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John Kelly enjoys the keen competition in the Express 27 fleet — having crewed on several of the boats. So this year he decided it was his turn to be skipper and he chartered “Frog in French” from owners Bruce Wright and Kame Richards for the Sunday MYCO/BYC midwinters.

Meanwhile, Bruce sailed the L.A. Midwinters in “Phwo^,” a Wylie Wabbit.

“Frog” and “Phwog” made the competition green with envy, each flying a “fanned cornered” main and jib and an all radially constructed spinnaker from Pineapple Sails. And they placed first in their midwinter series.

Make this your year to power your way to the front (it is leap year after all!) with Pineapple Power. Call or come by the loft today.

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ecause the sea demands the best, Beneteau devotes countless hours to engineering and construction excellence. You will find Beneteaus in the winners circle of the worlds premier ocean racing events and the center of attraction at the local yacht clubs. Every one of Beneteau’s First Series yachts and Oceanis Series yachts are packed full of style, quality and features; all at a very affordable price.

First series yachts are available from 23' to 51' and are ideal for enjoyable family cruising and competitive racing. Each FIRST offers superb deck gear and roomy, innovative interiors.

Stiff, responsive and fast; there

may be a FIRST that suits you perfectlj', after all there are 11 models to choose from.

Oceanis series yachts were designed from their winged keels up, to be the most modern and innovative cruising yachts available. Beneteau has attacked ever}' aspect of cruising boat management to eliminate the work. Single line reefing systems, automatic anchor retrieval systems, roller furling jibs, self tailing winches, huge cockpit lockers and molded in boarding platforms are standard features on each of the 4 models that include 35! 39! 43! and 50!

The huge airy interiors pamper every need and may tempt you to make an Oceanis your full time home.

Models on Display at our docks.

First 51

First 305

First 42

First 285*

First 405*

First 235*

First 375

Oceanis 350*

First 325

Oceanis 430

*Seu these Beneteaus at the April Ijoat show.

PassageUachts 1220 Brickyard Cove Rd. Point Richmond (415)236-2633 (800)233-4048 FAX: (415) 234-0118

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CONTENTS

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the racing sheet changes in lotitudes

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clossy classifieds

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brokerage

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advertiser's index

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57' Steel, Abeking & Rassmussen 225,000 55' Steel Staysail Ketch 249,000 51' Passport, loaded 325,000 48' Cheoy Lee Ketch 125,000 47' Off Shore Cheoy Lee 91,000 47' Formosa 1981 139,000 47' Passport 225,000 46' Island Trdr Ketch 149,000 45' Lancer, Motor Sailer 125,000 44' Peterson,ctr cockpit 125,000 43' Frers “Shockwave" 43' Farr Thunderbird" 180,000 43' Rogers, 32.1 10R Rating 119,000 43' Mason Ketch 130,000 42' Pearson 424 Ketch (2)125,000 41' Perry 125,000 41' Whitby Caribe 45,000 41' Newport 75,000 41' Morgan (2) 85,000 40' B6ndteau405 155,000 40' "Propaganda" 1st Admirais Cup 40'X-1TON 115,000 40' BenfiteauOneTon (2)115,000 40' Passport 145,000 40' Lidgard 79,500 38' Ericson, Loaded 110,000 38' Bristol 39,000 38' Hood 92,500 38' C&C Landfall, Loaded 76,500 38' Farallone Clipper 35,000 36' Catalina, Beautiful 79,000 37' Gulfstar, immaculate 68,000 36' Union 83,500 36' Allied Ketch 64,900 36' Islander (2) 49,500 36' Custom, Kauri 119,000 35' Santana 54,950 35' Mariner Ketch 35,000 34' Wylie 48,000 33' Yamaha 39,000 33' Wylie, Cold Mold 55,000 33' Hunter 41,950 33' Ranger, Harken Furling 34,500 32' Traveller 43,950 32' Islander 39,700 32' BSneteau 325 66,000 30' Columbia 16,500 30' Newport, Diesel 28,900 30' Pearson (2) 24,000 30' Catalina (2) 28,500 30" Cal 3-30 31,000 30' Island Bahama 42,500 30' Hunter 32,500 29' Ranger 21,000 29' Cal 2-29; Diesel 22,300 28' Islander (2) 25,000 28' Pearson 31,500 28' San Juan 30,000 28' Columbia 28, Diesel 10,500 27' Cal 2-27 (2)19,500 27' CalT-2 11,200 27' Ericson 18,900 26' Yamaha 27,500 26' Pearson 16,200 26' IntIFolkboat 10,000 23' Ranger 11,000

47’ Ludere Offshore Cheoy Lee. Generator. Radar. Loran. Raft. Excellent value. $91,000.

1986 Ericson 38. Primo condition.

Roller furl, windlass, loran, lines aft, etc. $110,000.

Yamaha 33. Proven cruiser. Durable.

Lines led aft. Excellent reputation. $39,000.

Yamaha 26.1984. Like new. Quality shows. Surveyed at $27,500.

4-One Tonners for Sale Newport 30. MKII. Excellent onedesign. Diesel. Four sails. $30,000.

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1220 Brickyard Cove Rd. Pt. Richmond, CA 94801 (415) 236-2633 (800) 233-4048

Ranger 29. Furling jib. 8 bags. Lines led art. Good ol' Jensen built hull. $21,000.

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he standard for quality Passports including the 37,40, performance and value 41,42,44,47 and 51. Choose has been established by from numerous standard config PASSPORT YACHTS. Ifyoucom- urations on each model or let pare a Passport Yacht feature for us design an interior that feature and dollar for dollar meets your specific needs; the with any similar sized contemchoice is yours, porary performance cruising Robert Perry, the designer yacht there is always a clear of the Passport 37,40,47 and winner; PASSPORT ^ the new 41, and 44 best sums up - Attention to detail set these the phenomenal success of the great yachts apart from the Passport line of performance ordinary. From custom stem cruising yachts. “Passparts'are fittings and oversized rigging to some of my most popular desigm superb deck tooling and elegant dm to qiiality uxyrkmanship, furniture grade solid wood superior haudlirigpeTforrmnce interiors, each Passport bristles and a competitive price, a combiwith quality features like fans, nation that’s hard to beat My courtesy lights, custom cabinet strongest impression associated latches, and screens for the with Passport is one of happy numerous opening ports. owners. You simply do notfind Custom furniture grade an unhappy Passport owner. Pm interiors are available on all veru moud of these desims”

Models on Display at our docks Passport 51 Passport 47 Passport 42* Passport 40* Passport 37* heady for immediate deliverv

1220 Brickyard Cove Rd. Point Richmond (415)236-2633 (800)233-4048 FAX: (415) 234-0118

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lassic beauty and traditional elegance are immediately evident when you first see a MASON yacht. A closer inspection reveals important cruising attributes like wide decks, great ventilation, easily managed sail controls, and a secure comfortable cockpit. The interiors speak of forgotten times when perfection was all that mattered.

Engineering details like a custom electrical system, a massive longitudinal hull stringer system, numerous bonded traverse floor beams and structural bulkheads provide peace of mind in even the most severe conditions. Huge storage lockers, real sea berths, large engines and ample chain

storage tell you that someone has been thinking, Perfection is the only one standard feature found on each Mason Yacht that the MASON team refuses to change. Choose the size, sail plan and interior layout that meets your needs or let our skilled draftsmen create your dream interior. The Mason line of yachts include sizes of 33! 34! 44! 53! 54! 63! and 64!

Ifyou have been lookingjora very special yacht which ccmtines classic beauty with exceptional structural integrity ym need look no further than Mascn, tJiere simply isn’t anything better.

SIZES INCLUDE 33! 34! 44! 53!

54! 63! 64!

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Passage^achts 1220 Brickyard Cove Rd. Point Richmond (415)236-2633 (800)233-4048 FAX: (415) 234-0118

Mason 34

Mason 44

Mason 44

Mason 34. Only 3 more available for 1988. Call now.

Mason 44. Lease back available on one boat, save $13,000.

Mason 54. Available for May delivery.

Mason 64. Make your appointment now to see this fantastic yacht.

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A FULL COMPLEMENT OF QUrTE EVOLUTIONARY AND REVOLUTIONARY MARITIME THINKING.. .

When TA SHING asked British Naval Architect Bill Dixon to design a new series, they wanted a yacht with performance to equal TA SHiNG’s demanding standards. So began a creative union between generations of boatbuilding knowledge and a very creative mind utilizing state-of-the-art computer-aided design.

The result is the revolutionary TASWELL-43.

Hulls #17 and #18 are now available exclusive- ^ ly through Tatoosh Marine. They will be the only Taswells available in Northern California for 1988.

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- TATOOSH MARINE IS THE BAY AREA’S PREMIERE PURVEYOR OF THE WORLD’S FINEST CRUISING YACHTS.

For those who desire JraxMo^ we have the TASHIBA<36 & 40.

For those who desire More Room, lye have the LIBERTY-458 & 49.

BROKERAGE SELECTIONS SAIL23’ *24’ 26’ ★ 26’ 27’ 28’ ★ 28’ ★ 28’ 30’ 30’ 30’ ★ 30’ 30’ 30’ 32’ 33’ 35’

★AT OUR DOCKS O’DAY, 1975 .

7,950 J/24,1984 . 14,900 CHRYSLER, 1977 . 6,900 SAN JUAN, 1985. 17,500 CS-27*,1982 . 26,500 ISLANDER BAHAMA, 1981 . 29,500 HERRESHOFF ketch.24,950 SAN JUAN, 1979 . 30,000 CAPE DORY ketch, 1978 . 34,950 COLUMBIA, 1974 . 16,700 BABA, 1979. 65,000 BABA, 1985 . 86,000 PALMER JOHNSON, 1972 . 38,500 ERICSON, 1969 . 22,000 C&C,1980 . 46,000 PEARSON 10M, 1974 .

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1980 HANS CHRISTIAN 43 ‘AD/OS’ Cutter. Four cabins plus Pilotberth and all the gea.' necessary for successful cruising. Owner moving up. $127,500. sistership

Tatoosh News LISTNOWIir FIVE REASONS TO LIST YOUR CRUISING SAILBOAT , WITH TATOOSH MARINE: 1. Tatoosh Marine is the Bay Area’s CRUISING SAILBOAT SPECIALISTS. (52,000 offshore miles has taught us something), 2. Tatoosh Marine encourages NON EXCLUSIVE LISTINGS. 3. Tatoosh Marine personnalty inspects every yacht we fist.

4. Tatoosh Marine is in constant communication'With PREQUALIFIED BUYERS. 5. Tatoosh Marine has a “HASSEL-FREE” policy ensuring a smooth, easy and swift transaction.

CALL CASEY JONES TODAY! (415)232-7778

FUJI KETCH 35’ ‘BELLIBONE’ Classic lines make her a welcomed addition to our docks. If you've considered single-handing, consider this John Alden design. She dances in light airs and weathers weather in safety and comfort. $69,000.

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★ ATOUR DOCKS NIAGRA, 1982. . 77,000 PEARSON 365,1980. . 59,500 ISLANDER, 1974. . 44,950 S-211M, 1980 . . 64,950 HUNTER, cutter, 1981.. 56,000 TAYANA cutter, 1981 . . 79,500 ALAJUELA, 1976 ..80,000 C&C LANDFALL, 1980 .. 76,500 FREYA cutter, 1978.. 79,500 BRISTOL yawl, 1969.. 67,000 MORGAN ketch, 1978 . .... 85,000 YORKTOWN, 1984 . .... 60,000 HANS CHRISTIAN, 1980 .... .. . .127,500 LIBERTY 458,1986 . ... 196,900 ■ POWER: 26’ CARVER, 1986 .. 33,500 30’ WILLARD VEGA, 1975 .. 49,950 SAIL: 35’ ★ 36’ 36’ 36’ ★ 37’ 37’ 38’ 38’ 39’ 39’ 41’ 42’ 43’ ★ 46’

1978 FREYA 39 ‘ATOLL’

ALAJUELA 38’ ‘CAROLINA’

This veteran cruiser is outfitted and ready to take you anywhere in the world. Autopilot, windvane. sextant, over-sized rigging, diesel heater, water filtration, cutter-rigged and ready to go!! $79,500.

Probably the most extensively outfitted cruiser on the Bay!! She has been to Mexico and is absolutely ready to return and head for points beyond. Her inventories are too vast to describe, $80,000.

11M BRICKYARD COVE ROAD POINT RICHMOND, CA 94301

(415) 232-7778

BOAT SHOW REVIEW The weather could have been better but the response to our boats was tremendous. Don’t wait for the next show to see what quality boatbuilding, is about. . <

FREEDOM 36 While the Freedom 42 debut was drawing all the attention, the Freedom 36 quietly reached a major milestone; Freedom 36 number 101 is on its way to the West Coast. Note to all owners — we have buyers eager to find a used Freedom 36. If you’re ready to move up to a Freedom 42, please call. No one seems able to part with the amazing 36.

ISLAND PACKET 38* The Island Packet 38* made a debut in the SF In-The-Water Show with Designer / President Bob Johnson and marketing manager Bill Bolin, and the whole Packet was cl^ar. This company goes to work in the morning and rolls out a major product.

When Island Packet says storage compartment, they mean for big storage; when they say finished they mean tested; when they say bottom line they mean sail . . . away.

PACIFIC SEACRAFT 31* The Pacific Seacraft 31 was completely surrounded by big, big yachts at the S.F. show. A lesser boat would have been dwarfed, but the PS 31 fit in like a crown jewel. Graceful lines, perfect tooling, gleaming bronze. If you want a sail boat that offers you more knots for your meter see the Pacific Seacraft 31.

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SANTANA 35 This well-equipped, highly competitive racer/cruiser has a two-boat owner who has to part with this one to keep the bigger one. Ready to tfeo/.' Offers.

RANGER 33 Recently reduced price, continuing perfect maintenance. Gary Mull design, seaworthy construction — classic line.s that will never be obsolete. $33,000.

40 After a 3 year So. Pae. cruise the owners are reluctantly selling “Wind RA”. Spacious & equipped to leave tomorrow, this yacht is a inu.st see for

MULL 30 ‘C/t(CO'The notorious cold-molded Gary

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Mall speed burner, meticulously sailed and maintained by the tightwad of Tiburon. $29,950.

HAINS CHKISIIAN 43 We. now have two of the: cleanest; one ketch, one cutter. The ketch has radar, Loran, 2 heads. Cutter has roller furlingj perfonnance keel and lots of trophies. 2 Frm. $25,000.

ELITE 29 Quick sport cruiser with light, airy European interior,. Built and; imported when the dollar was out of whack, making this a great value.

HALBERG RASSY 42 Radar, autopilot, SatNav, . diesel, forced atr heat, 12’ Achilles, 8 person raft, Aries ... a beautifully built & equipped Swedish offshore yacht of first quality. $189,500.

WESTSAIL 43 Custom built in 1976 for the V,H. of Quality Control for Westsall. Steel reinforced bow, insulated hull and deck, asb overhead,:CedaFlocker.s, oversized rigging. $104,WMi.

MORGAN 32 With 11.5 beam this is a spacious 32

CAPE DORY 27 Solid and stiff Bay sailor or coastal cruiser. Tbts: yacht boasts many extras lovingly designed: by her previous engineer-owner. Asking $28,500.

with full cruise gear she’s already seen the Bahamas.

Five sails including spinnaker. $39,900.

YANKEE CLIPPER 41 Strong & sturdy cruising boat w/a spacious & well appointed interior. If you’re looking to crui,se or iiveaboard, thi.s clean yacht will accomodate you in style & comfort. $69,500.

RAMPAGE 24 Strong, stable and dry riding. Rampage 24 is a fun family boat. It's 9’ II’’ beam provides ample room for people, bait, gea^ & supplies. Truly a no-nonsense, expertly crafted, intelligent tnaehine!

SELECTED SAIL BROKERAGE 20’ FLICKA 18,000 21’ FREEDOM 13,900 22’ MERIT, with trailer 12,900 23’ AQUARIUS 4,950 25’ CUSTOM BAHAMA 17,900 25’ HUNTER 14,900 25’ FREEDOM (2) 21,900 26’ SCHOCK INTERCLUB 11,000 27’ H-27 12,900 27’ CAL 2-27 19,500 27’ SUN 17,500 28’ PEARSON 36,900 29’ CASCADE 20,000 29’ COLUMBIA Defender 15,900 29’ ELITE 43,000 30’ WILDERNESS Offers 30’ PEARSON 303 45,900 30’ RAWSON 19,000 30’ PEARSON 29,950 30’ ISLANDER 21,950 30’ CATALINA 29,900 30’ S-2 44,000 30' BABA 65,000 31’ MARIAH 46,000 31' HALBERG RASSEY 47,000 14,000 32’ MOWER KNOCKABOUT 32’ WESTSAIL (2) 59,000 33’ FREEDOM 79.500 33’ MORGAN OUTISLAND 44,950 33’ TARTAN 10 (2) 24,900 34’ PEARSON 64,900 34’ P.S, CREALOCK 85,000 34’ CHINOOK 19,500 34’ FISHER P.H. 115,000 35’ GARDEN Ketch 34,950 35’ BRISTOL 63,000 35’ C&C LANDFALL 69,500 37’ GULFSTAR 69,500 37’ BALTIC 89,500 38’ HANS CHRISTIAN 110,000 38’ STEEL P.H. 79,500 39’ FREYA 79,500 41 ’ MORGAN OUTISLAND 85,000 42’ GARDEN Ketch 105,000 43’ GULFSTAR 75,000 44’ PETERSON 109,000 44’ FREEDOM 130,000 44’ LANCER Motorsailer 139,500 45’ EXPLORER 110,000 45’ FUJI 124,900 45’ BREWER Ketch 85,000 45’ LANCER Motorsailer 149,000 46’ FORMOSA 99,500 48' SPARKMAN&STEPHENS 149,500 48’ STEEL P.H. Ketch 250,000 145,000 52’IRWIN’ 52’ GARDEN ketch 110,000

SELECT POWER BROKERAGE TRY 39,900 23’ SEA OX TRY 69,500 29’ CRUISER From 120,000 31’ RAMPAGE 31’CRU1SER 79,500 TRY 79,000 33’CRUISER 29,950 36’ STEPHENS TRY 42’ CRUISER 69,500 365,000 50’ OCEAN ALEXANDER 325,000 58’ HATTERAS

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very so often a great product comes along and sets a new standard of performance. The fully battened cruising main from North is such a product. We got our first inquiries for this sail even before it was in production. Now that the secret is out, we’re flooded.

What’s exciting about the FullBatten is that, like the rest of our cruising inventory, it’s a “no compromise” sail. We’ve built it to be easy to handle. At the

more fun in light air, and a wider cruising range.

Calmness: Because it has battens from luff to leech, the FullBatten doesn’t flog like a normal sail. It slowly waves from side to side, even when you’re powering into a breeze.

The result is welcome silence and a reduction in the franticness that usually comes with flapping sails.

Ease of handling: With the use of our exclusive LazyMate^“ lazy jack system, all you have to do is cast off the halyard, and your FullBatten mainsail will flake neatly over the boom.

Durability: The use of fulllength battens minimizes flogging and thereby eliminates a primary cause of mainsail failure. This is one reason why large multihulls and round-theworld racers have recently chosen fully battened North mains.

The FullBatten flakes neatly over your boom with our LazyMate lazy jack system.

Like all North sails, the FullBatten is designed and cut by computer to ensure consistent quality and top performance. same time we’ve made sure the sail will move your boat right along. And we even improved durability. So you get the best of all worlds.

Performance: With extra leech area, a smooth shape held in place by battens, and^o extra windage aloft, the FullBatten actually out-performs most conventional mainsails. You get better performance to windward.

North’s FullBatten cruising main

mainsail systems, the FullBatten is priced only about 25% higher than a conventional mainsail.

The FullBatten cruising main is a great way to combine performance with practicality.

Call or write today to find out how it can make your boat easier and more fun to sail.

2415 Mariner Square Alameda, CA 94501 (415) 522-5373

Simple installation: The FullBatten fits any modern mast and boom. Just remove your old main and slip on the new. Same track, same slides, same outhaul, and same reef lines. In fact, we may even be able to retrofit your current sail with full-length battens.

Economy: Compared to the huge costs of other cruising

FullBatten .is a trademark of North Sails. LazyMate is a trademark of North Sailing Systems. Patents pending.

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39 New! Born to 3,ail! Sleek yet strong, a baiancert hull design; refrig ' w/freezer/fots of teak, DS, KM, all necessary,requirements. $115.000/0ffers

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BAHAMA 25

CATALINA 25

1980, trailerable Swing Keel Model.

3 Sails, VHP radio, very clean & well maintained, 7.5 HP Honda.

Full keel, excellent bay and coastal cruiser. New bottom 3/88 6 HP Evinrude.

1982, Wow is this one nice — swing keel, 9.9 HP Johnson, major overhaul 1 hour.

$14,900

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CORONADO 35

NIAGARA 35

HUNTER 36

1972 center cockpit aft cabincruiser. Perkins diesel, Loran, autopilot windlass & 2 anchors.

BY Hinterhoeler 1980. True offshore cruising yacht, well equipped w/diesel, Loran, rod rigging & plenty of sails.

1980 equipped w/diesel roller furling jib & Spinnaker, dodger, cushions, etc. $49,000

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1979 cutter rigged w/roiler furling jib, Yanmar diesel, refrigeration, cabin heater.

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COLUMBIA 39

1966 lots of good cruising gear, 6 sails, including Spinnaker, Loran, autopilot & windvane, boom brake.

This immaculate interior of this 39 footer would be perfect for a liveaboard. Gas stove & refrigerator.

$17,900

SAILBOATS. 83’ BALTIC TRADER ..... $200,000 60’ HERRESHOFF. 189,000 52’ COLUMBIA 129,900 51’ GARDEN ..

125,000 50’ CUSTOM GUTTER. .. .

240,000 50’GULFSTAR .,..

110,000 46’ CAL....(2) 99,000 46’ GARDEN .

60,000 45' CREALOCK 115,000 45’ EXPLORER ..

110,000 45’ GARDEN PORPOISE* 110,000 45’ HARTLEY* .

79,000 45’ LANCER. 125,000 44’CHEOYLEE*.

133,900 44’ LAFITTE ...

175,000 43’ HOLCOMB..........

69,000 42’ BLANCHARD. 48,000 42’ PEARSON ..........

110,000 41’ BOUNTY........_ 39,500 40’ COLUMBIA ...... .(2) 35,000 40’ MOTIVA 84.500 40’ OLSON. 139,000 38’ALAJULA...

80,000 38’ CATALINA. 70,000 38’ C&C. 76,500 38’ CUSTOM RACER 55,000 38’ EBfCSON .7.

Offers 38’ FARALLONE. 35,000 38’ MORGAN. 59,000 37’ SOVERAL. 25,000 37’TAYANA. 79,500 36’ CATALINA* ... ..

62,500 36’ ERICSON *....... (2) 69,500 36’ ISLANDER ........ (2) 42,000 36’ LANCER.....

64,900 35’ BRISTOL ...........

60,000 35' CHEOY LEE. 55,000 35’, FANTASIA..

70,000 35’ MOWER. 14,000 34’ COLUMBIA. 32,500 34’ SAN JUAN. 5?,000 33’ TARTAN TEN *.

29,500 33’ NEWPORT*.

43,900 32' UNION. 49,500 32’ WESTSAIL. 59,500 31’DUFOUR* .. .....

39,900 30’ ALBERG ............

26,000 30’ BABA .......;;.....

86,000 30’ COLUMBIA .;.,...

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56,900 30’ LANCER.... ........

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21,500 30’ US.........

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23.000 27’ CATALINA.(3)'13,900 27’CHEOY LEE.(2) 22,445 26’ CHEOY LEE.<(2) 13,500 26’ COLUMBIA. 9,500 26’ RANGER ...........

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This yacht is fast becoming Norseman's most successful design. Twenty-two boats hove been sold since their introduction. Compare the luxury and attention to detail.

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NORSEMAN 447

AFT COCKPIT CUHER 1983. A real find, priced way below market. Practically unused. Bob Perry says it's one of his favorite designs. In a very clean condition, beautiful teak interior. REPLACEMENT VALUE OVER $275,000. Try ... $175,000.

20’

SAILBOAT LISTINGS MODEL LOCATION SIGNET SLCX3P w/trir

$6,500

2T

FREEDOM w/trailer

13,900

24'

SEAFARER cruising underbody

27'

US YACHT i/b dsl

18,000

27'

CAL 2-27 diesel

19,500

29'

CASCADE

19,900

30'

RAWSON

ERICSON 30 MKII 1978 Priced below

30'

PALMER JOHNSON diesel

34,000

market. Full sail inventory, loads of gear; clean cond, teak interior. Must sell before delivery of new boat.Try $28,500

31'

PEARSON

34,500

31'

RUSTLER full keel

39,995

31'

PEARSON 305

58,900

32'

BUCCANEER aft cabin, dsl

23,000

33'

NEWPORT

48,000

34'

WYLIE

45,000

35’

SANTANA "Breakout" Sold

49,500

35'

RAFIKI

36'

PEARSON Ketch

36' 37'

JEANNEAU IRWIN aft cabin PEARSON

58,500 65,000 59,000

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I9M CAfAUHA 38 "Fastest 38 on the Bay". Save thousands on this next-to-new boat. Lots of sails.

Best of gear and equipment. You must see to appreciate. $67,000.

37' 37'

PEARSON 37. Fast family cruiser, roller furling, spinnaker, windspeed, wind direction, knot, Loran, propane, well equipped & very clean.

Owner moving up.

Asking $69,000.

CULFSTAR 37 '79. Rarely do you find a brokerage boat so cleon,- 140% genoa, 90% jib, Perkins SOhp dsl; very unusuol /(wide open interior. The owner always took

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68,500

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BALTIC CATALINA

89,500 67,000

38'

ERICSON

65,000

38'

C&C

76,500

39'

CAVALIER

75,000

39'

CAVALIER

115,000

40'

NORSEMAN syndicate share

252/ma

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$68,500.

43'

C&C

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HANS CHRISTIAN 43T cutter

46,000 80,000

155,000

44'

NORSEMAN 447 aft cockpit

175,000

44'

NORSEMAN 447 aft cabin Sold

210,000

45'

FUJI

128,000

46'

PETERSON

150,000

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Heavy glass const. New: Main sail, shaft, prop, dodger, cushions, epoxy bottom, radar, windlass; eng new ’85. Reduced: Only $59,000.

■ 29’ ERICSON This boat is clean & really well-equipped. I/B, dodger, spinnaker & gear, new main, new jfb, roller furling. Seriously for sale.

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57’ CHRIS CRAFT Constellation ’69.

Low hrs on 871 dsis; 3 staterms, LR & formal dining room. Cstm aft enclosure. New hull paint. This is the nicest 57’ avail. Onlv $197,000.

43’ PRESIDENT Turn the key and head off fishing! Everything you need down to the poles. Tub and shower,, gen air range for comfort while roughing it. $165,000.

34’ WELLCRAFT 1985. Luxurious cruiser with twin 350 hp & generator, refrigeration, icemaker, full custom canvas. Replacement: $150K -f . Asking only $99,000.

Size 28’ 30’ 30’ 30’ 30’ 31’ 32’ 32’ 33’ 34’ 35’ 36’ 36’ 36’

SELECTED Year Builder ’81 ISLANDER ’79 BABA ’80 CATALINA ’84 PEARSON ’79 S-2 ’82 DUFOUR DOWN EAST ’76 ’73 WESTSAIL HUNTER ’79 HUNTER ’83 CHEOY LEE ’66 ’80 C&C FREEPORT ’78 ISLANDER ’77

37’ GULFSTAR 37’ TAYA N A 38’ C&C YACHT 38’ 39’ 40’ 40’ 41’ 41’ 41’ 43’ 44’ 45’ 46’ 48’ 105’

EASTERLY BRISTOL CHALLENGER ISLANDER FORMOSA MORGAN NEWPORT C&C PETERSON LANCER FORMOSA KETCH LOGGERT

’80 ’78 ’67 ’74 ’79 ’72 ’78 ’69 ’73 ’78 ’83 ’78 ’81 ’03

SAIL BROKERAGE LISTINGS Ocean racing yacht Sturdy double ended cutter Popular Bay cruiser... 4 frm Reduced for quick sale!

Proven ocean racing yacht Rich teak interior, clean lines Beamy cruising cutter We have ... 3 from WhI, dsl, h&c water. Great value Upgraded winches, winged keel Fiberglass Lion High tech, reliable racer/cruiser One of the world’s most elegant Many of the greats available ... from below Fit and finish unsurpassed Perry dbl-ender, trad, cutter Clean, well equipped. below market value at Must sell, performance, elegance Bristol condition Roomy and clean Doug Peterson design Pacific veteran One of the most loved yachts Seriously for sale, well equipped Racer suitable for cruising Teak decks, performance cruiser Twin diesel M/S ... reduced Pacific veteran, ready to go again Ultimate cruising Iron Baltic ketch

Asking $29,900 65,000 25,000 49,000 33,000 58,500 44,500 35,000 39,500 49,950 39,000 69,000 79,000 45,000 69,500 75,000 76,500 79,000 39,500 84,500 83,000 79,500 85,000 59,500 78,000 135,000 125,000 98,000 275,000 200,000

Size 28’ 30’ 34’ 34’ 35’ 35’ 36’ 36’ 36’ 37’ 38’ 38’ 38’ 40’ 40’ 41’ 42’ 42!

42’ 47’ 47’ 47’ 50’ 50’ 52’ 53’ 60’ 60’ 70’ 70’ 96’

Ready to cruise with liferaft, dodger, two each with private head, only $55,000.

C&C 36 1981 w/roller furling jib, Loran C, EPIRB, liferaft, diesel, excellent condition. $82K value — Asking only $59,000.

28’ CARVER “Riviera” 1985. Aft cabin and European style; v^ell equipped and like new condition.

Replacement: $79K. Asking only $49,000.

SELECTED POWER BROKERAGE LISTINGS Builder Yr BAYLINER ’84 Clean, religiously maintained SCOUT ’79 Fiberglass replica of 1920 cruiser CALIFORNIA ’77 Twin diesel TOLLYCRfAFT ’79 Very.clean VIKING ’79 Sportfisher MODERN ’83 Low hours, diesel sedan CHRIS CRAFT Sea skiff ... 3 frm GRAND BANKS ’73 Original owner, only 900 hours STEPHENS ’54 Aft cabin PEARSON ’65 40 mph new engines BAYUNER ’84 Turbo diesel CHRIS CRAFT ’85 Commander Sport sedan CHRIS CRAFT ’83 Cockpit Motoryacht BLUEWATER ’77 Twin diesel PH ... reduced to BLUEWATER T ’77 Large aft cabin LUHRS ’79 Twin cat 3208 sportfisher CHRIS CRAFT ’64 Recent haulout, great condition grand banks ’68 Deep “V” tri cabin UNIFLITE ’73 Aft cabin, twin diesel KEN HILL ’67 Estate sale; cstm dsl trwir MY MONK ’62 Excellent cond, owner motivated GRANDY ’12 Pristine classic CHRIS ’60 Twin diesel, queen bed aft STEPHENS ’60 3 staterooms, twin diesel BLUEWATER ’82 Fiberglass high performance MY MATTHEWS Great galley, super condition NORDLUND ’79 Bristol condition, recent reduction STEPHENS ’66 Meticulously detailed HATTERAS ’78 Cockpit MY, epoxy bottom S.A. WILLIAM ’36 Classic beauty BROWARD ’56

Asking 40,500 $44,750 69,000 70,000 105,000 79,000 24,500 69,500 27,500 49,500 109,000 162,000 110,000 85,000 86,000 89,000 59,500 79,500 140,000 79,000 80,000 79,000 115,000 137,000 169,000 149,000 550,000 275,000 895,000 125,000 685.000

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MARINE DIESEL ENGINE SEMINAR

Nonrace May 6 — Lecture: Singlehanded Racing and Outfitting Your Boat for Self-Sufficiency. Frank Dinsmore, a past winner of the onehanded T-Pac, will speak. Stockdale Marine, 1930 hours free (916) 332-0775.

May 8-9 - Port Sonoma Boat Show. Sailboats, ski-boats, windsurfers, small boats, food and wine tasting. Check out the mellow Petaluma River scene. 270 Sears Point Rd., Petaluma (right off Highway 37). Call (707) 778-8055.

May 7 — Women’s Racing Association Awards Night/Sail-in and BBQ. Treasure Island, 4 pm. All WRA members and friends are invited to partake in an evening of “salty fun”. For specifics, call Sandy Harris Sheets at (415) 648-5530.

May 7 — Palo Alto YC’s “First Annual Flea Market” and Open House. 9 a.m. at the their new facility (643 Bair Island Road, Redwood City). Everyone welcome. For more information, call (415) 948-2567 or (415) 838-0917.

May 11 — Call of the Sea Boatbuilders Series. Bay Model Visitor Center, 7-9 pm, free. UK sailmaker David Westwood will speak on the “Modernization of Sailmaking”. First in a series of four. Gail Spaien, (415) 331-1282.

May 11 — Catalina Race Seminar. Metropolitan YC, 8 pm.

Three speakers: Barney Haglund of All West Marine Safety will discuss liferaft deployment and then actually inflate a raft before your eyes; Kame Richards, grizzled offshore veteran, will share his secrets on night boat handling; race organizer Margaret Fago will tell you what to expect upon arrival at Catalina. This is the on/y seminar on this race. Margaret Fago., (415) 523-4388.

May 13, 1846 — The United States declares war on Mexico. A cute little war, if there ever was one. A major land grab in the name of “manifest destiny”, this action bagged us what are now California, Nevada, Utah and parts of four other states. Who can forget the Bear Flag Revolt? Who can remember the Alamo? Anyway, from a sailor’s point of view, we should have taken Baja instead of Nevada. Maybe next time.

May 13-15 — DeltaFest RV & Boat Show. Tower Park Marina (Lodi). 11th annual Delta getdown. Check out Winnebagos, houseboats, delta runabouts, and the like. Music, fishing clinics, in-thewater demonstrations, etc. Noon to six on Friday; 10 am through 6 pm on the weekend. Absolutely free. Call Bonny at (209) 369-1041 for details.

May 18 — Singlehanded Sailing Society TransPac Seminar.

Location to be announced, 7 pm, free. This month features a round table discussion between battled-scarred TransPac vets and the newest crop of greenhorns. It’s an open forum — remember, the only dumb question is one that doesn’t get asked. Please call Shama Kota, 332-5073 — not us — to find out where this event will be held.

May 21 — Marine Swap Meet. Pete’s Harbor (Redwood City), 0800 — 1600. Get there early to buy and sell old junk . . . er, bargain preowned marine equipment. Contact Thom Miles (366-6116) for the lowdown.

May 22 - ’ ’South Pacific”. Mt. Tamalpais Mountain Theatre.

First of six performances (5/29, 6/5, 6/12, 6/19, 6/26). This year’s Mountain Play is the familiar Rodgers and Hammerstein musical about sailing ULDB maxi’s in the TransPac Race. It’s a fun day on Mt. Tam — remember, you don’t have to sail every weekend. Besides, every year we go up there we run into Big Daddy and a whole bunch of other sailors.

May 28-29 — Catalina 27 Memorial Day BBQ and Overnight at Treasure Cove. Call Tom Walsh at 943-1030 or Karl Dake at 525-4136. page 19

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Mail your check, payable to Thunderbird World's Committee, to Fleet #6, 10901 Julius, Oakland, CA 94605. All proceeds will go towards hosting the Thunderbird World Chcimpionship Regatta on S.F. Bay in July 1989. For further iido. call (415/636-0607).

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CALENDAR May 28-29 — The Great Monterey Squid Festival. Gilroy has its garlic fest; Petaluma has its ugly dog festival; why not a celebration of the somewhat slimey squid? Better yet, it’s an good excuse to check out the Aquarium and the Monterey Peninsula YC, a friendly club if there ever was one. (408) 649-6547.

May 30 — International Disarm the Seas Week. A group calling themselves the Bay Area Peace Navy sent us a relatively unintelligible press release proclaiming this day the beginning of some kind of protest against nuclear weapons onboard ships. The BAP Navy will be holding what they describe as “exerdises” intermittently throughout the day at Long 122.28.5 W. and Lat. 37.51.2 N. If this is as confusing to you as it is to us, call their headquarters at 398-1201.

Racing May 6-15 — The Ultimate Yacht Race (“there is no second”).

Racing in custom 30-footers, J/24’s and Hobie 2rs in Corpus Christi, Texas, for a $350,000 dollar purse. This is the first USYRU sanctioned Pro sailing event in the U.S. The next UYR is scheduled for San Francisco on July 22-30.

May 7-8 — Champion of Champions. StFYC hosts the 1987 ODCA/WBRA winners for a Cityfront showdown. With all these champions on the starting line, this contest arguably boils down to who’s got the juiciest PHRF rating.

May 7-8 — Mothers Day Regatta. Woodward Lake. Jester dinghies. Do it for Mom. Syd Moore, (408) 429-8304.

May 14-15 — Frank Stone Perpetual Trophy Regatta. StFYC. Three races for lOR, One Ton, IMS, and Express 37 divisions. The top five one-tons will qualify for the One Ton Cup (i.e., the Worlds) to be hosted by StFYC on Sept. 3-15. Should be some savage action as the one-tonners sort things out. If you want to Stone yourself, call the club at 563-6363 for an entry packet and/or info.

May 21-22 — Moore 24 Pacific Coast Championships. Santa Cruz. Five races, no throwouts (“no sniveling”), gate starts. Dave Josselyn, (408) 458-0411.

May 21 — Jesse Carr Qualifying Regatta. Sausalito YC will host the J/24 racing at the school of Hard-Knox. If memory serves us, this is a “grey panther” regatta for male sailors over 40 years of age.

The winner will go to Vancouver, BC, for the finals on June 17-19.

Craig Brown (332-3890) has the details.

May 28-30 — Volvo San Francisco International Regatta. San Francisco Bay Sailing Association will host Express 27’s, Etchells 22’s, Folkboats, Knarrs, J/24’s and J/29’s in a three day, five-race series. Volvo is known for their professional management of sporting events; this promises to be a high quality event. For more info, call Lauren at (415) 771-9500.

May 27-29 — Cal Cup. California YC, Marina del Rey. Five buoy races over three days for maxi ULDB’s. Last year’s winner, the SC 70 Citius, will be sporting her new fractional rig. Will it prove to be a breakthrough or a leash-law violation? A dozen of these sleek rocketships are expected to toe the starting line for this latest installment of Sled Wars.

May 28-31 — Women’s Collegiate Dinghy Championship.

Hosted by the Banana Slugs (UC Santa Cruz).The best female college sailors in the U.S. drop the bodks, forget about looming finals, and go at it in FJ’s to determine the national champ.

May 29 — Master Mariners Regatta. Watch the splinters fly as a hundred or so elegant pre-war woodies come out of the “woodwork” for their annual get-together. Some fun! Diane Brendan, 456-3496.

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While at the Crew List party I met a boatowner wearing a redstriped shirt who was planning a cruise to Alaska. Though I am committed to an apprenticeship in yacht design this summer, 1 wished I’d conversed longer with the man or at least exchanged telephone numbers. If Latitude or anyone can help me rectify my blunder, I would be indebted.

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□LARGE BUTTERFLIES When first suggested by my friend John Bousha, the concept of flying down to Mexico and trying to hitch a ride on a boat to Baja Haha Race Week left me with large butterflies of uncertainty.

But then I thought, ‘what the hell?’

I was to learn that Douglas Adams’ Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is correct; all a hitchhiker really needs is a towel . . . and an ‘electronic thumb’. At least that’s how it worked out for me in La Paz. What’s an electronic thumb? Why, a handheld VHP radio, of course. Without it you couldn’t even monitor the La Paz net to snag a ride.

• The sailing at Baja Haha was wonderful and rewarding (we helped sail Hap E Motion to a first in PHRF B), the weather was perfect, but most of all, the people were the greatest!

We had a wonderful time!

Doug Donegan Ventura Doug — That it’s the people that make Baja Haha such a pleasure is the ueri; theme of our Race Week storj; this i;ear.

As for hitchhiking through the galaxy, it helps if you avoid Aero Mexico, too. We’re not sure how many people are aware of it, but the Thursday after Race Week ended, Aero Mexico was first hit by a strike and then shut down. Hundreds upon hundreds of their passengers were stranded in Mexico, a bunch of them Race Week stragglers. For many the only option was to take the 28 hour bus ride to Tijuana or wait until Sunday or Monday to get a flight out of San Jose del Cabo or Loreto. Yes, there’s a little luck involved in travelling, too, whether you’re carrying a clean towel or not.

□ COUNSELING WOMEN ON YACHT CLUB MEMBERSHIPS I would like to make an additional comment on the Choosing a Yacht Club letter that appeared in the March ’88 Letters.

My husband is a member of the Monterey Peninsula YC and carries the only membership card and gate key in the family. Monthly newsletters are addressed to him, though I surreptitiously read them.

When we applied for membership 18 months ago, I wrote the accompanying letter {Editor’s note: the letter was not included) which was signed by both of us. The board’s action, however, resulted in the above situation, one obviously not to my liking.

My options, as I understand them, are to pay my own membership fee for which I would receive voting privileges, my own membership card and gate key, and a newsletter with my name on the mailing label. Otherwise, I get to join the Spinnakers, Monterey Bay Peninsula YC’s auxiliary group of member’s wives.

The Spinnakers hold monthly luncheon meetings and advise on matters such as the redecoration of the club. To the best of my knowledge, there are no male members of the Spinnakers. page 25

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□ RACY MALES The ‘sailing male’ photo contest (page 81, March) sounds great!

Since I’m too busy racing — foredeck on a Farr 34 — to look for these ‘racy’ males, how about letting your female readers vote on the top ten photos? That way I wouldn’t feel as if racing deprived me of some of the finer ass-pects of sailing!

P.S. The Parsimonious Sailor’s boric acid cockroach remedy works best if you mix the boric acid with stuff the cockroaches like to eat. Since they are so fond of powdered milk and instant potato mix, you might want to prepare some instant boric potato acid paste. Mmmmmm — good!

Catherine Hotz, the Duchess of Detroit Honolulu, Hawaii Catherine — Is Hotz really your last name, or did you just make it up for this letter?

No matter. We’d be happy to let the female readership vote on the top ten photos — if there only were a top ten to judge from. Mark Twain said that everybody talks about the weather but nobody does anything about it. We say that women readers talk about seeing ‘racy photos’ of males in Latitude, but have done darn little to see it happen. Two submissions, that’s all we’ve received to date. Shame on you, ladies!

□ SNIFFING OUT A BIGOT? Look what 1 found on page 175 of a recent Latitude: a photo of a young — probably 12-years old — girl’s backside.

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HOGIN SAILS Our first love is sailing, too.

In March (page 81), you rejected the photo I took of a naked man’s torso, but at least he was sailing. Furthermore, her photo is headless, just as his was, so there’s no way to tell if she was smiling — unless you count the tattoo as a smile.

Your response to my letter and the photo I submitted of a lean and lanky male sailor was well written, but do I smell a bigot? Consider

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LEHERS and relaxing, chances are his smile was bigger than hers.

S'^ith the “seasonally appropriate” valentine cut-out of a heart firmly paper-clipped in place, his buttocks showed much less than hers.

So what was so objectionable about my guy’s torso and legs? I’m miffed, and I’m not going to take it lying down like a “good girl” because 1 don’t want a disagreement with an editor to spoil my enjoyment of your magazine. My first love is sailing; my second is men.

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On the surface it may look like there’s no difference between your photo of the guy and our photo of the girl; but in fact there’s a million dollar one.

The woman we took a photo of — incidentally, she was well over 18 — was repeatedly and happily posing for all photographers at Antigua Race Week, which is about as public a sailing event as you can get. Thus her image is considered to be in the public domain and she can’t sue for invasion of privacy and all those other good things.

The photo you sent was clearly not taken during a public event, we don’t know who the person is, if the photo was taken or submitted with his permission, who you are, etc. Lawsuit city; just ask any first year law student.

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Having said all that, if there were no legal considerations involved, we still would have published the photograph of her and not him.

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For the woman with the two kisses ‘tattoo’ed’ on her fanny, the public display was obviously a premeditated act. She thinks she has a nice fanny, she puts tattoo’s on it to call everyone’s attention to it, and hopes that she’ll be a contributor to the ongoing humorous spirit of Antigua Race Week. As for the photo of your guy, it was a humorless meat rack shot. As we said before, had you included his smiling face,

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even if wearing a beard disguise, we’d have popped the valentine heart in place — a very clever and good idea — and run it.

As with jokes, explaining all this robs the fun and spontaneity from it. We’re not about to explain it again. Are we bigoted? Absolutely 100% — but we honestly try not to let it interfere with our editorial decisions. May we remind you that the woman’s male photo contest prize of $100 remains to be claims. And please, try to remember the above photo tips when submitting your own "rad” photos.

□ SEVENTEEN YEARS OF GOOD RHODES I have just learned that my Rhodes 19, Fia, >^1034, was owned in 1971 by a man named John Marr. Could you please publish my address. If he still lives and sails on the west coast. I’m sure this will reach him through your Letters.

If you’re out there, John, drinks are on me. , Skip Baker 4101 Morgan Way Sacramento 95821

□EVALUATING SURVEYORS 1 am writing to offer comment in response to the letter by Ms. Hill (February, page 51) and your response.

I have been in the maritime business afloat and ashore for over 30 years. Yes indeed, there are people of little credibility associated with page 33

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LETTERS —

the trade. Also, the longer 1 do business the more conservative and pessimistic I get on surveys that 1 perform.

The dialogue you have established will probably make me back off a bit. The thing is, there is nothing we can build that the sea cannot flick away in a second; so when you look at our toy boats you tend to be a bit dour.

There is probably some proprietary interest in surveys that have been paid for, but my company is pleased to stand behind our work.

Credibility is all, and it comes from integrity.

How to determine ahead of time whether a surveyor is good is the trick, isn’t it? 1 would expect to spend several hours doing a survey, plus whatever time the person wanted in discussion, plus letting my written report lie fallow for at least a day pending a second review before I mail it out.

Don’t get too discouraged. There are good surveyors right here in the area. I agree that Bob Downing is one of them.

Kenneth M. Irvine Seahorse International Sonoma Kenneth — Son];, your letter got misplaced for a few months.

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□ CAST IRON KEELS Re your answer to Mr. Johnson concerning keel bolts, etc.

The vessels that you list with lead keels (Columbia 22’s, 26’s, Ranger 26’s, Santana 22’s, Cal 20’s) all have cast iron keels. Many larger Columbia’s (the 30, 34, 39, 41, 43 and 45) and Coronado’s (32, 35, 41 and 45) also have cast iron keels.

Of these, the Columbia’s have stainless steel keel fasteners, while the others use galvanized iron flat head bolts with the flat head countersunk into the exterior of the keel and faired in with filler. It is very common to find the flat head portion of the bolt corroded off from electrolysis (galvanic corrosion). The filler should be removed from at least one bolt during the annual haul-out to examine the bolt head. If it shows a slight bit of corrosion, all should be replaced.

Several years ago I shook the keel on a Santana 22 that was hanging from a lift. The keel dropped at the aft end, and nearly fell off completely because the heads had been eaten away.

In regard to boat pox and the removal of bottom paint prior to blister treatment, I recently returned from a blister seminar in Miami and am in the process of writing an article that represents the consensus of opinion of 130 or so people in the industry.

In short, if a person is going to do a complete blister repair job, not only must the bottom paint be removed, but the gel coat as well.

Sand-blasting doesn’t a/ways seem to be the best method; grinding is sometimes better. When sand-blasting is the choice, it should always be performed by an expert using soft-medium sand aimed at an oblique angle, not perpendicular to the hull which might cause damage to existing laminate.

I wets going to comment on surveyors, but you see that I am prejudiced.

Jack Mackinnon Marine Surveyor San Leandro #

Jack — Sorry, but like Kenneth’s, your letter was misplaced for the last few months.

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hunterI^ Come See The All New = HUNTER 30 =

Blue Shield (California Physician Service) offers a worldwide short-term Health Care Plan for as long as 180 days — which can also be extended for another 180 days. The plan pays for 80% of all medical expenses after deductibles of $250-$500 or $l,000-$5,000.

Covered charges in excess of $5,000 are paid 100% up to a maximum of $250,000. This plan is called ‘Option One’.

Liability insurance only for Mexico is available on a daily basis up to 365 days. Rates vary depending on the size of the vessel.

Our agency handles both of these kinds of coverage and would be pleased to discuss them with any of your readers. As you know, we advertise each month in Latitude 38 as insurance brokers specializing in yacht insurance.

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R.E. Dickerson R.E. Dickerson & Associates San Mateo — Thanks for sending that information along, especialli/ about the health insurance. We get a lot of questions about it.

□ LONDON BOILS In the April issue, Mr. George Fulford asked the causes of the boils and sores suffered by the crew of Jack London’s Snark. The answer is rooted in the lifestyles, health and sanitation practices of all aboard — including the master.

Jack London was somewhat careless of his person, and others emulated his unwashed fecklessness. Like so many other authors, gifted and otherwise, London was also inattentive to his promises.

He often made commitments for manuscripts and then failed to meet them.

The Cruise of the Snark was just such a work which was promised but that went unfulfilled for many months. In fact, l,ondon hadn’t the foggiest notion about what to write. He’d simply promised to deliver his publisher a novel of so many pages by such a date; and that date had arrived and past many months before.

In desperation, the publisher and author came together. The publisher advanced more money and demanded that London write.

The subject of a sailing story came about on the spur of the moment.

So with the money, London commissioned a boat, gathered his groupies about him and set forth. Since London was really a writer who was pressed to produce a work rather than a sailor, they all had a miserable time of it.

Nonetheless, when the appropriate pages were written. Jack London came ashore, sold the boat, presented the manuscript, and then went on to what he did best: creative idleness. , William A. Goodman

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A couple of things. For many writers, terror is the great motivator.

Dostoevsky, for example, produced some of his finest novels working under severe deadlines to produce installments for monthly magazines.

□ WINNING ISN’T EVERYTHING I just returned from my first trip to New Zealand. I stress ‘first’ because I will be going back there someday. It’s my sincere hope that when I do, I will not be hanging my head in shame with regards to the actions of my countrymen who direct Sail America.

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Our railroad runs for a total of 250 feet, from the middle of the boat yard to the depths of the Alameda channel. Lester Stone built it right after World War II.

For almost 100 years before that Stone Boat Yard had been so busy building boats, they’d left to others the whole business of maintaining them, but as the war ended, Lester Stone could see that boat building was not going to continue to be the industry it had been.

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But all Stone Boat Yard had to worry about was getting a new boat down into the water. Now they had to get them out again, and these were big boats.

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Lester Stone wanted to lift at least a 120 foot boat weighing' 250 tons, and do it over and over again. So first he sank pilings, long rows of hundreds of pilings as deep as they would go, for a foundation for each track. Then the pilings were cut along at the proper angle down into the water and a foot and a half by foot and a half beam laid on them.

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LEHEI^S Diego YC and the United States, I admired the multiple kinds of expertise required for that success.

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It’s often said that sports are a reflection of the personality; of a country;. Sadly;, the Sail America’s attempt at a quick and easy ‘solution’ seems all too ty/pical of modern America. When we shy; away; from meeting competition on any; leveUplaying field, we’re in deep trouble.

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That the boat had a cast iron rather than lead keel and a rather shallow bilge bothered me, however 1 mulled these facts over for another year while considering other cruising boats. But because every Aries owner spoke so highly of the boat, I went back in 1986 to refresh my memory. The dealer didn’t have a new one to show me, so we looked at a used one. After looking the boat over, the salesman, John Esterheld, told me the new model had a lead keel which would allow a slightly deeper bilge.

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LEHERS When the boat arrived, I was surprised: so many things had been added unexpectedly. I had ordered a second anchor hawse pipe; not only was it installed, but a second anchor roller as well. No charge. I expected Lewmar winches, but it came with the Barients that I preferred. No charge! There had been a number of upgrades on the boat that had raised the price of the newer boats, but owner Herb Madden told me that my price was still the same.

The commissioning also went well. Madden’s crew put two coats of varnish on the teak, waxed the hull, applied barrier coats and bottom paint, and put a spare jib halyard on the mast. A mechanic from Westerbeke went over the engine to make sure the installation was allright. Finally the boat was launched, motored and sailed so that it was ready for me. And she sure was; I couldn’t find anything that needed attention except for me to sail her home to Vallejo.

