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With the winter season coming up it is good to look back and see what happened in the winter series last year, and the results were good for Team Pineapple.

The Corinthian series was divided into two major sections; the IOR and PHRF fleets. Tequila Sunrise* won the overall IOR series, while Trollop* won the overall PHRF series, making the Corinthian series a clean sweep for the team.

The Golden Gate series has a single overall winner, who is awarded the Seaweed trophy. This trophy was won by Erotica*, while tied for the runner up spot was Silver Bullet*, who won her IOR class handily. Bad Company* won the Hawkfarm singlehanded series.

The Metropolitan series has only class winners, and no overall series trophy. Again, Ed Homer sailed Trollop* to first in PHRF (incidentally, Ed won every individual race he sailed last winter season.), while Antipodiste* and Silver Bullet* wiped out the Half Ton and the Quarter Ton IOR fleets, and Bad Company* the Hawkfarms.

We're proud of the team, and congratulate John Aitken, Ed Homer, Frank Goddard, Chuck Cross, Rich Krengel, Maurice (Dr. Mo) Renoir, and all the other winners who have not told us their sea stories.

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LETTER Latitude 38, Let it be known that starboard tack does not always have right of way, at least in San Francisco Bay where Inland Rules apply. If Dick Slottow decided to go downwind on starboard tack, the boat heading towards him close-hauled on port tack would have rights.

(Inland Rules, Article 17, Part A). An attitude of “I’m on starboard so watch out buddy’’ could have dire results with the starboard tacker,paying for the damages. The skipper, therefore, must be careful in not engendering starboard equals right of way in his mind or his disciples.

- The most important rule says that no boat has any rights if a collision is imminent, or in other words no one has a right to collide. Many collisions are a result of the starboard tacker refusing to budge until it was too late. The other guy may have been trying his darndest to get out of the way but found his sheet wrapped around his tiller immobilizing everything, but the boat. The other guy may also have his vision severely restricted because of a genoa that envelops the whole boat.

An inevitable part of sailing in any crowded area is putting up with those that are just beginning. Because of this fact, the best attitude to engender is a give-way attitude. The novice will not be frightened away forever, boats will have fewer scratches, dings, and holes, plus courtesy is contagious. The alternative is more rules and greater regulations. (Imagine a stop light at the intersection of Richardson Bay and Racoon Straits).

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Yacht Coaster Latitude 37 Santa Cruz

Latitude 38, In “Sightings”, page 32 of your September 1978 issue, Dick Slottow complains about the blank stare which he recieved from the down-wind sailor in response to his shout of “STARBOARD”. Slottow; of course, did have right-of-way, but not primarily because he was on starboard tack, but rather because he was close-hauled and the other boat was running free (assuming this was not a racing situation). Perhaps the down-wind sailor in Slottow’s letter was ignorant of ALL rules, but I sometimes wonder if racers realize that in non-racing situations and in encounters between racing boats and non-racing boats the Inland Waterways rules apply and that in t\Vo cases under these rules the starboard tack boat does NOT have right-of-way.

For example, in the Inland rules a boat close-hauled on port tack has right-of-way over a boat running free on starboard tack — a situation which could lead to worse than blank stares if the skipper of the boat running free knows only the racing rules.

Also under the Inland rules a starboard tack with following wind overtaking a port tack boat with following wind must stay clear of the port tack boat.

I certainly agree that out of common courtesy a non-racing boat should stay clear of racing boats (and possibly for reasons page 9

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LETTER of self-preservation as well), but the YRA and other racing organizations should make it clear to all racing skippers that there are two different sets of rules and that the racing rules apply to crossing situations only when ALL of the involved boats are racing.

You have a great magazine — keep up the good work.

E.R. Schleiger Tiburon Latitude 38, Just received a bunch of Latitude 38’s from a friend of mine!

I must say that we do miss it in the bay area. We left there 1 November 1977 and so far have gotten to this port.

Would like to correct a statement or feeling. In Vol. 14 June issue an article by Rick Everett “What Goes Down Must Come Back Up” states — we had to pay a special fee — this on a Sunday. If you (us - we) landed at.any port in the U.S. and HAD to call people out to do paper work they’d be getting double pay or more — who do you think pays for that?

As to the editorial comment, “Anyone who has sailed in Mexico realizes there are special fees seven days a week”. Please eat those words. Those, even with pun intended, are the statements that make getting along in strange places hard. We have been in Mexico, not far, for ten months and as yet have not been asked of, or demanded of, any payment for doing the routine work required to clear, in or out.

As of this date we shop in the same stores as the locals and pay the same prices that they do.

One problem we do find is that some “visitors” act like they are right — they seem to forget their place in the priorities of things. To a great extent the way they do things here satisfies them and that is all that is required.

A.E. Butterfield Yacht Gemini Puerta Vallarta P.S. Great sheet and when we get to Costa Rica would like to get it So that we can keep up with the advertisements.

Mr. Butterfield You’ve a good point there about what you’d have to pay coming into the U.S. on a Sunday. People tend to think of clearing U.S. ports being an easy and pleasant business, and that’s not always the case. We heard increasingly frequent tales from Canadian yachtsman of seemingly —

unnecessary difficulties and hassles inflicted by U.S. Customs personnel.

We appreciate your writing us, as do our readers, and hope you and other northern California cruisers will continue to share your experiences with us.

Latitude 38, We enjoy your magazine and wish y-ou success in your endeavors. page 11

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NORTHERN CALIFORNIA MARINE ASSOCIATION

While sailing in Racoon Straits on 5 August of this year at about 1400 we observed a small Grey Whale surface several times to the thrill of the entire ship’s company. However, it was obvious that it was out of place and at least in some potential danger.

We have since learned that there is a group interested in such sightings, or sightings of other marine mammals in potential trouble, and we thought maybe some of your readers might also be interested in knowing where to call. The group is: CALIFORNIA MARINE MAMMAL CENTER Phone 561-7284 Best Wishes, Russ & Opal Raven Morning Star

Latitude 38, I thought you might also be interested in an experience I had in Santa Cruz after the completion of the O’Day Singlehanded Sailing Championship, which was won by a young kid from New Jersey, Shawn Kempton. Bill Keller of Salinas and Bill George of Daly City were second and third respectively. We sailed in Lasers and it blew like hell for all three days. I sailed the first day and then played intrepid reporter for the duration.

After the racing was over, Bill Lee invited all the O’Day sailors to go for a ride on Merlin in the Wednesday night races.

As you may know these are rather free wheeling and high spirited events with lots of boats sailing off the mouth of the harbor in a boat for boat contest around some buoys. The course that night included two fishing boats, one of which had reportedly left earlier in the day! But I’m getting ahead of myself.

The first thing you learned about sailing on Merlin is that you have to bring one and a half times the amount of all that you plan to eat, drink, smoke or otherwise ingest for the duration of the sail. Armed with our six packs we boarded the magical Merlin. She is indeed a racing machine. Being a dinghy sailor I could see this boat is hot, built with minimum fuss for %

maximum efficiency.

I don’t know how many of us came aboard, well over twenty |’d say, and there was no lack of space anywhere. Bill Lee appeared at the helm, sipping his omnipresent Dr. Pepper, and took command of his craft. He speaks forcefully and with authority. Many of us had never sailed a boat this large before,, yet he made the instructions quite clear and understandable. We motored out into Monterey Bay and proceeded to raise main and jib.

They used a rabbit - the “Bunny” as Lee calls it - to start the Wednesday night races. Passing through the fleet, the rabbit shouts out the course and fires a series of guns for warning, preparatory and start. We had trouble reefing the jib and main in the twenty knot seabreeze, and so we started late. No problem though. Within a mile we were closing in on the leaders Page 13

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going into the first weather mark. A long line of port tackfirs were below us as we converged on the fishing boat chosen to act as the weather pin. Since we were to leave the mkrk to port, the potential for a jam at the mark looked quite possible. “The trick here,” cackled Lee, “is to get yourself an overlap.” Barreling down on five smaller boats of the Moore 24 and Ericson 35 variety he continued: “Of course you can’t be too pushy about it.” Miraculously, we tacked inside of everyone and slipped around with no problem.

Skipper Lee decided against our setting the chute due to our relative inexperience and the close bunched fleet still around us.

Nevertheless we continued to slide effortlessly through the ranks until the catamarans were our only company. Merlin seems to slither like a long snake. You don’t really notice how fast you’re going until you look down at the water rushing by.

Dinghy sailors associate that kind of speed with a lot of spray ; and hull noise, but on Merlin you’re high and dry and cruisin! i ' ; |

After jibing around Mile Bouy we headed for Soquel and . Lee relinquished the helm. Each of us got a turn to handle the t monstrous five foot wheel as we watched the speedometer click off 9.5, 9.8, 9.9 ... 10.0 knots and we cheer! Admittedly this is a far cry from her record twenty five knots, yet the thrill of

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We rounded and headed Upwind again. Two of us manned the coffee grinders while one cast off the old jib sheet and another tailed the new one, changing gears on the drum as needed. The line creaked and groaned under the strain until the jib clung to the shrounds. The jib sheet felt like solid steel under all the pressure.

By now we had passed all the cats and Merlin was back where she belonged — in front and moving. We rounded another fishing boat and headed back for mile buoy for a job ride. Again we watched the knotmeter and each succeeding helmsman tried to better the previous one.

My turn came as we approached the habor. She felt different than a Finn or a Laser, but the mechanics were the same.

Coming down a wave she wanted to head up and the rudder pulled at my hands. We headed off on a run to lower the jib and then continued toward the breakwater. To my surprise I was not relieved of the helm, and I gingerly guided her amongst the other returning boats, letting her massive frame glide effortlessly through the channel. When we reached F Dock, Bill Lee was recounting an adventure he had on the Delta and we overshot the pier, heading for the low bridge at the end of the turning basin. “Gee,” mused Lee, “I really wasn’t paying much attention there, was I?” Fie started the engine, threw it into reverse and took the wheel while facing aft. Swiftly and surely he backed her into the slip, like'a garage attendant brashly parking a Porsche or a Rolls Royce. Engines full ahead, and we stopped perfectly aligned.

Like a media star, Lee oversees the cleaning up and stowing away activities. After receiving thanks from the multitudes, he purposefully rushes off for dinner. The rest of us follow, smiling, relaxed, "filled with a unique experience: a sail on Merlin, the magic craft of Santa Cruz! page 15

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The Great Galveston Boat Test Trek won’t go down in anybody s history, and it certainly won’t go up, but as a simple week’s worth of unusual vacation The Test had some appeal. It might well have led to glorious adventure on the high seas, perhaps even to a gay, red-blooded mutiny on somebody’s Bounty.

Anything is possible when you answer a magazine ad for a crew to put a “yacht” in shape for an “extended cruise”. Particularly when the ad shouts that no money is needed. Just work.

I answered the ad with a letter to a post office box number in Galveston asking for more information. I told them about me, sticking mainly to the work-a-day truth. I said I was a California newspaperman with an itch for an “extended cruise” to most anyplace, especially if it required no money. I was husky, hale, and poor. There was only one hitch, as I saw it: I didn’t know a damn thing about boats.

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Frank Nicholas, the owner of the “yacht”, gloriously dubbed The Missile. Miss Messim wrote, among other things, that, so far she and the doctor had received no letters from sailors or boatsmen or people of that ilk. She intimated that they didn’t much care if they did or not. What they were after, she wrote, were writers. The idea was that writers would publicize The Missile as it cruised God knows where, that writers would “get a lot out of the cruise”, and, most importantly, writers, being smart fellows, could quickly learn how to handle a boat. We were all expected to go to school, it seemed, in addition to fixing up The Missile for its “extended cruise.”

The direction of the “extended cruise” was to be left up to the crew, Miss Messim went on. “We will try to have a little democracy on board,” she said. “Doctor is with a drug company in Houston. His only requirement is that The Missile touch in ports where he thinks he might set up outlets for his drug company.” She also wrote that the good doctor had had a recent heart attack.

The letter said that the doctor had enough money “for basic expenses, although crewmen will be expected to contribute eighty percent of anything they might earn from their writing while aboard.” Why eighty percent was picked, I’ll never know.

I was expected to come to Galveston for a personal interview if I wanted to be considered for the crew, Miss Messim went on.

In fact, I was expected to spend a "few” nights on board The : Missile “so that we can all get to-know each other. You might call it a test.” She also threw in the fact that she was in her early forties. It seemed like a non-sequitar then.

I wrote Miss Messim that I was on my way.

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Herald, I got on a bus and headed for Galveston. I stayed one night in Phoenix with a friend; he listened with an extremely vacant expression when I told him about The Missile and the “extended cruise.” I don’t think he believed me. I also stayed a night with a sister in Houston. Both she and her husband seemed to think that I was out of my mind. They did, however, drive me down to the Galveston waterfront the next afternoon, although they didn’t say much en route. They let me off at the boatworks as if they never expected to see me again, particularly after they got a glimpse of The Missile. They said they didn’t care to come aboard. At that moment, I didn’t know whether I wanted to myself.

As far as I could see, The Missile would never get off the ground, much less stay on top the water. It appeared to be a rusty box that someone had sharpened a bit at the front, or perhaps it had simply grown that way. As I stood on the dock and bravely waved goodbye to my sister and brother-in-law, I felt that I was entering into a strange new world. I was right. As I

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look back, I have always been very, very glad that my sister waved back.

Miss Messim and a fellow named Henry met me as I gingerly started across a plank from the dock to the boat. “Welcome aboard The Missile!” they cried, waving gayly. Introducing myself, I told them I was happy to be aboard. I also mentioned the August heat. They laughed. Miss .Messim, grinning broadly, said that it was “all part of The Test.” “ Miss Messim was the jolly sort. A wee on the heavy side, she was, as she had admitted, in her forties, although I would call them more late than early. She had her charcoal-colored hair tied up in what I believe is called a bun, and she wore brand new bluejeans. They went slurp! slurp! as she walked. She also had a dimple on her chin. Henry Nesbitt was more of the gaunt sort, the crisp type. He was about twenty-eight, I imagine, and had these frightening, clear blue eyes. As I learned leater, he had been working on his PhD in Russian at the University of Chicago when he had heard about The Missile through an earlier ad in some magazine. Giving up his doctorate, at least for a while, he had made his own Great Galveston Boat Test Trek some weeks before, had been accepted by the good doctor, and, it seemed, been named the captain of The Missile. Since that time he, along with the doctor and Miss Messim, had been trying to dig up a crew for the “yacht." I was the first potential crewman to actuaJly show up in Galveston, he told me. “Everybody else just phoned,” he said crisply. He was also trying to grow a beard, it appeared, but wasn’t having much luck.

As nearly as I could learn, Henry had been made captain of The Missile solely because he had been a naval gunner at one time, plus that he had been the first'applicant to show up. Of page 17

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When the going was going to get going was a matter containing much haze. When I casually asked Henry about a tentative departure date, he said, "Well, that all depends. You see, there’s a lot of work to be done on the ship. Let me show you.”

