy beach fires with new friends, watching breathtaking sunsets of reds and oranges reflected on the mirror of the river. Not long after sunset we would be drenched by the bright moonlight and the stars. On weekdays we were virtually alone , but weekends did bring the usual outburst of powerboat traffic and sunworshippers.

We did move “Oceanus” several times to anchor in new areas of the Feather, and were disappointed at the astonishing low water levels which would not allow passage of even the most shallow draft boats. We were just barely able to work our way to the largest sand bar and jump off into waist-deep water.

While here we discovered the first of the salmon near the surface of the water, running upstream to lay eggs, leaving a slow but explicit rippling wake. While reanchoring “Oceanus” for better fishing we ignored the swift river current and ended up managing to lose our 22 lb. danforth, complete with chain and line. It was our second painful lesson in the necessity to be cognizant of problems before they happen.

The people on the Feather were warm and hospitable.

Among others, we met Dave who worked on a Corps of Army Engineers barge downstream and who visited us in the evenings; two Crawdad fisherman who happily shared their catch, beer and tales: Colleen and her son vacationing from Santa Barbara who offered their services when we got down that way; and Chris a wide old Greek gentleman. Chris overwhelmed us with wheelbarrows full of fresh fruits and vegetables from his home garden. Chris’ home has been converted from the old Verona schoolhouse. We spent hours with Chris, talking, sharing his photographs, Greek liquers and the history of the area.

The only other sailboats we encountered in the area were our friends Don Miller with his 28’ Kings Cruiser and Dennis and Carolyn Flyer with their 35’ Rasmus “Dawn Treader”. We would all raft up together and anchor so that we could maneuver into the current for fishing for moving closer to shore.

We had hoped for a good salmon catch, but had little luck due to the abnormally low and warm water. ■ After a week with little luck fishing and with the weather dropping to milder temperatures and the days becoming shorter we knew that our time in the Feather had run out. It was now time to be thinking of our ocean passage and utilizing the calm October weather. On September 12 we hoisted anchor for the last time in the Feather and waved goodbye to our friends.

Jack and I feel the area from Decker Island through the Sacramento Delta to the Feather River is overlooked as potential cruising grounds. We have frequented sloughs such as Prospect, Steamboat, Cache, and Miner and each one among the hundreds of miles of sloughs and islands is a unique world in itself. If you like forklore, adventure, nature, wildlife, exploring, and tranquility they are all abundant in this wilderness just up the river.

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RANGER 33 This 1974 Ranger is a very well-equipped for both racing and cruising. Pineapple Sails: main, club jib, 150% genoa, working jib, & Radial head spinnaker. Signet instruments: windpoint, windspeed & knotmeter. Datamarine knotmeter VHF, Pedestal steering, 7 Lewmar winches, hot pressure water and more!.$36,000.

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35: MAGELLAN MOTORSAILOR Loads of teak and mahogany give this boat a warmth matched by few other boats in the price range. Aft-cabin has its own MSD (head), sturdy diesel engine and loads of exfas...v.$44,000.

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BAHAMA 25 Gaff tops I cutter with inboard diesel. The owner of this fine little yacht spared no effort to achieve what many consider the finest rig for short-handed sailing. 'This is no ordinary Bahama 25; yet the price is attractive.. . .$12,500.

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18' CAPE COD CATBOAT Available again! This 18' Cape Cod Catboat designed by Alden and built by Seabrook Ship Yard in Texas is a delight to sail. Her mast was taken from the topmast of a decaying schooner (mast not decayed!) New sail and cover. A rare opportunity to own an exceptional boat for only $5,900.

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PACIFIC DOLPHIN 24', (Boat Show). This little yacht has pedestal steering & inboard engine, teak hatches and teak taffrail. $14,950.

PACIFIC CLIPPER. Cheoy Lee produced many of these, but few are as lovely as this one. Wellcared for. Teak hull, inboard engine. $9,800.

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"KANWARA" English built 47' cruising ketch.

Built by Johnson—Jago in 1946. Copper rivets throughout, Mercedes diesel engine. Extensively cruised and ready to go again. Value at $55 000.

37’ STEEL CUTTER Veteran of Med., Aegean & Indian ocean voyages, this 1961 will stand the most rigid survey. For the determined cruising man who wants a boat he can trust. $45,000.