What a joy that singlehanded sail was. As I passed through San Pablo Bay and Carquinez Straits, the wind picked up to 25-30 knots and my boat performed like a champ. I knew I had a quality boat at a good price and that I’d gotten excellent service from professional people who take pride in what they do.

It was a year ago May that I took delivery of the boat. Less than two months later I sailed out the Gate as part of the Metro Oakland YC race to Catalina. (I dropped out of the race at Pt. Sur, although this had nothing to do with the boat). I’ve had no problems with the boat at all — and I’m the guy who after hearing horror stories of bad commissioning and poor workmanship said I would never buy a new boat.

I wanted to tell of my experience to prove to your readers that there are decent people to do business with. I’d buy another boat from Madden on a handshake any day. I want to thank Herb, John, Grant and all the rest of the crew at Sausalito Yachts for making my boat purchase a most pleasureable experience. My gratitude also goes out to the folks at West Marine, Johnson-Hicks, Lyms Canvas, Marine Engineering Associates, as well as Tracy and Denise for all their patience and help while fitting out Vita Nova. Thanks again, gang.

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□ DON’T GET THE WRONG IMPRESSION A person claiming to be a roving journalist/photographer for your magazine managed to rub quite a few members of the cruising fleet the wrong way in Melaque recently. This extremely bossy and pushy person ordered everyone around so she could have a free shot at whatever she wanted to photograph (no ’pleases’ there!) under the excuse she is the offical photographer of Latitude 34 and Latitude 38 — and who knows, maybe 48° North, too. Be that as it may, I am more worried about a report that this person wrote a letter to your magazine including a warning to cruisers to stay away from Melaque because of the recent thefts of some outboards and dinghies. I would be very careful about printing anything about the matter because it will have an underservedly bad reflection on Melaque and the rather wonderful people there. Dinghies get stolen because owners are careless. If they are chained or wired to boats, they won’t get stolen.

It’s as simple as that. Two of the stolen dinghies were recovered within hours of the thefts, but the-^motors were gone. As of early March, two of the missing outboards were recovered and returned to their owners in good condition, solelp thanks to the efforts of the famous Philamina of Los Pelicanos restaurant in Melaque. Phil spread the word amongst the fishermen who supply the restaurant, and they spotted the outboards hidden under an upside-down aluminum dory on the beach by the trailerpark. I, along with many others, would hate to see Phil lose visitors and business because of page 53

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LETTERS the carelessness of some boaters — and even more so because of the self-righteousness of one ’reporter’ wanting to slander Melaque.

Birgen Larssen Muirgheal Bellflower Birgen — If everyone who claimed to work for Latitude actually did, we’d have a larger staff than the L. A. Times. It’s our understanding that every third person in Fremantle during the last America’s Cup tried to pass themselves off as official representatives of ours.

The truth of the matter is that if their name isn’t on the bottom of the subscription page, they’re a freelance ’Roving Reporter’ contributing material on a speculation basis. As for three unchained dinghies and outboards being stolen from Melaque, that hardly seems grounds for avoiding the place. The Melaque area is one of the best cruising areas on mainland Mexico, and Phil is certainly one of the best friends cruisers have in the entire world. The moral of the thefts is: ‘Don’t be stupid, but don’t be scared off. ’

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□ELEMENTARY, MY DEAR LATITUDE 38 As asked in April’s Loose Lips, the common problem of driving at the speed of light and not knowing if you should turn on your headlights is easily answered.

Basically light emitting from the headlights will travel at light speed with respect to the car. It knows not and cares not whether the car is driving at high speed or if the car is stationary and the world is revolving at high speed.

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□A FEW NAMES MISSING I would like to take this opportunity to thank Latitude for the fine article which appeared in last month’s issue; “The Rejuvenation of the Jacqueline”. I would, however, like to make a few minor corrections and additions'.

First of all, 1,500 spikes turned out to be more like 2,400 — and I’m sure the crew wants to get credit for every swing of the 10-pound sledge. At about 12 swings per spike, that’s a fair few.

Secondly, there are a few names missing from the talent list. Our leading shipwright was, of course, Eric Ashford. Shipwrights Cos Loustalot, Charlie Parker and John Burns made all of the planking. page 57

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Great Shack would do the same whenever he could. These boys just don’t have enough jobs. Walter Laing thought he found the easy way out of scaffold detail by falling off his skateboard and breaking his leg.

Lucky for us as it put him in the exact proper position to cut wooden pegs and roll 100 lbs of oakum. If you think unemployment is boring, just try rolling oakum.

Jan Owen gets special credit for somehow keeping the sawdust out of the soup and the oakum out of the salad that she prepared for us in between swinging the maul, hauling planks, cleaning up after her mes^y boys and “go-ferring”. Ben, Puppy Mate and Joker all did their pahs by doing what they do best; just being dogs. Diana, Amalia, Sabin, Gail and Jamie plugged, paved and painted down the home stretch.

I’m sure I’ll forget a name or two, but the project wouldn’t have gone ahead without the help of the Waylan Smithy (Toby Hickman of Petaluma) who made nail sets, horsing irons and a hitting maul; Fire Chief, Charles Schwab and the Cutting Boulevard Fire Station, who provided porto power jacks; Big 4 Rents who rented us lots of stuff; Wesco Used Lumber; Scott Taylor Channel Lumber found lumber that was not easy to find.

Pastime Hardware of Albany gladly exchanged everything I bought that was the wrong size; the Sausalito Boatwrights Co-op and Richmond Boat Works loaned us their steamers. Harold Sommers, the National Maritime Museum, and the Anderson Cristofani Boatyard all helped out with advice and gave us sources for supplies.

The American Navigation Drydock,gets the biggest thanks for putting up with all of our sawdust delays. Remember them whenever you have an oil tanker to move.

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The latest UK ad, page 145, claims that Citius used UK sails in her Manzanillo Race overall win. In fact, Citius used only North sails and no UK sails.

The sails used in the race were: North main, North ^1 (from Swiftsure III), North ^2, North .5 oz spinnaker (from Swiftsure HI), and a North .75 oz spinnaker (new).

I called UK Sails and informed them of this.

I hate to be a pain in the ass but these people are misleading your readers by making false claims.

Steve Taft North Sails San Francisco Steue — We suppose it all comes down to what one means by ‘used’. Apparentl]^ there were bags of sails on Citius/rom a number of lofts, but onl\; ones built by North were ever hoisted.

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hour visit. Now, thats personalized delivery of boating news.

A further example of your long reach can be seen by viewing the enclosed 35mm slide. When Ann and I arrived in Cabo San Lucas from California in December of 1984, there was an attractive lady who visited all the boats and took pictures of boats and crews from her dinghy. She said she was a Latitude Roving Reporter.

She later showed up at the Christmas party on the beach at Cabo San Lucas, which is an annual event. She was photographing away, with great enthusiasm. In the course of her taking a picture, she herself struck a pose that I still dream about! Unfortunately, the slide is well-thumbed from my constant viewing of it during my periods of reverie in the hammock strung from my mast and forestay. Hopefully, you can restore the slide well enough to get a useable print.

Does spying on a Latitude Roving Reporter qualify me as a Roving Reporter, too? If so, please send me an extra-large t-shirt.

Ann and I are heading to Europe, so a while ago I sent in a paid subscription. This was just to make sure I didn’t miss any issues. Or does your long reach go all the way to the Med? Keep up the good work.

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Jerry Meyer and Ann Carver Shangri-la, Rafiki 37 Jerry & Ann — We’re great believers that the real sailing stories are ‘out there’, so that's where we try and go.

As for the woman Roving Reporter in the “well-thumbed” slide, we have no idea who she is. If she wouldn’t mind stopping fay the office, we’d be more than faappy to interview her.

Good luck on [^our voyage to Europe. We hope you’ll remember to drop us a note or two on how things go.

□THE LOWEST OF THE LOW I used to bd skeptical when reading letters about the supposed lengths people would go to obtain a copy of Latitude. Until recently that is. That’s when I learned firsthand how low someone can go to enjoy a copy.

Last week I received copies of both Latitude 38 and Latitude 34.

This was done in an attempt to get my drugged mind off the mental and physical agony following heart surgery. In the CVU at the time, I was overjoyed knowing that I would be abje to temporary lose myself between the literate pages of the two magazines.

Blurry, foggy and nauseous at the time — it was rKDt because of Latitude, the ink of which smelled like a soft breeze to me — I was content in knowing that I would be able to read them for a day or two.

Boy, was I wrong! Both of those magazines disappeared into air.

Gone. Nowhere to be found.

I was left high and dry in pain and boredom for the rest of my stay.

Whoever took the magazines was pretty low for a Latitude reader, wouldn’t you say?

Mike Mooney Petaluma Mike — We should say so! We’re sorry we hadn’t been aware of your predicament, as we’d have been delighted to Federal Express some replacement copies to you.

Take good care of your heart, it’a^ in the right place.

□WE BLEW IT Boy did you blow it this time!

But first things first. I love your mag — with but two exceptions. I hate the ‘new’ Classy Classified format. Where is the adventure, the thrill of discovery, the anticipation of what may be beyond the next divider bar? page 69

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LETTERS Secondly, I find the Sightings section something of a challenge.

While 1 have the requisite 10 fingers, keeping my place in the book while not losing the location of the item(s) I was reading would take a digital contortionist.

Allright, down to private cases. ! am really lucky. I get my own private Crew List listing — albeit a month late. Firstly, my listing in ‘Men Looking For Cruising Crew’ should read: Gail Lundin, 55, 523-1383, Post Office Box 701, Alameda, CA 94501. Thirty-eight foot wood ketch. Bay & coastal. Year round.

Wants 2, Should 1-3-7. While it doesn’t bother me to be listed as 58-years old, the wrong post office box number is a real burner.

Secondly, my listing in ‘Women With Boats For Daysailing’, while accurate in detail, should really be under ‘Men With Boats For Daysailing’.

Between filling out the two forms I found myself with neither the time or inclination for a sex change operation.

Love your Crew List functions. See you at at least one of the parties.

Mr. Gail Lundin Post Office Box 701, Alameda, CA 94501 Aboard Exit Left, ex-High Trim Gail — Please accept our apologies.

But please, perhaps you could give us some assistance. How are folks like us to know when Gail's are males or Dale’s are females?

And vice versa? Terra’s are tough, Sandi/’s are rough, and what are we to do but toss up our hands?

□THE CONCEPT IS UTTER RUBBISH Based on the information I have read, there is an absurd proposed piece of State legislation which would prohit “underwater scraping and cleaning of vessel hulls and bottoms.” The reasoning leading to this proposal must verge on the bizarre.

To begin with, many boat owners employ a diver on a regular basis to remove marine growth from their hulls. This biota consists of grasses of various kinds, algae, small crustaceans, and perhaps barnacles. All of these things are part of the natural ecosystem, if not the food chain. No sensible owner or responsible diver wil have any intention of removing bottom coatings from underwater hulls. Rather every effort is made to keep these intact in order to protect the vessel.

The cleaning process is a vital step in this direection, since the growths contribute to the deterioration of bottom coatings.

As 1 understand it, the boat is to be taken to a boat yard for this routine cleaning. Well, anyone who has any acquaintance with boat yard practice knows that when a boat is hauled out, it is cleaned either manually or with a high pressure hose before it is placed on dry land. The organic growth therefore goes back to where it came from and naturally belongs: the “navigable waters”. The only change in the grand scheme of things is that it will cost the bow owner a hell of a lot more money to accomplish the same thing.

The whole concept is utter rubbish, and just another example of turning a contrived problem into another form, at some else’s expense.

It’s the trickle up, baby. ' It would comfort me to know that our legislators could busy themselves with real rather than imagined problems. How about the EPA getting tough with Mt. St. Helens and plug it up, together with all of the suplhurous ejecta from Lassen County. Lewis Carroll could have helped here, not to mention Assembly Member Peace.

Bob Jakob Mill Valley page 71

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□ CAUTION NEEDED WHEN USING AROUND CHILDREN I’m writing to point out a dangerous mistake in Reese Palley’s Parsimonious Sailor article. Boric acid, which he recommends for the

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I’m a pharmacist in a small country-type drug store. People here know about boric acid for cockroaches, but I always caution them not to use it where small children might mistake it for sugar or where it might contaminate their food.

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□ IT’S A BIRD; NO, IT’S A PLANE Just one question about the Sightings photograph that appeared on page 113 of the April issue. There’s a Gulfstar 41 sailing with a chute. The question is, what is the conglomeration at the top of the mast? My wife says it’s the spinnaker turtle. I say it’s a sleeping bag used when the mast man must go aloft on a cold day. Please settle this bet.

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□ MORE THAN JUST SAILORS’ GARBAGE In response to Denise Zirpel’s letter in the March 1988 issue of Latitude regarding “The Great Juanico Garbage Burn’’, 1 would like to add additional information that will perhaps identify other groups that contributed to the “grand garbage dump” in San Juanico.

During the last two weeks of December 1987, my husband and I cruised these beautiful Baja waters on a Mooring 43 rented from their base in Loreto.

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Carol — Good point. Beautiful Baja is extremely popular with kayakers.

On a slightly different subject, how did you like your Moorings charter? We’ve seen their operation in Baja and their boats look as superbly cared for as at all their other locations — which in Mexico constitutes a minor miracle. We also know how fantastic San Juanico is. But what did you think of the ‘upper’ Baja weather in December?

IVas it warm enough for you or did you wish you’d chartered from one of the Moorings toastier locations? □ FD LIKE TO THINK As with a number of the photographs you print, there was no caption on the spread photograph on pages 24 & 25 of the October ‘87 issue. Nor was I able to find reference anywhere to the shot of the topsail ketch under sail!

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We are William and Shirley Clopton of the Dana Point-based Peterson 44, Sea Lady. In July of last year we cruised from Southern California to Hawaii. In Hilo we met a fellow who we believe is the ‘Nick’ you are trying to locate. If your guy looks like a pirate, gets around with the saltiest set of crutches we’ve ever seen and sails a boat with a square rig, then we had the pleasure of meeting Nick.

Here’s our story: We arrived in Hilo on July 20. A few days later a home-built yacht with no engine and a unique square rig for downwind sailing arrived.

The boat’s name was Lady J or L^y Jane. We talked to the skipper, who introduced himself as Nick. We don’t remember his last name.

He said he hailed from San Pedro and earned his living as a rigger.

Nick said he experienced some gear failures on his crossing.

Specifically, the square-sail rig and spreaders were damaged in heavy weather and the rudder post had a serious problem. During the time he was working on repairs, we had him over for dinner and a nice visit. When we left Hilo, he was still working on repairs.

We next saw Nick on August 16 at the Hawaii YC in Honolulu’s Ala Wai Yacht Harbor. He was attempting to get a slip. In the course of our conversations we learned that he was interested in selling his boat and helping another person build one of steel. He didn’t mention any immediate cruising plans. We left the Ala Wai on August 20 bound for Kauai and San Francisco.

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□A MODEST PROPOSAL FOR A BAY AREA 120-FOOTER It seems that the San Diego YC and Sail America are, in the paraphrased words of Kimball Livingston, “raising to new heights the concept of American sportsmanship” in the eyes of the rest of the yachting world.

The simple solution to the problem is — and I’m surprised that this idea has not surfaced in the Bay Area, what with its high density of lawyers and the yacht club with enough lateral thinking to bring us ‘the geek’ — to put in our own offer to defend.

However, the Isles of St. Brendan YC, the oldest such club in the world, which now occasionally and loosely is based in Sausalito, is willing, in the spirit of sportsmanship and the original spirit of the America’s Cup, to defend against the New Zealand challenge.

This will be done on behalf of the San Diego YC, since they have forgotten that this is a sports competition. The cup will be defended with a 120-monohull sloop — just like the Kiwi’s — as soon as one can be designed and built.

Of course, there will be a slight penalty for the San Diego YC to play: the cup must be sailed on San Francisco Bay. But we’ll be willing to defend against everyone: the best of New Zealand, England, Australia and Japan if they so desire.

As I see it, this offer couldn’t fail to interest the Kiwi’s: afterall, they are the world’s quintessential sportsmen. Besides, we and all the San Francisco hotel owners could have a great time.

There is only one small problem: money. So come on you corporate sponsors, we need a little (actually a lot) to get a lawyer and take our case to the New York judge. Then we’ll need about $6 million to build a boat — yes, because there’ll be a lot of overtime.

Potential donors can write us care of Latitude.

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Brian E. Sadden Sausalito Brian — We don’t want to be too critical, but the way we see it the best feature of your idea is its noveltj;. We may be wrong, of course, but for some reason we get the feeling that your fingers aren’t exactly on the pulse of the Kiwi’s, the San Diego YC, Sail America, corporate sponsors or lawijers. As with St. Brendan, you may have to rel^ heavily; on divine intervention for the success of your idea.

□ HERE AND THERE. THIS AND THAT. 1 hate to write letters, but I can’t procrastinate any longer. Following are a few diverse items of interest to your readers.

The Publicity Chairman for the Lake Oroville Yacht Club’s 20th annual Golden Feather Regatta has already sent you the data regarding the regatta on May 14th and 15th. As Commodore of the club, 1 would like to invite all sailors to the event. Since Folsom Lake YC has been forced to cancel the Camellia Cup this year due to low water (see April Latitude 38), this will be an excellent time for sailors to explore new areas. Oroville is located about 75 miles north of Sacramento on Hwy 70 — about 3 to 4 hours from the Bay Area.

Call Dave evenings at (916) 533-6931 for information.

All trailer cruisers should be advised that Memorial Day weekend promises to be a great time to visit Lake Oroville. Catalina 22 Fleets 4, 54, 115, Gold Country YC (Grass Valley), Lake Oroville YC and perhaps Eagle Lake Sailing Association are going to meet on the lake for a Roundup Cruise. As with Baja Haha Sail Week, the more the merrier. Again, call Dave at (916) 533-6931 for information — or just show up at Sycamore Creek on the Middle Fork.

Maps will be available at the park entrances or sail from the main body of the lake under the green suspension bridge and bear left and page 81

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LEHERS go about two miles to a large inlet to port. Lake Oroville is a manmade lake nestled in the Sierra foothills 900 feet above sea level. It has over 150 miles of shoreline and countless coves and places to be alone, even on the busiest holiday weekend. Water temperature should be in the 70’s by then, with swimsuit temperatures until after dark. Much different from the Bay. Bring plenty of sunblock; it’s like Mexico or the tropics — without the humidity or expense of getting there.

For anybody interested in on-board computers, this letter was written while at anchor on Lake Oroville with a NEC Multispeed laptop using a popular wordprocessor and printed on a Diconix 150 inkjet printer. Both are battery powered — and in my case, solar powered.

I have three Arco solar panels producing 6 + amps and feeding two 135 amp/hr deep-cycle batteries. I can recharge both the computer and the printer batteries from the 12 volt ship’s power.

Currently, 1 use a popular spreadsheet for navigation formulas and figuring handicaps for the racing we do here. Since everything is IBM compatible, most commercial software works fine. While I don’t have a hard disk, the two 720K 3.5 inch floppies have plenty of room for all but the larger programs. The higher clock speed of the NEC makes the longer load times from disk intolerable.

I use the internal modem to feed typesetting to Hironimus Press, my brother’s printshop, who uses a state-of-the-art Linotronic 300 laser image processor to turn out camera ready copy, negatives ready for stripping, or Onyx plates ready for the press. At this time I have to use telephone lines ashore since modems require duplex operation for “handshake” and error detection. I don’t know if it will work with cellular phones, which is full duplex, since we don’t have them available in this area yet. Can’t wait to try some of the new charting software.

If anybody is interested, I have figured out how to install an isolator on a Motorola alternator like the ones used on the Atomic Four. And you end up with a system that isolates three batteries with an isolator designed for just two. So far mine has worked fine for over four years.

David R. Hironimus Commodore, Lake Oroville YC No mas, Catalina 30 Lake Oroville (916) 533-6931 (home) (916) 538-7604 (work)

□ INFORMATION NEEDED I am seeking information concerning a boat that 1 purchased in the Bay Area last year. As she was bought as salvage, there was little information available to her. However, I know that she was built in1932 by a boatwright by the name of Betchle.

Her hull is hard chine mahogany on oak and was apparently a professional job. Decks and hatches are of teak. Her spars are wood and she is sloop-rigged with a club-footed jib. Her LOA is 27.5; beam is seven feet; draft about 3.6 feet.

The name engraved on her bell is Grey Mouse and she was last berthed at Bethel Island. Her registration lists a previous owner in Richmond.

My plan is to restore her when I seturn from Japan, so I’d like to know as much as possible about her original outfitting and history.

I’m able to sail Lasers here in Japan, but I left my heart — and my boat — in the Delta.

Robert A. Williams Akashi, Japan

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STOLEN BOAT 68 FT. NEW HORIZON -1985 KETCH Name:

LISA ANNE (in red on transom) Los Angeles

Registration No:

None on boat at time of theft (correct no. OF 2691 GR )

Hull No.; Beam; Draft: • • • • •

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STOLEN FROM LONG BEACH MARINA MARCH 19, 20, 1988 LONG BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORT NO. 881 -9590

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the british are coming — to the america’s cup

AB 2612 — just

Depending on what day it is and what news release you read, the British may or may not become a part of this year’s America’s Cup. That’s assuming there s going to be ^ America’s Cup — a whopper of an assumption.

The British would be led by Peter de Savary, a high-rolling and savy businessman. The entry would represent the Royal Burnham YC and be funded through the multimillion dollar Blue Arrow conglomerate. De Savary is no novice at big time yachting endeavors. Back in 1982, his 44-ft Ed Dubois-designed Victoria won the SORC. A familiar sight on California races, the blue boat is now owned by Bob Butkus and berthed in Long Beach.

De Savary also led England’s Wctory syndicate in the 1983 America’s Cup at Newport. It was a credible effort, as Victory didn’t fall until the semi-finals, and then only to the eventual winner, Australia II. Months ago de Savary asked the San Diego YC for permission for the English to be part of the America s Cup. San Diego, no doubt fearing he — like they would build a multihull, said ‘no problem, as long as you build a monohull to the dimensions of New Zealand. De Savary argued that he _cont’d on next sightings page

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Assembly Bill 2612, the one which if passed would forbid the cleaning and scraping of boat bottoms, is apparently — and thankfully — dead in the water. That’s the word from Congresswoman Barbara Boxer’s office.

(Though this is a state bill. Boxer’s office received enough input from local boaters that they decided to follow up on it.)

If you’ve been following this one, which all boat owners should have, you’ll know that AB 2612 started out innocently enough.

When introduced in March of last year, it proposed nothing more than stricter regulation of sport diving from charter boats.

However, by the time it passed the Assembly and headed for a Senate study committee in January, the pertinent passage read, “Underwater scraping and cleaning of vessel

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hulls and bottoms that results in the releasing of hazardous wastes into the navigable waters of the state is prohibited.” A rough translation: hundreds of professional divers up and down the coast would be out of business and boat owners would be breaking the law if they cleaned the bottoms of their own boats.

When we first heard about AB 2612, we could hardly believe it. How could any group of semi-conscious people — even politicians — possibly take such a proposal seriously? Doesn’t anyone in State Government sail? It all began to make a little more sense, however, when we realized that the author of the bill, Assemblyman Steve Peace, is one of the “gang of five.” In case

needed time to design and build such a boat. “Tough luck”, was the San Diego response.

A man used to getting his way, de Savary, who nearly died in a plane crash off St. Barts earlier this year, took his case to court. Justice Ciparick ruled that an English entry was completely at the mercy of San Diego and the Kiwi’s; without the permission of both, the English would be left out in the cold.

Then on April 20, a spokesman for de Savary said New Zealand had

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The gigantic 'New Zealand’ — boldly going where no man has gone before.

agreed to the sail off against the English in August for the right to compete against San Diego in an America’s Cup to begin September 3 off San Diego.

On April 21, Sail America’s Tom Ehman announced that the Royal Burnham YC’s entry had been accepted. San Diego, Ehman said, would graciously allow the English to use a monohull smaller than New Zealand’s.

A sucker, W.C. Fields once said, should never be given an even break.

All would seem settled, wouldn’t it? Not quite. As we go to press there are rumblings that the Kiwi’s feel de Savary had deceived them with regard to the dimensions of the boat he plans to build for England’s $18.8 million effort.

We’ll have to wait until next month to see if there is any truth to the rumors.

Such has been the lack of interest in this America’s Cup, however, that you have to wonder if anyone still cares. Anyone other than the sail-crazy Kiwi’s, of course. They’re still jacked up from the festive late-March launch of New Zealand. It seemed like the*,whole country turned out for that one, including skydivers, antique fighter planes, rock groups, the Prime Minister, tens of thousands of cross country runners and joggers, the Philharmonic Orchestra — and the requisite live television crews.

In the ensuing month, sail,trials have reportedly gone well for New Zealand, which is 120-ft overall, 90-ft on the waterline, with 25.5-ft maximum although only a 13-foot beam at the waterline. Her 15-story tall masts rests on a hull that displaces the same as 12-meters but is three times bigger.

With David Barnes and former Southern Californian Rod Davis at the

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one of the gang

helm. New Zealand has looked magnificent sailing. The boat and her

you’re reading this in Bongo Bongo, the

55-man support crew are expected to arrive as deck cargo in Long Beach in late May.

have been trying to dethrone State Assembly

The San Diego YC and Sail America had expected to steal the thunder of

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“gang of five” is a coalition of democrats that speaker Willie Brown since January.

So what we have here is a ridiculous bill \ (the amendments to

which,

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were not available in print until after it passed the Assembly), authored and amended by a "gang of five” member on the very month that the “gang” set out to do everything possible to embarrass Speaker Brown. Gee,

foot catamarans in San Diego on May 22. But as with almost all new boats, construction has been running behind schedule. The launch date has been postponed until further notice. We figure the middle of June should be about right.

The two catamarans are being built of epoxy bonded carbon fiber skins over PVC foam at RD Boatworks in Capistrano Beach. One of the cats will have ‘traditional sails’ flying from a rotating carbon fiber mast; the second will have a wing sail rig being created by Scaled Composites of Mojave.

The Stars & Stripes Defense crew has yet to be announced, but Dennis Conner has been familiarizing himself with multihulls by racing two Formula 40 cats off the San Diego coast.

Whether New Zealand or the Brits ever square off against a multihull Stars & Stripes remains to be seen. Fay steadfastly contends that a mulithull violates the Deed of Gift and that he won’t sail against one. Sail America has responded by telling him to go pound some Waitemata Harbor sand. A Latitude poll shows that both Kiwi’s and Americans, by overwhelming margins, feel that the San Diego YC and Sail America are coming off as the bad guys in the dispute.

So what’s the bottom line? Same as always, that everything remains up in the air. As proof we offer Justice Carmen Beauchamp Ciparick’s words: “Nothing in this decision {regarding the British petition to be allowed to compete for the Cup) shall preclude the competitors, up until race time, from agreeing to hold a multinational regatta and such a course of action is encourged by the court in the interests of sportsmanship and for the good of the America’s Cup.”

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man with a mission Frenchman Stephane Peyron solo’d the Atlantic last year on a sailboard, and it’s not too hard to figure out that the Pacific will be next. San Leandro’s Aaron Simmons plans to be the one.to do it in 1989. Unlike Peyron, who ventured into the big blue on a 20-foot “board” that had room for water, food and a sleeping compartment, Aaron wants to complete the 2,500-mile trek on a stock 12-foot windsurfer.

Aaron won’t sleep on his blade, but plans to have a 120-foot powerboat alongside, plus a small runabout nearby for emergencies. His day will consist of 8 to 10 hours of board boogie followed by food, a rubdown from his certified therapeutic masseuse and then sleep. Averaging 100 miles per day, he should make the trip in just under a month.

The 30-year-old boardsailor/instructor/adventurer/promoter has a bigger mission as well: to raise $1 million for the Just Say No To Drugs Foundation.

His novel boardsailing feat of sailing 41 miles under the Bay’s four major bridges (San Leandro, Bay Bridge, Richmond-San Rafael and Golden Gate) last year was dedicated to that organization as well. He’ll repeat that trip on May 24th this spring, also to raise money for Nancy Reagan’s favorite charity.

Aaron had planned to tackle the Pacific this year, but a major sponsor postponed their support until 1989. The expenses for such a trip are hefty: fuel alone for the escort vessels will run about $76,000.

To keep himself in shape, Aaron has a few other projects for this year. One is to offer to crew on a boat being'’"delivered from the mainland to Hawaii this summer -r- if he can bring his board along for a test spin in mid-ocean. The other warm-up will be joining Farallon Challenger Shimon Van Collie, who windsurfed to the Farallones in 1986, in a June attempt to sailboard down the coast from San Francisco to Santa Monica, a coast-hopping tour of 450 miles. That, too, will be a fund-raiser to benefit Youth at Risk, a program which help teenagers in trouble with the law.

To find out more about Aaron's efforts, you can call him at (415) 352-8369.

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little big boat Though only 8-ft long, the El Toro is a big boat at the Richmond YC, We’re talking figuratively, of course, alluding to the fact that the little catboat figures prominently in club history: The El Toro was first designed, built and sailed by RYC members. In commemoration of that event, RYC’s Ralph Rhoda recently donned a beautiful quarter-scale model — 2-ft LOA — to the club.

The original El Toro was conceived and designed by RYC members Bud Coxhead and Bill Warren — with a little help from Rudder magazine — in the fall of 1940. When they could take their minds off the worsening war in Europe and Japanese expansion in the Pacific, members of the club had been actively seeking out a good dinghy design. What they needed was something easy to tow or stow on a big boat; and when anchored, a boat that could serve double duty as shoreboat and sailing skiff for the kids. When plans for the Naples Sabot appeared in Rudder that fall, they knew they’d cont'd on next sightings page

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do you get the feeling that AB 2612 really didn’t have much to do with boaters at all?

Does King Kong like big bananas?

If such was the tactic, it backfired for Peace and his cohorts. That’s because the boating community, especially professional divers, thought it had a lot to do with them. Lots of letters got sent and phone calls made. Additionally, members of the Recreational Boaters of California (RBOC), an organization that champions boaters rights on National, State and local levels, held several direct meetings with politicians.

The response did much to enlighten the lawmakers — and may have been the straw

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that broke the camel’s back in the Assembly.

The last we heard, Peace was moved to a small, out-of-the-way office, his staff was reduced from nine to two, and he and the other “gang” members were stripped of committee chairmanships and most legislative fringe benefits.

As for AB 2612, it’s still technically scheduled to be looked over by a Senate study group. But a representative from Boxer’s office told us “The committee person we talked to said it was so terribly written it probably won’t even go to committee.

"That means, for all practical purposes, it’s dead.”

found it — with a few modifications.

Bud and Bill did the original redrawing one night at Bill’s home in Berkeley. Among changes; replacing the leeboard with a centerboard; a grooved mast instead of a sleeved sail; and a little foredeck and splash boards so the boat wouldn’t scoop water rowing ashore at Paradise Cove. When it came down to naming their creation. Bill observed, “For all of the bull

judgement day at morro bay LATITUDE'KAREN

Sleepy little Morro Bay — or more specifically, the liveaboards therein — will soon have to step to the beat of a more orderly drum. A recent increase in their number has lead the city and county to draft a list of proposed regulations that would limit and/or eliminate such things as waste disposal and derelict boats. When we learn more, you’ll be the first to know.

Ralph Rhoda and the tiny Toro.

thrown around here tonight, it should be the El Toro.” Unable to draw a bull, they traced a trench shovel in the throwing position, and the El Toro was born.

Well, almost. It was actually some months and much experimenting before the design was finalized. Then Bud Coxhead headed a boatbuilding class at Berkeley Evening High School and by December, 12 boats were off the jigs and 25 sails were ordered from Jim DeWitt. (DeWitt ended up making probably more El Toro sails than anyone.) The first two El Toros set sail right after the first of the year, 1941, and they’ve been going strong ever since, though of course they’re almost all fiberglass these days.

Rhoda’s model is faithful down to the grooved, spruce mast. He even built it on a scaled-down jig and had Jim DeWitt sew the scaled-down sail! The mahogany model took about 100 hours to build. And though the retired engineer (Rhoda was the developer of the Berkeley Jet Drive) has built a number of boats in his time, this one was a particular labor of love.

“I have a lot of sentimental attachments to the El Toro,” says Ralph, noting that each of his four daughters learned to sail on El Tor^s he built. In later years, he was active in the Ericson 27 fleet on Half ‘N Half (later renamed Rockf; Rhoda). He currently makes sojourns to the Bay and Delta aboard the Grand Banks 32 EZDuzit, which also served as committee boat for the Big Daddy Race.

The model was donated earlier this year, and resides in a specially built glass case upstairs near other trophies. We should clarify that though it is in indeed a trophy in one sense — that of being a symbol of achievement and celebration — it will never be awarded or removed from its place of honor, except perhaps for part of the festivities for the El Toro’s 50th birthday in 1990.

For more bull on the El Toro, see the story of the Bullship Race in this month’s Racing Sheet. page 97

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blind man eyes solo sail to tahiti

The 301-ft (LOA) square rigger Balclutha, for 30 years the centerpiece at Fisherman’s Wharf, made a short voyage on April 28 to her new and permanent home as the centerpiece at the National Maritime Museum’s Hyde Street Pier.

The move has been in the planning since the museum acquired the ship in 1954. And it brought back some memories for the museum’s curator of ships, Karl Kortum.

“The ship was owned by these carnival people at that time,” says Kortum. “And the owner, a Mrs. Kissinger, wanted $75,000 for her. I was only authorized to spend a third of that, and even that authorization was tenuous: Not everybody could understand why we’d want an old rusty ship like she was then. In fact, she was full of holes, one so big you could stick your head out and look around.

“I finally swung the deal by leaking word

A 38-year-old San Rafael sailor called Latitude recently to tell us that he’s planning to sail to Tahiti sometime this fall on his nearly completed 36-foot cutter. “Great!,” we said, or words to that effect. We supressed a yawn and politely continued, “call us when you get there.” * Then this guy saidvhe was going to do it alone. “Really?”, we inquired, as we took our feet off our desk and started to pay attention. Next came the

Ron Done, a man of vision.

bombshell — he told us he’s legally blind and that the trip is intended to be a pledge-a-thon (sail-a-thon?) to raise money from corporate and individual donors for eye research. As it turns out, the trip is much more than that: it’s a personal quest to overcome the fear, the loss of self-esteem and confidence, and the frustration that one man faced when he suddenly became visually handicapped four years ago.

Meet Ron Dore — a likeable, bearded, down-to-earth guy who used to sail as often as he could when not pounding nails as a carpenter. He’d knocked around the Pacific on various boats for several years when he was younger, including spending a year sailing in New Zealand. When he returned to the Bay Area, he bought a 30-foot Hurricane. Eight years ago, he began building the steel cutter which he intends to sail to Tahiti soon.

Dore’s life took a nosedive in February ’84, when a slab of wood beaned him on a construction site. Blood trickled down onto his retinas, scarring them permanently, and leaving him with vision that he descibes as grey and spotty at best. Unable to work, read, drive, or do the most basic things that we take for granted, his life began to unravel. Four years later, he’s lost a lot of things besides his sight — his job and his wife, among them — but not his will to go sailing, “I’ve got to do this,” he says.

Exactly what Dore hopes to accomplish is this: to finish off his boat, practice a bit locally, and then start his trip in September or October. He’ll be able to navigate by using magnifying equipment and satellite tracking. Dore chose Tahiti as a destination for two reasons: he’s not particularly fond of Hawaii, and Tahiti’s far enough away to hopefully make enough money for his cause to justify the trip. He’ll sail back with at least one other person.

“I need a bit of support from the public to make this happen,” says Ron, “I’m not asking for money directly; rather, what I need is help organizing the fundraising part of the journey.” He also mentioned that he could use volunteers to assist him in preparing his boat and in practicing on the Bay. We encourage anyone inclined to lend a hand to call Ron at the pay phone on his dock (459-9568), or leave a message for him at 479-1633. Better yet,

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that 1 was going to buy the Star of India (now on display in San Diego) instead. Then she agreed to our offer.

“I wasn’t quite sure where the manpower was going to come from for the restoration.

But soon after the acquisition, 1 got a phone call, sitting at the same desk I’m talking to you from. It was from the local labor movement, the union shipfitters and so on in the area. The guy said, ‘I heard you have this ship that needs fixing. Could we help you out in any way?’ I’ll tell you, that was the best phone call 1 ever had in my life. Under my direction and specs, those guys worked on restoring the ship every Saturday for a year.

And they did a wonderful job.”

Indeed. A visit aboard — well worth the nominal fee — shows Balclutha to be in the same fine shape she must have been in on launch day in Scotland in 1886. Before sale

look for Allotri (German for “happiness”) on the San Rafael docks near Pier 15 Restaurant. Ron lives aboard these days and can be found there most of the time. Take it from us, chatting with him is an eye-opening experience.

condos on crissy?

Well, not quite. But change is in the wind for the narrow strip of beachfront now so popular as a staging area for boardsailing and other small boat launching. Dennis Olson, who has been launching his Laser there for the last six years, attended the first public meeting on the proposed project, and gives us the following report.

The Crissy Field/Presidio bayfront will be developed. The good news is that it will not become condominium housing or an office park. Proposed plans call for a more parklike setting.

The subject is, of course, complex. Since Crissy is “irrevocably permitted to the GGNRA” (Golden Gate National Recreation Area) by the U.S. Army, the master plan now in progress includes input from landscape architects from both groups. Recreational inventories have been taken. “User groups” have been identified and interviewed. “Composite behavior observations” have been made. On Thursday, March 10, there was a public meeting at cont’d on next sightings page

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SIGHTINGS condos — cont’d GGNRA headquarters at Fort Mason to discuss plans for development of the Crissy Field/Presidio Bayfront area. At the meeting were representatives of the National Park Service; U.S. Army, Presidio of San Francisco; Department of City Planning; Consultant Landscape Architects; the full quorum board of the GGNRA Advisory Commission; and of course interested citizens — about 200 people in all.

There was a lot of discussion, but the part concerning use by sailors boiled down to this: Boardsailing, at least, impressed the Advisory Commission.

The San Francisco Boardsailing Association presented a thoughtful information sheet, and the commissioners stated that they wish to protect boardsailing. (However, none of the four study options would provide for easy access to the beach. Boardsailors would have to carry their equipment a longer distance and spectators would no longer be able to watch from their cars.)

None of the presently planned options appear to allow for beach launching of Laser-type or catamaran boats.

Incidentally, Crissy Field is not a “natural” place. Until 1915, it was mostly slough and marshland. That year, it was filled in to provide for the Pan Pacific Exposition, and the resulting land area has been used and al^ered^ many times since. ' Details such as where the money will come from and questions such as “Why fix something that works so well now?” were not discussed in detail.

Before the final decisions are made, there will be another public meeting. At this writing, the date was not set, but you can find out date, time and location by calling GGNRA at Fort Mason at 556-2920. Crissy Field is an exceptional resource and we should all watch these plans with interest and care.

— dennis olson

another weird assembly bill Just as AB 2612 (the bill that would ban cleaning boat bottoms in the water) is hopefully breathing it’s last, another weird assembly bill, at least as far as boaters are concerned, is rearing it’s ugly head.

If passed, AB 4152 would prohibit the use of zincs that contain cadmium from use on boats in state waters. As you might have guessed, cadmium is thought to be bad for marine life. It is presently found in commercial grade zinc anodes as a minor impurity, and is even allowed in trace amounts in zinc of MIL SPEC quality.

Typically, no one in the ivory halls of the capital seems to have considered the disastrous impact a ban on zincs would have, not only to recreational boaters, but to many commercial and government concerns as well. Zincs may be the “least noble” of the marine metals — sacrificing themselves so expensive things like propellers don’t corrode — but having to do without them would be a real (and unnecessary) sacrifice.

A few observations, if we may: 1) We aren’t getting real upset over this one. Cadmium-free zincs are not only possible, they’ve been available for a long time. Production Mold, Inc., for one, has been making them for about 50 years. 2) If passed, a blanket law banning all zincs (how it could even be considered is beyond us, but this is state government) would be impossible to enforce — when was the last time you saw a sheriff’s dive team canvassing the harbor for “suspicious” boat bottoms? And it wouldn’t stop their use; they’d still be available in most other states and Mexico. 3) We sincerely wish that someone who sails would run for state assembly, so he or she could lend some common sense to boating-oriented proceedings. We’d agree that the elimination of pollutants is a noble (and popular) cause, but not at the expense of gouging boaters at every turn.

Note: at last report as we went to press, AB 4152 had been amended to be a proposal for a study of the amounts of cadmium, zinc, lead, copper, tributyltin and other pollutant materials deposited by vessels in California harbors, Of course, the boaters are going to end up paying for this tamer version of 4152, too, but it is certainly the lesser (and less expensive) of two evils.

balclutha to the carnival group in 1933 and subsequent work as movie backdrops, Balclutha was a regular in the U.S. to Australia run.

Her last working days were spent in the coastal lumber trade between California and V the northwest.

The move — by tugs, the ship hasn’t sailed in years — was rife with celebration.

Bands played, dignitaries spoke, and a

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bunch of folks enjoyed a free public “festival

Hanging out on the Las Hadas docks in Manzanillo during last month’s

of the sea” the following Saturday at the

MEXORC, we couldn’t help but notice an inordinate amount of traffic on

Hyde Street Pier. If you didn’t make it, jilan

and off Paul Simonsen’s baby blue SC 70 Mongoose. Being curious by

on stopping by sometime this summer. If

nature — and suspecting a party — we stopped by to investigate the secret of

you’re at all interested in old ships and

their popularity. Like everyone else that came within shouting distance of

nautical history, there are few places on the

Mongoose, we soon found ourselves down below “worshipping” the tequila

globe that can rival San Francisco’s Maritime

gods at their so-called “Tequila Shrine”.

Taking the credit, or blame, for conjuring up the shrine was their young

Museum.

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SIGHTINGS crazy gods — cont’d bowman, Tom “DWB” Ducharme. We’re told that the former member of the USA crew — whose antics on the foredeck earned him the nickname “chunga” (monkey) for the week — spent much of his Mexican vacation

the quest Glenn Isaacson, a 50-year-oId real estate developer and member of the San Francisco YC, used to own an Olson 30 named Quest.

Several years ago, he bought one of the first Express 37’s on the Bay. That boat, which X he named Re-Quest, has compiled an enviable race record, including a recordbreaking PHRF finish in the 1985 Long Beach to Cabo race. We’ve been lucky to sail with Glenn and his wife Gaby a few times, as well as to be their guests for some great crew dinners. Take it from us: they’re two of the nicest people on the sailing scene.

But Glenn lied to us — he used to always claim that his next boat would be his last one, and that he’d call it Be-Quest. And worse than not keeping his word (the newest yacht is named Questuar^/), it isn’t even a sailboat!

What’s going on here, we wondered?

It turns out that the latest addition to Glenn’s fleet, a 10-year-old 38-foot Sparkman and Stephens twin-engine poweryacht, is purely for business, not pleasure. Once we made that all-important distinction, we decided to forgive him. After all, maybe the new boat would be a fun place to relax on after the race. Plus, as much as

paradise lost?

If all goes well at county review, the final phase of development at Paradise Cay may finally be completed. Begun in 1956, it has been delayed time after time by new regulations and agencies.

That development, a project of the Pullman Building Company, includes a number of houses in the waterfront area, a small park and of course expansion of the marina.

“At the moment, we are very close to final The last known photograph of Pupito before being sacrificed by 'Mongoose's pagans.

overseeing his creation. He religiously set it up after every race, occasionally allowing other Mongoose shriners, such as Jim Watters (pictured quenching his thirst above), to assist him.

Anyway, the pleasingly simple ritual worked like this: you started by kneeling in front of the dinette table and saying a few words of tribute to a funny little clay dog (“Pupito”) which was the participation trophy for the Manzanillo Race. Then — here comes the hard part — you had to imbibe in a shot of tequila from whichever of the two outer bottles was higher than the other.

The idea was to get the two bottles into equilibrium, by definition an impossible task when the only unit of measure allowed is a shotglass. Suffice it to say that a lot of the golden nectar was consumed researching the project.

As the week wore on — and it became apparent that Mongoose was off the pace — it was decided, in true pagan style, that the problem had to do with the shrine. At first they figured they’d been worshipping the wrong gods, but finally, after much debate, they narrowed it down to Pupito, their mascot. When even normally mild mannered and polite Lyle Taft yelled out cont’d on next sightings page

hard work, no pay Would you answer an ad that started that way? ZHTA hopes someone might.

ZHTA is the acronym for Zero-Headed Trans-Atlantic. If you’re a faithful Latitude reader, you’ll know that this is a group of entrepreneurs, engineers and scientists who have undertaken a nautical and technological first-ever attempt at a Guinness world record — sailing a radio-controlled model across the Atlantic.

The project was first mentioned about six months ago in a Max Ebb article. To briefly recap, the model ^ at this point planned to be about 20-ft long — would be launched from New York and make port in England. It page 102

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we hate to admit it, the dark blue hulled Questuari^ is a sharp-looking beauty.

“Kill the sucker!”, the little guy’s fate was sealed. Before the last race, Ducharme solemnly smashed the the clay dog in two. Using copious quan¬

The purpose of Isaacson’s new endeavor is to promote the new, ever-improving Jack London Square waterfront — and the Port of Oakland in general — by offering hourly Estuary tours to the public for a low $7 tariff (little people and senior citizens pay half).

tities of silver tape, he appended its head to Mongoose’s bow and its rear end to the transom. It was, we have to admit, a hilarious sight.

The exorcism must have worked: the newly decorated Mongoose went on to sail her best race. There’s a moral lurking in this story somewhere, but it escapes us at the moment. Maybe Nancy Reagan’s right: when it comes to tequila shrines on racing yachts, “just say no!”

Isaacson, one of the developers of the waterfront, feels that the service provided by the Questuari; will sooner or later attract more

master mariners preview As tradition dictates, boats of the Master Mariners Benevolent Association

people to the newly rejeuvenated area.

The aluminum-hulled Questuary operates

will once again be out in force for their annual regatta on May 29, the Sunday

from the public dock at the foot of Broadway

before Memorial Day. If you are a classic boat buff, whether you own one or

(next to Scott’s Restaurant). She can carry

not — heck, whether you sail or not — this is one of San Francisco Bay s

28 passengers and is available for charter in addition to her normal schedule of harbor

don’t-miss events.

This 24th Annual gathering of the clans is rooted deep in the history of Bay

tours

sailing. Back in the days of wooden ships, the iron men who sailed all the

and

proposed

water

taxi

service and

necessities to Bay and River towns (remember, that was before bridges,

Jack London Square (Oakland). Questuary

trucks and paved roads) decided to stage the first Master Mariners Race, for

currently

fun and fund raising. In those pre-union days, MMBA was active in raising funds to care for disabled seamen, and the widows and children of those lost

between

Mariner Square operates

Wednesdays

(Alameda)

from

through

10

to

5

Sundays;

on

when call

at sea.

The year was 1867. Thousands of spectators crowded Telegraph Hill to

(415)

watch the 40 or so participants — everything from scow schooners to oyster

business picks up she’ll be touring the estuary every

day.

Morgan

at

For

more

(415)

information,

265-3789

or

sloops to lumber ships and seagoing brigantines — battle one another in a

452-2214.

tight 18-mile course around the Bay. (Around the buoys racing in small boats can be physically demanding. Can you imagine putting a 100-ft square rigger through her paces on a similar course?)

The prizes that year and in the dozen or so succeeding years were things

no, just delayed

like opera glasses, a cord of wood, a ton of potatoes — all donated by local approval by the county,” says Pullman’s

merchants. “But the most coveted prize of all was, and still is, a silken

Tom Moseley. “BCDC has been coopera¬

swallow-tailed banner emblazoned with a strutting gamecock with the word

tive, and basically all we’re waiting for is for

‘Champion’ embroidered across in large letters,” says the MMBA’s yearbook.

the county to approve what they’ve already

In its “old” format, the event was last held in 1891.

It was resurrected by the modern version of MMBA in 1965, and has been

done.”

If approved, the plan would call for near

the association’s premiere yearly event ever since. In fact, in combination

doubling of the amount of slips in Paradise

with the party that follows, the annual bash has achieved near legendary

Cay from 180 to 307. Work is already in progress to complete the north and south jet¬

status. It is good times, good people and great boats. True, they may not be as fast or high-tech as most of the tupperware out there these days, but few of

ty fingers. Stay tuned, film at 11.

the plastic boats can match the oldies in looks or personality. And while we’re on that subject, the personalities of each of these pre-war (that’s World War 11. though a few predate the Spanish-American War) woodies could fill a

for the zero-headed t a would be controlled by on-board computers

book. Some examples: Alma, 59-ft scow schooner,owned by the National Park Service — Alma

tack and trim the boat to its

is the last remaining San Francisco Bay scow schooner, and the last remain¬

assigned course. An autopilot would steer

ing participant in the original Master Mariners races. She was built in 1891

and

and hauled hay and other cargo up and down the Bay until 1957. Now she

that jibe,

power

would

come

from

batteries

charged by solar panels covering the deck. A

hauls several dozen friend? of the Park Service on race day, her only yearly

few times a week or day, the base station

outing. In the Master Mariners, the slow boats start first, which means Alma

could communicate with the model via ham

would have to start about Wednesday if she was competing. We’re talking

radio. The model would transmit its SatNav

built for cargo, not for speed. Her role is honorary these days, though: her

position,

crossing the starting line signals the countdown for everybody else.

whereupon

the

suppou

team

would go over recent weather information

Freda, 33-ft gaff sloop,owned by Diane and Jerry Brendan — Built in

and transmit any needed course changes

1885, Freda is the oldest yacht that was built as a yacht on the west coast.

back to the model. The trip is estimated to

One of her previous owners was Harold Sommer (present owner of Wander-

take 45 to 50 days.

Sound interesting? ZHTA needs a truly

the late ‘50s and ‘60s. Her current owners continue what they cal! “the

cont’d center of next sightings page page 103

bird, another Master Mariner) who did major restoration work on the boat in cont’d on next sightings page

SIGHTINGS hard work, no

master mariners — cont'd restoration,” though to our eye this is already one of the most bristol yachts

top-notch

around. We should look half this good at 103 years of age.

about 10 hours per week to the project.

secretary

who

can

contribute

Groote Beer, 52-ft Dutch Canal Cutter, owned fay Cliff and Ruth Ann

Organization skills are important, and the

Fremstad — Air marshall Herman Goering commissioned the building of

right candidate will be able to type 70 words

Groote Beer (“Grea^ Bear”) in 1938. Her builders, unsure of where they

a minute and have word processing skills.

would end up when the boat was done, kept delaying the finish date by being

They also need a CPA to help set up initial

ultra-perfectionists in her construction, and adding such accoutrements as in¬

bookkeeping and incorporating documents

tricate carvings to her interior. As a result, Goering never did get his yacht,

for the project.

cont'd on next sightings page

send

a

resume

Interested parties should to

ZHTA

Project,

c/o

SIGHTINGS pay — cont’d

master mariners — cont’d

Latitude 38, P.O. Box 1678, Sausalito, CA 94966.

and Groote Beer is one of the world’s most unique vessels.

Santana, 55-ft (;awl, owned by Tom and Ted Eden — Santana’s greatest

Incidentally, besides having a heck of a

claim to fame is probably that she was once owned by Humphrey Bogart.

story to tell your grandkids, you’ll be working

But this classic ocean racer can stand on her own merits, too. Built in 1934,

with

We’ve

she took first in class in the 1938 Bermuda race, and continued her winning

heard the rumor that Ron Young, who you’ll

ways for several decades thereafter. Though the outings these days are more

remember as general manager of the USA

sedate (not much racing, and no Bogie-Bacall blowups on board), this

America’s Cup syndicate, is involved. We’ve

beautifully-kept lady shows she still has what it takes in the yearly Master

even heard that Max himself may take part.

Mariners — third in class in ‘87; second in ‘86.

Brigadoon, 50-ft schooner, owned by Terry and Patti; Klaus — The love¬

some

very

interesting folks.

ly Brigadoon also claims a famous previous owner. Sterling Hayden. Our favorite snippet from that era is when, after a messy divorce, Hayden took his kids aboard Brigadoon and sailed with friend Spike Africa to the South seas.

The ensuing child-custody court appearences, were splashed all over the scandal sheets when he got back. The judge in the case ended up calling it a “regrettable incident.’’ Hayden called it “The best year of my life.” Don’t you just love stuff like that?

Angelita, 8-Meter (50-ft) sloop, owned by Michael Zelver — Angelita was built in 1930 for Owen Churchill, the head of a California racing syndicate.

Among many wins in her very successful racing career was a 1932 Olympic Gold Medal. You may remember that the beautifully restored Angelita also acted as flagship of the 1984 Summer Games in Los Angeles.

