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Paul Altman is sailing his Hawkfarm 'Predator'* for her second season on the Bay, and has gotten the hang of things. As a matter of fact, Paul decided it was time to go ocean racing.

With typical unreserved elan, Paul made his debut in the San Francisco to San Diego race; the longest Midget Ocean Race in the world.

As things worked out, it was quite a race. One boat got rolled and had to be rescued, some averaging knot meters showed readings of 18 knots and more, many sails were shredded, almost every boat ran with a jib on a pole sometime during the race, and one of the light weights reported they couldn't stop surfing down the waves, even under bare poles ...

When finally, upon arriving in San Diego, Paul recovered from his temporary insanity (the kind that seems to be a necessary ingredient for this kind of ocean racing), he discovered that he had won the race.

Later, at the dock Paul was talking to Del Hutchinson, who's 'Banana Republics,'* the smallest boat in the fleet, had been first to finish.

Neither Paul nor Del were particularly unwound yet.

Del: You've got to be insane . . .

Paul: You or me?

Del: Don't know.

Paul: Never do this again.

Del: Me neither.

Paul: Hear 'bout that midget race in September?

Del: Some rumblings, guess we better find out.

Paul: Yea, friend of mine has details.

Del: Better get on it.

Paul: Have to hustle to get ready in time.

Del: Can't miss this one.

Paul: Right.

What's so funny about all this is that when Paul and Del are at the loft, they show no symptoms of any derangement whatsoever. They are just Sunday Sailors like most of us.

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The new harbor, across the Estuary from Jack London Square, is conveniently located with more than adequate parking in a setting of trees and lawns with more than 200 berths, releasing members from dependency on non-club controlled facilities.

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Membership has been limited to 200 in keeping with compatability of the Clubhouse and harbor with emphasis on fellowship among active yachtsmen.

With six decades behind it, the NEW Oakland Yacht Club in Alameda looks forward to a future that will add continued excellence to its record.

The welcome is always out to visiting yachtsmen and a special invitation at this time to visit the new harbor.

— Oakland Yacht Club Latitude 38, Thanks for the article on Page 27 of the July Issue. After eight years of gracious tolerance, my wife finally understands what sailing is all about!

Richard Leeds San Francisco Richard We’re not sure what you’re letter is all about unless you’re referring to Sally Snatchblock’s “How Do You Like Them Scuppers” — and then it would all make sense.

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LETTERS it went first NW then SW, moving from 1 38W to 1 55W, and the next winds we saw were WNW at best, often NW and strong. We went on the port tack, losing a few miles of westing before the winds backed towards the west and southwest. The overcast built in to stay, but I managed to find two times a day when it was thin enough'to shoot the sun through.

Two days out of Kodiak the wind died and then built.in from the East we did our first running of the trip, initially, on flat seas, but then with an increasing swell, enabling us to do a little surfing. That night the wind increased to 30-35 knots, and we reefed down for our only gale of the trip. It died by noon, leaving us with fog and a confused sea. No sun shots the last day - landfall was made by depth sounder and radar around 10 pm and we were well inside the bay before we actually saw anything. Seventeen days, nine hours, 2200 miles. The locals were very friendly. Being the second cruising boat in this summer we were a big event, making both the daily and weekly papers. Moorage was expensive, but that is apparently not the rule up here - Valdez was free. But we are spending most nights in remote anchorages, anyone of which compares favorably with Hanalei Bay. I expect one could come up here for years and never have to stay anywhere twice. .

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SKIP ACROSS THE OCEAN wise it is probably about as fast as Norton’s boat, I’m afraid that it is so small that Bill may lose time due to physical fatigue.

My boat, Wildflower, next to these lightweight flyers, looks like the Westsail 32 of ultralights. My boat weighs about 2Vi times as much as Bill’s boat - close to 6,000 pounds.

Anyway, tomorrow is the start. It has been an incredible rush preparing for the race; I’ve had the help of a lot of friends and without their help 1 certainly would not be here.

Weather wise we are looking for quite fresh winds. The high pressure area is quite strong right now and the winds off the coast are forecast to be at 20+ knots for the first 300 miles. So, we’re looking for a quick start. We start at 1 o’clock tomorrow afternoon at the last of the ebb, so hopefully we’ll be quickly away. That’s it for now, we’ll fill in as we sail along to Hanalei Bay. [Unidentified voice] Skip, I just talked to weather central at Photo by Carol Pensinger

Navy, checked again this morning and he says that the PacificHigh is now perhaps the most dominant he’s seen in 50 years ol The following is an unabridged transcription of a tape Skip Allan made for

Latitude 38 while competing in the recent

Singlehanded TransPac. There was no planning on what to say, Skip sailed his Hawkfarm prototype, Wildflower, to a third place finish overall; he was the second small boat on elapsed time.

We asked Skip to make the tape because he has made the crossing so many times before: ‘61 on the original Kialoa, ‘63 on Ticonderoga, ‘65 a record breaking run on Ticonderoga, ‘67 his

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next 72 hours they don’t see any movement at all. The winds should

hold,

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probably 25 or better, [“Whoooooo!” — background voice]

it’s just whatever occurred to him at the time.

he skippered

weather maps. He said it should hold at least 7 days and for the

overall victory, ‘71

seas are a minimum of 9 feet and probably 1 2 feet.

[Skip] Well, thanks a lot.

Well, we wish you good luck to Hanalei, Skip, this is Marta.

Have a hell of a sail Skip. [Unidentified female voice].

Bye. [Kid’s voice.]

Good-bye, Skip. [Another voice].

on

Windward Passage on her record run, and ‘73 on Improbable.

This is Skip here again. It’s half-past 9 o’clock and I am close reaching here in, 25 to 35 knots of wind

Here’s Skip:

[audible in the

background]. The seas are quite large at the moment. I have up my No. 3 jib, my working staysail, and a double-reefed main.

It was an exciting start. Norton Smith made a good start. I This is Skip Allan aboard “Wildflower” for the singlehanded

was a little late starting but I was able to pass Norton right

race to Kauai. It’s the evening before the start; tomorrow is

before the bridge. But ahead of us at the bridge was Robert

June 1 5, and we will start at 1 o’clock. Right now Wildflower is

Whitney in his Ranger 29, “Gypsy”, and Gypsy and Norton and

moored

of the

I and Hans Vielhauer in the Scampi, “Mach Schnell” had a great

singlehanded fleet. Alongside me is Norton Smith’s Santa Cruz

race out the entrance. It was about 1 5 knots at the start with a

27, Solitaire; astern of me is Bill Cannon’s Moore 24, Flyer,

little less wind outside and we- went on for a few hours and it

these three boats make an interesting contrast with the other

started

boats here because they are so light. There is a very wide variety

here and I’ve got water all over the boat; luckily it’s pretty dry

of people who are sailing in the race. Some boats will be cruising

down here inside. I’m starting to feel a little bit better.

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Earlier I was a little bit worried about my self-steering vane.

bottom in months, point out th£ discrepency of what it’s like to

It seems the bracket is trying to pull it’s way through the

race in a singlehanded race.

Norton Smith’s boat is interesting. Norton has obviously done his homework and his boat is well-rigged out for this trip. I

transom of the boat. We hope it stays in. If it doesn’t, I’m going to have to do a fast stuffing job because if that thing rips out I’m going to have a 5”x8”

backing plates rip out and there

would say at this date that Norton would have to be my

would be quite a hole . . . anyway . . . all’s well here and I hope

favorite for first-to-finish at Hanalei Bay. Astern of me is Bill

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weather in a long time. Well anyway, this is Skip, off and clear.

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Last night was pretty exciting ... I ended up finally having to drop the main and just reach along with the working staysail and the No. 3 jib and we were really moving. Finally this morning the wind lightened a bit and swung abeam and I have now set the No. 2 jib and working staysail and we’re reaching along under partly cloudy skies doing about

T/i knots. It’s a

heck of alot nicer than it was last night and I’m looking forward to further improvement.

This morning I finally had to stop the boat by lowering all the sails, and remove the steering vane from the stern of the boat. It was flexing the transom quite a bit and I was afraid of it breaking a hole in the stern of the boat. Right now the boat is steering along with the Tiller Master autopilot which is a little slow but we aren’t wandering too much. I’m going to probably try and catch a little sleep now. This is Skip, off and clear.

It’s Skip here once again and it’s nine o’clock Friday evening.

We’re reaching along with a wung-out jib on a spinnaker pole and the main and a working staysail up and it’s blowing about 20 and we’re on a reach making a good steady speed. Today’s run was GREAT! From the start yesterday to one o’clock today we ran 177 miles for an average of a little over 7 knots. It’s been pretty nice today, I’ve been able to get the boat a little cleaned up and I’m eating — a matter of fact the first meal I’ve had since the start. Everything is much improved.

An interesting thing, about an hour ago I had a freighter cross my bow about a mile in front of me and I was unable to raise him either on the radio nor did my Ra-Alert radar alert work — which makes me wonder if my radio and Ra Alert are working. Anyway, that means I’ll have to look around every 20 minutes or half an hour; I just don’t trust freighters.

That’s the bow wave you can hear in the background; we’re really creaming along here now, and everything is looking up.

yeast and protein powder with apple juice and some hard-boiled eggs and even a piece of chicken which was left over. I’ll talk with you later again, this is Skip, off.

This is Skip.

Good evening. It’s really been a super evening out here on Hello once again,, it’s Saturday morning, June 17th. I’m

the ocean, just glorious. We’re sailing, reaching along . . . about

almost two days out and we’ve averaged about 6.8 knots which

noon the overcast cleared up and I was able to take a noon sight

is moving right along. This morning the sky is overcast with only

and we’ve been reaching along in 1 5 to 20 knots of wind. We’re

a few clear spots — not enough to take a sight, so I’m relying

54 hours out now and averaging 6.95 knots which is allright.

pretty much on my dead reckoning.

We’re 375 miles from the start. If this wind holds, I don’t know

slow but it’s steering the boat so I have a chance to eat and

how any of those big boats are ever going to catch up.

How do singlehandcd sailors eat? Well, I don’t know how the

work a few figures and play a little music. Not much else is

rest of the fleet is, but I know I’m not very concerned with how

happening here. I got a good sleep last night, about 5 hours

I eat it; it’s what I eat. This evening we had meat loaf and some

The Tiller Master autopilot is working out up there — it’s

worth — although I did have to get up every hour to have a look

pea soup and some cheese and the Appalacian Suite | ? | on thi

around. Thq wind is very puffy, we’ll be reaching here in about

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12 knots of wind and then it will pick up to 20 and so I’ve

The sun is about to set here, but it’s warming up so i don’t

thought about putting up the spinnaker, but I think I’m going

have to wear as much clothes now. Last night it was about three

to wait a little bit and sec if it holds. Anyway, it’s a nice

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morning and !’m having Marta’s special brew for breakfast —

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What else is there? Mostly it’s been the Tiller Master steering all day and that’s allright. He’s working out up there and he seems to be a good crew. We’re wandering about 10 degrees on either side of the course, which at the moment is 225 magnetic, so he’s been doing pretty well. I’ve been working out a few sights, reading, and just playing around.

One thing I’m sure I’m going to do this trip is to have a really fun time. It might be strange to hear that, but in racing you often lose track of what you’re out hear for and that’s to be one with the ocean ... so I’m trying to pick a point of sail where the boat moves fast and balances out, luckily that’s about where we’re heading ... We still have up the No. 2 high-clewed jib which reaches nicely and the working staysail and the full main. Any questions? . . . then that’s all, and we’ll see you later on.

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I’ve had a really nice day today. I played a lot of music thanks to Linda — she made up some really nice tapes and that’s been great. The wind has been steady from the NNW at about 15 knots and with some clouds. I haven’t seen any other ship or boats out here, nothing much at all. The radio works, I put the shortwave on tonight and tune in the AM and there was the radio station from my hometown in Santa Cruz — loud and clear. Makes me wonder what the folks back home are doing.

Makes me wonder what the folks back home are wondering what I’m doing.

Well, I’m having a nice time out here, it’s interesting and I’ve been able to relax a bit. I sleep mostly at night and wake up about every hour to look around and it seems I wake up pretty much automatically without even having to put on the alarm which is pretty nice.

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I spent all morning working on the stern. As I mentioned earlier the windvane was trying to pull the brackets off the transom of the boat, so I made a new backing plate and spent all morning crawled up underneath the back of the boat in the transom and installed a new backing plate. It may not be a whole lot stronger, but it does give me some peace of mind. I’d hate to see the other backing plate get pulled through and end up with a hole; that would be unpleasant for sure.

We’re still moving right along, we’ve got twin jibs up and I’ve finally come up )vith a workable siutation. That is the No. 2 wung out to leeward and either the No. 1 or No. 3 wung out to weather. The No. 1 works pretty well if the winds are under 20; if there is more I wing out the No. 3. I haven’t steered since last night, the boat’s been trucking right along steering real close to what I want to steer which is about 235.