Carefully avoiding holes that had rotted through the deck, the two crewmen led me around the top of the tug. Lines were frayed and broken, railing was loose, paint chipped, rust and oil and grease everywhere, two spokes were missing from the wheel, doors were unhinged, and some misguided carpenter had tried to build what looked like plywood housing on the aft end of the tub.

“I see what you mean,” I said.

“Doctor is trying to build additional living quarters," Henry said with just a trace of criticism in his voice. “At least he was before he had his heart attack.”

“He had it right there,” Miss Messim put in, pointing to the base of a half-finished plywood wall.

“He’s recuperating at home now,” Henry said. “In Houston.

I hope he’s feeling well enough while you’re here to come aboard. I think you should meet him.”

“I think I should too,” I said.

We went below. It was like going into some smelly, dirty, hot, wet hell. Water was everywhere; it looked to me as if The Missile were slowly sinking. In the engine room, or whatever the place is called, great rusty hunks of iron came up out of the water like some sea monster who had gone to pot. “They’re diesels,” Henry told me. “They haven’t been run for some time.

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Henry then went into an extended, very crisp discussion of what was wrong with the diesels, going on and on about valves and pistons and intake and output and pressure and no-pnessure, of which I knew not the slightest, ending up by saying he didn’t, really, know anything about diesels. “We hope to get a writer who knows something about diesels,” he said.

I told him I certainly hoped he did.

I was led through various rooms and cabins, all of which seemed to have pieces of plywood nailed about them. “More of Doctor’s work,” Henry said, still with just a trace of criticism.

We finished the tour in the galley, where I met two of Doctor’s four children. The other two weren’t o.ld enough to live on The Missile yet, Henry explained. All four, however, were going on the extended cruise, he said, again with a splinter of criticism.

"I’m Ned,” the boy said. He was about eight and, I’m glad to say, didn’t have any freckles.

GG an “I’m Nancy,” the girl said. She was about six.

“Doctor taught them to introduce themselves like that,” Henry said crisply. “He believes in self-reliance, as you will see.”

I wedged myself in between Ned and Nancy and some chocolate milk they were slurping. Henry and Miss Messim sat on the other side of the galley table.

“Well,” Henry said, “I suppose you have some questions.”

He stared at me determinedly as I lifted a cup of coffee to my lips.

“When did Doctor expect to get The Missile on the high seas?” I asked.

“Well, that depends,” said Henry.

What it all depended on, it turned out, were newspapermen like me. It seemed a few more were en route to The Missile from various parts of the country. None had been accepted, Henry emphasized. Like me, they were all coming for an interview.

“Every one will get an equal chance,” Henry said. Due to arrive within the next few weeks were a newsman and his wife and four-month-old child from Canada, a news photographer from New York City, and a young lady, also a photographer, from Georgia. There was also a UPI man coming in from Salt Lake City.

“The New York City lad has had sailing experience,” Henry said, evidently delighted at this stroke of luck. “He’s Swedish.”

He frowned slightly and added: “Doctor thinks we can all become proficient in cruising by simply going to school. That is, if we all study hard. Doctor won’t allow any goof-offs on board.”

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“Oh, I’d say, roughly, maybe six months,” Henry said after gazing pensively for some moments off toward a paint-chipped corner of the table. “There’s quite a bit of work to be done.

Might take us a year. It all depends.” He picked at his tender beard. “Don’t worry about it,” he said. “Doctor will take care of everything. I do hope you get to see him.”

Henry, Miss Messim, and the two children were living on The Missile. As far as I could figure out, Henry was trying to repair Doctor’s plywood job, whil£ Miss Messim prepared meals, answered written queries from landlubbing newspapermen, and took care of Ned and Nancy, a job in itself. While she fixed supper, they ran screaming all over the boat, fighting most of the way Henry agreed with me that they needed more discipline and again assured me that Doctor would take care of the matter as soon as he recovered from his heart attack.

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milk off the table and Henry put a bottle of whisky in its place. ‘‘Let’s have a few drinks,” he said crisply. ‘‘And I hope you can stay aboard tonight. It’s part of The Test.”

I began to suspect what he and Miss Messim had up their nautical sleeves when they kept insisting that I drink up. But I wasn’t sure of the purpose of the drinkathon until the next day. ‘‘We were trying to get you drunk,” Henry admitted, smiling crisply. ‘‘A drunken man talks straighter. It’s part of The Test.”

The Test worked all right, but not on me. They fed me drinks, and I drank them. For some reason, perhaps because of an early wet upbringing, I can consume buckets of booze with hardly the beginning of a slurred word, much less a lurch. Too, I drank slowly, even when being pushed. Henry and Miss Messim, meanwhile, gradually edged ahead of me in drinks put down. In fact, they eventually soared far away from sipping me. In short, they got drunk, they talked straighter. I stayed as crooked as ever, arid listened.

“Doctor should never have tried to hammer up that plywood,” Henry said. He didn’t sound so crisp anymore.

Miss Messim nodded. “We ought to have at least one carpenter in the crew.” Her dimple wasn’t singing now.

“Doctor can be very stubborn at times,” Henry said. “Sometimes I wonder if The Missile will ever go.”

Miss Messim was on her seventh or eighth drink — Henry had hauled out another bottle — when her talk became quite straight indeed. “There just has t6 be free love on the cruise,” she said.

She had been building up to this for some time with borderline hinting, eyeing both Henry and me. Henry had remained noncommittal, and I had merely let loose some neutral grunts. Her dimple seemed to be gradually turning red. “If there isn’t, there \

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might be mutiny. Men are like that," she said. She giggled then, I remember. It struck me as a very odd sound. “I’m definitely for free love on the cruise.” Her voice was challenging as she eyed Henry and me. Neither of us said a word.

Going our no-free-love different directions, we all staggered off to bed eventually, although my lurching was caused mainly by the moving Missile. During the drinking bout, a storm had come up, and even though the ship was well protected in its Galveston boatworks berth, it still had a pitch. By morning, after a night of rolling back and forth on a mattress that didn’t smell at all like the sea, I was ready to leave The Missile for land, even if it wasn’t dry. Pleading seasickness, I started off the tub, asking Henry to tell Miss Messim, who was still in bed, that I would return the next day, perhaps to resume The Test. Henry, who looked a bit yellow, said he would.

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I allowed as how it was. Sort of stooped over and creaky, he looked to be about eighty.

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I told him I was positive.

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I spent the night with my sister and brother-in-law in Houston. I told them about the tub and The Test, but they still didn’t say much. Even while driving me down to Galveston in the rain the next morning, my sister stayed very quiet. It was plain that I didn’t have family backing on my plans for an “extended cruise.” “Wait here,” I told her as I got out of the car at the boatworks. “I may be right back.”

I have always been glad that I told her to wait, even in the face of her disapproving silence. For, as I came around the edge of a boatmaking building, I saw that The Missile just didn’t look the same. Even with a driving rain smashing against my eyes, I could see that the old tub seemed to be sitting a bit lower. It also had a tilt, very rakish, indeed, considering.

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Then I heard a “Hello there! Welcome aboard!” It was Miss Messim. She came up from below, somewhat sheepishly, and disheveled. “We sent the children home,” she said, “to wait out the storm.” He dimple was blazing.

“We thought we should wait it out below, however,” said Henry, “even if the the ship has sunk.” He didn’t sound at all crisp anymore, although he was blushing crisply. “Doctor appreciates a crew who sticks with the ship.”

I wondered if Doctor would appreciate it if he knew his only two adult crewmembers were giving each other their eighty percent on the side. Or more. I decided he would; he would realize it was all part of The Test.

I wished them luck in getting The Missile off the bottom, and a good trip, then went back to my sister’s car. I felt a bit sad about leaving the tub. I also felt relieved. So did my sister. After she had heard the sinking news, she began talking right away.

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TO & FROM PARADISE August 5th (First day at sea) Left Pokai Bay at 0730. Photographed the bay and other scenic parts of the western side of Oahu.

Cleared Kaena Point with building seas and increasing wind, probably Force 6 to 7. Took in the 160 genoa, put up the 130 and double reefed the main. The big jib was left on the deck. I secured it on the lifelines with shock cord (inadequately) and it went over the side, (unnoticed until the helm and performance indicated a problem). Bob went forward to pull in the errant jib but needed help. Jason went forward to help. After much struggle the jib was brought aboard. Bob laid down feeling verytired and a bit seasick after the bout with the jib, and Jason became increasingly seasick.

1 500 Bob came up to activate the self steering- A miracle ...

I had never sailed with one — a new dimension in sailing. I decided to cook and put on a can of tomato soup which slopped all over the boat. Bob and I shared what was left of the soup, but Jason lacked interest in nourishment.

We were sailing close hauled steering 40 degrees magnetic, the boat pounding, heavily, on occasion. During the day Bob and I both smelled gasoline intermittantly. I checked the fore peak locker (extra fuel stored there), the lazeret, bilge and engine (pump and carburetor). No sign of a leak, but Bob felt that if the odor persisted, we should return. The smell disappeared, probably was from fuel spilled in the cockpit while topping off tank.

The boat continued through the night with the self steering performing well. While. Jason and Bob struggled with sickness, I had constant reminders from various sunburned places that there are many ways to condition oneself for cruising, one of which is sunbathing prior to sailing.

August 6th (Second day at sea) 141-0 Hawaii time-, pourse 21, Mag. speed approximately 3 k. with jury rig storm jib.

Prior to 1400, steering 40 Mag. with self steering I prepared breakfast — cereal and milk and coffee. Jason and Bob both feeling a bit improved. I tidied a bit, washed dishes, pumped the bilge, cleaned the head and settled into patching my Levi's which were causing my knees to sunburn.

At about 11 30 we were sort of lazing, I patching pants, Jason reading “Overboard” and Bob relaxing, the crash occured which announced the departure of the mast over the side.

After much struggle we were able to salvage the jib — period.

We tried to save the main and the boom, but the hull was endangered by the pounding, and„we cut the shrouds and stays.

Bob devised a jury rig using a spinnaker pole latched to the mast step, guyed forward and aft, both sides aft making a triangular support for the new mast. The storm jib was attached to a temporary halyard at the clew. The tack was fastened to the mast step and the head sheeted in on the starboard side. With this arrangement, Gypsy is proceeding.at 3—4 knots back to Oahu. , 1600 hours — Spinnaker pole has broken where fastened to page 25

the mast step. I am concerned about the pole poking a hole in the cabin top. I used a plywood locker cover for reinforcement under the pole, then lashed the pole from both sides at the base.

With Bob and Jason feeling better, we stood watches through the night.

August 7th (Third day at sea) 1130 Hawaii time — Bob and sextant driven below by rain.

Bob wants a series of sun shots which are elusive in the overcast. Finally got the sunshots as Oahu loomed through the haze, right on target.

Making six knots with engine and jury fig. Jury rig holding up well.

Bob suggest putting into Pokai Bay for tonigbt, then Honolulu tomorrow. '' , r Approximately 1800 off Pokai Bay we met Mo<Jhgazer bound for Vancouver and Victoria. We asked if they needed provisions or crew and they replied no to provisions and yes to crew, at which point we circled around and put Jason aboard where he will celebrate his 18th birthday. The father of the departed crew member choked up a bit as the boats separated.

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Heavy rain all night. Departed Pokai Bay at about 0700 after refueling. 1000 — Heading toward Diamond Head and Ala Wai in a moderate chop, kind of a dreary day which is consistent with our mood — sort of let down. Gypsy will finish the trip on a freighter or barge.

Conclusion I feel that the record of this mini-adventure would be incomplete without some observations, objective and subjective.

I think that Gypsy was as well prepared and equipped as was possible for the trip.

Bob Whitney was as well prepared as his boat. The facility with which he organized th.e jury rig spoke well of his mental preparation for trouble. His background as a fighter pilot in Corsairs in the Second War surely was evident in dealing with the unforeseen. Bob is of the opinion that the aluminum mast failure occured because of a broken or bent spreader. I have some notions about all of this that are partly mine and mostly A

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SIGHTINGS restore your faith in humanity In last month’s “Sightings” we ran a story about a young man who was fished out of the bay after having jumped off the Richmond - San Rafael Bridge. Our story reporte'd one of several rumors that an IOR had thrown some floatation cushions to the badly injured boy and left him to continue the race they were in. Since that time, apparently one boat has been singled out as the ‘guilty’ party.

Apparently there was no racing boat that threw cushions to the boy.

Ben Hearn, who sails his International Folkboat out of the Berkeley Marina, called us to say that he had read our piece and he could clarify the entire incident.

He, and three others, had spent the day enjoying a sail up around- the Brothers in San Pablo Bay and were headed back toward Berkeley. At the time the wind was blowing a good 25 knots, the chop was steep, and as might be expected a number of the big IOR boats were passing him up to port. K As Ben and his crew got about 500 yards north of the Richmond span, a women on the boat said she thought she saw someone in the water, but they had disappeared in the chop. Then the person in the water appeared again, about 20 yards away, and the crew on Ben’s boat yelled to see if he wanted help — they weren’t sure as he appeared to be wearing a pair of fins. The boys . answer wasn’t clear, so Ben immediately threw out four floatation cushions, two of which the boy was able to grab. Ben then quickly doused the jib and started to take the main down — only by striking sails could the boy be picked up in the strong weather. Unfortunately, as he was bringing the main down it split, and it took a short time for him to secure it.

As Ben was gathering up his main, Chick Leson in Incredible saw the boy and quickly hoisted him aboard. He was transferred to a government boat which arrived on the scene quickly since the boy had been chased up until the time he jumped off the bridge.

Ben assures us that the floatation cushions that the boy was found with were his, and that at no time did he see any of the racing boats pass close to the boy prior to the time he gotthere, Ben also emphasized the fact that due to the chop and strong winds the boy was not easy to see.

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corinthian <8fe golden gate midwinters Corinthian YC has races 10/22, 11/19, 12/17, and 1/28. Open keel boats now have their own class. Steve Newland at 924-5982 or 435-4771.

Golden Gate YC has its races on 11/5, 12/3, 1/7, and 2/4, and you are competing for the coveted Sea Weed Soup Trophy — ask about it. Ben Choate has all the information at 587-4967.

We’ll see you out there!

this is a test Let’s have a show of hands out there ... all of your who know that next June will be the quadracentennial (or whatever the word is that means once every 400 years) of Sir Francis Drake landing in Marin County raise your hands high. Keep ’em real high so we can ccount them all ... 12, there’s 13, and one over there makes 14 in all, not too bad. Actually it’s only 13 since Stryker over there raised his hand and he deesn’t know anything at all!

Well, it’s true and the Living History Institute is looking for various ways to celebrate the occasion. If you have a suggestion, you might try and call them at 892-1682 — we think that’s the number we heard on the radio.

Drake’s early commands were privateering raids on the Spanish Main, culminating with one great raid on the mule trains carrying silver across the Isthmus of Panama. It was during this raid that Drake saw the Pacific for the first time and he then made the wish that he “be the first to sail an English ship in those seas.”