The list could go on for pages — some 100 yachts compete in this race every year.

The modern Master Mariners Regatta is set up in much the same way as the old one. The course for most boats is a 17-miler inside the Bay, and therefore offers unparalleled opportunity for sightseeing from shore or the water. The best vantage points for landlubbers are anywhere on the Cityfront from Crissy to Pier 39; Yellow Bluff; and Angel Island. For the best show, MMBA Commodore Diane Brendan recommends watching the noon start from the right around the. St. Francis, then driving over to get lunch and a place by the rail at Pier 39. The spinnaker parade starts there around 1:30, depending on breeze. Last year, folks there got a thrill when a 30-knot gust laid the 63-ft yawl Athene on her side right off Pier 39. “People scattered in every direction,” laughs Diane. “They were sure Athene was going to ram the Pier.”

Of course, waterborne observers can usually get even closer to the action, but MMBA requests that they don’t.get too close. In any breeze, it’s really a madhouse out there, which makes for some great action. But it also makes for some potential disasters. Most of the old woodies aren’t nearly as maneuverable as new boats, especially when they have sails piled on we don’t even know the names of. Too, at least one modern fleet of racers always seems to intersect the course somewhere, so at times there are boats going every which way. The closest we’ve come to self-distructing our photoboat was during one such melee. Don’t get in a similar situation. A great idea is to just hang out — out of the way — near one of the marks.

Another similarity between then and now is in sponsorship. Although this is 1988, and other organizations take care of disabled seamen and their families; this is 1988 and MMBA needs funds tp keep going. The unique sponsorship program is one of those fundraisers.

For this race only,

businesses contribute $100 to sponsor one boat. In return, that vessel flies the “house flag” of the sponsor, and a representative or two is allowed to be aboard for the race. Each sponsor is also recobnized at the annual sponsor’s luncheon, which takes place the week before the regatta. Past and present sponsors include Almaden Vineyards, O’Neill Surf Shop, the Port of Oakland, Wells Fargo Bank and Wooden Boat magazine.

If you’re not enthused by now, you must have orange hair and set off on the ’‘Headbanger’s Ball” on M-TV. For more information on any and all aspects of the Master Mariners Regatta, or MMBA itself, call Diane Brendan at (415) 456-3496.

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S

ome people get the wrong idea about cruising. They think it’s about wind-

vanes, roller furling headsails, perfect anchorages, shooting the stars, weighing an-

would ever be possible ‘back home’.

250 boats ranging in size from a Balboa 16 to

cho'r, tradewinds, checking in with port cap¬

Nowhere was this more evident than at

tains — ajl that stuff. Bullshit. Cruising is

the 5th Annual Sea of Cortez (Baja Haha)

week, there were plenty of people to get to

about people.

About sharing adventures

Race Week for cruisers held at Isla Partida,

with fascinating folks and tftus getting to

just north of La Paz, Baja California Sur be¬

know. And plenty of activities to facilitate making new friends.

know them more quickiv and intimatcK th.in

tween April 3rd and 10th. With well over

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a Cheoy Lee 83 checking in during the

RACE WEEK '88 Lavery and his 67-year old volleyballplaying wife, Mary, don’t do Grey Panther aerobics or the Jane Fonda Hop & Sweat.

John & Mary

ed concrete; his grip as powerful as Kialoa

What they do is cruise. Except for one five

A typically atypical cruiser — and certainly

II’s hydraulic backstay. Thirty-two years our senior, John Lavery is 71-years old!

continuously since

one of the more intriguing at Race Week — was John Lavery of the 45-ft steel Lapworth cutter, Sitisi III. Taking his hand in greeting, we shuddered. His fingers were like reinforc¬

The big piccure; 130 boats anchored at Caleta Partida, site of Baja Haha Race Week,

year span to earn money, they’ve been at it 1960.

Originally they

departed San Diego on a 45-ft wooden ketch figuring they’d sail a little way and see how they liked it. As John explains it, ‘.‘one,.-.

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so entertaining. It’s the people who make it all worthwhile.”

In The Beginning Sea of Cortez Race Week, where you meet spirited seniors like the Lavery’s, was conceived 5 years ago by Latitude when we announced that we’d show up at Isla Partida with

our

boat

Contrary;

to

Ordinari;,

a

volleyball, a BBQ and our smile. Fortunately — and mostly unbeknownst to us — Alberto Morphy Jr.

of the La Paz YC and the

cruisers in La Paz took flight with the concept. As a result there were 64 feoats at the first Race Week rather than the 10 or 12 we’d anticipated. In subsequent years the number of boats has hovered between 150 and 300, with many sailors cdming vback more than once.

Race Week Queen JuneAnn aboard the

Included among the most veteran Baja

John and Mary, still smiling and still cruising after 28 years.

Haha’ers back this year were: Ralph of The

Jim and JuneAnn’s story is an interesting

Trip, an Irwin 37 from San Francisco; Terry

one. When they first started cruising, they

of the dive boat. Erotica, from Redwood City; ‘Freight Train Jane’ of the Santa Cruz

dawdled in Cabo for what was supposed to

been in Baja ever since, but are vowing to

of her time in La Jolla; Jay of the Flicka 20,

finally continue on in March of next year.

Hay Chihuahua', Race Week’s general coor¬

they’d spent eight exciting years sailing the

dinator,

‘wrong way’, east to west, around the world.

Munchkin: as well as Jim Lewis and forfner

Once back in San Diego, the former Calidecided that a one-off steel boat would be the best insurance policy they could buy.

Designed by Lap worth and built in Australia, the yellow Sitisi III with a big doghouse was soon to prove them right. An uncharted countercurrent in the Gilbert Islands put Sitisi III on a coral reef, but thanks to the steel hull John and Mary were able to kedge the boat across a quarter mile of coral reef during nine changes of tide. All by themselves.

While seated under an umbrella at the beach at Isla Partida, the engaging couple confessed that they had unsuccessfully tried to ‘swallow the anchor’ and settle down in a San Diego home three years ago. But it didn’t take. The moment of revelation came when a friend phoned and asked John, ‘‘What are you doing?”

“Just looking at the walls,” John replied, suddenly comprehending the full meaning of his words. That settled it; John and Mary fixed up the boat and are now in Mexico on their

way

to

the

Marquesas,

Samoa,

Suvarov, and New Zealand.

“We just love it,” proclaims an enthusiastic Mary.

“It’s the only life,” adds John, “because it’s

be a week stop before continuing on to the

33, Freight Train, who spends 75% of her time in La Paz or Cabo and a reluctant 25%

thing led to another”; before they knew it

fornia and Hawaii contractor and his wife

Pearson 41, Nimbus from Oceanside.

Jeannie Turrentine,

formerly

of

Marquesas. That was five years ago! They’ve

It's hard to believe, but 357 days of the year this beach belongs to the pelicans and snakes.

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something like $150 an hour. Look out Christie Brinkley!

All five Sea of Cortez Race Weeks have started out in La Paz with — thanks to the hard work and connections of Alberto Morphy — the blessings of the Mexican government and business community. The opening ceremony at the Gran Baja Marina is always attended by Baja California Sur government dignitaries, military personnel, marching bands and yachties. Accuse us of being sentimental, but we’ve always found the flag raising ceremonies and the playing of the national anthems to be touching. Speeches are then made and the Queen of Race Week is crowned by the lovely Miss Baja.

Tom Peargin drives the Yankee 30. 'Connemara’, toward the mark at Los Islotes,

If you get to Baja and Jim hasn’t left, you’ll know it. He’s the Santa Claus lookalike. In fact, so Santa-like is his white-bearded visage that last year he was selected the National Enquirer’s official Santa Claus. You laugh, but Jim and JuneAnn profited; included was lots of free travel and some good bucks for the cruising kitty. Jim’s even got an agent now who books his ho-ho’s out for

Baja’s Answer to Lady Di Selected Queen of Race Week this year by the vote of participants was Karen Munro of Sausalito. Karen left Northern California in October of last year aboard the Islander 36 Misfit and sailed as far south as Zihuatanejo.

Karen’s always been attractive, but the more carnally disposed of her friends from California noted that she’d shed just a few pounds — “I lost ten when I got seasick on the race to Cabo and never got them back” — and toned up, with the result that she never looked more dazzling in her little bikini’s and.

Wait until the kiddies find out that 'Santa' won the men’s bikini contest!

other royal garb.

But the physical change was minor compared to the transformation in the Queen elect’s personality. Friends who watched the former California wallflower discharge her royal duties with elan and aplomb couldn’t believe their eyes. “Who is that using Karen’s body?” they’d whisper among themselves.

Queen Karen was certainly the most active in Race Week history. She made proclamations most mornings on the Race Week net, awarded prizes, provided scintillating commentary for the wet-buns and wet t-shirt contests, danced the night away with her subjects and members of Mexican fisherman’s volleyball team, and in general gave a regal accounting of herself. An ideal combination of dignity, humor, pagentry, radiance and nonsense, this year’s Queen’s performance established 'a standard of excellence that future royals will find difficult to match.

Once the Queen was crowned, the assembled throng adjourned to the cocktail party hosted by the La Paz YC. There old friends were reunited and new acquaintances made as a mariachi band armed with ancient instruments serenaded under the tropical sky. There was Corona and Pacifico beer rather than Old Milwaukee, but it still doesn’t get much better than that. Before the night was over, a good crowd of shipwreck victims, old pals, new friends, an itinerant

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one not to take it too seriously. For example, recognized protest flags include t-shirts, shorts, bikini tops — whatever is handy. Not that protests are encouraged; there is a $25 fee/fine for filing one, the proceeds of which are donated to a La Paz charity. One good Baja Haha race rule yet to be adopted by the USYRU states that, “each participating yacht shall have at least one of their crewmembers smiling at all times from the five minute gun until the finish”. Baja Haha! If you don’t like it, there’s always the SORC. This year’s fine turnout of racers was divid-

kayaker and two female cinematographers from Boulder caught in the vacuum, retired for a final glorious feast at Hery’s fabulously good — and cheap — outdoor tacqueria on avenue 5th of February. Pass the hot sauce, please.

Monday, Monday Baja Haha Race Week Mondays are inGive women a little authority and look what hap-

Some like it hot — and fast. Tim Stapleton’s ‘Misfit’ won honors in Class A.

variably a madhouse because most folks are doing their last minute-provisioning for the six days to be spent at uninhabited Isla Partida some 24 miles to the north and want to get the heck out of town. The thrifty shopper in Baja with time to blow can save a lot of money by hunting around for different items.

In our case — as always — time was dear — so we charged into the CCC, probably the most expensive and American-style supermarket in La Paz, to load up for the week.

As American as CCC might appear from the outside, it’s all Mexican on the inside. A huge place, they only had two cans of Mexico’s staple; refried beans. Nonetheless, provisioning was ridiculously cheap compared to the States. Two of us spent a total of $150 for way more than enough food and booze for the week — and all kinds of other items for a phenomenally bare Cal 25. Such things as soap, toothbrushes, a pot, a can opener, 18 gallons of purified water, nine bags of ice, an ice chest, candles, paper towels and other assorted paraphenalia. A normally equipped boat could have been provisioned for no more than $35 a person for the week.

Of course by Monday morning the 72 boats entered in the various PHRF and ‘Beer Can’ racing divisions had more pressing matters on their mind than food.

There are three races that make up the yacht racing part of Baja Haha. The first is Monday’s 14.3-miler from Pichilinque, on the outskirts of La Paz, to Isla Ballena, near the Race Week anchorage at Caleta Partida.

While most entries try their best during Sea of Cortez races, the rules encourage every¬

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For those between boats, camping on the beach was a popular option

ed into five classes: one PHRF spinnaker class, two PHRF non-spinnaker classes and two ‘Beer Can’ classes. As always at Baja

Haha, a bunch of the boats that signed up to race didn’t, and a bunch that didn’t, did. Got that? It’s like that at Baja Haha.

The spectrum of boats was broad. In the PHRF spinnaker class, for example, the entries ranged from Vicki Lee’s J/24, Abracadabra, which had been trailered down from Seattle earlier in the winter, to Frank Robben’s 80,000-lb, 73-ft aluminum ketch, Kialoa II. The further down the division It was too hot to wear a wetsuit, but otherwise Baja boardsailing was just fine.

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alphabet you got, the greater the diversity of boats. Down in the beer can divisions you saw a little bit of everything.

It’s Great When People Care Beer Can C is where you find interesting guys like Curtis ‘Mudflat’, a self-described “refugee” from the United States. The owner of In Flight; a Chimino-built Crowther 40-ft trimaran, Curtis lost his leg as a squad leader in Viet Nam, where he later decided he’d been oppressing and shooting the wrong people. His feelings for his homeland didn’t appreciate when he and others in San Diego’s Crown Bay were forced out by representatives of the “police state”.

Curtis has done a lot of travelling since the war to make his peace with Vietnam and the loss of his leg. During his travels in India, he learned that “you become what you fight”.

Thus rather'than staying in the States where he feels aggressive and unhappy with government authority, he’s decided to play with the ocean instead. And play with the ocean he does; despite a prothesis for his lost leg, he’s a hell of a sailboarder.

Something of an outsider to the “cliques of La Paz”, the moderately rebelliouslooking Curtis nonetheless has developed some good friendships. During his trip down from San Diego, Curtis hit a number of storms and bad weather. He was later to learn that inquiries had been made about

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girls laughed.

Class B honors went to everyone, as nobody finished. Peregrina took Class C by nearly an hour, as did Naute Enough in Class D, and the trimaran In Flight in Class E.

Always a thorn in the side of authority, the freethinking Sanitation Committee knew how to have a good time.

him. “It’s great to know that people care," says the singlehanding refugee from America.

As always, the biggest drawback to yacht racing in the Sea of Cortez is the capricious nature of the wind. It seems to either blow

Steve Chapkis and Martina Leutgeb; give them 24 feet of boat and they're off to see the world.

too hard or blow too little. While last year’s opener saw winds of over 35 knots, this year it never topped eight. It was so light that

none of the PHRF B starters finished.

Line and corrected time honors went to Tim Stapleton of the Islander 36 Misfit, who is believed to have picked up his racing skills by osmosis during his five year tenure as an advertising rep for Latitude. Misfit got off the line fast in the first race and sailed a rhumb line course under spinnaker to take the gun well ahead of Abracadabra, which had spent the afternoon chasing hot jibe angles all over the lower latitudes, and the only Mexican entry, Renata ‘Mr. Purple’ Ibarra’s Peterson 44, Oceania, from Manzanillo.

Teenagers have a good time at Baja Haha, too. Oceania was skippered and crewed by Maurico, Alex and Beto, three mid-teens from Mexico City. Boys will be boys and gravitate toward girls; in this case lovely Debbie Kelly and Pamela Meagher, two high school students from Alameda who were at Race Week with Pamela’s father.

Jack.

Pamela confessed that she didn’t particularly care to sail except with the three boys from Mexico City she and Debbie dubbed ‘The Tres Amigos’. Good Latins, the boys from Mexico City knew how to show the California girls a romantic evening. First they took the ladies to Midnight Contessa for cocktails. The Contessa is no. Absquatch; 83-ft and costing over a million dollars, the luxuriously-appointed yacht has rugs that are studded with fiber optic lights for the Eurodisco effect. After cocktails on the yacht, the girls were taken to the beach and serenaded with Spanish love songs.

“It’s not something we do everyday,” the

The ‘Squatch’ Of course, some folks chose to cruise rather than race up to Caleta Partida. We on the $1,800 Cal 25, Absquatchaluto, were more or less forced into this category. Circumstances — not having a dinghy to get out to the boat, not having an outboard besides sputtering ‘Ed the Evinrude’ to power us — conspired to give us a very late start. We then faltered of our own accord when the Adventurette discovered that when you go just an inch outside the La Paz Channel, you go aground.

With daylight and what little breeze there was fading, a small depression enshrouded the crew of Absquatchaloto. Having already ghosted for six hours, we were less than half-

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Baja Haha Race Week competition is for fun; nonetheless some racers are willing to go out on a limb

way to our destination. With Baja’s persistent calms, we might not make the anchorage until dawn the next morning. That wouldn’t

have been so bad had our food, clothes and blankets not been on another boat.

Our uneasiness increased as the moonless evening turned black. Familiar with these waters, we knew all we had to do was tack through the gap between Isla Ballena and Espirtu Santo. If we could only see it, we’d be allright. A full moon was due in an hour; do we slow down or sail on? We took Columbus’ advice and almost lost the ‘Squatch on account of it. Having been on the same tack for half an hour, we were inexplicably overcome with the urge to shine the flashlight forward. Good thing, too, for darn if there wasn’t a pelican 150 feet directly ahead. A pelican sitting on a rock outcropping! You may think that was exciting to have been 30 seconds away from sinking, and it was, but nothing like when we tacked out to sea and the big whale started to chase us. Another time for that story.

The journey from La Paz to Caleta Partida is more than just 18 miles; it’s from the banal to the spiritual. This isn’t some musing of a

lulia Blackwood, above, won the bikini contest: Los Isoltes, below, won the natural beauty contest.

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The shallow, warm water made Caleta Partida the perfect place to learn boardsailing.

Shirley MacLaine groupie, but something even the most macho men will cop to.

There’s a magic in the barren and uninhabited desert islands, a magic so thick you can cut it with a machete.

As darkness fell, we on Absquatch eased out of one frame of mind to the other.

Ghosting along in half a knot of breeze, we soon realized that we were doing exactly what we’d travelled so far to do; engulf ourselves in the magic of nature and have ourselves a little adventure. What did it matter that we didn’t have settee cushions, blankets, running lights, interior lights, a compass, a head, a bucket, a bilge pump, attached bulkheads, a speedo or depthsounder? In a way we felt better off for not having them.

Our spirits continued to rise with the magnificent full moon that rose over the distant Isla Cerallvo and the San Lorenzo Channel.

When we finally dropped the hook at Caleta Partida at 10:30 p.m., 12 hours out of La Paz, our friends tried to commiserate with us. We couldn’t help but laugh; they’d been anchored and partying for hours, not realizing that we who had been soul sailing the Squatch on the desert ocean had been the lucky ones.

Let’s Go Bowling Baja’s Caleta Partida bowl-like anchorage is terrific in more ways than one. The ancient

volanco crater can easily hold several hundred boats, yet there’s plenty of room for everyone to be alone. There’s hiking and climbing to be had, the shallow waters offer a fantastic place to swim and learn to. boardsail, and the beach is ideal for Victor’s temporary beer tent and all the BBQ’s.

Tuesday, the first of the lay days, is when all the shoreside fun and games begin.

There’s volleyball, horseshoes, dominoes, checkers, chess, Trivial Pursuit, cribbage, Chinese checkers. Scrabble — everything.

Tuesday was also the beginning of the water competitions; six different kinds'of dinghy races, board sailing and paddling, spear and rod fishing, etc. It also was the beginning of the skin contests; men and women’s bikini, wet t-shirt, wet-buns and who khows- ^hat else.

As with life, it wasn’t the final results of these things that mattered — although everyone would get trophies on Sunday presented by Victor Manuel Liceaga Rubai, the Governor of Baja California Sur — but the process. All the beachside fun and games are nothing more than a framework for folks to get to know each other better. When an American millionaire squares off on one side of the volleyball net against a Mexican panga fisherman whose isn’t worth more thart a $1,000, everybody wins.

Smirnoff and Kern's, the sundowner treat that’s sweeping small, selected parts of the Caleta Partida anchorage.

It was on the beach that we met a number of adventurous couples. Peter Kittel and Karin Kinhof, from Morro Bay and Austria, respectively, aboard the Chinook 34, Tehani. A year ago Kittel lost his diesel off Cabo and was fortunate enough to be able to trade scrimshaw to Jim Means of Baja Expeditions for a replacement. Now Peter and

Race Week is for kids of all ages, even youngsters.

Karin are bound for Isla Socorro, Cocos Island, the Galapagos, Easter Island, ‘Robinson Crusoe’s Island’, Chile, through the Patagonia canals and the Straits of Magellan with an ultimate destination of Europe.

Then there’s Steve Chapkis and Martina Leutgeb of Redondo Beach and the Dana 24, Raitea. Three years ago Steve sailed a Flicka 20, which like the Dana 24 is made by

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After the first Race Week the volleyball equipment was left to the fishermen. They’re unbeatable now.

Pacific Seacraft, to Raitea where he met and fell in love with Martina. The two returned to California to buy the 24-ft boat they would name after the place they fell in love and prepare for their current voyage to Peru, Chile, Hawaii and hopefully Japan.

Isn’t a 24-ft boat a little small, we wondered. “Compared to the 20-ft Flicka,” Steve assured us, “the new boat has all kinds of amenities. I’m really happy with the size.”

He notes that small boats are easier to handle and cost less to maintain. Of course, he’s not been on the ‘Squatch.

On the beach at Baja Haha, you meet foreign women, too.

First we met Anne, an adventurous young lady from Bremen, who was sailing on the

Vancouver 25 Forward from Dana Point.

She’d gotten on that boat as a result of meeting Stephanie Kearns during a Jomar 55 delivery from California to the Caribbean a couple of years ago. Anne is now interested in continuing on to the South, Pacific. Since Forward wouldn’t be continuing on that far, she was weighing offers from several other South Pacific bound boats.

Another German-born woman at Baja Haha was Ute off Seeloewen, a Union 36 from San Francisco. About 14 months ago she was on a week vacation in the Canary Islands when she bumped into Brian Tyrrell of San Francisco, who was helping to deliver a boat from the Med. The two fell in love and soon Ute quit her job, sold everything and joined Brian in San Francisco to buy a boat of their own. Ute had never sailed before, but she’s into it now. “We hit every storm on the way down from San Diego,” she recalled, “but I’m really enjoying it.” Brian and Ute will sail up to San Carlos to put the boat in storage so they can travel to Europe for three months, then it’s back to cruising for the German-American couple.

If Lady Di ever gets fired, Queen Munro would be ideal for the position.

Kerry’s Tale And who could forget Kerry Clark of London? Certainly nobody who witnessed her gas pains / fishing pantomime during Talent Night. There was lots of laughter for her that evening under the Baja stars, but it’s not always been that way. A little more than a decade ago Kerry suffered a tragedy of such ^ intensity that she couldn’t bear to continue ‘living the old way’ anymore. So she travels by land and boat. During the last 12 years she’s lived in Thailand, Papua New Guinea, Greece, Southeast Asia, Micronesia, Korea and Japan. It was in Japan that she signed on with La Violante, a 100-ft schooner that had been built in 1922, for the trans-Pacific voyage to San Diego.

A vibrant woman full of vim, pep and mirth — “I love life” — Kerry then joined Frank and Darlene Hester on the historic Colin Archer design, Oscar Tybring, for ^ most of a year in Mexico. It was there that the experienced diver bumped into one of Baja’s best, Terry Kennedy of Erotica.

Drawn by the desolate beauty of Baja, the abundance life beneath the waves, and the goodness of the people, Kerry and Terry became Baja pals.

But the world turns and Kerry once a^ain senses that it’s time to move on. Her options include joining the Baltic Trader Lena Marie

for Alaska this summer and Mexico next winter, or giving Cuba and other Caribbean islands a try. In Kerry’s view it’s not critical where she ends up: “It’s the journey, not the destination that counts”. Like a lot of folks at Baja Haha, years ago Kerry realized that dawdling and whining don’t get you anywhere. “Do it now while you have the chance,” is her motto, believing that too many folks live their lives as though they are rehearsing for some imaginary play that will never open.

That wouldn’t apply to Terry of Erotica, who dives the Baja waters four or five times a week. Spending that much time below, he couldn’t help but make a lot of friends. A favorite of Terry and Kerry’s is a ten foot long eel whose body is about 30 inches in circumference. Terry has brought the eel food so often that he wears a little bell to let his friend know that dinner is on its way.

From time to time all divers screw up, and Terry is no exception. One day he brought the eel a fish that was so large it jammed in the eel’s craw. His mouth pryed open by the huge fish, the eel gave Terry a look that asked, “What the hell did you do this to me for?” Then the eel did one of the strangest things Terry’s ever seen in his years underwater. He removed the back half of his body

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from his cave, wrapped it around his head, and squeezed until his mouth crushed the fish stuck in his throat. Yes folks, there’s more to life than what you see outside your window while commuting on 101.

Arguably the best diver in Baja, Terry’s had some bad luck in the Baja Haha spear fishing contests. Last year he graciously escorted a less experienced diver who nonetheless speared the winning fish. This year he took Ralph of The Trip down and the same thing happened. It was a 79-lb amberjack that did Terry in.

Back At The Races The second yacht race was on Wednesday; with winds up to 18 knots, it was the best of the year. The 10.5 mile course included a beat up to guano-covered, dramatic, seal-infested Los Islotes, and a spinnaker (wing on wing) run back to the Caleta Par-' tida entrance.

Misfit, winner of PHRF A in the first race, looked doomed at the start. With wind offshore and inshore, she alone was stranded in the calm area between. After watching the rest of the class pull away in a healthy breeze, she finally caught the wind and had to play catch-up. The captain and crew did a fine job, too, beating Abracadabra once again, this time by five minutes. Mr. Purple’s Oceania III was third.

PHRF B went to yet another interesting Race Week story, Bev on Hap E Motion.

One of the few female boatowners at Race Week, the former San Fernando Valley CPA had previously owned a Snipe, a Butterfly, and a Cal 25 before purchasing her Cal 33.

Bev had sailed down to Baja in January with the assistance of Ralph Harbo, former commodore at the Redondo Beach YC and Larry Scarborough, another Redondo resident.

Despite a few serious injuries such as ttje one in the photo, there was no whining at Race Week and very little dawdling.

During the cruising part of Bev’s trip, speed was a minor consideration compared to companionship. In fact Bev laughs at the recollection of the 17 days it took Hap E Motion and the group she was travelling with. Wanderer, Shawn Star, Rain Song and Together, to cover the 120 miles between Cabo and La Paz. “Sailing with them meant making good friends and knowing there was plenty of help around if anybody

needed it,’’ The old people factor once again.

Bev plans to spend the summer in the Sea of Cortez — “1 like the odds the women have N, down here” — and return to Race Week next year.

Class C honors went to Peregrina, Class D to Day Late, and Class E to Curtis’ In Flight.

The yacht racing part of Baja Haha wound up on Friday with a very light air four mile shortened course to Isla Ballena. After being a bridesmaid twice, the light little Abracadabra found the near calm conditions to her liking to win Class A. Misfit took a third, which gave her Class A honors for the week over Abra by just a quarter of a point.

While well-earned. Misfit’s victory was not exactly unexpected. For not only was the captain competent and the foredeck girl the Queen, but the six other crew were all boatowners: Bill Riley, Olson 25, Pearl; Steve Roberts, Olson 25, George; Jeff Gething, Olson 30, Vorticity; Bob Ocegueda, Trinitg, cruising trimaran; and, Rob Moore, Santa Cruz 27, Sundance. Interestingly enough, Riley and Roberts started the week on a When the wind blew, the sailing was great. When it didn't blow, it was still better than working.

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Motion again, giving the lady from Redondo Class B honors for the week over Joliness

lay Ramos, veteran of many Race Weeks, happily cruises the Sea of Cortez aboard a Flicka 20.

Hans Christian 38 they’d chartered. Once you’ve seen Paris, however, it’s hard to stay in Lafayette. Similarly, once you’ve tasted the light air racing fun of an ultralight, it’s difficult to go back to heavy displacement.

Class B honors went to Bev on Hap E

and Silent Ladi^.

Peregrina took Class C honors for the third race in a row to end up with all bullets.

Dai; Late took Class D honors for the second race in a row, wrapping up Beer Can honors for her. In Flight won her third straight race in Class E, giving her all bullets for the week.

With the yacht racing out of the way, everyone’s attention drifted back to the normal Race Week activities. Sailboarding at dawn, then helping somebody else learn.

Bathing with a friend.' Visiting neighbors for morning coffee. Climbing crumbly 1500-foot Mt. Haha with some buddies — and hopefully a couple of canteens of water. Dissecting your outboard with a more knowledgeable aquaintance.

By afternoon it would be time to lotion everybody up and head for the beach. Then followed volleyball with the Mexican fishermen, checkers with champs, ice cold beers with Victor, shaking your wet buns or boobs for the laughing but appreciative crowd, trading cruising plans with fellow travelers, meeting the friends of new friends.

For the record, the following are some of the winners: Treasure Hunt, L.T. Lucas of Grace and Rob Hilton of Zephyr. Volleyball, the Mexican fishermen. Horseshoes, Jack Niederkorn of Grey Fox, Bill of Loue/y Lady, Melva Snyder of Quest and Gillian of Lena Marie. Most fish, Kurt Ming of Sitisi III. i Most fish speared, Terry of Erotica. Biggest fish speared, Ralph, The Trip. Chess, Bob Kessler, Lachesis. Chinese Checkers, Joel, Jumbo. (Sorry, we don’t have the winners of the other board games). Sandsculpting, Debbie Hill of Leading Lady’s beer bottle.

Chili cookoff. Bill, Happenstance. Balloon toss, Dave Hardy and Jimi of Kea and Windsong. Ladies dry land flipper run, Connie McNeil, Armumand. Men’s dry land flipper run, Joe Leone, Frescalana.

Hot bodies. Men’s bikini, Jim Lewis, Nimbus. Women’s bikini, Julia Blackwood of * wild and crazy Morasun. Women’s over-40 bikini, Vicki Lee, Abaracadabra. Men’s wet buns, Dennis Buchanan, Silent Lady. Men’s under-30 bikini, Mike Gram, Companion.

Women’s wet t-shirt, Terri Borg, Erotica & Naute Enuff.

Winners on the water. Windsurfing, Ron Phierselder, Midnight Contessa. Men’s sailing dinghy, Peter, Tehani. Women’s sailing dinghy, Karin, Tehani. Paddle boards, Hugh

For those who liked it hot, the calm days were perfect.

Freebairn, Iris. Soft dinghy, Tom, Connemara. Hard dinghy, Darcy, Malaika Moja.

Large motor dinghy, Jim & Kathy, Banshee.

Medium motor. Bob, Midia. Small motor, Erick Graab, Mostly Getting Back.

With the competition over, dusk meant saltwater showers and sundowners with new friends, followed by potlucks on boats or BBQ’s on the beach (charcoal provided by Downwind Marine of San Diego). While Race Week officially ended with the award’s presentation by Governor Rubai (as translated by his wife), it peaked spiritually Friday night on the beach when a barefoot rock ’n roll, dance spontaneously broke out under the stars.

So what if the amplifier was a joke? Did it matter if the generator kept cutting out and throwing the proceedings into black chaos?

So what indeed, for this was a dance celebrating the pleasures of laughter, the goodness of the human spirit, the spark of adventure. Hell, it was the dance of life, it was what cruising is really all about.

Baja Haha. Starts next Easter, 4:00 p.m., La Paz. See if you can make it.

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A noteworthy repeat performance this time was that of the winning design. Last year’s overall winner was also a Moore 24.

The noteworthy difference between this year and last — in fact, between this year and about the last three or four of these races — was the wind. In a word, it was normal. No white-knuckle, butt-freezing, 30-plus-knot gearbusters like in years past. This time, competitors enjoyed 12 to 18 knot breezes and T-shirt weather most of the day.

Which makes it all the more surprising that Anna Banana (named, incidentally, for the nickname Joe gave his 10-month-old daughter) did so well. On this race, light to medium breeze generally favors the heavier, higher-rating boats. Downwind, ultralights and multihulls generally need more wind to plane or surf up to their ratings. (This is one of few races where multis get figured into overall results.) Or as Division VI winner John Bowen puts it, “There weren’t a bunch of little boats squirting by us on the way back this time.” But the overalls tell a different story. Out of the top 10, four boats are from Divisions V or VI, one boat is from Division II, and five boats are from the ULDB Division III. So how did Durrett and Watts do it?

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could tell you that because of the tide lor wind we did this or that, ” says Joe. But llord knows, every time we go out there we

look for the best way. This time we just lucked into the shortest path.”

That path became apparent soon after the 8:30 a.m. start off Golden Gate YC. In zero wind and a building ebb, Anna Banana crossed the line “pointed at Richmond,” and in the middle of the Division III fleet. A light

“We decided to play the current for all it was worth and headstay reached down the middle of the channel,” says Joe. With the northerly shift still several hours away, that boost was enough to put most of the fleet | away timewise. As Anna Banana approached the island a little after noon, they got I another substantial boost when the westerly shift arrived and lifted them around the island. On the way home. Banana carried an 80-percent “chicken” chute straight toward the Gate, while other boats reached | off south under bigger kites. To complete the Cinderella story, Joe and Chris rode the building flood once again down the middle | of the channel to finish at 5:33, more than j 20 minutes ahead of their fellow Moores.

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southwesterly started to fill in shortly thereafter, boosting the leader, another Moore, to about a 30-boat!ength lead at the Bridge.

Joe feels they literally won the race between there and Pt. Bonita. Under the bridge, the wind swung east and, anticipating the westerly shift, most of the fleet took off toward the Potato Patch.

he westerly shift was also good to Peter Hogg and Stu Staiger on eventual firstto-finish winner Tainui. The 40-ft catamaran arrived at Southeast Farallon about an hour | before Anna Banana, and actually rode the! windshift around the island rather than being lifted by it. “We never tacked once!” says Peter.

At that point in the race, they were in fourth place. First around the island was the Stewart K6"tt’s Santa Cruz 50, Octavia, followed by Acey Deucy, another SC 50. and Zeus, a MacGregor 65. Tainui, under reacher and one of their smaller chutes, passed Octavia, at about the lightbucket and finished at 4:00:41. It was Tainufs second first-to-finish in three years, and Peter’s third.

Last year, he crewed on the first-to-finish cat Wind Warrior.

Be that performance as it may. Division IV winner Colin Case echoes a pretty universal sentiment when he says “More breeze would

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olin and Steve’s worst moments came in the final minutes of the race. Normally crewed by five in light air and seven in a

“There weren't a bunch of little boats squirting by us on the way back this time/’' breeze, working Biscuit doublehanded was “busy,” says Colin. Especially when they jibed under the bridge and a surprise windshift put a big hourglass in the spinnaker. “We got it down, straightened it out, put it back up

With the remains of a spinnaker fluttering from the masthead. 'Otra Vez' (top) sailed to 2nd in Division.

have been better.” His new Schumacher custom National Biscuit has done well locally in preseason outings, and this shorthanded race continued the trend. Like Anna Banana, in fact, boat for boat with Anna Banana, Colin drove the white-hulled, fuchsia-bootstriped lOR machine straight down the pipe after crossing under the Gate while crewman Esteban “Steve” Badell pulled the strings. Once past Bonita, Biscuit put on her long legs and arrived at Southeast Farallon with a bunch of Division II boats, and ahead of all the multis except Tainui.

They pretty much followed the westerly shift around the island, too, then put up the matching pink and white 3/4-ounce and

Above, clearing a fouled line aloft. Below. ‘Reliance’ glides out the Gate on the morning easterly.

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like Suendle, a Carrera 38, to do them in.

And once again, he and Sean showed everybody how it’s done in Division 11, beat-

and got another terrific wrap immediately.”

Even in “normal” wind, the Doublehanded Farallones is rarely boring.

(The race committee will swear by that this year. There they were in an RV, parked as

Farallon Division winners. Top row, (I to r) Stu Staiger and Peter Hogg: Sean Svendsen and Bruce Schwab; Chris Watts. Anna and Joe Durrett. Second row. Steve Badell and Colin Case; Jim Watters and Mike Lingsch; John Bowen Jr. and John Bowen Sr. Left, Jim Russell and Roy Kinney.

always on the San Francisco Marina breakwater, finishing the division leaders with shotgun blasts. When all of a sudden, here came a concerned-looking motorcycle cop.

He saw the RV and the weapon and figured it was a bunch of weird touristas offing seagulls for fun. Fortunately, the misunderstanding was soon cleared up and nobody got shot or arrested.)

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ALL PHOTOS LATITUDE/JR EXCEPT AS NOTED ing out all but a couple of multis and the big ULDBs boat for boat. On corrected time, they beat the second place boat in by over 10

Moore 24s Equinox and Wet Spot finished within a minute of each other. The last two boats, Don Bower’s Cal 28 Genoveffa and

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Newick 40 (cat) Modified Piver Tri Crowther 10 (tri)

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Carrera 38 Olson 30 Farr 1020

Bruce SchwabfSean Svendsen John Kerslafce/Pelet Jones Jan Bodeson/Muneh MacDonald

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1 Anna Banana 2. ei Baton 2. Btaott^Mary

Moore 24 Express 27 Sartta Cruz 27

Joe DurreltfChris Walts Ray LottoIJoe Hulse Franz Klilza''an Klitza

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1 National Biscuit 2 am 3. Annatiao

Schumacher Custom Swede 85 Vtfylie 34

Colin CasefEsteban Badell Dave Poole/Cindy Zabei Paul Ailman/Brock Paraons

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1 Alert 2. mtzUsa 3. OUas

Wylie 36 Tartan Ten Pearson lOM

Mike Lingsch/Jim Walters Len JacksonfMichael Jackson Ed Kiiwin/Larry Bryant

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1 Current Asset 2 Rampage 2 Xanattu

(slander 30 Mkll Cal 2-30 Merit 25

John BowenIJohn Bowen. Jr. Bob Sleelh'MIke Malone Bill Glass/Raoui Kaufman

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minutes and were the only Division II boat to place in the overall top 10 (they were 10th).

This is the fourth year (second as skipper) that Bruce has won his class in the Doublehanded Race.

This year will be a memorable one for Bruce and Sean for more than just the win, though. “We were the first boat out the Gate this time,” he says,’’and the first past Pt. Bonita. It was really great to worry the big boats for a while.”

Incidentally, Bruce “1-can’t-quit-while-Ihave-a-streak-going” Schwab will be back next year, but he’s not sure on what boat. A rigger for Svendsen’s Marine, Bruce borrows Svendle from owner/boss Sven Svendsen for shorthanded races. As Svendle is now for sale, that arrangement could change. “Sven knows how much 1 like the boat, though, so he’s telling everybody I’m one of the accessories,” says Bruce. “I go with the .deal.

s always, there were plenty of races within races this year. In Division 111, the

Ken Franck’s Santana 22 Congo, finished within 30 seconds of each other at about 3;40 Sunday morning. You can’t get any ' closer than Division II’s McDuck, an Olson 29 skippered by Ron Kuehn, and Harold Dow’s Farr 1020 Fast Companij. After nearly nine hours of racing, they corrected out to tie for fourth place.

There were a few personal milestones, too. The ‘88 race marked the seventh for the father/son team of John Bowen and John Bowen Jr. on Division VII winner Current Asset. ’’When we started doing this race in ‘78, he crewed for me. I yelled at him for years,” says John Sr. “Now he’s part owner of the boat, I crew for him and he yells at * me.” (Franz and Ian Klitza, who finished third in Division III this year, are another regular father/son team.) “Seriously, though, this has become a nice tradition for us,” says Bowen. “We’ve gotten to know each other better, and we’ve had a lot of fun over the years.”

And speaking of fun, that’s what this year’s race was really all about. No cliff-

Above, for many boats, it was a close race all the way to the finish. Opposite page, ‘Inside Straight' on the racer’s edge.

hanger finish; no wild surfs down 20-ft waves; few busted boats (one Folkboat, Poem, was dismasted) or people; just enough wind for most competitors and, perhaps best of all, one of the unseasonably warmest days ever for this race.

“The whole race was just a pleasure to do this time,” says Joe Durrett. “The other times we’ve done this, all we thought was ‘Whiskeytown, Whiskeytown.’ This year, it felt like we were at Whiskeytown.”

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e were preparing for the start of the 1987 St. Francis Big Boat Series aboard the Nelson/Marek 66 Pandemonium. The cockpit crew had just completed a snappy jibe of the main. “Great job there, my man!” crowed Billy Brandt, the

some snooty East Coast college as well, like Dartmouth or Brown.

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Gelee European styling gel, and says “Yeah, like boating, for sure,” you know the times are still a’changin.

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a pair of Texans, Dave Rettinger and Terry Bootz. A few years back, Rettinger was sitting in his office at the Kaepa Shoe Company in San Antonio. In strolls Bootz, a man destined to design footwear if there ever was one and at the time responsible for product development. “Hey, let’s come up with a new boat shoe!” he said. Nature followed its course, and the pair now have their own company called Maritime Footwear, supplying Harken’s H-2000 line^of boat shoes, the first popular version of the new breed.

Boat shoe innovators Dave Rettinger, left, and Terry Bootz.

mainsheet grinder, a husky, happy-go-lucky fellow. “Why, thankya,” replied Steve Baumhoff, his like-minded partner in cockpit chatter and a man not infrequently described as the “white Eddie Murphy”. “It must be these new engineered boat shoes ah’m wearing.” He picked up one of his feet, displaying the white and blue Harken H-2000’s that resembled a tennis sneaker.

He might be right about performance, but calling the H-2000 or any of the other new ‘engineered’ boat shoes now on the market a tennis sneaker would be a serious misnomer.

This is high tech gear, with its own brand of scooped-out backstays, narrow toe boxes and designed heel counter angle. You don’t wear these shoes, say the faithful, you pilot them!

The 1980’s has been a decade of innovations in sailing, including winged keels, kevlar sails and record breaking speed sailboards. Even Topsiders, once a staple of the serious sailor’s wardrobe, have been replaced by this new brand of footwear. It used to be that anyone wearing the familiar brown leather moccasins with the white “dog’s paw” sole — there have been many imitations of the Topsider — could be counted on to be at least a sailor, if not a member of a yacht club. Probably went to

more of a fashion statement than functional boating footwear. Sure, folks still wear them on the dock; some even go sailing in them.

But when some young stud muffin dressed in a “Guess?” shirt and Ralph Lauren shorts shows up in them, hair sculptured with Tres

Bootz has been in the shoe trade for over 20 years. Fresh out of the University of Wisconsin in the ’60s, he opened a factory that turned old' tire treads he bought from service stations into sandals. Later he apprenticed under the legendary Sam Lucpage 124

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chesse, bootmaker for clients such as Lyndon B. Johnson and John Wayne. He had actually been working on the boat shoe idea

several pairs” of Topsiders and eventually gave up in favor of tennis shoes. “They looked good at the yacht club,” he says of

The unique cross cuts on the sole add extra grip when the foot is flexed. (“Who started this crap about dog’s feet?” Bootz asks. Topsider has yet to respond to letters and phone calls — they had to check with the legal department.) And the uppers are like socks that fit around the foot, and are stitched to the sole. Many casual shoes have an upper that is cut away at the bottom and glued to the sole. The latter doesn’t take well to getting wet or washed.

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several years before walking into Rettinger’s office. The first attempt was the Timberland High Tech shoe, which you may recall was festooned with an array of spinnaker colors.

The 'scupper bottom’ was Terry’s design.

An active sailor, Bootz “suffered through

the leather standard, “but they weren’t so good on a boat, especially not on a wet deck. They hurt, they don’t grip if you’re at an angle and they get sloppy on your feet.”

The two redeeming features of the Topsider were in the sole and the construction.

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getting wet and drying out are natural for a rugged boat shoe. It also adds warmth. He added support for the foot. The inside of the sole is filled with closed cell foam, so the shoes actually float. Making a boat shoe this way is expensive, but then so are Kevlar

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sails. You want to go fast, don’t you?

The Texas duo made up four prototypes with the logos of different potential sponsors.

The first person who saw it was Wisconsin’s Peter Harken, who made his name in ball bearing blocks along with his brother, Olaf.

Peter asked them not to show it to anyone else. The Harken boys know a good idea when they see one.

Customer acceptance was mild at first.

“Sailors are very traditional and it was hard to get them to try it,” says Bootz. “They’re also pretty thrifty. Shoes aren’t an impulse item like a turning block might be.” Nevertheless, in the first year, 1986, they sold 50,000 pairs. To date, the number has climbed over 200,000.

One of the original 50,000 pairs ended up on Dennis Conner’s feet in a most unique way. Conner’s Stars and Stripes crew had been offered the H-2000 several times, and several members of the crew were wearing

Pat Farrah’s custom-made "lounge lizard" topsiders — still the ultimate boat shoe.

them to take on the Fremantle Doctor. But somehow Dennis had never received a pair.

He was lamenting that fact to Peter Harken and Terry Bootz one morning in Perth when he decided to take matters into his own hands. He demanded that Harken immediately give him the pair he was wearing.

Dennis is about twice the size of Peter, who sat down on the curb and removed his shoes. They were too small, but Dennis just cut holes at the toes and went out to beat his rival Tom Blackaller on USA.

I I arken ended up with Conner’s gunboat leather deck shoes. He sloshed around in them for a couple days and then offered them to the Roily Tasker America’s Cup

museum in Fremantle. They said sure, but get Dennis to sign them first so we know they’re authentic. Peter got the “John Hancock” and the transaction was complete.

Bootz finds it ironic, hopefully prophetic, that the leathers ended up in a museum while the H-2000’s were being used out on the water. And the irony continues. Leather boat shoe wearers can still be found hanging out at the bar, but take a look at what’s hanging out over the sides of more and more sailboats and you’ll see how far tennis sneakers . . . er, engineered boat shoes . . have come. To add to the irony, Sperry, makers of the Topsider, have jumped on the bandwagon with engineered boat shoes of their own. So have Timberland, Nike, Henri Lloyd and others.

So the question now is: do you want to be cool, or do you want to be fast? The choice is yours.

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aul Simonsen, a 41-year-old Diablo businessman turned cattle rancher, has this thing about mongooses. It stems back to the late 60’s when, as a helicopter pilot in Viet Nam, he and his roommates used to keep one of the weaselly critters for a pet.

Apparently they smell pretty <ank, but as both Simonsen and readers of Kipling’s Rikki Tikki Tavi know, the stench is worth putting

up with because of the mongoose’s intense:: hatred for venomous snakes.

Simonsen still has vivid memories of a , highly poisonous rice vipdr slithering into ' their underground hootch one night as he v and his buddies were deep into a poker

game. Cards and players scattered; someone went for the mongoose. They threw the mongoose down into the hootch and five minutes later — after a horrible racket — the mongoose emerged, dragging the limp body of the unwelcome intruder behind him. “It

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was an impressive performance,’' recalls Simonsen. He was impressed enough to name his last two boats — a Santa Cruz 50 which he recently sold to Seattle and his current Santa Cruz 70 — after the ferocious, ferretlike little animal.

The 1:^ baby-blue Mongoose lived up to her naafesake in Monterey Peninsula YC’s 26th a^ual Ano Nuevo Race on April 16. It took g little longer than five minutes — actual!# her time on the course was nearly nin rs — but Simonsen’s beautiful half¬

year old Santa Cruz 70 metaphorically grabbed the 27-boat fleet in her teeth, shook it, and emerged victorious in the chilly 78-mile jaunt up to Ano Nuevo and back.

It too was an impressive performance — Mongoose, designed for downwind speed and with only half an eye towards the lOR rule, was first-to-finish and first overall in lOR by some 35 minutes over race chairman Jim

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Bill Permar's Stewart 42 ‘Camille’ was one of the three San Francisco Bay boats that made it down.

Svetich’s Express 37 One-Eyed Jack. True, the lOR division consisted of only four boats, but Mongoose, which rates in the minus-50’s under PHRF, would have comfortably won under that rule, or any other, as well. As it was, a last minute entry — Stewart Kett’s Santa Cruz 50 Octavia — was the big winner in the PHRF divisions.

Simonsen and his 20 crewmembers fell far short of Des McCallum and Chris Corlett’s record of 7 hours and 17 minutes, set on the N/M 66 Pandemonium in last year’s windy race. (Improbably, Pando flew the kite in both directions, setting a course record which may stand forever.) Simonsen nevertheless was pleased to pick up some hardware in his first shot at the Ano Nuevo Race: it was also the first victory for Mongoose since she quintuple-bulleted the Big Boat Series in her debut last September.

“We were just racing against the clock, and enjoying each others’ company,’’ said Simonsen, who represented the host club in this race but is also a member of St. Francis and the exclusive Stillwater Cove yacht clubs. “It was a nice sail; I only wish more boats from the Bay would have come down.”

nlike previous years, when the Ano Nuevo Race was held in March and was traditionally the first ocean race of the year, this year’s event was postponed a month. We’re still not exactly sure why — something about

“scheduling conflicts” — but sandwiching the event between the Doublehanded Farallones and the Lightship Race meant that only three boats made it down from the Bay. Two used the sail down and the race it-v self as practice for the Pacific Cup: Greg Cody’s C&C half-tonner Sorcerer and Bill Permar’s Stewart 42 Camille. The third boat, Hal Nelson’s Big Mac Zeus, presumably used it as a tune-up for the Catalina Race.

Nevertheless, 27 boats — a good turnout these days — showed up at Mile Buoy, right off the Monterey Aquarium, for the ten o’clock start. The fleet was diviewed into three classes: lOR, PHRF A (ratings up to 100) and B (101 and above). The course was straightforward: 39 miles upwind to Ano Nuevo buoy, followed by a quick spinnaker trip back. It’s basically a tamer version of the Farallones Race — you freeze your buns off getting to the mark, but it’s all worth it for the ride home.

A cold 15-20 knot northwesterly, coupled with grey skies and intermittent showers, did nothing to detract from this race’s reputation as a bone-chiller. Even on Mongoose, which had a relatively dry and quick trip, it was cold. There wasn’t much to do except sit on the rail — it was a long port tack fetch until running into the coast just north of ^anta Paddling? Pole vaulting? No. just getting the kelp off the rudder.

After 39 long, cold upwind miles, the Ano Nuevo Buoy is a welcome sight.

Cruz, followed by 15 miles of short-tacking up the beach to Ano Nuevo — and with 21 people on board there weren’t enough jobs to go around anyway. “We had all these bodies on the ‘payroll’, but nothing for them to do — just like working for the govern-

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merit!” laughed crew boss Steve Taft.

In addition to Simonsen, the drivers on Mongoose included Steve Taft, Skip Allan, and Don Jesberg. Bill Lee played the ‘Data Game’ at the nav station’s computer, periodically poking his head up to critique each driver (we’re still trying to figure out how CompuSail thinks you can sail at 104 percent of efficiency). Lee also served lunch and dispensed the “chill pills” (Buds) to anyone that needed one. Larry Tuttle played the main; Jay Schumann and Roland Brun tended the jibs: bowman Zan Drejes, who’s also Mongoose’s captain, orchestrated the changes from the ^1 to the ^2 to the -^3.

About the only other person with any responsibility was Jay Crum, who was in charge of de-kelping the rudder with a fiberglass windsurfer mast kept on board for just that purpose.

Everyone else huddled together on the rail, catching up on the latest sailing gossip.

Some of the best sailors on Monterey Bay were there, happy to be reunited on yet another boat. Ever wonder what grand prix racers talk about on long, cold weather legs?

With two thirds of the crew employed in the yachting industry, business and boats naturally dominated the conversation. The most recent Mexican races were rehashed, and the upcoming Cal Cup was analyzed. Opinions were divided on the wisdom of sistership Citius decision to switch to a fractional

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we could be on a J/24”), the stereo (“the only instrument we really need”) was cranked up (Chris Isaak Band), and everyone at-

At 78 miles, the Ano Nuevo Race is the longest ocean race left in Northern California.

rigOld races were dragged up — everyone seemed to have put in their time on Merlin.

Jesberg announced that Imp was for sale in England for $55,000, and then tried vainly to convince Taft and Allan that they should get everyone on the old crew to chip in $5,000 and buy her for sentimental reasons (“we can turn it into a museum”). The foredeck crew talked politics; Bobbo Larson entertained the middle of the boat with some pretty lame jokes; and the subject of babies kept coming up (five of the Mongoosers are new fathers). And so it went.

bout the time the conversation waned and everyone was pretty well frozen, the Ano Nuevo buoy mercifully popped up on the horizon (“don’t anyone point at it!”hollered Drejes facetiously, as if there were other boats around). Mongoose turned the corner at 3;30 pm — about an hour ahead of the three Santa Cruz 50’s in the race — and set the 3/4 ounce spinny and a staysail, zooming off for Monterey at over 10 knots. The oven and stove top were lit to warm frozen extremities (prompting yet another chorus of, “things could be worse. /

Elmer Fudd driving 'Mongoose' upwind. Just kidding, it's actually Steve 'Bone' Taft.

tacked the endless quantity of Girl Scout cookies (Simonsen’s daughter must have I met her quota in one sale to Dad).

People circulated around the boat, feigning amazement when they’d bump into each other (“you’re here, too? where were you sitting?”) Distinctions between the divisions of labor blurred as members of “Frontier Land” (forward of the mast) and “Adventure Land”(the middle of the boat) wandered back into “Fantasy Land” to chat with the afterguard and take a turn on the helm.