I had a lot of action last night and ended up not sleeping a whole lot — only about three hours. This morning I felt pretty tiled. Those three hours last night were interspersed with quite a tew. wake-ups so I’m trying to catch up on a little sleep right now. Not much else to report, it’s been overcast most of the day. This morning it was blowing pretty fresh and looked like it would blow fresh all day long, but about noon it lightened up a bit and now it’s down to about 20 knots. That’s all for now. | The following was spoken in a very strange voice]. Ha, ha, ha, ho, ho, ho, ho mmmmmmmnnnnnnn, mmmmmnnnnn, wcl 11111111II111111.I’m into the brownies folks, it may be all over for this boy. We’re just cruising along here with twin jibs up and it almost looks like a tradewind sort of a day. Blue sky overhead, clouds all around, and the water is real nice. Last night I was even able to get more than two hours of uninterrupted sleep — for about six hours — which is 4 hours more than previously. Mmmmmmmmmm, mmmmmmm these brownies are sure tasty! I haven’t even made up my bunk yet.

Geez, what would Marta say? Ho, ho, ho, ho.

I heard an interesting weather report on WWV this morning.

The high pressure area of 1040 millibars is way north — it’s up at 45 North and it looks like if any boat is sailing the great circle route, that that would be the best way right now, because I think there is going to be wind *for the whole trip, although I’ll have to knock on fiberglass thefe - let’s hope anyway.

The other interesting item on the radio was that hurricane Carlotta, which is a Mexican hurricane now located at 1 2 North and 115 West and it has winds of a mere 115 knots so that would be exciting if that moved up here. I don’t know what I’d fly if it was blowing 115 knots, probably nothing at all. Back in 1965 when I was on the regular TransPac race on a beautiful page 21

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Hmmmm, there looks to be blood on the Ra Alert, I wonder how it got there? That Ra-Alert, I dpn’t know if it’s worth it. It rings when I switch on the light, it rings when I turn on the radio, but it hasn’t rang when I saw the freighters earlier in the trip. I don’t know if it’s presence of mind, but it’s staring at me with its little red eye going “un hum, I’ll ring if you put the radio on.” That’s the Radar Alert.

That humming you can probably hear “eeeeeeeeehhhhhhhh, uuuuuuuunnnnnnnn, eeeeeeehhhhhhhhhhhhhh” well, that’s the Tiller Master autopilot working out up there. It’s moving around alot, I don’t know if it’s actually steering us or what, but it seems to be pretty well balanced out.

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Albatrosses which I have seen in the southern ocean. This one was brownish black. Then I saw a much smaller little bird sort of flapping along, and I must look it up when I find a bird book.

I’ve not sfeen much in the water, although this morning when I was making a jib change I saw a passing milk-crate and the only other thing which I’ve seen was a barnacle covered tire.

Otherwise they’ve pretty well swept up out here, it’s pretty clean, at least that’s my impression at the moment. But I am three feet off the water and not swimming in it so it’s really hard to say what I’m floating past.

Thank you Linda for those wonderful tapes you’ve made for me. It’s really nice to have music out here. Boy, I can’t imagine making a sailing trip without music and I have, but it’s wonderful to have it. Well, I’m running down to the end of this tape, there’s not much more here.

Looking at the chart, if the wind holds we might make Hanalei in 14 or 15 days — I sure hope it holds because that would be real nice. This has been a pretty nice sail except for the strong winds the first night out. It hasn’t been too strenous, although admittedly you can work as hard or as little as you want. Wonder how my friend Bill is doing on “Flyer”; I’ve heard nothing from any of the other boats since the start so I really don’t know what’s happening to the rest of the fleet. I hope everyone’s fine and will make Hanalei in fine style.

[Begins to whistle a fine long tune]. Breezin’ on, sailing along on the yacht, ship, boat named Wildflower — actually she’s my old lady. Hang in there Fleur. This is Skip, bye.

[With the sound of rock music in the background]. Howdy!

This is Skip and we’re running along here with the twin jibs — boy what a great rig! I’ve had this spinnaker up all afternoon and we were moving right along. But, that spinnaker, I don’t know, for a singlehanded race a spinnaker is . . . well, frankly you have to steer with the spinnaker up and it makes it hard to pee and hard to eat and if you want to walk around the boat a bit or navigate you just can’t do it. I had the chute up for 5/2 hours this afternoon but then dropped it just as the sun went down and luckily because a nice squall went through just after it came down and it was nice not having to worry about it being up. So, now we got the twins up, which is probably about a knot slower and the boat rolls more, but boy it’s a nice rig for

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sprouts. We’ve got alphalfa sprouts in quanity, in bulk quantity.

be doing any radical sailing. Like to put the spinnaker up right

I’m sure this is one of the few boats in the race that has grass,

now would be real exciting, but you might also break something

yes, moooooooooo type grass growing in the forepeak.

which would be unfortunate out in the middle of the ocean. So anyway, that’s all. I had peanut butter, mayonnaise sandwiches for lunch — urn yum!

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It’s cleared up, the sun is out and I’ve just switched the No. to the No. 1 on the starboard side and we remain with the No. 2 on the port pole. The trysail is sheeted home flat amidships but we’re still blowing our guts out here. This hull just loves to roll,

[With ominous piano in the background]. Well, we’re really

but we have what you call acclimitization which is, well it

moving right now; it’s Wednesday evening, half past nine, and

means you get used to it afterawhile. I hardly notice the roll

the winds have increased. It’s blowing 25 right now, the seas are

anymore except when the jar of peanut butter flies across the

getting pretty big again, the boat is steering by itself and we’re

cabin and smacks me in the shoulder.

just CREAMING along here. It’s pretty amazing just to stand

To date we’ve averaged over 6 knots, almost 6J/2 knots which

here in the hatchway watching it all happen, not having to steer.

is quite respectable. However, I wonder how the lightweight

The sails are trimmed with the big No. 1 jib wung out to

flyers are doing? I’ve heard not one thing over the radio, so I

weather, this helps to keep the boats from luffing out high —

don’t know how anyone is nor have I seen any of the other

and we’re only' wandering about 10 degrees to either side of the

boats out here.

course, except for the occasional big one that throws the stern up. We haven’t broached and I don’t think we will broach. If we

[Singing into the microphone] Rock a by baby on the ocean

do broach, all that will happen is that the jib will go aback and

whooo whoooooaaaaaaa. We’re rolling alot folks.

we’ll have to go up and steer us off again. [Music increases in volume].

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much

in

a long

while.

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We’re running straight

downwind, whoooooaaaaaaaaa see those waves go by!!!

continues for several

minutes with the sounds of the wind and the ocean in the background]. All right, Eric! Whooooo!

Well, it’s Wednesday night, June 23, and it’s the solstice — happy solstice everybody! The sun’s standing still — well, not really, but . . -.

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Good evening folks, this is Skip on the big

It’s Friday, June 23, it’s evening now and I’m still wearing my woolies and here we are at latitude 28. Boy, it’s not been a warm trip. I’ve not seen the wind under 20 knots most of the trip , and right now it’s back up again.

I had an interesting happening earlier, I heard a sort of ‘’crack”, I was working at the chart table and jumped upstairs

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without the steering vane, I don’t know what made it break off,

waves through the day. The National Weather Service says that the high surf is being whipped up by hurricane Carlotta 1200

if we hit something or it just broke. I’ll have to find out when I

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We’re still really moving, averaging 6.8 for the last hour. I’m

Lifeguard Dick Haddick says no major damage is expected. [In

hoping that I’ll be able to get the Tiller Master to steer us for

another voice] Most of the south facing beaches, not Zuma here we face West, but some of the beaches in the south bay and of

the rest of the way. It’s been coming through until now, though it has a tendency to to wander a lot and it’s pretty slow.

course down to the Huntington and Laguna areas and parts of

We’re about 800 miles out and it looks like if we keep up this

the beaches in the Santa Monica and at Surfrider Beach here in

high speed — whoooaaaa! — that we might make it under two

put the broken half of it off the stern.

the Malibu area. [Skip speaking again]. Yeah! yeah, ride, ride,

weeks which would be pretty amazing. We’re still moving right

ride the wild surf! Wow, we’re really riding it right now, it’s 2

along. It’s Friday, June 23.

am.

Thursday

morning and

the

boat

is

JUST

SURFING

ALONG here, really moving. It’s like we’re on rails, rocking right along, running square off.

Splash, sptash,

ripple, slurp, slop

. . . slosh.

If you’re

wondering what this sound is, it’s the sound of the bow wave of

We’re sailing wing-on-wing with the twin jibs up forward and

Wildflower as we’re surfing along here 800 miles out of Hanalei

we’re probably averaging about 8 knots. A little rain squall just

Bay. If you’re wondering who’s steering as I’m talking to you,

went through but the wind is pretty steady at 25 to 30 knots. I

let me introduce you to my mate the Tiller Master. Here, I’ll let

got this little news item about the hurricane created surf in L.A.

him say a few words, “deeeeeeeeeeeeeaaa, bruuuuuuuunnnnnn,

but we have a few of those waves out here too.

deeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaa, brummmmmmmmmmnnnnnnn ...”

He gets more talkative when the wind increases and he starts

It’s Thursday, June 22nd, 1:00 in the afternoon and we’re

having to work harder and harder. Right now we’ve got just a

hallway. Yep, we re having a halfway celebration here — we’re

pleasant breeze, about 15 knots and we’ve got partly cloudv skies. Pretty much tradcwind sailing. Earlier I had a school of

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SKIP ACROSS Luckily I noticed them after it and I pulled it in before they

how we’ve got plenty of water, I washed off with fresh water

were able to take it away.

and that felt real nice.

I spend about 3 hours each day navigating, both taking

I worked the stars tonight and have a pretty reasonable cross

sights, working sights, plotting sights, plotting my DR, and

with Spica and Vega and with Polaris. It’s pretty smooth so it

speculating. Even with the cloudy skies we’ve had this trip, I’ve

was much easier than when there are larger waves. Taking a sight

been pretty much able to be certain of where we were. No

reading your watch, and writing down what the time is, all

problems although the seas as we approach Hanalei get steeper.

singlehanded — it really takes two people.

I haven’t seen any jet trails overhead; I haven’t seen any ships

This morning was real exciting, we had the most wind of the

either. The only thing that tells me where we are, arc these

trip. We were surfing quite nicely, just riding off waves and

numbers in the book. If you’re a person who is not real trusty

whoooossssshhhhhh! Really creaming along!!! For a couple ot

of numbers, like I am, it makes you wonder, we may be steering

hours there according to the log we were averaging over 7 kno

of to someplace else. Who knows?

so that's really cruising. I wonder what’s happening to the rest

,

of the fleet, still not having seen anyone or heard from anyone.

The VHF radios I don’t think arc good for more than line-ofRight now we’re steering about 230 magnetic, doing 6.3 knots. It’s

6

5ight,

and certainly I have none in sight. It’s a nice evening.

in the evening and we’re running along under twin

jibs. This morning I heard Hilo radio; it’s the first radio station

It’s Monday evening June 26th, and I’ve just seen my first

from the islands that I’ve been able to pick up, although we

sign of human existence in ten days. It was the passage of a jet

should be picking up more and more now as we approach the

high overhead, although all you could actually see was the vapor

islands.

I mentioned about my steering vane rudder breaking off and

trail. But it looks like we’re heading in the same direction.

indeed that is what happened. It went with a snap which I heard

around. Between squalls there is not much wind at all. A squall

and quickly stuck my head up to see it drifting out of sight

would pass and that meant jibing or changing sails — lots of

Today has been a frustrating sort of day, with alot of squalls

wasn’t sure whether it broke off because we hit

work. When the wind was lighter I would have to raise or lower

something or because of it’s own structural failure. Th6 shay

the spinnaker — did it three times for squalls in the last three

which

hours. Right now we’re running right off on a course of 240 and

astern.

I

runs

down

the

forward

part of the rudder cleari>

snapped. So, now we’ve gone electric; we’re on the solar cells

we’re about 395 miles out.

running the Tilier Master or should I say the solar cells are

Looking at my log I’ve recorded up to today the mileage run

charging the battery which is running the Tiller Master, and

from noon to noon — it makes some interesting reading. On the

hopefully there is just enough power being put out by the solar

first day 167 miles, then 175, 170, 163, 150, 144, 150, 155,

cells to keep us in electricity for the Tiller Master. I’m sure I

155, 157, and today 149. As you can see we’ve been moving

don’t have enough juice to run my masthead tricolor running

right along for this little boat. 144 miles a day'means a

light, so at.night I have my strobe light which I have lashed to

average, so we’ve averaged over

my backstay, and put my strobe light on when I’m not up. I

Anyway not much else right at the moment, we’ll talk with you

usually look around about once an hour; it makes for pretty

later.

6

6

knot

knots for most of the trip.

heavy dreaming while I’m asleep. But, I haven’t felt like I ve gotten overly tired, so I reckon that’s all right and I’m just going

Hawaiian music on the radio in the background, then the

to keep on with my present routine of working and sailing

voice of a DJ from Honolulu . . . ] This is Skip, it’s three in the

during the day and sleeping at night.

morning, we’re moving well, beautiful night out, tradewind

y

1

Well, that’s it here from Latitude 26. It’s warming up and

clouds, and it’s warm. We’re making

6/2

knots steady with a

hopefully last night was my final night wearing wool pants - it

wung-out No. 1 on starboard and the main on port. Everything

certainly hasn’t been a warm trip, and with that well say good

is looking up and up and up and up. I’m looking around every

e\en;ng.

hour with my little egg timer waking me up every half hour with a ringggggggg^gggg!