That, in fact, was to happen. Elizabeth I headed a syndicate that was formed with the stated intention of discovering Terra Australis Incognita - it was a thin ruse since everybody knew the real purpose of the voyage was to plunder like hell. And privateer Drake did like no other man, returning 47 to 1 on the investors money. But it hadn’t been easy since one of the men on board had been instructed by the Lord Treasurer of England to create a mutiny to avoid any conflict with the Spanish.

The mutinous activities came to a head at the entrance to the Magellan Straits where Drake found the remains of a gallows that Magellan had erected to hang his mutineers. Inexplicably, when the traitor was found guilty of mutiny his head was chopped off and the gallows.were not used.

There were still many mutinous feelings within the Golden Hinde and Drake needed to come up with a good pep talk to rally the men — and he did: “I must have gentlemen to haul and draw with the mariner, and the mariner

waterfront report

with the gentleman. What! let us show ourselves to be a company and let us

fricassee, possesses magic charm. It won a race many years ago on a 505 and it won the practice race at the Fireball Nationals this August.

What’s that? Did I hear someone say “Why

didn’t

he

wear

it

in

the

real

regatta. Did he .. . (oh God! Steve Martin where are you?) Did he . . . chicken out or something?

.

BAWK, bok, bok, bok, bok.

Chicken Chris Steinfeld is the model in this von Collie photo. page 27

not give occasion to the enemy to rejoice at our decay and overthrow. I would know him that would refuse to set his hand to a rope, but I know there is not any such man here . . .” (These are good words for skippers with balky crews to memorize, and young boys will find that reciting lines like these are generally good for a few bucks from grandparents.)

The speech was a success and Drake sailed into the Pacific, plundering his way up the coast of South America and on the high seas. He continued as far north as New Albion, a point off Marin County — which exact point gets everyone into a big argument. Some say he also sailed into San Francisco and opened up a hotel, but there is much dispute over this point.

Then what happened to this greatest privateer of all time, this first Captain to sail his own ship around the world? Tunc in this June for details . . .

SIGHTINGS two hulls The

San

Racing

Francisco

Association

Bay

Multihull

(MHRA)

has

announced a special invitational race for all catamaran sailors on October 21 and 22 off Presidio Beach in San Francisco.

There will be class racing, with classes anticipated for Flobie 16s, Nacra 5.2s, Toronados, Sea Sprays, and 18 Square Meters — those with no class may still enter and sail iii an open division under MFIRA handicaps.

Dinner

and

cocktails,

trophies

and

movies are also on the agenda, so if you. have two hulls pick up your phone right now. When you get a dial tone call Steve Keefe at 924-0570, and if he’s not home and doesn’t answer call Wanda Keefe at 433-4800 because she’ll be working.

is it dick or is it dave?

from here to infinity

The above photo shows Dick Clark and crew Tracy Usher accepting the

Way back in our very first issue we ran

trophy for winning the Mercury Class Nationals in late August. If, however,

a short piece on the enormous ketch,

the two pictured above are not Dick and Tracy, then they are of Dave West

“Infinity”, which was then berthed at the

and Johanna Stratton who have just presented the trophy to Dick and Tracy.

Grove Street Terminal. She was white at

No matter if these are the awardents or the awardees, Dave and Tracy

the time but has since been painted blue.

of the Monterey Peninsula YC defeated 25 other Mercuries to win the title.

That’s no big deal, but her specs are:

The five races were held in the Olympic Circle off the Richmond YC.

l.o.a., 116’; l.w.l., 103’; beam, 24’; mainmast, 108’ above deck; sail area, 5,020 sq. feet. v

Oakland coliseum boat show

Word has it she just recently sailed South for Smogville. If you feel she was

The Northern California Marine Association will be holding its yearly

‘your’ ship and you’ve missed her, just

boatshow in the Oakland Coliseum November 1 through 5. The boatshow

relax. Now you can purchase a 3-berth

costs a mere $2 on Wednesday and Thursday, at which time you will get to

stateroom on her for a 14-day period

cast your vote for the ‘Queen of the Show’. By doing so you will also be

each year - the cost is a cool $15,000.

entering a drawing for a Zodiac Cadet, which is a small robot from Jupiter.

It’s called “interval ownership” and is

The show hours are from 2 until 10 on weekdays, and Saturday 10- 10 and

“your

Sunday 10 to 7. On Friday, Saturday and Sunday the admission is $3 for

rising costs of future vacations.” If you

adults and $1 for those under 16.

The NCMA show has always had a good selection of boats and has an especially good display of hardware. To coax you in the door, this year the show will

feature a Catalina Sportswear preview featuring the “latest in

hedge

against inflation and the

really want to hedge big, buy all staterooms at all

the

the intervals for just

under $2.5 million.

Call 408-377-9563 for all the details.

bikinis, one-piece suits, shorts and tops in a choregraphed fashion show.”

merlin (& drifter

Now we can’t confirm the strong rumors that these suits will be modelled by Charlies Angles, but we won’t deny them either since virtually the entire budget for Northern California Marine Association comes from this showc Its a worthwhile organization that looks out for your interests.

While we’re on the subject of boat shows, word has it that the recently completed San Francisco In-The-Water Boat Show was just fine. There were lots of boats on display, and a fine crowd of people showed up the day we looked in - even though it was pouring rain. From all we heard, it was a “good show”.

Never got together for either the Grace T. Veeder Cup or the Big Boat Series.

Drifter was “unavailable”. Apparently she suffered some torn sails and damaged gear in her loss to Merlin in the Victoria to Maui Race, and there is a dispute over who

is

responsible,

the owner or the

group that chartered her. There she sits.

SIGHTINGS g.w. isenberg who sent us a page from “Aide”, an insurance magazine. On the page was an article

reporting that a battery driven

watch can knock your compass out of kilter

from

as far away

as five feet.

Apparently it can turn east into south and north into west and lord knows what else. So you might want to check it out if you’re having trouble dead reckoning or if you might need an excuse for losing a race.

Thanks for taking the time to drop us that information G.W., we appreciate it.

no december This is the October Issue of Latitude 38, it says so right on the cover. Next

talk about your bully watermans

month’s issue will say November on the cover because that’s when it will come out. But . . . the issue after that will say January-on the cover because there will be no December Issue. It has been our custom not to publish in December, so in

Diane Beeston caught this nasty captain giving his crew the boot during the Fireball National Championships. Geez, all the guy did was tip the boat over, and hey, the stupid thing only weighs 225 pounds. Notice that the ‘bad’ guy is wearing all black and the ‘good’ guy white?

the interests of preserving traditions and circular

logic,

we

will

not

publish

meanwhile in Copenhagen. . .

a

December issue.

This confused lot’s of readers last year

P. Colcough and P. Brown of England were running away with the 23rd

so we’ll repeat: This is the October Issue,

505s World Championship. Jimmy Warfield and Jon Gilmour took 4th, wow!,

the next will be the November Issue, than

with a 1st, and 6th and an 8th as their best showings in the five races. Jon

the January Issue which will be out the

Andron and Howard Hamlin took, 10th in the event; Dennis Surtees and his

first week of January. Don’t look for a

crew R. Parker took 33rd.

December Issue because there won’t be

There were 86 entries in the event from 12 countries including Rhodesia, Australia, South Africa, and Kenya. You know it’s an international event

one. O.K.?

when you sail against teams with names like these: T. Kyrwood - R. Crick; Ringsted - Vejborg; Winqvist - Lydman; Le Troquer - Devaux; Christ -

sss to monterey The fresh

Singlehanded

Sailing

Chouraki; Luttinghaus - Mullenmesiter; Zuppiger - Brechbuhler; and Eklund -

Society,

Eklund.

from its triumphant singlehanded

a little closer to home

jaunt to Kauai, is ready to race again. The next event will be a little shorter however

✓

— from San Francisco to Monterey. The

The

Jessie

Carr

Trophy,

emblematic

of

the

West

Coast

sailing

date is October 13th - yes, that’s Friday

championship was sponsored by the Corinthian YC on September 8th and

the 13th, and the starting time is 2:00

9th. Last year the St. Francis won the event for the bay area, and this year

pm. Call

the Richmond YC was out to defend it against the Balboa YC and San Diego

SSS at 834-6877 for all the

information and entry forms.

Incidentally

the

YC who were representing Metropolitan L.A. and San Diego/Mission Bay

Singlehanded

Race

to Kauai will be held again in 1980, and you’d

be

amazed

at

the

respectively.

Sailing in Hawkfarms, Balboa won the first race, Richmond the second,

number of

and San Diego the third. Balboa however won the series with a 1 - 2 - 2

people who are interested in making the

record, just besting Richmond with a 2-1-3 record. Brad Wheeler was the

event. If you are interested you should

winning skipper; Jay Vincent represented the bay area; Tom Tobin sailed for

join the SSS now while the various dates

San Diego.

and rules are being hammered out. 10/4. page 29

YOUTH YACHT RACING ASSOCIATION The Youth Yacht Racing Association of

Northern

California

(YYRA)

was

formed

two years ago

to co-ordinate

youth

programs

the

California

in

Northern

area and to promote junior

sailing.

This

past

summer

many

bay

area

young people participated in a variety of national and regional events. Highlights of their accomplishments are as follows: Craig Francis

Healy YC

of

won

Richmond the

Laser

and

St.

event at

C.O.R.K., qualifying him for the 1979 Laser Worlds in Australia.

Bill

George

of

Richmond

YC also

qualified for the 1979 Laser Worlds by winning the district championship. Bill added to his list of accomplishments by placing 3rd in the O’Day Cup Championship

and

5th

in

the

National

Youth

Championship at Annapolis.

The

El

Toro

Jr.

North

American

Championships, held in Deep Creek Lake, Maryland was won' by Tom Huntley of the San Jose Sailing Club. At 9 years old, Tom became the youngest skipper to ever win the event.

Several

young

people

had

the

opportunity, through YYRA, to crew for Dave

Allen

“Imp”.

on

Those

the

remarkable

participating

sloop

were

Jeff

Greene of Stockton Sailing Club,

Bob

Wondelluck

J iTn

from

Encinal

YC,

Maloney from San Jose Sailing Club, and Jim Griffin from Loch Lomond YC. Brad Woolley of Palo Alto YC and crewmembers Tom

Holland

and

Mark

Mark Ondry, Sequoia YC, Aaron Stagg,

opportunity

Ellenberger won the Delmas Cup, qualify¬

Island YC; Mike Serrato, Fremont SC;

own junior programs through intensive

ing them to sail the Sears Cup semi-finals

Trevor Baylis, San Francisco YC; Miriel

training for their instructors.

in San

Slone,

Diego. The two-man event was

won by Bruce Edwards, and the single-

Lake

Encinal

YC, Andrew Minkwitz,

Merced SC; Sarya VanOmmeren,

for clubs to further their

The San Francisco bay area also had representatives

at

the

Womens,

Youth

handed trophy went to Peter Ware from

Loch Lomond, Dennis George, Richmond

and O’Day National Championships this

Stockton.

YC,

year.

Tinsley Island seminars, sponsored by

Bradley Tuck, Monterey Peninsula

YC, Jeff Scharf, Bel Marin Keys YC; Gary

YYRA is planning a great program for

the St. Francis YC offered many juniors

Havas,

an opportunity for advanced training and

Comstock,

race experience. Two sessions were held

Hartwell Jordon, Zake Berkowitz, Garth

this year with 22 young people attending

Page, all of St. Francis YC; and Cassie

Instructor’s

each one. Local sailors attending were:

Stagg, Island SC. The remainder of the

Yearbook will

Joanna Frisen,

participants were from Hawaii, Mexico,

and we will assist with the organizing of

Lake Merced SC; Todd

Seavey, Lake Merritt; Michelle Polkable, Monterey

Sailing

Bob Club;

Texas, and Louisianna.

1979. We will be sponsoring another twoday

seminar

in

early

March

for

all

bay area juniors in all classes. Another

the

Jr.

Seminar

is

planned.

The

be published by March, National

Championship

Kostecki,

annual Instructor’s Seminars, under the

YYRA Chairman

Richmond YC; Joe Holt, Humbolt YC;

direction of Bill Monte. This offered an

984-7975

YC;

Jack

Jose

Club;

The YYRA also sponsored the 2nd

Lomond

YC;

San

Sailing

Sumki,

Loch

Peninsula

Brionnes

John

eliminations.

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WEST COAST WOMENS LASERS - HJ H

WW" On September 16th and 17th the San Francisco YC sponsored its thi-rd annual Women’s West Coast Laser Open. Over iasrtl..

thirty women, many of them in their teens, came from as far away as San to compete

in

the two-day, five race

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Winds for the Saturday races ranged from a drifter that had to be abandoned to a blustery one that had a number of boats going over. Sunday’s winds were strong and steady.

A very

talented

young sailor, Pam

Poletti managed to win the regatta with a low total of 7.5 points. The competition was

very

pushed

stiff though,

by

finished

Sharon

just

and

Pam

Higginbottam

.25

points

was who

behind.

Depending on who you talk to, Pam is sailing for

the

Richmond

or

the San

Francisco YC, and Sharon is sailing for either the (marina del

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male or female, are in demand.)

Loretta

s

Rommels of the St. Francis

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While the competition at the top is keen,

the

woman

sailors

want

to

encourage others to participate, so there was a “B” division for woman just getting, their feet wet. Stephanie Ruppert of the Belvedere Lagoon (sounds awful doesn’t it?) was first, Suzanne Rider from Mill Valley second and Ny Burke of the SFYC was third.

As

the

name

would

indicate

the

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HISTORY OF THE The

Big

Boat

Series!

The

mere

twenty minutes prior to the start. The

mention of it evokes visions among bay

boats were sent out the gate on a 31.4

area sailors of the ultimate sailing craft;

mile

the ocean racer.

around the

>

For Bob Keefe, an active yachtsman whose

family’s

involvement

fn

course

to

Duxbury

Reef

Buoy,

Lightship, and then home.

There was a nice 1 5—1 8 knot breeze all

sailing

the way to the Lightship, then the wind

dates back to the 1 800’s, it is the realiza¬

died and the race started all over again.

tion of a fantastic dream.

By the time the fleet crept back in the

It was Bob who first contemplated

gate against the ebb, it was after 10 p.m.

that if these magnificent ocean racers would travel all over the world to compete,

“Coursewise, we had a lot to learn," Keefe admits.

surely they would come to San

Francisco invited.

Bay.

After

They sailing

need in

only

be

the Flonolulu

After four days of racing, Athene^ a 63 foot yawl whose last notable victory had

been

the

Tahiti

Race

two years

Race and finding much enthusiasm for

before, surprised everyone by winning the

such

trophy by a thin 14 point margin over

an

event,

Keefe

approached

Commodore Stan Natcher of St. Francis

Kialoa II, and the famous yawL.Baruna,

Yacht Club. “Stan was a fine sailor and

converted to a sloop, captured third.

he said ‘Can you really get these boats to

Originally

conceived

as

a

biennial

come to San Francisco?’ I said I really

series, so much enthusiasm was generated

thought

that plans were immediately started for

so,

and

Stan

said

‘O.K.,

go

ahead.’ ”

the 1965 regatta. “The next year, the

So Bob sent off letters to Southern

fleet increased from nine to sixteen boats

California, to some prominent East coast

and every year it’s gotten stronger in one

yatchsmen who had big boats, and finally

way

was gutsy enough to send a few invita¬

took some editing as we went along . . .

tions around the world, including one to

and we still argue about the courses.”

or

another,

although

it certainly

Queen Elizabeth who owned a famous 64

The trophy itself has been described as

foot yawl called Foxhound, which Prince

“A prize in keeping with the magnitude

Phillip had sailed in the Bermuda Race.

of the event and the great boats com¬

Fie wasn’t able to recruit the boats

peting for it.” It was hand crafted with a

from around the world at first, but the

bowl of spun silver, a crown spelling out

race for the St. Francis Perpetual Trophy

St.

was launched in September, 1964, with

topped by three gold racing boats. The

eight Class A racing yatchts competing,

St.