Aside from a few jibes, once again there wasn’t much to do (it really only takes a few people to sail one of these things — in the ’89 TransPac, Mongoose will sail with eight, half of whom will be below sleeping at any given time).

The beer and wine flowed, a chicken dinner magically appeared, and everybody was giggling and smiling as Mongoose cruised down Monterey Bay, often hitting 15’s in the puffs. It seemed like a travelling cocktail stand-about followed by a buffet dinner — the only complaints voiced were about the male/female ratio at the party (there were

ANO NUEVO '88 no women on board that day) and that the ‘fun’ part, the downwind leg, was too short.

After three and a half hours of surfing, Mongoose pulled into Monterey a few minutes after seven o’clock.

Then, it was over to the hospitable Monterey Peninsula Yacht CluT) for free coffee and clam chowder, and the wait to see if anyone could correct out on the ULDB maxi. As it turned out, no one came close — the wind was shutting off as night fell on the fleet. The three Santa Cruz 50’s all finished within eight minutes of each other just prior to nine o’clock. Octauia won PHRF A and PHRF overall by five minutes over Dan Donovan’s veteran Peterson 41 Irrational.

Corrected times between Irrational and the next two boats — Liquid Ski,; and Allure — were less than two minutes apart. Peterbilt, Dan Matarangas’ Peterson 34, came in around 2:30 am to win PHRF B. The rest of the fleet straggled in before dawn.

The 'Mongoose' fast-is-fun bunch enjoying the quick ride home.

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ideal — ^2 and ^3 jib weather all the way. It was "a tactical race, with a good upwind leg.

And the caliber of boats and racers was really high, even if it wasn’t the biggest turnout we’ve ever had.”

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Kilpatrick enjoyed himself, despite the ^2 blowing out of the Earl’s headfoil, which somehow opened the halyard shackle, which then somehow cleated itself above the third spreader. They were baldheaded for quite awhile as someone went aloft to retrieve the wayward sail. “It was a real mess,” chuckled Harvey, “but the real tragedy of our race was discovered after we put up the chute. Someone must have dropped a block or a winch handle on Dr. Bombay and broke his neck — sadly, we had to bury him at sea.”

Fortunately, the ever-prepared crew of the Earl located a bottle of scotch with which to mourn the “dear departed Doctor”. Like Mongoose, and the majority of the fleet, they enjoyed the quick downwind dinner ride back to the barn. “The trip back made it all worthwhile!” enthused sailmaker Howie Marion, who also sailed on Earl of Mar. Most people agreed that the 26th annual Ano Nuevo Race was a slice of heaven, albeit a cold slice. But, as with many things, it all depends who you talk to: Alan McGinnis’ Carter 33 Thales didn’t finish until nine o’clock Sunday morning. Apparently, the wind died completely and they spent the night twirling around off Pt. Pinos. With six of his crewmen incapacitated with seasickness, Alan called it quits and motored in, reaching the dock some 14 hours after Mongoose had been put to bed. We imagine the race was a real hate mission for the Thales gang.

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olfe and Julie Croker have the unique distinction of not only working together successfully, but sailing as a team as well.

After 16 years of marriage, they still giggle a Jot with each other, which may be headline news by itself.

“About one in a hundred sailing couples make it together,” estimates Julie, an attractive blonde with as perfect a set of teeth as you can imagine for a 48-year-old. “It re¬

quires luck and a lot of patience on both parts. We work in a hectic business and the peace and quiet of sailing is our salvation.”

The Croker’s business is Pacific Coast Title, a title insurance and escrow company with offices in Mill Valley, San Rafa'el and Novato. Rolfe has owned the operation for

ROLFE& JULIE ALL PHOTOS LATITUDE/COURTESY THE CROKERS the past 31 years, almost half of his lifetime.

Chronologically he may only be a year away from retirement age, and his brown hair is

Rolfe's first boat — a downwind flyer!

growing naggingly grey, but he has the youthful air of a man who has many more miles to go.

Rolfe is one of the Bay’s longtime sailors, in the same league as fellows like Bob Klein and Leonard Delmas. It all started back in 1933 when Rolfe’s dad assembled a square nosed punt kit on the kitchen table of the Croker weekend home in San Rafael’s Bayside Acres. Nine-year-old Rolfe made the rigging and sails, using his dad’s longjohns for the latter. “A downwind terror,” he recalls now with a smile.

While attending San Francisco’s Lowell High School, Rolfe had his own boat, an 11 1/2 foot Moon boat that was then part of the Small Boat Racing Association fleet. He raced the cat boat extensively in the Belvedere/Sausalito/Richmond area. He also crewed on Dr. Charlie O’Brien’s 45-ft sloop Volante, an active Bay racer.

A tour in the infantry during World War II introduced Rolfe to sailing in the Mediterranean. After the Allied troops recaptured Naples, he took leave there for some R&R and managed to rent a lapstrake cat boat for a spin around the harbor. Dogface goes to sea.

ack home in 1945, Rolfe attended the College of Marin and majored in premed. At the time, everyone wanted to be a lawyer, ^ doctor or dentist and the entry requirements became extremely stiff. Faced with having to go to Texas to attend dental school, Rolfe opted to go into real estate, a profession his father had pursued. “Croker the Broker” was Rolfe’s moniker for the ten years he operated before switching over to Pacific Coast Title.

Throughout this period, there'was always time for sailing. In 1945, he bought a 24-ft Golden Gate sloop called Teenama 11. Sailing out of the San Francisco Yacht Club (one ‘Madcap’ was a one-design and handicap winner. of three in which he has beetsi an- active member over the years), Rolfe won the YRA season championships and the Corinthian aboard Bob Evju’s Punahle. “You could say midwinters.

I was an early rock star,” he laughs.

Sitting in his wife’s dark wood panelled ofAnother yacht prominently featured on fice off Tiburon Boulevard, Rolfe spins out the years and the boats. Julie attends to some paperwork. She is both the firm’s accounting manager and heads the southern Marin office. They are dressed casually elegant: Rolfe in a blue short sleeved shirt and white slacks. She wears a white dress with a black print and her half frame glasses slip down her nose as she tackles a mound of files. Even though it’s well past six, a couple of the office staff are still working in the larger office next door.

On the walls throughout are pictures of the various craft about which Rolfe speaks.

There’s the Alberg 35 Madcap which Rolfe owned in the mid-1960’s. She-was one of the first fiberglass boats on the West Coast and Rolfe raced her hard, competing in one design heats on Saturday and the CCA handicap series on Sundays, as well as doing the ocean series.

Long before Santa Cruz sailors dreamed up the “Fast is Fun” slogan, Rolfe was gravitating in that direction. The boat before Madcap was Antali^a, a 24-ft light displacement sloop with a flat bottom and fin keel built by Bill Garvey in San Rafael. “She was a hot little boat,” recalls Rolfe. He went undefeated in the YRA’s Division 14 with her and then won the Pacific Coast Championships in 1962.

The first of the production light boats were the Cal 40’s, and Rolfe bought one called Ano Nuevo after Madcap. He owned her for two years and during that time competed on his first major ocean race, from L.A. to Mazatlan in 1966. A year later he was signed on as sailing master for his first TransPac

THE CfTOKEIT CONNECTION

Tenacity' awaiting rescue near Davenport

the walls is Tenacify, a Cal 39 which Rolfe owned from 1973 to 1976. She followed the Cal 36 also called Ano Nuevo. It was during 'Raycayo', Rolfe's Seahorse 24 ion left), before he converted it to a yawl.

this period that Rolfe and Julie met. Both worked in the same business and had children from previous marriages. Julie had grown up sailing in San Francisco and Tomales Bay. “Women were excluded from sailing for many years,” she says with a hint of rebellion. “1 got out whenever 1 could,” Rrjlfe chimes in that she did pretty well for herself, sailing on boats like Santana, the 55-ft yay/1.

With Rolfe, however, she found a home onboard, working the foredeck on Ano Nuevo and Tenacity.

T 1 ogether the couple hatched a five year plan to, go cruising, a scheme that started with great intention but never reached fruition. After selling Tenacity, they bought a Peterson 44 called Serenity. Cutter rigged with a long, shallow keel, she was meant to

'Hana Ho’ stretches her legs down the Molokai Channel off Diamond Head.

meander. The idea was to get her ready for the big cruise and then take off when Julie’s 'daughter went off to college. They did make it to the Channel Islands and the Delta, but other circumstances changed and the big departure was postponed. Concurrently, Rolfe’s competitive fires kept rekindling.

Finally he decided to race Serenity.

Mark Dowdy, who has been sailing with Rolfe since he was a junior at the Marin Yacht Club, says the boat hardly lived up to her name on the race course. “Somehow we got a decent rating and Rolfe had extra panels sewn into some old spinnakers,” he says. “Downwind the boat was totally out of control.”

Rolfe swung in the opposite direction for his next boat. He and Julie found the Tanton Two Ton Scaramouche in Maine and bought what they thought was a top of the line lOR boat in 1980. “What they didn’t tell us was that you have to buy a new one every year!” says Rolfe. Nevertheless, Scaramouche more than held her own, winning the Danforth Series twice and the Gulf of the Farallones series three times.

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Julie pulls out a picture showing the start of one of the Danforth races. Scaramouche, Wings and Sioc are all beating out towards

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off Tenacity. “What other boatbuilder would let you use his living room as a storage shed?” asks Rolfe. George Olson was working for Lee at the time, and he did .most of the glass work. Three weeks later they were headed south for the Point Fermin start of TransPac and finished third in class. “We like to say that Lee had two and a half boats in that race,” says Julie.

The relationship between Lee and the Crokers continued friendly over the years.

“Bill would always show up at the dock after a big race and have a beer,”'says Julie.

“He’d say ‘Well, did you have a good sail today?’ He was subtly selling Rolfe on the idea of a Santa Cruz 50 and he took his time.”

Rolfe was tempted, although he "also looked at the Express 37, too. He wanted to get away from lOR and he wanted to go on TransPac’s and Mexico races. He liked the idea of a bigger boat, seats in the cockpit and an enclosed head, but without losing the element of competition.

A familiar pose — Rolfe and Julie taking home the silver.

the Gate and the Pacific beyond where 60 knot winds awaited them. “There were 11 people onboard,” she says, “and only five of us weren’t seasick. We just had to finish to win, which we did, but we saw an awful lot of square waves on the way.”

Rolfe admits he was a happy lOR owner for a while. He served as president of the local fleet for a couple of years and chaired the race committee for another. In the early 1980’s, owners were still driving their own boats and they had regular crews onboard.

Time and fashion eventually left them out of the running and Rolfe donated Scaramouche to UC Irvine.

Thg story behind the Croker’s current boat, the Santa Cruz 50 Hana Ho, actually dates back to 1973. Rolfe had just bought Tenacity for the 1973 TransPac. In May, less than two months before the start of the classic race, Rolfe put the boat on the rocks off Davenport, just north of Santa Cruz. “It was blowing hell out of the north,” he says, “and we were trying to sneak in behind Ano Nuevo and just got too close.” The sloop had to be pulled off, scraping up one side pretty bad.

Bill Lee, who had just completed two other TransPac entries. Chutzpah and Panache, said he would fix the hull, but Rolfe and Julie had to strip the boat first. Lee offered his living room as a storage area, so Rolfe and Julie spent a day taking everything aUK

In 1985, they bought Hana Ho from Dick and Kirk Elliot of Newport Beach. She was ready to go, another plus factor, since Rolfe

There are a few class owners i around and Rolfe is one of them.

wanted to do TransPac that year. He rounded up Jock McLean as one crewmember and asked if maybe Jeff Madrigali would like to go. “Madro” said yes and became one of the

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watch captains for the trip.

Unlike Rolfe, Jeff is outspoken and aggressive, with a long string of success in one design and dinghy sailing. “They’re like night and day, says Mark Dowdy, “but they complement each other well. Rolfe’s steady and low key, and Jeff explodes now and then, which adds a needed spark.” Rolfe adds that Jeff keeps the crew organized and under control, which is invaluable during short course races like the Big Boat Series.

With Jeff at the helm, Hana Ho took second in the 1987 Big Boat Series. On the ocean she’s fared well, too, finishing first in fleet and class in the 1986 Catalina Race and class honors in the Guadeloupe Island/Cabo San Lucas race in the same year. They took a fourth in class in the 1987 TransPac and Rolfe vows to return next year and win overall.

Rolfe's crew will do just about anything for their favorite skipper.

BOATS AND RECORDS

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1462 PCC Champion 1964 65 Northshore Champion •973 3rci Class 0 3'd Overall Mazallan Race ig/'r iC|76 YRA & Ocoan Champion 1975/76 CYC Midwinter 1980 3rd in Cl«5s 1980 Maxe^leat • ' 1960, 1982 Oanfo'th Champion 1980 81. 82 Gut n* Faialfones Champion • 1986 won San Francisco Cup 1986 1st m Class GuadaJocWc^o Sm Lucas Race 1386 1si to Finish. 1st m Class MYOO 1986 'St Overall CrC Friday Night Senes 1987 4lh in Class TransPac 1037 2iid ill Claso Pin Boat Series

On ocean races, Rolfe is known as a fine downwind helmsman. He also has a penchant for throwing a fishing line over the side, even during a race. A big time tournament sport fisherman, he knows the waters off Baja well. Dowdy recalls that during one Mexico race on Scaramouche, they ran out of fresh food with a day’s sailing left. Rolfe was trolling off the stern and snagged a tuna which became the fare for the day. Another time he hooked a marlin off Cabo San Lucas while they were under spinnaker at 10 knots!

The crew refused to battle it onboard, and Rolfe cut the line.

“I’ve had more fun on Rolfe’s boat than anyone else’s I’ve sailed,” says Dowdy.

“We’re out to win, but we also have the at-

titude that if it’s not fun, why do it?”

1-^ ooking back on his sailing, Rolfe sees the biggest changes have come in technology. He recalls the days when they used to make their own turning blocks, an era well

past. He’s all for the high tech material that makes better boats. He also values the battles on the water and the other owner/skippers against whom he has pitted himself. That group includes such Bay veterans as Leonard Delmas, Bob Klein, Chris Gasparich. Bob Potter, Wes Beckett and Bill Clute.

Julie likewise favors the progress that has been made, especially in relation to women and sailing. “I enjoy getting out and just sailing,” she says. She has no desire to race TransPac or win the national women’s championship, but she does compete regularly, and she and Rolfe usually go cruisjng for a week or two after races to Mexico and Hawaii. “We like going where it’s/

warm,” says Rolfe.

“He’s been doing it a long time,” says Jeff Madrigali, “and he’s got it down. He’s open, straightforward and no bullshit. There are a few class owners around and he’s one of them.”

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Two differences distinguished this gear’s Singlehanded Farallones Race from races of the past four or five \;ears. First, it blew like stink, quickly,/ whittling the fleet down from 39 starters to only 18 finishers. (In past years, the attrition has been due largely to no wind.) Secondly, the March 26 race fell on our final deadline day. That meant all we could do was take a few photos of the start and run bare-bones results. Fortunately, in searching out more information for this issue, we ran into Wendell Stewart. This had been his first Farallones Race. To say the least, it was a baptism by fire. So for a fresh perspective on this decade-old race, and one helluva sea story, read on.

first ocean race, and first singlehanded race — in fact, only my second race euer — they really thought I was brain dead. It made me wonder.

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bout a mile from Southwest Farallon, my windspeed indicator registered 35 knots and gusts to 40. The waves were 15 feet and building. My Ranger 33, Nagaina, and the Hawkfarm, Predator, about 100 yards to port, were both so overpowered we were heeled about 60 degrees and making only about 2.5 knots. The windows ori my port side were underwater . . .

It was not exactly the way I’d pictured my first Farallones Race. In all honesty I have to admit that in the three years I’d been building up to do this event, I had no preconceived notions of how it would be “out there.” I just never imagined it would be this hairy. Now, at the halfway point, I was seasick, scared out of my wits, and quite unsure what the heck to do next. I couldn’t imagine how things could get any worse, but I soon found out. The only thing 1 was absolutely sure of was that I’d never do this race again.

I’ve enjoyed sailing since 1 was a youngster in Southern California. But it wasn’t until I moved to the Bay Area three years ago that 1 really got interested — primarily through reading Latitude 38 — in big boats and racing. In the first issue I picked up was an article about the Singlehanded Farallones Race.

I soon became hooked on Latitude and began to dream about doing this race.

The first year, I was simply too late. 1 read about the race after the fact. By the second year, I was part owner of a Ranger 33, but my partner refused to let me use the boat for racing. I should clarify that I could not have found a better partner than Stan. He was the perfect person to share a boat with. I just liked to sail more than half the time, so I sold my share of the partnership and started looking around for my own Ranger 33.

Nagaina — named for the female cobra in Kipling’s “Rikki Tikki Tavi” — had had two previous owners that loved her and took care of her. One had even replaced the Atomic 4 with a 16 hp Universal diesel. The boat also had self-tailing winches and all lines lead aft. Perfect! I bought the boat in June 1987. Finally I could do The Race!

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FIRST TIME supportive group. Helpful, also. I was too embarrassed after almost three y^ars of sailing on the Bay to admit that I didn’t know where the Golden Gate YC — the start — was. So rather than waste tirfte during the meeting, afterward 1 walked over to two skippers and fessed up that not only did I not know where the GGYC was, but that 1 had never been to the Farallones. (Fortunately, finding those wouldn’t be a problem; I’d recently purchased a Loran C just for this race.)

The two skippers, Greg and Reed, turned out to be very nice chaps. They told my where GGYC was and gave me some helpful pointers.

“Cross as close to the start buoy as possible and head immediately for the center of the channel. (The race started at the beginning of the morning ebb.) Once past the bridge, stay to the right side of the channel.

Try to keep to the right of the entrance channel markers and when you round the Farallones, stay several hundred yards out to avoid the wind shadow. Some people always go too close and the boats farther out pass them when they get caught in this ‘dead zone.’”

regular line to flat webbing line for safety line, as the latter lies flat on deck and is therefore less likely to roll your feet out from under you. I also took out everything I didn’t need — even cushions — to lighten the boat as much as possible. I added safety essentials like safety harness, emergency strobe, and handheld VHF radio with waterproof pouch.

Author's 'Nagaina' (left) at the no-wind start.

cited to sleep but too exhausted to stay awake.

I arrived off the Golden Gate YC at 0800 the next morning just in time for a ringside seat to watch the USCGS Eagle procession

Several very experienced sailors said 1 was crazy.

It made me wonder.

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n fact, lots of people started giving me advice in the days leading up to the race. I figured these were the voices of experience talking, so I followed all of it. 1 switched from

My own experience told me to be ready for anything, so the Friday before the race I replaced all water hoses on the engine and changed the oil, filter and filled the fuel tank.

The last work of the day was done by Hank Lindermann, who cleaned Nagaina’s bottom. Dinty Moore and my alcohol stove provided dinner, and 1 retired by 10:30, too ex-

coming under the bridge. What a magnificent sight! At 0830 the warning gun sounded and the white shape for the first division went up. Before my start, I remembered to empty my water tanks to lighten the load. I jumped below and turned the water faucet on full blast until I heard the electric pump sucking air. page 144

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the same fate, 1 felt frustrated that we, too, were going to DSQ. I called to Jack on Moon Shadow, ”How do we keep from going under the bridge if we can’t start our engines?” He replied, “1 don’t know about you, but I’m getting ready to drop my anchor.”

what they were doing. 1 decided I would stick it out as long as they did.

The deeper we went into the Potato Patch, the higher and more menacing the waves became. I looked South and saw Moon Shadow was making good headway without having to fight the waves we were.

Finally, 1 decided I’d pounded enough and came about. To my surprise, within minutes everyone else also tacked. This struck me as pretty funny since I didn’t know what I was

When 1 let go of the wheel the rudder slammed to neutral and the boat lurched to 10 knots.

Why didn’t I think of that?

I opened the lazarette and lugged my anchor, chain and rode to the foredeck. Just as I was about to tie it off and throw it over, though, the wind kicked up to a steady 15 knots. 1 ran back to the helm and trimmed up the boat. After setting course to the center of the bridge, I went forward and retrieved the anchor. Things were looking up!

Our group of six stayed together until we passed out of the channel. Then each skipper took his own course. Moon Shadow headed south while myself and the four other boats headed north. The waves kicked

When the 0850 gun sounded, my division (Div. IH) was racing — in almost no wind.

Up ahead I saw Greg Cody’s boat Sorcerer.

We coasted past the starting line a few minutes after the gun. There was no wind, but a strong ebb pushed us toward the gate.

A group of about six of us floated together.

After 20 minutes of drifting, a Rafiki just ahead of me hit a small whirlpool and did a 360. One minute later, I hit the same spot and also did a 360. The boat behind me did the same.

For some reason, I started drifting faster than the Rafiki, and both he and 1 realized that we were going to collide. We both ran to the rail and pushed our boats off. The skipper remained amiable through the incident, and seemed unconcerned that 1 almost wiped out the expensive steering vane on his stern. “Things happen,” he said.

A group of about seven boats drifted faster than our group and were swept out under the South Tower. This was an automatic disqualification. As our group drifted nearer to page 145

doing: The blind was leading the experienced.

Five miles out, 1 began to feel that something was not right. Damn, something in my brain finally said, I was getting seasick — me, who had never been seasick in his life. The boat was trimmed and sailing herself, so I looked at the horizon and breathed deeply.

“Try not to think about it,” I said aloud. (I thought the other singlehanders were nuts when they told me I’d probably talk to myself a lot without even noticing.) To help keep my mind off the queasiness, I sang songs, talked some more to myself and fixed on the

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horizon. I drank a ginger ale and ate a granola bar. It seemed to help.

up and my boat began crashing into them.

We werq headed right into the infamous Potato Patch. Since this was my first Farallon Race, I figured that the other skippers knew

s the morning progressed, the wind would kick up to 25 knots for a while, and I’d reef or change headsails. Then it would go

Farallon veteran Mike Lingsch trying to stay alert in

FIRST TIME back to 15, and I’d go set things up as before — 120 and full main. I lost quite a bit of time during these sail changes. The first time I reefed, Predator had made up 200 yards and was sailing beside me. Fo^about a half hour Predator and 1 sailed together, sometimes getting so close I thought we would collide. Once I had to fall off to keep from doing just that, as the wind and waves would surely have slammed us into each other.

At about 12:50 we reached the Lightbucket and overtook another boat. By this time, the winds had increased to 30 knots. I decided to drop the 120 and put up the 95.

After locking the helm 1 went forward and started to drop the 120. The boat promptly did a 360. I wrestled with the jib as the boat did five more 360-degree turns. By the time I got things put away and the boat trimmed again, the wind was back to 15 knots — and Predator was over a quarter mile ahead.

“Damn,” I said. “Bad call.” 1 horsed the 120 back on deck' and put it up again. It took me over an hour' to catch Predator.

My seasickness worsened and I was very miserable. I opened another granola bar.

After biting into it realized that if I chewed one more chew I was going to barf. I spit the chunk out. I felt awful.

where 1 began this narrative. So at this time 1 was not only feeling bad, I was scared out of my wits. Both of us were way overpowered and heeling excessively. 1 counted six boats that had rounded the islands and were heading back already. A catamaran zipped by me so fast I didn’t have time to get my camera out to take his picture.

Predator and I came into the south end of the island, so I had to tack across the eastern shore in order to leave it to port. He finally tacked, and 1 waited until he crossed my stern before I tacked. After tacking we gained speed and were doing six knots in 35 knots of wind. ^ ' I was unsure how far to sail before tuYning to round the island, for fear the wind and waves would push us onto the rocks. When I saw two boats coming toward us on the opposite tack, I again assumed they had the benefit of experience. So I held course until the nearest boat crossed my bow, then 1 came about and followed him.

The boat 1 was following was Peter Jones’ Yankee 30, Emerald. With the wind blowing 35 knots and those big waves coming down on us, I photographed him. As 1 took^the picture I thought, “What idiot would bother taking a picture in these conditions?” But 1 wanted to document the moment.

The four of us — Predator, Emerald, myself and an unknown boat — rounded the island within a hundred yards of each other.

In the lee, the wind and waves weren’t so bad. I’d put a double reef in the main some miles back and since going back would be a broadreach and run, I decided to shake it out. After 1 did this I noticed nobody else was taking out their reefs. This should have told me something, but at the time I didn’t think about it much.

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The boat finally came up and 1 got back on course. From then on, when she started to round up again, I needed full right rudder to stay headed in the right direction. It was incredible. The hull speed of a Ranger 33 is 7.5 knots, and here I was doing eight with the rudder jammed sideways! When I let go of the wheel the rudder slammed to neutral and the boat lurched to 10 knots. Then I’d jam the wheel as hard as I could to the right.

She turned to run and the knotmeter pegged as 1 surfed off a 20-toot wave. When I hit the bottom and the wave started to pick me up again, I heard a loud BANG! I looked around but could see no other boat. This happened six times before I realized it was the jib. When I was in the troughs, the waves would blanket the wind. As soon as I got lifted by another wave, the wind exploded into the jib with a boom that reverberated

“Gary Mull, 1 could kiss you!"

'87 winner Joe Therriault couldn’t pull off another hat trick.

By the time I caught Predator we were three miles from the Farallones and the wind was holding steady at 30 knots. That’s

We cleared the island by 1600. The 30 knot winds returned and within a mile from the islands I hit eight knots. Within three miles, I had pulled far ahead of the other four boats.. Then the wind and waves conspired to round Nagaina up. I let out the jib but the boat stayed over on its starboard side. With those big waves crashing toward me, 1 was absolutely terrified. “This is it,” 1 thought. “I’m not going to make it.”

through the entire boat. Everything shuddered when this happened, and the mast shook violently. It seemed that at any moment either the sail would rip or the rigging would break. If neither of those happened, the wheel or rudder would surely fail.

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even eat or drink, though I was extremely hungry and thirsty. I needed to relieve myself so bad my heart was splashing and my eyes were yellow — but I couldn’t let go of the helm. I was so scared,! wasn’t even seasick any more!

I did some quick mental calculations which only made me feel worse. My instruments registered 35 to 40 knots of wind; my knotmeter showed from eight knots to pegging the meter at 12. Since I was running, that meant the true wind was around 50 knots — 60 miles an hour! I was petrified. I was still rounding up every three to five minutes and sincerely believed — for about the next 3-1/2 hours — that at any minute the final wave would hit and that would be it.

At one point, 1 looked behind and saw the biggest wave of the day building. So this was the monster that would end it all, I thought to myself. “Adios, amigo,” I said aloud. “It’s been a good life.” Suddenly, that announcement struck me funny because I believed I’d given the race committee the wrong number for my family. Since they lived in another state, it would be quite awhile before then knew 1 was gone. It seemed quite funny to me at the time.

The wave broke on the rail and instantly spun the boat sideways. But instead of being ground under and demolished, Nagaina somehow slipped over the wave, popping back on her feet as it passed. “Gary Mull, I could kiss you!” I cried. (He designed the Ranger 33.) The elation was shortlived.

By the time I reached the Lightbucket, I would have gladly abandoned ship for a rescue helicopter. Yes, I would have the boat go onto the rocks rather than stay aboard. In fact, if there was any way I could have got off the boat, 1 would have. If I never page 147

sailed again it did not bother me. If I never saw the ocean again it didn’t matter. I just wanted off the sea and off the boat. I’d been terrified longer than any time in my life, and that includes several near plane crashes.

I could not leave the helm to check the Loran, but before rounding the island, I had checked the bearing to the Gate in case 1 was too busy later on. It was probably the only smart thing I did. I held the course the Loran had given me until I could see the Bridge. When I first saw it I felt like it was an old friend. As 1 reached the mouth of the channel, the winds dropped to 20 knots and the seas to about 10 feet. I began to think I might make it. If 1 did, I resolved then and there that this would be my first and last Farallones Race. I was signed up for the Doublehanded race in two weeks, but there was no way I would do it. I would cancel as soon as possible.

By the time I passed Mile Rock at 1850, I knew I was safe. By 1900, it was dark enough that I turned on my running lights. I was still doing six knots. The wind was now just 15 and the seas were only five feet. I still could not leave the helm as the boat would broach. With the handheld VHP I radioed the race committee.

“This is Nagaina. I am at the Bridge and was scared shitless.”

“Welcome back, Nagaina,” came the reply.

Ahead I could make out another boat.

Since I did not know exactly where the finish line was, I just followed it. Just past the St. Francis YC I heard a horn blast.

“Was that for me?” I asked.

“Yes, Nagaina, that was for you. You did it, you finished the race. Good luck and hop^ to see you again next year,” they

replied.

I thought, “Are you nuts? I just about got killed. There is no way in the world I will ever go out there again. I’m going to sell my boat.

I’ve had it.” But I answered, “Thank you. I’m going home and have a heart attack. Nagaina out.” It was 1923.

After tying the boat up at my slip I sat on the dock for about 10 minutes. Shaking.

Once again I swore to myself, “Never again.”

n Monday, I sat down with Bob Beardslee, an experienced sailor I know and trust, and related all the gory details to him.

He told me what I did wrong and how I could have corrected the situation. After listening to him, I saw how I could have managed the boat better without being terrified out of my wits.

Epilogue: I probably learned more about seamanship in one day of sailing this race than 1 have in the last 20 years. I learned that you can be rounded up even though the jib is all the way out and the wind directly behind you. I learned that fear and adrenalin can cure seasickness, fatigue, hunger, thirst and having “to go” so bad your eyes pop out — the expression “scared shitless” is true! I learned that North Sails really are bulletproof and that Ranger built one hell of boat. 1 also learned that I finished 3rd in class and 11th overall!

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By the following Friday I was eagerly searching the Latitude Crew List for someone to do the Doublehanded Farallones Race with. I’ve also reconsidered my decision about next year’s Singlehanded Race.

I’ll see you there.

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Bill cleans yachts professionally; I don’t.

I’d made a first amateur effort on my Islander 34 and had asked him to check my work.

We’ve known each other for a couple of years, and he’d assured me that people who clean their own boats didn’t endanger his rice bowl. He’d gladly show me the basics.

Nice guy.

Finishing the inspection, he swam to the finger pier and shoved up his gear. “Give you about a D-plus.” He pulled himself out and removed his fins. “The plus is for effort.”

“Not too good, huh?”

mentioned earlier, the prop looks like you cleaned it with a Hershey Bar.” “Any hope for me?”

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“Sure. I left it so you could try again. The only way I ever learn anything — except maybe parachuting — is by doing it wrong a few times.”

My equipment was still piled in the heap where I’d dropped it after dragging out of the water. The job had fatigued me more Ihan I’d expected, considering I’m in fair shape.

Bill, who’s at least ten years my senior, had just finished eight boats and showed no signs of weariness. “Don’t feel bad,” he said.

“Professionals don’t do too well at first either. But it’s nothing that the average gorilla can’t pick up with a bit of attention.”

“You missed about 40% of the hull. You skipped the bottom of the keel. You left coral in the thru-hulls. The speedo still has a strand of weed around the axle. And, as I

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Make three passes for a good job: First, do the waterline to as deep as you can reach; second, the

this.” He produced his scraper from his thigh pocket.

“For that matter, the basic stuff you need costs less than $10 new. I’ll just give you this set. It’s all pretty beat.”

He gave me a Hyde scraper '*'02400, 3-inch blade; a cheap screw driver, about nine inches by a quarter inch; a steel ribbon sponge {not steel wool); two sheets of Scotch Brite 3-M cloth, grades of 86 Heavy and 96 General; and a piece of heavy carpet cut the same size as the Scotch Brite.

The carpet would clean most of my eightmonth old paint. A few places would need Scotch Brite. The rule is the less abrasive the cleaning agent, the easier it is on the paint.

The next morning I reviewed my notes.

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Properly armed, I addressed my victim.

Bill’s technique is three passes around the hull: one along the waterline cleaning everything that can be reached from snorkel depth; next, an underwater pass, moving up-and-down from waterline to keel cleaning everything else; finally a third pass at snorkel depth double checking for missed spots or holidays.

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A bottom cleaner, armed and dangerous. In most California harbors, you need to get this close to even see the hull.

Scuba mouthpiece. (I wore a tank throughout the operation.) Following instructions, I made slow up-and-down passes. I advanced about half a path width each trip to get good overlap. And I kept my eyes close to the hull as I scrubbed fore-and-aft.

Even with the poor visability my orientation remained good.

Coming to a thru-hull, I took the screw driver from my wetsuit sleeve and reamed

clean what you can’t see. Reaching under and trusting your sense of touch doesn’t cut it.

Working on the prop, I could immediately see the difference between the stiff blade and the flexible one. The stiff blade scraped right down the metal, removing all growth and calcareous deposits. This latter calcium-base matter cakes on metal that has good anticorrosion protection. It doesn’t hurt the metal, but smooth metal is more efficient — 1 took the time to scrape it away.

I polished the prop and shaft with the steel sponge.

With the underwater pass complete, I did the surface double-check. Sure enough, I found half-a-dozen holidays. Then, because I have always been grade conscious, I made another underwater check. Several more light patches fell to this maneuver.

Now I only had to wait for my mentor to show up.

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“How much?”

“More than you do. Guys who do this do six, eight boats a day, four, five days a week.

It takes them several weeks, on the average.

If you only clean your boat once or twice a month, it’s likely you’ll never get perfect.”

over my regulator, gesturing “Out!” with his thumb.

Sitting on the, pier, he said, “You were about to gouge the hull with your tanks.

Always face the boat. As long as you’re facing it, you won’t accidentally scrape it.”

The sunny side of the boat is often the one that gets the fastest growth.

“Got ya. But now, the big question, how’d I do?”

“Not bad. B-minus. Maybe even B.”

1 s that why you don’t mind helping a do-it-yourselfer?”

“To do just one boat you got to break-out gear, do the boat, rinse off, recharge the tank, and restow everything. It takes me about three hours — and I’m organized. It takes the weekender half-a-day or more, which means he’s saving about four bucks per hour — or less. Most yachtsmen won’t work for that. You won’t.”

“You’re right. Is that why you helped me.-^ “Yep. Figured I’d be training a good customer.”

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deal is a deal. And when the deal is with your crew, you better be prepared to live up to your half of it, or else you’ll probably end up racing singlehanded.

That explains why, on a>cold, windy, overcast Sunday morning, I found myself climbing into a leaky old sailing dinghy for the purpose of embarassing myself at the merciless hands of a bunch of college kids.

The deal was like this: My regular crew agreed to come out on my boat for a number of fairly intensive practice sessions. 1 could work them hard — continuous spinnaker jibes, headsail changes, repetitive mark roundings, whatever I could dish out. Anyone with a moment to catch their breath gets sent below to pack spinnakers for the next maneuver. But in return, I had to make a similar number of Sunday morning appearances at the university sailing club, where most of my crew had been recruited. There 1 would be expected to skipper one of the club’s aging centerboard dinghies for a morning of short round-robin races, the idea beto get some practice with rules and tactics, and sharpen my skills on the starting line.

Of course, the real reason for this kind of deal was. appaient - - mv crew saw a chance

to show me up on the race course. But my starting line skills were admittedly somewhat dormant. I agreed to the cruel and unusual terms.

So there I was, bailing water out of a boat that had just been launched, about to leave the dock for my first race in a boat under 30 feet long in more years than I care to think

My tactician in the other boat was looking back at nrie with the same obnoxious ear-to-ear grin.

about. Lee Helm, a graduate student from the Naval Architecture department, had helped me rig the boat and would be my

crew for the first race. She was standing on the dock with the bow painter, ready to push us off.

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credit. 1 mean, watch out for him on the starting line. And that woman crossing tacks with us — she was second in the Adams Cup trials one year.”

Small boat floating on large waves. What happens to the bubble In the carpenter’,s level?

sheet,” she advised, “and center the tiller.”

I put down the bailer, understanding that it was useless to try to get the water level any lower, and followed Lee’s instructions. She stepped onto the foredeck and we were off.

Even though the boat was older than many of the members of this club, it felt surprisingly lively. It tacked quickly, pointed tolerably high, and had all the basic sail controls. In fact, it tacked a little too quickly, as far as my big-boat reflexes were concerned.

This was not going to be easy, especially since 1 had only a few minutes to get used to the machine.

“That’s the three minute signal,” warned Lee as some whistle blasts came from the Race Committee.

“Who’s our competition?” 1 asked, feigning confidence by talking strategy.

“That guy over there,” she said, pointing to a boat just leaving the dock, “he has, like, two or three national championships to his

“Nothing we can’t handle,” I joked.

“Which end of the line do you want to go for?” Lee asked.

It looked to me as if the left end was slightly favored, but I wanted to avoid a crush at all costs. “I’ll go for clear air at the windward

end,” 1 said, “and I’ll set up for a standard formula start.”

“Okay, but plan on about 30 seconds out and 30 back — not your usual minute and a half.”

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“Allow four seconds for the tack,” suggested Lee, “so the forumla tacking time is 32 seconds.”

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equal to mine, “Twenty seconds,” said Lee. “Leeward!” repeated my tactician from the other boat, this time with an even bigger grin.

Next I tried to luff way up, hoping to make enough space to sneak in right behind him and still start at the mark. But he came right up with me.

“He’s got us. Max,” said Lee. “Ten seconds.”

“Leeward!” he hailed again.

“Peel off! Go around!”

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ing back at me with the same obnoxious earto-ear grin. I was prepared for this kind of treatment, but I didn’t expect my own crew to enjoy it so much.

But all was not lost. Lee knows the course well, and after a few tacks to get our air clear.

and a few more on some favorable shifts, we were in 4th place out of eight boats at the windward start.

The wind was a steady 15 out by the first mark, and some healthy swells were rolling

... we surged ahead, lockf-d into the wave, ard gained about a boat length on the boat in front of us.

in from the Bay. With Lee winging out the jib, it felt like we should have enough power for some surfing.

“Pump, Max, pump'” Lee would call every time a wave rolled undei us but they didn't seem to be catchable even with the maximum allowed three big mainsheet 'pumps per wave "Those waves are going too fast for us " she said. “We need either shoitei waves or faster sailing.”

1 couldn’t make the boat go any faster, but when we approached the leeward mark, still in 4th place, the waves did get shorter.

“This little one looks good,” she said as our bow dipped slightly behind a wave crest.

“Go for it!”

1 turned downwind slightly to square the boat to the .wave, keeping the bow right behind the crest, and pumped the sheet and the tiller. This time it worked — we surged ahead, locked into the wave, and gained about a boat length on the boat in front of us.

“I’m surprised a heavy old boat can do this,” I remarked.

“Actually, Max, these boats have a displacement-length ratio that’s about the same as a modern ocean racer. I mean, they sail like turkeys compared to a hot trapeze class, but they catch waves exactly like big boats.

It’s great practice.”

That was the only wave we caught until

MAX EBB the leeward mark, then it was a long beat to the finish. 1 was beginning to feel more comfortable with the little boat, and we even sailed right over the boat in front of us, into 3rd place. Lee shouted some ^dvice about weight placement as we went by.

“1 passed him on his sailing test just two weeks ago,” she said. “Great progress, for a beginner.”

After the next tack, two more boats were in front of us, putting us back to 5th, which was how we finished.

The next race was a sit-out for us, while another crew sailed our boat. That was fine with me, 1 needed a rest. It also gave me an opportunity to ask Lee to explain what she meant by a wave being “too fast for us”.

“That’s a good question. Max. But first we’ll have to review some basic facts about wave theory.”

“All right,” 1 said. “I think I can handle that this morning.”

Lee borrowed the clipboard that the Race Committee had, been using to record the finishes, and turned the results sheet over to

the blank reverse side.

“Imagine a small rowboat floating in very big swells in deep water,” she said as she drew a wave profile and a small boat. “Now, if you put a carpenter’s level in the boat like this, how would the bubble in the level

surface, so there can’t be any forces parallel to the surface, so all accelerations have to be at right angles to the surface.”

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It seemed obvious to me that the bubble would always move towards the high side, to the nearest wave crest. But I knew it was a trick. “The bubble will move towards the nearest trough,” 1 said, “but only by half the angle of the wave slope.”

We were joined by some more of the racers from the last race, who all had their own guesses as to direction and angle of the bubble in the level.

“As it turns out,” said Lee, “the bubble in the level doesn’t move at all. Remember the boundary conditions for a free surface — the pressure has to be equal everywhere on the

boat accelerates toward the low side, the net effect is for the plum-bob to always point straight down relative to the boat, and not to .the center of the earth. It’s as if there’s a local

leration, results in a total combined acceleration that’s directed at right angles to the wave surface,” 1 must have still looked confused.

“You can also imagine someone standing in the boat, holding a plum-bob. The boat heels with the wave surface, but because the

gravity field that always stays perfectly aligned with the wave surface.”

1 was beginning to comprehend what she was getting at, but some of the other racers had already jumped to the next conclusion.

“So what you’re really saying, then,” asked my tactician, “is that surfing on a deepwater wave is impossible! Nothing would ever slide down the face of a wave if the local gravity field is always at right angles to the water surface.”

“For sure,” Lee confirmed. “And you’re not the first person to be bothered by this paradox. There have even been articles written explaining that it’s only the breaking component of a wave that makes surfing possible, or that a boat has to be planing to surf.”

“Well, you seem to have just proved them right,” 1 said.

“No, there’s a simple solution. When I was taking undergraduate hydrodynamics, the professor gave this problem to the class as a homework assignment. But under the circumstances, I’ll ^ive everyone ‘til after the next race to figure it out.”

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The less said about this race the better.

Even though my start was somewhat improved, we were lucky to get to the windward mark without going swimming. The run was more exciting. With the wind up to the 17-18 range, we caught quite a nice few waves, and I even imagined the boat was starting to plane at times.

^ very skipper on the Bay knows how frustrating it can be when you have to give sailing lessons to your crew during a race.

But this was a ridiculous exaggeration of that scenario. Anyone who did this kind of racing very often would have to learn a whole new aspect of crew management — and come to think of it, it might be a very valuable skill.

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“Max, what happened? Like, even the lightweights beat you this time!”

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racer who had just run over to us after securing his boat.

Lee finished tying up mine, and we all walked back to the end of the dock to continue with Surfing Theory 101.

The racer with the solution turned the results sheet back to Lee’s sketch, and drew another wave profile.

“Lee’s absolutely right, an object floating on the surface of a large, deep-water wave is subjected to zero propulsive force,” he said.

“The local acceleration field, made up of gravitational acceleration and wave orbital acceleration, will always be at right angles to the local wave surface.

“However,” and here he paused for dramatic effect, “However, if the object is moving with the wave profile, at about the same speed as the wa\/e profile, then the object is only subject to gravity, and is not affected by wave orbital motion. This is because the object is moving in a straight line rather than moving in the orbital path of the water in the wave. Hence,” and there was another dramatic pause, during which Lee whispered to me that this particular racer was a post-doc in the astro-physics department, “Hence, the gravity force on the object is straight down.

But the buoyancy force on the object acts upward and forward, opposite to the local gravity field acting on the surrounding water.

This produces a net forward thrust, and the object is propelled forward by a force equal to its weight times the size of the wave slope.”

“Okay, you pass,” said Lee. “Any questions?”

1 raised my hand. “What did he say?” I asked.

“What all this means,” Lee explained patiently, “is that in order to surf, you have to be moving at a speed nearly equal to the wave speed. If the waves are going very much faster than you are, there’s very little propulsive force. It’s also very easy to judge the speed of a deep water wave, because it’s proportional to the square root of the wave’s length from crest to crest. (Remember the 'hull speed’ formula?) It’s like, when you’re sailing along, looking for a wave to surf on, your boat is almost certainly sailing at around hull speed, so a wave having a length equal to the length of your hull will be going at the same speed as your boat. In order for surfing to do any good, you need a wave going faster. So you look for a wave that’s just a lit¬

tle bit longer than the waves made by your bow and stern. That is, you look for waves just a little longer than your boat, and these are the easiest to catch rides on.”

“1 already knew that,” I said.

“But everything changes in shallow water,” said the physicist, as he began to write equations on the clipboard.

That was all it took to change the subject again, and we enjoyed spectating the next

Racing dinghies is a great way to practice rules and tactics, and to sharpen starting skills.

race.

But before we got back in the boats, Lee 'couldn’t resist giving us another assignment.

“If you’re in a small boat floating on a small pond, and you have a large rock in the boat, and throw the rock overboard, does the water level in the pond go up or down?”

This would keep everyone sufficiently distracted so that Lee would almost certainly win the next race, also. I was beginning to understand her strategy. 1 walked over to my loyal tactician, who was just about to step into his boat.

“Say, I haye a rules question for you,” 1 said. “The Anti-Barging Rule applies at any * starting mark surrounded by navigable water. But a limit mark, even though it is a mark of the course — it’s mentioned in the sailing instructions and has a required side — is not a starting mark. In fact, limit marks aren’t even necessarily on the starting line.

So then, shouldn’t it be legal to call for room at the limit mark when approaching the starting line to start?”

I didn’t win the next race, but I sure nailed that tactician of mine.

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don’t know what it’s like to be 80 years old. But meeting octogenarian Josh Taylor, who recently completed an 11-year near circumnavigation, brought to mind a quote from Emerson: “We do not count a man’s years until he has nothing else to count.”

Well, take it from me, after listening to Josh talk about his trip — of which 60 percent was singlehanding — he is not spending too much time counting birthdays. The short, stocky sailor with white hair and bright blue-green eyes not only covered some 20,000 miles, he did it on Comitan, a

Cascade 36 he built himself from a bare hull.

“I was 67 when I started the boat, and I didn’t know if 1 would finish it. But I had always wanted to build and sail my own boat around the world, and I had long been intrigued with celestial navigation and the (ham) radio. Besides,” says Taylor, with a twinkle in his eye, “I had just been divorced, and 1 was by myself .— I needed a place to live.”

cJ osh’s interest in the sea started early.

He was brought up in Sunnyvale. As a teenager, he used to row a beautiful old lapstrake boat the four miles from Capitola to Santa Cruz. The three to four-hour trip was always made in the morning when the wind was light. In Santa Cruz, Josh turned the keel-less boat around, hoisted sails made from bed sheets and sailed back to Capitola.

The return trip took less than an hour.

After dropping out of San Jose State, he signed on a lumber schooner going up and down the Pacific Coast. It was the beginning of a long career at sea, which included four

He also befriended the ship’s carpenter and learned woodworking. Back on dry land, he opened a radio shop to support his wife and their four children, three boys and a girl.

With all the necessary skills, Josh knew his dream was possible. Now all he needed was a boati In the mid-70’s, Josh bought the Cascade as a bare hull and spent more than a year building it into a boat in Portland, Oregon.

He named it Comitan, after a place in Mexico where he’d leased a piece of property for 30 years. After completion, he and his dog, Charlie, headed down the coast with stopovers in Bodega Bay, the Petaluma River (Lakeview Marina), San Diego, many ports in Baja and finally the Sea of Cortez.

The west coast of Mexico is a place Josh particularly likes. He finished the boat there, using his trailer near La Paz as a base. When it came time to go cruising some more, he began trying out crew.

He finally decided on Annie Cook of Salem, Oregon, one of 61 people who had answered an ad run for Josh by Don Holm of the Slocum Society. Annie, who was married to a university professor and the mother of two boys, found a kindred spirit in Josh.

“She had to get the sailing urge out of her blood, too,” he says.

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‘ ‘1 don’t care much for singlehanding.

I like to have somebody with me.'’trips around the world as a radio officer in the merchant marine. Make that a radio officer with a keen interest in navigation, for Taylor always kept an accurate plot of the ship’s course on a chart in the radio room.

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the trip was rough, which caused him even more concern.

“The swells were pretty bad, almost breaking,” says Josh, talking as though it happened only yesterday. “The boat would get planing down .thjem so fast sometimes that I was sure we would broach. Fortunately, we never did.”

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She was so darn sick, but she always had enough reserve to sit there and write down all my reports,” says Josh. “That was how we got to the Marquesas.”

It was Annie who spotted land first. She’d been pouring over the charts much of the day in anticipation of their landfall. In the early evening, she looked out over the ocean in front of them and said they should soon be seeing a rock. Josh, unable to shake his navigational pessimism, took the news with a grain of salt. Then she said, “Yes, there it is.”

peared and disappeared among the ocean swells,” says the skipper. “That fixed our position. Since night was coming, we took the sails down and just drifted toward Hiva Oa with the wind. It got very foggy that night. But the next morning, the air was clear and clean. And there was the big island of Hiva Oa right in front of us!”

The 32-day crossing was the first of many long passages Josh would make. For Annie, it was probably the last. Homesick for her family and unnerved by the rough voyage, she headed home to Oregon. After a brief stay in Hiva Oa, Josh pushed on alone the 2,100 miles to Pago Pago, American Samoa to meet his son. Then he singlehanded another 600 miles to Wallis Island.

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The new crewmember, Annie, was a mathematician, and celestial navigation was a cinch for her. Unfortunately, the rough open ocean wasn’t and she was very seasick.

“I’d get 15 to 20 sights at noon. I’d say ‘Bango!’ and she would put the time down.

I’d give her the reading off the sextant. She watched the figures so closely, she knew when the sun hit its zenith and then started figuring it out. By the time 1 came down, she

1' his was a special stop. Walking through the coconut groves of Wallis brought back memories of walking the same path 40 years earlier. The French island had been a staging area for the U.S. Navy during World War II. As a radio officer in the Merchant Service. Josh walked it many times when his ship was in delivering supplies.

(Josh’s eyesight and bad hearing prevented him from joining the Navy.)

He was a bit surprised to find that not much has changed on Wallis. “The old Navy wharfs witli their floating steel barges are still there,” he says. “But they’re rusting to pieces.”

Then it was on to Noumea, New Caledonia, another spot he had visited during the war — and then to Australia. Josh was to spend three years “down under”, and it was the only place that he spent time in the hospital.

JOSH TAYLOR “Only twice was I sick enough to remember,” he says. “One was on Thursday Island on the Great Barrier Reef, Northern Australia. 1 was bitten by a mosquito and got dengue fever (a viral disease characterized by fever, joint pain and rash). I was concerned when they brought me to the hospital because I didn’t have a lot of money. When the doctor told me the hospitals were free, I figured ‘gee whiz, 1 might as well take a rest.’

So 1 stayed for 10 days.”

Unbeknownst to Josh or the doctor, hospital policy had changed. When he was

Josh talked to the director of the hospital, who in turn discussed the American sailor at^ a board meeting. That was the last he heard about his hospital bill. After that, Josh was the hit of the west and northern Australia press, and made a number of friends he would meet again during the remaining years of his trip. Like all cruisers, though, he left many more that he knew he would

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back aboard Comitan, a customs officer came by and presented him with a bill for $1,500 — $150 a day. By American standards, that’s a bargain, but if you don’t have the money, bargains don’t mean much.

probably never see again.

“That’s one of the hardest things about cruising; to make friends in a foreign port, then have to go and leave them. Spmetimes it just broke my heart.”

Josh was past his mid-70s when he left Australia. The next stop: Maritius, a French Island in the Indian Ocean off Mozambique.

He spent a year there.

“It was my favorite place,” he says. “Every day, bicycles, motorcycles, horses, carts, ^ cars and trucks would converge on Port Louis at the biggest market I had ever seen.

The food was wonderful, and cheap! Fresh fruit and vegetables — big avocados, bananas, pineapples — all maybe 15 cents apiece.”

The memories of Josh’s one-year stay on Mauritius were not all pleasant ones, though.

In 1984, the island was struck by a typhoon.

“It came right across the harbor; right over the boat,” says Josh. “I was in a little cove inside the harbor, next to a cement dock. We’d secured the boat with eight 5/8-inch nylon lines, plus the anchor chain on the bow and cargo cables.frpm the stern. There were six or seven automobile tires between the boat and the cement dock. At the height of the wind — 110 knots — the boat heeled right over, but no damage was done.” page 158

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“Shortly after 1 made Capetown, a friend of mine lost his life. He got caught in a ‘buster’ too close to shore. The boat hit some reefs and he and his son abandoned it and climbed into the dinghy. It was pretty rough, and he was either thrown into the water or couldn’t hang on. Anyway, he drowned.

The son made it okay.

“That was one of the real tragedies of the trip. It really brought home how rougT sailing that part of the world can be. Every time I made a trip, it was study, study, study beforehand. After that incident, though, 1 even attended a workshop at the yacht club on sailing in and around South Africa. I remember asking the most questions of

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Medication finally brought the spells under control, but Josh saw the handwriting on the wall. His days on the ocean were drawing to a close.

Josh ended his voyage — for the time being — in Ft. Lauderdale, where Comitan was hauled for a new coat of bottom paint.