[More Hawaiian music with a blurb for Shakey’s Pizza in

It’s June 25th, this is the 10th day. Actually it’s evening right now, the clock reads midnight, but in reality it’s only about 9

Honolulu]. Well folks, that’s how it is this evening at latitude 24

according to the sun. We’re reaching along here in light wind at

and it’s warming up all the time. Those Hanalei beauties have us

the

by a nylon tow rope now and we’re being pulled right in there

moment,

probably

only

about

10

knots,

and

much

influenced by the squalls that are all around us at the moment.

We’ve had squalls off and on for the whole trip and they usually

[Rock & Roll music in background]. The radio station we

bring some rather radical windshifts — like an hour ago we were

have on here is radio Lihue, which is on the island of Kauai.

running and now we are reaching.

I finally said the hell with the clouds and went up to the

We’re homing in on it and we’re 290 miles out — we ought to

foredeck this afternoon and took a salt water bath and seeing as page 29

be there sometime Thursday afternoon or evening. If we average 6

knots we’ll be there Thursday afternoon at 5 o’clock, so all is

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SKIP ACROSS

THE OCEAN

well here.

Anyway we’re 120 miles out and it looks like the rain will

We’ve had plenty of wind all day here. We’re running right

stop

here

pretty

soon

and

will

clear

up

if this

tropical

along with the No. 1 to windward and the main to leeward. It

depression moves westward as it’s forecast. They always say the

staited out as a pretty nice clear day and slowly it’s gotten

last 100 miles are the hardest and that’s certainly true. This has

cloudy and now overcast with squalls around. I changed down

been no pleasure cruise, not with the overcast skies and strong

to i No. 3, t?ut we slowed down too much so I compromised

winds and almost constant marching by of squalls. We’ve had

and put the No. 2 out to weather with a pole. Under it is the

squalls almost everyday, every hour. Talk to you later.

staysail and the main is up with a single reef in it. We’re ticking Thursday, June 9th. [Dramatic change in tone of voice from

otl 6.3y 6.4 knots here.

I had an interesting situation happen here at noon, the sun

last entry]. It’s pretty exciting, we’ve got land ho! Up ahead,

was right overhead, at exactly 90 degrees-, which made it hard to

Kauai is about 10 miles ahead. I was a little anxious, but it

take a sight as it was on either side of the boat. Luckily there is

showed up right on time. Last night we were moving right along

a way to deal with that and what you do is take a pre-noon and

with the usual squalls, but we were running along at about

6/2

a post-noon sight and draw arcs of circles which intersect

knots most of the night. We’re going to be there in 14 days and

you

about 3 hours maybe. Marta’s waiting there and I’m pretty

are

at

noon,

hopefully.

Well, anyway

that’s

it very

simplified.

excited, so we’ll talk with you later.

I heard an interesting radio report on a sports show this morning, they said that six singlehanders have dropped out of

This is Skip, we’re at anchor at Hanalei Bay. This is truly

the race, but they didn’t mention who they were. So, I wonder

paradise. It is also the birthplace of rainbows. My elapsed-time

who will be at Hanalei ahead of me. I think there are three,

was 14 days, 3 hours, 18 minutes, and 17 seconds. I was the

possibly four boats which may beat me there. Norton Smith in

second boat to arrive here. First place overall and on corrected-

his Santa Cruz 27, Bill Cannon in his Moore 24, a young guy 21

time was Norton Smith in his Santa Cruz 27, Solitaire; his time

years-old whom I haven’t met, but he’s sailing a 24 ft., 3,000

was 1 3 days, 2 hours, 34 minutes, 37 seconds. We were followed

pound boat called Radical. The other boat which might be there

by Mach Schnell, Caballo Blanco, and Joshua H.

is a trimaran called Triessence, a Brown 37.

First of the Class A boats was Jim Gannon’s Freya, the

There have been lots of flying fish around, just squardrons of

“Golden Egg”, he had the great time of 13 days, 2 hours, and

them. I even saw one do a barrel roll. And there’s lots of little

44 minutes; just 10 minutes slower than Norton Smith. Jim was

ones all over the deck where they get washed up and then dry

followed by Alan Rutherford in the Cal 40, Quest.

out. You have to go around and pick them out of the scuppers before-they get too sticky and hard.

I saw more planes or more vapor trails; they are now about 30 miles to the south of me heading to Oahu. It’s unlikely that I

[More Hawaiian music]. That’s the end of the tape. It’s been a pleasure. This is Skip Allan, over and out.

will see Oahu, landfall should be on Kauai. I hope I’m right because if I miss Kauai there is a lot of open ocean between here and the Asian mainland. I don’t want to have to turn around.

So, we’re crossing our fingers and blessing our sextent. That’s all for Tuesday evening.

Wednesday, June 28th. Today has been a real fiasco. There’s been what the radio has termed a ‘tropical depression’ moving through, and that is certainly the right term. For Wildflower it was most tropical and most depressing. Everything seemed to break or go wrong all at the same time. Plus it was raining; it just rained most of the day, and wearing topsiders was like wearing a slab of bacon on each foot — they got that wet.

There’s lots of small stuff that broke and I was always on the wrong jibe and'small stuff like*the compass light burning out it was shorting out there was so much water. Then the matches wouldn’t light because it is so wet, the oilskins which are supposedly waterproof are not waterproof, my new lock-in winch handle broke loeked-in so I haven’t been able to get it out of the winch when I needed it And worst of all, well, ask me some other time and I ’ll- tell you what was worst of all. page 31

Photo by Carol Pensinger

SIGHTINGS you’re sailing up raccoon straits. . . on a Sunday afternoon, strapped in tight on starboard tack enjoying 20 knots of wind whistling in from the Gate.

A casual glance over the starboard rail reveals a collision course with a downwind boat on port tack. No sweat! As you draw closer, the downwinder

shows

no

sign

of

giving

way.

You

begin

to

yell

STARBOARD, which of course, he cannot hear. You blow your air horn and he waves and smiles. You come up quickly to avoid collision screaming STARBOARD, you., at the passing boat. He gives you a blank stare.

Further on is another downwinder on starboard tack. Expecting the worst, you approach ready to head into the wind to avoid cutting him in two. As your approach, you again yell, LEEWARD BOAT! Within hailing range, he yells back, “I’m starboard.”

And so on into the night. They barge through races, sail upwind o>f led boats, and have little regard for racing or sailing rules.

We wonder why new boat buyers are not provided with basic rules of the road. These common week-end occurances are getting worse every year. It would be a life saving move if someone, perhaps Latitude 38, could publish a card telling new sailors that starboard boats have right of way. The card should indicate which side is starboard.

If each new boat broker would give a card to each buyer, and each private boat owner who sells his boat would give the purchaser a card, and if each yacht club would keep them handy for the bar room sailors who might some day venture out on the water, we might avoid a few accidents. But most important, sailing would again be a pleasant and certainly safer pastime.

Dick Slottow Belvedere

Dick — We certainly sympathize with your frustration, but we’re not convinced that printing the rules of the roads on cards is the solution.

When we started sailing we had several floatation cushions with the rules printed on them, but they were of limited value — we were always sitting on them when we needed them most.

It is our feeling that rules of the road need to be 'brought to life’, and that this is why the Power Squadron courses are good. Fortunately there are many Power Squardron courses starting in the middle of September for those of you who’d like to learn more about the rules of the road, piloting, boat handling, and everything else that makes sailing more enoyable and safe — both for you and the people you don't hit.

Call the director of the Auxiliary at (415) 556-5310 for the time and date for the classes nearest to you.

We might also mention that Jim DeWitt, noted "Superb Sailor’’ is also conducting seminars for new boat owners, covering just about everything you need to know about owning and enjoying your new boat. There is a charge for the seminars, but Jim is so dose to and knowledgeable about local sailing conditions that you might well find it worth the money. You can call about the seminars at 234-4334.

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winter racing. . .winter?

Did you see the Eagle when she sailed It’s hard to believe, but the racing season is almost over. You need not get your boat ready for mothballs, as the Mid-Winter Series are not too far around the corner. The Corinthian YC series starts at the end of October and now has a special division for open keel boats - Etchells, Shields, Victorys, 5.5s and such. Details on mid-winters next month.

in the Gate that wet and foggy morning?

There sure were a' heck of alot of people along the shoreline freezing their buns off.

We took a few pictures qnd later in the

SIGHTINGS you’re going to love this . . .

Back in

July,

Keith Dunsmoor of South California, who is the

President of the Cal 29 National Association, wrote a letter to Latitude 38

with

a

challenge.

He

suggested

that

the

North

and

South

Californians go at one another on a team racing basis — but that since organizing

the

event

was

going

slow

that

maybe the

northern

Californians weren’t interested, or maybe even not able . . .

On August 1 8 and 19th the two teams met off Long Beach in perfect conditions — 6

) 1 2 knots of wind, flat seas, 80 degree weather.

There were four boats representing each area, each with a four man few. There were to be three races each day, all on 5-mile Olympic courses.

The southerners started well, bringing the first boat across the finish line in the first race, but that was about it for them.

Northerners got

2, 3, 4, & 5th. The second and third races were snuff jobs: northern California sailors took 1, 2, 3, & 4 both times — the rebels got 5, 6, 7 & 8th both times.

After the first day’s racing the southerners were a little sheepish, but managed to be very gracious hosts while having crow for dinner.

Sunday was another day, but the results were the same, as Dick Pino, Rob Layton, Dick Cardoza, and Chuck Findlay again won all three races for a series total of northern California 6, Smogvillers 0.

but you’re going to bate this. ..

Chick Leson had just brought his sloop across the finish line at the end of San Rafael YC’s IORDA race August 6th when the crew on “Incredible” spotted a young man in the water. It took four crew members to lift the boy out of the water off the Point Molate Pier some 800 yards north of the Richmond Bridge.

The young man had been barely staying afloat with two floatation cushions, and he was not a pleasant sight. Spitting blood, bleeding internally, blue from exposure, eyes rolling, Chick was certain the boy would die before the Coast Guard arrived. But the Coast Guard rushed to the scene and was able to get the boy to the hospital in time.

Chick naturally assumed that since the boy had float cushions he had capsized or fallen off a boat. Since the boy was incoherent it wasn’t until later that Chick learned the boy had jumped off the bridge and that a passing boat had thrown the cushions to the boy and left him.

That’s right, a passing boat had thrown cushions to the severely injured boy and left him.

What is worse, apparently the boat that had thrown the cushions was one of the IOR boats racing in the race. Furthermore, we have been told that other boats passed him but did not stop because they thought — and this is really wonderful - they thought he was a crewmember ot a competing boat.

4

We spent some time trying to find out the facts in the situation, but

bark eagle

didn’t get far. Chick said that he didn’t sec any boats pass the boy, he just picked him up. We talked to the owner of the boat that many people are rumoring to have thrown the cushions, but he told us

afternoon hoofed it over to Fisherman’s

that nothing of the sort had happened.

Wharf figuring on interviewing some of

Some people feel there should be an investigation of the incident.

the crew. Mainly 'he lemalc cadets. Then we

ran

into

the line that

Probably there should, but even if you found out who did it, what can

is pictured

you say to a person who won’t take a minute to save a person’s life?

above - we can’t stand lines of any kind and left.

They’re just not operating in the same universe.

No interviews. Sorry.

T

SIGHTINGS nimitz regatta The Berkeley Yacht Club invites all eligible yachts to participate in the annual Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz Regatta on September 30.

The Nimitz is a one race, end-of-the-season challenge to all YRA and SYRA yachtsmen.

The

Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz Perpetual Trophy will be

awarded to the yacht club of the winning skipper. Trophies will be awarded in each division. There will be four divisions: I. Boats 32’ and over. II. Boat at least 28’. III. Boats at least 25’. IV. Boats under 25’.

The BYC Race Committee encourages all interested skippers to enter. YRA members will receive entry blanks. There will be a dinner at the Berkeley Clubhouse and participating yachts are invited to berth at the club and join the festivities.

Those wishing further information about the Nimitz Regatta, please call Sally Ann Green, 935-8378.

folks, it’s boat show time The San Francisco In-The-Water Boat Show runs from September 8 — 17 at Mariner Square in Alameda. While it is both a power and sailboat show, there will be over 100 sailboats on display, most of them m the water, although there will be a dry land display also.

Every boat show needs a prize right? Well the San Francisco In-TheIn-The-Water Boat Show is offering a free weeks charter on a brand new Morgan 46 out of Tortola, British Virgin Islands. Now there’s some good news and some bad news about this prize: the bad news is that you have to pay your way to Tortola, the good news is you can take as many people along with you as you want. You can imagine what’s going to happen if a pilot or stewardess wins this thing. Register at the Morgan Yachts display.

There’s good reason to attend the show even if you’re not looking for a new boat to buy, as a fine list of seminars is on the agenda.

On Saturday the 9th Jim Gannon will be talking on his recent triumph in the Singlehanded TransPac, apd he’ll

bring his boat with him.