EXCALIBUR 26.This race winner has 6 sails, 5 winches, a new mast, and other gear to make her highly competitive. Warm interior. $8,950.

33' MASON ALUMINUM SLOOP. This full keel cruising sloop comes equipped with a 6-man Avon I iferaft, Aries windvane and other extras. Owner transferred out of state. Asking $35,000.

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MAGELLAN 35 A robust aft-cabin diesel world-cruiser that sails super! Rugged stripplanked mahogany and teak, spacious and beautiful Eldrige —Mclnnis design built in 1965 by American Marine. Five sails, 62 HP Lehman diesel, 200 gallons tanks, refrigeration and much equipment. The best of both worlds. $44,000. Owner. 538-1514.

FAST FULL KEEL 35' FIBERGLASS SLOOP 1968 Pearson. Many cruising additions and equipment. '74 diesel; vane; new oversize rigging; lexan storm windows; added, heavily glassed in, lead ballast; new centerboard pin, bushing and pennent; S.S. Shipmate; new cushion covers; windlass/bow rollers; 45 lb.

CQR; mast pulpits; 5 Barierits; 80 gal. water; 30 gal. monel fuel tank; dodger; 2/4" cockpit drains; traveller; electronics; much more.

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PEARSON VANGUARD Completely equipped 32-ft fiberglass sloop to race or cruise. Eight winches, spinnaker, club footed jib, five instruments. Atomic 4 engine. Carpeted sidewalls, Hi-Fi and super clean. $27,500.

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It INTERNATIONAL FOLKBOAT 26' Rigged for offshore. 3 Sails. Legal thru-hull head, many extras. Call Paul May for a detailed list of equipment. Days at 494-7400 extentjon 5907; evenings 744-0096. $15,000.

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PARADISE FOR SALE...GO FOR IT aboard this 41' Garden ketch. Its loaded with extras from sails to spares, e.g.: diesel, generator, battery charger, freezer/refrig., depth.

Anemometer, two compasses, VHF, sumlog, RDF, 85 gal. water, 85 gal. fuel, three banks batteries, 10 sails, windlass, vane, dinghy, canopy, mast steps and much more. Write P.O. Box 1037 Alameda, 94501 for details, or call (415) 938-5573. Hurry!

NAUTICAL POST CARDS by DIANE BEESTON Starter set of 15 all-time favorites. Only $1.00. Limited quantity.

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PEARSON 10M 1975 — 33' sloop. Signet windspeed, windpoint, knotmeter, fatho., wheel, 4 bags sails, hot/cold pressure water, shower, VHF-FM, manoverboard equipment, ground tackle, a super sailor, fast and comfortable, a good liveaboard -$45,500. 841-6500 Ext. 313.

CREW POSITION WANTED For cruise or race to Hawaii or Tahiti in the Spring-summer of '78.

Will pay expenses. G. Sime, 741 Webster, Palo Alto, Ca. 94301.

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SMALL BOAT DAVITS, WITH DINGHY Small boat davits, WITH Morgancraft 8 ft. dingy. Double hull, fiberglass, stable twin keel; WITH boat cover.. Used, good condition (New cost: $875.00). Only $450 or trade. On "KANOA", Porto Bodega Bay; information — 707 823-4217.

MAJOR BRAND PAINTS One lot of major brand paints, including large quantity of anti-fouling bottom paint. Various colors. Our original distributor cost $4,800.00. Will accept best offer over $2,000. Call 452-1461, between 8:30 and 5:00, Monday thru Friday.

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FLYING SPRAY 26' Classic Wood Sloop, FLYING SPRAY. Designed and equipped for cruising. 25 HP Gray Marine engine. Balanced helm; sails well to weather, berth available. 841-6962.

CAL 20 A very clean CAL 20-B, located at San Francisco Marina Green.

New Johnson 6 HP outboard, 5 sails, compass, head, jiffy reefing, Barient winches, fully equipped. $5,500. Call Ben T. Choate III, at 415- 587-4967

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BEAR BOAT No. 34, "NIP" has an excellent race record and is ready to go. Two sets of Mitchell sails, DeWitt spinnaker, 3 h.p. Evinrude, cover. One of the nicest Bears on the bay. $6,500.