While the boat was still on the cradle. Josh mentioned to the yard manager that he was thinking of foregoing the passage through Panama and up the west coast. As luck would have it, the manager knew a trucker who was looking for a load going west. He was on his way to Anderson’s yard in Sausalito to pick up a boat and bring it to the east coast. Comitan was loaded on the truck July 1. By the 16th, she was in a slip at Clipper Yacht Harbor.

Since his return. Josh has been staying with a son in the San Jose area. There’s a lot of catching up to do; while he was gone, three more grandchildren were born, bringing the total to nine. For the future? Well, he I wants to . get back to that leased property in

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cJ osh’s last long singlehanded passage was the 2,000-mile trip from Capetown to St. Helena, a British island located in the middle of the South Atlantic.

“I really don’t care much for singlehanding,’’ he says. “I like to have somebody with me, if for nothing else than to see what I see.” Josh picked up crew, mostly young women, throughout his voyage.

The last leg of his trip ended with a bit of excitement in the Caribbean. Josh described the encounter, off Dominica in 1986, in Comitan’s log.

Was closed in by two outboard small boats with two men in each.

One attempted to tie a line to Comitan’s rail. They (were) warned off with dinghy sculling oars.

“I had been warned about ‘bum boats’ in Dominica by other yachtsmen,” adds Josh.

“Some of these people are legitimate and want to work on boats. Some . . . well I just didn’t want to take the chance. Anyway, the next day the whole town knew about the

If you don’t have the money, bargains don’t _much._ Mexico. And then there’s that one last trip left to make'* aboard Comitan — the leg home. Next summer. Josh will head his boat out the Gate and turn north for Oregon.

That’s a trip few seasoned salts care to make; but this ageless sailor looks forward to it with typical modesty.

“I didn’t know if 1 would make it this far,” he says. “But 1 did, and I learned a lot along the way. In fact, I had to learn it all! I was a greenhorn sailor.”

He smiles, and the eyes twinkle again.

“I’m still a greenhorn sailor.”

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This month, we offer reports on the always fun Bullship Race, the popular Re^n Regatta, the upcoming Ultimate Yacht Race, the US Yacht Club Challenge, another item on College Racing, and a preview of the Cal Cup shootout. Also, there’s a piece on the great Paul Elvstrom, a race in honor of Bruce Easom, information on the new World Match Racing Conference, and the usual Race Notes.

Bullship Race Dennis Silva of Castro Valley squeaked out a come-from-behind victory in El Ano Trigesimo-Cinco Gran Concurso BarcoToro (the 35th Annual Bullship Race) on the morning of April 9. Silva, who won the event in 1978 and last year, was highly motivated to win the El Toro race from Sausalito to the Cityfront. He was quoted in The Chronicle as saying, “I had to win. I forgot to bring back the perpetual trophy. They would have killed me.”

Toro! Toro! Toro!

Almost responsible for Silva’s death was Dan Quellet, who had a 200-300 yard lead over Silva with only 12 El Toro lengths (100

feet) to the finish off the bre^ikwater. But against the ebb and in very little wind, Quellet’s tiny warship was stymied in its efforts to slip around the corner of the jetty to finish. Seeing this, Silva crep^t Pp inside, rounded the jetty only a few feet bff the rocks, and finished in just under three hours.

John Hege also slipped by Quellet, who settled for third.

After doughnuts and coffee at the Sausalito YC, the 60 boat fleet shoved off at 8 pm.

A pleasant 8-10 knot northerly breeze pushed the miniature craft down to the North Tower, where the fleet spread out as the wind died. With a 3.8 knot max ebb at 10:30, it seemed like the fleet might get the Farallon flush again, as happened in J985 and 1986. But mostly everyone made it to the Crissy Field back eddy and was able to slowly beat down the beach in a light easterly to the finish.

Hard luck award of the regatta went to Walt Andrews, who was poised to come in third or fourth if he hadn’t gone up on the beach next to the finish and DNF’ed himself.

Some notable performances were turned in

by Bonnie Rankin, who came in fifth to claim top woman sailor honors; seven-time Bullship champ Hank Jotz of Whiskeytown, who gave the fleet a break this year by coming in sixth; and Kimball Livingston, who at 21st was the high scoring sailing journalist in the two mile crossing.

After the race, in keeping with a timehonored BS ritual, both Bullshippers and Cowshippers (escort boats) swilled Irish coffees and toasted the 35th edition of this nautical classic.

Why Irish coffee? Why all the Spanish nonsense? Because, according to legend, the Bullship Race was conceived over Irish coffees in a bar on Broadway called El Matador. That was back in 1943, and the two instigators — an Irishman and a Spaniard — sailed the first race one-on-one to settle a bet. The Spanish/Irish/American theme has endured, and the odd little race has become a springtime tradition on the

Bay. And, as a wise BS’er once pointed out, without tradition we’d be a shaky as an El Toro on the reef. The top 20 finishers, all of whom earned Bullship sweatshirts, follow: 1) Dennis Silva; 2) John Hege; 3) Dan Quellet; 4) Joe Doering; 5) Bonnie Rankin; 6) Hank Jotz; 7) Arne Quan; 8) Bill Royall; 9) Steve Miller; 10) Greg Vance; 11) Hal Foraker; 12) Paul Hartnett; 13) Charles Keiser; 14) Vickey Gilmour; 15) Bob Korb; 16) Ron Locke; 17) Tom Rankin; 18) Dan Siefers; 19) Nancy Schuchard; 20) Aad Rommelse. (66 entries; 60 starters; 52 finishers)

Elvstrom and the Olympics Most students of the sport of yacht racing know that Denmark’s legendary Paul Elvstrom — who is widely regarded as the best dinghy sailor of all time — holds the record for yachting gold medals in consecutive Olympic Games. Specifically, the Great Dane won in Fireflys in 1948, followed by Finn victories in 1952, 1956, and 1960. It was a remarkable streak, one that will probably stand forever.

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Bay Area sailors who fared well included Russ Silvestri, Craig Healy, and Mark Rastello. Surprisingly, John Kostecki ended up fourth — thereby ending a year long winning streak. Ted Huang, the hot board sailor from Los Altos Hills who won this event last year, could finish no better than ninth.

FINN — 1) Brian Ledbetter, 3; 2) Russ Silvestri, 32.7; 3) Larry Lemieux, 35.1. (15 boats) SOLING — 1) Dave Chapin, 19.7; 2) Gerald Coleman, 20.1; 3) Craig Healy, 23. (16 boats) STAR — 1) Tom Nute, 19; 2) Jack Dollahite, 24.7; 3) Trig Liljestrand, 29.4. (16 boats) 470 MEN — 1) Rob Haliawell, 9; 2) John Lovell, 21.7; 3) Alan Beckwith, 35.8. (12 boats) 470 WOMEN — 1) Ailison Jolly, 3; 2) Eliane Fierro, 12; 3) Margarita Pazos, 31.5. (3 boats) TORNADO — 1) Randy Smyth, 3; 2) David Sweeney, 14; 3) Pete Melvin, 25.8. (17 boats) SNIPE — 1) Mike Segerblom, 29.4; 2) Mark Rastello, 40.4; 3) Jeff Lenhart, 40.7. (22 boats) LIGHTNING — 1) John Lyon, 29.1; 2) Rob Ruhiman, 34; 3) Bruce Arnold, 34.7. (9 boats) SAILBOARD — 1) Bert Rice, 13; 2) Robert Normann, 45.7; 3) Eric Krebs, 51.4. (29 boats) LASER — 1) Chuck Queen, 21; 2) Jim Elms, 54.7; 3) Mike Bang, 56.7. (39 boats)

A pair of lovely Mexican 470 racers relax between races in ABYC’s Olympic Class Regatta.

sponsors Elvstrom, announcing that Elvstrom is continuing his habit of breaking Olympic records. Remarkably, the 59-yearsyoung supersailor was recently selected to represent Denmark in the 1988 Olympics in Pusan, South Korea, from September 17 through October 2. He’ll be sailing a Tornado cat with his 26-year-old daughter Trine as crew, just as they did at the ‘84 Olympics in L. A. (they missed a bronze medal by ^4 of a point).

Win or lose, Elvstrom will land himself a place in the Guinness Book of World Records for having competed in nine Qlympic games (wherein he earned the aforementioned four consecutive gold medals); for being the oldest skipper ever (he’ll be 60 then); for sailing twice with his daughter; and probably a lot more. And if Olympic medals were given to competitors who are universally liked and respected, Elvstrom — the quintessential Corinthian sailor — would set page 161

records in that category as well.

Personally, as we’ve gotten older, we don’t have much use for heroes anymore, but in the case of Paul Elvstrom we’ll make an exception. With due apologies to Randy Smyth, or whoever goes as the U.S. Tornado representative, we’ll be rooting for the Great Dane in Pusan.

“It will be my last,” claims Elvstrom. But that’s what he said last time, too.

Regardless, rather than take to the rocking chair after the Olympics, he’ll be focusing on a Formula 40 campaign on the European pro circuit — with yet another daughter. Not bad for an “old man”.

Olympic Classes Regatta The 28th annual Alamitos Bay YC Olympic Classes Regatta was held April 8-10.

Seven of the eight Olympic classes sailed in the seven-race,.one-throwout series. They were joined by Lightnings, Snipes, and Lasers, which brought the total number of boats competing to 177. The racing occurred on four different circles: Alamitos Bay YC ran two of the circles, while Long Beach

Bruce Easom Perpetual Trophy Race Eight Cal 29’s got together in the North Bay for a low-key, non-spinnaker event on the weekend of April 9-10. The two-day, , three-race series was named in honor of the late Bruce Easom, a well-known Sausalito YC sailor and perenniel Cal 29 champ with his white-hulled, green-trimmed Champagne.

Fred Minning, current president of the Cal 29 association and last year’s ODCA champ, “slammed” the competetion with three straight bullets in the moderate (5-15 knots) conditions. According to race organizer Doug Clark, everyone enjoyed the racing and the Saturday night party at San Rafael YC. ^ Approximately one tenth of the 1,000 Cal 29’s produced between 1969 and 1978 are located in the Bay Area. The popular Bill Lapworth designed racer/cruiser has an active association on the Bay. But there’s always room for more: call Clark at 964-0912 for more information on the Cal 29 class.

Results of the Easom Perpetual follow: 1) Grad Slam, Fred Minning, lYC, 2.25 points; 2) Dona Mia, Van Sargent/John Amen, SYC, 7; 3) TNT, Fred Siegel, GGYC, 10. (8 boats)

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us Yacht Club Challenge The third annual U.S. Yacht Club Challenge — a bienniel affair which organizers claim “determines the best yacht club in the nation” — was hosted by Newport Beach between April 6-10. Twelve yacht clubs sailed five races in borrowed Schock 35’s for that honor, and when it was over a few things were clear: there probably should have been an alternate penalty system for fouls, the boats weren’t exactly equal, and Manhasset Bay YC of Port Washin^on, New York, won — but barely.

John Thomson — the 43-year-old owner/driver of the highly successful N/M 50 Infinity — and his tactician, world class sailor Gary Knapp, must have chuckled over the USYCC’s final press release stating that Manhasset Bay YC isn’t “nationally known on the racing circuit.” (Heck, we’ve heard of them. And if that’s true, who invited them?)

The men from Manhasset never won a race, but after a shaky start sailed consistently (10,4,2,3,4) to just nip out four other clubs.

For their efforts, in addition to the usual pickle dishes, everyone on the eight-man winning crew received a watch from race sponsor Rolex.

Bay-Waveland YC of Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, led by 33-year-old Marc Eagan, finished a point behind, while the Bill Peterson skippered entry from California YC ended up third. Peterson, Kimo Worthington, Ben Mitchell, Norman Davant, and four others from Cal YC would have won the regatta if they hadn’t lost a port-starboard conflict with St. Francis YC in the second race. As it was, they won two races, and would have also won the one they were subsequently tossed out of.

Peterson, understandably, felt the regatta should have employed an alternative penalty system (e.g., the 720 rule or percentage penalties) instead of the old “sudden death” method. But he also acknowledged that he’d benefitted from drawing the faster boats in the supposedly equal fleet each day.

Runner-up to Cal YC in the hard luck category was Balboa YC, which led the series going into the last race. They choked, however, and finished that race in eighth place, dragging themselves down to a fourth place tie with Long Beach YC. FINAL RESULTS — 1) Manhasset Bay (John Thomson), 23 points; 2) Bay-Waveland (Marc

Eagan), 24; 3) California (Bili Peterson), 24.5; 4) (tie) Baiboa (Tom Wiilson) and Long Beach (Steve Washburn), 24.75; 6) St. Francis (Bili George), 29.75, 7) (tie) Newport Harbor (Jim Buckingham) and San Diego (Scot Tempesta), 34; 9) Bayview (Bruce Burton), 37; 10) Eastern (Lou Pocharski), 41; 11) (tie) Larchmont (Wiiliam Keliy) and Chicago (Rich Stearns), 47.

Woody Season Opener Hard to believe, but the Wooden Boat Association has already had the first regatta of their summer schedule. StFYC hosted two Cityfront races on April 16 for the woody season kick-off. A good-sized Knarr fleet and a handful of lOD’s raced a 9.6 mile windward-leeward course in the morning. The smaller boats — Folkboats and Bears (no Golden Gates showed up) — raced a 6.4 mile course in moderate winds with a strong flood tide. After a lunch break, all four fleets sailed the 6.4 mile course in heavier winds

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BEAR — 1) Little Dipper, Joseph Bambara, SCC; 5.75 points; 2) Chance, Gienn Tresner, AYC, 6. (6 boats) FOLKBOAT — 1) (tie) Gatante, Otto Schreier, CSC, 2.75 points; 1) (tie) Thea, Tom Reed, lYC, 2.75.

(2 boats) lOD — 1) Profit, Mettier/Poorman, SFYC, 3.75 points; 2) Boiero, George Degnan, RYC, 4.75; 3) Whitecap, Thomas Ailen, StFYC, 5. (7 boats) KNARR — 1) Red Witch, Craig McCabe, StFYC, 8 points; 2) Kestrai It, Wiiiiams/Stranton, StFYC, 5.75; 3) (tie) Silk Purse, Adams/Blake, RYC, 8; 3) (tie) Aquavit, Scott Wollaston, StFYC, 8. (21 boats) *

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Cal Cup California YC of Marina del Rey has invited sixteen ULDB 70 raters (see box) to duke it out in this year’s Cal Cup. At least 12 are expected to accept the invitation; some estimates put the number at 14. Either way, the May 27-29 regatta promises to be the biggest and most exciting sled convention to date.

Boats to watch include the three new sleds — the N/M 68’s Marishiten and Cheval, both of which Dennis Choate claims will be launched in early May, and the latest SC 70, Drumbeat. But brand new boats seldom win a regatta like this, especially when you look at the depth of the competition. Mongoose, with Steve Taft and Tom Blackaller aboard, and Kathmandu, which will have Robbie Haines and Ben Mitchell, Jr., will be tough.

Bill Twist, who turned a few heads at MEXORC, will be chartering Pandemonium again. Twist, one of the best amateur sailors in the country, will be particulary tough if the sleds adopt the owner (charterer?)-driver rule (a new class rule making the owner start and drive the first leg)

right, no one’s forcing us but we’ll stick our necks out anyway — we’d go with Pat Farrah and Blondie. Farrah’s one of the better owner-drivers, his crew is great, and he just bought some new sails and a lighter fourspreader rig for the boat. Pat likes to tell us that Blondie has “kharma” and wins because she’s a “lucky boat”; we’d say he consistently puts together the best program on the circuit.

But win or lose, the boat to watch will be Citius. Owned by a syndicate headed by Bill Wilson — who we’re happy to note is successfully recovering from heart surgery — the bulb-keeled SC 70 will be showing up with, gasp, a four spreader (plus jumpers) fractional rig. Alan Andrews designed the new Sparcraft rig, which is 11 feet higher than before and five feet longer on the boom. Citius picked up almost 200 feet of sail area for the same rating — theoretically, she’ll be faster upwind and on reaches, but suffer somewhat downwind. She’ll be cutting down some of her jibs, getting a 12-Meter main, and getting some new spinnakers.

Citius also is being retro-fit for a coffee grinder.

Will the talented afterguard of Wilson, Andrews, Pete Heck, Dave Ullman and Dave Hulse pull it off? Or will the $100,000 experiment turn the already successful 1987 'Cal Cup winner into the Baltimore Orioles of the sledding world? If they can work the bugs

ULDO 70 RATERS INVITED TO THE CAL CUP organizer Seth Bailey, “It was a good course and a good breeze with which to finish the series. Some of the classes were pretty close points-wise, so it was fiiting that the last race came down to skill, not luck.” A total of 52 boats were signed up for the late midwinter series. Cumulative results follow: DIVISION A — 1) Fast Company, Farr 1020, Harold Dow, 6.75 points; 2) Interabang, Beneteau 456 TR, Jeff Winkelhake, 8.5; 3) Flying Bear, Catalina 38, Bob Johnson, 11.75. (11 boats) DIVISION B — 1) Pocket Rocket, Mull 22^Steve Burr, 7.50; 2) Anemone, Santana 22, Hank Lindemann, 9.75. (6 boats) DIVISION C — 1) Danville Express, Newport 30, Andy Hall, 5.75; 2) Sea Quake, C&C 29, John Marshall, 13.75; 3) Crinan, C&C 30, Bill West, 14.75. (14 boats) DIVISION D — 1) Fat Cat, Catalina 30, Mike Neylan, 5.50; 2) Outrageous, Catalina 30, Ken Speer, 7.75. (5 boats) DIVISION E — 1) Praise, Freedom 36, Ken Joy, page 163

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Resin Regatta San Francisco YC’s 13th annual Resin Regatta attracted 107 fiberglass boats in seven hot one-design fleets over the weekend of April 9-10. The gathering failed, however, to attract much wind as a recordbreaking heatwave gripped the Bay Area that weekend. Only two of the scheduled three races got off — one each on Saturday and Sunday — and they were, well, crapshoots at best. “It was light and flukey, with some massive windshifts,” commented Salt\; Hotel crewmember Jim Gregory, “It reminded me of sailing on Long Island Sound!”

According to Rich Wideman, regatta chairman for the fifth year in a row, the weekend was a success despite the lack of steady wind. It was believed to be the highest turn-out ever for the Resin Regatta, so the weekend was certainly a success from that point of view. “Everyone enjoyed sailing shirtless or in T-shirts for a change,” Wideman said, “And because the deck kept getting shuffled by windshifts, you really had to work hard to win.”

We suppose it all depends on your point of view: what one sailor considers highly challenging “tactical” racing, the next considers a senseless exercise in frustration. The only clearcut winner in this regatta/lottery was Chris Perkins, who sailed his J/24 Dejavu to a pair of bullets against 20 sisterships.

His secret was to sail “fast” and “conservative” — which only hardcore racers wouldn’t find a contradiction in terms — but he also claims to have had some good luck.

Perkins, who’s the class president, currently seems to be the guy to beat in the J fleet, but he’s being pressed by Santa Cruz sailmaker Dave Hodges, who’s sailing J/24’s for the first time this season, and others.

Certainly, the top three finishers in each class couldn’t complain about their trophies: they were gorgeous Jim DeWitt watercolors of their particular class boat. “Beats the hell out of another pickle dish,” beamed one happy winner.

ETCHELLS 22 — 1) Bogota, John Ravizza, 6 points; 2) Puzzling Evidence, Robert Anderson, 7; 3) 600, Hank Easom, 7. (17 boats) EXPRESS 27 — 1) Yeoly, E. Redstone/J. Madrigali, 5 points; 2) Salty Hotel, Mark Helman,

5.75; 3) Mantis, Rich Toste, 8. (11 boats) J/24 — 1) Dejavu, Chris Perkins, 1.5 points; 2) Grinder, Jeff Littfin, 9; 3) (No Name), Dave Hodges, 10. (21 boats) CAL 2-27 — 1) Temptation, Rollye Wiskerson, 5 points; 2) Wanika, Steven Wilson, 5.75; 3) Bodacious, Jack & John Ford, 6.75. (13 boats) RANGER 23 — 1) Impossibie, Gary Kneeland, 2.75 points; 2) Twisted, Don Wieneke, 6; 3) Banjo, H. Burn-Callander/E. Simon, 7. (11 boats) SANTANA 22 — 1) Hot Ruddered Bum, Wilson Sieberling, 4 points; 2) Seascape, Jim Lindsey, 4.75; 3) Bantana, Lloyd Banta, 4.75. (23 boats) CAL 20 — 1) Farmers, Richard Von Ehrenkrook, 3.75 points; 2) Bingo, Pat Kirk, 4; 3) Tension ii, John Nooteboom, 7.75. (14 boats)

JT and the Ultimate Jim Taylor, the former race manager for St. Francis YC, phoned us from Corpus Christi with an update on next month’s Ultimate Yacht Race. Taylor, who’s being paid to run the racing end of the event, said.

“The Ultimate Yacht Race is definitely happening, and the prize money — believed to be the largest cash purse ever offered for a yachting event — is going to be $350,000.”

According to Taylor, six 30-footers are expected to race in the “turbo” grand prix division, including at least one Moore 30, one hydrofoil job, one from New Zealand, and two Joubert/Nivelt designed, Hi-Tech (Connecticut) built custom jobs. No one’s sure who’ll drive the latter two radical boats out of Connecticut, but don’t be surprised if John Kolius shows up on one and Tom Whidden on the other. If six 30’s toe the line at 20 grand each, the purse in this winner-take-all division is $120^000.

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Stead. But a lot of other brand-name J sailors will be there: Ed Baird, Ken Read, Jim Brady, Larry Klein, Eric Arndt, Greg Tawaststjerna of Canada, and others. The entry fee for this division is a mere $10,000, with the pot split 40% to the winner and lesser amounts to the placers.

In the last class, Hobie 21’s, nine p^eople have ponied up their $250 entry fee, including Hobie, Jr. and Jeff Alter, sons of the man who brought the world Hobie-catting.

About 25 Hobie’s are expected to battle for a $5,000 purse.

We’re still not sure how all this adds up to a $350,000 purse. With cash prizes, on-thewater judging, and national TV coverage.

this could be a breakthrough event for sailing. But is America really ready for professional yacht racing? We’ll know the answer soon — the Ultimate Yacht Race occurs between May 6-15.

Next month, look for a report in these pages from Jim Taylor on how the inagural UYR turned out. Incidentally, Taylor, a 34-year-old San Rafael resident, has been making a living lately organizing and running races like this. His small yachting consulting company, Taylor and Associates, recently ran the 40-rater regatta in Miami, and is scheduled to run the first two UYR’S, the One Ton Worlds, the Mercury Nationals, and others. Taylor also owns Millimeter Marine, which is still building three to five miniature 12-Meter boats a month back in Rowayton, Connecticut.

Three Lightship Races The Lightship was a popular destination on Saturday, April 23. Three separate races rounded the bucket that day: St. Francis YC’s invitational, BAMA’s doublehanded, and I YC’s OYRA race. Most of the dwindling population of ocean racers in Northern California participated in one race or another * — unfortunately we were putting the magazine together and missed going ourselves.

A fierce ebb and a light easterly pushed the ocean racers out into the Gulf of Farallones; it wasn’t until after most boats had rounded the mark that the westerly filled in.

Needless to say, these conditions favored little boats. For example. Mongoose and Blade Runner, the two biggest boats in the Schoonmaker-Stewart Race, finished last and next-to-last, respectively.

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overall winner, continued her winning ways in Corry Cook’s first shot at ocean racing.

Cook clobbered the 25 boat midget fleet, finishing almost nine minutes ahead of the next boat on corrected time. The 34-mile OYRA race (for PHRO, MORA, and SSS/BAMA) was the longest of the three Lightships — for the first time, it ended with a spinnaker run up to the finish at the Oakland Estuary’s Island YC. Alici, an old plywood Maya 24 rumored to rate over 1,000, won the Doublehanded Race. Paul Zingaro and Brad Smith finished last in the fleet, but still corrected out overall.

The next ocean race, Richmond YC’s Junior Waterhouse Race, will occur on May 7.

StFYC SCHOONMAKER-STEWART IMS — no starters lOR — 1) Petrified, Burns Vz Ton, Levin/Moss; 2) Annalise, Wylie 34 Mod., Paul Altman; 3) Bravura, Farr One Ton, Irv Loube. (12 boats) EXPRESS 37 — 1) Flamingo, Rod Sievers; 2) Free Spirit, Neil Ross; 3) Pazzo Express, Bill Ormond. (6 boats) OYRA PHRO — 1) American Eagle, Peterson 34; 2) Waverunner, Tartan 10; 3) Camille, Stewart 42; 4) Sunday Punch, Express 34; 5) Blitz, Express 37. (13 boats) MORA — 1) Summertime Dream, Schumacher V4 ton; 2) Candace Ann, Islander 30 Mk. II; 3) Animat Farm, Wylie 28; 4) Anna Banana, Moore 24; 5) Movin’ On, Jeanneau sloop. (25 boats) SSS — 1) Francis Who?, Olson 30; 2) Tainui, Newick 40; 3) Club Dead, Yankee 30. (5 boats) BAMA — 1) Defiance, 32’ trimaran. (1 boat) DOUBLEHANDED MULTIHULLS — 1) Otra Vez, Piver Tri, David Custodio/Tim Curran; 2) Sundowner, Bucaneer 33 Tri, Joe Therriault/Lee Boatwright. (2 boats) ULDB’S — 1) Chinese Hedge, Olson 30, Paul Vincent/Michael Rosskopt; 2) Think Fast, Olson 30, Albert Holt/Robert Milligan; 3) Kitty Hawk, Sonoma 30, Rhonda Fleming/Alex Monson. (7 boats) DIV. C (PHRF 0-132) — 1) Finest Hour, Tartan 10, Lambert Thom/Dennis Deisinger; 2) Wizz Lass, Tartan 10, Len Jackson/Michael Jackson; 3) Sail La Vie, Farr 1020, Jan Borjasen/M. McDonald. (19 boats) DIV. D (133-174) — 1) Emerald, Yankee 30, Peter Jones, John Kerslake; 2) Ariadne, Newport 30 Mk. II, Jeff Kroeber/John Bowen; 3) Rampage, Cal 2-30, Bob Sleeth/John Foote. (19 boats) DIV. E (175-198) — 1) Spaetlese, Catalina 27, Hans Fallant/Chris Morms; 2) Consultation, Ranger 26, Grover Sams/David Fullerton; 3) Surf, Sprinta Sport, John and Yuki Hendricks. (8 boats) DIV. F (199-up) — 1) Alici, Maya 24, Paul Zingaro/Brad Smith; 2) Serifos, Islander 28, Lee Wood/John Rolien; 3) Silent Partner, Islander 28, Mike Mueller/Roger Brewton. (6 boats)

Lakeport YC Spring Regatta “Lakeport Yacht Club wants all sailors to know that we still have a lake full of water for boating pleasure!” says race organizer Carol Smith. Clear Lake, the beautiful venue for Lakeport YC’s annual two-day Spring Regatta on April 9-10, offered plenty of the watery stuff but little wind for the 60-plus boats that competed.

Over 120 participants, ranging in age from 5 to 80 and representing 32 different California towns, duked it out in ten divisions. After three moderate air races on Saturday, a homecooked dinner for 135 on Saturday night, and one more light air drjfter on Sunday, the powers-that-be cancelled the fifth and last race in order to get everyone on the road home.

As the weekend wound down. Vice Commodore Ken Sheldon presented 23 trophies on the lawn in front of the clubhouse. The Helmsman Trophy, which goes to the best all-around performer of the weekend, this

Bill Fiok sailed Day Sailor ■^2970 to overall victory in Lakeport’s YC’s Spring Regatta.

year went to Bill Fiok of Fremont, who sailed. in the Day Sailor class. And sure enough, as the boats were being loaded on their trailers, and as people were reluctantly saying their thank-you’s and good-bye’s, a lovely late afternoon breeze rippled the empty waters of the lake, beckoning some racers to launch again and take one last spin.

THISTLE — 1) Michael Gillum, Fremont; 2) Brad Seaberg, Oakland; 3) Tom Burden, Oakland.

EL TORO — 1) Robert Clement, K’ville; 2) Robert Dangel, K’ville; 3) Phyllis Clement, K’ville.

SCOW — 1) Jim Ziebel, K’vilie; 2) Doug Jones, K’ville.

KEELBOATS — 1) Paul Frentzen, Arbuckle; 2) Tito Rivano, Alameda; 3) Hans Carmiggelt, Lakeport.

CENTERBOARDS — 1) Dave Taylor, Santa Rosa; 2) Jim Belafer, Walnut Creek.

DAY SAILOR — 1) Bill Fiok, Fremont; 2) Steve Fiok, Fremont; 3) Charles Wilson, Morgan Hill.

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College Racing and LUST Several million years ago, back when we were in college in Rhode Island, our sailing team was known far and wide as “BUST”.

Naturally, we thought that was a pretty cool name for our team, quite possibly the coolest ever. That is until we spotted a team called “LUST” at the North Series 3 & 4 regatta last month. For the life of us, we couldn’tdigure out what school had dreamed up that moniker (Louisiana University Sailing Team?). Blake Middleton, Stanford’s sailing coach, called to clear up the mystery: “LUST”, loosely translated, is an acronym for “L(eland Stanford Jr.) University Sailing Team”.

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Match Racing Circuit New Zealand’s Citizen’s Cup, the fifth regatta on the newly formed World Match Racing Conference (see box), occurred at the end of April as we went to press. We were unsuccessful in learning much about the Citizen’s Cup, other than it is sailed in a local New Zealand design (Stewart 34’s) and that the U.S. is being represented by John Kolius and recent Congressional Cup winner John Bertrand.

The World Match Racing Conference is a series of eight invitational match races around the globe leading up to the inaugural World Cup of Match Race Sailing, an event scheduled for August 13-21 in Long Beach.

Winners of each series are invited to compete in this “champion of champions” event, which if one choses to believe the dockside scuttlebutt, will not be held in Catalina 38’s.

Australian Peter Gilmour, a match racing legend in his young (28 years) lifetime, has won the first four regattas (and may well be winning the Citizen’s Cup at this moment).

Fortunately the rules provide for some second-place finishers to be invited as well, or Gilmour would have a pretty lonely time of it in August.

With due apologies to Long Beach YC’s Congressional Cup and the actual World Cup finale, the most exciting event on the tour will occur next month. That’s when the best match racers in the world — Chris Dickson, Marc Pajot, Eddie Owen, lain Murray (apparently Gilmour will serve as his tactician) and others — will descend on Ste. Maxime, France, for the Grundig Cup. Unlike the rest of the circuit, this regatta is sailed

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with words, but, to paraphrase John Belushi’s immortal line in Animal House — hey, they’re college students; they can do anything they want.

Blake also filled us in on what happened last month on the college dinghy circuit.

Briefly, Cal Berkeley dominated the North Series 5 & 6 hosted by the Banana Slugs (UC Santa Cruz) on March 19-20. Cal was led to victory be their two top tiller-hands, Jon Perkins and Seadon Wijsen. On April 9, the North Series 7 was held at Berkeley.

Thirty FJ’s (120 sailors) competed in “A” and “B” fleets. Stanford won that one; Cal ended up a dissapointing eighth in their homewaters. The LUST’ers were led to victory by Dan Buckstaff, sailing in the “A” fleet with Kathleen Mallery, and Tom Kuhnle, who raced in “B” with Rita Snape.

The next day’s team race on April 10 was won by the Anteaters from UC Irvine. From what we can gather, Stanford and Irvine are currently the hottest sailing teams on the West Coast, followed by Berkeley and USC. But if the mediocre results of Stanford and Berkeley’s recent road trips to New England (Boston Dinghy Cup, Friis Trophy at Tufts) are indicative of anything, the East Coast colleges are going to come out on top at the upcoming Collegiate Nationals in Richmond on June 5-7.

The last two races in the North Series occured as we went to press on the weekend of April 23-24. That regatta was sailed on Lake Merced and hosted by San Francisco State.

Next month, we’ll wrap up the North Series and try to rustle up some kind of preview of the Nationals.

Peter Gilmour, currently the best match racer in the world.

for cash prizes: $100,000 for first place; $25,000 for second; and $12,500 for third and fourth.

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“It’s the best one on the tour, not just because of the money. They fly the entire crew over, put you up, and really take care of you,” said San Diego’s Paul Cayard. He gets invited to all of the conference races but, because of his Olympic Star campaign and lOR programs (the new R/P 45 Natissima and the maxi II Moro de Venezia) he’ll only sail in the Grundig Cup. This will be Cayard’s third shot at the Grundig jackpot; previously he came in second and third.

Crewing for Paul this year are Mark Rastello, Russ Silvestri, Craig Healy, Tom Ducharme, Mike Pentacost, and Todd Cozzens.

Two other American skippers besides Cayard are slated to compete: Peter Isler and, believe it or not, his wife, J.J., who’s a redhot sailor in her own right. She’ll apparently be sailing with an all-women team.

The Isler/lsler match-up should be a classic — we just hope their marriage survives!

Beer Cans Begin Again Corinthian YC had the distinction of holding the Bay’s first beer can race of the summer season, a quick Friday nighter held on April 15. According to Colin Case, who won his class in National Biscuit, “we sailed course ^2 with the ^2 jib up, and only had time to drink two beers.” Case was first to finish the loop from Racoon Straits up to Little Harding and back by way of Knox. The Biscuit’s elapsed time on the course was 46 minutes, four minutes faster even than Stan Glaros’ new-to-him Davidson 50 Great Fun. DIV I (Olympic classes) — no entries.

DIV. II (spinnaker up to 179) — 1) National Biscuit, Schumacher 36, Colin Case, SFYC; 2) Kentucky Woman, Peterson custom, Jerry Wood, CYC; 3) Great Fun, Davidson 50, Stan Glaros, CYC. (9 boats) DIV. Ill (non-spinnaker up to 179) — 1) Accounts Payable, lOD, Richard Pearce, SFYC; 2) Upstart, SC 27, John Comer, CYC. (5 boats) DIV. IV (spinnaker over 179) — 1) Tension II,Cal 20, John Nooteboom, CYC. (4 boats) DIV. V (non-spinnaker over 179) — 1) Gryphon, Catalina 30, David Boring, CYC. (4'boats)

Race Notes StFYC’s Stone Cup on May 14-15 will feature two lOR classes, one or' two IMS classes, and a One Ton class. Additionally, there’s a “separate but concurrent” regatta for Express 37’s occuring the same day.

Nine One Tons are signed up for this World qualifier: four Farr 40’s [Bravura, White Knight, Sundance, and Wayne Womack’s new Bodacious), Pendragon, Jazz, Skedaddle, and an X-1 ton from Seattle who’s name escapes us at the moment. They may be joined by others (John Buchan of Seattle was contemplating sailing Coyote) at the last moment. It should be a good regatta for players and spectators alike.

All things must pass: OYRA, San Francisco’s ocean racing association, has seen better days. In the not so distant past, they used to have six divisions on the starting line.

These days it’s dwindled to three: a combined lOR/PHRO start, one for all of MORA, and one for SSS/BAMA. The IMS group — which appears to be having real headaches getting off the ground — didn’t field a start.

Because only a handful of lOR boats signed up, that group did away with their two longer races, the Montara-Farallones and the Buckner, and will follow OYRA’s tamer nine race agenda.

Seventeen boats had signed up for the 10th annual Catalina Race as of mid-April “That’s a lot,” claimed race organizer Margaret Fago, “especially considering that entries for the race aren’t due until June 13.”

They range in size from Roy Disney’s N/M 68 P\;ewacket down to an Olson 30 called Long Yen. Interestingly, more-than half of the entries are from Southern California.

July is a busy month for national championships around here. To name a few, Monterey Peninsula YC will host both the Santana 22 and Olson 25 nationals on July 8-10. Santa Cruz YC will put on the Santa Cruz 27 nationals on July 27-30, while Richmond YC will host the Express 27 na¬

tionals on July 27-31. The Olson 30 nationals will be held on July 3-8 at South Lake Tahoe. And while we’re on the subject of national showdowns, let’s not forget the Mercurys on June 18-19 at San Francisco YC. Attention all Adams Cup aspirants: the Area G Semi-Finals will be held in J/24’s on June 10-12 at Richmond YC. Entry forms must be received by May 27 (to get one, call Linda Corrado Roy at 442-2710 during the day or 435-0908 at night). The Adams Cup finals — the USYRU national women’s sailing championship — will be sailed in J/22’s in Everett, Washington beginning August 26.

Corinthian YC’s Ed Kirwin will represent Northern California (USYRU Area G) in the National Offshore Championship at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis on May 6-8. The NOC regatta pits the top amateur skippers from each of the ten USYRU regions against each other in Luders 44 yawls in a five-race, two-day event. An eleventh team will be fielded by the Naval Academy, and Kirwin figures they’ll be the guys to beat.

Pulling the strings on the gazelle-like Luders will be the core group from Kirwin’s winning Pearson 10 M, Olias: Dave Wilhite, Bob Semple, Michael Jeffries, Shari Wetherby, Tom Purdue, Larry Bryant, and Mike Thieme. Like Kirwin, most of the crew belongs to Corinthian YC. We’re not sure who Kirwin’s competetion will be, but we do know that Southern California (Area J) will be represented by San Diego YC’s Sandy Purdon, owner of the Bruce Nelson 37 Renegade.

Olympic Finn hopeful Russ Silvestri put on a well-attended youth seminar on April 16-17 at St. Francis YC. Forty-seven “advanced” youngsters on Lasers and Laser II’s were put through their paces by Silvestri and John Kostecki. Silvestri’s “beginner” seminar will occur on June 11-12 at Richmond YC. For more info, call Russ at (415) 435-2210.

The Midnight Sun Cup, the 12-Meter world championship scheduled for June 19-July 2 in Sweden, has attracted 14 entries. Old rivals Dennis Conner and Tom Blackaller will get a chance to go at it again, albeit in fleet racing this time. Conner will steer Kookaburra II, while Blackaller will be back at the helm of his canard-ruddered, geek-outfitted USA. page 168

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A short Changes this month, with reports about Cruising the Med from Aztec; Starbuck in Panama; Timshel in Cabo; Southbound on Tehuantepec’ers; and a few Cruise Notes.

Med Cruising Costs Aztec — Cape North 43 Ginnie & Bob Towle Bodrum, Turkey The falling US dollar and the inflation rates of the various countries make direct comparison over two years very difficult to tabulate. We will list what we spent in dollars at the exchange rate at the time we were there and you can convert it to suit your time frame. We kept costs in ten catagories, but to simplify the number crunching will combine some and generalize others. As you are aware, the dollar fell against the German mark (DM) almost 20% from early ’85 to our arrival in October ’85 and another 30% since then. As many prices, especially in the Eastern Med, are pegged to the DM, this has had a major effect.

General Living Expenses Includes all food, all beverages, sundries, land travel, entertainment, admissions, meals out and miscellaneous items not boat

Like it or not. you become a player in currency speculation when you cruise the Med.

specific. It does not include mooring, transit fees, boat operation and maintenance or additions to boat or personal wardrobe.

Average Monthly Cost Meals G.L.E. Food Out Include $247 $121 $673 France (winter’85/86) N \ 7.4FF to$l 250'' 224 Italy (5/86) 806 1500Lto$l 175 56 Yugoslavia (7/86-7/87) 440 146 655 215 Greece (9/87) 136Dr to $1 151 156 Turkey (winter ’87/88 510 943-1090TL to $1

We eat on the boat very much as we did at home, buying mostly local goods, splurging on some imported items such as cereals and cheeses on occasion. We eat out 6-7 times a month. You can see that much more bften would drive up the costs. The best buy has been wine, with very drinkable $1 in France, Yogoslavia and Turkey. Spain was fairly economical, but now that they have become a full member of the EEC, we understand that they are almost on a par with France and Italy.

Boat Operation and Maintenance You’ll find you are motoring more in the Med than Mexico or the Pacific because there are destinations to reach before dark, wind on the nose, or no wind, etc. We spent

$550 for fuel going from Antibes, France to Budva, Yugoslavia at $.42 per liter and $310 @ $.35 per liter cruising Yugoslavia to Venice and back to Split. Oil, filters, etc. are about the same as stateside prices. Bring as much as you can in parts and spare kits.

They either don’t exist here or have been imported at great expense. You can order them sent to the boat duty-free but you have to be parked, willing to wait and go thru the paperwork hassles. More on this later.

Haul-outs are more expensive than in the states, and more expensive the farther east you go. In France we paid $260 for out-in, wash and three days during the winter season. In Yugoslavia it was $350. And in Turkey we have a quote of $520. We paid $30 per liter for International bottom paint duty-free in Yugoslavia. Haven’t priced it here. Coming over with a boat equipped the way you want it and in good condition, stocked with spares is the obvious advice.

Cruising Permits Not a big cost item. The situation in France was not clear.’ We were told we should have a “red card”, but didn’t bother, sailed away no problem. In Italy the constituto cost $40 for the season. In Yugoslavia $42 per calendar year in ’87. Greece was $8 per three page 170

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Harbor Fees and Mooring While Cruising France can be quite expensive as there are i very few anchor-cut spots or small town ) quays. Most are some form of harbor marina ! with the resultant fees. For instance, Port j Vauban, Antibes was $23 per day for 10 to I 15 meters in season in ’85. It Italy we did the I cocist, then some of the coastal islands. We i paid nothing in many places, tips to ormegi giatori of $3 to $10 at designated visitors ; quay, to $15 per night at true marinas. In all 1 we spent $197 in 70 days. ' In Yugoslavia there is almost never a ( charge in a bay at anchor or at the town quay I — unless it has been improved with water ! and electricity. TTien the charges may be 1 $10-12 per night. There are true marinas (from Dubrovnik north, which charge a rafher : high daily rate. A 13-14 meter boat would be !$19 to $25 per night (’86), but it is easy to iavoid these unless the marina desire overtakes you. Only a few places we went in 'Greece had harbor fees and they were j minor. We avoided the Athens area which is !all marinas — and about the only marinas in I Greece. !»ge 171

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Off the subject but of note, the Corinth Canal costs $162 (’87) for 10 to 20 ton boats! Many cruisers are now going around the Peloponnesus to avoid this expense. We are not yet very familiar with Turkey, but understand there are no fees for the town quays and a daily rate at the few marinas of 1.35DM to $.75DM per meter ($10.60 to $13.70) for us in ’87. The southern coast of Spain is all marinas for protected anchorages and the fees varied. The Balearics have some anchorages and town quays with minimal fees.

Wintering The cruising season in the Med is seven to nine months long depending on where you are, how your boat is equipped, the size of your ground tackle and the provisions of your insurance policy. It means most people find some place to park for the worst months, although there is some movement all year round, especially in Turkey and south. Favorite sports are south coast of Spain, the Balearics, Malta, Cyprus, Turkey and Yugoslavia. France and Italy are quite expensive if you are living aboard. Greece

Egypt has very little to offer as Athens’ marinas are either full or quite poor. Corfu’s Gouvia marina is one of the wettest spots in winter.

Elsewhere there are few facilities and little to do ashore. We wintered in Antibes because by the time we completed the purchase of our boat and the warranty work had been done it was too late to start.

We paid an average of $400 per month ($9/ft) December through March including electricity and water. In Yugoslavia the marinas have a monthly rate which varies by time of the year and a yearly rate. The monthly rate does not include electricity and the yearly rate does. We opted for the yearly rate, as we u^e electric space and water heaters. Our yearly contract was about $1,000 which not only gave us all year berthing in our designated marina but two free days each visit in any of the other ACY marinas. We didn’t make much use of that as we like to anchor out, but many do.

In Turkey we are paying $770 for a fivemonth contract (November-March) not including electricity and water. We understand Cyprus is an excellent wintering location, with lots to do, many cruisers (reservations required at Larnaca) and a little cheaper than here. There is only one marina near Limassol, Cyprus which is offering an in-

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troductory rate-. We have written for prices and if they are reasonable will probably winter there next year.

For those arriving in the Med after a dulyAugust crossing, possible wintering spots are Gibraltar itself, though we’ve read and heard mixed reports; the south coast of Spain with marinas such as Estepona a short distance east of Gibraltar, well recommended; or on to the Balearics. Palma Mallorca is the most popular with the choice of the public quay or two yacht club marinas.

Charts and Guides We were fortunate that Aztec came with a large chart inventory (150 alone covering Italy and the eastern Med). There is some duplication and this quantity is not required.

But it has been complete enough that we have only bought two charts in two years.

The British Charts are the standard by which to judge the others. Yugoslavian and Turkish charts are good and much cheaper than British, but probably only available in the country. Both have a series at 1/100,000 which I feel is the scale required for coastal cruising. You of course need the larger scale for route planning and passage making.

There is a major shop in Gibraltar for charts that might be a place to stock up, as once you are in the Med it will be mostly only local charts, if that. We find that most of the harbor charts are out of date and though helpful, can be replaced by the Cruising Guide drawings.

For cruising guides, the best value and most current appears to be the Imray, Laurie Norie & Wilson series written by Brandon (West Med) and Heikell (East Med) called

Playa Blanca. Mike Starbuck’s piece of paradise that authorities tried to take from him. Yachties are more than welcome.

East Spain Pilot, Italian Waters Pilot, etc.

They not only cover all, the most likely used harbors, bays and anchorages with notations of dangers in between, but discuss entry and customs regulations, weather, and a liftle on provisioning and availability, language, etc.

We found them invaluable and fairly accurate, though occasionally the bay and harbor drawings are out of scale and confusing. We also have the Denham Sea Guide series which are a fine supplement, epecially for historical information. They are a little out of date for current conditions.' (Things are changing so fast in Turkey and Yugoslavia that it would be difficult not to be out of date). There is an excellent German guide in loose-leaf form which is up-dated by adding or changing pages, but not much value without good German reading skills.

The government Pilots (American and British) are basically for large shipping and not much use for the small boat cruiser. The Yugoslavian government publishes an excellent guide which is a must. It is titled Navigation Guide to the Adriatic and is published in English, as well as Serbo Croatian and several other languages. Again, it’s probably only available in Yugoslavia.. A comment regarding Greece: the majority of underwater hazards are unmarked and can be anywhere, so tracking your course along the chart is essential. In Yugoslavia all hazards in any probable passage were marked in some standard manner (buoy, stake or pylon). Also very useful is Reed’s Mediterranean Navigator, a nautical almanac, tide

table, harbor guide, RDF and light list, weather information, etc. Obtain before crossing or at Gibraltar.

Languages We are fortunate that English is the common language of the cruisers and the second language of the Mediterranean. Possibly the most useful after English would be German.

Unfortunately it is often the Port and Customs officials who,have the least English, making entry and clearing procedures tedious and frustrating. But things get done eventually. Learning the polite phrases, the numbers, etc. in the local language is helpful. It’s best to buy the dictionaries in the states because those bought locally are written for locals learning English and give the English pronunciation but not the local language pronunciation. In general, language is not a problem.

Weather Med weather could be a book of its own.

The interaction of the land masses with the water mass creates a great variety of general and localized weather phenomena. Those winds that are regular visitors have been given the names we are all familiar with; the Mistral, the Sorocco, the Meltimi, and some we were not: the Bora, the Jugo, etc. The guide books mentioned give good summaries of what to expect in the area covered and a little on how to predict them and avoid problems. We have listened to the forecasts, sailed prudently and have had little trouble.

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— bob and ginnie The First Man Account Starbuck — Peterson 44 Mike Starbuck Playa Blanca, Panama (Redondo Beach) Sorry it has taken so long to write this, but it’s .been quite a project getting my farm back in shape and vainly trying to retrieve stolen articles.

In the January 1988 issue, the article titled “So Ready To Believe The Worst”, Chris and Lynn Lonjers recounted what happened at Playa Blanca on February 6th, 1987.

The following day, 1 went to town to call the U.S. Drug Agent and Panamanian Drug Agent who had left notes in my house re-

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questing that I call them. 1 was arrested at the phone booth and I spent eight months in jail, supposedly for two joints they said were found in my house. I’m glad they didn’t say two kilos of cocaine or something else. I think this matter went a lot deeper than the possession of two joints, because I was refused bail on two occasions, even though bail is allowed by law.

The Panamanian Drug Agents told me that Doug Driver, the U.S. Drug Agent, had convinced them that there was a large drug operation going on at Playa Blanca. The Panamanians believed that Jack Carlton Reed, my neighbor, was the Columbia drug connection in Panama and that the five sailboats anchored in front of my house could be Columbian-based drug boats, possibly armed, and therefore, dangerous. It was even speculated that drug agents were living in my house and the Reed house, that they had been waiting for weeks expecting a Columbia drug boat to appear any day.

My sailboat, which was docked many miles away, at the yacht club in Cristobal, was searched twice just after the arrest. Then ^ seven months later — it was searched a third time. Friends of mine, suspicious that I might be charged with something else when they heard that my boat was to be towed away and further searched, took my documentation papers to the U.S. Embassy in Panama City. The Legal Attache, Mr. Joe Lewis, and D.E.A. Agent, Fred Duncan, refused to accept the documentation papers indicating that there was nothing they could do. My boat was confiscated; the U.S. Embassy claimed it could do nothing.

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ton D.C. and got the ear of the right people, that my sailboat was released to me. So eight months in jail and in excess of $20,000 in legal fees and stolen goods befell me all because of an overzealous U.S. Drug Agent who mistook my house for the house of the man he came to arrest. Such is life.

What 1 would like to pass on to the cruising folks passing through Panama is that Playa Blanca is still here and so am 1. This incident should not discourage the cruisers.

There currently are political problems — but mostly in Panama City. The Panama Canal has remained safe and Panama has some ■fantastic cruising to offer. So, if you’re in the area of Portobello, stop in. I’m four miles northeast of Portobello (9°35’N - 79°40’W) directly in front of the Duarte Cays. The cove has a good sandy bottom, clear warm waters and beautiful reef diving. Hope to see you and thanks to all the folks for their moral as well as financial support during my incarceration .

— michael j. starbuck Titnshel —, Gulfstar 44 The Braly’s: Bill, Sherry, April and Amber' (Newport Beach) After a year of planning and several years of dreaming, we left Newport Beach on March 18 for Cabo San Lucas. Our preparations were made easier by helpful input from friends and Latitude.

Our trip down the coast was uneventful as we motored — mostly — and sailed our 44-ft Gulfstar. In fact, we had very little wind until Turtle Bay, after which it was from the beam and back.

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Arriving in Cabo on the 24th, we spent a roily night on the hook in the eastern part of the Outer Harbor. The next day we called Cabo Moorings on 69 and secured an excellent and quiet mooring for the evening. At $20 a night, it was expensive, too.

As others have noted in these pages before, Karen and Gil run the Cabo Net from Papi’s Deli each morning — but Sunday — on Channel 22 at 0800. They are wonderful people and their ice cream is a treat. Since propane isn’t available in Cabo, Gil makes a weekly run to San Jose del Cabo. He was also instrumental in our finding a mechanic to fix our Suzuki outboard.

We found a gem of a restaurant that other cruisers should know about: La Carreta on Lazaro Cardenas. Miguel, the owner, speaks excellent English and made us feel immediately at home. The setting is clean and charming and the two breakfasts and one dinner we had there were all delicious.

Miguel’s wife, Rebecca, is American.

It was nice to find La Carreta — and it’s owners — before the hordes of tourists do. It is the antithesis of the Giggling Marlin; charming, reasonably priced and intimate.

Future cruisers might be interested to know that diesel in remote Turtle Bay was $1.25/gal — and if you didn’t have an AC generator, it takes all day for gravity feed to fill your tanks. Diesel in Cabo was .83 cents/gal including all the water you wanted.

A “water taxi” call on 14 brought $1 rides to the docks. A call on 12 and $55 to Victor meant you could have your paperwork and fuel paperwork taken care of for you.

The most important new rule in Cabo, however, is that you must file a “Dispatch” form with the port captain each day you go out and return. This is the new system they use to monitor the fishing traffic. A bunch of boats were recently impounded for not filling out the form; it cost $850 to get each of the boats released! The “Dispatch” forms are available from Victor’s and you can get the Capitania boat crew to sign you out — so you don’t have to go all the way to the Port Captain’s office.

We’re now on our way to La Paz and Loreto.

— bill and crew 4/1/88 Troublespots of Central America Southbound — N/A

Stephen Brown Central America Southbound finished her singlehanded circumnavigation at Manzanillo, crossing the outbound leg to the Marquesas in a little under three years. The year spent in French Polynesia and Samoa didn’t leave time for the rest of the world. Next tinjie I’d like to spend more time in Australia, Thailand and the Red Sea. Since last writing from Costa Rica, Southbound has travelled north past the gulfs of Papagayo and Tehuantepec up to Mazatlan. Since the passage was to be made during the height of ‘Papagayo / Tehuantepec’er season’, I anticipated some difficulty. Before leaving Costa Rica for the passage, I tried to find some cut-and-dried strategy for avoiding the deadly Tehuantepec’ers and Papagayos. But nobody had any to offer.