Hopefully Norton Smith will also be on hand with Gannon, but Norton has been out of the country lately. On the 10th Peter Jowise will conduct a seminar on “Cruising in Small Sailboats”; and Jim DeWitt

tom, ed,

will talk at 3:00 on variety of issues relating to making your boat go fast and your face break out in a smile.Tom Blackaller, who been seen

Directly above is a photograph of the

in Russia lately, will talk about his pre-Olympic race experiences there,

start

as well as the upcoming Big Boat Series and the Star Worlds. Tom will

Barbara Race held late in July. At left is

speak on both the 1 3 and 1 5th at 1 2:00.

Naid, a C&B

On the 16th at 1:00 Paul Huber will hold a seminar on the causes

of

the

San

Francisco

to

Santa

built boat that finished

second in the IOR division. Moving to the

and cures of electronic and electric problems on boats. At 2:45 on the

right

is

Ajax,

a

Santa

Cruz

33.

A

1 5th Steve Dodge will speak on corrosion control for those of you who

sistership, Flying Squirrel won the PHRF

are getting that sinking feeling. And to round out the talks, John

division of the race. All the way to the

Nadaline will speak on the 17th on Piloting and Seamanship in San

right is

Francisco Bay. These talks and seminars ought to be enjoyable and

corrected

worth the price of admission — and for one dollar you can buy a ticket

Sunset Blvd., out of Santa Barbara was

that enables you to come back to the show as often as you like.

the first to finish.

Lois

Lane which was first on

time

in

the

IOR

division.

Want to be smart? Somewhere in this issue there’s a discount ticket

And from Russia we have some results

to the show. If you take it to the show it will serve two purposes — first

from the pre-Olympics. Tom Blackaller

it will save you money; second, if folks bring lots of them somebody

and

might think we have a few readers.

remember

For confirmation of seminar times call 523-0922

Ed

Bennett won the Star class — Star

Worlds

coming

soon!

Laser wizard John Bertrand has moved

SIGHTINGS annual womens regatta The Berkeley Yacht Club invites all women skippers and sailors to participate

in

the

Third

Annual

Women’s

Invitational

Regatta,

Saturday, October 28, 1978. The race will be held on the Olympic Circle with MORA, YRA, SYRA type boats competing on a handicap basis. Trophies will be awarded to the first three places in each division, as well as the perpetual cup trophy for the overall winner — all based on elapsed time. Trophy presentation will be at the Berkeley Yacht Club the evening of the race.

Berkeley Yacht Club has encouraged women’s racing by sponsoring women’s races since 1970, but formalized the annual fall race with the establishment of the Perpetual Cup Trophy Race in 1976. The 1977 Race was a great success with 31 boats participating. Sally Green, BYC Race Committee Chairperson expects a bigger turnout for the 1978 race.

If you would like further information and application blanks, please phone Sally Green, 41 5 935-8378 or Betty Ann Barnett 41 5 841 -2431.

big boats are coming, big boats If you though the “Tall Ships” was a flop you’re right — but don’t despair, the big boats are coming! The St. Francis annual Big Boat Series starts September 17 and runs through the 23. You should start making plans now to sneak out of work because it promises to be an excellent series judging from the kind of boats that are going to show.

The maxis will be racing for the St. Francis Perpetual Trophy. You know most of the names, Kialoa III, Ondine, Windward Passage (now sloop rigged), the 84’ cold molded Christina, and ultra-lights Merlin and Drifter. The match-up between the ultralights Merlin and Drifter against Kialoa and Windward Passage has been long awaited and should be interesting. A new twist to the Big Boat Series this year — if the weather is “just right” the maxis will be sent out on a ocean race — but only the maxis and only if the weather is just right.

Racing in the City of (San Francisco Perpetual Trophy for boat' between Swiftsure,

the

50

IOR:

brand

About eleven

new

Peterson

boats

50’ -

featuring

Lightning,

Checkmate,

Hawkeye,

Equation, and Apollo from Australia.

jim, john over to

40 -

Atlantic Trophy for boat 33 - 39 IOR:

Finns with an eye toward the

Olympics and took a second - all this in Talin, Russia.

High

Roller, Saudade,

Scandalous, Bravura, Arleta and others.

Richard Rheem Trophy for 30 - 35 IOR: Another Girl, Mirage, several Swan 44s, plus a number of other local boats.

Keefe - Kilborn Cup for Two Tonners: Imp, Racy, Fiver, Green

Slipping over to Copenhagen, we’ve learned that Jim Warfield, this month’s ‘Superb Sailor’ won the first race of the

Hungarian, and the new Peterson Leading Lady.

The big boats will be racing on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday and you really should take a little time to have a look. There

505 Worlds. And Jim didn’t think he’d be

is probably no other place in the world you can ever see such a

ready until next year in South Africa. No

collection of quality boats race from so many good vantage points.

word on how he’s faring in the rest of the

Grab a few sandwiches and sit in your car by the marina, or up at

series.

Who

Crissy, or maybe even over at Yellow Bluff. Bring your binoculars, it’s won

Silver Eagle

the

Island

Yacht

Club’s

Long Distance in the Bay

Race? IOR honors went to Sweet Okole which races.

just keeps winning all PFIRF

Section

1.

kinds oi went

to

Temptress; Section II. to El Gavilan; and Section III. to Temptation. page 35

fun to watch the action close up.

As yet another special added attraction, Etchells will be racing on Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday — the action never slops!

One final note on big boats — Condor, the 81' boat that was first to finish in the recent Around-thc-World Race will be visiting the bay in October.

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MOORE 24 NAT'S Santa Cruz sailors are missing some¬

an ultralight that is a true descendent of

thing when they sail. They’re missing the

one of the very first modern ultralights,

they were worth - which turned out to

acrimonious, white-knuckle, grim attitude

George Olsen's “Grendel”, After George

be about 14 inches more beam. The first

had

boat was to be Summertime, the proto¬

that

is

too

frequently

present

when

built

Grendel, this was some ten

pried open the mold with 2 x 4s, for all

saiiing elsewhere. Sailing in Santa Cruz is

years ago, he was done with the mold.

more of a friendly, encouraging, “go for

One night there was to be a party, the

it”, “everybody come aboard”, type of

occasion

destruction of the

a few weeks ago Ron held the second

activity.

mold by torching it and pushing it off a

Moore 24 Nationals in Santa Cruz, for

cliff. Ron Moore, who was building 505s

which 15 boats showed up to race in the

at the time, decided he ought to save the

two-day event — some, from as far away

Some of this attitude is due to the fact that it is a small community

among

mold and go into production with the

as southern California and Lake Tahoe. In

boat. For one time in his life Ron was a

addition, about 500 other people showed

are

party-pooper and there was no bonfire.

people

friends who

sail

Well that was a long time ago, but just

friends frequently. But equally important the

where

homogeneous sailing

being the

type of the current Moore 24.

sustain

these

up at the awards banquet to lend a festive

attitudes, attitudes that fester in a Ron Moore.

Olsen and Moore decided that the new boats

Ron, of course, makes the Moore 24,

ought

to

have

beam.

To

accomplish this design modification they

The incredible versatile Dave Wahle leads the way with the Moore 24 National pig. Wahle is a genuine Renaissance sailor, the first time we met Dave he had just finished sailing one of the Gemini twins around the Farallones in the brutal first Singlehanded Farallones Race. Next time we saw him he was driving the Travel-Lift that eased Lois Lane in the water page 37

more

atmosphere and to eat roast piggie off the spit.

For weeks before the first race Ron had

the crew at the factory

get his

during her christening. Then we saw him at the California Yacht Club in Marina dui Rey, working the foredeck on Merlin during the Cal Cup. The next time he was sailing Poltergeist in the Moore Nationals, and now here he is taking the pig to behead it so the coneheads may eat.

personal boat, Crazy Horse, ready for the

way, they park wherever their 4-whccl

big event, completing it only the night

drifts end. They’re great!”

before the first race. Yet when time came

Nevertheless, Crazy Horse led in the

to head out the channel Ron wasn’t on

first leg of the first race in what was to be

the boat, deciding he’d better stick with

a

the pig on the spit and get prepared for

conditions.

the awards party. In Moore’s place went a

lived up to her name and was first boat

couple' of good local sailors and a couple

around the wrong mark. Mouton Rouge, a Lake Tahoe boat, found the right

of the crew from the shop. The two guys from

day

of

perfectly Crazy

Horse

varied

sailing

unfortunately

the shop had never been sailing

course in the flukey winds and breezed to

before and Ron’s brother described them

a comfortable victory.

In the second race the crew of Mouton

as “real grease, 4-whcel drivers all the

-

Rouge proved that they themselves were

But where was Rob Wade who for years

flukes by placing dead last, as the winds

owned

increased to 5 to 10 knots. As if finishing

everyone crazy with his winning ways?

Poltergeist

and

had

driven

last in the second race wasn’t bad enough

Some said that the pig Ron was cooking

they hit the starboard tacking Sora as she

was no pig at all and that he was just

passed Merlin, the committee boat.

about Rob’s size; some said there had had

been talk that Rob had ‘won too much’;

freshened nicely and it was Poltergeist

In

the

some said Rob had ‘hogged’ the tiller. We

winning for a 3 - 2 - 1 score for the first

didn’t think much of these rumors, but

day of racing. Poltergeist was skippered

then we never did see Rob the whole

by

weekend. We’ve heard of celebrity roasts, but if Rob doesn’t show up soon, Ron

Dave

third

Wahle,

race

with

the

winds

owner

Terry

and Don Synder and Danny Miles aboard.

CONEHEflD NATIONALS a crock, you are not protected and safe

could be in a heap o’ trouble.

had T.D. — Terminal Disco.

After the three races it was time to

under a pyramid. Just the reverse is true;

Santa Cruz sailors may be friendly on

piggie and party. The crowd of hundreds

a cone sucks. Ron, who was wearing a

the race course, but it was a crowd of

patiently waited and waited for the pig to

bright orange highway cone over his head

viscious dancers out there, particularly

get through with its cooking thing, and

with a branch coming out the top (he

the women. Chickens that we are, we had

whiled away the time with kegs and kegs

looked like a member of the orange KKK

no choice but to flee to the relative safety

of beer. But when the pig was done, it

who had been paved) saving everyone by

of

was gone! Fast! To the bone! They say

not ‘coning’ them.

midnight.

they’re vegetarians down in Santa Cruz

Having sailed, piggied, drank, and been

Hiway

17

over

the

mountains at

With the final three races on Sunday,

but they’re not, it would have taken a

educated,

Ron decided it was time to

it was clear that the ‘cone theory’ was

herd to feed that crowd.

party. He leaped to the floor, did a few

no bullshit. Crazy Horse sucked all the

John Revolta pelvic pumps and the place

energy

went

Nationals.

After all the piggies had made hogs of themselves,

it

was

time

for the

Ron

nuts.

The

band

hadn’t 'hit two

of

the

fleet

Phillip

and

took

Vandenberg

the

was the

Moore Show. The band tried to warm the

chords and we were almost trampled as

skipper,

crowd

the herd of dancers fought their way to

‘Conehead’ Collins, Dave Scoggins, and

up

but almost got stoned; the

crowd wanted Ron. Finally he took the

the floor of the

Santa Cruz iYC. We

platform in his best grease outfit with his

almost ran to the phone to call for an

cigarettes rolled up his sleeve — several

ambulance when a large fellow in front of

girls swooned.

Ray

aided

by

Second place went to Poltergeist, third to Desiderata with

but then he did the same on his stomach;

Simpkins,

and

when he suddenly jumped to his feet and

Matthews.

‘Cone Theory’.

started to wiggle his big belly with his

‘Pyramid Power’ Ron Moore explained is

T-shirt pulled over his head, we knew he

turned began

serious to

and

explain

philosophical the

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many jokes and thanks,

Larsen,

Pengry — although not all at the

Ron

After

Bob

Jim

Bill McMurray, Bill Wallace,

and

Tim

The Moore Nationals — there’s nothing like ’em anywhere.

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and Ian Camerson of the Royal Victoria YC, ip Victoria. We’ll have more fun Fireball photos next month.

years Fireball Nationals at the St. Francis.

Gordon and Dave took a fine third this year, trailing Howard and John Maron of the Richmond YC, and the new Fireball Champs Phillip Leitch

Did you know that the King of Thailand races a Fireball? You don’t even know if there is a King of Thailand — do you?

Cameron Girton and I manned a crash boat for the Fireball Nationals held off

One the way in, the conversation went something like this:

the St. Francis YC. We had just arrived at

Me: Where were you going?

the starting area north of Gashouse Cove

The Swimmer: Alcatraz.

when

Me: Are you OK?

Ty

Campbell

radioed

from

the

Me: Does anyone one know you’re out here?

The Swimmer: Yes. Me: Are they waiting for you to land someplace?

Committee Boat and told us to pick up

The Swimmer: Sure, just a little weak.

The Swimmer:' No.

“the escapee from Alcatraz.”

Me:

Me: Do you have any clothes?

Somewhat puzzled, we headed in that

How long have you been out

there?