Kial-oa II being the pre-series favorite. At

rubies,

that time some of the courses included

cup rested on a green marble base en¬

ocean marks and the choice was deter¬

circled with miniature sailboats on which

mined

the names of the winners were to be en-

by

a helicopter weather report

Francis Perpetual in 24K gold and Francis

burgee

diamonds,

was depicted and

with

sapphires.

The

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Above, Windward Passage.

Below left, Christine and Windward Passage.

graved. At a'cost of $10,000, it was said to be the most expensive yachting trophy in the world. Sandy McCormick, a staff commodore

of St.

Francis,

graciously

picked up the tab for the magnificent prize.

Unfortunatley, the 1976 fire at the St. Francis reduced the trophy to “a molten mass of metal resembling a softball,” and it has yet to be replaced.

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Some years the really big boats have

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been unavailable to compete for the cup.

On

odd years many of them sail

Transpac,

then

make

their

way

the to

Australia for the Fiobart Race and the Southern Cross Series. Or they go East and sail the Bermuda and Transatlantic races. For this reason the other races in the St. Francis Perpetual Trophy Regatta evolved. * N The City of San Francisco Cup was conceived in 1968 to allow the “smaller” yachts (approximately 55 feet) to race together but not compete with the real

BIO BOAT SERIES *

■

biggies. (The rating applied to this series

Morning Star, I remember him saying to

family for over 100 years. This nostalgic

can change from year to year. The yachts

me, ‘I sold her, I just walked off her; I

combination makes up the Keefe-Kilborn

competing for it in 1978 rated 40—48

didn’t take anything ... my binoculars,

Perpetual Trophy, sought after by two

feet.)

my chronometer, my clothes . . . every¬

ton yachts racing boat for boat.

The

trophy

itself is the golden

spade used in the ground breaking for the

thing went, EXCEPT the platter. I went

Golden Gate

down to the galley and said to the new

St. Francis Regatta. The Atlantic Trophy

owner

the guy

was conceived for competition between

The Richard Rheem Trophy was es¬

said ‘of all the things on this boat, what

custom “one off” yachts rating 33 to 42

tablished in 1 972 to honor the late owner

would you want that for?’ and Dick said

feet. The trophy itself is the bell from the

of the 98 foot schooner Morning Star.

‘That’s my business.’ When Dick died his

famed 185 foot, three masted schooner

The famous yacht broke the Honolulu

. widow gave us that platter, and it became

Race record in 1949, then converted to a

the Rheem Trophy.” It is awarded to the

Bridge and loaned to St.

Francis by the de Young Museum.

‘I’m

taking this,’

and

This year a new prize was added to the

Atlantic

which

the

Regatta

program

reports/‘sliced herself a piece of history

ketch in 1955 and beat her own elapsed

winner among production boats with IOR

when she recorded an astonishing noon-

time record; a record which stood until

rating 30—33.5 (approximately 40 feef).

to-noon of 341 miles while winning the

Windward Passage beat it in 1973.

The Keefe-Kilborn Perpetual Trophy

1905 Trans-Atlantic Race.”

The trophy itself has a story behind it.

was established in 1976 to honor Harold

It is a sterling silver platter which was

Keefe and Ray Kilborn, active St. Francis

Series

part of the silver service delivered with

members who had been fine sailors and

unique and exciting yachting event. No¬

the bronze hulled yacht in 1922. After

close friends from boyhood and who died

where

she broke the Honolulu record, Morning

within a year of each other.

nautical

The

St.

Francis

Perpetual

Trophy

has earned its niche as a truly is

there such an assemblage of thoroughbreds

competing

on

Star’s crew took the platter and had a

Mrs. Kilborn donated the 1 50 year old

closed, "around the buoys” courses. And

jeweler engrave on it the signatures of

cut crystal punch bowl and 12 matching

nowhere is the performance so visible to

each crewman, then presented it to the

cups that are placed on a sterling silver

spectators as this magnificent setting on

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BIG BOAT SERIES T he first indication that this year’s Big Boat Series would be a more spectacular event for spectators than owners occuredl the day before the first race. Sumner Long’s 79’ Ondine was screaming along on a spinnaker reach in 25 knots of wind when

she

was hit

by

a small

rental

sailboat. The little boat was undamaged, the

shipping

magnates

mighty

ocean

racer had been holed. A second indication that this was a spectator’s series occurred just after

the first race when a local

marina owner’s boat pulled by the St. Francis and half the crew ‘dropped trou’ to ‘moon’ the crowd.

Nevertheless, the St. Francis Perpetual Regatta was an awesome event worthy of superlatives. For starters, it was simply the best ‘boat show’ ever in northern California. The 46 boats entered was the greatest number ever and necessitated a 5th Trophy Series, the Atlantic. At 84’ Christine was the largest single entry ever, and

together

with

Ondine,

Windward

Passage, Kialoa, and Merlin comprised the fastest collection of racing boats ever seen in

these

parts.

Certainly

there

was a

record number of spectators for the four racing

days;

they

crowded

the

new

facilities at the St. Francis, they lined the Marina,

and

they

followed

the

racers

around the courses. Were there pretty women? Oh my! There were so many and they were so charming we cursed the fact we’re

not

handsome.

More

important

there were more women crewing than we’ve ever seen before.

ST. FRANCIS PERPETUAL If the 5 ‘maxis’ got more attention than the other 41

boats it was under¬

standable. Together they holcf many of ocean racings finest records, yet they are all very different boats. Merlin of course is

Bill

Lee’s

downwind

flyer,

record

breaker in the TransPac and Victoria to Maui races. But how would she do against the

more

page 43

traditional

boats clawing to

couldn’t point with the others. Like'a

Only

Christine was the new boat on the dock

locomotive

separated them on corrected time, with

and

one with no real track

Ondine, and finally Passage. Merlin was

the

record. Designed and built by owner Fred

able to hold Kialoa off as the five boats

Passage second and Ondine third.

Preiss she was rumored to be fast, but was

finished close together after 27.6 miles.

weather?

The

the only

enormous

84’

sloop

she as fast as the proven winners? (More on Preiss and Christine next month.)

While the other three boats were from a

more

traditional

mold,

they

were

unique among themselves. Long’s Ondine from Larchmont, New York wa's the only centerboarder in the fleet and had just removed her giant mizzen to become a sloop. Designed by Chance, she had last raced in Pam Am’s Clipper Series in the Islands, beating Kialoa.

The only ketch in the group, Kialoa was once described by owner Jim Kilroy as a “huge capital investment that would be used to death”. That’s corporate type talk, and Kialoa is the closest thing to a floating coporation we’ve ever seen. The crew is very talented, but they are quiet and

maintain

a very low profile, and

don’t wander from their job-descriptions.

It is a very businesslike group that looks to the bottom line: winning on corrected time.

The old campaigner Windward Passage is the antithesis to Kialoa. If Kialoa was built and sailed to win on corrected time, Passage was one of the first boats built to cross the finish line first. Compared to the corporates on

Kialoa, the Passage

gang comes off as a genial tribe of swashbuckling

pirates.

When

you

think of

Passage pulling into her berth, think of lots of ladies waiting there. Passage also has a reputation of being a sweet boat to sail — Kialoa a mankiller.

Yet,

when

the

four

races

that

comprised the regatta were over, Passage never did get to the finish line first and Kialoa only won once on corrected-time.

The first race was a crapshoot as holes in the wind along Angel

Island and a

strong ebb pulled the fleet out toward the Gate after rounding north Harding. The pernicious conditions proved to be the salvation of Merlin who had performed dismally up until that time. But, by virtue of getting to north Harding last and thus drifting the least, she was miraculously and suddenly in first place by default.

When the wind magically filled her sails and she rounded the last leeward mark in first

position

wizardry. throughout

—

well

But then, the

as

series,

it

looked

like

would happen Merlin

just

Christine

blasted

by,

then

a last

little

more

finishing

than

Kialoa

a

minute

taking first,

By the end of the third race the boats

had established a pecking order. Boat for boat there was nobody who was going to stay with Christine on any point of sail if she was sailed well. She was sleek and looked sweet. Some in the business felt

that given a practice and a top crew she

St. Francis Perpetual. Now rigged as a

would beat all of the four on handicap

sloop she sails very flat and except for

top, despite the fact that she would have

Christine was clearly the best going to

to give Kialoa almost 13 minutes on some

weather.

courses.

Ondine

• finished

second

overall

to

Christine — it’s a good nine iron from the stern to the'bow.

Between her 2nd place finish in the

Passage and was her closest rival. Ondine’s

first race and her bouy-smashing 4th in

chances were hurt badly when she tore a

the last race Passage took two firsts. She

headsail at the start of the second race.

looked

class of the fleet on

While she was a shade slower going to

corrected time, and did in fact take the

weather, Ondine just couldn’t quite make

like

the

Kialoa’s crew.

page 45

make up the speed difference off the

79’ ocean racer shouldn’t be boring, but

wind. In a longer series Passage might well

Kialoa is.

Merlin

have

been

capable

of

herself into a second

swashbuckling position behind

because

was she

a

disappointment;

didn’t

finish

better,

not but

because she didn’t seem to sail up to her

Ondine.

Incredible followed by Racy —

both two tonners.

Kialoa is hard to figure. She won the

potential.

There

was one point where

never really

Merlin was just trailing Kialoa and Ondine

seemed to be completely in or out of the races. Kialoa looks pretty and all, but

as they rounded a mark for a long spinnaker run - this the perfect opport¬

there’s something the matter with her. A

unity for what everyone wanted to see,

first

race,

but

somehow

Whistle Wing following Checkmate off Alcatraz in the best race of the series.

Merlin pop her chute and whiz by the bigger boats. For whatever reason, Merlin took a lifetime to get her damn chute up and

the

chance

was

lost.

This

was

supposed to be her specialty and the wine wasn’t even blowing that hard.

Given her much shorter waterline anc ridiculous IOR rating, Bill Lee and the crew

had

every

reason to know they

would ‘look bad’ in the final standings — but it’s to their credit they came anyway and added a new dimension to the series.

We’re hoping they decide to come back again.

CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO This

was

the

single

most exciting

series, but because the three competitive boats were from southern California it didn’t get all the attention it deserved.

The

three boats were the 53’ Whistle

Wing from Santa Barbara, the lovely 58’ Swiftsure from San Diego, and the new cold molded Peterson from Del Rey.

50’ Checkmate

Whistle Wing won the first two races and it looked like a runaway with the score reading: Whistle Wing 1.5 points, Swiftsure

6,

Checkmate

Swiftsure

won

the

9.

3rd

Checkmate taking second Wing stumbling to 4th.

Then

race and

with

Whistle

As they started the final race there was only one way Swiftsure could win the trophy:

she

had

to

finish

first,

but

Checkmate had to beat Whistle Wing too.

Most of the crowds’ sentiments were with Swiftsure since she was behind and since j that it is widely rumored that Whistle Wing’s owner merely watches the races from terra firma.

On the first weather leg from Treasure Island to near the Golden Gate, Swiftsure was about to pull a horizon job on the fleet — and this was necessary since she had to give almost 10 minutes to Whistle Wing. Whistle Wing and Checkmate, who have

almost

identical

handicaps,

were

sailing pulpit and pulpit.

The relative

positions

of the three

boats remained the same until they went into the exciting spinnaker reach from the Blossom Bouy down to No. 24 east of Angel Island - that’s when the freighter came. Swiftsure had passed well ahead of the freighter who was heading out for sea between

Alcatraz and

Point

Blunt.

It

looked like Checkmate and Whistle Wing would also just barely make it, but then the

freighter decided

curve page 47

Christine Photo by John Hutton Jr.

out

rather

to make a long

short

turn.

This

maneuver

threw

the

most

effective

possible block on Checkmate and Whistle

lead for second, and that the rest of the ATLANTIC SERIES

fleet had caught up.

Wing who could do nothing but luff their

For the next 20 miles Swiftsure led,

The highlights of the Atlantic Series

spinnakers and continue to left them luff and luff, and luff, and luff, and luff, and

with Checkmate and Whistle Wing even, Finally Swiftsure crossed the finish and

event happened after the first race when

luff until Whistle Wing was finally able to

her crew ran huffing and puffing to the

Bravuraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

drop behind the freighter. Checkmate had

breakwater to see if Checkmate could

berthing. Doing 8 or 9 knots she glanced

almost another minute of luffing before

off Apollo, ricocheted off some pilings

she could drop below too. The net result

hang on for a win and give Swiftsure the trophy. It was close, but Checkmate did

and was saved from ramming the cement

was that Swiftsure was long, Ipng gone,

hold on two win by just seconds, in what

embankment only by crushing her pulpit

that Whistle Wing had lucked into a short

was the best series of the entire week.

were

none

too

positive. The first big

throttle

got

^against some rotten pilings.

stuck

while

Then after the racing was over tempers

handicaps) in this series was as spectacu¬

suddenly

flared when High Roler, who had finishes

lar as the racing. As it turned out, in each

superbly for most of the race. Leading

of 1 - 1 - 1 - 2, got disqualified in the 3rd

of the four races there was one runaway

Lady took first, Imp second and for the

race and thus finished second to Blue

winner

second

Norther. One fellow became so indignant

frequently trailing in a solid pack.

with

the

rest

of

the

fleet

in

a row

Incredible

was

race — she took 6th.

scoreboard wall and rearranged them as

Incredible, skippered by Chris Corlett,

he saw fit. It was unfortunate.

ran

away

with

(no

the

first

race

In the second race the Farr-designed

but

Kiwi boat, Monique, got a good start and

Dave

nobody could catch her — but did they

Allen’s Imp, Stan Reisch’s Leading Lady,

ever try: The rest of the ten boats looked

Silver

like they were glued to one another as

unfortunately THE KEEFE-KILBORN collection of two-tonners

year

into a hole after sailing

crippled by a terrible finish in the first

that he tore several name boards off the

The

fell

Fox

lost. and

Dogged Pachena,

by

Incredible

Terror at the mark - 40-footers Incredible and Imp tearlessiy pop cnutes as tne nuge cnristme screams for the finish line.

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they approached the spinnaker jibe at Blossom.Leading Lady snuck around fast, then Cadenza crashed toward the city rather then the next mark, Incredible, Imp, Pachena, Free Spirit and Silver Fox all whipped around in various stages of mayhem in tight quarters. Apparently in the midst of rounding Imp’s spinnaker touched the backstay on another boat and she was eventually disqualified and therefore assessed 13 points for the race.