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1975 FREEPORT 41: Has 100 HP diesel, 300 gal fuel, 200 gal water, VHF, fatho, log, RDF, hot water, shower, bow & stern pulpits, lifelines cockpit dodger. A luxury cruising yacht in like new condition. .Try $70,000.

1965 OFFSHORE 40: A one owner Tri-Cabin sloop w/Perkins diesel, bow & stern pulpits, lifelines, dinghy, wheel steering, 5 sails, shower, full cover. This well built boat is a beautiful marriage of glass & teak. Owner anxious 57,000

46'TRIMARAN KETCH .... Only $18,000 44' ISLAND CLIPPER.try 26,000 43' PALMER JOHNSON, full race . . . 95,000 43' GARDEN "PORPOISE".try 73,000 40'OSTLAND DIESEL KETCH .... 35,750 38’ATKIN "INGRID" KETCH. 39,500 36'ATKIN DOUBLE-ENDER. 25,000 36' ATKIN SCHOONER, '75 ... . try 19,500 35' SEAGOER YAWL, diesel. 28,000 33'DANISH MOTORSAILOR. 35,500 32' PEARSON VANGUARD. 27,500 30'ALBERG, loaded. 26,000 30' PEARSON, '76.asking 27,000 30' LAGIER CRUISING SLOOP . . . . 23,500 30' S.F. BIRD, good buy.8,400 29' DUTCH "TRINTILLA".23,500 29' HERRESHOFF KETCH.try 16,000 28' IRWIN, '73, 30 HP inboard.13,000 28'COLUMBIA, 30 HP inboard .... 13,750 28'TRITON, "Perfect".17,500 26' HUDSON RIVER CUTTER.5,500 25' CAPE COD CAT w/diesel. 20,000 25'CAL w/S.F. berth.6,900 24' CAL 2-24.try 6,000

1974 MORGAN OUT-ISLAND: A cruise ^equipped 3-cabin sloop w/excel!ent sail (inventory, Westerbeke diesel, V.H.F. refer, ifatho, hot water, etc. Just returned from So. Pacific and ready to go again. Asking $72,500.

1976 TARTAN 41: A very well built 3 -cabinj center cockpit ketch w/bow & stern pulpits, life[ lines, VHF, fatho, RDF, Constavolt, Speedo, windlass, 50 H.P. Ford Layman diesel. The roomy deck and interior layout make this a perfect charter boat.. try 63,000.

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38' ATKINS INGRID KETCH. Outstanding traditional cruising boat. Completely ready to go. $39,500.

50' GULFSTAR KETCH, 1977. Absolutely beautiful. Hood main furling system, roller furling genoa, custom dodger, DF, KM, SSB , Loran, extra fuel, Barient selftailing winches. Cold plates, dsl . 135,000.

40' FARRIS CRUISING CUTTER. "Queen Bee". One of the best kept yachts on the west coast. Please make an appointment to see. $69,500.

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45' WORLD CRUISING CUTTER 'Eros' 1973, designed by Allen Mummery and built in New Zealand, she is the finest example of a proper ocean-going yacht.

Built with ultimate strength in mind, she has a steel bottom with wood topsides and after 20,000 miles through the south Pacific is in yacht condition. All other systems are equally well thought out.

60' O.A. CHAPPELLE KETCH. Dos Amigos''. Excellent proven cruising boat.

She's now on her way from Mexico to Ran Diego. $55,000. page 7/

VENTURE, 1968.$2,900 COLUMBIA, 1974 . 5,600 HANSEN FISHER,'74 . 5,600 CAPE DORY . V.12,500 CHEOY LEE, 1958 .OFFER RE IN ELL, 1975 . 10,500 CAL 29, '72, exc. 25,500 CAL 2-29, 1974 . 26,000 RAWSON, 1970 exc. 27,500 ERICSON, 1971 . 31,250 CORONADO, 1973 . 27,500 PEARSON VANGUARD.31,500 CORONADO. 35,000 1 HORSTMANN TRI, 1977. 25,500 PETERSON, loaded. 97,500 EEL KETCH. 50,000

45' HORSTMAN TRI. 1975. Top quality construction. Well-found and layed out for superior cruise/charter use. 4 Staterooms w/double berths plus owners aftcabin. Excellent refrig. & freezer, 3 heads, master has tub/shower. Berth is available to new owner. Priced reduced to 75,000.