The Swimmer: Yes, in my car.

direction and saw a swimsuit-clad man

The Swimmer: What time is it?

floating in an inner tube just before he

Me: Ten-thirty.

was hauled aboard one of the Fireballs.

We transferred him to our Avon dinghy and 1 gave him my foul weather jacket to

The swimmer did thank us for bringing

The Swimmer: About an hour and a half.

him in, but like a little boy who had just stood too near the edge of a cliff, he

Me: Have you ever done this before?

seemed unaware of how close he’d come

The

from

to cashing in his-c-hips. In the ebb tide he

a well-trimmed beard, beady eyes and a

Alcatraz to Aquatic Park once, and across

would have been well on his way out the

blank look on his face. His hands were

the Golden Gate a couple of times.

Golden Gate had someone not spotted

wear. Fie was about forty-years old, with

Swimmer:

Yes,

1

swam

shaking and his joints had turned blue. He

Me: How did you plan to get back?

him in time, not to mention the dangers

told us to drop him off at Aquatic Park.

The Swimmer: The ferry.

of hypothermia.

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BOAT TAXES fiere’s the current tax situation

with respect to Prop. 13 and your boat. Evelle Younger decided that Prop. 13 provides for a reduction in the tax rate for unsecured (boats) as well as secured property (houses), AND that the reduction should take place with the current tax bills. Most California counties are going along with this. Others say the hell with Younger’s opinion, including the following counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, Santa Cruz, Lake, Napa, etc.

Right now the matter is being decided by the courts. What to do until a final decision? Pay your tax bill no matter what, penalties start right away if you don’t. You may wish to file and pay your taxes under protest, which prevents the counties from spending the money until they get a favorable court decision.

We have printed two forms below to help you file your taxes under protest if you wish. They were sent to us by B.O.A.T. (Boat Owners Associated Together). If you have a question call them at (916) 44!-4166. While you’re talking to them you might think about joining they fight to see that you don’t get the old screw job while you ’re out sailing.

— Latitude 38 —

P.S. In San Diego yachtsmen made such a ruckus with the county supervisors that they made the tax assessor mail out all new bills reflecting rates that will prevail if 13 wins in court.

To:_;_, Tax Collector, County of

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PAYMENT UNDER PROTEST UNSECURED PROPERTY TAXES FOR TAX YEAR 1978-79 Protestant does hereby remit the sum of $__ to the County Tax Collector, under protest, in payment of 1 978 79 unsecured faxes levied on property owned by and assessed to protestant, by tax bill number.

Taxes as so levied to the extent the same exceeds the sum of $_are paid involuntarily and under protest.

The grounds for the protest are as follows: 1. The people of the State of California enacted, effective July 1, 1978, Article XIII A which prohibited levy of taxes in

INSTRUCTIONS TO BOATERS IN FILING TAX PROTESTS ,

excess of one percent of market value of real property subject to assessment.

You should fill in the three blank spaces on the protest form,

2. Article XIII Section 2 of the Constitution prohibits levy of

attach same to your unsecured tax bill and check and forward

taxes on personal property in excess of the amount levied on

to your county tax collector.

real property.

Instructions for filling in the blank spaces are as follows:

3. While Article Xl|l, Section 12 permits levy of unsecured taxes by application of the rate for the preceding tax year, that

Protestant does hereby remit the sum of $_0)__to the _County Tax Collector, under protest, in payment of 1978-79 unsecured taxes levied on property owned by and assessed to protestant, by tax bill number

(2)_

Taxes' so levied to the extent the same exceeds the sum of $_(3)_

are

paid

involuntarily

and

under

protest.

provision is controlled by the mandatory provision of Article XIII, Section 2, and the due process and equal protection clauses of the California and United States Constitution.

4. The Attorney General of the S’tate of California and the State Board of Equalization, which has supervision over the Tax Collector, have both declared and directed that the tax rate applicable to the subject assessment and levy be not more than one percent of fair market value of the property assessed, and

(1) is the amount of taxes as stated in the tax bill.

that the attempt to collect taxes at a rate in excess thereof is un¬

(2) is the bill number found on the tax statement upper right

constitutional and void.

hand side, in block called “Bill Number”.

(3) is the amount inserted

5.

The County of_ officials have, in

here is assessed value x .042448.

violation of the law, levied taxes hereon in excess of that

(The constitutional restriction is to 1% of market value plus 2%

provided by law, by applying a tax rate which is excessive and

of such amount per year from 1975-76. This amounts to

illegal.

1.0612%. However, assessed value is at 25% of market value so the tax is computed at four times the assessed rate.

6. That by reason of the foregoing, the taxes levied herein are excessive, illegal, unconstitutional and void to the extent herein protested., Respectfully submitted,

Be sure to sign TWO COPIES of the protest and return both copies to the tax collector along with the bill and your check. If the boat is. in the name of a corporation or partnership, sign that name by you and indicate your capacity as officer or partner.

Taxes paid under protest are held in an impound account

Receipt of the foregoing payment under protest of 1978-79 unsecured property bill number_j js acknowledged.

Date:

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one-design

price.

Since

thrills at a moderate

Schock

opened

the

mass

market, others like the Ranger 22, the Wilderness 21, the J-24 and others have umped on the bandwagon. But Santana got there first, selling almost 500 of the Os in the first two years of production, with 40 of them in the bay area.

On July 21, 22 & 23, thirty of the Santanas showed up at the Richmond YC to

compete

Nationals.

in

the

To

2nd

make

it

Santana

20

interesting,

two-thirds of the fleet were from out of the

area;

Washington,

Oregon,

Utah,

Nevada, Stockton, Sacramento, L.A., Seal Beach,

Balboa,

Newport

Beach,

and

Huntington Beach.

It was a predominantly young fleet with many skippers & crew 18 years old or younger. Suzanne Truman of RYC adopted most of the youth, and at times there were up to 1 6 kids spread across the Truman’s floor.'

Fridays’s first races provided a great ntroduction

to just how exciting jitiSe

spinnaker sets can be off Point Blunt, which was the perfect preparatory to the reach to reach jibe mark — and there was more action there than anyone would care

to

remember.

Friday ended with

some minor damages, give or take a few spinnakers — Bruce Gollison for example didn’t have enough pieces of his tri-radial left to salvage. Kas Kastncr in “Assasin’, a heavy contender, blew out a halyard and took a painful DNF which took him out of the running for the championship.

The

Herrshafts

of

Newport

Beach

ended the day with two bullets, Chuck Bonovich and Bruce Gollison were close behind. It was to stay that way lor the rest of the scries.

Notice, if you will, the pair of feet dangling off the starboard side. Somebody’s chest is getting ruined as it’s being drageed over winches and cleats.

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Skipper & Crew

Port or Yacht Club

9.25

Bill Herrschaft, Tom Herrschaft, Kimo Worthington

— Newport Beach

10.50

Chuck Bonovich, Malcolm Park, Chris Klein

17.75

Bruce Gollison

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Keith Simon, Paul Kaplan, Paul Erickson

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Richmond YC

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Photo by Diane Beeston

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Long Beach

UPTON CUP & SUCH For the Richmond YC, July 29th and 30th made for a ding dong weekend.

Winning as they did the Larry Knight

,

Perpetual Trophy, the Little Lipton*, and the Big Lipton* which dates back to 1913. All were fine races, the one disappointment being that only a pair of entries hit the line for the Big Lipton where many would have fit.

But what are these races anyway?

Well, these trophies represent the one chance of the year for PICYA (Pacific Inter Yacht Club Association) yacht clubs to go. at each other on a ‘our club, is faster than your club’ basis. Each club puts up their best crew and best boat — within the limitations of each trophies rules — and fight for the honor of each club’s hearth and trophy case.

The winning club in each event has the honor of picking the defender for next year’s event, enough strategy planning to keep thrice-winning Richmond YC h i>y through the winter.

THE BIG LIPTON If the outcome of the Big Liptor weie a foregone conclusion, it was a conclusion foregone before the outcome. Mirage stunned Imp. Mirage was built to defend the Canada’s Cup for Canada in 1972. She was a fast boat, but lost the cup. Les Harlander purchased the 40-foot C&C and brought her to Brickyard Cove, where her black aluminum hull lives moored to Les’ backyard dock. Mirage has sailed in three Big Boat Series, winning the Rheem Trophy in the last two.

If you don’t know about Imp, welcome back to earth. San Francisco YC Commodore Dave Allen’s floating proof that green stripes are fast, Imp was far and away the favorite to win the Big Lipton, a newer boat representing the international state of the art. *The Big Lipton is formally the ‘Sir Thomas J. Lipton Challenge Trophy; the Little Lipton the 'Sir Thomas Lipton Pacific Coast Perpetual Challenge Trophy, names which nobody has at the tip of the tongue.

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The pre-start maneuvering was nothing for the book, but it looked like an open and shut case anyway. On the first beat Imp got clear air and simply went away leading

at

v onds.

Crissy

Field

Bouy

by

it m

28

s.

In the short time it took to

u'Mjrn to a point abreast the starting line ol

■

the St. Francis YC, Imp stretched the

ii

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gap to 1:07. /ho could blame the rapt crowd of some

half

dozen

spectators

if

they

ihooght it was all over at the start? But th>

>rcezc that July 29 was not solid, and

the

fore neither was Imp’s lead.

At the

final

.

Mi

- *■

leeward mark, after a

couple of hours of racing, Imp lead by only 40 seconds. The sight of the pair returning to the finish so close together aroused the spectators only a bit, as a few wondered

lamely

whey

Imp

was

no

J

0 /.■

further ahead.

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Then Mirage crossed tacks with Imp, and the black boat from Richmond was, OFI

MY

GOSFI!!!

out

in

front and

leading a desperate tacking duel to the finish. Suddenly there was a crush for the window space as Mirage broke off the tacking duel and sprinted for the finish.

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*

There are two lessons to be learned from this photo. The first is, “Thou shalt not go so fast when overpowered’’ — as Imp here is being passed by the| more upright black-hulled Mirage. The second lesson is don’t ever, ever give |£* up until the race is over.

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As Les Flarlander would later explain, “We

weren’t satisfied

with

out speed

under the large genoa, so with the wind increasing we went to a smaller jib for the final beat, and we found ourselves with' the right sail, imp was overpowered, and we really covered some real estate.”

Latitude 38’s man-on-the-scene forgot to punch his Memosail as Mirage took the gun, so we don’t have any flashing finish line data for you. Suffice it to say that Imp was back in the groove by then and coming on strong. The Mirage crew was very, very happy to see the finish.

Les and his brother Don spent a lot of time in 110’s back in the late Forties and early Fifties, winning two International 110

regattas

and

Championships.

three Their

Pacific Coast small

boat

experience still pays dividends, and for the L'ipton they carried the sage advice of

UPTON CUP with big jibs,” Klein said. “We went to a small jib and ground’em down. After that there were no significant changes at the head of the fleet.”

Skipper gee,

Lindsey started sailing “Oh

a long time ago,” with the U.C.

Yacht Club at. Berkeley. He bought a 110 in the early Sixties, later owned a Soling for a couple

■■I

of years,

and bought a

Santana 22 in 1971. Lindsey still has the

. mr**.

Santana and he carries the 1977 and 1978 National titles in the class.

So what’s he doing with two boats?

“WclIllllll, we just recently had a baby,

and I thought since we’re immobilized a-j far as long trips go, it would be nice in have us a boat for cruising.”

We didn’t have the crust to ask MrLindsey

what

she

thought

about

thi-

reasoning or lack of it, but Jim admits “We haven’t done much cruising yet.”

VailejoYC’s George Van «Why didn’t Imp change to a smaller headsail when she saw Mirage was

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catching up? Perhaps because Mirage tacked frequently in an effort to keepHjjHHfeP^ii^^ Imp covering and prevent her from getting a good opportunity to make the RSHBR ®8SfSS headsail change.

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THE LITTLE LIPTON And so they all

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the tactician but who may well have contributed one or two good ideas.

THE LARRY KNIGHT In the bleachers, the St. Francis’ new bar

stools)

the

intrepid

spectators were still scratching their heads over the Big Liplon when along came the Larry

Knight Trophy fleet. The group

was lead by “Shcrpa Grande”, with her owner

Jim

Lindsey

(Amateur Hour)

steering ^and

Bob

Klein hanging on the

Les Harlander, owner of Mirage.

Several times Les and the Richmond YC crew thought about trying something radical when it appeared unlikely they would ever

backstay saying “a little mas, a little less mas”, which for the uninitiated , means “go or don’t go that-a-way yet.”

Shcrpa Grande was one of the five

cattch Imp. But they decided to stay with solid sailing and when their chance came they made the most of it.

Newport 30s in the ten boat PHRF fleet.

She

climbed

second beat. page 55

from

ill! d place on the

“These guys sail all year

went home to get

some rest, except for Jim Lindsey and

stilt

Jim DcWitl, who refused to call himself

unpadded

Dolson rat

second in his Newport 30, Zinfandcl.

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Score one for persevercnce.

crew, who were back on the City Front

PICYfl CHAMPS the very next day to defend the Little Lipton Cup. The Cup had been the last two ber

years Bill

by

fellow

Claussen.