1 wasn’t even sure I understood the com. plete scope of the problem. Back when I was still in Europe, I had read in Latitude about a fierce Tehuantepec’er that had sunk' two yachts making the passage at the time I was about to. Both the Fancp and the English yacht that sunk decided that the offshore route would be best. During this same time, a friend of mine was delivering his new Halberg-Rassey, Marijke II, back from Europe. He encountered a Force 9 Papagayo off southern Nicaragua. Was the Papagayo that hit him part of the same storm system that created the Tehuantepec’er that claimed the other two boats? I wish I knew — just as I wished I knew the northernmost limits of Tehuantepec’ers and the southernmost limits of Papagayo’s.

As 1 enjoyed calms and variables heading north to these two trouble spots, 1 managed to learn a few things about Tehuantepec’ers and Papagayos: □ An intensification of the familiar northeast tradewind in the Caribbean will produce a Papagayo. It seems that the trade is channelized by a break in the Central America cordillera at Lake Nicaragua and thus blows out into the Pacific at gale force. □ A Tehuantepec’er, on the other hand, results from high pressure in the Gulf of Mexico accelerating a northerly wind thru a gap in the Continental Divide at the Isthmus of Tehuantepec.

Armed with this information, I began

monitoring Coast Guard High Seas weather broadcasts in Golfito, Costa Rica; broadcasts that originated from the east and west coasts of the United States. It was a tedious but (alas) necessary procedure that paid off for me in the end. Let me explain why.

USCG Norfolk, Virginia (NMN) produces an excellent, comprehensive weather summary encompassing both the southwest Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico — the zones that produce the deadly Pacific gales. But they do not forecast the gales themselves because the\; occur on the other side of the Central American continent — which is outside of their forecast area.

USCG San Francisco (NMC) gives notice of the Pacific gales only after they are blowing gale force. This is because the conditions that cause the gales are on the Caribbean side of the continent — and thus outside their forecast area.

This is a clear case of the left hand not knowing what the right hand is trying to do.

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deep shit because of it.

If you’re still with me, I’ll describe how Southbound transited Central America by steering between the Tehuantepec’ers and Papagayo’s during January, which is probably, the most dangerous month.

Heading out of the Gulf of Nicoya, I heard a NMN forecast that the northeast trades in the southern Caribbean would continue at 20 to 30 knots. “A tad more than usual,” 1 thought. It was enough, in fact, to produce a Papagayo. That night Southbound heeled sharply to sudden blasts of wind coming off the mountainsides; I had to reef quickly. By morning, when we turned in the Gulf of Papagayo and 25 knot headwinds, 1 lowered the jib and motored the last five miles into . the anchorage at Playa del Cocos.

During my stay in the Gulf of Papagayo, the offshore wind never exceeded what NMN was forecasting for the southwest Caribbean. But because the NMC synopsis is so poor (relative to NMN), it wasn’t possible to compare pressure gradients on both sides pa|e 175

Tom, a good man who ran The Moorings charter operation in Puerto Escondido, is leaving to deliver a boat to the Med.

of the Isthmus to reach a conclusion.

After finally getting cleared to leave, the wind was already blowing Force 6 and building to Force 7. But it was abeam and offshore, so Southbound shot off toward Nicaragua. I steered a rhumbline for the Gulf of Tehuantepec some 500 miles up the road. By the next day 1 was 60 miles offshore of Nicaragua, the wind had simmered to light and variable.

1 zeroed in on the New Orleans portion of the NMN forecast, which gives an excellent synopsis and prognosis of the Gulf of Mexico. “High pressure in the Gulf is moving rapidly east as a low and associated cold front moves offshore into the Gulf from Texas.

Strong northwest wind to shift to south as the cold front moves in.” Tuning in to the west coast, 1 wasn’t surprised to hear the gale warning for the Gulf of Tehuantepec.

The next day, as Southbound approached

San Salvador, NMN confirmed that the low was established in the Gulf with associated southerly wind. Sure enough, NMC on the west coast was silent about Tehuantepec.

As we closed the coastline and the Guatemalan border. New Orleans plotted the low and associated cold front well to the east.

Another high with strong pressure gradients had moved into the Gulf from Northern Mexico and was pushing the low to center off the Yucatan. “Forecast windshift in the southwest Gulf of Mexico to change from southeast at 15 knots to northwest at 25 to 30 knots in the next 24 hours.”

Only a few miles offshore of Guatemala, 1 tuned into San Francisco. Sure enough, within 12 hours of the windshift in the Gulf of Mexico, NMC curtly stated: “Gale in the Gulf of Tehuantepec; winds to 45 knots, seas to 20 feet within 120 miles of forecast waters.” That meant two gales within 72 hours!

The next day NMN positioned the high centered in the Gulf and NMC continued their Tehuantepee’er warnings. By the following day, Southbound was nearing Puerto Madero. 1 really hugged the Guatemalan coast as 1 wasn’t sure how far the flow effects would penetrate south into Guatemala.

New Orleans forecast the high to weaken as yet another low moved off the Texas coast. Tuning into San Francisco, I found that the Tehuantepee’er was persisting but beginning to weaken.

That night 1 edged into the Gulf of Tehuantepec at dawn and anchored at Puerto Madero, Mexico. Conditions were calm although the NMC continued their gale bulletin throughout the night. Before falling off to 15 hours of sleep, 1 was happy to hear from NMN New Orleans that the low had settled over the western part of the Gulf of Mexico and become'stationary. NMC San Francisco ignored Tehuantepec in their brief synopsis so the Gulf of Tehuantepec must have been calm once again.

Upon awaking, 1 pulled the hook and started to motor like hell the 180 miles to Salina Cruz at the other side of the Gulf of Tehuantepec. 1 knew there was no refuge in between and 1 didn’t have time to wait for another forecast. But 1 was sure that the low had snuffed out the Tehuantepee’er by now.

Interim forecasts out of New Orleans projected the low to intensify! 1 felt so confident

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that I even slowed down a little and moved offshore for the night. When shrimpers began crowding the waters, it was another sign of good weather.

By the following afternoon, Southbound was approaching the head of the Gulf. I had all my ‘northing’ in by now and stayed right on the beach — although I was no longer worried.

At Salina Cruz, 1 decided to keep going right on out of the Gulf. The final irony is that a southwester came up! Nothing intense, but why should I have to beat out of the Gulf of Tehuantepec? Especially during a month where northeast winds of gale force are forecast 21 out of 31 days.

I waited two days in Salina Cruz while yet another high pressure system moved into the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Sure enough, there was another windshift to the northeast at 0300. I shot out of bed, raised my anchor and blasted 60 miles over to Huatalco, the first anchorage safe from Tehuantepec’ers on the Northern side of the Gulf. Just as well!

By morning NMN forecast the high to intensify. Southbound hustled out of the Gulf of Tehuantepec in moderate winds from astern. I damn well knew what would happen by then.

That night at anchor in Puerto Angel, while 1 poured my first bottle of Baja white wine, NMC started their broadcast: “Gale in the Gulf of Tehuantepec; winds to 40 knots, seas to 18 feet within 100 miles of the area.”

What else could you expect?

For many this may seem confusing, so I’ll try and summarize. 1 continued monitoring NMN and NMC all the way up to Puerto Vallarta, and the same cycle continued all thru the month of February — another nasty one for T-peckers.

A high followed by a low was the pattern.

Never an extended high. Never a succession of highs or lows or anything similar. The alternating pressure cells would sweep off the southwest continental United States / Mexican mainland into the northern Gulf of Mexico and move eastward into the central Gulf then onward toward the Yucatan, Cuba or Florida. Transit times averaged three days.

Of course, cruisers are going to be interested in the lagtime between NMN positioning the high in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico and when a T-pecker strikes. The answer .is that the lagtime is very short; no

more than 12 hours later.

Folks will also want to know how soon they should move after the low has dropped

U.S.C.G. Hl-SEAS WEATHER 13.113.2, 8.765.4 Mh?

Time = UTC

NMN (Norfolk) NMC (San Francisco) 0430 1000 1030 1130 *1630 *1000 , 2230 1730 H 2^30 2200 2330 •Allows yacht in S Mexican-Costa Rican waters to receive both the east and west coast broadcasts at a convenient time- Since only the last half of NMN and first warning section of NMC is of concern, the necessary data will be broadcast from (1010-1035

Times to keep the radio tuned in when crossing Tehuantepec.

down. This is more difficult to predict since gales usually take longer to croak than they do to appear on the scene. My advice is to leave Puerto Madero as soon as the low has reached the central Gulf of Mexico. Assuming, of course, that it’s tenable. Even if NMC is continuing their gale warnings but with diminishing winds, it will be a full 1.5 days to the bulletproof refuge of Salina Cruz. There isn’t anything in between!

■Boats headed south can wait just a little longer. It’s only 60 miles from Huatulco to Salina Cruz. I’d wait until the calm or windshift actually occured. You can’t hug this stretch of coastline — especially at night.

How long do north or southbound boats have? Based on my experience and a six week study of the region, there’s only a 2-3 day interval between T-peckers. This is at the peak of the season, but it’s also the time when many folks need to make the transit because of Mexican and Caribbean hurricane seasons.

So when the low has dropped down, expect it to scramble away to the east. That’s the nature of winter weather. Then you have to make your move fast!

Should you get caught before making it all the way across, consider Salina Cruz as a refuge. Although the maximum winds hit between Salina Cruz and 20 miles to the east, I found it to be safe, clean and friendly with all supplies easy to obtain. If you anchor

in the northeast corner of the main commerical basin, lines can be led ashore and fetch will not be a problem.

Travelling up or down the coast, you’re over the hump once you get to Salina Cruz.

Presumably your avoidance strategy will be paying off and conditions will remain calm.

But if something does go haywire and you start to get nailed, consider the following: □ If heading towards Costa Rica, once past Boca San Francisco the offshore gale will diminish and swing abaft as you pass the head of the Gulf. Travel right off the beach between the 5 and 10 fathom lines. Although this will only be a quarter mile offshore, the 160 miles remaining to Puerto Madero are all sandy beach with no hazards beyond the surf line. □ If you’re headed toward Acapulco and get past Salina Cruz, don’t sail closer than three miles to shore — especially at night.

But your bowl of dogshit will be served from astern. Personally, I wouldn’t enter Huatulco in greater than Force 6. Hopefully it would be down by the time you arrive. Otherwise you have to continue to Puerto Escondido.

Chances are, however, that you’ll find the Gulf to be calm, sunny and picturesque.

Especially if you’ve centered your transit on a thorough weather study of the Gulf of Mexico.

In my case, 1 got more ‘bad weather’ from one Costa Rican official than I did from any Papagayo or Tehuantepec’er. I didn’t even have the chain paid all the way out at Playa de Cocos, Costa Rica, when the harbormaster hailed me on the radio. When 1 rowed ashore and presented my paperwork, his brow furrowed deeply. “No bueno, no bueno”, he blurbed while studying my 1983 boat registration. The fact that my passport showed I had been offshore for the past four years did little to sway him. Neither did my producing a USCG boarding certificate resulting from a search 150 miles off Columbia; a document marked: “No violation — one man sailing around world; on last leg of four year voyage; co-operative.”

But nothing would sway the official. It was Friday to boot.

All I wanted was 20 gallons of diesel and an international zarpe to take me the 550 miles up to Puerto Madero, Mexico. But this official wouldn’t issue the zarpe because of the expired registration. It turned out he was page 176

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Nonetheless, the boat passed inspection with flying colors. Several U.S. ex-patriots in this two saloon town had heard of the upcoming search and offered me the use of their homes as a refuge for my stash — had I one!

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Brown recommends you "sit tight until the low drops down in the Gulf of Mexico".

brand new on the job; in fact, the post had been just created.

The lady at Immigration heard the capitania jabbering on the phone to half a dozen people. Shaking her head, she looked at me and in perfect English said: “Honey, if I were you I’d let me stamp your passport and just split tonight. This asshole wants you to go up to San Jose and get a temporary, valid registration from the U.S. Embassy!”

Fat chance I was going to leave Southbound alone in the Gulf of Papagayo for a two-day trip to San Jose.

It turned out the woman used to double as Port Captain before the guy’s post was created. The capitania, not understanding a word of English, stood by while the Migracion lady remarked, “In Costa Rica we have a saying, ‘A new broom needs to sweep’.”

But since I was hesitant to arrive in Mexico from the south without a zarpe, I began a series of negotiations which resulted in an issuance of a clearance if I consented to a “drug search”. All this as a result of a phone page 177

conversation with the capitania down in Puntarenas. “Sure,” 1 said, “let’s do it”, having no idea what relationship there was between a drug search and an outdated registration.

1 was ready for the inspection right then and the Costa Rican patrol boat was anchored next to me, but the search wasn’t about to happen soon. First the capitania couldn’t raise them on the VHF or they wouldn’t answer. So 1 rowed out to them to tell them they were instructed to search my boat for drugs. After 1 banged on the patrol boat hull for a few minutes, a sleepy-eyed crewmember came on deck and told me it wasn’t possible to search Southbound until the next morning. Unfortunately, the next morning the patrol boat was busy taking some bigwigs on a bay tour and didn’t return until 0300 on Sunday. Meanwhile a young sailor left ashore told me that my seach would be postponed yet another day.

Having had two days forewarning, an officer and a machine gun-toting sidekick pulled up to Southbound in an inflatable and began a rather thorough drug search. They even plumbed the fuel tanks with a dipstick. /

Cruise Notes: We read in the Seven Seas Cruising Association’s Commodore’s Bulletin that Eric and Susan Hiscock’s most recent Wanderer is up for sale. The 40-ft wood sloop sheaved in glass lays at Grams Marina in Whangarei — there are worse places to go boat kicking — if you are interested. The Hiscocks, of course, were made MBE’s for “services to ocean sailing” in 1984. Eric Hiscock died of cancer at year ago after more than 50 years sailing the oceans and writing about it.

In her letter, Susan Hiscock alerts the many cruisers of the world that have pulled into Opua, Bay of Islands, that there will two big changes at the local Post Office. First off, the beloved Maragret Cavers, known across the Pacific for forwarding mail and putting crews in touch with boats and viceversa, is retiring. The second change is that Opua’s Post Office, like 399 others in New Zealand, is closing. It will be replaced by a agency that accepts mail and sells stamps, ’ but does not forward mail.

Ding-a-ling-a-ling, went the phone. It’s well-known California racer and delivery person Dana Prentice of Naples calling from Antigua. The message is that she and the Baltic 51, Secret Love are on their way to the Azores and Europe. Secret Loue is the latest in a succession of boats by that name owned by Brad and Barb Herman of Los Angeles. Others included a Peterson 45 and a Santa Cruz 50, which competed in TransPac’s c(nd St. Francis Big Boat Series.

The most recent Secret Love raced at the 1986 Baja Haha Race Week with Lowell North, another racer who has been enjoying a bit of the cruising life lately.

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RANGER 23. Well-maintained, fast, stiff sloop, excellent condition, fully equipped, new bottom paint 2/88. VHP, DS, compass, lifelines, pulpits, all lines led aft to cockpit.

Evinrude 6 hp o/b, (5) bags. Berkeley berth. $9,950 obo. (415) 848-7908.

EXPERIENCE THE SEA AND TAME IT. Get the responsive feeling of this Catalina 22 in your hands. Don’t miss another day on the Bay! Brad (415) 892-0621.

clQssy classifieds 1982 SPRINTA SPORT. 23-ft racer/cruiser with galvanized trailer. $7,000. Ray 845-7671 or 841-6672.

14-R NAVAL ACADEMY TRAINER. Direct from Annapolis. Great condition, good performance, dry, safe, can’t sink. F/G, aluminum spars, jib, (2) mains, all new running rigging, internal halyards, rebuilt trailer, lifevests, windvane, lots more. Great Bay or lake boat. $995 obo. (415) 769-8463.

25’ PEARSON ARIEL. Solid Bay boat.

Race/cruise, recent survey or make your own, 2-speed Barients. 6 hp Evinrude, built to last. Very stiff in heavy weather. Much extra equipment. Owner will demonstrate. $7,500 Firm. Call Joe 922-2149.

BENETEAU WIZZ. Too many boats, too little time! Won in contest, sailed six times. 14 feet of Rocket Boat, main and jib, wishbone boom, cartoppable. Planes instantly! Great for one or two. Retail new $2,295. Now for best offer or trade? Bob 344-8030 or 343-8559.

CORONADO 25. Good starter boat, Brisbane Marina. Full serviced 9.9 Evinrude with electric controls, VHF, FM R/T, dacron main and (2) jibs, KM, digital DS, Autohelm 1000, B/l head w/holding tank, Plastimo compass, galley. $5,500 obo. (415) 322-6768.

J/24, 1981. White with gold stripe, with trailer, motor, ten sails, compass, new spar.

Rigged for racing. Very clean and excellent condition. (415) 567-9987 evenings.

BALBOA 20. Cabin sloop, 29” draft, 4 hp o/b (just tuned), working and club jib for singlehanding, marine head, stable and fast, good condition, Vallejo berth. Emergency sale. $2,000 obo. Ken (707) 576-7055.

1980 FOX 25 SLOOP. Bristol condition, Gary Mull designed family pocket cruiser. Teak interior, sleeps 4, full galley, c/wp, Porta-potti, VHF, DS, KM, main, furling, jib, 110. Shoal keel, 10 hp Honda. $9,500. (415) 646-5005 days: (415) 228-8307 eves.

WEST WIGHT POTTER. Three sails, trailer, outboard, well-equipoped, cushions, lazy jacks, etc. In Palo Alto. $3,000. 322-8855.

CAL 25. 10 hp Honda, (3)sgails plus spinnaker, enclosed head, KM, apparent wind indicator, (2) anchors and chain, set up for racing and/or singlehanding. Sleeps 4, perfect Bay boat. $6,000 obo. (415) 763-4454.

SAN JUAN 21 & TRAILER. 1980, great 1st boat. Excint condition, always dry stored and a covered, EZ Loader trlr, 4.5 hp Johnson, white w/blue stripes, swing keel, 150% genoa, more equipment. Bay, Delta, lakes versatility. Asking $5,495. (415) 656-9001.

23’ MAYA. Double planked mahogany on oak frames, teak cabin, full cast iron keel with new bolts, 6 sails, full spinnaker gear, (2) stoves, heater, sink with tank, WC, 7 hp o/b, (2) anctiors, nhust see! $4,500 obo. (415) 441-3586.

24-FT COLUMBIA CHALLENGER. Fiberglass, genoa, spinnaker, club jib plus new main and jib. Sleeps four with head. Not perfect. $2,500 obo. 836-4396.

SANTANA 22 — TOTALLY EQUIPPED. New Larsen mylar jib, main, spinnaker and old North set, brand new 6 hp o/b, epoxy bottom, VHF, KM, 2 anchors, 2 compasses, full cover, rubber dink. Well-loved pocket yacht for $5,500 obo. 533-7711. Professional instruction included.

J/24. Good condition, many extras including trailer, motor and self-tailing winches. Make an offer! (415) 852-2310 weekdays or (408) 749-0274 anytime.

1983 CATALINA 25. Like new. Sailed approximately 12 times, retractable keel, traditional interior, 6 bunks, galley (not used), self contained head, curtains, poptop, teak trim, boarding ladder, safety equipment, 7.5 hp Honda o/b, tandem axle, trailer, dry stored, $14,900. (415) 967-6158.

1977 SANTANA 20’ “FLEXY FLYER ”. Responsive and fast f/g sloop. Main, 2 jibs, 3/4 oz spinnaker/pole. Baltoplate bottom, faired keel, new halyards, trailer. ’88 tags for both, well maintained boat. $4,000 obo. Call Andrew (408) 426-4644, eves.

FED UP WITH BIG BOATS, big expenses, big hassles? Go anywhere, anytime in my 15-ft Klepper single sea kayak — legendary German folding design and craftsmanship. Safe, seaworthy. Enjoyable exercise. Complete w/paddle spray skirt, rudder, etc. $1,500 obo. Call (415) 457-3421.

ERICSON 25, 1976. Fin keel, new hatches, roller furling and sheets, Tillerpilot 1600.

Fresh varnish, VHF, compass, DS, alcohol stove, head, w/H.T„ 1981 Evinrude 7.5, full cover, excellent condition. $12,000 or tradeup to Cheoy Lee 35 Robb or 0.S.31. (415) 934-8467,

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RANGER 23 — GREAT CONDITION. Ready for racing or cruising. New sails (main, mylar jib, spinnaker), KM and DS. Honda 4.5 o/b. $10,200 / offer. Call Bill at (415) 354-1626 (days) or (415) 364-7221 evenings.

CAL 28. Excellent condition, well maintained.

Atomic 4 (66 hrs only), new main, new boat cover, wheel, Barlow winches, Walder boombrake, ideal for Bay or coastal cruising, Sausalito berth. $16,000. 331-5927.

CATALINA 22. Bristol condition, swing keel model with trailer, spinnaker, genoa, jib and two mains. All lines lead aft, VHF, porta-potti.

Lifelines, 6.5 hp Evinrude, new bottom paint plus many extras. Asking $7,000. (408) 243-3596.

SANTANA 22 FOR SALE. Equipped to race.

Year-old main, mylar 155, mylar 130, new mylar class jib, spinnaker. Has all rigging upgrades. Outboard, VHF. Call Ron (415) 435-4181 (leave message). $5,000.

1981 CATALINA 25 — MUST SELL. Swing keel, poptop, UHF, DS, compass, 10 hp Honda, North sails 110 & 150,2 anchors, marine head, dinette int. Tailor blasted and painted in ’87. Boat in excellent condition \ $15,500.

(916) 677-6436.

USER — LIKE NEW. Sailed only three times. Yellow hull, built in Ireland — very stiff, good race boat. $1,500 or best offer.

Peter 924-5515; 457-2284.

CATALINA 22,1981, FIXED KEEL. Honda 7.5 o/b, lifelines, lifevests, VHF, AM/FM cassette, 3-man raft, tillerpilot, Nice condition. Tib. berth. $4,500. Jim (415) 456-9566.

FREEDOM 21,1985. Boat, motor and trailer used 12 times. Loaded. Must sell, best offer.

(707) 527-9180.

CATALINA 22 — SWING KEEL. Poptop, 3 sails, canvas boat cover, new interior fabric, very clean, with trailer. $5,000. Willing to teach new sailor. Sail the Bay and Tahoe" 930-9729.

SAN JUAN 21’ MARK 2.1975, bristol condntion, Calkins trailer, main, working jib, genny, drifter, storm jib, spinnaker, 77 4 hp Johnson, dink, potty, sleeps 4. $5,300 Steal.

Eves (415) 653-2958.

CATALINA 25 FIN KEEL. Poptop, six sails plus spinnaker and gear, lots of custom extras — too many to list! Recent haulout and paint, in great shape. $10,750. Priced to sell!

930-9729.

CHARTER YAMAHA 33 SAILBOAT Sail the U.S. San Juan and Canadian Gulf Islands.

Ocean racer, rigged for comfortable cruising. Sleeps eight, full electronics, six sails. $110 per day, seventh day free. Anacortes, WA, pvt. pty.

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• Serving the entire Bay and Delta area • Member of Marine Surveyors Guild (415) 347-2778

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Contact George Bachman, P.O. Box 112, St. Mary’s City, MO 20686.

DESOUTION SOUND T;HARTERS Ideal location, low prices (Catalina 27’s from U.S. $306 week), Exc. yachts (sail & power 25 to 83-ft). Great Facilities, Personal Service, Visa & MasterCard. Gordon Greer Ltd., 201-1797 Comox Ave., Comox, B.C., Canada V9N 4A1. (604) 339-4914/339-7222. page 180

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classy clossifieds SANTANA 20 77 MANGO. Six bags Pineapple sails, '81 Trail-rite trailer, custom graphics, ready to race — dry sailed, clean.

Must sell — owner moving up to bigger boat. $4,500 obo. (209) 957-7658 (see at Wes-Cal Stockton).

RHODES 19-n F/G SLOOP. Without trailer.

Two spinnakers, 2 jibs, 1 main. New bottom and hull paint 7/87. 3 hp Seagull o/b. New running rigging. $1,700 obo. (415) 383-5420 Rick Davies.

CAL 25. Evinrude 6, 2 jibs, full instrumentation, sleeps 4, stove, head, dinette. Clean and well maintained. Alameda Estuary berth. $5,500 obo. Call days (415) 861-3600, eves and weekends (415) 355-8084.

CAL 20. Evinrude plus many extras.

Sausalito beth. $3,000. (707) 996-5830.

CORONADO 15. (Racy brother of Capri 14.2). Light, fast, fun family one-design.

Reachable, can’t sink! Includes trailer, trapeze, main and 120 jib, tiller-minder, windvane. Clear Lake and Bay veteran. $1,000. (415) 381-1017.

MacGREGOR 25, 1983. With trailer and 9.9 hp Johnson electric start. Autohelm, stereo, swing keel, poptop, full sail inventory. Excellent condition. $6,900. Will trade down to Udo 14 or ?? (408) 274-1555.

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JEANNEAU 27. And sail the Bay in comfort, and at more than competitive rates! Sleeps 4, full galley, stereo. Sausalito. Evenings 648-0350.

28' COMMERCIAL SAIL FISHING BOAT. W/trIr. Set up for world cruising. New MD2 Volvo engine. 10° 2 sails, 90% complete. $25,000 or possible trade for equity in Bay Area real estate. Boat in Sebastopol. (707) 579-4332.

28’ NICHOLS BUCCANEER SLOOP. Classic wood design, excint condition. Professionally maintained, newly refinished mast, rigging.

Atomic 4 gas engine, 2 suits sails, (1) selftending jib, full boat cover. Fully equipped for racing and extended cruising. Easily singlehanded. $5,000. (415) 499-0819.

S-2, 9.2A, 1979. 30-ft sloop. Yanmar diesel, f/g with full teak interior. Alcohol stove, hot water, pedestal steering, VHF radio. Rarely used and in excellent condition. $29,900.

Evenings and weekends. (707) 552-9977.

CATALINA 27,1976. Well-equipped 1st boat for budding cruiser. 15 hp o/b (w/electric start/remote controls), (4) jibs, new rigging, VHF, DS, speed/log, self-steering, shore power. Emeryville berth. Asking $13,500. Inquire weekdays any time: (916) 452-7252.

NEWPORT 30,1981. Extra clean, fully rigged for single or doublehanded sailing. Selftailing winches, (3) headsails with reefs, spinnaker, tri-radial, heavy duty dodger and AP, internal halyards. (2) blade & Martec props. Asking $33,000. (415) 233-6931.

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COLUMBIA 26 MKII. Excellent Bay sailer.

Sleeps five. Two-burner stove. New 7Vi hp o/b. Has compass, VHP radio, lifelines, etc.

Excellent Berkeley berth. $8,500. New bottom paint, survey. Call (415) 284-7547.

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NEWPORT 27. C&C design 1974. Atomic 4 i/b, S/S gas tank, muffler set up for singlehanded sailing. Original owner. Many extras.

Sausalito berth — priced to sell at $13,000.

(415) 332-3447.

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30’ PACIFIC F/G SLOOP. Baja vet, 8 sails, VHF, 2 whisker poles, 2 anchors, 6 hp o/b, 4 winches, stern & bow pulpits, sleeps 4, new cockpit cushions, all safety. Sleek and fast — Berkeley upwind. Bottom paint. $8,000 Firm. 528-4216 p.m.

SANTANA 30, 1979. Second owner. Volvo dsl, 7 sails, new spars, new overside rigging, folding prop, VHF, Loran, DS, KM, Avon with Seagull, ground tackle, all emergency gear, alcohol stove, like new condition. No more time, unfortunately. $28,000. (408) 662-8816 after 7:00 p.m.

CATALINA 30,1988. Like new — roller furling, 110% genoa, depthfinder, KM, compass, instrument pods, wheel. Universal 24 hp dsl, propane stove, cockpit cushions, VHF. $46,500. (415) 838-8829 eves.

BRISTOL 26-FT, Stiff, fast Bay cruiser with 40% ballast in the fin keel. Standing headroom, (5) sails, rigged for singlehanded sailing. KM, DS, VHF and more. Two boat owner, $10,000. (408) 243-1888, Jim.

SANTANA 27 FOR SALE or possible partnership. Great family boat, clean. Atomic 4 i/b, large sail inventory tabernacked mast, VHF, RDF, fatho, KM, pressure water, galley, dinette, enclosed head, sleeps 5. $14,500.

458-0133.

CATALINA 27. Inboard gas — OMC sail drive, (1) main, (2) jibs, fold-down dinette.

You won’t find another 27-ft cleaner or in better condition than this one! $15,000/offer.

435-1602.

CATALINA 27. Full galley, VHF, 9.9 hp o/b (with electric starter). Lots of extra equipment with boat. Oakland berth. $10,950 eves and weekends (415) 582-4331.

NOR’SEA 27. Completely proven bluewater classic. Custom rig and interior, (6) sails, (5) anchors, 250’ chain. Ham, VHF, RDF, EPIRB, liferaft, etc. etc. and it’s absolutely beautiful!

A great value at $29,500. Leo (415) 528-4727.

1981 CATALINA 30. Fully equipped with all the extras. Very clean boat, minimal upkeep, ID, (5) sails, Avon, sail cover and more. $37,500 or best offer... I won’t take her to Minnesota! (415) 572-9200(w); (415) 567-3287(h),

EXPRESS 27’. Hud m, (6) jibs, (2) mains, (2) spinnakers, all by North; Excellent condition, o/b tandem — tandem trailer, many extras. $27,500, Call David at (415) 331-1500 weekdays or (415) 435-6332 eves/weekends.

RAWSON 30 LIVEABOARD — $16,000.

Beamy fiberglass cruising sloop, built to last, good condition, see in berth G4, Corinthian YC, Tiburon. Home phone preferred: (415) 334-4969; work (415) 541-1527, ask for Lee. Partial trade Santana 22?

COLUMBIA 8.7 1977 SLOOP. Offshore cruising equipped: Loran, Autohelm, VHF, whi. Atomic 4 gas, stereo, Barient winches. $24K owner 935-2047.

36-FT DOUBLE-ENDED center cockpit ketch.

This designed-for-cruising boat needs work and a new owner. Built very strong in 1972 of marine-ply and fiberglass with wooden masts and spars. Perkins diesel engine, VHF, depthsounder, refrigeration, propane range. It has developed dry rot in the upper deck.

Owner is too busy to maintain but prefers to sell rather than scrap. $8,600. (415) 381-2737. Berth E243, Richmond Marina.

NEWPORT 28. Fixed keel. Excellent condition, Loaded! Alameda berth, priced to sell. $17,900. Days (415) 284-9180; eves and weekends (415) 528-8105.

CORONADO 34 SLOOP. 35 hp 4 cyl diesel, (4) jibs, VHF, DS, stereo, dinette/sette with aft galley, left cockpit makes an excint liveaboard/cruiser. Boat’s white on white w/blue sail covers. Wheel steering. Engine has been rebuilt. $19,950. (415) 824-6099 eves.

DUFOUR ARPEGE 30.1970. Great for Bay or ocean cruising. VHF, OS, (2) spinnakers, (3) jibs. Volvo dsl. Just hauled. Check out this well designed boat. $24,000, (408) 241-2919.

SC 27 SUNDANCE. Hull number 58. All the right stuff for winning races or fast cruising. $11,500. Rob (415) 331-3134,

O’DAY 27, 1977. Large interior/dinette, galley, sink, ice box, alcohol stove, head/sink & vanity, can sleep six. Compass, Datamarine DS/KM, VhK stereo, (2) batteries, Atomic 4 i/b in excellent condition. Other upgrades. Very good boat for $11,950.

921-8061.

CRUISING KNARR >^62. Beautiful condition.

Real performance boat with cruising interior.

Sleeps four. Danish built 30’4”x7'x4'3”.

Mahogany on oak; KM, DS, (6) Barients, full cover, head, spinnaker, C.Q.R,, sink, stove.

1983 mast, rigging, 7.5 hp Evinrude. Slip included. $6,500. (415) 641-4421.

CATALINA 27. Excellent Bay cruiser/racer, very clean. Mast, boom (tall rig) and rigging all new in 1988, new Neil Pryde main, new electrical system, VHF, 15 hp o/b with electric start, new interior upholstery in 1987.

Owner motivated: $10,950. (415) 659-1461.

26’ NORDIC FOLKBOAT. Great shape, April haul & bottom paint. Nice boat (US 60) in a great class for Bay and offshore sailing/racing. Buying bigger boat to sail away ... $5,500. 331-5248 or 626-1000 (wk). Chris.

CATALINA 27 — 1982. Excellent condition — ready to sail! Atomic 4, (2) mains, 90%, 110%, cruising spinnaker, KM, (2) compasses, DS, VHF, 110 AC, canvas cover, microwave. $22,500. (415) 584-8328.

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41-ft Morgan Outlsland ketch. Sleeps 7. 3 cabins, 2 heads. Fully equipped.

Can be crewed and/or provisioned. Bob Moore (707) 765-1960 or (415) 883-7720.

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clossy classifieds RANGER 33. Legendary Gary Mull racer/ cruiser. Very clean, comfortable, lots of stowage, sleeps six, wheel steering, alcohol stove and Atomic 4 with new exhaust. Includes (5) sails (new main and jib), VHF. Call (408) 374-4935 after 5:30. $33K/offer.

CATALINA 30, 1978. Atomic 4, Reckman furler. Micrologic Loran, Autohelm 3000, Barient 27s, CNG, wheel steering, all electronics, stereo, TV, teak interior, 110, 150, spinnaker, C.P. berth, excellent condihon. $32,500. Call for complete option list. (?I5) 574-3029.

ISLANDER 26, 1977. Inboard, VHF, comp., DS, DM, (2) jibs, main, new cover, jiffy reefing, new upholstery, lifelines, jackets. (415) 366-6163; (408) 249-4640. $9,900.

HUNTER 33, 1982. Like new, 6’4" headroom, refrigeration, sleeps seven. H/C pressure water, shower, diesel, spinnaker, wheel. $37,500. 458-3083.

HAVE YOU WANTED TO GET INTO SAILING but the cost was too high? Five partners have owned tl^is Clipper Marine 30 for ten years. At $7,500 ready to sail it would cost five new partners $1,500 each to own it. Of course, one owner can buy it. Complete expenses for berthing, maintenance, insurance, etc work out to $200/quarter each. Great boat for Bay and Delta sailing and fun for overnights. Large cockpit. Sausalito berth.

Phone (707) 539-1840.

CATALINA 27 1974. Factory wheel steering.

Atomic 4 i/b, compass VHF, stereo, electric bilge pump, KM, 2 jibs, Sausalito berth. A good condition Bay cruiser. $15,000 or partner considered. (415) 431-4820 wk days, (415) 922-1364 eves.

DUFOUR 27. Three new sails including spinnaker. Volvo dsl, Achilles inflatable, KM, DS, VHF. Blue hull. Very roomy with great interior. Extra dry and stiff. $14,500. (415) 652-7078.

DON’T BUY A CATALINA 30 without seeing this one. New fathometer, KM, compass and Harken furling. All lines back to cockpit.

White with blue deck. FM/AM, wheel, dozens of extras. Interior, exterior and engine just redone. $26,000. Ph 697-2918.

YANKEE 26 — S&S DESIGN. Westerbeke Vire engine, 7 hp. VHF, DS, KM, windvane, 4 jibs and spinnaker, anchors, extras. Clean.

Berkeley berth. $16,000. 524-5124 eves.

Pat. TWO BOATS; 25’ WOOD FOLKBOAT, full keel, self-bailing cockpit, extended cabin, set for singlehanding. $5,000/trade pick-up, van, etc. 26’ Steel Pilothouse sloop, i/b, commercial salmon fishing license and gear. $12,500. Eves (415) 237-8790, P.O. Box 184, Garberville, CA 95440.

1980 PACIFIC SEACRAFT ORION 27. (5) sails, Loran, VHF, DS, KM, compass, TillerMaster, refrigeration. Located Seattle. Cruise the San Juan Islands and Canadian coast this summer then sail down the coast. $43,500.

Dan (206) 284-2935.

MODIFIED H-28 KETCH. Winner of the Master Mariner, Lyle Galloway Trophy.

Cruise ready — new Yanmar diesel. Autohelm 2000, sails and rail dodger. Extensive ground tackle. Two-speed winches. Many extras. $25,000. (415) 331-2612.

NORDIC FOLKBOAT, MARINA GREEN SLIP. Immaculate varnished mahogany hull (professionally refinished); mast, boom, and all rigging recently replaced. Epoxied bottom, full boat cover (almost new). $8,000 or make offer. (415) 474-3007 — please leave message.

1985 CRUISING FOLKBOAT. Nearly new, all wood, classic, safe, fast design, being readied for passagemaker. Self-bail, vane, gear. Best value at $7,500. Save your money for Mexico and Tahiti. Marin berth available. (707) 857-3868.

CUSTOM ORDERED 26’ ’64 Cheoy Lee Frisco Flyer sloop. Beautifully maintained by second owner. Glass hull, teak topsides, Volvo diesel, aluminum spars, full cover. Experienced pocket cruiser, lots of upgrades and gear. Berkeley berth. $14,000 obo. (415) 524-1131, leave message.

CAPE DORY 27. Full keel, Carl Alberg design, great ocean cruiser, exceptionally strong boat. 8 hp diesel, VHF, RDF, depthsounder, sumlog. $4,000 under blue book; $24,500.

(916) 532-1959.

ISLANDER 28 BAHAMA, 1981. Yanmar diesel engine, five sails, main, jibs 90%, 110%, 150%, North gennaker, autopilot, knotmeter, depthsounder, ST winches, manoverboard pole, custom cabinets, built-in gauges and VHF, Adjustable backstay, sun awning, cockpit table, windvane, Danforth anchor and rode. Teak and holly sole. Excellent condition. $27,500 or best offer.

(415) 490-3954.

26-R CHEOY LEE FRISCO FLYER III. F/G hull, teak decks. New rigging, sails, upholstery, and full boat cover; Atomic 4. Excellent condition. Must see to appreciate. $14,000 obo. (415) 569-8756. ’75 CARTER OFFSHORE 30’. Limited production racer/cruiser, excellent condition, fully equipped. Seven sails, comp electronics, diesel engine. Great looking and sailing boat! Leave message for Gary anytime; (707) 224-3123.

DESPERATION SALE — TAKE MY BOAT! 26' Atkins Ere or double-ender. Well maintained.

Fir on oak, diesel, cutter rig. Great Bay and coastal cruiser. Anxious, Anxious, Anxious!

Tax sitOation foepes sale. $8,900. Ready to deal!! John or Erin (415) 731-7854.

30’ KNARR <*85. Totally rebuilt — new deck, house, interior, and frames. Three suits of sails, well rigged. Join one of the most active fleets on the Bay with this beautiful race winner. $14,000 or offer. (415) 237-1751 or (408) 262-4229.

RANGER 29, 1971. Fully equipped, well maintained boat. Full spinnaker gear, newish engine (low miles), loads of hardware. $19,000 Firm. (415) 723-7526 days.

HINCKLEY PILOT 35, 1966. Atoms steering vane, 13 sails by Hood. Banks EIvstrom, AP, Perkins 4-107 dsl, B&G instruments, RDF, Barient winches, Proctor spars, dodger, liferaft, heater, Avon dink, o/b. In Sausalito. $49,500. (415) 459-3913.

35’ TRAWLER, 1977. Low hours, excellent condition. Ford dsl, 300 gal fuel capacity, full galley, hot/cold water, 120-12 volt refrig., shower,'head. Great Delta and Bay boat — includes 40-ft S.F. Marina berth. West Harbor. Cail (415) 726-1871.

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ERICSON 32,1973. Carefully maintained by 60-year old sailor who is reluctantly changing to power. Well-equipped, ready to sail anywhere. Sausalito berth. $25,000. (415) 435-3398.

1983 HUNTER 30 — $27,500. Excellent condition. Many extras — Yanmar diesel, refrig., wheel steering & Richmond berth.

Priced to sell so that I can buy my cruising boat. Call (916) 966-6473 after 4:30 weekdays.

C&C 27. Excellent condition. (6) bags of sails, RDF, VHF, DS, KM, AP, two anchors and more! Enjoy the quality of C&C in one of their very best designs. Redwood City slip. $25,000. Fred Powell: (408) 462-4294, P.O. Box 7, Capitola, CA 95010.

32’ F.C. CUTTER similar to W-32. Beautiful boat — professional quality — ideal liveaboard cruise for two. Blue water veteran.

Diesel, S/S rigging, alum. mast. VHF & more.

Owner may finance with down payment & security. $35,000. (707) 829-2538. Check it out!

CALYPSO — A FANTASTIC BUY! $9,500 tor this well-maintained 30-ft William Garden double-ended sloop. Cedar over oak. Current Stuart Riddell survey available. Low price indicates a strong desire to sell, not poor quality. Give me a cail. (707) 745-8625.

26 COLUMBIA MKII — MUST SELL. Excellent condition. Three saiis, roller furling, o/b, lifelines, two anchors, all lines led aft, etc. $7,500 obo. Call (415) 620-3129 days.

WIND & WAVE SCHOOL OF SAILING — RENT ALLIII Enjoy a beautiful day on the Bay on a 32-ft sloop.

Sailing lessons, skippered rentals, bareboat rentals & catered cruises For more info, call (707) 745-4271.

DELIVERY CHARTER INSTRUCTION

BUY OR SELL YOUR YACHT FASTER ON VIDEO TAPE!

100 ton C.G. Licensed Captain, sail or power, 20 years extensive West Coast experience.

Cautious, courteous, references, reasonable rates. Gerry K. Robertson, Suite 271, 3020 Bridgeway, Sausalito, CA 94965. (415) 381-2471.

RAFER AND OBERMEIER Marine Brokerage (415) 421-6456

DOUG SWTTON San pranasio, C4. 94126

’80 LANCER 30’. Rarely used sloop, comfortable, 15 hp Yanmar, weather helm, pedestal steering, roller furling jib, VHF, KM, DS, head, anchor, compass, Emeryville berth, $22,000. (408) 247-4008.

for rent in San Francisco Fenced, paved yard with power and water.

Optional well-equipped shop.

S&G MARINE (415) 664-3070

Dock your boat and retire to this luxurious Point Richmond 2 bed/2 bath Villa at Brickyard Landing with tennis courts, swimming pool and a spectacular view of San Francisco skyline. $219,000. Call agent Evelyn hm 799-5343, wk 222-8340.

P. O. Box 2257

32’ CLIPPER MARINE sloop, 1977, for sale by owner, Excint cond, $15,000 obo. Dsl (rebuilt), bottom painted, new zincs, DS, UHF, 3’6” draft. Trailerable, Call Ed at (415) 522-6377.

BOAT BUILDING SPACE

Now available in California. Tradition, speed, and highest quality constreution are combined with every modern convenience in 44-ft ketch or 48-ft staysail schooner.

Various stages of completion available.

S&G MARINE SERVICES (415) 664-3070

MARINE SURVEYOR

ARIES 32,1984. Excellent condition. Tons of cruising gear. Never sailed outside the Bay. Prime Sausalito liveaboard berth. 63K invested, will sell for $49,000. Call Dave at (415) 331-3612 and leave message.

BOAT GRAPHIC^ WITH PERSONALITY! (4JS) 931-4384

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From the simplest to the most elaborate we do it your way!

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ciQssy classifieds RANGER 33. Great Delta/coastal cruiser/Bay racer. Clean, comfortable, lots of stowage, convertible dinette, sleeps 6, alcohol stove, pres, wtr w/shower, pedestal steering.

Atomic 4 w/new tanks/exhaust system, anchors, safety gear, KM, DS, VHP, 5 sails. $33K/0ffer. Frank (415) 527-3394.

33’ HUNTER — SACRIFICE SALE. Chance of a lifetime! Cruise the beautiful San Juan Islands in this great-sailing beauty! Comfortable liveaboard, well-equipped & maintained.

Yanmar dsl 15 hp. Boat's there. I’m here — must sell! 1980. $36,000/offer. (707) 826-2546.

29' CASCADE SLOOP. Volvo 25 hp diesel.

VHP, etc. Superior strengthed, fast worldclass rough water, cruiser, beautiful wood interior, owe some. Trade? Possible liveaboard in Redwood City. Must Sell. Asking $15K. (415) 369-3965 or 368-4422.

ANGLEMAN 34’ “SEA SPIRIT ” KETCH. Wood, custom built in Japan, 1968, Bristol. 7 bags of sails. 20 hp Albin dsl, dinghy on davits. VHP radio, AP, DS, hailer, compass, KM. Bimini & full boat covers. Survey appraisal $100,000. Inquire. (415) 254-0524.

YANKEE 30 — TALL RIG. Sparkman & Stephens. Eleven sails. Lewmars, VHP, KM, DS, etc. Recently rebuilt Atomic 4, Martec prop. Two boats, must sell. $28,500/0ffer.

(415) 284-9094.

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1967 PRIVATEER BY KENNER. A 27-32 overall Monterey Bow fiberglass ketch designed by Gilmer, with 3,700 lbs inside lead keel, new rigging, 10 hp Volvo, newly hauled, sleeps five. Berthed at Coyote Point, 23-23 Rent 103.00. Two life preservers, battery charger, motor silencer, two compasses, three anchors, boat cover, 50 gallons water, 10 fuel oil, VHF/depth gauge, land phone. A character boat with history. $19,500 or best offer. Call for picture. 348-3427. Lines of a Cheoy Lee, you’ll be proud of her.

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OLSON 30. Exceptionally clean, original owner vessel. Eight sails, outboard, VHP, KM, RDF, compass, MOP, battery charger, anchor, cushions and covers. Survey available.

Consider trade. Offers. (415) 522-5900.

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26' SPIRITED RACER/CRUISER w/huge cockpit & roomy; extra long berths. Jib, mylar genoa, spinnaker, Honda outboard, Original owner — vessel in immaculate condition! Must sell. $21,500. Call Tom (415) 838-4642.

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ELELWEISS, ERICSON 30. Excint cond, 2 mains, 7 heads’ls, incl’g spinnaker. New upholstery/carpet. VHP, stereo. Atomic 4 runs beautifully, well maint. Gimballed cockpit table, AP. Many innovations appeared in national magazine how-tos. See to appreciate. Ned Shapker, (415) 948-4437. $24,500obo.

BALBOA 26,1973. Fixed keel sloop, sleeps 5, galley, porta-potti, spinnaker, VHP; roomy & stable Bay boat for family weekends. Johnson 9.9 o/b. Must sell. See to appreciate. $9,000/offer. Call (707) 745-6418 or (805) 982-5414. Ask for Jim Fisher.

OWENS 30 FLAGSHIP. Twin 283’s, twoyear, $9,000 renovation. New carpet, drapes, microwave, TV, sleeps 6. Appraised at $21,000. Asking $15,000. Offers. (707) 428-0207.

CATALINA 27. Excellent condition, dinette interior, Volvo diesel, 5 sails, VHP, DS, KM, 110 AC, 2 anchors, and much more. Includes Coyote Pt berth. Priced to sell at $15,000.

Call Bill: (408) 721-4490 days, (408) 773-8244 evenings.

U.S. PETERSON 33 1980. Volvo dsl. wheel steering. 2 mains, 3 jibs, spinnaker, Lewmar winches, Kenyon spars, spacious teak interior, shorepower, VHP, DS, high performance cruiser. $29,000. Consider car/power boat trade. (415) 924-0240.

SANTANA 35. Beautiful, well-maintained yacht loaded with gear. Great for Bay and ocean cruising w/active class for racing.

Sleeps 6, Volvo dsl, 14 sails. Autohelm, Loran, VHP, stereo. Signet digital instruments, tax deductible financing available. $55,000. (415) 687-0111, 672-6490.

OHLSON 35. Built 1960, pride of ownership in this Swedish built wood (mahogany on oak) Classic Yacht. Recent sails, recent engine, dodger, holding tank, Loran, comoiete boat cover, many extras and in excellent condition. $27,500. (818) 842-9404.

VEGA 27. Swedish quality sloop. CanadaMexico vet. Clean, well set up (Navik vane, 3 anchors, DS, VHP, stereo, 7 sails incl’g spinnaker). $12,000 obo. Will consider vehicle as partial trade. Mssg: (415) 331-5452. View: Schoonmaker Marina ^74 West, Sausalito.

CATALINA 30 1978. Yanmar dsl. new Force 10 propane stove, new rigging '86, AP. Twoowner boat has been continually upgraded; has extensive list of options. Extraordinarily maintained. White hull, blue decks. Great investment at only 27.5K. (415) 523-3433 after 6 p.m.

1977 NOR’SEA 27. Aft cabin, sloop rig, 15 hp Yanmar dsl. The finest small cruising yacht available at any price, this one is a steal for only $27,000 (firm). Located in Redwood City. Call John at (408) 335-5251.

BOAT YARD REPO. 28-ft Triton *248. New topsides, must be seen. As is. Make Offer.

Myron Spaulding (415) 332-3721.

26' HAWKFARM. New sails, full equip.

Berkeley berth, active class. Great boat! $24,000 or offer Must sell. 372-6593.

1981 NEWPORT 28. Race rigged in top condition. Spinnaker, 110,130,150, & main by North. 6 Lewmar winches w/ail haylards & control lines led from helm. Signet instruments, Universal diesel. $22,500. (415) 875-4268.

ISLANDER 28. Cruiser/racer. Bristol condition, 6 bags sails, OS, KM, compass, VHP, Volvo dsl, folding prop, all lines led aft, 8 Barients, teak interior, stove, head, stereo, sleeps 6, standing headroom, 110 AC, fully race rigged. $27,800. 668-3945 evenings.

BALBOA 26. Excellent cruising, trailerable sailing vessel. Newer Honda 10 hp, tandem trailer. $8,900/offer. Ready for San Juans.

Lee: (916) 891-8736 (evenings), (916) 895-6178 (days).

LANCER 28. Very clean, three sails plus spinnaker, VHP, Loran, stereo, alcohol stove, head, swim ladder, 10 hp Honda, 6’2” headroom. Sleeps four comfortably. Must sell. $13,000/offer. (209) 291-9637 eves, Tim.

ISLANDER 28’. Excellent condition, wheel, five sails. Atomic 4, Berkeley berth near the yacht club. Priced well under survey at $27,500. 254-1301/254-7270.

NORDIC FOLKBOAT. Immaculate condition.

BMW diesel and sails new in 1984. Full cover, Sausalito slip. $10,000. Chuck: 381-1761.

1984 HUNTER 31’. Fresh water sloop on Lake Tahoe. Fin keel, pedestal steering, stereo, VHP, 110 & 150 genoa, Yanmar aux., more. Assist financing, insurance, slip fees, maintenance, other annual costs through charter program available when you’re not sailing. $38,000. (702) 747-4430.

CONTEST 30. Dutch built (’69) fiberglass sloop. Sleeps 6, good for singlehanding or family trips. Engine Atomic 4, 5 sails, new mast and rigging. Seafair fathometer. Horizon 25, sumlog. With trailer. Asking $10,000.

Call Vantilburg: (714) 526-2378.

26’ PEARSON ARIEL 1967. Sleeps 4, good condition, just hauled, newly painted topside/bottom, new sail cover, furling genoa, active racing class, 1978 class winner.

Sausalito berth. Good value: $8,500. (415) 765-7310 wkdays (Norm); (415) 435-3797 eves/wkends.

1984 UNION 32. Teak interior, Margas propane, pressure/hot water. Signet 1000 and 1500, Autohelm 5000, windlass,'four sails, berthed Emery Cove Marina, C-19. Asking $58,000. (702) 882-1420.

CRUISE MEXICO TO ANYWHERE in comfort & style on the Lyle Hess designed Falmouth cutter Popeye. 22’ OD. 31’ OA. Serious, quality-loving sailors write for details: Hughes, Revoluclon 555, Republics y Guerrero, La Paz, B.C.S., Mexico. Phone: (682) 2-96-61.

LANCER 281984. Like new, excellent condition inside/out. Ideal for Bay and Delta cruising, VHP radio, depth gauge, shore power, bottom cleaned 2/88. Asking $16,500.

Located Bruno’s Island, Delta. Call (408) 268-6549, Mr. North.

CAL 30 F/G SLOOP. 1966. Sails, engine, interior cushions and woodwork, topsides all new or refinished since 1980. Lots of cruising, navigation and safety equipment.