FREEPORT 41 KETCH,

by Islander] 1976. Spacious, comfortable, excellent] iveaboard. Double bed in aft cabin, large! freezer, beautiful salon, maximum storage] cabinets, soundproofed engine room with!

Onan generator. More.

84,500.|

RASMUS 35'. Well-built long keel fiberglass boat. Diesel with an aft cabin in the 35 foot range — impossible? Not at all the Rasmus 35 fits all these requirements and more!

47,000

wave traders

1702 BRIDGEWAY BLVD â&#x20AC;¢ SAUSALITO CALIFORNIA 94965 -415-332-3661

GROUND TACKLE

BROKERAGE BOATS

NEW & USED Complete Kainer Steering System.$350 Power Windlass.200 New Lunenberg Windlass.580 30 Amp, 3-Wire Shore Power Cable.65c/Ft. New 8-Ft. Pioneer Dingy.200 New Shipmate 2-Burner Stainless Steel Stove w/Oven. . 311 9.5 H.P. Evinrude,Long Shaft, used.400 5.5 H.P. Seagull Long Shaft, used.250 3-Burner Propane Stove, 2 Tanks.150 1 Pair (only) Meisner Aluminum 22 2-Speed Winches . 390 Bomar Aluminum Hatch, used.150 1 Pair S/S Elvstrom Thru Deck Winches, used.120

HOT GALVANIZED PROOF COIL U.S. MANUFACTURER 1/4"

80/ft.

5/16''@ 1.20/ft. 3/8"

@

1.65/ft.

ROPE NU BLU NYLON DuPont 707 Fibre - Stronger & less subject to weathering than standard nylon.

3/8" . .15c/ft.

1/2" . .24c/ft.

5/8". .38c/ft.

3/4". .49c/ft.

(any cut length)

ANCHORS 25 lb.

351b.

45 lb.

CQR

$139 169 193

. .. WEST COASTER 8 lb.

13 lb.

22 22 lb.

42

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SPECIAL VALUES

CHAIN

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20' CARINITA.. . .$3,300 22'HURLEY.11,000 22' STAR BOAT.2,000 22' CATALINA. 6,000 24'BRISTOL.11,500 25' FLEUR BLEU.7,775 25' PETERSON 1/4 TONNER. 20,000 25'JR. CLIPPER.7,850 27' CATALINA.14,500 27' ERICSON.18,900 28'ST. PIERRE DORY.6,000 29' CASCADE.17,000 30' ISLANDER MK. II.25,600 30'WINSLOW KETCH.20,000 30' RAWSON.31,100 30'HURRICANE.15,500 30'BRISTOL.6,500 31'INTREPID SLOOP.25,000 32' MOTORSAILOR. .15,000 32' ISLANDER.43,800 33'CARTER.38,000 34' HANNA KETCH.30,000 35'BECKER SLOOP.10,800 36' AMUTHON SLOOP.42,900 36' ATKINS 'ERIN' SCHOONER.25,000 37' NORTHERN TRAWLER.40,000 38' MATTHEWS CRUISER.18,000 38' KETTENBERG.31,000 40' CONCORDIA YAWL. 59,000 41'AFT CABIN CT. 77,500 41' ERICSON.49,000 48' STAYSAIL SCHOONER.*.45,000 50' PIVER TRIDENT.72,500 47'BUGEYE KETCH.42,000

New Wishbone Anchor - Almost impossible to foul. Very good in hard ground - come in and see this one!

YANfflAR DIESELS 2QM15. Ideal replacement for Atomic'4' if you want to go to diesel. New shipment available^now @ $2,460.00, with standard equipment. Prices go up each time we buy, so why wait?

FARYfllANN DIESELS From 8 to 32 H.P.. Some models with Hydraulic Drive.

Prices range from $1845 to $4040.

We have some Special Bargain Hunter Values, for those who take the time to visit Wave Traders and Inquire about engine prices. Stop by.

HONDA OUTBOARD mOTORS New 1978 Models All include remote tanks. All 4 cycle, 12 V charging circuits 7.5 H.P. Short.$570 7.5 H.P. Long.$580

9.9 H.'PL Short.$690 9.9 H.P. Long.$705