Lindsey

came

Richmond

Along

Bill

YC

with skipper

Burchell

add

Ned

Johnston, both of whom had helped win PICYA trophies for Richmond YC the day before on Mirage and Sherpa Grande.

Thirteen Santana 22’s turned out for the Little Lipton, which three weather legs after the start became a three boat battle between Lindsey, Corinthian YC’s Charles Brochard, and Island YC’s Vern Neff.

“We got a little life”, said Lindsey, Jim Lindsey, Ned Johnston, Bill Burchell of the Richmond YC

“and that’s what did it for us. The next time

we came together with

Neff, he

tacked under us to defend his position, but

we

went

on

through.

Then

we

covered him on the finish.”

race in

Bull Burchell: “ALL RIGHT!!!”

Ned

Johnston:

“Where’s

the

champagne!”

THE RICHMOND YC

1963.

Richmond also won the

busy nearly every day of the week, and

inaurugal Larry Knight when it was held

you’ll

as a team race in 1966, but had to wait to

victorious. There are many kinds of yacht

win the Little Lipton undtil the seond

clubs, and many good reasons for yacht

time around in 1941.

clubs, but if you find a club with a fat

If you drop by Richmond Yacht Club

Richmond won the first revival of the

you’ll see the line-up of one-designs from

Lipton Cup when it was sailed as a team

Lasers to Stars, and the hoist that are

have

an

inkling

why

they

are

trophy pase you’ll also find it has an active small boat yard.

— Kimball Livingston

A MODEST PROPOSAL FOR A FULLER LIPTON CUP

THE ISLANDER 36?

The ‘Big’ Lipton Cup has succombed

The

national

mags have gone bananas

contest. As a

Lipton Cup vehicle, the

to the IOR armaments race. Not many

lately over the new crop of one-design

Islander

yacht clubs have boats the can earnestly

ocean racers, but we already have on San

many more clubs to compete.

36

would open the door for

pit against an Imp, a Mirage, or a Lois

Francisco Bay a one-design class that fits

Lane, (which was kept from sailing by a

the Lipton Cup size range, that gets 13 to

Steve

paperwork

17 boats out for races, and has 45 boats

Richmond its Jim DeWitts, and beating

boondoggle.)

And

it takes

San Francisco YC would still have its Tafts

aboard

as

tacticians,

and

nothing away from the excellent crew of

in its association out of about 70 in the

these isn’t easy. It isn’t supposed to be

the defender Mirage, vintage 1972, to say

area, according to its fleet captain. That

easy. But if we all came out swinging with

that if the race had been shorter, or

makes it as good a class at 36 feet as the

longer,

Santana 22, which brought out 13 entries

identical hammers, wouldn’t that make good sport?

Richmond’s trophy would have

returned

to

Belvedere

with

the

redoubtable Imp.

for the 1978 Little Lipton.

PICYA’s deed of gift for the Lipton

We’ve checked with owners, former

Cup would have to be amended to allow a

owners, sail makers, and hot shots who

one-design race for the Lipton. Such an

more clubs, more life into the

crewed aboard before the IOR passed it

amendment should

Lipton Cup contest? The present system

by. For all these people we get the same

require one-design racing, and certainly it

of naming a defender at its IOR rating,

answer.

should not mandate the Islander 36 - the

Wouldn’t all of us like to inject more boats,

with the challengers coming in at a rating very

close

to

that,

and

racing level,

produced a match race in 1978.

The Islander 36 is a perfectly good boat.

The hotshots ignore it in these days of

not

be worded to

future is not that clear. But we could make it possible.

As

Scarlett

O’hara

so

It’s no secret that one-design racing is

triple spreader rigs and super wide tracks,

“Tomorrow is another day.”

the best boat racing there is. Always was.

but none of that counts in a one design

— Kimball Livingston

nicely

said,

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TRAVAILS OF 9

The swells rolled long and ominously.

"Trollop” raised her-stern, paused, then

Ray Girouard and Dianne Chute.

Three person watches are assigned -

with a shudder began the descent into the

the seventh person being cook, a different

valley

of steel

blue water. There was

one each day. We used the “Swedish”

nothing visible

beyond the wav'es. All

system; 10 PM - 2 AM, 2 AM - 6 AM,

there was was the dark and three very

6 AM - 11 AM, 11 AM - 5 PM, 5 PM -

wet, tired people. Phil, Ray and Dianne

10 PM. This allows longer periods for

huddled in the cockpit lost in their thoughts; “What more can this boat take?

sleep.

The first night was quiet and we could

What more can happen?”

It all began on July 1

at the San

still see the reflective lights of the bay area. The conditions were ideal and the

Francisco Yacht Club.

Where do we stow all this shit? 25 pounds of fresh fruit? Are we going on a

sailing beautiful, and this is perhaps what draws us back to the ocean.

Fley,

July 2 — The wind was building all day

you doing with that

to about 25 knots by afternoon and 45

pineapple? Do you need a two “Ankle -

knots by midnight. By early afternoon we

Biter”? Watch that the wake! There isn’t

have

enough room on this boat for all this

Sherry. She crawls into a quarter berth

food,

people!

with a bucket, not to emerge until the

Watch that fishing boat — he’s not paying

month’s cruise or a 4 day race.

Kame,

what are

booze,

gear

and

seven

our

first

seasick

crew

member,

I see the committee boat —

last day.

Phil is navigating below, Ray joins him

right there off Baker’s Beach. Starboard!

leaving Dianne at the helm with spinnaker

Starboard!

attention.

How much time?

and blooper flying in 25 to 30 knots of

Let’s tack. Helm’s over. Ease the jib., ease

air. With magnificent timing we have our

it!!

boats

first case of death roll and a round down,

coming at us. O.K. Harden up. Ready to

out of which were were able to steer the boat.

We’ve

Damn it. got

some

starboard

jibe? Jibing! 20 seconds till start? O.K. Let’s go for the line. Good start — first

Watch change at 6 PM and the galley

boat over the line.” And so went the start

crew begins fixing dinner. “OH SHIT! All

of the 1978 MORA Long Distance Race

hands on deck” Our second round down

— San Francisco to San Diego. 500 miles

down — pole is in the water . . . crunch!

of who knew what was in store for the

Ray and Dianne are cooking rice. Water is

crew of the Morgan 33 “Trollop” and the

just boiling, salad fixings are all over the

rest of the fleet.

counter and sink. Ray hangs on to the

As the San Francisco Skyline dropped

water.

Dianne has both arms stopping

being

dinner from hitting the cabin sole and a

prepared by Chute and Girouard, who

foot on the ice chest. This leaves Colin

would become the galley crew for this

and Phil to help Ed. Somehow everything

race,

is back under control, but the spinnaker

into

the

but

Skipper navigator,

horizon,

not and Phil

by

dinner

choice.

owner,

was

On Ed

Chernin; crew,

Board: Homer;

pole is bent in half. Both the spinnaker

George

and blooper are torn. Oh the bruises on

Cuendet, Sherry Gaskin, Colin Gilboy,

the bodies.

We carry on with full main and poled out 1 50% genoa.

Down in the galley, back to dinner.

“Does this boat have to rock and roll so much?” The stove won’t gimble properly.

“Hang on, Dianne! Here comes a big wave wave . . . and her brother, and their mother, father and big uncle. Oh God, here comes the whole family!” Despite the motion nothing was spilled the entire trip.

Rounding Point Conception with the boat surfing in 12 to 15 foot breaking seas, still under full main and poled out 150%,

was

breathtaking,

especially

at

fl TROLLOP V

living in

the cockpit. While trying to

analyze

the

problem,

we

jibe.

The

outhaul flies apart, and the main starts to come off the boom. Dianne, Colin and Ray go to the mast and start to put in a double reef.

“Man overboard” is the cry from the cockpit. We were pooped and Ed had been washed in the water. There he was hanging on to the toerail and a lazy sheet. Phil and George were able to pull all 235 pounds (plus gear) back into the cockpit aided by a wave which heeled the boat an extra 20 degrees. It all happened so fast that the crew at the mast was unable to unhook and get back to help.

The main is reefed, the 1 50 is dropped.

Using

a scientific approach

to

the

jammed rudder, George braces his back, puts both feet on the tiller and pushes.

Voila! We have steering . . . sort of. We all breathe again. Up comes the storm jib — all 80 square feet. Down go George (still sick) and Ed (exposure). It takes both hands

to

move

the

tiller.

Fine

adjustments are out. We have gone from 650 square feet of sail to 230. We a-e reaching now rather than running, but

e

still .surfing. Not as often, nor as long, but still surfing!!! This with a double-reeled main, storm jib and a 1 2,000 boat.

Three crew arc out, so we shuffle the ’

watches; two hours on, two hours off.

With George and Ed in the forepeack and

MORA carnage at the San Diego Yacht Club

Sherry

still

dying

in

the

best

berth

Phil and Colin alternate an hour of sleep in the one available berth. Then it’s their watch.

Ray and Dianne crawl into the

3’ x 7’ quarter berth, soaked to the skin, Trollops’s

night.

By now mal

de mer has claimed a

stern,

phosphorescence

but so are the berth and the sleeping bag.

was our wake. It even illuminated lines on

One hour of sleep would be nice, but the

second victim, George, leaving Ed and

board when

Colin on from 10 PM to 2 AM.

the

the

waves periodically entered

cockpit.

The

good

times,

waves are crashing over the boat, and the hatch leaks. Ray gives up — back on deck.

the

Dianne is thinking these guys are nuts!

Phil, Dianne, and Ray. Some good jokes,

camaraderie of the watches will long be

They’re actually enjoying the ride. Ray is

mostly bad jokes told by Ray. Dolphins

remembered by all of us.

screaming

July 3 - The 2 AM to 6 AM watch,

at play, and then Phil brought'out his

conversations

and,

in

general,

At 5:55 AM (why do things always go

one

“Yeowwwww!

coming!

Look at this What

an

celestial navigation book. Identifying the

wrong at change of watch?), it is “all

experience.” Then they’re laughing and

stars and constellations and their move¬

hands

naming the bigger waves. The whole crew

ment

so

starboard tack, the rudder is jammed 20

much, much fun. “Starry, Starry Night”

degrees off center, slowly turning us to

At 4 PM, George returns to the living

must have been written for a night such

port. Colin is suited up, hands out his

for the duration. By 6 PM, Ed is back.

as

a

harness clip. Ed emerges — no harness, no

The galley crew serves sweet and sour

lift

floatation. George temporarily rejoins the

pork, and the off-watches crash. Ed and

was

this.

peaceful page 59

indeed

stimulating

Bio-luminescence glow.

As a

wave

and

provided would

on

deck!!”

again.

We

are

on

is beserk.

TRAVAILS OF TROLLOP George stayed on until 10 PM when we

and

went to a two hour on, four hour off.

clothes. We need all the sail area we can

George and Sherry are still weak. Colin

get.

and Dianne stand by on the sheets. Ed’s

The wind slowly moderates, but the big seas remain — still awesome.sThe fog

the

wet

cushions,

and

the

wet

We have finally hit typical Southern

feet of the line.

Ray is asleep below.

patience is gone, “low side, low side!!

sets in. Around midnight we come into

California

the lee of the Channel Islands. Where in

puffs and zephyrs of wind around. Most

the hell is San Clemente Island? We must

of the crew is in cut-offs or bathing suits.

(which

be inside of it.

The

60

response considering the language used by

July 4 — Mid-morning, the fog lifts

degrees when the final tragedy strikes.

all of us over the past four days. Cool-

and Sherry is resurrected. The San Diego

For the last day or so we have had a

headed Phil takes the helm. At last we

resident

the

strange odor below (besides the barf).

finish — and it’s nearly 2 AM.

coastline. “It’s Mission Bay. No, it’s La

Into the bilge for some beer. Did«anyone

Jolla.”

realize that Coors cans are so thin that

Open your pearly gates San Diego Yacht

electrolytic action perforates the cans in

Club — but . . . they didn’t even expect

aboard Actually,

tries

to

identify

it was San Clemente

Island.

The wind is down below 1 5 knots. We are still double-reefed with the storm jib.

Underpowered, down comes the jib, up

conditions.

temperature

is

We

finally

are

chasing

above

Don’t move George!”

"Oh

poop!”

is

is

absolutely

an

Ahhhhhhh.

George’s

response, ridiculous

Hot showers, clean hair.

two days. Fortunately, Ballantines cans

us. Everything was locked — not even a

are made of more substantial stuff.'

welcome

Early evening finds us approaching San

sign

to

be

found

on

the

premises.

goes the 3/4 oz. tri-radial, the outhaul is

Diego in dying wind.

jury

rigged and we re-hoist the main.

while standing at the shrouds, trimming

the papers are wet.

Close in shore, we see a boat, the first

the spinnaker. Haven’t we been through

desperate people can accomplish with an

since day one. It is “Sally K”. Time to

enough? Why did the wind die 100 feet

airway and some aluminum foil.

race again. Out comes the blooper, and

from the finish? Slap, slap, slap go the

the wet sleeping bags, and the wet towels,

sails. For two hours we floundered within

Ray falls asleep

Back to the boat. No booze left, and It’s amazing what

Sleep at last.

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celestial navigation, especially sun lines.

than as a source of good fixes.