Monique won easily, Leading Lady took second, Incredible third.

Virtually out of the series with a DSQ in the second race Imp simply walked away with the third race. Incredible was second, Leading Lady third., Needing only a decent finish to win the series, Leading Lady went out and won the last race and the trophy. Hard luck Incredible was second, Monique was third, and Imp was 5th having a 1st, 2nd,

Bravura, sailing for the Richmond YC The Richard Rheem Trophy fleet approaching Blossom

and a 4th to go with her diasterous DSQ. RICHARD RHEEM SERIES This series was disabled from the start when the winds simply died off Angel Island and 12 of the 16 boats didn’t finish within the time limit. These 12 boats were all given a devastating 17 points for that race, and for all intents and purposes knocked them out of contention. The race committee was roundly

criticized for this from all quarters, but

Sunchaser and Tres Hermanas.

after it happened they couldn’t go back

time the start of the 4th race had rolled

overcame

and change the rules. They hoped to rectify the situation by offering special

around, there had been so many protest

second, and Wild Turkey took third.

pennants flying it looked like flag day.

An interesting aspect of the Rheem

trophies for the Rheem boats based on

When they started the last race only Lois

Series was that it pitted some of the most

the finishes in the last three races. These

of the 16 boats had not been assessed a

competitive production racers against a

were quickly Series’.

major penalty and she was home free.

few ‘one-offs’ who were sailing way above

the

‘Rheemed

It was unfortunate, both because so

The four boats that did finish that first

many boats were wiped out before the

race were Lois Lane, the Farr-designed

series got started and because Lois did sail

Wild

well

Turkey

from

Down

Under,

the

whole

time

with

a

4-2-1-2

showing. Dean Treadway’s Sweet Okole a

first

race

DNF

to

finish

their ratings. So what happened — the ‘one-offs’ killed ’em.

More on the Big Boats next month.

— Latitude 38

Photo by John Hutton Jr.'

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SUPERB SAILOR

WARWICK TOMPKINS Warwick Tompkins, Jr. is not about to

“Basically, I sell information related to

made his first trans-Atlantic crossing at

win the Bay Sailors’ “Mr. Congeniality”

anything that happens to a sailboat.” The"

the age of two months. Today he can

Award.

probably

one

seamanly gent has a good track record for being able to work just about anywhere

time

on a boat. “My weak spots are engines

“He

egocentric associate,

and who

is

terribly

conceited,

defensive,” at

the

says samg

acknowledges his genius in the field.

and electronics.”

be

recognized

at

most any

major harbor in the world.

The “Commodore" makes no effort to conceal an air of superiority. “I have set my own lifestyle so I do what I want to

The reads:

“Commodore’s” Sailing

Yacht

business

card

Commodore is muscular and attrac¬

—

tive. At forty-six he scampers up the mast

Service

Consultation, Instruction, Rigging, Com- ,

like

a monkey. The boating generalist more

offshore

having to punch a time-clock, so be it.

“The

work

that comes my way is

missioning, and Delivering. The world is

probably

racing

varied. A year or so ago I outfitted a

his workshop and sailing is his business.

experience than any local competitor. He

singlehanded boat to go around the world

page 53

has

do. If there are those who envy my not

SUPERB SAILOR baby slept he jokingly said, “And this must be the “Commodore”. The name stuck.

Legend also has it that as a toddler, Qommodore climbed to the schooner’s masthead to “help” his father. By the time he was four, the family made their famous voyage around Cape Horn which is chronicled in two books by his father, “50

South

to

50 South”

and

“Two

Sailors”. The sea was Commodore’s first home and in a sense it still is. “When I’m not at sea, I miss it . . . the solitude, the use of skills, the anticipation. It heightens the whole living experience.

“It really wasn’t until

I

was about

eleven however, that I sailed for the first time myself. I began to understand sailing as

a

science through

Bill

Newman’s

influence and by reading Manfred Curry — he is still worthwhile reading today.

From that time on I made every race there was to make for awhile.”

A paneled wall of his home is covered with memorabilia — pictures and photos — reminders

of important efforts and

voyages. Represented are several of the Honolulu

races,

Congressional SORC,

mosvt

the

Cup,

Admiral’s Bermuda

of which

are

Cup, Races,

eminently

successful. There is even a picture of the boat,

Tompkins, and Jan, his wife of

nineteen years, had when they operated their own Caribbean Chartering Service.

The Commodore has done it all. for a guy who had never sailed before. I

Australia — a nice long sail to a beautiful

did

part of the

everything

design

to

from

teaching

working him

on

the

sail

to

to

world, with lots of little

He explains how boating became his number one interest. “When I was young I wanted to excell at something. I decided

islands to visit.”

provisioning the boat. Recently I spent

The Commodore is the unconventional

two months on the East Coast detailing

son of an unconventional father — a man

have alot of money.

I learned to sail

and getting a new boat ready for the

who spent a good part of his life at sea

really

I

Bermuda Race. I put the crew together,

and whose left-wing politics caused the

demand.”

made sure things led properly, that sort

whole family harrassment. Some say the

of thing. Another time I’ll be in charge of

Commodore

his

reveals not only his need to be unique,

debugging a cruising yacht.

shoulder defending his father’s politics

but to be put to the test — to be chosen.

Generally the clients have a problem in an area which started by being fun. But

developed

a chip

on

and feel this still motivates him to excell.

In any case, Commodore can thank his

that sailing was it. I realized I’d never well

so

that

would

be

in

The above statement is enlightening. It

His business, for example, depends on people selecting him to do a difficult job

meaningful

because of his superior skill. The same is

solving problems and making sure things

exposure to the sea. Warwick, Jr.’s crib

true when he is called to put together a

go well.” Now and then he delivers boats,

was the top drawer of a sea chest on his

racing project. This, likewise, applies to

“Delivering I do mainly for fun. I will not

dad’s 85 - foot schooner, Wander Bird,

male-female

deliver a boat unless I can choose the

based in Boston Harbor.

Commodore continually tests his appeal.

they’ve

run

into

complications.

I like

crew. I’m waiting for the guy who wants me

to

sail

his

boat

from

here

to

father

for

an

early

and

relationships,

where

the

Once a visitor came aboard to tour the

Moreover, it explains the exhiliration

ship. As he finally came aft to where the

he feels in racing and at sea. “Those of us

WARWICK who race lay it on the line everytime we

the best place around here to work on

go out. Any new kid can have a shot. It’s

wind shifts. Most genuine competitors get

And finally, “A boat is really a very

a constant test. It’s refreshing.”

out there to test their boat. The sea is

simple mechanism. Basically, as long as

The ultimate challenge, of course, is at sea where Commodore is known to be

relatively

you can steer it, and water stays out and

which is the overriding factor on the Bay

the mast stays up, you’re ok. Everything

fearless, in spite of harrowing situations.

Bay — is not a major factor there. Most

after that is refinements.

Perhaps he’s too involved meeting the test

people find the circle dull, but it’s the

—

delighting

in

bringing

nature

constant, and the current —

one place to develop boat speed.”

— Marilyn Yolles

into

control — to experience normal fright.

The Commodore is rarely content with his own performance in a race. He’s an analyzer, looking for ways to improve his techniques, his abilities, his mind. He can be quite harsh in measuring others as well,

ready

someone

to

pounce

doesn’t

like

come

up

a cat if to

his

standards. “Good sailing companions are of* utmost importance (one favorite is Andy Rose). So much of offshore racing is a team effort. There’s always a chance that you will fail. At least you hope to have a good effort — good people.”

Warwick He

is

Thompkins

also

is opinionated.

thoughtful,

well-read

and

articulate.

ON IOR RACING: “I did a quarter tonner recently.

IOR again.

I

I

personally won’t do

don’t

like

the ‘money’.

They’re playing a game of supremacybuying-supremacy.

They’re

not

as

competitive racers as the one-design. Most of those guys couldn’t sail a Finn or a Tempest.

Their

reflexes,

aren’t

good

TECHNOLOGY:

“It’s

enough.”

ON

USING

getting to be an artificial game ... for example

getting

information

directly

from satellite stations of Gulf currents, etc. I don’t think that kind of racing is rewarding or exciting. I certainly don’t want to be the guy who looks after the computer.”

ON BOATS:

LARGE “I

BOATS

VS

SMALL

like both but sometimes I

have my fill of the big boats. They’re like corporations. Decisions are made slowly.

When I’ve had enough, I sail my Soling (he won the Soling Olympic trials and raced in Kiel in 72.) Or I work on my house.”

(He

has

already

poured

the

foundation for the addition to his Mill Valley

home

and

has

just

finished

building a retaining wall.)

ON THE BEREKELY CIRCLE: “It’s _

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TOM BLflCKflLLER character,

Blackaller, the manager of the North

“a Blackaller” was a unit of measure¬

whose name engenders hostility from all

Sail Loft in Alameda, earns much of his

ment. “I’m no Blackaller” is a favored

corners of the sailing community? He is

adverse press because he’s a screamer. He

expression, which said emphatically may

the handsome and vital 38 year old World

hollers his way through a race shouting

actually mean any one of a number of

Star and 6-meter champion who by virtue

obscenities to those who foul his air. You

things, such as: 1) I have to work for a

of his stellar sailing record and personal

have to be thick skinned to qualify as his

living; 2) I’m not married to one boat; or

flamboyance, is “a presence” if not “the

crew . . . Says one associate, “If you arc

3) I’m a gentleman on the race course.

presence” in the Bay Area Racing Scene.

prom the way people talk, you*d think

page 57

Who

is

this

disreputable

SUPERB SAILOR and his cigar. “I think about sailing my Star almost every day of my life,” says the divorced father of two, whose first boat was built by his dad. His mom, a stage mother if there ever was one, is still his chief supporter.

Childhood summers were spent in Inverness on Tomales Bay. Tom was crewing on a Star at 1 3. By 1 5 he was a cocky young skipper at Richmond Yacht . Club announcing to those who would listen ttfat he would one day win a Gold Star like champion Glenn Waterhouse. j “You might say he threw out the gauntlet at an early age,” says Jocelyn Nash Carrick.

Today, Blackaller clocks more than 100,000 air miles a year flying to regattas all over the world. Just in the last few months he has raced in Nassau, Tallinn and the Sardinia Cup in Italy. Usually his position on the boats is helmsman. But he really gets his jollies racing his own Star.

“I like the Star because there’s no gross ,error in the boat. The class is extremely competitive with over 2000 boats in the U.S. alone. The 23’ size suits me

in a room with Blackaller, you know that he and his enormous ego are there”. But maybe some of the reaction would be less strong if Blackaller weren’t always the guy up front you keep your eye on during a race.

Tom is a charmer in a one-to-one situation. He is an engrossing conversationalist, attentive and responsive. He has lively sense of humor and can be selfeffacing. Part of the fun of talking with Tom is that he is a perceptive observer

and describes things graphically. Here’s his off the cuff work picture of Tallinn, Estonia, site of the 1980 Olympics—“It’s a dreary, no frills town. The people dress exactly like the bums down on Third Street with pinstripped suits just fished out of the garbage cans.” Blackaller has come from the pre-Olympics in Tallinn, where he and crewman Ed Bennett have just won top honors in the Star Class.

Blackaller and the Star boat are extensions of each other, like George Burns

well,” says the 6’1 ” , 200 lb. skipper.

“I find that the big boats are alot more impersonal. Success in longdistance races has more to do with chance and crew organization, whereas Star racing is a good measure of your sailing ability.”

Blackaller is often faulted for being too narrow, regarding his devotion to the Star. Says one competitor, “Tom just does what he does best. Challengehim to a dinghy race, and he won’t go out and take the lumps like the rest.”

But it is easy to see why Blackaller has remained fascinated with the Star over the past 25 years. The incredible dynamics of the rig and the infinite variety of adjustments that can be made has to have great appeal to someone so intrigued by sail-shape.

Tom treats his boat with the care and familiarity of a devoted lover. Setting it up is second nature—he tweaks the shrouds to check tension, uses handspreads to check positioning. He has the kind of dedication that, even for little Wednesday night races, he will get there early enough to work on hull blemishes.

TOM He respects the boat’s fragility-"If the mast step sinks 14”, all the shrouds would loosen up, and the boat wouldn’t point right.”

Blackaller is a “pointer”, but never at the risk of jeopardizing boat speed. Tom is a speed freak. (“If I had enough money I’d be racing formula one cars.”)

Perhaps there is no one around who steers as well as Blackaller. “Basically you try to have a constant angle of heel while missing the waves. Waves are very important to steering the boat—you have to steer around them. Holding the tiller, it snakes along alot. There’s a wave every three or four seconds.” He moves his hand back and forth as if to check the accuracy of his statement.

“I’m a nut about my tiller extension. I don’t like to sail without it. The tiller must connect to the rudder post just so, with no slop. It’s a very sensitive thing.

There has to be just the right amount of friction to my finger.

If you have to

squeeze it too hard, you loose the sensitivity.”

Blackaller is also a fanatic about compasses.

He

has

no

fewer

than

four

embedded on the deck of his boat. “The compass is the single most important tool for racing.” Little crib notes are pencilled along side,

indicating compass settings

and predictable windshifts.

Blackaller doesn’t bother much with telltales at this stage of the game. “The person’s

sailing

knowledge

is inversely

proportionate to the number of telltales on his sails,” says the champion. “I sail

Although it looks like Iwo Jima, this is just the mast on Tom’s Star.

by the wind on my neck. If I had to sail with a hat, I might as well go home.”

Blackaller is particular about his footgear, however, “i like calve-high, leatherlined boots. They have to be just right so

“The fourth race is more like the last

of difference? “I seem to do as well in

I can sit in hiking straps for a long, long

three weeks of a national league pennant

a place like New Orleans as I do around

time.”

race. Generally you’re down to a three-

here. What really seems to help is getting

way tie. In Stars, it’s often Bill Buchan,

out there and tuning-up just before a

A

Tom sees that there is a pattern to regattas—something

like

occur. “At the first race about

things

in

three* stages

Dennis Conner and me. I don’t have a

race.

I’m thinking

predetermined notion of which way to

before we sail against each other.

general—the

different

go. I play it as it lays. Alot of situations

Dennis and

“You

know

I in

will

often do that

racing

you’re

not

are about

100

kinds of things that could happen, learn¬

are relatively similar to ones

ing about the course, winds, currents and

before, and I rely alot on my memory

moves in every race. What IS necessary is

competition. By the next couple of races,

bank,”

after

the ability to make the right decision

I

twenty-five years racing the same boat).

MOST of the time. 60% of the time is enough.

— Marilyn Yolles

can

concentrate

more

on whom to

watch and what I want to do. page 59

(which

is

I’ve met

considerable

Do local conditions make a great deal

always

perfect.

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ED BENNETT A

Ed Bennett is methodical and precise.