Surveyed ’86. Hauled 9/87. Ready to cruise in comfort. $17,000. (415) 453-0576.

32’6 ” PEARSON VANGUARD SLOOP. Classic Phil Rhodes designed cruiser/racer. Safe, dry, easy to handle. Great offshore. Spacious cabin. Sleeps 6. Large cockpit. Clean. New hull & bottom paint. 6 sails. 2 anchors.

Sausalito berth. $21,000. (408) 356-1537.

TRADE REAL ESTATE FOR BOATS

SAIL THE BEST ON THE BAY Andiamo, the MacGregor 65 is now booking for the 1988 season. Experience sensationai speeds for a day on the Bay or try to be first to finish in local or offshore races.

Call (916) 443-5568.

Trade Land — Homes — Income, etc.

Some free and clear in CA, OR. WA.’AZ, Mexico & others.

Want boats 25’-100-^’.

(415) 865-1035, Ask for Sam.

BAREBOAT ALASKA

ALAN OLSON MARINE SERVICES 331-1282 — 331-9126 Carpentry — Electrical — Rigging —Plumbing — Mechanical Over 25 years experience.

Reliable. Reasonable.

Sail the fiords and wilderness of Southeast Alaska.

Alberg 30. $800/week.

WALTZING BEAR CHARTERS. 4600 Halibut Pt. Rd., Sitka. AK 99835 Phone (907) 747-3608 after 6:00 p.m.

BROKER HAS BUYERS

BELLINHAM CHART PRINTERS Inexpensive chart portfolios.

Cape Flattery to Panama, South Pacific, Australia, New Zealand, and more.

18" sample: $2.00. 24" sample and index: $3.50. Credited towards order. Free Price List.

P.O. Box 1363, Bellingham, WA 98227 (206) 671-0145 page 183

ISLANDER 32 SLOOP 1979. Diesel, wheel.

DS, VHP radio, KM, compass, dodger, 2 sails plus club jib, mahogany interior, shower, 6'4 " headroom. Excellent condition! Vallejo (707) 643-3862.

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for Santa Cruz 70’s, Santa Cruz 50’s. Santa Cruz 40’s and Express 37’s.

Also need other quality listings. Please call Charles at: ROBERT SHINN YACHTS (619) 224-2888 in San Diego

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classy classifieds 28’ ALBIN VEGA. Very strong Swedish built cruising/racing sloop. Located at Larnaca Marina, Cyprus in the Eastern Mediterranean.

Equipped to go anywhere; Volvo MD6 dsl aux., 10 sails incld'g 2 mains, 2 spinnakers, 2 genoas, cruising chute, etc. Navik windvane, Sumiog, OS, Zodiac, dodger, -i- complete protable cockpit enclosure to provide extra enciosed space during iong port visits.

Radio equipment includes ICOM VHP & Seafix RDF. Lots of extras. Want to cruise^the Med? What a place to start! 3 days to Island of Rhodes, 2 days to Turkish coast. $20,000.

(415) 924-0269 or (602) 795-6943.

FOR SALE: 30’ WOODEN YAWL Rhodes design, shop built 1954. Needs much work.

Phone; (408) 424-9224. Ask for Jim. $3,900.

ILLNESS FORCES SALE. Strong & fast 32' cruiser, strip-pianked kauri wood, frames every 6”. Buiit in New Zeaiand by perfectionist (construction photos available). Sailed here on her bottom. $27,000. Jack; 661-7168 or my broker, Peter Jones 386-5870.

26’ CHRYSLER, 1977. Fixed keel, Volvo diesel, all fiberglass and teak. Like new/used little, 3 sails, club jib rig, sleeps 5. Galley dinette, VHF, FM. $8,700, low down plus $110/mo with,good credit. (415) 846-5992.

STEAL MY BOAT. 30’ Ho-Sang Chinese Junk. Teak, 2 masts, Volvo diesel, sound and well equipped. Runs, sails well as is. Needs cosmetics. Defy BCDC or cruise. Super party boat. $12,000. Bona-fide bargain! Rob (415) 652-9095.

26’ BALBOA WITH TRAILER. Lyle Hess design, sleeps 5, 3 sails, 2 burner alcohol stove, 9.9 Johnson o/b, porta-potti, hard chine dinghy and more. $8,000 obo. Michael; (408) 423-6529, CATALINA 27. Immaculate dinette model.

1973 CATALINA 27. Coyote R berth, excint cond, dinette interior, new roller furling.

Atomic 4, i/b, '87 barrier coat on bottom, VHF, new DS, KM, new electric & manual bilge pumps, new 150 genoa. $15,000. Bill; (415) 321-9876 day & (415) 854-0620 nights.

SANTANA 35 — GREAT BUY! Great boat!

Fully equipped for racing; 8 sails, Loran C, racing bottom. All offers considered. Toni; (415) 428-1600 or Steve (707) 938-5958.

29’ CRUISING SHARPIE 1984. 16” draft, beachable. Cat yawl rig with unstayed masts, tanned sails. Prototype of Phil Boluer ‘Skillygalee’ design. Fully found, bristol condition. Ideal Bay and Delta cruiser. $16,400.

(415) 674-9518.

STEAL MY BOAT. I paid $28,000 for my '78 San Juan 28 but I will let someone steal It for $21,000 obo. I will carry financing also. Call or leave-message at (408) 377-2058.

WESTSAIL 32. Factory completed 1980, hull *807, ocean cruising, full keel, cutter, five sails, Volvo diesel, autopilot, windvane, depthsounder, VHF, refrigeration, solar panel, portable generator, cabin heater, anchor windlass, whisker pole, running backstays, hard dinghy, and more. Only sailed for 3.5 years, but 4.5 years in dry storage. Presently hauled out, can inspect now before launching. $65,000. (916) 971-2534.

1980 HUNTER 27 TALL rIg. Spinnaker rigged, like new, club jib, i/b diesel, pedestal steering, 3 sails, sleeps 5, shorepower, whisker pole, dual bat., fin keel, VHF, DS, KM. Must sell; $19,000. Call (209) 334-0705 or (209) 948-1000.

DAWSON 26-FT SLOOP. F/G, center cockpit aft cabin. Yanmar dsl, wheel steering, new VHF. Swing keel, trailerable. Sleeps 5. Great Bay anb Delta cruiser. Excellent condition. $14,000. Days (415) 954-9523; eves (415) 472-6561.

27’ 19ZP F7G CAL T/2. $7500 or b/o. 5 sails; SUN 27. Immaculate condition thru-out!

Perry design, deluxe teak interior w/6' headroom. Yanmar dsl, all factory options.

Head with sink/vanity and holding tank. '86 haulout/paint, surveyed at $27,500. Redwood City berth. $17,000 Firm! (415) 965-3857 or (415) 857-3439.

26’ CONTESSA SLOOP. The Folkboat improved. F6 Lloyd's class cruiser/racer. VHF, log, fatho, and many other extras. New dodger and epoxy barrier bottom. Trailer included for asphalt voyaging too! $15,000.

Call Tom eves at 522-8759.

TRITON 28-FT FIBERGLASS SLOOP. Built by Pearson in 1959. Very strong, great cruising/S.F. Bay boat. Six sails, VHF radio, needs haulout and some interior work. Engine almost new. $10,000. 829-0780.

(2) spinnakers,-(1) 110% laper, (1) 150% genoa & (1) main. Plus VHF radio, fathometer, speedometer, apparent wind, compass, lifelines, galley, head, 6 winches, 1980 Honda hp o/b; 6’ headroom sleeps 5. (916) 795-3567.

RANGER 26. Super condition, new main, VHF, dual compass, stove, separate V-berth & head, a solidly built & pretty racer/cruiser.

Sausalito berth, priced to sell, $9,500. Fred (415) 332-7207.

REDUCED TO SELL: 1977 ERICSON 27.

Wheel, diesel, electronics, lines led aft, fully equipped, new North main sail. Boat in excellent condition. All for $18,000. Call Tom (408) 259-3060 after 6 p.m. or weekends.

33’ PHILIP RHODES F/G SWIFTSURE

New bottom paint, cushions & curtains.

1986 9 hp o/b with electric start and i/b controls. Main, jib, and genoa. VHF, shorepower, new shrouds. This boat is a steal at $15,000.

(415) 675-5544 or (408) 258-7795.

water sealed, Edson wheel. Data Marine instruments, self-tailers; all teak interior. 1980 US Yacht. $14,000 Firm. 427-0500.

ERICSON 27. Atomic 4, VHF, stereo/cass., depth, knot, cockpit cushions, ladder, whisker pole, furling jib, all wood excellent condition. Clean, well-maintained yacht, you must see. Berthed at Coyote Pt. Retirement forces sale. $18,950. 592-5747.

FANTASIA 35, 1978. Excellent cruising or liveaboard, cutter rigged. 35 hp diesel, 235 hrs. 125 gals fuel, 215 gals water. Microwave, 2 refrigerators, 6 sails, full dodger.

Quality inclusive in all details. $85,000.

(415) 331-8506,

30-FT SLOOP. 13.5 hp diesel Volvo fresh

Classic keel c/b sloop. Wonderful Bay, Delta and coastal cruiser, sleeps 6, Atomic 4, VHF, RDF, EPIRB, DS, Sumiog, etc. Dodger, wheel, good condition. Why not step up to 33’ now? $22,500. Resides in San Leandro. Res (415) 792-1566, Bus (408) 244-7911.

CATALINA 27. 1976. Excellent, condition.

Atomic 4, dinette interior, 6 sails including main & spinnaker. VHF, Autohelm, mast & rigging new in '85, Many extras. Coyote R berth. $12,500 obo. (408) 732-8891.

WANT TO SAIL? It’s yours for $250/mo.

ISIS: 32' sloop, one-off Gary Mull design.

Designed for singlehanded TransPac. Full complement of sails & electronics. Diesel.

Perfect for racing or cruising. (415) 821-1075.

THE ORIGINAL OCEAN CRUISER. Westsail 32 cutter. Full keel, diesel, heavy construction. Both wheel and tiller steering. Six sails, roller furling. Six page equipment list. $59,000. Will trade up or real estae. If you’re going, this is the boat! (408) 377-4815.

CAL 30, 1966. Sturdy boat, lots of new equipment. Atomic 4. $16,000 firm. Days: (415) 775-1165, ask for Ron or Ken. DOWNEAST 32 1976 CUHER. Yanmar 27, radar, VHF, ham, Honda generator, Arco solar panel, 12 amp wind generator, AP, inflatable with new Johnson, shower & more, set up to cruise: $58,000. (805) 772-8277.

SOUTHERN CROSS 31,1976. Factory completed cruising cutter in excellent condition.

Autopilot, windvane, Yanmar dsl, new windlass with hi-test chain, new Force 10 3-burner propane stove w/broiler. Best offer over $35,000. Ron (415) 591-2513.

CAL 3-30. Well equipped, excellent condition, fast and comfortable. Tiller, 2 spinnakers, 5 jibs, headfoil & folding propeller.

Diesel, cabin heater, CNG oven/stov'e, VHF, AM/FM cassette, wind speed/angle, KM, DS, many extras. $27,500. Dick Desmarais (408) 434-1249 message.

36 FEET TO 45 FEET POLARIS 43 MKII CUTTER '83. Capella.

PHRF 180, Perry custom redesign, original owner, proven passage-maker with SatNav, windvane. Alpha AP, Nilsson electric windlass, refrigeration, dodger, bimini, liferaft, 7 sails. Harken roller furling jib. $115K. (408) 624-8910.

CENTER COCKPIT 41’ KETCH. Island Trader, all f/g, Perkins 4-108 low hours. Radar, cold plate frig & freezer. New LPU on hull, han> radio, AP, wind vane, 2 heads, 2 showers, custom teak interior, all new cushions and fabric. Excellent condition, must see to appreciate. 2 page list of addit. equip., large spare parts inv. Original owner, great liveaboard. $85,000. (805) 984-9346.

DAVE’S DIVING SERVICE

TRADE BOATS FOR REAL ESTATE

HULL CLEANING * * * ZINC/ PROP CHANGE SALVAGE U BANK SURVEYS 331-3612

Over 20 boats to trade for real estate.

Cnvroider Land — Residential — Income, etc. Sample boats: COL. 24', Newport 28’, Ericson 39’, Custom 52’ or Custom 65’ oil barge in Alaska. Call Sam, (415) 865-1035.

ENJOY A YACHTING VACATION on the Bay or Delta aboard my beautiful 43-ft sailboat Compass Rose.

Sleeps six. Shower, refrigeration, stereo, instruments. $350/day.

Call Jon (415) 427-5499.

YACHT DELIVERY U.S.C.G. Licensed Master of power and sail will deliver your yacht or commercial vessel worldwide for’U.S. $1.00 per mile. Call or FAX Captain P.F. DeGrasse, (213) 541-2993 or FAX (213) 544-3587.

RANGER 37 CHARTER

STEEL BOATBUILDING SEMINAR 1988

Looking for eight people to pay $80/month for one Saturday or Sunday per month.

Weekdays free. Current lOR and PHRF certificates. Call or write for details.

Bruce McHugh, P.O. Box 1683, El Granada, CA 94018 (408) 752-3003 days

Learn how to build your own steel hull from those wtio fnake a living at the trade. Learn construction techniques, problem solving for layout work, welding techniques and tips, plan selection and economics, and much more. To be held at Pier 66, August 19-21. For more info contact: SIERRA YACHTWERKS, P.O. Box 167, Clarksburg, CA 95612. (916) 744-1211.

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clQssy clossif ieds 45-Fr COLUMBIA MOTORSAILER. Beautiful, spacious M/S. Accommodations Include a private stateroom w/head & shower, separated from other sleeping, large salon.

Great for offshore sailing as well as luxurious llveaboard. Virtually a floating condo. Quick sale: $75,000. (408) 354-1179, 6 p.m.

EQUIPPING MY ISLANDER 36 to cruise.

Need tri-sail, radar detector, SatNav, chain, rode, windlass, canvas sewing machine, etc.

Jack days (415) 791-8616, (415) 582-1519.

YAMAHA 36 1981. Built with excellence. All teak Interior, pressure water hot & cold, sleeps 7, large Inventory of sails and equipment. Rod rigging and hydraulics, Yanmar dsl, low hours. Price: $69,000. Replacement value well over $100K. (415) 922-1941.

CHEOY LEE LUDERS 36. Must sell for move to larger boat. Lots of gear: dodger, Volvo dsl, awning, Loran, AP, electroguard, windlass, ground tackle, VHP, fathometer. New epoxy bottom and more. Lovingly maintained. Consider trade. $47,000. Jim, 331-2309.

PETERSON 44 CUTTER. Immaculately maintained, llveaboard or cruising. Washer, dryer, refrigerator, microwave, full IIOv, phone, custom teak Interior. 200 hours on Westerbeke 60 diesel. Mint condition sails. $119,500 or offer. (415) 843-5702. : i i I

NEWPORT 41. 1973 Fiberglass sloop, C&C design, custom built. 1983 Yanmar diesel, 11 sails. Micron 33 bottom, solar power. New: Autohelm, refrIg., roller jib, Loran, heater, elec, windlass. $78,000. (707) 823-3776.

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1973 COLUMBIA 36. One owner. Don't spend $100K-f to go cruising. A Mexico/Carrib veteran. Custom teak interior, lots of cruising gear. Current survey says $95K replacement. Asking $39,500 and am flexible. Roy at (415) 521-5361 eves, Linda (415) 981-1801 days.

WESTSAIL 42 WORLD CRUISER. Interior designed for couple who want to cruise, llveaboard, & work their way around the world. Completely Insulated, Dickerson dsl, central heating. Shipmate propane stove.

Shipmate fireplace. King central air conditioning. Large desk space, massive storage space. Tall mast cutter, lead ballast. Perkins 4/236. Needs finishing carpentry. Asking $95,000. In Sausalito. (415) 332-0723.

YDRKTOWN 39 ’76. Center cockpit sloop, complete refit: New Yanmar 4 JHE liveaboard amenities — lots new parts with all receipts. Inflatable needs finishing touches.

Details and specs at (415) 420-0432 Message. $36,500.

A VERY FAST AND BEAUTIFUL 43’ YACHT. Built and equipped with cost as no object, £spr/t Is in excellent condition and ready to win races or cruise anywhere in a big hurry.

17 UK sails, full Ockam computer system with interfaced Loran and electronic compass, triple streader Sparcraft rig, Navtec hydraulics, and on and on. This boat Is In new condition! She is a fast lOR/IMS/PHRF racer; or abundent room belowdecks makes her a great boat to convert to fast cruising.

Bargain. Leave message at (415) 655-3265.

DIVORCE SALE: '76 custom llveaboard Ingrid 38' LOD, 45' LOA, 6' draft. Haulout/survey 3/88. Volvo 30 hp dsl, dodger. Monitor windvane, Givens liferaft. Trimble Loran.

Terms: $65,000. (707) 253-2602.

1975 PETERSON 44. Hull ^104. Completely cruise equipped incl'g SatNav, AP (both wind and elect), charts, full sail compliment, etc etc. Custom light blue AwIGrip hull. For photos and complete equipment list write: Mike Starbuck c/o Panama Canal Yacht Club, Cristobal, Panama. $78,000 Firm.

ISLANDER 36. Customized for strength and comfort. Ready to cruise the Bay, Baja and bejond. (408) 423-4230.

38’ FARALLDN CLIPPER. Beautiful racer/ cruiser built to highest standards and in A-1 condition. Full covers, diesel, AP, dinghy with o/b, and much more. TransPac veteran — llveaboard since 1973. This is a youthful classic that sails beautifully. $34,000. (415) 321-4943 (h); (415) 877-5756 (w).

LANDFALL 39 PILDTHDUSE CUHER. Incredibly equipped, with $28,000 refit in 1985 in preparation for Alaskan cruise. Since returning she is for sale to a discriminating buyer looking for an incredible llveaboard or cruising boat. Sleeps six In three cabins, workshop, five sails, Dickinson diesel stove, Avon cannister raft, excellent ground tackle, dinghy, outboard, radar, Loran, hydraulic autopilot with remote, two depthsounders with cockpit repeater, wind instruments, VHF, CB, digital stereo with equalizer, refrigeration, TDX, separate shower, IIOv inverter, teak interior, teak decks, custom skylights, 70 hp diesel, crab and shrimp pots, too much more to list. Price now reduced prior to spring clean up. Offered at $72,000. (707) 578-1004.

40’ CHALLENGER FIBERGLASS KETCH. Superb liveaboard/cruiser. H/C pressure water with shower, (2) Norcold ref/fzrs, propane stove, fireplace, aft stateroom, 6'4” headroom, sleeps seven. Perkins diesel, RVG vane, Benmar AP with remote, Onan generator, Avon 6-man liferaft, self-tailing winches, EPIRB, windlass, full ground tackle, seven sails, VHF, RDF, Signets + much more. New AwIGrip hull paint, gelcoat topsides. New headliner, cushions, curtains, sailcovers, etc.

Mint inside and out. Documented. South Pacific veteran. Berthed Emeryville. New on market. $75,000. (209) 466-6277.

ISLANDER 36. Custom cockpit rigged for easy handling. Perkins diesel, 45 gal fuel, 120 gal h/c water, shower, automatic battery charger, VHF, RDF, lead keel. Monel muffler, teak interior. Zodiac. Sausalito berth. City view. (415) 696-4613; (408) 867-9351.

Expert quality wood care. Varnish. Refinishing. De,cks. Compound. Wax. Painting. Caulking.

Bottoms. Cleaning. Lettering. Repairs. Maintenance Programs.

Serving the Bay Area 12 years. References. Fast. Reasonable. Work Guaranteed.

(415) 454-3441.

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& fast ocean racer/cruiser. Blue hull, all teak below, set for single/shorthanding, Crankable dsl. Signets, AP, Monitor vane, 6-person liferaft, many sails. Ideal for offshore cruising/racing and/or llveaboard. Just hauled. Documented. $48,000. (801) 649-3394.

IN LA PAZ — 41-FT KETCH. Wood hull, beautiful condition, soundly built. Cruise the Sea of Cortez, go diving, or just llveaboard; sleeps 6-8; new genoa, other sails old but useable. 90 hp dsl, $16,000. (415) 331-7224.

ISLANDER 36 — IMMACUUTE. Full cover since new teak & oak interior, all instruments, new custom built-in microwave oven, electric head, roller furling, 50 hp Perkins dsl, hot/cold pressure water, much more. Brickyard Cove slip. $59,900. (916) 929-7451.

PERFECT 36. Want an Islander 36? Tired of looking at neglected boats? We are selling our much loved Islander to move up to a larger cruising boat. Cloud Dancer is cruise equipped & beautiful. Has never been raced.

Call (916) 541-1748 or (415) 237-9602. $49,000.

IN CARIBBEAN; TYANA V42. For sale/trade.

Cutter, 1982, private yacht completely equipped, just buy groceries and sail. Specs by return mail. $85,000 obo. Contact Ed Sacher, P.0, Box 702, Anacortes, WA 98221 (206) 293-6978.

ISLANDER 36. Modified for strength and comfort. Ready to cruise Mexico or beyond.

Very competitive price. (408) 423-4230.

PERFECT 36 — ISLANDER 36. Never raced, rigged for cruising. Best maintained Islander on the Bay. Dodger, Harken furling, windlass, much more. Call (916) 541-1748 or (415) 237-9602. $47,000.

WILLIAM ATKINS 43 Little Ranger Ketch 1962. Double-ender, mahogany, oak, monel.

Ford diesel. Bristol cruise ready, too many spares to list. Asking $89,000. Call (619) 224-5539 eves.

HANNAH KETCH — 42’ DN DECK. 54' LOA. 12’ beam, 5.5’ draft, built 1964. Heavy construction, fir/tir, full keel, center cockpit, engine room, shower, etc. etc. Very,comfortable llveaboard; very comfortable / stable sailor. Low maintenance. $45,000.

234-1747.

UNION 36, 1984. Beautiful, strong cutter.

Dependable Perkins 4-108, Loran, dinghy with o/b, radial headsail, full galley, H/C pres, water, shower, sleeps 7. Stereo, etc. $74,500 or will consider smaller boat or late model car in partial trade. (707) 746-6770.

1' MORGAN 0.1. KETCH in llveaboard berth.

Washer/dryer, TV, stereo, microwave, (2) refrigeration systems, propane heaters, fireplace, roller reefing jib. Combi IV, sailing dinghy on davits, lots morel Call (415) 522-6945. $75,500.

1988 WESTECH 39’ GARY MULL SLOOP. 9300 lb displacement, 650' sa. Eliptical rudder and keel. Yanmar diesel. Complete with rod rigging, Lewmar, hydraulics, etc. Offered factory direct wholesale. Ph (408) 429-9368.

DIXIELAND JAZZ AND RAGTIME MUSIC

SAIL HAWAII — INTERISLAND Individuals or groups welcome. Customized crewed charters. Sailing instruction and gourmet meals included. Take the helm or relax and be pampered. Luxurious 44’ Nordic yacht. Hot water shower. Your interests help determine anchorages. Brochure, (808) 553-5238.

BRITEWORKS YACHT MAINTENANCE

PEARSON 36. Beautiful

for private parties or flubs afloat or ashore’ singalong banjo up to big band Eliot Kenin (415) 655-3024

SAILBOAT RIDES — $10 hr/pp Sail San Francisco Bay from Jack London Square aboard new Ericson 35 yacht. Professional USCG licensed captain provides an exciting experience — hands on sailing encouraged.

SUNSET CHARTERS (408) 251-1931 or (415) 521-7287 CAPTAIN GABE

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Racing, cruising, day sailing, or even windsurfing, 1200/300 Baud, 8 bits, no parity, 1 stop.

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classy classifieds 42’ PEARSON, 1981 KETCH. Immaculate condition, well-equipped. Excint layout for cruiser/liveaboard. Abundant storage, 6'4” headroom, separate shower. Westerbeke 58 hp dsl (500 hrs). Light, airy & comfy interior.

Original owner, never in charter service.

Berkeley berth. (408) 274-5784.

PEARSON 36’ SLOOP. This 1973 yacht is in like-new condition due to low usage over the years. Dsl, electronics, new bottom, lo^ of extras for racing or cruising. S.F. Marina berth. Partnership bust makes this deal of the year! $50,000/obo. (415) 342-2777.

40’ NEWPORTER — GAFF RIGGED KETCH. Inside steering station, 59 hp Ford Osco diesel, radar, VHF, fatho, H/C pressure water, refrig. Estate sale, must sell: $35,000/obo.

(415) 655-4564.

40-FT FERRO CEMENT. Sea Smoke design

by Sampson. Hull, cabin and interior. Boat needs mast, motor, sails. Hull professionally done — oak interior. $12,000. (209) 952-6360.

46 FEET AND OVER

EXCELLENT LIVEABOARD. 55’ ketch M/S. New super spar rigging, seif-tail’g Lewmars, self-furling jib, 105 hp Chrysler Nissan dsl, 30 amp Onan gen, all compartments spacious, 2 bathroom wAub/shower, icemaker.

W/D, Must see to appreciate. Possible owner financing. (415) 621-4889. $99,000.

C&C LANDFALL 48. Pilothouse cutter. Commissioned in ’85, boat is equipped for serious cruising. Navigation instrumentation includes radar, SatNav, Loran, AP. Also watermaker, dinghy with o/b, liferaft, dodger.

Seriously for sale. 521-9371 eves.

51’ CUSTOM STEEL SCHOONER ’86. Perkins dsl, refrigeration, large freezer, forward & aft cabins, roomy head, large separate shower, wide decks, fully Insulated hull. Excellent voyager/liveaboard. $150,000 Firm.

Eves (707) 553-8204.

CS 36 SLOOP. Fast cruiser/racer, 36’5” LOA, excint cond. (5) North sails, roller reefing/headfoil, Westerbeke dsl, folding prop, full electronics incl’g Loran & wind, refrigeration, hot/cold press, water, propane stove w/sniffer, more. $69,500. Motivated.

(415) 791-5194. '

KEHENBURG 43 SPREE. Aluminum, fast, strong, comfortable, gracious, beautiful. Low maintenance. South Pacific vet, equipped.

Ready for this? $54,000. (415) 769-6516.

FORCED SALE: FORMOSA 36 Ketch. 1981.

Excellent condition w/new LPU paint, full instruments, dsl. Fatty Knees sailing dinghy.

Stiff cruiser w/extended range. Huge cabin 6-2 HR, LPG range/oven makes perfect liveaboard. BO offer 43,000. (415) 548-1845.

PIER 39 — 36-FT SLIP. Prime location! A great buy: $27,000. Long term lease. No restrictions. Transferred to Washington and do not want to be an absentee landlord. Call collect: (509) 838-9795.

IRWIN 52 ’77. Vet cruiser (Mexico, Panama, Hawaii), full cruise equipt, Loran, SSB, radar, 3 anchors, 100s of ft of chain/rode. Ketch rigged, 2 heads, 15'-h beam, 3 staterms, autolife raft, propane, 7.5kw Onan, central heat & air, dryer, dinghy, tankage-wtr 400 gals, fuel 240 gals. Must sell $125,000.

(209) 334-2325, (209) 334-2871.

83’ SAILING SHIP for the Ancient Mariner.

Dutch built 1903; well maintained, black iron Baltic ketch w/3,000 sq ft sail, teak decks.

Approx. 1,200 sq ft down below. 2 salons, two wood-burning stoves, 6 staterooms, wheelhouse, shop. Sail-ready w/extensive inventory. Leaving Bay Area. $160,000. (415) 33-1-2044.

MUST SELL IMMEDIATELY: 57’x16.8’x5’5’ Chinese Junk. Built Hong Kong 1971.

Beautiful carvings, large aft cabin and cargo hold. Twin Gardner diesels. This vessel must be sold in next two months! Make cash offer now. Asking $54,900. (415) 439-2672.

14' beam, draws S'/z’, large salon, two heads, IVz" striped plank mahogany over douglas fir, white oak main frames, ribs.

Custom built by Newort Rl master builder 1984. Five bags working sails, complete ground tackle, Loran C, 200 gal press, water, 150 gal diesel, 90 hp iron wind. (2) gph at 7 knots. Full dodger and more. Recent out-ofthe-water survey. Seriously for sale — five figures, much below suhrey.- Call (503) 761-2933.

1987 STEEL PILOTHOUSE CUHER. 48' LOA, 42’6” LOD. Professionally built to circumnavigate, many extras for comfort and safety. Full batten main, dual station steering, sleeps nine, can singlehand. Beautiful boat, must sell: $120,000. Box 193, Bellingham, WA 98^27. (206) 384-5717.

S&S 47-FT CUSTOM CUHER. A classic beauty! Built 1959- of mahogany on oak.

Veteran of'Mexico and Hawaii, she’s ready for Bay>Delta,‘oi:,^ocean cruising. Fully equipped including Loran, SSB, Aries windvane, refrigeration and more, $54,000/obo. Peter, 924-5515; 457-2284.

SAMPSON SEABREEZE 50’ KETCH. Spacious pilothouse cockpit center. Large captain’s cabin aft has double plus jr. berth, private head w/shower, private stateroom forward. Sleeps nine. Fully equipped galley inch microwave. Complete workshop in engine room, three electrical systems, electronics. Fully equipped for world cruising luxury, liveaboard economy. El Toro sailing dinghy. Reduced from $94,000 to $64,000.

May take real estate or smaller boat in trade.

(209) 982-5794.

over molded African mahogany. Mercedes dsl, 200 gal fuel & H20, wood inside, outside glass. Spacious comfort. Exceptional performances sailing/motoring. Modest work required. Opportunity for serious ocean cruising enthusiast. $49,000. (619) 453-0749.

Well-traveled. Was used as tender for dredging, 27 tons deep freeze, full machine shop, large galley, 2,000 gal dsl, 530 gal water, fireplace. Sleeps nine in four staterooms.

Two generators, spare main engine, needs Stem and deck work. Hull okay. Same owner for 18 years. $90,000/obo. 359-2802.

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18’ HERRESHOFF AMERICANA CAT BOAT. Includes Belvedere roundings. if you are.

engine, trailer, storm proof Cove mooring in charming surBoat beefed up and ready for Horn $9,000. (415) 348-4092.

18-FT HOBIE CAT. With trailer. This boat is a special edition "Tusnami” and is in excellent condition. The price includes many extras. $3,800 obo. (415) 584-2279, please leave a message.

HOBIE MAGNUM 18 — 1984. Harken sheet and main, blue Hawawii colors (rainbow sails, white hull), galvanized trailer, beach tires, fiberglass sailboat, 2 vests, hot stick extending tiller. $7,500 new, asking $4,600.

(415) 937-7656 eves, 977-4740 days.

42’ HORSTMAN TAI-STAR KETCH. Original owner. Recent survey, Perkins dsl 50 hp, (3) doubles, head, galley, anchors, (7) sails & navigation equipment. Built for cruising, double diag. & f/g. Good condition. Owner relocating. Must sell. $59,000 obo.

Marion: (213) 429-9572, Rick: (714) 675-0982.

“DEFIANCE”, CROSS 32R TRI. Race ready, full batten main, 8 bags, $29,900. Will be in SoCal in early July at completion of Oakland/Catalina Race. Crew position available for prospective buyer. Bill Maudru: (415) 369-5011/5013.

PIVER DOUBLE A 31-FT TRIMARAN. In excellent condition. $25,000 458-0900. Ask for Dio.

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SOLCAT — SACRIFICE — 18-FT CATAMARAN. With trailer. Good condition, 65-FT ALDEN KETCH. New engine built (’26) pine on oak hull, all teak decks, spruce spars.

Updated rigging, new Perkins dsl eng, custom interior (oak & mahog), propane/DC/AC galley fridge, freezer, stove, oven, microwave, fireplace. Eves (415) 939-7487,

CUSTOM 76’x21’ BEAM MOTORSAILER. 42’ CRUISING AUX KETCH, heavy V2 ” glass

MULTIHULLS

57-FT LOA KETCH. Center cockpit, aft cabin,

fast and fun! $1,250 obo. Call Joe at (707) 526-4137.

28-FT PIVER. Inboard diesel, everything in excellent condition, fully loaded, nothing to buy. Can carry financing. Asking $9,995.

Consider all offers. Frank: (408) 243-2108 and 243-4931.

50’ RHODES MAHOGANY YAWL for sale.

Fine craftsmanship by Abeking and Rasmussen in 1952. Volvo diesel, centerboard. Extra cabin, new electric, Datamarine, speed and depth. Lots of gear. Must sell: $85,000 (415) 728-7002.

SEAWIND 24 CATAMARAN. There is no boat faster on the Bay of this size 20 kts plus.

16-ft wide. Now rigged for offshore. 100% plus flotation. Owner relocating. Call Michael (415) 524-3903 days.

MARINE SURVEYOR

— STAN WILD 2480 Fifth Street Berkeley, CA (415) 849-3041 Member National Association of Marine Surveyors

THE CRUISING CONNECTION Your Permanent Cruising Mail Address.

Mail Forwarding and Receiving.

Don’t Leave Port Without It. 945 Neal Ave., Wahiawa, HI 96786.

(808) 621-9694

ERICSON 32 FOR CHARTER, TIME SHARE, 1/4 PARTNERSHIP

LINDA NEWLAND DELIVERS

Well maintained, great sailing San Francisco Bay boat.

Will offer sailing lessons from ocean racing skipper to the right person as part of the package.

Skippered or bareboat charter.

(408) 996-8622

S.F. to Hawaii or Return — Summer 1988 Experienced, Economical, Proven. Coast Guard Licensed; skipper of crewed or singlehanded yachts. Credentialed navigation instructor — coastal and celestial. Resume, references and quotes on request. (415) 521-7172 eves.

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LIFERAFTS / DINGHIES LIFERAFT FOR SALE OR RENT. 6-man. valise, E-pack, new 83/84, current certification. (415) 931-4384.

UFERAFT FOR RENT. 6-man Toyo brand “Seavivor”. Ocean equipped, double floor.

Valise pack. 521-7172 for rates.

ROWING DORY. 12-ft dory — fast and well built. Grey with varnished trim, oak frames, marine plywood hull, needs sliding seat and longer oars. Perfect fitness boat. $750. Call (415) 457-0615.

OLDER AVON REDCREST with floorboards, oars, pump $250.35 lb CQR $140. Kenwood worldwide R-1000 receiver $350. Sailor worldwide receiver R-109 $200. 2 horseshoes with lights and brackets $60.

VHF antenna with cable $45. John 522-2163.

POWER / HOUSEBOATS

refinished. Ford Interceptor V-8 engine w/less than 500 hrs. Water skiis, permanent boarding ladder, cover and trailer included. $7,500 obo. Peter, 924-5515; 457-2284.

Francisco berth. Well set-up & maintained.

All electronics working & of excellent quality.

Seeking responsible person who's experienced in small boat handling, maintenance or ownership. $5,000 plus expenses.

(415) 826-6247 eves.

CHARMING HOUSEBOAT. Many upgrades, legal liveaboard berth in Alameda location. $29,000 obo. Call John Coe at (415) 885-4050.

CAL 2-30 PARTNERSHIP. 1/3 interest; great

CHRIS CRAFT CATALINA. 35', late '84, 1st sold in '85. Tricabin, V-8's, 6.5 gen, shower/tub, summer and winter canvas, microwave, full refrig. Immaculate rare beauty. (415) 769-0976. $125,000.

PARTNERSHIP

ISLANDER 36 PARTNERSHIP. 1/5 share $5,500, down + $200/mo includes everything. Boat is seldom used and Is loaded with gear, many new items. Almost unlimited use and 1/5 the payments. What a deal! After 5 p.m. call (415) 351-2495.

SANTA CRUZ 50-FT; Share in ultimate use and $50,000 rental income. Great 3 to 1 legal tax shelter. Sleeps ten. $60,000/terms. Come explore Monterey Bay: (408) 335-9532.

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mile range, stabilized, twin GMC's, all systems redundant, save by buying in Mexico, $175,000, now lying Puerto Vallarta. For info: “Good News" c/o: Victor Paniagua, Zarogoza 180 Oesp. 180, Puerto Vallarta, Jal., Mexico.

dragon, prime S.F. Marina Green location.

Excellent foul weafher boat — $3,100 plus $145/mo covers berth, maintenance and loan. Hauled 3/88. (415) 381-6238 eves.

32-FT LIVEABOARD: Converted 1925 Lake Union Sedan Power Cruiser (no engine). Potbelly stove, electric heater, gas range, new frig; shower and head, hot water. Sausalito berth with all amenities. Comfortable, good shape, hauled annually. $7,500. Tom 258-9459.

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CLASSIC S&S 47-FT CUHER: 'h Partnership Available. Fully equipped ocean cruising veteran of Mexico and Hawaii. One of S.F. Bay's most beautiful and well constructed wooden yachts — to see her is to love her. $15,000 + $200/mo. Peter, 924-5515; 457-2284.

$9,750 buy-in, $90/mo slip fee; berth Pier 39. New mast, rigging, 10 hp dsl inboard.

(415) 544-4964, leave message.

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Bay, Delta and ocean. Fast and seaworthy; good race history; good partners, sleeps six.

Atomic 4 i/b, KM, stove, dinghy. Great berth location at S.F. Marina. (415) 848-7350.

'h INTEREST; NEWPORT 30 PHASE II. Dodger, VHF, ADF, Combi, KM, DS, 2 anchors, primary & secondary winches, spinnaker, blooper, drifter, 170 genoa, (2) 150’s, 130, 120, 85, main, all very good condition, new standing rigging. Sausalito berth. $6,500.

(415) 479-5755.

50% OWNERSHIP: 27' ERICSON 1974.

BLUE SKI BOAT. 78 Mel Hart. 17' open bow.

Looks good on the water. Everything you need for skiing. 115 Mercury, newly rewired trailer, boat cover, skiis, ropes, jackets. $4,500. Call C.R. at (415) 751-9281. I'll call back real soon.

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WANTED: PARTNERSHIP IN ERICSON 38. Is

ISLANDER 36 LOOKING FOR 4TH PARTNER to share the excitement and thrill of onedesign San Francisco Bay racing on highly competitive, beautifully maintained boat.

Previous racing experience not required. Call Jay at (415) 339-3055.

in charter approximately 20 days a year so has some tax advantages. Little to no down.

Simply assume payments at $360 monthly plus expenses. Days (408) 286-6060, evenings (408) 248-1559. A great deal!

HOOD 38 FOR SALE OR PARTNERSHIP. One of the finest 38' luxury performance cruising sloops known as the French Swan. Completely equipped: Barient S/T winches. North sails. Harken r/f, etc. Like new! $92,500 obo.

Call Gordon 642-7332(d), (916) 756-7273(e).

Need trisail, radar detector, SatNav, chain, rode, windlass, canvas sewing machines, etc. Jack days (415) 791-8616, (415) 582-1519.

FREEDOM 21 — Vi PARTNERSHIP. Wonderful Bay boat. Great for singlehanding; Reef main, set or douse gunmount spinnaker in seconds. Many times only boat on Bay with spinnaker set. Amazingly fast and nimble.

Sausalito berth. $6,500 plus $62 berthage.

453-7643.

New luxury performance cruising sloop, completely equipped, Sausalito berth. Known as the French Swan. $15,00b down, $800/month (includes everything). Call Gordon 642-7332(d), (916) 756-7273(e).

NON-PROFIT GAY YACHT CLUB. Barbary Coast Boat Club.

(415) 237-1213.

CATALINA RACE, CREW POSITION WANTED Have done it twice before, must do it again.

Will share expenses, help prepare boat and stand any watch. Experienced local and offshore sailor. Michael Heiner 499-8575.

EXPERIENCED, CERTIFIED CAPTAIN and First Mate for 46-ft Morgan ketch. Channel Islands to Hawaii, island sailing, end of June, must enjoy, have fun and cook. Non-smoker.

(213) 457-6135.

NOVICE TO BOATING COUPLE, with new 30-ft motoryacht, seeks fun couples (sleep six) with boating experience and familiarity with the Delta, to join us for weekends on the water. Write: Delta, 370 Altair Way, Box 136, Sunnyvale, CA 94086.

YACHTMAN'S DREAM — Lovely redwood home with 50-ft deepwater dock in exclusive Brickyard Cove. Just minutes from your back door and you're sailing on San Francisco Bay. $439,000. (415) 237-9155 owner.

EXPERIENCED, RELIABLE INDIVIDUAL with references desires to rent a vessel to liveaboard. Willing to pay berth fees and/or routinely maintain. Sausalito preferred.

Michelle (415) 845-6255.

JOB OPPORTUNITIES NAVIGATING THE NUMBERS A group of entrepeneurs, engineers and scientists have undertaken a nautical and technological firstever attempt at a Guinness World Record.

We need a CAP to help us set up the initial bookkeeping and incorporating documents for the project. Please send resume to: ZHTA PROJECT, c/o: Latitude 38. P.O. Box 1678, Sausalito, CA 94966.

OUTBACK BOATS

(415) 430-2899 Lon Woodrum 415/332-5970

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25 years Wobdrum Marine experience — Boat Builders — BEmm New boat construction or major restoration specializing in interior & exterior alterations.

All phases of wood and glass repair.

EAST BAY SAIL CLEANING One week on ^il repairs. estimates.

Bogart-Goring Sailmaker.

(415) 523-9011'

SOLAR PANEL BREAKTHRU FOR BOATS!!!

The new Flexible & Shatterproof "Sovonics” Marine Solar Panels — the first & only SolarElectric Panels that Float & are Shade-Resistant! Much more power than with glass-covered panels when mounting on deck or dodger, & under mast, boom, spreaders, etc. Many sizes/up to 37 Watts GOLDEN GLOW SOLAR 1 (800) 332-4569,626 Walnut St., San Carlos, CA 94070. page 187

CREW AVAILABLE: Two experienced female sailors seeking crew positions on boat entered in TransPac and/or heading (preferably to So. Pacific, Australia & beyond, July '88. Also available for (extended) weekend cruising now. Call/write (415) 864-7784, 51 Oakwood, S.F., CA 94110.

New yacht tenders and dinghfes in kevlar.

Custom layout, colors and options. Made in California.

SmaKcraft repairs and estimates.

Richmond (415) 527-9290 Brian Roach

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NON-SMOKING COUPLE (or single parent) with teenager wanted to share bare boat charter in Tonga with same 8/6-8/16/88.

Airline permits stopover in Fiji. No sailing experience required. Call Joe, (415) 345-5858 or Georgie, (415) 479-7194.

CENTURION 42; Partnership/Time Share.

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Approved by all banks and marine companies.

Serving the entire Bay Area and Delta. Wood, Fiberglass and Steel.

Delta: (916) 776-1094; Bay Area: (415) 420-9450.

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clossy clossifieds WANTED; MARINE DIESEL MECHANIC. Journeyman only need apply. Experienced with Yanmar, Perkins, Universal, Westerbeke, Volvo & Universal Atomic 4 engines.

Must know eiectrical wiring and boat systems. Cali 232-5800.

HARD WDRK — NO PAY. A group of entrepreneurs, engineers and scientists have undertaken a nautical and technological firstever attempt at a Guinness World Rsgord.

We need a truly top-notch secretary who wants to be an important part of this project by contributing 10 hours per week of professional services. This right candidate will be organized, be able to type 70-E words per minute, and have word processing skills.

Please send resume to: ZHTA PROJECT, c/o: Latitude 38, P.O. Box 1678, Sausalito, CA 94966.

BARGAINS: 32 CHARTS Pt Conception to Acapulco $95.1.M. Radar Alert $55. Winslow valise-type 40M canopy raft, recent certification $290. (415) 634-2893.

LIFETIME FAMILY SAILING CLUB MEMBERSHIP at Club Nautique. Includes free lessons for entire family, free unlimited use of training craft, bargain rates for larger crafts, and social events. Reduced price, negotiable. Must sell. (415) 929-6941.

50-FT SLIP IN MARINA PUZA HARBOR. Sausalito. For sub-lease June through September. $300 per month. Mr. Corley, 485-1950 or 331-1095.

JESTER DINGHY SAILBOAT MOLDS. Excellent condition. Call Gary, (408) 462-9081.

JOBS WANTED

MISCELLANEOUS HEAVY DUTY SEMI BOAT TRAILER for boats to 40-ft and 12 ton. Hydraulic goose neck tor easy launching. $2,100. (209) 638-5260.

CLUB NAUTIQUE Re-salable family membership. Includes complete lesson package, 25% charter discounts, social & sailing activities. New facilities at Ballena Bay, Alameda and Sausalito. $2,750 value; $2,100 or best offer. (408) 379-0207.

CLUB NAUTIQUE family (life) membership for sale, $2,250. Learn to sail, charters, parties, cruises, fun for the whole family! Save $500 over new membership cost. Call (415) 521-8753.

46-FT SLIP IN SAN JUAN ISUNDS. Single berth in Northwest’s finest, most modern berth-place, Anacortes Marina. Will sell equity. Trades considered. Headin' south, must sell soon. Call/send for details. (206) 858-6861. SCV, 9516 Randall, Gig Harbor, WA 98335.

TRAILER FOR “DRY SAILING”. Originally for Santa Cruz 27 (i.e. designed for fin keel ultralight approx 3000 lbs). 1978 Trailcraft, single axle. Surge brakes, recent anticorrosion black paint. Best offer. Call Gunnar at (415) 323-2029.

ISLAND RETREAT. Fly in, sail away. Fabled Orcas Island in the San Juans is a northwoods paradise! 2 bdrm, 2 bath home with garden, large garage & workshop plus addiuonaizDorm, 1 oamaparimenuorguestsor income. One block from private airport, marina & beach. 1/2 mile to town of Eastsound. Owner must sell. $138,500/offer.

(415) 662-2237.

COAST GUARD LICENSED DELIVERY SKIPPER is willing to deliver your yacht to or from San Francisco and Hawaii for a fraction of the usual cost to gain more open ocean experience. Anytime this summer or fall. Call Ken, (415) 892-4805.

USED GEAR PERKINS 4-107 MARINE DIESEL with 1:1 reduction gear. Rebuilt starter, injectors and pump — complete. In boat, runs good. $1,900 obo. Phone Dean 644-0123.

FULL CDVER FDR CAL 3-46 KETCH. Yellow Acrilan. One year old. Make offer. (415) 821-8118 work; (415) 591-7557 home.

LDTTA STUFF! 76' Sterns mast 8854 with 5/16 stain-rod rig, (5) spreader. 57' Hood 2-track head foil. B&G: (2) MFD, (1) water angle, (1) compass, (2) 190 Masters, (3) speedos, (2) Ant, Loran, MicroLogic, SatNav, Magnavox. 18’ spinnaker pole (no ends). (1) new SR inst KT5 knotmeter. 10' curved Harkin track. 50’ boat cover. (415) 449-0426 or 989-8014.

SEXTANT — Never used. Weems & Plath 4/40 Telescope plus astigmatizer lens. Wood case. The finest instrument for cruising. $685 or best offer. Costs over $1,000 new!

(415) 284-4404.

STAINLESS STEEL 3-burner stove/oven, Hillerange, like new, kerosene, pressure tank included. $250. 100' Campbell high test chain - needs galvanizing $ 50/ft 796-9868 after 6 p.m.

IS YOUR J/24 UNDERWINCHED? Pair of Barient 21s for sale. Largest allowable primary winches for J/24s. Hardly used. Excellent for boats under 28’ needing extra winch power. Outstanding price — well below wholesale. Includes covers. Please call 983-5127 or 931-5256.

LPG GIMBALLED STOVE. Shipmate, oven/ broiler/3-burner, stainless steel, perfect condition. Some spares. $500. (415) 370-0730.

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PLATH ANCHOR WINDUSS. Like new, wildcats for 5/16" proof coil or 5/16" hi-test chain and rode $8,000. 40-lb Danforth anchor, new, $100. Magna kettle bar-b-que $30. Fatty Knees 9' dinghy, many extras: $850. (707) 554-1633.

WINDGENERATOR AMPAIR100 keeps Adler Barbour cold without running engine every second day, $500. Bruce 22 lb anchor $150.

Stainless IVi water jacketed exhaust pipe $100. Spare Seagull parts & manual Marinetics master control needs voltmeter $75. Frank: (408) 423-4604.

AHN. PACIFIC CUP RACERS: SSB Intech Transceiver ■*2500 with antenna coupler *'1605, both $1,00. 12 parachute flares 25mm exp 9/89, $9. ea. Intech SatNav antenna, $200. M. Rose (408) 377-5207.

FARYMAN 12 HP DIESEL with remote hydraulic drive, all cables, controls, etc. Including 2-blade Gori folding propellor. Stan 832-1026.

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BOAT TRAILER NEEDED; Would like to rent your tandem axle tVailer to take my Olson 30 to Tahoe. Need the trailer from late June until mid-July. Might buy the trailer if the price is right. Message phone (415) 449-4780.

HANDS-DN INSTRUCTIDNAL CRUISES Learn heavy weather sailing, anchoring & more on 3 & 4 day cruise to the fantastic Channel slands. Sail with solo TransPac skipper Mike Pyzel. Free brochure & schedule, plus info on our famous Home Study Coastal Nav. course.

Pyzel Navigation, P.O. Box 4217, Santa Barbara, CA 93140

(805) 640-0900.

I WANT TO TRADE UP to a 30 -32' 1980 plus cruising sloop. I have cash (most important) Ranger 26 and Hobie 16. If interested call Fred at 654-0733, 786-2300.

WANTED; USED SET OF SAILS for Santana 22. Must be in good condition. I'll be happy to pay a fair price — if you know someone who has them I’ll pay you a 10% fee if you refer me to them! David (415) 673-4771.

NEED HOBIE 16 SAILS. Lost my main, jib, main boom, main sheet with pulleys and sailbag. Will pay $500 to $1,000 depending on condition for some used ones. Ed Holman, 42635 Fontainebleau Pk. Ln., Fremont, CA 94538, (415) 656-6561.

WANTED: PARTS FOR UNIVERSAL UNIMITE engine (Hercules 141 cu. in. block). Call Bob: (916) 989-0815 eves or 484-8642 wk.

FALMOUTH CUTTER. 22' LOD; Lyle Hess design. Factory finished, rugged offshore cruiser. 25 lb CQR w/250' chain, S-L windlass, stern anchor. Autohelm, VHF, DS, C.PIath compass, full cover, new cockpit cushions, safety gear. $31,500. (707) 528-0201.

WANTED: 35 LB CQR Bow roller. Call between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. (415) 236-5839.

POWERBOAT WANTED for use in filming educational picture about voyage of a disabled child & his grandfather in a daysailer.

Suitable vessel (app 30’) needed to tow sailboat/act as camera platform. Skipper must be expert in Bay/Delta. Low budget (some compensation). Ken Nelson (415) 778-8160.

COLUMBIA 26 MKII. Comfortable, roomy Bay cruiser. 10 hp Honda o/b, VHF, radio, stove, icebox, sleeps 5. Mainsail, jib, spinnaker. $6,000/obo. Eric Brown davs 930-6218. ^ OLSON 25, 1987. New mylar sails, custom tandem trailer, deluxe interior, race package. $25,000/offer. (916) 891-8736.

ALTERNATE — ENERGY — EQUIPMENT — EXPERTS Manufacturer of Fourwinds II Wind and Water Generators. ($539-839). 120-190 amp alternators, ($249-775). Alternator controllers, ($130). Solar (PV) panels ($110-485) 5-8-10 year batteries, ($290-485). EVERFAIR ENTERPRISES, INC. 723 S. 21st Avenue, Hollywood FL 33020 (305) 920-3711, FAX *'920-3772. y MARINE VIDEDS FDR RENT M hlA OVER 90 TITLES AVAILABLE!

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WANTED — USED SAILS FOR RANGER 23 Used but not demolished. Up to five years.

Older okay if not used often. Jibs, spinnaker, possibly main. Call Len, (415) 332-5831.

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USCG LICENCED CAPT. LDDKING FDR YACHTMASTER PDSITIDN Power or Sail. Extensive experience including ship design.

Long-term preferred, any waters. Non-smoker, non-drinker, married, 53-years, great health. Call: CAPTAIN JIM TALBOn (707) 648-1793

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15-FT SNIPE SAILBOAT with sails and trailer. Snipe *11952 Internationai Racing Association. Homemade 1961 (wood) $800.00 / Offer. (408) 741 -1880.

AVON REDSEAL 10-FT. Excellent condition. $700.00. (415) 324-3249.

BEAUTIFUL CALYPSO. Well tended yachtsman, 1976 Ericson 27; 9.9 hp '82 Evinrude o/b, oversize rigging, winches, new side stripes & bottom, VHP, speedo, depth, 130 genoa, all safety gear. Mint — $19,950.