Occasionally, a line of position from the RDF combined with a sun line would provide us with a good fix. In general, the RDF was helpful, but since we were 75 100 miles offshore, the broadcasting beacons rarely had the range for us to receive (and get a good null reading) on more than one beacon at a time.

The navigation lessons we learned were to take every opportunity to get a good fix, make sure you have afunctional log/ speedo, and expect to make use of page 61

planned

to

alternate

We the

GALLEY: Good, hot meals were the

cooking duties, but when the weather

mainstay of the trip. We had prepared our

worsened it was apparent that only one

main

meals

ahead

Bourguignonne,

of

time

Chicken

(Beef

Tetrazzini,

Spaghetti and meat sauce, and sweet and

NAVIGATION: Dead reckoning was difficult onboard Trollop, as neither the log nor the speedo were functioning. We had difficulty estimating our speed especially since we had never expected to average 8-10 knots for several hours in a medium displacement boat. It was hard to believe our fixes showing us covering 40 miles in 4 hours. The whole process would have been more understandable with a speedo, which would have helped us believe that we were hitting 12 knots regularly.

Celestial navigation was certainly the way to go for this race. Sun lines were extremely helpful, especially in the early morning and late afternoon to show us how far off the coast we were.

We found that clouds/fog covering the sky precluded a morning shot except on July 2. Evening shots could only have been taken on two of the four nights.

The evening before our 45 knot winds night, we did not take a fix, as we had a fix from several hours earlier. This turned out to be an error, as it would have showed us how fast we were going and would have prevented us from going as far south as we did. It should be noted, however, that shooting the stars in 30 knots winds and steep seas is not one of the easiest shipboard tasks.

The RDF was more useful as a homing beacon (specially Pt. Loma in San Diego)

COOK / NAVIGATOR DUTIES: originally

person

could

handle the galley duties

with some assistance from a few others.

Everyone

else

got

seasick

below.

In

sour pork) so that all they needed was

weather this rough the cooking chores

heating.

became

This

became

a

necessity.

extremely

time-consuming,

at

Considering the weather it would have

least two hours for the big meals and one

been impossible to prepare these meals

hour for the smaller meals. Needless to

entirely in the galley.

say it was hard on the cook to stand the

It would have been easy to take the sandwiches

or

cold

fried

chicken

duties of a full watch also.

The navigational duties also became

approach to meals, but we found that a

time-consuming in this rough weather. It

hot meal and a salad once per day was a

often took an hour and a half to take the necessary sextant shots as well as to work

great morale boost to the entire crew.

the plot.

For our next race we would consider the navigator and cook as being able to

HANG THE SEASICK

split the duties of one person on a watch as well as to handle their other roles. This means that for our seven member crew

IN THE HEAD

we would put the cook and navigator on the four person watch, and the three other

FOR THE DURATION

crew

who

had

only

sailing

responsibilities on the other watch.

SEASICKNESS:

If you can’t handle

the rough weather on the bay, don’t even Our kerosene stove (converted from alcohol) was extremely slow in boiling

go out

in

experienced

water, however, we suspect the burners,

racing,

more than the fuel as the cause of this

breaking

the

ocean.

All

of us

had

50 knots of wind in bay

but throw in some substantial seas

and

it’s

a

completely

problem. Our little bottled gas Sea Swing

different situation. Before embarking on

burner

most

a long ocean race, make sure you can

efficient source of hot water. We used

handle the swells and varying conditions.

two

water

Go out for just one day in rough weather.

available, especially for the night watches.

The best berth on Trollop went to the

turned

“hot

out

pots”

to

to

be

keep

the hot

We were all incredulous at the amount of

time

it

took

to

prepare a

meal,

especially with our stove problems. The

most seasick crew (never again, unless they are dying). Hang them up in the head for the duration of the race.

stove still didn’t gimbal very well, which

We were not able to solve the problem

made for some acrobatics on the part of

of dealing with a hysterical crew member.

the cook when we rounded down. We

Needless to say this did not help our

moved our main mealtime forward from

situation.

early evening until it became apparent that the big meal should be at midday. prepare one pot meals ahead of time (we

THE BOAT AND EQUIPMENT: Are they ready? Does the boat leak? Does the

did

very

equipment work? Don’t go if the answer

efficient stove, have at least two hot pots

to any one of these questions is negative

on board and serve the main meal around

— unless you’re a masochist.

The galley some

noon.

J.

lessons

things

learned

right)

have

were to a

— Crew of Trollop

The crew of Trollop, having survived (or enjoyed,

depending on what crew

member you talk to) the San Francisco to San

Diego

MORA

race

has

some

observations and memories we’d like to share with the readers of Latitude 38.

DIANNE CHUTE

COLIN GILBOY ED HOMER Basically, never again, but one \veek later, “this is ocean racing.”

The sea and wind pushed us and the boat to our limits.

I remember a specific incident: green water breaking over the entire length of the boat. Ed and

I were harnessed.

I

grabbed the stanchion behind me and put head and shoulders into Ed and hung on.

I was fully suited in the forepeak —

Ed asked, “Was that for you or for me?”

sleeping. I awakened, looked at my watch

“Yes”, I answered.

— nearly 6 AM. “All hands on deck, The

<

tiller

j

Flaving gone through this, I have alot more confidence in a boat on the bay.

is

frozen”

is

I

up never thinking of

cockpit.

went

the

call

from the

floatation or my harness — just save the

I’d go again.

boat. Up on deck, I tried to analyze the problem. The boat heeled, jibed, and a

SHERRY GASKIN GEORGECUENDET PHIL CHERNIN I

remember

surfing

and

the

the

glorious,

glorious

phosphorescence,

and

wondering how much more can this boat take. What a beating! deafening.

We almost lost a man.

The

overwhelming

“We’re alone.”

I’d do it again.

observation

that

boat

bounced

overboard

and

between

I the

was

washed

primaries and

There were no comments from Sherry

secondaries, under the lifelines. I held on

Gaskin. She got off the boat in San Diego

to the jib sheet and toerail. “Get me

and hasn’t be seen or heard from since.

back

on

board,

PLEASE!”

The

boat

Learned” section was

pinned over. Phil had me by the bottom

written by Phil Chernin, who is now on a

of my jacket and George grabbed my

backpacking trip in Alaska. His personal

wrist. I got one leg on the primary winch,

feelings are not recorded here because of

the boat rolled again, and rolled me back

this, but we know he’ll go to sea again

into the boat. It just wasn’t my time to

and again, and is presently seeking a berth

go.

The “Lessons

The crashing while in the forepeak was

wave broke over the port combing. The

for the ‘79 TransPac.

$$ It wa$ $cary, fa$t, and expen$sive.

Ray, Phil and I served watch together.

We didn’t plan it that way, for we hardly knew each other before the race. It just happened and it was fortunate for the friendship we developed, I believe it will be with us forever.

I remember the beauty around us, the hills of water, the sky a myriad of stars, the shooting stars and our wishes, the dolphins playing around the boat, the sensitivity and warmth Ray, Phil and I felt toward each other, our discussions on life

and

our

philosophies,

and

the

phosphorescence clinging to everything in the cockpit after a wave would wash over us.

I learned that survival depends upon each person on board. I shudder when I think of the discussions purposely ever so casual, about what job the three of us would have if the boat broke up, and we’d have to leave it.

The

body

can

withstand

so

much

strain — physical and mental with so little rest. It took nearly a week to become a normal sleeper.

Would I do it again? Yup! I’m ready.

It can’t always be that tough, can it?

I am surprised at the extent to which the body can be pushed on limited sleep.

Ocean racing will make a sound sleeper out of an insomniac. The only thing that woke me was the frequent cold showers provided by the leaky hatch.

The

sensation

of

power

and

exhilaration while surfing across large seas is impossible to describe to someone who ' • f' '

'W

has never experienced it. It isn’t necessary to describe to someone who has been there. They understand.

The crowded conditions in a 33 foot boat coupled with a high stress situation brings out the best and worst in people.

Normal

defense

mechanisms

seem

to

vanish exposing the essence of a person.

Sometimes

you see more

of a person’s

psyche than you really wish to see. It is not necessarily a pleasant experience.

Some impressions on the attributes of a good crew member: 1. A sense of humor — in spite of lousy jokes.

2. A cast iron stomach helps.

3. The ability to get along with diverse personalities is important.

4. Being able to cope makes life easier on one’s fellow crew.

In

1979

—

TransPac

here

I cpme.

Anyone looking for crew, please call.

BOLERO The headlines

proclaimed

the most

exciting era of San Francisco Bay yacht racing in history. It had its roots in 1953 when

12’ yawl,

the

“Baruna”,

1938

vintage Sparkman and Stephens design, was purchased by Jim Michael of the St. Francis YC and brought it to the bay from the east coast.

She was a sleek black beauty, with a flush deck, not a lot of beam or freeboard for her size, but a big deckhouse with ample room for her crew to escape the elements. She was crafted of varnished butternut, elegantly fitted out with staterooms, two fireplaces, and ample appurtenances for her fifteen man crew. She drew 9/2 feet

when

her

1200 pound

bronze centerboard was up, 15 feet with

BELIEVE ME, THE FIRST GUY COMING OFF THE BEACH

it down, and displaced a hefty 104,000 pounds.

Baruna dominated big boat racing on the bay, at one time or another holding the course record for every distance race sailed out of San Francisco Bay. Then in 1960,

her

long-time

east

coast

rival,

Bolero, .was acquired by Denny Jordan, specifically

to

provide

some

friendly

competition for Baruna.

Baruna and Bolero were so alike as to be virtually indistinguishable until Jordan painted

Bolero

basically

the

white.

same

Bolero

physical

size

was and

characteristics, but an advancement on Baruna’s design; 6,000 pounds heavier, slightly beamier .at 1 5 feet, a bit longer on the

waterline,

and eleven years newer

& BARUNA than Baruna.

The most remembered story of the Bolero (left) and Baruna at the start of the 1960 Lightship Race

Bolero/Baruna competition on the east coast was the 1951 Newport to Annapolis race

when

the

two are said

to have

remained overlapped for almost the entire 320 mile course, finishing in the dark, ten seconds apart.

According to Bob Keefe, who sailed extensively on both Bolero and Baruna, “the

1958

heyday

to

of

1961

big

seasons were the

yacht

racing

on

San

Francisco Bay. In the seven years after Baruna came out, most of the principal American racing boats wound up in San Francisco. It was the best collection of big,

first-class

racing yachts ever seen

together at one time in this country”.

ON A PORT TACK WAS IN A PACK OF TROUBLE

Some of the othei notable Cruising Club of America Class A yachts on the bay

were

Tim

Moscly’s

64’

cutter

“Orient”, and the yawl rigged 64’ “Good News”,

63’

“Athene”,

and

67’

“Chubasco”. They were the baby boats in the

competition,

weighing

a

mere

75-80,000 pounds. Occasionally, the 83’ M boat “Pursuit” would add interest to the fleet.

Keefe remembers, “ten of these huge boats would line up to start between tin bouys off St. Francis Yacht Club, headin « for the beach on a starboard tack. Believe me, the first guy coming off the beach on port tack was in a pack of trouble.”

Indeed Photo by Diane 8eeston4 p&ge 65

1961

a near collision occurred in

when

Baruna port tacked Orient

W.'

and a sudden puff headed Orient directly toward

Baruna’s beam.

tacked,

and

a

“Orient’s” Baruna’s

columnist

reported:

spreader

brushed

port genoa;

Both hurriedly

and

a

crewman

on

E^aruna put his hand on Orient’s rail, as if a

mere

human

convergence

could

of

75

fend

tons

of

off

the

yachting

magnificence. Then, after having come within 18 inches of impact the two boats sailed off in opposite directions without having lost as much as a chip of paint.”

The west coast renewal of the rivalry between

Baruna

and

Bolero

was

inaugurated on San Francisco Bay in the form of a two-race match series in April of 1960. And it was a sailmaker’s delight.

In the first race, Bolero won by 4:07

ACRES OF LITTLE BRONZE WINCHES ALL OVER THE DECKS

after Baruna’s 2000 square foot spinnaker became a sea anchor in 40 knot winds off Treasure

Island.

Bolero

also

had

her

troubles when her spinnaker split in two from head to foot, then its replacement became wrapped around the headstay.

In

the second

under

main

and

race,

Bolero

started

genny

while

Baruna

chose double headsails and the mizzen.

Again Baruna blew her spinnaker, then ripped the mainsail

to shreds, but the

pround “Queen of the Bay” continued to race

under

jib

and

mizzen,

creeping,

across the finish line 26 minutes behind the new champion, Bolero. Bolero went on

to

win

the

Class

A

season

championship and the Lipton Challenge Trophy series in her first year on the bay.

But Baruna was not down for long.

She came back fighting, and the two big

B&B yachts

provided

some

of the keenest,

most exciting competition to be found anywhere.

Jim

Michael

commented,

“It’s

one

thing to see a bunch of Star boats do closed course racing around the bay, \ short tacking, changing sails, etc. . . . but you try to do the same things on a 70’ boat and you give the big boats the most severe boat handling and sailing handling test you can find.”