How do these skills translate to the

One

could

easily

imagine

Ed

as a

The self-employed management consult¬

race course? This ability to see the grand

frontiersman in flannel shirt and dunga¬

ant

scheme of things makes Ed a supersharp

rees comfortably chopping wood outside

chaos, designing systems. For example,

tactician—one

big

a log cabin with wife, Linda, and their

when client—Weeks, Howe, Emerson—re¬

Olympic

teammate, Tom

small child nearby. Bennett looks like an

cently relocated, they asked Ed to assist

Blackaller, “Ed has the ability to sail in a

outdoorsman.

in planning the move, allocating space in

big fleet of very competitive boats and do

person

their new facility and transferring their

tactical analysis. I can rely on his judge¬

rigorous training and pushing his body to

inventory accounting to a computerized

ment.”

its outer limits. Mornings, the 6’5”, 200

earns his living making order out of

system. page 61

of the

course.

Says

finest

on

a

who

He

is

enjoys

a the

very

physical

discipline

of

SUPERB SAILOR pound former college football player caps

eats you up. You have to be in the kind

his exercise program with a half-hour jog

of condition that when you finish a race

Finn Worlds. “A person has to sail a boat

through the steep canyon near his home

you feel as if you just left the dock.”

that fits,” says Ed. “The only dinghy I fit

in the Oakland Hills. Ed couldn’t imagine

Most of Bennett’s racing career the

sailing without training. “When you race

past twenty years has been in Finns. He

s

the full course in rough water, it really

Olympics; he has taken a fourth in the

is a Finn.”

Competitor Louis Nagy, who was Ed’s

was the Finn representative to the 1972 s alternate to the Kiel Olympics, says, “The Finn is a very physical boat. To sail it in heavy air, you have to be in good shape.

That is one reason Ed has dominated the class in heavy air conditions. He has the stamina it takes to hike strenuously and still be able to concentrate.”

Bennett has come close to, but never quite reached, the pinnacle in the Finn Class internationally. There are some who feel that this is because Ed is a little set in $

his ways; that being somewhat more experimental

in sailing techniques would

push him over the top.

In

any

case,

Bennett enjoys sailing

every bit as much now as he did at age 11 when his father built his first boat, an eleven foot Moth. “I’ve always loved the race, where physical strength and endurance are at an expanded level. Recently, I saw the movie “Turning Point”. It struck me that the discipline required to dance was very similar to that in sailing. And the joy a dancer experiences—that very conscious state when he is at one with the music and vaware of all the forces that come into play—well, it struck a responsive chord in me.”

Of the Blackaller-Bennett Star team it is Ed who is more ardently involved in the Olympic effort, perhaps because he has been to the Olympics before. The usually

reserved

Bennett

becomes

animated when talking about The Event, his Adam’s Apple bobs up and down.

“Really,

it’s

a

magnificent

spectacle,

about 300 competitors and 3000 support people. You know the majority of people there. The camaraderie is great. The Gold Medal is the most difficult prize to win in yachting—the

whole process of getting

there and winning. And when you watch the winners stand on the top step, well, you know it’s the real thing.”

Just as in the 400 yard medley, the team shares the top honors at the Olympics. The Star crew is recognized as one of the most physically demanding positions in sailing. The Star crewman must

ED BENNETT be a tremendous athlete.

Examiner. In the U.S. it’s a do it your¬

The Bennett and Blackaller combination appears to be a good fit. Temperamentally, Bennett exerts a quiet, steady influence. Says Blackaller, “Ed has done nothing but help my sailing. He has a marvelous, even personality. He never gets upset at me—he has a quality to be able to absorb my hollering.

self kind of thing. If you expect the kind of treatment you’d get on a high school football team, forget it.”

Though winning the Olympics is Bennett’s ultimate goal, he’s keeping his

“Ed is a master organizer. He handles the mechanics and logistics of our campaign. It is Bennett who has laid out our program-in the two years ahead it will be Ed who determines which regattas we enter, and what our practice plan will be. I’ll do whatever Ed tells me. Ed’s convinced we’re going to win the Gold.”

There’s good reason for Bennett to be confident. Out of the eight major regattas they have entered, they have taken three seconds and five firsts, one of which was in August at the pre-trials.

Ed describes the conditions at Tallinn.

“Everything you’ve ever read about Russia is true. Gun boats patrol the weather side of the race course. The military presence is felt everywhere. You are conscious that when you’re racing the Russians, you’re racing the State. We went to Tallinn to check out the ambiance as much as to test the conditions. What did we find? Let’s put it this way. You can’t exactly go down to the store to get peanut butter and Gatorade!”

If you think Bennett has chosen this example out of thin air, you should know that peanut butter is to Bennett what his blanket is to Linus. Says Louis Nagy, “We kid Ed about the ever present supply of peanut butter, but Ed takes his peanut butter very seriously.”

Bennett also takes seriously the financial burden that is a consequence of an Olympic campaign. “People have no idea how much this thing costs. I figure somewhere around $75,000, if you include time lost at work. You have tO'quit working for the last six months.

“In some countries your effort is almost entirely supported by the government. If you’re close to the best in Spain, you become a national hero. In San Francisco if you win a world championship, you’re lucky ,to get an inch in the page 63

options open. Next month Ed will be competing in Mexico at the Finn Worlds.

He looks forward to the temporary shift from crewman to skipper. “Steering a boat and winning is a lot more difficult than riding and winning.”—Marilyn Yolles

VASHON ISLAND center, stirring but not disturbing the bottom or sides of the cornmeal. After you’ve mixed the chili and cornmeal in the center, pour the rest of the chili over the top. Cover with olives and'finish by grating cheddar cheese over it all and let it cook. The heat from the cornmeal heats the chili which warms the olives and melts the cheese — and it’s just the right temperature to eat. The only hard part is getting the first piece out, “and trying to keep the color nice.”

Four years ago we were walking through a boatyard when we took the above picture. “Now that”, we pronounced, “is what you call a full-keel boat.”

Recently we found out the boat belongs to Bob Tefft, a local broker dealing exclusively in cruising boats. Knowing there’s a good story behind every boat we wanted to hear it.

Some twelve years ago Bob was going through some ‘changes’. He was in the process of separating from his wife, and after living in a bulging 6-room home with a 3-car garage Bob wanted to try a more uncluttered lifestyle. He found it in “Vashon Island” a 26’ William Garden gaff-cutter.

It must have been traumatic ‘uncluttering from 8 rooms to 26’. Bob said it wasn’t bad at all for two reasons: the first was that he had experience enjoying having just the essentials during solo backpacking trips; secondly, he points out that just because Vashon Island is not a long boat does not mean she is small.

Afterall, there is 6’5” headroom in the main cabin, the 2 forward berths are 7 feet long and 34” wide. And Bob, at 6’2” and 220 can ‘run’ out the companionway in an emergency, it is that large.

Yes, but how long can a grown man live on a 26’ boat — particularly a boat

with only one drawer? Bob has lived on Vashon Island for over 12 years, and his sweetheart Kristin has joined him for the last six. Bob acknowledges that when he first moved aboard it took some discipline and 6 months to sort out the non-essentials.

When that was accomplished and he got into “established patterns of movement” it all became worthwhile.

“You don’t” is the response to the question of where you put the threeburner stove. For all these years Bob and Kristin have cooked on a single-burner gimballed Sea Swing kerosene stove — which has been modified to accept an 8” frying pan. For baking bread and such they use an Optimist Table Top Oven which runs about $1 5.

Admittedly it can be difficult throwing a dinner party for more than a few people, but for Bob and Kristin the Sea Swing is just fine. Bob even started a ‘One Burner Cookbook’, a project which flamed out when he found that all the creative satisfaction came from cooking while the writing was a drag. But here’s one of Bob’s favorite one-burners: Tamale pie is the dish and you start by cooking some cornmeal stiff in the shape of a bowl. Then your pour in half a can of Dennisons Chili (no beans) into the

f

VASHON ISLAND Garden was inspired to do Vashon Island as a smaller version of the English Bawl ey cutters which are working shrimp boats. She is gaff-rigged with an unusual forward rake to the mast, and it has an offset bowsprit to protect the integrity of the stem. You’ll find this hard to believe but the boat displaces a whopping 1 7,000 pounds. We figured she must be a ‘sea slug’, but Bob showed us clippings where she won one Master Mariner’s race by over 40 minutes boat for boat and did

well in others. Even though the run of

Mexico, French Polynesia, back to L.A.,

her keel is some-18’ she still comes around pretty smartly, this is because the base of her sail plan is 36’, which results in a pretty normal ratio.

Bob volunteered the rather surprising opinion that Vashon Island might not be as good a local coastal cruiser as a longdistance cruiser.

Bob feels that if someone were limiting themselves'' to strictly local coastal cruising they might want a boat with a little longer waterline to get through the choppier conditions.

then to New Zealand where a Washington couple sailed her back to Port Townsend.

Hull No. 3 made many trips between the bay area and Mexico before settling in Santa Barbara. Later she was taken to Costa Rica, through the Canal, and is now on her way to the Virgin Islands.

So if this Vashon Island is so wonderful why has Bob recently put her up for sale? Well, Bob has to admit there is one problem with living on a 26’ boat — after eleven years there is simply nothing left to repair or fix. Tinkerlcss,

As a long distance cruiser Vashon

he’s rcgretably had to move on to new sailing projects.

Eleven years with one drawer ... if you’re beginning to think your life has become too complicated you might want to find out exactly how Bob did it . . .

Island seems to be superb. Bob, who got hull No. 1 from Robin Fung’s yard in Hong Kong has not had the chance to cruise nearly as much as the owners of the next two boats. Hull No. 2 went to

ETCH ELLS WORLDS Photos by Rich Everett and Sara Pagliari

One of the most prestigious yacht racing series of the year came to an end last month as the International Etchell-22 class held their World Championship in Newport Beach, Ca. Sail maker Dave Curtis from Marblehead, Mass, won the top honors by beating 39 rivals, while his neighbors Rick Howard and Peter Godfrey took second and third. After leading the first half of the week-long regatta, local favorite Dick Deaver finished fourth overall The Australians, with 14 boats, had Noel Brooke finishing fifth. Last year’s World Champion, Australian Frank Tolhurst, finished a disappointing 14th.

Northern California skippers were led

by Richard Hackett from Coyote Point YC, who placed 9th overall. Doing an outstanding job as crew were Jim Caldwell and Dave Vickland.

Boat speed was pretty even among the boats in the top half of the fleet. A combination of a decent start and playing the shifts well on the first leg would put a boat with the leaders. The rest of the race meant jockeying for a couple of positions — but it was the first leg that meant being in the top ten or rounding in the 30’s.

San Francisco Yacht Club skipper Vito Bialla opened the series with a daring move that brought cheers from the large spectator fleet. Vito port-tacked the other 39 Etchells. After clearing the first boat by at least 6 inches and the second boat by eight inches, the fleet followed Vito up the right side while a few others opted for the left side. The left side ended up the favored side with Rick Howard winning the race; Vito dropped to 12th place.

Vito’s 1 2th place finish didn’t dampen the crew’s enthusiasm as they rushed back to the club to watch the video tape which had been taken of the race — naturally it was replayed more than once.

It was little things like the video taping of the regattas that made the long hard campaign for the World Championship well worth the efffort.

The second race gave the bay area sailors even more to be proud of as Rich Hackett took the money and r?n,

finishing with a bullet. His crew, Jim and Dave, played the game to perfection while extending their lead throughout the race. Not far behind were two other familar boat, Doug Russell from San Francisco YC who ended up in 8th.

Doug’s crew, Tom Martin and Joe Weiss, responded with whatever it took to stay in that top ten throughout the race. Also in fast company was Hank Easom who wound up in 14th.

The wind lightened for the third race.

It was only fitting that an Australian should win this one; with their first 40 cases of imported beer dwindling, it was rumored that only a win would be enough to wire home for another 40 cases. That was to be as Noel Brooke from Melbourne rounded the Olympic course in front.

The bay area contingency finished in the twenties. John Ravizza from St. Francis YC had his best finish. His tactician, Bill Clausen was busy searching for more boat speed; but enthusiastically conceded it was only the first half of the

series and more was yet to come. Their foredeckman, Willy Oswald had to fly home after this race to tend to his new sail loft in San Mateo.

■ AH the boats were towed into the club after the third race, accompanied by the tropical sounds of a steel band. The next day being a lay-day and with everyone in good spirits, the Newport Harbor VC’s Caribbean dinner-dance was a huge success.

The northern California sailors and their families excelled in the art. of enjoying themselves. Although no one could out-drink the Aussies, we sure tried.

It was Easom’s .and Bialla’s crew calling for ‘room at the bar’ and getting to the Mai Tai’s which were flowing from a fountain. The Russell’s, out-classed everybody on the dance floor, while the entire Truman family were protested for barging at the Mai Tai fountain several times.

The fourth race was sailed in lig.hter airs than before and the course was moved farther offshore.

Sailing consistently, skipper Dave Curtis with crew Rob McCann and Robbie Haines, made their move and gained the overall leadership in the series. Previous le.ader Dick Deaver finished 16th which dropped him back. Rich Hackett sailed another excellent race, choosing the right side of the shifts consistently by now.

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WE'D LIKE TO KEEP SAILING IN YOUR LIFE! Legal Notice MUNICIPAL COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF ALAMEDA ALAMEDA JUDICIAL DISTRICT IMPORTANT NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF CLASS ACTION AND HEARING RE PROPOSED SETTLEMENT THEREIN ROLLEN MASKI, WILLIAM SCHILP, DAVID CROCKETT CHATHAM, JOHN WEBB, RONALD JAFFRAY and LARRY W. TELFORD, each on behalf of himself and all other owners of Islander 30 MK II Sailboats, Plaintiffs, vs.

ISLANDER YACHTS, INC., SAILBOATS/SAUSALITO, a partnership of RICHARD LEVINE and DOES XI through XX, DON WILSON, dba DON WILSON YACHT SALES and DOES I through D, Defendants.

TO: ALL CURRENT OWNERS OF CERTAIN ISLANDER 30 MK II OR ISLANDER 30 MK III VESSELS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a hearing will be held on Monday, October 23, 1978 at 9:00 a.m., in the Municipal Court of the County of Alameda, Alameda Judicial District, 2417 Central Avenue, Alameda, California, for consideration of any showing why a proposed settlement and compromise of the above-entitled action should not be approved and confirmed by the Court as fair, just and equitable.

IF YOU ARE AN OWNER OF AN ISLANDER 30'MK II OR MK III VESSEL AND IF YOU QUALIFY AS A MEMBER OF THE "CLASS" HEREINAFTER DEFINED THIS NOTICE AFFECTS YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS. THUS, PLEASE READ ALL OF THIS (con't next page)

Legal Notice NOTICE AND READ IT CAREFULLY. The above-entitled action was filed in the Municipal Court of the County of Alameda, Alameda Judicial District, by the following named plaintiffs: Rollen Maski, William Schilp, David Crockett Chatham, John Webb, Ronald Jaffray and Larry W. Telford. The complaint was brought as an individual action and a representative (class) action, seeking specified monetary damages, modification of Islander 30 MK II and Islander 30 MK III vessels (hereafter referred to as "Islander 30's"), and reimbursement of costs and attorneys' fees. The defendants as designated in the complaint are Islander Yachts, Inc., Sailboats/ Sausalito, Richard Levine, Don Wilson, dba Don Wilson Yacht Sales, and certain unnamed manufacturers, dealers, and/or distributors of Islander 30's. The defendants and their successors in interest have admitted none of the charging allegations of either plaintiffs' original or supplemental complaints, and continue both to deny those allegations and to assert that certain affirmative defenses, including the impropriety of the class, are available to them.