Eves (415) 593-6223.

26’ SCHOCK ENDEAVOR in excellent condition. New main and jib, spinnaker, VHP, head.

Newly painted. Great day/Bay sailor. Berthed at Jack London Square. $1,500 for 1/3 interest. Call (408) 353-1799 eves.

32’ SIMPSON-WILD SHIFTER TRIMARAN. All f/g, factory-built demountable express cruiser. Rotating mast, fully battened main, standing headroom, sieeps 4 plus, new LP topsides, new Micron bottom, 10 hp Honda w/cockpit controls. Zodiac w/2 hp Honda, AP, more. Beautiful! $15,000 (714) 855-9751 REP WANTED; Leading manufacturer of High Performance Poulweather Gear and Authentic Nautical Clothing is seeking experienced aggressive sales organization for the follow. ing territory: California, Nevada, Alaska, Hawaii. Contact Joanie, 1(800) 451-4348.

CAL 9.2R (30-FT) RACER/CRUISER. Ron Holland design, fast, bristol. (6) bags sails, VHP, knot/log, Loran, wind, depth, stereo, Navtec rod rigging, folding prop, lead keel.

Numerous extras. Diesel 11 hp. Negotiable $41,500. (707) 446-8399; 5 p.m.-9 p.m. or mssg (707) 642-5915.

ZODIAK S131 INFLATABLES AVAILABLE. Over 25% discount. 4-man, 10-ft iong, mounts 10 hp outboards, floorboard, inflatable keel, many extras. Over $1,000 at West Marine, U.S. Yachts, my factory direct price $800. Japanese hand-held lighted compass ($120 value) only $75. 995-2539.

classy classifieds 46’ GARDEN PORPOISE (solid teak hull).

Morning Star completed her 8-year circumnavigation in 1981, after which the book Voyage of Committment, ‘Morning Star' Around the World was written by Ray Triplett. She’s a beautiful ketch, with teak interior — handcarved in Bali — ready to take you around the world or anywhere you like!

Pressure water, refrigeration and shower for comfortable liveaboard. Aries windvane, elec, autopilot, power windlass, VHP, OS, liferaft, rebuilt Perkins 80 hp diesel. $110,000.

(415) 851-5177.

BODEGA 30 FULL-KEEL F/G CRUISING SLOOP. Strongly built, beautiful teak interior, 4 sails, lines led aft, VHP, OS, KM, stereo, 2 anchors, 9.9 o/b, provisions for i/b, launched 2/86. $26,000. Alameda Marina Pier 7, Slip 129. (415) 521-9077.

CAPY DORY 25,1979. Pull keel, brass portholes, teak trim, o/b, VHP, $15,500 Pirm.

(415) 620-2830, 461-0510, WANTED: 40’ OR LARGER SAILBOAT. Will trade 198 acres of country property (free and clear) in Mendocino county, with cabin, streams, ponds, horses, and great access.

Apraised at $125K. I can assume balance or pay cash difference. (408) 688-1757.

32’ FACTORY BUILT Demountable Express Cruiser. Rotating mast, fully battened main, stand g headrm, sleeps 4+, new LP topsides, new Micron bottom, 10 hp Honda w/ cockpit controls. Zodiac w/2 hp Honda, AP, more. Beautiful! $15,000, (714) 855-9751.

25-FT U.S. YACHT, 1982. Division of Pearson Yacht. Honda 4 stroke 7.5 hp o/b. Lewmar winches. Beautiful teak interior, excellent Bay boat. Condition of this boat is absolutely like new. Sacrifice. Must sell. $8,500. (415) 228-2852 or (415) 228-7348.

S-2 7.3: 24’ PERFORMANCE CRUISING SLOOP. (5) sails incl'g spinnaker and new jib. Honda 7.5 o/b, VHP, Datamarine knot/log, Newmar charger, galley, head, sleeps 4, Rigged for singlehanding. Teak interior, new cushions. $10K. (408) 288-5029.

Roomy — excellent condition. $44,000. see at NAPA VALLEY MARINA, 1200 Milton Road, Napa, CA (707) 252-8011

25’ FOLKBOAT (DEBUTANTE MODEL). S.F. Bay classic sleeps 2, with full cover, o/b, new keel bolts and floors. Recent haul-out and appraisal. Beautiful and solid throughout. $7,400. Owner relocated so call “Marissa” collect: (916) 299-6726.

ISUNDER 37-FT PILOTHOUSE. Beautifully maintained, great cruise/liveaboard, roller furling main & genoa, club staysail, 75 hp Volvo, 3 kw diesel gen., wheel steer inside & out, davited sailing dinghy w/2 hp o/b, autopilot w/remote, Loran, KM, log, DS, wind S&D, refrigerator-freezer, microwave, h/c press, water, shower, stereo, TV. Sausalito berth. $62,000. Days (415) 256-3075, eves (415) 332-2472.

24-FT COLUMBIA CHALLENGER. Great family cruiser and race rigged. Solid, clean.

Evinrude 6. Must sell. $5,000. (415) 941-1682.

NEWPORT 30 III, 1984. Excellent condition, varnished interior, add'I cabinetry. CNG, 3 batteries, 25 hp dsl, Martec prop, anodized mast, internal halyards/reefing led to cockpit, C3lf-tailing winches, main 3 reefs, 150,110, 85 w/reef, spin. (408) 289-1226.

38' ATKINS INGRID KETCH. 1955. Bristol — exceptionally well-built, equipped and maintained. Radar, Loran, S/S windvane, new sails, rigging, 3-burner Shipmate stove, Perkins 4-107. Blue water vet. $55,000.

(619) 226-2393, (916) 226-5788.

TWO SAILBOATS: Laser 14-ft, laminated tiller, ratchet block, sail and accessory bag, $650. Super Snark 12-ft sailboat, $250 (415) 824-4679.

WANTED; POWERBOAT 40’ TO 60’. Prefer older classic wooden motoryacht. Seaworthy — liveaboard. Rent with option to buy or owner to carry loan. Call: John Roberts (415) 851-3930, (415) 329-8829.

HERRESHOFF ROCINANTE. 28-ft ketch.

Beautiful classic lines. Planking Port Orford cedar on oak; teak cabin; cockpit coaming and seats. Varnished spruce spars; new sails and cover. Needs interior and TLC. Must sell, leaving country. $11,900 obo before May 31st. (209) 477-8607 eves.

1973 COLUMBIA 36 — ONE OWNER. Don’t spend $100K-h to go cruising. A Mexico/ Caribbean vet. Cstm teak interior, lots of cruising gear. Current survey says $95K replacement. Asking $39,500 and am flexible. Roy at (415) 521-5361 eves, Linda (415) 981-1801 days.

1963 26-FT FIBERGLASS SLOOP. Standing headroom, i/b, VHP, stereo, (4) bags sails, full boat cover. Second boat. Needs cosmetic work on outside wood. Make offer. Robert, (415) 757-2514 after 5 p.m.

CAL 2-25 (26’). Like new condition. 9’ beam, 5’10” h.r., Yanmar-8 diesel, galley. Roomy & comfortable cruising boat. Must seli: $18,500 /obo. (415) 459-4820.

CAPE DORY 25-R. Great Bay boat. Traditional lines. Excellent condition. Includes o/b and genoa. $12,500/obo. (707) 257-8896 eves.

PERKINS 4-108 MARINE ENGINE with 2:1 Borg Warner. Lots of hours but runs great.

Needs electrics and heat exchange. Bill: (916) 371-2313 evenings.

Compatible sailors and adventurers wanted to cruise Mexico and Caribbean, 1988-1989, in luxurious 55-ft cutter.

Accent on interesting ports and scuba. Weekly slots reserved. Enjoy the full enchilada.

Call (415) 834-3958, 465-0759, 351-9335

CHARTERS ON THE BAY

261/2’ ALASKAN TRAWLER Priced right at $110,000. Will consider trade for less expensive vessel.

See at NAPA VALLEY MARINA, 1200 Milton Road, Napa, CA 94558 (707) 252-8011

Aboard a classic 37’ yawl. Sail the Bay or the Pacific Ocean leaving from Sausalito. $20.00 per hour weekdays, $25.00 per hour weekends for the boat with a licenced captain. (3 hours minimum).

Bay Sail (415) 332-1712; 388-SAIL

ATG SOLAR — GREAT WINTER DEALS ON SUN POWER!

REPRESENTATIVE WANTED Leading Manufacturer of High Performance Foul Weather Gear and Authentic Nautical Clothing is seeking experienced, aggressive sales organization for the following territory: California, Nevada, Alaska, Hawaii.

Contact Joanie: 1 (800) 451-4348

ARCO GENESIS or SOLAREX SA-5: 5 watt/.35 amp: $661 SOLAREX SX-10 PLASTIC: $145/SOLAR€X SX-20 PUSTIC: $245 ARCO M-65 2.9 amp: $289/SOLAREX SX-41 HIGH TEMP. 2.8 amp: $269 Call Toll Free 1(800) 826-3336 P.O. Box 790, Severna Park, MD 21146

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1981 FREEPORT 36. One owner lovingly maintained bristoi regretfully must sell our much loved yacht. Pier 39 berth available. $69,000. (415) 982-8255 days / evenings.

OLSON 40 SPELLBOUND. TransPac equipped. $129,000 / obo. Ask for Lou at (916) 753-9331.

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FANTASIA 35, 1980. Very good condition, excellent cruising or liveaboard, cutter rigged. 45 hp dsl, 260 hrs, 120 gals fuel, 225 gals water. Teak deck, documented, many extras. $61,000. (415) 521-6261 eves/weekends.

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13’6” LOA — 7’6” Nested

$175,000 For Sale By Owner 49' World Cruising Ketch/Luxurious Live Aboard. Teak Decks w/Teak & Holly Sole, professionally maintained. Three Staterooms, two electric heads w/showers, large airy salon, nav station, galley w/trlple burner propane stove & microwave. Custom fabrics thruout. Complete sail Inventory incl. spinnaker, 120 H.P. Ford Lehman dei^el w'/tinder 600 hrs., 3.5 K.W. Onan generation w/under 300 hrs.

Raytheon Radar, Loran, V.H.F. transceiver, log, auto pilot, VDO, wind inst. Depth Sounder w/repeat stn. Other options incl. electric windless,dinghy w/15 H.P. Johnson motor, 8 man Avon survival raft w/EPIRB, complete boat covers. Amenities incl. refrIg/freezer, color tv w/rotor ant., custom 100 W Kenwood stereo w/C.D. & six speakers. Replacement cost $240,000. Must see & sail to truly appreciate. Principals only.

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Holly Solar .

Capitola Bay Marina. . . .74 Charter; 'Kialoa IT. . . 178

Sobstad Sails.

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Spinnaker Shop. The. ,...46

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O'Neills Yacht Center. .44

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Pacific Coast Canvas. .68

Club Nautique . . . .39

Hurricane Marine

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Pacific Cup.

Concord Yamaha. . . .74

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Paradise Yacht Charters. 178

Stolen Boat.

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Parker, Kermit. Yacht Sales . , 198

Stone Boat Yard. . . . .48

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Sunroad Resort Marina . . . ....25

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Peninsula Marine Services . . . . .46

Sunset Yachts. -26.27^

Allstate Insurance. . . .84

Cooper Yacht Charters . . .

Allwest Marine Safety. Inc . . . . .76

Corlett & Blasier., , 199

Alpha Marine Systems ... 150.151

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Pitchometer. .74

Svendsen's Boat Works . . .8

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Port of Oakland. .41

Tatoosh Marine. .9

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Proper-Tighe Marine

Technical Education Institute

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Cutters Quality Woods . . . . . .87

Antioch Marina. 54,60

D’Anna Sailing Co. .2,79

Landfall Marine.

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Lange. Cecil M.. & Son. Inc.

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Richmond Boat Works. .75

ATG Solar. . . .86

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Richmond Marina Bay. .77

Bailiwick. . . .80

Dunne. Michael F., Insurance . .29

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Richmond Yacht Service. .84

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Yachts Ltd.

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Eagle Yacht Sales

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Repo Hotline. 193

Tower Park Marina. .,..89

Ballenger Spars. . . .74

Edgewater Yacht Sales. . 193

Lirakis Safety Harness .

. .77

Royal Yachts, Inc. .14

Tradewind Instruments Ltd ...,21

Bay Bridge Yachts. . . 190

Edinger Marine Services . . . .

List Marine.

. .46

San Diego Marriott. .72

UK Sailmakers of Sausalito

Bay Riggers. Inc. . . .52

Emery Cove Marina. . .87

Marin Boathouse

. .47

San Francisco

Vallejo Marina. ....82

Baytronics. . . .78

Encinal Fuel Depot. . .85

BC Navigation Center .... . . ,80

Famous Foam Factory

Bellhaven Marine

.

. .76

.60

. . . .

, 191

. . .60

Marine Electrical Services .

. .60

Bay Boat Brokers. 192 San Francisco

Vancouver Yachts.

.

53

.85

Ventura West Marina .... . , ,,67

. . . .60

Farallone Yacht Sales . . .30

Marine Engineering.

, .45

Benicia Marina . . . .29

Feeney Wire Rope And Rigging . 54

Marine Servicenter.

. ,58

'Big O'Charters.140,141

Forespar . . .72

Bilge Busters. . . ,60

Frank’s Fishermans Supply . . . . .38

Marion Sailmakers.

.169

San Francisco Marine Exchange .82

Blue Dolphin

Fraser Yachts. . 191

Weatherford BMW. . . .,40

Maritime Store. The . . .

.86

Sandaro Industries. .64

Yachts International . . 196

Gianola & Sons. . .70

West Coast Inflatables . . . , ...78

Marks-Clark Insurance .

.58

Santa Cruz Boat Show . .69

Boater's Friend., . .86

Glasco Marine. . .62

West Marine

Maryland National Bank

, .24

Sausalito Sailing Club.

Bock. Chris. Instruments . . . . .67

Glen Cove Marina. . .47

Maskell Marine Services

Sausalito Yacht Sales.196

British Marine. . .89

Glen Cove Yacht Sales. .191

McGinnis Insurance.56

Scanmar Marine Products.58

BSA Stanford. . .58

GMAC. . .22

Metal Magic .50

Sceptre Yachts.32

Cable Moore / Famet Marine . .28

Golden Glow Solar. .23

Milano Yachts.89.197

Schoonmaker.89

Cal-Coast Marine. .62

Golden State Diesel . .76

Molly Catboats.

Schoonmaker Point Marina .... 33

Cal-Marine Electronics. . ,49

Gorman, Bill.

,42

Boat Works. .87 San Francisco Bay Yachting Center .

35.36.37,38

,89

Volvo Regatta. .,,.44 Voyager Marine.

40

Walnut Creek Honda ...

,84

Products. -90.91 Westwind Precision Boat Details .62^ Whale Point Marine Supply . .. . 6!

World Yacht Center.71,73 Yacht; 'Bondi Tram’.194

Monterey Bay Fiberglass.78

Seabreeze Boat Yard.66

Yacht Sales. . 195

Nau*T»Kol .54

Seabreeze Ltd.178

Helms Yacht and Ship Brokers .15

Navico North America.34

Seafrost.,*84^

Hatler, Don, Yachts. . .43

Nelson's Marine

Seaswell.| 51

Canyon. . .54

Haynes Sails .

.62

Nicro Fico.32

Sea of Cortez Yacht Charters

. 67

Capital Workshop Insurance . . .45

Yacht Registry.|90

Helmut's Marine Service ....

85

North Sails.13

Seagull Marine.55.80

Yegen Marine.12

California Custom Canvas . .

.59

California Maritime Academy Foundation

. . . . . .19

.51,81

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Yacht; ‘Pazzo Express'.194 Yacht: New Zealand 45.192 Yacht; Wylie 34.194 Yacht; Mark Bausch.190

San Francisco Bay

320 Harbor Drive Sausalito, California 94965

(415) 332-5311

★ Keoni Warinner ★ Carol Pratt ★ Dave Sheldon ★

60’ NAUTICAL Ketch, 1983. “Stargazer” comfortable world-wide cruiser. Three generous staterooms, each with private head, plus crews quarters. Call us for more information. $345,000.

73’ ALDEN Schooner Lord Jim. Excess of USCG requirements for certification — fuiiy equipt for world cruising: Charts, flags, spare parts, china, linen

47’ VAGABOND ketch 1974. This handsome Wim Garden design has been meticulousiy maintained; ioaded with options —- cruise ready! Owner wants ot-

40’ SPARKMAN & STEPHENS Cutter, 1982. Design perfection by S&S, unrivaled elegance with comfort and competitive performance. A 10-t- on any

48’ CHEOY LEE Mid-cockpit ketch 1982.

South Sea veteran; well-equipped with extra sails and navigation electronics.

At our docks. Submit Offers.

41’ NEWPORT RESOLUTE. Very substantial racing/cruising yacht, designed

by C&C, excint list of navigation equipment; huge sail inventory. Reduction, Submit Offers — $51,350.

“CELESTIAL” CELESTIAL 48 Center Cockpit Cruising Ketch. 1985 model with owners queen aft, guest double forward, large saloon and galley with oversized refrig/freezer. List 165Kplus. Dealer demo at $142,500.

“SEA ROVER” JEANNEAU SUN LEGEND 41 Sloop, 1985. Unique 3 stateroom 3 head layout, Doug Peterson design for performance cruising, loaded SatNav, SSB, etc. Offered under market at $124,500.

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22’ CATALINA 1986 W/trlr. Pop-top, swing keel. This boat’s in showroom condition!

Call Lee

$12,700 SAIL

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20’ 29’ 30’ 32’ 32’

SANTANA’81. Fully race equipped, Pineapple sails, w/trlr. Immaculate.$8,000 CASCADE’74. Diesel, many extras, windvaneand A/P. Fantastic only .$27,500 CATALINA ’78 & ’83.2 to choose from. Starting at.$29,500 WESTSAIL ’75. Bluewaler sailer. Just provision and head for the South Seas.$53,500 WESTSAIL, Launched 1982. Custom built interior, culler rigged double ender. Vet from South Seas.$55,000 34’ CORONADO ’69. Full canv., great condition Clean! .$31,500 39’ PEARSON 390 ’72. Centerboard sloop, aft cabin, furling main and jib, radar, SSB, VHF, davits. $69,500

POWER 2rCRUlSER’78. Nifty Delta boat.$12,500 25’ REINELL ’79. Cruise or fish, canvas.$16,500 2850 BAYLINER CONTESSA w/FB, ’83. New DIta canvas w/zip in screens.

Super clean.$32,500 32’9” CARVER 2987, ’85. Luxury, speed, comfort and a great sporlfisherman for the Bay, Della or Ocean ..

34’ CHRIS CRAFT ’62. Lapstrake hull, T-Chevy 283’s, F/B, new upholstery.$25,000 35’ HUNTER ’64. New bottom paint & zincs. Delta canv, well-kept boat.$25,000 37’ MMCTRAWLER’81. Monk design, radar A/P. This is a fantastic boat.. .$78,000

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OCEANS VII BLUEWATER 47 Center Cockpit Auising Ketch. Built ,1978 with owners queen aft & guest double forward. Two heads, 2 showers, new ’88 aluminum spars, boat shows excellent maintenance. Asking $120,000.

Lowrie Yacht Harbor 40 Point San Pedro Road San Rafael, CA 94901

(415) 454-7595 Bus.

NEW ZEALAND 45

1982

Fast cruiser. Excellent condition. Re-outfitted in 1987. Repainted spars. Roller furling North sail -f #3 -f genoa, spinnaker, mainsail

by Hood. Large steering wheel. New VHF. B&G digital. New batteries. Hydraulic Navtec boom vang backstay. Main sail trim.

New blocks. Winches rebuilt. Upholstery and more ... !

(415) 391-0414 1155,000.00 or trade for high quality art (

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PETER JONES YACHT BROKERAGE

SAN FRANCISCO BAY

(415) 386-5870 BUYERS: If you’re looking for a boat & don’t see it here, or if you don’t know which boat among the many alternatives will satisfy your sailing needs, then please call. My listings change constantly, & I may have some suggestions if you haven’t decided on a specific boat.

108’ ISLAND TRADER ’80. Ketch. Unique, luxurious yacht. $1,150,000 52’ IRWIN ’77. Roomy ketch, Perkins diesel, radar, Loran, 2 heads w/shower & bath, anchor windlass, electronics & more. $145,000 45’ LANCER POWERSAILER ’83. Twin dsls, electronics. & more. $149,000 41’ MORGAN OllTISLAND ’78. Cruising ketch w/Perkins dsl, dodger, refrigeration & lots more gear. $85,000 40’ NEWICK CSTM CATMRN ’83. Wing mast. West sys, TransPac vet. $96,000 39’ FREYA ’78. Well rigged cruising cutter, Yanmar, vane, etc. $79,500 38’ CSTM SLOOP ’81. Canadian built Huntingford dsgn; cruising gear. $79,500 38’ ALAJUELA. Well built cruising boat. Call for details.

36’ PEARSON ’73. Masthead sloop with 14 sails, Westerbeke dsl, wheel, liferaft and more. Sturdy and well rigged. $51,500 36’ ISLANDER ’74. Wheel, Signet electronics, clean. Great Price!

35’ CHEOY LEE LION ’66. Volvo dsl. Elegant lines. $39,000 35’ LUCAS CUSTOM ’82. Cstm aluminum racer w/super inventory. $65,000 35’ MAGELLAN ’66. Mahogany planked aft cabin sloop w/S.F. berth. $29,000 34’ WYLIE ‘80. Dsl, Loran, (9) sails, autopilot and more. $49,500 33’ NOR’WEST. Burns design. Ideal world cruiser, Yanmar dsl. $44,950 33’ PETERSON ’78. Well equipt % ton racer-cruiser. Dsl, electr, etc. $45,000.

32’ CRUISING SLOOP ’72. Superbly built NZ kauri. Must see! $25,000 32’ VALIANT. Sturdy Perry design; cozy liveaboard. $62,000 31’ CHEOY LEE OFFSHORE, ’69. Ketch with Loran, dodger, plus! $27,500 31’ COLUMBIA 9.6 ’77. Clean boat, custom dinghy, diesel. $34,500.

31’ DUFOUR ’82. Clean well equipped: hot water, shower, propane stove, Lewmars, Volvo, Signet, 4 headsails & more. $48,000.

30’ CSTM MULL ’71. Cold-molded kauri, dsl, hyd, excint sail inventory. $29,500 30’ ISLANDER MKII ’71. Call for great price!

30’ NEWPORT MKII ’77. TillerMaster, race rigged, nice. $30,000 30’ YANKEE. Sparkman & Stephens design, 3 headsails. $18,000.

30’ H-28 MOD. ’64. Extremely clean; well-equipt. A thing of beauty. $27,500 29’ CAL ’72. Five North sails, possible S.F. slip. $23,500.

25’ MERIT. Good inventory, excellent condition. $12,000 23’ AQUARIUS. Entry level keel boat. Call for good price.

CALL FOR MANY MORE LISTINGS. SELLERS: If you own any well-built boat in good condition & want an honest and capable person to represent you during the problems of negotiation, financing, sea trial, survey, title transfer, insurance, property tax proration & the inevitable Snafu, please call & list your boat.

BOAT BROKERS

22' 25' 27' 26’ 27' 28' 29’ 30' 30’ 30' 32’ 32' 36’ 36’ 37’ 37’ 37’ 38’ 38’ 39’ 40' 41' 41’ 42’ 45’ 51’ 32’ 33’ 35’ 35’ 40' 40’ 28’ 34’ 34’ 34’ 55’ 63’

SAUSAUTOk CA 1415) 332-8794 Santana. . 1969.5,000.00 Cal. . 1967... . 6,900.00 Catalina.2 available. . '71,78.. frm .. 16,500.00 Ariel. . 1963 . . . . 10,500.00 Vega Sloop. . . 1972 . . . . 22,000.00 Triton. . 1963 . . . . 14,500.00 Cal 2-29. . 1975 . . . . 27,900.00 Columbia . 1972 25,500.00 Pearson.

1978...

27,500.00 Santana ... . mo... ..... 32,000.00 Traveller .2 available ... . '76,'77.. frm . 49,500.00 Westsail 1974. .. . 40,000.00 Islander.

1976. . __51,000.00 Luders Yawl .. 2 available .. .. 76.'77.. frm . 49,000.00 Endeavour . .

1980...

78,000.00 Irwin Cutter.

1980... . .. 69,000.00 Rafiki Cutter . . . mo . ... 80,000.00 Bristol 38 Sloop . 1968 ... ... 40,000.00 Morgan 382 Sloop . . 1972 ..

61,000.00 Freya 39 .. 2 available •78,'80.. frm 79,500.00 Cheoy Lee Midshipman Ketch ...

1975 79,500.00 “Sea Tiger” Ketch . . 1972 79,500.00 King’s Legend Cruiser . 1985 . . . .... 105,000.00 Pearson 424 Ketch.

■ 1980 . . . .... 125,000.00 Garden Porpoise Ketch .. . 1977... .... 145,000.00 Morgan 0151..... . 1976 . . . .... 125,000.00 Scheel Sloop....... . 1966 ... . 18,500.00 Gaff-head Cutter, “STORNOWAY” .. . 1926 .. . . 29,000.00 Garden Aux. Cruising Cutter. . 1979 . . . . 55,000.00 Cheoy Lee “Lion” Sloop. . 1956 .. . . 38,000.00 Sparkman & Stephens Aux. Yawl .... . 1960 .. . . 45,000.00 Concordia Yawl. . 1957... . 65,000.00 Carver Riveria Cruiser. . 1985 .. . . 49,500.00 Hunter Sedan Cruiser. . 1955 . . . . 19,500.00 Fairliner 340 . . 1966 . . . . 22,800.00 Baltzer “Down Easter”.

1948 . . . . 18,000.00 Chris Craft Constellation. . 1962 .. . .... 115,000.00 Stephens MY. . 90.000.00 . THERE IS NOTHING — ABSOLUTELY NOTHING —

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GULFSTAR 50 Quality fiberglass and teak featured in Sea Mag, 11/87.

Owner has another boat. Try $97,500.

Sistership ’84 EXPRESS 37. Pacific Cup equipped, B&G MaxiPak, SSB, Magnovox SatNav, North Star Loran, 15 bags of sails, much more. A winner and ready to go!!! $110,000.

SAIL LISTINGS 53’ Skookim Cruiser '79 ... 265,000 37’ Express’84 .110,000 44’ Peterson Cutter ’77 ... 134,000 35’ Santana ’83 - 3 to choose 55,000 41 ’ Perry Cutter ’79.79,000 32’ Aux Cutter ’79 .59,500 41’ Coronado’72.65,000 32’ Drednaught Ketch.45,000 41’ Morgan Out Island ’78 . .85,000 31’ Cape George Cutter ’85 .85,000 40’ Swift’79 Ketch.97,000 31’Cheoy Lee ’69 .27,000 40’Passport’83 .135,000 27’ Catalina’74.13,500 40’ Marine Trader’87 .96,000 29’J - Motivated.OFFERS 39’ Yorktown ’76 . 38,000 25’ Pacific Sea Craft ’77.. OFFERS 39’ Foikes - Steel ’83 .69,000 BUYERS FOR SAIL 39’ Du Four Fryers 84’.99,000 30’ & LARGER 37’ O’Day’83.53,000 37’ Irwin Center Cockpit ’80 65,000 CALL & LIST YOUR

PEARSON VANGUARD. Proven Bay or offshore cruiser.

Glean interior, well equipt.

Asking $17,000

PEARSON TRITON Alberg design, full keel, 5 sails. Bay or offshore.

Try $11,000

27’ MONTEREY KETCH Fiberglassed hull, teak decks, inboard aux.

Asking $11,000/offers

CLIPPER 30 Furling jib, VHF, sounder, dodger, log & knot, roomy interior.

Only $6,500

PACIFIC DOLPHIN 24’ Sparkman & Stephens, Westerbeke inboard, Handlaid f/g, all teak. Only asking $7,000.

TANZER 22. Fin keel, roomy with galley & dinette, shore power.

Only $2,950

SAILBOAT TODAY! 3300 POWELL STREET • EMERYVILLE • CALIFORNIA 94608

(415) 523-8502 Size Manufacturer

Year

Value

Description / Comments

High Bid

POWER MATS 17' Oiris Craft

'86

Cavalier, bowrider, trir SOLD

6,200

5,550

18' Seaswirl

'84

runaboat, open, trir SOLD

9,000

6,300

22' Mako

'81

150HP 08, new cond. no trir

47' Monk McQueen

'64

Clossic Pwr cr., tw dsis, clean

27,500

70' Tuq

'54

Army tug, ready for svc/lvabrd. sti

21,000 68,000 100.000

19' O'Day

'80

3 sails, mtr mount, good cond.

6,200

1,000

25' Catalina

'78

Here soon, call for delivery date

29' Guif

'84

3 bags of saiis, AP, diesei

36,000

22,000

30' Newport Mkl

'68

9 saiis. Autohelm, electr, new mast

26,200

15,000

30' C&C

'72

A real gem, exc. cond., lots of

40' C&C 48' Mapleleof

'81 '74

sails 4 hdsails, diesel, clean, full instr 3 sails, 120hp Ford, some work

4,200

SAIL MATS

36,000

17,000

16,000 105,000

65,000 58,800

SOON TO BE RELEASED FOR SALE: • 17' Bayliner, 1984

• 25' Bayliner, 1983

• 18' Seoswill, 1985

One bank adivses that a small power boat soon to be released.Unless otherwise noted, all boats are located in our storage yard, or at our docks at Mariner Square in Alameda — CAU IF YM NEED DIRECTIONS TO OOR OFFKE - (415) S23-8502

m fORM stiow & ”s£N0 ro

BLUEWATER PILOTHOUSE TRAWLER 1977 twin diesel, loaded with quality equip.

Maintained to perfection.

Asking $88,000 page

FOR SALE! Frers 41 Custom BUILDER: CONSTRUCTION: ELECTRONIC: RIG: SAILS: lOR:

McConaghy Boats. Australia Kevlar and carbon fiber Full compliment of B&G with SatNav VHF Triple spreader Zap Spar 1986-88 Sobstad and UK 30.7

BUILDER’S COMMENTS: "Bondi Tram \s one of the lightest and most rigid boats ever built.”

RACE RECORD: Admiral’s Cup Southern Cross i PanAm Clipper Cup Big Boat Series (1984) Big Boat Series (1;986) Big Boat Series (15987) Sausalito Grand Prix

Top Australiar^boat, 7th overall 4th overall Won every race in divisipn 1st place, 4 of 5 first 2nd as small boat in division 5th after Penalty. Owner driven First

Astin! $82,000 For more detailed|information, please call: Scott Easom j— (415)^331-5917 For a fact sheet vyrite to: ^Bondi Tram, P.O. Box 3^ 3. San Rafael, CA 94912

CHARTER A WINNER

Bay Area's Fastest Express 37

Winner of 1987 Express 37 Nationals Available For Oakland/Catalina Race Complete sail inventory, race ready for a fun downwind run to Catalina Island.

For More Information Call; (415) 838-5951

My Racing Days Are Over I haven’t raced since 1982. It is time to trade in my saU boat for a nice Delta houseboat. So I am offering my Wylie 34 Unlikely equipped as follows: Two Main Sails 5.6 oz. 150 jib 3 oz.

150 jib Va qz. 150 jib' Mylar 150 jib 130 jib 105 jib 7.75 oz. 85 storm jib 1.5 oz. spinnaker .75 oz. spinnaker .5 oz. spinnaker One 1.2 oz. starcut One daisy staysail Equipped for ocean and bay racing lOR rating 24.9 This boat has not been raced since 1982

More than $100,900.00 invested, this boat is offered for immediate sail, with Berkeley upwind berth for $35,000.

CALL: (415) 644-2116 (days) (415) 644-1128 (evenings) page 194

1070 Marina Village Parkway, Suite 100 Alameda, CA 94501

Bill

(415) 865-6151 il A K 1

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SAIL BOAT BROKERAGE SAIL STARTERS 20’ Newport ....

4,500 ★ 24’C&C. . 13..’:00 ★ 24’ Nightingale ..

9.500 25’ Cal. 8,9.‘:0 25' Catalina. . 14,900 25’US. . 14,000

GULFSTAR 37’ Ideal size family cruiser designed for yachtsmen who want both room and pleasing lines. Teak used extensively throughout. U-shaped galley . . . $77,000.

FRADITIO.NAL DFJ5IGNS ★ 30’Alberg.(2) 27,250 ★ 30’ Cape Dory k'-h 34,950 ★ 32’ Mariner keb... 47,000 36’Cheoj Lee .... 59,000 ★ 37’Rafiki. 85,000 ★ 38’ Hans Christian 85,900 39’ Freya. 79,500 40* Marinerkch. .. 68,000

MARINER 32 This outstanding cruising boat has just completed a major refit. A perfect boat for the classic yacht lover. Bottom epoxy 1/88 . . . $47,000 OBO.

LIVEABOARD/CRUISERS

BAY&COASTAL CRUISERS

★ 27’Cal. 27’0>Itunbi8 8.7 . ★ 27’&icson .

29' Cal. 29’£ricson.

29’ Ranger. ★ 30* Hunter.

30’Cal3-30....(2) 30^C8i9.2R. ★ 30’ Pearson. ★ 30’CS...!. ★ 30’ Pearson 303...

30’Ranger.

33’Ranger ....(2) 34’ Coronado ....

19,500 23,500 19,500 23,500 27,500 19,800 30,000 29.950 41,500 24,950 49,000 49,950 31,950 34,500 27,500

NIAGRA 35 Exciting to sail and cruise — exceptional quality.

This MK I version is perfect for shorthanded sailing. It’s also easy on guests. . . Asking $79,500.

THIS BERTH’S FOR YOU!!

We’ll Bet You One Months Rent That We Can Sell Your Boat in 120 Days Call us for details. Space is limited.

POWERBOATS , SEOAlStA, ' : %OTOR YACHTS; ^ ★25’Se8Ray $29,950 ★ 26’ Trojan Exp ... 22,450 26’Sea Kay. 29.900 ★ 28’Bertm«SF .w 44,000:; 28’Bay»ner28S0:, 37 34‘ChrlsSeaSkiff. 35,000 34’Sea Ray SB... 115.000 -35’CbrisCfa8 59,950 35’Viking ...r... ^,950; ★36’ UnlBiteAC ... 97,000^ ' 38’ CbrisCrafI-... 174,900; 38’B^yltner3870.. 109,500;: ★ 40’ Egg Harbor.., 159,900 48’Pacemaker ... 138,000 TUGS & TRAWLERS ★ 32'Eagle PH. 69,500 ★ 34’Golden Gate .. 54,900 ★ .36'Sea Horse ..{2} 69,950 42’Grand Banks.. 155,000 ★ 44’ Marine Trader. 105,000

★ 31’Cape Dory ....

31’ Monsun.

36’Islander ......

36’ Pearson 365... ★ J-f’CAC..

37* Hunger....;., 38’C&CLandfall 2 ★ 39* Lancer MS....

39’Cain.

40’Endeavour.... ★ 41’Kings Legend .

43’Ron Holland..

44’Peterson ....

45’Jeanneau__ 45’ Lancer. ★ 46’ Sea Star 460...' ' 48’CheoyLeekch.

67,500 47,000 57,500 69,000 99,800 54,000 65,000 88,500 76,500 99,500 89,500 134,300 130.000 189,000 125,000 150,000 159,000

PT41 Large salon with galley up, aft stateroom, queen size bed. Excellent condition and well maintained . . . Reduced to sell: $104,000.

8AU8AL1T0 YACHT 8AL^

Play on the Bay and Coast in the strong and lively Aries 32 — we have a brand new Aries at our dock for immediate delivery. Give us a call for more information.

’76 FUJI 32. Beautifully maintained by original owner, larger ddsel than standard, good compliment of gear and sails'for cruising. $48,000

26’ 27’ 29’ 29’ 30’ 30’ 32’ 32’ 33’ 34’ 35’ 35’ 36’ 36’ 36’ 36’ 36’ 37’ 38’ 38’ 40’ 41’ 41’ 42’ 43’ 44’ 52’ 62’

SELECTED BROKERAGE RANGER 26, 1973, O/B.$8,500 CAL 2-27, 1976, diesel .S22,500/0ffers BRISTOL 29, 1968, appealing design.$16,000 CAL 29, 1978, Hood roller furling main and jib-. S26,500/0ffers ERICSON 30, 1969, new main & roller furling jib.$22,000 ODYSSEY by Alberg.$25,000 ARIES 32, cruising gems — several available.from $34,500 MARINER 32, f/g, full keel.$42,500 VANGUARD, 1965.$22,000/0ffers CAL34, 1976,^esel.$44,000 CUSTOM STEEL cutter.$55,000/0ffers ERICSON 35, 1971, great Bay sailor.$38,000/0ffers CHEOY LEE Luders, 1976, cruise/Iiveaboard.$49,500 ISLANDER 36, 1978, dsl., popular bay boat, ... $55,000/0ffers MARINER, 1979, Perkins diesel.Try $62,000 PEARSON 365, ’76, Westerbeke dsl, VHP, AP, Loran, SatNav, log, KM, WD, WS, refrig, gd sail inventory, -t- + Asking $65,000 LANCER 36, 1982, New full battens main.$54,750 RANGER, diesel, very good shape.$55,000 BRISTOL, 1967, great shape.$42,500 HOOD, 1982, tri cabin.$99,000 CONCORDIA YAWL, 1957, cherry throughout.$65,000 NELSON/MAREK, 1982, wheel. . .a winner!.$95,000 ^EAJIGER, ketch, bluewater cruise and liveaboard.... $79,000 PEARSON 424, an outstanding cruising yacht.$128,000 C&C CUSTOM, 1972, lots of new gear & sails.$80,000 LAFITTE 44, 1979, well-maintained.$147,000 CHEOY LEE M/S, 1982, profes. maintained.$315,000 LAPWORTH, designed sloop, 1967.$295,000

PLEASE CALL FOR ADDITIONAL POWER & SAIL LISTINGS BAY & HUMBOLDT STREET, SAUSALITO (415) 332-5000

^tocIccLcda Atdxuxa. 2? A/aiflc^tlon ^zntet | 4730 Myrtle Avenue Sacramento. CA 95841 Ph (916) 332-0775 TRAILERABLE SAILBOATS DEALERS FOR: NEW AND USED ' • O’DAY • MONTGOMERY • HMS • J/BOATS• PRINDLECAT

BROKERAGE 31’ CLIPPER 9.2M O’DAY 25

1976, iron keel, sleeps five in two cabins, 25 hp gas i/b, h&c pres. H20, propane galiey, stereo, VHF, knot/iog, dinghy, trailer. Asking $17,750.

ORION 27 1980 Pacific Seacraft cruiser, Yanmar dsl., 5 bags of sails, excellent condition. Mak6 offer. Asking $38,500.

O’DAY 222 1985, fixed shoal keel with centerboard, trailer 5 H.P. Mariner O.B., Roller furling jib, fully equipped, like new.

Owner moving up. Asking $13,600.

PEARSON 303 1983, Shaw designed sloop, Yanmar dsl., V.H.F., D.F. K.M., 3 sails, beautiful condition. Asking $50,000.

1976, with trailer and electric start 12.5 hp O/B, galley, sleeps five. Excellent cruiser, shoal draft w/centerboard.

Asking $12,500.

GULFSTAR SAILMASTER 47.

i98i Professionally maintained cruising yacht, 130 HP diesel w/250 hours (1200 mile range). Col¬

LANDFALL 39

ored radar, Loran, AP, RDF, SatNav etc. Custom convas and sailing gear for

1980 cutter, hand-laid fiberglass hull and deck, teak on deck, hydraulic wheel steering in cockpit & pilothouse, Perkins 4-108 dsl, pressure h&c H20, shower, 4 staterooms, complete galley w/refrigeration. Excellent condition. $100,000 replacement value. Must sell! Asking $63,000.

single handed world cruising. One of the bestlOffer/Ballena Location.

ERICSON 27 Yanmar dsl. North sails, roller furling genoa, whi steering; a fresh water boat in bristol condition & loaded with equipment! A bargain at $24,750 but owner anxious!

Asking $22,750.

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MILANO YACHTS pre-<^1Ied^Iw!s?ng ^CHTS GREAT STARTER BOATS 22' Catalina.6,000 * 26’ Dawson 26.14,000 * * * * * ’ ’ *

22’ 22’ 23' 23' 24' 25' 25' 25' 25' * 25' * 25' 25'

Columbia 22. ...4,500 Santana. ...5,250 Ericson.....8,500 Ranger. ....9,500 Windward. ...5,200 Bahama. ....9,800 Cal 2-25. .23,000 Cal 25. .19,500 Catalina. .14,900 Ericson. .13,500 0-Day25. .11,000 Pac. Seacraft.16,000

* 26' 27' 27' 27' * 27' 27' * 28' 29' * 30' 30' 30'

Pearson. ...9,000 Cal 2-27..16,500 Cal 2-27. .19,500 Catalina 27. .15,000 Coronado......9,500 Sun 27. .17,000 Newport. .16,000 Ericson. . 25,700 Catalina. .35,000 Islander Mkll. .28,000 Pearson 30. .26,800

This exceptional Aiajueia 38 with fuil cruising gear, custom interior with aii systems designed for comfort at sea is an outstanding vaiue. Pages of gear, top quality construction, cruising modifications designed by a cruising sailor with safety in mind. $ 80,000

HIGH PERFORMANCE - RACE READY * * * * *

24' 27' 27' 30' 30* 31'

Nightingale. ...9,500 * 33' Rodgers 3/4T. .39,500 Contest. .17,950 * 34' Dash 34. .38,500 34' Wylie 34. .49,500 Santa Cruz. .12,000 36' Peterson. .62,500 Olson 30. ..22,000 38' Soderberg. .55,000 P/J 1/2 Ton.,.28,950 55' Swede 55. .99,50b Peterson 1/2T. CLUB RACERS - COASTAL CRUISERS

28' Islander. .30,000 * 33' Inter.1 Design. .17,000 33' Yamaha... 34,000 21,900 34' Hunter 34. ..49,500 30' Cal 3-30. . 27*950 35' Bristol 35.5. . 70,000 * 30" Catalina. ..27,000 • 35' Bristol 35.5. . 63,000 * 32' Aiden MSailor.

32' Islander 1977.43,000 LIVEABOARDS - OFFSHORE CRUISERS 35' Rafiki... 68,500 * 27' Nor'Sea. ..49,000 36' Pearson Ketch.. .65,000 * 28' Cheoy Lee. ..28,500 * 28' Southern Cross.. .25,900 * 36' Watkins. .. 77,500 30' Fisher. ..50,000 * 37' Rafiki 37. ..79,500 38' Aiajueia. .. 80,000 31' Monsun. ..47,000 * 31' Off Shore 31. ..34,000 * 38' Han Christen. ..99,000 39' Lancer 39 M/S.... ..88,500 * 32' Challenger. ..35,000 39' Folkes Cutter—.. 69,000 32' Challenger. ..39,500 40' Stevens 40. 130,000 ..59,500 * 32' Atkins. * 33' Freedom. ..69,000 * 41' Cheoy Lee. ..89,500 45' Explorer. 110,000 33' Freedom....79,000 46' Formosa 46. ..99,500 ..23,000 '• * 33' Vanguard.

46' Morgan 46. 150,000 * 34' Cal. .. 29,000 47' Cheoy Lee . .. 98,500 34' Coronado. .. 27,500 47' Cheoy Lee. 115,000 ..77,500 * 35' Niagara 35. * 35 Coronado. ..48,000 * 48' Stadel Ketch. 130,000 35' Fantasia. ..69,000 * 49' Transpac MK II... 189,000 26' * 27' 27' 30'

The.Cheoy Lee Aiden Motor Sailor is the ultimate of sailing comfort A fuii inside steering station and flush deck design provide large areas below for all your boating activities. Here is the best of both worlds designed by John Aiden. $ 49,500

A Cheoy Lee Off Shore 31 that is a 10. Professionaiiy maintained with no expense spared to keep her perfect She is as pretty to iook at as she is sweet to sail. A modified Herreshoff design with a iong and stable lateral plane keel, ketch rigged and diesel engine $ 34,000

C & C RACE OR CRUISE 35' C&C 35 MK II. .. 49,500 CaC26. ...25,000 C&C27. ...23,500 * 36' C&C 36....62,500 38' C&C. ...76,500 C&C....18,500 40' C&C. 120,000 C&C 1/2 Ton....23,000

CLASSIC CRUISERS * 23' Bear Boat. ...10,500 * 60' Pilot Ctr. ..95,000 * 27' M/Sailer....20,000 * 45' Spaulding Cstm. .. 99,000

POWER BOATS 21' * 25' * 30' 30' * 35'

FiberForm. ..11,500 Bayliner Cierra. ..22,000 Chris Cavalier.. .. 16,000 Chris Connie....22,500 Chris Craft. ..59,950

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36' 37' 38' 40'

* * * *

Trojan 36 S.F. ..36,500 Hunter Cruiser . .. 17,000 PT38.... 88,500 Owens Tahitian. ...34,975

A Canadian built Niagara 35 that has been cruised to the South Pacific and equipped by a^knowledgeable sailor. Sturdy and spacious she is a fast sailor* sea kindly and perfect for a cruising couple. A good sail inventory and lots of gear. ^ $ 77,500

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SWAN 44

k Sloop. Perkins 4-108 dsi, Sat-

Nav, Loran, 10 bags sails. An excellent example, shews very little use. A true yacht. Asking

$149,000.

33' SPAULDING Sloop. Completely restored over the last 4 years to the highest standards, with such extras as autopilot. Brooks & Gatehouse, radar, etc. Absolutely one of the best 33's on the Bay. Asking $39,950.

HERRESHOFF 80' ketches. We have several to choose from. An excellent all round performer for cruising. Bay sailing or ?. Prices starting at $23,500.

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24 SPIDSGATTER. Double ended Scandinavian sloop. Volvo dsl. Teak decks. Full cavers. Asking $12,500 or offers.

1980 HUNTER 33 Sloop. Yanmar dsl, Sleeps 5. Good liveaboord. Bank repo. Asking $29,750 or offers.

35'

CHEOY LEE LION

CAL 3-25. Yanmar dsl. VHP, depth sounder, MOB gear, 7 bags sails including spinnaker. Excellent Bay & offshore cruiser. Asking

CATALINA 27

Sloop. 9.9 HP O.B.,

VHP.

cruiser.

Popular

Bay

Bank

Repo.

$7,500/0ffers.

Classic Lines in F/G. Teak decks. Volvo dsl. Full Cover Extremely well maintained. $39,000.

RANGER 24 Sloop. 15 HP I.B. 4 bags sails. Sleeps 4, Excellent pocket cruiser.

Asking $9,500.

26 COLUMBIA MKII Honda 10 HP O.B. Very popular Bay cruiser, or liveaboord. This one is clean and ready to go. Asking $9,900.

32' DOWNEASTER Cutter. Huge interior, excellent liveaboord/cruiser. 6'4" headroom, teak interior. Clean.

Asking $37,500 or offers.

23 PENNYAN SFT Sportsfisher w/flybridge. 1979. Well equipped including VHP, depthsounder, trim tabs. Delta canvas.

Sleeps 4. Asking $10,900.

37 HUNTER CABIN CRUISE!^ Twin Chrysler 195 HP I.B.s Asking $15,000.

19S1 BONANZA 216. Cuddy cabin

by Cruisers Inc. 1.0. complete with trailer. Excellent family boat. $9,600 or offers.

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You Can Join the Express Fleet of Your Dreams EXPRESS 37:

we ’ve gathered 37 listings from outside the Bay Area so you can join this premeire one-design fleet. Fourteen 37’s raced in the Big Daddy Regatta to kick off the season.

Express 37’s are the only one-design start in the prestigious Stone Cup. They even fleet race to Catalina. We have great values available-you don’t have to wait any longer to own an Express 37.

EXPRESS 34:

With four boats actually racing: Bartz Schneider’s EXPEDITIOUS: Norm Williams’ FAST LANE, Art Ball’s SUNDAY PUNCH: Fred Voss’s SEA PEPTIDE, The Express 34 has a stronger nucleus of one-design racers than the J-35 fleet. Our non-Bay Area Express 34 listings give you the chance to own your one-design Express 34 at a great value.

EXPRESS 27:

Novice or old salt, you won’t believe the combination of control and speed you’ll have in the Express 27. Whether you’re at the front or the back of the 30 boat pack, it’s always a gold medal ride.

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2A'S2 7.9.

21,950

27'HUNTtR.

20,000

28' LASER.

34,500

20'SAN JUAN.

22,000

20'MAIR7/8tliSLOOP.

18,500

29' UL.

25,.950

29'ERICSON.

21,000

30'ISUNDER Mkll.(2)

21,500

30' CARTER.

33,000

30'CAL 3-30.

24,900

30'OLSON.

16,000

30'CAL 9.2.

29,000

33'HUNTER.

29,950

33' SANTA CRUZ.

36,000

33'TARTAN TEN.(2)

24,000

33' WTLIE.

55,000

34'WTLIE.(2)

48,500

35' CORONADO.

35,000

RETRACTABLE KEEL, TRAILER. GREAT RACER/ CRUISER. MAKE

35' aC .

, 75,000

OFFER!!

36' ISLANDER.

62,000

36' PEARSON.

49^,000

36'ISUNOER ERPT.

^95,006

METICULOUSLY MAINTAINED AND FOR SALE AT A VERT AHRAaiVE PRICE.

NORTHSTAR

40.

SUPERB COND. IDEAL LIVEABOARD WITH AFT CABIN. EXC. VALUE AT $79,000.

35'5ANTANA.

55,000

35' ERICSON.

30,000

36' I5UNDER.

59,500

36' UNCER.

64,500

37' SOVERAL.

25,000

37' RANGER .

45,000

38' FARALLONE CLIP.(2)

35,000

38'etc .

76,500

38' FARR.

76,500

39'FRETA.(2)

79,500

OLYMPIC 47.

BEAUTIFUL OFFSHORE CRUISER W/3 PRIVATE CABINS. A MUST SEE AT $149,500

CONTESSA 43. WELL MAINTAINED. SUPER RACER CRUISER. READY TO GO. ASKING $119,000.

CHEOY LEE

39'WESTSAILCUnER.

79,900

48.

40' CHALLENGER.

84,500

FANTASTIC

40' WTLIE.

79,500

40' PEARSON.

70,000

40' PURSON.

70,000

41' NEWPORT.

79,500

41' MORGAN OUTISLAND....

85,000

41'FRERS.

110,000

41'PETER50N RACE SLOOP...

99,950

41'NEL50N/MAREK.

95,000

42'PORPOI5E KETCH.

110,000

42' DU80IS.

79,500

43'etc .

78,000

43' AMPHITRITE.

162,500

44'PETERSON.(3)

110,000

44'a44CUnER.

108,000

45'LANCER.

125,000

46'MOTORSAILER.

150,000

47' StS CU5TOM SLOOP.

59,500

47'VAGABOND.

125,000

47'OLTMPIC

.

149,500

47'5tS CUSTOM SL.

175,000

48' PILOTHOUSE KHCH.

250,000 -

62' CRUISING CUnER.

295,000

108' I5UND TRADER AUX ....

1,150,000

CRUZ 50.

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CLASSIC WOODY IN GREAT SHAPE. "ORPHAN ANNIE". ASKING S49,000.

ISLANDER 32. perr‘y design, LOTS OF ROOM WITH NEW DIESEL. SELLER MOTIVATED. ASKING $36,500.

25'FARALLON OFFSH.

35,000 ^

27' WHALER.

57,500

28' BERTRAM FLTBRIOGE ....

45,000

30' CLASSIC FAIRCHILD.

44,750

34' RIVA.

69,500

34' CHIN WHA TRAWLER ....

48,000

38' BERTRAM.

195,000

40' RAISED DECK MT.

84,000

41'HAnERASMT.

69,000

42'PRESIDENT SF.

160,000

42'SUNOECKMr.

165,000

42'HAnERAS LRC.

169,000

42' UNIFLITE.

170,000

43'HAnERASMT

.(2)

169,000

44' GULFSTAR.

172,500

48' NORDIC.

329,000

48' GULFSTAR.

350,000

50' STEPHENS.

125,000

52'BLUEWATER.

150,000

55' STEPHENS CRUISER.

125,000

57' OAnONA TF.

295,000

58'HAnERA5MT.

250,000

61'HAnERA5MT.

750,000

70' HAAnERA5CMT. 78'COCKPIT MT.

895,000 1,750,000

90'MOTOR TACHT.

285,000 i

96' BROWARD MOTOR TACHT

585,000

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