Their crewmen are quick to point out not only the keen competition, but also the

great camaraderie that existed be¬

tween the crews, Keefe relates, “Baruna never had a berth. She swung to th.e wind and tide and sun 24 hours a day from a mooring in front of the Corinthian Yacht Club. When Bolero arrived she moored beside Baruna. We’d get off Bolero early in the morning, sneak aboard Baruna, and tie a big marlin around one of their sail!;: stops.

And

when

we weren’t looking,]

they’d do the same to us, or worse. We were all great buddies, but of course we weren’t above piratjng each other’s crew members on a friendly basis.”

The big boats required 1 5 to 18 man crews,

so

each

skipper

published

a

newsletter in order to assure that all vital informationvreached each crewmember.

And, when the mighty yawls were not| racing,

it was not uncommon to find

them side by side on moorings at Tinsley Island under their voluminous awnings; the epitome of elegant yachting. But a week later they were soaked with salt again, producing headlines that yachting activity has seldom matched since.

If Baruna and Bolero revolutionized the sport, the big boats were at least partially

responsible

for

revolutionary

transformations in equipment.

Until

the

mid-50’s,

all

sails

were

cotton and sheets were manila, requiring “acres of little bronze winches all over the decks.” With the advent of dacron, the sails and sheets no longer gave under the tremendous stress, and the winchesi blew apart. As a direct result, Jim Michael of

Baruna

decided

and’ Tim Mosely of Orient

that

if

they

couldn’t

buy

adequate winches to service the dacron sails and sheets, they'd better build the

B&B winches themselves. So, they organized Barient Company, a contraction of the names Baruna and Orient.

Baruna, yachts

Bolero,

continued

and to

Orient

was sold in May

1964, and

moved to L.A.

not forgotten. They are remembered as

Baruna went on to place in the first other Class A

thrill

sailors and

the racing scene, but they are certainly

few San Francisco Perpetual Cup Series’ before being sold in 1969. Her new owner

the finest collection of large ocean racers ever assembled on the bay.

Pete Sutter, a former Bolero crewman,

landlubbers alike until the early sixties

altered

a

remarked: “There are about eight or ten

when the big boats began to leave San

bowsprit and masthead rig, and lopping

of those same kind of boats still on the

Francisco. Bolero was sold to Sally Ames

ten feet off the stern in an effort to

bay . . . Athene, Santana, Baruna, . . . it’s

Langmuir of Beverly Hills, owner of the

lighten her. She currently is berthed in a

a shame that you never see these boats

98

Sausalito yacht harbor.

out racing. What a magnificient sight it

ft.

schooner

“Constellation",

continued Bolero’s winning tradition.

Heading out the Gate on Bolero

who

her

drastically

by

adding

The mighty yawls are now gone from

would be!”

— Sue Rowley

Special thanks to Bob Keefe for the generous use of his scrapbook.

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SUPERB SAILOR

JIM WARFIELD | first came upon Jim Warfield while doing a story on small

boat sailing. I

information for the article. There’s a bit

been in the Navy for four years, three

of

spent on a sub, and had also worked for

the

needed some information on nearby lakes

Warfield.

and reservoirs and someone suggested I

Jim

call

Warfield

-

“he’s

a

walking

encyclopedia on the subject.”

Without

introduction

Jim

spent

a

half hour painstakingly giving me detailed page 71

missionary

in

the soft-spoken

John was

getting

his

Masters

Beery

teaching sailing.

“I

kinda

in

backed into sailmaking. Usually they take

education when he switched careers and

a sailmaker and teach him how to sail. In

became a sail maker. The forty-one year

my case, they took a sailor and taught

old divorced bachelor was, at that time,

him how to make sails.”

rooming with Don Peters — then of the DeWitt - Peters Sails.

Jim had already

On the day I interviewed Warfield at DeWitt Sails, where for eight years he has

SUPERB SAILOR see where it’s going and get on and off

hour and a half each. It’s long enough.

Warfield is well on his way toward that

the

thereby

With a small boat your attention is so up

goal, as proven July 4th at the SBRA fun

creating more lift. I like fooling around

— it’s like a 100-yard dash — you’re all

“Champion of Champions” Regatta on

with these problems. How many people

out. If you win the whole series, you are

Lake Merritt. Winners of each class raced

do you know who can say, ‘my hobby is

the best sailor all around. That’s what I’m

each other in Lasers. How did Jim fare?

m\ work’.”

trying for. I’m striving to become the best

“I murdered them ... a true horizon job!

Sailing

in everything, well-rounded rather than

is No. 1 ’s gleeful response.

sail

much

is

particularly

more

quickly,

Jim’s

likes

whole

lake

life.

sailing

He

around

exceptionally good in one area.”

— Marilyn Yolles

northern California. “There are so many places to sail. A small boat person can have endless experiences. Take Lake Elizabeth in Fremont, for example. It’s a giggle. It’s about half the size of Lake Merritt.

The

afternoon

winds are shifty, usually

breezes whip through there.

But the real reason I go over to Lake Elizabeth is that there are a couple of really supersailors who call that home base. I like to compete against them; they are a challenge because they know their lake better than I do. So we race and I attempt to beat them by not making dumb little mistakes. I’ve been untouchable in the last month,” he says with delight.

“I think the El Toro is the best boat in the world to learn in. When people say, “I’m going to buy a large boat and sail to Tahiti,’ I advise playing with an El Toro first. It’s a boat where you’ll learn all the angles.

You

go

upside down not too

often. It’ll spin you out and let you know exactly what you’re doing wrong.

It’s a great little boat for practicing the mechanics of tactics. Right now while John (crewman John Gilmore) and I are without a boat (it’s in Copenhagen) I’ll go out in an El Toro to places like the Redwood City Estuary and get my head knocked in racing. I enjoy the hell out of it. I sail in Corkscrew Slough there and zig-zag back and forth, constantly going upwind, downwind, upwind, downwind.

It makes you think fast.”

The Small Boat Racing Association has counted

Warfield

important

as

one

of its

most

members

for

twenty-eight

years. Warfield expounds on the benefits of belonging to the Association. “SBRA has 15 regattas per year, two races per regatta. each

It

class

provides a

each sailor within

different

place

to

sail,

different water, different wind conditions for every race. The races are about an

[How come only one “Superb Sailor’1 this month? Well, the other was out of town and we didn’t get photos. Sorry, but next month — three Superb Sailors’’!]

SUPERB SAILOR Copenhagen. ‘‘This year is primarily for practice. I hope to be toughest in South Africa next year. That is, if my health holds

out.”

experiencing

Warfield some

has

difficulty

been

with

his

back and has bursitis in his shoulder and also elbow

tendonitis.

‘‘At forty,” he

laughs, “you begin to feel it. Basically what I need is a new bod.”

“Why do I race?” He considers the question

thoughtfully

before

quietly

responding. “I race because it’s the purest form of sailing. I have a good seat-of-thepants touch that kind of comes naturally.

I’m a good class jumper, but I prefer small boat sailing. There’s more of the human element translated into the sail.”

He continues, directing his attention to

his

profession.

"Though

we

use

computers to save time, sailing is so much an art ... a feeling. Building a sail is not hard. The toughic is refining. It’s my job to make sure our small right.

boat sails arc

“Generally speaking, all sailmakcrs arc looking for the same shape. You can arrive at that shape in any number of ways. I could make two jibs that look darn similar by using two different methods.

“When

I first started here wc were

tapering scams less - say for a 25 foot boat’s jib — and putting in more luff hollow. Recently, we have added a new cloth person. I realize I’ve been making some mistakes so I have shifted to softer been

doing

design

research

and

those days right after World War II. As a

cloth. These days, we’ll have more seam

development, he was the very picture of a

teenager he frequently practiced on Lake

taper and less luff hollow. The old cloth

Bay sailor in blue shirt-sleeves, Levis and

Merritt. “I capsized alot.” His first serious

was

sneakers. He sports a nautical belt and

race was on Lake Washington - now the

firmer. The new way is better.

more

forgiving.

Today’s cloth

is

racing watch with a macramc band. Jim is

turning basin of the Sacramento River. “1

“I’m responsible for jibs, mains and

athletic

got a third place trophy for the race and

spinnakers' for the 505. I like to sec what

fondled it all the way home.”

other people arc producing and compare.

looking

at

5’1and

160

pounds. His eyes are Paul Newman-blue.

But his fine skin is quite wrinkled for a

Warfield

raced

Snipes

for 17 years

That’s one reason I do the Florida Mid-

man his age, making you wonder if he is

“when it was the toughest class”, taking

Winters each year — to see what the Last

an

a 2nd in their nationals in ’68. He won

Coast is doing. Our sails will be slight

old

man

who looks young or the

reverse.

the Santana 22 Nationals in ‘75, but alot

different. Take the 505 spinnaker, lor

of his racing in the 70’s has been in 505s.

example,

of person who is apt to get an ulcer from

He won their Pacific Coast Championship

square feet. We have chosen to cut that

keeping too much in. But he is known to

in ‘72 and went to the Worlds in France

down quite a bit, to 3'A feet maximum

et himself really go after a race when he’s

last year - his first trip to Europe. Jim’s

girth. It makes the sail a whole lot moie

goal is to win a world championship.

efficient. The older one was so full that a

Warfield is self-contained — the kind

at the bar and can be as rowdy as the rest.

Jim is partial to El Toros. His dad built lis first, not an uncommon occurrence in page 73

As this issue goes to press Jim will be competing

in

the

505

Worlds

in

which

is allowed to be 220

molecule of air would kinda gel lost it it.

With the smaller sail, that molecule can

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40' GARDEN KETCH 1968. Perkins 4 236, 125 gal. fuel & water, Wood Free man A.P., D.S., ADF, VHF, twin down wind poles, Aries vane, dodger, Bostor whaler sailing dinghy. Set up for long range cruising. Has over three pages 01 additional equipment and custom fit tings. $77,850

45' COLUMBIA, 1973. Aft cabin, 4 sails, furling gear on headstay & stay SL stay.

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You save from 20% buying as little as 1 pint to 40% for large orders ($200 net at one time). This policy includes ail anti-fouling paint as well.

SPECIAL VALUES - New & Used 20X20 PLEXI HATCH.$100 19' NEW SPINNAKER POLE (list $240.). 150 RARITAN COMPACT HEAD (not used).70 POWER WINDLASS. 200 9.5 HP EVINRUDE, LONG SHAFT (used).400 NEW PASSPORT HATCH.125 COMPLETE 12V SIGNAL LAMP.68 WALKER EXCELSIOR Mk IV Log.175 3/8 HP 12V MOTOR.50 MORROW AUTOMATIC LORAN.1300 (1) 600' SPOOL 3/4 NYLON.200 MONOMATIC HEAD.100 SMALL SEAGULL (Needs Help!).40 SEVERAL ALCOHOL STOVES.from.20 SILVA COMPASSES (new).50 NEW RECORDING BAROMETER.212 STAINLESS SCOTCH BOXES (new).40 BRASS TRAWLER LAMPS (new).65

BROKERAGE BOATS 18' H E R R ESH 0 F FCATB0AT.7,500 22' CATALINA ..5,900 24'TRIUMPH TRIMARAN.5,500 24'CAL.5,900 24'COLUMBIA CONTENDER.5,500 25' DEBUTANTE (2).from.8,000 25' FOLKBOAT. 6,400 26' INTERNATIONAL FOLKBOAT.13,900 27' CORONADO.12,000 27' ERICSON (1976).20,500 27' TARTAN.19,250 28' ST. PIERRE DORY.6,000 28' TRITON.17,750 28'WYLIE % TON.30,000 28' CAL.14,400 29' CAL 2-29.26,900 29' CASCADE. 15,000 30' BRISTOL MOTORSAILER.6,500 30' HURRICANE (2).from.14,500 30' ISLANDER, MK II.25,600 30'SAN JUAN...31,500 30'WINSLOW.19,500 32' CUMULANT II . . . .â&#x20AC;&#x2122;.35,900 32' CHALLENGER.46,500 32'WESTSAIL.55,000 33' ALDEN SLOOP.26,000 33'CARTER.37,500 33' PEARSON 10M. 49,900 33'PILOT CUTTER.23,500 33' SWEDISH MOTORSAILER.18^000 34' HANNA KETCH.25,000 34' ISLANDER.32,500 35' BECKER SLOOP.10*800 35' OHLSON YAWL.33^000 36'ATKINS ERIN SCHOONER.15*000 37' PIVER LODESTAR.22*000 37' ISLANDER MOTORSAILER.45^000 37' ROBB YAWL.41,500 38' KETTENBERG (2).from.24^500 40' CHAPPELLE SCHOONER.62,500 40' CONCORDIA YAWL.52,000 45' GARDEN FISHBOAT.60,000 45' MATTHEWS MOTORSAILER.35^000 45' MUMMERY CUTTER. 120,000 45' 30 SQ. METER SLOOP.6,600 47'BUGEYE KETCH. 42*000 50' LAPWORTH ..75*000 57'STEEL KETCH.150^000

POWER LISTINGS 26' DIESEL CRUISER.3,850 26'ATKINS RIVER BARGE.7,500 32' SEDAN FISHER.8,900 37' SEDAN CRUISER.15,000