In order to avoid the prospect of continued, protracted, costly and time-consuming litigation, a settlement of the above-entitled action has been proposed. This proposed settlement has been approved by the named plaintiffs on behalf of themselves and on behalf of a purported "class." A general description of this proposed settlement is set forth below. You are cautioned, however, that such general description does not contain all the terms of the proposed settlement agreement and you are advised that the entire proposed settlement agreement may be inspected at the place and times hereafter identified in this Notice.

DEFINITION OF THE "CLASS" Under the terms of the proposed settlement, the "class" is defined as including all current owners of Islander 30's manufactured prior to September 4, 1974 (i.e., those Islander 30's having an original Sail No. from number 101 to number 446 or, in the event the original Sail No. no longer exists, those Islander 30's having one of the Hull Nos. listed in Exhibit "A" attached hereto), who currently reside in San Francisco, Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, Sonoma, Solano, San Mateo or Santa Clara Counties, or who currently berth such an Islander 30 principally in one of said counties.

1£ YOU ARE A MEMBER OF SAID "CLASS," THIS NOTICE AFFECTS YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS. THEREFORE, YOU SHOULD READ ALL OF THIS NOTICE CAREFULLY TO DETERMINE WHETHER YOU IN FACT ARE A MEMBER OF SAID "CLASS" AND WHETHER YOU WISH TO PARTICIPATE IN, OBJECT TO, OR EXCLUDE YOURSELF FROM THE PROPOSED SETTLEMENT HEREIN DESCRIBED. PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING: 1. If you are a member of said "class," the proposed settlement (if finally approved by the Court) will terminate your individual rights to sue or otherwise seek relief against the defendants, their successors in interest, or any other persons for any and all injuries, damages, claims, demands, actions or causes of action (regardless of whether presently known or unknown and regardless of whether the circumstances giving rise thereto have already Occurred or mayvoccur at some future time) arising out of or in any way connected with the subject matter of the above-entitled action, unless you specifically ask to be excluded from the "class."

2. Even if you are a member of said "class," you need do nothing with repsect to this Notice unless: (a) you wish to obtain the benefit (i.e., the "mast kit” described below) available under the proposed settlement; (b) you wish to be excluded from the "class"; or (c) you wish to appear at the hearing and object to the proposed settlement.

3. If you are a member of said "class" and wish to obtain the "mast kit" benefit available under the proposed settlement, you must prepare, sign and submit a "Proof of Claim" in the form attached hereto as Exhibit "B". Such "Proof of Claim" forms must be addressed to: Clerk, Alameda County Municipal Court, c/o William E. Vaughan, 17 Embarcadero Cove, Oakland, California 94606, and must be postmarked no later than midnight, October 13, 1978. If you fail to submit a timely and properly prepared and executed "Proof of Claim" form, such failure, absent good cause timely shown, will forever bar you from obtaining the "mast kit" benefit available under the proposed settlement.

4. If you are a member of said "class" but wish to be excluded therefrom, you may do so by preparing, signing and submitting a "Request For Exclusion From Class" in the form attached hereto as Exhibit "C". Such "Request For Exclusion From Class" forms must be addressed to: Clerk, Alameda County Municipal Court, c/o William E. Vaughan, 17 Embarcadero Cove, Oakland, California 94606, and must be postmarked no later than midnight, October 13, 1978. Unless you timely submit a properly completed and executed "Request For Exclusion From Class" form, you will be bound, absent good cause timely sfaoyyn, by the decisions of the Court and the judgment entered in this

action, whether favorable or unfavorable to you. If you elect to be excluded from the "class" by timely submitting such a properly completed and executed form, you will not be bound by any decision or judgment entered in this action and you may pursue such remedies, if any, as may be available to you as an individual without regard to the disposition of the above-entitled action. However, if you so elect to be excluded from the "class," you will not be eligible to, and will be forever barred from, obtaining the "mast kit" benefit available under the proposed settlement.

5. TO REPEAT: IF YOU ARE A MEMBER OF SAID "CLASS" AND YOU WISH TO OBTAIN THE "MAST KIT" BENEFIT, YOU MUST PREPARE, SIGN AND SUBMIT A "PROOF OF CLAIM" FORM (in the manner described in paragraph no. 3 above). IF YOU DO NOT TIMELY SUBMIT A PROPERLY COMPLETED AND EXECUTED "PROOF OF CLAIM" FORM Qfi IF YOU ELECT TO BE EXCLUDED FROM SAID "CLASS" BY PREPARING, SIGNING AND SUBMITTING A "REQUEST FOR EXCLUSION FROM CLASS" FORM (in the manner described in paragraph no. 4, above), YOU Wl LL NOT BE ELIGIBLE TO, AND WILL BE FOREVER BARRED, ABSENT GOOD CAUSE TIMELY SHOWN. FROM OBTAINING THE "MAST KIT" BENEFIT. 6. There is no requirement that you appear at the hearing in order to receive the "mast kit" benefit. Any member of said "class" who desires to do so, however, may appear at the hearing on October .23, 1978 to show cause why the proposed settlement described below should not be approved, and why the above-entitled action should not be disposed of in accordance with the issues to be heard. However, no person shall be heard and no papers or briefs submitted by any such person shall be received and considered unless on or before October 13, 1978 said 'person files with the Court a written notice of intention to appear, plus all papers or briefs which said person may wish to submit.

Copies of any such notice and papers or briefs must also be mailed by said date to the following, and each of them: William E. Vaughan, Esq. 17 Embarcadero Cove Oakland, California 94606 William R. Friedrich, Esq. Farella, Braun & Martel 235 Montgomery Street San Francisco, California 94104 Stephen C. Tausz, Esq. Bronson, Bronson & McKinnon 555 California Street, Suite 3400 San Francisco, California 94104 \

Philip R. Gustlin, Esq. Gustlin, Gail and McCabe 2029 Century Park East, Suite 600 Los Angeles, California 90067

7. At the hearing on October 23, 1978 the Court may approve or disapprove the proposed settlement without further notice. The Court may also continue the hearing without further notice.

THE PROPOSED SETTLEMENT The named plaintiffs on behalf of themselves and on behalf of the "class" have approved and agreed to a compromise settlement of all issues in the above-entitled action. The proposed settlement is before the Court pending consideration of any showing why it should not finally be approved. A copy of the proposed settlement is available for examination by persons who may be members of the class, or their designated counsel, in the office of the Clerk, Alameda County Municipal Court, Alameda Judicial District, 2417 Central Avenue, Alameda, California, Monday through Friday, between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 pirn., holidays excluded.

YOU ARE CAUTIONED THAT THIS NOTICE DOES NOT CONTAIN ALL THE TERMS OF THE PROPOSED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THE ENTIRE AGREEMENT MAY BE INSPECTED AT THE PLACE AND TIMES IDENTIFIED ABOVE. A general (but only partial) description of the terms of the proposed settlement is as follows: - C 1. All members of the "class," who timely submit properly completed and executed "Proof of Claim" forms, will be entitled, subject to the terms and conditions contained in said form, to obtain a "mast kit," comprised of a Babystay and a Diamond Rig (including all necessary wirings and fittings), which will be installed on their Islander Legal Notice

Legal Notice 30's at designated boat yard facilities in the San Francisco Bay Area during designated time periods. Islander Yachts, Inc. and its successors in interest are providing such "mast kits," and the labor and materials necessary for installation, without charge. .

2. Experts retained by William E. Vaughan, counsel for plaintiffs in the above-entitled action, have approved the "mast kit" and have estimated that the retail value of such an installed "mast kit" would be approximately $450.00. As a contribution towards the experts' fees, court costs and other costs which have been incurred on behalf of the plaintiffs in the above-entitled action and as a contribution towards the attorney's fees to be awarded to counsel for plaintiffs in the event the proposed settlement is approved by the Court, each member of the "class" (or if there is more than one owner of a vessel, then such owners collectively) will be required to pay the sum of $166.50 (i.e., 37% of the above-mentioned estimated $450.00 value) in order to obtain the "mast kit" benefit.

3. The named plaintiffs, all of whom allegedly have experienced certain repair expenses as the result of mast failures or problems on their Islander 30's and who claim fair and reasonable repairs performed to the masts of said vessels, will be reimbursed, upon presentation of proper evidence of such repairs and the necessity of same, in the fair and reasonable amount of said claims.

4. Upon final approval by the Court of the propsed settlement, the above-entitled action will be dismissed in its entirety, with prejudice, and a final judgment entered upon said dismissal.

As indicated above, the Court has set the date of October 23, 1978 at 9:00 a.m. as the time when it will rule on the fairness and reasonableness of the proposed settlement, and hear such objections as may be made to it. This date may be continued by the Court without further notice.

It is contemplated that further notice to you will be provided, setting forth the Court's decision on the proposed settlement and, if the proposed settlement is approved, the time period within which members of the "class" who have submitted timely and properly prepared and executed "Proof of Claim" forms must make an appointment for installation of the "mast kit" at designated boat yards. The sum for costs and fees should not be submitted with the "Proof of Claim" form. If the proposed settlement is approved by the Court and if you qualify as a member of the "class" and have submitted a timely and properly prepared and executed "Proof of Claim" form, you will receive a further notice instructing you as to when and how payment must be made. Such further notice will also provide instructions as to when you must make an appointment for installation of the "mast kit" at designated boat yards. Failure to comply with such further instructions, absent good cause timely shown, will forever bar you from obtaining the "mast kit" benefit.

If you have any questions with respect to this Notice or the pending litigation, do not contact the Court. You may address all inquiries to the attorney for the named plaintiffs and the "class": William E. Vaughan, 17 Embarcadero Cove, Oakland, California 94606.

Nothing in this Notice is to be construed as indicating any views or opinions by the Court concerning any matter described herein which is at issue before the Court.

DATED: August 25, 1978.

By Order of the Court: Richard L. Benas/Clerk P. Joakimson/Deputy Clerk Alameda County Municipal Court Alameda Judicial District

THE NUMBERS LISTED BELOW ARE THE HULL NOS. FOR THE ISLANDER 30'S MANUFACTURED PRIOR TO SEPTEMBER 4, 1974. IN THE EVENT YOUR ISLANDER 30 NO LONGER HAS ITS ORIGINAL SAIL NO., YOU CAN CHECK THE NUMBERS LISTED BELOW TO DETERMINE IF YOUR ISLANDER 30 WAS MANUFACTURED PRIOR TO SEPTEMBER 4, 1974.

Hull Nos. 2593 to and 261 7 to and 2661 to and 2676 to and 2734 2736 to and 2798 to and 2857 to and 2860 2862 to and page 73

including including including including

2599 2659 2668 2888

including 2738 including 2801 including 2858 including 2863

Hull Nos. 2908 to and including 2911 2913 to and including 2915 2917 to and including 2919 2921 2923 to and including 2924 3103 to and including 3107 3136 to and including 3171 3210 to and including 3224 3241 to and including 3270 3294 to and including 3319

2866 2900 to and including 2901 2905 to and including 2906 EXHIBIT "A"

TO:

RE:

3358 to and including 3380 3401 to and including 3451 3555 to and including 3608

PROOF OF CLAIM Clerk, Alameda County Municipal Court Alameda Judicial District c/o William E. Vaughan, Esq. 17 Embarcadero Cove Oakland, California 94606 Claim for Installation of Islander 30 "Mast Kit"

____ , being the owner(s) of an Islander 30 vessel, do declare under penalty of perjury as follows: 1. I am the owner of an Islander 30 vessel named_ - . original Sail No._, Hull No.__ which I believe to have been manufactured prior to September 4, 1974. I currently reside in- County; or, I principally berth my Islander 30 in _1_County.

2. I have read the Important Notice of Pendency of Class Action and Hearing re Proposed Settlement Therein (hereafter the "Notice") in its entirety, and believing myself to be a member of the "class” described therein, I desire to obtain the "mast kit" benefit also described therein.

3. I understand that the "mast kit" as described in the Notice will be installed at a designated boat yard facility in the San Francisco Bay Area, free of charge by Islander Yachts, Inc. I understand, however, that there will be a charge of $166.50, or such other amounts as the Court may order, for the expenses of experts and the fees and out-ofpocket expenses and costs of William E. Vaughan, the attorney for the class of which I am a member.

4. In connection with my request to be a claimant and to receive the "mast kit" benefit, I understand that my acceptance of the benefit shall waive such rights and claims against the defendants as are more particularly set forth in the Notice.

5. All persons having an ownership or proprietary interest in the above-described vessel (excluding banks, financial institutions or a similar lender or "legal owner") are_; all such persons have affixed their true and correct signature to this Proof of Claim.

DATED:_ 1978.

(Printed Name)

(Signature)

(Printed Name)

(Signature) J

(Printed Name)

(Signature) EXHIBIT "B"

REQUEST FOR EXCLUSION FROM CLASS TO:

Clerk, Alameda County Municipal Court c/o William E. Vaughan 17 Embarcadero Cove Oakland, California 94606

RE:

Maski, et al. v. Islander Yachts, Inc., etal.

Action N'o. 408 804

SIR:

PLEASE EXCLUDE ME (US) FROM THE CLASS OF PLAINTIFFS IN THE ABOVE-REFERENCED LAWSUIT. I (WE) AM (ARE) THE OWNER OF AN ISLANDER 30 MX II OR MK III, HULL NO.

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From $70 day/person includes everything. For first-hand info: Blue Water Cruises, 601 University Ave., Suite 150-L, Sacramento, Ca., 95825.916/920-0820.

"38' KETTENBERG" Fast sailing classic sloop of mahogany and oak. Six sails, Jim Buoy, VHF, etc. Fresh water cooled engine. Excellent condition throughout. Current Survey. Must be seen. Asking $25,000. Call Warren at 989-4380 days, or 435-9495 eves.

MARINE MOLDS These are the production molds for the Peter Hatfield design "Discovery 32". Included are the hull, keel, rudder, tank molds and other assorted production equipment. $1700. Call Mike 343-9394.

ISLANDER 30 1969. Hull No. 51. Flush Deck. Atomic 4 2 jibs. Good Bay Boat.

Large cockpit. San Francisco berth. 415-368-9654.

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MARINER 31 KETCH 1.974 Show Boat. Deluxe interior of teak, mahogany and herculon.

Perkins 4-107 diesel. Shipmate stainless steel stove. Top condition.

Call (415) 332-1086.

MERMAID DIVERS Hull cleaning and inspection, zinc and propeller work, brightwork and maintenance. " GIVE YOUR BOTTOM A WOMAN'S TOUCH " Shelly Stevens 332-0845 - Sausalito

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GARDEN DESIGN KETCH CT-41 Aft-cabin, Perkins diesel, battery charger, VHF, diesel heater, hot and cold pressure water, refrigeration, furling jib 130%, teak throughout, beautiful liveaboard. Asking $69,000.00.

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CLASSIC SWEDISH SLOOP Carvel planked %" mahogany on oak. Full keel, 26', built 1959.

Folkboat rig, nearly new north main. Equipped with O/B, electrical system, galley, other extras. $8,500. Call Don at (415) 828-2627 or (415) 462-2100 ext. 330 (business).

SAILBOAT TRAILER For Catalina 27, but adjustable to fit Cal 27, Ericson 27, Dolphin 24, etc. Dual axels, 10,000 cap., surge brakes, fenders, good tires.

Price $1,500.00. Call (916) 622-1155.

BUCCANEER 28 (Nichols) YRA one-design. See Yachting Yearbook. Full keel fiberglass over plywood. Good condition. Jib, genoa, club jib, and spinnaker.

Atomic 4, recently refurbished. Price: $11,500. Call 408-245-1533 evenings weekdays, and mornings and evenings weekends.

WHY NOT A CLASSY CLASSIFIED? 1976 CLIPPER 23' Excellent cond. Pop-top and cover, 3 sails, jiffy reef, head, stove compass, safety eqpt., 7.5 HONDA electric O.B., trailer, plus many other extras, low book price $6,800. (916) 331-2290.

Lather yourself in loquacious luxury! A Classy Classified allows you 40 remarkably descriptive words to sell your boat, service or product. The cost? A sniveling $10 for private parties, a pecuniary $20 for businesses. Please no telephone calls or special requests for unusual designs - we're classy but we're Cheap, too! Send your check and your ad copy to P.O. Box 1678, Sausalito, CA 94965.

HERE TODAY, GONE TO MAUI (HAWAII) njoy the beaches, snorkeling, relaxation and scenic beauty of Maui

C°"?P et.e one bedro°m condominium in garden setting with large P o and steps to the ocean. For information and reservations call Joel Evans at 415-828-5964

33' SCHOCK 1939 CLASSIC CUTTER, mahogany on oak. Refurbished over last 5 years. Fully equipped w/diesel engine. Loran C, Aries Van, Dod, S&L Windlass, 5 sails, VHF, RDF, Fath. etc. Sausalito berth. Must sell. Sacrifice $21,000 B/O. 388-6889 eve., 465-2320 days.

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ERICSON 35 1974, beautiful condition, 6 sails including spinnaker, 6 signet instrument, 7 Barients, C.N.G. stove, hot and cold pressure water, shower, wheel, much more, must be seen. Asking $44,500. Call Tom Kimball, Broker, for appointment. 332-3855.

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RANGER 33, "CHERIMOYA" 1975 Sloop. CNG Stove, Pressure H/C water, custom rigged, reefed from cockpit. Sails, 150%, 110%, 115% Dockside water pressure, VHF, cockpit cushions, etc. $42,000. 443-2560 after 5 p.m. week¬

1941 O’Farrell St. San Mateo, CA 94402

O'Day 22' Super sharp! Loaded with extras, trailer, 6 HP Evinrude, custom interior, compass, head, Gibb winches, galley, bow pulpit, sail covers, anchor, and much more. Must see to appreciate. Best offer— call Tom McMillan (408) 984-2766 (eves.) or 263-9310 (days).

NEWPORTER 40 KETCH Newly refurbished classic. VHF radio, RDF Depthsounder, Knotmeter, log pressure water system, 5 sails, new cushions, dual hydraulic wheel steering, new Barient winches and much more.

Priced to sell. 921-3699 evenings.

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25' WOODEN FOLKBOAT in Bristol condition-includes new sails february 28'. New boom 77', new mast 76, new full length boat cover 77, 76 Johnson Long Shaft Outboard, plus much more, seller desperate. Make offer. Call 530-6466 days, 658-3392.

YOU ARE INVITED To Svendsen's Boat Works and Alameda Marina's 6th Annual Marine Flea Market, October 21, 1978, 10 a.m.—4 p.m. No charge! Bring your own tables. Bring the whole family. 1851 Clement Avenue, Alameda. No Commercial Enterprises!!

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Engine repairs, electrical systems, oil changes Cali Marinphone 332-5373 "TEKA" 29' Baltic Cruiser, Bonsel plywood with fiberglass overlay built in Denmark in 1961 and sailed here. New Sutter sails, new MB6, 2 cylinder Volvo diesel (1 qt./hr. at 5 knts). New stainless tanks 20 gal. diesel, 20 gal. water. All new rigging. All new wiring. Sailed from San Francisco to Cabo San Lucas in '77-78 in 11 days. A safe and proven cruiser. Boat now in San Diego. By owner. $16,980.62.

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TEAK YAWL 34' Maas Teak Yawl, Dutch, 1959, Volvo diesel, 10 sails, (new working set), teak decks, spruce spars, sleeps 5, electronics, windlass, beautiful mahogany trim and interior, full keel, fast cruising yacht, with North Point Berth. $29,500. 285-3066 evenings.

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skylight. Heavier layout than Westsail. Professionally finished and just launched. $42,500, less sails. 457-1862.

SEfl WITCH Wave Trader Bldg., 1702 Bridgeway, Sausalito

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:sl SKIPPER SELECT BROKERAGE LISTINGS 44'PETERSON.'..$99,500 44'STEPHENS BUILT. 44,000 41' FLUSH DECK KETCH, Lister diesel. 45,000 36'AFT CABIN OLSEN, wood. 45,900 34' CAL. 32,500 32'STEEL SLOOP, aft cabin. 39,000 31' DEL REY. 29,500 30' TARTAN. 33,950 30'BRISTOL. 27,500 30' RAWSON. 26,000 30' ISLANDER.low price 23,500 30'PACIFIC.14,000 29' CAL. 24,600 29'ERICKSON.21,900 29'COLUMBIA.16,750 28' RANGER. 24,000 28'CAL INBOARD. 16 000 28' ZIMMERMIA. 15,000 28'ALBERT HELLER.10,000 28'STAR LITE CUTTER.10,000 28'KINGS CRUISER.7,500 27' DUFOUR. 28,500 27'TARTAN INBOARD, good inventory.19,000 27'O'DAY.18,000 27'CATALINA. 13,500

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26' COLUMBIA Mk II. 26' EXCALIBUR. 26' BOGART. 26'THUNDERBIRD. 25' PETERSON. 25' PETERSON 2-25.

25' BALBOA. 25' GAFF CUTTER BAHAMA .

25' CHEOY LEE. 25' CAL . . \.

25' FOLKBOAT. 24' SAN JUAN. 24' COLUMBIA CHALLENGER 24' COLUMBIA CONTENDER .

23' RANGER. 23' BEAR. 23' BEAR. 22' COX .

22' COLUMBIA. 21' ISLANDER. 20' NEWPORT. 19' RHODES 19.

.19,500 .11,900 .10,500 .10,500 . 2 @ 8,950 and 8,900 .6,500 . 2 @ 6,200 and 4,900 . 20,000 .17,785 .10,500 ..

10,500 .9,500 2@ 11,000 and 8,200 .7,700 .15,300 .6,500 .4,000 2@ 13,800 and 14,500 .7,300 .4,950 .6,300 .5,000 .3,950 .3,800 .2,200

34' CAL. The ideal family, racing or cruising boat. Fully equipped.

29' ERICKSON. Super clean and equipped.

Ready for the single handed sailor.

FOR RACING OR CRUISING this 44' Stephens Classic has it all. This is a must see for all sailors. Reduced to $38,000.

36' NORWEGIAN BUILT center cockpit double-ender not by Atkins, but by William Lapworth. 2 heads. Diesel engine, diesel generator. An impeccably cared-for yacht. $45,000

30' BRISTOL IB Excellent Sails - Well Maintained. The best in this area.

36' STEEL hull, cutter rigged, world cruiser.

Equipped for blue water sailing.

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32' CHALLENGER 1974. 5 winches, 3 sails, Palmer I.B., D.S., compass, wheel steering w/emergency tiller, cockpit, steering w/emergency tiller, cockpit cushions, shower, refer, pressure water, dinette, etc. Entire boat is in top condition.

Ideal live-aboard. $43,800

ISLANDER 28. 1975. Volvo Diesel, bow and stern pulpits, double life lines, Lewmar 40 sheet winches. She's clean with low hrs. on engine. Very realistic price. $27,500

35' RASMUS. Well-built long keel fiberglass boat. Diesel with an aft cabin in the 35 foot range - impossible? Not at all — the Rasmus 35 fits all these requirements and more! $47,000

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30' MOTOR SAILER, 1962. Mahogany hull, bronze fasteners, oak frames, Perkins diesel installed in 1972 with total of 25 hrs. Refer, autopilot, recording D.S. CB., all new sail and cockpit covers.

Entire boat refurbished. $21,500

Off Hwy.780 between Vallejo & Benicia

26' S-2 1976. Aft cabin sloop, Volvo diesel, D.S., VHF, K.M., sum log, bat. charger, built-in heater, elec. & manual bildge pumps, unifridge, AM/FM, stereo, chronometer, horseshoe life device, boarding ladder, vang, etc. Strong comfortable boat and can be trailered. $24,950

BROKERAGE BOATS 22'1974 CATALINA w/trailer . . . .$5,500 23' '47 BEAR BOAT, full cover, o.b.. . . 6,950 23' 1969 CORONADO SLOOP.5,200 24' 1966 COLUMBIA, full keel.5,500 24''76 NIGHTINGALE, strng. win. . . 14,900 24' '65 TRIUMPH TRIMIRAN.5,500 25' '67 CORONADO.7,800 27' 1968 CHEOY LEE, diesel. 28,000 28'1968 COLUMBIA, clean.16,500 29' '72 CAL, ex. condition. 25,500 30' 1976 C.M. SLOOP.13,950 30' '73 CORONADO I.B. Lectra-san . . 24,500 32'STEEL SLOOP. 35,900 34' 1961 NICHOLS YAWL, beautiful . 27,900 35' '73 PIVER TRI, diesel.Offer 35''75 CORONADO, aft cabin. 35,000 36' 1976 ISLANDER. 58,500 37' '76 GULFSTAR. 63,000 40' '68 GARD. KTCH., qual.cr.eqp. . . 77,850 44' 1938 S/S SLOOP. 38,000 45' '73 CRUIS. CUT., spec, con.120,000

45' STEEL KETCH, 1947. Recent survey, bottom sandblasted, re-coated and checked. Rugged, heavy-duty boat for long-range cruising. $50,000

40' GARDEN KETCH 1968. Perkins 4236, 125 gal. fuel & water. Wood Freeman A.P., D.S., ADF, VHF, twin downwind poles, Aries vane, dodger, Boston whaler sailing dinghy. Set up for longrange cruising. Has over three pages of additional equipment and custom fittings. $77,850

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

3.5 KW Onan, VHF, D.S., RDF, auto pilot, refer, C.B., Winlass, sailing dinghy, lamps, clock, barometer, W.S.I., portable heaters, micro-wave plus standard stove/ oven, much more cruising gear.

Negotiable $86,000

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SPECIAL VALUES N«w 19'SPINNAKER POLE (LIST $240).$150 PASSPORT HATCH.125 MONOMATIC HEAD.100 600' SPOOL %" NYLON.200 RECORDING BAROMETER.212 HOMESTRAND 2 BRNR. SS ALC. STOVE.125 SHIPMATE 2 BRNR. PROPANE STOVE W/OVEN. 316 RARITAN LECTROSAN.300

Used POWER WINDLASS.$200 9.5 HP EVINRUDE, LONG SHAFT.400 WALKER EXCELSIOR MK IV LOG.175 3/8 HP 12V MOTOR.50 SEVERAL ALCOHOL STOVES.from.20 PAIR TELO SELF-TAILING WINCHES . . each , . 250 SONY EARTH ORBITOR.200 ZENITH TRANS-OCEANIC RADIO.150 110V/HEAT EXCH. WATER HEATER.110

Products of Interest available at these prices all month RACOR 200 FF FILTERS.$40.00 DEKSOLJE (GAL).14.00 NO PUMP, NO PRIME, NO SPILL ALCOHOL STOVE 2 BURNER, SS, GIMBALED.119.50 ORINDA AUTO PILOT.695.00 MARINETICS MAGNETIC CIRCUIT BREAKERS AC/DC.7.50 CHEVRON DEL0 400.Qt/1.30 MAGMA MARINE KETTLE, DELUXE MODEL. .91.60 SI LVA COMPASSES.50.00 STAINLESS SCOTCH BOXES.40.00 BRASS TRAWLER LAMPS.65.00 3/8 GALV.PC. CHAIN, US MANUFACTURER . 1.77/ft SILVER DUCT TAPE.Roll/6.00 ARABOL.Gal/8.80 WOOLSEY NEPTUNE.Gal/63.00 Z SPAR CAPTAINS VARNISH.Qt/6.95

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18' HERRESHOFF CATBOAT.$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 (2).from..6,800 25'JR. CLIPPER.7,850 26' ERICSON..8,500 26' COLUMBIA.10,950 26' EXCALIBUR.9,200 26' INTERNATIONAL FOLKBOAT.13,500 26' PEARSON ARIEL.12,000 26' SEAQUEST.7,900 27' CHEOY LEE OFFSHORE.25,000 27' CORONADO.12,000 27' TARTAN.19,250 28' COLUMBIA.14,500 28' ST. PIERRE DORY.6,000 28'TRITON.18,900 28'WYLIE !4 TON.30,000 29'CAL 2-29.26,900 29' CASCADE.15,000 29' COLUMBIA MK II . -.19,750 30' BRISTOL MOTORSAILER.6,500 30' FRIENDSHIP SLOOP.35,000 30' HURRICANE.14,500 30' PIVER TRIMARAN.16,000 30' SAN JUAN.31,000 30'WINSLOW KETCH.v.19,500 32' RUSTLER SLOOP.43,500 32' CUMULANT STEEL SLOOP.35,900 32'WESTSAIL.55,000 33' ALDEN SLOOP.26,000 33' CARTER.35,600 33' PEARSON 10 M.49,900 33'PILOT CUTTER.23,500 33' SWEDISH MOTORSAI LER.18,000 34' HANNA KETCH.25,000 34' ISLANDER.32,500 35' OHLSON YAWL. 33,000 35'ATKINS ERIN SCHOONER.15,000 36'CROCKER KETCH...27,500 37' PIVER LODESTAR.22,000 37' ISLANDER MOTORSAI LER.45 000 37' ROBB YAWL. 41 500 38'KETTENBERG (2).from.24^500 40' CHAPPELLE SCHOONER.62,500 40'CONCORDIA YAWL. 52 000 41' GULFSTAR. 71000 44'PETERSON . . ..99^500 45' GARDEN PORPOISE FISHBOAT.60,000 45' MATTHEWS MOTORSAILER.35,000 45' MUMMERY CUTTER.'. 120 000 48' HAND MOTORSAILER.47'500 50' LAPWORTH. 75 000 57'STEEL KETCH.150]000